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Seriously? She had the biggest case in history with an airtight case and she really needed to hire her fuck buddy at a huge payday because she could? Hero to zero just that fast.

Trumpism has revealed serious flaws in the US constutitional and legal system, and how easily it is manipulated by the wealthy and the unscrupulous. The latest absurdities from Judge Aileen Cannon, giving rulings that can only be considered gifts to the guy who appointed her and are almost appeal-proof, is just an example.

We wouldn't remain an advanced economy for long if we did that. The USA is significantly below replacement rate in births/woman - hence the problems forecast with SocSec and Medicare. That is why all this anti-immigrant rhetoric from the MAGA crowd is not only evil, but stupid too (but is also why it works so well with the MAGAs).

Hi Gary, Some info for those interested: Watch SkyFly | Prime Video (amazon.com) Jerry Baumchen

John Sherman Obituary Published by Legacy Remembers on May 9, 2024. Skydiving Pioneer, Innovator Dies at 85 Skydiving legend John Berry Sherman (born Engle) was born February 1939 in Chicago to John E Engle, GM engineer, toolmaker and turkey farmer and Sara Jo Berry (Sherman), NBC fashion editor and radio personality. He was raised first on his father's turkey farm before moving to live with his maternal grandparents in Monterey, TN and eventually to North Attleboro, MA. He joined the Army in 1957, serving in Germany as one of the Army's first LRRPs (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) for nuclear target acquisitions. There, he made his first parachute jump in 1958. He attended Tennessee Technical University to study engineering but soon found himself engrossed in the folk music scene of Nashville, leading to a stint as a folk musician. An accomplished guitarist, John made his way out to LA in 1961, rubbing noses with budding folk artists such as David Crosby, Peter Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio and The Smothers Brothers while living and working at a famous LA nightclub called The Troubadour. He met his first wife back in Nashville where they owned the first folk bar and venue called the Third Floor. He eventually settled down in Michigan, working as an engineer for Chrysler Corporation. He was an early advocate for the turn to front-wheel-drive based architectures including his concept for what would eventually become the K-car-based minivan that Lee Iacocca introduced in 1984, a concept for which he was forever proud. In the late 60's, he was reintroduced to skydiving and became obsessed, often leaving work on a Friday afternoon, driving overnight in his custom Dodge van to a weekend skydiving boogie to jump all weekend and hop back in his van and make it back to the office Monday morning. Tired of jumping old, retired military equipment, as was common in the day and already being an accomplished parachute rigger, he began to experiment with equipment design. John invented the first modern "piggyback" harness/container system to be issued a single-unit certification by the FAA. It was dubbed the SST (Super Swooper Tandem, based on a nickname given to John by legend of the sport Ted Strong), which later became the Racer, revolutionizing the sport. As a leader in the skydiving industry, he introduced new design concepts, such as the pull-out pilotchute, main riser covers, anti-line-strip deployment bags, Teflon cutaway cables, the anti-float bag and container concept, the first truly elliptical main parachute, first tandem system with a 3-point drogue release incorporated into the cutaway handle and countless other safety features that have been emulated by other parachute equipment manufacturers. He was a founding member of the Parachute Industry Association, served as Technical Committee Chairman of the PIA, created the first PIA electronic bulletin board system, including the popular "rec.skydiving" forum on the Internet. John was the first U.S. skydiving competitor to Medal in what was then, all of the disciplines of Speed Style, Accuracy and Relative Work, in National Competition. He was instrumental in introducing Relative Work as part of U.S. National Competition, having written the rules for the original 4-way event. He pioneered Ten-Way Speed Star techniques that are still in practice today, designed the first 3-Dimensional skydives, and was largely responsible for the successful design of the first 200 Way World Record Formation as well as many other monumental skydiving formations. John was meet director for the first Thanksgiving Day "10-Man" Meet in 1969, later the "Turkey Meet". Notably, John has been a teacher and mentor to hundreds of riggers who now serve their skydiving communities around the world. He has trained some of the most successful riggers in the world. Virtually every major U.S. manufacturer has trained under Sherman or has consulted him to improve their products and processes. 1987 he started a new company called Decel and was awarded a grant to redesign the Mid-Air Refueling "Probe and Drogue" system used by the U.S. Marine Corps and Air Force. John received a U.S. Patent, for the design, which was to become the NATO standard. John lived many lives, more than most, and like a cat, survived many deaths including a car crash in 1964 where he died for six minutes, a plane crash, several parachute test-jumping incidents, a heart attack in 1990, a stroke in 2021, but ultimately met his match with a carton of milk (he loved milk) from McDonalds. John is survived by his wife Nancy, sisters Patty, Marty & Judy, daughters Margaret (Chase), Eliza Beth (James), son Johnny and grandchildren Quela & Thomas.

@the.Legend I have being using ActiveLook glasses as an altimeter for almost one year. I have a Viso II in my wrist and two audible altimeters in my helmet, so do not fear for my life in this experimental process. There is a way to create a MVP (Minimum Viable Product) with the software available on the market. What do you need? - Patience. I will not work perfectly first time - Full face helmet. This glasses are not airtight - Active look glasses. I use Cosmo Vision (discontinued) because they were cheap. But Engo should work. - An Android phone with barometer. I use an old Samsung S8, which has a refresh rate of 10hz (10 times per second) in the barometer. Pixel 6 and newer may work better, as they had a higger refresh date and accuracy in the barometer. If I am not wrong 25hz. Not tested yet I would avoid Iphones and Garmin as their barometer refresh date is of only 1Hz (¡¡1 TIME PER SECOND!! Too many things happen in 1 second in freefall) - XCTrack app. This is a paragliding app, but it have integrated barometer capabilities and ActiveLook - Subscription to XCtrack PRO (around 1€/$ per month). Being subscribed allows you to edit the active look layout. How I make it work? 1- In the XCTrack app, create a layout were ONLY barometric altitude is shown. There are more options as Glide Ratio, distance to a waypoint, etc, but I have not tested them (I am not wingsuiter) 2- Connect to the glasses through bluethooth, etc 3- Prior to the take-off, make the barometric altitude show 0. How? a- In the sensor calibration of the app, check the barometric pressure. b- Adjust the QNH to the current pressure, so the app thinks you are at sea level. Altitude =0 Jump into the plane, and see your glasses make some magic and the diference with your well paid altimeter. Things to consider. - Update rate of the activelook glasses is 1 per second. Do not expect more than that. - Adjustment of the layout and glasses will take some jumps. If you have a head mounted camera, helmet may rotate slighly backwards, move the glasses up and move the numbers up. Maybe you have to put the numbers down in the layout. - During the takeoff you will see strange things with the altitude shown. You have just find that your altimeters does not tell you all the truth in order not to fear you. Read about dinamic and static pressure, speed, and how pitot tube works and you will understand everything. - Do not expect Minority Report result, or fighter HUD. You will not see the altitude all the time. You have to focus your view slightly up and left to see the screen. This is easier and quicker than looking at your cheststrap (moving the head) or your wristband (moving the head and the arm) If you are intererested in making the same experiment than me, I can record the screen of the configuration steps, or even share a configuration file of the app. Make me know. This is quite experimental, use additional altitude awareness devices (akka official altimeters) as primary source for altitude awareness Blue and digital skies

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