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Another indication that you have no clue!!! Whatsoever!!! The people inventing new treatments for diseases, sponsored by NIH grants. PhD's after 10+ years of academic training! For the salary of a TI !!! And to add insult to injury, those very same NIH postdoc-researchers do not qualify for employer-sponsored health insurance!!! May you rot in your trailer because of an MRSA-resistant infection. W/ no known antibiotic at your disposal.

Also, think about the repercussions for future AAD design. Cypres V, anyone? :)

The Micky Mouse-ation of science. The abdication of understanding. Here is the actual article, http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1109/1109.4897.pdf. Relying on CNN, Fox, or other crap sources for science information, will just get you pepper-strayed mentally. If this is over your head, so are the workings of Congress and our society. Just stop voting and procreating! After further review.

And THAT'S exactly your problem. You don't understand, you don't even have the mental tools to begin to understand...and therefore you will never understand that PURE research, as you name it, had and has very important practical outcomes!

When did she ever make her won money... She is living of a dead guy!!!

Time to clean this house. Arab-Spring cleaning style. From DC to CA. "This land is your land, this land is my land..."

Yes, I did. About 32 years before I was ready to make a statement on here. However, I will say that Nissan's CVT is winning me over. That's what an automatic should feel like!!! My wife loves it. Wow. That's really profound. Did you put a lot of thought into that?

Manual. For 32+ years now. Because automatics are for retards and the disabled.

This video has been removed by the user. Sorry about that. [YOUTUBE.COM] Smart move, kid! Who needs these armchairs quarterbacks on dorkzone.com anyways. They'll stretch a 0.5s decision, into a 30-day discussion. 'Cause they got nothing better to do!!!!

So, you think that a possible solution is out of the political realm?? And the almighty market forces alone will fix it?? GET REAL! GET LOST! To politicize the unemployed is complete and utter bullshit. In case you have not been paying attention there is crap on both sides of the political fence. Neither side can claim the high ground right now.

Did you vote Republican?

Chemists, Mol Bio are outsourced at a rapid clip. I have a PhD, MBA, and encounter the same experience. You didn't vote Republican by any chance ??

So, what's the benefit of an ipad2 to those 3 billion people on earth who are trying to survive on less than $2/ day??? And actually may die tomorrow for lack of food or water???? Apple is overrated. (I have three Macs and two iPads.) But it is a luxury for those who do not need to worry daily about sustenance.

Show me any one Apple device "Made in the USA!" Designed in the USA, yes! Without a doubt! But MADE?! Unfortunately, designing things won't keep Americans employed. It is a one-time endeavor!!! Making things is what supports a middle class and society. "I think you have it so wrong it's mind-boggling." reply] I think you have it so wrong it's mind-boggling. While it's true that a lot of the products Apple makes are made outside of the US, these are jobs that didn't exist in the US to begin with anyway. When people talk about "job creators," for a fantastic example, look no further than Steve Jobs. Hundreds of thousands of people have jobs because of the product categories he invented. Hundreds of small businesses popped up to create accessories for them and hundreds of programmers created applications to run on them. We need a LOT more people that can invent nexus devices that spawn jobs.

Man, I have lived more places when you ever will. FL, OR, CO, TX, GA. Europe, USA, Latin America. You think you are up to snuff? Last year you were about to exercise your dual citizenship - did you suddenly realize the grass wasn't as green as you thought it was?

Yes, I did. I moved out of Texas (Harris Cty.) a long time ago!!! Now, I feel like living on a whole different planet.

With all due respect. What's the standing of Harvard or MIT collegiate sports??? (Harvard, MIT are totally overrated, but just for the sake of argument.) Also,if I wanted to receive the best education in Science, Technology, Engineering. How would a competitive collegiate football team contribute to my endeavors??? Only in the USA. RIDICULOUS. I think you underestimate how much money gets pumped into a college due to sports. That money drives enrollment, which helps drive programs, which helps drive research...it can be a significant contribution.

Admittedly, he was a transformative figure. He made billions while the middle class suffered. But a country/ economy cannot survive on a "winner-takes-all" paradigm. What an economy really needs is a strong, accomplished middle-class. Look at Germany: trade surplus w/ China. Socially stable. Also does not involve itself in foreign wars, just to keep ppl employed thru the industrial-military complex. And let's not even talk about the industrial-educational complex which is beyond ridiculous in this country. (For example, how much does a collegiate football team contribute academically???)

My dear, Idiot friend!! Siegel Online is one of the premier and most trusted sources of news in Germany. Why would you see a need to remove the post, other than "burning" those news/ books you don't like or don't fit your view. Suffice it to say that we had this in Germany also. Seventy years ago, 1938. BASE Jumping in Switzerland Village Appalled by Thrill Seekers' Deaths By Lukas Eberle The Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen is a magnet for thrill seekers looking to take part in the dangerous extreme sport of BASE jumping. In high season, they can be seen plummeting down through the air every minute or so. But a series of deaths has outraged locals. Before Dominik Loyen, 43, leaps into the abyss, he dons his sunglasses. The German BASE jumper is standing on the edge of an 800 meter-high rock face in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. Beneath him lies the village of Lauterbrunnen. The sky is clear and mountain streams twinkle in the distance. Loyen takes two quick steps forward and flings himself over the edge. He rushes downwards head first, barely missing a rocky outcrop. After 18 seconds in the air, Loyen deploys his parachute around 150 meters above the ground. Shortly afterwards, he lands gently in a valley field. BASE jumping is a variation of parachuting, giving adrenaline junkies a buzz that lasts just seconds. But BASE jumpers don't dive out of planes. They jump from tall buildings, bridges and cliffs (BASE stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans and Earth). And anyone who really wants to experience the feeling of flying comes here to Lauterbrunnen. The village is a mecca for BASE jumpers. Enormous rock walls soar vertically at heights of up to 1,100 meters. Extreme sports fans come from around the world to enjoy the ultimate high, and there were around 15,000 jumps in Lauterbrunnen last year. A Plague From the Sky Many locals, however, are not happy about the visitors. Some 28 BASE jumpers have already died in Lauterbrunnen, including a French jumper who fell to his death in June after his parachute failed to open. For the local residents, the BASE jumpers are a plague from the sky. Dominik Loyen is originally from the town of Viersen in the Lower Rhine region, but has lived in Lauterbrunnen for the past six years. In Germany, he needs a permit for every jump, and the jump points and landing areas must be approved. But in Switzerland, no approval is needed from the authorities. "Everyone is responsible for themselves," he says. "The cliffs belong to everyone." He loves the moment just before the jump. "Every hair is standing on end. The body resists what the head wants. If you manage to keep control in these extreme situations, it gives you a buzz, makes you feel superior, big," says Loyen. Summer is the high season for BASE jumpers in Lauterbrunnen. In the tourist information office a poster offers them advice: "Respect your limits." Already, early in the morning, the jumpers are marching along to the valley station of the cable car, each equipped with a rucksack, helmet and parachute. A gondola takes them up to the mountain villages of Mürren and Winteregg. After a short walk, they arrive at the jumping spots, known as "exits." They have names like Nose, High Ultimate and Via Ferrata. Many BASE jumpers wear "wingsuits," full bodysuits with fabric surfaces under the arms and between the legs. This special outfit gives the jumpers momentum in the air. With outstretched arms they swoop down in a nosedive towards the valley floor, resembling a giant bat. The flow of the air creates a noise, a fine swoosh that sounds like a distant jet aircraft. Everyone in Lauterbrunnen knows this noise. The cliff from which the BASE jumpers leap is immediately adjacent to the village. In good weather, they can see a Batman flying by every minute or so. 'Slammed Against the Rocks' Right next to the gondola station is the Stechelberg elementary school, from which there is also a good view of the cliff. At the beginning of July, the schoolchildren were celebrating the end of their school year with a theatre performance, followed later by a buffet on the football field. It was a beautiful day with a bright blue sky -- BASE jumping weather. Once again, the sounds of jumpers in the air could be heard -- and then a shrill scream. "We looked on as a jumper slammed against the rocks a couple of times. At the end, the man was left lying lifelessly in trees on a slope," says Rahel Charrois. The teacher is still shocked by it today. Charrois says she has never seen a year go by without an accident. In 2009, a class on a bike trip witnessed a BASE jumper fall to his death. The cost of the thrill is simply too much, insists the teacher. "We teach the children that it is important to be careful when crossing the street. How can we explain at the same time that people go BASE jumping?" she asks. Anger in the village is growing. Farmers have been complaining about the BASE jumpers for some time because they land in their fields. They can't make hay out of the grass that has been trampled flat. "But the worst part is the deaths," says farmer Mathias Feuz. Sitting on a stool in his barn, he describes how he once made a deal with two BASE jumpers allowing them to land in his fields along with their friends. He had been close to accepting the sport. But then the two suffered a fatal accident. In all Feuz has been forced to watch seven accidents from his yard, and he can no longer stand it. "I don't want any more people to die on my land," he says. Two Worlds Colliding In Lauterbrunnen, these two worlds are colliding. The locals in this idyllic Alpine community feel like the residents of a death zone. Meanwhile the BASE jumpers are only interested in their next adrenaline rush. Next week, a BASE jump world cup is set to be contested in the Lauterbrunnen valley. The jumpers have set up a small camp close to the gondola station, the BASE house. Inside the log cabin with a fireplace, Jonathan, a young American from California, is sitting on a plastic stool. He has bloodshot eyes and a scar on his forehead, having just been released from a hospital after he was caught on a tree during a jump in France. A branch pierced his abdomen and ripped into his bladder. The doctors told him that it would not have happened with an empty bladder. So from now on, he will always urinate before a jump, Jonathan says. He has never even thought about quitting. 'We Would Like to Preserve the Diversity' The BASE jumpers in Lauterbrunnen take big risks. Anyone who jumps incorrectly, or doesn't judge the wind properly, will probably end up slamming into the cliff -- after which there is no escape. In the past 12 months, six BASE jumpers have fallen to their deaths. But the local authorities do not want to ban the sport -- the region is one of the few in Switzerland which does a better tourist trade in summer than in winter, thanks in part to the BASE jumpers. Peter Wälchli, the mayor of Lauterbrunnen, sits at his tidy desk in the local government offices, a big man with a round face. "We have everything here for our visitors, apart from the sea. We would like to preserve this diversity and not ban individual sports," says Wälchli. Then he talks about civil and aviation laws. He knows them well. The same discussion flares up after each fatal accident, and that is when Wälchli says: "The BASE jumpers are acting legally; they are not violating any laws." Mathias Feuz, the farmer, gets into a rage when he hears his mayor talk like that. Just the other day, an Australian had an accident when his parachute became caught up in the gondola cables. It is just a matter of time before the next tragedy occurs. "The authorities don't want to ban the jumping because even a dead BASE jumper brings money in," the farmer says angrily. Many in the area would earn some cash in such a case, "the doctor, mountain rescue" and also the hotel and restaurant industry -- "when the relatives travel here," says Feuz.

Valhalla has always room for another one. And Odin welcomes them all. P.S.: I knew that 40 years ago. Not related to skydiving, but traffic accidents and drug overuse!

DING DING DING. We got a winner! P.S.: For every winner, there is a looser. Just like you and me.

Will not sign. Did you see the feature on BASE jumping in Lauterbrunn/CH? Base jumpers don't even have the decency to not die in front of elementary school children. http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,784896,00.html. There is a full-featured video also. Falls into the same category as homosexuals, queers, lesbians. I have absolutely no problem with it: but not in public view w/ children present!! It is an adult activity. BASE Jumping in Switzerland Village Appalled by Thrill Seekers' Deaths By Lukas Eberle The Swiss village of Lauterbrunnen is a magnet for thrill seekers looking to take part in the dangerous extreme sport of BASE jumping. In high season, they can be seen plummeting down through the air every minute or so. But a series of deaths has outraged locals. Before Dominik Loyen, 43, leaps into the abyss, he dons his sunglasses. The German BASE jumper is standing on the edge of an 800 meter-high rock face in the Bernese Highlands of Switzerland. Beneath him lies the village of Lauterbrunnen. The sky is clear and mountain streams twinkle in the distance. Loyen takes two quick steps forward and flings himself over the edge. He rushes downwards head first, barely missing a rocky outcrop. After 18 seconds in the air, Loyen deploys his parachute around 150 meters above the ground. Shortly afterwards, he lands gently in a valley field. BASE jumping is a variation of parachuting, giving adrenaline junkies a buzz that lasts just seconds. But BASE jumpers don't dive out of planes. They jump from tall buildings, bridges and cliffs (BASE stands for Buildings, Antennas, Spans and Earth). And anyone who really wants to experience the feeling of flying comes here to Lauterbrunnen. The village is a mecca for BASE jumpers. Enormous rock walls soar vertically at heights of up to 1,100 meters. Extreme sports fans come from around the world to enjoy the ultimate high, and there were around 15,000 jumps in Lauterbrunnen last year. A Plague From the Sky Many locals, however, are not happy about the visitors. Some 28 BASE jumpers have already died in Lauterbrunnen, including a French jumper who fell to his death in June after his parachute failed to open. For the local residents, the BASE jumpers are a plague from the sky. Dominik Loyen is originally from the town of Viersen in the Lower Rhine region, but has lived in Lauterbrunnen for the past six years. In Germany, he needs a permit for every jump, and the jump points and landing areas must be approved. But in Switzerland, no approval is needed from the authorities. "Everyone is responsible for themselves," he says. "The cliffs belong to everyone." He loves the moment just before the jump. "Every hair is standing on end. The body resists what the head wants. If you manage to keep control in these extreme situations, it gives you a buzz, makes you feel superior, big," says Loyen. Summer is the high season for BASE jumpers in Lauterbrunnen. In the tourist information office a poster offers them advice: "Respect your limits." Already, early in the morning, the jumpers are marching along to the valley station of the cable car, each equipped with a rucksack, helmet and parachute. A gondola takes them up to the mountain villages of Mürren and Winteregg. After a short walk, they arrive at the jumping spots, known as "exits." They have names like Nose, High Ultimate and Via Ferrata. Many BASE jumpers wear "wingsuits," full bodysuits with fabric surfaces under the arms and between the legs. This special outfit gives the jumpers momentum in the air. With outstretched arms they swoop down in a nosedive towards the valley floor, resembling a giant bat. The flow of the air creates a noise, a fine swoosh that sounds like a distant jet aircraft. Everyone in Lauterbrunnen knows this noise. The cliff from which the BASE jumpers leap is immediately adjacent to the village. In good weather, they can see a Batman flying by every minute or so. 'Slammed Against the Rocks' Right next to the gondola station is the Stechelberg elementary school, from which there is also a good view of the cliff. At the beginning of July, the schoolchildren were celebrating the end of their school year with a theatre performance, followed later by a buffet on the football field. It was a beautiful day with a bright blue sky -- BASE jumping weather. Once again, the sounds of jumpers in the air could be heard -- and then a shrill scream. "We looked on as a jumper slammed against the rocks a couple of times. At the end, the man was left lying lifelessly in trees on a slope," says Rahel Charrois. The teacher is still shocked by it today. Charrois says she has never seen a year go by without an accident. In 2009, a class on a bike trip witnessed a BASE jumper fall to his death. The cost of the thrill is simply too much, insists the teacher. "We teach the children that it is important to be careful when crossing the street. How can we explain at the same time that people go BASE jumping?" she asks. Anger in the village is growing. Farmers have been complaining about the BASE jumpers for some time because they land in their fields. They can't make hay out of the grass that has been trampled flat. "But the worst part is the deaths," says farmer Mathias Feuz. Sitting on a stool in his barn, he describes how he once made a deal with two BASE jumpers allowing them to land in his fields along with their friends. He had been close to accepting the sport. But then the two suffered a fatal accident. In all Feuz has been forced to watch seven accidents from his yard, and he can no longer stand it. "I don't want any more people to die on my land," he says. Two Worlds Colliding In Lauterbrunnen, these two worlds are colliding. The locals in this idyllic Alpine community feel like the residents of a death zone. Meanwhile the BASE jumpers are only interested in their next adrenaline rush. Next week, a BASE jump world cup is set to be contested in the Lauterbrunnen valley. The jumpers have set up a small camp close to the gondola station, the BASE house. Inside the log cabin with a fireplace, Jonathan, a young American from California, is sitting on a plastic stool. He has bloodshot eyes and a scar on his forehead, having just been released from a hospital after he was caught on a tree during a jump in France. A branch pierced his abdomen and ripped into his bladder. The doctors told him that it would not have happened with an empty bladder. So from now on, he will always urinate before a jump, Jonathan says. He has never even thought about quitting. 'We Would Like to Preserve the Diversity' The BASE jumpers in Lauterbrunnen take big risks. Anyone who jumps incorrectly, or doesn't judge the wind properly, will probably end up slamming into the cliff -- after which there is no escape. In the past 12 months, six BASE jumpers have fallen to their deaths. But the local authorities do not want to ban the sport -- the region is one of the few in Switzerland which does a better tourist trade in summer than in winter, thanks in part to the BASE jumpers. Peter Wälchli, the mayor of Lauterbrunnen, sits at his tidy desk in the local government offices, a big man with a round face. "We have everything here for our visitors, apart from the sea. We would like to preserve this diversity and not ban individual sports," says Wälchli. Then he talks about civil and aviation laws. He knows them well. The same discussion flares up after each fatal accident, and that is when Wälchli says: "The BASE jumpers are acting legally; they are not violating any laws." Mathias Feuz, the farmer, gets into a rage when he hears his mayor talk like that. Just the other day, an Australian had an accident when his parachute became caught up in the gondola cables. It is just a matter of time before the next tragedy occurs. "The authorities don't want to ban the jumping because even a dead BASE jumper brings money in," the farmer says angrily. Many in the area would earn some cash in such a case, "the doctor, mountain rescue" and also the hotel and restaurant industry -- "when the relatives travel here," says Feuz.

Absolutely, positively YES!!! Any ONE of these will work: (i) she is American; (ii) older than 25 yrs.; (iii) at 5'5, weighs more than 120 lbs (adjust accordingly for height variations). In those cases, I prefer our relationship to be platonic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Y6DNfBgiY Pretty popular abroad, Latin America, even after all those years. But really, where is the love and what has gone so wrong w/ this country of ours? SAD!!!!

NOW THIS, is a response I can really respect!!!! Acquaintance of mine worked himself to death in Canada. Eventually caught lung cancer at 55 and had one lung removed. If there is any recurrence in the other lung, he'll be toast. So, now he is fucking the hottest 20-year old Latina/ Haitian chics that he can get his hands on. And there are many...!!!