Unlike in sports, in Hollywood there are no drug tests. Do you really think actors, particularly ones with known substance abuse problems, aren't getting a little medical help when they need to quickly get into shape? Not that it's illegal, but nobody wants to mention that dirty little secret, abs even the gossip rags ignore it. It's not just a rumor, either. At least Stallone got busted for going through airport security with steroids in his luggage, so it's no great secret.
American Experience made an excellent (albeit difficult to watch) documentary called "The Lobotomist" which goes into the topic in great detail. You have to admit it seemed like a laudable goal at the start... something that would pacify the most dangerous mental patients, back when there was absolutely nothing else available.
Early evidence was positive (though it quickly became "mixed" at best) and didn't immediately indicate the horrible downsides we associate the procedure with, now. It's fascinating and horrifying the gradual decent from "laudable" into abject evil, as his goals morphed into nothing more than money and his own ego. He (and state institutions) continued to ignore the horrors of the procedure long, long after they became undeniably clear to all, and did such incredible, unnecessary harm to such a large number of vulnerable people.
Funny that the language was considered too simple, and now it has become one of the more complex languages. Companies even developed tightly controlled subsets, like Simple Technical English, to counter that complexity.
People seem to prefer to dismiss every accident as human error, so I naturally resist such explanations without strong evidence supporting them. It's the laziest of answers, and an easy out for those who desperately want one.
In this case, the official conclusion is that it was an accident, and there is a long history of issues at that facility (like rods sticking) which no doubt directly contributed to the accident, though we can't be sure how much, exactly. The evidence for intentional sabotage is very, very weak, and the evidence for problems with the reactor is significant. In fact experts refused to believe it was possible for a reactor to fail, finding alternate explanations for the explosion and deaths, until it was proven conclusively by subsequent investigation, and safeguards were put in place for all other reactors in the aftermath.
I'll continue to give the dead men every benefit of the doubt.
What bothers me is being asked salary history... First, they are NOT going to check your answer, so feel free to lie to your hearts content. Second, companies will immediately offer you maybe 10% more than your currently make, and assume you will jump at the chance even if it's a far worse job in a higher rent area. Worse is if they can't match it they give up, even though the situation might be reversed and its a nicer job with lower expenses, or perhaps you HATE your current job. I've occasionally explained this to recruiters, and they usually just ask for salary history once again... The job listings (or application forms) that say salary history is REQUIRED get to take no more of my time.
Nowhere near as bad as many in the list, but a pervasive misconception in the HR world, almost as bad as keyword matching resumes to job descriptions..
Would be better for everyone involved if they just went to the nearest pound/shelter and found a dog that looked like their deceased pet. Saved $149,950, took an unwanted animal out of a shelter and gave it a home, and just as likely to have a similar personality to your deceased pet as a cloned animal.
Inventing air conditioning any earlier wouldn't have made much sense, as only few had electricity. Once it came along, so too did fans, swamp coolers and air conditioners. A city gas powered aircon would have been pretty absurd, though possible. But it's not as if options didn't exist before then... Windcatchers date back to ancient times, proper siting with shade trees, overhangs and lots of thermal mass can keep a building cool in Warner climes without power.
California: Die Hard DC: Die Hard 2 New York: Die Hard 3...
This doesn't seem so difficult!
Seriously, most of their selections are just awful. Bet I could do better in a couple hours, but nobody is paying me for the effort... Most seem galling in their laziness, just picking any well known film from a state. Why Chinatown and not LA Confidential, or Pulp Fiction?
Much more expensive and much less efficient, combined with inefficient vertical mounting angle to make things worse. Also dense areas likely to have issues of being shaded by neighbors. Sure, eventually it might be an option for sky scrapers, but just improving the efficiency of the building is sure to be a much bigger and quicker payback. There's no shortage of companies willing to sell you cheap electricity here in the lower 48, and people happy to put PV on their roofs. No way you'd EVER want to put these on a house, here. Maybe a little interest from Europe where electric prices are crazier, cities are dense, and the steep angle will still work.
I got a super soaker quickly after seeing the first TV ads, and was tremendously let down. It did NOT spray water any further or faster than traditional squirt guns... at least not some of the GOOD ones. The original super soaker had just as tiny of a nozzle as all the other squirt guns out there. Only real benefit was the large reservoir so fewer refilling stops. Subsequent models improved upon this oversight, but the super soaker was really an advertising/marketing success of an overpriced, mediocre product.
Though the evidence is limited and weak, studies show a possible link between Rfid implants in animals causing cancer. That should be the main concern here. The legal/financial liability to this company could be astronomical.
Rfid chips are just passive devices that respond to the right frequency with a serial number. No way to"hack" them as such, and certainly no way to track someone with them.
It is possible for magnetic or rf fields to damage them, at which point you need minor surgery to cut them out and replace it with a functioning unit.
This has most all the same drawbacks as biometric identification... It encourages criminals to take your body parts instead of just your wallet/keys/phone. It is there for anybody to surreptitiously read even if you didn't want them to. It's very difficult to change if it gets copied and used illicitly. Etc.
I'd give it an immediate "hell no" and ignore anything else they try to tell me.
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It's close, anyhow.
Early evidence was positive (though it quickly became "mixed" at best) and didn't immediately indicate the horrible downsides we associate the procedure with, now. It's fascinating and horrifying the gradual decent from "laudable" into abject evil, as his goals morphed into nothing more than money and his own ego. He (and state institutions) continued to ignore the horrors of the procedure long, long after they became undeniably clear to all, and did such incredible, unnecessary harm to such a large number of vulnerable people.
In this case, the official conclusion is that it was an accident, and there is a long history of issues at that facility (like rods sticking) which no doubt directly contributed to the accident, though we can't be sure how much, exactly. The evidence for intentional sabotage is very, very weak, and the evidence for problems with the reactor is significant. In fact experts refused to believe it was possible for a reactor to fail, finding alternate explanations for the explosion and deaths, until it was proven conclusively by subsequent investigation, and safeguards were put in place for all other reactors in the aftermath.
I'll continue to give the dead men every benefit of the doubt.
Nowhere near as bad as many in the list, but a pervasive misconception in the HR world, almost as bad as keyword matching resumes to job descriptions..
DC: Die Hard 2
New York: Die Hard 3...
This doesn't seem so difficult!
Seriously, most of their selections are just awful. Bet I could do better in a couple hours, but nobody is paying me for the effort... Most seem galling in their laziness, just picking any well known film from a state. Why Chinatown and not LA Confidential, or Pulp Fiction?
Rfid chips are just passive devices that respond to the right frequency with a serial number. No way to"hack" them as such, and certainly no way to track someone with them.
It is possible for magnetic or rf fields to damage them, at which point you need minor surgery to cut them out and replace it with a functioning unit.
This has most all the same drawbacks as biometric identification... It encourages criminals to take your body parts instead of just your wallet/keys/phone. It is there for anybody to surreptitiously read even if you didn't want them to. It's very difficult to change if it gets copied and used illicitly. Etc.
I'd give it an immediate "hell no" and ignore anything else they try to tell me.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/04/02/drug-expiration-part-one.aspx#!