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Meyers Manx V Dune Buggy: Electric Beach Boogalooby Motors.new
Fifty years after the original Meyers Manx dune buggy first ripped the sands, 88-year-old Bruce Meyers is welcoming a worthy successor: the prototype Manx V powered by an 84 HP electric motor.
MINI Superleggera Vision: British History Meets Italian Eleganceby Motors.new
BMW-owned MINI and Italian coachbuilder Touring Superleggera have teamed up to create the MINI Superleggera Vision concept sports car. The open-topped, electric-powered two seater flaunts a hand-shaped and formed aluminum body styled to evoke the classic roadsters of British automotive history.
Social Media's Soft Shoe (Sock) Send-off To Mad Men's Bert Cooperby Ron Callari
The Mad Men finale of season seven, part one bid a fond farewell in grand style, to the last of Sterling Cooper's founding partners. Bearing in mind, producer, director, writer Matthew Weiner is no stranger to goodbyes, he also knows how to tug at our heartstrings when sending off memorable TV characters. Bearing in mind, producer, director, writer Matthew Weiner is no stranger to goodbyes. . .
What Has Eight Wheels, Two Engines, No Doors & Can Float?by Motors.new
The story behind the odd but innovative 8-wheeled automobile photographed parked and neglected on a quiet Russian backstreet can finally be told, and to no-one's surprise it's as weird and bizarre as the car itself.
Vietnamese Speedboats Made From Salvaged USAF Fighter Jet Fuel Tanks Are The Bomb!by Motors.new
From swords into plowshares; from external fuel tanks into speedboats. USAF fighter jets jettisoned thousands of external fuel tanks over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, and a significant number have been re-purposed into some of the sleekest speedboats ever to bomb down a river!
Jaguar To Complete Lightweight Special E-type Production Run After 50 Yearsby Motors.new
A half-century ago, Jaguar built 12 "Lightweight" E-types for the 1964 racing season. The original plans called for 18 cars, however. Now Jaguar plans to complete, by hand, the remaining 6 Special GT E-Types using the originally designated chassis numbers.
Veloschmitt's KR E-250 Personal Transporter: The Messerschmitt Reloadedby Motors.new
If the Veloschmitt KR E-250 looks oddly familiar, you might have spent a little too much time in post-war Germany. Designers Achim Adlfinger and Fred Zimmermann have been there and now they've done that, evoking the spirit of Messerschmitt's quirky KR200 Kabinenroller in this three-wheeled pedal/electric velomobile.
Decommissioned Czech Tank Adds Slide, Conquers Playgroundby Motors.new
Make fun not war! When authorities in a small Czech town found themselves stuck with a decommissioned OT-62 armored personnel carrier, they made the best of the beast by cheerfully repainting it and adding a color-coordinated plastic slide. End result? Best. Playground. EVAR.
Will The Exit Of Google's Don Quixote Be The Demise Of G+?by Ron Callari
With the departure of G+'s head honcho Vic Gundotra, the blogosphere is cyberventilating as to what kind of a future lies ahead for that little social-network-that-could? It wasn't so long ago, the critics opined Google's DNA lacked the social media gene, as every time they got up on the horse, it appeared they were battling one windmill after another. Now, they're saying the burden of keeping the successful G+ well and alive was. . .
U.S. Fights Terrorism One Tweet At A Timeby Ron Callari
We've seen how Twitter has motivated grass-roots movements such as the Arab Spring, when dissenters took to the streets to protest and unseat governments. This skillful use of social media proved so successful over the years, jihadists have taken this lead to use Twitter to recruit and add sympathizers to their ranks. In turn, the U.S. government followed suit.
Heartbleed Seeks Transfusions From Digital Walletsby Ron Callari
While the world is just becoming aware of the number of 'digital wallets' in the market today, even the early adopters are hesitant as to which one of the myriad of options to choose one. From PayPal to Google Wallet to Square Wallet to cryptographic currency such as Bitcoins, at this stage of development, the percentage of usage is very low.
Google Glass & Politicians Through The Looking Glassby Ron Callari
Political campaigns, down through the centuries have used the technology of the times to help enhance a candidate's competitive edge. Innovating communication channels has always played a key role in reaching and targeting constituencies during national elections. Presidential candidates who failed to embrace the new technologies of their day often found themselves vulnerable in the eyes of the public.
How An Earworm & Heartbleed Broke The Internetby Ron Callari
Are your ears ringing? Does your heart skip a beat? Well, they should - as two divergent forms of malware attacked our online sense of well-being this week. Engineered by social media gurus on one front and hackers on the other, one was analogous to an American Idol trainwreck, while the other, the work of a nefarious cat burglar
ZunZuneo,The Covert Twittersphere Of Cuba That Was, Until It Wasn't!by Ron Callari
Mainstream media has been slow on the uptick in covering the U.S. government's current investigation of ZunZuneo by Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy. If you are unfamiliar with the name, it's most likely because of the covert actions that led to the rise and fall of this enterprise. . .
Technically It's A 'Cold War' For Google & Facebook In Era Of Disruptionby Ron Callari
It's hard to say, looking twenty to thirty years into the future, just how different the digital landscape will look. Semantic Technology, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Web 3.0 are presently only toddling along in their infant stage. What they will look like in the next few decades is only guesswork on our part.


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Tonight a woman pushed her hubby as a joke from the front of the balcony. He fell and caught the upper circle on the way down, and was...— Derren Brown (@DerrenBrown) August 3, 2013
Mentalist and conjurer Derren Brown got a hell of a shock during his Saturday night show: a woman pushed her husband off a 45' balcony "for a joke," sending him over the edge. He caught hold of a light-rig about halfway down and was pulled to safety.
Derren Brown describes man's 'terrifying' fall from theatre balcony [Press Association/The Guardian]
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I just crash landed at SFO. Tail ripped off. Most everyone seems fine. I'm ok. Surreal... (at @flySFO) [pic] — https://t.co/E6Ur1XEfa4— David Eun (@Eunner) July 6, 2013
An Asiana Airlines 777 from Seoul, Korea crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport last night. Two were killed, ten were critically injured, 181 others were taken to hospital.
David Eun, whose Twitter biography includes "frequent flier," was aboard the plane and tweeted a photo of the wreck as he was evacuated.
This Reddit thread contains a lot of great, breaking information, including audio from the SFO air traffic control during and after the crash, and eyewitness accounts from SFO and from diverted fliers who were landed elsewhere (SFO is closed until further notice).
It's not clear what caused the crash. Forbes has some early analysis of the debris field based on aerial photos. A prominent theory cited in several news reports is that the tail of the 777 caught the seawall and ripped free (
this also suggests that the two fatalities were flight attendants in the rear jumpseats). Update: An Asiana Airlines rep has confirmed that the two dead were passengers; specifically, teenagers from China.
Last Friday, a tornado near El Reno, Oklahoma killed scientist Tim Samaras, as well as his son and a colleague. The three were tracking the storm in a vehicle — storm chasing, if you will — as part of their ongoing efforts to deploy probes that could capture high-resolution video from inside a tornado. (Samaras' team was one of many practicing a type of science that can basically be described as Twister in real life.) Chasing storms was an important part of what Samaras did. National Geographic reports that tornadoes only developed in roughly two of every 10 storms Samaras tracked, and the probes were only useful in a fraction of the tornadoes they were deployed in.
Samaras' death is tragic, but he wasn't some untrained yahoo out running around on county roads in a tornado for fun. He was there to do a job; a job that would, eventually, help other people survive. That said, if a situation kills experts, you probably don't want to be that untrained person trying to navigate it on your own.
Which brings us to a key point. After a handful of people who survived the Moore tornado credited their survival to driving away from it, people in Oklahoma City apparently responded to Friday's storms by trying to do the same thing. For some, it worked. But others were killed or injured when traffic on highways in the tornado's path ground to a complete halt, clogged with cars full of people who were (either accidentally or intentionally) trying to flee the storm instead of hide from it.
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Vincent sez, "Our high school film class from Oak Park High in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada made this zombie-themed PSA to spread the message about a worker's right to refuse unsafe work. It's a big issue. In Canada, in 2010, 1014 workplace deaths were recorded in Canada - that's almost three deaths every day! Between 1993 to 2010, 16,143 people lost their lives due to work-related causes in Canada. A 2003 survey showed that compared with other developed countries of the OECD, Canada isn't doing too well. Of the 29 developed nations 24 had significantly lower workplace death rates than Canada. Using the factor of deaths/100,000 workers, Canada was only safer on average than Korea (29 deaths), Turkey (20.6 deaths), Mexico (12.0 deaths), Portugal (8.7 deaths) and then Canada with 6.1 deaths per 100,000 workers.* Our class used humour because we thought it would be an effective way to create a memorable message. Our PSA won first place in the Manitoba Safe Work video contest, and it is now competing to be the top Canadian video. You may remember our school, which has made other popular videos that you have featured on Boing Boing, including 'Jedi High,' 'Anti-Racism Girl,' and 'The Pink Shirt.'"
Fertilizer can explode*. We all know that. It was a key ingredient in the bomb that destroyed Oklahoma City's Alfred P.Read the rest
If you're looking for loved ones in Boston and can't get through to them, try Google's Person Finder, a service designed to help produce good information in the wake of disasters (it's also one of Google's free/open source software projects, with code here for you to examine and/or improve). There's a good Reddit thread on it here.
California Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) has served notice on Disneyland over three attractions, which led to their shut-down yesterday. In 2006, Disney agreed to make changes to the staff areas at the park, and the OSHA notice apparently related to lack of progress on these promises.
The citations were related a 2006 agreement to make improvements and to inspections following recent accidents such as the man who was seriously injured while cleaning the outside of Space Mountain. The findings include simple failures like not having a charged fire extinguisher and more serious ones like failure to protect employees from unsafe ladders or lack of railings preventing a fall hazard. Serious fines of up to $70,000 for each infraction could be levied if Disneyland does not comply immediately with the requests (although appeal is also an option). Total penalties for just the Space Mountain citations could reach over $230,000.
These are the same sort of hazards that forced Disneyland to close Alice in Wonderland until temporary scaffolding could be erected with guardrails. The park still hasn't made permanent fixes there.
There were a lot of violations listed in the citation, here are a few of those listed as Willful Serious:
"Disneyland Resort failed to correct the unsafe work practice of employees of both Disneyland Resort and HSG Inc. accessing upper exterior platform of a building (Space Mountain) to change lights, and perform other maintenance tasks without the protection of guardrails or personal fall protection..."
Disneyland forced to close attractions by OSHA [The Disney Blog/John Frost]
The stuff you use to make sex a little more smooth might have some serious drawbacks. Nothing has been proven yet — most of the data comes from disembodied cell cultures and animal testing, which doesn't necessarily give you an accurate picture of what's happening in humans — but several studies over the last few years have drawn connections between lubricant use and increased rates of STD transmission. (It also looks like some lubricants might kill off natural vaginal flora — the good bacteria that live "up there" and make the difference between a healthy vagina and, say, a raging yeast infection.)
Some of these studies have provided evidence suggesting that the ingredients in lubricants damage the cells lining the vagina and rectum — which would explain why those lubricants might facilitate STD transmission.
At Chemical and Engineering News, Lauren Wolf has a really well-researched, well-written story that will give you the low-down on this research without hype and without fear-mongering. Her story is easy to understand and explains what we know, what we don't know, and why this matters (besides the obvious, lubricants have been proposed as a possible means of applying topical anti-microbial STD preventatives).
Right now, the Food & Drug Administration doesn't typically require testing of personal lubricants in humans. The agency classifies them as medical devices, so the sex aids have to be tested on animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs. Rectal use of lubricants is viewed by the agency as an "off-label" application—use at your own risk.
Questions about lubricant safety arose nearly a decade ago when microbicide developers were testing whether the detergent nonoxynol-9 could block HIV transmission. Manufacturers had been incorporating the compound into spermicidal lubricants for years because of its ability to punch holes in the cell membranes of sperm. In 2002, however, a Phase II/III clinical trial of a nonoxynol-9 vaginal gel failed to protect women from HIV infection. Not only that, but the detergent actually increased the risk of HIV infection in the sex workers tested—women living in countries such as South Africa and Thailand who used the product three or four times per day.
Lab work eventually revealed the reason for the paradoxical increase: Nonoxynol-9 is so good at punching holes in cell membranes that it not only bores into sperm but also into the cells lining the vagina and rectum. The mucosal lining of the vagina is a good barrier to infection all by itself, says Richard A. Cone, a biophysicist at Johns Hopkins University. But if that barrier gets compromised, all bets are off, he explains. After nonoxynol-9—still used on some condoms today—went from promising microbicide candidate to malevolent cell killer, scientists like Cone began to question the safety of other supposedly innocuous spermicide and personal lubricant ingredients.
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Does gun control mean fewer guns on the street and less violence? Does encouraging gun ownership mean better protected people and less violence?
I don't think it's too early to be asking questions like this. When you're faced with a tragedy like what happened today at Sandy Hook Elementary School, it's reasonable to start asking questions about violence prevention. It's part of the bargaining stage of grief — wondering if there's something we could have done that would have prevented all those needless deaths. And let's get one thing straight: Everybody wants to prevent what happened today.
So what can be done about it? And what does the science say?
I've been trying to get a handle on that for the last hour or so and here are three things it seems we can definitively say:
• It would be completely accurate for someone to tell you that studies in places like Australia and Austria found that implementing more stringent gun control laws reduced deaths from gun-related suicides and violent crime.
• It would also be accurate to say that a study of the effects of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act in the United States showed no big reductions in gun-related deaths, except for suicides among people older than 55.
• And it's also true that a 2003 study of conceal-carry laws in Florida found that they seemed to make no difference one way or the other — neither increasing nor reducing rates of violent crime.
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Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon launched "Artists Against Fracking" earlier this year, and have received no response from NY gov. Andrew Cuomo to their request to meet and talk about the idea of a ban of fracking in New York. Now, Ono and Lennon have launched a billboard campaign on a route where the governor often passes. "Governor Cuomo: Imagine there's no fracking," the sign reads.
I'm a nervous flyer. But I'm a lot better at it then I used to be. That's because, a few years ago, I learned that it's actually pretty common to survive a plane crash. Like most people, I'd assumed that the safety in flying came from how seldom accidents happened. Once you were in a crash situation, though, I figured you were probably screwed. But that's not the case.
Looking at all the commercial airline accidents between 1983 and 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board found that 95.7% of the people involved survived. Even when they narrowed down to look at only the worst accidents, the overall survival rate was 76.6%. Yes, some plane crashes kill everyone on board. But those aren't the norm. So you're even safer than you think. Not only are crashes incredibly rare, you're more likely to survive a crash than not. In fact, out of 568 accidents during those 17 years, only 71 resulted in any fatalities at all.
I was talking about this fact with a pilot friend over the weekend, and he mentioned one crash in particular that is an excellent example of the statistics in action. On July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 lost all its hydraulic controls and landed in Sioux City, Iowa, going more than 100 mph faster than it should have been. You can see the plane breaking apart and bursting into flames in the video above. Turns out, that's what a 62% survival rate looks like. (All the pilots you can hear talking in the video survived, too.)
Read more about United Airlines 232 on Wikipedia
Read the full NTSB report from 2001
In 2007, Popular Mechanics examined 36 years of NTSB reports and found that the majority of surviving passengers were sitting in the back of the plane. But that seems to depend a lot on the specifics of the crash and may not be a reliable predictor of future results.
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NoPhoto is Jonathan Dandrow's electronic countermeasure for traffic-cameras. It's a license-plate frame that uses sensors to detect traffic-cameras, and floods the plate with bright light that washes out the plate number when the cameras take the picture. It's presently a prototype, but he's seeking $80,000 through Indiegogo to get UL certification and go into production.
Dandrow believes that traffic cameras are unconstitutional, because "if you do commit a traffic violation, you should have your constitutionally guaranteed right to face your accuser – and that your accuser should not win by default just because it happens to be a camera that can't talk in court."
His device is made in the USA, and (he says) it is legal to use in the US.
Here is how a typical traffic camera encounter would happen with the noPhoto installed on your car:
1 The traffic camera fires its flash to illuminate your car for a picture
2 The noPhoto detects the flash, analyzes it, and sends the proper firing sequence to its own xenon flashes
3 The noPhoto precisely times and fires the flash at the exact moment needed to overexpose the traffic camera
4 Since the traffic camera is not expecting the additional light from the noPhoto, all of its automated settings are incorrect and the image is completely overexposed. Your license plate cannot be seen you and you will not get a ticket in the mail.
Dandrow also says that traffic cams cause more accidents than they prevent, citing studies by the Federal Highway Administration and the Virginia Transportation Research Council, "The increase in rear-end collisions alone from people slamming on their brakes to avoid being ticketed is enough to increase accident rates overall."
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Ryan is a University of Waterloo Engineering grad student who has invited the world to suggest damnfool stunts that he might perform for the youtubes. In this episode, he looses arrows from a powerful bow while bouncing on a trampoline. It's TRAMPOLARCHERY!
CREATIVE DISSONANCE EPISODE 4 – TRAMPOLARCHERY (via Skepchick)
Back in May, we linked you to the reporting of Outside's Grayson Schaffer, who was stationed in the base camps of Mount Everest, watching as the mountain's third deadliest spring in recorded history unfolded. Ten climbers died during April and May. But the question is, why?
From a technological standpoint, as Schaffer points out in a follow up piece, Everest ought to be safer these days. Since 1996 — the mountain's deadliest year, documented in John Krakauer's Into Thin Air — weather forecasts have improved (allowing climbers to avoid storms like the one responsible for many of the 1996 deaths), and new helicopters can reach stranded climbers at higher altitudes. But those things, Schaffer argues, are about reducing deaths related to disasters. This year, he writes, the deaths that happened on Everest weren't about freak occurrences of bad luck. It wasn't storms or avalanches that took those people down. It wasn't, in other words, about the random risks of nature.
This matters because it points to a new status quo on Everest: the routinization of high-altitude death. By and large, the people running the show these days on the south side of Everest—the professional guides, climbing Sherpas, and Nepali officials who control permits—do an excellent job of getting climbers to the top and down again. Indeed, a week after this year's blowup, another hundred people summited on a single bluebird day, without a single death or serious injury.
But that doesn't mean Everest is being run rationally. There are no prerequisites for how much experience would-be climbers must have and no rules to say who can be an outfitter. Many of the best alpinists in the world still show up in Base Camp every spring. But, increasingly, so do untrained, unfit people who've decided to try their hand at climbing and believe that Everest is the most exciting place to start. And while some of the more established outfitters might turn them away, novices are actively courted by cut-rate start-up companies that aren't about to refuse the cash.
It's a recipe that doesn't require a storm to kill people. In this regard, things are much different now than in the past: they're worse.
Image via Outside and photographer Rob Sobecki
Dangerously Irrelevant's "26 Internet safety talking points" is just about the best essay I've read on creating a sane, evidence-led, pro-education, anti-fear Internet safety policy for a school. Given that schools are third in line to receive oppressive technology mandates (behind autocratic nations and prisons, ahead of corporate enterprise users and the general public), this is desperately needed.
B. The technology function of your school organization exists to serve the educational function, not the other way around. Corollary: your technology coordinator works for you, not vice versa.
C. Mobile phones, Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, blogs, Wikispaces, Google, and whatever other technologies you're blocking are not inherently evil. Stop demonizing them and focus on people's behavior, not the tools, particularly when it comes to making policy. You don't need special policies for specific tools. Just check that the policies you have are inclusive of electronic communication channels and then enforce the policies you already have on bullying, cheating, sexual harassment, inappropriate communication, illicit behavior, etc.
D. Why are you penalizing the 95% for the 5%? You don't do this in other areas of discipline at school. Even though you know some students will use their voices or bodies inappropriately in school, you don't ban everyone from speaking or moving. You know some students may show up drunk to the prom, yet you don't cancel the prom because of a few rule breakers. Instead, you assume that most students will act appropriately most of the time and then you enforce reasonable expectations and policies for the occasional few that don't. To use a historical analogy, it's the difference between DUI-style policies and flat-out Prohibition (which, if you recall, failed miserably). Just as you don't put entire schools on lockdown every time there's a fight in the cafeteria, you need to stop penalizing entire student bodies because of statistically-infrequent, worst-case scenarios.
E. You never can promise 100% safety. For instance, you never would promise a parent that her child would never, ever be in a fight at school. So quit trying to guarantee 100% safety when it comes to technology. Provide reasonable supervision, implement reasonable procedures and policies, and move on.
It starts at A and goes all the way down to Z. Every one of 'em's a gem.
Just in case you couldn't imagine Boots being more profit-led (rather than "pharmacy-led") marvel at the fact that the company refuses to withdraw products from Nelsons, a homeopathic manufacturer, even after the US regulator banned Nelsons products over fears that their sugar pills (which include "teething remedies" that are meant for babies) contained fragments of broken glass.
Boots's answer to a concerned customer? "Don't worry, the broken glass isn't in the stuff they sell to us."
How could Boots know that the lax production standards applied only to shipments to the US? The products are made in Wimbledon. Do Nelsons have 'lax Fridays' where they all bunk off to the pub while the US export runs are made?
This response lacks any credibility.
I wrote to Boots when I received this to ask how they can be confident that these problems do not affect the UK. I have received no response.
Of course, we know Boots have a rather cynical attitude to the homeopathic products they sell. When giving evidence to parliament, Paul Bennett, professional standards director and superintendent pharmacist at Boots, admitted they have no evidence these products work, but sold them because they could.
One then might understand they were unconcerned about the homeopathic pills not being manufactured correctly – it does not matter one jot if the sugar pill receives a drop of magic ju-ju juice – it's just water. But why would Boots be unconcerned that their products lack the quality control procedures to prevent glass entering products? To remind you, Boots sell homeopathic babies teething powders – a completely useless product, but may make the baby forget its teething pain if it crunches down on shards of glass.
Bruce Schneier asks what lessons we can learn from the shooting in a Colorado movie theater, and answers the question with admirable good sense:
The rarity of events such as the Aurora massacre doesn't mean we should ignore any lessons it might teach us. Because people overreact to rare events, they're useful catalysts for social introspection and policy change. The key here is to focus not on the details of the particular event but on the broader issues common to all similar events.
Installing metal detectors at movie theaters doesn't make sense -- there's no reason to think the next crazy gunman will choose a movie theater as his venue, and how effectively would a metal detector deter a lone gunman anyway? -- but understanding the reasons why the United States has so many gun deaths compared with other countries does. The particular motivations of alleged killer James Holmes aren't relevant -- the next gunman will have different motivations -- but the general state of mental health care in the United States is.
Even with this, the most important lesson of the Aurora massacre is how rare these events actually are. Our brains are primed to believe that movie theaters are more dangerous than they used to be, but they're not. The riskiest part of the evening is still the car ride to and from the movie theater, and even that's very safe.
Drawing the wrong lessons from horrific events (via Interesting People)
More than 700,000 people in the United States probably get gonorrhea each year. I say "probably" because the Centers for Disease Control doesn't know for sure. It's an estimate, because a lot of those cases go untested, unreported, and untreated.
The good news is that, since the 1940s, getting people to get themselves tested has been the hard part. Once you know the gonorrhea is there, antibiotics have made it both easy and cheap to treat. The (more) bad news: That's changing.
At her Superbug blog, Maryn McKenna talks about the threat of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea—it's not just an issue of health, it's also an issue of how much health costs. So far, there's not been gonorrhea reported that's immune to all the drugs we can throw at it. Just the inexpensive drugs. Anticipating big problems when treating gonorrhea becomes a pricy proposition, the World Health Organization has put together a plan for improving treatment today.
The plan specifically calls out an aspect of the growing resistance problem that we highlighted at SciAm: Community control now depends on rapid molecular tests that identify the gonorrhea organism (Neisseria gonorrhaea) but cannot distinguish between drug-susceptible and antibiotic-resistant organisms. Hence, patients who were treated, and then went back to their doctors with the same symptoms, were assumed to have been cured and then reinfected. Physicians have not had the tools to identify ongoing infections that never responded to treatment — and patients who had those resistant, not-responding infections then went on to unknowingly infect others.
In order to address that problem, the plan calls specifically for improvements in lab capacity, diagnosis and surveillance, as well as asking for things that apply to the greater problem of antibiotic resistance: improved awareness, bigger efforts at prescribing antibiotics appropriately and better drugs. One thing that it particularly calls for — as the CDC did in the New England Journal last February — is for physicians to start applying a "test of cure," actually checking microbiologically to see whether a patient who was prescribed an antibiotic for gonorrhea is clear of infection, or harboring a resistant strain.
Of course, that's expensive, too. The cheapest option is still to not get gonorrhea at all. Get tested. Make sure your partners are tested. And use protection. In the future, we're not going to be able to afford treating some STDs as "no big deal".
Read more about the WHO plan and antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea at the Superbug blog>
Matt Simmons, who writes the Standalone Sysadmin blog, has been wondering why there are ashtrays in airplane toilets, even though you aren't allowed to smoke anywhere on or near an airplane, and you haven't been allowed to do so for quite some time. It turns out that airplane toilet ashtrays are mandatory: "Regardless of whether smoking is allowed in any other part of the airplane, lavatories must have self-contained, removable ashtrays located conspicuously on or near the entry side of each lavatory door, except that one ashtray may serve more than one lavatory door if the ashtray can be seen readily from the cabin side of each lavatory served." (Code of Federal Regulations for airworthiness). Simmons explains why:
The plane can not leave the terminal if the bathrooms don't have ashtrays. They're non-optional.
That's an awfully strange stance to take for a vehicle with such a stringent "no smoking" policy, but it really does make a lot of sense. Back in 1973, a flight crashed and killed 123 people, and the reason for the crash was attributed to a cigarette that was improperly disposed of.
The FAA has decided that some people (despite the policies against smoking, the warning placards, the smoke detector, and the flight attendants) will smoke anyway, and when they do, there had better be a good place to put that cigarette butt.


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Clowntown 101 lead specialist or team leader top to bottom think "master of my fate captain of my ship" something like that, until the poop hits the fan…wham you know where you are at, rung one ladder one and sometimes out the door on your arse.
Corporate culture is universal a Catch-22 of bottom line and quarterly goals with numbers replacing people who work to ladder up the rung or keep what jobs they have to make the ends meet.
The world is sliding into a catastrophic depression polarizing the haves and the have not….you cannot run and hide it is on everyones doorstep even the fat cats are gonna get leaner and meaner to hang onto what they have….in the meantime…"hey buddy can you give us a bailout!!!!!"
Cut up your credit cards….drive your vehicle less…plan your meals wisely and buddy up with friends to get through this fiasco and think this….STORM THE BASTILLE…..Liberté, égalité, fraternité…and boycott where and when it makes sense…..never ever loose your cool…if you do the top clowns will know you blinked….use the system.
Oh and use this for a dart board or any other objects you would like to sling.
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hahaha!That is very cool!
The culture of the un-cool Top Clowns of Clowntown….behemoths and monolithic…all by the numbers…thank you Patricia Anne….stay cool.
– montdragon
Are you sure you didn't enter this in "Photo-journalism?"
Correctomundo on all points, but might not monotone be interesting if not as striking…
They don't like to stand out too much.
a student of this subculture
M….I was never a student of this I was a subject and subjected to the culture….monotone yes (maybe a T-shirt) most Top Clowns like subdued Republican colors and really don't mind standing out macho a macho…there is a significant percentage of hubris and snotty panache with c'est le vie of "screw you I got mine and that is life" I don't interact as an employee just freelance when the opportunity presents itself to ply my trade with the Top Clowns…but for this I thought clown colors very appropriate and clones from the top to the bottom….publishing stuff is…well therapy…and hit or miss…as always I appreciate your comments very much…."a student of this subculture" any plans after graduation….young lady?
– montdragon
In the end, the clowns will have the last laugh — unless we show solidarity. BushCo has made it no secret that the goal in withholding bail out bucks form the Big 3 was to coerce and blackmail the companies to help crush the UAW. WE THE PEOPLE are perceived as the enemy of FREEDOM defined as FINANCIAL GAIN. When the poop hits the fan the Clowns are standing up wind and the PEOPLE end up in the shit.
From the very beginning it has always been the slaves and the masters or the employee and the employer and the dynamics are a conflict of power to impose (how much force)…anyone that is a functioning sentient knows the intent and net result of BushCo and the power elite (surprise some still don't get it poor Republicans thinking they "will get some" it is like pee trickling down on their heads). The Big Three thing is one of the exhibits on display. Solidarity is very hard for most people to embrace and sustain…insecurity gets them in the paycheck…as for the Clowns they may be smiling with their fleecing of America for now…the biggest heist yet to date and in broad daylight on display for the world to see and some thinking in disbelief….only in America….America the country that wants to export ersatz freedom and economic finacial "know how" which has crapped a load. Liberté, égalité, fraternité to some maybe a vintage cliché….Americans are at the tipping point and perhaps ready to engage in shoulder to shoulder solidarity. Never give up and never lose focus and never let them see you blink….your comments and insights are always welcomed and I appreciate that you are informed and informative.
– montdragon
Dearest Montdragon, as a PhDilettante I must be a student of every subculture…but we never, for the Great Kat's Sake, actually participate in them! Simply an amusing diversion.
The Clowns are perfect; forgive my poor effort at sarcasm. :-)
What sarcasm??? U B kid'n and you B U Be Bop'n and yes being a student voyeur of the sub sub subcultures of cultures puts one in the cat birds seat in black tights…I be snap'n your tights girlie girl (OK I will just put me head in the guillotine for the "girlie girl" presumptuousness remark but I think you might have that girl thing a sophisticate girl thing also in your persona as well as a bon vivant artist par excellence…but I will take the liberty of snap snap' your tights ha ha…boy this is a deep hole I can see China) remark as you please…snap snap'n….I need another glass of wine…your beret looks a little askew but tres chic…ha ha…what sarcasms (?)….you call them as you see them….Merlot or Cabernet?
– montdragon
A rich Cab, please…
blush is snappin' tights sort of like friskin' whiskers…
be bop & clinking glasses.
Touché Turtle en garde snap'n or frisk'n with joy de vivre a tango for two…c'est le vie even in the best of times and the worst of times….red wine….bon mots and innocent entendres…that amuse….chin chin PhDilettante.
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thanks for redirecting my question to this forum,,,I have checked the Hoeffler site before and they have a "champion" however it is not the Francois Boltano type,,,,as a layman I am amazed at the lack of info on this designer,,,,this type being in my minds eye ,,,incredibly attractive!!!
I have a sample of Boltana's 'Champion' in the Script Font ID Guide. The reason there is so little about him is that he died young, apparently. I don't think the typeface was ever digitized commercially. [edited by moderator]
Sample from the Script Guide:
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Here is a link that shows the works of French type designers. It was the source of the original graphic above.
This was originally linked from one of Luc Devrouye's pages about French Type, but the links were changed.
Boltana also did Stilla in 1973. (It's incorrectly attributed to Robert Hunter Middleton on that page, unfortunately.)
Well, that crude to propose any pirated version of an design made only as exclusive by the designer who died few years ago, defintely too young. I don't like to see used the term "reviving" when its mostly piracy. Forgive me Mike but its nothing against your good intention to help.
Champion received in 1989 the Morisawa Gold prize...
Today, I'm pretty sure that <href>Adobe Bickham Script</a> is a good remplacement, specially the recent OpenType version.
I understand Jean (and Yves I see the edit you made). I am sorry if that was an offensive thing to do. The font I showed is not making money for anyone else, and I did not point to where I found it, and as far as I could find there was no available version of Francois Boltana's font. Do you know of one?
In the past, when we found a digitized version of a font that was not offered commercially we have shared information about it, so I thought I was not promoting a pirated version.
I can see this is a 'gray' area, and I accept your opinion that in this case, the design is too recent to be 'revived'.
Does anyone know who owns the rights to this typeface?
Well, another way to look at this is that trying to stamp out the
existing fonts leaves nobody happy. To say that doing so does
honor to Francois Boltana is open to argument. I dare say that
most of us, were we Boltana now and able to look from our
resting place, would MUCH rather see two lovingly made fonts
that make available the exquisite Champion to be seen and
used than to have our typeface tied up in some copyright limbo
or, worse, the copyright holder seeing it as not worth digitizing
and having no intent to release a font. Saying otherwise takes
a certain measure of arrogance, in my opinion.
If anyone knows who owns the rights to Champion, please
speak up so that I might write and urge the creation and
release of a nice, better made, truly legitimate font that would,
indeed, make everyone happy.
After death of Fran
Aha, thank you for that perspective, Jean.
An interesting situation where a commercial foundry
might be open to litigation, but a freeware font creator
is but a shadow to a spurned widow. Well, the creator
of the unnamed fonts duo was far from an amateur;
it's almost as if a pro was familiar with this situation ...
In any case, my hope that the nefarious freebie survive
is only strenghtened (for the sake of the beautiful script
and the designer). I will, however, quit being a thorn in
Yves' side about his decision here.
I don't envy you the job, Yves.
I, too, would have to say that we may agree more often than
you imagine. We simply draw the line in the sand at a very
different spot. I've been trying to be quiet and helpful only;
as much as my inner voice allows, anyway. Cheers.
To shift this topic back to Fran
The only Champion of which I'm aware is that from Hoefler & Frere-Jones.
Thread moving to the TYPE IDENTIFICATION area
Paul is looking for a typeface by Francois Boltanos called Champion. Any suggestions?
do you have a sample which you could post? jpg or gif? this would help. (don't know why i didn't think of this in the first place.)
Ah. We've had this here before, I remember now. Thanks, Mike.
No problem Mike. This was a very gray area case, so I conferred
with JFP about it and decided to remove the rip-off. Now if only
somebody decided to release the font, everybody'd be happy.
Who's a thorn in my side? As I said, this is a very gray area case,
so I take full responsibility for removing samples, names and links
of the suspected rip-off. When in doubt, I'd rather play it safe.
That being said, I'd like to go on record that I respect and appreciate
your view on the freeware/shareware community. We may agree
more often than you imagine. I also feel your opinions ensure that
the debate stays open and interesting. It's just that I have to police
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Creative "temporary" flooring idea???
We just bought a fixer upper! (Woohoo!/Dear god what have we gotten into...) It is a 1951 ranch in pretty good structural condition (we hope) and just needs updating. It is an estate and no one has lived there for 3 years. One of the first issues to address before we (and our toddler) move in is the icky, stinky, ugly pile carpet. We know we want to eventually do cork or a laminate but since we are doing a lot of construction, perhaps moving walls and changing the layout, it doesn't seem to make sense to install the nice flooring now. So do we buy cheap-o carpet and live with that for now? I hate carpet, and worry about the off gassing and smell...I have allergies and those things can bother me badly sometimes. I suggested seeing what shape the concrete was in under the existing carpet and perhaps just have exposed concrete for now. Hubby was not on board...
Do we go with the cheapest carpet available at Home Depot/big box flooring store as an interim measure? Is there another option we are missing or could consider? Any advice or suggestions welcome! TIA!
You could remove the carpet and underpad, tack strips etc to the plywood subfloor or concrete slab and clean it really well, then just use throw rugs for now. Or if this is a longer temporary floor you can paint the subfloor to make it look better. I would not put in new carpet for temporary use!
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I suggested seeing what shape the concrete was in under the existing carpet and perhaps just have exposed concrete for now.
My response:
Sounds good to me. I have been renovating for 2 mos and am using my concrete slab for now. I may even paint it if I run out of money to do the floors! It isn't bad at all (a little bit of an echo) but way better than bad carpet! I just looked at Overstock.com for some cheap area rugs ($150 or so) and that may work for you too in the interim. :)
Not sure if this is along the lines of what you are looking for... but found this the other night and thought it was interesting.
Paper bag floors-link below. They look interesting when done. I'm sure you could get creative with maps/ wrapping paper for patterns or other textures.
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I would paint the floors! Not only am I suggesting that I have decided that I am doing it too. We are renovating my fiances house that has not been "loved" for 25 years. (kitchen reno is complete and is gorgeous) We ripped up the old stained carpet and found painted pine floors in a dove grey color. and whammo I thought this is great. I have been wanting to paint and stencil an over scale lace floral pattern. I saw something in a magazine and also on HOUZZ. It looks great . Good luck.
Well, obviously you can't paint the subfloor if there isn't a subfloor but rather a concrete slab. ;-) But you can easily paint your concrete a la the suggestion above.
Alternately, go to your local Habitat for Humanity ReStore and find some remnant vinyl or click laminate flooring for cheap. Or get those rolls of cork that are meant as flooring underlayment and just use it with a layer of poly on it.
But honestly, anything you use now that's deliberately cheaply made (like carpet or cork) is just going to exacerbate your allergies or fall apart, require more time and money to remove again, and you want to save your $$ for your eventual real floor. Remodeler wisdom would advise sticking with the concrete until you're ready for the good stuff.
I am also renovating while living in a very old house. I am also doing it with not one but 2 toddlers. I would say that while living with sub floor or cement is fine for adults, it is not so great for toddlers. I do have sub floor right now in my kitchen and have for about 3 months (floor is going in this month). My kids are not allowed in that room right now because there are splinters that will come up randomly if you walk in socks also it gets dirty and stays dirty you can't really mop it (and we know how much kids spill stuff). And if you have concrete is just plain hard on little knees and poor little heads if they fall.
Subflooring is a good solution if you are living with it for short periods while completeing a room and moving on to the next. Our kids are used to a room being off limits for a while then being open again, gates go up and come down around here often, but as a long term solution I would look at a discount store for click laminate if you don't want a cheap carpet. I did a large room in our last rental place for under $100 in laminate we found at Ollies. Even if you don't install all the way to the walls it will give your child something to play on and something for his/her feet to run on.
JMO though.
look for carpet remnants. Home depot Lowes wholesale carpet store. I got 22' prepadded Berber for $75 at lowes a couple years ago. It was a couple feet too narrow but with the furniture you couldn't tell as much. later put it in a bedroom after I saved up for hardwood.
I've seen lots of unique ideas...some are a lot more work than others. We're going to use pallet slats for flooring in one place. That will be a good bit of work, but cheap! I've also seen people cut sheets of plywood into "planks" and paint it. Depends on how long it will be "temporary" for.
Are you sure there's no subfloor between the slab and carpet? We live in a 1950's cottage and we have pine subfloor-it basically looks like hardwood flooring. It was under linoleum and carpet (depending on which room). Now it's painted in one room and the rest is exposed as is (well, I oiled it). It sits on "sleepers" (basically thin wood slats that are attached to the slab, then the floor is nailed to them). If you look at the link below, you can see photos on my blog of some hallway repairs we did, where we had to get down to the slab. In the one photo (6th one down) if you look at where the wood floor stops you can see a piece of one of the sleepers. Your home might be set up the same way.
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Thanks for all the ideas! We are directly on a concrete slab. I have added a picture now that we have ripped out all the carpet :) We are thinking of keeping the exposed concrete and doing bound carpet remnant/area rugs or carpet tiles. I am worried about my little one running and scraping herself on the concrete floor! We have to see how it goes. Since we aren't doing any major renovations in the kitchen I am looking at a nicer cork product, either glue down tiles or floating system.
What an awesome room!
Kids are tough and close to the ground. If the concrete is relatively smooth (and doesn't smell like cat pee or anything) she'll be fine. Get some stylish area rugs and enjoy that place.
If you child can handle sidewalks, she can handle the floors.
Make sure it's clean and smooth, maybe paint it with porch paint if you want color, but it's livable as it is.
Acid-staining and sealing it would be fun, and it's trendy. that and some area rugs and it's good for several years.
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What a wonderful Inn
Off season at The Inn of Cooperstown was exactly the peaceful, quaint, retreat I was hoping to find. Wonderful history, casual elegance, friendly staff, and involved Owner/Inn Keepers - Mark & Sherri. Convenient location to shops, restaurants, and attractions. And a great place to sit by one of the several fireplaces with a book, a laptop, or hot drink. (Mark, I loved the quality and the convenience of the Flavia coffees, teas, chocolates.)
This was my first stay at the Inn of Cooperstown. I look forward to a return visit to Cooperstown .. and another stay at The Inn !!
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If you're looking for a spotless, friendly B&B in a wonderful location, look no further than the Inn at Cooperstown.
I just stayed there this past weekend. This is by far one of the cleanest, if not the cleanest, B&B I've ever stayed. The owners, Marc and Sheri, are super friendly and helpful. The location can't be beat...just park your car and walk to the restaurants, shops, and Baseball Hall of Fame!
The inn is real nice and quiet...perfect for couples looking for a getaway. There are no phones or tvs in the rooms for additional quiet. There is a phone and flat-screen tv for guests' use in one of the parlor rooms.
Even better the 2nd time around!
The Inn at Cooperstown is the best Bed & Breakfast that I have yet to stay in. The innkeepers are fully involved and the nicest people you will ever meet. The entire staff is ready to assist you at any time of the day with a smile. There are many little touches and it's that detail that you remember years later. Over any other location in Cooperstown, NY, I would highly reccommend the Inn at Cooperstown. Marc & Sherri are the most kind individuals I have encountered in my travels and I can promise anyone this- I will be back!
Great stay even if it did rain for three days
Stayed at the Inn at Cooperstown,as we have for the past five years.I love waking up to the smell of fresh baking muffins.It rained the whole three days we were there, but did not stop us from having a wonderful stay. Just relaxing on the front porch makes it even more special.As always the rooms were spotless, even my husband remarked about the spotless bathrooms everyday.We had a excellent weekend. Thanks to such a wounderfull staff.
Another terrific stay
Stayed at The Inn at Cooperstown over July 4th weekend, it was excellant as usual. This was out 6th or 7th stay in 10 years & our 1st since the new owners took over. We were glad to see everything was up to the same standard as it had been in the past. Our room was very comfortable & quiet & had the cleanest bathroom I have ever seen in a hotel. We loved relaxing in the rocking chairs on the front porch & enjoyed the afternoon refreshments of ice tea, lemonade & cookies. (if you are there in the winter they have a wonderful fireplace in the parlor....so nice to relax in front of a fire on a cold day!) Breakfast is an assortment of muffins, toast, cereal & fruit.....nothing fancy but good. Another great selling point for the Inn is how close it is to The Hall & Main St. You park your car at the Inn & don't need it again til you check out. The Inn is beautiful, clean, quiet & convenient....can't ask for any more than that!
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We usually stay in hotels rather than inns or B&Bs, but we enjoyed our one night stay at the Inn at Cooperstown. The rooms and baths were good, and the location for visiting the Hall of Fame and the main tourist trap shops in Cooperstown is excellent. Moreover, the staff was polite and helpful. We highly recommend this place.
In the heart of the village, a charming place to stay!
An August 2004 3-day visit to Cooperstown was even better because of The Inn at Cooperstown. Located just a few steps off Main Street, I was able to leave my car parked in their spacious lot and walk everywhere: National Baseball Hall of Fame, restaurants, shopping, and the park on the lake. Returning to the inn in the late afternoon, I would spend some time relaxing on the gorgeous front porch while enjoying ice tea and homemade cookies - yum! My lovely room was spotless and sparkling and very comfortable.
The innkeepers, Marc and Sherrie, were so warm and accomodating. Their staff is also extremely friendly and helpful. The sign of a very well run business. When I return to Cooperstown, this is where I will stay!
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The Inn at Cooperstown is the very best place to stay in Cooperstown. Located just off of Main St, it is truly within walking distance of everything. The inn is a lovely, historical gem of a building that is so inviting and charming. The guest rooms and common areas are just spotless. This the cleanest lodging we have ever stayed in. And, to top it off, the staff is just wonderful. They were so friendly and helpful with everything from dinner recommendations and reservations to details about local events and sites to see. We wouldn't consider staying anywhere else in Cooperstown.
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The Inn at Cooperstown cannot be beat. The staff are so icredibly friendly, I felt right at home instantly. The room was cleaner than any place I've ever stayed. It was the perfect place to relax.
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What can I say about this wonderful place other than it can't be beat. My wife and I decided to stop in Cooperstown, NY on our way to Cape Cod, Mass. on our honeymoon. After seeing this place on the internet, I decided to book a room and surprise her with it rather than staying at a chain hotel. Well, needless to say, I was surprised myself. We were greeted at the door by the innkeeper and the staff who were very friendly. We were then handed a skeleton key to the room. When we got to the room, it was very well restored. Beautiful furniture that captured the history of this place. No TV or phone in the room helped lend to the laid back atmosphere. This is a must stay for anyone who makes their way to Cooperstown.
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One of our bunnies, our black and white Sydney, crossed the rainbow bridge Tuesday evening. Her faithful friend, Sonny, sat by her side and watched over her. When she was gone, he licked her face a few times, and kept looking at us, like he was asking us to do something for her. She was 8 1/2 or 9 years old. DD has her son. We rescued her a few months after DD got him.
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Insects and wind have dealt a double whammy to Georgetown Lake's Piney Campground and boat launch.
Sand Hill Cranes are frequent visitors to the Bitterroot Valley. In fact, lots of migrations are underway.
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A study from Hamilton's Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows few mutations on the current strain of Ebola virus.
The Selway-Pintler Wilderness Back Country Horsemen are hosting the state convention of Back Country Horsemen in Hamilton this weekend.
The energy level in the Bitterroot Valley will be kicked up a few notches with the arrival of the band Red Baraat Friday in Hamilton.
Celebrating spring, the Ravalli County Museum is having a kite-building workshop Saturday, March 28.
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