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Toledo festival shooting: Multiple people injured, suspects sought
www.fox2detroit.com

... What we know:

Toledo police officers responded to a report of a person shot near the Old West End Festival at about 5:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found multiple shooting victims, the police department said in a statement.

Deputy Chief Joseph Heffernan said twelve people were shot, two critically.

Many victims have been taken to nearby hospitals, police said. Police did not provide further details on the injuries and how many people were shot. ...



Why Data Centers Are Loud, and How to Quiet Them Down (2023)
www.datacenterknowledge.com

... Data centers are frequently accused of contributing to environmental pollution because they rely in many cases on "dirty" energy sources.

But it's not just the use of fossil fuels that can make data centers polluters. Data centers can cause noise pollution, too.

If you want to minimize data center pollution in all respects, then, you should invest in data center noise mitigation strategies that will make your data center a better neighbor to anyone within earshot. This article explains how to go about reducing data center noise, as well as why it's important.

What makes data centers loud?

The reason why data centers have a tendency to be loud is simple: The equipment inside them makes a lot of noise when it operates. ...


OK, this is a noteworthy tune.

Why?

Well, it was released in 1985, just after Sony/Philips released their new CD format for albums with a significant dynamic range.

en.wikipedia.org

... Flim & the BB's was a contemporary jazz band that was among the first bands to record albums digitally. ...

The online videos do not seem to capture the dynamic range of the original CD I have.

But, for your edification ...

Flim & the BB's - Funhouse (1985)
www.youtube.com

#66 Sh*t, Clown, you cannot even make a definitive case against any Democrat who you consider to be impure.

And you've never said what you would do to primary said impure Democrats.

If you are incapable of successfully primarying one of your so-called "impure" Democrats, then what are you going to do, Clown?

Work to elect their Republican opponent in November, 2026?

Is that your plan, Clown?

Related reason?

Airports and airlines want travelers to ditch their plastic water bottles (2019)
www.cnbc.com

... Business and leisure travelers concerned about climate change and "flight shame" may do their part by purchasing carbon offsets and adjusting the number of trips they take on airplanes.

Airports and airlines are trying to save the planet, too, with a wide range of sustainable initiatives that include cutting down on single-use plastics and making reusable water bottles essential travel amenities.

In 2019, San Francisco International Airport launched an ambitious Zero Waste Concessions Program designed to significantly reduce the amount of single-use disposable plastic used at the airport.

Noting that in 2018 nearly 4 million slow-to-biodegrade plastic water bottles were sold at the airport, in August 2019 it became the first airport in the nation to ban the sale of single-use plastic water bottles.

The San Francisco airport now actively encourages each passenger to bring their own reusable water bottle with them to the airport and get free water from one of the hydration stations in the terminals. ...

...

An update (sort of ...) ...

Astronauts briefly moved to 'safe haven' over ISS leak
www.newsnationnow.com

... Five of the seven crew members on the International Space Station were briefly moved to a "safe haven" due to an air leak Friday morning.

NASA directed astronauts to wait inside a docked SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft while Russian cosmonauts work to repair some cracks in a transfer tunnel on the Russian side of the ISS.

The astronauts were allowed to leave the capsule shortly after, as the cosmonauts paused repair work while more data is being assessed.

The aging space station is set to be retired in 2030 and has required more maintenance as time wears on, with crew members performing repair work as part of their missions.

There has been an issue with the cracks in the transfer tunnel causing leaks since 2019, and it is considered a top safety risk.

The Zvezda service model is one of the oldest on the ISS, launched in 1998. The transfer tunnel connects the Zvezda module with a docking port for supplies and Soyuz crew members.

Russian cosmonauts have made attempts to repair the small cracks but have only slowed the leaks, which lose about a couple of pounds of air each day. To manage the leaks, the hatch to the tunnel is kept closed except when a spacecraft docks.

Roscosmos has said the hatch to the service module can be closed if the leak becomes too severe. However, a 2024 report noted NASA and Roscosmos have not come to an agreement on the point at which the leak becomes an untenable threat, and there could be additional complications from closing Zvezda.

Those include the loss of a docking port, which could impact cargo delivery, and the need for additional propellant to maintain the station's position. ...



#6 Left Hind Turds states the obvious: "There are plenty of workarounds for this issue."

100% correct, Left Hind Turds.

There are plenty of workarounds...

...all of which are none of your business ...

ABSOLUTE 100% TRUE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION

In the entirety of modern human history, no woman has willingly sought an abortion for a wanted child. Not at 9 hours. Not at 9 days. Not at 9 weeks. Not at 9 months. Not ever. WITH ONE VERY IMPORTANT EXCEPTION

But, in the entirety of modern human history, and for many individual reasons, women have sought to terminate the pregnancy of an unwanted child.

Each reason is as individual as the woman seeking to terminate the unwanted child. Sometimes the pregnancy is a result of rape or ------. But whatever the reason, no law or religious dogma has ever stopped women from seeking an abortion for an unwanted child. Nor will it. Not now, not ever.

ONE VERY IMPORTANT EXCEPTION: The most tragic abortions are for women carrying a wanted child but find out that their personal health is at risk. Or that it is an ectopic pregnancy. Or their chance for a future child is jeopardized. Or, the wanted child has no chance to live outside of the womb.

The last scenario is especially hideous: The prognosis for Potter's syndrome is very poor. Most babies with this condition do not survive beyond birth due to respiratory failure. IOW, the mother holds her newborn child while the child SUFFOCATES TO DEATH IN HER ARMS... AND THERE'S NOTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT BUT WATCH HER BABY DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH. This can go on for up to 45 minutes, sometimes even longer.

These are tragic circumstances that, yes, sometimes only become apparent at close to 9 months. This is a fact, a very tragic fact, but a fact, nonetheless. It is also a fact that an abortion is sometimes the only option available for the woman and her family.

Nothing " NOTHING " you or anyone can say will alter these...

ABSOLUTE 100% TRUE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION

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The Devil Is In The Details ... Always


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