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Hey everyone,
My girlfriend and I had a very interesting conversation today regarding RVs.
We have been planning on getting married and purchasing our first home in the next three years (we've been together for five). We are very much into traveling. In addition, we both try to live modestly by reducing waste, requiring minimal living space, etc.
Since my job allows me to telecommute most of the time, we talked about buying an RV as our first home and traveling around the United States for a couple years. It's a tempting idea and I need to think a little more about the ramifications of such a change in lifestyle.
What do you all think? Does the idea of living in an RV and traveling appeal to you? What do you think are some of the setbacks?
Would you live on the road in an RV?
never again.
altho' if I were your girlfriend I would be mightily tempted! :
Yep, I didn't completely think about it from her perspective. Certainly we'd need to figure out how she can work part-time or full-time as a store clerk, waitress, etc. while we are traveling. Maybe short 1 - 2 month job assignments.
If you guys can't afford to go on the road for awhile without jobs, then I would suggest that you wait until you can - travelling is a 24 hour job in itself - and what's the point of being somewhere where you will be working instead of exploring? Also, one reason I wouldn't travel for long periods of time anymore, besides the expense, is there are so many useful, meaningful things I haven't yet accomplished and time grows short for this life - I want to have the security I need to do the work I need to do for my spirit's sake. From my experiences of life on the road, there is no real security and time is taken up in trivial things that further no good cause. truly.
Maybe you could give it a shorter time limit - like six months to see how it goes. I think I could handle it for that long. I have an uncle and aunt that did that for a few years and really loved it.
For three years I did this with my four sons. We traveled the U.S., stopped at all the tourist sites, visited friends and family, got lost which led to finding things we never knew about before, hit every science museum we could find, it was WONDERFUL!
The bad parts? Hmmm, for me, none.
For the boys? They each had their turn realizing traveling with mom was no way to get a girlfriend!
Some places didn't have access to the internet, I don't think that's a problem any longer.
Insurance can be difficult, you have to have a permanent address. I was called a liar for saying I didn't have one. Some states are better choices than others to claim as your home state; mail can be a problem.
I've always wanted to buy and RV and cross here in Canada from the west to east coast, and was thrilled to learn It can be rented with a detailed showing of rest and RV areas.
I hope you do get one !!!!!!!!!!!! *jealous*
Are there a lot of RVs in Canada? I would think that the cold weather would be an issue. We've spent time traveling in Canada and we would certainly like to take a larger tour of the country in the RV if we decide to get one.
I wouldn't mind doing that myself...it would give me a chance to see more and be with hubby. But right now that would be impossible and I wouldn't want to live in an RV with kids...maybe way down the line after he is out of the military, I am still writing my books and retired frombeing a preschool teacher...but I don't know..
would be intersting...good luck with your decision!
We did it with two kids and an old Labrador for 6 months in Autralia. It was fantastic, the kids got to go to school in the tropics, we saw all our family and had a wonderful time.
I have travelled a fair bit in America, and would love to do the same over there.
I didn't even think of bringing a pet along for the ride! I think that would be amazing...
We're going to move again and my youngest is the only one left at home. He's begging me to get an RV. I don't have a house to sell to afford it this time so it's not happening. Besides, he's fifteen and traveling with me and only me isn't good for him. He's introverted enough as it is.
Buying one was way more cost effective for us, the rental agreement and prices were ridiculous. The price of gas now is an issue to consider as well.
For my husband and I, that is our dream...
After our youngest son finishes college, and the economy gets better, and we can bear to leave our grandkids....
Still, it's our goal, someday, to do that, just the two of us!
I'd love to...would anyone care to send me one?
I remember my grandparents lived in an RV not anything else in a trailor park. I do not know how they made it through the winters but I guess stayed inside. Anyways it was then I started wanted living in an RV
We stayed at a camp once in deep snow but had no problem, there are tricks to it. Definitely research the whole idea first. The people next to us in this campsite - the only other people there - were frozen in and had been for a week!
I camped around Australia for 6 months - if I'd had a caravan it would have been for longer. The weather would be the killer in the US -you owuld need to plan to be somewhere warm and out of the hurricane zone (don't even know if that's possilbe)
You need to double check internet accessiblitiy - if you just need it from time to time then you will be OK - but if you need to be connected 24/7 you will need to check ou some options. If my job depended on it I'd have at least 2 options (say 2 wireless providers) - if you can do it anywhere it would be the US (you'd need a satellite and big $$ in Australia!)
An RV is not an house alternative though - its not an asset which will go up in value -its a liability that will go down and will cost you $$ to maintain. Another option would be to buy a house and rent it out and then buy the RV to travel in - just a thought
I had a laugh when I was shopping around for a cell phone to take with us, back when cell phones were as big as house phone handsets. When I asked the provider about coverage, she assured me they had coverage almost everywhere...:
REP: Yes, we have service throughout the U.S., very few places are out of our range. I mean, like if you're ... maybe way up in the mountains, somewhere like...I don't know, like in Utah or some place like that, you might not get service.
ME: Really? Too bad, I LIVE in the mountains...in Utah.
I would love it, in fact I intend to buy an RV and travel the states up until I'm too old lol Of course, RV's are expensive...but I'll figure something out, like a used one...
Thanks for the great set of replies so far... you are inspiring me to have another conversation about it with my girlfriend and I have some food for thought as well. I would definitely need 24x7 internet connectivity.
From her perspective, she will need to find work along the way as a waitress, store clerk, etc. Has anyone themselves or their partner had short term jobs like these on the road (maybe 1 - 2 months at a time)?
I like to travel and plan to do that when my children are out of the house. I need them to have their own place so I can use their address for my mails and someone to read my mails.
You need an address for your mails and the IRS. You also need access to the Internet for your work! However, travel is fun. Go for it if you can.
About working - Temp services worked for me, look for a service that's national like Kelly. That way you're already in their system. But when you're somewhere to stay for a bit, you can still look into more local ones and find some very interesting, even unusual jobs.
Ah, that's a great idea TLMinut! I didn't realize that there are national temp services. Thanks for the tip.
Keep close eye on weather conditions. Some roads are closed for the winter, some are closed temporarily for bad weather. It was a harrowing trip up and over the mountains through Aspen in a snowstorm!
By the way, for your girlfriend, it doesn't look so great on a resume to have a long LONG list of jobs. Using one service may help with that.
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The new X-Men trailer is here! And can we take a moment to be amazed at the professor's floating "wheel"chair? Imagine if these things were real.
The X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The characters from the original X-Men film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from X-Men: First Class in a battle that must change the past – to save their future.
The film stars an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Nicholas Hoult, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart. The story is written by Simon Kinberg, Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman, with Kinberg writing the screenplay.
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SM Group, the business empire of tycoon Henry Sy Jr., has decided to merge its property businesses into one real-estate giant firm, with the surviving entity, SM Prime Holdings Inc., having the biggest market capitalization of about $14 billion in the country.
The boards of directors of SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) and SM Prime announced that they are consolidating property-related businesses of SMIC, under SM Prime, the Philippines' leading shopping mall owner and operator.
SM Prime President Hans Sy said that the firm will have the biggest market capitalization in the country after the merger.
"Initially, the estimate is about $14-billion market capitalization," SM Prime Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Lim said, adding that the total transaction is valued at P279 billion.
Henry Sy Jr., SM Prime chairman, said that the integration of the group's property businesses will give them scale, right organization, agility and resources to take advantage of the strong Philippine economy.
Lim added that the transaction will supply the group's corporate structure, as well as further strengthen SM Prime's asset base with higher cash flows.
In the enlarged SM Prime, the company will gain double revenues, 60-percent growth in net income, as well as eight times growth in its landbank.
From 110 hectares, the real-estate firm will have 920 hectares.
In a statement, SM Group specified that the proposed consolidation involves a series of steps.
"The first step consists of exchange offers for the outstanding shares of two listed entities: SM Development Corp. [SMDC], a residential developer in the Philippines; and Highlands Prime Inc. [HP], a developer of high-end residential properties within Tagaytay Highlands," SM said.
The exchange offers are structured such that SM Land Inc., a privately held real-estate subsidiary of SMIC, will offer existing shares of SM Prime in exchange for the outstanding shares of SMDC and HP.
Following the completion of the exchange offers, the second step involves the merger of SM Land with SM Prime, with the latter as the surviving entity, while the third step involves SM Prime's acquiring specific real-estate companies and assets currently held by SMIC in exchange for new shares in SM Prime.
The exchange offers for SMDC and HP by SM Land commences on June 4, and will remain open until July 9. SM Prime's special stockholder meeting to approve the increase in its authorized capital stock for the merger of SM Land and acquisition of real-estate companies and assets from SMIC is scheduled to take place on July 10.
The consolidation is expected to be completed by the end of 2013, subject to regulatory and stockholder approvals.
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There's not enough choice for me here
One of the big reasons my clients state for being single is not meeting enough interesting and eligible people in their environment. The ones who live in a small place believe it is so because there are simply to few opportunities to meet new people.
Those who live in big or even huge cities with millions of single people around them, tend to believe it's because there is way too many choice. With too much choice people get too picky and treat their dates like merchandise – everyone is expandable and replaceable. Nobody gets real or serious. And it's harder to connect in a big busy place which makes people cold and unapproachable.
Some think that there is simply not enough places to go or things to do where they could meet new people. Even if they turn to online dating they soon get disappointed.
I've often wondered about that issue myself in my single days, and I too believed there is something wrong with the place(s) I lived in. Until I changed my mind – which, quite surprisingly and suddenly – led to finding my current partner.
Here is how the story goes…
I was born and lived most of my life in a city of about one million people. Neither too big nor very small. Every time you walked out the door you could see new faces, and yet places and people felt cosy and familiar.
If you went out to certain bars or clubs, you could be sure to meet lots of people you know and you felt like it was easy to find your scene and your crowd. But you could also always see a bunch of those you've never met before. You might think – ideal for finding a partner.
Well, not so much. I was still single for years on end, and I did blame it partially on the environment. At some point everyone got married. Or at least everyone I'd be interested in. Guys didn't want to approach girls. And so on.
You can always find a bunch of reasons for not being successful in getting what you want, by just observing the things that don't work in your favour.
Then I moved to another place, it was a bit smaller, and across the world in a very different cultural environment. At the start things looked promising and I thought there would be interesting men around. I dated a couple of them, but I still couldn't find the right guy. Over time I again concluded the place and social dynamic wasn't right for me. There was simply not enough choice!
At some point I was just fed up with all that. I knew something was off and I started to wonder if there is something wrong with that thinking. After all, I moved to a completely different place, and yet – still no good men? Is there really a right and wrong place to meet a great match?
Then I thought about the concept of "enough choice" – how much is, really, enough? 5, 10, 100, 1000? How many men do I actually need?
The answer was simple: just one.
That thought struck me deeply. Is there not one guy around that could suit me? Is there honestly not enough opportunity to meet him? It just sounded so ridiculous that of all the socialising, all the contacts, all the different ways I was meeting people every single day – there wasn't enough chance to meet that someone special.
I finally realised the problem was me – and my belief that it's simply too hard, close to impossible to meet this one great guy. And I decided I will just get over that belief. Instead – I started believing that no matter where I live, no matter what I do, the right man has to be able to find me.
And he did! Shortly, in a matter of a few months, I met my now husband. He didn't even live in the same country as I did, but our chance encounter turned into the most wonderful relationship I've ever had.
And ever since I've been certain that my beliefs kept me from finding the right guy sooner. And I started observing how much success in finding dates and relationships other people have. I found that those with similar and very different beliefs had exactly the same patterns – if they believed there was nobody around, they'd be single for long periods and mostly had unsuccessful dating attempts.
The ones who believed there is people out there, and it's easy to meet them – would always be more lucky and even when they broke up there would not be long until they found someone new.
Of course, there are other factors that influence your chances of finding a partner. But no, location and size of your town is not one of them. It is as significant of a factor as is the weather or the fact that everyone takes the train as opposed to drive to work every day. It's a lifestyle issue, not a lack or abundance issue.
When you think about the place you live in – naturally you have to consider the socialising opportunities you have, and adjust accordingly. But I am sure, unless you are living on a remote and isolated island with 10 other people – there is always enough opportunity and choice, as long as you allow yourself to believe in them.
The key is to open your mind and heart to possibilities, and trust that if you truly want it, and if you are willing and ready – he or she will come into your life. Even if you live on that island, they'll paddle their way to you.
I know this sounds unrealistic and illogical – but please, take a minute and ask yourself: how logical, realistic or true are your current beliefs of "not enough choice"? Are they based on some precise scientific measurement? Or are they also a product of a possibly faulty logic?
I also know it's hard to change your beliefs over night. But do give it a try. Bit by bit you will be able to remove the obstacles your own mind is putting in front of your happiness in love.
Do you feel like the place you live in is diminishing your chances to find love? Please share your reasons why in the comment section.
Your thoughts are very much appreciated. They will not go unnoticed – I personally read all and respond to most of the comments.


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Woman found guilty of making false report of rape against 'Pakistani-looking' man
A 26-year-old woman has been found guilty of making a false report of rape in which a foreign national was implicated.
Jacinta O'Connor (26), with an address at Steelroe, Killorglin, Co Kerry, was also found guilty of a charge of wasting garda time at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee this afternoon. She had denied both charges.
Following a four day trial, the jury of nine women and three men took under an hour to return a unanimous verdict.
The trial heard a graphic account of the alleged rape given by the woman.
The account amounted to a 14 page statement made by O'Connor to gardai after she was given the statutory warning that any false statement could lead to a prosecution, the trial was told.
O'Connor had told gardai she was raped by a foreign man, whom she described as a "Pakistani-looking" after a night out with friends in Killarney.
The trial heard how O'Connor went to Killarney Garda Station at 4am on September 22, 2014 - Kerry had beaten Donegal in the All-Ireland final the previous evening and she had been out with friends at the Grand Hotel Nightclub in Killarney.
She claimed after she left a nightclub, she was grabbed and pulled to the ground before she was violently raped behind the town's courthouse.
She gave a detailed account of being raped by "a Pakastani looking" man in a green hoodie, the trial heard.
Gardai believed she was sober when she made the detailed complaint at the garda station at 4am.
A female garda was summoned from Cahersiveen in the early hours and she was taken for medical examination to the South Infirmary in Cork.
The following day, she made a formal lengthy statement describing in graphic and stark detail two vaginal rapes and one attempted anal rape.
Gardai launched an investigation and identified a man in a green hoodie, a Czech national, who was captured on CCTV walking behind Ms O'Connor on Plunkett Street at around 3.50 am.
The man was interviewed under caution and denied having any sexual contact with her. He handed over the green hoodie and samples.
However, by October 4, gardai who harvested CCTV images from around 30 locations, felt they had spotted discrepancies in O'Connor's account.
O'Connor had left the nightclub with an Irishman, who was known to her and with whom she had a previous relationship.
Shown the images on Oct 10, she withdrew her complaint and said she was sorry. She told gardai she did have consensual sex with the Irish man whom she knew, and had not been raped by the man in the green hoodie.
She said it happened in an underground car park, a short distance away from the courthouse. She told gardai it had been "rougher" than she had expected, and she was upset, alone and had no way home.
She apologised to gardai and the Czech national.
O'Connor was remanded on bail to January, and Judge Thomas E O'Donnell ordered probation and medical reports for that date.
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Below is a post describing a fun frugal experience from my childhood written by The Happy Boulderette(The Happy Rock's Mom). The story itself is neat, but what makes it even more interesting is the striking similarity it has to a post that I wrote about Teaching The Happy Pebble about the value of a dollar. It is great to see that lessons learned as a child are still bearing fruit almost 30 years later. You can change your family tree.
The Happy Boulderette has 2$ in her pocket and the local carnival is set up in the supermarket parking lot around the corner. She shares this info with The Happy Rock(age 6) – he is super excited and they attend the carnival that evening.
Quality time was spent between mom and son as they walked around and laughed and talked about how to spend their 2$. The process was long and they eventually decided to ride one particular amusement ride prior to heading home. Woohoo!!! It sure was fun!!!
Much later in life, the Happy Boulderette is pondering years back and realizes that many valuable lessons were taught that evening. Many of them were definitely financially related. At the time, she hadn't even known she was having an impact on her son's life.
Our children's watchful eyes are upon us and financial lessons are being learned even when they are not intentional.


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In this article I will talk about Lightroom Previews and their effects on freeing disk space, restoring missing files and enhancing performance. This might seem an obscure and esoteric topic but there are items in here of interest to everyone using Lightroom, even including people on old and slow PCs. We will discuss:
- What are previews?
- Saving disk space by trimming your Lightroom catalogue
- Missing and excluded images
- Regenerating missing images
- Speeding processing with smart previews
- Optimising performance in Lightroom and Photoshop
What are Previews?
Lightroom creates a variety of previews to speed up display and processing of images.
Standard previews are by default the number of pixels your screen is wide so you can quickly see an image filling up the screen. This only applies to the Library module (except briefly in the Develop Module while the RAW file renders).
1:1 previews allow you to zoom in to 1:1 in images displayed in the Library Module (i.e. not in Develop).
There are also smart previews but we will discuss them separately later.
You can see the settings defined for your previews in the Edit/Catalog Settings/File Handling dialogue.
- Standard previews default to your monitor resolution.
- The setting "Preview Quality: High" relates to thumbnails.
- You can set to discard your 1:1 previews after a day, a week, a month or never.
You can define previews when you import files, by specifying a value for "Build Previews" under File Handling in the top right corner of the Import dialogue.
Alternatively, you can select files in Lightroom and use the command Library/Previews/Build Standard Previews or Library/Previews/Build 1:1 Previews.
If you don't have a problem with disk space you might as well retain 1:1 previews indefinitely and create them while importing files. This slows down import but makes Lightroom run faster. If you don't define 1:1 previews, Lightroom will create them on the fly with a significant impact on performance in the Library module.
Saving disk space by trimming your Lightroom Catalogue
One of the ways you can improve the performance of Lightroom is to use an SSD as the hard disk for your catalogue. Since the storage capacity may be small, the size of your Lightroom Catalogue may become a problem. For example, when I put my catalogue on my new 500GB hard drive (an M.2 SSD), I found I was left with less than 10% free space, too little for reliable performance. So I had to find a way to reduce it.
There are four elements associated with the catalogue
- The Catalogue itself. Mine was 3.6GB. I have seen people advocate clearing Develop versions in Lightroom but that seems to me a waste of time. You lose functionality and only save a couple of gigabytes, which does not solve the problem.
- Catalogue backups. I had 22.7GB here and you can save some space by deleting old backups but this wasn't enough to solve this problem.
- The Cache. Many versions ago, Lightroom benefited from a huge cache but this is no longer required. The default is 1GB and you can have more than that but 10GB will be plenty for most people. Stored cache files may build up to a few GB and you can clear them with Edit/ Preferences/ File Handling/ [Purge Cache].
- The Previews. This is where all the files were, 391.3GB in my case. Reducing this is not as easy as one might think.
Catalogue backups offer some scope for space saving by changing the drive where you store the backups. You can't set this from inside Lightroom but you can change it in the dialogue that appears when Lightroom is about to make a backup. It also makes sense from a security point of view to have the backups on a separate drive to the catalogue.
Previews is where all the action is though for saving space. We saw above that you can discard 1:1 previews after a day, a week, a month or never. I had mine set to Never but you're supposed to be able to remove them with the command Library/Previews/Discard 1:1 Previews. I decided to remove all 1:1 previews for images rated at less than 3 stars (85% of my images) but it only reduced the stored previews by 0.4%. I then read on an Adobe performance guide that this only works where the standard preview size (2560px in my case) is less than half the resolution of images from your camera (4193px for the Nikon D3s). So I reduced the standard preview size to a low number, reopened Lightroom and tried again. That was better but not much. I only reduced the stored previews by 5%.
So that left only one option – to delete the Previews file and start again. In other words, I deleted the folder Lightroom Catalog Previews.lrdata under the folder for the Lightroom catalogue.
Whoompa! Previews to zero! Lightroom still works!
So what do I need previews for again?
- Standard previews let you quickly see the image full screen in the Library module.
- 1:1 previews let you zoom into 100% in the Library module, for example to compare the sharpness of one image against another to determine what to delete or what to retain. This doesn't apply to viewing images in the Develop module or zooming in one-to-one because there you are accessing the actual RAW file.
My next step was to create new 1:1 previews using the Lightroom command Library/Previews/Build 1:1 Previews (see previous image). I decided to create them for all my images with 3 stars or more, plus current working folders. That took a long time. More than a day and a half for 23,000 images. After that I had a previews folder 141.4GB in size, 64% smaller than it was. That solved my disk space problem. Lightroom also seemed to create standard previews for all images automatically, which I wasn't expecting.
Missing and excluded images
Do you have missing images or images unintentionally excluded from your catalogue?
On the left-hand side on the library module, right click on a folder and select "Synchronise folder…" .
The Synchronise Folder dialogue appears. It may show you have photos in that directory that have not been imported into Lightroom, or photos in the catalogue that are missing on your hard drive.
If [Import New Photos] shows images in that folder that are not in Lightroom, you can click [Synchronize] to import them and see what they are. After the import, you can select them all under "Previous Import" at top left of the Library Module and then click on their folder (left pane in Lightroom) to compare the new selected images with the ones already there. They may be images you want to have in your catalogue or they may be images you meant to delete from the disk but instead just removed from Lightroom.
Missing photos may simply have been moved in Windows Explorer (so Lightroom doesn't know where they are). If you have some, you can click [Show Missing Photos] to see what they are. You can then click on the little exclamation mark that appears at the top right corner of an image to locate them. Alternatively, the missing images may have been deleted or lost.
However, before you remove any previews, especially 1:1 previews, you should check that you don't really need them. As we shall soon see, you may soon be able to use the previews to recreate missing images.
Regenerating missing images
A few years ago, I had three hard drives fail within a week, two in my main data drive (a RAID array) and one in my Drobo backup (essentially another RAID array). When the smoke cleared (metaphorically), I realised I had holes in my backups. Whole directories of files now showed in my Lightroom catalogue as missing. Fortunately, I left them there and did not delete the previews. Quite recently, I realised I could regenerate those missing images which were still in my catalogue, using Jeffery Friedel's Preview Extraction Tool. Because they were 1:1 previews I was able to recover them as full-sized jpegs, good enough to print from.
You can have to copy the regenerated images to a different location, but you can copy them all into a single folder or preserve a whole folder structure. You can also retain image metadata and Lightroom's metadata including star ratings and colour labels.
Speeding processing with smart previews
Normal previews and 1:1 previews speed operations in the Library Module; smart previews speed processing in the Develop module. They are actually miniature RAW files and save in a folder under your catalogue taking about 2% to 5% of the space of the photos themselves. They were introduced some years ago as a means to let you keep processing while disconnected from your data when travelling. However, they are just as useful to greatly improve response time in normal editing.
First you need to generate the smart previews, which you can do on import or by the command Library/ Previews/ Build Smart Previews (see third screen shot above).
In current versions of Lightroom (from CC2015.7 and 6.7), you can select a checkbox to use smart previews instead of originals for image editing. (Edit/ Preferences/Performance).
Changes transfer instantly to the original RAW files, and stay there even if you discard the smart previews. The only limitation is for sharpening and noise reduction; custom sharpening done on a smart preview will not transfer well to the original file. However, if you zoom to 1:1, Lightroom is showing you the original file so it is safe to use smart previews with custom sharpening, as long as you do that at 1:1.
If you are using an earlier version of Lightroom, you need to trick it that your folder is offline. If you close Lightroom, rename the folder say by adding " xxx" at the end, then reopen Lightroom, you are working with your smart previews. To transfer the changes to your RAW files, you will need to close Lightroom and rename the folder back.
You might retain smart previews indefinitely if you're not short of disk space. Still, you only use smart previews when you're processing in Develop module so you may not need to keep them for long. Unlike the 1:1 previews, discarding smart previews works OK.
Optimising performance in Lightroom and Photoshop
The specification of your PC is one of the main factors affecting the performance of Lightroom and Photoshop. I wrote an article about that a while ago. A new generation of chipsets and motherboards has come out but everything else should be pretty much unchanged:
Adobe also provides useful guides to optimising performance in Lightroom and Photoshop:
- To increase Lightroom performance by running it on a small fast SSD, you may need to reduce the size of your Previews file
- You may be able to recover deleted or lost images by regenerating files from the 1:1 previews
- Standard and 1:1 previews speed Library module operations; smart previews speed Develop module operations


text: Established in 2001, Riviera Maritime Media (RMM) grew from an initial partnership formed in 1997 to buy and publish the "Speed at Sea" journal.Established in 2001, Riviera Maritime Media (RMM) grew from an initial partnership formed in 1997 to buy and publish the "Speed at Sea" journal.Over the last eight years the organization has grown rapidly. It now publishes seven maritime journals, each of which addresses a particular niche in the market. Working with a leading shipping data specialist, RMM supplies intelligence services covering all aspects of the commercial shipping world. In addition to these publications, RMM also run related events in the U.K. and overseas. It is a global company supplying up-to-the-minute maritime data.The rapid expansion of the company meant that their previous office space was no longer large enough to accommodate the growing number of staff. Having found suitable office space, the MD of RMM Steve Labdon knew he wanted to have an access control system fitted as part of the refurbishment.Labdon said: "Security was our biggest issue. We have a floor in a multitenanted building and needed to ensure only our staff had free access to our offices. We have several different companies under the same roof, and a considerable amount of expensive equipment to protect. In this set-up we need freedom of movement for our staff but we also need certain areas restricted to a limited number of individuals."Keeping track of staff was also a consideration for the new access control system. In the past, RMM had used a book in reception to sign staff and visitors in and out. However, Labdon explained that the nature of the company sometimes made this more complicated than helpful. "We have some editors that work very unusual hours; they are often working when everyone else is out of the office," he said. "Our sales team are also out of the office a great deal and keeping track of everyone can be difficult. The traditional sign in/sign out book was becoming harder and harder to work with."The final requirement was for the new access control system to complement the stylish, modern design of the new offices. Labdon knew they would need readers that suited a high spec finish and that would not date rapidly. "The office design comprised of mostly glass, chrome and wooden floors, it was important that whichever system we chose wouldn't compromise this contemporary setup," he said.Labdon was most impressed with Simon Gale from the security installation company Cohort Security Solutions. Gale used one of Paxton Access' demonstration cases to show Labdon how straightforward Net2 would be for his company to use. He also outlined the simple time and attendance feature in Net2 and how it could help with managing staff hours. Finally, he explained that Paxton Access offered a designer product range that would work well with the sleek new office design. As Net2 had also been recommended by another contact of Labdon's, this was the option he decided to run with.Cohort Security Solutions fitted a Paxton Access Net2 system during the office refurbishment. RMM now have 11 doors controlled on site and 40 staff on the system.Labdon said: "When we started to refurbish the new offices, the only lock on our offices was on the main front entrance. This wasn't enough. With staff belongings and our new office equipment at risk I wanted to stop people being able to wander into the office areas or to just prop open doors. We have a lot of couriers and other visitors in and out of the building and I didn't want there to be any opportunity to compromise our security." The Net2 system is now used to control access through the main door to the reception area and then through each of the doors leading to the office areas.He then asked for the access control system to restrict access to other areas such as the directors' offices, the comms room and the on-site gym suite.Labdon explained: "Using the different access permissions in the Net2 software, I can restrict who has access where. The directors' offices can only be accessed by a small number of staff, the accounts office by accounts staff , the gym can only be accessed by the senior staff . This kind of security and flexibility means that I don't have to worry about anyone being in the building at unsociable hours as each individual will only be able to access the areas they should."The simplicity of the Net2 software has meant an easy transition for Labdon and his staff. "Simon showed me how to use the software and I have since trained two of my staff to use it. It isn't rocket science and I found it really easy to use," he said. "The service from Simon and Cohort Security has been great." Net2 has solved the problem of staff traceability and Labdon now runs an attendance report at the end of every month so that the company's directors can verify their teams' whereabouts."We also now have a screen in reception, linked to Net2, which shows whether people are in and out of the office at a glance," Labdon said. He would eventually like to integrate the time and attendance feature with their payroll application, making this functionality even more helpful. Labdon also found unexpected benefits. He said: "If the meeting room has been left in a messy state after being used, we can now see immediately who used the room by checking the Net2 events log. This type of accountability has made the staff more mindful about keeping the office in a good condition. I am very happy with the system."The system uses a mixture of Paxton Access' proximity readers. Labdon chose to fit the Paxton Access PROXIMITY marine readers in the reception area of the office. These are used for staff to clock in and clock out of the office.Labdon said: "The aesthetics of this reader were the main draw, I really liked it. The blue backlight and the brushed chrome finish fitted really well with the smart design of the office. Their visibility also acts as a reminder to staff to use them to clock in." Paxton Access P50 readers were fitted to the internal office doors and offer discreet access control that fits in with the office style.Riviera Maritime Media is a rapidly growing media company. Labdon is already considering obtaining additional office space. He said: "The Net2 access control system will definitely be added to any new office space we take on. It works extremely well for us. I would have no hesitation recommending this system to any business concerned about security and freedom of movement."


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text: I'm selling a bag on eBay (actually, I got 3 at a sample sale and kept one and listed two.) I got an email last night from a potential bidder asking me how many I had and where I got them (the second part I could see as relevant to authenticity if there was some concern I had unwittingly bought fakes, but I kind of felt like how many I had was my business - and certainly might be a business decision on my part to keep it to myself if I had another, so people didn't just say, oh, I'll bid on the next one). Anyway, part of her email seemed a little bit weird to me - "I own many designer purses and will know a fake bag from an authentic one." Would anyone else take that as being a little bit standoffish? Like, hey, don't try to get by with a fake because I'll catch you, when there's no reason she has to believe the bag isn't authentic? It kind of makes me wonder, too, if the bidder is that pushy already if I should hope they don't bid because it could be an indication of someone who's going to be a real pain later on. Am I being oversensitive here? Or would you all take it the same way?


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Dolph Ziggler makes out with AJ on the apron, and Bryan kicks him in the head! 1…2…No, Ziggler kicks out! Kane and Big E get tags, and the two giants collide with rights and lefts. Big E actually lifts Kane, and drops with several back breakers. Kane follows up with a big haymacker, but Langston doesn't go down and clotheslines the Big Red Monster hard. Ziggler makes a tag and dropkicks Kane, followed by a close two-count.
Ziggler knocks Bryan off the apron, but turns around into a right hand from Kane. Sidewalk slam connects, followed by another two-count. He heads up to the top rope, but Ziggler hits the ropes and crotches the big man. Big E takes out Bryan on the floor, and the distraction allows Ziggler to hit the Zig-Zag on Kane! AJ Lee gets up on the apron to cause the distraction, and Ziggler misses wildly with the briefcase. Chokeslam from Kane! Daniel Bryan with the tag, and he heads up to the top rope and comes down with a flying headbut! 1…2…3!
Results: Kane & Daniel Bryan retain via pinfall
Fandango makes his entrance with about a dozen dancers around him. Chris Jericho is up next, and has some pretty great pyro exploding over the arena.
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Located just east of Bethel on Maine Route 26, the Village of Locke Mills in the town of Greenwood lies on the shore of Round Pond which is linked to nearby North Pond and South Pond. One early resident was L. L. Bean, who was born here. The town has shown consistent, moderate population growth over the past forty years. Continue reading
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Market Structure Moves to Top of Regulatory Agenda
The SEC's chief said the growing concerns about technological changes in the capital markets are going to drive much of the agency's agenda for the rest of the year. She fears creation of a two-tier system—one for hedge funds and other large traders and a more limited tier for everyone else. Her goal includes passing a series of rules designed to update the basic principle of market fairness that was established at the agency's founding during the New Deal, according to Thomson Reuters Checkpoint's WG&L Accounting & Compliance Alert.
Once she righted the SEC's sinking ship in 2009, Mary Schapiro spent most of her first year at the agency's helm shoring up the enforcement division and strengthening investors' say in the corporate governance process.
Her second year appears to be shaping up as a top-to-bottom review of the bread-and-butter issue of market fairness for retail investors.
The SEC's next moves will include asking capital market self-regulatory bodies, such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which Schapiro ran before she went over to the SEC, to establish audit trails to monitor all trades and orders across all markets, Schapiro said in a May 6, 2010, speech at a conference sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) in Oxon Hill, MD.
The review will also include a public roundtable on market structure that the SEC wants to hold in June, where Schapiro plans to examine proposals put forth in 2009 in Release No. 34-60684, Elimination of Flash Order Exception From Rule 602 of Regulation NMS, and Release No. 34-60997, Regulation of Non-Public Trading Interest.
The push on marketwide issues continued with the January publication of Release No. 34-61358, Concept Release on Equity Market Structure, one of the SEC's first releases in the new year.
In February, the SEC put out a final rule to reestablish a modified version of the uptick rule, a New Deal era limit on short selling, with Release No. 34-61595 Feb. 26, 2010 Amendments to Regulation SHO. In January, the SEC also proposed to limit the practice of sponsored-access, by which licensed brokers let customers who don't have licenses use the broker's access to the securities markets to trade directly on an exchange. Release No. 34-61379, Risk Management Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access.
Schapiro said the common thread among all the rules is the SEC's effort to explore the basic issue of market fairness for all investors. Regulators are trying to determine whether the electronic, high-speed trading systems used by large firms help or hurt other investors.
She also said that the SEC planned to amend Form ADV, Part 2, the primary disclosure document investment advisers provide to their clients, to include plain English information on the adviser's conflicts of interest, method of compensation, and disciplinary history.
Without mentioning the recently launched case against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. by name, Schapiro said she planned to use enforcement cases to send a message to all market participants that the SEC is watching them.
"In the wake of the financial crisis it has become a cliché that regulators cannot keep up with innovators in a market as dynamic as finance," Schapiro said. "I don't think that's true. But I think that where we sometimes go wrong is in trying to react to and respond to every change or innovation, often before its significance is known—or after it has become too apparent."
Schapiro added, "We should be looking to the future by returning to proven principles of the past, like transparency and fairness—principles that empower investors to make rational decisions and give regulators the tools they need to prevent crises, without stifling growth."
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29 September
Setting sail from Venice
Venice is a city like no other, a marble maze of turquoise canals criss-crossed by beautiful bridges, overflowing with palaces, churches and charming little piazzas. No matter how many times you've seen it in photographs, that first glimpse of the Grand Canal will simply take your breath away; it hardly seems credible that such a eye-popping scene could exist outside of a Canaletto painting. Of course Venice is a city that draws big crowds, especially in summer, but don't let this put you off; even the busiest areas are never more than a few steps from a quiet courtyard or a secluded square.
Don't miss
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection houses an eclectic assortment of works from the likes of Picasso, Magritte and Jackson Pollock. There is also a lovely garden facing on to the Grand Canal, with a rather rude sculpture of a rider on horseback.
30 September
At sea
1 October
Croatia: Dubrovnik
We never fail to be moved when we see the terracotta roofs and honey-golden walls of Dubrovnik, and a stroll around the perfectly preserved old town is a highlight of any visit to the Dalmatian coast. Make sure you take the time to walk around the walls and soak up the marvellous sea views.
2 October
Montenegro: Kotor
Kotor sits at the head of a beautiful, fjord-like bay, hemmed in by glowering mountains. The compact, walled old town is Montenegro's star attraction, a warren of little alleyways and shady squares that is often described as a 'mini Dubrovnik'.
3 October
Croatia: Korcula
Draped in vineyards and olive groves, the verdant Croatian island of Korcula is famous for its white wine and is said by some to be the birthplace of Marco Polo. The main settlement, Korcula Town, bears more than a passing resemblance to Dubrovnik, with a historic centre encircled by medieval walls and towers.
4 October
Croatia: Lošinj
Lošinj is one of Croatia's lesser known gems, a verdant island that was once the favourite holiday resort of the Austro-Hungarian emperor, Franz Josef. The fishing villages of Mali Lošinj and Veli Lošinj are pleasingly picturesque, and the surrounding waters are known for their healthy dolphin population.
5 October
Slovenia: Piran
Piran's walled old town is the highlight of Slovenia's short stretch of coastline, a compact collection of sun-dappled streets and medieval Venetian architecture on a small peninsula jutting out into the Adriatic. Highlights include the Romanesque cathedral and some great seafood restaurants.
6 October
Arriving in Venice
Our tip
The long, long queues for St Marks might put you off, but just book online in advance for timed entrance and bypass the exhausted tourists.
Your home from home
True clipper ships, these beautiful 4 mast vessels reflect a proud seafaring heritage in their elegant sails, warm woods and polished brass.
What we love
Star Clipper and her sister ship Star Flyer certainly stand out from the crowd. In full sail she is an awe-inspiring sight, reminiscent on a bygone age, yet she combines this tradition with the comfort of a modern cruise line, ideal for those who wish to experience a tall ship cruise. Climb the mast or relax by the small pool, you can be as involved as you wish on this easy-going and friendly ship.
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Tailor-make your trip
Our favourite hotel in Venice
The Metropole is an old favourite for its quieter location and lovely lagoon views.
See more of the Veneto
If you've time, take the train to Padova and visit the Scrovegni Chapel.


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How many times have you tried to make your lips look sensational and sexy? If you didn't succeed, don't be disappointed, there is a big secret behind those perfect looking celebrities.
The famous Russian actress Evelina Bledans, 47, shared a shocking and painful video with her fans on her social networks. She revealed the truth about how many celebrities have full lips overnight. The actress asked her followers "And are you taking off your lips prior to lunch?"
The footage, which went viral shows Evelina in pain while her assistant pulls off her fake silicone lips.
Netizens left in shock after watching the video, wished her a good a meal and thanked her honesty.
"I always wondered how those lips mold!", "Yiwu !!! Finally, I saw it, " wrote some of them.
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Say this about Saturday's WaterFire misadventure at Brush Creek…
It was a recession buster. Thousands of Cowtowners flocked to or near the Plaza to sniff burning wood and listen to, what in my humble opinion, passes for New Age Muzak while watching a small cadre of fire-toting types do their thing.
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Given my skepticism re the hipness quotient of WaterFire, one organizer suggested I bring my twin 12 year-old daughters to the smoke out to revel in their childish delight.
The good news; I took him up. The bad; ditto.
Daughter Liza's initial take on the the subdued spectacle of burning pylons, PA-blared music and the odd pyro-wielding fire tosser:
"This is boring. Because all they're doing is is having fire and this guy juggling."
And the music?
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There is a deadline for doing so: You will have six months after its issuance to use the visa to enter the United States.
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When the officer is satisfied that everything is in order, he or she will stamp your passport to show that you are now a U.S. resident (see reproduction of this stamp below—the CR-1 means that this person entered as a conditional resident).
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Question about Washing Machines
Posted by Dr No Clue on
I don't think it is possible to buy a bearing for this type of machine. The tub etc. is all one single unit that costs about $250. I can't understand why the motor can turn fine at low speed but fails to get going at all at high speed. Although the bearings sound rough the tub turns with no effort at all.
When you say transmission does that mean a change to the whole motor or is there a gear/clutch assembly that can be changed? Thanks
Does anybody think it is worth trying to change the motor or transmission or given that the bearing seems rough is it simply time for a new machine?
Yes, it would still be worthwhile changing the transmission - if the motor is still working, and the tub still turns quite freely. It's a lot cheaper than a new machine.
Please rate if this is helpful :)
Posted on Mar 07, 2009
As per the replacement its worth checking the motor coupler which helps to spin the motor .as if that motor coupler is cracked or broken this exact same problem happens which you are facing.also the bearings problem is applicable if only you see that the bearings are rusted just check out in the motors back area the bearings are easily seen if they feel rusted pour some water on the bearings if the colour comes of water comes brown then the bearing is faulty.but if this is the problem of coupler or bearings then its worth getting it fixed but if the problem is motor and tub lower assemly going faulty or misallighned.and if the machine is very old then its quite advisable that you go for new machine.because in washing machine once the major problem is started then even after reparing some how any other type of problem continues to occur .
Posted on Mar 07, 2009
It sounds like either the spin bearings are bad or something is stuck
between the tubs. When something gets
stuck between the tubs it will cause the belts to burn. Lift the lid
& hold your hand flat to feel between the tub cover & the top
of the spin basket, if something is stuck it usually hangs up between
the tub cover & spin basket.
The other possibility would be the transmission.
Hope this helps.
Posted on Mar 07, 2009
You need to replace the drum bearing.
Posted on Mar 07, 2009
When it is like that you usually need to replace the drum bearing.
If the tub recently started making a lot of noise, and you can feel that the bearing had too much play when spinning by hand, that means that the drum bearing needed to be replaced.
After two months the drum bearing had gone completely, and now the worn drum bearing wont turn the drum when on high speed.
You can find the replacement part and the schematics entering model number here.
Note: a defective Motor Control unit can also cause the appliance not spinning on rinse, but in that case you do not have noise and machine shaking, from description it looks more like a defective drum bearing.
To find out you need to remove the machine back panel and accees the drum bearing, if drum bearing , eventually motor coupler and clutch if present as single parts, and motor control unit are fine, then only in that case replace main control board. Always better testing electronic parts before replacement.
Most probably you need to replace the drum bearing.
You can also find replacement parts here.
Often when we talk about drum bearing you have to replace the drum bearing spider.
Regarding parts , if you give me the complete model number from service tag I can find all parts for your appliance.
If this is the drum bearing , and the machine is less than three years old , it is also a good idea calling the manufacturer at the number listed on the user manual, there are parts that are covered for more than one years.
Re: Does anybody think it is worth trying to change the motor or
transmission or given that the bearing seems rough is it simply time
for a new machine?
A: a faulty motor is rather unlikely, you can also see if it is the bearing by accessing it and spinning drum by hand, also contact manufacturer to see what they think.
I can be more specific on motor coupler and other parts if you give me the model number as on service tag.
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See what is involved and iff you decide to go forward I will help on that forum. This forum is just to difficult to work in with no edit feature.
The Clicking sound may be a broken Large Wrap spring.
Place the washer with a load in the wash basket start a Spin Only cycle and release the washer top jus high enough to observe wash basket Spin action. There may be none to very little. If you drop the Clutch Pulley out I believe you will find much rust. You have to replace that tub seal and I would do a complete outer tub rebuild. Without replacing the Clutch Pulley around $60 for bearings, Tub and Seal Tranny O-ring.
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Chapter 4
James POV
I can hear my heart racing; feel my blood rushing through my veins; hear the edge of panic in my thoughts. I have been in so many life threatening situations but this is by far the worst. There was sure to be an end to all the rest, be it life or death, victory or defeat. But as I run through the hallway of a high school in Georgia I can't help but feel that this is only the beginning and it's only going to get worse. The dead are walking and eating the living. The school I am in is about to be completely surrounded. The screams that have been the distraction for those things are starting to die down leaving who knows how many of those things in here with us. And worst of all I have a group of civilians to protect and the group just keeps getting bigger.
Dennis and Ryan are waiting with the Garcia Family for us. I slow down for only a moment to gasp out a few words, "They… everywhere. Got… to get out… now." Jason has run ahead, I know I am going to regret it if he yells out about them because it will create a panic but there is nothing to be done about it. I speed back up and hear the rest running behind me, each asking questions but I don't want to waste time to answer. We need to hurry.
The door is already open and David is staring at me with a look of confusion and fear on his face. I can hear Jason getting everyone ready to go yet trying not to cause a panic. He and I are going to have to have a talk at some point because that is not normal teenager behavior. I take a deep breath and start giving orders. "I have a set of keys. David you have your keys, I would say you take your keys and go to your van Monica but I need you to keep your kids calm. So Dennis how about you take the keys for the mini-van. Alberto you go with David as you have a gun, take a baton with you. Can any of you teenagers drive well at night?" All five raise their hand to show that they can do it. "Ok then, Jason and Ryan we will go with you two since you did so well earlier. Same teams, teens drive, adults will be watching your back. Those of you who are going to be with the children team up so you can quickly jump in the vehicles when they pull up to the doors. Sorry to cut this short but we have to go now." I turn and walk out the door before the others can start to talk or object to anything.
With barely a wave of my hand I loosen up the barricade on the door. The nails and screws will come out easily now, hopefully no one will think about it too much. When the others get to me I am already pulling the nails out of the wood with a black and green hammer and I have a matching screwdriver on the floor next to me. On top of my duffle bag are five guns with two clips each. Alberto grabs the screwdriver off the ground and starts getting the screw to unscrewing the thankfully few screws that were used. Out of the corner of my eye I see David and Dennis grabbing a gun each and handing another to their wives. The last one is surprisingly grabbed by Ashley but it makes since one gun to each group.
It only takes us two minutes tops to get the barricade down. I turn to the others and give my final orders. "Be fast, be quiet, and the guns are only to be used if you have no other choice. You that are staying here and waiting on the vehicles stay as quiet as possible. Signal when you are ready to unlock your car doors so we can unlock them at the same time, hopefully that will attract less attention. Ok let's move." With that I open the door and walk out, Jason right on my heels.
I look around and notice a few in the parking lot but they don't seem to have noticed us yet. Alberto, David, Dennis, and Ryan exit and start to sneak across the parking lot as quietly as possible. Jason takes the lead to the Librarian's Explorer as I hold Gryffindor's Sword ready to attack or defend. As we get close to the Explorer I hear it, there are very uneven footsteps ahead of us. I can't see anything through the shadows but I know that it is there. Jason moves behind me and I take the lead watching my every step. Three steps are all it takes and suddenly it's lunging at me. I slash the things head clean in half, before I even think to move I grab its body so that it won't attract attention collapsing to the ground. Once again I stain my ears to listen for any more of them close by.
There, it's barely there but I can hear something. It is only the sound of crunching gravel but I know that means there is another close by. As I am looking for the source of the noise I hear what sounds like a body hitting the ground a bit a ways away from us and I can only cringe at the noise. That is going to attract some attention to them. But it does do one good thing for me. The one close to me is now moving with a purpose and I can now pinpoint where it is. I walk to the end of the car next to me and look to the right. There behind my target is one of those things that is barefoot. No wonder I could barely hear it. I quickly walk over to it before it can notice me and stick my sword through its head and use it to lower her down. I grab the back of her once white dress and pull it out of the way of the Explorer. There are no more near us so I put Jason next to the driver's seat and walk back to the back of the Explorer to watch for the signal.
As I look over the parking lot I can't help but feel a little envious that their vehicles are lit up by the lights above. I watch their progress and everything looks good. For a moment I think that we are going to get out of here with no problems when I see it. Inside the car they are walking by is one of them and the window is down. Before I can do anything to signal them to be careful or make them notice the danger I hear something that I almost makes my heart jump out of my chest.
"ALBERTO IN THE CAR!" Emily's voice rings loudly through the air. One moment they freeze and the next is pure pandemonium. Alberto looks into the car at the same time the thing grabs ahold of him and pulls him part way into the car. I hear his scream of pain and I know it is already too late for him but I watch as David and Ryan pull him back as Dennis shoots twice. The first bullet misses but the second is a direct hit. They pull him along as they run to the cars. I turn to Jason and signal him to unlock the doors and get in. Sounds no longer matter, they know we are here.
"Get the car over there and get a group. I'm going to provide cover fire and get back to the doors. I'll be in the last car. Try to remain in the parking lot, if you can't go a bit down the road and wait there. Make sure not to get over run." I yell to Jason as start back to the doors. I put the Sword of Gryffindor away and pull out two black and silver S&W 9mm handguns. Jason passes me on the way to the doors and I start looking for targets. I hear the sound of the two cars unlocking and pray the others are safe. The sounds of multiple guns firing rips through the air.
I raise my guns and take aim. The things are coming from everywhere. I know I didn't see that many of those things in the area only a minute ago.
I squeeze the trigger on each of my guns and watch as the two closest to the mini-van fall. All of a sudden I feel like I am in one of those first person shooter games Dudley used to play. As I continue to run to the doors I keep aiming and firing. My mind has once again thrown me into the role of leader, soldier, and teammate. Some of the walking corpses have broken off going after the guys by the cars and are now making their way toward the screaming children. I am firing my gun as fast as I can aim but I can already see that the parking lot is about to be overrun. In the distance I can finally here two vehicles starting up and pulling out.
I am five feet from the doors when Jason pulls away with the first group and as he once again passes me I can see that he has all the teenagers that were left in his vehicle. I reach the doors still firing my gun as Dennis pulls up. There are cries of pain coming from the back so it seems they switched partners. Both of their families are quick to jump into the minivan and it takes off not even thirty seconds after stopping. I stand with Monica as she holds her children close waiting for the Sequoia.
The parking lot is being overrun and they are getting so close. Where are they? One of those things gets within about ten feet from us and I once again squeeze the trigger of my guns only to hear the dreaded click click of empty barrels. "Fuck" I scream as I slide my empty guns into the waist of my pants and summon the Sword of Gryffindor straight into my hands. Quickly I raise the sword and ready myself. Out of the corner of my eye I can see David finally pulling up, the front of his car covered in blood and gore. I rush forward and cut down the things closest to us hoping to give Monica time to get the kids into the car. I can feel the congealed blood covering my hands and but I keep swings and thrusting my blade until finally I hear it.
"James, get in!" Monica screams, panic clear in her voice.
I run to the car and jump in as she slams the door shut behind me. I move to roll over but my duffle bag is caught on something under David's seat. I try to pull it free but it doesn't want to give. Finally I admit defeat for the moment and pull my arm out of the strap. I myself up off the floor of the vehicle and look through the windshield. David is driving through the field to get to the road the others are on. Monica is holding her children as they cry together and David is focused on trying to get us through a maze of those things. Ryan is staring straight at me though.
"Are you ok? Were you bit?" He asks when he can see that I am staring back at him.
"I'm fine. I wasn't bitten. What happened to you two? Dennis was there long before you got there."
"We were closer to the minivan when that thing got Alberto so I helped get him in there. I shut the door after getting him in and Dennis took off before I could get up front. Those things were coming from all over and Dennis was just gone. David pulled out right after him but he noticed me running to try and catch up with one of them. He stopped and I jumped in as quick as I could but that stop was all it took for our path to be flooded. We had to pull around into the field where there was more space and run down the ones in front of us. We got there as quick as we could though." Ryan explains, his voice breaking as he tells about being left behind.
"Ok then. Does anyone know of somewhere around here that we can go for the night? It needs to be fenced or walled in."
"Mr. Gunther's survival cabin." David supplies after a moment.
"Who is he and are you sure?"
"Mr. Gunther is someone that the town has always thought of as a nutcase. He's the type that always said that the world was going to end bloody so he spent a lot of money setting his cabin up. There are ten foot high fences surrounding his property. We should be safe there." David answers but then adds, "He went to visit his daughter a while back and hasn't returned. Don't know how we could get in."
"If we can get there I can get us in. How far away is it?"
"About forty-five minutes away. It's deep in the woods so hopefully there won't be any of those things around." David says and for the first time since I got in the car I can see hope on everyone's faces.
We are behind the minivan now, waiting for Jason to stop somewhere so the whole group can be told where to go.
Up ahead I can Jason pull the Explorer into the parking lot of an empty gas station and get ready to get out of the vehicle and scout the area. I expect to see the minivan ahead of us slow down and turn in but that's not what Dennis does. Instead of slowing down he speeds up and keeps on going down the road. And just like that the group of survivors from the school has lost almost half of its members.
I don't know if we will see them again or if Dennis will remember that Alberto is going to turn just like those people in the Gym. All I can do now is pray that they will make if and that we will see them again. For now I need to talk to the others and get us set up in that cabin. Only time will tell if we will see any of them again but by leaving like that they have chosen their fate whatever it turns out being.
But as I try to put them out of my mind I can't help but wonder just what is going to happen now? My group of seventeen has dropped to a group of ten. As David pulls the gas station parking lot I figure the only thing I can do is take it one day at a time and save as many people as I can. For the first time in years I have a purpose, now I just need to figure out how to do it.
A/N Hey Everyone,
Thanks for the reviews, favorites, and follows. I actually got this up in a week so that is awesome. As everyone knows the holidays are right around the corner so it might be awhile before my next chapter. So, sorry ahead of time if I don't get it out next Monday but hopefully you will all understand. Oh and that wasn't the complete end of those characters, well it is for some, but you will see that later. Bye for now.