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How Server-Side Storage Memory Impacts VDI Costs
Server-side storage memory can provide a cost-effective solution to VDI projects if you overcome challenges in mobility and data protection. Here's how.
March 14, 2013
In my last column I posited that advances in storage technology -- mostly innovative use of memory-based storage -- is making virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) projects more likely to generate a return on investment beyond just an operational one.
Moving beyond operational VDI project justification is critical for the large-scale deployment of VDI projects. It is simply easier to justify to non-IT decision makers something that will save the organization dollars than it is to rationalize something that will save IT department time or increase security.
I see three key areas where flash and DRAM (as storage) are being used to significantly increase virtual desktop density (which saves money and improves user acceptance by increasing performance): server-side storage memory, network caching and shared SSD appliances/arrays. In this column I'll discuss server-side storage memory, and I'll cover the other methods later.
I'm avoiding the use of server-side flash intentionally. Much of the innovation we are seeing involves the use of DRAM as the first tier of caching for virtual desktop images. VDI typically has a very mixed read/write workload, and because DRAM is ideal for writes it is a perfect complement to VDI.
[ For more on VDI and storage solutions, read Is Storage Saving Virtual Desktop Infrastructure? ]
Thanks to the capacity-savings capabilities of the hypervisors, thousands of persistent desktop images can be stored in a very small storage space, which overcomes DRAM's cost challenges. But these capacity-saving techniques typically have a high level of latency caused by their need to dynamically allocate writes. DRAM's aforementioned write performance capability overcomes the write performance penalty of the capacity-saving techniques. Further, some products perform compression and/or deduplication in the RAM cache space itself, making RAM utilization even more efficient.
The challenge with DRAM is its volatility. To maintain performance, these products must cache both reads and writes, which risks data loss until the write is flushed to permanent storage. This may be a generally acceptable risk since this is desktop data, but some users will likely push back.
One solution is a non-volatile DRAM solution, as discussed in this article. A more common approach for users who don't want to take that risk is server-side flash, in either in PCIe or SSD form. As we'll discuss in the upcoming webinar Is PCIe Dead?, while PCIe is considered the performance leader, drive form factor SSDs are gaining ground and certainly have a cost advantage.
Challenges to Server-Side Storage Memory
There are several challenges to server-side storage memory. First, it inherits all the challenges of any directly attached storage device. Data protection like RAID is not typically built in as it is on a shared storage system, and the capacity of the SSD or DRAM is isolated to the server in which it is installed. It might be too big or too small, and it can't be easily allocated to other servers. As mentioned above, however, the actual capacity needs per server should be relatively small, so this may not be a significant issue.
The greater challenge is that VDI mobility is hampered. More software caching solutions are now integrated with the hypervisor so that they know to evict the cache prior to a VM migration. But this means that the Virtual Desktop may see decreased performance until its unique data is re-cached on the new server. How big a problem this is depends largely on how often you migrate virtual desktops between hosts.
In my next column I'll discuss network-based caches and shared flash arrays, both of which overcome the challenges discussed here, but with the added cost of an appliance and/or storage system. They also, of course, add the potential latency of the network. I'll also provide some guidance on how to choose between the three options.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Wall-E, the Cake Wreck(er)
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Ok, enough intro. Without further ado, I give you the amazing Wall-E:
Yes, he's cake. And he's life-sized. How sweet is that?
Check out the B&L logo and uber realistic "rust" on the fire extinguisher. Now this is how you use an airbush, guys.
These are my personal photos - hence the watermarks. They were taken at this year's national ICES convention in Orlando, Florida, and I'd love your help in identifying the bakers responsible.
UPDATE: Ah, my readers come through for me again! It appears that Wall-E is the work of brothers Edward and Antoni Frys of European Cake Gallery, ironically located in Texas. They don't have Wall-E posted there due to copyright muckety-muck, but my hubby John spoke with them on the phone and confirmed he is indeed their creation. Thanks to all of you who helped me track them down!
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- Miss Kolleen said...
how funny, my son's bday party is today, and his cake is wall-e too... but i doubt its anything as awesome as that.
- September 14, 2008 at 12:34 PM
- AsTiMa said...
That cake is AMAZING! I only wish I had talent like that. I really enjoy your blog! Very entertaining :)
- September 14, 2008 at 12:38 PM
- Natalie, the Chickenblogger said...
Reading this blog is a family activity we all love, but I hesitate to show them this AWESOME cake, lest they think we can order one too!
- September 14, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Wow! That cake is amazing!
I really like your idea for Sunday cakes!
Thanks for all the effort you put into this terrific site! It is so wonderful to start so many days with a smile...and quite often tears of mirth. :) - September 14, 2008 at 12:49 PM
i also like the idea of sundays being examples of good design that has NOT gone awry!
your site is awesome and i am totally hooked. and sharing it with everyone i know.... - September 14, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- Amy.mangos said...
Woah, it's fun to see a truly artistic cake after so many glorious wrecks- both are all the more what they are for the contrast, if that made any sense at all...
LOVE the blog! It never fails to make me laugh until the tears drip down my face and I tip out of my chair. - September 14, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Newbs said...
Wow! My little boy would LOVE to have that cake but I don't think I could bear cutting into it.
- September 14, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Unknown said...
I love Wall-e! It is an amazing cake. I would feel bad eating him!
- September 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM
- kahara said...
Wow, that is spectacular!
- September 14, 2008 at 1:20 PM
- sheridan said...
Amazing talent for that one!
- September 14, 2008 at 1:22 PM
- Meg said...
I introduced this site to a friend last night. We were both laughing hysterically and she was saying she needs to show it to her boyfriend.
This Wall-E cake is amazing. - September 14, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Can you not read the little notecard in the full size version of the pictures to see if it says the name? The cake is amazing!
- September 14, 2008 at 1:32 PM
- Sugar and Spice Confections said...
frys bros.
- September 14, 2008 at 1:38 PM
- SugarEd Productions said...
I think that cake was made by the Frey brothers of ECG (European Cake Gallery)
- September 14, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- Laura ~Peach~ said...
totally awesome cake I hope you find the creators!
- September 14, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Juliet said...
That cake reminds me of the robot in the movie, "Short Circuit". The movie had Ally Sheedy and that guy from the "Police Academy" movies in it... think 1980s. My brother was obsessed with that movie back in the day.
That is an amazing non-wreck! Mad props indeed! - September 14, 2008 at 2:04 PM
- Amanda said...
Wow, that's fantastic!
- September 14, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Brandy said...
Yes, a picasa site lists it as being by Edward and Tony Frys. Awesome work! There were a lot of awesome cakes there this year!
I read an interview with the creator of Wall-E, he says the look came when he was playing around with some binoculars. I had the same problem with Wall-E looking so much like Johnny 5, but this guy was believable, and wasn't even thinking of Short Circuit when he did Wall-E. I felt better about it after I read the article! - September 14, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- Emily said...
That is amazing, and I'm seconding the idea of posting non-wrecks on Sudays.
- September 14, 2008 at 3:23 PM
- Mrs. Andi said...
Brilliant!!! Thanks for the great cakes, it's good to see the good talent out there!
But, as with all custom cakes like that, how do they eat it? Do they even try to eat it? - September 14, 2008 at 3:26 PM
- Katie said...
I love your blog...always good for a laugh. This cake though, is AMAZING! It is kind of fun for a brief change to see a really well done cake. I love your idea for Sundays. Thanks for all of the great entertainment.
- September 14, 2008 at 3:39 PM
No way can I show this to my nephews. They'll want it!
I hope the creator sees this and posts more info about it. I'd love to know more about how it was constructed...because I'm sure as heck never going to make anything that complicated. - September 14, 2008 at 4:26 PM
- Kim said...
I just discovered your blog and love it!
That Wall-E cake is too perfect to slice up and if my daughter sees it... I'll be searching all over my state to find someone who can create one like this! =) - September 14, 2008 at 4:33 PM
- SolaMommy said...
Great craftsmanship, but...it looks horribly unappetizing.
- September 14, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- V. Nicharico said...
What a gorgeous cake!
I have no idea how the heck you would get the extinguisher to float like that, haha, but they did a fantastic job!! - September 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM
- Jillene said...
I am a long time reader but first time commenter. I love this cake! It loks so real and whomever did it is amazingly talented!
- September 14, 2008 at 5:14 PM
When I looked at the picture before the caption, I assumed it was, like the others, a wreck.
I have to say, as well done as it is, it's still creepy. Really really creepy. - September 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Nicole said...
I saw this and didn't think it was a real cake!
- September 14, 2008 at 5:56 PM
- Jen said...
I'm not sure I agree. I mean, it's well done. But ick - who wants to eat a dirty robot? I think that's a wreck.
- September 14, 2008 at 6:22 PM
- E.A.D. said...
I don't think I could cut into that cake! It'd be almost sacreligious to eat it! It's too well-done......and I kinda get the feeling Wall-E would turns and give me the sad eyes as I cut a piece from one of the wheels.
- September 14, 2008 at 6:33 PM
- Kopperhead said...
Not that I don't love mockery...um, wreckery--I do. More than anything. But it's nice to see a Sunday Sweet. Kind of clears the palette for more weekday Cake Wrecks, so thank you.
Fantastic cake...art...cake. I couldn't cut it either.
PS..sorry if this shows up twice, I was hiccupping. - September 14, 2008 at 7:01 PM
- MommaSuds said...
That is one awesome looking cake.I would love to know how long it took them to make it.
- September 14, 2008 at 7:13 PM
- Sugar and Spice Confections said...
I had to stand in line behind these guys at ICES waiting to get my cake photographed when they were registering it. Soooo...needless to say I waited in line a LONG time because they took about 1,000 pictures of this awesome cake! The Fry's Bros made this cake, and one was just on Food Network Challange last weekend (The red head guy-who tag-teamed the theme "There was an old lady that lives in a shoe". His Wall-E Cake in person was so awesome, his binoculars looked SO REAL it was amazing. Try standing in line behind these guys in line to register your cake that had flown from Kansas City to Orlando, I wanted to hide behind a blue screen! Talk about intimidating!
- September 14, 2008 at 7:15 PM
- Miss Kolleen said...
well, we got the cake... and it said happy birthday AIBAN. luckily they fixed it.
- September 14, 2008 at 8:09 PM
This is definately the work of the extremely talented Edward Frys and his brother, Tony.
It took them around 3 to create this work of art. It was perfect--down to the last detail.
Edward Frys owns ECG, European Cake Gallery and sells great edible luster dusts and petal dusts.
Edward also created the lifesize Yoda cake at the Oklahoma State Sugar Arts Show that was featured in American Cake Decorating Magazine.
He was the latest newcomer on the Food Network Cake Challenge this month. - September 14, 2008 at 8:33 PM
- Elizabeth said...
That is REALLY COOL! My son just kept saying 'wall e, wall e, wall e.' We haven't even seen the silly movie!!!
- September 14, 2008 at 8:34 PM
How much of that cake, I wonder, is actually edible?
It looks freaking amazing, but I don't know that I'd ever be able to eat it; not only would I want to avoid messing it up, but I'd be afraid to eat something so realistic-looking! - September 14, 2008 at 9:01 PM
- Morgan said...
That is, for lack of a better word, awe-inspiring. There's just... there's physics at work here I can't even begin to understand. The sheer engineering skill, let alone the artistry that went into it is... stunning. - September 14, 2008 at 9:16 PM
- fug estate said...
I loved "WALL-E". That cake is awesome. My highest praise goes to the artists/bakers!
- September 14, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- Jen said...
@ Princeton McKinney -
Ok, I love your term "Sunday Sweets" so much I am officially renaming the category that. Thanks! - September 14, 2008 at 10:29 PM
- Michele said...
That cake is AWESOME! My props goes to the bakers on this one.
I too like the Sunday Sweets category. Keep it up! - September 14, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Wow. Not only is this an awesome cake... but this particular entry happened to fall on my birthday. I love this blog, and I love WALL-E, so this is awesomeness to the max!
Also, thanks in general for your wonderful blog. You bring smirks, dropped jaws, and laughter to thousands of people every day with these hilarious wrecks.
We really "appreciate" it. ;) - September 14, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Wow. That's some incredible sculpting and painting going on there--true edible artistry.
It's sad knowing that ultimate such an amazing piece is going to be destroyed. Destroyed n' enjoyed, yes, but still.
And I mean, how could you possibly take a knife to Wah-ALL-Eeee? - September 14, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Ah, once in a great while, the benevolent cake gods smile down upon us lowly muffins and deliver a culinary masterpiece that restores our faith in the art of fondant and airbrushing. this cake is phenomenal! It's more like art than cake. And it's so cute!
- September 15, 2008 at 3:39 AM
- maplestar said...
Just wanted to comment to thank you for this new Sunday idea...it's (dare I say it) the icing on the cake of an already wonderful web site.
- September 15, 2008 at 5:42 AM
Do they even cut and eat cakes at these shows? Is it a competition for the actual cake test or is it for artistry and design?
- September 15, 2008 at 7:40 AM
- Kelly said...
Wow. This is so amazing. Thanks for the talented photos as well as the hilarious!
- September 15, 2008 at 9:50 AM
- Trevor said...
Hey, you were at the ICES convention as well? I have a picture of this cake from my roll of photos from this cake as well. It was amazing.
- September 15, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Dea said...
LOVE it!!! That's a work of art! Though, unfortunately, methinks you'll have some wrecks that are copycats of this cake in your future...
- September 15, 2008 at 10:39 AM
- clueuin said...
Might have a bit of trouble eating the rust colur bits but otherwise....
Only thing I could find on them was this:
At least it's about the gallery nothing about the Frey bros though.
And you can check this out but it Doesn't mentions them:
Good luck finding out more about them!
Clueuin - September 15, 2008 at 12:06 PM
this is their website: http://www.europeancakegallery.us
- September 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM
That website has nothing to do with Edward and Tony Frys.. The Frys Brothers are based out of TX not CA! They enjoy creating realistic cakes. Because it allows their creative/artistic sides flow.
www.europeancakegallery.us - September 15, 2008 at 1:09 PM
FANTASTIC! How do people even do such a thing!? Even the Wreckiest cake is far beyond my abilities. And I love Wall-E! So, the only bad thing about this cake is it's too cute to eat!
- September 15, 2008 at 4:32 PM
ok, its good.. but dang, its creepy looking!
- September 15, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- K.Lee said...
He's so cute! I could never eat him! :(
- September 15, 2008 at 6:07 PM
- Bri said...
Gorgeous! :)
- September 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Edward and Anthony are my cousins. I've seen them go from helping their mom do cakes when they were kids, to doing stuff that makes their mom just shake her head in amazement. They really know how to build the supports for cakes like this so they travel a lot better than you'd think. Wall-E's fire extinguisher is cake as well - I think it's 60 or 80 servings for that alone.
- September 16, 2008 at 11:35 PM
- clueuin said...
To Chris M.: Cooooool!
Thanks for the 411. To bad their not in New York, I'd hire them in a sec. if I had the cash. (Something tells me that they might be quite exspensive,considering the workmanship.)
Oh, FYI......
You should tell your cousins that they're spelled Gallery wrong on their website. (Hmm, maybe that was the reason I could find them. I found a European Cake Gallery but that was located somewhere else in Texas. Oh well!)
Again, thanks for straighting me out.
Clueuin - September 17, 2008 at 10:06 AM
- Laura said...
Apparently you can do just about anything with a cake.
- September 17, 2008 at 11:23 AM
- mousekemom said...
Insanely awesome! Puts my poor son's Wall-E birthday cupcakes and cookies to shame. I did colorflow cookies and basic cupcakes...no cupcake cakes for this family! LOL
- September 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM
Being a long time customer I can state, that they are very reasonable in price compared to what you find in New York and California. Considering how much research and time they put into all of their cakes to get the details correct. If you want to know their secret to all their fun cakes it is their niece. They enjoy making these cakes as realistic as possible for her; because if it does not meet her approval then the customer would not be happy. I too have first hand knowledge of how Edward and Antoni have grown in the cake business. Up until about four years ago they were know as Elizabeth's boys, that was when they finally created a name for themselves. Edward has been baking and decorating since he was little, and learned everything from his mom and asking a lot of questions. Antoni was the chocolate dip strawberry brother until last year, when he made his very first cake Homer Simpson standing on the donut for the OK cake show.
- September 17, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Hi there,
Funny site, thanks! However, if you're going to pick on typos, might want to proof-read...
" Thanks to all of you who helped me track them done! "
From a fellow pedant,
James ;) - September 18, 2008 at 10:14 AM
That's so cute! I <3 Wall-E!!
- September 18, 2008 at 11:14 AM
- Jen said...
@James - Ack! I was doing so well on the proof-reading front, too...
- September 18, 2008 at 11:22 AM
I was at ICES this year and that cake was awesome! I first got to see when I was dropping off my displays, but it was huge and so detailed. I still can't believe it.
- October 2, 2008 at 11:17 PM
- wondering_wanderer said...
Just a heads up, they DO have the cake featured in their gallery on the website. I guess they cleared up any copyright issues.
And their other cakes are gorgeous, as well. - October 18, 2008 at 12:14 AM
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The obvious first ingredient here is overripe bananas. For some reason, we never have extra bananas in our house. They're always eaten before reaching that overripe-I should bake something with these state. In fact, when I want to bake anything involving bananas, I have to plan ahead, remember to buy extra, and allow them ripen. So, I'm not even sure how it came to pass, but last week I was in the unusual situation of actually having extra, quickly ripening bananas. It was kind of exciting to get to make a banana recipe on the spur of the moment. Since I was in the spirit of using up those mushy bananas and baking something unplanned, I had to substitute a couple of other ingredients to avoid a trip to the grocery store. The recipe calls for white, whole-wheat flour which I didn't have. I used half unbleached, white flour and half whole wheat flour. It also calls for a cup and a quarter of chopped walnuts. I only had about half a cup, so I added some almonds and pecans as well. Everything else, including the plain yogurt and espresso powder, I had on hand.
As I mixed everything together and scooped the batter into the muffin tin, the aroma of espresso mingling with banana hinted at how delicious these were going to be. Fresh out of the oven, I could barely wait to have a taste. And, one of these muffins with a steaming cup of cappuccino was perfection. Now that I've tried these once, I may be buying extra bananas every week in hopes of finding overripe ones that need to be used a few days later.


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MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday.
Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas.
It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday's parade in Midland. The first was exiting the tracks when the warning bells and signals were activated, 20 seconds before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The second float didn't enter the tracks until several seconds after the warning system went off, the NTSB said. By that time, the guardrail was lowering.
"Once the crossing becomes active, people should stop," lead investigator Robert Accetta with the NTSB said at a news conference Saturday afternoon.
The timeline was pieced together by combining information from a video camera mounted on the front of the train, another one on a sheriff's car and a data recorder that acts like an airplane's black box, activating when the train blared the horn, NTSB member Mark Rosekind said.
Nine seconds before the crash, the train sounded its horn, a blaring that lasted four seconds, according to Rosekind. The guardrail hit the truck, then the engineer pulled the emergency brake, trying to bring the train that was traveling at 62 mph to a screeching halt.
People on the first float and dozens of others who had come out to greet the veterans shrieked and watched in shock, as some aboard the truck tried to jump off, witnesses said. The veterans' military instincts kicked in as they treated the wounded.
The NTSB has also interviewed the engineer and conductor, and established the train's air brakes were working, Rosekind said. No mechanical problems were found with the cars. A review of the train's maintenance history found no defects, he added. The tracks also had no problems.
Investigators will try to establish on Monday what the engine could have seen as it approached the truck, Rosekind said.
Part of the investigation includes whether the parade group, Show of Support/Hunt for Heroes, had the proper permit. The parade has been an annual event in Midland for nine years.
"It has a long history, and I don't know what the original arrangements were," City Manager Courtney Sharp said. "But for the most part we require permits."
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Three or four railroad tracks lie within city limits, and the site of the accident is just about 10 minutes from downtown, said Midland spokesman Ryan Stout.
That's considered when the city grants permits for parades and other events, Sharp said.
"We take all steps into consideration when we permit," he said. "I hate to go down that track until all of the investigation is over, but yes we do take that stuff into account."
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Gilbert felt suddenly compelled to wake up. At the same time, he felt that waking up would be wrong, perhaps even rude and offensive. He didn't particularly want to wake up. Quite aside from the proddings of his conscience, he just wanted to keep doing what was already working for him, but he was finding it increasingly difficult to resist. In the military he'd learned that when you're called, you're expected to get out of bed first and then wake up. This habit was deeply ingrained.
The room faded into view around him. Overhead were solemn stone walls, illuminated by a flickering light somewhere off to one side. The walls had alcoves with coffins in them. He was in a crypt, like the kind used by the wealthy to bury their beloved, deceased, and exceedingly well-off relations. It was clean and well-kept, and the only thing remarkable about the crypt was that he was in it.
Gilbert sat up, and he heard someone gasp. His limbs felt numb and heavy. His mind was in much the same condition.
"M-master! Welcome back. Everything has been done according to your wishes," the voice said nervously.
Gilbert turned and saw a young man kneeling on the cold marble floor. His spectacles glinted in the darkness, reflecting the light of the lantern held in his trembling hand. There was a thin mist on the floor around him.
Gilbert waited for things to settle down inside his head. When he was younger, he'd had a few episodes where he had gone drinking with his fellows and awoken later to find he'd misplaced himself. He found that sitting for a few minutes would do wonders in these cases, and eventually the details would come to him. Usually he just needed one memory to get the process started. Maybe he'd recall what he'd had to drink, or the girls he'd met and what he'd said to them. Or perhaps memories of a fight would surface and explain fresh bruises. Once a piece of the previous evening was in hand, the rest would fall into place and he would be able to remember where he was and how he'd gotten there.
Except, this wasn't happening. His memory was obstinately blank.
The kneeling fellow rose slightly and stopped, seeming to test to see if it was acceptable to stand up all the way. When all seemed well, he stood and relaxed slightly. He looked at Gilbert expectantly.
"Where am I?" Gilbert asked at last. The echo of the stone chamber made his own voice sound odd and unfamiliar to him.
"Your Lordship," the young man said with a bow, "You are in the family mausoleum." He consulted a pocketwatch. "It's midnight, or rather recently passed. October first. As I said, everything according to your instructions."
Gilbert looked down to see that he'd been sleeping on a stone slab, although he felt no worse for it. He suspected the pain would set in once the drink had left his system. "What in the name of the Queen's dainties am I doing in a tomb?"
"Ah yes. You did mention that your memories might be a bit… reluctant. That should pass in a few minutes."
Gilbert looked down. He was wearing a white robe. A long staff had been laid on his chest, and was now sitting in his lap. He grasped this curious object and caught sight of his hands. They were yellow, dry and somewhat withered. There were cracks in the surface, like parched earth. "My hands!" he cried, letting the staff clatter to the floor.
"I think you were preserved very well in here. I imagine your remaining flesh should last you quite a while."
"Preserved?" Gilbert asked, suddenly suspecting he'd gotten himself into more trouble than usual this time.
"Your Lordship, do you not remember your plan?" The young man spoke with his head lowered slightly, and with an obsequious attitude, as if he expected Gilbert was going to beat him at any moment. Gilbert could think of no reason to beat the man, other than the fact that he kept talking to him in this infuriating way.
"No. And stop calling me 'Lordship'."
"We managed to obtain the… items required for your revivification, and the spells you devised have worked as planned." The young man held up an unremarkable crystal necklace as evidence.
"Magic? Now you're campaigning for a punch in the nose. I might have done a few things that I'm ashamed of, and a whole lot more that I should be ashamed of, but I've never gone in for the dark arts. The last fellow who accused me of witchcraft got himself dragged out of the pub and kissed the cobblestones until he begged my pardon."
The young man bowed, "Master, this is most unexpected. Is this some sort of test? I don't know what I should do."
"You could stop calling me 'master'. That would be a good start."
"But… you are my master," he protested. At this he pointed to the wall, where the following words had been engraved:
Barrington Oswald Mordaunt
Viscount of Ravenstead
Gilbert looked at the stone. "That name is familiar," he said slowly.
"Yes!" the young man said eagerly. That's your name. And I'm Simon, one of your inner circle servants. We help you in your studies. Perhaps you remember me? I've been in your service for years."
Gilbert rose and pointed the staff at the engraving. "That's not my name," he said firmly. "I'm Gilbert Hiltman."
Simon had already seemed nervous and anxious, but now he had the appearance of a man caught in the throes of primal terror. "No!" He squeaked as he placed his hand on his heart. His face had gone white and he seemed to be breathing quickly. "But… how did you come to rest in the Master's chamber?"
Gilbert stared at him. After a few moments Simon blushed. "I guess you wouldn't know that yourself." Simon looked around the chamber, as if he expected to see another body at hand. "I don't know what I did wrong. I really don't. Where is the Master?"
Gilbert guessed that Simon was not yet twenty. It was hard to judge. He seemed thin and malnourished, and might look older if he was properly fed. He was dressed in a rumpled shirt which might only be called white by the most generous observers. It was marked with fingerprints of black grime. Over that he wore a brown waistcoat. There was a bowler hat atop his head, under which his hair had been allowed to grow wild. His trousers looked as though they were expertly tailored ten years ago, and thoroughly mistreated since then. The knees were torn and threadbare. He was standing at the center of an elaborate circle of symbols that had been drawn onto the stone floor in charcoal. Along the edge of this was a ring of dwindling candles. Nearby was a large, ragged book, hanging open and revealing unwholesome truths.
"I'd apologize for all the time and effort you wasted in bringing back the wrong fellow," Gilbert said. "It's a shame to see young people dabble in evil business. But I'm rather more upset at the prospect of being dead myself."
"You don't understand!" Simon cried. "We are in a great deal of danger. The others are waiting outside. This is… our group has worked for years to achieve this. When they discover I've brought back the wrong man…" His voice trailed off as he stared out into the darkness beyond the chamber.
"Yes?" Gilbert said impatiently. "What will they do? Notify the police and complain that their illegal magics have been misappropriated? Write a scathing editorial? Sue me? Kill me?"
"Well, yes. Or rather, they will undo the magic binding you to this world, returning you to death. After which they will torture me to death for my failure."
Gilbert sighed, which made a deep, hollow hiss that seemed to echo all around him. "Maybe this is why people don't join cults and practice necromancy. I suppose we must both blame your mother, for raising an imbecile."
A voice called from outside, "Simon! What news?"
Simon put his hand over his mouth. He looked very close to tears.
Gilbert did not particularly like Simon. Quite aside from his necromancy, he seemed to be a coward, and Gilbert could not abide cowards. But he didn't like the idea of the lad being tortured to death, either.
The voice continued to call Simon. It was demanding, and grew steadily more impatient.
Simon paced furiously, casting his eyes around as if he expected to find a means of escape in the dusty corners of the room. At once he stopped pacing and turned to Gilbert. He spoke with a trembling voice, "Perhaps we can pass you off as the Viscount. We could return to the estate, and then I could look in his Lordship's library to see if I can find a way to sort this out."
"We'll see," Gilbert said. He slid himself off the stone slab and stood up. His body still felt a bit numb but his legs were able to hold his weight and he seemed to be as strong as ever.
Simon blinked in surprise as he looked up at Gilbert. "You are very tall!"
Gilbert sighed again, "You know, people have been telling me so since I was fourteen. Constantly. Yes. I am tall. Thank you. I had noticed before, actually."
"Sorry," Simon stammered. "But this might impede our deception. His Lordship is of normal stature, at best. Or was, before his death."
"You think they'll notice? You didn't."
"You were lying down!" Simon said defensively. "And these men have known the Viscount since before I was born. You have to understand, these men are deadly serious. We call them the 'Four Horsemen'. Not to their face, mind you, but the name suits them. They are the elders of the Order of the Eternal King."
Gilbert laughed. "Was that name not already taken by some other cult?"
"You jest, but these men have done horrible things to attain the power they have. They're all Dukes or Barons or that sort of thing. Some of the other acolytes told me that one of them is even a Member of Parliament."
"If this lot is so bad, why don't you just leave? It's not right getting mixed up in business like this."
Simon shook his head. "I can't. I just… you can't get away from the Lord Mordaunt, even in death."
"Fine," Gilbert said, "Lead on."
Simon stepped out of the circle of writing, being careful not to smudge his work. He snuffed out the candles, leaving them with just the meager light of his lantern. He retrieved a dark robe from the corner of the room.
"You wear black robes in your cult," Gilbert observed. "Why don't cults ever wear yellow robes? It would catch people off guard."
Simon unfolded the robe. "I took it off because I didn't want it dragging all over my writing while I worked, and I was worried that I'd set myself on fire with all these candles about."
"Let me wear it," Gilbert said. "I don't like parading around dressed like this. How short was your master? His burial gown looks like a tunic."
They left the chamber and Simon led them up a long set of narrow stone steps. He walked holding his lantern out in front of him, while Gilbert trudged behind in his new black cloak. He'd pulled the hood up, and his face was in deep shadow. He walked with the ornamental staff, using it like a walking stick.
At last they came out into the brisk night air. The stars were out and the moon was nearly full. They were in a small graveyard. In front of them was a low hill, leading up to a darkened manor. To the left the land sloped away down to the road. To the right were open fields, hedged in by dense trees. The place struck Gilbert as familiar, but his memories were slippery.
Four men awaited them, dressed in similar black cloaks. As they exited, the Four Horsemen drew back their hoods and knelt down. All of them were gray-haired men with grim faces.
"Welcome back, your Lordship," the oldest said. He had a gravelly voice with an aristocratic accent. "All is in readiness. What is your command?"
Simon had walked around behind the men and was now grinning nervously and motioning silent applause. It's working!
"Stand up!" Gilbert commanded.
Simon grew wide-eyed and glared at Gilbert. He held out his hands in dismay. What are you doing?
The Horsemen also seemed curious at this. Perhaps it was his voice. Or his accent. Or his height. They rose, but they did so looking at one another in confusion.
"Gentlemen!" Gilbert boomed, "You stand before the mighty Viscount of Pugilism!" He grabbed the heads of two of the men in front of him and cracked them together. The men went limp and collapsed into a heap of wrinkles and black wool.
"That's not the Viscount!" cried one of them. "What have you done, foolish boy?"
Gilbert socked the man in the bridge of the nose before anyone could fashion an answer for him.
"Treason!" screamed the last horseman, and he reached beneath his robes to draw a sword. Gilbert caught his hand and pushed the sword down before it left the scabbard. The man put his other hand on the hilt, and the two strove like this.
"Gilbert!" Simon cried.
The horseman found he could not overpower Gilbert's grasp, but he continued to try and free his sword. Since he couldn't bring the sword up, he tried holding it in place and pulling the scabbard away by moving and twisting his hips.
"Gilbert, look!" Simon said, his voice rising in escalating panic.
Gilbert allowed the horseman to twist around, struggling comically against his iron grip. Once the man had bent himself into a truly absurd and untenable position, Gilbert yanked sideways and sent him to the ground. A firm kick to the head quieted the old man. "There," he said to Simon, "Now you're free to leave these nasty fellows."
"Gilbert!" Simon shrieked, "The road!"
A party of some half-dozen men had arrived, riding on carts. Some bore lanterns and swords. Others bore rifles.
"I thought you said there were only four!" Gilbert snapped.
"These fellows are not from our order," Simon hissed in a stage whisper.
"Halt!" One of the newcomers shouted, "In the name of the Ministry of Ethereal Affairs and Her Majesty the Queen, you are ordered to stand and declare yourselves!" They hurried up the hill, their gear clanking as they moved.
"Bloody hell. It's the Witch Watch! We'll hang for sure," Simon said with despair.
"Don't worry. We're not with this lot," Gilbert said as he prodded one of the horsemen with his foot, "Just be polite and explain that you were only working with them out of fear." Gilbert threw back his hood and walked down to meet the Witch Watch.
"No, don't!" Simon shouted.
Several things came to Gilbert's mind in this moment. One was noting that his strange echoing voice – which he had attributed to being inside the tomb – was still strange and echoing, even outside. The second was remembering what his hands looked like, and how the rest of him was likely in similar condition. The third was that he was currently dressed in the black robes of this cult and carrying some sort of ornamental scepter, which would not only make him look like a member but might go so far as to suggest that he was the ringleader. The Witch Watch had found them in the countryside at night, and likely had news of what was supposed to be happening here. They would be expecting trouble, and everything about this scene would tell them that they had found it.
The lamp light fell on Gilbert and the captain of the group went wide-eyed. "ABOMINATION!" he screamed.
Gilbert wasn't sure if he should hold onto the staff to defend himself, or surrender. In a panic, he tried to do both and raised the staff over his head.
"Spellcraft!" screamed the captain.
The men fell to the ground. At first Gilbert thought they were all cowering, but then the rifle shots came and he realized there would be no sorting this out tonight. He spun around and fled.
As he turned, he caught sight of the person at the rear of the Witch Watch. It was a woman. She looked thin, almost waif-like. She had stood at the back with a pistol in her hand, and now that the men had taken cover she was walking up the hill, heedless of the shooting and supposed danger of spellcraft. Shockingly, she seemed to be wearing trousers.
Gilbert saw no more of her. As curious as it was, he was more concerned with not being shot or (worse) captured. Great Britain prided herself on even justice and humane executions, but the Witch Watch was one of the last institutions that – if popular gossip was to be trusted – still wielded the older, harsher style of law enforcement.
Gilbert sprinted away from the watchmen, casting aside his staff as he did so. Simon had wisely begun running several seconds sooner, and thus had a good head start. Nevertheless, Gilbert's great strides allowed him to catch up quickly. He was glad to discover that whatever strange things had befallen him, he was still as able-bodied as ever. He wanted to look back and see what his pursuers were doing. Gilbert wondered if the riflemen were giving chase or sharpshooting. He was also anxious to get another look at the woman, just because. But he didn't dare take his eyes off the ground in front of him. They were running through a graveyard at night while being shot at. Tripping could be fatal.
The gunshots rang out surprisingly quickly, and at an even rate.
"They have very good rifles," Gilbert commented as they ran.
"What?" Simon gasped. His steps were already faltering.
Gilbert grabbed him by the shoulder and hauled him sideways, "This way. Into the trees."
The shots fell silent as Gilbert and Simon dove into the shroud of the forest. The men shouted to each other, but Gilbert could not catch the words.
"We'll never escape them all," Simon gasped. He stopped and conscripted a tree to keep him from falling over.
"We don't need to escape them all," Gilbert pointed out. "They won't all follow and leave the Four Horsemen unattended. I suspect no more than half of them will give chase. Come on. Walk if you can. The woods are big and lanterns can't see far. We should be fine as long as we can get some distance before daybreak."
It was dark here under the trees, and Gilbert could only barely make out Simon's outline as he pulled himself upright. The bright moon was fortunate. There was just enough light for them to move without running face-first into a tree. Simon stumbled now and again on tree roots, but the shouts of their pursuers became increasingly distant.
"How many are there, do you think?" Simon asked as he struggled for breath. "I didn't think to count them." They had been fleeing for perhaps a quarter hour and had now stopped for another rest.
"There were six men," Gilbert replied, "Four rifles. Two swords with lanterns, one of which was their captain. Plus the woman. They won't send both lanterns away, which means we only have one lantern chasing us. Most likely not the leader. He'll want to investigate the goings-on at the tomb, and leave the chase to his men."
"You know a great deal about the Witch Watchers," Simon marveled.
"No. I know a great deal about being a soldier. And the task of running around in the woods looking for a deadly wizard, at night, with one lantern, is exactly the sort of job that an officer would delegate."
Simon slumped down against an old tree-trunk and hung his head between his knees. "I see. You're right. They must be assuming you're a wizard. Who ever heard of performing a revivification on a common soldier?"
"Who ever heard of reviving the wrong person?" Gilbert shot back.
Simon was quiet for some time. Gilbert waited patiently as the boy recovered his breath with much coughing and sighing. For his own part, Gilbert didn't feel short of breath or even tired.
When Simon's breathing had settled, he pushed himself upright. "You said there was a woman there. I hadn't noticed her. I do wonder what that was all about. They're wizard hunters. Well, wizard killers, really. I wonder why they would bring along a woman for grim work like that."
"Let us make every effort to not find out," Gilbert suggested.
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Congratulations, Big Dolores! As you can see, it's been a very exciting day here on the farm. I was so thrilled to be able to witness this newborn donkey's first few. . . well, firsts—first moments of life, first time standing on those wobbly legs (Dolores literally helped and held the baby up), first drink of milk, first wiggling of the ears (they're so long!), first touch of human hands. Amazing.
I'll share more photos soon. I've already taken dozens, despite having to make a mad quarter-mile dash from the front field back to The Shack to replace the batteries that died after the first few newborn shots. It took a while before I could tear myself away (I didn't want to miss a minute!), and for once wished I'd driven out there instead of walked.
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This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. Coming up, as sports fans around the world look forward to the start of the Olympics, we'll check in with a star of the U.S. women's soccer team, Sydney Leroux. We'll have that conversation in just a few minutes.
But first, we are taking a closer look at the life and legacy of a pioneering American, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. She died yesterday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 61 years old.
After her mission on the space shuttle Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride became a hero for many aspiring astronauts, but particularly for girls who wanted careers in space and science. She talked about that in a 2003 interview with my colleague from MORNING EDITION, Steve Inskeep. Here's a short clip.
SALLY RIDE: All you need to do is look into the eyes of the kids growing up today. When you mention astronauts, the planets, the space program to them, their eyes just light up. It really captivates them and it ignites something deep inside of all of us.
MARTIN: We wanted to talk more about Sally Ride, so we're joined now by Ellen Ochoa. She's currently the deputy director of the Johnson Space Center and she's also a trailblazer in her own right. She was the first Latina in space.
Also with us, Colonel Pamela Melroy. She piloted two shuttle missions and served as the commander on the 2007 Discovery shuttle flight, making her another trailblazer, only the second woman to command a shuttle. Colonel Melroy is retired from the Air Force and now she leads field operations at the Office of Commercial Space Transportation for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Welcome to you both. Thank you so much for joining us, and of course our condolences on the loss of this friend and colleague.
ELLEN OCHOA: Thank you very much, Michel.
PAMELA MELROY: Yeah, thank you. It is a tragic loss.
MARTIN: Ellen Ochoa, I'd like to start with you because you've called Sally Ride one of your biggest inspirations. In fact, I remember that when you and I had a conversation on this program some time ago, you mentioned that. What was it about her that inspired you particularly?
OCHOA: When she went on her first flight, I was at Stanford in the middle of getting my PhD. Of course a few years before, when the first six women astronauts were selected, that was - you know, it had a huge impact on me, even though at that time I really had never thought about becoming an astronaut.
But when I was in graduate school and the shuttles started flying and people were talking about, you know, maybe becoming astronauts, I realized that was something that I would absolutely love to do, combine my interests in doing engineering and research and going into space all in one career.
So to see her in space - and she had an undergraduate degree in physics, just like I did, and she had a PhD from Stanford, and I was in the middle of getting a PhD from Stanford, I mean it just really helped convince me that I wasn't, you know, completely crazy in thinking about trying to become an astronaut myself.
MARTIN: Colonel Melroy, what about you? You were just graduating from college in 1983 during that space shuttle mission. What do you remember about it and what effect do you think it had on you and your career?
MELROY: Well, I remember it very clearly because Sally came to speak at MIT after her first mission, so I had the opportunity to hear her speak and, you know, and shake her hand afterwards, and I had already decided that I wanted to be a pilot astronaut and I also majored in physics. But to meet her was absolutely electrifying for me. It sort of cemented all of my desires.
MARTIN: Did she seem to be mindful of the effect that she had on young girls and young women who were interested in following her path?
MELROY: I think she was almost a little bit bemused by the tremendous outflow of emotional connections that were happening after her flight and it was really interesting to see her personal humility, and also, you know, great determination and passion for what she was doing.
MARTIN: Ellen Ochoa, the first of your four space shuttle flights came a decade after Sally Ride's mission. Do you think her work changed the prospects for women in NASA, particularly given just how beautifully she carried herself? You know, as you both pointed out, just - you know, a great spirit, great humility, great work ethic, you know, all of that. Do you think she was a game changer?
OCHOA: Oh, there's no question that the fact that - I joined the astronaut office 12 years after the first women joined - that all of them, collectively, had really made an impact on the office and made it so much easier for me to come in and do my job and just be seen as one of the astronauts and work on what I wanted to work on, which is be the best crew member I could possibly be.
And with Sally sort of setting that goal and, you know, she went out just to do the very best job she could onboard - it definitely affected all of our ability later on to go out and just focus on doing that as part of our job and be accepted as part of the crew and be contributors in every way possible.
MARTIN: If you're just joining us, you're listening to TELL ME MORE from NPR News and we're paying tribute to Sally Ride, the first American woman in space. She died yesterday. We're talking with two trailblazers in their own right. Ellen Ochoa, she's now deputy director of the Johnson Space Center. She was the first Latina in space.
Also with us, Colonel Pamela Melroy, the second woman to command a space shuttle mission. She now serves as the Federal Aviation Administration's Office of Commercial Space Transportation.
Ellen Ochoa, when we talked last year, we talked about the end of the NASA shuttle program. I'm just wondering if you think that the loss of that program means a lost opportunity for the next Sally Ride to emerge. I'm just wondering where the opportunities to break ground are going to come from now, and I'm sure, you know, Colonel Melroy, I know you want to weigh in on this too. But Ellen, I'm going to ask you this first.
OCHOA: Well, there are still lots of opportunities. Right now onboard the International Space Station is Suni Williams, another one of our wonderful women astronauts here at NASA. You might remember that when she was up there before, she actually ran a marathon in space, and so she exhibits a lot of the same qualities that Sally did in terms of, you know, being smart, being athletic, being very personable.
So we want to make sure people understand we are still flying in space, both men and women, and I think there's lots of opportunities.
MARTIN: Colonel Melroy, what do you think?
MELROY: I just really see that there are more opportunities spreading in all the sectors for space and that just means more opportunities for young women, and I'm really excited about thinking about a woman perhaps being the first person to set foot on Mars someday, and so when you put it in that perspective, you see there's a lot of opportunities out there.
MARTIN: You two are the last people, I would think - including Sally Ride - who would be in any way engaged in a pity party, but sometimes being first is not, you know, unadulterated fun. Did she ever talk about the less fun side of the scrutiny?
OCHOA: I didn't, you know, know Sally personally when she was in the astronaut office. By the time I joined she had left, but I did get to know her later because of the company that she started, Sally Ride Science. And so she reached out to me and to many of the other women astronauts and asked us to be speakers at the science festivals that they put on, which were particularly geared to getting middle-school girls interested in science and engineering and giving them some idea what it was about, giving them some hands-on opportunities.
And so my interactions with her through her company and everything that she was doing to bring science and engineering to middle-school girls were all so positive, and you could tell she really, really had a passion for it.
I remember she told me a story a few years ago of - she'd gotten a letter from a girl who had said that her teacher told her that it was impossible for women to be astronauts. I mean, this was in the 21st century. It was not anywhere near the time that she flew in space. It was only about 10 years ago and she just couldn't believe that the word still wasn't getting out to girls here, and so she was very, very passionate about making sure that girls had the opportunity to know that all these careers were available to them and to give them an idea of what they were like.
MARTIN: Colonel, anything you want to add?
MELROY: I think that Sally was a very private person, but she found a way to really take the experience of being in the public eye to promote STEM education, and I also got asked by Sally to speak at the science festivals and have done so because I just strongly believe in her vision. I think it was a great and wonderful way to take the fame that she had and really focus it in a very positive way.
MARTIN: Colonel Pamela Melroy was the second woman to lead a space shuttle mission. She is now in the Office of Commercial Space Transportation at the FAA and she was kind enough to join us from her office in Washington, D.C. Also with us, Ellen Ochoa, deputy director of the Johnson Space Center, first Latina in space, and she was kind enough to join us from her office in Houston. They were both sharing their reflections on the life and legacy of Sally Ride.
Thank you both so much for joining us.
OCHOA: Thank you, Michel.
MELROY: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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"For the first time in my career I'm not really tripping because I'm in a good place with myself mentally and I truly believe I'm going to win."
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"It's an honor to fight Joe Stevenson, a title contender and The Ultimate Fighter season 2 champ," said Danny Castillo. "Stylistically, it's a bad matchup for him and I think there's a lot of pressure on him. And even though it's my first UFC fight, the WEC and the UFC have the same staff so as soon as I get off the plane I'm going to know everyone; it's not going to be something foreign to me. The only thing different will be the color of my gloves. For the first time in my career I'm not really tripping because I'm in a good place with myself mentally and I truly believe I'm going to win."
Such confidence was rarely uncommon for Castillo growing up, where he showed out in class more and more often in high school. The product of a tough Sacramento upbringing, Castillo started off wrestling as a debt to a high school administrator who saved his tail from the wrath of a potentially angry parent.
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"Urijah Faber was one of my friends growing up wrestling; we went to different high schools but we ended up wrestling together every summer because the All-Star team is from the Sacramento area. I knew he was doing it but I was working a desk job at the time and never thought about fighting. I thought I was done with wrestling and I saw Urijah on TV wrestling (laughs) and I emailed him and he told me to come down and check out his gym. I went and checked out his gym and I saw the life he made for himself and he basically told me, 'you can have it too because it takes a certain kind of person to become a fighter and I think you have that.' So I went back to my desk job and thought about it a couple weeks, talked to my friends and family, and three weeks later I packed up my stuff in a U-Haul and moved back to Sacramento."
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Enter Joe Stevenson, winner of The Ultimate Fighter season 2 and UFC competitor for the last six years. After back-to-back losses to George Sotiropolous and Mac Danzig, Stevenson is back in a dangerous career predicament, something to which Castillo can testify to personally. However, if there was a nail in the proverbial Stevenson UFC career coffin, Castillo is gladly readying to hammer it in.
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