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With the premiere of Top Chef's fifth season a little more than two weeks away, I really wanted to make it a point to visit season one winner Harold Dieterle's Perilla while we were in New York over the weekend. Though I've been impressed by individual dishes and the overall level of competition over the subsequent seasons, I feel like we haven't yet seen a contender who measures up to Harold. Maybe that's why he's the only winner to have seen a restaurant through to opening thus far (the fact that he did so within a year of winning makes it even more impressive).
On a previous visit to New York, we simply ran out of time to check out Perilla. Thanks to the wonders of weekend brunches and OpenTable, we were able to plan ahead and make sure that we had a chance to visit this time around.
What a great meal! I know the experts (chief among them Anthony Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential) look down on brunch and predict that you'll get sub-par food from a kitchen staff that couldn't care less, but that simply wasn't the case at Perilla. And the opportunity to watch the deliveries of fresh fish and produce and the kitchen's prep work in action gave us a greater appreciation for what goes into Perilla's dinner service on a busy weekend night.
Our meals, another Bloody Mary, and Harold after the jump.
Perilla's brunch menu is a unique collection of sweet and savory dishes that aren't available on the restaurant's regular evening menu. Blueberry and buckwheat pancakes compete with truffled grilled cheese and celery seed-crusted fried oysters for diners' attentions, and a handful of side dishes help to round out the meal.
After hearing so much about Dieterle's 'signature' duck meatballs, I found myself drawn to a spicy duck burger from the brunch menu (the meatballs aren't available at brunch). Fans of the cheeseburger at Palena would do well to take note – the ground duck had a silky richness that reminded me of Frank Ruta's indulgent truffled-cheese burger. The advertised spiciness may have been sacrificed to the physical heat of the dish, as the juices of the burger were still steaming-hot upon arrival at the table. But the flavor of the patty was spot-on, and the bun's firm exterior held its shape while yielding to a softer, chewy interior. If this wasn't burger heaven, it was a pretty good impression of it.
Elizabeth's entree, a Smoked Black Cod Crepe Tart, represented a completely different discipline. This tart was comprised of layer upon layer of crepes, smoked fish, and a creamy egg mixture all baked together. Served cold, it was an unexpectedly fresh presentation of traditional flavors, and the combination worked to form a great savory tart. It paired wonderfully with the Bibb salad – at once light and satisfying, a great way to start a weekend day.
One of the enlightening things about writing a blog is that it occasionally points out personal dining trends (even if it does so only after they've occurred). My pickled vegetables and Bloody Mary at The Spotted Pig on Sunday morning were preceded by a dish of homemade kirby pickles and a smoky Chipotle Bloody Mary at Perilla on Saturday. The kirbys were delicious, with a lightly sour tang and a crisp bite throughout – exactly as they should be to warrant their own menu item (and its $4 price tag). The Bloody Mary, though good, was nothing special. Once again the anticipated heat was underwhelming, resulting in a pretty standard interpretation of the brunch classic. I'm never going to complain about a well-made Bloody Mary, but I did feel a bit let down when this one turned up a bit flat.
Service was terrific – though the fact that we were the first reservation of the morning ensured that we didn't have to fight for attention. Realistically, though, the 18-table arrangement of the restaurant means that it's hard for ANY table to be overlooked for significant periods of time regardless of when you dine. I enjoyed watching kitchen staff walking through the dining room with containers of stock, vegetables and other items from the storage area, obviously en route to their prep work for that evening's service. And although we didn't see Harold while we were eating, all of the staff we did meet were friendly and knowledgable – two qualities that he seemed to carry with him through his first season win.
The space is small but elegant, with fresh flowers throughout and lighting accents that seemed designed to separate tables without isolating them. From the bar area up front to a series of round booths and then on to a slightly larger dining area in the rear of the restaurant, Perilla delivers a dining experience that reflects the upscale quality of the ingredients and preparations on the menu. With brunch prices running from $10 to $16 per entree and $3 to $6 per side, it's easy to leave Perilla feeling like you got a top-notch brunch experience without paying super-premium prices.
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|Bar Refaeli: She's my race.
Harry Ostrer is a medical geneticist and professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. His new book, Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People, argues that Jews exhibit a distinctive genetic signature that is central to Jewish identity. Jews are, in other words, a race of people.
Personally, I am not surprised at this because insularity seems to be a common historical factor across Jewish populations worldwide. Yet, the book aims partly to counteract a general uneasiness with the concept of "race." In particular, Ostrer seems to argue against a view that racial differences are purely social constructions. Yes, Ostrer says, human beings are 99.9 percent similar, but that 0.1 percent difference is important because that's where Jewish distinction emerges in physical features, ancestral origins, genealogies, communities, traits, and shared identification.
I have no problem with the notion of race as "population" and "region of ancestral origin." The problem with race is the problem of using it to express ideas that some human populations are superior or inferior. Ostrter seems to be operating in a post-racial sense of race, where we can talk about race without making it a human competition.
I also think there's no need to attach religious significance to the racial homogeneity of the Jews. It's not as if biological relatedness tells us anything about the patriarchs, the Bible, or God. If the Jews are a race, they are one of many races and sub-races. Humanity is internally diverse. The Jews, too, are racially diverse, and this is perhaps the most interesting and valuable lesson of the subject.
a 2010 paper in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The paper, in which Ostrer has an author credit, demonstrated "that European/Syrian and Middle Eastern Jews represent a series of geographical isolates or clusters woven together by shared IBD [identity by descent] genetic threads" (see figure, right).
The paper is very detailed, and Khan does a nice job explaining it. Let me first quote from the paper, where its findings are summarized:
The Middle Eastern populations were formed by Jews in the Babylonian and Persian empires who are thought to have remained geographically continuous in those locales. In contrast, the other Jewish populations were formed more recently from Jews who migrated or were expelled from Palestine and from individuals who were converted to Judaism during Hellenic-Hasmonean times, when proselytism was a common Jewish practice. During Greco-Roman times, recorded mass conversions led to 6 million people practicing Judaism in Roman times or up to 10% of the population of the Roman Empire. Thus, the genetic proximity of these European/Syrian Jewish populations, including Ashkenazi Jews, to each other and to French, Northern Italian, and Sardinian populations favors the idea of non-Semitic Mediterranean ancestry in the formation of the European/Syrian Jewish groups and is incompatible with theories that Ashkenazi Jews are for the most part the direct lineal descendants of converted Khazars or Slavs. The genetic proximity of Ashkenazi Jews to southern European populations has been observed in several other recent studies.The paper here challenges the hypothesis, based on an historical interpretation, that Ashkenazi Jews descend from eastern Europeans and Eurasians who converted to Judaism in the early Middle Ages. The paper's genetic findings indicate that Semitic Jews gained massive Greco-Roman converts much earlier.
The early history matters greatly, and Khan neatly encapsulates the paper's cultural and historical assessment:
In the time of Augustus Jews were divided between different sects and persuasions, and there was a welter of diversity. Additionally, in the marketplace of Roman religion Jews were a moderately entrepreneurial group. The dynasty of Herod himself was of convert origin. There was a wide spectrum of Jewish religious practice and belief, from the near monastic isolation of the Essenes, to the engaged but separatist Pharisees, and finally to the wide range of more syncretistic practices which fall under the rubric of "Hellenistic Judaism." Many scholars assert that it was from the last sector which Christianity finally arose as a Jewish sect, and that Christianity eventually absorbed all the other forms of Hellenistic Judaism. Judaism of the Pharisees, which became Rabbinical Judaism, and more recently Judaism qua Judaism, was shaped in large part by having to accommodate and placate the dominant Christian and Islamic religious cultures in which it was integrated by the early medieval period. Conversion to Judaism from Christianity or Islam was often a capital crime (though conversion from Christianity to Judaism was not forbidden in Muslim lands, while presumably conversion from Islam to Judaism in Christian lands would not have been, though few Muslims lived in Christian lands). So after 500 A.D. it seems that what may have occurred was that a Jewish Diaspora characterized by geographically determined genetic diversity, despite some common original Levantine origin, was genetically isolated from surrounding populations. This explains why there seems relatively little influx of Slavic genes into the Ashkenazim despite their long sojourn within Poland-Lithuania and later the Russian Empire. In contrast, the Roman Jewish community was already large in the days of Julius Caesar, and presumably intermarried with the urban proletariat of diverse origins. In an ironic twist these data suggest that modern Jews, in particular the Ashkenazim, but to a lesser extent the Sephardim as well, share common ancestry with gentile Europeans due to the unconstrained character of the pagan Greco-Roman world which Jews were to a great extent strident critics of.
Genetics, culture, history: all are intertwined. The lesson is that to call a human population a race is not--or should not be--tantamount to calling them a different species of human. We all know, however, that race has often been used precisely to separate and politicize groups of people. Postmodernist analyses of race focus on the ways race is politicized and used to political ends. The political, politicized race is often the fiction pointed to by postmodernists. I am, like many, a postmodernist about the interpretations, not about the facts. Now, a postmodernist might snidely question how/whether one separates interpretations from facts--and it is an interesting philosophical discussion that may amount to little else than sophistry--but the clear target is interpretation.
I would be interested to read informed challenges to Ostrer's thesis.
Footnote: The image of model Bar Rafaeli and the caption are an ironic--and attempted humorous--comment on the racial politics I discuss in this post.


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- Srimathi said...
By the time I was done looking at your post, my mouth was watering and I wished we could find gooseberries in the U.S. I would just have them with chilli powder and salt. The pickle is awesome.
- January 17, 2013 at 1:00 AM
- Chitra Amma's Kitchen said...
Thank you Srimathi. How about substituting Tomatillos for gooseberries?
- January 17, 2013 at 11:19 AM
- Priya said...
Wish i get this much fresh gooseberries, mouthwatering here.aking
- January 17, 2013 at 3:49 PM
- LG said...
I have never tried this before. I have 5 gooseberries at home now, thinking of making with it.
- January 17, 2013 at 4:24 PM
- Arthy shama said...
very nice maam... will surely try at home and let u know
- January 17, 2013 at 9:59 PM
- Apu said...
Delicious!! perfect combo - if only I could get my hands on some gooseberries here!!
- January 18, 2013 at 8:32 AM
- Jayashree said...
Chitra amma, how long will this stay good?
- February 13, 2013 at 4:30 PM
- Chitra Amma's Kitchen said...
Dear Jayashree,
I remember my grand mother storing this pickle in a big jadi with its mouth covered with a piece of cloth.
I prepared about one kg and it was good for about three weeks( we had finished it by that time!) under refrigeration.
- February 14, 2013 at 5:29 PM
- Jayashree said...
Chitramma, I made this today and absolutely love it.....in fact, I ate it with rice just now for lunch without waiting for it to marinate.
- February 16, 2013 at 2:20 PM
- Jayashree said...
Here's a link to my post on this dish. http://luvgoodfood.blogspot.in/2013/03/gooseberries-steeped-in-spiced-curd-mor.html
Thank you for sharing a keeper recipe.
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Common Medication Errors
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While we were decorating for Halloween this week, the girls & I made 2 fun crafts. The first is a hanging ghost. Maggie actually sat & glued all of the cotton balls on herself & was so excited her ghost could "fly" when it dried.
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We made each ghost different: The first, I gave Maggie a bowl of glue & she dipped each cotton ball in the glue & stuck it onto the ghost. The 2nd I covered the ghost in glue & she just stuck the cotton balls all over it. Both were easy, but the 2nd way is just a little faster.
Then, cut eyes & mouth out of black paper & glue on. When it dries punch holes & hang with yarn or string.
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So you think you may have a movement disorder?
I've been thinking about the best way to tell you about what it's like to have a Functional Movement Disorder – as discussed in last Friday's post.
In truth, just writing about what my physical self and I go through hasn't been easy. So I've decided to approach this from a more practical standpoint.
I'm going to publish a series of posts that follow the progression of my illness, so that you get an idea of what happened/happens. Within that, will be anecdotes about my experience, the different symptoms that arose and some pointers about what was done in response to what happened.
Hopefully, this format will be more helpful to anyone who is going through similar – or knows of someone who is. And I will share our learning so that you don't have to reinvent the wheel – which hopefully means that you can get to support services more promptly to help you manage your illness.
This week, I'll be focusing on what to do when your symptoms first manifest.
What are Functional Movement Disorders?
A functional movement disorder means that there is abnormal movement or positioning of part of the body due to the nervous system not working properly (but not due to an underlying neurological disease).
Patients with a functional movement disorder may experience a range of distressing and disabling symptoms:
Tremor – When an arm or leg shakes uncontrollably. Functional tremor is often quite variable. It may even disappear when you are distracted but at other times be very disabling
Jerks / Twitches – Some people experience jerky types of movements. This may be particularly in response to loud noises, certain kinds of lighting or bursts of pain
Spasm / Contractures – Some people find that their hands or feet develop abnormal postures which are hard to overcome. This may be a temporary intermittent problem (a spasm) or may be more chronic (this is usually called fixed / functional dystonia or contracture). Patients with functional dystonia often have a 'clenched hand' or a twisted foot.
Gait problems – A variety of gait (walking) problems can occur as part of a functional illness. Most common is the 'dragging' gait seen in patients with functional weakness of one leg. Other types of gait include a generally unsteady gait, often associated with a history of previous falls and a heightened fear of future falls.
Unlike other movement disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease), a functional movement disorder is not caused by damage or disease of the nervous system. It is however due to a reversible problem in the way that the nervous system is working.
This means that a functional movement disorder can get better and even go away completely.
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So, your body's acting funny and you have no idea what is going on or why you suddenly can't do the things that you could before. What are you gonna do about it? Here are a few thoughts to get you started.
Admit that what is happening to you IS out of the ordinary
Tell someone you trust – or even someone who just plain likes you – about what you are experiencing.
I know what you're going through doesn't make any sense – that's why it's a problem.
I just kept telling myself "I'm just tired is all" and looked forward to getting time off work. If your symptoms are stopping you from doing things that you normally do, it's time to look at the why.
Start keeping a Sickness Diary
Most of my employment history has involved working with children and adults with "complex needs" and "challenging behaviours"; requiring support services to be put into place. In order to argue for said services, the thing that has been required of me in every case is to provide evidence. I simply applied the same rule of thumb to my ill-health.
I started by writing the information down, but when the spasms became a constant element, I recorded the information onto a dictaphone because it was faster and easier to do.
Write down what happens to your body – both internally and externally – and be detailed in the information that you gather.
- Record dates and times.
- Can you tell when your body is going to go wrong before it does?
This can help to determine any patterns to your illness and help you manage it better.
- Describe what happens to your body. Are there different types of symptoms?
- Record the duration of the different symptoms.
- Get the people who spend the most time with you or who have seen your symptoms to record their impressions too.
This can be useful as they see you from an entirely different angle and may pick up on things that you're not even aware of.
Video as many of your symptoms as you can
Videoing can easily be done using mobile phones – which most people have and tend to carry on their person regularly enough to catch things whenever they happen.
This is particularly useful for showing medical professionals what your body does if you don't happen to be manifesting symptoms at the time of your appointment.
If nothing else, it's a pleasure watching the expressions on the faces of medical professionals when they see for themselves exactly what you're going through.
I'd been with my GP since the age of 15; but those intervening 22 years counted for nothing when I got sick. His response when I first reported my symptoms was: "That can't be right?". No shit, Sherlock? That's why I've come to see you!
He didn't believe me until I ended up collapsed and spasming on his office floor (Serves him right!): and then all he did was panic and call an ambulance. But as the illness progressed, I was able to show him the videos and use them for arguing for referral to particular services.
That's it for this week, Ladies and Gentlemen. I hope this goes some way to starting the discussion. Please get in touch if you feel there are particular areas that I should cover in this series and I'll do my best to incorporate them.
In the meantime, take good care of yourself and remember: Fuckerty happens! But you don't always have to bear it on your own. Let's see if our shared discussions can aid us to better physical and/or mental health.
Yours sincerely,
AKA Crip McWog™
This series in running order
- The Stink of Chronic Illness
- Functional Movement Disorder :: #1 – What Is It?: which focuses on what to do when your symptoms first manifest.
- Functional Movement Disorder :: #2 – Exploring the Symptoms: which focuses on symptoms of weakness & paralysis, tremor & spasm, contractures and gait problems.
- Functional Movement Disorder :: #2.1 – Exploring the Symptoms: which focuses on symptoms of pain, facial spasm and speech problems.
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Written byLESLIE MACMILLAN, New York Times
A Canadian mining company has come one step closer to building a mile-wide, half-mile-deep open-pit copper mine on public land 30 miles south of Tucson. On Thursday, Arizona's Department of Environmental Quality granted Rosemont Copper, a subsidiary of Augusta Resource of Vancouver, a crucial air quality permit, saying emissions from the proposed mine would not violate federal standards for carbon monoxide, nitrogen and sulfur dioxide, or fine and large particles.
As I reported here last month, the mine would occupy 4,750 acres of land in the Coronado National Forest, home to 10 endangered species in one the most biologically diverse areas in the country.
Opponents of the mine include the mayor of Tucson and dozens of citizens' groups. The Environmental Protection Agency has also raised serious objections, saying the project "would eliminate and/or significantly degrade hundreds of acres of aquatic and riparian resources," including federal waters and critical springs and wetlands.
That Rosemont has made it this far has led critics to argue that the General Mining Law of 1872, which governs hard-rock mining, is woefully outdated and needs to be altered.VIEW ORIGINAL ARTICLE


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b) I'm shocked that Mr. Bennett's words came out so clearly - I imagine it's hard to enunciate so well with the interviewer's privates tickling one's tonsils.


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The Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit are now exempt in Ohio, putting these sums of money out of reach of creditors and bankruptcy trustees.
The new Ohio exemptions statute that went into effect on October 1, 2008, § 2329.66(A)(9)(g), exempts from creditor claims in bankruptcy the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit claimed on federal income tax returns. These refundable credits can result in substantial tax refunds for working middle-class Americans with dependent children in the home.
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The Mounties are investigating the expense claim scandal that has caused a shake-up in the Senate and the office of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The police are probing whether there are "grounds to launch a criminal investigation" into expenses paid to Senators Mike Duffy, Patrick Brazeau and Mac Harb.
Harper said he is "extremely angry" over the controversy and news that Nigel Wright, fired as his Chief of Staff, secretly gave Duffy $90,172 to repay inappropriate housing and travel expenses.
Other fallout led to Duffy, Brazeau and Pamela Wallin quitting the Conservative caucus to remain as Independents in the appointed Senate.
An audit continues into Wallin's travel expense claims of $321,824.
Harb, a former Liberal and now Independent, is contesting a demand he repay $51,482 as is Brazeau who is said to owe $48,744, both for improper housing claims.
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One thing I have not been on top of lately is writing New Dukes Stuff blogs. The new items have been pilling up here at DCHQ (DukesCollector Headquarters, I'm trying it out, what do you think?) and I have been lax in my duties. Let's change that by diving in to one of the piles. We got some cool pieces in this one.
First up is a Motocross jersey from Thor. The front of it looks kinda Duke-y.
But once you see the back, you notice that it is definitely Dukes inspired. I'm not sure when this came out, but I am pretty sure it was around 2005ish. There is a matching pair of pants for this shirt, but I don't have them. I picked up this jersey for a great price.
The Thormx logos are all over the shirt. The front logo is rubber and has a cool feel to it. This Thor 01 jersey is a cool, odd addition to the collection. I love it when brands show off their love for the Dukes of Hazzard. Though it's two different sports, I could totally see someone wearing this Motocross gear while jumping some ramps on the DK General Lee bicycle.
Next up are a few smaller patches. This "I Love Bo" patch was sold individually. It can be applied to any number of items by any Dukes fan who loves Bo. I love Bo, we all love Bo.
Following the Bo patch are a few patches that were not sold individually. These odd little patches came off Dukes garments. There is very rare Dukes clothing out there, particularly Dukes of Hazzard Jeans and I believe these came off them. I unfortunately haven't had a chance to add any jeans to my collection yet, but I'll take small patches from the jeans if I can get 'em.
The first one is a jumping General Lee over a Dukes font logo.
The other one is a rebel flag with Dukes of Hazzard stitched in it. The center star is replaced by the "of." I don't think I've seen that on any other item.
The backs of these patches differ from other stand alone patches and that makes me think they were removed from clothing. I am looking for any Dukes of Hazzard jeans I can find, so if you know of any, please let me know.
The next entries are different pins from the golden era.
These round pinback buttons sure have been popular for a long time. I can remember making similar pins in wood shop class in high school. At that time I printed out an "nWo" logo and the teacher thought it was great. I'm pretty sure he sold several of them using my logo. High school in the '90s, weird. Back to Dukes. This pin has a lot going on. It has a picture of a jumping General Lee and a lot of words on it. It came out in 1980 which is early for Dukes stuff.
The next one doesn't have a year on it. Either '80 or '81. I'm makin' bacon with Boss Hogg. It has a great picture of Boss, and I love the money signs in the BO$$. Can anyone remember if "makin' bacon" was ever actually used on the show? I don't think it was. There are a few other round pinbacks that were officially released in the '80s. I'll have to track the others down.
I have to admit that I am not up on my Georgia Jaycees Delegate Dukes of Hazzard pin knowledge. There are a lot of them out there and I have no idea what they mean or why they were created. The owner of everyone's favorite mobile Dukes of Hazzard museum, Dave DeWitt, has a whole bunch of them. He actually gave me this one. There are different pins that feature every cast member, all the vehicles, and I think even some locations like the Boars Nest. They each have the words "Georgia Jaycees" and "delegate" on them. I have seen other similar pins with Smokey and the Bandit on them. I gotta learn more about all this. This particular pin features the General Lee spitting some dust.
The back has two pins on it. I have seen these pins bring good money on ebay and I've seen some slip through the cracks. I gotta get some more. Now that I have one, I want them all. Perhaps a reader or someone googling Georgia Jaycees can shed some light on the history of these cool little Dukes items.
Moving on, this is the larger Rodeo Sfondafienile, otherwise known as the Italian Stunt Buster.
Back in a post from 2015, I mentioned that I acquired the Autorodeo, an Italian version of the car and ramp from Knickerbocker's Dukes playets. This is an entire Italian playset. This set is basically the standard Stunt Buster, but it's produced by Harbert, licensed by Knickerbocker. For all kinds of info on the Knickerbocker Dukes toys, check out this post.
The artwork is changed from the standard Knickerbocker General Lee to this American flag roofed, Golden Eagle touting 69 car. It doesn't do it for me. Nearly everything else on the box resembles the Stunt Buster box.
Demonstrating the different kind of wheelies the car can do is the General Lee, not the eagle car. I'm glad the Gen'ral makes a cameo.
The Gen'ral also shows up on the side of the box. Some of the text is in English, while most is in Italian.
The kid is actually not on the American Stunt Buster box, nor the Barn Buster. We only see an American version of this lad on the Speed Jumper box. His Italian cousin is sporting a green and yellow stripped shirt and if I'm not mistaken, his collar is popped, Vasco Calcara would be proud.
Popping collars and popping wheelies.
This set is in very nice condition. It is sealed. Here are my two foreign Knickerbocker sets. I still have to track down the Rodeo Saltoacrobatico, the Italian Speed Jumper.
Next up is this standard looking copy of John Schneider's 1981 Album, "Now or Never." But there is nothing standard about this little gem.
This is the standard copy, and notice the teeny tiny version in the bottom right. That's what I'm blogging about today.
We are going to take this post home with an adorable plush version of Rosco's Velvet Ears. This is the rare small sitting Flash from Animal Fair.
Could this pup look any sadder? Maybe he's upset that he's not in Hot Pursuit with Rosco P. Coltrane! I love it, I love it.
Cheer up little guy, the Duke Boys will be driving though a Hazzard County speed trap any minute now.
The tag is intact and identifies our furry friend. He was created in 1982.
I now have three of the four versions of the Hazzard's greatest hound dog. The large laying Flash, and both the small laying and the small sitting Flash. I just need to find the large sitting Flash.
I blogged about the two laying versions last year. None of my version are in the box. The two small dogs are very similar except their positions.
They are just so sad! I wonder why Animal Fair made four different versions of Flash. Why are there three different Duncan General Lee yo-yos? Why are there 12x15 framed photos with and without the flag? Questions like these will never be answered. But they are fun to ponder. Maybe there was a big disagreement at Animal Fair as to whether Flash was always laying down in the patrol car or was sitting up and attentive. Perhaps they couldn't come to an agreement and just made both. Then Mark from accounting came in and said the stuffed animals were to big for little kids' hands but they were already in production so they just added two more sizes to the mix. I'm sure that's exactly how it happened. We have Mark from accounting to thank for the smaller Flashes. Thanks Mark!
Well it's not exactly as much fun as the different scale General Lee pictures I took comprised of all scales from 1/144 to 1/18, but seeing three different Flashes stacked up is fun. They all have the tag in different places.
Big Flash looks a little more angry than sad in this shot. Get these puppies off me!
This is my family of Flash hounds. I need one more to complete the litter. The hunt goes on.


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N° 44–1997: ESA astronaut Pedro Duque assigned to his first Space Shuttle mission
21 November 1997
ESA's Director General, Antonio Rodotà, and Spain's Minister of Industry and Energy, Josep Piqué, announced today that ESA astronaut Pedro Duque has been assigned to the Space Shuttle mission (STS-95) currently scheduled for October 1998. NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin confirmed the appointment during his recent talks with Mr Rodotà at ESA Headquarters in Paris.
Pedro Duque, 34 and of Spanish nationality, will be making his first spaceflight, thus becoming the first Spanish national to go into space. Duque, an aeronautical engineer, was an astronaut candidate proposed to ESA by the Spanish Ministry of Industry and Energy's Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) following a national selection 1990/91. He was then recruited for the ESA astronaut corps in 1992.
In August 1993, he began training at Star City, Russia, for the joint ESA-Russian Euromir 94 mission. During that 30-day flight (October-November 1994), he coordinated the interface between fellow ESA astronaut Ulf Merbold on board the Russian space station Mir and the scientific investigators and project management on the ground.
In May 1995, NASA selected Duque as an alternate payload specialist for the Space Shuttle's STS-78 Life and Microgrvity Spacelab (LMS) mission. During that flight (June-July 1996), he acted as the interface between the crew onboard the Shuttle and the researchers on the ground.
Duque is currently in NASA's Mission Specialist Class at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. He is however based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany. He will be a Mission Specialist on STS-95.
His 10-day mission will be dedicated to research in near-weightlessness. In addition to the astronaut, ESA plans to have a significant payload on board: five facilities for scientific investigations. Two of those facilities, one for materials-science experiments and another used to grow protein crystals, were previously onboard the STS-78/LMS flight for which Duque trained. ESA's three other research facilities will be used to investigate the effects of near-weightlessness on cell cultures, the solidification process in materials, and adsorption and surface tension phenomena.
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BERWICK, Maine — With 26-year-old Saco resident Jason Brooks and his father, Gordon, free on bail after being charged in connection with the hit-and-run accident that killed Deborah Archer on May 27, her daughter is making pleas to a soon-to-be-formed grand jury to bring more serious charges against the two men when they appear in court.
BERWICK, Maine — With 26-year-old Saco resident Jason Brooks and his father, Gordon, free on bail after being charged in connection with the hit-and-run accident that killed Deborah Archer on May 27, her daughter is making pleas to a soon-to-be-formed grand jury to bring more serious charges against the two men when they appear in court.
Speaking at a press conference outside her late mother's home Friday afternoon, one month to the day after her mother was killed while walking her two dogs along Route 9, Nichole Archer-Winship said she wanted the "maximum" punishment for Jason and Gordon Brooks.
York County District Attorney Mark Lawrence said the case will be presented to a grand jury after the pair is arraigned at Superior Court in Alfred on July 8.
"It's not uncommon for a grand jury to add additional charges," said Lawrence.
As friends and family looked on, some holding pictures of her mother, Archer-Winship said her family remains "heartbroken and devastated."
Archer-Winship has five brothers; she and four of her school-age brothers have moved into her late mother's home on School Street. She recently took a leave of absence from her job at AT&T to take care of her family at the house. She also has a 6-month-old son and 3-year-old daughter with her husband, Steve.
On Thursday, Jason Brooks was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, a felony; while Gordon Brooks was charged with hindering apprehension. The younger Brooks was released on $2,000 bail, and his father was released on $1,000 bail, state police said.
A woman who identified herself as Gordon Brooks' wife said in a telephone interview Friday that her husband was out and not available for comment. Archer-Winship said she was told Brooks' lawyer is Charles Walter Smith; no one answered a telephone call to a Saco-based law office under that name.
There were no pictures taken of either Jason Brooks or his father.
"That's just how it's done in York County," Archer-Winship said, recalling what Lawrence told her about the lack of pictures. She said Lawrence spoke to her early Friday but provided few details, such as when the arraignments would be.
Earlier this month, Archer-Winship and her brother, Roman, said investigators told them Brooks struck Archer with his van, drove away, then called his parents, who met him at Portland Glass on Route 108 in Somersworth, N.H. Brooks left the van in the parking lot and was driven home by his parents, they said.
Archer-Winship said the charges were a "slap on the wrist" and was incredulous about the bail amount, which she claimed was more appropriate for habitually failing to pay parking tickets than for being part of a deadly hit-and-run.
Lawrence said the bail was determined by Superior Court Judge G. Arthur Brennan. A phone message left for Brennan was not returned Friday.
Charles Putnam, an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire prosecutor, said multiple factors play into setting bail — including criminal history, one's standing in the community, the seriousness of the charge and the risk of flight. State police said neither Jason Brooks nor his father had any criminal history.
"The goal of the (bail) process is to make sure the defendant appears and answers the charge," Putnam said.
Archer-Winship argued Jason Brooks, especially, was a flight risk since investigators told her he left the scene of the accident.
"How is he not a flight risk when he ran away?" she said. "He's already run, and his father has already helped him run."
Lawrence said he could not provide details as to how the leaving the scene and hindering apprehension charges were chosen over more serious charges such as manslaughter.
"Based on the evidence provided, those are the charges that are warranted," he said. "We consider this to be a serious case."
Unless drugs or alcohol are involved, Putnam said, it is unusual for a hit-and-run case like this to result in manslaughter or second-degree vehicular homicide. He added that these cases often involve a long, difficult investigative process.
"It can leave family members frustrated with the system," Putnam said.
Archer-Winship used almost those exact words Friday, saying she was "angry" at the system, and that she is continuing to speak out in the hopes of changing how hit-and-run cases are prosecuted.
"Something needs to change," she said.


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A new version of FFTPatcher is available! (0.492)
Hmm, everyone had access to their next tiered job by this point. I see this commonly in a lot of patches, the problem is though that the shops don't really sell anything for Knights until after Mandalia and Archer's don't get a weapon until after Dorter, if not longer, if memory serves me right. To me that sort of defeats the purpose.
Sorry Eternal, I don't have balls....
edit: How do I get the new palettes to display in battle? I see the modified colours in formation, in pre battle screen, but not in the battle.


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July 16, 2012
We're not too sure, but this date definitely involved doughnuts!! We hiked doughnut falls. After our strenuous hike we rewarded ourselves by going to a bakery we've never been before and getting a doughnut. It is always fun to try something new!
July 5, 2012
This date combined some errands and fun activities. It was time to have our rings cleaned and inspected. We started our evening by taking our rings in. Next we played a ring toss game. We finished the evening by having some rings of lifesavers.


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So anyway, Natives have a long history of being "urban." Before being decimated by disease, warfare, slavery and famine, Natives were responsible for creating some of the biggest, most-populated cities of their day. Here are some of my favorite Native American urban centers...
Caral was inhabited between roughly 2600 BC and 2000 BC and covered 66 hectares. It's one of the oldest towns in the Americas in what's today Peru) and was home to more than 3,000 members of what is now known as the Norte Chico Civilization.
Kuelap was a fortress town built by the Chachapoyas, "People of the Clouds," originally to stop the expansion of the Inca Empire and later used to fight the Spaniards. It was built on the edge of a mountain in the 9th century CE (in what's now Peru) and included more than 400 homes, palaces and temples protected by a 70-foot-wall.
Chan Chan
Chan Chan was built by the Chimú in what's today Peru. Chan Chan covered 20 km² and was built around 850. At its height it was home to around 30,000 people. Chan Chan was the capital of their Chimor Kingdom which lasted roughly from 900 CE until 1470, when they were conquered by the imperialistic Inca.
The city of Guayabo was inhabited from roughly 1500 BCE to 1400 CE and had at its peak a population of around 10,000. Though it covered 218 hectares, only a small portion has thus far been excavated. It's located in what's today Costa Rica.
Incan Cities
The Inca had many cities spread throughout their massive empire (which they referred to as Tawantinsuyu, or "The Four Provinces."), the largest in the Americas until the European conquest (covering parts of modern Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador. The capital, Qosqo (Cusco), was founded around 1100 CE by the Killke Culture. In 1438 they embarked on a brutal conquest of their neighbors. Machu Picchu was built around 1450 and is the best known emblem of the Inca civilization. The beginning of the end came with the arrival of the Spaniards in 1538.
Olmec Cities
The Olmec were one of the earliest Native civilizations to develop in Mesoamerica (in what's now Mexico). La Venta was constructed around 1600 BCE. The little-excavated Laguna de los Cerros was constructed between 1400 and 1200. Tres Zapotes was built before 1000. San Lorenzo T enochtitlán was the largest city in the region from 1200 to 900.
The Aztecs - Tenōchtitlān
The Aztec city of Tenōchtitlān (not to be confused with that of the Olmecs) was later the capital of the Aztec empire (in what's now Mexico). At its peak, Tenōchtitlān was home to as many as 350,000 people living within 13.5 km², making it as large as Constantinople, Paris or Venice at the same time.
Mayan Cities
The Mayans were an especially "urban indian." Their civilization peaked in urban terms between 250 CE and 900. They built numerous cities, including Tikal, Palenque, Copán and Calakmul, Dos Pilas, Uaxactun, Altun Ha, Bonampak, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Edzná, Coba and Naachtun (in what today are Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Though people often talk about their disappearance, they still make up large numbers of the indigenous populations of people in the Yucatán Peninsula, Chiapas, Belize, Tabasco and Guatemala.
Mississippian Cities
Between 1200 CE to 1400 CE., the Mississippians built cites at Angel Mounds, Cahokia, Emerald Mount, Etowah, Great Village of the Natchez, Kincaid, Moundville, Ocmulgee, Parkin and Spiro Mound in what's today the USA. At its peak, the 9 km² Cahokia was home to roughly 40,000 people, making it larger than London was at the time.
Puebloan Cities
The Puebloan peoples' numbers peaked between 900CE and 1130. The multi-story remains of their towns are in evidence at Acoma, Chaco, Hovenweep, Mesa Verde, Bandelier and others (in what's today the USA). Teyuna was founded as early as 800. Between 1250 to 1577, Puye was home to a population of 1,500. The well-known Taos Pueblo is thought to have been built between 1000 and 1450 and is still inhabited.
Tiwanaku was inhabited as early as 1500 BCE. It was originally an agricultural village, but, between
300 BCE and 300 CE became a religious and cosmological pilgrimage site.
The 6.5 km² city is believed to have supported an urban population of around 30,000 people whose nation (in what's today Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru) was ultimately absorbed or destroyed by the Incas.
The Toltec's capital, Tōllān, in Nahuatl means "among the reeds," and is believed to refer to the high density of the city at its peak. It was built around 980 CE and within 12 km² supported some 30,000 until its destruction between 1168 or 1179. The Toltec empire was located within what's today Mexico.
Why no Hollywood movies?
One thing these ancient "urban indians" have in common is that their urban periods mostly ended by the time of the Spanish conquest. As Hollywood has shown us again and again, a movie about Natives requires a white hero… Only Apocalyptico comes to mind as breaking with that tradition, although Mel couldn't resist tacking on the arrival of the Spaniards, which in fact came presumably at least 600 years after the events of the film. How cool would it be to see a movie about pre-conquest Native American society? Young aspiring filmmakers out there, how about giving us something new?


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31 Days of Digital Mixtapes, Day Two:
Songs to the One I Love
When you think about the majority of mixtapes you've made in your life, I'd be willing to bet a significant portion of them were for someone you had feelings for or wanted to impress. That's why the art of the mixtape was so important. While, I must admit, most of the mixtapes I made back in the day were for myself, from time to time, they were for someone else. No matter who the intended audience was, it was a big deal to construct the mix. Take these clips from High Fidelity for instance:
My wife and I met in 1997 and have been going strong ever since. I've made her a few mix CDs here or there in those years, but I haven't done one lately. Every song on this mix reminds me of her in some one. From the song Goldfinger played live on our first date during our first kiss (the out of place on this mix "Answers"), to the song I played on my stereo while we sat on the trunk of my car and looked at the stars ("My Precious Love"), all the way to the first dance at our wedding ("Better Together"), each song on this mix just puts a smile on my face.
Hopefully, the songs on this digital mixtape make you think of your special someone. What songs would you include on that mix? Feel free to chime in below!


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Is This Lights Out For Traffic Lights?
Self-driving cars will change many things on the road, traffic lights just being one of them.
The century-old traffic light could be become extinct if autonomous vehicles become the most common form of automotive transport.
Traffic experts believe that a slot system — closer to how air traffic is routed — might work better for ground transportation than traditional lights once self-driving cars and trucks become ubiquitous.
That's the finding of an international study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Swiss Institute of Technology and the Italian National Research Council.
Traffic intersections are complicated because different flows of traffic compete for the same space. Switching to a slot-based model could be simpler and more efficient, the study said.
"A slot-based system moves the focus from the traffic flow level to the vehicle level," said Carlo Ratti, director of the MIT Senseable City Lab. "Ultimately, it's a much more efficient system, because vehicles will get to an intersection exactly when there is a slot available to them."
Where Does Liability Lie With Self Driving Technology
When new technology is introduced new standards and rules need to be set. A proposal has made its way to the Florida State Senate that, if passed, would set new insurance requirements for drivers working with app-based transportation network companies — a product created very recently in response to the growing popularity of services such as Uber and Lyft. Measures like this are created to ensure victims of auto accidents can obtain compensation, as well as to protect the party at fault from financial ruin. While the matter of ride-sharing had a relatively straightforward solution, the oncoming shift to self-driving cars produces a tougher problem for the insurance industry and legislators alike .
Autonomous vehicles confuse the issue of liability. If two drivers of traditional cars get into an accident, the personal insurance policy of the party at fault will cover the property and bodily damages sustained by the victim. But what happens if the at fault vehicle was being operated by a computer? Presently, the answer is unclear. According to a report byBusiness Insider Intelligence, as much as 10 million cars will be outfitted with self-driving features by the year 2020. If true, this does not leave much time to come up with a solution to the liability issue.
"Somehow or another we need a mechanism to allow for compensation from auto accidents" says Marc Mayerson, a lawyer and adjunct professor of Insurance Law at Georgetown University. Mayerson adds, "In theory self-driving cars would not create negligence liability for the passenger/non-driver/owner of the car."
For most drivers, liability coverage accounts for a large part of their auto insurance bill. Repairing physical damage to your own vehicle is a drop in the bucket compared to the risk of paying hospital bills or court fees when you injure another individual. Just as we're beginning to see laws for ride-share insurance requirements emerge in states like Florida, similar requirements for personal policies have existed since as early as the 1920's. In California, for example, drivers are required to carry at least $15,000 in bodily injury coverage per person, and $30,000 per accident. Plus, the state mandates a minimum of $5,000 property damage coverage.
If liability is taken out of the equation, it stands to reason personal auto insurance premiums for owners of self-driving cars would become much lower. At that point, who would shoulder the bill for liability? "One model would be to have the car manufacturer bear all the liability and impose that liability simply based on the autonomous car's being a substantial cause of the injury," Mayerson suggests. If an accident is the result of the computer's failure, it becomes reasonable to assume the fault would then lie with the manufacturer.
Insurance costs being passed down to automakers aren't necessarily good news for consumers, however. If the car manufacturers are facing increased operating costs due to liability concerns, they may make up for that by increasing the price of the vehicles. In other words, while autonomous vehicle owners may save money on their insurance policies, the cost may end up trickling down to the price of their new ride.
Ford A New Part Of Commuting For Ford Drivers And All The Others
SAN FRANCISCO – This is a first step for car companies to be connected specially in commuting apps, opening the door for more.
Ford is making a big push to get intimately involved with the daily mobility needs of all motorists, regardless of whether they own a Ford automobile.
In April, the automaker will launch a smartphone app called FordPass that helps users with parking and other services, provides live assistants via chat or voice, and offers reward-based programs with partner companies. Although FordPass can be used by anyone, it offers the most benefits to Ford vehicle owners.
Ford also will roll out four new FordHubs that, much like interactive kiosks at events such as the North American International Motor Show, which opened Monday in Detroit, are designed to showcase the company's various Ford Smart Mobility initiatives. They won't be points of sale.
"We don't just want to be in the vehicle business, we want to be in the connected relationship business," Ford CEO Mark Fields told USA TODAY. "Anyone can make an app. This is more than that. It's about a platform that has a digital as well as physical presence in the lives of anyone who uses transportation."
FordPass is a bold and logical step from Fields. Since taking the reins in 2014, he's been maneuvering his company to source new revenue streams in a transportation future powered by Millennials who typically see more value in car sharing than ownership. Fields has been particularly aggressive in pushing forward into autonomous cars — fleets of which may form the next great urban transportation network — and driver-assist systems, both of which he discussed at last week's auto-tech-filled 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Ford executives say that the 18-month project leveraged deep dives into a range of digital branding successes including Amazon's Mayday button (which summons a live consultant to a Kindle Fire screen), Burberry's in-store digital runaway experiences (bringing apparel to life for shoppers) and Nespresso's customer-centric strategy (which includes a mix of retail outlets and phone consultants).
Once FordPass launches, users can book and pay for off-street parking in advance. Partner companies will include ParkWhiz and Parkopedia. Using the app, another partner, FlightCar, offers the opportunity to rent out your vehicle for pay while you're away on a trip. FordPass will be available first in the U.S. and Canada, followed by specific European markets as well as China and Brazil.
Where Are Taxis Now Standing When It Comes To Uber
If you are in a rush, how do you get to work? Do you take a cab, a bus, uber? The answer to that question is changing drastically.
If San Francisco is any sign, taxi cabs around the world are in danger.
The city's largest taxi company, Yellow Cab Co-Op, said that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a December letter to shareholders obtained by the San Francisco Examiner. While regular taxi operations will continue, the company needs to restructure due to "serious financial setbacks" caused by mounting debt and competition from ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft.
The major problem? People just aren't taking as many regular cab rides any more now that Uber and company present a solution that's often cheaper and more convenient. "On an annual basis over 5 million passengers are transported in Yellow cabs," Yellow Cab President Pamela Martinez wrote in the letter. "We used to have more and our goal is to get them back and even more."
As Uber and Lyft recruit drivers with significant bonuses, as well as more flexibility in hours, the old taxi companies also aren't able to retain the best drivers. "We need to have not just more drivers but drivers who are happy to be behind the wheel of a Yellow cab because we offer the best opportunity to make a living in a taxi," Martinez continued.
Yellow Cab might be just the first domino to fall in ride-hailing's global assault on the taxi business. Many local taxi companies have lobbied for legislation to protect themselves against Uber, but the startup worth more than $60 billion is hard to defeat. It is striking that Uber and Lyft together raised more than $3 billion in December alone, in the same month Yellow Cab admitted it would have to file for bankruptcy.
Wishing For A White Christmas? Then The Best Snow Tires Will Come In Handy
Almost everybody has at one time experienced terrible driving conditions where they skidded on black ice or couldn't see through the snowfall where snow tires allowed him or her to arrive safely.
Assuming you don't read Suomi, the language of Finland that sounds like a mashup of Dutch and Klingon, there are few road signs you will understand when you're 186 miles above the Arctic Circle. But one announcing that Murmansk, Russia, is 188 miles away gets your attention, reminding you just how far north you are. Murmansk is a Cold War relic on the Arctic Ocean—to Soviet submarine warfare what Cape Canaveral is to spaceflight. These days, the Russian Northern Fleet occasionally moors nearby.
Then another sign we can read pops up on the left: "Test World Oy." Oh yeah, we're here to test some winter tires. Murmansk will have to wait. We have a cold war of our own to deal with.
The Test World Mellatracks proving grounds is a facility that offers year-round testing on natural snow, as opposed to the man-made stuff. During winter months it operates like any other automotive proving grounds, but with frozen canals and snow-packed fields standing in for the concrete and asphalt you find at more-temperate venues. In early spring, Test World stockpiles snow, filling its two buildings with about two feet of packed, natural white stuff, enough to last the entire indoor-testing season. We headed up to the refrigerated covered complex in late summer, as we wanted this story to appear in time for you to take advantage of its findings for the winter soon to be upon us.
The Indoor 1 building is a 525-foot-by-52-foot pole barn of packed snow that includes a lane of Zamboni-maintained ice. Indoor 2 contains a 0.2-mile, 30-foot-wide squiggly handling circuit. Both buildings have cooling circuits in the floor and chilled forced-air ductwork. On our test day, the inside thermometer read -11, as in degrees Celsius, or 12 degrees Fahrenheit.
Tesla May Have Competition From Their Former Employees
Multiple car companies continue to drive towards the finish line in the race to create the latest and most advanced electric car available, but there now is a late comer to the race that might change things up.
Faraday Future, a mysterious electric car startup taking shape in Nissan's former U.S. sales office in Gardena, said it plans to sell its first vehicle in 2017 and is looking to make a $1-billion investment in a factory.
The company founded by former Tesla Motors employees said Wednesday that it was eyeing several locations, including California, Georgia, Louisiana and Nevada, but is keeping the source of its development funds and ownership secret.
"There is a significant investor who has an international profile and wants the company to stand on its own merits before making the association," said Stacy Morris, Faraday's spokeswoman.
The company, which has about 400 employees, sees itself as a rival to Palo Alto electric car company Tesla.
Its leadership team includes Nick Sampson, the head of vehicle and chassis engineering for the Tesla Model S; Dag Reckhorn, a former Tesla senior manufacturing executive; and several engineers and designers who worked on BMW and General Motors electric cars.
Stanford Creates DeLorean That Drives Under Robot Control
PALO ALTO, Calif. –We may not have hover boards and robots as waiters but we are half way there to the future we predicted in Back To The Future II.
Despite the wishful thinking of the 1989 science-fiction film "Back to the Future Part II," in which scientist Dr. Emmett Brown and all-American teenager Marty McFly ride a time-traveling DeLorean DMC-12 forward by 30 years to Oct. 21, 2015, those futuristic gadgets still haven't become a reality. (No matter what Lexus says.)
But on Tuesday, on the eve of what has become known as "Back to the Future Day," Stanford University researchers unveiled a self-driving DeLorean that can burn rubber under robot control, suggesting the future might not be so dismal after all.
The car, nicknamed Marty after Michael J. Fox's character in the film, does doughnuts with near-flawless precision. The researchers ultimately want Marty to drift around corners better than any human race car driver, because if self-driving cars are able to function at the limits of grip, they may be able to avoid crashes in extreme scenarios.
"We aren't literally envisioning roads full of automated vehicles that can produce clouds of white tire smoke," said Chris Gerdes, the Stanford professor who led the project, "though that would be cool."
At an event Tuesday evening hosted by special effects guru Jamie Hyneman, co-host of the Discovery Channel TV show "MythBusters," Stanford released a video of Marty filmed at Thunderhill Raceway Park north of San Francisco.
How Can Your Car Help You To Drive
Car companies, now focus on helping drivers increase their driving experience by adding more features to their new automotive creations, but few drivers know what each and everyone of them are, if they were not mentioned in the commercial how will you know they are there.
While automakers are spending billions of dollars loading up their vehicles with technologies of all kinds, many owners are not using them and would rather use their smartphones instead, according to the first-ever J.D. Power 2015 Driver Interactive Vehicle Experience (DrIVE) Report.
The market research firm found that at least 20 percent of new vehicle owners have never used 16 of the 33 technology features that DrIVE measured. For the consumer, this means they are paying for something they are not using, said Kristin Kolodge, executive director of driver interaction & HMI research at J.D. Power.
The report looked at driver experiences with in-vehicle technology features during the first 90 days of ownership and was based on responses from more than 4,200 owners and lessees of 2015-model-year vehicles.
Features that owners did not use
43 percent—In-vehicle concierge feature such as OnStar.
38 percent—Mobile connectivity, such as a factory installed Wi-Fi hot spot.
35 percent—Automatic parking system, which aids in either parallel or perpendicular parking with limited interaction by the driver.
33 percent—Head-up display.
32 percent—Built-in apps such as Pandora.
"Tired and impatient, car buyers just want to get out of the dealership, often without becoming fully oriented with all of their new car's features," says Tom Mutchler, Consumer Reports' automotive human factors engineer. "But many high-tech features aren't immediately obvious or intuitive, especially when trying to decipher their use for the first time when driving."
Automakers Are Unable To Go Further With Connected Vehicles Until They Are No Longer Able To Be Hacked
Connectivity in an automotive makes it easier for the driver but also creates certain risks as well.
Connected vehicles hold tremendous potential for improving road safety while simultaneously reducing energy consumption and road congestion through data sharing over the next 10–15 years.
Unfortunately, that potential may never be realized unless there is a dramatic change in the way automakers and suppliers handle cyber security. The recently revealed security vulnerability in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) products with Uconnect telematics systems demonstrates some of the flaws in the current landscape.
Wired.com recently ran a report highlighting a flaw in the Uconnect telematics system discovered by noted white hat security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek. The pair worked out how to remotely connect to the vehicle's cellular modem, a key component of Uconnect and all other telematics systems. From there, they were able to access a port in the vehicle network that provided entry to vehicle control systems, including steering, braking, and other functions. The article noted that Miller and Valasek notified FCA and waited until a fix was developed before publicly disclosing the flaw. So far, so good.
New Strategy For Car Makers, Share The Bare Minimum With Tech Companies
Will the advancements in technology and automotive decrease in pace once car makers continue to share the bare minimum of information to get the results they desire.
Carmakers are limiting the data they share with technology partners Apple and Google through new systems that link smartphones to vehicle infotainment systems, defending access to information about what drivers do in their cars.
Auto companies hope that the vehicle data will one day generate billions of dollars in e-commerce, though they are just beginning to form strategies for monetizing the information. Apple and Google already make money from smartphone owners by providing a variety of products and services, from digital music to targeted advertising, and connecting phones to car systems will almost certainly extend their reach.
But as infotainment systems such as Apple's CarPlay and Google's Android Auto become more widespread, auto companies hope to keep tech providers from gaining access to a wealth of potentially profitable information collected by computer systems in cars.
Some auto companies have specifically said they will not provide Apple and Google with data from the vehicle's functional systems — steering, brakes and throttle, for instance — as well as information about range, a measure of how far the car can travel before it runs out of gas.
"We need to control access to that data," said Don Butler, Ford Motor Co.'s executive director of connected vehicle and services. "We need to protect our ability to create value" from new digital services built on vehicle data.