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FancyVents Announces the Fifteen-Minute Room Remodel

23.02.71

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) June 07, 2011

Decorative air return vent covers from FancyVents , Inc., announces a quick and easy 15 minute room remodel . Installing a FancyVent enhances interior design adding custom handmade elegance and flair to the room.

The U.S. housing market changed dramatically post-World War II. As the Baby Boom Generation spurred demand for quickly built affordable housing, ubiquitous tract housing and cookie cutter subdivisions employed less and less architectural design elements. Subsequently, design took a back seat in favor of utilitarian function.

Today's homes require a more elegant approach to a commonly overlooked fixture in nearly every home - the cold air return vent. Builders typically opt for an inexpensive white louvered vent cover, which has become the generally accepted eyesore that the homeowner continually tries to camouflage.

Source: San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

TSA Continues to Half-Defend "Cookie Cutter" Screening Procedures

12.05.11

You keep forgetting one fantastic little detail: Some airports let their TSA officers through checkpoints with the wave of a hand. Sometimes even without checking their ID first. That wouldn't be as disconcerting, if it weren't for news like this: http://www.nbc11news.com/home/.....71524.html

I was trying to root through the renewed youtube search function to find a video of a news clip, where they show footage of TSA officers arriving at work and being waved through the checkpoints with backpacks and all unchecked. I've been doing security for years and am familiar with a multitude of security protocols and their hows and whys, including military, private security, as well as the official airport security protocols (I'm in another line of work, and a mom these days)...

Source: Reason Online (blog)