The War of the Flea. A thousand bites of a flea are worse than one bite of a tiger “The Flea bites, hops and bites again, nimbly avoiding the foot that would crush him. He does not seek to kill his enemy at a blow but to bleed him and feed on him, to plague and bedevil him, to keep him from resting and destroy his nerve and morale………… All this requires time. Still more is needed to breed more flees. What starts as a local infection must become an epidemic, as one by one the areas of resistance link up, like spreading ink spots on a blotter”. (Robert Taber, The War of the Flea) Sun Tzu lived 2500 years ago. Imagine a huge demonstration with a hundred thousand participants. Such mass actions do not belong to a War of the Flea, they are in contradiction to the simple guidelines of Sun Tzu, “let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt”. Many small actions make a War of the Flea that differs fundamentally from mass actions. Participants in mass actions want to air their dissatisfaction. The 1% is protected by servants.
Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker! - Nightly over Aviel Dear visitor, Welcome to this site. Here you find some information about myself. The top-menu ACTIVITIES provides monthly updated information on lectures, research, publications, and other academic news. 1) Short resumés in English and Dutch are available at the end of this introduction. 2) A 3-page curriculum is available as "Curriculum Aviel Verbruggen" 3) "Sustainable Energy Research" recalls the essential aspects and goal of Sustainable Development, and provides an overview of the six energy and environmental research topics I have been working on. 4) The "List of publications" mentions all academic and consultancy work since 1975. When you want to communicate on some point, click CONTACT. Aviel Verbruggen English Résumé: Aviel Verbruggen (°1949), Energy & Environmental Economist. Nederlandstalige bibliografische noot: Aviel Verbruggen (°1949) is energie- en milieu-econoom, doctor in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen en gewoon hoogleraar (Universiteit Antwerpen).
The Mercedes-Benz Hunter X6 Will Keep You Alive During the Zombie Apocalypse When (technically, “if”) the zombie apocalypse occurs, a safe mode of transportation will be vital for getting your loved ones to safety. Luckily, Mercedes-Benz is already all over that problem you’ll face during the end of the world. Meet the Mercedes Hunter X6, a custom-built rugged off-roading vehicle that can handle almost anything the elements (or zombies) will dish out. Not only that, but you will look extremely cool while you protect the family and friends you’ll make during the apocalypse. It’s a super-luxury defense vehicle. Mercedes Benz The X6 Hunter has a 6×6 drive train and can keep approximately 6 people safe. Not only can it handle just about anything, but it looks so great while it does it. Basically, everything you could ever want is included in this mobile safehouse. It’s no tank, but it can certainly keep your family safe and dry. Off-roading through the woods would be a cinch, too. The inside of the Hunter might be one of the classiest survival vehicles you’ll see.
Wind Map - Nightly An invisible, ancient source of energy surrounds us—energy that powered the first explorations of the world, and that may be a key to the future. This map shows you the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US. The wind map is a personal art project, not associated with any company. We've done our best to make this as accurate as possible, but can't make any guarantees about the correctness of the data or our software. Please do not use the map or its data to fly a plane, sail a boat, or fight wildfires :-) If the map is missing or seems slow, we recommend the latest Chrome browser. Surface wind data comes from the National Digital Forecast Database. If you're looking for a weather map, or just want more detail on the weather today, see these more traditional maps of temperature and wind.
The ESCAPE Cabin by Kelly Davis Is Not What it Seems: It's an RV If you think that what you see below is just an adorable log cabin, you’d be dead wrong. Sure, it looks like a quaint cabin (in almost every way) but thanks to some sneaky architecture that’s just a disguise. Kelly Davis, the architect who created this faux-cabin at Canoe Bay Escape, is a visual trickster (and quite possibly a magician). It may look like a cabin, but this is actually an RV (no joke). This “cabin” is only 400 square feet, which doesn’t sound like much. But it’s actually bigger than some 1 bedroom apartments. The ESCAPE cabin was originally conceived as a high quality cabin, NOT an RV. Now, ESCAPE is part of the tiny house movement. It doesn’t look like most other RVs, but it fits the standard of the Park Model RV, which can be up to 400 square feet. Not only is the cabin made of extremely high quality materials (featuring cedar lap siding, LED lighting, Energy Star appliances and much more), but you never know how small it is thanks to the brilliant design.
Making a Stealth (Smokeless) Fire [Video] : All Self-Sustained Share this article First of all let’s see why does smoke come from a fire? Let’s say you have a nice fire going, and it has burned down to the point where what you see is a collection of hot “glowing embers.” The fire is still producing a lot of heat, but it is producing no smoke at all. You might have gotten to this point either by starting with logs in a fireplace or by starting with charcoal. If you have a fireplace or wood stove, or if you have been around a lot of campfires, this little scene is very familiar to you. There are four things that you find in any piece of wood: Water - Freshly cut wood contains a lot of water (sometimes more than half of its weight is water). When you put the fresh piece of wood or paper on a hot fire, the smoke you see is those volatile hydrocarbons evaporating from the wood. This explains why you see no smoke from a charcoal fire (or a fire that has burned down to embers). Coke from coal is the same thing. By Self Sustained
Open letter to the lawful gun owners of Connecticut My name is Col. Reaper, Commanding Officer of the Arizona State Militia. Few of you may know who we are, rest assured this is not mutual. You are not alone. If we are to learn anything from our past it is that civil war serves to benefit no one and rarely turns out as anticipated by the aggressor when righteousness is on the side of the oppressed. Signed, Col. SheerWind's INVELOX Wind Turbine Can Generate 600% More Energy Than Conventional Turbines US-based wind energy company SheerWind just unveiled the INVELOX – a tunnel-based wind turbine that can produce up to 600% more power than traditional wind turbines. The company states that after extensive field-testing, their new INVELOX turbine “significantly outperforms the traditional turbine” and could reduce installation capital costs to less than $750 per KW. The INVELOX energy system works by capturing ground-level breezes and funneling them through a tapering passageway that naturally accelerates wind flow. Unlike other turbines, it also minimizes environmental and animal impact, and it requires no government subsidies to be profitable. All of this makes INVELOX a potentially game-changing renewable energy solution that could be easily integrated within commercial renewable energy operations. SheerWind claims that the INVELOX turbine can operate at wind speeds as low as 1 mile per hour, and it has generated a record high energy production capacity of 72%. + SheerWind Via Phys.org