Except that poverty affects people of color disproportionately compared to whites.
Here's a reference - https://www.kff.org/other/stat...
From that reference, in the State of New York, poverty rates are:
White - 7%,
Black - 19%,
Hispanic - 18%,
Asian/Pac Islander - 13%,
Native American - 24%,
More than one race - 14%,
I find these claims spurious. One need only look at population statistics to see that in 2010 the percentage of the population that was under age 45 was about 66%. https://www.census.gov/prod/ce... Since the boomers have been dying off, that has more than likely approached the 69% figure in the paper over the past 8 years. Nowhere in the article do they reference the current population distribution. So 69% of the population is under 45 and 69% of scam victims are under 45. To me that says you can't use age as a predictor for who is likely to fall for scams.
The Bloomberg article makes a point of stating how many flights were delayed and extra distance traveled on the day of the launch, but how many flights are delayed on other days? How much extra distance is added because of bad weather? Without these numbers to compare to, the launch day may have had fewer delays. We have no way of knowing from this article.
Well, considering that nuclear weapon detonations are usually accompanied by electromagnetic pulses, it could drastically impact your CPU and GPU performance.
Until you hear North Korea was threatening to attack Guam, and you're like "wtf are North Korea and Guam?"
There is some level of information that is required to be a good citizen, and another level that is probably memorized based on your occupation and gets used often enough where knowing it saves you the time to look it up.
Have you also seen the reports of how navigation tools are causing loss of spatial intelligence? Deity help us when the solar flares knock out electronics, or when NK attacks Guam and sets of other bombs around the world to cause a global EMP and loss of tech https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-...
I'm currently on Green Mars (book two) and absolutely loved Red Mars (book one). Book Three is called Blue Mars.
The first books was so good, and so timely with this topic, that I felt compelled to post. I read a lof ot Arthur C. Clarke as a kid, and wish I had read this trilogy when it first came out. The topics related to life back on Earth are so prescient, it is hard to believe the first book is nearly 25 years old. I'm definitely hooked, and will be reading more of Kim Stanley Robinson in the future.
You are aware kids can have savings accounts at banks? That seems like doing business with a minor. Alcohol and Tobacco have age limits - banking doesn't.
You mentioned webquests in your post, which are fine, but I would suggest you use them sparingly. When I taught HS Chem, I had a single page (front/back) webquest designed around the Physics 2000 Science Trek. http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl This was an excellent site I thought for learning about some of the physics underlying atomic structure, although I skipped over the Polarization part of the trek. There are other websites out there that are like this one, but designed around different topics which might be just as useful in a chem or physics classroom. If you choose to include some programming as another poster mentioned, you could always choose to have a class project where students design applets to help illustrate basic concepts - maybe ones NOT shown on any websites they've visited as a part of the class. Students at first completed my webquest during class, and then when the course schedule went to 8 per year/4 per day instead of 7 per year and we had less classtime, I began assigning the webquest as a homework/project.
"So why are we not building these reactors?"
Yeah, cause its always a good idea to work with large quantities of molten fluoride salts. I think I've got some materials right here in my shop that would work perfectly fine with that.
I'm a graduate student and I love that Google has many books available online. I have searched and found many books of interest to my research because I was able to actually skim pertinent sections, rather than having to guess based on the title and who the author was. Then, once I found these books, I checked out the print copies to read. I still find the print easier to read than the electronic, but may be the last of a dying breed.
Putting out a site like this is all well and good - but it only focuses on the developing world. How does it compare with other polluted sites in the US and Europe for instance? Hanford? Savannah River? Eastern Germany?
And how when Russia was a superpower does it suddenly become downgraded to developing world?
I think the legal standing ruling is part of a chess game as someone said. The court might have been saying "this is not a strong enough case for us to rule on, make sure you can prove you were affected and then we can rule". Of course, part of the problem with that is you would also have to show that you were wiretapped, and not the person you were conversing with. If John is talking to Terror Suspect A, and the only reason John's conversations are recorded is because TSA was tapped, John would also have no standing to sue. There is another case brewing: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007 /03/72811?currentPage=all posted on the main page as well. If W. Belew had conversations with this Al-Buthi, and the co-counsel Ghafoor had conversations with Al-Buthi, than how do they know it wasn't Al-Buthi who was wiretapped? If Al-Buthi is out of the united states, then the tapping could be covered by CIA/NSA.
And why do we still use this term "wiretapped"? Its from days when there was no wireless communication between regular people. Now, with cell phones, many (most?) calls take place over the electromagnetic spectrum. This is Public! Licensed through the FCC for commercial use. But why would anyone have any expectation of privacy when transmitting information over the "airwaves"? Anybody can listen in, as piggybackers should know.
I haven't seen anyone mention a learning curve yet.
I remember in grade school learning all of the keyboard shortcuts for WordPerfect (where the blue screen was good - lol) After WP, MS Word seemed super easy to learn. The menus were relatively intuitive, and by now I know where everything is. Since I'm a chemist, there are also plugins available http://spectrum.troy.edu/~cking/ChemFormat/index.h tml which make editing my kinds of documents easier. At this point, I have found no similar tools for OO.
But I digress, the menus for Open Office are layed out with slight differences compared to MS Office, and it takes time to learn where things are. I have not done enough in OO yet to feel as comfortable using it as I do MS Office. As a business owner, can you afford slower production times while you and your employees learn OO? Or, do you have the money to spend on a training class (which are probably rare) to help get a jump on the learning curve?
Why bother taking anything other than your camera? One of the best parts about backpacking is getting away from all of those man-made noises. If you're busy listening to music you're going to miss the sounds of nature.
Oh darn, might as well remove those warlocks too, those pagans. And all Tauren's, since they worship the "earth mother". Hmmm, lets change the plot too, and remove all references to the "Titans" and the "Burning Legion", which are clearly references to angels and demons. We'd better remove those spirit healers too, cause ghosts can't exist unless we have spirits, which implies an afterlife which implies divine beings.
Lets change the name too, how about "Politically Correct Adventures"
I'm not even an amatuer astronomer, so I have no idea if these prices are correct. But lets say a decent telescope costs $500. Lets say a decent augmented telescope costs $1000. If the augmented telescope is able to tell you what it is that you're looking at, and includes some interesting information, the price difference seems well worth it. Otherwise, you'd have to pay for books, or a PDA and ebooks that would contain all of that same information, as well as the tools to be able to determine what it is you're actually looking at.
If its a hobby, and you're going to put money into it, why not spend a little more for even more enjoyment and information?
Many people may not realize that since reprocessing was not carried out from the carter administration until recently, the US has relied on foreign countries for many important nuclides. There are also other advantages to taking this approach.
Tc-99m is a medically important nuclide. Depending on what molecules it is attached to, it can be used in heart scans to detect dead tissue areas, or it can be used to detect different kinds of cancer. This is the most commercially important example, and we have relied on Canada for our supply since the 70s.
Even when only partially "fissed", the energy output of say 1 kg of enriched uranium compared to 1000kg of coal/petroleum is still an awesome amount. And with no atmospheric pollution! Did you realize there is more radioactive pollution from coal plants than from any nuclear power plant? http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/ colmain.html
Reprocessing would allow even more energy to be extracted through fusion.
If you took the amount of waste from a nuclear power plant and scaled it to say 100 barrels, reprocessing will reduce this to about 3 barrels. Because useful isotopes can be removed, and short-lived isotopes can also be removed, only the very long-lived stuff has to be buried-or vitrified-or transmutated. The point is reprocessing will reduce the net radioactive waste generated by nuclear power.
Our own domestic source for medical isotopes, less pollution, and less waste...what isn't likeable about reprocessing?
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As long as they aren't boers...
Monoprice has always been my go-to when I just need cables.
Except that poverty affects people of color disproportionately compared to whites. Here's a reference - https://www.kff.org/other/stat... From that reference, in the State of New York, poverty rates are: White - 7%, Black - 19%, Hispanic - 18%, Asian/Pac Islander - 13%, Native American - 24%, More than one race - 14%,
I find these claims spurious. One need only look at population statistics to see that in 2010 the percentage of the population that was under age 45 was about 66%. https://www.census.gov/prod/ce... Since the boomers have been dying off, that has more than likely approached the 69% figure in the paper over the past 8 years. Nowhere in the article do they reference the current population distribution. So 69% of the population is under 45 and 69% of scam victims are under 45. To me that says you can't use age as a predictor for who is likely to fall for scams.
Having TV is different from having a TV.
The Bloomberg article makes a point of stating how many flights were delayed and extra distance traveled on the day of the launch, but how many flights are delayed on other days? How much extra distance is added because of bad weather? Without these numbers to compare to, the launch day may have had fewer delays. We have no way of knowing from this article.
Well, considering that nuclear weapon detonations are usually accompanied by electromagnetic pulses, it could drastically impact your CPU and GPU performance.
Until you hear North Korea was threatening to attack Guam, and you're like "wtf are North Korea and Guam?" There is some level of information that is required to be a good citizen, and another level that is probably memorized based on your occupation and gets used often enough where knowing it saves you the time to look it up. Have you also seen the reports of how navigation tools are causing loss of spatial intelligence? Deity help us when the solar flares knock out electronics, or when NK attacks Guam and sets of other bombs around the world to cause a global EMP and loss of tech https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-...
The first book* was so good...
I'm currently on Green Mars (book two) and absolutely loved Red Mars (book one). Book Three is called Blue Mars. The first books was so good, and so timely with this topic, that I felt compelled to post. I read a lof ot Arthur C. Clarke as a kid, and wish I had read this trilogy when it first came out. The topics related to life back on Earth are so prescient, it is hard to believe the first book is nearly 25 years old. I'm definitely hooked, and will be reading more of Kim Stanley Robinson in the future.
You are aware kids can have savings accounts at banks? That seems like doing business with a minor. Alcohol and Tobacco have age limits - banking doesn't.
evolution could be to a higher or a devolved state - which way do you think we're heading?
You mentioned webquests in your post, which are fine, but I would suggest you use them sparingly. When I taught HS Chem, I had a single page (front/back) webquest designed around the Physics 2000 Science Trek. http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl This was an excellent site I thought for learning about some of the physics underlying atomic structure, although I skipped over the Polarization part of the trek. There are other websites out there that are like this one, but designed around different topics which might be just as useful in a chem or physics classroom. If you choose to include some programming as another poster mentioned, you could always choose to have a class project where students design applets to help illustrate basic concepts - maybe ones NOT shown on any websites they've visited as a part of the class. Students at first completed my webquest during class, and then when the course schedule went to 8 per year/4 per day instead of 7 per year and we had less classtime, I began assigning the webquest as a homework/project.
"So why are we not building these reactors?" Yeah, cause its always a good idea to work with large quantities of molten fluoride salts. I think I've got some materials right here in my shop that would work perfectly fine with that.
I'm a graduate student and I love that Google has many books available online. I have searched and found many books of interest to my research because I was able to actually skim pertinent sections, rather than having to guess based on the title and who the author was. Then, once I found these books, I checked out the print copies to read. I still find the print easier to read than the electronic, but may be the last of a dying breed.
Putting out a site like this is all well and good - but it only focuses on the developing world. How does it compare with other polluted sites in the US and Europe for instance? Hanford? Savannah River? Eastern Germany?
And how when Russia was a superpower does it suddenly become downgraded to developing world?
I think the legal standing ruling is part of a chess game as someone said. The court might have been saying "this is not a strong enough case for us to rule on, make sure you can prove you were affected and then we can rule". Of course, part of the problem with that is you would also have to show that you were wiretapped, and not the person you were conversing with. If John is talking to Terror Suspect A, and the only reason John's conversations are recorded is because TSA was tapped, John would also have no standing to sue. There is another case brewing: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007 /03/72811?currentPage=all posted on the main page as well. If W. Belew had conversations with this Al-Buthi, and the co-counsel Ghafoor had conversations with Al-Buthi, than how do they know it wasn't Al-Buthi who was wiretapped? If Al-Buthi is out of the united states, then the tapping could be covered by CIA/NSA.
And why do we still use this term "wiretapped"? Its from days when there was no wireless communication between regular people. Now, with cell phones, many (most?) calls take place over the electromagnetic spectrum. This is Public! Licensed through the FCC for commercial use. But why would anyone have any expectation of privacy when transmitting information over the "airwaves"? Anybody can listen in, as piggybackers should know.
I haven't seen anyone mention a learning curve yet.
h tml which make editing my kinds of documents easier. At this point, I have found no similar tools for OO.
I remember in grade school learning all of the keyboard shortcuts for WordPerfect (where the blue screen was good - lol)
After WP, MS Word seemed super easy to learn. The menus were relatively intuitive, and by now I know where everything is. Since I'm a chemist, there are also plugins available http://spectrum.troy.edu/~cking/ChemFormat/index.
But I digress, the menus for Open Office are layed out with slight differences compared to MS Office, and it takes time to learn where things are. I have not done enough in OO yet to feel as comfortable using it as I do MS Office. As a business owner, can you afford slower production times while you and your employees learn OO? Or, do you have the money to spend on a training class (which are probably rare) to help get a jump on the learning curve?
Why bother taking anything other than your camera? One of the best parts about backpacking is getting away from all of those man-made noises. If you're busy listening to music you're going to miss the sounds of nature.
There is one...try this site...
m ans-vanished-207870.php
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/what-if-all-hu
Basically more demos for the new platforms, but that are so overdone with CGI they'll never look like the real thing?
It could refer to "the quickening" from highlander fame.
Lets change the name too, how about "Politically Correct Adventures"
I'm not even an amatuer astronomer, so I have no idea if these prices are correct. But lets say a decent telescope costs $500. Lets say a decent augmented telescope costs $1000. If the augmented telescope is able to tell you what it is that you're looking at, and includes some interesting information, the price difference seems well worth it. Otherwise, you'd have to pay for books, or a PDA and ebooks that would contain all of that same information, as well as the tools to be able to determine what it is you're actually looking at. If its a hobby, and you're going to put money into it, why not spend a little more for even more enjoyment and information?
Many people may not realize that since reprocessing was not carried out from the carter administration until recently, the US has relied on foreign countries for many important nuclides. There are also other advantages to taking this approach./ colmain.html
Reprocessing would allow even more energy to be extracted through fusion.
Tc-99m is a medically important nuclide. Depending on what molecules it is attached to, it can be used in heart scans to detect dead tissue areas, or it can be used to detect different kinds of cancer. This is the most commercially important example, and we have relied on Canada for our supply since the 70s.
Even when only partially "fissed", the energy output of say 1 kg of enriched uranium compared to 1000kg of coal/petroleum is still an awesome amount. And with no atmospheric pollution! Did you realize there is more radioactive pollution from coal plants than from any nuclear power plant? http://www.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text
If you took the amount of waste from a nuclear power plant and scaled it to say 100 barrels, reprocessing will reduce this to about 3 barrels. Because useful isotopes can be removed, and short-lived isotopes can also be removed, only the very long-lived stuff has to be buried-or vitrified-or transmutated. The point is reprocessing will reduce the net radioactive waste generated by nuclear power.
Our own domestic source for medical isotopes, less pollution, and less waste...what isn't likeable about reprocessing?