CORIANDER

Properties:

It is an appetizer, helps in digestion, is diuretic, harmful for the semen, relishing, cures fever, retains stool, pacifies bile and destroys inflammation.
Uses:

• It is widely and variedly used from diet to the worship of deities.
• Six grams of coriander boiled in water and then taken with milk and sugar, helps in improving the digestive system.
• A mixture of powdered coriander and powdered aniseed taken with water, controls inflammation, thirst, uneasiness, inflammation while urinating and gives relief from fever by causing excessive perspiration.
• Twelve grams of coriander kept for the whole night in a saucer and mashed in the same water in the morning and after filtering the water and mixing 12 gms of sugar and then drinking it, cures the inflammation caused by bileous fever, it also gives relief from the inflammation in the stomach and hands and feet.
• If a partial suffering from fever due to malaria is vomiting frequently then giving to him, the filtered water in which half grinded coriander has been mashed, one spoonful of this juice at regular interval checks his vomit.
• If three grams of powdered coriander and twelve grams of sugar if mixed in rice water, is given to a pregnant woman, it checks her vomit. It also cures the cough and breathing problem in children.
• Mashed coriander, which has been soaked in the water for the whole night. If the water is applied to the eyes, then it gives relief from inflammation in the eyes, red eyes, and prevents the occurrence of small pox in the eyes.
• If the water in which coriander has been mashed and soaked for 10-12 hours is mixed with sugar, is given to a person affected by sunstroke, it cures him instantly.
• The use of coriander neutralizes the effect of intoxicants.

Note:
Excessive use of coriander, diminishes the potency of a man and checks the menstrual discharge of a woman.

Tesla Motors files for $100 million IPO

Tesla Motors filed papers to go public , betting the time is right to raise $100 million on the stock market from investors eager to get a share of the nascent electric-vehicle market. The high-profile Silicon Valley company said it plans to use the proceeds from an initial public offering to continue manufacturing versions of its all-electric Roadster sports car and build the Model S, a luxury sedan. In its prospectus, Tesla indicated that it has sold 937 Roadsters and made $93.3 million through the first nine months of 2009. Its balance sheet shows that it has built up a stockholder deficit of $230 million.

Tesla executives have talked about going public as early as 2008, but the poor financial environment over the past year and a half had derailed those plans. To date, the 7-year old company has raised money from venture capital firms and taken an investment from Daimler. In addition to making its own cars, Tesla intends to build power trains for other automakers, including Daimler. The move to go public follows the announcement last week that Tesla finalized a U.S. Department of Energy auto industry loan for $465 million, which is expected to be used to build a manufacturing facility for the Model S in California.
With the loan and proceeds of any IPO, Tesla anticipates that it will start making the Model S in 2012 and ramp up to 20,000 units by the end of 2013. The all-electric car, which will be offered with driving ranges as high as 300 miles, will cost $50,000, assuming a $7,500 tax credit. Green-technology companies and investors are showing confidence in their ability to raise money from the stock market. Following the successful IPO of battery maker A123 Systems last year, solar company Solyndra also filed documents to go public earlier this month.

Utilities to store megawatts of juice with ice

Everything from flywheels to giant batteries have been proposed for utility-scale storage. Utilities in Southern California are going to try ice-powered air conditioners. The Southern California Public Power Authority, which represents 11 municipal utilities, said on Wednesday that it will use ice storage units from Ice Energy to significantly cut its peak-time energy consumption.

The Ice Bear makes ice at night to lighten the load on rooftop air conditioners.
The project will move 53 megawatts' worth of electricity consumption from peak times, typically from noon to 6 at night, to times of lower demand. A large retail store could use about 1 megawatt of power to operate. By shifting energy usage to off-peak times, such as the middle of the night, the utilities hope to reduce costs and improve the reliability of the grid.
Ice Energy's Ice Bear, which stores energy in 450 gallons of iced water, is designed as an add-on to most rooftop commercial air-conditioning units. During peak times, the air conditioner's energy-hungry compressor turns off. The Ice Bear then pumps cold refrigerant to the air conditioner, allowing it to provide cool air but more efficiently. When temperatures drop at night, the air conditioner's compressor turns on again and converts water back into ice by pumping cold refrigerant through copper coils.

Ice Energy has tested the system with over 20 utilities but the deal with Southern California Public Power Authority is much larger. The roll-out will start in the first half of this year and take about two years. "This project includes all of the aspects we look for: managing electrical consumption, improving system efficiency, reducing greenhouse gases, and creating regional jobs for our communities," California Energy Commission Commissioner Jeffrey Byron said in a statement. Utilities are exploring a number of technologies to reduce energy demand at peak times, including storage and demand-response systems where buildings ratchet down electricity consumption. "Peak shaving" means that utilities can avoid bringing costly and polluting peaker plants online during times of particularly high demand. Ice Energy originally designed its ice storage system for consumers or small businesses. But it's now marketing to utilities and data center operators, customers willing to pay a higher upfront cost for long-term energy savings.