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Trials begin for devices that can scan your insides, deep penetrating radiation scans cause 15,000 deaths per year
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The next generation of body scanners to be rolled out in airports will literally be able to see inside the human body, as security personnel gear up to trial machines that use deep penetrating radiation, the same kind hospitals use to examine internal organs and bones.
Australian airports are set to begin using the devices
should legislation before Federal Parliament be passed, enabling customs officers to use technology previously only operated by doctors in controlled conditions.
The justification for the technology is to crack down on suspected drug smugglers who swallow illegal substances to evade airport security. However, the notion of placing the technology along airport security lines paves the way for its general use, particularly in light of the recent security theatre explosion we have seen in airports over the last eighteen months.
The current crop of naked body scanners being used by the TSA and other transport security personnel around the globe use either Millimeter-wave or BackScatter radiation. These devices render clothing and organic materials translucent, providing an image of what is concealed underneath, which is why they have caused such controversy.
The radiation fired from those scanners does not penetrate beyond the tissue under the skin, nevertheless there have been
significant and legitimate fears
expressed by experts and scientists over the safety of such devices, as far as both the operator and the traveler are concerned.
The force generated from tetrahertz waves used by the millimeter-wave scanners is small but, according to scientists, the waves can
'unzip' or tear apart double-stranded DNA
, creating bubbles in the DNA that could interfere with processes such as gene expression and DNA replication.
Despite further warnings from scientists that the scanners
will cause cancer in some travelers
, it seems our governments are ready to push even further and use even more potentially lethal technology, under the guise of security.
Of course, there is a very good reason why internal X-ray scans are only legally permitted to be carried out by a doctor at a hospital or surgery � because they are extremely hazardous and can cause detrimental health effects to those exposed to them.
Radiography and Tomography scanners fire deep penetrating ionizing x-rays.
The most recent studies
estimated that CT scanners cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans every year. Imagine how that number would balloon if such technology were installed in airports and used everyday on millions of healthy people, as if they were routine metal detectors.
Yet, there is every indication that this will be the case. In January 2010, following the failed underpants bombing, former European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, Franco Frattini, told the media that governments should
consider scanning the insides of all travelers
to make sure they are not concealing explosives or weapons. It now seems that what at the time seemed a stretch beyond the realms of sanity is actually happening before our eyes.
Recent security failures
concerning the current crop of naked body scanners, many of which stem from human error, and the fact that the scanners are simply incapable of identifying some materials, will no doubt also be used as justification should the US and the UK follow the actions of the Australian authorities in attempting to beef security theatre in airports even further.
Of course, none of this matters to the
scores of security contractors making fat profits
from government contracts. The military industrial complex cares little if a few million people drop dead from cancer or pass on genetic defects. The only health worries they have concern their profit margins.
At the end of the day, however, the buck stops with the public on this. Overall apathy toward the rollout of highly invasive and potentially dangerous naked body scanning machines in airports, has only paved the way for more excessive violations of our rights and our liberties.
As we have consistently highlighted, there are even more frightening scenarios down the road if we continue to ignore the open tyranny being implemented all around us. If the public willingly accepts naked imaging x-ray machines that will cause cancer and death, all in the name of security, what comes next?
The TSA is considering�
taser bracelets
that can deliver electric shocks to anyone who steps out of line inside an airport or on a plane.
Passport control officers at airports are to be phased out as new�
biometric face scanning cameras
are replacing them under UK border control measures that came into force last year. A
global biometric facial scan databas
is the end goal of security authorities the world over.
Other proposals include placing the cameras in�
every seat on aircraft
and installing software to try and automatically detect terrorists or other dangers caused by passengers.
Passive brain scanners that pick up brain waves in order to sense the behaviour of travelers have already been trialed in airports. The technology known as�
has been developed by the Department of Homeland Security under a project lovingly called�
"Project Hostile Intent"
. The following image is a DHS Impression of the mindreader technology in action.
We are also being incrementally taught that what goes on in the airports will be�
transferred to the streets
, schools, shopping malls, rail stations and bus terminals.
The very body scanners we see being implemented within airports now have already been extensively�
trialed and are now being in railway stations in major cities
The same technology is being considered by governments
for general use in cameras on the street
. Once accepted as part of everyday life in airports, it becomes much easier to sell for use in all public places.
The development of all of this nightmare technology only emphasizes the need for�
immediate outright rejection
of the mass implementation of all forms of body screeners. If we continue to allow such gross attacks on our liberties to succeed the onslaught will never end.
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A look at a behavioral shift that will affect what consumers expect from the media and which media they will use more often.
I wasn't surprised when almost a year ago, Pew Research released a report showing that more people were getting their news online than from print newspapers. Nor was I surprised when last November, Google modified its algorithm to show timelier results, affecting about 35 percent of all searches. A clear response to Facebook and Twitter, whose seconds-old updates were challenging Google's role as the king of search.
These are clear examples of how the media environment is changing at a dramatic speed. The shift is not linear; consumers are not simply changing their media preferences. This behavior shift also affects what consumers expect from the media, not just which media they use more often.
Newspaper News Is Old News
Latinos are experiencing a media shift of their own. Similar to the general population, there's a decreasing interest in traditional media (especially newspapers) as a main source of information. Though the Latino shift is more dramatic: only 21 percent of Hispanics read a newspaper most days versus 30 percent of the total population, according to Experian Simmons.
As you can see on the chart below, newspapers are not only losing credibility overall but also in a key area: local news.
It's clear that the Internet is stealing audience from newspapers. Forty-two percent of Hispanics said that they get more of their news from the Internet.
Radio has also been affected, but interesting to note, TV still plays a key role. Take a look at the media Latinos rely on to keep themselves informed: TV - 42 percent, radio - 27 percent, and newspapers - 23 percent.
Latinos don't simply like to get facts. They want an interactive news experience. Bloggers and social media feeds have outpaced regular newspapers as a source for news, by offering personalized content with the ability to comment and share.
In Search of Entertainment
When it comes to information overall, the Internet is the main destination for 53 percent of Hispanics. No surprise here. What's surprising is that more than 40 percent of Hispanics agree that the Internet has increased their desire to learn new things. While we normally think of the Internet as the destination for news and entertainment, for Latinos it's become the place to learn, expand and improve skills, feed their curiosity, and, of course, share with friends and family. What about entertainment?
When it comes to entertainment, TV (42 percent) is the main destination for Latinos, followed by the Internet (25 percent), and radio (22 percent). Yet, Hispanics spend 37 percent fewer hours watching TV versus non-Hispanic whites.
Radio is still the preferred medium of choice for Spanish-preferred Latinos. More than 50 percent of Hispanics have listened to Spanish radio stations, twice the time they visited Spanish websites or read a Spanish newspaper.
On the other end, young Latinos (18 to 24 years old) are twice as likely to consider the Internet as their main source of entertainment compared to older Latinos.
The imperious need for ubiquity continues to grow. Hispanics are 40 percent more likely than the general population to watch video (or TV) on the Internet or a cellphone versus on a regular television screen. Also, they over-index by 70 percent in watching TV on their smartphones or tablets.
Last but not least, the social factor is key. Latino consumers are more than three times likely to check, via social media networks, what programs their friends are watching.
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Even though Latinos still have a more positive attitude toward advertising versus the general population, there's a declining trend as seen on the chart below.
Traditional advertising is losing ground when it comes to influence purchase. Hispanics are relying more on the Internet and mobile. Peer-to-peer recommendation is becoming more and more important as Latinos continue to lead the mobile web. According to Mintel, Latinos are more likely to click on banner ads on video sites compared to any other demographic.
Product placement is still well perceived by Latinos. They are more likely to be influenced by brand/product placement and more prone to buy a brand that they have been exposed to in a TV show. This is true even among bicultural Hispanics.
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03/09/2003 at 22:34
I'm doing Quell Challenge Roth in 2004 as my 1st IM distance event. I've done one 1/2IM so far and numerous 1/2 marathons. I'm not a bad runner having been running for the last 24 years(38yrs old!!!). So my legs are well conditioend to the stresses of long distance running. I plan on building up my cycling to 6-7 hours at aerobic threshold, which for me is roughly 125-130 bpm. This is according to Gordo Byrns training methods...http://www.coachgordo.com/cgi-bin/config.pl
My question is this...
Gordo reccommends maxing out at 2.5hr runs. He suggests that longer runs than this are counter-productive, and I agree. However, as this is my 1st IM distance race and I'm really only looking to finish within a reasonable time. I plan on incorporating walking breaks into my long runs. I was thinking about running roughly 12 minutes (approx 2km) and walking 1 min repeating. I would therefore plan on building my long runs up to a maximum of 3 hrs. What do you al think on this??
Thanks and any help appreciated
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03/09/2003 at 22:43
I quite often do long runs run/walk but normally do 5min run 1 min walk - i find it a nice way to spend a sunday morning and do between 2.5 and 3 hrs
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03/09/2003 at 23:24
Wasted (can I call you that?)
I am certainly no expert, but here are my thoughts. You say you have done several half marathons but no marathons yet. If so, I think as part of your preparation you should train towards a spring marathon anyway on top of the bike and swim training that you will be doing.
My schedule for IM Switzerland this year was to concentrate on run training in the months leading up to London Marathon with a secondary emphasis on swimming and then from April onwards piled on the cycling training, again not forgetting the swimming but throttling back on the running.
I agree with Gordo that there is no point doing 4 or 5 hour training runs but a marathon or two to build confidence even at training pace would be a good thing I think.
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Matt the Brum
04/09/2003 at 08:18
If you were trining for a 10k race you'd make sure some of your runs were over that distance. If you're going to be running a full marathon I would suggest some of your training runs are 26+ miles, or run slower and make sure you run for however long a marathon will take you.
I'm sure some people might disagree with me though.
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Bionic Ironwolf
04/09/2003 at 18:41
Absolutely not. There's no need to run the full distance in training, 20 miles is far enough. Same applies to the rest of the training, Paula Newby-Fraser (who's won more IMs than anyone ever and knows a thing or two about it) says with swimming concentrate on 400m blocks rather than keep swimming long distances in one. She still holds the two fastest times for women at Roth.
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05/09/2003 at 21:01
Gordo actually specifically says that an early season marathon is A Bad Thing for people training for an ironman. This is because of the tapering and recovery from the race blowing a hole in your schedule. Mind you, if he had his way, running training would be every fifth tuesday after a blue moon, with the rest of the time spent on the bike.
Personally I say go for a marathon. It builds confidence, and is a great laugh. Since doing London in spring 2002, I did two in spring 2003: Paris and Prague. It's a good excuse for a holiday as well. However, bear in mind that marathons absolutely thrash your body (this is apoint that Gordo definitely subscribes to), so I wouldn't make a habit of them in the lead up to an ironman!
Wasted, are you telling us that in 24 years, you've only hit the wall (in race conditions) once? You big nancy! :-)
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05/09/2003 at 22:05
Hey Big Bopper. I don't recall seeing anything on Wasted's posts about hitting the wall once in race conditions. Speaking from Wasted's point of view (I've been having problems logging on so had to change my name to wasted for a few nights till it was sorted out - NOW!)I've hit the wall or bonked as it's known in cycling on numerous occasions. But mainly during training, due to reductions in calories in order to drop weight for races or just doing too much without consuming enough calories. over a 2-3 day period.
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Big Bopper
06/09/2003 at 10:00
It was just that you said you've raced a half ironman, and the rest were half marathons. That's one bonk whilst racing! (Admittedly I had not thought about any cycling races you may have done).
Sorry, no offence meant. The point I was thinking of was pushing your body so far that recovery hinders your training schedule. In training, when you bonk you can back off, making sure you can recover, but when you are in a race, you try to keep your effort level up. This means that you are putting yourself under a lot more stress. Almost all the damage done to the body in a marathon is on the last 6 miles. The body is telling you to slow down, but you are over-riding it and damaging it even more. Thus the hole in your training schedule that Gordo dreads so much. Mind you, with 24 years of experience, this is probably not telling you anything new.
As you're a cyclists, maybe you can help me with a question I've got. I live on the North Downs, which means lots of hills. I can't do steady, low heart-rate rides as a result. I'm not exactly slight, so my power-to-weight ratio is ludicrously low. I struggle, and my heart rate soars. Is this a problem, and should I get a turbo trainer to replace these rides?
Big Bopper
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06/09/2003 at 12:32
Where on the North Downs - we're up in Gravesend and I often ride my MTB on the North Downs Way.
I think the problem with these hilly rides is actually two-fold - firstly, as you have said, the HR shoots up going up, but also there is a big issue with the HR being too low for effective aerobic conditioning on much of the descents.
If you are trying to lose the weight then a MTB on this hilly rides is ideal. You can gear down low enough to keep the HR in "zone" and if the HR goes VERY low on decents then that is fine as you may not be doing proper aerobic conditioning but you will get the two-fold benefit of conditioning the muscles (to some degree - as long as there is not TOO much freewheeling - just try and keep pedalling even if there is no resistance) and also burning fat - both of which will benefit your IM training.
This would also allow you to ride for longer. Just don't take many carbs while riding (just emergency supplies) and burn that fat as you go.
As the season develops you will be able to keep the HR in "zone" as your power to weight increases. Just avoid the steepest hills and stay aerobic.
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Big Bopper
06/09/2003 at 13:44
Aaargh! You mean I need to buy yet another bike?! I haven't finished paying for the old one yet! (mutter mutter bloody triathlon......)
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Big Bopper
06/09/2003 at 13:50
I live in Woldingham, Surrey.
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06/09/2003 at 14:44
Other end of the range...
Do you fancy doing the North Downs 30K run next June - could be a good training run for IM...
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Big Bopper
06/09/2003 at 14:49
That sounds interesting (and tortuous!), as long as it doesn't clash with Windsor.
Big Bopper
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06/09/2003 at 15:06
pantman, when is the 30k race?
i will prob be doing LD now.....hope they are not too close together (?)
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06/09/2003 at 15:17
June 27 rings a bell.
Ooh now bells! could add little ones to me pompoms...
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06/09/2003 at 15:26
i think longest day is 18th. id never be able to do a 30k a week later would i....?
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06/09/2003 at 15:30
jj, look im on one of the xtri pics (4th). see me on the bridge holding my back hahaha:
think i stopped a while and kicked a cow just after that
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06/09/2003 at 15:33
Back pain is something I *do* understand.
[though cruelty to cows is too much for a country girl to condone. Unless it's just scared me, which they often do coz they chase me)
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06/09/2003 at 15:39
nah just japing about the cow, although i did feel like kicking something in the arse
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06/09/2003 at 15:46
Judging by the results, dear boy - 'twas yourself! :o)
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General Grievous
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Purged from the otherwise complete Jedi Archives is all evidence of the mysterious world of Kamino. A lonely world beyond the Outer Rim and just south of the Rishi Maze, few could have predicted that Kamino would become a key contributor to a massive shift in political power in the final days of the Republic. Kamino is a planet of endless oceans and storms. Few features mark its surface, save for massive stilt-mounted cities wherein reside the planet's natural inhabitants, the Kaminoans. From Tipoca City, the planet's Prime Minister rules. Lama Su closely monitored the operations of Kamino's most prized export: clones.
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Five headstrong clones struggle to complete their training on Kamino. These cadets -- Hevy, Cutup, Droidbait, Fives and Echo -- seem to be a "bad batch" and are unable to work as a team. As Shaak Ti and drill instructors Bric and El-Les debate the cadets' fate, the clones learn to work together and accept their destiny as soldiers.
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Ryloth is under siege. Trapped on the surface, Jedi Master Di rallies the local forces with the help of Cham Syndulla. Desperate to save them, the Jedi Council dispatches Senator Bail Organa and Representative Jar Jar Binks to the planet Toydaria, where they are to convince the neutral regent, King Katuunko, to send aid to Ryloth. Bail and Jar Jar must convince Toydaria that their cause is just -- before it's too late. Trade Federation envoy Lott Dod attempts to prevent the Toydarians from giving up their neutrality. Katuunko follows his conscience and secretly aids the Republic, which Jar Jar is able to keep secret from the snooping Trade Federation agents with his inimitable distractions.
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dc.contributor.author | Russell, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | McTavish, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-22T16:29:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-22T16:29:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the MEC'05 conference, UNB; 2005. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2739 | |
dc.description.abstract | A prototype of a variable stiffness prosthetic joint has been constructed and tested. The joint is based on two actuator subsystems arranged in an antagonistic configuration. Each actuator subsystem is composed of a small, high-speed electric motor, a single stage, worm-gear based transmission and a nonlinear stiffness element. Each nonlinear stiffness element is composed of a set of short sections of elastic tube that was chosen based on its stiffness characteristics. The system is powered by batteries and can be controlled in a number of ways. The paper will present the basis used for selecting the nonlinear stiffness elements, the details of the design as constructed and a comparison of the actual performance of the prototype to predictions based on design calculations and simulations. The prototype has performance that is comparable to commercially available prostheses and showed good correspondence between simulation and prototype. The prototype was able to lift a 2 kg load through 135 degrees in 1.42 seconds and to vary its stiffness from 14 to 24 Nm/rad. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Myoelectric Symposium | en_US |
dc.subject | Variable stiffness prosthesis | en_US |
dc.title | A BENCH-TOP PROTOTYPE OF A VARIABLE STIFFNESS PROSTHESIS | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |


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8 Policy responses
The transmission process can finally be traced to possible secondary policy responses. The mandate of the WARN Act (1988) is unlikely to satisfy all demands for improved corporate disclosures and stringent advance notification requirements at the local level where the impacts of plant closures are most pronounced.
Many other questions related to mandated corporate disclosures and other stakeholder related legislation remain open. There is also the question of whether the threat of stakeholder oriented legislation will promote voluntary disclosures? The answers are likely to be influenced, for example, by (a) the extent of businessmen's continuing preference for making concessions in collective bargaining agreements rather than by losing privileges through legislative fiat; and (b) by the extent to which workers, unions and other stakeholders develop alternative internal and external reconnaissance capabilities which would make their early warning systems less dependent on corporate disclosures (Bluestone and Harrison, 1982). The relatively mild nature of the 1988 federal bill has not ended efforts at the state level to e act tougher measures. In Washington State, for example, the House of Representatives recently passed a bill requiring 100 days notice for firms as small as 25 employees (State of Washington, 1989). Thus the fear of many business lobbyists may indeed be justified, namely that the legislation would be precedent setting and open the door for other restrictions of corporate reorganization involving employment changes (OTA, 1986, p.3).
For good reasons, arguments as to which governmental level should be responsible for disclosure legislation have been inconsistent. Business lobbyists successfully prevented national legislation for a long time, in part by suggesting that this kind of legislation should be left to the local or state level. The same business interests would then, at the state level, appeal to the inter-territorial competitive spirit arguing that firms would be "forced" to shift their plants to states which do not have notification requirements (Table 3).
What company would want to move into an area that had substantial economic penalties for moving out? What entrepreneur would want to start a business in a community or state that had penalties for changing locations? Companies interested in profits will always try to settle in those areas that leave them free to make the basic decisions on when to shift among products, when to close, and when to move. States and Communities that do not impose restrictions will obviously have a competitive advantage over those that do..." (McKenzie, 1984, pp.26f).
Interestingly, the American Chamber of Commerce, well experienced in such interregional gamesmanship, exported this argumentation to Europe in their (so far successful) opposition to the Community level "Vredeling proposal" for the regulation of disclosures by multinational firms (Trowbridge, 1982; Blanpain, 1983).
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Among other policy issues which deserve further scrutiny are questions of appropriate length of mandated
notice. For example, is a fixed and uniform time period fair and equitable for employers? Should an employer who
has informed his work force regularly about relevant developments be held to the same time frame as another
employer who has kept employees in the dark? Ideally, appropriate notice periods would be determined for each
case based on employer disclosure costs as well as stakeholder information needs and benefits, i.e. on factors such as
anticipated instabilities, relative size of the laid-off labor force, flexibility and absorptive capacity of the local labor
market, the extent to which wages reflect risk of unemployment, occupational and geographic mobility of the labor
force, a variety of social costs related to displacement and infrastructure utilization, availability of adjustment
Assistance as well as access to other forms of information and early warning systems.
Improving local early warning systems
The foregoing conceptualization can be understood as a step toward an articulated early warning system for local
corporate economies. Such a system has to have two fundamental characteristics, namely (a) that it would involve
not only notification of the directly laid-off labor force, but also other local constituents or stakeholders; and (b) that
it would not have to rely only on either mandated or voluntary announcements of specific plant closures, but would
include mechanisms to recognize, and observe over time, changes in probabilities of employment adjustments and
plant survival. British geographers have suggested (and Implemented for research purposes) such diagnostic systems
by monitoring panels of firms representative of the structure of a
economy (North et al., 1983). These firms would be followed by repeated
surveys and information from
secondary sources. The authors observe that "the explanation of plant level employment change cannot start with an
analysis at the level of plant Itself, nor at the level of the firm of which a plant is a part, nor in factors local to a
particular borough. Rather, the firm and plant are seen as contained within larger economic structures, some analysis
of which is vital to understanding changes occurring at the levels of the firm and plant" (North, et al., 1983, p.113).
Otherwise, early warning systems of this kind seem to exist only in fragmented and uncoordinated form.
Thus, stakeholders' early warning systems can be described as
(a) consisting of streams or trickles of disconnected signals; and (b) being isolated from the warning systems of
other stakeholders. Signals Include: (a) regular, sporadic or event- (closure-) specific voluntary corporate
disclosures; (b) mandated disclosures, such as those covered by the WARN Act (1988); (c) information about
potential plant closures gained through extra-corporate channels (banks, stock or industry analysts, government
oversight agencies or other stakeholders or friends); (d) information useful for stakeholders, but presently not
disclosed, either due to corporate secrecy, due to the fact that it is presently not part of the corporate Information
system or that there has not been any overt demand for such information. Liebhafsky's vintage statement has,
mutatis mutandis, still relevance for today's causes of plant closure, even If corporate environments have become
more complex.
An employer who has failed to develop the foresight necessary to anticipation of technological change within
his industry, of course, would have little reason to react favorably to an advance notice system. To the extent
that representatives of the local employment service office might stimulate such an
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inherent in the technological change. (Liebhafsky, 1963, p.319, footnote
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Fault Code Definition
- Input/Turbine Speed Sensor Circuit Malfunction
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- Check Engine Light will illuminate
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- In unusual cases, there are no adverse conditions noticed by the driver
- In some cases, there may be performance problems, such as dying when coming to a stop after driving on the freeway and/or misfire-like symptoms
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When the code P0715 is set in the Powertrain Computer, it means that the Powertrain Computer or PCM is not seeing a speed signal from the Input/Turbine Sensor or a greater than a specified RPM difference between the rotational speed of the Input RPM Sensor and the Transmission Output RPM Sensor. This can occur during shifting or when driving at steady speeds in the same gear. It often implies that the transmission is slipping. Often times the transmission will automatically shift into a default gear and the Check Engine Light will be illuminated.
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An attacker advances against you, Nineveh.
Guard the fortress,
watch the road,
brace yourselves,
marshal all your strength!
The Lord will restore the splendor of Jacob
like the splendor of Israel,
though destroyers have laid them waste
and have ruined their vines.
The shields of the soldiers are red;
the warriors are clad in scarlet.
The metal on the chariots flashes
on the day they are made ready;
the spears of juniper are brandished.[a]
The chariots storm through the streets,
rushing back and forth through the squares.
They look like flaming torches;
they dart about like lightning.
Nineveh summons her picked troops,
yet they stumble on their way.
They dash to the city wall;
the protective shield is put in place.
The river gates are thrown open
and the palace collapses.
It is decreed[b] that Nineveh
be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan like doves
and beat on their breasts.
Nineveh is like a pool
whose water is draining away.
ôStop! Stop!ö they cry,
but no one turns back.
Plunder the silver!
Plunder the gold!
The supply is endless,
the wealth from all its treasures!
She is pillaged, plundered, stripped!
Hearts melt, knees give way,
bodies tremble, every face grows pale.
Where now is the lionsÆ den,
the place where they fed their young,
where the lion and lioness went,
and the cubs, with nothing to fear?
The lion killed enough for his cubs
and strangled the prey for his mate,
filling his lairs with the kill
and his dens with the prey.
ôI am against you,ö
declares the Lord Almighty.
ôI will burn up your chariots in smoke,
and the sword will devour your young lions.
I will leave you no prey on the earth.
The voices of your messengers
will no longer be heard.ö
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Posted Mar 31, '08 at 7:26pm
833 posts
i am getting kind of bored of all the games i usually play, so if anyone has suggestions for games that are not in the popular games list, please post or message my account
Posted Mar 31, '08 at 7:43pm
385 posts
I think a really good game is loxorz it might look boring but I think it is really fun.
Posted Mar 31, '08 at 8:02pm
2,875 posts
try a strategy button war game (point and click adventure)ish game
Posted Mar 31, '08 at 8:03pm
1,061 posts
I'm not sure if this is the spot to be asking this. I'm sure that a mod will come lock this.
Posted Apr 1, '08 at 4:52pm
thanks for the suggestions
Posted Apr 1, '08 at 8:40pm
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I would like to see a flash game similar to Halo, but just as good.
Posted Apr 1, '08 at 9:21pm
29 posts
Atomz is a nice game.
Posted Apr 2, '08 at 6:37am
970 posts
You should put this either in the game section or the Tavern section (probably the latter).Thanks.