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McGeorge is home to a varied group of legal professors and scholars with a wide range of international legal experience. The distinguished global faculty produce relevant international scholarship with impact.
Distinguished Professor of Law
BS, University of California, Los Angeles
JD, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Gevurtz is the Director of the McGeorge Global Center for Business & Development. He is spearheading a revolutionary effort to "globalize" the curriculum throughout legal education in the United States. This includes having conceived of, and acting as the Series Editor for, the "Global Issues" series of books published by Thomson-West — which are designed to facilitate the introduction of international and comparative law issues in core law school courses. Professor Gevurtz' principal area of scholarship and teaching is corporate law. His treatise, Corporation Law, is widely cited both in the United States and abroad. Professor Gevurtz also has written a number of other books and numerous law review articles, including on topics of comparative corporate and securities laws and foreign corruption. He has taught or lectured in Athens, Lisbon, London, Nancy, Salzburg and Seoul, and has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall). Prior to joining the McGeorge faculty in 1982, Professor Gevurtz practiced with the internationally recognized law firm of O'Melveny and Myers in Los Angeles.
Distinguished Professor of Law
BA, University of Illinois
JD, University of Utah
Professor Carter is a well recognized expert on domestic and international criminal law and criminal procedure. In the last few years, her research has mainly focused on international issues. She conducted a research project in Rwanda on the "Gacaca" trials (lay tribunals hearing genocide cases) in 2005, following which she lectured at a workshop on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She was Co-Director of the Brandeis Institute for International Judges' program on Challenges for International Justice held in Dakar, Senegal, and a Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. She has written books and articles in the areas of criminal law and criminal procedure, recently including Global Issues in Criminal Law, which introduces international and comparative law issues into criminal law courses. Before joining the McGeorge faculty in 1985, Professor Carter worked as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department and with the Salt Lake City Legal Defender Association, where she tried a wide variety of criminal cases from theft to murder.
Distinguished Professor of Law
Director, JSD Program in International Water Resources Law
BA, University of Colorado
JD, University of California, Berkeley
Dr iur, University of Cologne, Germany
Professor McCaffrey is one of the world's foremost experts on international water resources law. Professor McCaffrey has not only written about international law, but, through his work on the United Nation's International Law Commission (which seeks to codify international law), he has actually written international law. He has served as Chairman of the ILC and as the Commission's "special rapporteur" for international watercourses, in which role he guided the Commission's effort that formed the basis of the 1997 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses. Professor McCaffrey currently serves as legal consultant to the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework, an UN-sponsored project to forge a multinational agreement on utilization of the Nile's water resources. Professor McCaffrey has also argued in front of The World Court, taught environmental law courses in German at Swiss universities, advised the U.S. State Department, and represented foreign governments in river-use disputes — for which service he was awarded the order of the white dual cross by the government of Slovakia. A member of the McGeorge faculty since 1977, he has published a number of books and numerous articles.
Professor of Law
Co-Director, McGeorge Global Center for Business and Development
BA, Northwestern University
JD, Yale Law School
Professor Dajani's legal, political, and diplomatic skills placed him squarely in the center of one of the world's most troubled regions: the Middle East, and his scholarship continues to build upon this experience. As advisor to United Nations Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larson from 2001 to 2003, Professor Dajani was intimately involved in a range of multilateral initiatives to foster peace in the region, including the Middle East Roadmap. Prior to joining this UN effort, Professor Dajani was Senior Legal Advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team in peace talks with Israel. In that capacity, he gained unique experience in preparing and negotiating complex agreements covering a variety of contested matters including borders, security, law enforcement, trade and financial issues. Professor Dajani's private sector experience includes work at the Washington, D.C. offices of Sidley & Austin and Steptoe & Johnson, and he clerked for Judge Dorothy Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals. At Yale Law School, Professor Dajani was General Director of the Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Project. Professor Dajani joined the McGeorge faculty in 2004.
Professor of Law
Director, Inter-American Program
BA, JD, University of California, Los Angeles
Since joining the faculty at McGeorge in 1984, Professor Davies has specialized in teaching and writing about torts and civil rights. She is currently intrigued by comparative law topics and foreign legal systems, which is not surprising for someone is who fluent in Spanish and Italian. She recently joined with an author of a leading tort law casebook to write Global Issues in Tort Law, which introduces comparative law materials into tort law courses, and was selected to present a paper on Ghanaian customary law before the Section on Torts and Compensation Systems of the American Association of Law Schools. Professor Davies is a member of the American Law Institute and the author of pair of books and numerous law review articles dealing with tort law and civil rights.
Director, Capital Center for Law & Policy
Professor of Law
BA, Wesleyan University
JD, University of Michigan
Professor Jacobs has been a professor at McGeorge since 1993. During this time, she has authored a substantial and important body of scholarship on constitutional doctrine, governance and national security. In the area of national security, Professor Jacobs's scholarship has focused on dealing with the threat of bioterrorism. Recently, Professor Jacobs' has turned her scholarly attention to issues of comparative constitutional law. She is the co-author of Global Issues in Constitutional Law and Global Issues in Freedom of Speech and Religion, which introduce international and comparative law materials into Constitutional Law and First Amendment courses. Professor Jacobs also serves as the Director of the McGeorge Capital Center on Public Law & Policy, dedicated to studying issues of federalism and government structure and aiding government policymakers who must navigate their complexities. Before this appointment, Professor Jacobs served as the Director of the McGeorge Development of Legal Infrastructure Institute. Professor Jacobs has taught in Hangzhou and London. Prior to joining the McGeorge faculty, Professor Jacobs served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Distinguished Professor of Law
BA, University of California, Berkeley
LLB, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
Certificate in African Law, University of London
One of the leading experts on civil rights issues in the United States, Professor Landsberg's scholarship and activities have moved into the international and comparative law realm in recent years. His recent scholarship includes the books Global Issues in Constitutional Law and Global Issues in Employment Discrimination, which look at the international and comparative law issues involved in these subject areas. He is also the Program Director for the McGeorge Rule of Law Program in China, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. In this role, Professor Landsberg has spearheaded a revolutionary approach to rule of law initiatives, which works by educating legal educators in developing countries in methods of instruction, thereby leveraging its impact. He has taught in Kampala, Salzburg, and Suzhou, and has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall). Prior to joining the McGeorge faculty in 1986, Professor Landsberg had a distinguished two decades of service in the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, and has drawn upon this background in writing a number of important books and articles on civil rights. In 1993, Professor Landsberg was called upon to briefly interrupt his teaching at McGeorge in order to serve in the No. 2 post in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division as Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
Distinguished Professor of Law
BA, Georgetown University
JD, University of Pennsylvania
PhD, Georgetown University
An internationally recognized expert on bank regulation and on economic sanctions, Dr. Malloy has authored or edited over 100 books and book-length supplements, as well as numerous scholarly articles, in such fields as banking regulation, contracts, economic sanctions, international banking, international trade, and public international law. Prior to entering academia, Professor Malloy served as a Research Associate at the Institute of International Law & Economic Development in Washington, D.C., as an attorney-adviser with the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and as Special Counsel (Disclosure and Enforcement Policy) at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dr. Malloy joined the McGeorge faculty in 1996, having been a professor on the faculty of the Fordham University School of Law. He has served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, as Chair of the Committee on Economic Sanctions of the International Law Association (American Branch), as Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Banking Law Anthology, published by the International Library, and is a member of the Athens Institute for Education and Research. Dr. Malloy is a frequent consultant to state, federal, and international agencies on issues involving bank regulatory policy and international economic sanctions, and currently is working with the Committee on Housing and Land Management of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, based in Geneva, on issues connected with the continuing financial services crisis.
Professor of Law
Director, Tax Certificate of Concentration
BA, University of Southern California
JD, Loyola University, Los Angeles
LLM (Taxation) New York University
Professor Manolakas, whose teaching and writing focuses on tax law, joined the McGeorge faculty in 1978. Her recent scholarship, in a series of articles co-authored with Catherine Brown of the University of Calgary, looks at issues relating to international tax law, the interpretation of tax treaties, and a comparison of the tax systems of the NAFTA countries. Professor Manolakas has also written a number of book chapters and articles dealing with domestic tax and marital property law issues.
Professor Emeritus
AB, JD, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Rohwer recently assumed the status as Professor Emeritus after 44 years of service at McGeorge, throughout which he played an instrumental role in the development of the McGeorge international program. He has taught commercial law in cities around the world, including London, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Vienna. Since 1996, he has served as a consultant to the government of Vietnam, writing and revising the country's Commercial Law and the Civil Code, a task in which he remains actively engaged even after his so-called retirement — during which he still teaches commercial courses at McGeorge. He is also the co-author of Contracts in a Nut Shell, a popular source book for law students now in its sixth edition.
Professor of Law
Director, Environmental Law Certificate of Concentration
BA, JD, University of California, Davis
Professor Salcido's scholarship focuses upon international environmental law, with a particular emphasis on the oceans over the continental shelf. Since joining the McGeorge faculty in 2003, Professor Salcido has written a book and a number of articles addressing these areas. Prior to joining the McGeorge faculty, she practiced in the Environment, Land Use and Natural Resources Group of the internationally known law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop.
Professor Emeritus
AB, Georgetown University
JD, Harvard University
Professor Sims is a constitutional law expert, who, in recent years, has also focused his attention on issues of international human rights and national security law. He has lectured widely on international human rights and other international law topics, including presentations in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, France, India, Morocco, Russia, and Spain. Professor Sims is a founding co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, a peer-reviewed and faculty-edited publication launched by McGeorge two years ago. His recent scholarship has addressed the enforcement powers of the European Court of Human Rights; legal ethics in France; and the warrantless electronic surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency. He joined the McGeorge faculty in 1986.
Distinguished Professor of Law
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara
JD, University of California, Berkeley
JSM, Stanford University
Professor Sprankling is a nationally-recognized authority on property law, whose treatise on the subject is used by law students across the country as well as translated into Chinese and published by the University of Beijing Press, and whose award winning articles have appeared in a number of leading law journals, including the University of Chicago Law Review, the U.C.L.A. Law Review and the Cornell Law Review. Recently, Professor Sprankling has turned his attention to comparative property law. His newest book, Global Issues in Property Law (with Raymond Coletta and M.C. Mirow), is the first classroom text in the nation that brings international and comparative law issues into the basic property course. Professor Sprankling began his legal career with Miller, Starr & Regalia, one of the nation's largest property law firms. He practiced there for 14 years, ultimately serving as its managing partner. Professor Sprankling joined the McGeorge faculty in 1992. He has taught in Salzburg and Suzhou, and at the Stanford University Law School.
Professor of Law
Co-Director, McGeorge Global Center for Business and Development
BA, Cambridge University
JD, University of California, Berkeley
LLM, University of Chicago
Trained and educated in both the United States and Europe, Professor Wong has centered his scholarship on issues in international dispute resolution. He holds a law degree with First Class Honours from Cambridge University, and is an Order of the Coif graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, as well as having an LLM from the Law School of the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the faculty at McGeorge, Professor Wong served as Legal Advisor to Judge Charles N. Brower at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal at The Hague, The Netherlands, and practiced at the internationally known law firms of Cravath, Swaine & Moore and O'Melveny & Myers. Professor Wong joined the McGeorge faculty in 2007, and has written articles and been invited to deliver lectures at major conferences dealing with international arbitration.
Professor of Law
BL, LLB, University of Ghana
MBA, Bowling Green State University
Msc., SJD, University of Wisconsin
Professor Yelpaala is an expert in international business law, who is fluent in three languages. Professor Yelpaala has authored or edited books and law review articles, which address such topics as the Lome Conventions, foreign direct investment, licensing agreements, drafting and enforcing contracts, international conflicts of laws, and global product distribution. Professor Yelpaala is a consultant on various aspects of international business transactions and industrial policy to several foreign governments. Prior to joining the faculty at McGeorge in 1981, Professor Yelpaala was a state attorney for three years in his native Ghana, and a lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin.


text: ACADEMY UPDATE: Red Bulls sweep Bethesda-Olney, U-16s break for GA Cup Tweet Red Bulls U-18 © The New York Red Bulls academy welcomed Bethesda-Olney to the Red Bulls Training Facility last weekend and won all three matches. For the U-14s, this was their first match of the Spring season, while the U-18s and U-16s were playing in their third. For the Red Bulls U-16s, this was their last game before breaking for Frisco, Texas, to play in the Generation adidas Cup. The U-16s, who qualified for the Championship Division of the tournament, will face LA Galaxy, Aspire Academy (Qatar) and the defending champions River Plate (Argentina) in the Group Stage. The U-18s are also heading into a break and will play their next game on April 3. New York Red Bulls U-18 (2) vs. Bethesda-Olney (1) HANOVER, N.J. (March 12, 2016) – The New York Red Bulls U-18s claimed their first victory in 2016 at the Red Bulls Training Facility against Bethesda-Olney, 2-1. In the early stages of the game, the Red Bulls exchanged chances with Bethesda which forced goalkeeper Vadym Sanzhareevskyi to make some key saves to keep the game scoreless. At the half-hour mark, Matt Thorshiem was fouled in the penalty box after a run and cross from Noah Powder. Ryan Mingachos stepped up to the penalty spot and converted to put New York ahead in the 31st minute. The Red Bulls extended their lead six minutes later when Mason Deeds played in Samad Bouthong who finished into the top corner to give the Red Bulls a two-goal cushion heading into the break. Midway through the second half, the Red Bulls nearly scored a third goal after a cross from Kyle Perno found Brian Saramago who headed his effort wide. Bethesda got back into the game in the 77th minute, which set up for a nervy finish, but the Red Bulls held on to record its first victory of the USSDA Spring season. "It was very important for us to win this game after having a rough start to the season," Man of the Match Samad Bouthong said. "The match was very physical but I'm proud of the team staying composed and coming out on top. There are still a few things we need to work on but we are looking forward to out next match." The New York Red Bulls U-18s now head into a two-week break before its next match against local rivals PDA on Sunday, April 3, at the Red Bulls Training Facility. Man of the Match: Samad Bouthong Scoring Summary (Assist in parenthesis): NY: Ryan Mingachos (PK) 31' NY: Samad Bouthong (Mason Deeds) 37' Bethesda-Olney 77' Lineup: Vadym Sanzharevskyi, Sean Teixeria, Mason Deeds, Cristian Martinez, Kevin O'Toole (Kyle Perno, 70'), Ryan Mingachos, Callum Johnson (Anthony Herbert, 70'), Matt Thorshiem (Jared Gilbey, 65'), Samad Bouthong, Brian Saramago, Noah Powder (Barry Sharifi, 66') Subs not used: Sam Ilin, Zach Ryan New York Red Bulls U-16 (2) vs. Bethesda-Olney (0) HANOVER, N.J. (March 12, 2016) – The New York Red Bulls U-16s returned home to play Bethesda after two impressive road wins against D.C. United and Richmond United and claimed their third consecutive win of the Spring season, 2-0. The Red Bulls came out strong in the first ten minutes and created many opportunities, but were unable to score. In the 15th minute, attacking midfielder JP Marin came off with an injury, which slowed the Red Bulls' momentum, and the first half would end scoreless. New York picked up the tempo in the second half and got on the scoreboard when Ben Mines ran in behind the Bethesda defense and scored his fifth goal of the season. Zach Ryan tallied his 11th of the season in the 75th minute to give the Red Bulls the 2-0 win. The Red Bulls U-16s will now take a break from the Development Academy as they travel to Dallas to play in the Generation adidas tournament. The Red Bulls will face LA Galaxy, Aspire Academy (Qatar) and defending champions River Plate (Argentina). Scoring Summary: NY: Ben Mines 55' NY: Zach Ryan 75' New York Red Bulls U-14 (2) vs. Bethesda-Olney (0) HANOVER, N.J. (March 12, 2016) – The New York Red Bulls U-14 recorded a win against Bethesda-Olney with a goal in each half as Liam Bertrand picked up the shutout, 2-0. New York took an early lead in the 3rd minute when Leo Hecht finished a rebound from close range. Defender Samory Powder played a long diagonal ball to Scotty Taylor in behind the Bethesda backline and Taylor blasted a shot from 8-yards out that the Bethesda goalkeeper could only parry, and Hecht finished. As the first half progressed, Bethesda produced some near chances. Bertrand made the save of the game seconds before half time to keep the visitors off the scoreboard. Bethesda struck a shot on the volley from 18-yards out, but Bertrand was there to tip the shot onto the crossbar, and defender Sean Joo cleared the rebound. In the second half, the Red Bulls dominated possession as Bethesda struggled to challenge Bertrand. The Red Bulls sealed the victory in the 49th minute when midfielder Conner Maurer headed in from six-yards out after Aziel Jackson flicked on a Powder cross. Lineup: Liam Bertrand, Samory Powder, Sean Joo (Sean Ryan, 41'), Jonathan Ned (Sal Pliego, 41'), Conner Maurer (Danny Ramm, 57'), Peter Stroud, Nick Gencarelli (Amadeo Chapru-tate, 41'), Scotty Taylor (Jordon May, 60'), Dylan Sullivan, Leo Hecht (Aziel Jackson, 41'). Subs not Used: Alex Quezada. Scoring Summary (Assist in parenthesis): NY: Leo Hecht (Scotty Taylor, Samory Powder) 3' NY: Conner Maurer (Aziel Jackson, Samory Powder) 49' Man of the Match: Amadeo Chapru-tate (8) Back to news

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I've done limited riding in Denver and this was my first time riding on the Highline Canal, which did not disappoint. This ditch was dug eons ago for irrigation and fortunately it has been left intact all these years.
For anyone wanting to ride from Denver into the mountains, a good way to go is the Highline Canal, at least until Colorado Boulevard where you'll take Dartmouth Avenue over to Bear Creek Bikeway and then into the mountains via any number of roads.
There are a few major roads that require stopping for lights, but most of the other crossings, while at grade, don't see all that much traffic.
There's a great bike map issued by the Denver Bicycle Touring Club that shows the many trails through Denver as well as identifying the good roads to ride. It's sold at the better bike shops in Denver.
As with most multi-use trails, it's best to ride here early on weekends or on a weekday. Note that the trail is lined with plenty of puncture vine. Beware.


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Vancouver Olympics a Living Laboratory for Urbanism!
Among the countless stories being written on the successes and challenges of these 2010 Olympic Winter Games, not surprisingly the most interesting stories to me are those that speak to the challenges of great urbanism. As a host city, Vancouver has become a massive urban laboratory, with so many opportunities to learn, and we're soaking it all up.
As we are coming to the end of the final week, a few examples of big experiments and learnings come to mind.
Among the countless stories being written on the successes and challenges of these 2010 Olympic Winter Games, not surprisingly the most interesting stories to me are those that speak to the challenges of great urbanism. As a host city, Vancouver has become a massive urban laboratory, with so many opportunities to learn, and we're soaking it all up.
As we are coming to the end of the final week, a few examples of big experiments and learnings come to mind.
A New Global Community-Building Model?
During the first week of the Games, we announced that our Olympic and Para-lympic Athletes Village has been recognized as only the second LEED-ND™ Platinum neighbourhood in the world – and given that the US Green Building Council awarded us the highest number of LEED ND points so far, 83 points, they proclaimed the community "the greenest in North America!" My past post gave many of the details of the planning and design of the Olympic Village. The debate has already started on whether this recognition means the community could be the "greenest in the world"- Given the incredibly impressive green communities in parts of the world that don't use the LEED system, many of which continue to raise the bar for us in areas where we're still behind, I think I'll leave that to the healthy debate of the global green community.
Green is obviously one big definition of success for the Athletes Village, but in a city that takes its livability very seriously (in a bit of great timing, the Economist announced this years rankings on the day of the opening ceremonies, again naming Vancouver the world's most livable city), the quality-of-life and livability in the Village is a key indicator of success as well. It will be some time before the Village is operating as a "normal" community for such observations, but so far the first residents – the athletes themselves – seem to be giving it high marks. The media has even picked up on the athletes tweeting, commenting about the Village;
"Ohno gushed: 'The Olympic Village here in (Vancouver) is beautiful. Awesome facilities and the hospitality is amazing. Vancity is an incredible place.' Another U.S. speed skater, Chad Hedrick, told his Twitter followers: 'The athlete village here in Vancouver is incredible! I have a two-bedroom condo overlooking the city and water. Good times!'"
Vancouver sees livability and sustainability as fundamentally linked, so we strove to build this new community to be models of both. Although the planning and construction challenges were huge, the global financing challenges even bigger, the resulting community has given a lot of people much to be proud of in the past few weeks. The Olympic Village has fundamentally changed "business-as-usual" for us in Vancouver, and we hope it will be a living laboratory for high-performance communities across the world. If only the public could see it better during the games! Alas though, the Olympics security has meant that only the athletes get that treat for the moment.
North America's Largest "Traffic Trial" Ever?
Cities like Copenhagen, and more recently New York, have embraced the value of traffic trials or pilots, in demonstrating effects of mode changes, dispelling myths, or just learning what really happens to traffic when you make a change, despite what the models say. Vancouver has used many such trials as well, including this summer's very successful closing of a lane of traffic over our Burrard Bridge (one of three bridges connecting the downtown peninsula to the rest of the city) to give it to cyclists.
But has there ever been as huge an urban traffic trial as this in North America? The transformation of an entire mobility system in a large city and complex downtown? We know that Vancouver is the largest and most urban setting thus far for the Winter Games, and that many Summer Games have been concentrated in one area, often on the outskirts of the built environment. The highly dispersed nature of our Games across municipalities and across highly urban settings, has made this trial rare if not unique. Massive pedestrianization of countless streets, a necessary 30% drop in car trips in a city that has already shifted significant percentages of trips to walking, cycling and transit in the past few decades, the running of a new streetcar pilot, the aspects go on and on.
All of this, we believe, gives us a special snapshot picture of a potential future for our city as we continue to move rapidly to more sustainable modes of travel. As we work toward an updated transportation plan for the downtown and broader city, the massive amounts of data, and the general change in perception and attitudes from this temporary transformation, may end up being the most powerful legacy from these Olympics. I strongly believe nothing will ever be the same in how we perceive traffic and movement in our city after this.
Here are a few of the mobility successes so far:
- Halfway through the 2010 Winter Games, every day Vancouver is continuing to see record numbers of people walking, cycling and taking transit. We are consistently meeting or exceeding our 30% target reduction in car trips.
- More than 20,000 pedestrians a day walked across the Burrard and Cambie Bridges to and from Downtown Vancouver.
- With the good weather in the past few days, cyclist volumes across the Burrard and Cambie Bridges are at high summertime levels with an average of 5,000 cyclists riding to and from Downtown Vancouver every day. The City of Vancouver is providing safe and convenient bike parking spaces near Olympic and Para-lympic venues, LiveCity celebration sites and at the Olympic Village station of the Olympic Line streetcar. Free bike valet services are also available at these locations to encourage cycling.
- The new Canada Line subway line reached a peak of over 250,000 riders on Thursday February 18, far exceeding the expected numbers of around 100,000 and the SeaBus had 50,000 boardings on the same day, well over twice the normal numbers. The system is handling these numbers well.
- The Olympic Line - Vancouver's 2010 Streetcar pilot - reached a milestone a few days ago of 300,000 trips since starting on January 21, 2010, and is now averaging 20,000-25,000 boardings each day, making it busier than Seattle and Portland's streetcar networks, even though it has only two stations.
This media report sums things up nicely:
"It helps, too, that Vancouver's excellent transit system is zipping people so efficiently from place to place. The star of the games is the new $2.1-billion Canada Line, which stretches from the airport through the length of the downtown. With 20 trains running at two to three minute intervals, the Canada Line is carrying 200,000 to 250,000 passengers a day -- more than double its usual ridership. (The two older Skytrain lines, the Expo and Millenium, running every 108 seconds, are together carrying about 320,000 a day, an increase of some 33 per cent, while bus ridership has gone from 750,000 a day to 900,000). Local commuters say they're actually finding it easier and faster to get to work than usual."
This remarkable achievement is a triumph for the Olympic Transportation Plan, and it's to the huge credit of our very clever transportation planners at the City, working with VANOC (The Vancouver Organizing Committee who work with the International Olympic Committee, the various host cities, etc), who have done a fantastic job!
Urbanism At Its Best - A Transformed Public Realm
Perhaps the best example of great urbanism on display is the way the streets, squares and former parking lots have all been transformed into LiveCity sites, international houses, and constant street celebrations! Everywhere you look the crowds are massive, among street buskers and bands, impromptu street hockey games, in-street network installations (CTV who has Canada's rights to the Games have been broadcasting since the start from the middle of Robson Street in front of huge crowds), and even foreign invaders set to "defeat the world" (as Stephen Colbert has been proclaiming to the delight of massive crowds during his taping from the middle of Creekside Park, between Sochi House and Canada Hockey Place).
I've heard our streets compared with "17 new years eves in a row in New York", or "the most European-like use of our squares and streets we've ever seen – beyond European!". Canadians and international visitors have come together to create a fantastically friendly and passionate street scene that never seems to stop. Olympic officials are saying that perhaps only the Sydney Summer Olympics is comparable in terms of the energizing of the city's public, and public realm. It is absolutely thrilling to see and experience and may very well permanently transform our mind-set as a city and citizenry about our streets and public spaces – another huge legacy of these Games. Already it has re-ignited the discussions on pedestrianizing our Granville Street and many others, sparked discussions on a much bigger sidewalk patio culture , and on and on.
Here are some quotes pulled from the media on this phenomenon:
"SHINING CITY IN THE SUN: The glorious warm weather is a curse in some ways, but an even bigger blessing in others. The city itself is bathed in sparkling sunlight, creating spectacular TV images and a sublime street party. Vancouver is the largest and most culturally diverse city ever to hold a Winter Olympics. It's increasingly being hailed as the most beautiful, too."
"The streets here in Vancouver are teeming with people. Think of what 161st Street and River Avenue looks like before a Yankees playoff game, and you'll have an idea. But it's 24/7. And everywhere. The SkyTrain here is packed like the A train at rush hour all hours of the day."
"Team Vancouver" includes thousands of residents of this scenic city.
Rarely have I seen a host city so passionate and so ready to embrace the Games."
"Everywhere I wander in the city, people are in the streets. They're draped in Canadian flags, children have Canadian flag tattoos on their cheeks, people proudly wearing their "Canada" hoodies and their red mittens – the must-have item of 2010 (2.6 million pairs sold to date!) and spontaneous choruses of "O Canada" are breaking out whenever their national heroes win a medal."
"Most of the partiers don't seem to be foreign tourists, but rather locals who have flooded out of their homes and onto the streets, thousands of Vancouverites -- and suburbanites -- enthusiastically rediscovering their own downtown."
"The reason that downtown Vancouver has come to such vibrant life isn't because of the Olympics per se. It's because thousands of local residents have reclaimed their city centre as public social space."
"I walked out on to my friend's balcony in Yaletown Tuesday after Canada [defeated Norway] and yelled out, 'Go, Canada, go!'" said Brian MacNeil, "and the streets just erupted with cheers back. It's so much fun."
"We'll also point out the greatest event of the games might have occurred last Tuesday night when a ball-hockey game broke out on Granville (street) with about a thousand people watching. The video is actually up on Youtube where you can see the game, the fans and, if you look closely, a group of Canadian media types criticizing the line combinations and another fighting over who's going to do the sidebar on the winning goalie."
"It is, without putting too fine a point on it, freaking insane. It's also unprecedented in Olympic history and the evidence of this feel-good story smacks you in the face virtually every time you turn around."
When I have more time, I'll write more about the observations and effects on the urban realm, the way public art and "urban happenings" have been igniting the city, and other big learning – as it stands, I'm still taking it all in, day by day. I'll also find the time to download the thousands of pictures I've been taking and include some of the best in a next post. One item I'll likely write about are my own observations on the early controversy around VANOC's decision to put the fence around the Olympic cauldron, and why it particularly felt wrong in a city that takes its public realm design, and public access to public space, so seriously. The design improvements put in place around the cauldron since, though, have gone a long way in turning a negative into a positive.
Not everything has gone perfectly thus far with these Olympics, despite the incredible hard work of the countless organizers and volunteers. We've had challenges, and we've had tragedy. But I would like to thank and congratulate VANOC for their remarkable work, not because of the absence of problems, but because of how they've addressed them. I'd like to thank and congratulate the thousands of blue-coated volunteers who have been the biggest heroes of these Games. And I'd especially like to thank the people who made this the best celebration the City, the Country, and perhaps the Olympic movement has ever seen – if we end up being held up as one of the best Olympic experiences, it will be because of the public who made it so every minute.
From the host city's perspective though, and from my city-planner's perspective, we've already had remarkable successes and learning's in city-building. Like Expo 86, the City will never be the same again, because of this amazing laboratory of urbanism. To sum up, I'll steal some words from the Canadian "slam poet" Shane Koyczan who stole the show at the Opening Ceremonies – "we're an experiment going right for a change."


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This is a sequel to Is this excerpt's style too matter-of-fact?. Rather than rewrite the same snippet, I decided to write a second, adjacent snippet. I attempted to add scenes demonstrating each character trait I wished to portray rather than baldly state anything - but now I'm worried that there's too much bloat, that the story meanders between points in time and that the reader may lose attention. Is it too unfocused?
Gregory was getting too old for this.
Looking at his son, Lance, made him feel his age like he rarely did when alone with his wife. Mentally, he still considered himself his son's age; sharp of wits, brimming with youthful energy. But his son never had the stiffness he'd get in the cold winter mornings when climbing out of bed. His son floated easily through a world that no longer seemed simple and straightforward to Gregory. His son had half as many memories to wade through, half as many associations to every object; his son had twice as much energy left to fight this battle.
And a battle it would be. Lance had always been a fighter, since the day he was born, screaming defiance into the world with newborn lungs. Gregory had done his best to instill a sense of honor into the boy, a sense of fair play; despite his admonishment that violence was not the answer, that being sweet to the other children would get him further in life, six-year-old Lance still was sent home early at least once a week for fighting with the other children on the playground. Gregory had assumed at first that this was boyish mischeif – pigtail-pulling and taunting, the sort of childish games he remembered well from his own playground days. Not that he had ever participated as a child; he was more likely to be bullied than to be the bully, but every boy was different, and surely it wasn't too late to turn his son from the violent path into a way of peace and good will. A parent-teacher conference shattered that illusion, however: he hadn't merely yanked Lucy's pigtails, he had punched her clear in the face, knocking her down into the mud. Gregory's son was a bully, and worse, one that picked on the weak and helpless.
Gregory had never in his life hit a girl. When he was six, his mother had already establishedc roles for him and his twin. He was the kind one – a phrase he suspected later in life of secretly meaning "homosexual", given that he took pride in his long hair and had no interest in the rough-and-tumble games the other boys played. At six, he had embraced the distinction; he put more of his allowance into the collection plate than his mother asked, made sure to give coins to beggers, and always had a smile ready on his lips for a crying girl. He rarely talked back to his elders, and readily basked in the glow of a simple pat on the head or a compliment from an adult on how well-behaved he was. He opened doors for his mother's friends, primarily to hear them coo over what a nice young man he was becoming; he did his best to bring home top marks in his classes, delighted to hear his mother insist that he was "so smart!".
His twin brother Obsidian, on the other hand, was not told to be kind. He was told to be strong. "You have to protect your brother," their mother had admonished him. "He's too kind to stick up for himself." Obsidian had taken that to heart; when they changed schools in the third grade, Gregory was teased for only a week before Obsidian took on four bullies himself, striking fear into their hearts. He, like Lance, was often suspended for fighting; each time, however, it was to protect himself and his brother from their classmates, and soon he gained a reputation that earned him, if not friendship, at least respect. Gregory had hoped that his twin would mellow with age, but as teenagers, while he was in his room studying, Obsidian was working after school to save up for a motercycle. It wasn't that his brother was lazy or unmotivated; Obsidian had always worked as hard as Gregory did. But while Gregory had worked at his schoolwork, Obsidian had taken up martial arts, perfecting his body rather than his mind; while Gregory had worked at being kind and sweet and gentle, earning praise for his efforts, Obsidian had worked at perfecting his image, earning fear from their peers.
The births of their sons, four years apart, had had opposite effects on each brother. Like everything else in Obsidan's life, his son Kumo was hard-won after a long battle; against medical advice, they had decided to try "one more time", winning for their efforts an underweight, premature, yet otherwise healthy baby boy. Holding his newborn son, however, Obsidian's face was more tender and fierce than Gregory had ever seen him before. Like much in Gregory's life, Lance had come easily; he and his wife had barely begun trying to get pregnant when Lance arrived, strong and healthy and a little past due. That, of course, was the last thing that came easily about Lance. Six years later, just as Kumo was putting on weight and starting to catch up to his development plan, Gregory found himself completely overwhelmed with his own son.
He had tried to explain to him why knocking Lucy down was wrong. "They don't fight back the way boys do," he had explained. "They're weaker than you. You shouldn't hit people who can't fight back."
To his amazement, his son had simply smiled at him. "That's all right then," he had replied, casually. "Lucy hits harder than I do."
The world had changed, reflected Gregory, looking his son in the eye. When he was a child, he'd never have talked back like that. As an adult, he'd never have considered leaving his wife. Aldrea needed him, and he needed her; when they had married, they had made a commitment he never intended to break. He took his vows seriously; it wasn't as though they'd never had problems, never fought. They'd fought plenty – and often over Lance. Aldrea had insisted that there was nothing wrong with her son, that he was merely high-spirited, but Gregory knew that wasn't true. He had failed his son, failed to instill the most important values in him; his son was defective, lacking in morals, and it was his responsibility to correct that. He had tried calmly explaining the situation and been ignored. He had put the child over his knee and spanked him, though it wounded his heart to raise his hand to another human being, and yet still Lance persisted in fighting, in bullying the weak.
Finally, Aldrea had managed to convince him that it wasn't a failure in parenting so much as a failure to understand. She had insisted that he had to understand the boy before he could properly correct his behavior. Gregory had to make allowances, she had insisted – not every boy was as well-behaved as he was as a child. Desperate, he had turned to the one man he knew who might have a chance at understanding the problem: his twin brother. Looking back, he regretted this decision; he had run from his responsibility, forced his brother to take care of his responsibility yet again. His son was no more understandable now than when he was a child – except to his brother, who insisted that the boy "wasn't that bad" and "had a good heart" despite a lifetime of troublemaking and fighting.
Boy… Gregory mentally corrected himself, shying away from that word. His son was a man now, grown and wedded and with a son of his own. And yet, the eyes that looked into Gregory's now were the same eyes that had defied him at six: determined, fully convinced of their own correctness, ready to challenge him, to fight him however long it took. Heart heavy, Gregory lifted his tea mug to his lips, drawing out the awkward silence as he groped for something to say to his son.
Come to think of it, why was his brother sitting next to the boy, a hand on his knee? Obsidian should be by Gregory's side, he thought bitterly. He had never had a soft spot for Gregory the way he did for his son; remembering their boyhood fights, Gregory could almost feel once more the bruises he had received for "being stupid" and "sucking up". When push came to shove, his twin was the fiercest friend he could have, but he did not hesitate to try to protect Gregory from himself, misguided though the effort might be. Gregory couldn't bother counting the number of times he'd been shoved, smacked, or yelled at; a few incidents stood out in his mind, blurring into a continuum denoting his childhood. The time Obsidian had shoved him for telling when Mark had stolen an eraser: "Mark's twice your size and he knows it was you, you gonna fight him yourself? Stop making things harder!". The time Gregory had been seen comforting Justin's girlfriend: "Everyone knows that's JJ's girl, you leave her be!". The time he'd considered joining the army: "You'll break mom's heart, and you can't fight worth shit." The time he'd almost backed out of proposing to Aldrea. Every time, Obsidian had been trying to protect him from consequences the best way he knew how: by preventing him from making the mistake. Once or twice, he'd even been right.
At first it seemed he was doing the same for Lance, but as the years went by, Gregory noticed more and more frequently that his twin was nudging his opinion of his son away from what it was, convincing him to punish the boy less, to give him more freedom. Eventually, Gregory hardly recognized either of them; they were a pair, always together, as though they were father and son rather than uncle and nephew.
Meanwhile, the boy hadn't gentled a bit.
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My wife likes the Model S, but neither the S or X is for her -- she thinks the LEAF is too large :).
Unfortunately, my wife went to work today with my car... she accepted it a bit too easily.
Similar story here. My wife loves her Lexus and had no interest in the S, but after driving it...
I'll be getting my Model S in about a month. I have already started working on my wife about the Model X, but haven't gained much traction. She needs a new minivan but I'm hoping I can convince her to wait a year or two for the X (maybe with a lease to bridge the gap).
I would love to hear more about the WAF and arguements used to convince the wife this makes sense. Frankly, with all the running around she does with the kids, an electric car for her makes more sense than my Model S sitting in the parking lot everyday at work.
My wife gets to drive our Model S every day right now. At first, she was a bit intimidated by the power of the car, but after driving it for just a few days (we now have had our car since November 2nd), she learned to quickly appreciate the instant response of the car and how smooth and quite it is. The way she describes it is that all she has to do is think about where she wants to car to be and the car can be there almost instantly. It helps tremendously with merging on the freeway, getting into tight spaces when cars won't let you change lanes etc.
We did put in a very early reservation for the X (Production reservation #37) and she was a bit on the fence about it when we did it, but now that she has driven the Model S and is comfortable with it, she can't wait to get the X (and I will inherit the S to replace the Leaf that I drive right now!).
We made the decision that she should drive the S right now because she takes the kids to school and drives the most running errands and going to kid activities. Her average daily drive is about 50 miles. Mine is only about 8.
The arguments for the X vs. a Minivan would be: X is a much safer car (yet to be officially tested, but common sense and experience with the Model S indicates it should be: With a lower center of gravity, battery pack to help prevent side intrusion, larger front crumple zone and probably a similar rear structural rail system that the Model S has to reduce intrusion in a rear end collision). The X is easier on the environment (Depending on where you live) than a gas powered minivan. Interior cabin can hold 7 full sized adults and their luggage (I was able to test ride in a Model X at the reveal event in Los Angeles last year and can vouch for the space and comfort of the car even in the early pre-production stage). The X should have superior handling and traction vs. a minivan (again improved safety) and if you have the all-wheel drive version, it will probably handle amazingly well in difficult conditions like snow and rain. Even the rear wheel drive car should perform very well in difficult conditions because the electric motor can be very precisely controlled compared to a gas engine with a transmission and differential.
If you have kids, and small kids in car seats, the X should provide a much better experience with getting kids in and out of car seats because of the Falcon wing door design. From a style perspective, the Model X totally outclasses any minivan on the planet in my opinion. You have amazing tech so you can preheat or precool the cabin with your smartphone and be nice and comfortable from the instant you get in the car (my wife especially loves this feature in the Model S now that the iPhone app is out). The storage in the Frunk is perfect for groceries or for having as hidden storage (my wife is concerned about security and always wants to cover things up in the car or put them in the frunk or trunk hidden away).
If you let your wife drive your Model S as an every day driver with the kids, I'm fairly sure you will be able to convert her to wanting to make a Model X reservation. The driving experience of a Tesla is what makes it so far above all the other cars (electric or combustion) on the market.
Another thing I did with my wife to help her feel more comfortable with the power of the S is send her to an all day driving school that was put on by our local Audi car club. It was $100 for the day and the investment was well worth it. She took the S through a slalom course, practiced panic stops and did other intense driving maneuvers with the car and that really helped her see how safe and stable the Model S is.
I'd summarize all the above as: X should be much, much safer. X should be far easier and more stable to drive. X should be much more functional for holding kids and all their stuff. X should be much more environmentally friendly and once you pay for the car up front, the daily operating expenses should be much lower than running a minivan. X would be a car that you would be proud to drive being built in America and helping us get off our foreign oil dependence. X is a great looking car (I think it is) and way better looking than a minivan.
Hope that helps!
My wife was the one who suggested we get our 'S. It's pretty safe to assume she's onboard.
The model X is a big car. I had a chance to see the prototype mock-up at the Hawthorne facility while I was getting a charge. (Someone was kind enough to let me in to use the men's room--just like an old time gas station) My wife and I split time on the East and West coasts. When we started living in NJ part-time, my wife got an all-wheel drive SUV because she had never driven in snow. She loved her Mitsubishi Endeavor so much that when we needed a new car for her on the West Coast, we got one out here last summer. I thought the model X would be a replacement for our East Coast car and put an order in, thinking that by the time ours is ready, the Mits in NJ will be 10 years old and ready for replacement.
It's much larger than the Mitsu. But that won't matter. It's pretty and innovative. And it will drive like the S. My wife likes the idea, but hasn't really driven the S yet because she's in NJ right now and the car is in LA. After she gets here and drives the S she'll suffer the same anxiety of waiting for her car, they way we all did. And it will be worth it.
I set the car up with creep and low regen braking for her first couple of drives and then took out one of those at a time. Now she can't believe a big sedan can feel like or better than the sporty Lexus is300 that is her car. She is liking Model S more and more. Perhaps you don't want to push the WAF or you might find yourself driving the old van.
I haven't let my wife drive mine yet, I like hording it all to myself! :D
I am in the same boat as you. I'm driving the leaf while my wife drives the model s. I too will inherit the s when we get our x.
Remember when common wisdom was that women were not interested in electronic gadgets? And then came Apple with their iPods and iPads and iPhones. They were sexy and fun and novel, and somehow, they connected with women. I think a big part of Apple's success was that they doubled their target audience by being able to appeal to women on a large scale.
I have the feeling Tesla is generating a similar response. It took my wife, who generally is very down-to-earth when it comes to buying big-ticket items, exactly 20 seconds in the Tesla show room to say: "We need to get one of these!" I was flabbergasted, because not even I had completely made up my mind yet. (Of course, in retrospect, I realize that I, too, was pretty much stripped of my free will the moment I set foot into the Tesla store).
Oh, happy days. About a month to go...
My wife tends to be a binary driver. The right pedal is an on off switch for her (no gradations allowed). When I was dating my her 35 years ago she took my Triumph Vitesse to top speed (100 mph) as soon as there was a gap long enough to do it. Likewise when I got another car that could do 120mph a year later she (you guessed it) took it to 120 the first time in the car.
I think she has mellowed a bit by now but it seems that she still has a bit of that devilish streak when driving. Scares me to think what she will do with the S / X when she gets a hold of one. Guess I am glad it will only do 130!
I guess she regards the fact that she still lives as validation of her racing skills. Not a test you want to fail!
My wife drives, but not for the fun of it... until now. She LOVES driving our S. I think every time she has driven it, she always says how it's so smooth, quiet and easy to drive.
A real shocker came when we drove to Vegas. We have gone to Vegas for our anniversary for 12 years straight now and I have been the driver, because she thinks its such a long boring drive. But this time she insisted on driving up there! She couldn't wait to get to Barstow and try the supercharger!
The power of the S still catches her off guard, but she really likes the driver profile function and how she can set the car up how she likes it to feel.
She thought I was a little crazy when I told her I wanted to get one and I sold my favorite car at the time to make it happen. Now she thanks me for having the vision and the guts to make it happen. It took a lot of hard work, selling stuff and saving to get it. Totally worth every penny and it made my wife so happy! That's priceless!
Be careful what you ask for; you might get it! This thread is turning into the WTF? (Wife Takeover Factor!)
WTF is good, increases the number of potentional customers. The key to mid term success is the soccer moms wanting the Model X and seeing the added convenience of starting charged every morning ready for another day.
My wife was very skeptical of the Model S, but now loves driving mine, although she wouldn't want one herself because she's tall and doesn't love bending down so much to climb into it on a daily basis...She's in a Range Rover, and likes being able to climb in easier and sit higher up. Naturally, I'm thinking that she's a perfect candidate for the Model X, but she's not a big fan of the Falcon doors. So, we'll see how that goes.
But having said that, it's fun to see her go from being skeptical to being an advocate...Often people ask me questions about the car, and she answers them before I can even say a word! And she ends every conversation about the Model S with "This car is the FUTURE!"
Swoon :)
Yeah, the MS and MX address just about all the concerns and interests that women have about cars ... even purse stashing! Some of them must have infiltrated the design teams.
The Austin;
Only the paying passengers have to use the Falcon doors; the driver gets a regular but tall one. :) So just tell her the Falcon Wings are for efficiently loading human luggage.
Or rather, luggage humans. :D
I guess we all have this in common... my wife thought I was crazy when I suggested we look into electric. Started with the Fisker, that was an easy 'no way, no space, no value' response. Then we went to the Telsa store, sat in the car, played with the screen, and talked about the car. On the short walk to the test drive parking lot she turned to me and said, 'I love it, let's get one!' During the test drive I was fully sold too but I still cannot believe how quickly this car has changed her mind and 'struck a chord'.
We have enjoyed many very high end cars over the years and our last purchase took nearly 10 months to agree on. (full size Range Rover which we both love)
I can honestly say that I know I will never but another new ICE car. Maybe a classic hot rod as a toy but never another everyday driver.
I'm giving my wife 1 week to either 'steal' the MS from me (she did this once before when she had a Benz wagon and I brought a BMW 750 home...) or at very least put a deposit on an X.
I would like to point out that it is not always the wife that needed to be sold on the S. In our family, I was the S enthusiast. I sold my husband on the 40kwh and then slowly worked it up to the 85kwh. Now, after a couple of tense marriage moments, we've worked out how to schedule which days I'll take the S to work and which days he will.
Meanwhile, my husband is selling his Mustang and socking away money for his own Tesla.
I had my Pearl White Model S in front of Starbucks corporate offices yesterday, helping to sell raffle tickets for the Garfield High School PTSA (they are raffling off a fully loaded Metallic Blue S). I had the trunk, frunk, and front doors open, and the car drew a crowd. The interest from women was about the same as that from men. However, more men than women said they needed to ask their spouse before purchasing a raffle ticket.
I'm 90% performance and driver feel leaving 10% for interior and comfort. My wife is the polar opposite.
Stepping up to MS would not be a problem. However, a 90% bias on interior, comfort and accommodation combined with a familiarity of/for 750LI and S Class is presenting a problem. I'm not sure I can move my wife over and I have a 2012 Finalize date that is expiring soon :( I'm still working on it.
Work on smoootthh. That's the absence of hurky-jerky transitions and vibrations. How can you ever feel comfortable in a putt-putt after feeling that? ;)
My wife is forcing me to give my ICE vehicle (2005, 144k mi) to the kids while pushing my purchase of a 60kW Model S as the replacement daily driver. She has hinted that she might want a Model X to replace her ICE (2003, 43k mi) but I told her she has some driving to do before that can happen. The kids have been offered Gen IIIs predicated on their college scholarship/ financial support. I guess you could say "we're all in" for Tesla.
Check out this thread:
"The drive that refreshes"
I have no problem. I know within three miles if something is right for me. My wife, on the other hand, has made many a decision based on the current state of her heart without an understanding of how she will and can evolve those tastes. In one respect, I should be glad for that :) However, when it comes to cars, she has missed the mark and lived to regret it (MB wagon, Volvo SUV and XKR just to name a few). She will come to understand the wisdom of MS but, as of today, she is not there.
When she does come around, my 2012 reservation will be gone and the 21s will be a $6K adder. I will no longer by willing to make it happen which means she stays with the 750il type cars. It's her choice and she has till Wed. to make the call (Finalize expires for 2012 pricing). We will see and I am keeping my fingers crossed. One thing I have learned is it is better to let her follower her heart than be responsible for putting her in something she does not want. That NEVER works.
I meant to point out, the thread indicates energy/health benefits of "silent driving". That may appeal to her.
We've had out Model S now for 6 weeks, and my wife drives it the most. She was skeptical as well, now pities me when I have to drive one of the SUVs (she has the commute).
Had to purchase a new furnace last month, but she's wanting an X is the worse way. So $5k will be heading to Tesla soon. She loves the 'falcon' doors. It would be nice to get 'my' car back...
Three and a half years ago, when I put down the $5K on my birthday, my wife was a little unsettled. But we both had jobs and I was passionate about the car and the concept. Thought about a Roadster, but I was going to replace an aging Jetta and needed more space.
When it came time to design online, she let me have full rein. She even did her own design for fun, but after I had finalized mine. We differed on the wheels, mine grey 21", hers chrome 19". Spolier for me (still not installed yet), none for her. Pano roof for her, none for me. 60Kwh for her, P85 for me.
When we were asked "do you want your car in 2012 or 2013" her immediate response was "as soon as possible!". Since I'd been waiting so long, I was still trying to tone down my excitement and anticipation - and I did so up until the point that she rolled up on the trailer at my house.
My wife couldn't have been more supportive during the whole process. It was her idea that the car needed a name, and that it needed to be female. And needed personalized plates.
I came up with the name (what's the female form of Nikola?), she came up with the tag.
Thanks honey!
This gives me hope that my wife will soon see that we need an S or an X (both?). She could commute for a week on a single charge (and I could probably go 2 weeks depending on time of year). She's not super pleased with the BMW she bought a couple years ago (hates the interior lighting and there are lots of rattles and squeaks). She wants me to replace the 8 year old Subaru Wagon I drive. The replacement needs to be able to go on trips though and I like to travel with a bicycle or 3.
I think a test drive would convince her but she's reluctant to put in a deposit. I guess I need to find a local willing to let us take one for a spin. If any one is in the Seattle area willing to do this let me know! ;-)
2 passengers and folded seats allow bike storage. After-market rear bike racks are also available.
Both of which I'm aware of thanks Brian. ;-)
I did forget to mention though that she thinks the falcon doors are ridiculous.
Wait she sees them in flight, stooping at 200 mph! Or thereabouts.
How about we drive the S for a year than give it to the wife and get a second hand Roadster Sport for $50K.
Great posts. I'm getting close to putting down the $5,000 to get on the list. My wife looked at me last night and asked if I was really serious in getting one. I told her yes. I have a feeling if we get it, I'll be fighting her for it. LOL.
@earlyretirement I agree with you. Just signed my paperwork last night. I suspect my wife will fall in love with it as well. She has a history of poo-pooing my many tech purchases, usually mocking my desire for them, writing them off as frivolous or lacking usefulness. This progression inevitably follows: Her curiosity surfaces; she begins using my product; she wants one for herself; finally, they become part of her life.
I'm a tech guy. Always looking for gadgets to make my life simpler and more enjoyable. I suspect most of you feel the same. You think she'd learn to trust me (us)! Below are the many items in question.
- Cell phone
- Couldn't understand why I'd want AWD, heated seats, electric this and that on our new minivan 10 years ago - she's since fallen absolutely in love with EVERY feature
- Laptop
- iMac
- iPhone
- iPad
- Nest thermostat
- Model S ???
I'm guessing yes. WAF forecast...favorable.
My wife first saw the S in the mall with my college age son. He's been following Tesla for years. She was curious what had him so enthralled, and didn't expected to be impressed at all. Cars are not her thing. Even Corvette, Ferrari, Porsche are just ... ho hum. She called me and spent 20 minutes talking about the S. Delivery next month. I think she will let me drive it occasionally.


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Holy Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos at the Monastery in Djunis
Serbian Vlachernon Monastery of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos in Djunis celebrated its Slava. This year too, the Most Holy Theotokos gathered thousands of pious souls who came from all Christian places to pray for the Cover and Protection of the Queen of Heaven.
Under an open sky with the prayerful service of the royal clergy, priests of the Diocese of Nis and other Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Grace Kyr Jovan, Bishop of Nis served the solemn festal Vigil service. At the miraculous spring, according to the old custom, akathist to the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos was served. Bishop Jovan held a sermon before thousands of believers whose souls flickered before the sacred place of the Feast day.
The ceremony of this great Feast day was crowned with the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy in the morning hours at the Church of the Holy Protection presided by His Grace Kyr Jovan, Bishop of Nis. During the Holy Liturgy hierodeacon Stefan was ordained into the rank of presbyter by Bishop Jovan.
An agape meal was prepared by the sisterhood and its Abbess - The Venerable nun Marija.
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salicyclic wrote:html editor (free)
for people redesigning/building their webpage, i found a pretty good little editor on download.com called page breeze (not all of us have access to dreamweaver or the patience to code the old fashioned way)
i'd call it a great editor but it does have a few bugs in it - sometimes changes you may wish to make to page information or table format don't work using the menus, but if you know even a little bit about html it's very easy to select the html editing option and just add changes manually.
it has links to free templates online and won't install lots of advertising crap on your machine. and it's free so you won't have any kind of limit on the time you have to use it.
link: http://www.download.com/PageBreeze-Free ... ag=lst-0-1
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Sustainable Tea
A process that is sustainable can be maintained indefinitely. By supporting sustainable business practices, it means that we do not take more from the world than we give back and that we consciously choose how we interact with the environment. Our reliance on renewable resources, as well as on symbiotic relationships with nature and the community, are motivated by our belief in connecting human and material resources without devaluing the integrity of the individual or the planet.
Our Mission
Our mission is to offer the highest quality, organically grown teas available. We purchase our tea directly from small farms and co-ops from around the world, providing families in developing countries with a fair price for their goods. We also buy fair trade teas that are authorized by Transfair USA, ensuring fair working conditions, fair wages and a better life for tea workers from eleven countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Our Methods
We, at Art of Tea have an optimistic vision of the future and a comprehensive strategy to implement that vision. Our sense of personal environmental responsibility is evident in our commitment to practices that contribute to the sustainability of our planet and the communities in which we live and work. Our standard procedures include:
• Recycling of viable business products as feasible, including the reuse of packaging material.
• The use of biodegradable materials for our teabags.
• On site composting, used for soil nutrification in our workplace garden. We compost teas that do not meet our quality standards, any outdated products, and teas used for taste tests.
• Business operation using only sustainable energy sources; no fossil fuels.
• Use of reclaimed office furnishings; desks and dividers.
• Use of eco friendly paint in our warehouse.
• Installation of compact fluorescent lighting in our warehouse.
• Use of energy efficient machinery and appliances.
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In addition to our organically grown, wholly kosher line of teas through KOAOA, we provide our customers with ecologically responsible products, offering them refillable tea tins and eco-mugs that are made from corn.
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We regularly support various charitable organizations, including Tree People, KCRW Public Radio Station, Girls, Inc., Sundance Institute, Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, as well as local environmental and educational programs.
We are proud of our efforts in making tangible, lasting changes to the business as usual approach to our trade and the environment. We encourage each individual to accept personal responsibility for reducing the industrial, and individual impact on the ecosystem by reducing our carbon footprint and to take part in our mission towards a sustainable future; in line with the Brundtland Commission which "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".


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Increases the chance that your romantic actions will be accepted, and increases the chance other Sims will attempt a romantic interaction on you (assuming you match their preferred gender). With the addition of Master of Seduction, this reward's value has been reduced.
Better Mixologist[edit]
Increases the quality of drinks made at a bar.
Dirt Defiant[edit]
Usually locks the Hygeine meter at maximum, though being set on fire or peeing oneself can still lower it.
Fast Learner[edit]
Decreases the time it takes to learn any skill through any method. (The icon for this reward is a book, but it applies to learning a given skill through methods other than reading about it.) When paired with a high Logic skill, new skills take a very short amount of time.
Reduces the price of all items in all stores in the game. Bars and entertainment venues are unaffected. Buy Mode is unaffected as well.
Learned Relic Hunter[edit]
Increases the value, and sometimes the rarity, of rewards found in treasure chests of a tomb.
Master of Seduction[edit]
Guarantees the chance that this Sim's romantic-type social interactions will be accepted. You may want to pair this with No Jealousy if you're trying to Woo Hoo the whole neighborhood.
No Bills Ever[edit]
Stops all bills from coming into the household. Only one member of the family needs this reward to apply to the whole house (though if he moves out or dies, the bills will resume). Note that if you buy this reward on the days bills are supposed to arrive, they probably still will; the reward also doesn't forgive the bills that are currently on your property. However, once you pay all outstanding bills, you'll never have to worry about them again.
Raised by Wolves[edit]
Increases this Sim's social meter gain rate from interacting with any animal. The animal's social meter gain rate is unaffected.
Suave Seller[edit]
Increases the price of items you sell at the consignment store.
That Was Deliberate[edit]
Any stumbles on-stage while performing as an acrobat, magician, or singer are ignored. Generally increases the performance quality if the performer is in a bad mood.
Allows you to skip a work day occasionally without penalty. With the addition of calling in an unpaid leave request, this reward's usefulness is limited. Even with the reward, you can't simply never work again; miss too many days in a row, and you'll still be demoted or fired.


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Easter Jeep Safari in Moab - Mechanical Mecca In MoabPosted in Moab Experience: 2015 on July 11, 2014
The annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, is the one event we look forward to all year. Around the water cooler, we talk about which vehicle we plan to take, what trails we want to run, and more importantly, all the modifications and repairs we need to get done to our tow and trail rigs before the event. These are basically the same conversations you have with your off-roading friends before hitting your favorite annual 4x4 event, only the Easter Jeep Safari is different than any other off-road event in the world.
If you haven't attended yet, you should add it to your bucket list. The week-long shindig turns the quiet town of Moab into a city jammed with 4x4s of all makes, shapes, and sizes. But no matter what the level of driver and off-road rig, there are awesome people to meet and amazing trails with incredible views to run. Bring a buddy, and we promise, you will have the time of your life. Don't forget to make reservations early. Hotels book up quickly. For more info about the largest 4x4 event in the USA, and possibly the world, visit the Red Rock 4-Wheelers website at rr4w.com.


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Roehl Transport CDL Truck Driver in Deptford Township, New Jersey
In our Refrigerated 14/7 HOMEtime PLUS fleet, you'll get the best of both worlds - excellent miles driving two weeks and then a week of predictable, dependable home time.
As an OTR driver in this part time trucking job, you'll haul frozen freight.
We have very little produce - most of the loads are cheese and other and temperature controlled products.
This fleet operates like our National Refrigerated Fleet so you'll drive to a variety of locations across America and Canada.
Choose this fleet if you're ready for a consistent driving and home time schedule and you want 120 days a home a year!
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Police were called to a large scale fight on a train heading to Portadown.
PSNI Craigavon said they received a call just after midnight.
A spokesperson said: "All free crews turned out, however thankfully it was all calmed down by the time the train arrived.
"One male has had his details taken by Translink for prosecution under their legislation, leaving us to take abuse from a drunk female. Delightful," said the police.


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"Discrete tomography in an in vivo small animal bone study", Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, vol. 36, issue 1, pp. 40–53, 2018.
"Discrete tomographic reconstruction from deliberately motion blurred X-ray projections", 6th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography, Wels, Austria, pp. 1-6, 2016. Download paper (444.66 KB)
"Easy implementation of advanced tomography algorithms using the ASTRA toolbox with Spot operators", Numerical Algorithms, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 673-697, 2016.
"Fast and Flexible X-ray Tomography Using the ASTRA Toolbox", Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 22, pp. 25129-25147, 2016. Download paper (8.34 MB)
"An accurate projection model for diffraction image formation and inversion using a polychromatic cone beam", Journal of Applied Crystallography, vol. 48, pp. 334-343, 2015.
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"Memory access optimization for iterative tomography on many-core architectures", The 12th International Meeting on Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, pp. 364-367, 2013. fully3d_wvaarle.pdf (2.8 MB)
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Tuesday 2/6/18
Mobility: Hips
Skill: None
Optional Core:
50 Situps
40 Seated Flutter Kicks – flutter with upper body off the ground holding pike crunch position throughout (l + r = 2 reps)
30 reverse crunches -start laying on back straight leg position 8 inches off the ground hand under butt. The bend knees while rolling back onto shoulder with hips high. Finish in the straight leg position, try not to touch down with heels and remain hovering for the set.
20 push-ups