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Key fob deteriorating.
Key fob deteriorating.
Mine did, and the SC replaced it. I didn't ask if the replacement was more durable, and didn't particularly care. They were so courteous about it, and it was so minor that it hardly seemed worth the additional thought.
That happened to me recently as well - the top button is now exposed as in the photo (except it is all black). Have had the car since end of March.
Mine didn't get that bad, but the SC replaced after about 8 months.
Had mine replaced after 4 months. I've used my new fob for 2 months, and it's showing signs of deterioration.
Mine had both the door and trunk buttons exposed. The SC said they had to order the replacement part, and would call me when it came in. No call yet, and it has been 2-months. I guess I should call them.
I had same issues for both key fobs and they replaced them. The new ones don't have that seam (the the top of mine can be faintly visualized).
I've had one of the new fobs for about 10 months, the other for about 4 months. Both are in great shape and show no signs of coming apart.
My spouse has a fob that looks like the one on the left. He keeps the fob on a key ring with lots of metal keys, an led flashlight and nail clippers. Mine looks like brand new.
Tesla offered to fix or replace the fob, but he likes it better that way. He says that it's easier to press the button and he likes having the ability to find the button without having to take the fob out of his pocket.
Some protective cases for the key fob as a precaution:
One of my fobs had the same issue. The Service Center offered to replace it, but you must have both fobs in order for them to make the swap. I told them I would swap it out during my 25,000 service call.
similar here - after about 4 months, lost two of the three discs over the buttons. At the one year service just completed, they replaced both fobs. To me, the new ones seem a bit more durable (and a bit more work to get the button pushed). I am betting these last a fair bit longer.
Just remember to bring both fobs in for replacement because they program the car, not the fob.
Is it OK to use the second fob that was given with the car, or should that be saved for a second driver?
I covered the top of my Key Fob with 3M Scotchgard Film (Paint Armor), left over from the roll I ordered from Amazon.com to laminate and mount my CA HOV stickers. That should keep it shiny and new. The mold line or seam along the top (old Fobs only?)was the perfect guide for trimming with an X-acto knife.
Chunky Jr.: odd question. Both key fobs work the same, both can be used interchangeably. Doesn't matter who uses it. Not like it binds to your fingerprint or DNA or anything.
They do have different secret codes, so it is theoretically possible for the car to recognize one from the other. But there are no features that take advantage of this... yet.
The showroom employees here in Scottsdale spontaneously gifted a Tesla branded neoprene fob sleeve that has a ring too. That does protect the fob but now the sleeve opening has stretched out over the last 2 months that the fob pops out. My primary fob has similar wear as others have described, with the button covers no longer flush/invisible.
New fobs have/are been/being designed. I do not know what ever came of these. Every fob seems to be breaking.
Wouldn't mind actual buttons frankly, a la Panamera.
Mine is 13 months old with nearly daily use, and it's still in mint condition. It's the only thing I keep in my pocket though.
I've had 1 fob for 13 months with daily use. It's perfect. Should it degrade, I've got the backup. Should that degrade, I'd bet the nice folks at the service center wouldn't hesitate to supply another.
For the record, after 13 months of having my fob, the trunk button cover has now come off and looks like the picture, (but on the trunk button, not the top unlock/lock button).
When i need to go to a SC, i'll bring it in and assume they'll replace.
Folks, let's not go commando with the key fob. Use protection. Your Service Center will provide the fob sleeves gratis.
After seeing the original post, I proactively stuck some duck tape on top of my fob. Neon pink so it's harder to misplace.
No need to protect the fobs with sleeves or tape or anything else that obscures the great form and enlarges the small size. The deterioration comes from INSIDE the fob and is due to pressure from the internal switches. It cannot be avoided. The good news is that they have a ton of replacement FOB shells sitting at the service centers and are happy to give you a good-as-new fob on request. I have thad three so far and expect to get a couple every year. This is a design issue that Tesla will likely solve at some point or for the X or Gen III car.
Sleeves remind me of the plastic covers that old folks used to put on sofas and chairs. They may avoid a few scratches or stains, but defeat the tool's purpose - a comfortable seat in that case, and a cool, small toy in the fob's case.
@PD - I have had mine in a sleeve for a year and the fob still looks brand new.
How many of us have a hard case for our IPhone which doubled its size but provided desperately needed protection from the crack screen? You can always go commando and replace the screen every time you accidentally crack it or you get a hard case.
To each his own...
I go "commando" with my smart phone because I don't like the extra weight of a cover in my pocket. You just have to be a bit more careful.
My key fob just yesterday shed its roof and now looks like the one in the picture on the left. I like Captain_Zap's spouse's comment about being able to find the button without removing the fob from his pocket. I think I will just keep it this way.
Pretty routine....Service center simply replaces the "shell" took about 2 min.
Second time in 1.5 years we had it done.
Another nifty way to hopefully protect the key fob so it won't happen again:
When I bought my Model S, they did not yet offer the fob sleeves. After a few months they handed me a pair of them when I had service done on the car. I originally used the tesla-provided sleeve because the fob had developed the cracks around the button, and found the sleeve had another awesome benefit. It fits my ChargePoint card in the sleeve with the fob perfectly. Now I just hold my fob up to the ChargePoint station and it unlocks the charger.
It looks ugly being in the sleeve, but it has functional benefit for me now. If I ever show someone the fob, I just quickly slide it out of the sleeve and show them.
I had wanted to buy several extra fobs, bu my SC told me that three fobs are the most you can get without replacing the electronics which interact with the fob. Then, I would assume that your first three fobs would no longer work with the new module. I'll try to get some more info on this when I'm at the SC. Anyone heard definitive info on this issue?
It's true that there are up to three fobs recognized by the car. Dave was saying that he'd had the outer shell replaced which doesn't affect the innards or the programming link.
@franviaje - you can have as many fobs as you need for free - but you can only get them when you need them, one at a time - the case is just plastic and they swap the innards when one wears out or gets nasty looking. We have the sleeves but run our fobs commando.
So if you need new sleeves, don't let them fob you off. >:p
Last weekend got my tires rotated and they swapped out my Fob case without me asking, Also nice free wash and detailing at Dania Beach service center.
Check out http://www.abstractocean.com/fobpockets/ for fob covers in neoprene (very convenient), silicone (very sleek) and leather (very posh).
i have several colors of the silicone and i switch them out for my mood. Yep, i'm that girl.


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Apparently, Java™ is now Free. Or will be by 1Q07.
This means that the Sun JDK can now move out of the multiverse ghetto in Ubuntu. And will ship with Feisty Fawn. Meanwhile, Debian will find some excuse to rebrand it IcedTea or some other childish nonsense.
Apache Harmony (which contrary to published reports exited incubation last month [our bad, as we haven't updated the website yet - Ed.]) will continue to thrive, and will attract the attention of those contributors who are not interested in assigning joint ownership of their copyrights over to Sun. Had Sun instead chosen some public organization like the FSF, I'd be even more impressed, but ultimately, it is their IP to do with as they please. They have a every right to create a heliocentric organization around their codebase. I'd also have been more impressed if the Classpath Exception also applied to J2ME.
Parts of Classpath will merge; the rest will atrophy, as the epic battle has been won.
This will further damage Mono, which will increasingly be portrayed as only being viable if you are willing to make a long term commitment to a commercial vendor that in turn is able to work out an agreement with Microsoft. Update: Go Miguel and Nat!
Those that yearn for more agile languages will continue to do so. Some may even run these languages on the JVM, that is, if they can abide by the startup costs.
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Fear, isolation, and a sense of numbing helplessness characterize the nursing home, the mental hospital and other institutional experiences for the majority of inmates. To enter a hospital, especially a mental hospital or a nursing home, either as a visitor or a patient, is to encounter an environment that has no equal in barrenness anywhere in our culture except for the prisoner's cell.
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Kazesasou kokage ni utsubusete naiteru
Mi mo shiranu watashi wo watashi ga miteita
Yuku hito no shirabe wo kanaderu GITAARA
Konu hito no nageki ni hoshi ha ochite
Shaded by the trees, calling out to the wind, I'm lying face-down crying
I saw a version of myself I didn't even recognize
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A star falls in the grief of someone who'll never be seen again
ORENJI no hanabira shizuka ni yureru dake
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Te no hira no kioku haruka
Tokoshie no sayonara tsuma hiku
all it will do is quietly stir these orange petals
Saved on my soft brow,
I send the memories in my palm far away
An eternal farewell as I keep strumming
Moesakaru kuruma ha furiharai susumu
Yuku hito no nageki wo kanadete GITAARA
Mune no ito hageshiku kakinarashite
The blazing wheels cast it off and continue on
On this guitar I'm playing the grief of someone who's passed on
The strings in my heart being plucked at violently
ORENJI no hanabira yureteta natsu no kage ni
Yawarakana hitai wo nakushite mo
Akaku someta suna haruka koete yuku
Sayonara no RIZUMU
the orange petals stirred in a summer shadow
Even if my soft brow is lost,
I'll cross over the far off, red-stained sand
The rhythm of farewell
Natsukashiku me fuite yuku mono ga aru no
there is something sprouting in remembrance
ORENJI no hanabira yureteru ima mo dokoka
Itsuka mita yasurakana yoake wo
Mou ichido te ni suru made
Kesanaide tomoshibi
Kuruma ha mawaru yo
Those orange petals are stirring somewhere even now
The peaceful daybreak I once saw
Until it is placed in my hands once more,
please don't let the light go out
The wheels are turning
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An independent games developer is in custody and charged with violating US immigration law after allegedly swimming the Detroit River, which forms the US-Canadian border, to gain entry to the country. UPDATED
Sam Smolders (pictured), creator of the role-playing game Victim of Xen, was found by border agents around 2am on Thursday, soaking wet on a boardwalk in Detroit. The Detroit Free Press reports that Smolders told agents he was from Arizona and that he'd jumped into the river to retrieve his bag after being accosted by three men who threw his belongings into the river.
Smolders' bag was found to be wrapped in waterproof material, according to the agents' report. He refused medical attention, said his identification was left in a hotel room, then said he wanted to go to the nearest hotel to get out of his wet clothes, preferring to lodge at one that cost "one hundred euros". Border agents ran a background check and discovered Smolders' Belgian citizenship and the fact he'd been refused entry to the U.S. in 2008. A search turned up a Belgian passport with a Canadian arrival stamp dated the day before.
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Smolders and a team of 13 unpaid volunteers completed Victim of Xen, which was published in early January by Big Fish Games. It was listed on Steam Greenlight a month before.
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8. Employees in uniform are required to keep said uniforms in a clean and neat condition, free from decoration, other than those officially prescribed. Non-uniformed employees will be required to meet the standards of neatness and grooming as established by the department.
9. Employees may use their identification as an employee of the borough only for identification in performing the duties and responsibilities required in the scope of their employment. Borough identification will not be used where an employee may have other employment or in representing other interests.
10.Employees will promptly report to their supervisor any information which comes to their attention and indicates violation of the law, rules, and/or regulations of the Borough of Punxsutawney by either an employee or an resident, and will maintain reasonable familiarity with the provisions of such directives.
11. Alcoholic beverages and controlled substances shall not be carried, stored, or consumed on borough property or in any borough vehicle. When a controlled substance or no propriety drug is prescribed by a physician, the employee shall immediately notify his/her supervisor and obtain prior written approval to bring the medication on to borough grounds. Such medication must always be kept under the secure control of the employee. An employee shall not report for duty in an unfit condition.
12. Personal weapons shall not be brought onto borough property without the advanced approval of the Mayor.
13. Employees shall not testify in any civil case in which the borough my have an interest without informing the mayor, unless under court order.
14. An employee shall not use a Borough vehicle for personal business or for any other reason except as authorized. When in an accident while operating a borough vehicle, all employees will promptly notify their supervisor, report the accident to the Punxsutawney Police Department or if the accident occurred outside the borough report the accident to the Pennsylvania State Police.
15. Employees shall not read books, magazines, newspapers, or other non-job related printed material while on official duty. Employees are required to remain alert while on duty; inattentiveness, sleeping or the appearance thereof is prohibited.
16. Whenever a supervisor has reasonable grounds to believe that an employee is being influenced by a medical or psychiatric condition which is effecting or is likely to effect the employee's ability to perform assigned duties, the supervisor shall direct such employee to undergo reasonable examination, at the expense of the borough, to determine the employees fitness for duty.
An employee who has sustained an injury, illness, or any other condition incurred in the line of duty which could affect the employee's ability to perform assigned duties may be required by the Mayor or supervisor to undergo reasonable examination, at the expense of the borough, to determine the employee's fitness for duty.
An employee who has suffered an injury, illness, or any other debilitation condition not incurred in the line of duty which could affect his/her ability to perform required duty assignments, may be required by the supervisor to obtain and submit a complete medical report from his/her physician concerning his/her physical and/or mental condition.
The report shall include a detailed explanation and prognosis of the employee's explanation and prognosis of the employee's injury, illness, or condition and any other pertinent information which would aid the borough in evaluation the situation prior to the employee's return to duty.
17. An employee who knows that he/she will be unable to report for duty due to illness, emergency, or injury shall immediately notify his/her supervisor in accordance with their local policy, advising the supervisor of the nature of the injury, emergency, or illness; the expected date of return to duty.
The supervisor shall also be advised of change in any conditions which may occur after the original notification was given. An employee injured while on duty shall report such injury to his/her supervisor as soon as possible and shall comply with the provisions of existing regulations pertaining to such injuries.
An employee who becomes ill while on duty and finds it necessary to be relieved from an assigned post or duty shall report this fact to his/her immediate supervisor.
18. An employee shall submit any necessary and /or requested work related reports in a timely manner and in accordance with existing regulations. Reports submitted by employees shall be truthful and no employee shall knowingly enter or cause to entered any inaccurate, false, or improper information or data, or misrepresent the facts in any Department record or report.
19.During off-duty hours, employees will conduct themselves in such a manner so as to demonstrate the public's trust and confidence inherent in their position as a public servant. Any conduct which brings discredit to their profession, responsibilities, the Borough of Punxsutawney, or public service at large shall be subject to immediate discipline.
20. All employees shall participate in training that is mandated or required by the borough.
21. Gambling on official duty is strictly prohibited.
22. All employees have the responsibility to provide their supervisor with their current address and telephone number.
23.All employees shall comply and cooperate with internal investigations conducted under the authority of the borough and respond to questions completely and truthfully. Procedure in cases that may result in criminal prosecution will include those rights accorded to all citizens of the Commonwealth.
24.All employee's are required to report citizen abuse complaints or incidents to their immediate supervisor.
These rules and regulation have been written in the best interest of the Borough of Punxsutawney, its employees and the public which we serve and protect. In event of a conflict involved in interpretation, the best interest of the public policy shall be served.
Any employee who violates the provisions of this code shall be subject to immediate disciplinary action by the appointing authority. Nothing herein shall abridge the remedies or responsibilities of employees covered by the Civil Service Act, applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements, Governor's Code of Conduct, #1980-18, or the laws of the Commonwealth.


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Final Fantasy XIII-3: Next In Line?
Perhaps the tale of Lightning and her friends will continue.
January 31, 2012
Rarely do the developers at Square-Enix pursue direct sequels to their main Final Fantasy installments. While spin-offs and other projects emerge often, the last direct sequel, Final Fantasy X-2, did what the long-standing series had never done before. But the developers have expressed more interest in sequels as of late. Final Fantasy XIII-2 launches today in the United States and signs point to the likelihood that Final Fantasy XIII-3 will also undergo development.
Square-Enix has been vague on its plans for Final Fantasy XIII-2 downloadable content in the past. But today, Square-Enix officially announced coliseum battle DLC which debuts on February 7th in the United States. And according to the press release, "there will be episodes which enhance the experience and complement the narrative of Final Fantasy XIII-2 with storyline branches for key characters in the story."
However, another full installment seems likely based on story elements from Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Major story spoilers included below following video embed.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 ends with a "To Be Continued" screen and offers almost no resolution to its plot. For a series deeply rooted in storytelling, this seems to indicate a much larger hole than simple DLC could fill.
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Square-Enix has not officially announced Final Fantasy XIII-3.


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Bumper nearly sheared off in collision
A Chevrolet Suburban met up with a Dodge Stratus Monday morning, with predictable results.
�They were traveling north on (N.C.) 58, and the Dodge stopped at the intersection, and the Suburban ran into the back of her,� State Trooper M.S. Turner said.
Lashannette Larina, 34, of Kinston, was driving the Stratus. Lenoir County EMS arrived at the scene a few minutes before 10 a.m., helping Larina from the driver�s seat to a stretcher, where she was immobilized. Paramedics transported her, with unknown injuries, to Lenoir Memorial Hospital from the wreck site at Wootens Crossroads.
Christopher Lee Stevens, 42, of Kinston, drove the Suburban. Turner cited him for failure to reduce speed.
The Hugo Volunteer Fire Department was the first to respond to the collision, sending three fire trucks. Firefighters initially helped Larina and managed traffic until the scene was cleared.
While Stevens received no injuries, his Suburban suffered relatively minor damage to its left-front grill and headlights, from crushing the trunk of the Stratus. The collision resulted in nearly shearing the Dodge�s bumper off � the tow-truck driver had to finish the job before taking the car away.
The impact of the wreck caused the Stratus to spin around and enter the southbound lane � it eventually came to rest on the far side of the road. The Suburban stopped atop a small mound of grass slightly past the intersection.
Wootens Crossroads is where N.C. 58, Dawson Station Road and Airy Grove Church Road meet in northern Lenoir County.
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This little blog of mine sure has been neglected.
As I told you, I am not in the classroom at present.
I do miss all the fun that goes with having a class.
For part of the day, when I'm not teaching Reading Recovery, I teach lots of different classes.
I have been doing a Science Unit about Space with my classes. I will be posting this unit on TPT soon.
As well I have a fun freebie that I will be posting for you, so don't give up on me!!
I wanted to show you my sounds / come writing activity that I did with my Kinders last year.
I call it Sounds Words Sentences.
The purpose behind this activity is to show my little learners the big picture when learning sounds.
Starting with a 'mystery sentence' we find a word beginning with a letter and then the sound in that word.
I have a mystery sentence to go with each letter of the alphabet.
I laminate the words for the sentence and cut them up.
I put magnetic tape on the back and use it on the big magnetic board. You could also do this with a pocket chart.
It becomes an interactive lesson where we reconstruct the jumbled mystery sentence.
I use this as an opportunity to do some explicit teaching about sentence structure, ie capitals, spaces, and punctuation.
My students do a worksheet where they practise writing the letter and the word.
Then they do the scrambled mystery sentence.
I made some alphabet charts and my students used these to write some more words that begin with the sound.
You can see my little one using the word chart below.
I made a version of this activity which is available on TPT.
I cannot include the Word Charts because some of the clip art I used is for personal use only.
If you are interested, my Sounds Words Sentences pack is available at TPT HERE
It will be on sale for 2 days.
If you are a teacher from NSW and would like this pack in NSW Foundation font, you can email me after you purchase it and I will send it to you.
If you are a teacher from NSW and would like this pack in NSW Foundation font, you can email me after you purchase it and I will send it to you.
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Remember when I reviewed Maybelline's Gel Eyeliner and totally fell in love with it? Unfortunately, it's not currently on sale in the UK (although it will arrive in March 2011)….yeah, ages away.
However – from the 16th – 26th of September, Maybelline will set up a 600 sq. foot pop up shop in Covent Garden, and a number of goodies will be on sale, INCLUDING the gel eyeliner for £6.99!
Their number 1 selling red lipstick from the US (Pleasure Me Red) and 8 new Colour Sensational shades will also be making an appearance.
Each day, there will be complimentary threading and a in-store manicurist. There is also a backstage beauty bar where you can select a A/W look and a on hand make up artist will show you have to achieve the look.
On the 17th there will be a number of New York treats such as doughnuts and cosmopolitan and manhattan cocktails.
From the 19th-26th Elite modelling agency will be there to check out new talent and give advice to aspiring models.
Alas I can't make it, otherwise I'd be there for some new lippies and some brow threading! Lucky London gals!
The Maybelline Pop-up Shop opens from the 16th – 26th September 2010 at 18 Shorts Gardens, Seven Dials, Covent Garden WC2, just off Neal Street


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You can hear it in the epic explorations of timbre and texture created by classic post-rock acts like Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
It's there in the jazz-dub-kraut-and-more-informed polyrhythms of Tortoise and Do Make Say Think, as well as in the textural ambience and processed electro-organic mélange of Fennesz and Tim Hecker.
The "POSTED" sound encompasses all these musical territories and more, utilising 'rock' instrumentation for non-rock ends, splicing generic DNA to create vital sonic mutations, and fusing the infinite realms of digital processing with the basic need for human expression. Come explore with us…
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What is a good hash function for small nonsingular matrices over a field $\mathbb{F}_p$ for $p$ prime? I'm looking for an integer function which is close to being injective (but not necessarily perfectly injective) and doesn't take too long to compute in Matlab.
Things I've tried include the trace, the 3 diagonal elements (this can be turned into an integer function $A \mapsto A_{11}+pA_{22}+p^2A_{33}+...$), 4 randomly chosen elements, and the 3 column sums. But all of these make my program take an unreasonably long time for groups of order more than a few thousand.
Many thanks for any help with this!


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Minecraft Union
There'll be no work in the Nether without pork chops and a dental plan.
Alright boys, today's work order is for 15 thousand blocks of redstone ore for an 8-bit CPU. Yeah, I'm sure we'll get lucky and just run into a vein 5 chunks wide. We still can't afford modern tools because of that roller-coaster boondoggle. *grumble*
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It's in my blood. 5 generations - that's how long my family's been mining these emerald hills. I've lost brothers to cave-ins, explosions, silicosis, and black lung. We've all dodged the skeleton's arrows and nursed spider bites that would've crippled lesser men, but the Creeper's hiss will forever chill us to the bone. It takes a special breed to wield a diamond pick-axe. The scabs who cross our line laugh the first time the foreman tells them to start punching trees, but nothing in this world comes easy. Every chunk we explore yields such meager rewards: a few dozen blocks of coal, enough iron for an armor upgrade, and if you're lucky, a few precious blocks of diamond ore.
But now they've gone too far. The cursor pushers have us working down at the bottom of the world in bucket brigades of water and lava to create obsidian for their infernal portal gates. Ever since that damned update they've been conjuring plans to expand their empire further and faster by invading the Nether. The Nether! Oceans of lava and those hideously deformed zombie-pigmen. STRIKE! Our demands are simple: no man shall enter the Nether without a minimum of 3 pork chops per miner and a proper dental plan that covers cattle, hogs, and chickens. The land has not broken us and neither will the Pinkertons. Stand together - stand strong!
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Mila's two misses
I recoiled just now looking at Mila Kunis's two most recent red carpet looks -- in Russia last night and London tonight to promote Oz: The Great And Powerful. The wine-coloured dress is Versace. The grey strapless is McQueen. On someone else? Maybe. On Mila Kunis? It's not working…
I know, right?
It's Mila Kunis!
Then it occurred to me…
I just assumed, given her beauty, that Mila Kunis is a consistent red carpet performer. When you think about it though, she actually isn't. Here's a good example -- remember what she wore to the Oscars a couple of years ago? Click here for a refresher. Was this as much of a surprise for you as it was for me?
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DENVER >> Semyon Varlamov was sharp in making 35 saves, and Jamie McGinn scored two goals, leading Colorado to a 6-1 win over the Ducks on Wednesday night in Patrick Roy's coaching debut with the Avalanche.
Ryan O'Reilly, John Mitchell, Matt Duchene and Steve Downie added goals for the Avalanche, who improved to 19-8-7 on opening night. Top pick Nathan MacKinnon set up both of McGinn's goals with no-look passes. Alex Tanguay, back with Colorado for the first time since the 2005-06 season, had three assists.
Varlamov stuffed the Ducks all evening but lost his bid for a shutout with seven seconds remaining when Jakob Silfverberg slipped a shot by him. Silfverberg (lower body injury) was activated before the game.
Viktor Fasth struggled for the Ducks, allowing three goals in the second period.
Things got heated after the final horn, with some players getting into a skirmish near the benches. Even Roy got into the act as he jawed from behind the glass.
The Ducks' Dustin Penner was scratched from the season-opening lineup because of a lackluster training camp. The right wing signed a one-year deal worth $2 million to return to Anaheim after winning a Stanley Cup in 2012 with the rival Kings.
Starting in his place was Patrick Maroon, who got into a fight with Cody McLeod.
"You have to make the point of if you don't have a great training camp, this isn't given to you," Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau said.


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Research published last year in the Journal of Production Agriculture showing a yield response to mid-season nitrogen applications on irrigated soybeans has some Midwest growers wondering whether the same response is possible on dryland acres.
The study found that 20 lbs. of N applied with center-pivot irrigators at the pod-fill stage increase yields on high-yielding ground by as much as 9 bu./acre and boost net return by $35/acre. The research was based on replicated plots on farmer fields in Kansas and Missouri.
"The increase seems to be consistent on irrigated acres," says Dr. Ray Lamond, agronomist with Kansas State University. "Dryland has potential, but there are a lot more ifs."
One "if" is finding a way, other than irrigation, to apply N mid-season without disturbing the crop. Dry-land options include highboy applicators with drop tubes that dribble urea ammonium nitrate between the rows or aerial applications of dry urea.
A second complication is the weather. Unlike with irrigation, rain is needed on dryland after application of N to move it into the soil.
Finally, in the study, yield increases were significant only on ground with a high yield potential, typically silt loam with 1 to 2% organic matter. Lamond advises growers to limit N applications to those acres with a yield potential of 60 bu./acre or more. At that level, the crop may not be able to fix enough N from the air to satisfy protein requirements and may benefit from added N.
Because of these variables, the economic returns found on irrigated ground will not be as consistent on dryland, Lamond says. However, such applications should not hurt yields at the 20 lbs./acre rate. And even the lowest yield response found in the study was still enough to cover costs of the application. -Jodie Wehrspann


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Republicans are enjoying new popularity among 18- to 29-year-olds, which may signal the first step in a Republican resurgence among young adults, a new poll suggests.
The poll finds young Republicans are more politically energized than young Democrats, and they're more likely to say they will "definitely be voting" in this November's midterm elections.
Forty-one percent of young Republicans say they plan to vote in November, compared with 35 percent of Democrats and 13 percent of Independents, according to the poll conducted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP), a nonpartisan group.
Fifty-three percent of those who voted for Sen. John McCain (R) of Ariz., in 2008 say they will definitely vote in midterm elections, compared with 44 percent of those who voted for President Obama.
"We've seen a reengagement of young adults in the political process in levels not seen in decades," says Bill Purcell, director of the IOP.
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That reengagement seems to be strongest among young Republicans, adds Michael McDonald, associate professor of government and politics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.
"My impression is that there's been a resurgence of young Republican self-identifiers," says Dr. McDonald, who was not involved in the poll. "In the short-term, this points to a good election year for Republicans."
That's not surprising, he says.
As the GOP attempts to rebuild its image following President George W. Bush's unpopular second term, young voters may be taking advantage of the opportunity to mount an ideological comeback to change the course of the Republican Party. (Monitor report: Young Republicans seek a new kind of party)
"This is actually part of a normal pattern we see in politics: the resurgence of the party out of power during midterm elections," says McDonald. "When the governing party makes decisions that are unpopular, it tends to energize the opposition."
The No. 1 issue energizing the opposition?
"Young people are extremely, extremely concerned about the current financial state," says John Della Volpe, director of polling at IOP. "A lot of the intensity we see from conservative Republicans is around issues related to the economy. That's something that has an effect on all members of this generation." (Monitor report: The most fertile ground for Republicans is the growing ranks of independents.)
The poll found a majority of 18- to 29-year-olds experiencing significant anxiety about their personal finances, with 6 in 10 concerned about meeting current bills and 45 percent reporting their personal financial situation as "bad."
Worries about employment and healthcare
A majority of respondents said they worry about affording a place to live and affording healthcare. Almost half of those in college are concerned about their ability to stay in college, and almost half of those in the workforce are concerned about losing their jobs.
A considerable 84 percent of undergraduates polled said finding a job after graduation would be "difficult."
"The concept that each generation will grow up to be better off than the previous is questionable," says Purcell. "Polls show this generation unsure if they'll be better off."
Reflecting the unease of a generation entering the workforce during a major recession, less than half of "millennials" polled said they were confident they could reach the "American Dream." Less than half of 18- to 29-year-olds (46 percent) expect to be better off financially than their parents when they reach their parents' age today.
"The level of economic anxiety [among young people] is palpable," says Mr. Della Volpe. "This will certainly impact the relationship they have with personal finances as they grow older."
Young adults are also increasingly frustrated with government and with the economy, according to the poll.
Only 25 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds said they trust Congress to do the right thing all or most of the time. Only 29 percent trust federal government to do the right thing, and 44 percent trust the president. At 53 percent, the US military earns most young adults' trust; Wall Street, at 11 percent, the least.
"At no time since our original survey in 2000 has the mood among America's youngest cohort of voters seemed so dour," the report concludes. "Millions of young people are losing faith in government, politics and in many cases – the American Dream."


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With Christmas around the corner it seems strange to think that it's almost time to purchase music for Lent and Easter! Plan to attend Stanton's Sacred Choral Clinic on Saturday, January 12th 2019, and you'll be fully prepared for the next "holiday season."
Saturday January 12th, 2019
9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
We will be featuring the best new choral publications for Lent, Easter and beyond, as chosen by Stanton's sacred choral staff. This January's clinic will be held at Livingston United Methodist Church, just a few blocks from our store in downtown Columbus!
Attending this clinic is a fantastic way for you to choose new church anthems for your choir by hearing the music read live. This January's clinicians will be Stanton's own Judy Henry and president emeritus Jim Strouse. Please feel free to contact Stanton's at 1-800-42-MUSIC and speak with a choral staff member for the details of the event. We look forward to seeing you at 8:30 on January 12th for registration, coffee and doughnuts followed by a wonderful morning of singing!
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Roboticists already have developed a robot that runs like a cheetah and one that moves like an earthworm. Now engineers in the UK are trying to create artificial intelligence that will power a flying robot that can think like a honey bee.
The Green Brain project, out of the Universities of Sheffield and Sussex, is working on the production of the first computer models of the brain of a honey bee, particularly the systems that control vision and sense of smell, according to researchers.
Using this artificial intelligence, scientists plan to develop a flying robot that can act autonomously as a bee would, rather than be programmed to carry out movements and actions. The robot will be used in further research to help solve the tricky problem of creating a true artificial brain that can actually think for itself, rather than perform tasks via programmed software, according to scientists.
While researchers have tried to do this by studying brains of more complex organisms, such as rats and monkeys, Project Green Brain's scientists think focusing on simpler yet social creatures like honey bees could garner more success, according to the project's leader, Dr. James Marshall of the University of Sheffield. "The development of an artificial brain is one of the greatest challenges in artificial intelligence," Marshall said in a press release. "Because the honey bee brain is smaller and more accessible than any vertebrate brain, we hope to eventually be able to produce an accurate and complete model that we can test within a flying robot."
Once this artificial intelligence is developed, scientists expect to accelerate the development of new advancements in autonomous flying robots, said Dr. Thomas Nowotny, the leader of the University of Sussex team, in the press release. The project also could have future applications in brain modeling and computational neuroscience. Additionally, researchers will learn more about honey bees and perhaps glean information about their decline in population in recent years.
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funded the project, which also is using high-performance processors donated by NVIDIA. The processors -- used to generate 3D graphics on PCs and game consoles, as well as power supercomputers -- will allow scientists to forgo using expensive supercomputers to run their calculation-heavy models and use a less expensive and cumbersome standard PC instead, researchers said.
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New Rensselaer would bring 'loads of jobs'
Mayor says $600M factory plan for river site is in "final stages"
RENSSELAER — Mayor Dan Dwyer said Wednesday a $600 million manufacturing facility is within weeks of being launched here.
"Right now, it's in the final stages," Dwyer said.
The facility would be a green energy manufacturing and recycling operation that would have a worldwide market, according to local political and business sources familiar with the project.
"This is going to be a very environmentally friendly company," the mayor said.
Dwyer said the city has been working to secure a $500 million to $600 million industrial project for a 40-acre site on the northern part of the former BASF chemical plant property. Empire Generating Co.'s $800 million, 635 megawatt gas-fired power plant is on the south side of the property.
The project would be sited on Riverside Avenue near the Hudson River in the city's south end. The area is a brownfield site, which Dwyer said would be reclaimed. At one time, a $680 million newsprint-recycling plant was proposed for the property, but that plan did not move forward.
Dwyer declined to identify the company in the new project, which has a high-tech component that would fit with the Capital Region's developing technology industry.
Dwyer said he held discussions with the company's principals on Wednesday and that a formal announcement detailing the project could come within the next several weeks.
Dwyer said "loads of jobs" would result from the project, although he couldn't give a number that would be created if the project comes to fruition.
The project had been kept quiet until Dwyer disclosed it Wednesday at the annual Meet the Mayors event sponsored by the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The breakfast gathering was attended by about 100 people at the Comfort Inn & Suites in Schodack.
"We've been working with the city. We've been working with the company," said Robert Pasinella, director of Rensselaer County Economic Development and Planning Bureau.
Pasinella said he could not discuss particulars of the project.
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City and county business sources said the project is within weeks of having the final pieces put in place. They described it as a major project for the city and the county.
"I want to see Rensselaer become self-sufficient," Dwyer said about building the city's economic base.
The mayor said the financing for the U.W. Marx project on the city's Hudson River waterfront is nearly complete and could be solidified by this summer.
Plans announced previously call for 515 residential units, a 300-unit hotel, 250,000 square feet of office space, 165,000 square feet of retail space and parking for 1,830 vehicles.
Dwyer said the hotel would be a Hard Rock Cafe hotel, a Hyatt or a Marriott and as high as 20 stories with half the building serving as a hotel and the top housing condos. He said the view of Albany would be an attraction.
A hotel could be the source of a significant amount of room tax receipts for the city, the mayor said.
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Los Sepulcros
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Los Sepulcros is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by his brother Sweet from his house in Ganton, Los Santos, San Andreas. You can only do this mission between the hours of 09:00 to 17:00.
The Ballas are holding a funeral for Little Weasel (whom you killed during Doberman), and, according to Sweet, all of the Ballas OG's are going to be there. Carl recruits some gang members to assist them, and they race to the cemetery before the funeral starts. Once there, Sweet and the gang members will hop over the wall and tell Carl that it is clear, so Carl follows. A cutscene will show Kane getting out of his car wearing body armor. Carl kills Kane and the Ballas protecting him. Once Kane is dead, Sweet, Carl, and the surviving Grove Street Family members drive back to Grove Street.
Sweet: Carl, whassup, baby brother?
Carl Johnson: What's happening.
Sweet: Peep this - Tenpenny just came by. Said that one of the Ballas that you and Smoke laid out, Little Weasel, is getting buried. And all of the OG's gonna be there.
Carl Johnson: At a funeral?
Sweet: Yeah, we just catch all those ball-sack-ass-niggas at one time!
Carl Johnson: At a funeral.
Sweet: Just like Momma's. Let's go pop these motherfuckers out. Hey, look, we gotta do something real big. Put Grove Street on the map for good. 4 life!
Carl Johnson: A'ight, nigga. Let's roll.
(In front of Sweet's home.)
Sweet: We're gonna need some allies.
(CJ recruits two Grove Street gang member, then gets into the car.)
Sweet: We'll go around back of Los Sepulcros and sneak over the wall.
Carl Johnson: Kane? Ain't that cat front yard royalty?
Sweet: Yeah, so if there's a hint of trouble, he's a no-show.
(CJ drives Sweet and the GSF member to the cemetery.)
Sweet: This is it.
(Sweet and the two GSF members climb over the wall to the cemetery.)
Sweet: OK, CJ, come on over!
(CJ climbs the wall and approaches Sweet.)
Sweet: Y'all take up positions, and wait for Kane.
(The team wait for a while until Kane arrives.)
Sweet: Here he comes...
(Kane exits his car.)
Sweet: Looks like that buster's wearing armor. Might take a round or two to drop his ass. OK, CJ, you take Kane, and we'll take the rest of these fools out.
(CJ kills Kane.)
Sweet: Nice one, CJ! I'll get us a getaway car, you guys take out the rest of those Ballas!
(CJ kills the remaining Ballas and goes to the getaway car.)
Sweet: OK, everybody in, let's roll!
(CJ drives Sweet and his men home.)
Sweet: Man, we was a force back there. Everybody go home, stay low, we ain't see each other all day, copy? I'll catch you later, Carl.
- In the opening cutscene, when the GSF members assemble behind Sweet and CJ, a bald member with a goatee and a dark green coat can be seen. Aside from a second appearance in The Green Sabre, he cannot be seen anywhere else in the game. This could be an unused gang member model.
- If the player does not kill Kane fast enough, a Greenwood picks him up and you have to chase him down. The Greenwood has a unique black paintjob, with a turquoise roof. so you may consider storing it in a garage.
- An easy way to kill Kane is to just make a mad dash for the Admiral and run him over, then use the same Admiral as cover to gun the rest of the Ballas down.
- The Ballas are seen driving an Admiral in this mission, which is unusual because they usually drive the Tahoma as their people-carrier. This may be because Kane is a high ranking member of the Ballas, according to CJ.
- Sweet mentions in the first cutscene, 'that one of the Ballas that you and Smoke laid out'. But Big Smoke is absent in the mission Doberman. Since Doberman was changed before release, it possible the dialogue wasn't updated to reflect it.
- This mission is very different compared to other missions. If the player crashes Sweet's Greenwood to the point where it's on fire, then the player will fail the mission saying "Sweet's vehicle is ablaze and he's too smart to get back in," even if the player fixes the car via cheats, the mission will still fail. This is the only mission in which this happens.
- "Los Sepulcros" is Spanish for "The Tombs"
If the black Greenwood arrives, and you kill Kane before reaching the car and killing all the Ballas, once you head back to Grove Street, Sweet will not say anything, and the game will stay stuck in cutscene mode, and the player will receive the text, Kane is making a dash for that car. To prevent this glitch, simply kill Kane before the car comes, or destroy the Greenwood.
Kane attending the funeral.
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