Guns: Walther P99 Pistol

Walther P99c AS, model 2012.

Watches: Rolex Milgauss

The Rolex Oyster Perpetual Milgauss is a highly collectible model introduced by Rolex in 1956 with the model number 6451. The Milgauss was designed as an antimagnetic watch specifically for those who worked in power plants, medical facilities and research labs like those in Geneva where electromagnetic fields can cause havoc with the timing of a watch.

The current model Milgauss is equipped with amagnetic alloy (Parachrom-Blu) hairspring and movement encased by a Faraday cage.

The name Milgauss is derived from the Latin mille, which means one-thousand, and gauss, the unit of a magnetic field. This model is so named because it can withstand a magnetic flux density of 1,000 gauss.

The original Milgauss was very similar to the appearance of the Rolex Submariner, with an over-sized case and bezel, with the Twinlock crown, and a riveted Oyster bracelet. Although the Milgauss only went through two different models (6541, 1019) the Milgauss went through numerous configuration changes before being discontinued in 1988.

In 2007, Rolex brought back the Milgauss after nearly two decades as the model number 116400. There are currently three versions: white dial or black dial with a standard colorless sapphire crystal, and the GV (Glace Verte) or "Anniversary" model, with black dial of a slightly different design and a green-tinted sapphire crystal. The GV is the only Rolex produced with a tinted crystal.

Rolex Milgauss Vintage 1019, 1967.

Rolex Milgauss, 1959.

Rolex Milgauss Bamford Fragment

Rolex Milgauss Green Sapphire, 2010.

Photograph: Willy Rizzo

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Cardin, Paris, 1965.

Salvador Dali, 1950.

Gabrielle Bonheuer Chanel, Paris, Tuileries, 1959.

Christian Dior, Atelier Dior, 1947.

Photograph: Hemingway and Castro in Cuba

Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba, 1959

Floridita and famous daiquiri.

Classic Daiquiri recipe:

2 oz. white rum
1 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. simple syrup
Ice cubes
Tools: shaker, strainer
Glass: cocktail

Shake ingredients and strain into a chilled glass.

Guns: Main Calibers for handguns

.50 Action Express,   .44 Magnum,  .357 Gagnum,   .45 ACP, .40 S&W, 9mm Luger Parabellum, 22 Long

Anatomia Gray - Subluxação Vertebral e Mapa Neural

"O sistema nervoso controla todos os órgãos do corpo humano, o médico do futuro buscará na coluna o tratamento e a prevenção das doenças." (Hipócrates)

Anatomia Gray

Victor Hugo: "L’Avenir" 1867

Victor Hugo reprend la mission révolutionnaire de la France qui est chargée d’apporter la liberté à l’Europe et au monde entier.  Le prophète n’est pas seulement celui qui lit dans le futur.  Il est aussi le représentant de la parole qui fait advenir. Voir Les parties suivantes du texte prophétique écrit en 1867. 
Marc.

Victor Hugo: "L’Avenir"

"Au vingtième siècle, il y aura une nation extraordinaire. Cette nation sera grande, ce qui ne l’empêchera pas d’être libre. Elle sera illustre, riche, pensante, pacifique, cordiale au reste de l’humanité. Elle aura la gravité douce d’une aînée. Elle s’étonnera de la gloire des projectiles coniques, et elle aura quelque peine à faire la différence entre un général d’armée et un boucher ; la pourpre de l’un ne lui semblera pas très distincte du rouge de l’autre. Une bataille entre Italiens et Allemands, entre Anglais et Russes, entre Prussiens et Français, lui apparaîtra comme nous apparaît une bataille entre Picards et Bourguignons.... Elle sera plus que nation, elle sera civilisation ; elle sera mieux que civilisation, elle sera famille. Unité de langue, unité de monnaie, unité de mètre, unité de méridien, unité de code ; la circulation fiduciaire à son plus haut degré ; le papier-monnaie à coupon faisant un rentier de quiconque a vingt francs dans son gousset ; une incalculable plus-value résultant de l’abolition des parasitismes ; plus d’oisiveté l’arme au bras ; la gigantesque dépense des guérites supprimée; ... l’idée de domesticité purgée de l’idée de servitude ; l’égalité sortant toute construite de l’instruction gratuite et obligatoire ; l’égout remplacé par le drainage ; le châtiment remplacé par l’enseignement ; la prison transfigurée en école ; l’ignorance, qui est la suprême indigence, abolie ; l’homme qui ne sait pas lire aussi rare que l’aveugle-né ; le jus contra legem compris ; la politique résorbée par la science, la simplification des antagonismes produisant la simplification des événements eux-mêmes ; le côté factice des faits s’éliminant ; pour loi, l’incontestable, pour unique sénat, l’institut. Le gouvernement restreint à cette vigilance considérable, la voirie, laquelle a deux nécessités, circulation et sécurité, l’État n’intervenant jamais que pour offrir gratuitement le patron et l’épure. Concurrence absolue des à-peu-près en présence du type, marquant l’étiage du progrès. Nulle part l’entrave, partout la norme. Le collège normal, l’atelier normal, l’entrepôt normal, la boutique normale, la ferme normale, le théâtre normal, la publicité normale, et à côté la liberté. La liberté du cœur humain respectée au même titre que la liberté de l’esprit humain, aimer étant aussi sacré que penser. Une vaste marche en avant de la foule Idée conduite par l’esprit Légion. La circulation décuplée ayant pour résultat la production et la consommation centuplées ; la multiplication de pains, de miracle, devenue réalité ; les cours d’eau endigués, ce qui empêchera les inondations, et empoissonnés, ce qui produira la vie à bas prix ; l’industrie engendrant l’industrie, les bras appelant les bras, l’œuvre faite se ramifiant en innombrables œuvres à faire, un perpétuel recommencement sorti d’un perpétuel achèvement, et, en tout lieu, à toute heure, sous la hache féconde du progrès, l’admirable renaissance des têtes de l’hydre sainte du travail. Pour guerre l’émulation. L’émeute des intelligences vers l’aurore. L’impatience du bien gourmandant les lenteurs et les timidités. Toute autre colère disparue. Un peuple fouillant les flancs de la nuit et opérant, au profit du genre humain, une immense extraction de clarté. Voilà quelle sera cette nation.
Cette nation aura pour capitale Paris, et ne s’appellera point la France ; elle s’appellera l’Europe.

Elle s’appellera l’Europe au vingtième siècle, et, aux siècles suivants, plus transfigurée encore, elle s’appellera l’Humanité."

1889 Exposition Universelle de Paris

Victor Hugo, Introduction au Paris-guide de l’exposition universelle de 1869.
Paris : Librairie internationale, 1867 : Chapitre I "L’Avenir".

Sede Mundial da BMW em Munique, Alemanha

A imponente sede da BMW, localizada perto da Vila Olímpica de Munique, capital da Baviera, é um enorme complexo que chama a atenção por um edifício original, conhecido como BMW Tower e chamado oficialmente de BMW-verwaltungsgebäude, com quatro marcantes torres cilíndricas contemporâneas, que pretendem simbolizar “prosperidade, autonomia e perfeição técnica com um toque de utopia”. A sede mundial da BMW, projetada pelo arquiteto Karl Schwanzer, ficou pronta, por fora, em 1972, após quatros anos de construção, para os Jogos Olímpicos que se realizaram naquele ano em Munique. Somente no ano seguinte os funcionários se mudaram para lá.

BMW Tower em Munique

O complexo é composto ainda por um enorme e completo museu (inaugurado em 1973) cujo acervo é composto por 326 carros históricos da marca e uma sala de cinema com capacidades para 100 pessoas onde são exibidos filmes que contam a trajetória da montadora. Dentro do prédio redondo as rampas e escadas rolantes conduzem o visitante a viajar pelos mais de 90 anos de história da marca. O prédio é dividido em sete áreas temáticas de exibição, como oHouse of Design, que apresenta os visitantes ao espírito BMW, mostrando o processo de inspiração dos designers e os métodos de criação da imagem da marca; o House of the Company, que apresenta as origens e a evolução da BMW; ou o House of Motor Sport, ala esportiva que relembra as inúmeras glórias conquistadas nas competições de automobilismo. O museu ainda oferece aos visitantes a possibilidade de conhecer clássicos da montadora como os modelos Roadster, os Serie 3, 5, 6 e 7, e apresenta as máquinas do futuro, como os visionários carros-conceito movidos a hidrogênio.

BMW Welt, com fábrica, museu e BMW Tower ao fundo.

Á poucos metros do complexo está localizado o Centro de Pesquisas e Inovação da montadora. Entrar neste setor sem ser convidado é tão difícil quanto pronunciar o nome desse departamento sem saber falar alemão. O Forschungs und Innovationszentrum (FIZ) é o centro nervoso de todo o desenvolvimento do grupo BMW. Em seus prédios geminados estão guardados os segredos dos futuros projetos das marcas BMW, Mini e Rolls-Royce. Nele trabalham cerca de 8.500 especialistas das mais diversas áreas, desde engenheiros a designers e matemáticos, todos pensando em projetos do futuro. Eles pesquisam novos materiais, combustíveis, formas aerodinâmicas e técnicas de produção, além de estudos voltados para as áreas elétrica e eletrônica. O acesso aos laboratórios só é permitido a super funcionários como engenheiros, designers ou especialistas em computação.

Cars: Best Two Cars in SEMA Show, 2011

Best two prepared cars presented in SEMA Show 2011, October, in Las Vegas, NV.

Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing (1955)

Chevrolet Corvette (1960)

Guns: Defensive Pistol Calibers

While bullets of every caliber are deadly if placed correctly, some are more effective than others.

.40 S&W

The .40 Smith and Wesson. It is almost 2 decades old, yet has become very popular in the USA. With 140 grain bullets, it delivers energy levels matching or exceeding standard .45 ACP cartridges, but in a smaller form factor that allows for subcompact handguns. Fans of the .45 ACP will point out that the bullet diameter of the .40 S&W is 0.05 inches smaller, but given the excellent expansion performance that can be expected from modern hollow point bullets, I’m not concerned by this at all. The higher velocities of .40 S&W bullets (up to 1325 feet per second) compared to the velocities of .45 ACP (around 900 feet per second) also help ensure that the hollow point bullets will expand as they are designed to.
Recoil is brisk due to the higher velocity of the bullets, since the recoil energy is transferred to the shooter’s hands more abruptly than with lower velocity cartridges, but the recoil is not overwhelming.  

.45 ACP
The .45 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge has been around for nearly a century, and has proven itself an effective self defense caliber.This cartridge fires a relatively heavy bullet at relatively low speeds, which is effective, but does not take advantage of the way a slightly lighter bullet at higher speeds can be more effective, carry more energy, and recoil more softly. Part of the reason for this is the lower chamber pressure, compared to more recently introduced cartridges. 

.45 GAP
The .45 Glock Automatic Pistol cartridge is less than a decade old, and was introduced by Glock as a way to fit a .45 caliber bullet into the frame of a compact pistol, where the .45 ACP would not fit. The result is a cartridge that is shorter in length, and has a higher chamber pressure than the .45 ACP. Performance is similar to the .45 ACP as well, however the price tends to run about 10% – 15% higher than .45 ACP rounds.

Springfield Armory, XD(m) 9mm pistol.

9MM
The 9x19MM Parabellum cartridge, like the .45 ACP, has been around since before World War 1. It is a round that originated in Europe, for the Luger pistol, which is why it is measured in millimeters, rather than fractions of an inch. The bullet diameter is the equivalent to .35 caliber. 

.357 Sig
The .357 Sig is is a relatively new, and designed to match the performance of the well respected .357 magnum, but in a cartridge designed for semi-automatic pistols rather than revolvers. It almost lives up to this goal, packing more energy than a .40 S&W or .45 ACP, when 115 grain bullets are used, but falling short on heavier bullets. The 35 caliber bullets it fires can be effective, however I feel that for self defense, the .40 S&W and .45 ACP cartridges’ larger diameter bullets are more effective and less prone to over penetration. The 9MM is less prone to over penetration than the .357 Sig.

.32 ACP
The .32 Automatic Colt Pistol cartridge was introduced in 1899 for use in small, self defense pistols.