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Normally, the most experienced sniper is the spotter and is responsible for identifying targets and directing the shooter’s rounds onto the target.
The spotter identifies the target, the distance, and tells the shooter what adjustments for elevation or wind he should make.
For a country to invade the Mainland US would require a level of logistics that currently only the US Military could feasibly achieve.
An amphibious assault force on the West Coast would be extremely hard pressed to find a beachhead in which to land troops and material. The US Navy alone has multiple bases in Hawaii, Washington (State), and California which would screen any direct attacks against the coast (this is just US Navy; the US Army, Marines, and Air Force also have large presences in air bases, barracks, etc.)
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More than 42 percent of 30-somethings in South Korea remained unmarried last year, census data showed Monday, underscoring the trend in which many young people delay or give up on marriage amid a prolonged economic slowdown.
The percentage of unmarried people in their 30s reached 42.5 percent last year, up 6.2 percentage points from 36.3 percent in 2015, the data showed. [Read more…] about Why Does Korea Have A Marriage Problem?
Gelmis: Did you deliberately try for ambiguity as opposed to a specific meaning for any scene or image?
Kubrick: No, I didn’t have to try for ambiguity; it was inevitable. And I think in a film like 2001, where each viewer brings his own emotions and perceptions to bear on the subject matter, a certain degree of ambiguity is valuable, because it allows the audience to “fill in” the visual experience themselves. In any case, once you’re dealing on a nonverbal level, ambiguity is unavoidable. But it’s the ambiguity of all art, of a fine piece of music or a painting — you don’t need written instructions by the composer or painter accompanying such works to “explain” them. “Explaining” them contributes nothing but a superficial “cultural” value which has no value except for critics and teachers who have to earn a living. Reactions to art are always different because they are always deeply personal.
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Assuming that all of their tanks were operational (unlikely) a German Heavy Tank Battalion in WWII had 45 tanks, with an additional 8–11 SPAAGs, 5 Recovery Vehicles, and 11 armored half tracks. These would be pretty much the entirety of what the Abrams would have to destroy without being disabled.
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A 401k and an IRA are both tax-advantaged accounts that incentivize saving/investing for retirement. They both restrict withdrawals from the account in exchange for deferring or excluding taxes.
The quick rundown of the differences are the following: you have more flexibility investing in an IRA, you have a higher contribution limit for a 401k, and your employer potentially matches contributions in your 401k (basically gives you free money in the account). But let’s go into some more detail.
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The general consensus with the corroborating claims is yes. The Iran-Contra conflict specifically was centered on this particular type of scandal. The CIA and military were allegedly funding Contra rebels in staging the overthrow of the Sandinista government that was then distributed and sold in global markets, and used to provide the Nicaraguan Contras with weapons and training in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras through a CIA asset named Danilo Blandon.
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Q: Will it make me fulfilled?
A: Ummm sometimes? Honestly, the first year of her life, I felt less fulfilled than I ever have because I was spending most of my time taking care of a tiny baby that couldn’t talk or interact in a way that was interesting to me, and it meant that I couldn’t do things that really DO make me fulfilled, like writing and creating. Now that she’s almost 3, I have a lot more moments where I feel proud or amused or loving toward her, but to be honest, I don’t feel fulfilled by our relationship. It’s something different.
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Information is classified based on how much damage the material would do to National Security. There are technically only 4 levels of classification: Unclassified, Classified, Secret, and Top Secret, but there are other descriptions that can be attached to those classifications to further instruct how to handle those materials. As an example SBU refers to something that is Sensitive but Unclassified. There are also things called “Read Ons” where you may have the correct clearance to handle a particular level of classified material but you need to be “read on” to some special instructions that are specific to that document, building, room, etc.
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Think of Dungeons and Dragons like one of those Choose Your Own Adventure books, except the book is blank and the Dungeon Master fills it out himself and is reading it to you. Then you (and your characters) try to navigate through the book without getting yourself killed.
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