The basic idea behind body armor hasn't changed very much in the past few thousand years. First, armor stops weapons or projectiles from reaching a person's body. Second, it diffuses the weapon's energy so that the final impact causes less damage. While it's not effective in ev...
for the purpose of imposing a cost on the target as well as deterring specific activities".3 Its primary function is to guide public demands concerning the political system, ensur ing that these demands do not pose a threat to the stability of the autocratic regime.4 While a tool of ...
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And this, in turn, requires exploring what we mean by sustainable well-being societies in much more depth. What Exactly Do We Mean by Sustainable Well-Being and Can We Measure It? The twentieth century will be chiefly remembered by future generations not as an era of political conflicts...
looped route is really ideal. In Paris I used to do loops around Longchamp, as it made tracking both drift and trending super easy (also, since the elevation was well known – if you wanted to get super fancy, using Virtual Elevation methods later on were much simpler on looped courses)...
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(think Dirty Harry Callahan) won’t do you much good if the gun is unwieldy, the recoil is too much for you, or you simply do not feel comfortable with it. I promise you,a .22 caliber bullet (one of the smaller bullets out there) can be just as deadlyas a hand grenade in the ...
I’ve owned several M1 Carbines over the years, some really great and some not so much. Great article and very informative. I do however have to take exception with the recommendation against aftermarket Carbines. I currently own an Auto Ordnance M1 that I’m quite happy with. I did have...
When I showed him the pepper barrel gun someone had sent you as an example of a multi-shot weapon of the 1830s. He laughed like hell. He says 1) there weren’t very many made because the cost so much. 2) they took a long time to load and 3) they likely weren’t accurate at ...
The most expensive area team is, no surprise, the Yankees. The pinstripers have the sixth-highest average cost of attending a game at $161; that’s $73 for four cheap seats, $47 to park, and $41 for concessions. The Phillies, however, aren’t that much cheaper: it costs an average...