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Torrington High senior center and defensive tackle Ernie Tracy will receive the program's 1929 Club Award at a banquet Dec. 30 at the P. Sam's Cafe in Torrington.
The 1929 Award, in honor of the undefeated Red Raiders' team, is given annually to the a football player who exhibites extraordinary athletic perofrmance and leadership, academic excellence and is a positive role model for others to follow. The award has been given out since 1939.
A co-captain of the football team, Tracy has been a part of the Torrington Junior Air Force R.OT.C. program, where has earned the title of cadet colonel commander, the highest rank a member can achieve.
Tracy has applied for admission to Air Force Reserve Officer Training program with the West Virginia University's Division of Aerospace Studies.
"On the field it's very apparent what Ernie brings," said '29 Club president Mike Ciesco. "Off the field, we liked Ernie's participation and attitude and what he brings to the program. What we found out talking to coach (Gaitan) Rodriguez is how Ernie took the younger kids, from freshmen, sophomore and juniors under his wing."
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| Mannan, M. S., Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas; Chowdhury, A. Y., Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas; Reyes-Valdes, O. J. , Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas
The driving force for process safety has been primarily based on catastrophic events.
[top 10 disasters]
[lessons learned]
[process safety]
[major industrial disasters]
By looking at the history of process safety and the
improvements that each decade has brought in terms of
regulations and techniques, industry can invariably make itself
safer. Determining how major incidents such as Bhopal,
Flixborough, Chernobyl, Piper Alpha and others have influenced
the industry, academia, government and subsequent regulations
can offer a firm foundation for future endeavors. There is
still research needed in the near future to further cement the
foundation, and researchers and process safety experts need to
pay attention to what incidents of this millennium are telling
us about what is still needed in order to make process safety
second nature.
The 19th century is known as the era of industrial
revolution. Each technical progression has brought with it a
certain amount of threat and hazardous activity. Chemical
process safety was not a major public concern prior to almost
the end of the 18th century. However, safety concerns were
always there from the beginning of industrialization but not
necessarily as we know or call it today. The primitive instinct
of human beings to stay alive and protect themselves is
probably the most visceral driver for the growth of process
safety initiatives.1
The driving force for process safety has been primarily
based on catastrophic events. With an increasing number of
tragic incidents, the process industry and governments started
taking initiatives to minimize loss of life and property, as
well as to protect the environment. In the US, safety
regulations started back in 1899 when the US government issued
the River Harbor Act to avoid excess dumping in waterways. At
the beginning of the 19th century, especially in the mines,
thousands of innocent lives were lost because of the hostile
environment. The year 1910 was reported as the worst, with
1,775 deaths in mines.2 These tragedies forced
governments and local establishments to initiate regulatory
regimes. In order to understand the growth of process safety,
we have divided the significant initiatives and incidents into
three broad sections. This categorization is based on the
changes that took place between years 19301970,
19702000 and 20002012. This is shown in
Fig. 1.
Fig. 1. Broad
classification of process safety
development based on time period.
From 19301970. This period was mostly
about establishing regulations. The Walsh-Healy Public
Contracts Act in 1936 in US restricted working hours and
employing child labor.1 This act also was concerned
with occupational diseases, a basis of many present safety
regulations. The 1947 presidential conference on industrial
safety was another noteworthy step forward. Some other
regulations were established in the years 19361969 (see
Table 1). Individually, these acts did not
have major impact in ensuring industrial safety but they played
an imperative role for process safety to reach the position
that it has achieved.
Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in
1970, which is a landmark legislation that put into motion
programs that continue to evolve. Under this act, the
Department of Health established the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) with wide-ranging authority to
enforce safety and health standards to ensure a safer
workplace.1 Also, the US Department of Health and
Human Services instituted the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) which had the
responsibility to conduct research, provide recommendations to
OSHA and train professionals for increasing
awareness.1 In addition, the US Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) was established in 1970 to address
environmental issues.
From 19702000. In the 1970s and
1980s, some of the worlds most shocking and tragic
industrial accidents took place. Consequently, industries and
government bodies everywhere were forced to rethink about the
technology and management systems in
industries from the safety point of view. Fig.
2 offers a timeline of the catastrophes during this
time period.
Fig. 2. Timeline of
major industrial disasters
between 1974 and 1989.
The Flixborough explosion in 1974 was by far the most severe
disaster in the UK chemical industries and proved to be a major
driver for process safety issues in the UK. As a result of
these initiatives, at the end of 1974, the Advisory Committee
on Major Hazards (ACMH) was implemented. The impact of
Flixborough was reinforced by that of the Seveso tragedy in
However, the unforgettable Bhopal gas disaster in India on December 3, 1984, which
resulted in varying estimates of 3,000 to upward of 20,000
fatalities and injuries to another 500,000, was a wake-up call
for the chemical process industry. Both the industry and the
public became aware of the potential hazard of chemical facilities.2 This piloted
the intensification of efforts within industry to ensure the
safety of major hazard plants. Process safety finally gained
absolute recognition as a standard practice. After the Bhopal
tragedy, many regulatory initiatives were taken worldwide. In
India, the Environment Protection Act (1986), the Air Act
(1987), the Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules
(1989), the Public Liability Insurance Act (1991) and the
Environmental Protection (Second Amendment) Rules (1992) were
In 1984, the Mexico City disaster represented the largest
series of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions (BLEVEs) in
history that killed almost 500 people.3 The nuclear
disaster which took place on April 28, 1986, in Chernobyl,
Ukraine, killed 56 people and caused the development of cancer
and radiation sickness in many.3 The Piper Alpha
accident on July 6, 1988, resulted in 167 deaths. The Piper
Alpha Inquiry has been of crucial importance in the development
of the offshore safety regime in the UK sector of the North
Sea. On October 23, 1989, in the Phillips 66 plant in Pasadena,
Texas, a massive gas explosion caused the death of 23 people
and more than 300 injuries. 3
These incidents made it even more evident that
implementation of safety legislation was indispensably
necessary. Table 2 and Table
3 show the significant legislative and regulatory
steps taken in the US and Europe.
Process safety has certainly made remarkable progress.
However, it is still impossible to adequately answer a simple
question, Are we safe enough? The incidents that
occurred in this millennium are a reminder that process safety
has a long way to go.
The Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003, caused the death
of all seven astronauts onboard and scattered shuttle debris
over 2,000 square miles of Texas.11 This tragic
incident can be traced back to flaws in decision making at
NASA. The Columbia explosion was an important lesson for crisis
communication professionals, as well. In fact, the NASA lessons
can be mapped to many other catastrophes, such as the Piper
Alpha or the Flixborough incidents, that reveal a sense of
vulnerability, establish an imperative for safety, and
reinforce the need for valid on-time risk
The Macondo blowout in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) on April 20,
2010, killed 11 employees and led to an uncontrolled oil spill
lasting 87 days.12 This blowout was the most
significant offshore incident in the US, and it had a profound
impact on safety regulations in the GoM. The Drilling Safety
Rule regarding well-bore reliability and well-control
equipment was implemented on October 14, 2010. The Modified
Workplace Safety Rule was put into place on October 15, 2010,
based on the lessons learned from the Macondo blowout.
Finally, there was the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant
incident in March 2011 that drew the attention of the global
process and power industries, encouraging them to incorporate
natural disaster risks in a hazard analysis
Technical achievements pre-1970. Techniques
to identify and evaluate hazards, calculate consequences and
quantified event probabilities and risk (such as What-If,
Checklist, HAZOP, Fault- and Event-Tree analyses) were
developed in the middle of the 20th century. These developments
occurred in some cases years or even decades before the
well-known major incidents in the 1970s and 1980s. However,
these catastrophic incidents reflected the need for more
understanding and research regarding the underlying issues
about process safety incidents. For example, the HAZard and
OPerability (HAZOP) study, was developed by ICI in 1963, when a
team was looking for ways to design a plant for phenol
production with the minimum capital cost, but was considering
possible deficiencies in the design.13 The
Flixborough and Seveso incidents clearly showed the importance
of identified hazards before fatal incidents occur, and HAZOP
gained extensive popularity within operating and design
companies. In the case of the Flixborough disaster, more than
40 tons of cyclohexane were released due to the rupture of a
temporary bypass line. The temporary pipe was designed by a
person who did not know how to design large pipes operating at
high temperatures. After this incident, companies started to
include procedures for management of change (MOC). Fault tree
analysis (FTA) was developed in the early 1960s, and its use as
a safety system and reliability technique quickly gained
widespread interest, especially in nuclear and power
installations. Since the development of FTAs, great efforts and
advances (analytic methodologies, computer programs, computer
codes) have occurred in the quantitative evaluation of fault
Technical achievements: 1970s and 1980s. In
the US and Europe, models for pool formation,
releases, evaporation and fire and explosions were refined in
the late 1970s and the early 1980s.15 In these two
decades, a series of fatal incidents (Fig. 3),
reinforced the importance of these models and were one of the
principal motivations for further research and
Fig. 3. Research
motivated by major disasters
in the 1980s.
Bhopal increased substantially the interest and activity of
the research and academic communities in a wide range of areas
related with process safety,2 principally in
reactivity hazards (employees did not have knowledge of the
reactivity of MIC mixed with water16), inherent
safety and chemical releases. The 500 deaths involved in Mexico
City clearly demonstrated the importance and hazards involved
in BLEVEs.3 Piper Alpha focused attention on jet
fires, pool fires, carbon monoxide fires (initial CO
poisoning caused most of the deaths) and explosions in modules
with turbulence generation.17 This incident, and the
sinking of the Alexander L. Kielland in 1980, were the most
important events in the history of offshore operations in Europe, and together made a great
impact in the use of quantitative risk assessment (QRA)
techniques to assess offshore facilities.18
The aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster gave birth to the
safety culture concept.19 According to the Phillips
report,20 the cause of the incident was a
modification in a routine maintenance procedure. This
reinforced to the process industry the importance of
incorporating management systems, such as MOC procedures. The
1970s and 1980s were decades of major incidents and great
losses, but there is no doubt that these two decades made a
great impact on what today we call process
Technical achievements: 1990s to present
day. During the 1990s, in response to new regulations
and regulatory initiatives, collection of incident history data
started at a rudimentary level. Advances in technology and the
research conducted by different centers, such as the Mary
Kay OConnor Process Safety Center (which was established
in 1995), allowed for the development and availability of
increasingly reliable incident databases.21 In the
late 1990s, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), in its MOC safety
bulletin, highlighted the importance of having a systematic
method for MOC, and how this is an essential ingredient for
safe chemical process operations.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, the development of engineered
nano-materials increased considerably. This development
introduced a new area of research to process safety, an area
where researchers are trying to understand the workplace
exposure and environmental aspect of nanotechnologies.
There is no doubt that the field of process safety has made
great advances in terms of regulation and techniques in the
last 40 years, but industry changes every day, and more
sophisticated and complex processes are developed. This,
combined with factors such as human errors (which will be
always present), and challenges in creating and maintaining
organizational memory, among others, is the reason why
incidents continue to occur. Fatal incidents in this new
millennium highlighted some of the areas of process safety
where research is still needed (Table 4).
Dust explosion. Dust explosion research has
been conducted on and off for more than 100 years.22
However, events such as the Imperial Sugar Co. incident in
Georgia (14 deaths, 14 life-threatening burns, 38 total
injures23) demonstrate the need for further
research, awareness and management systems. In order to prevent
these kinds of incidents, it is imperative to perform
experimental and theoretical work to understand the chemistry
and physics of dust cloud generation and combustion, flame
propagation and potential ignition sources. It is also
important to understand and develop models for fire and
explosion of nano-materials.
Reactive chemicals. Reactive chemistry
incidents continue to occur in the chemical processing
industry, and in other industries which handle chemicals in
their manufacturing processes. A CSB study, released in 2002,
identified 167 reactive incidents that occurred between 1980
and 2001, which caused 108 deaths.24 More
experimental and theoretical research is necessary to fully
understand the kinetics and thermal behavior of industrial
chemical reactions.4
Safety culture. The tragic Columbia shuttle
incident showed the possible fatal consequences of bad
industrial communication. It is important that research and
safety professionals understand and evaluate good safety
culture that enables the sharing of information and improvement
of safety within the industries, taking into account different
specialties and environments.
Nuclear safety. The Fukushima incident
definitely changed the risk perception of nuclear power plants.
Managers and researchers have a long journey in both risk
communication and risk assessment models of nuclear power
Although process safety was not recognized as a
practice or discipline before the mid-1980s, concern about the
health, safety and environment is intrinsic in human beings and
as old as civilization. Great advances in safety regulations
and techniques have occurred during the last century. But as
industry grows and changes every day, processes present new
challenges. Managers, operators and researchers must continue
working together to improve their overall safety knowledge in
order to make safety second nature. HP
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Process Safety and Risk Management Regulations: Impact on
Process Industry, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing
and Design, ed. R. G. Anthony, Vol. 69, Supplement 1,
Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2002.
2 Mannan, M.S., et al, The legacy of Bhopal:
The impact over the last 20 years and future direction,
Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries,
3 Mannan, M.S., editor, Lees Loss
Prevention in the Process Industries, Volumes 13
(3rd Edition), Elsevier, 2005.
4 Qi, R., et al., Challenges and needs for
process safety in the new millennium, Process Safety
and Environmental Protection, 2012.
5 Berger, S., History of AIChEs Center for
Chemical Process Safety, Process Safety Progress,
6 US Environmental Protection Agency, The Emergency
Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)
Enforcement,EPA 550-F-00-004, March 2000, available at:
www.epa.gov/osweroe1/docs/chem/epcra.pdf, accessed on: March
15, 2012.
7 US Environmental Protection Agency, The Clean Air
Act (1990), available online at: www.epa.gov/air/caa/, accessed
on: March 15, 2012.
8 US Occupational Safety and Health Administration,
ProcessSafety Management (PSM) 2010, available online
at: www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3132.pdf, accessed on: March
15, 2012.
9 US Environmental Protection Agency,
Risk Management Plan (RMP) Rule (updated 2009),
available online at: www.epa.gov/osweroe1/guidance.htm#rmp,
accessed on March 16, 2012.
10 Willey, R.J., D.A. Crowl and W. Lepkowski,
The Bhopal tragedy: Its influence on the process and
community safety as practiced in the United States,
Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries,
11 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
Lessons from the Columbia DisasterSafety and
Organizational Culture, Center for Chemical Process
Safety 2005.
12 McAndrews, K.L., Consequences of Macondo: A
Summary of Recently Proposed and Enacted Changes to US Offshore
Drilling Safety and Environmental Regulation, Society of
Petroleum Engineers, Americas E&P Health, Safety, Security
and Environmental Conference, Houston 2011. Available online
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accessed on March 16, 2012.
13 Kletz, T.A., Hazoppast and future.
Reliability Engineering; System
Safety, 1997.
14 Lee, W.S., et. al., Fault Tree Analysis,
Methods, and ApplicationsA Review, IEEE Transactions
on Reliability, 1985.
15 Pasman, H. J., et. al., Is risk analysis a
useful tool for improving process safety? Journal of
Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2009.
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Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents
(2nd Edition), Center for Chemical Process Safety/AIChE
2003. Available online at
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17 Crawley, F.K., The Change in Safety
Management for Offshore Oil and Gas Production Systems,
Process Safety and Environmental Protection,
18 Turney, R. and R. Pitblado, Risk assessment
in the process industries, Institution of Chemical
19 Pidgeon, N.F., Safety Culture and Risk
Management in Organizations, Journal of
Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1991.
20 Company, P.P., A Report on the Houston
Chemical Complex Accident, Bartlesville, Oklahoma,
21 Mannan, M. S., T. M. OConnor and H. H.
West, Accident history database: An opportunity,
Environmental Progress, 1999.
22 Eckhoff, R.K., Current status and expected
future trends in dust explosion research, Journal of
Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2005.
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(US CSB), Investigation Report on Sugar Dust Explosion
and Fire, Report No.2008-050I-GA, 2009. Available online
accessed on March 15, 2012.
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(US CSB), Improving Reactive Hazard Management,
Report No. 2001-01-H, 2002. Available online at:
accessed on March 15, 2012.
Top 10 worst process safety incidents in history
This article discusses what the Mary Kay OConnor
Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University in College
Station, Texas, consider the top 10 process safety incidents in
history. The incidents were ranked based on the cumulative
impact on loss of lives and economic losses, and the resulting
impact on the development of what today we know as process
On the early morning of December 3, 1984, at the Union
Carbide plant in India, a storage tank containing
methyl isocyanate (MIC) was contaminated with water leading to
a runaway reaction causing the release of more than 40 tons of
toxic MIC gas through a relief valve. The incident killed more
than 3,000 people and injured hundreds of thousands more. This
was arguably the worst chemical industry incident in terms of
people affected, however; it was just after this fatal tragedy
that the chemical process industry became really conscientious
of the importance of process safety and it gained complete
acceptance as a standard practice.1 As a direct
response to Bhopal, many regulatory initiatives were
implemented worldwide. In India, this event led to the
Environment Protection Act (1986), the Air Act (1987), the
Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules (1989), the
Public Liability Insurance Act (1991) and the Environmental
Protection (Second Amendment) Rules (1992). In the US, the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) was
promulgated in 1986,2 and the Clean Air Act
Amendments (CAAA) were signed into law in 1990.1
On April 28, 1986, in a power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine,
an experiment performed in order to verify the emergency power
supply of a reactor resulted in unfortunate consequences. The
core of the reactor was blown out by two violent explosions
causing a series of fires and the release of tons of
radioactive materials. It is considered to be the worst nuclear
disaster in history. The incident directly killed 56 people and
influenced the development of cancer and radiation sickness of
hundreds in the subsequent years.3 Before the
incident, there were no written rules for the test that led to
the catastrophic consequences. This fact has made the adherence
to safety-related instructions as the most highlighted lesson
learned regarding to process safety.4
Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform. On July
6, 1988, the backup condensate pump pressure safety valve was
removed for routine maintenance. However, since the
maintenance could not be completed within the shift, it was
decided to complete the remaining work the next day. As a
temporary measure, the condensate pipe was sealed with a blind
flange. Communication gaps between different shifts resulted in
a catastrophe when the night shift crew unknowingly started the
backup condensate pump after the failure of the primary pump.
In just 22 minutes, fire broke out everywhere and the event
escalated further because of design and operational flaws
resulting in 167 deaths. The Piper Alpha incident was a wakeup
call for the offshore industries. Significant changes in safety
practice include development and implementation of safety case
regulations in UK, adherence to a permit-to-work system and
realistic training for emergency response.4
The Macondo exploration well located in the Gulf of Mexico
(GoM) was drilled by a deep water horizontal semi-submersible
rig. On April 20, 2010, a blowout caused a fire and explosion
on the rig that killed 11 employees and caused a major oil
spill that continued uncontrolled for 87 days. A series of
mechanical failures, lack of human judgment, faulty engineering
design and improper team interaction came together to result in
the largest oil spill known to mankind. The blowout was the
biggest offshore incident in the US and it had a profound
impact on safety regulations in the GoM. As a direct outcome of
the Macondo incident, the Drilling Safety Rule regarding
wellbore reliability and well control
equipment was implemented on October 14, 2010. The Modified
Workplace Safety Rule was also implemented on October 15, 2010,
based on the lessons learned from the Macondo
On March 23, 2005, during the startup of an isomerization
unit, the safety relief valves of a distillation tower opened due to
overfilling, allowing hydrocarbon liquids to flow into a
disposal blowdown drum with a stack, which were also
overfilled, resulting in a liquid release. The evaporation of
the hydrocarbons produced a flammable vapor cloud that ignited
and led to a series of fires and explosions. Fifteen workers
died and about 180 were injured.7 This incident led
to major investigations including the milestone Baker panel
report headed by former US Secretary of State James Baker III.
This incident also resulted in significantly more interest in
and attention to issues such as facility siting, atmospheric
venting, leading and lagging indicators and safety culture.
On June 1, 1974, in a caprolactam production plant, a
temporary bypass line ruptured, resulting in the leak of almost
40 tons of cyclohexane that caused a huge vapor-cloud
explosion. The tragic disaster killed 28 people including all
the employees working in the control room. There was the
alarming possibility of killing more than 500 employees if it
were a normal working day instead of weekend. Also, widespread
damage to property within a 6-mile radius around the plant was
another major consequence. The Flixborough explosion was a
critical driver in moving process safety issues forward in the
UK. As a result of the Flixborough incident, at the end of
1974, the Advisory Committee on Major Hazards (ACMH) was
formed. The lessons learned from this disaster highlight the
importance of HAZOP analysis, blast resistant control rooms and
thorough studies prior to any modification in process
On November 19, 1984, in an LPG installation in Mexico City,
the failure of the safety valve of an LPG storage tank caused
an overpressure inside the tank and a pipe rupture, leading to
a leakage of LPG followed by an ignition and violent
explosions. Approximately 500 people were killed and more than
700 were injured.9 This incident represents the
largest series of boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions
(BLEVEs) in history.4 Mexico City clearly
demonstrated the risk of BLEVEs in process facilities and lessons learned from
this event have significantly impacted standards for design and
On October 23, 1989, in the Phillips 66 plant in Pasadena,
Texas, the rupture of a seal on a polyethylene reactor caused
the release of highly flammable ethylene and isobutene gas,
forming a gas cloud and leading to a massive explosion in less
than two minutes. Twenty-three people were killed and more than
300 injured. The day before the incident, a maintenance procedure had been
performed by contractor personnel. This incident underscored
the importance of rigid adherence to operating procedures and
the implementation of an appropriate management system for
contract workers. In response to this incident and other
incidents that occurred before in the 1980s (including Bhopal,
Shell Norco, Arco Channelview and Exxon Baton Rouge), the US
Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health
Administration developed the Process Safety Management (PSM)
The physical cause of the Columbia shuttle disaster was
separation of insulation foam that then hit the carboncarbon reinforced panel of the left
wing, thus damaging the thermal protection system. Aerodynamic
pressure caused by superheated air destroyed the wing when the
shuttle was reentering earths atmosphere at about 10,000
mph on February 1, 2003. The tragic incident caused the death
of all seven astronauts and resulted in shuttle debris being
scattered over 2,000 square miles in Texas. However, the
underlying causes for the disaster can be traced back to flaws
in decision making at NASA. The Columbia incident also provided
important lessons for crisis communication professionals, as
well. In fact, the lessons learned from the Columbia incident
can be mapped to many other catastrophes such as the Piper
Alpha or the Flixborough incident, covering issues such as
sense of vulnerability, establishing an imperative for safety
and valid on-time risk assessment.11
On March 11, 2011, this incident drew the attention of the
process and power industries around the world, encouraging them
to incorporate natural disaster risk in any hazard analysis
study. When a powerful earthquake hit the plant, the reactors
shut down automatically. However, because of the earthquake and
the following tsunami, a power blackout ensued, leading to the
loss of cooling, which, in turn, led to overheating of the
reactors (creating serious radiation hazards). Fortunately, no
one was killed because of the radiation, but there may be
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the company, as well as other organizations, is vital. These
lessons need to be implemented both in the engineering and the
management sectors.
1 Mannan, M. S., et al., The legacy of
Bhopal: The impact over the last 20 years and future
direction, Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process
Industries, 2005. 18(46): pp. 218224.
2 Mannan, M. S., J. Makris and H. J. Overman,
Process Safety and Risk Management Regulations: Impact on
Process Industry, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and
Design, ed. R. G. Anthony, Vol. 69, Supplement 1, pp.
168193, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2002.
3 Dara, S. I. and J. C. Farmer, Preparedness
Lessons from Modern Disasters and Wars, Critical Care
Clinics, 2009. 25(1): pp. 4765.
4 Mannan, M. S., Lees Loss Prevention in
the Process Industries, 3rd Edition, Elsevier, 2005.
5 McAndrews, K. L., Consequences of Macondo: A
Summary of Recently Proposed and Enacted Changes to US Offshore
Drilling Safety and Environmental Regulation, Society of
Petroleum Engineers Americas E&P Health, Safety, Security
and Environmental Conference, Houston
2011. Available online:
accessed on March 16, 2012.
7 Kaszniak, M. and D. Holmstrom, Trailer
siting issues: BP Texas City, Journal of Hazardous
Materials, 2008. 159(1): pp. 105-111.
8 Snorre, S., Comparison of some selected
methods for incident investigation, Journal of
Hazardous Materials, 2004. 111(13): pp.
9 C.M, P., Analysis of the LPG-disaster in
Mexico City, Journal of Hazardous Materials,
1988. 20(0): pp. 85-107.
10 Guidelines for Vapor Cloud Explosion,
Pressure Vessel Burst, BLEVE, and Flash Fire Hazards, 2nd
Edition, August 2010, Process Safety Progress, 2011. 30(2): p.
11 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE),
Lessons from the Columbia Disaster-Safety and
Organizational Culture, Center for Chemical Process
Safety, 2005.
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I have a class that I'm testing. The class has a function:
apply(List<IRule> rules, List<ITarget> targets);
In one test I want to ensure that each target has been passed to one rule, a la:
rule1.AssertWasCalled(fnord => fnord.Test(target1));
rule1.AssertWasCalled(fnord => fnord.Test(target2));
rule1.AssertWasCalled(fnord => fnord.Test(target3));
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Spending too much time on the Internet is a surefire way to become hopelessly cynical, but we know there's a tiny glimmer of idealism burning away inside you. It's worth it to take some time every now and again to remind yourself that those cheesy inspirational stories your grandma forwards to you via email are sometimes actually true. Sometimes idealistic, naive people will go head-to-head with the cold, cruel world and make the cold, cruel world back down. Like ...
#5. Mr. Rogers Gets Money from a Cynical Congress by Being Mr. Rogers
Generations of Americans grew up with PBS and shows like Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, but the whole network came very close to dying an early death. In 1969, President Richard Nixon proposed halving the funding for the newly formed Corporation for Public Broadcasting, because why should there be such a thing as kids' programming that isn't one long barrage of advertisements for toys and snack food? The U.S. Senate held hearings to decide the matter, and someone was going to have to convince them to keep the funding in place, rather than use it to buy, say, part of a new B-52 bomber. Good luck, sucker!
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During the hearing, a then-unknown kids' show host named Fred Rogers stepped forward to give a statement on behalf of the philosophy behind his show and the channel in general. Mr. Rogers, being Mr. Rogers, didn't get emotional or worked up over it; he just calmly sat down for six minutes to have a heart-to-heart with the Senate about feelings and imagination.
"We deal with such things as the inner drama of childhood. We don't need to bop someone over the head to make drama over a scene; we deal with such things as getting a haircut or dealing with brothers and sisters ... I give an expression of care each day to each child."
At the beginning of the speech, Senator John Pastore seems impatient, even making fun of Rogers in the first couple of minutes. But at the end, after Rogers shares a little song that he wrote, Pastore says, "I'm supposed to be a pretty tough guy and I'm getting goosebumps for the first time in days ... looks like you just earned your $20 million."
And what happened then? Well, in D.C. they say that Pastore's small heart grew three sizes that day ...
That would not be the last time that Rogers would do something like this. In 1984, when the Supreme Court was considering outlawing home-recording technology, they decided not to at least partly because Rogers was worried that taking away VCRs would make it so that some kids who couldn't watch his show at the scheduled time wouldn't be able to watch it at all. The court thought that made perfect sense.
Then, when Burger King ran a commercial with a parody look-alike named "Mr. Rodney" in 1984, Rogers asked them to stop. The senior vice president of the company pulled the $15,000 ad without a second thought, saying, "Mr. Rogers is one guy you don't want to mess with ... hopefully now we have peace in the neighborhood." Can we doubt at this point that Rogers was some kind of sorcerer?
"I have some experience with getting kings to do what I want."
#4. Teacher Stops School Shooter With a Hug
On a Tuesday morning in March of 2006, another school tragedy almost occurred in Nevada when a 14-year-old student walked into Pine Middle School, pulled out his parents' .38 pistol and opened fire. But this wouldn't be another Columbine -- nobody was seriously harmed, thanks to one teacher's ballsy-to-the-point-of-insanity actions.
"Afraid of bullets? I work at a school. With kids."
NOTE: We do NOT recommend that you do this if confronted by a mass shooter. If we saw this in a made-for-TV movie on the Lifetime channel, we'd scream bullshit, so we're thinking that this is the sort of thing that only works once.
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The young man squeezed off three shots, hitting one boy in the arm and striking a young girl with a ricochet (both victims recovered), before one teacher, Jencie Fagan, walked right up to him, put her arms around him in a hug and told him she wouldn't leave him. He dropped the gun, and Fagan held him firmly against her until other teachers arrived to help.
"I may have executed a defensive maneuver that happened to resemble soiling myself."
Fagan later said that she believed that anyone else would've done the same, saying, "I look at the students as if they're my own." We're not sure we agree with her assessment that "anyone" would hear the sound of gunshots and immediately walk toward the gunfire with designs on hugging whoever was doing the shooting, unless they were driving a giant armored mech suit at the time.
#3. A Teenager Stops a Magazine from Photoshopping Women (by Asking Them To)
Seventeen magazine, like most magazines in that market, is notorious for using image-altering software to crowbar all of its models into whichever body shape we've all decided is best this decade. Science shows that this type of marketing is directly linked to the rise in eating disorders and self-harm among teenage girls, but magazines continue to use these strategies, because, man, anxiety and low self-esteem are effective ways to trick kids into spending their parents' money on silly bullshit.
"If you really loved me, you'd get me implants."
The Crazy Solution:
Horrified that the middle school girls in her ballet class were complaining about how fat they felt, one 14-year-old girl named Julie Bluhm from Waterville, Maine, put together a petition asking for something incredible: She wanted Seventeen to stop using Photoshop to make its models thinner and publish one unaltered photo of a model each month. This is like asking McDonald's to drop meat from its menu.
"Uh, yeah ... meat.
And when was the last time an online petition changed anything, right? Well, Bluhm's petition on Change.org quickly got over 84,000 signatures, at which time Seventeen Editor-in-Chief Ann Shoket wrote a letter in the magazine promising to never alter their models' body or face shapes, and to display a diverse range of body types and "celebrate every type of beauty."
Now, it's worth mentioning that the magazine didn't really acknowledge that they decided to do this because of a petition -- it's as though the idea sprang fully formed into their own minds by coincidence. But Bluhm says that she doesn't mind -- "However they want to say it in their magazine is fine. The important thing is they agreed to what we asked them to." And since then, similar campaigns have been started against other magazines, like Teen Vogue.
Wait, not all Photoshopping, right? Let's think this through.
Is that really all it takes? Like, could we just start a petition and get them to stop making "found footage" horror movies? Or get stores to sell eggnog year-round? Feel free to suggest your own petition ideas in the comments.


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Eric Boullier has made no bones about the need for both Kimi Raikkonen and Roman Grosjean to play their part if Lotus are to break into the top three of the Constructors' Championship
At the launch of the team's new E21 at their Enstone factory, Team Principal Boullier and owner Gerard Lopez both made it clear that they were targeting an improvement on their fourth spot in the standings from 2012, with Lewis Hamilton's departure from McLaren being perceived as a potential weakness to exploit in their Woking rivals.
Lotus finished a full 75 points behind third-placed McLaren last year, but that was mainly due to one driver, Raikkonen, being forced to contribute 70 percent of the total.
Raikkonen, in fact, outscored both McLaren drivers in 2012, finishing an impressive third, but with Grosjean experienced mixed results in his first full season of F1, it was not enough for Lotus to eclipse McLaren in the standings.
Asked what his expectations for Grosjean were in 2013, Boullier joked: "Obviously to not run like 2012!
"No, more seriously, we keep faith in him. We believe he has the potential to deliver. He can qualify well, he can race well. He did it in the past - he won in every championship he entered - so there is no reason why he should not deliver as well in Formula 1.
"And obviously as a team partner, we have to race for the team. We want to deliver this year a top-three position so we need both drivers, and obviously Romain, to bring as much as possible some big points."
For his own part, Grosjean admitted that his season had been marked by too many controversial incidents, but he was confident of righting those wrongs in 2013.
"I think it's clear for everybody that we had a good qualifying speed but too many incidents, so that's what we're going to try and work on," said the Frenchman.
"I'm confident, hopefully the car will be good - it looks very nice, which is always a good starting point - and we will try to make it as good as we can and try to improve myself every time I jump into the car."
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I was wondering where I could get a softcover copy of the OSRIC book, Monsters of Myth. Any help would be great.
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Try Black Blade Publishing, they put out a high quality version of both the OSRIC rules and the Monsters of Myth book: http://black-blade-publishing.com/Home.aspx
The softcover is no longer available. My best thought would be to get the pdf (which is free) and have it printed out by a professional printing service in PB form (let them bind it for you).


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...in various charts like line, pie and column charts. What a message to show? In what place?
I would put the message in the location that the user would expect to see the chart or if there is a standard error message area already in place in your application (e.g. the Firefox application has a standard error bar) then I'd use that. As far as what to say, be sure to tell the user how to get what they want (i.e. how to fix the problem) or if the data is not available and they should return later tell them to do so, and tell them why so they don't just think it's a bug.
Some examples of messages you might use:
If you don't have enough data to render the chart, then tell the user directly rather than go through the processing. Mostly, what happens is that I would select a bunch of parameters for which I need charts for, then after submitting the form and processing the whole page, the page returns an error saying there is not enough data.
Rather than this, let the user select parameters and upon form submission, check if the chart is 'renderable'. If it is, then show a loader and load the chart in a visually separate area. If you cannot, show the error message near the field selection.
If possible, give some indication. Like,
There should be 3-6 words long error heading which in itself should be enough for the reader to understand what has gone wrong. BUT, this few words long heading might not convey different solutions which user would be equally want to know during early usage. That means error message may look somewhat like
Insufficient data to make a chart
Please select 2 or more cells with numeric value to make a pie chart.
Next time the user makes the same error, he would only want to look at the heading and understand what has gone wrong.


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(Left photo) -- Anjoo Sikka (middle), dean of the Ella Cline Shear School of Education at SUNY Geneseo, and Geneseo graduate student Kelsey Horan work with a student in the building room during the "Soaring Stars" program.
(Bottom photo) -- A "Soaring Stars" student examines Program Director Annmarie Urso as part of his science project work.
GENESEO, N.Y. – A SUNY Geneseo summer learning program for elementary school students in rural areas is in its second year, and observers are anxious to see how the students have progressed since attending last year's inaugural experience.
The "Soaring Stars" program began last summer with a class of 27 first-grade students from nine rural school districts of Livingston County. All but six of the students have returned this year and they will be invited to return through the sixth grade to gauge the effect the program is having on their educational and social development.
Another beginning class was added this year –18 rising kindergarten students. All of the students are attending the summer program five days a week for six hours a day through Aug. 16 at the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership in Mt Morris, N.Y.
"We know that graduation rates are lower in rural areas, especially if they are living in poverty," said Annmarie Urso, assistant professor of education in SUNY Geneseo's Ella Cline Shear School of Education. "We hope this program will increase their chances of graduating from high school and advancing to a post-secondary education experience."
Urso and the School of Education students and staff working with her are employing the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy during the program, which encourages children to develop individual interests and explore them using art, music, traditional subject instruction and physical activities.
"In this approach, the child [img_assist|nid=60144|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=271|height=271]and his or her environment is as important as the teacher, and we are seeing some very encouraging signs of progress in the students," said Urso. "The development of motor, social skills and cognitive skills are all important precursors for academic success."
Urso and her team will follow the core group of students, regardless of their abilities, to track their academic progress based on their experience in the program. They also are sharing their impressions with the students' teachers so they are aware of their progress in the summer program.
"I am very impressed with the organization and focus of this program and the level of self-assurance and independence among the camp participants," said Anjoo Sikka, dean of the School of Education. "Rural school students often learn under challenging circumstances during their elementary and secondary school years, and this program helps identify and develop their potential for academic, career and life outcomes. It's not only a tremendous experience for the students in the program but for our college students involved with the program who aspire to be teachers."
The Rochester-based Marie C. & Joseph C. Wilson Foundation awarded Geneseo a $50,000 grant to initiate the "Soaring Stars" program last summer and committed an addition $50,000 in matching grants to continue the program for at least two more summers. The Rochester Area Community Foundation also provided a $40,000 grant this year. The Geneseo Foundation, the Genesee Valley Education Partnership, the Seneca Foods Foundation and the Geneseo Rotary Club also provided program support.
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An extraordinary portrait of true love that will move anyone who has a first love story of their own.
Axi Moore is a "good girl": She studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell anyone how all she really wants is to run away from it all. The only person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson—who she also happens to be madly in love with.
When Axi spontaneously invites Robinson to come with her on an impulsive cross-country road trip, she breaks the rules for the first time in her life. But the adventure quickly turns from carefree to out of control after the teens find themselves on the run from the police. And when Robinson suddenly collapses, Axi has to face the truth that this trip might be his last.
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OKAY, I MAY NOT BE PUTTING MYSELF IN the best possible light by admitting this, but let me say right at the start that I was such a straight arrow, such a little do-gooder, that skipping my last two classes that day (AP physics and AP English) made me so insanely, ridiculously jittery that it actually occurred to me this whole crazy plan wasn't going to be worth it.
Looking back on it now, I can't believe I was this close to backing out of the most beautiful, funny, painful, and life-changing experience I will ever have.
What an idiot I was.
I was at Ernie's Pharmacy & Soda Fountain, and I had about five hundred butterflies throwing an epic party in my stomach. The toes of my vintage Frye cowboy boots kept knocking against the counter, until Ernie—who's about a million years old and pretty much a total grouch—told me to quit it. Ernie is one Nickelback concert away from complete deafness, though, so I took my boots off and kept knocking away.
I was glad he didn't ask why I was sitting in his ancient shop, drinking a giant coffee (which I needed like I needed a hole in the head), instead of two blocks down the street at Klamath Falls High School, listening to Mr. Fox blather on about the space-time continuum. Because what would I have said?
Well, Ernie—Mr. Holman, I mean—I'm waiting for a boy I could never date, and I'm about to ask him to do something so major that it's going to either save our lives or completely destroy us.
Ernie doesn't care much for teen angst, which is probably why practically no one I know ever comes to his shop—that and the fact that all his candy has dust on it and the Snickers bars are hard enough to use as crowbars.
But I don't mind. And neither does the boy I mentioned. Ernie's is our place.
That boy had sent me a note earlier in the day. He'd somehow gotten it inside my locker, even though he doesn't go to my school anymore and we have Navy SEAL–type security guards to protect us against God-knows-what (rioting due to sheer small-town boredom, maybe).
So, you got earth-moving news, huh? I'm shocked you think you can surprise me—or surprised you think you can shock me.
Or something like that.
You're the word nerd.
Well, anyway, can't wait to hear it.
Ernie's. 1:15.
Yeah, that means cutting class.
No excuses.
—Your favorite "scalawag"
That's Robinson for you. I'd jokingly called him a scalawag once, and he'd never let me forget it. He's almost seventeen years old. My best friend. My partner in crime.
I heard the front door open and could tell he'd arrived by the way Ernie's face perked up like someone had just handed him a present. Robinson has that effect on people: when he walks into the room, it's like the lights get brighter all of a sudden.
He came over and clapped a hand on my shoulder. "Axi, you dope," he said (affectionately, of course). "Never drink Ernie's coffee without a doughnut." He leaned in close and whispered, "That stuff will eat a giant hole in your guts." Then he straddled the stool next to me, his legs lanky and slim in faded Levi's. He was wearing a flannel shirt, even though it was late May and seventy-five degrees outside.
"Hey, Ernie," he called, "did you hear the Timbers fired their coach? And can we get a chocolate cruller?"
Ernie came over, shaking his grizzled head. "Soccer!" he groused. "What Oregon needs is a pro baseball team. That's a real sport." He put the doughnut on an old chipped plate and said, "On the house."
Robinson turned to me, grinning and pointing a thumb at Ernie. "I love this guy."
I could tell the feeling was mutual.
"So," Robinson said, giving me his full attention, "what's this crazy idea of yours? Are you finally going to apply for your learner's permit? Have you decided to drink a whole beer? Are you going to quit doing your homework so religiously?"
He's always getting on me for being a good girl. Robinson thinks—and my dad agrees—that he's such a bad boy because he quit high school, which he found "insufficiently compelling" and "populated by cretins" (cretins being a word that I taught him, of course). Personally, I think he has a point there.
"I'm probably going to fail everything but English," I said, and I wasn't exaggerating. My GPA was about to take a nosedive, because finals were coming up, and with any luck, I wasn't going to be around to take them. A week ago, knowing that would have kept me up at night. But I'd managed to stop caring, because if this plan worked, life as I knew it was about to change.
"Knowing you, that seems highly unlikely," Robinson said. "And so what if you're a little distracted and you—God forbid—get a B plus on something? You're busy writing the Great American Novel—ow!"
I'd swatted him on the arm. "Please. Between school and taking care of dear ol' Dad, I haven't had any time to write." My dad hit a rough patch a few years ago, and he's been trying to drink his way out of it. Needless to say, the strategy isn't working that well. "Can we focus on the matter at hand?" I asked.
"Which is…?"
"I'm running away," I said.
Robinson's mouth fell open. By the way, unlike yours truly, he never had braces and his teeth are perfect.
"And FYI, you're coming, too," I added.
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bthylafh wrote:In my experience you can't go wrong with Intel wireless.
Yes; they could have used an external power wart also. Even 802.11n with multiple streams is not going to exceed USB 2.0 bandwidth; I mentioned USB 3.0 because (in addition to increased bandwidth, irrelevant here) it raises the maximun device power to 900 mA from 500 mA.AustinW wrote:From what I understand, the second USB connection is only there to supply the last 100 mW of power to the amplifier, not to increase data throughput.
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I may buy some just for the label. Maybe leave it out on the bathroom counter when company or my pesky mother in law stop by.
@hottubrf: Or a fun stocking stuffer for your favorite in-law! ;-)
@ohcheri: :BARF!:
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The moment you become pregnant, sex changes. It's hard to put into words or explain why, but changing the goal of sex from procreation to recreation changes feelings, attitudes, desires, and ultimately even lovemaking positions. The wacky thing about this is that the changes are unique to each couple. There's no telling if you'll now crave sex more, or if it will become a complete turnoff. Every woman is different in this area (and every man, too!). Only one thing is for sure: Whatever you feel about sex during pregnancy, it is perfectly normal and should not be hidden from your partner. This is one subject you both need to talk about throughout the pregnancy.
Your own feelings about sex might have changed now that your partner is pregnant. Some men find pregnancy highly erotic. Others see their sex drive take a dive as they struggle with the physical changes their partner is experiencing. The transformation of lover into mother can be disconcerting. Some men lose interest because they're worried about hurting the baby. Whatever your feelings, rest assured that you're not the first to go through this. Talk honestly to your partner; she, too, is probably struggling with a changing sex drive.
If you suddenly can't get enough of your lover now that you're pregnant, there's a good reason or two for this. You no longer have the worry of getting pregnant or using cumbersome birth-control devices. You might also find that pregnancy has made you feel closer than ever to your husband. Many women find their blossoming bodies very sensual and the idea of carrying a new life inside very erotic. It's even true that some women experience more intense orgasms (or even their first orgasm) during pregnancy; this might happen because the increased blood flow to the pelvic area during pregnancy can heighten sensation in the genitals.
If you suddenly can't stand the thought of sex, there's good reason for this, too. The fatigue and nausea of the first trimester can be strong libido zappers. And feeling fat, awkward, and clumsy later in the pregnancy isn't exactly an aphrodisiac. Some women also struggle with the change of roles from "lover" to "mother." The parts of the body that used to be fun are now working in a very functional manner. Your breasts might feel sore and swollen. And the increased flow of blood to your vagina might make you feel overly sensitive in that area. Some women even experience abdominal cramps during or after intercourse. And finally, you might worry about hurting the baby. All these things make it perfectly natural to shy away from sexual intercourse.
If you find your interest in sex is changing, whether you want more or less, talk to your partner about it. Don't bottle up your feelings. They'll never be resolved unless you make an effort to get them out into the open. Being honest about your own feelings will encourage your partner to do the same. Men have changing sexual needs during pregnancy, too. You might find that this gives you both an opportunity to find new and more satisfying ways to make love.
An incompetent cervix is when the opening of the birth canal dilates, or opens, prematurely with little advance warning. Signs of this dilation include bleeding, increased mucous discharge, and/or abdominal pain.
Women who have a history of premature labor are advised not to have intercourse in the last trimester of their pregnancy for several reasons. For one, orgasms do cause the uterus to contract (that's why even masturbation and oral sex are out). Also, stimulation of a pregnant woman's nipples releases a natural chemical called oxytocin, a hormone that causes uterine contractions. And finally, semen contains prostaglandins, which can stimulate contractions. In a normal pregnancy, these uterine contractions cannot trigger labor, but if you are at risk for a premature birth, you might be told to abstain from sex as a safety precaution.
If your partner seems less interested in sex as you move into the third trimester, don't assume it's because he thinks you're fat or aren't sexy. Many men take on a more protective role at this time and don't want to hurt you or the baby. Talk about any changes in your partner's attitude toward sex before you assume anything.
The fear of hurting the baby during intercourse has kept many couples apart during pregnancy. But fear not—no matter how well endowed your partner might be, the thrusting of the penis into the vagina cannot hurt your baby. He is safely cushioned in an amniotic fluid-filled sac and surrounded by the strong muscles of the uterus. The entrance to the womb is protected by a closed cervix, which has a mucous plug at the entrance to keep out all intruding bacteria or sperm. You might notice that the baby moves around a bit more after intercourse, but that's because of the pounding of your heart, not because he knows what's going on or is bothered by it.
The safety of the pregnancy is another concern for some couples. There are many myths and stories about how intercourse brings on premature labor, but the truth is you can make love day and night for all nine months and it still wouldn't have an effect on the delivery date of your baby, if your pregnancy is normal. (Anyone want to give it a try?)
However, there are circumstances in which women are advised to avoid intercourse. Every situation is unique and you should talk to your doctor before making any decisions about sexual abstinence, but generally, women in the following circumstances are advised to proceed with caution:
Sometimes sexual abstinence is necessary only at certain times during the pregnancy. Your doctor might advise that you abstain…
All women must abstain from sex after the water sac has broken or the mucous plug is passed. These are the protectors of the womb; after they are gone, the baby is vulnerable to infection. Also, if you notice any unusual symptoms during or following intercourse, such as pain or discharge, you should call your doctor before having sex again.
If your doctor advises you to abstain from intercourse, remember that sex is more than vaginal intercourse. It is being close, holding, hugging, and massaging. If intercourse is prohibited, but orgasm is allowed, you can enjoy oral sex and mutual masturbation. All of these things and more can keep you close to your husband and nurture your love.
In the beginning of your pregnancy, when your belly is still small, you and your partner can continue lovemaking without any change in positioning. But as the baby grows, you might find that it gets awkward and uncomfortable to lie underneath your partner during sex. If that happens, don't give up—get creative. This is a wonderful excuse to try new positions. Many pregnant couples find the following most satisfying:
That's a good start—now you can take it from here. Be inventive, creative, and have some fun.
Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth © 2004 by Michele Isaac Gliksman, M.D. and Theresa Foy DiGeronimo. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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7 Sex Tips from Cosmo That Will Put You in the Hospital
You've walked innocently past issues of Cosmopolitan magazine a thousand times, every time you've checked out at a grocery store. If you glanced at the covers then you know it's all about sex, and helping girls bring out the sexual animal in their man.
Not that kind.
But littered amongst their mildly kinky and often impractical advice ("wear a wet t-shirt to bed!") you get horrifying tips that border on genital mutilation.
Think we're kidding? As we speak, Cosmo is advising women to...
#7. Bite the Family Jewels
Here's something mankind has known about intercourse since the very, very first sexual act was performed: If in describing the act, the words "bite" and "scrotum" appear in the same sentence, something went catastrophically wrong. So wrong that your behavior should have earned you an unceremonious exit from the gene pool.
To put this in context, when kangaroos fight each other, they use the claws on their hind legs to tear at their opponent's scrotum. Even when trying to kill each other by way of scrotal trauma, wild animals refuse to go so far as biting.
And by the way, when dealing with teeth and that area of the body, the modifier "softly" doesn't do anything to make this better. That's like saying to "gently" jam a lit cigarette into his eye.
#6. Shake His Nuts
Cosmopolitan Vol. 237, Issue 1, page 106.
We always knew there was something sexy about Yahtzee! and now it's all so clear: It remind us of the time our girlfriend rattled our testicles around like a set of dice she was trying to shake a lucky roll out of.
Now, someone in the comments will point out that it's not necessarily Cosmo giving this advice. "Curtis, 33" wrote in with it. Don't shoot the messenger!
Bullshit. We very well can shoot the messenger if the message he's carrying will result in someone rapidly slamming our balls against each other. That's self-defense right there.
No, this is one of those occasions when an editor needs to think, "Sure, no other guy has said this yet, so it's unique and would therefore be interesting to our readers. But on the other hand, no other guy has said this, so maybe the guy who wrote this is totally fucking insane, or possibly a jilted woman looking to get back at the opposite sex."
For instance, we don't think a men's magazine would print a letter from a "woman" saying, "You know what really turns us ladies on? When you jab us in the ribs with a sharp stick." The editor would immediately guess that behind the letter was a balding man in his basement, with a wall covered in photos of his mother with WHORE scrawled over them in blood.
#5. Yank His Crotch Hair
Well, at least this one doesn't involve outright genital trauma. This little nugget recommends you pull on some dude's treasure trail hairs. You know, to turn him on.
Hey, ladies, have you ever heard a guy use the expression, "He's got me by the short hairs"? Was the guy using it in a positive way?
No, because it is meant to convey the image of somebody grabbing your pubic hair and causing so much pain that they can make you do anything. Nobody unwraps a gift at Christmas and says, "Thanks, Grandma! This Xbox 360 will really get me by the short hairs!"
All right, so now what you need to understand about that strip of fur Cosmo is referencing is that it's basically pubes. It's like a pubic escape route from your pants. No one's going to publish "yank on his pubes" in a sex advice column because no one outside of a few fetish scenes would want to do it, because it's horrible.
What's especially diabolical about this advice is that it sounds fine leading up to it. We're all for licking and tickling. It's like they intentionally buried the painful tip under the good ones, like a landmine.
#4. Give Him a Sneezegasm
This seems to derive from the retarded sex myth that, physiologically, a sneeze is somehow "1/7th of an orgasm," which you may have heard in high school or from the brain trust at Yahoo! Answers. You may be tempted to ask how in the shit you would quantify 1/7th of an orgasm, but Yahoo! isn't giving up the goods on that one.
That aside, have you ever enjoyed sneezing? Have you ever looked forward to getting a cold for the pant staining pleasure of it? Sure, there are a few sneeze fetishists out there, but that's probably a relatively small proportion of the population and odds are even they think this tip is stupid.
You may think this one is tame compared to the others, but you're not fully picturing the scenario. One wrong move and you either have an eye or a sphincter full of pepper, both of which are going to create that non-sexy crying and panicked flushing of the area with water.


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Stubbs is on fire! 1-0 Reds.
Stubbs is on fire! 1-0 Reds.
That's the Volquez I remember.
Eric Stratton, Rush Chairman. Damn glad to meet ya.
Stubbs a line drive HR the other way? WTF?
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. -- Terrance Mann (Field of Dreams)
That wasn't a lefty. It was pretty fat though.
WTH is going on?
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Chapman can be downright pornographic at times.
Stubbs invented baseball.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Bruce to 2nd on ball that falls out of Quentin's glove as he bangs into the wall in left center.
They are giving Bruce a double on that.
Cozart grounded out to short
Stubbs homered
BP grounded out to short
Bruce with a Quentin assisted double
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
They're calling it a double. Hmmm.... Spurious.
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
1st and 2nd as Rolen walks.
So you're saying there's a short porch at the GAB and the ball flies out more often than at Petco? Genius.U-T Padres @UTPadres
Stubbs lines a homer into the right field seats. That ball is not out at Petco . . . just saying, no way
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Chapman can be downright pornographic at times.
"But I do know Joey's sister indirectly (or foster sister) and I have heard stories of Joey being into shopping, designer wear, fancy coffees, and pedicures."
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Sports-Specific Injuries
In This Article:
Jumping, overhead motions, and the contact nature of volleyball leads to a variety of injuries, the most common of which is ankle sprain, followed by knee and finger injuries, including dislocations, jams, and fractures. Wrist sprains and tendon tears, along with shoulder overuse syndromes, including rotator cuff tendinitis, impingement, sprains, and chronic impingement as well as lower spine injuries are common. Knee injuries have been well studied and include ACL tears, patellar tendinitis (jumper's knee), and patellofemoral pain. Stress fractures can also occur in the lower leg.
To prevent volleyball injuries: Flexibility, core strength, and balance is crucial. Hamstring and quadriceps strength along with jumping and landing skills should be worked on three times weekly. Shoulder and rotator cuff strength should also be a focus of conditioning. Proper ball strike technique should be established to reduce stress on the wrists and hands and prevent finger injuries.
Hamstring, quadriceps, and knee strains or tears can occur. Ligament tears can occur secondary to rotational injuries and jumps, which can also cause fractures and ankle injuries. Neck, middle, and low back injuries can occur both as overuse and acute injuries. Forearm, wrist, and hand injuries can occur, including tendinitis, tears, and chronic sprains. Traumatic injuries occur from impact with the water (or objects) and include shoulder dislocations, rib fractures, ruptured eardrums, and head injury.
To prevent waterskiing injuries: Proper technique, equipment, and a safe and experienced boat driver is essential. Posture and foot and arm alignment can prevent strains and muscle pulls. The use of gloves allows for more effective grip. Flotation vests or bright-colored wet suits are essential to identify a skier after a fall. Conditioning exercises should include the upper body, especially wrist and shoulder strengthening. Weight-bearing aerobic exercises should be done three times weekly to maintain bone strength.
Weight Lifting
Injuries occur due to lifting either too much weight, too frequent training, or poor technique. Injuries include neck and back sprains, disc herniations, shoulder sprains, and tendinitis, including AC joint sprains, rotator cuff injuries, pectoralis rupture and instability, lateral epicondylitis, flexor carpi radialis and DeQuervain's tendinitis, and knee sprains, including patellofemoral and meniscal pain and patellar tendinitis. The tendency for these athletes to use muscle-building supplements and performance-enhancers can cause permanent internal problems in liver, kidneys, and with fertility. Bodybuilders are at a high risk of eating disorders due to restrictive diets.
To prevent weight lifting injuries: Do not increase weight too rapidly. Rest is important, and similar muscle groups should not be strength trained two days in a row. Quick, thrusting, and twisting motions can lead to injury, so pace should be slow and comfortable. Technique is equally important to prevent injuries; weights should not be lifted behind the plane of the body to protect the shoulders from injury. Alignment of arms and wrists should be straight, and alignment and direction of weight movement should be straight and controlled. Squats, lunges, and dead lifts should also be controlled and in proper form. In women with knee problems, squats and lunges should be avoided. In women with back problems, dead lifts and loaded squats should be avoided.
Back pain and injury can be common due to poor positioning, carrying, and lifting equipment, along with uphauling. Shoulder dislocations occur from falls, along with foot sprains and fractures if feet are strapped in. Cuts, bruises, and head injuries can occur from falls on the fin, mast, boon, or rocks or corals.
To prevent windsurfing injuries: Proper technique of foot placement, balance, and sail maneuvering and knowledge of wind and currents is essential to preventing serious problems. Headgear is available and should be worn while surfing in rocky areas. General strengthening, especially to the back, abdominal muscles, and shoulders, should be done three times weekly. Stretching and balance exercises should also be done three times weekly, along with weight-bearing aerobic activity.
Injuries from yoga are most frequently overuse injuries or from pushing a position beyond comfort. Postures held in unbalanced positions or beyond fatigue can stress and injure the ligaments, tendons, and joints of the knees, wrists, spine, and shoulders. Hamstring and inner thigh sprains and occasionally tears can be common. When movements are quick, as in a few types of yoga classes, it is possible to suffer knee, wrist, or back sprains. Shoulder injuries can occur from inversions or postures where the hands are behind the head and trunk.
To prevent yoga injuries: Make sure you feel balanced, you have drunk enough fluids, and you feel strong enough to hold postures. If your muscles are trembling and you are uncomfortable with a maneuver, perform a modified posture. Yoga classes involving quick movements and highly heated rooms (Bikram) can be dangerous to an unconditioned person. Bikram should never be done if pregnant, and water should be drunk every 15 minutes to prevent dehydration in these classes. Do not push a position through pain; instead, release the pressure and stretch a painful area.
Many sports-related injuries can be avoided with proper conditioning, including strengthening and stretching muscles most frequently used. Rest is an essential component to avoiding overuse injuries, which can become chronic and lead to other problems. Proper skills and technique decreases risks of injuries, and you should not play above your skill level to avoid serious injuries. Equipment should fit well and be appropriate to the sport. Listening to your body signals, resting when you feel fatigued or pain, and maintaining overall strength and balance is key to enjoyment and success in your sport.
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From The Active Woman's Health and Fitness Handbook by Nadya Swedan. Copyright © 2003 by Nadya Swedan. Used by arrangement with Perigee, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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