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November 11, 2012
For the lack of fourteen cents per pizza...
November 9, 2012
Big Bird enjoys some schadenfreude.
November 8, 2012
Glen Beck BEFORE the Election and AFTER the Election
From Americans Against the Tea Party's Facebook page.
November 6, 2012
Despite the obstacles put in my way today by an obnoxious fate, I voted.
Some of the story is here:
November 4, 2012
From Facebook: Lefteous Indignation, Embassy Attacks
November 4, 2012
(video demonstration at link)
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an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, a new technology developed by the Department of Homeland Security might have been worth its weight in gold during Hurricane Sandy.
That technology is a gigantic inflatable plug that might have prevented the massive flooding of New York City's subway system caused by the storm. In simulations, the plugs--originally developed to combat terrorist attacks and now being evaluated at West Virginia University--have proven to be effective at limiting flooding in tunnels.
Developed as part of the "Resilient Tunnel Project," the plugs are actually enormous balloon-like capsules, according to a department press release. When filled with air or 35,000 gallons of water, the plugs measure 32 feet by 16 feet. Unfilled, they take up little space and can be stashed throughout tunnels, waiting to be inflated remotely at a moment's notice.
They're tough, too. The plug's engineering uses the same design and manufacturing processes as space suits and inflatable space habitats.
more at link
Inflatable Plugs Might Have Minimized New York City Subway Flooding
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/03/hurricane-sandy-subway-plug_n_2067524.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D229696(video demonstration at link)
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an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, a new technology developed by the Department of Homeland Security might have been worth its weight in gold during Hurricane Sandy.
That technology is a gigantic inflatable plug that might have prevented the massive flooding of New York City's subway system caused by the storm. In simulations, the plugs--originally developed to combat terrorist attacks and now being evaluated at West Virginia University--have proven to be effective at limiting flooding in tunnels.
Developed as part of the "Resilient Tunnel Project," the plugs are actually enormous balloon-like capsules, according to a department press release. When filled with air or 35,000 gallons of water, the plugs measure 32 feet by 16 feet. Unfilled, they take up little space and can be stashed throughout tunnels, waiting to be inflated remotely at a moment's notice.
They're tough, too. The plug's engineering uses the same design and manufacturing processes as space suits and inflatable space habitats.
more at link
November 3, 2012
These women spent 70 years...
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