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While chumby has been available in beta for a while and we had our hands on the final version last week, today is the official public launch of the little Wi-Fi beanbag, as well as the Chumby Network, with big media content partners CBS, MTV, The Weather Channel, AOL Shoutcast, Scripps and more. The network is ad-supported, but you'll be able to watch Letterman Top 10, grab MTV news (the scrolling app I sorta complained about) and more. We'll have a full review later this week of the new fully loaded chumby.
CHUMBY INDUSTRIES DEBUTS ITS INNOVATIVE chumby™ INTERNET DEVICE AND CHUMBY™ NETWORK
Company secures deals with leading content providers including: CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL's SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks to offer always-on personalized Internet broadcasts
San Diego, CA - Feb. 25, 2008 - Chumby Industries announced today the public launch of the chumby™, its much-anticipated compact consumer Internet device that enables people to receive a constant personalized broadcast of their favorite parts of the Web. The chumby device is currently available in the U.S. at www.chumby.com for $179.95 including shipping.
A little bigger than a coffee cup, the Wi-Fi connected chumby provides people with a fun, hassle-free way to enjoy what they want most out of the Internet at a glance and wake up to thousands of different streaming Internet radio stations, custom "alarm tones," videos and more. With a large and growing base of content from the Internet, including the latest news, weather and entertainment, as well as the ability to share photos, widgets and e-cards with family and friends, the chumby is one of the most versatile and lifestyle-friendly Internet enabled devices on the market today.
The company also announced that CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL's SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks will offer compelling content through the Chumby™ Network, a dynamic and rapidly expanding open pipeline of user created and sponsor-supported commercial widget applications.
CBS programming will provide the Chumby Network with up-to-date CBS news, CBS sports and entertainment buzz from Entertainment Tonight and more, as well as video widgets of the Late Show with David Letterman, Big Brother, The Early Show, Wallstrip and college basketball games.
"We are excited to provide a range of CBS content to the Chumby launch community," said George Schweitzer, president, CBS marketing group. This unique device is a great new platform and an imaginative and friendly interface. And you can't spell chumbys without C-B-S! "
MTV Networks will feature the latest music, movie and game news from MTV and VH1, interactive Babealizer photos from Spike.com and an animated SpongeBob SquarePants character widget from Nickelodeon.
"Across every demographic we serve, our fans want to connect with our brands through devices and platforms that are fun, engaging and relevant to their lifestyles," said Greg Clayman, executive vice president, digital distribution and business development, MTV Networks. "With its innovative design and open technology, the chumby device is a great fit for the sensibility of our brands and the growing variety of ways our audience interact with our content."
MySpace will enable chumby users to stay connected and interact with their MySpace friends. Its widget supports interactions with users' photos, friend requests, messages, comments, blogs, bulletins and much more. Users will also be able to view their friends' profiles and send messages straight from the chumby.
The Weather Channel Interactive will offer up-to-date custom local weather conditions, forecasts and radar images from weather.com.
AOL will provide its SHOUTcast service and allow chumby owners to tune in to over twenty thousand free online radio stations from DJs and broadcasters around the world.
"We're pleased to provide the Chumby user with unparalled access to radio stations and programming from around the world via SHOUTcast," said Lisa Namerow, general manager, AOL Radio and SHOUTcast.
Scripps Networks will offer a widget from its popular Food Network. The Food Network widget will present users with a variety of tantalizing, tasty recipes from the experts at the Food Network Kitchens - served fresh to your chumby daily.
"Food Network fans can use their chumby to get recipes from the famous Food Network Kitchens that can be used right where they need them most - in their kitchen or even by their grill," said Doug Hurst, senior vice president and general manager of non-linear distribution for Scripps Networks, parent company of Food Network. "As the leaders in lifestyle media, we continue to create new ways to deliver our content - like the fun, bite-size format the chumby offers - to best serve our audience's current digital lifestyle."
The Chumby Network is supported by commercial sponsors and provides free content to chumby owners and "virtual chumbys" that can be placed on other connected consumer devices and social networking sites. In addition, chumby users can exchange content with other users ("chums") and share their customized widgets, photos and more.
"The richness and diversity of information on the Web has become critical to our everyday lives, so it becomes more important than ever to stay connected to our 'Internet life' and be able to access a wealth of information simply at a glance," said Steve Tomlin, founder and CEO, Chumby Industries. "The powerful combination of the free Chumby Network and the open and always-on chumby creates a compelling offering to consumers to easily create, view and share what matters to them most from the Web without the need to browse on a PC. And media companies can showcase and monetize content on an exciting new distribution platform that reaches consumers in different parts of their lives and at different times of the day."
ABOUT chumby
With an LCD touchscreen and embedded squeeze and motion sensors, the chumby delivers a robust audio and video entertainment experience to owners, including:
• Personalized wake-up experience - programmed wake-up to any of the thousands of audio sources available on the chumby
• Fun - games, humor, e-greetings, gossip, cool entertainment content
• Photo sharing through top photo-sharing sites such as MySpace, flickr, Facebook and Photobucket
• Music - over twenty thousand free radio stations
• Constant updates from top Internet sites
• Monitoring - auction updates, on-going searches, such as Craigslist, and friend status updates from MySpace
The chumby can be plugged into any electrical outlet, so users have the flexibility of placing it on a nightstand, bathroom counter, office cubicle, coffee table, kitchen counter or out on a patio. It automatically finds an available Wi-Fi connection and streams personalized channels from the Chumby Network, which continuously delivers refreshed content via widgets such as music, games, movie previews, customized alarm clocks, special offers and more.
Some of the most popular content and widgets include top streaming Internet radio stations, podcasts, daily video clips, news from The New York Times and Google, various fun and animated clocks, the addictive chumball™ game that uses the chumby's embedded motion sensor, moon phases, sports news and game updates, tech news from Engadget and TechCrunch, entertainment gossip blogs, and web-cams pointed at traffic, zoo animals and everything you can imagine.
The chumby, which measures about 5" wide, 4" tall, and 3" deep, comes in a soft Italian leather casing in a variety of colors including black, latte and pearl. In addition, chumby owners may express their personality by decorating their devices with chumby charms for sale on the site or their own "bling."
About Chumby Industries
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Chumby Industries makes, sells, and licenses the chumby™, a compact device that connects via a wireless Internet connection and gives people a fun, hassle-free way to enjoy what they want most out of the Internet, always on and simply at a glance. Chumby Industries also runs the Chumby™ Network, a rapidly expanding open pipeline of user created and commercial widget applications from high-profile media partners such as CBS, MTV Networks, MySpace, The Weather Channel Interactive, AOL's SHOUTcast and Scripps Networks among many more. Offering the latest news, weather and entertainment as well as the ability to share photos, widgets, e-cards and more with family and friends, Chumby Industries provides an open platform, enabling the chumby to be constantly updated by any user, developer, media company or content creator to enhance and improve the Chumby experience.


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Scalable Storage rises from agàmi ashes
Dead heron in the forested startup swamp (Dean Seniff update added.)
That's curious. Unified storage system startup agàmi crashed and burned spectacularly on July 28th with CEO David Stiles telling Sunnyvale employees about the shutdown at 11am and them losing their jobs two hours later. Now he's started a new firm, Scalable Storage Systems, that uses agàmi's IP and assets.
Agàmi, with its fashionable lower case 'a' first letter followed by an accented 'à,' arrived in 2003 with founder Kumar Sreekanti as president and CEO. The name seems to have something to do with waterfowl as agamia agami is a type of medium-sized heron living in Central and South American forested swamps.
David Stiles joined in 2005 as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and became president and CEO in May 2007, with Sreekanti retaining a chairman of the board position and becoming the CTO a month later. This seemed quite odd as a Paul Massiglia was the chief technology strategist at the time. Just how many technology officers are needed when the CEO was an ex-CTO?
There were some financial management changes too at that time. Dean Seniff, agàmi's CFO, left on April 23rd, 2007 - he was possibly forced out - and Jackie Brown, with a venture capital background, was hired as VP for finance, not CFO, when Sreekanti became the CTO in June. Interestingly, her CV included stints as controller for Siara Systems, and she helped lead that company through its acquisition by Redback Networks. Stiles founded Siara and was chief architect at Redback.
When agàmi crashed, Sreekanti said it had run out of money and was trying to raise more but couldn't, implying a spectacular cash burn rate: $45 million had been raised on February 16th in a C-round funding exercise with venture capitalists. This timing, together with the CFO change and CEO/CTO changes, struck a mis-tuned note with some observers such as NetApp CEP Dan Warmenhoven who said "You don't raise $45 million and then get shut down."
Scalable (SSS) is based in agàmi's Innsbruck Drive, Sunnyvale offices, which is still logo'd as an agàmi building, and reportedly, employs 25 former agàmi staff. The other 60 or so feel short-changed by a CEO who, they feel, has mis-informed and then shafted them with unpaid salaries, commissions, and expenses.
The implication is that Stiles, a serial and successful entrepreneur, knew agàmi was heading for the rocks and prepared a bailout plan to start up again with fewer employees. Apparently, he resigned from the agàmi board in late July and then bought the Hercules Technology Growth Capital share of Agàmi for $1.8m. This gave him the status of a secured creditor, and he then bid for agàmi's IP and assets when it crashed.
Agàmi didn't actually enter bankruptcy but closed itself down instead, going into liquidation under a 'general assignment' procedure, an alternative that is quicker and has certain benefits for secured creditors. There was an auction of the assets and Stiles reportedly bid around $2.4m for them. Since he was a secured creditor, that meant his $1.8m investment was accounted for and the assets effectively cost about $600,000. It looks like the venture capitalists that invested the C-round's $45 million and any previous funds lost the bulk of their money.
Apparently, SSS will make high-end storage gear to be sold by OEMs. It is not known if Jackie Brown is employed by Stiles' SSS phoenix. Dean Seniff was CFO for Lighting Science Group but left that position, possibly forced out, in February this year.
According to Paul Massiglia, who is not involved with Scalable Storage Systems, Kumar Sreekanti did work with David Stiles after the agàmi shutdown, however it's not known if he is actually involved with Scalable Storage Systems. None of the others could be reached for comment, leaving us looking perplexedly at the strange ripples in the forested swamp that is the storage startup pool and trying to make sense of them.
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This reviewer has been reading nearly everything that Stuart Woods has written since the early days of his writing career. I have not always read them in the order they have been published but I have pretty much made that effort.
�Collateral Damage,� by Stuart Woods, G.P. Putnam�s Sons, 308 pp, $28.50
This reviewer has been reading nearly everything that Stuart Woods has written since the early days of his writing career. I have not always read them in the order they have been published but I have pretty much made that effort.
It is my sad duty to report that �Collateral Damage� sounds very much like the last story in the Stone Barrington series. There is a lot in this novel that felt, at least to this reviewer, as the last of the series. I hope this is not true.
This does not mean the story just slowly dribbles to an ending. There is plenty of excitement and a good deal of activity on the side of both the good guys and the bad guys.
The worst of the bad guys is actually a bad girl, one Jasmine Shazaz, a terrorist who is on a trail of vengeance, getting even, if that is the correct phrase, for members of her family, also terrorists, who have been killed.
The first explosion is in London and it kills a prominent member of the intelligence community as well as many other none governmental people who just happened to be in the area. This was followed up by explosions in several other London areas, the events killing not only the targeted individuals but many innocent civilians who had nothing to do with fighting the growing menace in the mideast.
So while we have the return of Stone Barrington, we also have the additional return of yet another character, one Holly Barker. She is now the assistant director of the CIA, having risen through the ranks after leaving her job as a police chief in southern Florida. She and Stone are sometime lovers and the news that Holly will be stationed in New York is very good news indeed for Stone.
Somewhere along the way, I must have missed a story because Stone�s friend, Dino, a police lieutenant for New York City, gets married in this outing. I thought that he was married. Somewhere I must have missed a beat. Easy to do when a writer has fifty or more novels to his credit. Good book at any rate. Had trouble putting it down.
On another note, a friend loaned me �Die a Stranger� by Steve Hamilton, St. Martin�s Press, 274 pp, $25.99. This half detective, half mystery novel has the Ojibwa Indian reservation as its locale for part of the time and the rest of the state of upper Michigan for the balance of the story. An Indian friend of a retired policeman is missing. No one seems to know where he went or why he is gone. He is a hard and faithful worker at his job at the casino on the reservation and hasn�t missed a day since he started. No one remembers any discussion of his plans.
Most worried is the father of the missing man, a man who himself has a checkered past having just been paroled after serving a couple of decades for a killing conviction. His return to the �rez� and his perspective of life after years in jail color both the story and the attitude of those who are trying to help, or trying to hinder, the search for the young man.
I have to say I found this was a fair book, not a real page turner but a rather interesting point of view concerning those who were here first.
Ken Gruebel lives in New Bern.


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Then and Now Photos Show Brothers Grew Up to Be Exactly What They Wanted
Though nearly every child knows what they want to be when they grow up, rarely do they grow up to be those things.
So, when both of Nancy's sons managed to achieve their childhood aspirations, she knew she had to share it with the world.
In a letter to the popular then-and-now Tumblr Dear Photograph, Nancy writes:
Dear Photograph,
I'm so proud my boys childhood dreams were made of bravery, honor and valor. Fifteen years later, dreams really do come true.


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President Obama is winning praise for his poignant speech Sunday night in Connecticut in response to the Sandy Hook shootings.
But while he's talked tough — and occasionally poignantly — during his first term about removing what he described as "weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters" from the streets, he has accomplished little. Then again, neither have other federal legislators – for reasons we spelled out here.
ABC News' Jake Tapper pressed White House press secretary Jay Carney to name one piece of legislation with Obama's name on it that would curb such weapons. Carney replied with a lot of "complex problems come with complex solutions" smoke and mirrors.
Key line comes from Tapper at the end of their interaction: "So the answer is no."
Here's the transcript:
TAPPER: OK, and lastly, Jay, after the Tucson shooting that left Congresswoman Gabby Giffords seriously wounded and six others dead, including a little girl, the president wrote an op-ed in 2011 in the Arizona Star, and he talked about the gun restrictions he favored.
He said that the laws on the books should be enforced more when it came to the background check. It relies on data supplied by states, but the data is often incomplete and inadequate; we must do better. Second, we should reward the states that provide the best data. And third, we should make the system faster and nimbler. So that was about — that was almost two years ago. So what's the progress –
CARNEY: Well, the fact is — I mean, I would refer you to the Justice Department for the specifics. But we have taken steps, specifically on the issue of background checks, to make the system more thorough and complete because this is a key component of an effort to enforce existing laws that, when properly enforced, do not allow weapons to fall into the hands of those who should not have them under existing law. So that's an important component. We have taken steps, and I'm sure that will be part of the broader discussion moving forward. But it is an issue that we have taken steps on because the background check system — making it more complete and thorough is an important component.
TAPPER: And lastly, Jay, in the October presidential debate, the president said — one of the debates – "weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don't belong on our streets." Can you name one thing the president has done in the last four years to help remove weapons of war from our streets?
CARNEY: You know, there's no question, Jake, that the scourge of gun violence is a problem that has not sufficiently been addressed, because, as we saw in Newtown, we continue to have horrific tragedies that result in innocent victims. The president supports the assault weapons ban and the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban. But we have to –
TAPPER: I don't mean "supports." I mean, like, have you taken one measure, one act — one — to remove the weapons of war that he talks about?
CARNEY: Again, he supports legislation that is designed to ban some weapons, but as you know, this is a complex –
TAPPER: Anyone can support something.
CARNEY: — this is a complex issue, and — that requires complex solutions. And, you know, he looks forward to engaging the American people in an effort to do more. As he made clear last night, we need to change, we have not done enough — we as a nation. And, you know, he will in coming weeks use the power of his office to try to help make that change.
TAPPER: OK, so the answer is "no."


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We have been doing a bit of t shirt refashioning around here lately
It started with a shirt of my husbands(imagine basic large mens t shirt) and this tutorial....it was so simple and is so cute on her. It seriously took me ten minutes to make. She loves it and loves that wearing it is a way to be closer to my husband when he is gone.
Today i just flew by the seat of my pants....i had this old shirt of mine(plain gray v neck T) and i was never going to wear it, but i did not want to get rid of it so i got to thinking....what can i do with it?
Ding! Ding! Another top for Avery!!!!
Ding! Ding! Another top for Avery!!!!
I cut off the sleeves and then cut a straight line just below the v neck with about an inch to spare. At first i thought i would throw away the neck parts and make the shirt into a little play skirt but then this shirt idea popped into my head.
I did a simple running stitch to make the gather and then fit the two together with the top inside the bottom to make a paper bag style ruffle.
This took some serious brain work for me since i am not a clothes sewer but in the end we both really loved it and the pocket i used to hate came in so handy for her nano.


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2014 Chevrolet Equinox: Essentially Unchanged
Ever since the Chevrolet introduced its Equinox way back in the year 2010, we have been its fans because of several reasons like its good looks, practicality and comfort, which make it not ours but many other reviewers' favorite small crossover. But if make a close comparison to some of the recently launched or we can say refurbished SUVs' in the market, we found that 2014 Chevrolet Equinox is not as much desirable as compared to its rivals or even not the same what it used to be, but it still has that same power and persona that will surely make you take a look at it while you go out to buy a new small SUV.
The best part about the 2014 Chevrolet Equinox is its powerful V6 engine, which has always been a strong point for Chevy. If we go by the latest trend, we found that most of the SUV makers are dropping V6 engine from their small SUVs' due to concerns like fuel economy and lack of customer demand, which has again become a strong point for Equinox as well its GMC twin Terrain because in 2014 there are only few models of small SUVs available that are offering grunt six cylinder engine for towing, hauling or even fulfilling the speed desires of the consumers.
Over the years, Chevy Equinox has managed to get thumbs up for its ride comfort and cabin quietness, which are also on the top five of what we need from an SUV list of most of the consumers. However, there is one factor with Equinox which considerably decreases its points and that is its limited cargo space, which is quite low if compared to the rivals. Although, it's enough to load general baggage which usually people haul, but it is certainly not meant for cargo hauling especially while going off road. In comfort department, there is one thing about 2014 Chevrolet Equinox which is quite impressive and it is its sliding and reclining rear seats that offer first class kind leg room to second row passengers.
The only thing about 2014 Chevrolet Equinox that impresses us the least is its 2.4 liter four cylinder engine, which remains standard on all trim levels, although it claims to have solid EPA fuel economy ratings, but in real life, it has failed to overwhelm us with its fuel economy as well as performance. In the handling department as well 2014 Chevrolet Equinox lags too much and its steering is very disappointing even if we look at it by the budget crossover standards.
If you are looking for an SUV which is more practical, then we would suggest you to look for other rivals like roomier and multitalented Honda CR-V and Kia Sorento; they offer optional V6 engine along with third row seat for a big family. For sportier SUV with more entertaining driving experience Ford Escape, Mazda CX-5 and Volkswagen Tiguan can be an ideal choice for you. 2014 Chevrolet Equinox can also fit your bill ideally if your priorities are upscale interior and optional V6 engine, otherwise there are better options to look for.


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President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are already signaling a welcome new seriousness in Washington about protecting civil rights after eight years of erosion.
They are planning swift action on legislation to overturn an unjust 2007 Supreme Court decision that has made it much harder for people to challenge illegal discrimination in employment, education, housing and other fields.
The 5-to-4 ruling in 2007 involved Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at a Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant in Alabama. She received much smaller raises over several years than men in comparable positions.
Tossing aside longstanding legal precedents, government practice and a jury verdict in Ms. Ledbetter's favor, the narrow Supreme Court majority decided that she was entitled to nothing. They ruled that Ms. Ledbetter should have filed her claim within 180 days of the very first decision to pay her less. The justices rejected the argument that each subsequent discriminatory paycheck was a new violation of the law.
The impact of the Ledbetter decision has been broad injustice. As Robert Pear reported in The Times on Monday, courts around the country have cited the decision hundreds of times as a reason for rejecting lawsuits claiming discrimination based on race, sex, age and disability, without regard to the underlying merits of the individual cases.
The House is expected to vote this week on a legislative fix that would restore the law's original intent. The measure would state that a violation occurs each time a person receives a paycheck resulting from "a discriminatory compensation decision." The Senate is expected to take up the bill soon after. It merits passage, along with a related bill, the Paycheck Fairness Act, which contains other useful steps for combating gender-based wage discrimination.Continue reading the main story
Senate Republicans blocked the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last spring. They should consider now whether hostility to civil rights and pay equity for women is really the image they want to project for their party after the losses it suffered in November.Continue reading the main story


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Wonder how to work catwalk cool into your own closet? Here's how to translate the trends for real life.
Loving spring's florals, stripes, polka dots and graphic prints? Kinda want to wear them all – together, even? Mixed patterns were all over the season's runways — Proenza Schouler, Rodarte, Marni, Kenzo, Just Cavali, Dolce & Gabbana … we could go on and on.
But as much as we love the multiple pattern look on the catwalk, figuring out how to put your own pieces together is tricky, to say the least. So, we asked David Zyla, an Emmy award-winning stylist and the author of Color Your Style, for tips on making the trend work in real life.
THE RUNWAY: J.Crew, spring 2013
A shiny black and white striped skirt looks fresh and flirty paired with an embellished Moroccan-style patterned short-sleeved sweater and bright neon lace pumps. "The key to this look is that the stripes in the sweater connect to the lines in the skirt," Zyla says. "You could add a blazer with a little polka dot pocket square with all of the colors in the top and bottom, and that would be an adorable way to mix in even more pattern."
Find a commonality. "When you're mixing your own patterns, look for a connection: It could be a color, a shape, a silhouette," Zyla says. "Mixing patterns is a lot of fun, but pulling something out of the top to the bottom and vice versa is always a good idea." Get it: (At left) Madewell polka dot cardigan, $55, map-print blouse, $54.50 and skinny jeans, $88; Madewell striped tank, $59.50, polka dot shorts, $59.50 and long cardigan, $59.50, Madewell.com.


text: Travis Kvapil, of Janesville, Wisconson, is a race car driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He drives the #34 Long John Silvers Ford Fusion for Front Row Motorsports and the #5 Navistar International/Monaco RV Toyota Tundra for Randy Moss Motorsports. In 2001 Kvapil was Rookie of the Year for the Craftsman Truck Series, and in 2003 was the Craftsman Truck Series champion.


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I am from Texas. (ok.. well I wasn't born here... but I got here as fast as I could! gimmie a break will ya?)
And, as anyone from Texas will tell you, We take our steaks and other red meats very seriously.
Cook at steak wrong and they'll kick you plum out of the state!
When I was on the Wife Swap TV show, I had to throw a swanky dinner party the first night. I cooked steaks. They all asked... "How did you get each steak cooked so perfectly?!?"
I taught them this little handy trick.
Follow these simple tips and you'll cook the perfect steak each and every time!
Of course, you should start with a great cut of beef.
This one will work.
And, Yes.. cook it using HIGH HEAT
Preferably using a wood-fire.
If you have a wood-fire and a good cut of meat, you really don't need much more!
Great Beef doesn't need much seasoning.
Maybe a little salt & pepper...
The first rule of cooking steak is do not puncture it!!
Don't fiddle with it and poke it with a fork or cut into it with a knife checking for doness. Puncturing the meat only allows the juices to run OUT of the meat.. juices are goooood, we want em in there! Use tongs for cryin out loud!
Season it and cook it as you wish....
I use a good wood fire. HOT to sear it on both sides.
But after you get that far, how do you know how done it is without cutting into it to look??
I do it all by feel.
wanna know how to feel your steak like a pro?
Here we go.
Now... do the same thing with your thumb and middle finger...
Yep, you guessed it!
This is what Medium feels like!
(easy huh?)
Thumb and ring finger?
You got it!
This is what Medium-Well feels like!
Put your thumb and pinkie fingers together.
This is what a Well-Done steak feels like!
Wasn't that easy??
A little practice and you'll be cooking steaks to perfection every darn time! (just like a Texan!)
Go forth and Grill baby!!


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N Latex Cystatin C Assay
Assay for Early Detection of Decline in Renal Function
Cystatin C is a nonglycated, low-molecular-weight (13 kDa) protein that is synthesized by all nucleated cells. It is produced at a constant rate regulated by a housekeeping gene.1 Cystatin C is freely filtered by the glomerulus, and there is no tubular secretion or any extrarenal elimination. In addition, cystatin C is not affected by muscle mass, diet, gender, or inflammation.
The relevance of determining cystatin C for diagnosis in CKD is included in the international KDIGO (Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes) guidelines.2
No tubular secretion; sensitive in the creatinine-blind range1
- Higher sensitivity in early disease
Independent of age, sex, and muscle mass1
- Constant relationship between cystatin C and glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at 1 year of age and older
- Single reference range: 0.62–1.11 mg/L in children and adults ranging in age from 1 to 78 years
- Sensitive detection of declining GFR with aging
- Reliable in patients with spina bifida, paralysis, amputations, etc.
High correlation to GFR reference methods1; high correlation to GFR decline
- High reliability and accuracy
Increased sensitivity compared to creatinine in liver disease patients3 or by creatinine intake. Cystatin C levels may be influenced by high-dose steroid therapy or thyroid dysfunction.
No analytical interferences known
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3. Woitas RP, Stoffel-Wagner B, Flommersfeld S, et al. Correlation of serum concentrations of cystatin C and creatinine to inulin clearance in liver cirrhosis. Clin Chem. 2000;46:712–15


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Falling In Reverse Unleash 'Raised By Wolves' Music Video
Falling in Reverse have released a rockin' video for their new single 'Raised By Wolves' off of their latest record 'The Drug In Me Is You.'
The video takes you into a the day in the life of Falling in Reverse, having fun backstage, practicing, getting ready and even playing rock paper scissors. It also includes clips of a vigorous onstage performance in front of their energetic fans.
In our recent interview with guitarist Jacky Vincent and frontman Ronnie Radke, the duo gushed all about their fans. Vincent says, "With the first tour it was mostly kids and now I started to see a lot of dudes, like military hardcore dudes. My favorite thing seeing is old rockers, rockin' out."
Radke adds, "Or little kids, I never saw little kids before come to the shows but I think it's because I try to set positive examples so parents are more likely to bring them." He goes on to say, "I tell people not to do drugs on stage, I don't drink and I try to promote a better lifestyle or them and I noticed them starting to get younger and younger so it's a good feeling to have."
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Digital advances are emerging as one of the hottest trends in the home appliance space. Think refrigerators that track your food inventory and expiration dates; washers and dryers you control remotely with a smartphone; robotic vacuum cleaners. "2012 is becoming the year, when connected appliances become more mass marketable and more mainstream," says Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and director of research for the Consumer Electronics Association, which produces the annual show.
The evolution of these new appliances can be traced to the explosion of mobile devices. Another factor is cloud computing, which allows your many devices to easily communicate and sync with one another. Tech savvy consumers want their traditional white-box appliances do the same. In addition to smart technology, more consumers demand energy-efficient appliances. In fact, with higher utility bills and gasoline prices, consumers are more concerned about saving energy and money than saving water and using less plastic, according to a recent study by the Consumer Electronics Association.
The upshot is some of the most sophisticated appliances - some with four-figure prices to match. DuBravac says the market for connected appliances is just beginning. Looking ahead, he imagines a futuristic home, where your digital body scale and refrigerator sync to offer healthy meal ideas and recipes; maybe even a polite, audio reminder to stay away from the ice cream. "Consumers are just now being presented with the opportunity of accessing a host of different information from different devices," DuBravac says.
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In the wake of the new CBA in the NBA, fear not, big market fans. The war between have and 'have not' owners has passed, and there can be no better indicator that the big markets made out smashingly well than the Knicks' acquisition of C Tyson Chandler, the prize of this free agent class. The amnesty provision that the Knicks employed to gain the maneuverability to sign Chandler to a 58M contract when they were totally tapped out by walking away from the 14M contract of Chauncey Billups, provided they were willing to write him a check for that amount, is surely a clause that deep pocketed teams will be way more willing to use to their benefit than the smaller market teams who took such a hard line during the lockout that they forced.
Begs the question: why such histrionics in the first place? Well, as astute observers of labor disputes in sport, we did kind of agree with Billy Hunter's assertion that the league was trying to break the players, behind a core of small market owners like Michael Jordan, lead hypocrite, who wanted the lockout to stretch on to the point where the players were feeling the impact of missed paychecks. So why abandon course in favor of a compromise that more favored the Knicks than the Kings, Celtics than Cavs?
Because Stern's public stance that 15 or so clubs were losing money was so obviously no more than just a posture. If the Charlotte Bobcats aren't willing to pay Ray Felton 7.5M per for 2 years, the 27/28 truly healthy teams around the league can not pay the price for it. If Lebron and Bosh won't re-up or up with Cleveland, then Stern in his infinite wisdom can not negotiate a CBA that alters Cleveland's geography and ethnic demography.
Look at the Memphis Grizzlies. They heaped money on Rudy Gay and Mike Conley, absorbed the huge deal of Zach Randolph, and are poised to now lavish 70M or more on Marc Gasol. They aren't exactly hurting.
The new CBA did as much for small markets as it could have. By making top tier free agent movement essentially prohibitive financially to the player by limiting salary and term, the deal ensures that most sensible players will be traded for prime assets rather than seeing them flee in FA, getting way more in return than they would in an after thought sign and trade. That's as far as they can go. The league does not have the ability to restrict player movement beyond that.
They put franchises in places like Minnesota in the first place, and were happy to carve up the franchise initiation fees, but they can't make players want to be there. As for the Knicks, you have to respect the Chandler move, which brings to the club the elements they lack: size, toughness, shot blocking, rebounding and post defense. You'd have to respect the move for both the creativity and the cost, when compared to say, Nene, at 70M for 4 years. And for their ability to recognize that Paul wasn't getting done and for seamlessly and successfully changing gears and getting this done.
The Knicks do have a passable player in Toney Douglass at the point, and with Billups out a good bit, TD has plenty of experience in the lead. He should see a lot of open looks, and with he and Chandler starting, they look like a better defensive club. Iman Shumpert, drafted on the strength of his defense, may now see some time at point guard as well, which we'd prefer to Bibby getting significant minutes.
Weak at two guard, the Knicks are in talks to bring back Jamal Crawford, who would be a great addition. Should that trade go down, expect Landry Fields to go the other way. Knicks GM Glen Grunwald just told Mike Francesa that the team will soon announce the signing of Jerome Jordan, and that they are still hoping to bring back Shawne Williams, who resuscitated his career with the Knicks. Grunwald also boasted that NY will have a 5M and a 2M exception available next season, and a 2.5M exception available right now.
As for the Nets, if they did speak to Dwight Howard on Thursday without permission, the Magic should file tampering charges. Can't the Nets simply text D12's entourage, like every other team?
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Is This What Led To Jojo (Cashout's Brother Who Dissed Chief Keef's Mom) Getting Murked!? Died Hours Later After Posting This Cell Video! Lil Reese Says "I'ma Kill You MothaF****, I'ma Kill You JoJo"
@OsoArrogantJoJo WAS BEEFIN WITH LIL REESE N CHIEF KEEF (GBE) THATS IN THE CAR YELLING AT REESE.. JOJO DIED AFTER THIS HAPPENED.. Cashout (Jojo's brother) was the one who dissed Chief Keef's mother on the phone in the previous video we posted" - Goon212
"Chicago police are investigating possible connections between the Tuesday slaying of a teen rapper, a raging Englewood gang conflict and a mocking Tweet on the account of the victim's rap rival — rising South Side star Chief Keef, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Hours after the murder, on Chief Keef's Twitter account, a message was posted saying, "Its Sad Cuz Dat N---- Jojo Wanted To Be Jus Like Us #LMAO." LMAO is slang for "laughing my ass off."
That Tweet drew angry responses among Chief Keef's 224,000 Twitter followers. His account later carried Tweets claiming it had been hacked and saying, "If u dnt talk 2 me or dro my manager … it's not real."
Chicago police officers were on the street Wednesday night looking for Coleman's killer. Police are looking to see if his murder is connected to an ongoing conflict in Englewood between the Gangster Disciples and Black Disciples street gangs that has been playing out in a series of threats on social media sites.
In Keef's responses on his account, Chicago-born rap star Lupe Fiasco was called out, with the Keef account posting: "wen I see him I'ma smack him like da lil b---- he is #300."
On his account, Fiasco, who recently told a radio station he was scared of the violence Chief Keef represents, replied "I cant go 4 that @ChiefKeef & i cant let the people i love, including you my n----, go 4 that either. We kings not f------ savages and goons"
Later, Fiasco sounded despondent — and done with rap, Tweeting: "but my heart is broken and i see no comfort further along this path only more pain. I cannot participate any longer in this... My first true love was literature so i will return to that...lupe fiasco ends here..."" - SunTimes.Com
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When Jake Plummer walked away from the NFL in 2007 to devote himself to his handball career, it seemed like a long shot that he'd one day become a coach.
Life takes some strange turns sometimes, though. Plummer has done some high school coaching and he's now tutoring Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein as Klein prepares for April's draft.
"The coach-player relationship is unique, and I probably took it for granted when I was playing a little bit," Plummer said, via Jeff Legwold of the Denver Post. "It's a strange thing when you get out of playing in the NFL. There's nothing that would make you feel the way the game does. I struggled for a while with that, but I think I can give back something, and the time just felt right."
Klein was a sensational college player for Kansas State, making plays with his feet and his arm on his way to finishing third in the voting for the Heisman trophy. He didn't play in a pro style offense, though, and his performance at the East-West Shrine Game raised serious concerns about his ability to make the plays necessary for success in the NFL.
Plummer might not be able to fix that, but he's using the drills he learned from coaches like Hue Jackson and Marc Trestman to give it his best shot. If Klein does wind up panning out, he probably won't be the last prospect to look to Jake the Snake for help on the way to the NFL.


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Parenting the American way
New parenthood is a desperate search for certainty: When you start knowing nothing, you are desperate to know something. And when you finally figure that something out -- how to get this creature to eat or sleep -- that becomes the answer. Any parent this side of sanity clings to that certainty for dear life.
Sara Harkness, a professor of human development at the University of Connecticut, has spent decades compiling and analyzing the answers of parents in other cultures. They have a lot of answers, it turns out. And they are very certain about those answers. To read her work and the work of her colleague and husband, Charles Super, is to be disabused of a lot of certainties about child rearing. For the anxious, easily unsettled parent, it should be followed by a chaser of Brazelton and Karp, just to restore your world to its locked and upright position.
It's not a shock that child care varies across cultures, of course. But it is still hard to comprehend just how many ways there are of looking at a baby. I have been reading various ethnographic works on child rearing for years now, and yet, when I talked to Harkness last week, I started by asking her what child-rearing practices vary most among cultures. This is a worthless question. All child-rearing practices vary hugely among cultures. There's only a single shared characteristic, Harkness says: "Parents everywhere love their children and want the best for their children." (Even this is a controversial statement; some academics would argue otherwise.) Everything else, including the way in which they love their children and what the best might mean, is subject to variation.
I am not talking about National Geographic bare-breasted, hunter-gatherer pictorials. Those are the most memorable variations in child care, the sort we can see: Think of the live-in Mongolian livestock in Babies. What makes the work of Harkness so interesting is that it highlights the variations we are unable to see. Even when compared to other Western cultures, we Americans are a deeply strange people.
Every society has what it intuitively believes to be the right way to raise a child, what Harkness calls parental ethnotheories. (It is your mother-in-law, enlarged to the size of a country.) These are the choices we make without realizing that we're making choices. Not surprisingly, it is almost impossible to see your own parental ethnotheory: As I write in "Baby Meets World," when you're under water, you can't tell that you're wet.
But ethnotheories are distinct enough, at least to an outsider, that they are apparent in the smallest details. If you look just at the words parents use to describe their children, you can almost always predict where you are in the world. In other words, your most personal observations of your child are actually cultural constructions. In a study conducted by Harkness and her international colleagues, American parents talked about their children as intelligent and even as "cognitively advanced." (Also: rebellious.) Italian parents, though, very rarely praised their children for being intelligent. Instead, they were even-tempered and "simpatico." So although both the Americans and the Italians noted that their children asked lots of questions, they meant very different things by it: For the Americans, it was a sign of intelligence; for the Italians, it was a sign of socio-emotional competence. The observation was the same; the interpretation was radically different.
Every society interprets its children in its own way: The Dutch, for example, liked to talk about long attention spans and "regularity," or routine and rest. (In the Dutch mind, asking lots of questions is a negative attribute: It means the child is too dependent.) The Spanish talked about character and sociality, the Swedes about security and happiness. And the Americans talked a lot about intelligence. Intelligence is Americans' answer. In various studies, American parents are always seen trying to make the most of every moment -- to give their children a developmental boost. From deep inside the belly of American parenthood, this is so obvious it isn't even an observation. It is only by looking at other societies that you can see just how anomalous such a focus is.
Looking back at her research, Harkness can trace the history of how we got this way. During interviews with middle-class Boston parents in the 1980s, she and her colleagues kept hearing about the importance of "special time" or "quality time": One-on-one time that stimulated the child and that revolved around his interests. Nearly every American parent mentioned it, she says. "It was this essential thing that all parents seemed to think they should do -- and maybe they weren't doing enough of it."
This seems obviously reasonable. I would likely say "special time" with ironic quotation marks, but I still feel pretty much the same way those parents did. How else would a halfway-decent parent feel? But when Harkness talked to other halfway-decent parents in other cultures, even other seemingly very similar Western cultures, they were oblivious to this nagging feeling. Harkness recalls that "in the Netherlands, a father said, 'Well, on Saturday mornings, my wife sleeps late, I get up with the kids, and I take them to recycle the bottles and cans at the supermarket.' " That was their special, stimulating, child-directed time: recycling bottles and cans. Asked if an activity was developmentally meaningful, the Dutch parents would brush off the question as irrelevant or even nonsensical. Why think of every activity as having a developmental purpose?
What you notice reading these accounts is how much more intensive -- how much more arousing -- American parenting is. Harkness has characterized it as trying "to push stimulation to the maximum without going over the edge into dysregulation of basic state control." This is true even if you think you're different -- that you're not like those other parents at the playground. Culture operates at a deeper level than any individual parenting choice. In a survey Harkness and her colleagues conducted of parents in Western cultures, the last question was, "What's the most important thing you can do for your child's development right now?" "The American parents almost to a person said, 'Stimulation -- stimulation is what my child needs.'
Interestingly, even the attachment parents, who were very adamant about being different in a lot of ways -- they still gave the same answer." And all the parents meant a very particular sort of stimulation. The parents talked about themselves in almost curatorial terms: They'd create a setting for intellectual growth. It went almost without saying that the actual stimulation came from the toys.
But ask an Italian mother about stimulation and her thoughts immediately go to her husband: He comes home and makes the baby jump, she told the researchers. "He is the 'baby skier,' " she says, wonderfully. "The 'baby pilot.' " Meanwhile in Spain, everyone -- experts, doctors, mothers -- stressed the importance of a stimulating daily walk: You see the people in your neighborhood. Objects aren't stimulating. People are stimulating.
"The U.S.'s almost obsession with cognitive development in the early years overlooks so much else," says Harkness.
What else? Well, nothing in American parenting is anything like the concept of ng'om, which is used by the Kipsigis people in rural Kenya to describe children who are especially intelligent and responsible. This concept of intelligence, as Harkness and Super have written, highlights "aspects of social competence, including responsibility and helpfulness." These aspects, they add dryly, "have tended to be overlooked in Western formal theories of children's intelligence."
Part of the lesson of parental ethnotheories is that when we look for certain qualities, we stop seeing others. It's a cruel circle: Because our version of intelligence overlooks ng'om, we don't prize it. Because we don't prize it, we don't see it. Because we don't see it, we obviously don't encourage it or acknowledge it -- we don't create its condition for possibility. And yet none of this stops us from wondering, years later, why our children insist on leaving their damn coats on the floor.
Nicholas Day's book on the science and history of infancy, Baby Meets World, was just published. His website is nicholasday.net. He is @nicksday on Twitter.


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This may stir up a bit of controversy in Texas, but …
Newsweek magazine's most recent cover features Jesus of Nazareth– as a modern-day hipster amid the neon of New York.
The cover is a reflection of Andrew Sullivan's article, "Christianity in Crisis." Sullivan explains the evolution of Christianity, more specifically the drifting from the roots of what Jesus intended in His teachings.
A parallel is drawn from the life Jesus led to the outlook of a hipster in the 21st century.
A hipster can be defined as one who lives in such a way that goes against the mainstream of society, and dressing, speaking, acting and thinking in a manner counter cultural to his or her peers.
Sullivan isn't necessarily preaching the separation of church and state, but suggesting that the focus of Christians should not be political.
"The crisis of Christianity is perhaps best captured in the new meaning of the word 'secular,'" wrote Sullivan. "It once meant belief in separating the spheres of faith and politics; it now means, for many, simply atheism. The ability to be faithful is a religious space and reasonable in a political one has atrophied before our eyes."
He added later in the article: "When politics is necessary, as it is, the kind of Christianity I am describing seeks always to translate religious truths into reasoned, secular arguments that can appeal to those of other faiths and none at all. But it also means, at times, renouncing Caesar in favor of the Christ to whom … countless generations of believers have selflessly devoted themselves."
Without mentioning "the man," Sullivan has a consistent anti-establishment tone as he argues that faith plays too big of a role in politics and/or politics plays too big of a role in faith.
"We inhabit a polity now saturated with religion," he said. "On one side, the Republican base is made up of evangelical Protestants who believe that religion must consume and influence every aspect of public life. On the other side, the last Democratic primary had candidates profess their faith in public forums, and more recently President Obama appeared at the National Prayer Breakfast, invoking Jesus to defend his plan for universal health care."
Sullivan emphasized that the life that Jesus led was meant to be an example.
"The cross itself was not the point; nor was the intense physical suffering he endured. The point was how he conducted himself through it all–calm, loving, accepting, radically surrendering even the basic control of his own body and telling us that this was what it means to truly transcend our world and be with God," he said.
He concluded by saying that "something inside is telling us we need radical spiritual change. But the essence of this change has been with us, and defining our own civilization, for two millennia. And one day soon, when politics and doctrine and pride recede, it will rise again."
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"Weird Al" Yankovic has been around long enough to be defined not only as the leading parodist of his generation but, indeed, of several generations. It's enough to make most guys feel old, but Al's nowhere near slowing down: in addition to offering up regular digital single releases through iTunes (five of which have been compiled as the Internet Leaks EP), he's the subject of a new 2-disc compilation entitled The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Al about the sources of his inspiration, some of his guest appearances on other people's material (including Brian Wilson), and how he came to turn up both in "Halloween 2" and "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"
Weird Al Yankovic: Helllllllllooooooo?
Bullz-Eye: Hello, Al!
Al: Hey! How are you doing?
BE: I'm good. Good to talk to you…again. I talked to you a few years ago.
Al: Well, let's fill in the blanks!
BE: Excellent. First off, I'm a big fan of the new stuff that you've been releasing digitally, which you actually just collected as the Internet Leaks EP…
Al: Oh, thanks!
BE: …but I guess we should probably start by talking about The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic, which was just released. I've read a little bit on your website about how it came to fruition, but were you skeptical when they first pitched the idea of doing an Essential collection?
Al: Well, I'm always skeptical anytime my label wants to do a compilation. It's sort of a kneejerk reaction because, in the late '80s and early '90s, my old label – Scotti Brothers – would just release… (Starts laughing) …a compilation album whenever they were having a bad quarter. "Oh, gosh, we need some more money. Let's put out a 'Weird Al' greatest hits!"
BE: "Time for 'The Food Album.'"
Al: Right. (Laughs) Exactly! Which really kind of rubbed me the wrong way. So my new label's been more than patient and nice about not jamming any unnecessary compilations down my throat, and it really got to the point where it felt like a career-retrospective compilation was actually something that would be nice to have. You know? It had been 15 years plus since my last compilation of any sort, and I had a 4-CD box set which came out in…'94? Which has since gone out of print. So there really isn't anything like this in the marketplace, and it really felt like the time was right for The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic. So I happily agreed to it, and I was very involved in the song selection, even the art design. (Laughs) I was very hands-on.
BE: So did you work up a particular algorithm to come up with the number of parodies versus originals versus stylistic parodies that you'd include?
Al: I don't think I had any actual algorithm or mathematical formula… (Laughs) …but as it turned out, half of the songs on the compilation are originals, which is the way it is on my studio albums as well, so that's sort of a nice kind of synchronicity. I like to have it pretty much split up half and half. But that was sort of a happy accident.
BE: The material that's been compiled on Internet Leaks…I don't know, but it seems to me like it's been at least a semi-phenomenon, the way song after song has been kicking ass on iTunes.
Al: Oh, well, that's nice of you to say. Thank you.
BE: What led you to move forward in that way, releasing a song at a time?
Al: Well, I just wanted each song to be an event, and to bring a little bit more attention to my originals. I mean, I don't need to tell you that half of my material is original, and that's generally the half that gets ignored, by and large, by radio and video channels and even the general population. My hardcore fans, I think, enjoy the originals as much if not more than the parodies, but it's always been an uphill battle to have a hit song with an original, and I thought, "Well, one way that maybe I can combat that is by releasing them one at a time digitally, making each release sort of a mini-event." I mean, they'd have a world premiere of the video, I'd get a little bit of publicity exposure, and even it doesn't become a hit, even if it doesn't sell that much, it still kind of keeps me out there and gives the fans something new to listen to and enjoy instead of literally waiting another year for those songs to come out. I figured they're in the can, they're done, so why not get them out there and let people enjoy them while they can?
BE: "Whatever You Like" is, I think, the first time you didn't change the title of the song you were parodying.
Al: That's right. Just to confuse everybody. To confuse all of the search engines out there.
BE: Did you consider changing it, or did you just realize that there wasn't a way to do it?
Al: Well, there's a way I could've done it, but like you said, I'd never done that before, so… (Laughs) …I just figured I'd see what that was like. I just thought that that would also give it a bit more buzz, to keep the same title…which, of course, is perfectly legal. I could put out a song called "Stairway to Heaven" if I wanted to. But to keep the same title but just change the meaning of the words…?
BE: "Weird Al": still breaking down barriers.
Al: There you go.
BE: "Craigslist" is a stylistic parody of the Doors, of course, and you've done some great ones in the past where the sonic touchstones are pretty easy to spot: Devo, Talking Heads, and so on. There are some claims on Wikipedia about the origins of some of them, though, that I have to ask about…
Al: (Uncertainly) Okayyyyyyy…
BE: Is it true that "Airline Amy" is a semi-parody of "Switchboard Susan" by Nick Lowe?
Al: Uh, I'm not going to give away all of the answers… (Laughs) …but I will say that that song wasn't necessarily supposed to sound like Nick Lowe. But thematically, I can see where they would say that it was similar to "Switchboard Susan."
BE: Do you have a particular favorite amongst your stylistic parodies?
Al: (Hesitates) No, I can't really pick a favorite. I mean, there are some songs that I think will lend themselves more to being played in the live shows, but…no, it's hard for me to…I tend to like what the fans like, so I kind of wait to see which ones the fans attach themselves to.
BE: Did you ever get any feedback from Brian Wilson about "Pancreas"?
Al: I didn't, although I did run into a couple of his band members…and, in fact, I got a very, very nice letter from his musical director (Darian Sahanaja), who loved the song. So the people who work with Brian seem thrilled with it… (Laughs) …but I haven't gotten any official reaction from the man himself.
BE: "Skipper Dan" has an upbeat tune, a catch chorus, and is one of the saddest songs I've ever heard.
Al: (Bursts into laughter) That bummed people out a lot more than I thought it would. I mean, obviously, it's sort of a bittersweet kind of song, but a lot of people just got really bummed out by it! I dunno, it's an odd little character study, and I thought it was whimsical and bizarre. It definitely has its big fans, but I just was surprised by that so many people actually got depressed by it!
BE: With "CNR," your tribute to Charles Nelson Reilly, was there no way to work in a reference to "Lidsville"?
Al: Well, that was on my list! There are so many aspects to Charles's life that are based in fact that it was tough to work in more than a passing reference to his "Match Game" career. (Writer's note: Giddy up, Gene.) But, you know, I watched his one-man stage show…or, rather, the feature based on his one-stage show…after having written the song, and I don't know if you've ever seen "The Life of Reilly," but I highly recommend it. It's an amazing story of the man and the things that he went through in his life, for real, which deserve a song on their own.
BE: With your song "Ringtone," have you checked to see how it's doing as a ringtone?
Al: You know, I was kind of hoping that it would be burning up the ringtone charts, but that didn't happen immediately, so I kind of lost interest in following its progress. (Laughs) I thought it was kind of unique to have a song about ringtones called "Ringtone," and I was told that it actually wasn't. I wasn't the first person to think about that, so as such, nobody wanted to get behind it to promote it.
BE: I'm sure you've been quizzed to death about Michael Jackson's passing, but what was your relationship with him as you were doing the parodies of "Beat It" and "Bad"? Was he amused by them?
Al: He was. I wasn't ever close with Michael Jackson, but, I mean, I had met him a couple of times, and he did, in fact, personally sign off on the parodies. He had a great sense of humor about it, and I totally credit him with jump-starting my career. I mean, my first album did okay…about well enough to warrant letting me do a second album…and the second album, thankfully, had the international hit "Eat It" on it. And if Michael Jackson hadn't given his blessing, it's hard to say the direction my life would've taken. If my second album hadn't done well, that might've been it for me. But with Michael Jackson signing off on "Eat It" and giving me his support…I mean, I've been able to ride that for quite some time.
BE: A friend of mine wanted me to ask you how heavy the fat suit was in the "Fat" video.
Al: It's a little bit heavier than it is on stage. We have a fat suit that I use in concert, which is as lightweight as we can possibly make it, because it's not fun to run around in a fat suit. But it really wasn't so bad, not even the video version. It became…it felt pretty real after awhile. You'd pass a mirror, and you'd think, "Wow, I need to eat a salad once in awhile." (Laughs)
BE: Also, a buddy of mine who's a DJ in Hawaii was wondering whether or not you'd settled in Maui, since he knew that you'd been looking for a place there.
Al: Well, my family and I live most of the time in Los Angeles, but we do have a house in Maui which we love, and whenever our daughter's not in school, we try to make it out there, because it's really our favorite place in the world. It's always a bit depressing when we come back to Los Angeles.
BE: I've got a couple of things to ask you about that may not come up a lot. You played accordion on Crispin Glover's album.
Al: (Laughs) I did.
BE: I'm very curious to hear how that came about and what the experience was like.
Al: Gosh, that was a long time ago. That was produced by Barnes & Barnes, who are old friends of mine from the Dr. Demento days. In fact, one of the Barnes is actually Bill Mumy, who had another very special role in my life: he introduced me to the woman who became my wife.
BE: Not a bad role.
Al: Yeah. (Laughs) But we recorded Crispin's album at Bill's house, and Bill and I are old friends, and Crispin needed some accordion tracks, so of course he calls in Yankovic.
BE: So what was the experience of working with Crispin like? Or did you actually work with him directly?
Al: You know, I'd met Crispin a number of times, and…I'm not sure if he was even present during the recording of my tracks. He may not have been. But Crispin had shown me a lot of the odd books that he'd written, which were basically…grafts of other books which he'd pasted inside his own book. It's kind of hard to describe, but it was a very, very bizarre kind of art project, where he was basically taking bits of other books and making collages and claiming it as an original work. I guess it's, in a way, similar to what I do. Maybe…? (Laughs)
BE: Speaking of Bill Mumy, I wanted to ask about you and him working with Sarah Taylor. That's something a little bit different for you, to play accordion on someone else's work. Well, aside from Crispin Glover, of course.
Al: Yeah, Bill gets me most of my outside studio work. (Laughs) But, yeah, that was a lot of fun. Sarah's album is great, and it was a real thrill to, y'know, be treated like a musician every now and then. It was, like, "Hey, Al can play accordion. We should get him to play on this track!" And to bring it back to Brian Wilson, I don't know if you knew this, but I was brought in to play accordion on a Brian Wilson album once. In fact, it was perhaps why I don't think that song ever saw the light of day. (Laughs) It was back during the period where he was working on an album which was tentatively called Sweet Insanity, and that was the Dr. Eugene Landy period, a very odd time in Brian's life. I'm not really sure what happened to those tracks. All I know is that it was a real thrill for me to actually be playing on a Brian Wilson track, even though… (Laughs) …it disappeared into some crevice somewhere.
BE: Do you remember the title of the song?
Al: I don't. All I remember is that it was a waltz, just a real oom-pah-pah kind of waltz which anybody could've played on. But, thankfully, they picked me. (Laughs)
BE: How did you find your way into the video for the Ramones' "Something to Believe In"?
Al: I'm not sure exactly. I think the call just kind of came out of the blue. But I've always been a huge Ramones fan, and I was thrilled to do it. I just sort of showed up on the set and did it, with that huge cast of odd characters. (Laughs) That was a lot of fun. But I don't know who suggested that or how my name came up. I'm just glad they called.
BE: Where does your taste in music lie? Your non-weird music tastes, I guess I should say.
Al: Well, I don't know how to answer that, because a lot of my favorite music is a little weird. Not necessarily all comedy or novelty, but, I mean, some of my favorite bands and favorite artists are ones that are a little quirky and have a bit of a sense of humor about themselves. I don't want to start giving you a laundry list of names, but, basically, my favorite musicians are the ones that don't take themselves too seriously.
BE: And, more recently, how did you end up in Rob Zombie's "Halloween 2"?
Al: (Laughs) That was a last minute thing. I'm friends with Chris Hardwick, who's friends with Rob Zombie, and…I think that Chris was already cast in the movie as the talk show host who's interviewing Malcolm McClaren. McDowell. (Laughs) McClaren? Where did that come from? Malcolm McDowell. And they wanted somebody as the guest who would be just so the opposite of McDowell's character, some random weird guest. And Chris said, "Well, how about Weird Al?" And Rob Zombie said, "Hey, if you can get him, great!" So Chris called me up and said, "Hey, you wanna fly to Atlanta on Monday and be in a Rob Zombie?" "Yeah, sure!" Great way to spend a Monday, right?
BE: Have you enjoyed playing Uncle Muscles on "Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!"?
Al: Yeah, that's always fun. I get called in every once in awhile, and… (Starts to laugh) …I wear that weird, too-tight red satin shirt with tassels that I'd had in my closet since the early '80s. Tim and Eric really liked it, so I always wear that shirt, and I've got my low, gravelly voice, and I do this creepy public-access talent show host thing. I've taped a bit for Season 5, so hopefully I'll be showing up somewhere in the upcoming season.
BE: And you've done a couple of other Cartoon Network things, too. I know you were on "The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy" as a voice.
Al: Yeah! I love doing voiceover work, and I love the Cartoon Network shows. It's always a thrill to do anything like that.
BE: Obviously, you've been focusing more on your originals lately, but when it comes to doing parodies, where do you go for your material nowadays?
Al: I have to just kind of look everywhere to determine what the hits are, because you can't just look at the Billboard singles chart anymore. That's not really indicative of what's necessarily considered a crossover hit. I look at that chart, but I look at all of the charts, I look at playlists, I go online and see if there's anything happening on the internet. There are a lot of sources that I really need to look to to determine what the targets would be.
BE: I've introduced my daughter to your work as well, so now she demands to hear "the song that goes 'eat it, just eat it.'"
Al: (Laughs) Good job.
BE: Do you find that you have an ever-growing population of new fans?
Al: It seems that way, yeah. It's very gratifying. I've got a six-year-old daughter, and she grew up around the house and seems to be a fan as well. (Laughs) And it's nice that my music has introduced her to a lot of pop culture things that she may or may not have been exposed to otherwise. I mean, she was a big "Star Wars" fan since about age 3, and lately she's going through…and it's obviously resurgent…a huge Michael Jackson phase. We're listening to Michael Jackson around the house constantly. And beyond just my daughter, yeah, I mean, absolutely, it seems like with every album I put out, a new generation of young fans discovers me, to the point where…I've heard these stories about how kids would talk to their parents and say, "Hey, I just found this new guy, 'Weird Al' Yankovic. You ever hear of him?" And they're, like, "Uh, yeah. Yeah, we've heard of him." (Laughs)
BE: Well, it's been good talking to you again, Al. Here's hoping the new material continues to come out fast and furious, because I've really been enjoying what you've been putting out.Al: Well, thanks. I appreciate that. Thank you so much!
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The build-namelist utility builds namelists (and on occasion other types of input files) which specify run-time details for CAM and the components it's running with in standalone mode. When executed from the CESM scripts it only produces a namelist file for the CAM component (in the file atm_in).
The task of constructing a correct namelist has become extremely complex due to the large number of configurations supported by CAM. Editing namelists by hand is an extremely fragile process due to the number of variables that need to be set, and to the many interdependencies among them. We do not recommend editing namelists by hand. All customizations of the CAM namelist are possible by making use of the command line options.
Some of the important features of build-namelist are:
All valid namelist variables are known to build-namelist. So an invalid
variable specified by the user (supplied either by the
-infile or
-namelist options) will cause
build-namelist to fail with an error message telling which namelist
variable is invalid. This is a big improvement over a runtime failure
caused by an invalid variable which typically gives no hint as to which
variable caused the problem.
In addition to knowing all valid variable names and their
types, build-namelist also knows which namelist group each variable belongs to.
This means that the user only needs to specify variable names to build-namelist
and not the group names. The
-namelist options still require valid namelist syntax
as input, but the group name is ignored. So all variables can be put
in a single group with an arbitrary name, for example, "&xxx ... /".
Since build-namelist knows all namelist variables specified by the user it is able to do consistency checking. In general however, build-namelist assumes that the user is the expert and will not override a user specification unless there is a major inconsistency, for example if variables have been set to use parameterizations which can not be run at the same time.
All configurations have namelist variables that must be specified, and build-namelist has a mechanism to provide default values for these variables. When an appropriate default value cannot be found then build-namelist will fail with an informative message.
When running a configuration for the first time there are often many input
datasets that may not be in the local input data directory. In order to
facilitate getting the required datasets build-namelist has an
-test, that can be used to produce a complete list
of required datasets and report status of whether or not they are present
in the local directory. This list can then be used to obtain the needed
datasets from the CESM SVN input data repository.
The only required input for build-namelist is a configuration cache file produced by a previous invocation of configure (config_cache.xml by default). build-namelist looks at this file to determine the features of the CAM executable, such as the dynamical core and horizontal resolution, that affect the default specifications for namelist variables. The default values themselves are specified in the file $CAM_ROOT/models/atm/cam/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_cam.xml, and in the use case files located in the directory $CAM_ROOT/models/atm/cam/bld/namelist_files/use_cases/.
The methods for setting the values of namelist variables, listed from highest to lowest precedence, are:
using specific command-line options,
-case and
using the
-namelist option,
setting values in a file specified by
specifying a
-use_case option,
setting values in the namelist defaults file.
The first four of these methods for specifying namelist variables are the ones available to the user without requiring code modification. Any namelist variable recognized by CAM can be modified using method 2 or 3. The final two methods represent defaults that are hard coded as part of the code base.
To get a list of all available options, type build-namelist --help. Available options are also listed just below.
The following options may all be specified with either one or two leading
dashes, e.g.,
-help or
--help. The few
options that can be expressed as single letter switches may not be clumped,
-h -s -v may NOT be expressed
-hsv. When multiple options are listed separated by a
vertical bar either version may be used.
-case <name>
Case identifier up to 80 characters. This value is used to set the
case_name variable in the driver namelist. Default:
-cice_nl <namelist>
Specify namelist settings for CICE directly on the commandline by supplying
a string containing FORTRAN namelist syntax, e.g.,
-cice_nl "&ice histfreq=1 /".
This namelist will be passed to the invocation of the CICE build-namelist
via its
-namelist argument.
-config <filepath>
Read the specified configuration cache file to determine the configuration of the CAM executable. Default: config_cache.xml.
-config_cice <filepath>
Filepath of the CICE config_cache file. This filepath is passed to the invocation of the CICE build-namelist. Only specify this to override the default filepath which was set when the CICE configure was invoked by the CAM configure.
-csmdata <dir>
Root directory of CCSM input data.
Can also be set by using the
CSMDATA environment variable.
-dir <dir>
Directory where output namelist files for each component will be written, i.e., atm_in, drv_in, ice_in, lnd_in and ocn_in. Default: current working directory.
-help | -h
Print usage to STDOUT.
Ignore the date attribute of the initial condition files when determining the default.
Ignore just the year part of the date attribute of the initial condition files when determining the default.
-infile <filepath>
Specify a file containing namelists to read values from.
-inputdata <filepath>
Writes out a list of pathnames for required input datasets to the specified file.
-namelist <namelist>
Specify namelist settings directly on the commandline by supplying a string containing FORTRAN namelist syntax, e.g., -namelist "&atm stop_option='ndays' stop_n=10 /"
Type of simulation. Default:
-silent | -s
Turns on silent mode - only fatal messages issued.
Enable checking that input datasets exist on local filesystem. This is also a convenient way to generate a list of the required input datasets for a model run.
-use_case <name>
Specify a use case.
-verbose | -v
Turn on verbose echoing of informational messages.
Echo the source code repository tag name used to check out this CAM distribution.


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