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TRAINING: A typical day of training for this fight is getting up and training at 6:00AM for an hour and half, training again at noon for one and half hour. Last training for two more hours at night.
When and why did you start training for fighting? I love to compete and you have to train hard to be at your best. I have been training MMA for 11 years.
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Once Upon a Time with Shobhaa
Mumbai is reeling once more from what is being described as 'Another era of Gangwars," after the brutal murder of Farid Tanasha earlier this month.Seven men arrived at the gangster's house where he was relaxing after dinner, getting a foot massage from his second wife Reshma, as their toddler daughter played close by. Eight rounds were fired out of which five hit the gangster, killing him instantly. The police declared it was a 7.65mm bullet that killed the person believed to be Chhota Rajan's main hitman.
The report generated a distinct sense of déjà vu for those of us who have lived through the fierce gangwars of the '70's when Bombay was still Bombay, and the underworld ruled. From matka dens to gold, silver and currency smuggling on a scale that might have embarrassed Al Capone, Bombay was run by ruthless mafia bosses, who unlike the gangsters from the 80's and 90's, didn't bother to remain in the shadows. Or play coy with the press and public. They were very visible public figures who ran their various 'dhandas' brazenly and openly. But most interestingly, they were an accepted part of Bollywood society – coveted trophy 'mehmaans' who'd show up at premieres and mahurats and mingle freely with all the top stars, producers and directors, even posing nonchalantly for pictures which were subsequently published by popular magazines and trade papers of the time.Nobody thought this open show of bonhomie as either odd or even indiscreet. Perhaps the filmwallahs dared not snub or shun those shadey men in shining white polyester, who called the shots – not just in Bollywood, but Bombay. Violence had become a way of life…. and death, a familiar companion.
Here's a teaser trailer from me to you – one of those much feared men who controlled this teeming, volatile, corrupt and venal metropolis was the dreaded Don called Haji Mastaan.
And I'd met him!
More in my next post.
The Sensational 'Seventies sizzled and seethed.
There was blood on the streets…. but nobody willing to mop it up.
Men in White….
What is it about men in white that startles the unwary? Is there a rule somewhere that says 'White Not Allowed' if you're a guy? Bollywood Baddies have always had a penchant for the colour one generally associates with vestal virgins. Pran frequently wore white for his villainous roles, and I'm pretty sure Amrish Puri growled, " Mogambo khush hua ," clad in pristine white breeches. It was , of course, Jumping Jack Jeetendra who patented the all-white (down to the pointy, shiney shoes) look in Bollywood… and he wasn't even a baddie ( though Hema Malini's mother wasn't entirely convinced about that when she broke up their sizzling romance). Sanjeev Kumar liked his whites. So did Dilip Kumar. Even that loveable eccentric Raaj Kumar was often spotted in white ( so what if it clashed with his flaming orange wig?). Raj Kapoor liked his ladies in white, and wore a lot of white himself. As did his devastatingly handsome younger brother Shashi ( strictly kurta-pajamas, please). That was then. Let's cut to now - soon we are going to see Ajay Devgun sporting strictly white for his role as 'Sultan' in a forthcoming film. And (wink-wink) we all know where that wardrobe inspiration is coming from. The notorious 'Seventies don of dons, Haji Mastan, invariably wore white. And if advance reports about the film are to be believed, Ajay's character is based on Hajibhai's ( never mind what publicists and Haji Mastan's family have to say about this 'resemblance'!).
Frankly, I do think Ajay is the only Bollywood actor who can pull off this role – he even looks the part. If anything, Ajay appears far more menacing than the original. How do I know? Well, I had the dubious pleasure of meeting Haji Mastan a couple of times under rather strange circumstances and in very unlikely company. It was during Sanjay Gandhi's very short reign ( post the ignominious Emergency – surely the most disgraceful period of our history?) as India's absolute supremo. Sanjay Gandhi's henchwoman at the time was a feisty, attractive and ambitious person called Rukhsana Sultan ( mother of Amrita 'Dingy' Singh, Saif's ex ). I was researching a cover story on Rukhsana, during the course of which she asked me to come over to her plush suite in the Taj Mahal Hotel (Mumbai), to meet some of her business associates. Ha!! Little did I know then that one of those associates would be the dreaded don – Hajibhai himself!
More about that meeting in my next post.
After all…. the fact that I am still alive to tell the tale is in itself a major feat!
32 comments:
- Sapna Anu B.George said...
Definitely interesting and wow, great to meet you greet you and comment.
- June 24, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- ZB said...
wow, now this is what we come here for. Waiting anxiously for the next part. Loved this one.TC:)
- June 24, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Fantastic build up. Great writing. Hope you will not dilute facts and narrate the chance meeting with Haji Mastaan as it is. Not sure if Ajay Devgn is the best guy to play Hajibhai. His only credential is that he perpetually looks to be brooding and caged with pent up anger.
- June 24, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Unknown said...
your post is brilliant,as usual.no wonder,u r enriched by so many followers like me who admire ur cerebral beauty apart from the physical one!
- June 24, 2010 at 3:24 PM
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- June 24, 2010 at 4:18 PM
I agree - Ajay Devgan indeed the best for the act but maybe too much of similar roles in recent years. I guess "Omkara" was the best And a break is required till continue to say: dham dham dharam dharaiya re, sabse bade ladaiya re omkara, hey omkara...
- June 24, 2010 at 4:44 PM
- avidblogger said...
Awesome article. Very interesting. So looking forward to the next blog. You are one lucky woman to have met all these personalities and so many more in your life. Maybe you should write a book on your meetings with all these people. I'm sure you have a lot of such incidences to share.
- June 24, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- Divya (Virmani) Chadda said...
As always amazing articles. Loved the way you narrate your real-life experiences. Would absolutely love to meet you one day.
Waiting for you next blog eagerly...
- June 24, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
Nail biting suspense. Jaldi likho please!!! Only you can write this ankhondekhahaal so colorfully and full of suspense and drama.
- June 24, 2010 at 10:34 PM
- Shantanu said...
That is so interesting. U met Hajibhai. Waiting for the next part. N surely only Ajay bear that Shiv Dhanushya.
- June 25, 2010 at 12:25 AM
- ROHAN KARKHANIS said...
wow... eagerly waiting for u r next blog and for the movie itself... havent watched a good bollywood gangster film for a long time!!!
- June 25, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- kakaka said...
you are very brave to be writing all this....arent you scared. random thought, rukhsana sultan is the wierdest name anyone can have....ever.
- June 25, 2010 at 8:18 AM
- A.K.P said...
Waiting eagerly for ur next post. Agree with u completely. Ajay Devgan is the man for the role.
- June 25, 2010 at 10:56 AM
- Pooja Rathore said...
Ajay Devgan will look good in white ( i remember a scene in a movie a remake of sholay, ajay was wearing white shirt he looked dashing) anyways white is lucky for Ajay as his sun sign is aries and white is one of the lucky colors for sun sign Aries.
waiting for your next post.........
- June 25, 2010 at 5:08 PM
- Latha said...
Shobhaa, you have built up a hell of curiosity. Hope you have enough to match it !
- June 25, 2010 at 9:35 PM
- Tan Ranter said...
digging the mogambo reference. just started following you after reading 'bollywood nights' and googling you to no end. i like your blog better, though aasha rani was a sultry and welcomed distraction on a recent travel. thank you for paving the way for provocative and edgy indian women writers. as are the masses, I am also aspiring. looking forward to Haji.
- June 26, 2010 at 12:07 AM
- Peter said...
Wow Shobhaaa De you rock Shobhaaa De!! One day I hope to see you in movies Shobhaaa De..against Salman and I am sure you will rock and will give Aish, Rani and all other gals a run for their money! You rock Shobhaaa De and I mean it!! Jai Ho Shobhaaa De!!!
- June 26, 2010 at 12:17 AM
- Unknown said...
A typical Shoba ji's Pen!! Beautifullllll..Simply grt!! Even a blog on RAVAN was also great...Keep Posting Mam....THanks...Reagards...
- June 26, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- salu said...
a thrilling post !
- June 26, 2010 at 3:08 PM
Enjoyed reading!
- June 27, 2010 at 11:31 AM
- Latha said...
Why are you mum on the David Davidar scandal Shobhaa ? Is it because you were (are) associated with him professionally ?
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At least the content is completely original. Thank God for small mercies! :D
- June 29, 2010 at 12:22 AM
- Peter said...
@Latha - Despite guruji's advise not to indulge in any kind of gossip, why are you still interested in David Davidhar scandal, Latha?
- June 29, 2010 at 3:57 AM
- Latha said...
@ Peter, 'cause I'm not Guruji (a saint). I'm just an admirer who wonders how he is able to reach out even to Pak.
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Spectral templates (usually late type stars) are required for the analysis of kinematical data on external galaxies (or other stellar ensembles). In the near-IR, the most commonly used features are the CO overtone bands at λ > 2.3µm. Although observational and theoretical libraries exist at lower spectral resolutions (R<3000), no comprehensive set of stellar kinematic templates was available to be used with two of the configurations of Gemini NIR instruments used for stellar population kinematic studies in external galaxies - NIFS and GNIRS 111 l/mm grating (both longslit and IFU) - and all programmes using those configurations would invariably spend some science time taking a small set of stellar spectra to use as templates. This led to a constant duplication of data taking, since those targets are programme calibrations and are not made available to other users until the end of the default 18 months proprietary period.
During period 2006B at Gemini South, given the unusually poor conditions over the whole semester, and the eventual end of true "poor weather" programmes in the queue, a Director's Discretionary "poor weather" GS-2006B-DD-3 programme was carried out to provide the NIR community with a larger set of late (F7 to M3 types I, II, III and V) stellar spectra, with intermediate S/N (30-50), including the four CO overtone bands (2.24-2.42µm) at R~6000 resolution. A subset of the targets was also observed at a slightly bluer spectral range to improve usefulness for NIFS users, overlapping with the red setting on the first two CO bands.
To the original sample of 29 stars observed with GNIRS, another 31 were added from NIFS observations obtained as part of programmes GN-2006A-SV-123, GN-2006B-Q-107, GN-2007A-Q-25, and from archived public data (from programmes GN-2006A-C-11, GN-2007A-Q-45 and GN-2007A-Q-62), covering the full range 2.1 to 2.5µm at a similar resolution.
A separate R~18000 spectral template library is also available.
Detailed description of the observations, data reduction, template usage and systematic effects related to differences in resolution, the range of CO band equivalent width spanned by the templates, and further analysis in the "template mismatch" issue, can be found in "The Gemini Spectral Library of Near-IR Late-Type Stellar Templates and Its Application for Velocity Dispersion Measurements". Winge, Cláudia; Riffel, Rogemar; Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa, 2009, ApJS, 185, 186.
Quick Links:
- Description of the library
- Current version of the library (individual spectra and plots)
- Quick summary of the observations and data reduction process can be found here. The users are encouraged to refer to the full publication for more detailed discussion.
- All processed spectra: GNIRS blue setting, red setting, combined spectra - NIFS S1 original sampling, rebinned to 1 Å/pixel - NIFS S2 original sampling, rebinned to 1 Å/pixel
Library Description
|GNIRS sample (at Gemini South)
|Instrument configuration
|GNIRS IFU + 111 l/mm grating in the K band
|"Red" setting
|λc=2.335µm (2.24-2.43µm), dλ=1.84Å/pixel
|"Blue" setting
|λc= 2.245µm (2.15-2.33µm), dλ=1.85Å/pixel
|Combined spectrum
|2.15-2.43µm, rebinned to dλ = 1Å/pixel
|Observed sample
|29 objects in the "red" setting, from F7III to M3III
Of these, 23 objects were also observed in the "blue" setting
|NIFS sample 1 (v1.5)
|Instrument configuration
|NIFS IFU + K grating + HK filter, 3.0arcsec or KG3+ND masks
|Original sampling
|λc=2.20 and 2.25µm (2.07-2.47µm), dλ=2.13Å/pixel
|Observed sample
|3 objects centred at 2.20µm, 8 centred at 2.25µm, spectral types from G8II to
|NIFS sample 2 (v2.0)
|Instrument configuration
|NIFS IFU + K grating + HK filter, 3.0arcsec or KG3+ND masks
|Original sampling
|λc=2.20 (2.04-2.43µm), dλ=2.13Å/pixel
|Observed sample
|Spectral types from G8III to M3I
The GNIRS sample
The observed sample was selected from a list kindly provided by Greg Doppmann, compiled from the literature (mostly based in Cayrel de Strobel et al 1997), and the selection was based exclusively on observability: targets which were visible for as long as possible during the 06B semester, bright enough to provide the
desired S/N on a reasonable on-source time under CC=90, IQ=ANY conditions, and having a hot (A0-A7) star close enough (and bright enough!) to be used for telluric correction. The fact that both target and telluric stars also had to have a bright (V<13mag) guide star available as well, restricted even more the choices.
The observing conditions also determined the instrument configuration: to achieve R=5900 with GNIRS in long slit mode, one would have to use the 0.30" slit - implying in very large slit losses under IQ=Any (FWHM>0.80" in K) seeing. Given the superior performance of the original GNIRS IFU in the K band (over 90% of that of the equivalent long slit mode), there was only a small loss in sensitivity by using the IFU+111 l/mm grating configuration.
The NIFS sample 1 (V1.5):
The data were obtained either as programme calibrations for GN-2006A-SV-123 and GN-2007A-Q-25, and therefore based solely in observability and brightness; or as part of another "poor weather" programme GN-2006B-Q-107, and in this case following the same rationale as the GNIRS sample (bright enough for poor conditions, with proper telluric and guide stars available). The stars observed as part of N06A-SV-123 and N07A-Q-25 used the AOWFS for guiding, while for
N06B-Q-107, the AO fold was parked and guiding was done using the PWFS2.
The NIFS sample 2 (V2.0):
This extra set was derived from archived public data, originally obtained for programmes GN-2006A-C-11, GN-2007A-Q-45 and GN-2007A-Q-62, retrieved and processed by M. R. Diniz, as part of an undergraduate research project at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, in Brazil (with R. Riffel as supervisor).
All the GNIRS data collected under programme GS-2006B-DD-3 has been made public from the start in the Gemini Science Archive. The NIFS data were subject to the standard proprietary period. This page contains links to the table of final processed spectra. Details on the data reduction, template usage and systematic effect, can be found in the paper cited above. The community at large is welcome to download all or part of the library as needed, and users of GNIRS or NIFS are encouraged to explore its use as an alternative to requesting further observation of spectral standards with their science programmes. If the raw data are re-processed to be used in papers or publications, please use the standard Gemini acknowledgement text and the above programme IDs. For the processed data contained in this page, the authors would appreciate acknowledgement of the library use (Winge, Riffel and Storchi-Bergmann, 2009).
The data are presented in standard FITS format, and the user can select either the GNIRS red (2.24-2.42µm) or blue (2.15-2.32µm) spectral ranges at their native spectral binning; or the combined spectrum (when available), rebinned to 1 Å/pix. The NIFS spectra are also presented at native binning and rebinned to 1 Å/pix.
The authors would like to thank the former Gemini Deputy Director and Head of Science, Jean-Rene Roy, and the former Gemini South Head of Science Operations, Michael West, for the support and time allocation for our GNIRS programme. Many thanks as well to all the Gemini South observers and SSAs that so positively believed that no conditions were ever too poor to give GS-2006B-DD-3 a chance!
Current release is Version 2.0 - Additional NIFS data included.
- Jump to the current version of the library (individual spectra and plots).
- Details on the observations and data reduction procedure, as well as examples on the use of the templates can be found in Winge et al 2009, ApJS, 185, 186. (astroph e-print: arXiv:0910.261)
- All processed spectra in a single tar gzipped file (and README):
- GNIRS BLUE setting - RED setting - COMBINED spectra
- NIFS sample 1 V1.5 original sampling - rebbined
- NIFS sample 2 V2.0 original sampling - rebbined
History and release notes:
2012 Jun 25 - Version 2.0 uploaded to the Gemini Web Site - this corresponds to additional templates observed with NIFS, retrieved from the Gemini Science Archive. No changes made to the already existing spectra (GNIRS and NIFS sample 1). All files include full headers, and the data have been corrected to rest wavelength.
2009 Jan 31 - Version 1.5 uploaded to the Gemini Web Site
- Highlights
- NIFS data added!
- Complete headers from the last step of reduction before extracting the spectra to 1-D added back to all spectra.
- Continuum shape removal improved prior to combining the GNIRS settings.
- Final spectra are corrected to rest velocity. This was done by taking a strong, isolated line at 2.2814µm and using that as a reference point to all the remaining spectra. The procedure allowed for correcting in one step the intrinsic radial velocity and any zero-point offset that could remain from the wavelength calibration.
2007 Apr 10 - Version 1.0 uploaded to the Gemini Web Site.
- Highlights and ToDo list
- The "blue" setting spectral range currently starts at 2.18µm. After tinkering with the telluric correction for a while, I'm still not satisfied with the result in the Brγ region.
- The image headers are NOT complete. The original GNIRS files are MEF, so most of the information is located in the primary header unit (extension [0]), and gets lost when the spectrum is extracted. This is also in the list for the next release.
- Final spectra are:
- NOT flux calibrated. The continuum shape has been removed by fitting a low order polynomial. I decided to go this way rather than tackle the issue of flux calibrating the spectra for this release.
- NOT corrected for Galactic extinction.
- NOT corrected for heliocentric radial velocity.
- Error vectors (variance planes) NOT included. This is admittedly important for a good evaluation of the errors in the cross-correlation results, but the variance planes are not being propagated correctly through the reduction process.
Last update 2014 February 03; Cláudia Winge


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The San Francisco Chronicle has an article on the Zenn low speed electric cars. Mentioned therein is Green Motors who has sold 36 cars since December. The article states that this vehicle operates at a cost of 3cents/mile vs gasoline powered cars at 10cents/mile.
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Monday, August 4, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle on Zenn Motors
53 comments:
- dmon said...
- August 4, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- dmon said...
Actually I see it as refreshing that there is some perspective out there that values Zenn *apart* from EEStor. I look at it as a safety hedge - without EEStor, Zenn is still a solid EV company, charting success in a legitimate niche-but-growing market for NEVs/LSVs. The cityZenn is icing on the cake (of course, an EEStor-iced Zenn cake is almost all icing).
- August 4, 2008 at 10:44 AM
- wimbet said...
The more I follow EEStor and ultra capacitors I am reminded of the municipal wi-fi hype from a few years ago. There are so many similarities in the great promises from the companies pushing their product and the debates about the limitations of the technology. I hope this story has a happy ending.
- August 4, 2008 at 10:51 AM
- Zawy said...
The Northrop Gruman patent actually measured energy density in example 1, so i guess it's possible. They didn't use CMBT (they used CCTO), but they're similar enough.
"The dielectric properties of these capacitors were constant up to a field strength of 250 V/um."
This constitutes experimental evidence that y_po and I are wrong.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:04 PM
- Manthan said...
this article is totally fallacious, the only only cars that get 10 cents per mile is the hybrids and the smart cars.
40mpg/cost of gas(4.00) = 10 cents
20mpg/cos of gas(4.00) =20 cents
usual cars get 20 cents per mile, and i would think that with eestor the miles per charge would be like less then 2 cents.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- nekote said...
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- August 4, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- nekote said...
manthan - beat me to the punch!
Great minds think alike! :)
article: "whereas gasoline costs alone, according to AAA, are close to 10 cents a mile for an average car".
The average combined MPG for all US cars and light trucks on the road today is 19.8 MPG. (Source: 2005 Highway Statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Division).
$4.00/gal ÷ 19.8 MPG = 20¢ / mile
OLD AAA data?
- August 4, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Marcus said...
nice find zawy.
- August 4, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- ricinro said...
Much of the hype is not actually coming from eestor as they are mostly quiet but people following the patents and milestones as well as some promotion from Zenn is enough to fan the flames.
There have been many comments about the personalities, the science, and the motivations of the players. I feel that the lack of information makes us hallucenate (speculate?) more than we should.
As many have mentioned, we should just wait for formal announcements before selling ourselves on the idea that it is real or not. Sometimes it seems like religion.
Of course, this blog can be interesting if we believe the EESU to be imminent. If we don't, well, there is not much point to being here.
I personally wonder about the post-permitivity possibilities. As a mechanical designer, having a device as such in the toolbox makes the mind spin!
- August 4, 2008 at 12:37 PM
- Unknown said...
...That "wheel-motor" or "in-wheel motor" or "hubmotor" design concept?
Experts say that one drawback is the added weight of wheels with motors inside them. But wouldn't a 25-mph top speed little car handle and ride "less worse" with heavier wheels, so to speak, than a 100 mph-capable car which is often subjecting itself to stronger bumps?...and its motors could be much lighter in weight?
Maybe ZENN could see whether its "glider" (car w/o batteries or motor) supplier, Microcar, is interested in developing wheel-motors - or - and I'm halfway serious about this - a custom wheel rims manufacturer might be persuaded to hook up with an electric motor company in order to design a wheel-motor from the ground up: Since weight reduction is so important the actual rim of the wheel could also serve as the outer housing of the electric motor.
If you google "wheel motors" +manufacturer you find quite a few Chinese manufacturers, also PML Flightlink (UK), associated with a Volvo concept car.
btw otoh The very expensive Lightning (UK) electric sports car co. says the additional weight of the wheel-motors isn't problematical since the weight of friction brakes can pretty much be subtracted from the unsprung weight equation.
Yes, granted, the whole wheel-motor project would be costly, and a new, possibly distracting direction for ZENN, but isn't ZENN sitting on a gold mine? nervous laughter heh heh heh
- August 4, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- richterm said...
zawy -
"The dielectric properties of these capacitors were constant up to a field strength of 250 V/um."
Thanks - very interesting.
I'm not very good with the terminology used, but am trying to make sense of the technical discussion.
Sorry to ask you to rehash but in a nutshell, what was the limit of field strength that you an y_po had calculated - just to get a feel for how much you may have been off compared to NG's experimental results?
- August 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Lensman said...
Manthan said...
i would think that with eestor the miles per charge would be like less then 2 cents.
Tesla Motors claims 2¢ per mile for their all-electric Roadster, but that's using the most favorable numbers. 3¢ per mile would be a more reasonable average even for a small car like that. For a 4-door sedan, 4¢ per mile might be a reasonable average.
But that still beats the heck out of $4/ gallon gasoline!
- August 4, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Etienne said...
this comment is off topic, but i found this article on gm-volt.com:
GM May Share the Volt Powertrain With Ford:
Of course, they will both be using ZENNergy Drive ;-)
- August 4, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Marcus said...
richterm, from the continued dialog on the Mea Culpa thread I'm not sure whether I can conclude anything yet. Its so frustrating not being up to speed in this field..
- August 4, 2008 at 1:47 PM
- Jeff said...
Are GM and Ford working together using Eestor tech?
I found this quote from Bob Lutz in April...
"What if we could do a Volt that's cheaper, without engine and all the plumbing, and have a pure electric with more range?" http://www.petrozero.org/2008/04/bob-lutz-drops-few-bombshells.html
- August 4, 2008 at 1:49 PM
- Zawy said...
y_po didn't give an upper limit for field strength (before dielectric saturation). I don't think his method can give that.
My method says the titanium +4 atom is the primary source of energy stored (an approximation) and that it cannot move outside of its lattice structure (obvious if it's a crystal), which is no more than 2 ang. The formula in Feynman's book gives that to be 10 V/um, 35 times lower than EEStor claims. My upper limit of 10 V/um corresponds closely to 10 J/cc which is reported by most sources as being the highest measured, except for EEStor and Northrop Gruman.
- August 4, 2008 at 2:12 PM
- nekote said...
ZNN (TSX) nor ZNNMF (OTC) trading, today?
First Monday of August
Canadian Holiday, but not all provinces
no single official name
Civic Day / Civic Public Holiday
- August 4, 2008 at 2:23 PM
- richterm said...
Thanks zawy
- August 4, 2008 at 2:25 PM
- Marcus said...
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- August 4, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Marcus said...
So what you are saying zawy is that even though you can potentially measure a particular field strength and k (which you pointed out in the NGC patent) it doesn't tell you the energy stored? And that in the NGC patent they only measured very low values of energy stored (according to Y_Po) meaning that overall Y_Po's claims are still valid based on this patent's measurements?
- August 4, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- ricinro said...
Saw this awhile back. Don't think they are pursuing it. I think they sold the division.
- August 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- ricinro said...
here it is again. I think it got truncated.
The motor-in-wheel concept, if they can get the mass reduced, will push EVs beyond ICE cars in terms of versatility. Currently so much of a car is built around a drive train. A car could be a boat, submarine etc. and suspensions could be interchangeable for off-road, street use. Perhaps we will only by a cab, and a EESU and lease/rent the suspensions and the accessories. Could be a robotic drive thru where components are interchanged. While you are at it, get an extra EESU for the weekend and "drive" to catalina.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:00 PM
- Satya51 said...
gizmo, wierd_science,
Good point, Volt drive would easily lend itself to dropping in an Eestor ESU, and Ford plus GM quick transition would put Toyota hybrid in catch-up transition (Toyota would have to ditch their drive and start over to go EV).
Ramp up of Eestor is just fabrication of addition duplicate production lines. I doubt chemicals would be a supply issue. Expensive lab equipment has long lead times, but no development work.
If Eestor completes their commercial production line in 2008 as targeted, perhaps we will see Eestor ESU's in GM-eVolt in 2010. Providing of course that the ESU science can be figured out in time.
Who knows, perhaps an infrastructure consensus will also emerge by utilities for rapid charging along interstate roads (cities would not likely need it as soon).
Just my shot at musing.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM
- ricinro said...
I have a hydrid camry.
Could an EESU be dropped in and update the software to allow the electric motor run more often and while cruising?
I can understand that there would need to be voltage amplification and a mounting adapter/bracket as well as my trunk getting smaller.
It would still be a hybrid but mostly electric.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- Satya51 said...
A123 bought Hymotion so that they could do just what you are asking for the Prius, but their price is steep. Presumably Eestor's price would be a lot less. The Prius though requires the ICE at highway speeds due to power (but not at low speeds). Because the hybrid Camry uses the same drive, the same logic should apply (IMO).
- August 4, 2008 at 3:33 PM
- ricinro said...
My ICE starts when I step on the pedal. I can barely depress the pedal and get the car to about 20mph but my hybrid is mostly for scavaging brake energy and as a supplement. My ICE is ~150hp and the electric motor adds about 40hp. When cruising down the freeway the car only needs a few HP to overcome wind drag and rolling resistance (thanks y_po and others) so this would be a great opportunity for the electric motor to give the
ICE a rest. Currently my battery is too limited for this.
Ideally I could sell my existing battery and get an EESU or a smaller EESU at a good price. 95% of my drive is less than 100 miles a day and I could keep the ICE idle the majority of the time.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:46 PM
- Satya51 said...
That is what I get for guessing that the Prius drive would extrapolate to the Camry hybrid, and perhaps why Hymotion is not offering a package for Camry, yet. Best to talk to a car nut or maybe even Hymotion.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:09 PM
- Manthan said...
to the people who said tesla is 2 cents optimal, well if eestor's capictor works then wouldnt it be more effecient at almost everything compared to li-ion?
cause its self discharge is way less, and if it can charge up faster doesnt that mean it wastes less electricity?
- August 4, 2008 at 4:11 PM
- Thorny said...
"B" I want to thank you for taking the time to keep this blog going, and applaud your efforts to keep the level of discourse from degenerating. I have found this a most valuable resource for info about EEStor/Zenn.
Can someone provide a link for getting real-time quotes for ZNNMF?
All I can find are closing numbers from the previous trading day.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- Unknown said...
I've heard both sides on this blog as to whether the chemicals used to make an EEStor are available in very large quantities.
Given that current-technology solar panel costs are rising due to a shortfall in polysilicon, this seems to be a real concern to me.
Anyone have an idea if materials could be a constraint?
- August 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM
- nekote said...
The EEStor WIPO patent document, as opposed to the USPTO one (AFAIR), has at least 7 or so tables of values.
For example, 8 categories (.2 to 1 µm) listing the percent volume of pulverized PET particles. 58.22% at .6 µm. Average .64 µm.
Similarly for pulverized aluminum (.05 to 3.9 µm). 59.5% at 2.3 µm . Avg 2.4 µm.
And the permittivity value of 10 *batches* of CMBT powder. Avg K of 19,861
And "the relativity [SIC] permittivity of ten components measured at 85°C, then 85°C and 3500 V, and the last test 85°C and 5000 V." That table has 10 rows with 3 columns of K values listed, all at or above 19,801. "Results indicates [SIC] ... {CBMT} ... the relative permittivity is highly insensitive to both voltage and temperature."
There are a few more such tabular examples.
Those submitted tables of values aren't from theoretical calculations, estimates, projections, ... IMHO
Especially when tossing in variations like temperature and voltage.
For my money, if those tables aren't utterly falsified or somehow in error, those are "lab" results.
Measured *prior* to that document's 8/10/2004 submission to the WIPO.
EESU "components" worked, in the lab, prior to 8/2004, IMHO. 4 years ago.
The real questions, to me (and within EEStor?), have always been about the difficulties transitioning from the lab to mass production - usually *not* a trivial thing!
Changing 150,000 *tons* of raw materials into 1,000,000 working 300 pound 52.2 KWH EESUs, for example.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:28 PM
- nekote said...
A123 L5 Hymotion
$10,400 + change, installed.
Supposedly 5 KWH.
But, maximum DOD (Depth Of Discharge) to 2 KWH?
L5 performance chart
Thus, in reality, only 3 KWH available?
- August 4, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- nekote said...
I too discovered no trading today and commented above.
A Canadian holiday called Civic day, or some such.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:36 PM
- Satya51 said...
Thanks, I couldn't find any squirm room either. I also don't buy the idea that if some of us can't work out the physics to agree with the data, the data must be wrong (then the aspersions fly). Still, some seem to take that point of view, and I don't think that will change.
- August 4, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- Satya51 said...
Furthermore, I would suggest that if the physics could be worked out, there would be a paper published, and that we would have to pay for it to read it!
- August 4, 2008 at 4:58 PM
- Robert said...
There is a way of getting scientific papers that costs little or no money. Simply go to the University library and look up the appropriate journal, if the paper is published in a mainline peer reviewed journal then it is likely the University has it. A non-mainstream journal might still be available via interlibrary loan.
- August 4, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- ultra said...
Just discovered this blog.
I wrote to Dr. Weir asking if any prototype had been demonstrated. No answer (due to my manner of asking?) Does anyone here know if EEStor claims to have given any private demonstrations of the key concepts of this technology? All insights appreciated.
- August 4, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- Matt said...
There have been no demonstrations, but Weir has reported test results in the WIPO patent and elsewhere.
Demonstrations are for magicians.
- August 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
- ultra said...
Matt says:
Demonstrations are for magicians.
OK magician. I know that there have been no public demonstrations of a real product. My real question was about prototypes. Does Dr. Weir report results of preliminary products, or only tests of purity, factory capacity, moon phase....Just trying to come to a sound judgment of my own.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- Matt said...
He reports the results of tests on small prototype capacitors that are components of the EESU product. The EESU is just 30000 of these capacitors wired in parallel, and the tests show that each of these stores 1/30000th of the energy that the EESU is promised to store.
It is no great feat to wire a bunch of capacitors in parallel, and there is no spooky magic in it, so the tests are sufficient to show that the EESU will perform as advertised if the components produced by the production line match the performance of the prototypes.
Of course, the reason that there were no "prototype EESUs" is obvious -- they would have had to make 30000 "prototype components". Whether or not they've actually tested (or demonstrated :-) a complete EESU off their production line to make sure it can store 52KWh is anyone's guess.
- August 4, 2008 at 9:29 PM
- Lensman said...
Manthan said...
to the people who said tesla is 2 cents optimal, well if eestor's capictor works then wouldnt it be more effecient at almost everything compared to li-ion?
Tesla Motors claims a charging efficiency of 86%. Perhaps the EEstor will be slightly more efficient, I don't know. But more importantly, it would be considerably cheaper, lighter and smaller. Batteries are very heavy, so switching to a lighter EEstor unit would automatically improve the car's mileage, even if everything else was the same.
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ultra said...
Does anyone here know if EEStor claims to have given any private demonstrations of the key concepts of this technology?
This has been a topic of hot debate here. We just don't know. Maybe no one outside EEstor has seen a prototype demonstrated, maybe they have, maybe-- as Matt says-- they have demonstrated a prototype of a tiny piece of the EEstor but not the finished product.
And despite what Matt said, there has been no clear statement regarding the progress, or lack thereof, on producing an operational prototype. The only thing I think we can *definitely* say is this: If anyone *has* seen a demonstration of a working prototype, they've had to sign a NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) and can't talk about it.
- August 4, 2008 at 10:08 PM
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- August 5, 2008 at 12:08 AM
- OntarioInvestor said...
This just came out in the MIT review. In the article, Weir states that there will be press releases on a more rapid pace, which bodes very well that his tech is real. Also that he is talking with solar companies as well. I guess everyone is now officially pushed to the wall on this one. You either believe what Wier is saying, or you think he is conning everyone. With the type of statements made here, i don't think there is any middle ground. I personally really like the tone of what was said!
- August 5, 2008 at 12:53 AM
- OntarioInvestor said...
B. Here is Jeff Dahn's email address firstname.lastname@example.com from dahousie (univ in canada, he is quoted in the article). Maybe you could contact him to see if you would be interested in contributing to the blog.
- August 5, 2008 at 1:00 AM
- Erik said...
I fear that Peak oil is for real…
Used a graph suggesting a peak at 2010 and did a rough calculation on the demand for electric cars in the world for closing the demand and supply gap for oil. This gave a need of 45 million electric cars per year, from 2010 to 2020. Assuming this speculation would be correct. Do you think EEstor will be able to deliver 45 million EESU per year to make this transition from oil smooth? I know, this question does not have a good answer. But, is it unrealistic that they would be able to deliver that high volume from the start?
- August 5, 2008 at 2:00 AM
- Lensman said...
OntarioInvestor, thank you muchly for this link!
Glad to see some things clarified. A recent article suggested EEstor was again delaying their date for start of production, but I wasn't sure if that was official or just a rumor. This makes it clear that the info comes from Weir himself.
So, to those who want to know how long this debate will continue: At least until the beginning of next year! And if the EESU turns out to be real, I'm sure we'll still find things to debate... like the safety, durability and expected lifespan.
- August 5, 2008 at 2:48 AM
- Jonathon Martin said...
"So, to those who want to know how long this debate will continue: At least until the beginning of next year!"
I think 3rd party confirmation of the stated permittivity will be enough to end most of the debate. Certainly it will send Zen's stock up a lot.
- August 5, 2008 at 2:52 AM
- Lensman said...
Moomipappa said...
I think 3rd party confirmation of the stated permittivity will be enough to end most of the debate.
I very, very much doubt it. The debate will just shift to what the meaning of the permittivity verification means. We've already seen the first of that: Someone asking "Are they just going to test the permittivity of the powder?"
Does "permittivity verification" refer to the coating, or one of the individual capacitor plates, or the finished unit? Will EEstor release enough information to make this clear? If it's as confusing as their last PR, then that will only heat up the debate.
But there may well be a point at which many frequent post-ers here will be satisfied and wander away. And their places will be taken by new people just finding out about it, or people who are more interested in talking about what the impact of EEstor will be, instead of whether or not it's real.
If "b" is willing to maintain this space, I'm sure people will be posting here long after the first EESU ships.
I hope someone sets up a *real* forum for discussion of EEstor issues, and does it soon. This responding-to-blog-posts format is rather awkward.
- August 5, 2008 at 4:01 AM
- johng said...
And again, my bet is they announce reaching the Permittivity Target, but not saying anything about the effect of high fields.
- August 5, 2008 at 7:52 AM
- ultra said...
Matt said...
"He reports the results of tests on small prototype capacitors that are components of the EESU product."
Great thanks. That's what I was looking for. Can you (or anyone) give me a link to such a report? Before anyone tells me so, I do understand that the existence of such a report is not proof of the actual test, and that the reported results could conceivably vary from the real results. Still, even a claim by EEStor that a unit capacitor has (or has not) survived 3500 volts (or some other number) across it's width, is more than I've been able to uncover.
- August 5, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Matt said...
Those results are in the WIPO patent application here:
go there and search for "permittivity of ten components" to find the appropriate paragraph.
- August 5, 2008 at 12:11 PM
- voxelman said...
I currently own a Zap Xebra PK that I purchased June 7th, 2008 that I now drive to work every day. The Xebra PK is a is a pure electric vehicle that has a GRVW of about 2300 lbs and carries two passengers or a total of 300 lbs. The electrical energy use numbers for the first 11 days in July carrying one passenger are as follows:
Date KWH Miles KWH/Mile Miles/KWH.
7/1/2008 2.22 5.5 0.404 2.477
7/2/2008 5.11 14.3 0.357 2.798
7/3/2008 2.20 4.8 0.458 2.182
7/4/2008 1.15 2.6 0.442 2.261
7/5/2008 5.67 18.0 0.315 3.175
7/6/2008 3.29 9.8 0.336 2.979
7/7/2008 3.52 11.1 0.317 3.153
7/8/2008 2.05 3.2 0.641 1.561
7/9/2008 2.17 4.3 0.505 1.982
7/10/2008 2.53 5.2 0.487 2.055
7/11/2008 3.15 6.1 0.516 1.937
This is the use of a total of 33.06 KWH driving 84.9 miles within the first 200 miles of use for an average of .389 KWH/mile. This is about what is expected for early stage performance. At roughly .10/KWH in my part of Iowa this works out to 3.89 cents/mile. My vehicle is new and after battery break-in I expect it to do better. Others are reporting closer to .3 KWH/Mile for 3.3 cents/mile.
However, this is only part of the story. These figures are from warm weather and do not include battery cost amortization. The Xebra PK uses a pack of 6 Group 31 AGM Lead Acid batteries that together cost between $1,000 and $2,000, depending upon quality. The life of a pack is dependent upon how the pack is used and cared for by the owner of the vehicle. Inexperienced owners can very easily exhaust a pack in 3,000 miles. Experienced owners may get between 10,000 and 20,000 miles. There are many variables that determine a pack's life not all of them under the owner's control such manufacturing quality, weather conditions and the terrain where the vehicle is used. The real cost per mile for these vehicles can very easily reach a 2-4 times multiple of a fuel sipping ICE (think Honda Civic) with a conservative driver at today's gas prices.
- August 5, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- voxelman said...
Lensman said...
Tesla Motors claims a charging efficiency of 86%. Perhaps the EEstor will be slightly more efficient, I don't know.
I think that EESUs will charge and discharge at greater than 95% efficiency and possibly much higher. The principle loses are in electrical resistance. This is minimal compared too the chemical conversion processes required by conventional batteries.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor
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I'd like to tell you the tale of my week in San Francisco. It was intrinsically tied to a book. No, not a cook book, but a book book.
The book is Ruth Reichl's Comfort Me with Apples. This is the second of her memoirs, and the third of her books that I've read.
Before we can fly out West, though, there's a little history we need to get through.
Reichl and I met in 2001, the year I returned to medical school after a several year hiatus in the "real world," also known as corporate America (I'm not sure that that's the real world, but anything felt more real than my 17th year sitting in classrooms). We were introduced by my boyfriend at the time – he bought me a subscription to the now sadly out of print Gourmet magazine and inspired my purchase of a stand mixer (Kitchenaid, just like his). The mixer lasted until last year, its life much longer than the relationship, but its end no less tragic.
For eight years, I awaited Reichl's monthly arrival in my mailbox, her letter from the editor the start to a cozy night or two, snuggled up under the covers and cradling my Gourmet by the light of my bedside lamp, folding over page after page of recipes to try. She wrote (well, still writes) with an ease that reminded me that with good food, everything would turn out all right. In an effort to rid my apartment of clutter (an ongoing battle), I purged all my food magazines. Only one Gourmet survived – April 2009 — and as I wrote this, I reread her letter to see what Reichl had to say almost exactly three years ago.
"Because that is what spring is all about: hope, possibility, and our endless capacity to rejoice in what nature has given us."
A nice sentiment as the weather warms and I am in the very (very) early stages of contemplating a big change.
On a particularly sunny Sunday in March, I found myself sifting through cardboard boxes of books lining the sidewalk in front of the post office mere steps from my apartment. Wedged between a carpentry manual and Chemistry text in the last box, I saw a blue book with Reichl's name peeking out at me. Three dollars and it was mine.
As night fell, I curled up with Garlic and Sapphires, glad for a reunion. I devoured Reichl's pre-Gourmet tales of visiting and reviewing the full spectrum of New York restaurants for the Times. In anticipation of this rising star Bay Area critic arriving in New York, chefs pasted pictures of Reichl in their kitchens so that staff could recognize and alert the team to her wielding pen. As a result, Reichl often dressed in disguise amd adopted different personas to avoid special treatment.
Two nights later, I ordered Tender at the Bone, Reichl's first memoir. At some point — between stories of her childhood, stories of her move to Berkeley where she cooked for everyone from housemates to the now defunct Swallow Restaurant Collective, and stories of her early days as a restaurant critic — we became friends and I called her Ruth.
She flew out to San Francisco with me. We shared a cramped middle seat. I forced myself to watch a movie destined for a captive audience so that we wouldn't have to part ways at wheels down.
Once in the Bay Area, I savored my time with Ruth, only allowing myself to read one or two chapters per day.
We spent the whole week together.
She accompanied me from Oakland to San Francisco to Half Moon Bay to Berkeley. She sat with me in cafes in between meetings. She joined me at the bar for dinner. She was the last person to speak to me before I fell asleep.
In between meetings, I thought of little other than food. Where would I eat next? Where might Ruth go? What disguise might she have worn and persona might she have assumed? What would she think of the food the atmosphere the service? How does the staff treat someone eating solo? Do they give you looks when its crowded and you alone linger at a table meant for two?
I wanted to taste everything. At dinner, I always started with a glass of wine and ended with a desssert and coffee. And there were one or two courses in between. One morning at breakfast, I sat down with a coffee (of course!), a tartine with butter, a croissant, and an orange-flecked breakfast bun. I'm not sure what I was thinking.
But what I had hoped would be the highlight of our time together didn't go quite as planned. My Berkeley food crawl with my friend and expert eater, Joanne, was almost cancelled when she and her kids got sick. But Ruth and I soldiered on. We crossed the Bay Bridge, just the two of us, intent on exploring her old haunts. We drove past Channing Way where Ruth reminded me she had lived in a communal house (more like a commune) in the 70s. We arrived at Shattuck Avenue — "gourmet ghetto" central — and quickly found parking. I knew that Chez Panisse would be closed on Sunday, but didn't expect its across-the-street neighbor, The Cheese Board Collective, to be closed as well. I saw the two landmarks, peered in from the outside, left fingerprints on the windows, and then sought out food (and, of course, coffee). A few frantic text messages to Joanne and a charming little cupcake was in my hand. Another hour or two and we headed back.
The next day, Ruth and I said goodbye at the airport on my way back to Boston.
It was a great week.
It was a hard week.
It was a long week.
It was a coffee-filled week.
Fettuccine with asparagus, lemon, mascarpone, and almonds
I would never have come up with this dish had I not been traveling in San Francisco with Ruth. It was inspired by "Danny's Lemon Pasta" – fresh fettuccine with a cream and lemon sauce – published in Ruth Reichl's Comfort Me with Apples, the book I carried around with me from cafe to restaurant to cafe . Having just read the recipe, and dining alone perched on a stool at the bar at A16, I pounced on the restaurant's fregula with asparagus, mascarpone, meyer lemon, toasted almonds and pecorino riserva. With this ingredient list and Reichl's directions, I developed this fresh, summery, nutty pasta. The sauce just barely coats the pasta, so if you like more sauce, adjust accordingly. Before draining the pasta, scoop out a cup of pasta water in case you want to thin the sauce. It's best to have all your ingredients prepped and on hand because the recipe goes by pretty quickly and can be on your table within 15 minutes. This recipe serves 2 hungry people.
– 1/4 C sliced almonds
– 3/4 lb fresh fettuccine (or other shape)
– 1 large bunch of asparagus; thick or thin stalks work fine, but a thicker stalk will require an extra mintue or two of cooking.
– 2 T butter
– One lemon (for zest and juice)
– 1/3 C mascarpone
– salt and pepper
Toast. In a skillet over medium heat, toast the almonds, shaking the pan to avoid burning. This shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. Once you start to smell the almonds, they're done. It's best to stay nearby because nuts can turn from golden to black in just a few seconds.
Slice. Cut off the woody ends of the asparagus and then slice in 1 – 1 1/2 inch the remaining stalks.
Boil. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Add salt and bring back to a boil. If you are using fresh pasta, drop in the pasta and asparagus together at the same time. This should talk about 3-4 minutes to cook through. If you are going to use dried pasta, follow the cooking directions and then 3-4 minutes before you plan to remove the pasta, drop the asparagus into the pot. When both the pasta and asparagus are ready, scoop out a cup or so of pasta water, and then drain everything in a colander.
Whisk. While the pasta and asparagus is boiling, melt butter in a large pan (that will fit all of the pasta). Zest the lemon into the hot butter. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in mascarpone until smooth. If you'd like a richer sauce, whisk in extra mascarpone. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Toss. Pour the drained pasta and asparagus into the pan and toss everything to coat the pasta with sauce. If the sauce is too thick, add some pasta water to get it to your desired consistency.
Squeeze. Squeeze the juice of half the lemon over the pasta.
Sprinkle. Sprinkle the toasted almonds over the pasta.
PS – Here's where I ate.
Oakland and Berkeley:
Jack London Square
55 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Happy hour menu before 6 pm (great when you've just arrived from the East Coast)
Miette (additional locations in San Francisco)
85 Webster Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Try the chocolate sables, shortbread (lemon and lavender are my favorites), and pot de crème
Caffe 817
817 Washington Street
Oakland, CA 94607
Get anything with a poached egg
Love at First Bite Bakery
1510 Walnut Street, Suite G
Berkeley, CA 94709
The "pretty in pink" cupcake has just the right ratio of strawberry buttercream to not-too-sweet strawberry cake
San Francisco
La Boulange Bakery
All over San Francisco and the Bay area
This small chain has great pastries and breakfast (think egg on a croissant), and people were lined up outside the Marina location when it opened at 7 am
Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Skip the tartine – thick toasted slabs of levain soudough – and go straight for the croissants: buttery and extra flakey, leaving a trail of shattered crumbs all over the table and down your shirt
780 Cafe
780 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Huge space, great coffee, free wifi, tons of outlets, well-worn sofas; if you don't have an Apple, you will be out of place
2355 Chestnut Street
San Francisco, California 94123
Ask for a few extra pieces of salted hazelnut brittle with your coffee (I thought it was better than my actual dessert)
Zaré at Fly Trap
606 Folsom St. (at Second Street)
San Francisco, CA 94107
If they have it, get the pistachio crepes with pistachio ice cream; the owner will probably stop by your table to say hi
3 locations in San Francisco
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- Manter Fund/CT State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut
- Garden Club of America Francis M. Peacock Scholarship
- Cooper Ornithological Society Mewaldt-King Student Research Award
- Animal Behavior Society Student Research Award
- Manter Fund, University of Connecticut
- George Clark Jr. Endowment, University of Connecticut
(*indicates presenting author)
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Bayard, T.S., and C.S. Elphick. In Review. Using spatial point pattern assessment to understand the social and environmental mechanisms driving avian habitat selection. The Auk.
Bayard, T.S. and C.S. Elphick. In Press. How area sensitivity in birds is studied. Conservation Biology.
Bayard, T*. and C. Elphick. 2010. Quantifying the frequency, duration and effects of Saltmarsh Sparrow nest flooding events under current climatic conditions. American Ornithologists' Union 128th meeting. San Diego, CA.
Bayard, T.* and C. Elphick. 2009. Using patterns in nest placement to understand saltmarsh sparrow habitat selection behavior. American Ornithologists' Union 127th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Bayard, T*. 2009. Testing the role of social cues in saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) habitat selection behavior. Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources 3rd Annual Meeting. Poster presentation. Storrs, CT.
Bayard, T.* and C. Elphick. 2007. Pausing to reflect: an examination of how we study avian area sensitivity. Wilson Ornithological Society 87th Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.
Schneider, T*. 2006. How do animals select and use their habitats? 16th Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT.


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