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Anthony Foley has much work to do after topsy-turvy campaign
So how was 2014/'15 for you? For Joe Schmidt, Ireland and the IRFU, it was a memorable jaunt that even last Thursday's poor showing against the Barbarians couldn't ruin, but for the rest of the Irish rugby family there will be mixed emotions about the season just finished.
For the first time since 2010, no Irish team has one of the three major trophies resting in their cabinet and for the four provinces there has been some denting of pride as the swing in the balance of power firmly rested with the union.
In a World Cup year, that's perhaps as it should be but there is room for improvement across the board at provincial level.
By the end of June, they'll all be back at the starting-line; Leinster with their new coach and Ulster preparing for Les Kiss's arrival when he's released from Ireland duty. New dawns offer the chance to put the memories of disappointing seasons to bed.
At Connacht, they face the challenge of beating their best ever finish and, despite a poor run-in, Pat Lam has something to build on.
By far that toughest campaign to analyse is that of Munster who were the last Irish team standing and the highest finishers on the Pro12 table, but finished in such disappointing circumstances when overwhelmed by Glasgow last Saturday and exited Europe at the pool stage.
For Anthony Foley, there is a concerning trend emerging for the Reds who were able to beat smaller teams consistently but failed to rise to the occasion on the biggest days.
Against Clermont at home, Saracens away and in the Pro12 final, they were blown away by better teams who ran them ragged. On two of those occasions, they went into battle without Conor Murray and his absence was compounded last weekend by the loss of captain Peter O'Mahony.
Top of Foley's to-do list will be developing a core of leaders outside of his Ireland squad members and he'll have a good opportunity to do so when they head off to England and Wales for the World Cup and the Pro12 continues without them. There will be a sizeable turnover of players at Thomond Park this summer, with Paul O'Connell by far the biggest loss any of the provinces will suffer.
Munster just need to ask Leinster about the impact the departure of their leaders has had.
However, the Ireland captain reserved most of his big performances for the green jersey this season and Foley will hope that Donnacha Ryan's return to fitness will help ease the transition while recruiting some experience and quality from abroad.
The province's struggles in the transfer market mean that former All Black Francis Saili is the only big-name arrival due and he won't be available until November, at which point he'll have been on the go for nine months.
Tyler Bleyendaal will add to the options and Foley will hope that the Kiwi can push Ian Keatley hard for the No 10 jersey and force a response from the Dubliner who shone at times this season, but finished extremely poorly.
The coach stuck firmly with his first-choice fly-half to the point that JJ Hanrahan felt compelled to leave for Northampton and the Kerry native's spark was rarely seen thereafter. His ability to inject pace and vision into a game will be missed.
Whether Tomas O'Leary can sustain his fitness after an injury-hit last campaign with London Irish remains to be seen. The hope is that he can be a steady hand at the tiller when Murray is away, but the former Ireland No 9 is not the player he was when Declan Kidney made him an important part of his Grand Slam-winning side.
Second place in the Pro12 should hand Munster a good seeding in Europe and, after facing Clermont and Saracens in the pool stages, they'll have their fingers crossed for a good draw on June 17.
That gives them a head start on their rivals when Europe gets under way, but to take advantage they need to sort out a number of issues that have raised their heads over the course of Foley's first campaign in charge and dealing with the absence of their Ireland contingent will be right at the top.
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Books: The heart follows the head through a genetic gamble
Inside the O'Briens, Lisa Genova, Simon & Schuster, €16.99
When she began writing in the mid-Noughties, American neuroscientist Lisa Genova took to heart the advice that you should write about what you know. She knows about the brain, and it has been her subject, over four novels to date, her latest being Inside the O'Briens.
Genova self-published her first novel, Still Alice, which was concerned with early-onset Alzheimer's, as no one else was convinced that writing about what she knew could engage readers. Alzheimer's is not sexy, and it's not scary in a best-selling horror novel way, either, and she couldn't find a market for Still Alice. Until it became a word-of-mouth best-seller, that is.
Since then, Still Alice has sold more than two million copies worldwide and, in 2015, became the film that won Julianne Moore her first Oscar. And, since then, Genova has had a publisher and scored best-sellers with Left Neglected, about a woman with a brain injury, and Love Anthony, which tells of a non-verbal boy with autism.
Genova's latest, Inside the O'Briens is about a working-class Boston family of Irish extraction, and the effect that the father's diagnosis with Huntington's Disease (HD) has on all of them.
Huntington's is a hereditary neurological disorder, caused by an altered gene that can be passed from one generation to the next. Typically, it affects people aged between 30 and 45, causing degenerative physical and cognitive impairment, for which there is no cure and leads to death within 10 to 15 years. If a person has the mutated gene, there is a 50/50 chance that their children will then also have the gene and develop Huntington's.
Joe O'Brien, a Boston cop, doesn't know that the gene is in his family until he is diagnosed with HD at the age of 43. Growing up in Charlestown, traditionally a poor and old-school Irish Catholic neighbourhood, his mother had been labelled a messy drunk, who drank herself to death at a young age.
When Joe gets his diagnosis, which he is driven to seek when colleagues and family begin to suspect he's drinking or on drugs, he learns that his mother had HD and, further, that his kids might have it, too.
The story unfolds as we follow Joe through his deterioration, and we also closely follow Katie, his 21-year-old daughter, as she decides whether or not to get tested for the gene.
Ninety pc of people at risk of having the HD gene do not get tested, choosing to live without the knowledge altering their existence, Genova tells us, in one of the information bulletins that pepper the book, and serve a purpose, even if they take us away from the story to some extent.
Huntington's is lesser known than, say, Alzheimer's, and Genova has chosen to step outside the narrative to explain some facts, as to weave them in to the narrative might have been more clunky. And she is a writer with a very light touch, who manages to explore a very dark, discomfitting disease with great heart.
The O'Brien family dynamic and their Boston district, which seems very familiar to an Irish reader, are well drawn and appealing, while the illness that overshadows them is anything but.
What is slightly awkward, however, is that 43-year-old Joe is a father of four grown-up children, one of whom is married and trying for a baby as the story begins.
The Huntington's plot makes this a narrative necessity. Joe's kids need to be adults in order to make adult decisions about whether or not to be tested and the prospect of a grandchild lends greater emotional impact to the hereditary nature of HD.
So, Genova makes Joe and his wife Rosie childhood sweethearts who had their first child straight out of high school, but there are times when all the characters read as of an age, rather than parents and children.
Following the film success of Still Alice, it's hard not to notice that Inside the O'Briens is ideal for adaptation to a movie. It has an episodic nature, as Genova flashes forward several months from chapter to chapter, allowing Joe's disease to progress noticeably between each. Also, the Boston setting is a tried and tested fit for films, having provided the backdrop to Mystic River and The Town.
Genova has made an art of what she knows about brain science, fashioning the science into stories that are full of universal truths about the human desire to be cherished and cared for in our most vulnerable moments.
The living grief that comes with HD is very powerfully portrayed in Inside the O'Briens, and it's a moving read.
Lisa Genova has turned her knowledge of the head into another novel full of heart, the likes of which never go out of fashion.
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The 49ers drew first blood and played hard, but in the end fell short, losing to the New York Giants 20-17 in overtime.
The loss ended a remarkable season for the team, which went 14-2 under rookie head coch Jim Harbaugh and came within an eyelash of playing for the NFL championship. When they watch game film, the team will see that it was two special teams mistakes -- one in overtime -- that cost them so dearly. The Giants capitalized on the second one, an overtime fumble, taking possession and kicking a game-winning field goal.
The battle-tested Giants secured their second trip to the Super Bowl in only four years.
The 49ers defense, having sacked Giants quarterback Eli Manning six times on the night, didn't blink, but special teams play haunted the end of the 49ers otherwise stunning, turnaround 2012 season.
This is the third time in the past five seasons the NFC Championship went to overtime.
With the rain letting up in the second half, the Giants and 49ers both tried to open up their offensive engines a little -- the Giants going more to the air; the 49ers to the ground (at least until the end).
The persistent, fourth-quarter drama started with a muffed punt.
Shortly after the defense pummeled Manning, the ball inadvertantly glanced off the 49ers punt returner, giving the ball to the Giants on their 29-yard line. Manning soon fired a 17-yard strike to Mario Manningham to give the Giants a 17-14 lead (his first catch of the game).
The 49ers responded with a drive to the Giants 10-yard line, resulting in a David Akers game-tying field goal with 5:39 to go, 17-17. Niners quarterback Alex Smith kept that drive alive with a key 17-yard run to the Giants 32-yard line.
Both teams' quarterbacks had more ups than downs, with the 49ers sticking to their field-position game plan and the Giants looking for the big plays that have been their signature this season. The home-field noise, and the wet field, combined to hamper the Giants' normal game plan -- until it didn't.
The battle for line of scrimmage was largely owned by the Giants defensive line until the fourth quarter, but the 49ers d-line kept Manning in check for the second half.
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Rating: 5 by 187 users./
Runtime: 96 minutes
John Ratzenberger, Dakota Daulby, Woody Jeffreys, Nicole Oliver, Anthony Harrison, Stephen E. Miller, Tom McBeath and Merrilyn Gann.
96-minute film (full movie) directed by Terry Ingram.
The original audio of The Woodcarver has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA, Canada.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2012.
Screenplay written by Jack Nasser, Kevan Otto and Thomas Makowski.
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The City of Newcastle has two recycling centers available:
The Newcastle Public Schools have paper recycling centers which accept paper products only (no cardboard). The money generated from this recycling is given back to the Newcastle Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) for use within the school.
While recycling is part of the solution for preserving landfill space and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there are other ways to decrease the amount of waste generated at home, work and special events. Reusing reusable items and reducing the use of disposable items are actions we can all take before even considering recycling.
No recycling program is truly successful unless recyclables collected are transformed into marketable products and then purchased by you. To create a demand for recycled product, make sure to purchase paper (computer, stationery, legal, white, envelopes and newspaper) that contains recycled materials. When shopping, buy those items that say, "Made from recycled materials" and have the highest percentage of post-consumer recycled content (any material that the public has already used or recycled). Look for these recycled-content items for your home or business:
Here are some reusable alternatives to try:
When asked the question "Paper or plastic?" Why not bring your own reusable cloth shopping bags instead. Using a reusable cloth bag when going shopping at any store will help divert tons of unnecessary paper and plastic bags produced and disposed of everyday in landfills. Cloth bags also hold a lot more, so there are fewer trips back and forth from the car. and the cloth carrying handles are more comfortable on your hands than paper or plastic handles.
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Remington College-Mobile Campus Offers Haircut, Manicure or Pedicure for Food Drive Donations
October 23, 2012
Mobile, Ala. – (October 23, 2012) – Remington College-Mobile Campus is holding a food drive to benefit local food banks and offering a haircut, manicure or pedicure to anyone who brings in a can of food or other non-perishable food donation.
The effort is called Cuts for Cause and will run throughout the month of November.
The salon services will be provided by students and instructors in the Remington College-Mobile Campus Cosmetology Program.
To schedule an appointment: call the Remington College School of Cosmetology at 251-342-4848. Walk-ins are also welcome.
Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
The Remington College Cosmetology Diploma Program teaches students the art of hair, skin and nail care through traditional classroom instruction and hands-on training. Students have the opportunity to work with real clients in a salon-like setting.
Remington College School of Cosmetology is located at 4368 Downtowner Loop South in Mobile.
About Remington College: Non-profit Remington Colleges, Inc., headquartered in Heathrow, FL operates 20 college campuses throughout the United States offering career focused diploma, bachelor and associate degree programs in a variety of career fields. For more information, please visit remingtoncollege.edu. For the latest news about Remington College, visit today.remingtoncollege.edu.
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California Court Rules Against Generous Teacher Tenure
A California Superior Court judge has gutted the state's laws regarding teacher tenure and seniority protection, a devastating setback to the state's powerful teacher lobby.
In a decision released Tuesday, Judge Rolf Treu cited Brown v. Board of Education and other cases to rule that the extremely strict rules limiting how teachers are hired and fired disproportionately impacted the state's poor and minority students, thereby depriving them of their right to an equal education.
The current ruling is a preliminary one preceding a final ruling to be issued within a month. Treu has indicated that he will allow the law to remain in place pending an inevitable appeal to California's Supreme Court.
The case, Vergara v. California, was filed in 2012 by nine public school students, who argued that three aspects of the state's labor laws on teachers were unconstitutional. First, the state's rule on tenure required the state to either grant or deny permanent employment to new teachers after only 18 months of experience. L.A. Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy was one of many who testified that the mandated timeframe was insufficient to evaluate the quality of new teacher hires.
Second, the lawsuit targeted the state's rules on firing teachers, which made it nearly impossible to fire a teacher for bad performance once they had been given tenure. Out of 300,000 teachers in California, less than 100 have been removed from classrooms in the past decade, and firing a teacher can take years and cost millions of dollars.
Third, the lawsuit attacked the state's seniority protections, which stated that any layoffs undertaken by the state's schools must follow the "Last In, First Out" (LIFO) rule that eliminates teachers not based on need or ability but simply based on how long they had worked.
The combined effect of all these laws, the plaintiffs argued, was to fill California's schools with thousands of incompetent teachers who were impossible to remove. These teachers were disproportionately assigned to low-income schools with high minority populations, thereby creating an unequal educational reality. This, they argued, violated the equal protection clause in the California constitution.
Judge Treu agreed, ruling that the state's protections for incompetent teachers were excessive "uber due process" and that its LIFO rule amounted to an assertion that "the state has a compelling interest in the de facto separation of students from competent teachers, and a like interest in the de facto retention of incompetent ones."
"The logic of this position is unfathomable and therefore constitutionally unsupportable," Treu wrote in his opinion. Treu also observed that the state's policies had created a "Dance of the Lemons," a phenomenon in which grossly incompetent teachers who cannot be fired are simply transferred repeatedly from school to school to mitigate outrage. This phenomenon primarily affected poorer students, Treu wrote.
The ruling will almost certainly set off a firestorm of legislation in other states with similar laws, as California's laws are not unique in granting extensive protections to teachers. The students in California were backed by a skilled legal team hired by the non-profit Students Matter, which is bankrolled by technology entrepreneur David Welch.
Students Matter has considered launching litigation in other states as part of a plan to drive reforms in education. It also plans to use the ruling to pressure California's legislature to modify teacher tenure laws without waiting for litigation to conclude.
The state of California and its teachers unions argued that the measures of teacher effectiveness used by the plaintiffs were flawed, and that framing teacher interests as hostile to those of students was a false dichotomy. Strong protections for teachers helped students by allowing the state to attract and retain teaching talent, they maintained.
When the trial's closing arguments wrapped up in March, American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten complained that the lawsuit represented the interests of "the elite and the wealthy" and that the true problem with California's schools was a lack of funding.
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We've all been there.
You have the itinerary for your exciting trip all set and then you check the weather forecast right before your departure only to find it's filled with water falling from the sky. Just great. How are you supposed to enjoy that picnic in the park or the outdoor walking tour of the city? What about that beach day you had all planned out?
Not to worry! Here's a guide to surviving the rain on your solo vacation!
Things To Do:
- Go to a museum or art gallery. It's likely that you already have a visit to one or multiple museums on your must-go list so this is a very good and realistic option. Plus you can spend multiple hours studying the art that reflects the culture of the area you're visiting while staying dry.
- Go to an aquarium. Aquariums are a great opp to familiarize yourself with the local sea life.
- See a live play, opera or concert. Spending an evening at the opera, concert hall or playhouse lets you escape from the rain while enjoying live art.
- Relax in a cafe and people watch or update travel journal. I do this anyway, but it's an especially good idea on a wet day. It's nice to take a break from all the walking around and hustle and bustle and just relax and clear your head.
- Go souvenir shopping. Assuming the shopping malls or stores are indoors, it's a great time to get your shopping done for those gifts for loved ones or for yourself.
- Browse in a bookstore or library. I love going to bookstores or libraries in other cities to look for secondhand or used books. That's my souvenir. 🙂
- Go indoor rock climbing. This one may seem a little odd. But me being a climber, I love exploring other climbing gyms on my travels. Plus you don't have to bring your own equipment since you can just rent or borrow some at the gym. It's also a great way to connect with the locals.
What to Wear:
- If you can't change your plans around and have to be outside, the most important item of clothing you should have is a windbreaker or raincoat. Windbreakers are thin so they are very easy to roll up tight and fit in your day pack. Staying dry is key! A very cheap emergency windbreaker can be found here: Waterproof Unisex Black Jacket Lightweight Windproof Hooded Rain Jacket Easy Carry for Cycling Running Sport Outwear Sun Protection (Black, Medium)
- It would also be wise to wear shoes with good traction and even high-tops or boots to prevent getting your socks wet. Wet socks are enough to ruin your day!
- Your first instinct may be to bundle up when you see rain in the forecast. While it may be cold outside, remember that you will mostly be inside heated facilities or walking around. And most likely with a backpack on. I've made that mistake myself and although the rain didn't get me wet, I was drenched with sweat. My advice is to dress light but keep an extra layer or two in your bag just in case.
Although these suggestions are for a rainy day, they are also great things to do ANY day! Let me know what you like to do on a rainy day when traveling and share your tips! 🙂
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Assessment of Child Restraint Systems for Latin America
Since 2013, Fundación Gonzalo Rodriguez is part of a team composed by Global and Latin NCAP, International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT), Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) and ProTeste to evaluate Child Restraint Systems (CRS) for the Latin American market.
In 2016, Consumer Power and the Organization of Consumers and Users of Chile joined the team, allowing the evaluation of SRI available in other Latin American markets.
The assessment aims to:
• raise awareness among consumers
• generate information for consumers on safety performance and
• provide input to the reference list of Latin NCAP.
The selection of products to be incorporated in the assessment is based on the relevance and availability in the markets of Latin America. Emphasis was placed on basic products for the local market. All the tested products meet standard A-R44, UN-R129, NBR 14400, or FMVSS123.
The SRI were evaluated in frontal and side impact, and also ease of use was assessed using a checklist tailored to the situation in Latin America.
2013-2016 Table summary of results obtained by score
To consider:
• During the assessment, irregularities were found in the legislation, probably due to lack of market surveillance. In several cases, this involves products that have been approved by European authorities, but not sold in European markets.
• The main concern in this regard are CRSwhich are multi-group (0/1/2 and 1/2), that allow you to remove the harness to locate older children, who are then secured with the car belt. This can increase the risk of abdominal injuries when the belt is positioned over the child's abdomen.
• In addition, multi-group CRS are generally bulky and installation mode change from one group to another is complex.
• Furthermore, specific CRS for a single group tend to have a better performance than the multi-group that in the best case, is a risk.
• In assessments undesirable dynamic movements and structural failures were recorded, representing a high risk for the child to use them.
• The side protection is still a point of attention, but when not required at the legal level. Several CRS do not offer, or offer too little, lateral protection.


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Custom ("Active") Desktop?
I'm making a computer for my mom and would like to create a custom desktop for her with the following content:
I would also like to incorporate a launcher for her commonly used apps and locations, while hiding the built-in (desktop manager's) "start" menu, panels/trays, etc.
The ultimate goal is to put *everything* she needs/uses on her desktop - one-stop shopping - while hiding everything else (which only serves to confuse her.)
I would prefer to do this using an "Active Desktop" such that the entire desktop is essentially a web page and I have full control over content and layout. Is there something I can install that will give me this capability? Alternatively, if there's something that provides a robust framework for embeddable desktop widgets (hopefully with the ability to easily create my own), that could probably work as well.
Thanks for your help, suggestions and comments!
I can't vouch for every function you've listed, but my guess is that KDE will get you closest to what you want. There are tons of plasma widgets out there for email, RSS, showing arbitrary web pages, etc.
You can develop plasma widgets easily in python, javascript, c++, ruby, etc.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=jolios says in part "Joli OS features include heavy orientation towards web application and services, online backup option, web-based software installation interface, inclusion of proprietary hardware drivers and non-free media codecs, and extensive social networking features."
might be just the ticket?
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With same-day delivery services, Internet retailers such as Wal-Mart, eBay and Amazon.com are experimenting with ways to give online shoppers something close to instant gratification.
For $5, eBay Now allows customers to get local goods delivered in "about an hour." Wal-Mart, which is testing its same-day service in Northern Virginia and other areas, delivers items for up to $10 per purchase. And Amazon's same-day deliveries cost as little as $3.99 per shipment.
Although such services could upend the way consumers shop in the long term, analysts say that the nascent offerings are unlikely to make a dent in holiday shopping patterns this year.
"People just don't really understand what it is and why they need it yet," said Matt Nemer, a senior retail analyst at Wells Fargo Securities.
According to the National Retail Federation, only 4.2 percent of consumers used same-day delivery frequently during last year's holiday shopping crush, and only 7.2 percent used the service once or twice.
Analysts said that consumer psyche is part of the reason: Most have decided they don't need their items right away.
"Same-day delivery is sort of more of a novelty item rather than a structural thing that's going to make people buy more," said Adrienne Tennant, a retail analyst at Janney Montgomery Scott.
The growth of same-day delivery also depends on the size of the potential customer base. And the services are available only in a few densely populated urban areas. Amazon, for example, offers same-day delivery in 11 metropolitan areas, while eBay Now is offered only in San Francisco, New York and Chicago.
"We haven't hit enough cities with it and enough areas with it," said Gene Alvarez, vice president and retail analyst at Gartner.
Although Web-only retailers have been early innovators of same-day delivery offerings, analysts said that retailers with many brick-and-mortar stores and large inventories may benefit most from this model.
"Unless you're a large brick-and-mortar retailer with a lot of locations, it's tough to offer that and still make a good margin off that," said Sean Whitehouse, a partner in the retail practice at consulting firm Kurt Salmon.
Although a relatively small share of shoppers are expected to use same-day delivery this holiday season, analysts say it will eventually gain traction as retailers expand and improve the experiences of those who use the service.
Also, millennials are more likely than other shoppers to use same-day delivery, according to the National Retail Federation. In 2012, 12.4 percent of consumers ages 18 to 34 used the service, and an additional 17 percent used it occasionally, compared with 4.2 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively, of all shoppers. Since this generation is just beginning to exercise its purchasing power, their interest in same-day delivery also suggests that demand could grow for the service over time, the trade group said.
Men are more likely than women to be regular users of same-day delivery during the holiday season, with 6.3 percent of men and 2.4 percent of women using the service last year, the trade group said.
The National Retail Federation forecasts that holiday sales will rise 3.9 percent, to $602.1 billion, up from last year's growth of 3.5 percent. Online sales, however, could increase as much as 15 percent, to $82 billion, according to the trade group.
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Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Trippity Trip Hop
It's been awhile** (stole that from staind)
Ahh the trip.
So we started out after 5 that tuesday, me with the lead foot made it to canmore in about 6 hours.. O the intoxicating beauty of clear rivers and sun-bathed mountain ranges! I seriously considered relocating there, perhaps opening up a little computer shoppe? Was nice to see tanya again (tamara's sister) and met her significant other- Tyler. Overall we had alot of fun and didnt want to leave!.
The next day we mosied into cowboy country to see my beloved sister and her hubbie. While in calgary we went to the calgary zoo (all sorts of fun stuff, I'll post pics when i get around to it) Ikea, and Jeremiah took us out to a nice little sushi shop where we stuffed our cakeholes with raw fish. mmm deliciouso as dora would say.
You wanna talk about a slow way of life? holy moley.
After driving straight for a number of hours we hit a bump. It was sweet.
ok so there was a i little more to it than that, an exciting electrical storm, met some inlaws ( ok they arent quite inlaws yet but u get the picture) Saw danielle!! was fun times all around
We went to edmonton! Saw T's parents, hit the west ed! Martina had the time of her life at Galaxy land with Gwanpa Bruce and Gwamma Gail. Tamara and I walked around the mall for a few hours and ended up with a belt and a small gift for my bro.. (noone feel left out.. it just grabbed my attention ok!) Oh and we ate at a pita place. was good.
Then it was back to calgary for dinner with the sis ( oh and how deluctable it was (is that a word? (can you keep putting little comments into little comments?))) Martina enjoyed some quality time with Auntie and UNcle before we headed to CANMORE for another night and a full day of exploring the back alleys and dark basements of the quaint little town. Part of the day we spent there was looking at HUGE houses up on the hills.. We're talking half a million dollar houses to multi-million dollar houses.. which is why I've rethunk my relocation plans until I can concieve a feasable plot to weasel the rich poeple out of ungodly amounts of money so I can have a nice big house too!!
Home sweet Home
Ahh. so since we've been home a few things have happened to.. Things i shall perhaps leave for a better time ( never know what sneaky's are prowling about on the internet) dodgam little sneakers. (kim you got my back on this one?)
Ah well I guess this all goes back to the selfish use of company resources, as I dont have internet at home atm and am of course, writing this at work once again..
HEhe. I dont really have anything eslse to say. cept i still feel like writing..
OH MY.. FREAKING GAS (prices)
YOu need to check this webpage KIM STARTED http://spaces.msn.com/members/sqpimp kind of funny
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One YouGov UK opinion poll in the Times on Thursday suggested Conservative support was at 48%, with Labour on 24%. But, as it has been said before, you campaign in poetry, govern in prose.
Mick Bennett said: "Corbyn is the best asset that the Conservative Party have ever had".
"I want a Labour government that isn't closing hospitals, that isn't underfunding schools..." And if a Labour Government is elected on 8 June, then we won't play by their rules either.
Firstly, speed is key. Tory pollsters fret that a Liberal raid on Remain voters might eat into the government's expected majority, with London and the south-west of England, the Lib Dems' historical stronghold, particularly vulnerable.
And the Labour leader, launching a Donald Trump-style insurgency campaign, has vowed to take on the establishment and says he will not "play by the rules" in the election.
But Mr Corbyn appeared to dodge the question, replying: "The European Union negotiations are going on and we set out our (red) lines on the negotiation". The British people voted previous year to leave the European Union.
Secondly, message is everything.
Edinburgh South - the seat of Scottish Labour's sole MP, Ian Murray - is "very complicated", according to Curtice. It was a tactic adopted to the point of derision by David Cameron in 2015, but the slogans will help stabilise how the party is being perceived by the public.
Don't be angry at the privatisers profiting from our public services, they whisper, be angry instead at the migrant worker just trying to make a better life.
UKIP has lost its only MP, its leader is regarded as literally incredible after his performance in the Stoke by-election and, more importantly, Mrs May has shot the UKIP fox. The next six weeks can not be devoted to policies such as Trident that have little sway on the broader public, and is divisive within the party itself.
But he will insist: "Things can and they will change".
It is the establishment versus the people and it is our historic duty to make sure that the people prevail. They oppose democracy. And for the party claiming to be "the real opposition to the Tories", isn't it amusing their leader Tim Farron has refused to rule out going into another coalition with the Conservatives.
"It's clear Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP are now lining up to disrupt our Brexit negotiations in a coalition of chaos".
Corbyn, who voted to leave the EU's predecessor in 1975 but supported "Remain" past year, has been criticised for muddling the party's position on Brexit and failing to effectively challenge May's push for a clean break with the bloc. Labour can not allow itself to be sucked into this. For the next six weeks the party needs to come together and present themselves to the nation as a team.
However, one of Mr Corbyn's critics, Labour backbencher John Woodcock, said there was still time for the leader to quit ahead of the poll, "rather than lead Labour to defeat".
When a secret list drawn up by Corbyn allies ranking Labour MPs according to their loyalty to the party leader was leaked previous year, Smith was classed as "Neutral but not hostile". You have to fake it until you make it.
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Discussion in 'Mechanic and Repair' started by lawnrangernc, Jun 28, 2007.
Hi, Does anyone know if anyone makes a tachometer for a D1105 kubota diesel.
Jacobsen has tachometers. and the sending unit too.
do you have a port at the flywheel to mount a sending unit?
I appreciate the info I don't know if I have the port or not I will have to check and see
I checked around the flywheel and I don't see a port anywhere any more ideas?
huh. I woulda thought that pretty much any modern diesel would have provisions for a tach.
I'd start just surfin around the net and see what else is out there.
I found that Tiny tach makes one that you attach a wire to one of your injection pump lines but I don't know how accurate it would be I just thought kubota might make one


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It goes without saying that sustainability is a 'green' theme throughout Kaal Masten. Kaal Masten seeks to reduce the consumption of energy and scarce raw materials to a minimum. The focus is also on creating awareness among all employees.
Sustainability policy
Kaal Masten's policy is aimed at developing both sustainable products and sustainable manufacturing. The Climate Neutral Group (CNG) has been appointed to monitor this policy and to give Kaal Masten intensive support in climate neutral activities. Many reduction measures have been implemented under the guidance of a sustainability coach from the CNG.
Naturally Kaal Masten is a CO2 Neutral organisation.
Successful sustainability coaching trajectory
Kaal Masten has deliberately decided to do more than just compensate for its CO2 emissions. Substantial steps have therefore been taken in the field of climate neutral activities. This is why Kaal Masten received the very first certificate for successfully completing the CNG's sustainability coaching trajectory. The certificate is recognition of all the efforts that Kaal Masten has devoted to climate neutral business.


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Wallonia is the French-speaking, Southern region of Belgium, which occupies roughly half the country's landmass and where about a third of Belgians reside. Once a thriving industrial belt for iron and coal production, it now lags behind Flemish Belgium economically. It is known for beautiful scenery and rolling farmland; well-preserved architecture; the Ardennes forests and hills which many still associate with bloody battles fought here during both world wars during the last century; and last but certainly not least--world-renowned Trappist beer.
While on excursion, students explore this fascinating region of their host country, which sometimes exists in the shadow of Flemish Belgium to the north. We will focus on Wallonia's role in European history, on important cultural differences and political conflicts between the regions of Belgium, and on the rich heritage of religious and mythological symbolism still visible in the architecture throughout this area. Our itinerary varies slightly based on weather and time of year but typically includes a visit to the Maredsous Abbey, Chimay Castle, and the Caves of Han.
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One thing you can say about the field of Urban Fantasy fiction? It's a crowded one, and getting more so every day. (Seriously, isn't everyone writing one now?) Another thing you can say? As happens with most genres, the majority of UF stories tend to follow a similar formula (their authors obviously adherents to the school of "if it ain't broke...").
That tried-and-true formula usually goes something like this... There's always a youngish kickbutt heroine--a gal who's really good at, well, wiping the floors with bad guys (who totally deserve their really unpleasant fates, by the way). She generally has a friend or two she can rely on when things don't go as planned (which is a very good thing, because nothing ever goes as planned). And, in between hanging out with her pals and engaging in all that bootay-kicking, the heroine always gets a hot love interest to spice things up. (Yeah, so the hunky dude is predictable; who really wants to read about her getting busy with the dweeby, schlubby guy, anyway?)
So, that's the general pattern. Like everything else, though, it's what the author does within that framework which defines how interesting the book is, and how well (or not) he/she sets the story apart from what everyone else is busy doing, in the packed-like-sardines field of UF.
Leaping into the fray with Spider's Bite (the first in her so-called "Elemental Assassin" series), author Jennifer Estep succeeds in providing some neat and interesting twists on an old theme.
The first twist has to do with the heroine, herself. Gin Blanco is, no bones about it, an honest-to-goodness assassin. That's her job from the get-go; it's not something she suddenly falls into after Bad Thing X happens early in the book. Instead, from the moment we meet her, she's a full-fledged killer-for-hire, known professionally as The Spider, with her own little support staff (a handler plus a sometimes-partner). She's a master of the tools of her trade, with knives being her go-to weapon of choice. (She also has a little somethin'-somethin' extra... but I'll let Gin tell you about that, herself. ;)) She isn't on a personal mission to catch bad guys who've done her wrong; she accepts contracts to kill almost anyone, provided the money is right. (Note that--appearances to the contrary--she isn't completely immoral, though; she draws the line at offing children or genuinely-good people.) Now 30 years old, she's been in the business for a long time, amassing a small fortune. Knowing how bored she'd be if she didn't have the job is the only reason she continues to do it.
Fresh from a gig which involved masquerading as an insane asylum patient, Gin wants nothing more than a little vacation. (As she says, pushing mushy peas around on a plate and playing with crayons for a couple of weeks does not a vacation make.) That, of course, isn't in the cards, though, and when she meets up with her handler--Fletcher--to report on the just-completed mission, he tells her she's got a new job. Effective immediately. This one is so urgent that she has less than 36 hours to kill the target. The real kicker--and why Fletcher accepted such a crazy last-second job? It comes with a $5-million paycheck.
That kind of money never goes hand-in-hand with a cakewalk job, and this case is no exception. The target is a whistle-blowing accountant, a man whose bad news will affect to the most influential and powerful woman in the city, businesswoman Mab Monroe... who also happens to be the strongest Elemental in the region. Elementals are a Big Deal, especially the really strong ones. (There are four elements which a very rare number of people are connected to and can control: fire, air, water, and stone.) Mab is a fire elemental, and her powers are legendary.
The diligent accountant has discovered that someone's been embezzling a lot of money from one of Mab's companies. That's just the kind of news that will make for one exceptionally angry Fire Elemental. To hopefully avoid dealing with her fiery wrath, an executive at the company has commissioned The Spider to take out Mr. Accountant before he has the chance to hand his information over to the authorities. (Seems reasonable, right? I mean, if you're a criminal...)
Ever the professional, Gin comes up with a workable gameplan and puts it into action the following night. There's just a slight hitch, however, and The Spider finds out that she's been double-crossed. Gin winds up on the run, beat-up and bloody, along with her partner and the police detective. (Hunky-love-interest Alert!)
The story then follows the trio's efforts to evade the bad guys long enough to figure out just who the bad guys are, before bringing them to justice (of whatever form that may take). There's plenty of action, tension, and dangerous situations, all of which do a nice job of keeping the plot moving forward at a steady pace.
Estep peoples her story with an interesting group of characters, which further serves the plot. Besides plain-vanilla humans and the Elementals, we meet vampires, dwarves, and giants. It's an enjoyable mixture of beings with their different powers and abilities, and I like how they're integrated into society.
Most of all, I find Gin fascinating. She has a dark backstory (again, part of the formula), but it's an original and believable one. She's tough because she has to be, now, yet she grew up dreaming of being a princess. Despite her outer toughness, she manages to have good relationships with her work associates and friends, and that rings true, as well. Finally, there's the clincher: I really appreciate the fact that Gin owns her sexuality. She isn't a shrinking virgin (and thank Venus, since that hackneyed chestnut has been Done. To. Death.), but is, instead, a normal, mature, adult woman (yeah, yeah, as "normal" as an assassin can be), with actual desires and needs of her own. Given that her budding relationship with the lawman is, um, complicated (in every sense of the word), what results is both some steamy chemistry and a lot of understandable frustration and confusion. (More "real" relationship than fairy tale, then, which works perfectly in a book this gritty.)
Did I expect to like a book about an assassin? Well, yeah, actually I did. (I don't tend to be judgmental about characters; if the author makes the heroine or hero believable, I'm in.) Still, I know the premise will probably give a lot of other readers pause. So, let me say this. If you're in the market for a solid UF story, set in a not-so-different-world from the one you know, with some genuinely interesting characters, then you could do a lot worse than putting Spider's Bite on your list.
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Roma Tre University in Rome hosted an international design workshop with Waterloo University and the University of Arkansas, all in collaboration with high-profile Rome architecture firms. The competition was to re-envision Rome's parliament building's parking lot and create a new piazza for the area. The "parking hill" recalls the past, as a frequent approach to design in Rome, and looks to bring back an ancient hill that was destroyed by Bernini years ago. Rome is not a very green city, so the hill looks to not only create a new piazza but to give Romans a piece of the countryside within the center of their extremely dense and hectic city.
Architecture: Next Architetti (Rome, Italy)
Design Team: Tyler Cukar + Josh Matthews (Arkansas), Cristina Lobrace + Daniel Loddo (Roma Tre)


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"How do I introduce another language for my toddler?"
"How can I motivate my little one to speak my language?"
"How to have fun when practicing the kids' minority language?"
These are questions I often get in the queries sent to our team of Family Language Coaches. One of the recommendations I often give to parents of small children is to dedicate a puppet, teddy or some other toy to the language. In this post you will find some practical ideas on how to use "monolingual toys" when raising a bilingual child.
Choice of toy
First, you need to choose the right kind of toy. The first criteria is that your child should like it – otherwise you fall at the first hurdle. Secondly it should be a toy that invites a child to communicate. Children can of course conjure up discussions with anything, be it a toy house or a ball, but I would recommend choosing a teddy, toy animal or doll of any type, be it a superhero or a rag doll. My personal favourite is a hand puppet thanks to its versatility. With a hand puppet, you can easily show different emotions and move in a way that supports the understanding of what is spoken.
Create a backstory
To make the "monolingual toy" concept more real, create a backstory for the chosen toy. Give it a name which is specific to its language. Give it any other additional external features that tie it to the language and to the country the language is spoken in: clothing and other accessories (our bear hand puppet comes with a Moomin-character!) It would be great if you could get someone to send you the toy so that it arrives from its "home country" (maybe an idea for a gift that grandparents or other relatives could send?) Together with your child, create a story about where the toy was "born", what it has been doing until now, why it has come to your home, what it likes and dislikes and so on.
Give the toy a distinct personality
It is beneficial to give the toy some personality traits that will help you have a varied communication. Obviously, it should like to talk. It should be inquisitive and ask a lot of questions about anything, even the most obvious things. "Is this my ear?" "What is your name?" "How old are you?" "Where is the door?" It should sometimes get things wrong, so your child can help it. It should be engaging. However, it may not always listen you, so that you have to repeat what you have to say.
Act as a translator when needed
Depending on how well your child knows the language he or she is learning, you may have to do some translating. (Yes, I know that this means you will be talking to yourself, but just go with me on this one.) This is your opportunity to introduce vocabulary you would like your child to learn or expand on.
Examples of a dialogues
If your child knows nothing or very little of the toy's language
– Tell your child that you are going to ask for the puppet's name
– Ask the puppet for its name in its language. Repeat the question a few times (the puppet may be "distracted", so you must ask again)
– Once the puppet has said its name, make it ask your child for his or her name
– If your child does not understand the question, make the puppet ask for your own name and give an answer (this way you are acting as the role model for answering in the toy's language)
You can repeat this with similar other discussions, introducing simple, important words like yes and no, mummy, daddy, play, eat, sleep etc.
If you want to expand on certain vocabulary (in this case colours)
– Point at different colours in a book or in the room, ask the puppet what colour it is.
– The puppet answers with the colour, then points to something else of the same colour and asks your child to name the colour.
– The puppet could also answer with the wrong answer if you are sure your child already knows it. Children usually find it funny when someone else gets something wrong and engage in a discussion.
Your imagination is the only thing setting the limits to these discussions!
The concept of "monolingual toys" will of course work best with small children, but they can be the perfect way of introducing a new language to your toddler, creating more engagement in your child's minority language or just having more fun while expanding the vocabulary.
May the peace and power be with you.
© Rita Rosenback 2017
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3 Responses to "How to use "monolingual toys" to motivate bilingual children"
I've read this article with a huge smile in my face – beginning to end.! After reading the kitten story in your book, I've had the idea of perhaps bringing a doll to my 3 year old granddaughter but after reading this article, I realize I have to really work on the idea… My husband and I have the opportunity of visiting her every Wednesday and spend the whole day with her. We speak Spanish to her but the process has been a little bit slower than I expected; partly because my son (her dad) feels like she doesn't understand him when we speak Spanish to her and he tends to switch to English (that's what they speak at home). My son says he'd love to teach them Spanish but after reading your book I see what's been happening and I'm pretty sure it can be corrected. I'm looking forward to working on a better plan, now that I've found these resources. Thanks so much
That's a great idea! Thank you so much for sharing and for your work Rita!
I am sharing it this week with Arabic-raising parents of our facebook page. I think it is even useful for teachers.
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And let's return now to Colorado. That state was hit recently by some of the worst flooding in living memory. Much of the focus during the huge recovery effort has been on repairing and rebuilding roads and bridges to mountain towns cut off by the floods last month.
NPR's Kirk Siegler spent time farther east, in the state's rolling plains, where some of the challenges victims face are different.
CLAUDIA: Bueno.
KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: Three women are sitting on a couch in the lobby of a shabby hotel about an hour northeast of Denver. One of them has been staying here since the flood waters wiped out the mobile home park where they all lived in the nearby town of Evans. One month on, they're confused and sad.
CLAUDIA: (Spanish spoken)
SIEGLER: Claudia, who doesn't want to use her last name due to her immigration status, does most of the talking.
CLAUDIA: (Spanish spoken)
SIEGLER: Where can we go, she says? We lost everything in the floods - all of our clothes, everything from our 10 years living here. Claudia's husband is trying to keep his construction job. They've been staying with friends, but have to leave soon. The family's been told they quality for FEMA assistance. Her youngest daughter was born in the U.S. and is a citizen.
CLAUDIA: (Spanish spoken)
SIEGLER: FEMA is still processing our application, she says, but we don't know if it's been approved. And the local county hasn't returned her calls for help finding an apartment. The rental market here was already tight due to an oil boom. Her friend Jasmil chimes in. She says landlords are preying on them.
JASMIL: (Spanish spoken)
SIEGLER: Did you get FEMA money, these landlords ask? What is your immigration status? And then they jack up the rent, she says. These are common stories being told right now across this flooded region. It's a place where thousands of immigrants from Mexico and El Salvador flock to jobs in the fields and the dairies and meatpacking industry.
SONIA MARQUEZ: Many of these families that were displaced and taken out of their homes and currently are homeless are, you know, the workforce of northern Colorado.
SIEGLER: Sonia Marquez of the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition says hundreds of immigrant families lost their homes. A few don't have anyone in their families who are citizens and eligible for aid. Many are turning to private charities like hers and churches. But money is tight. Almost everywhere you look around hard-hit towns like Evans, there's a lot of need.
In one neighborhood along the Platte River, half of the road is still gone. Mud and trash is strewn everywhere. There' a van with an elderly couple in it. They've been living in it for a month. Two-thirds of Evans' wastewater treatment system is still broken down.
MAYOR LYLE ACHZIGER: See the water line in there?
SIEGLER: At one of the decimated mobile home parks, the mayor of Evans, Lyle Achziger, points out what's left of a girl's English as a Second Language certificate. A layer of raw sewage and mud and chemicals covers what used to be the family's living room.
ACHZIGER: Who knows what was in that water. It was all coming across here, you know, eight, nine feet high in here.
SIEGLER: While the floods hit this city of 19,000 hard, Achziger says the town's immigrant community, who inhabits most of its east side, took the brunt of the storms. Evans is about 45 percent Latino. Achziger, a conservative Republican, says their immigration status has not been an issue during the recovery.
ACHZIGER: That's not our focus. We had people that were living in here, and they were in a desperate situation. Some of these people barely got out of here with their lives. Our focus was to find them shelter and food and see that they were taken care of.
SIEGLER: Achziger says the city is making sure bilingual staff are on hand at shelters and meetings to answer questions and point people toward help. FEMA seems to be doing the same. But the agency says one reason more people may not be getting help they need is trust. Some people are afraid to come forward, due to fears of deportation. But that's a fear that FEMA's William Lindsey says is unfounded.
WILLIAM LINDSEY: Our first and foremost mission is to make sure that each individual has a safe, healthy environment in which to continue their journey.
SIEGLER: Back at the hotel, some good news for Claudia's journey. A man in a navy blue FEMA jacket has just walked into the lobby. He's a native Spanish speaker, and he's helping her check on the status of her application. No word yet.
CLAUDIA: (Spanish spoken)
SIEGLER: She says she's starting from zero, but she's determined to make it through, one way or another. This is home, she says. Kirk Siegler, NPR News.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by sandman 1, Apr 1, 2013.
Help lost voice dialling any help greatefull thanks
Hello and welcome to the forums, sandman.
There are a few suspicions when it comes to loss of a system function. Let's go through a few of those:
- Remove your battery, sim card and sd card, carefully and with the device turned off. Wait about a minute and then put it all back in, boot up and then test for voice dialing.
- Go into the Application Manager and clear cache and data on all Google related apps (Google Search, Google +, Gmail, Play Store, etc). This will cause you to have to reconfigure Gmail, etc, but is worth the effort if a corruption has occurred in those apps. Reboot, then test for voice dialing after doing all of that.
- Do a factory data reset (Factory Reset Sony Xperia J). This will restore your device to original new condition, as if "out of the box." Test for voice dialing. If not there, return the device for exchange or refund.


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In this volume, "slightly psychic" U.S. Marshal and paranormal detective Will takes on ghosts, hardcore criminals, his girlfriend, and his relationship to reality itself. From a race against time to save a woman's life during a tropical storm, to a struggle for a child's lost soul in the snowy badlands.
From battling a betrayed ghost's wrath in a storm along the Lake Michigan shoreline to vying with vampiric creatures eating at the fabric of a suburban Chicago family's reality….
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Okay, back to my mopey "Arial 14".
So last week, I touched ground in the good 'ol US of A! It was quite a ride and I slept not a wink knowing that just across the ocean was the land of opportunity. Don't get me wrong, I've been to America before, but never in a sense of "moving". Y'see, before, it was more of, "Don't worry, we'll eat these burgers next year. Then you'll really have a taste for them."
Now it's something along the lines of, "Damn, why did I eat so many burgers? I'm never going to eat again."
In the words of GRAND MOM, "Life is like a bad sandwich. You keep taking each bite hoping it'll get better. Next thing you know, you've finished the sandwich."
(You bet I'm bolding that. I expect to see that in the "PonyVerse Yearbook", I wanna see my face plastered over the "Least Likely to Succeed" title bearing my name, "RiPalityPublishing: The Worst Blogger, but a Great AWP.") (Make it happen, mods. Please. We can let it be our little secret. I won't tell anyone I bribed you.)
(If you couldn't tell by now, it's great to be back)
SO! What's new in America compared to Jampam? Sizes, people, ghetto, technology (a slight demotion), and, of course, the first thing I see while greeted into this great country:
(Talk about kicking 2017 off with an exciting one. . . a rant about air-marshals)
So what's so bad about American security? Well, the first thing is where to begin. . .
Y'see, the problem with America is that for some reason we have this strange philosophy where in order to simplify something, we have to over-complicate it first. And with a herd of fumbling Americans "RushB"-ing through the lines, it gets very, very messy. So how do you complicate something as simple as a line? Aren't customs supposed to be a "get from Point-A to Point-B without getting your toothpaste stolen"? Not in America (save for the toothpaste part). Nope! Here's how they have it set up:
Firstly, separate the lines into two; one for priority (which is bogus since no one uses it) and other being the economy skrubs (like me). Whichever line you take doesn't matter because you'll always get lost in the heat of customs.
Second, split the two lines again into four different x-ray machines. Sure, that sounds simple enough on paper. More machines equals faster progress, right? Ehh . . . not when you've got a lot of extra crap being separated from the luggage just so they can do a "security check".
Now, everything up to this point is rather straight forward. You follow lines, get caught in a bit of lag, what's the deal? Y'see, if you've ever been in the gaming affair long enough, you'll learn about a little something called, "RNG", or "Random Number Generator"; it determines random hit ratios, health points, to critical hits (Don't worry, I just looked it up). Why am I bringing this up? Because only at American airports do they have, "RIB", which, of course, stands for: "RANDOM INSPECTION BULLSHNIKIES". (Seriously, what else?)
I usually comply with the terms of the officials, but today was something a little different. That was my last flight leaving from Aussie, Texas and it was scheduled to leave approx. 15 minutes after our previous flight landed. So we were in a bit of a rush and getting through security wasn't on our list of priorities.
Fun fact: My father, about seven or so years ago, gave me this nifty little external hard drive that I still use to this day. On the back, however, is the coolest part. It's got this two-inch green sticker that reads: "This medium is unclassified U.S. Government Property". How cool is that?
So as we're sprinting through the lines, I noticed one thing odd. The security guard operating the x-ray, pulls aside my prized gift: Desktop 6.0 (My new laptop). At that moment, my head was spinning. What's wrong with my laptop? Do I stash weed in my sleep? What kind of "hazards" do my 2015-built HP productivity laptop have that someone else's doesn't?
We were held up for quite a while. I had to ask one of the "officers" why my laptop was "stolen". His answer?
"It's been selected for a random check"
Here's where the harddrive comes in. Y'see, I'm a really big wire-carrier. If you see me carrying a backpack, chances are, it's got about 5 pounds of wires and other electronics. (Always gotta be prepared, amiright?)
And just behind my laptop, ON THE SECURITY BELT, was a big 'ol, green crate of wires (all from me), with that silly little hard-drive (suspicious as it is) and enough copper-wire to build me a taser. Did they touch it? Nope! They didn't even look at it. But of course, they go for the laptop, the only thing that "looks" suspicious enough for a random check. I don't know if they're going by numbers, or by pure dumb luck; but they really should consider a better way of playing RN-Jesus.
When we finally arrived at the hotel, it turns out they inspected my baggage for "hazardous materials" as well. At least they folded my clothes.
I realized I've written 5 MLPForum pages of these blog entries; Happy New Year, everypony! (I'm still trying to find the photos for the 5k special. At that time, it'll probably be 6k. Rip me.)
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A professional from Charleston says:
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I am looking for a notched corner key for a screen. Is this anything you all carry or can order? I appreciate your help.
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If your screen frame is 7/16" thick, then I think you should consider our 95-229 corner key and cut out the notch with a hack saw. Many hardware stores have done that.
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The screen frame is 5/16 thick.
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