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Figured I would start this thread as a way to document my training of a rescued BLM, Maverick an 11 month old Lab.
Here's my story: I got a YLF (Ruby) about 4 years ago and trained her to hunt ducks, it was my first time training and I made some mistakes but overall she turned out to be a great dog. I'm in the Air Force and I ended up deploying, so Ruby had to go live with my parents for 4 months. While deployed, my step-father passed away, and my mom has grown extremely attached to Ruby. When I go home she gets to hunt but beyond that she's now more of a house dog and companion for my mom.
When I got back from deployment I decided I would be a foster parent for the Las Vegas Lab Rescue. I've fostered about 10 dogs and only 2 have really impressed me with their attitude, temperament, and drive to retrieve and please their owner. Maverick is one of those dogs.
I picked him up at the Sevier Valley Animal Shelter in Utah about 2 weeks ago. He went to the vet and was out of there by Friday night. Saturday I took a huge risk and hunted quail with him, a buddy and his dog. Maverick did great! he did well off lead, was good with the other dog, and was not gun shy (this was my biggest concern). I don't know if it was dumb luck or if he's had previous experience, but on the way back to the truck he flushed 5 quail. Over the last 2 weeks we have worked on sit, down, heel, and kennel. He is picking up well on these commands and I think he has a bright future. One mistake I made with my previous lab Ruby was I feel like I rushed the training. This time I'm planning on taking my time and not rushing into things.
The goal of this thread is to show folks what rescue dogs are made of and also so the RTF community can see what Maverick is doing and let you all tell me how I can do better/handle specific challenges.
Hopefully I can keep this up to date on a weekly basis at a minimum. Thanks for the help in advance and I hope you enjoy the thread.


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Holmber's hat-trick lifts Chiefs in home opener
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Spokane Chiefs used a pair of late goals to pull away from the Tri-City Americans and beat their U.S. Division rival 5-3 in front of 8,867 fans at the Spokane Arena on Bud Light Opening Night. Mitch Holmberg scored three of the four Chief goals in the third as he helped Spokane improve their record to 2-0-0-0.
Tri-City got on the board early in the first as Justin Feser slipped an unassisted shot past Eric Williams just 11-seconds in. Spokane went on the power play a little over a minute later, but were turned away by a number of saves from Americans goaltender Eric Comrie.
The Chiefs finally broke through the staunch Tri-City defense with a goal from Jason Fram at the 12:01 mark with assists from Dylan Walchuk and Collin Valcourt.
The teams traded shots in the second before Spokane went on back-to-back power plays starting at the 7:02 mark. Blake Gal's shot at 8:35 hugged the goal line but never crossed. He was turned away by Comrie on another close shot in the Chiefs second power play. The Chiefs outshot the Americans 11-6 in the period.
Spokane wasted no time to earn their first lead of the game early in the third. Holmberg's first of the night came at the 1:02 mark to put the Chiefs ahead 2-1. Tri-City would draw the game even again on a Malte Stromwall goal at 5:12 that snuck over Williams shoulder and into the net.
The Chiefs answered quickly to pull ahead 3-2 at 6:20 with a Holmberg wrist shot on a Chiefs power play. The Americans refused to go quietly though, tying the game at three on a goal from Marcus Messier with less than five minutes remaining.
The Chiefs controlled the game from that point on, scoring twice in less than twenty seconds on a rebound goal from Mike Aviani at 17:05 and a breakaway from Holmberg at 17:24, his third goal of the game.
Spokane goalie Eric Williams finished the night with 23 saves on 26 opportunities while Tri-City's Eric Comrie was 26 of 31. The Chiefs were 1 of 4 on the power play and 5 of 5 on penalty kills.
Brenden Kichton was handed the captains jersey for the 2012-13 season by Chiefs assistant coach and former captain Jon Klemm in a special pre-game ceremony.
The Chiefs hit the road for a game on Sunday night at 4:00 at Vancouver before they return home for two games next weekend; Friday versus Victoria and Saturday against Lethbridge.
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- Hundreds 'March for Science' in Spokane
- Pink Ribbon Run will raise funds for local breast cancer patients
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The challenges of moving a 60-ton, full-size replica of a sailing ship for one of Hollywood's latest movies are explored.
Try to imagine the size and power of the hydraulic system required to move a 60-ton movie prop mounted to the world's largest motion platform. But the dazzling special effects needed in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World called for some dramatic engineering, not only in sheer physical capabilities, but in the sophistication of motion control as well.
The 60-ton prop is a full-size replica of the H.M.S. Surprise, a 179-ft sailing ship boasting a towering 130-ft main mast. From the outside, and the right vantage point, it looks just like a seaworthy sailing vessel. But inside, it's obvious that this is nothing more than a sophisticated stage prop.
Imagine the size and power of the hydraulic system required to move a 60-ton movie prop mounted to the world's largest motion platform. But the dazzling special effects needed in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, called for some dramatic engineering not only in sheer physical capabilities, but in the sophistication of motion control as well.
The ship replica is mounted to a huge motion platform capable of moving in three axes: roll (pivot along the longitudinal axis), pitch (pivot along the transverse axis), and heave (vertical displacement). Hydraulics brings life to this monstrous mechanism, and, as is usually the case in applications such as this, all hydraulic and mechanical motion components are hidden from view. Two giant hydraulic power units that drive the hydraulic system had to be hidden as well, so they were positioned more than 100-ft from the motion base. This presented a challenge to system design because such a long distance would normally slow response to sudden flow demands. However, proper line sizing and strategic placement of accumulators kept system dynamics within required specifications.
Each of the three motion axes had to produce smooth and precise motion, without jerky movements. Controls had to be easy to operate and allow making changes quickly on-the-fly. Safety was also important because roughly 130 actors, stunt men, other professionals, and extras were on board the Surprise replica during rehearsals and filming.
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Academy Award nominated director Peter Wier teams with Oscar winner Russell Crowe in this motion picture spectacle set on the high seas. Crowe stars as Jack Aubrey, a captain whose ship is suddenly attacked by a much superior enemy warship. Aubrey becomes a man on a mission and sets sail with his crew in a high-stakes chase across two oceans to intercept and capture their foe. Master and Commander: Far Side of the World (click to view trailer) is not only an epic tale of leadership and dedication, but a powerful story of the relationship between Aubrey and his trusted friend, played by Paul Bettany.
Before it was transformed into the H.M.S. Surprise for the film, the tall ship had been christened the H.M.S. Rose, and served as a floating museum in Bridgeport, Conn. Film makers purchased the Rose and converted it into the fictional H.M.S. Surprise. This seaworthy set is used in shots taking place out on the open seas. Because its movements can be precisely choreographed and controlled, the Surprise replica is used for closeups and scenes that must be carefully choreographed.
Film makers contracted Commander Productions Ltd., Los Angeles, to provide the Surprise facade mounted to the articulated steel framework, or gimbel, fixed to the bottom of a large tank at the shore of the Fox Studios set in Rosarito, Mexico (which was also used for the sea adventure films Titanic and Deep Blue Sea). This allowed commanding the ship replica through choreographed motions while it appeared to be far out at sea.
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The sheer mass of this load made it a natural for hydraulics. Bosch Rexroth, Hoffman Estates, Ill., supplied the hydraulic system. The heave axis required the greatest force and stroke. To accomplish this, Bosch Rexroth provided four cylinders, each with an 8-in. bore, 8-ft stroke, and 2-in. piston rods. Not only did these cylinders transmit the most power in the application, they were the most critical because they were used in every scenario, and their motion had to be synchronized to handle the load and provide realistic motion. Had these cylinders moved out of synch, they could have applied uneven forces to framework. The resulting stress could have distorted the framework or even torn it apart.
For the roll and pitch axes, a Bosch Rexroth 4-ft stroke and 10-in. bore cylinder was specified for each. Although these axes required much shorter strokes, they still required large-bore cylinders operating at 1500 psi to move and control the 60-ton load. The motion of these cylinders was not synchronized, but each needed to work in tandem with the five other cylinders.
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the buy it now price is pretty much at srp!
the buy it now price is pretty much at srp!
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
... someone needs to be smacked!!! That is an insult. I know it is no use pining for days gone by, but remember these were going for about $3.95 at TRU a year ago.
oh well..... I really have little right to argue with someone willing to overpay. I have certainly done so, myself.
"We have enough youth. We need a fountain of SMART!"
Thanks GSJ! I bid on it, but I'm kinda strapped right now, and I literally couldn't afford the extra $5 it would have cost me to BIN thanks to my paypal account and the pittance I have on the card attached to said paypal account, so I just bid as much as I could afford with that crazy shipping price.
My feeling ultimately is, there will be others, if someone else would rather shell out extra for shipping AND the price of outbidding me, then they will be getting the even-shorter end of the stick. However, I will pay $17 for it if I have to, I guess.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
it wouldn't be the 1st time i steered someone to a reasonably priced item which included crazed shipping.Originally posted by JediTricks
crazy shipping price.
really? i never saw these for that price. if i had, i would have picked up a couple, a squadron of batlle damaged snowspeeders would have been so cool!Originally posted by swafman
these were going for about $3.95 at TRU a year ago.
when these things were originally released (along with the yavin and deathstar playsets), the hoth one was never around in great quantities to begin with.
I remeber that i had to hunt around quite a bit before i found one for mason.
i only posted about this auction, cause it's the 1st one i'd seen in a long time where the buy it now was less than 29.99.
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
I noticed an auction a little toom late. It had all three playsets and it ended at I believe 18.51. The wording in the title could have been better, and if it was it probably would have gone a little higher.
I never saw them for 3.95 either. I remember getting the Yavin Playset and Death Star for 4.97 each and later seeing them for 1.97 but never for 3.95. At the time one of my local KBs still had a couple Yavin Plasets for 19.99 left over from a couple years ago. I wonder if KB ever lowered the prices on them. I did get 2 Hoth Playsets at TRU for 1.97 each. It was about a year ago and they were all over the place and no one seemed to be looking for them otherwise I would have picked up extras.
The Hoth Playset is my second favorite, Yavin is the best and the Death Star pretty much sucks IMO. I still wish Battle packs and Playsets were made to go with each other. Most of the BPs are Tatooine and Endor related and there isn't a playset for either of them. The only BPs that can be used with the current playsets are 13, 14, 17, and 18, and a few figures from the remaining 14 BPs. It would be nice to have a Jabba's Palace, Mos Eisly, and Endor Battle Playsets. I know I'd buy them.
of the three, the yavin set offers the greatest playability, and thus is mine (and masons) favorite as well. the deathstar on the other hand does not whatever you said it does , imho. it's a cool base when staging battles. being that it's a battle station in space, there's not a lot of real estate on the outside to conduct frontal assaults , but of the three, it folds and compacts the nicest for takin' it on the road. due to that, it's a regular companion on our road trips. we leave the yavin base at home cause of all the exposed shrubery and stuff, which could get easily lost along the way! additionally, of the three, this one translates the best with micro machines. the other two have too many items scattered about whic does not work in scale with the mm's, however, a fleet of tie fighters, bombers, and a coule of landing craft thrown in look really cool on the polished black floor.
i would have loved a bespin af playset, oh well, maybe they'll git around to it as a classic af in the near future. (they did say that they were planning on splitting up the new af's 40-60 between new and classic, right?)
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
GSJ, Yavin came out after the DS and Hoth playsets. It's the only one I bought at retail. I bought the DS one at the big TRU sale for $5 or something, but the only time I saw the Hoth set, I was broke at the time. Anyway, I won the auction at $9.99, so I'm cool with that.
I kinda like the Death Star. It's the weakest of the 3, but it's still not too bad IMO. The landing bay is fun to play with, and Vader's meditation chamber is cool (I had to grease it up to work right though).
Yavin is easily my favorite though, because it has the door and the sliding X-wing lever and just a lot of good stuff.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
it is well worth owning. everything about the three playsets is top notch! the particularly cool features with hoth are obviously the battle damaged snowspeeder, but also, the damaged action fleet at-at that is laying just outside the base with opening cargo area and cockpit! the bacta tank with 2-1b included for medical emergencies is great. one of the best thought out features are the at-st foot prints that are all over the front of the base, and if you take the chicken walker from either the landspeeder two pack, or bp#2, the chicken walker fits perfectly into any of the foot prints available. in fact, this is almost the only way to dosplay the at-st without it drunkenly tipping over!
even though you ended up paying 17 samolians, it's still a good deal. i bought the set from tru back in 97, and paid 15 + tax fer it!
enjoy it!
what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding
. . .that an often-successful gambit for avoiding excessive s&h fees is to contact seller before auction end thusly:
"am considring bidding on your auction but am wondering if you'd be willing to ship it to me for (whatever seems realistic), as in my experience it should cost less than that for an item of this size & weight from your location to mine, and i like to save $$ on shipping. thanks, i'll wait to hear"
if they agree, you have it in writing and can hold them to it. if they don't, you've sent a discouraging message from buyers everywhere that trying to sneakily pad one's profit margin with "handling" fees (hooray to sellers who rightly consider "handling" and packing materials part of the cost of doing biz ) will sometimes be a deal-breaker
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Thanks for the review GSJ. I played with a buddy's Hoth playset when it first was released, it was fun, but at that time, I was far too broke for that sort of thing.
VT, thanks for the advice. I didn't feel like grappling with that dude over it at that time, if I had seen the auction a day earlier, it'd probably be different and I'd have made him agree to exact shipping.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.


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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett will share a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, then see how things actually turned out.
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No, I hadn't scouted. How could I have? I live seven-plus hours from northern Missouri, and I'd driven down on a Friday night to hunt the weekend.
I had friends there, of course, and they'd provided me with the MRI (most recent information). We planned to set up at a small blind in a corner pasture where a gobbler had been strutting regularly. My buddy said the turkey was usually there by 7 a.m. and never had hens. That sounded good to me.
The next morning dawned cool and cloudy, and the only gobbling turkey was a country mile away. Two bearded hens pitched off their roost and sailed right into my decoy, but no gobbler showed. Right after flydown, however, a turkey hammered from the opposite end of the field. Loud yelping let me know he had plenty of ladies with him.
Dang it! The breeding flock was hidden by a pasture ridge, and there was no good way for me to approach the birds. And after a few minutes, it became apparent the turkeys were headed the other way.
I could attempt an end-around, but it might take more than a half-hour for me to get into the timber and circle toward the birds. Or, I could slither up the hill and try to sneak within range of the retreating turkeys. I could also stick to the plan and wait in the makeshift blind, hoping the breeding flock drifted toward me or the 7 a.m. strutter appeared.
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How far is that star?
How can you measure the distance of an object that is too far away to measure? What if you don't know the size of the object or the size or distance of any other objects like it? That is the problem facing astronomers when they try to measure the distances to stars.
Distances to stars that are relatively close to us can be measured using parallax. Parallax is an apparent shift in position that takes place when the position of the observer changes.
To see an example of parallax, try holding your finger about 1 foot (30 cm) in front of your eyes. Now, while focusing on your finger, close one eye and then the other. Alternate back and forth between eyes, and pay attention to how your finger appears to move. The shift in position of your finger is an example of parallax. Now try moving your finger closer to your eyes, and repeat the experiment. Do you notice any difference? The closer your finger is to your eyes, the greater the position changes because of parallax.
As Figure below shows, astronomers use this same principle to measure the distance to stars. Instead of a finger, they focus on a star, and instead of switching back and forth between eyes, they switch between the biggest possible differences in observing position. To do this, an astronomer first looks at the star from one position and notes where the star is relative to more distant stars. Now where will the astronomer go to make an observation the greatest possible distance from the first observation? In six months, after Earth moves from one side of its orbit around the Sun to the other side, the astronomer looks at the star again. This time parallax causes the star to appear in a different position relative to more distant stars. From the size of this shift, astronomers can calculate the distance to the star.
Parallax is used to measure the distance to stars that are relatively nearby.
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Even with the most precise instruments available, parallax is too small to measure the distance to stars that are more than a few hundred light years away. For these more distant stars, astronomers must use more indirect methods of determining distance. Most of these methods involve determining how bright the star they are looking at really is. For example, if the star has properties similar to the Sun, then it should be about as bright as the Sun. The astronomer compares the observed brightness to the expected brightness.
- Parallax is the apparent shift in position of an object due to a change in the position of an observer.
- Parallax is useful for determining distances of stars that are a few hundred light years from Earth.
- Brightness is used to determine the distances of stars that are further away.
- Why is parallax only good for measuring the distances of stars that are no more than a few hundred light years away?
- Explain the process that you would use to determine the distance to a star that was about 100 light years away.
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Reality Break will be at Dragon*Con this Labor Day weekend. Again this year, we have a slot on the podcasting track to record an episode live in front of an audience. That will be Sunday at 10 PM, and the scheduled guest is author Keith RA DeCandido. Keith is the current author of the Farscape series of comics from BOOM! Studios. He has written novels in the Buffy universe and the novelization of the Serenity film. Keith is also a long time member of SF fandom, having been involved for almost two decades with the program The Chronic Rift as a cable access show and as a podcast (much like present program's journey from radio to podcast).
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OXFORD – Maggie McFerrin doesn't get a lot of pats on the back and encouragement from peers and classmates at Ole Miss.
No one wishes ill will to the women's basketball team. They just don't wish anything.
"A lot of the students, I don't think they realize what's gone on," said McFerrin, a former Tupelo High School player. "Adults, especially from my hometown who read the paper and know what's going on, they know it's rough. They tell us to keep our heads up. They're supporting us."
What has gone on for the Rebels has been massive and unexpected change.
The energy and excitement of a new coach and talented recruits was subtracted in an academic scandal that led to the firing of two assistant coaches and head coach Adrian Wiggins, even though Wiggins wasn't implicated. Also gone are two junior college transfers who were expected to help turn things around – quickly.
Assistant coach Brett Frank, who followed Wiggins from Fresno State, was named acting head coach.
Ole Miss, which won just two SEC games last year, is off to a 4-2 start while picking up the pieces. The Rebels play on Saturday afternoon at home against Massachusetts.
While growth is evident, Frank says, it's come in small increments.
"I see a great amount of improvement from Day 1 to where we are now," he said. "I by no means think we're where we need to go, but we're taking steps in the right direction. We've kind of limited our focus to one emphasis per day."
On Tuesday, the emphasis was jump stops.
Learning curve
Last week, the Rebels struggled through a home win against Mississippi Valley State, but were competitive in a three-point loss, 57-54, at tradition-rich Louisiana Tech before a crowd of almost 5,000.
"We got a chance to play in an environment that will be similar to an SEC environment," Frank said. "It helped them learn to compete in adverse situations and to communicate when you have to communicate over a crowd."
Junior college transfer guard Diara Moore has provided a scoring boost with a team-leading 13.7 points a game.
Point guard Valencia McFarland started slowly but has come around and is up to 10 points a game.
Ten of the 11 players on the roster are averaging double-figure minutes, and the Rebels are last in the SEC with a 42.6 opponent field goal percentage.
A coaching search will follow the season. For now, players were relieved to have Frank take control.
"When coach Wiggins was out, he would run practice, and we were so comfortable with him too," McFerrin said. "We wanted to stick with the staff we had. We were used to them, and it was close to our first game. We knew coach Frank could lead us."
With SEC play looming, that's what Frank is trying to do. Ole Miss opens that on Jan. 3 at LSU.
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[2]The Western Pacific Diabetes Declaration Action Plan 2012-2015 was launched on Wednesday by Richard Marles, Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs. The launch event, held at Parliament House, was hosted by Diabetes Australia and attended by Professor Nam Cho, Chair of IDF's Western Pacific Region, amongst others.
The Action Plan aims to improve the lives of those living with diabetes in the Western Pacific through targeted advocacy and education across all levels of society.
According to IDF's Diabetes Atlas [3], there are over 130 million people living with diabetes in the Western Pacific and five of the top 10 countries for diabetes prevalence are Pacific Islands.
Pacific island countries in particular have among the highest rates of diabetes in the world. In Kiribati, one in four people have diabetes. In the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Tuvalu the rate is around one in five.
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Tonight Wal-Mart had a Rebel Pilots Evolution set. I'm not sure which one, but it was the one with Ten Numb and Wes Janson.
As much as I'd like a Janson figure, I turned this set down. I have enough Ten Numb figures and I'm not really sure who the girl is. I hope they'll use the body mold for a Jaina Solo pilot figure at a later date though.
Anyway, I might buy the OTHER Rebel Pilots Evolution set. I'm going to have to search online for a picture of that tonight, as I want to see who comes with it. The Twi'lek girl, Doc, is definitely a selling point of that one. Doc appears in the Rogue Squadron comics. She was a flight tech before she became a pilot herself.
Janson needs an X-wing pilot outfit (that's the snowspeeder look he's sporting in the Evolutions set) and a fully removeable helmet so you can see the hair on his head, rather than the pilot's skull cap. They could go that route with Hobbie and Tycho as well. (Not me - but the comic book character.)
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
found the (Edit) Padme Evo set at Target. I didn't stash the second one, but PM for details. Found the rest of the wave 1 & 2 legacy too. Did wal-mart stop selling those exclusive droid packs? Also found transformers Universe Onslaught and Powerglide at TRU (last ones) and Target (one powerglide and 3 onslaughts left). PM me for details.
All Hail Darth Schmitsky!
There is a Leia Evo set? I thought it was Padme only. Or is that what you mean?
thanks Chux Turbo LBC Bobafrett Mtriv73 Rjarvis JF96 JT JMG FB Rogue2 Tycho Slicker Deoxy Caesar JontheJedi JJReason Brandon Solo JMS UK for great deals.
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Koyi Komad was a Twi'lek who was the chief mechanic for Rogue Squadron through most of their comic adventures and mentioned in a couple of the books, who later married Nrin Vakil (who looks pretty great in that Comic Pack!).
Maybe Doc was a tech before she joined Red Squadron as a pilot; Wookieepedia doesn't mention it and I never read all of "Darklighter" after seeing that they made Biggs an Imperial and conveniently cut the portion of the Tatooine scene with Luke that made it clear that he was NOT an Imperial, nor was the Academy he'd gone to and Luke wanted to attend. Oh, and seeing the open-faced TIE helmets and learning they were 'artistic license' also pushed me away from it
Anyhoo, Burbank Target had an Ewok set this morning, with a half-peeled 1st Day sticker on it. Great set, Nippet could've used head articulation just for fun. Hardly anything else, pretty disappointing start to the weekend.
Dropped by Burbank TRU after 11 and saw a couple ROTJ leftovers & a bunch of CW-wave leftovers (Obis, IGs, ARC Gunners). They also had a couple B-wings, gotta pass for now.
Thanks for the correction Toominator. Yeah, I did get that confused. Aside from Aayla Secura, I've gotten bored by most Twi'lek female characters and tend to ignore them...ASIDE from Aayla Secura.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
I didn't feel like seeing the La Brea Sat. crowd (El Puerco, The Geezer, Mophead and the Best Western brothers) first thing in the morning so I opted for the Glendale/Los Feliz crowd.
From Glendale Target and LF TRU, I picked up a few Legacy figures that I was missing. Actually passed up some 1st day Chewies as I'd like to open them. Not that I couldn't open 1st days but I figure that I'd leave them for anyone going for complete MOC 1st day sets.
I stopped by La Brea Target afterwards and found TF Universe Powerglide!!! Thank you El Puerco for not buying it earlier in the morning!
The Geezer is a really old guy - looks like he's 70+. Mophead is a young guy with curly hair that looks like a steel scouring sponge. Best Western bros. are these 2 dudes that go in wearing Best Western uni's, just like El Puerco with his mechanic or tow truck (so that's where he gets his money - by severely overcharging!) Usually at opening, El Puerco, Mophead and Geezer walk in formation with El P in the middle, Geezer to his left, Mophead to the right. It's hilarious b/c they march in like they own the place!
If anyone finds an extra Movie-Masters-Demon-Batman chase for me and buys it or stashes it I will become your slave for a whole week.


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The building has a swimming pool and garden. In winter it is very quiet as only tourists from Germany and Norte country are.
The apartment has: a double room with double bed and a double room with bunk beds. A bathroom with shower (80x80) and living room with kitchen (oven, 4 hob and large fridge). The kitchen is ready with all Kuchengerat. In summer, the apartment has air conditioning. There are two large terrace: one front and one rear.
In the vicinity you will find a coffee shop and the supermarket "Spar".
The apartment is 20 minutes from the airport and 5 minutes from Playa del Ingles. San Agustin also has a small shopping center next to the beach, boardwalk and beach.
The price is:
220 € one week (2 persons) 250 € (4 persons)
650 € one months (2 people)
For a long time, please contact for pricing.
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Reviews of this property
Great place, very nice host. Anything you need is on place and the apartment is quiet and clean. Thank you Annalisa.
Great appartment!
Everything was very clean when we arrived. The swimmingpool is also very nice and not bussy! Perfect house for a family or for friends!
Only thing is that the Wifi is not working.
We spent our one month holiday in this lovely Apartment in Las Lomas. We were really satisfied for everything. The Apartment was our "home" and there is all possibilities to live "normal life" (perfect kitchen, washing machine etc).
Only minus was lack of free Wi-Fi , but on the other hand it was relaxing. Anyhow many restaurants and bars have it, so we weren't completely out of happenings in the world. Of course we watched news also from tv.
In Las Lomas there is a marvellous pool area (superb)!
And don't miss Bar Las Lomas where go get excellent food.
Very nice place to stay: possibility to cook and eat outside on a big terrace. Not far from the beach, but also with a small pool to swim. We enjoyed our week a lot and can just recommend to stay at the appartment. =)
Het is een ruim, licht en schoon appartement. Wij werden hartelijk ontvangen door verhuurster. Heerlijk zwembad, goede bedden en douche ook prima. Gezellig tussen de locals, niet tussen het massa toerisme. Restaurantje op de hoek zeer aan te bevelen, kleine kaart maar erg lekker!!
Min puntjes: slechte wifi ontvangst( wel in het restaurantje) en gehorig ivm tegelvloer. Een fijn appartement waar het goed vertoeven is!
Die Unterkunft war total super. Alles war sauber und liebevoll eingerichtet. Es gab 2 Terassen, so dass man zwischen Sonne und Schatten wechseln konnte. Das Bett war super bequem. Sollte ich wieder dorthin reisen, würde ich die Unterkunft sofort wieder buchen.
Die Wohnung war sehr sauber, die Wohnungsausstattung war super und die Lage war für uns auch sehr gut. Wenn wir wieder zu San Agustin kämen, dann würden wir wieder diese Wohnung nehmen!
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By Teresa Rivas
Stocks ended mixed on Friday, as investors digested earnings disappointments from Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 4.80 points, or 0.03%, to 15,543.74, weighed on by Microsoft, which dropped 11%.
The S&P 500 recovered from earlier losses to close up 2.72 points, or 0.2%, at 1,692.09, an all-time closing high.
The Nasdaq was smarting from the big tech earnings misses, falling 23.66 points, or 0.7%, to end at 3,587.61.
The Dow and the S&P were in the black for the week, up 0.5% and 0.7% each, while the Nasdaq fell 0.4%.
Both the Dow and S&P logged new records Thursday, but investors were wary this morning, and selling had deepened by the afternoon.
Today's winners included General Electric (GE), which ended the day up 4.6% on its earnings and record orders backlog, and Schlumberger (SLB), which bounced 5.4% on its earnings and share repurchase plan.
Whirlpool (WHR) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) were both up 8% on their respective earnings reports.
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MySQL includes a test plugin that authenticates using MySQL native authentication, but is a loadable plugin (not built in) and must be installed prior to use. It can authenticate against either normal or older (shorter) password hash values.
This plugin is intended for testing and development purposes, and not for use in production environments. The test plugin source code is separate from the server source, unlike the built-in native plugin, so it can be examined as a relatively simple example demonstrating how to write a loadable authentication plugin.
The following table shows the plugin and library file names. The
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Head cold, Hot Toddy, November.
So far you've brought dark skies at 5 p.m., a sore throat, a stuffy head, a horrible cough, a lingering curry smell in the kitchen, and a waterlogged, three-month-old laptop that no longer types the way it should. I suppose that last part is my fault, after leaving a cup with an inch of water left out on the table, next to said laptop, where kittens could break the rules and knock the cup over, just like that.
This month, I am thankful for whiskey.
I know a few months back, as Pimm's Cup season started growing legs and taking off, I told you all that whiskey does bad things to good people. And it does, sometimes. But turns out, not me. And after trying a swallow of bacon-infused bourbon just a week or two ago, I decided I needed more of it (by "it," I mean bourbon, but more bacon is always good, too) in my life, and two bottles and half a container of honey later, I'm happily on board.
Mostly, I've been drinking whiskey in the form of hot toddys (see above re: sore throat, stuffy head, horrible cough), which is where the honey comes in. I discovered the hot toddy when I saw this post, and then this post, and combined the two recipes to create the perfect companion to a sore throat on a windy weeknight. Thing is, the first time I made it, I didn't actually have a sore throat, but after the first gulp I said, "This almost makes me wish I had a sore throat!" I retracted the statement immediately, telling Murdo I swear I didn't mean it, but he just shook his head in that "Be careful what you wish for" kind of way. Go figure.
There are a number of different recipes out there for hot toddys, the traditional involving simply hot water, lemon, honey and whiskey, but I took a cue from Tracy at Shutterbean and use ginger tea, instead. Here is how I make mine:
Hot Toddy
1 ginger tea bag
1.5 ounces bourbon
1 big lemon wedge
8 ounces hot water
1 tablespoon honey
Place tea bag in a mug. Add bourbon and lemon juice, and pour in hot water to fill the cup. Add honey and stir to combine. Let steep for a few minutes, then curl up on the couch with a book and enjoy.
Thanks for the whiskey, November. And while I'm at it, thank you for kittens, and peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and Saturday mornings in my fuzzy robe and new slippers, and for reminding me that it's not all broken laptops and head colds.
7 comments:
I hope you feel better. There is nothing better when you have a cold than a hot toddy.ReplyDelete
Sorry you are sick, but hope you're doing better now. Omar is getting so big!ReplyDelete
Why have I never made a hot toddy? I need to get on this.ReplyDelete
it's all about perspective... hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
Jacqui, I had no idea that you could combine hot tea and alcohol—this might be dangerous knowledge!ReplyDelete
But I can attest to the magical healing powers of cuddling with kittens while wearing warm slippers. Sounds like you've had a tough November, but you are clearly taking the best kinds of medicine.
There's no condition that cannot be improved by bourbon and bacon!ReplyDelete
Words of Deliciousness - You're so right. And thank you!ReplyDelete
J - I am better now. You should see Marlo! They miss you.
Nicole - Um, YES.
Lan - So true. Thanks for your kind words. :)
Maddie - A kitty's purr is seriously some of the best medicine. And I'm learning that you can combine alcohol with pretty much anything. :)
Brad - We should start keeping bourbon and bacon in the office.


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Sounds like it will be an original plot.
Support NAFTA!
Now a Disney Princess
Forgive my spelling. This was sent from my phone.
Harrison, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, have all said they would basically return if asked. I think that would be so cool. I hope epsiodes 7-9 are better then 1-3.
So..should we expect to new Star Wars to be all CGI and kiddy? It would be cool if they made a movie from the POV from say a Storm Trooper or even Boba Fett, etc. It's going to likely be ****ty no doubt about that.


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JANESVILLE--- June McCann, age 88, of Janesville, died Monday, May 06, 2013, at Milton Senior Living. She was born in Janesville on May 8, 1924, the daughter of Ralph and Olga (Olson) Hanson. She graduated from Janesville High School and had been a Janesville resident her entire life. June married Melvin McCann on Feb. 12, 1949, in Janesville. He preceded her in death on Sept. 3, 1998. She had been employed by Parker Pen, Midwest Aviation and The Jotter. June was a member of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and the Catholic Women's Club, Mercy Hospital Auxiliary and the VFW Auxiliary. June's passion was sending greeting cards to family and friends for every occasion and even volunteered her time caring for the cards at the Mercy Gift Shop.
She is survived by her 4 children: Daniel (Kathie Thompson) McCann of Beloit, Thomas (Diane) McCann of Des Moines, IA, Michael (Debra) McCann of Germantown and Timothy (Nancy) McCann of Janesville; 11 grandchildren: Kevin (Amanda) McCann, Chama (Jim) Zimmerman, Pylare (Jerry Hines) Eaton, Aaron (Mariel) McCann, Jessica McCann, Kayla McCann, Matthew McCann, Emily McCann, Bethany (Jason) Diehl, Ryan (Chantal) McCann, and Allison (Matthew) Lindsey; and 11 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; step father, Everett Meadows; husband, Melvin; a brother, Donald Hanson; and special cousin, Eugene "Curly" O'Brien.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 2013, at ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH with Fr. Randy Timmerman officiating. Entombment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME and CREMATORY.
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going to be in Nappanee, In on July 25,26. Any members there?
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
going to be in Nappanee, In on July 25,26. Any members there?
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I am going for the first time in August for the craft fair. Any tips you could give me?
I have a tip for both of you! I am familiar with the area and know of a wonderful fabric and quilt shop located close to Nappanee. This shop has lots of quality cottons and great prices! It is well worth checking out. Store hours are 8:30 to 5:30 Mon.-Sat. It is approx. 7-8 miles NE of the city of Nappanee. There is no on-line site as far as I know.
Calico Point
Goshen, IN
Phone 574-862-4065
This is a beautiful area of IN. Take a drive through the country in Elkart Co. and see gorgeous well kept farms and country life as lots of children and horse and buggies and road side vegetable and fruit stands are there. The drought has taken a toll on the green side of things, I'm sure. Enjoy!!
And don't forget, Nappanee isn't that far from Shipshewana, the best fabric in the nation. Go to Yoders in Shipshewana.
That's right! But not only Yoders, go to Lolly's in the Davis Mercantile Building in Shipshewana! You have about 45 minutes from Nappanee to Shipshe.
There are no Sunday sales in the town of Shipshewana.
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Dont forget the basement room under Lollys where the SALE fabric is located. Also try the handmade pretzels next to Lollys. The bulk food store across the street and down from Yoders is pretty amazing also. Check out the hardware store across the aisle from Yoders fabric area for interesting items you wont see many places.
North off of State Road 9 is:
Caroline's Cottage Cottons
195 Weston St.
Rome City, IN 46784
(260) 854 - 3900
Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri
9am -5pm
9am - 6pm
9am - 3pm
Yes, you MUST eat a homemade pretzel if you go to Lolly's!! The mercantile building is a fun shopping adventure altogether. Actually, the whole town is!
Lots of cool stuff in that neighborhood, haven't been there in a few years. It must be a sister to where I live, as I lived in Goshen County WY which has a town called Yoder. In Goshen, IN check out the "pill box" in the corner of the park. Lots of antique shops around there too.
Born to Quilt, Forced to work.
Don't forget Erica's is in South Bend. Northwest of Nappanee.


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I have always thought Jerry Falwell was ignorant, but this takes the cake. He was quoted on T.V. as saying something like, "***s and lesbians should point the finger at themselves" for Tuesday's attack. What media person would give this guy the opportunity to say something so stupid? Why is this man allowed to vent his close-minded opinions on T.V.? Whether or not you think homosexuality is wrong, surely you all must agree that blaming ***s for the tragedy has no basis. It makes about as much sense as blaming every Arabian looking person you see. Less. I just think this was a terribly insensitive, ill timed, ignorant thing to say, and I long for the day when morons like him are not asked their opinions on T.V. This is America, where everyone has the right to be unreasonable and stupid, but we don't have to put them all on T.V. do we? They put him on T.V., likely for the same reason they've put a lot of religious figures on, to say something to unite us all, make us feel better, and he says something to further divide us.
When it comes down to it, no one deserves this, and this country, IMO, immoral or not, has done nothing to warrant this. I've heard a lot of "this is America's own fault" crap, there was even a chat room on AOL called "It's our damn fault". I'm sick of it.


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#utah is not limited to PLUG, but has participants from around the state and then some. (See the Local Groups links in the sidebar) We welcome all.
Unlike the mailing lists, nothing is off-topic which is in good taste. Sometimes bad taste is on-topic too. If you get everyone mad at you, we'll probably kickban you with fair warning. As this is Utah, a good rule of thumb is to avoid swearing and be respective of all kinds of religious beliefs.
There are (at least) two bots. ibot is King (Queen?) and brac serves some supplemental functions. ibot keeps logs of the channel at http://ibot.rikers.org/%23utah
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A leak in December 2013 at one of two systems used to offload oil from the Hibernia platform, about 350 kilometres offshore St. John's, resulted in 6,000 litres of crude ending up in the ocean, according to the Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd.
The first public report on the problem at Hibernia came Jan. 3, after the company reported oil spilled to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB). The initial report by the company was of a 10-litre spill on Dec. 18, as a result of a problem with a valve in the offloading system, with no oil sheen visible on the water.
Also, on Dec. 27, HMDC reported oil was again visible on the water's surface near the platform. The source was confirmed as a leak in the valve of the offloading system.
No estimate was given on the second spill until this week.
"The sheen was rapidly dispersed by heavy seas," said Margot Bruce-O'Connell, spokeswoman for HMDC, who noted the company has spill response equipment available offshore for such cases, but further response has been prevented by the sea states.
The leaky valve has been isolated and the oil leak reportedly stopped. A permanent fix can only come with repair or replacement of the valve, requiring a work window of clear weather and relatively calm seas.
Since the problem was first confirmed, the opportunity for the final repair has yet to present itself, according to HMDC.
As to why it has taken until now to provide an estimate on the main spill?
"Our first priority was to respond to the incident, to isolate the source and investigate the cause," Bruce-O'Connell said, adding that the estimate of 6,000 litres was established and reported after that response work.
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It was early February. I had already sold all my drift gear the autumn before, and my most frequent fishing buddy and I were growing apart because he hated flyfishing. Feeling the urgency to get what we could into the season, we both took a little time off the latter part of the work day to hit some water that was usually a locals-only kind of place. Ironically, we both pulled up at the same time although we hadn't talked about it with each other.
"whaddya know!" Jack said with his million dollar smile. I grinned back and we were deep into the unnecessary race to see who can gear up first, as if it means the big steelie will come to the winner, a ritual I still enjoy with Brian Lencho or Bill or Tyler or... you name it!
Jack is hardcore. As we walked down the trail together, he jabbed at me with rhetorical questions about the Sage 9' 6" 8wt single hander I was married to at the time, the funny fat line, et. al. We were close enough friends so it was a form of friendly conversation, like two wolves play fighting, as I vowed to show him the merits of my new found conviction.
At the water, Jack got to work immediately where the downstream fish lay. We could see the fish although it was in deep water because it was ansty and kept moving toward the head of the run. Good sign.
I walked up to the tailout above the bend and stood up on a mound to study the water. Jack was amused. He had cast 50 times by then. He offered another friendly poke "is that how a fly fisherman does it?", referring to the fact that I had not even cast once. I laughed along too, it was kinda funny. Then I saw some structure I liked behind a root wad in the end of the pool before me.
I walked into the water and stripped line. I could feel Jack's eyes upon me. He was such a close friend that there really wasn't anything he could say that would frazzle me. It was all in good fun and I knew it.
I worked out the proper length of line and laid the fly behind the root wad. The line was quickly swept down and across over the shallow gravel shoal on the near side. No good.
I stepped upriver several feet, and stripped out more line. This time the cast put the fly well into the slow eddy below the root wad near the far shore, and I threw a huge mend. My upstream position let the line be straighter and offer less whiplash resistance, and the line slowly began it's descent until it became tight enough to swim the fly across the tailout of the chute I was fishing.
It was my second cast, with one correction of position and presentation. As the fly swung out of the trench, a big chrome flash and a arm-wrenching grab signaled the unbelievable, the incredible, the after-work second cast native 12 pound buck on a fly.
Jack was blown away. Although we tried to fish together a few more times, I would never use anything but my fly rod for steelhead again. My increasing success was also the demise of our long friendship as hardcore drift gear amigos chasing steel across the state. Sad in a way, but I knew I was going to make the personal journey to investigate all of my fly fishing curiosities and with my business travel, young kids, etc - there was no time to waste in the venture. Although I think of Jack as my mentor and a great friend, we grew apart through the years leading up to my move to the east coast 3,000 miles away. I owe it to look him up the next time I come in to SeaTac and cross the street to the 13 Coins for a Hangtown Fry - he's the one who got me hooked on 'em not to mention many other good things in life.
I photographed the fish and with a few strong strokes of the tail it disappeared into the flow once again. I'll post that image in this thread when I can get to the scanner.
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That was a great read Juro! It is just so odd to read passion-filled story after passion-filled regarding daily adventures of pursuing steelhead with a fly from a man that lives thousands of miles from a "true" steelhead.
Sorry Great Lakers, I do not consider those fish true steelhead. Many years ago I got into many discussions with folks from the VFS about Great Lakes steelhead. Someday soon, if anyone desires to know, I may again to discuss the reasons why I do not believe Great Lakes steelhead to be true steelhead.
Sorry about the Great Lakes spew. I tend to ramble on and on and got off on tangents and sometimes you just gotta look at me and tell me to shup up. LoL
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Calxeda, a privately held chip maker that has been for a couple of years now one of several hopefuls in the battle to supplant Intel (INTC) in the server market, is apparently going out of business, according to a piece from AllThingsD's Arik Hesseldahl, who last night wrote that one source tells him "they just ran out of money" after having bagged $90 million in venture funding.
That news has left the Street today to contemplate the fate of other companies trying to use the ARM Holdings (ARMH) chip designs to build microprocessors that will power an emerging class of "micro-servers."
Shares of chip maker Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC), which is one of the hopefuls in that battle, are down 20 cents, or 1.6%, at $12.40, and Cavium (CAVM), another one, is down 62 cents, or 1.7%, at $35.37. In addition to those two, many other ARM-based chip designers are considered in the running, including Nvidia (NVDA) and Qualcomm (QCOM).
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), already a major player in servers, and long an Intel rival, are up 4 cents, or almost 1%, at $3.69. Intel shares are up 13 cents, or half a percent, at $25.27.
FBR & CO.'s Christopher Rolland today pounds the table for shares of Applied Micro, reiterating an Outperform rating and a $16 price target, arguing the company's own 64-bit ARM-based sever chip, "X-Gene," is underappreciated by investors.
To Rolland's thinking, Calxeda just had the wrong approach, and its demise is no reflection on the general ARM-based server market, which still is viable:
We believe this shuttering will have limited near term impact for the ARM server opportunity. We offer the following thoughts; firstly, Calxeda was reportedly looking for another round of funding (perhaps for well over a month now). Secondly, the company's current EnergyCore processors were 32-bit with two generations before they released a 64-bit processor (and $5 to $10 million a mask set for each generation). Finally, the company 's ARM based processor strategy was based on the FAWN (Fast Array of Wimpy Nodes) approach, an outdated but popular theory about five years ago for low-power microserver processors. Indeed, hyperscale applications require 1) 64-bit and 2) a minimum threshold of processing performance unlikely to be reached by Calxeda's approach.
X-Gene, he thinks, will surprise some people with how good it is:
Since ARM TechCon over a month ago, we have held numerous follow-up conversations with software and hardware engineers who have had hands-on experience with X-Gene. Some of these engineers work for open source application developers that have ported their apps to run on X-Gene, while others were associated with server OEMs. Universally, these engineers have reached the same conclusion: when specifications are finally released, X-Gene's performance should "surprise to the upside." That said, there is currently no time table for X-Gene servers to be made publicly available for benchmarking.
Evercore Partners's Patrick Wang also is upbeat on Applied Micro today, writing that "Intel's DCG [Data Center] business remains structurally challenged, and expect competition in LP server to intensify," and that both Applied and ARM are "key beneficiaries" of Intel's challenge.
Like Rolland, Wang thinks Calxeda's departure is not a defeat for the overall ARM server movement, and he expects someone will buy Calxeda's assets:
Mgmt confirmed plans to shut down as they literally ran out of money, likely unable to close its D round of financing. The company was founded under the Smooth Stone name in 2008 and raised a total $103mn of capital [...] We believe the LP server space will eventually be dominated by 3 or 4 major players by 2016. Other than Intel, other suitors include Samsung, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Applied Micro [...] Along with Marvell, we believe Calxeda was actually ahead of the curve and perhaps too early to market as it didn't exist. Further, they based their SOC roadmap on standard 32b ARM cores which is limiting their opportunities as the market runs on 64b code. They were planning to intersect the 64b market with the Lago SOC in 2H14 or perhaps later [...] Despite these challenges, we would be surprised if the Fleet Fabric IP isn't quickly acquired by an opportunistic OEM partner, Web 2.0 customer, or competitor. Conceptually based on the industry standard Ethernet switch, the fabric roadmap was Calxeda's strength, in our view [...] The fabric provides the basis for how the server chips talk to each other. Notably, AMD acquired SeaMicro ($334mn) just for their Freedom Fabric [...] While bears will use this as a talking point, there is absolutely no change to our view of the LP server opportunity. We expect the market to intensify next year led with 64b chips from Applied Micro followed by others (i.e., AMD, Cavium, Samsung, etc).
And William Blair's Anil Doradla reiterates an Outperform rating on Cavium stock today, and he, too, thinks the Calxeda was a poor approach, the opportunity is still real for other chip makers, and that Cavium has the goods:
While some might believe Calxeda's failure is a reflection of poor end-market demand for ARM-based servers, we strongly believe that it is a reflection of company-specific challenges rather than weak end-market demand. We believe greater emphasis on 32-bit ARM servers, lack of experience with large customers (both enterprise and service providers), and focus on lower core counts were some of the key reasons for Calxeda's failure. We believe companies that have a track record with large enterprise customers and have expertise in higher core count processors are best positioned to succeed. The bottom line is that Cavium has both these attributes [...] We believe multicore processor vendors focused on providing higher core counts (higher than four cores) are best positioned to succeed in the market. We believe the ability to differentiate on price, size, and power from incumbent X86 architectures (Intel) is more pronounced at higher core counts. While there may be a 10% to 15% advantage in four core (or fewer) processors, we believe there is about 50% advantage (power or cost) at higher core counts (greater than eight cores). Within the multicore processor industry, Cavium and Broadcom (BRCM), through NetLogic, are vendors focused on the higher core count processors (other than Intel).


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Lauriers winter-term Integrated Case Exercise (ICE) competition, held last week in the School of Business & Economics, successfully developed a strategy to determine where Advanced Asset Tracking Systems Inc.s (AATSI) blueRover will be headed next. The winning team (Team 68) included Zahra Budhwani, Dan Gurland, George Kopas, Matthew Magdales, Raquel Paredes, and Thomas Wnuk.
ICE, a week-long case study competition in the winter and spring terms, started more than 30 years ago. Lauriers ICE is unique in Canada and gives all third-year students in Lauriers Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program the opportunity to analyze comprehensive problems faced by real companies like AATSI.
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Or your left?
Or your left?
No, he's Hillary's!
As always there is a silver lining
'Feisty Liberal' Elizabeth Warren decides to support Ben Carson for HUD secretary saying she *lamented Carson's "inexperience in the field," but said she would not stand in the way of his confirmation*. You go girl! Show 'em what you're made of! I guess we're not going to hear any more about banking corruption from her either. In the end was all just half-assed whining during the campaign season. As always, don't bite the hand that feeds...
Why does Slashdot use a separate domain for styling its pages? It's stupid. Nothing loads until it does. I blocked it and Slashdot loads almost instantly. C'mon people, don't be a dick, use a single domain for the entire page!
Oh, and by the way, I had to block cloudfront.com(net?) and janrain.com also.
The web is getting so dumb...
I gotta buy a burner phone to get an email account now?
What they are doing in the South China Sea is an invasion. But Walmart, et al say we must appease them to keep their factories and trade deals open. This is a shame. We should have stopped that right away. It will take a full scale war to rout them out now.
Oh, and for you Trump rage fans, he says he wants to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
And the democrats' attempt to prevent his inauguration are going faster and furiouser. Suck it up, you bums!
Let's see if they can keep it up for the next two years, and what it gets them.
Funny shit out there. Thanks for the laughs
Hillary will be telling the next six presidents what to do. Isn't that what you really want?
Ain't she the looker? I always wondered, do they wear those things more than once, outside the house?
Those little blue islands of corrupt urban elites are shrinking fast.
I hope you realize now what appeasement and compromise and your 'lesser evil' game will invariably buy you. The seed was planted with the passage of the half baked Obamacare. Yet the message of 2010, which was clear as day, went right over your head. So now, we can erase the last eight years as a mere mistake, and I can probably kiss my social security goodbye also. Oh well...
The damn democrats did this to themselves, and I see no recovery from it. They are toothless have nothing to offer, and one reason for that is because they are corrupt pansies and don't stand up and fight. Who can possibly believe them? The Daley Machine does not work on the national scale.
Let the third party scapegoating begin!
Sanders (independent my ass!), in full sheepdog mode, cranks it up to 11.
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She may be smarter, better prepared... It won't matter. She is terrible entertainment...
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Who gets better ratings?
Who would you rather watch for the next four years?
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Golden State fell to 2-2 on its seven-game homestand and remained one game ahead of seventh-place Houston in the Western Conference playoff race. Klay Thompson and Carl Landry led the Warriors with 18 points apiece and Stephen Curry added 16 points and 10 assists.
Jennings and Ellis scored a combined 18 points in the third quarter, when Milwaukee shot 52.2 percent and took a seven-point lead after outscoring the Warriors 30-22. The Bucks hit 13 3-pointers overall and moved two games behind seventh-place Atlanta in the East.
Landry started in place of injured All-Star forward David Lee and grabbed 10 rebounds while shooting 7-of-10 from the field. Lee, who missed the game with a bruised right knee, is hoping to return Monday against the New York Knicks.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Golden State C Andrew Bogut had four points and nine rebounds in his first game against his former team. … Bucks F Ersan Ilyasova missed the game with a left knee injury and is listed as day-to-day. … The Warriors lost for the seventh time in 32 games when leading at halftime.


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