Evan Burton
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Mark...you speak as if Obama has power to do those things. A dog will not
bite the hand that is feeding him. A sock puppet moves only when the hand
up its bottom moves it.
Jack
I know. I'm wishing out loud a bit here.
Although JFK set a precedent as a leader who tried to take control and set the agenda himself.
Mark / Jack,
That is what I am talking about; the man hasn't even taken office and he's already been tried, sentenced and condemned.
After 6 months I think it could be fair to criticize him if he hasn't met your expectations, but even before inauguration?
Evan, I'm still hopeful that Obama might bring some meaningful change in direction for the US, although I'm not overly confident that this will occur.
I certainly haven't tried, sentenced and condemned Obama.
Okay Mark - sorry to have misinterpreted you. I have high hopes for him.
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What has been the reason for the blockade of Gaza? I can see Israel wanting to keep any arms from going into Gaza, but why would they block things like food and medical supplies? I find it hard to believe they've been doing that.
Ron,
I think they have being doing that, probably because they fear it contains arms in some respect. Not good enough, IMO. They MUST let those supplies through. If the Red Cross are complaining, then I am listening.
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Mark...you speak as if Obama has power to do those things. A dog will not
bite the hand that is feeding him. A sock puppet moves only when the hand
up its bottom moves it.
Jack
I know. I'm wishing out loud a bit here.
Although JFK set a precedent as a leader who tried to take control and set the agenda himself.
Mark / Jack,
That is what I am talking about; the man hasn't even taken office and he's already been tried, sentenced and condemned.
After 6 months I think it could be fair to criticize him if he hasn't met your expectations, but even before inauguration?
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Just having watch the magnificent documentary IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, I think the words said by Gene Cernan (Commander of Apollo 17), when asked about people who claim that Apollo was hoaxed, deserve repeating:
"Truth needs no defence. Nobody..... nobody can ever take the footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me."
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Mark,
Do you think it is possible for him to make significant reforms with those appointments?
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Based on the makeup of Obama's administration, it will be the Clinton administration again, but without the bimbos and balanced budget. How much corruption remains to be seen, since Ron Brown is unable to come back with the others. A good sign is that Sandy Berger isn't getting the CIA post, as his theft of documents from the National Archives was far too sloppy to meet professional standards.
To be honest, Ron, I don't really know what people thought of the Clinton administration. So do you think it was (and thus Obama will be) good, bad, or indifferent?
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Evan, I don't believe that Obama is a fully paid up member of the Illuminatti, but, based soley on the History of Democratic Presidents the answer is, he'll keep the White House in good repair until the next GOP President. But, only time will tell.
So do you think he'll be a - pardon the pun - vanilla president? Being notable only for not doing anything notable?
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I'm getting pretty sick & tired of people condemning Obama - even before he has taken office! Give the bloke a chance before attacking the guy.
The taunts seem to come from those camps who also predicted that Obama would never take office because Bush would arrange some type of event which required him to assume "emergency powers".
Anyway, if you think Obama is some type of NWO poster child, please give us some predictions about what he / his administration is going to do (e.g. reinstate the draft, suspend the Constitution, etc).
Thanks... or PFFFFT! (Depending upon your opinion)
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Australia will not intervene in the case of a Sydney woman held in a Kuwait jail after her family clashed with immigration officials.
The woman, Nasrah Alshamery, 43, has spent the past three weeks in jail and is being investigated for allegedly insulting Kuwait's ruling emir, even though her daughter said she did not even know his name.
But the Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, said today that Australians travelling overseas should remember they are bound by the laws of the country they are visiting.
He said Australian consular officials were assisting the three Australian citizens involved in the fracas at Kuwait airport last month.
Mr Smith said legal advice was being provided to the family members but that he would not personally intervene.
"At this stage it is being dealt with at an official level," he said.
"Australians need to comply with the laws of the country they are visiting ... [but] there's always a limit to the assistance we can provide."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/emir-w...1608677664.html
I wonder to what extent 'help' is being provided?
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Any recommended links on him? Never heard of him, myself.
What are opinions on his pros and cons?
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Not termites, but perhaps nanites: tiny machines which would not only weaken the structure but use those same metals removed to construct more of their kind! This fits!
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7. Why did NIST not conduct large-scale/small-scale tests to evaluate the response of the WTC Towers structures to the aircraft impact and the fires in the buildings?
For studying the impact on a 110 story building by an actual Boeing 767 aircraft, a full-scale test was not feasible. For a test to capture the response of the towers as a system, it would have been necessary to construct a test assembly that included the core columns, exterior columns, floors and hat truss. Even to replicate experimentally the response of the floors near and above the impact zones would have required test assemblies of about 20 stories for WTC 1 and 30 stories for WTC 2. No facility exists to conduct such a test, either with fire or in the absence of fire; and, indeed, such tests are not conducted in current engineering practice.
Therefore, NIST relied on high-fidelity finite element modeling of the aircraft impact event and subsequent fires. The analyses were calibrated against the observed structural response of the towers upon impact (videos, photographs, and physical evidence) and the evolution of the ensuing fires.
NIST did not conduct reduced scale system-level tests because there are no generally accepted scaling laws that apply to fire propagation, temperature evolution, and structural response.
Furthermore, fire test facilities with the capability to apply arbitrary fire exposures (in contrast to the standard time-temperature exposure) and arbitrary loads to structural components did not exist in the U.S. at the time of the investigation. Even had such a facility been existent, each large-scale structural fire test would have evaluated only a single set of conditions, e.g., structural system, fire exposure, amount of fireproofing, etc. Even a modest parametric series of such tests would have been prohibitively expensive.
NIST did conduct full-scale fire tests of single and multiple workstations. These tests were of sufficient size to properly capture the combustion physics. These tests established burning histories, mass burning rates, and heat release rates. The results were used to validate the fire dynamics calculations for fire growth and spread. See NIST NCSTAR 1-5E. NIST also conducted full-scale fire tests exposing insulated and bare structural elements to real fires to validate the fire and thermal modeling approaches. See NIST NCSTAR 1-5B.
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Your biting sarcasm has left me undone. I am no more!
Did you fall into your own footprint? Just for the record...
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Your biting sarcasm has left me undone. I am no more!
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I'll give that person kudos for at least attempting to reproduce the conditions they claim are possible. Most will make a claim, and fail to back it with any solid evidence whatsoever.
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John - I reluctantly have to agree. I think this must be a UN-backed, all-African force. Part of this, however, must be a clear plan for a post-Mugabe government... one that is democratic and free of any taint of being a "puppet".
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Threaten Mugabe with force, Tutu says
Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu says the international community must use the threat of force to oust Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe from office.
Tutu told BBC radio on Wednesday he hopes African Union (AU) members can be persuaded to issue Mugabe an ultimatum, threatening to intervene if he continues clings to power in the ailing nation.
Asked if Mugabe should be removed by force, Tutu said there should "certainly be the threat of it".
He said Mugabe should also be warned he could face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for his violent suppression of opponents.
Tutu said he's ashamed his native South Africa has so far blocked attempts to oust Mugabe.
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki mediated a power-sharing deal between Mugabe and Zimbabwe's opposition in September, but the agreement has stalled over how to divide Cabinet posts.
A cholera epidemic has killed more than 1100 people since August and Zimbabwe remains mired in an economic and humanitarian crisis.
"I have to say that I am deeply, deeply distressed that we should be found not on the side of the ones who are suffering," Tutu told the BBC.
"We have betrayed our legacy, how much more suffering is going to make us say, 'No, we have given Mr Mugabe enough time'," he said.
Tutu said he is ashamed of South Africa's handling of the Zimbabwe issue at the UN Security Council, where China and Russia in July vetoed a US-sponsored resolution that proposed worldwide sanctions against Mugabe and 13 officials.
The United States and Britain have said they can no longer support a power-sharing arrangement that keeps Mugabe as Zimbabwe's president.
Mugabe has said London and Washington are stupid to think he shouldn't be part of a unity government.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Wednesday Mugabe must leave office and urged South Africa to instigate his removal.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/threaten-...9998602870.html
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- how high up would the plane likely to be 2 ½ - 3 miles from the runway on final approach? The plane was a Piper Saratoga.
I don't have anything to hand that would tell me what specific approach a Saratoga would fly (it depends on a couple of factors) but on average you'd be flying a three degree slope, and I'd expect to be at about 1000 - 1200 feet AGL.
- how much lower than ground temp would you expect it to be at that altitude?"Standard" lapse rate is 2 degrees Celsius per 1000 feet, but that is an average for planning purposes.
- Is there anyway of verifying what the temp at a specific time at a specific altitude?Not really, unless there was a Pilot Report or data from a radiosonde balloon.
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Why would a plane that has run out of gas be "fully engulfed in flames"? Or did it have a fire on board and run out of gas simultaneously? Some days it doesn't pay to get up (in the air).
Counterintuitively, the most dangerous part is actually the fuel vapour (for ignition). That's enough to then set fire to other flammable items in the aircraft. The military don't like leaving aircraft on the line with nearly empty tanks, as it actually increases the risk of something going awry. Ask anyone who has ever ttaken a fuel tank out of a car to do some welding on it. I learnt that as a kid, during my first job. I washed the tank out with soapy water a number of times and let it air overnight. My boss then showed me that even with all that, it could be dangerous. He put the blowtorch to the neck of the tank... and flames shot out like a jet for about 3 seconds.
Also, you can be out of gas but still have fuel in the tank. Aircraft manuals will always refer to the 'usable fuel' in a tank.
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I'd be interested in finding out what the other aircraft problems were, but despite all training people still regularly run out of gas. Not only experienced recreational pilots, but even airliners... just google the Gimli Glider.
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It's shameful that he has to go through such protective measures, but it is likewise important that he does.... and they must be hyper-vigilant.
It is said that someone once said to Maggie Thatcher: "We only have to get lucky once; you have to be lucky all the time."
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Welcome John! Don't forget there are other areas of the Forum worth exploring. Cheers!
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I have to agree - there are web sites galore, books, public rallies, meetings, movies and documentaries, radio shows, podcasts, etc. How much more free speech do you want?
Greatest Live Performance
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Not the greatest, but a great live performance was seeing Tommy Emmanuel playing at the University of Sydney's Footbridge Theatre. Fantastic; made one person sound like an orchestra.