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Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:35 pm
Post subject: C'mon, Yorkshire can't be totally free of Peak Oil people !
In the old P/S forums forYorkshire I was surpirsed by how few peakers their seemed to be from such a big area of the country!
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Post subject: I'm in Yorkshire
I'm in Yorkshire ... just.
I live in Hebden Bridge, close to the Lancashire border.
Sheffield is a long way for me to go by train, usually about 2 and a half hours, so I've been interacting on the NWest board, which met in Manchester last time which is only 50 min away on the train.
If you want to arrange a meet up in Leeds I'd be up for it.
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Post subject: just joined from Scotch Corner
Well it's Barton 2 miles north of Scotch Corner, just within North Yorkshire, all this is pretty scary stuff, lad from work got me interested, so on a scale of 1 to 10 how optimistic are you?
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Hi supasap,
so on a scale of 1 to 10 how optimistic are you?
Optimistic of what?
That we will avert a Peak-oil related crisis?
1 (very unoptimistic)
That individuals can do a lot to insulate themsleves from the worst of it?
10 (very optimistic)
That the world can avoid repeated resource wars?
That the Uk has at least hope of a future with a reasonable std of living?
That the Uk will take all nesseccary steps to become self sufficient and low-energy using?
That EVENTUALLY after much toil, false starts, hardship, lies, delusions and fasle dawns that the UK will realise what it really needs to do and makes it happen?
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Post subject: I'm in Yorkshire - but not for long I fear.
I'm still in Yorkshire but not for too long I fear. I'm currently living up in leeds but I haven't been able to find a job - basically trying to find a medium sized business that will let me do the job I want whilst researching into Peak Oil and how it would affect their business.
Anybody know of any jobs going in the Leeds to Sheffield area for a first class chemical engineering graduate with a PhD and lots of leadership experience??
Nobody seems to be bothered about PO down here.... most people I talk too seem to think I am crackers or just go mmmm... yeah - then they chunter along as normal as if its just another environmentalists scare story thats not going to really affect anybody!
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 5:34 pm
Post subject: New regional contact for Leeds
Hi all,
I'm going to be the new regional contact for Leeds and I have to confess I'm pretty new to the issues around Peak Oil. Having read into it a bit, I feel compelled to act and imagine that some of you feel the same way.
If anybody wants to meet up and discuss Peak Oil issues, start looking at organising showings of "End of Suburbia" & "Peak Oil: Imposed by Nature", or simply educate me on the subject, give us a shout. I may be able to swing free hire of a city centre pub basement to hold showings of the above DVDs.
I'm thinking that as time goes on and general awareness is raised, we could look at diversifying activities to include things like discussion groups on energy saving, lectures on sustainable energy sources, permaculture workshops or whatever.
I think James Howard is putting together a document on organising events and raising awareness, so we might be able to get some more ideas from that.
I'm in Central Leeds and normally work 9-5, although I'm on call 1 week in 4, so my evening & weekend availability isn't always guaranteed.
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I'm in York and wondered how many others are nearby?
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There's a very active/successful Green Party in Huddersfield I believe that might be worthwhile 'peak oil' campaign partners
I am from Wakefield originally but haven't lived there since I was 21. Ended up down in London I'm afraid due to the gravity of jobs down here. Would be nice to get back up North eventually.
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I'm in Darlington - 45minutes from York on the train. Almost in yorkhire but not quite...can I be an honorary member of the yorkshire clan??
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Fine by me.
We haven't done a jot as of yet!!
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I'm in Darlington - 45minutes from York on the train. Almost in yorkhire but not quite...can I be an honorary member of the yorkshire clan??
Finally! Someone based near me. Hooray! I'm based in Teesside, can I join this party too?
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We haven't done a jot as of yet!!
Yeah, I agree that we need to start getting a move on with things.
I have made a small start - I wrote to my MP (Hilary Benn) about Peak Oil and got a reply saying that he's forwarded my letter on to Gordon Brown - haven't heard from him yet and to be honest, his recent call for OPEC to increase production didn't exactly demonstrate that he's either read it or taken it very seriously.
Nonetheless, I'd encourage you all to do the same to raise the profile of the issue with Government. If nothing else, it's quite an empowering feeling to give your MP a piece of your mind
I've also printed off a load of posters and leaflets available under the "campaign" section of the site. Once I've organised a venue for showing End of Suburbia, I'll get these posters stuck up around various places in Leeds, accompanied by another poster detailing the time & venue for the showing.
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Nice one Joe,
A few months back I also informed my MP, she agreed it was an issue, and signed the EDM!
It sure is satisfying to feel that your MP listens.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Max Ehrmann.
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I wrote to mine too and got a reply the other day, but need to respond to it because it was full of crap.
I'll mention the EDM, because it hadn't been set up when I first wrote (months back!!).
The MP must be getting sick of me cos I'm always writing to complain about new supermarkets and asking awkward questions about section 106 planning agreements that involve rebuilding council offices, global warming, public transport etc. etc. To be honest, he's quite good at getting other people to reply, but usually they just write a load of b***cks and I tend to give up. Not this time!!
I've just joined the local community group, and once I get my foot in the door I might start gradually introducing the concept of peak oil.
Definitely interested in meeting up for any northern events/screenings etc.
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Hello guys im in Yorkshire too!
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Lincoln » November 27th, 2017, 8:44 am wrote:Ether doesn't exist. Stop reading articles from over 100 years ago. It's like you posting on the politics of the Romanov court.
Minkowski space overrides Euclidean space. Always. And malleable space time overrides Minkowski.
There are no schools researching ether and Euclidean, because we've known that it is dead, wrong, and utterly forgettable for over 100 years.
Lincoln » Mon Nov 27, 2017 6:46 pm wrote:It is simply empty space. A room can have people in it or not. Put more or fewer people in the room and the room has the same amount of space.
The fact that molecules have space between them isn't all that unusual. There is empty space between Earth and Jupiter.
But there ain't no ether.
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It sure looks like the brighter star material is being pulled towards the white cloud, as would all local dusts and material and matter, all a waiting a turn to fall into the event horizon?
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On our way home from our walk the other day, we passed a blackberry patch
that was loaded with beautiful ripe berries.
Unfortunately, we hadn't come prepared with a pail or a bowl so we had to improvise.
We used a baseball cap.
It held enough to make a cobbler with enough leftover for Moe to snack on.
This is my favourite Cobbler recipe.
It can be made with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, etc...
I like to serve it with a sauce, like the one I used here - a Vanilla Cream sauce that is very much like a white caramel sauce. I've also served it with a white chocolate cream sauce or with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Adapted from Recipe found on the Betty Crocker Website
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 cup flour
3/4 cup of milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups blackberries
extra sugar to sprinkle on top
Heat oven to 350°F.
Melt butter in small baking dish.
Mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder together. Stir in milk and vanilla. Pour in melted butter and stir to blend. Pour back into baking dish. Sprinkle blackberries on top and press down slightly. Sprinkle with sugar and bake 45 to 50 minutes or until done.
Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream or ice cream. Or drizzle with Vanilla cream sauce or a white chocolate cream sauce.
NOTE: Substitute Blueberries, Raspberries, Peaches, etc....
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This sauce is like a white caramel sauce.
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
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"Hi Sid, this is Dave, calling about Patient Blahblah, pelvic sidewall. Is it OK to talk?" (Wondering if the patient is awake.)
"Fire away."
"Can you send me any more tissue?"
"If I had to. Why, what's up?"
"Well, I think it's just inflammation. Probably nothing, but I don't want to commit....yak yak yak..."
"OK, OK, OK. I'll send you some more..." (Useless sonofabitch. I'da known he was there, I'da never sent a frozen...)
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"Hi Sid. It's Ernie. Can I talk?... Patient Blahblah, date of birth yadayada, sigmoid resection, specimen pelvic sidewall?"
"Nothing here but inflammatory cells. Histiocytes, neutrophils, fibroblasts, few eosinophils. Were you worried about something?"
"Not really. Little more indurated than usual. I'm sure she has diverticulitis. Just giving you something to do." (Got some bloggers looking over my shoulder, making it real for them.)
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Joanie brings the bowel clamps to within a couple of inches of each other and rotates them a few degrees in opposite directions to expose the backside of the colon ends. Using the classic 4-0 silk sutures, I place a stitch through the bowel that's at the very end of the clamp, and carry it through the same place on the other piece of bowel. Then I pop the needle off, grasp both ends of the suture in a roach clip and lay it down. Repeat at the other end of the jaws of the clamp: now I have the ends of the anastomosis controlled and marked. Next I place a series of individual silk stitches, filling in the space between the two ends, a few millimeters apart, in the backside of each bowel end. These I lay down as I place them, ends stretched out and unclamped.
There's something about a needle-holder that's very pleasing, particularly the ones with gold handles. Receiving it from the scrub nurse with the needle perfectly placed, the middle of the curve right at the tip of the jaws, suture held back so it doesn't drape across my palm (if it does, it can get pulled out when I re-grab it after the first pass), I slide my index finger down the shaft of the instrument for precise control, and it fits just right in my hand. I leave my fingers out of the finger-holes, preferring to latch and unlatch by pressing them against my palm with my fourth and fifth fingers. The tip of the needle starts perpendicular to the bowel wall, and as I drive it in (just right: not too deep -- the idea is to penetrate the muscular layer but not all the way into the lumen) I rotate my hand, shooting for a perfectly circular motion. As it emerges, I grab the tip of the needle with the forceps in my left hand and pull it the rest of the way out. My left hand is steadied by resting it on the edge of the wound, which allows me briskly and accurately to present the needle to the needle-holder back end first, re-grab it in the jaws in a burst of crunchy clicks, and stitch the other end of the bowel, symmetrically with respect to the placement of the first bite.
Sewing bowel is a circus of sensory feedback: the clicks, the pops, the vibrations in my hand as the instruments ratchet open or closed. The steely and dry hardness of the clamps against the living and wet softness of the bowel; the ever-present musty odor of an open belly, above which the air is noticeably humid. The small arteries in the mesentery -- confirming I've left the edges alive -- dancing in time to the heartbeat monitor, their steps delayed a split second from the sound. I can't help but drink it in, always, no matter what else might be going on. Not many people get to do this: I savor it while I can.
Up to a point (maybe five or ten in a row), tying knots is fun. It's one exercise wherein speed and flash are useful -- if not indispensable. Since early in med school, prospective physicians test their worthiness by learning various tying techniques, the acquiring of which is, in some measure, a palpable sign of progress, a talisman against ever-present self-doubt. If a cowboy validates his claim on the title by twirling a rope, a surgeon does the same in a blur of flying fingers. Surely the scrub, my assistant, even the anesthesiologist have expressions of admiration hidden behind their masks as they witness my underhand, overhand, left hand, right hand, my double-handed single-motion surgeon's knot. Admittedly knot the fastest, I can hold up my ends of a suture.
Having placed this entire back row of silk sutures, I pick them all up and hand them to my assistant. If it's Joanie, she knows how to select each proper pair by sliding a deBakey forceps across the bottom of the pair and bringing it up to present them to me (if it's a less skillful assistant, I use the forceps myself and keep it in my hand while I tie. More clumsy, but quicker than laying it down and picking it back up each time): I grab an end in each hand and work my magic, pulling the ends perpendicular to the bowel so the knot lies down in the groove between the ends of bowel, making the tension just right. ("Just right" is completely subjective, but I think it's another area of divergence among surgeons: if too tight you risk affecting circulation and therefore healing. Too loose, leaks are possible. I suppose we need the equivalent of a torque-wrench; as it is, we hope for having developed the right feel.) The reason I keep using silk for this layer is that it ties so, well, silkily; and having imbued the knot with that just-right tension, it holds it perfectly while awaiting the next loop. If surgery is, at times, art, it's like having a favorite brush.
Once all the knots are tied (three throws for silk, four for vicryl, hundred fifty for nylon), it's time to remove the bowel clamps. For colon surgery, for which there's usually been some sort of prep to empty the bowel, and which is unlikely to spill anything when unclamped, I don't place any upstream clamps. I do for small bowel surgery. Still, when opening the clamp, I have the suction ready; I give the opening a swipe with a betadine-soaked sponge. Theoretically dirty, the clamps go off the field. Now I tie the corner stitches, having waited until the clamps were off to avoid too much tension while tying. At this point, it's as if we have two hoses lying side-by-side, like a double-barreled shotgun, with only the touching edges attached. In placing an inner row of continuous sutures, we bring the hoses end-to-end, sealed. It's the most fun stitching, because it's the trickiest; rounding the "corners," switching from inside the bowel to outside, and from a simple right to left through and through, to left to right, inside/outside, outside/inside. [I know I'm not giving you a perfect picture. And believe me, I searched for some diagrams. But the point is there's some technique involved, the doing properly of which ends up with a very happy sense of satisfaction, perfectly inverted bowel edges around the whole circumference.] "Is that pretty, or what?" I say when it's done. "Yes, Dr. Schwab, you're a goddamn genius," says the nurse, mentally twirling her finger and saying whoop de frickin' do.
There's a final row of interrupted silk sutures to place on the anterior surface of the anastomosis. Finished, I cut them one at a time, aiming for equal length, Goldilocksianlly not too long, not too short. With thumb on one side, middle finger on the other, I pinch across the anastomosis to confirm patency. "Drive a damn truck through it..." My thumb and finger squish against each other, padded by the spongy walls of bowel, gliding between the rubbery ring of the anastomosis. "Be closing in a couple of minutes," I add, to the anesthesiologist, so he can begin his chemical resurrection.
If you don't close the mesentery, small bowel could slip through the hole and cause an obstruction. "Three-oh vicryl on a long needle-holder." Whap. Reaching in with my left hand and bringing the edges together with my fingers, I place a stitch at the apex of the rent with my right. Joanie ties the knot since my hands are engaged; I'm re-grabbing the needle with the needle holder, having pushed it through as far as possible, twirling the instrument over in my hand to re-align it for the next stitch. I run the suture line out to the edge of the bowel, while Joanie "follows" (grabbing the suture after I've placed a stitch, applying a little tension, barely tenting it up to ease the next placement.) Nailing a blood vessel at this point is hazardous, in that the need to clamp it off could jeopardize circulation to the anastomosis; so I pass the needle just under the peritoneal surface with each bite. Breaking a cardinal rule of safety, sometimes I grab the needle with my left fingers, steading my hand against the bowel, and hold it while I re-click it into the needle holder.
"Here's your sponges," I say as I hand them all back to the scrub. Or, if she prefers, I arc them one at a time into a pan next to the table, letting the ones that hit the target speak for themselves; saying "somebody moved it" when I miss. I remove the retractor, lift the wound edges to let the small bowel slush into the pelvis. "Irrigation." A critical intervention: I use sterile water, not saline, because it osmotically explodes single cells, like bugs or loose cancer cells. Mixed with betadine, light brown and heated, it floats some of the bowel. The final internal sensation is my hand in the warm water, gently stirring the gutty soup, then inserting the sucker over my hand and vacuuming it all out.
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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17122-05
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The LISTBY program produces a report of the names of all objects in an analytic workspace that are dimensioned by or related to one or more specified dimensions or composites. You can use LISTBY with a dimension or composite in any attached workspace.
LISTBY dimensions
A list of one or more dimensions or composites, separated by spaces. When you list multiple dimensions, all the dimensions must be in the same workspace. LISTBY returns a list of objects that are dimensioned by all the dimensions you specify. When you specify an unnamed composite, use the following format:
LISTBY SPARSE dim1 dim2 ...
Usage Notes
Composites and Conjoint Dimensions
The report produced by LISTBY includes any named or unnamed composite, or conjoint dimension, whose base dimension list includes the dimensions you specify.
The report also includes any object whose dimension list includes a named or unnamed composite that in turn has the specified dimensions as base dimensions.
Example 10-30 Using LISTBY
LISTBY is used here to list the name of every object that is dimensioned by or related to
product. The statement
LISTBY product produces the following output.
15 objects dimensioned by or related to PRODUCT ---------------------------------------------------------------- ADVERTISING DIVISION.PRODUCT EXPENSE INDUSTRY.SALES NAME.PRODUCT NATIONAL.SALES PRICE PRODUCT.MEMO PRODUCTSET SALES SALES.FORECAST SALES.PLAN SHARE UNITS UNITS.M
Example 10-31 Specifying More Than One Dimension
In this example LISTBY is used to list the name of every object that is dimensioned by or related to both
product and
LISTBY product market
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Patti Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir of her twinship with Robert Mapplethorpe, Just Kids, is many things. It is a primer on how to follow an inchoate longing and become an artist out of nothing and nowhere. It is a testament to a bond so unbreakable it survived gut-wrenching poverty, sexual ambivalence, homelessness, hunger, and an assemblage of male lovers—some his, some hers.
The two kids who swanned around Greenwich Village, Coney Island and the Chelsea Hotel in their thrift store costumes fed each other, supported each other, used each other in their art, moved apart and came together from their earliest days in New York City to Mapplethorpe's death at 43 from AIDS in 1989. Along the journey, Smith discovered how to merge her poetry with rock and roll and Mapplethorpe turned away from his Catholic boyhood into a fascination with hustling, S&M and a singular vision of photography. Her first album, Horses, with an iconic cover photo shot by Mapplethorpe, exploded into public consciousness. His evocative and disturbing photos, collages and drawings established him as a polarizing rebel who inspired love and hate in equal measure.
Smith writes description in poetic riffs that transform memory into dream. She has clear recall of telling moments with the pantheon of musical, literary and artistic greats who hung out at Max's Kansas City, the Chelsea Hotel, CBGB and Horn & Hardart's. Allen Ginsburg once supplied the missing dime that allowed a starving Smith to snag a cafeteria sandwich then, ever on the prowl, asked her if she was a boy or a girl. Smith once cut her long hair in the style of Keith Richards and earned instant acceptance from some hard-sell members of Warhol's crowd. Mapplethorpe saved Smith from a dinner date gone wrong by pretending to be her boyfriend—and then he became her boyfriend. They were silly, naïve, intensely serious about becoming artists, worked on their art day and night, shared a single hot dog, a single museum ticket, a single room with a hotplate, a single vision that filled their empty bellies and warmed their unheated digs.
Just Kids is the "this happened" and "then that happened" and then "this is who was there" formula of celebrity memoirs that capture a rich period in time. But it's much more. It's the story of a connection that seems almost mystical to Smith. Mapplethorpe embraced his homosexuality but turned to Smith as his permanent muse. Patti Smith went on to marry and have two children. The last photograph Robert Mapplethorpe took of her includes her infant daughter, reaching out to him from her mother's arms. When they were young, hungry and just starting out, a tourist urged her husband to take a picture of Smith and Mapplethorpe at Washington Square Arch in the Village, a hangout for colorful types all dressed like impoverished artists. The husband surveyed the two of them, real artists deep in anonymity and still searching to define their art, and said "Nah. They're just kids." They were. But he missed a great shot.
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Sergeant Stonzgrinda wrote:"Magic requires both talent and education."
Nevertheless, every caster in the game practices magic, and virtually everyone is festooned with amulets. Magic is common place, even if trifling unless the Hand of Metzen makes the casters gods-in-a-pocket.
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I ran across this fun little site that will show you where you've been (or haven't been, in my case). I thought it would be fun to make a map to add to my genealogy websites for each branch of the family. For instance, my direct-line Graves ancestors settled in the areas marked on the map in red -
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veedubtt wrote:any give away car this yr folks?
amd-dude wrote:I hope this time there is more quality over quantity. Just saying, some cars really weren't up to par to be in a prestigious show such as this. This time especially as there are international eyes on us.
The Paleontologist wrote:Great initiative to showcase our country also.
Will definitely be there
supercharged turbo wrote:What you plan to do about the people coming in with alcohol this year because it looks like much attention wasn't given in that area last year.There were numerous people with coors/carib/stag cans in their hand.I don't think you want a repeat of the motorbike guy from last year.
supercharged turbo wrote:Driver and car still free?
V8 Boys wrote:veedubtt wrote:any give away car this yr folks?
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Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby
As much as gun control advocates might wish otherwise, their attacks are running out of ammo. With private firearm ownership at an all-time high and violent crime rates plunging, none of the scary scenarios they advanced have materialized. Abuse of responsibility by armed citizens is rare, while successful defensive interventions against assaults on their lives and property are relatively commonplace.
National violent crime rates that soared for 30 years from the early 1960s began to decrease markedly since 1993. Last December the FBI reported that murder and other violent crime rates fell again by 6.4% during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. A Gallup poll indicates that "Americans' preference regarding gun laws is generally that the government enforce existing laws more strictly and not pass new laws."
Caroline Brewer of the anti-gun Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has reported that "The research we've seen indicates fewer and fewer people owning more and more guns." Yet one can only wonder where they are getting that information. In reality, public support for personal gun ownership is growing. According to Steve Sanetti, president of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a trade group that represents about 7,000 firearms manufacturers and related companies, in 1959 some 70% of the American public favored handgun bans, whereas today that number has flipped. This support is reflected in the marketplace. Sanetti observes that the $4.1 billion gun industry "has had nineteen months of growth in an otherwise anemic economy."
Recognizing these positive trends, most states now issue permits allowing qualified law-abiding people to legally carry handguns outside their homes. Unprecedented numbers are becoming licensed to do so, now totaling an estimated 10 million Americans, contributing, in turn, to a dramatic growth in gun sales.
A record of more than 1.5 million background checks for customers looking to purchase a firearm were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Background Check (NICS) system last December. About one-third of these occurred during the six weeks before Christmas. They had previously recorded a 49% rise in background checks during the week before President Obama was elected in 2008 compared with the same week one year earlier.
The Brady lobby is upset that there has been no progress in leveraging tighter gun control legislation following the shooting January 8, 2010 rampage that killed 6 people and injured 13, including Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords. That tragic incident raised serious questions about background checks after it was determined that the accused shooter, having previously exhibited erratic behavior, legally purchased the weapon he "allegedly" used from a store.
The National Rifle Association clearly agrees that guns should not be sold to individuals found to have serious mental problems, although many states fail to provide mental health records to the federal computerized background check system. According to a November, 2011 report by the Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), 23 states have shown "major failures" in complying, and four (Alaska, Delaware, Idaho and Rhode Island) submit no records at all. (Although murder has been in decline in New York and other major cities for years, a Pepsi and Honda Super Bowl advertisement spot featured New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston's Thomas Menino on a couch calling for stricter government measures to curb illegal gun sales.)
Dennis Henigan, the Brady group's acting president, told Reuters: "Really it is a national disgrace that the only piece of gun-related legislation to come to a vote since Tucson was this legislation that would have enabled dangerous concealed carriers like Jared Loughner to carry their guns across state lines." Referring to a proposed "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011″ (H.R. 822) which has passed the House of Representatives but stalled in the Senate, the resolution would require states to recognize one another's concealed carry permits the same way they recognize one another's driver's licenses. The intent is to eliminate confusion and potential legal problems for traveling gun owners.
As pointed out in a recent paper titled "Tough Targets" released by the Cato Institute, "The ostensible purpose of gun control legislation is to reduce firearm deaths and injuries. But authors Clayton E. Cramer and David Burnett believe these restrictions put law-abiding citizens at a distinct disadvantage to criminals who acquire guns from underground markets since it is simply not possible for police officers to get to every scene where intervention is urgently needed. They also document large numbers of crimes…murders, assaults, robberies…that are thwarted each year by ordinary persons with guns.
A widely-known study conducted by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz in the 1990s found that there were somewhere between 830,000 and 2.45 million U.S. defensive gun uses annually. A National Crime Victimization Study (NCVS) which asked victims if they had used a gun in self-defense found that about 108,000 each year had done so. A big problem with the NCVS line of survey reasoning, however, is that it only includes those uses where a citizen kills a criminal, not when one is only wounded, is held by the intended victim until police arrive, or when brandishing a gun caused a criminal to flee.
For these reasons, the Cato researchers investigated published news reports which much more often reveal how Americans use guns in self-defense. The data set is derived from a collection of nearly 5,000 randomly selected incidents published between October 2003 and November 2011. Still, the authors also recognize limitations with this approach, since many defensive incidents are never reported by victims, or when they are, never get published. In fact, the overwhelming majority of the successful self-defense outcomes are those where the defendants' guns are presented but never fired.
Most of the actual self-defense shootings in the Cato study didn't involve concealed carry licenses, but more typically had to do with responses to residential invasions. Of these, 488 involved home burglaries. In addition, there were 1,227 incidents where intruders were induced to flee the scene by armed inhabitants, circumstances that might otherwise have resulted in injurious assaults including rapes and murders. There were 285 news accounts indicating that the defender had a concealed weapon license, which in the majority of these incidents took place outside a home or place of business. Pizza delivery drivers were common robbery targets.
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/02/21/disarming-the-myths-promoted-by-the-gun-control-lobby/


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Radiation Therapy
The Facts about Radiation Therapy: Radiation therapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer and, according to the American Cancer Society, is used in more than half of all cancer cases. With radiation therapy, high-energy x-rays are used to damage cancer cells and stop them from growing and dividing. Radiation therapy affects cancer cells only in the treated area and is sometimes used in combination with other cancer treatments, including surgery and/or chemotherapy. The decision about which treatment(s) to use is individually based on each patient's situation.
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Tumors, however, are not stationary, unchanging targets. Weight fluctuations, normal breathing, or even moving the patient on and off the treatment table will change a tumor's locale by several centimeters. Radiation oncologists have traditionally compensated for tumor movement by enlarging treatment areas, which exposes more healthy tissue to the effects of radiation.
Now, when IMRT is coupled with IGRT, physicians can utilize images taken just before treatment to pinpoint any changes in the location of the tumor. IGRT takes an already precise treatment like IMRT and makes it even more accurate.
Greater precision means better results.
This next generation treatment technology represents a major step forward in the fight against cancer.
- IGRT offers new hope to patients with difficult to treat tumors, such as those next to a vital organ.
- IGRT has the potential to substantially improve treatment outcomes by delivering more powerful radiation doses directly to the cancerous tumor.
- IGRT helps limit the amount of radiation delivered to healthy tissue around the tumor.
- IGRT can reduce side effects and improve the quality of life for patients.
The Treatment Process: What to Expect
While no patient's experience is exactly like another's, below is a general idea of what you will experience when you seek treatment through the Walker Cancer Treatment Center at Samaritan Medical Center. Your first appointment is a consultation visit with the radiation oncologist, a physician who has special training in using radiation to treat diseases. At this visit, the doctor will review your medical records, examine you and discuss treatment options, including risks and benefits of therapy.
When radiation therapy is selected as the course of treatment, the next step is called simulation. During simulation, your radiation oncologist and radiation therapist will perform the necessary tests that will allow them to shape the radiation beam to your body and to the size and shape of your tumor. This customized shaping helps protect the surrounding healthy tissue. Following simulation, you will be scheduled for your radiation treatments. Generally, treatments last from 10 to 20 minutes and are given daily, Monday through Friday. Patients are usually treated for an average of 5 to 8 weeks. Radiation treatments are painless.
You will not feel anything while you are being treated. Some patients experience side effects from radiation therapy, depending on the area of the body that is being treated. We have effective treatments for most side effects and many patients are able to continue their routine daily activities.
Dr. Daniel DeBlasio is Samaritan's Radiation Oncologist and a member of the multi-disciplinary team that oversees cancer services at Samaritan.


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Good May Day, Scribe's fans. PJ Sharon here. I won't likely be dancing around a May pole today, but I will be celebrating Spring with over fifty of my author pals from the Book Lovers Buffet who are having a party over on Facebook this afternoon.
Every fifteen minutes between 3-10 pm, EST, another romance author will be available to live chat with anyone who wants to stop by for a visit. I'll be there from 7-7:15 pm. sharing favorite cruise destinations and giving away e-books and an i-Tunes download of the single, PIECES of LOVE, the theme song from my upcoming release.
Lest you think this is a silly waste of time, there will be oodles of giveaways and some enticing questions to draw a crowd throughout the day. Favorite paranormal creatures? Vacation destinations? Favorite perfume or men's fragrance? Fashion, dance, Texas hunks…topics for everyone. There will be gift cards, e-books, audiobook giveaways and more!
So what's with all the Facebook parties lately? Is it just the latest trend in author promotion? Or is it a savvy way to use the platform that so many of us have worked to build? Since connecting to readers is an all important part of our job as authors, hopping on the FB train seems like a good idea…at least for now. As with any new promotional trend, I suspect this one will burn itself out fairly quickly, but for now, I'm having fun with it and plan to use it for my book launch in June.
Here's how it works (to the best of my knowledge and limited experience). To create a FB event:
- Click Events in the left menu of your homepage.
- Click Create Event in the top right.
- Fill in the event name, details, location and time, and then choose your privacy settings. Keep in mind that you must include an event name and time. (TIP: Keep the time limited to just a few hours if you are doing this on your own. It can be quite hectic and draining!)
- Click Invite Friends to add friends to the guest list. Check the names of the people you want to invite and then click Save.
- Click Create.
You'll be taken to your event where you can share posts, upload photos, invite more guests, and edit event details.
That's it!
Of course, you'll want to create a theme for your party, upload a flashy new banner, offer incentives for people to stop by, create engaging content ahead of time so you can keep momentum going throughout the party, and maybe even have a famous guest or two stop by at a scheduled time so readers can pop in and live chat for a few minutes with your celebrity guest. You may want to enlist some help spreading the word via Twitter, Google+, Goodreads or other social media outlets.
Be creative and think outside the box. What do your readers love about your books? If you write cozy mysteries maybe share some recipes or craft ideas. If you write romantic suspense, maybe ask about favorite suspense movies, creepiest actors to play villains, etc. Consider your audience, make it fun and entertaining, and have some prizes to encourage reader engagement. Use Random.org to choose your winners. The way I use it for free is to keep a numbered list of commenters and then plug in the range of numbers (1-10 for instance if I have ten folks who have left comments) and let Random pick the winner's number.
The bottom line, as always is that it's not so much about "buy my book" as it is "hey, I'm a human just like you…let's hang out." Readers are much more likely to want to chat about books in general, life's little entertainments, and what they can get for free than they are to respond to "buy" messages, so keep it real, keep it fun, and keep it friendly.
I hope to see you all later over at the party!
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Parmesan Crackers
Joyce Goldstein
Antipasti: Fabulous Appetizers and Small Plates
Published by Chronicle
While doing research for my book Sephardic Flavors, I came across a recipe for biscuits (boyikos de keso) prepared with kasseri cheese and red pepper flakes. Since then, I have made them often to serve to guests before a meal, and they have always been a big hit. One day, while reading the New York Times food section, I saw a recipe for a cheese cracker from a Signora Mustilli from Campania. Of course, I had to try it. Her crackers resembled the Sephardic recipe, but were a bit darker because they were double baked, like many sweet biscotti. I entered a phase of biscotti madness, trying many variations. In this recipe, I have added black pepper to a basic Parmesan dough, as I loved the subtle buzz of heat in the Sephardic cheese cracker. (You may cut back on the pepper, but I think you will like it as is.) I have included two variations as well—both delicious, so I could not leave them out. These are perfect crackers to serve with a bowl of olives or a plate of prosciutto and a glass of sparkling wine.
NotesWINE: Open a bottle of Prosecco from Collalbrigo, Bisol, Ruggeri, or Dea. Or, consider a Tocai Friulano—particularly good if you are serving prosciutto as well-or a Soave Classico. If Tocai is your choice, look for Scarbolo, Bastianich, Movia, Antico Broilo, or Venica & Venica. Inama, Corte Sant'Alda, Gini, Pieropan, and Pra are excellent Soave producers.
Cooking Methodbaking
Total Timehalf-day
Make Ahead RecipeYes
Kid FriendlyYes
One Pot MealYes
OccasionCasual Dinner Party, Cocktail Party
Recipe Courseantipasto/mezze, appetizer, snack
Dietary Considerationvegetarian
Equipmentfood processor
Five Ingredients or LessYes
Mealdinner, snack
Taste and Texturecrunchy, hot & spicy, salty
- 1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ cup (¼ pound) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1-tablespoon slices, plus butter for preparing baking sheets (optional)
- 2 teaspoons freshly ground coarse black pepper
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
In a food processor, combine the flour and Parmesan and process briefly to combine. Add the butter and pepper and pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add the egg and pulse again until the mixture comes together.
Turn the dough out onto a sheet of plastic wrap. Shape into a log about 2 inches in diameter, and then enclose the log in the plastic wrap. Refrigerate the log until firm, at least 3 hours or up to overnight.
Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter 2 rimmed baking sheets, or line the baking sheets with parchment paper.
Unwrap the dough log and cut crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices. Arrange the slices on the baking sheets about 1 inch apart. Bake the crackers until firm but still very pale, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven. They are lovely as they are, and you can simply transfer the crackers to wire racks to cool. But if you want to try the second-bake technique, raise the oven temperature to 500°F. When the oven is ready, return the baking sheets to the oven and bake the crackers until golden brown, about 3 minutes longer.
Transfer the crackers to a wire rack and let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week, If desired, warm slightly in a 300°F oven before serving.
Biscotti di formaggio e mandorle (Almond Cheese Crackers): In a food processor, combine 1½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour, 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese, ½ teaspoon salt, and ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg and process briefly to mix. Add ½ cup (¼ pound) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1-tablespoon slices, and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add 1 egg, lightly beaten, and pulse just until the dough starts to come together. Add ½ cup slivered blanched almonds and pulse briefly just to combine. Pat into a log 2 inches in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours. Slice and bake as directed but omit the second bake. Makes about 30 crackers.
Biscotti di gorgonzola e noce (Gorgonzola and Walnut Crackers): In a food processor, combine ½ cup (¼ pound) unsalted butter and 6 ounces Gorgonzola cheese, both at room temperature. Pulse to soften and combine. Add 2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour, ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, 1½ teaspoons salt, and 1 or 2 grinds of black pepper and process to combine. Add 1 egg, lightly beaten, and pulse just until the dough starts to come together. Add ½ cup walnuts and pulse briefly to combine. Pat into a log 2 inches in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours. Slice and bake as directed but omit the second bake. Makes about 36 crackers.
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The average day at work for U.S. military members is anything but typical.
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Tragedies often make their way into the headlines of the world, while the day-to-day scope of what troops encounter often falls by the wayside.
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Episode 3 of Snoop Doggs Father Hood, Sunday Dec. 23rd on E!. Snoop is honored at the VH1 Hip-Hop Awards in New York City, While his sons cruise around in LA in his Porsche. This Aint The Huxtables!!! www.eonline.com/snoop&IP=184.108.40.206
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It goes without saying the most cited market topic every day of late, but I will mention it anyway, is the discussion about the fiscal cliff. The anticipated negative impact on the economy, and hence the market, of going over the cliff is significant. At the end of the day Congress and the administration in Washington, D.C. need to address the mismatch between revenue and expenses of the federal government. The stumbling block at the moment seems to be what additional revenue sources will be on the table. However, as the below chart details, no matter what
the increase in revenue [growth] taken in by the government, expense s [growth is] always [positive] grow at a faster percentage rate. The consequence is the budget deficit never rarely closes and government debt continues to increase. A primary reason the deficit does not close is Washington's definition of expense cuts is simply a lower "growth rate" of spending. Only in Washington does this type of math seem logical. [revised chart]
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A Classic Chinese Herbal Formula: Gui Zhi Tang – Cinnamon Twig Decoction
Every East Asian medicine practioner knows that Gui Zhi Tang is an really important formula. Gui Zhi is Chinese for Cinnamon Twig; Tang means 'soup' or 'decoction'. It is named so because of the chief (representative) herb of the formula, Gui Zhi/Cinnamon. This formula is simple yet complex, and demonstrates the elegance of Chinese herbal formulation. I am not attempting to completely disseminate the theory behind this formula or its combinations, which I do not feel prepared to do as I am still exploring it as we speak, but instead will share a bit of my experience with this awesomely tasty and effective tea.


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FMC has received EPA registration on a new herbicide, Anthem herbicide, a preplant, preemergence and early postemergence herbicide for corn. Anthem provides growers with a tool for broad-spectrum weed control and resistance management along with a low-use rate.
Anthem herbicide will allow growers application flexibility during the spring season.
"Anthem use rates are approximately four times less than most residual corn herbicides," said Tim Thompson, FMC Agricultural Products North America product manager. "The easy to handle liquid formulation and low-use rate means growers and custom applicators can get more acres sprayed in a day, which is critical during the busy spring."
In-field results from 2011 and 2012 Anthem test plots demonstrated crop safety for all types of corn. There were more than 90 research test plots in 2012 across a broad geography on a range of soil types and in both irrigated and non-irrigated acres.
"The long lasting residual of Anthem herbicide could set new standards for broad-spectrum, grass and broadleaf weed control in corn, resulting in better crop protection and higher yields," said Bob Hooten, FMC Agricultural Products North America technical support manager.
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When I was in college, I took a course on the philosophy and writings of the 20th century Jesuit mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. It was weird. And complicated. And far too dense and obscure for an 18 year old with little inclination toward the immaterial world. Luckily, however, Teilhard had enough inclination to the material world that some of what we covered somehow and sometimes remains with me, in spite of the years that have passed and the overall shallowness of my initial comprehension. Anyway, this is all a long run up to say that yesterday, I took the Metro to and from work (with Bikeshare rides serving as parentheses from the office to the Metro station and from the Metro station back home) and this Metro ride made me think of World War I. But why? Subway tunnels as trenches? Noxious touristic body odor as mustard gas? Surly WMATA employees as spiky helmeted Huns? Dulce decorum est pro patria to report suspicious and unattended bags? No, it was none of these things. It was about the mass movement of people, united in cause (the cause of going somewhere) and a sense of belonging to an immeasurably larger group and a feeling of being united some way with and in this humanity. And this is kind of Teilhard thought about World War I (based on my vague and cursory remembrance of The Heart of Matter (I think?). Which is sort of whacked out, since the masses of humanity moving as one were united in the cause of killing of other masses of humanity. But hey, whatever. It made sense to him and it more or less makes sense if you're thinking about noogenesis and the noosphere, which, as a rule, you probably shouldn't think about because it's sort of crazy. So, what does this have to do with anything? Not much. But there's a kind of solitariness and loneliness in bike commuting (and in driving, I think) that's isolating and there's a kind of togetherness and common purpose in mass transit commuting that's exciting and dynamic and many times I prefer solidarity to solitariness. It feels like I'm a real commuter and like I'm participating in city life rather than gliding past it unto myself. Like I belong to something bigger. But you know, it costs like $3 to ride the Metro each way, so I'll probably keep biking.
I rode to work this morning. We're on the cusp of spring. It's like we're at the edge of a black hole. May the super-gravity of spring suck us inward soon.
My bike chain is rusty. I've become one of those people. Don't make me turn in my WABA membership. I promise to address it. Eventually. (I'm the worst)
Bicycle Space- Bicycle Snob. Should be fun.
Some stuff about my bike commutes or whatever
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Isn't there some saying about how you're never as alone as you are on a crowded train at rush hour?ReplyDelete
I rode the Metro the other day, and we stopped between stations for maybe 2 minutes. The car was ABSOLUTELY SILENT. It was to the point where I nearly remarked loudly about how quiet it was, and I'm really not the sort of person who does things like that.
Contrast that with my stopping to chat briefly with a fellow bike commuter the other day about the odd battery pack he had strapped to his rear hub, and then seeing him again the following week (he said hello and I think something else, and I replied).
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There are a few upcoming opportunities to have your say in the ongoing dialogue about the San Francisco tenants' struggle as long-term renters grapple with rising rents and the threat of displacement.
Amid the housing pressure, a thriving tenants' rights movement has unfolded in the city to spur multiple legislative pushes for reform. These conversations (and the art exhibit to piece these issues together on a deeper level) are timely.
Wed/12: San Francisco Neighborhoods on the Brink: A Panel Discussion on Displacement, Gentrification, Rising Rents & the Loss of Affordable Housing
Hosted by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia, this panel discussion will feature comments by District 11 Sup. John Avalos, Public Policy Director of the Chinatown Community Development Center Gen Fujioka, and SFUSD teacher and Ellis Act target Sarah Brant.
An announcement description says the discussion will focus on the "dilemma facing long-time residents and renters of modest means — and the gutting and gentrification of San Francisco — as real estate speculation and a quickly widening income gap drive rents to dizzying heights while the rental supply dwindles."
"There's a difference between a neighborhood changing—which is natural and organic—versus the destruction of a neighborhood, its history and legacy, which is what is happening right now in the Mission District." —Alejandro Murguía
Wed/12: "Sólo Mujeres: HOME / inside out" – An interdisciplinary exhibit at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
Curated by Susana Aragón and Indira Urrutia, this exhibition features 24 women artists in exploring the symbolic space of home through a variety of mediums, including installation, painting, photography, sculpture, poetry, video and mixed media. Artists include Yolanda Lopez, Xuchi Eggleton, Ximena Sosa, Windsong, Susana Aragón, Sofía Elías, Tina Escaja, Tanya Marie Vlach, Rebeca García Gonzales, Solange Bonilla Leahy, Natalia Anciso, Melanie Lacy Kusters, Marta R, Zabaleta, Mariella Zevallos, Indira Urrutia, Gabriela Luz Sierra, Flor Khan, Fan Warren, Cristina Ibarra, Clara Cheeves, Carmen Lang, Camila Perez-Goddard, Anna Simson, Alejandra Rassvetaieff, Adriana Camarena.
From the announcement: "A home is a place that is close to our heart, it triggers self-reflection, thoughts about who someone is or used to be or who they might become. Each room or space is connected to memories, feelings, ideas, dreams, etc. As part of the exhibit, the gallery will be transformed into a house which rooms will be delimited by see through fabric to show the fragility of housing in The San Francisco's Mission District.
It opens at 7pm with a live performance by María José Montijo and Diana Gameros. Details here.
Wed/19: Affordable housing from multiple perspectives
The Noe Valley Democratic Club is hosting what it calls "a distinguished and authoritative panel of experts" who will speak about affordable housing in the Bay Area. What's interesting about this event is that it will bring together folks who are leading a citywide push at the grassroots level to strengthen tenants' rights, as well as people from more developer-friendly entities such as SPUR (San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Research Association) and the San Francisco Housing Action Committee.
The panelists will include:
Sarah Karlinsky, (panel moderator), Deputy Director of SPUR (San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Research Association)
Douglas Shoemaker, President of Mercy Housing California, a non-profit dedicated to affordable housing development, fundraising and services.
Teresa Yanga, Deputy Director of the Mayor's Office of Housing
Tim Colen , Executive Director of San Francisco Housing Action Committee
Fernando Martí, Co-Director of the Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO)
Sara Shortt, Executive Director of the San Francisco Housing Rights Committee
One final tidbit, tangentially related at best. Salon has a great article, Gentrifying the dharma" How the 1 percent is hijacking mindfulness, which thoughtfully examines a trend that has led Buddhists to fear that "their religion is turning into a designer drug for the elite."
(A few weeks ago activists with Eviction Free San Francisco disrupted a Google panel about mindfulness, triggering a decidedly unenlightened onstage tug-of-war over a banner.)
Best quote is from the Dalai Lama, who sees things this way: "Capitalism only takes the money. Then, exploitation."


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In 2003, the space shuttle Columbia was lost when an accident at launch - noticed but not acted upon - conspired to destroy it upon re-entry. It was a great tragedy, and one that spurred NASA to develop a contingency plan which could have saved the stricken crew. It reads like a movie script that would make Apollo 13 look like a kids movie.
The Columbia's demise was put down to a busted tile on the shuttle's wing, which failed to protect the ship from the intense heat generated by returning to the earth's atmosphere from space. That tile was broken during launch.
The resulting inquiry into the Columbia explosion resulted in NASA being asked to come up with a hypothetical rescue plan that might have saved the ship. It obviously never had the chance again to put the plan into motion, but boy, if it had been, it would have been one hell of a thing.
Ars Technica has a fantastic run-through of the plan, which would have involved rushing the Atlantis through pre-flight, getting it into orbit then transferring the crew.
Sounds easy on paper, but it would have required the entire ground team to work around-the-clock shifts for weeks. And if a single pre-flight check had failed, the mission would have been lost, because Columbia only had a finite time its crew could survive in space.
It's a very long read, but it's very much worth it.
The audacious rescue plan that might have saved space shuttle Columbia [Ars Technica]


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No. When you roll-up the reports that you have received from your suppliers, the smelters that they have named will automatically appear in your report.
Those smelter entries have been created by iPCMP users. Their identity has not been verified. These smelters are assigned the state "unknown". When used in roll-ups, they are flagged with a yellow traffic light icon.
There is a Master Smelter List, which is common to all users. When a user creates a new smelter entry, it is added to the Master List so that other users can benefit from the information.
The Master List is accessible in the "Management" menu within iPMCP
iPCMP implements a one-way sync with the CFSI website. The iPCMP Master Smelter List is continuously updated with the current information on www.conflictfreesourcing.org.
In addition, the iPCMP master smelter list contains user-created smelters that have not yet been registered by CFSI. When CFSI eventually validates these smelters and adds them to their system, iPCMP will automatically map the information and update the smelter status in its master smelter list.
This approach combines the reliability of the CFSI data with the flexibility to manage smelters that are not yet registered.