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SARs summarize the latest estimates of cost, schedule, and technical status. These reports are prepared annually in conjunction with the president's budget. Subsequent quarterly exception reports are required only for those programs experiencing unit cost increases of at least 15 percent or schedule delays of at least six months. Quarterly SARs are also submitted for initial reports, final reports, and for programs that are rebaselined at major milestone decisions.
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The current estimate of program acquisition costs for programs covered by SARs for the prior reporting period (Sept. 2001) was $790,402.3 million. After subtracting the costs for final reports and adding the costs for five new programs (Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), Global Hawk, Joint Simulation System (JSIMS), T-AKE, and Wideband Gapfiller) in September 2001, the adjusted current estimate of program acquisition costs was $796,795.5 million. There was a net cost increase of $133,327.7 million or 18.2 percent during the current reporting period (December 2001). However, since 56 programs of the 70 programs reported here did not update their outyear budget streams since the December 1999 reporting period, most of this growth has occurred over a two-year period vice a three-month period. As in past net cost increase calculations, funds have been excluded for programs submitting new ("initial") SARs. For this SAR submission cycle, these programs are C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP), C-5 Reliability and Reengining Program (RERP), Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), and Blackhawk Upgrade (UH-60M).
This increase was due primarily to higher program estimates (+$56.1 billion), additional engineering changes (hardware/software) (+$19.2 billion), and a net stretch out of the development and procurement schedules (+$8.2 billion). There was also a net increase in the planned quantities to be purchased (+$42.8 billion) along with the associated support costs (+$11.8 billion). These increases were partially offset by the application of lower escalation indices (-$4.9 billion). For more detail on cost changes and other SAR information, see the following web links.


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By Dylan from USA on 2008-07-14 11:33:07Things I liked:The Magazine, Use smaller pellets for this gun, Crossman Premier Domed worked phenomenally, as well did RWS Hobby, larger pellets tend to jam the clip when they are being loaded into the barrel. (Half of the pellet is cut off and stays in the clip while the other half jams the mechanism, but its an easy fix if this occurs) The sights, they where at first annoying to me, but now I see how easy it is to shoot with them, and they also as I have noticed increase the shooters accuracy. The double trigger, you know exactly when the gun is going to fire when it is pulled, unlike other guns with creepy triggers suck as the Benjamin Sheridan Super Streak. The last great thing is the muzzle break, this makes it easier to cock this already easy to cock break barrel.
Things I would have changed:Nothing much really, possibly allow the magazine to fit bigger pellets, by making the loader bigger as well, and a larger magazine.
What others should know:The gun is a little rough, but it will last long.
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By Tarn from USA on 2008-07-01 13:38:55Things I liked:Many good designs on this rifle that others would do well to emulate. Just right size and weight with good gripping thumbhole stock making for a very ergonomic hold. Excellent auto safety that's very accessible, much better than the RWS type or other nonsensical placement of safety in a blade by the trigger! Speaking of the trigger, I really like the two splits coming together, the first acts as the first stage, once you pull it to reach the second you know tactilely the release point.
Things I would have changed:Kind of crude looking with welded on pellet magazine, sprayed rough grey finish on wood stock. The loading port of the magazine has an exact cut-out that few pellets will fit through or work with reliably thereafter. The magazine spring needs to be stronger to assure the loading of the seventh and last pellet. The power plant spring twangs and vibrates like a cheap Gamo, not a solid poof. The scope mount grooves may not be true parallel with the action.
What others should know:The weight, size, good hold and seven pellets capacity make it well suited for hunting. This has the potential to be a great gun with futher refinement. I've tested it with the Daisy flat nose where it's most accurate at short range. But the Daisy flat nose will not work reliably with the magazine, getting mangled and jamming the auto-loading. Almost as accurate and works best and most reliably so far in the magazine would be the RWS Superdome where it perfectly fits through the pellet-shape cut-out loading entrance of the magazine. Crosman Premier Hollowpoint will also fit through but falls off here and there when the gun is cocked - it also shoots all over the place. I've also tried the JSB Exact Jumbo, which would not fit through the magazine's pellet outline and as a single load drops variously below bullseye. Which brings up the fact that the rifle has a huge spread in speed anywhere from 400 fps to 1450 fps! when dieseling. I've been told that it takes a thousand rounds to settle down, hopefully that will happen. On its own without any dieseling, the fps with 14.x grain pellet seems to be around 700 and change. With just the right amount of dieseling frequently around early to mid 800 fps, sometimes 900s. The RWS Hpoint will not fit through the magazine loading port. Mount a short scope as the magazine will get in the way. As with any air gun, the lower you mount the scope the less parallax hassle given the short range.
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MTV's Musical March Madness 2014 // Round 1 - Korn vs. Tokio Hotel
The first round of MTV's MMM has Tokio Hotel against Korn, so what you have to do is, obviously vote for Tokio Hotel ;) 1. Click
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Gail Collins, Part 2: for women who have "waited" long enough
November 1, 2009 by Chris Lombardi
Filed under Books, Newsmakers, Politics
Gail Collins, author of When Everything Changed: The Amazing Story of American Women From 1960 to the Present, was on a book tour last week mostly to share her amazement at "that thing we did," meaning the transformation of the role of American women. As part of the tour, Collins and interviewer Lynn Yeakel talked to a packed crowd at Philadelphia's Constitution Center. (Click here for Part One of WVFC's coverage from Philly.) The conversation was heightened by a blizzard of controversy surrounding last week's Shriver Report on women's role in the U.S. economy, including a widely read New York Times piece by Joanne Lipman, "The Mismeasure of Woman."
Part One of Collins' talk focused on how women's inclusion in the Civil Rights Act of 1965 sparked a near-half century of legal challenges to discrimination against women, and the dramatic shifts in public perception that enabled them to succeed.
In women's sports, for example, Title IX of the Civil Rights Act enabled to equal participation by girls and women on the country's athletic fields and school teams — but in many ways it was the iconic 1973 Battle of the Sexes between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that turned the tide of public opinion, said Collins. When taunted by retired tennis pro Riggs, King "just turned it around and made it work for her," including entering the Astrodome on a Cleopatra-style litter before easily beating her opponent. "Everything changed after that," Collins said. "You didn't have this universal feeling that women could not compete, or shouldn't."
Earlier, Collins had declared Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's run for the presidency last year "an unqualified success for women," even with the subsequent election of Barack Obama. "You know, there are so many women for whom that was a grail," she said. "They had this feeling that when a woman is president, then you just knew the revolution was complete. Last year was so hard; there were some sorry, sexist things said about her. But you know, 5 percent of the population is certifiably insane. No matter what you do, there will always be talk like that."
More important, Collins said, is how candidate Clinton set an example. "She has made some mistakes that would flatten anyone else right to the ground, and you know what? She just goes back in and figures it out." By the last months of the campaign, she'd learned from earlier mistakes and "people were right in there with her, you could tell…. She has taught every woman running after her how to run a presidential campaign, and the taught the entire country that a woman can be commander in chief."
While all that may be true, one audience member asked why now-empowered women still feel burdened. "I went to my college reunion," she said, "and we all talked about how when we started out, no one told us it was going to be this hard."
Collins winced. "When I was in college, we thought the revolution was coming," she said. "I don't think we had much idea what the revolution would be, exactly, but if you told us we wouldn't have universal health care, and free childcare, I think we would have been shocked." Nearly 30 years after a national childcare entitlement was vetoed by President Nixon (see Part One), it's going to take even more women and men working to change the name of the game.
Others asked about the effect of the birth-control pill and the sexual revolution on women's empowerment, and Collins cited the explosion in law- and medical-school applications by women after the Pill. "If you don't know when you'll be pregnant, it's hard to plan for a career." There's a lot left, she added, to ensuring that that most basic of rights is equally available to everyone. "Many lower-income women have never had it." And looming over all of us, Collins added, is the horrifying specter of violence against women, which is only now being recognized as a hate crime. She pointed to two of her male colleagues at The New York Times, Bob Herbert and Nicholas Kristof, as "taking on these issues in a major way" in their op-ed columns.
The latter may reflect, in part, the influence of Collins, who became editor of the paper's editorial page in 2000. Asked how it felt to be the first woman appointed to the post, Collins half-laughed. "I'd never thought about it. I loved writing," she said. "But Howell Raines asked me to do it. He knew I was working on a book, and he said, 'Hey! You can be a paragraph in your history of women.' So I thought about it, and I realized, No one's gonna offer me baseball commissioner anytime soon, and that could be great."
Collins' appointment to the job is yet another sign of the sea changes in society that she's written about. "Until about 1920, the Times was against giving women the right to vote," she noted. One famous editorial, "The Woman Suffrage Question," claimed that women "have never possessed or developed the political faculty" and that to become capable of voting would "inevitably [mean] a roughening process, in which women would be changed, and not for the better." Eighty-some years later, Collin took her place in the same office where that editorial was written, which features portraits of some of them. "I have to confess," Collins grinned, "that while I was working on America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines, I would sometimes walk into that office and want to say to their faces, 'Hi guys [chuckle]. I got your job.'"
As the talk wound down, Collins returned to her theme that most of the change she chronicles was brought about not by celebrities, like Hillary Clinton or Billie Jean King, but by people just as extraordinary who never asked for or achieved fame. "The people that just knock me out were regular people who just did stuff," Collins said. "Everyone knows now about Lilly Ledbetter, but what about Lorena Weeks, this woman from a small town in Georgia?" Weeks, who in 1968 refused to accept it when told by her employer that the higher-paying job she'd applied for was not open to women, and eventually achieved redress in 1972, in the federal court ruling in Weeks v. Southern Bell. "She just kept at it for years. Through lawyers, and appeals, and years. There are women like that everywhere," said Collins.
After signing 50-something books, Collins was ready for an end to her long day, which had begun with a radio interview on WHYY's Radio Times, and much of Philadelphia's journalism establishment was ready to take her out to dinner (including the Philadelphia Inquirer's Dick Polman, whose own blog about the event is here). But she lingered a moment to talk to WVFC about how women who also lived through this revolution, who weren't born yesterday, can help push ahead to the next stage.
Collins said she'd met all of us, in some way. "Back in 2000, when Hillary Clinton was running for the Senate, we'd get these crowds of women about her age," said Collins (who is herself 64). "These were accomplished women for the most part. They'd worked, had families, they'd done stuff, but in the crush of it all they had kind of given up on the dream of doing something extraordinary, something amazing. And I would watch Clinton speak to them; she was sending them a message that no, it's not too late to do that amazing thing. So I would say to your readers, to us: Go ahead. Do the amazing thing. We need you."
Gail Collins: "Remember, this is cool! we did some amazing things!"
October 26, 2009 by Chris Lombardi
Filed under Books, Newsmakers, Politics
The Constitution Center in Philadelphia, perhaps best known in recent years as the site of President Obama's iconic speech on race, was packed this past Monday night. The two women onstage, Lynn Yeakel and Gail Collins — Yeakel, a Drexel University professor and the woman who challenged Senator Arlen Specter in 1992, and Collins, the first female editor of The New York Times editorial page — were familiar faces to the women and men of varying ages who filled the hall (including your editor filing this report).
Collins, at the end of a grueling book tour, was in Philadelphia to talk to Yeakel about her new work, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Story of American Women From 1960 to the Present, a book that "tells the story of my life," Yeakel said at the event.
Yeakel's not the only one, as she went on to point out. The changes that have occurred since 1960, when the sexual double standard reigned and women could get thrown out of court or the workplace for wearing pants, were brought about by countless women, including Yeakel, Collins and many of the audience members, many of whom started the now long-lost struggle to add the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Despite the ERA's failure, Collins told Yeakel, all who fought for it ultimately succeeded beyond their wildest dreams, helping to create "that tiny sliver of history in which all the presuppositions about gender were completely smashed."
Asked by Yeakel how this book differs from her earlier America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates and Heroines, Collins said that the first book "informed the second one in so many ways." In looking at women before 1960, she continued, she was "continually struck by how smart and how able they were. They were strong, they were independent, fulfilled their destinies." The new book bears a similar wonder, while telling of a revolution she and Yeakel and many others helped make happen.
As she traveled the country reporting for the book, Collins added, most feminists of a certain age got their start working for the ERA. "But by then, what we hoped the ERA would do was already happening — theories about what it would do were kind of theoretical" on both sides. And thus Phyllis Schlafly, a woman who broke all stereotypes by traveling to speak out against the ERA, was able to appeal to traditional housewives, women who "had done everything right by what they'd been brought up to believe. Then feminism comes along, and some of it was very harsh, with lines like Marriage is slavery," Collins said.
In any event, Collins added, far more key was the addition of "sex" to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — which started out as a joke from Virginia Congressman Howard Smith, who thought it would kill the bill barring discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin. "There were jokes on the floor of the House of Representatives: We'll have women flying airplanes next. He really thought it would kill it." Even the liberal New Republic, she added, "ran this really violent editorial, saying. How can you do something so frivolous as include women when civil rights was at stake?" Nonetheless, Congresswoman Martha Griffiths and Senator Margaret Chase Smith made that 'joke' a reality. "They just took the ball and got it to the 50-yard line."
And that, added failed senatorial candidate Yeakel, "is why it's so important to have women in office."
Collins emphasized that nearly every element of change she tracks in When Everything Changed was powered by that language in the Civil Rights Act, starting with the transformation of "stewardesses" from inflight cocktail waitresses to skilled flight attendants. Those women were the first to show up when the Equal Opportunity Commission first set up shop, she added, and the commissioners were astonished at how the women were being treated.
Some of these changes boiled down to what Yeakel called "all the fashion stories," starting with the 1960 story of Lois Rabinowitz, who was evicted from traffic court for wearing slacks. The women's uniform of the day included a hat, gloves, high heels and nylons held up by a girdle (no matter how slender you were). "Even Barbie had a girdle in those days!" chimed Collins, who also laughed as she recounted how Rabinowitz' husband was told by the judge that "he'd better crack down on his wife, or it would just get worse."
Collins and Yeakel agreed that, given all the change since, it's a bit dispiriting to see how many barriers remain, as identified this week in The Shriver Report and elsewhere. "How long is it gonna take us for real equality in leadership?" Yeakel asked point-blank.
Collins' answer was elegant and challenging. Leaving aside the near-lethal effect of incumbency on political challenges, she said,"the big hunking secret reason" it's been so slow boils down a single factor: what many nowadays call the work-family balance. Political women tend to start their careers late after having had families, she noted, and inequality for women in the corporate world doesn't kick in at all until those factors enter in.
Noting recent figures showing that "in New York, young women make more than young men in the private sector," Collins added that it's still near-impossible to "have it all" when women are still considered the primary caretakers of the family. The audience laughed along with Collins and Yeakel at the memory of this 1980 commercial:
The 1990s equivalent, Collins added, was Claire Huxtable, the physician-mom of The Cosby Show. "I know some women can have husbands, children and incredible careers," but most women's careers are bookmarked somehow by having to juggle the work-family balance, she said, something that might have been different but for one of the major untold stories of the book: how close women nearly came to a universal, Medicare-like entitlement to childcare, only to lose at the last minute.
In 1971, a "bipartisan bill to guarantee affordable early childhood education in the United States was passed by both houses of Congress," Collins said. The bill, sponsored by Walter Mondale, was vetoed by President Nixon — somewhat unexpectedly for its Republican sponsors — after a particularly intemperate letter by young staffer Patrick Buchanan. "It became a rallying point against us," Collins added later. "No one would touch it."
Stay tuned for the next installment (to come tomorrow or Monday), in which Collins and Yeakel discuss Hillary Clinton's impact on women's chances for the presidency; changes in women's sports, catalyzed by the famous match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs; audience questions about the 1960s sexual revolution and the invention of the Pill, and how it felt to be the first female editor of The New York Times editorial page. Collins will also deliver a direct message to WVFC about how women of our generation(s) can help keep progress going.
Throughout, Collins urges that we maintain our baseline of joy, of why we believe we can do the rest. "I know it's dangerous to ignore the problems that we still have," she said, but "it's good to remember; This is cool! We did some amazing things!"
Book Briefs: Billie Jean King and a Midwife's Memoir
January 14, 2009 by Elizabeth Willse
Filed under Books, Sports
By Elizabeth Willse, Contributing Editor
Billie Jean King: Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from
Life and the Battle of the Sexes
On Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King competed against Bobby Riggs in a hard-fought Battle of the Sexes. Her victory not only made tennis history, but marked the beginning of a new era for women in sports and society.


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A circuit for limiting the transient overvoltage across a power transistor connected in series with an inductive load between a supply rail and a ground rail of the circuit and operated to switch ON-OFF the inductive load utilizes a comparator circuit for switching-ON again the power transistor in order to discharge the energy stored in the load's inductance. The voltage across the power transistor is sensed by a first voltage divider, while a reference voltage is obtained by a second voltage divider connected between the supply and ground. The circuit is practically insensitive to temperature and to variations of the supply voltage and is easily implemented.
1. A circuit for limiting the transient overvoltage with an inductive load between as supply rail and a ground rail of the circuit and operated to switch ON and OFF said inductive load as a function of a switching signal applied to a control terminal of said power transistor, comprising:
a first voltage divider connected across said power transistor;
a second voltage divider connected between said supply rail and said ground rail;
at least a unity gain buffer having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of which is connected to an intermediate node of said second voltage divider; and
a voltage comparator having first and second input terminals and an output terminal, the first input terminal being connected to an intermediate node of said first voltage divider and the second input terminal being connected to the output terminal of said buffer;
the output terminal of said comparator being connected to said control terminal of said power transistor;
the intermediate nodes of said two voltage dividers being chosen such that, when the overvoltage across said first voltage divider rises beyond a limit value set by said second voltage divider, the comparator changes state and the level of the signal at the output terminal thereof becomes sufficient to switch-ON said power transistor.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to inductive load driving electronic circuits using semiconductor power devices for driving the load and, more in particular, to circuits of this kind monolithically integrated.
2. Discussion of the Prior Art
The fact that the driving of strongly reactive loads has the problem of transients is well known. When current is suddenly interrupted on a grounded inductive load, a negative overvoltage develops across the load due to the discharge of energy stored by the inductance during a charging phase (at the beginning of current flow through the inductive load). These negative voltage peaks, if unchecked in intensity, may produce breakdown of junctions and, in case of integrated circuits, may cause the triggering of parasitic transistors and of related "latch-up" problems. The remedy is that of providing means for discharging the energy stored in the inductance at a negative voltage lower than or equal to one VBE.
The prior art contemplates substantially two types of solutions:
a first solution contemplates the connection of a recirculation diode across the inductive load in order to provide a recirculation path to the discharge current of the stored energy;
another type of solution is recirculation of the discharge current of the energy stored in the inductive load through the driving power transistor itself, by connecting a control zener diode between the base and the collector of the power transistor.
The first of these known solutions has the drawback of requiring at least an additional power device, namely the recirculation diode, capable of sustaining the passage of a discharge current peak.
The second of these known solutions, though utilizing advantageously the same driver transistor for recirculating the discharge current, requires that the controlling zener diode be designed "ad hoc" in function of the supply voltage of the circuit in order to prevent interference during the charging of the inductance.
Lately active circuits have also been proposed for "switching-ON again" the power transistor driving the inductive load when the negative overvoltage across the latter rises over a certain value preset by a constant voltage generator. Also such a system is not free of drawbacks such as dependency of the triggering threshold of the control active circuit from parameters such as temperature and/or the supply voltage of the circuit.
Therefore, it is a main objective of the present invention to provide a circuit for limiting the transients overvoltage across a power transistor essentially connected in series with an inductive load, wherein the triggering characteristics of the control circuit are substantially independent of temperature and of changes of the supply voltage.
This objective and attendant advantages are achieved by means of the active circuit for the control of the overvoltage when driving inductive loads which is the object of the present invention as defined in the annexed claims.
The invention and its advantages may be more easily described by making references to the annexed drawing, wherein a circuit diagram of a limiting circuit of the invention, as applied to a driving circuit for an inductive load made, for example, with bipolar transistors, is depicted.
Switching of an inductive load (or circuit) L in switched type power converters, essentially requires a power transistor Qp connected substantially in series with the inductive load L between a supply rail Vcc and a ground rail of the circuit. The base of the power transistor is connected to the output terminal of a driver stage, formed by the transistor Qd and by the resistors R8 and R7 connected, respectively, between the collector and the supply rail and between the emitter and ground. The switching signal is applied to the base of the driver transistor Qd.
The circuit for the limitation of the transients overvoltage across the power transistor Qp of the present invention comprises essentially a voltage comparator, formed by transistors Q3 and Q4, by the resistor R9 and by a compensation capacitor Cc. Such a comparator circuit as well as its operation are well known to a skilled technician and the circuit has essentially two input terminals, respectively A and B and an output terminal C.
To the input B of the comparator a voltage V1 proportional to the voltage V2 existing across (between the collector and the emitter) the power transistor Qp is applied by connecting the terminal B of the comparator to an intermediate node of a voltage divider formed by the two resistors R2 and R1, which are connected in series between the collector and the emitter of the power transistor Qp.
To the other input A of the comparator a reference voltage Vref is applied, which purposely corresponds to a preset fraction of the supply voltage of the circuit Vcc.
This reference voltage Vref is obtained at an intermediate terminal of a second voltage divider formed by the two resistors R4 and R3 connected in series between the supply rail (Vcc) and the ground rail of the circuit.
Two buffering unity gain amplifying stages are employed for de-coupling appropriately the intermediate node of the voltage divider through which the reference voltage is sensed. Such a buffer element is formed by the two transistors Q1 and Q2 and by the respective load resistors R6 and R5.
The comparator circuit operates in the following way. When the voltage V1 present at the terminal B becomes higher than the reference voltage Vref present at the terminal A, the comparator changes state (i.e. the transistor Q3 which is normally OFF conducts) and the signal which becomes available at the output terminal C of the comparator may be utilized for switching ON again the power transistor Qp and for allowing dissipation of the energy stored in the inductance L allowing a discharge current toward ground.
In the circuit depicted in the FIGURE, the output terminal C of the comparator is connected to the base of the transistor Q'd of a pair of NPN bipolar transistors used in the driver stage of the power transistor Qp. Naturally, any other equivalent connection between the output terminal C of the comparator and the driver stage of the power transistor may be used.
By presetting appropriately the ratios of the two voltage dividers (R2 and R1; R4 and R3) a maximum value of the transients overvoltage across the power transistor Qp is set, which when reached (upon the switching-OFF of the power transistor Qp driving the load) the signal which becomes available at the output terminal C of the comparator is such as to substitute the switching signal and to return to a conduction state the power transistor Qp for a period of time sufficient to discharge to ground the energy stored in the inductance L and consequently to eliminate the cause of the overvoltage. With the decaying of the collector voltage Vc and therefore of V1 below the reference voltage Vref, the comparator changes state again, the transistor Q3 switches-OFF again and the change of the signal at the output C of the comparator causes the switching-OFF of the power transistor Qp which returns to its proper rest condition in absence of a signal from the driver circuit.
The operation of the circuit of the invention may be analyzed as follows.
When the power transistor Qp is in a saturated condition the comparator circuit is unbalanced being the voltage V1 present at its input terminal B lower than the voltage Vref present at the input terminal A and the output C of the comparator does not deliver any current.
When the power transistor Qp is switched-OFF by the switching signal, the collector voltage Vc starts to rise but is blocked at a value given by the following expression ##EQU1##
Under these conditions in fact V1 is equal to Vref and the comparator delivers current through its output terminal C which switches-ON the driver transistor Q'd and consequently switches-ON also the power transistor Qp until the energy stored in the inductance L is dissipated.
In consideration of the fact that transistors Q1 and Q2 represent de-coupling buffers, it follows that ##EQU2##
By setting ΔV, the maximum recirculation overvoltage desired, it follows that ##EQU3##
By combining the two equations (2) and (3) ##EQU4## by stating: ##EQU5##
From equation (5) it may be observed that the preset value of maximum overvoltage desired is practically insensitive to variations of temperature; that is ##EQU6## because both α and β are independent of temperature.
It is further observed that the dependency of the maximum preset level of the recirculation overvoltage from the supply voltage Vcc is extremely reduced and substantially negligible. In fact: ##EQU7##
For example, if Vcc=5 V, ΔV=0, 2 V and Vref=4 V α=0.3 β=0.25
and therefore ##EQU8## Moreover ##EQU9## and being α and β simply voltage divider ratios an extremely high precision, for example within 1%, may be easily achieved.
For example by stating ##EQU10## it follows that for a maximum variation of α ##EQU11## and for a maximum variation of β ##EQU12##
In practice it is possible to set a certain recirculation overvoltage independently from the temperature and substantially unsensitive to changes of the supply voltage of the circuit Vcc as well as to the partition ratios α and β (i.e. to variations within normal fabrication tolerances of the value of the integrated resistors forming the two voltage dividers).
Naturally, even though the circuit of the invention has been described in an embodiment utilizing bipolar transistors, the circuit of the invention may also be made with field effect or unipolar transistors, both of the J-FET and MOS-FET type.
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Second Spider-Man Trailer, Reviewed
February 14th, 2012 | no comments
A new trailer for the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man movie has come out, giving a good idea of the direction the reboot will take. Rebooting a franchise after only 3 movies seems a waste, so this new beginning had better have a good vision, one that justifies starting over. The trailer points to the mystery of Peter Parker's missing parents, fueling the plot and building Peter's character. I'm not a fan of childhood flashbacks. It's taken for granted most super heroes (and many other literary characters) are orphans. Maybe this is to just reduce the narrative complexity, or maybe it's a necessary ingredient of hero-building. The new movie links Peter's father to the scientist who becomes The Lizard.
The comic books never had the burden of each issue being taken as a whole, but the movies come out too seldom to be truly episodic, so each movie needs to feel complete. A power franchise like Spider-Man also means the producers have to plant seeds for larger story-arcs and future villains and plot points, but each movie still needs to end with resolutions, and to have resolutions it must first establish complications. So, screenwriter James Vanderbilt has chosen to use Peter's parents to bind the action with sentiment. We'll see if that works. » Continue Reading…
Blood Wedding at Constellation Theatre
February 13th, 2012 | no comments
Death stalks the stage in Constellation Theatre's production of Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding. A mother grieves years after the death of her husband and oldest son, with her surviving son bearing the burden of providing a new generation to take care of the family farm. The good news of his finding a bride is mixed with worrisome news: the future bride once was with a man related to the murderer of the mother's husband. I would suggest "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet's Crazy Ex-Boyfriend" as an alternate title for this play.
Luckily director Shirley Serotsky does away with melodrama and presents this tragedy with duende, earthy and ethereal. Key to the plot's emotional twists is the bride, played by Victoria Reinsel, who has to choose between passion and love.
The story is accompanied by music throughout, primarily by guitarist Behzad Habibzai sitting on the side of the stage. Actors join in by singing, most joyfully when rousing the bride with "Awake, O Bride, awaken," the guests' celebration contrasting with the bride's own sense of doom. » Continue Reading…
2012 Cupid's Undie Run in Washington
February 12th, 2012 | no comments
Valentine's is almost upon us, and here in the nation's capital, that means hundreds of people running through town in pink underwear. Hats off (pants too, I guess) to the folks behind Cupid's Undie Run for putting together the city's best fundraiser, raising money for the Children's Tumor Foundation.
Here are my favorite photos from the event.
CaBi Dashboard with Google Chart Tools
February 10th, 2012 | no comments
After using AJAX to allow the CaBi Mapper app to get fresh data, I wanted a way to visualize the flow and ebb of data. I selected Google Chart Tools as the visual interface for my new CaBi Dashboard app. The app keeps track of the number of bikes and docks for each station with a stepped area chart. You can also view the current status of stations using the gauge visualization.
The stepped area chart resembles a seismograph, recording the number of available bikes and empty docks. The values are stacked on top of each other instead of overlapping, so the total is consistent. The program does not retrieve old historical data; it accumulates data as long as you keep the window open.
The AJAX code enables the charts to be continuously updated, live from Capital Bikeshare's XML feed. The frequency is chosen by the user. They can be displayed in any order. The most valuable sort shows the most unbalanced stations on top, those where the number of docks or bikes is closest to zero. The order of the charts is updated as new data arrives that affects the sorting order. » Continue Reading…
AJAX to the Rescue
February 8th, 2012 | no comments
I first heard of AJAX years ago, and knew that I'd have to tinker with it soon. Well, I finally found a good opportunity to test it out, using it to let my CaBi Mapper application get fresh data without having the user refresh the browser.
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. The "asynchronous" part is key; that means that after calling an external program, the JavaScript program continues onto the next step. When the external program is good and ready with the requested data, the JavaScript program will be interrupted to execute the desired code. If you've used the setTimeout() function before, it is also asynchronous.
My goal for the CaBi Mapper app was to let the user decide when to get new data from the server. I added a "refresh" button that initiates the AJAX process. (Hopefully it's not confusing to have it next to the "recalculate" button, which takes existing data and uses it to redraw the images in the current viewport.) » Continue Reading…
Super Simple Encryption Algorithm
February 4th, 2012 | 4 comments
To implement the latest feature in my Hangman game, I needed a way to disguise the phrase entered by the person customizing the puzzle. The configuration screen sends the puzzle via the "get" method, which basically means the form's data get included in the URL. I wanted to use the URL so that people can email their puzzles to each other.
One way the game lets you customize puzzles is by entering phrases directly into the URL, using a parameter I call "phrase". It then covers its tracks by removing that part from the browser's address field. But for sharing via email, that URL needs to remain visible. So, I had to find a good encryption method for the puzzles. For the encrypted puzzles I call the parameter "secret". (See Custom Hangman Puzzles for Valentine's for examples.)
What I found on the web was too long and complicated. My own requirements were simple enough to allow for a more graceful solution. Phrases needed to hide only alphabetic characters, and furthermore the puzzles always appear in uppercase, so there are only 26 characters we need to encrypt. » Continue Reading…
Custom Hangman Puzzles for Valentine's
February 3rd, 2012 | no comments
Just in time for Valentine's Day, I added a new romantic theme for the JavaScript Hangman game, Cupid's Hangman, where the puzzles celebrate the holiday. You'll discover an assortment of quotations appropriate for Saint Valentine. Hint: try guessing the letters L O V E.
At the same time I'm launching a new feature letting you choose your own puzzle. Starting at the About page, you can enter a word or phrase and select the theme to go with it. The theme determines the puzzles that will be played after your custom puzzle, and some themes have their own color scheme (like Metro and Cupid's).
The puzzle is encrypted into the URL, so you can link to it in an email without giving away the answer. Here are some samples, inspired by the Necco "Sweethearts" candy hearts with messages stamped on them: » Continue Reading…
CaBi Mapper: Bikeshare Availability & Activity
February 2nd, 2012 | 2 comments
Here's my application for discovering Capital Bikeshare (CaBi) locations, and the availability of bikes and empty docks. I was inspired to build CaBi Mapper after the Bike Shops and Beyond project, which was populated with coordinates for a variety of businesses and services, including CaBi locations.
The data came from Capital Bikeshare's bikeStations.xml file, which is constantly updated as bikes are checked out and returned. It includes latitude and longitude, so mapping is easy. PHP lets you read in the entire XML file with a single function, simplexml_load_file. I used the Google Maps JavaScript API v3 to draw the map (with help from OpenStreetMap).
Once the data is available, the rest of the project is designing the user interface. I chose to go with pie charts to show the ratio of available bikes to empty dock slots. Red (matching the color of the bicycles) is used to represent available bikes, and dark blue represents free spaces. Hovering over a marker displays the exact number of bikes and slots, as well as the location. Clicking on the marker will zoom in and pan to the center, and display an information window with the location, availability statistics, and the date and time that a change was last reported, meaning the last time a bike was either taken or returned. » Continue Reading…
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Hotel Room Tour: The Peninsula, Chicago
Over seven years ago, when I was six months pregnant with our third baby, Marlboro Man and I took the first trip of our married life and spent a week in Chicago. His mother watched our girls, we checked into a hotel, and we spent the week watching movies in the room, eating in delicious restaurants, and, in my case, getting pedicures. Oh, how I loved having my feet rubbed, scraped, and poked that week.
When we pulled away from the hotel that week, I heaved a big sigh and said, "I totally LOVE Chicago. I could totally live here!" And Marlboro Man chuckled and said, "Of course you could live here. You've just spent the last seven days eating lobster, getting spa treatments, and having a maid clean up our room."
I conceded his point. Then we went back to the real world.
But still.
We didn't venture out too far from the familiar on this Chicago stop, electing to stay in the exact same hotel where we'd stayed before – The Peninsula, right off of Michigan Avenue. We'd loved our experience before, and while we didn't get any special upgrades or breaks this time (dadgum it), we were glad to come back and stay, if only for two nights.
This was the boys' room, which was connected to ours.
Pardon me while I crack up for a moment, but talk about throwing pearls before swine. My boys really should have been given a janitorial closet somewhere.
Little turkeys. And hey, get out of my room, you numskulls.
For their viewing pleasure, the turkeys had a nice view of Neiman Marcus out of their bedroom window. Perfect. Just what they need.
I will say that the Peninsula does know how to treat two young whippersnappers. This tray of yummy food was waiting for them in their room. Popcorn. A Cadillac full of chocolate chip cookies.
Well, little cups of jello.
Sorry. I had a little college flashback there.
This was our room. Totally lovely!
And this was my plate of fruit, nuts, and dried fruit.
IT WUTH FWEE, too. Unlike the nuts in the mini-bar, which were $750 a jar.
The bathrooms are always my favorite part. There are TV's in the bathrooms in the Peninsula, and my boys want to know why we don't have TV's in the bathrooms in our house on the ranch.
Marlboro Man and I decided we're not taking them on any more trips.
But let's talk about the lobby.
This is the cawn-see-yerj desk.
This is the Peninsula's idea of window shopping.
I get the feeling I'm not in Kansas anymore.
And I don't think I'd better go on any more trips either.
This ain't exactly how things are on the ranch.
181 Comments
rere On Wednesday, November 25 at 6:20 pm
what a beautiful hotel! glad you all got to spend your time there!
happy thanksgiving to you all!
LBDDiaries On Wednesday, November 25 at 6:27 pm
What? You don't display your jewlery and glass apples in a china cabinet at the ranch? Well where do you display your jewlery and glass apples??
Citric Sugar On Wednesday, November 25 at 6:32 pm
How I love your hotel tours….. They're better than bath salts for making me ahhhh.
Sue Ellen On Wednesday, November 25 at 6:43 pm
Hi Ree–your boys are too sweet looking in those child-sized, just-right -for -them, robes!! BEAUTIFUL hotel in Chicago, who needs an upgrade there!!
Loving all your bits and pieces of your tour, hope you are not too tuckered out;even though the hotels look very restful, I'd be exhausted by now! I'm hoping to get to see you when you are NYC; wishing you safe and fun travels!
junebugga On Wednesday, November 25 at 6:54 pm
P-dub, I think the way you spell it is coh-see-yerhj. You know like qwa-sah. If your speaking Frah-seh.
Tee hee!
Leyla On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:11 pm
Lovely hotel and seriously, how cute are your sons in those robes!?
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us all. =)
Greeneyes Martha On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:17 pm
My kids set up a portable TV/DVD in the bathroom and watch a DVD while taking a bath. They've been doing this for so long I don't remember how it started. But it makes for many a happy bath time!
The little Turkeys! But, they're safe this Thanksgiving!!
Thanks for sharing all of these pictures!!
karen On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:19 pm
My kind of town…Chicago is!
Sara On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:36 pm
Now THAT is a nice hotel. Those beds looked sooooo comfortable. The kids size robes… were they there when you got there? Very thoughtful, though I'm sure you more than paid for all of it. Thank you for sharing with those less mobile. I can't see me EVER getting my husband to Chicago, so thanks for the pics. I'll just sit here and pretend for a few that I'm there. Where's my do not disturb sign?
Amy On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:43 pm
Looks lovely!! We just moved away from the Midwest, but next time I am in Chicago, I am definitely staying at The Peninsula!!
Karin Katherine On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:46 pm
Love the way you are giving the tour of the hotels. I see a hotel coffee table book in your future!
Rachel H. On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:52 pm
Man, the boys' beds look soooooo comfy!
Laura from PA On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:53 pm
1) your boys are adorable.
2) i love that hotel
3) you're hilarious
4) i love you
Natasha On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:54 pm
Beautiful hotel! The picture of your boys in the bathrobes is too cute!
Cici On Wednesday, November 25 at 7:58 pm
Love the photos of the boys in their bathrobes!! Too hilarious!! Have a VERY Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!!
JanetV On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:06 pm
Love Chicago, love the Four Seasons and the Peninsula
My husband and I spend several weekends at the Four Seasons a year. My niece got married in Chicago and had their reception on the roof of the Peninsula, it was awesome!
How wonderful for your children to be able to experience this. You are blessed!!!
JanetV On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:10 pm
By the way, you were adorable on Bonnie Hunt!
Coloradolady On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:16 pm
Loved you on the Bonnie Hunt show today…ADORABLE…..I have to confess….you say babies spike your hormones….your two boys…do it for me….they are the cutest two little cowboys…..I can just imagine it is never a dull moment with them around…fun!!! Happy Thanksgiving Ree….enjoy your day!!!
Danielle On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:21 pm
Holy! Those bathrobes are KILLING me! Did you bring those along, or did the hotel just MAGICALLY have the perfect-sized robes on-hand? I can't read the monogram on the pocket, so I can't tell…
Nancy Hood On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:33 pm
I am making a list of allll these neat hotels I want to stay in now!! and love that you're taking family on these jaunts keeps a person real to have family near. It's also good for the heart
Kathy W. On Wednesday, November 25 at 8:35 pm
Ooooo, gorgeous! My husband has been to Chicago, he goes every year for a dental show (he loves selling teeth, lol) and keeps telling me I'd love it. I am dying to go and think this hotel would be fab-u-lous! I've been told if you like Boston you'd love Chicago. I live in CT and have friends in Boston, and I LOVE Boston! OK, all finished babbling. Thanks for sharing!
Shawn On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:03 pm
I love the yellow walls. And the beds look to die for. It's been way too many years since I stayed in a nice hotel. I would probably think the Comfort Inn was pretty nice by now! Just staying on my girlfriends couch in town tomorrow night so I can hit the 5 am sales will seem like a great change! Not that I'm complaining. I'm glad your kids got to go with you. I'm sure they loved it and it makes great memories for them.
Staci On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:11 pm
I LOVE the picture of the two little punks in their punk size bathrobes!!! What a beautiful place to stay!!!! AND, I was FINALLY able to find your cookbook…not sure, but may have snagged the last one! Can't wait to sit down and go through it!!! Have a blessed Thanksgiving Drummond family!!!
BeeBelle On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:14 pm
First trip … except for the honeymoon, yes?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Kelly On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:18 pm
I would have called and requested they exchange the fruit and nut tray for my own caddilac full of chocolate chip cookies!
And do you do that cute little hip-stuck-out pose naturally whenever you take pictures? Or only when you're taking pictures of bathrooms and will be reflected in the mirror?
Kate On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:40 pm
The robe photo is a classic. Beautiful hotel.
Janet On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:43 pm
Cute Turkeys!!
Diana On Wednesday, November 25 at 9:47 pm
At $600-1,000 a night not many pioneer men and women could afford to stay there!
NaysWay On Wednesday, November 25 at 10:33 pm
I had the opportunity to stay in The Peninsula four years ago for a business trip, and I was able to take my husband and (then) only daughter. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven, that place is sublime.
Oh, and your boys and the TV-thing? Totally geared toward testosterone. I couldn't get my husband out of the bathroom during our visit.
Sally On Wednesday, November 25 at 10:42 pm
I love nice hotels. I love Chicago!
Susan On Wednesday, November 25 at 10:45 pm
Hope the boys will be okay with the Ranch after having been to the big city! They look right at home in those robes! What a gorgeous place. I'd be quite comfy there!
LydiaC On Wednesday, November 25 at 11:03 pm
I think that's my favorite hotel you've visited so far!
That came out wrong — have not been to ANY of them. I think this one looks like I WOULD like it the best. Well, you know what I mean.
nancypants On Wednesday, November 25 at 11:11 pm
It's fun seeing how "the other half" live. It's bee-yoo-tee-ful. (Spelled it that way just for you darlin' cuz I know how you love phone-et-tick spel-ling.) :^P
Ruth Ann On Wednesday, November 25 at 11:25 pm
Loved the boys in their size robes. The hotel was beautiful. I could have eaten the popcorn off the snack tray………well, it sounds good right now.
Question: What were those white things by the beds? They looked like rolls of toilet paper from afar, but I know they weren't!!
Christy On Wednesday, November 25 at 11:42 pm
What a fabulous hotel!! looks like everyone had a wonderful time!
cecedon On Wednesday, November 25 at 11:57 pm
very nice, indeed. When my daughter went to her girlfriends sleepover party there they all came home with candy and mini stuffed animals all complimentary from the hotel. Glad you enjoyed it.
Riddler On Thursday, November 26 at 12:06 am
Nice hotel. Loved the boys in their robes. So cute!
Hannah On Thursday, November 26 at 12:29 am
WOW! What a great post about a hotel room!!..and thankfully it was a lavish and extremely expensive hotel….
thunja On Thursday, November 26 at 12:29 am
that pic of those boys in the bathrobes is a hoot, they look angelic.
Sandy On Thursday, November 26 at 12:37 am
Wow, beautiful hotel!
Bev On Thursday, November 26 at 1:07 am
I can see I've totally missed out on the Hotel Experience. Don't see that changing anytime soon, either. But I can enjoy your adventures. Thanks!
Anna On Thursday, November 26 at 1:45 am
The Peninsula is also one of the best places in the city to have High Tea. I went there once with my sisters and I would totally recommend it!
Ness at Drovers Run On Thursday, November 26 at 5:38 am
Note to self, add this hotel to list of must see's when I win the lottery…
Spruce Hill On Thursday, November 26 at 6:14 am
Beautiful! Love that bathroom!
sophie On Thursday, November 26 at 6:56 am
Laurie in MInne*NO SNOW*ta On Thursday, November 26 at 7:26 am
RuthaAnn…the white things by the beds are reading lights…but you're right…lol..they look like TP holders in the pics!
Lucia On Thursday, November 26 at 7:31 am
Yeah but you have MM…and that should be good enough for anyone but mainly you!
Lauri On Thursday, November 26 at 7:58 am
Ree your boys look so cute in there robes. I bet they had the best time on this leg of the trip with you and MM. Happy Thanksgiving!
Deb On Thursday, November 26 at 8:04 am
wow….all i'm sayin'
Lynette, OK www.lynettesideas.com On Thursday, November 26 at 8:04 am
These hotel rooms have given me an incentive to stay in a nice hotel and shop. My sister and neice go somewhere every year, we've stayed in a house, B&B & a cabin on the lake. This year, I think we may do a hotel, spa & shopping, maybe…Dallas?
Jocelyn On Thursday, November 26 at 9:16 am
Great pictures! I've been to Chicago a couple of times but never stayed in a place this nice Oh and I can never remember how to say this word –
Thanks for the phonetic!
Joanna Rubiner On Thursday, November 26 at 9:19 am
Man this is making me want to go to a hotel. Next time I'm rich, I'm gonna go stay in a fancy Beverly Hills hotel just for the heck of it.
Wendy A. On Thursday, November 26 at 9:35 am
The words "IT WUTH FWEE" just managed to do the impossible and break a funk of 'I miss the family on Thanksgiving' and make me laugh. But then, I remembered how much of an integral part of my life some silly lady-blogger in Oklahoma has become, and I started to cry again., cause you're do darn neat. Thanks, Ree.
Domenico On Thursday, November 26 at 10:02 am
Who needs an upgrade with a room like that?
Also, you don't have to wait for college to have jello shots, my second grade teacher Mrs. Hernandez use to make them for our Cinco de Mayo celebration. Personally I'm not a big fan of jello.
pati mk On Thursday, November 26 at 10:18 am
Nice. Still bummed I missed seeing you in Chicago.
Emmy On Thursday, November 26 at 10:18 am
I am so enjoying your hotel tours. Thank you….
Asian Aisle On Thursday, November 26 at 10:37 am
I would definitely pick the tray of food the boys had over the fruit, nuts, and dried fruit one. Wonderful photos. I've really been enjoying seeing these hotels through your eyes. Very fun!
Anne On Thursday, November 26 at 10:56 am
I love Chicago too. I'll make a note of this one! Lovely. Did your son realize, or did you tell him: that he'd been there before but wasn't able to see it? heeee
Juliann On Thursday, November 26 at 11:10 am
So glad you love Chicago; it is my favorite place in the world. I loved living in the city. I think your brown hair is lovely, and I sure hope my recommendation (Milio's) didn't do that to you – just 'cause I know you were bummed, it still looks lovely….
Madeline St Onge On Thursday, November 26 at 12:20 pm
The picture of the boys in the robes is beyond cute. Gorgeous hotel
Julie in WA On Thursday, November 26 at 12:23 pm
I don't suppose you will be posting any tours of the local Motel 6 any time soon? Or Super 8? That is as luxurious as we get. And we are happy if there is a continental breakfast!
books On Thursday, November 26 at 1:15 pm
Your boys are UUH-DOOOOOOOOOOOOR-UBUL in those bathrobes!!! Keuuuuuuuuuuute!!
And that lobby is faa-aa-aaaaaa-bulous!!
Jan On Thursday, November 26 at 2:24 pm
LOVED the photo of the boys in their bathrobes! And they look so CLEAN.
HMFT On Thursday, November 26 at 4:29 pm
I lurve hotels.
If you are ever in North Carolina, you must stay at the Grove Park in Asheville.
I have a dumb question.
What are the camera-lookin' things over the headboards?
Amy On Thursday, November 26 at 5:59 pm
Dear Ree,
As a lifelong Chicagoan who is now sadly living outside of Cincy, thank you, thank you, thank you for these beautiful photos. In my "former" life, I worked in a gorgeous brown marble high rise East of Michigan on Chicago Ave.. Loved the view, the hustle and bustle and the shops! So wish I could have seen you in person in Skokie! By the way, when are you all coming to the Cincinnati area? I would LOVE to receive a signed copy from you! And, thanks again for the Chicago pics – you made my heart leap with joy! By the way, all of your recipes are HUGE hits in my family (I also have two boys and a hubby)! I'm asking for your cookbook for Christmas!
Valerie in MI On Thursday, November 26 at 10:25 pm
The view from YOUR room… is my favorite place in Chicago. The area around the old water tower building. The Hersheys store is there, and the ghirardelli store is there too I think.
GREAT room!!! You lucky gal!
Ruth On Friday, November 27 at 6:59 am
#74, I had two boys who wrestled in the shower at home one evening..the soapdish came off the wall and that was the end of quick two-at-a-time showers. Boys are fun! I had three, and four girls.
This is the first time I've commented, Ree. I am so ENJOYING your life!! Thank you!!
Erin N. On Friday, November 27 at 7:48 am
I have such a fondness for Chicago… It's the perfect size and always so relaxed and fun.
DebbieFromGA On Friday, November 27 at 9:00 am
I've only been to Chicago one time for a conference. I don't remember what hotel I stayed in, but recall a wonderful hotel lobby with a gentleman playing a grand piano. That's about as far as my memory of the trip goes. I got sick and barely remember the trip home.
I love the pictures of the hotel, a very elegant place.
Elsa On Friday, November 27 at 9:08 am
The boys in hotel robes – too cute. I bet your kids have had a blast doing all of this traveling. How fun!
Married to an Aussie in OK On Friday, November 27 at 9:57 am
Those boys in those robes are too cute…
Cathy On Saturday, November 28 at 10:15 am
As they say out here in California, you must have some good hotel karma!
Mary Casstevens On Saturday, November 28 at 7:41 pm
Oh Lordy, I havent started yet. I have to get through Thanksgiving weekend before I can allow a Christmas cell into my head. Now this next week I plan to start but there are slim-pickens in the small town where I live so I will have to take a day trip to Waco. The plan is to get at least half of it done or I wont feel like the trip was worth it. We'll see…………….
Bethany On Sunday, November 29 at 8:45 pm
I'm going to try reeeeally hard not to think about the fact that you were TWO BLOCKS from my office when you stayed there, and the fact that I didn't get to go to Skokie and meet you at the last minute. But you signed a book for me, and put a heart and a smiley face in it, so I know you knew I was there in spirit. Thanks.
StuffCooksWant On Sunday, November 29 at 8:45 pm
Nice hotel room. Does that envelope say "SPA"?? What's you do at the Spa?
Anonymous On Sunday, November 29 at 9:48 pm
Awww! The boys looked so cute in their itty-bitty bathrobes!
Jenny V On Monday, November 30 at 2:57 am
Okay I am so cracking up at the drawn out words and pronunciations you provided. They reminded me of Sandy the squirrel of off Spongebob! Can you tell how long it has been since I spent a night in a nice hotel! LOL! I need to get out more!
Anika On Wednesday, December 2 at 9:56 am
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Peninsula. Yes, I've stayed there even though I live in Chicago. Nothing more fun than vacationing in your own city and staying at the best hotel in the US
Sarah Morton On Friday, December 4 at 6:35 pm
I was at the Peninsula for a wedding the weekend of 11/21 and died when I walked on the floor runner in the lobby/dining area. I was ready to roll it up and pack it in my suitcase. I however do not have a 300 foot hallway at home……that's a problem.
Penny On Friday, December 11 at 8:38 pm
$750 for nuts!!!! Are you sure?? Geez, did the magical goose with the golden egg regurgitate them into the jar? I sure hope so.
I would have loved a picture of those nuts.
Kristen Miller On Friday, March 19 at 7:18 pm
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The defense and special teams went a long way towards helping the struggling offense on Sunday, but it still wasn't enough as the Packers edged the Ravens, 19-17, at M&T Bank Stadium. Even though the defense couldn't stop Green Bay enough in the fourth quarter, they still played well overall. Here's a quick look with grades.
DEFENSIVE LINE: B-. The line got good pressure on quarterback Aaron Rodgers for much of the game and even though Eddie Lacy ran for 120 yards, almost half of that came on two big runs. Arthur Jones got a sack, and the defensive line really did keep Green Bay quiet on offense for much of this game. The problem is they couldn't do it on the final two drives, which let the Packers control the fourth quarter.
LINEBACKERS: B. Elvis Dumervil got two sacks while Terrell Suggs and Daryl Smith both finished with 10 tackles. They helped the front line keep Rodgers and the offense under control for most of the game. Smith missed on an interception but again seemed to be all over the field while Suggs keeps on with his "Yes, I'm back" season.
SECONDARY: C+. They did well much of the game, but giving up the big touchdown to Jordy Nelson really hurt. Jimmy Smith's interception in end zone in the third quarter was a key play because it kept the Ravens close. Smith has been playing better this year and seems to be finding his way. But there's still problems with pass coverage at times. Whether or not these can be worked out will be a big question.
SPECIAL TEAMS: B. This group had a little bit of everything. Jacoby Jones returned and was great on kickoff returns while Tandon Doss did the same on his lone punt return. They are turning into a dynamic duo back there. Justin Tucker nailed his only field goal try and again was strong on kickoffs. Sam Koch had some good punts, but one got blocked -- he had no chance -- and a second one nearly got blocked, so the blocking's got to be better.


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Way more are killed by drunk drivers. Most homicides in America involve the use of a cheap handgun picked up in a back alley for 20 bucks. As Unseen pointed out, the problem is not gun ownership but some punk wielding a cheap handgun he bought for little to nothing from another punk.
The 2nd amendment is very important, and personally i think it does cover individual citizens. It's not the individual with a gun I'm worried about it's the military, police, and militias. Those people have no morals, they only have orders. As long as we as a society are still digging up psychopaths to hold authority over others, and reviling in the inherent sickness of the mob mentality, then individual gun ownership will remain important.
In Syria the military are quickly growing tired of killing their fellow citizens to keep Asad in power. Defection is on the rise. Being in the military does not necessitate the total loss of one's conscious.
I agree, but if everyone defected to begin with, to the side of their own personal intrests and the intrests of those around them, and told both Asad and who evers benafiting from the oposition movement to go screw each other, then a lot of people wouldn't have been hurt or killed to begin with. The same aplies to all leaders, if they want something done they should do it them selves. No disrespect or anything, I agree, sodiers are people too, and they are forced to witness and participate in much that I do not envy.
"I always wonder about people who feel they need a gun to protect life and limb, in case of a home invasion, for example. If that is the real reason they need a gun, do they also have a home defibrillator? I ask because someone having a heart attack in the home is a far more likely event than a home invasion."
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You wonder? Seriously?
The young woman in Oklahoma who blew the home intruder away when he broke the door in could explain it to you way better than me. She feared for her life and the life of her newborn. The police were on the way but the perp was insistent on breaking and entering despite her warnings. She had even put the couch against the door in an attempt to keep them out. There was two intruders. She was not charged BTW.
A home defib device is actually very wise to have around. Only recently have they become affordable for the average homeowner.
That, and a heart attack in many cases can be blamed on the individual (unhealthy diet, irregular check ups, etc). Sometimes they are just to be expected due to some preexisting condition. I can't think of any cases to where an intruder can be honestly blamed on the residents of a home, nor do I think we should live our lives expecting someone breaking into the place in which we should feel most safe. We can be prepared for it though...just in case. Owning a gun is not dangerous. People that misuse (or sometimes misplace) guns are dangerous. Guns are like drugs...you can't blame them as they kill no one....people kill, guns do not. People abuse drugs, drugs do not abuse people. Everyone shouldn't suffer due to a few bad apples.
Oh, yeah, and what about the lady who was hit by a meteorite. If it had been much bigger, she'd be sorry she wasn't going down the street in a tank! The fear of home invasion is overblown in relation to the actual statistics. A lot of people who have bought a gun to be prepared for a home invasion would be better off had they put that money toward flood insurance or a set of new tires on their car.
We have a habit of worrying about the wrong things.
Why does it seem to bother you that some citizens of our country, myself included, have opted to own firearms? A gun is a one time purchase, it doesn't go bad or spoil or wear out. AND I would rather have one and not need it than the other way around. I don't fear a home invasion anymore than being fearful of having a head on collision when I'm driving down the highway.
One time purchase, plus they can be relatively cheap. I agree that the likelihood of ever needing one is slim, but I'd prefer having one just in case.
Unseen, when someone breaks into your home and you survive, you'll change your mind.
I keep seeing people say that "well regulated milita" means either the National Guard or the regular army. Yet, I don't see it that way. Consider that our first document, the Declaration of Independence, said that when a government become abusive it was the right of the citizens to overthrow it. I think that right there makes it pretty clear the 2nd amendment is an individual right.
If the 2nd amendment is meant only for professional defensive forces, and nobody has guns, how are we to protect ourselves from an abusive government?


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In uncontested races for three open seats on the Jonesborough Board of Mayor and Aldermen, voters returned Mayor Kelly Wolfe and Alderman Terry Countermine to office and elected Adam Dickson to fill the alderman seat currently held by Jerome Fitzgerald, who did not seek another term.
Wolfe received 1,563 votes. Dickson drew 1,362 votes. Countermine garnered 1,304 votes.
Following next week's certification of the election results, Wolfe will begin his third two-year term as mayor. Countermine will return for a fourth four-year term as alderman. And Dickson will begin his first four-year term in the alderman seat held by Fitzgerald for the past 16 years.
"Being unopposed is not something that any of us will take for granted," Wolfe said Tuesday. "We will just keep working hard on trying our best to get things done for the people of Jonesborough."
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Liberty County Chapter 5031 of AARP had its annual picnic Tuesday.
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Former Midway volunteer firefighter Calvin Chipp pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the April 16, 2005, shooting of Roger Harrell outside the Sky Box bar.
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When Michael Santiago and his wife Omara moved into the new development along Wayfair Lane about 10 years ago, their neighborhood was under construction and, was rampant with crime, they said.
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The Michigan State University Board of Trustees on Friday approved the first construction phase for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), a half-billion-dollar project awarded to MSU by the federal government for nuclear research.
The board approved a $20 million budget for site preparation and excavation
"MSU continues to move forward with FRIB, ensuring that we are prepared when federal and state officials make appropriate decisions to allocate resources to this project, which is important to MSU, Michigan and U.S. research capabilities," MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said in a statement.
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The Northwest Ohio Joint Utility and Social Services Committee (JUSSC) will host an assistance information fair Nov. 16.
Individuals can receive information on utility bills, housing, real estate taxes, foreclosure prevention, weatherization, legal aid, medical and rental assistance among others. Representatives from area organizations will be on hand to answer any questions.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The judges hearing North Carolina's redistricting litigation want more information from attorneys about the role race played in the formation of congressional and General Assembly boundaries drawn in 2011.
Three Superior Court judges met Wednesday with lawyers representing the state and legislative leaders and attorneys for voters and interest groups that sued over the maps, alleging they are unconstitutional. The judges already have received thousands of pages of documents and held two days of hearings in February.
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School tax-hike proposed for Hornell. An increase of 46-cents per thousand dollars of value.
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Updated: 02/12/2013 11:50 AM KSTP.com By: Leslie Dyste
A 9-year-old boy is dead and two others were hurt after a shooting in Oakdale Monday night.
According to Washington County jail records, 34-year-old Nhan Lap Tran was arrested on suspicion of murder and assault with a firearm around 6:30 p.m.
Oakdale police say a man was randomly shooting at vehicles around the intersection of 7th Street and Hadley Avenue, which is about two blocks from a Rainbow Foods grocery store.
Oakdale police spokeswoman Michelle Stark says investigators are looking for additional spent gun casings and damage at the crime scene that spans six blocks.
A woman was driving her minivan in the area while the man was shooting. Both of her back tires were blown out, one bullet hit her child, and another bullet hit her.
She pulled into the parking lot of the grocery store, where witnesses say she got out of her van and began screaming for help.
Oakdale Police Chief Bill Sullivan said the mother was wounded in the arm. She has been treated and released from Regions Hospital.
A woman in another car was shot in the hand, Sullivan said.
A gun and ammunition was recovered, according to police.
Meanwhile, a team of counselors is talking to students at Oakdale Elementary, the school attended by they boy who was fatally shot.
District 622 spokeswoman Jennifer McNeil tells KSTP.com building and district social workers, school counselors and psychologists are helping students cope with the loss of their fourth-grade classmate.
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Aaron Rodgers inspires chicken sandwich at Boyz II Men concert
It's typically a point of pride when a restaurant names an item after a celebrity, but that's definitely not the case for a new Aaron Rodgers-inspired sandwich.
Aaron Rodgers, you may recall, allegedly had a bet with Boyz II Men regarding the season opener against the San Francisco 49ers. If the Packers lost, Rodgers would have to suffer the humiliation of wearing 49ers QB Alex Smith's jersey for the week, according to TMZ. (Boyz member Nathan Morris is a big 49ers fan.)
The Packers, we shall not forget, did lose that game, but as the days passed, Rodgers didn't appear to honor the bet. He finally told reporters "there's nothing to that" and that the bet was "at most a joke between friends."
But a savvy food vendor at the Fairplex in Ponoma, Calif. didn't let Rodgers have the final say, according to TMZ. Last night, Boyz II Men performed at Fairplex, home of the L.A. County Fair, where patrons of on-site restaurant Finish Line Sports Grill had the option of ordering the Aaron Rodgers Cry Baby Chicken Club - served on "San Francisco" sourdough bread.
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Acompli Gains $7.3 Million In Series A Funding For Email App.
A San Francisco Based startup by the name of Acompli is an up and coming application software that will allow people to deal with their work email on there phones much more easily. The product isn't out yet, and won't be for another couple of months before its launching date, for the Iphone.
However, Acompli has recently announced that it has managed to raise over $7.3 million in series A funding, which was lead by Redpoint Ventures, With Falicis Ventures and Harrison Metal.
"Mobile email is the first place you read most things, but you don't 'do' much email from your phone," said Acompli co-founder and CEO Javier Soltero, who previously co-founded the application management company Hyperic, which merged with SpringSource and was acquired by VMware.
"We literally define success by enabling people to do more things with the phone three feet away from their face and with one hand," Soltero said.
Soltero went on to team up with a group of experienced coders, who previously had created another email services by the name of Zimbra, which has been sold to Yahoo. Zimbra CEO Satish Dharmaraj, was one of the lead the lead investor at redpoints and has met Soltero before during his time at Redpoint as an entrepreneur.
Together both Soltero and Dharmaraj managed to work together in creating the Acompli application. The features added to the app offer a much more richer experience than other default apps available on the iPhone. This includes a much more faster searching interface and a sophisticated contacts that make email composition much more faster and smoother. This is mostly due in thank to Acompli having its own servers to run its application.