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		<title>Newark Airport Security Breach</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think this story is funny &#8211; and sad &#8211; in many ways.
So somebody simply walks up the &#8216;exit only&#8217; lane next to security at the airports and nobody stops him. Security see it in a video clip and goes nuts. Airport is shut down for hours.
So, the media is all over this story and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think this story is funny &#8211; and sad &#8211; in many ways.<br />
So somebody simply walks up the &#8216;exit only&#8217; lane next to security at the airports and nobody stops him. Security see it in a video clip and goes nuts. Airport is shut down for hours.</p>
<p>So, the media is all over this story and how it happened &#8211; and whats needs to be done to prevent it in the future.<br />
How it happened is simple &#8211; the person simply walked up the &#8216;exit only&#8217; side of security. Somebody was (apparently) supposed to be watching the &#8216;exit only&#8217; lane but they weren&#8217;t.<br />
Apparently now that &#8216;bad people&#8217; know that can be done its a huge security concern.</p>
<p>How do they fix it in the future?<br />
This is where it gets comical in my opinion.<br />
-The politicians and media will go nuts over the security guards in question that need to manually sit and observe the exit lanes. The &#8220;Lets hire even more people to sit and look at people walking by&#8221; &#8211; while never actually eliminating the possibility that it will occur again (Any individual can drop the ball eventually so to speak).</p>
<p>-Or, how about the implement a solution that has used since long before I was born:<br />
<a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/turnstyle-photo1.jpg"><img src="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/turnstyle-photo1-300x234.jpg" alt="" title="turnstyle-photo1" width="300" height="234" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-270" /></a></p>
<p>Problem solved!<br />
No person can ever be counted upon to be 100% effective; we&#8217;ll all fail at some point. That&#8217;s why error-proofed solution almost always remove the human element. If the airports installed these types of gates on the &#8216;exit lane&#8217; it would be impossible for this type of an event to occur in the future &#8211; and it won&#8217;t cost the taxpayer far less in the long run than hiring additional people.</p>
<p>Seems like a no-brainer to me!</p>
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		<title>Attic Fun!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been a while since I posted something here&#8230; whoops.
Spent some time the last few weekends up in my attic adding some insulation, that&#8217;s about it for anything major. Hopefully it pays off this winter now that I&#8217;ve tripled the attic insulation.
No photos yet, will get some this weekend after the finishing touches are completed.
Going in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Been a while since I posted something here&#8230; whoops.</p>
<p>Spent some time the last few weekends up in my attic adding some insulation, that&#8217;s about it for anything major. Hopefully it pays off this winter now that I&#8217;ve tripled the attic insulation.<br />
No photos yet, will get some this weekend after the finishing touches are completed.</p>
<p>Going in to work at about 4am so I&#8217;ve got to keep it low key tonight, got some trainning to take care of on 3rd shift.</p>
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		<title>Toilet Adventure</title>
		<link>http://www.markpappas.info/2009/09/toilet-adventure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday &#8211; 9:30PM.
Angie notices the toilet has water around the bottom of it. Tells me.
I clean it up, go to basement and discover more water. I cut off the water supply and determine that every time we flush water leaks.
Root cause: Assumed that the wax seal is compromised, toilet is off limits until it&#8217;s fixed.
Monday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sunday &#8211; 9:30PM.<br />
Angie notices the toilet has water around the bottom of it. Tells me.<br />
I clean it up, go to basement and discover more water. I cut off the water supply and determine that every time we flush water leaks.<br />
Root cause: Assumed that the wax seal is compromised, toilet is off limits until it&#8217;s fixed.</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 6:30am.<br />
We&#8217;ve been thinking about replacing that evil toilet (It&#8217;s evil, I have other stories) for over a year. We have to take the toilet completely off anyhow&#8230; why not replace it?<br />
Decision made, we&#8217;re getting a new toilet tonight</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 4:50pm<br />
Toilet purchased. Hopes are high</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 6pm<br />
Old toilet is removed, bolt holding old toilet in place snaps off when I used my HAND to unscrew the nut. This is going to be a cake walk.</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 6:30pm<br />
Water supply line from the wall is dead center with the toilet&#8217;s hole. The new toilet hits the value coming out of the wall. I turn off the water to the house and remove the valve, toilet fits with 1in to spare. I need an elbow to turn the pipe 90 degress immediately out of the wall from the store.</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 6:45 &#8211; first trip to the store.<br />
Monday &#8211; 7:00 &#8211; Second trip<br />
Monday &#8211; 8:00pm &#8211; after the third trip to the store I finally have the parts required. Water to the house is finally back on. Toilet install is going forward.</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 8:30pm &#8211; Toilet (minus seat) is installed (That was cake to do). Turn on the water. No leaks we&#8217;re looking good.</p>
<p>Monday &#8211; 8:45pm &#8211; First flush. water leaks from the base again. The wax seal is not working. turning the water to the toliet off and calling it a day. Will attempt a fix tomorrow&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Update via IPod&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Testing the ability to post via my iPod Touch while I&#8217;m sitting in a hotel room in South Dakota. I&#8217;ll be posting lots of photos when I get home from the trip as well.
In the mean time, check out my Twitter feed! The main blog page list some of them in the upper left as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Testing the ability to post via my iPod Touch while I&#8217;m sitting in a hotel room in South Dakota. I&#8217;ll be posting lots of photos when I get home from the trip as well.<br />
In the mean time, check out my Twitter feed! The main blog page list some of them in the upper left as well.</p>
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		<title>2nd Anniversary, Camping, and the Cabin!</title>
		<link>http://www.markpappas.info/2009/07/2nd-anniversary-camping-and-the-cabin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been a wild last week and a half, startling with 2 nights in Door County, 2 days at work, 3 nights in a tent, a drive home, unload, reload, and 2 nights in the Parents cabin up North for the 4th of July.
Over a week &#8211; and only 2 nights at home.
Make me miss my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Been a wild last week and a half, startling with 2 nights in Door County, 2 days at work, 3 nights in a tent, a drive home, unload, reload, and 2 nights in the Parents cabin up North for the 4th of July.</p>
<p>Over a week &#8211; and only 2 nights at home.<br />
Make me miss my bed!</p>
<p>2 years of bliss! (Door County)<br />
<a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1717-Medium.JPG"><img class="size-medium wp-image-237 alignnone" title="In Door County" src="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1717-Medium-300x225.jpg" alt="In Door County" width="400" height="299" /></a></p>
<p>We had a visitor at the campsite: (Camping)<br />
<a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1822-Small.JPG"><img class="size-medium wp-image-236 alignnone" title="100_1822 (Small)" src="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1822-Small-300x225.jpg" alt="100_1822 (Small)" width="400" height="299" /></a></p>
<p>And we played with Rocks &#8211; plus we had great sunsets! (Pappas Cabin)<br />
<a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1909-Medium.JPG"><img class="size-medium wp-image-238 alignnone" title="Shoreline With Rocks" src="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1909-Medium-300x225.jpg" alt="Shoreline With Rocks" width="400" height="300" /></a><a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1899-Medium.JPG"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1899-Medium.JPG"><img class="size-medium wp-image-239 alignnone" title="Sunset" src="http://www.markpappas.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/100_1899-Medium-300x225.jpg" alt="Sunset" width="400" height="300" /></a></p>
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