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FALMOUTH — The woman who has accused an East Falmouth man of repeatedly assaulting her and forcibly injecting her with heroin acknowledged in court Tuesday that she had multiple opportunities to leave him during what she called a weeklong period of abuse yet she did not.
Nor did she call for help while she was allegedly being assaulted by Justin Mustafa, she testified, or otherwise alert police, family members, friends or passers-by of her plight.
The reason, she said, was to preserve their romantic relationship.
"I loved him," she said in court. "I wanted to work it out. I wanted him to love me. I wanted him to feel like I was worth something and not just a punching bag."
Mustafa, 24, faces 11 counts, including animal cruelty, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, court records say. The charges all stem from activity that allegedly occurred between June 28 and July 4, a time period the woman said included multiple violent outbursts, five occasions in which he forcibly injected her with heroin and one time when he compelled her to perform oral sex on his pit bull.
The trial continues today in Falmouth District Court.
The alleged victim, 25, spent nearly all day on the stand Tuesday. Cape and Islands Assistant District Attorney Michael Giardino finished the questioning he began Monday, then defense attorney Robert Manning cross-examined her.
Manning repeatedly pointed out times during the week in question when she could have left or called out for help. The pair attended several social events together and went to the town's Fourth of July fireworks display in Falmouth Heights, she testified. Many of the incidents the charges stem from occurred in Mustafa's Lincoln Zephyr while it was stopped or in Mustafa's bedroom in a house he shared with his grandparents, Ahmed and Sophia Mustafa. Both were locations in which, Manning said, the woman could have received assistance.
"His grandfather is 10 to 15 feet away from you, his grandmother is 10 to 15 feet away from you, and you didn't call out," he said.
The woman did not deny that, but she vehemently denied that the slapping she alleges happened was an extension of their previous sexual encounters. She testified that she and Mustafa would occasionally playfully slap or hit each other, but that the activity during this week was more violent.
The woman did not report the incidents to police until July 6, one week after she said they began.
At one point, the woman needed a recess to compose herself after breaking down in tears during Manning's rigorous cross-examination.
During her testimony, Mustafa, clad in a gray suit and gray striped tie, listened intently and often whispered to Manning or shook his head as if to disagree with her.
The only other witness called Tuesday was Falmouth police Officer Jamie Livingston, who took the initial report on the case when the woman came to the Falmouth Police Department.
Livingston verified that photos taken of the woman's bruises and track marks were accurate representations of her appearance at that time.
Giardino rested the prosecution's case Tuesday afternoon. Manning will begin presenting his case this morning. Earlier this week, he said he intended to call as many as four witnesses.
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|ACE inhibitors versus diuretics: ALLHAT versus ANBP2.
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|The ALLHAT (The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering treatment to prevent Heart Attack Trial) trial enrolled hypertensive patients with at least one additional risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD) to a comparison of the diuretic chlorthalidone, the calcium channel blocker, amlodipine, and the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, lisinopril. Throughout the study, chlorthalidone decreased the systolic blood pressure to a slightly, but significantly greater extent (0.8-3.1 mmHg) than amlodipine or lisinopril. No significance differences were reported for amlodipine versus chlorthalidone or lisinopril versus chlorthalidone on the primary outcome of combined incidence of fatal CHD and nonfatal myocardial infarction. The findings of ALLHAT support the use of thiazide-type diuretics as first choice pharmacological therapy in at risk patients with hypertension. ANBP2 (The Second Australian National Blood Pressure Study) was also a comparison between diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide) and ACE inhibitors (enalapril) but was performed in older hypertensives that had few previous cardiovascular events. Diastolic blood pressure reduction was similar in both groups at all times. The risk of the primary outcome of all cardiovascular events or death from any cause was 11% lower in the ACE group than the diuretic group and the benefit was predominantly in men. Thus, ANBP2 suggests that in relatively healthy elderly hypertensive patients, ACE inhibitors should be preferred to diuretics.
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Western Digital My Passport 2TB hard drive review
Superb value and a huge amount of space mean this drive is our favourite
Western Digital's My Passport has the biggest capacity here, at 2TB, but it's not exactly flashy. Its plastic enclosure makes barely any concession to style and, at 230g in weight and 21mm thick, it can't compete with some of the slimmer and lighter models in offer in this test.
It's a sturdy bit of kit, though; while it's made from plastic, there's not much give in its chassis. We'd be confident of slinging this drive in a backpack and it coming out the other side with nothing worse than a couple of scratches.
The Western Digital isn't able to compete with some of the other drives here for flashy design or future-proofed features, then, but it soon gathered a head of steam in our benchmarks.
It made a decent start in AS SSD's sequential read and write tests, with results of 108MB/s and 99MB/s only a couple of megabytes behind the fastest hard-disk-based drives in this test, and the Western Digital came into its own when tasked with CrystalDiskMark's small file benchmarks.
In CrystalDiskMark's 512KB read and write tests the Western Digital scored 40MB/s and 56MB/s - speeds that were only beaten by the SSD-based LaCie drive. It performed well with even smaller files too: its 4KB read and write scores of 0.5MB/s and 1MB/s were, again, towards the top of this test's results tables.
It wasn't all plain sailing, however. The Western Digital's minimum read and write speeds of 6MB/s in ATTO were partnered by mediocre maximum read and write results of 108MB/s and 107MB/s, and that made for average read and write speeds of 84MB/s in both tests.
Elsewhere, there are few surprises. A USB 3.0 drive is included - along with every other drive here - and we like Western Digital's SmartWare application, which includes plenty of options for hard disk management. It's possible to add password protection to the disk, back up and restore files, check the drive's safety and securely format the hard disk.
Western Digital's MyPassport isn't a flashy or exciting bit of kit, and it lacks headline-grabbing features like wireless access, free apps or SSD-based memory. It does, however, have a reasonable turn of speed, a colossal amount of space on offer and extremely good value: its £110 asking price works out at just 6p per gigabyte, which is the lowest figure on offer here by a significant distance.
It's for these reasons that the My Passport has crept under the radar to take the crown in this test. Other drives might appeal with flashier design or features, but this is the best way to get a huge amount of external storage without breaking the bank - and that's why it's taking home an award.
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Student Learning Goals
Students will attain the breadth and depth of curricular and co-curricular content necessary for fulfillment of the Master of Physician Studies (MPAS) program mission, for first-attempt passing of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) certification exam, and for successful practice as a physician assistant.
These learning goals reflect the competencies of many professional sources, to include: the NCCPA blueprint, the Physician Assistant Professional Competencies, and the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) Accreditation Standards within the foundational mission, values and liberal arts goals of St. Catherine University.
Students will be expected to demonstrate competency in eight core learning outcome categories.
Medical Care
- Comprehend a wealth of medical knowledge including an understanding of basic and biomedical sciences, clinical medicine, patient presentation, differential diagnosis, patient management, surgical principals, health promotion and disease prevention.
- Demonstrate core knowledge and skills in researching established and evolving biomedical and clinical sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care.
Patient Care: Evaluation, Assessment and Management
- Attain knowledge and skills in the area of patient care including age-appropriate assessment, evaluation and management of disease and wellness.
- Demonstrate care that is effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of wellness.
Healthcare Systems Based Practice
- Attain the knowledge and understanding of healthcare systems-based practice, which encompasses the societal, organizational and economic environments in which health care is delivered.
- Demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger system of health care to provide optimal patient care and improvements to community and health care systems.
Interpersonal Skills and Communication (Leadership, Collaboration & Team Based Care)
- Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills for effective information exchange with patients, their patients' families, physicians, professional associates, and the health care system.
- Possess interpersonal and communication skills that encompasses verbal, nonverbal and written exchange of information.
- Attain the skills and attributes necessary to participate in team-based care, work in collaboration with others and take on leadership roles in their community, clinic or profession.
PA Practice and Professionalism; Ethics, Social Justice and Catholic Intellectual Teaching
- Demonstrate professionalism, ethical conduct, responsibility, sensitivity to a diverse patient population and adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrate a solid understanding of Physician Assistant practice, which includes an understanding of professional and personal limitations.
- Explain commitment to Catholic Social Teaching, Intellectual Inquiry and the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services of respect for life, service and advocacy; contribute to common good, and stewardship of resources.
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- Apply practice-based learning skills that include critical analysis of self learning, mentorship, analysis of medical resources and literature, and use of technology and resources for implementation of the electronic health record, management of health information, and practice of evidence-based medicine.
Cultural Competence: Patient Populations, Diversity and Global Perspectives
- Demonstrate the knowledge, professional attitude and skills related to cultural competence, its relationship to health, health disparities, disease incidence and prevalence for specific communities and diverse patients.
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Japanese sunglass proveyor A.D.S.R. joins up with famed skater, artist, and designer Mark "Gonz" Gonzales this season on a pair of special edition spec's. Both frames feature dark lenses with black coating for the exterior of the frames, which is engraved with Gonzales' signature in white, presenting a pretty subtle front. However, it's the inside that packs a different punch with a two different prints of his work on a white background. Both are available now in limited numbers via the A.D.S.R. online shop and their partner retailers around the globe.
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Culinary Event to Feature More Than Local Food
Food brings people together, and a Kitsap group promoting the eat-local movement hopes mouth-watering local fare will draw a crowd.
Local chefs will use ingredients grown and raised on Kitsap farms for the dishes of a buffet dinner hosted by the Kitsap Community and Agriculture Alliance on Sept. 15.
Silverdale business owner Monica Downen, of Monica's Waterfront Bakery and Cafe, wanted to host a harvest meal using only local foods and culinary efforts.
The alliance held a similar event a year ago at Olympic College — under a different name — and wanted to do it again.
Jim Freeman, a member of the agriculture alliance, and Downen connected.
"I wanted to be able to show what fantastic local food products we have and the talented local chefs we have," Downen said. "My goal is to have the menu be a worldly theme."
Highlights from the menu, which is still being finalized, include Jamaican goat curry, Korean vegetable soup, an Italian vegetable lasagna, French cassoulet, pork chili Verde and salads with homemade dressings.
All of the ingredients, from the goat and pork to the carrots and chard, will come from Kitsap farms.
"I wanted lots and lots of different flavors because we've got all these people with all these different backgrounds to prepare these same foods in different ways," Downen said. "It's a great opportunity to try things that you wouldn't normally try in a restaurant."
Freeman sees the culinary event as a way to bring old and young farmers together, while also educating the nonfarming community about the importance of preserving local farms.
"Our task in building our local food network is to figure out how to grow local support," he said.
To that end the alliance has planned an educational component for the evening.
"There's a disconnect of people who own farms that want to see it continued and those who are younger and want to get into farming, but just don't know how," Freeman said.
Keynote speakers include Nash Huber, the 2008 American Farmland Trust "Farmer of the Year" who runs the Delta Farm in Sequim, and Kate Dean, co-founder of Mt. Townsend Creamery.
Huber has grown organic produce for more than 40 years, and is responsible for getting Seattle-based PCC Natural Markets to buy the Dungeness River delta farmland to preserve the land for farming. He now uses the 300 acres to train young farmers in organic farming.
Dean coordinates the small farms program for Washington State University's Jefferson County extension program. She focuses on a strategic approach to supporting local agriculture and will discuss ways to connect young farmers with available farmland.
Peninsula Local Food Chef Show-Off
What: An event featuring local food prepared by local chefs
Where: The President's Hall, Kitsap County Fairgrounds
When: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4 to 10 p.m.
Cost: $25 prepaid; $30 at the door; $40 for couples
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TOPEKA -- Topeka's Christmas Bureau Intake (for families applying for assistance) is wrapping up Saturday at the Salvation Army Headquarters, 1320 SE Sixth Avenue.
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Caramel Apple Breakfast Pudding
Prep: 30 minutes Chill: 3 hours Bake: 40 minutes at 325°F.
2 large tart apples (such as Jonathan or Granny Smith)
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons light-colored corn syrup
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/4 cup pecan pieces
3 beaten eggs
1-1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8-10 half-inch-thick slices Italian or French bread
1. Peel, core, and slice apples (2 cups). In a small saucepan combine apple slices and ¼ cup water. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cook, covered, over medium-low heat for 5 to 7 minutes or until apples are tender, stirring occasionally. Drain in a colander. Transfer apples to a small bowl. Gently stir cinnamon into cooked apples. Set aside.
2. In the same small saucepan combine brown sugar, light-colored corn syrup, and margarine or butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture just comes to a boil. Remove from heat. Pour mixture into a 2-quart square baking dish. Sprinkle pecans over all.
3. In a medium mixing bowl combine the eggs, milk, vanilla, and nutmeg. Arrange a layer of half the bread slices in the baking dish atop the caramel mixture, trimming bread to fit. Spoon cooked apples evenly over bread layer. Arrange remaining bread slices on top. Carefully pour the egg mixture over bread, pressing the bread down gently to moisten the slices completely. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or up to 24 hours.
4. Uncover and bake in a 325°F. oven for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Remove from oven; run a knife around edge to loosen. Let stand for 15 minutes. Carefully invert pudding onto a platter. (Spoon any remaining caramel mixture in dish over pudding.) Cut into triangles. Serve warm or cool. Makes 8 servings.
Make-Ahead Tip: Assemble strata. Cover and refrigerate up to 24 hours before baking as directed above.
Nutrition facts per serving: 208 calories, 7 g total fat (2 g saturated fat), 83 mg cholesterol, 168 mg sodium, 31 g carbohydrates, 0 g fiber, 5 g protein.
Daily values: 9% vitamin A, 0% vitamin C, 7% calcium, 8% iron.


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In Level 1 students undertake introductory subjects that are designed to develop knowledge and understanding of core disciplines to provide a learning platform for more advanced study. In addition, students also take the 'Social Sciences Learning Lab', a year long module which introduces the academic conventions of higher education. The learning lab is a learner centered module which develops academic awareness, communication skills, research skills and encourages learner participation.
In Level 2 students take subjects that build on the level 1 foundation and further develop student knowledge and understanding.
In Level 3 students take subjects intended to develop understanding of applied areas and key subjects. Furthermore, students also undertake a research project under the guidance of a supervisor.
Learners graduating with a BA (Hons) in Social Science will, depending on final year grades, be eligible for postgraduate training in social science related areas in Ireland and abroad, such as social work, addiction studies, sociology, anthropology, criminology, research methodology, etc. The knowledge base and skill set acquired during their years of study will also equip learners for postgraduate work across a variety of other fields. Those learners who wish to seek work directly upon graduation will be ideally placed to gain employment commercially, in the fast expanding niche of social research in established institutions, or on funded research projects. Nongovernmental organisations, the communications industry and the emerging information sector have also shown high levels of demand for graduates trained in social scientific research methods.
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Peter Rosaschi will lead Franciscan University's men's lacrosse team as head coach for its inaugural season.
Rosaschi brings with him 32 years of lacrosse experience. As a player in college, he was selected as captain in his senior year at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. For the past 11 years, Rosaschi has served as a coach for Pawling Lacrosse in New York, a town program consisting of travel teams from kindergarten to high school level. For the past two years, he has also served as the president of Pawling Lacrosse.
Rosaschi graduated with a BS from the USMMA at Kings Point and an MBA in finance from Long Island University. Rosaschi, his wife, Beth, and their six children reside in Steubenville.


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WALLA WALLA -- A man accused of committing 20 crimes in the area, including five burglaries and thefts of guns from two locations pleaded guilty Monday in Superior Court to reduced charges.
But Mathew B. Weise, 32, of 428 S.W. 12th St., still faces the possibility of two decades in prison after pleading guilty to six crimes.
Most of the charges against Weise stemmed from break-ins dating back to May. In addition to the five burglary charges, he was accused of eight counts of theft -- including firearms, four counts of possessing guns as a convicted felon, one count of possessing burglary tools and two drug charges. But the prosecution agreed to reduce the case against him in exchange for his guilty pleas.
On Monday, Weise admitted to three counts of residential burglary, two counts of firearm theft and one count of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm.
The standard-range penalty for the crimes is about 17-and-a-half to 23-and-a-third years because of the weapons charges and his criminal history that includes six felonies.
According to the plea agreement, Prosecuting Attorney Jim Nagle is recommending Weise be ordered to serve a 20-year prison term. But the prosecution will not object to Weise asking Judge Donald W. Schacht to impose a sentencing alternative requiring Weise to undergo drug treatment.
That alternative would result in Weise serving about 10 years in prison with a like amount on community custody.
Weise will be sentenced later.
He was arrested Aug. 16 after Walla Walla County sheriff's deputies served a search warrant at his residence, which has a postal address of College Place, but actually is outside the city limits.
Officials said Weise burglarized residences on Summit Place, the Old Milton Highway, Valley Street and Mojonnier Road. During the search of his residence, officials found stolen property, tools similar to those used in at least one of the burglaries and drug paraphernalia.
Two suspected marijuana plants in pots also were found on the property, officials said.
If Weise had been convicted of all charges, he potentially could have received a life prison sentence.
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Last season saw the Hanks Knights win District 2-4A in convincing fashion and advance to the third round of the state playoffs.
But gone are standouts such as shortstop Julinn Torres and pitcher BreAnna Fuller, leaving the Knights to reload at key spots. However, in what should be a competitive season across the board in high school softball, the Knights are ranked No. 1 in the El Paso Times' Preseason Top 5 poll.
"We have good players coming back," Hanks coach Shelley Prather said. "We'll have to replace some good players up the middle at catcher, at pitcher and in the middle infield. But we have some good young players and once we get everyone back from basketball, I think we'll be fine. There are a lot of good teams in town this year and it looks to be balanced. "
The Knights will be anchored by center fielder Ariel Blair, a two-year starter and a Division I prospect. Also back are infielders Savannah Gregory, Brianna Red and Bryanna Molina. All four were major contributors on last year's squad.
"We feel like we have a good team and we feel like we can achieve great things this year," Gregory said. "We have a lot of good players coming back and we have some good up and coming players that we feel will contribute. We just have to work hard every day in practice and improve each game. We're motivated to win district again and do well in the playoffs."
Other top teams in the city include Franklin, Montwood, Chapin, Parkland and others looking to challenge for return trips to the playoffs are Americas, Bel Air and Andress.


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Hi, i'm hoping to get an answer to a real world drive question. I've seen several Tesla's now on the road and they are usually cruising along at 60ish mph. What if i'm lucky with all that downtown LA traffic I experience and want to go 80ish for my 95 miles roundtrip commute? The calculators all appear to go to 65 - just wondering for my own knowledge.
Question: What would the range be on a 60 battery if I traveled from OC to LA roundtrip at 80 mph?
See this blog entry (graph halfway down): http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/model-s-efficiency-and-range
@Cal Okie try this link.
Those stats appear to be for the 85kw car and top out at 65mpg. Hoping for an example at 80ish.
I have spreadsheets/tables at http://EVTripPlanner.com/calcs.php - includes estimates of actual range on each battery at different speeds. Soon will have "Trip Energy Estimator" that should be within 2-3% (vs. 20% error or more using manufacturer averages).
I have a 60 and drive about 60 miles roundtrip. I drive with speed of traffic 70-80 and use about 75 miles of rated range. I can give you exact kwh tomorrow after I reset my trip meters. Last week I drove about 100 miles (west sfv to valencia to staples center and back to sfv). I don't remember exactly how miles I had left, but I had zero anxiety. I do not that range drops significantly when going 85. Sorry for not being very precise.
I appreciate your help - all of you. I'm not looking for precision as much as not wanting to get stuck somewhere if I leadfoot it on my commute. I'm looking for more what is possible....thanks
@Cal Okie, the graphs in the blog post (@glaserud's comment) go to 80 mph. The second graph on that page (Battery wh/mile vs. constant speed) is interesting for us 60s because the energy consumption of an 85 will be very close, but we can expect to 60 to use slightly less, because it's just a little bit lighter. So, the line on the graph for the 85 could be considered a pessimistic upper bound, and it says at 80 mph, the consumption is 400 wh/mile.
So what does 400 wh/mile mean for range in a 60? At standard charge (90%), it's 54 kWh / (400 wh/mile) = 135 miles, with nothing to spare. That's one graph point, you can determine others based on your prefs (i.e. max charge, 5-10% spare capacity, etc.).
Ok, that is very interesting. So that gives me some wiggle room if on the rare day there is no traffic (OK, extremely rare day).
Could you expound a little bit on the standard charge (i know off topic). Do you not charge to 100% capacity?
You can charge to "Range Charge" (100%) and not damage the battery much if you finish charging just before you plan to drive and don't keep the car at full charge for very long (because once you are driving you are drawing the battery down below full).
@Cal Okie, Standard charge charges to about 90%, max charge to 100%. It's not recommended to use max charge frequently, as it will reduce battery life. Check out page 17 of the owner's manual, if you have access to it (if you can see a "view manuals" button on your "My Tesla" page). Here's some info copied from page 17 (pardon the formatting):
• By default, Model S charges to the STANDARD charge level, which provides the fastest charging time and maximizes the life of the Battery by charging it to less than its full capacity.
• To drive as far as possible, change the charge level to MAX RANGE. Although this setting charges the Battery to full capacity, using it frequently reduces Battery life.
But the topic has been discussed extensively on other threads, so search for them to get more info.
BTW, @nickniketown has posted that link before. It provides no additional information beyond the blog post, but makes lots and lots of assumptions in order to extrapolate the tables. He also can't/won't give attribution to the author of that link, which calls into question both his (and the link's) objectivity.
Not to mention it was dated before the first Model S shipped, so is strictly theoretical.
But the best approach is simply to flag all NNT's posts so they go away.
Cal Okie,
I have a 60 kwh car, and I drive 80 mph all the time, I would say the rated range discounted by 15% has been a generous assumption.
In other words, if the rated miles say 185 miles (the standard charge), it will drive easily around 150 miles.
I've not been shy about pushing the car. I also have found, ironically, that using the cruise control actually makes the range worse (after you get used to driving the car, taking advantage of regen, etc.)
Good luck with your purchase. No regrets. This car is really something else.
One thing I like to point out when it comes to the speed/distance/efficiency/range thing, is that things average out...
I pushed my S hard doing a Vegas run. Harder each leg, as my confidence grew. I used my GPS to track current/average/Max speed. I would like to say that I drove 80-85 MPH on my most aggressive leg living in the left lane for 120 miles. With only 300 ft elevation change it was relatively flat. I only used 334 Wh/mi.
No graph in the world, or physics at that point would make those numbers come true. What I haven't told you yet is that the GPS showed a Max speed of 89, but and AVERAGE speed of only 66.4! So now the numbers start to line up again. Even though I was cruising as fast as the fastest car on the freeway, when traffic comes into play, the average drops and the efficiency goes up. Just make sure you read way ahead and use the regen to slow the car.
So in the end, all the car saw was a 120 mile trip at 66 MPH...
Hope that helps put things in perspective.
I have created some charts showing estimated range at different speeds at http://EVTripPlanner.com/calcs.php
Oops - here is the chart based on extending published curves showing Wh/mile:
Does traffic help or hurt mileage?
It should help a little with regen. You are not really using any energy (unlike an ICE) sitting in traffic (not going much of anywhere either).
Cliff, that looks good to me. Driving around 65 avg speed nets me rated range like your chart shows.
Cal, traffic will help lower your avg speed and therefore extend your range. Only catch is you must avoid using the brakes. Gauge the traffic well in advance, leave good gaps and let the regen work its magic. The S is most efficient around 35 MPH.
Cal Okie,
I drive from Pasadena through downtown to the Westside a few times a week. Traffic actually helps the range, because you wind up driving more slowly. But with my normal driving (Not really 80ish, but I generally try to be the second fastest car, so the CHP has a better candidate than me) I leave with a 185 range and get back with about 122 miles. It's a 59 mile round trip.
For a kick in the pants, BTW, take it up the 110 from downtown to Pasadena a 2am one day. No traffic. You'll know what I mean.
Good luck getting 265 out of an 85 at 65 mph. More like 190.
We did just under 170 miles in our 60 kWh from Barstow to Las Vegas. We did 70 mph on the I-15 stretch with four people in the car (two kids). We range charged at the SC in Barstow, but had 25 rated miles to spare at the end. That's with a net elevation gain of about 1,000 feet and two big hills.
The 60 is fairly close to the Roadster polt in these charts,
oops, that s/b plot
I have a 60 kWh. Charged it to 190 a full standard charge. I live right outside of DC and was going to hang out with friend that lives near the Delaware Supercharger about 100 miles away. I first went to Reagan to pick up my gf then to College Park to pick up a friend at UMD then drove averaging 70-75 all the way to the Delaware Supercharger. Made it with 22 miles to spare. I think your fine, if I didnt make those two stops out of my way I would've had more.
I have a 60 kwh as well with single charger, pano, tech, child seat, air suspension, 19" wheels.
My numbers are very similar to the folks who posted. 15% loss of range by going 65 to 75 mph range is pretty close to what I get. So I left home with 180 mi rated, drove 65-75 mph (occasional 80-85mph, you just can't help it with this car) for 130 miles round trip and came home with 20 miles to spare, lost about 30 miles. Which if comparing to ICE cars, that's about 1.5 gallons of gas :)
Did anyone range charge the 60kwh battery yet? How much range do you get with range charge?
Pungo, you should have breakfast with me some morning. I eat lucky charms and get rated mileage, and then some, all the time. Or maybe it's just this California weather that the S loves so much!
The most I've ever drained my battery was doing errands and meetings on my day off and racked up 235 miles and got home with 19, on a max rated charge of 261 when I left. Most of the mileage with up and down the 15 at 70-75mph. When I left my final destination, I had 100 miles of range and I had to cover 92, so I put the cruise control to 67 and made it home. Some of the freeway section speed limits are 65 posted and some are 70 posted, so I split the difference.
I've range charged the 60 a a SC. It goes to 197 and stops but the bar keeps moving to the right and probably gives another 15-20 miles of rated range.
trip information for last 62 RT and since I had the car. I tried to drive as fast as possible yesterday. Freeway speed 70-80, sometimes 85. about 70% fwy,30% city.
Distance Total Energer Avg Energy
2420 806 kWh 337 Wh/mi
62 20.4 kWh 330 Wh/mi
Hope this helps. I have no idea how this translates miles on std charge of 185-190 rated miles. I am sure someone on this thread is a lot smarter than I am.
@ Darmok
Thanks for the info regarding range charge on the 60 kwh battery. Kinda strange that it only goes up to 197 with range charge for the 60kwh battery, it should at least go up to the EPA rated 208.
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We were asked by actor Paddy Considine if we wanted to design some promo stuff for his rather ace band 'Riding The Low's' annual 'Christmas Craptacular' gig. Naturally we jumped at the chance. We've designed beermat flyers and A3 posters, all lovingly printed by EE Chrisp. The 'Craptacular' takes place at The Tower Brewery in Burton On Trent on the 28th December; flyers can be found at the venue on the night and posters are for sale for a 'festive fiver' and come on two different stocks. Flyers are letterpressed in red/gold, posters are litho'd onto newsprint and poster card in the same colours. You can get tickets here… Should be a cracker!
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What is PsExec ? Examples, Commands and Download
Remote control programs and other similar utilities can be used to execute programs remotely. However they are not that easy to set up since you need to install client software. PsExec is a tool that allows you to accomplish processes on remote systems, and you don't have to install any type of client software manually to use it. You can easily launch command-prompts on the remote systems. PsExec helps to enable tools such as IpConfig that do not possess the capability to display the details about the remote systems by default.
Before you install PsExec, you need to note one thing. Some of the anti-virus programs might report it to be affected by a "remote admin" virus, which is not the case in reality. It was used by some viruses and that is the major reason for the anti-virus programs to prompt you with virus alerts.
PsExec was proposed to be a part of PsTools suite which was developed by Mark Russinovich. Microsoft has bought it now. This particular tool will let you to manage devices divided by domain and site frontiers. It can also help to transmit console input and output between the systems and this particular process will help you to utilize interactive tools remotely.
Most of the inner functions and operations of the software associated with Microsoft will be kept as a secret. However this is not the case of PsExec. It permits to redirect both input and output of a remotely on track executable by using SMB and hidden $ADMIN share on remote system. PsExec will use Windows Service control Manager API to commence the PsExecsvc service on remote system that will craft a pipe with whichPsExec will correspond. This particular pipe is the thing that will permit input/output redirection in return to the system that started PsExec.
Various uses of PsExec
You can use PsExec to accomplish lots of helpful and functional things.
Using PsExec to launch ipconfig on a remote system
You will be able to find only the DNS name and not the precise IP configuration settings. You can use IpConfig tool on your system to discover this particular detail. However, you would need to go to another place or borrow any other user's computer to know this detail. IpConfig does not have the ability to run alongside a non-local machine and here is where you can use PsExec to commence it lucratively. The remote computer will be authorized after double slash, followed by IpConfig command. It will default to %SYSTEM% directory over the remote system that you are trying to run the command. The /all switch is indicated to show all the accessible ipconfig details.
Launching an executable patch remotely
You can also use PsExec to deploy updated, hotfixes and patches. Whenever you are left with very little time to set up a high-priority security patch, you can make use of PsExec to deploy it. You can see two computer names in the command picture. They are split by commas after double slash. PsExec permits you to specify a file that includes a list of address and device name or instead specify numerous target devices. There is a /c switch that is utilized when you would like to state a file on local system that needs to be accomplished on the remote system.
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For instance, if an attacker gets the credentials of a system and does not possess direct access, the main aim of the attacker would be to get GUI or the system's command line control. Since the usage of the credentials is limited, the attacker might not be able to use it. The attacker can now use PsExec in order to operate a backdoor executable on the system.
The attacker will use the /c switch to operate the local file on the remote system. The attacker will also use –u and –p switches to indicate the username and password in order to execute the file with root level benefit. The victim will not know about this ongoing process since the file is executed silently on the backdoor that will permit the attacker to link to the system and get the administrative command prompt.
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Good performance by Carlow against Dublin in first outing
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TAKE A deep breath folks, hold it in, count backwards from ten, and exhale, yes the GAA year has kicked off again and not a moment too soon either.
While Carlow's footballers having been running themselves ragged and working like Trojans for the last three months the rest of us have enjoyed such pleasures as alcohol, turkey and ham and a range of take away's during the festive season.
The training is paying off too with Carlow players looking not too far off the pace of Dublin, who let's face it are almost paid professionals at this stage and yet Carlow competed for every scrap that came available and had they played at all in the opening ten minutes who knows what the score could have been.
That was the biggest problem on Sunday, in the opening ten minutes Carlow forgot they were in a game and seemed to focus on the fact that they were facing the 2011 All Ireland champions, however, once the scallionaters woke up, they gave Dublin a real game and by half time the men in red yellow and green were playing arguably the better football.
In saying that though Carlow will be kicking themselves, for time and time again any one of the six backs would get on a block or a tackle and clear their lines only to kick possession away almost immediately. You just can't do that against Dublin, they consistently got shots off whereas Carlow repeatedly found themselves between the Dublin 45 and 65 metre lines with nowhere to go.
Some more match practice, some game time in the legs, an improvement in decision making and confidence in their own ability and Anthony Rainbow has a team that are heading for Division 3 next year.
Credit to Dublin on Sunday they looked like a team in wonderful physical condition. Even their "small fella's are solid blocks" one spectator remarked after the game. By the seventh minute Dublin were 0-4 to 0-0 up and it was a four point gap that Carlow would never close.
Robert McCarthy capitalised on a poor Carlow clearance for the opening score of the game and four minutes later in front of the stand Diarmuid Connolly was initially bottled up by a Carlow defender but the Dub simply turned the other way and curled over a fine score.
Carlow looked to go on the offensive but some shocking passing allowed McCarthy in for his second score. By the time Bernard Brogan added a free it looked like it was going to be one of those days but Carlow came to life and Alan Kelly fed a pass to Daniel St.Ledger and despite the close attention of Ger Brennan he found the target.
That score and a block by Tony Bolger and a marvellous and typical high catch from Derek Hayden really got Carlow moving and a great point from Eoghan Ruth epitomised the new Carlow effort, after determined play form Martin Doyle and Con Murphy.
Brian Murphy went on to kick Carlow's next three points with two frees and one fantastic score which came almost instantly from a Cluxton mistake.
Dublin consistently tapped over the scores though and never let the home side really get back into proceedings. The killer blow in the first half was a Diarmuid Connolly goal. He found himself close to goal and despite the on rushing Trevor O'Reilly and the presence of two Carlow defenders the All Ireland winner found the top corner. Carlow trailed by four at the break by 1-9 to 0-8 after Darragh Foley had added two very well taken frees.
The second half turned out to be a real let down. Carlow attacked with the same menace that they had in the first half and even the cool as a cucumber Stephen Cluxton at some stages didn't know where to place his kickouts.
However, six minutes in Robert McCarthy found the net with the simplest of finishes and although Carlow fought hard, once that soft score had been conceded the result wasn't in doubt.
With 15 minutes to play Paddy Quinn buried the ball in the net after the Carlow defence had been ripped to shreds down the middle and by that stage the game was over. Brendan Murphy came off the bench to kick a fine point despite slipping and Eoghan Ruth has thankfully brought his brilliant form from last year along with him for 2013. Darrragh was immense from the frees all day and at the back Molloy, Hayden, Kavanagh and Doyle played with hearts on sleeves. The next test is tomorrow night (Wednesday) in Bray where Carlow take on Wicklow.


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Passersbys are seen looking at a statue of former president Ronald Reagan after the arm was severed in a park in Gdansk, Poland, on Oct. 1. / Mateusz Ochocki, AP
WARSAW (AP) - Police were searching on Wednesday for a vandal who damaged a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in the Polish city of Gdansk by cutting off one arm of the former U.S. president and stealing it.
The statue was unveiled just last year to honor Reagan and the Polish-born pope, who were both widely credited with helping Poland topple communism 24 years ago.
The vandalism in the Baltic port city was discovered on Tuesday, setting off the search for the perpetrator, said Lucyna Rykowska, a spokeswoman for Gdansk police.
The statue was inspired by an Associated Press photograph taken by Scott Stewart during the pope's second visit to the United States in 1987, and honors Reagan's support for Poland's struggle to end decades of communism.
People interviewed by Poland's TVN24 deplored the vandalism and stressed the popularity of the statue in the park where it is located, saying visitors often leave flowers there.
The damage was initially estimated at more than 100,000 zlotys ($30,000), but the artist who made the statue said it could be repaired within weeks for far less.
On July 17, 2007, Polish President Lech Kaczynski presented his nation's highest distinction, the Order of the White Eagle, to Nancy Reagan on behalf of her late husband.
Poland also has a statute of Reagan in Warsaw, and a roundabout in the city of Wroclaw has been named after him.
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"This graffiti isn't art - it's an abuse of childhood"
Posted: September 04, 2013|
THOUGHT-provoking or an offensive attack upon the innocence of childhood?
Whatever you may think of this graffiti showing a young girl wearing a balaclava and holding spray paint cans, it has managed to cause a stir.
Painted by internationally recognised Bristol artist Nick Walker, the piece on Anchor Road has – like many others in the city – been the subject of a complaint aimed at the council.
But council officers are powerless to act as the stencil was painted with permission of the building's owner, Oryx Executive Search, who are happy with the artwork.
Gil Osman, 74, a retired teacher and campaigner from Shirehampton, said he made a complaint to the council after spotting the image while driving along Anchor Road.
He said: "My first impression was that it was a representation of child abuse. This appalled me.
"On closer inspection, I saw that the girl was holding what could have been spray paint cans in her hands, which suggested that it was some kind of statement or protest about graffiti art."
He claimed when he first contacted the city council he was told it would be removed within three days. But a week later he was told the property owners would not give permission for the graffiti to be scrubbed off.
He said: "Using a young child's image in this way, no matter what the 'message', I still consider to be child abuse – an abuse of childhood. As a father and grandfather, retired schoolteacher and school counsellor, this image offends me. I am quite sure it also offends others.
"As a native Bristolian (and proud to be so), I do not want visitors to the city to be confronted by such an image – Banksy or not."
But Philip Moran, founder of Oryx, which owns the building, feels the graffiti is a welcome addition to Bristol's thriving street art scene.
He said: "From my perspective the artist had permission to do this and I think his work is great.
"Nick Walker is a well-respected and renowned street artist who has done a number of important and interesting pieces all over the world.
"I think anyone would be very, very hard pressed to say this was an offensive item.
"It is meant to be an amusing take on street art and it is not remotely controversial."
Bristol City Council says that if a piece of street art is reported to them they will have it removed from a private building free of charge if it is below head height.
If the council deems it offensive – likely to cause harm or distress – teams will have it removed without the building owner's permission.
This happened in an incident where swastikas were daubed on walls in Stokes Croft last year.
Peter Wood, spokesman for the city council, said of the matter: "We have no record of any member of the public contacting us about this particular piece of graffiti.
"When graffiti appears on our buildings it will always be removed unless there are exceptional circumstances – one example is the Banksy mural in Park Street.
"However, when it appears on a privately-owned building we will not remove it unless we are asked to by the owner – this has not happened in this case – or it is obviously racist or offensive and would cause harassment, alarm or distress to members of the public.
"Street art and graffiti in general is a subject that continues to generate a lot of debate and a wide range of views."


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Making a Soft Cell
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One approach involves making the photovoltaic materials out of electrically conductive polymers and nanostructures called fullerenes, or buckyballs. When such elements were first tried as solar cells, they were grossly inefficient, converting a mere one to two percent of light energy to electricity.
In recent months, though, by rearranging the polymers and buckyballs, several research teams – led by physicist David Carroll from Wake Forest; Alan Heeger, a co-founder and chief scientist of Konarka and a Nobel Laureate at the University of California at Santa Barbara; and Yang Yang of the University of California at Los Angeles – have improved the flow of electricity, approximately doubling the material's ability to convert light into electricity. If researchers can get the performance to double again, the material will be efficient enough to compete with traditional solar technologies.
The next step – making solar cells that can compete with fossil fuels – will mean overcoming even more obstacles. For example, one way to improve the percentage of light converted into electricity is to increase the amount light actually absorbed by the cell. According to Sean Shaheen, a solar specialist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, CO, this could be done by creating materials that absorb more colors in the spectrum, an idea he's currently working on.
Such research into new solar technologies is going forward in both industrial and academic labs. Its researchers are confident that it will lead to more efficient and cheaper solar-cell devices, finding more and more applications, and eventually lessening our dependence on fossil fuels.
For now, according to Konarka, solar looks good for soldiers and trendy shoppers.
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|Title: Method to quickly genetically identify strains of most common cause of bacterial gastrointestinal infection: Campylobacter
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Summary: Species-specific identification of campylobacters is problematic, primarily due to the absence of suitable biochemical assays for their differentiation and the existence of atypical strains. The phylogeny of twelve Campylobacter species was studied based on partial (1020-bp) gyrB gene (DNA topoisomerase beta-subunit gene) sequences. The topology of the resulting phylogenic neighbor-joining tree based on the gyrB gene was similar to that of the topology of a previously reported phylogenic tree based on the 16S rDNA gene. However, gyrB provides a better resolution than the 16S rDNA gene for Campylobacter species with interspecies sequence similarities ranging from 58.3 to 89.2%. A universal primer set, designed to amplify a 960-bp fragment of the gyrB gene in Campylobacter spp., was developed and used for PCR restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) of 19 strains representing twelve Campylobacter species, including C. jejuni subsp. jejuni, C. coli, C. concisus, C. curvus, C. showae, C. mucosalis, C. fetus, C. hyointestinalis, C. sputorum biovar sputorum, C. helveticus, C. upsaliensis, and C. lari. Digestion of the 960-bp fragment with the restriction enzymes DdeI, XspI, or the combination of MboI and HindIII, as a double digestion, resulted in unique digest patterns for all twelve Campylobacter species. In addition, PCR assays were developed using species-specific primer sets for amplification of regions of the gyrB gene specific for each Campylobacter species, yielding products ranging in size from 86 to 493 bp. Specificity testing using DNA from Campylobacter spp., Arcobacter spp., Helicobacter spp., and other bacterial genera showed that the Campylobacter species-specific primer sets were highly specific for the respective target species. In conclusion, PCR-RFLP analysis, and PCR using the species-specific primer sets based on the gyrB gene provide valuable tools for rapid detection and unambiguous identification of the majority of Campylobacter species.
Patent Status: Patent Application Filed on February 8, 2008. Link at USPTO filed under patent title "Genetic methods for speciating Campylobacter."
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Eric Edelstein '00 Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Reno Aces
It took Eric Edelstein '00 just two years to achieve the goal he set for himself after graduating from BGSU with a Bachelor's degree in Sport Organization Management: become general manager of a minor league baseball team.
Today, having managed not just one but three baseball teams - the Jamestown Jammers, the Wichita Wranglers and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals – Edelstein is on his next step up the career ladder. The BGSU alumnus is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Reno Aces: a Triple-A team in Reno, Nevada, and an affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"Essentially I'm responsible for the overall business of the Reno Aces," Edelstein said. "I'm responsible for making sure our revenues are where they need to be, our expenses are where they need to be, maintaining a relationship with the Diamondbacks …working out in the community, promoting the club, public relations, marketing. I mean, really if it happens here, ultimately I've got my hands in it."
Edelstein took over leadership of the Aces in June after 13 years working for Rich Baseball Operations, a subdivision of food company Rich Products Corporation, which owns several baseball teams. His legacy at Rich Baseball includes overseeing a 300 percent boost in net profit for the Wichita Wranglers over his three years as general manager. Then, when the company decided to move the team to Springdale, Arkansas, in 2006, Edelstein moved with them. He masterminded the introduction of the renamed team – the Northwest Arkansas Naturals – to Springdale, oversaw design and construction of their new ballpark, and grew the business into one of the top-earning Double-A baseball franchises.
The baseball manager extraordinaire attributes his success partly to his willingness to move to take different jobs.
"Someone told me early on that if you really want to excel in the sports industry, if you want to move up, you've got to move around," Edelstein said. "Wichita was not a city that a lot of people within Rich Baseball were thrilled about moving to, but I took the opportunity. I moved halfway across the country, I did a good job, and then when they moved the team and built a new stadium, I was their first choice. I've taken all the jobs nobody wanted and eventually I got the job everybody wanted."
The Reno Aces are a logical progression from his previous job, Edelstein said. Although a step closer to the major leagues, the Aces are similar to the Naturals in that they are also new to their community, having played their first season in Reno in 2009. The ballpark is also new, built in 2008 as part of a major downtown revitalization project. Reno's relatively small size compared with other Triple-A baseball towns means the community is especially excited about its team, Edelstein said.
"We are the smallest market for a triple-A ball club," Edelstein indicated. "There's a real pride and a rallying cry around the club because of that."
One of Edelstein's favorite job duties is finding new ways to connect the ballpark with what's happening in the community. He enjoys creating marketing opportunities for outside businesses to use the ballpark, as well as coming up with fun and unexpected ideas to turn baseball games into a show.
The most challenging part of the job is managing all of the staff, keeping them focused and hiring the right people for his team, he said. In all, Edelstein oversees 30 full-time employees and more than 100 seasonal workers.
Edelstein said his studies at BGSU, the internships and a practicum with the Cleveland Indians that he did as part of his course, were instrumental in getting him started on the career of his dreams. He advised other students hoping to enter the sports field to take advantage of networking opportunities and gain experience while still at school.
"Get the experience, get it early, don't wait until it's required," Edelstein said. "Internships, volunteer, anything you can do. Focus on where you want to end up, and start now. It's never too early."


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London - An outspoken lawmaker who declared an "Israel-free zone" in a northern English city suffered a suspected broken jaw in an attack believed to be linked to his support for the Palestinians, his party said on Saturday.
George Galloway, who once lauded Saddam Hussein and criticised the 2003 U.S-led invasion that toppled the Iraqi leader, was attacked in west London on Friday night.
"It is thought that the attack is connected to Mr Galloway's support for the Palestinian cause," the left-wing Respect Party said in a statement.
The outspoken Scot, dubbed "Gorgeous George" by the British media, recently made headlines when he declared Bradford to be an Israel-free zone and urged people to reject all Israeli goods, services and even tourists.
A Respect spokesman said the incident appeared to be connected with Israel because the attacker had been shouting something about the Holocaust.
Police said a 39-year-old man had been arrested and taken to a south London police station where he remained in custody.
Galloway, one of a handful of independent MPs in the Westminster parliament, stunned British politics when he won his West Bradford seat in 2012. The city has a large Muslim minority.
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Parents are keyFebruary 20, 2014 12:00 AM
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As a retired teacher, I would like to applaud the candor of Tony Norman in his column concerning the learning gap. Creating a home environment that celebrates a child's academic success as much as it would the scoring of a touchdown is the key to that child's future. Having a community of concerned active parents is essential for the students to reach their full potential of achievement in the classroom.
A safe, consistently disciplined school campus where students can be proud of their academics should be the goal and parents are the cornerstone in the foundation of that campus. Accepting that responsibility is difficult, but the results could be world changing.
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A man told police that a man who pointed a gun at him and demanded his wallet, police said.
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KNOXVILLE (WVLT) -- Former Tennessee lineman Jeff Smith, who played for Tennessee in the late 1970's, died early Sunday after complications resulting from the flu.
Smith grew up in Knoxville and went to West High School. He was serving as an assistant coach for the middle school team at Grace Christian School, where his son played.
He died early Sunday morning after complications resulting from the flu. It's not clear whether it was the H1N1 virus.
Several members of the Grace family gathered Sunday afternoon to honor him.
Jeff Smith's family will receive friends Tuesday night from 5 to 7 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church. The funeral will immediately follow. The graveside service will be at 1:00 Wednesday afternoon at Highland Memorial Cemetery off Kingston Pike.
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By Dave Armstrong (1998)
This is the Greek word martus, from which is derived the English word "martyr."
1) Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (Joseph H. Thayer, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 4th ed., 1977; orig. 1901, p. 392) defines it - as used in this verse - as follows:
- One who is a spectator of anything, e.g. of a contest, Heb 12:1.
2) Word Studies in the New Testament (Marvin R. Vincent, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1980; orig. 1887; vol. 4, p. 536), another standard Protestant language source, comments on this verse as follows:
- 'Witnesses' does not mean spectators, but those who have borne witness to the truth, as those enumerated in chapter 11. Yet the idea of spectators is implied, and is really the principal idea. The writer's picture is that of an arena in which the Christians whom he addresses are contending in a race, while the vast host of the heroes of faith who, after having borne witness to the truth, have entered into their heavenly rest, watches the contest from the encircling tiers of the arena, compassing and overhanging it like a cloud, filled with lively interest and sympathy, and lending heavenly aid.
3) Word Pictures in the New Testament (A.T. Robertson [Baptist], Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1932, vol. 5, p. 432), comments:
- 'Cloud of witnesses' (nephos marturon . . . The metaphor refers to the great amphitheatre with the arena for the runners and the tiers upon tiers of seats rising up like a cloud. The martures here are not mere spectators (theatai), but testifiers (witnesses) who testify from their own experience (11:2,4-5,33,39) to God's fulfilling promises as shown in chapter 11.
4) Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, (ed. Gerhard Kittel & Gerhard Friedrich; tr. and abridged by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1985; p. 567), an impeccable and widely-used linguistic (non-Catholic) source, states:
- In Heb. 12:1 the witnesses watching the race seem to be confessing witnesses (cf. 11:2), but this does not exclude the element of factual witness.


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How to Make an Artificial Cell
Researchers at the Venter Institute explain their groundbreaking techniques.
Last month, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had made the first synthetic cell by piecing together a genome made from bottled chemicals and transplanting it into a recipient cell. The landmark accomplishment represents a new level of control over the substance of life at the molecular level and one that could lead to ways to make cells that produce vaccines in large quantities and cleaner fuels.
Though researchers emphasize that it will be years before scientists can demonstrate the true potential of these techniques to engineer life, they're now using the experiments to increase the fundamental understanding of cell biology.
During a tour last week of the institute's Rockville, MD, facilities, where the experiments are taking place, scientists explained that the synthetic cell was created as a result of a project to learn how to make a cell with the minimum number of genes possible to live. "The hope is that by understanding the basic principles of cellular life, we will be able to make cells make more stuff," says John Glass, a professor at the institute. Cells designed to make a particular chemical will make it more efficiently if researchers can eliminate every other nonessential metabolic process. "I've always wanted to know how cells work, and now we have the tools," he says.
One way to figure out what the minimal genome is would be to start with a microbe that's easy to work with in the lab, such as yeast or E. coli, and knock out each gene one at a time. But this process takes a very long time. Instead, the Venter scientists start out with a genome sequence from a bacterium that already has a very small genome, alter it on the computer to add or delete genes, then synthesize it from chemicals, transplant it into a cell, and see how the changes affect the cell's function. Building a genome in this manner speeds up the institute's research on minimal genomes, says Daniel Gibson, associate professor at the Venter Institute.
The first step in making a synthetic cell is to design the genome. This process happens on the computer, with the sequence of 1,077,947 letters that make up the genome of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides. In their initial demonstration experiments, the researchers deleted 15 genes. And to create a watermark that distinguishes the synthetic genome from the natural one, they also made additions. The researchers encoded their names, a URL, a few quotes, and an e-mail address into the four-letter alphabet of DNA and added it to the genome.
It's expensive and time-consuming today to synthesize long pieces of DNA in the lab. So the researchers used a computer program to chop the genome up into 1,100 pieces, each about 1,080 base-pairs, or letters, long. The computer program added sticky sequences at either end of each slice that would enable the pieces to be put back together again. Researchers then sent these 1,100 designs to a DNA-synthesis company.
Institute researchers then enlist yeast cells to stitch the 1,100 fragments into a single, circular piece of DNA that makes up the completed synthetic genome. Before the yeast can do their work, Gibson's group must make the DNA fragments yeast-friendly. Gibson's group first adds to each set of DNA fragments a short sequence of DNA that pulls the fragments into a loop and makes the fragments friendly to yeast cells that have been treated to make them amenable to gobbling up DNA.
Gibson combines the yeast cells in solution with ten types of DNA fragments, each of which make up a consecutive sequence of the Mycoplasma genome. The yeast cells do the work of putting the fragments back together. This process is repeated until the yeast are putting together larger and larger pieces of the genome. Eventually, some of the yeast cells will have put together a complete synthetic genome. After testing to verify that a colony has the entire bacterial genome, the researchers grow the yeast in a flask to allow them to multiply and produce the genome in large quantities.


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2. Conduct comprehensive assessments of alternatives to MB in key crop systems and regions dependent upon MB. This will be accomplished by multi-disciplinary collection and analysis of biological, environmental, and economic data from the trials described above.
3. Identify key variables affecting the efficacy of MB alternatives and demonstrate management and predictive use of the variables to optimize performance of the alternatives.
4. Assess and demonstrate emissions reduction technologies and strategies for fumigant alternatives to MB.
5. Conduct multi-regional education programs that instruct growers, farm workers, and associated members of the agricultural community on optimized, IPM-supported use of MB alternatives.