Live in the area. They work well for the 1-lane version. Most people don't have a problem with the 2-lane version. Things get a bit dicey for the 3-lane version. Familiarity is definitely a factor. For the I can't be bothered to drive because my phone is more important crowd, roundabouts are good at capturing them on the center island.

Any dealer at a gun show is still required by federal law to run a background check and follow other laws. There is no federal requirement for private sales, though 22 states require a background check for some or all private sales (usually by using a federally licensed dealer for the transfer). There are no special federal rules that apply to gun shows. I'm not aware of any state/local rules specific to gun shows.

You can obtain a firearm illegally just about anywhere in the world, difficulty varies, as does the legal consequences of getting caught.

Well, according to this article the Trump administration is a fan of right-to-repair. I recall seeing another article recently where he agrees with Elizabeth Warren on dumping the debt-ceiling completely. Politics is strange thing.

There is disagreement in the medical community for failing to distinguish the difference between and a low acute dose (less than 100 mSv but dosage accrued in a short time period, such as a single day), vs. a low gradual dose (e.g., less than 100 mSv but accrued over the course of a year)

The difference is that the bodies repair and disposal methods are thought to the be able to handle low-dose rates more comparable to high-level background radiation, than the unnatural effect of intense dosage rates that arise from nuclear accidents or bombs.

This is why the report you reference is not the high-quality support for the LNT model that you think it is. That report takes it's LNT data primarily from the low-level bomb data as 100 mSv - but 100 mSv for a single incident is nothing at all like a gradual dose of 100 mSv over the course of a year because the body for no chance to self-repair for that much radiation from a single incident.

The authors of that study frequently say that they don't have evidence that LNT is not the correct model. Not that they have strong evidence to prove that LNT is the correct model. I think the report is an honest assessment of the facts that they have.

I'm also not suggesting 100 mSv per year at a constant rate is perfectly safe - we don't have enough data to conclude that - for some reason the relevant double-blind studies never get done.

Others have suggested the acute doses less the 10 mSv are in fact safe or more accurately do not supply convincing evident that it is harmful. But public policy certainly does not support that view.

Since I expect it to be worthless, it's entirely possible I won't be disappointed by the result.
Still, why would I want MS to have access to some content that I create that actually might be useful.
I think I'll pass.

When your business model depends upon lying to potential customers, sounds like you have a problem with your model.
Why not advertise, "Honest start times - Movie starts at listed times. Show up early to allow time for refreshments, etc."

You had me going until you mentioned that a girl was involved.

Basic needs include food, water, shelter, energy, health care.
So invest in technologies that promote significant improvements in delivering technologies like these affordably to all instead of the few.

If you like fads, you can even invest in fusion energy and cover both bases.

Transmission of this virus from birds to humans is uncommon, but it has been going on for a long time. It always had the potential to kill some humans (usually elderly or having other comorbidities or both.

Transmission between cattle is something new and a lot more concerning because we share more characteristics with cows than birds. So far, no known cases of fatal flu transmitted from cattle to humans.

If the flu changes to allow human to human transmission, or so that it is more severe in cattle, you can be sure to hear a lot more panicky news. It's not like most Americans trust the CDC to tell the truth anymore and nothing sells news better than fear.

Traceability is collecting sales, births, deaths, and other disease tracking events to the government. This is so you can isolate and respond to disease outbreaks in the food supply. Traceability is the norm in Europe. The US government does not collect traceability data for beef or dairy cattle. They have talked about it for many years, but the industry opposes such requirements. Should the avian flu get a serious risk upgrade, it will not be possible to enact traceability in time to do anything useful to protect the general population based on traceability data.

BTW, I work for a software company for dairy management that is sold world-wide and has implemented traceability systems in the software for many countries. I wrote the system for Canada, and I have worked on German and Italian traceability systems. We fully expected that the US would require it pronto once cattle transmission started - but nope. When asking the powers that be about finally requiring traceability now that it has crossed over to cattle - still no action expected at this time. Why do we have a government that waits for a crisis (often at least partially a result of their own rules), then makes up new and often poorly considered rules in response?

If you do the math, it is not true. There are not and has never been enough nuclear materials extracted from the ground to actually irradiate everything to that level. When concentrated in population centers, you could get very high kill rates. You could make for a lot of unhealthy radiation everywhere (increased cancer, etc.) but we don't have the ability to kill everybody with radiation. Personally, I hope we don't attempt to conducy this experiment.

You are right the R or D matters little. The reasons are actually pretty simple.

Both parties threaten their junior members to tow the party line or they will work against them next election. And of course, holding power becomes the most important thing to members over time as the perks are without parallel, esp. power and ego stroking.

Majority of congresscritters don't really care that much about rule of law or the opinion of their constituents.

The reelection rates are so high that their is little actual reason for them to change their ways.

D & R do have different issues, e.g., Rs like guns, Ds like abortion on demand. But they share more in common, desire for power, using gov. to solve all problems, discounting personal liberty.

When you have the profits of a major corporation to draw upon you don't actually care about the price of cocaine or hookers. Megayachts sure. But not the roundoff errors. Ex-wives as a result of cocaine and hookers are another matter entirely.

Now if you are paying $10,000 per hour for prostitute, you are not actually paying for a prostitute, you are paying for a fantasy or status or something else. High end-sex prostitues are simply not expensive if you are make $10 million annually.

Sounds like this could change due to Congressional interest though. Major Cruise Lines Begin Posting Crime Stats. Admittedly this is crime stats not cruise ship deaths, but there is enough overlap death stats might be publicly known eventually.

You mean like the classics, Godzilla vs. Magalon and Godzilla vs.Mechagodzilla? Actually the second one is not too bad for a Godzilla movie.

Well, had you read the article ...

“The effects we find are large, consistent and statistically very significant,” Marie told the Observer. “For example, we estimate that students who were no longer able to buy cannabis legally were 5% more likely to pass courses. The grade improvement this represents is about the same as having a qualified teacher and, more relevantly, similar to decreases in grades observed from reaching legal drinking age in the US.”

So, about the same.

I thought we already knew the academic impact of canibus use from the documentary Fast Times at Ridgemont High