diff --git a/app/controllers/effort_logs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/effort_logs_controller.rb
index 3dc21f219..7532c8947 100644
--- a/app/controllers/effort_logs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/effort_logs_controller.rb
@@ -13,13 +13,9 @@ def create_midweek_warning_email
     if (!EffortLog.log_effort_week?(Date.today.cwyear, Date.today.cweek))
       #We skip weeks that students aren't taking courses
       logger.info "There is no class this week, so we won't remind students to log effort"
-#      flash[:error] = 'Students are taking courses this week'
-#     redirect_to(root_path)
       return
     end
 
-    @people_with_effort = Array.new
-    @people_without_effort = Array.new
     random_scotty_saying = ScottyDogSaying.all.sample.saying
 
     courses = Course.remind_about_effort_course_list
@@ -27,27 +23,6 @@ def create_midweek_warning_email
       create_midweek_warning_email_for_course(random_scotty_saying, course_id)
     end
 
-    #No longer required for all SE students
-    #(with_effort, without_effort) = create_midweek_warning_email_for_se_students(random_scotty_saying)
-    #@people_with_effort = @people_with_effort + with_effort
-    #@people_without_effort = @people_without_effort + without_effort
-
-    EffortLogMailer.midweek_warning_admin_report(random_scotty_saying, @people_without_effort, @people_with_effort).deliver
-
-    logger.info "There were #{@people_without_effort.size} without effort."
-    @people_without_effort.each do |user|
-      logger.debug "#{user}"
-    end
-    logger.info "There were #{@people_with_effort.size} with effort."
-    @people_with_effort.each do |user|
-      logger.debug "#{user}"
-    end
-
-#   respond_to do |format|
-#      format.html # index.html.erb
-#    end
-#    render(:text => "E-Mail sent")
-
   end
 
   def create_midweek_warning_email_for_course(random_scotty_saying, course_id)
@@ -60,49 +35,11 @@ def create_midweek_warning_email_for_course(random_scotty_saying, course_id)
       logger.debug "**    user #{user.human_name}"
       effort_log = EffortLog.where(:user_id => user.id, :week_number => week_number, :year => year).first
       if (!user.emailed_recently(:effort_log))
-        if ((effort_log.nil? || effort_log.sum == 0)&&(!user.emailed_recently(:effort_log)))
-          #            logger.debug "**  sent email to #{user.human_name} (#{user.id}) for #{week_number} of #{year} in course #{course_id}"
-          create_midweek_warning_email_send_it(random_scotty_saying, user.id)
-          @people_without_effort << user.human_name
-        else
-          logger.debug "**  no   email to #{user.human_name} (#{user.id}) for #{week_number} of #{year} in course #{course_id}"
-          @people_with_effort << user.human_name
-        end
-        user.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now
-        user.save
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def create_midweek_warning_email_for_se_students(random_scotty_saying)
-    users_without_effort = []
-    users_with_effort = []
-    year = Date.today.cwyear
-    week_number = Date.today.cweek
-    users = User.where(:masters_program => "SE", :is_active => true, :is_alumnus => false)
-
-    users.each do |user|
-      effort_log = EffortLog.latest_for_user(user.id, week_number, year)
-      if (!user.emailed_recently(:effort_log))
-        if ((effort_log.nil? || effort_log.sum == 0)&&(!user.emailed_recently(:effort_log)))
-          create_midweek_warning_email_send_it(random_scotty_saying, user.id)
-          users_without_effort << user.human_name
-        else
-          users_with_effort << user.human_name
-        end
+        EffortLogMailer.midweek_warning(random_scotty_saying, user).deliver
         user.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now
         user.save
       end
     end
-    return users_without_effort, users_with_effort
-  end
-
-
-  def create_midweek_warning_email_send_it(random_scotty_saying, id)
-    user = User.find_by_id(id)
-    EffortLogMailer.midweek_warning(random_scotty_saying, user).deliver
-    #render(:text => "<pre>" + email.encoded + "</pre>")
-
   end
 
   def create_endweek_faculty_email
diff --git a/app/mailers/effort_log_mailer.rb b/app/mailers/effort_log_mailer.rb
index eb302bfb5..2e89451db 100644
--- a/app/mailers/effort_log_mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/effort_log_mailer.rb
@@ -5,23 +5,11 @@ class EffortLogMailer < ActionMailer::Base
 
   def midweek_warning(saying, user)
     @user = user
-    email_with_name = @user.human_name + ' <' + @user.email + '>'
-
     attachments["ScottyDogLandscape.jpg"] = File.read("#{Rails.root}/public/images/ScottyDogLandscape.jpg")
     mail(:to => @user.email, :subject => "Scotty Dog says: #{saying}", :date => Time.now)
 
   end
 
-  def midweek_warning_admin_report(saying, people_without_effort, people_with_effort)
-    @saying = saying
-    @people_without_effort = people_without_effort
-    @people_with_effort = people_with_effort
-    #consider using an list array for this up e.g EmailsArray.all.map(&:email).join(", ")
-    faculty = ['todd.sedano@sv.cmu.edu', 'ed.katz@sv.cmu.edu', 'mel.rosso-llopart@sv.cmu.edu']
-
-    mail(:to => faculty, :subject => "Scotty Dog Midweek Warning Email Summary", :date => Time.now)
-  end
-
   def endweek_admin_report(course_id, course_name, faculty_emails)
     @course_id = course_id
     @course_name = course_name
diff --git a/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.html.erb b/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.html.erb
index 7c66edbb4..37c4f7bd5 100644
--- a/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.html.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <p>To <%= @user.human_name %>,</p>
-<p>This is a friendly reminder that you have not created an effort log or logged effort for this week.</p>
+<p>Please update your effort logs today. Effort logs are due each week on Sunday by midnight (Pacific Time). You have a 24 hour grace period. You will not be able to create or edit after logs after the grace period.
+  We don't   remember what we had for lunch yesterday and we don't think you'll remember what you were doing last week.</p>
 <p><a href="http://whiteboard.sv.cmu.edu/effort_logs">To log effort</a></p>
 <br/>
 <br/>
diff --git a/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.text.erb b/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.text.erb
index b0c712658..a0359ab07 100644
--- a/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.text.erb
+++ b/app/views/effort_log_mailer/midweek_warning.text.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 To <%= @user.human_name %>,
 
-This is a friendly reminder that you have not created an effort log or logged effort for this week.
+Please update your effort logs today. Effort logs are due each week on Sunday by midnight (Pacific Time). You have a 24 hour grace period. You will not be able to create or edit after logs after the grace period.
+  We don't remember what we had for lunch yesterday and we don't think you'll remember what you were doing last week.
 
 href=http://whiteboard.sv.cmu.edu/effort_logs
 
diff --git a/app/views/effort_logs/index.html.erb b/app/views/effort_logs/index.html.erb
index 8009fdbbb..56c92b6bf 100644
--- a/app/views/effort_logs/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/effort_logs/index.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 <% content_for :title, 'Effort Logs' %>
 <h1>Listing Effort Logs</h1>
 
+<br/>
+
+<p>Note: Every week, you'll be able to create a new effort log entry. Effort logs are due each week on Sunday by
+  midnight (Pacific Time).
+  You have a 24 hour grace period. You will not be able to create or edit after logs after the grace period. We don't
+  remember what we had for lunch yesterday and we don't think you'll remember what you were doing last week.</p>
+<br/>
+
 <table>
   <tr>
     <th>Week number</th>
@@ -53,11 +61,5 @@
 </table>
 
 <br/>
-
-<p>Note: Every week, you'll be able to create a new effort log entry. Effort logs are due each week on Sunday by
-  midnight (Pacific Time).
-  You have a 24 hour grace period. You will not be able to create or edit after logs after the grace period. We don't
-  remember what we had for lunch yesterday and we don't think you'll remember what you were doing last week.</p>
-<br/>
 <p><%= link_to 'Back', '/' %></p>
 <br/>
diff --git a/lib/tasks/cron.rake b/lib/tasks/cron.rake
index 799b5096e..e10a32ad2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cron.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/cron.rake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ task :cron do
 
  puts "---Running task :cron"
 
- if Date.today.wday == 5 # run on Fridays
+ if Date.today.wday == 5 ||  Date.today.wday == 0 # run on Fridays and Sundays
    puts "----Updating cmu:effort_log_midweek_warning_email"
    Rake::Task['cmu:effort_log_midweek_warning_email'].invoke
    puts "----done."
diff --git a/lib/tasks/effort_log_midweek_warning_email.rake b/lib/tasks/effort_log_midweek_warning_email.rake
index 787000f9e..3adb50751 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/effort_log_midweek_warning_email.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/effort_log_midweek_warning_email.rake
@@ -4,12 +4,6 @@ require 'rake'
 namespace :cmu do
   desc "Create midweek Scotty Dog warning emails"
   task(:effort_log_midweek_warning_email => :environment) do
-    ##  RAILS_ENV = ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = 'test'
-
-    #if !File.exists?(Dir.pwd+"/config/database.yml")
-    #  FileUtils.copy(Dir.pwd+"/config/database.cc.yml", Dir.pwd+"/config/database.yml")
-    #end
-
     a = EffortLogsController.new()
     a.create_midweek_warning_email()
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/effort_logs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/effort_logs_controller_spec.rb
index e3280b1b3..1b8b55f01 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/effort_logs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/effort_logs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
       context "and there are courses that have students" do
         before do
           Course.stub(:remind_about_effort_course_list).and_return([FactoryGirl.create(:mfse)])
-          @person = User.new(:first_name => "Frodo", :last_name => "Baggins", :human_name => "")
+          @person = User.new(:first_name => "Frodo", :last_name => "Baggins", :human_name => "Frodo Baggins")
           Course.any_instance.stub(:registered_students).and_return([@person])
         end
 
@@ -137,19 +137,19 @@
 
           it "it should send an email if the person has never been emailed" do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = nil
-            subject.should_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_receive(:midweek_warning).and_return(double(EffortLogMailer, :deliver => true))
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
 
           it "it should send an email if the person not been emailed recently " do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now - 3.day
-            subject.should_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_receive(:midweek_warning).and_return(double(EffortLogMailer, :deliver => true))
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
 
           it "it should not send an email if the person has been emailed recently" do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now
-            subject.should_not_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_not_receive(:midweek_warning)
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
         end
@@ -162,19 +162,19 @@
 
           it "it should send an email if the person has never been emailed" do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = nil
-            subject.should_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_receive(:midweek_warning).and_return(double(EffortLogMailer, :deliver => true))
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
 
           it "it should send an email if the person not been emailed recently " do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now - 3.day
-            subject.should_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_receive(:midweek_warning).and_return(double(EffortLogMailer, :deliver => true))
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
 
           it "it should not send an email if the person has been emailed recently" do
             @person.effort_log_warning_email = Time.now
-            subject.should_not_receive(:create_midweek_warning_email_send_it)
+            EffortLogMailer.should_not_receive(:midweek_warning)
             subject.create_midweek_warning_email
           end
           end
@@ -189,36 +189,5 @@
     end
   end
 
-  context "it should send midweekly reminder email to SE students" do
-    it "who have not logged effort" do
-      person_who_needs_reminder = FactoryGirl.create(:student_sam, :effort_log_warning_email => Date.today - 1.day)
-      User.stub(:where).and_return([person_who_needs_reminder])
-      EffortLog.stub!(:latest_for_user).and_return(nil)
 
-      (people_without_effort, people_with_effort) = subject.create_midweek_warning_email_for_se_students("random saying")
-      people_without_effort[0].should == person_who_needs_reminder.human_name
-      people_with_effort.size.should == 0
-    end
-
-    it "but skip those who have already been emailed" do
-      person_whose_been_reminded = FactoryGirl.create(:faculty_frank, :effort_log_warning_email => Date.today)
-      User.stub(:where).and_return([person_whose_been_reminded])
-      EffortLog.stub!(:latest_for_user).and_return(nil)
-
-      (people_without_effort, people_with_effort) = subject.create_midweek_warning_email_for_se_students("random saying")
-      people_without_effort.size.should == 0
-      people_with_effort.size.should == 0
-    end
-
-    it "and not bother people who have logged effort" do
-      person_who_has_logged_effort = FactoryGirl.create(:admin_andy, :effort_log_warning_email => Date.today - 7.days)
-      User.stub(:where).and_return([person_who_has_logged_effort])
-      EffortLog.stub(:latest_for_user).and_return(mock_model(EffortLog, :sum => 1))
-
-      (people_without_effort, people_with_effort) = subject.create_midweek_warning_email_for_se_students("random saying")
-      people_without_effort.size.should == 0
-      people_with_effort[0].should == person_who_has_logged_effort.human_name
-    end
-
-  end
 end
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