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Former White house staff (of previous regimes) have stated that there is always a contingency plan if the weather is poor. There are numerous previous examples where weather has stopped the helicopter from flying & they used other methods.

Just to explain electricity a little more Voltage Everyone talks about voltage, but what is it, exactly? It’s the electrical equivalent of pressure – a 12 volt spark jumps less than 1/8 inch, but a 12,000 volt spark will jump an inch or more. Voltage is pressure. Guidelines: • A regular D cell battery is about 1.5 volts • A car battery is 12 volts Current Current is measured in Amperes, or Amps, and is the electrical equivalent of flow. Guidelines: • A 12 volt radio draws about 3 amps • A starter can draw 150 Amps or more Power Power is measured in Watts and is simply Volts x Amps. How much current times how much voltage is how much power. Guidelines: • A 12 volt radio drawing 3 Amps is using 12 x 3 = 36 Watts • 1 Watt dissipated in free air is warm to the touch • 10 Watts in free air will burn your fingers Resistance If Voltage is like pressure and Current is like flow, Resistance is just that -- resistance to flow. Resistance is measured in Ohms and is equal to Volts / Amps (how much pressure divided by how much flow). For a given voltage, the lower the resistance the more current will flow. Guidelines: #18 wire has a resistance of 0.0064 Ohms per foot. #22 wire has a resistance of 0.0161 Ohms per foot. A good connection should read less than ½ an Ohm Since the voltage measured across the wire is the Resistance of the wire times the Current flowing through it, you can see that you’ll lose some voltage, and lose some precious power in your wiring. Take this example: A 10 foot chunk of #18 is carrying 5 Amps to run our transponder. Ten feet of #18 has a resistance of 0.064 Ohms, which means we’ll drop 0.064 * 5 = 0.32 volts in each wire, both power and return. This means of the 12.5 volts you’re sending to the transponder, the transponder only sees 11.86! Not a big deal, but when the battery gets low, it doesn’t leave you a lot of margin. The voltage drop is only ¼ as much at 24 volts, and you have a lot further to go, but I believe I beat that horse enough for one day. To Review: Power in Watts = Volts x Amps (Voltage across it times the current through it) Volts = Ohms x Amps (Resistance of it times current through it)

He apparently ordered flags to fly at half mast but no comment otherwise. Mass killings in the US average almost 1 per day in 2018 so it is no big deal to him. He cancelled the visit to the American cemetery in France because it was raining. Churchills grandson tweeted in response to the 100,000 Americans who died in WW1 "They died with their face to the foe and that pathetic inadequate @realDonaldTrump couldn’t even defy the weather to pay his respects to The Fallen" Now after slanging off at every NATO member except the US he is upset that the Europeans are looking at a defence alliance without him.

The current technology electric vehicles are great for short runs with plenty of time in between for recharging. Long distance means a long time when charging stops are included so they are not really practical for this sort of travel. I know that Teslas use umpteen small cells and are part of the floor pan but I am wondering if with some collaboration amongst manufacturers coupled with improvements in battery technology that there could be slide in/slide out battery packs so when you need to recharge you just call in to the battery swap station, slide the flat one out & slide a fully charged one in & go. Say a 2-5 minute stop. If that was possible it would be a game changer.

The cheapest power, Off Peak is between 2200 & 0700 Monday to Friday and all day Saturday & Sunday. If you have solar panels you run the dishwasher & washing machine during sunlight hours as well as anything else you can to take advantage of free electricity.

Yeah right. The top one is more honest.

Well after the evidence from Turkish bugs the denial has turned into "yes we did it" & the Sheikh who ordered it will get rid of all his inept henchmen. Trumps happy as he still gets his billions. It's 2018 with truth, accountability and integrity amongst governments and politicians completely non existent.

Absolutely correct but still an understatement IMHO.

There are large fields of natural gas around the world. All of NZs gas is natural gas. During the first energy Crisis in the early 80s I had a Holden HQ Ute & got it converted to run on CNG. There was a government scheme where the installation was heavily subsidised & it cost a fraction of the cost of petrol to run. Most of the petrol stations had CNG fillers. The cylinder sat on the tray behind the cab & was very strong & heavy. The gas was just compressed & not liquid like LPG but it only delivered about 80-90% of the power that Petrol did. The engine ran really clean and the exhaust wasn't full of CO. Range on a tank wasn't that flash either. Once petrol became more abundant & cheap again all the CNG conversions disappeared as did the filling stations. CSG or Coal Seam Gas is extracted by drilling and fracturing (called fracking) the seam underground to release the gas. It is sort of natural but can't be tapped by just drilling a hole & like methane not nice. The problem is that it also allows contamination of ground water and it can escape through other layers underground and contaminate whatever it passes through. The Gas companies deny there is a problem & try and buy off Farmers but there is plenty of evidence that says otherwise.

Simple answer to Bruces question is an emphatic NO. My opinion based on 68 years of seeing them get richer & the rest of us get poorer.

Great idea Marty. The problem is that then the Pollies would have no reason to be in power except for their salary and do what they promised to get there so they'd have to actually do something honest to make a living. No chance.

His get up & go, got up & went. Now its worth nothing. Never was really.

Kerry Packer turned tax minimisation into a national sport with his 1991 appearance before a parliamentary inquiry, when he said anyone who didn't do everything legal to reduce their tax bill “wanted their head read because I don't think you're spending it that well that I should be donating extra" While his statement was quite telling, I could be wrong but I don't think he donated much if anything.

The problem with any system is that someone will find a way around it and use it to their advantage. They know all the rules and how to bend them to get what they need but can't work out (or don't want to) how to do anything that others find worth paying them for. These individuals may be in the minority but are at the forefront of publicity leaving all the genuinely disadvantaged tarred with the same brush. There is no such thing as a Utopian society, someone will always be at the bottom of the societal food chain.

And now it's over $1 trillion.

I'll have the one displayed.

According to the US Fact Checker Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims during his time as President up to 1 August. That is an average of 7.6 per day over 558 days. In his first 100 days the number was 4.9 claims per day but in Jun/July this year he averaged 16 claims per day. In just 6 months he has doubled the false and misleading claims made in his first year in office. He seems convinced that he can say anything because he is the President. Many of his supporters say he is getting things done but most of the economic turnaround within the US economy is a result of policies introduced by Obama. As soon as something that has any negative effect happens he will blame anyone including his own government departments, the latest being the Stock Market downturn when he immediately blamed the Federal Reserve. Of course the long Bull run was entirely attributable to him, according to him. It amazes me that the Yank system is such that the President is almost untouchable. Some legal opinions are that he can pardon himself, he does not have to produce his tax returns which would likely show tax evasion etc. There are a lot of very intelligent people in the US but a whole lot of redneck, bogun, gun crazy, ultra religious, uninformed zealots who actually vote. Most of these seem to think there is nothing really outside of the US that is any good & don't know where most countries even are. If hopefully the Republican majority in Congress & Senate disappears at the mid terms what will he do then?

The sub fertility rate is about 2.33 children per woman which means 2 children per woman to replace the parents, plus a "third of a child" to make up for the higher probability of boys born and mortality prior to the end of their fertile life. Below this and the population declines. So some women may have lots of children and some none. Australia is among the worlds countries amounting to about 3.3 billion people below the sub fertility rate. Of course this does not take into account immigration and many immigrants come for countries with high mortality rates and virtually no birth control so they push the figures into positive territory including the immigrants themselves. 360,000 last year & whether they are permanent or temporary it all puts a massive strain on everything (infrastructure, housing, health, education etc) but is the only thing keeping the economy growing. Everyone knows it but politicians deny it.

And also not to mention that an electric motor develops full torque from zero rpm.

I've also checked the hotels own website & without exception it is more expensive that the on-line booking site. I have not rung the hotel to try & do a deal so that might work. Mostly though the employee does not have the authority to negotiate unless you happen to get the manager on the phone. Just this last weekend I stayed in a studio unit in Noosa for $102.00 a night. The resort websites best deal was $140.00 a night

Fred, this is Richard, next door. I’ve got a confession to make. I’ve been riddled with guilt for a few months and have been trying to get up the courage to tell you face-to-face. At least I’m telling you in this text and I can’t live with myself a minute longer without you knowing about this. The truth is that when you’re not around I’ve been sharing your wife, day and night. In fact, probably much more than you. I haven’t been getting it at home recently and I know that that’s no excuse. The temptation was just too great. I can’t live with the guilt and hope you’ll accept my sincere apology and forgive me. Please suggest a fee for usage and I’ll pay you. Regards, Richard NEIGHBOR’S RESPONSE : Fred, feeling so angered and betrayed, grabbed his gun and shot Richard killing him. He went back home and poured himself a stiff drink and sat down on the sofa. Fred then looked at his phone and discovered a second Text message from Richard. SECOND TEXT MESSAGE : Hi, Fred. Richard here again. Sorry about the typo on my last text. I expect you figured it out and noticed that the damned Auto-Spell Correct had changed “wi-fi" to “wife”. Tec hnology, huh? It’ll be the death of us all. Regards, Richard

The cost of renewable energy is now about one third of the cost of polluting fossil fuels. That is why wind farms and solar farms are getting the finance and coming on line in ever increasing numbers. The problem as pointed out is storage. As the ANU study showed, pumped hydro is the best way to store energy, and we only need about 30 out of 2000 potential sites they identified on the East coast. Sure pumped hydro uses more than it produces but who cares when it is coming from excess wind and solar generated energy.

Why bother sneaking up in a submarine when you can buy a few 1980s Exocet missiles from the Argies for bugger all & stick them in in some unassuming old RPTs. The old RPTs might not get home but taking out a carrier or two would be pretty cost effective.

It's a pretty damning record. Australia is at No 13 on the World Corruptions index behind most of Western Europe but 3 ahead of the USA. No surprises there. Interestingly our nearest neighbour NZ is at No 1 being the least corrupt country in the World. According to Transparency International, since 2012, several countries significantly improved their index score, including Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and the United Kingdom, while several countries declined, including Syria, Yemen and Australia.

A man walks out to the street and catches a taxi just going by. He gets into the taxi, and the cabbie says, 'Perfect timing. You're just like Frank.' Passenger: 'Who?' Cabbie: 'Frank Feldman.. He's a guy who did everything right all the time. Like my coming along when you needed a cab, things happened like that to Frank Feldman every single time.' Passenger: 'There are always a few clouds over everybody.' Cabbie: 'Not Frank Feldman. He was a terrific athlete. He could have won the Grand-Slam at tennis. He could golf with the pros. He sang like an opera baritone and danced like a Broadway star and you should have heard him play the piano. He was an amazing guy.' Passenger: 'Sounds like he was something really special.' Cabbie: 'There's more. He had a memory like a computer. He remembered everybody's birthday. He knew all about wine, Which foods to order and which fork to eat them with. He could fix anything. Not like me. I change a fuse, and the whole street blacks out. But Frank Feldman, could do everything right.' Passenger: 'Wow, some guy then.' Cabbie: 'He always knew the quickest way to go in traffic and avoid traffic jams. Not like me, I always seem to get stuck in them. But Frank, he never made a mistake, and he really knew how to treat a woman and make her feel good. He would never answer her back even if she was in the wrong; and his clothing was always immaculate, shoes highly polished too. He was the perfect man! He never made a mistake. No one could ever measure up to Frank Feldman.' Passenger: 'An amazing fellow. How did you meet him?' Cabbie: 'Well... I never actually met Frank. He died and I married his wife.'