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Working in Cambridge, MA can be a bit of a blessing and a curse. Occasionally it's nice to get out of the office and into the bustle of students and academia and castle-y looking buildings that remind me of my youth. Or I guess more accurately, pretend that they remind me of my youth- my school had "students", "academia", and "buildings". But it can be a real pain when errand xyz lies behind troves of tour groups and long lines. But there's one place that always catches my eye when I'm in the Harvard neighborhood, just between my bank and local comic shop- a symbiotic relationship between the two, I might add. It's called Charlie's Kitchen, the "Double Cheeseburger King", and it boasts what claims to be a "World Famous Double Cheeseburger". Today I decided to brave the conditions and give it a go.
I don't know about you folks, but there's only one place in the world I know that can boast a world famous double cheeseburger. It's called McDonalds, and it's where you go to spend little over a dollar for a double cheeseburger. What could make a double cheeseburger more than really just a double cheeseburger? Is it a special mix of herbs and spices? Size? Free condiments? In McDonald's case, I've already answered the question- it's really cheap. I get exactly what I expected every time- a cheap, thrown together meat holder with cheese. So with hopes of something that could warp that concept, I set out to Charlie's on a Sunday morning where I really had nothing better to do then wait for the season premiere of Game of Thrones.
It was a chilly, windy day, but as I entered I knew I wanted to sit in the rows of empty patio tables out front. Charlie's Beer Garden looked packed, and when I entered the restaurant, I felt the glare of the regulars all wondering why I didn't go out to the Beer Garden with the rest of the non-regulars. The maître d' seemed not to mind seating me out front even though I was the only patron there, which I appreciated. It gave me a chance to soak in the atmosphere of little-recognized Brattle Square, a spot so close to Harvard Square it makes one wonder why they bothered naming it.
The maître-d' ended up being my waiter, and he checked up on me just after I settled on my choice of drink. The drink was bourbon mixed with ginger beer- I believe they called it a Bourbon Mule. Not as strong as I would've liked, but they seldom are. It was definitely mixed with real ginger beer though, as I could taste the notes of ginger above the strong taste of bourbon. At $6.00 a pop, though, I should not have cared of whether it was ginger beer or ginger ale. I had barely finished it before my double cheeseburger arrived- maybe about ten minutes after I placed my order.
Really? Really though? It looked like something I could've whipped up at home, if I had the patience with a grill and cooking and what-not. There was the burger, open-faced on both sides, two patties and two slabs of cheese. I felt like a putz. The buns were not grilled. There were no fancy spices on the patties or the fries. And the fries looked more dull and bland than khaki pants. Disappointed, I slid the tomato, pickles, and lettuce on to the burger and chewed.
It tasted like a family barbecue. Which, all things considered, isn't really that bad. A must-eat, definitely not, but it wasn't necessarily wrong in any way, just kind of plain. I ate it and the fries quickly, and feared I had nothing of substance to put in my review.
I was kind of surprised when I looked up and saw an unexpected fellow patron seated at a table a few rows in front of me. She was young with dark hair and also seated alone. I felt compelled to ask her why she had come to Charlie's unaccompanied for a quick bite to eat. Was she writing for a food blog too?
Jessie had a lot of good things to say about Charlie's. She said it had been there for a long time, was a popular spot for the nightlife (they serve their full menu until close), and had killer karaoke on Tuesday's, where she busted out some Dave Matthew's Band and Creed. She admitted that their food might not be something big to write about, but it was really the ambiance and familiarity that kept her coming back. Given her willingness to be interviewed, I was inclined to believe her. She also tipped me in that burgers need to be ordered on grilled cheese and the fries simply must be their waffle fries.
So Charlie, you caught a pretty big break this time.
I'm gonna say:
"Charlie's World Famous Double Cheeseburger" = C+. Not bad, nothing special. Ideal for drunk, home-sick students.
Ambiance = B. The Beer Garden really seemed hoppin (pun=hops), but I was too intrigued by the advertising of this burger to pay it any mind. Considering a random patron wanted to chat with a stranger about how great the place was for over fifteen minutes? That's solid enough for me.
So if you're visiting Brattle (Harvard) Square after 8pm during the school year, drop me a line and let me know why it's awesome spot. Until then, I'll be in search of other cool places around Cambridge to write about.
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Thursday, April 28, 2016
Friday, April 15, 2016
M&M's have gone nuts! THREE NEW FLAVORS: Honey Nut, Coffee Nut, and Chili Nut!
I've never shied away from trying a new flavor of any candy. Sure, there's some that end up not being very good. But in the end I will always try anything once, even if it's a flavor I might expect to not like. Never before has that been more true than with the three new flavors of M&M's. All three are new takes on the classic Peanut M&M but you can vote online for which of the three will stick around. The flavors? Honey Nut (Sounds fun!), Coffee Nut (Oooh interesting), and...Chili Nut (Wait...what? Who would want...ugh seriously?...). But as a member of the most kick ass food blog on the entire Internet, it's my duty. So let's do this! Three new kinds of M&M's in one review!
First up, Coffee Nut! Living in Seattle, I take my coffee pretty seriously. I drink about a pot a day and don't feel bad about it. Even when I'm so jittery that I feel like I'm shaking more than the meth-head I passed on my way back from the store today. The price you pay, son! Judging these by the evidence given, I was expecting them to just taste like a peanut M&M with an added fake coffee taste, and you know what? That's exactly what they are.
They chose an earthy brown color scheme for these and it fits them nicely. You can't have bright colors when you're trying to taste like coffee. In the end these aren't bad, but they also aren't anything I would freak out about. It might have been cool for them to smash up espresso beans in the chocolate for a SERIOUS coffee flavor. I almost said swap out the peanut for an espresso bean, but you know what? Is that ever good? Flavor-wise, yeah, but then you're left with a mouth full of espresso bean debris for the next hour. So, no, that's not a good idea at all.
If you're a fan of coffee flavored things and Peanut M&M's like I am, these are a pleasant little treat, but not good enough to get my vote for one that needs to stick around in their usual lineup.
Next up? HONEY NUT!
When I ripped open the package of these I was really hoping that the gimmick here would be that the peanut inside would be a honey roasted peanut. Seems like that would make sense, right? How else would you change a regular peanut M&M into a Honey Nut M&M? Well...apparently they had other ideas. It's just a regular peanut. At first these seems to be...regular peanut M&M's. Perhaps if I was some chump off the street I would believe that. But you see, my taste buds are honed to superhuman levels so I did detect an added honey flavor and sweetness. But having to try this hard to taste a flavor reminded me of when we reviewed Birthday Cake M&Ms...
There is honey flavor here, and I can't for the life of me tell if it's in the candy shell or the chocolate. But either way, it's way too faint. While I enjoy the yellow and black coloring and what honey flavor they do have, I really think if they had combined whatever they have already done, with making the peanut a honey roasted peanut, these might have been a home run. Still enjoyable, but missed potential!
Now comes the one I was dreading out of the three...Chili Nut M&M's!
I popped two of these in my mouth and chewed them up and had a split second where I said, "Hmm...these might not be that bad." Then the spice started to burn a little. These are basically spicy peanut M&Ms. The peanut isn't a chili peanut or anything. They just have chili spice mixed in. At first I tossed the package aside in disgust. Spicy M&M's! Who would want that?! Gross!
But then something happened...
As the spiciness on my tongue started to go away my brain presented the question, "Well...why not spicy peanut M&Ms?" It's true. I've had chocolates that were slightly spicy before that ended up being pretty tasty. While it's not the first flavor I would navigate towards when looking for a sweet treat, is it so bad? To find out, I decided to eat the entire package.
I thought I would hate these. So much that I did at first. But then as I ate more, they were kind of a fun take on a classic. The spice definitely builds. So once you put down a handful of them you have a pretty solid burn going. Keep in mind I'm a level 27 wimp when it comes to spicy stuff. I enjoy a burn here and there if the flavor is good enough along with it, but really spicy stuff, I only eat on a dare. But these aren't terrible. The classic crunch of the peanut and candy shell together take on a whole different importance when coupled with a spicy burn. They go together quite well and the sweetness and creaminess of the chocolate eases it a little bit.
In the end if I had to vote for a favorite of the three, I supposed it would be the Honey Nut, which is kind of disappointing because while they are good they could have been awesome. Are they worth a try? Absolutely. The Coffee Nut are also pretty good but the coffee flavor seemed to get more fake with the more I ate. They are all cool and interesting enough to scoop up a pack just to try them. Even if you are unsure about the Chili Nut, If you are into spicy stuff at all, give them a whirl and you might be surprised like I was!
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Monday, April 11, 2016
What the hell is Chocolate Leather? Let's find out together!
What the hell is Chocolate Leather?! When Rich first asked me about reviewing it, a few different scenarios ran through my mind. Could it be a replica of the Fonz's jacket made entirely from milk chocolate? Maybe a few slabs of flank steak carved out of the cows that they use to make chocolate milk? Or perhaps he had heard about my crippling loneliness and pitied me enough to send me out a top-notch hooker from Seattle? With high hopes it was the latter, I enthusiastically responded with a hell yea and I sent him my office address, because whatever the situation was, I'd almost certainly be receiving a very welcome stress relief in the middle of a very stressful day.
A few weeks later I had completely forgotten about the offer as the paradoxically anxiety inducing and mind numbing work days cyclically rolled on like a wheel on Satan's chariot. Upon my return from yet another lunch break that felt exactly 7.5 times too short, I was welcomed back by two large packages behind the front desk for a co-worker, or so I assumed, as I hadn't had the time to order office supplies for at least a month. I brought the packages to her desk and as I passed them to her, the shipping label on the larger one caught my bloodshot eyes. The sender: Manhattan Chocolates. The recipient: yours truly. At that moment it dawned on me that the mysteries of Chocolate Leather were about to be revealed.
I didn't even wait to get it back to my desk. I ripped open that box like it contained a life less depressing than my own. Well in a way, it did, because this treasure chest contained not one Chocolate Leathers, not two, but five beautiful boxes of them- three original, three dark chocolate.
Things were finally looking up.
I took the bounty back to my desk and opened one up. I chewed it… and I chewed… and I kept on chewing. These bars are extremely chewy. But as I chewed my mouth filled up with genuine chocolate flavor. The flavor of the dark chocolate flavor is indistinguishable from a traditional chocolate bar. The original flavor has more of a caramel like taste. But the consistency is a bit strange- not just the chewiness but it actually becomes kind of a grainy texture from the brown rice crisps. I ate a couple of each flavor, which I enjoyed, and then decided I was satisfied, what with bikini season coming up and what not. A few minutes later I found myself mindlessly reaching for another, and another. After about eating six or seven, I noticed that they were only a mere fifty or sixty calories each! So I gleefully and gluttonously snacked on them guilt free for the rest of the day. Not bad for a dude who just came back from his lunch break.
With my brain now saturated in chocolate covered serotonin, I decided to share my good fortune with some of my coworkers, blissfully unaware that I would quickly creating a whole office full of ravenous chocolate craving monsters. A mere half hour later people I had never seen before were asking me for one of these mysterious treats that had taken the building by storm. My co-workers didn't like them, they LOVED them. Seriously, it's been a few weeks since that awesome day and they are still asking me if I have any left (I do, but I tell them I don't because I want them for myself).
As an added bonus for our friends with dietary restrictions out there, they're gluten, dairy, soy, and GMO free. They also use fair trade certified ingredients- which, admittedly, I don't exactly know what that means but it sounds like something I'd probably be on board with. Anyway, I think Chocolate Leather would be perfect for chocolate lovers to take on hikes or a long bike rides, because they won't get all melty in your backpack or picnic basket like regular chocolate (although a bit gooey if you pocket them for too long). Look, I know they sound pretty weird, but everyone I've shared them with so far has enjoyed them and eaten more than a few. With this in mind, here's my report card:
Chocolate Leather Original Flavor: B
Chocolate Leather Dark Chocolate Flavor: B+
The one constructive criticism I might give is that given they're aimed at the health conscious consumer, it'd be nice to see some protein worked in there. But then again, I'm a lowly food blogger, not a food scientist- this suggestion is probably easier said than done. Truth be told, I'll binge eat them either way.
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Monday, April 4, 2016
Burger King: The Angriest of all Whoppers
Burger King released a black-bunned Halloween-themed burger last year. It gained notoriety after people started dropping bright green deuces. It became a bowel movement badge of honor to try this burger. Think about that for a moment. People were buying this Whopper to see how it looked the next day. Great marketing tactic, BK!
I'm sad to report that the new bright red Burger King Angriest Whopper bun does not cause turd tinting. This is not as big of a letdown as the burger itself.
Full disclosure: I had to get some liquid courage before this review due to my general dislike of BK. I do promise that this is an objective review.
According to BK's website, The Angriest Whopper consists of savory flame-grilled beef, piled high with thick-cut bacon, American cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, angry onion petals, jalapenos, creamy mayonnaise and spicy angry sauce all layered between a red bun that has hot sauce baked in. YUM!!!
The Whopper is a decent fast food burger. It's got the nostalgia factor but hasn't really changed in decades. Enter the Angriest Whopper. First impressions, it's a mess. There was too much going on. The pissed off onion petals were chewy and most definitely not freshly fried. No heat. The lettuce was limp and pointless. Same with the tomato. They forgot the "angry sauce." The jalapenos added some heat, natch, but were right out the can. Some fresh ones would've done wonders. The bacon was decent and had a nice crisp. The massive globs of mayo were a bit much for this guy, but the American cheese added a nice flavor and was melted perfectly.
Burger King is as royal as King Joffrey, nay, Prince Robin of the Vale-I'm way too excited about season 6 of Game of Thrones. Anyways, I'll gladly stick with BK for their satisfying and greasy breakfast menu but you're killin me with these garbage burgers.
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I'm sad to report that the new bright red Burger King Angriest Whopper bun does not cause turd tinting. This is not as big of a letdown as the burger itself.
Full disclosure: I had to get some liquid courage before this review due to my general dislike of BK. I do promise that this is an objective review.
|Burger King mindgames
I ripped into the bag (possible red poo, remember) and was immediately disappointed. I ordered the large fry and this was a medium at best. BK fries are some of the worst but can easily be improved with salt and ranch. On to the main event!
|WOW! Looks exactly like the promo pics!
According to BK's website, The Angriest Whopper consists of savory flame-grilled beef, piled high with thick-cut bacon, American cheese, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, angry onion petals, jalapenos, creamy mayonnaise and spicy angry sauce all layered between a red bun that has hot sauce baked in. YUM!!!
|Yes, that is a red-bun
The Whopper is a decent fast food burger. It's got the nostalgia factor but hasn't really changed in decades. Enter the Angriest Whopper. First impressions, it's a mess. There was too much going on. The pissed off onion petals were chewy and most definitely not freshly fried. No heat. The lettuce was limp and pointless. Same with the tomato. They forgot the "angry sauce." The jalapenos added some heat, natch, but were right out the can. Some fresh ones would've done wonders. The bacon was decent and had a nice crisp. The massive globs of mayo were a bit much for this guy, but the American cheese added a nice flavor and was melted perfectly.
I can't get over how this looks 100% like the pics from the website
And how about that novelty bright red bun with hot sauce BAKED RIGHT IN?? It tasted just like a regular bun. I even isolated a morsel to make it more scientific of a process. Not hot, not even Gringo hot. Straight up Whopper bun.
Burger King is as royal as King Joffrey, nay, Prince Robin of the Vale-I'm way too excited about season 6 of Game of Thrones. Anyways, I'll gladly stick with BK for their satisfying and greasy breakfast menu but you're killin me with these garbage burgers.
I give the "Angriest Whopper" a C for only truly being a little miffed, not Hulk-angry, as I was promised. -Mark
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Friday, April 1, 2016
Wingstop Smoke 9 wings!
I had seen Wing Stop around before but never ended up stopping into one. So when one of our readers emailed us asking if we had tried their new Smoke 9 wings, I decided that it was time for the FGFB to roll up on a Wing Stop and see what they were all about.
We were turned away from the first location because their card reader was down. Hey, It happens right? No big deal! Not like I expected them to roll out a red carpet for the me. They can't all be Qdoba, right?
Luckily there was another location just twenty minutes away!
This location was nestled in a little mall area with plenty of parking. We parked right in this handicap spot in front and strolled in like we owned the place. (Just kidding. We would never do that. Respect.)
The inside was clean and decorated with lots of Aeronautics memorabilia. It took me a second to put that together. Planes? Wings? Wing Stop? Ohhhh okay.
Then the sign was staring me in the face. The wings that took them nine times to perfect! A dry rub with a mesquite bite and smoky finish! The Smoke 9 Wings! So not only did I order those, but also decided to try lots of other stuff. If you're going to do a review, you might as well do it right, right?
Let's start with the coleslaw. It's never incredible. It's often terrible. I grew up eating the stuff from KFC and loving it, but these days that's been downgraded to just liking it. This slaw was a lot like KFC's. A lot like it. Maybe slightly less sweet. Not bad!
We got an order of their regular seasoned fries. Let me tell you something. I rarely even think about fries these days because they are so similar from one restaurant to another. Rarely am I surprised by them. These fries? EXCELLENT. Whatever their seasoning is, it was delicious. I looked online to see what people were saying and it seems like their recipe is still a secret. But not only was the seasoning great but they were hand cut and still had skin in places, plus they were cooked to perfection. Big thumbs on on these fries.
Then there was the option for Parmesan fries, so we tried that too! Same great fries but with a ton of Parmesan cheese all over them. Still delicious but not nearly as good as the ones with just the Wing Stop seasoning on them.
Their menu also boasted a cheese sauce you could buy in different sizes to dip your fries or chicken in. Normally I wouldn't have been enticed by this, but they called it "Aged Cheddar cheese sauce." Aged you say? Cheddar, you say? Well, guess what? It tasted exactly like the horrid nacho cheese sauce you get at the movies with those cardboard-like yellow chips. Not a fan. The top congealed like a wound scabbing over maybe two minutes after I uncovered it and I never went back.
If you're going to get chicken at a place you absolutely need to try their rolls. It's an unspoken rule. The last chicken place we reviewed, you know, the one that's Oprah's favorite, had incredible rolls. Off the charts awesome. KFC has those biscuits, which used to be good but now they are the smaller than the damn croutons on my salad. These rolls? Not bad at all! They come out glistening with butter and are quite soft. No complaints here!
In case you're doubting me on the fries, here's the aftermath. When all was said and done we ate every one of those little crumbs out of the regular seasoned fries and left a good amount of the Parmesan ones.
So did we try any chicken at this wing joint or what? Yup, we did. We started out with some Hickory Smoked BBQ boneless wings. Some of you wing purists will be asking why I went boneless. The answer is quite simple: I'm all set with gnawing at gristle and bone like a mad dog. Also if we're coming at it from a monetary standpoint, you're throwing a third of what you're paying for in the trash. You go boneless, you waste NOTHING. See? This is how you save the environment, FGFB Style.
Their boneless wings are damn good. A generous portion of white meat chicken surrounded in thick, crunchy breading and slathered in sweet and smokey bbq sauce. They had a very sweet base with a nice tangy burn as you ate more of them.
They reminded me a lot of the Honey BBQ Boneless wings from Applebees, but if they were made with all around better ingredients. Better chicken, top notch breading and a much more interesting bbq sauce. I totally give these a thumbs up.
Next up we went with the Garlic Parmesan Chicken tenders!
I have to say, their chicken tenders themselves were excellent. Delicious slabs of white meat chicken breaded with a thinner coating than the boneless wings. The meat was still juicy but not to the point where the breading got soggy. The Garlic Parmesan flavor was good, but again, the issue with the fries is kind of the same here. The cheese ends up sprinkling off. If they had used a garlic oil and shaved pieces of the cheese it might be way better. But all in all, the fingers were great and I'd imagine if they were rolled in any of their signature sauces they would be excellent.
Finally we reach the main event of the evening. The Smoke 9 boneless wings. These had a very unique smell, before I even bit into one. I was intrigued by the notion of putting a dry rub of flavor on fried chicken. Is this a thing that happens? I've put down my fair share of chicken and it's usually only sauces that they are rolled in.
It took them nine tries to get it right, but I'll tell you what, the ninth time is the charm. These things were great! They tasted a lot like the seasoning on the fries but with a massive added smokey flavor!
Excellent chunks of chicken, thick breading and plenty of flavor dust. The rub made me think of the flavor particles you'd see on Doritos. Which then made me realize this flavor would be awesome on chips. Smoky, slightly sweet, with a definite garlic flavor and maybe even some citrus in there! These had a lot going on!
As I got to the bottom I was met with a puddle of Smoke 9 flavored grease. I'd like to tell you that I let these last two go and tossed them away because I knew how bad this was for me. But, my friends, I'm not going to start lying to you now. I actually dug them deeper into the puddle, trying to cover them with as much of the Smoke 9 flavor as I could, and boy, was it great.
I'm giving the Smoke 9 Wings from Wing Stop a solid B+! Little greasy at the end but all around good chicken and a very unique flavor that I would absolutely go back for.
The Smoke 9 flavor at Wing Stop is only there for a limited time so make sure you go get them soon!
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Friday, March 25, 2016
Limited Edition Maple Bacon Pop-Tarts!
Sooner or later every snack company answers the call of Bacon. Consumers and foodies love it. Pop culture has embraced it. Bacon is king and we all know it. But there are times where bacon makes it into the snack world where we scratch our heads and wonder if we ever needed it. Enter...Maple Bacon Pop-Tarts...
When I first heard about these I didn't think they were real. When I saw the box I thought for sure it was a photoshop job that someone tossed up online to get people talking. But then one of my pals back in New Hampshire let me know that they were real and he had tried them. So my search began. They finally showed up out here in Seattle and I scooped up a box as quick as I could. I was excited to try them but also expecting to be disappointed. How could the bacon work? Was it going to be those gross crunchy Bacos type pieces? Or would they go with something new?
Like most Pop-tarts, these aren't the best right out of the package. Some hold up better than others. I personally love Strawberry Frosted right out of the package. Many a camping trip have found me Straight Pop-Tartin' like a boss. 48 pack slung over my shoulder, slapping packs into the palms of my buddies as they woke up in the morning and crawled from their tents. But these? These you definitely want to toast up. It helps. Because the bacon is weird. It's a strange chemical sprinkle that kind of tastes like fake bacon and smoke. It's not overpowering, but it's not really the best taste either.
Luckily the maple inside is where these really shine. It seems like a flavor they should have been making since they started. Perhaps that's because I'm from New England and nothing makes me happier than Maple flavored EVERYTHING. But once you toast these up, they aren't bad! The bacon gives off a nice, little bit of salt flavor that goes well with the icing and sweet maple innards.
In the end I'm going to give Maple Bacon Pop-Tarts a C-. The bacon is fake and weird. But the Maple is pretty tasty. Toasted, they are alright. Maybe pairing meats with sugary toaster pastries isn't the best idea. As a man who loves bacon, I wanted nothing more than to tell you all that these were awesome and that the bacon revolution continues to dominate all it comes into contact with...but I would be lying. There are some times when bacon isn't the right choice. This is one of them.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Qdoba just opened 3 new locations in Seattle, so we went to a VIP event to drink all their beer!
One of the perks of being a world famous food blogger, is that once in a while you get invited to big events put on by some of the biggest restaurant chains in the world. It's the food blogger version of walking the red carpet. Anyone who's anyone in the food blog world is there. So you can't pass these events up or someone might think you fell off your game. Well you know that the Fatguyfoodblog crew doesn't play like that. So when Qdoba hit us up with an invite to their latest shindig, you can bet I RSVP'ed, PLUS ONE.
Not only did Qdoba just open three new locations in Seattle, but they also just started offering a great selection of local craft beers and wine to pair with their food. On top of that, they have a new loaded tortilla soup. With all of this in mind, my lady and donned our red carpet outfits and hopped in the Fatguyfoodblog stretch Hummer and pulled up to the University Plaza location and got out like Brad and Angelina.
After signing a few autographs and posing for some pictures with people, we made our way inside. We were greeted by the awesome staff and directed to our seats. Almost at once things began being served. When the Assistant Manager Cody asked me which beer I would like to try, he took one look at the FGFB shirt I was wearing and decided that instead of just bring me one of the beers, he was going to bring me all of them. And the wine too. See, this is the kind of stuff that happens when you're sporting a Fatguyfoodblog t-shirt. This logo demands attention and is well respected in the food world. Those who own one will back me up. If you want to join the elite, you can get one here!
Now that I've successfully plugged our designer t-shirts, let's get back to the review. The first thing to arrive was the Loaded Tortilla Soup. Let me tell you, this is not an item I would have ordered usually. Why? Eh, I'm not much of a soup guy. If I go to a rad place like Qdoba that's rocking tacos and burritos all day, the last thing I'm thinking is soup. That's why it was such a great surprise. Chock full of fresh veggies and chicken with slabs of tortilla shell sticking out of it, you couldn't go wrong. Usually it comes in a massive tortilla bowl, but since we weren't that pumped about it beforehand, we asked for a smaller sample. MISTAKE. It was excellent. The drizzle of sour cream over it ended up being the proverbial icing on the cake. It's like your favorite taco, in soup form. I would 100% get this again.
Then came the beers. Three at first, Schwarzbier from Dru Bru, Boombox IPA from Hilliard's, and Dru Bru IPA. A few minutes later he added to that Manny's Pale Ale from Georgetown and the Dru Bru Kolsch. So many beers! My lady isn't one for beer so luckily they were all mine. As quick as I slugged them down they would bring another. I felt like Thor in a diner.
Of all of them I had only had Manny's before. But there wasn't a beer I had that I didn't enjoy. They told me which beers paired really well with specific tacos but I'll be honest, I glazed over. My plan was to just drink all the beers and eat all the tacos. I was surprised that I ended up liking the Schwarzbier so much from Dru Bru. I'm not usually a fan of darker beers. They end up being really heavy in my guts and make it hard for me to perform at top level. Aka: eat a lot of tacos. But this one went down smooth and wasn't heavy like I expected. I was pleasantly surprised.
When presented with the option of wine, I wasn't too keen on it because let's face it, I write for a blog called FATGUYFOODBLOG. I look like a barbarian. What do I want with wine? Ale? Mead? Fine drinks. I usually leave wine for those with a more refined taste. But when I heard it comes in a can and has a money on the logo, I told them to sign me the hell up. It's called The Infinite Monkey Theorem and they offered both red and white wine. I'll tell you what, if you're a wine snob, you probably won't be into this. If you're the opposite of a wine snob, this might be the wine for you. THERE'S A CHIMP ON THE CAN. A CHIMP! I feel like someone needs to tell Joe Rogan about this stuff.
Then a full run of the Knockout Taco's arrived. You may remember these from our review a little while back. This was a nice surprise, but what surprised me the most was when the Assistant Manager, Cody, delivered them and told us every single ingredient that was in each of the different tacos right off the top of his head. This guy is a Knockout Taco expert and blew my mind with his knowledge. When I praised him at being able to do this he shrugged it off like a boss. True professional.
The Knockout tacos didn't disappoint. Just like last time, the Two-Timer ended up being my favorite one. But a lot of these shined in ways that they didn't the first time around. I think the issue with the first time around was that we tried them literally days after they dropped. I don't think the crew at the location we went to really knew how to make them yet. This time around the Mad Rancher wasn't just a pile of lettuce. These were very well done and you know what? Beer went a lot better with them than fountain soda, that's for damn sure.
Lack of bacon was not an issue this time around. When bacon was on one of these, it was there in FORCE. Also, did I mention the wine had a chimp face on it?
A few fans came up to take selfies with me so I paused from the meal to duckface and throw up a peace sign or two. Signed a girls boobs, which my lady did not approve of. Then I went back to decimating this spread. I think between the two of us, we did a pretty good job. Also I drank lots of beer and wine so I was glad that the FGFB Stretch Hummer had a driver because if I drove home it would have probably looked like a scene from Mad Max: Fury Road.
As we finished up we were given our VIP gift bags. Inside there was so much Qdoba swag. I decided I needed to put a bunch of the stuff on at once and pose with the Qdoba Luchador. This new location is definitely one of the best Qdoba's I have ever been in. Not only is the layout great, but it has a very comfortable atmosphere and you can tell they spared no expense stepping it up to the next level. I really loved all the artwork and the soft lighting. Let's face it, any place that has a masked luchador wrestler on the wall is going to get a thumbs up from me.
|I blame this shot on all the beer.
Cody Fasching, the assistant manager. Extremely nice and a damn Knockout Taco expert. If you walk into a Qdoba and see this dude working, you know you're in good hands. He also knew everything there was to know about the beers and wines. Assistant Manager? Qdoba, what's the deal. Jump him up to full on manager ASAP. Seriously.
Then there was Keith Johnson, the director of west region operations for Qdoba. He might be the high up brass of the company, but for this event it was all hands on deck and Keith was awesome. He had a lot of excitement about the different items I tried that night and you could tell that he knows more about this stuff than I could know in ten lifetimes. Awesome dude and he made a great amount of time to stop and chat with each of the VIP guests like myself.
As we said our goodbyes and made our way out the secret back exit to avoid the throngs of fans outside, I felt a slight sadness. Like when a really raging party dies down and everyone goes home. Luckily Seattle has plenty of Qdoba locations to visit, so I knew I would be back. Soon. Really soon. Like...maybe even the next day.
|Big thanks to Holly for being my +1!
In the end, I have to say this was a great event that won't soon be forgotten. Got to try a bunch of great stuff, got to drink a ton of great beer and wine, and went home with some freebies. Not to mention getting to experience one of the newest and coolest Qdoba locations on Earth. If Qdoba ever has another one of these parties in my neck of the woods, you can bet I'll be there.
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FULLERTON A Costa Mesa father was sentenced Friday for attempting to murder his 2-month-old son by swinging him by the neck with a blanket, hitting him and attempting to suffocate him.
Joshua Allen Robey, 26, of Costa Mesa, was sentenced to 13 years to life in prison on charges of attempted murder with premeditation and deliberation, torture and child abuse, with a sentencing enhancement for great bodily injury to a child younger than 5 years old.
Robey and his girlfriend of two years had an infant son and lived together on and off in October 2011 when the girlfriend set up a hidden camera in their home, believing that she would catch him cheating, officials said.
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Of course there are some current members of the House and Senate, on both sides of the aisle, who would have been a credit to any Congress, during any period of American history, but that list is small and over the last 30 years is getting steadily smaller. Increasingly we are seeing more members, in both chambers and both parties, leadership as well as rank and file, who seem to have little sense of customs, traditions, and responsibilities of the institutions that they have been given the honor or privilege to serve. We are seeing more and more behavior and tactics that truly bring disgrace on the institution. Much of the same can be said about this White House as well.
Having worked on, around, or covering Congress for a little over 40 years, I remember how Washington once worked. Even through presidential impeachment proceedings, contentious fights over issues foreign and domestic, the place actually did function. In my judgment, the wheels on the congressional bus first started wobbling during the 1980s, growing steadily worse over three decades. The infection originated in the House before being transmitted to the Senate by the constant flow of House members getting elected to the Senate, bringing the contagion over to the other body that previously had been relatively civil.
The House, a representative institution based on majority rule, could accommodate a high degree of partisanship, after a fashion, because majority rule means that the minority doesn't matter. Things could often be fairly unpleasant, but the place still worked. The reason it could still work, despite increasing partisanship, is because it was before the noxious so-called Hastert Rule (requiring a majority of the majority to bring a measure to the floor), which subverts the very concept of majority rule intended by the Founding Fathers, for what is, in effect, plurality rule, with the most ideological half of the party in the majority.
But when this partisanship arrived in the Senate, a body designed by our Founding Fathers to be a very slow and deliberate institution — the intention being that it should be hard and slow to move legislation in the chamber — the legislative process began to deteriorate because the rules and traditions of the body do not lend themselves to those using "scorched earth" tactics. Now, with Senate leaders atop their respective conferences who barely speak or disguise their contempt for the other and the opposition party, this toxic combination of forces renders the institution in virtual collapse.
One wonders what Henry Clay of Kentucky, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, Robert Taft of Ohio, Robert La Follette of Wisconsin, Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan, or Robert Wagner of New York — the seven former members recognized by Senate resolutions in 1957 and 2004 as the greatest senators of all time — would make of the body now. Relationships between Congress and the White House are always contentious, particularly during periods of divided government. But it still worked.
In his just-released book, Tip and the Gipper: When Politics Worked, Chris Matthews goes back and chronicles the complicated relationship between the Democratic speaker of the House, Tip O'Neill, and President Reagan, six years of battles as contentious as any, before or since. But each man fundamentally respected the other as the leader of an institution. Matthews, whose liberal commentaries can remind many conservatives of fingernails on a chalkboard, is a first-rate writer and chronicler of modern political history, with several terrific books previously published. In this case, Matthews used his own personal vantage point as a top aide to O'Neill, but also draws heavily, and respectfully, from Reagan's diaries, recollections from key members of the Reagan team, and from the former first lady, Nancy Reagan. You close the book feeling like you had a pretty good idea of what happened and how the key participants felt and when they felt it. Worth the price of the book alone was the account (page 177) of then-White House Chief of Staff James A. Baker dressing down Office of Management and Budget Director David Stockman after OMB's private ruminations about Reaganomics were pointed up in a William Greider piece in The Atlantic magazine. Let's just say that the language used by Baker would never be published in National Journal and would make a seaman proud.
Matthews ends the book with six conclusions that really penetrate the veil covering the Reagan-O'Neill relationship. Particularly striking was Matthews's point that both Reagan and O'Neill had been "brought up to show respect for positions of authority," that both men "preferred to play by the rules," with O'Neill acknowledging that Reagan had won the 1980 presidential election and Reagan understanding that Democrats won the 1982 midterm election, each giving the other his due with a degree of deference due to their newly, election-acquired political high ground.
The third conclusion was that "neither acted like a spoiled kid who when he's losing yells, 'It's my ball and I am taking it home!' " Another — with Matthews citing a lesson from his mentor, O'Neill's longtime and highly regarded counsel, Kirk O'Donnell — was "always be able to talk." Each man sought and acquired wise and strong advisers, with both benefitting greatly from that. Finally, noting that both were aging Irishmen, Matthews points out that Reagan would be the last president O'Neill would serve with and that "Reagan understood that this was the only presidency he was going to get."
There is nothing new about divided government; it has been the rule more than the exception for much of modern history. But how it is handled has changed — we aren't seeing adult behavior from any of the three corners of this House-Senate-White House triumvirate. Both teams would benefit greatly from reading Matthews's book and thinking about the lessons that come from it.
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by Kevin Swanson as quoted by Raw Story - Kevin Swanson Worries Day Care Will Turn Kids GayEditor's note: Kevin has blamed all sorts of things for turning children gay: Girl Scout Cookies, the Disney movie "Frozen", the children's movie "How To Train Your Dragon" and more. Now he's blaming that and many other things he doesn't agree with on putting children in daycare? I think it sounds like he should be a daycare because no real life genuine adult could possibly be as childish and tantrum-throwing toddler-like. … [Read more...]
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by Anna Sophia and Elizabeth Botkin of Visionary Daughters - The History of Womanhood That Feminists Don't Want You to KnowEditor's note: This is the last bit I'll be quoting from this poisonously stupid article. Women aren't educated today because of 'mental laziness'? I dare those young ladies to come to the college language classes I'm taking and tell the young women there that they are mentally lazy. Plus the class ratios seem to be five females for every male in those classes. From every ridiculous statement made by the Botkin sisters in their article I'd have to say that mental laziness seems to be more of a problem in their society rather than in society at large. Emphasis in the … [Read more...]
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|Publication number
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|Sep 20, 1966
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|Feb 18, 1964
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|Feb 18, 1964
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|Foulger Orson G
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|Foulger Orson G
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|Patent Citations (1), Referenced by (9), Classifications (10)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Sept. 20, 1966 o. G. FOULGER 3,274,514
PULSE COMPARATOR AND CONVERTER Filed Feb. 18, 1964 TO OTHER F I AGC AMPLIFIERS 1 42 43 A I (M's-n+0) REFERENCE EOUL INTEGRATOR Fs COMPARATOR REFERENCE COMPARATOR SIGNAL CHANNEL T" E Ji 1 L 42 IN PULSE WIDTH l 1 MODULATOR w EOUT REFERENCE CHANNEL PULSE STRETCHER REF. LEVEL K our INPUT PULSE AMPLITUDE REF. LEVEL K4 F 4 INVENTOR NEGATIVE POSITIVE ORSON G. FOULGER ouTPuT ouTPu PULSES O PULSES BY 4 OUTPUT PULSE wmrn a. M ATTORNEY.
United States Patent M 3,274 514 PULSE COMPARATOI K AND CONVERTER Orson G. Foulger, Goleta, Calif., assignor to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy Filed Feb. 18, 1964, Ser. No. 346,062 1 Claim. (Cl. 332-1) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.
This invention relates generally to signal conversion apparatus, and more particularly to a novel reference comparator which yields output pulses which are of polarity and time-width corresponding to input pulse amplitude relative to a reference amplitude.
While the invention is of general utility in many different circuit environments, by way of example it will be described herein with specific reference to its applicability for use in connection with means for providing a gaincontrolling signal in an AGC (automatic gain control) amplifier control loop such as described in copending patent application Serial No. 270,773 entitled Receiver System, filed April 4, 1963 by Langthorne Sykes et al.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved signal converter apparatus.
It is another object of this invention to provide an improved signal converter apparatus in which variableamplitude pulse signals are converted into variable timewidth pulse signals.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an improved reference comparator yielding output pulses which are of polarity sense dependent upon the lesser or greater amplitudes of input pulses relative to a reference input pulse amplitude, and which are of time-widths corresponding to the input and reference pulse amplitude differences.
These and other objects and advantages of this invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram representation of an exemplary circuit environment for the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a reference comparator embodying the present invention;
FIG. 3 illustrates input pulses of variable amplitude relative to a reference amplitude level, and corresponding intermediate and output pulses of the novel reference comparator; and
FIG. 4 illustrates in graphic form the linear relationship between magnitude of reference comparator output pulse time-Widths and input pulse amplitudes.
First briefly considering the above-mentioned exemplary environment of the present invention, the receiver-computer system described in the said copending application functions to derive steering signals for controlling the guidance of a passive-homing missile intended for destruction of radar installations, the receivercomputer system, for such steering signal derivation purpose, including an RF pulse receiving antenna array having four sections and being characterized by four field pattern lobes which diverge substantially symmetrically relative to the missile axis. In response to reception of each radio-frequency pulse from the target radar source, four receiver channels associated with the antenna array and including demodulators correspondingly yield a set of four time-coincident D.C. pulses, hereinafter termed video pulses, which may be generally identified as the products IA, IB, IC and ID, wherein I represents an intensity 3 ,274,514 Patented Sept. 20, 1966 factor common to each video pulse of a set, and of value dependent upon the power output of the target radar installation, upon range to the target and upon attitude of the target relative to the missile, and wherein A, B, C and D represent amplitude factors which are of values dependent upon missile axis orientation relative to the 'line-of-sight of the target. Dual-channel target signals derived from the signals IA, IB, IC and ID, for use in further deriving missile steering control signals, are applied to a pair of video pulse amplifiers forming part of a pair of servo circuits employed for missile guidance command. For the purpose of controlling the gain of these video pulse amplifiers in a manner to normalize the intensity factor I in the duel-channel target signals delivered by these video pulse amplifiers, as disclosed in the above-mentioned copending application, the receivercomputer of the anti-raclar missile further includes a socalled sum channel as illustrated in FIG. 1 wherein, for the purpose of facilitating cross-reference if desired, the same designating numerals and characters as in the said copending application are employed.
Referring to FIG. 1, therefore, as an example of environmental circuitry in which the reference comparator according to the present invention may be utilized, the video pulses IA, IB, IC and ID applied to a summation circuit 40, and likewise the resultant or summation video pulse I (A +B+C+D) delivered to an AGC amplifier 41, are in this instance to be understood as positive, of the order of one microsecond in time-width, and repetitive at an audio frequency rate of the order of 1000 pulses per second. It may be noted at this point that the repetitively occurring input pulses to AGC amplifier 41 may exhibit comparatively large amplitude excursions during missile attack action against a radar target, but that the AGC amplifier 41 output pulses (reference comparator 42 input pulses E in this instance likewise positive, while being of much greater amplitudes than the AGC amplifier input pulses, are variable in amplitude to a very much reduced extent because of the AGC action (and the high gain characteristic of reference comparator 42) in the illustrated circuit, the reference comparator input pulses being forced by AGC loop action to substantially a predetermined comparator input pulse reference amplitude hereinafter termed K, differing therefrom only by a comparatively small error signal 5 which is variable in sense and magnitude during missile attack action. Reference comparator 42 operates to effect conversion of its variable-amplitude input pulses (E to output pulses (B which are of fixed amplitude but of polarity sense dependent upon the lesser or greater amplitude of the input pulses relative to reference pulse amplitude K, and which are of time-widths proportional to the input and reference pulse amplitude difference (i.e., to the magnitude of error signal 5). Integrator 43 operates to provide a gain-controlling signal F corresponding to continuous integration of the variable-width, variable-polarity output pulses E delivered by reference comparator 42, and for such purpose may be similar to that disclosed in US. Patent 3,119,029 entitled Transistor Bipolar Integrator, issued January 24, 1964, by Duane J. Russell, or may be of any suitable conventional type enabling sufficient dynamic range of output signal without output-voltage limiting effects. The smoothed gain-controlling feedback signal F as delivered by integrator 43 continuously controls the gain of AGC amplifier 41 (and of other AGC amplifiers as earlier mentioned and as indicated) in such manner as to adjust the output signal amplitudes to the reference pulse ampli tude K, normalizing the intensity factor I in the output signals of the AGC amplifiers.
While it is possible, for use in the aforementioned receiver-computer system, to employ a reference comparator which merely by means of either a summation or a subtraction circuit (dependent upon reference pulse polarity) effects comparison of input and reference pulse amplitudes, yielding resultant pulses of constant time-width and variable amplitudes, and to integrate such variable-amplitude resultant pulses to provide the gain-controlling signal F such technique when employed with video pulses of very short time-widths has been found to yield undesirable distortions of output pulses and comparatively narrow dynamic error range capability. The novel reference comparator 42 as disclosed herein has been found to provide significant improvements in operating characteristics.
Referring now to the exemplary embodiment of the novel reference comparator 42 as shown in block diagram form in FIG. 2, each of the units therein may separately be entirely conventional in character and design. In the signal channel 50 and in the reference channel 60, amplifiers 511 and 61 function as buffer or isolating stages in addition to providing amplification action; amplifier S l here provides noninverted pulse signals and amplifier 61 provides inverted pulse signals, as indicated. Pulse-width modulator 52 in signal channel 50 functions to effect pulse amplitude to time-width conversion, delivering pulses E characterized by constant amplitude but time-widths proportional to the variable amplitudes of its input signal and correspondingly proportional to the variable amplitudes of the pulses E for such purpose pulse-width modulator 52 may be supplied in the form of any one of various pulse amplitude to width converters as employed in PDM (pulse duration modulation) telemetry systems, and preferably of type wherein the percentage change in converter output pulse E time-width is considerably greater than the percentage change in input pulse amplitude. Pulse stretcher 62 in reference channel 60, when triggered, operates to provide a reference pulse E likewise of constant amplitude but of opposite polarity to that of E and further of fixed time-width; for such purpose pulse stretcher 62 may for example comprise a so-called one-shot (monostable) multivibrator such as that shown at page 547 in Electronic Measurements by Terman and Pettit (McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1952, 2d ed.). In this instance pulse width modulator 52 and pulse stretcher 6-2 are designed to be triggered, respectively, by positive and negative pulses applied thereto, and to provide output pulses E and E of equal amplitudes and likewise of positive and negative polarities, respectively. Pulse width modulator 52 and pulse stretcher 62 are further so designed that the time-widths of their output pulses E and E are considerably greater than that of the input pulses E with the duration of pulse E being equal to the fixed time-width of pulse E when it arises from a pulse E of precisely the predetermined reference amplitude K. By way of example, pulse width modulator 5 2 may be designed or adjusted in such manner as to make its output pulses E have an average time-width (i.e., that time-width which corresponds to an input pulse E of amplitude K) of 40- microsecond duration; in such instance pulse stretcher 6?; would be designed or adjusted to provide reference pulses E of 40-microsecond duration. The input pulse E thresholds at which pulse width modulator and pulse stretcher units 52 and 62, respectively, individually begin to operate are of course dependent upon the electronic engineering design of these units and upon the gains of the amplifiers 51 and 6 1, and it is to be understood that these thresholds are preferably made substantially equal, by suitable selection or adjustment of circuit element values at any convenient points within these units. As a matter of convenience for illustration purposes, the latter adjustment may here be understood as accomplished by making the gains of amplifiers 51 and 61 sligthly greater than necessary, and by providing coupling circuits in the signal and reference channels in the form of voltage dividers 53 and 63, respectively, employing resistors which are proportioned to make the operating thresholds of the pulse width modulator and pulse stretcher units 52 and 62 substantially equal. Pulses E and E are made of exactly equal amplitude by similar use of voltage divider type output circuits 54 and 64 for pulse width modulator 52 and pulse stretcher 62, respectively. Reference comparator 42 is completed by a summation unit 76) which in its simplest form may be a passive network, in any event of suitable type operating to effect addition of the pulses E and E to provide output pulses E as indicated in FIG. 3.
FIG. 3 illustrates a sample sequence of input pulses E with the first occurring at instant t at an amplitude lower than reference level K and with the ensuing pulses occurring at instants t to t at progressively larger amplitudes. The leading edges of pulse width modulator output pulses E and pulse stretcher output pulses E are of course in time coincidence with input pulses E At the instant t at which the input pulse E is of amplitude K, pulse stretcher 62 output pulse E and pulse width modulator output pulse E areof exactly the same time-width. Reference comparator output pulses E as indicated, are either positive or negative, dependent in this instance upon the greater or lesser amplitude, respectively, of pulses E relative to reference level K, and of time-width proportional to the amplitude difference between the input pulse and reference level K. Operation of the reference comparator 42 is thus linear as illustrated in the FIG. 4 transfer characteristic presenting the relationship between output pulse E time-width and input pulse E amplitude.
Obviously many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in the light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claim the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described.
What is claimed is:
A signal conversion apparatus for deriving, from an input signal of unknown periodicity, or aperiodic, and consisting of variable-amplitude input pulses, signal conversion apparatus output pulses having time-widths and polarities corresponding to the magnitude and algebraic sense, respectively, of amplitude difference of input pulse amplitude relative to a predetermined reference amplitude, said apparatus comprising:
(a) a reference channel operating to be triggered by said input pulses to provide reference channel output pulses of fixed polarity, fixed amplitude and fixed time-Width;
(b) a signal channel operating to convert said input pulses to signal channel output pulses of fixed polarity, of fixed amplitude, and of time-widths varying directly with input pulse amplitude, said signal channel output pulses having a time-width range embracing a reference time-width corresponding to an input pulse having said predetermined reference amplitude;
(c) means for equalizing the amplitudes of said reference channel and signal channel output pulses; and
(d) an amplitude summer for combining corresponding reference channel and signal channel output pulses, after their amplitudes are equalized, to provide signal conversion apparatus output pulses of time-widths and polarities corresponding to the magnitude and algebraic sense, respectively, of signal channel output pulse time-width relative to reference channel output pulse time-width.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,042,754 7/1962 McManis 332- 9 X ROY LAK E, Primary Examiner.
A. L. BRODY, Assistant Examiner.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Apr 14, 1961
|Jul 3, 1962
|Dresser Ind
|Two channel phase modulation
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Mar 19, 1965
|Aug 27, 1968
|Astrodata Inc
|Phase detector output smoothing network
|Jan 14, 1966
|Mar 4, 1969
|Apparatus for indicating response of a circuit to an applied pulse
|Jun 21, 1965
|May 6, 1969
|Honeywell Inc
|Apparatus for normalizing a phase or angle radar information signal to remove amplitude variations
|Sep 29, 1965
|Dec 23, 1969
|Bendix Corp
|Pulse width modulator network
|Oct 31, 1967
|Sep 8, 1970
|Nippon Electric Co
|F-m demodulation system employing a balanced limiter and a balanced amplifying circuit
|Feb 25, 1969
|Sep 7, 1971
|Us Navy
|Pulse analyzer
|Jul 9, 1970
|Jun 6, 1972
|Research Corp
|Pulse-width frequency modulation device
|Dec 7, 1977
|Apr 3, 1979
|Rca Corporation
|Time displaced signal sorting apparatus
|Feb 8, 1977
|Jun 26, 1979
|Rath Western Corporation
|Communication systems
|U.S. Classification
|332/184, 375/239, 329/312, 327/174, 327/172, 327/38
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification


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Pope Francis speaks out against legalizing drugs
Speech at odds with the trend towards legalizing marijuana
Pope Francis arrives at the International Drug Enforcement Conference in Rome. Picture: Newsweek/Reuters
Kira Bindrim for Newsweek
June 24, 2014
After a several-week absence from the media spotlight, Pope Francis emerged on Friday [June 20] as a speaker at the International Drug Enforcement Conference in Rome, where he said he was opposed to the legalization of drugs—including marijuana—for recreational use.
"The scourge of drug use continues to spread inexorably, fed by a deplorable commerce which transcends national and continental borders," Francis told conference participants. "Attempts, however limited, to legalize so-called 'recreational drugs,' are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce desired effects."
While Francis has sometimes surprised constituents with his progressive views—on homosexuality, atheism and capitalism, for example—his stance on marijuana legalization, at least, is at odds with a growing push for it. In December, Uruguay became the first country to legalize the drug (Francis is from nearby Buenos Aires, Argentina). That law included regulation of the cultivation, production, storage, sale and distribution of marijuana, as well as an official registry of users' consumption.
"We will be able to get more information about the consequences of different alternatives," Beau Kilmer, co-director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Group, told Newsweek at the time.
Earlier this month, Jamaica said it would legalize medical marijuana, and allow possession of up to two ounces of the drug for recreational use. In the United States, two states—Colorado and Washington—have legalized marijuana. Alaska could vote on legalization in November, and Oregon may vote on a similar measure later this year. Twenty-two states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes—New York is poised to become the 23rd—and 16 have decriminalized it, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). In October 2013, a Gallup poll found that for the first time, a majority of Americans believe the drug should be legalized: 58 percent, compared with just 12 percent in 1969, the first time the question was asked.
Marijuana is still illegal under federal law, but in May the House voted to restrict the DEA from using funds to go after state-legal medical marijuana outfits. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced a similar amendment in the Senate this week.
Pope Francis has spoken out against drug legalization in the past, and has visited with addicts both as Pope and when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. "A reduction in the spread and influence of drug addiction will not be achieved by a liberalization of drug use," he said during a speech at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil last year. "Rather, it is necessary to confront the problems underlying the use of these drugs, by promoting greater justice, educating young people in the values that build up life in society, accompanying those in difficulty and giving them hope for the future."
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