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"There are some blockbuster trends in search technology," Allen Weiner, internet analyst at technology research firm Gartner Group, told the German Press Agency dpa. But changes are taking place so subtly that few people are noticing the added search capabilities when they appear.
That hasn't stopped development, though, thanks in large part to advertising money, says Niki Scevak, search engine analyst at Connecticut-based Jupiter Research. The more the internet grows, the more people search, and the more sensible it becomes to advertise through search engines.
"We expect $US3.2 billion ($A4.14 billion) will be spent on search advertising this year in the United States alone," Scevak said.
That money is fuelling a proliferation of features not seen since the early days of consumer software development, when word processors and spreadsheets sprouted important new capabilities with each minor upgrade.
"The pace of change is exciting from a consumer standpoint," Scevak said.
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Localised search has made its way into the big three search engines - Google, Yahoo!, and MSN - and all search engines, say analysts, will be working hard this year to make it easier and quicker to find accurate information on a local level.
"The pace of change in the quality of local search is likely to be the most exciting development from a consumer standpoint," Scevak says.
In addition to clicking the Local link on any of the major search engines, localised search features - which most users want, according to analysts - are being embedded within the entire search experience.
Enter an area code into the search field of Google, for example, and you'll be given mapping or city information. Want to see a movie at a local theatre? Log in to Google Movies and find reviews, search for films by actor or director, or even locate theatres that are playing a film you want to see.
Google's new mapping feature makes is simple to find maps of a particular country, city, or region. The mapping feature gives you the unique ability to pan through adjacent regions by clicking your mouse button on a map and dragging it. That way, you can views maps of adjoining areas interactively, without having to enter new coordinates.
Customisation, too, will increasingly play a role in searching this year and in the future, analysts say.
"Relevancy is key to search going forward," says Scevak.
Google's new Google Personalised site, not officially released but currently functioning, is designed to make searching more relevant by basing search results, in part, on a profile of interests that users create. So, for example, if you indicate that you're interested in the outdoors, a search for "bass" will turn up links about fishing and fish instead of musical instruments.
Gartner's Weiner sees video and television search capabilities as being a hit in the future. Currently, all of the major search engines have either introduced or announced search tools that include content from videos and TV shows.
Yahoo! and a company call TVEyes have teamed up to allow Yahoo! to index closed caption broadcast video content not previously available online. Google is using its own technology for multimedia searching.
And a company called Blinx has been turning heads with deals with major television stations around the world to allow the massive video archives from the stations to become searchable online.
"The most interesting thing about this type of search," says Weiner, "is that it will be less advertising driven than transaction driven," with people paying for use of or access to the video content. "For the first time, search will not be fuelled entirely by advertising dollars," he says.
For internet users, there's not much bad news in the current accelerated evolution of search tools. Although advertising money clearly is fuelling the boom in search technology, the lessons of failed search engines of the past, with their ad-laden and distracting interfaces, have seemingly been learned.
At least for now, ads are being blended unobtrusively into the search experience, and interfaces remain uncluttered. A look at the newly redesigned Microsoft MSN Search, with its Google-like simplicity, shows that despite the mass of features being added by search tools these days, the mantra remains "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity".
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The recent dramatic decline in the price of oil runs counter to the argument that oil prices should be high because of the high costs. This column presents new evidence on this relationship. Using a representative global dataset, the authors find that upstream costs follow oil prices with a time lag. In particular, a sustained 10% increase in the price of oil leads to an increase in upstream activity of about 4%, and in this way triggers a sustained 3% increase in global upstream costs after a lag of one to two years.
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The beginning of 2016 has seen dramatic developments in key markets, including falls in share prices, low oil prices, and a slowdown in some emerging market economies. This column summarises the views expressed on these issues by leading experts in the monthly Centre for Macroeconomics survey. While all recognise the considerable uncertainty in the world economy, fewer than a third fear that these events will have a significant negative impact on the UK's economic recovery. The prevailing argument is that any negative effects of lower foreign demand and market instability will be compensated by the benefits of lower oil prices.
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The large dip in oil prices reverberated across asset markets, contributing to the depreciation of the Russian rouble. This column argues that the recent fall of the rouble may be more an exception than the norm. Oil shocks have only a limited impact on global exchange rate configurations, since oil exporters tend to lean against exchange rate pressures by running down or accumulating foreign exchange reserves.
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The recent expansion of US shale oil production has captured the imagination of policymakers and industry analysts. It has fuelled visions of the US becoming independent of oil imports, of cheap US gasoline, of a rebirth of US manufacturing, and of net oil exports improving the US current account. This column asks how plausible these visions are, and examines the evidence to date.
Rabah Arezki, Olivier Blanchard, 13 January 2015
Plunging oil prices affect everyone, albeit no two countries will experience it in the same way. In this column, the IMF's Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard and Senior Economist Rabah Arezki examine the causes as well as the consequences for various groups of countries and for financial stability more broadly. The analysis has important implications for how policymakers should address the impact on their economies.
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Futures prices are a potentially valuable source of information about market expectations of asset prices. This column discusses a general approach to recovering this expectation when there is no agreement on the nature of the time-varying risk premium contained in futures prices. The authors illustrate this approach by tackling the long-standing problem of how to recover the market expectation of the price of crude oil.
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Recent work on forecasting oil prices raises the question of whether oil industry analysts know something about forecasting the price of oil that academic economists have missed. This column presents evidence that they do, but economists know how to improve further on these practitioners' insights.
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It has long been argued that changes in the price of oil can help forecast US real GDP growth. This column addresses the common concern among many policymakers that the feedback from oil prices to the economy may become stronger once the price of oil reaches a certain level.
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Michael Spence of Stanford University talks to Viv Davies about growth prospects in the US and developing countries. He describes the current divergence between growth and employment in the US economy. They also discuss global imbalances, fiscal coordination in Europe, the global investment rate and the threat of rising oil prices to global growth. The interview was recorded in Washington DC in March 2011 at the IMF conference, 'Macro and Growth Policies in the Wake of the Crisis'. [Also read the transcript.]
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High oil prices are back – more than $125 per barrel. Such prices are associated with the macroeconomic pains of the 1970s, but this column argues that the recent surge may actually be good news for developed economies' industries. The logic lies in the difference between demand shocks and supply shocks.
Sergei Guriev, Anton Kolotilin, Konstantin Sonin, 12 April 2008
The rising price of oil has been accompanied by nationalisations of oil assets, and the relationship is no mere coincidence. Recent research shows that higher oil prices trigger expropriations, particularly in countries with weak political institutions.
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Coal's supply elasticity is much higher than that of oil, so rising demand encourages substitution to dirty coal from cleaner oil – and switching is easy ex ante but hard ex post. In the next 10 years, China will install more power-generation capacity than Europe's current stock. If it is all coal-burning, emissions will be difficult to reduce for decades. High oil prices are not part of the solution; they are part of the problem.
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In truth we've never quite seen a truly outstanding villain in the franchise, Owen Shaw possibly at a stretch and maybe Johnny Tran, but for the main Dom and his gang have seen relatively little in the way of extreme struggle. With Statham making his bow and with revenge on the agenda it's the perfect opportunity for Wan to unleash a hellacious opponent for Dom and his crew to feel the full wrath of.
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James is a huge fan of the Fast and Furious films but certainly wouldn't stand a chance in a race against Dominic Toretto. He'd quite happily look after the keys to all the cars, though…
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The shop seemed to know what route to take so I left it up to them. I have the old upper so I know it was definitely swapped out.
For now the buttons aren't connected but I plan to use them for something later.
I'll get those boxed this week...
Man that's sweet. Are you running any kind of baffles in the oil pan? Ball park...how much have you spent and let me know when you are ready to sell it.
Always meant to ask if you're running a fuel cell. Understand you don't need to with our car anyway. The reason I ask is because in one of your pics it looks like a fire system tube and nozzle is penetrating the rear bulk head you had fabbed up. I assumed this was headed for the trunk where a fuel cell would mount. ATL has a cool one that mounts in the spare tire well. It's only 12 gallons but most of us can probably get away with it.
Ooops.....remember you posting Phoenix drilled a hole in the tank by mistake..... so no fuel cell. So what's that line going to the rear trunk area?
the line I think you're talking about is for the fire system...
Two options if you go with a fuel cell. The Powell guys put it in the same postion as the stock one to aid with weight distribution IIRC. As seen in this pic:
Or in the trunk like the Bill Black car :
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Just caught up on this build...awesome car!! I need to keep reminding myself that my V is supposed to remain a daily driver!
Just read this entire thread! This is sick! Love it! Any video's ? I guess not since you haven't been back to the track yet?
so, it's "done"?
We really need to plan a V day... in the spring.
All is going well with the shakedown, some minor changes mostly for driver comfort.
- In keeping the overall silver scheme, the closeout panel for the trunk was originally painted silver to match the cage along with the windshield/rear glass supports. This proved to be a mistake as the afternoon sun created way too much glare for my liking. Also the windshield supports had too much flex for high speeds and turbulence off of other cars. So we basically pulled the glass and painted the rear deck portion flat black along with all the other window supports. The windshield supports were also redone in an angled aluminium to add more strength and rigidity.
-Changed the rear tow hook to a folding Rennline type with a GoPro mount. The original one was fixed and my shins were killing me.
-Added on an APR Front Splitter in carbon fiber. I'm also looking into a rear wing to balance the car. Unfortunately it comes with a price as any non factory aero is assessed a small penalty.
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Nov 19, 2013 at 6:01 pm #1310021
I have got to the point where I really prefer cowboy camping over being in a tarp or tent. I pack a Hexamid Solo with an extended beak for storms, but usually just set up in my MLD Superlight bivy when it's clear. Last year, on a few nights in the Sierras, I experienced condensation on the inside of the bivy bag. I've used it for a couple years now, and this is the only times I ever had any issues.
My question is: would I be better off just sleeping on top of a groundcloth, or will I just wake up with condensation in my sleeping bag as I no longer have a layer between it and the cooler outside air? I like have the bivy to repel any splash from serious downpours and the waterproof floor is nice, but I was wondering if I could just get away with using the Z Packs Heximid Floor attachment as a groundcloth when I don't need the tarp? Anyone have a similar issue?Nov 19, 2013 at 6:54 pm #2046321
I like having a waterproof/breathable bivy in case my Hexamid blows down in a storm. Last summer the wind was blowing so bad I figured it best to just take the Hex down before it blew down… I spent the rest of the night in my bivy on top of my Hexamid.
Food for thought.
And, yes, I think you would get more condensation inside your bag if you just used it under the same conditions but not inside a bivy. The warm, moist air is coming from inside your sleeping bag. The cold air will chill the inside moist air of the sleeping bag just inside the outer skin. Cold air can not hold as much moisture, hence it drops out of the air into water droplets inside your bag. Having your bag inside a bivy offers a transitional space where the air will not be as cold up against your bag so you should get less condensation inside your bag. Correct me if my logic is wrong, but that's what I think happens.
Bill DNov 19, 2013 at 7:06 pm #2046324
You are thinking along the same lines as me Bill. I had a little success with leaving my bivy opened up for the first few hours to allow some ventilation, then zipping it up for the last few hours until waking. This approach seemed to help, and may be my routine from now on.Nov 19, 2013 at 7:09 pm #2046325
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
My first thought was to just roll up in the tent. Next comes the question: just windy or windy and wet? Big difference, of course!Nov 19, 2013 at 7:14 pm #2046326
In my case the rain had stopped. Of course, when I took the Hexamid down I didn't know for sure it would not start raining again. But even if it had been raining, with wind like that the Hexamid would have come down if I had not taken it down. And being in a waterproof bivy I would have been okay anyway. So, I guess my strategy worked.Nov 19, 2013 at 8:01 pm #2046347
Alex HBPL Member
@abhittLocale: southern appalachians or desert SW
Well as I always say, it all depends but I would generally think that in the Sierra and drier west you would be just as well off just on a ground cloth, less condensation, especially if you are under a tarp. Every so often I re-post this article I wrote a few years ago.
http://40yearsofwalking.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/the-bivy-condensation-conundrum/Nov 19, 2013 at 8:07 pm #2046349
Justin BakerBPL Member
@justin_bakerLocale: Santa Rosa, CA
I cowboy camp 90% of the time in California and I almost never get condensation/dew on my bag except for wet/foggy weather (where I would need a shelter anyways) or when camping right on the coast.Nov 19, 2013 at 8:11 pm #2046350
I prefer to not use a tarp at all unless rain is threatening. I really enjoy sleeping under the stars! You are correct though, when I am under the tarp in normal conditions, I don't get the bivy condensation.Nov 19, 2013 at 9:24 pm #2046375
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
Interesting variations by region and climate. Rain doesn't threaten here, it just *is*. In the western forests of the Cascades and Olympics we're always living near the dew point. Being in a bivy and breathing into the interior really adds to the mess.
I've thought about a tiny battery powered blower to move the air through a small shelter. It wouldn't take much a with the low cubic volume of a bivy.Nov 20, 2013 at 10:10 am #2046524
Anthony WestonBPL Member
@anthonywestonLocale: Southern CA
I decided I'm going to cut my 6 oz waterproof bivy in half.
I just bought some kite grade tyvek which weighs less than regular tyvek on amazon.
I'm going to create a reversable bivy with half tyvek and half
montbell dri tec waterproof material.
When it's raining a deluge, I will use the bivy under my 5oz tarp with the
eventmontbell dri tec side on the bottom so if a river changes course under me I'm still dry. The tyvek top can handle spray and condensation just fine and it breath equally well as the eventmontbell dri tec side.
When it's dry out and here it's sounds counter intuitive but when the ground is dry then I will use the tyvek side as the bottom which is 90 % of the time. The event on top breathes well, the tyvek handles rocks and pointy sticks better than any other material.
I'll save weight by never bring a ground cloth again and I'll have great protection if it does rain and the tyvek doesn't slip around and I'll never have to worry because it will be wide enough that my neoair will fit inside the bivy and on most nights I'll just cowboy camp and not set up the tarp at all.Nov 20, 2013 at 1:38 pm #2046601
Eric BlumensaadtBPL Member
@danepackerLocale: Mojave Desert
Since I have experienced the great breathability of eVent in my REI Kimtah rain suit I now feel that eVent is the only WPB material I would want in a bivy bag.
OTOH, I would only use a bivy bag for sleeping in snow shelters. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool tenter. But having a bivy bag as a safety shelter if a tent gets shredded is also a good idea – IF you can haul the extra weight.Nov 20, 2013 at 1:40 pm #2046603
Chris SSpectator
@bigtimeLocale: Truckee
Anybody know if there's much difference getting condensation inside a bivy when it's just draped over your bag (so there's not much space between bivy and bag) vs. having the area around your face elevated with a bit of cord attached to something above you (so there's now a some space between bivy and bag)?Nov 20, 2013 at 5:59 pm #2046672
Thanks for all of the replies! Any recommendations on a good e-vent bivy that doesn't weigh a ton? I REALLY like the fact that my current bivy is just a touch over 6 ozs., and combined with my Hexamid Solo, is a shelter system under a pound. If I too heavy on a different bivy, it defeats my system to a certain extent.Nov 20, 2013 at 6:32 pm #2046683
Andy JarmanMember
@andyjarmanLocale: Edge of the World
I've started using Dave Mile's new "Pico Bivy". I pushed Dave to consider using Tyvek 1443R (the lightweight Kite making Tyvek), Dave bought a sample and tested it, he refused to use it, its simply not waterproof enough for him. Having used the Pico half a dozen times I noticed his top fabric will get damp inside if it is folded over on top of itself (double layered around the retracted hood), otherwise its very very breathable.
Another minor damp area is around my feet, simply not enough circulating air for very dewy conditions. I've been toying with the idea of a retractable hood/flap over my feet on the Pico so that I get good through ventilation.
Dave's bivies are excellent and the space between the sleeping bag and the top layer of the bivy combined with the huge open end around your face ensures any breeze wafts out humid air whilst leaving your bag to fully loft and insulate you. PLUS becaue the mossie net and hood are held aloft with a hoop, they dont require you to stake the thing in one place and find a way of lifting the netting off your face.
I'm seriously thinking of going for an Uber bivy for really foul weather – its effectively a mini self erecting tent!Nov 20, 2013 at 8:56 pm #2046740
Ian ClarkBPL Member
@chinditsLocale: Cntrl ROMO
I was on a canyon trip west of Delta two weeks ago. The days were warm and the nights were mildly cold. I woke up under my SMD Haven tarp with frost all over my WM bag. The doors were open so there was some exposure to the clear night sky. I slept in my base layer. As I moved around in my bag in the a.m. it seemed that the frost began to melt and my bag got wet. I suspect it was the stratified warm air in the insulation hitting the outter shell of the bag causing the frost to melt. I would guess it was in the 20s that clear night. I was fortunate enough to have a clear day and so I spread my bag out to dry before packing up for the day's walk. My boots were frozen that a.m.
This last week I was up the Cochetope. I slept under the SMD Haven and I also used a Borah bivy. The Borah's top fabric is M90. It was a long clear 9 degree night and I kept the doors closed. I was surrounded by noisey elk. I slept in my down jacket, pants, booties, and base layer. My boots were in a plastic bag in the bottom of my WM bag to keep them from freezing. The top fabric of the long Borah Bivy isn't nearly long with boots being stored and the top edge only came up to my armpits. I woke up multiple times through the night very concerned about the frost build up inside the bivy bag. I was fortunate enough to have a clear day to spread my sleeping and bivy bag and tarp out to dry before packing up for the day's walk.
About 4 weeks ago I was up by the Butte. I slept under the SMD Haven with doors open and just my WM bag. I slept in my base layer, a mid weight layer, and my rain gear. It was a moderate high 20s-low 30s night with a mild wind. I had no condensation issues and packed up and started walking right after breakfast and glassing.
I have no conclusions yet, but I do want to experiment more with vapor barriers to see if that will reduce the condensation issues or if it is strictly a matter of temperature differentials. The answer is probably already here in this forum and I just have to search it out. I don't remember any condensation issues years ago when I was in a unit that issued Feather Friends bags that included vapor barrier bags and bivy, but maybe we didn't sleep much.Nov 20, 2013 at 9:10 pm #2046746
Ian ClarkBPL Member
@chinditsLocale: Cntrl ROMO
Thanks Alex, good read and good referals to pertinent articles.Nov 21, 2013 at 4:40 am #2046798
Alex HBPL Member
@abhittLocale: southern appalachians or desert SW
Ian I also appreciated your recent observations. Lots of factors involved but I do think vapor barriers at least in cold weather do help. In more moderate conditions I am moving towards thinking that the lighter the sleeping bag the better for your body heat to more effectively move the dew point out past the sleeping bag and maybe the top of the bivy.Nov 21, 2013 at 8:20 pm #2047068
Alex, great info! Your situation was very similar to what I experienced this summer. I really don't want the hassle of setting up a tarp when I don't need to, so I will have to experiment more with selective sites. I found that leaving my Superlight Bivy opened up for awhile helps to reduce the quantity of internal condensation. I might even experiment with sleeping with my body under the tarp, and my head out for the view and see if that helps.Nov 21, 2013 at 9:14 pm #2047077
These questions are posed to anyone who has used a vapor barrier liner in their sleeping bags. 1- do you wake up in a pool of sweat? After hiking anywhere from 22-30 miles a day, I find that my body produces sweat even after stopping and at rest. It seems like it would be uncomfortable sleeping in your own sweat, but maybe I'm overthinking it? 2- Has a VBL helped reduce condensation on your bags and/or your bivy bag? I know there are people that swear by them, but I would like some first hand reviews from some BPL-ers!Nov 21, 2013 at 9:43 pm #2047081
1) You get pretty moist inside a vapor barrier bag. I'm talking a non-breathable, water proof vapor barrier. The warmer you are, the more moist you will get. The cooler your are the less moist you will be. If you are cold and shivering you will not get moist. The spectrum ranges from being in a pool of sweat to shivering and being dry, directly proportional to the temperature next to your skin.
2) if you breathe to the outside and your body is in a vapor barrier bag from the neck down, you will get little to no condensation inside your sleeping bag or your bivy because there will be little to nothing to condense… at lest nothing added to the ambient humidity.
I used a vapor barrier bag for three weeks on Mt. McKinley many years ago. Each time I rolled over (and I roll a lot), the movement would suck cold air into the VB bag and chill the moisture that had been trapped on my skin. I never had a desire to use a VB liner again.
BillNov 21, 2013 at 9:46 pm #2047082
Andrew FMember
@andrew-fLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Keep in mind it's totally possible to have large amounts of condensation even if you aren't adding your own moisture to the system (like with a VBL.) I laid my bag and bivy out one night with clear skies and temperatures in the low 40's, then enjoyed a campfire for a few hours. When I came back my bag was soaked – totally wet with visible water droplets inside the sleeping bag shell. The radiant cooling from the clear sky dropped the temperature of the outer layer of fabric below the dew point and the bag quickly accumulated water. Fortunately it wasn't that cold out so I stayed comfortable anyway and the bag was mostly dry by morning from my body heat.Nov 21, 2013 at 10:03 pm #2047086
So. If you use a VB liner inside your sleeping bag your down will be in better shape due to less condensation, but you will be moist and likely less comfortable… moist, but warm… except for when you turn over and suck cold air in over your moist skin.
Perhaps a compromise solution would be to have a water proof breathable bivy both inside and outside of your sleeping bag :)
At least that way the moisture crossing over into your down would be reduced to maybe the same rate that moisture escapes from the exterior bivy. :)
BillNov 22, 2013 at 6:23 am #2047110
Thanks Bill! For the 'normal' hiking I do in the Sierras, I think I will stick to not using a VBL. I can always drape my bag on a rock sometime during the day and let it dry out. I can't stand that clammy feeling I get while even in a rain jacket while hiking, let alone lying in a puddle of my own sweat:( !
I'm also thinking about switching to a quilt, or a bag that can be opened wide like a quilt, to allow for ventilation and keep me from breathing into my bag as much. I try to avoid it, but sometimes when I zip it all the way up and breath out of the small opening created, my head will get turned around facing into the bag, which isn't doing me any good for condensation prevention!
Anyone else have some good info?!Nov 22, 2013 at 8:05 am #2047137
Stuart RBPL Member
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I have often wondered whether a bivi (or tarp or tent) made from a fabric with a metallic reflective (low emissivity) coating would suffer less from condensation on clear nights. In theory the temperature of the coated fabric should be a few degrees warmer than an uncoated fabric. Anyone tested this?
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Bill D – unfortunately, using W/b layers inside and out doesn't do much for you, because of the dew point issue. Your body produces moisture; it moves through the inner W/b layer nicely because it's going from higher humidity inside to lower outside the fabric (but still inside the sleeping bag). That moisture travels through the insulation until it reaches the dew point. If you are in warm dry weather the dew point is outside your bag, and all is great. In colder/damper weather the dew point is within the insulation, and the moisture condenses before it leaves the bag. So the RATE of moisture production is not the issue, it's where is the dew point – inside the bag, inside the bivy, or outside it all. A VBL, if used effectively, keeps moisture from getting into the insulation in the first place; but it has no effect on where the dew point is. But VBL's can be tricky to use; that's a whole separate discussion.
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Chinese Title: 兒子傢伙們
Also known as: My Sons
Genre: Family, Romance, Comedy
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2012-Sep-22
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 20:40
A family drama tell the story of three different characteristics of sons and deals with marriage and divorce in the means of trying to find the justice of love.
First Son, Yoo Hyun ki (Lee Sung Jae), a widower and single dad with a daughter. He hasn't opened up his heart in a long time, but then Sung In Ok (Myung Se Bin) enters his life, a single mom as well, and he falls in love.
Second Son, Yoo Min ki (Ryu Su Young) is a martial arts fantasy novelist who has been in love with the same woman, Lee Shin Young (Han Hye Rin) for ten years. Only she's now engaged to his best friend.
Third Son, Yoo Seung ki (Seo In Guk), who's the biggest troublemaker of them all. He marries his wife, Mi rim (Yoon Se in) but divorce because he's a playboy. They married because he gets her pregnant and has no choice in the matter. His new girl friend will be played by Shin Da Eun (Source: Dramabeans)
Lee Sung Jae as Yoo Hyun Ki
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Park In Hwan as Yoo Won Tae (father)
Na Moon Hee as Woo Jung Sook (mother)
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Han Hye Rin as Lee Shin Young
Kim Yong Gun as Han Byung Gook
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Okay, now, I was fairly sure that my contest would fill up quickly, but, lol, SIX DAYS? Oh, you passionate, sexy as all get out, poets. Who knew? Even the more... reticent... of you dug your heels into this one (oh, I'm sooooooo bad.)So many of you SURPASSED my challenge, awed me, left me a little .... flushed. But a few of you either 1) entered forms which have less than 8 lines 2) wrote romantic poetry, lovely, yes, but not sensual. Only 1 poem crossed the explicit language borderline and refused to edit... I thank the poets who slapped on a fig leaf or two to appease ALL eyes.Now, first I must say, as a parent, I am aware that my daughter will learn sex education in grade school. I am not happy about this. It seems all so clinical. Cold. Where's the heart?I believe that it is up to poets to ensure that beautiful, descriptive and emotive verse continue to be written which transcends the physical into the ethereal, as it has been done for thousands of years.I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC!Language can be art, language can create sensual art, sensual art can be a masterpiece.YOU PROVED IT.Thank you to every person who entered my contest, including a poet who thought I needed conversion (I'll stop myself there. See, I'm getting better. LOL.)This was the hardest contest that I've ever judged (again, I'll stop myself, LOL) I struggled with placement ... studying language, device, flow, imagery.... I'm bleary eyed, dazzled by your craftiness. I did award higher placements for originality, avoidance of the overly familiar and clichés. You should feel proud of yourself. I know that for many of you, this is NOT a comfort zone. Lastly, I want to thank the Soup Team for allowing me to host this party and for kindly reminding poets of Soups regulations. I trust that they will find these poems worthy of the winners hall for their beauty!Hugs to everyone,Cyndi
1st PlaceCrimson Tide TimeByCharlotte PuddifootCornering me in the bedroom's corner, you say it doesn't matterif the lunar clock is striking twenty eight;we can set ourselves adrift, unpick the anchorage,the tide turning for our pleasure.The slide inside smoother, slicker, tonight;oddly intimate, skin-to-skin, coral depths pulling you in.The red wave gathers, breaks, slowly spills and seeps,creeps down my leg; neither of us cares.We're lost in lunar loving beneath a bloodstained moon.Our bodies cling and cleave, braced against the heaveof the current, wave upon wave of carnal carmine;plunging deeper into the red sea,your urging surging through me,pulsing forward with the flood of my blood,wet, now, with the cochineal essence of me.Scarlet secrets of the sea cave within;each warm gush brings a fresh flush of lust,as the red anemone of my wombtenses to release rivulets of rubiesand my muscles contract redly round you,swelling to hold you with a hotter grip.We're maroon-mottled, musky with lust,as the crimson current churns and swirls around us.And we're surrendering to it, going with the flow,our skin streaked with scarlet tidemarks,slippery with passion's puce pattern,as the sea sweeps a new sensuality ashore.You're dizzy-drunk on my body's heady claret,sweat-silvered and ruby-jewelled, as you slowly withdraw,leaving a smattering of glistening garnets on the bedroom floor.
Dizzy-drunk, indeed! This poem took my challenge and spun it on its heels. This blends raw heat with careful craft. This could be studied, as far as I'm concerned. It has it all: language, alliteration, clever rhymes that hum without a sing-song in the bunch, word play, imaginative verbs and precisely selected adjectives. The lines are built like waves, underscoring the theme of the poem, echoing its give and take. Metaphor magic won this poem its top spot. My favourite? The cochineal essence of me. Exactly so. Congrats, Charlotte. I am so glad you entered this bold piece. Art, this!
2nd Place
The Distant FlameBy Catie LindsayA paramount flame enraptures to rule,unearthing the spicy array of my senses,the reverie of Spring cautiously subdued,a syncopated beat, three steps beyond pretentious.Longing for that vision seen only in glimpses,beyond the tide of what is still becoming real,as passion burns its slow decay upon my defenses,Baby, you make me feel!I close my eyes to a thousand stars,on a velvet curtain of the night,and the Braille pathways of my heart,submerge discreetly into your river of light.I become caught and raptured in utter delight,throwing open the soul of all that is real,as your image dominates my inner sight,Baby, you make me feel!Blowing holes through the canopy of night,touching your lips, meeting your gaze,stormy passions toss apprehension aside,restless abandon ventures beyond the haze.Violet, in subjection to your silky ways,smokey, the thoughts that make time stand still,wistful and fervent this fire flames,Baby, you make me feel!As distant, sultry fires tax us,two single spokes on an ever spinning wheel,the Earth resumes spinning on it's axis,but Baby, you make me feel!
I heard an echo of Cohen's Suzanne in this modified Ballade. The refrain is about emotion and each line is an exploration of the senses, but done in such a way as to indicate that never once is thought, the moment and/or self forgotten. If anything, this poem magnifies how erotic intelligence can be. Certain images left me stunned ... too many to mention in one blog! This is hauntingly lovely... congrats, Catie. I'm dazzled!
Pretty Little LaceBY Melani Udetawrapped tight; the softest shackles Braided like arms .weaving us together ,How tight will you tie,how much can I take?Before the ribbon breaks,pretty little lacesplitting all over the floor I want to be free you pretty little ribbon they can have that faceMy laughter carries on the windI have my release constricting little ribbon In pieces, reckless abandon
Oh, so so much naughty in so few lines,and done with such a subtle weaving of words as to be reminiscent of courtly love poems or perhaps the erotic poetry of the ancient Egyptians. There are layers upon scanty layers of meaning, double meanings, here.... playful to the max! Complexity paralleled by simplicity. Lovely, intense. Fantastic.
3rd Place
The Ceiling FanBy Joe FlachLike fallen warriors, we collapse side by side, glistening in the sweaty afterglow. Limbs still entangled, too exhausted to sing the other's praise,we stare at the blades of the bedroom fan slowly circling above.A lone, satisfying sigh escapes in between your deep, cleansing breathes.Your smile reflects in the brass, ball base of the rotating fan.I smile in return,unable to rescue my gaze from the fan cooling off our steaming bodies.Slowly, your right hand moves; fingers entangle with those on my left. I still taste you on my lips.I silently laugh to myself upon the realization that I still have one sock on;the other dangling on the end of a fan blade. The remainder of our clothes strewn around the room as if the hamper had exploded. Your brassiere ruined when I removed it with my teeth.Beads of sweat roll down my thigh where our legs remain interlocked – I love the smooth contrast of your skin against my sun dried legs. The ever so slight breeze created by the fan is starting to dry our exposed skin as we slowly regain strength.The circling blades hypnotize. The subtle, rhythmic hum from the fan motor mixes with the recent memory of the rhythmic dance just concluded. Your hand, now lightly brushing against me, is re-energizing my engine. Slight,involuntary movements near your finger tipsindicate our dance may not yet be over.I blink to interrupt my transfixed, mesmerized relationship with the ceiling fan, so I can once again concentrate on you.Energy restored – as if pumped back into our souls by the bedroom fan –the warriors re-engage in battle once again. A battle in which each warrior wins.
I loved the theme, the playfulness, REAL-ness of this piece. Captured, the dual nature of man and woman's relationship with each other, the need and hunger, love and friendship, which will be eternally mixed with a small degree of polarization, cross currents. The poem takes its time, does not rush, allows us to see that reflected couple, duplicating theme with delivery, always a hit with me! The last lines linger. Congrats, Joe!
Midnight SecretsBy PDIn the dark, I came alive ~tonightI found my way ~into the lightCamouflage in lace, my skin glisten, Towards the wind, I listen! Skin of envy and gold, My limbs suddenly unfold, Gracefully I follow the air,I found myself without a care, Every meaning, every feeling felt erotically insane, Seductively, the night whispers my name, A freedom flight ~into the night. My breast, not of a little girl Beyond the hazes, into another world My life unto this point had been a riddle My fingers slither, a play without a fiddle Circles with motion, Vibrations and self-soothing lotion, I touch my self gently, Thinking of you relentlessly,Looking around, The night echoes a whimpering sound, I want to see, and embrace the secrets inside me,I squeeze the damp enigma charcoal sheets-moaning and moaning, repeatedly. Tucking my silk pillows, groping my knees,I rub my lids slowly, satisfaction complete, Falling back into the realm of counting sheep. ~Tonight
I'm reminded of Nancy Friday's ground breaking book, My Secret Garden, with this brave write. Despite the poetic description within this work, it is finely pared, removed of all needless modifiers. Stellar imagery, great use of language and metaphor, just the right amount of repetition. I loved the line, "Follow the air." Congrats PD. This is mint!4th PlaceI am alone By S. Jagathsimhan Nair – lonely, forlorn and yet highly sensual. Loved the changing refrain, the language and longing of this piece. Favourite line? Weird chords. A Gold's Reverie By Andrea Dietrich – loved the play of reality and fantasy, the use of smell, sight and sound. Wise avoidance of touch, we can look but can not... lol. A sizzler!Moonlight Serenade By Debbie Guzzi – the full use of senses here is so artfully done. Ah, yes, the things we keep, those trinkets and souvenirs... and the stories they tell... poignancy here, too. :)
5th PlaceLove Potion By Abdul Malik – this is beautiful, simple and has a timeless quality to it... almost Shakespearian, not in its voice, but in its sentiment. Wonderful!Figment by Carrie Richards - such a wonderful contrast between fantasy and reality, so much beauty in this narrative, but I especially liked skin borne to foxtails...Touch Lightly By Craig Cornish – Oui! Oui! Oh, yes, here is the subtleness I hoped some would try. Mink, indeed. Well done, just enough. Moments Treasured By Sashi Prabhu – the language in this rhyme is combustable, the writing intense, emotion-filled. The first two lines pulled me in, and I stayed...Perceptions By Ruben O – playful, soulful, er, somewhat boastful (lol) and just able to be read too many ways to mention. Language, oh, yeah, here it is! 6th PlaceCamouflaged as Love By David Williams – I loved how it did a 180, turned... I could be funny and say, I think I've stayed in that hotel, but I'd rather say, I know how love changes perception. ;-) A Risque Ballroom Dance By Anne Currin – I really liked how the metaphor and imagery continues throughout this poem... dreamy quality... Tiny Kisses By Seren Roberts – yes, passion and love blend here nicely and extol the rewards of growing older, but not colder. Bravo, brave write! Nightfall Surrender By Debra Squyres – Sigh, this one is so romantic, and sad, touching. Lovely and deep.7th PlaceThe Rush By Jeremy Martin – So much to like, here. But I was especially impressed with the line, 'the rush under your ribs.'Dark Temptress By Roy Jerden – Oh, sexy, sexy, sexy, yet so tasteful! Well done... I was quite taken with the line, I can not vanquish my desire...Naughty By Richard Lamoureux, okay, I really got a giggle from this one! So much fun! The last line is the clincher.


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|31st January 2007, 10:42 PM
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Re: Hello Indm....
ROTFLMAO! So that's why the B#$% Wave Cannon doesn't perform up to par!
As I noted in the other thread and MJK has devoted considerable effort in proving, the pipe's CSA is a function of all the driver's specs, though Vas dominates. That said, if you're wanting a high acoustic power rating (better damping) over efficiency to limit the effects of VC heating, then as is stated in the B@#$ WC patent, a 2:1 CR is a good compromise, so if the 15" driver's effective diameter is 12.75", then the pipe's should be 12.75*0.707 = ~9". For HIFI/HT apps though, we typically want as much efficiency as we can afford in size, so this R-O-T can be ignored.
To get a short TL to go low requires it be reverse tapered with the driver at the extreme top. The price you pay for 'short' is a very large top area since it all comes down to a minimum net Vb is required for a given driver to reach a given Fp. There's no free 'lunch' here, it's a 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' situation.
Right, the Alpha TL is a very basic end loaded 1/4 WL pipe designed to mimic the response of an IB while completely damping the driver's impedance, which is what you asked for AFAIK. Using MJK's Classic TL alignment tables and his WS to sim different alignments will net you more performance overall.
I did?! Please show me. Regardless, a closed one end (or driver), open other end is a 1/4 WL resonator, ergo the 168" pipe is a 1/4 WL pipe. A 1/2 WL resonator would be closed at both ends and have to be ~twice as long to have the same Fp as the 1/4 WL pipe. This alignment can never have more gain than the driver's IB response, but will have the lowest distortion of any alignment other than a 'perfect' horn AFAIK.
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|1st February 2007, 01:22 AM
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Thank you GM....
Okay, so a quarter-wave pipe it will be. Learn something every day :-)
Yes, the Omega quarter wave-length pipe you sent me the calculator for, shows a 71" to 76" inch pipe, depending on whether one uses polyfil or fiberglass stuffing.
Anyway, you said > ....then the pipe's should be 12.75*0.707 = ~9". <
....but again, I can only get sonotube in 8", 10", 12" etc. But now, before you figure out the correction for this, what would be a good length and diameter for "two" of my 15"s, in this kind of setup > http://www.teresaudio.com/haven/subs/place.jpg
Again, I think this is a pretty cool looking design.... plus, the guy says that the push-pull configuration of the drivers made a surprising improvment in overall sound clarity !
(note; there are two drivers in this box, with the driver you can't see, having the voice coil inside of the box.... and one of the drivers being hooked up out of phase)
I'll get this all figured out sooner or later :-)
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|1st February 2007, 04:35 AM
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[QUOTE]the guy says that the push-pull configuration of the drivers made a surprising improvment in overall sound clarity !
Interesting question, If Vas is infact as important as GM says, should the pipe be 1/2 the diameter? Afterall you cannot reduce the length.
I am also curious about the idea of clamshelling the drivers for push pull, I am under the impression that minimal volume between the cones is the ideal way of doing it. Any thoughts
|1st February 2007, 06:02 AM
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If you put most of the pipe, including the end with the driver, into another room your output will be the dotted blue line below. This is taken from bjornos' sims.
As you can see, the shape of that output will be nice, but the sensitivity will be poor, about 75 dB 1W/1M. So this is not the way to go for a high efficiency sub.
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|1st February 2007, 03:37 PM
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Hey guys....
Well Cameron, I think we might be on different pages when we are talking about "push / pull"......
Their is the one type where the faces of the two subs are litterally bolted together, with one sub wired out of phase. This gives half of the cone surface area, of what the two subs by themselves would have. I hear this makes very clean sound, but is not very efficient.
In the push / pull setup I'm talking about, the subs are on opposite sides of the small box at the bottom of the pipe, and are therefor are just as efficient as any "two seperate drivers" would normally be.
Still, I sure would like to know how the pipe might change, for two subs to be attached to it ???
Right on kelticwizard, All in one room it will be then :-)
|1st February 2007, 06:48 PM
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Re: Thank you GM....
You're welcome!
Hmm, when I decided to go ahead and post it I didn't think to change the driver's specs to the Titanic's........good thing you didn't build from it since the actual dims are considerably bigger, 113.46 - 119.65" with much larger CSAs.
Understood. Obviously, you use what's available if you're not going to box it up in wood and since we're usually more interested in best practical efficiency than max damping, then the biggest tubes you can get, but unless you have very high ceilings you won't get to take advantage of the driver's low Fs. Note that with two of these drivers you'll need two 12" tubes 125" long to reach Fs, so at least a 15"h x 24" i.d. square baffle box. Pretty decent half space 2.83 V output or an IB response to Fs if stuffed. The trade-off being a <80 Hz steep XO required if not well stuffed (~1 lb/ft^3 polyfil).
If we drop back to dual 10" pipes to get a slightly smaller box, then performance below ~40 Hz rolls off, though it will only take ~half as much stuffing to get a 'close enough' IB response. If there's decent room gain this is probably a good compromise.
Right, a bipole layout to ~cancel out any rocking coupling motion and drivers physically reversed to average out any suspension non-linearities.
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|1st February 2007, 08:10 PM
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By '1/2 dia.' I assume you're referring to the pipe diameter reduction if the drivers are clamshell mounted. True, Isobaric driver coupling will reduce the baffle box and pipe Vb to 1/4, but the trade-off is 2x the drivers and power to = ~one driver's output, so only worthwhile when saving space is paramount IMO. As always though, YMMV.
Ideally there would be no air gap between them, but a spacer is required to allow for a sub driver's large half roll surround.
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Fairly nice campground. We stayed here on the way to the NASCAR race in Atlanta Labor Day weekend. We checked in fairly late and the map with our spot was in the drop box. Site was easy to pull through in the dark. Sites are fairly level although with the trees and roots around all might not be like that. No complaints and we would recommend this campground.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
We stayed here one night on the way back from the NASCAR Race in Atlanta, Labor Day weekend. This was a really nice and fairly quiet park. The interstate is nearby but did not bother us. The view of the large lake was great and with a Good Sam discount the rate was $22.50 a night (cash), which you cannot beat. Credit Card rate they charged I think an extra $.75. We called ahead that day and asked to stay and weren't sure if we would make it in time for the office to close. They said they would put an envelope on the door for us to put the cash in and a map labeling our spot, which they did. It was very close to the outlet malls and JR's outlet. If you are looking for a nice, peaceful getaway or place to stay and do some shopping, this is your best bet. We will most likely return.