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For most architectural firms, it seems that 10-year anniversaries come and go without much ado. If the date's significance registers at all, it's treated as just another day in the routine. And yet, if you look back, there are plenty of reasons for self-congratulation. Ten years represents nearly a third of the life cycle of the average career, so you've come far from your humble roots. Likely, you've gone from working in a bare-bones office, possibly at home, to having a handful of employees. You're no longer getting most of your leads from the Yellow Pages, and you aren't grabbing just any job that comes along. You're more confident, you attract better clients, and you've built up a reliable orbit of consultants and craftspeople.
Even if architects don't think to celebrate this milestone, their firms do begin to undergo a transformation as they enter the double digits of their existence. This is the time when many architects sit back, look around, and ask themselves, "Is this something I want to keep doing, or is it time to shift gears? Am I accomplishing what I had hoped, and if not, what's missing?" As owner, the issues you face now are different than they were 10, or even five, years ago.
"Turning 10 professionally is like being in your 30s," says Rena Klein, FAIA, a practicing architect and management consultant in Seattle. As with the struggles of youth, it takes a long time to get a fledgling firm on solid footing, but by age 10 architects are beginning to know who they are and where they can go. Klein says they should have a client base established, know what their core competency is, and have honed in on their purpose. They should also have one or two key staff members who are beginning to contribute in important ways. And with those first big steps out of the way, they're figuring out the next phase.
"As is true in our personal lives, when we feel we've arrived, we start looking around for the next challenge and what the future could hold for our newfound strengths and abilities," Klein says, speaking from experience. It was when her firm turned 10, in the mid-1990s, that she began to get bored and look for the next step up. Although she felt successful as a designer, she was on shakier ground when it came to managing her employees and running the business. So she enrolled at Antioch University Seattle, earning a Master of Science degree in management. Once in school, though, her interests began to broaden. "I felt some sort of responsibility to the profession," she recalls. "I saw this lack of access to certain kinds of education among my colleagues, and I wanted to share what I learned." Thus, RM Klein Consulting was born alongside her private practice.
sharing the load As Klein had begun to realize, one of the first tough issues maturing architects encounter is how to manage that next layer of help. A major concern is that by adding more people, they risk losing control of design. And for many architectural free spirits, the idea of being a boss is as odious as wearing a suit and tie to work. Craig Steely, who opened his San Francisco studio in 1995, is resisting establishing a traditional office, despite the increasing demand for his services. "To me, it's exhausting having employees [and] having to spend the time to see that things are done right," says Steely, who employs two people. They all divide their time between jobs in California and Hawaii, where Steely has hit his stride designing small, minimalist houses on the Big Island's remote coastline, including one for himself, his wife, and their young son. He works nimbly—without much more than a sketchbook, a laptop, and a Web connection—and he is unwilling to give up the lightweight, flexible entity he's created.
"I hate offices; they take all the life out of your work," says Steely, an avid surfer. "But I'm getting to the point where I have to have people around. How do you create an office that doesn't become a dinosaur?" For now, the answer is to stay small and focused. He's working on six projects—the same number as five years ago—but he enjoys a higher quality of clients, contractors, and jobs, which represent roughly $8 million in construction costs. "I think having the predilection to keep things precise and in control will steer me in the direction I want to go," he says. However, he adds, "Ten years from now, who knows? At that point I might be burned out with being involved in every single project."
Where to go from here with a small staff is also the question that plagues David Jameson, AIA. Nine years old this fall, his Alexandria, Va.-based firm no longer has to beg for the attention of magazine editors; they're calling him, and so are high-caliber clients. Yet Jameson, who oversees a staff of four, is still more interested in the design details than in being a firm figurehead. "My end-all goal is to keep control of the project," he says, "and I think what will happen is that as the [people] who work for me get better and better, we can do bigger and bigger projects with the same amount of people." It's not larger houses he's hoping to add to his portfolio but rather commercial and public projects that are inhabited by more people. "We just did the interior build-out of an art gallery, and on opening night it was gratifying to have 300 people standing around enjoying the space," he says.
Berkeley-based architects David Arkin, AIA, and Anni Tilt are also revisiting the road ahead, balancing their management styles against their professional goals. Because the married couple value being an active part of every project, they've grown their nine-year-old firm slowly and deliberately, to four architectural staff, a bookkeeper, and an office manager. And although their ideal project mix runs to equal parts residential and non-residential, they've recently stepped up to larger-scale work, such as a retreat center in China and a hot springs resort in California. As these project types evolve, "We'll need more people because there are more details to coordinate and systems to integrate, but there won't be that much more mental energy that needs our attention," Arkin says. "I've finally figured out that you can only carry so many projects in your head." The couple has added employees who are skilled in both construction management and the building efficiency that Arkin Tilt Architects is known for, and now they share office space with their structural engineer. "We're integrating those issues into the design process earlier on, and it's the right direction," he adds. "It's good and healthy. I think we have more bright brains around the table."
Arkin has a good point. At this age—having established a solid footing but still charting the mythical next level—hiring exactly the right mix of people takes on greater importance. "One of the marks of this age is knowing what kinds of staff you really need and going after them," says Falmouth, Mass., architect Jill Neubauer. The age of her firm coincides with her children's ages. Since opening her doors in 1994, she has worked part-time while raising them—and wants to keep it that way. Thus, her growth plan revolves around building more intensive relationships with dedicated clients. Right now, for example, she's designing furniture for a client for whom she spent the last five years designing a house. And whereas over the years there's been an ebb and flow of employees, some of them part-time, now Neubauer is looking for a fourth person who will stick around and help take the firm to the next level. "I want to grow to these four people but have a very solid staff, the right staff," she says.


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Thread: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Nice to see that they definitely are checking out Jason Brown.
Dennis Dixon is surprising though.
I doubt it happens, but I think it's good that they're looking to bring in competition. Makes everyone better.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Here is the original report ....
Their entire report of the Ravens having interest in Dixon revolves around one sentence devoid of any source.
No way it's true and Harbs is on record being happy with Taylor.
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Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
I've no doubt they're extremely happy with Taylor, but I'd be ok with them bringing in another QB for a pre-season QB.
Competition makes everyone better. I truly believe that.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
I liked what I saw out of Dixon when they played us here.
I'm not sure why he fell so far out of favor in Pittsburgh, but I wouldn't be opposed to him coming here.
Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Taylor's fine, I guess, but he never seemed to be a guy who is so good that we can't find someone better at the same price for the same spot. Regardless of whether Harbaugh is happy with him.Festivus
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Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
They got to see Dixon first hand in a very close game. A lot of teams still do keep 3 QBs on the roster. It's not a bad idea to considerPutting the Fanatic back in Fan
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Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
I would love to see Jason Brown back in Baltimore, but you gotta think Carolina would be a place that would really appeal as Brown is from NC.
Dennis Dixon? I'm just curious as to why the Ravens would feel the need to bring in a guy who would likely be the 3rd string QB when last year they were completely fine with having Tyrod Taylor as the backup and no 3rd stringer on the roster. Taylor has one year experience under his belt, you would think if the Ravens were okay with two QBs last year they would certainly be okay with 2 this year.
Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Im just leery why the Steelers feel comfortable letting him go. Batch is older than dirt and Troy Smith is garbage. I feel like maybe they know something we dont if theyre actually entertaining the thought of having Smith instead of him. With that said i cant say id be upset with him coming here. He did show enough promise to be a decent backup in spot duty, and still young enough to improve-JAB
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Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
Dixon was Pittsburgh's #1 backup in 2009 and 2010 and played pretty well in every game he played. He would have been the starter for all 4 games Ben was suspended in 2010 if he didn't get hurt in game 2. He's clearly a capable player that Pittsburgh liked, the fact that they didn't re-sign him says more about their checkbook than his performance.
The Ravens were fine with Tyrod as the backup last year, but maybe that was because they didn't see any better options on the horizon at that time. At this time, they might see Dixon as a better option. See, teams don't think about things in a vacuum. They're constantly re-evaluating and re-figuring their plans. I personally would feel better with Dixon as a backup than Tyrod, but it probably doesn't matter because I don't see the Ravens prioritizing backup QB w/their limited cap space.
Re: Ravens looking at Dennis Dixon?
I think everyone was surprised by having Tyrod be the only backup last year. obviously i think if a better option arose theyd jump on it and arent just set with Tyrod because they were last year. whether or not i feel better about him than dixon? i guess i can say dixon would make me more comfortable because he has some experience but that doesnt really limit what Tyrod is capable of either. I dont think if Flacco went down for the season either of them could keep us in the playoff picture so at that point youre really splitting hairs at the value they bring.
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Describes the geological development of beaches and their use throughout history by different cultures. Compares recreational and therapeutic activities associated with shorelines from ancient Roman times to the twentieth century. Predicts a dim future for coastal playgrounds as a result of pollution, overdevelopment, and storms. 1998.


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Japan's population is decreasing and there is tremendous need for immigrants to assume roles not being provided by native born Japanese, but the new problem is not so much in attracting foreigners to Japan, but where exactly will they be able to live once in the nation. Japanese landlords require a deposit(shiikin) and key m oney(reikin) which usually means several months up front and a potential tenant must obtain a guarantor who attests to honesty and being trustworthy. Even after meeting those challenges, they often encounter prejudice from landlords whose famous expression is "no dogs or foreigners allowed in this building."
It is common for landlords to demand their tenants speak Japanese and for a newcomer attempting to learn the language this is an insurmountable barrier. John Clark, a Canadian who has been in Japan for several years and is fluent in Japanese was told by a landlord in Hiroshima he did not take foreigners because he heard of a Peruvian Japanese man who killed a child. Many landlords have prejudice against white people who they believe like to party and have wild times, and they fear Asian tenants would bring other family members into the apartment and create problems.
If Japan is to enter the 21st century, it might have to adjust to the realities that foreigners who make the trip to live in Japan are serious and they need time to learn and adjust to a new society.


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Meet bad-ass builder and friend Kevin Dunworth of Loaded Gun Customs and a sneak at Bucephalus.
Get to know Moto-Mucci...
The Chicago menswear store Apartment Number 9 did a feature video on our buddy Dave Mucci, of Moto-Mucci. Check it out!
1989 Honda CD250u cafe racer/tracker
Fan submission garage-build. Thanks Murray! SLICK! Submit your ride and you may find it published online/social or even in a future issue of Iron & Air Magazine.
Songs to Live & Ride By
Whether we're plugging away at the next issue, or trouble shooting a busted old bike in the garage, music is one of the things that motivates us when we wanna get out and ride, what inspires us to create on a daily basis and often times what keeps us from hurling the keyboard or the socket wrench across the room when things are not quite going as planned. This is just a small sample of some the tracks I am listening to daily while plugging away on Issue Ten. Check 'em out.
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You prefer a bag over your shoulder, a bike key and a cell phone as your office. You have the ability to work from anywhere, anytime you want, and you don't want caps on your income.
They say if you really want to make money, you'll forget the salary. Of course, working at Iron & Air is not just about money. But finding that extra income source doing something you love (like being around motorcycle & motorcycle culture all the time) isn't a bad gig. We want you to keep what you're currently doing to earn a living. You just happen to like the extra income and can make it happen. You may even relish telling your friends and family you work for Iron & Air. If so, read on...
We're looking for that person who gets what we're doing and wants to be a part of it. Chances are (we sure hope), you've subscribed, read the mag, met us at a show, follow us on social media and can't get enough. You've got an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles (especially old ones). You ride, and you dream of riding when not riding.
You have an income doing something right now, but perhaps some flexibility to send emails and communicate during the day to add to your monthly take home. You'd relish the idea of working for a vintage motorcycle magazine. Let's face it - if it worked out, you might like it better than your current day job.
You're also a good connector. You know how to reach people. Communicate. Make things happen and talk motorcycles. And you're self-sufficient. You prefer a bag over your shoulder, a bike key and a cell phone as your office. You have the ability to work from anywhere, anytime you want.
If this sounds like you - here's the scoop: we want you on our team. We are looking for someone to work with us from any location in the world to help us begin to grow our revenues in a few areas. We've been super-focused on launching and building a great product. The foundation is there - now we are looking to beef up that revenue side of Iron & Air to ensure longevity for everyone. Let's face it - loving motorcycles won't pay the bills by themselves.
We need someone who can:
Work from anywhere (and relish it productively)
Find retail/boutique shops (check out our current list of stockists who carry Iron & Air Magazine) for our mag to make it on the shelf.
Identify, connect and start dialogue with potential advertisers and sponsors for the magazine (learn about our philosophy here)
Live the life of an Iron & Air'er - represent us well wherever you are.
Use CRM software to log activity and conversations, manage your contacts and funnel
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To be considered, here's what we ask: creatively tell us why you're the one. Give us a snapshot of a day-in-the-life of you. Inspire us to say, "hell, yes - this is the right guy/gal". Email your desire to join us to email@example.com. Can't wait to find you.


text: Education spending rises in Patrick budget Governor Deval Patrick's fiscal 2015 budget proposal increases education spending across the board and calls for the establishment of a commission that would provide a systematic review of the Foundation Budget formula. The $36.4 billion budget, which the governor presented on January 22, would raise education spending for kindergarten through grade 12 by roughly 2.5 percent overall. Spending for early education and care would go up 9 percent, and spending for public higher education campuses would rise about 6.3 percent, on average. The budget, as required by law, would keep every school district at foundation levels of spending, which are intended to ensure that communities have the funding they need to educate students adequately. In addition, cost-of-living adjustment increases for current retirees would rise 3 percent on the first $13,000 in pension benefits. MTA President Paul Toner applauded the governor for continuing to prioritize students and public education. "We are pleased with the administration's support for all levels of public education in the budget," Toner said. "Governor Patrick's proposal would help all students learn, and it seeks to keep public colleges affordable, which is crucial for working families." Toner added that he especially appreciates the outgoing governor's inclusion of the Foundation Budget Review Commission, an MTA legislative priority, in his spending plan for the year beginning July 1. "That will help us all work together to figure out the true cost of helping Massachusetts students succeed in preparing for college and meeting the demands of our 21st-century economy," he said. Toner said the MTA will work with its members to encourage adoption of a final 2015 budget that reflects "the best interests of our students and of our public schools, colleges and universities." In presenting the budget, the governor referred to education as "our calling card to the world" and "one of the best investments we can make in the future of our Commonwealth." Compared to last year's budget proposal, which sought tax revenue to fund a major expansion of education and transportation programs, the 2015 budget outlines more modest revenue increases totaling an estimated $154 million, including an estimated $68 million in new tax revenue resulting from applying the state's sales tax to candy and soda, postponing special tax breaks for businesses and closing other loopholes. For a more in-depth analysis click here.


text: New article entitled: 'Evan Lysacek says men's skating has X Games appeal'. It reads:- Figure skating - an Extreme Sport? Given the fall Ashley Wagner suffered in the Grand Prix Final and the problems she has had with the injury since, it certainly has its dangers and comes with considerable injury potential. Hence, if it is an Extreme Sport, then its not just Men's skating that has X Games appeal, but all figure skating (Men's, Ladies, Pairs), apart from Ice Dance.


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By Chris Harris
Laurent Koscielny has come a long way in a very short space of time.
The centre back was something of an unknown quantity when he arrived at Emirates Stadium last summer but he has been a revelation this season, establishing himself at the heart of Arsenal's defence with a series of fine performances. And yet it's only two years since he was plying his trade in the second tier of French football.
Koscielny was Ligue 2 Player of the Year in 2009 and earned a move to Lorient, for whom he scored his first goal in the French top-flight in a 1-1 draw at Marseille in March 2010. With L'OM back in his sights in the Champions League tonight, Koscielny cannot quite believe his meteoric rise.
"Two years ago I scored with Lorient in Marseille. Since then, so many things have happened to me," he said.
"If someone had told me that I would now be playing for Arsenal, that I would have beaten Lionel Messi's Barcelona team and had been called up for France, I would not have believed it. It has been two crazy years.
"I often think of my unusual journey to the top level. I had some difficult moments which made me who I am now. I know where I'm coming from and what I had to do to get where I'm now.
"I had three great managers in Daniel Sanchez in Tours, Christian Gourcuff and now Arsène Wenger. They are very similar and share the same philosophy of football. Everything went so fast and I know that it could go as fast in the other way so I'm staying very humble. I respect football. If you get carried away, things will get back at you.
"We are approaching the Marseille game with a real momentum. We are starting to hate losing. We know they have some good players and we will have to be serious and play like we did at Chelsea. Its a very important game as if we win, we will have 10 points and be almost through."
* With thanks to Julien Laurens of Le ParisienCopyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Posted by Jonathan Browne on June 20, 2012
I'm excited that I'll be spending time with Forrester clients next week at Forrester's Customer Experience Forum 2012 East. On the second day of the forum (Wednesday, June 27th), there are two industry presentations of particular interest to healthcare industry executives:
1. 11.30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Patient Empowered Healthcare
Matt Eaves (director, engagement, Cancer Treatment Centers of America) will talk about the patient-centric interactive experience that his organization created in collaboration with interactive design agency, EffectiveUI.
2. 2.00 p.m. - 2.45 p.m.: Bucking The Trend In An Industry That Delivers Poor Customer Experience


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Discussion and help for TEFL teachers, from teacher-training to ELT management
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azharyoussef wrote:Actaully, there are many ways of correcting written mistakes:
1. Self-correction: You can make some sort of checlist for Ss to correct themselves.
For example, when Ss make mistakes in spelling, just write (S) on this mistake.
In more detail:
S for Spelling
G for grammatical mistakes
WC for word choice
P for punctuation ..... etc.
2. Peer correction: it is a very good way for Ss.
You can ask ur Ss to correct each other blogs.
Ss have a wonderful ability in correcting mistakes.
It is a good chance for them.
3. Teacher correction: At last, if the mistake is gross,
you can interfere and correct.
You can send the mistakes individually as Ss don't like to be corrected in public
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Manhattan Bridge
The Manhattan Bridge connects lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. The design features a 1,470-foot suspension span that was originally configured to carry four lanes of vehicular traffic, eight rail lines (on two decks) and two pedestrian walkways. In the 1940's the decks were reconfigured to carry seven lanes of vehicles and four subway tracks. The bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff with approaches designed by Carrere and Hastings. It opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. Serious structural problems were discovered in 1978, forcing an emergency closure and 26 years of reconstruction.


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It's somebody's Birthday! Career Services is having its centennial celebration this year, and you're invited to the party.
The office, founded as the "Self-Help Bureau" in 1912, has passed through some significant changes over the last century, but one thing has remained the same—its commitment to students. Throughout the years the office has served students and alumni in a feat that has helped land students in hundreds of thousands of jobs. Today, Career Services is a staff of 16 full-time professionals plus student workers and volunteers. Together they are responsible for putting on an informational event nearly every day, around five job or internship fairs yearly, meeting with around 50 students a day, reaching out to hundreds of companies and organizations, organizing the hustle-bustle of job and internship interviews throughout fall and spring, and much, much more.
Today more than ever, Career Services thrives to have a close relationship with the students it serves. Whether it's meeting with students for counseling sessions, hearing feedback on events, engaging with students of all classes, or publishing student reports on Princeternships, Career Services has taken recent strides to incorporate student voices. In recent years, Career Services has been bringing students into the office—this time behind the desk. Student workers greet you at the front and make sure the office's busy schedule runs smoothly. Student interns help take care of communications and graphic design for flyers and promotions. Career Peer Advisors help underclassmen with the job search and help plan and run informational events in residential colleges. Student volunteers lend a hand at major events as well. And bloggers (like me) research and report the latest buzz in Career News.
"Student feedback and input is essential for Career Services so that we can effectively tailor our events to meet their career needs," said Eva Kubu, Manager of Communications and Outreach at Career Services.
On a personal note, working at Career Services has provided me the unique opportunity to communicate between the office and my peers. I can certainly vouch for the resources that Career Services offers, but most often I find myself persuading my friends to go see a career counselor–"So and so is really great with this particular field–and she's a great person, too!" It's rewarding to know that my work is helping keep my friends and classmates informed and up-to-date on the many professional opportunities that await them. It's especially inspiring to me as I watch friends come in for interviews in Career Services, find their dream internships, head toward fulfilling, meaningful jobs, or go to a great grad school after graduation. I just think, all their hard work paid off–if they can do it, the rest of us can, too!
Come celebrate Career Services' birthday by taking advantage of several important commemorative events this year.
Alumni Connections Student Networking Event
6 p.m. March 4, 2013, at Prospect House.
All students are invited to register for a chance to speak with over 40 alumni across many different industries.
Summer Internship and Nonprofit Career Fairs
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, at Dillon Gym
Come learn about the many job and internship opportunities available to you—and speak directly to employers.
Upcoming: A reception is planned for April, in which Career Services will host alumni participants in the "Princeternship" program. In addition to honoring the Class of 2013 as the 100th graduating class that Career Services has assisted, the office will host an open house for alumni during reunions.
Still curious about Career Services history at Princeton? Check out this super cool infographic as well as the University homepage article to learn some rather surprising anecdotes from your university's job search history! And most of all—keep that student feedback coming in! You can e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Very cool Simon!
Looking good! Will this be a kid-proof blaster? :-)
Because the kids like to pull the trigger and I have lost more than one while trooping with my E11!!!
Thanks for the update!
Anyway, I think I will not let kids play with this one
Child resistant will be more than enough!
love it
Another ESB EE3 EFX blaster finished. A quick YT Video
Absolutely rockin!!!!!
I'm planning on ordering one over the summer. Stoked.
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! .....I missed the postman today and now I have to wait until saturday to get the parcel with my ESB EE3 EFX blaster!!!!! I can´t believe it!!!!!!!!!
Ok, I am the proud owner of the EFX blaster shown a view posts before. I finally I could pick it up from the post office today (actually my wife did) and now, I just do not have the words.......WOOOOOWWWOOOWOWWOOWWOW
This is the absolute awesome and definitive prop!!!. I can´t believe how nice it is. And it is the EFX version, too. It is so LOUD and BRIGHT!!!. I do really recommend this prop and this maker to whoever wants something well done. Thanks sidewinder, you just made my day!
Nice! Makes me want to put together an ESB costume just to score one. Great work!
Payment sent for ESB EE3, thanks SAS
PP sent ESB EE-3, Thank you.
ESB Blaster arrived yesterday. Cant stop holding it!!!!!!!!!
Great work, no bubbles, accurate detail, fine paint job...This is a must for all Fett lovers without a doubt.
By the way...Does anyone here know where to buy the leather sling for the ESB Blaster version?
I can vouch for 99centtaco! I have one of his belts and they are really great, and I have heard nothing but good things about his slings.
I can't wait for mine!!!
I got mine last week. Should be finished it by the end of July. Thanks again, Simon!
I got mine today and it is bloody brilliant! Thanks Simon!


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Marx and postcolonial thinking
On May 12, Sudipta Kaviraj visited UCLA's Center for India and South Asia to deliver a speech on the need to broaden social science theories to include those based on non-western experience.
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Polyglot bibliographer David Hirsch has traveled throughout six of the world's seven continents to build UCLA Library collections in Middle East, Jewish, Central Asian, South Asian and Armenian Studies.
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Post-September 11, Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and many others found themselves divided from the mainstream, lumped into a new group of "Muslim-looking" people.
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More than 100 South Asian students from University of California campuses will come to UCLA this weekend to discuss what it means to be South Asian.
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New exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA to focus on silver jewelry traditions of India
A new exhibition highlighting the rich and diverse silver jewelry traditions of the Thar Desert region of India is coming to the Fowler Museum at UCLA in February.
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UCLA's David G. Hirsch Awarded the 2016 David H. Partington Award
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2015 Sardar Patel Dissertation Award Winner Announced
On May 21, 2016 Dr. Isabel Huacuja Alonso was announced the recipient of the prestigious Sardar Patel Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled "Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting at the Crossroads of Empire."
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Phoenix Takes Home Tournament Title with 66-49 Win Over Maine
By Rachel Buck (@GBRachel)
BANGOR, Maine (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – The Green Bay women's basketball team was able to overcome poor first half shooting as it took home the Maine Thanksgiving Tournament title with a 66-49 win over the host Black Bears on Saturday afternoon from the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
In addition to taking home the tournament title, senior Breannah Ranger (Skokie, Ill.) was named the tournament MVP, where she was joined by freshman Tesha Buck (Red Wing, Minn.) on the all-tournament squad. Ranger finished today's contest with a career-high 18 points, eight rebounds, three steals, two assists and two blocks, while Buck had 13 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals.
"It was a good win for our players," head coach Kevin Borseth said. "We struggled shooting we overcame that and played really well around the basket."
Shooting woes plagued both teams in the first half, as neither squad shot over 30 percent. Despite the shooting, the Phoenix went into the break with a 26-19 lead, its lowest points total in a half this season.
Green Bay scored the first points of the game and never relinquished the lead the remainder of the game. A Ranger layup at the 18:31 mark started the scoring for the game before Mehryn Kraker (West Allis, Wis.) connected on a jumper to put the Phoenix ahead, 4-0, while forcing the home team to call a timeout.
It remained close through most of the first half, as the Black Bears stayed within three points (17-14) with 5:33 remaining. However, back-to-back buckets from Kraker and Buck extended the Phoenix advantage to seven points (21-14), and Green Bay maintained that difference going into halftime.
Green Bay was just 10-for-34 (29.4%) from the field in the first 20 minutes, while Maine was 7-for-26 (26.9%). Despite the poor shooting, the Phoenix defense carried over its strong defensive presence from the last game, forcing 11 Maine turnovers with five steals.
Opening the second half on a 13-2 run gave the Phoenix the cushion it needed to take home the title. Receiving six points from Megan Lukan (Barrie, Ontario) during the run, Green Bay distanced itself from Maine to take a 39-21 lead with 15:11 remaining.
The Phoenix extended its lead to as many as 22 points (51-29) with 10:48 remaining, feeding Ranger inside for 10 of her 18 points. Turning around its first half shooting, Green Bay shot 64.0 percent from the field (16-25) in the second stanza in the win.
For the game, Green Bay shot 44.1 percent (26-59) from the field while holding Maine to 34.6 percent (18-52). The Phoenix controlled the boards, 39-32, and also had fewer turnovers, 19-9. While the squad struggled from three this game (2-15), Green Bay was strong in the paint with 42 of its 66 points coming from the lane.
Kraker added a career-high 17 points, while Megan Lukan tied a career-high with eight rebounds. Maine had a game-high 18 points from Liz Wood, who went 4-for-9 from three.
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- 06-05-13 09:35 PM #32Cadillac Owners Member
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Re: Interior swap, What modules/parts need to swapped from my car?
Where did you get the Black Intetior?
Love to see the Interior when You are Done.
Post some Pictures.
I found the interior at a salvage yard in as near to as new condition as you can imagine. EVERY SINGLE PIECE of the interior cost me $400! I didn't have a truck, so I pre paid, wrote "ENTIRE INTERIOR SOLD" on every window if the car, and left. Came back the next day with a van, and some moron had removed all the seats, but couldn't afford them, and left them all piled on top if each other in the rain... So I paid $250 for what was left, and months later, $150 for the seats out of another car in average shape.
It's ok though. I'll have them reupholstered in higher grade leather and Alcantara in the next year or so.
I'll be posting pics as the project continues.
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Yeah, one of the salvage yards I go to is pretty large, and very cheap. I think they make most of their money on major mechanical parts.
Got the ISS ordered from Chris. Also needed a blower motor, as mine is starting to get noisy at lower speeds.
Went out to eat yesterday, and purposely parked in a spot that I could see from the restaurant. It's funny seeing people walking by and up to the car looking at it, and then doing a double take when they see it stripped through the windows. The looks on some of their faces were hilarious.
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it's even funnier when you have a milk crate in it for a seat... ahh the things you could do before belt laws
Lol. Last time I had the seats out, I moved it around with a plastic outdoor chair, with my head and shoulders sticking through the open sunroof.
Removed factory butyl vibration damping, removed residue with xylene, wire brushed and sanded surface rust, cleaned everything with denatured alcohol, and applied rust stopper that my body shop gave me. Supposedly, it's even better than POR 15. It is a bit thicker. The center hump wasn't rusted, but the factory paint was very thin over the factory rust preventative, so I painted that as well.
Here's where I am now:
The rust stopper is very shiny, and makes the areas of bare metal look textured, but they are sanded smooth.
Looks very good. Thanks for sharing :-)
- 06-10-13 09:21 PM #41Originally Posted by MoistCabbage
Ok, the car's back from the body shop, no more leaks. The main culprit was the sunroof drains, which I check every so often, but were clogged again. It's time to cut the pinched ends off so they flow freely. Besides the drains, the sunroof was letting more water in than seemed normal, so I replaced the glass (which includes the seal).
There was also some water getting into the trunk shell. Butyl around the rear light and HMSL assembly mounting holes took care of that.
Right now, I'm working on repairing the "new" headliner. Sevilles with sunroofs have a very weak spot in the headliner, between the sunroof opening, and the cutout for the overhead console. When the headliner is in place, it doesn't matter, but the problem is with how the headliner is held up in that area. Two Velcro strips (the type used to hold electronic toll transponders to the windshield, but larger pieces) hold the headliner to the sunroof assemblies' drip tray. The Velcro is very strong, but the adhesive fails over time. Once it does, the headliner sags, and cracks. I see this problem on LOTS of these cars.
You can see how thin the area is in the picture. Headliner fabric peeled back on the backside of the panel, 2 thin, precisely shaped pieces of fiberglass mat applied:
That should hold it. The most important part is to make sure the headliner is supported in the same "bow" as it will be when installed (in my case, on my bed with towels under it), and that the cracked area is lined up so that it isn't visible through the fabric.
I'll clean up the edges in a couple of hours, and that should take care of that.
Soundproofing starts tomorrow.
Found 2 weak spots to the left of the overhead console. No big deal to fix, but 20 more minutes of leaning over the bed, and I'd prefer to be able to lay down in it before 12:00
I did start the soundproofing Saturday, and I did take some pictures, but I think the process will make more sense and be clearer if I posted a writeup of sorts, and all of the before/in progress/after pictures in one post. Too hot to work outside today, so I took care of a few little things:
The one thing wrong with the "new" interior, was the speaker grilles. Though there was no sign of any water in the donor car, or any musty smell, the speaker grilles had a little bit of surface rust on them. They're discontinued, but Chris got me the part numbers, and told me they were available from Vintage Parts.
Old ones on the right, obviously:
According to Chris, when Vintage Parts buys up old stock, they have to buy ALL of the remaining stock. According to their inventory, I apparently have the last NOS black sub cover on the planet...
Part of the soundproofing project is eliminating buzzes and rattles. One thing that always annoyed me, was the sub grille buzzing when playing bass heavy songs, loudly. It's caused by the mounting tabs vibrating on the underside of the rear parcel shelf. I tried tightening the tabs when I first got the car, but there's always some movement. My solution is some small pieces of 1/8" closed cell foam to act as a buffer. A piece under the area where each of the 4 tabs bends over::
Another buzz I found while tapping around, was coming from the amp just barely touching the rear crossmember. More closed cell foam took care of that:
I did have to take a few short breaks on Saturday, so I popped the rear seat bottom back in to rest on. I don't see what the point of the DES was, the Seville has plenty of leg room:
I have to thank my father for helping out cutting materials and passing me things. We must have been working hard, my dog got tired just watching:
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Everything lookes Great!
Keep posting Pictures.
How do you know so much about this Car?
Seems like alot of wires that go everywhere.
Yes ,I have ordered from Vintage Parts Before. They are the Best!
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This Fully Armed and Operational Aircraft Carrier…
The "China has an aircraft carrier with no aircraft" talking point is now obsolete:
Some analysis here. Impressive work.
The "China has an aircraft carrier with no aircraft" talking point is now obsolete:
Some analysis here. Impressive work.
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It seemed to me that the launch was unassisted by a catapult. Did I miss something here?
The question here for me remains, how much money do they want to spend? Carrier groups for the US are phenomenally expensive. I suspect they will prove similarly expensive for the Chinese.
Alan Tomlinson
I'm very much not an expert, but I thought the Soviet and Chinese carrier used a ski jump rather than a catapult?
I'm with you – if China wants to spend more of its GDP on things like carriers, more power to it (so to speak, of course).
Carriers in open modern naval warfare, are just huge, expensive, targets.
They do, though, serve very useful purposes in peace-keeping, and providing air cover for land-based military action – like we've done in Vietnam, and in the two Iraq Wars (with limited success as far as victory in two of those).
One question, to me, is does China have a plan to extend its sphere of influence (as it appears they do), and is their looming carrier fleet in support of some coming military action to expand, and then maintain, that sphere?
It seems that we here in the US have a lot less to worry about in the short run than do the Taiwanese, and other nations along Asia's Pacific Rim.
The other question I have, is this just a feint by the Chinese, while they continue to grow their economy, to have us increase the percentage of military expenditures in relation to OUR GDP, in the hopes of us continuing to spend money on military toys that we hope never to use?
Btw – We already have China too involved in making an assortment of things for our military.
Whose bright idea was outsourcing the manufacturing of US military, or military-related, items to China?
Not sure.
They depend on oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Africa. Some military analysts believe they're building a "blue water" navy to protect those supply routes.
Whatever else may be the case, it is certainly not the case that China has enough spare cash to lob around that they would embark on building a blue-water navy just to fuck with the Pentagon's [or the Fed's] head. That's the kind of idea that comes from the belief that the USA really is the only thinh worth thinking about. Vulgar Chomskyism, as we call it.
For a country like the U.S. (and to a lesser extent other powers which engage in peace-keeping ops) an aircraft carrier fleet makes some strategic sense– no need for ground bases, etc- I mean its almost definitely suicidal in a conflict among peers or near peers, but you could argue that aircraft carriers are among the most useful "prestige" item in modern arsenals- they certainly serve more of a purpose than a 6th generation fighter or a stealth bomber.
For power projection purposes.
Carriers in open modern naval warfare, are just huge, expensive, targets.
Tell that to the Argentinians.
Carrier groups for the US are phenomenally expensive. I suspect they will prove similarly expensive for the Chinese.
It is very unlikely that the Chinese will attempt to design and use their carrier groups for the world-beating expeditionary missions for which ours are designed and used. A carrier group whose job it is to deter incursions into the waters just off one's own coast is much less expensive than one whose jobs it is to sail into the most contested seas on earth, take on all comes and win, while also providing air power for a ground force.
We'll see.
Alan Tomlinson
It seems to me that deterring incursions off your own coast is most effectively (and cost-effectively) done from land bases. The whole practical purpose of a carrier (aside from prestige) is operating far from home and far from land air bases.
Have you ever heard of "defense in depth?"
Even the most ardent advocate of shore batteries would approve of having a navy on his side to make the opponent's job more complicated.
Yes, but the China has now achieved a military capability , achieved by the US and Japan about seven or eight decades ago and India four decades ago……that talking point is alive and well.
…and Brazil five decades ago. I find saying that China has finally caught up to Brazil and India takes the edge off for most people.
The War Nerd on why carriers are floating targets, basically.
You know why that's an understatement? Because of a short little sentence I found farther on in the article—and before you read that sentence, I want all you trusting Pentagon groupies to promise me that you'll think hard about what it implies. Here's the sentence: "Ships currently have no defense against a ballistic missile attack."
That's right: no defense at all. The truth is that they have very feeble defenses against any attack with anything more modern than cannon. I've argued before no carrier group would survive a saturation attack by huge numbers of low-value attackers, whether they're Persians in Cessnas and cigar boats or mass-produced Chinese cruise missiles. But at least you could look at the missile tubes and Phalanx gatlings and pretend that you were safe. But there is no defense, none at all, against something as obvious as a ballistic missile.
So it doesn't matter one god damn whether the people in the operations room of a targeted carrier could track the Dong Feng 21 as it lobbed itself at them. They might do a real hall-of-fame job of tracking it as it goes up and comes down. But so what? Let me repeat the key sentence here: "Ships currently have no defense against a ballistic missile attack.
There is of course that using a ballistic missile tends to lead to worldwide nuclear devastation since such a weapon looks like a nuke when it's launched. Submarine crews have called surface ships targets for a long time; it hasn't made it true.
Alan Tomlinson
It's not just a weapon that looks like a nuke; at least some of the proposed ballistic anti-carrier weapons are nukes, albeit exploding in mid ocean rather than killing civilians. I think maybe you can't aim them well enough to hit a carrier after a thousand or two miles otherwise.
Flies don't have a defense against bullets either, that doesn't meaning shooting up your home trying to hit one makes any sense.
Excluded middle, look it up, willya? The article talks about the Chinese BM, not nukes, genius.
The problem here is that a conventional anti-ship ballistic missile is very difficult to construct. The missile will take about 20 minutes to strike its target, and a carrier group will receive early warning on the launch at 5 minutes from launch, at the latest.
Assuming that evasive measures are instituted at 10 minutes from launch, the carrier has still 10 minutes to steam to a random direction at ca. 30 knots. This means the carrier will be some 10 km from the position where she would be, had she maintained steady course. Even if the missile is equipped with a nuclear warhead, it will not destroy its target, unless the missile is guided mid-flight.
Directing a ballistic missile mid-flight is not impossible, as some claim, but is is difficult, and requires active target-tracking. I would hate to be the submarine skipper whose duty it is to be near surface in the middle of a carrier group formation, emitting radio signals to the missile to guide it to the target.
That works well against 'dumb' BM, but the Harpoon isn't so easily evaded:
But once the Harpoon's own radar has spotted the target, does it keep flying level to slam into the side of the ship? Nope. I'll quote from the owner's manual: "Once a target has been located and the seeker locked…the missile climbs rapidly to about 1800m before diving on the target ("pop-up maneuver")." In other words, the Harpoon does a last-minute transformation from wave-skimmer to ballistic missile. If you diagrammed its flight path, seen from the side, You'd get a capital "P" lying on its back, with the loop of the "P" being the pop-up maneuver.
The reason the Harpoon was designed to hit the target from above rather than the side is simple: a ships defenses are configured to stop planes (and missiles, even though they don't work against missiles and everybody knows it) coming in diagonally or horizontally. To repeat that sentence again–and I'm going to keep repeating it till everybody realizes what it means–"ships currently [just like in 1977 when the Harpoon entered service] have no defense against a ballistic missile attack."
So we have the Navy's own weapons system testifying against it: way back in Carter's time the Navy bought a weapon that was designed to hit ships like a ballistic missile, yet now, forty years later, USN ships have no defense against ballistic missiles.
Whoever wrote that has no idea what they are talking about. Harpoon is a subsonic cruise-type missile. Is this guy saying we can't engage subsonic aircraft flying at 5000 feet? The entire history of anti-aircraft warfare since Vietnam says otherwise.
The Harpoon is a very small target and it flies very low before executing an "up and over" maneuver near the target.
Not saying you couldn't engage one, but it's not as easy as you make it sound.
I would expect a country like China to try to saturate the defenses with large numbers of cheap missiles.
You also don't need to sink the carrier, that's just a bonus. You're trying to damage it enough to where it can't launch and recover aircraft, which is its Raison d'etre.
That passage refers to the (old) US Harpoon anti-ship missile and has no relevance to the question of whether or not the Chinese anti-ship ballistic weapons have terminal guidance. In my view a more germane point would be that if the carrier is being harassed by a stream of these things and has to resort to constant evasive manoeuvres to the extent it can't launch and recover its planes, there's no point in its presence.
Directing a ballistic missile mid-flight is not impossible
Uhm, I thought that the definition of a ballistic missile is that its path is, well, ballistic. Meaning controlled solely by ballistics – gravity and inertia and such. Otherwise it'd be a guided missile. Has the terminology been changed without consulting me?
If we're talking about the Chinese DF-21, it has the capability to maneuver during reentry and in the terminal phase.
So technically it's a "semi ballistic" missile.
Ever heard of a MIRV? You can even get a MaRV: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARV
Well, I followed that link and I didn't find it particularly enlightening. It said:
The maneuverable reentry vehicle (abbreviated MARV or MaRV) is a type of ballistic missile warhead capable of shifting targets in flight. Refer to atmospheric reentry.
So the missile is ballistic, but the re-entry vehicle is guided? That's not quite the same thing as saying the missile is guided but is still ballistic – but then, I'm easily confused.
I do remember the MIRV, I even remember when it was introduced – or, at least, when it was made public.
But there's a difference, is there not, between a ballistic missile with a targetable (but unpowered) payload and a ballistic missile that can be guided in mid-flight.
I don't know – obviously it's not my area of expertise – but calling something a ballistic missile when its trajectory is not ballistic seems unnecessarily confusing. But then, I guess that longing for the good old days when a guided missile was guided, and a ballistic missile was ballistic, is silly.
Sorry, Mr. Farley, but you've bought into the Raytheon propaganda about the Standard Missile Three:
However, the Defense Department's own test data show that, in combat, the vast majority of "successful" SM-3 experiments would have failed to destroy attacking warheads. The data also show potential adversaries how to defeat both the SM-3 and the GMD systems, which share the same serious flaws that can be readily exploited by adversaries. The long record of tests of the GMD system, and the most recent test in January of this year, shows that it has only been tested in carefully orchestrated scenarios that have been designed to hide fundamental flaws and produce appearances of success. The report provides no material facts or allusions to facts that indicate any technical advances that would counter the long record of orchestrated and dumbed-down missile defense tests.
The proof of these flaws is in the data that the Defense Department cites as evidence of the robustness of the GMD and SM-3 systems. That should be a strong warning to policymakers who believe that the missile defense systems promoted in the report will actually discourage future adversaries from pursuing ballistic missile programs.
The flight-test data from the 2002-2009 tests show many striking
artificialities that would not be present in actual combat conditions. There are not multiple objects in the threat volume, there are large fins on the back end of the target missiles, the target missiles are always side-on to the interceptor, and the exact geometry of the target missile is known. All these factors considerably simplify the interceptors' job. Yet, in spite of these artificial advantages built into the tests, the Defense Department's own data show that the interceptors almost always failed to achieve necessary hits on the warheads.
These test data show potential adversaries such as Iran and North Korea exactly how to defeat the SM-3 and GMD interceptors with technologies they already have flight-tested. The information also shows that the Defense Department's own technical oversight and assessment of the missile defense program, as described by the missile defense report, is deeply flawed and unreliable. It is yet another example of why measures need to be taken to provide a truly independent source for the White House and Congress to confirm the veracity of claims being made by the MDA and others in the Defense Department about missile defense performance.
Figure 2 shows a very simple countermeasure using rocket technologies that Iran and North Korea have already demonstrated in their ballistic missile flight-test programs. Figure 2A depicts the missile target that has been used in the most recent SM-3 flight tests after flight test FM-7, which occurred in February 2005.
By using simple explosive techniques to cut the one-stage rocket-target into multiple pieces, a potential adversary could substantially further increase the chances that an SM-3 or GMD interceptor would miss the warhead. Iran and North Korea successfully demonstrated this cutting technique when they separated the stages in the multistage rockets they have already flown.[8] The same could be done to the upper stage of a multistage rocket to counter the homing of the GMD kill vehicle, creating the same confusion of objects to conceal the true location of the warhead from the GMD system.
This is more recent:
Current U.S. System 'Fragile'
The report, called "Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense: An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives," is sharply critical of the current 30-interceptor system deployed on the West Coast, which it describes as "fragile" and ineffective against "any but the most primitive attacks."
The system was first deployed in 2004 by President George W. Bush "before its development was complete in order to meet what was considered an urgent need to get a system deployed quickly," according to the report. The report was referring to the effort to field a system to counter a feared long-range ballistic missile threat from North Korea, which has yet to materialize. Iran, the other potential threat often cited to highlight the need for missile defense, has yet to test a ballistic missile that could reach the United States.
The Bush administration withdrew from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 to allow for the West Coast deployment. According to the report, the system has cost $34 billion through fiscal year 2009, the last year for which the study cited cost figures. According to the MDA, five of the eight intercept tests that have been conducted since December 2004 have failed, and there have been no successful intercept tests since 2008. The next intercept test is planned for 2013.
The report finds the West Coast system's "shortcomings" so serious that it recommends the technology be completely redesigned, rebuilt, and retested, with a faster two-stage missile booster based on the canceled Kinetic Energy Interceptor program; a heavier interceptor, or "kill vehicle"; and more-capable sensors, including "stacked" X-band AN/TPY-2 radars. The report suggests that the current interceptors, which cost $70 million each to build, could be used as test targets for the new system.
Mr. Farley, I doubt that any ballistic missile defense that is available at the present time has any usefulness at the present time unless one is lucky enough to have Hamas launching missiles at one.
And further, do you appreciate that theater ballistic missile defense systems aren't the same as the West Coast national missile defense system?
If you have any data to suggest that theater ballistic missile defense systems are better-equipped or superior to the West Coast one, that would be interesting, but I fail to see how your assertions counter the findings of the Pentagon a mere 3 years ago.
Your faith in that failed belief is most heartening, if not reality-based.
All this carrier back and forth is very silly.
Just nuke the damn thing and be done with it.
Given that this is a ballistic missile we're talking about, I believe Wengler just said "nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure"
The USN is very concerned about this, which is one reason it's working so hard on ship-borne anti-ballistic missile (ABM) technology.
And that technology is tested with the same protocols and unreal 'real-life' conditions used for the Standard Missile Three tests, correct?
And the West Coast defenses may be fragile, but the Navy has it covered when it comes to other ABM technology, and you wrote something about it two years ago, which is probably more true today than it was two years ago.
H. L. Mencken was correct, pedagogues are credulous creatures.
You can't really tell what kind of warhead a ballistic missile is carrying when launched, so some degree of nuclear deterrence likely still applies.
This is from the Naval War College from 2 years ago:
The U.S. ABM investments just described deserve critical scrutiny: asymmetries in the competition of Chinese ballistic missiles versus U.S. antiballistic missiles make it unlikely that active defense alone will succeed. To see why,we need to review China's ASBM system threat to ships at sea and China's short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) threat to U.S. air bases
Here's the take-away end of the paper:
If Chinese ballistic-missile threats to U.S. carriers and air bases evolve along the lines described above, the United States needs to compensate for the shortcomings of active defense.Certain kinds of attacks
might "thin the herd"of threatening
missiles; others involve prohibitive risks.
Passive defense efforts appear more promising, especially in helping carriers survive. Even so, the vulnerability of big-wing aircraft may prove an insoluble problem. If so, destruction of tanker aircraft would reduce the effectiveness of both carrier fighter-bombers and land-based ones.
In the worst case, a rigorous program of hardware development, changes in peacetime operations, and operational testing might lead the United States to conclude that reinvigorated passive defense cannot adequately offset the inadequacy
of active defense. Such an outcome would not mean that the future is
hopeless. It would mean that the United States should consider a broader menu of alternatives. For example, the nation might respond by stepping up efforts to develop very-long-range, stealthy, carrier-based unmanned combat aircraft, as suggested by Thomas Ehrhard and Robert Work. Or it might help Taiwan develop a "porcupine defense," as suggested by William Murray.That approach might well enable Taiwan to hold out for several months or longer, even if sudden Chinese missile strikes put its air force and navy out of action. The United States might pursue both these alternatives and develop others equally promising.
Strategy involves weighing costs and benefits. Given the increased costs and risks implied by China's emerging missile forces, the United States needs to consider more broadly how best to protect its interests in the western Pacific.
More of the same—active defense—is unlikely to work.
Barring nuclear missiles, which only have to detonate in the neighbourhood, I'd have thought great strides would have been made on anti-missile defense since the Falklands War. Back then, the Sea Wolf system had some success when it could be deployed.
Worth pointing out that "in the neighbourhood" for nuclear strikes on naval targets still needs to get pretty close.
Recent versions of the Aegis missile defence system are allegedly capable of shooting down some ballistic missiles. They've never been used in anger, of course, but nor has this Chinese carrier-killing ballistic wonder that the War Nerd and his fans are so entranced by. He just states without evidence that 'everyone knows' that anti-missile missiles don't work and never will, and carries on as if he's proven his point. To me this seems like the latest example of the old and tedious habit of presenting whatever the opposition has come up with lately as the one final super-weapon against which there can be no defence. Sunburn missiles were meant to kill all the carriers too; the foxbat interceptor was supposed to fly so fast it could literally travel back in time and kill the enemy pilot's parents before they'd ever even met, erasing him from history.
Insert "the problem" between "course" and "that" in the first sentence.
Alan Tomlinson
Good call.
Johnny Sack
I think that the fleet-in-being effect is very important issue here. The Liaoning will require at least one US carrier battle group to baby-sit it in any case. In effect, this ship means that the US Navy needs three more carrier battle groups as a counter-weight. It is a very efficient tool to lure Americans to overspend on defence.
There goes that vulgar Chomskyism again.
Umm, no. Every time that dinosaur of a carrier leaves port, it's going to have a ghost-quiet American attack sub stapled to it's ass. I see no point in detailing an entire carrier group to shadow it. Also, too, the US needs to be "lured" into over-spending on defense like I need to be "lured" into Free Lap-Dance Night at the local strip club…
This carrier won't be going far from home either way.
actually, any ship can be sunk with a well placed torpedo, of which the US has lots of, roaming the oceans inside nuclear powered subs. one and done on a chinese carrier.
i wonder how many planes crashed on that carrier, before they managed a successful launch/landing?
Submarines work both ways.
Just sayin'
They do but much like fighters this is an area where the U.S. egregious spending has yielded massive dividends in the highly unlikely event that anyone is stupid enough to try and engage in actual combat.
Actually carriers cannot easily be sunk by a single torpedo, unless its n-tipped or you read too much Tom Clancy. Furthermore the Chinese already operate more submarines than the US. There! the whole USN carrier fleet must be obsolete now, as soon as they enter East Asian waters!
I find these armchair admiral-assessments in response to what represents a remarkable feat (from no carrier aviation and -expertise to an operational ship fielding a capable multirole fighter within 15 years) extremely bizarre.
Feng at Information Dissemination has a good sum-up on the topic, yet what I see in the comments are cynical and snarky know-it-alls, who seem so frightened by what China is doing these days, that the natural juvenile response can be summed up as "yes, but you still suck". I was expecting a bit of a more intellectual approach here at LGM, but the general response is little better. Befitting a country on its way out.
By the way, check out US-casualties from carrier aviation-related accidents. Thats a bit of American exceptionalism you might not like.
Actually carriers cannot easily be sunk by a single torpedo, unless its n-tipped or you read too much Tom Clancy.
To be fair to Clancy, he never has a carrier sunk by one torpedo–just disabled by a hit on its propellers
[…] China's successful aircraft carrier flight landing at China Defense Blog. More from Rob Farley on the PRC's "fully armed and operational aircraft carrier." […]
I, for one, welcome our new wet overlords.
No, off to watch "The Golden Age of Ballooning" to celebrate.
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Kaumalapau Harbor, Lanai
Kaumalapau Harbor
- Name: Kaumalapau Harbor
- What: Unique harbor with unobstructed sunset views
- Where: Follow Kaumalapau Highway southwest to the sea
Located on the southwestern coast, Kaumalapau is the main commercial seaport for Lanai. The original harbor breakwater located here was built in 1920's but was severely damaged by hurricanes. A new breakwater was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was dedicated on July 7, 2007 giving Kaumalapau Harbor a one of a kind look. Buttressed by 819, white, 35-ton Core-Loc armor units — the largest of their kind in the world — the harbor appears to be surrounded by giant, jack-like concrete blocks.
Drive to Kaumalapau Harbor, perch yourself atop a stone wall and treat yourself to a romantic sunset. This is one of the best and most accessible spots on the island to get an unobstructed view of the sunset. From December thru May, you can also spot whales swimming just beyond the harbor. And throughout the year you may catch pods of spinner dolphins splashing offshore. The drive to Kaumalapau Harbor is also quite scenic, giving you distant views of western Lanai's dramatic sea cliffs. Note that access to the harbor is limited on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays due to security matters and freight activity. There are also no facilities at the harbor.


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Dog Fancy honors Bend for being dog-friendly
Award ceremony also unveils new dog park name
BEND, Ore. - Bend has been called a lot in recent years, from BikeTown USA to Beer City USA and now, DogTown USA, thanks to Dog Fancy Magazine. The editor presented the award at a ceremony Saturday morning.
Bend has been named the nation's dog-friendliest city by the magazine.
The city was selected based on the canine-friendly recreation opportunities, businesses, restaurants and off-leash areas.
Ernie Slone, editor and publisher of the magazine, presented the award at Pine Nursery Off-Leash Dog Park Saturday morning to Visit Bend President Doug La Placa and Bend Parks and Rec Community Relations Manger Jan Taylor.
A check of $5,000 was also presented to DogPAC, a group dedicated to getting more off-leash areas here.
"You think San Francisco, Seattle, a bunch of other places, but I think there is something special about Bend," said Kreg Lindberg, president of DogPAC. "Because it's not just a city dog experience.
"We also have the surrounding public lands where folks here can walk their dog in an off-leash area during the day, and then the next day, they can go out on a forest trail to go hiking or mountain biking with the dog."
The title also comes with a large donation of 1,000 meals for the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
The recognition will be in an article for the September issue of Dog Fancy magazine.
Also at Saturday's ceremony, the Bend Parks and Rec unveiled the new name of the dog park.
The Pine Nursery Off-leash Dog Park is now the Bob Wenger Memorial Dog Park.
Wenger passed away in the park earlier this year after he suffered a heart attack, while he was out walking his dog Ryder and doing a little work.
Wenger was the real force behind maintaining and volunteering in the off-leash areas.
Wenger helped maintain the poop removal, pulled weeds and set up stones to make paths.
Some even considered him the "mayor" of Pine Nursery.
"This was Bob's place," Taylor said. "He spent a lot of time here, he passed away here and his memory will be ever present. Thanks to Cheryl and a lot of people who have taken up where Bob left off to take care of this park and join the park and recreation district in building it into the kind of park that was everybody's dream."
Wenger also was a member of the organization DogPAC.
DogPAC members told us the new name is a nice reflection of the work Wenger did.


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It's an old movie that have been referenced in movies, books, jokes, radio, comic strips (everywhere, really) countless times since 1960 and it's Alfred Hitchcock's most famous. Here are some facts about the movie that you might find interesting.
Of course, if you haven't seen it, and enjoy a good horror/thriller - please do!
sources: cocoajava, imdb, hollywoodlostandfound, newser
ayu is awesome
wrote... on 11/23/2010 8:55:58 PM
I've seen a modern version, not the black and white one.
wrote... on 11/25/2010 11:58:06 AM
Very interesting. Thank you.

Darren J
wrote... on 11/26/2010 2:00:00 AM
You're welcome. Glad you liked it Pouya.
wrote... on 6/4/2011 12:25:27 PM
Horrible, nothing special effects but so much tension and fear ....I think in his semplicity there is a great cleverness and ability to impress the pubblic.......inimitable Hitchcock......it is memorable
Since it's the weekend, I thought I would give everyone some food for thought, so hopefully this weekend, you'll try to do your bit for your planet.
1. It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down (polyethylene is the most common plastic used)
2. we produce 20 times more plastic now than 50 years ago!
3. 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year.
4. Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year.
5. According to David Barnes, a marine scientist with the British Antarctic Survey, plastic bags have gone "from being rare in the late 80s and early 90s to being almost everywhere." Plastic bags have been found floating north of the Arctic Circle near Spitzbergen, and as far south as the Falkland Islands.
How you can do your part:
1. When you go out shopping this weekend, remember to bring your own cloth bags, or recycled bags.
2. If you're eating out, bring your own container to take home the leftovers.
3. Buy laundry detergent in paper boxes instead of detergent in plastic containers
4. If you purchase something packaged in glass, clean out the glass container and reuse it for food storage
5. When ordering drinks, say 'No straw, please!'
6. Buy your music online, instead of at the store
7. When you're buying coffee to take away, bring your own container. The drink lid and the lining in your cup are plastic, and will live for another 100 years!
8. When you're having food delivered, remind them not to send plastic utensils. You already have your own cutlery at home! You can also keep a set of utensils handy in the office as well!
These are just a few of the things you can do. Every little bit helps! Tell us what you've done to reduce your use of plastic.
source: wikipedia, takepart, waste online, squidoo
wrote... on 11/12/2010 8:42:29 AM
A straw , so important to me i cant drink without it but i know plastic is not good stuff so think about what you have said iam going to have my drinks with straw and reduce other things as well, thank you
wrote... on 11/12/2010 10:52:14 AM
Thanks for your useful pieces of advice Darren J. I'll keep all of the min my mind and heart.
wrote... on 11/13/2010 2:29:11 AM
Recently we pay for bags (which can be reused many times, and it's not very cheap) when we go shopping at some supermarkets in my country. They don't supply buyers with nylon bags. So you must bring your own bag while go shopping here. If not, you must pay for them.

ayu is awesome
wrote... on 11/23/2010 8:56:38 PM
I always bring my own bag to the supermarket!
We're running out of cotton. If you like wearing cotton, perhaps it's time to stock up on your favorite cotton T-shirts, shorts and dresses! Or start wearing spandex and silk?
India's cotton export trade policies have made the price of cotton skyrocket. To protect its local textile industry, India (the world's second largest cotton exporter) has restricted / banned the export of cotton.
source: textile world and the economic times
wrote... on 11/11/2010 11:22:34 AM
My country mainly import fabric from China or Thailand.
Population in the world is increasing. I think we'll find out a substitute, as silk, spandex, nylon, polyester or some thing. If not, we must save on cotton, like as electricity or water, by wearing shorter clothes :P
wrote... on 4/27/2011 8:48:56 AM
amazing topic in my country egypt .... we are suffring from this problem cuz we have cotten and it's very common that we had the best cotton all over the world ....but we export it and the price of it is very high in egypt although we grow it but the price of it is very expinsive but we should keep it and put agood plan for that
Did you know that once a pilot has ejected from his plane, he should/can never do it again? This is because of compressed fractures to his vertebrae. Ejecting from a plane can sometimes also result in death/injury.
source: wikipedia
wrote... on 12/22/2011 2:54:40 PM
I don't know, I've never flown
"Gloomy Sunday" is a song composed by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezso Seress in 1933 and it now known as 'the Hungarian suicide song'. It is claimed that the song was banned because it was linked to many suicides in Hungary and United States, and while Seress did commit suicide by jumping off a building, all other claims that listening to the song causes suicide and encourages suicide has not been proven.
ayu is awesome
wrote... on 11/23/2010 8:57:10 PM
I've heard the song. I haven't committed suicide yet haha!
source: halloween traditions, halloween trivia,
ayu is awesome
wrote... on 10/28/2010 10:50:52 PM
What are you wearing this Halloween?
wrote... on 10/29/2010 1:49:05 AM
Thank you. Sharing this wonderful story. ^_^
Halloween is quite creative in Ireland !
wrote... on 10/30/2010 6:13:53 AM
Happy halloween
Darren J
wrote... on 11/1/2010 3:38:16 AM
I went as myself this Halloween. Yes, I cheated! What did everyone do this Halloween?
Ann Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, is said to roam the Tower of London where she was executed, as well as her childhood home in Kent.
The ghost of Benjamin Franklin - founding father of the United States, inventor of the bifocal glasses and the lightning rod, has been seen near the library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Some have said that his statue comes alive at night and dances in the street!
Abraham Lincoln, the first President of the United States, has been seen by many since his death in 1865, including first ladies, dignitaries and esteemed guests.
What famous historical ghost stories have you heard from your country?
wrote... on 10/27/2010 4:16:32 AM
Two Years In A Levantine Family, tells a credible true story of a family haunted by a ghost called an 'ifriti, which is believed to be an evil-type of jinn. The ghost was a former owner, who was guarding his riches buried within the home. Bayle St. John listened to the family's account for many years, until one day he saw the ghost appear to him in the daylight. Importantly, St. John called the ghost a shakh, and was fortunate enough to see him two more times. Shakh, or sheik, is an honory Arabic term for elder, lord or wise man. In older, traditional, Arab lore, 'ifriti clearly meant ghost, and many times referenced an angry ghost, sometimes seeking revenge for its murder.

Darren J
wrote... on 10/27/2010 5:34:12 AM
So a Sheik actually refers to an angry ghost?
wrote... on 10/27/2010 6:51:30 AM
No Darren , it is not , Ifriti is the angry ghost , and Sheik as i know is the one who can talk to him try to make him go away that is it. this is the story i dont believe in ghosts
The answer is 'no!' Ostriches do not hide their heads in the ground when they are scared. Instead, they lie down flat on the ground or run away when threatened. When cornered, ostriches can deliver a kick so powerful that it kills.
sources: answers.com and wikipedia
ayu is awesome
wrote... on 10/28/2010 10:50:20 PM
I actually thought this was true.
wrote... on 12/22/2011 2:58:20 PM
so did I
Did you know that the original Jack o'Lanterns were made out beet, potatoes and turnips?
Why do people carve faces out of pumpkins? The story originates from Ireland, where it is said a man named Stingy Jack once tricked the Devil to turn into a coin so he could buy a drink. When the Devil turned into a coin, Stingy Jack put the coin next to a silver cross so that the Devil could not turn back into his true form unless he promised to leave Stingy Jack alone for a year and that if Stingy Jack died, the Devil was not allowed to take his soul.
When Jack died, God would not allow him into Heaven and the Devil refused to allow him into Hell, but because the Devil had promised he would not take Jack's soul, he gave Jack a burning coal and sent him out into the night. Jack then put the burning coal into a turnip and continues to roam the Earth today. The Irish named this ghostly figure 'Jack of the Lantern'. It was then shortened to 'Jack o'Lantern'.
To scare away Stingy Jack and other evil spirits, people started making their own version of the Jack o'Lantern by carving scary faces into turnips, beets and potatoes. Immigrants then brought the tradition to the United States and discovered that pumpkins, a fruit native to the United States, made perfect Jack o'Lanterns. And have since been carving scary faces on pumpkins since!
source: history.com
wrote... on 10/18/2010 7:12:09 AM
This story is really great.
Pumpkin carving faces taught the film. The teacher is very beautiful! Know her name?

Darren J
wrote... on 11/8/2010 2:59:33 AM
Her name's Leah D'Emilio
Astronomers have found a planet close to a nearby star that could support human life. It is also three times larger than Earth. Do you think aliens could already be living on that planet? Or that one day, we'll be able to visit it?
source: national geographic
wrote... on 10/11/2010 11:49:03 PM
Maybe it can happens one day, if God permits....
lali gogadze
wrote... on 10/12/2010 4:32:19 AM
It's very interesting.
wrote... on 10/22/2010 1:22:48 AM
In the vast universe, there are still many unknown things, requires the human to explore.
All in all, the message is encouraging.
wrote... on 12/4/2010 1:48:07 AM
i think humans need a new place to live after they destory earth but the must be careful not to damage it .
wrote... on 7/18/2011 4:44:08 AM
I like this.Everything is possible.i believe that humans are not alone.There are so many unknow planets in the deep universe.Also so many unknow objects in our universe.
wrote... on 12/22/2011 3:02:14 PM
I believe that humans aren't alone in the whole universe
wrote... on 7/2/2014 4:43:00 PM
I believe both. I've heard of the "extreme bacteria" found in somewhere underground which could live in extreme conditions: high temperatures, no oxygen, etc. But this is a very interesting planet which can bear the human kind.
Monopoly is the most played game in the world - more than 1 billion people have played Monopoly. The original board game was also circular.
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the game, Hasbro will be releasing a circular edition of Monopoly
source: pocket-lint and wikipedia
wrote... on 10/5/2010 12:20:11 AM
monopoly~~i dont get it.what is that game?it suit for girls?
Darren J
wrote... on 10/10/2010 10:25:46 PM
Yes Rachel! Girls and boy, men and women play it. The aim is to get as much money and as much property as you can. The winner is the person with the most money at the end of the game.
ayu is awesome
wrote... on 10/10/2010 11:12:10 PM
I haven't played monopoly since I was a kid!
wrote... on 5/23/2011 3:23:56 AM
most of people have known and played it. if you win it, you must be careful and honest until at the end of the game. and olsa you will discover some different property of your close friends during the game :)
wrote... on 12/22/2011 3:05:39 PM
I played the game few times
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wrote... on 12/22/2011 3:09:50 PM
I don't usually drink coffee
wrote... on 3/15/2012 8:20:40 AM
Thank you, that's great! I like coffee so much!))
wrote... on 6/27/2012 10:25:52 AM
thanks,i like coffee so much but with milk!!!
wrote... on 8/2/2012 11:58:42 AM
Drink it but need to add milk and sugar,otherwise,i don't drink it,because it's too bitter.
chengyan cui
wrote... on 12/18/2016 9:24:43 AM
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Ever wanted to be right-handed or left-handed? Research shows that you can switch easily - with the help of magnets!
I don't know if I want a big magnet on my head just so I can write with my left hand instead of my right. Are you right-handed or left?
source: io9
wrote... on 9/30/2010 11:27:14 PM
That's interesting. Anyway I'm a left-handed person and I have no intention to change it. That's the way the God wants me to be.
Darren J
wrote... on 10/10/2010 10:26:34 PM
You know how they say left-handers are the only ones in their right mind! :D
Which were the deadliest volcano eruptions in history? Click here to see a larger image
The King of Hearts is the only King in a deck of cards that does not have a moustache. And if look closely, you'll see a hand, not belonging to the King, holding a sword, as if someone is about to stab him.
wrote... on 9/16/2010 11:32:56 PM
In card divination, King of Hearts represents a young single man, supposedly blond. King of Diamonds is older or married man, King of Clubs - a military man, King of Spades - aged man or father.
Here are couple of links about historical figure behind the card and his sword
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne
www.myarmoury.com/feature_charlemagne.html
wrote... on 9/17/2010 8:37:26 AM
i cant see it. is that true?
wrote... on 9/17/2010 11:00:51 PM
Sorry about the links Rachel, but if you try to Google "Charlemagne" there's a very informative article in Wiki and there's a link at the end to the article about the sword.
You've seen images of the painting many times over, yet have you noticed that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows or eyelashes? Some believe that curators and restorers have accidentally removed the eyelashes while cleaning the painting or that the paint has faded over time. Did Leonardo da Vinci forget to paint in her facial hair? Was it intentionally left out? Or did the Mona Lisa not have eyebrows and eyelashes??
wrote... on 9/15/2010 10:53:59 PM
I read about fashion of that time, it required women to have high foreheads. So they had their eyebrows removed and even plucked the hair from the hairline up to create desired look. But this theory doesn't explain the absence of eyelashes - or does it?
Darren J
wrote... on 9/16/2010 10:14:33 PM
People have put themselves through much more pain than eyelash plucking in the name of beauty, so I wouldn't be surprised!
Men are four times more likely to be killed by lightning than women.
source: Lightning Myths Dispelled
The average time it takes for a person to fall asleep is 7 minutes. Do you take longer or shorter to fall asleep?
source: wisegeek
wrote... on 9/10/2010 10:22:38 AM
there is no special average time it takes for me to fall asleep, sometimes i fall asleep in shorter than 7 minutes and other times it takes longer. but i wonder because sometimes it takes very very longer than 7 minutes, may it takes one hour or one hour and half. my question is: is that average time for a person to fall asleep healthy for us? i hope to get some information from you lol,
thanks
sure lin
wrote... on 9/11/2010 6:40:33 AM
always "yes" seven hours for fall asleep is at least .
wrote... on 9/11/2010 3:29:44 PM
It is the average time but we should take into account the mood and whether a person is fatigued or not .... As for me, most of the time it takes 1 hour , and sometimes more, as I usually think of many things before falling asleep . However , from a scienitific point of view I think it's not healthy at all
lali gogadze
wrote... on 9/11/2010 3:50:47 PM
I have a joke on this subject: two friends meet . One of them says :
"I suffer from insomnia".
"Me too, but I know the medicine. You should count. "
"Does it help you?"
"Yes, I count till three "
"Till three?"
"Yes, sometimes till half past three am."

wrote... on 9/11/2010 10:47:11 PM
Hi, Hala. Why is it not healthy to fall asleep in 7 minutes? Can you explain it for me? Sometimes it takes longer than 7 minutes for me to fall asleep, but most of times I fall asleep less than that. I even know people that they fall asleep less that one minute.
wrote... on 9/12/2010 11:49:54 AM
Hi Pouya , thanks for your comment but I didnt mean that that falling asleep in 7 minutes is not healthy .what I think is that staying at bed for along time before falling asleeop is not healthy , not to mention that if you suffer from a disease or you are stressed and your mind can't stop thinking here it is a diifferent situation. so if you are one of those who need 7 minutes to fall asleep , Indeed this is an indication that your mind ,at least, is healthy.
Please correct if I am mistaken
wrote... on 9/12/2010 10:42:29 PM
In my idea you're absolutely correct. When the mind has its peace and the body needs its rest sleep will come automatically.
Darren J
wrote... on 9/15/2010 9:59:16 PM
I have two friends who can fall asleep the minute they go to bed. I envy them! It takes me between 1/2hr to 1hr.
That's how much time and brainpower is wasted.
source: clay shirky via laughing squid
lali gogadze
wrote... on 9/10/2010 1:51:49 AM
Very impressive number.
Coca Cola (42.8%), Pepsi (31.1%) and the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group (15%) own most of your favorite soft drinks. Now you know! Click on the source link to see all the soft drinks you've ever tried (and some of those you haven't tried) and who made them.
source: Philip H. Howard
wrote... on 8/24/2010 9:01:59 PM
this is very interesting!!! but I don't drink this marks!