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How Podesta is changing the W.H.
John Podesta doesn't have a standing appointment with President Barack Obama. He doesn't join chief of staff Denis McDonough for the nightly "wrap" meeting with the president. He doesn't have a defined portfolio of assignments.
But his impact is being felt throughout the West Wing, where he's helping the Obama White House, five years in, grow up.
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Podesta's restrained role is a surprise to many, who just assumed that Bill Clinton's former chief of staff was coming in as a shadow chief of staff for Obama, making waves and getting involved in everything. This was, after all, the man whom Clinton staffers used to joke had an evil twin named Skippy to explain his flashes of imperious anger, slamming doors, slamming phones and berating staffers. He even kept a jar of Skippy peanut butter on his desk.
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"A month in, Skippy has yet to appear," said White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri, who worked with Podesta in the Clinton years, then for him at the Center for American Progress he founded, and now again works down the hall from him.
In the month since he returned as a senior counselor, Podesta has quickly picked up the kind of long-term, big-picture strategic thinking that this White House has always talked about priding itself on but struggled to do in its 2013 year of hell. Still frantically trying to turn things around, Podesta brings what it needed: fresh but experienced perspective, and the clout that comes from having the confidence of the president, despite coming from outside an Obama inner circle that's resistant to newcomers.
Podesta's a big proponent of the executive action strategy that the president announced in his State of the Union would define his 2014, and he has become the nexus of thinking through everything from the legal questions to involving Cabinet secretaries in their development and implementation. He's become the point man on data and privacy as part of the NSA reforms and implementing the president's environmental regulations.
He identified the need to give early West Wing attention to the California drought, which is already among the worst the state has seen and is expected to intensify in the coming months. He consolidated the response among several federal departments and agencies, including the Council on Environmental Quality, Agriculture, Interior, and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Podesta has talked with Gov. Jerry Brown, who received a call last week from Obama, and members of the California congressional delegation.
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These are things the White House had needed to be working on anyway but almost certainly wouldn't have been dealing with as well, aides say. Podesta has been able to augment the strategic planning McDonough's been doing, which for the chief of staff also includes focusing on the larger day-to-day direction of the White House, and a restructuring that includes a new political office and revamped legislative affairs operation.
Two weeks ago, McDonough took a suggestion from Podesta to move the senior staff meeting to 7:45 a.m., from 8 a.m., to allow more time to work through issues. Aides aren't wild about the earlier start, but the longer meetings — 45 minutes, rather than 30 — give them a chance to have a more thoughtful discussion and take care of more business, a White House official said.
And though White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer led a State of the Union process that was far along by the time Podesta officially started Jan. 6, Washington veterans picked up Podesta echoes throughout Obama's speech.
They heard Podesta in the focus on executive action, the spotlight on income equality and the pledge to conserve federal lands. When Podesta served as White House chief of staff from 1998 to 2000, Clinton used his executive authority — over the objections of many western lawmakers — to protect more land in the lower 48 states than any president since Teddy Roosevelt.
"He oversaw a particularly active period of executive action," said Jeff Shesol, a speechwriter for Clinton from 1997 to 2000. "The same shift [to executive powers] was occurring in the Clinton administration. John knows what he is doing here, and has thought a lot about the extent of presidential power in this field."
There were even similarities in language. In a 2010 Center for American Progress report on the need for Obama to exert his executive power like Clinton did, Podesta wrote: "The upshot: Congressional gridlock does not mean the federal government stands still. This administration has a similar opportunity to use available executive authorities while also working with Congress where possible."
During his State of the Union address, Obama said of his proposals: "Some require congressional action, and I'm eager to work with all of you. But America does not stand still, and neither will I. So wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do."
Podesta is not an academic. He's not quoting Rutherford B. Hayes, or citing obscure government reports he's been up through the night reading. He gets the politics. He's been known to chime in on the communications strategy.
Take the data and privacy concerns prompted by the NSA reforms. Since Obama announced he was putting Podesta in charge of the effort in his NSA speech, Podesta's begun an effort that White House aides say perfectly meshes his experience in government and mantra-like insistence on engaging the private sector. As the administration tries to find a new solution to how electronic data is stored and explores Obama's idea of having companies hold it, Podesta's the one leading the outreach to lawmakers, advocates and executives.


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By Lauren Pecorino
The statement "cancer is personal" can have several meanings. The fact that cancer affects one in three people over their lifetimes means that it is a disease that will hit close to home for everyone. Everyone will have family or friends that will be affected and loved ones will become cancer patients. Cancer is personal. Luckily, we are living in a new age when cancer patients are more likely than ever to be cancer survivors. There are 28 million cancer survivors in the world today. Out of approximately 12 million cancer survivors in the United States, 4.7 million received their diagnosis at least ten years ago. The good news that everyone should know is that there is progress in cancer management.
There are several reasons for the impressive progress being made in the management of cancer, such as early detection due to screening and better medical imaging, and better treatments. Another reason is that people are making wiser personal lifestyle choices. The most obvious and most significant is that people are choosing not to smoke. Personal choice has been greatly influenced by both better understanding and governmental policies in the USA and Europe. In the UK, the Smoking Toolkit Study estimated that 400,000 people quit smoking in the first year after the smoking ban began in 2007. The death rates from lung cancer in the USA have decreased by 3% per year in men since 2005. Unfortunately in places like China, people are still smoking themselves to death. Although the results from a non–smoking lifestyle are encouraging, I fear that society has two more imminent battles to fight. Would you care to guess what they may be?
Obesity and alcohol consumption need to be controlled to curb increased cancer risks. Communicating how obesity and alcohol consumption increase cancer risk is a start. Fat stimulates an inflammatory response and is a source of sex hormones such as estrogen. Chronic inflammation and increased amounts of estrogen are well-known risk factors for certain cancers. Alcohol is metabolized in the body to form acetaldehyde. Similar to the components of cigarette smoke, acetaldehyde is a carcinogen that binds directly to DNA and masks the genetic code. This leads to the production of faulty proteins that can cause cancer. Many cancers now show a falling trend in mortality, with the exception of cancer of the liver and pancreas. It is noteworthy that an official report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective, published by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research (2007), classifies body fatness as a convincing risk factor for pancreatic cancer and alcohol as a probable risk factor for liver cancer. We must continue to make informed personal choices about our lifestyle to reduce cancer risk.
Cancer is personal for another reason. The genome of an individual's tumor is a personalized item, even more than your inherited genes. The DNA of a tumor is a record of an individual's exposure to damage from cancer-causing agents over time and so is personalized. Many recent breakthroughs in cancer treatments have come from our understanding of cancer genomics. This has been facilitated by leaps in technology that allow us to sequence tumor DNA more quickly. We have learned that some mutations allow a positive response to a certain drug and other mutations prevent a specific drug from working. There are now a few specific drug labels that recommend genetic testing to guide doctors in choosing best treatment for cancer patients. The future of cancer treatments lie in personalized medicine. Cancer is personal.
Lauren Pecorino is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Greenwich and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. She is the author of Why Millions Survive Cancer: The Successes of Science.

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The Central Connecticut women's lacrosse team posted its first victory of the season, 15-10, at home over Iona on Tuesday afternoon. The Blue Devils are now 1-1 on the season. The win is the first at CCSU for first-year head coach Laura Campbell.
The Blue Devils led 8-5 at halftime, but after taking a 9-5 lead the Gaels scored the next three goals to cut the lead to 9-8. Central answered with three straight goals in the next 4:27 to push the lead back to 12-8.
Iona answered again, scoring two straight, cutting the Blue Devil lead to 12-10 with 5:19 on the clock. But they would get no closer as the Blue Devils scored the final three goals of the game to make it 15-10.
Sophomore Elyse Malecki and senior captain Amanda Toke each scored four goals for the Blue Devils in the victory. Malecki scored the first goal of the game and then two of the final three for the Blue Devils. Toke scored two in each half, including the first goal after the Gaels had cut the lead to two with 17 minutes to play.
Toke added a pair of assists in the game, as did junior Brigit Hogan. Sophomore Falynn McCartney had three goals and senior Claire Healy and sophomore Madison Hughes each added two.
Junior Morgan Tullar made seven saves in goal to record her first victory of the season. She stopped four shots in the first half and three in the second. Central outshot the Gaels 30-23, including 19 first half shots.
The four goals and five points for Malecki are both career-highs. Toke's six-point performance is also a career-high.
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Here's to living life to the full in 2013!
I love this image. And the words well, I keep staring at them. Thanks so much for the warmth and beauty you share here, Charlotta. Wishing you a wonderful and safe New Years.
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Find love, peace and happiness in 2013, Charlotta. As you give love, peace and happiness whereever you go.
May all the good things in life find their way to you during 2013, Charlotta
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blessings to you and yours in 2013 dearest charlotta!
your quote is my all time favorite, i had it painted and have it hanging in my office. i actually call it "my life quote", a good principle to live by.
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The European Columbus laboratory was attached to the ISS during the STS-122 mission. Columbus is a joint European project led by the European Space Agency ESA. Germany was and is prominently involved in building, operating and using Columbus. The Columbus Control Centre is located within the German Space Operations Center (Deutsches Raumfahrt-Kontrollzentrum) in Oberpfaffenhofen.
The International Space Station ISS floats above the Earth's night side. On the right-hand side of the picture, you can see the Earth's day side. In the centre of the image, you can recognise the European Columbus laboratory as a bright and shiny drum, which was attached to the ISS in February 2008.
On 27 May 2006 Columbus was loaded into a Beluga Airbus at Bremen airport and began its journey to Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Artist's view of the European space laboratory Columbus coupled to the ISS.
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Columbus on its way to Kennedy Space Center Columbus is a multi-purpose laboratory for multi-disciplinary research into weightlessness. It is 6.9 metres long with a diameter of 4.5 metres. It is equipped for material and life sciences research, fluid research and the development of new technologies. Its designers also hope that it will one day be used for industrial and commercial purposes. This lab has become the main working area for European astronauts. There are platforms on the outer wall of the laboratory for experiments that will be exposed to outer space. The laboratory is operated by the European Columbus control centre within the German aerospace control centre of the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen.
As the main contractor for Columbus, EADS Space Transportation in Bremen heads a consortium of 41 companies from 14 countries that is responsible for development, production, integration and testing. The fixed price contract for the development of Columbus was signed in March 1996. The total costs of the module, including test equipment, amount to €880 million. Of this, about €450 million was borne by German industry.
European space laboratory Columbus was transported to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) by a Beluga Airbus on 28th May 2006 and was launched to the ISS in February 2008. All the technical improvements and system tests necessitated by the delayed construction were completed successfully and the internal payloads integrated.
In addition German contributions to the construction of technically demanding laboratory equipment must be mentioned, such as the MELFI sample freezing equipment which can freeze down to - 80° Celsius or the scientific sample storage device, the Micro Gravity Science Glovebox (MSG), developed by the satellite manufacturer, EADS Astrium. In addition Germany was responsible for the development and production of the ISS data management system (DMS-R) which was equipped with error-tolerant computers by EADS and which performs the ISS check from the Russian service module. The DMS-R was installed on the ISS as early as 2000 and has been working reliably since 2001.
Germany has also been involved with control components for the European ISS robot arm (ERA) and the important connection nodes 2 & 3. Node 2 was delivered to NASA as early as 2003.
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text: Everything listed under: Packaging Don't Fear the ReBrand: 5 Successful Rebranding Campaigns By Amanda Tudor, Accelerated Artist Career Coach 2015 is coming to an end. For many of us, the new year will bring about lots of change. Change is scary. Period. You're asked to step outside of your comfort zones and branch out into uncharted territory. When your life or career asks you Read More... December 7, 2015 ... 5 Reasons to Talk to an Expert by Amanda Tudor, Accelerated Artist Career Coach I don't know about you, but every day I am inundated with emails on classes, seminars, and opportunities. Sometimes you delete every one of them. Sometimes you want to do them all. Sometimes you just need a little help. So how do you know when to seek out help and talk to an expert? Here's my list on why talking to an expert is the right move: Read More... September 21, 2015 ... 5 Things to Consider Before RE-Shooting Headshots by Amanda Tudor, Accelerated Artist Career Coach So it's time to update the old headshot…before you do anything consider these 5 things (or check out the guide to headshots HERE):1. Get Specific About Brand -Before you book the photographer, start picking out clothes and practicing in the mirror, start to think about who you are and how your picture can communicate that. What other actors do you relate to? Read More... August 24, 2015 ... What you need to know BEFORE you graduate: Part 2 By Doug Shapiro Hello Business Owners! Here comes part 2 of 3 of Business Lovin' for our College Pros. Again, these actual questions are from the next generation of Accelerated Business Owners, my master class students at Shenandoah Conservatory and James Madison University.Theme for this article: your Product."Should you alter your image/clothing style based on what others (truthfully) perceive you as so that you can be successful in the business?" Read More... March 30, 2015 ... Do You Stand out? by Sam Christensen A successful career in the arts and especially in the performing arts is difficult to think about as a product. After all, a human being is involved. Such a career is usually the result of a life-long desire to tell stories to an audience. I'll bet that wanting to be on the stage or the screen is featured in your earliest memories. Sometimes there is support from your friends and family, sometimes not. The preparation necessary to an actor is specific and requires Read More... January 16, 2015 ... Top Tips for a Rockin' Reel Accelerated LOVES Kristina Latour, of Latour de Force Productions! She specializes in producing high-quality, custom performance, BRAND Centric reels + clips for film and TV. Knowing just how important it is for actors to have quality content to showcase who they are and what they do, we sat down with Kristina and asked her a few questions about how to get after some GREAT material for your marketing arsenal. Here's what she had to say: Read More... November 22, 2014 ... How to Rock Your Packaging… and get Accelerated Results! By Catherine Corcoran Listen, I love clothes just as much as the next girl- and I'd be lying if I told you about how I don't revel in the immediate therapy brought on by a killer new pair of shoes. Still, in a business where we feel the constant pressure of judgment surrounding Read More... November 17, 2014 ... How to Act Savvy & Write A Brand-centric Kick-ass, Killer Bio By Christina Shipp Do you freak every time you're asked for a Bio? Do you find yourself re-writing it over and over again for every single new project or job-interview? Does the thought of writing content for your or your company's website 'Bio Page' throw you into overwhelm? Fear no more. This article is going to teach you how to write a rockin' Bio: one you will be proud of and use consistently across all platforms to answer the ever dreaded question, 'Tell Me About Yourself... Read More... August 15, 2014 ... Please share with your peeps!


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Fed up with the constant barrage of email promising to increase the size of his genitals, San Francisco resident Daniel Balsam did what any fucking brilliant person would do: he quit his job and sued the spamming bastards.
It's estimated that over 90% of email is spam, and Balsam, along with his website (www.danhatesspam.com) fight the companies that flout anti-spam laws. Since starting his awesome endeavor, he's racked up over $1 million in settlements from those who would purport to EXTEND MY SEXUAL ENERGY or GROW MY BREASTS SAFELY, NATURALLY.
Critics say he's an opportunist playing the system to make an easy buck, but Dan Balsam says he's just doing his part to help keep the internet clean.
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(HONG KONG) Dragonair has launched inflight menus featuring Chinese and Western dishes from two new partners – Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant and Jaan Restaurant at the Raffles Beijing Hotel. A total of 38 dishes have been created to offer a whole new range of taste sensations to be enjoyed 38,000 feet in the air.
Passengers in all classes on Dragonair flights from Beijing to Hong Kong can enjoy the specially designed Chinese inflight menu by Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant. Eighteen dishes were selected to highlight the creativity of the restaurant which blends Beijing techniques with the essence of Western cuisine. The Diced Mushroom with Salad stuffed in Tomato appetizer is among the most delicately presented dishes. A healthy option is the crystal-like champagne jelly skilfully wrapped in a mushroom slice and served with a refreshing salad dressing. Other enticing dishes include Stewed Oxtail with Honey and Logan, and Sautéed Prawn with Diced Mango and Dried Chilli.
First Class and Business Class passengers flying from Beijing can experience contemporary French cuisine created by the chefs of Jaan Restaurant at the Raffles Beijing Hotel. The series features 20 contemporary French dishes with a focus on lighter, healthier dishes from Provence that still capture the romance and elegance of classic French cuisine. Signature dishes include Chicken with Foie Gras, and Pan-fried Cod Fish and Roasted Beef Tenderloin in Red Wine Sauce.
Dragonair General Manager China Sam Swire said: "Over the past year Dragonair has served more than 7 million inflight meals, each with a special ingredient – the genuine care to passengers shown by our cabin crew.
"Dragonair has been proud to receive a number of major travel awards over the past two years which highlight the recognition from passengers and our peers in the industry. Such awards are important because they will drive us to become more innovative and provide an even-higher level of service," added Mr Swire.
Inflight catering is a very important part of the inflight experience at Dragonair. Since 2004, the airline has been cooperating with renowned restaurants to offer passengers even better inflight dining. This winter season, First and Business Class passengers flying from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai will be able to select from seasonal crab roe gourmet dishes and a hot pot rice menu available at different periods.
About Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant
With three decades of experience, Dong Zhenxiang, founder of Beijing Dadong Roast Duck Restaurant, is both a master of the great Shandong, Cantonese, Sichuan and Huaiyang cuisines and an enthusiast of Western cooking. His characteristic "Dadong" menu features the best of both Chinese and Western culinary traditions, and his emphasis on three cardinal principles - healthiness, taste and originality - has become a trend in contemporary Chinese cooking.
About Jaan Restaurant
Ideally situated in the prestigious Raffles Beijing Hotel and graced by majestic French windows overlooking the capital's Chang An Avenue, Jaan is an exuberant combination of old world charm and modern day chic. The cuisine is quintessentially contemporary French - firmly rooted in the classic repertoire, yet unmistakably lighter in approach, conjuring up southern flavours from Provence and the Mediterranean Sea. Michelin-star-experienced Chef de Cuisine Laia Pons Gonzales marries talent with masterful technique, contrasting subtle textures with bold flavours in inspiring culinary creations.
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Next generation of Cloud Applications
According to Friday's Dec 2, 2001, Wall Street Journal , Google will have a 1-day shipping service to challenge Amazon's Prime service . The news reminded me of some great talks I was able to attend at CA World 2011 in Las Vegas. One of the talks was by Dr. Timothy Chou of Stanford University on Cloud computing applications. Another was by Cisco VP Marie Hattar on the impact of an intelligent network on our lives. The third was on the future of application development by CA Technologies CTO Dr. Ferguson, who I knew from working in the WebSphere organization at IBM.
Dr. Chou's talk was in three parts – namely the economics of the Software business, kinds of applications possible with cloud computing, and the new generation of cloud applications. The service Google is embarking on is precisely the kind of application we can expect where software provides a context sensitive service while understanding the customer's needs. Dr. Chou illustrated the evolution of software delivery starting with the traditional license model to open source software, then to outsourcing and finally Software as a Service. He showed the economic efficiency of Cloud computing (Software as a Service).
He went on to state that the ad-based revenue model that Google has embraced allows them to deliver the search software to users at a fraction of the cost of the traditional license model. In the second part of the talk, Dr. Chou described how cloud computing innovation lies in the business model and not just technology. He identified application services that can benefit the most from the cloud model, namely high growth applications and those that have highly variable demand characteristics. He speculated that cloud services would be specialized and differentiated based on location, performance and innovative business models such as spot pricing.
He provided a more granular framework to think about cloud computing than the SPI (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) model. Essentially Infrastructure as a Service was broken down to Network, Data Center and Compute & Storage Services. Platform as a Service was broken into Software Development and Operational management services. Software as a service was specialized as Application services for specific business needs. Not surprisingly, he mentioned how Consumerization of IT is driving innovation into the enterprise through applications like Facebook.
Dr. Chou specifically called out applications that incorporate user information and human intelligence into business processes. He reiterated a theme, which allows applications to be created by non-programmers who use their domain expertise to start innovative services. It is therefore no surprise that we see middle school kids developing iphone applications. I was however surprised when my daughter said her elementary school classmate was going to get the Apple Xcode toolset to develop iPhone games.
In her session, Cisco Marketing VP Marie Hattar directed the spotlight on different things we do today on the internet. She discussed the importance of the network with more (50 billion and counting) sensors (tags, cars) sourcing external data. She highlighted how video traffic will increase and spotlighted the use of technology in various industries like Healthcare, Banking and even proximity-based dating. Mobile applications are used by doctors for patient care. Nurses spend a lot of time locating doctors, equipment and technologies such as RFID and mobile presence save time. All this was inline with a NPR report I recently heard on doctors in India advising and consulting with patients tens of miles away on telepresence sessions. She also illustrated an example of getting expert opinion using telepresence for quicker business decision-making. An intelligent network helps bring geographically distributed knowledge-centric teams together. Better information where they need it when they need it. Ms. Hattar also highlighted the intelligence in Power over Ethernet technology to conserve energy by shutting down appliances not being used.
The keynote session by Dr. Don Ferguson gave me a good peek into how CA Technologies was capitalizing on the changes in the Data Center and moving towards a business service centric model. The session was geared towards a 10x improvement in IT services.
According to him, there are five components to this approach
- Model – describing what the service is rather than how the service is delivered
- Assemble – bringing assets together, finding, configuring and customizing them
- Automate – making the Model and Assembly real, reliable, repeatable and predictable
- Assure – monitoring performance and service levels of the business services
- Secure – an all-encompassing security framework for the components
You can check these talks out at their virtual show website.
The CA World show predominantly used Cisco Networking and Data Center products including the Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) to power IT services for the show management.
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Lindsay Lohan Sued by Clothing Company for Having a Lousy Reputation
Did you know Lindsay Lohan had a clothing line? No? Well, that's part of the problem. Neither did anyone else.
A debacle led Linds to file a $1 million suit against D.N.A.M. Apparel Industries, which manufactured the line. But the company is counter-suing, saying her "drug-addled" image cost them $5 million.
TMZ broke the details of the action that was filed in response to Lindsay's original suit. She claims that she inked a deal with D.N.A.M. in 2009 to license her 6126 clothing line (named after Marilyn Monroe's birthdate of June 1, 1926), but the company never paid the licensing fee.
D.N.A.M. tells a different story, saying that try as it might, it could not unload the merch to high-end retailers as planned because of LiLo's rehab stints and her legal woes being televised "like a Greek tragedy." (Which would make Dina and Michael the chorus.)
The apparel company contends Linds' soiled reputation completely tanked the reputation of the clothing line, making it unsellable and leading D.N.A.M. to sue for breach of contract and fraud.
LiLo's attorney in this particular action, Perry C. Wander, tells TMZ:
"The license agreement does not have a morals clause that allows the company to suspend payment for any behavior. The contract is not in LL's name thus she cannot be held personally liable. The cross claim is therefore frivolous and totally without merit and will be defended vigorously."
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We had finished eating and our youngest son had already run off to play. Carlos, our older son, Suegra and I sat around the table, our plates pushed away, and talked for awhile as we usually do.
Carlos had a small argument with one of the guys at work and was telling us about what happened. The fact that the co-worker was Mexican really didn't have anything to do with the conversation except to identify which guy Carlos was talking about – but you can't say "mexicano" around Suegra without her getting started. Like many older people, she has some "preconceived notions" which aren't malicious so much as misinformed. Of course she pipes up with the usual, "Así son los mexicanos, pues."
Carlos gives me a look that means I should bite my tongue, but I can't keep quiet.
"No puedes juzgar a todos los mexicanos así. Tengo un montón de amigos mexicanos y son muy buena gente." I say.
Suegra shakes her head. We go back and forth a few times. Things are getting a little heated.
"Los hombres mexicanos son muy penqueadores!" she says, as if that settles it.
I start to tell her it's not true of all Mexican men, and that Salvadoran men have their own reputation as well, but she interrupts, as is her way.
"Y si yo estuviera una joven, jamás me voy a salir con un mexicano!"
This conversation is going no where, so I decide to tease her.
"Y si está bien meloso?"
"De eso miel, no voy a comer!" she says.
"Y si está bien guapo?" I ask.
She looks at me as if I'm an idiot.
"Los mexicanos no son guapos, vos!" she says as if it's common sense. (Forgetting that I know for a fact she has a crush on Vicente Fernandez.)
I catch Carlos's eye and decide not to push it further. Insisting that there are plenty of mexicanos guapos will only make him celoso and cause problems for me. The table falls quiet since I fail to return fire, and then our twelve year old, who we had forgotten was sitting there, speaks up.
"Huh," he says, "I didn't know Mexicans like to spank people… that's weird."
Because he says this in English, Suegra has no idea what's going on when I start laughing. Carlos also isn't sure what's so funny until I explain. Our son managed to pick up on the word "penquear" within the word "penqueadores" – but his only reference for this word is the threat of a spanking, as in, "Te voy a penquear." Because he doesn't know the word out of this context, he didn't realize it could mean "hit" or "slap."
Of course I set him straight. I explain the word "penquear" and I also tell him you can't judge people based on stereotypes. My son says, "Of course. I already know that!" …and I knew he did, but I just wanted to make sure. Maybe I won't convince Suegra, but my children will know better.


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by Dr. William Brownson, president emeritus of Words of Hope
Hope College Baccalaureate
Sunday, May 3, 2009, 9:30 a.m.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel
How can I say thanks for words like those and for the great privilege I have of being here to speak to you today?
Mr. President, members of the faculty, family and friends of the graduates, and Class of '09, I congratulate all of you. As I pondered what I should speak about on this grand occasion, I thought back to my own college days at Davidson. Someone gave me a book when I was there entitled Borden of Yale, '09. It's a book that probably shaped my life more deeply and lastingly than anything else that I read in those days. And I was struck by it because you are the Class of '09, and maybe there's a word from Borden's life for you. I'll tell more about that later.
Now I want to speak especially to you who are graduating. When you were growing up, your family wanted you to be ambitious, right? They wanted you to have an aim in life, something to aspire toward and work for. They wanted you to have a dream, because as that line from South Pacific reminds us, "You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna have your dream come true?"
I used to think about that when I taught preaching across the street years ago. I talked to the students about having a purpose in every message they preached, something they wanted to accomplish by God's grace, a response that they were looking for from people. Because as some wag has put it, "If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time."
You're moving out now into the life of the wider world. I wonder what ambitions are stirring in you? What do you hope to be, and to accomplish in your life? What will you invest your energies, your heart's affections in? If I were able to speak, as I wish I could, to every one of you personally about what's ahead, I'd probably hear of many dreams and visions and hopes and aspirations, and maybe a lot of confusion and uncertainty, too. It's such an uncertain time to be venturing into the wider world. But if there's some kind of passion stirring in your life today, what is it?
All of us know that not all ambitions are created equal. Some are actually toxic. By that I mean when you get what you want, it doesn't satisfy. It lets you down. It even wounds you. If your main aim in life is great wealth, you could turn out like the fabled King Midas. He wanted everything he touched to turn to gold. He got his wish, and it was great until the day he touched his children and their warm vitality became cold and lifeless. If money is your main aim, your family will be badly hurt.
Maybe it's fame. You want to be well known. You want to have your name a household word. But you know, sometimes that may happen in ways that don't make you feel good. When I was a young pastor, I served a church in a town in New Jersey - I won't mention the name, but there were people that said it was "the worst town in New Jersey." And I was serving a very small church, but some exciting things began to happen there, and sometimes I had a yen that people would know about what was happening in our little church. But a terrible crime occurred. A young man in our church murdered a classmate. It was in all the Sunday papers after it happened. And my name became rather well known as the pastor of the killer. So much for my dreams of fame!
Maybe you want to get ahead. You want to surpass everyone in your field. And yet when you do, you may find that some of the friends you had along the way aren't there any more. You got to the top, but it's lonely there.
Now I'm not knocking those life aspirations. They're surely better than cynicism and apathy. And yet they're not worth investing your heart's affection and your life's energies in them, are they?
Let me remind you about a man who sought something better, aimed for the best. His name was Saul of Tarsus. He is known by us as the Apostle Paul. In the passage you heard a little while ago, Paul was musing about life and death, and saying that to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord would be a wonderful thing. Then he said that whether at home or away, whether here or there, he and his fellow Christians made it their aim to please Him, to please Christ.
What sparked that kind of aim in a man who had been a red-handed persecutor of Christians? He tells us. He tells us about his desire for resurrection life, when mortality will be swallowed up by life, and that surely motivated. He talked about the awesome sense that we will all give account of ourselves to God at the judgment seat of Christ. But by far the most powerful motivation that made the apostle what he was is expressed in these words: "Christ's love compels us..." There was a compelling power for him in the love of Jesus Christ for him and for the world. And it was built on this logic, this conviction: one died for all, therefore all died. And He died for all that those who live - that's us - might live no longer for themselves, but for Him who for their sake died and was raised. The marvelous, self-giving love of Jesus Christ won this man's heart and made him want to live for the one who had died for him.
When Paul was stopped on the road to Damascus by the risen Jesus, he asked two questions. The first: "Who are you, Lord?" The answer came back: "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting." The second question was: "Lord, what do you want me to do?" And Paul kept asking that question for the rest of his life: "Lord, what do you want me to do?" Well with that burning life goal, what kind of man did he become? Talk about a mighty force in this world! He may have been the second-greatest world-changer in human history. Through this man's life and labor, in great measure the Christian faith became a world movement. His zeal for God, his tenacious love for people, his passion to preach Christ to everyone on earth and his moving pastoral letters are still touching people all around the world today. What a life.
And I think of William Wilberforce, another of my heroes. Maybe you've seen the film about his life, Amazing Grace. He was a young, promising, gifted member of the British Parliament with an unlimited future in politics. But his faith in Jesus Christ made him feel the plight of slaves, made him abhor the ugly trade in human life that was so accepted in his day. And though against fierce opposition, and over many, many years, he fought on tirelessly until throughout the whole the British Empire the slave trade was abolished. What an achievement in life.
One of my other heroes is Eric Liddell, central figure in another great film, Chariots of Fire. He had a stunning victory in the 1924 Olympics, but what many people don't know is that after that instead of staying in the British Isles, where he could be assured of fame and fortune, he went back to China, the land of his birth, as a missionary. And while there he was captured by the Japanese and put into a concentration camp with many Chinese people. His self-sacrificing love and service to his fellow inmates was so remarkable that Eric Liddell - can you imagine this - has become a national hero in China! Respected the government. And I understand that there will be a sequel to Chariots of Fire entitled The Flying Man, to be created in part there in China. What a beautiful, poignant story of the man who died in that prison camp after refusing to be brought back to England. Winston Churchill interceded for him and wanted him to be able to return, and instead Liddell chose to send a pregnant woman in his place.
And then, I think of Mother Teresa, that tiny Albanian nun who has captured the heart of the world. You know about what she did, going out to the wretched poor on the streets of Calcutta, bringing them in to warmth and safety, holding them in her arms as they died. And all of that, she said, was for the sake of Jesus, in a flame of love that answered His.
You know about those people. You celebrate with me their lives of self-offering love. Let me tell you about one more: Borden of Yale '09. Bill Borden was the heir of the Borden family fortune, a multi-millionaire in his youth. Between high school and college he went on a tour around the globe to put him in touch with the world's need. At Yale he was president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a stalwart on the wrestling and rowing teams, a man admired and loved throughout the Yale community. He was a devout Christian. The thing he used to ask himself about every issue he faced, every decision he had to make about the future: "Is this pleasing to Him?" And when Yale days were over and Princeton Seminary, he committed himself to go as a missionary to unreached people in China's far west, inspired for that kind of ministry by Hope's own Samuel Zwemer. And he sailed for Cairo, hoping to learn Arabic and later Chinese, but only a few short weeks after arriving in Cairo, he died of acute bacterial meningitis.
The story of Borden's life and death was in almost every newspaper in the U.S. One of his teachers, who had been talking with a man who scoffed contemptuously at the Christian faith, gave this man one of the articles about Borden. No contempt now. The man shook his head. He said, "I can't understand it. There's no accounting for such a life." Some time after, a prominent minister said the same words: "There's no way of explaining a life like this." And then he added, "apart from Jesus Christ."
Each one of these incandescent careers was sparked and moved by devotion to Jesus Christ in response to His love. And what moves me about it as I read of them and think of them is not only the self giving, but also the joyful abandon that there was in doing it - and the love. What a powerful love!
And you know about that from your experience at Hope College. I've been around this college now for 45 years of living in Holland, and I see so much of how people live when they are committed to Christ and want to serve their human fellows. And I've seen that in the leadership of this college, and I've seen it in the chaplain's department in this college, I've seen it in the faculty and the staff. And you've seen it in all of those and in your fellow students. There is one person that I want to life up that I have appreciated for many, many years, and that is your retiring coach and athletic director, Ray Smith. When Ray played pro football in Canada, they called him "the straight arrow." That spoke about his uprightness, his integrity. That spoke about his moral standards. It spoke about his unswerving commitment to Jesus Christ. And I've observed him in many situations over almost 40 years, and I've seen him live that out here. What a contribution to Hope College he has made, and to the kingdom of God.
So you've seen that here. You've learned about that, how ordinary people who aim for the best can make such a difference.
Most of us will never do anything that the wider world will think of as remarkable or outstanding. But Mother Theresa has taught us something beautiful and true about what matters: She said, "We are not called to do great things. We're called to do little things with great love."
Yes. Little things, like acting justly and loving kindness, and walking humbly with God. Those people that you have known and seen, which some of you are, they're aiming for the best. And for me, the loved friend of Jesus Christ is incomparably the best.
I was reading these words from the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson: "Love your enemies, bless your haters, said the Greatest of the great."
And isn't He that, the greatest of the great, the one towering figure on the world stage, the one supremely worthy? I mean, imagine: the Lord of everything, giving himself up for us! We get some glimpse of how He is to be esteemed when we hear the music of the heavenly choirs that sing: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open seals, for you were slain and by your blood you have ransomed for God saints from every tribe and tongue and people and nation... Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing."
So, dear graduates, let the love of Jesus Christ draw you to a life of self-giving service to others and to Him. Live near to Him in prayer and in the Scriptures. Seek out a fellowship of caring hearts where you can be accountable. Pray for the power of the Holy Spirit in your life. Trust in Jesus Christ to live out in you His life of self-giving love.
Wouldn't it be something if down the line people observe you, people remember you, someone might be led to say something like what they said of Borden: "There's no accounting for such a life... apart from Christ."?
Dear friends, you know my hope and prayer for you as you graduate, as you leave Hope over the next days, is that each of you will go as a follower of Jesus Christ. But let me say this to you as a final word. If you claim to be a Christian, pray that you may be a real one. It's so easy for us even when we know the Lord to give lip service to Jesus and then go on living for ourselves. I wish I could say I haven't fallen into that trap myself, but I have, many times - large tracks of my life, large patterns of my behavior that show that I was living pretty much for myself. That mournful ditty that I've heard could have been said of me at times: "I've lived for myself, I thought for myself, for myself and none beside, just as if Jesus had never lived, as if He had never died." But I can bear witness to you about this: that the Lord is very patient, and very merciful with his people, and draws us back from our wanderings into self-centeredness. And I can say that the times when His love has gripped me again have made me feel that I wanted to live for Him more than anything else. And when that began to translate itself into ministry to others, those have been the best times, those have been the most fruitful times, those have been the most joyful times in my life. And that discovery of God's grace it what I pray for you.
A great New Testament scholar one said this, and I've never forgotten it. I heard it years ago. He said, "The distinguishing mark of New Testament Christianity" - that is, the real thing, the original article - "The distinguishing mark of New Testament Christianity is the sense of overwhelming indebtedness to Jesus Christ." In other words, if you really know Him, you feel that you owe Him - everything!
Class of '09, God bless you as you move into the future and aim for the best. Amen.


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Golden Knights face struggling Blackhawks
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- Rangers' Trouba to ink 7-year, $56M deal
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- Police say Greg Johnson's death suicide
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LAS VEGAS -- It has been a storybook season so far for the Vegas Golden Knights, who seemingly break another record for an NHL expansion team every time they take the ice.
But heading into Tuesday night's game with the Chicago Blackhawks at T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights find themselves on the heels of a milestone they'd just as soon forget.
Vegas comes in off a 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday night. That defeat marked the first time the Western Conference-leading Golden Knights (36-15-4, 76 points) have lost back-to-back home games all season.
Gerard Gallant's squad, which holds an eight-point lead over San Jose in the Pacific Division, still is an impressive 19-4-2 at home this year. So, there's no need to push the panic button ... yet.
"We know everybody's trying to get into the playoffs or stay in the playoffs," goalie Marc-Andre Fleury said. "Right now, we're in good shape. We're all aware where we are (in the standings) but we just can't sit back. We've got to keep chasing these points night after night."
The game with the Blackhawks is the second of a season-long seven-game homestand for Vegas. The Golden Knights are 2-0 against Chicago, defeating them 4-2 at T-Mobile on Oct. 24 and 5-4 in Chicago on Jan. 5.
"They're a hungry team," Gallant said. "They've got a lot of talent and a lot of skill, and they play a fast game."
When Gallant says the Blackhawks are a hungry team, he isn't kidding.
Chicago (24-24-8, 56) is in last place in the Central Division and brings in a six-game losing streak (0-5-1) after a 6-1 drubbing by the Arizona Coyotes on Monday night, the team's longest losing streak this season and also the longest since a nine-game losing streak in 2012.
The Blackhawks, who actually heard a loud round of boos leaving the ice after the second period from their fans who made the trip to sunny Glendale, Ariz., outshot the Coyotes, 38-22, but still got blown out by an Arizona team with the worst record in the NHL.
"I think there's some compete at times but I think the consistency of the energy and urgency and the purpose ... sometimes it looks like it's an almost getting there, or an almost block, or an almost clear, or an almost completed rebound," Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said afterward. "Those almosts can turn into getting the job done. That's the difference ... finding a way to get it done."
There was some potentially good news for the Blackhawks. All-Star goaltender Corey Crawford practiced before Monday's game for the first time since being placed on injured reserve on Dec. 27 with a concussion.
Chicago was 17-13-5 and just a point out of the second wild-card spot before Crawford (16-9-2, 2.27 goals-against, .929 save percentage) was put on the IR.
"It takes some time, I guess, to see shots and stuff," Crawford told a media gathering after the practice. "It's a process right now to go through everything and get to a point where I can get into a game. It's still looking good. ... I want to get back playing."
So what's the timeline for Crawford's return?
"It's still too early to say," said Quenneville.
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Senate Years of Service:1993-2011
BENNETT, Robert, (son of Wallace Foster Bennett), a Senator from Utah; born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 18, 1933; attended Utah public schools; graduated University of Utah 1956; served in the Utah National Guard 1957-1960; chief, Congressional liaison, U.S. Department of Transportation; chief executive officer, Franklin Quest 1984-1992; chairman, Utah Education Strategic Planning Commission 1988; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1992; reelected in 1998 and again in 2004, and served from January 3, 1993, to January 3, 2011; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 2010.
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The Detroit Tigers today said they have signed slick-fielding young shortstop Jose Iglesias to a one-year deal — apparently at a discount.
The team didn't disclose financial details, but New York Post baseball columnist Joel Sherman reported that the contract is worth $1.65 million.
Iglesias, 24, last season was paid $2 million in the final year of a four-year, $8.25 million contract he signed with the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 2009 (after he had defected in Canada from Cuba's national team).
The past salary information comes from BaseballProspectus.com, a regular source of contract details used by baseball media.
Under baseball's rules, Iglesias remains under the Tigers' control until 2018 and won't be eligible for salary arbitration until 2015-16, according to MLB.com.
A player with three or more years in the majors, but less than six years, is eligible for salary arbitration. A team can opt to sign a player to a long-term deal at any point, but that doesn't typically happen until a player is arbitration eligible.
Baseball's minimum salary in 2014 is $500,000.
Boston traded Iglesias on July 30 to Detroit in a three-team deal that saw the Tigers send outfielder Avisail Garcia to the Chicago White Sox and reliever Brayan Villarreal to the Red Sox. Boston got starter Jake Peavy from Chicago.
Detroit paid the pro-rated remainder of Iglesias' contract in 2013.
In 46 games with the Tigers, he hit .259 with two home runs and 10 RBI. He had hit .330 in 63 games with the Red Sox, but the Tigers picked up Iglesias for his outstanding glove work at shortstop after starter Jhonny Peralta was lost to a 50-game suspension linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
Iglesias, who kept the job after Peralta returned for the playoffs, finished second to Tampa outfielder Wil Myers in American League Rookie of the Year balloting.
Iglesias's agent is Scott Boras of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Boras Corp.
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I personally prefer the option with the most direct control. Brake to brake. Accelerator to apply power. Do nothing and the car does nothing.
The creep is really just a hack to make the car operate like a legacy vehicle. But legacy vehicles don't creep because there is any value in doing so. They creep because the engine has to be running. So creeping is a silly artifact of an old drivetrain. It seems silly to me to replicate old functionality just because people got used to it.
The same goes for engine noise -- some folks argue that we should artificially make electric vehicles loud because we're used to it. I say nonsense.
Agreed, a hold option would be nice. But you quickly learn to lightly feather the throttle to hold yourself. I only use the brake maybe half the time or less.
Is there any truth to the rumor that creep mode consumes more battery? Does the motor continuously apply torque even if your foot is firmly on the brake? Or does it sense you let off the brake and then starts applying some rpm?
Creep comes from automatic transmissions' fluid clutch. Manuals dont creep. I dont like the creep mode.
You dont need hill hold in a model S. Its very hilly where I live... but hill hold is so the car doesnt start to roll back while the engine revs up. The torque is so quick in the Tesla that I dont find it a problem.
Will creep mode makes it easier to make a very small forward movement than hitting the accelerator, for example when you try to park in a tight place?
Creep is also nice to inch along in SoCal traffic jams.
My Prius seems to have a hold characteristic and I agree it is a good thing to have.
@carlk - yes to your question. I use creep and the only reason is when parking in my garage. Coming on off an incline and have only an inch or so on either side, so find that creep makes the entry a fair bit easier as I literally 'creep' in watching my two mirrors and then for for the two dogs who are likely flying in from the back yard :-)
Never use creep mode. Never miss it.
I don't use creep mode, but if they had a creep in reverse mode I might use that. I find when backing up that I like my foot over/on the brake to reduce the stop time. Since I back into my garage every day, and it has a slight incline, I miss the backward creeping.
I also think that hold would be a nice option.
Totally agree with ruckhazen, my wife's 2012 VW CC has a hold button. It sounds dumb until you get used to being at stoplight and just being able to hit the gas and go. It's awesome!! That would be a great feature for the Model S.
The diversity of preference shows that it's wise to make it configurable.
Personally, I have shut off creep and would love the hold feature.
Creep does not improve ability to do minute movements. I do <1 cm moves without creep no problem. I have not been on very steep slopes, but miss the hand break to do old-fashioned manual transmission hill starts. May be have to learn left foot breaking.
@carlk: Used creep for the first month or two while I got used to the accelerator. Now I prefer it off and I can control the car very easily while parking within inches of my garage wall.
I however do not use accelerator to "hold" the car on a hill, as that uses electricity (however minute) vs the brakes. No problems with rolling back too far before being able to switch, since there's no clutch action involved.
To each their own.
I found creep mode very useful, especially for parking in the garage, and have left it on all the time. However, The vehicle does not respond as I would expect in the specific case that I am stopped on a hill. In this case rather than rolling slowly forward (as I would like) the vehicle rolls backward when I take my foot off the brake. Then I resort to the classic method of using one foot on the brake and one on the gas and quickly swicthing between. I recommend finding a steep hill with no traffic around to experiment with this before you get stuck trying to pull onto a busy street with a car right behind you on a steep hill. This is definitely a place where a "hold" feature might come in handy. I would love to hear more about how the car responds under these conditions with creep mode versus without creep mode. Thanks
Creep will hill hold for mild inclines, but not Seattle hills.
I can't think of any valid reason why a car that is in "Drive" should ever, intentionally or not, roll backwards. I hope that, just like Tesla introduced the "creep" feature through a software update, they will also introduce a feature that will automatically "hold" when the car starts to roll in the opposite direction of the "gear" (D or R) that it's in.
+1 for what pebell said: it should never roll in the opposite direction of the gear selected. Hope this is added via software.
Creep on. I learned to drive on a manual and the first time I got to a stoplight on an incline in the S I was frantically looking (well, my left foot was frantically looking) for a clutch. The brake and accelerator combination worked fine, but, not the best for the car or the driver.
I don't use creep, I learned on manual transmissions so I'm used to the feel of the car moving freely forward and backward without brake applied seems normal to me. My wife likes creep mode as she has always drive automatics and that is her comfort zone. I think the option is good. The auto brake on stop is an assist I don't want but can see the utility of offering it
I totally agree with a few of the concerns for a hold method. I live in the foothills of California and can tell you that the car does move rather quickly backwards. My wife and I both complain that the car moves backwards pretty fast with the 4600 pounds of weight. I have to routinely jump on the pedal to reduce the rollback, especially since people like to get up and personal way to often. I don't know what their problem is, but personal space around a car is just as important for safety on any incline. Tesla should either program a faster creep when the car is stopped and on an incline or use some other hold feature to avoid this rollback.
I grew up with a stick shift so I don't creep.
Keep creeps out of your car. They're slobs.
I started using creep. I guess it was what I grew up with. I have grown to love no creep.
I grew up with a stick. Every car had a handbrake too. A hill start is part of the driving test in the UK. The applicant must park on a hill and apply the handbrake or parking brake (never heard of the emergency brake until I came here) and put the car in neutral. From the parked position, first is selected and the clutch is gradually eased as the brake is released so the car gently pulls away. Move back at all or lurch forward and you fail.
I was lost yesterday in my test-drive. I had to leave park. Without creep there's was nothing to hold the car unless I either used both feet or tried to straddle brake and accelerator with one foot. Weird. I guess I'll use creep.
I don't use creep at all. But living in SF where inclines are everywhere, i would enjoy not having to press on the break all the time while waiting for the stoplight.
I had some rough times trying to get in or get out of tight parking in inclined parallel parking. One time i got too close to the car infront of me and the car after me just gave me about barely 5 inches of clearance. Had to get someone to spot me to get out. In this circumstance, i miss the hand break alot. Image getting out of an incline parallel parking with barely a feet of clearance total on both ends.
I was rear-ended by a car that was rear-ended by another while waiting in line at a traffic light. The fellow that rear-ended me didn't have his foot on the brake while when he was rear-ended. That resulted in him hitting me.
He was in big trouble with his insurance company for admitting that he didn't have his foot on the brake. If he did have his foot on the brake I might not have been hit at all.
On steep hills I have one foot on the brake and the other covering the accelerator. It's works for me even though the car might beep at me for two pedal driving.
Hadn't thought about this for a long time. Many years ago, I used to be a member of an organization called the "Institute for Advanced Motorists". The entrance tests / requirements were very demanding, but once one became a member one enjoyed incredibly advantageous insurance rates. Anyway, one of their absolute requirements during one of the 2-hour entrance tests was that one apply the hand-brake at all red traffic lights in order to protect against being projected into cross-traffic by a rear-end accident while stationary. Their rationale was that simply sitting with one's foot on the brake is useless, since the moment one suffers a severe rear impact, one is likely to lose one's footing on the brake, thus providing no protection at all.
Now with the MS, it's no longer an option. And I have to admit, I got out of the habit of routinely applying the hand-brake at all red lights a long time ago!
@jjb. You can put your Tesla in park at each red light and achieve the same effect. ;)
@tkbsr - What difference would the weight make?
Discussing creep or no creep is ok. Tesla gives you a choice. How about giving us a choice for hill hold too.
Creep = vestigial tail from the ICE age. If cars were just now being invented, without the ICE age, there would be no thought of creep. Hard to believe that we have a software feature in these cars of tomorrow designed solely for the purpose of mimicking a flaw in design from 1940's-era slush-o-mastic transmissions. When a car isn't receiving input on the go pedal it should stop. This argues for hill hold, but not creep, which is just a learned behavior expectation (a bad habit?)
Creep off from day one…never had the need to turn it back on…but "hill hold" would be a nice on-demand feature!
+1 for hill hold and +1 for car not moving in direction not matching the "gear" that it's in.
We're up to 1,300 miles on our S85 and turned off creep mode a while back. We like it better with creep off, but whenever we're driving up out of an underground parking garage and have to brake on the hill it's scary / awkward.
I drive a manual car and so will generally have creep off, however when driving automatics I don't mind the creep function when parking - especially on a slight incline. With the manual I use the clutch to moderate creep - generally without any throttle. I don't remember is there was creep or not on the roadster.


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