..., since we have minimal regulation of the entire field. [Rather like investment bankers, sigh.] Not discussed but surely occurring is the user breaking off the valve/regulator. It's rather hard to indict the tank itself for that situation. As JB has noted, there sure does not seem to be a lot of data on circumferential cracking. The only mentions I find are on big boilers; along a welded seam. The 6351/SLC cracking history may be ...

... creatures biologically similar to ourselves, e.g., humans who somehow develop to maturity in a non-social situation and never learn a language. If that's of interest to you then go right ahead. ...Is this the *certainty* again? We can never be *certain* concerning counterfactual states of affairs, i.e., situations we may imagine but have not experienced. It is the same issue as that involved in postulated external entities. ...

... grown in the political community -- a consensus that ranges from practitioners like Karl Rove to commentators like, well, me -- that John McCain has allowed his campaign to slip the normal bounds of political propriety. The situation has gotten so intense that we in the media have slipped our normal rules as well. Usually when a candidate tells something less than the truth, we mince words. We use euphemisms like mendacity and inaccuracy ...

...McCain is so clearly clueless on this issue, the current battle over who is best suited to deal with the financial crisis should be a rout. And, so far, Obama has shown not just an incomparably greater grasp of the situation and substantive policies to deal with it, but a real fire in the belly in going after McCain's vulnerable flank. But for Obama to show the kind of transformational leadership the crisis demands, he needs to do what so...

... to rehabilitate Jimmy Carter. If conservatives can rehabilitate Ronald Reagan, we can certainly rehabilitate Jimmy Carter. We have to learn the lessons, too, from his presidency, because we are about to go into a very similar situation. Many of you are excited about the Democratic nominee. Many of you are excited about having a Democrat back in the White House and think that your efforts may lend a hand toward getting him elected. I ...

... change their ways. Floor moppers will switch to biodegradable cleaning products. Industry will use nontoxic material. Factory farms will cut their use of antibiotics. Maybe we'll even stop building homes in the desert. But these situations are not very likely. No one wants to think too hard about where our water comes from. It's more likely that the virtuosity of water technology will let polluters off the hook: why bother to reduce ...

... the pinnacle of reproductive health care but the reality is that we lag behind other cities and states when it comes to sex education. The Democrat-led New York State Assembly has tried to help rectify the situation. For the past four years, the Assembly has passed the Healthy Teens Act (a bill that would set up a funding stream to help schools provide comprehensive sex education) with bipartisan support. Unfortunately, the ...

...2008 04:38:19 -0700 (PDT), Nic <n.m.keele@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: whats the best holiday you've ever had and how!? Here and now : no responsibilities, no worry, no tasks, only entertainment as I watch the cultures deteriorate. Figuring out the situation from different points of view, especially an engineering POV, has always been satisfying. Doing that full time is a kind of holiday. The best! Then along comes the Internet! What fun!

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