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These bacon cups from Not Martha make my mouth water! Can you imagine putting a sunny-side-up egg in one of these bacon cups? holy breakfast jizz, batman! BACON CUPS!
Seriously, what is more fun than saying "Hey, do you want a tiny banana?" I
can tell you - Nothing! Dip that baby banana in chocolate for the
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This happened every hour. I'd get about 20 minutes of sleep and wake up.
By the time the sun rose, I was so tired and my hand hurt so bad, I wanted to bawl. I text my boss and let her know what was going on.
Hey Shannon! Thanks for all the comments on my blog the other day! {I hope you had a chance to look for fabrics at the quilting cottage!} Sorry about your wrist...I don't have any good advice. :( Hang in there though....
oh man...it's the worst. I started to see a chiropractor for it (which helped a bit)...but i'm still seeing a chiropractor (9 weeks postpartum) and it no longer hurts but my hands still go numb from time to time. Sorry...it sucks.
Try a massage. My arms and hands go numb a lot because the nerves in my shoulders and neck are being pinched. My massage friends says a lot of "carpal tunnel" issues are just because of tight shoulders. Give it a shot and good luck. Sleep is a hard thing to be missing out on. :)
You might have to punch me in the kidney because it freaking sucks! I had the same thing when I was pregnant with my twins ( they are 5 months). It started with one hand but moved to both. Completely numb for months!!! I wore a brace on both hands day and night but started to just wear at night because I realized it didn't do much during the day. I would elevate hands at night usually switching off after changing sides or even just try to fall asleep with hand in air. :) needless to say I did lose some, okay a lot, of sleep. It freaking hurts and I couldn't do much with my hands. Even putting makeup on was a challenge. Mine went away about a month after delivering. Yeah, changing diapers and snapping onesies was difficult. I'm so sorry. I did get a monthly massage while pregnant and for a minute it helped but still numb. I hated when people said hang in there so I'll just say that sucks. Lol. I just hope your feet don't get like mine do while pregnant. Good luck!
Still numb a lot after baby#3 but notice a lot when I'm on the computer or crafting. Sorry does suck!


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I am a nurse in a long-term care facility. On three occasions, I have had conversations with the director of nursing regarding client care issues on which we have differences.
She has then spoken to my colleagues about my "lack of judgment" and "rude attitude." I confronted her and told her that I felt our conversations should be confidential. What can I do to keep this behavior from recurring? I feel that I am working in an untrustworthy, non-supportive environment.
Perspective is often at the root of relationship issues. From your perspective, the conversations focused on your differences of opinion. Yet, when she talked to colleagues about your attitude, her perspective differed. You focused on the content of the conversations while she focused on how you interacted with her. You perceived her talking about your behavior as unjustifiable. I suspect she would excuse her action by saying she was trying to get their take on the situation. Talking about issues concerning one employee with others is a mistake many managers make.
Finally, you confronted her. You see yourself making a point while she focuses on your attitude. There's no easy solution here. The director of nursing and the executive director are responsible for policies. You can try to clear the air by asking to talk with the director and doing so in a non-confrontational manner. Focus first on how you might have been perceived in previous conversations. Be willing to acknowledge that you didn't mean to be rude or confrontational. Afterward, ask to meet to discuss your ideas. If they don't change the policies, you will have to decide if you can follow them, or if you need to look elsewhere for employment.
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By Nikki Willhite
Vacation are very important to people. When the economy takes a
downturn, vacations are one of the last things people want to give up. We all
work so hard. We need time to get away and rejuvenate. The good thing about
vacations is that they can be done very economically.
Here are some things to keep in mind in trying to cut
your vacation costs:
-If you are planning on staying in a hotel, don't call the 800 #
of the hotel (if it is a large chain) for reservations. It is always cheaper to
call the hotel directly. (The individual hotels should also have 800#'s. ) Don't
be afraid to ask if they have seasonal discounts, or discounts for booking
-If you are planning on renting a car, be sure and check the
coverage on your car at home before you go so that you don't buy unnecessary
insurance. ASK the rental company what is covered with your policy on your
personal car.
-Look into renting an RV. The cost you save of motel rooms and
restaurants may be worth it.
-Think about camping. It requires an initial investment, but
then is almost free. It is also a hobby that you can enjoy your whole life,
whether it is with your spouse, friends, children or grandchildren. To read the
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-If you are flying, check the rates with all the airlines.
Again, check for specials. If the best fares are booked, keep calling back, as
someone may cancel, or new discounts may be added.
Plan to fly home on a Sunday when the cost is less. If you don't
mind waiting around at the airport, you could ask to be "bumped" if the plane is
overbooked (they all are- it just depends if everyone shows up).
You will either get a free ticket or a deeply discounted one on
another flight.
-Tie ropes around your luggage. There are certain airports where
it is more common than not for your luggage to be opened after it is out of your
hands. On one of my husband's business trips he made the mistake of putting some
cash in his luggage. It was gone when he got hom.
-Do not let your unused film go through the new x-ray machines.
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Inspired by the custard-scene in 'Young Adam' by Alexander Trocchi, 'Cake' is about a married couple traumatised in contrasting ways by the recent death of their son.
She had wanted to do something upbeat in memory of her son Adam who had recently died after a fight on a boat. She decided to bake a cake of happiness, as Adam used to like eating cake. But she could not decide on what shape the cake should be. A round smiling face? Maybe not a great idea. It would surely only put her husband in a mood, have him, her Don, thinking once again that she was never going to be anything but lost and disgusting for the rest of time. No, she needed to be more creative.
Later that morning, while browsing through his library of books, she came across a slim hardback of old picture postcards, Camberley in old picture postcards Volume 2. She had never before seen this book and enjoyed flicking page after page, the story of a growing small town, a world before cars, a forgotten time, all recorded in black and white. The very last postcard in the book was a strange one. It had a large symbol she associated with evil but had a message that read: TO WISH YOU LUCK FROM CAMBERLEY and was accompanied by a symbol and the following: SWASTIKA (Ancient Indian Symbol for Luck). This Sign brings luck, I've heard folks say, so do not throw this Card away.
She went on to read some small accompanying narrative about how the swastika was not an invention of Hitler; he had stolen it and the symbol actually represented well-being not National Socialism. She immediately felt an urge to reclaim the symbol.
In memory of her son she had wanted to bake a cake of happiness and now she had a perfect feel-good shape for her cake. For the rest of the day she worked hard in the kitchen. Butter, milk, eggs, flour, raisins, caramel, much love and some blue food colouring. Blue is the colour of
. Her Don's team. Man City
But out on the road, failed Sales Manager Don was as tired of football as much as he had grown so tired of his wife and being forever behind the wheel. Man City was his team but he loathed modern football, sitting down to watch a game instead of standing and even when City won a game, it was always a hollow joy, a narrow victory when with all the money they had, they should be the most feared club in Europe. He knew no one really feared those rich pricks that came to the club to stroll around grass. Yesterday they couldn't even beat a Division Three team in the cup. Only in Tevez did he feel the faint flicker of a passion lost. His Monday on the road to nowhere was yet again one of selling nothing, being hung-over and desperate.
might have all the money in the world but he had fuck all, his life was well and truly down the pan and he knew it. Cemented in his mind, four words. His son was dead. No father should outlive his son, not like he was living. Empty-handed Don said one thing to console himself on the drive back home. Man City
"It better be ham, egg and chips tonight, she better not let me down with the tea again."
The sweetness of a morning bakery scented the hallway as Don entered from the black late afternoon. Less than sixty seconds later and in a fit of rage, abandoned eggs and flour previously on the kitchen worktop was covering her as she cowered on the floor. Don then looked about for more things to arm himself with. He broke the offering of her baked happiness and rammed a few chunks down her cake-hole, suffocating her in sponge. While she whimpered softly, he reminded her how she had definitely fucking lost it this time by doing fuck all all day other than making him a fucking swastika cake.
Because he had broke what was the last of the eggs, Don not only had to settle for just ham and chips, but he also had to cook the meal himself – no point asking her now – and because he was still hungry later, and with her out the way, soaking in the bath with the door locked, he went and tasted some of the ruined cake that had been spared his homecoming fury. And he agreed in a silent gesture, not bad.


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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Review
Step into the armor of the mighty Space Marine and heft up your fearsome chainsword to punish the hordes of Chaos in this entertaining yet flawed 3rd person shooter/melee mix.
Space Marine lets you take the mantle of Captain Titus, Commander of the Ultramarines, the Emperor's finest warriors. Cut a swathe through legions of invading Orks, as you fight to save an Imperial forge world from the ravages of war.
The action is satisfying, if somewhat repetitive. Unloading your bolter into a crowd of rampaging Orks then decimating the survivors with your chainsword is good, clean wholesome fun. The scale and detail holds true to the universe and does a certain amount of justice to writers such as Dan Abnett and Sandy Mitchell who have helped make 40k great. However the story is found somewhat wanting. The plot is rather simplistic with obvious 'twists' that held no surprise and a somewhat obvious and crude set up to a sequel.
That said, the cliffhanger could well be the set up to a far better sequel. One that could potentially follow the adventures of the other heroes the 40K universe, such as the Inquisitors, possibly even Eisenhorn.
Featuring a fan favourite such as the lovable rogue Commissar Ciaphias Cain, would no doubt prove a popular move as well.
Now for the negative stuff, the multiplayer is woefully inadequate to the point where it brings down the enjoyability of the campaign. The match-making takes far too long to find a match. When you finally do get into a fight the lag is so bad that you'll find yourself shooting at a target that skips and jumps more than Nightcrawler. It's frustrating to say the least.
As much as it pains me to say, being a fan of the Warhammer 40K universe, the game is something of a let down. The campaign is far to short, and the story is predictable. While the action is enjoyable there is no real depth on offer. The multiplayer is deeply flawed and in desperate need of a patch.


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Will the voters buy Malloy's Obama pitch?
It is most fitting that Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy will speak this evening at 6 p.m. at the Democrat National Convention. He is, after all, an unabashed cheerleader for the president and the Democrat Party, leading a state that is under the party's absolute control. As governor, Malloy has been able to implement the full Democratic playbook.
Malloy has announced that his speech will be short, and commented that he will "beat back the B.S.," i.e. he plans to respond to the message and themes of the Republican National Convention.
As voters listen, they should ask themselves the classic question: are they better off now than they were when President Obama and Malloy were elected? Obama has had a full term, so he should be held fully accountable. Malloy has had only two years and might deserve some benefit of the doubt. However, given their virtually identical policies, can you reach different conclusions?
Even though Malloy is unlikely to deliver a policy address, let's review some of his policies and the president's - particularly their policies on jobs, the electorate's number one concern. Malloy can't avoid this issue, though he might wish to, since recent increases in the national and state unemployment rates have him and his president in hot seats. Malloy's is hotter, because Connecticut's rate now exceeds the national rate.
Spending has increased under both Obama and Malloy, in Malloy's case by about 5 percent in each of his first two years. The state's budget is now almost $21 billion, or about $6,000 per citizen, $24,000 for a family of four.
While both have advocated tax increases, only Malloy has obtained one - a big one. He has raised annual taxes by about $1.5 billion, which will take $6 billion out of the private sector over his full term.
Both have become private sector activists in their attempts to stimulate the economy - despite the fact that neither has any business experience. Obama pumped about a half-billion dollars into solar panel maker Solyndra before it went bankrupt, and Malloy has committed $300 million to a biotech venture, Jackson Labs. Ask yourself, should inexperienced politicians try to pick the industries of the future; if so, should they attempt to pick the winning companies in those industries; if you are still answering in the affirmative, do you think they should make such enormous bets on their choices?
Jackson Labs is also the poster child of Malloy's dramatic jobs-creation policy (Obama's is vague at best). Malloy is extending massive subsidies to business to create jobs. Give Malloy credit for trying, but not for effective implementation. Jackson Labs will directly create only 300 jobs (i.e. $1 million per job).
Jackson Labs is only one instance.
Malloy's signature "First Five/Next Five" subsidies-for-jobs program kicked off with CIGNA, the health insurer, to which Malloy handed $50-$80 million in grants and tax incentives to create 200-800 jobs. Subsequently, Malloy secured a grand total of about 4,000 job commitments from seven companies by dispensing about $90 million in long-term low-interest loans, $90 million in grants and $45 million in tax incentives - to companies including NBC Sports, ESPN and Bridgewater Associates, a huge hedge fund.
Not a lot of jobs for the money, but a lot of money for big corporations that don't need it.
Over the next two years, let's hope these jobs programs have a "multiplier effect" and create "spin-off jobs," improving employment and the overall economic picture in the state. The state certainly needs such improvement. Connecticut has about 165,000 citizens on its unemployment rolls and the state hasn't seen any private sector job growth since Ronald Reagan was president.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the state's real GDP ($201 billion in 2011) remains well below its pre-Recession level ($209 billion in 2007). Only six states have worse records.
Ten days ago, Barron's published another ranking, that of the long-term fiscal condition of the states. Connecticut placed dead last with the highest combination of state debt and unfunded pension liabilities as a percent of state GDP - 17.1 percent.
Perhaps Malloy should spend more time addressing Connecticut's dire condition and less "beating back the B.S." The convention may not be the appropriate venue, but he should find one soon.
Red Jahncke heads the Townsend Group, a business consulting firm in Greenwich and is an occasional contributor to The Day.
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Both in-country and cross-border transportation infrastructure represent a major challenge for Ethiopia. Improvements in the mass transit sector are needed to facilitate national and foreign trade. On top of substantial external funding, Ethiopia itself has spent over USD $50 billion on infrastructure since 1990. Infrastructure contributed 0.6 percentage points to Ethiopia's annual per capita GDP growth over the last decade. Addis Ababa is also home to Ethiopian Airlines, one of the most reputable and fast growing airlines in the world. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment level to that of the region's middle-income countries could lift annual growth by an additional 3 percentage points.
The Ethiopian government expects to complete several road and railway projects between 2011 and 2014, and is already planning up to 5,000 kilometers of rail installations in the coming decade. These investments include a light rail system in Addis Ababa and a cross-country passenger/cargo network connecting Ethiopia to the neighboring country ports of Djibouti, Port Sudan, and Mombasa. There is a directive for new public transportation systems to be driven by electricity, in particular, hydropower.
In April 2010, an Italian-Chinese manufacturer invested $600,000 to create an electric car manufacturing facility in Ethiopia. Recently, the Ministry of Transport announced regional public transportation agreements with the neighboring countries of Djibouti, Kenya and Sudan. Agreements with South Sudan and Somaliland are in progress. With Ethiopia's growing population, regional influence and expanding infrastructure investments, the transportation sector represents significant opportunities for local technology component suppliers including those involved in design, manufacturing, maintenance and service of, for example, public and mass transportation, alternate fuel and electric vehicles, urban planning and infrastructure, and bio-diesel/ethanol.


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NADA Used Car Guide: Wholesale Prices Remain Strong in June
MCLEAN, VA — July 15, 2014: Strong demand for used automobiles in June helped to keep NADA's seasonally-adjusted used vehicle price index essentially unchanged at 126.4, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) Used Car Guide's July edition of Guidelines, a monthly report on new and used vehicle sales trends and price movement.
Prices of used vehicles up to eight years in age fell by 2.4% compared to May, a figure in line with NADA's forecasted decline of 2-to-2.5%.
Lately, depreciation across segments has followed a familiar pattern, where declines for subcompact and mid-size cars overshadowed the overall market average, while losses for large pickups and SUVs were below the industry mean.
Subcompact and mid-size cars were the two biggest moving segments on the non-luxury side of the market; collectively the two fell by 3.1% in June. Over the past three months, prices for these two car segments have fallen by an average of 6.7%.
Overall, wholesale prices over the first half of the year were stronger than what was recorded for the period last year, and as a result, prices year-to-date are 2.8% higher than they were last year through June.
Prices for large pickups remain nearly 12% over last year's level, and the segment continues to lead others by a wide margin. Year-to-date growth for large SUVs, mid-size utilities and vans has also been significant, with prices up by 5 7%.
NADA's forecast for July and August has changed little from June's edition of Guidelines. Depreciation is expected to slow to a rate of approximately 1% in July with car depreciation again outpacing that of trucks, especially on luxury models. Losses for cars are expected to exceed 1%, while truck depreciation is forecasted to be under this figure. Large pickup and SUV prices are anticipated to be flat-to-up slightly.


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Two weeks ago I've had a problem updating my Chrome. The error message I got when viewing the "about" window was "Update server not available (error: 3)":
The problem is caused by improper registration of Google Updater as a COM component in the registry (don't ask me how or why it happens, but it already happened to me two times in the last two weeks).
After searching the net a bit, I've seen some people who complained about the same error, but it took me some time to find a real solution:
Go to your Google Updater directory (in Windows 7 it's %userprofile%\Local\Google\Update) and run 'GoogleUpdate.exe /regserver' (make sure you elevated your privileges to Administrator before that) and voila! No more errors! (You don't even need to restart your Chrome).
On a side note: I'm really busy these days, with the University and all, but I got at least one cool project I'm going to release soon (just need to polish some corners here and there). So beware :)


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In a large saucepan, over medium heat, sauté onions in oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds. In a small dish, combine turmeric, cumin, ground ginger, curry powder, garam masala and granulated sugar. Add spice mixture to onions and sauté until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Place lentils in a fine mesh strainer and rinse under cold water until water runs clear. Add lentils and water to saucepan. Stir and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and continue to cook until lentils are tender and resemble a thick, coarse puree, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and add tomato paste, brown sugar, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Prepare rice according to package directions, adding bay leaf to water and omitting salt. When ready to serve, top with yogurt and cilantro. Each serving consists of approximately 2/3 cup dal with 1/2 cup cooked rice and 1 tablespoon yogurt.
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If you play electric guitar, the TC Electronic Flashback X4 Guitar Delay Stompbox is compulsory gear. TC Electronic hit big with the Flashback, and has been collecting requests for future must-have features. Now they've released Flashback X4, which serves up the awesomeness of the original Flashback, but this time with 12 delay types, three presets, a 40-second looper, and tap tempo - plus four TonePrint slots that let you load in presets from your favorite artists - right from your smartphone or PC! From scrumptious analog tape echo to totally twisted reverse delays (and everything in between), you only need one delay pedal: TC Electronic's Flashback X4.
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Impact Twin is a state-of-the-art audio interface that features groundbreaking technology to ensure that the music you record sounds as good on the inside of your computer as it does on the outside. With the built-in preamp, converters, and recording tools, the TC Electronic Impact Twin offers a pristine path for your music to follow. The interface's two mic preamps use TC Electronic's Impact III Technology which itself features three stages of top-level processing. You get a high-quality and very flexible mic preamp, superior 24-bit/192kHz HD conversion, plus a set of recording channel tools that lets you shape and optimize your sound making it the perfect recording. With each of these stages carefully combined behind Impact Twin's rugged and cool looking exterior, you have a FireWire interface you can take anywhere that offers the ultimate in recording quality. The Impact III mic preamp makes the best of any microphone. Whether you record with the finest vintage tube mics, the most demanding low-budget condensers, or even a handheld dynamic, Impact Twin has been designed from the ground up to maximize the signal you record into your DAW. The preamps gives you maximum flexibility, and whether you're recording instrument, line, or mic; or with or without phantom power; the Impact Twin is one audio interface that works the way you need it to. However, it's not all about the preamps. If your signal path doesn't then lead on to quality converters then you may as well pack up and go home. The TC Electronic Impact Twin's 24-bit/192kHz HD convertors let you select your conversion rate - all the way from 44.1kHz to the high-definition 192kHz - for the ultimate in pristine audio capture and maintaining the essential transients of your sound. For years, TC Electronics has been an innovator in the world of signal enhancement, and Impact Twin includes essential recording channel tools that go even further to optimize your sound with onboard EQ, compressor and de-esser
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Many distinct kinds of veggies and fruits might be green colored but actually they aren't really good for making great tasting fruit and vegetable smoothies. The main reason for this is because they are unripe. For example, grapes, green apples, bananas, melons, pears, limes are a few green yet unripe food items that are green colored and highly healthy but they are really unfit to make fruit and vegetable smoothies.
It is because when these unripe elements are coupled with other food elements they are able to become toxic and therefore unfit for consumption. Therefore, it is required for people to obviously know very well what type of green colored fruit and vegetable are fit to make healthy ,great tasting smoothies.Make Smoothies
You will find three different groups that need considering – veggies, fruits and vegetables. 'Greens' is principally understood to be flat leaves of veggies or plants that are affixed to the stem which can be simply wrapped around with assistance of a finger with only hardly any exceptions like celery or cactus leaves.
These products are classified as completely different group of vegetables because they are highly healthy and more importantly, could be coupled with other food products without losing their dietary value. For such reasons, it is usually smart to take advantage of green food for planning green smoothies which are free of toxic and greatly great for health.
Besides getting high dietary content, the green food holds excellent fiber content. Our prime fiber content slows lower the amount of sugar that may be absorbed from fruits. For this reason such shakes are thought advantageous for individuals struggling with diabetes or other health disorder.
Vegetables like beets, carrots, daikon radish, cabbage, cauliflower, squash peas, okra, green beans, eggplant and much more hold high-content of starch and for that reason mustn't be utilized to make green smoothies. Besides this, it's possible to add tomato plants, peppers, celery, avocados, cucumbers, berries, apples, cherries, apples, grapefruit along with other products to create tasty yet healthy green smoothies.
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Forever stocks
Forever stocks. My take on forever stocks.
I'll start with with a Warren Buffet quote, " Our favourite holding period is forever"
Forever stocks are stocks you can buy and hold forever, that is how strong they are, you do not need to worry about their performance, they will come out in the end forever, they will go down but in the long term (forever perhaps), they will outshine most things in the stock market and even beyond.
Let me introduce my criteria for picking forever stocks. It's not as hard as you think. There are a lot of other factors and criteria out there in the selection process but here are 2 very easy initial screeners that anyone can use.
1. Increasing dividend payouts
2. Moats
The first indicator which I have touched on in past blogs is easier than you think. My go to place to see dividend payouts and to see if they have increased over the years is Yahoo. That is correct, a simple yahoo search is 1 minute away. The path is simple, go to yahoo.com, then to yahoo finance, then type in your ticker. click look up, click historical prices and then finally dividends. It will show a perfect shap shot of the dividend payouts. Now increasing dividend payments is not enough to show what a forever stock should be.
Moat is exactly what you may think. A moat around a castle, making it hard for an enemy to breach the castle wall. In investing language, it means either an economic, brand, or management moat. A company needs to protect itself from competition. A moat makes it harder for another company to steal your earnings that you have worked so hard for. An economic moat means that it would be hard for a company to encroach on your earnings simply because it would be economically hard for them to match or exceed what you have done so far. A brand moat would be simply the name of the company, that is so recognized that it can succeed simply on brand recognition. Management moat would indicate that management has been able to succeed no matter what conditions the environment can throw at them.
One example that I can show you how it works is Coca Cola. Yes that old soft drink that is at war with Pepsi. Coke Cola has the ability to thrive for 100 years or in our case, forever. It's a simple business that is big, and I mean big, globally in fact. This is the economic moat, this business will not excite most people but it's stock price will rise with profits. If someone was to challenge them, Coke Cola will simply buy them out with their deep pockets. Economic moat. The distribution network for Coke Cola is so vast that it encompasses almost the entire world. Most North Americans will probably never of heard of the 3,500 different drinks under the Coke label but tishe main brand, the iconic red can, Coke Cola is a brand moat all it self. Management has kept the profits and the business running with dividend increases for 50 years now. Check it out on yahoo, it's true.
So with the these moats and dividend increases, it's no wonder you can consider Coke Cola a forever stock.
Disclosure: I own Coke Cola shares.
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Here's a sampling of readings and author events taking place in L.A. tonight. Pictured, left to right: Rafe Esquith, Clinton Kelly and Benjamin Kunkel.
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The Internet, February 16th, 2011 - The community around LibreOffice, the free office productivity suite, today announced its fifty-thousand Euro challenge for setting-up The Document Foundation as a legal entity. The race for funds is open until March 21st 2011, which marks the beginning of Spring in the northern hemisphere. All users - especially enterprises - are invited to donate to the capital stock of the future foundation.
"After thorough investigation, the Steering Committee came to the conclusion that a foundation based in Germany would provide the best stability, not only for our users, but also for adopters, developers and enterprises. For achieving this stability, a capital stock of at least 50,000 Euros is considered best practice in Germany," says Florian Effenberger, Steering Committee member of The Document Foundation. "Now that we have our first release of LibreOffice, which has been downloaded and installed all around the world, the time has come to legally establish the future home for our community".
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To achieve their ambitious goal of a Foundation in Germany in just five weeks, the community has set-up a dedicated website with detailed information at http://challenge.documentfoundation.org The site will also give adopters, community members and corporate sponsors a voice, and will have special features rolled out at the accomplishment of each donation milestone.
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Report: Va. Tech shooter troubled parents as a child
S. Korean shooter troubled parents with speech difficulties as a child: report
SEOUL, South Korea — The shooter in the Virginia Tech massacre had troubled his parents as a child because of speech difficulties, a newspaper reported today.
Cho Seung-hui left South Korea with his family in 1992 to seek a better life in the United States, Cho's grandfather told the Dong-a Ilbo daily. Cho killed himself and 32 others at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.
Relatives said they had minimal contact with the family after they left South Korea.
"How could he have done such a thing if he had any sympathy for his parents, who went all the way to another country because they couldn't make ends meet and endured hardships," Cho's maternal grandfather, identified only by his last name Kim, was quoted as saying.
The 81-year-old Kim said Cho "troubled his parents a lot when he was young because he couldn't speak well, but was well-behaved," the report said.
Kim said he had little communication with Cho's family after they left for the U.S.
Cho's uncle — his mother's younger brother — also told the newspaper that he was unaware of how Cho's family was doing.
"I don't even know my sister's phone number," the uncle said, adding he last talked to Cho's mother in October, the report said.
"Before she emigrated in 1992, she told me she was leaving for her childrens' education. Since she emigrated, I haven't seen her for nearly 15 years," the uncle — also identified by just his last name Kim — was quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, South Koreans mourned the deaths of those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings at a special church service today, some fighting back tears from the guilt that a fellow South Korean was responsible for the massacre.
About 130 people gathered at Myeongdong Cathedral in central Seoul, casting their heads low as they sang sad hymns and prayed for the souls of those killed. A small table adorned with white flowers, candles and a U.S. flag was set up in the center of the chapel in memory of the victims.
"As a mother myself, my heart really aches as if it happened to my own children," said Bang Myung-lan, a 48-year-old housewife, holding back tears. "As a Korean, I am deeply sorry for the deceased."
"Among the 32 killed were bright students who could have contributed greatly to society, and it's a big loss for all of us," Cardinal Nicolas Cheong Jin-suk told parishioners. "As a South Korean, I can't help feeling apologetic about how a Korean man caused such a shocking incident."
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This post from last summer–another time, another blog–makes me laugh a bit at Past Antonia and her writing. Nevertheless, I needed to read her today, from months before I read Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts and before I wove in words like "icon" and "sacramentals." Today, my prayer is to be surprised again by His signs of steadfast love, like color, friendship, and food, and that you may as well.
For me to say that color is a big part of my spirituality might put you off a little, though it may not surprise you. If you are on one side of things, you might say that this is "hyperspirituality," and pretty soon, everything and anything will be "holy," right down to picking your nose. On another side, you may say that it is idolatry, or pantheism, or something like that.
And, well, as with most things important to one's spiritual life, I struggle to keep things where they should be.
But disclaimers aside, this is what color is to me–
a sign of Grace. a sign of Love.
I'm finding that the more I discover, the more I unfold, the fewer words I have to describe things like 'Grace,' miracles like 'Love.'They are big words. They are brimming words, words that throb when you pick them up and hold them in your hand.
But anyway, colors are just so lavishly given, aren't they?
It reminds me of a friends favorite saying about food: "God could have just designed us to be hooked up to a gas pump or something and get nutrients in our armpits. But He didn't."
But He didn't. And that makes me think of things like Grace and Love.
I don't know what the equivalent would be to color. I'm sure scientists could tell me that our brains need it to keep us safe, as sensory communication, something.
Me no talk science good. Me watch Planet Earth and Disney Cats.
Maybe. I don't think that threatens the beauty of it, though.
It is yet a gift.
More than once, it has been the deep purple of a favorite shirt, the rich green of trees, the grey-blue of my own eyes that has pulled me out of despair, as whispers of hope, tokens of love, causes of praise, reminders of the One who gave them.
I know this isn't the same for everyone–my friend Erica takes butterflies to be those signposts to the Giver of all good things, and even I have other examples–squirrels and quail are reminders of joy, and don't even get me started on the spiritual experience a good meal (especially with good people!) can be.
Or, this may not make sense to you at all. I get that.
But I hope maybe you start to notice things like color, or food, or music, or friends as gifts, as glory, and are pointed to their Giver, the Glorious One.


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The New Yorker has a profile of Hugh Hewitt by Nicholas Lemann, a liberal writer I admire. The profile apparently is not available online, but Hugh has reproduced the first and last paragraphs. They support his overall assesment — "a very fair but hard hitting piece."
Hugh's friend Carol Platt Liebau agrees.
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Indianapolis ideal situation for Super Bowl XLVI
Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NFL Combine that wraps up today, will host the Super Bowl next February. Indications are it should be an ideal situation that Mother Nature won't be able to wreck.
The stadium is located downtown in a thriving area full of restaurants and drinking establishments.
Also, the downtown is connected by a system of tunnels and indoor walkways that will take the weather out of the equation if it's cold and nasty like it was in Dallas several weeks ago.
Indianapolis gets snow and ice and knows how to handle it, unlike Dallas. On Thursday night an ice storm there was followed by about 5 inches of snow. It took a solid 10 minutes to scrape my car windows and I was not looking forward to the drive. I had about a 15-mile drive in from the northern suburbs. I was directed to take a snow emergency route that took me within a block of the stadium. It was like taking Woodward to Detroit only it was more residential, it was scraped and salted by 6:45 a.m. and there wasn't a hooker in sight. It was an easy drive on a horrible snowy day.
If you ask me it all sets up for a good situation for a Super Bowl.
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Devised by: The Paper Birds and Grace Savage
Director: Jemma Mc Donnell
Producer: Bonnie Mitchell
Reviewer: Charlotte Broadbent
Taken from sounds heard throughout her whole life; from her Mother's wise words of wisdom to lyrics of the songs she loves, Grace Savage's autobiographical journey exposes how our aural discoveries have made all of us who we are, whether we knew it or not. A mixture of beat boxing, slapstick, mime and discussion delivered with unfaltering energy, ensures that this one woman show never slips in pace and always keeps you guessing.
The show opens in classical carnival style with a brief fantasy played out where baby Grace is handed over to circus folk, all played out in silhouette with Savage playing a caricature of her own mother. The back drop forms a caravan shape and the bare light bulbs bespeak an atmosphere of old world entertainment. Then, an unassuming and almost shy, Miss Savage steps out to introduce herself. Her personable approach and gentle humour draws the audience into this informal performance style.
Savage warmly and boldly draws us into her world talking about her childhood; trying to fit in throughout school, her early musical influences and how she found beat boxing. As one would hope from the two time UK champion there is plenty of beat boxing throughout the show. Sometimes as huge and intricate songs that she creates live on stage, and sometimes just the odd sound thrown into the dialogue. Especially effective is when Savage recounts some of the news stories she recalls hearing from different points in her life. She plays the newscasters and the white noise in between stories.
There are even moments of audience interaction where Savage teaches the crowd some fundamental beat box sounds which she then records and loops to create a piece of music using the audiences voices, and screams. Later in the show she plays soothing music, inviting the audience to listen closely to the melody. Adding sound effects of a train on the tracks and voices chattering, she poignantly demonstrates how we can't always avoid sounds from trickling in. How some of the sounds in our world are unavoidable.
There are some beautifully touching moments, one in particular is when Savage interviews her Mother (whom she previously portrayed in the production). By using her Mothers real voice on the recording it allows Savage to be vulnerable and honest. The strongest moment in the show is when Savage combines popular misogynistic hip hop lyrics against a projected backdrop of her YouTube comments. Starting with kind comments and playful songs we've all hummed along to, it progresses to the powerfully ugly things people are willing to post online set against shocking lyrics we know but don't always consciously hear, making it terrifying to realise just what we are absorbing. Savage makes this point even more unavoidable and inexcusable when she pulls down the rap lyrics and reduces it to spoken text. No more bravado, just simple language.
This bold, hilarious and infectious piece of theatre will stay with you long after you have left the building. Blind is completely unique and absolutely unmissable.
Runs until: 28th October then touring


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Okay, we all probably remember getting scared playing the first episode of this horror game, but like so many before it, Hollywood has once again turned to videogames for inspiration, so does Silent Hill work as a movie? We get ready to hide behind the sofa.
Forget hills, climbing Everest would probably be easier than working out what the story is in this abysmal horror-thriller from "Brotherhood of the Wolf" director Christopher Gans.
Keeping in line with the videogame, ass-kicking cop Cybil (Holden) sums things up pretty well early on when she asks "what the f**k's going on here?" a question which none of my fellow cinemagoers could answer some 2 hours later. What we can tell you, however, is that Mitchell spends most of the film running around a West Virginian ghost town looking for her 9-year-old daughter (Ferland) while being chased by man-eating cockroaches and midget demons.
Following in the long line of appalling computer game to feature film adaptations such as "Street Fighter", "Tomb Raider" and "Resident Evil" this is a thoroughly unpleasant, incomprehensible and depressing effort that is about as entertaining as a 2-hour nightmare. When Mitchell first arrives in Silent Hill she says: "Something terrible happened here". Amen to that.
Things don't get much better in this anorexic special features package that, other than a meagre photo gallery and the theatrical trailer, has only a 50-minute "Making Of" documentary to offer.
Split into six sections, "Path of Darkness: Making Silent Hill" features interviews with Mitchell, Bean, Unger, and the man responsible for the whole mess - director Christopher Gans.
While most of these feature the usual: "I feel so privileged to have worked on such a wonderful film!" and "When I first started the script I was too scared to read all the way to the end!" garbage, there are some revealing breakdowns of the major CGI action sequences, and creature designer Patrick Tatopoulos explains how some of the most disgusting beasts on display were simply extras dressed up in giant condoms.
There's also some fairly uninteresting banter about casting, the origins of the script, and how writer Roger Avary attempted to "stay true to the spirit" of the computer game. There is no commentary from Gans, presumably because he was as unhappy with the finished product as the rest of us.
When a distributor (in this case Pathe) refuses to let the press see a film before its release it's usually because they are trying to hide something. Either they want to keep spectacular plot twists (think "Sixth Sense") quiet or they are worried the critics will slate the film so badly that no-one will risk going to see it. And, sadly, "Silent Hill" falls into the latter category.
Ironically, the story starts with one of the characters jumping off a cliff - the exact same thing we would do if forced to watch this seemingly-eternal garbage again.
Rating: 15
Staring: Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Deborah Kara Unger, Kim Coates, Jodelle Ferland
Directed by: Christopher Gans
Extras: 'Making Of' documentary, Photo gallery, Theatrical trailer
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By Peter Brimelow
Monday, March 31, 2008
NEW YORK — The gold bugs are coming out of their holes again.
When I last wrote on gold, the metal was challenging $1,000, a level which was passed that day.
After that, gold's stumbled, down $70 at one point, although up $10.60 over this past week.
But two crucial factors have swung encouragingly, rallying the gold bugs.
The first: the price of gold in India, by far the world's largest importer of the metal. India is a massive buyer of bullion for jewelry and cares little for the rest of the world's concerns. If the Indians want to buy, they will.
India has a fairly high import duty on gold. If you subtract the duty from the world price, you find whether the domestic price makes importing profitable. It has been moved decisively into profitable territory for legal imports this week. This has not been the case for some time.
For reasons that mystify me, the only regular source of this Indian data is Bill Murphy's Website, Le Metropole Cafe. Yet this is the key calculation for verifying Indian demand.
Over the weekend, Le Metropole posted this: "Indian ex-duty premiums — Friday: a.m.$1.85, p.m. $2.55, with world gold at $943.75 and $944.55. Ample for legal imports."
Anyone familiar with the physical trade must find it hard to envisage much further price decline.
The second encouraging gold bugs: The lease rate for gold. This is the cost of borrowing gold.
Thirty years ago, this was a detail, but with the huge expansion of lending to gold mining companies in the 1980s it became a big deal. In particular it was an important part of the argument of outfits like Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA), which argued that secretive activity in the gold market by central banks was crucial to understanding what was happening with gold.
In the past few days a strange thing has happened. Australia's The Privateer says, "the shorter term (one and two-month) rates have actually gone into negative territory this week."
In other words, gold is being supplied to the market by the central banks. The Privateer goes on: "We do not recall a previous instance of this, and there certainly has not been one since the cold bull market began in 2001-02. …
"We have not — until now — seen a situation in which the central banks are actually paying the bullion banks, hedge funds, gold miners, et al. to borrow the stuff. And please don't forget that, in this context, leasing gold is actually 'shorting' gold. Gold is not 'leased' to be hoarded; it is 'leased' to be sold for something that pays a far higher rate of interest. … The practice of 'leasing gold — and silver' by the central banks has been one of their best means of suppressing the prices of these precious metals for a long time."
Interestingly The Privateer's wonderful $US 5×3 Point and figure chart withstood this week's slump. See chart:
Goldbug conclusion: Central banks, led surreptitiously by the Fed, are supplying physical gold to the market. And wise heads like the Indians are buying it.
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Selasa, 11 Januari 2011
Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback
The Sukhoi Su-34 (NATO reporting name Fullback) is an advanced Russian 2-seat fighter-bomber and strike aircraft. It is intended to eventually replace the Sukhoi Su-24.
A dedicated fighter bomber version of the Su-27 'Flanker' was developed from the early 1980s, with the Sukhoi bureau designation T-10V, making its first flight on 13 April 1990.
Its official designation originally was Su-27IB (IB: Istrebitel Bombardirovschik / Fighter Bomber). It was developed in parallel with the two-seat naval trainer, the Su-27KUB (KUB: Korabelnyi Uchebno-Boyevoy, shipboard combat trainer), although, contrary to earlier reports, the two aircraft are not directly related.
Severe budget restrictions following the collapse of the Soviet Union led the program to stall repeatedly, and led to the prototype aircraft being displayed publicly under a confusing variety of roles and designations.
When first described in the official Russian press in 1994 it was described as the Su-34. The third pre-production aircraft was shown at a Paris air show in 1995 as the Su-34FN (FN for "Fighter, Navy"), described as a shore-based naval aircraft, and it was displayed as the Su-34MF (MF for MnogoFunksionalniy, multi-function) at the MAKS air show in 1999.
The Russian Air Force has apparently recently adopted the designation Su-34. The aircraft's oddly-shaped nose, said to be semi-stealthy, is reminiscent of that of the SR-71 Blackbird, and has earned it the nickname "Platypus," although its NATO reporting name is Fullback.
The aircraft shares most of its wing structure, tail, and engine nacelles with the Su-27/Su-30 'Flanker', with canards like the Su-30/Su-33 'Flanker-D'/Su-35 'Flanker-F' to increase static instability (higher manoeuvrability) and to reduce trim drag.
The aircraft has an entirely new nose and forward fuselage with a cockpit providing side-by-side seating for a crew of two. The Su-34 retains the Su-27's engines, but with fixed intakes, limiting its maximum speed to about Mach 1.8. Production models are likely to have thrust vectoring, like recent Su-30MKs.
Cockpit and Avionics
Unlike the earlier Su-27, the Su-34 has a modern glass cockpit, with colour CRT multi-function displays. Its avionics currently are based around a Leninets V004 passive electronically scanned array radar, and a UOMZ laser/television system for designating and guiding precision-guided munitions.
The front-mounted radar is supplemented by a rear-aspect V005 radar housed in the long tail "stinger." The Su-34 is equipped with comprehensive ECM equipment, including an infrared missile launch detection system.
The avionics suite has an extended architecture of computers, memory boards, color multi-function displays, and processors designed as self-contained information processing modules. They consist of large "Argon" digital computer units with specially programmed processors that use multiplex data-exchange channels.
All information modules are controlled by a dual central computing system that fully coordinates workload and provides all relevant information to the flight deck. Two-way data link enables the mission planning and weapon aim-point computations to be loaded or updated while in flight or aircraft to aircraft. As a strike aircraft, the Su-34 incorporates an advanced multi-function phased array radar capable of terrain following and avoidance for high speed, low level operations.
The Su-34's most distinctive feature is the unusually large flight deck, which not only provides side-by-side seating, but includes space for a galley, a latrine, and a bunkbed. It was joked that "It's got a bigger cockpit than the Tu-160 'Blackjack'"[citation needed].
Much of the design work went into crew comfort, which resulted in novel features such as pressurization provided by the air conditioning system, rather than with oxygen masks and a massage function in the K-36 ejector seats.
The two members of the crew sit down side by side in a large cabin, with the pilot-commander to the left and navigator/operator of weapons to the right in a jettisonable Zvezda K-36dm seat. The advantage of the side by side cockpit is that duplicate instruments are not required for each pilot, which improves efficiency and comfort.
As long missions require comfort, it has pressurization that it allows to operate up to 10,000 meters without oxygen masks, which are available for emergencies and combat situations. The members of the crew can leave the seats and be in vertical position and relax. The space between the seats allows that they can lie down in the corridor, if necessary.
A long-range surveillance radar, passive detection systems, system of communication for tactical and strategical voice and data in a single platform with long-range capacity with flight refuelling, transform the Su-34 into a way of monitoring and recognition in real time and platform of command and control, forming a complete battle management system.
The Su-34 has 12 stores pylons for up to 8,000 kilograms (17,635 pounds) of ordnance, intended to include the latest Russian precision-guided weapons. It retains the Su-27/Su-30's GSh-30-1 30 mm cannon.
The Su-34 offers enhanced crew comfort for more effective combat missions. The pilots can use a new-generation digital computer (weapons-control system) and other duplicated radio-electronic equipment.
These devices ensure impressive bombing accuracy with an error margin of just several meters, regardless of the weather. The plane's eight-metric-ton ordnance load, which includes subsonic and supersonic homing missiles and glider bombs, can destroy hardened and well-camouflaged targets at a range of up to 250 km.
The Su-34, due to enter service with bomber squadrons soon, has an active-safety system with artificial-intelligence elements. This system enables the plane to execute just about any stunt and combat maneuver and to fly at treetop and ground level at a maximum speed of 1,400 km/h. The Su-34 can also fly in TERCOM (Terrain Contour Matching) mode, bypassing unexpected obstacles and streaking through ground air-defense zones. The plane's crew can therefore conduct effective bombing runs, take evasive action, destroy enemy weapons and steer clear of missiles and anti-aircraft shells.
An operational mission for the Su-34 begins with a mission planning period that loads into the aircraft's two main computers the coordinates and elevations of every navigation and mission-dependent point from takeoff to landing.
At each coordinate-point or time-hack, automatic switching of modes can be accomplished so that the pilots can be hands-off or involved with other parts of the mission. Data link with command aircraft, ground stations, and command ships will be maintained and where line-of-sight limits are reached these communications resort to satellites for expanded coverage.
Mission updates can be passed by higher authority anytime during the flight. All types or tactical and strategic ordnance can be utilized with emphasis being placed on long range standoff weapons such as the AS-13/18 Kingbolt cruise missiles, AS-14 Kedge anti-radiation weapon, AS-17 Krypton, Kh-35 Harpoon like anti-ship weapon, and the Kh-41 Moskit long range anti-ship missile.
Su-34 is executed under the scheme "three-plane" with all-moving forward horizontal. The airplane has an enlarged capacity of internal fuel tanks ensuring, without application PTB, practical unrefuelled distance of flight of 4000 kilometres. With three refuelling Su-34 is capable to overcome a distance 14000 kilometres.
The onboard electronics engineering ensures the flight crew with a full information about parameters of flight and enclosing space, condition of onboard systems and power plant, purposes in an air on ground, on surface of water and under water, about means of radar-tracking detection and REF of the opponent, about AD and degree of threat, created by them concerns to one from the important features of a new airplane. In addition, the Su-34 features a rearward facing radar capable of detecting, tracking, and directing R-73 or R-77 AAMs at pursuing enemy aircraft.
The development of the Su-34 has been hampered by the poor state of Russian finances, and to date only a handful of pre-production models have been built. In mid-2004 Sukhoi announced that low-rate production was commencing and that initial aircraft would reach squadron service around 2008.
Nevertheless, upgrade programs continue for surviving Russian Su-24 'Fencers', as the Su-34 may still not enter wide service for some years to come.
In March 2006 Russia's minister of defense Sergei Ivanov announced that the government had purchased only two Su-34s for delivery in 2006, and planned to have a complete air regiment of 24 Su-34s operational by the end of 2010 (total 58 aircraft will be purchased by 2015 to replace some of 300+ Su-24 [1], which are going through modernization upgrades currently to prolong their service life). Ivanov claimed that because the aircraft is "many times more effective on all critical parameters" the Russian Air Force will need far fewer of these newer bombers than the old Su-24 it replaces.
In December 2006, Sergei Ivanov revealed that approximately 200 Su-34s are expected be in service by 2020. This was confirmed by Air Force chief Vladimir Mikhailov on March 06, 2007.
Two were delivered on January 4, 2007, and six more will be delivered by the end of that year.
Spesifikasi Su-34 :
Karakteristik (General)
• Crew: Two
• Length: 22.00 m (72 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 14.7 m (48 ft 3 in)
• Height: 5.93 m (19 ft 5 in)
• Loaded weight: 39,000 kg (85,980 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 45,100 kg (99,425 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-35F turbofans, 137.2 kN (30,845 lbf) with afterburner[citation needed] each
• Maximum speed: Mach 1.8 at service ceiling (1180 mph) ; Mach 1.14 at sea level
• Range: 4,500 km (2,800 mi) ferry range
• Combat radius: 1130 km (700 mi)
• Service ceiling: 14,000 m (45,890 ft)
• Wing loading: 629 kg/m² (129 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.68
• 1× 30 mm GSh-30-1 (9A-4071K) cannon, 150 rounds
• 2× wingtip rails for R-73 (AA-11 'Archer') air-to-air missiles
• 10× wing and fuselage stations for up to 8,000 kg (17,630 lb) of ordnance, including Kh-29L/T, Kh-25MT/ML, Kh-25MP, Kh-36, Kh-38, Kh-41, Kh-59M, Kh-58, Kh-31P, Kh-35 Ural, Kh-41, Kh-65S, Kh-SD, 2 Moskit, 3 Jachont air-to-ground missiles, KAB-500L/KR or KAB-1500L guided bombs, unguided bombs, B-8 rocket pods with 20 80 mm S-8 rockets, B-13 rocket pods with 5 122 mm S-13 rockets, O-25 rocket pords with 1 340 mm S-25 rocket, fuel tanks, EW- and reconnaissance pods.
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