Overview The United States Marine Corps (USMC) Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) Product Improvement Plan (PIP) occurred in Fiscal Year 2005 to 2010. General Dynamics Land Systems was responsible for upgrading the LAVs to the current “A2” standard. This article only covers the LAV-25 SLEP PIP. The USMC has not produced […]
Shisha – a long, slow pleasureOne of the pleasures of living in the Middle East is to pass an evening in congenial company while enjoying a shisha of your preferred flavour. Shisha is the traditional Arab water pipe, sometimes called a hookah (but not by the locals). I’ve never been a smoker in the conventional […]
The main function of the respiratory system is to facilitate the exchange of gases between the external environment and the blood, so that these can be transported to and from the peripheral tissues. However, the respiratory system performs some other vital functions: Removal of inhaled foreign particles and infectious organisms Olfaction (sensation of smell) Warming […]
Please note that pictures in this hub may be disturbing. I do not display any human examples on this page but they can be seen in links. Please do not click on these links if you will find pictures of extreme human deformity disturbing. Cyclops animals are the result of mutations that are almost always […]
What Do Stars and Faeries Have in Common? What’s the most dangerous element in the universe? You’d think it would be something radioactive like plutonium or polonium, or some kind of poison or neurotoxin. You might even argue it’s Botox, which is a minute dose of the most deadly kind of food poisoning. Radiation can […]
The meaning of #ASG is very simple. In international politics, all countries are selective about where they invest their nation’s money. When our government wants to apply leverage in situations that are unfolding globally, they use our foreign aid money to leverage the situation. Funding a nation means they share our political, social, and economic […]
A Problem of Probability: A Null Hypothesis Example Two little league teams decide to flip a coin to determine which team gets to bat first. The best out of ten flips wins the coin toss: the red team chooses heads, and the blue team chooses tails. The coin is flipped ten times, and tails come […]
There is no doubt that the increase in voter interest this election year is causing some concerns for some individuals who are up for re-election. The present approval rating for Congress overall is at what some identify as an all-time low. This does not mean that every individual has a low approval rating as to […]
Background: Foreign business in China The 19th century witnessed an explosion of foreign influence in China. (Twitchett, 3) Beforehand, the presence of foreigners was limited to a small Russian colony at Beijing, a few dozen Catholic missionaries scattered throughout the interior, a few hundred Portuguese holed up on the tiny peninsula of Macao, and a […]
University of Colorado—Denver School of Nursing online The Denver School of nursing offers graduate nursing programs online. The nursing school is highly ranked by reputable university ranking sites like the U.S News and World Report which places the nursing school among the top ten best universities for nursing programs. This online school is rated highly […]
Would all our devices crash? Let me preface this Chicken Little article by noting that I thought the Y2K hysteria was silly, and 2012 hype is silly too. If the Mayan calendar were so accurate at predicting catastrophe, why didn’t it mention that their civilization would be conquered 500 years before doomsday? That said, solar […]
You see, most people in initial consultations following an accident will tell me that they have “full coverage”. When I review their policy, I often find that they have only the “minimum coverage”. Because the minimum coverage is what Arizona law requires, and they are compliant with the legal requirements, the perception is that they […]