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For final year students or Ph.D. aspirants, working on a thesis or Dissertation is a real pain in the neck. The reasons for it to be considered as the most strenuous academic writing task are palpable. This lengthy task needs extensive research over the chosen topic along with keeping the given format and strict university guidelines in mind. Due to the shortage of time, improper English writing skills, and insufficient subject knowledge, students look for a reliable online dissertation writing services over the Internet, but it’s not that simple to find the right one.You may find several companies online but to find the best dissertation writing service, it’s important for you to keep certain things in mind. Let’s take a read through them one by one to get the clarity.For How Long is the Company Serving?First and foremost, all you need to do is read ‘About Us’ page of the company’s website. It’s important for you to know about the company’s year of establishment and in which countries and cities it is functioning. Do not completely rely on a dissertation writing service portal which has just now come into existence and a novice in the academic writing industry. Always go for the one that has made its mark by serving the students for many years.What are the Qualifications of the Dissertation Writers?The more you go through the company’s website content, the more you will get to know about the team associated with it. Make sure you read about the team of writers that the company has. Are they highly qualified? Do they have enough experience in writing dissertations? Keep in mind that the writer you’ve hired is a subject expert who can work on any given topic with utmost precision and ease. The dissertation is important, and it deserves to be written by a proficient writer or an expert.Do They Offer Free Unlimited Revisions?Many companies do not entertain the amendment requests that come from their clients, and if they do, then they charge a hefty amount of money to introduce even the slightest change in the final order. Make sure that whichever company you hire is offering you revisions without charging any extra cost.What About the Money-Back Policy?Be wise and always check for the return & refund policies of the company. Get enlightened of the terms and conditions on which they offer a money-back guarantee.Do They Deliver the Orders On-Time?When it comes to academic documents, you can’t just ignore this point. If you really care about your grades, then always hire a company that especially takes care of the delivery process and never delays in dispatching the orders.Are They Available Round-the-Clock?Choose a company contacting which doesn’t require much thinking and efforts. The customer support staff must be available at all hours to answer your queries promptly.What Do Customers Say About them?Always go through the testimonials and reviews that the clients have written for the services provided by the company. By doing so, you will get an idea about how do they treat their customers and is the customer satisfaction their priority or not.What About the Privacy and Confidentiality?Make sure that the company you’re hiring for your dissertation work takes your privacy into consideration and assures you not to share your personal details with any third party. Your details must remain confidential and should never be used for illicit activities.I feel by keeping the points mentioned above in mind; you will indeed be able to find the best dissertation writing service for yourself. I wish you good luck!!

Sand is an interesting type of armor. It morphs when hit. However, that morphing power doesn’t work very well when hit by something moving at 400 meters per second (all of that inertia and stuff). Then it acts like, well, a pile of sand. And a pile of sand is actually not that great at stopping things. there are better things, like Kevlar and carbon-fiber sandwiched steel, and even certain plastics. On a pound-for-pound basis, sand is actually not very good.But it is not totally useless. I saw an interesting demo using sand. I was at a gun range and a guy had a garbage can (kitchen trash can) filled with sand. He shot it with a few things - .357, a .30–06, and an AR15. None of these rounds penetrated the sand. He then got a crossbow and shot the can - right through. This was a case of momentum, inertia and expanding bullets versus a small steel point of a bolt. The person doing the demonstration did admit that a armor-piercing .30–06 round would pierce the can because the round would not expand in the sand. As a side note - water also does a pretty good job of dissipating a bullet’s energy. Yet, you wouldn’t want a tank using water for armor.So, what is sand, and sand bags, a good use for? Sand is much cheaper and more readily available than, say, ballistic armor. It makes a great backstop in a shooting range. When properly layered and piled, it can make a good protection for, say, trench warfare. Sand bags are pretty good for stopping some flooding (try doing that with an APV). But as armor for your modern mechanized war machine - not so much.

Are you sure that the NRA is the problem?Oh, I know that the media and the talking heads are all making them out to be some 500 lb gorilla and the reason psychos shoot up school yards, but have you ever bothered to look into the matter beyond the headlines?I’ll give you an example. In 2017, the push was for a “Universal Background Check”. The idea was to be sure that people buying guns were not criminals. Believe it or not, the NRA wholly supports this and in fact was involved with creating the current NICS (National Instant Check System) that is used.But the bill that was proposed was not what you heard in the media. First, it would not plug any “Gunshow Loophole” because there is no such thing. The only sales at a gun show that the bill covered was private sales. Of course, private sales can occur anywhere, not just gun shows.But the bill didn’t make the NICS easier for private sales. They just required all private sales to be conducted through a licensed dealer. Had this actually passed, a gun show would be an ideal location for such sales as there would be access to many dealer. In effect, you would greatly increase the number of private sales at a gun show by this law.So, what is involved with a sale through a dealer? Well, the dealer would have to do the following:1) Record the transfer in their bound book. This is a book where all the transactions of a firearm is recorded via that dealer. The book is auditable by the BATF and many dealers have faced fines for poorly kept records, so many dealers go to great pains to keep their book neat and accurate.2) Fill out the federal form 4473. This is required by all dealer sales of both new and used guns. It asks for the buyer’s name, address, the make and model of the gun, serial number, and then asks a bunch of questions. The dealer can get fined if the person fills out the form wrong. For example, answering a question with “Y” or “N” instead of “Yes” or “No” is a BATF violation. So the dealer has to carefully examine the form for errors and have the person fill out another if errors are found.3) The dealer then calls into the NICS. NICS can come back with a “Proceed”, “Denied” or “Delay”. A delay can take up to 3 days. Typically this is a name that appears similar to a Prohibited Person and requires some research. If this happens, the transfer is on hold. The dealer has no idea when the result of the research is likely to finish. If you are at a gun show, the show could be over before the approval is made.4) All this paperwork, verification, etc takes time. Time is money. So dealers charge for this service. It is typical for a dealer to charge $25-$40 per gun, but sometimes multiple guns get a discount because the dealer can process up to 4 on a single form, but when more than one gun is transferred, the dealer has to fill out Form 3310 which is supposed to help with gun trafficking.All of this is well and good if you are buying a gun from someone you don’t know and many people will require sales be conducted at a dealer for the piece of mind such protections provide. But friends and family typically do not bother with the hassle and expense.One thing you need to realize is that to get a gun dealer license is not an easy process. Since the federal government cracked down on so called “kitchen table” dealers back in the 1980’s, you now must show a commercially zoned storefront with posted business hours to qualify. Many communities don’t want gun shops, and use zoning laws to make them difficult or unattractive. For example the city of Boston does not have any dealers. In fact, the nearest dealer is 3 towns away. Many rural areas don’t have the traffic to keep a dealer in business and you’ll find they are typically only open in the evening or on a Saturday as they work another full time job. Keep this in mind as we get into the next issue.But the bill didn’t stop at sales. It stated that ALL transfers had to be done in this manner. No exceptions. So, two friends out on a hunt would need to go through the whole process listed above just to swap guns for the afternoon. Oh, and they would have to do it all again to give the gun back. It is very common on a range to try out other people’s guns - such a thing would also require the full transfer and back process. Demo guns at a national event by manufacturers? Same thing.Basically any time a gun were to swap hands, the law would apply. There are private shooting clubs where guns are treated like library books and members take whatever they want. Families regularly swap guns. Heck, some shooting courses provide guns for students to use. All of these events would have been impacted by these new transfer requirements.The NRA balked at this. Essentially the rule would curtail many of the traditions and practices that are very common and virtually never result in any kind of criminal activity. In essence it would criminalize things that simply are not crimes.Not only would it create criminals where no criminal intent existed, but the cost to manage the volume of temporary transfers, the staffing needed to take the calls and do the checks would have cost millions each year. All money that would not go toward actually dealing with criminals.When the issue was brought up, many members of Congress agreed the requirements were too restrictive and the whole bill failed to pass. The supporters of the bill did not even attempt to listen to the complaints and work out a manageable fix.Did you hear any of that in the media?But what about catching criminals?Well, the bill didn’t change anything in regards to enforcing the rules to make sure the people who should not own guns were properly entered into NICS. In fact, other than maybe getting fired, there is NO PENALTY for failing to report a person. We have laws that will jail a teacher or coach that fail to report bullies. We have laws that put priests in prison who fail to report potential inappropriate behaviors in other clergy. But we do not have any laws that punish law enforcement agents that fail to do their job and make sure that dangerous people are reported to the background system. And this bill made no effort to change that.NICS is not open to anyone but federally licensed gun dealers. The left are so worried that the system might be used to check people for things other than guns that they refuse to create a means to allow people to verify someone they are selling a gun to. It would be easy to create an app that takes a photo of the buyer and seller’s ID (or just their faces and type in some data) and then return a simple “Proceed” or “Deny” with no other details. You’d have plenty of information to audit for illegal use. And if someone didn’t have an ID, they could then use a dealer. Heck, you can’t file taxes on-line without submitting some kind of ID, so this isn’t anything unique.And yet, the bill did nothing to address the issue of accessing the NICS for easier private sales.Here is the thing. We have 20,000 gun laws in this country. On the federal side, a prohibited person touching a gun could see them in prison for a minimum of 5 years. And yet, we still see cities with high violent crime rates that have virtually no federal cases. Why isn’t law enforcement using those stiff federal laws to get the violent people off the streets? Such a program called “Project Exile” worked wonders in Richmond, VA to reduce violent crime dramatically.OK, back to the “Universal Background Check” bill.I spent a lot of words above explaining what the bill would have required of people and why the situation would have been a nightmare. You never saw any of this in the news and the media pretty much ignored the issue.When the bill was defeated, it was never reported that a “terrible bill that would have cost millions and made criminals out of the innocent was defeated”, instead, all you ever heard was“The NRA used its influence to defeat the Universal Background Check bill that would have closed the gunshow loophole”Almost everything about that statement is false.So, be careful what you want to “Fight Against”. I suspect that most of what you think about the NRA is highly biased due to the way the organization is treated in the media. When you look at the actual facts, many times their concerns are quite valid. And, they have a lot of rank and file law enforcement on their side which helps them represent real world situations. I’ve found their positions in many cases very well presented. Most of the arguments you get on TV news are highly edited and taken out of context to promote an agenda, not facilitate a debate.Make sure you know what you are fighting for. You might be surprised.

I work in industries that are archaic. Sometimes I find some gems of facts............Logistics: Medicinal Cocaine exists and has to be tracked from "farm to fork" throughout the Supply Chain with the authorities. A single infraction can cause $10K or more. http://www.medicinenet.com/cocai...Drug Rehabilitation: There is cocaine on every dollar bill in the USA. http://articles.cnn.com/2009-08-...Baggage Scanning: If a low level engineer wants to sneak a gun onto a plane, it's not impossible. The TSA baggage scanners scan baggage from only one direction:Rubber Industry: There are metal threads in tires. This blew my mind when I found out.Food Irradiation: I can extend the shelf life of strawberries by 21 days. http://www.extension.iastate.edu...Poultry: Chicken in the USA has a different texture because it is salt- water plumped to increase weight and fetch more dollars at market. http://www.saynotoplumping.com/Paper: There exists paper cutting algorithms for the paper industry that when employed if they save a single inch on the way a ream of paper is cut, can equate to millions of dollars a year in savings. http://www.wseas.us/e-library/co...Textiles: It is possible to make anti-microbial fiber by lacing it with silver. http://www.infectionpreventionte...Telecom: Anytime a new wireless product is released to telecom providers, there are about 7 teams that look at and evaluate the technology. One of those teams is dedicated to wiretapping. This fact is well known in telecom.Pharmaceuticals: It doesn't cost billions of dollars to develop a drug. It is actually much less. Anyone in the industry knows this based on lab equipment costs and the IRR etc.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles... It doesn’t get cheaper to develop drugs, but more expensive because the hunt for drug targets is a black swan. Even if you get more data, it gets harder. It confounds things especially given the lack of longitudinal healthcare data available to drug discovery folks.Elevators: There exists a whole science behind the optimal dispatching of elevators meant to maximize the efficiency of loads called "elevator dispatch algorithms."Cartography: The mercator map should be taken in stride with the fact that it is a certain angle/projection. Was working with a geologist who does mapping and surveying when I learned about this fact.This fact was released in the US TV Show the West Wing. http://bl.ocks.org/3711652 is also a good source to see the difference between projections on the map.Drug & Alcohol Rehab: There are three roots to any evaluation of a poison. Dosage. Potency. and Root of Exposure. When we look at the ban of DDT and the faulty science used to justify its banning, we can look to these 3 roots and analyze the situation. The same goes for radiation or pretty much anything else that is described by non-scientific muckrackers.Security/Hanging out with White Hat Hackers: NFC tags are incredibly insecure. http://www.themobileindian.com/n...Pharmaceutical Cold Storage: Temperature sensitive drugs that are biologics are super expensive. Snake Antivenom can cost as much as $120K for 13 treatments and it has to be temperature controlled. Protherics manufactures it with a flock of 3000 sheep in Australia, 8000 snakes in the Amazon, and some labs. Provgen, a prostate cancer drug, costs $90K for 36 treatments.Events: The founder of SpinGo | Comprehensive Event Calendar mentioned that for ever 1000 people in a city there is 1 event a month. This remains true throughout the USA. In NYC, there are 15M people, and 15,000 public events a month.Numbers by Country: The word billion means something different in America than it does in the Europe. Only in the UK and USA do billion mean the same thing. Be cognizant of this if you're doing international business.Prisones on Planes: Prisoners on US planes always wear jackets, a green set of handcuffs that are concealed by the jacket, and always board first with their transportation security professional, usually a contractor. The contractor usually carries multiple phone chargers and has a military background. There have been edge case scenarios where prisoners have escaped the security contractor and walked straight out of the airport. The TSA turns a blind eye from my rudimentary understanding.Tennis- There's a company that is paid $50K a year to string pro rackets. It's called Priority One. Players like Nadal and others pony up 50K for specially customized weighting. Most people who have been playing their whole lives notice small weight differentiations because when rackets are produced in mass the variation in weight or design will yield noticeably different results for pro tennis players.Manufacturing- There's over 3000 different types of steel and 80% of them were developed in the last 20 years. (2015)Pharmaceuticals - The cost of making a new drug doubles every 9 years. Eroom's law.Aeronautics- Square-cube law. As the area of a wing grows (mm) and its volume and weight grow cubically (mm*m).

I have spent quite a bit of time in Japan, not living there, but doing business there. So maybe not quite as much of an expert as some.I agree with 90% of the answers here. The ones that don't seem to ring quite true are the ones that imply that there's just as much crime in Japan as anywhere else, but it's just not reported, or it's ignored by the police as they co-exist with the Yakuza.Yes, the Yakuza represent organized crime in Japan. But my experience is that they don't commit crime on law abiding citizens. They provide 'services' that might not be looked on as desirable by most of society to those who seek out those services. They look after their interests in perhaps, shall we say, indelicate, maybe even occasionally violent ways. But unless you're looking for trouble, trouble won't find you. They won't break into your home to steal. They won't mug you on the street.And yes the police have an improbably high rate of solving crimes and getting convictions, some convictions being dubious.And yes, there is bullying in Japan and there is some sexual violence.But in my experience none of this accounts for the huge discrepancies between Japanese crime rates and western crime rates.A business colleague of mine tells the following story. He grew up in a tough neighborhood in Philadelphia. On his first business trip to Japan he noticed vending machines on the streets that sold beer. He was amazed. He couldn't understand how this could be legal. What stopped teenagers from buying beer? Even more improbable, what stopped punks from smashing the machines and stealing all the beer? Not one would still be standing in his old Phili neighborhood.Finally, he couldn't stand it any longer, he had to ask his Japanese hosts what the story was here. Upon hearing the question they looked at him a little strangely, not sure they understood the question, and then after finally assuring themselves that they heard correctly, their answer was simple:"Because they know they're not supposed to."This was a uniquely cultural answer that my colleague didn't at first understand. Of course they know they're not supposed to, all kids all over the world know they're not supposed to, but the difference in Japan is that kids believe it - at least far, far more than believe it in many other parts of the world. The difference is the unique culture.This issue of culture was mentioned in some of the answers, but not highlighted much. To me, the unique culture is a huge reason for why common crime, especially crimes against property, are so rare in Japan. The culture of societal shame is a very powerful force. And you don't just shame yourself. You shame your family, your friends, your community, your business colleagues.This is why you see very public, very visible and very sincere apologies from the presidents of huge companies when their company has done something wrong and has in some way hurt or cheated their customers. In fact an admission of guilt and a deep and sincere apology with genuine remorse can go a long way to getting the average citizen a much reduced punishment from the law.To understand this you need to understand a little about Japanese history. Until you've been to Japan it's difficult to understand just how little livable land there is on the islands. Probably 80%, maybe more is too mountainous to use. So everyone is cramped into a small space and historically, trying to get along, with paper walls, meant you had to behave. Especially in the old feudal system where a Samurai would as soon cut your head off at a stroke if you annoyed him. It didn't take long for societal norms of politeness, honesty, non-confrontation and so on to take hold.Japan is of course thoroughly modern today, and have whole heartedly, even enthusiastically embraced western ideas and adapted them to their culture, but the culture of shame for misdeeds has never gone away.UPDATESome have pointed out to me that there is a dark side to Japanese culture. That the Japanese are very tribal. That they consider themselves culturally superior to everyone else. That they can at times be dishonest in their extraordinary politeness, as a way to mask their disapproval or even disgust of non-Japanese people and their ways.This is true. I've witnessed it myself. It also explains their atrocious behavior in WWII.They've also pointed out that the culture is slowly changing. Also true. It's slowly becoming more westernized all the time. Including in areas relating to crime, especially among youth. I understand that the beer machines of my example are now getting phased out due to growing issues with underage drinking. My story above dates to the 90s.I have also been taken to task for impugning the good name of the Samurai. The Samurai lived by a well developed code of honor known as Bushido. They didn't go around whacking the heads off of people they didn't like whenever they felt like it. Another one of those honorable culture issues. I apologize to any Japanese I may have offended when I made a flippant remark in an attempt to make a point. Still, as in any feudal hierarchy, it wasn't in your best interest to offend the guy at the top who had the power of arms.Nonetheless, those aspects of Japanese culture that may be undesirable in other ways, those right wing elements of Japanese society that wish to return to the old days of Imperial Japan, actually reinforce the cultural prohibitions against common street crime.Japan is still among the safest countries on earth when it comes to street crime, interpersonal violence and crimes against property (Singapore is in the same league), if not the safest. The old culture is still strong.SOME FACTS AND FIGURESFound this interesting website that compares crime rates in different countries.Japan vs United States: Crime Facts and StatsI don't doubt that crimes such as rape are under reported in Japan. Rape is under reported in the US too.Even if you think the Japanese under report crime, it's hard to believe they could mask differences of the magnitude reported here.ANOTHER INTERESTING LOOK AT THE QUESTIONI really like Lim Son Eng's answer:Lim Son Eng's answer to Why is Japan so safe?I don't know how true it is, but it certainly sounds very plausible, and in some sort of way, I hope it is true. Maybe a Japanese native could comment one way or the other.NOVEMBER 2017 UPDATE:Please see the recently added comment from Kentaro Chiba for further insight into Lim Son Eng’s answer, and also into the role of the Yakuza in Japanese crime, as well into Japanese ultra-right wing politics.

Seriously? This is your question? Are you sure you do not want to reword it?Here is the exact quote of the 2nd Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”Seems in your mind they never mentioned Rifles, Pistols, Cannons, or any weapons… they only mention “BEAR ARMS” does this mean [even though, to be clear it is not spelled the proper way, but we are basing this on your education], U.S. Citizens have the ‘RIGHTS TO WEAR SHIRTS WITHOUT SLEEVES’?Read carefully, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution were and most likely are still educated at a level MUCH MUCH higher then yours and they actually understood how to read and write law. Now this lack of education in these areas are the reason you can easily be duped [tricked, lied too, conned], into believing what those that want to enslave you are saying.They actually meant and you could, if you can read ‘cursive’, read their notes and writings that “We the People…” have the Right to own and use any weapons made on the face of the earth which includes Aircraft Carriers and Rockets.Now let’s actually discuss an actual word and its meaning that is not even in the U.S. Constitution and that word is ‘Democracy’, YOU WILL NOT FIND THAT WORD IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, the meaning of democracy is a simple one…IT MEANS MOB RULE, you know this and see this used in school or with friends, in example: The class is split on Watching “the Avengers” or “Mary Poppins” so the teacher asks the class; “who wants to watch “Mary Poppins” this Friday”, and the some of the students raise their hands. Now there are 30 students [17 girls and 13 boys], in the class and only 16 [15 girls 1 boy] raise their hands, but its a democracy so the other 14 [2 girls 12 boys] must abide by the want of the 16. Not very fare to the Boys and in fact the Girls win every time there is a vote like this, that is what democracy looks like. Now, you will find ‘REPUBLIC’ and ‘LORD’ written in the U.S. CONSTITUTION… funny your educators lied to you about that as well. In a Republic the 30 Students would be in groups Asian, Black, Caucasian, Latin etc. and each group would hold 1 vote, this way EVERY GROUP IS HEARD and though as in life, not every person will ALWAYS win an election, they at least can be heard and will win several elections… That is a Republic even the smallest group gets an equal voice; think Rhode Island or Montana as opposed to California or New York… every State [group] deserves a voice.Let’s work at getting a real education on your RIGHTS and who it is that has the POWERS in regard to these United States of America and maybe, just maybe, you could help save it from those trying to destroy it and enslave all its people…This is why those intelligent men and women worked to give us this document and the whole of the citizenry forced the Amendments to be added in; a few of those being the 1st (your right to speak against tyranny), 3rd government cannot just enter and take position in/on your property during time of peace, 4th Your right to protect and be secure in keeping your papers, possessions and things of value, 5th you cannot be falsely jailed, 6th you can not be held in jail indefinitely on just a charge of guilt and of course the one that enables you to protect all your rights and those of your family and friends…the 2ND AMENDMENTThink this through; the people were being overburdened by a government that only wanted to use and abuse them. A government that was spending out of control. They needed to break free of these virtual and many actual slave chains to give their family a chance of being free. Now I ask you, do you think they truly believed this was the only government to ever do this to its ‘subjects’? Do you think they believed no other greedy power hungry people would ever exist again that would want to take over their lives and wealth? Could this be why they gave rights to you , a person they could never fathom even existing never mind easily giving away their rights; rights to be able to stand up against tyranny and if needed to die protecting your freedoms given from the One True God ‘IAM’, the one they wrote several times as Lord, Creator, Jesus Christ in their works.Do not let their lives, struggle, work and deaths go in vain…

NOOOOOOO. You are talking to a military romance scammer. I received an email from the US Army that directly answers your question that is pasted below please keep reading.I believe you are the victim of a military Romance Scam whereas the person you are talking to is a foreign national posing as an American Soldier claiming to be stationed overseas on a peacekeeping mission. That's the key to the scam they always claim to be on a peacekeeping mission.Part of their scam is saying that they have no access to their money that their mission is highly dangerous.If your boyfriend girlfriend/future husband/wife is asking you to do the following or has exhibited this behavior, it is a most likely a scam:Moves to private messaging site immediately after meeting you on Facebook or SnapChat or Instagram or some dating or social media site. Often times they delete the site you met them on right after they asked you to move to a more private messaging siteProfesses love to you very quickly & seems to quote poems and song lyrics along with using their own sort of broken language, as they profess their love and devotion quickly. They also showed concern for your health and love for your family.Promises marriage as soon as he/she gets to state for leave that they asked you to pay for.They Requests money (wire transfers) and Amazon, iTune ,Verizon, etc gift cards, for medicine, religious practices, and leaves to come home, internet access, complete job assignments, help sick friend, get him out of trouble, or anything that sounds fishy.The military does provide all the soldier needs including food medical Care and transportation for leave. Trust me, I lived it, you are probably being scammed. I am just trying to show you examples that you are most likely being connned.Below is an email response I received after I sent an inquiry to the US government when I discovered I was scammed. I received this wonderful response back with lots of useful links on how to find and report your scammer. And how to learn more about Romance Scams.Right now you can also copy the picture he gave you and do a google image search and you will hopefully see the pictures of the real person he is impersonating. this doesn't always work and take some digging. if you find the real person you can direct message them and alert them that their image is being used for scamming.Good Luck to you and I'm sorry this may be happening to you. please continue reading the government response I received below it's very informative.   You have contacted an email that is monitored by the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command. Unfortunately, this is a common concern. We assure you there is never any reason to send money to anyone claiming to be a Soldier online. If you have only spoken with this person online, it is likely they are not a U.S. Soldier at all. If this is a suspected imposter social media profile, we urge you to report it to that platform as soon as possible. Please continue reading for more resources and answers to other frequently asked questions:  How to report an imposter Facebook profile: Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... < Caution-https://www.facebook.com/help/16... >   Answers to frequently asked questions:  - Soldiers and their loved ones are not charged money so that the Soldier can go on leave.  - Soldiers are not charged money for secure communications or leave.  - Soldiers do not need permission to get married.  - Soldiers emails are in this format: john.doe.mil@mail.mil < Caution-mailto: john.doe.mil@mail.mil > anything ending in .us or .com is not an official email account.  - Soldiers have medical insurance, which pays for their medical costs when treated at civilian health care facilities worldwide – family and friends do not need to pay their medical expenses.  - Military aircraft are not used to transport Privately Owned Vehicles.  - Army financial offices are not used to help Soldiers buy or sell items of any kind.  - Soldiers deployed to Combat Zones do not need to solicit money from the public to feed or house themselves or their troops.  - Deployed Soldiers do not find large unclaimed sums of money and need your help to get that money out of the country.  Anyone who tells you one of the above-listed conditions/circumstances is true is likely posing as a Soldier and trying to steal money from you.  We would urge you to immediately cease all contact with this individual.  For more information on avoiding online scams and to report this crime, please see the following sites and articles:   This article may help clarify some of the tricks social media scammers try to use to take advantage of people: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/61432/>   CID advises vigilance against 'romance scams,' scammers impersonating Soldiers  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 < Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/180749 >   FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center: Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx< Caution-http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx>   U.S. Army investigators warn public against romance scams: Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/130...>   DOD warns troops, families to be cybercrime smart -Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...< Caution-http://www.army.mil/article/1450...>   Use caution with social networking  Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...< Caution-https://www.army.mil/article/146...>    Please see our frequently asked questions section under scams and legal issues. Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ < Caution-http://www.army.mil/faq/ > or visit Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ < Caution-http://www.cid.army.mil/ >.  The challenge with most scams is determining if an individual is a legitimate member of the US Army. Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot provide this information. If concerned about a scam you may contact the Better Business Bureau (if it involves a solicitation for money), or local law enforcement. If you're involved in a Facebook or dating site scam, you are free to contact us direct; (571) 305-4056.   If you have a social security number, you can find information about Soldiers online at Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... < Caution-https://www.dmdc.osd.mil/appj/sc... > . While this is a free search, it does not help you locate a retiree, but it can tell you if the Soldier is active duty or not.  If more information is needed such as current duty station or location, you can contact the Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) by phone or mail and they will help you locate individuals on active duty only, not retirees. There is a fee of $3.50 for businesses to use this service. The check or money order must be made out to the U.S. Treasury. It is not refundable. The address is:  Commander Soldier's Records Data Center (SRDC) 8899 East 56th Street Indianapolis, IN 46249-5301 Phone: 1-866-771-6357  In addition, it is not possible to remove social networking site profiles without legitimate proof of identity theft or a scam. If you suspect fraud on this site, take a screenshot of any advances for money or impersonations and report the account on the social networking platform immediately.  Please submit all information you have on this incident to Caution-www.ic3.gov < Caution-http://www.ic3.gov > (FBI website, Internet Criminal Complaint Center), immediately stop contact with the scammer (you are potentially providing them more information which can be used to scam you), and learn how to protect yourself against these scams at Caution-http://www.ftc.gov < Caution-http://www.ftc.gov > (Federal Trade Commission's website)

So you wanna learn how to become a copywriter my junior friend? Well it’s very possible. In fact, there’s really no formal education you need. Some of the top-paid copywriters in the world never went to college or took a writing class!No education!No formal training!!Make lots of money!!!…..now before you start getting crazy, let me step you back into the reality of becoming a copywriter:1.) What Is Copywriting?Copywriting is essentially moving words around to sell better.Let’s say I work for a company that has a webpage which gets 1 out of 500 visitors to buy something.If I was a copywriter, I would figure out how to make 1 out of 100 of those people buy. This means 5x more sales from the SAME webpage!A good copywriter will understand how to do this with their words, and also how to re-arrange pictures and buttons to get more sales.A good copywriter is not just a writer. They are a keen studier of the human psychology behind purchase decisions!2.) Understand why people hire copywriters:Think of the huge amount of content a lot of companies have to put out.A single insurance company will have to put out all this stuff:Ads on TVAds on the internetAds on radioBrochures for B2C salesBrochures for B2B salesBrochures for every different productForms to fill outForms to fill out for various different product linesGoogle adsFacebook adsUpdate their TwitterUpdate their Facebook pageMake content for their websiteMake the content for their website about each different productMake sure their content is convertingMake sure customers understand how to signupSend customers packets explaining their policyHave scripts for their sales people to followHave scripts for their customer support people to followWrite press releasesThe list goes on and on and on and on…Allllll of these things need to get written by or looked over by a copywriter. And that’s just a single example! Some companies will rely heavily on copywriters. Some companies (like 37Signals) require ALL members of the team to be great writers before they ever start.So people will pay a copywriter good money to handle these things for them. But YOU my young friend, need to understand that to get that money, you need to keep relationships within those companies that need those services.How to Get Clients As a Freelance Copywriter:This is by far the biggest question I get. And people seem to forget one thing:Establishing yourself as a freelance copywriter is the same as building a business from the ground up.You’ve got to put in LOTS of effort in the beginning, show talent, and not expect immediate riches. There’s no free lunches here boys and girls.A lot of people get entranced by the prospect of working from their laptop from anywhere in the world as copywriter. In fact people go nuts when I post pictures like this from various locations!Since all my copywriting business is conducted from a laptop, I can take off and go work from the beach.Or if I wanted to drum up an extra $10,000 really quick …..I can just devote some of my hours to copywriting gigs.But these luxuries are the result of hard work, actual results, and existing exposure.This won’t happen overnight for most copywriters. And probably NEVER will for a lot of them. However I’ll share some of the ways I’ve personally seen people get amazing (and high paid) copywriting gigs:METHOD #1.) Becoming popular on the web as a copywriter.If you become known as a famous copywriting figure, you will build instant credibility.And if you have high credibility, you can ask for more money.So how did I build credibility for my copywriting career?Building Copywriting Credibility Step 1.) Practicing what you psignNow:I originally ran a couple of businesses starting from high school, and I first applied some copywriting techniques to the email list I had.METHOD #2.) Becoming popular in a specific nicheSo a lot of lower-end copywriters will insist “I can write everything!” But in reality they should niche down when they start. For example, if you worked for a big health company and did a lot of writing for them, you should call yourself a copywriter that specializes in the health space.This will make it easier to gain credibility in a specific area.You probably wouldn’t super-trust the guy who mows your lawn for financial advice…..however you REALLY might take his advice on how to hedge bushes and get a clean line on the edge of a lawn.He has very specific advice, and lots of experience practicing what he’s talking about.Instead of being “just a copywriter” ….it would be better if you were “A female copywriter who specializes in talking to 1st time expecting mothers.”It would be best to hang out and network in places where people are selling stuff to 1st time expectant mothers. If someone need a copywriter, and you have experience in EXACTLY their niche…..guess who has a high chance of getting the gig??My personal niche started out with smaller companies and daily deals. Then moved into medium sized businesses.However if someone approached me to write for 1st time expectant mothers, I could DO It……but I don’t have experience and can’t exactly relate to the struggles of that demographic. So I try to stick to my area of expertise so I can deliver the maximum results.METHOD #3.) Becoming popular for big companiesTHIS method can apply to certain people, and be quite lucrative.Let’s say you worked for a big company in the marketing department and you were exposed to how a big marketing department tests & releases products.If you were to build a nice little network in the same industry, and then become a consultant with a VERY SPECIFIC expertise, then you get some other big companies to fork over A LOT of money.Smaller freelance gigs can pay a few hundred dollars. But a huge corporation who is a doing an 8+ month rollout of $100,000,000+ product will pay you some phat-ass cash to ensure they do it right.Now I personally probably couldn’t get one of these gigs because I’ve never worked inside a huge company. That means I lose major credibility because I’ve never walked the walk.But if you do have some very niche experience within a big corporation and had a few big wins, you might be able to become a very highly-sought-after consultant.The cool part is you only need a few good contacts for this.I know someone who wrote an oil-management program in the 70’s that’s still used today. Till this day he gets sweet-ass gigs from multiple companies JUST to be around if anyone needs help implementing it.Since the projects he consults for are $2billion+ …..the companies don’t mind shelling out major cash just to keep him around.Boring? Yes.Sweet cash flow? Yes.This is one of the benefits of working with a big company:You know how to implement projects within a large company. That is actually a rare skill.METHOD #4.) Get small-time gigs.Now there are some other ways to get copywriting gigs, but I’ve never seen anyone who consistently made big money doing these things alone, so I’ll just list them quickly:Posting on Fiverr for copywriting gigs.You’ll definitely get some leads this way, but your clients will usually be bargain-hunters and not HUGE jobs.Posting on Craigslist as a copywriter for hire. This will generally result in corporate copywriter jobs that are relatively low-paying ($35,000 – $45,000).Posting on UpWork as a copywriter for hire. This will get you small to medium gigs. It’s not my favorite wayMETHOD #5.) Post in Facebook Groups where people can use copywriting services.I think this one is the easiest. Just go to groups like The Cult of Copy Job Board that you are offering your services for a one-time low price of $xxxxx and that you’re for hire.A lot of times people will bite.People also constantly post gigs there such as:Not all the gigs will be good, but some will.In the beginning you will have to scrape together gigs, but if you start putting all your work inside a simple portfolio, you can gain some steam. Which brings me to :Make a Simple Copywriting Portfolio!Ok, listen to me carefully young buck:You DO NOT NEED a fancy website. In fact, I’ve never never ever seen someone get a copywriting gig directly from their portfolio. EVER!!The reason is: people are looking to hire you based on your skills at copywriting. Not “how fancy your website looks.” This is a common mistake. Look how crappy my copywriting consults page is. That page generates huge returns even though it sucks super bad. The desire to buy is created from previous exposure to me, NOT the way the page looks.People will spend months and lots of money and time on a fancy website, only to realize NO ONE IS COMING TO IT. The only people going there are the people they meet directly and tell to go there.The best type of copywriting portfolio is a simple page with the following elements:Your name.Your expertise (Social Media? Landing Pages? A/B Testing?).A few examples of your work.How they can book a session with you.I know it sounds counterintuitive, but some of the best copywriting pages I’ve EVER SEEN are super simple one’s like this:See how simple that is?It also only leaves them ONE option of what to do next, and that’s to book a session with you.These sessions should generally be a minimum of $100.If a client is not willing to pay at least $100 for a consultation session where you point out everything wrong with their page, they are NOT going to buy anyways.My minimum consultation session is $597 now. And I’ve learned the hard way that if people are not willing to pay it, they are not going to be willing to pay you more (or they just simply can’t afford it).Oddly enough, the more I charge for each hour session, the more respect and compliance I get from the client! They want to make SURE they get their money out of that session , so they ensure they show up on time and show up prepared.I would personally avoid doing free sessions. Because what generally happens is:1.) Everyone gets excited about working together.2.) You setup a meeting with this “prospective client”.3.) You prepare for the meeting and draw up a proposal.4.) You talk with the client and tell them what you’re going to do for them.5.) They tell you “let’s talk again soon after I run this by my boss.”6.) You never talk again…..and all that time was wasted.7.) You become sad and poor :-(To get people taking you seriously, you need to charge them for your time. If they decide to go for a full contract with you, then you can comp them the hour long session. However if they don’t go with you, at least you still get paid.Charging people for your time is a sure-fire way to get them to value your services.Every single successful freelance copywriter I know ALWAYS charges for their time.Some Copywriting Books for you to read:I’ve read a helluva lot of copywriting books, and these are the one’s I recommend you read to get off to a great start:BOOK 1.) Read The Gary Halbert Letters (Free) Start by reading “The Boron Letters”. Make sure you print each chapter out for maximum effect!Ch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25You can also buy The Boron Letters directly from Amazon.BOOK 2.) If you want a book that sits on your desk and can re-cap this kourse quickly, then grab my book called “This Book Will Teach You How To Write Better” from Amazon.BOOK 3.) Read Advertising Secrets of the Written Word by Joseph Sugarman. This book usually costs in the $30 range, but is one of my go-to books for ideas on how to position copy. Almost every successful kopywriter will know this book.BOOK 4.) Also, check out Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy (great for traditional advertising advice as well)Your Next Steps To Becoming A Copywriter:I showed above in this post some good things to do first:Read the copywriting books I recommended above.Making a simple copywriting portfolio.Put yourself out there.Well my young friend, I hope this answers your question!-N

Blogs are a great way to increase the number of visitors to your website, making you more visible in any search engines. They can also be a great way to generate leads. Your blog can function as a great support to your sales team.However, this works well if you have a constant and periodic connectivity with your viewers. Not just writing posts and blogs help, publishing them on various digital platforms can catch the right person’s attention and invoke curiosity.For any SEO, blogs and sharing them on various platforms is a dead necessity. Keep the content genuine and speak out of experience not “borrowed experience”. Yes, you can share meaningful contents borrowed from other writers, but let them get the credits.Here are few steps to convert your blogs into a lead generation machine -Blog from Your Business Website.For effectiveness, let your blog be an extension of your business website; this can be a sub-domain or a sub-directory of your main business domain.Make blogging your routine.By blogging culture, I mean a set of strictly followed practices that are well-thought out and tailored to help you meet your blogging goals.Let your blogs be seasonal through the year.By this I mean, it’s vital that you don’t lose focus on the long-term aspect of things.Can the content you’re creating today still show up in search results, even after few years?Truth is, it’s always better to create every green content. It’s always better to think long-term because that’s how to get results that are worth your effort, time and investment.Evergreen content can drive steady traffic, generate consistent leads and produce regular conversion for a long time.Create something that adds value, something that helps people, something that both humans and search engines love. This might even mean investing in great content (see our next point below).The Value of Evergreen Content in an Ever-Changing WorldDevote your thoughts, experience, knowledge and time into your content.Help people with your knowledge, only then people look up to you. Let your blogs be the GURU.Sell your blogs for free.Not really, as I already mentioned, market your blogs digitally. Be it LinkedIn groups, Google communities, Facebook groups, marketing channels etc,.Unity in diversity.Just because written content is the most widely accepted type of content doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try out other types. Add some fuel to your blog with the help of images,videos, images and the like.Let there be different topics discussed, well of-course, in your domain of interest.Persistence is constant result.It’s not all about setting up a blog and creating a solid business blogging plan, you’d have to sit up and be serious with your blog; you’d have to follow your plans and goals seriously in order to turn your blog into a lead-gen machine.10 Ways to Turn Your Blog into a Lead-Generation Machine10 Best Lead Generation Blogs - Lead Generation Tips And TechniquesHope that helps.Cheers! :)

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFF) is highly effective foam intended for fighting high-hazard flammable liquid fires.

It just isn't as green-friendly as Class A. Unlike Class A foams that are biodegradable and approved by the U.S. Forest Service, chemicals that make up many Class B foams include perfluorochemicals (PFO As and PFO Cs) that can soak into the groundwater as runoff and potentially contaminate the surrounding environment.

AFF foams are not classified as dangerous goods. UFOs is classified as a persistent organic pollutant, whilst FOA is not currently classified as a persistent organic pollutant. ... FOA is also classified as a Class 2B carcinogen, and that means it is possibly carcinogenic based on limited evidence.

Aqueous film forming foams (AFF) are water-based and frequently contain hydrocarbon-based surfactant such as sodium alkyl sulfate, and fluorosurfactant, such as fluorotelomers, perfluorooctanoic acid (FOA), or perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (UFOs).

For years, foam has been used as a fire-extinguishing medium for flammable and combustible liquids. ... FOAM: A fire fighting foam is simply a stable mass of small air-filled bubbles, which have a lower density than oil, gasoline or water. Foam is made up of three ingredients — water, foam concentrate and air.