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Well, I finally did it. Here is the first ever marriage proposal with an Alpha Clock Five!
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Chuck wrote in to say,
Well, I finally did it. Here is the first ever marriage proposal with an Alpha Clock Five!
(Youtube video here.)
An EggBot is a compact, easy to use art robot that can draw on small spherical and egg-shaped objects. The EggBot was originally invented by motion control artist Bruce Shapiro in 1990. Since then, EggBots have been used as educational and artistic pieces in museums and workshops. We have been working with Bruce since 2010 to design and manufacture EggBot kits, and our well-known Deluxe EggBot kit is a popular favorite at makerspaces and hackerspaces around the world.
Today we're very proud to release the newest member of the family: the EggBot Pro, a near-complete reimagining of the EggBot, designed for rigidity, ease of use, and faster setup.
The EggBot Pro is as sturdy as can be: Its major components are all solid aluminum, CNC machined in the USA, and powder coated or anodized. (And isn't it a beauty?)
The most common mechanical adjustments are faster with twin bicycle-style quick releases, and repositioned thumbscrews for easier access.
The frame also has an open front design that gives much better visibility while running, and greatly improved manual access when setting up.
And, it comes built, tested, and ready to use — no assembly required. Assuming that you've installed the software first, you can be up and printing within minutes of opening the box.
The EggBot Pro begins shipping this week. We've also put together a little comparison chart, so you can see how it fits in with the rest of the family.
We've just given the WaterColorBot a little bump up to kit version 1.5. The new version now comes with a pair of beautifully machined aluminum winches.
The winches are precision cut on CNC machines and anodized clear. We add a few extra little parts (flat-head rivets to wind the winch around, screws, and a stamped and polished stainless steel "clamp" to hold the string end), and wind them with the same "100 pound" Spectra cord as we did before.
We described the process of making and winding our older laser-cut wooden winches in our blog post about the making of the WaterColorBot, and again in our post about the winch cutting jig. For better or worse, transitioning to the new aluminum means that we're no longer using our older wooden winches that we described in those blog posts. But in the end, these new winches are a better, more elegant solution.
WaterColorBot kit version 1.5 is now shipping from the Evil Mad Scientist Shop.
We've just updated our extensive online documentation for the EggBot with a new visual guide to troubleshooting quality issues.
Pictured above: The natural result if you happen to not tighten the thumbscrew to hold the pen in place: HELLO WOR<ARRRRrrrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh>.
In our annoucement article about the EggBot Electro-Kistka — the hot wax dispenser for the EggBot — we noted that it can be challenging to reposition an egg after taking it out to dye the egg between wax layers.
As an alternative suggestion, reader Dan commented:
Could you leave the egg in the EggBot and paint on the first layer(s) of dye with a brush? Then dip the egg for the last layer to get the ends covered.
Well, let's try and see how it turns out!
In looking around for examples of great open source hardware projects, we came across an unexpected number of projects and products labeled as open source hardware that, upon closer inspection, actually turn out not to meet the definition. Often, they're using an inappropriate license— typically a "non-commercial license," which is not only unenforceable but explicitly incompatible with open source values. Sometimes, they haven't released the design files. Sometimes, a person has apparently misused the term "open source" to mean "closed and proprietary." And sometimes you might see the open hardware logo used without any substance to back it up.
But what (if anything) can or should be done about it? We'd like to solicit your input as to the best ways to approach this problem. Perhaps there are not any easy answers.
As a baseline, we think that it's important to address the problem, and to do so earlier rather than later. To mislabel a product for sale as open source hardware may constitute false advertising, illegal in the US under state and federal law. In noncommercial projects where nothing is for sale, misusing the terms may help to set precedent that can damage the community's understanding of open source. For instance, if enough people see non-commercial licenses on things labeled as be open source, they may assume that it is acceptable.
If you happen to know someone behind the project, you might consider contacting them directly to start a dialog about what it means for something to be "open source." Or, you could (hint hint hint) send them a link to this article, letting them know that you found it interesting!
But, what if you don't have any personal connections to the people involved? It's certainly not as easy. Sometimes you can initiate a dialog with a company, perhaps by asking about their design files or licenses. At the other end of the spectrum, people sometimes bring up options like public shaming. In our view, shaming is harmful to the open source community, and should be considered a last resort akin to violence. Rather, we as a community need to work towards positive ways to nudge people toward doing the right thing.
Please let us know what you think: what should you do when you come across a project mislabeled as open source hardware?
About a year ago, I started working on a project that used robotics to control a Surface Pro tablet. Not long after I started, I got my first glimpse at the the WaterColorBot on display at Maker Faire Bay Area 2013. The WaterColorBot is designed to carry a paintbrush over a piece of paper, raising and lowering it as needed to paint a picture. The movement and software control is similar to CNC router with special design modifications to make it lighter, cheaper and easier to control. A CNC router has to move heavyweight cutting bit with friction so needs expensive motors, rails, and belts. The WaterColorBot, on the other hand, needs only to move a paintbrush in a low friction environment.
I was instantly sold on the idea of using a WaterColorBot to control the Surface. I backed the Kickstarter, waited for my bot to arrive, and started working on software. When the WaterColorBot arrived, I was not disappointed. The assembly was quick and I was robotically painting in no time.
With the big mechanical and electronic solutions solved, my attention turned to the tablet. The Surface Pro is rare among tablets in that it uses a digitizer that allows extremely precise tracking with a stylus along with "hover" and "right-click" functionality. It does not need to be electrically grounded like a stylus for a screen that only supports capacitive touch. I was certain that the Surface Pro was the way to go, but not quite how it was going to be held together. The project was about to take a another serendipitous turn.
At this point, I shared my enthusiasm with Windell and Lenore of Evil Mad Scientist and they gave me a unique offer: Stop by the Evil Mad Scientist shop and together we would make a custom cut spoilboard (lower deck) fitted to mount the Surface Pro 2. Wielding digital calipers and other measurement and software tools, Windell came up with a design that held the tablet firmly and had extra space cut out for the charger, power button, and USB cable.
The area beneath the tablet has a lip and a lower recessed area. This design reduces wobble and makes it look even better. On the topic of machining – I got a few lessons in how larger CNC machines work. Windell showed me some design considerations in software and gave me a safety briefing about the CNC router itself. This thing can cut fast.
After a little sanding, we fitted the tablet, spoilboard, and WaterColorBot together. Having the co-creators of the WaterColorBot with me on this journey was priceless, as we can see from the final assembly. The first spoilboard we cut matched perfectly and the tablet is held firmly in place.
With enthusiasm fueled by seeing it all fit together, we decided to tell the WaterColorBot to do some painting. Windell loaded up an example sketch in Inkscape and, with only a minute to calibrate the stylus height, we were drawing!
The software running on the Surface Pro is called FreshPaint and we chose a simple marker tool. In the video, you'll hear a laughter break where the Surface picked up the floating toolbar in the app and dragged it around the screen.
Given a little time, we could have taught the WaterColorBot to change brushes and colors in FreshPaint, but our goals for the day were met. The light weight and low friction of the Surface stylus is perfectly matched for use on the WaterColorBot. A custom fitted spoilboard means the Surface will always be at the exact same place on the X/Y plane, greatly simplifying future software development. Next project: Teaching the robot how to see!
(Full disclosure: My day job is Systems Operations with Yammer, a Microsoft company. This project and use of the Surface Pro 2 is not affiliated with Microsoft in any way nor did they influence the project with sponsorship or exercise any editorial control. If they had, I'd try to talk them into contributing a Surface Pro 3! "Surface" is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.)
Andreif shared this timelapse of building a Bulbdial Clock Kit on twitter:
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@EMSL completed. Thanks again to @maltman23 & @jprodgers for the terrific solder workshop at @netz39.
Part of our continuing coverage of highlights from the 2014 Bay Area Maker Faire.
We can't say how many times we've heard people ask questions about hacking or building their own sprinkler controllers, but apparently here are the ones that everyone has been looking for. These open source hardware sprinkler controllers from Ray's Hobby — designed so that you can hack and build your own — look well-made and genuinely useful. There are neat irrigation (and multipurpose relay) controls, including Arduino-flavored variants as well as versions for Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone lovers.


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Google Glassholes, GET OFF our ROADS, thunder lawmakers in seven US states
Seven US states are looking into banning wearable computers like Google Glass while driving, shortly after a high-profile court case in California where a Glasshole got off scot-free. Cecilia Abadie was stopped and cited for wearing her Google Glass but was later let off the ticket because of a lack of proof that the specs were …
However, if done properly, this could be a less distracting sat nav app as you don't have to look away from the road to look at or (god forbid) interact with a device on your dash board.
Re: HUD?
HUDs don't usually have rich graphics or media content and certainly don't have cat videos.
HUDs are ultra basic, the bare minimum information possible and (short of the card which show a small speedo discreetly on the windscreen screen) usually come with rather a lot of training.
Re: HUD?
A sat nav device has voice guidance and is a single use device.
It doesn't display your text messages, email or Youtube.
When drafting laws it is a case of LCD, lowest common denominator. For every 99 sensible law abiding people there will be 1 who does something idiotic killing people. Most safety laws are aimed at these sort of pillocks.
How about dashboard mounts for cell phones?
Are those allowed? If anything, they'd be more distracting...
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs
There is at least one BMW motorcycle which comes with a SatNav which is integrated with the rest of the electronics and if you get a low fuel alert it pop-up the route to a petrol station......but does that count as a safety feature, a distraction or just useful info?
Re: HUD?
In theory great, in practice idiots will use them to watch videos while walking or driving or cycling..
I would love a HUD for when I drive, but really I would not wear google glass as it looks like crap, when they get to the style of expensive sunglasses then I'll buy them...
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs
For the BMW that would be a safety measure since keeping a car with sufficient fuel is a legal responsibility for drivers in Germany. It's actually a traffic offense to get stranded on the Autobahn by, say, running out of gas.
As for the idea of a HUD in general, consider the possibility of an AR driving HUD, projecting lane guidance or other things that blur the line between distraction and useful information.
Banning the use of mobile phones did not stop the use of them in cars.
Banning Google glass while driving will not stop them being worn.
Just a matter of time before someone is convicted of death by dangerous driving wearing them, common sense tells us it is a distraction which also can cause focus problems in one eye. It amazes me how many people are in Denial of this.
Banning them is one thing, enforcement is another.
Re: HUD?
"I would love a HUD for when I drive, but really I would not wear google glass as it looks like crap, when they get to the style of expensive sunglasses then I'll buy them..."
You'd still be wearing expensive crap!
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs Unttil some cracker breaks in
And draws lanes heading into the sky, with the car's annunciator commanding, "Pull UP! Pull UP! Pull UPPPP!" to the background sound of "ngonk-ngonk-ngonk-ngonk.... Maybe some cars will start to get haptic feeback? (Especially useful to get the attention of sleeping or distracted motorists.)
People have been steered into the woods, onto railroad tracks, off of piers, and off road edges. Haven't yet heard of Apache Longbow Virus hitting motorists yet, though...
Reminds me of that Tayuxuz ayukssent in traynin mohd. "Nha, luuk intu the Eye-Hadds, and follow the payuth.... Pool ohn the kullektive and clymb to fhivv thasand feet..." Zoom up to 10,000 andd he then admonishes "Yoo gohn too fahrrr!" hahahaha. Best part, EVER, on Longbow... "Yoo gohn too fahrrr!"
BTW, I grew up in Texas fer 10 years, and I think I have some lahteetood to cunvay this anekdoat...
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs Unttil some cracker breaks in
People have been steered into the woods, onto railroad tracks, off of piers, and off road edges.
You forgot airport runways.
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs
Sorry, the fuel gauge isn't enough to know how much fuel is in your car? Christ-on-a-bike, rolling out justifications for idiots to blame others for them running out of fuel is just stupid.
Unless the car is also fitted with a fuel gauge that tells the car that it MUST stop at the next possible fuel stop which would be sensible if being law abiding is important to you.
And so then it is probably best to give Google control of the car for best fuel efficiency on your route, as it can take into account which petrol stations on the route will be cheapest.
Which might lead to a world where poor/speedy drivers are at fault because they didn't have the GoogleShauff (because the US probably won't accept the "eur" - even considering their history/heritage) enabled when accidents occur and those in GoogleShauff controlled cars arrive safely and optimally speedily after spending time working or relaxing depending upon the reason for the journey.
Seriously, is that not a better world?
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs
"..my driving in London has become much safer with the satnav.."
I wish I could say the same about driving in Sydney. My phone navigator is fine, but the one in the car has an awful tendency, in the inner suburbs, to assume it's on the road parallel to the one it's actually in.
"At the traffic lights, turn right" becomes "WHAT traffic lights? Those? But that's a pedestrian crossing! There's no turn! And I'm here in the right hand lane with my blinker going! Should I turn into that school?", all while the GPS is yelling "Turn Right! Turn Right! In 500 metres perform a U turn" at me.
Not sure whether it's not enough satellites or too many streets.
Re: HUD?
It's a few years ago now, but I think Jaguar had a proper HUD system for use in fog that used radar (or lidar) at a frequency unaffected by the fog and projected an image onto the inside of the windscreen to show what was outside. I'm not sure if it was on 1st April though. Having said that, GM is working on such a system based on this Wired article from 2010
Re: HUD? - modern satnavs
The law is clear on this, as verified in a recent case where a driver ran a junction because it was not on his satnav and killed cyclist. The judge ruled that satnav are an aid therefore full responsibility lies with the driver to be aware of his surrondings
Re: HUD?
Son: "Mom, are you watching your speed with your Google Glasses?"
Mom: "Oh son, you're such a tech head. I don't need all that silly driving stuff when I'm only driving you to football practice. I'm watching a new cat video, and you should see the cute boy on a bicycle in it."
Son: "Mom, that's a real boy and you're about to... nooooo!"
Re: Ban
Banning Google glass while driving will not stop them being worn.
No, but it turns them into a new progressive tax regime, targeting the rich and stupid. I'm OK with that.
Where's the Google Lobbying
otherwise known as 'Campaign Contributions' to these senators?
Or could this just be a ploy by them to get a few $$$ from the Chocolate Factory?
cynical moi? You bet.
Re: Where's the Google Lobbying
Did you notice that Google is now starting to get involved w the Republican party?
Its the Democrats who want a nanny state. They are the ones who are banning these devices.
But you may be right...
So does this ban smart-watches?
Smart watches are wearable computers... and they are visible to the driver while driving.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
Presumably the ban will only apply to wearable computers that obstruct your vision, reduce your hearing, impede your movement, or reduce your ability to shout obscenities at other drivers.
So computers stuffed up your nose will also be okay. :)
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
In the UK, the law specifies mobile phones, but there's also the catch-all of driving without due care and attention. Not sure if we'd need a specific law or not.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
The reason that the law for mobiles was brought in was due to the amount of people trying to prove that they weren't "driving without due care and attention" taking up far too much court time and never winning. So, for wearable computers, such as GG, I'd suspect a specific law, or modification to the mobiles law would be required.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
We have the same "without due care and attention" law in Canada, but the police complain that it is too hard to prove in the courts. It now appears that police want laws that are specific and easier to prove if broken, such as "using a cell phone while driving".
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
Whether we need a law or not, we'll probably get one. Blair started banning things that were already banned and the current lot continue to do so.
Somehting to do with being seen to do someting.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
The Tories seem to be going the same way, if we don't understand it, lets ban it...
1984 is coming just a little later than planned
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
I'd have thought it's easy enough to prove 'driving without due care and attention' - it just takes an observation by the police officer of the accused doing something unsafe. The specific reason why the unsafe behaviour occurred is surely less important for safety than the behaviour itself, which I guess is part of the reason for the catch-all law in the first place.
In short, if there's no evidence of unsafe behaviour, there's no need to take action for safety reasons.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
"In short, if there's no evidence of unsafe behaviour, there's no need to take action for safety reasons."
But what is "unsafe behaviour" You can text while driving most of the time, it's not until a driver ahead slows down, or a light turns red that you get in trouble. But just because you can get away with it most of the time is no excuse. You ban texting while driving to improve safety, 'driving without due care and attention' is a punishment after something bad has already happened.
You must implicitly trust the police to be OK with a catch all law like that which is totally up to the officer's judgement. If the cop doesn't like you, they can claim you were driving without undue care and issue you a ticket.
Unless you're swerving all over the road, the proof that you were driving without undue care and attention typically consists of the fact someone in front of you rear ending the car in front of you.
The other thing making a law that specifically bans a certain activity while driving is that it makes it easier for the victim to sue the guy who injured him. If wearing Glasses at all is illegal, it is easy to prove. If you have to prove they were actually in use at the time, the bar is a lot higher.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
I am not a hunter myself, but I seem to recall a Canadian hunting law which stated that if you were caught in the woods (or where ever) with a gun outside of hunting season, that gun was considered sufficient proof that you were hunting illegally, resulting in the confiscation of all your hunting gear, including your vehicle and all its contents. As if that weren't disincentive enough, you still had to stand before a judge and accept any additional punishment he meted out to you. All in all, pretty harsh.
Now I'm not proposing that they take your car,(although they love doing that with alleged drug offenders, and just try to get your car back after being acquitted, a subject well covered by national tv documentaries filmed in Louisiana, revealing how local parishes make a career out of siezing poor peoples cars and selling them),but common sense tells me that if the law allows the public to get away with claiming that, yes, they were wearing Google Glasses, prescription or not, but no they weren't turned on, then the law is an ass, pardon my french.
If I'm an arresting officer, don't tell me you need a fifteen hundred dollar pair of prescription glasses with internet video feed (actually even more with the prescription option) to drive when I know that virtually every prescription wearer out there,(especially drivers), has multiple spares lying around somewhere. By the way, where are the prescriptions you had before you became a Glasshole? Keep a spare in your glove box, or your cup holder, or locking console between the seats, or in one of those eyeglass holders that they sell to stick on your dash to hold your sunglasses. Keep a pair in every vehicle you drive, if you can afford prescription Google Glasses, then you can afford a spare pair of glasses for your vehicle. That goes doubly so if you can afford to drive more than one vehicle. grrrr
Long story short, you are caught driving wearing Google Glasses, that is sufficient proof that they were turned on. Let the law err on the side of public safety, supposed or not.
Now i feel better. I had to get that off my chest, ahhhhh
ps. I wish I had a pair of Google Glasses to play around with, just not to drive with.
Re: So does this ban smart-watches?
> So computers stuffed up your nose will also be okay. :)
But do people (Golgafrinchans) want computers that can be fitted nasally?
"Too often the law is years behind technology and we have to catch up"
What? By banning it without even so much as a sniff of an investigation into whether it affects driver safety? That doesn't sound like catching up with technology to me, more like running away from it as fast as you can.
Or - making something which is of seriously questionable safety illigal until such a time as it's proven to be safe.
I'd rather that approach than yours.
Right, so you never would have legalized cars in the first place then?
You mean the cars which were required to have a red flag carried in front of them for some time, before they were shown to be safe?
Yep, I would have approved of them, once they had been shown to be safe.
"Or - making something which is of seriously questionable safety illigal until such a time as it's proven to be safe.
I'd rather that approach than yours."
That's a total assumption based on no facts what so ever. Have you ever worn a pair of Google Glasses? do you know how well you can see through the information? If people followed your lead we would all be sat in our caves freezing and starving to death cause no one had yet proven that lighting a fire was safe.
"ou mean the cars which were required to have a red flag carried in front of them for some time, before they were shown to be safe?
Yep, I would have approved of them, once they had been shown to be safe."
So you think that all cars built after 1896 are safe? Christ, I think I need to start buying shares in Virgin Galatic to get away from nutters like you. Happy to believe what ever the government tells them is the truth without even looking into the facts.
Cars with an ICE came to England in 1896, the same year the Locomotive Acts was changed. The Red Flag rule was used for the steam cars, which were basically small trains on the road, and have about as much in common with cars as we know them as the orient express.
That's the excuse used for pretty much every bad law ever made.
Now that's what I call seriously questionable, so how about we outlaw lawmaking until that is proven safe.
I could imagine making computerized goggles (google-goggles? (sorry)) which include night-vision, and which might assist the driver in paying better attention to dangers. It would be a shame to oust those. A HUD could be used for this as well, of course.
Banning ALL wearable computers sound a bit knee-jerk to me.
Re: Hmm,
Until such time that there is a radio signal sent out to such devices from your car preventing them from running anything other than navigational apps then they have to be banned.
Of course, such restrictions will always be "cracked" by some idiot who finds driving boring and wants to watch Breaking Bad resulting in Braking Bad.
Re: Hmm,
Fair enough, there should be strong safeguards.
Re: Hmm,
Ordinarily your eyes are focussed on a point outside of the vehicle, perhaps looking 30 or more feet away. Having a mini cinema inches away from your eyeball not only requires you alter your focus, but also obscures what you are seeing for real outside.
I don't see it being at all safe or practical because it would completely screw with your visual perception and reaction times.
Aircraft HUDs attempt to solve this by using collimated rays of light which are essentially parallel so the pilot can see the image regardless of their focus. Perhaps something like that is possible but certainly not any time soon.
Re: Hmm,
This depends on the optics used. HUD and similar systems can produce images at infinity. HUD are considered safer than using the dashboard in Mach 2 fighters, it should be safer on the road, in principle. The Google glass display is well inside the 20-25cm near focus of most people, so it must use a similar "focus at infinity" optical solution as well.
Re: Hmm,
" I could imagine making computerized goggles (google-goggles? (sorry)) which include night-vision, and which might assist the driver in paying better attention to dangers. It would be a shame to oust those. A HUD could be used for this as well, of course.
Banning ALL wearable computers sound a bit knee-jerk to me."
I'm pretty sure an FLIR-type thing is (or was) available on high-end Cadillacs. The commercials for them seemed to imply that the image was projected to the windshield (or maybe a combining glass) in a way to superpose it on the driver's eyeball view of the (initially not visible) object or pedestrian. Something like that, to me would be a fantastic application for something like Google Glass plus an eyeball tracker in the car. I can also see something that, for instance, puts a colored dot or arrow into the driver's view of the correct exit in a complicated upcoming interchange. (Think American football TV yard-marker technology) Stuff like that goes beyond simple HUD capabilities, I would think, and sort of requires both head-mounted display, and some on-the-fly computation capabilities.
I don't want idiots watching cat videos while they drive, but I don't want legislatures to cut off very promising innovative routes to more safety, either. I hope they are very careful about the laws they are crafting. (but, sadly, I don't have much confidence in them).
Re: Hmm, Heist Edition...
Then, as in Caprica, there will be hacked/modded versions to facilate perverted entertainment or illegally enhance an ability to commit and get away with crimes.
Imagine a Heisst Edition of wearbable computers and glasses. And, now, considering talk of "bullet proof clipboards and backpacks" for students, imagine a robber knowing at all times the positions of bang guards, key holders, tellers, and more by clandestinely scanning the interior a few minutes and adding that to earlier, pre-rehearsal exercises.
Of course, google glass tech might help some surgeons, mechanics, and others who need to fall back into an "instruction" mode to avert mishaps or breakages during complex procedures.
Maybe there'll be a "Bifocal/Trifocal" edition? How long before we see GGO -- Google Global Optical as a ticker symbol?
Re: Hmm,
No offense but, speaking of knee-jerk...
Neither of the two latest bills, from Wyoming (PDF) and Missouri, ban ALL wearable computers and it's likely that each State is making a mess of incompatible rules some of which will be fuzzy and have loopholes large enough to drive a train through.
The Wyoming bill is actually pointless since it states:
No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public street or highway while using a wearable computer with head mounted display...
so it leaves it open to interpretation as to what "using" means since wearing isn't necessarily using and a judge in Wyoming may disagree with the California judge on whether "using" requires proof the device was either on or off. Indeed, one could be wearing such a device where the display is positioned behind the head for the rear seat passenger to use. Missouri is a more concise while not mentioning computers at all presumably because one could be using an old school film projector:
No person shall operate or wear a head-mounted display while operating a moving motor vehicle upon the highways of this state. For the purposes of this section, "head-mounted display" means a display device worn on the head or as part of a helmet that has a small display optic in front of one or each eye.
Re: Hmm,
So in Missouri the law will affect wearers of bifocal prescription spectacles, because the small display optic at the bottom of the lens displays the dashboard?
Re: Hmm,
Anyone who thinks glass can be worn safely while driving I set you this challenge, focus on the glass of your windscreen (not out side it- the actual glass) next time your driving...
now imagine the person behind you on the motorway, driving a little to close, is doing the same thing.. Feel safe?
When driving, the road is in the center of your vision
the info in glass is not, therefore if you pay attention to glass info, you are not paying attention to the road.
Re: When driving, the road is in the center of your vision
Doesn't the same apply to the speedometer? What about rearview mirrors? Or looking over shoulder before pullng out?
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I have an apartment on East Broadway and love Chinese food, but excessive amounts of MSG wrecks me. Any suggestions? I often ask but to no avail. What is the pinyin for MSG, anybody know?
If you're sure you have a sensitivity to glutamates, the lack of "MSG" won't protect you from glutamates in ingredients like soy sauce and oyster sauce. (Or, for that matter, tomatoes or parmigiano, if you go to Italian restaurants.)
Since I'm not sensitive to MSG at all, I may be the wrong person to talk about this. But sometimes I think people imagine their sensitivity to the stuff. If you eat jams or jellies (MSG is in the pectin), soy sauce, tofu, yeast, malt, etc., etc., you're consuming MSG. Yet people rarely complain of any sensitivity to these foods.
Anyway, that's my take. I could be wrong.
[I originally posted this in the LA Board in response to a similar question].
In most places I've gone to, it isn't a problem to withhold MSG. However, I always ask in Chinese.
There are three main ways for MSG to end up in your foods:
1. It is added during the cooking process. This is very easy to avoid. The cook will most likely add a bit more salt, though.
2. It is added when preparing large batches of food for later use. This includes items such as egg rolls, anything marinated, soups, and broths that are used as a basis for gravies or sauces. Some of these, such as egg rolls, are easy to avoid. Others, such as sauces, are difficult to avoid.
3. It is present in canned goods or some sauces (not usually soy sauce). If a restaurant uses these, it is difficult to avoid.
When ordering, choose dishes with fresh ingredients and minimal sauce. The dishes should be made to order, not mass-produced (again, egg rolls are an example). Avoid soups.
The Cantonese pronunciation for MSG is: May Jing.
Pronounce "May" as in the month of May. Pronounce "Jing" the same way you sing "Jingle Bells."
The Mandarin pronunciation for MSG is wei jing. (fourth and first tones respectively). Wei is pronounced "Way" except you should say it with a dropping tone, such as when you say the second word in the phrase, "Oh, sh*t!" [This was the way my Mandarin teacher explained it to our class] Pronounce "Jing" the same was as Cantonese.
Just tell them: "No May Jing" or "No Wei Jing".
And another misconception is that only chinese restaurants use MSG, however, most fast foods and processed items contain loads of MSG... KFC uses a lot, all bouillon cubes and canned broths (unless otherwise stated), and another huge number of regular restaurant chains. I personally subscribe to the notion that MSG sensitivity is very rare and most people are influenced by the hype on it - i am not negating that some people do indeed have adverse reactions, just that i am sure it is less prominent than people think. Wikipedia's entry on MSG is very informative and offers background on studies conducted by food governing agencies around the globe and all have found it safe for consumption. Can 2 billion chinese and generations upon generations be doing something wrong?


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A rockslide has temporarily closed the road between Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower Junction in Yellowstone National Park. Rocks and debris were discovered early Saturday morning, covering a section of road at the entrance to Blacktail Plateau Drive, about eight miles east of Mammoth Hot Springs. While much of the debris covering the road was cleared by 9:00 am, park managers remain concerned about the threat posed by a large amount of loose rock and dirt above the roadway, which could easily dislodge and fall. Engineers with the Federal Highway Administration are being brought in to assess the condition of the road. Barricades have been set-up on both sides of the slide area. The road is currently open for emergency travel only. It is unknown when the road may be safe to reopen to travel by area residents, visitors, and park employees. The cause of the early morning rockslide is unknown.


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Another thing to think about this age is POWER...kids want lots of it, and there are ways you can give it. Try and keep things calm and positive and really weigh your battles.
Give power through choices. (Red or green shirt, choose your socks, are these the shoes you like today...go to the bank first or would you like the grocery) You can also try to draw pictures or lists to front load things that might trigger. Give warnings of transitions...
I know lots of these things are transition oriented, but sometimes if kids know what is coming, they can handle it better.
Hope things improve!
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Hi Stevie,
I remember when my dd was like that ... it does get better! One thing that helped for us was to model the time out ... in other words, when he has a tantrum, say "Mommy is frustrated right now, so I am going to go take some time to cool down" and then go into another room and try to chill out for a few minutes. If he sees the time-out is not a punishment -- but an opportunity for self-soothing and getting back in control -- then he might be more receptive to the idea.
With us it has been a long process, but my dd is finally in a place where she will go take some time for herself when she is starting to melt down. Usually she can get herself cooled down in a couple of minutes -- she is seven now, but she has been able to do this for a couple of years.
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We actually have the opposite problem, we have to eliminate choices. He can not handle having a choice. If we offer a red or a green shirt he will cry ALL day about wanting the shirt he did not pick. He has started to make his own 'choices' up and its causing tons of problems. Like weather or not to wear a hat. He will find a hat, put it on then take if off screaming I don't want to wear it, then cry the instant he puts it down that he wants it back on. This can go on for an hour or so about 1 item and is very hard to distract him from. I would love to give him choices but he can not live with the decisions he makes.
We have started telling him the plans for the entire day. It seems to help a little. But if something changes then he flips out. I found out this past week that we can get an eval done by the schools at age 3, which is next week. So hopefully from there we can get some more help.
Thanks for all the advice. I'm sure I'll be around on here.
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Eater mustve spotted us at Hotel Delmano on Friday because they took a break from their holiday yesterday to post interior shots of Billyburgs first cocktail palace, from the owners of Union Pool. We mightve done the same thats how impressive this place is but we confess to being too hung-over from one too many elderflower tequila gimlets, which is what happens when you ask the barkeep there to make you something with tequila. That and a tequila with grenadine and bitters made by hand (hence the moniker Delmano). As for the cocktail list, the Commandants Cocktail is the only original one and the most expensive at $14 (it contains pear cognac, Cointreau, lemon juice, and green chartreuse), but mixologist Jeff Hansons $9 to $12 renditions of the Last Word, Corpse Reviver No. 2, the Hemingway Daiquiri, and the Seelbach Cocktail are plenty revelatory.
A note about checking into the Hotel when theres no vacancy: A week out of the gate with pretty much no press, the place is already operating la Death & Co., with a doorman turning away parties and taking cell numbers. When we went early in the week, we were seated right away, no problem, but come Friday the place was full up and we had to wait fifteen minutes for one of the small marble tables in the back room. Kyp Malone from TV on the Radio was in the front room, and theres also a secluded alcove holding about a dozen in the middle room. One other thing: Barchitect Michael Smart took a cue from Pastis when he installed the gorgeous communal sink and subway tiles in the bathroom, but he managed to trump even McNally with the W.C. proper. Bravo! Finally, a bit of trivia: Youd never know it, but the place used to be a tattoo parlor. Now the only thing thatll hurt is the check.
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I need dinner suggestions for a picnic basket. Going to The Hollywood Bowl...
I need to prepare a picnic basket, consisting of dinner, hors d'oeuvres and wine. I have the basket and the wine covered and wanted suggestions for dinner items mainly. For hors d'oeuvres, I'm going to go to Whole Foods and get 2-3 varieties of cheese and olives along with crackers. Anyone have any good suggestions of dinner items to take that are best eaten cold and things you can simply pick-up and serve? I'll most likely be going to Whole Foods, Trader Joes and the likes.
My girlfriend and I are going to go See Belle & Sebastian with The Los Angeles Philharmonic Thursday night at The Hollywood Bowl. I wanted to go well prepared. Nothing better then seeing a good concert in the summer @ the bowl along with some good food, good wine and good company.
Whole Foods has great salads, quiches, prepared vegetables and meats in the deli section. Since you're going there anyways, take a look at those items in the cold case. I especially like the curry chicken, strawberries and spinach salad, mediterranean chicken salad, kale, grilled vegetables, bbq salmon, herb tofu.
You can also check out Bristol Farms. They prepare excellent boxed to-go food.
Restaurants also prepare boxed lunches, and depending on where you're coming from, you might want to consider them. I know Maison Akira does a sweet and affordable bento box.
have fun!
If you're in the Pasadena area, I've heard good things about the pick up 'n go baskets at Julienne's ( www.juliennetogo.com ) or the bento boxes at Maison Akira ( http://www.maisonakira.com/ )
I have had good luck with Gelson's picnic meals. They have a pretty good selction. You can also just get stuff from the deli, salad bar, or suchi section, if you wish. If your local gelson's has a Puck Express, tyou can get a pizza or one of the Express dishes.
I know that a few of the vendors in the Farmar's market on Fairfax sometimes do something of the sort.
Also, frankly, you could do far worse than to just pick up some great stuff from Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or the like and pack your own basket.
AS they say, A summer night, a bottle of wine, some really great cheese, pate, summer sausage, a baguette, crackers, cookies, grapes, berries, and Thou.
Why not stop by your favorite Lebanese place and get some stuff to go? Dolmas, a salad like fattouch, babaganoush, hummus, lots of things will be great cold. Including lamb or chicken kabobs. If you call ahead, they'd probably package it up so it's not as bulky as a bunch of styrofoam clam shell containers. In fact, I'd bring my own tupperware to the restaurant since I hate all that throw-away packaging.
Maybe we'll see you at B&S!
re: Mrs Fang
I would, if I didn't eat Lebanese/Middle Eastern food so frequently. When it's all you eat when visiting your folks, it somehow looses the excitement factor. Otherwise, a great suggestion. Maybe we'll see you there; I'm sure you'll be easy to spot! :-)
re: slacker
Apparently Bristol Farms sold to Albertson's -- my mother used to shop at the SouthPas one all the time and said it has gotten really awful.
My vote would go to Joan's on Third.
Be sure to go at some off-hour, your guess is as good as mine when that might be. Maybe call & ask the worker bees, they'll know. It's a major, full tilt scene there most of the time. Lots of salads, meats, sandwich, cheeses, dippy things, yummy desserts - you'll be set. Oh btw, it'll cost you. But, don't let that dissuade you.
Joan's on Third is located at 8350 West Third Street (between La Cienega Blvd. and Fairfax Ave.) in Los Angeles. We are a few blocks east of the Beverly Center and west of The Grove / The Farmer's Market. Parking is available in the back.
Telephone 323.655.2285
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On the other hand, if you want something a tad more affordable, try Bay Cities in Santa Monica. Perhaps a Godmother sandwich (have them put the dressing in a little container on the side) or one of my special combos - Turkey, Buffalo Mozzarella, Basil, Olive Oil & Balsamic vinegar or Prosciutto, Gruyere & Dijon mustard. Or whatever.
They have scads of little deli salads with gourmet-ish flourishes. Did you say cheese, yup, they have plenty of that too.
Maybe a cannoli for dessert? Hmmmmm.
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Have fun!!!! ;-D
I'm going tonight too -- wish I had time to pick up something yummy, but I'm in a severe time crunch so I'm afraid it's Ralph's sushi for us. Fortunately, I had a nice bottle of unfiltered sake tucked away which should greatly improve the experience! Have fun...
Some Prosciutto di Parma and mozzarella di bufala along with basil and a good baguette makes for a nice light meal along with a bottle of wine - it's my favorite picnic food.
haha i'll be at the concert tonight too. was wondering the same thing! whatever i wind up doing, i'm sure it'll involve charcuterie of some sort...
re: ellabella123
read this today, april 2014, and became immediately sad that they are gone... miss them so much!
Ive done great with a selection of Eurpone (Pasadena) sandwiches and sweets, along with appetizers and drinks from elsewhere.
We were at doughboys several weeks ago and they have baskets. Haven't tried the baskets yet, but we loved the food, so how could the baskets be bad? All the salads are great... the portobello mushroom salad is what we tried and it was delicious... and of course, you get a desert! I reccomend the red velvet cake.
re: Itslikeimsayin
I don't think it's out of line at all. The show was fantastic! It was something else having The LA Philharmonic backing up S&B. The energy was vibrant and exciting. The crowd was extremely diversified, which is always nice to see. The Shins were also very impressive and good to see live. Overall, both were great shows.
We ended-up going to Whole Foods and picking-up all sorts of stuff. We definetly brought along far more then we can eat, which isn't a bad thing, IMO. Although expensive, you could never go wrong with Whole Foods.
re: Joe
<you could never go wrong with Whole Foods>
Really? I have yet to figure out what the allure is of this place. I go in to purchase probiotics that I love and see swarms of followers WF, who would never shop anywhere else, and I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what is so 'delicious' that they're so hell bent on buying. I find the prepared food(s) mediocre at best and the fish/meat the same. What is it that brings the hoards? Nothing in the store is worth the trip.
re: latindancer
I couldn't agree more with you! I have always found their prepared foods to lack any flavor whatsoever. Their produce & meat depts are nice, but waaaaay overpriced. I think the allure may have something to do with its vegan owner, and those who are bent on living that way, (and making others miserable in the process) with their first world problems of trying to dictate to the rest of us what we should eat.
re: latindancer
Curious, how did you stumble on this thread? This thread is 6 years old. Always cracks me up, when I see a thread from the dead brought back to life. Thanks for the input regardless.
re: Joe
When someone responded on 7/6/12, just below, it comes back up on recent threads in the list when you go to the first page of the LA boards. Since there is no date listed there, on the list, people tend to think it is recent, and start posting comments, like I did below, since I didn't notice the date of the op.
re: PaulF
I still recall when I saw someone (maybe the same one that started this thread?) named Joe at the Bowl in 1970: http://www.songkick.com/concerts/7518...
The "BEST" picnic baskets in L.A. are at the Bistro Garden in Studio City.... they are "divine"
with 4-5 baskets to choose from... just call them before and pick them up and you're on your
way to the park, Bowl, Greek, or anywhere.... go to www.bistrogarden.com you will be so glad
you did....
re: Dirtywextraolives
Ummm.....REALLY late. This thread is more than five years old. Though the subject is topical...and seasonal. I was surprised about the Bistro Garden recommendation, though. I've always found their food to be really bad. I hadn't been in years, went not too long ago for lunch....and the Cobb salad was awful. It had swiss cheese. Even the wine recommendation was terrible...not what I ordered at all. What do they put in their baskets?
re: maudies5
I cannot seem to find a link for this on Bouchon's site--would you mind posting it if you have it? Sorry, I looked and looked!
re: sablouwho
I believe I received the info as an e-mail from Bouchon. Can't find the email. I did just do a Google search for Bouchon Picnic Baskets. There was some info. The baskets come from the Bouchon Bakery. Good luck.
My DineLA lunch today was fabulous.
re: Dirtywextraolives
if we're bumping an old thread----i'll join in.
+1 for mozza2go---the sandwiches travel very well as does the bundino (mmmm bundino)
a short distance away.....i've picked up very tasty prepared food for the bowl from Larchmont Larder (@ Larchmont/Melrose). the sandwiches are very good and they have lots of salads and prepared meals that can be eaten cold/room temp. i've liked both the meatloaf and the short rib sandwich. i suggest calling ahead and they'll have it waiting for you.
7253 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
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Updated: 03/13/2014 - Megan Williams made quite the impression when she worked at Beach Buckets Restaurant in downtown Somerset.
Updated: 03/13/2014 - A southern Kentucky man who escaped custody while awaiting trial on multiple charges of rape and arson has been caught.
Updated: 03/13/2014 - It's supposed to be a place where loved ones can find closure, but at an Ashland cemetery that's not all they found.
Updated: 03/13/2014 - Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear signed a $100,000 contract with a private law firm from Ashland to represent him in appealing a judge's decision allowing state recognition of same-sex marriages.
Posted: 03/13/2014 - Former University of Kentucky basketball star Richie Farmer has been assigned to a federal prison camp in northeastern West Virginia to serve a 27-month sentence for abusing his public office.
Posted: 03/13/2014 - Our weekend weather looks half and half.
Posted: 03/13/2014 - A bill which would have prohibited mandatory membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment has failed to move forward in the Kentucky General Assembly.
Posted: 03/13/2014 - The Fayette County School Board will hold a special meeting next week to continue looking for a way to cut $20 million from the budget.
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on the Grey Goose 19th Hole. We welcome in the man who will help usher in the 2009 PGA Tour Season from the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort. Commissioner Tim Finchem is with us. Tim, Happy New Year to you. Happy New Year to you, Vince
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in Brainerd, Minnesota, and I loved what Lester George did to the Greenbrier's Old White. I caught the Plantation Course at Kapalua on Maui on a rare day when the wind wasn't a factor, and I also played all 3 at Bandon Dunes. Forcing myself
Dealing With Wind
Charlie King offers up a few tips on how to deal with the wind off the tee from the Plantation course at Kapalua .
Ginella and Rolfing share their favorite Hawaii golf courses
2. Hualalai Golf Club (Big Island) 1. Plantation Course at Kapalua (Maui) Mark Rolfing's Top 10 golf courses ..... Turtle Bay (Oahu) Kahuku Golf Course (Oahu) Plantation Course at Kapalua (Maui) Wailea Golf Club Gold Course (Maui
Z. Johnson holds three-shot lead in Maui
10), Jordan Spieth (-10), Michael Thompson (-9), Webb Simpson (-9) What it means: While the Plantation Course at Kapalua has often been seen as a long hitter's ballpark, the shorter-hitting Johnson has had no troubles through
New year, same old mission for Scott
for Scott. He is among the favorites when the Hyundai Tournament of Champions gets underway Friday on the Plantation Course at Kapalua , part of a 30-man field comprised only of players who won on the PGA Tour last year. Dustin Johnson is
Expert Picks: 2014 Hyundai TOC
This week marks the seventh event of the 2013-14 PGA Tour season as the Plantation Course at Kapalua plays host to the winners-only Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Each week, a panel of experts will offer up their picks from
From Czech to Hawaii: Mike Bailey's best of 2013 golf travels
you also get panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean as well. Still, for me, the king of spectacular is the Plantation Course at Kapalua . Even if you don't play the course, go get breakfast on a clear day at the Plantation Clubhouse and eat
Stat attack!: Hyundai TOC statistical preview
in 2012-13 compared to the PGA Tour: 2012 Plantation Course at Kapalua PGA Tour Avg. distance of all drives 296 ..... Greens in regulation 81.64% 63.98% 2013 Plantation Course at Kapalua PGA Tour Avg. distance of all drives 282
Climate change could alter Plantation Course design
Will global warming lead to design changes at the Plantation Course at Kapalua ? NBC's Mark Rolfing, who makes his home in Hawaii, believes so as the PGA Tour prepares to open 2014 on Friday with its Hyundai
Power Rankings: 2014 Hyundai TOC
first of the new year as winners from 2013 events head to Maui for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. The Plantation Course at Kapalua plays host to an exclusive field of 30 champions from last year, as players look to begin the new year with
Hyundai renews Kapalua title sponsorship through 2015
promoting the tournament and using it to broaden awareness of its brands and products." Held annually at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, the event brings together winners of PGA Tour events from the previous calendar year. Typically
Trump taps Coore, Crenshaw to design Virginia course
years, Coore and Crenshaw have become two of the hottest names in golf course design. The pair molded the Plantation Course at Kapalua and Bandon Trails in Oregon among others, while more recent projects included the 36-hole layout at Streamsong
Back to the future: Oahu golf courses look to revive the glory days
its sister islands. There's no Top 100 track that serves as a beacon to attract players like Maui's Plantation Course at Kapalua or Kauai's Prince Course at Princeville. There are no true ocean holes, either. And many of the courses aren
Bombs of the Week: Northern Trust Open
big poke of 366 yards was tops for the week, but it still paled to 's 428-yard moon shot on the hilly Plantation Course at Kapalua . Last four leaders: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Sean O'Hair, 355 yards; Waste Management
Bombs of the Week: Pebble Beach
Arizona desert. The longest drive of the season still belongs to , who recorded a 428-yard moon shot on the Plantation Course at Kapalua , which features wide, undulating fairways and severe elevation changes. Last four leaders: Waste Management
It's official: DJ tweets his 'PG' relationship
proclamation of exclusivity, we don't know what is. Gretzky was first seen following Johnson around the Plantation Course at Kapalua in the season-opening Tournament of Champions. When asked about his relationship with her after the tournament
All-Johnson group, top rookies highlight Sony field
showed observers Tuesday why he's one of the most awe-inspiring talents in the game, overpowering the Plantation Course at Kapalua to the tune of a four-shot victory. Waialae is an entirely different ballpark – par 70, tight fairways
Video: How to navigate the course on a windy day
on a windy day By Jan 7, 2013 3:00 PM ET The 2013 PGA schedule has been derailed by wind in Maui, as the Plantation Course at Kapalua has been unplayable because high winds won't allow balls to come to rest on the course's severely undulated
Winds relentless; TOC starts then stops Sunday
KAPALUA, Hawaii – Call it a case of déjà blew. For the second time this week, players have been pulled off The Plantation Course at Kapalua and scores have been wiped out because of extreme winds and gusts up to 50 mph. 'You hope for the best and
Extreme Fowler: Never 100 percent healthy
Champions scene in his first appearance. Actually, his splashes in Maui started well before he arrived at The Plantation Course at Kapalua . Fowler arrived in Maui ahead of schedule to spend time with friends and fellow Red Bull-sponsored athletes
Stricker scaling way back on events in 2013
a regular on U.S. teams in the and . Even with some winter stubble after nine holes of practice on the Plantation Course at Kapalua , he looked fresh and ready to go. ''I'm excited about the year because I finally made this decision to
Featured pairings for Round 1 of Hyundai TOC
Champions, which begins Friday in Hawaii. Here are three pairings to watch during the first round on the Plantation Course at Kapalua ( ): Jason Dufner-Rickie Fowler, No. 1 tee at 3:35 p.m. ET Friday Dufner is coming off a breakthrough


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Texas has always had its share of great characters and story lines. Davy Crockett and the Alamo. Lyndon B. Johnson and Texas politics. Rick Perry and, well, whatever he happened to say on a particular day. Recently, though, there seems to have been some coastal poaching on our dry land. All The Wa ... More >>
Characteristically, Mad Men bleeds hip-hop. On the surface you may think, "Of course it does, the characters smoke a lot, they drink like there's no tomorrow, and to them sex is more casual than a handshake." And while that's part of the story, it's a little bit deeper than that. Skydiving into its ... More >>
That time of year has come again. There's nothing better than going to the closet and dusting off the old Laserdisc collection of Christmas movies. Stories old and new take you to a world where the temperature is less than 60 degrees and of the food is always...memorable. Here's a list of four gr ... More >>
Everyone's favorite booze-soaked, chain-smoking, adultery-laden television series is about to disappear until 2013; yes, Mad Men's season five finale airs this Sunday on AMC. (If you need to catch up, the first few seasons are on Netflix. You're welcome.) But there's no reason that your thirst for ... More >>
The great Will Clarke hipped us to this sneak peek at Breaking Bad, which returns Sunday at 9 p.m. on AMC. The reason Will's so excited: The above clip features none other than Kitchen Dog Theater's co-artistic director Tina Parker, who's had bit parts on the meth-addled thriller since its second se ... More >>
What? You sick of all the Mad Men talk? About what a great show it is? Chances are that's only because you haven't watched it. Get on the scene, hoss, and catch the eff up! A few weeks ago (I took a week off; I know you've missed me), Jon Hamm and his cohorts premiered the long-awaited third seas ... More >>
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EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Guarding the Globe" #1
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Guarding the Globe" #1 by Robert Kirkman, Benito Cereno and Ransom Getty. The world's defenders step up this Wednesday, August 25.
Image Comics On Sale August 25, 2010
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR brings you previews of "Invincible" #74, "Savage Dragon" #163," and more. Check back next week for an exclusive extended preview of "Guarding the Globe" #1 and a full issue of "Invincible!"
CBR TV @ CCI: Todd McFarlane
Superstar creator Todd McFarlane spoke with CBR TV about the "Image United" delay, the mystery of Al Simmons, discovering the new "Spawn" artist via Twitter, getting back to the drawing board and much more.
"Skullkickers" Bashes Your Face In
We spoke with writer Jim Zubkavich about his new Image series "Skullkickers," described as "a buddy cop film slammed into 'Army of Darkness'" about two unnamed monster hunters with plenty of brawn and very few brains.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEWS: "Chew" #13, "Sweets" #2
Courtesy of Image Comics CBR presents exclusive extended previews for "Chew" #13 and "Sweets" #2, both of which go on sale this Wednesday, August 18.
Image Comics On Sale August 18, 2010
Image has provided CBR with advance looks at new comics on sale August 18, including "Image United" #3, "King City" #11, and more. Check back Monday for exclusive extended previews of "Chew" #13 and "Sweets" #2!
PRESS RELEASE: Image Comics Announces "Morning Glories" #1 Same-Day Sellout
REVIEW: "Morning Glories" #1
Chad Nevett gave "Morning Glories" #1 a 4 star review saying that the debut issue of writer Nick Spencer and artist Joe Eisma's new Image title "makes me wonder what's in store as the series continues."
Read the Full Issue: "Chew" #1
With the new "Chew: The Omnivore Edition, Vol. One" hardcover hitting stores today, Image Comics has provided CBR with the complete first issue of John Layman and Rob Guillory's Eisner Award winning series.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Morning Glories" #1
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive extended preview of Nick Spencer's "Morning Glories" #1 featuring art by Joe Eisma and a cover by Rodin Esquejo. The series debuts tomorrow, August 11.
PRESS RELEASE: Image Comics Gets Mixed Up Again with New Printing of "Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark"
Read The Full Issue: "Hellspawn" #1
In advance of this week's hardcover collection release, Image Comics has provided CBR with the entire first issue of "Hellspawn" #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Ashley Wood with a new cover by Templesmith.
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Nancy In Hell" #1
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Nancy In Hell, a new miniseries from the creative team of El Torres, Juan Jose Ryp and Fran Gamboa. The series kicks off Wednesday, August 4.
Frank Darabont Directs "The Walking Dead"
CBR News spoke with Frank Darabont at Comic-Con International about his work on "The Walking Dead," his experiences as a comic book fan and genre lover, the work of artist Drew Struzan and much more.
CBR TV @ CCI: Jonathan Ross & Tommy Lee Edwards
Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards spoke with CBR TV about pig-oiling with Neil Gaiman, Michael Bay's filmmaking abilities and their working relationship on their Image series, "Turf."
Robert Kirkman Creates "The Walking Dead"
As the creator of the comic book series and an executive producer on the show, Robert Kirkman knows a thing or two about "The Walking Dead." CBR spoke with the writer at CCI about his experience on the AMC series.
CCI: Robert Kirkman
The popular Image partner took to the stage at Comic-Con to talk about his new Skybound imprint, the future of "Invincible" and much discussion about the highly anticipated "The Walking Dead" television series.
PRESS RELEASE: Image Comics Brings China's Best-Selling "Daomu" Series to the U.S.
Emma Bell Encounters "The Walking Dead"
"Frozen" actress Emma Bell spoke with CBR News at Comic-Con International about playing Amy in the AMC television adaptation of Robert Kirkman's survival horror comic book series, "The Walking Dead."
CCI: Witchblade Goes From Comic To Console
Sara Pezzini is crossing into an all new media platform with a developing video game from Top Cow and Buzz Monkey Software. CBR News spoke with Top Cow President Matt Hawkins about the developing project.
CCI: The Partners of Image Comics
Image Comics partners Robert Kirkman, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Todd McFarlane spoke at Comic-Con international and spent the panel answering questions from fans on everything from their various titles to future plans
CCI: The Image Comics Panel
Robert Kirkman, Marc Guggenheim, Joe Kelly and more were on hand for The Image Comics Show panel, where current and future projects were discussed, as well as company collaborations and new imprints.
CBR TV @ CCI: Jonathan Layman & Rob Guillory
The creators of this year's Eisner Award winning "Chew," Jonathan Layman and Rob Guillory, discuss the title, walking the line between disgusting and entertaining, the potential Hollywood adaptation and much more.
CCI EXCLUSIVE: Guggenheim Launches Collider Entertainment
Comics and Hollywood meet with Collider Entertainment, an Image imprint overseen by Marc Guggenheim. We spoke about their first titles, overcoming the Hollywood stigma and more.
Image Comics Solicitations for October, 2010
Image has released artwork and solicitation information for new comics on sale in October, including new issues of "The Walking Dead"," "Morning Glories," "Haunt," "Guarding the Globe" and more.
The Coin of Solomon Flips On The Road to "Artifacts"
Ron Marz and Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik speak with CBR News about the Coin of Solomon, one of thirteen key items that will be at the center of the 13-issue "Artifacts" limited series launching this month.
SPINOFF: "Walking Dead" Cast Portraits
In the wind-up to Comic-Con International, AMC's released more imagery from "The Walking Dead," the new television series based on the popular Image Comics title by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, and SPINOFF's got 'em!
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Meta-4" #2
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of Ted McKeever's "Meta-4" #2. Written and illustrated by McKeever, the second issue of the five-part miniseries hits stores tomorrow, July 21.
Take A Walk With "The Walking Dead"
New video online takes fans onto the set of AMC's upcoming "Walking Dead" TV series including a tank on the streets of Atlanta and commentary from Robert Kirkman and Frank Darabont.
Image Comics Releases Complete SDCC Schedule
image Comics has released their complete schedule for this week's Comic-Con International in San Diego, including booth assignments, signing schedules, panel times and more
CHEW ON THIS: Poyo And Comic-Con
Our monthly column with "Chew" writer John Layman continues with Layman rehashing "Chew" #12, detailing his Comic-Con plans and giving you a glimpse into the third installment of "Just Desserts," out next month.
PRESS RELEASE: "TURF" #2 Sold Out at Distribution Level, Image Comics Goes Back to Press
PRESS RELEASE: Jane Wiedlin's "Lady Robotika" Lands in San Francisco
Scott Kurtz's "PvP" Leaves Image, Returns to Self-Publishing
Citing the changing marketplace for his work, "PvP" creator Scott Kurtz has announced that the Webcomic published in print by Image Comics will return to its self-publishing roots.
PRESS RELEASE: Marian Churchland Returns to "Elephantmen" for War Toys one-shot
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Sweets" #1
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive extended preview of "Sweets," a New Orleans crime miniseries created, written and illustrated by Kody Chamberlain, in stores tomorrow, July 14.
PRESS RELEASE: Cassie Hack's Big Fan
PRESS RELEASE: Catch Up with "The Walking Dead" in October with New Trades and T-Shirts
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: "Lady Robotika" #1
Courtesy of Image Comics, CBR presents an exclusive extended preview of "Lady Robotika" #1, on sale July 14 from co-creators and writers Jane Wiedlin and Bill Morrison with art by Morrison and Tone Rodriguez.
Seeley Worships The "Murder Messiah"
In October, Hack/Slash" creator Tim Seeley offers fans the new one-shot "Hack/Slash Annual 2010: Murder Messiah." CBR News spoke with Seeley about the special issue and the future of "Hack/Slash" at Image Comics.
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One of Downtown Dallas' oldest buildings, a 129-year-old Romanesque Revival structure at 1611 Main St., was razed on Sunday to make way for an expansion of The Joule hotel, the latest in a line of historic Dallas structures sacrificed on the altar of progress. A few blocks to the southeast, local p ... More >>
Burton Knight didn't set out trying to pick a fight with the city of Dallas. He just wanted a xeriscaped lawn, so he pulled up the green turf in front of his Abrams Road home and put in drought-tolerant cactus, mesquite, yucca, agave and dotted the landscape with large, roughly hewed boulders. Knigh ... More >>
By the time she died in December 2011, Kathlyn Gilliam's reputation as a pioneering civil rights advocate had been tarnished somewhat by her role, cemented during 23 years on the DISD board of trustees, in establishing the race-obsessed bureaucracy that has long since stopped benefiting the district ... More >>
Mighty kind of Dallas City Hall to offer all these briefings wrapping up a few loose ends before I get up outta here. First Sylvan Thirty, then the old Dallas High School, then the Cotton Bowl, and now Old Dallas City Hall, which one day should become the University of North Texas at Dallas Colle ... More >>
Click to enlarge these first looks at the new-look 508 Park Avenue. You'll find more, many more, below.Amongst all the maybes, could-bes and one-days downtown, one development's as close as it gets to a Sure Thing: 508 Park Avenue, which First Presbyterian is in the process of turning into The Mu ... More >>
As conceptual renderings are my kryptonite, here's one that landed in the inbox late yesterday -- a look at what Wood Partners says it will build on that vacant lot at 1836 W. Davis, not so long ago the site of the Cliffwood Apartments. The address, of course, is familiar: A few years ago, you ma ... More >>
Via Baylor Lodge 1235For some -- local preservationists, say, or music fans -- one of the biggest stories of 2011 was First Presbyterian Church's purchase of 508 Park Avenue; at last, the long-ago Brunswick Records regional office in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and possibly Charlie Parker rec ... More >>
Speaking of historic buildings ....A few days ago a friend of the show sent word that she'd seen workmen inside 108-year-old David Crockett Elementary, which had fallen into a state of grave disrepair in recent years. I reminded her: Back in August, Good Signature Management bought the building f ... More >>
Pike Park, on Harry Hines as you're heading into downtown, sits more or less in the shadow of the American Airlines Center; you've probably driven by it hundreds of times, even if you've never stopped once. Built in 1914 at the cost of a little more than $18,000 in what used to be known as the Se ... More >>
Speaking of lawsuits involving the city ...It's been two months since we learned of a likely resolution in the city's case against the Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park, which the City Attorney's Office sued to remove in January 2010 so it could reclaim the land for State Fair of Texas ... More >>
Click to embiggenLate last summer we caught wind of First Presbyterian's plans to purchase 508 Park Avenue, the former Brunswick Records regional office near Dallas City Hall in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and others once recorded. Yesterday, after myriad stops in front of the Landmark Commis ... More >>
Photos by Leslie MinoraThe Observation Tower Ride will fill this 30-foot hole behind the Cotton Bowl. Don't worry, they're covering it up for the State Fair.There is a big hole in Fair Park. Finally. Eventually the crater will be filled with a 500-foot pole surrounded by a doughnut-shaped slowly ... More >>
Click to embiggen for a better look at First Presby's plans to freshen up 508 Park Avenue, should it get Landmark's OK to tear down 1900 Young next door.The timing, if nothing else, is remarkable. May 8 marks the 100th birthday of Robert Johnson, the Mississippi bluesman who cut half his influent ... More >>
Couldn't make it to Monday's Landmark Commission meeting, during which there was discussion of the proposed 500-foot-tall Top of Texas Centennial Tower at Fair Park that State Fair of Texas president Errol McKoy hopes to plant in his summertime Midway. But this afternoon I spoke with Good Fulton ... More >>
Flickr user: steevithakShame about this weather -- if only because the ice and snow put the kibosh on our plans to head down to Fair Park this morning for a meeting of the Landmark Commission's Fair Park Task Force, which was called on account of the weather. Because, you see, there was this one ... More >>
Click to enlargen this look at Errol McKoy's 500-foot erection proposed for Fair Park.It's been almost two years since State Fair of Texas President Errol McKoy began talking about his plans to take a bite out of Six Flags' business by erecting his own monster Top of Texas Centennial Tower on the ... More >>
I just had Schutze come take a look at the artwork you see above. I explained to him: Stephen Lovelace, who lives on Worth Street in Junius Heights, wants to use this large piece as a driveway gate the city has made him take down as it's presently out of code. The gate, along with the Fair Park t ... More >>
We've documented developer Jack Matthews's plans for a hotel next door to his South Side on Lamar ever since we stumbled across it on the Landmark Commission's agenda last July. Back then, Matthews's subsidiary, CCH Lamar Partners I LP, told the commission: It had big plans to restore the old Dal ... More >>
Justin TerveenBack in August we discovered that at long last, 508 Park Avenue -- the building in which Robert Johnson, Bob Wills and perhaps even Charlie Parker recorded -- had a savior: next-door neighbor First Presbyterian Church of Dallas. But almost four months later, the church has yet to se ... More >>
Speaking of historic landmarks ...For more than a year, the Dallas Independent School District has been fighting the Landmark Commission to keep Adamson High School from being designated as a city landmark -- so much so that in September '09, the board passed a resolution that said, in part, "any ... More >>
In May 2008 the Landmark Commission's Designation Committee first took up the topic of W.H. Adamson High School, once known as Oak Cliff High. At the time it was expected that the Dallas Independent School District might have some issues with designation -- not only because the district has only ... More >>
Justin TerveenI've left a few messages today for Taylor Burns, the officer at Park Cities Bank charged with tending to 807 Elm Street. As I noted Monday, PCB, which got the property in foreclosure, would like to raze the 85-year-old building sitting in a parking lot across from El Centro, though ... More >>
Justin TerveenFor the past four years, the demolition of this building has been much discussed on the Dallas Fort Worth Urban Forum.On Monday I noted that city officials were anxiously awaiting a verdict in the 4-year-old case of City of Dallas v. TCI West End Inc., which concerned the demolition ... More >>
Countless times, Dallas Independent School District spokesman Jon Dahlander has said: The district has no plans to raze W.H. Adamson High School, due for an expansion sooner than later. But the district also doesn't want the historic Oak Cliff school designated as a city landmark -- which, after ... More >>
Carla RangerA few items of interest with which to belatedly kick off your work week (lucky):On Thursday we noted that Dallas Independent School Board trustee Carla Ranger has found a new obsession: banishing the minimum-grade policy that disallows teachers from handing out grades lower than 50. T ... More >>
Carolyn Davis makes a point -- several, actually -- concerning a proposed ordinance that makes it easier to demolish historic homes.What it do, Friends? Today's Housing Committee meeting, which Robert warned you I'd be liveblogging, got a late start because of the overflow of the previous Pub ... More >>
Randy CarlisleOne of only two remaining grave markets at the Haymarket Cemetery south of I-20As we discovered last month, the city of Dallas can't even take care of the downtown cemetery in which several former mayors are buried (including John Crockett, who served during the Civil War). So how's ... More >>
There's not a lot going on at Dallas City Hall this week and next and next, while the council goes spring breaking. But there is something of interest on the Landmark Commission's Designation Committee, which is meeting today: a vague agenda item that only says, "Discussion of Post War residentia ... More >>
Good night, Corabeth: The city is one step closer to certifying the former St. Joseph's church and school a historic landmark.I may have to tag along with the Landmark Commission's Designation Committee on Wednesday evening when it makes a visit to the former St. Joseph's Church and Academy on Sw ... More >>
500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic DistrictHenry Spruiell does not disagree with the city of Dallas: The house he owns at 500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District does indeed pose what's known as an "imminent threat to public health and safety" and probably should be torn d ... More >>
The Masonic Temple on S. Harwood, which is being sold in a package of properties that also includes 508 Park Avenue, 1900 Young Street and a block on Harwood and CantonAs I wrote Friday, the owners of 508 Park Avenue will ask the City Plan Commission tomorrow for permission to demolish the buildi ... More >>
View Larger MapThose Landmark Commission meeting agendas are full of interesting hints -- like, oh, that green house the State Fair of Texas wants to build in Fair Park. Or, now, this vague note concerning the installation of 21 wind turbines on the rooftop of 801 Main Street. We should have more ab ... More >>
Back in August 2008, this was among the houses depicted in the council committee briefing regarding the need for a new teardown ordinance.Speaking of vacant downtown buildings ... When Mayor Tom Leppert unveiled his list of Central Business District buildings that needed to be brought up to code ... More >>
We've written extensively about the yearlong battle between city attorneys and preservationists over a proposed ordinance that would expedite the demolition of historic structures, both residential and commercial. Last time we got to this was a whole two weeks ago, when the Landmark Commission ra ... More >>
If you've been following the Junius Heights Turf War, you know that it's getting more heated than the leather inside my car in August.Since Jose Escobedo's meeting with the Landmark Commission on August 3, his application for a Certificate of Appropriateness has been denied. Escobedo already vowe ... More >>
For now, at least, this final item about Jose Escobedo and his fake lawn, which the Landmark Commission wants yanked up pronto since it's not "appropriate" for a historic district. But, a warning: There will be a follow-up eventually: Escobedo says he'll appeal Landmark's ruling to the City Plan ... More >>
Hadn't planned on going to Landmark Commission this morning, but the briefing session at least does look irresistible. First up is that much-worked-over ordinance that would allow the city to tear down historic structures with nothing more than a court order. We've been writing about this thing f ... More >>
Jose Escobedo's front lawn, which the Landmark Commission has told him to rip up prontoJust as a Friend of Unfair Park was sending along photos of Jose Escobedo's phony front lawn, Melissa Crowe, one of our summer interns, walked into my office to report that the lawn's no mow ... pardon, the law ... More >>
Almost one year ago, the city debuted a proposal to streamline the process that allows for the demolition of structures within historic districts -- by eliminating altogether the Landmark Commission, which has to approve of the razing before anyone can haul out the wrecking ball. Preservationists, t ... More >>
Flickr photo: JVanTJim Truitt, Forest City's vice president of residential development, called me back today to discuss yesterday's meeting of the Landmark Commission's Designation Committee, which did indeed vote to re-initiate the historic designation process for both the Mercantile Continental Bu ... More >>
Stanley Marcus's former house as it looked during construction in 1938Speaking of Dallas iconic landmarks ... On August 11 of last year, Unfair Park discovered that Mark and Patty Lovvorn had filed with the Texas Historic Commission a demolition permit that would have allowed them to tear down The H ... More >>
The city's effort to clean up downtown could cost us important parts of history.
View Larger MapUnfair Park has learned that Glazer's Distributors -- owners of 508 Park Avenue, the building in which Robert Johnson recorded 13 songs that changed the music world -- has filed with the city a permit that would allow them to tear down one of the most historic structures in the city o ... More >>
The McKinney Avenue Baptist Church stood on McKinney Avenue for 97 years. Then Saturday happened. So, I leave town for three days, and this is what happens: The Hard Rock Cafe -- otherwise known as the former McKinney Avenue Baptist Church, built in 1910 -- is no more. Just one month ago, the buildi ... More >>
Another historic emblem of black Dallas stands on the brink
After the jump, a missive from John McKee, the McKinney Avenue resident who instigated getting the former McKinney Avenue Baptist Church designated a historic landmark. As you no doubt know by now, yesterday the Landmark Commission decided not to go forward with designation proceedings, which made t ... More >>
So, we were informed late yesterday that everything is not as hunky or as dory as Angela Hunt led us to believe concerning the fate of the now-former Hard Rock Cafe on McKinney Avenue. (Hunt herself hinted as much in a late-day blog entry on Thursday.) Indeed, from what we hear, this thing's getting ... More >>
This is not--we repeat, not--the same David Dean who's been getting hundreds of thousands in consulting fees from the city. But it would be funny if it was. Still, though, David Dean is the man. Oh, you say you want to know more about David Dean, the lobbyist who's getting a cool mil from the city c ... More >>


text: Not Smart: UCLA Hires Alford After Harvard Upset His Third-Seeded Lobos Print article Send a Tip by Tony Lee 30 Mar 2013 post a comment After being rejected by VCU's Shaka Smart and Butler's Brad Stevens, both of whom were loyal to their respective schools, UCLA hired New Mexico's Steve Alford, who recently signed a 10-year extension with the school, on Saturday. Alford's third-seeded New Mexico Lobos embarrassingly lost to undermanned Harvard in the first round of this year's NCAA tournament. Five of his best players on the New Mexico team are slated to return next season. ESPN first reported the news. UCLA fired head coach Ben Howland this year after ten seasons as fans became frustrated with Howland's style of play and inability to take UCLA to the next level in an arena that only hangs championship banners. "I have been so fortunate and blessed in my life, and an opportunity to lead the one of the greatest programs in college basketball history is once in a lifetime," Alford said in a statement released by the school. "It is an honor to be the head coach at UCLA, yet it is also a responsibility to ensure that our former, current and future players and fans are proud to be Bruins." UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero implied Alford's style of play would fit better in Los Angeles than Howland's. "Steve is the perfect fit for UCLA," Guerrero said. "He is part of the storied history of the game of college basketball and understands the tradition and uniqueness of UCLA. Yet he also connects with a new generation of players and brings an up-tempo and team-oriented brand of basketball to Westwood." Alford played collegiate basketball at Indiana, and UCLA's legendary head coach John Wooden hailed from Indiana--but nobody is even suggesting Alford will come close to being Wooden.


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Margaret Nahmias 12 October, 2008 at 11:38 pm #
Maybe they can go public to raise funds if the stock market gets better and that a big if. I don't these think smaller airlines will have resources and captial to survive. Instead of picking on poor US Airways, analysts should be questioning the viablity of these smaller airlines. Do To paraphrase a verse from the biblical book of a Ecclesiastes The race does not go to the swift or the strong, but in this case the well-capitalized and managed. As long as US Airways has strong capital base, why should analyst talk them down except they are biased because the post merger euphoria went away. I guess that analyst cannot agree on whether US Airway is capitalized enough especially after the stock took a hit. I know this much Trouble is no respecter of size whether too big or small.
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