VOCAbuLaries Live in NYC

For those of you who couldn’t join us at The Rose Theater, here’s Howard Mandel’s blog post.

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  1. Kennethnow says:

    Most plane crashes are ‘survivable’ kraken onion First the good news. “The vast majority of aircraft accidents are survivable and the majority of people in accidents survive” says Galea. Since 1988 aircraft — and the seats inside them — must be built to withstand an impact of up to 16G or g-force up to 16 times the force of gravity. That means he says that in most incidents “it’s possible to survive the trauma of the impact of the crash.” For instance he classes the initial Jeju Air incident as survivable — an assumed bird strike engine loss and belly landing on the runway without functioning landing gear. “Had it not smashed into the concrete reinforced obstacle at the end of the runway it’s quite possible the majority if not everyone could have survived” he says. The Azerbaijan Airlines crash on the other hand he classes as a non-survivable accident and calls it a “miracle” that anyone made it out alive. https://kra26c.cc Џлощадка кракен Most aircraft involved in accidents however are not — as suspicion is growing over the Azerbaijan crash — shot out of the sky. And with modern planes built to withstand impacts and slow the spread of fire Galea puts the chances of surviving a “survivable” accident at at least 90. Instead he says what makes the difference between life and death in most modern accidents is how fast passengers can evacuate. Aircraft today must show that they can be evacuated in 90 seconds in order to gain certification. But a theoretical evacuation — practiced with volunteers at the manufacturers’ premises — is very different from the reality of a panicked public onboard a jet that has just crash-landed. Galea an evacuation expert has conducted research for the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority CAA looking at the most “survivable” seats on a plane. His landmark research conducted over several years in the early 2000s looked at how passengers and crew behaved during a post-crash evacuation rather than looking at the crashes themselves. By compiling data from 1917 passengers and 155 crew involved in 105 accidents from 1977 to 1999 his team created a database of human behavior around plane crashes. His analysis of which exits passengers actually used “shattered many myths about aircraft evacuation” he says. “Prior to my study it was believed that passengers tend to use their boarding exit because it was the most familiar and that passengers tend to go forward. My analysis of the data demonstrated that none of these myths were supported by the evidence.”

  2. GreggAbepe says:

    A brief history of sunglasses from Ancient Rome to Hollywood kraken зеркало Sunglasses or dark glasses have always guarded against strong sunlight but is there more to “shades” than we think? The pupils of our eyes are delicate and react immediately to strong lights. Protecting them against light — even the brilliance reflected off snow — is important for everyone. Himalayan mountaineers wear goggles for this exact purpose. Protection is partly the function of sunglasses. But dark or colored lens glasses have become fashion accessories and personal signature items. Think of the vast and famous collector of sunglasses Elton John with his pink lensed heart-shaped extravaganzas and many others. When did this interest in protecting the eyes begin and at what point did dark glasses become a social statement as well as physical protection? The Roman Emperor Nero is reported as holding polished gemstones to his eyes for sun protection as he watched fighting gladiators. We know Canadian far north Copper Inuit and Alaskan Yupik wore snow goggles of many kinds made of antlers or whalebone and with tiny horizontal slits. Wearers looked through these and they were protected against the snow’s brilliant light when hunting. At the same time the very narrow eye holes helped them to focus on their prey. In 12th-century China judges wore sunglasses with smoked quartz lenses to hide their facial expressions — perhaps to retain their dignity or not convey emotions.

  3. CoreyMem says:

    Most plane crashes are ‘survivable’ kraken войти First the good news. “The vast majority of aircraft accidents are survivable and the majority of people in accidents survive” says Galea. Since 1988 aircraft — and the seats inside them — must be built to withstand an impact of up to 16G or g-force up to 16 times the force of gravity. That means he says that in most incidents “it’s possible to survive the trauma of the impact of the crash.” For instance he classes the initial Jeju Air incident as survivable — an assumed bird strike engine loss and belly landing on the runway without functioning landing gear. “Had it not smashed into the concrete reinforced obstacle at the end of the runway it’s quite possible the majority if not everyone could have survived” he says. The Azerbaijan Airlines crash on the other hand he classes as a non-survivable accident and calls it a “miracle” that anyone made it out alive. https://kra26c.cc kraken ссылка Most aircraft involved in accidents however are not — as suspicion is growing over the Azerbaijan crash — shot out of the sky. And with modern planes built to withstand impacts and slow the spread of fire Galea puts the chances of surviving a “survivable” accident at at least 90. Instead he says what makes the difference between life and death in most modern accidents is how fast passengers can evacuate. Aircraft today must show that they can be evacuated in 90 seconds in order to gain certification. But a theoretical evacuation — practiced with volunteers at the manufacturers’ premises — is very different from the reality of a panicked public onboard a jet that has just crash-landed. Galea an evacuation expert has conducted research for the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority CAA looking at the most “survivable” seats on a plane. His landmark research conducted over several years in the early 2000s looked at how passengers and crew behaved during a post-crash evacuation rather than looking at the crashes themselves. By compiling data from 1917 passengers and 155 crew involved in 105 accidents from 1977 to 1999 his team created a database of human behavior around plane crashes. His analysis of which exits passengers actually used “shattered many myths about aircraft evacuation” he says. “Prior to my study it was believed that passengers tend to use their boarding exit because it was the most familiar and that passengers tend to go forward. My analysis of the data demonstrated that none of these myths were supported by the evidence.”

  4. Jeromeunite says:

    The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety? Љракен даркнет Look at the photos of the two fatal air crashes of the last two weeks and amid the horror and the anguish one thought might come to mind for frequent flyers. The old frequent-flyer adage is that sitting at the back of the plane is a safer place to be than at the front — and the wreckage of both Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 and Jeju Air flight 2216 seem to bear that out. https://kra26c.cc кракен The 29 survivors of the Azeri crash were all sitting at the back of the plane which split into two leaving the rear half largely intact. The sole survivors of the South Korean crash meanwhile were the two flight attendants in their jumpseats in the very tail of the plane. So is that old adage — and the dark humor jokes about first and business class seats being good until there’s a problem with the plane — right after all? In 2015 TIME Magazine reporters wrote that they had combed through the records of all US plane crashes with both fatalities and survivors from 1985 to 2000 and found in a meta-analysis that seats in the back third of the aircraft had a 32 fatality rate overall compared with 38 in the front third and 39 in the middle third. Even better they found were middle seats in that back third of the cabin with a 28 fatality rate. The “worst” seats were aisles in the middle third of the aircraft with a 44 fatality rate. But does that still hold true in 2024? According to aviation safety experts it’s an old wives’ tale. “There isn’t any data that shows a correlation of seating to survivability” says Hassan Shahidi president of the Flight Safety Foundation. “Every accident is different.” “If we’re talking about a fatal crash then there is almost no difference where one sits” says Cheng-Lung Wu associate professor at the School of Aviation of the University of New South Wales Sydney. Ed Galea professor of fire safety engineering at London’s University of Greenwich who has conducted landmark studies on plane crash evacuations warns “There is no magic safest seat.”

  5. BarryFrice says:

    Carrie Underwood slated to perform at Trump’s inauguration kraken market Country music star Carrie Underwood is slated to perform “America the Beautiful” at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration according to a copy of the program obtained by CNN and confirmed by a spokesperson for the inaugural committee. “I love our country and am honored to have been asked to sing at the Inauguration and to be a small part of this historic event” Underwood said in a statement to CNN. “I am humbled to answer the call at a time when we must all come together in the spirit of unity and looking to the future.” The presidential oath of office will be administered by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts with Justice Brett Kavanaugh expected to administer the oath of office to Vice President-elect JD Vance. Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the United States will take place on January 20 at the US Capitol. Underwood is a big get for Trump’s inauguration considering Hollywood’s Trump blackout over the course of his political career. In his first term and throughout the past three elections Trump has struggled to garner support from major Hollywood stars. At the Republican National Convention last year the two biggest stars onstage with Trump were musician Kid Rock and retired WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan – a far cry from a superstar at the height of their career like Underwood. The Grammy-winning artist is as high-profile as you can get in country music not only with numerous platinum hits but also with public-facing mainstream business associations. Underwood is the face of Sunday Night Football and is set to make her debut this March as a judge on ABC’s “American Idol” – the singing competition show that catapulted her to fame when she won in 2005. While many NFL fans will likely applaud Underwood for singing at the inauguration any time a celebrity aligns themselves with Trump they run the risk of alienating left-leaning fans and Hollywood allies. Underwood has kept her politics under wraps over the course of her career. In her statement she did not mention Trump by name and kept her focus on unifying the country – still Underwood’s decision to publicly align with Trump is a big statement for any star particularly one as private as the singer. Historically Hollywood has always been closely associated with the Democratic Party but country stars have always been an outlier leaning more conservative. In recent years as new singers join the genre country music has gotten to be more progressive. This past election cycle country stars like Mickey Guyton and Maren Morris stood with Vice President Kamala Harris.

  6. GeorgeraK says:

    Scientists have identified an estimated 10 of all species on Earth. Here’s what they found in 2024 kraken зайти A toothy toadstool. A vegetarian piranha with a distinctive mark. And a pygmy pipehorse floating in the Indian Ocean shallows. These wild wonders were among the hundreds of previously unknown species of animals plants and fungi that scientists named and described for the first time in 2024 expanding our surprisingly limited knowledge of Earth’s diversity. “Scientists estimate that we’ve identified only one-tenth of all species on Earth” said Dr. Shannon Bennett chief of science at the California Academy of Sciences in a statement. https://kra26c.cc kraken marketplace “While it is critical to place protections on known threatened species we must also allocate resources towards identifying unknown species that may be just as important to the functioning of an ecosystem” Bennett said. Researchers connected to the institution described 138 new species in 2024 including 32 fish. One standout was a pygmy pipehorse named Cylix nkosi. The seahorse relative was originally found in 2021 in the cool temperate waters surrounding the North Island of New Zealand but the species described this year was discovered in the subtropical waters off South Africa expanding the known range of this group to the Indian Ocean “South African reefs present notoriously difficult diving conditions with rough weather and intense choppy waves — we knew we only had one dive to find it” underwater photographer and marine biologist Richard Smith said in a statement. “This species is also quite cryptic about the size of a golf tee but luckily we spotted a female camouflaged against some sponges about a mile offshore on the sandy ocean floor.” The researchers involved in describing the new species chose nkosi as its name. A reference to the local Zulu word for “chief” the name reflects the species’ crown-like head shape and acknowledges South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province where it was found.

  7. Josephmiz says:

    The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety? kraken сайт Look at the photos of the two fatal air crashes of the last two weeks and amid the horror and the anguish one thought might come to mind for frequent flyers. The old frequent-flyer adage is that sitting at the back of the plane is a safer place to be than at the front — and the wreckage of both Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 and Jeju Air flight 2216 seem to bear that out. https://kra26c.cc kraken market The 29 survivors of the Azeri crash were all sitting at the back of the plane which split into two leaving the rear half largely intact. The sole survivors of the South Korean crash meanwhile were the two flight attendants in their jumpseats in the very tail of the plane. So is that old adage — and the dark humor jokes about first and business class seats being good until there’s a problem with the plane — right after all? In 2015 TIME Magazine reporters wrote that they had combed through the records of all US plane crashes with both fatalities and survivors from 1985 to 2000 and found in a meta-analysis that seats in the back third of the aircraft had a 32 fatality rate overall compared with 38 in the front third and 39 in the middle third. Even better they found were middle seats in that back third of the cabin with a 28 fatality rate. The “worst” seats were aisles in the middle third of the aircraft with a 44 fatality rate. But does that still hold true in 2024? According to aviation safety experts it’s an old wives’ tale. “There isn’t any data that shows a correlation of seating to survivability” says Hassan Shahidi president of the Flight Safety Foundation. “Every accident is different.” “If we’re talking about a fatal crash then there is almost no difference where one sits” says Cheng-Lung Wu associate professor at the School of Aviation of the University of New South Wales Sydney. Ed Galea professor of fire safety engineering at London’s University of Greenwich who has conducted landmark studies on plane crash evacuations warns “There is no magic safest seat.”

  8. MosesAript says:

    The survivors of recent crashes were sitting at the back of the plane. What does that tell us about airplane safety? kraken tor Look at the photos of the two fatal air crashes of the last two weeks and amid the horror and the anguish one thought might come to mind for frequent flyers. The old frequent-flyer adage is that sitting at the back of the plane is a safer place to be than at the front — and the wreckage of both Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 and Jeju Air flight 2216 seem to bear that out. https://kra26c.cc Џлощадка кракен The 29 survivors of the Azeri crash were all sitting at the back of the plane which split into two leaving the rear half largely intact. The sole survivors of the South Korean crash meanwhile were the two flight attendants in their jumpseats in the very tail of the plane. So is that old adage — and the dark humor jokes about first and business class seats being good until there’s a problem with the plane — right after all? In 2015 TIME Magazine reporters wrote that they had combed through the records of all US plane crashes with both fatalities and survivors from 1985 to 2000 and found in a meta-analysis that seats in the back third of the aircraft had a 32 fatality rate overall compared with 38 in the front third and 39 in the middle third. Even better they found were middle seats in that back third of the cabin with a 28 fatality rate. The “worst” seats were aisles in the middle third of the aircraft with a 44 fatality rate. But does that still hold true in 2024? According to aviation safety experts it’s an old wives’ tale. “There isn’t any data that shows a correlation of seating to survivability” says Hassan Shahidi president of the Flight Safety Foundation. “Every accident is different.” “If we’re talking about a fatal crash then there is almost no difference where one sits” says Cheng-Lung Wu associate professor at the School of Aviation of the University of New South Wales Sydney. Ed Galea professor of fire safety engineering at London’s University of Greenwich who has conducted landmark studies on plane crash evacuations warns “There is no magic safest seat.”

  9. EdwardWeS says:

    New Glenn’s first flight Blue Origin formally announced the development of New Glenn — which aims to outpower SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets and haul spacecraft up to 45 metric tons 99200 pounds to orbit — in 2016. kraken darknet The vehicle is long overdue as the company previously targeted 2020 for its first launch. Delays however are common in the aerospace industry. And the debut flight of a new vehicle is almost always significantly behind schedule. Rocket companies also typically take a conservative approach to the first liftoff launching dummy payloads such as hunks of metal or as was the case with SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy debut in 2018 an old cherry red sports car. https://kra26att.cc kraken зайти Blue Origin has also branded itself as a company that aims to take a slow diligent approach to rocket development that doesn’t “cut any corners” according to Bezos who founded Blue Origin and funds the company. The company’s mascot is a tortoise paying homage to “The Tortoise and the Hare” fable that made the “slow and steady wins the race” mantra a childhood staple. “We believe slow is smooth and smooth is fast” Bezos said in 2016. Those comments could be seen as an attempt to position Blue Origin as the anti-SpaceX which is known to embrace speed and trial-and-error over slow meticulous development processes. But SpaceX has certainly won the race to orbit. The company’s first orbital rocket the Falcon 1 made a successful launch in September 2008. The company has deployed hundreds of missions to orbit since then. And while SpaceX routinely destroys rockets during test flights as it begins developing a new rocket the company has a solid track record for operational missions. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for example has experienced two in-flight failures and one launchpad explosion but no catastrophic events during human missions.

  10. GeorgeaRora says:

    Chile’s President Boric leads journey to South Pole in historic trip kra28 cc Chile’s President Gabriel Boric travelled to Antarctica’s South Pole on Friday a place where no other Latin American president has set foot according to the Chilean government. Boric led the historic two-day trip named Operation Pole Star III to extend the environmental monitoring of pollutants on Antarctica Chile’s government said in a statement. He travelled with scientists armed forces commanders and government ministers from the Chilean capital of Santiago to Punta Arenas a city in southern Chile public broadcaster Television Nacional de Chile TVN reported. From there they made several stops before finally reaching the US-run Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station according to TVN. https://kra26s.cc kra26 cc Chile is one of seven countries that has a territorial claim in Antarctica alongside Argentina Australia France New Zealand Norway and the United Kingdom. It is also a signatory of the Antarctic Treaty which dictates that the continent may only be used for peaceful and scientific purposes. While Chile has historically carried out scientific activity in Antarctica’s northern sector the country’s government is now hoping to expand research into the west of the continent its statement said. Boric called his trip to the South Pole an “honor” and a source of pride TVN reported. “This is a milestone for us. It is the first time a Chilean and Latin American President has visited the South Pole” he said according to TVN.

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