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“[T]he most severe impact of a dam failure would be [for] the City of Mosul, located 50 kilometers [31 miles] downstream of the dam,” Petraeus’ and Crocker’s 2007 letter says. “Assuming a worse [sic] case scenario, an instantaneous failure of Mosul Dam filled to its maximum operating level could result in a flood wave over 20 meters [65 feet] deep at the City of Mosul, which would result in a significant loss of life and property.” Mosul alone is estimated to be home to more than 1.5 million people. Flood waters, albeit at a lower level, could reach all the way to Baghdad, more than 200 miles further down the Tigris, depending on the performance of another smaller dam further downriver. A 2011 report written by a USACE official and published in Water Power magazine estimated failure “could lead to as many as 500,000 civilian deaths.” https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mosul-dam-control-terrifying-dam-iraq-life-death/story?id=24878057 perspective. the bomb at hiroshima were ultimately responsible for ~120k-135k deaths. isis now has the capacity to kill 3x as many people. we can all hope that such a thing does not occur, but that damn is in a near constant state o' collapse as it were pretty much built on sand and soil. all that needs happen is for isis to fail to adequate maintain the facility. Yep. Would be an absolute catastrophe. Kurdish Peshmerga are willing, motivated, and seasoned fighters. Unfortunately, they were simply outgunned by ISIL (ISIS, IS?), stretched too thin, and ran out of ammo. US/NATO don't need to have boots in the ground but they need to supply bigger guns and ammo to the Kurds. These weapons shouldn't be withheld on the condition that the Iraqi government gets their **** together. Yeah, and arming enemies-of-my-enemies hasn't backfired once since mao/vietnam/a-stan etc. You guys really should stop using proxies, it bites you (and those percieved to be your allies) in the ass every time.

Who's left at BioWare from the Infinity Engine days at this point? David Gaider, Lukas Kristjanson, Mark Darrah.. there are probably others whom I can't recall. Well, those are the three I am aware of as well. John Winski's another recent IE era departure, afaik.

Admittedly, there's a similar reason for the Diesel :D

Paula Patton puts the edible in incredible. Looks they photochopped her skin to be lighter... or it's somebody else :D

I always buy my own fragrances but I base my choice on the feedback I get from my lady friends and g-friends. I have found certain smells compliment me and others just produce a neutral odour, its got to do with the chemicals in your skin I normally use A-Men, Polo and John-Paul Gaultier. Also Issey Miyake works on me and the weird thing is I have also tried Bleu de Chanel because its recommended and popular but unfortunately the smell didn't suit me I'm the opposite, I like to pick the fragrances for my laydees as well. What I use is a professional secret (ok, it's by Creed), and on ladies, I adore Diesel's Fuel for Life.

You should try (good) hotels instead of restaurants for breakfast, AFAIK most of them will be happy to serve walk-ins, as well. At least the current Rosewood London had a sublime English breakfast back in the day when it was still Chancery Court Hotel.

Realized it's really easy to typo superheroes as superherpes.

While the label might be ironic, there are more than a few people who seem to actually believe the fundamentals of it are, in fact, true.

I'm going to give you some words of wisdom old(relative to my 22 year old self) man: "As long as you're getting laid, who cares? You're scoring with serious catch." Oh, I'm not worrying, at least not about that part. :D

I think I've reached the point of fail in my life that when I'm on a date with a really good-looking girl (and I'm talking prize-winning, here) people just look at us and think "escort".

Yes.

'Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.' (Samuel Johnson, I believe) Seriously, though, I visit London on a yearly basis and my to-do list just gets longer. I no longer stress about what I should do, I just go wherever the mood strikes me, whether it's horse racing (I love Sandown park), Duck tours, theatre or Jermyn street.

Soo, it's probably this one: http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/25/bioware-and-indie-studio-failbetter-games-working-on-an-unannounced-project/ Completely slipped under my radar, btw. Anyway, Bioware/EA publishing independent studios has definite possibilities for the fans of Obsidian, though I assume most of y'all would go all Bill-Nighy-in-Underworld "ABOMINATION!" at the thought Edit: Failbetter forums posit "Shadow Realms" as title of the game, based on an EA trademark registration at the same time with the announcement. Edit2: Looks like Failbetter's a tiny studio, though. These teasers look a bit too good for a game by a studio with an apparent ~7 people working on the game.

Looks like gay romances are in.

Still showing it on xbone, though. I wouldn't sell the farm just yet.

Heh, not sure what schedule I've been readin earlier, as week two is actually Saints at Browns... Might be a stressful week for the o-line, I'd sure be gunning for that douchebag manziel.

Yes.

Technically, every attorney in the room (private counsel, prosecution, public defender, whatever) is an "officer of the court." It's part of the oath you take when admitted to practice before a particular court. But that mostly means you're promising to uphold the honesty and dignity of the process, be nice to the judge, etc. True dat, but not in the sense of the inquisitorial system. I've sworn the same oath as judges do, but around here it's not a requirement to practice. Honestly, I don't really have the greatest sense of how litigation even works on the continental model. Probably the best way to answer Monte's accusation regarding the nature of American jurisprudence is this: in order to get an American law degree and a license to practice in an American state, I've read a reasonable number of opinions by English judges (including the one Nep linked above). The only time I read the work of continental judges was when I took a class on international trade law. (Presumably. We were reading WTO decisions; I'm assuming that at least a few of the authors were European.) MMh, for the record, the inquisitorial system (where the court itself is responsible for finding out the facts of the case vs. having the two parties plead their cases to an impartial judge in accordance with the burden of proof), isn't universal even on the "continent", as the nordics at least have an adversarial system (AFAIK, Sweden and Finland for sure).

Technically, every attorney in the room (private counsel, prosecution, public defender, whatever) is an "officer of the court." It's part of the oath you take when admitted to practice before a particular court. But that mostly means you're promising to uphold the honesty and dignity of the process, be nice to the judge, etc. True dat, but not in the sense of the inquisitorial system. I've sworn the same oath as judges do, but around here it's not a requirement to practice.

Oh, right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_v_Jackson That's the most famous one, at any rate. Won't share my favourite here, as I might identify myself accidentally.

While I didn't say it outright, I certainly implied it was the main reason. That, and the ability to affect any work done on the engine vs. having to take it as given and mod it if necessary.

I can't even fathom what -30 feels like. I was cold today at 15c. Snot freezes in your nose when you try to breathe, for example.

Quotation please. For which one of those? Even the intro blocks of the appropriate wikipedia articles will set you on your way, we're dealing with the very basics here.