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How about this article? http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2015/02/26/4-simple-and-objective-ways-to-tell-if-obamacare-is-working/

Bland.

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Heading upstairs to get luper... (lunch/supper)

And that's where your entire plan falls apart... People in general don't want to sacrifice. The curtailing of freedom in such an obvious and pervasive way will not only get your ideas crucified by the populace, but may get you some very serious threats to your life if you actually got it to go far enough for a vote.

What?

All found. I'm not going to bother posting the locations since it's 4:30 AM... lol

Not bad... Definitely better than I can do.

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Sleeping.

Everyone was fine with it until we assaulted a 5 story building, and I cleared the top 3 levels before anyone even got into cover on the first floor... Everyone assaulting behind me was sprinting to keep up with my massive killing spree. I made 11 out of the 15 total kills, and all but 2 of them were before any other weapons were fired. That's when the consensus shifted to my character needing to stop being so powerful. Apart from being overbuilding the character because I do that sort of thing, I had no issues. (I never showed any bias for my character, I just had way too much build time in it)

Canned soups and ramen noodles are very resilient. MREs if you can get them. Any kind of jerky would work well. Ok. Good.

I sometimes think we got dream logic from Monty Python...

I have actually seen it once when a rather hot college girl started responding positively to the lines... The guy just couldn't think of anything else to say. I started talking to her immediately afterwards about how stupid the lines were. I almost took her on a date. (I decided against it because it felt too much like she was looking for a no strings sex relationship) Remember boys, it's better to have something substantial to talk about than it is to have a few corny pickup lines. (and you'll get better girls too) Remember girls, guys don't need pickup lines or conversation... You can just walk up and ask if they have a girlfriend, then ask them on a date, and you'll rarely if ever have a refusal.

It's still on the drawing boards, but it looks promising... I've seen estimates of putting a Nimitz-sized ship at 60 knots with them. (an early test model showed 58 knots) They could conceivably do a 180° turn in 30 seconds at a standstill with no deck tilt.

First, I'll start by saying that if even the scientific community is divided so significantly on the issue of greenhouse gas effects, (and they most definitely are) that probly shouldn't be a part of this issue. Now, on to the rest of what you said about cattle. Cattle tend to be sent to graze in fields that are in their 'dry' years, in other words, the crops have sucked all the nutrients from the soil, and the cattle replenish those nutrients with their 'pies'. You could use goats or other animals, but cattle are the most efficient at cleaning the area and replenishing the nutrients. Without a cattle component, you have to plant a series of other useless crops for several more years to replenish the same nutrients to the same levels. This is basic farming, something that very few non-farmers actually know. As for pork, they pollute the ground water in the area, so you can't have pork near fresh water sources without significant risk of disease. Chicken as well, though you would need a much larger amount of them. Only certain types of chickens will lay eggs that can be used like the ones from the stores, the same goes for ducks, though the issue with fowl is that they do need an awful lot of food and maintenance for proper care. (and they're pretty useless in the winter) As for the best way to get meat, fish. It's the densest storage solution for protein there is, as you can store your protein in your drinking water. The problem is that most people much prefer the taste of beef, and beef contains a massive combination of different nutrients, such that getting all of them in the same quantities would be difficult in such a low-calorie substance. In short: Calling cattle farming a form of pollution is completely ignoring many aspects of what they do, and why. Most "renewable" energy types require more energy to be put into it than are ever gotten out of it, or require our very limited rare-earth resources... Like solar panels that require huge fields in infrequently cloud-covered areas to produce significant amounts of electricity, massively heat the local area, (in Arizona it could reach temperatures exceeding 240°F in the solar farms) and drop efficiency by up to 30% if they aren't cleaned frequently. (and are made from highly toxic rare-earths for the higher efficiency panels) They also drop in efficiency to 90% after 10 years, and 85% after 25, then they rapidly accelerate downhill. They are very expensive for the amount of power they generate. Hydroelectric is probably the most efficient power generation system currently in use, but all possible locations for its use are already being used in the US. This is why you don't hear about some new dam being built. If you're concerned about natural gas, that is actually classified as a renewable resource, since it is capable of being produced by almost any form of compost. It would be quite easy to use natural gas power plants in a fully sustainable way. A realistic approach to efficient and clean energy generation is thorium reactors. It produces large amounts of electrical energy with no waste for several years, then after several years it produces one small container of very short half-life waste that can be disposed of quite easily. Waste containment is remarkably easy and cheap compared to what the media leads people to believe. Nuclear power is even supported by many of the founding members of anti-pollution groups. (not most current members, as most of the existing groups are hiding their anti-corporate agenda behind thin 'environmentalist' rhetoric) Also, thorium is as common as lead, and is found everywhere on this planet. (you would have to burn millions of reactors for thousands of years to even make a dent in our current supplies) There are many advantages and disadvantages to every form of power generation, (more disadvantages than advantages for most modern ideas of 'renewable' energy) so it really is a difficult system to alter from it's current status quo. Concerning lawns... There are many valid environmental reasons for lawns. One, they cool the surrounding air. (by as much as 20-30 degrees compared to no lawn in some areas) Two, they produce oxygen. Three, they absorb and eliminate pollutants from the air. Four, they allow for more natural levels of water evaporation in the local area. (this affects weather significantly) Five, they make people feel good when playing on them. These same considerations can be said for golf courses. If you want better, there are certain trees and mosses that prefer urban and high CO²/CO content, as well as produce a much higher percentage of oxygen than other plants, or the same plant in a low CO²/CO content environment. Another thing about golf courses, is that they don't require grass... I have seen several in Arizona that use carefully maintained dirt courses. For waste water, there are actually two different pipes that leave your house... One is grey water, the other is black water. Grey water is everything but your toilet, and doesn't require anywhere near as much processing as the black water that comes from toilets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greywater#Recycling Using greywater in the way you specified is already capable of being done, but isn't necessary with the way we currently clean our water. (and could quite possibly make it even more difficult to process black water) Cooling and heating isn't that bad, it's when you have inefficient regulatory systems in the building that waste occurs. Any time you change the temperature it will use energy more than maintaining the temp. Keeping it warmer in the summer and cooler in the winter actually do very little in the way of total energy saving. Simply putting a series of thermostats in different rooms of the house at waist level and shoulder level will allow for better measurements for temperature stabilization. Adding tinted and/or insulated windows improves cooling in the summer massively. Plugging all air leaks around doors and windows will help with temperature stabilization too. Really, there are MANY existing ways to reduce energy usage without sacrificing comfort, it's just too much of a bother or an extra initial expense that many don't have the funds for. Ok, what we really need is less artificials. Get back to real components instead of various types of altered oil products. Eat butter, it's very good for you! Veggies are good, but too many and you're ignoring other nutrition sources that your body needs. Local food is good, when it's possible. Many areas simply are incapable of producing enough food for the population housed in the area. This is not a bad thing. This is really the way it should be. People housed where food is difficult or impossible to be grown, leaving more room for growing food in the fertile areas. Household veggie gardens sound like a good idea on paper, but 90% of people would end up killing their garden in under a month. Not everybody is cut out to be a farmer or gardener. Not everyone can maintain a plant, even with very specific instruction or even automation, and there are a large majority that wouldn't even want to try. There are many other reasons it wouldn't work too. Not even close to practical unfortunately. Transportation could very easily be improved if governments could ever plan their city layouts logically... But they rarely do. I have seen 2 small towns with logical layouts, and that's it. (I have been over much of the central US, and some of the west coast) Trains are remarkably difficult to make succeed in the US because it's ALWAYS faster and easier to get where you're going using other a private vehicle. (and the US is focused around getting to and from places fast and easy) Same goes for busses, but they do tend to get better success rates. One of the main reasons people don't like using public transportation is because we don't like to pay to be in an enclosed tube full of people, many of whom will be of a foul odor, some of whom will be looking for ways to steal your wallet or in some other way violate you, and then still have to walk several blocks to reach our destination. If we could use electric-powered FPMV (Flying Personal Mobility Vehicle) instead, it would be ideal. We could use them at any level up to 500 feet, and have them automated. You press a button on your keychain, the FPMV flies to the door, you hop in, set your destination, you arrive at the door and step out, and it returns itself to the nearest available charging station and awaits your call. Of course, you'd probly have hackers stealing the FPMVs... TL;DR version: Much of what you have said shows that you require either additional education on the subjects and their overall impacts on our lives, or that you need to find a way to change the entire social and economic structure of the country. There are a few good topics in here though.

True. lol Honestly, impeller driven mid-sized ships are where it's at. Put a pair of impellers for front to back, and a pair for left to right, and you have a carrier that can literally turn on a dime.

I'm positive we'll all thoroughly enjoy the experiments, even if they don't turn into series. Also, I agree ScottD.Betson about the Skyrim source for the medieval video, I'll be on the lookout for ways to record demos from it. Do long Game Dungeon episodes! We all love them!

There were too many attempts at detail animations that were completely unnecessary IMO, as well as too much camera movement and DoF. Static cameras are much nicer than moving cameras in most situations. Apart from that, it was quite good.

When it comes to military forces buildup or upgrade/update on a budget, I'm your man. I'm not so sure about the Gripens personally, I've always been a fan of having a backup engine just in case. (and they're far more expensive than an up-to-date F-18 series) No need for long CATOBAR carriers, you could just go with mid-sized EMALS fleet carriers. (no ramp, but much shorter than your average because of the EMALS launching system)

Don't insult me. I have trained professionals to do that.

Unmemorable.

"Mmmmmmm... Do you have that in black?"

They were probly trying to test out the pickup lines they just looked up online... Too young to know just how stupid those lines actually are. lol I guarantee it's not the first time you've been hit on, it's just the first time you've realized it.