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6 Terrifying Emergency Escape Pods (That Aren't Worth It)
We tend to think of escape pods as a science fiction trope: They jettison off of Star Destroyers or launch out the top of giant mechanical spiders just before Will Smith destroys them with a pun. But they're not all fictional: When everything has gone to hell, when the ship is sinking, when the shuttle is exploding, when that natural disaster is bearing down on you relentlessly, take hope. There actually might be an escape pod nearby ...
Ready to make everything just so much worse.
#6. The Lunar Escape System
In the year 1500, Chinese bureaucrat Wan Hu attempted the first manned rocket flight by strapping hundreds of fireworks to his chair and lighting the fuse. He lifted a few feet off of the ground, and quite reasonably exploded. Roughly 500 years later, with the help of centuries of careful consideration and all the industriousness of mankind's collective genius, NASA sat down with intricate blueprints, cutting-edge technology and the greatest minds of the day, and said, "Hey, what ever happened to that rocket chair thing?"
This is the Lunar Escape System (LESS).
Not this. This is just a Chinese man exploding.
A sprocket of engineers (that's what you call a group of them -- we looked it up) called the Apollo Applications Program were planning a series of long-duration moon stays, and got all the way to the design stage before NASA pulled the plug. But the blueprints were already complete: AAP had laid out everything for these extended trips to Earth's moon. Even an escape system, should the lander fail after idle weeks spent on the abrasive lunar surface.
In the event of a lander failure, instead of curling up into a ball and seeing how many tears moon dust can absorb (Hint: It's zero. They just pool in your face mask), you could unpack the Lunar Escape System from beneath the ship, assemble it like an IKEA bookshelf, then siphon off fuel from the lander and strap yourself on.
"Oh dear God, the Allen wrench is missing!"
Yes, we meant "on": You sat on top of the damn thing. There were no walls, no ceiling. Just a chair, you and open space.
"Look, it says right here in the manual: You have to hold my hand if I ask."
Once you were belted into your hastily assembled rocket chair filled with stolen fuel, you simply aimed for that tiny glimmer of light in between the stars. That was your Command Module. It's been up there the whole time, orbiting the moon, ready to take you home. All you have to do is hit it ... exactly.
It's like threading a needle that's a mile away and made of burning death.
This was accomplished using math and explosions and little else: The computer was deemed "too heavy" to be necessary, so it was up to the copilot to run all the calculations on a scratchpad, trying to work out the precise trajectory of both the LESS and that pinprick of light miles up in space. And if he forgot to carry a 1 and delayed the pickup by a few hours, then you both died in a vacuum. Because the LESS had no life support systems, aside from the four hours of air in the suit's backpacks, much of which would likely be used in the preparation stages. If literally anything went less than perfectly -- if one external variable went wrong, or if any component failed -- two astronauts went hurtling off into the blackness of space on the worst Bungee Chair Ride in history.
#5. The Launch Escape System
Let's set the scene: You and your crew are manning one of America's finest early rockets, and by "finest" we of course mean "whatever we could slap together out of war surplus as fast as possible, cuz we got to beat those commies in this here game of space tag!"
Apparently terrible headlines predate the Internet.
We don't know why that NASA scientist is talking like a grizzled old prospector; it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round. Besides, you've got bigger things to worry about: The launch countdown just reached zero, the rockets are firing and holy shit, you're doing it! You're going to space! You're going ... sideways?
Oh. Well, that's it. You're dead. You had a good run, but everybody knows that rocket launches are like first impressions: You only get one chance at them, and if something goes wrong, everybody is on fire.
"So what do you do? Explode? Right-o."
That's how we, the ignorant, casual space fans, tend to think of rocket launches, anyway. But that's not necessarily true: NASA actually did have backup plans. If something went wrong on a launch, and your main rocket was set to explode, there was another, smaller emergency rocket attached to your capsule. The capsule would detonate a series of explosive bolts that detached your emergency rocket from the exploding rocket and rocketed you sideways away from the main rocket's explosion, and then, when you were far enough away, more explosive bolts would explode, detaching you from the main rocket's escape rocket and then rocket rocket explosion rocket.
"Explosion explosion rocket. Explosion? Rocket!" -NASA
Hey, don't fault them for fixing every problem with explosions and rockets; NASA was a group comprised almost entirely of rocket scientists. When you ask a bunch of plumbers to fix a car, they're all going to start looking for leaks.
"I think I see the problem. What we need here is more fire."
But despite this whole system reading like a Michael Bay movie about the Fourth of July, the one time a Launch Escape System was actually needed, it was a total success. In 1983, a Russian Soyuz rocket tried to launch and things went awry. The Launch Escape System quickly boosted the capsule to safety, propelling the cosmonauts almost 2,000 feet, where they achieved G-forces of about 17G. They eventually parachuted down safely, 2.5 miles away from the launch site. When interviewed later, the commander said the first thing he did after the Launch Escape System initiated was turn off the cockpit voice recorder, because "we were [just] swearing."
No seriously, that's what he actually said. Why would you even doubt that? What would you do while being flipped through a Jacob's Ladder of exploding missiles -- recite poetry?
The guy on the left is finding this almost-catastrophe particularly arousing.
#4. The Personal Rescue Enclosure
Early space shuttles were designed to carry a crew of four, but usually packed fewer space suits than crew members, out of both concern for weight and a keen sense of cinematic drama that bordered on the cruel. Long story short: If the entire crew ever had to abandon the shuttle for some reason, somebody was getting left behind. Jesus, it's starting to seem like every troubleshooting guide for early space flight missions simply read:
Restart system.
Did restarting fix problem?
If yes, high five.
If no, die in space.
But it's not hopeless: You'll still have the Personal Rescue Enclosure! Designed to be an easy, low-cost alternative to a spacesuit, in the event of an emergency an astronaut crawled inside the PRE ...
... sealed it, donned an oxygen mask and safely waited for help to arrive. Here's what that looked like:
There are so many ways that man is wishing death on us right now.
As you can see, the PRE was tiny. It was only about 3 feet in diameter, meaning you'd have to curl up into a tiny ball to fit inside of it, which shouldn't have been too hard, as the fetal position is a perfectly natural response to being abandoned in the cold vastness of space with nothing but a giant, clear hamster ball between you and the abyss. If the claustrophobia doesn't have you chewing your own arms off, you should be perfectly safe ...
... for about one hour.
That's how much oxygen the PRE holds. But if you happen to be in one of the many places in outer space that can't be reached in an hour, there's the matter of guidance and propulsion, which you won't have to worry about, because the PRE has neither of those things. With the short life span, the complete lack of control and the tight quarters that have your legs practically wrapped around your own head, the only thing we can imagine the PRE being useful for is spending a good, solid hour kissing your ass goodbye in the relative privacy of outer space.
Meanwhile, Consumer Reports has ranked it worst escape pod to find out you're sharing with a stow-away facehugger.


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High Hedges - What you will need to submit to the Council
You need to submit your complaint on the High Hedges complaint form and ensure that all the required information referred to is enclosed. In addition to this, you will need to provide copies of any correspondence you have had with your neighbour about the hedge and provide all evidence of how you have tried to resolve the dispute yourself.
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Photographs of the hedge would also be useful, plus a plan showing where the hedge is in relation to your house and your neighbours' with measurements of the hedge. Birmingham City Council no longer provide an Ordnance Survey Map service. For a list of alternative suppliers view our information page.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Three Houston radio departures announced the same day
is reporting that longtime KCOH Radio 1430am host Wash Allen is leaving the station in less than a week.
According to his Facebook page, Allen has spent 45 years in broadcasting. He has been an on-air personality on KCOH Radio (1430 AM) since 1971 and is the host of "Confessions With Wash Allen." He's also been involved in television on KTRK 13 and other stations.
Since KCOH 1430 owner Michael Petrizzo passed away, the station has been sold and is moving to 1230 AM.
Chris Baker leaves again
Chris Baker move page that linked to all my posts about him. Looks like I might have another link to add. David Barron says Baker is taking off from 700 KSEV where he's been for a few years. Edd Hendee returns to his old slot in the morning after a long absence. Current morning programming, The MACK Show with Mack Machowicz, moves to Baker's afternoon slot.
UPDATE: David Barron reports that Baker is moving to KFAB-AM in Omaha.
From SportsRadio 610 KILT to KRLD-FM (105.3 The FAN) and KRLD-AM (NewsRadio 1080)
In other Houston radio news, SportsRadio 610 KILT program director Gavin Spittle has been named Vice President of News/Talk/Sports Programming for CBS RADIO's Dallas-Fort Worth stations. In his new role, Spittle will oversee the programming and operations for KRLD-FM (105.3 The FAN) and KRLD-AM (NewsRadio 1080) beginning next month.
The station says Spittle took the station from a rank of 24th to 8th in its target demographic of men 25-54 during his three year reign.
"Under Gavin's guidance, SportsRadio 610 became one of the fastest-growing sports stations in the country and the first sports station in Houston (of which there are four) to reach the top ten in men 25-54," said Brian Purdy, Senior Vice President and Market Manager for CBS RADIO Dallas-Fort Worth in a statement. "We're fortunate to have Gavin as part of our CBS RADIO family, and we're looking forward to having him back in Dallas-Fort Worth."
Prior to his role in Houston, Spittle was Vice President of News and Talk for CBS RADIO Dallas-Fort Worth, where he was responsible for KRLD-FM (which was "Live 105.3" until Spittle oversaw the format change to sports in December 2008), KRLD-AM, and the Texas Rangers Radio Network. Before that, he was Program Director of CBS RADIO's KXNT-AM in Las Vegas.
"The KRLD call letters -- both on the AM and FM dial -- are close to my heart, so I'm honored to be selected and excited about this awesome opportunity," Spittle said. "I'm looking forward to joining forces with the entire staff at CBS RADIO Dallas-Fort Worth."
They always say they come in threes right? If I'm missing anyone...give me a shout.
7 comments:
- Anonymous1/24/2013 08:16:00 AM
Looks' like Gavin is headed back to "Spittleville." I'm sure Russ Martin will be glad to hear that...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/24/2013 10:41:00 AM
People seemed to care about Chris Baker when he was on 950. When he was kissing up to Dan Patrick on 700, not so much.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous1/26/2013 03:10:00 PM
Chris Baker also licked the boots of any and all police on a daily basis regarless of their conduct. Nauseating!Delete
I bet Special Edd quit making those Sonny Bono jokes he made with Pat Gray.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/25/2013 09:28:00 AM
Confessions with Wash Allen is always worth a listen. Sad to see this show go!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/25/2013 12:46:00 PM
I felt that Wash had already decided to leave KCOH before it got its second life location on AM1230. He didn't seem to be as upset or shocked the station was going to go off the air, but this was before the decision was made to move up the dial. I will miss Confessions too, but thank goodness Don Sam and the other DJ's are remaining. All the best to Mr. Allen.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/25/2013 11:30:00 PM
Glad to see that ill-informed, inarticulate racist Chris Baker go!ReplyDelete


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PTI101: Comp AppsA (2013-2014)
CURRICULUM PROGRAM: Career and Technical Education
COURSE TITLE: Computer Apps A
COURSE LENGTH: 9 weeks
Major Concepts/Content: Computer Applications is designed to assist students in applying a variety of computer technology and its application to their daily lives. In additional to information literacy, the areas of technology introduced may include word processing, spreadsheet, database, Internet, e-communication, graphics, presentation and publications applications, and using digital and scanning equipment.
Major Instructional Activities: Students will work individually and collaboratively to enhance their technology skills.
Major Evaluative Techniques: Students will be required to demonstrate their mastery of skills through activities, tests, projects, and presentations.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students should be able to
- Demonstrate understanding of terminology used in the areas of technology studied.
- Demonstrate appreciation of how technology affects daily life.
- Demonstrate understanding of how the different types of technology they have used are related and can be combined to achieve desired results.
- Understand how a variety of technologies can be used to gather and assess information, express ideas, present information, and solve problems.
- Demonstrate ability to plan and work collaboratively on projects.
- Integrate various applications.
- Demonstrate ability to incorporate various media into a presentation.
- Assess the Internet to locate data relevant to projects.
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Michael had his own problems. For one, he was a lymphoma survivor, a young husband and father of two
children. That morning he sat in his small office cubicle quietly worrying about the cancer support consortium proposal he had just placed on the company president's desk. It had taken months to gain support from various managers and vice presidents, and writing a proposal to the president in a format acceptable to each senior manager had proved a monumental task. Many people in the company now knew of Michael's history with cancer, but documenting it in writing to the chief executive officer was another matter entirely. After all, it was an insurance company. Perhaps his friends and family had been right--this could prove to be a huge mistake--one that could destroy his job security and ruin his family financially.
But Michael believed in the concept of a support consortium; it was a chance to do something important. His mental wrestling was approaching the level of torture when he heard a tentative tapping on the side of his cubicle. Turning and looking from his chair, Michael saw a sandy-haired man standing before him: a man with a sunken, grief-stricken face and smudged circles under eyes dimmed from the grief they carried.
"Are you Mike?" Dick asked.
Michael nodded, unsure of what was happening. In a company rocked by "downsizing" in a competitive market anything was possible at any time.
But Dick responded to the nod by saying, "Tim sent me."
Instantly Michael understood; Tim's wife had worked with Michael at another company years ago when he was diagnosed. This man must have cancer. Michael suggested they go someplace quiet and have a cup of coffee.
As Dick spoke about Nancy, hesitantly at first, and then in detail, tears welled up in his eyes; he was somewhat ashamed of baring his soul to a stranger, and not only his soul, but Nancy?s. As Michael listened, the circumstances dawning on him, he became uneasy. Dick was not a cancer patient, but the wife of a newly diagnosed cancer patient. Michael could not help here--didn't know how to help here; he could listen, could understand somewhat, but nothing more. As Dick poured out his story, releasing the details, he became more passionate, the story more raw in its intensity.
Michael and Dick grew oblivious of the hustling office around them; the sweeping view of Sarasota Bay, and the clock on the wall ceased to exist. Each man was now in another place. But when Dick had almost finished, when he said, "So we don't think we're going to accept any treatments. . . " Michael reacted from his gut. He didn't think. He just yelled, "Whoa! Wait a minute there. I understand what you're saying about your family members that died after treatment, but you need to know what happened to me..."
Startled, Dick looked up at Michael. Through the blur he saw tears in Michael?s eyes. And then Michael shared his story. He had felt pain in his back while sitting on the couch at home. His pain worsened until, one night, he couldn?t move, couldn't get up. His vertebrae had exploded. He went through the usual round of diagnostic tests and the lymphoma came to light. Then came the usual choice: take chemotherapy or die, or take chemotherapy and perhaps die anyway. He hated being sick, hated the thought of days in the hospital vomiting, endless vomiting wracking his body with dry heaves. He thought of the ocean.
Michael loved the water, loved to fish and dive in the clear Gulf off Florida?s southwest coast, and it was a love he shared with his family. He looked at his young family, stiffened his aching back, took stock, talked with his oncologist and made the only clear choice he could: chemotherapy to the max, the strongest dosage he could take that would not kill him. A dose that would take him to the edge of annihilation and, with luck, let him come back for more.
On a Thursday, Michael and his wife, with their fingers locked together, had entered his oncologist?s office for some last minute instructions. Treatment was to begin on that day. But instead of going into the treatment room that first day, his oncologist asked if he would mind waiting over the weekend and start treatment on Monday. He explained that he had had been doing research, talking with other oncologists. Recent studies had indicated a new therapy for lymphoma, still chemo, but a new twist on an old mixture that had yielded surprising results: instead of a chemotherapy 'recipe" that used many different powerful drugs; he wanted to explore using a simpler mix, but with high doses. He wanted to research it more closely over the weekend. Would Michael wait?
Michael felt first relief and then anger churning in him; He didn?t have to do it today. But he had prepared himself, steeled his mind to take the worst, and now he was being asked to put everything on hold, spend another weekend waiting and worrying. Was this part of the torture? He felt his wife?s fingers clench in his. "OK", he said. Let?s wait. Over the weekend, Michael's oncologist called his colleagues and other experts on both coasts. Michael's treatment plan was changed.
On Monday he was admitted and the treatment began. His oncologist set up the protocol for the new therapy, and Michael watched the fluid snake down the IV to his arm. He asked the nurse if that was it, the chemo. She fiddled with the knurled wheel on his IV tube and smiled at him. No, she said, that?s Zofran, a medication to help you handle the chemo. It buffers the symptoms, helps with nausea, makes you feel better. You?re getting it first. Now, here comes the chemo.
Michael gritted his teeth, trying to prepare for the unknown, the unknowable: everything he had been told about chemotherapy playing through his mind like a bad movie. But none of it came to pass. The reality of his treatment never came close to the horrors of his fears. He felt discomfort, being in hospital wasn't fun, and it was hard on his family--but his therapy had worked. Three days after the first cycle of chemotherapy, the intense pain coming from the tumor-crushed vertebrae had disappeared. On the first follow-up exam Michael's grinning oncologist informed him that the treatments were already working.
Michael told Dick about the first day he went fishing by himself after his treatment. He headed his boat out through the jetties, pointing it straight out at the heart of the Gulf, feeling the wind on his scalp where the chemo had left him bald, and shouting with sheer joy each time the boat pounded over a wave.
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Some people swear by closing their PHP files with
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I know that it's not essential to have it on there, I'm just wondering what the pros and cons are of doing this, and what best practice is.
Some people swear by closing their PHP files with
I know that it's not essential to have it on there, I'm just wondering what the pros and cons are of doing this, and what best practice is.
It's not so much a matter of performance - parsing the trailing
IIRC, php.net recommends NOT adding the
No, they are wrong.
?> is optionnal in PHP at the end of a file. And you'll find good reason for this. The most important one is that an empty space at the end of a file will not prevent you from sending headers. This is a difficult bug to spot because you can find it in any file anywhere.
The usual way to do is putting a closing tag when PHP is mixed with HTML and not putting it for pure PHP files. It's even a coding standard from ZEND framework : http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/coding-standard.coding-style.html and many others.
Optimized means that the code run faster. This is easy to prove them wrong. Profile the code and figure out that they are telling you bullshit.
I think it is recommended to newbies to avoid adding it so that they don't cause extra newline chars to be sent accidentally. Since it is not essential to have it like you have mentioned, I think the general reasoning is that better leave it off to avoid mistakes.
I don't think there is any "optimization" involved with it.
I would point you to here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4410704/php-closing-tag and here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3219383/why-do-some-scripts-omit-the-closing-php-tag


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Security kept an extra watchful eye on Warren East High School today after some concerns were stirred up yesterday afternoon, and it all began with writing on a bathroom wall.
"There was a message found in one of the bathrooms in the school, and it was brought to the attention of one of our school resource officers. They began an investigation yesterday, and we took extra precautions today to ensure student safety, and we feel like this is one of the safest places kids could be today," said Warren County Public Schools Public Information Officer Joanie Hendricks.
School resource officers provide security on a daily basis, but today they watched the school even more closely. It was actually the school resource officer who was first notified of the message yesterday afternoon.
"Any problems that happen inside the school, I am usually reported to first, and we consult with administration and we handle it from there," said WEHS School Resource Officer Mike Waldrop.
Once word of the message got out, Hendricks says many parents kept their students home this morning.
"They didn't bring their students in right away, and I think once the message got out that the environment was safe and we were taking so many precautions, we saw a number of students who started to come into school by ten o'clock," said Hendricks.
Administration also wanted to reassure the students they were safe when they arrived at school.
"He came over the intercom and announced to us there was an incident yesterday. A student wrote something on the bathroom, and it kind of sparked some interest, but Twitter and media kind of blew things out of proportion," said WEHS Student Hannah Conner.
Conner says she felt safe, and the principal assured the students there was no direct threat of action in the message during an announcement. While officials are not releasing the content of the message due to the investigation, Hendricks says many of the rumors circulating social media sites regarding the message were untrue. As of now, no suspicious activity has taken place at the school.
Hendricks says officials will continue to investigate who wrote the message.
If you have any information regarding the message or any tips, Hendricks says you should call Warren East High School at (270) 781-1277.


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Crokinole is a tabletop dexterity game commonly played by 2 or 4 players. Crokinole is played by players taking turns "flicking" wooden discs from the perimeter to the center of a Crokinole board. Points are awarded after each round based on the position of discs remaining on the board. Discs ...
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My father in law is saying that his oncle's old solid wood Crokinole board outmatch the cheap cardboard game he actually got. I never played on this solid wood board and before upgrading to a better ...
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Someone has made the decision to start losing weight today. The person should choose a diet program and a sport maybe.
- How to choose the best diet program for ourselves?
- Are there other things one should consider?
Someone has made the decision to start losing weight today. The person should choose a diet program and a sport maybe.
I decided to loose weight about 3 months ago as I had put on about 8 kgs over the past three years. In that period, I started working from home and was very time poor and highly stressed, the results of which was that I started snacking a lot and doing no exercise.
My strategy was simply:
I chose running as an exercise as I am still very time poor and it seems to offer the best bang for buck. I can now do a 12K run in about 1:15 and burn about 1100 calories.
I started with short runs (6Ks) and have built up to longer runs. I now try to run between 30 and 40 Ks a week, usually three 12K runs though sometimes a mix in shorter or longer runs to build speed or endurance.
Before each run, I record my weight in an Excel spreadsheet so that I can track my progress. In the past two months, I have dropped 4 kgs at a fairly consistent rate.
My wife also started trying to lose weight at the same time. She uses a similar strategy but also tracks her calorie intake, attempting to limit herself to 1200 calories a day. If she does the same run as me at the same speed, she burns about 60% of the calories so she has to compensate by running further. She uses a Ipod+Nike thing to track her progress.
I could not be bothered counting calories but I do take notice of which foods seem unusably high. Croissants, for example, are way high in calories so I tend to avoid them now.
We did not really change our diet much, but I think we had a fairly healthy diet anyway.
At this rate, I should be able to attain my weight loss gains by the end of summer, then drop down the runs over winter to maintain the same weight.
You'd need two things more than others:
Here's a list of latest diets: The latest diets and diet plan reviews
That's it. The thing is, you need to make the decision. And keep in mind:
With my full heart I recommend the "Tao of balanced diet, secrets of a thin and healthy body" by Dr. Stephen T. Chang.
This book not only shows you how to prepare simple and yet well balanced, nutritious and tasty dishes (treats, actually) but it revelas an entirely new look on nutritionism.
There are also exercises in the book that are not usual weight-loss exercises. Rather, they strengthen the body's function to balance itself (being fat is one way of being imbalanced). These exercises are deceptively easy, and yet so effective.
I've lost 7.3kg in 3 weeks. I don't know how. I never lacked good food or had a drop of sweat fall :)
This is my top recommendation! :)
you can check it out on thegreattao.com, and also read some interesting articles.


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WhatMeWorry wrote:I keep wondering why AMD just doesn't slap a CPU and GPU architecture on the same die?
As others have stated - It is already happening
A 7750 has 72 GB/s of memory bandwidth, all dedicated to the GPU. The CPUs in the target market for integrated graphics have 16-20 GB/s, and it's shared between the cpu and the gpu.
WhatMeWorry wrote:Oh. There must be a (very large) gap in my understanding. So the 72 GB/s is over the bus? That would be a PCIe bus?
WhatMeWorry wrote:And are both these 72 GB/s and 16-20 GB/s interfaces communicating with the DRAM? I'm leaving out the Video memory on the discrete graphics card for simplicity. (That's mainly for texture and screen buffering?)
cynan wrote:Since an entirely new motherboard socket would need to be designed anyway, there is no reason AMD couldn't keep high speed frame buffer memory separate from system memory on the motherboard.
codedivine wrote:An alternative possibility is to look at GPU architectures that require less memory bandwidth. Tile based renderers might help?
just brew it! wrote:codedivine wrote:An alternative possibility is to look at GPU architectures that require less memory bandwidth. Tile based renderers might help?
Possibly. I am not certain by how much (if any) tile-based rendering reduces memory bandwidth requirements.
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"When I thought through all of that, I became adamant to my fiancé and said, 'I will add your name but I'm not giving up my name.' Once I explained to him where my thinking was, he respected that. As long as I was taking his name in some way or another, he didn't mind that I was hyphenating and keeping my maiden name. My kids just have his last name, but now that I think about it—especially since my two girls were born before I met him—I kind of regret not giving them the Plater last name and letting them continue the lineage, too. I feel like they lost some of that. They act like them—people will say, 'Oh you act just like them Platers. You got that temper, you got that mouth.' [Laughs]
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When dealing with abbreviations, should you parenthesize the abbreviation or its expansion? I have seen it both ways. Can anyone make a good case for preferring one style over the other?
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The Modern Language Association (MLA) style, which is commonly used, always puts acronyms and initialisms in parentheses after the first time they are used (not the other way around). For example: The Modern Language Association (MLA) publishes its own style guide.
The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers devotes an entire chapter to abbreviations.
The Associated Press Stylebook is a little less helpful in handling abbreviations. It says that the first time an item is used, it should be spelled out fully. Then, if the abbreviation or acronym is common enough to be well known publicly, it can be used on subsequent reference. AP style does not use a parenthetical explanation behind the first mention. It just uses the acronym or abbreviation after the first full mention. For example: The National Organization of Women met at the courthouse. NOW was organized in ....
The AP Style Guide also notes that certain abbreviations or acronyms are common enough to be used on first reference, that is without having been spelled out first. (As examples, CIA and FBI can be used on first reference; Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation do not need to be spelled out on first mention.) You basically have to consult the entries in the AP Stylebook for whether an abbreviation is common enough to not be spelled out.
The Economist does it like this: "European Central Bank (ECB)", "'quantitative easing' (QE)". My impression is that this is more common than the reverse pattern. It parallels the legal usage whereby a general description is given and then a shorthand—e.g., "('The Company')", "('The Client')"—is introduced in parentheses and quotes.
The rule is to parenthesize the second item.
So, for example,
and not
While the first style is possible without seeming incorrect (to me anyway), I think the second one is overwhelmingly more popular--it is indeed the only one discussed explicity in the other answers.
There are at least two important points to be considered while parenthesizing.
If the article covers the term several times, perhaps because it is significant to the discussion, then use the full form in the first instance along with the abbreviation in parentheses and use the abbreviation in the rest of the article. Or as recommended by the relevant style-guide, where applicable.
In situations where, say, the term is not significant or appears but only a few times in the course of the article, it is better to use the abbreviation followed by the full form in parentheses at the first reference and subsequently, use the full form. The rationale being that we should not expect the reader, while focusing on the main theme of the article, to remember the full form when he comes across it somewhere down the paragraphs.
There are other considerations as well. For some terms, the abbreviation is better known than the full form, whereas the converse may be true in case of a few others. In some cases, the same abbreviation stands for different thing in different contexts, so using the abbreviation requires circumspection and care.
Note also that the practice varies between technical literature and media publishing, as with other kinds of writing.
We have not said it all, yet.
To some extent, it depends on what one is abbreviating. In biomedical writing, the norm is to spell out the term and put the abbreviation in parentheses. If the term is long, complicated, and not normally used but the abbreviation is, and if the journal demands that all abbreviations except DNA, RNA, HIV, and AIDS be spelled out, I sometimes put the abbreviation before the spelled-out term because it's more common. If I've previously spelled out one or more of the terms in a list and am using only the abbreviation(s) for the previously spelled-out terms, then I'll be consistent and use the abbreviation for the new term and put the spelled-out version in parentheses.


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The 5 Craziest War Stories (All Happened on the Same Ship)
Do you ever get sick of hearing about "the greatest generation"? For over 60 years now, it's been all "they survived the Depression" this and "they defeated the Nazis" that and "they never looked stupid in hats." Well, not everything the heroes of the 20th century did was pitch perfect. For example, the WWII destroyer USS William D. Porter was easily the stupidest ship ever launched. If ships were people, this one would be the kid who ate paste off a stick. And then almost killed the president by accident.
So when we say that this ship's service played out in exactly the way it would if it had been a hastily scripted Adam Sandler comedy, we're not exaggerating. We're talking about a ship that ...
#5. Wrecked a Friendly Ship Just Pulling Out of Port
The USS William D. Porter's completely ridiculous career as a warship began with an important escort mission. What could go wrong? Well, they came fairly close to accidentally blowing up the president, so there's that. But the problems started before they even left port.
The ship was named after this beard. We have no idea who the man attached to it is.
The destroyer was specifically commissioned to serve as an escort for larger boats (destroyers are widely known to be the Navy's Kevin Costners to other ships' Whitney Houstons). So in November of 1943, the William D. Porter was, as its first mission, to escort the battleship USS Iowa across the Atlantic Ocean to an important summit in Iran. "Why would a battleship need to go to a political summit?" you're probably asking. "It can't even talk." The answer is that the president of the United States, the secretary of state and the joint chiefs of staff were on the Iowa, and they had a secret appointment with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill.
FDR was the official coke hookup of the Allied leadership.
So it was a big deal. The USS William D. Porter was only one of the ships in the convoy that was going to get them there. There was only one problem: The Porter was staffed with the cast of Police Academy.
The trouble started before the boat even left the dock. Specifically, someone forgot to raise the anchor up all the way, and as they backed out ever so slowly, they dragged the anchor along the moored deck of her sister ship. Picture an anchor scraping along railings, lifeboats and thousands of dollars' worth of war shit like a coked up toddler in a candy store. Picture the looks on the faces of the newbie sailors as they watched it happen a) on their first day on the job and b) on the way to meet the freaking president.
"Holy shit we damaged our anchor."
The captain of the Porter, Wilfred Walter, issued a quick apology, looked at his watch and realized he really needed to meet up with the USS Iowa for their escort mission. So he said, "Wellllp. Catch you later, dude!" and left, leaving the U.S. Navy with the mess. But hey, beginners' nerves, right? How much worse could things get from there?
Much. Much worse.
#4. Nearly Blew Up the President's Boat With a Depth Charge ...
Twenty-four hours after the anchor-scrape incident, the Porter meekly took its place alongside the rest of the convoy, no doubt with her metaphorical head hanging and her shame glasses on. The journey across the Atlantic would take eight days, and the ships would pass through U-boat-infested waters during wartime, so it was critical that the boats keep up with training and maneuvers on the journey. For example, in a real-live battle situation, if a submarine got too close, it was the destroyer's job to drop depth charges (just huge bombs that sink down and blow up next to the submerged sub). So, one of the drills that the Porter was tasked with was sending out fake depth charges for practice.
You can tell where this train wreck is heading, can't you?
"We wrote 'void' on the side, so it should be dead. Bombs are like checks, right?"
Yes, the geniuses on the Willie Dee never got around to disarming their anti-submarine weapons. And on November 12, a live depth charge just fell off the deck. Fell. As in it kind of rolled off, into the ocean, within killing distance of the president of the United States. And it exploded. And that was when shit got real.
As you can imagine, the sonar on every ship in the convoy started ringing like the world was ending, because clearly there was an enemy boat within firing range. In addition to trying to track the phantom Nazi down, the ships also began executing evasive maneuvers, which means they were tasked with getting the hell out of the line of fire. Surely the Axis powers had intelligence on the secret mission and were after them, knowing that freaking FDR was on board.
"Hide in my cabin? Not when there are Nazi assassins to mock."
Just as the captain probably got ready to wheel FDR over the deck in a mercy killing, everyone got a message from the Porter. They did it. The Willie Dee was actually fortunate that the bomb had sank a ways before detonating, otherwise their entire stern would have blown off. But we're going to take a wild guess and presume no one was counting their lucky stars at the moment when they had to make that call.
"You know when you're so embarrassed you want the ship to explode and remove your head with shrapnel? That."
And then, because every single man on the Willie Dee had made a deal with the devil and lost, a freak wave hit the boat, knocking one guy overboard (he was never found) and flooding the boiler room. This resulted in a loss of power, which put the William D. Failure even further behind the rest of the convoy. If it had been us, we would have just quietly turned tail and slipped on back to the States. But they didn't. Even though Admiral Ernest King, who was in charge of the convoy (and getting sick of the problems and hourly damage reports from the Willie Dee), personally radioed Captain Walter, telling him to cut the shit out and start acting properly.
"This thing is making weird sounds. Someone should see to that."
Walter vowed to "improve his ship's performance." But of course he didn't, otherwise this list wouldn't exist.
#3. ... Then Accidentally Launched a Torpedo at the President's Boat
So by this point, everyone on the mission was understandably a little skittish. So FDR himself takes the initiative of asking the crew of the Iowa to demonstrate that they could defend themselves if someone other than the idiots at the back of the convoy tried to attack them; specifically, to defend itself if the Iowa were under attack from the air. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he probably imagined the Porter was capable of flying, and he wanted to be ready.
If we were sitting on the deck of this ship, we'd feel goddamn invincible.
The way this particular drill worked was that the Iowa would release balloons that served as targets for anti-aircraft guns. Fair enough. Until some of the balloons drifted over to the Porter and someone (Captain Walter) thought it was time for redemption. So he ordered his crew to fire on any balloons missed by the Iowa's gunners. That part went fine. Then, feeling cocky, he ordered a practice firing of their torpedoes. And the practice target would be the Iowa.
Oh, yes. You know what's about to happen.
They announced "Fire one!" and the first fake torpedo was fake fired. "Fire two!" and the second fake torpedo was fake fired. "Fire three!" and a swooshing sound was heard. The crew watched in horror as an actual torpedo left the tube and made a beeline for the Iowa and the president of the United States.
"My Roosevelty senses are tingling."
Remember that this was a secret mission -- no one knew the president of the United States would be on the USS Iowa until he boarded it, and even then the whole deal was hush-hush. They were at war, after all. And all it would take to sabotage the trip would be one slip-up to the wrong person. Which was why the convoy was supposed to exercise radio silence.
Now, there are occasions when you have to break radio silence, like if for instance something even worse than being discovered by the enemy will happen if you don't. You'd think that "just shot a torpedo at the president" would be one of those times when you have to break the rule for the greater good.
"Hang on, is this the Roosevelt who wrestles torpedoes? No? Damn shame."
Not according to the brainiacs on the Porter. They decided radio silence trumped the life of their commander in chief and everyone else on board the ship, so they used light signals to warn the Iowa a torpedo was coming. Light signals. Like it was 1775 and they were at the Old North Church waiting for Paul Revere.
"Three if by torpedo (by sea)."
But they couldn't even get that part right. The signalman quickly told the Iowa that a torpedo was in the water ... except he said that it was going in the opposite direction. Realizing his mistake, the signalman tried again. This time he completely botched it and accidentally signaled to the Iowa "We're going in reverse full speed." We wouldn't be surprised if the Iowa had a little party at that news.
Finally, someone decided to break radio silence and ordered Iowa to turn right fast. After haggling over who was calling, the Iowa quickly obliged. Obviously the president was panicking, knowing that death could be on its way ... oh wait, no, Roosevelt asked to be rolled over to watch the torpedo action. His Secret Service agents then proceeded to pull their pistols to shoot the torpedo themselves if necessary. Luckily, the torpedo wound up missing the boat, thanks to the Iowa's sharp turn.
And because the crew of the Porter couldn't even get a simple tragic accident right.
This was about the point when Admiral King ordered the Porter to please leave the convoy, lest they try to assassinate the president again. So the crew followed orders and sailed to Bermuda, where they found themselves confronting armed Marines who were there to arrest them. All of them. It was the first time an entire Navy crew had been arrested.


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Thomasville Furniture Industries is selling its showroom on East Main Street.
TFI, a company that has spent more than 100 years in the Chair City, listed its former headquarters with Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate Services in Charlotte for $2.25 million. Built in 1958, the 225,000-square-foot facility sits on 7.24 acres and once was home to hundreds of jobs.
According to City Manager Kelly Craver, who walked through the building on Monday, the approximately 50 people who still work there eventually will relocate to a new TFI location on Eastchester Drive in High Point. Aside from a few warehouses and one out of eight original plants, TFI's presence in the Chair City will all but vanish once the employees officially move.
"It's the last thing anybody wants is the building to be empty," Craver said. "I don't know how long the employees will be in the building but I have spoken with the realtor. There were a whole bunch of cars in the back but they are getting things together to market the building. They will vacate the building at some point in time. It's not empty right now, but it's obviously under-utilized for the square footage. Obviously TFI and Home Brands sees a sunset for the use of that building."
Craver, who toured the plant on city business, said TFI does want to keep its mainframe computer system at the location and lease space from the new owners.
"I will be looking at all possibilities for the city of Thomasville," said Craver, who did not specify what interest the city would have in the property. "It was built as a national headquarters for a major company. Certainly this real estate firm was chosen for their ability to market this building to folks who need this type of facility. It's priced reasonably, especially at $10 a square foot."
Once the showroom is sold, Craver said Plant C and two warehouses on Julian Avenue and Morrison Avenue will be all that's left of TFI in Thomasville. The human resources building on the corner of Second Avenue and East Main Street also is included in the property for sale.
City Councilman Raleigh York said that while the news of the sale is disappointing, it wasn't a complete surprise. York feels the city's focus now should be moving forward and finding another way to utilize the facility.
"This is something we've seen coming for a long time now," York said. "Most of the plants went first and now the management is going to be gone. It's like everything else, when businesses move out, you hate to see them do it. We're just going to keep working as hard as we can to find new businesses to come here and use these properties that are not being utilized."
York said the challenge is finding a business big enough that would need a facility as spacious as the showroom. York did not rule out the possibility of the city purchasing the property and turning it into a new police station.
"I don't know that we would, but that option and maybe some others should be on the table," said York. "We'll see if there would any possibilities there for something like that or some other use for us. It's a massive building and could have a lot of possibilities for different things. At this point, we have to look forward, not back."
The building has five levels and 300 parking spaces.
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Can my email account be accessed without the password, and how secure is email if I store my personal documents on it?
And how come Yahoo Mail asks me to tell them my friends and folders names to give it back to me after being stolen?
Can my email account be accessed without the password, and how secure is email if I store my personal documents on it?
And how come Yahoo Mail asks me to tell them my friends and folders names to give it back to me after being stolen?
Now, all this sounds very scary, but it's important in security to understand the level of risk and what your risk appetite is. Nothing is 100% secure - so you have to ask yourself: - How valuable is this data to me? What will it cost me if there is a breach? - What kind of attacker might try and get it? What resources and capabilities do they have?
If the data is not very valuable, and anyone who is likely to want it is not very capable, then you don't need a lot of security.
I'm not sure this is very practical, so here's some simple tips will help you improve the security of your stored email:
It's normally not possible to access your account without your password since it's the most used system for authenticating users. But email providers tend to add a way to recover the access to an account that can lead to take control without the password: the "Security question".
This is a shame in terms of security. Suppose that you defined your mother maiden name as the security question. All I have to do is find your Facebook account (with some luck, you'll leave all the details available to the public), find if your mother is in your friends, and get information about her, including her maiden name and BOOM, I have access to your email account. This has been demonstrated already, including for celebrities like Sarah Palin and it will still be possible as long as such inherently insecure questions exist.
To protect against this you have two possibilities:
Gmail also suggests a better alternative to access your account called two-factor authentication. This way login requires both your password and a code given to you by SMS (or the Google Authenticator app on your phone). Enabling this guarantees you an additional level of security for your account.
Just to point out what has not already been mentioned, the password could be leaked
Please link to where you see this, I would assume it is part of a manual recovery process, and if you can't answer these questions, they can throw your request out. But there may be more rules, I don't know.
No, it's not possible (unless you are one of those people that use the same password for every single account you own). It will be as secure as easy it is to access your account.
Yahoo will ask this information to make sure you are who you pretend to be.
Should this not be obvious:
Be sure:
The integrity of your email security is limited by any weakest link. That includes all of the other answers plus any physical access to any duplicates with key extraction methods for passwords.
So get a security audit by professionals if the content is worth it.
(CounterPane Internet Security was one such professional group now owned by BT Group)
I think Lucas Kauffman made a very important point in his answer: "Be sure Your machine is secure".
I'd like to expand a bit on this, because it is a critical issue that people tend to overlook.
One example of an insecure scenario (and fairly common one) is that domain administrators in a corporate environment have access to employees' computer resources. In this scenario someone could steal your browser cookies (which are typically stored on the hard drive in plain text) and, provided you are logged in on some websites, can basically steal your sessions.
Thus, in the case of web email like Yahoo, someone could be able to access your account to read and even send emails, without knowing your password.
The answer to your question depents on what steps you have taken to secure your account, but do not just depending on a password. Simply put, passwords are the form of security from the past and are just not sufficient any more. If you are truly concerned about your email account, what I would do is look for providers who offer 2FA (two-factor authentication) where you can telesign into your account. I also have contacted some of the organizations to see if they plan on providing 2FA. When I have this, it gives me the confidence that my account won't get hacked and my personal information isn't vulnerable. And this is an option available to you by your provider.
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I keep asking OG Rocka if i can get in to TBS but each time he bars me and says i don't pull hard enough
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the back seat of a car where two people would have sex.
let's take this to TBS so we can fuck.
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Or go to any major shopping centre... always plenty there!
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Atlanta independent television station (actually it is WTBS-17 in Atlanta and TBS Superstation outside Atlanta), owned by Time Warner.
TBS stands for Turner Broadcast System
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Civilization is a TBS game, and Age of Empires is a RTS (real time strategy) game.
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Do you know any expressions that have the same meaning as mathematical equation? I search through list of synonym and I cannot find any replacement.
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In cases like this, formula probably has a similar meaning to equation, though for mathematicians and physicists there is a distinction.
Many specific equations have their own names. I will not list them here but Wikipedia has a good start. If your equation is important it will probably be best to refer to its name.
Otherwise, you can use some of the following phrases (provided links are where I found the terms):
Mathematical terms tend to be very specific and narrow in their definition. There is absolutely nothing wrong with using the term "equation" if that is what you are referring to. Trying to shoehorn a different word in is more likely to cause confusion and isn't likely to win you many brownie points.
I don't have an expression, but I do have a poem (specifically a limerick).
This reads as:
I apologize for not being a real answer, I would however say that mathematical equation could be redundant. Equation alone would probably do in a lot of cases.
In the programming world people often use the term expression although this page distinguishes the two:
There would also be comparison, equivalence, equality or even par depending on the context as well as the paraphrases "formula of equality" (chemistry) and "identity relation".


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GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo is receiving a 2013 Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) to continue developing the Open SUNY Textbooks Program, a multi-campus effort that Geneseo's library is coordinating with other SUNY libraries to engage faculty in developing free online textbooks. The goal of the project is to help reduce the cost of attending colleges and universities.
Geneseo's award is one of six that SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher announced today is receiving second-round funding. The Open SUNY Textbooks initiative started last year as a pilot project through IITG and library funding. The grant program funds campus innovations and initiatives that have the potential to be replicated elsewhere within SUNY to benefit students and faculty across the state and world.
"The IITG program has enabled our campuses to enhance the quality of a SUNY education by leveraging our systemness and bringing students the best that technology has to offer," said Zimpher. "This program is one of many that exemplify SUNY's capacity to model innovative instructional practices for higher education nationally and globally. We look forward to seeing these outstanding ideas replicated across SUNY to benefit even more of our students, faculty and staff."
Geneseo library director Cyril Oberlander, principal investigator for the program and project editor, said the Open SUNY Textbooks pilot project has gone exceedingly well the first year thanks to the initial grant, resulting in 15 textbooks that will be published by faculty representing nine SUNY schools.
"We will publish these high-quality open textbook titles during the fall of 2013 in a wide range of disciplines," said Oberlander. "The new funding will continue the momentum this project has generated and allow us to add even more titles and involve more libraries. We also will be able to focus on developing interactive books that provide learning assessments."
The 15 books will be published in the following disciplines: anthropology; business; computer science; education, English; geological sciences; mathematics; music education; and physics. Participating institutions and libraries include SUNY Geneseo; Monroe Community College; SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry; SUNY Fredonia; SUNY Oswego; University at Buffalo; Upstate Medical University; The College of Brockport; and SUNY Press (consultation).
The IITG competitive grant competition is open to SUNY faculty and staff across all disciplines. Recipients will openly share project outcomes, enabling SUNY colleagues state-wide to replicate and build upon the innovations.
"The IITG program has already demonstrated significant returns by leveraging funding opportunities, but more importantly, it develops and sustains important faculty and staff collaborations across SUNY in an efficient manner," said David K. Lavallee, SUNY executive vice chancellor and provost. "Congratulations to all of this year's awardees."
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What does $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_{p}/\mathbb{Q})$ mean? ($p$ is a prime number.)
If it is defined as $\mathrm{Aut}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_{p}/\mathbb{Q})$, then does it have any property like usual galois groups?
For example, is the following statement true? :
Let $\alpha \in \overline{\mathbb{Q}}_{p}$, and assume that for any $\sigma \in \mathrm{Aut} (\overline{ \mathbb{Q} } _{p} / \mathbb{Q})$, $\sigma (\alpha) = \alpha$. Then, $\alpha \in \mathbb{Q}$.
If this is true, then how can I prove it?
Please give me any advice.


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This project funds the sending and support costs for the vice president for spiritual and community life at Payap University in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Rev. Dr. Esther Wakeman fills this position. Payap was founded in 1974 as the first Christian college in Thailand, and it is now a university with about 6,000 students and 850 faculty and staff. About 10 percent of the students and 30 percent of the faculty and staff are Christian. In her role Esther also oversees the Christian Communications Institute (CCI), which uses traditional and modern dramatic and musical arts to present the gospel in schools and villages all over Thailand. Esther is accompanied by her husband, Rev. Rob Collins, a retired PC(USA) mission coworker.E200327
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I have a hoard of LEGO kits that passed from me to my nephew, and now to my son. Some of the kits that are included with the set date back to the early 1970's. Are there any health risks with passing the older kits down to my son? Have there ever been recalls or warnings published about the chemical make-up of older bricks?
The most important thing is to make you keep any swallowable magnet out of reach.
This is potentially lethal if two magnets are swallowed and attrach each other from different part of the intestine, as unfortunately did happen to a kid a few years back with some other toy. That's why LEGO has completely redesigned train magnets to be completely encased in the buffers, which are a way too big element to swallow.
The LEGO group pride themselves on their low product recall rate, which I believe generally only effects parts that break too easily or similar - often this is related to Primo or DUPLO components that are aimed at very young children.
I'm not aware of a recall due to the chosen materials - as noted in this question the LEGO Group switched to their current material (ABS) in 1963, however the exact composition may vary from modern bricks.
It probably wouldn't hurt to take a look at the advice for cleaning the bricks in warm, dilute soapy water or with a mild bleach.
Certainly any effects would have to be low level and based on long term exposure, as my kids haven't shown any adverse effects to using my collection from the late 70's onwards.
Just one further point of note: The original rubber bands from the Technic sets are prone to deterioration - so watch out for them giving way.
A health risk with old, well used hand me down bricks is the possibility of broken pieces and foreign objects like staples, glass shards, old batteries, (loose magnets!) and stuff being mixed in with the elements. It's always a good idea to check through them before you hand them over to the next generation of builders.
Nothing really worse than the newer kits, quite frankly.
Below 3 years old, they tend to explore what the world has to offer by putting small bricks in their tiny noses. for these reasons, an adult need to be there all the time brick toys are in use. If the bricks happen to be the adult`s toy, rigorously stowing them away when not playing is in order.
Old bricks might just be plain dirty. If your LEGO sets have been collecting dust on a shelve for twenty years, you might want to clean them off first.


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McPherson city officials say they plan to continue a police chaplaincy program despite a complaint from a national group that it violates the constitutional requirement for separation of church and state.
Mayor Thomas Brown said Monday that discussions with the city's attorney led him to believe the program is constitutional.
The city was contacted last week by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The Wisconsin-based group said a McPherson resident complained about the program.
McPherson officials say chaplains will be allowed to offer counseling to officers and be present when families are notified of tragedies.
The Hutchinson News reports the program has not yet begun. Brown says the city will consider some of the issues raised by the foundation to be sure it complies with the law.
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During your first few days in Florence, you will attend orientation to help you get acclimated to NYU, NYU Florence, and the city. The NYU Florence staff will greet arriving students at the airport and provide transport to the NYU Florence estate where you will check in to your assigned villa. Over the next two days an in-depth orientation will cover all the topics pertinent to every day life in Florence—from banking and cell phones, to local customs, navigating the city, the academic policies and facilities, particular courses that involve the city in specific ways, and the role of the student life staff. A survival Italian course, a neighborhood tour, a welcome reception and a day trip to a nearby Tuscan city conclude your first few days.
By the time you arrive in Florence, you'll already have registered for your classes. Advisers from the Office of Academic Support will assist you with changing your schedule or, for approved students, registering at the University of Florence if you've decided to take a course there. You'll buy your books at local bookstores; many required readings will also be available on reserve at the Villa Ulivi library.


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WELLSBURG - The owners of American Iron said they want the gym at 98 Seventh St. to be a convenient, comfortable place where men, women and teens can exercise.
"We welcome pretty much everybody - all ages," said Amyelia Gaudio, adding she and co-owner A.J. Klein prefer that youth under 13 are accompanied by an adult.
The couple noted the gym is open 24 hours a day, with clients gaining access through a keycard system, to make it easier for everyone to fit exercise into their busy schedules.
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AMERICAN IRON — Amyelia Gaudio and A.J. Klein have purchased the former Jordan's Gym in Wellsburg, renaming it American Iron and targeting men, women and teens. Located at 98 Seventh St., the gym offers access to exercise equipment throughout the day as well as personal training.
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"That's what everybody loves. They can come in at 2 o'clock in the morning if they want," said Gaudio.
Located not far from state Route 2, the gym also offers a variety of membership plans, from weekly on up, she said.
Klein said he and Gaudio are happy to help newcomers familiarize themselves with the gym's assortment of equipment.
"We want them not to be afraid to ask questions," he said.
The gym currently offers cardio equipment, stationary bikes, weight machines and free weights, among other equipment and there are plans to add more, said Gaudio.
The two also hope to add a nutrition bar, with protein drinks and bottled water and summer activities, including a cross-fit competition.
Gaudio said many women come to the gym to lose weight, while men often seek to add muscle. In either case, she stresses the importance of good nutrition.
"Nutrition is the biggest part," agreed Klein.
The pair have been busy remodeling and repainting the gym since taking it over from Mark Jordan, who operated it as Jordan's Gym for three years, initially on Charles Street.
Gaudio and Klein met at the gym and when Jordan decided to pursue other goals, welcomed the opportunity to follow their dream of running their own business.
A 2011 graduate of Brooke High School, Gaudio is studying exercise physiology at West Liberty University and is a girls basketball coach at Wellsburg Middle School.
A former Brooke Bruins basketball player, she said, "I've always been obsessed with anything involving fitness."
A 2010 graduate of Weirton Madonna High School, Klein said, "I've always been into sports. I played baseball and football at Madonna and got into working out then."
He also works for a construction firm in Washington, Pa.
Both are Wellsburg natives.
They encourage anyone interested in learning more about the gym to call them or visit them online at their Facebook page at AmericanIronGym or website at www.americaniron247.webstarts.com.
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Is metatheory, considered as a formal system, that used to prove the First Incompleteness Theorem, consistent?
Peano Arithmetic suffices to prove Godel's Theorem, and Peano Arithmetic is consistent, so yes.
If you don't believe Peano Arithmetic is consistent, then the question becomes: What do you believe is consistent? As you can see in the accepted answer to this question, you can prove Godel's Theorem in Primitive Recursive Arithmetic, or even a bit less. If you doubt that PRA is consistent, you'll be forced to doubt so much that any skepticism you might have about Godel's Theorem is probably among the least of your worries.
As already pointed out by Steven Landsburg, there are plenty of such theories if you stick to conventional mathematics. If you are some sort of an ultrafinitist, the incompleteness theorem is provable in weak fragments of bounded arithmetic, such as $PV$ or $S^1_2$. These theories are interpretable in Robinson's arithmetic $Q$, so as long as you accept that $Q$ is consistent, there is such a theory. Do you believe that for every natural numbers $n,m$, the number $\underbrace{2^{2^{\cdot^{\cdot^{\cdot^{2^m}}}}}}_n$ exists? Then $Q$ is consistent.


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Fox Cuts Away From Obama-GOP Conversation In Order To Get A Head Start On Attacks: He Was 'Lecturing'
President Obama held a candid, face-to-face conversation with House Republicans today at their annual retreat in Baltimore. After Obama gave his remarks, he had to answer tough questions from Republican lawmakers about health care, the budget, taxes, and other issues. Although the riveting exchange lasted over an hour, both CNN and MSNBC aired the entire event.
However, at 1:11 p.m. ET — when there was still 20 minutes left to go — Fox News decided to cut away and begin its commentary. Anchor Trace Gallagher's immediate reaction was that Obama was being too "combative" and "lecturing" — like he was at his State of the Union address. Correspondent Bret Baier agreed, saying there was "a little bit of that," but conceded that there was a "decent…give-and-take on the specifics." Watch it:
Unsurprisingly, Fox is echoing a Republican talking point. Several Republicans complained that Obama was lecturing them in his State of the Union speech:
— "I felt like he was admonishing Congress and certainly lecturing Republicans, accusing us of being an obstructionist party, when what it is we're about is trying to focus on the issue, which is control the spending and let's go about creating an environment for jobs." — House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA)
— "The address was 'more of a lecture, I thought, in tone,' [Cornyn] said, but Obama 'gives a great speech.'" — Rep. John Cornyn (R-TX)
— "In a word, 'lecture' [is what I thought of Obama's State of the Union speech]. I think there was quite a bit of lecturing, not leading in that, as opposed to Governor McDonnell's follow-up comments, quite inspiring his connection with the people. He absolutely gets it, he understands government's appropriate role." — Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, 1/27/10, Fox News
Not only did Fox cut away from the Obama-GOP exchange, but the network then brought on Rep. Peter King (R-NY) — who was still in New York "because of the whole 9/11 controversy with the trials" — about 10 minutes later to start commenting on Obama's performance. A look at what was happening on all the networks at that time:


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Ultima Vez Modificado: 1 de noviembre del 2001
Reviewers: Li Liu, MD
Source: JAMA, 2000 Jan 19; 283(3): 354-60
Urinary incontinence and impotence are among the most common side effects after radical prostatectomy for early stage prostate cancer. The rates of incontinence range from 4% to 40% and impotence from 30% to 75% depending upon the selection of the patients and clinical practices. Dr. Janet L. Stanford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and a multicenter team reported the incidences of these side effects in patients who underwent radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer.
A total of 1,291 black, white, and Hispanic men, age 39 to 79, with primary prostate cancer who underwent radical prostatectomy within 6 months of diagnosis were included. They were followed for up to 2 years.
In this study, radical prostatectomy was associated with significant erectile dysfunction and some compromise in urinary function. Erectile dysfunction may significantly affect quality of life, particularly in younger men. Medications and other measures are currently available to address this problem. Some studies have suggested that radical prostatectomy and radiation therapy are equally effective in local tumor control in selected patients with early stage prostate cancer. Patients should be aware of potential treatment sequelae of each and how these might be treated if they arise.


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With 66 poolsters, which is an increase even from last year's record number, head coach Tonja Harrison's Pratt Swim Team is once again getting ready to dive into another competitive season. Harrison will be assisted this year by Tonya Younie.
"Things are going great," Harrison said of her squad's early workouts. "We got off to a slow start because it was kind of cold at the beginning of summer—we're way behind where we were at this time last year; but things are starting to heat up now."
Returning to see if they can retain their Swimmer of the Year status in their respective age groups are Wyatt Brant, Hailey Hewatt and Corinne Donnenwerth. Other promising returners are Sidney Harrison and Morgan Strong.
Harrison is also encouraged about some new prospects as well. "Jack Barker and Jackson Baker are both in the 5-6 age group and they're looking great so far," Harrison observed. "We also have a trio of new 15 and up boys that I'm excited about: Dustin McGraw, Johnathan Hurt and Jacob Kiley."
The Pratt team swims in a league with Cheney, Kingman and Cunningham with meet sites rotating among the towns. The Pratt Swim Team opens at Cheney next Tuesday June 18th. Friday June 21st and Tuesday June 25 are at Kingman.
The only home meet this season will be Friday June 28th. July 1 and July 3 the league semi-finals and league finals will be held at Cunningham.
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