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float well which is provided with piping, movable control weir and other devices for proper gate operation at all reservoir water surface elevations. These float wells are located in the piers of the gate structure (fig. 16). An emergency intake will admit water to the float wells when the reservoir water surface reaches elevation 2780.0 and causes the gates to rise to a full open position. Each float is a steel tank containing an air chamber, sand, and asphalt to make its weight about 10 percent more than the weight of the displaced water when completely submerged. The buoyant effect of water on the floats transmitted by means of ropes and sheaves to the counterweights causes the gates to open or close.
The motor-driven hoist assembly consists of an electric motor unit placed centrally above the gate, and connected to the hoist drums with gears, shafts, and an overriding clutch. The hoist is powered by a 3-horsepower 870-r.p.m., 230-volt, alternatingcurrent motor. A solenoid brake, attached to the motor, is provided for holding the hoist in any position. The overriding clutch permits the hoist to raise and hold the gate in any desired position and also permits the automatic hydraulic system to raise the gate to the fully open position independently of any assistance or motion of the motor-driven hoist.
A gate position indicator is provided for each gate. A cabinet for electrical equipment and a push-button station for operating the motor-driven hoist of each gate are located on the hoist platform adjacent to the position indicators. A timing mechanism limits the gate opening to about 1 foot for each operation of the push button. This provision prevents inadvertent opening or closing of the gate and sudden water surface changes in the channel below the dam. x
X (a) Design Stresses. -- Gears, bearings, shafts, and frame of each hoist unit are designed for 50 percent of the normal output torque of the center-drive unit at normal working stresses, and also for 50 percent of the breakdown torque of the drive unit at not more than 75 percent of the yield point stress of the materials from which the various parts are constructed. The design lifting force applied to each gate is 55,000 pounds for normal torque of the motor and 130,000 pounds for starting torque. The solenoid brake is capable of holding approximately 110,000 pounds. The hoists have a maximum lift of 30 feet and a lifting speed of 1.4 feet per minute.
21. Ice Prevention System.. - An ice prevention system is provided for an area about 10 feet wide and 160 feet long, upstream from the spillway gates. This system operates during freezing weather to prevent ice pressure against the gates and the center piers of the spillway structure. The formation of ice is prevented by compressed air being released through 25 nozzles strategically located on the spillway floor and piers. As the air is released through the nozzles, small bubbles are formed which rise and lift the warmer water beneath to the surface. This comparatively warm water prevents the formation of ice and melts any ice which has already formed.
Two air compressors, nozzles, oil separator, and distribution pipes constitute the principal components of the ice prevention system. The system is designed to dis charge 50 cubic feet of free air per minute through the nozzles with a differential pres sure across each nozzle of 2 pounds per square inch. Each compressor has sufficient capacity to operate the system, but the two compressors are provided to assure continuity of operation. The air compressors are located in the compressor house on top of the spillway structure. Nozzle clogging is prevented by the oil separator which removes oil from the air stream. A valve and pressure gage is provided in each distribution pipe for regulating the quantity of air to the nozzles and determining the pressure drop across the nozzle.
22. Spillway Bridge. - A concrete bridge structure having a length of about 438 feet and a width about 26 feet was constructed over the spillway (figs. 12 and 14). The abutment portions of the bridge have span lengths of about 20 feet and the gate structure portion has three spans of 49 feet 11 inches each. Access to the hoists, float wells, and stoplog slots is provided through removable cover plates.
This structure accommodates two lanes of vehicular traffic and was designed in accordance with the AASHO "Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges, "fifth edition, for an H20-516-44 loading. The allowable stresses used in the design are given in appendix F.
23. River Outlet Trashracks. - Each river outlet is provided with a trashrack structure (sec. 17) containing nine trashrack sections, six steeply inclined and three horizontal. (See fig. 16.) Each inclined section is about 7 feet 9 inches wide and 10 feet 2 inches high, and each horizontal section is about 5 feet 4 inches wide and 6 feet 6 inches high. The inclined sections were stacked three sections high, and the horizontal sections were installed side by side in the structure. For maintaining uniform alinement, each inclined section is provided with dowels which engage into the adjacent section. These sections consist of 2- by 5/8-inch tras hbars supported by 8 - by 1-inch horizontal load carrying plates, on the ends of which are attached 6- by 4-inch angle members. A clear space of 5-1/8 inches is provided between the trashbars. The horizontal sections consist of 3- by 5/8-inch trash bars welded to 1-inch-diameter spacer bars and to a 4- by 3-1/2-inch angle member on each end of the trashbars.
The trashbars were designed for a differential head of 50 feet and a stress of 33, 000 pounds per square inch.
24. High-Pressure Gates. - Four 6- by 7.5-foot high-pressure gates (fig. 17) are installed in the two river outlets of the spillway structure. In each river outlet are two gates, an upstream gate and a downstream gate. The upstream gate is for emergency use only and is provided with a semiautomatic gate hanger for holding the gate in a wide open position. The downstream gate is for regulating the flow of water through the outlets and is provided with a hydraulic gate hanger attached to a hoist for holding the gate at any required opening. With the gates 100 percent open, the river outlets have a capacity of 1,000 second-feet with the reservoir water surface at elevation 2720.0.
Air inlet connections on the downstream frames of the regulating gates are connected to a 12-inch vent pipe. Two flanged bypass openings are provided for the emergency gates and are located on the right side of both upstream and downstream frames. The openings are connected with an 8-inch bypass pipe which has a control valve. This pipe with valve is used for admitting water between the gate frames when the gates are closed and prior to the opening of the emergency gate.
Parts of the gates not embedded in concrete, such as the top flange of the bonnets, bonnet covers, and parts of transitions, were designed for a 114-foot hydrostatic head. Embedded parts were not designed for this head because provisions were made for absorption of hydrostatic loads in the design of concrete surrounding the embedded parts. The gate leaves are constructed of cast iron, class 30, and were designed as a beam with a uniformly distributed load resulting from a hydrostatic head of 100 feet. The seats on the gate leaves are cast bronze, class C, and the seats on the downstream frame are cast bronze conforming to Federal Specifications QQ-B-691b, composition 6. The use of metals of different composition in the two seats permits satisfactory gate operation with bearing pressures up to 3,000 pounds per square inch. In this design a bearing pressure of 1,100 pounds per square inch was used. The composition of cast bronze, class C, is as follows:
The gate stem was designed for the tensile and compressive loads which will be imposed on the stem during operation of the gate. A list of allowable stresses and other data for different materials are shown in appendix E.
Each gate is operated by a hydraulic cylinder hoist having a capacity of 173,000 pounds with the oil pressure in the hoist cylinder at 750 pounds per square inch. The capacity of the hoist was obtained from the following formula:


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City woman dies of train-crash injuries
Officials on Friday night said the driver of a car that was struck by a Metro-North train near the West Redding station last weekend has died of her injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
The woman, Jausheema Perkins, 19, of Danbury, was the second person to die from Sunday's crash. Her boyfriend, 21-year-old Wayne Balacky, was killed in the accident.
Perkins had been in critical condition at Danbury Hospital, where she was taken after the accident, before being moved to the hospital in New Haven.
Investigators have said that Perkins was at the wheel of the Subaru Outback on the afternoon of the crash. Balacky and two friends were in the car when it was struck by a southbound train at the ungated railroad crossing on Long Ridge Road.
The other two passengers in the car, Fakeem Morning, 19, and James Redmond, 21, were both transported to Westchester Medical Center.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.


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Dominique Ansel refuses to be a one-hit dessert wonder.
The New York pastry chef who started the croissant-doughtnut hybrid craze, otherwise known as the "cronut," introduced his latest confectionery creation Friday -- the frozen s'more.
Vanilla custard ice cream is coated with chocolate cookie wafers, stuffed inside a gooey marshmallow, which is then blasted with a blow torch to give it a toasty finish.
The end product is a cold, crisp, inventive take on a campfire classic.
But you better hurry. The cool confection sold out within minutes of its release at the Dominique Ansel Bakery, according to a "Thrillist" article, and who knows how long they'll be around for.
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|Juan Sanz FC started out the AFL Season 2 like a house on fire. But in their last four matches they are 1-3.
Ateneo Football League Week Four: For the upset-minded
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Week Four of the Ateneo Football League was marked by upsets and muscle-flexing.
Blue Guards finally showed up with a complete lineup with Eric Ingles and Bert Honasan in uniform. Up against a hopelessly overmatched Puzakals, Blue Guards, with its bevy of former national players, went on to win by a lopsided score that the final tally has been lost to memory (sorry, I forgot the score).
Team Redemption, er, Freedom, has finally found its form when it came back from an early one goal deficit to pip previously undefeated Oscariz, 2-1. After James Bernas opened the scoring for Oscariz to take a 1-nil lead at the half, Team Freedom seized control of the midfield to take the fight to the division leaders.
Ron Poblete equalized for Freedom with the goal of the tournament thus far as he scored on a fabulous bicycle kick from inside the box. In an attempt to retake the lead, Oscariz committed more players to the attack and found themselves a victim of a quick counter where Raffy Roa found himself with one defender to beat. One nifty sidestep later, Roa, one-time UAAP Golden Boot winner, blasted a shot of which Oscariz' keeper had no chance of stopping. With Manny Concio anchoring Freedom's defense, Oscariz was repeatedly turned back until full time.
In the ultra-competitive 31-and-above Division, Team Cojones dealt also erstwhile undefeated Loyola Agila a beguiling 4-3 win. Agila began the game by testing Cojones keeper Chito Ines with brothers Blue and Red Avelino taking shots from either side of the goal. Cojones' Paolo Aquino and John Diego traded goals with Agila's Pilo Torres and Dominic Samson before Dan Geiger booted in the winning goal. Agila, tested for the first time all season, fell apart in the second half when Cojones controlled the midfield.
Things didn't look too well once more for Agila in their second match of the day as upset-minded Psykicks, bolstered by the addition of Ateneo and Pasargad coach Joel Villarino, kept them on their heels.
Early in the first half, Villarino beat Samson in the middle to send Loyola scurrying back. With a defender closing him on the right wing, Villarino sent a well-placed cross inside the box to a waiting Celine Lopez who volleyed it past keeper Paul Arcenas.
After Loyola equalized early in the second half, Psykicks committed a mistake by using Villarino as a forward. Lacking the playmaker in the middle, Psykicks fell apart as Loyola quickly took over the match. Villarino had two magnificent opportunities to score two goals but a little indecision here and there allowed the defense of Loyola to take shape. Agila split their games with a 6-1 win with goals coming from Joey Prats, Samson, Blue Avelino, Pilo Torres, and Angelo Gonzales.


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FARMINGTON — Biathlon is a sport that Mikaela Paluszek thoroughly enjoys, but is not one she gets to spend an abundance of time practicing.
Well, that's not completely true.
The 17-year-old Farmington resident gets plenty of work at cross-country skiing as a senior at Vermont Academy in Saxons River, Vt. The rife-shooting aspect of the sport? Not so much.
Paluszek showed her rust during the first day of the Junior/Youth World Team Trials Invitation last month in Mt. Itasca, Minn.
"It wasn't my best showing," Paluszek said. "I didn't have a good race and wasn't as mentally prepared. I don't get to shoot very often because of school."
She added with a laugh, "I can't bring targets and a rifle to school."
So after the first-day struggle in the 7.5-kilometer sprint, Paluszek came back the next day in the 10K pursuit and placed second. She was also second on the third day in the sprint, and was second overall to earn her second berth on the USA team that will compete this week (Jan. 23 to Feb. 2) at the IBU Youth/Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, Austria.
Paluszek is in her third year at Vermont Academy and, as a senior, is already looking to college next year. St. Michael's College, the University of Vermont, University of New Hampshire and St. Lawrence are on her short list. St. Mike's is her first choice.
She is a member of the school's crew and cross-country ski teams, and when she can find the time, she tries to hone her biathlon skills.
Paluszek got some shooting in over the summer in Craftsbury, Vt., and again over the Thanksgiving break. There is a biathlon range with targets there and a Nordic ski course, so she was able to work on both disciplines.
After her rough first day in Minnesota, Paluszek said she was "mentally prepared for the second race and knew what was coming."
According to Paluszek, the sprint has two shootings and three skiing loops and the pursuit has four shootings and five loops. A competitor must shoot from two different positions in each race: prone and standing.
"In a sprint, the first lap I concentrate on my skiing, my technique, my form," she said. "When I get to the shooting range, I forget about everything. It's me, my rifle and the target. If I hit the target, I hit the target. If I miss, oh well ... I move on."
When Paluszek gets to the last lap, she said, "I go for it. I let it out and ski as fast as I can."
Before racing, Paluszek said she likes to have a warm breakfast (oatmeal with raspberry jelly is a favorite).
"I always change my socks before I race," she added.
Last year Paluszek finished third at the trials and advanced to the world championships in Finland where she took 68th overall.
This year, "It's new competition, a new race, anything can happen," Paluszek said. "I want to finish in the top 70."


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Spot of Tea: Mariage Freres Thé de Paques
I can't get this tea out of my mind, and I'm not alone. The Serious Eats office is pretty well stocked with tea, but this is what we've been reaching for over and over; we're brewing up so many pots of this that we're going to run out far too soon.
Thé de Paques, a special Easter loose leaf tea blend from Mariage Freres, smells intensely sweet and floral. But the richness and full body of this black tea brings the perfumed cup back to earth. Think bergamot and lavender, Jordan almonds, and a freshly scraped vanilla bean, but calmed down by bitter earth and spice. Clove and nutmeg notes make this tea milk-friendly; a scone on the side is highly recommended.
My one complaint? This stuff is pricey, and the canister is beautiful but far too slim.
Mariage Freres tea can be a bit tricky to track down if you can't swing a pilgrimage to their Paris store. Here's a list of official locations, but their teas are also available at Dean & Deluca, Market Hall Foods, Porte Rouge in Chicago, as well as many gourmet shops.
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Columbia Fire Department Responds To Increased Amount of Fires
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COLUMBIA - Investigators ruled both the Crown Center Farm's fire and Country Club Apartments fire as unintentional Wednesday evening.
Columbia Fire Department Battalion Chief Brad Fraizer said that the department has responded to more fires than usual in the past month.
"We have definitely lately, the last 30 days or so have seen a big increase in natural cover fires," Fraizer said.
KOMU 8 Weathercaster Rosie Newberry says the increase in the amount of fires in the area doesn't come as a surprise. Newberry said the mid-Missouri area, especially Columbia, has been in a drought.
"It was two years ago that we ended up about a foot behind for all rain the entire year," Newberry said. "We've had to struggle out of the drought we created a couple years back even within the last year and moving into this one. Unfortunately for this year, 2014, we're already three inches behind where we need to be."
The area is lacking moisture and water and is experiencing too much wind.
According to Newberry, last week Columbia experienced 30 mph winds while the normal expectation is 5 mph to 10 mph.
Fraizer said the excess wind could be the cause of so many fires growing lately.
"If there's an ember that does come in contact with that dry vegetation, the high winds really speed up the process and get it moving quickly," Fraizer said.
The spontaneous weather has a direct effect on everyone.
"It may not to your normal city walker necessarily have a lot of impacts unless their house is necessarily catching fire from these wild fires that have been spreading," Newberry said. "But certainly for the agricultural community it has a much larger impact."
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Just a cursory glance at a few storm photos by Mike Hollingshead and it's clear this guy has probably seen it all, and probably put his life at risk to do so. The intrepid storm chaser has been enduring foul weather since the late 90s, clocking some 20,000 miles a year in his car as he stalks thunderstorms and other extreme weather occurrences waiting to capture the perfect shot. Hollingshead shares his story with Jakob Schiller over at Raw File, and you can see hundreds of his photos, many available for purchase as prints, over on his website. All images courtesy the artist. (via Raw File)
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Newspaper ad demands Wake Forest coach be fired
Wake Forest supporters have been shouting for the firing of basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik. Now, the embattled fan base is putting its money where its mouth is.
This week's edition of the Old Gold & Black, the Demon Deacons' student newspaper, features an ad calling on readers to "preach to (athletics director) Ron Wellman" that "Wake Forest will not accept mediocrity." Following that message is a bitter stew of Bzdelik's numbers at Wake Forest, including a 33-58 overall record and 1-25 road ACC mark in his three years as coach.
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The advertisements also encourages fans to visit www.FireBz.com and is topped with the #BuzzOut hashtag for Twitter.
According to local TV station WXII12, a Greensboro man paid $260 for the half-page ad.
Wake Forest has lost nine of its last 11 games since beating N.C. State on Jan. 22. Worse, the Demon Deacons fell to 0-9 in ACC road games. Nothing short of an ACC Tournament title will get the team into the NCAAs.
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$600/year kills the beauty of electric car!
$600/year kills the beauty of electric car!
So full of errors and nonsense it's hardly worth discussing.
TM has 0 years service requirement experience to base its estimates on, and has gone with the lowest prudent service requirement and data collection system it could. "Prudent" is the operative term.
Charging just less than 1% of purchase price per year for "everything but the tires" is hardly excessive.
Comparing the S to a Toyota shows you have no clue about what TM is dealing with.
After 5 or 10 years of accumulated company service experience, such training as you suggest may make sense. Right now, NOT!
Multiposting to different sections of this forum is not appreciated. I'd flag this as inapproriate, but Brian managed to reply already.
I agree with the sentiment that the maintenance requirement and cost seem high. (For an electric vehicle). On the other hand, Brian brings up a good point; we are essentially paying for Tesla to keep doing all the good things that brought us to their doorstep in the first place. Development of vehicles is notoriously expensive as are any recalls/warranty repairs. Good employees whom we can trust to repair our masterpieces don't come cheap, either.
I've spoken with my wife and we agree that being early adopters means we'll pay more, experience a greater number of problems and need to work with Tesla more closely than if we bought a Toyota.
I'm sorry if these factors ruined the car for you. I hope you'll take some time and think about it and perhaps reconsider the purchase.
+1 to Brian H
If you don't like the costs, don't buy the car. It's simple really.
$600 is a good deal if you consider supercharging, but IMHO the base battery Model S should have a somewhat lower charge. Tesla can assume that the 40kw S will accumulate fewer miles, on average, since it is more likely to be purchased by people who drive less.
I know that in theory supercharging is unrelated to maintenance, but from a value prop perspective its a part of the same package.
Also +1 to Brian H. I cannot imagine anybody who is really serious about this car walking out on the basis of the $600.
600/year is $50/month, being fresh out of college it doesn't seem too much. Going out every weekend having a great dinner with the fiance, a bar night.
If you put it in perspective, what you pay a year for a combustion engine car's maintenance: $150 for a oil change for a lux sedan (I had a 15 year old BMW 745il before I started leasing cars, where maintenance was included), ruining our air quality, time and money at the pump, etc. ... It doesn't seem a lot.
Some people drop $4 every day on a non-fat-double-whip-cream-mochachino-latte ($4@28days=$112)
What would be more interesting would be some benchmarks about battery/$/mile and if there are any attractive leasing offers/packages that include maintenance (turn key solutions).
And don't forget that you are driving a top of the line performance and safe car, by far.
This is still the beginning.
Nobody said you have to get the maintenance. Service, warranty work, and who knows what else is a risk no matter how you dice it. If you feel comfortable taking on that risk yourself, feel free to not get maintenance, and do the work yourself. I, for one, do not. For a brand new car and as an early adopter, I feel much better making a $600/year investment to counter the risk. Think of it as an insurance payment. In Oregon, you may put $50,000 on retainer with the state and not pay insurance premiums. However, it's much simpler to simply make an insurance payment.
"If you don't like the costs, don't buy the car. It's simple really."
Or I can buy the car and complain about the high maintenance cost.
That's the option I'm going with.
$2400 or $1900 worth of maintence for the first four years, is way more than you would expect to pay for maintence on your average new car. It's as simple as that really.
And yes, I understand that you save money not buying gas and blah blah blah
I'm paying two to four times that over the first 4 years of owning my current car, so you'll pardon me if I think of your opinion as foolish.
$600 / year is small price for service that covers pretty much everything you need to do to the car. ICE car maintenance is higher. Really. Take a look at any site that counts TCO of ICE cars what they estimate the maintenance to be. It's surprising how much money you use just to maintain your ICE car, especially if it is a bit older one. You just don't realize it because it builds up so gradually.
It just makes BEV a bit less appealing because TCO then is closer to ICE car, but it will still be less.
Are you counting gas though? How could you spend $4-8k on maintenence, unless you count gas? Do you own a Bugatti?
Without counting gas. ICE cars are surprisingly expensive to keep, especially the more expensive ones with some mileage behind them. Oil changes, belts, spark plugs etc. etc. that just don't exist in BEV all count.
It is true though that many of the new ones come with quite a long mileage maintenance for free before you need to start paying. That's the difference between Model S $600 annually and new high-end ICE cars, and IMO the mistake Tesla made. They could have given first year free and after that you would need to start paying. I don't expect there to be much to fix in first year that doesn't fall under warranty.
First of all, it's $495 a year if you purchase the four year plan and don't get the optional unlimited Ranger service. $600 for the Ranger plan and the convenience of having the Ranger service your car at your home or office is very reasonable.
Compared to Toyota's black-box model where you take the car in and you never talk to, or even see, the person who supposedly does the work...Well, the $600 for driveway service seems like a bargain. In the Toyota model, I'm pretty sure that what the inspection consists of is making the check marks on the piece of paper. I've yet (in 140,000+ miles) have them say that they found something, unless I told them to specifically look at it. Roadster owners indicate that the Tesla ranger disassembles many parts of the car and really does a through inspection--not just put the check marks on the piece of paper. My hope is that this won't change when there are many more Teslas in service.
Timo: "They could have given first year free and after that you would need to start paying. I don't expect there to be much to fix in first year that doesn't fall under warranty."
How would you know (with 0 years history)? Should TM be willing to "bet the farm" on that? Moreover, "under warranty" is free to you, not to TM. The tight checking and detailed servicing is both investigation of usage/wear and part of TM's "self insurance". A stitch in time, and all that.
@Timo | OCTOBER 20, 2012: They could have given first year free and after that you would need to start paying.
Actually, the first year is free because the $600 does not need to be paid until your 12500mi/anual inspection.
That's assuming you don't want the quantity discount for purchasing four years at once.
Alex K;
That inspection does not per se cost $600, and I gather you have 30 days after delivery to decide on the Service Plan. So I don't think waiting a year is "on".
@Brian H | OCTOBER 20, 2012 So I don't think waiting a year is "on".
From http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/transforming-automotive-service it indicates that the $600 is paid for at the "annual (or 12,500mile) inspection":
In North America, a one-year (or 12,500-mile) service plan costs $600. This price covers your annual inspection and all wear and tear parts, excluding tires. This plan is paid for at the time of your annual (or 12,500-mile) inspection.
I read "annual or 12,500miles" as whichever comes first. Problem with my driving would be that this 12,500 miles comes first. Problem for someone that purchases this car as very short range commuting vehicle that annual comes first.
Getting 12500 miles annually is not tough, and that is one reason I want a BEV. Fuel costs here are insane with that amount of driving.
Lets say 1200 miles about 4 times a year (600mile round trip) and then 200+ days just to go to work 30 miles away (again round trip, so 60 miles daily). That's 16800 miles, and it doesn't even count the trips to make grocery shopping or whatever. Fuel costs using low consumption car (30mpg) gives us 560 gallons times $8 = $4480. Electricity costs for same distance would be roughly one tenth of that using Model S consumption. Annual inspection makes is twice as high, but still quite a bit less than with gas costs.
There's ambiguity there; the fact the 1-yr. plan isn't prepaid doesn't mean that's the same as no plan, just pay-as-you-go for annual inspection. Which would imply you declare up front which way you're going to go. That would accommodate, e.g., a service call at 6 mo. from a Ranger as being "part of the plan".
Nope, it's just a Ford 'Stang.
Hmmm... Why don't you think it's sufficient to discuss it there?
I agree it is a HUGE negative. All the Tesla Fanboyz are slamming you pretty good with hte option to NOT buy the Model S.
I'm reservation holder 2783 and I'm pretty much decided to cancel it based on this eggregiously stupid move by Tesla. If $600 per year is such a minor expense on a $100K car, then why isn't it included in the price?
I think this is an enormous misstep by Sir Musk. So far it has pretty much eliminated a $104k as configured sale, and I've liquidated about $550,000 in Tesla stock over the issue.
An over reaction? I don't think so. The claim is to build the best car in the world. Yet nickel and diming the owners with this truly GOOFY maintenance fee is just plain moronic. How about a 10 year bumper to bumper we cover everything AND provide roadside service concept?
Does this seem ridiculous. Both Lexus and Khia used this EXACT technique to break into the market. They don't do it today. But when they were the new kids on the block they did. It was a blatant power statement that the "new car" to consider was bullet proof and THEY put their money where their mouth was.
If electric cars are so maintenance free, and so reliable, then this should be a no brainer and a strong way of making that statement.
I note an ongoing flow of brilliance punctuated by mysterious lapses that are just nonsense. A couple of cars get bricked and Tesla pulls out the fine print on them? What kind of money are we talking here ot just NOT have this issue come up in the press? And make a couple of idiot owners happy and carrying the tale of how GOOD Tesla service is.
Now this $600 maintenance thing. Almost TOO stupid for comment. Where do these brain farts come from? Straight from the top. It's like the Turret's syndrome of genius. Briliiant, except for these occasional blurt outs of stupid coming from nowhere.
And then there is the proprietary thing. So Elon has a better engineered plug? SAE has adopted an ugly one. So why does he not seek for his "better" plug to become a defacto standard? Like by SHARING it and allowing others to use the same thing and the same Superchargers. No. Not only not standard, but also strongly proprietary. A "closed" standard. ?????
THen either Tesla Model S owners wind up stranded, or everybody else does. Promoting EV adoption? Or a secret ploy to making serious money with FREE charging? A kludgy SAE adapter for his elegant power cord? Earth to PLanet Elon...come in Elon...
Turrets syndrome. Brain hiccups. Something.
Totally dead bricked worthless Teslas floating on the media pond. Somebody or several somebodies paid $100 grand for a Roadster and wound up with ..... nothing. A $600 annual maintenance fee on a $100K car that does what for whom? And a bizarre charge off into proprietary fast charging to accomplish???? To guard a proprietary data exchange protocol?????
Now, let's play some games.
1. My 104K car was $106.5k and included free maintenance for life. How could I tell without test instruments and a total hack of the Tesla IT system?
2. Let say Tesla SELLS the inlet port and the data communications module allowing you to retrofit ANY electric car to connect to their SuperCharger network. Now lets say no one buys it. On the other hand let's say everyone with an electric car buys it. Who cares? It would have a chance at a defacto standard.
3. Let's say on the other hand Tesla adopts J1772 Rev B. What damage? What's the downside for Tesla. What's the downside for Model S owners? Where's the beef?
4. Let's say I wanted to introduce a disruptive car technology with a new car in a new factory and had a billion investment in it? I would have a crack team of 25 ninjas who would identify, and locate ANY customer with any complaint at all. Then they would immediately launch an assualt on their location and kill them and all their family members, burn the buildings, and pave over the lot with concrete within 24 hours. Total containment of dissenting complaint.
5. As an option to 4, I would just make them happy and send them forth telling the tale of the unbelievably stupid thing they had done and how Tesla's Ritz Carlton level concierge serviced had bailed them out anyway. If the car is that good, we are always talking about the miniscule percentage that are preternaturally bent on unhappiness.
Go deal with Ritz Carlton, American Express, Summit Racing, McMaster Carr, or any of the other companies that simply execute and provide great customer service at all times and at all costs. It has not driven them into despair and bankruptcy actually.
Jack Rickard
"If the car is that good, we are always talking about the miniscule percentage that are preternaturally bent on unhappiness."
So, that'd be you, Mr Rickard?
Blah, blah. I'm sure Rickard would be reduced to gibbering incoherence in a TM management meeting, despite being chockfull of irrelevant certainties. From Lexus to ninja assassins, loud certain inanities.
ZZZzzzz . . . Oh, sorry, I dozzed of around GOOFY.
Did I miss anything important?
Wow. Now THERE's some brilliant responses. Are all Tesla owners dull like that???
This is all starting to become clear.....
Surely some one can give me a nah, nah ,nah, nah, nah nah.... That will set me straight...
Jack Rickard
My question wasn't Socratic, Mr. Rickard. Who's dull now?
Btw, not a Tesla owner, so you'll need a new theory.
Mr. Rickard,
You don't seem to understand the difference between Lexus and Kia. They copied a 70-year old technology that had nearly all of the early bugs worked out on it and everyone knew how it performed.
Tesla is starting with a fairly clean slate and building something completely new. New things need to be looked at fairly closely since there are unknown unknowns and nobody knows the trends yet.
Think about it: How do we know that it is good to change the oil at 5,000 mile intervals and the belts at 30,000? Its because we have millions of vehicle years of experience. Tesla doesn't have this so they need to closely watch their vehicles.
This means they have 2 choices: Pay for these inspections using borrowed capital or allow their early adopters to help pay.
This issue came up early on with the Roadsters and it was determined that the regular inspection cost about $1,200. Remember Tesla mechanics aren't your average grease monkey, they're top-notch technicians and it takes quite a while for the inspection. The decision back then was for Tesla to absorb half of the cost and pass the rest on to the customer.
Sure, we'd like to have it free but this seemed arguably reasonable.
You, then, have the choice to wait about 70 years, until the KIAs and Lexus's are able to cheaply copy Tesla or get on board now and join the visionaries who are leading our society into a sustainable world in style. Nobody is telling you how to spend your hard-earned money but I really think you'd love a Tesla Model S.
Dear Mr. Rickard,
I am really sorry for your loss. Of $35,000 +. That you would have earned if you sold your TSLA today instead of Friday.
This pretty much summarizes your business savvy.
pretty funny, 600 bucks is the deal breaker on a $100,000 car! yeah, I know it's 600 a year, but really that will be the deal breaker? and how many folks with $100,000 cars doing their own oil changes?
Fog +1
$600 is pretty much what any low maintenance car costs for service (and many cost way more). Remember--it's not free just because it's included in the vehicle price. You still pay for it. Tesla is just paying the PR price for being honest.


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Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it.mkoat wrote:New MM user and must say that this script was among the decision making points for me in regards to picking a music db software. You've done some outstanding work, and so I must make a post that praises your script
This isn't really how the script works at all, because it always applies values per track. I could look at trying to add a mode to cope with this idea, but I can't promise anything.mkoat wrote:The basic idea here would be to take a selection of genres from an artist/album/or even a multi-track search, and apply them to an album, or set of tracks. Allowing you to chose the individual values returned from the search, but apply the standard set of genre values to an album or collection of tracks.
Yeah, I think I could add an option to do that in the next version.mkoat wrote:if there were an option to make the genre finder auto-deselect decades that are inconsistent with the id3 year, it could really add something.
I think I could add a button on the option sheet to tidy up the genres table - although I don't think I've ever experienced a problem with multiple genre values the same.mkoat wrote:If the text string of the genre is x% identical with another genre already in the collection, it offers the user a merge/assimilate option.


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August 11, 2017
The EU28 grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.
Belgium EU-28: European Commission Presents Results of Its Consultation on CAP
July 13, 2017
On February 2, 2017, the European Commission launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to better understand where the current policy can be simplified....
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July 3, 2017
Two studies conducted by Eastern European Members States (MS) have concluded that identically branded food products are being sold with lower quality in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.
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June 7, 2017
This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuels Annual Report.
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May 17, 2017
In 2016 milk deliveries in the European Union (EU) increased by an estimated 0.5 percent and are expected to only slightly increase in 2017.
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April 24, 2017
The EU sweetener market will take a new start after the end of the 50 year old EU sugar quota production system on October 1, 2017, and will probably face a period of increased market volatility.
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April 11, 2017
On March 13, 2017, the European Commission presented its long awaited report examining whether mandatory nutrition labeling requirements should be extended to alcoholic beverages....
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The EU28's grain harvest is forecast to rise three percent in MY2017/18 despite little change to the planted area.
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Total EU-28 oilseeds production for marketing year (MY) 2015/16 is expected to decline by about 9 percent to 32 million metric tons (MMT).
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The European Union's (EU) dairy market seems to be slowly emerging from its recent "dairy crisis," when EU farmers were faced with overproduction and the lowest commodity prices since 2009.
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On Tuesday, February 28, the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) again failed to reach a qualified majority on the proposal on endocrine disruptor (ED) criteria.
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Sorry for the downtime. My webserver had a failing hard-drive and I figured that while I was replacing the hard-drive, I would upgrade the entire machine as well. The box was a Pentium 4 1.4Ghz with 512MB of RAM that I hadn't upgraded since I first built it in 2002. Now it's been upgraded to a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz (hyper-threaded) with 1GB of RAM. Building from source will be a lot faster now! The whole upgrade process took a while because I was also in the process of upgrading another one of my machines and that took for EVER (some issues with shorting). Finally I had to install FreeBSD (version 8.0) on the new hard-drive as well as Apache, PHP, MySQL, WordPress etc. After I have everything set up, I'm going to make sure that I image the hard-drive so that I can restore it from backup easily.


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Red Ace Squadron, the sequel to Master of the Skies: The Red Ace, improves on almost every aspect of the original.
The best part is that the original was amazingly well-crafted. Aside from a missing multi-player mode, the game provided all you could want in an arcade flight-sim.
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Equine therapy volunteers participate in Bolivia's Olympic Games
The Bolivian government asked Projects Abroad to participate in the opening ceremony of the country's Plurinational Olympic Games, after seeing our volunteers participating in a parade on Bolivia's Independence Day.
"The government didn't know this kind of therapy was taking place here, so the Minister of Special Needs got in touch with our project partners and invited us to participate in the opening ceremony," says Carmen Herbas, Country Director at Projects Abroad.
Volunteers and children took part in the event which featured participants of the Special Olympics. During the opening ceremony, Projects Abroad volunteers paraded with children involved in the Equine Therapy Project. "The aim was to demonstrate to the public that children can get better with the aid of horses," says Carmen.
Equine therapy is a branch of occupational therapy and physical therapy that makes use of trained horses to help people living with disabilities to improve their physical mobility as well as their emotional well-being. Partnering with Centro Ecuestre Tunari, this program, run by Projects Abroad, has assisted children with disabilities in improving their movement, spatial orientation, posture, language, and muscle control.
"I loved every second of my time at the event, in fact it was one of the highlights of my time in Bolivia," says Trish Phillips, a volunteer on a career break from the United Kingdom. "I loved the social side of it; everyone being together, working together, the build-up, the excitement, the anticipation. It was obvious everyone was delighted to be a part of it. I just hope that the powers that be recognized how very important, beneficial, and unique equine therapy is for the children."
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Yesterday I attended, along with Steve Loddignton (Research Support Office) and Stuart Wood (ITS), an event hosted by the RSP in their native Nottingham. The theme of the day was to take a look at the overlap in working, activities and priorities between repository managers and staff, and those working in the research offices. It was also a chance to meet with staff from the various repository software groups and CRIS suppliers too. For us this was a useful chance to finally meet our Symplectic technical guru in the flesh, and to put a few more questions to him!
Despite being pitched to the two main groups, there were certainly a few more repository folks there on the day than research managers. That said there were enough from both camps to make for an effective dialogue and exchange of experience. From my point of view I found it invaluable to attend in partnership with my two colleagues; each of us was able to get something different from the day. For my own part it was a rewarding opportunity to see that Leicester is actually a good example of how to work closely on CRIS and repository activities; although I will admit we pale in comparison to the best practice example exemplified by Glasgow's Enlighten.
The session from Simon Kerridge, speaking on behalf of ARMA that introduced the day was a valuable insight into the working life of a research manager. I was pleased to see that they consider interactions with the repository to be third priority, behind HR and finance alone, which was most heartening. For my own part I especially value the close working relationship the LRA team has establishing with our RSO over the years, and hope that through working together on IRIS that it will continue to develop.
It was also interesting to participate in the session facilitated by the RePOSIT project, once again looking at advocacy but also crucially interactions between the repository and research manager communities. Personally events such as yesterday are vital so that we can all better understand the needs and challenges each face, along with our own especial priorities. Steve and myself did take away quite a few ideas for communication and advocacy to the University of Leicester community that we will be feeding into the IRIS Communication plan for the coming month. I'm looking forward to this chance to get out into our wonderful Leicester research community and demonstrate how IRIS can make their lives easier, and how the LRA can enable their research to be more widely read, cited and reused.
The other excellent talk that stuck home was from Valerie McCutcheon of Glasgow university's research office. It really did give a fantastic example of how a research office and repository team can unite over a core system. She showed even where working practices may differ how the centralisation of the management of research data and publications can make for a smooth operation. It also offers a greater possibility for development of new enhancements for the academic community established in partnership, rather than in isolation. personally I believe it's a model I think both the Library and our Research Office should look to emulate in many aspects.
There were other sessions, along with the chance to catch up with other repository managers working with Symplectic too, but for me these sessions were the ones that I came away thinking about. This was a truly excellent day and my thanks the RSP for organising it, and all the speakers for their input to it.


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Cal State set to shelve plans for incentive fees to graduate faster
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California State University trustees will shelve a controversial plan to impose incentive fees to encourage students to graduate faster, officials said Tuesday.
The university's governing board was scheduled to consider the proposal at meetings Tuesday and Wednesday in Long Beach but indicated more time would be needed to gather input on the potential effects of the fee increases.
The proposed fees, which would have taken effect next fall, include:
--A per-unit supplement of $372 for "super seniors" who have accumulated 160 semester units
--A $91 per-unit fee to repeat a class
--A $182 per-unit fee for any course load of 18 units or more
But many students and faculty criticized the proposal as a "punishment fee," contending it would create more obstacles for students and set up a hierarchy favoring those who could pay.
Many also criticized the university for moving forward with the proposal after the passage of Proposition 30, a tax measure that avoids deep funding cuts to higher education and which allowed the university to rescind a $249 per-semester tuition increase that took effect this fall.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom are scheduled to attend Tuesday's board meeting.
[Updated at 8:36 a.m.: "In choosing today to postpone the discussion of fee hikes, Chairman Linscheid and CSU Board of Trustees are sending a strong message to students and their families that we are serious about protecting access," Newsom said Tuesday in a statement.]
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this is so absurd
what do you say? shall we vote?
this is so absurd
what do you say? shall we vote?
well, lavor deserves to be an all-star
yup, i'll vote!
i saw this on other major boards
even if this is a small one, i think we should contribute as much as we can to do this job!!
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allan20, thx for stickin it up
keep voting fellas, keep voting!
just imagine if he'll be selected
don't wanna think about it
he'll probably think he deserves to playOriginally Posted by KnickFan
do what you gotta do!
well, the voting has ended
anyone knows the results?
did lavor made it?


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Confirmed by trade publication Automotive News, Audi is currently exploring prospects of producing at least new one vehicle stateside. In the article posted on July 11th, Audi Chief Executive Officer Rupert Stadler stated, "It is totally clear that we need new production capacity in the U.S.," claiming it is a only a matter of time. These words followed Stadler's 2010 projection for Audi to sell as many as 1.5 million vehicles worldwide by the 2015 calendar year. Parent brand Volkswagen could lure Audi to their new Chattanooga, Tennessee manufacturing facility. The Chattanooga complex has currently started production of the new Volkswagen Passat.
At that time, the Audi CEO stated production inside of the United States of America was not necessary to meet their sales target. Admitting there is a strong chance for a new assembly plant in North America; Audi has since indicated the United States may not be the exact location for future production. Audi could be more inclined to assembling their vehicles in Mexico favouring lower labour and operation costs. It was also reported by the Toronto Star that the Canadian province of Ontario plans to mount a bid for a potential manufacturing facility.
More recently published rumours mention the Audi Q5 is a likely candidate for North American production. Through the 2009 and 2010 model year, the Q5 compact crossover vehicle has been the Audi range's 2nd highest selling product in the United States market behind the A4. Audi has previously dismissed any notion of producing vehicles specific to the United States as not being in the company's interests.
Any decision made about potential United States production is expected ahead of 2015. Audi already assembles cars in Hungary and India assembly plants. Between 1987 and 1998, Audi had also previously constructed cars in Japan aligned with Hino Motors Limited.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Ein Herz Fuer Wien!
Today we get a glimpse into another pivotal European city: Vienna. Since so much of twentieth century history was shaped here, we're lucky enough to have an expert guide: J. Sydney Jones, long term Viennese resident and writer of the Karl Werthen mystery series set in Vienna at the turn of the century. The starred Kirkus review for the second mystery in the series, REQUIEM IN VIENNA, gushed "Confident prose and mastery of historical detail, woven into a convincing narrative, make this sophisticated entertainment of a very high caliber."
So, Syd, is there any setting you really want to write about but haven't?
The short answer is NO.
Here's the long answer. I have set my book-length work in locations all over the world, from England to Colorado, from the Central Asian steppes to Central Europe, from Crete to Washington, DC, from Ireland to Oregon, and most particularly in Vienna, Austria. And you know what? I have found my home; the grass is no longer greener elsewhere.
Vienna 1900--that is my fictional home; that is where I stake my claim and build my fictional edifice. How come?
Well, I was raised on the coast of Oregon before it was chic to live by the ocean. We were all about logging in the winter and tourists in the summer. Fishing and crabbing were year round. The logs are long gone; ditto the fish and crab. Tourists tend to linger. But the provincial Oregon boy was bowled over by his first big city experience: Vienna. Like many of my generation, I had my first taste of Europe via a junior-year-abroad program. I picked Vienna out of a hat simply because it had no language requirement. I fell in love with the place. This was during the Cold War--the Russians had just crushed the Prague Spring movement--and the city was most definitely Central European with the ambience of a much earlier time. Faded elegance best describes Vienna during that time. For a young man who loved history, Vienna was a living museum. I stayed on for almost two decades after my student year.
But Vienna was more than a second home; it was my personal laboratory. I became a writer there and I found a theme there, as well--the exploration of the amazing artistic/cultural/intellectual renaissance of Vienna 1900. Vienna in the two decades before World War I created our modern sensibility through the works of such seminal artists, writers, and thinkers as Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, Otto Wagner, Loos, Schnitzler, Mahler, Freud, and Wittgentstein. At the same time, Vienna 1900 was also the breeding ground for such future tyrants as Trotsky, Stalin, and Hitler. In my mind Vienna is every bit as important to the history of the twentieth century as are St. Petersburg (home of the Bolshevik revolution) and Berlin (home of the Nazis).
I thus found my setting in both a geographical and temporal sense. My first books using that setting were nonfiction, ViennaWalks and Hitler in Vienna, 1907-1913. Finally I adapted Vienna 1900 to a fictional series, the "Viennese Mysteries," each featuring a luminary of the time: the artist Klimt is suspected of serial murder in the first, The Empty Mirror, while the composer Mahler is the target of an assassin in the second just-released, Requiem in Vienna. My fictional lawyer and private inquiries agent, Karl Werthen, teams up with the real-life father of criminology, Hanns Gross, to solve these crimes or prevent catastrophe in books that are a blend of historical whodunit and literary thriller.
Home is where the heart is. No, I vow to no longer go a wandering. I am quite content at home in Vienna 1900.
6 comments:
- Sophie Littlefield said...
Don't laugh, but I've always thought Mahler would be a great character to put in a novel and...and...I would kind of secretly like to try. I have *no* idea how to make that work with contemporary Missouri. Maybe a time travel...
- February 23, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Meredith Cole said...
Vienna has been on my list of places I'd love to visit for years. And that time period is so fascinating. I will definitely have to check out your mysteries, Syd!
- February 23, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- J. Sydney Jones said...
Sophie--No laughter from this end re Mahler in a novel. He was great "material"--though sometimes I feel a bit ghoulish using real folks in my novels. He was at the Metropolitan Opera and the Philharmonic in New York from 1908 to 1910--have him guest conduct at the Kansas City symphony?
Meredith--Good to hear that there are other Viennophiles out there. Check out my Web site for more info on the books. I would love to hear your reactions.
- February 23, 2010 at 9:50 AM
- Rebecca Cantrell said...
Great job holding down the fort, Syd!
So many seeds of the disasters I write about in 1930s Berlin were germinating in 1900 Vienna. It's just one of those magical places and times where thought and energy and swirling around. I know we discussed this on your blog (or was that Murderati?), but I do wonder where that city is today. Barcelona? Bangkok?
And Meredith: HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your Agatha nomination!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!
- February 23, 2010 at 10:42 AM
- Terry Stonecrop said...
Exotic places always intrigue me in novels. I hadn't thought about the role Vienna played at that time but from what you said, it surely did. Sounds good.
And congrats, Meredith!
- February 23, 2010 at 2:20 PM
- Kelli Stanley said...
Wonderful post, Syd!! And welcome to Criminal Minds! I can't wait to read REQUIEM IN VIENNA. My time there was all too short, but I have glorious memories of a beer hall, goulash, and the Kunstistoriche Museum. :)
- February 24, 2010 at 3:14 PM


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I'm pretty certain he will prove you wrong eventually. At the moment he's beyond dreadfull though.
Knicks fans really are the most fickle fans in professional sports. I hope you're not over the age of 13 bro.
I hope Melo proves me DEAD wrong, I really do.
I support Melo, thats my dirty secret.
Its just hard because I really want him to co-exist with Amare and it seems hopeless.
Do we keep Amare and Melo together?
Trade for Steve Nash?
Melo was **** today vs the mavs, even though im a big fan of his im not going to stick up for it and make an excuse for him, Melo just does not look like he's having fun out there, i think he is somewhat butt hurt he's not the "big thing in the big apple anymore" i dont know if anyone noticed but Melo has the same FG% as Bill walker lol.
Melo needs to
1- start playing more consistent
2- Not worry about passing every single play, your the star on this team dont think you have to Pass every time. when you have the mismatch, you take advantage. Melo thrives off iso, ok continue to do it dont change your game to the point where you feel uncomfortable, just dont iso EVERY time you get the ball let the game come to you.
We need to utilize Melo, the same way the Celtics Utilize Pierce IMO
I am hating on Melo to hopefully send an aura of energy to fuel him.
And I thought it was bad on RealGM lol..
Listen guys the reason why Melo is having such a bad game & has had bad games is because of 1. he's still playing through injuries, 2. the coach does NOT utilize him correctly, 3. the coach keeps him on the bench for lengthy periods of times.
You can't expect a player who is a 25-30 ppg scorer to just make magic everytime he gets the ball even when at times it looks like he's being frozen out on possessions. When your main PG is giving the ball more to Landry Fields & Chandler when you have an elite scorer waiting to do something you have a problem. I've said it before & I'll say it again you either trade Melo or you get rid of the coach. Melo & Amar'e both can't work in this system because their skillsets fused with the coaching style/new system does not mesh well together.
Whether any of you want to disregard this & say nahh Melo just sucks, it's up to you. But I'm telling you in this system where no plays are called, where Pringles doesn't know how to use Melo, the PG is still fairly new & has built a great chemistry with Chandler & Fields you're asking for trouble with your star player.
It's nice to see others here are waking up to the fact that Melo sucks these days. And to think people were calling for me to be banned for stating the truth!
I'd be embarrassed putting up so so numbers and making that kind of money...thats me
He definitely seemed disinterested yesterday. The team doesn't really seem to have a leader at the moment (or is it that there are too many leaders?) Amar'e was "on" for the first time in a while last night, while Landry and Chandler were off. Lin was on at times, other times not so much.
He's not really Glenn Robinson, but his poor shooting and high bodyfat % really annoy me.
He has no excuses for not beeing ripped and as mobile and athletic as he was in 2004.
He has all the tools and resources to play at around 8-9 % bodyfat in-season.
Instead he looks like 18% bodyfat and not even half as athletic as he was in HS, at the Cuse or in his early years in Denver.
No team is ever going to win in this league with one superstar - Jordan even realised this after losing multiple times to detroit - it had to be a team effort with players around him - admittedly pippen was a supsestar in his own right, but the bulls had great Bit players and contributors all around jordan
If mello thinks he has to be top dog because of his ego, we aint going nowhere -
sad thing is we have a great team , a great deep team - and as soon as mello realises this and puts individuality behind him , the better we will be as we aint going nowhere unless we play as a team and everyone plays a role and sacrifices a bit


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GlaxoSmithKline said on Feb. 18 that it would stop making and distributing three versions of its popular denture adhesive Poligrip until it removed zinc from the products because of concerns about health risks.
Malesia Dunn, director of communications for GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, said the action affected three Poligrip products: Super Poligrip Original, Ultra Fresh and Extra Care.
The company said it planned to reformulate the product without zinc.
Those products are used by an estimated 3.5 million households in the United States, she said.
In a consumer advisory on its Web site, the company said it had "become aware of potential health problems associated with the long-term excessive use of our zinc-containing denture adhesive products."
The company added that the products were safe to use as directed, but that some consumers used excessive amounts.
The company, based in London, is being sued by people who say they suffered nerve and blood injuries from high levels of zinc intake from the products.
The company says 49 million Americans use dentures, or 22 percent of the adult population, and 29 percent of them use adhesives. Ms. Dunn said the Food and Drug Administration had been advised of the action and did not require removal of current products from the shelves.
The F.D.A. had no comment on the matter on Thursday.
In a statement, Glaxo said excessive use of the product over several years "may lead to the development of neurological symptoms and blood problems such as anemia. Neurological symptoms may include numbness, tingling or weakness in the arms and legs, and difficulties with walking and balance."
The company has another Poligrip product marked "Free," which contains no zinc.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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The debate about how old a child must be to start kindergarten is an old and hot one, with parents and politicians and principals and psychologists all weighing in.
California lawmakers have been debating whether to move up the date by which children must turn 5 to enter kindergarten. One reason: having fewer children in kindergarten saves money. But over at The Educated Guess, John Fensterwald explains how momentum has built for using the money to create a "junior kindergarten" -- essentially a second year of kindergarten.


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At this years Hessentag we had the pleasure to do an interview with Maria Mena. We talked about her new album "Weapon in Mind", Instagram and concerts in Germany. Have a look! We hope you like it.
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Concerts in the Netherlands 2013
Carina - Maria Mena +1As announced today, Maria Mena will give four concerts in the Netherlands in November.
She will be performing at the Songbird Festival on Nov. 23rd, at Tivoli in Utrecht on Nov. 26th, and in Eindhoven on Nov. 27th.
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Friday, May 30, 2008
It's Happy Dance Time!
It's all over now but post-planning, isn't it? Now it's on to spending the next eight weeks tweaking those lesson plans, creating new slide presentations, looking for new sources, and research, research, research. Oh, and don't forget team meetings to plan, professional development classes to attend, college classes to finish up at break neck speed, and reading all of those professional manuals and research books you've stacked up for the summer.
....and you just thought we sat around and ate bon-bons all summer, didn't you?
If you are a parent, I sympathize with your plight.
If you are a fellow educator, HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!
Posted by EHT at Friday, May 30, 2008
Labels: End of the Year
2 comments:
- Teacha said...
Congratulations on your well earned summer vacation!
You won't take a break from blogging will you--even with all of tweaking, creating, looking, researching, attending and reading?
I know I've been AWOL for the past few months, but I'd desperately miss your Enlightenment.
P.S. Can you share more of your teaching strategies/learning activities as you are tweaking?
- EHT said...
Congrats on your "vacation" as well Miss A.
No, I would never take a break from blogging. It has become a very important part of my life. I don't think I could stop even if I wanted to. :)
Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I do need to get back to strategies...and learning activities. I will try to do more this in the coming months.
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Ben Stiller, get ready to meet your newest "Focker" family member – Jessica Alba.
Jessica is in talks to join "Little Fockers," the third installment in the "Meet the Parents" series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The 28-year-old actress would play an attractive pharmaceuticals rep whose sheer presence wreaks havoc on the film's male stars.
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Inside the working gears of my mind, there is a place that crafts together to-do lists miles long.
Goals, chores, grocery lists....all carefully comprised and organized. These parts of me thrive off of knowing I have achieved something I set out to do. And with every one thing that I cross off my list, there is a sense of accomplishment that washes over me.
My mother did, and still does the same thing. Every week she makes her cleaning lists, her lunches and dinners for the week. Vacations were always started with her long, and perfectly contrived list of items we needed. Whoever was left home was left with an equally impressive list of things to be taken care of around the house, down to what times the animals ate, and how much.
I need this game, and I play it every day.
Sometimes it feels like chains, bound tight around my throat. Only releasing if I feel that I have accomplished enough. And when I don't, and things are left undone, they weigh on my chest and closing breaths until I can hardly stand it.
Elodie is 3 weeks old. And in those 3 weeks I have only taken 2 naps. Both involuntary, and a product of falling asleep in the middle of what I was doing. Elodie is 3 weeks old, and I still struggle to let go of these stupid lists to just hold her for half of my day. In three weeks I have gotten a lot of things done. Laundry is done every day, the house is vacuumed and trash is taken out. And at the end of the night I miss her. I want to scoop her up and feel her skin on me, her tiny rising chest and sweet smell surrounding me.
In the same dark holes of my mind where I make my lists and hold my disappointments in myself, there is a place that reasons and argues over spoiling her with all of the love and time I have to give. In these places I realize how critical I can be of myself. All this doubt and fear and worry pools and collects until it forms a hot coal of failure. Failure in knowing that no matter how hard I try to do this all right and perfect, things will always go wrong. No doubt because I have turned to my methods of analyzing everything to death - instead of just doing what feels right.
Elodie is 3 weeks old. Each day she teaches me something about myself, a voice louder than one I have heard before. Her voice drowns the disappointment, it drowns the lists, and it drowns my doubt in myself. A tiny voice, sometimes it comes out only in a drawn-out, breathy, "haaaaa" that trails into a sweet yawn that melts my heart into an open sea.
I have 3 more weeks home with her. These will be the only first weeks. Ones that I will remember in 30 years, when she is having babies of her own. Ones that I will cry and wish to have back, when I am drowning in my to-do lists, chains bound tight around my neck.
If nothing changes, we will always stay the same. And sometimes that is the worst thing we can do for ourselves.
Today, and tomorrow, and for the rest of my time as Elodie's Mother, a to-do list will never be more important than when she just needs me to lay with her, naked, warm, and vulnerable. I will learn to let go of my lists, and throw them to the bottom of a hole marked "To-Don't."


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A simple example would look like this:
from native_db import * server = Server(host='127.0.0.1') server.test.t1.insert({'more': 3, 'magic': 'just a test', 'count': 0}) server.test.t1.insert({'more': 3, 'magic': 'just another test', 'count': 0}) server.test.t1.insert({'more': 4, 'magic': 'quadrant', 'count': 0}) server.test.t1.insert({'more': 5, 'magic': 'even more magic', 'count': 0}) for row in server.test.t1.find({'more': 3}): print "The magic is:", row['magic'] server.test.t1.update({'more': 3}, {'count': 'count+1'}) for row in server.test.t1.find({'more': 3}, ['magic', 'count']): print "The magic is:", row['magic'], "and the count is", row['count'] server.test.t1.delete({'more': 5})The first line define a server to communicate with, which is simply done by creating a
Server object with the necessary parameters. The constructor accepts the normal parameters for Connector/Python (which is what I'm using internally), but the user defaults to whatever
getpass.getuser() returns, and the host default to 127.0.0.1, even though I've provided it here.
After that, the necessary methods are overridden so that
server.database.table will refer to the table with name table in database with name database on the given server. One possibility would be to just skip the database and go directly on the table (using some default database name), but since this is just an experiment, I did this instead. After that, there are various methods defined to support searching, inserting, deleting, and updating.
Since this is intended to be a simple interface, autocommit is on. Each of the functions generate a single SQL statement, so they will be executed atomically if you're using InnoDB.
- table.insert(row)
- This function will insert the contents of the dictionary into the table. using the keys of the dictionary as column names. If the table does not exist, it will be created with a "best effort" guess of what types to use for the columns.
- table.delete(condition)
- This function will remove all rows in the table that matches the supplied dictionary. Currently, only equality mapping is supported, but see below for how it could be extended.
- table.find(condition, fields="*")
- This will search the table and return an iterable to the rows that match condition. If fields is supplied (as a list of field names), only those fields are returned.
- table.update(condition, update)
- This will search for rows matching condition and update each matching row according to the update dictionary. The values of the dictionary is used on the right side of the assignments of the
UPDATEstatement, so expressions can be given here as strings.
That's all folks!The code is available at http://mats.kindahl.net/python/native_db.py if you're interested in trying it out. The code is very basic, and there's potential for a lot of extensions. If there's interest, I could probably create a repository somewhere.
Note that this is not a replacement for an ORM library. The intention is not to allow storing arbitrary objects in the database: the intention is to be able to query the database using a Python interface without resorting to using SQL.
I'm just playing around and testing some things out, and I'm not really sure if there is any interest in anything like this, so what do you think? Personally, I have no problems with using SQL, but since I'm working with MySQL on a daily basis, I'm strongly biased on the subject. For simple jobs, this is probably easier to work with than a "real" SQL interface, but it cannot handle as complex queries as SQL can (at least not without extensions).
There is a number of open issues for the implementation (this is just a small list of obvious ones):
- Only equality searching supported
- Searching can only be done with equality matches, but it is trivial to extend to support more complex comparisons. To allow more complex conditions, the condition supplied to
delete, and
updatecan actually be a string, in which case it is used "raw".
Conditions could be extended to support something like
{'more': '>3'}, or a more object-oriented approach would be to support something similar to
{'more': operator.gt(3)}.
- No support for indexes
- There's no support for indexes yet, but that can easily be added. The complication is what kind of indexes should be generated.
For example, right now rows are identified by their content, but if we want unique rows to be handled as a set? Imagine the following (not supported) query where we insert :
In this case, we have to fetch the row identifiers for the inserted rows to be able to manipulate exactly those rows and none other. Not sure how to do this right now, but auto-inventing a row-identifier would mean that tables lacking it cannot be handled naturally.
server.test.t1.insert(content with some more=3).find({'more': eq(3)})
- Creating and dropping tables
- The support for creation of tables is to create tables automatically if they do not exist. A simple heuristic is used to figure out the table definition, but this has obvious flaws if later inserts have more fields than the first one.
To support extending the table, one would have to generate an
ALTER TABLEstatement to "fix" the table.
There is no support for dropping tables... or databases.


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Changes at The National Archives
In an effort to reduce running costs by 10% by next year, the National Archives has announced a number of significant changes. From 2010 the plans are to reduce opening times by closing on Mondays, limit access to original documents that are available online and make a number of members of staff redundent (around 35% of specialist archivists are earmaked for redundency).
The measures have sparked some critisim from researchers and historians, with some of them accusing TNA of wanting to 'dumb down' the services they provide to such an extent that they will become just a glorified family history centre.
I am not sure this is quite true. Although family history is popular, it is not TNA's core service and there is a real concern that the reduction in trained archivists could have a detrimental effect on other areas of the TNA. That said, with the popularity of websites such as www.ancestry.co.uk and TNA's own documents online service there are a lot of people searching for documents remotely via the internet now.
However, one thing I would say is that in my experience the web based search functions are not always accurate. There have been many times where i have not been able to find someone via an online search, but when I have gone through the original documents I have found my person. So, if you are going to push people more and more to online search, please TNA, invest some of the money you will save into the web infrastructure that is going to replace the original documents, or at least keep the original documents open for viewing.
This is just my 2penneth, other people have their views, you can read some of them on the BBC's WDYTYA? blog


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Its OK Andy – I won't shop at Mike's Bikes any more
Hopefully Andy Schleck doesn't shop at Mike's Bikes.
I've actually shopped at this chain of bike shops quite a few times – the one here in Sacramento is actually quite nice with a great, friendly staff. So I decided to check out the merchandise that they had on their website trying to show my daughter some of the options available for her Single Speed project.
Unfortunately, my window browsing excursion was shortened when I ran across this monstrosity of an ad on the Mike's Bikes website:
OK. So I guess this is supposed to be somehow funny? I just don't get the joke myself. So, what – if Andy had gotten a proper tuneup from Mike's Bikes then he wouldn't have dropped his chain and may have won the Tour de France? Is that the implication?
Sorry, Mr. Mike (if that is your real name) but think what you want about the chain incident in the Tour de France, no one but you is implying that it was due to a faulty tune up.
I'm looking for my daughter's wheels somewhere else now!
Disclaimer: This post is only partially tongue-in-cheek, partially humorous, and partially thought out.