Don't forget the weather sensors that are very well suited to being placed in the middle of dual carriageway (as long as it has a decent median strip), as it's usually a fairly open, exposed place, ideal for wind speed measurement and accurate temperature/humidity readings. They're solar powered as they're often not near powerlines (and draw so little current it's not worth hooking them up to the mains), and have antennae due to their hourly communication with the mothership, aka weather bureau.
Microsoft has released the conversion tools (to be used within existing versions of Office, not as standalone viewers) on their download site, or the Office site. I can't see a way to directly link to the update, as it is country dependent and some updates may require validation (surprise, surprise).
It will be interesting to see how this investigation concludes. Some dismiss a lot of what comes out at these press conferences as simple 'nutbag syndrome', however well-founded their claims may be. See, from the article...
As the conference drew to a close, a heckler interrupted saying he was from Ukraine and had also been the victim of poisoning.
He's been labelled a heckler, when he may well have a genuine issue at hand. The same thing, perhaps a little more dramatic, happened at a press conference regarding the demise of the Kursk.
On 18 August, Nadezhda Tylik mother of Kursk submariner Lt. Sergei Tylik, produced an intense emotional outburst in the middle of an in-progress news briefing about Kursk's fate. After attempts to quiet her failed, a nurse injected her with a sedative and she was removed from the room, incapacitated. The event, caught on film, caused further criticism of the government's response to both the disaster, and how the government handled public criticism of said response.
When Russia (yes, even modern-day Russia) gets its hands near an investigation, the result is usually indeterminate or irrelevant, never indisputable.
Actually, it's much more interesting to look at the project's page than just read an article about it.
Some highlights of the anticipated LMT research are outlined below:
* solar-system planetesimals & planets
* extra-solar protoplanetary-disks
* individual Galactic star-forming regions
* the Galactic nucleus
* local galaxies
* active galactic nuclei
* high-redshift dusty starburst galaxies
* clusters of galaxies and their large-scale distribution.
This is a rather exciting endeavour for those with interest in anything "out there" as equipment of this magnitude is not readily available. Digging into the "building blocks" of inner and outer space, and everything in between, will no doubt yield some interesting surprises, as Hubble continues to do.
I like the multiple mobile-home theory. It's like a less expensive version of what excessively wealthy types do, having houses all over the place. The health insurance deductible is a no-brainer, I'm surprised they still sell $0-deductible insurances to the masses. You win twice when taking out the higher deductible insurance: You put the equivalent in a high-interest account and you end up with the interest (hey, $15 is better than $0) as well as a lower overall cost.
One of the more insightful things I've read on here.
Jones said the final rules will be spelled out in the Federal Register sometime in the next few months. He acknowledged, however, that the EPA oversight will apply only to products advertised as germ-killing -- a detail that at least one major retailer has apparently noted.
The Sharper Image, which until recently advertised as anti-microbial several products containing nanosilver, has dropped all such references from its marketing materials.
So the companies that want to get around this only have to change how they market their products? Sounds like an effective use of government time/money to me.
It should be all or nothing - you're controlling/monitoring all these nanosilver-based products, or none. It's like Australia's GST - it's applicable on all items - well, except healthcare, some foods (eg, orange juice is GST-free if purchased "to go" yet incurs the 10% tax if consumed in-store), international travel, and anything else the government of the day wanted to exclude.
Exclusions like this make for an impractical management model which requires constant updating and refinement. The result? Companies say "I didn't know about that change to the law" and get off lightly.
Having worked for a school, I know how durable these devices are going to have to be to withstand day-to-day use. The Compaq, Toshiba and NEC laptops of 10 years ago didn't take much more than a nudge to the back of the LCD to crack it or break the backlight, leaving the (admittedly rich) parents to fork out another $3,000 for a replacement unit, or $1,200 for the out-of-warranty repair.
I hope that these computers end up being not just "cheap" but inexpensive to own, operate and repair. Insurance premiums on cars go up if the cost of parts/repair is high; the perceived value of this device changes in inverse proportion to this - why would a school/state/country buy thousands of them if the spare parts/repair cost is going to be high?
US-VISIT Increment 1 will store fingerprint images, both in the IDENT database and
transiently on the some POE workstations and departure kiosks. These images are, of course,
sensitive, and their storage could present a security as well as a privacy risk. Because retention of
fingerprint images is functionally necessary so that manual comparison of fingerprints can be
performed to verify biometric watch list matches, appropriate mitigation strategies will be utilized,
including encryption on the departure kiosks and physical and logical access controls on the POE
workstations and on the IDENT system.
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Have a look at the picture here and judge for yourself...
Well, apparently. After being asked the 30 questions, they suggest I vote for Fortuyn, which translates to what, exactly?
Here are the 30 topics, each of which you are asked to 'agree' with or 'disagree' with.
1 Citizens should elect the prime minister.
2 Child benefit should be increased.
3 The more you earn the larger the contribution you should pay for health insurance.
4 Working parents should pay for child care facilities.
5 If you need home care you should contribute towards it.
6 Young people under the age of 27 should no longer receive social security benefits.
7 Everyone receives state old age pension from the age of 65. People who in the future receive state old-age pension and a pension of over 15,000 euro should themselves pay contributions towards this benefit.
8 It should be easier for employers to terminate the employment of staff with a fixed contract.
9 Cannabis and other soft drugs should be decriminalised.
10 Tackling terrorism is more important than the personal freedom and privacy of the individual.
11 Everyone over the age of 14 is required to be able to prove who is he or she is. The government should abolish this identification obligation.
12 Everyone should be free to say what he wants, even if this discriminates against other people.
13 A teacher at a school with many children who have learning difficulties should earn more than a teacher at an ordinary school.
14 Junior general secondary schools (MAVO) no longer exist as a school in their own right but have become part of the preparatory secondary vocational education system (VMBO). The MAVO should be restored as a separate type of school.
15 Christian and Muslim faith schools should have the right to refuse pupils.
16 The government currently subsidises the public television channels Netherlands 1, 2 and 3. One of these channels should be axed.
17 Euthanasia should be allowed.
18 Everyone should make clear during their lifetime whether their organs may be donated to sick people after their death.
19 Some people have a Dutch passport and a passport of another country. The government should abolish this dual nationality.
20 Antilleans who commit crimes should be sent back to the Antilles and imprisoned there.
21 A homeowner receives tax relief on mortgage interest. This scheme should be made less advantageous for people in the higher income groups who take out a new mortgage.
22 Landlords of residential property should be able to decide for themselves how much rent they will ask.
23 No new mosques may be built.
24 Schiphol Airport should continue growing.
25 More roads are needed to combat traffic congestion.
26 The Netherlands should abandon nuclear energy in due course.
27 The rights of animals should be safeguarded in the Constitution.
28 Turkey should be able to join the European Union.
29 The Netherlands should spend more money on defence.
30 The Netherlands should no longer participate in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme.
From the original article...
"The snowflakes have paid off in terms of brand identity. We want shoppers to come in and buy, of course. But we also want them to have long-term, warm memories of Saks as a place to visit and shop," Wisgerof says. "Now the snowflake has become a Saks icon. In many ways, we now 'own' the snowflake...and it appears on our holiday shopping bags around the nation."
I wonder if they're going to patent the snowflake, now it's part of their brand and all...
This is exactly where Steve and Terri Irwin's "profits" have gone. An extract from Steve's interview with Australian journalist Andrew Denton:
ANDREW DENTON: A lot of people see you as this... this larger than life STEVE IRWIN, in some ways a one-dimensional, almost cartoon character. But what they, perhaps, don't know is you've bought huge tracts of land in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji, US. Why have you done that?
STEVE IRWIN: I'm a conservationist through and through, Andrew. That's, er...that's why I was put on this planet, um, for the benefit of wildlife and wilderness areas. That's what I'm into. That's what makes me pumped, mate. That's what myself and Terry (sic.) and our families have been all about.
A fantastic idea, and as the previous poster stated, a great way to protect the land, when it's managed appropriately.
Google Earth uses some aerial pictures (http://earth.google.com/earth.html) to produce the higher zoom levels. "Visible from plane" is a more accurate description of your house and (I presume you mean) car.
Only 10c/kWh? I knew we've been getting ripped off in Australia, paying some 15 or 18 cents per kWh, depending on where one lives.
Oh, the kilowatt-hour should be abbreviated to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwh...
In other news, Australian airline Qantas has today solved U-Tube's problems related to sounding like YouTube by purchasing the "U" from their name. From now on, it's Quantas and -Tube.
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Don't forget the weather sensors that are very well suited to being placed in the middle of dual carriageway (as long as it has a decent median strip), as it's usually a fairly open, exposed place, ideal for wind speed measurement and accurate temperature/humidity readings. They're solar powered as they're often not near powerlines (and draw so little current it's not worth hooking them up to the mains), and have antennae due to their hourly communication with the mothership, aka weather bureau.
Microsoft has released the conversion tools (to be used within existing versions of Office, not as standalone viewers) on their download site, or the Office site. I can't see a way to directly link to the update, as it is country dependent and some updates may require validation (surprise, surprise).
He's been labelled a heckler, when he may well have a genuine issue at hand. The same thing, perhaps a little more dramatic, happened at a press conference regarding the demise of the Kursk.
When Russia (yes, even modern-day Russia) gets its hands near an investigation, the result is usually indeterminate or irrelevant, never indisputable.
This is a rather exciting endeavour for those with interest in anything "out there" as equipment of this magnitude is not readily available. Digging into the "building blocks" of inner and outer space, and everything in between, will no doubt yield some interesting surprises, as Hubble continues to do.
What's the difference between 'vanguard' and 'forefront' with regard to radio-telescopy?
How long has this volcano been 'extinct' for?
One of the more insightful things I've read on here.
So the companies that want to get around this only have to change how they market their products? Sounds like an effective use of government time/money to me.
It should be all or nothing - you're controlling/monitoring all these nanosilver-based products, or none. It's like Australia's GST - it's applicable on all items - well, except healthcare, some foods (eg, orange juice is GST-free if purchased "to go" yet incurs the 10% tax if consumed in-store), international travel, and anything else the government of the day wanted to exclude.
Exclusions like this make for an impractical management model which requires constant updating and refinement. The result? Companies say "I didn't know about that change to the law" and get off lightly.
Having worked for a school, I know how durable these devices are going to have to be to withstand day-to-day use. The Compaq, Toshiba and NEC laptops of 10 years ago didn't take much more than a nudge to the back of the LCD to crack it or break the backlight, leaving the (admittedly rich) parents to fork out another $3,000 for a replacement unit, or $1,200 for the out-of-warranty repair.
I hope that these computers end up being not just "cheap" but inexpensive to own, operate and repair. Insurance premiums on cars go up if the cost of parts/repair is high; the perceived value of this device changes in inverse proportion to this - why would a school/state/country buy thousands of them if the spare parts/repair cost is going to be high?
Here's hoping it's right when it comes out ...
From Department of Homeland Security (PDF)
US-VISIT Increment 1 will store fingerprint images, both in the IDENT database and transiently on the some POE workstations and departure kiosks. These images are, of course, sensitive, and their storage could present a security as well as a privacy risk. Because retention of fingerprint images is functionally necessary so that manual comparison of fingerprints can be performed to verify biometric watch list matches, appropriate mitigation strategies will be utilized, including encryption on the departure kiosks and physical and logical access controls on the POE workstations and on the IDENT system.Have a look at the picture here and judge for yourself ...
Here are the 30 topics, each of which you are asked to 'agree' with or 'disagree' with.
"The snowflakes have paid off in terms of brand identity. We want shoppers to come in and buy, of course. But we also want them to have long-term, warm memories of Saks as a place to visit and shop," Wisgerof says. "Now the snowflake has become a Saks icon. In many ways, we now 'own' the snowflake...and it appears on our holiday shopping bags around the nation."
I wonder if they're going to patent the snowflake, now it's part of their brand and all ...
A fantastic idea, and as the previous poster stated, a great way to protect the land, when it's managed appropriately.
Nullarbor. While a little local knowledge wouldn't go astray, neither would a quick look at an atlas or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullarbor_plain wiki ...
Google Earth uses some aerial pictures (http://earth.google.com/earth.html) to produce the higher zoom levels. "Visible from plane" is a more accurate description of your house and (I presume you mean) car.
Only 10c/kWh? I knew we've been getting ripped off in Australia, paying some 15 or 18 cents per kWh, depending on where one lives. Oh, the kilowatt-hour should be abbreviated to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwh ...
In other news, Australian airline Qantas has today solved U-Tube's problems related to sounding like YouTube by purchasing the "U" from their name. From now on, it's Quantas and -Tube.