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Xue Feng
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Though the modern medicine has limited knowledge of human bodies, what we have known is enough for us to admire the excellent human body structure and functions. Each system and organ in the human body is designed by the Greatest Creator. Even those trivial body parts have great functions. For example, there are several types of hairs on human bodies with distinct forms and functions. The head hair is designed to protect and beautify the head. It can grow long. According to the Bible, “But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.” The eyebrows can divert sweat and rain, preventing them into the eyes. That’s why they are lined above the two eyes. Eyelashes can prevent the dust and other things from entering the eyes. That’s why they are lined on the sides of the eyelids. Also they stand forward in a special curve because it wouldn’t hinder the eyesight or pierce into the eyes when closing the eyes. If the eyebrows and eyelashes are too long, they will hinder the eyesight. That’s why they wouldn’t grow as long as the hair or beards. The nasal hairs can filter the inhaled air. That’s why they grow inside the nostril and stand sideways and outwards. If they stand inwards, the other things will find it easy to come into the nostrils and difficult to go out. The armpit hairs can prevent the partial friction and help the sweat evaporate. Without the armpit hairs, we have to raise our arms. Otherwise the skin under the arm will become inflamed because of the friction and moist. Required by the function, the armpit hairs cannot grow as long as the head hairs, or as short as the eyebrows. Besides, they are soft and curving. If they are rigid and coarse, they will hurt the skin. And cilia grow on the intestinal epithelium. The cilia grow downward and vibrate together. The vibrating waves move downward from upward to help move down the intestinal contents. Cilia also grow on the airway and bronchus epithelium. However, they grow and vibrate in the opposite direction as those on the intestinal epithelium. Only in this way can they move the sputum upward to the throat and spit them. If they grow downward, the airway and bronchus would get stuck by the sputum and the humans would die from it.
Now I wish to take two simple reflections of human bodies as an example. When foreign matters enter the nostrils or airways, they will arouse two protective reflections, sneeze or cough, which is designed to repel the foreign matters. But due to different situation, these two reflections differ in their approaches. The foreign matters in the nostrils are not urgent so the sneeze reflection can be prepared in a composed way. First, inhale slowly; open the mouth, and the soft place move upward to block the nostril. Then breathe in enough air through the mouth, and the pleural body contracts sharply to emit the air in the lungs quickly. When the emitting reaches its peak, the tongue rises abruptly to block the mouth to repel the air to go out swiftly through the nostrils. In this way the foreign matters in the nostrils are driven out. However, if the foreign matters enter the airway, it is an emergent situation. If the foreign matters are not driven out timely, the life will be put at risk. The inhaling is strictly forbidden because it will make the foreign matters go deeper and cause suffocation. So the cough doesn’t include the inhaling. Instead, the glottis closes immediately. At the same time, the pleural body contracts suddenly and adds the lung air pressure extremely. When the pressure is at its strongest point, the glottis opens suddenly and the lung air sends out explosively, compelling the foreign matters in the airway to the throat via the glottis. At this time, the soft place rises to block the nostrils. The foreign matters are spit out through the mouth. If the tongue and the soft place perform the same way as in the sneeze, the foreign matters emitted out of the airway will enter the nostrils, causing another trouble. In these two reflections, the body parts must cooperate closely. Any failure in the coordination will lead to the failure of the reflection, causing serious consequences. So these activities are not done freely. Instead, they are done as required by their functions and set procedures. These procedures are not learnt or practices. The program has been rooted in our brain nerve structure (nerve nucleus) when we are born. Otherwise, the babies will not survive.
The advanced computer science has made it possible to simulate these activities. However, the simulation requires 3 conditions: 1. Device simulating the inhale and exhaling of human mouth, nose, throat, pleural and the sensing device; 2. The central control equipment simulating nerves and body system (compute, input and output devices). The above two devices are hardware. And software is also needed, namely (3). A program composed in strict compliance with the requirements to control the performance and procedure of each link, and arrange them in perfect coordination. All the three conditions are imperative. Otherwise the reflections can’t be realized. The program itself is not a substance structure. Instead, it is a smart use and spiritual result. There will be no such a thing as the program without the smart use. So we have to ask, the program is composed by the humans and stored in the computer, how about the control program in the human brain. Is it also composed by someone and stored in the human brain? Sneeze and cough are the simplest examples. There are numerous automatically controlled physical, bio-chemical and pathological human body activities, which are even more sophisticated than reflections of cough. Even today, some of them remain mysteries to us. So how are these sophisticated control programs composed? And where do they come from?
Now let’s have a look at the sensory organs on human bodies. Why do we have two ears? The reason is that one ear is not able to identify the direction. With the ears lying on two sides of the head, the sound reaches the ears in sequence of time. Based on the slight receiving time difference, the brain can judge where the sound comes from. The auricle is the most outward component of the ear. It can introduce the sound into the external auditory canal. Within the auricle there is a thin layer of cartilage helping to retain the form of auricle, giving it wonderful elasticity and protecting it from the clashes. Without the cartilage, the auricle is just two useless pieces of skin hanging on the head side. If the thin bone is inside the auricle, it will break easily even if when you are sleeping on your side, damaging the auricle. There is fuzz on the outer segment of the external auditory canal preventing the sand and dust. The inner segment secretes cerumen to prevent insects. When foreign matters enter the external auditory canal, it will trigger head shaking, instead of sneeze or cough, to get the matters out. Because the external auditory canal is a blind passage, it is impossible to repel the foreign matters with air.
Why don’t the foreign matters in the nostrils arouse the head-shaking reflection to repel them? That’s because the nostrils of humans almost lie in the middle of the head. The shaking is not able to produce enough centrifugal force. Besides, the human nostrils face downward and it is improper to repel the foreign matters by shaking the head. The sound is produced by the mechanical vibration of objects and is transmitted by the air fluctuation, or the sound waves. The human ears are actually working like a precise mechanical vibration monitor. In the inner ear there are a number of keyboards with different sizes, producing nerve impulses produced by echoing with corresponding frequencies. The brain, in accordance with the features of these impulses, identifies the strength, tunes and timbre of the sounds.
We must note though there are many sensory organs in human bodies, only the inner ear is protected by the most solid and firm bones. In fact, it lies in the cave part of the temporal bone. Of all the sensory organs, only the ears monitor the mechanical vibration, which needs a relatively fixed position. Otherwise, it is not able to monitor the sound. If the inner ear lies in the soft tissues, when the sound wave arrives, the inner ear will vibrate with it. Thus it can hear nothing. Now the inner ear lies in the firm bone and it can’t sense the air vibration. So it is imperative to reduce the density waves to the mechanical vibrations before sending them to the inner ear. And there is such a reduction device at the middle bottom of the external auditory canal, which is called the eardrum. The eardrum has enough space to receive the air pressure. It is thin enough to vibrate when the sound wave arrives. Meanwhile, the eardrum is strong enough to push the transmission device. The long handle of the middle ear cartilage is attached to its inner side, the tensile force of which makes the eardrum sink inside slightly to maintain certain tension. This allows the eardrum to accurately reduce the arriving sound waves into the mechanical vibrations. No matter what the temperature is, the vibration function is not impacted. After the sound waves are reduced into the mechanical vibration, some rigid objects are needed to transmit the vibration to the inner ear. Of all body tissues, the most rigid objects are the bones. However, the bones are heavy in general and covered by the soft tissues, which are not suitable for the audio vibration. However, in the tympanic cavity between the eardrum and the inner ear, there are three unique tiny bones with delicate forms measured in millimeters. They are almost completely exposed to the air in the tympanic cavity. These three tiny bones are connected by ligament and form a transmission chain in curve with excellent audio vibration function, able to transmit accurately the vibration of the eardrum to the inner ear. The transmission device can properly multiply the weak vibration and reduce the strong sound wave. All of these structures are the super designs required by the acoustics.
There are even smarter designs in the hearing organ. For example, to make the eardrum vibrate freely following the arriving sound waves, the two sides of the eardrums must be exposed to the air. As a result, there is a tympanic cavity full of air in the middle ear. If the cavity is filled by liquids, just as other cavities are, the eardrum is not able to vibrate because the liquids can’t contract. Besides, the cavity does not only need to be filled with air, but also needs to be connected to the outside world with a proper passage, to balance the static air pressure in the cavity with the outside air pressure. Otherwise, the air in the cavity will gradually be absorbed, causing the eardrum to sink excessively or damaging it. When the outside air pressure changes, (such as in mountain climbing, diving, the airplane takeoff or climate change), it will arouse uncomfortable feelings or lead to hearing malfunction. But the middle ear can’t be opened to the outside world directly, just like the external auditory canal or nostrils can. The reason is that the direct exposure will make the arriving waving sound reach the two sides of the eardrums at the same time via the external auditory canal and middle ear passage, counteracting the sound pressure. Thus the eardrums will not vibrate at all, unable to produce the hearing. So it is a difficult problem to connect the middle ear and the outside world. However, the human body, with a smart design, solves this problem. The middle ear is opened at the two sides in the upper rear of the pharynx via a half-opened passage (the so-called auditory tube). The auditory tube is locked in common times and only opened temporarily when taking the swallowing actions, balancing the air pressure in the middle ear shortly. After the swallowing action is over, the auditory tube is locked again. Apart from eating, human body would regularly take swallowing action unconsciously, even when he or she is sleeping. Thus the air pressure in the middle ear can be adjusted from time to time and avoid the hearing from being hindered. Besides, when swallowing, the swallowing segment and the soft palate will definitely rise, blocking the mouth and nostrils against the outside world. So on the moment when the ear and throat are opened shortly, though the air in the throat can enter the middle ear, the sound waves from the outside world are blocked against the middle ear. As a result, the hearing will not be interfered and can receive the outside sound and voice. Only the throat in the body can meet the special demand of the hearing organs. The throat is originally designed as part of the digestion and breathing system, it does not belong to sensory system. However, it can cooperate so smartly with the hearing organs. We have to admire the extremely delicate body-wise design.
The vestibule in the inner ear controls the balance of the body. In the vestibule there are 3 semicircular canals. When the body loses balance, the mutually-vertical semicircular canals produce the balance impulse, which triggers the corresponding reflection via the balance center in the medulla brain. Why are there 3 semicircular canals instead of 2 or 4? And why are they mutually vertical? The reason is apparent. Humans live in the 3-dimensional space. There are 3 mutually-vertical movement directions, namely, front and rear, left and right, upward and downward. So the 3 mutually-vertical semicircular canals can monitor the movements. The number less than 3 or more than 3 would be insufficient or redundant. We can see the delicate and smart structure and function, and the supreme wisdom in them. They can’t be the accidental results.
As the most important perception of human bodies, vision provides more information than that provided by all other perceptions. The vision is the perception of image and space and the visual organs must have the most precise and accurate structure completely different from other sensory organs. As a result, in the perspective of the embryo-genesis or neuro-anatomy, the main structure of the eyes is not just the common receptor. Instead, it is part of the cerebral cortex. The so-called optic nerves are completely different from other cerebrospinal nerves. In essence, the optic nerves are inner structure in the brain, transmitting the most sophisticated visual information. The eyes function like a precise camera. The retina composed of the photoreceptor cells is just like the films. The crystal, iris and the cornea works like the lens, diaphragm and the filter. However, the precision and automatic adjustment of the eyes is no match of any high-quality cameras. For example, the lens in modern cameras is made of special glass or hard plastics with fixed focal distance. When taking pictures for the landscapes with different distances, the lens position must be adjusted. Otherwise, the image will not be produced on the films. But this is an awkward approach. Imagine when the eyes are watching landscapes with different distances, the eyeballs have to protrude or recess alternatively, which looks ugly or damages the health and function of the eyes. However, the crystal in the eyes are transparent and elastic colloid, which can adjust automatically the focal distance in accordance with the distance of the objects to make sure all the objects can be imaged on the retina, without changing the position of the crystal. Such automatic adjustment function can’t be fulfilled by any camera.
If we observe the eyes in the perspective of modern TV technologies, the eyes are more like the television camera, but thousands of times more precise than the television cameras. The TV image is composed of dense pixels (the mixed dark or brilliant light spots). Till now, the best TV image only contains less than 1 million pixels. However, the human eyes can produce image containing 20 billion pixels. Only the eyes can see the details of objects. No matter how clear or accurate the image is, it is still a plan view image. Then how the eyes can provide the dimensional image is a key issue of providing the complete vision. But it is not an easy task at all to convert the flat view image into the dimensional one. For a long time, people have been puzzled by how the conversion is done. Of course, we later knew the smartness and delicacy of the human body shown here. The two eyes send the flat view images they receive into the same nerve center, which contrasts and analyzes the images and judges the distance of the objects based on the slight visual angle difference caused by the position difference of the two eyes. Thus the dimensional image is produced. That’s why people have to have 2 eyes to establish the complete vision. Based on such understanding, humans have invented the dimensional movies. But the above is only the external process of how vision is formed. People have little knowledge about how the visual center works inside. We have to admit that the mysteries of human body structure and functions are beyond the intelligence of mankind.
As a matter of fact, the distance judgment with two eyes is the triangulation technique which is precise and automatic. The accurate measurement needs two premises. First, the two eyes must focus on one object at the same time. Otherwise, there will be double vision, which means the one objects will be seen as two objects. As a result, the complete neuromuscular system is equipped on the outside of the eyeballs, making the eyeballs the most flexible and accurate organs. The ciliary muscle inside the eyeballs can adjust the conversion rate of the crystal at any time to focus on the object and form the clearest image. Second, the retina of the two eyes must be strictly symmetrical. Otherwise, the image contrast of the two eyes will become impossible. Furthermore, the images received by the two eyes must be transmitted at the same time to the same visual center for contrast and analysis. There are two visual nerves on the left and right side of the brain, supervising respectively the two sides of the vision field. The objects in the left of the vision field are reflected, via the eye pupil, on the retina of the right sides of the two eyeballs. The corresponding images in the two eyes, via the visual nerve, are sent to the visual center on the right side of the brain. The objects in the right of the vision field are reflected, via the eye pupil, on the retina of the left sides of the two eyeballs. The corresponding images in the two eyes, via the visual nerve, are sent to the visual center on the left side of the brain. The two visual nerves contrast the corresponding images coming from the eyes and produce the full-field dimensional images. The pairs of human parts are often symmetrical on the outside. Only the retinas are symmetrical in the same position. Namely, the left side is symmetrical to the left side and the right side symmetrical to the right side of the two retinas. That’s because the light rays come in directly. Otherwise, the visual centers can’t receive the corresponding images or get the coordinated vision. The structural symmetry of the retinas in the two eyes must be accurate to the utmost. Otherwise the images in the two eyes will not comply with each other and the ambiguity will occur. Besides, the corresponding images from the two eyes must be sent to the same visual center. Thus the optic nerves must have the corresponding special structure to realize the cross-transmission of the images. This is the unique “chiasma opticum” unique to the optic nerves. This function is not possessed by any other nervus cerebrospinalis because they don’t handle the information of images and space. If we use the computers and monitoring cameras to simulate the process of human vision, the input network of the computers has to have a similar chiasm. No other design can do it. Judging from the above, we can find all the human organs, structures and functions have shown the supreme wisdom. And these are the ways they should be.
Some people think that human body has some useless organs, such as the thymus gland, appendix, tonsil and coccyx, in order to prove the human structure is imperfect. Some people used to believe that these organs were not that useful. Instead, they tend to arouse diseases such as appendicitis and tonsillitis. If these organs are cut off, it will not have much impact on the human body. In the past, people used to classify spleens and other organs into the useless organs. There was a list of useless organs in the past which included over 100 organs. But the list was long not because these organs are useless but because people at the time were ignorant. As more we know about the organs, most of them have been deleted from the list and there are only a few still remain in the list. Some people think that these organs are the leftovers of human evolution, which are called the “waste back organs” and use them as one of the evidences of evolution theory. This is a complete misunderstanding. Till not we have understood there are no such things as the “obsolescent organs”. It is simply the lack of knowledge of these organs. Take the thymus gland as an example. In the past, people didn’t know its function. Now we have understood it is the warning device of the human body against the inner and outer infection sources. As a result, the thymus gland contributes a lot to the human health. Another example, if the coccyx fractures, it will cause serious functional disturbance. So the coccyx is also an imperative part of human body. Some people might say these organs can trigger diseases. Then all human organs can lead to diseases, even brain and heart are of no exceptions. Why don’t we say the brain and heart are useless? Some organs, though they are not as important as the heart and brain and wouldn’t endanger life immediately when eliminated, are also useful. Just like if the hands or feet are lost, though not fatal, the human body is handicapped.
After knowing the supreme and smart design of human structures and functions, you might want to know how they come into being. Who has designed and made such sophisticated and precise organs? We cannot avoid the question. Any truth-seeking person would admit that the extremely delicate organs and structures are not produced naturally or accidently. For instance, if someone gives you a top-class camera and tells you it is a natural one without designer or manufacturer; do you think his words are scientific and acceptable? The human body, which is even more delicate, accurate, flexible and practical, must have a supremely wise and capable creator behind it.
On a spring Sunday morning in 1954, I saw a young stranger sitting in the chamber of a Church. When we started to talk, I knew that he was a student at Peking Union Medical College. He said to me, “Since I studied anatomy and physiology, I have felt the human body is really a wonder. It is not possible to understand it unless we interpret the wonder with a God.” He came to the church to seek an answer. The wonder of this young man is not the only example. I remember that when I was studying anatomy and physiology in school, some students surrounded our physiology teacher and kept asking him questions. Finally, the teacher, annoyed by so many questions, told us, “Please stop the questions because they will lead to religion in the end.” Because of the special political background at the time, the teacher’s warning silenced all the students. But his warning impressed me deeply and remained in my memory till today. My thought at that time was that the teacher was right because all the things were created by the God. Though he was not a Christian, he had to admit the truth and the further probe into the human body mysteries (part of the Universe mysteries) would definitely lead to the existence of the God (religion) in the end. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the wonders of the human body. The Bible says, “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse.”(1:20 Romans 1) Was the teacher demonstrating his scientific spirit? No. The scientific spirit means the truth and boldly pursuit of the truth without avoiding any controversy. The teacher knew very clearly that one more step forward would lead to the God but he dared not move onto the path towards the truth. Instead, he asked his students to stop there. It has shown that many people refuse to admit the existence of God not because they don’t have the scientific spirit but because of the social pressure, individual consideration for their interest and prospect, just as what the teacher was doing at that time. Nevertheless, the existence of the God would not change. And we cannot live in such considerations for the reality forever. One day in the future, when we have to face the ultimate choice, we will have to face the supreme master who has created the Universe and the human beings. The Bible says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” If we don’t accept the immoral God now, we have no excuse when it comes to the day.
When we talk about the origin of all things in the Universe, some young people often ask, “You have said the humans are created by the God, then who has created the God?” The analogizing logics seem to be reasonable. But it is not true. Because the God is the creator instead of the created, you can’t link these together. The table is made by the carpenter. But you cannot say the carpenter and the table have the same origin. Human benings’ understand of the God is only limited to the enlightenment from the God to the humans. Otherwise, humans cannot understand the mystery of God’s nature. The God says, “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” (Exodus 3:14 and Revelation 1:8). For the God, there is only the eternality, and there is no time, beginning or ending.
Even in the scientific field, too many analogizing questions won’t be tolerated. One scholar was talking about the belief in the God with his students. One student asked suddenly and proudly, “Where does the Universe come from?” The scholar answers, “The Universe is created by the God.” The student continued to ask, “Who has created the God?” The scholar answered, “The God is Alpha and Omega and I am not created.” The student said, “This is not scientific at all.” The scholar then asked the student, “Where does the Earth come from?” The student answered, “The Earth comes from the Sun.” The scholar continued to ask, “Where does the Sun come from?” The student answered, “The Sun comes from the Galaxy.” The scholar asked again, “Where does the Galaxy come from?” The student hesitated and answered, “The Galaxy comes from the nature.” The scholar continued to ask, “Where does the nature come from?” The student couldn’t answer this question and said in anger, “The nature is the nature and comes naturally.” The scholar then laughed, “This is not scientific at all.” So we can conclude that the “scientific” answers are not scientific. Another example is that the sciences tell people that substances are composed of the molecules. Then what are the molecules composed of? The molecules are composed of the atoms. But what are the atoms composed of? They are composed of the electrons, protons and neutrons. Then what are the electrons, protons and neutrons composed of? Till now, we cannot find an answer to this question. The atomic physicists are now working hard to find the “elementary particle”. They are called “basic particles” because the scientists don’t expect the substances to be divided limitlessly. So they believe that one day they will find the ultimate component, the “elementary particle”. Of course, the scientists will not ask such question of “what is something composed of?” This is the extremity and everything ends here. The materialists claim that the Universe is limitless and that the materials are eternal and can be divided limitlessly, etc. They are simply the groundless conclusion of the philosophers. And there is an extremity in their logics, the materials. They say that the materials are Alpha and Omega but can’t tell where the materials come from. Now let’s have a look at the math. All numbers come from 1, followed by 2, 3…. You can’t ask what the 1 is because 1 is 1, and not other numbers. It means that 1 is the origin of all numbers. The Greatest Creator has created all things and the Greatest Creator is the origin of them. It will be meaningless to ask where the Greatest Creator comes from.

Previously, I mentioned that I had modified a Safariland 6354RDSO holster meant for a Sig Sauer P320 .40 cal to accommodate my USP 9mm with GG&G rail and light and I figured I would do a write up to explain how to do it. Please note that this only applies to the USP9/40 and not the USP45. The USP45 will generally not work except without a light.
First we look at how to modify the holster for the USP9/40 with a threaded barrel, RDS and a GG&G rail and a narrower light such as the TLR7 or TLR9. The holster only needs modification of the barrel plug. (I will explain later below the much more extensive mods needed for the X300)
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Here is the holster. At the front is the barrel plug and the light cover. The light cover just snaps into a groove and the barrel plug has a screw that goes through it and a plastic rod that just sticks out of one side.
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The screw holding in the barrel plug is a 1/8 allen key.
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The other side is the nut and a plastic rod keeping the plug oriented.
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Unscrew it on the side that doesn't have the plug and take out the screw and nut. The rod will still be holding the plug in. then pull the kydex apart slightly at the muzzle end and the barrel plug will fall out. Note that the light cover will fall out too.
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This is what an unmodified barrel plug looks like
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To fit a threaded barrel I had to use a dremel to cut off the barrel plug stub and then grind a barrel shaped hole into the rest
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If your barrel is not threaded you do not have to do this. Just check if it fits without modification then cut down the barrel plug until it fits without making a hole. The rod is a separate piece that slides out so if you do cut into the block you should be careful not to totally cut though the rod. Here is the side rod
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I cut into it just enough for clearance. Some people will just 3d print a new barrel plug or cut off the entire half with the barrel rod so the barrel totally clears but the side with the screw and but is still there. Snap it all back in and test it for fit.
If you do not have a threaded barrel, I expect you will only have to cut a little of the barrel plug.
If your light is small like a TLR7 or 9 it will fit fine BUT a wide light like the X300U or the TLR1HL requires modification of the ALS locking mechanism and the holster body so that the pistol can clear. The larger light forces the pistol position upward to conflict with the ALS because of the extra height of the GG&G rail.
Modification for the X300U
Taking apart the holster is brutally hard. Take all the hardware off the holster including the side ALS spring. The last thing remaining should be the ALS lever. You have to pull the holster apart. Don't worry it will not snap but you have to muscle it open then pull out the lever. This is annoyingly hard and equally hard to put pack in later.
Now examine the ALS lever and place it on top of your pistol barrel hood. Notice how it locks into the ejection port. You will be shaving the part down that interacts with the port BUT BE CAREFUL with the front of it where it locks into the front of the barrel hood/ejection port as this is where the ALS locks and prevents the pistol from being pulled out. If you cut that down too much the ALS will not lock. Now carefully shave down the flat sections of the ALS lever where it rests on the hood keeping the front longer to lock into the pistol. Do it incrementally and test fit. Just a few millimeters shaved off should be fine. Be conservative in how much you take off. Test fit as you proceed.
To test fit, first place the lever on the top of the pistol to check initially. Then insert the lever back in without any other hardware and check it again.
Once done. reassemble the holster except for 2 things. Do not put the light cover back in. And do not use the barrel locking block. Place the barrel block screw and nut back in without the actual locking block. I replaced the block with a cut down pen barrel to keep the screw and nut from crushing in the end. I will provide a guide if you don't know how to do it but the hardest part is getting the lever back in. It always has to go in first.
Then you are still not done. Notice that the bottom of the light channel has a bump halfway in the holster to help with light retention. This will drag too much and make it hard to reholster and really hard to draw. Take a heat gun and heat the inside of that holster. You can do this with it assembled. When flexible use a rod and smooth the bump until it is mostly flush. Note that the inside layer may curl up due to the heat. Be sure to push it down into place with the rod. Make sure you don't overheat so that the holster shape changes. (The TLR1 will require some further heat gun modification ensure proper width)
Let it cool slightly and insert your pistol with the X300U. It could have a little resistance going in but draw well.

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What was happening with computers and automation around the time this episode originally aired:
In 1960 a science technology TV program aired an episode titled "The Thinking Machine". Here's a 3-minute video excerpt from the hour-long program
The science technology episode of 'Tomorrow', coordinated with M.I.T., aired on CBS in early 1961. The full show can be viewed on YouTube for free running 53-minutes
From Forbes magazine July 18, 2019:
By 1958, the nation had entered the “Automation Depression” in which “we are stumbling blindly into the automation era with no concept or plan to reconcile the need of workers for income and the need of business for cost-cutting and worker-displacing innovations.”
Four years later, President Kennedy was asked in a news conference “Mr. President, our Labor Department estimates that approximately 1.8 million persons holding jobs are replaced every year by machines. How urgent do you view this problem–automation?” Kennedy’s response? That “it is a fact that we have to find, over a ten-year period, 25,000 new jobs every week to take care of those who are displaced by machines, and those who are coming into the labor market … in particular industries we might get special structural unemployment. We have seen that in steel, we have seen it in coal, we may see it in other industries … I regard it as the major domestic challenge, really, of the ‘60s, to maintain full employment at a time when automation, of course, is replacing men.”
Richard Deacon was born May, 14, 1921 in Philadelphia. When he was 11, he was afflicted with polio and later took up dancing to help strengthen his legs. In his teens, the Deacon family moved to Binghamton, New York. Richard Deacon was actually a classmate of Rod Serling. Largely due to his early polio scare, Deacon became an intern during high school at Binghamton General Hospital and later served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II.
Richard Deacon added to the revised opening sequence of "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" 1956 2-minute YouTube clip
[Note: the distribution studio executives wanted to add the prologue and epilogue to the completed film to make it comforting and hopeful for audiences.]
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Richard Deacon was typecast as a middle management authority who rarely received respect from either end of the employment spectrum. Two words that adequately describes the frequent acting persona: prissy milksop. Deacon's two longest and most notable TV roles – as Lumpy’s dad on “Leave It to Beaver” (1951-1963) and Mel Cooley on “The Dick Van Dyke” show (1961-66) – overlapped by two years.
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In the 1970s, Richard Deacon was touted as a notable gourmet chef and wrote one of the first recipe books for cooking with a microwave oven.
Richard Deacon died of cardiovascular disease on August 8, 1984, at age 62. His remains were cremated and the ashes scattered at sea.
Richard Deacon on The Addams Family with "Cousin Itt" 15-second YouTube clip
Richard Deacon's full acting career credits -- text only
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Paul Newlan was born on June 29, 1903 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
Compilation of various characters played by Paul Newlan 4.5-minute YouTube video with weak audio
Newlan's longest running supporting role was as 'Captain Grey' on the TV series "M Squad". Full episodes can be found on YouTube.
Side note trivia: In the 1980s, Leslie Nielsen starred in the comedic TV series "Police Squad" which was a dead-on parody of "M Squad"
Side-by-side comparison of M Squad and Police Squad 5.5-minute YouTube video
Newlan died of congestive heart failure on November 23, 1973, in Studio City, California.
Paul Newlan's full acting career credits -- text only
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Ted de Corsia was born on September 29, 1903 in New York City. A big, brawny villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted de Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, de Corsia's imposing size, tough New York street demeanor - he was born and raised in Brooklyn - and gravelly voice assured him steady work playing murderous street thugs, outlaw gang leaders or organized-crime bosses.
Ted de Corsia also appeared in The Twilight Zone episode "The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine" with Ida Lupino.
Ted de Corsia died of a cerebral thrombosis following a two-week hospitalization at West Valley Community Hospital on April 11, 1973 in Encino, California.
Ted de Corsia in "Crime Wave" 1954 1.5-minute YouTube clip
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Born named Jack Crowder on November 15, 1936 in Miami, Florida. The name was changed to Thalmus Rasulala in the early 1970s, during the heyday of blaxploitation movies, of which he appeared in a number of films.
Jack Crowder on 'All In The Family' episode "The Blockbuster" 1-minute YouTube clip
[NOTE: After 'All In The Family' Crowder was changed to Rasulala]
Thalmus Rasulala as 'Skeeter Mathews' on Sanford And Son 4.5-minute YouTube video but jump to the two minute timemark for Skeeter's introduction
Brief history on some of the films and TV shows Thalmus Rasulala was in 2-minute YouTube clip
Thalmus Rasulala on the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Contagion" First 2.5-minutes of YouTube clip
Rasulala died October 9, 1991 from a heart attack in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 54.
Thalmus Rasulala a.k.a. Jack Crowder full acting career credits -- text only
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Director Richard Donner career highlights discussed the week Donner died 3-minute YouTube video
Richard Donner full list of career credits -- text only
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The history and background on Robby The Robot 7-minute YouTube video
The Jordan Peele revisited Twilight Zone series made a handful of references to Whipple throughout the series two seasons. The indication was that Whipple's grew into a behemoth conglomerate.
In 2002, the heavy metal band 'The Melvins' released their fourteenth album "Hostile Ambient Takeover". The title on one track is "The Brain Center At Whipple's"
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The Melvins -- "The Brain Center At Whipple's" audio only music track 4-minute YouTube video
"The Brain Center At Whipple's" radio drama 42-minute audio episode on YouTube

Germany; photo is very zoomed in and it was actually around 1 millimeter in size

Germany; photo is very zoomed in and it was actually around 1 millimeter in size

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To start this post off, have this adorable drawing of the 3 dead Greeks made by my partner (Yes I do get bitches). And once you’re done looking at that, lets get into the
Writing

1. Heracles
Heracles is an amazing character, and although his backstory is short, I believe he is one of the best written characters in the series. Many people shit on him talking about how If he cared for the humans he would actually fight for them, the same way Buddha did. But this would go completely against his character of Lawful Good. He has been with the gods for thousands of years now, he was adopted by Zeus, and is basically brothers with Ares. He can’t just betray his family, and even besides that, it wouldn’t be right to betray the people that helped him so long ago. And even if he did, that DOESN’T stop Ragnarok, only removes one fighter from their side, which isn’t very productive to what he wants. So he comes up with a different plan, and that is to CONVINCE Zeus to call it off. Many people see this as naïve, but realistically it could happen. Hell, all gods from all pantheons stopped interacting with all of humanity for 4000 years because Demigod Heracles asked for it, so it’s not too far fetched to think that they would let humanity live for another 4000 if Heracles, the Golden Boy, the super popular herald of justice, the god all kids look up to, asked for it.
Heracles is a perfect representation of Lawful Good, and he planned to save humanity while not betraying his entire family, and in his own way. While Buddha planned to save humanity by doing the opposite, and fighting for them instead, which would make him Chaotic Good. But if Heracles was to live, his effort to save Humanity would have had more of an impact than Buddha’s single win.
2. Poseidon
Poseidon, being Greek, is also an amazing character. In my opinion he is the best villain in the entire series. He acts as this unbeatable blockade, a Dark Souls Boss, that is overwhelmingly powerful. In the entire round 3, we are constantly shown Sasaki’s POV, as he seems to gain hope and gain the ability to dodge Poseidon, only for it to be fully crushed by Poseidon once more. He gives me the feeling of that one difficult boss, that when you finally learn how to beat, reveals to just have another, more difficult second phase which absolutely demolishes you. And I think this fits Poseidon so much. He is the most feared god, the Tyrant of the Seas, the God amongst Gods, of course he acts like a final boss.
But what I think makes him stand out, is his philosophy. He believes that Gods are supposed to be perfect, that they don’t need to have support to become strong, and that they don’t need any armies to fight their fights for them when they can do it themselves, and that is just fascinating to me. We can see in Hades’ backstory, that if Poseidon sees someone who fits this philosophy, he will respect them and treat them as a close friend. We can also see in his own backstory, that he doesn’t just kill anyone he disagrees with, only if they attack him. This shows that Poseidon isn’t a mass murdering lunatic, but just has firm standards, and no one is exempt from them, not even his own brother.
3. Hades
Hades, like the previous two, is also quite a good character, although simpler. He is the most reliable god, the god everyone knows they can count on, the older brother of the Greek brothers, and the king of Helheim who held back an entire army of Titans. He is constantly portrayed as the Kind brother, compared to the battle hungry Zeus, and the prideful and brutal Poseidon. He also constantly talks about how he puts everyone else before himself, and I think this is shown well with his power, which requires him to make himself BLEED in order to gain access to more power, showing how he would do anything to protect the ones he loves. This is only further cemented in his backstory, which shows him holding back the army of Titans in Helheim, all on his own in order to not burden anyone else. Along with that in round 6 he is portrayed as mostly calm and a bit of a unserious individual with how he talks to Zeus and Ares about Buddha and Hajun. He teases his brothers and has friendly bickering with some, overall being shown as a loving individual, but we can also see that his OWN expectations of himself (not letting himself lose) and how his powers DRAIN his life essence show that he actively hurts himself to protect others, which if it was delved into more, would be REALLY good to see in effect more outside of his death and Desmos symbolism.
Powerscaling
POSEIDON, THE GOD OF GODS.
Firstly lets get into the strongest here, at least in my opinion. Poseidon has some really good feats and statements/narrative to put him amongst the top tiers.
Firstly for the narrative bit, him just being announced made Brun to go from mad to shitting herself scared, Goll also calls him a top tier (alongside zeus and Thor), and also left Brunhilde STUMPED for who to choose (this has never before happened and never happened ever again, considering she had Qin for Hades at least), and in the very same page, she calls him the Zeus of the Sea, which is the only time a character has been directly compared to Zeus. He's also called the most fearsome god, and made the entire god side silent. He also killed Adamas and no one said a thing, even tho he was called tough by Ares, and he is so powerful, no one, including every Ragnarok fighter, decided to protest his decision.

But let’s get into his stats.
Firstly one of his weaker stats, his strength.

While it's not the best, he still managed to basically oneshot Adamas, and destroy a wall with ease, who was previously said to be tough, was able to crush his own hand easily, and he broke a volund with ease. The last strength feat I’d like to mention is him making the arena basically just a small island from his barrage at the end of the fight.
Durability

He has no dura feats
Endurance

He has GODLY endurance, showing ZERO pain after having his arms cut off, and being cut in multiple places, still being able to talk even when falling apart.
Skill

He has been called the most skilled lancer in the heavens. Translation.
BIQ
He surprisingly has a BIQ feat. He was able to read Sasaki's scan and attack in a blindspot, and he was able to tell that Sasaki was reading his moves.

Speed

The most important start for the God of Gods. Even when completely casual, his strikes are faster than many other fighters, to the point that Sasaki couldn’t see them at all, and even with scan, Poseidon moved faster than Sasaki thought was possible, then once he got actually slightly serious he was able to unleash this move, which is faster than almost anything we have seen and was strong enough to shatter the arena floor, and make massive waves apear, and keep in mind, this is only an inkling of Poseidon’s true power. Even the narrator knows that Poseidon is built different, stating that the only reason Sasaki is struggling so much, and the only reason he seems so weak, is because his opponent is Poseidon, not a god, but specifically Poseidon. Another high speed assault that seems almost impossible to block, and another showing of him releasing hundreds of attacks in a second. He was also capable of dodging an attack this close like it was nothing, and even Hermes was suprised at how fast Poseidon's attack was. Now as I said before, Poseidon in casual was so fast, Sasaki couldn’t see it. So this line makes no sense. What I assume it means is that even if Sasaki had lived through the attack, it was so fast that he could still not dodge it which is insane. Then there’s obv 40 day flood, which is the fastest attack In the series (TFTST is a time stop, so it isn’t speed). And inside of 40 day flood, it's shown that Sasaki is basically fighting multiple Poseidon's at once, with how with his monstrous speed, he seems to be everywhere at once. In the end, Sasaki had to see every single attack, and combination of attacks that Poseidon could EVER think of, just to be able to reach him. In the end, Poseidon is the only character to have shown this level of speed, and the only one to have been stated as super fast by multiple people.

AGILITY
Look at 40DF
HAX

He has no hax.

Now that we have gone over Poseidon’s stats, I think it’s fair to say he is top tier. Let’s go over some of his matchups to see how he does first
VS THOR:
Thor while having massive strength, doesn’t have the speed feats to be able to keep up with Poseidon, and his only way of dealing any damage to him, is to use Awakened Mjolnir, but by the time he gets that, he might just be overwhelmed by Poseidon’s high speed assault.
VS APOLLO:
Apollo is very strong indeed, but Poseidon is just too fast again. Apollo’s bow will land a hit, but that is only If Apollo can even keep up with Poseidon’s movement, which NO ONE in the verse has been able to do. Even Sasaki wasn’t able to, he just memorized what he needed to do, to survive, which NO ONE, else can. Thus I believe that Apollo will just get overwhelmed by Poseidon’s attacks, same as Thor.
VS BEELZEBUB
This is a controversial one I believe. But in my opinion Poseidon wins. Beelzebub’s only weakness is when a character is unpredictable and also insanely fast, which is shown by his shield being breached by Tesla. Thus if Poseidon were to take it seriously (which he should, considering he should know about Chaos (Zeus knew) and should know about Beelzebub existing cuz of Hades), then I believe he can kill Beelzebub, before Beelzebub uses Chaos. Either way it will be close, because if Poseidon is a second too late and Beelzebub pops Chaos, it’s over for the God of Gods. But he should be fast enough to land the killing blow first.
VS QIN SHI HUANG
Well Qin’s kinda fucked here. His best moves (HHoD and Bubble) are both kinda useless against Poseidon. Poseidon moves too frantically for Bubble to land, and even if it does, it will only affect one of the thousands of strikes. And then HHoD is kinda useless, cuz if he deflects one attack, then a hundred others will come and he wont be able to do it to all of them. Thus Qin will get overwhelmed and die.
VS TESLA
Well this ones tragic for Tesla as well. With how Tesla walks up to his opponent, Poseidon’s gonna start attacking quickly, and if he does his I am God line, Poseidon is gonna get REALLY pissed REALLY quickly. And when he does, Telsa just isn’t as fast as Poseidon, and will get killed after a bit.
HERACLES, THE GOD OF FORTITUDE
Next up is Heracles the goat.
STRENGTH
His strength is genuinely insane. He is compared to Zeus, in terms of strength when he had just gotten his powers, and has grown much stronger over the years. Besides that statement he has the feats to back it all up. He destroys entire buildings with simple swings, he breaks the entire floor with just flexing his muscles and jumping, his base level swings obliterate the floor as well, he breaks dozens of divine weapons with his bare hands and dozens more with his club during the fight.. Overall he is one of the physically strongest characters in the series, mainly behind the big boys like Raiden and Thor.

DURABILITY
Ah another one of his great stats. While he has little to no durability feats against slashing attacks (which no one has besides Hajun in his arms), he has shown absolute amazing durability to blunt force attacks. Not a single one has left any lasting damage to him, and even Rondo The Blessing, a diving building, did ZERO damage to him and left him slightly winded at most. Blunt Force attacks are going to have a REALLY hard time dealing damage to him.

ENDURANCE
Now its time for his BEST stat. His Endurance is best in the verse. He shows NO pain even when feeling one of the most painful effects in the verse (tattoo that knocks out GODS by a millimeter growth was constantly growing for METERS on his body), he was constantly being impaled and cut and damaged and wounded on top of his tattoos, and none of them slowed him down nor did it hinder his fighting capability (he lost his arm and tanked DOZENS of divine knives like nothing). He also tanked Rondo The Blessing, and was running and jumping his entire match without a HINT of getting tired/pain.

SKILL
He doesn’t have many feats in this stat, but he does show very good skill in using his labors, knowing each one and how to use it to achieve what he wants and needs in the moment.

BIQ
He has shown quite good battle IQ. He was the first one to figure out all of Jack’s tricks, when even the god of trickery and ALL audience members were fooled.

SPEED

He hasn’t shown the best speed feats. He can run as fast as needed, but he isn’t blitzing anyone.

AGILITY
He has quite good agility, being able to jump the height of buildings with ease, and doing backflips and the such to dodge pincer attacks from Jack, while still deflecting attacks back.
HAX
His hax are impressive. All of his labours he has shown are all useful against something (AoE, anti ranged weapon, and increased stats are all great), and overall very useful. Nemean Lion breaks a divine weapon easily and still slams Jack into the wall, and Cerberus. Oh boy Cerberus. His durability is increased, his attack damage is increased (dealing more damage with just his fists than he did without them) gets access to a clawing attack, which is very useful for some slashing damage to his kit.

Now that we have finished with his impressive stats, lets see some of his matchups real quick.

VS LEONIDAS
Leonidas is very impressive in his own right, but Heracles just has a winning matchup. Most of Leo’s attack’s are blunt force, and with how strong and powerful Heracles’ strikes are, I’m unsure If his shield can even survive so many of them. Heracles also has winds to disable his long range options, and he has Cerberus to tank anything Leo can put out. On top of this Heracles’ Claw attack is a devastating blow that if hit will most likely KO Leo. Overall, Heracles’ mostly superior stats earn him a victory against Leo.
VS RAIDEN
While Raiden has superior strength (although not by much), Heracles has better endurance and durability. He also has a divine weapon, and much better hax in the form of Cerberus. Along with all this, his Claw Attack should be devastating to Raiden, and this just truly depends on who you think puts down who. Because of the fact that Heracles has shown to have AMAZING durability against blunt force attacks, while Raiden has no feats against slashing attacks (Claw), I give this one to Heracles.
VS HAJUN
Hajun’s main win con here is Drill. But the fact that it’s quite slow, and even if it does fully land, it has such a small area of effect, makes it a non issue really. A small hole aint stopping the God of Fortitude. Then after that, Heracles’ superior Endurance, Hax, Cerberus, and Strength will all slowly give him the win. While Hajun is deadly, his body’s durability isn’t the best (got slashed by Buddha’s base sword with no effort), so a single Claw attack to the chest might just kill him. And I do not believe Hajun has the firepower needed to fully put down Heracles before that. I’d give this to Heracles.
VS QIN SHI HUANG This is a really funny mathcup. Qin really just gets so fucked by Heracles existing. Heracles’ tattoos make him be in IMMENSE pain for the entire fight, either knocking him out or distracting him a lot. Nemean Lion is impossible to HHOD by him, the winds fuck up his Air Bubbles, Heracles has enough strength to overwhelm him without them, and Cerberus has the Claw attack which Qin also cant counter. Overall Heracles is a walking counter to Qin, not allowing ANY of his kit to shine, and using it to his advantage to score a win.
VS SHIVA
Well this is a close matchup either way. Heracles is similar to Raiden, with lower strength, but higher durability, a divine weapon, and better hax. His Nemean Lion is good to counter Dance (lets him stop the dance for a bit), his Cerberus is insane for Shiva, considering none of his attacks outside of Tandava Karma will deal real damage. On top of that Shiva wanting to tank attacks is really bad here, because all of Heracles’ punches pack a punch, and if he tries and tanks Claw, he’s losing a lot of his body or even dying if he’s damaged enough at that point. But Tandava Karma might be enough to kill and put down Heracles. I’d say this is a 50/50 honestly.
HADES, THE KING OF HELHEIM

Narrative wise its quite simple to see why he would be high tier. He’s a chief god, everyone says he would never lose (including Beelzebub), is called the most reliable god and is even respected by Poseidon. But his actual stats also back this narrative up to some extent.
STRENGTH
His strength is similar to Heracles, in the way that its also absolutely cracked. His base level starting attacks are called one graze kills, and his named strikes pack enough power to DEMOLISH the arena along with damaging Qin with JUST winds. And this is just him in base form, using Desmos makes him even deadlier, letting him COMPLETELY overpower HHoD and airbubble, AND break the most defensive volund on top of that.

DURABILITY
His durability is also amazing, being capable of tanking his own insanely deadly strikes multiple times over, along with tanking Qin’s kick and piercing strike.

ENDURANCE
Cracked as well, not quite on the level of Weracles but good. Like I said before, he tanked multiple attacks from Qin and his own attacks as well. On top of that he also killed an entire ARMY of god like Titans on his own, to the point of it making an entire SEA of corpses.

SKILL
He overcame HHoD in base form with just his skill as a spear user and managed to counter bubbles quite easily, and is overall a very skilled spear user. Below Poseidon because of Poseidons statement of being the most skilled but still.
BIQ
He has REALLY good BIQ. He managed to figure out how to counter HHoD with just seeing it once, and managed to figure out how Qin’s bubbles worked with just seeing it twice.

SPEED AND AGILITY
His speed is quite good. He can send out a quick flurry of strikes, compared to Poseidon’s barrage, and he managed to jump from one side of the arena to the other almost instantly. He also had the reaction speed to change his ki point JUST before the bubble hit his ki point, just by using the very thing layer of blood to sense it, which is wild. On top of that Desmos BOOSTS his speed even more, giving him the speed to BLITZ Qin, who was keeping up with Hades just fine before hand.

HAX
He has Desmos which massively boosts his AP and speed.

ATTITUDE
His is one of the best. Just as he enters he almost INSTANTLY goes for the kill with his flurry of blows, and then tops it off with a NAMED technique, not giving the opponent any time to breathe.

Now with his important stats finished, let’s review some of his matchups.

VS LU BU

This would be a fun fight. They have very similar stats, with Lu Bu winning Strength, and Hades winning Durability, BIQ and Speed, with all their other stats being almost the same. But in the end I’d give it to Hades simply because he can use his strongest attack multiple times over in quick succession, and he would be able to attack with Desmos before Lu Bu can use Sky Eater, which gives him an edge I think.

VS SHIVA
This is a bad matchup for Shiva. He starts his fights unserious and constantly wants to tank attacks instead of dodge them, which is a shit idea against Hades’ powerful blows, along with the fact that Hades INSTANTLY goes for the kill, which will be bad for Shiva as well. I bet that before Shiva can even use his normal dance he would have already been damaged a fair amount, and if Hades decides to use Desmos before Shiva uses Tandava, he will get surprised and killed by the sudden boost in power and speed, just like with Yata. Even if that doesn’t happen, Hades has enough durability to tank most of Shiva’s attacks, and capable enough to kill Shiva when he decides to tank an attack.
VS HAJUN
This is also a bad matchup for Hajun. Hades being hyper aggressive at the start will make it so Hajun cant use his drill, and Hajun would probably start to get scared when he sees his opponent deliver so many deadly fast blows. On top of that, Hajun has no durability feats for his body (it got sliced by a base Buddha with base sword), so if Hades hits him anywhere but his arms, it will be deadly. Overall if Hades uses Desmos, Hajun has no answer for that, and if he rips his arm off to make the blade, I’d bet on Desmos to win that clash.
VS LEONIDAS
This is a win for Hades as well. Leonidas while deadly, has no way of stopping Hades’ deadly barrage, and when Hades uses Desmos, I don’t think Leo can win against it. Hades can also attack with Desmos multiple times, and hit vitals instead of Leo’s shield which I think does him in.
VS THOR
This is also a similar matchup to Lu Bu. Thor has better strength, divine weapon and has armored gauntlets, while Hades has better speed, BIQ and durability. In the end it comes down to Desmos VS Awakened Mjolnir. In a straight clash, Thor would take it, but I believe that just like with Lu Bu, Hades will win, simply because he can unload his attacks faster and before Thor can use his strongest strikes.
Attractiveness Tier List.
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To finish off this MASSIVE post, I will end it with a quick and fun attractiveness tierlist. And with that mildly controversial tierlist, I hope anyone who reached the end had fun reading it, and I hope you consider voting for me. For reaching the end of this LONG ass post, have a cute doggo drawing my partner also did.
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Make sure to vote for me, if you love the greeks and I hope you had fun reading through it

EQ sounds very similar versus the two. Flat EQ on A20 is too quiet just like the A10 was. I have a custom one set up that increases the volume and tones down the over emphasized bass. +4 +2 +3 +3 +6 +6 +6 +4 this is in the soundcore app. I referenced the EQ adjustment based off subjectively how the AirPods Pro 2 sound to me and tried to match the APP2 sound.
Slightly quieter mid-high frequencies on A20 but not sure if that’s a EQ thing I need to figure out. A10 out of the box sounded muddy when I first heard them. EQ fixed em right up. Same for A20 but EQ fixed them as well.
A20 has more latency than A10. Watching news clips you can see the mouth flaps lag much more on the A20 than the A10. And pausing music or YouTube you can see/hear the delay is longer. Not really a problem at all for going to sleep. But it is a little annoying if you watch videos to go to sleep. (Shout out Asianometry on YouTube, learned so much about CPU fabrication history from him while falling asleep)
The A20 has this little round dish shape that sticks out from the main body that kinda makes it hard to hold to put in my ears vs the A10. The A10 has a smaller circular shape but the A20 is flatter. Better for side sleepers. The wings are more flexible in the A20. Which I kinda don’t like since I used the wings on the A10 to pull them out of my ears. BUT the wings on the A20 actually fit better in my ears since they’re more flexible. A20 lying down on my side is more flush to my ears than A10.
I feel like the shape of the A10 makes it easier to push deeper in my ear vs the A20. Takes some getting used to twisting into your ear since the floppy wing is harder to hold onto but once it’s in it feels like it sits in there more flat than the A10.
The A20 charging case has a smaller footprint than the A10 but it’s like a millimeter taller since the top is rounded. It’s got the same sliding mechanism but the A20 is a sphere so it sort of tilts back and downward rather than slide just backwards on the A10. Gone is the sort of grippy pearlescent finish of the A10, the A20 has a soft matte texture but not rubberized, it’s also a more beige color than the A10.
The buds snap into the magnets of the A20 case much more strongly. Feels really secure when it snaps in there. Takes more force to take out of the case than A10.
The A20 case is kinda slippery and the sliding mechanism feels harder to push open and more snappy than the A10. Used to one hand open the A10, opening A20 with the same muscle memory it ends up slipping out of my hands. I have to change my grip I’m used to. Not a bother but thought I’d mention it. The usb c port is also much tighter but not sure if that’s a thing that changes over time.
The beige is definitely a better color for these since I know if the white ones ever yellowed it would look real gross. Hasn’t yellowed yet for me though.
Haven’t spent a night with them yet so will update review on battery life and sleep experience soon. Randomly the A10 would disconnect one ear or the other when I’m lying on my side. Might be my head blocking the connection to the phone. So I’d have to roll over then disconnect and reconnect to “reactivate” the disconnected bud, usually the right ear. Will test for this annoying disconnect problem on the A20.
I set a timer on iPhone clock app that turns off all media playback after certain time so the buds turn into earplugs basically after I’m in deep sleep. And saves battery. But before I knew to do this I’d wake up with the A10 buds dead so we’ll see if A20 can last longer. This is all in Bluetooth mode btw. The sound quality of the sleep mode sounds is kinda low bitrate sounding so I don’t use em.

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