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You want a fighter jet as your personal aircraft; do not deny it. You want to travel faster than the speed of sound and play Top Gun in the sky. Well, it may be possible soon for you to do this, if you have the cash of course. Having studied the possibilities and options for a Supersonic Jet Trainer for fighter aircraft, one might notice that there have been lots of recent media discussions and many solutions at this years Paris Airshow. One such aircraft is the Mako trainer by Mercedes Benz. Top speed 1050 mph. Many years back we used the T-38 an F-5 Tiger with two seats. These units are needed because before you put someone in an F-22 Fighter, which costs 100 million dollars, they better be able to fly the damn thing and fly it well. The Mako could also be a fighter if needed for small countries to be their Air Force. It can use either the EJ200 by Eurojet or an F414 by GE or even Snecma M88 (a company out of France trying to make itself popular in aerospace circles for lightweight high out put engines).

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRHeft/FRH9906/FR9906g.htm

They see this aircraft as an intro to the F-16 or F-22. Many third world countries go to Arizona and use old vintage A-4s for training or train in the desert in CA. This aircraft is long like the T-38 about 45 feet. Aviation Week had some interesting things to say about this project.

http://www.aviationnow.com/content/publication/awst/2002outlook/aw28.htm

However many companies are competing for these aircraft for trainers including the Koreans T-50, which we have discussed before and the price tag is good and they are readily available now while the Mako is about early 2003 bound and delivered in 2005. The US is now taking delivery of Raytheon’s T-6A Texan 2 has the security of U.S. military procurement. Now as a matter of fact I talked to a training pilot in San Antonio who said they were getting their first ones in last June. Many Aerospace consultants in Europe believe this aircraft may take the lead around the world as the trainer of place. Many countries still are not exactly feeling good about buying the Korean T-50s.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/biz/2002/01/03/stories/2002010300320200.htm

http://www.global-defence.com/air-eur.html

In any case what a wonderful fun and cool aircraft to have as a sport plane. You know you want one. Think about it.

Cricket videos have joined the online world. You can now find a vast range of video clips, live matches and cricket highlights online, to complement traditional VHS and DVD video. So, what???s the advantage of all this choice? It???s so easy to drown in the sea of video products. So, if you want to enjoy more cricket or inspire your junior cricketer, you???ll need to be selective.

VHS tape and DVD cricket video are still popular, and don???t have internet related transmission issues. So, it???s worth considering them for your collection, but consider the picture quality of archive TV footage before you part with your money.

Remember that colour TV has only been around since the late 1960???s, and that earlier black and white footage has variable quality. However, it???s still worth considering archive material, to see some of the all time greats at work. For example, Sir Donald Bradman???s 1993 video on how to play cricket includes footage of the master batsman at his best in 1934.

Picture quality improved through the VHS era in the 1980???s. Good quality cricket video tapes are still available from around 1990, but the best quality pictures are on DVD. These formats are great for compilations of rare cricket occasions. For example, the 1960 tied test match between Australia and the West Indies at Brisbane was one of the all time great matches, and you can re-live the tension on a video from ABC TV sport.

Want to know what VHS and DVD titles are available? The top specialist retailers are listed in Google under ???cricket video???. But, with such global suppliers, beware of the ???compatibility trap??? for both DVD and VHS. You???ll need to make sure that the rare video product that you ordered from 10 time zones away, is actually playable on your own hardware.

The world is divided into eight “DVD Regions”, numbered 1 to 8. So, for example, a Region 3 DVD is only compatible with DVD players sold in Region 3. However, ???Region Free??? DVDs are the exception, and are compatible with players from any Region.

TV picture format is another complication. NTSC is the standard North American TV picture format and differs from the European PAL system. So, if you???re in the USA or Canada (DVD Region 1), make sure that your TV can read the PAL signal before buying a European (Region 2) DVD.

Video tapes have the same issue. There are 3 global recording formats for commercial videos, NTSC, PAL and SECAM. If you???re ordering a VHS tape from a far flung country, make sure that your TV can display it.

The internet takes cricket videos onto another level. Live international cricket and cricket highlights are now available online, and large volumes of archive material are available as cricket clips. As a coach, I???m particularly interested in the brilliant online coaching resources.

Free cricket clips and videos are abundant in the cricket sections of Google Video, You Tube and Metacafe. These range from beach cricket to events from classic test matches. You can have a fun time browsing through these, but finding exactly what you want in the maze of video offerings is less easy.

You need enough computing power to view online videos ??? broadband is essential, as is good PC performance. Your machine needs sufficient processor speed, enough RAM and a suitable video card to display videos quickly, smoothly and with good quality. You could test it on the BBC highlights or one of the samples on Google Video or You Tube.

You will also need a javascript enabled browser, and a suitable media player. Windows Media player is suitable for some online videos. Real Player and Flash are commonly used and are available as free downloads. The BBC Sport player is based on Real Player, and is available free from the BBC web site.

This rough guide to cricket videos highlights the main choices of product, where to find them, and some of the key technical issues involved. Of course, there???s far more detail than this, but I hope that it gives you a start on finding a way through the video maze.

No man is an island. And when you are working for people, you will eventually need people to keep it up and running. There are many advantages to outsourcing. First, you get to have more time on your hands. Second, you learn to be part of a team, and spearheading it, for that matter. Third, you get more input and expertise from people.

You can’t just know it all and be a one man band. At the beginning you might be able to do that, but you will eventually need to expand, grow, improve and let people in that big vision of yours.

When you are in the Internet marketing business, you can actually outsource a lot of people, both for things you can or cannot do, but mostly for the latter. You may have the ability to email people individually or write your own articles, but if you feel that you want more quality time to yourself, these are responsibilities you can delegate. Of course, you cannot delegate your life’s work to just anybody.

This comes with the assumption that you are already in the position of outsourcing. You must be able to afford maintaining your work force and be stable enough with what you have done. If you are really looking for people to outsource, here are top qualities you must look for before you do outsource and delegate your business to them.

They must be an expert in the field with which you are getting their services.

Be it a programmer, a writer, a web designer or even a personal assistant, they must be experts. Experts do not really require a degree, although that may be an advantage. Years of experience in what they do and how they love what they do will give you an idea of their potential to help you expand and uphold your business visions.

Outsource the best in the field, and be willing to pay to keep them. After all, they will help you bring in the profit and keep the business running.

They must be reliable.

The people you hire may be talented, but if they flake on deadlines and are not able to deliver as they promised, you will be at a losing end. You will also find that while other people are good at making first impressions, they do not have the capacity to maintain the good impression.

As a potential employer, informal as the setting may be, you must have a bit of psychological knowledge and be able to determine which people are worth outsourcing and which people are worth thanking for their time.

They must be available.

This is also very important. If the person you are intending to delegate your task to is not available for the job, then you will just have to find another person. There are a lot of people on the lookout for jobs, and while you may not always find the best in the field to be available at your disposal, there will be people who are willing to be trained to become on your best fulltime workers.

They must be trustworthy.

This is the most important aspect of outsourcing. Can you trust the person you are hiring? At a certain degree, you must be able to trust them. They must have professional work ethics and not have any personal interests that will conflict your business and their work with you.