Today, 6 July, 1944, the 313th Regiment moved to vicinity of St. Remy-des-Landes, then west and south in attempt to flank the German resistance but was repulsed by the Germans. The 1st Battalion of 313th put into reserve.
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Physicist, woodworker, and patent attorney, Steve Gass, invented the “SawStop” system ten years ago. SawStop technology detects when a saw blade makes electrical contact with a finger and brakes the saw blade before it can do more than give you a small nick (see the video ,below). This is an […]
The 313th spent the night under artillery attack. This morning, 5 July, at 06:30, the 313th Regiment continued south, encountering little resistance initially. The terrain proved difficult and slowed progress while German artillery and mortar fire increased, finally forcing the Regiment to withdraw to higher position. Losses were extremely high.
Note: Blogging will be a bit light this week because I’m on travel. If time permits, I’ll provide some details. The Washington Post featured AetherCzar’s hometown – Huntsville, AL – in their travel section last week. The U.S. Space and Rocket Center, home of “Space Camp,” has tended to eclipse […]
Late this afternoon, 4 July, 1944, the 313th received order to attack. At the same time, German forces located the Regiment and began an artillery barrage, causing many casualties.
[iframe: src=”http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=uwbantennacom-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=B002ESGLKE” frameborder=”0″ width=”120px” height=”240px” scrolling=”no”] This Land is Mine B&W (1943) Drama 103 min. Dir: Jean Renoir Stars: Charles Laughton, Maureen O’Hara, Geroge Sanders, Walter Slezak, Kent Smith, Una O’Connor, Philip Merivale. Blurb: A cowardly school teacher (Laughton) discovers there can be no bystanders when his town is occupied […]
Today, 3 July, 1944 the 79th Division attacked. The 314th and 315th Regiments jumped off at 0530 with the 313th (and Paul Farnum) in reserve.
Clara is a special needs five-year-old girl. Although she has learned to feed herself with a fork, her fine-motor-control difficulties have made spoon-feeding elusive. Until now. The ergonomic design of the Baby Dipper bowl and feeding set have helped this little girl learn to feed herself. Here’s what her Mom […]
The Allies have secured a tenuous foothold in Normandy. VII Corps (including the 79th Infantry Division) accomplished its objective of capturing Cherbourg and securing the Cotentin peninsula. Now the Allies need to expand the beachhead, securing enough room to maneuver to enable a breakthrough attack.
From the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Ten Tips for Streamlining Patent Prosecution.
Ettore Bellini (1876-1943) and Alessandro Tosi devised a much improved direction-finding system in 1907. [[1]] Their scheme deployed two orthogonal arrays similar to those of Stone. The key advantage of the Bellini-Tosi direction finder was a rotating transformer coupling. Rather than rotate a potentially large antenna system, the Bellini-Tosi system […]
Keith Cooper reports on an intriguing new theory for why ET has not phoned us yet, in The Frugal Alien’s Beacon at Astronomy Now online. Hat tip: Richard Harris.
Writing over at Reason, Ronald Bailey highlights the recent article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science which purports to rank the merit of climate scientists based on the usual metrics of articles published and articles cited. Then those scientists’ position on the anthropological global warming (AGW) hypothesis […]
I was wondering why none of my Amazon content was working for a while yesterday. Amazon’s still not talking, but at least I’m not the only one who noticed. Update: I got a nice note back from Bert G. at Amazon: There was a technical issue with our web site […]
This post reviews and highlights my ten most favorite posts or threads from the past month. June saw several posts revolving around the topic of ultra-wideband (UWB) RF technology. The foreclosure and reorganization of Time Domain Corporation, a pioneer in the ultra-wideband (UWB) industry, prompted a much-commented-upon guest post by […]
TSA humiliated an amputee mother, and traumatized her four-year-old son, according to her story, here [LINK BROKEN]. Hat tip: Radley Balko Update: Adding insult to injury, the mother in question was so traumatized by trolls that she deleted the original post (cached).
A prolific inventor, Lee de Forest not only invented some of the first direction finding (DF) antenna systems, but also deserves the credit for having invented the first RF ranging system. Realizing that signal strength declines with distance, de Forest proposed inserting a variable resistor into the RF circuit to […]
Here’s an interesting analysis of the underlying problems that led to last month’s stock market “flash crash.” Amazing what subtle data latency issues can do in complex information systems. Hat Tip: Paul Blair, Jay Garing.
In a post on Saturday (In Defense of “For-Profit” Education), I described my experience as an instructor at one of the leaders in for-profit education, ITT Technical Institute. I called it an “educational sweatshop,” a characterization which probably says more about the lackadaisical teaching demands of typical institutions of higher […]
Today, 27 June, 1944, Cherbourg surrendered. The first major objective in the Allied campaign in Northwest Europe is now complete. The German defenders inflicted great damage on the port facilities. Time will tell the extent to which the Allies will be able to restore the port of Cherbourg and begin […]
[iframe: src=”http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=uwbantennacom-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=B00006RCLG” frameborder=”0″ width=”120px” height=”240px” scrolling=”no”] His Girl Friday (1940) Comedy 92 min. Dir: Howard Hanks Stars: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Belamy Blurb: A devious editor (Grant) seeks to recapture his ex-wife and star reporter (Russell), and to prevent her from leaving with her new milquetoast fiance (Belamy). Comments: […]
Early this morning 26 June, 1944, the 313th advanced into Cherbourg, braving snipers and clearing their sector in house-to-house fighting. By 0800, the 313th had reached the beach in their zone. Throughout the day, the 313th eliminated scattered pockets of resistance and captured hundreds of prisoners. Paul Farnum and the […]
Friday, the House held hearings on the dangers and evils of “for-profit” education. In a recent Mother Jones piece, subprime mortgage critic Steve Eisman is quoted as follows: “Until recently, I thought that there would never again be an opportunity to be involved with an industry as socially destructive and […]