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It’s called a ‘microburst’ event.

According to wikipedia

A microburst is a small downdraft that moves in a way opposite of a tornado. Microbursts are found in strong thunderstorms . Within a thunderstorm there are two types of microbursts: wet microbursts and dry microbursts. They go through three stages in their life cycle: the downburst, outburst, and cushion stages. Microbursts can be particularly dangerous to aircraft, especially during landing due to the wind shear caused by its gust front. Several fatal crashes having been attributed to the phenomenon over the past several decades, and flight crew training goes to great lengths on how to properly recover from a microburst/wind shear event.

So, in the event shown in the video, extremely strong, spontaneous winds showed up at a Air Force training base and caused airplanes to start to move. Air crews came to the planes immediately to assist in piloting them while not actually using engine power. Instead, they just let the wind pick the aircraft up and set them down while the microburst.

Due to the quick acting of the pilots and ground crews, no one was hurt and only minimal damage was done to planes and the airfield.

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This fantastic photo was stitched together from dozens of high-resolution photos taken by the Mars Curiosity rover.

The foreground and middle distance show a geologic scene dominated by eroded remnants of a finely layered ancient sandstone deposit. Since landing, the rover traversed through terrains dominated by water-lain sedimentary rocks (mudstones and siltstones, and early on, conglomerates), some of which have contained minerals like clays that attest to the ancient presence of water. However, the rover crossed into very different geology while climbing onto the Naukluft Plateau. The sandstone here appears to be dominated by thick layers of windblown sand, suggesting that these deposits formed in a drier epoch. These rocks resemble the types of rocks that a dune field like the “Bagnold Dunes” (PIA20283) — visited by Curiosity in late 2015 and early 2016 –would form if buried. Source

While the photo has been enhanced by NASA, they have done a good job of keeping it realistic in how the colors are portrayed.

Here is a tale of two power generation plants here in the United States.

One mostly subsidized by the government, the other funded entirely by private investors. One is extraordinarily successful , one is not. Both produce relatively clean energy.

First, the government’s power plant, the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility. One of the largest solar power facilities ever created. Designed to produce a massive

440 megawatts

of continual power output.

This facility was constructed at a total cost of

$2.2 billion dollars

. Of this $2.2 billion dollars, $1.6 billion was provided as a loan by the government, while the remainder was split between Google and NRG energy of New Jersey.

So, let’s go back and look at the cost = $2.2 billion dollars divided by an output of 440 megawatts is a cost of $5,500 per kilowatt, or $5.50 per watt of output power.

Now, let’s compare this to another power generating system on the other side of the world : The Cape Canaveral Clean Energy Center.

Unlike the Ivanpah solar facility, the Cape Canaveral energy center was not financed through government loans or grants. Instead it was financed entirely by private capital.

The cost to build the

1,200 megawatt

facility was

$1.1 billion dollars

.

Now, let’s take the numbers on this and calculate it out = $2.2 billion dollars divided by an output of 1,200 megawatts comes out to a cost of $916 per kilowatt and 91 cents per watt.

The cost for the privately financed facility is

less than one fifth of the cost of the government subsidized facility.

But, that isn’t where it stops.

The listed capacity for the Ivanpah facility is listed as ‘Nameplate capacity’. This means this is the expected output for the facility, not the actual output nor the average output for the facility over a year’s time.

Out of the rated output for the Ivanpah facility, the first year of operation, the output in Q1 2014 was only 40,000 megawatt hours for THREE MONTHS. This means that the total average output over the 90 day period was a paltry 18 megawatts of power, or

less than 5% of the rated output for the facility

. Now , to the benefit of the facility the output in 2015 has increased. Many supporters of the facility boast the 170% output gain as a massive sign of the future of the facility. Unfortunately for them, the math still doesn’t look too good – A 170% gain is only a total output of 7.15% of the rated output.

Now, let’s go back to our cost per kilowatt, the $5.50 figure. If the plant quadruples the output (And we’re being very generous) and reaches 30% efficiency of the nameplate, this increases the costs of the ‘state of the art’ solar facility to more than $15 per watt. This 30% efficiency is actually the best case scenario provided by engineers dealing with the system.

Thus, the cost for the mostly government government funded facility is 15 times MORE than what can be provided by the private sector.

Now, don’t be fooled by people touting the supposedly squeaky clean energy produced by the Ivanpah facility. The facility utilized 867 billion btus of natural gas to pre-heat the steam system for the plant.

So, the next time that someone touts another government program espousing government subsidized electricity, ask them if they’re willing to spend 15 times the rate that the private sector can provide.

In this article, we have located a rather amazing field report from none other than Henderson Defense. They operate a place called battlefield Las Vegas. At their range, they rent everything from a basic Ruger 10/22 all the way up to a M1 Abrams battle tank. They rent everything in between those two extremes.

Due to the nature of their business, they go through literally millions of rounds a year, some weapons seeing tens, if not hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition.

As a part of a Q&A session, they were asked what guns proved to be reliable and what ones did not.

A member asked me if I would give some insight into how our M4’s handle on the range because I’ve started threads on the AK’s, pistols and .50 Barretts.

Here’s a little background on what we do. We operate a high-volume range in Las Vegas. You can’t bring your personal weapons in and rent lanes for an hour. Customers use only our weapons and our ammo. We only use factory new ammo and zero reloads. We keep maintenance log on EACH and every weapon to include cleanings, parts replaced and any other issues that need to be noted. We shoot approximately 400,000 rounds down range each month and the numbers have actually gone up a bit for May and June. Tourists get to shoot everything from Type 99 Arisaka’s, M1 Garand C and D’s, MP-44’s, G43’s, M2HB’s, 240’s, 249’s, MG42’s, MG34’s, M-14’s, Luger’s, Swedish K’s, M203’s, M79’s and you get the point. Some weapons are very rare historical weapons that rarely come out of collections or museums and see the light of day.

Here is some insight about OUR experience with M4’s and other guns on the range.

– Some of our M4’s have well over 200,000 rounds down range. Barrels have been replaced, gas tubes have been replaced, BCG’s have been replaced but what sets it apart from the AK47’s is that upper and lower receivers continue to function. AK’s get to about the 100,000+ round count and rails on the receiver will start to crack. It’s an easy fix with tig welding but they crack. We have yet to lose an upper or lower receiver from cracking.

– We get about 20,000 rounds out of bolts before we start experiencing issues. The headspace gauge will start getting closing on NO-GO but not close on field. We will lose a lug on the bolt. The bolt will start skipping over rounds in the magazine and fail to insert a round. We use LMT and Daniel Defense bolts and some will actually go longer but at about 20,000 rounds is when we will start to see issues appear.

– Gas tubes will erode away at the FSB after 12+ months

– Charging handles will “stretch” allowing the locking lever and spring to fly out

– Hammer pins and disconnectors on the 8.5″ full-auto’s will break after approximately 4,000-5,000 rounds regardless of the buffer weight

– We have yet to lose a single flash hider as compared to muzzle brakes on an AK-47. The muzzle brakes will literally split in half, looking a like bird with his beak open and go flying down range.

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Many scientists are lining up to both promote and deride the newest scientific item – The EMdrive.

On one side, scientists claim that it violates all the known laws of physics, and is no more than a cold fusion reactor for the 21st century.

On the other side are the scientists who have tested the drive, including NASA’s own Eagleworks. Although they do not know why, they are convinced that the EMdrive produces a reasonable amount of thrust and is operating on a relatively unknown method of physics. In some cases, they claim the theory is proven correct by the casmir effect.

Enter Vladmir Leonov – A Russian Physicist.

According to Mr Leonov, he has determined that the thrust is generated not by any type of propellant, but the EMdrive is actually warping spacetime. resulting in the net thrust calculated by many of the tests that have been performed.

Recently in several articles, Leonov has provided insight into the phenomenon.

[quote]I conducted a thorough expertise of the principle of the engine EmDrive by Roger Shawyer. I am the author of the theory of Superunification and I declare that in the work EmDrive no violation of the laws of physics. Engine EmDrive creates thrust owing to warping of space-time of quantized space-time inside of the microwave of the resonator in accordance with Einstein’s theory of gravity and the theory of Superunification.

This is a new physics based on the opening by me of the quantum of space-time (quanton) in 1996. The space has an electromagnetic structure. And with this the electromagnetic structure you can actively cooperate by creating thrust force, avoiding the emission reactive products of combustion. Newton’s third law is not violated. We are repelled from the quantized space-time.

The concept of quantized space-time is introduced into physics Hartland S. Snyder (Phys. Rev. 71, 38 – Published 1 January 1947). Today, the Internet is enough to dial a phrase «quantized space-time» or «Snyder’s quantized space-time) and we will see hundreds of articles. Leonov’s quantized space-time has an electromagnetic structure as opposed to the Snyder’s quantized space-time which has no structure.[/quote]

Like many of you, there’s all sorts of reasons to be skeptical about the claims of a so-called Russian Physicist.

There’s just one thing to mention – NASA’s last test produced a unknown gravitational anomaly according to a lead NASA scientist.

[quote]“That’s the big surprise. This signature (the interference pattern) on the EmDrive looks just like what a warp bubble looks like. And the math behind the warp bubble apparently matches the interference pattern found in the EmDrive. Seems to have been an accidental connection. They were wondering where this ‘thrust’ might be coming from. One scientists proposed that maybe it’s a warp of the spacetime foam, which is causing the thrust.”[/quote]

Should the EMdrive pan out, it could take place as one of the most significant events in human history and likely be equal to or even surpass the invention of the transistor. Another side effect would be a cold hard look at the way that the science community views new concepts. One thing is certain, only time can tell.

 

 

 

 

 

To learn more about their story, go to http://nyti.ms/1eKL9oA. It’s a long read, but it’s well worth it.

To start off, it’s actually 2 things, but I guarantee if you do them, you will be a millionaire.

So, what are they? Well , I’m not giving you the secrets THAT easily, but if you’ll just spend the next 5 minutes, about the time to drink a cup of coffee you’ll learn how this secret the 1% use to join the elite club of ultra-wealthy individuals in America. Lucky for you, this article isn’t clickbait, or some other piece of internet garbage, you’ll learn how to use this simple trick to your advantage, AND there’s only two pages to this whole article.

First off, we want you to imagine a machine. This machine looks like your run of the mill vending machine. However for every dollar you put into it, it will return to you a crisp, seemingly brand new $100 bill.

There’s one rule with the machine : It doesn’t take bills that it makes. Meaning that every $100 bill it spits out can not be used to make more money, the money has to come from you.

Would you run to the bank and get more? Would you work extraordinarily hard at your job to get your next paycheck to put into the machine?

Just imagine how much you would make:

• For every $5 you put in the machine you will get $500 in return
• For every $10 you put in the machine you will get $1,000 in return
• For every $20 you put in the machine you will get $2,000 in return
• For every $50 you put in the machine you will get $5,000 in return
• For every $100 you put in the machine you will get $10,000 in return
• For every $1000 you put in the machine you will get $100,000 in return

Now here’s the thing…….This machine really does exist!

Don’t believe us? Albert Einstein said that this amazing machine is “The most powerful force in the world”.

In essence, Albert Einstein guarantees what we are going to reveal to you is the truth. This machine is called the CI Machine

So, what is the compound interest machine?

Well, it’s exactly the machine we talked about earlier. It’s what every single millionaire and billionaire uses to build their extravagant stockpiles of wealth. The difference between what they have done, and what you can do is time.

By putting money into the CI machine, the money earns more and more additional money as time goes on. Eventually, the money put into it grows to an obscene amount. Putting in $1 and it turning into $100 is just an example. Wait long enough and that $1 will become $200, $500 or even $1,000. It just depends on how long you wait.

 

What is bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a new type of currency. The purpose is to fix the traditional failings of most currencies in the modern world.

Bitcoin is :

International

Semi-Anonymous (Like cash)

Highly valuable

Scarce (Limited supplies)

Bankless (You do not have to deal directly with banks since you can be the bank)

Sent worldwide instantly

Here’s a short video intro to bitcoin

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