Yes, they want research grants for HPV, because it's still poorly understood. But it's not a false diagnosis. If they see "symptoms" of HPV, they do a DNA test for it, which is more accurate than the pap smear test itself, which checks for cell abnormalities, visually.
There are many strains of HPV. High Risk strains cause cervical cancer, and possibly prostate cancer too. They're STD-only, not like some other HPV strains. If the DNA test is positive, you're at risk... because if you don't have high risk HPV, there's slim to no chance of cervical cancer.
DNA testing for a virus is still somewhat difficult. But the idea is to prevent cervical cancer from growing and killing you, when it's easily identified.
And remember, just because lots of people have HPV doesn't mean it's acceptable to pass it on. Just in the past 2 years, people have started to realize that cervical cancer is caused by a viral STD.
It's one of the first cancers to be directly linked to a virus. I don't think it's imprudent to identify it in women. (Currently, there's no High Risk HPV test for men)
Having an aunt who died of Multiple Sclerosis constantly triggers a bit of anxiety in me every time I have a muscle spasm. I figured out long ago that I can't browse WebMD or read descriptions of MS anymore, because it gets me overly concerned and anxious.
But reading web sites and articles about hypochondria, especially with the advent of tons of medical information at your fingertips, has helped me.
The best quote I saw online about it was from a general practitioner, who had experience with patients coming in concerned with a self-diagnosis. He said "People are always worried that their symptoms resemble a bad disease or disorder. But what many people forget is that everyone has symptoms. It's just a part of life."
Firstly, don't confuse an "efficient" car with a cat that gets high fuel economy. They're not the same thing, because vehicles have different abilities. By your logic, a moped is more efficient. (The engine itself most likely isn't)
That aside, buying a car for gas mileage could be a factor, but it's not worth paying more money for up front. People will opt to buy a car that gets good mileage to save gas $$ yes, but the people who pay more to buy hybrid cars do so with eco concerns, not monetary ones.
That being said, in my current vehicle with my current driving habits, the gas increase over the past 2 years combined has cost me about $20 more a month. Not something to sneeze at, but it's not something that would warrant spending more money for a different car.
To me, and many others, buying a car for fuel economy is like buying a computer for low electrical consumption.
That's exactly the problem. Regardless of your own interpretation of American portliness or greed, the Ford Escape hybrids they plan on using have 10" less rear leg room than the long wheelbase Crown Vics. That's a HUGE difference.
Cabs really ought to be larger station wagons, or even minivans. Hybrid or not, if I'm paying for a ride somewhere, I'd like to be able to get in and out easily, and be somewhat comfortable.
If I was cramming in the back seat of a buddy's car for a 5 minute ride to the pub, I wouldn't care. But unless they're going to pass on the hybrid gas savings to the customer, then envoronmentalism isn't enough to deal with that lack of space.
If I'm in NYC taking a cab, it means I didn't drive my car there, I took the train that was already running. That means at least 8 gallons less gas was used in my overall visit, which is good enough.
I just don't thin a hybrid taxi is worth the cost, especially considering that nobody really knows the maintenance cost or durability of them. I bet they lose money.
BTW, does anyone know what they do with the batteries in a junked Hybrid??
I'm a MechE who did an internship at Sikorsky 3 years ago. They had an "Intro to rotorcraft" pamphlet which was rather enlightening.
What gets me the most is that fundamentally, it's an unstable flying machine. But each corrective measure yeilds a slightly lesser instability, which requires further adjustments.
Yes, each blade changes pitch during rotation. Advancing blade flattens out, while the retreating blade increases pitch. This keeps the copter level.
To generate more or less lift for altitude adjustment, there is a "collective" pitch increase or decrease in addition to the cyclic pitch adjustment.
But what I didn't understand overall was that the rotor blades do not rotate in a flat plane. They rotate in a wide "cone" whose central axis indicates the overall main rotor force vector. By changing the shape of the cone, you change the direction of the force. This is done by "flapping" each rotor blade, like a bird wing, with respect to the central hub. So, for a helicopter moving forward, a given rotor blade will swing up on the back half of it's rotation, and drop back down for the forward half of the cone. The inclined angle allows the blade's aerodynamic lift to provide a forward component of thrust. This "cone" is adjusted for whichever direction the pilot whishes to move.
The tail rotor, as most people know, provides the counter rotating force from the main rotor. But it also provides a sideways thrust, so without correction, the entire helicopter would drift sideways. So to correct for this, the main rotor blades always flap slightly on one side to counteract this effect and keep the helicopter stationary.
Rotor blades not only change pitch and flap, but they also lead and lag freely. The angle between blades as viewed from above is not always equal. The main reason is that not only do you have stall speed problems on the retreating blade, but you've got shock wave problems on the advancing blade.
I've never been a fast reader. In fact, I'd say at best I read only a page or so a minute. But I'm also a very visual person, so I appreciate reading slowly and letting my mind make up it's own movie. The more descriptive the book, the slower I go. My room mate reads probably 3x as fast as I do, but I'm fairly certain he misses a good portion of what he reads, because he doesn't really process it. When you have "book club" type discussions with people, you find out rather quickly who doesn't pay enough attention to the small details. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I figure if I'm going to read a book, I'm going to get the most of it.
That's besides the point that reading is a leisure activity for me, not a goal or accomplishment. There's just no need to race through it.
And I need to chime in and say that regardless of culpability, the 'deep pockets' defendant often settles out of court, and pays a sum of cash that's just slightly less than what it would cost them to go to trial and defend themselves, even if they'd clearly win.
They can prove their innocence for $50k, or settle for $30k and go on with business.
Dehumidification is a key feature of air conditioning, not just cooling. As such, as your cooling coil chills the air passing over it, water will condense... but where does it go? Watch out it doesn't drip in the fan motor, or get sprayed around the room onto your computer or other electronics.
All he needs to do is start running at the mouth about how he knows who really killed JFK, or where Jimmy Hoffa's body is. Maybe claim that Amelia Earhart was abducted by aliens, that the gov't is controlling people with flu shots, and that Coke and Pepsi are the same thing. If he keeps going, he's bound to be labeled insane. Either that, or eventually guess something correctly.
Customer: "How much is it." Vendor: "How much you got?"
It's just a different store front, I don't know why people are so surprised.
For many, many years, particularly in areas of the service industry where prices may be negotiable, people have been quoted a price based on something as simple as their clothes or their car. If they look like they'd be willing to pay more, is it wrong to ask for more?
I'm glad they're dropping it, but it's already too late for the rest of the popular, user-friendly software and firmware industry. Cell phones, and digital cameras now have those prefixes in everything, and I find it to be rather annoying, since it's not helpful for anything.
I don't know why it became such a fad, but perhaps companies think it makes people identify with their technology? I won't miss it for a second.
I drove an hour last night just to see it in a DLP cinema. I've seen Episodes 1-3 in a digital theater, and it's well worth it if you're the type who cares about that sort of thing.
Correct, it's not actually censorship in the true sense of the word. A better description would be that Wal-Mart's business decisions are a "very powerful influence."
My girlfriend works for a label manufacturer that prints labels for a well known motor oil company. They've had to re-design labels entirely, because the bottle that the company uses had changed shape. The exclusive reason is because Wal-Mart did not like the way the bottle handle was positioned when they were put on the shelf. So a multi-million dollar repackaging was set in order.
Any manufacturer of consumer products, or even services as this case seems to be, stands to lose a TON of revenue if Wal-Mart decides that they don't want to play ball with you anymore.
There's no doubt that Netflix would be persuaded to do just about anything that Wal-Mart requests of them.
While yes, you very well may find a specific acceleration rate in a specific vehicle where slower acceleration requires more energy than faster acceleration. However, as a generalization, it's still largely true.
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Yes, they want research grants for HPV, because it's still poorly understood. But it's not a false diagnosis. If they see "symptoms" of HPV, they do a DNA test for it, which is more accurate than the pap smear test itself, which checks for cell abnormalities, visually.
There are many strains of HPV. High Risk strains cause cervical cancer, and possibly prostate cancer too. They're STD-only, not like some other HPV strains. If the DNA test is positive, you're at risk... because if you don't have high risk HPV, there's slim to no chance of cervical cancer.
DNA testing for a virus is still somewhat difficult. But the idea is to prevent cervical cancer from growing and killing you, when it's easily identified.
And remember, just because lots of people have HPV doesn't mean it's acceptable to pass it on. Just in the past 2 years, people have started to realize that cervical cancer is caused by a viral STD.
It's one of the first cancers to be directly linked to a virus. I don't think it's imprudent to identify it in women. (Currently, there's no High Risk HPV test for men)
Having an aunt who died of Multiple Sclerosis constantly triggers a bit of anxiety in me every time I have a muscle spasm. I figured out long ago that I can't browse WebMD or read descriptions of MS anymore, because it gets me overly concerned and anxious.
But reading web sites and articles about hypochondria, especially with the advent of tons of medical information at your fingertips, has helped me.
The best quote I saw online about it was from a general practitioner, who had experience with patients coming in concerned with a self-diagnosis. He said "People are always worried that their symptoms resemble a bad disease or disorder. But what many people forget is that everyone has symptoms. It's just a part of life."
I particularly loved that one myself. But that might also be due to the fact that I'm a geek that works on submarines.
(And for once, my sig is on topic)
Firstly, don't confuse an "efficient" car with a cat that gets high fuel economy. They're not the same thing, because vehicles have different abilities. By your logic, a moped is more efficient. (The engine itself most likely isn't)
That aside, buying a car for gas mileage could be a factor, but it's not worth paying more money for up front. People will opt to buy a car that gets good mileage to save gas $$ yes, but the people who pay more to buy hybrid cars do so with eco concerns, not monetary ones.
That being said, in my current vehicle with my current driving habits, the gas increase over the past 2 years combined has cost me about $20 more a month. Not something to sneeze at, but it's not something that would warrant spending more money for a different car.
To me, and many others, buying a car for fuel economy is like buying a computer for low electrical consumption.
That's exactly the problem. Regardless of your own interpretation of American portliness or greed, the Ford Escape hybrids they plan on using have 10" less rear leg room than the long wheelbase Crown Vics. That's a HUGE difference.
Cabs really ought to be larger station wagons, or even minivans. Hybrid or not, if I'm paying for a ride somewhere, I'd like to be able to get in and out easily, and be somewhat comfortable.
If I was cramming in the back seat of a buddy's car for a 5 minute ride to the pub, I wouldn't care. But unless they're going to pass on the hybrid gas savings to the customer, then envoronmentalism isn't enough to deal with that lack of space.
If I'm in NYC taking a cab, it means I didn't drive my car there, I took the train that was already running. That means at least 8 gallons less gas was used in my overall visit, which is good enough.
I just don't thin a hybrid taxi is worth the cost, especially considering that nobody really knows the maintenance cost or durability of them. I bet they lose money.
BTW, does anyone know what they do with the batteries in a junked Hybrid??
That'd be so sad. I can see it now... eye patches, peg legs, gold teeth and broken rum bottles everywhere.
I'm quite sure the capable boats aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
At least not before I'm done with it.
I'm a MechE who did an internship at Sikorsky 3 years ago. They had an "Intro to rotorcraft" pamphlet which was rather enlightening.
What gets me the most is that fundamentally, it's an unstable flying machine. But each corrective measure yeilds a slightly lesser instability, which requires further adjustments.
Yes, each blade changes pitch during rotation. Advancing blade flattens out, while the retreating blade increases pitch. This keeps the copter level.
To generate more or less lift for altitude adjustment, there is a "collective" pitch increase or decrease in addition to the cyclic pitch adjustment.
But what I didn't understand overall was that the rotor blades do not rotate in a flat plane. They rotate in a wide "cone" whose central axis indicates the overall main rotor force vector. By changing the shape of the cone, you change the direction of the force. This is done by "flapping" each rotor blade, like a bird wing, with respect to the central hub. So, for a helicopter moving forward, a given rotor blade will swing up on the back half of it's rotation, and drop back down for the forward half of the cone. The inclined angle allows the blade's aerodynamic lift to provide a forward component of thrust. This "cone" is adjusted for whichever direction the pilot whishes to move.
The tail rotor, as most people know, provides the counter rotating force from the main rotor. But it also provides a sideways thrust, so without correction, the entire helicopter would drift sideways. So to correct for this, the main rotor blades always flap slightly on one side to counteract this effect and keep the helicopter stationary.
Rotor blades not only change pitch and flap, but they also lead and lag freely. The angle between blades as viewed from above is not always equal. The main reason is that not only do you have stall speed problems on the retreating blade, but you've got shock wave problems on the advancing blade.
It's all a tricky balancing act.
I've never been a fast reader. In fact, I'd say at best I read only a page or so a minute. But I'm also a very visual person, so I appreciate reading slowly and letting my mind make up it's own movie. The more descriptive the book, the slower I go. My room mate reads probably 3x as fast as I do, but I'm fairly certain he misses a good portion of what he reads, because he doesn't really process it. When you have "book club" type discussions with people, you find out rather quickly who doesn't pay enough attention to the small details. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I figure if I'm going to read a book, I'm going to get the most of it.
That's besides the point that reading is a leisure activity for me, not a goal or accomplishment. There's just no need to race through it.
And I need to chime in and say that regardless of culpability, the 'deep pockets' defendant often settles out of court, and pays a sum of cash that's just slightly less than what it would cost them to go to trial and defend themselves, even if they'd clearly win.
They can prove their innocence for $50k, or settle for $30k and go on with business.
Blogs are to the internet as reality shows are to television. They're far from gone, but far from worthwhile.
Dehumidification is a key feature of air conditioning, not just cooling. As such, as your cooling coil chills the air passing over it, water will condense... but where does it go? Watch out it doesn't drip in the fan motor, or get sprayed around the room onto your computer or other electronics.
I don't know why there are so many fans of bad puns on Slashdot.
All he needs to do is start running at the mouth about how he knows who really killed JFK, or where Jimmy Hoffa's body is. Maybe claim that Amelia Earhart was abducted by aliens, that the gov't is controlling people with flu shots, and that Coke and Pepsi are the same thing. If he keeps going, he's bound to be labeled insane. Either that, or eventually guess something correctly.
If he gets extradited, I'm sure he'll be covered up along with the rest of the evidence of UFOs.
It'll be the next conspiracy...
You'll just get people having a competition for who can manipulate the most amusing biological result.
Although I can't say that was much different than the goals of my friends in high school bio class.
Customer: "How much is it."
Vendor: "How much you got?"
It's just a different store front, I don't know why people are so surprised.
For many, many years, particularly in areas of the service industry where prices may be negotiable, people have been quoted a price based on something as simple as their clothes or their car. If they look like they'd be willing to pay more, is it wrong to ask for more?
I'm glad they're dropping it, but it's already too late for the rest of the popular, user-friendly software and firmware industry. Cell phones, and digital cameras now have those prefixes in everything, and I find it to be rather annoying, since it's not helpful for anything.
I don't know why it became such a fad, but perhaps companies think it makes people identify with their technology? I won't miss it for a second.
I drove an hour last night just to see it in a DLP cinema. I've seen Episodes 1-3 in a digital theater, and it's well worth it if you're the type who cares about that sort of thing.
Correct, it's not actually censorship in the true sense of the word. A better description would be that Wal-Mart's business decisions are a "very powerful influence."
My girlfriend works for a label manufacturer that prints labels for a well known motor oil company. They've had to re-design labels entirely, because the bottle that the company uses had changed shape. The exclusive reason is because Wal-Mart did not like the way the bottle handle was positioned when they were put on the shelf. So a multi-million dollar repackaging was set in order.
Any manufacturer of consumer products, or even services as this case seems to be, stands to lose a TON of revenue if Wal-Mart decides that they don't want to play ball with you anymore.
There's no doubt that Netflix would be persuaded to do just about anything that Wal-Mart requests of them.
No. I'm American, we get hardly any vacation time to go somewhere interesting.
That might work if the seats in "cattle class" actually reclined more than 2 inches.
If you're lucky, you might tip that heavy screen just enough so it closes on his fingers.
British playwright, famous for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" helped with the lines for the movie.
While yes, you very well may find a specific acceleration rate in a specific vehicle where slower acceleration requires more energy than faster acceleration. However, as a generalization, it's still largely true.
Don't forget that the option package that includes the DVD nav and Bluetooth phone capabilities is an additional $5065.