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"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actress Tamara Tunie spoke out Tuesday about being a real-life crime victim, saying her former business manager exploited her trust to steal more than $1 million she earned by working doggedly at a peak in her career.
Blasting Joseph Cilibrasi as a "menace to society" as he was sentenced to 2-1/2 to 7-1/2 years in prison, Tunie said he insinuated himself into her life by joining in birthday parties, weddings and other family events, only to use that closeness to embezzle from her and leave a lasting hole in her family's finances.
"Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?" Tunie told a Manhattan court. "As an African-American woman, roles are few and far between, and I cannot reasonably hope to replace what was stolen."
Cilibrasi, 51, pleaded guilty in the fall to stealing from Tunie and other clients, including screenwriter Janet Roach and Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern. Cilibrasi used some of the stolen cash to finance his own forays into entertainment, including investing in movies and Broadway shows and hiring a screenwriter to pen a script about a historic building, the Manhattan district attorney's office said.
Cilibrasi didn't speak at his sentencing. His lawyer, Gerald Shargel, said Cilibrasi has accepted responsibility and expressed remorse.
In pleading guilty in November to grand larceny and other charges, Cilibrasi admitted he stole more than $1.4 million from Tunie by writing checks to himself from her accounts without her permission and by secretly opening a credit card account in her name, then getting his own card on the account by falsely listing himself as her husband.
The thefts came between 2000 and 2009, years Tunie described as a career high. Best known for playing medical examiner Melinda Warner for more than a decade on NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," Tunie also has appeared in Fox's "24" and other series in such films as 1997's "The Peacemaker," starring George Clooney and Nicole Kidman.
Tunie told the court that she often worked three jobs at once, and that she supports her 77-year-old mother and helps nieces and nephews pay for college.
In cultivating his clients as friends, Cilibrasi "preys on people who believe they know him, who count on him for his expertise" and rely on his professional ethics, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Peirce R. Moser told the court.
Cilibrasi acknowledged in his guilty plea that he stole $75,000 from Stern by pocketing checks he told Stern to write to cover some federal and Missouri state taxes. Stern was hit with tax penalties because the money never got to authorities, Cilibrasi said.
Cilibrasi also acknowledged opening a credit-card account in the name of another client, screenwriter Janet Roach. Her credits include 1985's "Prizzi's Honor," starring Jack Nicholson and Kathleen Turner.
Stern said in a letter to the court that he'd endured years of tax trouble because of Cilibrasi, whom he'd trusted as a friend but now considers "a con man through and through and a born liar." Roach said in a November phone interview she was saddened that Cilibrasi "brought this upon himself" but was glad the matter was resolved.
Cilibrasi used some of the proceeds of his crimes to back such shows as "Legally Blonde: The Musical" and the Tony Award-winning "Spring Awakening," and films including the Tunie-directed "See You In September," prosecutors said when the case was unveiled in 2010.
Prosecutors said Cilibrasi also used some of the ill-gotten cash to vacation in Italy, Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, and to hire a writer for a script about Bannerman Castle, an elaborate building on an island in the Hudson River.


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So here it was at my former home at the front door.
|Planter/Water garden at former home.
I moved this fountain on my own before the movers came because I have worked years on establishing the water plants in this mini-wonderland. I wasn't about to let just anymore move it. I even rented a truck to help me.
At first I put it near my front entrance, but moved it once again about a week ago to a location on the back of my property near where I walk my dogs. I have placed a little table and chairs here as well. Nice place for an afternoon beverage.
The little spitting frog that helps keep the water circulating in the water garden had gotten kinda, well, trashed. So yesterday, I unplugged him and took him into my studio for a quick renovation. Here is what he looked like.
|Before Renovation
I decided to use craft paints to bring him back to life. I also wanted to bring the bamboo back to life. Without a little paint to protect it, I am sure it was well on it's way to rotting. I just kinda went to town with several shades of green, brown and blonde.
|Started with a base color and added color building textures. Added a little bamboo look as well.
Finished him off with a little gold to bring back the vertiginous look.
Here is the Before and After side by side for comparison. Big difference and it took just a few minutes! I could have gotten all annoyed by the lack of detail on the lily pad. But I just let it go knowing that it wouldn't really matter. We have to remember to do that sometimes. Working something too hard at time just kills the fun.
I bought him a new pump to give him an even fresher look, and quickly placed him back in his world. Here is is spitting away!!
Look at him down there spittin' away! He got his ribbet back baby and is lovin' it. Don't be hating on my for that black cord showing. I ran out of steam and have to go back and hide it under the white rocks. Saving that for a cool afternoon. The Heat! Phew! It's hot out there people!
Do you have something in your garden that the weather has taken it's toll on? It is amazing what a little craft paint can do to spruce up even the most worn elements. I don't know about you, but I think garden accents cost a pretty penny! Might as well get my money's worth for yet another season!

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Oh yeah. Did anyone but me order the Tomboy Box?
I ordered the box. Also, I have entered to win that skateboard at least 10 times on different contests... Maybe this will be the one!
Anyone received their box set yet?
Yeah i Got mine today it looks really nice. My record player broke yesterday so i won't be anke to listen to it until next week. Cant wait to hear panda's mixes of the songs and those acapella versions sounds cool too
You should post pictures!
i didn't really enjoy this album too much. way too much hype and the whole releasing songs as singles did not make sense. i mean a single is supposed to be one song, right? i just didn't connect with a lot of songs and that synth in tomboy killed the vibe for me
[quote="derekcollectbone"]i didn't really enjoy this album too much. way too much hype and the whole releasing songs as singles did not make sense. i mean a single is supposed to be one song, right? i just didn't connect with a lot of songs and that synth in tomboy killed the vibe for me[/quote] oooooh. but he released a ton of Person Pitch in singles too. I thought the new mixes made up for the familiarity and i thought the synth in Tomboy added a lot. My favorite is the torrential noise thing in Slow Motion. Thought PK did a terrific job on the mixes. Also, LNATJ was so fantastic!
I wish I never listened to the singles. But he did the same think for Person Pitch, so I can't really complain. I was just late to the party.
I'll agree that placing all of the singles in the first half of the record was a pretty bad move.
I'm excited to listen to all the new mixes on the box set though... Just got the mp3s.
yea i didn't listen to ac or pb when person pitch came out so to me those singles never existed. i just think its dumb to release 8 of the 11 songs through singles, why not finish the songs and release the album as a whole? there i have said peace. sorry for all the negative vibes i brought to this topic, didn't mean to bring ya'll down
here is a picture i found. [img]http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lty2p3Ua7Y1qac2zgo1_500.jpg[/img]
Guess i'll stick with teh standard white vinyl [img]http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/h422/tabelz/Photoon2011-11-01at1951.jpg[/img]
Scuba diving in chocolate syrup is generally a good idea.
You don't even need a mask.
You don't even need arm floaties.
You don't even need eleven mustaches.
[quote="Dave"]You don't even need eleven mustaches.[/quote] ... We can agree to disagree on this one. PADI would say otherwise.
Brother, can you spare a mustache?
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I haven't listened to Tomboy since it came out. I remember thinking it was amazing but I never want to listen to it. What's up with that?
i kinda feel the same way. i can't really find the rigth mood
i listened to it 3 times when it came out... put it on the back burn her... revisited it again many moons later ... and then one time in the car... and then the boxset so i'm pretty confident in saying it was PRETTY GOOD not as good as personal pitch way above young prayer obviously and above the s/t a disappointment in one way both over-rated and under-grated at the same time much like TKOL by RHED! down there blows the tom boy ' away! woah! DOWN BOY! mashy mashy!
Yeah, Avey's solo effort was pretty ridiculous this round. Let's see what happens next time.
"Down There 2, There and Back Again"
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Obama campaign refuses to drop 'radical' rabbi
Controversial figure dined with Ahmadinejad, called for boycott of Israel
NEW YORK – The Obama campaign is refusing to sever ties with a radical rabbi who has called for a boycott against Israeli products, has dined with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and was the first American rabbi to visit Tehran.
Reform Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb is one of 613 rabbis pledging their support for Obama as part of the presidential campaign's official "Rabbis for Obama" group unveiled earlier this week.
The Obama campaign website says "Rabbis For Obama" sees the president as an "advocate for issues important to the Jewish community."
"The endorsement of President Obama by the rabbis speaks volumes about the president's deep commitment to the security of the state of Israel and his dedication to a policy agenda that represents the values of the overwhelming majority of the American Jewish community," Ira Forman, Jewish outreach director for the campaign, told the Huffington Post on Tuesday.
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However, Gottlieb's inclusion on the list has prompted two conservative groups to call for her removal, a move the Obama campaign is now refusing to accommodate.
"The president's strong support of Israel and toughest-ever actions against Iran has led rabbis from across the political spectrum to express their support for the president and have committed to seeing him re-elected," a campaign official told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency today. "The president obviously does not endorse or embrace their every affiliation, action or utterance."
The Republican Jewish Coalition and the Emergency Committee For Israel have both called for Gottlieb's removal from the campaign list, citing what they say is the rabbi's anti-Israel views.
Gottlieb is a prominent member of the Jewish Voice for Peace, which the Anti-Defamation League has called one of the "top 10 anti-Israel groups."
The Jewish Voice for Peace pursues corporate, university and governmental divestment from Israel, claiming the Jewish state engages in human rights violations.
Gottlieb herself called for a boycott of all Israel products in a YouTube video.
She was the first U.S. rabbi to visit Iran on an official mission.
In 2008, she spoke at an interfaith dialogue Ramadan dinner with Ahmadinejad even after the Iranian leader had denied the Holocaust and called for the destruction of Israel.
In that speech, Gottleib explained the importance of the Holocaust and also suggested that according to the Torah, the U.S. should engage in direct peace talks with Iran.
"The Torah urges direct negotiations, acts of face-to-face reconciliation as the way to peace," she told Ahmadinejad at the dinner. "I pray for this insight as it relates to the government of the United States and the government of Iran."


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We track the injury news all day on Around the League. And then we compile everything, big and small, into the most popular injury report round than never lets New York bring us down.
Lot of big names on the list this week. Lot of fantasy impact. Let's get to it.
1. Atlanta Falcons wide reciever Julio Jones didn't practice all week, but the Falcons still list him as questionable with his ankle injury. Generally, players that don't practice don't play either. Falcons coach Mike Smith called Jones a game-time decision against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, but we wouldn't count on him.
Running back Michael Turner (groin) is questionable, but should play against the Cardinals. Linebacker Sean Weatherspoon (questionable, ankle) is probably out after missing practice all week.
A four-part series on player health and safety with reporter Andrea Kremer aired Tuesday through Friday on NFL Network:
Tuesday: Football's safety issues
Wednesday: Virginia Tech's helmet technology, The "Hit System"
Thursday: Inside Darrelle Revis' rehab
Friday: The lack of common safety standards in youth football
» For more information on player health and safety, visit NFLEvolution.com.
2. San Diego Chargers running back Ryan Mathews' status remains a mystery. He returned to practice Friday after missing two sessions with a neck injury, so that bodes well for his status against the Denver Broncos. Coach Norv Turner says he was "encouraged" after watching Mathews at practice. He's a game-time decision. Left tackle Jared Gaither (groin) is doubtful.
3. After weeks of speculation, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashad Mendenhall (Achilles) is finally back just in time to face the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers haven't lost since he left four games ago. He's probable. Wide receiver Antonio Brown (ankle) and safety Troy Polamalu (calf) are out, as expected.
4. Look for another heavy load for fullback Marcel Reece with the Oakland Raiders this week against the resurgent New Orleans Saints. Running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson are both out again because of their high ankle sprains. Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey (hamstring, questionable) is a game-time decision, but we wouldn't expect him to play. Defensive tackle Richard Seymour (knee) is out again.
5. Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak called tight end Owen Daniels a game-time decision against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but expressed optimism he would play.
"If it's up to me I'm going. I don't see why I wouldn't be able to," Daniels said, according to Tania Ganguli of the Houston Chronicle.
6. It's been a season full of injuries for the Green Bay Packers. They continue to be without safety Charles Woodson (collarbone), linebacker Clay Matthews (hamstring) and wide receiver Greg Jennings (groin), but we have some good news as the Pack heads to Detriot to face the Lions. Wide receiver Jordy Nelson (hamstring) is probable.
7. Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril is probable after suffering a concussion last week. Wide receiver Calvin Johnson is questionable with his ankle injury, but he's expected to play against Green Bay. Safety Louis Delmas (knee) is doubtful.
8. New York Jets wide receiver Jeremy Kerley (heel/hamstring) is expected to return to the lineup to face the St. Louis Rams. That should solve all of their offensive problems.
9. The New England Patriots topped themselves this week. A total of 16 players are questionable! The key takeaways: Wes Welker (ankle) is expected to play, but Aaron Hernandez (ankle) is not. Guard Logan Mankins (ankle) is doubtful for when the Indianapolis Colts come to town.
10. Colts cornerback Vontae Davis (knee) and tight end Coby Fleener (shoulder) remain out. The rest of the team, including Donald Brown and Robert Mathis, should be available to play the Patriots.
11. Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden (oblique) is questionable to face the Dallas Cowboys after getting hurt in practice this week. It doesn't sound promising.
12. Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew (foot) remains out against the Texans. He told AM 570 Friday he hopes to be back in a few weeks.
13. Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan says he expects wide receiver Pierre Garcon (foot) and safety Brandon Meriweather (knee) to be available Sunday when they host the Philadelphia Eagles. Garcon has barely contributed since the season opener; Meriweather hasn't played all season.
14. The Cowboys list running back DeMarco Murray (foot) as doubtful. There's next to no chance he plays against the Browns.
15. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Carolina Panthers matchup wins the award for healthiest game. Only one player (the Panthers' Antwan Applewhite) should be out.
16. Broncos cornerback Tracy Porter (illness) remains out. Defensive end Elvis Dumervil (shoulder, questionable) is hopeful to play against the Chargers, which is a surprise. We'll see.
17. Saints running back Darren Sproles is questionable because of his hand injury. He still has some swelling, but signs look good for his return to play the Raiders.
18. Kansas City Chiefs receiver Jonathan Baldwin (head, neck) is out. Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn (head) is questionable, so Matt Cassel will start against the Cincinnati Bengals.
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On April 28, 2003, a train traveling through the Rouge Park sparked several wildfires that killed thousands of trees and threatened rural homes, barns and historic buildings. Dozens of fire trucks and fire fighters fought to contain the wildfires throughout the afternoon, evening and overnight.
Dry fields and forests and gusty winds in areas remote from water hydrants fed the flames. In some areas, the flames spread twenty or more feet up pine and cedar trees creating a dangerous candling effect and creating flying sparks and the risk of jump fires.
Thousands of young trees were burnt in the Rouge Park, including many planted by community groups such as 10,000 Trees for the Rouge Valley and Friends of the Rouge Watershed (FRW).
Thousands of trilliums and trout lilies, just poking their heads above ground, were burnt. Nests of baby rabbits, birds and animals were destroyed.
Unusually dry conditions allowed this fire to spread and burn zigzag cedar fence lines that had lasted more than 100 years. Such wildfires will become more common and costly if global warming trends continue unchecked.
If the winds had blown stronger or the forests had been drier, this fire could have been much worse. Rural homes, historic buildings and more sensitive wildlife habitat could have been lost. Lives could have been lost.
We were relatively lucky this time. We would hope that CP Rail will take steps to avoid a dangerous repeat of this wildfire by:
We would also hope that CP rail will support the re-planting of trees to replace the tens of thousands trees and shrubs which were killed by fires started by sparks from a train.
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San Daniele del Friuli is a beautiful little community about 20 kilometers southwest of the big industrial city of Udine, located in the hill country where dry-aged hams are a tradition. Making prosciutto is the principal business of the town – perhaps followed by eating it. Even some of the flower planters in town are in the shape of pigs.
Although the Friulani love their asparagus (see my posts from May 2009), the only time I've ever eaten asparagus risotto in Friuli, it was made with white asparagus. The Friulani version was silken and smooth and very pale. Oddly enough, I had often been served cold steamed asparagus wrapped in prosciutto, and Pat and I wondered why we'd never seen a risotto that combined the two. Since we had some extra prosciutto di San Daniele available, I thought I'd see how the delicate ham would be in risotto with Grana Padano, a more understated grating cheese than Parmigiano. Local asparagus isn't in season, but I was lucky to get some plump, crisp spears that had just come off the plane from Peru.
We were pleased to discover that as long as neither the asparagus nor the prosciutto is overcooked, this recipe makes a risotto in which all the elements — the prosciutto, the cheese, the rice, the asparagus, and the stock — not only retain their individual flavors and identities, they combine into a delicious, harmonious risotto. We'll certainly be eating it again.
This is another pressure-cooker risotto, but can be made conventionally by steaming the asparagus for five minutes, and cooking the risotto while constantly stirring and adding liquid for 20-25 minutes. If doing it conventionally, you'll need another half cup of stock.
1/4 cup strong chicken stock
1 pound asparagus, cleaned and trimmed
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely diced
1 cup arborio rice
1/3 cup white wine
1 cup strong chicken stock plus reserved liquid from steaming
4 slices prosciutto di San Daniele, cut into 1/4-inch squares
2 oz. Grana Padano cheese, finely grated (about 3/4 unpacked cup)
1. Place rack in 3.5 liter pressure cooker and add 1/4 cup chicken stock. Bring to a boil. Place asparagus spears on rack, close pressure cooker, and steam 60 seconds. Quick cool pot and remove asparagus. Cut into 1-inch lengths and reserve. Pour off steaming liquid and reserve.
2. Wipe out pot. Add olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until soft. Add rice and stir well to coat with oil. Turn heat up to high and add wine, stirring constantly until nearly absorbed (about 90 seconds).
3. Add chicken stock and liquid reserved from steaming asparagus; stir well. Secure lid on pressure cooker and bring up to pressure. Cook for 7 minutes before quick-cooling pot to remove lid.
4. Place pot back on low heat and stir. (The risotto should be soupy and the rice slightly too firm.) Add asparagus and prosciutto. Stir to mix thoroughly and continue stirring over low heat for 1 minute.
5. Remove from heat and stir in Grana Padano, blending well.
6. Divide risotto into two 16- to 20-ounce shallow bowls and serve.


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Survivor Mud Run with my Wife Kristi and we had a blast… So much that I think I found a new hobby! (click here for the Survivor Mud Run Seattle Race Report) I am REALLY excited about obstacle racing first because it is a HUGE challenge both physically and mentally, and second because it tests every aspect of your fitness. If you have never seen an obstacle race or mud run before this video will give you a little taste of what the Warrior Dash is all about:
If that doesn't get you excited to work out and have a blast with a few good friends I don't know what will! I'm also planning on doing them all in my Vibram Five Fingers, because after last weeks mud run I really feel like they offer a HUGE advantage in traction, ground feel, climbing ability, and weight when wet. Anyways, I am REALLY pumped up and excited about the upcoming race and am adding in some additional elements to my routine now including some body weight exercises, kettlebell swings, plyometrics, and weightlifting to help me drop more weight quicker and get over those BIG obstacles a bit quicker! Have you ever done a mud run or obstacle race? What was your experience like and how did you train?


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Now, twenty editions later, we'll be revisiting that same theme: Irish Stories. Everyone loves a good story. Got an Irish one that you can share with us for the carnival? Show us that you've got the gift of gab - tell us a good story! Here are the details:
Of all of the colorful Irish characters that you've learned about throughout your search for family history or your study of Irish heritage in general, surely you've come across some good stories. Share your favorite one about an Irish ancestor or other Irishman or Irishwoman with us for the 21st edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture.Deadline for submissions to the Irish Stories 21st edition of the Carnival of Irish Heritage and Culture is Sunday, August 22, 2010. This edition will be published at Small-leaved Shamrock. See you there!


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Said By Aron SchatzHit print screen. Paste it into a program.
Said By inuzukaluvmine lol (sorry for using photobucket nya)
Said By charmander_10rasenkai 93 and i quote once said " how do i take a pic of my desktop
and my answer to this is obviously someone needs to help this man figure out that someone created an amazing invention causeing a specific moment to be trapped in time, this my friends is called the photo. what takes that a camera, who invented professor oak three years before the pokedex.
do work poliwrath!
rasenkai93 is now paralyzed.
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Parental Advisory is a new feature on Stereogum where we'll talk to musicians who also happen to be parents. It can't be easy to raise kids from a tour-bus bunk, or to explain to your toddler why random people keep walking up to you and asking if you want to get high with them, and we thought it would be interesting to learn how some of our favorites learn to live that double-life. And for our first installment, we talked to lead Fucked Up bellower Damian Abraham, who is a father of two: Holden (3) and Dorian (2 months). (Fucked Up will perform the Black Stage at Fun Fun Fun Fest on 11/4 at 7:55 PM.) Our interview is below.
STEREOGUM: You haven't had to tour since you've had your second kid yet, have you?
ABRAHAM: No. Well, we've been away. But it's just been short one- or two-day things, and four days in Japan. The first real tour is coming up in two weeks.
STEREOGUM: Are you dreading it?
ABRAHAM: Kinda, yeah! Luckily, we have a good support network. My mom and my wife's dad and all the grandparents have been awesome, taking Holden to soccer or whatever when I'm at work and she's at home. I think when I'm on tour, they're going to stay with my mom. So I'm not dreading it as much as I would be, thinking about her dealing with two kids without me. But that's the hardest part of a tour. It's the only real difficulty.
STEREOGUM: Does anyone else in the band have kids?
ABRAHAM: Josh [Zucker, guitarist] had his kid about six months ago. So he understands. But it's weird trying to explain why you want to do certain things to people who don't have kids, like why it matters if you're home one day quicker.
STEREOGUM: There's always a huge gulf there between people who have them and people who don't. You can't translate the experience of it.
ABRAHAM: No. The closest experience people have is having a pet. And that's nothing like it at all! With a pet, you can leave for five or six hours and go do something. When it's a kid, you can't. And when it's two kids, you're always on with them, at all times. And until you know what that feels like, you don't know what somebody else is experiencing.
STEREOGUM: Has it caused any conflict with the rest of the band?
ABRAHAM: You know, I don't think so. There's been conflict around touring and me wanting to be home, but it's hard because I've always wanted to be home. I've never been a big fan of the idea of being away from home, from people I love. Even when I was just married, I never liked the idea of being away on tour, so there have definitely been arguments around that at various times, having to be home for certain dates and whatnot. But everyone in the band, at least to my face [laughs], has been pretty understanding about what it means to have a kid. And especially now that Josh, who's always been a real centering point in the band, has a kid, everyone understands that it wasn't just in my head. But even then, people were very understanding about having a kid. During the pregnancy, the band would dry home and I'd fly home. They were like, "You need to be home in case Laura has the baby."
STEREOGUM: Before Holden was born, did you worry about how you were going to balance being a father and being in this band?
ABRAHAM: No. I honestly thought the band was over before whatever the next phase was, that it would be fine because we'd be broken up by the time I had a kid or got married or whatever. But the band just seems to go on. It's almost become better as there's been more things to fight about. Other people in the band are arguing way more, and I'm arguing way less. Maybe it's something to do with having a kid; I've given up my will to fight. Do whatever you want to do; just don't hurt yourself.
STEREOGUM: Well, that's something else. You're known for doing crazy shit onstage, but you don't bleed as much now.
ABRAHAM: That was something that was coming before the kids. I started changing my ideas when I saw kids trying to replicate my behavior offstage. It's not that I won't do it again; I probably will wind up bleeding again. I shouldn't act like it's never going to happen again. But I just hit a point where it was like I was relying on this; it was becoming my giant foam-rubber Gwar suit. That's when I started toning it down. I still love getting crazy onstage, but since having a kid, it's also given me a weird parental feeling onstage. Before, it was like, "Ah, let them hurt themselves." Now, it's like, "No one gets hurt on my watch!" It's less about aggression and more about trying to make the show as fun as possible. Having kids changes the way I look at another kid in the crowd. It forces me to accept the fact that everyone is somebody else's kid, somebody else's responsibility. I don't want to see anyone go home unable to carry out their day-to-day lives. I felt that way all along, but now it's much more in the foreground in my thoughts.
STEREOGUM: Holden's been to some of your shows, right?
ABRAHAM: Oh, absolutely. He met the Stooges! I've got three or four things in my back pocket for when he's like, "Dad, you're not cool! You're not fun!" I can be like, "You hung out with Iggy Pop once!" I'm holding that over his head for when he's older. I've got that security device for when they're teenagers and they accuse us of ruining their lives, unless they find some kind of music that we find abhorrent and not cool whatsoever. That's kind of what happened with my dad and me.
STEREOGUM: When Holden's at one of your shows, do you find yourself acting differently onstage?
ABRAHAM: No, no. I'll normally try and bring him out onstage at some point, and I'll be very careful then. I won't really jump around or roll around. I do the best I can to maintain the safest possible environment. But once I get him back to Lauren, the show goes on. The thing that doesn't change, whether Holden's there or not, is that other people paid to see the show. I'd feel weird if I was out there and playing to him and ignoring them. I think he knows that, at the end of the day, the reason we're able to do this lucky stuff is that I've made this my job. At certain times, that requires going to work. That's how I've explained touring to him. "You know how we get to do these fun things and daddy gets to be home all the time? When daddy goes away, it's because he has to, to make money."
STEREOGUM: Does your wife work?
ABRAHAM: Yeah. She's on maternity leave now, but she's a social worker. That's how we made it work financially. And then my MuchMusic job came along, and that became the way that we make it work, now that she's on maternity leave. She's got a cool job and whatnot, but with two kids, people want to be home anyway. And in Canada, you get 50% of your salary when you're on maternity leave.
STEREOGUM: How long of a leave do you get?
ABRAHAM: A year.
STEREOGUM: No shit!
ABRAHAM: Yeah, what's it in the U.S.? [Lauren tells him] Six weeks? That's crazy! Holy shit! It's the little differences between our countries.
STEREOGUM: When you were saying you though the band would be done by the time you had kids, I guess you didn't have to worry about health insurance. In Canada, that wouldn't be an issue for you.
ABRAHAM: It's funny. When Lauren had her job, we got all of her benefits. We got dental and prescription and stuff like that, and now we don't have that. But at the end of the day, the thing we do have is that no matter what, the kids are looked after because of the evil of socialized medicine. And actually, I definitely wouldn't have done all the dumb things I do onstage if I lived in America. That would be so much money owed! I don't even do that much bad stuff to myself, but I've had four hospital visits with the band. That would've been costly in the U.S. Whether you have health insurance changes everything. That would've been such a huge thing — whether you're willing to take a lesser job because you know that's taken care of.
STEREOGUM: What kind of music does Holden like?
ABRAHAM: This is weird, but I think his favorite song is [Fucked Up's] "The Other Shoe." It's not because we were playing it for him all the time, but I think family would play it when he'd be around, or I played it for him after we recorded it. I don't want to seem like a bad parent! But he also likes a lot of stuff that I find completely abhorrent, like Marietta Trench. In America, that doesn't mean too much, but the guy from Marietta Trench wrote "Call Me Maybe." That's the style of music they're doing — Blink-182 pop-punk crossed with Carly Rae Jepsen.
STEREOGUM: Do you really not like "Call Me Maybe," though? Really?
ABRAHAM: Every time I turn the TV on, that song is playing. For some reason, I still, out of habit, always go to music television first, to see what's playing. Growing up, my dad had amazing taste in music. He was into all these great bands in the 60's, but I still found a way to rebel. My dad was doing drugs and hanging out with Pink Floyd, and I still found a way to rebel, by being a straight-edge hardcore kid. No matter what you do, your kid's going to rebel and come back at the same time.
STEREOGUM: I'm curious how that's going to work.
ABRAHAM: So am I! I've never once told him, "That's bad. Don't like that." I don't want him to like or not like something based on whether I do. But every day, he goes to where Lauren and I have our computer and all our records, and he just grabs a 45, based on the cover. It's usually something terrible that's in my collection for some sentimental reason, and he puts it on and gives it a chance. Today, we listened to Doomsday Massacre, the old Texas punk band from 1982.
STEREOGUM: Did he like it?
ABRAHAM: He loved it! He likes the fast, hard stuff, which leads me to believe that he might one day like punk and hardcore. But he'll probably be all into Skrillex or whatever by the time he's older. Ten years is a long time. 13, at least for me, is when I started finding new things. Then again, not too much has changed in the last ten years. We got the new Bloc Party video at MuchMusic, and it sounds like something that could've come out in 2003. Skrillex kind of sounds like electroclash.
STEREOGUM: Is kids' music — music specifically marketed as kids' music — a presence in your house?
ABRAHAM: Oh, absolutely. It's unavoidable. As you expose them to children's media, they're going to hear those songs. Lauren and I both took a very firm stance that The Wiggles was not something we could maintain on a long-term basis, so we went with Yo Gabba Gabba! instead. We deliberately change over to Yo Gabba Gabba! when The Wiggles is on, so it's not even around. And it's cool that Yo Gabba Gabba! exposes them to other artists. Every once in a while, some band that I'm playing with is on Yo Gabba Gabba!, and it'll be like, "Oh, daddy's friend from the show!" We went on tour with Mates Of State. I showed him a picture of them, and he recognized them. The show is a real entry-point to those real pop-culture figures, especially to the music world that I've put myself into the last few years. They had Paul Williams on the show, so that's OK in my book.
STEREOGUM: I saw that video of you dancing onstage at a Yo Gabba Gabba! show.
ABRAHAM: They do that. Every city they go to, they get a music person to come dance onstage. They had Slug [from Atmosphere] do it at one show. My friend called me and asked me if I wanted to, and I said, "Oh my god, yeah."
STEREOGUM: Does Holden know that "fuck" is a bad word?
ABRAHAM: Yeah, we had to teach him that. Lauren and I both thought that if a word's not hateful, it's not a thing. But there certain words that cause other people to take offense, so we've got to tell him that. A word that you can say around us, in connection with the band, is not a nice word to say in public. That's how we've tried to handle it thus far.
STEREOGUM: How's it working?
ABRAHAM: It's working pretty good thus far. He's a very understanding kid in a lot of ways, so he's very cognizant of hurting someone's feelings. I see that in him. We haven't had any complaints in daycare or anything. But I think it's also that we haven't really had to expose him to parents who aren't from our mindspace, mostly because of who we associate with. His friends, at this point, are kids of parents that we're friends with, who know the name of our band. It's not like he's hanging out with any sort of religious orthodox kids who would be offended by that sort of language, or parents from the mid-1950s. It's mostly people who know, or who at least would accept, the name of my band. It'll be interesting when he goes a little further in life and starts encountering people whose parents might be a little more strict in that regard, how we'll have to deal with it then. There's a park near us that has a very community-oriented farmers' market, and when you go there, there's a ton of kids running around and parents with dreadlocks. This is not something that I was exposed to as a kid, but to Holden, it's completely normal. I think I would've been frightened to go to communal dinners as a kid. But to Holden, it's something that he was raised with, so it's not weird to him.
STEREOGUM: I think about that, too. The experience that we, as parents, are giving our kids is so different from what our parents gave us that hopefully things will just get easier. But I don't know.
ABRAHAM: I think so, too. That's what I hope: This will make them happier with who they are as people, when they start getting out into the world.


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Hope everyone is having a grand week so far.
I had a chance to fly for a few hours the 2011 7M Spitfire this weekend in 24-28 mph. To give you an example of the pull of this kite, I am 210 lbs roughly and was in the above conditions.
All I can say is that I am stoked for the new line of gear Caution is about to put out. Peter has done an insane job with the design as always as he has been designing gear since virutally the beginning of this sport.
For those of you who are fans of the 2009-2010 zombie which was a huge hit for Caution, the Spitfire has seriously put a solid mark on wave/freeride kiting. The characteristics are as follows:
1. Improved range (Zombie already had incredible range)
2. Faster, yet smoother steering allowing the kite to pivot more on the wingtips for a C-like feel
3. Improved bar/Lighter bar pressure with full 100% DEPOWER (instantly kills kite) unlike previous models which is a complaint they have noted and improved upon
4. Easier relaunch
5. Smoother across the window
6. So very stable similar to the zombie
7. Built Caution tough
I highly reccomend this kite to lip crackers and those who enjoy a fast, precision oriented kite with all the benefits of a bow for safety, yet higher performance that any kite I have yet to fly. Everything from the bar pressure to range has improved and it makes the 2011 Caution line a simple choice. One quiver, one kite model, every quality you need for unhook wakestyle or tearing waves apart.
Some may ask what level of rider should this be for. Honestly, from beginner to team rider/pro level this kite is for everyone. Just like the zombies have been for 2010, Caution has taught on these kites because of the great safety features and ease of flight. Advanced riders will excel with thi kite as well.
This is only the beginning of great things to come with more creative designs in the works.
The 2011 Spitfire will have a 5M, 7M, 9M, 11M, 13M and 16M for the light plagued areas.
Feel free to comment and please stay safe out there.


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Granitehewer wrote:Michael's not American, he's from New Jersey. Buahahaha!
Hey buddy, do you really want to start a discussion of what areas of our nations we're from?
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Granitehewer wrote:Michael's not American, he's from New Jersey. Buahahaha!
Granitehewer wrote:I'm from Teesside which is actually such a bleak dystopia that it was the inspiration for Ridley Scott's Bladerunner. Imagine Necromunda...that is here. Most of the population are Ugnaughts.
Deepcrush wrote:And people wonder why we don't want to leave where we live to join the city life.
Mikey wrote:It's the opposite - we've got these space-wasters coming from the city and making people think that they're representatives of what things are like down the shore.
Granitehewer wrote:I want Mikey in Geordie Shore with a T-shirt saying ''Mudd's women are the only women I want''.
Deepcrush wrote:A Constellation class??? I didn't even know they were around back then.
Deepcrush wrote:True enough, so a long range explorer. Not the best in a fight but she can sure run like hell.
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Another week and another hole-in-the-wall Mexican joint. It's actually been awhile since we have reviewed a Mexican restaurant, so it worked out that Steph and I both had the hunger for south of the border fare. Garcia's is a real small place located on Market, just south of 21st St. Luckily they had a nice yellow sign outside to draw your attention to what is mostly a stretch of run down buildings along the east side of the street.
Inside you will find a small, clean dining area with perhaps 8 tables available. The staff is small, consisting of two waitresses and one cook, but very friendly. Since it was our first time at Garcia's our server offered several suggestions to us. The menu at Garcia's is small, so small that it is actually just displayed on the wall. And just in case you are easily confused with Mexican cuisine several cartoonish-like pictures accompany the menu mural. What tasty selections are plastered on the wall you ask? Well, there are tacos of course, tostadas, burritos, enchiladas, tortas, as well as menudo soup. With each menu item you have your choice of several meats including carne asada, barbacoa, chicken, and pork.
Chips and salsa were quickly placed on our table as we mulled over the menu board. The chips were fresh and warm and both salsas were good. The red salsa was the milder of the two and had a rather unique taste. It was pureed and had a vinegar taste to it. Although different from most salsas, we both liked it. The second salsa had a bit more kick to it and featured tomatillos and cilantro. Steph decided to go with a basic carne asada taco meal and I went with the torta meal with pork. With only a few other patrons in the restaurant our food came out very quickly. My torta was large with plenty of pork and lettuce inside. Although I would have liked a little cheese on my torta, the abundance of delicious pork made me very happy. Steph's tacos were of the authentic variety and consisted of flat corn tortillas with carne asada, lettuce, and tomatoes. Notice that they were not smothered in cheese like many places like to do. Both of us enjoyed these simple yet satisfying tacos. Our dishes were also served with ample portions of beans and rice which were good as well.
So what could top off this great lunch you ask? How about the fact that it only cost us about $14 and both of us left stuffed. Garcia's is a friendly place where one can come to enjoy a simple and cheap good eat. Unfortunately Garcia's has limited hours and is only open till 3 pm daily. But that still gives you plenty of time to drop by for an enjoyable lunch off the beaten path.


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August 16, 2010
Ben Sharp spends his days on the phone telling people about Sauvignon Blanc wine from Captûre Wines in Healdsburg, California. It's exceptional wine with a great story that begins even before Sharp earned his MBA at UCLA Anderson. It's a story of a young man with a degree in literature from Duke University who patiently navigated the financial world before seizing a rare opportunity to revitalize a 150-year-old vineyard and produce world class wines.
After graduating from Duke, Sharp put writing ambitions aside and landed a job in business development with Merrill Lynch. He found this to be a great environment for learning lessons that would serve him well down the line. "I really learned how business works," he said. "I learned finance, product development, sales and customer service."
After three-and-a-half years at Merrill Lynch, Sharp moved to Solomon Smith Barney where he spent two more years building his skills and resume. Then, Sharp felt the need to make a change in his career. He left the financial world, moved to Colorado and reflected on what he wanted to do for the next five years. He wrote and climbed mountains.
"I felt that I had become too focused on financial markets," he said. "I wanted to do something that better reflected my upbringing and interests." A strong sense of curiosity compelled him to see what other career options might be available. He considered getting an MBA and sent a round of applications to business schools. He pondered joining the Peace Corps. After six months and much consideration, Sharp enrolled at UCLA Anderson. He was particularly attracted by the entrepreneurial focus of the Price Center. "I was starting to realize that I wanted to have my own business," he said.
Sharp found two courses particularly compelling at UCLA Anderson. One was Marketing Management where he gained a broader perspective on what it means to create and nuture a successful product or brand. The other was Business Strategy where he learned to recognize opportunities for business creation and development. "Those two courses really gave me the foundation I needed to start a business," he said.
"Al Osborne was my field study advisor and I took Entrepreneurial Ventures with him," said Sharp. "He said, 'Look, these are the pieces you need to start a business and this is how you put them together. You can project where that business is going and figure out what success will look like in three to five years.'"
Sharp also joined a program at Anderson that took him to visit CEOs every few weeks. "We learned about different businesses and saw how to put theory into practice. I learned that, regardless of the industry, the principles are the same. It's about chemistry on the management team. It's about clarity of vision. It's about creating a sound business plan. It's about understanding your market and your customers. The basics are the same no matter what you are doing. Those experiences were critical for me."
"Candidly," he continued, "the most important thing about Anderson for me was the relationships. The courses were wonderful but you're also building relationships that last a lifetime. I still get together regularly with a bunch of my classmates."
Coming out of Anderson, Sharp joined the Mitchell Madison Group (MMG), a global management consulting firm based in San Francisco. "It was like an extension of business school," said Sharp. "We worked in teams on fascinating projects with some of the best businesses in the world."
But MMG folded in 2001 - a casualty of the dotcom collapse. Like many of his classmates in that difficult year, Sharp was suddenly without a job.
"I went through my second self-evaluation period," he recalls. Looking for a new vision for his future, Sharp went through his Rolodex and began calling friends and acquaintances to find out what they were doing. One call was to a former ambassador to Spain who Sharp had met through his father. The conversation piqued Sharp's curiosity about Spain and prompted another hiatus for travel and reflection.
"I bought a one-way ticket to Madrid and rented a 600 square-foot flat with two other guys," he recalled. Sharp traveled around Spain and wrote about his experiences. "I really wanted to get to know Spain. And I found a writer's voice that I hadn't had in ten years."
Sharp's connection with the former ambassador led to a volunteer position with an organization called FRIDE, which is also known as the Club of Madrid. The organization is a collaboration among former heads of state to advance democracy among developing nations.
"It was a life changing experience," said Sharp. "I got to meet about 25 former heads of state. They were working to help nations write constitutions and create the infrastructure for democracy. Of course they use the U.S. Constitution as a blueprint. It was fascinating just being in the room and listening to these conversations."
As much as he enjoyed Spain, Sharp felt that his future remained in the Bay Area so he began looking for work there and planning his return. "I love the Bay Area," he said. "I love the sense of creativity and innovation both in Silicon Valley and north of the bridge. So I looked for a job in strategic marketing."
Less than a month after returning to San Francisco, Sharp found an opportunity at Charles Schwab. During that time, he met Tara, his future wife.
With extensive background in the wine industry, Tara introduced Sharp to industry leaders including Jess Jackson, founder of the well-known Kendall-Jackson Winery. "Jess offered me a job," recalled Sharp. "He called me the day after Thanksgiving and it was one of the most memorable conversations in my life. He said, 'Ben I'd like to offer you a job. I'd like you to work for me.' I said, 'Great, what am I going to do?' And he, 'Well I'm not sure but we'll figure it out.' And I said, 'How much am I going to get paid?' He said, 'I don't know that either.' And I said, 'I accept.'"
Thus began Sharp's apprenticeship under an icon in the wine business. He attended meetings with Jackson, traveled with him and looked at all the business deals that came across his desk. With the title managing director of Kendall-Jackson, Sharp learned the wine business.
After a year and a half, Jackson asked Sharp to find himself a job in the organization. Rather than finding one, he created one by developing a wine country experience called Fifth Leaf. It was like a backstage pass to wine country. Guests were invited to tour the vineyards and meet the winemakers.
But, after a year or so, Jackson told Sharp that the project was not big enough. "Jess likes to build $100 million businesses and this looked to be a $10 million business,'" said Sharp. Asked to find another role for himself at Kendall-Jackson, Sharp decided it was time to leave. Now married, Ben and Tara Sharp started a consulting firm. They soon found clients in and out of the wine business.
Toward the end of 2007, the Sharps were introduced to Mike Foster who was considering buying the historic Tin Cross Vineyards in Sonoma County and wondered whether it had commercial potential. It took Ben and Tara less than two months to develop a compelling business plan for restoring the vineyards and making ultra premium wines. Foster acquired Tin Cross Vineyards and the Sharps joined him in creating Captûre Wines.
One of the first steps was to find the winemaker. "We did a lot of research to find someone who could make the kinds of wines that suited our vineyard," he recalled. They made a list of three or four names and Tara Sharp reached out to the first choice, Denis Malbec, a well-known vintner from Bordeaux. She left a voicemail message that was unanswered for a week. Then, they received a call from Denis' wife May-Britt. It turned out they would love to come and learn about the new winery.
A shared vision quickly developed when the Malbecs toured the vineyards and listened to the Sharps describe the Captûre brand. "We just hit it off," said Ben. Denis and May-Britt both joined the young venture to oversee winemaking.
Denis brought traditional Bordeaux winemaking practices. "There's a certain way of making wine in Bordeaux," Sharp explained. "It's how you irrigate. How you prune. How you sort your fruit. What yeast you use. What kind of barrels you use. We think that Bordeaux winemaking traditions work best with our site and with the kind of wines we're trying to make."
The Sharps then invited grape grower Glenn Alexander to visit the vineyard. "When he met Denis Malbec," recalled Sharp, "they each pulled out their clippers and talked about how to shape a vine. Within a half hour, we were done. The team was set."
The existing grapes on the estate yielded 500 cases of Sauvignon Blanc in the spring of 2009. The wine was custom crushed under Malbec's supervision at a nearby winery and was well-received by customers and critics. Captûre is already in almost half the Michelin star-rated restaurants in the Bay Area. Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux wines will be released in the spring of 2011.
Malbec says there are dozens of inflection points in the winemaking process where quality can be gained or lost. "We have agreed to choose quality whenever possible," said Sharp, who believes that the relatively high-altitude of the vineyard and the diversity of soils on the property will also contribute to exceptional wines. "We discovered 17 different soil types on the property," said Sharp. "That is tremendous diversity. It's like having a wonderful broad palette from which to pick colors."
Sharp says that the wine business combines the mix of creative and business challenges that appealed to him as he pondered career options over the years. "This is truly what I have always wanted to do," he said. While serving as CEO of Captûre Wines, he is also raising a seven month-old daughter and competing in triathlons. But should he ever desire new challenges, Sharp says he is prepared to take a bit more time out from his career to travel, write and reflect. "I really hope to do that again someday," he said.


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TASHA DISCOVERS THAT RICK MAY LOSE HIS JOB / MICHAEL BOATMAN ("SPIN CITY") GUEST STARS � Tasha (Wendy Raquel Robinson) finds out that Rick's (Rick Fox) job is in jeopardy so she does everything in her power to prevent that from happening. Malik (Hosea Chanchez) is obsessed with learning everything there is to know about his father (Boatman) and why they were apart all of these years. Melanie (Tia Mowry) comes to the conclusion that the only reason Derwin (Pooch Hall) is back together with Janay (guest star Gabrielle Dennis) is to teach Melanie a lesson. Brittany Daniel and Coby Bell also star. Salim Akil directed the episode written by Hale Rothstein (#40596-057).


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"Our engineering teams tested this technology for thousands of miles in many parts of the country to help ensure it performs on a wide range of roads with different lane markings." –Michael Kane, vehicle engineering supervisor for driver assistance technologies, Ford Motor Co., discussing the company's new Lane Keeping System
Lane departure warning (LDW) technology is nothing new to the trucking industry – heck, it's been proven a life and money saver for nearly half a decade now by some fleets. Yet it's still something of a rarity for the everyday motorist, as up to this point at least, such systems are offered only on pricey luxury vehicles such as those built by Mercedes Benz.
No more, however.
Starting next year, Ford Motor Co., for example, is going to roll out an optional suite of what it calls "lane keeping technologies" on its 2012 model Explorer sport utility vehicle (SUV) – systems that detect drowsy drivers, helps them stay alert and stay within their lane. And I can bet that, over time, this package is going to migrate to other Ford models as well.
[Here's a video overview of the technologies involved within Ford's "lane keeping" suite.]
The reason for Ford's "lane keeping" push – and that of other light vehicle makers as well – is pretty simple: more than 40% of Americans admit to falling asleep or "nodding off" while driving, according to a survey conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
Thus, as you can see, "drowsy driving" is not a problem solely associated with truck drivers – though some in the safety community sure try to paint it that way.
[Irrelevant tangent alert: Of course, the headline for this post features yet another clever attempt to parody another famous song from the past … courtesy of the Everly Brothers.]
Ford's Lane Keeping System, by the way, is actually an amalgam of three technologies that are designed to work in concert to help drivers stay in control behind the wheel, including a Driver Alert System that can notify drivers if it detects signs of drowsiness.
[And if that particular technology detects drowsiness, a coffee cup light appears on the dashboard instrument cluster to suggest the driver take a break … how apropos!]
Like the Iteris LDW package familiar to many truckers, Ford's Lane Keeping System uses a small forward-facing camera mounted on the windshield behind the rear view mirror, and is able to identify lane markings on both sides of the vehicle.
[Here's a video detailing how Iteris' LDW system works.]
When the vehicle is on the move, the camera looks at the road ahead and predicts where the vehicle should be positioned relative to the lane markings, explained Raj Nair, Ford's vp-engineering for global product development.
The camera, of course, is also tied into the Driver Alert System, monitoring the vehicle's movement against lane markings. If it detects a driving pattern consistent with a drowsy driver (weaving across the lane dividers, for example), a first-level chime will sound and a coffee cup warning will appear on the dashboard instrument cluster to recommend the driver take a break.
If the driver does not respond to this alert and the system continues to sense the driver is fatigued, said Nair, another chime sounds and coffee cup appears on the dash. Once a driver stops and either opens the door or turns off the engine, the system resets itself.
The Lane Keeping Alert part of the system warns the driver by vibrating the steering wheel and sounding a warning chime, while the Lane Keeping Aid function warns the driver by applying torque at the steering wheel to direct the vehicle back into the lane, Nair noted.
When the driver activates the turn signal, though, the system is deactivated so that the vehicle can change lanes without intervention. The driver can override the Lane Keeping Aid at any time through counter steering, hard braking or fast accelerating, Nair pointed out.
In these cases, the system recognizes that the driver has intentionally changed lanes. While steering torque is being applied, the system also can display a warning if a torque sensor determines the driver may not have his or her hands on the steering wheel based on the driver's steering efforts.
If the system still detects the driver's hands may be off the wheel after a few seconds, an audible chime is played to help prevent drivers from inappropriately relying on the Lane Keeping Aid, he added.
One interesting thing about Ford's system is the "sensitivity" of its settings can be adjusted between normal and increased, which moves the "warning zones" in closer to the center of the lane. The intensity of the steering wheel vibrations can also be adjusted as well, to between low, medium and high. Nair pointed out that the "last-known" setting for each selection is stored so it does not have to be set each time the system is activated.
Ford's Lane Keeping System must be turned on by the driver, and will stay on unless the driver turns them off, working both day and night with low-beam headlights. Dashed lines, like those on highways, will appear when the system is activated, said Nair.
There are other visual aids as well, he added. For example, a green line indicates the system is available and ready to provide a warning. A flashing yellow line means the system has just provided a Lane Keeping Aid warning, while a flashing red line notifies the driver of a Lane Keeping Alert warning.
Gray lines, however, indicate the system is suppressed because the vehicle is traveling at less than the 40-mph activation speed, the road is poorly marked, or adverse environmental conditions do not allow the camera to determine road markings.
Altogether, it's pretty neat stuff. More importantly, though, Ford's package highlights the need among everyday motorists for the same systems truckers have now been using for several years – a need heightened by the fact that "four wheelers" overwhelmingly tend to be the responsible party in truck-car collisions.
Indeed, accident research conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) several years ago showed in 73% of the truck-car crashes studied, no unsafe act on the part of the truck driver caused the accident.
Other crash data compiled form that research indicated that that car drivers are four times more likely to rear end a truck than truckers are to rear end cars; are 10 times more likely to crash into a truck head on than vice versa; are three times more likely to speed in poor road conditions than truck drivers; and are eight times more likely to be involved in crashes involving drowsiness than truckers.
Let me say that last line again … eight times more likely to be involved in crashes involving drowsiness than truckers. That salient fact alone is why such "lane keeping systems" like the one Ford is rolling out is technology long overdue for everyday motorists.


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Lt. Dish wrote:mikey287 wrote:Lt. Dish wrote:ExPatriatePen wrote:1984-1985 #7 Rod Buskas
Seriously, until Ryan Whitney... No Penguin was blamed more than Rod for Penguins losses.
I think it's Rod Buskas' birthday, according to Empty Netters.
And yes, Rod Buskas was a regular in the fans' stockade.
Can either of you shed a little more light on this please? If memory allows, what was it that made fans dislike him? Same thing as Stackhouse? Hatcher? Whitney? I wouldn't necessarily guess so because Buskas wasn't an offensive defenseman, but when there's a pattern like that, you take a shot...
I'll just speak for myself and the fans in my family. We didn't dislike him because he didn't produce offensively; he wasn't an offensive D-man and it would've been silly to expect him to be (his career high goals was 3). I remember him just being incredibly frustrating, and the reason was simple: An incredible lack of discipline. It seemed he was undisciplined at the worst possible times (not that there's a great time to be undisciplined). You know how it seems some D-men are often looking for the next big hit instead of playing the position? I recall him looking for the next fight instead. That's my recollection, anyway.
I concur.
You do have to remember that Rod played on some Penguins teams that weren't just bad, they were actually some of the worst performing teams EVER in the NHL. It had to have been horribly frustrating to go out on the ice knowing you were going to get destroyed. Then, in Mario's first year, you were going to get beat, and your young superstar was going to get beat on. I don't know that *I* could have held my cool in that situation.
Lt's right, Buskas lost his cool easily, which wouldn't have been the worst thing in the world, except he wasn't much of a fighter either.


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The National Propane Gas Association has awarded its Bill Hill Memorial Award to Mark Pennington, president of Pennington Gas Service of Morenci.
The award recognizes outstanding and lasting service to the propane industry in the area of governmental relations.
Pennington was honored at an industry gathering in Washington D.C. in June, and again in a ceremony at the Michigan Propane Gas Association's Summer Convention at Boyne Mountain Resort in July.
The award included a $3,300 monetary grant to an educational institution of the recipient's choice. Tim Bovee of the Morenci Education Foundation was on hand at the Boyne Mountain ceremony to receive the grant on behalf of the foundation.
Pennington was cited for his efforts in working with federal regulators to increase safety while transporting propane gas, and for his work on state Code of Conduct legislation for the propane industry.
He is only the seventh recipient of the Bill Hill Memorial Award since its establishment in 1979. It was last awarded in 1997.


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Guests of the Harvey House Museum in Florence often visit to tour its inside, but now an outdoor space can also be enjoyed despite the hot summer sun.
Last week a two-man crew consisting of George Grimmett Jr. and his son, Tyson, finished a roofed patio to enclose the current bricked patio.
"We've had the brick area for quite some time but it was not utilized well because it was in the sun," Harvey House volunteer Judy Mills said.
The annual fish fry is on the steamy patio, but Mills hopes guests can now find a shady reprieve from the hot summer sun under the new covered patio.
Grimmett began construction on April 26. In order to keep with the patio's current theme of a railroad baggage claim platform, he constructed the patio out of 6-by-6 posts and a green tin roof.
"The roof has a soffit ceiling like they did around 1900," Grimmett said.
He said it took seven days to construct.
The former patio area was originally built as a foundation for a wooden depot the Historical Society planned to move next to the Harvey House in the 1970s. The night before it was to be placed on the platform it mysteriously caught fire, Mills said.
"We suspect arson but that has never been proven," Mills said. "After that the foundation walls and sand floor remained for several years."
Mills said she remembers laying the brick floor to make the area into a patio.
"We laid a lot of bricks," she said.
The brick is from a former train platform that would have been in use during the time the Harvey House was constructed.
Mills hopes the patio will be a useful addition allowing the Historical Society and the town to use the area for more summer events, now that there is some shade available.
Funds for the patio were donated from the Neva Robinson memorial fund. Robinson was an avid supporter of the Harvey House and the Historical Society.
"Her husband thought this would be the best way to honor her," volunteer Edna Robinson said. "The patio was built at his suggestion."
She said the patio looks great, and she is excited to see what events will take place under the awning.
"I imagine we'll try to hold more outdoor events and possibly lease it out for the community to use," she said.


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"You know, I'm a lazy son of a gun."
So says Stephen King: a man who just published a story in the New Yorker and a review of the Raymond Carver biography in the New York Review of Books. He also has a piece in the horror mag Fangoria and a poem in the current issue of Playboy. Anything else? "Under the Dome," his 51st novel, all 1,072 pages, dropped last week. He just finished a five-part graphic novel for DC comics, as well. In his spare time, perhaps between putting away the breakfast dishes and waiting for the computer to boot up, he wrote a musical with John Mellencamp.
We'll get to that. Let's get the obvious stuff out of the way first. No, he's not spooky. Anyone who expects a creepy guy with a ghoulish laugh probably thinks Vincent Price sat around the house in a black cape, casting spells. Stephen King is an affable, funny, gracious, effortlessly conversational fellow. He could be a guy you worked with in a college restaurant who'd dropped out but knew lots of stuff and had some interesting ideas.
A normal fellow -- except for the part about being one of the most successful authors in human history, the American answer to Dickens.
His latest, "Under the Dome," might be described as "The Stand Under Glass." It has the epic length and apocalyptic character of his eschatological pandemic classic, but instead of a cross-country tale of harrowing collapse, the story unfolds under a clear dome that seals off a small town in Maine (just north of Castle Rock, for all you Constant Readers). It can't be breached. There's no explanation. How things fall apart, how ordinary folk react to extraordinary, inexplicable circumstances -- these are timeless King themes. So perhaps it's apt that they come together in a book he's been working on for longer than half of his fans have been alive.
"I started it in 1976, got about 75 pages into it -- and then I saw what the scope of the thing was going to be, how many technological issues it raised, and I buckled. I'm not a sci-fi writer; I don't know a lot about technology, so I thought I'd try again, set it in an apartment building, and then I wouldn't have to deal with what the weather would be like under a dome. But I didn't like any of the characters, so I put it away."
When he returned to the book years later, he had help with issues most of us don't confront in our jobs: the proper way to amputate a leg, meteorology in closed systems and the consumption rate of LP gas, which matters a lot when you're cut off from civilization, all you have is propane, and most of it's been diverted by the bad guys. But King had the same question as the readers: What caused a typical American town to be cut off from the world on an ordinary October day?
"I knew what was generating the dome, but I had no idea who or why or what. I think things happen, and we don't understand why; one of the great attractions of some stories is the uncertainty."
That's his strong suit, really; the uncertainties provide more delicious shivers than the answers. "From a Buick 8," a novel about the Maine Highway Patrol that also happens to be about a car from another world that spews nightmarish flora from its trunk, has no answers. We're not really sure what happened in the '20s at the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining," are we? There's a handful of smoke at the heart of his best stories. Is this any different?
"I went into this with a commitment to letting the reader know they find out why it all happened. In a book this long, the reader deserves an explanation."
Writing for himself
That's reader, singular. Not "readers." It's a one-on-one relationship. At this point in his career, the 62-year-old King has extraordinary creative latitude, but he doesn't write to the readers' expectations; he writes first for himself and the work.
"With 'Under the Dome' I wanted to write a story that's all story," he said. "I wanted to amuse myself, because if it doesn't interest me, it won't interest anyone else."
When he first starting selling big, he hit a sweet spot that seldom happens in publishing, and is rarely maintained over decades: instant connection with a large audience. It was as if the subconscious of the era was a downed power line, sparking and dancing, and King just happened to pick it up and plug it in.
Or so it seemed. The success annoyed some critics, who regarded the books as the literary equivalent of a big tub of buttered popcorn. The much-praised movie version of "The Shining" was seen more as director Stanley Kubrick's work than King's, and the pop-cult mulch that King heaped around his stories made it easy to dismiss them as things you'd take to occupy the hours on a beach vacation. "Misery," a lean, horrifying and grimly comic account of a popular fiction writer held captive by a sweet crazy fan, was the first book it was OK for critics to like, it being meta and self-referential and all that cool stuff.
Since then he's alternated between enormous tales of things unworldly, and spare novels whose brisk economy intensifies the unsettling effects. "Under the Dome" is definitely the former. But is this the unexpurgated version?
"The original manuscript was longer, but it's not like 'The Stand,' which was cut by 600 pages. Not that there was anything wrong with it -- the kind of book-binding Doubleday used back then made it impossible to be printed as one volume. So I said yes to the cuts -- I needed the money!"
When the uncut version of "The Stand" came out 10 years later, King had to update the pop-culture references.
"I tried as much as I could to move the book from 1978 to 1988. ... I didn't want it to be something caught in the past -- you want to believe the flu is happening the day after tomorrow."
But keeping up with pop culture is more difficult now; things arise faster and become passe just as quickly.
"If you read 'Under the Dome' closely, you'll see my blind spots. There's a reference to Facebook, but not to Twitter -- that's the Internet I don't understand." He laughs about the one pop-culture event he missed completely: "My sister read it, and said, you know, there's something like this in the Simpsons movie. The whole town is under a dome. At least someone in the book should mention it."
If the movies don't get in front of you while you're typing, politics will:
"In the first draft of the book, the president is consistently referred to as she, because I was convinced that Hillary Clinton was going to win. It's hard; all this stuff becomes obsolete. Things move on. When you write it, you're a prisoner of your time."
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So: a lazy son of a gun, eh? We were discussing "Duma Key," a book partly set in the Twin Cities. "Researching things can be such a pain in the butt. Probably should have come to St. Paul, walked around for a few weeks, but I'm too lazy," he said, laughing. "When the book was published, I waited for people from the area to tell me I got this wrong and that wrong, but it didn't happen."
Possibly because no one would care if he made Summit Avenue a north-south street. The man can make stuff up.
But "Under the Dome" has no fanciful demons. The monsters are ordinary people turned sour by power, drugs, their own hapless failings; the good guys have no amulets or spells. The same wind hits everyone in Chester's Mill; depending on which foot they'd put their weight on all their life, some fall on the light side, some on the dark. Human nature is the most horrifying thing in the story. You can read what you want into it, but don't go farther than you have to.
"It's a natural allegorical situation, without whamming the reader over the head with it. I don't like books where everything stands for everything else. It works with 'Animal Farm': You can be a child and read it as a story about animals, but when you're older, you realize it's about communism, capitalism, fascism. That's the genius of Orwell. But I love the idea about isolating these people, addressing the questions that we face. We're a blue planet in a corner of the galaxy, and for all the satellites and probes and Hubble pictures, we haven't seen evidence of anyone else. There's nothing like ours. We have to conclude we're on our own, and we have to deal with it.
"We're under the dome. All of us."
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BOSTON – The Yale heavyweight crew team had two boats racing on Sunday at the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Racing in the championship four and the championship eight the Bulldogs finished 15th and 13th, respectively. Those results follow on the heavyweights' stellar performance Saturday in the club eight where Yale finished second. This regatta marks the end of a short fall racing season for the Bulldogs, but the team will continue to train hard until the spring racing season kicks off next March against Brown.
On Saturday the heavyweights had a crew entered in the club eight event. The lineup of Philippe Mastroyannis (stroke), Grant Stegelmann (seven), Robert Michel (six), Ron Taitz (five), Ed Reeves (four), Grant Olscamp (three), Lyon Van Voorhis (two), Emery Schoenly (bow) and Chris Carothers (coxswain) finished second in a field of 38 total crews. The Bulldogs started sixth and passed two boats along the way. Racing in excellent conditions, the Yale club eight posted a time of 14:58.08.
Sunday's first Yale boat to race was a championship four of Lawrence Lopez-Menzies (stroke), Harry Picone (three), Ian Suvak (two), Max Knapp (bow) and Campbell Schnebly-Swanson (coxswain) that finished 15th out of 19 crews in the event. Yale's four finished in a time of 17:58.453; Stanford won the event with a time of 16:50.385.
The championship eight was next to race, starting with bow number 16 of 28 crews. The lineup of Owen Symington (stroke), Adam Smith (seven), Clemens Barth (six), Simon Keenan (five), Hubert Trzybinski (four), Zachary Johnson (three), Jon Morgan (two), Tom Lynam (bow) and Oliver Fletcher (coxswain) got off to a great start, coming past Riverside Boat Club with a time of 3:28.824. Yale's split was the seventh-fastest time through this first checkpoint.
At the next checkpoint coming past Harvard's Weld Boathouse the Bulldogs clocked in at 8:23.499 to put them at about 12th place. Yale's time through the last checkpoint at Cambridge Boat Club Yale was 12:39.251, meaning the Bulldogs put up a fairly consistent split for that third leg of the course. Yale then struggled to get a clean line through Eliot Bridge but once clear the crew rallied. The Bulldogs finished in a total time of 15:13.334 for 13th place, a marked improvement over last year.
The champ eight event was won by Washington with a time of 14:37.271, followed by one of Harvard's three eights with a time of 14:42.350 and Cal in third with a time of (14:47.239). The so-called "Great Eight" of Olympic scullers racing as Tideway Scullers finished fourth with a time of 14:48.536. USRowing had a national team eight racing in the event that included several Olympians from this summer, as well as former Yale captain Tom Dethlefs '12. The U.S. crew posted a time of 15:07.511 but was relegated to last place after receiving three minutes worth of penalties for not yielding to Washington as the Huskies tried to pass.
As they have in years past the Bulldogs will the make the Head of the Charles their last stop, and so this weekend marks the last race for Yale in 2012. Racing will resume on Mar. 23 when the Bulldogs race against Brown in Providence.
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Mark Sanchez repeatedly has professed confidence about winning the New York Jets' starting quarterback job. We wouldn't expect him to say anything else, but perhaps some of his confidence comes from sizing up the competition.
ESPNNewYork.com's Rich Cimini says rookie Geno Smith has a lot to prove after a "lackluster" performance in organized team activities and minicamp. Cimini also wonders about Smith's leadership.
We've noticed a few outlets make a big deal out of Cimini writing that the Jets are considering using Smith as a "change of pace" quarterback, but this doesn't qualify as news. Rex Ryan talked at length about the issue a month ago.
"They didn't really run a whole lot of zone reads and different things (at West Virginia)," Ryan admitted. "But (Smith) has the skill set to where there's no reason he shouldn't be able to do that. ... Running for first downs and touchdowns, I think that's how the league is probably going to progress with these things."
Cimini questions Smith's leadership in his piece, which could be a tiebreaker in Sanchez's favor for now. Sanchez has a long history with many of his teammates. Wide receiver Stephen Hill told NFL Network last week at Jets West that Smith barely says a word in general, which isn't a bad way to be for a rookie. But it could take a while for Smith to make the Jets "his team."Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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I stopped by the QFC store this evening after Karate looking for some Gatorade, as I was a bit dehydrated. What did I find in the Beverage aisle but a six-pack (just one on the shelf) of Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale. For those of you not so into beer, know that Sierra Nevada is a truly first-rate large brewery that makes several of my favorite beers (celebration ale, and the best large-brew porter around) and the IPA is my favorite style of beer. I didn't even know that Sierra Nevada made an IPA. Oh joy.
For the record, I found it excellent, creamy and smooth, malty and a little fruity, well-hopped but not overpoweringly so. My perception on this may be skewed since I am used to some local IPAs which are so hoppy that they will sear your palate clean off.
I also picked up a regular favorite of mine, the Smoked Porter out of Stone Brewing in San Diego (pictured). Really full-bodied and robust -- very rich, almost like a stout. Hints of chocolate and coffee, smoky but not heavily so. I could drink this all night.
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I had a few nice beers and whiskeys this weekend as well, so it's in the air. Sierra Nevada is indeed a great brewery.
Lately I've been enjoying the products of the Anchor Distillery, which is an off-shoot of the Anchor Brewing Company (of Anchor Steam fame). They are dedicated to old Amrican-style whiskeys and have done a great job. Their gin is also very nice.
Is the IPA different than the pale ale with green label? Or are you talking about the same thing?ReplyDelete
So I went to a liquor store with Matt this past weekend and we spent more time browsing whiskey than beer. Odd difference from the last time I was out buying liquor with Matt (probably Josh's wedding). My interest in beer is picking back up though. I'm happy about that. Matt has a nice porter he brewed on tap. It was very good. I picked up FUller's London Porter and was very disappointed although I thought I remember liking it. I always preferred Anchor's porter to Sierra Nevada's, but I think the two breweries are clearly in different size categories with SN being much larger. The last good new porter I ran across was a Vanilla porter Matt and I had at the GABF several years ago. I love porter. I love vanilla. Together they were great. I'll look for the one you note in this post.ReplyDelete
Yes, an IPA is different from a regular Pale Ale. It is made with a higher alcohol and hop content. It tends to have more body, often much more body, and the hops add both a floral and bitter character to the beer, with a much stronge aftertaste (which is a good thing). Many american IPAs are very intense; the Sierra Nevada is more like an English IPA, which is more understated.ReplyDelete
If you live in DC, Kate, there are a number of good local IPA's. I recommend the Dominion Bremery, though there are dozens of good labels.
IMHO, the IPA is the highest expression of the brewer's art, but that may just be because I am a complete and utter hop-head.
And Matt, I like the Anchor Brewery so much I just may try some of their distillery, though I am generally indifferent to liquor.
so there really is a SN IPA. I must have this. I lived in CA for four years SN pale ale is my favorite beer. i wonder if I can get the IPA in my current locale, Kansas City.ReplyDelete
I'm moving to DC in about a month, so I'll keep an eye out for dominion brewery.
Kate. You won't have to look hard, especially if you are going to be in Northern Virginia. Dominion is awesome. I'm a hophead. Go for Tupper's Hoppocket Ale. Their lager (Dominion Lager) is an absolutely fabulous beer and my favorite in terms of versatility. It is flavorful and full-bodied. It is one of the best examples of an easy to drink yet very good and flavorful beer I have ever come across. I miss Dominion. They do great seasonals too.ReplyDelete
Old Dominion Lager is indeed my very favorite beer. It's not in my favorite style, but it's the greatest beer brewed. Tuppers is contract brewed at Dominion and is fabulous, fabulous, fabulous.ReplyDelete
They also brew a fine root beer.
Also, take the brewery tour, it will be fun.
It has been probably 8 or 9 years since I visited their "brewpub" at Ashburn. I would guess it has changed a lot. At the time it was a charming little space with plastic red and white checkered tablecloths serving sandwiches and great beer. I'm not sure one could ask for more.ReplyDelete
I recently found my Dead Guy Ale Rogue again! *sigh* pure bliss...ReplyDelete
And a local bar has Anchor Steam on tap! It is truly one of my favorite beers! damn, now I want a beer...


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