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Range anxiety in the real world
Range anxiety in the real world
Excellent posting.
Exactly my own experience also with our i-miev. You learn real quick (weeks-months) what the car can do, and how the battery behaves.. and the it become "second nature". No worries.:-)
With the 85kWh battery, I understand you really dont have to think about remaining range. Our i-miev has considerably less range, but even this is fine. We know how far it can tak us, when we need to recharge under way if on slightly longer trips.. etc.
If in advance, we know the distance might make it hard to get there, we can choose our old fossile car, or train/plane.. or we can do the extra planning, and go by EV. You shouldnt worry about beeing stuck on the road, empty of juice. That is just as "hard" as running out of gas, if you dont do it on purpose though.
Excellent postings!
When the supercharger network is in place and hotel chains like Marriot get serious about getting the business of people with EVs and provide decent over night chargers (10 kw min) there won't even be an issue with taking a long vacation in the car.
Great posting. Love this kind of experience sharing. Hope to see more. Can't wait to get my P85!
The key take away here is that we have to think a little bit differently. Very simple. Be a bit more conscious, measure out behaviour and distance (called multi-tasking I guess...) until there are charging points all over as there will be when thousands of EVs will roam the streets and highways.
More of this please. Very inspiring.
TMS Doc - I'm only two weeks in and echo your thoughts. It has been an EASY mind shift. Plug in every night. Wash, rinse, repeat. Smile as you drive by gas stations. Depending on your driving, save maybe 60 minutes/month by not stopping at gas stations. I'll take it.
Thanks for the post. I love these examples. There are so many post out in the internet world about range anxiety and so few actual driver accounts with a real range BEV. The Leaf stories I have read typically describe panic because a charger was broke or something. Generally I haven't been concerned about the 20-40 mile work round trip drive at all. It's the approximate 150ish drive through the country side trips which this post gives me a good feel for.
I am happy to see that I won't have to switch to a gas car for a drive that will burn the most gas.... kind of ruins the whole point of owning the BEV. I am getting the 60kWh and looking at your examples I can expect about 170 miles. This is great and about what I was hoping for since my longest once a year round trip is 160 miles. I will have to remember to range charge for them or plug in at the other end.
I was the same way in my LEAF - a couple of weeks figuring out what the car will do, and then I don't worry about it. Sure, if I am making a longer trip than usual I have to plan to make sure it won't be a problem, but I also have a margin just by driving slower.
It is already the same in my Model S - I have plenty of range for my normal use, so the only time it comes up is out-of-town trips. This past weekend when I went on a trip, I charged to max-range and drove conservatively on the way there, and then after I was able to successfully charge at the hotel I didn't worry about it any more and just drove how I wanted.
This summer when I drive to NC I will have to plan where to charge (I'm like Sammy Hagar and can't drive the 55mph it would take to make it without charging), but otherwise I won't worry about it. Once the Supercharger network gets built out around here I won't even have to worry about that.
Hi TMS Doc. Thanks for a very comprehensive posting on Model S range.
By the way, where do you plan to charge once you arrive to Las Vegas?
I have almost hit the 3 month mark myself and can relate to most of what you wrote. I hope there is a 500 mile pack in the future as I think that would be perfect for me and my driving. Even though I didn't drive an ICE that much, this is NOT AN ICE and I also for the first time drove my Rav4 since getting my Model S and it SUUUUUCKED!! I never want to drive another ICE again, EVER!!!
DISCLAIMER: I probably drive my Model S harder then anyone here, I am an EXTREMELY aggressive driver... :)
What is ICE?
@ Soccer Dad
I think ICE = internal combustion engine, and yes, it seems that term is acquiring derogatory connotations, at least on this forum :)
In terms of range anxiety, I can only relate to the gas version of it: if I am down to a quarter tank and my next 3 days are going to be hellish, when is the best time to fill up? Should I just get 2 or 3 gallons from this convenient but overpriced station and then fill up when I can get to the cheaper station? I am always figuring this out with gas-buddy app, so substituting plugshare for longer road trips doesn't really seem like a problem to me. So thanks for posting everyone, it is reassuring to know your experiences validate my "logic"
The acceleration in the S is like crack cocaine. I REALLY struggle not to stamp on it on so many occasions....calm...calm...enjoy the serenity...
Does somebody has information on the projected milage at 85 to 95 mph? (my average highway cruising speed on my 65m daily commute; not in US...)
Will be hitting my 1 month anniversary tomorrow and have loved it (other than a few little software glitches). I have a 90 mi r/t commute, and always charge it up every day. My commute involves the the Santa Cruz Mountains (an 1800' climb) which results in me getting about 70% of rated (doing 65-70 once I'm in Silicon Valley).
The one day I forgot to top off was the second day back to work after the New Year. Came out to the car in the morning and it only showed 90 rated miles. So I plugged it in, hopped into the old ICE and went to Starbucks for an hour. Came back to 125 mi rated and made it to work and back with 25 rated miles left. Like you said, you get used to doing the planning.
Here's a graph I extrapolated from the official TM graph - remember this is under ideal conditions:
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Download the free "recargo" app for your smart phone. You will find a few of the casinos on the strip offer charging stations in their covered parking garages. If my memory is correct they are offered to the public (dont't have to be a registered guest). When/if you use them be sure to thank guest services (or a quick follow-up note) -- this can go a long way to remind them of the value of the charging stations. Clearly the casinos are willing to trade a little electricity for you to drop in at one of their tables ;-)
We charged to the max (267 miles)for the first time this past weekend......drove from Stockton,CA to Pacifica and had 150 left. We drove 47 miles @ 55 w/cruse on stepped it up to 65 for the last 53 miles. Spent the day and drove 70 miles @ 65 w/cruse (mostly) then for the last 30 miles the onlookers enjoyed our taillight's......;-)
Arrived home with 33 miles. We lost 17 miles going over and 20 on the way home. Not to bad. Range anxiety is driving our Leaf.........Driving our S is pure pleasure!
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The acceleration in the S is like crack cocaine. I REALLY struggle not to stamp on it on so many occasions....calm...calm...enjoy the serenity...
So true....a BMW came up along side of us on the way back from Pacifica and my husband did 90 to show him his place........so I guess we could have saved a few miles there. Good thing it was on the way home.
Check this very well written eval of range anxiety factors in different EV's v. an ICE for a 360 mile trip and a cross country trip. Also has some optimistic views of Tesla stock and BlueStar (Tesla's next project after Model X).
"TMS Doc | January 22, 2013
Also, if my wife is going farther than I am, she gets the car that day.
So, does that mean you plan extra long trips to make sure you always get it? \9-/
We are having our first really cold weather in N.J. and I'm noticing several things about the car. First, even though the car is plugged in, it takes a while for the battery to warm up and there is a warning message that informs you that the car's performance will be reduced until the battery heats up. Second, the car's range in cold weather is substantially reduced - in my case by almost 50%. This is for local stop and go driving and admittedly most of my 15 minute commute home is done with the battery trying to warm up and the heat on. Last, when it is really cold, in the teens (Farenheit), there is no regen and another warning appears.
People in cold climates should take the reduced range in cold temperatures into consideration when deciding what battery option to choose!
I am seeing the same thing in the Philly area. It seems to be more pronounced since I did the 4.2 upgrade.
Peter, it's been reiterated many times here by Tesla and other members that when the battery is cold, its output is reduced which is interpreted by the car as low battery/less miles. Once the battery warms up, your "lost" miles will be regained as the output is returned to normal.
I have a tip for getting a few extra miles on a range charge.
If you plan to do a long trip, do a normal charge the night before. About 2 hours before your departure the next day, set the car for a range charge to top off the battery. That way you will not have any loss of range from the car sleeping half the night and keeping itself cozy.
It isn't a huge difference but it is a useful tidbit to keep in mind.
What a great post, tanks for sharing your real life experience. At this time I hesitate between 60 and 85, calculating my daily drive and this type of post is very helpful. Thank you
Avoid the morning chills by setting your overnight charge rate (amperage) low enough that it's still charging when you get in. The battery will be warm, full power and regen.
Excellent posting.
But now I am being skeptic. Because we bought a Tesla for it is a EV whit range. 300miles/480km and fast charge of battery. So we, my wife and I, tough that we can use a Tesla to drive longer journeys. But we can drive trough parts of our country whit temperature as fare down as -31F/-35C (probably lower also.) And if only charging on the road is 230V/16A/1f (Norway)... we will get nearly 12miles/19km an hour, it will take us 24 hour to charge from 0 to 100%.
I am curios if Tesla Model S will manage a trip at 345miles/550km in temperature as fare down as -40F/-40C. Of course we have to charge in summer time, but only 4-6 hours (230V/16A/1f) How will it be in winter time?
When you are doing short trips in the cold, the heater is running full blast for the entire time. When I was doing that on a trip, I was averaging over 600Wh/mi. If you drive longer distances, the cabin reaches the requested temperature and then the current drawn by the heater drops off substantially.
@Julius - you will not get 345mi unless you drive very slow even with the heater off, so you shouldn't expect to do it in -40F.
Great posts. I just returned from a 1,025 mile trip and posted my experience on another thread on this forum.
I did not experience range anxiety at all. I drove very aggressively and kept the HVAC system running. But I also used the superchargers in California. The lowest range reading on my dash during the entire trip was 69 miles. I only charged once above the standard charge and it was only to 260 miles charge.
It was a great trip with my family. The Model S was very comfortable and easy to drive.
Great post! Almost read as if I wrote it myself, given the time-frames, miles on the card, wife driving the car when she's driving longer distances, experience with hills vs flat road - and yes - paintball! LOL
Very informative post. My driving experience tells me that in California, you should assume and plan a trip in normal city/freeway combined driving condition with this range formular: 0.8 X rated range miles =maximum actual mileage of a trip.
Some people's wives do way better than that.


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BumblePost necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 73 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
We are a start-up online greeting card company with a simple and fun feel to it. We are launching our site in August (fingers crossed), and have our blog at LifeShouldBeSimple.wordpress.com. Life Should Be Simple is our tagline.
Anyone who sends greeting cards. :)
We are looking for a green, somewhat abstract bumble bee for our logo. For the shade of green, go to lifeshouldbesimple.wordpress.com. This is our blog so it needs to match. http://99designs.com/logo-design/store/1253 is a good example of the kind of feel we're going for. It's just not the winner for us. We don't want it to be cutsy or girlie, but also not corporate or stiff looking. Unique looking with a BRAND feeling. As in, you look at it and you don't think "what a pretty green bumble bee", you think "what brand is that representing". Creativity a major plus. If you want to try to incorporate greeting cards or a "postal" feel into the logo, you can, just remember that we don't want it cutsy or girly. The 3 parts of our branding are the bee itself, our name (BumblePost.com), and our tagline - Life Should Be Simple. You can incorporate all 3 into the logo or just the bee. The bee is the most important part.
Logos we like with a similar feel: Twitter, Google, 37Signals.com, Audi
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shimmy necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
Looking for a logo for a new website offering free online games directly to a worldwide audience; men and women, young and old. The logo must be easy to be remembered and recognized (simple and still catchy), and must be suitable for a friendly, playful environment for digital entertainment that is free.
The logo for BBgames must be inviting andfriendly, gender-neutral and be suitable to represent a website that offersgames that can be directly played. The site is a destination portal, intendedfor some duration of playing games for our visitors. The look and feel of thesite is light and fresh (white and silver-gray) with one additional color tomake it lively. Images of the games on the site create the rest of theliveliness. A nice example of the look and feel of the website is http://webgame.com.cn/; although please donot use the logo of this site for reference, this is *NOT* how we would likethe BBgames logo to look.
- The domain is bbgames.com and the text of the logo mustcontain 'BBgames' or 'BBgames.com' in it.
- BBshould be written in capitals, the 'beebee' sound is what makes the siterecognizable as it also contains the main element of the site (browser based).
- The partof the logo 'games' will be in lowercase (or if you want to play with theletter size, feel free, as long as 'BB' remains accentuated.).
- The factthat the games we host are 'browser based' may be reflected in the design ofthe logo, but this is not required.
- The maincolors of the site will be white and silver-gray (nice example iswebgame.com.cn), and next to that one major color may be implemented into thesite design. Which color this is, is up to you. We prefer gender-neutralcolors, to appeal to a wide range of people. If your choice of color is appealing,it will be used in the rest of the design of the site. Adding a usable colorpalette to your entry is a bonus.
- Usingmore colors is fine, but please take into account the white and silver-graybase of the site.
- The fontmust be appealing and recognizable, something experimental or a unique font isideal.
- The logo must not surpass one 'line' of text (nothingabove and below), please don't make it too high.
- Becauseof the previous point, please write the logo on a straight line, and not tilted(unless the result remains wide, but not very high).
- The siteis intended for people who like to play digital games, but should not bedirected to any niches of audiences (such as children or hardcore gamers).
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How Sweet Is This? One Direction Say They Can't Stay Mad At Each Other
As if One Direction could get any cuter, Louis Tomlinson recently revealed that he and the guys (Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne) just can't stay mad at each other. Aw!
"We all actually find it difficult to stay annoyed with each other, which is a good thing," Louis Tomlinson spilled to Top of the Pops magazine, noting that they solve arguments "quickly" and "amicably."
That's definitely a good thing, considering how much time they all spend together, between touring, red carpet events, and just kicking it back.
"Like, if one of the guys did something to annoy me, and in my head I was like, 'Right, to prove a point to him, I'm going to really have to stay annoyed for so long,' I just can't do it," the boy-bander said.
"I think life's too short," Tomlinson continued. "If you start a friendship and you're happy with it, what's the point of losing it over something that's probably petty?"
Excellent advice, Louis. There are way too many bands who break up over discord within the group (like the Jonas Brothers), so it's really refreshing to hear that 1D won't be one of them.
Not to mention, we just can't get over how adorable they are!


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Cello Concerto
Don Quixote
Don Quichotte
Tabea Zimmermann
Berliner Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta
Cello Concerto
Don Quixote
Don Quichotte
Mischa Maisky
Tabea Zimmermann
Berliner Philharmoniker
Zubin Mehta
Int. Release 02 Jan. 2004
0289 474 7802 7
Track List
Audience Applause
Antonín Dvo?ák (1841 - 1904)
Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191
Mischa Maisky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Don Quixote, Op. 35, TrV 184
Mischa Maisky, Tabea Zimmerman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Zubin Mehta
Total Playing Time 1:20:11
. . . he gives an eloquent performance of this greatest of all cello concertos and reaches the heart of its overwhelming sadness and poignancy . . . The recording is full-bodied and the Berlin orchestras's playing sumptuous.
Maisky's firepower and musical range are remarkable, and the accompaniments are as classy and lustrous as anyone could expect.
Maisky is an instinctively impulsive and spontaneous musician . . . Here, Mehta allows Maisky room to breathe more naturally and the result is vastly more convincing . . .
. . . one of the world's leading cellists . . .
Excitement is the word in this recording. Zubin Mehta brings out the colour of these works especially vividly and the flamboyant Mischa Maisky is the ideal partner. Atmosphere is added by the fact that these are live recordings from the Berlin Philharmonie . . . Maisky . . . played with great resolution, punching out the sforzando spread chords with no loss of tone qualitiy. Maisky adjusts his sound to the context throughout in a way that seems entirely natural.
Maisky gives a very warm, sympathetic, and moving account of the "Don", the engineers have captured the Berlin Philharmonic's sound in luminous detail, and Mehta whips the orchestra up into fine frenzy in Strauss's whirlwind passages. Especially effective is Variation VII, "The Ride through the Air". Yet there is still one thing more to recommend this release . . . Tabea Zimmermann's full and rich viola tone and responsive technique are every bit the match for Maisky. This is a superb CD ż a fine new recording of Dvorák's Cello Concerto . . . and an outstanding new "Don Quixote, which, to me, is always welcome. Add excellent sound and playing time that exceeds 80 minutes, and you have a combination that's hard to beat.
Maisky ist zwar immer noch der Gefühlsmusiker, der sein Temperament auslebt und tonlich "in die Vollen" geht. Aber er tut es mit Augenmaß und mit dem Blick auf die Proportionen. Dvoráks Musik ist wie das pralle Leben... Ganz entscheidend von der superben Spielkultur der Berliner Philharmoniker lebt auch die Interpetation von Richard Strauss' "Don Quixote". Nicht viele Orchester vermögen diese komplexe und klanglich opulente Partitur unter Live-Bedingungen so perfekt und durchsichtig umzusetzen. Maisky fühlt sich mit Raffinesse in die Rolle des tragikomischen Don Quixote ein, Tabea Zimmermann am ersten Bratschenpult verkörpert den Sancho Pansa ebenso klangvoll und souverän -- ein aufregendes Solistengespann!
Maiskys Dvorák-Konzert klingt, klar ausgeleuchtet, wie ein inniges Geständnis -- souverän grundiert von Mehtas Berlinern, die spektakulär aufgenommen wurden. Bei Richard Strauss hört man Schafe blöken, die Windmaschine sausen; und doch erzählt Mehta ein spannendes Märchen -- mit Liebreiz, Leuchtkraft, Ironie.
Mischa Maisky umreißt den Titelhelden in "Don Quixote" wie ein meisterlicher Erzähler mit wunderschön tragendem Ton, perfekter Grifftechnik und ausgebuffter Piano-Kultur. ...Ganz in seinem Element ist Maisky auch im Dvorák-Konzert, besonders an Stellen mit fein gesponnenen Kantilenen und kammermusikalisch zugeschnittenem Zusammenspiel.
... Mehta crea un espacio sonoro suntuoso y de amplio respiro. Una lectura ... defendida con inteligencia y sobrada maestría.
Mischa Maisky heeft wat een meestercellist moet hebben: een ongeloofijke techniek en grote muzikaliteit.
Mischa Maisky heeft wat een meestercellist moet hebben: een ongelooflijke techniek en grote muzikaliteit . . . subliem spel van de Berliner ond er Mehta . . .
Maisky is een zelfbewust artiest die een grote technische perfectie paart aan eeen . . . flamboyante uitstraling . . .
|Born 10 January in Riga, Latvia
|Begins first music lessons in Riga, where he attends the Children's Music School and Conservatory
|Enters the Leningrad Conservatory
|His début with the Leningrad Philharmonic this year earns him the nickname "Rostropovich of the Future"
|Prizewinner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow; begins studies with Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory while pursuing a concert career throughout the former Soviet Union
|Imprisoned in a labour camp near Gorky for 18 months; following his release he emigrates from the USSR
|Settles in Israel; having won the 1973 Gaspar Cassadó International Cello Competition in Florence, makes his début at New York's Carnegie Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under William Steinberg; after the concert an anonymous admirer gives him an 18th-century Montagnana cello on which he still performs today
|Studies with the legendary Gregor Piatigorsky, thus becoming the only cellist to have studied with both Piatigorsky and Rostropovich; this year appears as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic
|Beginning of his international career, with regular concerts throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and the Far East, especially in Japan
|London concerto début with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
|London recital début with pianist Radu Lupu
|First recording for Deutsche Grammophon: Brahms's Double Concerto with Gidon Kremer and the Wiener Philharmoniker under Leonard Bernstein
|Signs his first exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon; two important CD Bach releases this year: the Cello (Gamba) Sonatas with Martha Argerich and Maisky's first recording of the Six Solo Suites
|Released on Deutsche Grammophon: Haydn Concertos with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and the Schumann Concerto with Bernstein and the Wiener Philharmoniker
|CD releases include recordings of Dvořák's Cello Concerto and Bloch's Schelomo with Leonard Bernstein and the Israel Philharmonic (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo), and of Elgar's Cello Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations with Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Philharmonia, as well as Meditation, a collection of short Romantic pieces with pianist Pavel Gililov
|First appearance at the Proms in London; released on CD this year: Beethoven Cello Sonatas op.5 with Martha Argerich and Adagio, an anthology of Romantic pieces, with the Orchestre de Paris under Semyon Bychkov
|Gives a recital with Martha Argerich, one of his most important musical partners, at the Salzburg Festival; releases include Beethoven's Cello Sonatas opp.69 & 102 with Argerich
|Issued on CD this year: the two Shostakovich Cello Concertos with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra
|Returns to Moscow for the first time after a 23-year absence to give a concert and to record works by Prokofiev and Miaskovsky for Deutsche Grammophon with Mikhail Pletnev and the Russian National Orchestra; CD release this year: a coupling of Vivaldi and Boccherini concertos with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Echo Award 1996)
|Appears at the Salzburg Festival with pianist Daria Hovora; their Schubert CD collaboration Songs Without Words is released this year
|CD releases include a Tchaikovsky disc with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Songs Without Words by Brahms (with Pavel Gililov)
|In May appears together with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer in Tokyo performing piano trios by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky (recorded live by DG and released in 1999, Echo Award 2000); CD releases: Cellissimo with pianist Daria Hovora, a collection of shorter pieces spanning the centuries from Bach to Bloch; and a Saint-Saëns selection with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Daria Hovora (Echo Award 1999)
|CD releases: a French collection entitled Aprčs un ręve (with Daria Hovora), the Brahms Sonatas (with Pavel Gililov), and his second recording of the Bach Suites, which receives wide critical acclaim
|Dedicates the year mostly to Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with a "Bach Marathon" on 2 January in Zurich, where he plays all of Bach's works for cello (the Solo Suites and Sonatas with harpsichord) in three concerts on a single day, and giving over 100 Bach concerts in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Australia, North and South America, and most European countries during the course of the year; Maisky's CD releases this year: a Schumann disc, including the Cello Concerto with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and chamber works with Martha Argerich
|A recording of Maisky and Argerich Live in Japan (sonatas by Chopin, Franck, and Debussy) is released this year
|Japan tour in June; recitals with Martha Argerich at Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center; trio recital with Martha Argerich and Gidon Kremer at Carnegie Hall; duo recital with Sergio Tiempo at the Salzburg Festival; summer appearances at Saratoga in Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Argerich, violinist Ida Haendel, Charles Dutoit, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as a Schumann/Shostakovich trio recital there with Argerich and violinist Vadim Repin; CD release of Mendelssohn's Cello Sonatas with pianist Sergio Tiempo; recordings in Berlin of the Brahms G minor Piano Quartet with Argerich, Kremer, and Bashmet in March, and the Dvorák Cello Concerto and Strauss's Don Quixote with Zubin Mehta and the Berliner Philharmoniker in December
|Appearances include concerts and recitals at the festivals of Verbier, Dubrovnik, and Torroella, as well as throughout western and eastern Europe; a tour of the Far East (Dvorák Concerto) followed by a European tour; for DG: live recording in Brussels with Argerich of cello sonatas by Prokofiev and Shostakovich and Stravinsky's Suite italienne
|Concerts with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra in Riga and on tour in Spain and Germany; appearances in Rome with Chung and the Orchestra di Santa Cecilia, in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in Lisbon with the Gulbenkian Orchestra, in Paris with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and in Baltimore and Washington DC with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; extensive performances of the Dvorák Concerto, including a tour with the Czech Philharmonic; on tour in Japan with the Prague Radio Orchestra; recitals and chamber music appearances in Europe, the USA, Korea, Japan, and at the Verbier, Schleswig-Holstein, and Salzburg festivals; CD releases: Dvorák and Strauss, with Mehta and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and chamber music by Brahms and Schumann, with Argerich, Kremer, and Bashmet


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text: Hi there, surfing I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIg8Omew9Ps and http://sourceforge.jp/projects/gimp-painter/releases/ A japanese guy is working on a fork called GIMP-Painter. I'm testing it and... it really works with tablet pressure ..without X11!. I'm not a programmer so I have no idea how this guy made this, so please programmers, take a look at this, because I think it deserves the effort. I tried the MACPPC 2.6.2 version in my macbook with 2 gigs of ram and leopard and I'm finding it quite interesting. It doesn't detect the tablet in preferences but it just works! (and he's developing some VERY interesting custom tools). Hope u find this useful.


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Tool use is so rare in the animal kingdom that it was once believed to be a uniquely human trait. While it is now known that some non-human animal species can use tools for foraging, the rarity of this behaviour remains a puzzle. It is generally assumed that tool use played a key role in human evolution, so understanding this behaviour's ecological context, and its evolutionary roots, is of major scientific interest. A project led by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Exeter examined the ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows, a species renowned for its sophisticated tool-use behaviour. The scientists found that a substantial amount of the crows' energy intake comes from tool-derived food, highlighting the nutritional significance of their remarkable tool-use skills. A report of the research appears in this week's Science.
To trace the evolutionary origins of specific behaviours, scientists usually compare the ecologies and life histories of those species that exhibit the trait of interest, searching for common patterns and themes. "Unfortunately, this powerful technique cannot be used for studying the evolution of tool use, because there are simply too few species that are known to show this behaviour in the wild," says Dr Christian Rutz from Oxford University's Department of Zoology, who led the project. But, as he explains further, some light can still be shed on this intriguing question. "Examining the ecological context, and adaptive significance, of a species' tool-use behaviour under contemporary conditions can uncover the selection pressures that currently maintain the behaviour, and may even point to those that fostered its evolution in the past. This was the rationale of our study on New Caledonian crows."
Observing New Caledonian crows in the wild, on their home island in the South Pacific, is extremely difficult, because they are easily disturbed and live in densely forested, mountainous terrain. To gather quantitative data on the foraging behaviour and diet composition of individual crows, the scientists came up with an unconventional study approach. New Caledonian crows consume a range of foods, but require tools to extract wood-boring longhorn beetle larvae from their burrows. These larvae, with their unusual diet, have a distinct chemical fingerprint--their stable isotope profile--that can be traced in the crows' feathers and blood, enabling efficient sample collection with little or no harm to the birds. "By comparing the stable isotope profiles of the crows' tissues with those of their putative food sources, we could estimate the proportion of larvae in crow diet, providing a powerful proxy for individual tool-use dependence," explains Dr Rutz.
The analysis of the samples presented further challenges. Dr Stuart Bearhop from Exeter University's School of Biosciences, who led the stable-isotope analyses, points out: "These crows are opportunistic foragers, and eat a range of different foods. The approach we used is very similar to that employed by forensic scientists trying to solve crimes, and has even appeared on CSI. We have developed very powerful statistical models that enabled us to use the unique fingerprints, or stable isotope profiles, of each food type to estimate the amount of beetle larvae consumed by individual New Caledonian crows."
The scientists found that beetle larvae are so energy rich, and full of fat, that just a few specimens can satisfy a crow's daily energy requirements, demonstrating that competent tool users can enjoy substantial rewards. "Our results show that tool use provides New Caledonian crows with access to an extremely profitable food source that is not easily exploited by beak alone," says Dr Rutz. And, Dr Bearhop adds: "This suggests that unusual foraging opportunities on the remote, tropical island of New Caledonia selected for, and currently maintain, these crows' sophisticated tool technology. Other factors have probably played a role, too, but at least we now have a much better understanding of the dietary significance of this remarkable behaviour."
The scientists believe that their novel methodological approach could prove key to investigating in the future whether particularly proficient tool users, with their privileged access to larvae, produce offspring of superior body condition, and whether a larva-rich diet has lasting effects on future survival and reproduction. "The fact that we can estimate the importance of tool use from a small tissue sample opens up exciting possibilities. This approach may even be suitable for studying other animal tool users, like chimpanzees," speculates Dr Rutz.
For more information contact Dr Christian Rutz (phone: +44 (0)1865 271179 or +44 (0)7792851538; e-mail: email@example.com) or Dr Stuart Bearhop (phone: +44 (0)1326 371835 or +44 (0)7881818150; e-mail: email@example.com). Alternatively, contact the press offices of the University of Oxford (phone: +44 (0)1865 283877; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) or the University of Exeter (phone: +44 (0)1392 722062; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com).
A report of the research, entitled 'The ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows' is to be published in Science on Friday, 17 September 2010 (authors: Christian Rutz, Lucas A. Bluff, Nicola Reed, Jolyon Troscianko, Jason Newton, Richard Inger, Alex Kacelnik, Stuart Bearhop).
The researchers studied the New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides), a species that has attracted attention with its unusually sophisticated use of tools for extracting invertebrates from holes and crevices. The species is endemic to the tropical island of New Caledonia in the South Pacific, where fieldwork was conducted.
New Caledonian crows use stick tools to probe for longhorn beetle larvae (Agrianome fairmairei) in decaying trunks of candlenut trees (Aleurites moluccana). The larva-extraction technique of crows relies on exploiting defensive responses of their prey, similar to the well-known 'termite fishing' of chimpanzees. Crows insert a twig or leaf stem into a burrow, 'teasing' the larva by repeatedly poking it with the tool until it bites the tip of the tool with its powerful mandibles, and can be levered out.
The use of stable isotopes to examine the diets of wild animals is a well-established research technique. It relies on the premise "you are what you eat". Thus, the unique stable isotope profile of a food source can often be traced in the tissues of a consumer. Using relatively simple conversion factors (and some assumptions), it is possible to use this information to calculate the amount of any given food type in the diet of an animal. The Exeter-based research group has recently been involved in developing powerful Bayesian analysis techniques that are suitable for estimating animal diets in more complex situations, for example when consumers are known to eat many different food types. This advance was key to their collaboration with the Oxford-based scientists, who study the ecology and behaviour of the New Caledonian crow - a species that, like many other crows and ravens, is an opportunistic, generalist forager.
Previous studies on New Caledonian crows have shown that: wild crows manufacture and use at least three distinct tool types (including the most sophisticated animal tool yet discovered); the species has a strong genetic predisposition for basic stick-tool use (tool-related behaviour emerges in juvenile crows that had no opportunity to learn from others); crows have a preferred way of holding their tools (comparable to the way that humans are either left- or right-handed); adult crows can make or select tools of the appropriate length or diameter for experimental tasks; at least some birds can 'creatively' solve novel problems; and wild crows may socially transmit certain aspects of their tool-use behaviour (but claims for 'crow tool cultures' are still contentious).
An earlier paper in Science by Dr Christian Rutz's team (published in 2007) described the use of miniaturized, animal-borne video cameras to study the undisturbed foraging behaviour of wild, free-ranging New Caledonian crows.
This work was funded by the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Dr Christian Rutz is a BBSRC David Phillips Fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, and Dr Stuart Bearhop is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences, University of Exeter.
Stable isotope measurements were carried out by Dr Jason Newton, Senior Research Fellow and Manager of the NERC Life Science Mass Spectrometry Facility in East Kilbride. The Facility exists to provide access for UK scientists in the biological, environmental and other sciences to training and research facilities, offering an integrated and comprehensive suite of stable isotope techniques and expertise.


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The European Union has imposed sanctions on Ukraine, after security forces were blamed for sniper fire which killed dozens of anti-government protesters on the streets of the country's capital, Kiev.
As bloody clashes continued for a second day, Prime Minister David Cameron embarked on a round of telephone diplomacy, speaking to world leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been the strongest international backer of the regime of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Unconfirmed reports from local medics suggested that at least 70 died and as many as 500 more were injured as marksmen picked off demonstrators, after firebombs were thrown at riot police.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to impose sanctions on officials held responsible for the violence, including a travel ban and asset freeze on close allies of Mr Yanukovych.
The White House said the US was outraged by scenes of Ukrainian security forces firing automatic guns on protesters and urged Mr Yanukovych to withdraw forces immediately from central Kiev. No American sanctions were announced, but a spokesman said President Barack Obama was considering the options open to him.
The clashes this week have been the most deadly since protests kicked off three months ago after Mr Yanukovych shelved an association agreement with the European Union in favour of closer ties with Russia. Moscow then announced a multibillion-pound bailout for Ukraine, whose economy is in tatters.
The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Ukraine to advise against all but essential travel to Kiev. UK nationals currently visiting or living in Kiev are advised to stay inside.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron was seeking to build support for a roadmap for a peaceful resolution proposed by European foreign ministers visiting Kiev earlier today.
Following his phone conversation with the Russian leader, Number 10 said: "The Prime Minister agreed with President Putin that they should both encourage all sides in Ukraine to get behind this emerging plan as a way to end the violence and open the way to a lasting peaceful solution."
But Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, accused the West of applying "double standards" in the conflict, telling a press conference in Baghdad: "The opposition cannot or does not wish to distance itself from extremist groups.
"Our Western partners and everyone in Europe and the US put all the blame on the government of Ukraine and they do not condemn as they should the actions of the extremists. We are very troubled by all that, because the double standards are obvious here."
Mr Cameron - who described the situation in Ukraine as "deeply concerning" - also spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Donald Tusk, the Prime Minister of Ukraine's western neighbour Poland. He will discuss the crisis with Dutch PM Mark Rutte when he visits the UK tomorrow.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron and Mrs Merkel were both "extremely concerned by the spiralling violence" and agreed that President Yanukovych had "a particular responsibility to help de-escalate the situation by pulling back government forces".
The PM and Mr Tusk agreed that the 28-nation bloc should "continue to look at the ways it can promote a peaceful and democratic settlement in Ukraine, recognising that continued violence will make it harder to reassure all Ukrainians that their legitimate aspirations will be realised", said Number 10. A spokesman said that all three leaders gave their backing to the EU foreign ministers' roadmap.
Following the emergency meeting in Brussels, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Baroness Ashton, said that targeted visa restrictions and asset freezes would be implemented "as a matter of urgency". Details of the individuals to be targeted were not immediately available.
EU nations also agreed to suspend export licences for equipment which could be used for internal repression, said Lady Ashton.
Mr Hague said the sanctions would send a "strong signal" of the unacceptability of the actions of those responsible for the bloodshed on the streets of Kiev.
"It should be unacceptable in any city or country in the world, unacceptable in a European city, a European country," said the Foreign Secretary. "And it's a signal of the EU's determination to do something about that."
Mr Hague added: "There is widespread horror in the European Union as well as in the United Kingdom at the scale of the loss of innocent life and the events of the last 48 hours.
"Of course we call on all involved to turn away from violence, but some people are responsible for the violence and so we have decided to introduce targeted measures and targeted sanctions involving visa bans and asset freezes on those individuals who are responsible."
Earlier, the Ukrainian ambassador to London, Volodymyr Khandogiy, was summoned to the Foreign Office for the second time in as many days to be told that the action to crush the protests was "unacceptable".
Europe Minister David Lidington said Mr Khandogiy was unable to give "a definitive view" over claims that the Ukrainian authorities were behind the latest killings.
"I said that these reports were particularly shocking, because if those reports are substantiated then that would suggest that people who were trained in marksmanship were involved, and that does point to people who have been trained officially in some way," said Mr Lidington.
"But I think the key thing there is that, in light of what has happened, there should be a full and independent and thorough investigation of those killings - the people responsible for those shootings need to be held to account, wherever they come from."
Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander welcomed the EU sanctions, adding: "The UK Government must now urgently implement the agreed restrictions, in particular asset freezes and visa bans which could take immediate effect.
"The Ukrainian authorities bear a heavy responsibility to de-escalate the crisis and must now open a fresh and serious dialogue with the opposition."


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Q&A: Lead Pipe on Professional Development2012–02–08 | 11 commentsTags: blogging, committees, conferences, job searching, networking, online presence, personal branding, professional development, publishing, resumes, social media
By Editorial Board This week, In the Library with Lead Pipe fields professional development and career questions from library school students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The questions they asked ranged from committee work to composing cover letters to conference attendance. Here is the complete list (so you can jump around if…


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ashuaib necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Explodink Inc
I am a 4th year undergraduate student looking to create a review portal for all the app lovers out there! I have little to no experience with design but have a sound understanding of what it takes to be a "captivating website". I regularly read design related blogs, e.g. Smashing Magazine and am building an eye for good User Interfaces. I have ordered Smashing Magazine's design guide as a reference tool for this project.
I will be working independently and hope to keep rolling out small projects like this in a couple of weeks.Of course, that all depends on the level of success and satisfaction I achieve with this project.
Since a business is an extension of a person's personality. I would like CoolestApps.com to have the same effect.
The website should give a positive vibe, feel dynamic,
show care,
be resourceful,
give love,
shout trendy,
and look vibrant,
I believe that there is always room for 3 top players in any market and I hope to take one of the spots in the APP REVIEW space.
We have recently seen an enormous growth in the world of applications with most of the growth driven by Mobile Apps (Apple) and Social Networking Apps (Facebook).
However, with this growth (150,000+ IPhone apps and 350,000+ Facebook Apps) have come problems. The problem of finding a cool, funny, useful, fun and relevant app.
I myself find it to be very difficult to filter through thousands of apps, find something relevant, then downloading a bunch to later realize that most of them are crap.
For every problem there is a solution and I want to be the one stop solution for all the app lovers out there! They should easily find whats cool, new and best for them. (need to think of a smart Ranking System - suggestions are most welcome!)
Specifics on the target audience : Tech Savvy App Lovers
14 - 35 years old
Kids, Students, Professionals
NO CLUTTER PLEASE - JUST SIMPLICITY (Remember the Keep It Simple Stupid rule? :))
The FINAL VERSION will be delivered in PSD.
The requirements are not set in stone. I would like to be more of a guiding light for you rather than limiting the space of creativity and wild imagination. After all, you are the creative professionals and deserve the freedom to think freely!
Cool Apps
Top 25 Free(this page lists top 25 apps for Iphone, Blackberry and Android)
Top 25 Selling (same as above)
Reviews ( reviews, ratings and editors picks)
The Side Navigation should mirror the categories on Apples Website under the "Apps for Everything" - (http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/))
Please read attached Word Document for more design details. Thanks. (PDF is for the color of the website, YES the hair product :))
Similar Websites
http://www.appstorehq.com/ (WANT THE SAME FEATURES)
I hope that I have provided the essential design and project details. If you have any suggestions and queries please feel free to contact me.
Constructive feedback is appreciated"


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
521 Group
We're consultants in the niche field of electronic payments to a range of clients, from large corporate companies to budding entrepreneurs. We offer consulting services that range from company acquisition, to product development and launch, to retail deployment. So we're specialised and highly sought after (we like to think).
We also advise clients on electronic payments relating to online business. This side of the business gets more involved with start up companies who have a much more entrepreneurial approach. We are occasionally involved with venture capital for these businesses as well.
Despite the split personality of our client base we want a consistent message. That the service we provide is professional and straightforward with a depth of expertise.
We're suit and tie one day, jeans and shirt the next.
We typically work with senior management, either into existing corporate companies, or with start up ventures. Our client base includes global companies who draw on our expertise across international markets.
Therefore we want a logo that's not out of place in a global corporate boardroom, but is also not so boring as to turn off entrepreneurial minded people who favour innovation and "speed to market" as part of their approach.
The typical client is going to be an experienced business professional.
The corporate side of our business, as well as our desire to market ourselves well with new and existing clients, means we'd like to ensure we incorporate the business name into the logo.
No cartoons. We're happy to see a device that represents the company as long as it works in concert with the name.
A small colour palette should be used befitting a more corporate design.
The logo should incorporate colours and design that speak to expertise and professionalism as well as innovation.
We want our clients to be proud to say they employ 521 Group for their consulting needs.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
John Adams Miniseries
Filming occurred in many different locations including Budapest, Hungary, but four locations in Virginia were also used including Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Area and locations around Richmond, Virginia.
An extensive list of the actors and the roles they will be playing are listed at the IMDB site including Paul Giamatti as John Adams and Laura Linney as Abigail Adams. David Morse will play George Washington, Tom Wilkinson will take on the role of Ben Franklin, and Stephen Dillane will play the part of Thomas Jefferson. Many of the features of the IMDB site are currently empty; however, there are already several interesting tidbits in the trivia section for the miniseries including the fact that many of the civilian costumes were previously used in British television productions. Many of the costumes were maked with the letters "BBC" on the interior. I think that's kind of ironic!
In an interview with Paul Giamatti published at the website Rotten Tomatoes he states:
"[John Adams] was a weird guy. For people who come to these things expecting this sort of iconic, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, white, marble bust kind of thing. He was kind of a lunatic. He was a hypochondriac, he [had a] violent temper, he was constantly sticking his foot in his mouth. He was a nightmare of a guy."
"He was this huge figure to people and there was a lot of weird political maneuvering around that went on. Hamilton and all those guys maneuvered around to get him elected. He was a terrible president. He was a terrible politician. So, we are making a thing about a guy who was basically a failure as a politician. So it will be interesting."
"It's much more a kind of political history because he sat the war out. There are no battle scenes in it. It's all about him wandering around begging for money. I don't know how interesting that will be, but that's what he did the whole war. He kind of traveled around Europe trying to get people to give money to finance the war. And he was sick all the time and out of his mind and depressed. He was a really weird guy."
Laura Linney prepared for her role by getting her hands on as many books as she could. She stated in an interview for Entertainment Weekly, "At the moment I'm steeped in books about [John Adams'] wife, Abigail Adams. I've read about five of them. There's the McCullough [biography], and [McCullough's] 1776, and the Joseph Ellis book, American Sphinx, which is about Thomas Jefferson. It's coming out my pores, all this stuff. American history is wasted on high school sophomores. I remembered not a thing."
When HBO Programming group president Michael Lombardo and co-president Richard Piepler traveled to show it to David McCullough, Piepler reported they had natural trepidation that you are showing it to the master, [but McCullough] had tears in his eyes.
I found all of the comments above interesting, however, if folks rely simply on Giamatti's thoughts that Adams was weird, and he isn't sure the miniseries will be interesting, they might opt to watch something else.
I just hope the tears Richard Piepler saw in David McCullough's eyes were tears of joy and not anger and frustration.
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- klkatz said...
Giamatti is right about Adams. John Adams may have had the most fervor in wanting independence from Britain, but he couldn't possibly be the one to take it to the king because he was "obnoxious and disliked" as they stated in the musical "1776". i think that movie portrays a good John Adams...sure he may not have been like by a lot of people, but he was determined, strong headed and assertive. Those aren't such bad traits for a politician.
Such of fan of HBO. They do such a great job of bringing great historical events like our independence from Britain to life. I've always been intrigued by history, especially American history, and this mini-series has shed a whole new light on the process and evolution of our country as we know it today.
What I can't seem to figure out is why Mrs Adams decides to give "the plague" or whatever that disease was, to the rest of her family.....intentionally. Maybe I just missed something. Does anyone know the answer?
- M said...
"What I can't seem to figure out is why Mrs Adams decides to give "the plague" or whatever that disease was, to the rest of her family.....intentionally."
This is made clearer in the book. She was getting the kids immunized with a weak version of the pox in hopes it would spare them from the more severe form of the disease that was spreading. It worked.
I disagree- Giamatti was both inarticulate and incorrect about Adams. "[John Adams] was a weird guy" is a horribly simple way to describe a character. Why was he weird and why should his unusual traits encourage us to watch the mini-series? (I have watched it and I delighted in it.)
Laura Linney was obviously much better prepared for the role and it shows in the mini-series. Giamatti should have researched his character more, because I feel that he comes off harsher and more depressed than Adams.


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The best material some comedians could muster when Barack Obama took office last January were quips about how they'll have a tough time making a living without presidential punchline George W. Bush to mock anymore.
A year later, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's recent skewering of the President is being seen by some – including a gleeful Bill O'Reilly – as a sign the comic rotisserie is turning.
In an interview Wednesday night on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," O'Reilly bluntly asked Stewart about the perception that the comic is getting tougher on Obama: "When you deliver your stuff, are you cognizant of the fact that your audience are primarily stoned slackers who love Obama and when you criticize Obama you may be turning on them?"
Stewart responded, "We don't think about who may be receiving it, we think about how it feels to us....If it feels like a valid piece of absurdity to us, we vet things internally.
"Whatever you say, someone's not going to like (it)."
The serio-comic exchange was prompted by a much-discussed column by Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz, who anointed Stewart a "pop-culture bellwether." Kurtz cited the comedian's lampooning of the President last week for using a teleprompter during a Virginia school visit as a turning point of sorts in humor aimed at Obama.
"You set up the presidential podium and a teleprompter in a sixth grade classroom?" Stewart asked incredulously, going on to heckle Obama for what seemed like an almost Reaganesque move – and not Reaganesque in the "Great Communicator" sense.
Kurtz noted, "Stewart's barbs are generating partisan buzz."
Stewart sarcastically downplayed the impact of his comedy – even referring to himself in the third person, almost as if to distance himself from the talk.
"Oh my God! [The Obama Administration has] lost Jon Stewart! And as Stewart goes, so goes an incredibly small, yet for some reason demographically valuable segment of our population," Stewart said on his show, responding to the Kurtz column.
"You know how President Bush suffered when he lost Jon Stewart. I mean, that guy was run out of office after only eight years."
While the teleprompter bit has attracted notice, Stewart, to be fair, first hit Obama hard in July, memorably mocking the so-called White House "beer summit."
Stewart has battled perceptions that he's in the tank for liberals, with his frequent pointed takes on Fox News' rhetorical excesses, distortions and omissions. But he's an equal-opportunity parodist, often ridiculing news clips from the network news, CNN and particularly MSNBC – going off last week on Keith Olbermann after the cable news host unleashed a verbal attack on recently elected Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown.
Perhaps Stewart's show is scrutinized by pols and the press because he and his Comedy Central buddy Stephen Colbert are delivering the most consistently biting daily dose of TV political barbs since Johnny Carson made his final quip about the first President Bush in 1992.
Sure, the other late night show hosts make fun of Obama, but most of the gibes are delivered in forget-'em-a-minute-later one-liners.
Bill Maher was among the first high-profile comics to slam Obama, angrily declaring in June, "This isn't what I voted for." But Maher's HBO show airs once a week when it's running, and is closer at times to a cable news opinion show than straight-out comedy. "Saturday Night Live" tweaks the President in "Weekend Update" segments and in skits, but that's one night a week.
Colbert delivers his brand of clever humor through his conservative talk show character. Stewart speaks for himself, making him stand out as TV's most visible and direct day-in-day-out political satirist.
Stewart may believe he's just another comedian, but he plays a key role in setting the comic zeitgeist. That's something he might want to think about during his next moment of Zen, which, presumably, won't come in a no spin zone.
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Anatomicals is one of those rare brands that are cheap, cheerful and quite innovative too. It looks more expensive then it is and is a nice stocking filler kind of brand.
Aloe Aloe Aloe (cute name right?) has a dual use tube of hand cream and lip balm in one. And it contains aloe! Naturally!
Although this is unisex, I imagine this is very appealing to the man in your life. Mr C for one can't live without hand cream and he won't use lip balm – I figured giving him this might encourage him to occasionally moisturise his lips!
Let's look at the domed lip balm first. It's a clear, scentless one and very handy:
I really like the design! The tube is small enough to be carried around the the quick use access to the lip balm is clever. Mr C wouldn't use this so (he hates the texture of any lip balm) so I did occasionally.
It's not the best lip balm I've ever used, but it does have a softness to it and gives quite good hydration – it doesn't feel like a cheap oily lip balm that fades quickly, it's pretty decent.
The hand cream, says Mr C, is thick and rich in texture and sat on his hand for a little while before sinking in. He likes this because ultimately it provides more hydration but if yo need something that sinks in VERY quick, you may not.
Because of the tube size, you won't get that much product – depends how heavily you use hand cream but Mr C found it only lasted 9 days with every day use. You will very likely get through the hand cream before you finish the lip balm – I guess you could remove the balm and use it separately.
It costs just £3.50 from ASOS – I've seen it on other stores for £5.99!
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When Micachu and the Shapes arrived, back in, hell, I dunno… some time a few years back when everything felt better, they did so in a wave of promise and possibility. Mica Levi was quietly hailed as a gentle heroine, with homemade instruments and a ramshackle approach to her craft. 'All hail Michachu' they said 'all hail Micachu, with her wayward ideas and her sideways look at life!' and we did and then… nothing.
She went the same way as Dre. We forgot about Micachu. Her buddies, Speech Debelle and Ghostpoet with their slicker sounding, Mercury-flirting music inched further into the main and we picked them up like the shiny new toys they were and we played with them for a few weeks and… yeah, we forgot about Micachu.
Here's why we were wrong to do that:
Micachu and the Shapes are fun. Their new album is fun. You need some fun in your life because 87 per cent of it sucks. It's hard work, you're skint and the world is collapsing around you, in a cataclysm of destruction, deception and terrible soap operas. From the opening second of the opening bars of the opening track, 'Easy,' this album is sodden with the stench of someone daring to enjoy themselves. A rattle of unlikely percussion bounces around the vague, bouyant structure of a song. "Just leave the rest for me / I'm easy to please," she sings, as a thousand ideas rage behind her. It ends, after a minute and a half, with the sound of a hoover being switched off. You may never have realised how much fun a hoover sounds when it's being switched off. It's fun.
And that's just the first track.
There are no templates. There's a sense that Micachu's songs aren't written, but birthed; thrown at the wall like a Jackson Pollock painting; a collage of sound and ideas. Not as careless as that may sound, but rather: created with abandon and an utter disregard for your rules, Sir. She plays her thoughts out in shorthand, underlined with irreverence; the songs are conversational, shown best on 'OK,' with two voices circling around small-talk: "are you sure you're OK? / couldn't be better…" Bowing to no one, Micachu and the Shapes always just seem to be doing what sounds right and what feels right to them, rather than what they think people might be wanting, needing, or expecting. That's a good thing.
Here's the last reason:
On the track 'Fall,' when she utters the line "I hope my bones crack evenly…" it is utterly, utterly arresting. The line is almost mumbled: poetry, brushed under a rug of humility. Oh and on 'Nothing,' which comes straight after, over a lilting fairground beat, when she sings "we had everything to lose / so I stood on a cigarette / and decided we hadn't finished yet," well, talk about a perfect image. This time around, can well agree that it's really not too much to ask that we don't forget about Micachu and the Shapes? That we give her the same due care and attention as all those other London types? Thanks.
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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the City of Lincoln will place a grid of communication fiber conduits in downtown Lincoln. He will propose to the City Council that up to $700,000 from the City's Fast Forward Fund be used to finance the City's costs. Mayor Beutler established the fund in 2009 to assist with infrastructure improvements that help drive economic development and job creation.
"In this century, telecommunications fiber has taken its place next to roads as key infrastructure for the promotion of economic growth and job creation," Beutler said. "As Mayor, my goal is keep Lincoln among the most competitive economies not only in Nebraska, not only in the United States, but the entire world. Today's announcement will stamp Lincoln, Nebraska as a national leader in critical communication infrastructure and further our goal of being a city that can compete with anyone, anytime, anywhere. It will be a game changer."
Under the proposal, the City would finance a grid of conduits to ultimately hold fiber from Unite Private Networks and possibly other Internet service providers. The expected cost is about $600,000, and an additional $100,000 would allow for contingencies. The Fast Forward Fund currently has a balance of $6,266,875.
Mayor Beutler said the conduits can be installed while the City is rehabilitating downtown streets this spring, and the project would create a number of advantages for Lincoln:
The Mayor thanked Unite Private Networks and the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce for their work on the project.
"In Lincoln, our fast growing technology sector is an engine for economic growth," Beutler said. "Companies like Nelnet and Nanonation are utilizing the talent nurtured at UNL's Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management to create new, good-paying jobs in the community. The development of Innovation Campus will only accelerate that trend."


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OAKLAND — A drive-by shooter firing on a car near the Fruitvale BART station Thursday morning missed his target, but the car wound up crashing into two other vehicles and a taco truck outside a popular restaurant, police said.
After crashing, the occupants of the car ran away as the gunman continued to shoot at them but did not hit them, police said. Two vehicles in a parking lot were hit by gunfire.
The violence unfolded about 10:35 a.m. in the 3900 block of San Leandro Street when at least one gunman in a vehicle began shooting at another car as they drove northbound on San Leandro.
The car being shot at collided with another vehicle in the 3900 block of San Leandro but kept going to avoid the gunfire.
The people being chased crashed into another car at the intersection of San Leandro Street and Fruitvale Avenue before going into the parking lot of the Guadalajara Restaurant, where it hit a parked taco truck, police said.
As the occupants tried to flee, they were shot at again but not hit.
The suspect vehicle sped away and was being sought.
Fruitvale Avenue was closed between San Leandro and East 12th streets while police investigated the incident.
The occupants of the uninvolved cars struck during the chase sustained minor injuries.