I know a guy who works for the company that does the braking system. One of the 787s apparently had some issues with the brakes. He said that all the issues currently happening can be traced back to the wiring.
You can take it for what it's worth but the wide array of problems plaguing this plane right now, the wire harness does make sense. Though bad design or bad manufactoring is yet to be seen.
By no means do I condone the internment (heck, my wife is Japanese, fwiw) but what I do understand is that Japan launched an attack on US soil at a location that had heavy Japanese influence. Sure, I bet there was a better way to handle the situation but what happened, happened. No one is proud of those camps.
What you should go look up is how many other Asians during that time were bullied because people assumed they were Japanese. That was all the citizens. Sadly, the gov't probably treated the Japanese descendants better than the public treated all the other Asians.
Considering you have to be in close proximity to read the card, a stalker would be duplicating efforts by trying to read the card. There are already closely following the student!
I wouldn't carry that card unless I was at school, probably leave it in my backpack to make sure I didn't forget to take it with me the next day.
The sign of a true conspiracy theorist, you ignored the most important part of the GP's post... length of exposure.
If I'm in the sun for 30 minutes with no sunscreen, I will likely start to get a little pink but no major issues and by the next day I'll be fine.
However, if I decide to stay in the sun for 3 hours, I am going to get a severe sunburn that will be painful for many days. This behavior also increases my risk of skin cancer later in my life.
I'd be curious what some of these kids constitute as bullying, these days.
I was one of the more intelligent kids in my class at a medium sized high school (most graduating classes were between 300-400 kids) and while not socially inept, I was quiet. Not once did I ever feel bullied nor did I ever witness any bullying going on. A side note, I was also one of the shorter kids in my class.
That's not to say it never happened or that my school was full of angels. That was 15 years ago and I have a hard time believing the issue has gotten to the point where most kids feel bullied. With all the media coverage now, are jokes gone wrong and misunderstandings now considered bullying? I know there were a few times I said something that seemed like a normal part of the conversation only to realize later that it was rude and possibly mean.
Almost no-one in Japan is that big. Also, their elderly get around much easier than ours. My wife's grandmother is 85 yet she still puts in 4-6 hours a day in her fields, growing fruits and veggies. She's also about 5' tall.
The map you posted included stuff like medicare and medicaid. I simply stated that the higher rates could be due to a higher average age for rural areas.
I don't know what to say. My neighbors and I talk quite frequently, even if we're not always crossing paths. When the weather is nice we'll meet up on the corner and talk until the mosquitoes get too annoying and chase us all back inside. We watch out for each others' homes, help out with yardwork for the more elderly neighbors, and enjoy building personal relationships that tend to last for decades.
As for racism, it exists, no denying it. But it can be experienced in big cities too. Sure, there's a lack of diversity in my town, I think it's about 85% white. I'm in an inter-racial marriage as are two of my good friends. What I've noticed is that foreigners will get treated differently mainly because people try too hard to seem welcoming. Different cultures are a mystery, so people don't always know how to act. It's no different from when I visit my wife's hometown in Japan.
The general sentiment is people want a stronger local gov't and less of the tax money going towards the federal gov't. Right, wrong or indifferent, it's not the amount of taxes being paid but where they are getting paid.
Ahh yes, let's all move to the big city and become bankers and lawyers. That will do wonders for the economy.
The agricultural and industrial base of the country is in the red states, for the most part. Big companies continue to look for cheap land/labor to expand operations. This helps accelerate urban sprawl.
I'm not saying it's the best way, it's just what happens.
I would say some of that has to do with aging populations. It's no secret that younger people tend to flock to bigger cites. I was about to transfer to LA but my wife got pregnant and now I want to stay in my hometown for at least a few years because my family is all here and my wife's family is in Japan.
It's not the taxes people mind, it's where the tax money goes. Local levies for improvements/schools almost always get approved. What people tend to resent is a large chunk of money going to the federal government where there is very little that can be done to direct how it is used.
As a leader to my post, I voted for Obama yesterday.
I live in a smaller, partial agriculturally based community that happens to be sort of in the middle of the country (Ohio) where the vote was about 65% Romney yesterday.
Have you ever stopped to think why people in smaller communities tend to vote Republican over and over? Instead of thumbing your nose, which is what I took the last portion of your post as, as those of us in fly-over country maybe you should stop and walk a few miles in our shoes.
Cost of living is cheap so it does not take large salaries to live out a decent life. People are typically respectful of others and helpful to those in need. The % of people who continuously rely on the gov't to help them out is much smaller than in larger cities. Life is simple and people enjoy that.
Despite what the Republican party has said or done recently, the people in these communities have always been against big gov't. We'd rather do it ourselves.
So spare us the lecture on what YOU think drives the people in this region. Sure, some of it is silly to me but a lot is rooted in the "just let me live my life" mode of thinking. And are "Traditional Values" always a bad thing?
You REALLY need to go back and take a government class if you think Obama is a socialist.
Your post's sentiment is exactly why I'm really embarassed to be an American these days. Such a large portion of our population of red blooded 'Mericans would rather hold on to the idea that the rich white guys should be the only one holding power and that anything they do in Europe is automatically a bad idea. We'd rather be wrong and independant that admit someone else does something better.
You likely have never traveled far from your hometown. Social services around the rest of the "1st world" are far superior to what we have. They also manage things with far less corruption and abuse. Whereas we want to keep cutting education budgets and dumbing down our population even more so that those few rich, white guys can have an easier time controlling the masses.
To to begin things, I did not vote for Obama 4 years ago, I voted for Nader. The main reason is that I did not believe the hype, therefore my expectations were not high.
That being said, I'm going to vote for Obama tomorrow. I'm in Ohio and I think it's important my vote counts toward something that matters in this election. No, I'm not overly impressed with his resume but I think that has quite a bit to do with a hostile Republican controlled congress the last 2 years. They made their intentions very clear that their only goal was to make him a 1 term president. This lead to virtually nothing getting done the past two years other than something that benefits both parties, stripping away our rights.
It's just that Romney and Ryan scare me. Putting them in office moves us that much closer to a Theocracy. Some of my friends give me a puzzled look when I tell them if I wanted my laws to be governed by what God said, I'd move to Iran.
I hate not having a major candidate that represents most of what I believe and am definitely having to settle for Obama this campaign. It's more of a strategic move than anything else.
If the person is being an asshole and combative about it, yes.
Maybe you're in a different part of the country. I'm in Ohio, we get people trying to shove religion down our throat every day. I can't imagine having to live somewhere in the actual Bible belt....
I'm not going to trounce on anyone's beliefs but when you get up in front of the entire office (around 120 people) and ask people to pray for you because a home inspector is coming to your house this afternoon representing the potential buyers... well, you can just shut the fuck up. I'm sure as hell not going to waste any prayers on a greedy asshat like that.
But I digress... if the office is going to remain a professional environment, politics and religion really should stay out of it.
From what I read earlier, sounds like the ship was doing fine (given the circumstances) until the generator went out and they were no longer able to pump water out from the hull.
Even though it was a replica, I've always loved that style of ship. It's especially sad that 1, possibly 2, crew members lost their life.
My brother-in-law in Japanese, living in Japan. He had no problem visiting the US very recently. Yes, he had to give his fingerprint.. but is that really a big issue?
My wife and I recently travelled to London and Paris, other than the historical references and the language barrier in Paris, I didn't feel there was all much different than traveling around one of the big US cities.
When I went to Japan, I had to give a fingerprint and have them take a photo as well. Are you going to claim that Japan is not a good place to visit either?
So much FUD concerning travel. I hate the TSA and I hate the scanners.. outside of that there is very little diffence between traveling around the developed western world.
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I know a guy who works for the company that does the braking system. One of the 787s apparently had some issues with the brakes. He said that all the issues currently happening can be traced back to the wiring.
You can take it for what it's worth but the wide array of problems plaguing this plane right now, the wire harness does make sense. Though bad design or bad manufactoring is yet to be seen.
By no means do I condone the internment (heck, my wife is Japanese, fwiw) but what I do understand is that Japan launched an attack on US soil at a location that had heavy Japanese influence. Sure, I bet there was a better way to handle the situation but what happened, happened. No one is proud of those camps.
What you should go look up is how many other Asians during that time were bullied because people assumed they were Japanese. That was all the citizens. Sadly, the gov't probably treated the Japanese descendants better than the public treated all the other Asians.
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For a moment I thought they would cut off my MTV reality shows.
Oh please, the United States is commonly refered to 'America' around the world.
Considering you have to be in close proximity to read the card, a stalker would be duplicating efforts by trying to read the card. There are already closely following the student!
I wouldn't carry that card unless I was at school, probably leave it in my backpack to make sure I didn't forget to take it with me the next day.
I'd be willing to give up some of my old titles that I no longer play if they'd give me more value than gamestop...
The sign of a true conspiracy theorist, you ignored the most important part of the GP's post... length of exposure.
If I'm in the sun for 30 minutes with no sunscreen, I will likely start to get a little pink but no major issues and by the next day I'll be fine.
However, if I decide to stay in the sun for 3 hours, I am going to get a severe sunburn that will be painful for many days. This behavior also increases my risk of skin cancer later in my life.
Isn't not a hard concept.
I'd be curious what some of these kids constitute as bullying, these days.
I was one of the more intelligent kids in my class at a medium sized high school (most graduating classes were between 300-400 kids) and while not socially inept, I was quiet. Not once did I ever feel bullied nor did I ever witness any bullying going on. A side note, I was also one of the shorter kids in my class.
That's not to say it never happened or that my school was full of angels. That was 15 years ago and I have a hard time believing the issue has gotten to the point where most kids feel bullied. With all the media coverage now, are jokes gone wrong and misunderstandings now considered bullying? I know there were a few times I said something that seemed like a normal part of the conversation only to realize later that it was rude and possibly mean.
Training. Law enforcement go through much more rigorous training behind the wheel.
Almost no-one in Japan is that big. Also, their elderly get around much easier than ours. My wife's grandmother is 85 yet she still puts in 4-6 hours a day in her fields, growing fruits and veggies. She's also about 5' tall.
It's a coincidence that our downward trend started around the time that widespread, organized religion started to take hold? :)
While your statement in itself may hold true it's completely irrelevant to the topic.
The map you posted included stuff like medicare and medicaid. I simply stated that the higher rates could be due to a higher average age for rural areas.
I don't know what to say. My neighbors and I talk quite frequently, even if we're not always crossing paths. When the weather is nice we'll meet up on the corner and talk until the mosquitoes get too annoying and chase us all back inside. We watch out for each others' homes, help out with yardwork for the more elderly neighbors, and enjoy building personal relationships that tend to last for decades.
As for racism, it exists, no denying it. But it can be experienced in big cities too. Sure, there's a lack of diversity in my town, I think it's about 85% white. I'm in an inter-racial marriage as are two of my good friends. What I've noticed is that foreigners will get treated differently mainly because people try too hard to seem welcoming. Different cultures are a mystery, so people don't always know how to act. It's no different from when I visit my wife's hometown in Japan.
The general sentiment is people want a stronger local gov't and less of the tax money going towards the federal gov't. Right, wrong or indifferent, it's not the amount of taxes being paid but where they are getting paid.
Ahh yes, let's all move to the big city and become bankers and lawyers. That will do wonders for the economy.
The agricultural and industrial base of the country is in the red states, for the most part. Big companies continue to look for cheap land/labor to expand operations. This helps accelerate urban sprawl.
I'm not saying it's the best way, it's just what happens.
I would say some of that has to do with aging populations. It's no secret that younger people tend to flock to bigger cites. I was about to transfer to LA but my wife got pregnant and now I want to stay in my hometown for at least a few years because my family is all here and my wife's family is in Japan.
It's not the taxes people mind, it's where the tax money goes. Local levies for improvements/schools almost always get approved. What people tend to resent is a large chunk of money going to the federal government where there is very little that can be done to direct how it is used.
As a leader to my post, I voted for Obama yesterday.
I live in a smaller, partial agriculturally based community that happens to be sort of in the middle of the country (Ohio) where the vote was about 65% Romney yesterday.
Have you ever stopped to think why people in smaller communities tend to vote Republican over and over? Instead of thumbing your nose, which is what I took the last portion of your post as, as those of us in fly-over country maybe you should stop and walk a few miles in our shoes.
Cost of living is cheap so it does not take large salaries to live out a decent life. People are typically respectful of others and helpful to those in need. The % of people who continuously rely on the gov't to help them out is much smaller than in larger cities. Life is simple and people enjoy that.
Despite what the Republican party has said or done recently, the people in these communities have always been against big gov't. We'd rather do it ourselves.
So spare us the lecture on what YOU think drives the people in this region. Sure, some of it is silly to me but a lot is rooted in the "just let me live my life" mode of thinking. And are "Traditional Values" always a bad thing?
I doubt Romney would have received the nomination if Obama was white. Santorum probably would have won.
You REALLY need to go back and take a government class if you think Obama is a socialist.
Your post's sentiment is exactly why I'm really embarassed to be an American these days. Such a large portion of our population of red blooded 'Mericans would rather hold on to the idea that the rich white guys should be the only one holding power and that anything they do in Europe is automatically a bad idea. We'd rather be wrong and independant that admit someone else does something better.
You likely have never traveled far from your hometown. Social services around the rest of the "1st world" are far superior to what we have. They also manage things with far less corruption and abuse. Whereas we want to keep cutting education budgets and dumbing down our population even more so that those few rich, white guys can have an easier time controlling the masses.
To to begin things, I did not vote for Obama 4 years ago, I voted for Nader. The main reason is that I did not believe the hype, therefore my expectations were not high.
That being said, I'm going to vote for Obama tomorrow. I'm in Ohio and I think it's important my vote counts toward something that matters in this election. No, I'm not overly impressed with his resume but I think that has quite a bit to do with a hostile Republican controlled congress the last 2 years. They made their intentions very clear that their only goal was to make him a 1 term president. This lead to virtually nothing getting done the past two years other than something that benefits both parties, stripping away our rights.
It's just that Romney and Ryan scare me. Putting them in office moves us that much closer to a Theocracy. Some of my friends give me a puzzled look when I tell them if I wanted my laws to be governed by what God said, I'd move to Iran.
I hate not having a major candidate that represents most of what I believe and am definitely having to settle for Obama this campaign. It's more of a strategic move than anything else.
If the person is being an asshole and combative about it, yes.
Maybe you're in a different part of the country. I'm in Ohio, we get people trying to shove religion down our throat every day. I can't imagine having to live somewhere in the actual Bible belt....
I'm not going to trounce on anyone's beliefs but when you get up in front of the entire office (around 120 people) and ask people to pray for you because a home inspector is coming to your house this afternoon representing the potential buyers... well, you can just shut the fuck up. I'm sure as hell not going to waste any prayers on a greedy asshat like that.
But I digress... if the office is going to remain a professional environment, politics and religion really should stay out of it.
That's a silly solution considering how many people/companies would be trying to procure that same fuel.
If the fuel isn't already stored on-site, you're screwed.
From what I read earlier, sounds like the ship was doing fine (given the circumstances) until the generator went out and they were no longer able to pump water out from the hull.
Even though it was a replica, I've always loved that style of ship. It's especially sad that 1, possibly 2, crew members lost their life.
My brother-in-law in Japanese, living in Japan. He had no problem visiting the US very recently. Yes, he had to give his fingerprint.. but is that really a big issue?
My wife and I recently travelled to London and Paris, other than the historical references and the language barrier in Paris, I didn't feel there was all much different than traveling around one of the big US cities.
When I went to Japan, I had to give a fingerprint and have them take a photo as well. Are you going to claim that Japan is not a good place to visit either?
So much FUD concerning travel. I hate the TSA and I hate the scanners.. outside of that there is very little diffence between traveling around the developed western world.