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Tips from a Cooking Class at Williams-Sonoma
By Emily Paster
Do you love Williams-Sonoma as much as I do? I walk into that store and instantly start adding things to my mental wish list. A new stand mixer, a shiny saute pan, maybe some serving dishes, a cookbook or two — I want it all! One of the best things about Williams-Sonoma is that it takes the home cook seriously. Whether you are just starting out in your first real kitchen, or an experienced home cook who wants the latest and best of everything, you will find what you need at Williams-Sonoma, and the staff will be able to guide you. The men and women who work at Williams-Sonoma stores are extremely knowledgeable and always willing to give a candid opinion. Many Williams-Sonoma stores offer cooking classes, both hour-long technique classes, which are free, and longer, fee-based classes that include a complete meal. I recently had the opportunity to attend an evening class at the Williams-Sonoma store closest to me, Oakbrook Center. My class was led by a professional chef, Vanessa Reinhart, and culminated in a delicious meal of Grilled Apricots with Prosciutto, Seafood Linguine with Leeks and Fennel, and, for dessert, Strawberry Napoleons. (For those regular readers who know that we don't have pork or shellfish in our home, this menu was both delicious and transgressive for me — a double thrill!) Although I was there for work, the other participants came in groups — enjoying a special night out with friends that included both excellent food and some great cooking tips. What a fun idea for a date or a girls' night!
While the nine of us sampled appetizers, such as cheese and marinated olives, and sipped a refreshing cherryade, Chef Vanessa demonstrated how to prepare the chosen recipes, all of which came from the cookbook Cooking for Friends. Along the way, Vanessa offered some of the favorite cooking tips that she learned from her time in culinary school and working in restaurants. Although I think of myself as an experienced cook, I learned several great tips from Vanessa and even some from the other participants in the class. That's the great thing about spending an evening with people who love to cook: there is always plenty to talk about!
Here, in no special order are the best tips and tricks I picked up from my Williams-Sonoma cooking class:
- When grilling food, always put the presentation side on the heat first. So, for our grilled apricots, Chef Vanessa put the cut-side down on the grill pan first to get those beautiful grill marks. By the way, Chef Vanessa used a Le Creuset grill pan to get that grilled flavor while cooking on the stove. It's a heavy piece of equipment, but very high-quality.
- When making a dish with a few ingredients, such as the grilled apricots with prosciutto, splurge on the best ingredients you can afford. In this case, Chef Vanessa used a domestic prosciutto made from Iowa Berkshire pigs, and it was a slice of buttery heaven.
- Chef Vanessa's go-to extra virgin olive oil? Olio Santo from California. It is also a favorite with Ina Garten of the Barefoot Contessa.
- What's finishing salt? A finishing salt — intended to be sprinkled on your dish right before serving — dissolves quicker than a kosher salt or table salt. Because of that, you will be able to tell right away after using finishing salt how well-seasoned your dish is.
- Speaking of salt, when do you salt the water for your pasta? I always salt it as soon as I fill the pot with water, but apparently this is not the best approach. Vanessa recommends waiting until the water has come to a boil to add salt. Adding the salt before this point causes the salt to react with the pot and can leave marks. Whenever you add the salt, however, make sure to add enough — the water should taste salty.
- Do you use leeks in your cooking? Chef Vanessa used them in our seafood linguine because their mild flavor would not overpower the delicate taste of the mussels and clams that are the highlight of this dish. When using leeks, cut them in half lengthwise and clean between the layers because they can be quite sandy. Also, discard the dark green tops (or save them for the stockpot). Use only the white and light green parts of the leek.
- Basic knife skills: pinch the blade of your knife between your thumb and forefinger. Choke up on the knife for better control. On the hand holding the food to be chopped, curl the bottoms of your fingers under and use your knuckles to guide the knife.
- Sauté 101: first heat your pan, then heat your fat (butter, oil, etc.) Once you can see the fat shimmer, add your food. And listen for that sizzle! If you add food to a cold pan, the food will absorb the oil and become greasy.
- To elevate your cooking to a more professional level, consider the presentation. Add a garnish for color. (I like to use an ingredient that is in the dish as garnish, be it a slice of lemon or a sprig of parsley.)
- To learn how to cook without having to stop and measure all the time — something I hardly ever do, which makes writing a recipe a challenge — measure out a teaspoon of salt and pour it into your hand. Memorize what that looks like. Similarly, measure out one or two tablespoons of olive oil then pour that into a pan. Memorize what that looks like. Once you have a sense of how these common amounts look and feel, you don't have to stop constantly to measure them out.
If you are looking for more great tips such as these, and want to spend a fun evening out with friends, I definitely recommend a cooking class at your local Williams-Sonoma. As an added benefit, following your class, you can 10% off on anything you buy. So if you leave your class dying for a Le Creuset grill pan, at least you can get a discount!
Full disclosure time: I was invited to join the cooking class at the OakBrook Williams-Sonoma on August 20 at no charge. I was not asked to write about my experience, nor did I receive any compensation. All opinions expressed herein are entirely my own.
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1. THE MONK WHO SOLDHIS FERRARIA FABLE ABOUT FULFILLING YOUR DREAMS AND REACHING YOUR DESTINY ROBIN SHARMAJAICO PUBLISHING HOUSEAhmedabad Bangalore Bhopal Chennai Delhi Hyderabad Kolkata Mumbai
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q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari has been a very special project, brought to fruition through the efforts of some very special people. I am deeply grateful to my superb production team and to all those whose enthusiasm and energy transformed my vision of this book into reality, especially my family at Sharma Leadership International. Your commitment and sense of mission moves me. I express special thanks: • to the thousands of readers of my first book, MegaLiving!, who graciously took the time to write to me and share their success stories or attend my seminars. Thank you for your endless support and love. You are why I do what I do. • to Karen Petherick for your interior design leadership and for your tireless efforts in keeping this project on schedule. • to my boyhood friend John Samson for your insightful comments on early drafts, and to Mark Klar and Tammy and Shareef Isa for your excellent input on the manuscript. • to Ursula Kaczmarczyk at the Justice Department for your encouragement and support. • to Kathi Dunn for your brilliant cover design. I thought nothing could top Timeless Wisdom for Self-Mastery. I was wrong. • to Mark Victor Hansen, Rick Frishman, Ken Vegotsky, Bill Oulton, and, very importantly, Satya Paul and Krishna Sharma. • and most of all, to my wonderful parents, Shiv and Shashi Sharma, who have guided and helped me from day one; to my loyal and wise brother Sanjay Sharma, M.D., and his good wife, Susan; to my daughter, Bianca, for your presence; and to Alka, my wife and best friend. You are all the light that shows me the way. • to Iris Tupholme, Claude Primeau, Judy Brunsek, Carol Bonnett, Tom Best and Michaela Cornell and the rest of the extraordinary team at HarperCollins for your energy, enthusiasm and faith in this book. A very special and heartfelt thanks to Ed Carson, President of HarperCollins, for immediately seeing the potential of this book, for believing in me and for making things happen. I deeply value your guidance.
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page viii Life is no brief candle for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. George Bernard Shaw
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page ix CONTENTS 1 THE WAKE-UP CALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 THE MIRACULOUS TRANSFORMATION OF JULIAN MANTLE . . 12 4 A MAGICAL MEETING WITH THE SAGES OF SIVANA . . . . . . . . . 24 5 A SPIRITUAL STUDENT OF THE SAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6 THE WISDOM OF PERSONAL CHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 7 A MOST EXTRAORDINARY GARDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 8 KINDLING YOUR INNER FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 9 THE ANCIENT ART OF SELF-LEADERSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 10 THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 11 YOUR MOST PRECIOUS COMMODITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 12 THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 13 THE TIMELESS SECRET OF LIFELONG HAPPINESS . . . . . . . . 181
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q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 1 CHAPTER ONE The Wake-Up Call He collapsed right in the middle of a packed courtroom. He was one of this country's most distinguished trial lawyers. He was also a man who was as well known for the three-thousand-dollar Italian suits that draped his well-fed frame as for his remarkable string of legal victories. I simply stood there, paralyzed by the shock of what I had just witnessed. The great Julian Mantle had been reduced to a victim and was now squirming on the ground like a helpless infant, shaking and shivering and sweating like a maniac. Everything seemed to move in slow motion from that point on. "My God, Julian's in trouble!" his paralegal screamed, emotionally offering us a blinding glimpse of the obvious. The judge looked panic-stricken and quickly muttered something into the private phone she had had installed in the event of an emergency. As for me, I could only stand there, dazed and confused. Please don't die, you old fool. It's too early for you to check out. You don't deserve to die like this. The bailiff, who earlier had looked as if he had been embalmed in his standing position, leapt into action and started to perform CPR on the fallen legal hero. The paralegal was at his side, her 1
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 2 Robin S. Sharma long blond curls dangling over Julian's ruby-red face, offering him soft words of comfort, words that he obviously could not hear. I had known Julian for seventeen years. We had first met when I was a young law student hired by one of his partners as a summer research intern. Back then, he'd had it all. He was a brilliant, hand- some and fearless trial attorney with dreams of greatness. Julian was the firm's young star, the rain-maker in waiting. I can still remember walking by his regal corner office while I was working late one night and stealing a glimpse of the framed quotation perched on his massive oak desk. It was by Winston Churchill and it spoke volumes about the man that Julian was: Sure I am that this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond my endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an uncon- querable will to win, victory will not be denied us. Julian also walked his talk. He was tough, hard-driving and willing to work eighteen-hour days for the success he believed was his destiny. I heard through the grapevine that his grandfather had been a prominent senator and his father a highly respected judge of the Federal Court. It was obvious that he came from money and that there were enormous expectations weighing on his Armani-clad shoulders. I'll admit one thing though: he ran his own race. He was determined to do things his own way — and he loved to put on a show. Julian's outrageous courtroom theatrics regularly made the front pages of the newspapers. The rich and famous flocked to his side whenever they needed a superb legal tactician with an aggressive 2
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 3 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari edge. His extra-curricular activities were probably as well known. Late-night visits to the city's finest restaurants with sexy young fash- ion models, or reckless drinking escapades with the rowdy band of brokers he called his "demolition team," became the stuff of legend at the firm. I still can't figure out why he picked me to work with him on that sensational murder case he was to argue that first summer. Though I had graduated from Harvard Law School, his alma mater, I certainly wasn't the brightest intern at the firm, and my family pedigree reflected no blue blood. My father spent his whole life as a security guard with a local bank after a stint in the Marines. My mother grew up unceremoniously in the Bronx. Yet he did pick me over all the others who had been quietly lobbying him for the privilege of being his legal gofer on what became known as "the Mother of All Murder Trials": he said he liked my "hunger." We won, of course, and the business executive who had been charged with brutally killing his wife was now a free man — or as free as his cluttered conscience would let him be. My own education that summer was a rich one. It was far more than a lesson on how to raise a reasonable doubt where none existed — any lawyer worth his salt could do that. This was a lesson in the psychology of winning and a rare opportunity to watch a master in action. I soaked it up like a sponge. At Julian's invitation, I stayed on at the firm as an associate, and a lasting friendship quickly developed between us. I will admit that he wasn't the easiest lawyer to work with. Serving as his junior was often an exercise in frustration, leading to more than a few late-night shouting matches. It was truly his way or the high- way. This man could never be wrong. However, beneath his crusty exterior was a person who clearly cared about people. 3
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 4 Robin S. Sharma No matter how busy he was, he would always ask about Jenny, the woman I still call "my bride" even though we were married before I went to law school. On finding out from another summer intern that I was in a financial squeeze, Julian arranged for me to receive a generous scholarship. Sure, he could play hardball with the best of them, and sure, he loved to have a wild time, but he never neglected his friends. The real problem was that Julian was obsessed with work. For the first few years he justified his long hours by saying that he was "doing it for the good of the firm," and that he planned to take a month off and go to the Caymans "next winter for sure." As time passed, however, Julian's reputation for brilliance spread and his workload continued to increase. The cases just kept on getting bigger and better, and Julian, never one to back down from a good challenge, continued to push himself harder and harder. In his rare moments of quiet, he confided that he could no longer sleep for more than a couple of hours without waking up feeling guilty that he was not working on a file. It soon became clear to me that he was being consumed by the hunger for more: more prestige, more glory and more money. As expected, Julian became enormously successful. He achieved everything most people could ever want: a stellar profes- sional reputation with an income in seven figures, a spectacular mansion in a neighborhood favored by celebrities, a private jet, a summer home on a tropical island and his prized possession — a shiny red Ferrari parked in the center of his driveway. Yet I knew that things were not as idyllic as they appeared on the surface. I observed the signs of impending doom not because I was so much more perceptive than the others at the firm, but simply because I spent the most time with the man. We were 4
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 5 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari always together because we were always at work. Things never seemed to slow down. There was always another blockbuster case on the horizon that was bigger than the last. No amount of prepa- ration was ever enough for Julian. What would happen if the judge brought up this question or that question, God forbid? What would happen if our research was less than perfect? What would happen if he was surprised in the middle of a packed courtroom, looking like a deer caught in the glare of an intruding pair of headlights? So we pushed ourselves to the limit and I got sucked into his little work-centered world as well. There we were, two slaves to the clock, toiling away on the sixty-fourth floor of some steel and glass monolith while most sane people were at home with their families, thinking we had the world by the tail, blinded by an illusory version of success. The more time I spent with Julian, the more I could see that he was driving himself deeper into the ground. It was as if he had some kind of a death wish. Nothing ever satisfied him. Eventually, his marriage failed, he no longer spoke with his father, and though he had every material possession anyone could want, he still had not found whatever it was that he was looking for. It showed, emotionally, physically — and spiritually. At fifty-three years of age, Julian looked as if he was in his late seventies. His face was a mass of wrinkles, a less than glori- ous tribute to his "take-no-prisoners" approach to life in general and the tremendous stress of his out-of-balance lifestyle in partic- ular. The late-night dinners in expensive French restaurants, smoking thick Cuban cigars and drinking cognac after cognac, had left him embarrassingly overweight. He constantly complained that he was sick and tired of being sick and tired. He had lost his sense of humor and never seemed to laugh anymore. 5
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 6 Robin S. Sharma Julian's once enthusiastic nature had been replaced by a deathly somberness. Personally, I think that his life had lost all purpose. Perhaps the saddest thing was that he had also lost his focus in the courtroom. Where he would once dazzle all those present with an eloquent and airtight closing argument, he now droned on for hours, rambling about obscure cases that had little or no bearing on the matter before the Court. Where once he would react grace- fully to the objections of opposing counsel, he now displayed a biting sarcasm that severely tested the patience of judges who had earlier viewed him as a legal genius. Simply put, Julian's spark of life had begun to flicker. It wasn't just the strain of his frenetic pace that was marking him for an early grave. I sensed it went far deeper. It seemed to be a spiritual thing. Almost every day he would tell me that he felt no passion for what he was doing and was enveloped by emptiness. Julian said that as a young lawyer he really loved the Law, even though he was initially pushed into it by the social agenda of his family. The Law's complexities and intellectual challenges had kept him spellbound and full of energy. Its power to effect social change had inspired and motivated him. Back then, he was more than just some rich kid from Connecticut. He really saw himself as a force for good, an instrument for social improvement who could use his obvious gifts to help others. That vision gave his life mean- ing. It gave him a purpose and it fuelled his hopes. There was even more to Julian's undoing than a rusty connection to what he did for a living. He had suffered some great tragedy before I had joined the firm. Something truly unspeakable had happened to him, according to one of the senior partners, but I couldn't get anyone to open up about it. Even old man Harding, the notoriously loose-lipped managing partner 6
q/Monk tpb updated 11/10/05 4:39 PM Page 7 The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari who spent more time in the bar of the Ritz-Carlton than in his embarrassingly large office, said that he was sworn to secrecy. Whatever this deep, dark secret was, I had a suspicion that it, in some way, was contributing to Julian's downward spiral. Sure I was curious, but most of all, I wanted to help him. He was not only my mentor; he was my best friend. And then it happened. This massive heart attack that brought the brilliant Julian Mantle back down to earth and reconnected him to his mortality. Right in the middle of courtroom number seven on a Monday morning, the same courtroom where we had won the Mother of All Murder Trials. 7


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Moshe Dayan Monday night on the 31st anniversary of his death.In black
spray paint surrounded by splotches of red, vandals wrote "Minister of failure –
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Dayan's childhood home.Migdal Ha'emek police have opened an
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so far. Police believe the vandalism took place not long before it was
discovered and reported to police. The graffiti was found by a civilian at the
cemetery on Tuesday morning who contacted the police.The writing could
possibly be a reference to the Yom Kippur War, which broke out a little over 39
years ago in October 1973.Dayan was defense minister during that war,
and his public image was tarnished by Israeli public criticism of his conduct,
when 2,688 IDF soldiers fell in battle.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
issued a condemnation on Tuesday afternoon, saying "we cannot accept the routine
desecration of graves, burial sites and holy places."He spoke during a
ceremony held at the Knesset to mark the 11th anniversary of the death of former
tourism minister Rehavam "Gandhi" Ze'evi, assassinated in the Jerusalem Hyatt
hotel on Mount Scopus on October 17, 2001.Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin,
also speaking at the ceremony, said "if 'Gandhi' was with us today, he would
have harshly condemned the desecration of the grave of Moshe Dayan. In spite of
the differences in their approaches to things, 'Gandhi' would not have allowed
us to let this act pass quietly."Rivlin added "the desecration of
Dayan's grave marks a new low in the Israeli culture of argument. This bears
painful witness that our society has lost its ability to dispute and argue with
one another in a logical, respectful and considerate way."Netanyahu
added that Israel cannot accept such acts that desecrate "the memory of people
who belonged to the generation of fighters and founders of the State of
Israel."Born on Kibbutz Deganya – established October 10, 1910 – Dayan
participated in the invasion of Vichy-controlled Lebanon alongside the British
in 1941, where he lost his left eye. He was in charge of the Israeli forces that
fired on the Irgun ship Altalena in 1948, an event that – had it spiraled out of
control – could have meant civil war in Israel between the Jewish Left and
Right.Later Dayan was chief of staff during the invasion of Egypt in
1956.Most famously, he was appointed defense minister just in time to
participate in the victory of the Six Day War.Leading up to the Yom
Kippur War, Dayan argued with then-prime minister Golda Meir over the need to
mobilize troops, and he opposed a preemptive strike.When the surprise
attack by Egyptian and Syrian forces came, it knocked the IDF off balance for
several days on both fronts. To this day the war remains a traumatic event in
the history of Israel, and both Dayan and Meir paid dearly for the war in the
Israeli collective memory.Seth Frantzman contributed to this report.
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An armor-piercing tandem projectile adapted for multi-layered armored targets. Two armor-penetrating devices are incorporated in the body of the tandem shell projectile which differentiate each other with respect to their moments of impact; the rear armor-penetrating device incorporates a shaped hollow explosive charge including a cavity lining forming an armor-penetrating spike (projectile with high initial velocity) upon detonation. The forward armor-penetrating device has a pointed end with an axial conduit which is in communication with the hollow explosive charge and serves as a passageway for said spike.
1. An improved armor-piercing tandem projectile particularly adapted for piercing multi-layered armored targets and having a shell body incorporating at least two armor-piercing means which differentiate each other at least with respect to their moments of impacting the target, the rearmost one of the armor-piercing means including a shaped hollow explosive charge; the improvement comprising:
a first most forwardly disposed armor-piercing means, relative to the target, having the first, in point of time, impacting moment of said armor-piercing means, acting by its kinetic energy;
a second most rearwardly disposed armor-piercing means having a chamber;
said first and second armor-piercing means being rigidly secured to each other,
shaped hollow explosive charge means operatively mounted in said chamber, said shaped hollow explosive charge means including spike forming means;
said first armor-piercing means being formed as an impact body which has a fowardly extending conduit in communication with said shaped hollow explosive charge means.
2. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 1, wherein said impact body has a pointed forward end, said conduit having an outlet in the pointed forward end of said impact body.
3. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem shell or projectile as set forth in claim 2, wherein said impact body has a pointed forward end, at least a portion of said pointed forward end being formed of metal carbide.
4. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 3, wherein said armor-piercing shell or projectile is of a subcalibre type and includes exchangeable sabot means operatively mounted on said subcalibre projectile.
5. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 4, wherein said subcalibre projectile further includes wing stabilizing means operatively mounted on said shell body.
6. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 3, wherein said impact body includes streamlined projections extending therefrom.
7. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 6, including an additional payload operatively mounted in said shell body behind said hollow explosive charge means.
8. The improvement in an armor-piercing tandem projectile as set forth in claim 7, wherein said payload includes materials selected from the group of incendiary, marking and smoke generating substances.
This invention relates to an armor-penetrating tandem-projectile adapted in particular for compartmentalized targets (multi-layer armor). Two armor-penetrating devices are incorporated in the shell body of a tandem shell. These armor-penetrating devices distinguish each other with respect to their moment of impact; the rear one of the two devices encompasses a shaped hollow explosive charge arrangement.
The afore-described type of armor-piercing tandem projectile is already known and has been described in the "Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik," Folge 8, 1974 (Wehr und Wissen, Verlagsgesellschaft mbH., Koblenz-Bonn-Darmstadt), page 163, FIG. 16. Such a device has two coaxial shaped hollow explosive charges arranged one behind the other. When the device impacts on a target the rear shaped hollow explosive charge is the one that first becomes operative. From a lining forming part of the rear charge a pointed spike is formed; this spike is adapted to be ejected through the forward hollow charge by passing through an opening disposed in the apex of the forward charge and produces a channel in the armor plate of the target. The forward shaped hollow explosive charge is thus ignited with delay relative to ignition of the rear shaped hollow explosive charge. The pointed spike formed by the forward shaped hollow explosive charge thus follows the said channel produced by the rear shaped hollow explosive charge and becomes operative at a preselected position.
It has been observed that difficulties occur when the compartmentalized reinforced target is impacted obliquely by the afore-described known projectile. The difficulties can be attributed to the strongly reduced cross section of the penetrating channel produced by the spike of the first shaped hollow explosive charge as compared to the cross section of such a channel when a perpendicular impacting of the shell and the target occurs. Consequently, only a relatively small surface area is damaged which is a drawback. A further drawback resides in the behavior of such a known shell relative to an active armor. What is meant here by an active armor is an arrangement of explosive charges in the region of the outer armor, by the activation of which the spike formed by the shaped hollow explosive charge is disturbed and is made ineffective with respect to the main armor.
It is an object of the invention to avoid the drawbacks of the afore-described known armor-piercing tandem projectile.
This object is attained by providing an armor-piercing tandem projectile adapted for compartmentalized targets (multi-layer armor) in which the two armor-piercing devices are unified in one shell body. The activation of the two armor-piercing devices is not simultaneous and the rear device surrounds a shaped hollow explosive charge, while the forward device is effective by virtue of its kinetic energy.
The invention provides the technical advantage, that, even when the shell of the invention impacts the target obliquely, the outer armor is penetrated over a relatively large cross-sectional area. Moreover, the detonation distance (stand-off distance) between the shaped hollow explosive charge and the main armor is optimized. Furthermore, any encroachments to the shaped hollow explosive charge spike, due to malfunctioning of the charge at an active armor, is avoided.
The invention is further set forth in the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, taken in conjunction with the appended drawing, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates a projectile, in accordance with the invention, being of the sub-calibre type, including a sabot and an arrow-stabilizing guide wing arrangement, partially in section, in which those parts of the invention which are conventional have been omitted or are only illustrated in light-dashed lines for sake of clarity; and
FIG. 2 is a partially sectional side view of the impact body of the projectile or shell of the invention.
Referring now to the drawing there is illustrated a projectile body 1 having a cylindrical portion 2 and, in the forward region of the projectile, an impact body 3. A shaped hollow explosive charge 4 provided with a spike-forming liner 17 is disposed within the cylindrical portion 2. This shaped hollow explosive charge 4 is coaxially arranged relative to the longitudinal axis 10 of the projectile. A conduit or channel 6 in the forward impact body 3 is in communication with the shaped hollow explosive charge 4. The channel 6 has an outlet 11 adjacent to the forward point 12 of the projectile. The forward point 12 forms part of the impact body 3. The cylindrical portion 2 of the projectile body 1 has optionally mounted thereon a sabot 9 in its central region and in its stern position there is optionally mounted a wing-stabilizing guide member 8. The sabot 9 is advantageously exchangeably mounted. In this manner a sub-calibre projectile can be ejected out of barrels of different calibre. In the event the flight path of the projectile is to be spin-stabilized, then guide rings 5 are advantageously provided at the lateral extremeties of the sabot 9 as illustrated in FIG. 1. If the projectile is so equipped, the wing-stabilizing guide member 8 can be dispensed with, but the impact body 3 can be advantageously provided with projections 14; on penetrating the outer armor the projections 14 coact frictionally with the edge of the resulting hole in the outer armor, thereby eliminating the spin of the projectile prior to the ignition of the shaped hollow explosive charge 4. The projectile can be provided with a ballistic hood 15 as illustrated in FIG. 2, in particular when these features are required, e.g. by said projections 14, for an optimum streamlined profile.
The tandem projectile in accordance with this invention combines two basic different effects, which are as follows: 1) That of the pure impact projectile and 2) that of the shaped hollow explosive charge. In order to attain the largest possible kinetic energy and thereby impact effect, it is recommended that the projectile be embodied as a sub-calibre projectile with a corresponding sabot arrangement. On the other hand, independently from the embodiment of the shaped hollow explosive charge with a pointed cone or flat cone shape, the wing-stabilizing member is not required. This will follow from the described effect of the projectile, as set forth hereinbelow.
Upon impact of a compartmentalized armored target there is first of all absorbed the inherent kinetic energy of the projectile via the impact body 3 by the outer armor of the target. The outer armor is thereby penetrated by the impact body 3 over an area corresponding to the impact surface of the impact body 3. Simultaneously therewith the shaped hollow explosive charge 4 is positioned with an advantageous detonation distance from the main armor of the target. A fuze 16 can be adjusted in such a way that it is activated only if the velocity of a projectile falls under a predetermined value (that is in the firing direction as well as in a translation about the longitudinal axis of the projectile; the latter applying to a flight path along which the projectile is spin-stabilized). When a spin-stabilized flight path is utilized with a projectile provided with a cone-shaped hollow explosive charge, a rotation about the longitudinal axis of the projectile is to be eliminated as early and as effectively as possible after striking the armored target. This can be accomplished by providing to the outer periphery of the impact body 3 the spin-retarding projections 14 which frictionally, mutually coact with the outer armor.
After the outer armor has been penetrated, the impact body 3 with its guide channel 6 provides a reliable protection for the shaped hollow explosive charge spike, particularly against encroachments by means of active armor charges. The outlet 11 advantageously directly "aims" on the main armor. Therefore, the shaped hollow explosive charge 4 can become effective without any impediments.
A deep penetration of the projectile in the armored target is favored by shaping the impact body 3, in particular in the region of the outlet 11 of the guide channel 6, as an annular chisel. The impact body 3 can furthermore be formed at its forward point 12 with a very hard material 7, e.g. a metal carbide. By means of an additional useful charge 13 and due to the penetration of the projectile over a relatively large surface in the region of the outer armor, incendiary (e.g. powdered zirconium metal), smoke generating (e.g. titanium tetrachloride), or marking (e.g. beta-naphtol orange) materials can extensively become effective, while at the same time being shielded from all types of wind effects.
It is to be understood that the arrangement of the invention can not only be used in projectiles which are propelled from tubular barrels. They can advantageously also be applied to all types of bodies in flight which impact a target with sufficient velocity and concomitant impact effect. Furtermore, its application is not limited to a bottom-bottom application.
Although the invention is illustrated and described with reference to a plurality of preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be expressly understood that it is in no way limited to the disclosure of such a plurality of preferred embodiments, but is capable of numerous modifications within the scope of the appended claims.
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It was the best Christmas present a Southland family in could ask for when they got the news their family dog would not be put down.
But for the Otatara neighbour who said she was bitten by the dog, it was not the Christmas tiding she hoped for.
The Invercargill City Council has completed its investigation into the case against Grizzly, the Cox family's 8-year-old mixed-breed dog, after it had been accused of biting the hand of neighbour Muriel Gerken.
Gerken said her hand was so severely bitten by Grizzly she needed a skin graft and she called for the dog to be put down.
But at the time of the incident, Grizzly's owner, Peter Cox, said the allegation was in contrast to the dog's nature and his neighbour had come on to private property after being asked not to.
Grizzly had been the family dog for eight years, had grown up with the children and played with the neighbourhood kids, Cox said in October.
After a lengthy investigation, the council decided not to put Grizzly down but would classify Grizzly as a dangerous dog under the Dog Control Act 1996.
Council senior animal control officer Steven Boyd said yesterday that after a "considerable" investigation and after consultation with the council's legal team, the council had elected to classify Grizzly as dangerous.
Grizzly's life was spared and Cox avoided a potential fine because of "exceptional" circumstances, Boyd said.
"After speaking with both parties and following the investigation, our legal advice was we would struggle to get a prosecution."
Under the dangerous dog classification, Grizzly would have to be kept under specific conditions, Boyd said.
These included being kept inside a securely fenced portion of the owner's property, and always being confined in a vehicle or cage or leashed and muzzled when in public, he said.
Cox said yesterday it was great news, especially for his children, Daniel and Milly.
"It was a great Christmas present for the kids and Grizzly was pretty happy too," he said.
The council had not officially handed over the paperwork yet, Cox said, but he would follow the recommendations.
"We will take on board what they require, there is nothing else to do."
However, Gerken said she had been left mentally scarred and was only just beginning to heal physically from the attack.
She was very disappointed the council had decided not to put Grizzly down, she said.
"It has been an uphill battle getting better and since I was bitten, I am scared of all dogs," Gerken said.
If the dog got loose, it had the capability to seriously injure and even kill someone, she said.
There were too many reports of dog attacks in Invercargill and anyone who came across an unsupervised dog should stay well away, Gerken said.
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Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified an abnormal amount a protein called Prostaglandin D2 in the bald scalp of men with male pattern baldness, a discovery that may lead directly to new treatments for the most common cause of hair loss in men. In both human and animal models, researchers found that a prostaglandin known as PGD2 and its derivative, 15-dPGJ2, inhibit hair growth. The PGD2-related inhibition occurred through a receptor called GPR44, which is a promising therapeutic target for androgenetic alopecia in both men and women with hair loss and thinning. The study is published in Science Translational Medicine.
Male pattern baldness strikes 8 of 10 men under 70 years old, and causes hair follicles to shrink and produce microscopic hairs, which grow for a shorter duration of time than normal follicles.
Researchers took an unbiased approach when scanning for potential biological causes of baldness, looking in scalp tissue from balding and non-bald spots from men with male pattern baldness and then corroborating findings in mouse models. They found that levels of PGD2 were elevated in bald scalp tissue at levels 3 times greater than what was found in comparative haired scalp of men with androgenetic alopecia. When PGD2 was added to cultured hair follicles, PGD2-treated hair was significantly shortly, while PGD2's derivative, 15-dPGJ2, completely inhibited hair growth.
"Although a different prostaglandin was known to increase hair growth, our findings were unexpected, as prostaglandins haven't been thought about in relation to hair loss, yet it made sense that there was an inhibitor of hair growth, based on our earlier work looking at hair follicle stem cells," said George Cotsarelis, MD, chair and professor of Dermatology, and senior author on the studies. In a Penn study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation last year, underlying hair follicle stem cells were found intact, suggesting that the scalp was lacking an activator or something was inhibiting hair follicle growth.
Prostaglandins are well characterized for their role in many bodily functions – controlling cell growth, constricting and dilating smooth muscle tissue – and a different prostaglandin (F2alpha) is known to increase hair growth. Researchers found that as PGD2 inhibits hair growth, other prostaglandins work in opposition, enhancing and regulating the speed of hair growth.
While these studies looked at AGA in men, the researchers noted that prostaglandins may represent a common pathway shared by both men and women with AGA. Future studies, potentially testing topical treatments that may target GPR44, can determine whether targeting prostaglandins will benefit woman with AGA as well.The research team consisted of Dr. Cotsarelis, lead author Luis Garza, MD, PhD, (former post-doctoral fellow at Penn, now at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine) and Yaping Liu (now at Merck & company), Zaixin Yang, Brinda Alagesan, Scott Norberg, Tailun Zhao, Hanz Blatt, from Penn's Dermatology department; Garrett FitzGerald and John Lawson from Penn's Department of Pharmacology and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics; David Stanton and Lee Carrasco from Penn's Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and colleagues at Gilette, and University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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It would seem sensible for Medicare to have the same rule. After all, life expectancy is growing. Today, the average 65-year-old can expect to live another 20 years — about five years longer than when Medicare started.
After all, federal health care spending is on an unsustainable course. Something's got to give.
Amid the entitlement mumbo jumbo, raising the eligibility age is attractive to politicians casting about for savings because it is tangible.
It is at the top of the Republican wish list. It was part of the never-consummated deal that House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama crafted last year — although House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has declared her opposition.
Here's the wrinkle: This no-brainer turns out to be exceedingly complicated. The savings aren't as big as you might imagine, because costs to other government health programs would rise as a result.
Meanwhile, the move could have an array of problematic effects, from leaving seniors uninsured to raising premium costs for many others.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that gradually increasing the eligibility age to 67 would save $113 billion over the next decade; the savings in the second 10 years, with the cuts fully implemented, would be larger.
By 2035, Medicare spending would be 7% lower than otherwise expected, or 5% taking into account higher spending on other programs.
This isn't chump change. The Kaiser Family Foundation, calculating the effect of an immediate change, came up with a much smaller number: less than $6 billion in 2014. Kaiser found that raising the eligibility age would reduce Medicare spending on those seniors by $31 billion that year.
But then Medicare premium receipts would fall $7 billion due to some seniors not paying into the program.
Meanwhile, because some of the Medicare-less seniors would turn to the new health insurance exchanges to obtain insurance, federal spending on the exchanges (premium and cost-sharing subsidies for lower-income seniors) would increase by $9.4 billion.
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This is a smart well proportioned 2 double bedrrom garden flat in a victorian house.
It has an open plan living room kitchen and conservatory dinning room leading onto the patio garden. Smart bathroom with large walk in shower and under floor heating.
10 minute walk to Finsbury Park tube which has 15 minute journey into the heart of London. good links to all rail; services around the country
5 minute walk to good gastro bars and shops and bus routes to Crouch End and Muswell Hill and one stop on the tube the Islington high street where there are great bars restaurants and shopping theatres and cinemas
easy access to all rail and underground routes as well as excellent bus services
good mixture of traditional victorian house but modernised to a high standard
Be clean tidy and respectful of neighbours and the property. keep noise down and just be civilised!
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Our stay at John's flat was a wonderful experience in every way. Flat is very comfortable, spacious (for London), and well-equipped. 10 minutes to the tube, close to convenient buses. Only a few doors down from a great park with playground, ping pong, and a cricket pitch. Close to good restaurants and shopping. And it's on a remarkably quiet street - there's so little traffic that we observed numerous driving schools taking student drivers on the street! Enjoyed having our meals in the private back garden. One of the most relaxing months that my family has spent in London.
John was a superb host - welcoming and accommodating of our requests and questions.
We had a wonderful time at Johns Garden Flat! We lived the quiet residential location and the park next door. The sunroom and outdoor space were perfect, we spent most of our time there. Lots of stuff nearby and convenient to tube as well. John was a fantastic host and we would definitely stay here again!
We stayed for 2 months with my husband and daughter. We enjoyed so much at John's flat. It is very nice and lovely place. Especially garden was awesome! It was very suitable for my daughter. There was a very nice park for children right near to the flat.
A few words for the owner of the house John! He is very kind and hospitable. He always answered whenever we had any question.
If we come back to London we would be glad to stay there again.
Thanks John...
John's flat is lovely, in a quiet street and very comfortable. The conservatory is a lovely place to eat and relax, it's a great space and helps make the flat seem very spacious. The beds are extremely comfortable. The area is proper London and is very convenient for central London as well as a short bus ride away from great places like Hampstead Heath.
John is an exceptionally kind and considerate host, who did what it took to make sure that my stay was comfortable.
We had a great experience here. The house is wonderful , clean and absolutely big enough for four people . We can access the train station and supermarket very easy. it takes around 5-10 minute to go to supermarket and also 15 minute to train station by walking.
More important is , John is the gorgeous guy. He was waiting for us and provide us the milk in the first day . He is also available for us to answer the question when we need some helps. To summary , this is a great place to stay in London.
I spent more than 3 months at John's apartment with my family (my partner and our two children, aged 4 and 6), while I was working in London for a short period.
We really had a wonderful time in this amazing city and John's apartment has been one of the best ingredients of our experience.
The house is exactly as in the description: very comfortable and warm.
It has all that we needed, in particular for such a long stay. A real home away from home.
The dining room in the sunroom in the garden is definitely a plus that we have used really a lot. We ended up being in love also with the neighbourhood, which we always felt quiet and safe.
Finsbury Park station of the tube is 15 minutes walk, or 5 minutes by bus, and has both Piccadilly and Victoria lines.
John has been the perfect host right from the start, giving a lot of information before our booking. He's always replied very quickly in the (very) rare occasions in which we needed him.
Overall, we couldn't be more satisfied with this experience and John's apartment will certainly be our first choice whenever we'll go back to London.
We highly recommend it.
John is a very kind person and he has been looking after us from the first day. We arrived London very late in the evening and he had bought water and even milk for breskfast. The flat is perfect: very comfortable; very nice with a fantastic terrace and well located ( 12 minutes walking to the underground and even night buses ) . The neighborhoud is very quite and is plain of shops. We have enjoyed a lot and of course I will recommend John's flat to my friends.
We felt as if we were home! And we are happy for having met John and his flat.
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