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Model X performance... is Elon going nuts?
Model X performance... is Elon going nuts?
Too much "city warm-climate" mentality in the design, I think. Perhaps the X design team should get their own digs in North Dakota. The whole concept of "seasons" seems to be alien to these guys.
But that's quite a teaser! Standard Xes can drag-race Performance Ses on even terms? And will the Performance X match the Roadster Sport? Double the motors, double the fun ...
Range is definitely going to be down. Note, they are not even attempting to quantify it. Double motors will presumably consume close to double power. Single motor, heavier vehicle... maybe not double consumption (over the S) but certainly a lot more than the S.
Note that the car is being aimed at the female of the species? See the blurb on the new "X" page and it specifically states "her".
If they are going after the females, count one (my wife) as unimpressed. I"m not sure I like the look of the X either. It looks kind of like an S that is stretched a bit taller. I don't mind the gull wing doors, but I think the X aesthetically could have made more of a statement.
@ dborn No, two motors will not consume double energy, will only have close to double power when needed. It may consume slightly more due to extra weight and friction (more moving parts) but may also consume less because each motor could stay most of the time in a power range when it is more efficient.
@Volker As long as they offer it at comparable prices to other premium SUVs and as the performance comes almost for free (even with only one motor it is plenty), why not?
As I have argued less than one year ago talking / dreaming about Model S Sport (not performance)
"I would add that they also have hinted at an AWD, and it makes no sense to build a complicated transmission which would be as heavy as a second motor (and a bit of extra cables + software) – and inefficient. As the battery occupies the floor of the car, the transmission would also modify the chassis. And there is a trunk in front, just use a quarter of it for the second motor (+ PEM + the small gearbox)."
Now we see that we get 4.4s on the normal version of a larger and heavier car with that setup. If we have the same 21% gain from normal to performance version as we do for Model S, the Performance Model X would need 3.5s to get to 60mph. What would that do for an AWD Model S? 5% better than 3.5s ? 10% better ? In any case, we are talking ridiculous (in a good way) numbers for a large sedan.
I get it... Tesla is going for the BMW X6m, Infinity FX50s, Porsche Cayenne Turbo performance SUV buyer. I use to own an FX50s, and minus the third row seating and low MPG, it somewhat appears very similar.
Over the last decade, many SUV owners whom never drove their SUV in the dirt, these big-cars became just daily drivers. The 'sport' part came off as more 'sportcar' than 'dirtcar', thus the Sportcar-Utility-Vehicle (SUV) was born. It became a vehicle for the person who wanted a larger four-door vehicle with a sporty look and speed, that you could get a lot of cargo or people in, yet drive it on the highway, and never feel small or slow. Also, for anyone who has a bad back, it's a hell of a lot easier to get in and out of.
As far as the percentage of people out there who would buy an X, I think in the large urban areas of the US, it will sell great IMHO!
@TikiMan - I agree.
Right on, TikiMan. And dborn.
One auto industry analyst said several years back: "the minivan is a life-stage vehicle, the SUV is a life-style vehicle". Many moms, my wife included, would not step in a minivan, once the kids are out of kindergarten. But a stylish, spacious, fast cross-over (aka SUV) is a different story. With the performance options, now dads will fight for it too...
Where can I see the (much delayed) webcast video?
@dborn Double motors will presumably consume close to double power.
Double motors drain almost no extra power (unless you floor it) because losses stay nearly the same. Two motors need half the power/motor to gain same net result.
...approximately, there is a bit bigger drivetrain losses due doubled friction sources and bit higher overall drivetrain weight I guess.
Car is less aerodynamic and probably weights quite a lot more due sheer bulk of the car, so those definitely cut the range. I'm guessing 85kWh gives you something between 200 and 250miles at 50mph.
That's why I think this is not going to catch on. SUV drivers want a long distance vehicle. They use it to shuttle their kids to their club soccer tournaments in far off cities, go to the beach, mountains, whatever. Range anxiety is going to huge.
I am sure by 2014 when it comes out; it will likely have a bigger battery, as the technology gets better.
But then again, I know a LOT of urban SUV drivers that never drive farther than 30 miles a day (at most).
I do agree about the gull-wing doors... If you have to drive the kids around in heavy weather (rain and snow) half the year, this is likely NOT the vehical for you.
But then again, I wouldn't want a typical 'soccer-mom' driving anything that goes from 0-60 in under 10 seconds anyway!
It seems to me (as Tiki noted above) that the X is intended to compete with the Cayenne, FX50, Q7, X5/6 crowd. It isn't a true SUV for off-road capabilities. Its more of a luxury crossover (thus the X moniker). In that regard, I think they hit the mark. Its what I was expecting. If some were expecting more (or less as it were), then there's sure to be disappointment.
It will be great for road trips. In about 2 to 4 years the charging network should be solid.
My only concern is the door height. They need a sensor on the doors so they don't hit the ceiling in low parking garages. The first thing Top Gear will do is drive into a low parking garage and start banging the doors against the ceiling.
The first thing my wife will do is park it oddly in the garage and take out the garage door opener getting the groceriew out.
It will probably be larger than what my wife likes to drive but maybe in 4 years she can have the S and I'll get the X.
I guesstimated from the X animated door pic that it required 6" clearance each side, and about 18" above. Not tea bags.
As for aerodynamics, I seem to recall seeing a claim it was better than the S. The blunter rear end? No mirrors?
Can't be better than Model S just because much larger frontal area. Double the front and double the drag. Lack of mirrors probably help with Cd, but not enough to counter the added A.
Rear actually affects more than front in (low speed) aerodynamics. Ideal shape for low Cd is teardrop where the blunt end is at front. That also makes be not believe that particular claim about better aerodynamics than Model S.
All you folks and the analysts who keep thinking of the Model X as an SUV are missing the point . . . and the market! Tesla and Elon have repeatedly called the Model X a cross-over. They have declared it NOT to be an SUV. The crossover has big attraction in urban areas for moms who want to look cool and older kids who don't want to show up anywhere in a box.
One report places the range reduction at 10% to 12%.
I'll bet my milk money that the 4.4sec figure is for the Performance version, and that Elon elided his sentences. When he said "and this isn't even the Performance version," I'm fairly to the vehicle they were in, not to the figure he had just quoted. Going below 4.4 secs is just a stupid waste of resources in a vehicle like this.
Oooo -- I'll take that bet. The dual motors give lotsa torque and a much longer sweet spot than one.
@Robert.Boston Going below 4.4 secs is just a stupid waste of resources in a vehicle like this.
I don't think so. I told someone a long time ago that BEV:s will have insane performance, not because they can, but because they have to.
Larger electric motors are more efficient than smaller ones, and also large battery naturally gives huge power, so if the car has two motors for AWD and large battery it automatically also has insane performance. It is more a side-effect of technology used than goal to reach. Efficiency and power go hand to hand in BEV:s, you don't need to sacrifice one to get the other.
There are 3 versions: 2wd, 4wd, and 4wd performance.
2wd will be similar to standard S, maybe slightly slower.
4wd will be 4.4 sec because of the added torque and grip of 4 driven wheels.
4wd performance has the potential to go below 4 sec (which is insane - and awesome). It may not be useful but serves to brightline that EVs cannot be matched by ICEs, which helps promote the mission.
There's no efficiency penalty for the extra motor. It its turned off, it freewheels and uses no juice. Of course if you punch it heavily, you'll go through the battery much more quickly.
The only hit relative to the S is from the heavier chassis and larger frontal area. That'll shorten range 10-15%.
The S is more beautiful, and seems like the go-to car unless you need to carry 7 or lots of cargo room, in which case the X offers an unmatched combination of space and efficiency.
The proof is in the pre-sales: http://www.teslamotors.com/about/press/releases/model-x-fastest-selling-...
That press release does appear to contradict Elon.
One other possibility - there may be 4 permutations:
1. 2WD base
2. 2WD performance
3. AWD base
4. AWD performance
It's possible the 4.4 second number is about the same for config's 2 and 3.
(in each case for different reasons: hotter motor / inverter in #2, and twin motor torque in #3)
From a pure physics POV, this is actually plausible.
If that were the case, then both Elon and the press release could be technically correct, and it's possible that config #4 is faster still.
We'll see what TM says as the X gets closer to production.
Remember how the Model S performance spec was unveiled around the time of the beta test drives. TM likes to delight customers with continued surprises.
The model x price structure is more or less supposed to follow the model s. With the model s the performance aspect of the performance package costs about 10k even though the performance vehicle costs 15k more, right? If AWD costs the same or less than 10k, why would anyone spend 10k for the same performance without AWD? Do you think that option 2 for example would get better range because it would weigh less?
AWD definitely offers better drive dynamics, and would be the cooler choice for the enthusiast.
There is a range penalty to pay if you have the two motors, but only when you flex those muscles. The combined peak current for two motors is also likely higher than just hotter windings for a single motor, so that would tax the battery more at a less favorable point on the discharge curve.
So it's possible that getting that same 4.4 sec number might deplete the AWD charge faster than the 2WD. If efficiency were perfect, watts-in and-HP out should be no different for each case. But there are battery nonidealities, so they'd probably not match.
The extra motors and beefier power control electronics do add to the bill of materials cost, so TM has to recover their costs if they offer both upgrades. The upgrade prices likely won't be equal, either. The extra drive train costs more than the electronics.
So there may in fact be cost and range variations that might suit different buyers, and config 3 might not fully subsume 2.
Assuming that S and X pricing structures are indeed parallel, another tier in the S line may yet emerge that offers AWD, using X building blocks. (see other threads on this).
That would reconcile the price points, and result in a higher performance tier for both the S and X lines that could boast sub 4 second theoretical performance (like the Roadster) at higher cost.
Whether they do it or not is an open question, but the combined potential of AWD and hotter motors / electronics presents the possibility.
Another way to see it: if they do eventually offer an AWD S, it won't be slower, or cost less than the current 2WD Performance flavor.
The Model X spec page shows Performance only on dual motors; Option 2 does not exist.
Sure seems that way right now Brian. If that press release in combination with the summary spec are the final word, 4.4 sec is top of the line, and Elon simply misspoke.
They did leave themselves some wiggle room though. It's curious that you don't see the 4.4 on the spec summary page. Instead it says "when outtfitted with AWD, Model X Performance accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds". Lots of numbers are less than 5.
And then in the press release, it doesn't mention AWD together with the Performance spec of 4.4 sec.
Just seems kind of notable that they didn't simply state the same 4.4 number when they described the AWD Performance combo.
It might just be casual and inadvertent, or they might have wanted to craft those slightly different words carefully.
Also interesting how they kept the Model S Performance quiet until late in the game.
Maybe Elon is crazy ...
like a fox.
Mark K | FEBRUARY 18, 2012
"AWD definitely offers better drive dynamics, and would be the cooler choice for the enthusiast.
There is a range penalty to pay if you have the two motors, but only when you flex those muscles."
I agree wholeheartedly with the first sentence, not sure if the second sentence is correct.
With AWD drive there should be regenerative braking with both the front and rear motors/generators.
Rear wheel drive has regenerative braking only in the rear. Front and rear regenerative braking could probably offset the small penalty of having two motors in the AWD.
What if the gains of front/rear regenerative braking more than offset the penalty of two motors? Talk about having your cake and eating it too! To mix metaphors, the Model X will sell like hotcakes!
GoTeslaChicago, you raise a good point. You have a larger range of deceleration rates that could be handled by regenerative braking if you can distbribute the job to all 4 wheels instead of just the rear.
In practice though, this gain is likely to be less than the loss from the harsher demand on the battery when you push it to accelerate quickly.
Taken to extreme, the Roadster can double its range if you to keep it at 25 mph or so, and decelerate gradually.
But a really light foot isn't so fun, so the practical case is where you do acc / dec briskly,, and the other losses kick in.
I'm sure the X would get absurdly high mileage too if you stayed in the perfect zone where these factors are optimal. But how could we pass up the joy of using what it does better than anything else you can buy?
That's why I say you'll take a hit only when you flex those muscles.
It's not that the machine is less good than the 2WD S, AWD clearly is better. it's that you won't be able to resist enjoying its benefits.
Hi Mark,
Of course we're trying to make informed speculation here, but it is still speculation.
Here's my 2 cents worth.
Unlike a gas engine I don't think there is much penalty for accelerating rapidly.
As I understand it, the conversion efficiency of an electric motor is fairly constant over a wide range of rpm. At higher speeds, the energy lost is due to wind resistance, and has nothing to do with how rapidly you achieve the high speed.
Braking is a different story. Even with regenerative braking a lot (more than half?) of the energy used in accelerating is lost. Therefore, stop and go driving where you have to brake a lot will enact a penalty, (lessened by regenerative braking), but it is the stopping that does it, not the rapid acceleration.
Of course I won't be able to resist hitting the accelerator when the light changes, but after a couple of weeks I probably won't do it so much when I know that I'll have to stop at another light only a few blocks away. Acceleration to top speed when entering the freeway will be a thrill, and with no need to stop again, any time soon, my conscience will be clear.
Hi GoTeslaChicago,
You've got the motor efficiency right. Ideally, twice the electric power for half the time results in the same total application of thrust.
The difference is in the battery. The battery impedance (think of this as internal losses), gets worse at higher load.
This is a function of its chemistry and electrode structure. Picture a finite number of tiny holes (electrode receptor sites) for the electrons to exit the cell to get to the motor. If all available paths are full, the rest of the electrons have trouble getting out and some get wasted as heat inside the battery.
The more suddenly you ask high current from the battery, the more prominent this effect. As batteries improve, this effect will be less and will approach more of the ideal you describe. For the event horizon though, this loss is real.
Some months ago, as a sanity check, we did some tests with one of our engineer's Nissan Leaf (also Lithium Ion chemistry like TM). We repeatedly gunned it to 30 mph quickly, but always slowed down gradually to regen efficiently. 30 mph was chosen to dodge aerodynamic drag influences. The battery depletion was significantly worse than if we always accelerated slowly to reach the same speed fot the same total number of miles.
We also use a lot of Lithium Polymer batteries in our work, (similar LiIon chemistry to TM), and you routinely see this. The battery wants to deliver up to a certain rate. Ask for more, and the battery gets hot and dies quicker.
What TM ends up building is speculation, but the physics is not. That's the way these cells work for TM and any competitor (though TM is definitely the best at managing them intelligently).
It's cool to have bigger muscles. Flex them too much, and you get tired.
But then, who could defy?
Model X Performance has such big muscles, and more of them.
And muscles are so cool!
There was a tech article on new LiIon cell architecture from MIT some time ago, which talked about "banding". Essentially, pre-established channels within the battery to route electrons to "exit tunnels" . Claims of faster charge/discharge, absence of heat penalty, etc.
Lets see if I can find it in my Clipmate records ...
They call it a "beltway" design.
With regards to the different comments, perhaps the Model X page is referring to "what they want to advertise for the production vehicle that will be delivered in 2013" vs. "comments about what they've achieved with the specific prototype shown at the press conference"?
Batteries will definitely get a lot better, both in capacity and in lower internal losses at high load. EV demand will fund these advances.
But this will take several years, not months. You can expect your second EV to charge faster and go farther.
But what TM has done now is very brilliant. LiIon cell performance recently reached sufficient critical mass to enable no-compromise EVs, but only if you integrate the cells very cleverly. So TM buys the best cells available and manages them with very smart technology developed in-house. It's indeed the best in the world - which is why Daimler is buying it.
The result is cars (S and X), that make economic sense now. Not years from now. The S is a 5 / 7 series killer right now. Faster, roomier, safer, unmatched grip, more beautiful and not a drop of gas - all at comparable price points. The X will have lower operating cost than a Ford SUV, yet outperform a Porsche Cayenne.
TM uses classic disruptive change strategy:
Whenever you offer a new technology to solve a big problem, don't just outperform on the key feature (no gas), outperform on all fronts. When you eliminate compromise, you make the consumer decision simple, and drive rapid adoption.
From the beginning with the Roadster, to the S, and now the X, in each segment all TM models leverage this strategy.
Once the S is shipping, you'd have to blow off reality to spend another dollar on old technology for a premium sedan.
Do we need 4.4 sec or faster acceleration? No. But buyers compare models on such specs, and if you beat the ICE cars even there, game over.
The largest SUV audience is low-snow city dwellers who currently buy 2WD SUV's. And minivan buyers rarely ever pop for AWD. These kind of guys never go off-road. A 2WD Performance X is lowest cost way to give them high specs (it's half the parts). That's why I think they'll offer it, and why the exact specs vs. config will remain unconfirmed until they are close to production (also smart strategy).
If smart strategy makes Elon nuts ... whatever he's drinking, I'll have one too.
@Mark K wrote: Do we need 4.4 sec or faster acceleration? No. But buyers compare models on such specs, and if you beat the ICE cars even there, game over.
I said in another thread that very fast low speed acceleration of BEV is more a side-effect of used technology than goal to achieve. It doesn't cost you much more to build 300+kW engine and electronics than 100kW. Bigger motors tend to be more efficient than small ones (unlike ICE). Big batteries just plain give huge power.
As long as you use big batteries you pretty much automatically get a very high performance car. Two motors makes that even easier. It's easy for Tesla to make such a car, so it would be just plain stupid not to make it.
And it just keeps getting easier and easier with new technologies. With battery techs like what Brian H above linked even small batteries give enormous power soon, and electronics get better and better all of time.
Well, I see no indication there will be a RWD Perfomance X. I think it's an unnecessary complication. If you want RWD Performance, you'll be "stuck" with an S, I think.
It doesn't cost TM any more engineering to offer the 2WD Performance flavor if they choose to do it. They're already doing a 2WD version, and already have the performance motor and electronics in the parts bin. It's simply a business decision if the demand is there.
Personally, I'm sticking with the S Performance for me, but I'm thinking my wife will discover her new AWD Performance X surprise in the driveway in 2014. It's the safest and most sure-footed family protectobile. And I would steal the wheel from her for weekend trips.
If they offered AWD on the S, I'd go for it across the board on all my EVs. It's just technically better.
Here is a video of getting up the driveway at my other home in the Rockies, called Hole in the Wall. The last pitch before the house and after the turn is a 15% grade. All I want is an electric vehicle that can make it up this most of the time in the winter. Even my jeep with air lockers and good snow tires can't make it up after a 2 foot, 60 cm snowfall until its plowed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lKoHO3AEPk&list=UU0jDCIQFr4H_-Gybc-lbmFw This video was done in a 4WD Chevy pickup in low range with the transfer case locked.
FWIW, at the Boston beta event I was told that Tesla had hired a third-party assessment of the Model S performance in snow. They are clearly expecting to publish impressive results.
Beautiful post. What is wrong with Tesla? Why do they keep targeting other cars? Faster than this, bigger than that... In the end its about price and value. I agree the "go electric" crowd will buy to keep them alive but we live in a real world. The X is just a statement and it does not save the owner any money even though electric is cheaper. Its going to be too expensive. It has a large touch screen, falcon wing doors, and side cameras instead of mirrors. Why add these "new" to automoblies features in one vehicle. I think they are trying too hard to impress people and not being realistic. Get me a full size car with great range and at a good price. Why prolong the Gen III with the X? I hope they are still around to produce a Gen III.
What's with all the irrational posts? TM is obviously not targeting your and your priorities. 'Bye.
Because its easy to modify the Model S skateboard to build the Model X.
Building a new skateboard thats cheaper than the Model S for Gen III? That's a little bit more work.
SMahindra21 >>> "...Why prolong the Gen III with the X?"
One word: Foreplay
I love Tesla's approach on the Roadster, S, X, Gen III.
If they survive -- highly likely, now --- they will literally rule the world.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State's Trinity Randolph had the match of the day, but the women's tennis team fell to Belmont at home on Wednesday, 6-0.
Randolph was dominant in the first set, drilling powerful serves and making BU's Nikki Maciel run all over the court. Her performance earned her a 6-2 set victory.
In the second set, Randolph was up again, but a late surge by her opponent put the score, 7-5, in the Bruins' favor. With both teams looking on and cheering after every point, Randolph came up just shy in the tiebreaker, 10-7.
Victoria Haynes also had a solid showing playing in the No. 1 spot, but lost 6-2, 6-2. Jade Daniels was defeated, 6-1, 6-1, and Adrianne Presley and Attallah Eiland both fell, 6-0, 6-0.
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Lucas Velasquez takes part in a medical training drill performed outside Fallujah. Velasquez, a Navy corpsman, is carrying the stretcher in the front.
During a pair of six-month stints in and around Fallujah, Iraq –- then a fiercely volatile city –- Navy corpsman Lucas Velasquez came to know about life.
And death.
From late 2005 through early 2007, not long after nearly 100 U.S. troops and more than 1,350 insurgents were killed in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury, Velasquez routinely rendered emergency aid to wounded Marines while ducking bullets, rocket-propelled grenades and IED blasts. In uniform, Velasquez was smart and quick, adept at practicing field medicine literally while under the gun.
In 2007, after retiring from the Navy, Velasquez, then 23, enrolled at Columbus State University in western Georgia. He promptly failed four of his first six classes.
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Lucas Velasquez enrolled at Columbus State University in Georgia after retiring from the Navy. He is pictured on the bottom, second from the right, with his Kappa Sigma fraternity brothers.
"It was a struggle," he said.
Velasquez hadn't been in a classroom for more than five years. Instead of taking strategic lecture notes or studying highlights in the syllabus when prepping for exams, he scribbled nearly every word his professors uttered and tried to absorb every fact in his textbooks. Deeper, there was a vast cultural chasm between other freshmen and the survivor of multiple firefights and risky missions.
"At 19, I was in combat as opposed to trying to go find a party," said Velasquez, injured before he came home. "They really don't realize how precious life can be, how it can go away in the drop of a dime. They're more worried about what they're going to be wearing to school tomorrow, or the spring break that's coming up. There's nothing wrong with that. It's just two different people."
Among the approximately 800,000 military veterans now attending U.S. colleges, an estimated 88 percent drop out of school during their first year and only 3 percent graduate, according a report forwarded by the University of Colorado Denver, citing a March 22, 2012 study by the Colorado Workforce Development Council.
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Scores of former servicemen and servicewomen who are among the best in the world at defusing bombs, tracking the enemy, patching bloody limbs, or negotiating with wary Afghans become futilely lost when trying to author an English paper.
Indeed, the vast, life-experience divide between war veterans and teens fresh out of high school – all now sharing the same classrooms – can make the scholastic transition awkward and arduous for ex-soldiers, said Michael Dakduk, executive director of Student Veterans of America, a support network for ex-military college students. SVA now has chapters on more than 500 campuses
Mix in the fat gap of time between the vets' high school days and their attempts to blend into college life and the reasons for the dropout rate become even more obvious.
"They are (taking) academically rigorous courses after being removed from the academic setting for so long," Dakduk said.
"I didn't know how to study," Velasquez said of his first months at Columbus State. "In the military classes (we had taken), they spoon fed you everything because they didn't want you to fail. It was a struggle going from a structured lifestyle to one where everything is on you."
A number of colleges – Dakduk mentioned the University of Arizona, Syracuse University, Rutgers University, Purdue University, Columbia University and Dartmouth College – offer well-crafted services that truly help retired military folks thrive in the college classroom.
But some schools falsely sell themselves as "military friendly" simply to attract veterans on the G.I. Bill when, in reality, they don't have the adequate infrastructure or counselors to help former soldiers succeed, Velasquez said. After his initial failures, Velasquez had to independently seek external tutoring. He eventually boosted his grade point average to 3.8.
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Under the post-9/11 G.I. Bill, the federal government covers up to 100 percent of veterans' tuition and fees. That money goes directly to the colleges, making the ex-servicemen and servicewomen financially attractive enrollees.
Earlier this year, SVA revoked chapters at 26 for-profit colleges that failed to meet the organization's requirements, mainly having a student-veteran – not an administrator – run the chapter. Those booted schools included the Art Institute of New York City, Brown Mackie College in Akron, Ohio, DeVry University in Orlando, Fla., ECPI College of Technology in Raleigh, N.C., and ITT Technical Institute in South Bend, Ind.
The misleading, so-called military-friendly sales pitch made by some colleges to attract vets, Velasquez said, is a big reason for the dropout rate.
"There was a concern around certain predatory, for-profit schools using our brand to legitimize their programs," Dakduk said. (He added that better statistics are needed to precisely calculate the veteran dropout rate; the post-9/11 G.I. Bill was enacted three years ago, which means, Dakduk said, not enough time has passed to gauge its impact on today's enrolled ex-soldiers.)
In August 2011, Velasquez transferred to the University of Colorado Denver after getting married. (He had been to Colorado earlier in his life and purposely picked the state for a new start). UCD, he learned, had a three-tiered system to help vets transition from military to college, stay in school and then move from graduation to the workforce. As part of that program, the school assigns an upperclassman to incoming ex-military students to mentor them socially and academically. It's based on a similar program used at U.S. military bases.
"What we try to facilitate with that is the camaraderie -- the community -- because that's one of the biggest things (ex-military) people miss," said Cameron Cook, head of UCD's veteran student services. "It's one of the hardest things: missing your team, your friends in the military. That's really hard to let go."
A retired Marine, Cook soon e-mailed Velasquez and invited him to participate in the program.
"This is perfect, just what veterans need, something that helps them take that veteran experience and use it in college," Velasquez said.
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Cook and his team also try to help vets who carry to campus "the invisible injuries" of war –- post-traumatic stress disorder.
"When they get out of the military, the average student veteran is so focused on transition into college, finding a place to live, getting on the G.I. Bill. They're very busy reintegrating," Cook said. "But then, after that first year, everything kind of slows down and that's when the shadows come in."
The "shadows" of PTSD, including rampant anxiety and sleeplessness, often are triggered by daily stress – for example, by exams.
"We see a big increase [in students presenting with PTSD symptoms] right at midterms and it grows exponentially until finals," Cook said.
"One student told me that at the beginning of every semester he feels like he's getting ready to go on a deployment," Cook said. "And you can parallel finals to being like miniature battles."
"And I've had other students say: 'I don't know why I'm stressed about a biology test when I was in Fallujah. Why am I stressed about this when I've been through so much previously?' The reason is: the Fallujah experience gets linked to the stress of midterms. They already have stress and then academic stresses just build on that."
Or, as one retired non-commissioned officer who attends UCD summed up the challenges of the veteran-college experience and high dropout rate: "I was the man in the military. We had so much responsibility [overseas], people's lives were on the line. Now I'm sitting next to an 18-year-old and I'm struggling to keep up with him in this class."
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Riders who purchase "Value fare" tickets will have to cancel their reservation within 24 hours of the departure time to qualify for a refund under a new policy posted to the passenger rail system's website this week.
Amtrak spokesman Clifford Cole said the change, announced Monday, "is being driven by a need to better manage our inventory and to be able to provide seats for customers who need to purchase at the last minute."
"We believe that by encouraging customers to let us know in advance that they are not going to travel on their scheduled train, we will be able to make more seats available for customers who need to purchase at the last minute." he wrote in an email.
"Flexible fare" tickets will continue to be fully refundable under the policy, which is set to take effect March 1, 2014. A third tier of low-cost tickets, known as "Saver fare," will remain ineligible for refunds.
Under the old refund rule, passengers who canceled their "Value fare" ticket within 24 hours of departure or who failed to show up for a train could receive a refund worth the cost of the ticket after a 10 percent cancellation fee was deducted or an eVoucher for the full amount, Cole said.
The nationwide rail system serves an average of more than 85,000 passengers throughout the country each day.
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Sometimes we wonder what it'd be like if we were famous – -mind you, in our warped minds, we're total A-listers — and if we'd share personal photos of our kids on Twitter. But Jessica Simpson just shared an adorable picture of her baby girl Maxwell Drew and that seals the deal for us; we'd totally post pictures of our kids solely because we'd hope someone, somewhere, would be writing an article much like this one.
In a tweet today (June 26), the new mom tweeted a simple, "Howdy friends" and posted a picture of her little girl. With Maxwell's big eyes and pouty lips, she's giving a then-newborn Shiloh Jolie-Pitt a run for her money in the looks department. Even with the baby's first, and probably not last, close up shot, we can't decide if she looks like mom Jess or dad Eric Johnson.
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Went to the BBC last night to see some live music and saw the sign in the spot light underneath beautiful mossy live oaks. I traveled the blues highway from Memphis to Clarksdale in December 2009 and visited many markers along that route. I live less than two miles from the BBC and it is a great juke joint that is very deserving of the marker. It's a very great honor to have a marker at the BBC; thanks for the recognition.
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North Florida's urban clubs and rural roadhouses, including clubs that have operated at this historic Bradfordville location, have played an important role in the history of the Gulf Coast "chitlin circuit" for touring African American blues, jazz, and R&B musicians. Mississippi-born artists B. B. King, Bo Diddley, John Lee Hooker, and many more have performed and recorded in Florida, while some Floridians, including bluesman Benny Latimore, recorded at studios in Mississippi as well.
Florida has long provided work for traveling musicians with its many entertainment centers. Seasonal jobs in agriculture and other fields also drew itinerant bluesmen from Mississippi and other states. One of the most important early carriers of blues was the Rabbit Foot Minstrels touring revue, founded in 1900 by African American guitarist and theater owner Pat Chappelle of Jacksonville and later based in Port Gibson, Mississippi. Early vaudevillian blues performers appeared at theaters in Pensacola, Tampa, and Jacksonville, and in the 1930s Chicago bandleader and national newspaper columnist Walter Barnes, a Mississippi native who used Florida as his wintertime base, helped develop the touring circuit for African American bands in the segregation era. During and after World War II many nightclubs and dance halls emerged on the so-called "chitlin circuit" to provide entertainment for African Americans, including Pensacola's Savoy Ballroom, Gainesville's Cotton Club, Jacksonville's Two Spot, Tampa's Apollo Ballroom, Orlando's South Street Casino, Miami's Harlem Square, and St. Petersburg's Manhattan Casino.
Tallahassee's top African American club was the Red Bird Cafe. Others included the Cafe Deluxe, Green Lantern, Royal Palace, Savoy, and Two Spot. Local musicians included Lawyer Smith, Ray Charles, and Nat and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, who became celebrated jazz performers. In 1964 Allen Henry, Jr., his wife Marion, and his sister Inez Henry Haynes opened the C. C. Club on property the Henrys, an African American farming family, had owned since slavery time. The Henrys had a long history of hosting baseball and musical and social events here. While remaining under the ownership of the Henry family, the club brought in such renowned blues artists as Little Milton, Jimmy Rogers, and Bobby Rush under the management of Dave Claytor and Elizabeth Clark as Dave's C. C. Club and later as the Bradfordville Blues Club under Gary and Kim Anton.
Bob Greenlee's Kingsnake label in Sanford and Henry Stone's various labels in Miami and Hialeah both recorded a number of Mississippi bluesmen. John Lee Hooker recorded for Stone, as did his cousin Earl Hooker, who was once based in the Sarasota area with other Mississippi musicians including Ike Turner, Pinetop Perkins, Johnny O'Neal, and Little Sammy Davis. Little Milton, a frequent visitor to Florida, was also once signed to Stone's Glades label. Floridians who recorded in Mississippi include Pensacola bandleader Wally Mercer, Homestead native Tommy Tate, and Miami resident Benny Latimore. The interchange has also been saluted in songs such as "Mississippi Mud" by Ray Charles and "Deep Down in Florida" by Muddy "Mississippi" Waters.
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Three to receive honorary degrees at WU spring commencement
Three honorary doctorates will be conferred at the Washburn University commencement exercises on Saturday, May 12.
Stanley C. Sager, Albuquerque, N.M., honorary doctor of law.
Stanley C. Sager was co-founder, managing director and chief trial attorney of the New Mexico law firm Sager, Curran, Sturges and Tepper, P.C., of Albuquerque and Las Cruces. He received a juris doctor from the Washburn University School of Law, a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas and served as a naval officer during the Korean War.
Sager was chairman of the New Mexico Bar's Lawyer Referral for the Elderly Project and served on various committees and task forces of the State Supreme Court and the New Mexico State Bar, including commissioner from 1990 to 1994. He was active in The United Methodist Church at local, regional, national and international levels, including legal advisor to three bishops and as lay volunteer and author of fiscal policies and guidebooks for the denomination. He has written two published books, various historical articles, and is working on his third book.
He is the recipient of the Professionalism Award from the State Bar of New Mexico, the Robert H. LaFollette Pro Bono Award, the Outstanding Bar Service Award, the Living Archives Award, the Distinguished Bar Service Award and the Judge Woodrow B. Seals Laity Award from the Perkins School of Theology. Sager and his wife established the Kurt M. Sager Memorial Professorship at Washburn Law School as a memorial for his son.
Betty (McEnroe) Casper, Topeka, honorary doctor of public service
Betty McEnroe Casper first became associated with Washburn as a high school freshman when she played the French horn in the university orchestra.
A member of NoNoSo Honor Society and a patroness of Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority, Casper served as chairwoman for a two-state fundraising campaign for the construction of Petro Allied Health Center and as treasurer of the Friends of Mabee Library board of directors.
In 1992, she became the first female president of the Ichabod Club and in 1993, she was the first woman named Ichabod of the Year. In 2003, she received the Washburn University Alumni Association Monroe Award, which is presented to a woman who has distinguished herself as a teacher, instructor, administrator or benefactor at the University and has given service to the community.
She has also service board of directors and executive committee of the Topeka Community Concert Association. For her 43 years of volunteer service, the Concert Association named a Washburn music scholarship in her honor.
Barry F. Feaker, Topeka, honorary doctor of public service.
Barry Feaker is executive director of the Topeka Rescue Mission and has been serving as the president of the Topeka/Shawnee County Safe Streets Coalition since 2007. He received a degree in therapeutic recreation from Washburn University and his ordination from the South Baptist Convention.
Feaker has been involved in various local and state organizations and initiatives which include being coordinator for the Topeka City of Character and a member of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, Shawnee County Department of Corrections Public Relations Board, Topeka/Shawnee County Heartland Vision Steering Committee, Topeka/Shawnee County Homeless Task Force, Prevention and Recovery Service Boar, and the Washburn University School of Nursing Advisory Committee.
He has been successful in expanding the Topeka Rescue Mission, having directed two building projects to construct new shelters for the homeless. In 2009, Feaker received the Human Rights Award from the United Nations and the Community Impact Award from the United Way. He has received numerous awards and recognition since 1989 which include the Distinguished Service to Mankind Award from Parents without Partners and the Martin Luther King Living the Dream Award from the State of Kansas.
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 "When Susan Hamlin began to reveal a lifetime of incestuous rape, she also revealed how her father, Sidney R. Siemer would use Satanic rituals as an opportunity for adults to rape and molest other children.

 Susan described in detail a number of Satanic rituals that she was forced to participate in. One of the locations was Goat Rock State Beach. Goat Rock is located on the northern California coast just outside the town of Jenner, approximately 1 ½ hours north of San Francisco, in Sonoma County.

 Goat Rock is in close proximity to a double murder that may be Satanic in nature. On August 19, 2004, Jason Allen (26) and Lindsay Cutshall (22) were murdered. The couple, who were engaged to be married, were both fatally shot in the head as they slept along the shore of Fish Head Beach, a short distance from Goat Rock Beach in Sonoma County. A Christian couple, Allen and Cutshall were employed by a "Christian adventure camp," Rock-N-Water, located in Coloma in El Dorado County. They took a couple of days off to camp on the remote Sonoma coast. They were both the type to witness about their faith and had a Bible with them when they were killed"

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This is a downstream E-blocks peripheral module, designed to be controlled by one of the upstream E-blocks processing boards which are available in a variety of MCU/FPGA architectures.
The LED Array Board allows you to explore basic display control mechanisms. It offers an array of 8×5 high-brightness red LEDs which can be controlled easily to create visual animations, pointers and signs. Multiple boards can plug together in such a way that allows large message boards to be created by cascading data through from one board to the next. The spacing of the mounting holes is set up so that you could fit multiple boards to a 20mm-pitch backplane and have a long, smoothly spaced LED sign.
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This afternoon, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger announced reopening plans for the 2020-2021 academic year, following Barnard President Sian Beilock's announcement earlier today. In a follow-up to the announcement, he also clarified Columbia's stance
This morning, Barnard President Sian Beilock announced plans for the school for the 2020-2021 academic year, following plans announced by other universities yesterday.
Columbia and Barnard have announced a finalized academic calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. The pre-orientation programs for first-years have either been canceled or will be held online.
The youngest suspect in the Tess Majors investigation was sentenced to 18 months under the custody of the Administration of Children's Services following a guilty plea to one count of first-degree robbery.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and turmoil in the New York City juvenile detention system, the youngest suspect awaits sentencing after pleading guilty for his involvement in the death of Barnard student Tess Majors.
Even with the many Google Docs of information out there right now, there are still some resources that fall through the cracks when it comes to supporting BLM.
On Saturday night, Bwog received screenshots of messages from the GroupMe of Columbia's chapter of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI).
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DMC-30016 1-axis motion controller by Galil Motion Control has been packaged with a 1.4A/phase stepper drive in a single package.
Galil's DMC-30016 1-axis motion controller is packaged with a 1.4 A/phase Stepper Drive in one compact unit. It joins the growing family of drive options for the DMC-30000 Pocket Motion Controller Series which includes the previously released DMC-30012 800W Brushless Sine Drive and DMC-30017 6A/phase Microstepping Drive.
The new DMC-30016 controller contains a 1.4 A / phase, 30 V stepper drive in a compact 4.0-in. x 5.0-in. x 1.5 in. package. It drives a two-phase bipolar stepper motor in full-step, half-step, ¼ step or 1/16 step. The DMC-30016 is user configurable from 0.5 A to 1.4 A per phase in 10 mA increments at 12-30 V dc. No external heatsink is required, the company said.
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Farmingdale State was outshot 15-5 in the first half, but Lang connected on his shot attempt as he scored the games only goal off the pass from junior midfielder Ryan Hartman (Brooklyn, N.Y./Deer Park) at the 37:54 mark.
In the second half, the Rams tightened their defense allowing the Panthers only two shots on goal. Junior goalkeeper Ricky Meschkow (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview-Old Bethpage) made nine saves in the 1-0 shutout victory for Farmingdale State.
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text: Research sheds light on emotional changes in MS - Interview with clinical psychologist/researcher Dr. David Rintell May 24, 2013 In proclaiming May as National Mental Health Awareness Month, President Barack Obama sought to "shine a light" on the mental health problems experienced by tens of millions of Americans. Emotional changes may be a major concern for people with MS. Clinical psychologist David Rintell, EdD (Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston) addresses these issues with people with MS in his practice, and has been funded by the National MS Society's Health Care Delivery and Policy Research (HCDPR)program to study ways to help enhance mental health to people with MS. Do we know enough about emotional changes that can impact people with MS? Dr. Rintell: No, and it's surprising, considering how prevalent depression and other mental health problems are in people with MS. Very little has been published about what people with MS are looking for in terms of mental health care, and how they feel about the care that they are getting. These types of health policy studies are crucial if we want to improve that care. What kind of research funding does the Society provide to address these issues?Research - Restore button Dr. Rintell: That's precisely what the HCDPR Program does – it addresses the mental health challenges that MS presents by providing funding to investigators to study that care. The findings of studies like ours are used to provide information to people with MS, caregivers, lawmakers, insurance providers –everyone involved in the process of providing and managing MS care. What did your project involve? Dr. Rintell: We were funded by the Society's HCDPR program to identify what people with MS would consider high quality mental health care, and what obstacles may keep people from getting it. Using questionnaires and focus groups, we surveyed the mental health care experiences of thousands of people with MS. We narrowed these down to determine who had received mental health care in the previous two years, and of those, recruited about 50 people to explore their experiences in focus groups. So, what is important to people with MS when it comes to mental health care? Dr. Rintell: People with MS wanted mental health care to be addressed immediately at diagnosis – this is very important for clinicians to understand. The diagnosis itself can be so overwhelming – one participant said it felt like "my whole world came crashing down." People wanted to work with someone who was familiar with MS. They were frustrated if they had to educate the mental health care providers about the disease. Participants also noted that it was helpful to include family members in mental health treatment. How are these results being used to enhance mental health in people with MS? Dr. Rintell: The Society has moved in a direction that is fully aligned with the findings of our study – providing support early on to individuals diagnosed with MS and their families. They have developed a training program that targets both mental health and non-mental health clinicians; I have conducted the training program with over 100 mental health providers in New England. I've also developed and tested an intervention for newly diagnosed patients and their families, which we are getting ready to disseminate. Read more about how research funded by the Society's HCDPR program helps restore function to people with MS. Read more about emotional changes that people with MS may experience, and resources provided by the National MS Society, including the MS Navigator program.


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This is concept art for the "In Vitro Meat House" by Mitchell Joachim of Terreform. The house is made of pig cells that were grown in a lab and fused onto scaffolding. It's like living in a scrapple cabin!
Here's how Joachim describes the sausage hut, which is made of sustainable, lab-grown animal tissue:
This is an architectural proposal for the fabrication of 3D printed extruded pig cells to form real organic dwellings. It is intended to be a "victimless shelter", because no sentient being was harmed in the laboratory growth of the skin. We used sodium benzoate as a preservative to kill yeasts, bacteria and fungi. Other materials in the model matrix are; collagen powder, xanthan gum, mannitol, cochineal, sodium pyrophosphate, and recycled PET plastic scaffold.
As you can see above, visitors enter and exit not through a door, but a sphincter. Whoa. I guess it's a greener option than building your home out of Slim Jims.


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|Michael V. Yester, Ph.D., DABR, FACR, FAAPM obtained a B.S. in Physics from Christian Brothers College, Memphis, TN, in 1966, followed by a Ph.D., in Physics from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, in 1972. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, in the Nuclear Chemistry Division, he was an Instructor in the Medical Physics and Radiation Safety Division at West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
After completing training in Medical Physics, he joined the Radiology Department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1976 and had primary clinical responsibility in Nuclear Medicine. In 2002, he became Director of the Physics and Engineering Division.
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I have always loved helping people achieve their fitness goals, whatever they may be.
However, recently I have noticed that the small children of many of my clients are eating more sugar and fat-laden foods than ever before. As a result, these children have more health problems, which may include more cavities and a raised probability of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Many of these children are not even overweight yet! But they are starting a pattern of unhealthful eating that will only do them more harm as they age. They could possibly end up overweight or obese by the time they reach middle school.
I was raised by a European mother who sent me off to school with an apple in my lunch box. Raisins were included on occasion. Trips to McDonald's were far and few between, and even then I remember I ate one hamburger, a small bag of fries and a vanilla milkshake. (The portions, I admit, were a lot smaller in those days.)
But today, children have access to fast food on a regular basis because many moms are too poor, too busy or too darn lazy to prepare healthy meals for their family. Home cooking is something of the past. Frozen foods are a good option if they are healthy and low-fat. Unfortunately, these dinners taste like cardboard to a child whose taste buds are accustomed to chicken McNuggets and french fries.
Their school lunches aren't much better. Pre-adolescents become so accustomed to the fast-food favorites that they are labeled "difficult eaters." I know of a mom who tried to fool her child into eating "Tofu McNuggets." To me, they tasted pretty good — but not to her toddler.
I can't remember a single classmate developing Type 2 diabetes when I was a child. Childhood obesity was rare. We had an hour of exercise every day in school and were active after school (and after homework) on a regular basis. Television was a treat, not a habit. Fitness was not a goal; we stayed healthy and at a normal weight nonetheless.
I just returned home from an afternoon training session with two of my mom clients. One of them has insomnia thinking of her friend whose 8-year-old was recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. We discussed changing their main meals, one step at a time.
For breakfast, I suggested switching out sugary cereals for whole-grain cereals with their kids' favorite fruit on top.
For lunch, I suggested using wheat bread over white bread. The obvious choice is 100% whole-wheat or whole-grain bread, but … baby steps! Simple carbs need to be replaced with "complex" carbs, but one at a time or the children may revolt entirely. Tuna and chicken salads, I added, can easily be made with half mayo and half yogurt. These changes appealed to the moms — in theory, at least.
Finally, I suggested that they involve their children in helping cook meals in the evening. The more veggies they are exposed to at home, the more this will hopefully help influence their choices when they are at school or at a friend's. They can also make popsicles with an inexpensive popsicle maker, adding their favorite fruit.
To this day, I still opt for healthful foods because I ate them consistently as a child. I keep a "clean" eating regimen on most days. Lean protein and complex carbs (fruits and vegetables) are my staples. I avoid sugary or fatty desserts and splurge occasionally on squares of organic dark chocolate. Yum! I also drink plenty of water and avoid sodas and diet sodas all the time.
I only hope that these moms can start their kids off on healthy habits, as of now. My mom did with me, and I know it paid off.
Aldon lived extensively in Paris as a child and, later on, as a student. She has been a personal trainer in the greater Los Angeles area for more than 20 years. She was a fitness model before becoming a personal trainer. She has appeared in numerous fitness magazines, including Shape and on the cover of Muslce & Fitness. She works out every day — and loves it.
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Bhakti Shah waves India's flag during last year's International Street Fair. This year's fair, the culmination of OHIO's International Week, will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 19, on Court Street in Athens.
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By Angela Woodward
The Ohio University and Athens communities are gearing up for International Week, with this year's festivities paying tribute to the unique relationship forged between the two through the cultural diversity OHIO's international community brings to the area.
OHIO's International Week will be held April 14-19 at venues throughout the Athens Campus as well as in the community. International Week is sponsored by OHIO's International Student Union (ISU) in collaboration with International Student and Faculty Services (ISFS), the Office of Education Abroad, the Center for International Studies, and the University's student senates with support from Event Services. This annual celebration of OHIO's global heritage also receives tremendous support from the city of Athens and the Athens City-County Health Department.
One of the largest town-gown celebrations of the year, the theme of this year's International Week is "The World in Athens, Athens in the World."
"We want this year's International Week to celebrate our wonderful international cultures and really what a unique community we have here in Athens," explained Krista McCallum Beatty, director of ISFS. "Here you have this combination of a major university that has strong academic programs that draw people from all over the world to this little town that is incredibly welcoming to all of these individuals."
Ohio University boasts a history rich in international diversity that began in 1895 when it welcomed its first international student, Sakitaro Murayama of Japan. Today, the University community includes more than 1,700 international students from more than 100 countries.
"For this year's International Week we really want to focus on some of the unique experiences our international students have because of the community and the unique experiences the community has because of Ohio University's international population," McCallum Beatty said.
International Week's opening celebration aims to focus on those unique experiences with a panel discussion scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 14, in the Baker University Center Theatre. Titled "Discover the World in Athens," the event will feature a panel of international and domestic OHIO students and members of the Athens community who will discuss how the University's international community has shaped their educational experiences and contributed to the local quality of life. The event will be followed by an international dessert reception.
The remainder of the week will include annual International Week favorites as well as events tailored to the theme of this year's celebration. All events are free and open to the public.
The International Student Union will kick off its celebration of International Week with the ISU World Cup, which brings one of the world's most-popular sports to OHIO for a friendly competition. Teams will compete from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, at Peden Stadium with the competition's finals slated for 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, April 13.
ISU activities continue on Tuesday, April 15, with Global Scoop, a culinary delight featuring flavors of ice cream found in other countries. This historically well-attended event is scheduled for 2 to 4 p.m. in the Bobcat Lounge at Baker University Center.
Another popular International Week event, ISU's Talent Show, will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 18, in the Baker University Center Theatre. The talent show will honor cultures from around the globe, showcasing international students' talents through singing, dancing, musical performances and more.
OHIO's Office of Education Abroad is also organizing several events during the week.
The International Photography Contest Open House will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 14, at Court Street Coffee. According to Keely Davin, senior study abroad program coordinator, each year the Office of Education Abroad sponsors a photo contest for students, faculty and staff who traveled abroad the previous year. This year's contest generated more than 200 entries, and the winners of the contest will be announced and their photos will be on display during the open house.
The Office of Education Abroad is also hosting two events designed to highlight the study abroad opportunities OHIO offers to its students.
The IEP's "Last Chance for Fall" information session will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in Baker University Center 231 and will feature information on study abroad programs being offered next fall and beyond.
On Thursday, April 17, the Office of Education Abroad and the Office of Multicultural Student Access and Retention will hold their "Diversity in Education Abroad" student panel from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in Baker University Center 231. The event will feature OHIO students who have studied, interned, worked, taught or volunteered abroad.
"This event will highlight the diverse population of OHIO students who have studied abroad," Davin said.
"A Taste of Study Abroad," will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 16. The event is relocating this year from the Grover Center Atrium to Baker University Center Ballroom A.
An annual favorite, "A Taste of Study Abroad" will include international cuisine from throughout the world as well as information on international education opportunities available through the University and its affiliates. According to Davin, about 20 to 30 programs and providers are participating in the event and will provide information on options for studying, interning, teaching and volunteering throughout the world.
International Week wraps up Saturday, April 19, with one of the biggest community events of the year. The International Street Fair is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Court Street in uptown Athens.
This daylong celebration of multicultural diversity will feature international food and performances, as well as a plethora of fun and free activities.
"I think people think of the Street Fair for the food and then the performances," McCallum Beatty said. "But you can go the Street Fair and have a great time and not spend a dime. All of the groups involved in the Street Fair will have a free activity."
For example, the Arabic Student Language Association will write your name in Arabic for you. ISFS in conjunction with the Office of Education Abroad will have materials available for children to make flag mobiles, and the Japanese students will be doing origami.
"International Week is meant to be a celebratory week," McCallum Beatty said. "For people who are new to cross-cultural experiences, I hope that this can be a first step out of their comfort zones to realizing how much fun it is to learn about and explore other cultures. International Week provides opportunities to look at the world from another perspective in a fun and, at times, yummy way."
For more information on International Week, visit http://www.ohio.edu/internationalweek/.
Ohio University's International Week kicks off Monday, April 14, and runs through Saturday, April 19, and will include:
Friday, April 11
ISU World Cup, 4:30-10:30 p.m., Peden Stadium
Sunday, April 13
ISU World Cup Finals, 3-9 p.m., Peden Stadium
Monday, April 14
International Photography Contest Open House, 2-4 p.m., Court Street Coffee
Opening Celebration: Discover the World in Athens, 6-8:30 p.m., Baker University Center Theatre
Tuesday, April 15
Global Scoop, 2-4 p.m., Baker University Center Bobcat Lounge
IEP "Last Chance for Fall" event, 4-5 p.m., Baker University Center 231
Wednesday, April 16
A Taste of Study Abroad, 5-7 p.m., Baker University Center Ballroom A
Thursday, April 17
Diversity in Education Abroad event, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Baker University Center 231
International Gender Roles panel discussion, 6-8 p.m., Baker University Center Theatre
International Craft Night, 9-11:30 p.m., West 82 at Baker University Center
Friday, April 18
Talent Show, 7-9 p.m., Baker University Center Theatre
Talent Show Reception, 9-11:30 p.m., Baker University Center second floor
Saturday, April 19
International Street Fair, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Court Street
For more information on any of these events, visit http://www.ohio.edu/internationalweek/schedule.html.


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