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I'm of two minds about Ethan Hawke as an artist. On the one hand, I have enormous admiration for his willingness – eagerness – to take on material that has, shall we say, relatively limited commercial appeal, simply because that work is important. For example, his recent star turn in Chekhov was as the lead in Ivanov – probably Chekhov's least-known and least-liked major play – in a relatively small-scale production (though with absolutely top-drawer talent across the board) at CSC. On the other hand, there's sometimes a cloying quality to his performances that puts me off. Occasionally it works perfectly with the role, but too often it takes me out of it, makes me aware that I am watching Ethan Hawke, and that he wants something from me.
So I was intrigued by the prospect of seeing Hawke in Clive, a new play by Jonathan Marc Sherman based on the early Brecht drama, Baal. Intrigued because the distancing I sometimes feel when watching Hawke is pretty much the opposite of the distancing that Brecht aimed at, and intrigued as well because Brecht's hero is so thoroughly nasty a piece of work, I was curious how Hawke, with his puppy-like need for affection, would play him. And, of course, I was curious how Sherman would update the play – which I had heard of, but never seen, and which had never particularly been on my bucket list. After all, the cliche of the angry young poet spitting in the face of society has pretty much played out to exhaustion by now, hasn't it?
For me, that turned out to be the point of the play.
Clive is set vaguely in 1990s New York, instead of Germany in 1918, and instead of a young poet, we have an established singer-songwriter. The context, in other words, has shifted radically. Where Brecht wrote his anti-hero in the immediate aftermath of World War I, Clive is set in the immediate aftermath of . . . nothing much. The rock-and-roll demimonde has been in existence for quite some time at the point the play takes place, and it's been decades since musical raging against the machine was first revealed to be a valuable commodity for exchange. How, in this world, can you be an anti-hero? So, you refuse to sign the record contract. You drink to excess, snort and inject various substances. You seduce a virgin, rape a teenage girl, impregnate and abandon your purported girlfriend – even murder your only friend. Hasn't it all been done already? And, you know, more authentically, back in the 1970s? What, exactly, are you rebelling against?
Setting Clive when and where Sherman does effectively turns the play from a story with an anti-hero, to a story about a guy trying to play an anti-hero – trying to wring some last juice out of a long-exhausted pose of comprehensive opposition. Instead of spitting in the face of bourgeois society, he's just one of many swaggering seducers, one of many literally faceless junkies.
Which makes this one of those rare perfect roles for Hawke, because he's been playing a cuddly anti-hero his whole career. There's nothing cuddly about Clive, but there's something winning about watching Ethan Hawke try to find some hook for empathy in Clive's willful and unmotivated self-destruction. He looks exhausted much of the time, and his singing declines over the course of the play from artily hoarse to incoherent – but this, again, entirely suits the play if we treat it as a commentary on Baal rather than an updating thereof.
On the surface, Clive felt to me more like a cross between Wedekind's Lulu plays and Shepard's Tooth of Crime than it does like Brecht. But Brecht might have appreciated the way in which the play alienates us from the sentiments that animated his early drama, and make us realize that in the context of the cultural contradictions of late capitalism, Baal is no longer a political play.
Of course, alienation can be tedious, but that doesn't turn out to be a problem in this production, because Sherman and Hawke – in his other role as director – have devised a variety of ways to keep us amused. One delightful distraction is the musical set, designed by GAINES, a collection of doors embedded with a variety of found objects tuned to become musical instruments. A second is Vincent D'Onofrio, as Clive's only friend, partner in crime and ultimate victim, Doc. D'Onofrio's line readings and mannerisms are both startling and consistently funny – one senses, by the end, that Clive had to kill him more out of envy that he was a more memorable character than he had managed to become than for any other reason.
The third is the rest of the ensemble – from Aaron Krohn to Zoe Kazan to the playwright, Mr. Sherman – who create a whirlwind of characters through whose lives Clive passes. I remember particularly Brooks Ashmanskas's soggy barfly, Krohn's swishy waiter and Kazan's various incarnations as seduced and abandoned lovers – and Sherman's junkie corpse who, dead, feels more alive than the exhausted Clive does at many points. Which makes sense: a corpse has nothing to prove; he can just be. Or, you know, not.


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The government's plan to advance biofuels for military and commercial transportation needs is in alignment with the 25x'25 vision in its intent to help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and strengthen rural America. 25X'25 believes that while aiming to reduce U.S. oil imports and create jobs, the initiative will position American companies and farmers to be global leaders in advanced biofuels production.
The joint plan calls for the Departments of Agriculture and Energy to partner with the Navy with each investing up to $170 million aviation and marine biofuels to power military and commercial aircraft and vehicles. USDA will oversee the production of feedstocks, including bioenergy crops and cellulosic sources such as wood chips and corn stover. DOE will oversee the production technology and the Navy will provide a market for the advanced biofuels.
The United States spends more than $300 billion on imported crude oil per year, much of it from volatile nations or countries ruled by hostile regimes. The 25x'25 vision has long held that producing a domestic source of energy provides a more secure alternative to imported oil and improves our energy and national security.
According to a statement released by 25X'25, the initiative is also an opportunity for the newly created White House Rural Council to flex some muscle by building on the strengths of rural America and insure continued federal investments that create maximum benefits for rural Americans. It's a move that can coordinate programs across the government and encourage public-private partnerships to improve economic conditions and create jobs in rural communities.
25X'25 says it is important that the Obama administration maintain a strong commitment to first-generation ethanol, which currently provides ten% of the nation's fuel supply, but should allowed greater market access.

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The three-star Gurmania Hotel in Pelhrimov provides accommodation for your private and business trips. This cosy family hotel with a friendly atmosphere and personal approach provides a pleasant stay that will delight you and your wallet.
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About 50 arrested in Burkina Faso after student protests turn violent and cars set ablaze
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Students in the capital of Burkina Faso have set more than a dozen cars ablaze after negotiations with university officials failed.
Police superintendent Patrice Yeye said Friday that two officers were seriously wounded in the unrest on campuses in Ouagadougou this week.
The violence began after university officials told the students to vacate their dormitories at the end of July and they refused.
Yeye says nearly 50 people now have been arrested in connection with the violent demonstrations.
The West African nation of Burkina Faso has been rocked by protests in recent weeks. In 2011 Burkina Faso saw uprisings for months after the death of a student in police custody.
Critics fear longtime President Blaise Compaore is trying to stay in power after his term ends in 2015.


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Agilityone necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 186 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
Feel free to check out my other websites to find out about dog agility (what this name, SpotOnAgility, refers to) http://www.PremierK9club.com and my draft site http://www.SpotOnAgility.com.
This new site (SpotOnAgility.com) will be an agility on-line resource with dog agility videos, etc. and I need a logo.
Dog agility is where dogs do an obstacle course of hurdles, a-frame, teeter, tunnels, weave poles, etc. For an example of a video, please feel free to go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ry6iszYNA.
Culture of the company, sporty, but also professional. Obviously we care about dogs and their well-being.
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'm happy to answer any questions.
Dog lovers
Most are women who are between 35-60 years old.
Looking to target/fix/achieve specific agility skills (logo should share these symbols of success).
Common computer skills (not high-tech people)
People looking for solutions on-line using audio, video, e-book training plans.
People looking for solutions to dog agility problems/issues
Visually simple/quick, but bold, upbeat/newer age & confident.
The SpotOn idea - a red/white target for example (feel free to be creative) but the concept of a target/one SPOT/bulls-eye, etc. is KEY to our product line. (see uploaded file)
Possibly a dog in the logo, but not necessarily the main point. Maybe around the wording, something fun that is agility related (jumping, running, etc.)
Dog type - something sporty, in shape,
NO CARTOON type of characters/wording.
I prefer picture types, real looking.
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Every other Thursday, we bring you Nicholas Day -- on cooking for children, and with children, and despite children. Also, occasionally, on top of.
Today: A humble stew for the holiday season that will be loved by your children and, especially, by you.
We should talk. It is getting cold, and your life is getting busy, and your holiday season is getting stressful, and although we've already been talking for almost two sentences now and I still have no idea who you are, I nonetheless know that your life would be improved by a very large pot of sweet-and-sour cabbage soup. It is warm-blooded; it requires time but not attention; it has no gift list. Unlike the rest of life, you cannot screw it up. Last week the New York Times ran a story about bean holes—the down-east, ember-fired pits for long-cooked baked beans. You could use a bean hole for cooking sweet-and-sour cabbage soup: it is a dish that would survive being buried.And your children, unless they are contrarian enough to defy all that is right and good in the world, will love it. Or at least I did.I still remember where I had sweet-sour cabbage soup for the first time. I'd write a lapidary Proustian column about it, but I don't think a Midwestern goy is allowed to do that for shchi. After all, I don't associate it with the Pale of Settlement, but with a big-top carnival of a restaurant named Ella's Deli in Madison, Wisconsin—the sort of place that Rube Goldberg would have opened, if he'd had a thing for restaurants. (Pretty much the whole restaurant is in constant motion over your head.) It's not an old-world deli, in other words. But when life gives you a Midwestern childhood, you make cheese curds.Ever since that first bowl—sometime in the early 1980s—sweet-and-sour cabbage soup has had a primal pull. It does for Isaiah, too: we used to freeze him infant-sized servings in ice-cube trays. (When he was good, we'd even defrost them.)It is a humble soup. There are few more humble. Mushroom barley might be, and I like to imagine sweet-and-sour cabbage soup and mushroom barley arriving at the same door at the same time, and each of them saying, No—I insist, after you. In my head, sweet-and-sour soup gives in first, but your vision may vary. My version is Arthur Schwartz's, sometimes with potatoes on the side, sometimes without. It doesn't need them, though. It is elemental: cabbage, beef, tomatoes, water, plus some sweet and some sour. I'd explain how you put it together, but I'd end up using the word pile a lot and when you start using football play-by-play for cooking, you've sort of given the game away. The only subtlety here is in the seasoning: you want it to be balanced precisely on that sweet-sour hyphen. Keep tasting and correcting until it teeters.Arthur Schwartz will tell you that it is far better the next day and he is right. It is also better if you eat it after having been outside. Ideally, you'd make it, go outdoors for an entire day, then return famished and half-frozen and consume it. If that's not possible, a few bracing moments on the back landing will do.
Arthur Schwartz's Russian Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Adapted very slightly from thefoodmaven.com
Serves 6 to 82 pounds flanken or short ribs 1/2 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons vegetable oil1 large Bermuda onion, cut in half and sliced 2 to 3 pounds ripe tomatoes (3 to 5 large), cored and cut into wedges (or one 28- or 35-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes) 2 pounds cabbage, cored and shredded (about 10 cups) 2 quarts water2 teaspoons salt1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper 6 tablespoons sugar1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice or white wine vinegar or 1 teaspoon fine sour salt2 1/2 to 3 pounds potatoes (4 to 6 large), boiled and peeledSnipped fresh dill (optional) See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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DeKalb County was among those in Illinois that began issuing same-sex marriage licenses soon after a February federal court ruling gave an early green light.
Several more are expected to start Sunday, the black-and-white start date issued in the state law books.
In Winnebago County, the most metropolitan in the region, same-sex couples can get a marriage license or convert a civil-union license into a marriage document beginning at 8 a.m. Monday.
County Clerk Margie Mullins has several appointments with same-sex couples lined up for the week.
"I have a lot of gay friends. I have a brother who is gay," she said. However, "this is just part of our job. We do have a lot of people who have already called, made appointments to come in."
Boone County Clerk Mary Steurer said her office is fully prepared to start offering marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 8:30 a.m. Monday.
Gay rights groups have spent decades fighting for marriage equality across the nation. In Illinois, pivotal points include June 1, 2011, when licenses for same-sex civil unions were granted.
A civil union is a legal relationship between two people, granting the same protections and benefits granted to married couples under state law, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois. Among other privileges, civil unions permit joint property ownership and decision-making rights about each other's medical care.
Married same-sex couples have greater recognition as American families.
Dan Ford and Mike Wright finish each other's sentences.
The couple for nearly 32 years and owners of the gay-friendly downtown nightclub The Office have a civil union license. They plan to seek a marriage license in July, when they'll celebrate their anniversary.
Ford shared his past frustrations:
"Here I grow up in this amazing country, a good Catholic believer and always trying to do the right thing, living by God's laws, only to find out as I become an adult ... that I'm all of a sudden a second-class citizen. It was sad. I didn't understand why we couldn't be the same as everyone else. As you get older, it becomes more important to you."
They mention their experiences meeting with an attorney to discuss financial matters, such as wills and inheritances. Illinois' legal recognition with civil unions helped.
"But it was all state-mandated, not federal," Wright said. "You have to be married to have federal benefits. Now people are going to be able to get married and they're going to be just like every man and woman."
To which Ford responded "recognized by law for everything."
About 20 states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex couples to marry, according to the New York-Based Freedom to Marry nationwide campaign group. In some states, including Michigan, appellate courts are considering marriage rights for same-sex couples.
Bernard Cherkasov is chief executive officer of Equality Illinois, the state's oldest and largest advocate for full equality of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
In Chicago, he planned to celebrate Sunday with friends and family the love they have for one another and another step toward marriage equality.
"It's going to be a historic day," he said, noting that the group's fight isn't over such issues as bullying and workplace rights. "We have to protect marriage equality from being diluted. We have to make sure the marriage law that was passed is a marriage law that is fully implemented."
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LOS ANGELES, July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. actress and television personality Leah Remini confirmed she is no longer a follower of the Church of Scientology.
The New York Post said Remini decided to leave Scientology after she was reprimanded and interrogated by church officials for questioning and objecting to many common practices within the institution.
Remini confirmed in a statement to UsMagazine.com Thursday she has left Scientology.
"I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues and from fans around the world," Remini said. "I am truly grateful and thankful for all your support."
"The church respects the privacy of parishioners and has no comment about any individual church member," a Scientology representative told UsMagazine.com when asked to comment on the story about Remini.
The 43-year-old actress is best known for her roles in the sitcoms "The King of Queens" and "Saved By the Bell." She also is a former co-host of "The Talk."
She has said in the past she was a follower of the faith for more than 20 years.


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Are you thinking about buying or renting a property in Headington? The suburb is located just 2.8 miles from central Oxford, offering residents the ideal mix of suburban and city living.
Headington is known for its central-hub London Road, where you'll find a range of shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants, as well as the local landmark the Headington Shark, a rooftop sculpture on New High Street.
So, could Headington be the perfect place for you set up home? Read on to find out.
Headington is well served by local transport links, with a huge choice of bus services running between the suburb and central Oxford. These include:
Headington is also just 3.4 miles from Oxford Station. From here you can travel to Reading in around 26 minutes, Swindon in around 48 minutes and London Paddington in around 55 minutes.
There is a wide range of restaurants, pubs and cafes to suit all tastes. Some of the more prominent ones in Headington include Jacobs Chop House which is a rustic English restaurant offering a varied menu, Mirabai a traditional Indian restaurant offering eat in and take away menus, Dong Dong Noodle Bar which is a Chinese restaurant offering Noddle dishes alongside some traditional Chinese dishes. Alternatively to the restaurants there are a range of cafes some of these include La Croissenterie, a French café offering halal meats as well. Jacob and Fields, again a rustic English café offering not only sandwiches but also bigger meals to suit. Alongside the independent cafes you have the high street ones, which in Headington include Starbucks and Caffe Nero.
Should none of these tempt you into venturing out you may find a selection of pubs in Headington. The Black Boy for your gastropub, The White Hart for your more village style pub both of which are nestled in the heart of Old Headington.
Alternatively, you can head into central Oxford, where you'll find the wide selection of bars and clubs you'd expect from a big city.
If you live in Headington, there's no excuse not to keep fit. Oxford Brookes Sports centre is only 0.3 miles from the centre of the suburb and offers a gym and sports pitches. There's also The Oxford Golf Club, which has courses to suit a range of abilities.
The Oxfordshire countryside is notoriously beautiful, so if the sun comes out there are plenty of places to enjoy it. There are also a number of open spaces in Headington itself, including Headington Hill and Bury Knowle Park, which has a children's play area.
Just one mile away from central Headington, you'll find Shotover Country Park, which comprises of 289 acres of open space with spectacular views over south Oxford.
If it rains in Headington there's plenty to keep you occupied. Ozone Leisure Park is only 3.8 miles away, and here you'll find a Vue Cinema, Bowlplex, where you can play pool and bowl, and a range of restaurants.
Alternatively you can head into Oxford, where you'll find world-class attractions such as the Pitt Rivers Museum, Bodleian Library and The Ashmolean Museum.
You can also tour some of the historic Oxford University buildings, including Christchurch College, the location of the Great Hall that inspired Hogwarts Hall in the Harry Potter movies. Given that Oxford is the oldest English-speaking University in the world, the colleges are well-worth a visit for any history buff. You can find a list of opening days and times for the university buildings and colleges, here.
Headington is home to a number of supermarkets, both large and local. These include a Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsburys as well as a store selling Portuguese and Brazilian groceries, and a shop selling Iranian and Persian food.
Residents can also travel 2.8 miles into central Oxford, where there are all of the main high street stores, as well as a wide selection of independent stores and boutiques.
If you're a football fan, there's the non-league football team Headington Amateurs F.C., who play at the Barton Recreation Ground.
The theatre at Headington School also hosts local Theatre and Drama companies during school holidays, or you can take part in the weekly quiz at the Britannia Inn.
Once again, residents can head into central Oxford, where there are world-class entertainment venues such as The New Theatre and the 02 Academy.
For the kids, there's Partyman World, an indoor play centre at The Ozone Leisure Park, and Storytime and Rhymetime at Headington Library.
The previously mentioned Headington Library offers a wide range of books for children and adults, DVD's, audiobooks and computers with internet access.
There are also a number of doctor's surgeries in the area such as Bury Knowle Health Centre, and a number of dental practices, such as 310 Dental Care. The area is also home to John Radcliffe Hospital, which has an A&E department, Oxford Eye Hospital and the private Nuffield Health the Manor Hospital.
There are two public car parks in central Headington. These are in Old Highstreet, near Waitrose and in St Leonard's Road, at its junction with Windmill Road.
Due to the proximity of Oxford Brookes University and several hospitals, traffic can become a little congested around peak times.
The residents of Headington have access to a number of popular primary and secondary schools. Primary schools include Sandhills Community Primary School, which is rated as 'Good' by OFSTED, New Marston Primary School and Rye St Antony School, a boarding school for girls aged three to 18.
Secondary schools include Headington School, an all-girls day and boarding school, and Cheney School, which is rated as 'GOOD' by OFSTED.
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Miley Cyrus' Risque Performance in Mexico May Cost Her
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Traditionally, it's a common discussion to involve differences between Android and iOS and later present out the advantages and disadvantages associated with the respective platforms. Every individual has his/her own opinion which is catered across the debate to willingly put away the point with a positive resultant impact. In such cases, it is imperative to understand that each platform will have its fair pros and cons which will be supplemented by the respective users. However, usually widgets are the fascinating set of things the iOS users lose on their respective handsets and there was no provision previously to exactly replicate another Android device's widget onto their specific handset. But, slowly and steadily as technological advancements paved ways to improve the quality of life and ease user's functionalities; thereupon came into existence the marvelous perspective of Jailbreak.
With the aspect of jailbreaking, the iOS users can take benefit of such a tweak to facilitate the necessary operation of installing HTC One X's weather and clock widget on their respective device. Coming up through the years, Cydia constitutes for a plethora of Sense UI inspired themes which are resident in the repositories for the jailbroken devices. Along these lines, the HTC One X version has also been made available for the jailbroken iPhones.


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Chairperson of the Slovak Economic Association and member of Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Humanities, Letters and Sciences.
His main research interests are labor and population economics, migration, EU mobility, ethnicity, and reforms in European labor markets. Martin Kahanec has published in peer-reviewed academic journals, contributed chapters in collected volumes including the Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality (OxfordUP) and the International Handbook on the Economics of Migration (Edward Elgar), and he has edited several scientific book volumes and journal special issues.
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Martin Kahanec has held several advisory positions and leading roles in a number of scientific and policy projects with the World Bank, the European Commission, European Parliament, European Court of Auditors, OECD, and other international and national institutions.
Martin Kahanec earned his Ph.D. in Economics in 2006 from the Center for Economic Research (CentER), Tilburg University, the Netherlands.


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AMERICUS - Katie Cooper delivered the knockout kick in the 92nd minute to give Coker College a 1-0 overtime win over the Georgia Southwestern women's soccer team on Thursday afternoon at Hurricane Field.
The visiting Cobras controlled the pace and possession battle most of the first half but GSW goalkeeper Vanna Lucke denied six shots and kept the match scoreless heading into the halftime break.
After being held to one shot on goal in the opening 45 minutes, GSW closed the gap and trailed 8-5 in attempts in the second half. Both sides had opportunities to get on the board but were unable to convert.
Mallory Hawkes led the Lady Hurricanes offense with four shots on goal, three coming in the second half.
Overall, Coker (1-4) finished with a 15-6 shots on goal advantage and 5-1 margin in corner kicks.
Lucke saved 14 in goal for GSW. Lizz Morris stopped six for Coker.
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When to Clip Your Cockatiel's Wing Feathers
When you first get your cockatiel, you need to clip her wings for her safety and your good relationship. You'll develop the closest relationship with your bird if she is easy for you to control and if she needs you. With clipped wings, your cockatiel needs your help to get off the floor and up to safer heights. She also needs you to go from room to room. When she needs to go somewhere, you're the one who can get her there. She just has to figure out how to ask. That fosters trust and communication, especially when both of you are successfully getting your points across.
Other signs that say it's time to clip your cockatiel's wing feathers include:
When your friend is gliding about the room easily. That may mean there's only one grown-out feather on each wing to trim, but that's all it takes for a cockatiel to have a great deal of airlift.
When your cockatiel is at the end of one of her twice-a-year molts. She will have grown in new wing feathers. If you haven't noticed, she may not have noticed, either. But eventually she'll discover that she has the power of flight back again.
When your male cockatiel is being uppity with you. He can reach high heights and look down on you, but you can't reach him. He's snappy and controlling. Clipping his wings will make him rely on you again for transportation and will soften his tone.
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On average, more than 31,000 people are shot to death each year in America. That is the equivalent of more than 1,100 Sandy Hook school shootings each year.
Dec. 24 — To the Editor:
On average, more than 31,000 people are shot to death each year in America. That is the equivalent of more than 1,100 Sandy Hook school shootings each year. More people are shot to death in 23 months today than the 58,000 American combat deaths of the decade of the Vietnam War. We need to do something to stop this slaughter. Adding more guns is not the answer. It didn't protect Adam Lanza's mother. It didn't protect Greenland's police chief.
When someone is shot there is often the cost of the ambulance to the hospital and the emergency room bill, which has to be paid even if the victim dies. If they live, there are rehabilitation costs. Imagine the parents of the Sandy Hook shooting victims losing their child then getting a large medical bill to add to their pain. If the victim or family cannot pay these bills we do, in higher taxes and higher health insurance rates.
(Whenever there is a shooting), the taxpayers have to pay for a police investigation and autopsies in case of a death. It is time to pass these costs on to gun makers and owners as we do with tobacco.
Banning the sale of semiautomatic weapons and high-capacity weapons, imposing a waiting period, and requiring background checks and preregistration for all sales (including used weapons) and transfers would be a good start, but that would not address the 300 million guns in America today. So let us adopt a strategy similar to the anti-tobacco campaign. Ban the possession of a weapon in the same areas that smoking is banned. Impose high federal taxes on the sale of weapons (new and used) and ammunition. An excise or sales tax of $100 for hunting rifles, $200 for handguns and $2 to $5 per round of ammunition would reduce demand just as high cigarette taxes do. If a parent knows it will cost an additional $200 to $500 to fire off 100 rounds, they will be less likely to give their kids that experience. They might even quit the practice themselves. The taxes could raise money to repay hospitals for treating victims of gunshots and provide funds for victims of gun violence and their families.
To address the weapons already owned, a $20 annual federal fee on hunting rifles, a $50 fee on low-capacity handguns and a $200 fee on all other weapons would make continued ownership of rapid-fire weapons less attractive. Handguns would be charged more than hunting rifles because they are responsible for more suicides, murders and murder-suicides. The fees could also provide funds for gun buyback campaigns, mental health treatment and other social programs to further reduce gun violence. Make the annual fee payable by the last person who registered or sold the weapon. This will take the profit out of selling weapons to people who aren't permitted to own them or don't register them.
These measures will not completely solve our gun problem but, as we have seen with smoking, over time they will reduce the problem and make the cost of guns reflect their cost to society.
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This activity has received positive reviews in a peer review process involving five review categories. The five categories included in the process are
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It's All Connected: Global CirculationThe lab activity described here was adapted by Erin Bardar of TERC for the EarthLabs project.
Summary and Learning Objectives
Students are introduced to the global circulation patterns of the atmosphere and the oceans, and investigate how those circulation patterns might influence their local region. Students use computer models to test predictions of ocean currents.
After completing this investigation, students should be able to:
- trace pathways of wind and water on a world map to and from their region, and across an ocean to other parts of the Earth;
- describe specifically how their region is connected as a system to others across the Earth by identifying what their wind and water carry and where the wind and water go; and
- write about what activities in their region might affect other regions, and what activities in other regions might affect theirs
Activity Overview and Teaching Materials
In Part A: Students are introduced to the global circulation patterns of the atmosphere and the oceans, and investigate how those circulation patterns might influence their local region.
In Part B: Students study surface ocean currents and then predict the pathway of a floating object dropped into the ocean at a particular point, maybe one closest to their own region. Then, using a computer model of ocean currents, they test their predictions.
A Note About Flash -
This lab contains Flash-based interactives. Visit our Flash Information Page for directions and to test that your computer is set up for Flash.
Printable MaterialsTo download one of the PDF or Word files below, right-click (control-click on a Mac) the link and choose "Save File As" or "Save Link As."
- Work Sheet 1: Black Outline Map of the World (Acrobat (PDF) 94kB Jan7 10)
- World Map of Average Ocean Currents (Acrobat (PDF) 168kB Jan7 10)
- World Map of Average Winds in January (Acrobat (PDF) 127kB Jan7 10)
- World Map of Average Winds in July (Acrobat (PDF) 119kB Jan7 10)
- Stop and Think Questions (PDF (Acrobat (PDF) 38kB Sep13 10) and Word (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 20kB Aug7 18))
For more information about circulation of the atmosphere and the oceans , read the section titled Background Information under Additional Resources below.
Teaching Notes and Tips
In Part A: Students move back and forth between learning about global circulation patterns of air and water, and looking for connections between the local area and those global circulations. Part of this work involves tracing the path of a local stream until it joins the global ocean circulation. Resources that allow you to investigate the local-to-global connections are not provided in this Lab. You'll need to gather those resources and explore the possibilities. What pathways do your local streams follow as they wind their way toward the ocean? (Or might a local stream actually terminate at an endorheic body of water, which has no outflow, such as the Great Salt Lake?)
In Part B: The Ship Drift model is an engaging tool that makes the topic of ocean currents become very concrete and alive; it's interesting and fun to use.
Here are some notes about using the model:
- To see a map of ocean currents in a particular month, select the month in the drop-down menu and then click the PopUp Map button. The map of ocean currents on the home page is interactive but it does not change when you change the month. The PopUp maps are the maps that students use to make their predictions about the path along which ocean currents may carry an object during a particular time of year. You can open multiple PopUp maps on your computer screen to compare ocean currents across the seasons.
- To see the probable paths that a set of five drifters (buoyant objects that remain near the ocean surface) might follow over the course of five years, select a month in the drop-down menu and click on the map of ocean currents on the home page. A new window will open showing the probable paths of the 5 drifters. You can open multiple drifter path maps on your computer screen to see how dropping a drifter in the same spot* can vary across the seasons.
* The latitude and longitude you select on the home page map may not be identical to the coordinates that appear at the bottom of the drifter path map that opens, but they will be very close. The home page map displays latitude and longitude in 5 degree increments.
For more information about the Ship Drift model, visit Navigating the Ocean on NASA's Ocean Motion Web page.
You can assess student understanding of topics addressed in this Investigation by grading their responses to the Stop and Think questions.
State and National Science Teaching Standards
Lab 4 activities have been correlated to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards.
(1) Scientific processes. The student conducts laboratory and field investigations for at least 40% of instructional time using safe, environmentally appropriate, and ethical practices. The student is expected to:
(2) Scientific processes. The student uses scientific methods during laboratory and field investigations. The student is expected to:
(A) demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations.
(E) demonstrate the use of course equipment, techniques, and procedures, including computers and web-based computer applications;
(F) use a wide variety of additional course apparatuses, equipment, techniques, and procedures as appropriate such as satellite imagery and other remote sensing data, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), scientific probes, microscopes, telescopes, modern video and image libraries, weather stations, fossil and rock kits, bar magnets, coiled springs, wave simulators, tectonic plate models, and planetary globes;
(G) organize, analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from data;
(I) communicate valid conclusions supported by data using several formats such as technical reports, lab reports, labeled drawings, graphic organizers, journals, presentations, and technical posters.
(3) Scientific processes. The student uses critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions within and outside the classroom. The student is expected to:
(A) in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student;
(B) communicate and apply scientific information extracted from various sources such as current events, news reports, published journal articles, and marketing materials.
(11) Science Concepts. Solid Earth. The student knows that Earth's surface continuously changes over long and short time scales in ways involving dynamic and complex interactions among Earth's subsystems. The student is expected to:
(A) compare the roles of erosion, deposition, and igneous activity by lava, water, wind, ice, and gravity in constantly reshaping Earth's surface;
(C) describe and interpret Earth surface features using a variety of methods including satellite imagery, aerial photography, topographic and geologic maps, and apply appropriate technologies such as Geographic Positioning Satellite (GPS) receivers and Geographic Information Science (GIS) software.
(13) Science concepts. Fluid Earth. The student knows that the Fluid Earth is composed of the hydrosphere and atmosphere subsystems that interact on various time scales with the biosphere and geosphere. The student is expected to:
(14) Science concepts. FluidEarth. The student knows that Earth's global ocean, powered by the Sun, is a major driving force for weather and climate through complex atmospheric interactions. The student is expected to:
(D) discuss mechanisms, such as atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, major volcanic eruptions, changes in solar luminance, giant meteorite impacts, and human activities that result in significant changes in Earth's climate.
(15) Fluid Earth. The student knows that interactions among Earth's five subsystems influence climate and resource availability, which affect Earth's habitability. The student is expected to:
(C) explain how thermal energy transfer between the ocean and atmosphere drives surface currents, thermohaline currents, and evaporation that influence climate.
(A) describe how changing surface-ocean conditions, including El Niño-Southern Oscillation, affect global weather and climate patterns.
Lab 4 activities have been correlated to the following National Science Education Standards.
Science as Inquiry (12ASI)
Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
12ASI1.3 Use technology and mathematics to improve investigations and communications. A variety of technologies, such as hand tools, measuring instruments, and calculators, should be an integral component of scientific investigations. The use of computers for the collection, analysis, and display of data is also a part of this standard. Mathematics plays an essential role in all aspects of an inquiry. For example, measurement is used for posing questions, formulas are used for developing explanations, and charts and graphs are used for communicating results.
12ASI1.6 Communicate and defend a scientific argument. Students in school science programs should develop the abilities associated with accurate and effective communication. These include writing and following procedures, expressing concepts, reviewing information, summarizing data, using language appropriately, developing diagrams and charts, explaining statistical analysis, speaking clearly and logically, constructing a reasoned argument, and responding appropriately to critical comments.
Physical Science (12BPS)
Interactions of energy and matter
12BPS6.1 Waves, including sound and seismic waves, waves on water, and light waves, have energy and can transfer energy when they interact with matter.
Earth and Space Science (12DESS)
Energy in the earth system
12DESS1.3 Heating of earth's surface and atmosphere by the sun drives convection within the atmosphere and oceans, producing winds and ocean currents.
12DESS1.4 Global climate is determined by energy transfer from the sun at and near the earth's surface. This energy transfer is influenced by dynamic processes such as cloud cover and the earth's rotation, and static conditions such as the position of mountain ranges and oceans.
Additional Resources
Background Information
Atmospheric Circulation
The global circulation of air drives some of the Earth's ocean currents and helps to redistribute the solar energy that reaches Earth, moderating climate and impacting environments for all life on Earth. Without that circulation and redistribution of solar energy, the equatorial regions would be hotter and the polar regions colder.
What drives this atmospheric circulation? It's not simply solar energy; it's solar energy interacting with the rotating sphere that is our planet. The differential heating that occurs when the sun heats a sphere (the earth) plays a significant role. Another factor is the Coriolis effect, which results from the fact that the rotational speed of our spherical planet varies with latitude.
Differential Heating
Earth's solar energy is most concentrated in the region of the equator. This heating causes warm air to rise, which creates a general area of low pressure at the equator. As the rising air cools and starts to fall back toward Earth it spreads into both the northern and southern hemispheres (see figure) and returns to the surface of Earth at approximately 30 degrees north and south of the equator. That cooled air is then drawn back towards the low-pressure area at the equator and repeats the circulation. This circulation creates what are known as the Hadley Cells. (See figure.)
Something similar but opposite happens in the polar regions. The solar energy falling on Earth's surface in the polar regions is spread over a much greater surface area. The resulting colder air creates high-pressure areas at Earth's surface, with cold air flowing away from the poles. As that air reaches lower latitudes it is subject to more intense solar energy, warms, rises, and is drawn toward the low-pressure areas that are high above the poles. This circulation creates two additional cells in the polar regions.
In between the Hadley and polar cells in each hemisphere is a third cell of air circulation.
Coriolis Effect
What is the Coriolis Effect, and why does it occur? First think just about the solid Earth. As the Earth rotates, a point on the equator moves in a large circle, and travels more than 38,000 km during one full revolution, or in 24 hours. Its rotational speed is approximately 1600 km/hr. During that same 24 hours, a point close to one of the poles makes a much smaller circle in the course of one day, and travels just a tiny fraction of the distance, so it's rotational speed is significantly slower than a point on the equator. In fact, a point on Earth's equator rotates at a greater speed than any point north or south of the equator.
If Earth did not rotate, air flowing from a higher latitude toward the equator would move directly south or north (depending on the hemisphere). However, because of the rotation, air that flows toward the equator is moving from a latitude where its rotational speed is less to a latitude where the rotational speed is more. As a result, that air rotates more slowly than the land below it, so it "falls behind" and it is deflected toward the west (see figure below). This produces a wind at the equator that flows from east to west.
Likewise, air flowing away from the equator and towards a higher, more slowly rotating latitude will rotate more rapidly than the land below, and will deflect towards the east to produce a west-to-east wind.
Study the figure above to draw the connections between the cells that result from differential heating of the Earth and the major patterns of global atmospheric circulation that result from cell circulation and the Coriolis effect.
While the bands of circulating air cells and the Coriolis effect drive the general atmospheric circulation patterns, that circulation is also influenced by local conditions and is much more complex than the simplified illustrations suggest.
This image below shows twenty years of cyclone paths in the Atlantic. Can you see evidence of the general atmospheric circulation patterns?
Ocean Circulation
Read the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's concise, well-illustrated resources that explain the driving forces behind ocean circulation. Some of these are related to the winds described above; others have a very different driving mechanism (a combination of temperature and salinity). The sections that address Surface Ocean Currents and The Global Conveyer Belt are just two of the topics covered in the Currents section of this education Web site.


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Little-known little protein packs punch in cancer fight
WASHINGTON — It's a tiny molecule with a nondescript name — "p53" — but it has an awesome responsibility: preventing more than half of all human cancers.
Some scientists call it the "guardian angel," "guardian of the genome," or the "dictator of life and death."
P53 is a protein, a string of 393 chemical units stored in the DNA of most of the body's cells. Normally, p53 works to suppress malignant tumors. When it's missing or mutated, however, it can't carry out its lifesaving mission and lets cancerous cells run amok.
Scientists are developing drugs to repair or restore damaged p53 in mice, but so far none of those drugs are ready to treat human cancers.
Almost 50,000 papers about p53 have been published in scientific journals, but its workings are still not fully understood, and it's little known outside the worlds of biology and medicine.
P53 is "certainly the most studied protein in the whole history of cancer," Magali Olivier, an expert at the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyons, France, wrote in the journal Cancer Gene Therapy this fall.
Arnold Levine, a cancer expert at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., who discovered p53 almost 30 years ago, said "We have uncovered and explored a process central to life — how a cell responds to stress or perturbation in its environment."
Here's how it works: A normal p53 protein detects a patch of DNA in the nucleus of a cell that has been damaged by accident, a virus, radiation, smoking or other environmental assaults, raising the chance that the cell will turn cancerous. P53 triggers a complex biochemical program that stops the pre-cancerous cell from dividing until it repairs its DNA or commits suicide.
When p53 itself is flawed, however, it allows other cancer-causing genes (known as oncogenes) to hijack the cell's control machinery and set it free to spread wildly — the hallmark of cancer.
"Loss of p53 function in cells leads to uncontrolled proliferation and promotes cancer development," Olivier wrote in a summary of recent p53 research.
The gene that carries the instructions to make p53 is called TP53. Mutations in the gene may be inherited, which is why some cancers run in families.
TP53 is "the most mutated gene in human cancer, and these mutations are correlated with more than 50 percent of all human cancer," said Ronen Marmorstein, an expert on gene regulation at the Wistar Institute in West Philadelphia, Pa.
According to Gerard Evan, a researcher at the University of California's Comprehensive Cancer Center in San Francisco, p53 mutations are also associated with more aggressive cancers, resistance to treatment by radiation and chemotherapy, and decreased patient survival.
Despite the vast amount of research, work is only beginning on cancer therapies based on fixing damaged p53.
Nevertheless, hopes are rising that the immense body of knowledge about p53 will lead to better ways to diagnose, prevent and treat cancer.
"The growing number of p53-targeting strategies raises hope for more efficient cancer therapies in the future," reported Swedish researcher Klas Wiman in the journal Cell Death and Differentiation.
In an experiment in his San Francisco lab, for example, Evan restored damaged p53 in mice suffering from lymphoma.
"The tumors were completely dead within hours." Evan said. "This result is very good news to the many of us who are thinking about trying to restore p53 function in established human cancers."
Unfortunately, restoring p53 may cause accelerated aging, at least in mouse experiments.
"Cancer and senescence may be seen as two alternative fates in aging organisms, the secret of longevity being to find the best possible trade-off between these two options," Olivier reported.
Many questions remain about the workings of p53.
"Complete understanding still remains elusive," Antony Braithwaite, a New Zealand researcher, wrote in Cell Death and Differentiation. "How p53 makes decisions to do one thing or another, or turn on one gene or another, is far from clear."
To accomplish its job, p53 has to scan three billion letters in the human genetic code to decide which genes it's going to activate or repress. "This is a tall order," Braithwaite wrote.
To see Cancer Gene Therapy's summary of recent p53 research
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You may remember the Steve Jobs action figures that were introduced and then cancelled earlier this year. Now there's a new Steve Jobs figure on the horizon, one that supposedly contains a weird and creepy ingredient: rubbish stolen from Jobs himself.
The sculpture, made by XVALA, is due to be shown at a gallery in Los Angeles starting early in October. As for the rubbish thing, Cory Allen Contemporary Art described it this way in the announcement of the piece:
Coated in an "Apple White finish," the sculpture is cast in the artist's patented plastic porcelain, mixed with a recycled resin made up of Steve Job's residential trash which the artist collected from the tech icon's home several months before his death.
The plan, apparently, is to mass-produce the sculptures in "an appropriate work environment" as a shot at Apple's Foxconn production facilities and a limited number will come in black, as a reminder of Foxconn suicides. According to Cory Allen, production will continue with or without (read: without) Apple's approval. The sculptures, entitled "Think Different" will be unveiled on October 13th. [PR Newswire via SlashGear]


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There were a great many travel by train posters created for various countries around the world. What makes this 1930's art deco original poster special is that it was for the world's smallest railway. Greatstone Dunes railway station was a station on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent, England.
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yes i have and "0" mean zero for me and the car turns off. It took 4 hours with 110 outlet to get it to move again
that is not true it would not go more than 1 mile for me after zero.
Good to know about the headwinds. Creeping in to Barstow on electronic fumes - one more reason to get additional charging stations in the desert between LV and Barstool.
Yes, there is some kind of warning. In the middle of the speedometer is a number in large type. It represents approximately how many miles you have left. ;)
In my experience the 85 has about a 10 mi reserve. I think the easiest way to gauge how much you really have is to watch the dotted orange line on the instrument cluster... it slowly moves down as the battery depletes, limiting your acceleration/power consumption.
I think as long as you are driving the car will not stop when you approach/pass zero. But, if you get out of the car or have your foot off the brake long enough for it to fall asleep when it is at or past zero, it will not restart again until it has been charged (not sure how much). Also, it will not even start charging (seems completely dead) until the battery is at the right temp. My guess is that it can't regulate the temp on it's own cause it doesn't have enough power.
BTW, don't test this out as it is not at all good for the battery. I was lucky.
Learned all this driving back to San Diego from the Factory :/, I underestimated the effect of terrain and temperature and didn't charge as much as I should have at the supercharger (i.e., pulled a Broder!... except I can admit MY mistakes).
also, if you are on the freeway, I assume the car will decelerate slowly in accordance with the dotted orange line mentioned above (giving you ample "notification" that you need to get off the freeway).
Did you maintain speed during the last 10/100 miles? If so, you were asking for it.
Nope, I reduced speed to 10 under the I-5 speed limit. But I WAS asking for it though, since I could have stopped at multiple public charging stations... it was 4 am, so I guess I didn't care. It was an interesting experience though.
I should also mention it has to be 10+, because I made it to my garage without the dotted line limiting me past normal driving acceleration. I only found out about the non-charging due to temp after I got out of the car and it wouldn't charge until the next day when it was warmer.
My green rated-mile bar would turn red when it goes down to about 30.
The effects of headwinds can be very large.
Here is a bit of physics....
Assume that one drives fast enough on a level road so that wind resistance is the dominant component of all resistive forces. This is true for typical highway speeds in excess of say 65 mph.
The force created by wind resistance is given by
F = 1/2 rho A Cd V*V
where rho is the air density , A the frontal cross section of the car, Cd is the coefficient of drag (around 0.24 for the MS, I think) and V is the velocity of the car in still air.
The power P(V) consumed by the car while driving at velocity V is therefore
P(V) = F * V = 1/2 rho A Cd V*V*V (i.e. proportional to the cube of the speed V^3)
Now let's assume a headwind component W, so the car sees an effective speed of V+W instead of V.
Let us further assume that W << V (not necessarily true!) then we can expand this as follows
(V+W)^3 = V^3 (1 + W/V)^3 = V^3(1+3 W/V + higher order terms)
therefore P(V+W) = P(V)* (1 + 3 W/V + ... )
and the energy E expended to drive a fixed distance against the wind W goes up by the same factor 1 + 3 W/V +... since the velocity over the ground is still V.
In other words, if the headwind component were just 30% of the traveling speed (assuming typical highway speeds on flat roads), THE RANGE IS ABOUT CUT IN HALF if the driver continues to drive the same indicated speed as if there were no headwind.
Slowing down greatly helps in this scenario.
Every year several GA planes crash because the pilots underestimated the impact of headwinds and run out of fuel.
@vinnimo - Don't depleted batteries regain some of their energy if they are allowed to rest? Perhaps that is why you were able to charge the following day. I doubt that your battery could have been cold when you first returned from your trip.
Solution to headwinds - get behind a semi trailer, leave a 2 second buffer for safety, crank up the music and cruise.
@Tam +1
Not sure if they regain energy, that could be why. Outside temp was around 35 F when I pulled in, but I imagine you are right in thinking it would have already been warm enough from the drive.
at least 2 sec buffer is a must... gotta always look out for those pesky rocks and random projectiles from trucks too.
Just curious what was your charge leaving vegas?
Could you guesstimate the head winds mph?
Lastly, how fast were you going?
I havent made the trip to vegas yet so i'm preping.
@winfriedwilcke Great nums, thanks.
In the case of headwinds on an airplane's range, it is not an exponential effect, but simply arithmetic. A headwind automatically decreases the plane's forward velocity (with respect to the ground). A 20 mph headwind, on a one-hour flight, would decrease the ground range by just 20 miles - enough to crash, perhaps, but a linear effect.
As you have shown, the loss would be far more for the Tesla at 65 mph.
So why not have an air speed indicator? That way if you are driving 80 with a 10 mph headwind, you'd see 90, and you'd understand where your power is going.
OTOH, if you are going 80 with a 10 MPH tailwind, you'd see 70, and you'd be a happy camper.
I am not sure how many drivers are willing to adjust their speed as a function of wind. I do it fairly regularly if wind is strong.
I made the trip back from Vegas as well on Monday. Did a max charge before leaving the Venetian. Arrive at SC in Barstow with around 38 miles of range. I used 400 w/mi. Same distance to Vegas only used 338w/mi. Could not guess wind speed but they were howling big time. I also did not push my speed. Probably average 65 MPH since traffic was moving a little slow due to the winds and sand blowing.
It was nice meeting you at he SC,
I am glad to hear you made it home safely.
I did find out it is the person who plugs in first that gets the larger charging rate.
After you left i was still getting only 70mph charge. I had to unplug and replug then it moved up to 170mph.
Some of you guys have bigger kahonas then I ever hope to have... how do you sit?
I went 11 miles with my P85's gauge on 0 while looking for a charging station. I found the station but discovered it hadn't been put online yet. Long night but at no point did I every run out completely out of power.
Still...I would recommend you at least start 'thinking' about your next charge when you drop below 40 or 50 miles of range. Just as you might with an ICE engine when you get down to an eighth of a tank of fuel.
I vote for a wind indicator. I made the following trip with no thoughts of windspeed and looked them up after this event. On April 11 I drove from Berkeley, CA to the Harris Ranch Supercharger. I left with 270 miles on the car and arrived with 68 remaining. Actual distance 185. On April 16 I charged up to 260 miles for the 185 miles drive home. I hit 0 miles about 3 miles from my house. Thankfully the last 2.5 miles were all downhill. I generally drive 80 on the 5 but coming back, as I watched the actual miles approach the predicted miles I modified my speed to the limit. Going down There was a considerable tail wind, gusting to 23mph. Coming back head winds were gusting to 28mph. Obviously elevation is also a factor here as well. Is the on board computer sophisticated enough to handle the wind/elevation calculation. It seems there needs to be this consideration.
I wonder for time like this and there is no where to charge and all you have is a portable generator would it work for extra few miles? I know some of these portable generator can stay on for 4.5 hours. I think 110v that would give you 30 miles.
Heres my trip planing so that I don't end up Brodering. Let's say I have a 210 mile trip planned. I do a standard charge to 76500watts (90% of 85kw) divided by 210 miles I get 364wh per mile. As a buffer I want a 5% cushion, so that comes out to 346wh per mile. When I hit the road I watch my wh per mile and every 30 miles or so I adjust my driving to stay below 346wh per mile. This should compensate for headwinds, elevation changes and climate control usage. Of course if there is a significant elevation gain near the end of the trip one would need to plan for that.
This should be more useful/accurate than an airspeed indicator (I have one in my truck).
Anyone see any flaws in this plan?
My average over the 1600 miles I have on my P85 so far is 335whm.
I was going to say that also.
I think that in addition to watching speed, we will start to watch the whm as our usual mode of driving.
If you start now, you will get an idea of what to expect for each driving situation (condition).
Glad we are all looking at trip management.
We just took a small trip from Menlo Park to Rancho Murieta, about 135 miles or so. We had to include some 28 miles jaunts from Pine Grove to Rancho each day.
So on the way up, we stopped for dinner at Folsom and SC so we started again at 240 mile range. Then after landing in Pine Grove, hooked up to what was available, 110V slow charge of about 3mph. We did this every time we got to our "home base" This sort of covered our trips back and forth to Rancho.
Then each time we got to the venue, I asked as I arrived where I could charge my electric car. No one had any idea and was sure there was no such facility. So I changed my question to is there a 110V outlet I could use. I was immediately directed to an available 110V outlet. Plugged in and started to get my 3 miles per hour charge.
So changing the question got results.
One small charge for my MS, one giant leap to be able to drive home with no stops needed and 40 miles to spare on arrival.
Ask for 110 outlet vs electric car charger. Slow, but often will get you home.
And carry a 110V extension- no telling where the outlet will be.
We have even run extension cords from motel windows, which works if the manager agrees not to look for the extension "hazard".
Hope this helps
Any other "tricks" discovered are most welcome.
Great discussion of working with so many variables driving cross country. I've drafted on the trucks and prefer private buses because they cruise faster. Reducing speed is always an option. But I would like to share an option I've only heard reference to by those crazy enough to drive beyond the limits of Superchargers: RV park 50 amp RV hookups. Just got off the phone with the operator of Clark's Mobile Home Park in Baker, 65 miles east of Barstow. They said they would be willing to charge a reasonable fee, I suggested $5 for an hour charge.
I'm planning a road trip from Long Beach, CA to Glacier Nat'l Park in the Fall. 1500 miles the first 600 supported by Superchargers. Been contacting the RV Parks along the route to see what the charge would be for 4-6 hours or an overnight stay. Some are reasonable (11-20 cents/Kw) others want to charge the full day RV hookup ($25-40). It would be great to see a network of cooperative and reasonable park operators familiar with our needs.


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Earlier this week, a concussion lawsuit led by former Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler pointed to the fact that the league's Super Bowl XLVI commercial regarding decades of changes to the rules fails to mention "how recidivist violators like James Harrison (who has had five illegal hits on quarterbacks in three seasons) are allowed to continue to play the game."
We noticed that language, appearing at paragraph 145 and page 65 of the 209-paragraph, 80-page complaint, we mentioned it, Alan Robinson of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review repeated it, and Harrison was asked about it on Thursday by Tim Benz of WXDX radio.
Here's the relevant exchange.
Benz: "James, are you aware of the story about the lawsuit mentioning your name in Philadelphia and if so what's your reaction to it?"
Harrison: "I'm not aware of it."
Benz: "Ken Stabler and some of the other former pro football players in a concussion suit referenced you as a guy that was a repeat offender and maybe should be out of the game. When you hear former players say that about you –"
Harrison: "Who is — Ken who?"
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Frankly, Stabler's opinion shouldn't matter to Harrison. But it's a little surprising that Harrison has never heard of the guy.
We realize that plenty of the men who play pro football aren't passionate fans of the game. And we don't expect football players to be football historians. But for a key member of the Steelers to not know the name of a Super Bowl-era quarterback who won a Super Bowl and who played quarterback in some of the most celebrated games in Steelers history is a little strange.
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Modern societies have been designed around harnessing the power of the male sex drive (in the same sense that nuclear power is referred to as 'harnessing the power of the atom') for the betterment of women and children. Why? Because it works.
That subjugation process is cloaked in ritual and mystery, of course, since otherwise too many men would rebel and cast off the yoke. For us to be easily controllable, it's necessary that we NOT be sexually satisfied most of the time. Otherwise, we won't be likely to ask "How high?" when women dangle the possibility of sex in front of us and then tell us to "Jump!"
If you're a Western male living in a developed Western country, you know how the algebra works: "Do a lot but only get a little back in return – if you're lucky". You're a productive asset for the women in your life, a job that doesn't pay you well.
But then travel was invented. It's actually nothing new; but the availability of fast, comfortable, inexpensive travel options to the average guy IS a recent phenomenon. And with the rise of the internet, it has become easier to learn about what's out there in other parts of the world.
What's "out there" is women who are a lot more enjoyable to be with than what we have back home in the Western countries we grew up in. And not surprisingly, more and more Western guys are enjoying that pleasant alternative.
You can too.
I know what you're thinking: you're just an average guy making an average income. You weren't blessed with the good looks of a Greek god. You're on the shy side and maybe the girls back home consider you to be short. And maybe you're too old to get women back home who are still in their prime? Therefore, you can't imagine having different luck with women somewhere else?
You would be astounded to discover how much better you can do overseas. If you do know where to go and how to go about it, it's almost like dying and going to Heaven …. but without the 'dying' part.
Thailand is becoming quite well-known by now, especially Bangkok and Pattaya .
If you prefer the big city experience, Bangkok holds endless delights. Some of the better-known venues in Bangkok include Patpong, Nana Plaza , Soi Cowboy and Soi Zero (these are mainly go-go bars ), beer bars , blow job bars , escort services , many massage options and every other delight you can imagine (with a few more delights that you can't imagine, including the legendary Eden Club ) .
If you prefer something more focused and targeted, Pattaya has a similarly broad menu of enticing delights and a beach as well. Pattaya has a full assortment of go-go bars and massage options and is well-populated with many hundreds of beer bars (which are outdoor bars each of which will have ten or twenty or thirty lovely young Thai ladies who are hoping to become your new best friend).
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The Philippines is also a major attraction, especially Manila and Angeles City , with more of the same available in Olongapo . Most Filipina bar girls speak much better English than does the average bar girl in Thailand and tend to also be more romantic, so guys who are looking for more of a "girl friend experience" tend to gravitate to the Philippines .
If you're a big-city buff, Manila has quite a few clubs and go-go bars , and it tends to be a bit more on the upscale side (not uncommon in bigger cities). It also tends to get the prettiest girls, although you'll find many filipina bargirls in almost any venue anywhere in the country who look better than anyone you've dated back home.
If huge cities don't appeal to you, Angeles City is a gem of a place only two hours by road from Manila that has an unusually good blend of size and opportunities for fun. It has several dozen clubs ( go-go bars ) with each having dozens of Filipinas who are also eager to be your new best friend. The nightlife section is fairly compact (and therefore easy to get around) and prices in the Philippines are low.
If you want to put in some beach time, Olongapo is only an hour or so down the road, with several more go-go bars to help you pass the evening with frosty beverages and many delightful Filipinas who are anything but frosty.
What's the downside? Aside from really irritating Western women (who intensely dislike the idea of you having much better alternatives to their pussy cartel), the main risk to you would come from lack of information.
Where to go? Where to stay? How to get around? What are the best values? Best bars? Which places are clip joints to be avoided? What are the going rates for different services? What's new? What's different? How do the many different options compare? How can I get discounts? And so on.
If you bought an airline ticket recently, you will know that prices vary all over the place (as airlines try to gouge each passenger for the maximum amount they think that category of passenger will part with). The airline wants to maximize its profits, at your expense.
Human nature being what it is, the same game is often tried in less developed parts of the world in all sorts of transactions . especially when, to them, you're rich. And in many parts of the world, if you can afford to fly there, then you ARE rich.
In other words, there are scammers in every country on earth (including your own). And the laws that protect consumers in rich countries often don't apply to in another country.
You're on your own. But you can be a smart shopper. For the price of a single date in a Western country (after which you most likely will not get laid), you can learn how and where to actually start while avoiding the many pitfalls that trick and trap so many newbies overseas.