3M is recalling about 395,000 Scotch thermal laminators in the United and an addition 130 in in Canada.
The plastic enclosure can overheat, posing a burn hazard.
3M has received 10 reports of the laminators overheating and causing deformation of the bottom of the plastic enclosures. No injuries have been reported.
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Like many people, I enjoy watching the Olympics. However, I've got too much to do to sit for hours in front of the television.
That's why I decided to get caught up on organizing my photos while watching the Olympics. It's worked very well. I organized all the albums in the photo. However, what I organized were the brochures, thank you letters, and tourist information such as which wineries we visited and what we tasted. For 2015, I've ordered copies of my best photos and identified them on the back of the photos. For 2016 and 2017, I have to finishing getting copies of my best photos into a digital file then have them printed out. I have the photos, probably 500, for 2015, but I need to put them in the archival sleeves. It's going to be a time consuming task.
This would be a good stopping place for me now, and make the switch to working on my taxes. However, tax preparation isn't nearly as much fun. I especially enjoyed looking at the all the information I brought back from my Australian trip during mu album organization.
Since I hurt my back, a compression fracture, I've been resting and recovering at home. Maybe since I'm taking it easy, I'll get more work done on my photos and get my taxes done as well.
Fujifilm is recalling about 270,000 power adapter wall plugs sold with Fujifilm digital cameras in the United States and about 24,000 in Canada.
The wall plugs can crack, break, or detach and remain in the wall and expose live electrical contacts, posing a shock hazard. No incidents or injuries have been reported.
This recall involves AC-5VF power adapter wall plugs sold with Fujifilm digital camera models XP90, XP95, XP120, XP125, X-A3, and X-A10. The digital cameras were sold in a variety of colors.
I’m a big fan of Apple’s customer service. It’s almost always good, unlike most other companies especially Comcast.
Last night, I had an upsetting experience when I talked to an Apple employee named Jesse.
For the last six weeks, I’ve been working on getting my Apple computers in better shape. I have a desktop I bought in 2010 and a laptop for travel that I bought a couple of years ago. Both had hard drives nearly full because I take hundreds of photos as a photojournalist.
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Having nude photos of yourself put on the internet without your permission is extremely upsetting. One woman said photos of her were posted by an ex-boyfriend, not once, but twice, and included her name, her job, and the city she lives in.
To avoid being a victim of revenge porn, take these steps suggested by DMCA.com.
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When I lived in Sydney, Australia, in the late 1960s, the population was 11 million. Now, it’s 24 million
The purpose of my recent two-week vacation was to visit the places I lived and worked in Sydney and to visit a city I hadn’t been to, Perth.
Here’s what I learned during my vacation:
1. Sydney is a bustling, dynamic city. With a population of 2.5 million in 1967, its population is now approaching 5 million. We saw a lot of construction underway, but one resident told us the economy is slowing down. We did see some high-rise buildings with rusting steel frames, indicating that, although they’d been started, their construction had been abandoned.
2. The Sydney Opera House is fantastic. We enjoyed Beethoven’s First Symphony performed by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows, student performers who are receiving training from the orchestra.
3. The public transportation is Sydney is wonderful. We used trains and buses for most of our trips to old neighborhoods and workplaces. I wish we had a similar system in the Seattle area.
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It’s that time – boomer bloggers sharing their latest happenings. Happenings. That’s a boomer word, right?
This week the news is about changes in the National Park Service senior pass, why it’s awful for people to talk on their cell phones in a public bathroom stall, how leaving the city behind and moving to a rural area changes your mind in many good ways, and how to fake it until you make it.
Carol Cassara of Heart·Mind·Soul writes about these happenings in the Best of Boomer Blogs #507. Click here to get the links to the articles by boomer bloggers. And, be sure to enter in the conversations. Boomer bloggers love to hear from readers.
Easter is 20 days later this year than in 2016.
If you’re looking for bargains, WalletHub, personal-finance website, offers ideas in its “2017's Best Easter Sales and Deals.”
For more than a year, WalletHub tracked different item categories to identify the most heavily discounted items in April compared with the rest of the year. Two categories stood out: washing machines and engagement rings. Consumers in the market for those items should make room in their budgets this month.
WalletHub also listed the best deals by product category – such as apparel, electronics, and jewelry – and picked out the following 10 special deals:
Are you having fun on St. Patrick’s Day?
How are you spending your $38, the estimated amount Americans will spend on the holiday this year? On beer? On Guinness? On green beer?
I’m celebrating everything Irish today and remembering the wonderful trip my daughter and I had two years ago to Ireland.
This is grandmother Laura Baylee Slingsby, whose parents were born in Ireland.
About 200 people gathered Friday morning on the steps of the capitol in Olympia, Washington, to peacefully protest the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
High school and community college students and others urged the audience to organize and resist efforts to discriminate against immigrants, minorities, women, the disabled, and the elderly. Some spoke of treating people with love to get the best results and not give in to hate.
One high school student said:
We will not sit and complain. We will serve our communities. We will not isolate ourselves. We will reach out to our neighbors and friends who need us most. We will not cry and lie down, but instead we will smile and stand up. We will march on and find what we truly believe in and what we’re made of, whether we’re made of something flimsy and bendable or stubborn and strong. We are here to show the world the difference between right and wrong, and refuse to quit and be on the wrong side of history.
Hand-lettered signs saying, “Not my president,” were sprinkled throughout the crowd.
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