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Re: Is "Hollywood-style" decompression accurate? http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/970603.html How long can a human live unprotected in space? If you don't try to hold your breath, exposure to space for half a minute or so is unlikely to produce permanent injury. Holding your breath is likely to damage your lungs, something scuba divers have to watch out for when ascending, and you'll have eardrum trouble if your Eustachian tubes are badly plugged up, but theory predicts -- and animal experiments confirm -- that otherwise, exposure to vacuum causes no immediate injury. You do not explode. Your blood does not boil. You do not freeze. You do not instantly lose consciousness. Various minor problems (sunburn, possibly "the bends", certainly some [mild, reversible, painless] swelling of skin and underlying tissue) start after ten seconds or so. At some point you lose consciousness from lack of oxygen. Injuries accumulate. After perhaps one or two minutes, you're dying. The limits are not really known. You do not explode and your blood does not boil because of the containing effect of your skin and circulatory system. You do not instantly freeze because, although the space environment is typically very cold, heat does not transfer away from a body quickly. Loss of consciousness occurs only after the body has depleted the supply of oxygen in the blood. If your skin is exposed to direct sunlight without any protection from its intense ultraviolet radiation, you can get a very bad sunburn. At NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center (now renamed Johnson Space Center) we had a test subject accidentally exposed to a near vacuum (less than 1 psi) in an incident involving a leaking space suit in a vacuum chamber back in '65. He remained conscious for about 14 seconds, which is about the time it takes for O2 deprived blood to go from the lungs to the brain. The suit probably did not reach a hard vacuum, and we began repressurizing the chamber within 15 seconds. The subject regained consciousness at around 15,000 feet equivalent altitude. The subject later reported that he could feel and hear the air leaking out, and his last conscious memory was of the water on his tongue beginning to boil. Aviation Week and Space Technology (02/13/95) printed a letter by Leonard Gordon which reported another vacuum-packed anecdote: "The experiment of exposing an unpressurized hand to near vacuum for a significant time while the pilot went about his business occurred in real life on Aug. 16, 1960. Joe Kittinger, during his ascent to 102,800 ft (19.5 miles) in an open gondola, lost pressurization of his right hand. He decided to continue the mission, and the hand became painful and useless as you would expect. However, once back to lower altitudes following his record-breaking parachute jump, the hand returned to normal." References: Frequently Asked Questions on sci.space.*/sci.astro The Effect on the Chimpanzee of Rapid Decompression to a Near Vacuum, Alfred G. Koestler ed., NASA CR-329 (Nov 1965). Experimental Animal Decompression to a Near Vacuum Environment, R.W. Bancroft, J.E. Dunn, eds, Report SAM-TR-65-48 (June 1965), USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas. Survival Under Near-Vacuum Conditions in the article "Barometric Pressure," by C.E. Billings, Chapter 1 of Bioastronautics Data Book, Second edition, NASA SP-3006, edited by James F. Parker Jr. and Vita R. West, 1973. Personal communication, James Skipper, NASA/JSC Crew Systems Division, December 14, 1994. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Spencer wrote the following for the sci.space FAQ: How Long Can a Human Live Unprotected in Space? If you *don't* try to hold your breath, exposure to space for half a minute of so is unlikely to produce permanent injury. Holding your breath is likely to damage your lungs, something scuba divers have to watch out for when ascending, and you'll have eardrum trouble if your Eustachian tubes are badly plugged up, but theory predicts -- and animal experiments confirm -- that otherwise, exposure to vacuum causes no immediate injury. You do not explode. Your blood does not boil. You do not freeze. You do not instantly lose consciousness. Various minor problems (sunburn, possibly "the bends", certainly some [mild, reversible, painless] swelling of skin and underlying tissue) start after 10 seconds or so. At some point you lose consciousness from lack of oxygen. Injuries accumulate. After perhaps one or two minutes you're dying. The limits are not really known. References: The Effect on the Chimpanzee of Rapid Decompression to a Near Vacuum, Alfred G. Koestler ed., NASA CR-329 (Nov. 1965) Experimental Animal Decompression to a Near Vacuum Environment, R.W. Bancroft, J.E. Dunn, eds, Report SAM-TR-65-48 (June 1965), USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You would probably pass out in around 15 seconds because your lungs are now exchanging oxygen out of the blood. The reason that a human does not burst is that our skin has some strength. For instance compressed oxygen in a steel tank may be at several hundreds times the pressure of the air outside and the strength of the steel keeps the cylinder from breaking. Although our skin is not steel, it still is strong enough to keep our bodies from bursting in space. Also, the vapor pressure of water at 37 C is 47 mm Hg. As long as you keep your blood-pressure above that (which you will unless you go deep into shock) your blood will not boil. My guess is that the body seems to regulate blood pressure as a gauge, rather than absolute pressure (e.g. your blood vessels don't collapse when you dive 10 feet into a pool). The saliva on your tongue might boil, however. For more information and references, see http://www.sff.net/people/geoffrey.landis/vacuum.html Hope this helps! The Ask an Astrophysicist Team Questions on this topic are no longer responded to by the "Ask an Astrophysicist" service. See http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/ask_an_astronomer.html for help on other astronomy Q&A services.

Re: WWYCD? Women City Savers Only Surely any male character transformed into a female would have enough difficulties adapting to a new form and just relearning how to walk that they would be better of leaving the fight to those original heroines in the first place. Further to this wouldnt a lot of men as women spend a fair bit of time exploring their new self.

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Re: Jokes Snow White was sleepy and told the seven dwarfs she was going to bed. After the usual seven "Good Nights!" she went upstairs. Immediately, all seven dwarfs rushed outside and stood on each other's shoulders beneath her bedroom window. Since tonight was Grumpy's turn to be on top, he was the only one who could see inside so it was his duty to describe exactly what he saw to the others. He reported, "She's taking off her blouse." and this was echoed down the stack, "She's taking off her blouse." "She's taking off her blouse." "She's taking off her blouse." "She's taking off her blouse." "She's taking off her blouse." "She's taking off her blouse." Then Grumpy said, "She's taking off her skirt!" which was again echoed, "She's taking off her skirt!" "She's taking off her skirt!" etc. Then Grumpy reported, "She's taking off her bra!" which echoed, "She's taking off her bra!" on down the pile. "She's taking off her panties!" Ditto. Finally, Grumpy looked around and, from his vantage point, saw a stranger heading towards them from out of the woods. He said, "Someone's coming!" And down the line of dwarves was heard, "Me too." "Me too." "Me too...."

Re: Jokes Advice From Women To Men 1. The reason why our bras don't always match our underwear is because WE actually change our underwear. 2. The next time you and your buddies joke about armed women in combat, take a poll to see which of you successfully aim at the toilet rim. 3. If we're watching football with you--it's not bonding--it's their butts. 4. Whenever possible, please try to say whatever you have to say after the movie. 5. Lay off the beans several hours before bedtime. 6. Please don't drive when you're not driving. 7. If you were really looking for an honest answer, you wouldn't ask in bed. 8. The next time you joke about female drivers, research the number of accidents caused by rubber-necking mini-skirts. 9. If only women gossip, how do you and your friends keep track of "who's easy"? 10. Stop telling us most male strippers are gay: we don't care. 11. When you're not around, I belch loudly, too. 12. We don't mind if you look in the mirror to check your appearance -- in fact -- please do !!! 13. When you're out with us, please wear "our" favourite outfit rather than "yours" -- the torn jeans and dirty T-Shirt will last longer that way. 14. If you must grunt in reply, please develop a system to indicate a positive vs a negative grunt. 15. Don't insist that we "get off the stupid phone" and then not talk to us. 16. Eye contact is best established above our shoulder-level. 17. Cleaning the house is not necessarily "women's work"; besides, most of the "dirt" and clutter is yours anyway. 18. Yes, we know most of the great chefs are men, why is it then you never want to cook? 19. We go to the Ladies Room in groups to talk about you. 20. Yes, we know you can probably beat us arm wrestling; however, very few raises or promotions were gained by arm wrestling the boss.

Re: Jokes THE AUSTRALIAN APPROACH A young Aussie lad moved to London and went to Harrods looking for a job. The manager asked "Do you have any sales experience?" The young man answered "Yeah, I was a salesman back home." The manager liked the Aussie so he gave him the job. His first day on the job was challenging and busy, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the manager came down and asked "OK, so how many sales did you make today?" The Aussie said "One." The manager groaned and continued "Just one? Our sales people average 20 or 30 sales a day. How much was the sale for? " ....... £124,237.64" The manager choked and exclaimed £124,237.64 What the hell did you sell him?" "Well, first I sold him a small fish hook, then a medium fish hook, and then I sold him a new fishing rod. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down at the coast, so I told him he would need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him that twin-engined Power Cat. Then he said he didn't think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to car sales and I sold him the 4 x 4 Suzuki". The manager, incredulous, said "You mean to tell me....a guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and 4x4?" "No no no......he came in here to buy a box of tampons for his lady friend and I said......... "Well, since your weekend's buggered, you might as well go fishing."

Re: Jokes A man's wife rushed to the hospital unexpectedly, and asked her husband to bring her some items from home including "comfortable underwear." Worried he'd make the wrong choice, he asked, "But how will I know which ones are comfortable?" She answered, "Hold them up and imagine me in them. If you smile, put 'em back!" As the radical feminist stood on the bus, a man beside her started to stand up. She angrily thought, "Another pig retaining the customs of patriarchal society by offering a poor defenseless woman his seat!" and shoved him back down. A few seconds later he rose again, but again she refused to let him stand. As he tried to stand for the third time, he meekly said, "Lady, would you please let me stand up? I'm already a mile past my stop!"

Re: Jokes A new store opened in New york city where women may go to choose a husband. At the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch... You may choose any man from a particular floor or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are extremely good looking. "Wow", she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with the housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!" Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please! Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit the building, and have a nice day!

Re: Jokes Husband: Oh, come on. Wife: Leave me alone! Husband: It won't take long. Wife: I won't be able to sleep afterwards. Husband: I can't sleep without it. Wife: Why do you think of things like this in the middle of the night? Husband: Because I'm hot. Wife: You get hot at the darnedest times. Husband: If you love me I wouldn't have to beg you. Wife: If you love me you'd be more considerate. Husband: You don't love me anymore. Wife: Yes I do, but let's forget it for tonight. Husband: Please...come on. Wife: Alright, I'll do it. Husband: What's the matter? Need a flashlight? Wife: I can't find it. Husband: Oh, for heaven's sake, feel for it! Wife: There! Are you satisfied? Husband: Oh, yes. Wife: Is it up far enough? Husband: Oh, that's good. Wife: Now go to bed and from now on when you want the window open, do it yourself.

Re: Jokes Three blokes - a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden and an Aussie engineer are all working together one day and they come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. "I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes in total" says the Genie. The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada." POOOOFF! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever fertile for farming. Osama bin Laden was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Americans or Australians can come into our precious state." POOOFF! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there was a huge wall around those countries. The Aussie Engineer says, "I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall." The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 5000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out; it's virtually impenetrable." The Aussie engineer sits down, cracks a beer, smiles and says, "Fill it with water........."

Re: Jokes A couple was having dinner at home when the wife said, "You know, Fred, when we were first married, you used to take the smaller piece of steak and give me the larger. Now you take the larger one and leave me the smaller. You don't love me any more." "Nonsense," replied Fred. "You cook better now!"

Re: Jokes The 6th grade science teacher, Mrs. Parks, asked her class, "Which human body part increases to ten times its size when stimulated?" No one answered until little Mary stood up, angry, and said, "You should not be asking 6th graders a question like that! I'm going to tell my parents, and they will go and tell the principal, who will then fire you!" With a sneer on her face, she then sat back down. Mrs. Parks ignored her and asked the question again, "Which body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated?" Little Mary's mouth fell open; then she said to those around her, "Boy, is she gonna get in big trouble!" The teacher continued to ignore her and said to the class, "Anybody?" Finally, Billy stood up, looked around nervously, and said, "The body part that increases 10 times its size when stimulated is the pupil of the eye." Mrs. Parks said, "Very good, Billy," then turned to Mary and continued, As for you, young lady, I have three things to say: 1) you have a dirty mind, 2) you didn't read your homework, and 3) one day you are going to be very, very disappointed."

Re: Jokes The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching." Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all you want. God is watching the apples!"

Re: Wanted, South American Supervillains ! How about the scientific term Apis mellifera or just Mellifera for although it derives from the greek for honey carrying it sounds like a Latin name. As for a killer bee being a hero the africanised bee attacks only in defence of the hive, admittedly they are more sensitive than their Western European cousins but they are not mean as they have been portrayed. If your character is based on a bee then they should have some form of pheramone power sense/communication as pheramones are very important in the bee world

Re: Jokes All five country churches in a small Texas town were having a terrible problem with squirrel infestations. Predictably, they all had different ways of dealing with the problem. The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do. After much prayer and consideration they determined that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will. In the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken up habitation in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a cover on the baptistery and drown the squirrels in it. The squirrels escaped somehow and there were twice as many there the next week. The Methodist church got together and decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creation. So, they humanely trapped the squirrels and set them free a few miles outside of town. Three days later, the squirrels were back. The Catholic church came up with what they thought was the best and most effective solution: they baptized the squirrels and registered them as members of the church. Now they only see them on Christmas and Easter. Still, the Jewish synagogue beat them all: they took one squirrel and had a short service with him called a bris -- and they haven't seen a squirrel on the property since.

Re: Jokes New Drugs for men With Viagra such a hit, Pfizer is bringing forth a whole line of drugs oriented towards improving the performance of men in today's society. (This is making the rounds.) DIRECTRA - A dose of this drug given to men before leaving on car trips caused 72 percent of them to stop and ask for directions when they got lost, compared to a control group where only 0.2 percent asked for directions. PROJECTRA - Men given this experimental new drug were far more likely to actually finish a household repair project before starting a new one. CHILDAGRA - Men taking this drug reported a sudden, overwhelming urge to perform more child-care tasks--especially cleaning up spills and little accidents. COMPLIMENTRA - In clinical trials, 82 percent of middle-aged men administered this drug noticed that their wives had a new hairstyle. Currently being tested to see if its effects extend to noticing new clothing. BUYAGRA - Married and otherwise attached men reported a sudden urge to buy their sweeties expensive jewelry and gifts after taking this drug for only two days. Still to be seen: whether the drug can be continued for a period longer than your favorites store's return limit. NEGA-VIAGRA - Has the exact opposite effect of Viagra. Currently undergoing clinical trials on sitting U.S. presidents. NEGA-SPORTAGRA - This drug had the strange effect of making men want to turn off televised sports and actually converse with other family members. CAPAGRA - Caused test subjects to become uncharacteristically fastidious about lowering toilet seats and replacing toothpaste caps. Subjects on higher doses were seen dusting furniture. PRYAGRA - About to fail its clinical trial, this drug gave men in the test group an irresistible urge to dig into the personal affairs of other people. Note: Apparent over-dose turned three test subjects into special prosecutors. LIAGRA - This drug causes men to be less than truthful when they are asked about their sexual affairs. Will be available in Regular, Grand Jury and Presidential Strength versions.

Re: Jokes A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband. Suddenly, her husband burst into the kitchen. "Careful," he said, "CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOD! You're cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We need more butter. Oh my GOD! WHERE arewe going to get MORE BUTTER? They're going to STICK! Careful . CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking! Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind? Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them. Use the salt." USE THE SALT! THE SALT!" The wife stared at him. "What in the world is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?" The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving." Fifty-one years ago, Herman James, a North Carolina mountain man, was drafted by the Army. On his first day in basic training, the Army issued him a comb. That afternoon the Army barber sheared off all his hair. On his second day, the Army issued Herman a toothbrush. That afternoon the Army dentist yanked seven of his teeth. On the third day, the Army issued him a jock strap. The Army has been looking for Herman for 51 years.

Re: Traveller: Free Trading dont know of the type of spreadsheet you're after but the following may be of interest http://home.houston.rr.com/tmixon/Trade/ spinward marches http://users.adelphia.net/~alaconius/ 2nd download gives a spreadsheet with gdp for spinward marches planets

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Re: Jokes Wife to husband: "What do you like most about me: my pretty face or my sexy body?" Husband to wife: "Your sense of humor!" Husband to wife, "Would you stop loving me if you won the lottery?" Wife to husband, "No, but I'd miss you!"

Re: Need Some Latin Blessings GUIDE TO ECCLESIASTICAL LATIN PRONUNCIATION SYLLABLES Every Latin word has as many syllables as it does vowels or diphthongs. (Diphthongs are double vowels which form one sound). The most common Latin diphthongs are ae, oe, and au. In Latin each consonant, vowel and diphthong is pronounced separately. EXAMPLES: Peccata is pronounced pec-ca-ta and not pec-a-ta. Tuum is pronounced tu-um (too-um), and not as toom. ACCENTS The rule for where the accent in a Latin word goes. If the word has only two syllables, the accent always falls on the first syllable. EXAMPLE: amo is pronounced as AH-moe, not ah-MOE. If the word has three or more syllables, then where the accent is applied depends upon whether the syllable second to the last has a long vowel or not. If the second to last syllable has a long vowel in it, then the accent is placed on that syllable. If the second to the last syllable has a short vowel, then the previous syllable (the third syllable from the end). EXAMPLE: Peccata is pronounced: pe-CAH-ta, since the a in the second syllable is long. Nomine is pronounced: NOH-mi-neh, since the i of the second syllable is short. PRONUNCIATION OF LETTERS English borrowed its alphabet from Latin, the pronunciation of individual Latin letters are close to that of English. The differences are mainly the vowels and a few consonants. VOWELS Long Short A as in - father A as in - Dinah E as in - they E as in - met I as in - machine I as in - pit O as in - note O as in - off U as in - rude U as in - put CONSONANTS Consonants are HARD, but some consonants take a HARD form in front of some vowels and a SOFT form in front of other vowels: These consonants are HARD before - (a, o, u, au) These consonants are SOFT before - (ae, e, oe, i) C = k - as in cot C = ch - as in chain CC = kk - as in accord CC = tch - as in catchy SC = sk - as in tabasco SC = sh - as in sheep G = g - as in go G = soft g - as in gentle GN = "ni" - as in onion (ny like sound) TI - when followed by a third vowel becomes a tsee sound as in tsetse fly. Sometimes one will see a "j" in Latin. Technically Latin has no letter "J". It was introduced in the 13th century or thereabouts to differentiate between the vowel "i" and the consonant "i". The consonantal "i" is like our "y". "Major" in Latin is pronounced as MAH-yor. Until this last century, most printed Latin texts used the "j" to indicate the different sounds. Today the "j's" are usually replaced with the more classical "i's". DIPHTHONGS ae - as "ay" in say au - as "ou" in house oe - as "ay" in say In English word order is crucial. In English the word order distinguished who did what to whom. In Latin it is the ending of the word that indicates who did what to whom. Dog bites man means something very different than man bites dog. EXAMPLE: THE SIGN OF THE CROSS Signum Crucis SIN - yum CREW - chis Latin In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen. Pro: In NOH-mi-neh PAH-tris et FEE-li-ee et SPEE-ri-toos SANC-tee AH-men Trans: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Spirit Holy. Amen.

Re: Need Some Latin Blessings Ave Marie Ave Maria, gratia plena; Dominus tecum; benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus frustus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus nunc et in hora nostrae. Benedicat tibi Dominus et custodiat te. Ostendat Dominus faciem suam tibi et misereatur tui. Convertat Dominus vultum suum ad te et det tibi pacem. (Num 6:24-26) Deus misereatur nostri et benedicat nobis inluminet vultum suum super nos et misereatur nostri diapsalma ut cognoscamus in terra viam tuam in omnibus gentibus salutare tuum (Psalm 67:2-3) Dominus custodit te ab omni malo custodiat animam tuam Dominus. Dominus custodiat introitum tuum et exitum tuum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. (Psalm 121:7-8) Pax huic domui! (Luk 10:5) Pax vobis! (Luk 24:36) Deus autem pacis sit cum omnibus vobis. Amen. (Rom 15:33) Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre nostro et Domino Iesu Christo. (1 Cor 1:3) Gratia Domini nostri Iesu Christi cum spiritu vestro fratres. Amen. (Gal 6:18) First is Hail Mary translations for others as follows The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (Numbers 6:24-26) May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. (Psalm 67:2-3) The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. (Psalm 121:7-8) Peace be to this house! (Luke 10:5) Peace be with you! (Luke 24:36) The God of peace be with you all. Amen. (Romans 15:33) Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:3) The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, sisters and brothers. Amen. (Galatians 6:18)

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http://www.hitechcj.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/usarmy.guide.to.terrorism.pdf http://www.hitechcj.com/homelandsecurity/military_guide_terrorism.html there are also a number of supplements uder the main pdf Not sure if somebody's already posted this.

http://www.securityleak.com/ http://www.travellermap.com/thirdimperium/ http://scottmartin.ca/Space_RPG/Other_peoples_stuff/Signal_GK/Signal_GK_Info.html http://www.geo-verse.com/TIMES.html Haven't had a chance to dig through all of these but figure there plenty of ideas to be harvested from these