It should be noted that MIPS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-directional_Impact_Protection_System) was only introduced to bike helmets pretty recently. The vast majority of helmets out there - and the majority of helmets on sale today - don't have MIPS. It tends to only be in high-end helmets, or is an additional cost over the non-MIPS version of the same helmet.
Disclaimer: I spent a couple of years in the Philippines as a child, but haven't been back in decades. So Jeepneys may not be as widespread/chaotic as I remember.
In a business book by James C. Collins called Good to Great, Collins writes about a conversation he had with Stockdale regarding his coping strategy during his period in the Vietnamese POW camp.[11]
I never lost faith in the end of the story, I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into the defining event of my life, which, in retrospect, I would not trade."[12]
When Collins asked who didn't make it out of Vietnam, Stockdale replied:
Oh, that's easy, the optimists. Oh, they were the ones who said, 'We're going to be out by Christmas.' And Christmas would come, and Christmas would go. Then they'd say, 'We're going to be out by Easter.' And Easter would come, and Easter would go. And then Thanksgiving, and then it would be Christmas again. And they died of a broken heart."[12]
Stockdale then added:
This is a very important lesson. You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end - which you can never afford to lose - with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
Or, to quote the great Jack Donaghy, "We are an immigrant nation! The first generation works their fingers to the bone making things, the next generation goes to college and innovates new ideas, the third generation...snowboards and takes improv classes."
Runners who use minimalist/no shoes generally use a forefoot/midfoot strike (the ball of the foot hits the ground first), while those with thickly padded shoes are usually heel-strikers.
Heel strikers tend to run more upright, with the heel landing well forward of the runner's center of gravity, while fore/midfoot strikers lean more foreward, with the foot landing almost under the CG. It's like you are always just 'falling forward', with your feet catching you from falling on your face. It takes some getting used to, but the effect is much lower impact than heel striking.
The reasoning is twofold: 1) If your foot lands well forward of your CG, you are effectively retarding your forward progress and increasing the force traveling up your legs, and 2) By striking with the heel, you remove the flexing of the foot and calf muscles as a shock absorber, and the force travels directly up the leg - right up into your knee. The padding in the heel of the shoe (and it's always the heels that are heavily padded) don't make up for the loss of the foot/calf system as a shock absorber.
You can run using a fore/midfoot strike with a thickly padded shoe, but the thick heel just seems to get in the way.
Having lived in both the Boston area (Cambridge/Somerville) and Albuquerque (considered more of a 'sprawl' city), I can say that Boston was better if you are a *consumer* of culture. Obviously, ABQ cannot hold a candle to Boston for museums, symphony, cuisine, etc.
However, I noticed when I moved to ABQ that a much greater percentage of people I met were *producers* of culture - people in dance/theater troupes, people in bands, folks who restored cars, someone who played amateur football - and this was working at a similar DoD-oriented facility to the one I had worked at in Boston. The folks in ABQ actually had a little time/money left over at the end of the day to pursue hobbies.
Was it high art? No, but what is more 'enriching', someone listening to a symphony or someone who composes a song themselves? I ended up getting a Masters in Architecture, which would have been utterly impossible in the Boston area - I was so maxed out paying the mortgage and other expenses I could never have afforded to take the time off.
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar... I would argue the concept of separation of church and state *began* with Christianity. This explains it's viral nature and why it has been able to survive and even flourish under governments who are quite hostile to it. The fact it got coopted by the state says more about politicians than it does about religion.
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It should be noted that MIPS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-directional_Impact_Protection_System) was only introduced to bike helmets pretty recently. The vast majority of helmets out there - and the majority of helmets on sale today - don't have MIPS. It tends to only be in high-end helmets, or is an additional cost over the non-MIPS version of the same helmet.
He should have known a Quadriga Imbroglio was a bad place to stash his life savings - Alfa Romeos are notoriously unreliable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It's been a thing, since the '50s at least.
This is pretty much the "Death of the Author" view from Roland Barthes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Author
Take *that*, Omar Mateen! Yeah, you sure showed him, didn't you?
Seems like a natural fit for the Philippines, given the blessed anarchy of the Jeepney:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
Disclaimer: I spent a couple of years in the Philippines as a child, but haven't been back in decades. So Jeepneys may not be as widespread/chaotic as I remember.
In a business book by James C. Collins called Good to Great, Collins writes about a conversation he had with Stockdale regarding his coping strategy during his period in the Vietnamese POW camp.[11]
When Collins asked who didn't make it out of Vietnam, Stockdale replied:
Stockdale then added:
And then he's going to do the jump bare-chested. Riding a bear.
So we're now using 'The Secret' as our engineering method? Cool, we're using it for everything else in Govt. anyways...
...except in Germany, where it's known as the "French Cockroach".
Or, to quote the great Jack Donaghy, "We are an immigrant nation! The first generation works their fingers to the bone making things, the next generation goes to college and innovates new ideas, the third generation...snowboards and takes improv classes."
That's because they're giving it 110%.
Since they also make pottery, I thought maybe they were bringing back old-school Fiesta Ware: http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/consumer%20products/fiesta.htm
Sounds like something that idiot Michael Moore would say. I propose we call it Moore's Law. Oh wait...
Yeah, a closer description would be the 'Nomenklatura': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenklatura
Ah yes, the engine that fell into some farmer's field. A classic.
Though not at Dover, don't forget the Operation Babylift crash: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Tan_Son_Nhut_C-5_accident
Runners who use minimalist/no shoes generally use a forefoot/midfoot strike (the ball of the foot hits the ground first), while those with thickly padded shoes are usually heel-strikers.
Heel strikers tend to run more upright, with the heel landing well forward of the runner's center of gravity, while fore/midfoot strikers lean more foreward, with the foot landing almost under the CG. It's like you are always just 'falling forward', with your feet catching you from falling on your face. It takes some getting used to, but the effect is much lower impact than heel striking.
The reasoning is twofold: 1) If your foot lands well forward of your CG, you are effectively retarding your forward progress and increasing the force traveling up your legs, and 2) By striking with the heel, you remove the flexing of the foot and calf muscles as a shock absorber, and the force travels directly up the leg - right up into your knee. The padding in the heel of the shoe (and it's always the heels that are heavily padded) don't make up for the loss of the foot/calf system as a shock absorber.
You can run using a fore/midfoot strike with a thickly padded shoe, but the thick heel just seems to get in the way.
Yep, the Fulton Recovery System - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system
I get the impression it was similar to ejecting from an aircraft: Yes it worked, yes it was fairly safe, but you only did it if you really had to.
Having lived in both the Boston area (Cambridge/Somerville) and Albuquerque (considered more of a 'sprawl' city), I can say that Boston was better if you are a *consumer* of culture. Obviously, ABQ cannot hold a candle to Boston for museums, symphony, cuisine, etc.
However, I noticed when I moved to ABQ that a much greater percentage of people I met were *producers* of culture - people in dance/theater troupes, people in bands, folks who restored cars, someone who played amateur football - and this was working at a similar DoD-oriented facility to the one I had worked at in Boston. The folks in ABQ actually had a little time/money left over at the end of the day to pursue hobbies.
Was it high art? No, but what is more 'enriching', someone listening to a symphony or someone who composes a song themselves? I ended up getting a Masters in Architecture, which would have been utterly impossible in the Boston area - I was so maxed out paying the mortgage and other expenses I could never have afforded to take the time off.
Well, there is that adage about the person who gets rich in a gold rush is the one who sells picks and shovels...
...what with history being over, he needed something else to do.
A big government program without Pork? Good luck with that...
"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Render_unto_Caesar... I would argue the concept of separation of church and state *began* with Christianity. This explains it's viral nature and why it has been able to survive and even flourish under governments who are quite hostile to it. The fact it got coopted by the state says more about politicians than it does about religion.
...Obama wants it ready for when he declares martial law! I kid, I kid (at least I think I'm kidding...)
Think it's a typo - '2-to-1' should be '27-to1'.