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Newfound Stellar Companion May Explain Black Hole System

By skyandtelescope.org
Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Astronomers have identified a distant stellar tagalong to the binary system V404 Cygni.

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Arecibo’s Powerful Radar May Have Contributed to the Telescope’s Demise

By skyandtelescope.org
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

The Arecibo Observatory’s radar system may have produced currents that weakened the zinc sockets holding the cables in place, new report says.

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A war draft today can't work. Let us count the ways.

By hasbrouck.org
Published On :: 2024-07-03T08:03:02-08:00

[Originally published by Responsible Statecraft, the journal of the Quincy Institute]

Two proposals that would radically alter the current system for registering Americans for a future draft were introduced recently in Congress without any hearings or debate.

They raise practical issues about whether any draft today would even be possible.

As part of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, the House voted this month to make registration with the Selective Service System of all draft-eligible men ages 18-26 “automatic.” In addition, the version of the NDAA on its way to the Senate floor would expand draft registration to include young women now, too.

Debate about the draft has typically been framed around whether the U.S. “needs'' a draft. Debate about women and the draft has been framed around whether women “should” be required to register. But the bigger question we face is three fold: will women sign up voluntarily (if in fact registration is not “automatic”), is “automatic” registration based on other databases feasible, and can registration or a draft – for men and/or women -- even be enforced.

When I was invited to testify before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service (NCMNPS) in 2019, I told them that “any proposal that includes a compulsory element is a naïve fantasy unless it includes a credible enforcement plan and budget.... Women will be more likely to resist being forced into the military than men have been, and more people will support them in their resistance.”

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Playbook for a military draft

By hasbrouck.org
Published On :: 2024-07-08T05:00:00-08:00

[I'm often asked, "Why should we care about draft registration if there isn't going to be a draft?" In the article below, which was first published earlier today on Antiwar.com, I look at what war planners say about why draft registration is an important weapon in the arsenal of military strategy, even if there isn't going to be a draft -- and what that says about why draft registration ought to be equally important to antiwar activists, even when an actual draft isn't active or likely.]

[Stages of mobilization for war. Image from CNAS report based on Department of Defense mobilization plan. Note the absence of a Congressional declaration of war at any stage up to and including total military mobilization.]

A new report released 18 June 2024 by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) provides a remarkably candid window into the flawed and dangerous thinking of military strategists who support continual "readiness" for an on-demand military draft, even while they claim -- perhaps truthfully -- not to prefer a draft, even as Plan B, but only as Plan F for "Fallback" in case of prolonged and total war. (Thanks to longtime anti-draft activist Eric Garris of Antiwar.com for bringing this report to my attention.)

The CNAS report is intended to show supporters of the current bipartisan mainstream U.S. foreign policy and military consensus why the U.S. should step up planning and preparation for a draft as a tool of deterrence. But for those outside that consensus who think current U.S. policy is already bellicose enough, especially those who assume that opposing draft registration and other steps toward readiness for a draft should be a low priority for antiwar activists because the U.S. will never again (or at least not soon) activate a draft, the CNAS report provides an important lesson in how preparedness for a draft is itself a tool of war, even in "peacetime".

The CNAS report shows how its authors want to use readiness for a draft, and the circumstances in which they think it should be used.

The fundamental argument of the CNAS report is that a "credible" capability to quickly activate a draft is an important deterrent, especially to other great-power military "peers" and potential adversaries.

As with nuclear weapons, to speak of readiness for a draft as a deterrent is another way to speak of preparation for a draft as a threat. As also with nuclear weapons, that threat is itself a weapon.

Preparation for a draft is used as a weapon when it is used to threaten escalating war to another level of death and destruction, even when that threat isn't carried out. The "credibility" of U.S. readiness to implement a draft -- stressed repeatedly in the CNAS report -- is relevant only to the use of that readiness for a draft as a threat.

Proponents of draft registration and readiness for a draft such as the authors of the CNAS report argue that if, and only if, the great-power enemies of the U.S. believe that we are able and willing to activate a draft, we can use that threat of draft-enabled rapid and total military escalation and total war as a tool of diplomatic and military policy.

Resistance to planning and preparation for a draft is thus a way to rein in those policies that are based on the ability to rush into total war, and the threat to do so.

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Kay Pacha : reciprocity with the natural world /

By search.lib.uiowa.edu
Published On :: 02/22/2017 12:00

Library - Art Library, Location - LIB, Call number - F2230.1.A7 K39 2016

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Francesco Hayez /

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Published On :: 02/22/2017 12:00

Library - Art Library, Location - LIB, Call number - ND623.H3 A4 2015

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Electronic superhighway : from experiments in art and technology to art after the internet /

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Published On :: 02/22/2017 12:00

Library - Art Library, Location - OSIZ, Call number - FOLIO NX456.5.N49 E54 2016

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Yayoi Kusama : infinity mirrors /

By search.lib.uiowa.edu
Published On :: 02/22/2017 12:00

Library - Art Library, Location - LIB, Call number - N7359.K87 A4 2017

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Explode every day : an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder /

By search.lib.uiowa.edu
Published On :: 02/22/2017 12:00

Library - Art Library, Location - LIB, Call number - N6512.75.W66 E97 2016

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PCB Designer Needed for SSR Relay Circuit Design

By www.xplace.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:06:46 GMT

Project Description:We are seeking a skilled PCB designer for a project involving the design and layout of a PCB that will incorporate Solid-State Relays (SSRs) for AC and DC voltage control. This board will not include any FPGA components or software; it will strictly focus on SSR relays for machine operations.Project Scope:Design a PCB containing SSRs, intended as part of an ongoing machine project.Collaborate with an internal team working on an existing machine that currently operates with...

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PayPal Advanced Checkout Card Payments Integration in PHP

By www.codexworld.com
Published On :: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 06:11:14 +0000

PayPal Advanced Checkout lets you accept credit and debit card payments directly from the website. You can set up custom credit card fields and add card payment form without any PayPal branding. The card input fields and payment form style can be customized as per the website design along with your business branding. The PayPal JavaScript SDK and REST API provide an easy way to integrate advanced checkout and credit card payment system in the web application. PayPal has 2 types of checkout systems, Standard and Advanced. If you want to embed PayPal branded payment component, integrate PayPal Standard Checkout

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Shopping Cart with PayPal Payment Gateway in PHP

By www.codexworld.com
Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:54:13 +0000

Shopping cart with payment gateway is a must-have functionality for an e-commerce website. The payment gateway allows the buyers to make payment online at the time of checkout. PayPal standard checkout is one of the easiest option to integrate payment gateway in the web application. A shopping cart helps users to select multiple products and PayPal allows users to checkout with credit/debit card payment. PHP shopping cart with PayPal makes e-commerce web applications more user-friendly and feature reach. In this tutorial, we will show you how to build shopping cart with payment gateway in PHP. This example shopping cart system

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