The chance of earthquake damage in Beechmont is about the same as Kentucky average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Beechmont is higher than Kentucky average and is higher than the national average.
No volcano is found in or near Beechmont, KY.
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Beechmont, KY.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Beechmont, KY.
A total of 95 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Beechmont, KY.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Countywide, a total of 69 homes were destroyed and 203 were damaged. Of the 203 damaged homes, 56 sustained major damage. Most of the damage occurred in the communities of Greenville and Powderly, where 48 homes were destroyed and 32 sustained major damage (35 to 40 percent were mobile homes). The primary focus of attention was where the fatalities occurred at a mobile home park on U.S. Highway 62 near the Highway 189 bypass. In the Muhlenberg Industrial Park, a spec building was flattened and another building was heavily damaged. A half dozen businesses and churches were damaged, including a hotel and a car dealership. The Western Kentucky Parkway was closed near Central City due to trees blocking the road. A utility pole fell on a vehicle travelling on Kentucky 601. The tornado passed within a short distance southwest of a high school, where a basketball game was in progress at the time of the storm. A large portion of the gym roof was damaged, causing heavy water damage due to rainfall entering the building. The National Guard was activated to provide security for the area. The county was declared a federal major disaster area. The average path width was 325 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 160 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A deepening low pressure system moved northeast from Arkansas along a warm front that extended across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Surface dew points were in the upper 50's to lower 60's along and southeast of the warm front. A strong upper level trough over the western Plains produced a strong southwest flow of 60 to 80 knots at 500 mb. Winds at 850 mb were south to southwest around 40 knots.
Brief Description: The tornado tracked through wooded farmlands, so damage was relatively light. The most severe damage occurred to a mobile home and a log home located about 500 feet apart. The mobile home practically disintegrated. The entire structure was lifted from its site and deposited 50 to 100 feet away as a pile of debris. The log home was completely unroofed. Considerable damage occurred to the walls and interior of the log home. Two occupants of the log home who had taken shelter in a small room near the exterior of the house were injured. They sustained very minor cuts and bruises due to falling debris. Several other homes in the area received minor damage. Vehicles were thrown into each other. Numerous trees were down. The maximum winds in this tornado were close to F-3 intensity, probably near 150 MPH.
Brief Description: The tornado continued into Todd County from Christian County, crossing the county line near Pilot Rock. The tornado passed less than a mile north of the communities of Allegre and Cedar Grove, then dissipated about 2.5 miles before entering Logan County. Although damage was extensive in Todd County, the tornado was at its strongest and widest in Christian County. In Todd County, the tornado produced mainly F1 damage, although the tornado intensified into the lower F2 range near Allegre. A mobile home was destroyed in Allegre, and buildings were destroyed on Highway 171 about two miles north of Allegre. There was extensive damage to a church in Cedar Grove. Half of its roof was blown off, and windows were blown out. A total of two homes in Todd County were destroyed, and 28 other houses were significantly damaged. Close to two dozen sheds and barns were damaged or destroyed, along with at least one grain bin. Numerous trees were uprooted. Some farm machinery and vehicles were damaged or destroyed, including tractors and combines.
Brief Description: One home was destroyed, and one home was severely damaged. A mobile home disintegrated, with the frame found one quarter mile away. Several barns or sheds were destroyed. Two vehicles were rolled. Numerous trees were uprooted, and some were blown some distance. The damage path began about one quarter mile west of Highway 81 in the south end of Sacramento, then extended eastward. The two injuries were relatively minor. Peak winds were estimated near 170 MPH.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This was the second and more intense of the tornadoes spawned by a supercell that tracked across Christian County. Near Mannington, a garage was destroyed, and a house was levelled. The main debris pile from the house was about 50 feet away. The 2,500 square-foot house was poorly anchored to the foundation. Two persons in the house were injured. One of the victims was thrown about 70 feet and suffered a broken pelvis. Footage of the tornado was taken by witnesses along the Pennyrile Parkway and shown on a local media outlet. Peak winds were estimated near 140 mph. The tornado tracked a short distance into Hopkins County before lifting. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A strong low pressure system tracked east to the Lower Ohio Valley, with a trailing cold front sweeping east across western Kentucky. Storms developed and increased along the advancing cold front as they moved into increasingly unstable air. Very strong low level wind shear was favorable for tornadoes. The storms became increasingly organized, with line segments and supercells moving at over 45 mph.
Brief Description: This violent tornado reached its peak intensity on the north side of Earlington, near the beginning of its track. Peak winds there were estimated near 220 MPH. Several houses in this area, on either side of U.S. Highway 41, were levelled. Large oak trees were reduced to nubs, and the ground was scoured to bare dirt. A steel beam was carried some distance and became wedged against trees and other debris. 24 people were treated for injuries at a local hospital, and three of the injuries were critical. About 151 homes and buildings were destroyed, 67 suffered major damage, and 303 received minor damage. Damage indications, as well as eyewitness accounts, indicate the occurrence of multiple vortices near Earlington. The tornado continued northeast and weakened, crossing the Pennyrile Parkway at mile marker 41. The tornado lifted less than a mile from the Mclean County border. The average path width was 525 yards. The tornado was close to a half mile wide in places.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The highest concentrations of damage were where the tornado crossed State Route 1348 west of Crofton and Route 407 north of Crofton. Three unoccupied mobile homes were severely damaged or destroyed on Route 1348 west of Crofton. On Route 407, two mobile homes suffered moderate to major damage and a garage was levelled. The roof was peeled off one of the mobile homes. This tornado was very near the site of an EF3 tornado in Mannington just over a year earlier. One of the victims whose home was destroyed in the previous year's tornado relocated to a new spot, only to have her new home receive minor damage in this tornado. Several barns along the damage path received minor to moderate damage. Hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped, particularly on Route 407 and nearby U.S. Highway 41. The tornado damage path began along Highway 109 and ended just after crossing the Pennyrile Parkway. The EF-2 tornado damage was near the end of the damage path along Route 407 and U.S. Highway 41, where hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped. The average path width was 275 yards. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. The supercell that spawned this tornado later produced a separate brief tornado in Hopkins County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A surface cold front extended from the Chicago area southwestward across the eastern fringes of the St. Louis metro area to a weak low pressure center over southeast Missouri. The low ejected northeast across southern and eastern Illinois, with the trailing cold front moving east across the Lower Ohio Valley. A broken cluster of severe thunderstorms, with embedded supercells and small bow echoes, moved east-northeastward across western Kentucky. Increasing south-southwesterly low level winds brought plenty of moisture northward into the Lower Ohio Valley, aiding in sufficient destabilization for supercells. The two primary supercells of the night followed similar paths across southern parts of the Purchase area, the Lakes region, and the southern Pennyrile region. Heavy rainfall with the storms, in combination with saturated ground from the May 1 storms, produced localized flash flooding.
Brief Description: Top wind speeds in this F-2 tornado were estimated near 120 MPH. The damage path extended from the extreme northwest side of Calhoun to the extreme northeast side of town. A total of about 53 buildings were damaged or destroyed, of which 43 were homes and 10 were businesses. At least one home and one business was destroyed, 5 houses received major damage, and 4 businesses including a church and daycare center received major damage. The business that was destroyed was a TV antenna/satellite service on Kentucky Highway 81 at the northern city limit of Calhoun. Most of the remainder of the structures received minor damage. In addition to the damaged homes and businesses, barns, grain bins, and at least one shed were destroyed. At the city-owned cemetery, 300 to 350 tombstones were overturned, and 50 trees were uprooted.
Brief Description: The tornado formed from a long-track supercell that originated in southeast Missouri near Poplar Bluff. The tornado began less than two miles from the Trigg County line with an east-southeast movement, then curved slightly left before crossing Highway 91. The tornado moved east-northeast across central Christian County, passing less than four miles north of downtown Hopkinsville, before crossing into Todd County less than a mile north of Pilot Rock. Near the beginning of the damage path, a church was levelled. Across the county, 91 homes were destroyed, and another 171 homes sustained varying degrees of damage. Several people were pulled from the debris of their homes during a door-to-door search that lasted into the next morning. Of the 22 people directly injured by the tornado, 17 were checked in at the local hospital, and five were transferred to regional hospitals. Another ten or so people received injuries not directly inflicted by the tornado, such as driving into fallen trees. None of the injuries, which consisted mostly of cuts, bruises, and fractures, were considered life-threatening. Numerous garages, barns, and outbuildings were destroyed. Some vehicles were damaged or destroyed. Hundreds of trees were downed, snapped, or uprooted. Power was out to most of the city of Hopkinsville for about six hours as a result of downed steel towers that carry primary transmission lines. Peak winds were estimated near 185 MPH. The average path width was 500 yards. It should be noted that the initial tornado reformed or reorganized about 7 miles northeast of Hopkinsville, leaving a break in the tornado path less than a mile long. Downburst wind damage occurred both north and south of the area where the tornado reorganized, resulting in a two-mile wide swath of damage along Highway 107. The webcam at the local hospital captured the tornado as it passed north of downtown Hopkinsville.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Twenty-seven homes were damaged and 17 were destroyed. A total of 19 garages, sheds, and barns were damaged or destroyed. Of the destroyed homes, at least five were mobile homes. The two injured persons transported themselves to local hospitals. The county was declared a federal major disaster area. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph. The average path width was 225 yards. EPISODE NARRATIVE: A deepening low pressure system moved northeast from Arkansas along a warm front that extended across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois. Surface dew points were in the upper 50's to lower 60's along and southeast of the warm front. A strong upper level trough over the western Plains produced a strong southwest flow of 60 to 80 knots at 500 mb. Winds at 850 mb were south to southwest around 40 knots.
Brief Description: An F2 tornado was intermittently on the ground over a two and one-half mile length. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado touched down. Three mobile homes were destroyed, including one with a bent frame. Debris from mobile homes was thrown several hundred yards. A resident of one of the mobile homes received a minor head injury when a tree fell into his residence. Another resident was briefly pinned under debris but was not injured. Rescue crews had difficulty reaching the scene due to trees across roads. Barns and one house were damaged. The damaged house suffered major roof damage, a destroyed porch, and siding damage. Numerous trees fell across roads and power lines. Peak winds were estimated near 120 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: A supercell thunderstorm developed over northern Tennessee and moved into south central Kentucky during the early evening hours of November 15. It produced multiple, short-lived tornado touchdowns along its path, which stretched for nearly 25 miles across three counties. The second touchdown from this supercell was in Simpson County near Pilot Knob. The weak F2 tornado damaged trailers and downed many trees along a path of roughly a mile.
Brief Description: The tornado crossed into Hopkins County just west-northwest of Nebo, and finally lifted after moving through Hanson. The tornado was rated at F-3 intensity in the Nebo area, where four chicken houses were blown off their foundations. About 45,000 chickens were left in the debris. Damage to one chicken facility was estimated between one and two million dollars. The tornado weakened as it progressed across the county. About 10 to 15 residences were significantly damaged.
Brief Description: An F2 tornado was intermittently on the ground over a one and one-half mile length. Numerous homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed on the north side of Bowling Green.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: A large area of trees was snapped and uprooted in the Pennyrile State Forest. Some of the trees were 50 to 60 feet tall. A clear path was seen through the forest. A mobile home was blown down a hill and smashed as the tornado crossed Highway 109. An occupant of the mobile home was briefly trapped and sustained lacerations and bruises. The road to the mobile home was blocked by numerous downed trees and trailer debris. Two other mobile homes were severely damaged. A barn were destroyed. Peak winds were estimated near 115 mph. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: A mobile home was destroyed, injuring two persons. A boy received a broken arm, and a girl suffered a broken back. Several barns and garages were blown down, and a garage was pushed off its foundation. One permanent home received minor damage.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Twelve to fifteen farm buildings were damaged. Six to eight barns were destroyed. One home received heavy damage. Three to four more houses received minor damage. A garage and several vehicles were destroyed. A pontoon boat loaded on a trailer was moved 15 to 20 feet. Numerous trees and power lines were down. The funnel was photographed by a resident of the Beech Grove area. Peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The average path width was 300 yards. The tornado continued into Daviess County. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: The tornado crossed into Daviess County from Mclean County. Numerous structures were damaged or destroyed, mostly barns and outbuildings. Several residences were destroyed, and about two dozen others were damaged. Four persons were injured in the West Louisville area when their mobile home was destroyed. Their injuries were mostly minor, although a 4-year-old child was hospitalized in fair condition. The peak winds were estimated at 120 mph. The average path width was 300 yards. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: The tornado first touched down near the community of Rome, just southwest of Owensboro, and entered the city near the southern boundary of Owensboro Airport. The tornado tracked northeast through the heart of Owensboro before dissipating on the east side of town. Peak winds were estimated at 180 MPH. Since the tornado path was mostly through densely populated residential and commercial areas, damage was in the tens of millions, but injuries were surprisingly few. Of the 18 injuries, one was critical, and the rest were relatively minor. The critically injured person was in a home near the beginning of the damage path. This person sustained broken vertebrae and numerous cuts and bruises. Owensboro landmarks heavily damaged by the tornado included Apollo High School, Kentucky Wesleyan College, and the Winn-Dixie Store. Damage to the 12 buildings at Kentucky Wesleyan College was estimated to be near 5 million dollars. Small to mid size automobiles were tossed about by the wind. Damage to utility lines was extensive, and repairs took about 10 days to complete. Final damage tallies showed about 1200 homes and businesses sustained damage. Of those 1200 structures, 101 were totally destroyed and 573 sustained major damage. Owensboro was declared a federal disaster area. An emergency shelter accomodated roughly 150 persons, including many from local nursing homes. Owensboro schools were closed for a week.
Brief Description: Six houses were damaged, one extensively. Vehicles were moved, including a camper trailer picked up and tossed across a road. A mobile home was blown over 300 feet. Numerous trees were downed, and two barns were destroyed. The tornado moved into Christian County.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Three residences were destroyed, and ten others were damaged. Four of the damaged residences were deemed uninhabitable. Six chicken houses were destroyed. A rehabilitation center for troubled young adults received about 2 million dollars in damage. Four persons were seriously injured, and a fifth person received minor injuries. One of the injuries occurred when the tornado picked up a vehicle and tossed it. The occupant of the vehicle was ejected. The other four injuries occurred at a modular home on Kentucky 494. The modular home was nearly obliterated, with debris blown across nearby fields. The home's steel frame was thrown about 300 feet. All four occupants were seriously injured, including broken vertebrae and a punctured lung. Numerous roads were blocked by downed trees. Peak winds were estimated at 135 mph. The average path width was 250 yards. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted. Trees landed across roads. At least a half dozen small barns were destroyed. Several roofs were lifted and torn off houses. Major structural damage was reported to seven homes. Windows were broken in houses. Peak winds were estimated near 110 mph. The damage path ended very close to the boundary of the Pennyrile State Forest. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: Part of a roof was blown off the Jo Byrns School in Adams. Many trees fell on homes.
Brief Description: Many trees and power lines were blown down at Port Royal and Sandlerville Road. Homes were damaged. A TVA transmission line tower fell. This tornado moved into Robertson county.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: About a dozen homes were destroyed, and close to 150 others were damaged. An additional 20 public or commercial buildings were destroyed or condemned. Damage to commercial and public buildings, including churches and schools, was estimated near 10.5 million dollars. Residential structures sustained about 1 million dollars in damage. Two historic churches suffered severe damage. The steeple of one church collapsed into the sanctuary. About 125 people were in the church at the time of the collapse, including 25 where the steeple fell into the sanctuary. They all moved to the basement 5 or 10 minutes before the storm hit, sparing anyone from death or serious injury. On the west side of Owensboro, a man was trapped in his overturned mobile home. He received only minor injuries. A motel was heavily damaged, with nearly the entire roof blown off. Several guests at the motel were treated for injuries, mostly abrasions from falling debris. Almost every building at Brescia University was damaged, mostly to the roofs. Windows were blown out of the science building. Elsewhere, a delivery truck was overturned. Piles of debris from collapsed garages, warehouses, and roofs lined downtown streets during the cleanup. Tobacco warehouses downtown were destroyed or heavily damaged. The most serious damage was in a 12 to 15 square block area in and near downtown. Nearly all city streets were reopened and nearly all power was restored within a few days after the tornado. Peak winds were estimated at 155 mph where the EF-3 damage occurred in downtown Owensboro. The damage path began just northeast of the Owensboro-Daviess County Airport, then curved northeast through the riverfront area of downtown Owensboro. The average path width was 300 yards. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: The tornado crossed southern Webster County, producing major damage as it paralleled Highway 120 through Providence. About two dozen persons were injured, and they were transported by ambulance to regional hospitals. One person was critically injured. The tornado produced F-3 damage in Providence, then weakened to an F-2 tornado just east of the city limits. The tornado struck a mobile home park in Providence, destroying 16 of the 20 mobile homes there. About 10 permanent homes were destroyed, and about 100 more homes were damaged.
Brief Description: An F2 tornado was intermittently on the ground over a five mile length. Several homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed.
Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Numerous trees and a few structures were damaged. The tornado damage path continued into Hancock County. Peak winds were estimated near 130 mph where the EF-2 damage occurred between Spice Knob and Scythia. The average path width was 150 yards. EPISODE NARRATIVE: The second and more significant severe weather outbreak of the day occurred as a cold front swept east across the Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front late in the afternoon. The storms organized into supercells and short lines during the evening. Over a dozen tornadoes occurred in western Kentucky.
Brief Description: An F3 tornado struck Clarksville at 415 AM, travelled through the downtown area and dissipated near St. Bethlehem. There were 5 injuries, 2 of them were for broken bones. Clarksville has a population of 89,000 people is Tennessee's fifth largest city. 25,000 people were without power. The Tornado Warning was issued by the NWS at 354 AM CST. The NOAA Weather Radio alerted the sleepy resident s of Clarksville and urge them to take cover immediately. The tornado ripped apart a 5 block area of downtown Clarksville and teared up buildings in Austin Peay State University. Once the tornado ravaged the city, downtown Clarksville resembled bombed-out London during World War 2. Bricks and glass were strewn everywhere. The photo editor of the Leaf-Chronicle newspaper s, Fred Dye, said "It looked like somebody walked through with a broom and knocked over whatever was loose enough to knock down." The Montgomery county court house was in ruins. The City Fathers planned on rebuilding the court house. It was last rebuilt after a fire in 1878. The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper office was severely damaged. The newspaper had to set up a temporary office in Hopkinsville, KY. 22 buildings were heavily damaged at Austin Peay State University. Also, several old churches were heavily damaged in Clarksville. The Madison Street United Methodist Church lost its spires and roof. It will take about 2 years to rebuild the church. The Trinity Episcopal Church lost its roof. Police closed off downtown Clarksville from 6 PM-6 AM in order to prevent looting. The National Guard was on duty as well. On January 23, FEMA Director James Lee Whitt toured the devastation. He exclaimed, "Wow!" "It's like someone dropped a bomb on it. That's just what it look like." There was a total of 124 buildings destroyed and 562 buildings damaged. These figures included residential, commercial, government, public and buildings at Austin Peay.
Brief Description: The tornado caused extensive damage in the community of Diamond. Both Crittenden and Webster Counties were declared federal disaster areas.
Brief Description: The tornado was spawned by a long-lived supercell that originated over southeast Missouri and tracked across southern Illinois and western Kentucky. This tornado, which was one of the strongest and longest-lived of the night, first touched down just inside Crittenden County on State Route 120. It quickly moved into Webster County. Before moving into Webster County, about a dozen homes and farm buildings were damaged in Crittenden County.
Brief Description: One person was hospitalized due to injuries from the tornado. The other 5 people were treated and released for their injuries. 7 homes were destroyed, 15 homes had major damage and 14 had minor damage. 5 mobile homes were destroyed, 3 with major damage and 2 with minor damage. One business was destroyed and 3 other businesses were damaged. Several goats and cattle were killed. The heaviest damage was at 404 Glen Have Rd. 2 mobile homes were destroyed and blown off their foundation. 18 outbuildings, 16 barns and 2 churches were damaged. A Chrysler Cirrus LX sedan was flipped and pushed 20 feet. A Ford Ranger truck flipped and rolled 90 feet. A 6 inch by 6 inch board was hurled through the roof of a modular home. Kirby Building Services located at 124 Kirby Road in the industrial park area, sustained 50 percent damage according to the Portland Fire Dept. 11 tornadoes were reported in Middle Tennessee in one of the worst tornadic outbreaks ever in November. 8 people...and possibly a ninth victim...were killed in Middle Tennessee alone. Damage estimate for the tornadoes in Tennessee was placed at $160 million. Primary losses were due to houses and cars. The toll on government owned infrastructure is about $6 million. The federal government is expected to reimburse the state and affected counties for 75% of the costs of responding to the disaster. The FEMA Public Assistance Program has obligated more than $3.6 million to assist local governments. These funds will be used to reimburse local governments for debris removal, the repair of public buildings and utilities, and overtime paid to police officers, firefighters and other emergency personnel. More than 900 families across the state applied for storm aid. This was the worst tornado disaster since the April3-4 outbreak in 1974. The United States Small Business Administration has approved more than 9.7 million dollars in disaster loans to assist disaster victims with repairing their property or replacing lost personal items. The 20 counties that are eligible for disaster assistance to individuals, households, and businesses were: Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Carroll, Coffee, Crockett, Cumberland, Fentress, Gibson, Henderson, Madison, Marshall, Montgomery, Morgan, Roane, Rutherford, Scott, Sumner and Tipton and Van Buren.
Brief Description: A storm survey was done by NWS personnel on Wednesday May 24. The survey found severe damage to residential and industrial structures. Three vortices combined into a single tornado north of Leitchfield, then moved east to southeast at 40 to 45 mph. The path moved through the northeast and east sections of Leitchfield and beyond. (Path length and width are estimated). The structural damaged evidenced the presence of an F3 tornado, with maximum winds around 175 mph. Houses that were virtually destroyed, but still had parts of their structure remaining above the main floor, were the basis of the F3 evaluation. Severe damage to nearby factories also supported the F3 evaluation.
Brief Description: In Clay, 6 homes and 2 businesses were destroyed. An additional 45 homes and 4 businesses received varying degrees of damage, ranging from minor to major. A woman was injured when a tree fell and landed on her, breaking her hip. Peak winds were estimated near 125 MPH. One of the destroyed businesses was a hardware store. The other business, on the north side of Clay, housed spring planting supplies. That business lost four metal buildings. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. A severe thunderstorm produced a series of tornadoes across Livingston, Crittenden, and Webster Counties. Both tornadoes in Livingston County originated on the Illinois side of the Ohio River. The strongest tornadoes occurred from Mattoon to Clay, where F2 damage was observed in spots.
Brief Description: Well built brick home lost roof. Very large oak trees snapped around home. This storm complex came from Houston County. Total damage from tornadoes in Montgomery County is about $1.6 million from the EMA Office.
Brief Description: 67 homes were damaged in the Hilltop area, and about 7 homes received major damage. Most of the damage was to roofs. Trees were blown down.


Is there a way to insert the entire list of "Part/Assembly to Insert" in and assembly without having to use the push pin, select each part/assembly, and place each one at the origin?
I would like to quickly insert a list of parts/assemblies into an assembly so I can then make a drawing and make a Bill of Materials (BOM) to verify that the part/assembly custom properties are filled out correctly.
I am not interested in mating any components, fixing them all on top of one another at the origin is fine.
Maybe there is a macro to do this?
You can drag add them from window explorer and then user the BOM option in assembly itself.
What I do is display the BOM right in the assembly window using the standard buttons. The BOM will float around accordingly. When you're done checking, just delete the inserted BOM. I leave them though.


What Does a "Wedge" Mean in an Economic Context?
In an economic context, a "wedge" is the gap between the price paid by the buyer (i..e price to the consumer or demand price" and price received by the seller (i.e. price to the producer or supply price) in an exchange. In a free market, there is no wedge since all payments from the buyer do go directly to the seller of a product, but a wedge can exist, for example, in markets where a tax is paid to a third party. In such cases, the wedge exists in the amount of the tax (per unit) and represents the distance between the demand and supply curves at the equilibrium quantity in the market with the tax.


SLO County is denying allegations in a federal civil rights lawsuit that two SLO County Sheriff's deputies unlawfully shot and killed a man during a January 2017 traffic stop.
In its response to the lawsuit, the county argued that deputies Jonathan Calvert and Greg Roach were justified when they shot and killed 34-year-old Josue Gallardo because he posed an immediate threat to their lives and safety.
ON THE DEFENSIVE SLO County is denying allegations in a federal lawsuit that two deputies involved in the 2017 officer-involved shooting death of Josue Gallardo were not justified in their use of force against the 34-year-old man.
The lawsuit, filed by Gallardo's widow, claimed that Gallardo was cooperating and complying with the directions given to him by the two deputies when they pulled him over on southbound Highway 101 near the Santa Barbara Road exit in Atascadero on Jan. 24, 2017. The suit alleges that the shooting occurred after Roach opened fire on Gallardo, followed by Calvert.
The county response states that Gallardo was not cooperative when deputies asked him to show his hands, and he reportedly told them, "I want you to shoot me. I want you to kill me," as they approached him. Calvert responded that he did not want to kill Gallardo, according to the county. The county also claimed that Gallardo was shot after he drew a gun and began to aim it at one of the deputies. According to the response, Roach, who was on the passenger side of the vehicle, saw Gallardo's hand moving down toward his right pants pocket. Roach then saw Gallardo reach into his pocket and pull out a gun.
"He saw [Gallardo] swing the gun up across his body toward the driver's door, and it appeared [Gallardo] was about to shoot Deputy Calvert," the county's response states.
The county then contends that Roach yelled "gun!" and began firing into the car to protect Calvert's life. Calvert fired on Gallardo after he saw the driver's side door opening and heard Roach firing.
The claim that Gallardo had a gun and aimed it at deputies was featured in multiple press releases issued by the SLO County Sheriff's Office in the wake of the shooting. The SLO County District Attorney's Office later reviewed the incident and determined that the shooting was lawful.
The lawsuit against the county doesn't mention the gun. Questions about the shooting, including whether Gallardo brandished a weapon at the deputies, may be answered by video footage recorded the night of the incident.
Such footage, as well as investigative documents, are now easier for the public to access thanks to a recently enacted state transparency law. California Senate Bill 1421, signed into law last year, went into effect Jan. 1. It requires law enforcement agencies to release internal investigation records, including video, of officer-involved shootings and other use of force incidents, as well as sustained findings of officer-involved sexual assault or lying on the job, under the California Public Records Act.
In response to a public records request from New Times, the Sheriff's Office said it will release video footage of the Gallardo shooting, as well as more than 400 pages of investigative documents associated with the case. The new laws have apparently resulted in an increase in requests for such records.


Close reading is an essential skill when preparing to write a summary.
A narrative summary is a concentrated form of the original story that conveys the plot, characters, conflict and themes, but which is written in your own words. Being able to summarize a story is an important exercise because it helps develop your ability to synthesize information and repackage it into an economic and informative written structure.
Before you can begin writing your summary, you need to collect all the information you plan to use in your summary. Read the entire essay -- several times if you need to -- and write down the following information: the name of each character along with his role in the story (i.e. relationship to the main character); a short description of each individual scene in the story; the type of conflict (man vs. man or man vs. nature, for example) and which characters are involved; and the theme (central message) of the story. You might want to focus each reading on one particular element to make note-taking more manageable.
Now that you have the information and have re-read the narrative so it is fresh in your mind -- which will make referring to the text easier -- it's time to craft your introduction. Your opening should be direct and succinct. Make sure you state the title of the story as well as the name of the author. Then, in just a few sentences, briefly describe the main characters, the setting, the nature of the conflict -- and how it drives the plot -- and the theme.
The body is where you will summarize each event of the story. The length of this part of your summary will depend on the story's length, so it could be just a few paragraphs or a few pages. Unless the teacher has specified that the summary should be extremely short -- such as less than one page -- a general rule to follow is that each obstacle the main character faces should have its own short paragraph. Focus on the main character and how his strategies to resolve the conflict drive the story.
When you end your summary, you want to do a little more than just summarize how the final scene plays out. Explain how the conflict gets resolved, which characters have changed and the natures of their changes. Most importantly, capture how the conflict resolution punctuates the theme. If you were summarizing "The Wizard of Oz," for example, you would describe the scene of Dorothy waking up in Kansas, and you would explain how it illustrates the theme of "There's no place like home."
Now that your draft is complete, you have to edit and revise. Focus first on structure: You've introduced the narrative clearly and thoroughly, addressed every major event in the body and concluded with conflict resolution and how it relates to the theme. Then, turn your attention to grammar. Check your word usage, punctuation, and spelling -- especially the names of the characters.
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Who were the Moors and what was their role in Spain? Tarik ibn Zeyad was a Moor who was instrumental in conquering Spain and honored by having the Rock of Gibraltar named after him.
The fact that people of African descent, or specifically the Moors were in western Europe from 710 AD until the late 1400's is indisputable. It is noteworthy that these Moors were in Europe as conquerors and served as a "civilizing force," as opposed to being enslaved by the Europeans. The Moors had a tremendously positive impact on European cultural, socio-economic and political institutions.
In his work, "The Moor: Light of Europe's Dark Age," Wayne B. Chandler offers the following definition of the Moors: "Although the term Moor has been put to diverse use, its roots are still traceable. Circa 46 B. C., the Roman army entered West Africa where they encountered black Africans whom they called "˜Maures' from the Greek adjective mauros, meaning dark or black." Traditionally, the Moors were the African people who occupied northwest Africa, or present-day Morocco and Mauritania. These same African people became converts to Islam in the seventh century and have since been mistakenly identified by western European scholars as Arabs, Mohammedans, Saracens, etc. W. E. B Dubois in his work, "The World and Africa," wrote on this subject, "The Arabs brought the new religion of Mohammed into North Africa. During the seventh century, they did not migrate in great numbers. Spain was conquered not by Arabs, but by armies of Berbers and Negroids led by Arabs." The truth is that the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Spain and Portugal, was an African not an Arab conquest. The conquest of Spain and Portugal in the eighth century, and later the greater part of western Europe, was orchestrated by the Arabs who conquered North Africa; but the actual conquest was carried out by African adherents of Islam.
The Rock of Gibraltar is named for the Moor, Tarik ibn Zeyad. In 711 AD, Musa-ibn-Nusair commanded his leading Moorish general, Tarik ibn Zeyad to assemble an army of seven thousand men and ordered them to conquer Spain in the name of Islam. In that same year, General Tarik ibn Zeyad and his men, most of whom were Moors and Berbers, landed at the edge of an escarpment known then as "Mons Calpe." Since King Roderick and most of his military forces were engaged in a battle with the Basques in the north of Spain, Tarik ibn Zeyad and his army had little opposition as they conquered all the small towns in close proximity to Mons Calpe. When King Roderick heard of the invasion of Spain by the Moors, he amassed an army six times that of Tarik ibn Zeyad's and moved south to defend his kingdom. The two forces met in a fierce battle that lasted for an entire week. Greatly outnumbered, the Moors began to lose faith, but their leader, Tarik ibn Zeyad, was resolute and ordered them forward. King Roderick and his forces were routed and Roderick was killed in the fierce fighting. J. C. deGraft-Johnson describes the fight in his work, "African Glory:"
"The conflict was a bloody one, but Tarik was victorious and soon became master of Spain.... Tarik left a garrison at the foot of Mons Calpe, which the Africans renamed in a compliment to their general, Gebel Tarik "" the Hill of Tarik "" a name that was subsequently corrupted by the Spaniards into Gibraltar. "
Gibraltar continued under Moorish dominion for over seven centuries, but was taken by Spain for a period of 24 years in the early 14th century. It was not until 1472 that the Spaniards finally re-captured The Rock. It remained a Spanish possession until the beginning of the 18th century when it fell to a combined Anglo-Dutch force. The Treaty of Utrecht ceded The Rock to the "Crown of Great Britain" in perpetuity.
The Moorish civilization enlightened Europe and brought it out of the dark ages to usher in the Renaissance period. The roots of European culture can be traced back to the Moors whose civilization was not only artistic, scientific and commercial, but also incredibly tolerant of other races and cultures. Many of the Moors' cultural and intellectual influences are still in evidence today. The Rock of Gibraltar owes its name to a man of valor, Tarik ibn Zeyad, a man of extraordinary courage and a true leader.
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Below is text I copied from someone else's post on another thread. What happened in that thread is that people found quibbles with each of them. Without getting into the merits of the quibbles, my point is about the way evidence in favor of an anti-female bias is treated relative to evidence in favor of a pro-female bias. It seems like there are a lot of posters on the board who weighted the sum total of these papers as zero without reading them because they read a few negative comments about them. But then they take evidence about hiring preferences and run with it as far as they can take it, discrediting any accomplishment of any female economist. There are gender issues in economics. In multiple directions. I am not calling people sexist if all they are saying is that they don't like gender equity hiring. But there are a lot of really sexist comments that people make following up on that assertion. Here is the text from the other thread: - Milkman et al (2013), pretended to be students asking faculty for mentorship or advise meetings, "faculty were significantly more responsive to "white males" than to all other categories of students, collectively, particularly in higher-paying disciplines and private institutions"
I want to be clear that I believe there are a lot of sexists out there. With that said, the literature on this topic is terrible. You mention Milkman et al (2013): "Milkman et al (2013), pretended to be students asking faculty for mentorship or advise meetings, "faculty were significantly more responsive to "white males" than to all other categories of students, collectively, particularly in higher-paying disciplines and private institutions"" Based on that, you might think that white women got fewer responses than white men, and that women got fewer responses than men overall. I'd encourage you to look at their actual data, especially Figure 3. If you look closely, you can see that women got MORE responses than men and white women got MORE responses than white men. (That is clear when you see women did better than men in public schools in each racial condition, and that public schools are 69% of their sample.) They buried one of the key facts and wrote the paper in such a way that the casual reader thinks they found discrimination against women. More than half the papers I've looked into in this area torture the data until it gives the right answer. Because of that, I have no faith in papers that show discrimination against women. (Discrimination against Asians is well established) I say this DESPITE believing there are lots of sexists in econ and finance.


In 1976, the United States celebrated the 200th Anniversary of its independence from England. That year a friend of mine who is now a distinguished American historian told me that he thought we should send a new declaration to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, saying that the whole thing was a terrible mistake and would she please take us back. My friend’s comment was not merely an indication of the great respect which many Americans hold for Queen Elizabeth. It was also a sign of our awareness that the British system of government has kept a quality of leadership which our own system lacks. That quality is continuity – a continuity which abides in the life of this nation above the scramble of ‘politics as usual’ which is an inevitable dimension of government in our world.
The trouble with America is that generally ‘politics as usual’ is all we see, and many of us wish there might be a dimension of government which is not concerned merely with the next election. It was that quality, I think, which my friend saw in the British monarchy.
But although this is the beginning of the Queen’s Jubilee, we are at mass, and this is a sermon – and the purpose of a sermon is to nourish faith. What can I say in this context about the relation of national leadership to the life of Christian faith?
The readings we have heard from Deuteronomy, Hebrews, and Matthew are not the ordinary lectionary readings for today: they were specially selected for use at liturgical celebrations today in connection with Her Majesty’s Jubilee – so they are not coincidental: they were selected with this 50th anniversary in central focus.
So it is appropriate for us to ask: what is the intention behind the choice of these three readings? What is the Church asking us to reflect upon concerning the relation of Christian faith to national leadership?
In the second reading, the Letter to the Hebrews, we hear our situation in this world compared to that of Abraham: for people of faith, our life in this world is seen as a passing through – the image used is ‘living in tents,’ because like Abraham we are called to look forward to life in that city whose foundation is God.
How are we to understand this? Certainly Christianity takes this world very seriously: our faith is based on the One who became incarnate in this world, - the One who shared our human flesh. The pilgrim life of Abraham is not a rejection of our life in this world – that is the life which Jesus came to share with us. But the reading does say that, like Abraham, we look forward to life in God – and it is that life which gives this life its meaning and value.
And finally, in the Gospel reading from Matthew, we heard the Beatitudes of Jesus which link us to the blessing we are encouraged to choose in the first reading from Deuteronomy: here in the Beatitudes we learn what this blessed life will require of us in this world: poverty of spirit, meekness, hunger and thirst for righteousness, mercifulness, purity of heart, peace – making. And if we choose that way of living, the Beatitudes tell us that we are likely to be reviled and persecuted. In other words the Beatitudes indicate that our life in this world – even this world into which God has entered in the birth and life of Jesus – our life here is not the promised Kingdom of God: it is a place where the choice of life and blessing is not well received – in fact, it is often rejected.
Christian theology has spoken in terms of a fallen world: a world populated by flawed human beings – that means all of us – flawed human beings who see ourselves as the centre of the universe, our needs and desires as more important than those of others.
In terms of the reading from Deuteronomy, we flawed human beings choose death and a curse rather than life and blessing – except where the grace of God breaks into our lives.
A few nights ago, I was watching a news programme on TV – and there was a debate about the Monarchy. In addition to the moderator, who tried to give some order to the debate, there were two persons on each side: pro-monarchy and anti-monarchy. What I found most interesting was that neither side offered any comments which had anything to do – anything – with the Christian vision of human life.
The pro-monarchists spoke of the Royal Family as a kind of fantasy world which permitted ordinary people to escape from the stress of the real world.
And the anti-monarchists suggested that if England were a republic, justice, equity and peace would immediately characterise life for all people in Britain.
in the midst of our human situation, grace breaks in – even through fallible instruments like ourselves – and human beings appear among us who truly hunger and thirst for righteousness, who are merciful, who are peacemakers.
These leaders rise above the conflicts of ‘politics as usual’, and remind us that there is a further city to which we are called, the city ‘whose architect and builder is God’.
Such leaders are servants of God: in other words, in them leadership becomes vocation – a calling from God to foster in our world the choice of blessing and life.


For some odd reason, I've been thinking a lot about possibilities and roads not taken, specifically with respect to Star Wars. Now I'm not going to sit here and say that George Lucas did it wrong. It's his universe and he was allowed to do what he wanted. No, I'm just fascinated by what might have been.
The main thing I've been thinking of is the ending to Marvel Star Wars Annual #1, in which we are told that the original owner of Luke's Lightsaber came to the planet they are visiting with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader. The inference is that it was Luke's father along with his fellow student that was there. There have been attempts at retcons that said this was another Jedi that Vader/Skywalker switched his lightsaber with in some ceremony, since the comic came out before "The Empire Strikes Back."
What if, though, Empire never happened? What if we took this story as it was? We had already seem Obi-Wan as a warrior in Star Wars #24 (see image to the right). This fits in much better with the "guardians of peace and justice" that we thought Jedi were supposed to be. No desert robed priest, but a man of action that was dressed for it. In fact, if you look at this image and change the white to black, it's really close to Luke's costume in "The Return of the Jedi."
So, what would be different? Well, first off, there wouldn't be a "certain point of view." Vader would have killed Skywalker and Ben would have been telling the truth. Yes, this would have made Vader a less personal villain, but if he was Anakin Skywalker's best friend, wouldn't that have made the betrayal even more painful? Luke could have still tried to turn Vader back from the Dark Side, in order to try and redeem his father's friend. Or he could have tried to take revenge, and gone down the dark path himself.
I know that there were the Star Wars Infinities books, but they focused on a minor change and what repercussions that would have. What I'm talking about is scrapping Empire and everything after it and asking what would have happened if all we had were "Star Wars", the movie novelization, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", and the Marvel comics up to that point?
Oh, I have no intention of writing anything story-wise on this, it's just something that has been rolling around in my brain and I thought I'd share it as an exercise in imagination. If you have any thoughts on this, please let me know. I'd love to hear them.


Project Managers who aspire to take the PMP exam need to have 35 hours of documented training in the area of project management. However, there is some level of misunderstanding around just how they can achieve this. Many believe they must take specialised and expensive courses, and some are not aware that some of the training and education they already have may qualify. Others think they need to acquire a single 35 hour certificate. Here is a survey of the ways PMP aspirants can satisfy that requirement.
The Requirement In the Project Management Professional (PMP) Credential Handbook, it states that the candidate must Document 35 contact hours of project management education. This requirement applies to all applicants, regardless of degree or project management experience level. So, just what must the candidate do to satisfy those "Contact Hours of Project Management Education," where at least 35 contact hours of specific instruction addressed learning objectives in project management?
The first step is to document all education hours regardless of when they were accrued. Project management education hours for these purposes do not expire and do not need to be within any recent time frame. However, the course work must be completed at the time you submit the application. PMP Prep coursework does qualify, as it is project management oriented, but it would need to occur before the candidate actually submits the application. Note that one contact hour is equivalent to one actual hour (60 minutes) of training or instruction received, as per the PMI.
After documenting all hours, PMP candidates need "classify" content of the courses according to the PMBOK knowledge areas, including project quality, project scope, project schedule, project budget, project communications, project risk, project procurement, and project integration management. If all hours add up to 35 or more, the candidate has already satisfied the requirements. In many cases, the candidate will have either no hours or less than 35 hours of PM training, and they will need to fill that gap with additional project management training.
PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s): Pre-approved courses offered by PMI R.E.P.s. These can be classroom instruction, live instructor-lead training online, or pure online packaged courses that are available 24x7.
PMI Component organisations: PMI chapters, specific interest groups, colleges, or the PMI.
Employer/company-sponsored programmes: As long as content can be logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
Training companies or consultants: As long as content can be logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course assessment: Can include live instructor-lead training online, or pure online packaged courses that are available 24x7, as long as content can be logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
University/college academic and continuing education programmes: As long as content can be logically mapped to the knowledge areas.
Note that one hour of classroom instruction equals one contact hour. Non-classroom instruction, such as online training, also must comply with the rule that one hour of classroom instruction equals one contact hour. Project Management podcasts can also satisfy all or a portion of the requirement. The important thing is to be able to provide complete and authoritative documentation of the training and education, such as certificates, tests, syllabus, course descriptions, and transcript to properly support your claim.
Completion of a 15 week university or college course on project management that met for three hours per week would qualify for 45 contact hours.
Completion of a university or college course that was approximately 50% on the subject of project management that met for two hours per week for 15 weeks would qualify for 50% x 30 contact hours, or 15 contact hours. The additional 20 contact hours could be earned with an 8 hour REP classroom training, and 12 hours of REP 24x7 online training.
Completion of a single REP classroom or online, 24x7 set of courses that add up to 35 hours or more.
Completion of some combination non-REP classroom project management training, live instructor-lead online project management training, online 24x7 project management training courses, or project management podcasts, as long as they are clearly documentable.
PMI chapter meetings, unless spent conducting a learning activity.
There are many ways to satisfy the PMI requirement of 35 hours of project management training. Any training must be in the areas of project quality, project scope, project schedule, project budget, project communications, project risk, project procurement, and project integration management. The PMI rule is that one hour of training equals one of these contact hours. Applicants must be able to clearly document the training with proper proof. The final authority is the PMI, and the authoritative document is the Project Management Professional (PMP) Credential Handbook, which can be found at http://www.pmi.org/PDF/pdc_pmphandbook.pdf. Applicants should contact the PMI directly with any questions or concerns.
The benefits of risk management in projects are huge. You can gain a lot of money if you deal with uncertain project events in a proactive manner.
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"His [Marty's] group, known as the Pinheads, was already set up. Nearby, Jennifer also waited, nervously checking her watch. As he [Marty] raced onto the stage, she let out a noisy sigh of relief and Marty winked at her. / A fat man, also glancing meaningfully at his watch, stared intently at Marty. / "Are you ready?" he asked coldly. / Marty nodded. His guitar, amp and microphone were already set up for him. Sitting quickly, Marty took a deep breath and tuned up in the shortest amount of time possible. Then, grasping the microphone, he looked toward the dance committee and spoke with a voice that rang with confidence. / "All right," he said. "We're the Pinheads, and we're gonna rock 'n' roll!" / The band kicked into a hot number, Marty's fingers dancing across the strings and frets in a complicated lead line. Keyboard, bass and drums followed, embellished his thematic figures, hit the rhythm harder, preparing for the transition into Marty's first variation. / "Fine," a metallic voice called out. "That's enough, thank you." / Marty could hardly believe his ears. In fact, he continued to play even as the rest of the Pinhead sound dribbled away into confused silence. / "Thank you," the fat man repeated. "May we hear the next group, please?" / Marty came down off the stage in a daze. Had he gone through an afternoon of hell for this?"
The Pinheads was a band, consisting of Marty McFly, Paul, Lee, and Bobby.
Note: The following section is considered non-canon or is disputed in canonicity.
The band was formed when the three original members, Marty, Lee, and Paul, were in elementary school.
In 1979, Douglas J. Needles moved to Hill Valley from Bakersville, and bought his way into the band with his his mother's money. Since Doug couldn't play his guitar and he was a showoff, Lee and Paul told Marty they didn't want him in the band. Doug overheard this and started his own band. This furthered Doug's grudge against Marty.
Bobby joined the band in 1985, after Marty got his truck, when the four of them went on a camping trip. In the original timeline, when Marty didn't own the truck, they took a bus to the campsite instead.
Non-canon or disputable information ends here.
They auditioned for the Battle of the Bands on Friday, October 25, 1985 in front of three adults and one student in the Hill Valley High School gymnasium. Their audition song was a hard rock version of "The Power of Love", but the head judge told them to stop after playing just a short time, saying they were "too darn loud".
After failing the audition, his girlfriend Jennifer tried to convince Marty to send a tape of his band's music to a record company called R & G Records, but Marty doubted that he could take another rejection.
In 1986, in an alternate timeline, Marty McFly spray painted "Marty and The Pinheads" in an alley near Courthouse Square.
In 1991, Marty and the Pinheads threw a free concert in front of the Courthouse; however, only a few people showed up. It ended suddenly due to one of Emmett Brown's malfunctioning inventions.
The Pinheads were portrayed by Michael J. Fox (guitar), Paul Hanson (bass guitar, who was Fox's guitar coach for the movie and actually played Michael's guitar solo in this scene), Lee Brownfield and Robert DeLapp.
Their characters weren't named in the credits of the film, but in the comic Back to the Future: Who Is Marty McFly? they were named Paul, Lee, and Bobby after their actors.
The judge who stopped The Pinheads was played by Huey Lewis. This is ironic, since the song that The Pinheads were playing is a hard rock version of The Power of Love, a song released by Huey Lewis and the News.
It has been theorized that Mr. Strickland shut the band down due to Marty's attitude. However this is unlikely as Strickland, while unyielding on discipline, isn't that petty.
In a scene cut from the movie, but reinstated by George Gipe for the novelization, Marty was at the desk in his room after dinner, putting his band's tape cassette into a yellow envelope for mailing, but changing his mind and throwing it in the waste basket before going to bed. This explains the yellow envelope Marty was holding, and was prepared to mail, when he discovered that his living room had changed after returning to 1985.
In the novelization, The Pinheads' audition takes place at Hill Valley's YMCA building rather than the school gymnasium.
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The study, which was presented by John Frater, M.D., analyzed a sub-group of patients in the SPARTAC study, a randomized trial of individuals during primary HIV infection, which included a planned treatment interruption after 48 weeks of antiretroviral therapy for some participants.
Remarkably, 14% of those who interrupted treatment after 48 weeks still had undetectable viral loads a year later, showing that treatment within the first few weeks or months after infection may induce a state of post-treatment control. The researchers found that the amount of HIV DNA present at the time of the treatment interruption predicted how quickly the virus would rebound.
In this sub-analysis, the researchers wanted to see if other biomarkers also helped predict viral rebound after treatment interruption. After analyzing 18 immunological and virological biomarkers, they found three in particular -- PD-1, Tim-3 and Lag-3 (markers of T cell exhaustion) -- predicted viral rebound.
Specifically, when levels of PD-1, Tim-3 and Lag-3 were higher at the time when treatment was started, and not at the point of treatment interruption, HIV rebounded quicker. Conversely, when levels of these markers were lower, HIV rebounded less quickly.
"These three markers open questions as to mechanism, which we really don't understand. Why does the virus not come back? Understanding these markers will help [answer] that," Frater said at a press conference.
I would interpret it as in those individuals whose immune system has said, 'We can't handle this infection. We're shutting down. We're shutting down the immune response,' those are the ones who are going to rebound quickly.
Cancer therapy has been revolutionized by blocking these receptors. Some individuals with cancer have high levels of exhaustion markers, the tumor progresses. But by reversing that exhaustion, waking up the immune system and powering it to respond, has resulted in very dramatic responses in cancer.
Although John [Frater] didn't imply this because he's very careful not to go beyond his data, it suggests that blocking these receptors in HIV infection might improve outcome and there is a clinical trial going on to look at blockade of one of the receptors (PD-1 and PD-L1).
The other biomarkers in this sub-analysis that were not associated with predicting viral rebound included: CD4+ cell count, plasma viral load and CD4/CD8 ratio (clinical measures); CD4 ELISPOT and CD8 ELISPOT (markers of HIV T cell immunity); HLA DR, CD38, CD25 and CD69 (markers of T cell activation); D-dimer, IL-6 (soluble markers); and cell-associated unspliced HIV-1 RNA.
"These data indicate that pre-therapy measurements may be informative and that markers of T cell exhaustion should be included alongside HIV-1 DNA levels. This may also open critical new avenues for understanding the mechanisms underlying [post-treatment control], which need to be explored in larger cohort," the authors concluded.


Reach Consulting Corporation has its headquarters in Chicago and operates from three branch offices in Portland, Dallas, and Miami. . Which of the following is not true? The estimated total cost and expected activity for one of the company's three activity cost pools are as follows. Traditional volume-based methods are easier to use and less costly to implement and maintain. The departmental overhead rate method does not assign overhead on the basis of volume-related measures. The company has established the following standard for the direct labor costs of one unit of product: Standard Hours Standard Rate Standard Cost 1. The following details about overhead costs were taken from its company records.
False Activity-based costing involves four steps: 1 identify activities and the costs they cause, 2 group similar activities into cost pools, 3 determine an activity rate for each activity cost pool, and 4 allocate overhead costs to products using those activity rates. Annual production and sales are 500 units of Product A and 900 units of Product B. The direct labor efficiency variance for June is: Houghton Company maintains warehouses that stock items carried by its e-retailer clients. Information for next year related to this Activity-Based Costing system is as follows: Activity Cost Pool Activity Measure Estimated Overhead Cost General service. The annual production and sales of Product A is 9,000 units and of Product B is 7,500 units. For example, if the sales manager accepts a rush order that will result in higher than normal shipping costs, these additional costs are charged to the sales manager because the authority to accept or decline the rush order was given to the sales manager. Fausto Company employs a standard cost system in which direct materials inventory is carried at standard cost.
All other fixed manufacturing overhead costs represent current cash flows. The company has two products: A and B. Purchase order processing is an example of a a. The variable selling and administrative costs would have to be incurred to sell the defective units. The price variance for the direct materials acquired by the company during June is Fausto Company employs a standard cost system in which direct materials inventory is carried at standard cost. The mechanical systems are combined with the housing assembly in its finishing department.
. There are three activity cost pools, with total cost and total activity as follows: Total Activity Activity Cost Pool Total Cost Product A Product B Total Activity 1. Work In Process is debited and Manufacturing Overhead is credited Question 2 Matt Company uses activity-based costing. Given the amounts below, how many direct labor hours does the company expect in department 2? Step 1:- Want to buy solution for this. During September, Kennel budgeted for 4,400 tenant-days, but its actual level of activity was 4,450 tenant-days. Matt Company uses activity-based costing. Jennifer Company has two products: A and B.
A measure of the amount of time required to perform an activity. Do not round intermediate calculations. Bossie Corporation uses an activity-based costing system with three activity cost pools. Which of the following is not a limitation of activity-based costing? D Identify the activities and the overhead costs they cause. Orange I am trying to complete my homework and I am having trouble on a problem that I can't understand why it is wrong? The company estimates that 40% of its overhead is variable and the remainder is fixed.
Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places. The company uses a plantwide overhead rate with direct labor hours as the allocation base. Given the amounts below, how many machine hours does the company expect in department 2? The predetermined overhead rate i. Assume Ray Manufacturing uses Activity-based cost drivers to assign overhead. The standard cost card shows that 12. A measure of the amount of time required to perform an activity. Activity-based costing often shifts overhead costs from large volume, standardized products to low-volume, specialty products that consume disproportionate resources.
An activity measure that is used for the life of the company. Factories are more modernized and require a higher-skilled employee that is harder to come by. According to the company's records,. True The departmental overhead rate method traces costs to each department and then determines an allocation base for each department. The company has sufficient idle capacity to manufacture the additional units. Product code is extremely important to locate your assignment.
We monitor changes and explore new ideas all while helping minimize taxes—with a focus on high-gear performance. The company has two products: A and B. True Activity-based costing eliminates the need for overhead allocation rates. If the company plans to make 10,000 units of Fancy X and 10,000 units of Plain X, then each unit produced will be allocated the same amount of overhead. During July, Houghton shipped 315,000 orders using 21,750 direct labor-hours. What are the main advantages of traditional volume-based allocation methods compared to activity-based costing? Please click on here and then fill all details and please mentioned product code at the end of the case. If the company used a plantwide overhead rate based on direct labor hours, what is the overhead cost for each unit of Job 3175? Houghton then pulls the item from the warehouse, packs it and ships it to the customer.


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That being said, I see two problems with python implementing something analogous to --clamp-mtime rather than just --mtime.
1) Source files are extracted by some build process, and remain untouched. Python generates bytecode pinned to the original time, rather than SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. Later, the build process packages those files and implements --mtime, not --clamp-mtime. Because Python and the packaging software disagree about which one to use, the bytecode fails.
2) Source files are extracted, and the build process even tosses all timestamps to the side of the road, by explicitly `touch`ing all of them to the date of SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH just in case. Then for whatever reason (distro patches, 2to3, the use of `cp`) the timestamps get updated to $currentime. But SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is in the future, so the timestamps get downdated. Python bytecode is generated by emulating --clamp-mtime. The build process then uses --mtime to package the files. Again, because Python and the packaging software disagree about which one to use, the bytecode fails.
Of course, in both those cases, blindly respecting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH will seemingly break everything for people who use --clamp-mtime instead. I'm not happy with reproducible-builds.org for allowing either one.
I don't think python should rely on --mtime users manually overriding the filesystem metadata of the source files outside of py_compile, as that is a hack that I think we'd like to remove if possible... that being said, Arch Linux will, on second thought, not be adversely affected even if py_compile tries to be clever and emulate --clamp-mtime to decide on its own whether to respect SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.
Likewise, I don't really expect people to try to reproduce builds using a future date for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH. On the other hand, the reproducible builds spec doesn't forbid it AFAICT.
But... neither of those mitigations seem "clean" to me, for the reasons stated above.
There is something that would solve all these issues, though. From reading the importlib code (I haven't actually tried smoketesting actual imports), it appears that Python 2 accepts any bytecode that is dated at or later than the timestamp of its source .py, while Python 3 requires the timestamps to perfectly match. This seems bizarre to behave differently, especially as until @bmwiedemann mentioned it on the GitHub PR I blindly assumed that Python would not care if your bytecode is somehow dated later than your sources. If the user is playing monkey games with mismatched source and byte code, while backdating the source code to *trick* the interpreter into loading it... let them? They can break their stuff if they want to!
On looking through the commit logs, it seems that Python 3 used to do the same, until https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/61b14251d3a653548f70350acb250cf23b696372 refactored the general vicinity and modified this behavior without warning. In a commit that seems to be designed to do something else entirely. This really should have been two separate commits, and modifying the import code to more strictly check the timestamp should have come with an explanatory justification. Because I cannot think of a good reason for this behavior, and the commit isn't giving me an opportunity to understand either. As it is, I am completely confused, and have no idea whether this was even supposed to be deliberate.
In hindsight it is certainly preventing nice solutions to supporting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH.


This article is about the politician. For the poet, see Jon Silkin.
John Ernest Silkin, PC (18 March 1923 – 26 April 1987) was an English left-wing Labour politician and solicitor.
He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Silkin served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1942 to 1946. He was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant in 1943, serving in the East Indies Fleet, Eastern Fleet and Pacific Fleet aboard HMS King George V and HMS Formidable, and ashore at Anderson, Ceylon (FECB). He was later promoted lieutenant. He was demobilised in 1946 and returned to Cambridge.
Silkin was admitted as a solicitor in 1950 and worked for his father's law practice in London.
He contested the seat of St Marylebone for the Labour Party at the 1950 general election, West Woolwich in 1951 and South Nottingham in 1959. He served as a councillor in the Metropolitan Borough of St Marylebone (1962–63) and was elected to the House of Commons for the first time in July 1963. He served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Deptford (1963–74) and for Lewisham, Deptford (1974–87).
He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1966. He served as a Government Chief Whip (1966–69) and as the deputy leader of the House of Commons (1968–69). He was appointed as the Minister of Public Buildings and Works (1969–70) and the Minister for Planning and Local Government in the Department for the Environment (1974–76). He served as the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1976–79).
In opposition, Silkin was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1980 Labour leadership election following the resignation of James Callaghan and in the deputy leadership election in 1981. He served as Opposition Spokesman on Industry (1979–80), Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (1980–83), Shadow Defence Secretary (1981–83) and the Dairy Industry Arbitrator (1986–87).
Silkin's publication Changing Battlefields: The Challenge to the Labour Party appeared posthumously. His papers were given to the Churchill Archives Centre by his widow in February 1990. These cover his Parliamentary and Ministerial career, as well as his other public interests, such as the Channel Tunnel, the European Economic Community and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest concerning his relationship with his Constituency Labour Party in Deptford and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership Elections in 1980 and 1981.
He was married to the actress Rosamund John from 1950 until his death in 1987. Their son Rory L. F. Silkin was born in 1954.


Is it hard for a film script writer to find a theme which could be later convert into a beautiful screenplay? The answer will be a big No. Malayalam film industry is blessed with screenwriters who are much brilliant in finding interesting and innovative stories which would keep the viewers intact.
Benny P Nayarambalam is such a person who handles his job with perfection while changing the tone of work according to the trends. The latest in his kitty would be 'Bhaiya Bhaiya' directed by Johny Antony. As from the hands of Benny, story of the movie is about migrant workers in Kerala.
Contractor Chacko (Innocent) is a busy man who is much active in his work. During the time, he brings a 12-year-old orphan boy Baburam Chatterjee (Biju Menon) from Bengal grows him up as his own son. This boy who is considered as the first migrant in Kerala is being nurtured along with Chacko's son Babu (Kunchacko Boban). After being grown-up, Kunchacko works as an agent recruiting people from Bengal.
With the help of Biju Menon, many are being employed at various sites. As one worker dies at a construction site, both of them have to accompany the body which should reach Bengal. While during the journey, they have to face various problems which form the crux of the movie. A major part of the movie is extensively shot in West Begal.
Nisha Aggarwal and Ashwathi Lal would play the love interest of Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon respectively. Dracula' fame Sudheer Babu will be making a majestic comeback with this movie. He plays the role of Manikandan, a person with shades of a negative character. The actor who was last seen in the role of Dracula has increased 10 kg of weight and also had grown a thick moustache.
Produced by Howli Pottur under the banner of Dream team production, 'Bhaiya Bhaiya' would be a clean family entertainer. The movie themed around brotherhood put forward a message; whichever language we speak, all of us are Indians. Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon have already proved their own screen chemistry in movies through movies like 'Romans', 'Ordinary' and '101 Wedding' .
Smrithi malayalam movie written and directed by Anand Unnithan would be a journey into the life of a young man born and brought up in a slum. Anand Unnithan and Adithya Menon will be seen in lead roles. Sandhya Iyer, Ramesh Valiyashala, Munshi Ranjith, Ramapuram Chandrababu and Sinu will keep their presence alive donning prominent roles. 'Smrithi' is produced by K A Unnithan under the banner of Posh Portfolios Pvt. Ltd. The camera is helmed by Bineesh Edakkattil and the tunes are set by D. S Rajiv.


On December 29th the sports section of the BBC News website published a story titled “Nicolas Anelka: West Brom striker defends goal celebration“.
The article opens with amplification of Anelka’s reactions to the criticism levelled against him as a result of his having used what is widely regarded as a neo-Nazi salute during a live-televised football match the previous day.
Anelka made the “quenelle” gesture – described as an inverted Nazi salute.
“Of course, I am neither racist nor anti-Semitic and I fully assume my gesture,” Anelka, 34, tweeted.
“The French government is trying to ban comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala’s shows over his use of the gesture and Anelka confirmed he did it in support of the performer.
The BBC’s claim that the concerns of the French government are confined to Anelka’s friend’s “use of the gesture” of course whitewashes the fact that the ‘comedian’ who has made a career out of antisemitism has a long history of brushes with the French authorities because of hate speech and racial incitement.
“Nevertheless, on the eve of Anelka’s celebration, French Home Office minister Manuel Valls had indicated that he was looking at ways to ban Dieudonné’s ‘shows and public meetings’ after the comedian’s latest anti-semitic tirade, which had been directed at journalist Patrick Cohen.
Quote-unquote: ‘when I hear him [Cohen], I tell myself, you know, gas chambers…too bad’.
If Anelka’s quenelle was indeed nothing but a show of solidarity with a friend who’d found himself embroiled in trouble, it’s just as well we know what kind of trouble that is; and it’s not as if Dieudonné had no ‘previous’ in that department.
He’s been found guilty of incitement to racial hatred on several occasions, his first condemnation coming in November 2007 after making the following comment: ‘All of them [Jews] are slave-straders who’ve moved into banking, show-business and, today, terrorist action’.
The BBC article also amplifies the uninformed reaction of Anelka’s club’s manager.
“Albion caretaker manager Keith Downing said Anelka was “totally surprised” by the furore, despite the French government announcing on Friday that it was studying legal options to ban performances by Dieudonne.
Given that the target audience of this report is for the most part unlikely to be well versed on the subject of antisemitic trends in some of the darker corners of French social media and considering that this offensive trend appears to be spreading in the sporting world, it is especially regrettable that BBC Sport has wasted the opportunity to adequately clarify the background to the controversy surrounding Anelka’s action to BBC audiences, instead opting to amplify assorted excuses and downplay the antisemitism of Anelka’s racist friend.
But it is not just writers at the BBC’s Sport department who is apparently afflicted with the inability to recognise antisemitism when it stares them in the face. On December 30th the Tweet below was sent from the BBC News Magazine account.
The Tweet promotes an article appearing on the BBC News website under the title “Who, What, Why: What is the quenelle gesture?” which describes the gesture’s inventor as having run an “anti-Zionist” campaign in the 2009 European elections and apparently seeks to perpetuate the myth that antisemitism is only to be found on the far-Right of the political map.
“Dieudonne instead inverts this to argue, as we heard in the 1930’s, and again more recently, that a powerful Jewish lobby is now “controlling” the system.
It is distinctly disturbing that – once again – the BBC cannot find similar clarity of perspective on the subject of antisemitism.
If your wage as a footballer is €1.2m I suggest you are part of the ‘system’. Nice try.


Ravens score just as high as big-brained chimps on cognitive tests.
One of the ravens tested for self-control in the research, giving some major side eye.
Crows, ravens, and other corvids are sometimes called feathered apes. Like primates, these birds form social groups, use tools, solve puzzles, recognize faces, and enjoy a good joke (especially if it's at the expense of cats). Now a group of researchers has shown in a series of tests that corvids exhibit the same levels of self-control that chimps do when faced with a task that requires them to forgo a quick reward in favor of a bigger one that comes later.
The researchers published a fascinating description of their work in Royal Society Open Science, and their paper challenges a long-held belief that both absolute and relative brain volume correlate with intelligence. No longer will humans and our ape cohorts be able to claim that we're smart just because our brains are big. Instead, say the researchers, it's more likely that intelligence stems from neural complexity, whether that's numbers of neurons or connections between them.
To measure corvid intelligence, the researchers used a common test of self-control called the "cylinder task." It's been used on many animals, including humans, and it's one of the most basic ways to assess higher reason. As the researchers write, the test "requires deciding among options of differing values in relation to a temporal dimension." In other words, it requires the animal to make decisions based on an understanding of time.
The animal is presented with an opaque cylinder that has openings on either side. An experimenter shows the animal that he or she is placing a tasty morsel of food inside the cylinder—in the case of corvids, the food is usually a bit of slightly rotted meat (delicious if you're a scavenger!). Once the animal is used to the idea of getting food from the openings on the sides of the cylinder, the experimenter switches it out for a transparent cylinder. Now the animal has to make a decision. Should it go for the "fast" reward by trying to grab the food through the transparent material of the cylinder? Or should it use what is has learned and continue to use the side openings? (The animal has to be familiar with transparent material before the test.) An animal with little self-control will go for the fast bite despite what it has already learned about how the cylinder works. The animal with self-control will assess the situation and realize it has to go around to the side of the cylinder and stick its head inside to get the treat. The second choice takes longer, but it's a lot more rewarding than smacking your face against plastic.
The researchers tested groups of ravens, jackdaws, and New Caledonian crows using the cylinder task and found that they performed just as well as apes when presented with the same task. These birds' brains may be smaller and structured very differently from mammal brains, but they seem to think like us in many ways. Without self-control, argues animal researcher William Roberts, animals remain "stuck in time," unable to make decisions that require future plans. Like apes, corvids are aware that delayed gratification is sometimes a good thing.
The paper is also a partial reproduction of a previous study about the evolution of self-control in a range of species including apes and non-corvid birds. The previous study concluded that apes out-performed birds because absolute brain size—and brain size relative to body size—were correlated with intelligence. Except, as the researchers on this new study point out, the original study did not test corvids, known to be among the most intelligent birds.
The Corvus species performed on a similar level to the great apes, despite vastly smaller absolute brain sizes. A chimpanzee brain is roughly 26 times larger than a raven's; nevertheless, both species achieve 100% success. The jackdaws were more successful than either the bonobos or gorillas, despite a brain 70–94 times smaller. Clearly, absolute brain size is no overall predictor of motor self-regulation across a wider range of animal taxa.
That said, ravens do have the largest absolute brain volume of any corvid. So size might matter within a given genus. Ultimately, however, this kind of study demonstrates why reproducibility is one of the most important parts of the scientific process. If these researchers hadn't reproduced the previous study, we never would have learned that brain size isn't the only thing that makes animals smart.


Do you want to save money this year while also helping your local economy? If you answered yes to that question ( who wouldn't? ), consider cooking with dry beans the next time you go to the grocery store.
Cooking with dry beans instead of the canned version will not only help your wallet and the local farmer but they are actually better for you. Recent reports have shown that canned food can be laced with BPA. A chemical that you definitely want to keep away from your family.
If you are not familiar with cooking with dry beans, they are very simple to use. The only drawback of cooking with them is that they take a little longer to cook plus you have to soak them overnight. Two things that I would gladly sacrifice for the health of my family, wallet and local economy.
How does cooking with dry beans help the local economy? This is up to you but when I go to my local grocery store I make sure that I buy beans that were grown in Michigan. Sometimes they cost a couple cents more but the extra money is worth it to me.
Nothing wrong with supporting Michigan!
How does cooking with dry beans help your pocketbook? A pound of dry beans can be purchased for the same price as a can of beans but when the dry beans are soaked you get two to three times more (depending on the variety) beans than if you would have opened a can.
Step one is to sort the beans. When sorting the beans, you are looking for any cracked beans or gravel that may have been missed by the farming process. This step isn't as complicated as it use to be thanks to the advances in farming technology but should always be done to ensure the best quality ingredients.
Once the beans are sorted, you need to rinse the beans and then soak them for at least 24 hours. When doing this, make sure to use a bowl big enough to account for the fact that the beans will swell to at least twice their dried size while in the water. All the beans should be covered in water or you will have some hard beans on the top.
Once the beans have soaked, they are ready to use. Remember, when cooking with dried beans, the longer they cook the softer they will get. I usually cook my beans for at least 3 hours but to each their own. A tip to speed up the process is to invest in a pressure cooker. The beans are usually cooked to perfection in about an hour when using one.
I paid less than a dollar for all those beans!
As you can see, cooking with dry beans is not only very simple but is also the right thing to do for your local economy and family. Try cooking with them the next time you make bean soup or venison chili. You will be glad you did!


Do VPNs provide sufficient protection over public wireless networks?
I know that VPNs are the standard way to secure communication between a remote user and their primary network, but I've never felt entirely comfortable relying on them when using an open wireless network, like at a coffee shop or airport. Even though I know the connection is encrypted, the fact that it can easily be sniffed makes me too nervous to connect to any important systems.
Is that fear unfounded, or is it a good idea to avoid transmitting sensitive information over the air, even when it's encrypted?
I guess the bottom line is, would you feel comfortable logging into your bank's website from a coffee shop, as long as it was tunneled through a VPN? (For the sake of simplicity, assume that the VPN is properly configured, physical security isn't an issue, etc... the scope of this question is just the VPN's role).
With due considerations to the recent developments in terms of PPTP based VPN connections that lead to compromise of data, usage of Wifi under a VPN is still highly secure for a number of reasons.
Firstly, if you're a casual user who's performing Internet Banking, the practical overhead of performing the exploit procedure and then the decryption of the captured data is quite significant. No local coffee shop hacker would do it, and professionals wouldn't be interested in spending his time on you.
Keep the sessions inside your VPN connection them self encrypted. ie. Don't use HTTP, use certified HTTPS, replace FTP by SFTP, etc.
VPNs are over-rated as per me. A good SSH tunnel configured properly works as a lower cost and light weight, easy to deploy solution for encryption. Plus you channel it through your rented server and if you have the need and resources you could for example, setup any custom modifications of the encryption procedure. I'm not encouraging obscurity, just saying you don't have to limit yourself to the current textbook compliance procedures and thus use infamous but more secure encryption techniques.
My point being, for banking, the chances of an attacker being able to break through a VPN encryption, then say a SSH tunnel and then finally your HTTPS web page traffic is extremely improbable, even for highly confidential EOW data.
And even then, banking sessions generally last for a few minutes at max. Apart from certain broken information, there would be no way in any practical banking system with even basic security to use that in order to steal money from you or hack you.
Yes, as long as good ciphers and protocols are used. However, the most popular VPN solution, PPTP with MS-CHAPv2 (Windows compatible PPTP), is considered insecure since a few days ago.
I'd recommend using OpenVPN with AES-256 and certificate authentication.
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Converting Japanese rin to fingers - cloth value in the length units scale.
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0.0027 finger is converted to 1 of what?
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What is the meaning of the English word… MOTIONLESS?
1. The lion was motionless except for his tail swaying slowly back and forth.
2. They stood motionless as they watched the terrible fire.
3. He was motionless for such a long time I began to wonder if he was made of stone.