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Using urban dictionary as a reference, this is not physiologically possible. Could it be Hirono projection???

Congratulations to Sen Duckworth and her family, prayers for uneventful pregnancy & a healthy baby.

My wife is from Canada. In early Oct, my Canadian MIL was advised by her Doctor that her cataracts were rapidly deteriorating and that she should have surgery quickly. Two days ago, a mere 9 weeks later, she saw the surgeon. She was advised that yes indeed, surgery on both eyes was in order, the sooner the better.

She was then given the first available surgical appointment – for May 2011 !!!

It’s not all bad though, they will try to get it done in Oct – Nov 2010, if she can agree to accept a last minute cancellation slot in either Edmonton, AB or Saskatoon, SK (2 ½ hour drive West or East). For this option, she gets to be on standby, ready to go for her surgery at any time, for a period of weeks or more.

Five years ago, she had her shoulder replaced. The diagnosis (left shoulder very painful, left arm essentially useless) took about 9 months, and then she waited over 2 more years before the surgery was actually performed.

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My wife’s uncle went through a similar experience.

Caught his right arm in a haybine, in an isolated field.

Finished cutting the arm off & drove the tractor to the farm homestead, nobody home... so he drove himself, in his truck, 10 miles to the hospital & walked into the ER.

I didn’t know him till after this, but, he was tough as nails.

He still drove a manual 5 speed truck, wouldn’t accept any help fishing (tying, baiting, landing or cleaning.

Um... TMI has been a plant best described as a world class performer for over 20 years now. Safe and very reliable.

TMI is on a 2 year refueling cycle, which means it shuts down for about five weeks every other year for refueling and maintenance. It has been so reliable that it has not been shutdown for even an instant in any non refueling calander year for over a decade. Few, if any, plants in the world can match that operational performance. No French unit even comes close.

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Murder is a legal matter. Here, in NC, I may shoot & kill anyone breaking into my home and will not be charged as, by law, it its not murder. Try the same thing in NY or MA (and many other states) and you are very likely to serve a long sentence for murder.

Under Oregon law, doctor assisted suicide is not, if the rules are followed, murder.

Interesting article, however, not new information. This mode of operation, to my knowledge, has been assumed since the discovery of the site.

With regard to commercial applications, the measure of the effect of water density on criticality is called Alpha T. A negative Alpha T implies that a decrease in water density promotes shutdown (as described here). A positive Alpha T implies the opposite. All US and Western commercial reactors have always, by law, been required to have a negative Alpha T. The Soviet RBMK reactor (think Chernobyl) OTOH had a positive Alpha T.

The principle described therefore has always been a bedrock of Western commercial reactor design.

The President can then smile at him and ask "why haven't you done that, John"?


... as you promised you would in April 2004 when interviewed on Meet the Press...

I will not put my X in any Kerry box. The idea is repulsive.

Perhaps if you left out the goat castration part the HR folks might be a little less confused...

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My email to the Globe:

The Globe recently called for the resignation of Sec Def Donald Rumsfeld.

Subsequently, the Globe ran fake porn pictures accusing the US Military of performing the acts depicted in the photographs.

The Globe has, in my opinion, a political bias against our President and does not agree with the war effort. Regardless, undermining our war effort amounts to sedition and, if it gives aid and comfort to our enemies, treason. To the extent that the media exploits negative stories related to the war and our military for political purposes, sedition and treason apply.

The failure of the Globe to carefully vet the authenticity and relevance of these pictures appears to demonstrate its bias and contempt for our military and the war effort.

What resignations can we expect from the editorial and management staff of the Globe in the wake of this incident?

Alternatively, perhaps you should just change the name to the Boston Rose - it does have a nice ring to it.

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well done

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A good start...