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Rebecca

Why is the news never about good news? It's always about the bad news, like about the war in iraq or so and so was in a car crash here, a bus exploded, yatta yatta yatta. And now since Heath Ledger died because an accidental overdose of drugs... they're gunna keep that up for like 3 days and then leave it alone and then two months from now, they're gunna bring it back up

That's all that the news does, is with new news is up for 3 days... drops it..... two months..... review

Dont they know that they aren't helping?

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The news isn't your therapist.

i've been hearing about plane crashes is it still safe to fly?

Elizabeth

i've been seeing tons of stuff on the news where stuff keeps going wrong with planes and theres all these crashes and stuff and i was going to fly to my friend's house in a few months but now i'm afraid to realistically what are the odds of being in a plane crash?

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the car ride to the airport is more dangerous than the flight, I fly 3-7 times a month, actually in the last 15 days I have been on 11 different flights and that does not include non commercial flights; I have a pilots license and my buddy has a plane that I use up to a couple times a week
My brother in law is a commercial pilot so I am plugged into what is taking place in the aviation world, I can tell you with confidence that you are very safe and should not worry the least about flying, go visit your friend and don't worry...like I said, the car ride to the airport is more dangerous than the flight

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Why is all security camera footage so terrible?

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skyking196

Every day on the news, there's at least one story of a small store robbery, or a car that crashes through a window, etc. They show the actual footage from the security cameras and the quality is mostly awful... choppy, blurry, sometimes in black and white. You would think these days they would have high resolution video, especially if they wanted a good look at a thief or attacker. I don't know much about security cameras, is the technology just not there yet?

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The reason so many surveillance systems appear to be low quality can be attributed to the need for a compromise between image quality and storage length, and cost. As you increase the quality of the image, the price of the cameras used to obtain the picture goes up, as well as how much storage space is needed to keep the same time length of data. For example, a security camera system recording at a lower 360 x 240 (CIF) resolution can keep its data approximately 3 times longer than the same security camera system recording at 720 x 480 (D1) resolution. If your surveillance system recording at CIF resolution can keep 45 days worth of video data, D1 would last approximately 15 days before it starts to overwrite.

The technology is absolutely available for higher quality images, but in most scenarios is limited by cost.

How quickly is it possible to learn Russian?

Q. Starting from zero knowledge, studying 2-3 hours a day, with lots of listening and reading material and daily practice with native speakers. Also Russian courses at university.

Any hope to speak it passably in a year?
I live in Canada, many Russians. I might visit Russia for some weeks this year.
Dude, if they've been studying the language for 4 years and still can't keep up a conversation, it just means they're natural-born knuckleheads. You can learn Mandarin in 5 years.

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That is quite a bit of study time. You will do well. To help build your vocabulary of everyday words and terms, read the newspaper or watch the news. The same things happen daily, so you will benefit from the repetition. ie "a bomb exploded in the tunnel, a hurricane struck Cuba, an earthquake occurred in Chile killing 19, there was a car crash on the highway and the driver was injured".

If you need links or help email me and I can provide many.

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How quickly is it possible to learn Russian?

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Q. Starting from zero knowledge, studying 2-3 hours a day, with lots of listening and reading material and daily practice with native speakers. Also Russian courses at university.

Any hope to speak it passably in a year?
I live in Canada, many Russians. I might visit Russia for some weeks this year.
Dude, if they've been studying the language for 4 years and still can't keep up a conversation, it just means they're natural-born knuckleheads. You can learn Mandarin in 5 years.

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That is quite a bit of study time. You will do well. To help build your vocabulary of everyday words and terms, read the newspaper or watch the news. The same things happen daily, so you will benefit from the repetition. ie "a bomb exploded in the tunnel, a hurricane struck Cuba, an earthquake occurred in Chile killing 19, there was a car crash on the highway and the driver was injured".

If you need links or help email me and I can provide many.

When do I take my toddler out of the car seat and into a booster?

livelife

I have read all different answers on this topic. My daughter is only 3 but she is 36 inches tall and 40 pounds. Is it safe to put her into a booster? Her car seat harness is starting to get very tight (I have loosened it as much as possible) Thanks!

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Car crashes are the leading cause of both disability and death for children in the United States- and they are for a reason.

Just a few weeks ago, a 3 year old was killed while riding in a booster seat: http://www.ktnv.com/news/local/187038601.html

My greatest sympathies are for the parents- it really just takes an instant to loose a child.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children ride in a forward facing car seat with a harness for as long as possible. The AAP recommendations say that moving a child to the next step is a decrease in your child's level of protection. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says to keep 4 to 7 year olds in a car seat with a harness until they have outgrown it: http://www.safercar.gov/parents/RightSeat.htm

There are many car seats with tall top harness strap slots and high forward facing weight limits. Here is my recommended list:

-Baby Trend Fastback (18" top slots; 70 lb weight limit with harness)
-Evenflo SecureKids 300 or 400 model (18" top slots; 65 lb weight limit with harness)
-Graco Nautilus (18" top slots; 65 lb weight limit with harness)
-Graco Argos 70 (18" top slots; 70 lb weight limit with harness)
-Recaro Prosport (19" top slots; 90 lb weight limit with harness)
-Britax Frontier 85 (20" top slots; 85 lb weight limit with harness)
-Britax Frontier 85 SICT (20" top slots; 85 lb weight limit with harness)

We all know that car seats pass standards. But what are these standards? Federal standards say that a child's head can move as far as 32 inches from the vehicle seat back when installed without the top tether. The top tether is extremely important as it reduces this forward movement as much as 4-6 inches. If you were to measure 32 inches in your vehicle- you may be very surprised.

Every car seat on the market comes with the top tether, however, vehicles made after September of 2002 have factory installed top tether anchors. These anchors can be found on the rear shelf in a sedan, on the back of a captain's chair, or on the ceiling in an SUV.

The Britax Frontier 85 only goes up to 65 lbs without the top tether, however using the top tether is always recommended. The SICT model of the Frontier 85 does not require the top tether at any weight.

A booster seat just sits on the vehicle seat. It is not attached to the vehicle seat in anyway. Then you thread the lap and shoulder seat belt through the belt guides as said in the manual. A booster seat is designed to lift a child up for a better seat belt fit- by placing the lap belt on the child's hips and the shoulder belt between the child's neck and collar bone.

Not all booster seats are doing their job- some boosters put the lap belt on the child's tummy. During a crash, it will sink in, injuring the child's inner organs and spinal cord. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) rates how well booster seats position the adult seat belt on the child's body.

Here are their results: http://www.iihs.org/research/topics/boosters/default.html

If you are going to put your 3 year old in a booster anyways, I would recommend the Graco Turbobooster in highback as it does a great job positioning the adult seat belt.

As a side note, all car seat manufacuturers prohibit the use of aftermarket products. This includes a child's bulky winter coat. This is because during a crash, the coat will compress, leaving the harness really loose on a child. This will mean that head excursion will increase, or in a severe case, the child will be ejected from their seat.

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