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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tough Tuesday
Christmas is comin'. Either you know what that means, or you don't. If you're in the latter, stay tuned for what that means for this little ole site.
Now, then. One of our very favorite bands (and we really mean it), Pure Country Gold, are out on the road in support of their spankin'n' face meltin' new rekkid, "Tough Tuesday" (out now on super keen colored vinyl and download) on the magnificent Cave Punk record label.
Even better, they're gonna be in Chicago this Thursday (11/11, mofo's) at the legendary Hideout. Following that, they've got dates in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Missoula, and Spokane. Y'all should go if you can.
The new rekkid is an easy contender for our album of the year.
We posted about them previously, when we premiered an advance song from the new record. We're gonna reprint that here, below, cuz we don't feel we can better it. It includes an interview with the band and some super swell tunes, including a track from the new record:
A Previous Post On Pure Country Gold
We can't even pretend to be objective when it comes to Pure Country Gold. They're one of our favorite bands, a two-man (drums, guitar, vocals) force of raw nature, all desperation and booze-fueled rock'n'fuckin'roll.
We finally got to see 'em play live at last summer's Deep Blues Fest, and they exceeded every expectation, a sweaty barrel-house blast of amped-up sound and wail.
"Pure Country Gold is pure trash. Tasty, nasty and loud. And sleazy. Sleazy like the barroom floor at last call, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here, and who're you gonna pick up to take home for a quick rut just to say your weekend wasn't a total waste, burning sensation be damned...Yeah, it's that good. ...It's complete (glorious, sonic) junk masquerading with a name designed to confuse. But, they've got that sensibility, if you know what we mean...Imagine some urban cowboy wandering into a local jukejoint only to be faced with this glorious racket, shit-amped guitars through busted speakers, some guy hollerin' wounded goat over the bluescowpunk mess. Feller would probably crap his Lee's...Hyper-amped, garage-fuelled, amphetamine muckity muck."
'Course, that barely covers the band and their sound. But, we figger, why listen to us blather on, when you can hear direct from the band?
Singer and guitar fucker Patrick Foss (aka Petey, aka Pure Cunt) was kind enough to answer a few questions for us.
A Big Rock Candy Mountain Interview With Pure Country Gold
(In which we learn the value of bubbles)
Big Rock Candy Mountain: Who is Pure Country Gold and how did you come to be?
Patrick Foss: Patrick & Jake or Petey & Beefjake or Pure Cunt & Tree Gold. We'll answer to any of those names. One night we were both drinking in a bar called Club 21 and decided to start playing together.
BRCM: Where did the name Pure Country Gold come from, and how pure are you?
PF: The name came out of my desire to pick something happy and hippie sounding. I like to think we play feel-good music and thought the band-name should put warm and happy images into people's heads. Sunflowers & sunshine are the images that popped in my head and I felt that that aesthetic was the antithesis to the Jack Daniel's t-shirt and devil-doll rawk stuff which I find kinda dumb. We never considered that having the word 'country' in our name would confuse people, but sometimes we don't think things through too good. Pure? Uh...probably not so much.
BRCM: Are you a Blues band with Punk roots, a Punk band with Blues roots, none of the above, all of the above, or something else entirely?
PF: I've never thought of us as a "blues" band, but there's definitely a strong blues and R&B influence. Punk and blues music is how we learned to play our instruments so those influences inform how we perform the songs I write. I think we play rock & roll, but that doesn't mean anything anymore so I'll just let the journalist-types like you decide what we play.
BRCM: Who are your influences, if any? What infernal sounds inform the Pure Country Gold aesthetic?
PF: 50's and 60's rock and pop are heavy influences on my songwriting, as is later power-pop and punk rock. I'm a huge nerdy Beatles fan. Discovering Crypt Records sometime in the mid-90's was pretty big for me. I also love early hardcore and Greg Ginn is probably my favorite guitar player. Jake and I are also the world's only 2-piece Bad Brains tribute band if that says anything about us.
BRCM: Whiskey or beer?
PF: Beer. Mostly Vodka for me, but I don't discriminate too much.
BRCM: Yellow Bubbles. Discuss.
PF: We were in a bar on tour and I ordered a Pabst and the bartender said they didn't have Pabst, so I tried Hamm's, Olympia, Rainier, etc and they didn't have none of those either. Finally I asked for anything yellow with bubbles in it. Some drunk at the bar was amused by that and said he was gonna write a song called 'Yellow Bubbles'. I think I yelled back at him, "Not if I write it first! I'll see you on the pop-charts motherfucker!"
I don't remember what beer I ended up being served, but it had yellow bubbles in it. Anyway, I ended up writing a silly pop song about domestic beer and the apocalypse. I'm proudest of the line "have a magic moment sometimes" which is a backronym for Hamm's that I made up. Anyway, Big Legal Mess still has some of the 7 inchers lying around so people need to buy them puppies up! They're on yellow-gold vinyl!
BRCM: Has there ever been a situation where one of you had to play a solo gig due to, ahem, unforeseen circumstances? If so, how did that work out, and what important lessons about life did you learn?
PF: Just about everybody who was at the Deep Blues Fest 08 knows this story, but we've never told our side. We were at the Holiday Inn lounge with many other DBF performers and I wanted some tequila. When I asked how much the Patron cost the bartender told me $4. That's really fucking cheap and probably a mistake, so I ordered 15 shots! I drank 2 or 3 of em, gave away several and left Jake with the rest when I headed up to my room to go to bed.
At some point Jake went outside and sat down to make a phone call and fell asleep. The hotel security couldn't roust him so they called the cops. The next morning I get a call from our buddy Jay to inform me that Jake's in the drunk-tank. We were slotted to play at noon and I got the call around 10:30. Jay and I drove into St Paul, tracked down the detox center and found out there was no way Jake was making the gig.
There was nothing else we could do so we headed towards Lake Elmo to the festival and I jotted down a list of songs I thought I could pull off solo. All I was thinking was that I needed to pull something off because we needed to get paid! We arrived at the festival at a quarter to noon and I set up on stage. I played 8 or so songs and it went great - I wrote those songs alone on my acoustic so there was no reason they wouldn't work this time. Thankfully Chris was kind enough to make room for us the next day so we were able to get a set in with the whole band.
Life lesson? For me: don't leave your already-drunk drummer in the bar with 4 or 5 shots of tequila in front of him when you have a gig at noon the next day. For Jake: don't drunk-dial your friends outside of hotels in Ramsey County, MN.
BRCM: Louder, Faster or Out of Control?
PF: Out of control.
BRCM: As a duo, how does your dynamic work? Do you find yourselves limited or freed by the drum 'n' guitar format? And how do you get so damned loud? Is there a volume above 11?
PF: I write song ideas on my acoustic at home and then bring Jake and some amplification in to flesh things out. We're definitely limited, but I think the limitation is a good thing - it's a fun challenge to make things work with just the two of us. Maybe someday we'll run out of ideas and we'll add instruments or members to open things up, but I think we'll be ok for a while with the setup we have now. I've always been a pretty "busy" guitar player and combined with Jake's bombastic drumming I think it works out well. Yes, we're loud too, but because Jake's a loud fucking drummer and I turn up to be heard!
BRCM:You're based out of Portland, Oregon, a city known for a great music scene. How does the band fit into the city? Where are the best clubs to play? Is beer at Club 21 still just a buck on Wednesday night?
PF: Everyone says how Portland has this great scene but I don't really see it. There's no unified Portland scene at all - it's all fractured and cliquey like everywhere else. There are too many venues and bands here and everyone just goes to see their friends' bands play and ignore everything else. That being said, we have many great friends in many great bands and we play lots of great shows with our friends. I love that, but I don't feel that we're part of any greater Portland music scene and I don't think any of our friends do either. I don't mean to sound like I'm complaining - we really love playing in this town and have played with many bands of many genres at many venues - but all this talk of a Portland scene doesn't really make sense to me.
There are some great venues here - the Kenton Club, the East End and Slabtown treat us well and we love playing those places. Club 21 is not really a club - meaning there are no bands or strippers there - but we spend lots of time there drinking even though beer is no longer a buck on Wednesday nights. As much as we love the place, it's a pretty shitty bar and I love to imagine that people may someday go in there just because of that song we wrote about it, but think it sucks and leave and never come back.
BRCM: Your favorite t-shirt?
PF: Probably my shirt that says "I'd rather be over the hill than under it", but I don't wear the shirt for the statement so much as because it's comfy and blue. I like blue.
BRCM: Obligatory Deep Blues Festival question: How did you come to play at the Fest, and what are your best memories of the Fest
PF: Jay Martin (aka DJ Hwy 7) is a close friend of ours and is friends with Chris Johnson and Rick Saunders and many other folks involved with the Deep Blues community. He recommended us and Chris contacted us to play the 2nd fest in 2008. We had a great time, met some great folks and Chris invited us to play again at the DBF09. Chris has a great thing going with this fest and I hope he can continue to build it to what it deserves to be. We're certainly proud to have been a part of it!
There were many great bands at the fest last year, but I think Chooglin' was my fave (ed note: Chooglin' did indeed kick much ass). My best memory of DBF09 though is hanging out with Jay on Thursday afternoon before the fest. He was so drunk by 3pm that he passed out and missed the whole Thursday night show. Maybe that's a silly thing to choose as a highlight, but I'd never seen him so drunk before and he made me laugh a lot.
BRCM: God or Satan?
PF: Satan
BRCM: In a perfect world, Pure Country Gold has the number one single in the world. How do you celebrate?
PF: With drugs and girls I'm guessin.
BRCM: What's next for the band? Rumor has it you've completed a new record and are shopping it. Anything you can tell us about the album? Tour in the works?
PF: New record is done and yes, we're talking to labels now. We're real proud of this record - I think it sounds great, has a good variety of tunes and represents our live sound well. We have plans to tour the US and Europe in 2010. We'd love that record out before we hit the road so we're concentrating on that first, but we'll hit the road regardless. We promise.
Thanks, Patrick. Check 'em out, then...well...check 'em out!
Pure Country Gold: I'm The End (mp3)
Pure Country Gold: Yellow Bubbles (mp3)
Pure Country Gold: Setting Sun (mp3)
Please support yr local, independent booze slingers and guitar wranglers.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The attorney for the mentally ill New York bodega worker who allegedly confessed to the 1979 kidnapping and killing of Etan Patz said his client is recanting.
Attorney Harvey Fishbein said Pedro Hernandez, 51, made "a false confession," the New York Daily News reported. The confession is the only evidence prosecutors have against Hernandez, Fishbein said.
Hernandez, who is bipolar and suffers auditory and visual hallucinations, pleaded innocent during a hearing Thursday. He has been in custody since May.
Hernandez, who now lives in Maple Shade, N.J., was a clerk at a convenience store near 6-year-old Etan's home when he disappeared on his way to a school bus stop -- the first time the boy's parents ever let him walk the route alone. The case rocked New York City and reverberated across the nation, forever changing how missing children cases are handled. Etan was the first child ever put on the back of a milk carton and the day he disappeared, May 25, is now National Missing Children Day.
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Quidditch ~ Round Three
1. When Hagrid returns to Hogwarts after being sent to see the giants with Madame Maxime, Professor Umbridge questions him on his late return to school. She suspects that Hagrid had been to the mountains, but where does he tell her he has been?
d. South of France
2. Professor Umbridge comes to Hagrid's Hut and searches his cabin one evening (as she believes Harry, Ron and Hermione are there visiting him at night when they are not supposed to). When she walks past the place where Harry, Ron and Hermione are hiding under the Invisibility Cloak, Harry holds his breath. True or false?
b. False
3. A stately-looking witch in an emerald green shawl is one of the members of the Advance Guard who rescues Harry from Privet Drive. What is her name?
a. Emmeline Vance
4. What is the name of the witch who was killed two weeks after the photo of the original Order of the Phoenix was taken?
b. Marlene McKinnon
5. Which two fifth year Ravenclaw students does Dumbledore choose to be prefects?
d. Anthony Goldstein and Padma Patil
6. Which house was Rose Zeller sorted into?
d. Hufflepuff
7. What is the color of Murtlap's essence?
c. Yellow
8. Name the Ravenclaw girl who became prefect in Harry's fifth year.
b. Padma Patil
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Satan's Language - Lies
The first recorded lie, from the inventor and spirit of liars:
"And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die." (Genesis 3:2-4 RSV) (see What Happens When You Die?)
God's Way is Life and Truth; Satan's way is death and lies:
"Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear My word. You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. But, because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me." (John 8:43-45 RSV)
God's Language - The Truth
Always speaking the truth brings freedom, peace of mind and eternal life:
"Sanctify them in the truth; Thy Word is truth." (John 17:17 RSV)
Truth or Consequences
There will be no liars in the Kingdom of God:
"But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor sexual perverts, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God." (1 Corinthians 6:8-10 RSV)
"Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire..."
There is nothing in this world worth lying about. The old mocking children's rhyme, "Liar, liar, pants on fire..." is not entirely inappropriate, considering what is surely coming:
"the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of persons ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be kindled and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire! But according to His promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these, be zealous to be found by Him without spot or blemish, and at peace." (2 Peter 3:10-14 RSV) (see Planet On Fire!)
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New Danish centre to explore the Earth's interior
A new instrument centre at the University of Copenhagen has been created to tackle one of geoscience's great mysteries: do mantle plumes, hypothetically buoyant regions of heated mantle material rising towards the earth's surface, actually exist? The DanSeis Centre has just received a grant of more than €3 million from the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education to investigate.
"It is believed that there are roughly 30 mantle plumes scattered about the planet. From them, heated mantle material rises from the Earth's liquid core, into the lithosphere and towards the crust. Some of the most impressive plumes are presumed to be located beneath Iceland, Hawaii and Yellowstone National Park in the US state of Wyoming – all areas with significant volcanic activity and hot spots. Until now, the sciences have been unable to prove their existence. With the DanSeis Centre and its research staff, we will be equipped to provide new data and settle the question," says Professor Hans Thybo of the University of Copenhagen's Department of Geography and Geology (ICG). The Department is behind the new DanSeis national instrument centre.
Hundreds of kilometers within the Earth
To solve the mantle plume mystery, Hans Thybo and colleagues will lower advanced seismographic equipment onto the Atlantic seabed in a 1000 km radius surrounding Iceland - well into the zone of Greenland's bedrock and around the Faroe Islands.
"Using new methods and instruments, we can take geologic measurements much deeper within the Earth than before. Now, down to 500 and 1000 kilometers! Methods in current use, by the oil industry among others, provide information for areas down to between 6 and 10 kilometers," explains Professor Thybo.
The mantle plume mystery
Determining the existence of mantle plumes has been a fundamental question since the development of plate tectonics in the 1960's and 70's. Plate tectonics is a geophysics-geologic theory built upon the premise that Earth's exterior is divided into plates which shift in relation to one another. Science, the world's leading scientific journal, regards the mantle plume mystery as the today's most important geoscientific question. Are mantle plumes a means of transporting heat from the Earth's core to its surface? Or, is heat from the center of the Earth diffused more evenly throughout the planet's oceans and continents?
Future oil exploration
Professor Hans Thybo has previously attracted international attention with his examination of Lake Baikal, the planet's deepest lake, found in Siberia. At the time, tons of dynamite were bored underground and set off at a depth of 70 metres to investigate the unique Baikal Rift Zone, upon which the 1700 metre deep Lake Bailkal is saddled. Rift Zones are elongated geologic depressions, also known as crustal fractures. They can plunge up to ten kilometres into the Earth's crust and contribute to the fracturing of tectonic plates upon which continents rest.
"The Baikal project allowed us to follow sound waves, produced by explosions, into the Earth's interior. The same method will be deployed up in Iceland. Using the recordings of earthquake waves and so called 'air canons' loaded with compressed air, we will be able to examine the composition of rock deep within the Earth," explains Thybo, who adds that the technique might also be adapted for oil exploration.
Terrestrial conditions below a depth of 50 kilometres will be investigated by recording the shock waves of distant earthquakes. This monitoring requires that the instruments be stationed on the Atlantic seabed for two years. Beyond their work shedding a vigorous and much anticipated new light upon the mantle plume mystery, DanSeis will also address other basic research challenges, such as investigating the origin of mountains found in the North Atlantic area – Norway and Greenland included.
DanSeis has been awarded €3.35 million by the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. DanSeis is headquartered at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Geography and Geology and will begin operations from Spring 2012.
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Philip Crosby, one of Bing Crosby's sons from his first marriage and an entertainer in his own right, died last week at his home here. He was 69.
He was found dead last Tuesday by his family, coroner's officials said. The cause was a heart attack, they said.
Bing Crosby had three other sons from his marriage to the former jazz singer and actress Dixie Lee, who died in 1952: Gary, Lindsay and Dennis, Philip's twin brother. All have now died. The four brothers had mixed degrees of success in show business. In the late 1950's they teamed up as the Crosby Boys, a nightclub act, and performed in Las Vegas and elsewhere, including their father's television programs.
Philip Crosby's subsequent show business career was brief. He made some recordings and had small parts in films like ''Robin and the Seven Hoods'' and ''None but the Brave.''
He made sporadic stage appearances, and told People magazine in 1983 that his last gig was at an Elks Club party in Burbank. He had been married four times by then. Bing Crosby died in 1977 at 74. Lindsay Crosby committed suicide in 1989, and Dennis Crosby killed himself two years later. Gary Crosby died of complications of lung cancer in 1995.
Philip Crosby is survived by his four children, Mary Elizabeth Crosby, Dixie Lee Crosby, Flip Crosby and Philip Crosby Jr.; and three half-siblings from his father's second marriage, to Kathryn Grant: Harry Crosby, Mary Frances Crosby and Nathaniel Crosby.Continue reading the main story


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Metropolitan Mayhem is a 15-map mod for Duke Nukem 3D (Atomic Edition). It's themetically very close to the original first and third episodes (LA Meltdown & Shrapnel City) of Duke Nukem 3D, concentrating almost exclusively on classic urban-themed maps. The original plan was to spend at most 24 hours working on each map so map sizes vary from small to medium. In total the mod should provide an hour's worth of oldskool entertainment. If you liked Duke3D, particularly its city maps, you cannot miss Metropolitan Mayhem. The mod was designed by MetHunter, MRCK, Mikko Sandt and Merlijn van Oostrum.
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After traveling through space for seven years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft began orbiting the planet Mercury in March, 2011. In this podcast, join MESSENGER's principal investigator Sean Solomon as he describes how the spacecraft's specialized instruments are collecting information that is key to understanding terrestrial planet evolution.
Dr. Solomon is introduced by the Museum's Curator of Physical Sciences, Denton Ebel. The "Frontiers in Astrophysics" event took place at the Museum on November 5, 2012.


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The Holes in "Homeland"
What the Show Gets Right -- and Wrong -- About Counterterrorism
In Homeland, the wildly popular Showtime series, the United States is a troubled place. Week after week, the series shows us a parade of social ailments: mental illness, prescription drug abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, marital infidelity, surly teenagers. The authorities, meanwhile, are a mix of treacherous politicians and feckless, scheming bureaucrats who casually embrace illegal detention, criminal cover-ups, and domestic spying. And then there are terrorists -- lots of them -- running loose everywhere, one step away from causing another national catastrophe. (Warning: spoilers follow.)
The series centers on the relationship between a bipolar hot mess of a CIA case officer, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), and a tormented ex-marine, Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis). After eight years of captivity in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan, during which he was "flipped" by the al Qaeda mastermind Abu Nazir, Brody returns to the United States with a mission to carry out a terrorist attack. He eventually becomes a congressman, a potential vice presidential candidate, and a double (or perhaps triple) agent. Carrie finds out that Brody is a terrorist, falls in love with him, goes off her meds, loses her job, and then effectively regains it, managing to thwart the evildoers most of the time along the way. These two characters, like much of their supporting cast, are irresistible studies in how to be highly functional while wrestling with inner demons.
Homeland is immensely entertaining. But how well does it represent reality? In truth, only partially. As a depiction of how U.S. agencies actually go about tracking down and apprehending terrorists, the series misses the mark. It focuses on a few dramatic human-oriented counterterrorism operations that rarely make a difference in practice, and it overlooks the technological capabilities and bureaucratic systems that constitute the bedrock of the country's counterterrorism apparatus. In short, Homeland portrays a CIA far less constrained than it is in real life but that nevertheless does not use some of the major tools of modern counterterrorism.
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Multiple sexual partners as a risk factor for cervical cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
I've read that "many different partners" may be a contributing factor of cervical cancer. Why this is so?
Christina S. Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
In the past, having many different sexual partners was identified as a risk factor for developing cervical cancer, along with having a history of multiple sexually transmitted diseases, and early age at first sexual intercourse. While no one can say for certain what the link is between sexual activity and cervical cancer, one can assume that sexual activity may increase the chance of transmission of the human papilloma virus (HPV). Certain strains of the HPV virus have been implicated in the development of cervical cancer.


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Hope College Athletics welcomes fans of all ages to the fourth annual HOPEYs award ceremony on Monday, April 14, beginning at 7 p.m. at DeVos Fieldhouse.
The community is invited. No tickets are necessary.
The HOPEYs are an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of Hope's student-athletes and athletic teams as well as recognize the seniors from the class of 2014.
The recipients are determined in a vote of student-athletes based on nominations in the following categories: Exceptional Team Performance, Exceptional Individual Performance, Newcomer of the Year, Breakthrough Athlete, Comeback Player of the Year, Role-Player of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, Male Athlete of the Year, and Outstanding Team.
Semi-formal dress is strongly encouraged. For more information call (616) 395-7070.


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Census records are invaluable for genealogists. We all know to start with the most recent census for our area of interest, and work backwards.
Nationwide census records in the USA were taken every 10 years, on the decade (1930, 1920, 1910 etc)
Census records in England and Canada were taken every 10 years but in the first year after the decade (1911 which is not public yet for UK, 1901, 1891 etc)
I think most of us know that from a census record we can figure out family groups, get approximate years of birth and birth locations. But what else do census records tell us?
Of course it depends on the year of the record and the country it was taken in. But let's talk generalities.
When you consult a census page you should always check names of neighbours. Often a neighbour is a father or a brother or a married sister (or some other relative). Be sure to copy the entire page so you can refer to it later.
Check the occupation of each individual. Often that provides clues for other research. If a man's occupation is given as farmer, you will want to hunt for land records. If he is a skilled worker (blacksmith for example) you may want to check City Directories to see if he is listed. Perhaps his place of employment is given in a more recent census. Now you can hunt for details on that workplace; perhaps they even have records you can consult.
What about religion? In Canadian census records Religion is provided. This is very helpful in finding church records to hunt for baptisms, marriages or burials.
Check to see birth locations for each of the children. Not only does this allow us to seek birth records (whether church records or vital registrations), we can also learn a family's migration patterns. Best of all we can often narrow an immigration year if the family includes an ancestor who left one country to go to another. If child A was born in the old country and child B was born in the current country a few years later, you've got a nice time frame to hunt for ships passenger lists
Census records may also provide an approximate year of immigration or of naturalization. I use the word "approximate" because those two years are often mis-remembered. You need to search a year or two on either side of any year given. Just as one example, the 1900, 1910 ,1920 and 1930 American census records identify citizenship status, with notations showing the individual was an Alien, or had started the Naturalization process or had his final papers. Some early (1841/1842) census records for Canada give a year of immigration if the individual lived at any time outside of Canada. Later census records also provide a year of immigration for individuals not born in Canada.
Marriage years are also found on some census records. Some census ask for a year of marriage, some ask how old each married person was when they first married -- it varies so be aware and read the questions on each census carefully.
Questions asked on Canadian Census are given here in full for each available census year. You might be surprised at the wealth of details you can find!
Blank Census Forms for USA, Canada and UK are found online and are free


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I'm Upset with My Swiss Army
I've never had a reason to get upset with my Swiss Army until this morning, after I read a quote from one of my colonels:
"Protecting Benedict XVI is easier than protecting his globetrotting predecessor Jean-Paul II," Col Elmar Maeder said yesterday. "Benedict doesn't move about much and when he does it's usually inside the Vatican City, an area that we know inside out," he said.
Excuse me? I'm easier to protect because I don't "move about much." I move around plenty. Just because I don't travel around the world for publicity like Jean-Paul II doesn't mean I'm easy.
I feel totally humiliated right now.
It's especially depressing because my army dresses like circus performers. They can't run very quickly in their uniforms and they wouldn't be able to do much with their spears and swords anyway.


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Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia, Volume 1
Sean Hogan
Timber Press, 2003 - Gardening - 1584 pages
This comprehensive, beautifully illustrated encyclopedia of plants contains information on more than 20,000 plants from all around the world. Organized in an A–Z format by botanical name, the individual entries provide a detailed description of each plant and its features, including notes on origin, cultivation requirements, growth habit, propagation, and pests and diseases. The introduction explains how the 12 climatic zones work and looks at the environment and the plants that grow in those zones. Also included are lists of plants suitable for growing in specific areas, such as alpine gardens and seaside gardens. In addition, the introduction provides ideas for garden design.
Flora covers all the plant groups: trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials, bulbs, corms and tubers, cacti and succulents, lawns, ground covers, ornamental grasses, herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, other fruits, nut trees, palms and cycads, ferns, climbers and creepers, and orchids. Written by a team of international botanical and horticultural writers, this book will allow all gardeners to choose the perfect plants for their garden and will expand their knowledge on the wealth of plants available. The stunning color photography from all around the world is the perfect complement to the text.
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Last year, Siemens announced that it was officially developing solutions designed for 3D printing with an additive manufacturing (AM) software suite meant to address every step of the AM process, from design to simulation and production.
White Women's Cycling Orange Triathlon Donna K1 Violet Shoes Fizik Key to the design of 3D printing is understanding the constraints of various AM processes, as well as how to create a part that takes advantage of AM's unique abilities. Siemens has just made this process that much easier by partnering with Frustum to incorporate the startup's generative design and topology optimization software into Siemens NX.
Frustum's geometry kernel—which also takes the form of a cloud-based app called Generate—combines finite element analysis and the company's voxel-based design algorithm to generate multiple iterations of a topology optimized design. The kernel is now a part of Siemens NX as an integrated module that allows engineers to blend topology optimization with traditional CAD data to create parts that can only be manufactured with 3D printing.
"Siemens, as you know, makes a CAD platform that is widely used by original equipment manufacturers and suppliers around the world," Frustum CEO Jesse Coors-Blankenship told ENGINEERING.com. "As Siemens makes the push to get AM to the industrial enterprise level (and on the factory floor), it has sought to complete an end-to-end tool chain, which topology optimization is a key component of. The company sees, like we do, that AM without generative design methodology is not fully taking advantage of the technology. To design parts for AM in 2D—the way my grandfather did—would diminish the value of AM. Siemens liked our approach to geometry and felt that it fit with its convergent modeling capabilities. So now with convergent modeling and our generative geometry kernel output, topology optimization can be fully utilized by the designer in an effective and time-efficient way."
A key component of Siemens NX as an AM solution is the introduction of convergent modeling, which makes it possible to combine traditional CAD data, precise geometry based on mathematical functions, with mesh-based facet geometry. Whereas mechanical engineers may be more accustomed to the precise geometry associated with CAD software, mesh data is becoming increasingly popular and is particularly useful when it comes to such technologies as 3D scanning and 3D printing.
Frustum's module allows users to input certain design parameters—such as weight, cost, material and function—and generate a mesh that, through Siemens NX, can be incorporated into precise geometry. The resulting parts are watertight, with no intersecting polygons or other errors typically associated with free-form 3D modeling, and are instantly ready for 3D printing.
Other important features include the ability to run multiple design scenarios in parallel, with Frustum's module calculating and generating a variety of options simultaneously, allowing the designer to then validate and choose the best one. This includes the ability to add force application points and load cases to understand how each iteration will perform in the real world.
Though Frustum relies heavily on simulation to generate these scenarios, the company has not yet validated how its simulations match up to real-world parts with empirical testing. For this reason, Frustum is open to partners to aid in the validation process.
Coors-Blankenship pointed out that the tool will be beneficial both with designers experienced with AM and those who are not. "Both new and experienced designers will benefit greatly from this partnership, as this tool is designed for designer's topology optimization, and not for stress analysis," said Coors-Blankenship. "This is the first time topology optimization has been really made useful for a designer to use effectively beyond experimentation. Aside from the easy-to-use interface, the geometry output made possible by our generative geometry kernel is of high enough quality for the designer to work on without time-consuming remodeling. New users will have a necessarily quick but not too steep learning curve, while experienced users of topology optimization may have to be flexible in how they are used to this technology workingin order to fully take advantage of our contributions to topology optimization."
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Officialy named the Sony Portable CD-I IVO-V11 Intelligent Discman, this was Sony's debut into CD based videogaming. In some way this is the prequel to the famous Sony Playstation as well. Sony released two versions of their portable CD-i unit, IVO-10 and IVO-11, the latter was an improvement on the previous model IVO V10: it solved some compatibility issues and it was compatible with the standard for CD-i pointing devices. Rumoured is the IVO-V12 which might be about the (as well) rumoured digital video version of Sony's portable CD-i player. Released in 1990-1991, the Intelligent Discmans did not support Digital Video. So yes, the Compact Disc Interactive was developed by both Philips and Sony, only Sony stepped out of the format at an early stage to go its own way with the Playstation.
This portable unit has an build in LCD screen and a small speaker on the right side, as well as RCA for television (or recording device). It also has a headphone jack. On the front panel it has a power switch as well as common CD playing controls like fast forward, rewind, stop, pause and play. Remarkable detail: Two portables are available , both are IVO-V11 players. One of them has the text "Intelligent Discman" (A brilliant name, by the way) on the top. While I suppose both players are identical, I don't know if only a specific run got this line on it.
Devin told me about a rumoured Digital Video version: "This is something that turned up from a guy called Kevin I was talking to extensively about all things CD-i at the ClassicGaming EXPO this year. He found a current (at the time!) SONY employee who was demonstrating a SONY Portable CD-i Player which had Digital Video capabilities. This was in prototype form and was intended for the professional market much as the base case machine was marketed for with it's high price tag!! Kevin offered to buy the prototype but it was only for demonstration purposes and the SONY employee was resolute that it was SONY property that could not be sold. Kevin certainly knew his CD-i very well in our discussions so i'm confident this information is accurate."


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Some people are just born to be writers. Truman Capote was born in New Orleans to a salesman and a 16-year-old beauty pageant queen. He could read when he was five, and would often carry a dictionary and notepad with him. According to Capote, however, he did not start "writing seriously" until he was 11. Capote was raised in Alabama, and was a lonely child, often ostracized. He took comfort in words and would write every day after school. He befriended his neighbour, the award-winning author Harper Lee, who was a year older than he was. She later based the character of Dill in her only novel To Kill a Mockingbird on Capote. The pair remained fast lifelong friends until Capote′s death.
Capote moved to New York when he was seven. He wrote steadily throughout his childhood and adolescence, practicing for hours a day after school. When he was 17, he decided he was finished with formal education, and landed a job at the New Yorker. Far from glamorous, the position consisted of sorting, filing and clipping cartoons, but it nevertheless put Capote on the right path for a budding writer.
After numerous of his short stories were published in literary journals and magazines, Capote′s first novel, the semi-autobiographical Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published in 1948, and enjoyed nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Dealing with issues of homosexuality, the book was controversial and had as many detractors as admirers. In its pages, the main character Joel comes to terms with his homosexuality, and at long last feels the tremendous relief of being truly oneself.
Capote himself was openly gay, at a time when that was much less common. However, the literary and arts community of New York City was certainly the place to do it, and Capote enjoyed at last a glamorous lifestyle, forging friendships with famous eccentric artsy types like Andy Warhol. Capote was well-known and (mostly) well-liked for his wit, humour and love of a party. In 1966 he threw a famous masquerade evening called the Black and White Ball at the Plaza Hotel, which was considered the social event of the season, and attended by the likes of Frank Sinatra. The evening was such a lavish occasion that there′s an entire book written about it: Party of the Century by Deborah Davis.
Capote suffered from both boredom and depression, and abused drugs and alcohol terribly to combat both for many years, and was in and out of rehabilitation throughout the 1970s. He died of liver disease in 1984 at age 59.


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the expectation of a new hockey season starting any
moment, the buzz around the newest ice games from
both EA and 2K Games is pretty high. NHL 2K6 continues
the tradition of being an all around great sim of
the sport, perfect for players who take their game
seriously. Very seriously. In previous years EA's
hockey franchise has muddled around the middle ground
trying to appeal to every jockstrap wearing poser
who doesn't know that their videogame systems can
play other genres. "What's a FPS?" is their
battlecry why waddling to the fridge for another beer.
I'm here to tell you that things have changed. EA's
game has gotten tighter and competition will be fierce.
to both games and pro hockey are some new rules that
will change the strategy involved both off and on
the ice. Two-passes (beyond the center line) are now
completely legal which effectively renders the red
line useless. The idea behind this is to create a
faster, more action packed game of hockey with a lot
less interruptions and downtime. Players aren't allowed
to interfere with the opposition in their zone if
they don't have the puck - meaning you shouldn't be
seeing a lot of meddling with players who are setting
themselves up for a pass. Once the player has the
puck, any slashing, grabbing, yanking or other methods
that involve removing the stick from the ice or using
a free hand to obstruct the player will be penalized,
while the player with the puck cannot use force to
remove opponents out of the way. The elimination of
obstruction tactics is a major one which will also
decrease the number of slashing incidents while hopefully
increasing the number of shots on goal. Goalies have
also taken a hit in that they won't be able to roam
all over the back ice to set up plays for their teammates,
which could result in a lot of forwards taking hits
they wouldn't have in the past. That is as long as
players are still allowed to make any
physical contact without first requiring a note from
their coach.
this point I've only been able to see the effect the
new rules have on the digital game of hockey and I'm
having a hard time remembering them. I think it will
take at least a season before players get the hang
of them as well. Some great teams will have their
tried and true tactics completely changed by the new
rules so it will be interesting to see how this impacts
the league overall. Interestingly enough, since Visual
Concepts didn't have any previous history with the
new rules either, NHL 2K6 seems a little unsure of
itself as well when it comes to implementing the elimination
of the center line as AI controlled players will still
hang around there waiting for a pass more often than
the new rules, NHL 2K6 sports a shiny new ProControl
passing system. This new system is hit and miss (excuse
the pun) simply due to it's on-again / off-again nature.
To initiate ProControl passing you must click the
R analog stick. This brings up icons underneath your
players. Pressing the circle button (B on the Xbox)
will allow you connect a pass to your Right Winger,
Triangle (Y) shoots to the Center, Square (X) to your
Left Winger etc. Once you become mentally equipped
enough to get the hang of it, you could effectively
set up all sorts of intricate passing patterns, culiminating
in a one-timer shot on the net (double tap). The only
drawback to the ProControl is that it always has to
be turned on each time you gain possession of the
puck. Half the time I forgot to do it and relied on
the tried and true method of wishing on a wing and
a prayer when I passed.
the first time in a hockey game, players are given
the ability to select from some coaching on the fly.
Set up on the D-Pad, both offensive and defensive
plays can be implemented at the touch of the button.
I found these to be a little too much too soon as
I fumbled with the new rules and new passing, but
I'm sure I'll spend more time getting acquainted very
but not least NHL 2K6 gives Enforcers, those big bullies
of the iceworld some screen time. Denoted by the "E"
underneath their icon, Enforcers play the role in
the game as they do on the ice. They attempt to intimidate
the center and anyone else unlucky enough to be in
their sites. True to form, if the E's do their job
the opposing players will lose stats resulting in
missed shots, loss of power etc. Unfortunately due
to the new rules, I think E's will become extinct
over time in this next generation of pro hockey, since
they can't effectively harrass players with pokes,
checks, slashes etc. What are they going to do now:
make scary faces? In NHL 2K6 E's can still effectively
make some dramatic hits but you'll have to know when
to implement them.
core of 2K6 remains fundamentally unchanged and can
be tweaked and altered to play as realistic or as
"arcadey" as you'd like. The lines are realistic,
but if you chose manual changes you'll have to be
speedy as the game doesn't afford you a lot of time
to get it together once the whistle blows.
the game is starting to show its age; not that it
looks bad. Perhaps I'm just itching to see what the
next gen systems will be able to pull off in the eye
candy department, so I'm blinded by future expectations.
The presentation has taken a hit for the worse as
the ESPN license has been lost to those folks over
at EA. In the void left behind we have Harry Neale
and Bob Cole from Hockey Night in Canada and whle
they do an admirable job, it just doesn't seem the
same. I feel very unCanadian saying that, but it's
true. Something is missing.
I mentioned at the beginning of the review, EA's NHL
06 is now a serious contender with this years effort.
2K6 is as strong as it ever was and while it might
take vets awhile to get a grasp on the ProControl
and other injections, it's still incredibly solid
and has lost nothing from last years game. Since both
games are value-priced (2K6 is $19.99, NHL 06 is $29.99)
it might just be a toss up as to which game you'll
hang your skates on. For the cost of one full price
game, you can own both. For those who have pledged
allegiance to Visual Concepts you'll find an engaging
and thanks to the new rules and ProControl an almost
entirely new game of hockey once you lace up and hit
the ice.


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Statement by John Callahan,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security,
Accompanied by Susan Daniels, Associate Commissioner, Office of Disability before the
July 24, 1995
Mr. CALLAHAN. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for inviting us here today. We would like to commend you and Congresswoman Kennelly and other Members of the Subcommittee for holding these hearings. They are very, very important hearings, and I think we arc all starting down this road of dismantling barriers for return to work. So my commendation to you and the Ranking Member.
Today, too few of our approximately 8 million Social Security and Supplemental Security Income recipients leave the disability rolls each year to work. Many more of our customers with disabilities tell us they want to work, and they will do so, if the incentives are right and the services they need are available. We look forward to working with this Subcommittee to turn their dreams of economic independence into a reality.
I am enthusiastic about the possibilities for the future, particularly the President's Ticket to Independence Proposal, which we have sent forward to the Congress. The Ticket to Independence is a good public-private partnership. The partnership would give people receiving disability payments what they want and what they need: The control and flexibility to secure services tailored to their individual requirements, from their choice of providers. The Ticket Program is also, I would add, fi scally respons ible, since providers would only be paid for results, that is, placing individuals in aj ob and eliminating Federal cash assistance.
The Ticket to Independence is grou nded on four principles. The first is customer choice. SSA's customers desire and need maximum flexibility and choice in pursuing services that will help them become gainfully employed. Beneficiaries with disabilities will receive this Ticket to Independence to use with a participating public or private employment or rehabilitation provider of their choice.
The second principle is innovation. The employment strategy in our proposed legislation encourages widespread innovations in the publ ic and private sectors by providing opportunities for State agencies, local nonprofit and for-profit providers and employers to work with willing beneficiaries.
Third, paying for results. This is very important. The focus on outcomes, we believe, is best achieved by linking it to financial rewards. The provider will be paid only when the beneficiary's earnings from work result in bene fit savings.
And finally, health care incentives. We a ll know that one of the key barriers to returning to work is fear of losing health care. Opportunities to obtain employment should be as health-care-neutral as possible.
The Senate reconciliation bill does contain a proposal similar to that proposed by the President that would allow workers with disabilities to buy into Medicaid. We urge the conferees to adopt the President' s proposal in that regard. The President's proposal for a 4-year demonstration to extend premium-free part A Medicare benefits beyond the current period of Medicare eligibility is not included in reconciliation. We believe that is still important and would want to pursue that demonstration authority in the future.
Very quickly, this is how the ticket will work. After SSA determines that individuals are eligible for benefits, it will issue them tickets. A beneficiary may give the ticket to his or her provider of choice in exchange for rehabilitation and employment services. We expect to select between 5 and 10 States to begin our pilot. Tickets will be issued and providers will be solicited for participation. State vocational rehabilitation agencies and alternate participants will also have an option to participate in either the Ticket Program or the current program.
Providers must satisfy certain criteria to be enrolled and be eligible to receive payments from SSA: They must be able to conduct business in the State where they enroll by whatever criteria are used in that State.
Very quickly, I see the light is running here, the beneficiary may have a ticket for up to 2 years. They may be able to renew it for another 2 years. Payments will be made to providers once these individuals terminate their cash benefits and become permanently employed.
We feel as a starting payment point that we will be prepared to pay 50 percent of the cash benefit, up to 5 years of gainful employment. We will select a contract administrator to administer this program, and we will report back to Congress on the 3rd, 5th, 7th and 10th year of the pilot.
In conclusion, the Ticket to Independence is a very frugally designed, resuIts-oriented innovation that can, first of all, create a public-private partnership between us and public and private providers, obtain significant savings to the SSA Trust Funds, give beneficiaries what they want, which is a choice to find a willing provider and minimize bureaucracy in the administration of this program. We believe these hearings are a starting point on a long road to fashioning constructive legislation, and we are committed to working with the Subcommittee and the administration to get legislation that will remove the disincentives to go back to work.


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Intermediate MARK Workshop
July 9-14, 2017
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Instructed by Dr. Gary White (program developer)
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Workshop is limited to the first 35 registrations.
Workshop will consist of a combination of lectures and computer lab exercises to provide basic background to understand the main-stream analyses performed by Program MARK.Participants will learn the basics of parameter estimation with likelihood theory, model selection with Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC), and the binomial and multinomial distributions. The Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) mark-recapture, band (tag or ring) recovery, known fate, and closed captures models will be covered in detail.Use of covariates, including individual covariates, will be covered with the closed capture models.
Clientele for this workshop are biologists and graduate students that have some or limited prior experience with Program MARK. The content is aimed at providing the participants with a solid background in the philosophy, theory, and analysis of data from marked animals.This is not a workshop for beginners to this subject.
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Alum's Marketing Agency Is a Successful 'Anomaly'
Editor's note: Anomaly's "Puppy Love" Super Bowl ad for Budweiser was voted the top commercial by Hulu viewers and earned the top spot on USA Today's Ad meter. Scroll down to watch "Puppy Love" and Anomaly's other ad about a soldier's homecoming.
Despite being a founding partner of his own multinational marketing agency, Jason DeLand '98 still dreams of playing professional baseball.
"If one day the New York Yankees announce that they need a center fielder, I want to be able to at least show up to the tryout," the 38-year-old jokes.
A love for baseball brought DeLand to Ithaca College in 1994. He played outfield under coach George Valesente, twice leading the Empire 8 in batting average.
DeLand spent a lot of his time in the Roy H. Park School of Communications, switching his major from politics to television-radio during his sophomore year. He enrolled in several advertising classes and quickly found that the ideas appealed to him.
"It clicked," DeLand says. "I liked the atmosphere, and I liked what my professors were saying. I liked using knowledge of current events, arts, and culture to create a persuasive message. At Ithaca you can follow your passion, and that was mine."
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After working in the Ad Lab class—where students come up with advertising campaigns for real corporations—and spending a semester in the college's Los Angeles program, DeLand started his career with TBWA/Chiat/Day, a prestigious multinational advertising firm. There he met with clients like Kmart, Seagram's, and the International Olympic Committee after winning their accounts and helping transition them to the agency.
He started working the day after graduation. DeLand was promoted to new business manager a year later, and he was eventually approached by PCCW Hong Kong, a telecommunications corporation based in China.
"I took the job because it was a total stretch role that scared me, professionally and culturally," he says. "I figured the learning curve would be the steepest in my career, and in retrospect, that turned out to be accurate."
Less than a year after he moved to China, however, came the events of September 11. For DeLand, who had numerous connections to New York City, the event was a wake-up call.
"What characterized my career up until that point in my life was an unrelenting focus on work," DeLand says. "So much of what I identified with was in the city: my friends, my family, the country that I loved. During the weeks after 9/11, my priorities began to shift from trying to excel professionally to focusing on the type of person I wanted to be, where I ultimately wanted to end up, and who my friends were and reconnecting with family. I hit the pause button."
DeLand quit his job with PCCW and moved back to the United States. He took a year off from work, traveling around the country to catch up with friends and family. During this period of introspection, he had the idea for Anomaly, his newest venture.
In 2004 he helped found the company, an agency that, according to DeLand, is attempting to forgo the bureaucracy present in the marketing industry and instill a stronger sense of community and morality. Clients include American Express, Converse, Dick's Sporting Goods, Google, Marriott Group's Renaissance Hotels, Nike, Proctor & Gamble, and Budweiser. Anomaly produced two of the most popular ads during the Super Bowl this winter: one about a puppy that kept running away to be with its Clydesdale buddy, and one about a soldier's homecoming, both for Budweiser.
DeLand's work with Anomaly landed him a spot on AdWeek's "20 Most Influential People Under 40" list in 2012.
Despite his obvious professional success, DeLand prefers to focus on his mindset, attitude, and more recently, his personal life. He and his wife, Rhonda Roseth DeLand '98, have a two-and-a-half-year-old son whom DeLand delights in teaching the finer points of baseball.
As for the future, his goals are modest.
"I love what I do," DeLand says. "I have plans in terms of what I want to achieve, but how I get there is never really planned out with too much specificity."


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Total cost of owning and driving a 60 kWh Tesla Model S (no options) in California, for 36 months, and 45,000 miles in total.
Total cost of owning and driving a 60 kWh Tesla Model S (no options) in California, for 36 months, and 45,000 miles in total.
Sales tax, licensing can be had from http://www.dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/index.jsp .
Can insurance varies by zip code, your age and driving history. LA area most expensive. $1200 a year is not unusual, assuming you get comprehensive coverage (yes.) Some pay as cheap as $800, so as much as $2000. In all cases, it is in line with similarly high valued ICE cars.
1200 is probably fair. I pay 1700 for a commercial policy in Los Angeles, but it would have been 1500 if I didn't have a speeding ticket on my record.
Use a FV calculation. What's the assed term for the loan?
If this helps:
Cash price = $88,520
CA sales tax = $7,967
Registration, transfer and titling fees = $655
CA tire fee = $7
It was included in the sales price (i.e., paid to Tesla Motors together with the rest)
There will be very few selling back, probably mostly those who upgrade. More of a trade-in type sale.
I will consider trading in for a Model X depending on pricing etc, I don't know if many others would be doing the same- probably not. It is going to be interesting to see what happens to the residual value of EV's when the initial battery life is over. If the car is well maintained, a new battery pack turns a used car into a practically new one. It makes long-term ownership of these vehicles much more attractive and economically worthwhile.
If 10 years from now a more efficient battery chemistry is developed instead of the lithium ion in place now, will legacy Tesla cars be able to be converted to this technology?
If that's the case, the residual value of the auto could be very strong relative to autos with ICE.
Don't you still get the CA and federal tax benefits? I think that that should decrease the cost by 10,000?
@benz, the numbers I gave you needed to be added together for the total, sorry.
88,520 (base price) + 7967 + 655 + 7 = 97,149
97, 149 - 7500 federal tax credit - 2500 CA rebate = 87,149 total cost
@benz: 85kwh, grey exterior, grey interior, piano black, pano roof, tech, sound, air suspension, 19" wheels. Did not get twin chargers, HPWC, paint armor, kids seats, or parcel shelf. 2012 pricing, before the $2500 increase.
The federal benefit is for the 1st purchaser (new) only. I assume the states do the same. It's encouragement to get as many in circulation as possible.


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Scholarships are free money to help you pay for college. They do not need to be repaid. Some grants and scholarships are based on financial need (the difference between the total cost of college and ability to pay), some are based on academic, artistic or athletic merit, and others are based on unusual criteria, such as creating a prom costume out of duct tape, a scholarship for left-handed students or a scholarship for a student with a last name of Zolp.
There are scholarships available for older, independent students in addition to scholarships for traditional students who enter college immediately after graduating from high school. Most scholarships and other forms of financial aid do not discriminate based on age. A few are available only to college students who have not yet earned a Bachelor's degree.
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The Fastweb database is updated daily. Whenever a new scholarship is added that matches your background profile, you will get an email message to tell you about it. The web site also has a lot of news, information and practical advice about planning and paying for college.
Your local public library or bookstore may include several popular scholarship listing books. While sites like FastWeb provide you with targeted information, books are better for random exploration. But before you use any book, check the copyright date. If the book is more than a year or two old, it may be too old to be useful, as many scholarships change important information every year. Also, be sure to apply only for scholarships for which you are eligible. Scholarship sponsors receive enough applications from qualified students that they will not consider any application that does not satisfy their selection criteria.
You can also find information about smaller local scholarships on bulletin boards in your local public library, high school guidance counselor's office and college financial aid office. Some guidance counselors and college financial aid administrators will publicize scholarships in the school bulletin or newspaper. They may also distribute scholarship booklets that list scholarships that have been won by other students, or post lists of scholarships on their web sites.
Another good resource is the coupon section of your local Sunday newspaper. National scholarship programs often advertise there.
Start searching for scholarships as soon as possible. There are scholarships with deadlines throughout the year, so the sooner you start searching, the more scholarships you will find. You should continue searching for scholarships after you are enrolled in college, as there are some scholarships that are available only to current college students.
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Scholarships and fellowships, like other academic awards and prizes, are important not only as recognition of excellence but also as incentives for further achievement. NYU undergraduates may apply for a number of distinguished external scholarships and fellowships, which can deepen and enhance students' academic experiences. Well-known examples include the Rhodes, Marshall, and Truman scholarship programs, as well as fellowships named for Henry Luce and Andrew Mellon. For an overview of these and other competitive national scholarship and fellowship opportunities at NYU, resources for specialized advisement, and links to related information, please visit the Student National Scholarship Competitions page.
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Road or Traffic collision fatalities may be down, but looking at the number of deaths of cyclists, according to the NHTSA, these figures have been on the rise! With a total of 49,000 cyclists injured and 726 fatalities, this shows an increase of 6% in 2012, as compared to 2011. The total of cyclists killed, as a result of an auto collision or related incident accounts for over 2% of total fatalities as reported by the NHTSA (see http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/listpublications.aspx?Id=45&ShowBy=Category and graph below).
Looking at the figures above we see that the same amount of cyclists were killed in auto crashes in 2004, as compared with 2012 – however the total fatalities are significantly reduced; and the percentage of these fatalities relevant to the cyclists is up 0.5%.
In considering the data provided as graphically illustrated above, the amount of cyclist fatalities show a consistent level, and even a slight downward trend, when viewed in isolation. However viewed within the actual cause and relation to auto collisions, per the above table, the overall percent of total fatalities is on the up – see below:
What we Need is Cyclist Safety!
Safety for all road users is an absolute must, being a road cyclist does not exempt the rider from being cautious, or even allow the bicycle rider to disobey the rules of the road. Safety when riding on the roads, in both urban and rural areas is crucial in an aim to bring down these stats and hopefully help all road users in general. If you use the road regularly as a cyclist, here are a few safety tips:
- Always Wear a Helmet – a properly fitting helmet, secured can help avoid head injuries – one of the leading causes of injuries to cyclists
- Be Seen – help fellow road users know you are there by wearing reflective gear and at night use both a front light and a flashing rear light.
- Don't Drink and Ride – "of the pedalcyclists killed in 2012 …. almost one-fourth (24%) had BACs of .09 g/dL or higher"
- Be vigilant – as a cyclist you have to assume that the driver of a motor vehicle does not see you. Ensure that you signal properly, anticipate possible movements of a vehicle and be aware of vehicles that may be coming out of intersections or parking areas, as well as motorists or their passengers opening their doors.
- Urban Area Care – the majority of fatalities occur in urban areas, so cyclists should be extra careful in built up areas.
- Learn Avoidance Maneuvers – road & weather conditions as well as other road users are out of your control. Learn how to handle your bicycle to avoid collisions or specific road surfaces when you need to.
- Use Signaling – make sure all around can see or anticipate your intentions, be proactive in using the correct signaling and aim to be entirely, and completely visible for fellow road users.
Although cyclists can take all precautions and be as prepared as possible when cycling on the roads, there is no absolute fail safe to prevent accidents or even fatalities, however trying to avoid these situations will most certainly help prevent some of the most common types of bicycle collisions or falls. By focusing on being safe and alert injuries can also be minimized, and hopefully avoided altogether.
- Bicycles. (n.d.). Home. Retrieved June 29, 2014, from http://www.nhtsa.gov/Bicycles
- Bicyclists and Other Cyclists. (2014, January 1). . Retrieved June 29, 2014, from http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812018.pdf
- Clarke, A. (2011). Smart cycling: promoting safety, fun, fitness, and the environment. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.