There's no reason a recently completed bridge can't be Structurally Deficient. It shouldn't be, but poor construction could lead to it being classified as such.
Structurally Deficient in the context of the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), which this report is based on, is well-defined federally, not by states. It means that the bridge is rated 4 or less for its Deck, Superstructure, or Substructure (or if a culvert, Culvert rating is 4 or less) or if its Structural Evaluation or Waterway Adequacy is 2 or less. The structural evaluation is generally just the lower of the Deck, Superstructure and Substructure ratings (or culvert rating), with some guidance involving average daily traffic and Inventory Rating.
Actually, I'm fairly familiar with the data here. Structurally Deficient in essence means a bridge that is in poor condition in either it's deck, superstructure or substructure. Bridges that do not meet current standards (e.g., not being wide enough for the number of lanes they carry) are called Functionally Obsolete. The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) system allows states only 3 categories: 1) Structurally Deficient, 2) Functionally Obsolete or 0) Neither. Bridges that are both Functionally Obsolete and Structurally Deficient are coded as 1) Structurally Deficient.
I'm not sure why the group decided to confound SD and FO bridges when there really wasn't any reason too, unless they were ignorant of or confused by FHWA's system or they were trying to make the problem seem worse than it actually is. Advocate groups will advocate, after all.
But we're not talking about taxes here, we're talking about tuition. Your argument may make somewhat more sense at a public school, but doesn't really work when looking at private schools.
Name five. Also, outgunned isn't merely being opposed with a weapon with higher killing potential. The police can quickly assemble overwhelming "mass" (something on the order of SUM(count(i)*weapon(i).killing_potential), even with less capable weapons.
by volume about half the trading is done by the large long term funds or corporations buying their own stock. the other half by hedge funds.
Simply false. If half of trading was done by large long term funds or was for buybacks, we would see two things: 1) tremendous turnover in ownership of stocks on an annual basis and 2) disappearing of stocks from the market because they were all brought back into the companies' holdings. Neither of these are true, so something else must be true.
To put it another way: the value of coal stock is a feature of the value of coal.
False. If this were true, every coal stock would have the same PE ratio and would pay the same (relative) dividend. They don't. Think about this. Also, decreasing demand (which would happen if there are fewer bidders) will (generally) result in lower prices.
Dead reckoning technology is actually very old. It has been used to guide missiles, submarines, and of course cars for decades even before the GPS was invented.
Dead reckoning was very old before it was used for any of those things. Like 700-800 years old. Before the first of those things.
But our lack of focus on rehabilitation, the fact that somewhere around 80% of Americans are now near or below poverty guideline according to recent reports coming out now, suggests that the major motivator of criminal activity today is desperation.
I keep seeing this number thrown out. I live in one of the poorest states in the country (Arkansas) and I don't see but one or two people in my area who could honestly described as impoverished. I think someone has cooked up a new definition of poverty to fit their agenda.
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Business as usual.
No, they're just continuously improving on it.
So, survival of the fittest?
THE 9th is the most often overturned appeals court of any, so maybe there is hope for a Supreme Court overrule.
They are 3rd on the list of most frequently overturned decisions, not first. Please do a little fact checking before you post.
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I'm curious, who do you consider to be way better these days? I'm certainly willing to try somebody else.
They had the name first.
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I already tired of the winning.
Its the NSA chiefs jobs to talk to foreign leaders and representatives and normal during the transition.
The National Security Advisor does not lead the NSA.
ABC is a private company. Does that mean that opposing party response to presidential speeches is no longer required?
Except that the White House just said that those are official statements.
Why do they loose them down the sinkholes? Is this an effort to fill them?
There's no reason a recently completed bridge can't be Structurally Deficient. It shouldn't be, but poor construction could lead to it being classified as such.
Structurally Deficient in the context of the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), which this report is based on, is well-defined federally, not by states. It means that the bridge is rated 4 or less for its Deck, Superstructure, or Substructure (or if a culvert, Culvert rating is 4 or less) or if its Structural Evaluation or Waterway Adequacy is 2 or less. The structural evaluation is generally just the lower of the Deck, Superstructure and Substructure ratings (or culvert rating), with some guidance involving average daily traffic and Inventory Rating.
TLDR: Feds define criteria for SD, not states.
Actually, I'm fairly familiar with the data here. Structurally Deficient in essence means a bridge that is in poor condition in either it's deck, superstructure or substructure. Bridges that do not meet current standards (e.g., not being wide enough for the number of lanes they carry) are called Functionally Obsolete. The National Bridge Inventory (NBI) system allows states only 3 categories: 1) Structurally Deficient, 2) Functionally Obsolete or 0) Neither. Bridges that are both Functionally Obsolete and Structurally Deficient are coded as 1) Structurally Deficient.
I'm not sure why the group decided to confound SD and FO bridges when there really wasn't any reason too, unless they were ignorant of or confused by FHWA's system or they were trying to make the problem seem worse than it actually is. Advocate groups will advocate, after all.
But we're not talking about taxes here, we're talking about tuition. Your argument may make somewhat more sense at a public school, but doesn't really work when looking at private schools.
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There, FIFY.
Well there was widespread deregulation of financial markets that made for the great recession
You do realize that the biggest deregulation of the financial markets occurred on Clinton's watch, right? Glass-Steagall ring a bell?
It's not from Ben Franklin.
Name five. Also, outgunned isn't merely being opposed with a weapon with higher killing potential. The police can quickly assemble overwhelming "mass" (something on the order of SUM(count(i)*weapon(i).killing_potential), even with less capable weapons.
by volume about half the trading is done by the large long term funds or corporations buying their own stock. the other half by hedge funds.
Simply false. If half of trading was done by large long term funds or was for buybacks, we would see two things: 1) tremendous turnover in ownership of stocks on an annual basis and 2) disappearing of stocks from the market because they were all brought back into the companies' holdings. Neither of these are true, so something else must be true.
I'm curious about the use case for this. Doesn't printing out stuff miss the entire point of having an e-reader?
APK, you are a fucking psycho. Enough with the stalking, already. And no, I'm not K.S. Kyosuke, nor do I have anything to do with him.
To put it another way: the value of coal stock is a feature of the value of coal.
False. If this were true, every coal stock would have the same PE ratio and would pay the same (relative) dividend. They don't. Think about this. Also, decreasing demand (which would happen if there are fewer bidders) will (generally) result in lower prices.
Dead reckoning technology is actually very old. It has been used to guide missiles, submarines, and of course cars for decades even before the GPS was invented.
Dead reckoning was very old before it was used for any of those things. Like 700-800 years old. Before the first of those things.
But our lack of focus on rehabilitation, the fact that somewhere around 80% of Americans are now near or below poverty guideline according to recent reports coming out now, suggests that the major motivator of criminal activity today is desperation.
I keep seeing this number thrown out. I live in one of the poorest states in the country (Arkansas) and I don't see but one or two people in my area who could honestly described as impoverished. I think someone has cooked up a new definition of poverty to fit their agenda.