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Fucking MedScape, some alternatives:

http://www.linkoph.com/2019/02/13/man-who-led-team-to-approve-lasik-now-says-it-was-a-mistake/

https://www.10news.com/news/national/former-fda-supervisor-calls-his-approval-of-lasik-a-mistake

https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/former-fda-supervisor-calls-his-approval-of-lasik-a-mistake

https://www.facebook.com/medscape/posts/the-phd-who-led-the-fda-team-that-approved-lasik-says-it-was-a-mistake-now-hes-l/10157099404069189/?_fb_noscript=1

Here, we part company. The Tax changes are responsible for GDP growth and great unemployment numbers we have enjoyed over the last few months. The tax "cuts" have predictably caused in increase in tax revenue due to the increase in economic activity, upping employment, raising household incomes and otherwise causing the "poor" to have more money as more of them have jobs who where unemployed and raising the pay of those who already where working.

Sorry but this is absolute horseshit. You're presenting this as an obvious fact but there's absolutely no evidence that these tax changes had any positive impact on what you're claiming. I had some more comments typed up to your other points, but come on dude.

Of course they didn't have any real impact yet. Real impact doesn't happen that quickly.

More likely the effects of the last couple years were just the O'Blama era running down.

As far as unemployment goes, GM might have something to nudge that number https://www.10news.com/home/ho...

Trump sycophant probably should have waited a while before braying about how his gawd made the trains run on time.

And yet, deficits are projected to be over a trillion next year...and the next...and the next...I guess short term sugar highs are enough to justify the tax cuts in your book.

This is not dissimilar to the Republicans "emergency Appropriations" used to fuel the Gulf Wars in the early oughts. Push paying the piper ahead, and hope the other party is in power so you can blame them.

Enter 2007 and 2008.

And such foolery to claim that the Republican majority instantly fixed the economy. Because the great recession inherited by O'Blama the moment he was sworn in was not his fault, no more the better economy Trump inherited was his doing.

And we are starting to see the start of the Republican results two years in - now we can start judging, Here's a shot across the bow: General Motors is closing plants in Detroit, Ohio, Ontario and Maryland, and eliminating 14,700 jobs, 8,100 of those white collar.

In a move certain to annoy some Trump loyalists, GM is cutting 25 percent of the Executive staff. Sauce: https://www.10news.com/home/ho...

The doctor bills an uninsured patient gets have no relationship to the contracted amounts that would actually be paid for the same procedure (company plus patient copay) by an insurance company or government assistance. Indeed, the payment for a given procedure can be wildly different among insurance plans, even from one company.

Hospital bills are even less related to the actual amounts paid for procedures. No, your insurance company is not really paying $25 for each aspirin you got during your stay. That line is in the "chargemaster" bill in hopes of trapping the occasional hapless foreign tourist - who will hate America for the rest of his life, but that's not your problem as a hospital accountant. Here's the story of a visiting Norwegian whose country was billed $143,000 for treating a rattlesnake bite:

http://www.10news.com/news/-14...

Yes, I do. And, even in the 4,000 pound helicopter I fly, a drone strike will absolutely take it out of the sky.

Did a little looking around and found one case of a 2.4 pound bird taking a helicopter out of the sky. The windshield had been intentionally replaced with a weaker one, and even then the helicopter only crashed because the bird hit the fire extinguisher, which then hit the engine controls. So don't swap out your windshield.

Yes, that was the accident I was referring to, but most helicopters don't have bird resistant windshields (neither of the two types that I fly do). Additionally, some more quick googling finds more accidents:

This one took out a pitch link on the rotor head with the same kind of bird as the PHI crash we referred to I found a paper with an interesting quote:

Most of the helicopters are damaged by small birds (more than 220 helicopters) and only a few helicopters have been impacted by large birds. As obvious in the plot, the small birds mostly cause minor damages and no helicopter has been destroyed by the small sized bird. The medium sized birds have destroyed most of the helicopters and have caused most of the substantial damages to the helicopter

Unfortunately it doesn't define the size of small, medium, or large birds, but my guess is that large would be a goose sized bird (which I found lots of fatal accidents, but those are clearly much bigger than the sized drones we're talking about. I'm guessing (but it's a guess) that when they talk about medium sized birds we're talking about birds in the relative size of drones, i.e. 2-5 pounds (but that's just a guess).

This is just totally made up and wrong. First of all there are battery powered ADS-B-IN systems (I use a Stratus 2 with about 8 hours of battery life while doing ADS-B plus AHRS plus providing a WiFi hotspot plus built in GPS) - an ADS-B system running for the length of a typical drone flight would use very little power.

The Stratus 2S, according to the web page, requires an iPad to work, is 10 oz, costs $900 on its own, and isn't a transponder anyway, so it's completely irrelevant. Their transponder with GPS is $3500, not battery powered, and looks like your average drone won't carry it.

The Stratus is designed to talk to a specific aviation iPad application: Foreflight (which we all love), so it does a lot of stuff a straight ADS-B doesn't need to do (like provide a WiFi connection to an iPad). I used it as an example to show that battery usage is low. Your comment about the transponder reminded me to mention that some people may not be aware that there are two frequencies in use for ADS-B. There is the 1090Mhz band which does use a transponder, but there is also the 978Mhz band which just uses a regular radio. I've been assuming all along that is what drones would use. Here is an example of a complete ADS-B IN/OUT system that I've seen Yes, it's $2,000, but keep in mind that this is a certified piece of gear for aircraft. Note that it weighs less than a pound (I picked it up at a trade show and it was very light despite being in a metal enclosure with heavy connectors etc.). Also note the total current draw: 0.2 amps @ 12 VDC. To put the cost into perspective, we once took apart an aviation clock from one of our helicopters (that costs $300.00) and my EE buddy said it was less than a dollar in components. You can imagine what's inside this FreeFlight ADS-B: a small microprocessor and a transmitter. If the Futaba type companies can't produce that for under $100 they aren't even trying...

Exactly. And there's no reason to expe

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So no frickin' sharks, then?

Someone picking up a dropped gun in a fight and using it against its owner?

That only happens to police officers. And only when there are no witnesses. Example:

http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/brothers-claim-they-heard-the-moments-just-before-a-fatal-shooting-by-an-officer-in-mira-mesa02052013

Have you ever made a gun? I recommend that you pick up a good book on gunsmithing and read it. Then get back to me about blowing hands and face off.

BTW, the first 3D Printed Lower Receiver lasted 6 rounds, before failure (jammed). The question is, do you think that they will improve the technology to make it last much much longer? I do. The rest of the gun isn't really "the gun", and can be milled and smithed with modern equipment.

And here, for your reading pleasure ...

http://www.10news.com/news/investigations/people-line-up-to-legally-make-untraceable-guns

A lot of folks will disagree with what Bill thinks.

10 WAYS THE IPAD WILL FOREVER CHANGE EDUCATION
http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2010/06/21/10-ways-the-ipad-will-forever-change-education/

SD Unified Purchases 26,000 iPads For District Students:
http://www.10news.com/news/31225263/detail.html

Man Sentenced For Pointing Laser At Helicopter

Really? I pity the poor African-American kid in Alabama who's parents can't afford to move. Of course, he/she is free to just stay at home and be home schooled (which will be self-study, as both parents have to work). Parents being able to direct specific things like this have in the past and will in the future be abused, to the detriment of everyone in the class.

I disagree. What you are referring to is typically a single hot-button issue, e.g. school prayer, evolution, etc... After all is said and done each parent has the option to teach their child whatever they want. IMO part of the reason so many people take issue with this and believe the government should step in to "deal with the problem" is that there is a general belief these days that it's the school or state's job to raise children. It's the parent's responsibility and that needs to be taken more seriously. If someone does not want their child to learn creationism or evolution, it's not that hard to sit the little tyke down and have a conversation, read a book, etc...

I believe that ultimately having parents more involved with the education of their children is a good thing and should be encouraged.

http://www.10news.com/health/3919722/detail.html

Hopefully you'll work on your writing skills before sending the application away. Few universities admit illiterates.

You might be surprised...

In (real) (un)related news, after 26 years of two 9s, a California based store will finally go up to four 9s. They say the change is necessary because of inflation...

http://www.10news.com/news/17423248/detail.html?rss=sand&psp=news

If any machine on the Internet is wide open you should stop there. From what I understand the U.S Attorney Michael Zweiback is charging you with allegedly accessing and copying student records not simply reporting that the servers were wide open. I do not know all the details of the case or if the news link below is correct but your web site fails to mention the specific detail on why they are charging you with with violating 18 U.S.C. 1030(a)(5)(A)(i)(B)(i) Computer Intrusion. http://www.10news.com/education/8881082/detail.htm l --Clip from Link-- Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Zweiback alleged McCarty accessed "information on a number of students." The prosecutor declined to give an exact figure on how many students' records were allegedly accessed. McCarty copied several applicants' records, prosecutors allege in a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday.

"People" do not want underpowered small and annoying hybrid cars.

Hybrid cars enter the fast lane
By Holly Hubbard Preston International Herald Tribune
SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2005

Mark Cappellano, a vintner in the Napa Valley of northern California, waited eight months for his new car, a 2004 Toyota Prius. After he took delivery of the car, which runs on a hybrid system incorporating a gas engine and an electric motor, Cappellano drove it to Los Angeles and back - a round trip of more than 800 miles, or 1,280 kilometers.

Gas Prices Soar; Drivers Look For Alternatives
Hybrid Cars Are Not Only Solution

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The Prius still has a waiting list, and the newest Toyota hybrid, the Highlander SUV, is catching on, too.

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Even though the hybrids are getting a lot of press, drivers are getting more interested in conventional cars that get good gas mileage.

Toyota plans 10 new hybrid vehicles; sets long-term 1 mln-unit sales target
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AFX) - Toyota Motor Co said it is developing on 10 new hybrid vehicles, after the segment saw strong sales in the US market.

Two years after it was introduced, Toyota's hugely successful Prius still has a waiting list and some buyers are waiting more than six months for delivery.

These are just some of the results I got when I news googled hybrids sales "waiting list". There are people lining up to have their names added to waiting lists for hybrids. While not every one is looking at hybrid some are also looking at convential cars that get good mileage.

than what these guys used.