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Ross Sandler
Professor of Law
Director, Center for New York City Law Editor, CityLaw, CityLand and CityRegs Newsletters
When Ross Sandler became the founding director of New York Law School's Center for New York City Law in 1995, Crain's New York Business applauded the choice, calling him "a good-government crusader."
For Professor Sandler, it was the opportunity to bring together all his experience—as a legal practitioner, a New York City official, and an academic—in an exciting new enterprise.
"I felt that New York Law School had a unique opportunity to put its resources into a virtually ignored area—state and city government. Here we were, right in the center of everything happening in New York. We could make a real contribution," he recalls.
Professor Sandler left Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, where he was a partner, to join New York Law School's faculty and head the new center, which he suggested should specialize in city government.
"It was a very exciting time. We knew generally what we wanted to do, and we gradually created the structure you see today, which relies on publications like CityLaw, CityLand, and CityRegs, events like our CityLaw Breakfasts and conferences, and of course, on our courses to allow students to learn about the operations of urban government," explains Professor Sandler.
Professor Sandler, who attended Dartmouth on a scholarship and then went on to New York University Law School on a Root Tilden Fellowship, came to New York Law School after a long and distinguished career in public service, in addition to his years of private practice. During the early 1970s, when he worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan as the chief appellate attorney and chief of the Environmental Enforcement Unit, he was on the cutting edge of environmental law. His office's successful prosecution of Hudson River polluters led to the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act. Later, in the mid-1970s, as senior staff attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, he and his New York Law School colleague David Schoenbrod headed the Urban Environmental Unit, winning a pivotal Clean Air Act case.
Professor Sandler channeled his commitment to public service to the municipal arena in 1981, when Mayor Edward Koch appointed him to the newly created position of special advisor to the mayor, where his environmental law experience helped revitalize the city's mass transit system. In 1986 he was appointed Department of Transportation commissioner and proceeded to reorganize the 8,000-person department with a program of maintenance and repair still in place today.
His decades of experience as a participant and observer of urban affairs have made him a familiar figure in New York City government circles, and the CityLaw Breakfasts have attracted many of the city's most influential people.
"We've become an important forum," says Professor Sandler of the Friday morning events, which regularly attract several hundred people, most of whom work in city government or the institutions connected to it.
Professor Sandler is an appointed member of the New York Procurement Policy Board. He is the author of numerous publications on environmental law, transportation, and government issues. In 2003, Yale University Press released his book, Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government, written with Professor David Schoenbrod. His book, Jumpstart: Torts: Reading and Understanding Tort Cases, was published by Wolters Kluwer in 2012.
Jumpstart: Torts: Reading and Understanding Tort Cases. (Wolters Kluwer, 2012).
Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government. (YaleUniversity Press, 2003) (with D. Schoenbrod).
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"Traffic Rules and Regulations." New York City Department of Transportation, 1988.
"49/50th Street Bus and Taxiway: Final Report." New York City Department of Transportation, 1987.
"An Approach to Reducing Vehicle Congestion in New York City: A Report to Mayor Edward I. Koch." New York City Department of Transportation, 1986.
"Recent Trends in Traffic Volumes and Transit Ridership." New York City Department of Transportation, 1986 (with S.I. Schwartz & D. Gurin).
"Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement Against Farebeating and Other Minor Offenses." Natural Resources Defense Council, 1983 (with D. Schoenbrod).
"Reference Material on Public Transit." New York City Department of Transportation, 1982 (with S. Jurow).
"The Hudson River Power Plant Settlement: Materials Prepared for a Conference Sponsored by New York University School of Law and the Natural Resources Defense Council." New York University School of Law, 1981 (ed. with D. Schoenbrod).
"Reducing Crime in the New York City Subway System: Nine Recommendations." Natural Resources Defense Council, 1977 (with D. Schoenbrod, E.A. Goldstein, S.M. Jurow & F. Harris).
Politics, Process, and Mayoral Power: The Story of Ed Koch and the Appointment of Frank Macchiarola as Chancellor of the New York City Schools (Symposium: Process, Powers, and Lessons for the Future: 25 Years of the New York City Charter Revisions), 58 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL LAW REVIEW 19- 23 (2013-2014).
The Supreme Court, Democracy and Institutional Reform Litigation, 49 New York Law School Law Review 915-942 (2004-2005) (with D. Schoenbrod).
In Memoriam, W. Bernard Richland (1909–2003), 48 New York Law School Law Review 385–400 (2003/2004).
"Foreword: The One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Charter of the City of New York (Symposium: One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Charter of the City of New York: Past, Present, and Future, 1898–1998)." 42 New York Law School Law Review 689–692 (1998).
"Introduction (Symposium: Police Corruption, Municipal Corruption: Cures at What Cost?)." 40 New York Law School Law Review 1–3 (1995).
"Categorization of Chemicals Under the Toxic Substance Control Act." 7 Ecology Law Quarterly 359–396 (1978).
"Introduction: Environmental Law Section, Second Circuit Review, 1974–75 Term." 42 Brooklyn Law Review 1033–1040 (1976).
Editor, CityLand (Center for New York City Law at New York Law School, 2004– ).
Editor, CityLaw (Center for New York City Law at New York Law School, 1995– ).
The Dinkins' Autobiography: Filling in a Missing Chapter, Book Review of David Dinkins's with Peter Knowles, "A Mayor's Life: Governing New York's Gorgeous Mosaic, 19 CITYLAW 93-94, 106-107 (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2013).
Commentary: Court of Appeals in CFE Case Invokes Deference: Avoids Confrontation, 13 CityLaw 2 (January/February 2007)
Appellate Div. Sends Message to Court of Appeals in CFE Case, 12 CityLaw 49-52 (May-June 2006) (with D. Schoenbrod).
Commentary: Con Edison to Build 17 New Substations Over the Next Ten Years, 3 CityLand 166 (December 2006).
Commentary: Former West Side Stables and Proposed East Side Tower Spawn Controversy, 3 CityLand 150 (November 2006).
DeGrasse's New Clothes, New York Post (Op Ed), April 25, 2005, at 28 (with D. Schoenbrod).
After the Court's Ruling: The CFE Case and Money, 11 CityLaw 26 (March/April 2005).
OMB and Agency Budgets: The Song of Innocence or the Rules of the Locker Room, 11 CityLaw 25,27-28 (March/April 2005).
The Gates by Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Story of the Permit, CityLaw, (March–April 2004).
Newtown Creek Upgrade and IT Contracts on Top 100 List, 10 CityLaw 121–127 (November/December 2004).
Governance by Lawyers, National Law Journal A12 (January 20, 2003) (with D. Schoenbrod).
N.Y. Unbound, New York Post (Op Ed), March 15, 2003 (with D. Schoenbrod).
New York in Handcuffs, New York Post (Op Ed), June 15, 2003 (with D. Schoenbrod).
Schools in Handcuffs: How Courts (Mis)rule N.Y.C., New York Post (Op Ed), March 14, 2003 (with D. Schoenbrod).
Social Service Contracts Lead Top 100 Contracts for FY 2003, 9 CityLaw 121–126 (November/December 2003).
Council Raises Small Purchases Limits, Reduces Hearings, 8 CityLaw 73, 75–77 (September/October 2002) (with M. Stoller).
"After the Court's Ruling – What's Next for Schools." 7 CityLaw 1, 2–4 (January/February 2001) (with D. Schoenbrod).
After the September 11th Attack on the World Trade Center, 7 CityLaw 98 (September/October 2001).
"Ethics Rules Trip High Officials: Gifts, Politics, & Consulting." 7 CityLaw 25–28 (March/April 2001).
"Top 100 Contracts: A Courthouse, Children and the Environment." 7 CityLaw 113–115 (November/December 2001).
"By What Right Do Judges Run Prisons?"Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A19 (August 31, 1998) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"Innovative Agreement Ends Marisol Litigation." 5 CityLaw 1, 3–5 (January/February 1999) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"In New York City, The Jails Still Belong to the Judges." Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A23 (September 10, 1997) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"City Parking Gods Smile on Clergy." Daily News (Op Ed), at 39 (February 25, 1997).
Book Review of Environmental Law and Regulation in New York, by William R. Ginsberg and Philip Weinberg. 216 New York Law Journal 2 (November 29, 1996).
"The City Seeks to Regain Control Over Its Jails, and Receives Help from the Federal Court and Congress." 2 CityLaw 49, 51–54 (June/July 1996).
"How To Put Lawmakers, Not Courts, Back in Charge." 6 City Journal 61–67 (Autumn 1996) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"On the Road to Ruin." New York Times (Op Ed), at A27 (December 11, 1996).
"Soundings: 'Prison Break.'" 6 City Journal 13 (Summer 1996) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"Term Limits: Seven Ways to Leave Your Lover." 1 CityLaw 49, 51–52 (June 1995).
"Are You a Lobbyist?" 1 CityLaw 1–5 (February 1995) (with S.P. Murphy).
Book Review of Whose Backyard, Whose Risk, by Michael B. Gerrard. 213 New York Law Journal 2 (February 21, 1995).
"Why City Law?" 1 CityLaw 2 (February 1995).
"Getting the Mayor Back in Touch." 4 City Journal 78–84 (Winter 1994).
"Government by Decree." 4 City Journal 54–62 (Summer 1994) (with D. Schoenbrod).
Book Review of Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law, by Michael B. Gerrard. 210 New York Law Journal 2 (July 13, 1993).
"Quick, Before It Crumbles." New York Newsday (New York Forum), at 56 (November 17, 1993).
"So You Want to Work for Rudy?" New York Newsday (New York Forum), at 50 (December 1, 1993).
"Where the Jobs Are." 10(6) Environmental Law Forum 12–16 (November/December 1993).
"Courting Public Opinion." 9 Environmental Forum 10 (1992).
"Air Quality." New York City, The Livable City, Winter 1991–92, at 2.
"N.Y.C. Needs Tolls to Pay for Bridge Repairs." Crain's New York Business, at 10 (August 5, 1991).
"Pave the Way For Pedestrians." New York Newsday (Viewpoints), at 52 (October 1, 1991).
"The Politics of Global Warming." The Amicus Journal (Summer 1990).
"Spanning the 21st Century: Reconstructing New York City's Bridges." 20 City Almanac 3 (1988) (with S.I. Schwartz & M. Reuter).
Columnist, "Environmental Law Column," Environment Magazine, (1977–1984).
"No Parking, No Standing." Empire State Report, November 1984, at 11.
"Richard Ravitch, Transit Financing and Politics." 8(2) New York Affairs 35 (1984).
"Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement." 8(3) New York Affairs 61 (1984) (with S. Reiss & D. Schoenbrod).
"Take Subway Scofflaws Out of the Criminal Courts." Empire State Report,March 1984, at 45 (with S. Reiss & D. Schoenbrod).
"Kiley: The Light at the End of the Tunnel?" Empire State Report, December 1983, at 6.
"To Meet Transit Needs Here." New York Times (Op Ed), at 23 (September 3, 1983).
"More Sub Than Way." New York Times (Op Ed), at 31 (December 11, 1982) (with S.M. Jurow).
"Private Development/Public Transit: Using Transit's Zoning Tool" 7(3) New York Affairs 114 (1982).
"Should We Scuttle the Shuttle?" 7(3) New York Affairs 43 (1982) (with S.M. Jurow).
"Serving Queens: Where We Are Now." 7(3) New York Affairs 65 (1982) (with S.M. Jurow).
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"Transit: Keeping the Customer Satisfied." 6(4) New York Affairs 57 (1981) (with S.M. Jurow).
"For the Subways, A Vision of Survival and Service." Daily News, at 20 (December 30, 1980).
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"Report on a New Direction in Transit." Empire State Report, February 1979, at 26.
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"Tunnel Vision Too." New York Times (Op Ed), at 18 (April 14, 1978) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"State Environmental Quality Review Act." 49 New York State Bar Journal 110, 112–117 (1977).
Book Review of A National Policy for the Environment: NEPA and Its Aftermath, by Richard A. Liroff. 2 Earth Law Review 301 (1976).
"New York as a Cough-In." New York Times (Op Ed), at 33 (August 28, 1975) (with D. Schoenbrod).
"The Refuse Act of 1899: Key to Clean Water." 58 American Bar Association Journal 468–471 (May 1972).


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Max-imizing `Fantasia' For 2000 / Stunning IMAX remake almost a sensory overload
FANTASIA/2000: Animated musical. Produced by Roy Disney. (G. 75 minutes. Opens tomorrow at the Metreon in San Francisco and the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose.)
"Fantasia/2000" is not only music made visible. It is a millennial medley to the max.
Appropriately for our new era, it risks sensory overload. Stunning -- and that's the word -- as "Fantasia/2000" is, at 75 minutes it falls just short, fortunately, of becoming too much.
This IMAX event opens tomorrow at the Metreon in San Francisco, the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose and 73 other large-format theaters around the world.
Celebrators with any ringing in the head left over from tonight's ringing in the new year might want to wait a little while before they try to absorb Beethoven's Fifth, too -- let alone an eight-story-tall Steve Martin.
It's taken 60 years, and Walt Disney is no longer around to see his dream come true, but the 1940 "Fantasia" has finally evolved into the format that its creator always wanted: to be re-released with periodically changing segments.
The structure involves a variety of animation styles set to excerpts of familiar classical music. Among the hosts for each segment are Martin, Bette Midler and, funniest of all, Penn & Teller. They do a hilarious job of "explaining" magic for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," the only one of the eight segments recycled from the original.
The new film has the benefit of today's extraordinary sight-and- sound technology. The 80-by- 100-foot Metreon screen is so awesome that I even like looking at it blank -- the IMAX Zen experience. When flying whales from the best segment later soar among the clouds, the uniformly vibrant image is so huge that it's impossible to take it all in at once.
The massed sound that conductor James Levine and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra make from the pop classics, reproduced through the high-wattage Digital Sonix system, has complete integrity. Even at its loudest, it is never merely an undifferentiated sonic splat. At its best, the layers of sound are transparent.
My favorite segment, hands down, is "The Pines of Rome." They didn't take the title of Respighi's music literally. It begins not in pines, and certainly not in Rome, but among icebergs. A fleet of humpbacked whales appears in thrilling 3-D effect (though no headsets are required). Then, in a terrific leap of imagination, these whales fly!
But that isn't goosebumps making the back of the chairs vibrate; it's the sound. If this segment stood alone, it would make this IMAX "Fantasia" a complete masterpiece.
But neither would I want to miss Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue," which begins as a single line tracing the skyline of New York as the creamy clarinet introduction spirals upward.
The only reservation here comes from an embarrassment of riches. The performance by Levine and his Chicago forces seems Wagnerian in scale, while the music calls for a looser touch.
Vignettes in the style of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld introduce a bevy of New York types in the '20s, the music's own time and place. They include a skyscraper riveter with jazz ambitions, society dames and a subway crowd, and Gershwin himself makes an appearance at the keyboard.
"Fantasia/2000" begins with Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. This segment is abstract, with flocks of triangular flying images (birds? butterflies? bats?) contending in a conflict of darkness vs. light. There are exploding shafts of light at the repeat of the Fifth's signature four-note motto.
The allegro from Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 is the music for a Hans Christian Andersen tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," with a gallant little one-legged soldier, a ballerina figurine and an ominous jack-in-the-box. The images somehow manage to have the quality of watercolors but with a glossy sheen.
The classic "Sorcerer's Apprentice" is still enormously effective -- and nostalgic, with the pentimento of its old animation techniques showing through. An unintended effect may be to put the "Tin Soldier" somewhat in its shadow. The water- bearing brooms that go madly out of control to Dukas' music remain a striking parable of mindless obedience and manic industriousness. The new "Tin Soldier" simply cannot reach that level of grotesquerie.
Other comparisons to the 1940 original -- which in all fairness was uneven, too -- are inevitable. The jumping-off point in Saint-Saens' "Carnival of the Animals" is imagining what would happen if someone gave yo-yos to a flock of flamingos, including a wise-guy purple one. This seems a counterpart, at least in tone, to the ungainly dancing hippos from the original without quite achieving the same nutty incongruity.
Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance" presents an opportunity for a retelling of the Noah's Ark legend, with a skeptical Donald Duck on the sidelines.
Stravinsky's "Firebird" Suite provides the finale -- and unparalleled recorded sound. It begins in wintry woods with a noble elk that, sublim inally at least, recalls "Bambi." A wood sylph struggles for survival in a landscape destroyed by a volcanic firebird.
Throughout "Fantasia/2000," the imagery inspired by the music is intentionally far different from any previous associations. Building up to imagery of rebirth, the effect of the last segment is clearly intended to be inspirational. The timing of this release can be taken as an expression of optimism for the new millennium.
For the record, the creation of "Fantasia/2000" did not begin as a millennium event, according to executive producer Roy Disney. It just worked out that way.
The timing is simply fortuitous.


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Dear Alan,
My name is Javier Perez Pont and I live in Barcelona, Spain.
I am writing you to ask for help on a topic. I would appreciate a lot it if you agree to answer a question I have.
Is a person who traveled in January 1914 from Germany to Britain. If his intention was to take the British nationality in this country, should have declared his intention to adopt the nationality when entering in the country? If the answer is positive, should be found in the National Archives in "Record for UK, Aliens Entry Books, 1794-1921"?. Because I found nothing on him.
Thank you for your attention,
Javier Pérez Pont
Dear Alan,
Thank you so mutch for your valuable help.
Javier Pérez Pont
I was interested to read the paragraph about the death of John Egerton, The son of Rev Charles Egerton Washington Parish Church passing on 12th Dec 1813 in Calcutta.
The Rev Egerton baptised my great, great, great Grandfather Thomas Dobeson, son of William and Elizabeth, on 6th Jan 1787 at Washington Parish Church.
This item will be included in my family research on the Dobeson family, from Great Unsworth Durham.
Dear Alan,
This is a first for me!! I have been surfing this morning and by chance came across a comment that your wife Linda is part of the Walsham le Willows Hawes family and that she has, sometime in the past, been aware of the family through Jim McNeil. Since he and I are related , (we share the same great great grandfather, Daniel Hawes) I was immediately interested. My account and that of Jim's are largely the same but we disagree on several points that makes genealogy so fascinating. He has largely retired from active research which is a great pity while I have pushed on, taking the Hawes family in many other directions. I would very much appreciate the opportunity to exchange thoughts with both you and your wife on the subject and determine how we are related!!
Hello Alan,
Can you help me? I have an Henrietta Elizabeth Slater on the censuses born in West Indies (British Subject) in about 1819. Is there any help on line?
Hello Alan,
I am researching an unusual family name – Muehlig – I know that my Grandfather was Georg Muehlig b. 1915 and his mother was Malie Muehlig. When Georg married in 1950 (to Mary E Kent in Surrey) there is a double entry for him as Georg Muchlig and Georg Milton. My father was born out of wedlock prior to this marriage and we believe Georg and Mary had a doughter (Susan) born in 1953 (circa) but we can find nothing out about her – how do we trace a possible living relative? Thanks,
Hello Alan
I am trying to find where my ancestor Emma Cochrane is buried. The death was registered in Finchley London in 1961. I've tried various websites, including LMA, without much success. Any suggestions.
Hello Alan,
For many years I have been unsuccessful in tracing the wedding of my great grandparents, who I believe were either Non-conformists or Quakers, their names are Walter Graham and Sydney Jones (female), the details on their daughters birth certificate was that they were married in Manchester on 28th July 1873. I have looked on the usual records but cannot trace the marriage, regards
Malcolm Bond.
Alan their daughter (my grandmother) was born at 11pm on the 27th of December 1873 at 32 Mill Lane, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. her name was Ann Eleanor GRAHAM. on her birth certificate it states her parents as married on the 28th July 1873 in Manchester,
With regard to the paragraph below, I bed to draw your attention to the fact that it is incorrect. These records are NOT FREE TO ACCESS from Findmypast. This is a subscription based website which gathers information from amateur genealogical websites and forums. In turn they charge others for information that is freely available from personal researchers. Do you think it is proper to list such an organisation on your pages as a FREE source? I would welcome your comments on this.
Findmypast says: "This is the first free-to-access launch resulting from an innovative partnership between findmypast, the National Archives of Ireland, and FamilySearch.org. Millions more essential family history records will be released in the coming months under the terms of the partnership, which represents a fruitful collaboration between a national cultural institution and private sector genealogy suppliers. The partnership allows people in Ireland and abroad to have free access to records relating to their Irish roots, which were not previously available online.


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The Park Avenue apartment that belonged to the late Mike Wallace, who passed away in April 2012, has just hit the market for a staggering $20 million, according to The New York Times. The "60 Minutes" journalist's 12-room, two-floor unit is grand to say the least. Soaring ceilings, a curved staircase, terraces on both levels, a 33-foot living room with a wood-burning fireplace, and a 20-foot gallery is just scratching the surface when it comes to deconstructing the late journalist's former lair.
The Times points out that "the apartment has seen preservation take precedence over renovation" meaning that the only real modern features of the home come in the form of the 4.5 bathrooms and the installation of air conditioning, a must-have with the sweltering Manhattan summers. Despite the apartment's lack of contemporary features, it is still ornate nonetheless.
The two-level home (it's perched on the 15th and 16th floors) boasts four bedrooms (including a 21-foot master suite), 4.5 bathrooms, a library with vintage doors, eat-in kitchen, and views of Central Park.
U.S. & World
And, if you have say, an extra $20 million to spare, the duplex that sits opposite of Wallace's is for sale as well. That unit was owned by Yugoslavia and served as a home for the country's diplomats. But after the country's dissolution the unit was vacated, though the Times notes that Serbia is still paying the steep $12,300 per month maintenance fees.
Now, interviewing the representatives from the countries who are squabbling over how much the sweet duplex should sell for would've been a good one for "60 Minutes."


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A progressive group called on Republican National Committee leader Pat Rogers to step down on Friday after emails showed him telling New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez's staff that meeting with a group of American Indians "dishonored" Gen. George Armstrong Custer, the 19th century commander who killed scores of American Indians.
"The state is going to hell," Rogers, who is a member of the GOP executive committee and is currently in Tampa for the RNC convention, wrote in a June 8 email released by Progress Now New Mexico. Former Republican gubernatorial candidate Col. Allen Weh "would not have dishonored Col Custer in this manner," he wrote.
Martinez is required by law to attend the annual state-tribal leaders summit, according to Progress Now New Mexico, which called for him to step down.
"Such a blatantly racist statement against our native people is offensive from anyone, but to come from a national GOP leader and lobbyist for some of our country's largest corporations is indefensible," Progress Now New Mexico's executive director Pat Davis said in a statement.


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Hope you have a safe, dry and Happy Halloween!I also wanted to mention that my Mixed Media Jewelry and Holiday Stitching classes over at My Creative Classroom start next week. I'll be giving away one of the necklaces from lesson 1 of the Mixed Media Jewelry class to one lucky participant in the class, so SIGN up now while there's still room! Also, if you sign up for BOTH classes you'll get $5.00 off of each - that's a SAVINGS of $10.00! I'm sure I'll have a give away in the Holiday class, just not sure what it is just yet!
This is what we'll be making in the 3rd week of class!!
Be safe tonight, and don't eat to much candy :-)


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Numerous genome-wide association studies have found that SNPs in the alpha3-beta4-alpha5 nicotinic receptor cluster on chromosome 15q24 are associated with nicotine dependence. Although it is reasonable to presume that this association is mediated by the reward system centered on the mesolimbic dopamine pathway, recent work suggests that the effects of alpha3-beta4-alpha5 nicotinic receptors on drug-seeking behavior are mediated, instead, by actions centered on the habenula and interpeduncular nucleus. In this symposium, speakers presented the unique neurobiological properties and anatomy of this system, and its relation to drug abuse and addiction. When combined with the results of previous genome-wide association studies, the presentations provided new insights into the biological basis of individual vulnerability to drug addiction.
Dr. Jonathan Pollack
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Representation of Negative and Positive Motivational Values in the Monkey Lateral Habenula
Okihide Hikosaka, M.D., Ph.D.
This presentation focuses on the relationship between the lateral habenula and the basal ganglia, a group of nuclei in the brain associated with a variety of functions, including voluntary muscle movement, reasoning, emotional responses, and procedural learning related to habits. Many studies suggest that the basal ganglia facilitate behaviors leading to larger rewards and suppress behaviors leading to smaller rewards. A key factor in this behavior change is the release of dopamine in the basal ganglia, as most dopamine neurons are excited by a larger-than-expected reward (or its predictor) and inhibited by a smaller-than-expected reward (or its predictor).
However, previous studies have not determined how or why dopamine affects learning and causes the brain to predict the anticipated amount of reward accurately. Dr. Hikosaka and his team of researchers recently learned that the lateral habenula, a small area in the thalamus, inhibits dopamine neurons in the basal ganglia and thereby controls motor and cognitive behaviors. A majority of lateral habenula neurons were excited by a visual stimulus predicting a small reward and inhibited by a stimulus predicting a large reward, a pattern opposite to that seen in dopamine neurons. Microstimulation of the lateral habenula caused a clear inhibition in most of the dopamine neurons. Therefore, lateral habenula neurons send reward-related signals to dopamine neurons while converting it from negative reward signals to positive reward signals. Researchers also found that aversive events (or their predictors) excite lateral habenula neurons and inhibit a group of dopamine neurons. These results demonstrate that the basal ganglia are under critical control of neural circuits outside the basal ganglia involving the lateral habenula.
The Habenula and Nicotine Withdrawal: From Mouse to Human
Ramiro Salas, Ph.D.
Nicotine has an addictive effect on the brain because it binds nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors are ion channels modulated by nicotine. The role of each receptor in normal physiological and pathological states has been extensively debated. Using mice that lack different subunits of the nicotinic receptors, Dr. Salas and his research team were able to define a group of subunits—alpha2, alpha5, and beta4—as directly influencing nicotine withdrawal.
To illustrate and analyze symptoms of withdrawal, mice were delivered saline or nicotine continuously for 2 weeks. They were then injected with mecamylamine, a chemical that blocks nicotinic receptors, which caused withdrawal signs such as scratching, grooming, and shaking. These signs were monitored for 20 minutes. Using knockout mice that lack each subunit, the research team found that nicotinic receptors made up of the alpha2, alpha5, and beta4 subunits play a critical role in nicotine withdrawal in mice. Also, blocking nicotinic activity only in the habenula or its main target, the interpeduncular nucleus (but not in other areas), results in withdrawal signs in nicotine-treated mice.
Since these subunits are expressed mainly in the habenula, the researchers decided to study habenular activity in humans using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), a type of specialized MRI scan that measures changes in blood flow related to neural activity in the brain. Using this technology, they demonstrated that when the brain experiences a smaller-than-expected reward, the habenula is activated. Volunteers viewed cues on a computer screen and received small squirts of sweet juice in their mouth to experience reward. Later, the cue-juice timing was manipulated to produce disappointment (juice expected but not delivered). The fMRI illustrated an activated habenula when a reward was expected but not delivered. This insight will allow researchers to study habenular activity during smoking and tobacco abstinence. The researchers hypothesize that habenular hyperactivation may be the mechanism that triggers tobacco withdrawal in humans, which is in agreement with enhanced negative feelings during attempts to quit smoking.


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Everything You Need to Know About the New BlackBerries
By Gizmodo, 30 January 2013.
By Gizmodo, 30 January 2013.
This morning [30 January] the world held its collective breath as
RIM BlackBerry took its sweet ass time trotting out the BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 and amidst all the shenanigans, the company formerly known as RIM managed to show off a few notable new BB10 features, too. In case you missed all the live coverage this morning, you can find everything and anything related to BlackBerry 10 below.
1. BlackBerry 10 Launch: Everything You Need to Know
Well, here goes. RIM is announcing its new BlackBerry 10 OS and hardware today. This could be the launch that gets RIM back in the game for smartphones. Or it could be the last time BlackBerry is relevant. It's a big moment. [More]
2. This is the New Blackberry Z10
Here it is. It's the new Blackberry 10. It's official, it looks exactly like the leaked photos and the renders we published. [More]
3. RIM is Dead, Long Live BlackBerry
Starting today, RIM is rebranding itself as BlackBerry. With the official name change, you can say so long to all your RIM-related innuendo. [More]
4. BlackBerry Q10: The Next Generation QWERTY Beast
Blackberry's QWERTY handset for Blackberry 10 is here. Launched today, BB10 10 does away with a lot of baggage that has been holding the company back, but the QWERTY keyboard is here to stay. This slim, lightweight phone is its future. [More]
5. How the Blackberry Z10 Stacks Up to the Competition
Q10's physical keyboard may be the most notable feature in the new line-up, but the Z10 is BlackBerry's best shot at taking a share of the more prominent (at least for now), touchscreen market. So can the Z10 measure up to some of the its biggest contenders? [More]
6. BlackBerry Q10 Hands On: We Missed You, QWERTY
The BlackBerry Z10 might be the prom queen of the BB10 launch, but the Q10 and its physical keyboard is what a lot of people are actually waiting for. "Will I still be able to have a BlackBerry like my BlackBerry after this?" Sure, just better. [More]
7. BlackBerry's Most Important Phone Isn't Its Flagship
BlackBerry announced two phones today, but it's clear which is the favourite son. The Z10 looks like a winner; it's got brains and body enough to face the iPhones and Galaxy S IIIs of the world head-on. It's got a release date and a price. It's a phone any company would be proud to call a flagship. In fact, its only downside is that it's totally irrelevant. Whoops! [More]
8. BlackBerry's Best Trick: Nailing Work-Life Balance
Today BlackBerry demoed what it's calling BlackBerry Balance, a clever way of separating one's personal and work lives in one device. You don't see it as much these days but carrying two phones - one for business, one for pleasure - was commonplace not too long ago. I remember having a BlackBerry 6200 alongside my Sidekick 2; and I'm sure a lot of you remember those days as well. [More]
9. BlackBerry Z10 Camera: The Worst Low-Light Performance We've Seen in a Long Time
For the old BlackBerry, a handset's camera was an ancillary feature. But the new hip BlackBerry is supposed to be tuned into how regular people - not just suits - use their phones. The BlackBerry Z10's camera has a chance to prove it's better than the rest. And if our initial low-light camera test is any indication, the camera is a complete failure. [More]
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When you work inside a startup with lots of clever and motivated staff you're never short of good ideas that you can implement.
It's tempting to take on new projects, new features, new geographies, new speaking opportunities, whatever. Each one incrementally sounds like a good idea, yet collectively they end up punishing undisciplined teams. I like to counsel that the best teams are often defined by what they choose not to do.
Let me explain.
As a VC I regularly meet with companies and listen to their plans. It's a very common occurrence that a young startup with sub 20 staff and sub $2m in financing is racing around doing too many things. This level of complexity always worries me. A significant number of the companies I meet with get some form of feedback from me that:
"I'm a bit worried that you're doing too many THINGS. You run the risk of being a mile wide and an inch deep. It's hard enough to do X really well and succeed. I'm not sure how you do all these other things and yet I think they may end up being a distraction to X."
I already know your response. Trust me. I hear it every week
"Yeah, but I'm just going to execute this [channel sales deal, international license of my product, new industry, new operating system, biz dev deal] and then it will pretty much run itself."
It never does. That channel deal that you thought would take no times ends up burning scarce calories. The 3rd-party tries to sell your software – they just need your help with tech assistance to close the deal. They just need you to update your marketing materials. They got your last version working but since your latest release they couldn't get it to work. That test you did on launching a RIM version of your product – it was only beta – now has 20 users who need a patch because it's not working properly.
Every extra set of features that you added that served one narrow use case end up being features you need to support in future releases adding complexity to future development, usability testing, regression testing, etc.
Every team I fund comes across as laser focused on their core mission.
My advice?
I always tell teams I meet with, "The scarcest resource in your company is management bandwidth. Spend it wisely."
Every company is built by a team and every team member matters. But as you know, a few key people in any business have disproportionate impact on the company's ultimate success. And nobody is more important in this regard than senior management. These people need need to be hyper focused on those things that matter the most to the company's success. It's why I don't invest in Conference Ho's.
Examples from discussions I've had this month that might resonate with your internal debates about how to prioritize
- We are giving a version of our product to a team in Europe who will start selling our product internationally
- We are signing up a channel partner to sell our product since we haven't scaled our internal telesales team yet [yes, we know that they don't have experience selling IT, but they have customer relationships]
- We're going to put a guy on the ground in the UK to address early leads we're getting from ad agencies there [true, we haven't thought about employment laws, taxation, currency management, etc.]
- I know our product seems complex but we felt we needed to test lots of features to be sure we knew what would resonate with users … or … we aren't committed to features x, y, z yet but we know our competitors are planning to so we wanted to be first to market
- We need to hire a team in financial services now to address the needs of that industry [yeah, I know we don't yet have big customers there. ok, I know our product isn't yet verticalized. still, we need to start now or we'll be behind.]
And so on. Trust me – each additional complexity you add before you're ready decreases your probability of being truly excellent at the things you want to do extraordinarily well.
Instagram didn't rush to Android. They also didn't do video. They were truly excellent at what they did do.
What do you want to excel at? How will today's "toe in the water" initiatives distract you or take your management's time or attention off of your core business? How likely is your, "won't take too much time" initiative to come back and bite you in the butt?
Beware. The best teams are hyper focused.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
13 Things Concerning the Display of the Flag
1. The only people that can order flags on government buildings to be flown at half staff is the President or Governor of each state.
2. Burning a flag is considered to be the only dignified means of disposing of it once it is no longer serviceable or repairable.
3. If your flag is weather worn or otherwise dirty it is acceptable to wash or dry clean it.
4. If a flag touches the ground you do not have to destroy it. If it is dirty….have it cleaned.
5. The Flag Code does not prohibit any individual from having the flag draped across a coffin. The deceased does not have to be a veteran to have the flag draped on their coffin. The Union or blue field should be at the head and over the left shoulder.
6. When a coffin is draped with the flag it should be removed before the casket is lowered into the grave, and it should not be allowed to touch the ground.
7. When festoons, rosettes, or drapery is desired, bunting of red, white, and blue should be used, but never the flag.
8. Though it is not part of the flag code custom affords the flag a position of superior prominence as part of the audience, in a position of honor at the audience's right.
9. When flags of other nations are displayed together they should be flown from separate staffs of the same height. They should also be the same size.
10. When the flag is displayed along with state or local flags the U.S. flag should be flown in middle and should be presented higher than the other flags.
11. When the national anthem is played and the flag is not displayed the audience should stand and face the music. If the flag is displayed the audience should stand and salute the flag.
12. When the flag is to be flown at half staff it should raised to full staff briskly and then lowered to half staff slowly. At the end of the day it should be raised again to full staff before finally lowering it to the ground. On Memorial Day the flag should be at half-staff until noon.
13. Typically the Flag is flown from sunrise to sunset. It it is to be flown twenty-four hours a day it should be be illuminated
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See my post about the Red Skelton Pledge HERE.
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- Perri Nelson said...
This is a great list...
My TT is also about Flag Day. Thirteen Things about The United States Flag, Flag Day (June 14), and Flag Week.
Regarding number 8, The flag code actually does specify where the flag should be placed.
"When displayed from a staff in a church or public auditorium, the flag of the United States of America should hold the position of superior prominence, in advance of the audience, and in the position of honor at the clergyman's or speaker's right as he faces the audience."
U.S. Code Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 7 (k)
Item 1 one your list was amended by a proclamation of President Eisenhower. "The heads of the several departments and agencies of the Government may direct that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff on buildings, grounds, or naval vessels under their jurisdiction on occasions other than those specified herein which they consider proper, and that suitable military honors be rendered as appropriate."
- Jenny said...
I did know about #12...that is really interesting! Thanks for sharing this list...
- EHT said...
Thanks for visiting.
Perri, thanks for the additional info. There is so much detail with the flag code I feel it is a good idea to always look it up when flag questions arise.
- Cinnamon Girl said...
Great list!
- Alasandra, The Cats and Dogs said...
When Lord Epa was in Boy Scouts he took part in a retiring of the colors ceremony. It was very touching.
Fascinating list. Coming from a country where we have no flag laws, it's always interesting to see how intricate yours are.
Great list. This should be a good reminder for everyone who don't know how to respect the flag. Students should also be well informed of the list for they are the next generation.
Nice list. It's an important list that every American needs to know, especially the children. Thanks for sharing the list.


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ulf wrote:Hey Huntington, get Stanton. That would be sexy.
ulf wrote:The Marlins just traded their whole team, sans Stanton, to Toronto. Reyes, Josh Johnson, Bonifacio, Buck, Buehrle all gone.
Mr. Colby wrote:Stanton would be so sexxxxy on the Pirates... would require way too much though and we'd only have him for like 2 years
since1970 wrote:....it's ridiculous our FO feels they have their team in place for 2013. They care nothing about last years lessons. Attendance thru the roof when they were winning and then nothing during the collapse. Money was already guaranteed to them with 2mil in the seats. An owner who WANTED to win would've looked at what caused two straight collapses (one making baseball history) and try to prevent it from becoming a hat trick. The improvement to 79 games almost wasn't, and an owner with pride who's a baseball fan would never accept the failings of players and management that occured in the second half. They'd do things to try and ensure a better result, not go into the next season with the same question marks as the previous year, those being SS, corner outfield, first base, catcher. To be 16 games over .500 and end up 2 games under to me isn't improvement at all, it's a step backward. To have the tenth richest owner in the sport and the fans proving that when you put a winner on the field they'll come, and to not increase your payroll?? Selig is pissed at Loria, but not at Nutting, is it because the Brewers are in our division? Talk about the "integrity of the sport"........
since1970 wrote:Spending money isn't exclusive to free agents, there's the trade route as well, but I'm not sure I'll ever see a day where the Pirates pay a position player 12/15mil a year, which isn't crazy by today's market. If they draw 2.5 or 2.75, which last year proved the could, and with the increase each team is getting in TV revenue, and your owner is a billionaire is it unreasonable to expect a payroll of 70/75mil ? I'm not one to think that they need to spend 85/90mil, but to constantly be in the lowest 5 or 3 in salary year after year is a joke.
since1970 wrote:They made a business decision, just as they did in signing Melky. They feel with the Yankees/Red Sox in decline they took the risk. I'm not advocating that kind of payroll, but Cabrera signs for 8mil a year in Toronto, and forget the steriods, would it have been unreasonable for the Pirates to offer that....
since1970 wrote:The problem here is we know 8mil might as well be 800mil, and even though what the Jays did seems a little over the top it looks to me like they feel now is the time to win, which is something I doubt we'll see here as long as Nutting continues to run a sports franchise like a newspaper. Who knows, maybe it'll bite the Jays in the behind, but what do you think ticket sales and anticipation is there? A sports franchise should be a break even proposition not a profit making venture, they're rich guys toys, not a business to add to personal wealth, they're generally about swagger, ego, and bragging rites. I'm not against them making money, unless they do it at the expense of the on field product, then it either sell because you can't afford a team, or sell because you have no interest in winning.
since1970 wrote:I look at last year as failure. I knew they weren't going to stay 16 games above .500, but where they were to where they finished? That to me is as bad as if they lost 100 games, if you play .300 baseball for 3 months and don't improve it seems to me to be a prescription for failure next year if you stand pat. When you've been as bad as this club 7 or 9 wins seems like a good thing, but it's a ridiculous yard stick. This organization should be well past baby steps. In the past six years they should've been able to get to .500 by adding SMART free agents with their home grown talent, but again that would've required financial committment from the owner and maybe some competancy from your GM, and we have neither.
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Just like a certain feline swashbuckler, Antonio Banderas isn't afraid to get right to the rapier point: he wants "Puss 'N' Boots" to give him a younger audience for a very mercenary reason:
So "Because I'm too old," he insists. "The ones that discovered me a long time ago don't want to go to the movies anymore. So I need a new generation - or else I die!"
To that end, Banderas recruited one of his favorite on-screen co-stars, Salma Hayek ("Puss" is their fifth film together) to join him in bringing "Shrek's" sword-toting cat into his first solo adventure by playing Kitty Softpaws, a lightfingered thief who just might turn out to be irresistible catnip to the hero. But Hayek had some concerns about that young audience – specifically her four-year-old daughter Valentina. The actress sweated about spoiling the reality of the animated film for her daughter by revealing her role in it.
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"I was worried about that because it's like telling them that it's like the Santa thing, in a way, because she really thinks there's cats there," says Hayek. "And I thought I had some time, but I took her to see one movie and in the previews I see Antonio's cat and I go, 'Oh no – I have two seconds to break it to her.' And before I could say anything my character came onboard and she said 'Oh my gosh, Mom! That cat sounds just like you!' So I said, 'Well, actually, it IS me.' So I had to explain to her that it's not real. And I think she was like maybe a little…not upset, but she was confused for a couple of days. But now she loves it – she's so proud of me."
Because of his longtime friendship with Hayek, Banderas says he asked to break form and invite her into the recording booth with him to add their personal chemistry into their characters' banter.
"The technique is basically just to work individually, but in this particular case I asked the director to give us the opportunity just to work together," explains Banderas. "So we did a session where actually I think some of our stuff that we did together made it to the movie. We did that session and it was great – we fight a little bit, we just did what we wanted to do. If we would have done that individually, it would have been very difficult for the other person just to mach whatever the other did.
Even in the recording booth, Banderas admits the swashbuckling spirit of Puss sometimes overtakes him. "I get really physical," he chuckles. "Sometimes I go in and out of microphone and they have to just pull me back in there. It's just so amazing to me, still: I got to this country without even speaking the language. And the fact that they used my voice, is such a paradox. When I came to America I said, 'If there is something that I'm going to do it's going to be an animation movie.' And here I am. I had a lot of fun. I know that the thing is working when I see they are in the booth laughing. We just ruined a lot of the best takes because we laughed. It's embarrassing, almost, to say this, but it's easy. It's just fun."
Hayek, too, got physical during a take – but not in character. "We were one day recording God knows what, sitting in the studio, and the wall came down on us!" she reports of the day one of the walls suddenly collapsed. "I'm not kidding – we are alive by a miracle. How it missed both of us, we still don't understand. But the studio actually broke. The wall landed on the studio. I moved right before – and I don't know why I moved – and then, boom! So that was very physical that day: I ran fast."
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Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "7500."
There are so many trailers in cyberspace that it's hard to figure out which ones are for real movies (like, say, "The Hunger Games") and which ones are clearly destined for On-Demand six days from now. Case in point: "7500." They say it's in theaters on August 31st. Then again, this is a movie that stars Jerry Ferrara and Amy Smart, so how accurate is that? Is there really gonna be a theater that puts this movie on its marquee? Let's look at the trailer and answer a few questions.
Does the trailer let us know what the movie is about? Yes. In fact, the makers of "7500" do a very good job at establishing the premise. A bunch of people are on a flight from LAX to Tokyo. Everything seems perfectly normal at first, and then? PLANE GHOST. The "But they're not alone" title card really helps drive it home. Someone kept an sketchy looking old suitcase under the seat. I bet the ghost was in there!
How many passengers are on the plane? 273. But I bet that number is significantly reduced upon landing, don't you think? I go with 150 for the over/under. You always have to have a few extras shuffling out of the plane at the end.
Is Jerry Ferrara wearing a sideways hat and baggy jorts? No! That's the most surprising twist of all! He almost looks like an adult in this movie.
Does the ghost interrupt anyone doing it in the airplane bathroom? Apparently not, which is a real missed opportunity. You have Amy Smart in an airplane movie. How is she not naked in the bathroom?
I'm confusing "7500" with "The Nine" and "The 4400". Fear not. Those shows refer to the number of people who are haunted or time travel or something."7500" is just the flight number.
Is there a scare sequence that will make people jump? There is. In this kind of trailer, there's always a flash of terror right at the very end. In this case, it's the poor stewardess, played by Jamie Chung, getting sucked directly into the overhead bin. Caution: She may shift during the flight!
Why is this ghost terrorizing people? It's the guy with the iPad! He left it on during takeoff! What a jerk. Who buys an iPad just to play Pong?
What's with the goth chick? Standard stock character. I hope she survives the plane ride and gets a job on NCIS.
Number of snakes on this plane? Zero. Alas.
What are this movie's horror credentials? The titles tell you it's from the dude who made "The Grudge," which was a very bad movie that made a very large sum of money, so I think we can rest assured that this is a REAL movie, and that it will arrive in theaters as promised.
Does this trailer work? Yep. Horror movies do well in the late summer and early fall, and provided the competition is weak, I could easily see "7500" having a decent opening weekend. Is there anything new or different here? No. But it seems poised to deliver on your low expectations: lots of scares, lots of people dying, and a swift resolution.
Trailer Park: 7500!
Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "7500."


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BRUSSELS, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain say they want to develop a plan for a European Union military headquarters, the EUobserver reported Friday.
In a letter to EU foreign relations chief Catherine Ashton, the five countries asked her to investigate their options in moving forward despite objections from Britain, the online newspaper said.
The letter, viewed by EUobserver personnel, said Ashton should examine "permanent structured cooperation," a treaty option that allows nine or more member states to move ahead on projects without other EU countries.
Supporters of a military headquarters say the EU needs to move beyond battlegroups toward an EU army but Britain is highly opposed to the idea.
"I have made very clear that the United Kingdom will not agree to a permanent operational HQ. We will not agree to it now and we will not agree to it in the future. That is a red line," British Foreign Minister William Hague said in July.


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advice on buying 2008 model for my daily commute
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The mountain roads should be no problem. Can't advise on the PEM; haven't heard of much difficulty in that respect.
Not sure how you get 100K; 120 x 5 x 50 x 3 = 90K, plus 5K = 95K. Plus recreational. (I assumed 50 work/commute weeks. There are also about 8 stat holidays to subtract, or another K or so).
It looks like the guarantees and estimates from Tesla are holding up well, and are perhaps somewhat conservative. I'd think that assuming you don't do any abusive over-charging/over-draining, you'll likely be fine. Your range will probably be down to ~200km or a bit less by then.
Get accurate service info from the Tesla Rangers; make sure there've been no drastic events. Standard procedure with any car, of course.
You'll never see any PEM problems climbing the 17 grade in a 1.5 Roadster (weakest PEM cooling of any model). I've only seen PEM cooling problems in the high desert (~5000 ft elevation) with temperatures above about 105F on a steep grade in normal driving. I doubt that you'll be able to drive hard enough in your commute to exceed that limit. Beside, if you do overheat the PEM, it will only reduce your performance to that of a normal car until it cools down a bit.
I ascend 3 grades that are nearly as steep as yours every day and the Roadster doesn't even know it and we have much hotter temperatures in SoCal than you do in the Santa Cruz mountains.
You'll love the Roadster as a commute vehicle !!
Just bought a new one 5 days ago. There was an 18 month old one (#629) for sale in Brentwood. Lots of options, $100K. It's on cars.com. Decided not to buy it becasue didn't need all of the options. Got a low end new one for similar $. Decided I wanted the newer car with improvements.
I have bought a 5500 Km 2010 Roadster Sport and am very happy with it!
When buying, most important for me was that it still has a guarantee from tesla MOtors
You should have no problem with that commute. I have #455 and I commute from Portola Valley to San Francisco and sometimes all the way to Mill Valley 4 times a week. My car has about 25,000 miles on it. It's never given me a problem. I would change the tires, though. The ones they put on wear out far too quickly and don't give you enough traction in the rain.


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Living lovely in Harlem.
Lynda Johnson was born and raised in Syracuse, New York but her family's roots are in Montgomery, Alabama and it shows in her Southern hospitality and colorful storytelling. Her people were part of the epic, 20th century migration of blacks from below the Mason-Dixon line in optimistic search of opportunity up North. Lynda grew up with relatives called "Chicken" and "Joe Boy" and if you asked about her father Jimmie by name she'd say "Who's that?" As far as she knew, "My father's name is Honey." Everyone called him that, not just her mama.
Her parents first daughter and the fourth of their six children, she displays the leadership traits of a firstborn and assumes the mediator role of a middle child. Marie Johnson was seven months pregnant with Lynda when she traveled down home to lay little Billy, felled by leukemia to rest in Montgomery. "I was carrying one and burying another," she said. "I don't know how she did it," Lynda marvels at her mother's strength and stoicism, an inherited strength she too would have to draw from.
Little Lynnie flanked by her Auntie Dot and her mommy Marie.
Too young to legally wed, Jimmie Johnson fudged his numbers to marry Marie, seven years his senior. The factory foreman worked the graveyard shift but he'd "get up, make my mother lunch and take it to her job. She always had a hot meal," Lynda smiles. Neighborhood kids lined up at the back door for a taste of his homemade ice cream. "He could throw down!" Though she made a great pound cake and could fry some corn, Marie was a distracted cook who told her kids "burnt food makes you pretty."
Diminutive size be damned, Marie, like her daughter was not easily cowed. "She was tiny but feisty." Lynda recalls a classic example, "Some man was outside our house fussing about something and waving a gun. My mother went out there, took the gun from him, said 'Nigga don't you be standing outside my house carrying on!' and started hitting him with his own gun. She was tough."
Jimmie and Marie Johnson.
She was also sharp. "My mother loved to shop. I have some of her sweater sets and pencil skirts from the 50's," Lynda says." Their jaunts to Ebony Fashion Fair shows empowered Lynda. "I always knew that we as a people had an amazing sense of style and that's what drew me to fashion."
Besides playing volleyball and acing track, she took fashion classes in high school, and planned a future in the Big Apple. "At the breakfast table, where we always had family discussions, I told my parents I wanted to go to New York to study fashion," Lynda says. "They looked up from their plates and Mom said They stole the hubcaps off our car in New York City, you are not going to school there, so you better find someplace else to go. Dad was always the quiet one, but I knew he agreed."
She found someplace else in a magazine ad for Atlanta's Bauder School of Fashion. It was exciting to be sixteen, on her own and zipping around the Peach in her "sky blue VW bug," but it just wasn't Seventh Avenue. She informed her folks that Atlanta was a wrap. Their response, "if you want to go to school in New York, you have to pay for it yourself." She called their bluff, got a job at the factory where her father worked, and saved enough for the in-state tuition at FIT, a SUNY school. She went on the parental condition that she stay with family in Long Island. However, the tedious 2-hour commute became a bit taxing and she moved with roommates to a "teeny-tiny" affordable apartment on 24th Street, walking distance from campus.
"I set my five-year plan for what I wanted to be and do once I graduated and it all eventually came true," she says. "I didn't want to be a designer nor a buyer, I wanted to write about fashion." An FIT mentoring program paired Lynda with advertising maven Yvonne Durant, a friend to this day. When an upset Lynda came crying over some slight, Yvonne listened then said "Now that you're done, never do that again. There are no tears in this industry, that will be seen as a sign of weakness." Whenever work situations threatened her equanimity, Lynda remembered Yvonne Durant said you cannot cry. And she didn't.
Yvonne secured her an internship at Essence Magazine with then-fashion editor, Susan L. Taylor. "That was when Essence really had a voice for Black women. I loved Marcia Ann Gillespie's editor's pages, I read them religiously. Look at these black women, they are doing it! I thought. I was enamored with them, I stayed until I graduated in 1976."
In 1978 she began a lengthy career with industry big Fairchild Publications. "I started as Assistant Fashion Editor of SportStyle magazine. My boss covered tennis, golf, ski– all the hoity-toity. I covered what she thought inconsequential," categories which flourished: "bodywear exploded, everyone was running and the whole surf lifestyle took off," she says. "I LOVED covering this market, I was in jock heaven. I interviewed and went to a baseball game with Dave Winfield." She covered trade shows in California, Germany, Spain, Italy and France. "I ran the Corporate Challenge race in Central Park and played volleyball on Fairchild's corporate team." Of her favorite sport, the petite dynamo says "I could get under the ball. Didn't do much spiking but I had a mean serve."
Fun at Fairchild.
Responding to the 1980's baby boomlet and subsequent wave of products targeted to parents, Fairchild created Children's Business magazine in 1985 with Atrium award-winning Lynda helming fashion. "I love that the children's industry is real mom-and-pop and down-to-earth, not so garmento."
She balanced this fulfilling career with a charmed personal life. Artist Earl Garrett, Jr. knew she was a "keeper" when she agreed to have dinner with him, no judgment, after he said, "I want to have dinner with you but we gotta go Dutch, I don't make that much money."
"I'm not one of those 26-point women with their lists who miss out on really good guys," she says. Dinner and a Betty Boop film festival "was so much fun. We had the best time." Though he didn't cop a kiss, he went home and called her straightaway. "We talked on the phone for hours– about everything. Garrett was special, really special. "He was very creative." (In photography, art direction, drawing and painting) He ignited her interest in art and introduced her to the Venice Biennale. It was in Venezia that he proposed marriage. They wed in 1986 on his birthday.
Her collection of works by African-American artists includes her beloved Garrett (left) and celebrated Alabama folk artist, Mose Tolliver.
Lynda ended the 1980's with unexpected loss. One of the two most important men in her life, her father, suffered a sudden stroke, drove himself to the hospital and went into cardiac arrest.
With the nineties came a barrage of highs and lows. Both bibliophiles, Lynda and colleague Tracy Mitchell collectively read,"were riveted" by and discussed Steven Corbin's No Easy Place to Be." Soon, editor-in-chief Monique Greenwood joined their conversations. Tracy speculated that there were other kindred spirits who read and celebrate black literature. The three women founded Go On Girl! book club. Twenty years later, GOG! has grown to over thirty chapters in 13 states and holds an annual awards gala to honor established authors and encourage new talent. Lynda is National Chair.
Garrett created the GOG! logo.
Realizing a girlhood dream of living in Harlem, Lynda and Garrett bought a century-old Hamilton Heights townhouse at a great price during the 1992 buyer's market.
Architect Clarence True's rendering.
In August 1995, Lynda and her mom drove from Syracuse to Montgomery for a family reunion, talking all the way. "She revealed herself to me. All the things she'd longed to do (like becoming an actress) and what she'd wished for us kids. I had so much fun with her that trip." It would be their last.
"My mother was no joke when it came to her cards. She always had a game going in the house: Poker, Black Jack, Tonk…just for fun with family" Lynda recalls. "The next thing I knew it was a full-fledged business. She served dinners (a guy named Teardrop worked the kitchen) she had somebody doing the bar and she took a cut on the table. She was not playing."
Unfortunately some young men, "looking to rob somebody and get high," knew there would be cash at the Johnson house. Around the corner, a neighbor watched them park in her driveway, don masks and quickly run off. She noted their faces, the make of the car and license plate number then phoned the police.
Recognizing the voices of the masked men demanding money, Marie called them by name. She'd fed at least one of them before. Panicked, one shot her. Word spread quickly of the slaying and the four perpetrators, caught by police within a half hour, were "beaten mercilessly" in jail.
Lynda, her mother's "Rock of Gibraltar" arrived in Syracuse braced to handle things, but her childhood home-as-crime scene was surreal. Where am I going to go? she thought, her "beacon" police-taped. Once allowed in, "the phone rang off-the-hook" for the venerated Mrs. Johnson. "I had no idea of the things my mother had done for people. We got calls from guys in prison. It blew me away."
At the funeral many spoke of Marie Johnson's legendary generosity. One woman shared that Mrs. Johnson gave her money to open a hair salon. A troubled young man disowned by his family said "Mrs. Johnson took me in like I was her own child. She fed and clothed me." Lynda too remembered her mother's compassion. A man once knocked on their door asking for food. Lynda's sister shooed him away but their mother said sternly you never turn anybody away who's hungry, if there's something in this house to eat, you give them something to eat. "My mother fed that man."
The neighbor/witness came forward and identified the accused men. "That was the saving grace for me. I knew who did it and it gave me closure," says Lynda, who read a statement at the trials." Addressing the defendants the judge said, "If you guys had her mother you wouldn't be sitting on that side of the table." The actual triggerman died in jail. "Talk about karma," Lynda says.
Garrett was balm for grief. "He was there for me in October when my mother was murdered, then in February he was gone. Just like that." He was beset by a viral infection that baffled doctors and shut down all his organs. "Having lost my mom and then Garrett, my cornerstones, so suddenly, I thought God I don't know what it is you want me to learn but I'm not getting it. Will you please just tell me and not take anymore people from me?" she says.
"I threw myself into work, I went back to school, I had to stay busy. I thought that if I stopped I was gonna die. It took a long time to get past the sadness." But as her therapist promised, she now thinks and speaks of them with a smile.
A memorial crazy quilt lovingly crafted from Garrett's clothing by the women in his life reproduces the cartoon image from his business card and holds his brushes and paint.
After his passing, Lynda wasn't thinking about romance. I had my soul mate, I've done that, she thought until she met Alonzo Wright in July 1997. Short in stature, he was long on personality. "I think Garrett sent him," she laughs, "I'd always been attracted to taller men."
They clicked at an Onaje Allan Gumbs performance at Sweet Basil. Alonzo phoned her the next day and invited her to view the sunset with him. With his saxophone in tow, they headed to Riverbank State Park, where he serenaded her, the sun setting gorgeously on the Hudson. Hungry, they went to her nearby home, made "a big ol' pot of pasta" and talked themselves into slumber on the sofa. "I woke up, realized it was really late and said 'you can't stay here overnight.' Realizing his journey would be more than an hour, though, she put him up in her guest room, retreated to her bedroom and locked herself in.
She later sent him flowers at work with a note that read "Thanks for the beautiful sunset and for being a gentleman," amazing him. "We started hanging out a lot and next thing you know, he moved in," she says. "He is not a replacement for Garrett, he is an addition" she asserts. She feels truly blessed to have had them both in her life.
Lyn and 'Zo.
When layoffs left Alonzo without a job, Lynda's response was "oh good, now you can focus on your music." With her belief in him, he thought keeper. "I knew music was what he really wanted to do and he did it. Here we are, three CDs later."
Alonzo wrangled music peers Will Downing and Ron Blake and their daughters for Lynda's magazine shoot. Photos: Deborah Feingold
After thirteen years together they married last summer. "On my birthday, we applied for the marriage license and on his birthday it arrived." She and her mother, both Taurean, married Gemini men seven years junior and fabulous cooks. She chuckles at the coincidence.
After 20 years, Fairchild shuttered Children's Business in 2005, rocking her professional world. Her considerable experience and respect from the industry garnered her a successful freelance run; then the recession hit, budgets cut and her clients dwindled to two. Her adjunct professorship at FIT helped fill in the financial gaps.
Rebounding admirably, she and Tracy Mitchell were in the throes of their business plan when they shared with a vendor at a trade show their intention to launch another childrenswear publication. "We don't need a magazine, we need news in real-time, online. Manufacturers also need a place where we can advertise to the consumer without paying a lot of money," he said. Lynda and Tracy reconsidered their venture and created a dual website, KidStyleSource.com "for the retailer planning the season ahead and for the parent buying for the season at hand," she explains. They are enjoying advertising growth and increased traffic with great vendor giveaways. She never aspired to be an entrepreneur, but Marie bequeathed her the gift for cultivating a passion into a business.
As we talked into the night, it was heartening to see and hear how healing has trumped heartache for this truly beautiful soul. Here she shares the things enlivening to her mind, body and spirit.
1. Living in Harlem. The rich history of the cultural mecca was magnetic. Fiercely protective, she's rallying neighbors to save the once majestic PS 186 building from razing.
Her stately Hamilton Heights haven; historic subway signage; and the beneficiary of her advocacy, PS 186.
2. VW Beetle. "My first was a '63 now we have a '73."
Their trusty Jazz Blue bug.
3. Books by African-American Authors. "My sixth grade teacher, Mr. Steinberg opened a whole new world to me with the writers of the Harlem Renaissance. 'It's so important for you to know about your culture through your writers,' he said."
Her " favorite of all time."
4. Smoothies. "Interested in the correlation between food and healing," she enjoys making the dense, nutrient-rich drinks.
A yummy, efficacious blend of organic fruits with rice yogurt, green tea and flaxseed oil.
5. Staying Fit. "I love yoga and I do cardio and weight training at the gym…my husband IS younger than me," she chuckles.
Bikram Yoga Harlem is her go-to spot.
6. Art Deco Furnishings. Though her mom offered, "You don't have to buy that old used furniture. I can give you some money to buy some nice new furniture," the era's streamlined forms appeal to Lynda.
The dining room buffet.
7. Freesias. "They're pretty, dainty and I love the fragrance."
Photo: Gypsie2
8. Miraval Spa. "Love that place! Alonzo and I have gone twice."
The famed resort is nestled in the foothills of Tucson's Santa Clarita mountains.
9. Champa Incense. She burns both the classic and golden fragrances from Blue Pearl.
Wafting essences of frangipani and sandalwood.
10. Entertaining. She loves to host guests in her elegant home. Lynda and I hadn't seen in each other in ages, so we had a girls' night whilst Alonzo was on the road in Italy.
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Junko Sawada adds toppings to her ice cream at the International Student Union's Global Scoop event held at Baker University Center on Tuesday as part of International Week.
Photographer: Katelyn Vancouver
Ohio University students (from left) Papa Ndiaye from Senegal, Samar Alwabel from Saudi Arabia, and Ariana Bovell enjoy their ice cream and pleasant conversation.
Photographer: Katelyn Vancouver
A long line of Ohio University students and faculty try different kinds of ice cream from around the world.
Photographer: Katelyn Vancouver
Apr 17, 2014
By Caroline Glaser
What better way to celebrate International Week than with free ice cream?
Students gathered in the Baker Bobcat Lounge Tuesday afternoon to try a variety of ice cream flavors from all around the world.
"It's better than an ice cream shop, not to mention I was the first in line," said student Angelina Sakharovskaya as she enjoyed a bowl of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream topped with cherries and sprinkles.
Student director Nihal Said said that not only did the ice cream consist of American flavors, but also included Durian tropical fruit bars, known as the "king of fruit" from Southeast Asia, green tea bars, and Mochi ice cream, a Japanese confection made from mochi (pounded sticky rice) with an ice cream filling.
Students also had a choice of toppings such as chocolate chips, sprinkles, cherries, cookie chips and gummy bears.
The Global Scoop event was sponsored by the International Student Union, which serves as an umbrella organization for the University's other diverse international student organizations. The event was part of International Week, and was created to give students an opportunity to try flavors of ice cream from around the world.
More events are planned as part of International Week, including a Talent Show reception Friday evening in Baker University Center, and the International Street Fair on Court Street Saturday afternoon.


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New orders for durable goods, which range from toasters to aircraft, increased 3.3 percent last month, the Commerce Department said on Friday.
The data was the latest to show the U.S. economy exhibiting surprising resilience in the face of harsh fiscal austerity measures enacted this year.
"(It's) another sign that growth is holding up quite well," said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
While Washington hiked taxes in January and sweeping budget cuts began in March, consumer spending has looked relatively robust and many economists think the U.S. Federal Reserve could begin tapering a monetary stimulus program by the end of the year.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected new orders for durable goods, which are meant to last three years or more, to rise 1.5 percent last month. The Commerce Department also revised prior readings for orders to show a smaller decline in March than previously estimated.
The better-than-expected news helped contain losses on Wall Street, where stocks slipped for a third straight day. Investors fear that less monetary stimulus could crimp the supply of money for investing. Yields on U.S. government debt also declined.
Data earlier this month showed U.S. factory output fell in April for the second straight month, hurt by the European debt crisis which has weighed on demand at factories from Los Angeles to Shanghai.
Friday's report showed a measure of underlying demand in the factory sector, which strips out aircraft and military goods and is an indicator of future business spending, advanced 1.2 percent. That was a faster clip than analysts had expected.
Even if that signals a return to growth in the factory sector, economists expect government austerity will nevertheless sap strength from the economy as the year progresses.
"While (Friday's data) was definitely better than expected, I would not mistake this for rip-roaring strength," said Stephen Stanley, an economist at Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Connecticut.
Shipments of core capital goods, which go into calculations of equipment and software spending in the gross domestic product report, fell 1.5 percent.
That suggests that while there were signs businesses could spend more in coming months, actual transactions got off to a weak start in the second quarter, reinforcing the view that economic growth has slowed.
Economists polled by Reuters earlier this month expect GDP to grow at a 1.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, down from a 2.5 percent pace in the January-March period.
Shipments of capital goods in the defense sector, which is shouldering a large share of Washington's austerity drive, fell 5.6 percent in April.
And while the strength in overall new orders was broad based, it received a boost from a rise in demand for aircraft, which is often volatile. The increase in aircraft orders was expected; plane-maker Boeing received orders for 51 aircraft, up from 39 in March, according to information posted on its website.
(Editing by Andrea Ricci)
Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/05/24/business/24reuters-durable-goods.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


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Good morning crafters, I hope you're all ok on this Tuesday morning.
It's the last day of July so time to sadly say goodbye to our guest designer for the month Mindy
You've loved the work that Mindy has done for us throughout the month and this card will be no exception…
Here's my last card, although she's waving hello I thought it would be a nice 'See ya around' card.
This card is special to me, I've used some brand new papers that were designed by me!!!!
I hope you all have enjoyed my stay for the month. Have a great day!
Big Hugs!!!
Stamps- Milly Hello, Little Darling Garden Sentiment,
Paper – Little Darlings Caladium Paper designed by me – Mindy Baxter, Copic Xpress
Ink- Memento and Copics
Wild Orchid Crafts – pink and white cherry blossom, 25mm white rose, 15mm pink rose, hip rosebud, 6mm white rosebud, pink pearls,
Accessories –Stampin' Up ribbon, misc button,
You can see more of Mindy's work on her own blog here and make sure you pop back tomorrow to see who our new guest designer is …a clue …she's a very old friend of Lili of the Valley!!


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The Builders' Merchant Building Index (BMBI) combines data from GfK's Builders' Merchants Panel with the Builders' Merchant Federation's (BMF) Sales Indicators, in collaboration with MRA Marketing.
The GfK Builders' Merchants Panel started collecting data in July 2014, and all trend data in the report is indexed on the monthly average from the six-month period of July 2014 to December 2014.
A summary of the data will be published each month in Builders' Merchants News magazine, with a more in-depth report published each quarter.
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22) Gordon Beckham, SS, Chicago White Sox
Hit .270/.347/.460 in 103 games for the Chicago White Sox, very credible performance one year out of college. He's gonna be a good one.
BTW, Gordon Beckham finished his rookie season with a .362 wOBA and a .289 BABIP. Also, a 2.1 WAR and a $9.6 million value.


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