While I wholeheartedly agree that the contents of the flight data recorder are of immense value to the safety of future air travel, the cockpit voice recorders are likely of no value. The CVR uses a two-hour loop, so the audio recorded during the time period from the aircraft's last contact with ATC until well after loss of radar contact was likely overwritten multiple times.
English is the international language of science. Anyone who wants to be well-recognized in the global scientific community must publish in English. While it is not the first language of many in the World, it is an extremely dynamic & adaptive language and has become the standard. Unlike more culturally "pure" languages, English readily absorbs words from other languages where no equivalent English word exists, with little resistance.
What is a "gigawatt per hour"? I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that it should just be "gigawatts", unless the OP was describing the rate of change of power generated... Oh wait - that would be ridiculous.
Not sure what sort of crappy day care you've been exposed to, but our daughter has been going to school at Bright Horizons since she was 10 weeks old. She is now 2 and 1/2, and we (including her) couldn't be more pleased. They are very experienced with early childhood education and provide us (first-time parents) guidance and support in raising our daughter. Their positive, nurturing environment, structured curriculum, and positive peer pressure with things like crawling, walking, eating, speaking, and potty training help to provide a rate of cognitive and social development that would be hard for us to emulate on our own. You talk about "day care" as though it's a lazy alternative to parenting - I would argue that it IMPROVES the quality of time that we spend together as a family because we are all fresh and excited to spend time together after our work / school days are over. Full-time moms are frequently exhausted and exasperated (not to mention financially strained), which strains their relationship with their child. Additionally, full-time parents generally have to drag their kids all over town during the day to do things like shopping, whether or not the child's mood or temperament are suitable - tantrum, anyone? Parents that have fulfilling careers outside of the family are happier and happier parents are better parents. Obviously, there needs to be proper work/life balance.
Actually, in the context of food labeling in th US, the term "organic" is tightly regulated by the USDA and its meaning has nothing to do with the definitions typically associated with biology or chemistry. This is similar to the way that standards of identity are established and enforced by the FDA (what you are legally allowed to label as "cheese", for example), or the specific USDA-defined standards that beef has to meet to be allowed to be labeled "choice" or "prime".
You sound like my grandpa. The train to the future just left and you're still at the station. Get used to the fact that change is constant, embrace it, or be left behind. Resistance is futile!
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While I wholeheartedly agree that the contents of the flight data recorder are of immense value to the safety of future air travel, the cockpit voice recorders are likely of no value. The CVR uses a two-hour loop, so the audio recorded during the time period from the aircraft's last contact with ATC until well after loss of radar contact was likely overwritten multiple times.
English is the international language of science. Anyone who wants to be well-recognized in the global scientific community must publish in English. While it is not the first language of many in the World, it is an extremely dynamic & adaptive language and has become the standard. Unlike more culturally "pure" languages, English readily absorbs words from other languages where no equivalent English word exists, with little resistance.
From which book about weather did you extract your anecdote?
What is a "gigawatt per hour"? I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that it should just be "gigawatts", unless the OP was describing the rate of change of power generated... Oh wait - that would be ridiculous.
Not sure what sort of crappy day care you've been exposed to, but our daughter has been going to school at Bright Horizons since she was 10 weeks old. She is now 2 and 1/2, and we (including her) couldn't be more pleased. They are very experienced with early childhood education and provide us (first-time parents) guidance and support in raising our daughter. Their positive, nurturing environment, structured curriculum, and positive peer pressure with things like crawling, walking, eating, speaking, and potty training help to provide a rate of cognitive and social development that would be hard for us to emulate on our own. You talk about "day care" as though it's a lazy alternative to parenting - I would argue that it IMPROVES the quality of time that we spend together as a family because we are all fresh and excited to spend time together after our work / school days are over. Full-time moms are frequently exhausted and exasperated (not to mention financially strained), which strains their relationship with their child. Additionally, full-time parents generally have to drag their kids all over town during the day to do things like shopping, whether or not the child's mood or temperament are suitable - tantrum, anyone? Parents that have fulfilling careers outside of the family are happier and happier parents are better parents. Obviously, there needs to be proper work/life balance.
Actually, in the context of food labeling in th US, the term "organic" is tightly regulated by the USDA and its meaning has nothing to do with the definitions typically associated with biology or chemistry. This is similar to the way that standards of identity are established and enforced by the FDA (what you are legally allowed to label as "cheese", for example), or the specific USDA-defined standards that beef has to meet to be allowed to be labeled "choice" or "prime".
You sound like my grandpa. The train to the future just left and you're still at the station. Get used to the fact that change is constant, embrace it, or be left behind. Resistance is futile!