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Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleonby Michael O'Brien
Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a heavy Russian carriage and set out on a difficult journey to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of eastern Europe, down the Baltic coast to Prussia, across the battlefields of Germany, and into a France then experiencing the tumultuous events
Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a heavy Russian carriage and set out on a difficult journey to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of eastern Europe, down the Baltic coast to Prussia, across the battlefields of Germany, and into a France then experiencing the tumultuous events of Napoleon's return from Elba. Along the way, she learned what the long years of Napoleon's wars had done to Europe, what her old friends in the royal court in Berlin had experienced during the French occupation, how it felt to have her life threatened by reckless soldiers, and how to manage fear.
The journey was a metaphor for a life spent crossing borders: born in London in 1775, she had grown up partly in France, and in 1797 had married into the most famous of American political dynasties and become the daughter-in-law of John and Abigail Adams.
The prizewinning historian Michael O'Brien reconstructs for the first time Louisa Adams's extraordinary passage. An evocative history of the experience of travel in the days of carriages and kings, Mrs. Adams in Winter offers a moving portrait of a lady, her difficult marriage, and her conflicted sense of what it meant to be a woman caught between worlds.
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SHE WAS IN A HURRY, because anxious. And she disliked partings, all the business of embraces, regrets, and promises. So she began the journey and left the city without ceremony, while her friends were distracted at Sunday dinner, which in Saint Petersburg occurred at five o'clock. The Moika Canal sat frozen close to her small, leaking apartment, and the deep snow and the hour deadened sound.1 The unsteadiness of the horses, the ordering of the servants, the instructing of the postilions, the care of a small boy, the disposition of a heavy carriage on runners and a sled behind, the noise of three languages, the heaving of luggage, and the storing of provisions made a muffled confusion in the dusk.
She was right to be anxious, because she was committing herself mostly to strangers. Though she knew her servant John Fulling, the postilions were anonymous and she barely knew the French nurse, Madame Babet, who had only been employed that day. And there was a rough soldier called Baptiste, a prisoner of war she had agreed to take westward in exchange for his ser vices. Baptiste worried her.2
To be sure, she had pieces of paper that were reassuring. There was a Russian passport from the State Board of Foreign Affairs, which had been issued five days before. Written in German, "in pursuance of the edict of His Majesty, the Sovereign Emperor Alexander Pavlovich, Ruler of all the Russias, etc., etc., etc," it gave her leave of absence and free passage from his empire. The minister of the interior, Osip Petrovich Kozodavlev, had given her the obligatory padarojna, or order for post-horses, and sent commands that she should be well treated by all the postmasters on the road "on pain of punishment."3 (Punishment from such a man was not something to contemplate lightly, for he was the tsar's spymaster and prison warden.) There was her French passport, signed in the name of the French ambassador by his secretary, but "au Nom du Roi," the restored Louis XVIII. The Prussian ambassador had given her yet another passport "im Namen seiner Majestät des Konigs von Preussen," which had a comforting ring, since she knew the Prussian king well, had danced with him, and trusted to his protective kindness. Then, too, she had hidden bags of gold and silver, as well as letters of credit to bankers along her way. For she was a fine lady of lofty rank, someone of fur and turquoise rings, someone who knew the tsar, the tsarina, a king or two, and aristocrats beyond number and often beyond remembrance. In crude post stations, in flea-bitten inns, she would be someone who might elicit deference, even fear. She would manipulate this response.
To her surprise, she was a little sorry to leave. For most of her time there, she had disliked the place, with its biting cold winters and humid listless summers, and she disliked the "gaudy loneliness" of being almost the only woman of her kind in the city.4 In Saint Petersburg, she had found few friends and little comfort. On that twelfth of February—as it happened, her fortieth birthday—she entered her carriage with trepidation. All her life, she had lacked confidence and seen the world as a challenge she could not meet. This journey would be a test, or so she came to think.
Being only seven, the boy had as yet little history that anyone cared to record. He was known as a child of quick passions, so wild that his mother could find him difficult to manage. But he was sweet and needy, someone who tried hard. He had lived almost all his short life in Saint Petersburg and there acquired an unstable mix of cultures. He was formed by a German nursemaid, parents who often spoke French, and servants who were Russian. English was only his third language, and he wrote letters in it blunderingly, with a pained sense of inadequacy. The city had made him grow up faster than was usual, for the Russians were uninterested in the innocence of childhood, and treated children like him as small adults. When not yet three, he had attended in fancy dress the palace of the French ambassador and opened a ball by leading out the ambassador's illegitimate daughter (at three and a half, his senior by about six months). Afterward there had been an "elegant supper" with "oceans of Champaign for the little people." For this hothouse growth his mother had been grateful in this last year, for he had discerned that she needed reassurance and had offered her "little tender assiduities; attentions gentle and affectionate" beyond his years.5
Being middle-aged and having hair streaked with gray, the boy's mother had a longer history. In appearance, she was petite and slim, though many years of a grueling social life—balls, dinners, fêtes, conversazioni—had added some weight. She was not sure this was a bad thing. ("At our time of life fat is very becoming.")6 She dressed fashionably, but she had never been a belle. She stopped no conversations when she entered a room, nor did she occasion pitiful stares. She was the middling sort, a girl and then a woman usually thought very pretty with her "heavenly blue-eyes," though her prettiness arose as much from her personality and what she did with words as from her form. She came from a family that had been acutely aware of physical appearance and had good reason to be. Her own mother had been "very lovely," "exquisitely delicate, and very finely proportioned." Her father was "the handsomest man" she ever saw, and this opinion had more basis than daughterly prejudice. Her eldest sister had an easy and graceful deportment, a fair complexion, auburn hair, a dimpled mouth, beautiful teeth, and hazel eyes with an "expression it is impossible to describe, for their brilliant gaiety seemed to call on those she looked on to be as gay and as happy as herself." Among such riches, she had felt herself inadequate, less attractive.7
Her wit had been too sharp to encourage brainless young men in drawing rooms, but people of urbanity thought of her as a peer, though only eventually. When young, she had been as "timid as a hare," had disliked to go into society, and had been a wallflower when forced into assembly rooms.8 Over time, painfully, she had acquired the knack of sociability. But she had a persistent sense that she entered society as an alien, scrutinized with skepticism by those who belonged. This anxiety meant that she made herself a close student of how society worked, of its rules and regulations, those plain and those implied. She was a closer student of those who inhabited society, for studying them helped her survive. She was sharply aware of glances, the placement of a jewel, the lifted eyebrow, the snigger in the corner, the candid smile. She warmed at kindliness, shrank from cynicism, and was offended by hypocrisy. She was not a natural inhabitant of an eighteenth-century or Regency salon, though there was nowhere else for her to live.
She thought of herself as proud and haughty, a trait that went back to her childhood, when she used to stand aside from schoolgirl cliques and so had been mistrusted. In fact, she needed to connect, for she was sentimental, readily amused, and liked parties where there were gossip, smiles, English country dances, and a lingering past midnight. But she preferred a society of those she knew and trusted. She did not need to be the center of attention, but she disliked being ignored, too, and she knew the entitlements of her rank. This delicate balance was not easy to accomplish, especially for those who had to deal with her. Her emotions lay very close to the surface. Anger, happiness, and fear registered on her face and in her movements quickly, and as quickly changed. This led some to think her shallow, even insincere, but it was not so. With her, emotions ran deep, too deep. She was less sure whether her reason ran as deep. Over the years, her greatest proble
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Michael O'Brien is Professor of American Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810–1860, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
Michael O'Brien is Professor of American Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Conjectures of Order: Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810–1860, which won the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History.
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Discussion in 'TiVo Roamio DVRs' started by consumedsoul, Aug 26, 2013.
From looking at the specifics behind his ratings, I guess it's fair to say that he really wants better Amazon support.
Haha. Regarding Amazon, it seems like he thinks Amazon Instant isn't integrated into the search results which is incorrect.
He's also saying Hulu Plus isn't integrated in the TiVo search. You would think he would have tried more than one program. I know the database isn't perfect but the unified search is one of my favorite features on my Premiere. When I do watch Amazon Instant Video I purchase the video on Amazon.com and download it to my Premiere for viewing on the Amazon website so I'm never subjected to the jarring SD Amazon interface.
I can't wait to get my Roamio with the new apps.
well he also said his series 2 was HD
I love you guys.
All the searches for Hulu and Amazon content failed when I wrote my review.
And yes, I had the series 2 DirecTiVo, which was HD. Believe me, I paid $800 for it and it worked for all of 6 months.
Indeed it was HD. I have two sitting in the garage. It was the slow, slow addition of any more HD channels that worked with that DirectTiVo that drove me to Comcast and a TiVo HD.
Now five months after receiving my Roamio, I've added a TiVo Mini and sold both TiVoHD units.

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Armed Forces Day In The East of England
Events across the weekend to celebrate the work of our Armed Forces
Details have been released about the Paralympic Torch relay across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
On Wednesday 22 August, the English Flame will be created at the summit of Scafell Pike.
At the same time, national flames will be created at the highest peaks in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The English flame will then be taken to Stoke Mandeville, the spiritual home of the Paralympic movement, where it will be united with the other three national flames.
On Friday 24 August, the flame will be collected from London's Trafalgar Square.
It will then be taken to Cambridge, the first stop on the Paralympic's flame journey across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The full schedule for the flame's relay through Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is:
Friday 24th August 2012
Cambridge Paralympic Flame Celebration - 12.00pm - 4.30pm Netherhall Sports Centre, Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire Competes Paralympic Flame Celebration, 6.00pm - 7.00pm, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, Cambridge.
Saturday 25th August 2012
Papworth Trust Paralympic Flame Celebration - CLOSED EVENT.
South Cambridgeshire Paralympic Flame Celebration, 11.00am - 3.00pm Milton Country Park.
East Cambridgeshire Paralympic Flame Celebration, 2.30pm - 8.00pm Jubilee Gardens, Ely and Ely Museum.
Sunday 26th August 2012
Wisbech Museum Paralympic Flame Celebration, 10.00am - 11.45am, Wisbech Museum.
Fenland District Council Paralympic Flame Celebration 12.00pm - 5.00pm Hudson Leisure Centre, Wisbech.
Peterborough Museum Paralympic Flame Celebration, 4.00pm - 6.00pm, Peterborough Museum.
Monday 27th August 2012
Peterborough Diamond Games & Paralympic Flame Celebration, 9.00am - 4.00pm Embankment Sports & Athletics Arena, Peterborough.
Grafham Water Centre & Grafham Sailability Paralympic Flame Celebration - CLOSED EVENT.
The flame will then be taken to the Olympic Park in Stratford, London, in time for the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games.
Seb Coe, Chair of LOCOG, said: "We have created a unique identity for the Paralympic Torch Relay which will be celebration of courage, determination, inspiration and equality that every Paralympian represents.
By creating the English Flame through human endeavour at the summit of Scafell Pike we will ensure that the spirit of England is represented in the Paralympic Flame.
The Flame Celebrations will help us to spread the Flame across the country and I hope the people of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough will get involved and help us light the way to the Paralympic Games."
Our Local Paralympians.
A number of sportsmen and women from the Cambridgeshire area will be taking part in the Paralympic Games.
Events across the weekend to celebrate the work of our Armed Forces
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I've seen a lot of mixed reviews - even many unhappy people on the Sig forum.
I looked at them when they first came out. I don't really like the odd shape of the grip safety. Doesn't feel right in my hand. They look cool, though...
Has anyone fired one yet, or bought one yet even? Our firing range just got one to put out for rent so I took it out for a spin. I am in love! It has a really smooth trigger, comfortable grip, and man is it accurate. I haven't had that good of a shot with a semi in a long time.
They had some feed issues with it to start off with, though. And it jammed the last round for every person who shot it. We're giving that jamming issue the benefit of the doubt and saying it is because the magazine is brand spankin' new. So I'll let you know how it goes after that magazine is broken in. It also needed to be cleaned up a little better. I had some issues trying to chamber the first round, but I think that was just me. I'm not really 1911 savy yet and I was the only one to have this problem.
I do plan on wearing that gun out since I can't afford to buy one, so I'll let you know if the feed issue continues.
I've seen a lot of mixed reviews - even many unhappy people on the Sig forum.
I looked at them when they first came out. I don't really like the odd shape of the grip safety. Doesn't feel right in my hand. They look cool, though...
We had mixed feelings there today on how it felt in the hand, but I'm on the side of it feeling pretty good. I really liked it, save for the feed issues. But we're giving it time to break in. I'm pretty sure that I will personally be shooting the crap out of it, as well as the rest of the new rental Sigs, so if the feed issues turn out to be a real problem or a fluke, I'll let you know.
What the heck are we talking about here? I mean I can tell it's some kind of a new gun. Pictures, make, model.
This is the one we have on the range:
Caliber .45ACP
Trigger Pull SA 4.5 - 5.5 lbs
Overall Length 8.65"
Overall Height 5.50"
Overall Width 1.37"
Barrel Length 5.00"
Sight Radius 6.50"
Sights Novak® Night Sights
Weight w/ Mag 40.3 oz
Mag Capacity 8 Rounds
Finish Natural Stainless
Grips Custom Wood Grips
CA Compliant Yes
MA Compliant No
Before I bought my TRP last Dec 9that is a story to itself, most here know why I no longer have it), I compared it to the 1st Sig Revolutions that were out at the time (not the original, troubled models, though).
I didn't like the grip safety, and I also don't really like the sig night sights, compared to other brands. So, I passed.
But, I'll tell ya. They sure look sweet
OK thanks Gunut & SuckLead for the pictures. I didn't know Sig was coming out with a 1911/.45. My only question is will after market pieces work in it? Looks like they should. From the pictures it's a good looking automatic.
SuckLead tell them to try Wilson or MecGard magizines in it, and if it don't work then, something is out of spec.
They've actually been out since last year...
Wheeee! Another nice looking Sig. Big Surprise! Actually, I've read (and saw pictures) were Sig is coming out with a new 226. The P226 'Elite'. Not sure what the fuss is all about, except it has a beaver tail. Could be the same model internally, but changed cosmetically on the outside.
$1000+ for a cast (not forged) gun that malfunctions on every magazine? I think I'd let SIG keep that "winner." If I wanted a cast 1911 that jams, I'd buy an Auto-Ordnance and save $600.
Hey Sucklead if they are going to pay $1OOO for that one try a S&W 1911/45 for about $700 or $800 that works right out of the box. You can get a Colt for that kind of money too. If you want one for less get a Springfield for about $500. I sure wouldn't give a $1000 for that one. Each to his own I guess.
Oh, I had no intention of buying it. I won't pay that kind of money for a handgun. I know that seems petty, but $1000 is too much for me to spend on something I'm not going to want to get dirty. Right now, my budget allows for what I need so things I want will be years away from buying... and what I need I already have. So I never had any intention of buying one.
I've read more posts on many different forums about not willing to pay $800.00, $2200.00 or $400.00 on a particular handgun. Most of us have been around firearms for years. Every top quality brand name maker has a few lemons thrown into their inventory. My $550.00 Walther is more accurate than my $1500.00 custom built S&W auto. I too swore I'd never pay more than $800.00 for a handgun. And to be honest, had I known the Walther would outshoot the Smith (accuracy only), I would not have bought it. But, I did because it was available, I like the model and I wanted it. Most important, and I realize this is not the case for many, funds had been put aside for that purchase amount. Plus, I had to trade-in a couple other firearms to meet the price. If I were to add up all the cash I've wasted away on miscellaneous crap over the past few years, I could have purchased a good quality handgun. The prices are not going lower, they are raising. At my age (which is probably older then many on this forum) I only have three hobbies: golf, biking and handguns. None of the equipment is cheap. Hell, my road bike costs $700.00, which is far from top of the line models. It's not cheap, but very good and it'll last longer than me. Life is too short and the world is getting rougher each day. Bite the bullet, buy it and enjoy it.
I am with you SigZagger on that. Enjoy what you can while you can. Bet them clubs cost a chunk of change too. Have a good one.
I agree w/ U. I don't have it any longer due to a refinishing issue (I've mentioned it in the past a few times). But last December, I bought a Springfield TRP 1911 - a $1200 1911. Imagine my irritation when I found that I shot my SW99 (my P99 clone) better than that $1200 gun, and my SW99 was only $439.
SInce then, I have a fullsize Walther P99 that I shoot better. I love 1911s, and want one everytime I look at em. But, I keep asking myself why bother when the ammo costs so much more than 9mm, and the ones I like are in the $800-$900 range at a minimum.
If I find something I really, really want, I'll dish out the cash for it if there ever comes a time that I can actually do that. I don't make enough money right now to save any, it all goes to bills, unfortunetly. I'd really like a Sig P220 Equinox and a Remington 870 (especially that) and I imagine some day I will have one of both. But I suppose "cheap" is an inherited trait that I got from my dad. I was willing to dish out the $700 on my P226 because, at the time, it was a needed weapon. I'd spent 8 months researching guns (at the time I had no clue about guns, I was just learning) and the Sig was way out of my price range. But at that point, I was looking for a weapon that I would carry with me while transporting large sums of money, and I was issued a gun that no longer fired, so my life depended on it. I am hoping to some day be able to buy guns that I really want and not just what I need. And right now even a Hi-Point is out of my price range.
Point: if I ever get to a point that I can afford to spend on guns and maybe get into competition shooting, too, since I would like to do that (but I need to get my confidence up, too) I might consider getting something that now I wouldn't even dream of spending on. I'd love a really, really good 1911, a really good single action revolver, several shotguns, military surplus rifles (I would be in heaven if I could get me a Garand), etc. My dream is to be able to buy the largest safe I can and then challenge myself to fill it up with stuff I want.
I am still reading many negative comments on this gunline. I don't think it is ready for primetime yet.
I will say that I still look at them everything I go into my local shop. Sig came out with some cheaper models w/o night sights, and with the solid trigger. They look really sweet. But.........


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Coach won't allow German steeplechase hopeful Gesa Krause to wear high heels
Gesa Krause is a 19-year-old from Germany who is hoping to compete in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Olympics. She won the event in the under-20 European Championship and she'll be competing in the world championship this weekend. She's also so motivated to compete in the Olympics she's sacrificed many of the finer things in life.
Krause says she has given up partying, clubbing, and junk food while she trains. Oh yeah, her coach has also instructed her to avoid wearing high heels.
Krause's coach, Wolfgang Heing, told the German website Bild that he's banned her from wearing pumps. The idea is avoiding the stilettos will help protect her biggest competitive asset -- her feet.
The restriction may seem Draconian on the surface, but it actually makes sense to some degree. I've mocked male athletes who got pedicures, but for running backs, keeping their feet in shape is wise. You just hope someone who's so dedicated to their training gets to realize their dream. Best of luck to Krause.
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The Pacific Lightning U-14 Girls defeated the Cal Blues Shock 1-0 in Rocklin on Sunday. The Lightning advance to the quarterfinal round of the State Cup Gold Division, which will be held in Morgan Hill this weekend.
Alexis Abarca scored the only goal of the game with an assist from Baylie Franklin. Goalie Sabrina Searls and defender Izabellah Dalman had strong efforts.


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BEARDSPLOITATION: A Man-ifeasto
16 Feb
I LOVE objectification. I am basically checking everybody out all the time. Regardless of sex or gender. I am like a randy teenage boy and a middle-aged female vampire all rolled into one. Also, as I like to say because it is very true: I am a gay bear, trapped in a woman's body. It isn't easy being sleazy, but it is awesome.
This city is seething with hot people all the effing time, and I don't really look at them like objects. I don't look at human people like a goddamned toaster or a hairbrush or something. I look at them like a real yummy sammich with all kinds of melty cheese coming out the sides. I like the term objectification. I like being objectified myself, frankly. But I will objectify your ass right back at you. Especially your ass. I mean, isn't that what we're all doing in the world? Looking at each other like the next best dinner? Sure, I get real sick of the whole bikini clad, tits bobbing, car commercial, mannified bullshit that has been pumped down our gullets since birth. But that's why my favorite kind of objectification is of the man-variety. Beardsploitation!
Now, I am going to go ahead and use this academicky phrase, and picture a bikini clad hottentot shouting it on the rooftop with her sexy little fists raised (because we all know bikinis help sell things): SUBVERT THE DOMINANT GENDER PARADIGM! You're gonna love doing this, people. It is sooo fun.
So now you're probably wondering, whilst you eat that cherry popsicle in the bathtub you naughty schoolgirl you, "How can I start subverting the dominant gender paradigm, and stop feeling like a feckless little pippensqueak?" (Don't worry oppositely gender identified people, I will get to your own subversion tactics in the next post, but she comes first).
Ima tell you how, ladies. Just a few handy subversion tactics to start our female world takeover. If everyone acted like this, there would be a lot less bullshit and a lot more fun:
- Don't hide them prying eyes. Do not let the passerby escape your female gaze. Take your sunglasses down and give him a good once over, preferably while pursing your lips together super sassy-like, and saying mmm-hmm. Feel free to channel your favorite gay man when doing this. There is a reason why gay men are so amazing and the mmm-hmm is part of it (if only they would sleep with me). Hang out outside of fire stations and police stations, HOOT at the men in uniform. It is so funny how men in uniform react to this kind of behavior from women. They get all shy. It's cute.
- Ask him out! This one seems stupid, but seriously, why are so many ladies sitting around waiting for dudes to hit on them? This is the first step which may well lead to you seeing him naked. So you better give it a shot, ladies. Number one subversion tactic here. You don't have to act like a scary maneater (even if that is my approach), but you could maybe make a goddamned move, couldn't you? Directness never hurt anyone, and it certainly is better than sitting around wondering why a fella isn't falling out of the sky into your lap. While you're at it, say something like "I really dig the way your ass looks in those skinny jeans, sugar. Lemmie buy you dinner sometime." Who cares if he says no, you've got swagger! Also, don't you dare think that because you are being aggressive you are acting desperate or something. That is so NOT subverting the gender paradigm. That whole cat and mouse game has gotten real stale, quite frankly.
- Make him dress up for you. Once the man has fallen out of the sky into your, er, lap, you should really make him dress up for you. Boys nowadays are total strutting peacocks, let's face it. Strutting all about in them dandy threads. They like to be told they look good. Make them feel all fuzzy tingly and say so.
- Buy him flowers and lingerie. Buy him pink roses with a little bit of that lacy white baby's breath in the mix. Buy him some sexy manpanties and make him wear them for you. Preferably ones like this.
- Get a fuzzy pet. Well, this one is just for me maybe, but by golly, I sure do love me a fuzzy bear type. The bearded fuzzyface is a splendid specimen of manhood. Maybe you didn't think Magnum P.I. was a fox, but I did. Maybe you are more into the hipster beardy types that are sprouting up like sweet beardy weeds all over this fine land. Whatever it is, the mannyness is uncanny. Feast your eyes on this. Beardsploiting subverters should definitely put any and all specimens of epic beardhood into a smoking jacket, with their chest hair peaking out, and take saucy manny photographs and send them to ME! firstname.lastname@example.com, There is a sad lack of these kinds of photographs on the world wide interweb, so it's time we start collecting them. Think: exploited.
So there you go. That's a start. I bet you've already got your objectification goggles on and you're looking out the window at your next door neighbor in a whole new way. Like he's a sirloin steak and you're hungry like the wolf.
There's all this stupid crap out there about how women aren't as "visual" as men, well I think that's a whole lotta hoopla, and I am not the only one. Women appreciate a fine sexified strutting beardy peacock just as much as the readers of Maxim like to stare into the vast promise of photoshopped lady cleavage. We just haven't been exercising this muscle. So what I say to you, women of the earth is: OBJECTIFY!


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BWW Review: Skylight's Elegant TOSCA Elevates the Art of Opera
In a new season celebrating creative women, Skylight Music Opera opens with an elegant tribute to composer Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. Jill Anna Ponasik, Artistic Director of Milwaukee Opera Theatre, weaves the libretto by Luigi Illica and Amanda Holden's English translastion into a visually stunning and stellar version of the Italian opera which first premiered in Rome, 1900, and appears this fall, on stage in the Milwaukee's Cabot Theatre.
While Ponasik directs the production, collaborations with Scenic Designer Lisa Schlenker and Costume Designer Kristy Leigh Hall bring a striking artisitc and contemporary component to the stage. Jason Fassl, well known to Milwaukee audiences, illuminates the minimalistic stage with his lighting desings, and includes words written in sciript projected on a huge vertical fabric screen to also illuminate the Italian language for several arias. Viewed in this venue, the audience remains riveted to the stage in intimacy between the characters and in the theater, solidifying the turbulent events that occurr on stage within a 48 hour time span, where each moment offers elevation to a heightened emotion.
Three acts retell the story of a devout opera diva, Tosca, who loves a chapel artist, Cavaradossi. When a political prisoner escapes and hides in the chapel where Tosca and Cavaradossi secretly meet, their lives unravel when the conniving police chief Scarpia intervenes to uncover where the prisonor has been hidden away by the two lovers. When Scarpia captures and tortures Cavaradossi, and tries to seduce Tosca, her determination to save her love requires sacrifice.
Cassandra Aaron Black revels in the primal energy of Tosca, an opera diva tromented by what fate has allowed in her once luxurious life. A ethereal gown creates an angelic effect, shimmers in silver in the second acts, a stark contrast to the evil Scarpia persona, dressed in fitted black leather jacket and boots. His character devilshiy played to precision by David Kravitz.
Black and Chaz'men Williams-Ali, the two lovers, Tosca and the humble Cavarodossi, connect on stage, tentaively at first, whih explodes in the third act. Here, when the two believe in their devotion that "love has won, ascending and trembling with celestial fire," sparks fly in voiced Italian and English, which Ponasik and Skylight's Artistic Director Subbaraman believed were both needed to capture the essence of emotion regarding art and love Puccini wrote about.


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The staff at Boulder's Neptune Mountaineering is encouraging winter revelers to break out their best retro ski duds for the shop's second annual Winter Fashion Show Fundraiser and Retro Costume Party, which will benefit the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. "We'll be working our way up through the ages of the best and worst of ski fashion, ending with the hottest new gear we have in the store this season," says spokeswoman Elaine Vardamis. "We've been having a lot of fun putting our own collection from the Neptune archive together — maybe a little too much fun."
Vardamis says the shop, which will celebrate its fortieth anniversary next year, is offering a 15 percent in-store discount to anyone who shows up in retro costume — as if local winter sports enthusiasts need the excuse — and will also ply party-goers with beverages from Boulder's Avery and Upslope breweries (as well as an avalanche-themed cake) to help stoke the silent auction.
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Everyday carry have become a way of life for me since I obtained my CC permit. All the Goodies from Flashlight, lighter, multi tool, pocket knife, extra magazine and firearm. I walk into my neighborhood grocery store just yesterday and I get this weird feeling at the check out. I notice that the rent a cop has come around behind me and has setup on me 6' behind my left shoulder. Now i can see this with my periphreals and see how a cashier has taken the people that came up behind me in line to another line. So the rent a cop/security guard is watching me with his arms crossed and I am still keeping my back to him and he still doesnt know i have noticed him yet. I am keeping my strong side slightly facing away from him.
This is the weird part. Most of the people that work there know me as a regular customer. Even the rotating security guards that work there have conversed with me more than once in the past 3 years.
Why would this one day be so different that they would have to make the hairs on my neck stand up?
Granted my attire was the same as always; but I was wearing my FS M&P and not my compact cause i sent it in for a throat job and apex parts.
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A no-contact order against Chad Johnson has been dropped after he and his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada appeared in a Florida court on Monday (December 17).
The former NFL player plead no contest to misdemeanor domestic battery in September after his arrest for allegedly headbutting Ms. Lozada just one month prior.
Johnson was sentenced to one year probation and counseling.
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Not sure why the example code for this product is in Microsoft Word (.doc) RTF format which can likely lead to corrupted characters and formatting issues? Why not share it using a Github Gist?
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Roll, Bo, Roll!
Bo Jackson knows charity. Bo knows kindness. Bo knows the towns and people of his state still need help.
But as his pal Lance Armstrong ribbed, "Bo don't know hills."
This is particularly funny if you remember the "Bo Knows" commercials, and his line as he pulls up on a bike: "Now where's that Tour de France thing?"
Last week, Jackson — who was probably the world's most famous athlete in his prime — pedaled 300 miles across Alabama to raise money for tornado relief in his home state. Bo asked several celebrity-athlete friends — including Armstrong, Ken Griffey Jr., Picabo Street, and Al Joyner — to join him the ride. And he invited the public to pedal beside them: On each 50-mile segment of the 6-day ride, 100 or so riders who donated at least $200 were allowed to join Bo's peloton.
I was lucky to be one of them. On Friday, April 27 — the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornados — Southern Living publisher Greg Schumann (below, right) and I hopped on our bikes for Day 5, a roughly 50-mile stretch from Jasper to Bessemer, Bo's hometown. I also rode on the final day, which ended in Tuscaloosa, the home of my alma mater.
Trek donated six souped-up Madone road bikes — one for Bo to ride on each day of the journey — to be auctioned off for the cause at the end of the ride. Each frame bore the name of the victims who died in the storm. One of them was Ashley Harrison, the young UA student we wrote about earlier this week. Her story touched us…and the Bo Bikes Bama crew. As you can see in the photo above, Bo is wearing her pink memorial bracelet, which reads: "I love you as big as the sky."
The day's ride began with a pep rally at an elementary school in Cordova,where many students had been directly affected by the storm. Bo, who overcame a stutter as an adult, gave a touching, flawless talk to the students, who waved hand-made signs that read, "Go Bo Go!" Some of the kids asked riders — just everyday joes in the back — to give them autographs, a touching request that would happen more than once on this ride. When one rider protested that he wasn't famous, the autograph-seeker said, "It don't matter. You rode just as far as the rest of 'em!" This was the first of many poignant moments of the day.
Lance Armstrong was nowhere to be seen at the ride start, to avoid stealing the spotlight from Bo. A few miles down the road, he rode up to the group quietly, respectfully. Still, he was like a magnet on wheels, and riders flocked to him like flies to butter. Like Bo, he let riders cruise up beside him and chat for a bit, before peeling off to let someone else have their turn. Here's a video shot by my hubby, an avid cyclist who has a long-standing man-crush on Lance…and a handy Go-Pro he clamped under his bike seat. (Yep, that's me, drafting off Lance, in a blue jersey.)
Bo led us down country roads lined with people standing in their yards, on front porches, yelling "Roll Tide!" and "War Eagle!" and "Thank you, Bo!" Some of these people had lost homes, or loved ones. And here they were, cheering us on from their scarred landscape. That is part of what made this ride magical, emotional, and once-in-a-lifetime special. The hair stands on my arms, just remembering it.
Bo had scouted our ride route ahead of time, and he'd chosen places to stop and remember. The house in the photo above was set in a valley of pines scattered like Pick-Up Stix. We got off our bikes and hiked up to the home, a trailer set down on the foundation of a home stolen by the wind.
Despite all the Lance buzz, the folks along the country roads were more interested in seeing Bo Jackson. And if they were standing anywhere near a hill, they had plenty of time to see him. Even though he still looks like he could do bicep curls with a MiniCooper, Bo struggled on the hills. It's no easy task to pull 200+ pounds of muscle up a hill.
But it was inspiring. Watching the man people have called "the greatest athlete of all time" creep uphill in his granny gear was a lesson in humility. How many pro athletes are willing to set aside their pride and struggle at something…with an audience? (Dancing with the Stars doesn't count.) To see Bo — and the other rock-star athletes, none of whom were avid cyclists — suffering, publicly, for a common cause was a lesson for the rest of us. Sometimes, you will find the greatest leaders in the back of the pack.
The other lesson Bo taught us on a bike? We may sit on either side of the Ironbowl, but when the wind strips everything else away, we are all on the same team. "It's not about Roll Tide or War Eagle," he said on more than one occasion. And ending with a party in Tuscaloosa — where, by the way, the rider meals were cooked by Toomers for Tuscaloosa, an Auburn group — was proof he wasn't whistling Dixie. "Whatever side you're on, say it with respect," Bo said. "We are all from the same place."
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SparkFun Electronics Comments urn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f8249 2017-06-25T21:41:05-06:00 SparkFun Electronics YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:7dd3aff2-4a9a-8023-3e5a-a662a27ae670 2011-01-28T21:55:50-07:00
Works great. I literally used it today and the GPS worked up to 102K feet(that's where the balloon popped). I emailed the new SUP500F firmware, version 1.4.95, to Sparkfun today so they can make it available to everyone. If you need it quickly(before they get around to posting it), send me an email and I will send it to you directly.
 Customer #118790 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #118790 urn:uuid:f22019c9-84fc-d314-d113-cf0a9a15b2d1 2010-12-31T19:34:10-07:00
and… how's the new firmware version?
 pubdc on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space pubdc urn:uuid:5e9480ec-c809-a53a-aec5-e1f00da7174c 2010-12-30T04:05:48-07:00
Superb experiment ! Thanks for sharing.
 around on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space around urn:uuid:ac9bd219-5a08-4781-6232-49b860eb46d1 2010-12-17T13:57:42-07:00
Check out this high altitude glider/ballon combination
 http://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/index.htm
 Cheers,
 Adrian
 around on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space around urn:uuid:f4d7bb84-a96e-a1cd-98bd-5fe0614b15d7 2010-12-17T13:55:45-07:00
Check ou this high altitude glider/ballon combination
 http://www.members.shaw.ca/sonde/index.htm
 Cheers,
 Adrian
 Customer #151132 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #151132 urn:uuid:5d03e75f-ebf6-383b-3c3b-e5d098ecc8ea 2010-12-17T11:49:46-07:00
Figured it was either a bug in the firmware or a bug in the datasheet :-) The problem with testing the firmware is you either need a GPS satellite simulator or a vehicle that can take you to altitude. The latter will be cheaper until the National Helium Reserve runs out of gas (thanks to Congress directing it be privatized).
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:563e0a93-1833-3c38-48e5-4bd389f90ad5 2010-12-16T19:35:50-07:00
It's a configuration setting using "extrude". Go here for more information
 http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#linestyle
 Add the following line to your KML file under the LineString configuration:
 extrude>1</extrude
 Be sure to put a < in front and a > at the end of the line above (copy/paste won't work on full line syntax on this web page)
 You will need to add the altitude to your "coordinate" lines. A copy of one of mine is shown below where 557.6 is the altitude.
 -111.3345183,33.25964167,557.6
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:4dcedaec-da6b-9fc1-c125-3d6183c1f5e7 2010-12-16T16:14:01-07:00
I used a ¼ wave omni antenna and oriented it sideways so the pattern is facing down toward the ground. I bought it from DigiKey and the part number is ANT-916-CW-RCS-ND. I used an 11 dBi yagi on the ground side and it worked great. I had good communications over the entire flight. It was an expensive solution, but it worked very well. Old saying is true….you get what you pay for.
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:80c9be83-2bb1-1369-5f8e-870f0c501de7 2010-12-16T15:53:35-07:00
Update on the GPS SUP500F issue at 18,000 meter altitude. I have had correspondece with the GPS chip manufacturer and they assured me that firmware version 1.4.94 would work at over 18,000 meters as long as velocity was low. I sent them the GPS data from my flight and it appears that I found a bug in their firmware. They have sent me an update set of firmware for the module (new version is 1.4.95). I have not tried this firmware yet, so I don't want to make it public until I have checked it out. I will keep this site updated on testing progress.
 N.Poole on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space N.Poole urn:uuid:38959f9d-ea31-43cb-bdc7-809afb6db8d1 2010-12-16T11:56:23-07:00
Hahahaha "Violating a few rules"
 bls on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space bls urn:uuid:33e426c6-dadb-5d4f-dd16-d22635fd3284 2010-12-16T11:35:34-07:00
I would also like to know what kind of antennas were used for the XTend modems and if there was any problem maintaining a solid data connection through out the flight.
 We track our HAB packages via amateur radio APRS transmissions every 30-60 sec's, but have some scientific payloads planned that we would like to receive a constant data stream from and plan to also use the same XTend modems, but it's always nice to learn and build upon what others have already done and learned rather then possibly trying things others have already found to not work.
 bls on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space bls urn:uuid:512ec556-cd2f-cfe0-d5ab-81479c1e5624 2010-12-16T11:10:50-07:00
Easiest way to visualise the data in Google Earth is to use amateur radio APRS like most HAB groups do to track payloads. APRS i-gate stations feed all APRS data to the internet and you simply need to go to http://aprs.fi/, enter the callsign assigned to your tracker to track it's position on the map on that page and then click on the Google Earth KML link to view the data in 3D using Google Earth.
 If not a licensed amateur already, getting a license is quite easy or you can simply get a licensed amateur to help with your launch. And for a tracker, I doubt there's anything simplier then the RTrack-HAB that Jason at RPCElectronics mentioned earlier and will have available shortly. It's a complete tracker with a Trimble GPS made for operation above the 60K ft ITAR limit most receivers are programmed to stop operating at. (Many receivers actually stop operating at much lower altitudes, like 10-20K ft.)
 DaveP on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space DaveP urn:uuid:642a3b98-5864-b013-335b-50a2f4f23c17 2010-12-16T08:07:28-07:00
Indeed, someone has - just not me:
 http://www.youtube.com/user/WB8ELK#p/u/6/eFp2Gg3cyTo
 dpaton on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space dpaton urn:uuid:0aec961a-167c-d87b-ffc3-9810b8cb1b38 2010-12-16T07:50:31-07:00
Elktronics sells that same Inventek unit on a board with a truly fabulous antenna (Sarentel active helical):
 http://www.elktronics.com/
 Not quite as cheap, but a very nice little package.
 Just FYI.
 tah997 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space tah997 urn:uuid:eef45ca6-e1f9-5a52-0820-b94ae6a3bd01 2010-12-16T05:15:59-07:00
Hey YNGJDI,
 Cool project.
 Do you mind sharing how you were able to visualise the data in Google Earth with the vertical bars representing the altitude of the balloon? I have imported GPS data into Google Maps before but only been able to do lat and long only.
 HP on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space HP urn:uuid:f585ab47-c4c1-91ea-1053-b997c59218db 2010-12-16T03:21:13-07:00
So, how hard would it be to combine the rocket from the previous post with a HAB? I'm thinking about launching the rocket from the max altitude of the balloon? Either that, or at the point where the speed of ascending is starting to decline. Anyone that have done this?
 TimZaman on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space TimZaman urn:uuid:09259d63-160c-67f1-41e7-9f83efbae8d7 2010-12-16T03:16:25-07:00
Actually this sunday im launching a balloon as well (with sparkfun parts, in a sparkfun red box actually) www.hollandshoogte.nl : based on my batchPCB-PCB and a sparkfun arduino pro mini and a lassen iq i got for GPS. The reason that this guy's GPS failed above 18000 is because he chose the wrong GPS module!
 Antuan on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Antuan urn:uuid:738b93fa-4cd9-986b-a362-9f65d16c248e 2010-12-16T01:36:04-07:00
I would like also some information on the HW used to suport the "Ground Segment", more specifically, the reiver used to acquire the digital signal as transmitted by the balloon.
 Thanks …
 Bryan3 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Bryan3 urn:uuid:0ea15837-4992-88d9-6d48-c7539a182824 2010-12-16T01:18:00-07:00
I'm interested in what kind of antenna was used. Was it a dipole or a high gain antenna? And was the downlink available the whole flught?
 Do you have an estimate how high the balloon approximately got?
 Brodie on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Brodie urn:uuid:02f12b1f-ae33-876b-5684-6eae7606fba0 2010-12-15T20:00:19-07:00
you could always experiment with a receiver and do your own positioning from the raw data it spews out.
 It'd be hard though
 JerryGable on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space JerryGable urn:uuid:e94606e0-a9ec-9585-8039-324bedaa6c3e 2010-12-15T18:22:11-07:00
I've used the venus GPS-09133 on several flights above the 60K foot level without problems.
 As several have said the limit is really max speed and max altitude but some vendors limit if either is crossed. Sirf chipsets are the most common ones to shut down at 60K feet
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:83c4b167-fb24-4bdb-3bf4-a744d29be8d6 2010-12-15T16:33:37-07:00
No, not special at all. The key is the difference in implementation of the 2 criteria. Are the Altitude/Speed criteria implemented with an "and" or an "or" decision. My application should have worked because I was over 18,000 meters, but I was moving less than 515 m/s.
 numinit on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space numinit urn:uuid:c49214b8-c2ef-9e9a-9b31-c9fb1ff9fa6d 2010-12-15T16:04:18-07:00
From "GPS" on Wikipedia:
 "The U.S. Government controls the export of some civilian receivers. All GPS receivers capable of functioning above 18 kilometers (11 mi) altitude and 515 metres per second (1,001 kn) are classified as munitions (weapons) that U.S. State Department export licenses are required… Disabling operation above these limits exempts the receiver from classification as a munition. Vendor interpretations differ. The rule targets operation given the combination of altitude and speed, while some receivers stop operating even when stationary. This has caused problems with some amateur radio balloon launches that regularly reach 30 kilometers (19 mi)."
 Was your GPS module special in some way?
 RPCElectronics on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space RPCElectronics urn:uuid:9e6107b0-87c0-5cf3-99f5-4551d69ed1ff 2010-12-15T15:35:45-07:00
We are using the Trimble Copernicus module in our HAB payload, the RTrak-HAB, to get past the 60K feet limitation. One of the leading HAB groups in Canada has flown our prototype payload on a few missions and so far they love it. Barry, their head hardware guy has written a very nice article about it:
 http://bear.sbszoo.com/construction/traker/RTrak/RTrak-HAB.htm
 We have settled on a final revision and will have these for sale very soon.
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:e21f6616-4548-7c8b-19e6-49c955a17699 2010-12-15T15:13:58-07:00
I am quite happy with the SUP500F….aside from the fact that it lost 3D position fix in my application above 18,000 meters. It's easy to use and at least in my experience has worked very well overall. I had no problems with performance when on the ground. Good Luck with your project.
 Customer #118790 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #118790 urn:uuid:539e1fed-9332-79fb-3686-f6c71f6d20e6 2010-12-15T14:21:55-07:00
Hi Jonathan,
 I have implemented the SUP500F in a project of mine. It's my first GPS module but it seems shotty to me. Somedays I'll lock on within a minute and some days I don't get a signal at all. I know there has been some posting here at sparkfun about this product but I'd like to know what your experience is with it?
 Thanks,
 Jesse
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:49b8a09f-d3ac-28cf-abc4-8fe85a2baf67 2010-12-15T13:41:03-07:00
Not true on the altitude "spec" of the SUP500F. I even contacted the manufacturer of the GPS chip. It should have worked. I will keep you posted on how the troubleshooting works out on this module.
 Customer #133313 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #133313 urn:uuid:31977b3f-4528-2cdd-634b-d0a7ee84d8f3 2010-12-15T13:30:40-07:00
Jonathan according to the online documentation for that module … one of its operational limits is less 18,000 meters. Bottom line … anything over 60,000 feet forget it.
 That is why I gave the model number to a GPS module that does not have that Firmware restriction on it.
 Other than some of the old Motorola OnCore modules .. it is the only one that I know that doesn't have a limit at 60,000 feet.
 Since we launched our balloon on the East Coast area of Virginia and we had Hurricane Danielle kicking in the Atlantic Ocean, we were tracking speeds above 90,000 feet in the range of 300+ mph. They were realistic speeds because our balloon didn't come down until it was almost 120 miles away from our launch point. We had full radio transmission of GPS data during the entire flight.
 Lesson Learned - READ the entire specification sheet on something you are buying. It clearly states all of the standard limitations for the module you got.
 sycophantic on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space sycophantic urn:uuid:ae359139-ae8f-987c-f0cd-8fb9b4aabd9b 2010-12-15T13:29:37-07:00
This site has some GPSs that work above 60,000 ft:
 http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/GPSrcvrsvs60kft.htm
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:47d81606-b9d9-0e80-0e7c-a4999def2199 2010-12-15T13:27:09-07:00
I used the SUP500F for this project. I'm working now to determine why it lost 3-D position fix when over 18,000 meters altitude.
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:c0932de1-93f0-c736-de06-b3b758ee644f 2010-12-15T13:23:17-07:00
Lot of pictures can be found at: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39875&id=100000286310645&l=e14ad252bb
 My reaction was 110% pure satisfaction. I spent an awful lot of time doing the design and software and just like any effort that takes a lot of time…….it's nice to have a successful result.
 All of the electronics maintain operation and I'm planning another adventure with increased objectives in the near future.
 TLAlexander on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space TLAlexander urn:uuid:b39e3792-e66c-90f3-7f93-93007f373a5c 2010-12-15T13:17:28-07:00
I've been thinking this too. HobbyKing sells a 2.15m steerable parafoil for $24. Two servos to tug on the lines and you've got a compact steerable craft. I'd love to do this, because it seems to me the most annoying part of all this is finding your craft! Plus I'd get major nerd cred on the tubes. But someone should do it! Here is their parafoil: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14284
 And there are videos on youtube of it working.
 It would be super sweet to do that!
 YNGJDI on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space YNGJDI urn:uuid:5f86c8d2-6017-45c5-0f8d-691bca2a9965 2010-12-15T13:16:33-07:00
Hi Everyone…I am Jonathan and I designed the board that flew on this balloon project. Some of you have suggested to use the SUP500F GPS Module. That is in-fact the GPS module that was used on this project. I am working now to determine why the GPS lost 3-D position fix when over 18,000 meters altitude. For more photos of the hardware, you can view a facebook album of more photos at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39875&id=100000286310645&l=e14ad252bb
 I also want to include and thank my teammates (Scott, John and Eric) for their assistance with this project. It was a blast and we already have another high altitude Technical Adventure planned.
 Kevin Vermeer on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Kevin Vermeer urn:uuid:fdd8ff14-c88d-feca-3e2a-d317d5998fc7 2010-12-15T12:50:55-07:00
The page you really want to look at is http://www.armscontrol.org/print/2481, where we read in the list of controlled avionics equipment (In Item 11, Category II):
 * Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar satellite receivers; (1) Capable of providing navigation information under the following operational conditions;
 * At speeds in excess of 515 m/sec (1,000 nautical miles/hour); and
 * At altitudes in excess of 18 km (60,000 feet)
 Note that it only restricts the devices that can do both. I'm hoping to put one of the Venus modules to the test after Christmas break with a high-altitude balloon. I can't conceive of any way to do a test of the 515m/sec velocity restriction, though. Any ideas?
 bzerk on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space bzerk urn:uuid:4209c795-ec58-f4b3-ccdd-bef7a3de43c3 2010-12-15T12:28:32-07:00
http://makezine.com/24/weatherballoons/
 also: http://memetictees.com/sprawlworld/tessier-ashpool_it_dept.html
 Kevin Vermeer on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Kevin Vermeer urn:uuid:d3219b5d-587e-cc06-5b7e-15759ffe8f04 2010-12-15T12:27:45-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Restrictions_on_civilian_use
 That should be:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Restrictions_on_civilian_use

 bzerk on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space bzerk urn:uuid:cfa1442b-fb95-68ee-6440-eb99a15be0a3 2010-12-15T12:21:23-07:00
I've been thinking along the same lines for a while now, but you may be violating a few rules by actively guiding a payload to a target from 90k'.
 Customer #133313 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #133313 urn:uuid:01b6d10d-2976-5734-fbea-b0f4ef75a9f9 2010-12-15T10:27:45-07:00
It is possible to get a GPS module that works greater than 60,000 FT. We sent our balloon up during the summer and reached a transmitted altitude of 103,258 Ft. We used the ISM300F2-C5-V0004 module from Inventek. This module is rated to 135,000 Ft. I also got the Active Patch antenna to help with reception of the GPS signals.
 I wish this place would make the adapter boards to use with those modules and already have them SMD soldered. I did it myself but it was a pain in the rear. The module worked great and I think it would be a wonderful add to the inventory here.
 Unlike what this guy did, since were were in the Hackerspaces in Space Contest, are budget was limited to $250 or less. I would have loved to used the wireless modems that was used in this project.
 I had originally started the project with an Arduino board that I got from Sparkfun but ended up building a custom circuit because I needed the serial lines to the GPS and I didn't want to mess with SoftSerial; however, it was a good start since I never messed with one before.
 If you want to see what we did, you can checkout our page at http://757labs.org/wiki/Projects/hackerspacesinspace
 It was our first our first try at a balloon launch and we were very pleased with what we did.
 sund on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space sund urn:uuid:19861b9e-3260-64e2-e485-bb5b9aefe260 2010-12-15T10:15:38-07:00
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System#Restrictions_on_civilian_use
 You are correct.
 Customer #124697 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #124697 urn:uuid:56e76873-599b-8fab-8b1c-bf0989b81bb8 2010-12-15T10:14:03-07:00
On the instrumentation recovery…
 The idea of using a steerable gliding body instead of a parachute for the instruments. Use the autopilot (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8785) to have the package home in a particular GPS coordinate. It could make searching for the package easier than the current tracking and hoping that you can reach the last reported location.
 PSmith on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space PSmith urn:uuid:b5f34ad0-5a4b-f3ea-28ba-62eedd7baeb2 2010-12-15T09:57:39-07:00
High altitude balloons carry a parachute under the balloon. When the balloon bursts, the parachute eventually opens and lets the payload down reasonably softly.
 The electronics are also contained in insulating boxes that not only help retain the heat needed but also help to cushion the landing. It is absolutely routine for high altitude balloon payloads to be recovered in fine working condition.
 Customer #151132 on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space Customer #151132 urn:uuid:21913f19-e96f-4838-34bd-93dbb127d622 2010-12-15T09:57:31-07:00
It's my understanding that many civilian GPS receivers have an altitude limit of 60,000 ft, ~18 km. 60,000 ft is the upper limit of FAA-controlled airspace, so I guess somebody decided that civilian GPS receivers shouldn't have to work above that altitude. Why anyone who could build a missile that would fly above 60,000 ft would not be able to figure out how to navigate it up there is beyond my ability to feel paranoid.
 Edit: Here's a GPS module from uBlox, a Swiss company, with an altitude limit of 50 km and a speed limit of 500 m/s (only works for those really slow ballistic missiles :-). It's their LEA-6 series of GPS modules:
 http://www.u-blox.com/images/downloads/Product_Docs/LEA-6_DataSheet%28GPS.G6-HW-09004%29.pdf . I'd like to see a BOB for these.
 The SUP500F or the Venus 634FLPx Sparkfun sells might_ work–specs say altitude < 18,000m OR speed < 515 m/s. Hate to spend several hundred bucks building and launching a balloon to find out.
 straylight on Sending a Balloon Into Near Space straylight urn:uuid:d5fc3f1e-8a24-9213-c505-e83c3c85d89e 2010-12-15T09:44:49-07:00
I would love to see pictures of the product and what it looked like. (Schematics etc..)
 Also, I wonder what his reactions were after sending it off to space. I can just imagine him quickly running to his computer to see where it ultimately ends up..
 edit: how would any of the electronics be reusable if they just fell from (almost) space?


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That looks a fair bit like my hair when I just don't care about doing anything with it for a couple of days. Or, after I've worn it in a braid/tightly twisted bun and let it out and can't stop touching it. These days it looks far better in general....
So, for me, I've cut my hair short 2 or 3 times I think, short meaning around that length. While getting all the weight off was wonderful, I grew it out straight away because it was so annoying to deal with. I get triangle hair big time. It gets huge, braiding it down or do anything to reduce volume is hard. The extra weight of longer hair pulls my hair down and makes it a lot more managable. Remove that weight and it springs up. (Disclaimer, I didn't know how to handle my curls back then so I brushed it. Made it worse so it might not have been quite as bad if I'd treated it as curly hair).
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I saw this in the centre break of Equinox on Channel 4 on 22 September, which was a documentary all about American fighter pilots coping with G-forces of over 7G. So youngsters with a yen for altitude would have been watching and would have seen more exciting footage in the ad break than in the documentary - a great bit of media buying to boot.
The ad opens with scenes of people panicking, trying to escape some impending terror in a distant, ravaged region - we see a woman with her shopping breaking into a run, and a parent trying to comfort a small child. This is intercut with footage of RAF pilots manning planes at an airfield and getting ready for take-off. Back in the war zone, a ground battle gets under way, and we see people attempting to flee the gunfire and explosions. Then, intercut with these scenes, we see the planes take off and wing their way through the skies towards the troubled area.
The commercial is very rapidly cut, and uses a pacy dance soundtrack, giving the impression that there's about to be a dogfight. But there's a twist at the end. Rather than dealing out death to the enemy, the modern RAF is about helping people stay alive: the action we witness is revealed to be a parachute drop of vital food and medical supplies to a community in Bosnia. A voice cries out "There is hope", and the endline reads "Their country needs you."
It's well-written, well-shot, and, I should imagine, successful. It won't win awards, but it shows the quality of thinking and the not inconsiderable craft skills big agencies bring to bear even on small accounts like this one.
Foster's Ice
Here, we are shown a young African in ancient T-shirt and shorts, walking through an arid landscape. He talks to the camera in his native tongue, and a voice-over translates. "Sometimes the droughts here are very bad," he says. "The search for water is never-ending." Then we get to see his wizened dad digging out of a dried-up river-bed a toad the size of a dinner plate. "My father looks for toads," our man tells us, "so he can squeeze them and drink up the liquid."
With that, the ad cuts to our African propping up the Savannah Bar with a bottle of Foster's Ice. Tastier than toad juice any day.
Call me humourless, and many will, but I find this ad ugly and patronising. Taking the piss out of anything faintly PC is usually fine by me, and the previous Foster's Ice commercial did it brilliantly. "Concerned about global warming?" Foster's asked. "Then, (a) make a donation, (b) write to your MP, or (c) say bollocks to it and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts with a glass of cool Foster's Ice."
This new ad tries to spoof those earnest documentaries about the Third World, but fails to pull it off. Poverty and drought do not seem to me to be the sort of subjects advertising has permission to take the mick out of. Maybe it's because I was born and raised in East Africa, and so know that in large chunks of the world, drought isn't just a matter of holding your hose off the hollyhocks.
Tony Barry, the writer of the last commercial, is one of the most talented copywriters around at the moment, and I think M&C Saatchi would have done better to give him the brief for this second ad in the campaign.
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I have been a huge fan of the Sec-6-series guns over the last few decades. However, when I was shopping for a good used Ruger DA .357 a year or so ago, I was told that Ruger is running out of repair parts for the old Sec-6 style guns, and once they're gone, they're gone. That, combined with the wide availability of grips and holsters for newer guns that are still in production, steered me to the newer GP series guns. They are usually a bit heavier, but I think they will also last longer and give fewer problems if you are planning on feeding them a steady diet of magnum ammo.
For me, despite a warm spot in my heart the size of Texas for those old Sec-sixes, the GP-100 seemed to make more sense. If I was only an occasional shooter, who used mostly .38 ammo, and was more prone to letting sentimentality be my guide, then I'd have gone with the finest Security-six, Speed-six, or Service-six I could find and just would have tried not to think about it breaking.
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This is the improved version of the failsafe feature.
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Over thinking his first swim
I was throwing treats in a pond for a huge koi carp, trying to lure it closer for a picture. Evidently pup had been observing this. One treat ended on a lily pad and then DDog suddenly started swimming, smelling it and eating it while swimming (without freaking out) from the lily pad then calmly swam back. I never expected him to just do it. I had tried it with toys several times but he wouldn't leave the security of his footing until now.
Then he just sat in the water, decorated with algae, maybe processing what just happened?
He did it several times after, just going for a swim. He surprised me in this.
Wolfy.. Great shot looks like he really got into it... Really great looking dog..
That is NASTY water, cant believe you let him in there. Good looking dog though.
Oh....He's a BEAUTY!
What a GREAT time he had! You know how much German Shepherds HATE the water! LOL ;)
WD must be smiling watching you guys!
I'm so happy for you!
Lol wow that really is a nasty Lake
My Rebell really surprised me when I took him at 12 weeks old to Las Vegas to visit my dad. When we went into the back yard it was the first time he saw a pool. He made a bee line for it and dove in and swam around a bit. I called him and when he got close I fished him out. Toweled him off and as soon as I let him go straight back into the pool, he loves water.
Thanks Moms :)
The GSDs have been the only spontaneous swimmers from all dogs I have known and had. It should go in the breed description :D
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Lets Play Name That Tune!
Posted 13 November 2005 - 04:29 AM
Buddy youre a young man hard man
Shoutin in the street gonna take on the world some day
Posted 13 November 2005 - 04:54 PM
But your thoughts will soon be wandering, the way they always do
When your riding sixteen hours and theres nothing much to do
And you dont feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through.
Edited by Axman, 13 November 2005 - 04:55 PM.
Posted 13 November 2005 - 06:12 PM
DDDDDid you see the frighten ones, ddddidd you hear the falling bombs? When the flames are all gone the pain still lingers on.
Edited by twodarb, 13 November 2005 - 06:15 PM.
Posted 13 November 2005 - 07:57 PM
Snot running down his nose --
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Posted 14 November 2005 - 01:11 AM
So ladies, fish, and gentlemen
Heres my angled dream
To see me in the blue sky bag
And meet me by the sea
Posted 14 November 2005 - 01:23 AM
Take a look in the pool and what do you see?
In the dark depths there are faces beckoning me
Can't you see them, its plain for all to see
They were there, oh I know you dont believe me
Posted 14 November 2005 - 01:59 AM
Take a look in the pool and what do you see?
In the dark depths there are faces beckoning me
Can't you see them, its plain for all to see
They were there, oh I know you dont believe me
Still Life --> Iron Maiden (a classic)
Shes got loving like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
To blow my mind and Im in so deep
That I cant eat and I cant sleep
Posted 14 November 2005 - 02:11 AM
Yours is Deep Purple -->Hush
I seen them do it live when touring with the Scorpions,
It was AWESOME!
OK heres one....probably not to hard
Can you give me sanctuary?
I must find a place to hide
A place for me to hide
Posted 14 November 2005 - 03:31 AM
Yeah Moonchild, your good!
Guess where I got my username from? Piece of Mind is my favourite Iron Maiden album, and is perhaps the best album ever by any band.
Talking about Scorpions and Deep Purple, they are legends, and perhaps two bands who give the best live performances. I have been lucky to see them both live here in Bangalore, India.
Soft Parade --> Doors
MoJo is a hero, and guess I was born in 1972, an year after his death!
Keep the world with all its sin
Its not fit for livin in
Yeah! I will start again
It can take forever, and ever, and ever
And ever, but Ill still win.
Posted 14 November 2005 - 05:23 PM
Not what I would consider a "popular" song but a good one none the less
Here is an easy one:
I didn't notice but it had got very dark and I was really,
Really out of my mind.
Just then a policeman stepped up to me and asked us said,
Please, hey, would we care to all get in line
Posted 14 November 2005 - 11:07 PM
The lover of life's not a sinner
The ending is just a beginner
The closer you get to the meaning
The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming
Posted 15 November 2005 - 01:44 AM
Underneath the bridge
The tarp has sprung a leak
And the animals Ive trapped
Have all become my pets
And Im living off of grass
And the drippings from the ceiling
Its okay to eat fish
cause they dont have any feelings
Posted 15 November 2005 - 02:21 AM
Well I'll pass the bar on the way
To my dingy hotel room,
I spent all my money
I've been drinkin' since half past noon
Posted 08 January 2006 - 12:28 PM
We get so close near enough to fight
When a russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
Posted 20 February 2006 - 01:55 PM
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