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Developing new medicines, solving forensic riddles, creating green technologies. The chemistry degree program at Nazareth College prepares you for numerous career opportunities, not only as research scientists and science teachers, but as problem solvers in a variety of fields.
You will not only learn science, but also how to be independent scientists. Research opportunities are offered as early as freshman year with a strong emphasis on modern lab techniques and problem solving. You also learn how to read and write like a scientist, so you can fully understand and utilize scientific journals and other key research. Close working relationships with the dynamic faculty makes work both challenging and fun.
Innovation is at the heart of our teaching. Undergraduate students have made biodiesel fuel from French fry oil, studied the chemical properties of wine making, and examined molecular design from the perspectives of biology, chemistry, and medicine. Under the guidance of faculty, you'll have the opportunity to do independent, inquiry-based research on your topic of interest.
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Education: B.S., Keene State College (Chemistry and Physics/Environmental Science); Ph.D., University of New Hampshire (Analytical Chemistry/Earth Science (Marine Chemistry)
Teaching and Research Interests: Analytical and environmental chemistry; environmental science. My core teaching philosophy is that students learn by doing. In my laboratory and chemistry courses, I focus less on memorizing concepts and more on the process of "figuring out" chemical solutions to real world problems. Students learn to think as analysts rather than technicians; they understand why they are doing what they are doing and what their data means.
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Topic: Warehouse 13
My family and I were watching the start of the new season of Eureka and the next show to air was the pilot of "Warehouse 13" a show with a similar premise to Sci-fi's other original series Sanctuary.
Two top Federal Agents, a woman Joanne Kelly (hard working status climber) and a man Pete Lattimer (screw off with natural talent) (Mulder and Skully anyone?) are transferred to a large metal structure in the middle of the Bad Lands of South Dakota to work with Saul Rubinek (played by Artie Nielson). And from there they must traverse the world stopping dangerous objects from ruining people's lives by putting them into America's attic Warehouse 13.
Also there's a ferret and Artie Nielson.
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Winger Tom Hewitt returns to the NRL team for the match against the Eels this Sunday at Parramatta Stadium after missing seven weeks with a hamstring injury suffered in his NRL debut.
Hewitt, 21, has been named on the wing shifting Hurstville United junior Chase Stanley to the centres where he will partner Matt Cooper who returns from Origin duties.
In other changes to the team, Beau Scott moves into the back row replacing Danny Wicks, Dan Hunt has been named on the interchange replacing the suspended Adam Peek and Corey Payne returning from suspension has also been named on the five-man bench.
Unavailable Dragons are: Mark Gasnier (Pectoral), Wes Naiqama (Knee), Dean Young (Knee), Ben Hornby (Calf), Brett Morris (Shoulder), Ashton Sims (Knee), Mathew Head (Shoulder) and Adam Peek (Suspension).
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New Red Spot Appears on Jupiter
In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins – the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. – in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere. This third red spot, which is a fraction of the size of the two other features, lies to the west of the Great Red Spot in the same latitude band of clouds. The visible-light images were taken on May 9 and 10 with Hubble's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
New Red Spot Appears on Jupiter
In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins – the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. – in the turbulent Jovian atmosphere.
This third red spot, which is a fraction of the size of the two other features, lies to the west of the Great Red Spot in the same latitude band of clouds.
The new red spot was previously a white oval-shaped storm. The change to a red color indicates its swirling storm clouds are rising to heights like the clouds of the Great Red Spot. One possible explanation is that the red storm is so powerful it dredges material from deep beneath Jupiter's cloud tops and lifts it to higher altitudes where solar ultraviolet radiation – via some unknown chemical reaction – produces the familiar brick color.
Detailed analysis of the visible-light images taken by Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 on May 9 and 10, and near-infrared adaptive optics images taken by the W.M. Keck telescope on May 11, is revealing the relative altitudes of the cloud tops of the three red ovals. Because all three oval storms are bright in near-infrared light, they must be towering above the methane in Jupiter's atmosphere, which absorbs the Sun's infrared light and so looks dark in infrared images.
Turbulence and storms first observed on Jupiter more than two years ago are still raging, as revealed in the latest pictures. The Hubble and Keck images also reveal the change from a rather bland, quiescent band surrounding the Great Red Spot just over a year ago to one of incredible turbulence on both sides of the spot.
Red Spot Jr. appeared in spring of 2006. The Great Red Spot has persisted for as long as 200 to 350 years, based on early telescopic observations. If the new red spot and the Great Red Spot continue on their courses, they will encounter each other in August, and the small oval will either be absorbed or repelled from the Great Red Spot. Red Spot Jr. which lies between the two other spots, and is at a lower latitude, will pass the Great Red Spot in June.
The Hubble and Keck images may support the idea that Jupiter is in the midst of global climate change, as first proposed in 2004 by Phil Marcus, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. The planet's temperatures may be changing by 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The giant planet is getting warmer near the equator and cooler near the South Pole. He predicted that large changes would start in the southern hemisphere around 2006, causing the jet streams to become unstable and spawn new vortices.
The Hubble team members are Imke de Pater, Phil Marcus, Mike Wong and Xylar Asay-Davis of the University of California, Berkeley, and Christopher Go of the Philippines. The Keck team members were de Pater, Wong, and Conor Laver of the University of California, Berkeley, and Al Conrad of the Keck Observatory. More information about the Keck observations is available in The University of California, Berkeley press release. The contributions by the amateur network (http://jupos.privat.t-online.de/) are invaluable for this research.
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Hi guys!! Sorry for not updating my blog lately.. been really busy! As usual... Anyway I missed you guys. I missed reading your comments and suggestions. It brings delight to my heart hearing from you.
I have something to share to you loves, some of you might know that I am a photographer. Yes! I even made a blog post about how I love photography. But lately I have discover a new talent that I have all along. I'm into making short films, videos and cinematography. I am making wedding cinematic highlights, some call it wedding art films. I just love taking those precious moments and making it timeless. I even made a short film, took it yesterday at the park. I am taking it to the next level. But don't worry guys I'll still continue blogging... :)
Anyway last week I went back to my home town. My Dad & brother wanted me to go with them to visit our farm. I figured that it will be hot, and the heat of the sun might burn my skin so I wore a light clothing but with long sleeves and brought my cowgirl hat. I was even planning to bring my cowboy boots but I forgot it in my room. *sigh!
I was wrong about the weather, when we arrived at the farm, it was windy and cool. So much for weather predictions! ahahahaha.
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Joanne Weir's Green Lentil and Red Pepper Salad Recipe with Red Onion, Mint, and Feta
When I removed the book from it's mail-order wrapping it fell open to the page with this salad of French green lentils, red pepper, mint, and feta and I told myself I had to make the salad, but when the book opened to that page a second time a few days later, I felt the universe was indeed nudging me to try it. I even had a jar with some of the tiny green lentils recommended (although I'd thrown away the package, so I don't know if they're the true Lentilles de Puy.) I do think this salad would still be good with ordinary brown lentils, but if you haven't tried green French lentils, you should experience their delicious nutty flavor, and they hold their shape and texture much better in a salad like this.
Joanne Weir's Green Lentil and Red Pepper Salad with Red Onion, Mint, and Feta
(Makes 4-6 servings, recipe from From Tapas to Meze – Small Plates from the Mediterranean, very slightly adapted by Kalyn.)
1 cup dried lentils, preferably Green French Lentils de Puy
3 bay leaves
4 large cloves garlic
1/4 tsp. dried oregano (or more, I used about 1/2 tsp.)
1 red onion, chopped into pieces about 1/4 inch
1 red bell pepper, chopped into pieces about 1/4 inch
5 T finely chopped mint (or more, I used about 1/2 cup mint)
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
6 oz. Feta cheese, crumbled
(original recipe called for a garnish of chopped Kalamata olives, which I didn't use)
Dressing Ingredients:
6 T good quality olive oil
6 T red wine vinegar
2 T fresh squeezed lime juice (optional, original recipe didn't use this but I liked the addition of lime)
1/2 tsp. ground cumin (or more, I used about 1 tsp.)
1 tsp. finely minced garlic
Rinse lentils and pick out any broken pieces or debris. Place lentils in a pan with enough water to cover by several inches, then add bay leaves, garlic, and oregano and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer gently for 20-25 minutes, until lentils are tender but still firm and slightly chewy. Drain well and cool.
Whisk together the dressing ingredients and season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper.
While lentils are cooling, chop onion and red bell pepper Put cooled lentils in a bowl, add red onion and red pepper, then gently stir in dressing. Taste for seasoning and add more salt, pepper, or vinegar if desired. Let salad marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Just before serving, chop mint and add to salad. Sprinkle salad with chopped feta and serve.
If this makes more than you will be eating at one time, I thought the salad was still good after being in the fridge for a couple of days, but don't add the feta until just before serving.
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Lentils and other types of dried beans are a great low-glycemic food for the South Beach Diet, or any other low-glycemic eating plan, and everything in this salad is approved for any phase of the South Beach Diet. (I would recommend you use less Feta for South Beach.) This would taste great with something like Very Greek Grilled Chicken or Kalyn's Souvlaki.
More Great Salads Featuring Mint:
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Wake Up Your Mouth Thai Cucumber Salad
Cucumber and Avocado Salad with Lime, Mint, and Feta
Chopped Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Feta, Lemon, and Thyme
Middle Eastern Tomato Salad
Chopped Middle Eastern Salad with Purslane
Lentil Salad with Feta, Mint, and Orange from In My Box
Charred Aubergine with Tomato, Mint, and Feta from The Frugal Cook
Halloumi, Watermelon, and Mint Salad from The Culinary Chase
Mint and Parsley Salad with Persian Cucumbers from Modern Beet
Lime Quinoa Salad with Mint from Karina's Kitchen
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Lafourche's saggy-pants law has been enforced fewer than 50 times since its 2007 creation.
Lafourche's saggy-pants law has been enforced fewer than 50 times since its 2007 creation.
The law bans "indecent exposure" of a person's "below-waist undergarments."
According to Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office records, 45 people have been ticketed in the law's five-year existence.
"That's a low number. I could get 45 in one hour if I wanted," said Lafourche Parish Councilman Lindel Toups, who introduced the ordinance. "It's everywhere. You go out there with your grandkids and you see people with their pants hanging past their drawers, showing their butt."
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said his deputies use discretion when enforcing the law and have also handed out a number of warnings.
"We do not have a baggy-pants task force that spends its time looking for that particular violation," Webre said.
Webre said the law is often enforced when someone is being charged with a separate crime.
Webre said deputies decide whether a violation or warning is issued.
"It is going to be a discretion-based thing," Webre said. "If the person is cooperative, doesn't have a history, no other criminal activity and remedies the problem, they will likely end up with a warning."
Webre noted there is some vagueness in the saggy-pants law.
"The law is very broadly written. We try to enforce it in a straight-forward fashion in the spirit of what it is to address," Webre said.
The ordinance seeks to target a person who "intentionally wears and displays his or her below-waist underwear" or "displays the skin under which said below-waist underwear was intended to cover."
Webre said the vagueness comes in because different types of underwear are intended to cover different amounts of skin.
"To the extent you are talking about underwear, a pair of boxer shorts covers a lot more than a G-string. That is where the most vagueness comes it," Webre said.
After the law was first passed, the Lafourche Parish Council reworked it to take out language that banned "dress not becoming of his or her sex."
Marjorie Esman, the executive director of Louisiana's American Civil Liberties Union, said the law was improved by that change, but questions over its constitutionality remain.
Esman said state law defines obscenity as exposure of genitalia and prohibits local governments from regulating obscenity more specifically.
Webre said he has no authority to determine the constitutionality of a law.
When a law is passed by the council, the general rule is that it is presumed to be constitutional until a judge rules otherwise, Webre said.
Webre said to his knowledge, nobody has challenged the constitutionality of the law.
"There is definitely an argument to be made over whether it is constitutional or not," Webre said. "Someone would have to raise that issue, then the court would make a determination."
Violation of the law brings a $50 fine for the first offense, $100 for a second offense and $100 and 16 hours of community service for a third offense.
When the law was being debated, there was discussion over whether it targeted young black men.
"It doesn't target anyone, you see (sagging pants) just as much with white people as black people," Toups said.
Webre said the law is most commonly violated by young men, but he would not speculate on the racial background of the 45 violators.
"I don't believe the intent of the law was to target young, black males," Webre said. "The intent of the law was to prohibit that type of dress."


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The name Kalorama, meaning "beautiful view" in Greek, comes from the 19th century estate of the same name, comprising much of the surrounding area. The estate was later subdivided into smaller
parcels. The parcel on which the park is located passed through several hands, until it was acquired by the Federal government in the 1940s. In 1971, the National Park Service transferred
jurisdiction (but not ownership) over the Park to the District of Columbia for recreation and related purposes. For more historical information about the park, please see the resources page.
The Fund for Kalorama Park, a 501(c)(3) organization, was established in 1995 for the purpose of improving the facilities, land, plantings, and programs at Kalorama Park and its immediate environs. Since its incorporation, the Fund has spent nearly $100,000 to provide maintenance, trees, landscaping, and benches and to fund recreational activities in the Park. The Fund has also served to provide community input to the City's Department of Parks and Recreation with respect to its management of the park, including the provision of playground equipment and various capital improvements over the years. The Fund has provided financial support for various youth activities such as the park basketball, soccer, and double dutch teams, and for trips to amusement parks and college tours.
Our mission statement is: Creating Beauty, Building Community
Our vision statement is: To make our park a beautiful place, a point of pride and inspiration for all
The park's recreation center is managed by Clarence Anderson and Julia Joel, from the DC Department of Parks and Recreation. The center is typically open until 9 pm weekdays and 4 pm Saturdays, but check www.dpr.dc.gov for current operating hours. The Fund with the recreation center staff schedule a multitude of programming events for children throughout the year, including a Valentine's Day party, a fall picnic, a Halloween party, and a winter holiday party. Other youth activities in the park include the Department's summer camp.
The Community Garden located in the Park, run by a separate group, is available for neighbors to use for growing vegetables and flowers. Plots are assigned by lottery each year. Look for flyers announcing the procedure in early spring or contact email@example.com.
For a list of repair items the Fund has requested from DPR, please click here.
For a 2013 video of water runoff in the park, please click here.
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President - Kathryn Kross
Treasurer - Rory McGlynn
Secretary - Joan Yoshi
Board Members:
Marina Smith
Leslie Douglas
Prior Board Members
Robert Bruce
Rita Scheirer
Will Miller
Mike Gould
Marianne Josem
Bill Stallings
Jean Marie Clapper
Kathryn Cross
Stacey Hudson
John Cloud
Marwan Burgan
Emily Mechner
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Ethan Carson
Belinda Reeder
Matt Forman
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According to edmunds, the big news for the 2012 Ford Mustang is the revival of the storied high-performance Boss 302 model. Also notable is the introduction of adjustable effort settings for the power steering effort on GT models.
After numerous improvements to the Mustang lineup last year, we wouldn't have been surprised this year to see Ford's engineers just sit back and watch their winning horse run circles around its competition. As it turns out, though, they've been busily creating yet another highly desirable model to join the stable.
For 2012, Ford reintroduces the Mustang Boss 302, a nameplate that recalls the Boss 302 of 1969. Just as before, the new Boss 302 is a track-tuned beast, and it should also be both great to drive and even potentially collectible. Numerous engine enhancements kick output up to 444 horsepower, and the Boss receives a host of other hardware upgrades to handle the extra fury under the hood.
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The borders of Europe have been static since the breakups of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and the reunification of Germany, but look set to shift shortly, if the Duma in Moscow ratifies the stated desire of a Crimean majority to quit Ukraine for Russia. But a broader perspective, taking into account the past 1,000 years of European history, shows that change on the continent has been a near-constant.
Watch on Loiter.co as Centennia Historical Atlas software condenses Europe's history into a 3 ½-minute video representing the shifting borders from A.D. 1,000 through 2003:
— Tim Rostan
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I used to write about Arsenal here all the time. I loved it. I did it for free and I did it for pleasure. If you read during those days, I remain incredibly grateful.
You probably haven't noticed, but over the past couple of years entries on this blog have tailed off to an eventual halt. While I've continued writing, podcasting and vlogging elsewhere, I've found it difficult to find the time and energy to update this site. This, after all, was always a labour of love—and the sad truth is that much of the love has gone.
In many ways, this blog is a shrine to Wenger's Arsenal. It was his teams that made he fall so hard for the game that I dedicated a significant portion of my life to writing about it. I'm now lucky enough to do that professionally. I cover Arsenal for a variety of sites, and I recognise it's an incredible privilege. After years of graft, my work was my hobby. But over the past couple of seasons, it has begun to feel very much like work again.
The reason I've returned here is because when you're writing for other people, you usually have to have a measure of objectivity. You have to be professional. This is not a professional piece—it's a deeply person one.
Here's the thing: I need Arsenal to change. I need a new story to get my teeth into. Part of the reason I haven't been writing here is because I know you've read it all before. It's increasingly difficult to find new and entertaining ways to say "we looked quite good then we absolutely fucked it".
Arsenal hark on about stability, but continuity can prove the enemy of optimism. Turbulence brings about the possibility of change, and Arsenal fans are surely ready to welcome that now. I know I am – I'm fully aware that it might get worse before it gets better. Bring it on. I feel like I've watched 1000 episodes of Friends back to back and now you're gong to randomly change the channel. Yes, we might land on Made in Chelsea, but at least it's different. And we might get Planet Earth. We don't know. Just change the fucking channel. What is elite sport about if not taking risks?
I'm beating around the bush, because I'm not sure I've ever said it in such plain terms, but Arsene Wenger has to go. It's horrible to say because I'm such a huge admirer of his. Trust me, when you've sat opposite him in a press conference, it's difficult to square this brilliant, erudite man with some of the vitriol and abuse he receives from his harshest critics. He isn't 'comical Arsene', he isn't a joke — he's an incredible manager and thinker who has clung on too long.
Make no mistake, we're in a real mess now. When Wenger signed his new contract in 2014, many assumed it would be his last. However, it feels like almost no plans have been to put in place to deal with the eventual succession. The board are paralysed, and players unwilling to commit. As a club, we are sleepwalking towards a nightmare of a summer.
Well, I feel wide awake now. It's sad but satisfying to have some clarity. Arsenal need a new man to break this cycle of perpetual disappointment. I'm invigorated by the prospect of something different.
So I've come out of retirement to say that I hope Arsene Wenger will soon enter his. Or go to another club—genuinely, it would make me really happy to see him succeed elsewhere. I would love to see him complete his CV and win the Champions League. I hoped for a long time he'd do that with Arsenal, but I now recognise that isn't going to happen.
I still think he's capable. There are clubs and leagues where Wenger could still be a success, but unfortunately Arsenal and 2017's Premier League are no longer one.
It's almost impossible to break down where it all went wrong, but the simplest answer is that it never really went wrong—it went stale. Top level sport is about pressure and accountability, and those things have been uniquely absent at Arsenal. The manager has never been under real threat, and that comfy atmosphere has seeped into the playing squad. There has been pressure from the fans, sure—but never in the history of the club have the fans held less sway. There are tactical issues of course, but the fundamental problem is a lack of ambition and aggression. The owner and the board play a huge part in that too, and I hope some of the anger at Arsene is redirected at the entirely deserving Kroenke & Co.
Earlier this week, Wenger spoke of himself as a 'masochist'. He's entitled to his kinks, but as an Arsenal fan I no longer want to subject myself to this. Any algedonic pleasure has long since worn off.
I do love Arsene, but I love Arsenal more. For that relationship to work out, I need something to give. Change the manager, and maybe we can have a fresh start. Start again. Renew our vows. Maybe I'll even blog here more often.
I'd love Arsenal to be fun again. I'd settle for it being interesting. Give me something different, Arsenal. Give me a reason to believe.


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Props to the Times' Pete Wells and Jeff Gordinier for calling our attention to the post-Sandy plight of many classic New York eateries. They show what's so important about these restaurants, not just to our food culture, but to our long-standing communities.
Here at Serious Eats we've done the job we had to do in reporting on the devastation suffered by so many New York restaurants and purveyors in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but like so many others we didn't hone in on the places most profoundly affected who have been an integral part of the New York food fabric the longest.
In the last couple of weeks I've heard twice from Totonno's Lawrence Ciminieri about the plight of his beloved family-owned pizzeria, which to me is the Church of Serious PIzza in NYC. Located a mere block from the ocean in Coney Island, Totonno's suffered monumental damage in the storm. Its oversized walk-in behind the coal-burning oven toppled over, wreaking havoc and destruction everywhere. The wood floor was covered with four feet of water.
Just today, right before reading Pete's terrific post, we decided to do a story of our own on our beloved and important Totonno's, detailing the nature of the destruction and charting its rebuilding.
If Totonno's and others like it don't rebuild, Sandy will have succeeded in killing crucially important New York food institutions that are indeed irreplaceable. This wouldn't only be a loss for serious eaters and pizza lovers in New York: it would be a tragic loss for anyone who cares about our culturally significant institutions in general. We can't let that happen, and we won't.
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40's Will Ship By May!
40's Will Ship By May!
Calm has been restored.
Well that is good to hear/read. After all this talk tho, I bet some 40kwh reservationists still think they deserve a discount.
cloroxbb - The situation is resolved in my mind. The whole reshuffling of the queue is still somewhat unfair, but seeing as how this is such a sensitive issue with some, I would advise against making comments like that and just call it done. Ultimately we all want to get along on this common journey. Your call.
Not trying to argue about it. :)
Just saying that some expectations can be unrealistic. Consider it dropped.
Only another 6-8 week delay that was previously unannounced, still unexplained and still not apologized for, and we are all rejoicing.
Don't get me wrong. I am happy too , and though I woke up this morning having decided to get a refund of my deposit, I will probably be going ahead with the purchase. But that is only because I do not want to continue to spew poison into the air, and I truly wish I had a suitable alternative to Tesla.
Astoundingly poor customer relations.
I have definitely regurgitated the Kool-Aid and won't be partaking of it again. I'm going back to lurking (at least until May).
I don't see why people are calling this good news...
From George's email in December:
"40 kWh cars will begin production in March 2013. Deliveries will begin in March/early April."
This means that the 40 kWh is delayed again for the third time!
I'm going to play it safe, and hold off on the extra mobile connectors and any additional wiring, until I see a 40 come off the line.
@mbergman "Astoundingly poor customer relations." Very true.
Even if it was a delay of a week, upper management should have passed that information on, and also should have posted a update "BEFORE" hell broke loose.
Tesla isn't exactly the only car company in the world to have long lead times for new models. When Mercedes introduces a new SL coupe, you can easily be on a waiting list for a year. And have many totally unexplained delays, and no visibility into the production process or allocation process at all. At least Tesla is keeping people informed, which can't be said for nearly any other car company that has a hot long lead time car.
The batteries will begin production then. Since they are part of the production line, by definition, the 40kWh cars will begin production in March. There was never a commitment, AFAIK, IIRC, to DELIVER 40s in March, or complete them. "Begin" means what it says.
Correction: the previous latest (!) commitment was to "begin" production in March.
Yes, dawn of the Age of Supercommuters!
Wait, Mark K., you don't have a reservation for a 40? Do you have a reservation at all?
If the situation arises in which a thread such as this is needed again, It would be a really good idea if it would be marked as private, and that those that aren't be ignored by those with a personal stake in the outcome.
That may go a long way towards not having to deal with self-appointed spokesmen and those whose only valuable contribution is that of a human spell checker. Okay, maybe "valuable" is not entirely accurate.
@Mark K,
Mark, I'm real sure that the last sentence was not intended for you.
@Mark K,
Thanks for your leadership in this discussion. I have no problem with "self-appointed spokespersons," who engage users and extend the conversation about real issues. We shouldn't quell the useful to silence the useless.
Sorry, Mark K., I'm just a bit testy lately. I had the impression from your last post referring to 40's reporting back when "they" get their new toys as an indication that you didn't have a reservation. As I had stated once before, somewhere, I did, and do, appreciate your efforts. Was just concerned, apparently without reason, that someone without a personal stake in the issue was attempting to guide the discussion. My apologies.
And there is only one human spell checker that frequents this forum, and you are definitely not him.
Breaking news: Near Riot averted after BMW says it will delay a month delivering the new 3-series....
Nah..... just kidding. Nobody cares about getting another ICE car.
As there isn't really an alternative just yet, I guess I will hang on a little longer.
I was doing some research on other electric cars this weekend and found it interesting that on SF Bay area Craig's list someone is selling a 60KWh right off the assembly line. Also there are already used 85s for-sale used locally and on ebay.
I do agree with @mbergman that future "pitchfork and torch" type threads need to be made private.
I would also like to point out that GB made an inadvertent error and apologized for the misunderstanding but we had a few people involved in this discussion who took that error, ran with it, made wild assumptions and jumped to conclusions. Their very public statements regarding Tesla's intent to produce the 40s were ugly. I haven't seen any of those people apologize for being completely wrong.
Mark - I think when people step way over the line and know they are wrong they should acknowledge it. It's not really that hard. It's the right thing to do. But while we are on the subject of handing out unsolicited advice, here is mine specifically for you. Your tone is condescending although I am sure you think you are being helpful. You should watch that tendency of yours.
My uselessness has been silenced thus far, but I can resist no longer, so I must repsond.
The entertainment value of this thread surpasses last night's Oscars. So much judgment among the self-appointed rank and remaining file!
I'm a 4o kwh reservasionsit since this past December. I perceive Mr. Blankenship's apology as somewhat heartfelt and delivery estimate as cautiously optomistic - not iron clad. Hoping for an end of May delivery. And hoping for a realisitc avg. of 150 miles of range.
Hi All,
Just wanted to chime in since there's not enough positive feedback from owners... I just picked up my 60kwh this weekend and wanted to remind everyone on this thread why you all are reservation holders. My experience with the S has been spectacular! The car is everything you've read and dreamed about. The performance, handling, technology is incredible and I gave up an Audi S4. . I just had my Nema 14-50 outlet installed today by solar city and it works great. So don't be discouraged by some of the growing pains. Yes, Tesla can do a better job communicating and managing customers from order to delivery, but keep in mind the challenges they are overcoming to bring you the greatest automobile ever created. This will improve over time. We should be here to support Tesla and the companies endeavors because we all will benefit from their innovation and hard work. There are too many critics, cynics and naysayers out there. Be patient! It is worth the wait.
I am confused by George's post. The 60kWh cars was to start production in January 2013. They did and the first cars were delivered mid January. The 40kWh car was to start production in March which should lead to a mid March delivery. Did the 60kWh batteries take 7 weeks? Did the 60kWh batteries actually start in November 2012? (George's post has 4 in March and 3 in April for the 40kWh) I thought I read somewhere that it took about 2 weeks for a car to be built. This would mean that the 40kWh cars will start being delivered the first or maybe second week of May. By my calculations that makes a 7 week delay (from 3rd week of March to 2nd week of May). I myself would call that a 2 month delay. I don't want to be cynical but it sorta sound like it's a setup so when the schedule slips again for a few weeks we will be into summer. George's post sounds much better than just summer since to me summer is from June to September but it still sounds almost like summer.
If I read one more post from a 85kWh or 60kWh who has his/her car, is thrilled about it, and tells us 40kWh that it is worth the wait, I'm going to snap. I can't speak for all 40kWh reservation holders but for me, these kinds of posts do not make me feel better. They are well intentioned but they are only a reminder that the 40kWh has been delayed yet again with no explanation or apology from Tesla. I just want my car...and I don't want to read posts about how much others are enjoying theirs.
I can't stress enough how canceling the Tesla S 40kWh will get me back to normal health and well being in my life. Cancellation initiated 2/26/13 11am ET with Raza in ownership experience. This eliminate anymore speculation. Now I'm positive what's in the future. I'm not getting a Tesla S 40kWh due to poor management.
Sorry to see you go. This is a start-up and these things should be expected, so maybe this isn't the car for you. You feel roughly treated, and I get that. Perhaps after TM matures a few more months you will see your way to come back... these cars are truly amazing, life changing, etc. That seems like too much hyperbole, and I have my issues with both the design and TM management, but am glad that I put aside the concerns and jumped in.
Lots of others here say this, but this is a machine that becomes almost anthropomorphic - driving it will make you smile, and all the rest will be forgiven, including its limitations. I have decided to stop expecting Angelina Joilie to stack the firewood or carry the water...
In 2 years after TM get more experienced and range cost isn't so expensive maybe I will take another look at them. I will also have a lot of different manufactures selection to compare. I got it right not doing it to soon. Pulling the trigger too fast could be disastrous. Thanks for your comment.
Mark K, you did not address any issues or questions in my post. All you seem to be doing is trying to smooth the bad news and making it sound good. For example you state "This fixes it for 40's. Very good news!" on your first post. For me (and I would guess most others) it did not fix it for the 40's. The only thing GeorgeB has said is that it will be early summer (or a few weeks prior) not at the end as some were assuming. We are still looking at a 7 week delay and I am still not happy or satisfied with George's response.
I have another question. How may 40kWh's cars will be produced per week? Is TM going to make 10 a week or are we going to get priority and TM produces 300 per week?
gocken1 - I have been as upset as anyone about the delay when it was announced, but you are not the first person to quote a "7 week" delay and I would like to know where this came from. I have always assumed the earliest I could get my car would be near the end of March. I believe Tesla only ever stated they would start 40kWh production in March - could have meant the beginning of March to the end of March. If you assume the latter, which would have been within Tesla's window, deliveries wouldn't begin until the beginning of April. Now George is saying deliveries could start at the end of April. That's only 3 to 4 weeks.
I think that they should get caught back up on the back log. IMO, 100% at least until the reservation numbers get caught back up. Same thing with the Red, and non air. That would be fair.
ChasF, if you look at the 60kWh cars they were to start production in January. The first 60kWh delivered was I believe the 2nd or 3rd week of January. I am assuming the same would apply to the 40kWh cars, delivery mid March. If the 40kWh starts production (the 60kWh version) the first cars will be delivered one week sooner than mid May. Counting the weeks between mid March and mid May -1 week I get 7 weeks.
But you don't get to count from the beginning of March. It so happened that was the "start" for the 60s, but much less alteration of the battery assembly was required (same cells, just fewer). And battery assembly is part of the production line, make no mistake.
So the mod of the battery assembly process to include a different cell etc. will be done in March, by the end of March, and that can feed into the main line a bit later. Production line debugging and intensive pre-testing will be concentrated during that period.
Do you imagine that TM wants to delay delivering 40s as long as possible because they sell for less? That would be stupid management, and TM has achieved the near-impossible so far, which rather argues against that label.
Jeez, Mark K., if this thread is old news to you, then stop reading it and responding to it. I am not sure why you feel the urge to tell other people what they should focus their energy on. Others, clearly, still are not happy and would like to express their displeasure.
Chasf, I characterized the delay as 6-8 weeks early in this thread, and still consider that to be reasonable for roughly the same reasons expressed by gocken1. Maybe I am the culprit you are looking for.


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The Writer's Cave:
When I told my husband I was going to do a feature called The Writer's Cave, he laughed, and rightly so. My desk is located three steps from the kitchen, four steps from one of my son's toy boxes (yes, one of multiple toy boxes), and five steps from the TV and Xbox. The right side of the desktop is stacked with paid bills that need filed; the left side is scattered with notebooks and loose sheets of paper scrawled with ideas and info that I'll need later (and probably won't be able to find); and the cubbies are stuffed with unpaid bills and important paperwork (which should also be filed). Down the middle there's a two-foot wide strip cleared for my coffee, keyboard, and monitor.
No one wants this workspace, and if you need further convincing, refer to the photo of the wilting bamboo plant. That photo was my husband's idea. After he finished laughing at me, he suggested I snap a picture of the dying bamboo plant as proof that writing gets done in my cave… you know, at the expense of everything else. And he's absolutely right (don't you hate when that happens?). This poor, dehydrated bamboo plant, with its crippled little leaves stooped like a ninety-year-old-man, is an innocent captive desperate to escape the busy and unorganized space that is my writer's cave.
"But where's the creativity?" you ask. "How do you draw inspiration and write in such dire conditions?" Well, I'll tell you. I wait for everyone to go to bed. That's right, once they're all tucked in, I sneak to my cave – finally quiet yet never organized – and I… clean? Hell no. I write! Forget cleaning. This is the ONLY time I get to write.
"But what about inspiration?" you ask. To which I reply there's plenty of inspiration in the world (not to mention the World Wide Web), so I don't need it on my desk. And all my creativity goes into my work, so designing a creative space isn't my priority, which is what it's all about – priority. First comes the six-year-old, then the husband, then the pets, then the writing, and then I'm out of time, so poor little bamboo plant and the rest of my writing cave gets neglected.
Someday I'd love to have a room with four walls and door and a clean desk that's spitting distance from a bookshelf. No wait, let's shoot a little higher. Someday I'd love to have a library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a large, pristine desk holding the most advanced computer, and most importantly – an assistant to organize it all and water the bamboo plant. Then maybe my husband won't laugh at the idea of a writer's cave feature. And if he does, I'll make him strip naked and organize my bookshelves, and I'll call it inspiration. ;)
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Training load of a training session
Training load is a textual feedback on the strenuousness of a single training session. Training load calculation is based on the consumption of critical energy sources (carbohydrates and proteins) during exercise. It makes the loads of different types of training sessions comparable with each other. For example, you can compare the metabolic load of a long cycling session to a short high intensity running session since training load also includes a sport-specific factor. To enable a more accurate comparison between sessions, we have converted your training load into an approximate recovery need estimation. Both training load and recovery need estimates are scaled based on your training background/history (a person who is used to a high training load during the past 3 months gets a smaller training load and recovery need estimate compared to a person who hasn't been training so much).
After each training session, you'll receive a description of your training load and the estimated time needed to recover from the session. It makes different kinds of training sessions comparable with each other by converting the training load of a session into a recovery need estimation.
Go to Diary and click the calendar icon (a) to see your training calendar. The training load for each training session is described with a five-step scale (b). The recovery need is estimated according to the training load (c). The recovery need is an estimate of how many hours are needed until, among other things, your critical energy sources are restored.
Mild: Recovery need 0-6 hours
Reasonable: Recovery need 7-12 hours
Demanding: Recovery need 13-24 hours
Very demanding: Recovery need 25-48 hours
Extreme: Recovery need over 49 hours
Click a training session in your calendar to open a detailed training analysis view. Expand the view by clicking the arrow (a) to check the training load and recovery time for the training (b).
Recovery status based on 24h activity
The Recovery status feature keeps track of your cumulative load – that is, intensity, volume and frequency of your training and activity – taking your training background into account. Your recovery status combines your training load with the data on the activities you do every day. It estimates your recovery status and how long it takes for you to recover. It is a tool that helps you avoid over and under training and adjust your training plans, together with other tools such as the orthostatic test.
Go to Diary and click the timeline icon (a) to view your training load and recovery for the selected period. Choose the period – MONTH, WEEK or DAY (b). Browse the periods using the arrows (c).
The bars show your cumulative load (d). The red part of the bar is the load accumulated from your training sessions recorded using a heart rate sensor. The turquoise shows how much of the load comes from your daily activity. The grey part is the load from your past trainings and activity from the last 8 days. The grey bar continues to the future days and predicts your recovery based on past trainings and activity. Note that if you have created training targets taking place in the future, they are not taken into account in the recovery prediction.
The scale on the left (e) describes your recovery status.
Balanced tells you that your recent training and the time you need to recover from it are in balance. When you devote enough time for recovery, you can make sure you get the most out of your training.
Strained shows that your training load has cumulated and become high. This may also mean that you're not fully recovered from your past training and activity. Improving fitness and performance requires strenuous training every now and then, but also time to recover well.
Very strained means that you have been training hard lately and your cumulative load is very high. Over time this will improve your fitness and performance. You just need to give yourself enough time to fully recover before your next heavy training period or competition.
Undertrained means that you have recently been training less than normally. Perhaps you need some extra time to recover due to an illness, stress from everyday life or change of focus in your training plan. Please remember, though, that if you cut down your training load for weeks in a row without careful planning, some of the training benefits you have already gained may diminish.
Click a date (f) on the MONTH or WEEK view to see the training load and recovery of that day.
Hover your mouse over a bar on the MONTH or WEEK view to see the trainings of that day (g). Click the training to open the training result view.


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I've recently found a new Anime I've been loving so far - Hyouka.
It's about a small group of friends, whom with the talent-full help of one of their members, Houtaro, solve small mysteries here and there inside their school scene. However, they're then faced with a deeper mystery concerning the dark history of their school's Cultural Festival and that's when things get interesting.
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Liquid Entertainment wants you to lose yourself inside the world of Jason and the Argonauts. This action role-playing game is basically free of interface clutter -- there are no health bars, no commands that pop up to issue orders to companions, nothing to interfere with the cinematic experience. The game eschews a lot of traditional role-playing game conventions and the E3 presentation left us wanting more.
The story is a retelling of the search for the Golden Fleece. Jason's wife is dead and he goes in search of this magical trinket in order to bring her back to life. Along the way he picks up famous Greek heroes like Pan, Hercules and Achilles. These sidekicks are always controlled by the AI; you play as Jason as the game never removes you from that role.
Liquid is shooting for an epic feel and so the goal is for Jason to look heroic at all times. You're not going to slap a red helmet, blue cloak and green boots on him. All of the armor and weapons have a story attached to them and look the part. There are no +1 swords or anything like that; everything is epic.
Being a game revolving around ancient Greek myth, the gods play a crucial role in not only the telling of the story but how Jason advances in his quest. Jason has four patrons: Ares, Hermes, Apollo and Athena, and he can offer himself to these gods via the in-game dialogue. When presented with important decisions, Jason can choose a response that corresponds to the persona of one of the four gods. This is one of the ways he gains experience and earns favor from that particular god. The other way is by performing "deeds." These deeds are story objectives that also grant Jason powers depending on which god he offers them to. Ares, for instance, grants Jason more direct combat power while Hermes revolves around sneaky tactics.
Combat is fast and brutal and surprisingly realistic. If you impale an enemy with a spear they're most likely going to die or at the very least fall to the ground with massive internal injuries. Every item in combat is also "live," so if an enemy attacks Jason and hits his shield, the attack will be negated due to the shield's position -- Jason doesn't need to actively block, although that is an option. In addition, once swords start flying, whatever they hit takes damage be it friend or foe. We witnessed this first-hand in a battle with a Minotaur. As it whirled around with its massive axe, it chopped the head off of another minion that was attacking Jason and Hercules.
During this encounter we also saw one of the high-level god powers, called the Gates of Tartarus, which opened up a swirling vortex that sucked enemies into it if you could knock them off their feet. It looked impressive and extremely powerful but these god powers can only be used sparingly.
The combat portion of the demo climaxed with a boss battle against the one and only serpent-haired Medusa. This version of the accursed maiden isn't like the one in Clash of the Titans; this Medusa is enormous and kept elevated by gigantic serpents that lash out at Jason and his companions. This frenetic combat sequence also highlighted the fact that there are no health bars. The only way to determine the health level of an enemy is by looking at it. As Jason, Pan, and Achilles whacked away at the attacking serpents they became bloodier and bloodier until they finally succumbed.
The game packs around 20 hours of gameplay and there's no multiplayer or co-op mode. It's single-player or bust. Still, we can't wait to see more as the game nears completion. Codemasters and Liquid are planning a fall 2008 release.


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The Contra Costa Times reported on Wednesday that the head of the college's financial aid department contacted federal education officials about 45-year-old Yvette Hummel in mid-2011.
Prosecutors say Hummel enrolled ``straw students'' at the college who never attended class, but received financial aid. She allegedly took a 25 percent cut of their financial aid checks. She was accused of bilking the college out of $109,000 and has pleaded guilty in the case.
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Overland Park, KS — Statistics from the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) show the number of its member clubs with juice and snack bars dropped to 1,271 clubs in May 2009 from 1,409 in 2008.
However, they are on the rise in the broader juice and smoothie bar markets. In 2009, Juice Gallery Multimedia reported 6,400 stores nationwide, compared with 4,700 in 2005. Made-to-order smoothies sales are expected to jump to more than $2.5 billion this year, compared with $989 million in 2002, research firm Mintel predicts.
More fast-food outlets, such as McDonald's and Jack-in-the-Box, have added smoothies to their menus. Mintel estimates that ready-to-eat smoothie sales are up 139 percent since 2002 and may pass $4 billion by 2012. However, Stephanie Suddarth, president of City Blends Ltd., Dallas, which offers a turnkey juice bar system to club operators, doesn't see ready-to-eat smoothies as a threat to health club juice bars.
"Jack in the Box has smoothies out here, but they're mass produced," Suddarth says. "The protein content is the true value of smoothies in a gym pre- and post-workout, which is something smoothies don't have in a fast-food environment. You've got a captive market in a gym, and people want a smoothie right after they work out."
Still, Suddarth says that sales in City Blends health club juice bars have slowed slightly, and the company has noticed a slowdown in new club locations. However, the company is focusing more on improving product sales within existing clubs by developing marketing tools and improving customer service, she says.
Dan Young, CEO of Performance Food Centers, a Pottstown, PA-based juice bar provider to fitness facilities, says his company's sales have increased.
"Club owners realize that they need other sources of revenue, and juice bars — if managed properly — can yield big results," Young says. "The members are becoming more and more educated about nutrition and continue to buy their $5 shake daily. Everybody wins. Members achieve their goals, and club owners see a return on their investment."
Urban Active, Lexington, KY, is continuing to add juice bars to all of its new clubs, says Jan Mascola, corporate director of retail operations for Urban Active.
"Juice bars are very much a profitable add-on to our clubs, and they all have one," says Mascola. "They are a very important piece to the success of our whole retail division, and our members have come to rely upon them for pre- and post-workouts."
In fact, some club owners are spending money installing new juice bars instead of buying new gym equipment because juice bars offer a more immediate return on investment, Suddarth says.


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If you are a fan of photography, grab a copy of Jerry Cotton�s �Light and Air,� a short biography and photographic collection of North Carolina�s greatest photographer, Bayard Wootten.
If you are a fan of photography, grab a copy of Jerry Cotton�s �Light and Air,� a short biography and photographic collection of North Carolina�s greatest photographer, Bayard Wootten.
She was born 137 years ago today, in 1875, in the Louisiana House along East Front Street.
Her life story was a mixture of tragedy, accomplishment and victory � it was the stuff of novels and movies.
She came from good stock � her maternal grandmother was Mary Bayard Clarke, a prominent antebellum writer, who owned the house of her birth. Her father, Rufus, started a photography business but couldn�t make ends meet. He moved to California where he hoped he could raise money to bring his young family along. Mrs. Mary Devereux Morgan received two letters from California in 1880. One was from Rufus, promising that he would be able to bring them very soon. The other was from a doctor informing her that he husband had died from eating poisoned mushrooms.
The family was poor now, and Mary turned to decorative painting to help bring in an income � a talent Bayard herself would show with postcards and paintings of her own. The girl earned a degree and taught at deaf schools for a while. Eventually she married a scoundrel, named Charles Thomas Wootten. They had two sons, but the marriage didn�t last. In Bayard�s own words, �My husband thought my family was wealthy and that I�d eventually come into some money. When he found out later that we had no money, he left me.�
The abandonment hit her hard. Turning her back on any future marriages, she set her mind to her budding career as a photographer.
During her heyday in the 1930s, Bayard would be one of the best-known photographers in the east. Her first studio was on the family property in a wooden shack, but she eventually opened a shop on Middle Street with her half-brother, George Moulton, who would become the manager of her business. In 1928 she opened a studio in Chapel Hill, a setting which opened new doors to her photographic work. She would soon be doing government work, including photography at Fort Bragg � the historian at that camp has credited her work with saving the base from closure.
She was the photographic illustrator for a number of fine books, including �Cabins in the Laurel� (1935), still in print, and �Backwoods America� (1935). Most of her work was done in North Carolina and, while she has some fine landscape shots, her most famous work was her detailed portraits of common people, especially in Appalachia.
Wootten retired in 1954 and died in 1959. She is buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery, and you can find her grave close to the wall, across from the police station.
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