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How to Become an Online Notary in North Dakota
Notaries public in North Dakota can now apply to serve their communities as commissioned online notaries. This commission will allow you to complete electronic notarizations completely online through a secure, two-way video call.
How to Obtain Your Online Notarial Commission
Current North Dakota notaries can apply to become an online notary public through the Secretary of State's Office. You can find the application and its requirements here.
As of April 15, 2020, notaries must notify the Secretary of State's office that they intend to perform remote notarial acts. That email should be sent to sosaccnot@nd.gov, along with any additional questions.
As part of the email, you will need to identify an online notarization solution provider that you will be using to conduct remote notarizations – a solution provider like Notarize.
Who Can Notarize on Our Platform?
Recently, Notarize announced that it's opening the Notarize platform to North Dakota closing agents who work for title agencies and real estate firms.
What can you do? Complete and execute notarizations for your fully online closings. You must be a user for an onboarded title agency or law firm, and the title agency or law firm must have a monthly subscription with Notarize.
Who is eligible? This is an opportunity for title agents and real estate attorneys in North Dakota as of 4/15/2020. The signing agents must be W-2 employees, not contractors for a title agency, as this service is not yet available to signing agencies or mobile notaries on behalf of a closing agent.
All notaries that use the Notarize platform must meet similar minimum standards which are explained below.
Notarizing Documents on the Notarize Platform
Recently, Notarize announced that it opened the Notarize platform to North Dakota notaries if they are employed by a business using Notarize.
All notaries that use the Notarize platform must meet similar minimum compliance standards. Therefore, all notaries must follow the same application process to access our platform.
Compliance Documentation is Required to Use Notarize
You'll find a list of all the required documentation for your state at notarize.com/compliance.


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Maverick Drinks: "There's much more to come from craft"
| 31 January, 2019
Craft spirits entrepreneur Michael Vachon has shrugged off the notion that the UK is on the brink of reaching peak gin. It has been the star performer in the spirits category for several years now and some have started to question whether its performance will peter out. "The UK is nowhere near peak gin," Vachon says. "In fact, we are so far away from it that the peak isn't even in sight."
Vachon is co-founder of Maverick Drinks, which supplies Ableforth's Bathtub, Bluecoat, Kyrö and Origin gins.
He points out that there are whole segments of the retail community that have not even entered into the world of craft gin yet.
"If I can get free-from mince pies at my local convenience store, then I should be able to get at least one decent craft gin, but we are not at that place yet," he says.
"Craft beer has now made its way onto the shelves of most off-licences but it took a while. Craft beer was practically mainstream before convenience caught up, but it's now hard to find a store or a pub that doesn't have any craft beer.
"I think we are at peak fried chicken shop – that's where we are at. The concept of the high street has evolved and independent businesses are increasingly doing well. If you look at traditional high street retailers like bookies, they are struggling, but the independent record store sector is booming.
"It's a shift towards people wanting to know if their money is going towards somebody, and especially coming out of recessions people want to shop local."
Vachon says Maverick Drinks is keen to break down the barriers that prevent craft spirits from reaching new consumers.
"Convenience stores haven't got a lot of access to products outside of what a cash and carry or wholesaler stocks," he says.
"Another problem is that spirits are often behind the till. Retailers are worried about theft and I totally get that. And they tend not to hold any stock above a certain value, so this poses another challenge. Plus, they often don't have access to theft security devices like the bottle neck-tags that multiple grocers use.
"For whatever reason cash and carries seem to be this kind of no-man's-land of craft spirits. I spent some time with one particular depot of a large national cash and carry and they asked me what I thought was missing from their depot?
"I replied: ''Anything interesting – what you have here are literally the things I can get anywhere'."
Convenience stores often have to offer value products alongside luxury items, to suit different shoppers and this can be a headache for smaller stores, but Vachon believes it's an easy problem to resolve.
"Space shouldn't be a problem," he says. "You can replace something that's a low seller with something that could potentially be a high seller.
"What convenience retailers need to understand is the value that exists in these spirits.
"If a store says to me that a £35 bottle of gin is too high a price for their customers' baskets, then I do take that on board, but we could trial different formats.
"We could change the format of our bottle tomorrow with a 50cl or a 25cl version, so that people can afford to buy them. It might help to get someone to trade up from a 1-litre bottle of Gordon's to something more premium.
"We are very agile and we want to talk about how we can make craft spirits work for each store and their end customer.
"People have kind of written off convenience and there is a belief that people only go to convenience stores to buy cheap things but this is not true. I am seeing the difference in food.
"We could also consider waiving a store's minimum order so that they didn't have to keep a lot of stock.
"It just requires a conversation. We want anyone who wants to have access to our products to have a fair and equitable chance of doing it.
"We do want to have that conversation because we don't want people buying things that might not be right for them.
"We try to get a feel for everybody we work with so that we can advise what brands we think would work for that store.
"If we sell something to a store and it doesn't sell at the other end then that's much worse for us, so we have to have a more meaningful understanding of how that business works.
Group links mean interesting times ahead
Maverick Drinks was founded in 2013 and is the distribution arm of Atom Group, which also includes Atom Brands and online retailer Master of Malt.
Atom produces spirits including Bathtub gin and Boutique-y whisky, gin and rum, for which Maverick handles sales and marketing. It also distributes spirits from outside the group.
"Like three independent businesses, we at Maverick buy from Atom and we sell to Master of Malt," says Vachon. "We try to operate as three different businesses."
AB-Inbev, the world's largest brewer, purchased Atom Group for an undisclosed fee in May 2018 through its ZX Ventures division.
Vachon says: "It is so supportive, but we haven't even begun to explore how we could work with other AB-Inbev companies, such as Camden Town Brewery or Goose Island, and that's where it gets really interesting."
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Q: Draw a rectangle wherever mouse is clicked on panel and change its color I want to draw a rectangle on a panel wherever the mouse is clicked. When the user clicks the same rectangle again, it will change its color. It has to be drawn on a panel.
What I have done with the help of the internet is this. It displays a message mouse is clicked between the coordinates of the rectangle drawn first.
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{
    public Form1()
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    public int ycord1;

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    {
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The Best Beaches in Costa Rica
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DHS Cites 'Credible Threat' As Reason For Forcing Travelers To The US To Hand Over Powered-Up Devices To Airport Security
from the new-searches-and-screenings-because-reasons dept
Tue, Jul 8th 2014 5:34am — Tim Cushing
The Department of Homeland Security still has the power to control the world's airports, or at least those of our Five Eyes' spying allies. New DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson issued the following statement on July 2nd.
DHS continually assesses the global threat environment and reevaluates the measures we take to promote aviation security. As part of this ongoing process, I have directed TSA to implement enhanced security measures in the coming days at certain overseas airports with direct flights to the United States. We will work to ensure these necessary steps pose as few disruptions to travelers as possible. We are sharing recent and relevant information with our foreign allies and are consulting the aviation industry. These communications are an important part of our commitment to providing our security partners with situational awareness about the current environment and protecting the traveling public. Aviation security includes a number of measures, both seen and unseen, informed by an evolving environment. As always, we will continue to adjust security measures to promote aviation security without unnecessary disruptions to the traveling public.
The key part is in the second sentence: "enhanced security measures." The unspecified threat the DHS is reacting to has added a new requirement for passengers taking direct flights to the United States. In short, you'd better make sure all your electronics are charged before you reach the security checkpoint or you quite possibly won't be going anywhere.
Heathrow Airport has told passengers to ensure all electronic devices carried as hand baggage are charged before travel if they are flying to the US.
It posted details of the new rule on its website and Facebook page.
The move follows a request from the US that "certain overseas airports" implement enhanced security measures. The UK government has also revised its rules to state that if a "device doesn't switch on, you won't be allowed to bring it on to the aircraft".
Anyone who has absentmindedly allowed a battery to discharge will still have several options, according to Heathrow officials. They can use airport "charging points" to bring their devices back to life or stash them in stowed luggage. They can also mail the device to themselves if they don't mind being separated for a little extra time. This all sounds very accommodating, but simply having a drained device can place you under suspicion.
Affected passengers have been told they may also have to undergo extra screening measures.
There also seems to be a bit of a disconnect between the DHS and the affected airports as to which devices are subject to the new "charged and operable" standard. The TSA says "some devices, including mobile phones," but fails to be any more specific, exactly the sort of vague, malleable direction the TSA is fond of. Heathrow's list of electronics includes hair dryers, electric shavers, cameras and mp3 players and the wording below the list says nothing more than "make sure your electronic devices are charged before you travel."
This vagueness from everyone involved isn't a good sign. Having to present devices not normally inspected by security personnel and power them up lends itself to "incidental" device searches. The heightened suspicion of devices in general doesn't help. And wherever this "credible threat" the DHS cites in support of this move actually originates, it's apparently hoped that it will route itself through Germany, France or the UK. At this point, no other countries offering direct flights to the US have agreed to the additional security measures.
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Ninja (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 3:53am
I'm trying to find a reason why a device that doesn't power up due to a drained battery should be suspicious. Sure, the battery may have been replaced by a pack of explosives (excuse me, I'll be using my double layered tinfoil hat now) but that's easily checked: plug the device to an outlet for a few minutes and power it up. If there's any fear it will explode do it in some protected chamber. But are we really that paranoid that current security measures don't suffice?
When some alien archaeologists come they'll really believe cellphones were used as weapons.
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Violynne (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 4:00am
FAA: Turn off all devices.
DHS: Turn on all devices.
Our wonderful government is so screwed up, they can't even give the same instructions to its people.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jul 2014 @ 5:43am
I think the goal is to have so many rules that one loses sight of them, and as many conflicting rules as possible. The goal is to have something on everyone, to eliminate the bother of finding due cause.
They're just doing their best to create a voluntary no-fly list. I know I have no desire to fly under the TSA's rule.
PaulT (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 5:50am
"Sure, the battery may have been replaced by a pack of explosives... but that's easily checked: plug the device to an outlet for a few minutes and power it up."
According to what the article says, they're already doing this, minus the protective chamber part. Oh, and that suspicious device is also OK in stowed luggage, apparently.
Did you perhaps expect a credible screening process rather than an extra bit of theatre?
Vincent Clement (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 5:56am
It's easily checked by waving the wand that they wave over CPAP machines. I'm really, just when you think the TSA couldn't go any lower in terms of security theatre, they prove you wrong.
Cell phone bombs? Didn't screening machines become advanced enough to detect explosives over say a lithium polymer cell?
Yes, indeed they have. This is nothing but security theatre all over again. The lazy way out. "Does it turn on?"
Why not just eliminate public passenger flight in the US entirely and get it over with, because sooner or later every airline there will go bankrupt due to the excessive regulations as nobody will want to fly them anymore.
Oh, the government will bail them out? Thats makes it okay.
Meanwhile the former head of MI6 had a nice bit to say about government and media hyperbole - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/10952585/Pathetic-Britons-in-Syria-and-Ir aq-do-not-pose-threat-says-former-MI6-chief.html
ThatFatMan (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:13am
Maybe TSA is french...
Agence de Sécurité Theater
Nathan Brathahn (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:15am
no body cavity search?
I thought three letter agencies could do better
Manok, 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:17am
Another thing to worry and be nervous about, when traveling. Osama doesn't scare many, but the security itself does.
I also highly doubt whether there are new/extra charging points available on the airport. But I suppose tere aren't. Mailing service? On the other side of the airport, with of course limited opening hours. And with an airport price tag.
If they wanted to do it right, they would have charging points right where the inspection is, including the chargers themselves.
RadioactiveSmurf (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:18am
Anyone else read the name Jeh and think it's a partial name? Apparantly it's a variant of Jay. Off topic I realize but that name just makes me pause everytime I read it.
Haggie, 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:20am
This is simply nonsensical. What if I have a corded electronic device?
Fly on commercial airlines sounds a lot like flying on Con Air. Except you have to pay for your ticket.
You cannot apply sense to an organization like this...
Terrorist... who uses cords these days?
Chris ODonnell (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:25am
If they were series about security the answer is simple.
No carry on anything allowed, and everybody flies naked.
Given the cramped internals of modern phones, fitting a small bomb into it could require removing some of the internals. Note that a thumb sized piece of Semtex is enough to bring a plane down, but that consumes more space than is empty in many modern devices.
Putting devices that do not power up in the hold is slightly suspicious, unless they have definite intelligence about a suicide bomber, as a timer can be very small.
This is not to say that the opportunity for some extra searches will not be used, or some vague intelligence is providing an excuse for some extra searches.
Michael, 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:28am
What is a corded electronic device?
Not only no carry on, but no luggage whatsoever, it could contain a bomb.
A corded electronic device can be anything from an alarm clock, to an adult massage aid.
"Airport Security Officer: it's a dildo. Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a dildo... always use the indefinite article a dildo, never your dildo."
Slight suspicious? Really? I'd be screwed. I usually drain the battery of my phone while waiting for a flight (playing games). How many planes have been exploded recently again? Is it really worth it? If the guy really wants to suicide they'll stick some explosive that's hard to detect in their asses/stomachs and just blow along with the plane. No amount of security will stop a determined person unless it's total surveillance: cavity exams, body x-rays and everything that is most invasive.
Pitiful.
Note that a thumb sized piece of Semtex is enough to bring a plane down
Note that Semtex can be detected by the X-Ray scanners they have been using for the last 1/2 century.
Bt Garner (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:47am
I used to travel to europe a lot in the early 2000s, and this was standard practice at most places (Germany, Switzerland, UK) after 9/11.
They wanted you to power up your electronics to show that they still worked and that you had not replaced a component with some sort of incendiary device,
justok (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:48am
Rectum, stomach and intestines are not permitted either. You may mail them to yourself, 'tho.
Look on the plus side
Maybe theft by TSA will go down if they believe they might explode.
Who's the source for the "credible threat"? Lindsey Graham?
Christopher (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:56am
it's to look into your phone
The bomb-sniffers will catch your explosive-laden devices. Having your cellphone on means the TSA can browse your phone's data. Turned off, they can't without powering it up and presumably bypassing your passcode.
Keep your phones encrypted.
So that's what "have your ass handed to yourself" mean.
Jake, 8 Jul 2014 @ 7:06am
This used to be routine in Britain in the 90s, but that was because the casing of a laptop from those days could hold a handgun and several spare magazines with room to spare if you stripped out the works. (Not to mention the fact that we had a real terrorist threat back then!)
But what the hell is the point in this now? Especially if it only applies to hand baggage, not stuff that's going in the hold? I bet you could still fit a decent-sized bomb or a few grand's worth of cocaine into a modern laptop.
Andrew Norton (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 7:12am
most credible threat to the US
It's been clear for years there is indeed a credible threat to the US. It's the Department of Homeland Security, including it's subsidiary, the TSA.
I think their actions have shown them to be more than credible threats to Americans and their freedom.
SimonB (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 7:17am
What is next? When will they be happy?
Are we to have body cavity searches if we don't use the rest rooms and provide a receipt of material expelled?
When will they realise that this is exactly the kind of reaction that is desired? They want us to give up our freedoms? They want to impose capricious authoritarian laws. At the rate we are going we are going we are going to achieve all they want without them actually carrying out any further atrocities in Europe or the States.
I for one would like to see a reduction in the FUD and a near blanket removal of most of the pointless security checks introduced since 9/11, Richard Reid and the liquid bomb plot.
Lets face it most of the security measures introduced won't actually stop any of these happening again. I do say most as clearly making it much harder for high-jackers to enter the cockpit and therefore take over the plane. But the rest of it? Really?
I'm trying to find a reason why a device that doesn't power up due to a drained battery should be suspicious
I am wondering why a device that does power up is suddenly off of the suspicious list.
Stupid rules like this make it easier to get things through the screening process because rather than checking if a device is full of, you know, explosives or weapons, they start to focus on whether or not it functions.
It would not be difficult to take the guts out of an old IBM Thinkpad, replace it with components 1/4 of the size, and have a device full of empty space that powers up just fine.
So, UK mentality is...
"Only terrorists have flat batteries."
John Fenderson (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 7:41am
I've been doing this for over a decade now. I ship my luggage to my destination ahead of time through UPS. Originally, it was to guarantee my luggage wouldn't get lost. Now it's to avoid having it searched and exposed to the resultant threat of theft. Also, given the luggage surcharges that many airlines have now, it's not even much more expensive than checking a bag.
Re: What is next? When will they be happy?
In reality, the powers that be are huge South Park fans and are trying to make http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s14e09-its-a-jersey-thing prophetic instead of funny. They are hoping if they push us far enough, we will start to see the terrorists as potential liberators instead of a threat.
For the humor impaired, I'm being sarcastic.
Don Joe, 8 Jul 2014 @ 7:54am
I think I might be able to fit some of this new type of explosive in the empty space of my 1980s walkman. I bet I'll even be able to listen to music afterwards.
Also, if you were planning to take a walkman with you on an airplane, better do so before the NSA sends this comment to the DHS.
Those things are just copyright infringement tools anyway. The DHS will be arriving in SWAT gear (probably leased from a privately owned SWAT organization) to get that from you shortly.
It would not be so expensive if the NSA didn't have to keep intercepting it to add recording devices.
No, the UK mentality is "we have to do what the US tells us to". Note that it's only flights to the US affected here. You can fly anywhere else through the UK without this restriction according to their own guidelines.
As part of this ongoing process, I have directed TSA to implement enhanced security measures in the coming days at certain overseas airports with direct flights to the United States.
Does that not reek of Empire, implying that the TSA has jurisdiction in foreign countries?
Vidiot (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 8:32am
Sounds familiar
The "power up" thing has generated quite a buzz, pardon the expression, but I clearly remember a time when that was pretty much standard -- don't fly with a device that wouldn't switch on. For us TV people, it meant don't pack the broadcast-camera batteries in the checked luggage... keep at least one with the carried-on camera. Can't say when that policy was ever rescinded, actually.
TestPilotDummy, 8 Jul 2014 @ 8:32am
devices (TM)
I guess I just don't understand this one. With all the unemployed people, who can afford to have a mobile phone, let alone the cost of aircraft travel? But even with that unanswered to myself, pretending for a moment there's enough people that can afford it, the question is WHY do you still buy it when they spy on you? Why would you pay for something that is a named known spy target? In fact why are mobile services still not bankrupt? Should have been a global boycott by now. Oh that's right it wasn't on MSNBC so it ain't the truth yet.
Idiots. Stop Paying to be spied on.
I Say..
Let Ma Bell Burn in Hell.
Restore the US Constitution
With all the spying going on, you'd be better off with a two way radio instead. Your not giving bank account last four's "accidentally" over a radio, since you will be doing your business in person. And if ya got CB, then you don't really even need a name. Not to mention with anal oath breakers out there, there's no contacts, addresses, phones, etc., inside a CB for them to illegally search.
I know, repetitive rant, but that's why you love my posts.
afn29129 (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 8:33am
unlock your device...
Unlock your device so we can search it's digital contents.
Re: devices (TM)
How did you mail in your comment? Does TechDirt have a special dropbox to send them to?
Chronno S. Trigger (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 8:55am
Re: Re: devices (TM)
Carrier pigeon. The USPS is known to snoop threw mail.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:18am
Re: 'pathetic' characters
He's got a point. The Daily Mail has an article about a couple of numpties who bought "Islam For Dummies, the Koran For Dummies and Arabic For Dummies from Amazon" before heading off to a war zone.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2684714/I-tell-I-m-going-jihad-Lol-I-ll-arrested-What-B ritish-terrorist-Birmingham-told-childhood-friend-travelled-Syria-join-rebel-fighters.html
A corded mouse. Also has plenty of space inside ? (I am not going to kill one of my old ones to check, I may need it and am cheap enough to keep them as spares). They need to check all mice.
jupiterkansas (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:26am
And the irony is in order to get it to your destination, they still have to put it on a plane.
Bob, 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:30am
Heathrow Airport Security
I went through Heathrow on the way back to the States and every 4th person had their carry-on set aside for a "random enhanced security" check. Took 45 minutes to get my carry-on through the security check point.
No reason given, just every 4th passenger. Seems to me it was the, "Your country started it!" friends of mine got when flying out of Germany.
Mason Wheeler (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:44am
I usually drain the battery of my phone while waiting for a flight (playing games)
I usually make sure it's plugged in to my laptop while doing anything like that. Having my phone drained would be a horrible thing for me, because that means I can't turn it back on when we land to check for messages. :P
John Fenderson (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:54am
I usually carry extra batteries for my phone when traveling. That's one of the reasons I won't buy a phone that doesn't let me replace the battery.
Michael, 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:54am
Does anyone find anything about the DHS 'credible' these days?
David, 8 Jul 2014 @ 10:56am
Actually, telling apart Semtex and chocolate via X-ray can be pretty difficult, and there are a number of other substances which have similar properties.
Now Semtex is annoyingly inert, so what you want to be looking for on your X-rays are strange wires and the rather distinctive standard detonators used with it.
I'd expect "sensible terrorists" to revert to different chemicals that are easier to blow up.
Dav, 8 Jul 2014 @ 11:00am
I'd expect that it's easy enough to replace the large batteries in a ghettoblaster by a stack of mercury cells in one of the batteries and explosives in the rest. The mercury cells will be sufficient for powering up the thing for a demonstration.
Now of course a ghettoblaster is not common enough to receive no extra scrutiny these days, but you get the drift.
Plus, the thrifty terrorist would not want to pay the extra $150 for a "bulky" carry on.
John85851 (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 12:36pm
What if the kids drain the battery?
On the one hand, I remember having to turn on my laptop when going through security before 9/11. So, asking people to turn on their device in theory is a sound idea.
However, what happens when a family charges their iPad, gets on a flight from London to New York, and their kid drains the battery while in flight?
Will the TSA let the parents charge the device or will they assume they're terrorists in disguise?
I'm sure the TSA will let them through, especially if they're a white family with a US passport. But heaven help the dark-skinned family coming from Iran through London to New York.
Case, 8 Jul 2014 @ 2:02pm
Anyone who has absentmindedly allowed a battery to discharge will still have several options, according to Heathrow officials. They can use airport "charging points" to bring their devices back to life
...and since the charger happens to be the USB port these days, it's only a matter of time till the NSA will start putting some extras into those kindly provided chargers.
John Fenderson (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 2:07pm
Normal-sized mice tend to have a fair amount of empty space in them unless they're antiques.
gorehound (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 2:23pm
Coming soon the TSA will perform Anal Cavity Searching to enter Airports.
I avoid flying year round except the minimal parent visiting I have to do other wise I do not fly.
David, 8 Jul 2014 @ 3:10pm
I usually drain the battery of my phone while waiting for a flight (playing games).
And that's why TSA wants to ensure that the battery of a suicide bomber's phone will last until the plane has landed safely and everybody left.
Who in his right mind would blow himself up while he still has a highscore to beat?
I envy you. I have managed to whittle things down to 2-3 flights per year. I wish I could make it zero. Thanks, TSA, for turning something that is inherently fun into an even more expensive dystopian nightmare.
martyburns (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 4:05pm
+1 for getting to talk about ghetto blasters.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jul 2014 @ 4:18pm
Meanwhile....
The dumbasses can't stop the reckless or suicidal from becoming wheel well stowaways. Which means everything going on inside the airport is a complete waste of time when malevolent actors could simply wander onto the runway with a hand-truck containing a man-sized bomb and put it in the wheel well, then walk away and watch the news waiting for the breaking story about a plane exploding. Mission accomplished.
Now even less interest in visiting the USA
Years ago, I made a decision to never visit the USA - it had gone bad to worse then. This just increases the justification of my arguments to never visit the USA.
Maybe we should start calling it the United States of Angst, a much more appropriate title.
BeeAitch (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 4:43pm
JEH
Name of a female demon in a small number of Zoroastrian Middle Persian texts. The name of Jeh is commonly, but with little justification, translated as "whore." It is the Middle Persian rendering of Avestan jahī- (or jahikā-). That word is used in a number of different meanings, but it appears to have originally meant "woman" and can still be recognized in this meaning in many Avestan passages...
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JMT (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 6:03pm
Classic security theatre
"Anyone who has absentmindedly allowed a battery to discharge will still have several options, according to Heathrow officials. They can use airport "charging points" to bring their devices back to life or stash them in stowed luggage. They can also mail the device to themselves..."
So if your electronic device is deemed too suspicious to be allowed into the plane's cabin, they give you the option of putting it somewhere else on the plane, or put it on another plane! How is this safer?!
Joe K, 8 Jul 2014 @ 8:18pm
why assume it's about explosives?
Not that i know anything about it, but I would assume that the rule
has more to do with fingerprinting the devices in question.
orbitalinsertion (profile), 8 Jul 2014 @ 9:03pm
They want ten more "reasons" to give the public to rifle through your electronics and read the data when they randomly feel like it.
Re: no body cavity search?
Just to make sure there are batteries all up in there.
A device you can strangle 50 people with, almost instantly.
Anonymous Coward, 8 Jul 2014 @ 11:05pm
Oh crap... what if the TSA is nothing but a figment of our collective imagination, projecting a repressed love of authoritarianism hidden behind our professed desire for civil liberty?
MrTroy (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 12:52am
While I feel this is a good and insightful point, the fact that external battery/chargers are significantly cheaper than internal batteries AND hold a much larger charge has led me to go that route. Incidentally it ameliorates the replaceable battery problem, but only until the battery NEEDS replacing because of age.
That One Guy (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 1:36am
I'd have to dig around, but I'm pretty sure a good while back there was an article about pretty much exactly that happening at a security conference, where a group wanted to point out just how insanely easy it would be to compromise a bunch of electronic devices by helpfully offering 'charging' stations.
Of course I'm sure such a stunt would never be used by the TSA or another agency working alongside them that would love to have access to countless electronic devices and the data on them... /s
MrTroy (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 2:19am
Re: Re: Re: devices (TM)
Aren't all the carrier pigeon services covered by sattelites and drones nowadays?
Seegras (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 2:19am
DHS, Department of Hokey Security?
I remember that one (the story, not the URL)
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2011/08/beware-of-juice-jacking/
Re: Now even less interest in visiting the USA
I won't visit any states in which due process is not respected and people are subject to being fingerprinted and recorded by the police upon arrival.
So I won't travel to North Korea, Turkmenistan or the USA.
This article says otherwise.
So does this one; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28223150
No, both say what I said they did:
"The move follows a request from the US that "certain overseas airports" implement enhanced security measures."
"But the Department for Transport (DfT) has now issued updated guidelines, saying: "In line with the US advice..."
"American officials ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US to intensify screening of electronic devices last week."
What do you think they say?
jaack65 (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 8:28am
Re: FAA DHS Then FCC
The FCC says most devices must accept any type of interference but were not thinking of any TSA official INTERFERENCE.
Must I leave my underwear behind(pun intended) if it has skid mark or evidence of explosive discharges? My shoes might be excessively worn too are they next? Where does it stop???
Follow El Al airlines security. They don't have hijackings, are less invasive of children and their security really works. But they pay their security people a very good salary, live depend on the quality of their work!
Marvin (profile), 9 Jul 2014 @ 5:51pm
Re: Bureacratic self contradictory admisnstrative law
How can they do this without a jury of my peers?
Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses. Ratified 12/15/1791.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
Sheogorath (profile), 10 Jul 2014 @ 5:24am
Re: Re: Bureacratic self contradictory admisnstrative law
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.
And isn't that just what you get at US airports nowadays, trial by groping in full view of the public?
No, not French. TSA actually stands for Security Theater Agency.
Unfortunately not. The DHS, TSA, and other intrusive three-letter agencies are the result of governments bringing George Orwell's 1984 to life.
What's the betting...
The next terrorist atrocity won't even involve an aircraft, it'll be committed in the now overcrowded departures lounge by someone without a ticket, who isn't a foreign insurgent, but a domestic one whose actions are driven by being groped a few too many times.
Or the United States of Asshattery.
I'd have to dig around [...]
That's just what the TSA wants to do, in your bodily 'cavities'!
Anonymous Coward, 12 Jul 2014 @ 11:35am
I will never visit USA.


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The Department of Justice will not prioritize election irregularities exposed by an informer better known to the public as "Koala Bear." Instead, it will look into the so-called "Hello Nico" scandal and supposedly questionable compact flash cards used in the May 10 elections.
Justice Secretary Alberto Agra stressed that the so-called "Koala Bear" controversy will be looked into, but only to verify his role in the elections.
"On the side lang yun just to verify his involvement. That's not a priority. That will be taken care of by NBI [National Bureau of Investigation]," he said.
"We are doing this for the Comelec. We are still in the election period until June 30 so that NBI, our prosecutors, and PNP are acting as deputies of the Comelec," Agra added.
"We already know who is behind him. He is a losing candidate," Comelec spokesman James Jimenez said.
The whistleblower earlier charged that he was part of vote padding and shaving operations during the elections.
Agra said he was confident that the department would conclude by June 15 the investigations into the "Hello Ronnie or Hello Nico" as well as the alleged irregularities in the compact flash cards and precinct count scan (PCOS) machines in connection with the May 10 elections.
According to him, a copy of the CD containing the alleged wiretapped phone conversation between Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Comelec Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer had already been turned over to NBI director Nestor Mantaring. Puno and Ferrer have denied that they are the persons in the conversation.
"Once the NBI wraps up the probe, it will submit its report to the DoJ for review. Once the DoJ finds probable cause, the next step is the filing of information in court," Agra said.
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Q: Python: Start, stop, step I have the following codesnippet.
I'm a bit confused, first, why do i have 2 as my step parameter, Is it because i jump from outside the dictionary, so i end up on total population?
Second: What in the world does i+1 do? Never seen it before? Would make sense if i jump from i (the country name) and then land on total population. But if that is the case, what's the point in having 2 as my step?
The code works as it's supposed to, i would just like to know how it works, in order to be able to benefit from it later in my own project.
result = {}
print(country_population)
for i in range(0, len(country_population), 2):
    result[country_population[i]] = country_population[i+1]['total_population']['population']

print(result)

country_population prints:
['Mali', {'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 16352320}}, 'Ghana', {'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 25855970}}

result prints:
{'Mali': 16352320, 'Ghana': 25855970}

A: First, you are missing a close right bracket in your definition of country_population. If you add that, your code does run as you state.
The reason you need a step parameter of 2 in your code is that country_population is a list of four items. The items are
'Mali',
{'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 16352320}},
'Ghana',
{'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 25855970}}

So you see you have information on two countries spread out over four items. The first to relate to Mali, the last two to Ghana. Items 1 and 3 are country names, items 2 and 4 are population data. So the code uses a step size of 2 to move from country to country. In each loop, item i is the country name, item i+1 is the population data.
If the data could be stored differently, you should make a list containing two tuples, each tuple containing a country name and its population data. Then the structure of the data variable would match the structure of the data's meaning. In other words, define
country_population = [
    ('Mali', {'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 16352320}}),
    ('Ghana', {'total_population': {'date': '2013-01-01', 'population': 25855970}})
]

This takes more lines and your analysis code would need to be changed, but the definition is easier to see and fits into a decent line length, and your analysis code would be simpler to understand.


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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import org.foo.shape.SimpleShape;

public class Circle implements SimpleShape {

  /**
   * Implements the <tt>SimpleShape.draw()</tt> method for painting the shape.
   *
   * @param g2 The graphics object used for painting.
   * @param p The position to paint the triangle.
   **/
  public void draw(Graphics2D g2, Point p) {
    int x = p.x - 25;
    int y = p.y - 25;
    GradientPaint gradient = new GradientPaint(x, y, Color.RED, x + 50, y, Color.WHITE);
    g2.setPaint(gradient);
    g2.fill(new Ellipse2D.Double(x, y, 50, 50));
    BasicStroke wideStroke = new BasicStroke(2.0f);
    g2.setColor(Color.black);
    g2.setStroke(wideStroke);
    g2.draw(new Ellipse2D.Double(x, y, 50, 50));
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Gnome under an Easter Cactus in bloom.
This Gnome set up, on the side of the pitcher with grass growing in it, was a baby shower gift at my dear friend Nicole's baby shower for her first, Magnolia. I took it home after the baby shower, and my Easter Cactus bloomed above it!


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World of Outlaws set to make exhilarating return to CBS Sports Network Memorial Day weekend
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Kokomo Sprint Car event and Late Model Illini 100 to be a part of first hour-long special on Monday, May 30
Two of the best World of Outlaws events of the early 2021 season will be relived on CBS Sports Network Sunday, May 30, at 7pm (ET).
The network will broadcast multiple World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car and World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model events on Sundays, starting with the hour-long special on May 30.
It'll feature the World of Outlaws Sprint Car event at Kokomo Speedway, from 7pm to 7:30, and the World of Outlaws Late Model Illini 100 at Farmer City Raceway, from 7:30pm to 8.
"Our partnership with CBS Sports Network has allowed us to showcase the best World of Outlaws events to an expanded audience and we're excited to be able to do so again this year," World of Outlaws CEO Brian Carter said. "We've already seen phenomenal racing this season and I can't wait to share it again with race fans."
Kokomo Speedway has become a fan favorite on the Sprint Car tour and the April event proved why again. The stars of The Greatest Show on Dirt waged a war of wheelies and slide jobs around the quarter-mile Indiana track. In the end, it came down to a battle between Kasey Kahne Racing teammates James McFadden and Brad Sweet, the two-time defending champion.
The quarter-mile Farmer City Raceway in Illinois produced an equally thrilling show for the Late Model's Illini 100. The stout 28-car field raced inches apart throughout the entire 75-lap event, making daring slide jobs that either resulted in a clean pass or an attempt to knock down the outside wall. Series regular Cade Dillard and Summer Nationals star Bobby Pierce put on a brawl for the win that left fans at the edge of their seats in the closing laps.
If you miss its 7pm air time, the show will reair at 12am Monday morning to kick off Memorial Day.
The next show will air on June 6 at 1pm (ET) on CBS Sports Network. Details will be announced at a later date.
Then, on Saturday, June 12, at 1:30pm (ET) the World of Outlaws will return to network television on CBS with the World of Outlaws: It's Bristol Baby hour-long special, featuring the Sprint Car and Late Model events from Bristol Motor Speedway.
Founded in 1978, the World of Outlaws®, based in Concord, NC, is the premier national touring series for dirt track racing in North America, featuring the most powerful cars on dirt, the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and the World of Outlaws Morton Buildings Late Model Series. Annually, the two series race nearly 140 times at tracks across the United States and Canada. CBS Sports Network is the official broadcast partner of the World of Outlaws. DIRTVision® also broadcasts all World of Outlaws events over the Internet to fans around the world. Learn more about the World of Outlaws.
CBS Sports, a year-round leader in television sports, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR. In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour home of CBS Sports, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for SHOWTIME. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: World of Outlaws Late Models open 2022 season at Sunshine Nationals
BONUS BUCKS: World of Outlaws Drivers Excited for new bonus program, points fund
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Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) went back to the High Court on 28 January 2019 where there was a contested hearing by the defendants, Mr Dean Jules and Mrs Candice Jules, both of White Heart Grove, Land at The Coombes, Coombes Lane, Barkham, regarding the continuation of the injunction order dated 14 December 2018 (see below in background section). The judge agreed with WBC that an injunction should remain on the land but also added that Mr and Mrs Jules were reckless in completing the wooden structure and moving into it in breach of the terms of the injunction. A new order, dated 28 January 2019, was made in which it was also ordered that they should not reside at the site after 5 April 2019. They were also ordered to pay the Council's full costs of the proceedings.
Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) has taken further action to protect the Coombes woodland from unauthorised development.
Before this order, these activities could have taken place under the landowners 'permitted development' rights without them having to apply for permission.
In addition, WBC has served both a Stop Notice and an Enforcement Notice on Mr Dean Jules and Mrs Candice Jules, both of White Heart Grove, Land at The Coombes, Coombes Lane, Barkham ('the land').
Cease the use of the building as a dwelling.
Remove the building, including foundation, from 'the land'.
Remove the resultant materials from carrying out step (ii) from 'the land'.
Remove the residential paraphernalia associated with the residential use from 'the land'.
Cease storage of building materials and do not undertake any further construction works specified in the notice.
The injunctive proceedings will be progressed at a hearing in the High Court on 28 January 2019.
Land at The Coombes, Coombes Lane, Barkham has been marketed in plots at auction and on a property website last year. The advertising has implied the land has the potential for development.
It is understood that at least eight plots have been sold and Wokingham Borough Council has been contacted by several of the landowners and members of public to enquire about potential development, forestry work and a Public Rights of Way issue.
It should be noted that the court order remains in force and is punishable by imprisonment or fine if breached.
The land concerned is Protected Woodland (TPO 371/1988) and Local Wildlife Site. The land can only be lawfully used for forestry uses. The TPO has recently been extended to cover all trees at the site.
In order to carry out works to trees on the land, owners must either apply to the Council or to the Forestry Commission. In both cases, the consent would only be for agreed works to trees – not development.
Please note that Wokingham Borough Council elected ward members for the area (Cllr Gary Cowan and Cllr John Kaiser) are working closely and proactively with Council planning and tree officers and the parish council on this issue. Further updates will be provided as appropriate.


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Charles E. Roberson, Owner- Funeral Director/Embalmer
Born in Three Rivers, Tx. on May 16, 1936 to Gus and Pauline Roberson. I am a 1956 Graduate of the Three Rivers High School and a 1957 Graduate of Common Wealth college of Mortuary Sciences. I Married Barbara Ann (Stendebach) Roberson in 1957. I worked for another funeral home in Alice, Tx. for 17 years before my wife and I opened our own funeral home in 1973. We have three children Larry Roberson whom died in 1965. Sherri (Roberson) Morgan whom is married to Donnie, Steven whom is married to Lisa (Durdin) Roberson is involved in the Family Business. We opened our second Funeral Home on Aug. 18, 1996 in Three Rivers, Texas. i am a Deacon at the West Main Baptist Church in Alice, Tx. and a Ordained Minister.
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Born to Charles and Barbara (Stendebach) Roberson on Dec. 6, 1966 in Alice, Texas. I am a 1985 Graduate of the Alice High School and a 1986 Graduate of the Commonwealth College of Mortuary Sciences in Houston, Tx. . I am married to Lisa (Durdin) Roberson and we have 4 Children, Ashley, Colton, Rechea, Zachary. I am a Certified Peace Officer since 1989, a Certified Paramedic and currently serve as Board President for the Ben Bolt Volunteer Fire Dept. We also own and operate the Roberson-Collins Memorial Cemetery.
Patti June Robinson Vanek, Funeral Director
I was born to Felix "June" and Adeline (Buetow) Robinson in Three Rivers, Texas in 1958. I moved to the Rio Grande Valley with my family. In 1976 I married Charlie Vanek Jr. from Three Rivers, and moved back to Three Rivers. We raised our two children, Charlie Todd Vanek III and Jessica Leanne Vanel in Three Rivers. We are blessed with 4 grandchildren.
I went to work in the family business at Roberson Funeral Home in 2001. I came in to help answer the phones and do paperwork. Urged on by Mr. Roberson (my Cousin) I attended SAC Mortuary Science and completed my studies at Amarillo College to become a funeral director in 2008. I am proud to be part of the Roberson Family Funeral Home. We all work closely together to assure our best in serving our families at the time of need. Our service is personal, caring, and we pride ourselves in knowing that we, The Roberson Family serve the people we all grew up with. We are the ONLY family owned and operated funeral home in Live Oak County.
Rechea D. Roberson, Office Clerk
Born Aug. 7, 1992 in Corpus Christi, Texas to Steven & Lisa Roberson. I am a 2010 Graduate of the Ben Bolt High School. I work for the family business and attend Rosaries and go on Funeral Services as needed.
Zachary Roberson, Cemetery-Monument Specialist
Colton Roberson, Pre-need Funeral Sales-Monument Specialist
Ashley E. Roberson-Garcia, Licensed Funeral Director/Embalmer
Born June 1, 1988 to Lisa and Steven Roberson. Married to Richie Garcia for 11 years with 3 beautiful children Aiden, Evan, and Addison. She attended Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service obtaining her degree in Mortuary Science on December 20, 2019 and completed her internship as a funeral director and embalmer in April of 2020. She is working in the family business as a fully licensed funeral director and embalmer. Ashley is a third generation funeral director/embalmer proudly serving along side her father and grandfather, She is also a Licensed Vocational Nurse. She is a great asset to the company and she will be glad to assist you with anything you need.


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