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Computer lags after waking from hibernate
My computer(laptop or notebook) shows some laggy behavior after it is turned on from hibernate.
I put my computer to sleep, it was set to automatically hibernate after left unused for 3 hours in the advanced power setting from the control panel, so its goes to hibernate mode from sleep mode, after I turned it on, it became laggy(lags).
As I was using in the lagging PC the screen suddenly went black for 5 sec and automatically turned on again, after this I restarted my PC and then all got back to normal performance.
Does this means I have to always restart it after waking from hibernate which defies the purpose of hibernating.
Help me out Please!!!
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Computer lags after waking from hibernate
Welcome to HP support community.
Please follow the below steps:
Step 1: Enabling the Keyboard in Windows
Skip this step if the computer does not enter sleep mode or if the computer wakes unexpectedly.
Follow these steps to enable your keyboard to wake your computer from sleep mode:
In Windows, search for and open the Device Manager.
Click the arrow next to Keyboards and double-click the name of your keyboard.
If the Power Management tab is available, proceed to the next step.
If the Power Management tab is not available, click the Change Settings button if it appears below the Device status box. The same Keyboard Properties window opens with the Power Management tab available.
If you are prompted for an Administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
Click the Power Management tab and make sure that the box next to Allow this device to wake the computer is checked.
Click OK, and then test to make sure that the keyboard can now wake the computer. If the computer still cannot wake from sleep mode, continue using these steps.
For instructions on how to update the BIOS of your computer, see one of the following HP support documents: Updating the BIOS (Notebooks)
For more steps, please Click here
Let me know how it goes.
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Computer lags after waking from hibernate
10-10-2019 08:41 AM - edited 10-10-2019 08:43 AM
Thanks for your reply, but my computer wakes up easily with the keyboard and mouse. My problem is that it slows down or lags(too much) after I start it from hibernate, but starting from sleep does not gives any problem.
Computer lags after waking from hibernate
I suggest you download and run the HP Support Assistant from this Link: https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html?jumpid=va_r602_us/en/any/psg/p...
HPSA will automatically search for all the latest drivers for your Notebook
Click My devices in the top menu, and then click Updates in the My PC or My notebook pane.
Click Check for updates and messages to scan for new updates.
Review the list of updates. Updates with a yellow information icon are recommended. Updates with a blue information icon are optional.
Click the update name for a description, version number, and file size.
Select the box next to any updates you want to install, and then click Download and install.
Also ensure Windows is up to date.
Select the Start button, and then go to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update , and select Check for updates. If Windows Update says your device is up to date, you have all the updates that are currently available
Keep me posted how it goes
Thank you and have a wonderful day 😊
If the information I've provided was helpful, give us some reinforcement by clicking the "Solution Accepted" on this Post and it will also help other community members with similar issue.
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Computer lags after waking from hibernate
10-12-2019 01:18 AM - edited 10-12-2019 01:21 AM
I updated the lag time is reduced a bit, but the problem is still on.
Also how you are mentioning me cause writing the name with '@' does not seem to work for me.
Computer lags after waking from hibernate
This might require remote access of the computer to fix the issue.
I request you to talk to HP support.
They might have multiple options to help you with this.
- Click on this link - https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true
- Select the country.
- Enter the serial of your device.
- Select the country from the drop-down.
- Click on "Show Options".
- Fill the web-form. A case number and phone number will now populate for you.
To thank me for my efforts to help you, please mark my post as an accepted solution so that it benefits several others.
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Computer lags after waking from hibernate
10-12-2019 11:45 PM - edited 10-12-2019 11:47 PM
Thank you to answer on my post.
Let me describe a new update on my previous issue, after I updated my computer from HP support assistant I put my device to sleep for 1 hour, after switching on all the banners(balloon notifications) stopped working, a restart fixed it all. But I have to restart my pc after every sleep/hibernate or choose to always shut down.
So this is the behavior I thought it should be good to tell you.
Computer lags after waking from hibernate
I recommend you run the power troubleshooter to fix this issue.
Here is how it is done.
Press 'Win + I' shortcut keys to open Windows Settings app.
Click on 'Update & Security', then go to the 'Troubleshoot' section from the left-side menu.
Scroll downwards a bit and click on the 'Power' option.
Click on 'Run the Troubleshooter'. It will start detecting the problems and if it founds, go ahead fixing it.
If you continue facing the issue, then follow the below steps.
On your keyboard, press 'Windows key + R' and type 'Powercfg.cpl' in it.
Hit the 'Enter' key to open power options in the control panel.
From the left-hand side, click on 'Choose what the power buttons do'.
Then, click on the link 'Change settings that are currently unavailable'.
From the bottom given power button options, uncheck the 'Turn on fast startup' option.
Click on 'Save changes' button.
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July 23, 2010 6:00 AM
Portland, OregonPortland, Oregon
Computers are getting wider, not faster. If you want your code to run faster, it has to have some parallelism. This is hard, and threads probably aren't the answer. There is a lot of new concurrency technology on the scene. This talk surveys the 2010 state of the art in tools to empower developers to write concurrent code, and makes some predictions.
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Bleach 03: The Head That Controls Both Right And Left Sides Eats Meat And Slobbers Even Today
Ferocious all-girl group from Japan gives us more thrashing, screaming, lovably cartoonish aggression.
While there will always be a shrine in my closet to the stunning, laudably brief intensity that is Melt Banana, I think the answer to the question of whether the world will always have room in its heart for a ferocious all-girl group from Japan is a resounding: Yes! Bleach03 (formerly Bleach and Bleachmobile) have been around for just a handful of years, and could hardly have more thrashing, screaming, lovably cartoonish aggression if they were the bastard love children of the Melvins and The Slits. They sound like a pissed off Lene Lovich on crack. The trio is fast, tight, fun and demands to be seen live. Their latest disc (mastered by Chris Athens, who has worked with some band called Coldplay) gets a U.S. release out of Austin and comes with thoughtfully prepared lyric translation into English. So you can see that they are singing things like: "Searching for an entrance with mini-skirt on" and "Skull trial, skull trial, skull trial. I am praying".


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Barred from discussing secret stuff related to my and Fahey's PAX planning I can nevertheless report that we'll be in the same location later this week as 1000 of the new Street Fighter IV sticks pictured here.
Our PAX calendar runneth over. And even our pre-PAX calendar does as plans are taking shape for some mid-week Kotaku adventures in Seattle.
Since we can't talk about that stuff and because I've lost track of the absurd number of MMOs Fahey has put on his agenda to check out (he's attending the Saturday Star Wars: The Old Republic demo, of course), let's just keep our PAX planning update to these SFIV sticks.
As of September 4, Mad Catz will be selling 650 Xbox 360 versions of the "Limited Edition 'Femme Fatale' Street Fighter IV Arcade FightStick: Tournament Edition" stick; 350 of the the PlayStation 3 version. Two per customer. Available at PAX, or on the Capcom and Mad Catz online stores. U.S. consumers only. $159.99. I do believe that exceeds my and Fahey's per diem. Not that I'm a fighting game person anyway.


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Max Bill - Square Round Table
Brand Wohnbadarf
29"h x 50" Ø or 35" sq.
Solid maple, black linoleum veneer
Designed by Max Bill, 1949.
One of his most significant designs, the Square-Round Table (Quadratrundtisch) exemplifies Max Bill's idea of concrete art in product design. The square table can be expanded into a circular surface using its folding edges that can be locked in place with a simple turn of the supporting rail. The resulting visual impression, with its rhythmical divisions, is reminiscent of Bill's artistic works. Crafted from solid maple with clear lacquer, black linoleum veneer and maple trim.


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A Bit More Time to Craft 67 - anything goes
Ribbon from Digital Scrapbooking Studio
Sentiment from We are 3 All Occasion sentiment set
Whoopsi Daisy precoloured digi stamp from Cute as a button CD
I hope you will go over to A Bit More Time to Craft and join in the challenge, you could win some of Lozzy's lovely papers.
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About Me
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- Sydney, NSW, Australia
Welcome to my blog
I started this blog in April 2012 so I could join Challenges. I am now on some design teams. I hope you like my cards. I started stamping in 1995 but my cards are still mostly cute.
Thank you to those who have joined as followers and to those who comment.
Unfortunately because of spammers I have had to put moderation on the comments. I will approve them as soon as possible, this also means I don't miss any.
I don't always get a chance to reply to all comments but I read them all when I approve them and I really appreciate you taking the time to give your comment.
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Becky Vardys Weekly column with OK! magazine
35-year- old Becky Vardy announces exciting collaboration with OK! Magazine. Opinionated Becky will be sharing her views and giving fans an exciting insight in her busy schedule in her weekly column with OK! Magazine.
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Category: Poetry
Harwood Avenue
A place where the rich and poor stand nose-to-nose without seeing one another.
A poem about a dead man that I hardly knew.
Positive Crap
Some things don't work out for some people, it's just reality.
I Deserve Better
Not everything that I want is the top of its class.
Violent Thirst
What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?"


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7 Liquid Eyeliners ...
A fantastic liquid eyeliner is a real makeup bag staple. While it takes a little practice to get the application just right, once you've managed to perfect the technique, that sultry cat's eye look is never not a winner. Invariably, however, some products are a little better than others; some smudge, no matter how long you've allowed them to dry, some only go on in thick, aggressive lines, and some are just plain unwieldy to use. In order to help you to pick out the best one for you, I've compiles this handy list of 7 liquid eyeliners; enjoy!
1. The Body Shop Liquid Eyeliner
Price: $ 13.50 at thebodyshop-usa.com
This handy liner made by The Body Shop is a fab little product. Its felt tip applicator makes outlining your eyes very easy, and, as long as your eyelids are clean, you'll find it'll hold in place until you decide to wipe it off. It's available in several natural shades, although you'll find it most commonly in softer browns and taupes; these are a little less dramatic that the conventional black and make for easy day time wear.


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What One Must Know Before You Buy AV Equipment
When one is buying AV equipment it is essential for one to do your research well so that it presents a good image to your clients and employees. Once an individual realizes their office needs more musical instruments, it should be the right time to start carrying out your research and be ready to explore the options at your disposal. The reason why a lot of people make mistakes is because people fail to reason through before making the final decision and one should look forward in bottom AV equipment that can serve you for a long time.
Kindsound are some of the musical equipment that has been tested and found to be among the best and offers clients with the perfect technology so that their clients get machines with the latest technology. If an individual is looking for best prices on music gear, start looking for stores that deals with second hand pieces so that it is easy for one to find a price within their budget. There is so much to discover when buying music gears and also be in a position to get the latest trends and has some interesting features that one can enjoy.
Whether one is buying guitars for sale, bass guitar, speakers online or audio-video visual equipment; use the reviews found online and also go through the comments made by the clients. If one wants to purchase a bass guitar, for instance, pick the type with a comfortable strap, the next size and know if there are any changes that have been made on the guitar. Look for a reputable installer when searching for someone to help in installation that is why it is important to do research and get a qualified person to assist in installation.
When one wants to buy AV gear, one needs to read more about it an understand some of the things to be looking out for if it is a used item. One way to be sure an individual is saving money and still getting the best AV equipment, guitars or speakers, is choosing the used items because they are quite affordable and still, serve similar purpose. Do your research online considering there are a lot of options for the clients and visit a new website for guidelines on someone selling musical instruments.
There are so many places one can buy AV equipment, and one just needs to find the right person to be sure their products are of best quality. It is important to work with an expert who will tell you if there pieces one is about to buy are authentic but try sticking to your budget. If one sounds too much during the purchase and get musical instruments from a reputable store, it helps in avoiding issues later in life.


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Flawed forensics and overstated claims make scientific evidence tricky at trial.
Labor unions have been on the decline for sixty years in the U.S., though they raise wages, decrease inequality, and give voice to workers. Can they rise again?
Conventional research in organizational theory highlights the role of board interlocks in facilitating business collective action. In this article, I propose that business collective action affects the evolutionary path of interlock networks. In particular, large market players' response after a collective action to the classic problem of the "exploitation" of the great by the small provides a mechanism for interlocks to evolve.
Community reactions against organizations can be driven by negative information spread through a diffusion process that is distinct from the diffusion of organizational practices. Bank panics offer a classic example of selective diffusion of negative information. Bank panics involve widespread bank runs, although a low proportion of banks experience a run. We develop theory on how organizational similarity, community similarity, and network proximity create selective diffusion paths for resistance against organizations.
Previous work on conservative Protestant creationism fails to account for other creationists who are much less morally invested in opposition to evolution, raising the sociological question: What causes issues' moral salience? Through ethnographic fieldwork in four creationist high schools in the New York City area (two Sunni Muslim and two conservative Protestant), I argue that evolution is more important to the Christian schools because it is dissonant with their key practices and boundaries.
A recurring theme in sociological research is the tradeoff between fitting in and standing out. Prior work examining this tension tends to take either a structural or a cultural perspective. We fuse these two traditions to develop a theory of how structural and cultural embeddedness jointly relate to individual attainment within organizations. Given that organizational culture is hard to observe, we develop a novel approach to assessing individuals' cultural fit with their colleagues based on the language expressed in internal e-mail communications.
ASA has a long and ongoing history of activity supporting diversity, inclusion, free inquiry, and academic freedom. The need for such activity has escalated in recent weeks in deeply troubling ways, with developments ranging from a rash of racist, xenophobic, and other forms of discriminatory activities on campuses across the nation to the introduction of the Professor Watchlist which
A new Journal of Health and Social Behavior study shows that access to health insurance can help hold a community together socially, and lack of it can contribute to the fraying of neighborhood cohesion.
The study, Beyond Health Effects? Examining the Social Consequences of Community Levels of Uninsurance Pre-ACA, published by the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, is an effort by researchers Tara McKay and Stefan Timmermans to "broaden the conversation" about the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Now that science can determine a person's racial and ethnic origins from a cheek swab, those devoted to ideas of racial "purity," are employing methods of mind games and logic twists to support their beliefs despite facing evidence of their own multiracial heritage.


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Multifunctional Stool:banchila by Pedro Quintela
Pedro Quintela Exhibits The Banchila Multifunctional Stool
Pedro Quintela, the creator of the displayed project Banchila - Multifunctional Stool by Pedro Quintela demonstrates, The motive to come up with this Design is to create comfort for the thousands of outdoor summer festivals spectators. It is about an ergonomic and light transportable stool with compartments in the inside to carry goods. It can be hold as a backpack or a bag with a single rope. The inspiration of it form is the typical marking fishing buoy. It inside have the shape of the propeller and the cork, as a pure natural material, meets the ecological movement of these festivals. The Banchila results in an unexpected object, which became part of the person who use it due to it intimate experience..
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Jaimie Clarke
Active Elite Details:
Category: Athlete
Sport(s): Softball, Ice Dance Figure Skating
Position/Title: Second Base
Sports Association(s):
♦ Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA)
♦ Skate Canada
Date/Place of Birth: January 4, 1998 / Barrie ON
Currently Residing: Elmvale ON
Springwater Connection:
Born in Barrie's RVH and a Springwater resident her whole life.
Grandaughter of Bob and Judi Clarke of Clarkes Berries and Produce on Nursery Road
where her father was born and raised. Proud member and representative of Elmvale
Figure Skating Club for the duration of career. Proud teammate and participant of
Elmvale minor baseball and GBMSL. Varsity athlete in multiple sports at HCES and EDHS.
Family: Michelle Clarke (Mother), Sandy Clarke (Father), Matt Clarke (Brother).
Social Media: twitter @jaimie_clarke, instagram @JAIMIECLARKE
2019 - Intermediate Women's Provincial Championship - East York
- Canadian University Championships - Kitchener- Durham Lords
- OCAA Provincial Silver Medallist - Durham Lords
2018 - Canadian University Championships - Silver Medallist - Durham Lords - Saskatoon
- OCAA Provincial Champions-Durham Lords
2017 - Canadian University Nationals - Ottawa-Durham Lords
- OCAA Provincial Champions-Durham Lords
- Durham College Women's Freshman Athlete Of The Year
- Durham College Women's Softball Rookie Of The Year
2016 - Durham College OCAA Women's Softball Provincial Champions
- Second Base on All-Star Team at Canadian Collegiate Softball Association
Women's Softball National Championship Tournament in Saskatoon, Sask
- 5th place Canadian Collegiate Softball Association Women's Softball National
Championship Tournament
- Durham College Athlete Of The Week (Oct. 10)
2015 - U18 Canadian National Championships- Pickering Heat-Plate Gold Medal
2014 - U16 Ontario Summer Games Women's Division Softball Champions
2013 - 4th place Skate Canada Canadian National Novice Ice Dance Championships
2012 - Skate Canada Canadian National Novice Ice Dance Championships
2011 - 5th place Canada Winter Games Ice Dance, Halifax NS
2010 - Ontario Winter Games Ice Dance
I have lived in Springwater for my entire life and have always had a passion for athletics. I began playing softball and figure skating when I was 4 years old. My skating success allowed me to begin my competitive stream foe sports at an early age while continuing to play for the Georgian Bay Minor Softball League until I was 14. I moved on to playing with the Barrie Storm Fastball team and did so, leading up to my involvement in college ball with Durham College. In between these years, I also competed for 6 years as a National Ice Dance Figure Skater and travelled throughout the country. Currently I am a varsity athlete with Durham College, where I get to study at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology for nursing, and play the game I love.
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I am so grateful to have been born and raised in Springwater, where it has allowed me to strive and pursue my athletic goals. The community support and family friends has allowed my success to flourish
♦ Canada Games
♦ Games Ontario
♦ Durham College Lords
♦ Elmvale Skating Club
Jaimie very much appreciates and acknowledges the following for their support:
- Elmvale Figure Skating Club - James and Adrienne Callan
- Barrie Storm Fastball Association - Michelle Church and Troy Naylor
- Durham Lords Softball - Jim Neemish, Rosemary Theriault and Jamie Baker
- Family and community support
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Nusa Dua (Indonesia): International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Thursday said that a bailout deal with Pakistan would require "absolute transparency" of its debts, many of which come from China's landmark Belt and Road Initiative.
"In whatever work we do, we need to have a complete understanding and absolute transparency about the nature, size, terms of the debt that is bearing on a particular country," Lagarde said at the IMF and World Bank Group annual meetings in Bali, Indonesia.
She added the IMF needed to understand the extent of the position of the debt, including lending from sovereign governments and from state-owned enterprises, so that officials could determine a country's debt sustainability, Efe news reported.
Her statements indicated that Pakistan could be forced to disclose the full extent and terms of Chinese lending it received in recent years as part of its participation in the Belt and Road Initiative, China's vast global infrastructure-spending programme.
Earlier this week, Pakistan said that it would be seeking a loan from the IMF. The country has a ballooning trade deficit, falling currency and is quickly exhausting its foreign-exchange reserves. Experts say the country needs about $12 billion to cover its imports and meet upcoming debt payments.
Lagarde said she didn't meet Pakistan's Finance Minister Asad Umar or received a formal request for IMF assistance yet. But she said that the IMF will meet the Pakistani delegation on Thursday and that the IMF was "available to its entire membership". Pakistan's requirement for an IMF loan has already been complicated by its ties to China. It has been the largest recipient of funding under Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative.
In July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that Washington didn't want to see any IMF lending to Pakistan "go to bail out Chinese bondholders or China itself". The US has accused China of "debt-trap diplomacy" by lending countries money to pay Chinese companies to build infrastructure that the recipients can't afford.
Pakistan's new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan had suggested it might try to avoid working with the IMF, but the recent turbulence in its stock and currency markets left it no choice, officials said. Stepped up disclosure on debts, such as those from China, will be a requirement, Lagarde said, adding that was not only going to apply to Pakistan, but all countries.
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Here is the short version about booking and check in: (stories further down if you want them.)
We do not have a front desk–nor any employees.
It's just Rick and Dale and the other friendly people who live and stay here.
Official check in time? 3PM
Check out time? 11AM
That said, we are actually very relaxed abut these times.
If we can make a schedule work better for you, either coming or going, we are happy to do so. Just let us know.
(Unannounced late check outs are very stressful for us and we do charge if people surprise us by not asking first–and that is a practicality. If we work our day around getting ready for a three PM arrival and find the previous guest's belongings still in the unit at one, that makes us really nervous–and inclined to call the other partner off whatever job they are on, to help in a hurry!)
We are very relaxed about your arrival because we are are in fact pretty rigid about communicating booking and check in information. Mistakes happen–but they are rare. We consider it an emergency if we think you do not know where to park, what door to use, where your keys are, what the Internet codes are–without us being there.
As policy we do not hold reservations for more than twenty-four hours without billing information, and you MUST get check in instructions well before arrival. Communication is key. We probably will not be visible when you arrive because by that time our job–getting ready for you–has been completed. We are here if you need us. Let's not make check in an emergency.
That's the message of this post, and the rest is a story or two, which you can read if you like.
To illustrate this I'll give you a story–maybe two–and a half with the final update. 🙂
I had a moment to write this waiting on a guest scheduled to arrive with an incomplete reservation–about the middle of April.
It is noon and I should be at the barn–I have another job, I train horses and teach riding almost every day. But not today: the last moment guest guests who booked recently wrote and said they would be arriving at noon, would that be convenient for me? Visiting from Canada, they did not want to use their phones–just email. I had emailed back that noon was fine BUT I needed billing information before I could send them check in instructions. I have not heard back. And so I am waiting, lessons cancelled.
These particular guests have been slightly problematic. They arrived through Trip Advisor which can be fine, but in this case meant they did not have a lot of the information one can get from fishing around in our website and blog. Trip Advisor has some very basic information, but not what you can get in the details of the website and blog. And the link on TA can be subtle.
Several emails began the process. They were going to stay three days. I quoted them the discount for that, and asked them to get back to me with billing information.
That is the order of things.
Why so rigid?
Mainly because one part of the process leads to the other, the end goal that when guests arrive they will be sure of the following things:
What apartment they have booked, the correct night, and at what price.
The correct address.
Where to park.
Door codes and or key locations.
Internet codes.
When we make a reservation, including an email address, a note gets sent automatically containing some links to our blog posts on places to eat, neighborhood information and contact information. It also outlines cancellation policies, check in times, etc. Guests need to know these things. They have a window to ask questions and can cancel without penalty if something looks amiss.
Q. Why can't guests just give billing information when they arrive?
A. Because we don't have a front desk and we can't send out check in information without knowing how to bill.
In fact, we will 100% not give check in instructions without billing instructions.
And this brings me to the second part of my story which explains how this came to be.
One Sunday, a number of years ago in a desperately slow March just after the financial downturn of 2009, I got a call from a man saying he was a minister of a local church and needed help. They had an inspirational speaker coming into town who had had his wallet stolen in the airport after security. The man was traveling without cash or ID and of course all of his credit cards had been cancelled. The pastor said he himself was on a retreat in Kellogg but would be home Wednesday and would come and write us a check for the good man's lodging.
Would we please take him in?
A thrill of do-goodedness filled me as I told the man the price and said it would be fine to pay us on Wednesday.
I told Rick, Isn't it great to have a business where you can make decisions like this? NO chain could do this!
Rick looked patient, if not entirely convinced.
The local minister left us a cell number, but warned us that his was out of range where the retreat was happening. He told me the speaker's name and when he would arrive.
The appointed hour arrived and down the street from the bus stop came limping a disheveled middle-aged man, dress shoes lightly scuffed, shirt partly untucked, leading a rolling bag down the side-walk. He looked totally stressed. I led him around the unit–our nicest one at the time, offered him a glass of water and showed him a few supplies I had stocked his refrigerator with. He was totally grateful, recounted what a stressful day he had experienced.
I gave him the keys and left, feeling like I was doing the right–and nobly trusting–thing.
Wednesday rolled around, and towards five when I had not heard from the original booker of the unit, who now of course was supposed to be home from his retreat, I made a call. No answer. I left a message.
Thursday came and went.
I left another message.
On Friday I decided I'd need to go into the unit. Rick and I did this together. It was empty–probably since Wednesday. Reeking of cigarette smoke, piles of half eaten frozen dinners and partially opened cans littered every surface. The couch had soup spilled over it, the bed side table had been burned by the lit matches cast onto it.
The toilet was unflushed, the sink literally overflowing with dishes and sodden food scraps.
The place reeked. 😦
To the side of the bed was a pamphlet from the local church. After several desperate preliminary trips with garbage to the dumpster, I called the pastor of that church. I told him the story and he asked me to describe the man. I did and he said that was very odd, as a man matching that description, claiming to be a pilot moving to Spokane had complained of a broken down car, needing money for repairs. The pastor had given hims $200 and some food from their food bank.
Same guy–the food from the food bank strewn around, every package open, mashed, but not really eaten. Hundreds of dollars of food, partially consumed pizzas, mixed with cigarette ashes. A loaf of bread floating with the dishes in the sink.
And as Rick and I figured by tracing phone numbers, the original call had not been from the local minster on retreat, but from the man himself, setting up the situation as though asking for help for a known friend.
I called the police, reported the incident. It took us two weeks to put the place to right. $600 worth of sheets and duvet covers were discarded for burn holes.
I'm just glad the house survived.
And that, fellow travelers, is why we insist on names, phone numbers, email addresses and credit card numbers before we give out check in information.
My Canadian travelers? It is closing in on 2:00 and they have not arrived.
I cannot send them check in information–we have no billing information.
If I leave they will not know which door to come to, where to park, or how to get in.
And if they did arrive, without these clues–they have a reservation!–they would probably knock on all doors reachable, disturbing innocent guests, or stand forlornly on the porch with their useless phones, wondering at the lack of service we provide.
I will stay until 2:00
You'll notice there are no pictures in this post.
Oh here is one for you,
Miss Marley practicing a down stay in the unit the minister trashed in 2009.
And one of me on a walk with my cat.
Which is what I think I am going to go do now. He does not get too far. . .I can still see the porch.
Update 4:13PM my guests call from a pay phone!
We'll be there in twenty minutes! But we are at a pay phone, we can't call when we arrive.
I answer, Okay, I'll wait and watch for you. . .
Update 5:24 PM after waiting more than an hour in a brisk spring wind on the porch I gave up and wrote a note to be taped to the door recommending the other B&B who I see has vacancies and is only three blocks away–$45 a night more expensive than us, but they have employees–and that is what it costs per guest if you do.
As I walk upstairs, discouraged after almost six hours of waiting, a stunningly beautiful blonde woman walks up to the door.
I go to meet her, retrieve the note, check them in, saying, I am so happy you have arrived, I have waited for hours!
She corrects me, taking off her shoes at the door: "I only said we would be in town at noon, not that we wanted to check in then. . . "
The moral of the story?
Please, please PLEASE understand that we are trying to make life predictable and easy for everyone by following a certain order of business. And if you travel without a phone it is fine–really, we were in business before cell phones were even common–but if that is the case you must help us to make your arrival seamless by obtaining information before it is an emergency–and you yourself are left standing in a brisk wind on the porch with no clue what to do next.
In short, if you have communication problems please attempt to be sure that they only have to do with the electronics. . . .
Update 10AM following morning.
Guests departed having done own dishes–much appreciated–but tell me what is wrong with this picture?
The huge fan will give it away I am sure, but please note in old houses with claw foot tubs it is advisable to bring the shower curtain to the inside of the tub when taking a shower. It is only left to the outside for a cleaner look, and because nothing is better than a 5 foot claw foot tub for a bath–except a six foot one. . .
Anyway, we arrived in the morning to clean up and found they had flooded the bathroom floor–squishy wet! Thus the fan and abject apologies to the next guest who we upgraded to another unit.
There is a code that you might not know about in the business; that is the stealthy addition of the simple letters "DNRB" behind a guest's name in the electronic file. It is rare to earn this title from a hotel, and what it means is that the damage inflicted by the practices of a particular guest make it a liability to accept reservations from them.
Do Not Re Book.
Just forgetting to put the shower curtain in will not earn you this badge–as you can see it takes a concerted, in fact dedicated, effort! 🙂
As always, if you have questions, ask!!!


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My Bucket List covers all the wants, desires, dreams and aspirations of Valerie Rayne, a 28-year-old, curious, creative, musical, kinky, blog-a-holic and mom of four.
Separated into 4 main categories – My Bucket List, My Fucket List, When I Grow Up… andIn a Perfect World… – the list covers every aspect of life – from family, career and hobbies to sexuality, fetishes and relationships.
My Bucket List is separated into 4 main categories, called Sections.
|My Bucket List features all of my dreams, desires, aspirations, hopes for the future and goals in most areas of life such as family, social, spiritual, financial, etc.
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|A common conversation around our house is "What are you going to be when you grow up?" and I don't know how old grown up is, but this is what I want to be when I get there!
|If I could make the world and all the people behave to my specifications, that would be a perfect world and this is what I would do in that perfect place.
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Valerie Rayne, as it has been said, is a 28-year-old, curious, creative, musical, kinky, blog-a-holic and mom of four. She is also the administrator of The Erotic Writers Group, a Google+ Community of over 500 erotic writers and fans. She's also me!
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Hi All,
I am using a microZed board with Linux kernel 3.8.
Generally it works quite well but sometimes I can't access the board over the ethernet link although the serial link is always 100% OK.
When it happens nothing works: the SDK can't get to it, it does not respond to ping commands in both directions. Its as if it has completely locked up.
That is odd because when I observe the board's boot up sequence through the serial link I can't see the slightest bit of difference between a boot sequence after which everything works and one where it does not. I definitely get the "xemacps e000b000.ps7-ethernet: link up (1000/FULL)" message in each and every case.
It can't be a router problem because there is not one. The link between the Windows machine and the booard is a plain vanilla cable running directly from the PC to the board. On the PC side there is a dedicated network adapter used solely for the PC <=> board connection.
When it happens the solution is to make the MicroZed board reboot. Usually rebooting once is enough but it can take several times. Then things get going again (without rebooting the windows machine), everything works well and keeps on doing so.
Has anyone ever observed this sort of behaviour or better still found a reason/solution for it ?
Any help much appreciated.
Ok, looking at the info at the various links it seems likely a newer kernel would solve the problem.
So: I started by trying to compile kernel version 3.14.
For starters the first command I was able to use in 3.8 "make distclean" did not work because it did not recognise distclean.
Moving the whole setup to to a directory "xilinx-xlnx" cured that one.
Then I managed to successfully use "make ARCH=arm xilinx_zynq_defconfig".
When I want to execute "make ARCH=arm" I get an error I can't explain:
It happily starts to build a ton of things and all of a sudden it reports:
*** No rule to make target 'kernel/hrtimer.o', needed by kernel/builtin.o. Stop.
I haven't found a reason for it yet so I am searching for it. Any suggestions though would be most welcome.
Don't use windows for such things. It can't handle symlinks properly - and other things probably too.
I finally cracked and it turns out the reason for the problems was that the archive manager on the virtual Linux Centos machine did not unpack everything.
What put me on the wrong foot was that I also unpacked the kernel source on my windows machine using 7-zip (not to build it but just to see what was in the package). 7-zip neatly unpacked everything so I thought the same was true on my virtual Linux machine.
Why the archive manger missed a few beats is a mystery, maybe I inadvertently stopped it too early.
Once I unpacked everything again and let it run to the end all was well and I effortlessly built the kernel on the virtual Linux machine.
Thanks for the info. I finally managed to build the kernel, compiled the appropriate device tree and got the MicroZed board to boot from the new SD card content.
I have tested it quite thoroughly and it seems that the update ethernet driver in version 3.14 of the linux-xlnx kernel cured the problem.
At least each time the board boots I can ping to it from the Windows machine, something I could not be sure of when I booted version 3.8.
I will post a separate message on what I had to do to get things to work.


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2 Tough and Crazy people get together and consider life through the Oracle of the Animated Gif. They contemplate the Misery which arises unexpected and unrebuked. They consider the ways of responding and the mercilless grip on the Spirit. The Acedia of Broad Daylight. They consider the implications in the formation of a shared life and they weep. Dry – eyed bile filled drops of blood. Who is it that carries out this Torture ? What Dungeon of Soul encases the most ordinary of days and drags the corners of the mouth in a twisted marionette dance ? They consider the Souls before them – writhing in past agonies – ankle chained to a grief seemingly not of their time or experience. The Wild Celtic cry of OCHA shrieks – a stench of Sutherland Crofter Cottages on burning and massive cedar trunks shattered and stripped. Where then does the Spirit feed ? The Echo of Soul bounces again on a shadowed mountain and blisters the Waiting Soul – almost unnoticed. Making no sense – almost at all. A Findhorn Sand of ice.
My grief lies all within, and these external manners of lament are merely shadows to the unseen grief that swells with silence in the tortured soul.
TO stab my youth with desperate knives, to wear
This paltry age's gaudy livery,
To let each base hand filch my treasury,
To mesh my soul within a woman's hair,
And be mere Fortune's lackeyed groom,—I swear
I love it not! these things are less to me
Than the thin foam that frets upon the sea,
Less than the thistle-down of summer air
Which hath no seed: better to stand aloof
Far from these slanderous fools who mock my life
Knowing me not, better the lowliest roof
Fit for the meanest hind to sojourn in,
Than to go back to that hoarse cave of strife
Where my white soul first kissed the mouth of sin.
By Oscar Wilde
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education. I call it intrusion. ~Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
I Passed into a lucent still abode.
And saw as in a mirror crystalline.
An ancient force ascending serpentine
Of the ascending spirals of the aeonic road.
Earth was a cradle for the arriving God.
And man but a half-dark half-illuminous sign
Of the transition of the veiled Divine.
From Matter's sleep and the tormented load
Of ignorant life and death to the spirit's light.
Mind liberated swam Light's ocean-vast
And life escaped from its grey tortured line
I saw matter illumining its parent Night
The soul could feel into infinity cast,
Timeless God-bliss the heart incarnadine.
Meaningless torture, proceeding from the darkness
While angels on the side-line, stand confused
Meaningless sentences, an imagination diffused…
And wrath has left its scar — that fire of hell


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Disney's Tangled (Review)
I went out to Havelock North to see this film. I could have seen it in Napier but I wanted to see the film that followed this one so it made sense to see both at the same theater.
I went to the 5.30 p.m session on January 2nd. There were four children who went ahead of me. The woman on the counter called me 'a big kid' for seeing Tangled.
Her comment again highlights so much adult prejudice with animation. It is just not the sole domain of children. In the film Rapunzel is almost eighteen. The kids watching it with me were no older then ten. What do they know about being a teenager? I, as an, adult had more understanding of the characters than a child could.
I really can't figure this mentally out. There is just a raft of good quality animation coming out and most adults don't really realize what they are missing. As I've said previously I love animation. It, like horrors, westerns, dramas, etc, are a genre, and like all genres there is the good, the average, and the awful.
Tangle is in the good category . In my opinion it is one of the best animated Disney films in some years. The animation is just brilliant, the songs are snappy, and the humor is of a very high standard. I just can't fault anything in this film. I truly loved it. In fact so much so I have since seen it again here in Napier! My two nephews raved about it and I have found the children I've spoken to have been positive towards it. The few adults who have seen it have been full of praise.
It really is the Disney studio at their very best. Rapunzel is a lovely character with an unbelievably neat little figure!! But my favorite character was Maximus the horse. I find that no other studio humanizes animals and makes them a stand alone character like Disney. Maximus is a great example of this. He starts out being tough and staunch but as the relationship between Flynn Rider and Rapunzel deepens his heart softens. At first he and Rider hate each other and constantly fight, which brings some of the funniest moments of the film.
Like all animation it has the moral tone. It is very subtle and in my experience most kids never pick it up. They like animation for the humor, and I have always found that is what kids talk about after a film. But I aren't saying it shouldn't be there. It adds to a storyline and kids shouldn't be subjected to the complications of the adult world. So the morality is a good thing.
It is in a nut shell a film everyone can watch. It is aimed as a family film but anyone of any age will enjoy it. It is an animated film of the highest quality, in fact I don't think they come much better!
See it and enjoy, as it will not disappoint!!!


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Occupy Wall Street Protester Scales Statue, Says He Won't Come Down Until Bloomberg Quits
NEW YORK – An "Occupy Wall Street" protester who scaled a 30-foot sculpture in lower Manhattan on Saturday morning demanded a cigarette, a jacket and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's resignation.
Dylan Spoelstra, 24, from Toronto, was brought to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation after voluntarily surrendering to the NYPD shortly after 9:00am ET. His stunt ushered in a day of several planned "Occupy Wall Street" marches and rallies slated for Saturday afternoon, even though Bloomberg warned Friday that police are going to start cracking down the permit-less events.
Spoelstra, who had been ticketed by the NYPD for public urination at 3:14am, told his protester pals about an hour later that he was going to climb the bright red artwork known as "Joie de Vivre" on Broadway on the west side of Zuccotti Park. He eyed the ring of cops standing nearby for several minutes, then dashed across the street and clambered up one of the large vertical beams, a friend told the New York Post.
"He went up like a ring-tailed lemur," said Patrick Griese, who held Spoelstra's jacket for him.
The 24-year-old tried to reach the top of the structure but ran out of steam about halfway up, witnesses said. He perched on a beam and shouted out a list of his demands until the NYPD hostage unit was brought in to deal with him.
Spoelstra initially demanded that 15 percent of staffers on the FDNY and NYPD be bisexual, witnesses said, but then changed his mind and said he wanted 15 of the police officers on the scene to leave. He later added a demand for racial quotas in NYPD hiring.
He also told police he would not come down until Bloomberg resigned -- and asked for a cigarette and a jacket to get warm.
"He's not the sharpest knife in the drawer," said Griese, who met Spoelstra a few days ago at the Zuccotti Park encampment that's now in its second month and causing increasing friction with New Yorkers who live nearby.
"Let him stay up there until next year. Who cares?" shouted one fed up woman who spotted cops negotiating with a perched Spoelstra as she walked by.


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Quick, what are the top ingredients in the popular chicken nugget pieces you'll find at your nearest fast-food restaurant?
If you guessed simply white chicken meat and batter, you're missing nearly two dozen other ingredients.
Organic Authority offers this eye-opening article on the makings of a chicken nugget at McDonald's -- one ingredient, for example, is dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent made of silicone that is also used in Silly Putty and cosmetics
Then there's tertiary butlhydroquinone (TBHQ), a chemical preservative and a form of butane (lighter fluid).
And don't forget the thirteen other corn-derived ingredients, plus the sugars, leavening agents and other synthetic ingredients. And the meat? That's made of pulverized chicken skin and mechanically reclaimed meat.
This, by the way, is the recipe for the "healthier" Chicken McNugget launched in 2003.
No doubt it's difficult to swear off fast food when it's so accessible everywhere you go; but as Organic Authority points out, it helps to know what's actually in those fast food items. And taking other small steps -- like carrying healthy snacks or simply cooking your own chicken at home -- could eliminate the feeling you have to turn to fast food at all.
Full ingredient list for a Chicken McNugget (from McDonald's website):
White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, extractives of rosemary). Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch. Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent.


text: Recently I've been making a point to fish as many new and different areas as possible on my days off. With a record amount of rain, and extremely high water, everything is completely different the past year from normal. I have basically had to start from scratch and really do things completely different to find fish. A couple of weeks ago after doing A LOT of riding and scouting, I stumbled onto an area loaded with fish. But unfortunately for some reason had some bad luck with myself, and clients, losing all of the big fish we hooked in that spot. Today I went back and finally got lucky and hit it just right. Ended up with some of the best fishing I've had in a long time, including a triple hook up with three big fish, as well as numerous other fish up to 20 lbs. Of course I have no idea how long these fish will stay in that area, but for now I'm going to keep enjoying it until they move, then it will be back to the drawing board again! That's what makes it fun though! Zakk Royce


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Outpost Caretakers Week 20 ~ The Thaw…sort of.January 28, 2012 | 1512 Views
I left off last week saying it was snowing but with warmer weather on the horizon predicted by the powers that forecast these things. Again he was right on both counts and we had snow most of the day on Friday. I don't mind the snow, it looks pretty and stays white and clean till it melts… no cars or smog here to turn it grey and dirty looking.
Sam doesn't seem to mind it to much either.
What a difference a day makes and I mean this literally. We woke up Saturday to the beautiful sound of drip drip drip, snow thawing from the roof and falling onto a misplaced bucket. Every where you looked were signs of a thaw. Not wanting to rush things and be disappointed Mike left the water pumped turned off for a few more hours.
Good time to head outside for a bit fresh air and maybe a walk along the beach. Haven't done this in ages, been too cold. The crisp snow is now slushy and slippery on the boardwalk and I take the opportunity to do a bit of a run and slide. We all still have a bit of the kid inside us.
Throughout the day sheets of snow could be heard sliding down the length of the roof to fall with a thud. My timing was off or maybe my footfalls were the cause but I must have run out half a dozen times to snap a picture only to hear it drop as I neared.
There's always something that you don't think about and have to pay the consequences for it later. During our big freeze not once did I think of the 14 18L bottles of drinking water that are kept outside. Mistake. With a temperature of 3C everything was melting including our water in the 10 bottles that had split open. Garbage cans lined with plastic bags, big pots and trays, anything that would contain the containers to save our water, which I than transferred into other empty jugs. As I was sorting out the drinking water, Mike was taking care of the real important stuff…water for a shower and it looks like everything was a go. We're back in business once again and the H20 is flowing.
The barge is on it's way to Masset and the last update concerning us, is that the decision will be made Saturday whether the weather and seas are good enough for a trip down here.
Mike and I daily take a look at the marine report and weren't all that surprised (well maybe a little) to see this forecast. Tuesday night we did experience gusts of wind like we have never had before but fortunately it didn't last long nor was there any damage.
Sam keeps us amused on a daily bases showing up where we least expect to see him
Till next week,
Heather & Mike


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"Biological diversity is the key to the maintenance of the world as we know it."
~ E.O. Wilson, Biodiversity
"A team of researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM) created the first national study, which mapped wild bee populations. Their findings, which were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, confirm that native pollinators are in major decline in crucial agricultural regions of the U.S. They estimate that between 2008 and 2013, wild bee abundance declined in 23 percent of the contiguous U.S." Read the full article…
The Missouri Prairie Foundation and its Grow Native! program conserve native pollinators on the prairies and other native grasslands it owns, and by promoting the use of native plants in developed landscapes, which are critical to the survival of bees and other pollinators.


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Being established in 1993, this tertiary private medical institution offers a wide range of medical care services. It has 350 in-patient bed capacity and is accredited by the Hospital Accreditation of Thailand.
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Retina Vitreous
The retina is the inner coat at the back of the eye which is light sensitive. It converts light rays into impulses, which are sent to the brain through the optic nerve.
The vitreous body or vitreous humour is the clear gel take up the space between the lens and the retina of the eyeball.
A retina specialist is a medical doctor who specializes in ophthalmology. A retina specialist may also sub-specialize in vitreoretinal medicine, which is a specialization in diseases and surgery of the vitreous body and the retina.
Vitrectomy, on the other hand, is the surgical removal of the vitreous from the middle of the eye. It is done to give the doctor better access to the back of the eye in case of retinal detachment, or if blood in the vitreous gel in case of a vitreous hemorrhage does not clear on its own.
Several eye conditions may necessitate the drainage of the vitreous. The drainage is done to allow the ophthalmologist access to the parts of the eye needing attention. Vitrectomy is done to:
In this surgery, an oil bubble is often used since unlike an air bubble, the oil bubble does not move around in the eye. The oil bubble makes recovery easier for patients of all ages who may have trouble keeping their head and eye in the proper position.
Vitrectomy often lasts 2 to 3 hours. The surgeon determines whether general or local anesthesia will be used for the surgery. The procedure may be done as outpatient surgery, but in most cases, it requires an overnight stay at the hospital.
The doctors will always advise the patient on how to position themselves at home. The patient may be needed to place themselves in the position for a while to allow the gas or oil bubble to push against the detachment.
Certain abnormal complications may develop after the surgery. Contact your doctor immediately should you notice any of the following:
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