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Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2013 Issue : Features
Posted: February 28, 2013 By Sam Gugino
Jan. 31 - Feb. 28, 2013 Issue : Features
Collectors are clamoring for whiskies that push the envelope on age, rarity, availability and price
Posted: February 28, 2013 By Jack Bettridge
Blogs : Harvey Steiman At Large
A thought-provoking evening at an ambitious new restaurant
Posted: February 25, 2013 By Harvey Steiman
Sommelier Mark Bright poured a splash of Krug Champagne Grande Cuvée as I settled in for an 18-course dinner at Saison in San Francisco. "We welcome all our guests with Krug," he said, a clear message that this is meant to be a luxury experience, if the credit card deposit of $248 per person didn't already do that.
That's pretty ambitious for a restaurant that started life only three years ago as a pop-up. Its first brick-and-mortar incarnation in a tiny Mission District space got two Michelin stars in the most recent San Francisco guide, and chef-owner Joshua Skenes could fill a trophy case with rising star chef awards. The new location, in a historic building a block from the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park, ups the ante with a unique, spacious design, a longer menu and a price tag that puts it among the most costly in the U.S., even more than the long-venerated French Laundry in Napa Valley.
Popular Missouri spot JJ's has long held a Wine Spectator award for its extensive wine list
Posted: February 20, 2013 By Kim Marcus
A California red sings alongside a topping made from pantry staples
Posted: February 12, 2013 By Jennifer Fiedler
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Blogs : Harvey Steiman At Large
What we can learn from a tour of coffee joints in Honolulu
Posted: February 8, 2013 By Harvey Steiman
Whenever I hang out with serious coffee people, I am struck by how much we wine folks have in common with them. We obsess over the sources of the product and how it was made. We even use some of the same language. Coffee tasters assess acid balance, body, intensity and finish, as we do with wine, and describe aromatics such as fruit, nuts and floral notes. They might find winy character in their brews while we might notice a hint of coffee on the finish in our glasses.
I watched my cousin Shawn Steiman, a coffee consultant who seems to be the coffee guru for the state of Hawaii, blend Hawaiian-grown and -roasted coffee beans on the spot. He used to make a distinctive and heady espresso after the dinner he and his bride Julia cooked for my wife and me at their home near Diamond Head.
Posted: February 8, 2013 By Laurie Woolever
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June Rodil has strong opinions about matching spirits to food
Posted: January 29, 2013 By Jennifer Fiedler
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Posted: January 24, 2013 By Mitch Frank
New Orleans is a little insane right now. Maybe that sounds silly describing a city where it's not odd to witness a brass band marching past your front porch, with your neighbors dancing behind it. But New Orleans is a little more insane than usual right now. This year, wedged tightly in the middle of the Carnival parades that start Friday, the NFL has brought the Super Bowl to town.
Are you coming for the game? Good. (If not, pay attention, because you should visit soon.) It's not hyperbole to say that New Orleans is one of the greatest cities on the planet in which to celebrate. If you enjoy good food, wine, beer, cocktails and music, it is hard to go wrong. Here are some tips for making the best of a trip down here. This isn't a comprehensive list of the best places to eat and drink. It's a handy cheat sheet for anyone coming to watch the 49ers and the Ravens, or just coming to enjoy our insanity.
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Maybe we value the wrong things about restaurants
Posted: January 9, 2013 By Harvey Steiman
Leave it to us privileged foodies to complain about getting too much. The complaint-of-the-month club's latest rant, careening about the Interwebs, zeroes in on famous chefs who keep us strapped to our chairs in their dining rooms, force-feeding us dozens of exquisite courses.
Really. I am not making this up. (Except for the part about being strapped to our chairs.)
Posted: January 4, 2013
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A new restaurant and three bars are set to rise from the ashes of Gilt
Posted: December 31, 2012 By Talia Baiocchi
On Saturday, Dec. 15, Gilt restaurant, which earned a Wine Spectator Grand Award for its wine list in 2011, closed its doors for good.
The restaurant, located in the New York Palace Hotel, joins chef Alain Ducasse's Adour at the St. Regis and chef Joël Robuchon's L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon inside the Four Seasons as the third fine-dining restaurant lodged inside a luxury New York hotel to close this year.
In a city where chef's counters are the new fine dining and white tablecloths are practically extinct below 14th Street, upscale hotel bars and restaurants are forced to rethink their approach to drinking and dining. And Gilt beverage director Patrick Cappiello will be keeping that in mind as he plans to restore the Palace Hotel's Villard Bar to its former glory.
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Former players mourn Lakers owner Jerry Buss
The Twitter tribute followed news that Buss died Monday at a Los Angeles hospital at the age of 80. He'd been hospitalized for most of the past 18 months while undergoing cancer treatment.
Under the ownership of Buss since 1979, the Lakers became Southern California's most beloved sports franchise, and became linked in the eyes of the world to Hollywood glamour.
And few owners in sports history can rival his success. The Lakers made the NBA finals 16 times since Buss bought the team, winning 10 times between 1980 and 2010. The team is now largely run by two of his six children, Jim Buss and Jeanie Buss.
Jerry Buss always referred to the Lakers as his extended family, and the players rewarded his fan-like excitement with devotion and friendship, in addition to the ten championships. Magic Johnson and fellow Hall-of-Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy formed lifelong bonds with Buss.
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"From Hollywood to Concord"
· July 14, 2013 "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy - (PG-13)
September 8, 2013 "The Bad Seed" by Maxell Anderson; from the novel by William March - (PG-13)
November 17, 2013 "What Ever Happened To Baby Jane" A New stage version by Dale Gutzman - (PG-13)
January 19, 2014 "The Graduate" by Terry Johnson; based on the novel by Charles Webb and the motion screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry by special arrangement with StudioCanal - (PG-13)
March 16. 2014 "The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr - (PG)
May 25, 2014 "MawMaw's House of Talent" by Judy Simpson Cook - (PG)
"The Great Gatsby"
by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
Rated PG-13
When: July 14th, 2013 @ 4:00 pm
Where: Main Stage of OCT
COST: Free Admission.
Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger. The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel, and in Simon Levy's adaptation, approved by the Fitzgerald Estate.
"The Bad Seed" by Maxell Anderson; from the novel by William March
When: September 8th, 2013 @ 4:00 pm
The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. Little Rhoda Penmark is the evil queen of the story. On the surface she is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda's mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda's schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at a picnic, Mrs. Penmark is alarmed. For the boy who was drowned was the one who had won the penmanship medal that Rhoda felt she deserved.
"What Ever Happened To Baby Jane" A New stage version by Dale Gutzman
When: November 17th, 2013 @ 4:00 pm
In a tale that almost redefines sibling rivalry,Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.
"The Graduate" by Terry Johnson; based on the novel by Charles Webb and the motion screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry; by special arrangement with StudioCanal
When: January 19th, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
The Graduate brings the inspired movie hit of the Sixties vividly to life on stage. Benjamin Braddock, recent college graduate and prodigal son, returns home and promptly becomes embroiled in an affair with the wife of his father's business partner, one Mrs. Robinson, but soon finds himself falling in love with her daughter, Elaine.
"The Wisdom of Eve" by Mary Orr
Rated PG
When: March 16th, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
Adapted from the story by Mary Orr, on which the film All About Eve and the hit musical APPLAUSE were based. An engrossing and revealing "inside" story of life in New York's theatre world, told in terms of an unscrupulous ingenue's rise to Broadway stardom. "Welcome to the Theatre and Fasten your Seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night!"
"MawMaw's House of Talent" by Judy Simpson Cook
When: May 25th, 2014 @ 4:00 pm
What's the most sure-fire formula for lunacy? Bring a big time Hollywood production to a small town and - guaranteed - almost everybody goes crazy. The folks of Fair Hope, North Carolina are no exception. Except for Little Bud Cuthbertson, grandson of the eponymous Maw-Maw. When Roge Charnovsky, Hollywood movie mogul, comes to town, Bud never imagines that his grandmother, the most stereotypical, little-old-Southern-lady in the world would get caught up in auditions, casting, and all the behind-the-scenes activities of shooting a movie on location. Come to Fair Hope, North Carolina. Be a part of the industry. You might fall under the "Hollywood Spell", too.
The plays read during the past 4 season of the Living Room Reading Series.
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Angry villagers in eastern China are suing neighbours on the other side of a river for stopping a new bridge in its tracks just half way across the water.
Residents in Shitan, Zhejiang province, had given their blessing to the bridge when work began six years ago.
But it ground to a halt 30ft short of the other bank when residents on the other side refused make way for the rest of it.
"There are some homes very close to the other bank and the owners would not allow the bridge to touch their land unless they were compensated," explained one local official.
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Kenny Chesney is the latest country megastar to lend a helping hand to those affected by recent natural disasters in the South. He announced on Thursday that he will be donating all fees and profits from his May 25 concert in Tuscaloosa, AL to disaster relief efforts.
Tuscaloosa was one of America's hardest-hit regions last month, having suffered enormous damage from a tornado on April 27. Forty people were killed and more than 5000 homes and businesses were either completely destroyed or seriously damaged.
Chesney naturally considered cancelling his scheduled show in the ravaged city, but Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox asked him to keep the date, claiming it would be a much-needed step forward for the community."Mayor Maddox convinced us that this is a great opportunity to bring the people of Tuscaloosa together in a positive way," Chesney explained. "We are grateful for the opportunity to help them in this way."
"We're thrilled that all the money from this show will stay in the community of Tuscaloosa," the superstar added. "We've got a lot of friends down there.
"We're really looking forward to doing this show."
Chesney knows firsthand what it feels like to lose one's home in a natural disaster. It happened to him last May when record flooding ravaged his Tennessee home and caused him to lose many of his personal possessions.
Here's a photo from last year showing him standing in front of his flooded residence.If you'd like to help Tuscaloosa right now, you can get more information by visiting www.givetuscaloosa.com. Want to send a check? It can be made out to "Tuscaloosa Disaster Relief Fund" and sent to P.O. Box 020410, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401.
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This individual must have a working knowledge of all aspects of a medical practice and the ability to effectively supervise its employees, both clinical and clerical. Thinking and working independently is necessary, along with the confidence and competence to make reasonable decisions regarding operations of the practice following the policies and guidelines established by the MedWest Heath System.
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Manage all aspects of the medical practice
Ensure employees accomplish assigned duties accurately and according to office policy
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Coordinate patient flow and authorize any change in scheduling templates
Ensure security and safety in the practice
Act as HIPPA privacy officer ensuring confidentiality throughout the practice
Ensure all employees project a positive customer service image
Submit payroll data and keep record of employee vacations, sick leave and time clock entries
Handle any patient dissatisfaction in a professional manner
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Machine Intelligence Proposal
A foundation for an agent to act and evolve independently of human intervention using mathematically defined instincts, emulating the manner in which biological behaviors in nature evolve from the survival instinct. Outlined in three categories.
Instinct Modules
- Instinct modules are comprised of desired states that define how an environmental pattern should be.
- An environmental pattern is any element or entity that exists within an environment, including the environment itself.
- Agent actions are initialized to fulfill desired states.
- The agent will act upon the environmental patterns that are the focus of the instinct until a percentage of the desired state is reached.
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1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon coarse-grain brown mustard
1 head cabbage, cored and shredded
2 hard-cooked eggs, peeled and chopped
6 slices crisply cooked bacon, crumbled
salt and pepper to taste
Far beyond the scope of grocery store coleslaw. I wanted this to go with a pork BBQ, and it fits the bill perfectly with my favorite barbeque sauce. Definitely different, though I agree with the review that tells to add celery seed. I added carrots and a little minced red onion to the mix as well.
Many coleslaw recipes have either a mayo based dressing or a vinegar based dressing. The use of both in this recipe is outstanding. However, as much as I love bacon and hard boiled eggs, I found that they were out of place in coleslaw. Also you MUST use celery seed in any slaw. Just my personal take, but this was a great place to start..
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I omitted the eggs as I didn't like the idea of them with the other ingredients. Glad I did - this is some really really good slaw. Definitely refrigerate and leave for a few hours before you eat it - it's not nearly as good straight out of the mixing bowl. Thanks!
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I ommitted the egg and bacon, just not my thing for a cole slaw. I also added celery seed. With the changes it is just like the cole slaw i used to have as a kid!! delicious!!
So good! i used apple cider vinegar instead bc thats all i had. Still tasted great! If you need to substitute its still fantastic. Also didnt put in the eggs. didnt want to take the time to boil the eggs :)
i wish i could give 3 and a half stars for this. the best way to describe it was.. pretty and interesting tasting. i made enough for 20 servings and there wasnt much left but i did see a table next to us who had a serving of it barely touched. 4 at our table had it and all said they prefer a regular coleslaw with a mayo/vinegar/sugar dressing. the egg was kind of strange but the bacon is ok i used dijon mustard because i didnt have grainy but i dont think it changed the result that much. thanks but it was just ok
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Ok, stories were requested, so, me being a man that can't seem to pass up an chance to write something, guess I can try to relate a few stories, for what they are worth. I don't have the horrifying stories to relate that some can, but some of my stuff may be of interest to ya'll. Some of it is down right funny (or silly, depending on your point of view) and some is not, but all of it happened to me, anyway.
At the HQ MACV compound when doing guard duty, we were attached to a unit called the Provisional Defense Force. We would pull this duty 2 nights on, 2 nights off, for 2 months, then off for 1 month, etc. This was in addition to our regular REMF dutys. This unit was commanded by a full Col.
It gave the staff officers "Combat Command" time, so they rotated every 90 days. (exactly the amount of time needed to get credit for command time)
For a few days preceeding Tet, 1969, we had been hearing many rumors, of course, as to the possibilty of an attack. We had even been briefed that their was "a reasonable possibility" of enemy action soon.(More on this another time) The night before Tet began, I was posting the guards around midnight. As I dropped off the crew on a 60 position out on a dark corner, a young PFC asked me what he should do if he heard anything. I could see he was very freightened. (who wasn't?) I ask him if he knew what his special orders and SOP said. He told me he did, but that did not help. Let me regress here and explain the politics in the Siagon area at that time. SOP dictated that "no person shall load a round into their personal weapon at anytime, not shall they fire there weapon at any time, unless ordered to do so by a superior or unless they were unequivocally receiving hostile (as opposed to non-hostile?) fire from an enemy force." Thus, as I posted these young troops, they had to set there in the dark with empty weapons.
Thinking what may help the situation, I simply stated the truth. I told the young soldier I would not set out in the dark, after hearing about the "reasonable possibility" of enemy action, with an empty weapon. As I left the area, I heard the sound of one M-60 being locked and loaded.
I did not know that I was being followed by a FNG 1LT, who was the officer of the guard. Have no fear, he did his duty. As soon as morning came, he reported me and requested a court martial. Can you believe that?? Off course you can. At least the Col. had better smarts. He told the LT to drop the whole matter, chewed my ass, and kept on truckin'. And, I, having friends in the officers assignment branch, did what???to who??? Like they say, pay-back is a M-F!!!!!
Got another story about the Col. for later.
Fortunately, nothing happened that night. And I kept my stripes and out of LBJ!!!
BTW, I did insure the young troop cleared his weapon when they came in.
Now, if this kind of stuff is boring, please let me know. Don't want my friends to fall asleep in the middle of the post!!!
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Re: One night in the HQ MACV compound
Enjoyed the story very much. While you may not have been out in the middle of some jungle, the perceived threat was real and could well have become a reality. Matter of fact, I'm surprised that MACV and where our company was located in Long Binh (next to the 93rd Evac Hospital) wasn't targeted more than it was.
I think that stories such as this one are reflective of your experience and should absolutely be posted.....you and your cohorts could have easily been statistics just like anyone else in Vietnam........where you were wasn't exactly a fortress if my memory serves me!
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| Del Re: One night in the HQ MACV compound
Just goes to show that it really didn't matter where you were...it could be just as dangerous!
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Great story, Stan H.!
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Hawk...I hear MACV and my head turns. This PDU...were they round eyes? My duty station and actual home camp was the Provence MACV MATS at SaDec. We were required to rotate the bush as well with a month in and a month out to bolster the Distict MAT units in Dong Thap Provence. I gladly traded off with others for these District units and was welcomed by them as well...they didn't need the headache of a disgruntled "loaner".
Any time with MATS or in the spooky world of CORD's or S-2 ?...there is a real Boogey Man gang.
MACV was such an octopus and a shady world with all the differing units, programs and such.
...and two hard boiled eggs.
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no, Homer, fortunitly I did not have anything to do with those "spook" type guys, except handling their "classfied" records which is a story in itself. I will try to figure out what I can write about that,,,,coming soon to a BB near you!!
BTW, yes, the PDU was just a bunch of us REMF's, trying to act like we knew what the hell we were doing.
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We had people get inside the bunker line at Cu Chi and Tay Ninh both. My weapons only got cleared when they left my hands to go to someone else's or were being cleaned, we even kept our fifties half-charged. I was in base camp once, I guess I pissed off the first shirt cause he picked me for bunker guard with two other guys. Any way I get a 60 off my track and we toddle off to this artillery unit on the perimeter. Only time I ever stood a guard mount in country. This FNG 1st Lt. wants to inspect everybody. He gets to me and asks why I brought an M-60, they supplied guns in the bunkers. I said, "well sir, I don't know if yours work, this one does." Then he looks at my M-79, fore-end held on with tie wire, no front sight, chunk missing from the stock and and asks to handle it, I open it up, take out the HE round and hand it over. That got to him good! He then asks me if it shoots, he gets a solid Yes Sir! and reverts to basic training when he asks, "Would you bet your life on it?" My two brothers lost it as he finally spotted the only decoration on my uniform, a CIB. He went from fishbelly white to a nice titty pink in two seconds flat. He handed me back my gun (didn't ask to see my .45) and finished that inspection in less than a minute.
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MARY LANG Peacefully, on May 13, at Blackburn Royal Hospital, Mary, aged 91 years. The dearly loved wife of the late Bert. A service and cremation will be held at Preston Crematorium on Monday, May 21, at 11.15 am. No flowers, but donations in memory of Mary to 'St. Wilfrid's Church, Ribchester PCC'. All enquiries to William Houghton Funeral Director's, Chapel Hill, Longridge, Tel: 01772 782291.
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16 ounces Whole Frozen Strawberries – Unsweetened
2 cups Tropicana Trop50 Orange Juice
1-1/2 cup Activia Lite Vanilla Yogurt
1 Banana
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Being the frugal guy I am, I whipped up a gun vise for myself from scrap lumber and a cheap chinese wood vise.
I got the idea from a farmer's website, which I can't find again for the life of me. I added a few things to make it snazzier for me. The clamp is a common woodworkers clamp. I bought mine at Harbor Freight before I swore off all dealings with their crap. I added a shelf to support the free end of the clamp, and a block of wood to stop it from wriggling around. The near side of the clam is screwed to the base, and the other side floats.
The jaws are padded with some 3/8″ thick foam padding I had stashed, with some of the fabric from my weight bench project stapled over it. I also added a piece of scrap wood wrapped in padding to prevent the butt of the stock from hitting the exposed threads of the wood clamp. I also cut a dado to hold the vertical support for added strength. More detailed plans follow:
Took me about an hour to make it, and 30 minutes to jot down the measurements to draw it up in Sketchup. I use Sketchup all the time, it's an excellent CAD program that costs nothing. The materials cost me only a couple bucks, as I had the crappy clamp already, and I just raided the scrap bin for the wood. It's held together with drywall screws. Be sure to pre-drill through the clamp, as it's made from some tough wood that likes to split. If you went to some big box store, I figure the project would cost between $20 and $25. I know there are plastic ones for sale for about that, but this is going to last longer than plastic, and can be customized to your specifications.
More projects on the way, and I'll post my solution to the homework assignment tomorrow. If you want the full plans, drop me a line and I'll e-mail them to ya.
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The end of the high G force thrill ride?2006-06-30By Robert Niles: Traditionally, thrill ride fans measured the intensity of their favorite rides three ways: tallest, fastest, longest. But over the past decade, theme park thrills have added a fourth dimension. G forces. Not height, not speed, not length, but the pressure exerted on one's body. With twists, turns and sharp acceleration, even a relatively low speed ride can exert force on the body three, four and even five times the force of gravity. Witness Rock n' Roller Coaster at the Disney-MGM Studios theme park in Walt Disney World, where yesterday a 12-year-old boy died. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of death, but in 2000 the ride was the scene of a non-fatal incident where a rider suffered bleeding in the brain. High G forces and circulatory problems provide a potentially fatal mix. Put someone with a congenital defect, or even a bad case of high blood pressure, on a high G force ride and aneurysms and stroke can result. Such preexisting medical conditions led to the death of two riders in the past year on Disney World's Mission: Space, another high G force ride. On Mission: Space, the peak G force is much lower than on Rock n' Roller Coaster, but it is sustained for a much longer period of time. Yes, theme parks could do more to warn their visitors of the danger of high G attractions. Parks should urge people with high blood pressure to avoid these rides, as they already warn or ban people with heart, neck or back problems, as well as pregnant women. And I'd love to see parks publicize the G forces exerted on their rides, along with the time that riders are exposed to that force. To that end, I'm asking registered Theme Park Insider readers today to help us collect that information. If you know the G force of a particular ride, please browse to it in our listings, then click the [Update this description] link to add that information to the ride's description. But the tragic number of deaths at Walt Disney World over the past years, many linked to high G force attractions, might signal the end of the development of such rides in the theme park industry. Unlike heart or back conditions, or pregnancy, most people at risk for the type of ailments exposed by high G rides do not know that they are at risk, severely undercutting (but not negating) the effectiveness of stronger warnings. The theme park industry already is moving away from the high thrill arms race of the past decade. Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro has declared that his company, the industry leader in that arms race, is done with record-setting, high-intensity thrill rides, and will instead look to recapture parents with kids by offering more family-friendly rides. Talk to theme park designers, and they express their excitement not for new ways to throw riders' bodies around, but for new ways to engage their minds. The near future of the theme park industry lies not in thrills, but interactivity. Smart theme parks are looking for new attractions that engage riders, empowering them individually, or collectively with the other riders in their vehicle, to alter or determine the effects and outcome of the ride. Theme park managers, like their counterparts in the movie business, have learned that repeat visits create blockbusters. And that the video game generation craves attractions that they can control. Rides like Disney's Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Universal's Men in Black Alien Attack, and Legoland's Fun Town Fire Academy and Splash Battle represent the future. And with insurance rates for high G force attractions sure to rise in the aftermath of this most recent death, that future might be coming to a theme park near you sooner than anyone might have expected. Readers' OpinionsFrom Erik Yates on June 30, 2006 at 1:28 PM
I think the public really is starting to lean towards a less intense G-force type ride. It shows with the success of such rides like Spiderman and MIB, even Revenge of the Mummy, though it is a coaster. ROTM doesnt exceed more than 3 G's, and thats only in its initial launch. People are wanting more theme to a park, and a lot of folks see something like a coaster as a blemsih on the landscape. Personally I cant see going to a park without an intense ride, but thats me. You will see a strong surge in more family rides at all of the big chains, especially disney, who was talking about having its first 6 inversion coaster built at the Animal Kingdom when they began talking again about "Beastly Kingdom". You can sure bet that talk was thrown away this morning. Though I love high G rides, and think that the faster a ride can go,the better, it will benefit the theme park industry more to go to the "Technological Thrillrides" such as Universal claims to have cornered the market on. From Patrick Sayre on June 30, 2006 at 2:14 PM
The fact is this child had a heart defect, according to prelim autopsy reports, and went on a device he should not have. The fact that literally hundreds of thousands of customers have ridden this ride, and others, with no ill effects should be enough evidence to clear Disney of wrong doing, and of the ride being too "Intense" What is troublesome is the background noise one can hear from the plethora of do gooders and vultures waiting for thier turn in the spotlight. These people will no doubt call for increased regulation and government oversite, and lay blame directly at the feet of companies like Disney for offering such "extreme", "dangerous" rides. Yes, they will blame the comapnies and seek to limit OUR Liberties and rights in the name of the "common good" instead of placing blame where it rightly belongs, namely with the individual adults who knowingly disreguarded the warnings, and parents of the children involved. Thats right, the parents. For if this child had seen a doctor regularly the type of defect that would lead to such a catastrophic failure would have been diagnosed a long long time ago and the kid would not now be room temp. Yet none of this means anything..for already the media has affixed blame, already the sheep are nodding that "Yes, these rides are too intense" and those of us who have enjoyed these attractions and others are content to let them chip away at yet another of our freedoms for fear of offending someone or appearing heartless. From Joe Lane on June 30, 2006 at 2:18 PM
While rides with G forces MIGHT be going the way of the dodo (or at least, asleep for a decade or so), I really do look forward to this potential rebirth of the dark ride. Universal truly created something special with Spider-man and Revenge of the Mummy: hybrid attractions with incredible special effects. If theme parks can begin going this route, we may have some great surprises in store for theme park fans. The catch is the technology factor. Look at Spider-man--there are so many things that HAVE to work in order for the attraction to complete a successful run, and in recent years, I've had the misfortune to ride Spider-man at times when the ride's computer systems aren't up to par. A single glitch in the system ruins the remainder of the ride as the vehicles simply return to the unload dock, passing blank 3-D screens in silence. The solution comes in the form of top-notch maintenance and newer, more fine-tuned technology systems. There's another factor involved: money. The parks have to be willing to tread in the red, sacrificing short-term losses for long-term gains. As an example, only one of many different scenarios, Mickey's Philharmagic at the Magic Kingdom suffers in show quality in that the film already shows signs of blur, wear and tear. Had Disney made the investment towards a digital presentation, the 3-D film wouldn't already appear aged in its current form. I'm reminded of the original Journey into Imagination at Epcot with Dreamfinder and Figment. There was much to see every time you went through, and the visual appeal was an important part of what made the ride so enjoyable. The task now isn't the physical limits we can push in the body of the guest, but the mental limits--fooling the senses, blowing the mind, doing something that at first appears small but becomes something incredible--and making it believable. That's half the fun. From rick stevens on June 30, 2006 at 2:19 PM
G force rides do add another dimension to the thrill of a ride. One of the main problems is what is a safe amount of G force. I would imagine it would be different for different people. Pilots wear G suits for a reason. As G forces increase, blood is forced into the extremeties causing the brain to lose oxygen and you pass out. The G suits inflate as the G force increases causing the blood to remain in the vital areas of your body. I think we all understand that if our brain is deprived of oxygen, it is a bad thing. This is another time that the warnings would do no good. How could you possibly know what your G force limts are unless you have been in this situation before. Most people would be OK, but do we need to chance occurances like this happening again. How many people have blacked out, temoparily, on this ride and others like it. These situations are not reported since the opporators of the rides may not know it even happened. I am not sure what the final outcome should be, but we do need to look into this and other rides that have high G forces. How far do we need to push the limits? From Randy Scott on June 30, 2006 at 2:44 PM
You gotta be kidding me. More people die and are injured each year traveling to and from Theme/Amusement Parks than those that die or are injured at them. That includes all the theme and amusement parks in the USA. Why don't we urge all those parks to close so that no one gets in a car accident traveling to or from them? That would be the responsible thing to do! Living is the number one cause cause of death. Very few,if any,dead people are killed or injured by anything. Every morning that you wake up alive, you run the risk of dying that day. Your idea for theme/amusement parks is stupid. I hate being that crass but it is really, truly, unadulterated stupidity. It reaks of an assinine liberal stench that no amount of intelligence could quaff. While we are at it, why don't we legislate theme/amusement parks can only serve tofu at their restraunts? Just think of all the people who clog their arteries eating their food. Imagine the people we could save!!!!!!!!! My heart and prayers go out to this family. My oldest is 13. I can't imagine losing him. I also can't imagine me not taking him to WDW. He loves it there. I know from experience that I can not, nor will I attempt to protect him from all of life's dangers. Living is dangerous. It's bad for your health. THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT LIFE. GET IT??????? From Erik Yates on June 30, 2006 at 8:38 PM
I was not, by any means, calling for a ban against G-force rides. I was stating facts. If you look at Universal, what is its two most popular rides? Spiderman and Mummy. The biggest complaint you here? Too many intense rides. I definately feel that the backlash on this will be great and the last thing we need is some watchdog group telling us how we need to live our lives. There are enough of those, and we have the right to live (and die) how we choose. It is absolutely safer to ride a coaster than it is to ride in a car or a plane. But the public sees these things as a danger anyway. When I rode the coaster for three hours for Make A Wish, people looked at me like I was crazy. It was really no big deal, but to them it was insane. It was Junior Coaster for gods sake. You also wont get disney standing in anyones way about making things tighter either. How would it look if there was someone wanting to "make things safer" and disney was standing in the way? They wouldnt, they'd be too afraid that they would lose money. Example....Christian groups called for a boycott on all kinds of disney things because of its stance on health insurance for homosexual partners. I dont see why A. this hurts the Christians and B. How its disneys business whos homosexual (thats an entirely different thread). How did disney counter? Night Of Joy. The bottom line will not be affected, and if it means toning down a ride and not putting in anymore thrill rides, thats what they will do. They will succeed because they are disney and people will flock mindlessly anyway, and other parks will follow. There will be the death knell for your thrill rides. They wont be banned, they will be ignored. From Derek Potter on June 30, 2006 at 9:48 PM
I understand that accidents like this, coupled with the previous tragedy on Mission Space, have tendency to bring up discussion on the dangers of thrill rides. I also understand that many parks are starting to lean more toward low intensity, simulator type rides...including the "industry arms leader" Six Flags (By the way I'll believe that line by Shapiro when I see it. Their downfall has not been being coaster happy, it has been mismanagement of those resources.) I understand rider concerns about G-Forces, because many folks don't understand the concept behind them. A quick lesson for those not familiar. G-Forces are in essence the amount of gravitational force put on the body. There are positive G's, the type felt at the bottom of a coaster hill, a helix, or at the top of a vertical loop, which push the rider into the seat and make them heavier than they really are. Spin rides, such as Mission Space also heavily dish out positive G's. These are the types of G's that riders can most withstand. When a coaster says (and they usually brag about it somewhere) that it pulls 4 G's, it pulls 4 positive G's. A negative G makes the rider lighter, and is responsible for moments of "airtime"...or when riders are lifted out of their seat at the top of a hill. These are dealt out in small increments, as anything too intense would literally eject a rider from their seat. Lateral G's push a rider to the side, felt during a flat or low banked turn, or a barrel roll. Sometimes riders experience a mixture of the forces depending on the element they are in. The difference between G's on Rock'n Roller coaster and G's on Mission Space is this. Mission Space, and other spin rides continuously deals out 3-4 G's during the ride. Any G's felt during a roller coaster ride usually last less than a couple seconds. The question is this, how long is too long, and how many G's are too many. Rock n Roller Coaster has a sort of twin brother in Cincinatti. Flight of Fear at Kings Island is made by the same company, and has an almost identical track layout to the Disney launch coaster. Having ridden Flight of Fear more times than I can remember, I'll classify it as a moderately intense coaster. The launch is about 0-55 in four seconds, the rest of the ride is your standard multilooping coaster. I've seen people old and young get on the ride time and again, and get off the ride with a giant smile. No accidents, no real injuries, no deaths. The ride is even sans over-the-shoulder restraints, making it an even more comfortable ride because there is no head banging. This begs the question, why is Flight of Fear accident/injury free, and Rock N'Roller Coaster not. Is it really in the advertising? Kings Island classifies it as a 5...a high intensity thrill ride (all their rides are classified 1-5), and signs are posted at the queue entrance. I'm assuming Disney has always done the same? If they do, what is the key? A ride that provides the same continuous G forces like Mission Space could be examined, but a coaster that provides a second of those same forces could have the same impact?? I usually steer clear of spin and pukes, because they do just that, make me sick and sometimes lightheaded. Continuous G's aren't good to me, however roller coasters and the new brand of Huss thrill rides, have absolutely no negative effects on me. There are people who feel the opposite, people who hate it all, people who love it all. The effect of G'force varies by the person, not the group. It can't really be measured in terms of danger to each person. Does this mean the end of high G force rides?? If you mean the end of the Gravitron, or rides like Mission Space, than my answer is possibly. People tend to get sick on these rides and the continous intensity of them isn't for everyone. If you mean the end of high intensity roller coasters, than I say no. No simulator ride or manufactured thrill attraction will ever compare to the actual feeling of being 200 plus feet in the air and dropping. The primal feeling of adrenaline and fear is something that humans won't grow tired of, and also something that has not been duplicated, or ever will be... by any simulator. Even great multisensory rides like Spiderman have not been able to duplicate the adrenaline rush that a coaster can bring. Simulator rides can be exciting, but after a few spins, it's kind of like a movie you've seen a few times. A ride on a coaster never gets old, no matter how many times you've ridden. Coasters have been around for over a hundred years, and they will be around as long as people will stand in line for them...and they will always stand in line for them. From Joe Fratianni on July 1, 2006 at 5:52 AM
I think there are a lot of great comments here. I myself enjoy Rock n Roller Coaster. My children ages 12 and 7 have never gone on it. I am actually surprised by the ages of children going on these intense rides. My kidshave never gone on Tower of Terror, Mission Space, Test Track and Kali River Rapids. They find these rides too intense. They even refuse to go on Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. We went to Universal Orlando once but honestly hated it. It was virtuaully all intense rides and the kiddie area only interested us for so long. So this long standing preoccupation with intense high speed upside down looping pull your face off rides has always surprised me. Don't get me wrong - I enjoy some of them - but I am surprised by the tremendous sucess of them. What might you ask do we ride at WDW. Well my son's favorite is Buzz Lightyear and my Daughters is Soarin. That's what Disney has always done so well: interspursed a variety of types of attractions to keep everyone happy. I guess it isn't too impressive to promote a ride saying you fly over California and watch a movie or shoot at aliens as you travel the galaxy. But if you can say: race from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds do multiple loops twists and corkscrew turns that is something people can talk about. From Mark Hollamon on July 1, 2006 at 8:32 AM
There has been a lot of good discussion on this issue (way too much as of late), but please consider this: If a family's regular scheduled trip to their physician wasn't as rare an event as their trip to Disney or Six Flags or anywhere else that has thrill rides for that matter, we probably would only see about 1/10 of the tragedies that we see today simply because people would know what is wrong with them physically. I have said it before and I will say it forever, look at the people you see at theme parks. Eighty percent or more look like they are about to drop after just walking around for a few hours. I'm talking even in the time of year when the weather is cool! Thrill rides put your body through the same forces a good workout would. I would venture to guess most of the tragedies happen to people who NEVER exercise, eat properly, and in the case of vacationers, probably have deprived themselves of sleep, at least in the short term. Most people are just floored when somebody close to them drops of a heart attack, but if they took a good look at their lifestyle, at least in most cases one could at least think something like that wasn't so unexpected. I think the general public loves to kill the messenger. We are use to the media phrase "If it bleeds, it leads". We just have a hard time taking good care of ourselves on a regular basis which includes a good self assessment of what kind of health we are REALLY in. I welcome all the new advancements in theme park rides. Spidey is one of the best I have ever been on, but you cannot compare it to the rush of the first few seconds of the Hulk! They are just two different birds altogether. I would hate to see a theme park world that didn't include both. I hope my choice is not taken from me. From Robert Niles on July 1, 2006 at 11:41 AM
The theme park industry is an entertainment business. And, as in all entertainment businesses, trends come and go. We've been in a trend toward high G force rides. We're going to leave that behind now and enter a trend toward interactive rides. That doesn't mean that all the high G rides will close. But if new ones are built, they won't be by Disney or Six Flags. (I think Cedar Fair will have this market to itself, if it wants it.) And they will not be "dressed up" in theme or story, Disney-style. Instead, they will be presented merely as they are -- a physically intense experience for physically fit teens and young adults. Alas, that is, these days, not a growing market. Which, as anyone in Hollywood will tell you, doesn't get you a whole lot of attention from those with the power to greenlight. This article has been archived and is no longer accepting comments. Stories from a Theme Park InsiderWhat's it like to work in a theme park? Stories from a Theme Park Insider takes you inside the famous tunnels and backstage at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom for a look at how theme parks really work, sharing the funny moments and embarrassments that can happen when your job is someone else's vacation.
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Below is a part of my code. It's one of the states in a state machine that serially shifts out bits in an asynchronous FIFO with parallel input and serial output. There is no signal telling the FIFO to spit the data out. It just starts shifting out whenever there is something in the FIFO. Code:
when SENDING => The question really is is this an OK way of writing this? If no, then why and how to do it differently? (Assuming that I really need the sck to be a variable in the process) The same happens here with the FIFO_array signal only if I omit the 'else' condition. But if I leave it there isn't a latch inferred anyway? Isn't it just the ISE software that doesn't generate a warning? Code:
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It seems like a premature question to even ask but after three superb seasons with Atlanta it's time to ask – is Craig Kimbrel the next Mariano Rivera?
Rivera rode off into the sunset after one final emotional appearance at Yankee Stadium late last month as he was taken off the mound by longtime teammates Derek Jeter and Andy Pettitte. With the title of the game's best active closer now up for grabs there's only one man that comes to mind.
Kimbrel just 25 years old has been as impressive as any player in the game over the past three seasons and will only continue to get better as he matures at the big league level.
But first let's look back at the first two season's Rivera held the Yankees closer role to get some type of a frame of reference.
In 1997 the young Rivera went 4-3 with a 2.10 earned run average nailing down 46 saves in his first season as the Yankees' closer. The next season he followed with a 3-0 record with a minuscule 1.91 ERA and 36 saves. That sets a pretty high bar for any closer – let alone a young reliever looking to make his mark in New York.
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