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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — On a Saturday morning, as the sun climbs steadily higher in the royal-blue sky, the occasional motorist turns off busy state Route 19 about five miles north of Kona International Airport.
The locals know the turn, even though it's not signposted. They slowly make their way across the speed bumps along the paved 11/2-mile-long road, their cars filled with family and friends and laden with sun umbrellas, folding chairs and plenty of food and drink.
On weekends in paradise, Big Island residents embrace one of their cherished assets: the quiet, relatively uncrowded beaches.
On an island known more for its nearly omnipresent, uninviting fields of bleak, black lava, beaches boasting sand in various colors (white, black and even green) provide a relaxing landscape on which to relax and unwind in an environment vastly different than that of Oahu's bustling Waikiki.
Here on Hawaii, high-rise hotels are taboo; mellow is the mood. Yet there is beach life. Here are five choice escapes on the Big Island where you can get away from it all — or most of it, anyway.
Kua Bay Beach Park, also known as Maniniowali Beach, is the locals' hidden gem not far from the airport. You need a rental car to get there, but this is a truly magical white strand with aquamarine waters that rival the Caribbean's.
At one of the highly prized picnic tables, set beneath scrubby but shade-providing trees that have managed to take root in the lava, a seemingly ancient boom box wafts Hawaiian music as gentle as the waves, setting the tranquil mood. But come prepared. Kua Beach is about as primitive as a beach gets. There are four port-a-potties and some garbage cans. That's it.
Like the locals, you'll need to pack in your supplies — everything from beach towels and blankets to plenty of water. But the idyllic beauty, unspoiled by food vendors and T-shirt sellers, is why it's such a hit with natives.
The turn is between Mile Markers 88 and 89. At the turn for the West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, head in the opposite direction, toward the ocean.
Punaluu County Beach Park's black sand is an easily accessed delight a couple of hours south of Kailua-Kona off state Route 11, the road leading to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. And, unlike Kua, this beach is signposted.
The coarse black sand, the result of crashing waves eating away at the hardened lava, is relatively unique. But it's not so much the sand as the resident colony of sea turtles that attracts visitors.
A German shouts excitedly as she spots one of the ancient reptiles, known as "honu" in Hawaiian, in a tidal pool. At first her friends have trouble spotting the immobile, dark green creature because it looks a lot like the lava around it, but then the beast turns its head before beginning a crawl across the sand.
According to a plaque near the beach's restrooms, this area is home to Kauila, a mythological sea turtle with the ability to turn from a turtle into human form. According to legend (and the marker), she "would play with the children along the shoreline and keep watch over them."
The turn for Punaluu is between Mile Markers 55 and 56. The nearest town, Pahala, offers burgers, traditional plate lunches and provisions.
Papakolea Beach, also known as Green Sand Beach, near the southernmost point of the Big Island, offers a unique experience but one that's available only to intrepid travelers in excellent physical condition. That's because it's accessible only by an arduous three-mile hike along an unmarked trail through rugged lava fields.
Folks who make the trek are rewarded by the olive green sand, which actually is grains of olivine, a semiprecious stone created by ancient volcanic action and later crushed by the waves. Those who do reach the beach are strongly encouraged to help preserve the place by resisting the temptation to take home some of the olive-green sand as a souvenir.
Inquire locally for directions to South Point from state Route 11. And don't expect to make the two- to three-hour hike in sandals or sneakers.
Anaehoomalu Bay Beach is the closest thing to a "busy" beach on the Big Island. That's probably, in part, because of its location adjacent to the resort community of Waikoloa Village.
What the locals simply call "A-Bay" is the place to go if a fun day at the beach requires more than just a blanket and sunglasses. On Sundays and Fridays, an outfitter called Ocean Sports (888-724-5924, hawaiioceansports.com) sets up shop. For $25, guests can enjoy a variety of activities such as water aerobics classes and rides on a glass-bottom boat.
Aboard the boat a guide explains the origins of all that lovely white sand. The majority of it is, in fact, parrotfish poop. The fish eat coral, which their digestive tracts turn into the fine grains that constitute the sand.
Much of the current sand, however, had to be trucked in after the March 2011 tsunami. Fortunately, vendors had nine hours' warning to move to higher ground.
The beach is directly behind the Marriott resort at Waikoloa Village, off Highway 19 along the Kohala Coast.
Hapuna Beach State Park is unlike other Big Island beaches in that it often makes its way into guidebooks. One of a smattering of Kohala Coast beaches, this one is several hundred yards long and one of the island's widest. Though the parking lot often is packed, there is plenty of room to play, either in the soft sand or in the welcoming water that's ideal for snorkelers.
Another plus is that this beach is protected by lifeguards, fairly uncommon on Hawaii.
Hapuna Beach is about two miles south of the village of Kawaihae off Route 19.


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Royce King was the type of guy who thinks that just because he has some money, beauty and his family is "important", he rules the world. Rosalie, for him, was an arm candy. Add to this alcohool and a bunch of equally jerk-like friends and you'll have a gang of trouble makers and, eventualy, rapists. He attacked her because he though he could. Rosalie was his to dispose her as he liked. It was about power, not sex. And Lioness is right. It happens with much more frequency than you imagine.PrincessSparkle84 wrote:I am going to sound like a monster here, but I had a hard time really feeling bad for Rosalie when she was telling Bella about why/how she was changed. Now before you freak out on me, I feel bad for what happened to her and I agree 150% that what happend to Rose was disgusting, vile, and horrible. Rape is a horrifying thing, and I can imagine it would be even worse when done by someone you trust. BUT I found that whole story to be hard for me to believe. I just didn't get why her fiance would so randomly do that to her, especially to the point of death. My mind doesn't work in gruesome ways, so I guess I just have a hard time finding this story believable. Am I the only one??
About Rosalie and not having children, I understand why she feels so frustrated. She lost everything in such a young age and so brutally. Nobody deserves to suffer the way she did. I know she looked at Bella and felt frustrated, jealous and bitter.
However, ladies. And, please, this is just my opnion. I don't think this gives her license to treat anyone the way she does. Just because I don't agree with your choices in life, I think I still have to respect that. Of course she doesn't have to like Bella. But a bit of politeness for her being her brother's wife it would be interesting. Well manners doesn't hurt anyone. Rosalie keeps forgetting she's part of a family, where respect and consideration are essential to make that work. And, okay, she's stucked as a vampire. If she's so unhappy, she can ask the Volturi to kill her anytime. She lost a lot, but she also won things too - a partner for eternity, a loving family, that accept her, besides her flaws. So, for me, Rosalie is a lot of things. But she's not a victim.
And, yes it probably was hard for her to take care of Bella in pregnancy... for a while. I was readeng agains this part in BD and she seemed quite fascinated about the whole thing. Greedy, I'd say. And then, if was such a sacrifice, why didn't she say "no"? I don't think Rosalie is the type who can be easily manipulated. She saw the oportunity she didn't expected before. Bella... well she was trying to save her child and she would do it to any cost, even. If Rosalie had refused, I bet she would have ran away to have the baby. So, did Bella used Rosalie to keep Renesmee? Yes. Did Rosalie manipulated Bella do to as her wished during pregnancy, in order to reach her goal, which was the child? Yes. So, I believe, it was an alliance based on common interests, where both sides had much to lose.


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Growing and Vetting the Requirements
New requirements from committers should be added directly to the page with a reference to the author of the requirement and the text "[Proposed]". Each proposal should be vetted through the IRC meetings on Wednesday before it is changed from [Proposed] to [Accepted on date].
- Should be able to contact a remote, running runtime instance. This means that you can do your deploy from your development host to a test/preprod host somewhere else. [Proposed] (Oisin)
- Should support the development of new connector instances to new runtimes. Now, just a clarification here: when I use the term 'support' then I do not mean 'allow' :) With 'allow' you can get it done by writing reams of code, with 'support' the framework makes it easy for you to focus on just the code you need to talk to your chosen runtime (note that this could be reams too, but you are at least writing in your area of expertise). [Proposed] (Oisin)
- Should not define any extra creation paths for a user defining a new server in their workspace beyond providing extensions to existing frameworks. That is, no new framework code for creation paths. There are already frameworks in WTP/DTP for this purpose, and STP should leverage these directly. [Proposed] Melder
- Should not define any new views for the monitoring of running applications
on runtimes. There are already existing views in WTP/DTP for this purpose, and STP
should leverage these directly. Creating new views for monitor servers will confuse
the user experience by exposing multiple ways to monitor different kinds of servers,
based on what the developers thought; not based on what the user expects. [Proposed] Melder
- This view should be extensible to allow content not associated with a project or package to be displayed (e.g. other installed applications or services). [Proposed] rcernich
- This view should allow developers to add administrative capabilities to the servers being monitored (e.g. reconfiguring packages). [Proposed] rcernich
- Should avoid defining any new concepts that are already satisfied by existing frameworks. The community should review the WTP Project Facets and understand how to integrate with this framework [Proposed] Melder
- Should avoid being overly complex, both for users and for developers extending any STP-defined framework. [Proposed] Melder
- Must have any packaging or deployment elements decoupled from the project structure. This means that it will be possible to deploy an assembly from a single project, or many and that it will also be possible to deploy multiple assemblies from a single project. It also means some flexibility around the packaging [Proposed] (Oisin)
- There should be no assumption that the target deploy environment is Java only [Proposed] (Oisin)
- Scriptable - I think we need to be able to run this facility either in headless mode, or have Ant scripts generated or something like that. This will help automated set-up of environments, bringing new machines online as well as testing. [Proposed] (Oisin)
- Good error reporting, meaning that we should be able to give meaningful error messages back to the tool operator via the console at least if something goes wrong - there should also be some way to allow the target container to validate the deploy package too. [Proposed] (Oisin)
- Should be able to do a relevant level of introspection on the target runtime if supported, so the facility should be there to allow a pluggable conversation to be had between the deployment framework and the runtime [Proposed] (Oisin)
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GAFFNEY, S.C. – In the second of three straight road matches in conference play on consecutive nights, the King University men's volleyball team fell 3-0 to Limestone College after a four-set loss at Pfeiffer University the previous night.
The Tornado (7-9, 3-5 Conference Carolinas) attack was stymied by Limestone's (9-7, 5-4 Conference Carolinas) defense all night, which held King to a -.318 attack percentage in the third set and a .064 mark for the match. Nick Serowski led the Tornado with 10 kills in 27 attempts, with Eddie Moushikhian just behind with nine kills on 22 attempts. Serowski also contributed three blocks.
Kiel Bell, playing in the primary setter position for just the second time this season, had 21 assists to lead the team. Jeremy Funk had a match-high eight digs, while libero Chandler Wellmann had seven. Chris Gerber led the team with a match-high four blocks.
Limestone, in contrast, hit .316 for the match and had 37 kills as a team. The Saints were led by Eric Zaun, who had 15 kills on 26 attempts for an attack percentage of .462. Zaun was part of a trio of Saints, joined by Curtin Van Grinsven and Joel Muhlbach, who hit above .460 on the evening, all with at least eight attempts. Van Grinsven also had four blocks.
The first set was a back-and-forth affair, with neither team able to open up a large run or capitalize on their opponents' errors. Limestone scored three straight points to take a 20-16 lead late in the set on a pair of quick attacks. Chandler Wellman's diving attempt at a dig off a redirected attack sailed just over the net and became a Zaun kill to give Limestone a 18-16 lead, then Muhlbach stretched the Saints' lead to four points on a similar play moments later to key Limestone's 25-20 win.
The second set featured nine ties and five lead changes and included a King rally late in the set. With Limestone leading 20-16, a Saints' service error keyed a 6-2 Tornado run that ended with a Serowski kill, the third straight King termination, to tie the match at 23. The Saints, however, got a block from Andrew Miller to reach set point, and took the second-set victory 25-23 on a Tornado attack error. Limestone then used its momentum to jump out to a 7-0 lead and was able to coast to a 25-17 win to earn the sweep.
The Tornado will return to action tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 p.m. against Erskine College, its third Conference Carolinas match in as many days. King will then travel to Indiana to face off with IPFW and Ball State on March 7 and 8.


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Staved off: Cracker Barrel bypasses Fifth Street
The red dirt out by the Holiday Inn on Fifth Street has recently been raising some eyebrows. But what won't be raised anytime soon is the developer's intended target: the combination southern foodery and gift shop concept that has over 600 locations in 42 states.
"Cracker Barrel was supposed to go there," says developer Katurah Roell. "But they decided Charlottesville was not enough town for them. They said college towns don't normally perform well for them."
Roell, perhaps best known as the man proposing a Downtown Mall-sized complex in downtown Crozet, says he spent six months negotiating with Cracker Barrel and getting positive signals from County government before the company took a pass.
"We have locations in college towns across the country," says Cracker Barrel spokesperson Jeanne Ludington naming such celebrated cities as State College, Gainesville, Bloomington, and Madison. Home to Randolph College, Liberty University, and the appropriately named Lynchburg College, the Virginia college city of Lynchburg also has a Cracker Barrel.
While declining to reveal reasons for passing any particular site, Ludington noted such factors as visibility, access, pricing, and proximity to existing Cracker Barrels, of which Virginia currently has 31 including a pair in nearby Staunton and Waynesboro.
"It doesn't mean that won't ever come to Charlottesville," says Ludington, "but this time we decided not to come to that site."
As passing drivers have noticed, that site, consisting of about 3.5 acres, has recently had trees felled, with additional fill materials and infrastructure on the way.
"It does have great visibility and backs up to the interstate, and when it's filled, it will be level with Fifth Street," says Roell, noting that the site is part of a larger parcel he optioned from the Maine-based owner of the Holiday Inn.
The developer notes the property straddles Biscuit Run. That's the stream, not the proposed state park or the controversial corporate bail-out whose backers, incidentally, recently signaled a desire to put a shopping center nearby along the horse-shoe bend on Moore's Creek.
Roell says he finds the decision by Cracker Barrel short-sighted and mentions that he's delighted to field offers from other restaurant companies.
"Everyone on the south side of town," Roell says, "would love to have a restaurant."
–story updated 2:43pm February 24 to correct number of restaurants in Virginia and add Cracker Barrel's perspective (also: "Staved off" substituted for "Empty nest" as headline.)Read more on: cracker barrel
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Quel dommage.
College towns do not do well. Perhaps that means that the educated avoid eating at that joint.
Olive garden perfect.....
Romano's Macaroni Grill would be OK too.
Ovile Garden nasty.....
Real southerners do breakfast right. Cracker Barrell has a nice breakfast.
PLEASE bring an Olive Garden Restaurant! We have been asking for one in Charlottesville for YEARS!
Prior to well-publicized lawsuits filed in 1999, 2001, and 2006, Cracker Barrel had an apparently deserved reputation for racial discrimination. It's hard to know what they're thinking, but it stands to reason that they might be concerned about such allegations arising again (justified or not) in an enlightened, University-centered city like Charlottesville.
Olive Garden: Italian for rednecks.
Maggiano's please better than Olive Garden!!
Carrabba's before an Olive Garden, please.
Too bad, first his company is stymied by the ever powerful anti-dredge lobby, and now Cracker Barrel has said no go.
" Pat Enright and Katurah Roell want to get into the dredging business. "
Please put in an Olive Garden! I'd actually travel to that side of town if it opened there. Oh, and I'm not a redneck...actually finishing up a Master's Degree at UVA. Olive Garden is good, affordable food.
So common, a developer will come in, strip the land and then oops, the deal goes south. Should be a law against this but OOPs, the developers own the politicians.
glad to read this.Cracker Barrel belongs in the Valley,not here.Bring on the connector road to Avon Ext.!
What? Staunton and Waynesboro are bigger? Hogwash. How about California Pizza Kitchen? Love that place.
The Fifth Street location is such a logical site for a Cracker Barrel that I have been wondering for at least 15 years why there is NOT a Cracker Barrel there. I think nothing of the 30-mile drive to Waynesboro or the 38-mile jaunt to the Staunton restaurant. I am planning a visit to western Florida this spring, and the Cracker Barrel Roadway Map (now between my keyboard and my screen) is my primary planning document for the trip. A Cracker Barrel at 5th Street would be exceedingly successful. The company's stated reason for not building there is nonsense. A far more likely explanation is that it is concerned that the Charlottesville venue will draw so many customers away from the Waynesboro restaurant that the latter will be forced to close--and that's the last thing you want to admit to your patrons.
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I am not sure what planet the developer of this site came from, but Cville is the wrong demographic for a Cracker Barrel. Few middle class folks live in Cville anymore. They just can't afford it. We have driven service workers to the east and the west on 64 and to the north and the south on 29.
Cracker Barrel isn't diet food, it isn't fine cuisine and it isn't gourmet sandwiches. It appeals to folks who want a lot of food for a low price and they just don't have the palate to be discriminating when it comes to food. The Country Store, rocking chair, trash and trinkets environment isn't going to attract Biff and Muffy for brunch. This iteration of restaurant belongs in Greene County or Nelson County with all the rednecks who are keeping the cardiac unit at UVA Med Center in business.
Cville and Albemarle County should outlaw chain restaurants. The are not going to drive high-end real estate or the kind of people that Skip, Tripp, Trey, Weesie, Madison and Sara (no h) want to associate with in public.
One can only hope that gentle readers understand irony and satire! :-)
My ex and the piglets that she shired loved this place. Ah, the benefits of a nasty divorce!
"I am planning a visit to western Florida this spring, and the Cracker Barrel Roadway Map (now between my keyboard and my screen) is my primary planning document for the trip."
That's one of the saddest confessions I've ever read.
I've never eaten a meal at a Quacker Barrel. I can only imagine it is like most food away from home: sucks
While they were afraid to put it in words, I doubt 5th Street is the type of neighborhood they want to risk building a Cracker Barrel. The fact that the pancake house next door has to hire off duty cops to provide security might have been a free clue to Cracker Barrel.
The thought crossed my mind also. 5th St is not the easiest location to get to and if your on the west side you might as well go over the mountain. Perfect location for a snatch and grab and then hit 64 for a fast getaway.
Maybe my tastes have changed, but I took my son to Olive Garden at Potomac Mills a couple of months ago. The imagery closest to my experience was that of cattle gorging on salt licks.
I've had the occasion to eat twice at Cracker Barrels off the highway and I'm pretty sure they made me very uncomfortable driving afterwards.
The Red Lobster that was just erected in town was just as salt-laden as Olive Garden. You'd think seafood, right? Lobster is boiled and served with melted butter. Normally. But no, not this Red Lobster. There must be something in the corporate restaurant business that dictates the inclusion of all that salt.
Nah. The way to go is always to seek out a local restaurateur. Or if in a hurry, a Subway.
If anyone's fears are unspoken Gasbag, I think they're your own fears of places where people with darker skin than yours might outnumber you.
Cracker Barrel is not open late at night, so it's pretty unlikely that issues associated with catering to late night crowds make any difference to them. Hardee's, Burger King, Food Lion, The Municipal Band, and many many other business do just fine in that area. You really come off like a scared little girl when you post your paranoid nonsense.
This is sad news. Cracker Barrel gives a great breakfast at a good price. Food not to be eaten often, but once in a while is a fine treat. Also they are great for extremely long car trips; you can rent audio books from one Cracker Barrel and turn it in at another.
@A Cville/DC/NYC Foodie lol Thanks for a good snark to start the day. And yes we really don't need the feedbag grade establishments as Cville really doesn't have the demographic infill between trough grade (the 29 AUCE gauntlet) and chi-chi or wannabe places that keep leasing agents busy downtown.
The grocery store in the neighborhood has an armed guard and the collection of budget motels, fast food restaurants, gas stations and a waffle house don't exactly scream upper to mid level business--more low end sector.
I don't think Cracker Barrel cares about that--they are a destination unto themselves for highway travelers and locals who like alot of cheap greasy food and they probably don't care so much about the neighborhood--but alot of other chains do. My guess is that something like a Sheetz could go there-which seems about right.
Ever wonder why CHO does not have a great steak house?
Lack of performance in a college town seems like an odd statement. If you travel from here to Atlanta you go by dozens of CBs that are located on exits where the closest town of any sort may be a few miles away.
I understand, and expect, the food snobs' derisive comments about the hootenanny atmosphere of CB, but CB really isn't anymore déclassé than the fabricated decors at Applebys, TGIF, Buffetts, Outback, etc ad nauseum. If you are on the road and you want a reasonable sit down breakfast for $10 coupled with a reliable in-and-out time of 20 minutes, CB sure beats the fast food alternatives.
Could a Home Depot fit there?
I'd love to have some real options when shopping DIY.
Or an Ikea. Use due diligence on this one: some items are shovelware, but boy are there some good deals too.
Come to Zion Crossroads!!!
Popeyes or nothing. That's my vote.
Mr/Mrs/Miss saywha, I wasn't aware that Southwood now has more people of a darker color.
No, Charlottesville definitely isn't a "cracker barrel" kind of town - we are not a barrel of crackers.
There is a place to get your white paste and brown paste over at the Cracker Barrel in "The Valley" which, yes, is full of crackers.
It is not a "middle class" which is missing in Charlottesville, nor is that the Cracker Barrel clientele. This place could not be more cynically or ironically named.
Oh, and um, County Farmer - you don't think the Aberdeen Barn is a great steakhouse? What, you think a "Ruth's Chris" is better? Or is your taste in corporate ambience more along the lines of Texas Roadhouse, or Outback?
I always thought Cracker Barrel's model was to be along the highway and cater to travelers more than locals. Seems like you would people stopping at Monticello/UVA that might not go any farther west on 64.
That said, I doubt i would eat there.
aberdeen barn is good for charlottesville. it is middle of the pack on a national scale. dc has the palm, much better. as is ruths chris.
I liked the woods there best of all, but a Cracker Barrel would have been real nice.
"Roell says he finds the decision by Cracker Barrel– which already has four restaurants in Virginia including a pair in Staunton and Waynesboro– short-sighted and mentions that he's delighted to field offers from other restaurant companies."
There are actually 31 Cracker Barrels in VA. Did you mean in the Valley?
No one remember what happened to the two Aunt Sara's, a chain with pretty much the same....food...
I have been to AB twice and will never go back. I can eat leather at home.
"College towns don't perform well"? That's nonsense! The Cracker Barrel in Lynchburg is directly across the street from Liberty University and next to CVCC, and it's packed to the gills every hour it's open. I could care less about the Cracker Barrel, the Blue Moon Diner is far superior, but don't blow smoke up our a$$es! Developers my foot, just a bunch of carpetbaggers.
Some of you speak as if you're too good to eat at Cracker Barrel... then don't. I'm sure corperate will be so concerned that you "food critics" find their food is not up to the local standard. If you don't like it don't eat it. This is America and you do have that choice. When is the last time you ate at a chain restaurant? Because Applebees for drinks and appetizers counts. Just because you're educated does not mean you have a better understanding of what food should be. I'm all for local business but not everything can be local. Where did you get your car? Because it wasn't manufactured in Cville... You people are like a bunch of kids fighting over a toy that isn't even yours... Grow up.
Cracker Barrel is just as authentic as Olive Garden. Cracker Barrel ain't country and Olive Garden ain't Italian. But they do a good impression.
@ WOW...This has nothing to do with being "too good to eat at Cracker Barrel". The food at Cracker Barrel isn't all that good. When there are lot's of great local options, why settle for sub-par, made from a box, chain restaurant food? It isn't awful and it certainly has it's place in the food chain. Just not MY food chain. Why bother being offended by where people choose to eat? Slow day or what? Get over yourself...
All I'm saying is Cracker Barrel was initially designed for interstate travelers... Hence the reason for wanting to put it off of the fifth street exit. The residents are what sway that boundary I guess. I could care less if they do or don't. I just stumbled upon this article and some of the comments came off a bit snoody. In the same respect I also understand their right to free speech as well as my own.
i wonder how many people are posting their righteous indignation about big corporate chain restaurants from a starbucks with their macbook pro.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! \m/
@ MightyHorse...the only righteous indignation is yours, about people giving their opinion on Cracker Barrel. I haven't seen any bashing of Cracker Barrel, just people saying they don't care much for the food. If anyone sounds jaded, it's you.
@ WOW...I didn't mean to come off so harsh. You're right, we're all right, it's an opinion. Like it or not, it is what it is.
With regards to steak houses...The Downtown Grille does a very nice job.
And, hey now, MightyHorse....it's a Mac Book Air thankyouverymuch. And I'm not in Starbucks!
I got my latte to go this time.
Ha! Thanks for the Downtown Grille tip!
Perfect place for a Strip Club!
@omgitspaul "haven't seen" or "choose not to see"? several posts in this thread reek of classism. i don't disagree that the food at blue moon or bluegrass grill is probably better. but not everyone in this town can afford to eat at places like that on a regular basis.
@ MightyHorse...Fair enough. Been kicking around the comment boards long enough to know you're right about that. I had a knee-jerk reaction to a perceived insult. TGIF! I need a drink...
@omgitspaul no worries. as i recall, C.B. doesn't serve beer. so that's reason enough for me to avoid em ;)
Shempdaddy, non-resident taxpayer and omgitspaul commentors have all locked the answers' board for clicking in simultaneously. Your correct Jeopardy Questions will all be credited to your game "buy local" balance.
Screw the Olive Garden (which they'll probably wind up putting in within Stonefield across town anyhow) BRING ON A SONIC DRIVE-INN, YEAH!!!
Now back to "double secret probation" for anything that dare (to the better than average elites-veggies-zerogrowthers) look, smell or taste like SPRAWL! With apologies to Kurt Cobain, it seems like "developer spirit."
Doesn't meet their business model..which is an extrememly successful one indeed.
I am sure that they do not miss those who do not stop, as the parking lots are generally full at feeding time and in between
There is so much room for ALL of these places. Every time I drive down 29 many of the shopping plazas are becoming ghost towns! (The plaza across from Fashion Square is nearly empty now as is the shopping center behind Outback where Circuit City used to be). If you don't like these chain type of places, fine! Don't eat there! But there is plenty of room for all of these places throughout Charlottesville!! (Not that it will ever happen, but in my Cville fantasy dream world). My question is, why do our city planners seem to be taking this town backwards rather than moving forward!? About a decade ago this place seemed like the model of modernization of a small city. I really think that stopped like 5 years ago.
County Farmer,if you call AB prime rib leather,you're full of it.
Shoppers World is getting empty because the owner isn't renewing the leases, they seem to want everyone out.
What is so wonderful is that most of you have enough money to open any restaurant anywher so you have no real influence over what restaurants locate where. Nancy Drew and Say What, you aren't not getting through to the retards. Glad to know you're still around. Hawes, I know that you know that there are a myriad of reason why a business would choose not to locate in a particular place. You just start these conversations to keep you laughing and keep you young. In forty years it's going to catch up on you.
WHAT ARE THE OLD PEOPLE GOING TO DO!!!!?? Cross the rail road tracks? There are many different people living in Charlottesville, and I believe Charlottesville has a right to accomodate every nataionality not everyone has a craving for grass milkshakes at the local health food store. To me this is what America is, a place of all different walks of life sharing with those who are curious, opening the world up so we have freedoms to everything we want to do in life.
This is so sad. Now, the "perfect date" in Charlottesville is ruined for me! I cannot take her to Siips for a lovely glass of wine, followed by a sumptuous dinner at Cracker Barrel, then some GI purge action at Jefferson's great Rotunda to honor the Living Wage cause, and end it by bringing her back to the Red Carpet Inn on 29 North! This is quite tragic!
R.I.P.: Thurman Munson
@Peter & @County Farmer - the Prime Rib at the Barn is most certainly as good as what I've had at the Ruth's Chris chain. I have never had anything approaching "leather" there. Do you order your steak more done than med-rare? If so, you have no one but yourself to blame. I haven't eaten at The Palm in DC.
@omgitspaul - I think your observation says much more about the palates at CVCC and Liberty "University" than anything else vis-a-vis UVa...I wonder if it says something about more than just the taste buds? I think highly processed big-box chain feed-bag paste is a pretty uniform (consistent) yardstick (indeed, it's that consistency - the model pioneered by HoJos - which makes it appealing and repulsive at the same time).
On the class-ism:
For those who feel put-down by us "elitists": sorry, some people have taste, some don't; it's like talent or intelligence - the $deity doesn't hand them out in an egalitarian fashion. What is it the faux populists always like to jump up and down about..something along the lines of equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome? I personally love all types of food and am a patron of Tip-Top, a former patron of The Tavern and also of places like Duner's, Blue Moon, l'Etoile, Petit Pois, etc. I judge them by what they present themselves to be - by the yardstick the restaurant sets. The Tavern did not pretend to be Duners.
I don't find "homestyle" food objectionable at all - I find pretentious marketing objectionable. Downtown Grille is a fantastic example of "EPIC FAIL" on that front - grossly overpriced for the caliber of the food they serve. It's a good steak, much better than what you'd get at Western Sizzlin, but not proportionate to what you pay. It is not any better than the AB, for sure. If you want valet parking and a trendy interior, sure, it beats the Barn, but that's what you're paying extra for, not better food.
Cracker Barrel - in fact all the big corporate 'casual dining' chains - are sterile, low quality food - mostly highly refined starch. It is a safe source of high calorie input and not much else. As noted above, the country store kitsch is entirely fake; that's the pretension. The food processors who manufacture the stuff they re-heat and sling are almost certainly the same ones who supply places like Tip-Top, Jack-n-Jill, The Texas Inn (Lynchburg), etc. Sorry you can't taste that - Sysco is Sysco (google it) - and are taken with the fake country store kitsch. Here's a little old-school, Solid American Values wisdom for you: a fool and their money are soon parted. When I'm in the mood for that 'homestyle' food, I'd rather hit a place owned and operated by a local entrepreneur than a corporate joint.
"Nonsense," you are so right on! That's why Cville is in this pretentious mess to begin with! I wish people would stop acting like they are so above establishments like this and spinning their wheels on how to shut down new growth and development. There are plenty of people in this area who would patronize these places.
@ DeeLight...No one stopped them from coming to town. They chose not to open here. No one wants to shut down new growth, they just want the new growth to be quality rather than quantity. I'm sure you're right, there are a lot of people who would eat at Cracker Barrel. That's cool. Why does everyone get their feathers ruffled when others have an opinion that differs from their own? Personally, I could care less if Cracker Barrel comes to town, that doesn't mean I'm against it...
"I wish people would stop acting like they are so above establishments like this and spinning their wheels on how to shut down new growth and development."
I don't think people are against growth, they are against sprawl. They also want a livable balanced community. With the number of vacant stores and spaces, its a good plan to fill those with new businesses before ripping up trees and fields to add more. Just common sense that.
Charlottesville has plenty of restaurants, and while it is true that many are overpriced and snooty, the CB isn't going to improve on that. Same for the county. What the City needs is more business suited towards daily living, and family convenience. Oh, and ones that provide real jobs with benefits.
Seems to me that "good" economic development work would drive potential stores of any kind to the vacant real estate that is popping up all over town. It also seems that Cville and the Albemarle County don't really play well together. This is certainly true for Staunton and Augusta County. Economic Development in the City of Staunton is a joke. There are empty stores all over town and all the Economic Development folks can talk about is building more retail space to sit empty on green, vacant land that ought to stay green and not be paved over. Downtown Staunton is starting to look like a ghost town, Many empty stores and too many stores that sell things that most people just don't need. And two stores are advertising in their windows that they are for sale.
Seems as if the developers and the politicians in all of central Virginia have their hands in each other's pockets. And they do it in clever ways. Look at the folks appointed to zoning and planning boards from Richmond to Monterey, They are the attorneys and bankers who profit from legal fees and loans to the developers.
The only other stupid thing we seem to do in this state is to save every building of the most insignificant historical value. We really don't need any more museums, homes or schools preserved. If these buildings can be turned to adaptive use, let's do that, but not with tax schemes that keep the lawyers and bankers in high cotton. Cville and the Valley don't need anymore chain stores, eateries or paved over green space. The best development is no development.
This would be a good spot for a garbage transfer station. I'm a contractor and sick of driving to Zion freaking Crossroads to go to Vanderlooney's.
Isn't it strange that people are on here debating about their tastes and restaraunts of choice?
sorry, restaurants
Caesonia - "Charlottesville has plenty of restaurants, and while it is true that many are overpriced and snooty, the CB isn't going to improve on that. Same for the county. What the City needs is more business suited towards daily living, and family convenience. Oh, and ones that provide real jobs with benefits."
Well said!
Fifty years ago the entrance and drive way up to the Willoghby house came out here and winded its way though the swamp then up the hill side to Dr. Charles Hurt's house.
To bad. CB draws many cars off the interstate and locals from the surrounding area which in turn helps out other businesses. Travel routes are planned according to CB locations because of fair pricing and food consistency. I do not recall hearing about trips being planned around the Artisan Locally Grown Food with TV Subtitles restaurant.
I guess Waynesboro will just have to roll in the money and keep expanding their selection of stores.
A missed opportunity for a company with a great business plan. sigh.
It never ceases to amaze me that people sitting at computers that are most certainly connected to the internet will make statements regarding their own ignorance about so many subjects. There is a wealth of information about practically anything readily accessible via Google with fewer keystrokes than it takes to proclaim ignorance.
For example, I went to www.google.com and entered the three words, (no quotes if you try this at home) "local," "food," and "tourism." Almost instantly I had in front of me a lengthy and thorough discussion of the subject of trips being planned around "Artisan Locally Grown Food." The title of the paper is "Food Tourism and the Culinary Tourist." It is most easily found by searching for its title.
The venerable Wikipedia even has an entry on the subject of "culinary tourism." It begins: "Culinary tourism or food tourism is experiencing the food of the country, region or area, and is now considered a vital component of the tourism experience. Dining out is common among tourists and "food is believed to rank alongside climate, accommodation, and scenery" in importance to tourists."
I guess Waynesboro will just have to roll in the money and keep expanding their selection of stores.
Bwahahahaha...did you write that with a straight face? Sure, Waynesboro...that's where everyone goes for shopping variety and interesting stores! Of course, CB brings lots of business traffic in off of the interstate: we could definitely use a few more convenience stores on 5th Extended peddling cigs, sugar and lotto.
People who like CB-style food do and will continue to plan their trips using the CB locator maps. Those of us who don't will continue to plan our trips around the availability of interesting local food - for example, a BBQ route or a locivore route - and fortunately for all of us involved, we will get to avoid one another.
Travel routes are planned around the most direct highways between two points. Unless, of course, someone is looking to experience various places along a route and arriving at the endpoint of a trip is not the only reason for the trip. In which case, I'd expect those travelers to seek out local places they can't find at most any highway interchange. Now, stops might be planned around a Cracker Barrel....but probably they're planned more around distance and time.
Also....TV Subtitles Restaurant? What?
That three acres will be surrouded by dismal swamp. No matter how much you landscape, etc, the three acres will be next to swampland. That just sucks. White man holds the high ground, and white man eats at restaurants that hold high ground. This is dead real estate.
non-resident taxpayer, you are our Final Jeopardy Champion.
Okay, good for your objectionable(ness) to pretentious marketing. Too bad the rest of the masses can't follow your noblesse oblige. No hesitation to tell the rest of us what denotes "elite" but, then you likely reside some place elsewhere. Hey, most likely not Wertland Street or Prospect Avenue? Still correctness is correctness, despite whether and how someone decides to hold it above others.
In the field of gastronomy where I'm just a low-life, you sir (madam or miss) are obviously (or should be) a certified connoisseur. Obviously, your tastebuds define the "fine" in refined (.....as in eccentric, not reprocessed.) Yet, you know where the Texas Inn is in Lynchburg?!! I'm simultaneously impressed and flabbergasted. So, its certain you can't be induced into scarfing down any of those landmark chili-dogs. Yeah, what would it take for you to woof one in front of everybody on this board here?!! Oh please, uh-huh, you won't be bought to do so for any price. Sure.
Sysco, huh? You're totally entitled to be embedded with the unalterable knowledege you hold fast upon and permanently onto. I'm neither a "bubble boy" nor "imunno-deficient" but a "STERILE" palate sometimes is something someone might have by design or ill fate. You said "Sorry you can't taste that." NO YOUR NOT! You are already consumed with everything you taste for yourself and what you are used to. You are simply somewhere solely different on the culture scale from where all else diverge. Fine, but don't even slightly try to mold the rest of us into replicating your tastebuds! I can live with mine quite as they are without the sophisticating intervention, thank you.
Caesonia: You've said the secret word, "SPRAWL!" It is with ongoing amazement, how anti-growth indoctrinated vigilantes weild influence and control upon every minute aspect of Charlottesville business from planning to store hours and all in between. The prevaling view looks like they've been successful in more than any wildest dream. Sure, there's got to be some cognizable regulation but not to the insane level of stymieing practical establishment.
Recovering Attorney said "the best developement is no developement." Everyone here make this your note to self: do not buy a bridge offered from this man. With this sort of disincentive, the decades of excess plan designated "high-density" residential for zoning should have long acomplished the sought desired results and affects. However, we still suffer malingering afforable housing and insufficient businesses adding to a UVa dominated job base. I'm reluctant to put together words here in the same sentence as "Prosperity" and The "Corner." Looked at another way, how many NEW car dealerships (Free Bridge Auto doesn't count) are located directly in the city limits? Oh but snap, there's a teaming market for bicycles AND UPTOWN RESTAURANTS.
Those being sensible can't shake the regard, were there more business there'd be additional jobs. By "more," do you suppose diversity was something that was intendedly meant too?!! Well, that just isn't happening nor foreseeable in Charlottesville. Seems the concern of restricting sporadic big box commercial structures trumps encouraging any sound business interest. That is unless it is like a Whole Foods Store willing to relocate! Then like lemmings, we indulge ferial rampant conniptions toward every flippant aspersion of sprawl, that has sights and construction contractors greedily awaiting to blight the address next door.
So we can readily demonstrate instead of going up to our individual employers and ask for A LIVING WAGE! Of course, if it was a protest against the high prices to live and not the sources of salaries, there'd be no villian for an excuse to burns as an effigy. What would someone burn as an effigy for high prices? Isn't there plenty of those being burned elsewhere already where such shouldn't be? At least CB won't be contributing to such an effigy through Charlottesville's revenue collection. I'm sure your favorite upscale neighborhood eating place will cheerfully pick up the slack of tax payment lost to the city from them. Only, I wouldn't recommend informing such a place as Virginia Wayside Chicken this has the potential of raising theirs.


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I bought one of these at HD the other day and just couldnt resist taking it apart.
After looking it over and not finding any screws or obvoius tabs, i figured that the best place to start was the silver plastic top. It came off with a little prying...
With the top off it reveals 3 pair of wires and releases the yellow plastic lenses/remote phosphor
interesting, 18 royal blue rebels.
Rebels on a PCB
It appears to be a solid ceramic PCB. I dont think ive ever seen one used for power LED before, How does something like this compare to a MPCB? ,FR4?
typical grey thermal pad.
This is a shot of it in my basement sans-phosphors. If you look closely you can see the phosphors glowing while sitting on the washing machine. The camera dosent do a very good job of showing what this actually looks like, its much bluer , almost blacklightish in real life.
Closeup of bulb with only 1 phosphor lens attached.I only included this one because i thought it looked neat.
After closer inspection of the small pcb on the top it appears all 18 leds are wired in series. I took this reading by unplugging one the sets of leds and connecting the meter up with a similar one i had in the junk box. Starts out at 205mA and over the course of about an hour it worked its way down to about 203mA.
Question: wouldnt you get more lumens out of 18 white rebels? By my calculations: 18 rebel es's (LXML-PWN2) at 200mA would be somewhere around 1080lm*. Also it seems that white is cheaper then royal blue. Mabey once a diffuser is added this method results in more OTF lumens?
* datasheet shows a factor of ~0.3@200mA = 60lm (based on 200lm@700ma)


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Heater Installation Prostar 190
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A great snow ski season with lots of snow means full lakes this year for us California skiers, so I spent some quality time this winter getting the boat set up for spring. Last year we had a couple of cool mornings and remember hitting the lake with a 37˚ chill in the air. That day I swore a heater would be my winter project. With lots of info from this TT site I made it happen in my 1990 Prostar 190.
I went with the Heatercraft two vent style for my project, and ordered the mounting kit to have all the brackets and fittings needed to make all the connections. I know I could have gone and found them myself cheaper, but I wanted to have everything I needed to be right there and avoid a treasure hunt. I am a picky boat owner who hates the thought of cutting a hole in the fiberglass of my boat, so cutting a heater vent mounting hole under the observers seat just was not going to happen. For this reason I decided to make a free standing tower out of PVC to mount the two Hot Tube Extendable Vents. A PVC fence post from Lowes made the perfect material for the mounting tower. A 5 x 5" PVC post fit the diameter of the vent tubes exact, it is impervious to being wet, and it was only $14.
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The PVC is easy to work with, I cut it to length with a circular saw, cut the holes with a jig saw then smoothed the edges with a little Dremel tool. I located the tower under the dash on the left side of the driver's seat. This will make it easy for the driver to reach under and pull a hose out for the observers, and would have the second vent keeping the drivers feet warm. I painted the tower black to make it blend it well beneath the dash. I used stainless steel "L" brackets that I primed and painted to secure the tower to the floor using stainless steel screws I got from the Marine supply center. I do not trust the stainless steel fasteners I get from Lowes or Home Depot since they seem to still corrode at times.
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The heater core/fan unit I mounted under the bow, in front of the driver's foot rest, with the supplied brackets in the kit. The brackets had slots which allowed me to slide the heater box up so it was about 1" off the floor, this will allow good air circulation under it and prevent any possible corrosion should the carpet get damp.
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The heater core hoses were easy to secure to the rear of the fan box and looped around to get out to the engine compartment. I zip tied them together and used a zip tie to secure it them to the side of the fan box mounting bracket to minimized their movement.
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The heater hoses run along the floor under the bow of the boat and dive down into the bilge compartment along side the steering cable and electrical harnesses.
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Once in the bilge area I split the hoses so the return from the heater core runs on the port side, and the supply hose runs on the starboard side. This allowed me to run them to the correct side of the engine and keep the installation clean and out of the way. I secure the hoses to the same restraints that secure the wire harnesses and steering cable as they run through the bilge area.
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After reading many posts on heaters, I knew a Y-Tube was essential to get optimal performance out of the heater. I installed the Y-Tube in the cooling hose between the raw water pump and the engine. Note this 1 ¼" hose has two wires that are formed in the wall of the hose for extra support. These wires spiral along the length of the hose on opposite side. Cut the hose with a hack saw so you can get thru the wire as well. Another approach is to cut the rubber on each side of the hose and then use wire cutters to get thru the wire. If you try and use a razor blade knife to cut this hose, once the blade gets to the wire it will want to follow along the side of the wire resulting in a spiral cut (picture a paper towel roll when you split it along the spiral seam)
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The hot water feeding the heat exchanger in the fan box comes from the same port that was used for the temp sensor. This is located on top of the engine, next to the distributor cap. I used the brass T that was provided in the kit to allow the temp sensor and feed water hose to split out of a single port. I routed the hose alongside the spark plug wires, beside the alternator and behind the exhaust manifold cooling hose. This location has easy access to the bilge area and keeps it protected from the fan belt and moving pulleys on the front of the engine.
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The electrical connections for the heater were not difficult. I was originally going to wire the fan to the auxiliary switch on the fuse panel and only have the fan switch either on high or off. After pulling the fuse panel and seeing the tight work space available and the fearing cracking the acrylic panel by forcing my hand behind it, I changed my mind. I decided to wire the heater per the schematic in the kit and use the three setting switch provided. I wanted to mount the switch near the throttle on the right side of the drivers seat for easy access and operation. Based on my aversion to drilling holes in the boat, I made a bracket for the switch from the PVC fence post and bolted it to an existing hole on the back side of the throttle bracket. I did this after making the sure the wires on the back side of the switch could be easily routed and could in no way interfere with the linkage of the throttle.
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This was not hard and actually a fun way to spend some quality time with the boat and a few beers during the off season. It maybe took me a half a Saturday and a couple of evenings. Time well spent come spring skiing time. I added lots of pictures since those help me the most on the threads I read, hope it is helpful to others thinking of making this addition. I also did a shower install so that thread will be next.
Great to see posts like this that share a project for others to see.
Thanks for posting.
BUT, it looks like you put the 'Y' pipe on the wrong side of the raw water pump. It should be placed on the intake side where the pressure will be low so that extra water flows through the heater system. With it on the pressure side, you will get little flow and may even flow cold water through the heater instead of the hot.
great job in general.
Heater install Prostar 190
Good catch on the Y-tube. I positioned it based on a photo I saw in a previous post. It will definitly work better on the suction side of the raw water pump.
No problem, would be a bummer to have cold air blowing out for that first March ski ride....
I know I'm bumping an old thread here, but I'm replacing the heater in my 1987 and wondering if I can screw the new one to the floor like you did here. What is the "best practice" for drilling into the floor in the bow? Are you comprising the integrity of the wood by doing so?
I just got done installing the same Heatercraft 202 Unit in my '97 PS190.
I gotta say.. your installation logic completely baffles me? It looks to me like you completely destroyed your storage area???
1.) If I am analyzing the pictures correctly...It looks to me that you mounted the so called 'Vent tower' right and the heater unitright in the way of the precious storage? How does the heat flow work when you shut the gull wing door?
2.) It looks like you also mounted the heater unit down on the floor? I mounted mine up and completely out of the way. The goal of my installation was to not compromise my precious storage. My '97 had some mounting strips that were installed into the fiberglass that made it easy to mount the heatercraft unit to the bottom of the Bow deck - So the heater is up and out of the way. Does the '90 PS 190 not have these special mounting strips so you can mount the heater unit up and out of the way?
flya750, the OP might not have known that there are glassed in wooden supports for a heater just forward of the driver's seat under the bow deck. I probably wouldn't have known that had I not removed the broken heater from my '87.
That said, I am worried about hanging my new replacement heater from the same slats because they are rather thin and the new unit is heavier; I'm concerned that I'll upgrade to a larger screw which would promptly puncture my deck. That's my nightmare.
I am considering securing some thicker StarBoard type material in a similar location before mounting my heater. The OEM heater mounting screws in my '87 were puny.
Yes... I was concerned about the extra weight of the newer Heatercraft unit myself. For my installation, I added extra mounting screws and super glued them in. I also added rubber shock mounts in the mounting brackets so if the heater unit does bounce around the stress will be minimal on the mounting screws as the rubber shock mounts I installed will take some of the "bouncing around" forces.
If the heater unit is too heavy, I doubt that there will be any damage to the bow deck; I feel the screws will just pull out.
But in my case.. I feel that I got four solid screws holds that are super glued. I have confidence in my installation but I will monitor it this season when I go to the big lakes that get quite rough.
I even added some ZIP ties for redundancy that will hold the heater unit in place just in the unlikely case my screw mounts don't hold up. The zip ties will minimize any damage that would be caused if the heater unit goes bouncing around without my knowledge. ;)
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Over the past eight or so years, Ive had occasion to write online for others. While one experience proved fruitful, after a fashion, the other experiences have left me cold to the so-called social media revolution.
In a few situations, my writing went directly to an existing or developing Web site, and while I was paid for my effort, credits did not come my way, which was ok with me. In fact, those experiences are not the ones that leave me cold to the potential of social media. Its the blogs that give me a jaundiced view and, as in one case, providing snippet writing for one of those AOL information sites that are akin to fast food: the site editors demand adjectives and nouns as verbs (sugar and salt) to make everything go down pleasurably and to hide the minimal to no information (nutrition) inside; that gig lasted only briefly, and, thankfully, my name was not attached to the entries. I understand that after Arianna Huffington merged her site with AOL, the direction of that particular site was changed.
Blogging-for-hire gigs ran for me the gamut from useless to discouraging.
The first blogging I did for someone else was intended as a favoruntil I discovered that the site owner was planning to use the free writing to help move his online career forward without so much as even a promise to take care of the volunteers later on.
The second blogging was for a new site that started out with a mission in which I played a role, and was paid for my part. Within just a few months, however, the mission had changed and my blog was moved out with the old mission.
The third blogging went on for almost a year albeit, chasing payment each month made it seem like two years. But over time, I noticed the sites overall bent had changed and that all the bloggers that had started with me were gone (what would be next?).
When I started to write for a living, many of the present blog owners were still shitting in their diapers. I say this not to boast, certainly not to point out our age differences, but to point out that while so many of these start-up geniuses were being told in school that they are special and that they cannot lose, many of us were in the trenches having to prove our specialness and the battles that we lost built scar tissue as well as experiencewe were forced to learn something.
In business, whether print or online magazines, ideas are cheap when they are not accompanied by due diligence and a good business plan. The many start-up and crashed-down online sites that Ive seen over the years plainly illustrate that their owners and originators spent most of their time thinking about the idea without understanding how to implement it.
To bring this particular diatribe of mine to a wine analogy, starting an online business is no different from starting a winery. In either case, the first consideration of the business plan is to identify who will buy your product and why, and if you cant illuminate others concerning your target market within a few concise paragraphs, you probably have a weak future before you.
Oh, sure, some people blindly stumble into horseshit, as we used to say in Brooklyn, referring to the notion that stepping in the dung would bring good luck. But trusting in the cosmic belief that I am special, as is my idea will work for only a small portion of us. The rest of us will go the way of a previous eras advanced product, the Ford Edsel, or more closely related, television, which four generations ago made promises that it broke about three generations ago. Thats fine, except when our failure causes us to break promises and to treat others like commodities rather than as valuable, talented assets to help move our ideas forward.
To put this blog entry into concise perspective: its about time that the many people who presently apply hyperbole to social media grow up and come back with a real planand a market for it.
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Fairfield couple gives thanks for 80 years of life together
FAIRFIELD -- Thanksgiving dinner at the family table in Fairfield was probably cold on Thursday by the time John and Ann Betar finished counting their blessings.
They have nearly a century of things to be thankful for, including their family of five children, 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, their health, their longevity and a marriage that has outlived most of their childhood friends.
On Sunday, the couple will celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary surrounded by family and friends -- a milestone noted by ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" this week.
Having spent virtually a century on Earth -- Ann is 97 years old and John celebrated his 101st birthday in July -- has given them an unusual perspective and a positive outlook on life.
Since John and the former Ann Shawah said "I do" in 1932, they have weathered many storms, some personal, some societal, and yet still greet each morning with eagerness and gratitude. They have lived through the Great Depression, World War II, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and, most recently, Superstorm Sandy, which damaged many homes in their Fairfield Beach Road neighborhood, where they still live on their own.
"This is the worst ever. We were in the 1938 storm, too. That was supposed to be the top. This was even worse," John said.
"It was heart-aching to see what was touched. It was really a sight we didn't see before. Piles of old furniture two blocks from the water," Ann said.
Although water roared through their front door, they did not lose family photos -- including their wedding portrait. And the foresight of a grandson, who detached their new furnace and moved it to a higher floor, saved them great expense.
"We lost the whole cellar, everything that was in the cellar. The cellar got flooded right to the top," John said.
But even Sandy, which forced their evacuation and continues to temporarily displace them, did not dampen their enthusiasm for living near the water -- or for life in general. They view the power, beauty and devastation of storms as a metaphor for life.
And they love the sea, whether it's Long Island Sound or beyond.
"We've been on the beach 44 years," said John, who turned their family beach house into a year-round residence.
"That's part of our life," added Ann, referring to the shoreline. She said she can look at the seascape just outside her window every day and see something different. "It changes, everything changes," she said.
"You should be there in the winter when it snows. It's a beautiful sight. And to wake up every morning and see it all there, it's worth all that's happened now," Ann said. "We've made it (the shoreline in Fairfield) our home ... I'm grateful to it and I'm not a bit sorry that hurricanes come by and knock us down because you can get up again."
She and John know that sentiment well.
"The worst thing that can happen to two people is to lose a child, whether they're 2 years old or 60, and we've lost two of them, and that's been the hardest thing to face," Ann said. Their daughter, Joan, died at age 68 in 2006 and son, John, died in 2000. He was 60.
"You see too much when you live too long," John said.
Water has always figured prominently in the Betars' lives. John was born in Souididi, Syria, and came to the U.S. as a child via boat. "I came over when I was 10 years old in 1921. I was a refugee in World War I. I lost my mother there," he said. "The only language I spoke was Turkish. We were under Turkish control."
When John shared with his grandson Crawford that the journey took about 30 days, Crawford asked, "What did you do, row?" It was that ocean-crossing that brought John to Bridgeport, where he fell in love with the girl across the street. "We were from the same Arabic community. They all lived in the South End," John said.
"He was the boy across the street, not next door. He used to drive me (to school). He had a (fruit peddling) route going to Greenwich on his business and I was at Bassick High School. He would drop me off there and go on," Ann said.
"I had a Ford Roadster and she loved the Ford; $539 I paid for it. That was my first car," John said. He bought that vehicle with money he earned delivering newspapers. "The Bridgeport Post, Post-Telegram, 2 cents," John said.
Ann's father had arranged a marriage for her and she was engaged to another man when she and John snuck off one night. A complicit friend picked up Ann and brought her to Greenwich where John was waiting for her.
"We eloped. We went to Harrison, N.Y., and we got married there," John said. She was 17. He was 21. "They said it wouldn't last," said John, who supported his family with his Betar's Market on Broad Street and South Avenue. He closed the market in 1963 and became a real estate agent.
Ann Betar said she remembers one customer saying, "'What a year. They shot Kennedy and the store is closing.' Imagine connecting a president's death to a store closing," she said.
Heather Mitchell of Fairfield, the granddaughter with whom the Betars are staying until they can return to their storm-damaged home, said she has learned much from her grandparents.
"Isn't there a saying by Mickey Rooney, `If you want wisdom, sit at the feet of an elderly person?' But I don't think of them as elderly," Mitchell said.
"You don't ever expect to have the luxury of knowing different stages of your parents' life through extreme old age," said daughter Judy Metro, who lives in Washington, D.C. Metro doesn't really think of her parents as elderly, either. Last year, as the family prepared for John's 100th birthday he climbed a ladder in the garage to retrieve a tool. "Dad, you're not 80 anymore," Metro reminded him.
"They had five children and very busy lives and managed to make every one of us feel special," Metro said.
"Each one of my children was an only child," Ann said.
Family has always been important to the Betars.
"That's what makes life what it is. We were fortunate enough to live long enough to see this" and it's really one of the most gratifying things in the world to see your great-grandchildren, to see your grandchildren become adults," Ann said.
"That's what keeps us alive. We live for them," John said.


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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — 4:10 p.m.
Airlines have already canceled 500 U.S. flights on Wednesday because of a winter storm socking the Southeast, and many more will be scuttled Thursday as the brunt of the winter weather is expected to hit the Northeast.
Tracking service FlightAware.com says more than 1,700 flights have been canceled Thursday. More than half the flights scheduled for Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport had been scrubbed, and so had nearly half the flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport. Two other New York-area airports, JFK and Newark, were also hit hard along with smaller airports in the Northeast.
JetBlue has a major operation in Boston. It canceled about 400 flights through Thursday along the East Coast.
Most airlines were letting customers change reservations without incurring a fee, usually up to $200 on U.S. flights.
2:15 p.m.
The National Weather Service says a winter storm developing the U.S. Southeast coast will probably intensify so rapidly that it will qualify as a "bomb cyclone."
The "bomb cyclone" should dump 8 inches (20 centimeters) to a foot (0.3 meter) of snow on the Boston area Thursday and at least half a foot of snow in the New York City region.
Still, meteorologists say most of the storm's fierce hurricane-force winds should stay out to sea until it nears Cape Cod, Maine and Canada. Weather Prediction Center lead forecaster Bob Oravec says the fast-moving system can bring 70 mph (113 kph) wind gusts to coastal New England.
Meteorologists say perhaps the worst effects could be bitter subzero cold — chillier than the frigid past couple weeks.
The weather service has issued blizzard warnings for the coast from parts of Rhode Island to Maine, but Oravec expects the blizzard warnings could be extended as far south as parts of New York.
1:30 p.m.
An American Airlines spokesman says the airline plans to cancel all flights scheduled for Thursday at Boston Logan International Airport because of the forecast calling for snow and high winds.
Spokesman Ross Feinstein says the airline will try to avoid leaving planes at Logan overnight Wednesday for fear they would be stranded there.
Feinstein says American also expects to reduce operations at Bradley International Airport in in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and to reduce flights of smaller American Eagle and shuttle flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
American does not expect as much disruption to its operations in Washington or Philadelphia on Thursday.
Alabama schools are changing operating hours and dress codes because of the frigid weather.
More than 10 city and county school systems in north Alabama say they are delaying the beginning of classes on Thursday and Friday because of the morning chill. The weather service says wind chill values could drop to minus 5 degrees (minus 20 Celsius) in the state's northeastern corner.
Along the coast in south Alabama, the Mobile and Baldwin county school systems say they're altering their normal dress codes because of the weather. Officials say students will be allowed to wear the warmest clothing possible rather than the uniforms which are normally required.
Forecasters say the combination of low temperatures and brisk winds will make the temperature feel like it's in the teens on the coast.
12:55 p.m.
The number of deaths linked to the relentless cold across much of the United States has risen to at least 16.
Two homeless men were found dead in Houston, police there announced Wednesday. Chief Art Acevedo said the deaths were believed to be the result of "exposure to frigid weather" but the investigation was ongoing.
In Mississippi, 45-year-old Kerry Merritt of Plantersville died Tuesday morning at a Tupelo hospital after being found unresponsive on her porch.
In Michigan, a 96-year-old woman died after apparently wandering away from her suburban Detroit home and being overcome by the cold.
The Texas, Mississippi and Michigan deaths come on top of at least a dozen others reported earlier.
Authorities say a 96-year-old woman has died after apparently wandering away from her suburban Detroit home and being overcome by the cold.
The Roseville Police Department says the woman's body was found Tuesday on the playground of Dort Elementary School, near her home. She was dressed in a nightgown, robe and slippers.
Police say she lived alone and had recently been diagnosed with dementia.
Police say the death has been ruled accidental by the Macomb County Medical Examiner's Office due to exposure.
The death is among more than a dozen as brutal winter weather grips parts of the U.S.
11:30 a.m.
The snow and ice moving into South Carolina has prompted officials to close Charleston International Airport.
The airport said in a twitter message that Joint Base Charleston has closed the runways because of ice. The airport shares runways with the U.S. Air Force at the North Charleston facility.
The airport said flight operations would not resume until the Air Force determines the runways are safe for aircraft and passengers.
Snow and ice is expected over the eastern half of South Carolina on Wednesday as a storm moves up the East Coast.
It snowed briefly in Tallahassee, Florida, the first time in 28 years.
The snow brought a childlike joy and wonder and loud vocal whoops from longtime residents who rarely see the white stuff.
Sharon Rosenberg is a 35-year-old physical therapist who has lived in the state capital her entire life. Rosenberg and her two young children and husband bundled up and went outside early in the morning hoping to catch a glimpse of the snow falling.
She says she didn't think it was going to happen, and then "literally two seconds later it started snowing."
She and her children caught snowflakes on their tongues and made small snowballs.
10:45 a.m.
Authorities in Indiana say a man who stowed away on an Ohio River barge was rescued after nearly freezing to death in frigid weather.
New Albany Fire Chief Matt Juliot tells The News and Tribune that the coal barge's crew called 911 early Tuesday after finding the man hiding inside the vessel's hold.
The department says the man, who's reportedly homeless, was rescued on the department's fire boat with the assistance of the Louisville Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard and treated for "extreme cold exposure."
The temperature was 0 degrees (-17 Celsius) with subzero wind chills at the time of the rescue.
Juliot says cold-weather rescues are rare for New Albany's fire department because it normally doesn't get so cold in the city in southern Indiana.
10:10 a.m.
As a winter storm pushes cold temperatures deep into Florida, farmers across the state are on alert.
Citrus trees survive until temperatures fall to 28 degrees or less for at least three hours. So far, forecasts don't show that happening in the Florida citrus-growing belt from Interstate 4 near Orlando and to the south.
Both citrus and strawberry growers protect their crops by running irrigation systems once the temperature dips toward 32 degrees. The freezing water creates ice, which releases heat that protects the fruit.
Strawberry growers typically run irrigation systems to "ice" the fruit at least once per season. There are about 8,000 acres of strawberry farms in the state, which is the second largest strawberry producing region in the U.S., according to the Florida Strawberry Growers Association. Most of the berries are grown just east of downtown Tampa.
9:50 a.m.
An airport serving much of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts has closed.
The Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport announced in a statement about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday that it had closed as ice and snow fell on the Georgia coast.
The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday mostly along the Southeast's Atlantic coast as a winter storm begins its march to the northeast.
9:25 a.m.
Icy rain fell in Savannah on Wednesday morning as rush-hour traffic was far lighter than normal.
Those who did brave the frigid commute found police had closed many bridges, overpasses and elevated roadways that had become treacherous with ice.
Nick McCready said "there are accidents all over."
McCready had just made his 25-mile commute from Savannah to Bluffton, South Carolina, before dawn Wednesday, only to go back home after 30 minutes at the office. "On my way back, I slid a little bit on a couple of bridges."
He stopped at an open grocery store on his way home.
McCreadie said "I'm going to get a little bit of firewood just in case." He has an outdoor fire pit.
9:20 a.m.
The National Weather Service says snowfall is ending in Tallahassee and is heading east, across Interstate 10 and toward Jacksonville on Florida's Atlantic coast.
In a tweet, the National Weather Service in Tallahassee said points to the east are getting "steady freezing rain, sleet and snow." Officials also warn that dangerous driving conditions persist across the area.
Officials said about 0.1 inch (0.25 centimeter) of snow was reported on the roof of weather service office in Tallahassee.
Schools have closed in several northern Florida districts, while students across much of the area remain out on winter break.
In Jacksonville, the mayor told non-essential city employees to stay home on Wednesday.
8:30 a.m.
Snow flurries are falling as far south as Tallahassee, Florida, where officials were forced to close a section of Interstate 10 due to icy conditions.
The National Weather Service predicted snow flurries across a swath of northern Florida, from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, on Wednesday morning. Accumulations were not expected.
On its Twitter account, The Tallahassee Police Department warned motorists that ice could form on bridges early Wednesday.
The weather service in Tallahassee tweeted that there's one-tenth of an inch (0.25 centimeter) of snow on the roof of the building.
Schools in at least five districts canceled classes on Wednesday as well. In Tallahassee, students were supposed to return from winter break, but got another day thanks to the weather. Also in the Orlando area, theme parks closed water attractions due to cold weather.
6:45 a.m.
Law enforcement agencies are reporting freezing rain and ice on bridges in south Georgia as a winter storm revs up along the East Coast.
Police in the south Georgia city of Brunswick reported on their official Twitter account Wednesday morning that some area bridges had begun to ice up. Brunswick police added that there have already been crashes and they are advising motorists to stay off the roads.
The winter storm is threatening to dump snow and ice on parts of the U.S. South that rarely see frozen flurries, much less accumulation.
The National Weather Service said a wintry mix of snow and freezing rain was expected Wednesday mostly along the Southeast's Atlantic coast. Up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of snow could fall in Tallahassee, Florida, while 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 centimeters) are possible in parts of North Carolina.
6:30 a.m.
Weather warnings forced some school districts in Florida's northern counties to close just as students were set to return after a winter break. A massive front is bringing some of the coldest temperatures in years to parts of Florida.
In central Florida, the state's largest theme parks announced that water attractions such as Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay and SeaWorld's Aquatica were closed Wednesday because of the cold snap.
The temperature early Wednesday in Orlando was 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius) and it was raining.
The mayor of Jacksonville in north Florida closed city offices to all but essential personnel on Wednesday, advising people to stay off the roads. In Tallahassee, school officials announced that classes would remain closed Wednesday.
5:45 a.m.
The North Carolina Zoo is offering half-priced admission while a bitter cold wave sweeps the South, giving visitors a chance to see polar bears frolic in their kind of weather.
Zoo visitors, however, shouldn't expect to see any lions, elephants or gorillas native to Africa on view. With the mercury dipping below freezing, animals more suited to warmer climes will remain in their behind-the-scenes quarters.
Local news outlets report the zoo in Asheboro is offering the special discount rates through Saturday.
Besides polar bears, Arctic foxes, elk and other cold-tolerant animals will be on display. And for humans wary of venturing outdoors in dangerously low temperatures, the zoo is promising heated habitat complexes and transportation to stay warm.
3 a.m.
A brutal winter storm scattered a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain from normally balmy north Florida up the Southeast seaboard Wednesday, adding to the misery of a bitter cold snap as bridges iced over and cars spun out on slickened overpasses.
Only a few motorists ventured out in freezing rain that coated bridges and ramps with ice, forcing police to close roads and highways in the historic Georgia coastal city of Savannah. Some cars spun out into guardrails and ice from rain and freezing rain coated the windshields of cars. Police urged drivers to stay off the roads in a region little accustomed to the kind of winter woes common to the Northeast.
Ahead of the storm, dump trucks spread sand on bridges and major streets, and Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach warned residents to stay home. Many heeded the mayor's warnings Wednesday, with few drivers out and schools, many businesses and even City Hall closed for the storm.
"The streets will be slick," DeLoach had said in advising Southerners to batten down. "We could have some serious issues for folks who aren't used to driving in this kind of weather."
The coastal city that hasn't seen measurable snowfall since February 2010 was expecting up to 2 inches (5 centimeters) of snow and sleet in the forecast Wednesday.
As the storm settled in, patrol cars with flashing lights blocked elevated ramps, closing off routes slickened by the storm. Porch steps leading up to many of Savannah's elegant Southern homes were frozen over and at least one major causeway was already closed, along with several bridges.
The National Weather Service said the snow and freezing rain was expected to spread up the coast to the Carolinas, amid warnings that icy roads and low visibility could make driving treacherous. Accumulations of 3 to 5 inches (8 to 13 centimeters) were possible in eastern North Carolina.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal declared a state of emergency through Friday for 28 counties because of the frigid weather.
The weather service said up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of snow could fall as far south as Tallahassee, Florida. In fact, snow began falling in Tallahassee early Wednesday — a rare occurrence in the north Florida city.
In central Florida, the state's largest theme parks announced that water attractions such as Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, Universal Orlando's Volcano Bay and SeaWorld's Aquatica were closed Wednesday because of the cold snap.
In Brunswick, Georgia, on the Atlantic coast, law enforcement agencies reported freezing rain and ice on bridges early Wednesday. The icy conditions also were hampering early morning travel in Florida, as authorities were forced to shut a stretch of Interstate 10 east of Tallahassee.
In other parts of the U.S., dangerously cold temperatures have been blamed for at least a dozen deaths as well as freezing a water tower in Iowa and halting ferry service in New York.
The National Weather Service issued wind chill advisories and freeze warnings Tuesday covering a vast area from South Texas to Canada and from Montana through New England.
Indianapolis early Tuesday tied a record low of minus 12 degrees Fahrenheit (-24 Celsius) for Jan. 2 set in 1887, leading Indianapolis Public Schools to cancel classes. And the northwest Indiana city of Lafayette got down to minus 19 (-28 Celsius), shattering the previous record of minus 5 (-21 Celsius) for the date, set in 1979, the National Weather Service said. After residents there began complaining of a hum, Duke Energy said it was caused by extra power surging through utility lines to meet electricity demands.
"The temperatures are certainly extreme, but we've seen colder," said Joseph Nield, a meteorologist in Indianapolis, noting that the all-time low temperature in Indiana was minus 36 (-38 Celsius) in 1994.
Nevertheless, the cold is nothing to trifle with, forecasters warned.
With Chicago-area wind chills expected between -35 and -20 degrees (-37 and -29 Celsius), forecasters warned of frost bite and hypothermia risks and urged residents to take precautions, including dressing in layers, wearing a hat and gloves, covering exposed skin and bringing pets indoors.
Atlanta hospitals were seeing a surge in emergency room visits for hypothermia and other ailments as temperatures plunge well below freezing. The temperature in Atlanta fell to 13 degrees (-11 Celsius) before dawn on Tuesday.
"We have a group of patients who are coming in off the street who are looking to escape the cold — we have dozens and dozens of those every day," said Dr. Brooks Moore, associate medical director in the emergency department of Grady Health System, which operates Georgia's largest hospital in Atlanta.
Warming shelters were opened across the South as freeze watches and warnings blanketed the region, including hard freeze warnings for much of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Plunging temperatures in Texas brought rare snow flurries as far south as Austin, and accidents racked up on icy roads across the state. In the central Texas city of Abilene, the local police chief said more than three dozen vehicle crashes were reported in 24 hours.
Making the most of the South's bitter cold snap, the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro offered discounted tickets for those willing to brave the cold to see polar bears frolic in their kind of weather, along with Arctic foxes and elk. Nonetheless, African elephants, lions and gorillas were being sheltered out of public view because of the dangerously low temperatures.
Associated Press reporters Tammy Webber in Indianapolis; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Freida Frisaro in Miami; Gary Fineout in Tallahassee, Florida, and Stephen Morton in Savannah contributed to this story.


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Kexi 0.1 Beta 4 Released
The Kexi Team today announced the immediate availability of Kexi 0.1 beta 4 (change log), codenamed "FireDuck", the newest preview release of the integrated environment for managing data aimed at developers and experienced users.
Debian package for Sid/Sarge
I made a debian package for Debian Sid/Sarge, it has not enough quality yet to send to the kalyxo project, so I upload to my own repository until I have enough skill to eliminate all the errors and warnings.
To install just add this line to your sources.list file
deb http://www.kdehispano.org unstable main
and then run "apt-get install kexi".
I hope this was usefull and made people probe and send bugs to the authors.
By Pedro Jurado Maqueda at Sat, 2004/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: Debian package for Sid/Sarge
Great effort, we're looking for package maintainers for all other distros as well :)
By Jaroslaw Staniek at Sat, 2004/07/17 - 5:00am
The codename is FireDuck? Heh.
By QV at Sat, 2004/07/17 - 5:00am
Re: FireDuck?
it's as good as Duckzilla, isn't it ?
kudos for kexi and the great sense of humour guys :-)
By vruz at Sun, 2004/07/18 - 5:00am


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Taxi Drivers In Europe 'Protest' Uber, Creating Astounding Media Attention, Massive Jump In Signups
from the best-promotion-uber-could-get dept
In fact, Uber had been hovering around the 100th most popular app in the UK over the past few weeks, but it has suddenly jumped to number 3.
But denying reality and trying to break the machines doesn't work. Ever. And, as in this case, sometimes it actually benefits those they're fighting against.


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Switch from 18 hard drives to three virtual will increase capacity, reliability; cut energy use
The Ionia County Board of Commissioners approved a request for virtualization of county computer servers, and authorized spending up to $125,031 for necessary purchases at its meeting Tuesday.
A server is a computer that manages and delivers resources, services and information to other computers over a local network. Virtualization is a way to share information on fewer computers that have a larger memory and processing capability by creating "virtual partitions" to run different applications.
Walter Barnes, the county's information systems director, said he recommended the move to virtual servers after consulting with several network specialists. Most of the 18 county servers now in use are past their life expectancy and are no longer under warranty. The chance of a "crash" is high, he said, and such an incident would mean affected departments could be off-line for days or weeks.
In addition, current servers are not energy efficient and replacing them with energy-efficient servers would cut current energy use of $400 a month "a considerable amount," Barnes said.
Replacing the servers also would allow the county to update its email capabilities to Office 2013 with Outlook and Exchange, which has enhanced security.
Virtual servers will triple the available size for back-up of data, and also would provide the capacity to add space in the future without having to buy additional physical servers, Barnes added.
The Register of Deeds Automation Fund will provide $52,546 for the project. The balance of $72,485 will come from the General Fund Designated Fund.
Follow Karen Bota on Twitter @KarenB_ISS.