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WICHITA, Kan. – The Boeing Co., for decades the brand that helped support Wichita's claim as the aviation capital of the world, announced Wednesday it will shut down facilities in the city by the end of 2013 and send work to plants in three other states as it deals with defense spending cutbacks.
The closure will cost 2,160 workers their jobs and end the firm's presence in an area where it has been a major employer for generations.
The decision was not a surprise because Boeing said in November it was looking at closing the Wichita plant. But it still drew an angry response from Kansas lawmakers who helped Boeing land a lucrative Air Force refueling tanker project in February and had expected thousands of jobs to come to Wichita with it. Instead, the tanker work will go to Boeing's facilities near Seattle.
"Boeing's announcement is that things have changed," U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said. "Well, the only thing that really has changed in my mind in the last year is Boeing now has the contract. When they made the commitments, they didn't."
Mark Bass, a Boeing vice president, said the market for defense work has changed dramatically in the past 18 months and the Wichita facility wasn't competitive because of its size and high labor costs. The site includes 97 buildings with 2 million square feet.
Bass declined to say how much the company expected to save by moving the work elsewhere.
Wichita had hoped the number of jobs at the facility would grow after Boeing won the contract worth at least $35 billion to build 179 Air Force refueling tankers. Modification work on the planes was expected to generate 7,500 direct and indirect jobs with an overall economic impact of nearly $390 million.
Boeing said 24 Kansas-based suppliers for the refueling tanker project will still provide parts as planned.
The first layoffs in Wichita are expected in the second half of 2012. While the Seattle area will build the tankers and handle their modifications, engineering work will move to Oklahoma City and future aircraft maintenance, modification and support will go to San Antonio, Texas.
The three states combined could pick up as many as 1,400 jobs, with Oklahoma City gaining 800 and San Antonio getting 300 to 400. The Seattle area will add 200 tanker construction jobs, but about 100 support positions from there will move to Oklahoma City in the shuffle, Bass said. Wichita workers will be able to apply for jobs in the other locations.
Boeing said it will continue to have a significant impact on the Kansas economy and its aerospace industry. The Chicago-based company spent more than $3.2 billion with 475 Kansas suppliers last year. Kansas is the fourth largest state in its supplier network.
But that wasn't enough for lawmakers like U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, who said Boeing had promised as recently as February to remain in Wichita if it received the tanker contract. Roberts and others urged the company to reconsider.
Moran called Boeing's move "a blow to our mental health as well as our pocketbooks." Kansas officials are still willing to do what it takes to keep the Boeing plant open, but "it's difficult to negotiate with someone who hasn't kept their word," he said.
Republican Gov. Sam Brownback promised Kansas will pursue opportunities in commercial aircraft manufacturing. Aircraft makers like Cessna Aircraft Co., Hawker Beechcraft and Bombardier still have plants in Wichita, which Brownback said remains "the best place in the world to build airplanes."
Kansas Democratic Party Chair Joan Wagnon said the decision shows that throwing money at wealthy corporations doesn't guarantee loyalty or longevity.
"Despite all the economic incentives and tax breaks, of which there were many, and despite the loyalty of Boeing's workers and its long history in Kansas, Boeing turned its back on a community and a state that supported the corporation generously through tough times," Wagnon said.
But the news was welcomed elsewhere.
"The decision of the Boeing Company to move tanker work to Washington is bittersweet," said Everett Mayor Ray Stephenson, noting Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer's support for an American-made tanker. "I was grateful for his support and am saddened for the workers and families in Wichita. That said, Everett stands ready to support additional aerospace work in the Puget Sound region."
Brewer, who once worked for Boeing, said the disappointment in Boeing's decision to abandon its 80-year relationship with Wichita and Kansas "will not diminish anytime soon." The city, county and state have invested too many taxpayer dollars in Boeing to take the announcement lightly, he said.
Boeing has had a facility in Wichita since it bought the Stearman Aircraft Co. in 1929.
Employment at the plant peaked during World War II, when its 40,000 workers included President Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who worked the night shift as a supervisor on the B-29 bomber assembly line.
The company remained Wichita's largest employer for decades after the war.
It still had about 15,000 workers in the city in 2005, when it spun off its commercial aircraft operations in Kansas and Oklahoma. After the divestiture, Boeing kept 4,500 workers for its defense work in Wichita, but layoffs have since slashed that number.
Spirit AeroSystems, which took over Boeing's commercial aircraft operations, still makes parts for Boeing in Wichita.
Jeremy Hill, director of Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research, said most Boeing workers are likely to stay in the area and find other jobs. But the company's departure is a psychological blow.
"It was something that was very important to people here, something they recognized, something they would tell other people when they came and visited," Hill said. "Boeing has that name that's household and recognized, and it had a value to people when they promote the area."
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January 15, 2013, 2:48 pm
iZotope have recently revamped their multiband distortion plug-in Trash in the form of Trash 2. Trash had been laying dormant for a while with no major updates for a number of years. Trash 2 however sees a major overhaul for this plugin and it's now even more powerful than ever.
February 19, 2019, 1:43 pm
Before we get to the list, let's acknowledge the elephant in the room. Film Riot, Peter McKinnon, and . . . I guess . . . Philip Bloom(?) are nowhere on this list. Yes, they all have big, creative, popular YouTube channels. But while they have millions of subscribers, this list is about some of the smaller channels that are just as good — if not better. So, without further ado, here are my personal favorite channels of 2019.
February 19, 2019, 7:35 am
Come discover the work of Industrial Light & Magic on SOLO – A STAR WARS STORY explain by VFX Supervisor Julian Foddy in this really cool video by BBC Click...
February 19, 2019, 7:34 am
HitFilm Pro is known for its easy to use interface. The software was designed to be intuitive and easy to use from the very beginning, and in its Express version made for an entirely free way to get a very capable NLE. However as a professional editing system HitFilm could often be seen to be overlooked in favour of certain rivals such as Resolve and Premiere. In some ways though HitFilm it is a very poorly kept secret. It does after all have a user base of 3.2 million users, which is nothing to be sniffed at.
February 18, 2019, 1:01 pm
A new batch of Oscars 2019 updates has arrived thanks to an interview with the ceremony's lead producer, Donna Gigliotti. She says the ceremony won't meet its self-imposed three-hour limit after all, and we won't have to endure any of those stupid "everyday people" bits that previous host Jimmy Kimmel incorporated over the past couple of years. Plus, Queen and Adam Lambert will be on stage to perform.
February 18, 2019, 10:44 am
In 2015, Angela Barson told us about BlueBlot's work on THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.. She then worked on films such as SPECTRE, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, WAR MACHINE and ENTEBBE.
February 18, 2019, 10:44 am
Continuing our theme of often-overlooked utility plug-ins in Adobe After Effects that can create interesting composites with a minimum of layers and precomps, Calculations is a real Swiss Army Knife effect that can perform grayscale conversion and composite one layer with another with a variety of options.
February 18, 2019, 10:44 am
It isn't always appropriate to spend £30k on a grading monitor. Lower-budget productions may well be graded in a small suite – often doubling as the edit suite – with no cash available for high-end equipment. One option for these small suites is a monitor that sits halfway between a full grading unit and one designed for photography and print. The BenQ PV270 is a 27in post-production grading monitor with DVI-DP, HDMI 1.4 and DisplayPort 1.2 inputs, but none of the I/O associated with higher-end monitors – SDI, analogue and the like.
February 18, 2019, 8:16 am
French studio Unit Image presents their work on this GOD OF WAR commercial...
February 17, 2019, 3:07 pm
Much has been written about Rami Malek's electrifying performance as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Fox's acclaimed biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody." However, Malek's portrayal of the charismatic musician wouldn't have been quite as striking without the work of the movie's sound editing and mixing teams. The Envelope caught up with sound and music editor John Warhurst, sound editor Nina Hartstone, sound mixer Paul Massey, re-recording mixer Tim Cavagin and sound mixer John Casali earlier this month to understand how the process came together.
February 17, 2019, 8:13 am
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Wow Customer Experience, Increase Male Clientele...and More!
The Associated Hair Professionals (AHP), a national association supporting hair stylists, barbers, and nail professionals, will be hosting its free Summer Webinar Series from June 2013 through August 2013. The series will include six webinars that are 60 minutes each and include a Q&A portion.
The webinars will teach attendees how to create a "wow" customer experience, increase male clientele, practice proper infection control, and run effective marketing campaigns. The webinars are free to attend, and recordings of each webinar will be archived and available within 72 hours.
"Developing Your WOW Signature" with Chad Law from Empowering Salon Professionals.
Learn the secret to setting yourself apart from the competition.
Date: Monday, June 10, at 1 p.m. EST
"Increasing Your Male Clientele" with Greg Zorian from Howtocuthair.tv.
You can't afford to miss these tips on tapping into the male market.
Date: Monday, June 17, at 1 p.m. EST
"Taking Take Home to the Bank" with Ivan Zoot from Marianna Industries.
Who doesn't want to earn more money from product sales?
Date: Monday, July 8, at 1 p.m. EST
"3 Marketing Tips" with Valorie Reavis from Linkup Marketing.
Make your marketing efforts as easy as one, two, three.
Date: Monday, July 29, at 1 p.m. EST
"Infection Control—Why Bother?" with Leslie Roste from King Research (Barbicide)
Vital info on protecting yourself, your business, and your clients from superbugs.
Date: Monday, August 5, at 1 p.m. EST
"Marketing Campaigns" with Millie Haynam from the blog Adventures of a Professional Beauty Girl
Stuck on the same old marketing strategies? Break free with these fresh tips.
Date: Monday, August 12, at 1 p.m. EST
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Twitter at Obama's 2nd inaugural
A sign that Twitter's influence has swollen in the past four years, Twitter volume during Monday's presidential Inauguration dwarfed the amount of activity during president's first Inauguration.
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There were 1.1 million tweets referencing the Inauguration during the ceremony as compared with 82,392 in 2009.
The peak moment on Monday came at 12:08 p.m. when President Barack Obama said "we cannot mistake absolutism for principle" and denounced "name calling as a substitute for debate." That generated 27,795 tweets per minute. In 2009, the peak took place at 12:06 p.m, with 3,210 tweets per minute during Obama's presidential oath.
The inaugural Twitter activity didn't come close to eclipsing Twitter's most active moment in U.S. political history — Election Day — which had more than 20 million tweets.


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City, New London police union sign agreement to avert layoffs
New London — The New London police union and the city have signed an agreement that prevents any layoffs in the police department for this fiscal year and saves the city nearly $1 million, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said at a press conference Friday evening.
The savings avert 10 previously proposed layoffs within the department and come in part from "innovative" scheduling changes that reduce the need for overtime, according to the agreement, released Friday by the mayor's office.
The city is anticipating $500,000 in savings as a result of the scheduling change; additional savings come from resolving 34 out of more than 40 grievances and complaints filed by the union against the city.
The net savings from the deal is an estimated minimum of $954,000, Finizio said.
Finizio originally said the 10 layoffs would save the city about $581,000.
"I believe that this action represents a monumental step forward in the relationship between the New London police union and the city administration," he said.
The union withdrew more than two dozen grievances and complaints and settled several more, including one pertaining to the firings this year of two former officers, Thomas Northup and Joshua Bergeson.
Among the withdrawn grievances were six filed by Lynch and six by retired Capt. William Dittman. Dittman sued the city in March, alleging that Finizio and the police chief agreed to take "any action necessary" to remove him from the force.
Friday's agreement also awards four compensation days in 2012-13 to all members of the police department at a cost of $85,000; outlines pay and use of sick time when a union member takes a leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act; specifies how union members will be paid when taking time away from work to negotiate contracts and grievances; and clarifies details in the contract regarding overtime.
"I think the union and the mayor's office have turned a corner for positive resolutions on police union issues," union President Todd Lynch said at the press conference. "I believe the deals announced today are fair on both sides, and we continue to look forward to a future of positive resolutions with the mayor's office."
It is unclear what the scheduling changes are. When asked for details, both Lynch and Zak Leavy, Finizio's executive assistant, referred questions to the police department.
Police Deputy Chief Peter Reichard did not return an email requesting more information Friday night.
A 'constructive' negotiation
The two parties signed a memorandum of agreement on June 14 that rescinded the layoff notices sent to police officers in May as part of budget cuts. In that memo, the union agreed to support the city's budget during any referendum.
That agreement, which Finizio said Friday saved the city $14,000, also promised that city Chief Administrative Officer Jane Glover and Lynch would "make a concerted effort to resolve all outstanding grievances" and complaints.
The union also then promised to support the position of deputy police chief. Reichard started in May as deputy chief, creating with Chief Margaret Ackley the scheduling change that ultimately saved the city $500,000. The change was implemented in June.
Friday, Finizio thanked Lynch for his work negotiating with Glover in a "constructive" way to help the union and the city move forward. He also thanked police department for working under "difficult conditions" for the last few months as the department has undergone restructuring and as the city has dealt with a fiscal crisis that included the potential for layoffs.
Finizio first announced the layoffs of 10 police officers and 25 firefighters in May after the council approved the first of three readings of its $83 million budget proposal and an 8 percent tax increase.
The $42.3 million general-government budget will go to a public vote Sept. 18.
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Watch Jacey playing the piano.
She is super talented!
This is Jaceys long one it's really good Jacey.
That was great Jacey. It was so great you could teach me that please.
Wow! Jacey fantastic piano playing. Well done. Joshua's Dad.
exilent! piano playing Jacey. I wish you can teach me how to play a piano like that, my favourite one that you were playing on the piano was the bee because it is long!
Hi jacey.
My sister plays the piano too. She is learning to play the piano. Are you still learning to play the piano too? By Alvin.
Hi Jacey
Good work and how many piano notes do you play?Can you show me because my cousin doesn't teach me so can teach me?


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Here is a timely reminder of the new Australian Legislation and how it is impacting on Business. If you have been paid by a company that goes into liquidation & you are an unsecured Creditor your RISK is 6 months of paid invoices, eg. $5000 paid monthly = $30,000 of Preferential Payment Claw back.
To protect your business and ensure your PPSR registrations are valid you need up to date Terms of Trade. Do not have an outcome like WHITE-v- SPIERS EARTHWORKS PTY LTD [2014] WASC 139 and suffer Preferential Payment Claw back of $1.4M
On the 29th January 2012 Australian legislation changed the way we deal with ownership, retention of title (ROT) & bankruptcies, as seventy National registries became one, known as the PPSR under the Personal Property Securities Registry Act.
By cancelling deposits made to unsecured creditors and performing Preferential Payments claw backs (regardless of the bank account balance), liquidators can now pay Secured Creditors with the recovered funds.
You can now easily become a secured creditor with all of your clients and get paid in order of registration and avoid Preferential Payments claw backs.
Correctly written legally binding Terms of Trade are required to ensure validity of your registrations and the protection of your assets.


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Premiere 5 March 2010.
Musical. In The Last Five Years we meet the actress Cathy and the author Jamie and get to follow their five-year relationship from two different perspectives.
Musical with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.
Watch a clip from the performance.
It is an ingenious portrayal that shows us how Cathy looks back on the years shortly after the marriage had come to an end, while Jamie begins his reflection at the time of the amorous delirium of the first date. Not until the middle of the story, when Jamie proposes, do the two meet.
Hope, dreams and disappointments are portrayed through the alternately sung songs and bit by bit it is revealed how both careers and feelings have fallen out of step for the young couple. With both humour and gravity this musical unerringly describes a modern day relationship.
Watch pictures from the performance.
Tony award winner Jason Robert Brown is both composer and scriptwriter of The Last Five Years. This intimate musical with two singers and a small ensemble of musicians had its premiere in Chicago in 2001 and has since then been produced in some ten countries around the world. Brown is one of the most successful composers of the new Broadway generation and has been called the smartest and most sophisticated songwriter since Stephen Sondheim.
Meet Hanna Hedlund and Christopher Wollter and watch samples from the rehearsal.
Hanna Hedlund and Christopher Wollter.
Hanna Hedlund (Cathy) is a 'Jack of all trades' of the stage with a great amount of both theatre and singing experience. Among other things she has participated in the Swedish round of the Eurovision Song Contest on two occasions, and been nominated for the Guldmask award (Gold Mask – Swedish commercial theatre's equivalent of the Oscar Statuette) for her stage performances in both farce and musicals. Last spring she won the TV-programme Körslaget (Battle of Choirs) and is at the moment the presenter of the programme Singing Bee Celeb on Swedish TV3.
Christopher Wollter (Jamie) has not only played the male lead role in Miss Saigon at the Göteborg Opera, but also leading parts in West Side Story and Les Misérables. His engagements have included working with the Stockholm City Theatre, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, and Malmö Opera. He has most recently sung Freddy in My Fair Lady at the Oscar Theatre in Stockholm alongside Tommy Körberg and Helen Sjöholm.
Rikard Berqvist, director and translator.
Rikard Bergqvist is a playwright, director and actor, trained at Teaterhögskolan in Malmö. He has worked at Malmö Stadsteater, Skånska Teatern, Riksteatern, Stockholms Stadsteater, Pistolteatern, Göteborgs Stadsteater and Norrbottensteatern. Rikard has played Birdy in his own dramatisation of Wharton's novel and he wrote the musical Råttfångaren (The Rat-catcher) that was performed at Dramaten.
For The Göteborg Opera Rikard Bergqvist has written and directed the musical theatre plays Zvea – sånger från ett svunnet sekel (songs from times gone by) and Kråksång – ett litet lystet lustspel om livslögner och längtan (Crow's song – a little lusty laughable lark about lifelong lies and longing). He was also responsible for the adaptation, translation and direction of the musicals Stop the World I want to get off (2004) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (2006) which were both very successful. In the season 2007/2008 he directed My Fair Lady on the Main Stage and wrote and directed the rock musical Grymt! (Wicked) on the Skövde stage and the Small stage.


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120-140KWh Battery Pack!
120-140KWh Battery Pack!
yes, of course
It depends. If the Supercharger network is built out and I can do my long distance travels without too much headache, then I might stick with my 85 battery. It really is more than enough for my everyday needs.
It depends on whether I would rather just upgrade to the most recent Tesla vehicle release. Model S is future proof to an extent, but if they eventually upgrade to Nvidia Tegra 4 or deliver a plethora of other option that cannot be retrofitted onto the Model S.
If the replacement battery 85 is 14,000 then I would expect the 120 - 140 to at least be 20,000-25,000. Just my opinion though, but based on today's figures instead of 6 years from now
Not just for the battery, assuming the superchargers (and possibly other recharging infrastructure) is in place as hoped. Charging at home is more than adequate for all of my normal driving, so an upgrade would only be for road trips.
Remember, larger the pack, the theoretical higher/faster performance...
5 years (say 70K miles from now) trading in my 85KW with 225 max mile(?) battery for a new shiny 120 KW 375 mile battery with a 8 year warranty would be very attractive. Since several time per year I drive 500 miles/day.
My normal 30 minute lunch stop would give me enough range to complete my 500 mile day. I could fully charge overnight and repeat if necessary.
That being said, I likely could not justify the delta cost. So I would pay the $100 (or so) cost of a 120KW battery swap when I needed the extra range.
Not just for the battery. I agree with @cloroxxbb regarding processors. That's something that is outdated the minute it's installed.
Larger packs probably will need a software and potentially a hardware upgrade. I would imagine Tesla will leave the current Model S packs as they are on 2013 production units even if something better comes along. New Model S' may have better packs and new vehicle types going forward may also benefit from better chemistry, larger cell count, etc.
The issue is probably validation of new packs and new chemistries. I hear it can be time consuming and if there are only a few of us geeky enough to consider spending tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade... you can draw your own conclusions. :-)
As I have said in an earlier post on this forum, I'm really not in the market for an S unless it comes with a bigger battery capacity OR there is a Supercharger along the route I must travel regularly (in Sweden). Both of these events today appear to lie in some distant future. This makes me a bit sad. But as a small-time investor I cheer at TSLA's development! It might help me pay for next-generation battery.
Yes, 120-140 kWh would be perfect for me
Upgrade or new car depends how the new car looks at that time
The cells for the larger battery must be in full production in 3 years, w/o Gen3 cost targets can not be reached. I am sure some pre-production versions are already in road testing. How TM rolls out the new cells is unknown, my guess would be MX or high performance MS.
I wonder if any other battery producers will jump in on this bandwagon.
Everything I've ever known about electric radio control cars will work in the Tesla design. You folks who own them will see batteries that will offer a lot more power and capacity to run longer ranges. These cars are not going to be limited in terms of electrical technology. It's just the tip of the iceberg.
I also think another electric motor should be added to supply more charging to the batteries. I used to run an electric motor off of my drive axle on my radio controlled to power lights (with a belt and pully). Electric motors can produce their own energy when spun up as well without any electrical power input. Cool stuff.
I also think another electric motor should be added to supply more charging to the batteries.
How's that going to work? The engergy needs to come from somewhere.
What am I missing?
Another id*** suggestion that confuses producing drag on the car for getting fee energy.
The GenIII is anticipated to have a 200 mile range. It is not a supercar upgrade to the MS. It is a mass-market lower priced car.
Brian H - I get that... the $35k Gen3 will be equivalent in range to S60. Cost has to be half so for the battery it means half the number of cells. Let's say 3000 cells make 50 kWh battery then the individual cell has to be 17-18 Wh ( today's cell 11.3 Wh ).
Put 7500 new cells into a Model S and you get about 130 kWh - and there you have it. I was talking about a 120-140 kWh MS only.
Key point is in order to make the cost for a 200 miles Gen3 the battery chemistry has to improve by about 50%. And Elon has to have pre-production cells testing today or he will never make the 2016/17 target date.
When "spun up" by what? That's the source of any energy they produce.
kwh doesn't equal better performance, it just could mean more density in the batteries. what equals better performance would be increase in the number of batteries. i think if they come out with bigger battery it would be just change in the chemistry so may not see an increase in performance.
look at the 85kw batteries, only difference between standard and performance is the inverter.
i think the 60kw battery has less # of cells and like wise for the 40kw, that is why it is less power/performance.
elon mention this in an interview where they solved performance without going with supercapacitors.
The infotainment display on the MS is fully integrated with the electronic mother board and accessories so that the whole unit may be upgraded.
Batteries do not store power, they store energy. It takes more energy to support higher power. The MS 60 can accelerate as fast as a P85 with the proper power electronics. It just would not have a usefully range. The current range of he S 85 will serve my needs well so I have no need to upgrade.
No I wouldn't upgrade. No need.
the more kwh in the battery, the more kwh you can send to the motor.
According to www.teslamotors.com/models/facts
"◾As energy storage capacity increases, so does the total power. This results in quicker acceleration"
How long would it take to charge a 120kw battery on a standard nema14-50? Assume 400 mile range, 25 miles/ hour, you're looking at 16 hours of overnight charging. Most people aren't even home that long. And what would you do on a road trip if you pulled up to a SC with 250 miles remaining? Skip it, and risk arriving at the next SC needing 300 miles of charge, but finding no open bays for who knows how long?
Since most of us will stop at every SC anyways, and would rarely charge up fully at night (from anywhere near empty), I believe that we are pretty close to driving the future of EV battery capacity. If anything, I think advances will be made in the area of efficiency, where an 85kwh battery will get us 320-340 miles.
Folks, keep in mind that Tesla has stated that Gen 3 will have approximately 200 mile range. If their next generation platform is expected to come in at 200 miles - presumably because that number puts it within reach of most superchargers - then I would not expect any development towards a 500 mile battery. Tesla also needs Gen 3 to be a profitable vehicle at reduced cost, and a big part of that equation is not only to reduce battery costs by the time we get to Gen 3, but also to put in a small battery to keep costs even lower.
I'm just trying to keep my expectations real and grounded. I think those expecting larger battery packs and longer range are not listening to what Tesla is saying.
Bigger battery = longer charging time. I probably would not do it. 10 hours at home to get full charge on s85 (from 5 mi RR) with 1 charger. I can already go round trip Sacramento - SF on a single charge...
@ justineet,
You think there is going to be a larger battery pack because the technology is "within reach" according to "the main battery guy" at Tesla who prefers to go nameless much like the "insider sources" to the Weekly World News. And even if the technology is "within reach", that does not mean it is practical to implement or even something Tesla wants to do. If Tesla was planning on a longer range battery, why would they not be promoting this as they are promoting everything else? I mean, they have no problem pre-announcing battery swapping which is just vaporware until it's actually implemented, so if they had longer range batteries in the works I'm sure they would love to promote that or at least hint that Gen 3 will have longer range.
Tesla says Gen 3 will have a 200 mile range, and everything Tesla is doing is to get them to Gen 3. A 500 mile battery is not in the cards, I'm afraid, no matter how much you want that to be the case. Don't take the word of someone who knows someone whose 3rd cousin twice removed heard from a friend at the water cooler that "the main battery guy" at Tesla said that 500 mile batteries are "within reach".
Good lord! LOL
You haven't been paying attention. Right after the battery swap event, Samosam reported on this forum what he had learned from a discussion with JB Straubel (Tesla CTO), and that is where the 4-500 mile quote came from.
He wasn't quoted as saying that Tesla planned to use it, but he was surely talking about their own research.
@ d_kaufman, thanks for the background info. I'm just saying that I doubt very much such a battery is in the cards. People seem to be getting their hopes up, my point is to keep expectations realistic because then there is less room for disappointment.
Musk himself is made the statement at the 4/27/13 battery announcement: http://www.forbes.com/sites/markrogowsky/2013/04/27/tesla-better-warrant...
He was being coy because of the pending battery swap announcement. The ideal would be to keep your lower-energy battery for a long time and swap to a 170kWh battery when leaving town. Superchargers in the future would ramp up the power to accommodate the energy level of the battery pack. It would be awesome to have a 500 mile rated battery for road trips. There are a lot of places I like to drive that just don't have superchargers scheduled (i.e. Las Vegas to Reno, Yosemite, etc).
@AmpedRealtor - I think there is a misunderstanding. The $35k Gen3 model will have 200 miles range. But for sure for more money there will Gen3 version with longer range... (like S60 = 208 EPA and S85= 265 EPA).
And for the S model there will be a "500 miles" battery in the not so distant future without any question.
As I pointed out earlier without an improved battery technology he can not make a 200 miles Gen3 for $35k. The S60 starts at $70k (w/o tax credit) and for Gen3 he has to cut cost in half - biggest piece is the battery. Cutting the battery cost in half means reducing the number of cells by about half... there is no other way in terms of cost.
- 120 kWh charging at 10 kW = 12 hrs plus losses, so about 13-14 hrs. Most times you are not starting from zero and do not have to charge to full so it is still resonable with 14-50 outlet. HPWC would cut it half.
- the beauty of a larger battery is that you effectively increase the number of super chargers by (a) you could skip one and/or (b) charge time is shorter because you do not have charge to the slower full state.
By the time Tesla rolls out the 500 mile battery the Model S and even Model X will have a lot of upgraded tech and design. Improved interior, improved headroom. Safety features like park and proximity sensors, lane change assist, collision avoidance, smart cruise control. Electronics may be improved with better display, faster internet, including 4G (may have to pay!).
I am thinking of trading my 85P for the MX with AWD performance package but without the tires. It is more practical than the 85P. Not as sporty, but these things weight nearly 5,000 lbs loaded, so it does not matter. I keep my old Porsche (too old to sell) for that kind of fun... nothing beats the handing.
I would like to see the MS loose some weight using stronger but lighter alloys of Al and steel. Better handling and range too. Not just use brute force of more power in the batteries.
When you talk battery it's best to talk Panasonic. Read their stuff, check out their patent applications, see what rumors exist, see what they are reporting in the technical journals - then, and only then can one make a reasonable comment about what is to be. All else is impoverished speculation.
"see what rumors exist" - isn't that the ultimate speculation ?
Not a good guideline... I stick with manufacturing principles.
@Brian H,
As I described, it can't be spun up by the drive axle by belt drive. I've done it in a model car scenario and it will work in a full sized EV. I was able to run lights on my models without batteries because electric motors can produce their own power by spinning them. With everything the Tesla S is running off of the battery now, an extra smaller motor wouldn't cause enough drag to slow these cars down at all.
Actually counting on it in 3 years ;)
Nonsense. Kinetic energy (motion) has a source; exploiting it draws it down. No exceptions.
TM has a proprietary battery being made by Panasonic, not something they can talk about or sell elsewhere.
Don't count on lighter alloys to help the MS/X loose lose weight; aluminum is already so light there's not much loss to be had there. Brute force batteries are far more likely.
Cutting battery cost will come partly (mostly?) from improved chemistry. Elon has been a bit cagey on the point, because it's not nailed down (proven) yet.
I wouldn't upgrade in 5-6 years because I'm assuming that would be an expensive upgrade, and so far, for my lifestyle, unnecessary.
Brian - sure it is not proven, it is in testing. He must have something in hand and he is definetly not waiting for some magical stuff coming out of some labs... otherwise no Gen3 in 2016/17. I am doing product development and production ramp up for 25 years... putting things into customer hands takes always a big leap of faith and it is only proven if it actually works in the hands of customers.
Cutting cost in manufacturing is only through reducing components... example in your electronic circuit you replace 5 $1 ICs with one higher integrated $2 IC. Besides saving $3 in IC cost you cut the assembly cost by a factor of five. You need the advancement in technology to replace the 5 ICs with one IC, but only the number of components and reduced assembly os what cuts the cost.
I bought Tesla stock once I heard Elon's Oxford talk a long time ago because it showed me he really understands the recipe ( many executives don't ) to make manufacturing a gold mine... also look at the battery system assembly thread on TMC there you can see exactly this recipe executed.
Tesla would rather sell you a brand new car instead of just a brand new battery to extend the life of an old car!... it is a guarantee pricing will reflect it will be more feasible to buy a new car than just a new battery.
Yes, and he also uses the guideline that 10x the volume cuts unit costs by 2x. So if 200,000 MS could have been made and sold out of the gate, it could have been half the current price!
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Brian, you don't know what you're talking about. I've proven it works. Just because you disagree doesn't mean it doesn't work. Maybe YOU should research before making your claims. What in the hell do you think a Generator is? It takes mechanical power to make electrical power.
Read before you say someone is making idiot claims. I went to school for Electromechanical Engineering a degree. DOH!
IMO. The first improvement will be greater density per cell, which is already being worked on by Panasonic. This would allow greater range with virtually the same number of cells and the same battery pack construction. This would most likely not cost any more to produce than today's pack, maybe not a huge improvement, but still every bit helps.
Oh, and to answer the post question, I would seriously consider paying for a battery upgrade in the near future, if the cost compared favorably to the amount of increase gained.
@deezo, but where is the mechanical power coming from in the first place? Electrical power. It sounds like you are going from electrical -> mechanical -> electrical. That's what regenerative braking does, but only because the only other choice is electrical -> mechanical -> heat. Adding a generator whose sole purpose is to convert mechanical energy back to electrical doesn't make sense. In your RC vehicles, why did you use a second motor, instead of just pulling power directly from the batteries? I have no doubt that it worked, but it is less efficient than pulling electrical power from the batteries directly.


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The Lady Bisons honored their three senior team members Wednesday night after playing Florida Atlantic at Allen Arena.
Courtney Boynton, Lynn Roller and Lindsay Daly will all play their last games at Allen Arena Friday afternoon at 4 when UCF visits. The Lady Bisons have already qualified for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament which begins next Thursday in Dothan .Ala.
The Lady Bisons gave a boost to Florida Atlantic's tournament hopes. The Lady Bisons fell 67-56 to Florida Atlantic. It was the third consecutive loss for the Lady Bisons who are 13-13 overall, 10-9 in the A-Sun. Florida Atlantic is 12-14 overall, 10-9 in the conference.
Florida Atlantic opened the game with a field goal and never looked back. They led by as many as 11 points on two occasions in the first half, the last at 7:35 when Mistoria Brown made a lay-up.
The Lady Bisons pulled within three points before intermission on a lay-up by Penny Jones that made it 34-31 Florida Atlantic. At the half Florida Atlantic led 36-31.
In the second half Florida Atlantic went on a 10-2 run to take a 12-point lead at 12:42 at 51-39. The biggest lead for Florida Atlantic in the second half was 16 points.
Both Daly and Katie Beth Pate recorded double-doubles for the Lady Bosons. Daly led the team in scoring with 14 points. Pate finished with 10. They were the only Lady Bisons in double figures.
Both Daly and Pate pulled down 13 rebounds, a game high. It was the first double-double of the season for Daly. It was the sixth double-double for Pate.
Daly tied her season high for points scored in a game. Her rebound total was a season high.
Shontavia Williams scored a game-high 25 points for Florida Atlantic. Jackie Brown added 17.
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Kansas Senate votes to defund Common Core
April 4, 2014
Topeka The Kansas Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday night to prohibit schools from spending money to implement the Common Core standards for reading and math.
The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, was added to a school finance bill that is meant to respond to a recent Supreme Court ruling that said the Legislature must send more aid to to certain school districts to equalize the property tax rates between rich and poor districts.
If the amendment becomes law, however, it could set up another constitutional battle over education, this time between the Legislature and the Kansas State Board of Education over which body has the authority to set curriculum standards for public schools.
"This deals with the appropriation of funds, the spending of funds, and this is certainly a legislative prerogative and puts the Legislature in control," Knox said of his amendment. "This is an issue that I've heard from my constituents regularly."
But state education officials frequently point to the Kansas constitutional amendment adopted in 1966 that established the state board, "which shall have general supervision of public schools, educational institutions and all the educational interests of the state, except educational functions delegated by law to the state board of regents."
That has generally been construed to include the power to set academic standards for public schools.
Meanwhile, other education officials questioned how such a law could be implemented. Mark Tallman, a lobbyist for the Kansas Association of School Boards, noted that the Common Core standards say students in first grade should learn to count to 100 by ones and tens.
"Does that mean we stop teaching first graders how to count?" he asked.
The Common Core standards were developed by a multistate group organized by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the standards were intended to make sure students throughout the country are prepared to go into college or the workplace by the time they graduate high school.
The Kansas State Board of Education formally adopted them in October 2010. Since then, though, conservative groups — including many with ties to the Tea Party — have criticized them as "national" standards being mandated by the Barack Obama administration, because the U.S. Department of Education encouraged states to adopt them in order to qualify for certain federal grants.
State board members, including Republicans and Democrats, have consistently denied that their decision to adopt the standards had anything to do with pressure from the federal government.
The Senate continued working late into the night on its education bill, with the hope of voting on final passage Friday.
Overall, it adds $129 million in "equalization" aid for schools, but most of that would replace money that districts like Lawrence currently have to raise through local property taxes because of previous budget cuts enacted by the Legislature.
To help pay for that, the Senate bill makes cuts in various other parts of the education budget, but also gives districts more authority to raise additional money through local property taxes.
The net effect in Lawrence would be a cut of $1.1 million from the district's general fund. But if Lawrence took full advantage of the increased tax authority, it could recover $1 million of that, leaving a net cut of $109,479.
Meanwhile, the House was forced to send its bill back to the Appropriations Committee, where lawmakers continued to tweak various aspects of it.
By late Thursday night, the panel had restored many of the earlier budget cuts to help pay for the bill. Under that plan, Lawrence would fare better.
But it was expected that conservatives would then try a second time to add "school choice" amendments to expand charter schools and allow tax credits for corporations that fund private school scholarships for certain students.
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Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" was a huge hit for folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary in the 1960s. Forty years later, that refrain has an altogether different meaning for corn production.
Using a computer-based software program, researchers at Iowa State University (ISU) are combining hybrid information, field design and local weather conditions, especially wind, to predict the genetic purity of hybrid seed corn. The computer-based program enables researchers to determine how much pollen is produced by a field of corn, when it is produced, where it goes and what happens to it when it's distributed to a neighboring field, explains Mark Westgate, an ISU crop physiologist. His work focuses on corn and soybean reproduction.
Knowing the level of genetic purity within a field of corn long before harvest will give farmers time, and therefore flexibility, in determining how to market their crops.
"Say your contract is for GMO [genetically modified organism]-free seed, and you find there was considerable risk of out-crossing during pollination. Then you have time to decide where to sell that crop, perhaps for animal feed," Westgate says. "Keeping hybrids pure is increasingly a challenge. The model helps us assess the risk of pollination in a field of corn from foreign pollen."
Not ready for growers
Westgate says no decision has been made at this point on how to market the PC-based software program to the corn industry. He says the investment to corn growers could range between no cost, if the program were made available via the Internet, to as much as $500, a price typical these days for a software package.
Westgate says that although the computer-based model is not ready for commercial use, it is working effectively in university research projects. "We are ground-truthing the model now across various corn production management practices and field conditions to ensure it stands up to real-life conditions," he says. He adds that through the use of the model, this is the first time corn researchers have been able to couple the biology of plant flowering with the physics of pollen movement.
Preventing out-crossing
Historically, corn growers and seed companies have employed isolation methods to prevent out-crossing by foreign pollen in their corn crops and hybrid seed production fields. With the increased use of GMOs, however, the need to prevent out-crossing has increased.
"We do need to better understand how pollen moves," says David Dornbos, global head of production research for Syngenta. "Purity standards are becoming more stringent, and we want to ensure that farmers get the quality of seed they need and expect."
Dornbos says the ISU corn pollen dispersal program offers seed companies several potential benefits. It can help companies make more informed decisions about the spatial isolation requirements of cornfields for seed production as well as how effective the use of male border rows are in preventing out-crossing. He says the same factors that benefit seed companies will, in turn, benefit corn growers. "It's simply a function of scale," he says. "The same theories and information should apply to farmers."
Westgate agrees. He says the program will help farmers determine how to manage specific hybrids and specific fields more effectively during the next growing season. "By knowing my risks, I can better determine whether I might need more border rows or a windbreak on one side of the field to keep that particular corn hybrid pure," he says.
GMO-free crops
The issue of genetic purity was underscored during the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) annual meeting this past December. During that event, Joe Burris, a consultant to U.S.-based seed companies, shared highlights from a two-year, interindustry study he conducted on their behalf. He says the study was conducted to help companies establish their risk level for out-crosses in seed production fields and determine how to improve current purity standards.
Burris has developed a brochure for growers that outlines guidelines for producing non-GM corn and soybeans. The guidelines address factors such as field and seed selection, isolation strategies, harvest and storage needs, and record keeping. To receive the brochure, e-mail Burris at firstname.lastname@example.com or call him at 515/232-8290. Additional information about genetic purity and GMOs, in general, also is available under "new technologies" at ASTA's Web site, www.amseed.com.
Pollen production
Westgate says that in addition to helping researchers determine genetic purity, the pollen dispersal program also helps them better understand pollen production and the role it plays in kernel formation and yield.
"When farmers planted for 24,000 to 26,000 plants/acre, those lower populations allowed the hybrids more room to capture sunlight and moisture and improved their ability to withstand poor environmental conditions," Westgate says. With the higher populations and under certain production schemes, hybrids find it difficult to pollinate adequately for good kernel development and ear fill. If pollen shed and silk emergence fail to coincide or overlap well, called asynchrony, then inadequate pollination results. Westgate says when farmers push plant populations to 30,000 or more plants/acre, pollen shed does not always cover the late-emerging silks. The result: Ear tips don't fill completely, and targeted yields can be missed.
Westgate explains that because hybrid development in the last 20 years has focused on ear development instead of tassel development, modern corn hybrids are producing less pollen in general. Less pollen availability, along with poor environmental conditions and higher plant populations, increases the risk for less-than-stellar crop yields.


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Police Department Team Raises Funds And Carries The Flame of Hope
Great things happen when caring people get involved, like the team of community champions who participated in the West Chicago leg of the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run held earlier this month. Together with other law enforcement agencies, the statewide fundraising campaign which supports Special Olympics Illinois topped the $3 million mark. This is the first time the organization has reached that dollar level.
According to the Special Olympics Illinois website, approximately 3,000 officers representing every branch of law enforcement across the state from local police officers to FBI agents took part in carrying the Flame of Hope nearly 1,500 miles, running through thousands of Illinois communities via 23 different legs (routes) to its final destination – the Opening Ceremonies of the Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games in June in Normal.
Earlier this year, the West Chicago Police Department raised $2,400 in its Cop on Top campaign, in which officers sat atop local Dunkin' Donuts rooftops to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Illinois. According to Matt Johnson, Director of Marketing & Events for Special Olympics Illinois, 150 locations participated in this pre-Torch Run event throughout the area and raised more than $285,000 prior to the Torch Run.
The next local fundraiser for Special Olympics Illinois will coincide with West Chicago's Railroad Days on July 13, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. when the West Chicago Police Department hosts the annual Car Show at Reed-Keepler Park. A flier for the event may be found at www.westchicago.org. Of special note, a new category has been added, Top Police Car, with the hope that a number of surrounding agencies will be represented at the show. Those who are interested in participating should contact Detective Robbi Peterson at (630) 340-6695.
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Friday, October 01, 2010
Science IS Vital
There is a protest brewing, if I can mix metaphors so early in this post.
Among all the technical widgetry, complex protocols and other knick-knacks that we all use as our daily "Tools of the Trade" (including, I cheerfully admit, the occasional blog-friendly computer), there is one that is the Great Enabler, the Sine Qua Non of experimental research:
All research scientists spend copious amounts of time applying for it, securing it, agonizing over how best to spend it, and justifying what they did with it. All of us, either directly or through various intermediate agencies, obtain it from taxpayer-funded sources. All of us are dependent on government policies to continue to facilitate this flow of funds, and those policies, in turn, depend on public opinion. Science, politics, money - they're all connected. And in the United Kingdom, that connection is now being rather severely strained.
I am not, I think, the person best equipped to summarize the recent flood of rhetoric resulting from UK politician Vince Cable's remarks about cutting research funding. For one thing, I'm not located in Britain (although I am a British citizen, with a long-expired passport to prove it); for another, it's all been collated for us on the rather informative Science Is Vital website. Let's just say that there are many persuasive arguments why restricting basic research funding in this way is a bad idea: a prominent editor of Nature makes some of them in this slightly whimsical letter, and many more are listed here.
The suggestion that the UK cut science funding dramatically, and focus only on research with immediate commercial applications (at the expense of longer-term projects, and fortuitous discoveries), has galvanized the British scientific community. The result? A call to arms, a petition to sign, currently with over 9,000 signatures, a rally in London on October the 9th at 2:00 PM, and a Parliamentary lobbying session on the 12th. A whole lot of somebodies have been hard at work at this - you can find some of them, and more background information, here. Particularly impressive is the engagement of a number of prominent research institutions and organizations, and some fairly weighty scientific names, including apparently over 25 Fellows of the Royal Society. All of this is supported by a letter-writing campaign, an astonishingly active Twitter feed, and far too many supportive blogposts and news articles for me to even attempt to link them here.
So - if you're in the UK and at all sympathetic, why not start with signing the petition? Don't bother if you're located elsewhere in the world - to maximize impact, it's restricted (by postal code) to domestic signatories only. Fair enough. Then think about writing your MP, attending the rally, and signing up for the lobbying session.
If you're elsewhere, as I am, you could always do your part on Facebook, Twitter, or wherever on the web you hang your virtual hat. Your British colleagues, I am certain, will thank you.
7 comments:
- Aled Hughes said...
Excellent plea! I recently read an article somewhere that the Rt Hon Vince Cable is considered to be one of the brightest MPs in the UK for eons. Not sure of the scientific value of such a statement, but that sure is scary....
- 12:48 p.m., October 07, 2010
- Ricardipus said...
Aled - thanks for that. Did you sign the petition? ;)
- 3:10 p.m., October 08, 2010
- Aled Hughes said...
I did indeed, despite my current address being Florida! But I'm also still registered in Blighty!
- 3:13 a.m., October 11, 2010
- Aled Hughes said...
I just checked - over 25,650 signatures.... excellent...
- 3:16 a.m., October 11, 2010
- Ricardipus said...
...and we (they) thank you.
Well over 30k signatures now apparently. :)
- 1:11 p.m., October 15, 2010
- rpg said...
Thanks R'pus for all your support. We are completely shagged out and taking the weekend off.
- 12:16 p.m., October 16, 2010
- Ricardipus said...
rpg - my pleasure. Aled forwarded me Jenny's thank-you letter to the signatories, which I will pearoast here shortly.
- 1:14 p.m., October 25, 2010


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Reconstruction of orofacial defects represents a major clinical challenge. Existing treatments have limitations and lack predictability, necessitating development of new strategies to heal orofacial tissues. One new approach is to regenerate the issues(s) of interest by seeding autogenous stem cells stem cells into a biomaterial which supports and may even provide cues for the cells, allowing them to grow, differentiate and secrete new extracellular matrix. Towards this end, we have developed in-vitro culture methods in which human bone morrow stromal cells (BMSC) are expanded, and demonstrated that these cells are capable of forming new bone in-vivo. The formation of bone from progenitor cells is, however, variable, especially if human cells are used, and is controlled by a number of factors in cells microenvironment, including the supporting biomaterial. We therefore seek to establish material parameters that could enhance bone cell function in-vitro and in-vivo. The global hypothesis is that bone-like mineral/organic hybrids that are co-precipitated onto scaffolds used for BMSC transplantation can be used by the cells to restructure a mineralized extracellular matrix of increased volume and structural integrity, thereby enhancing bone formation by transplanted cells. Results from out and other laboratories support this hypothesis, which is tested by synthesizing 3 classes of organic/inorganic hybrid materials: organic templates whose surface self-assembles into a biological apatite via the co-precipitation of a mineral/poly amino acid hybrid layer; organic templates whose surface includes cell adhesion molecules co-adsorbed with mineral phase; incorporation of growth factors into the self-assembled mineral layer such that biomineral serves as a controlled delivery vehicle. For phases into scaffold pore surfaces leads to increased osteoblast invasion and osteoconductivity and that by the type and concentration of the organic phase within the mineral. The results of these studies may lead to biomaterials that modulate bone formation my progenitor cells. This approach had implications for cell transplantations, but may also have impact on the differentiation of host cells if used as an inductive approach to tissue engineering.
Skeletal fractures represent a significant medical and economic burden for our society. and are particularly pertinent for military populations. As retirees, particularly women, age, the likelihood of fractures increases. Moreover fractures are not limited to the elderly - a significant percentage of military recruits, particularly females, exhibit stress fractures. Bone ma-~s alone is not a significant predictor of skeletal fragility. Therefore, it is important to also delineate changes in tissue quality and how these changes in tissue ultra structure affect the mcchanistic response of bone to its physical environment. In support of this clinically and militarily important area of investigation, the overall goals of this project are to:
- Expose mice to different exercise regimes and evaluate the effects of exercise on global and local bone mass, histomorphometric parameters, and mechanical properties.
- Evaluate the effects different exercise regimes as a function of age, using a unique aged rodent colony available at the University of Michigan
- Evaluate the effects of exercise on microdamage formation as a function of age.
- Apply Raman microspectroscopy and Raman spectroscopic imaging to develop correlations between mechanical parameters and local changes in the composition of bone mineral and matrix.
Reconstruction of skeletal defects represents a major clinical challenge with over 1 million surgical procedures performed each year. New strategies of regenerating bone are needed because of limitations with existing techniques. One new strategy is to create a composite graft in which autogenous cells are seeded onto a porous, degradable scaffold. The scaffold supports the cells, structurally and biologically, allowing them to grow and secrete new extracellular matrix. Optimally, tissue growth occurs concurrent with scaffold degradation. The degree of new bone formation is, however, material dependent and not predictable. We therefore seek to establish material chemistry parameters that could optimize bone cell function. In pursuit of this goal, we have developed: (I) in-vitro culture methods in which human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are expanded; (2) polymer processing techniques to reproducibly fabricate highly porous 3D poly(lactic-co-glycolic) scaffolds, which have been successfully used to engineer a number of tissues, including bone; (3) materials science design strategies which enable us to biomimetically modify both the internal microenvironment of a scaffold and the scaffold surface; and (4) a critical size cranial defect model in an immunocompromised mouse which has shown that the human BMSCs are capable of forming new bone in an animal model. The global hypothesis of the proposed research is that the extracellular microenvironment provided by the scaffold modulates the ability of human BMSCs to differentiate toward an osteoblast phenotype, and therefore controls biomineralization and structural integrity of regenerate( bone. Results from our and other laboratories support this hypothesis, which is tested by synthesizing a series of model biomimetic materials. First, we synthesize environmentally responsive or "smart" scaffolds that buffer the microenvironment upon scaffold degradation. Second, we synthesize scaffolds with a surface that self-mineralizes into a biological apatite. Third, we use functionally-graded scaffolds in which mineralization is spatially controlled. The rationale for each of these 3 biomimetic strategies lies in the way nature has designed the skeleton. The skeletal system is able to perform its functions using a minimum amount of mass because biology has utilize, design approaches which include the ability to adapt to environmental cues (i.e. "smartness"), a hierarchical. Organization consisting of elegant mineral synthesis, and an organization that is optimized for physiological. Function by having gradients in composition and structure. In the proposed studies, we aim to exploit aspects of each of these 3 biomimetic strategies in an effort to create biomaterials that will modulate biological response in a controlled manner.
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Invisible Children: "Transforming Apathy Into Activism"
JMU students join the nonprofit organization Invisible Children's efforts to educate the world about the rampant injustice faced by thousands of Africans
By Gabrielle Piccininni ('11)
JMU's Class of 2011 welcomed Laren Poole, co-founder of Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to changing the world, as the Senior Convocation speaker — quite fitting at a university that has made "Be the Change" its byword.
A ritual of fear
In 2003, Poole traveled to Uganda with Jason Russell and Bobby Bailey in search of a film adventure. On their first night in the country, the trio stood by as hundreds of people flooded into the city in search of a place to sleep. They soon learned this was a customary ritual. Every night women and children left the countryside to sleep in city streets in order to evade the constant threat of nighttime raids, abductions, rapes and killings by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army. For over two decades, the LRA has killed tens of thousands of people in northern Uganda, abducted thousands of children to serve as soldiers and slaves and displaced more than one million Ugandans.
Soon, the consternation Poole, Russell and Bailey felt at the constant threat of violence plaguing the country turned into a determination to expose the crisis. They created the documentary film Invisible Children: Rough Cut to focus on Africa's 23-year conflict with the LRA and illustrate the tragic reality of Northern Uganda's child soldiers and night commuters. It was the beginning of a concerted effort to educate the world about the rampant injustice faced by thousands of Africans. Today, their nonprofit organization Invisible Children continues to use the power of media to "transform apathy into activism." Through the organization's "Roadie" internship program, volunteers tour the world visiting churches, schools, colleges and universities to inspire others to act alongside Invisible Children to end war.
Invisible Children's Roadies
Participating in the Roadie program is a prestigious venture, one enjoyed by several JMU students. Annie Long ('12), a School of Media Arts and Design and Spanish double major, is a three-time Roadie veteran, who served as an IC team leader in the fall of 2010. Fellow Duke, Elise Benusa ('13), a global justice major with a minor in African studies and humanitarian affairs, also toured in 2010 and was assigned to the same Deep South team with Long.
Two of Long's and Benusa's teammates on the fall 2010 tour, Aol Irene and Akello Monica, were from northern Uganda. Monica is currently on scholarship through IC's Legacy Scholarship Program, and Irene works as a mentor for the scholarship program in northern Uganda. Left to right. Top: Dan Krozner, Shane McNeeley, Elise Benusa ('13), Annie Long ('12). Bottom: Aol Irene, Akello Monica, Ashley Platé, a teacher and Florida native who housed the team and treated the group to a trip to Disney World.
The friendship between the two Dukes began on the JMU campus when Benusa heard Long talking about Invisible Children in a general education government class. Benusa says it was an appropriate beginning since it was JMU's "go-getter" attitude that initially attracted her to the university. "Everyone here is so involved and into so many causes, and we are all one force trying to change the world," she says. Both Long and Benusa are actively involved with the JMU Invisible Children Chapter, and in March, they welcomed the Roadie team touring the IC documentary, Tony, to campus.
Describing her decision to join the organization, Long says, "Invisible Children told me that my individual actions would make a direct impact, and I believed them." During her assignment as team leader, Long coordinated her team's two-and-a-half month journey and 92 separate event presentations to showcase and discuss the film GO. The team also promoted IC's fundraising program "Schools for Schools," in which American schools compete to raise money for partner schools in Uganda. JMU won the book drive portion of the competition, which gave Benusa, co-president of the JMU IC chapter, the opportunity to travel to Uganda with Invisible Children.
Choosing to take time off from school to participate in the Roadie internship program is a big decision, but a decision Long and Benusa proudly agree has benefited their college experience. "Going on the road really allowed me to appreciate my college education and fueled my passion to learn and grow more upon my return to school," says Benusa. "I now realize how privileged I am," says Long. "I want to take advantage of my opportunities. I don't think I would appreciate school the way I do now had I not worked for Invisible Children."
The pair echo Invisible Children's challenge for all to join in the race for peace. "We believe that the problems of central Africa need to be tackled comprehensively, from peace to education. Solving them is no easy task, and it will take all of us doing all that we can to ensure it."
Learn more about Invisible Children Inc. at http://www.invisiblechildren.com/.
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amalie79 wrote:It sounds pretty geeky, but I heard one great suggestion for this. Plant yourself somewhere on the side of the path (this walking trail has benches along route set back from the pavement). Set up a little TV tray 20 feet down the path with a bowl of treats and a sign that says, "My dog is scared of strangers; please toss her a treat when you walk by, but also please ignore her," or something like that. Might be worth doing as the weather picks up and people are out walking.
This sounds like an interesting idea.
If I came across it while hiking somewhere, I would toss treats to the dog.


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Timor oil spill inquiry cites company shortcomings and negligent regulator
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A long-awaited report into the August 2009 oilspill which widely affected marine and bird life in the Timor Sea has condemned "widespread and systematic" shortcomings by the company constructing and operating the well.Sydney, Australia: A long-awaited report into the August 2009 oilspill which widely affected marine and bird life in the Timor Sea has condemned "widespread and systematic" shortcomings by the company constructing and operating the well.
WWF-Australia, which played a significant role in publicising the impact of the remote spill, has welcomed the report, calling for the Federal Government "to get serious about protecting Australia's oceans and coasts" with "a network of marine sanctuaries that prevent drilling for oil and gas in the most environmentally sensitive areas".
The report, completed during early stages of the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill but not handed down to the Australian Parliament until this week, was also highly critical of the Northern Territory Department of Resources, saying it "was not a diligent regulator and its minimalist approach to its regulatory responsiblilties gave it little chance of discovering these poor (company) practices."
Initial undersea cementing problems on the exploration well were compounded by only one of two planned secondary well control barriers being installed, the report found.
The blowout took 73 days to kill. The inquiry was told the oil from the blowout covered 90,000 kilometres of sea and reef – much more than the area admitted to during the spill.
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The bill expands federal crop insurance and ends direct government payments to farmers. But the bulk of its cost is for the food stamp program that aids 1 in 7 Americans.
A partisan dispute over food stamp spending held up the legislation for two years.
The compromise bill cuts food stamps by $800 million a year, or around 1 percent, far less than House Republicans wanted.
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Hear, hear!Amanda Beth wrote:I think it's impossibly hard to turn a book, especially a very very popular cult classic book, into a movie. No one here could say we could do any better because we don't really know the guidelines she had to follow, any restrictions she had AND as people have said, a lot of was changed after her job was done. There were more scenes of them walking in the meadow/woods. She wrote it, they shot it but it was edited out.
Twilight is a very difficult book (well the entire saga) to translate on screen because it's so much in Bella's(and eventually Jacob's) head. Things come off in our imaginations (that have no budget so we can make them FANTASTIC) versus how something comes across with a bunch of actors are extremely different. I love the books, I do, but the first two books I find Bella very whiney and...I hate to say, pathetic... in my mind-- I don't see her that way in the movie and that's a good thing to me. I also find B&E to be OVERLY gooey with each other in the books which would come off even cornier on screen. I know everyone can picture it like it IS a movie, but it's not that easy. I find it humorous also that people think some of the lines in the movie were corny-- I laughed the first time I came across the "dazzle" conversation in the book. People don't really talk like that!
So, unless someone finds the script Melissa wrote, the fingers need to point at the director. If it sucks and Hardwicke let it be put into the movie, well then she sucks at her job doesn't she? I'm pretty sure while flipping through her directors notebook at B&N I saw a bunch of places where she mentioned putting lines in. She also had her own copy of Twilight that she wrote in and pointed out what lines need to be included. She had a HUGE say.
I'm letting the Melissa off the hook for now. If New Moon is better then we'll know the director was the problem. If it still sucks-- well don't go see the movies anymore. It's a well known fact that the movies can never hold a candle to the books.


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For the Nissan Motor Corporation, its initial company jaunt into the electric car arena dates to 1997 after unveiling the Nissan Altra at the Los Angeles Auto Show in December. Over the next 12 years, Nissan would continue to fine-tune its efforts across other electric model platforms such as the Hypermini and the Cube, until eventually settling on their first mass-produced fully electric vehicle in 2010 known as the Leaf.
Standing for ""Leading, Environmentally friendly, Affordable, Family car,"" the five-door Nissan Leaf hatchback began its gradual unveiling across the globe starting with Japan in late 2010 with the first cars arriving in the U.S. in early 2011. By early 2012, the Leaf should be widely available throughout Europe and Scandinavia with Australian, Brazilian, and Mexican markets following later in the year.
As an all-electric car, the Nissan Leaf has virtually no dependence on petroleum whatsoever, producing no tailpipe pollution or emitting greenhouse gases into the air during operation. The Nissan Leaf received multiple industry awards including European Car Of The Year for 2011, World Car Of The Year in 2011, Kelly Blue Book's Number One Green Car in 2011, and the Green Car Vision Award in 2010.
About the size of a Honda Civic and with a body shape that most closely resembles a Toyota Prius, the Nissan Leaf comes packed with quite a bit of technological prowess under its tiny frame.
The Nissan Leaf derives its powertrain from two sources: an 80-kilowatt front-mounted synchronous electric motor that operates the wheels and an 86 mega joules lithium-ion battery pack for a combined weight of 660 pounds for an overall output of 110 hp and 210 lb-ft of torque. As the heaviest component of any electric-powered vehicle, the Nissan engineers positioned the battery right below the rearseat foot area in order to maintain its optimum center of gravity.
Along with the main battery, there's a smaller additional 12-volt lead-acid battery that sends power to the Nissan Leaf's on-board computer systems and accessories such as the stereo system, headlights, and windshield wipers. On U.S. versions of the Leaf, there's a small solar panel affixed to the rear spoiler that helps keep this auxiliary battery charged.
Dependent on the consumer's driving style, the on-board weight, weather conditions, and accessory use, EPA estimates put the Leaf's driving distance somewhere between 100 and 125 miles on a fully-charged battery.
As the first fully-electric car available in the U.S., the 2012 Nissan Leaf is available to American consumers in SV and SL trim levels.
Standard features and equipment on the base line SV trim include keyless ignition/entry, cruise control, heated seats front and rear, LED headlights, Bluetooth connectivity, trip computer, navigation system, six-speaker stereo with CD player, satellite radio, and iPod/USB. Opting for the SL gives buyers a rear-mounted solar panel, rear-view camera along with a portable charging port that gives 80 percent battery power in 30 minutes when used at public charging stations. At-home charging takes approximately four to eight hours with an average of 90 driving miles per charge.
Dual-powered by an 80-kilowatt electric motor and 24 kWh lithium ion battery pack good for 107 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque, the Nissan comes with a host of safety features: front/curtain side airbags, traction/stability control, and anti-lock brakes.
The 2011 and 2012 models are practically identical. However, the Leaf does have some interesting pre-cursor electric vehicles that helped pave the way for its inception.
As the first electronic vehicle to use a lithium-ion battery and the first ever electronic car produced by Nissan, the 200 plus models of its Altra station wagon shared power with either a 2.0- or 2.4-liter internal combustion engine. With a range that topped out at approximately 120 miles, the Altra was predominantly used as fleet vehicles for electric companies.
The short-lived two-seater Hypermini (1999 to 2001) could achieve a maximum speed of 62 mph and travel just over 70 miles on a single battery charge. Made primarily of aluminum, the 8.5-foot Hypermini featured automatic electric-powered air-conditioner that allowed the driver to pre-set the interior temperature before use.
In 2008, Nissan unveiled an electric version of the mini multi-purpose Cube at the New York Auto Show, claiming that a commercially-produced version would hit the market by 2010 but never transpired. The Nissan Leaf would take the Cube's place as the first fully-electric car.
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Introduced in 2011, there's not much new to the Leaf in its second model year. That said, it's a whole new sort of car, so there's still plenty worth mentioning. Rolling on standard 16-inch aluminum wheels shod with Bridgestone Ecopia tires and featuring a standard in-dash navigation system, Bluetooth connectivity, and cruise control, the Leaf comes with plenty of standard equipment in its package that starts at $32,780 before a $7500 federal tax credit and not including the one-time 240-volt charger installation cost of $2200. In California, though, a further rebate brings that figure down an additional $5000. Unfortunately for those looking to save a grand on the lower trim model, Nissan says that most Leafs will come to dealers as SL models.
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Last week when I wrote this column was Agricultural Literacy Week in Vermont — a great opportunity to learn about new methods as our farms continue to grow and modernize. This week is also the week of Thanksgiving. The holiday is traditionally a time to give thanks for the many gifts we've been given. In our homes, our churches and our communities we also take time to think about stewardship — how we care for those gifts. Here in Vermont we have no greater gift than our beautiful environment.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on Thursday said $2.2 million in milk program safety net payments are arriving just as Vermont dairy farmers need them most, as spring planting begins. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week announced the payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program that provides support in months when the price that farmers are paid for their milk drops while production costs remain high.
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ADDISON COUNTY — Spring has finally arrived, and across the region wildlife species are returning to their seasonal habitats, including flocks of migratory birds. But while there may seem to be an abundance of chirping birds returning to the area, the populations of Vermont's seven grassland songbird species have, in fact, plummeted in recent years.
This year, an innovative project at the University of Vermont aims to restore habitat for one of those specie: bobolinks.
MIDDLEBURY — Agriculture is one of the key supports in the economy of Addison County.
Middlebury dairy farmer Bob Foster was part of a four-member panel organized and moderated by Bruce Lisman of the Campaign for Vermont, or CFV, that spent the snowy evening of Feb. 19 at the Ilsley Library discussing how to improve economic security and prosperity for everyone.
MONTPELIER — Vermont is one step closer to becoming the first state to put mandatory labels on genetically modified food products.
On Friday, the House Agriculture Committee, after weeks of testimony, passed H.112, or the "GMO labeling bill," by an 8-3 vote. H.112 requires producers to put labels on raw agricultural and processed, packaged food products that are genetically engineered. The bill will go to the House Judiciary Committee for review, then to the floor for a vote.
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