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With the last wind and snow episode in the Northern Rockies, snowkiters around the region know that we are in the heart of winter. Storm kiting has been superb. Post-storm sunny kite days have been superb. Every day that we have been out, we have been finding ballroom smooth surfaces of either dry powder or, at lower elevations, spring-like corn.
Travelling around Idaho, Wyoming and my home state of Montana I have been rewarded with amazing days of kiting and a few equally nice days of off-trail snowmobiling. Needless to say, having a sled to access remote powder stashes for kiting is a tremendous benefit. In Europe, there are highways to take one to high passes. In the Rockies, a sled provides one access to the dramatic high mountain environment.
For those of us who pay attention, the avalanche hazard this year is record breaking. Huge ground-scraping, tree-busting slides have been common throughout our region. It all stems from a near ground layer of faceted snow that formed in early December's sub-zero cold. Its times like this that kiters relish the fact that we can go play in fresh, untracked powder and not place ourselves in the line of avalanche fire. Sure, small terrain traps and cornice drops are risky for kiters. But, for the most part these are easy to avoid.
As the days lengthen, the heart of snowkite season becomes more and more apparent. Now is the time to maximize one's days kiting. While we are not quite to the mid-way point in the season, it's coming. I'm looking forward to more powder, more wind and more sunshine with my kiting buddies.
Here are a few photos from Wednesday 15 Jan '14.
Thanks for reading and see ya out there,
Noah Poritz
Bozeman, Montana


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An industry team led by Lockheed Martin has won a $13.5 million contract with the Office of Naval Research to explore autonomous technologies aboard an unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft.
The company said that the team consists of industry, government and academic partners, but did not disclose specifics.
The contract spans five years. Lockheed Martin and the team will develop a technology that allows for the operation of an aircraft under supervisory control, with a human operator interacting with the system at a high level, and the automation taking care of the low level control
"This contract provides our team the opportunity to demonstrate how far we can expand the technology envelope," said Roger Il Grande, director of Airborne Systems for Lockheed Martin's Mission Systems & Sensors business.
With this technology, current unmanned aircraft could potentially have greater utility, and become more effective. Lockheed said that it would also be offer pilots supplemental decision aids on legacy manned platforms.
Its first phase lasts 18 months, in which the team will demonstrate the capabilities of its platform-agnostic Open-Architecture Planning and Trajectory Intelligence for Managing Unmanned Systems architecture, better known as OPTIMUS.
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MAYVILLE, Wis. — An Illinois man is charged with a felony after allegedly using a stun gun on his wife as part of a bet on the Packers-Bears game.
John Grant, of Tinley Park, was charged Tuesday with possession of an electric weapon in Dodge County.
While driving through Mayville in their semi, the couple stopped at a bar to watch Monday's game, where the Packers lost 27-20.
According to a criminal complaint, Packers fan Nicole Grant allegedly bet Bears backer John Grant that he could use a stun gun on her for three seconds if Green Bay lost.
The 42-year-old allegedly used it three times on her. She called police around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday.
Court records say both had been drinking.
A message left Thursday for his attorney was not immediately returned.


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Poverty and Income
The Great Recession came to its official end in 2009, but its damage will be with us for a long time. For three decades or more, inequality had been rising. Incomes for the top 1 percent grew 241 percent from 1979 to 2007; for the middle fifth, income grew 19 percent during this period; for the bottom fifth, only 11 percent. Even more than income, wealth has become concentrated in fewer hands. In 2010, the ratio of wealth for the top 1 percent as compared to the median household was 288 to 1, up from 125 to 1 fifty years before. While losses overtook all economic groups in the Great Recession, those at the top rebounded quickly. The richest 1 percent gobbled up 93 percent of all income gains in 2010, and continued to gain at the expense of everyone else in 2011. The rising tide mostly lifted the yachts.
The losses of the recession, worsening the long-term trends, have left most Americans far less secure. For the middle class, home values and retirement nest eggs plummeted. Median net worth fell nearly 39 percent from 2007 to 2010. Unemployment peaked at over 10 percent during the recession, and has slowly declined to under 8 percent. Millions of jobs have been created since the depths of the recession, but people who lost jobs found it much harder to return to the labor force, and when they did, it was frequently for less pay and fewer benefits. Now, more than four in ten of the unemployed have been out of work for more than six months; before the recession, only about one in six had been jobless so long.
Less work meant more poverty. Between 2007 and 2011, nearly 9 million more people fell under the official poverty line; the number of poor children grew by 2.8 million. Glaring racial disparities persist: in 2011 just under 10 percent of non-Hispanic whites were poor, but over one-quarter of African Americans and Hispanics lived in poverty.
Government kept this sobering situation from being even worse. Economic recovery measures created an estimated 2.7 million jobs. An increase in food stamps kept food on the table for millions, despite rising poverty. Unemployment Insurance and low-income tax credits lifted millions out of poverty. These essential steps show us government actions can avert economic catastrophe. But they did not do enough.
Tremendous wealth in few hands contributed to the economic collapse in 2007 and slows down our recovery now. When one-third of our nation lives in or too close to poverty, we buy less and produce less. Those with wealth amass political power to press for reduced taxes and disinvestment in much of what government does, including education, subsidized housing, scientific research and roads. Not every person of wealth wants a diminished federal role. But those who do have the resources to push hard for less health care, less nutrition assistance, and less help in times of need.
What Works – and What Doesn't – to Reduce Poverty and Expand Opportunity.
The War On Poverty: 50 Years Later
50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty Resources
- Economic Policy Institute: 50 years after the Poor People's Campaign, poverty persists because of a stingy safety net and a dysfunctional labor market
- Council of Economic Advisers: The War on Poverty 50 years later
- Poll by the Center for American Progress on Americans' attitudes about poverty, the safety net, and economic opportunity
Census & Poverty Data
- 2017 Data and Resources
- 2016 Data and Resources
- 2015 Data and Resources
- 2014 Data and Resources
- 2013 Data and Resources
- 2012 Data and Resources
- 2011 Data and Resources
- 2010 Data and Resources
- 2009 Data and Resources
- 2008 Data and Resources
- 2007 Data and Resources
- 2006 Data and Resources
Audio Briefings on Census & Poverty Data
For more information on this issue, visit CHN's Public Policy Priorities, 2015-2016.
Useful Websites
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Economic Policy Institute
Oxfam America
Latest News
- September 7, 2018Coming soon: 2017 Census and Poverty data
Policy Analyses and Research
- December 5, 2018Policy Link: 100 Million and Counting -- A Portrait of Economic Insecurity in the United States
- November 13, 2018CBPP: Work Requirements for Cash Assistance Fueled Rise in Deep Poverty


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Just a heads up to make sure everyone is aware/patched.
I know that linksys is one of the most commonly used home broadband routers..
I've seen quite a few people that use linksys on this forum too.
Just noticed that mkassner also posted it. Its in the hardware forum though... so its not showing on the front page.
I'll leave mine unless a mod feels otherwise.
Link to patch
However... these two look unrelated. One deals with the http server, the other with DDNS
Doesn't seem to be a patch for the http vuln/DoS.


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Benedict imposes ashes on Gustavo Gutierrez
Catholic News Service reports that Fr Gutierrez was in Rome to teach a brief course at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, also known as the Angelicum.
On 21 February, Fr Gutierrez gathered with several hundred faithful in the Basilica of Santa Sabina, where the Pope was opening the Lenten season. Midway through the liturgy, Fr Gutierrez was among a small group who went individually in front of the pontiff for the imposition of ashes on their heads.
Fr Gutierrez's 1971 book, A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, Salvation, presented his concept of the connection between social and political liberation and liberation from sin.
As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the current pope - then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger - helped guide a lengthy critical review of Fr Gutierrez's work. During the 1990s, Fr Gutierrez was asked to write and rewrite articles clarifying some of his theological and pastoral points.
In 2004, the doctrinal congregation expressed approval of Fr Gutierrez's latest article on ecclesial communion, and it was published in the Angelicum university's scholarly review.
Fr Gutierrez said that his problems with the church's teaching authority, or magisterium, were "completely over" and had been settled some time ago. He said that was clearly demonstrated by the fact that he was teaching in a Rome pontifical university, which he said "is very important and significant for me."
Fr Gutierrez said he still freely expresses his views on liberation theology, because it remains "my way of reflecting on the faith."


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Britney Spears Tweets Bikini Photo!
Britney Spears shows off her bangin' bikini bod in this new photo she posted on her Twitter account on Thursday (July 5).
"Getting ready for some pool time! Having a blast xxoo," the 30-year-old pop star wrote.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Britney Spears
Britney was joined by her boys Sean Preston and Jayden James. The day before, she posted a pic of herself with the boys and fiance Jason Trawick from their hotel in Maui, Hawaii.
Also pictured inside: Britney heading to the pool with a shirtless Jason.
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Proline Promass S 100
Coriolis flowmeter
Easy-to-clean flowmeter with self-drainable single-tube system and an ultra-compact transmitter
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Promass S is at the forefront in hygienic design – Endress+Hauser's industry-optimized measurement solution meets all the hygienic requirements for installation in the Food and Beverage industry. Combined with the smallest transmitter housing available today it delivers full performance on the smallest footprint. Designed for applications where space is a premium, Promass S 100 will be the preferred choice for system integrators, skid builders and equipment manufacturer.
Reduced installation costs – fully self-drainable tube design enables compact horizontal mounting
Fewer process measuring points – multivariable measurement (flow, density, temperature)
Space-saving installation – no in/outlet run needs
Space-saving transmitter – full functionality on smallest footprint
Time-saving local operation without additional software and hardware – integrated web server
Integrated verification – Heartbeat Technology
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Measuring principle operates independently of physical fluid properties such as viscosity or density
Dedicated for applications requiring optimal cleanability under hygienic conditions.
Device properties
Large range of hygienic process connections
3-A and EHEDG conform
Fast recovery from CIP/SIP
Robust, ultra-compact transmitter housing
High ingress protection: IP69K
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text: Monday, June 27, 2011 APTA Call for Innovative Models of Care Are you involved in or aware of an innovative clinical practice model that involves physical therapist practice? APTA is developing resources to help prepare members for success in new integrated models of care, such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and advance physical therapist practice. As a first step, we would like to collect examples of innovative models of care involving physical therapists. Such models of care may include but are not limited to: interprofessional models of care in which the physical therapist is the primary care manager for certain neuromusculoskeletal complaints and conditions models that improve access to physical therapy care, such as those that involve technology, triage, and group-based education shared savings and/or shared risk programs management of health risk indicators, especially in large patient populations models that demonstrate comparative effectiveness and/or cost effectiveness health promotion, wellness, and prevention programs with demonstrated effectiveness Send a brief (approximately 100 words) description of your practice model along with your name and contact information to email@example.com.


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Two Jewish settlers watch as movers, not seen, employed by the Israeli Defense Ministry carry out furniture from an apartment in the Ulpana neighborhood in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, on June 26.
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Jewish settlers and movers carry out belongings from a settler's apartment in the Ulpana neighborhood in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah.
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A mover employed by the Israeli Defense Ministry moves belongings out from an apartment as two neighbors emotionally talk after they embraced on the staircase of their nearly empty apartments in the Ulpana neighborhood.
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Israeli settlers wrapped in a tallit, or prayer shawl, is hugged by a child as he prays in front of houses in the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El settlement.
Jewish settlers on Tuesday began moving out of apartment blocs that Israel's Supreme Court ruled had been built illegally on Palestinian-owned land, after reaching an agreement with the government to go quietly.
Sixteen of the 30 families in the contested Ulpana neighborhood of the Beit El settlement were due to leave their homes on Tuesday, and the rest by the end of the week.
The court had ruled that five Ulpana apartment blocs must be torn down by July 1, landing Netanyahu, whose core constituency is pro-settlement, in a political and legal minefield.
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A Palestinian worker emerges from a sewer pipe near two Jewish settler homes in a new neighborhood being established on the outskirts of the Beit El settlement.
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Families evicted from the Ulpana neighborhood move into temporarily housing in the nearby settlement of Beit El on June 26. This is the first day of the evacuation, during which 33 families will be moved several hundred yards to a temporary settlement located inside a military zone.


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Introducing GeoSite from CH2M Hill
by Susan Smith
Google Earth and Google Maps have revolutionized geography for many people inside and outside the geospatial market. The most profound uses for these tools are coming from developers and geospatial consultants such as CH2M Hill who can utilize Google Earth and Maps to bring geospatial data to their customers via the web.
Austin Ivey, GIS consultant for the CH2M Hill Geospatial Solutions Team, is one of the primary architects behind their new product, GeoSite. GeoSite takes advantage of Google Earth and is a highly customizable template for delivering geospatial data with web enabled tools.
The Company
CH2M Hill is a $3.8 billion global engineering construction and operations firms with approximately 18,000 employees in offices worldwide, that has been in business since 1946. In 1954, the company got involved in GIS, mapping, photogrammetry, and survey work through their engineering clients. They began to employ experts in those fields, working for engineering clients spread throughout the firm's 12 business groups. Those business groups are water, power, energy, chemical, transportation, etc.
In 2004, CH2M Hill consolidated all the GIS/mapping/surveying experts that had been spread throughout the 12 business groups into one line of business -- enterprise spatial solutions which functions under the communications & info business group.
Since then the company has grown 500 spatial consultants and architects located primarily in North America and Europe. CH2M Hill is by its own definition, the largest privately held spatial consultant firm in the world. They work with both private and public sector clients.
Strategic Partner Alliance
CH2M Hill has created a strategic partner alliance comprised of leading technology providers, such as Google, ESRI, Autodesk, Trimble, and most recently eSpatial. They also work with Bentley, Intergraph, and Microsoft. "This allows us to take an agnostic approach towards consulting and technology integration to our clients," explained Ivey. "It puts us in the position to best align with the business goals of that client with a particular technology or technologies. As part of that effort, we've been working with Google to create a number of Google Earth based solutions for our clients which enable clients to better manage their projects."
Demonstrated was GeoSite, a web based portal for viewing environmental site data. Clients can get the big picture view with Google Earth including 3D views, and more of a detailed microscopic view with Google Maps.
High level capabilities of GeoSite include:
- Available 24/7 because it's a web-based product.
- Dual Google-powered viewer integration: Google Earth and Google Maps, high level visualization of site data, software required.
- CH2M Hill has developed some code that allows you to watch as your data that is perhaps stored in a database update live in Google Earth.
- You can update your web-based Google map dynamically by changing the elements that are available in the legend.
- You can also view your own high resolution imagery hosted on CH2M Hills' Google Earth fusion servers. (Google Earth Enterprise Client required) The difference between the Google Earth Pro and Enterprise client is that you need the Enterprise client if you want to view your own data on Google servers. The Google Earth Pro cannot connect to a server.
- Highly customizable.
- Render site-specific facilities in 3D using Google SketchUp
- Assemble tours to allow you to present standardized perspectives of these facilities.
- View detailed site information using GeoSite's Google Maps-powered portal.
- Launch directly from Google Earth or from your web browser.
- One-stop access to relevant site documentation
- Dynamically update layers directly on the map from the legend
- View customized information windows for relevant components of your site
- Access data query engine directly from map
- Link query engine to database (Oracle or SQL Server) to obtain live information.
Google Earth imagery is optimized on their fusion server. When you fuse the imagery it prebuilds all the imagery at different zoom levels, which makes it possible for users to view it so quickly.
"We really want GeoSite to be viewed as a repeatable solution for different types of clients," said Ivey. "This is by no means a shrink-wrapped product that we have in a warehouse somewhere, this is an example of an integration effort leveraging the partnerships we have with Google and others to develop this solution." Pricing "all depends," as each implementation is an integration effort.
How it Works
As the user, you go to the entry page – provide user name and password, secure an occasion to launch your data, and it launches your data directly into Google Earth, where you start off. You come into the macro level and see your project site. On the right hand side is a screen, and you can see some 3D extruded features there. What does that represent out of your active project, what are those costs to date? That data is live linked to a database, so as your cost information updates and changes, as a manager and decision maker, you can say this project costs me x amount of money. Let me zoom into that project and figure out what is going on.
There is also the ability to take data that you have available in Access or Excel and update it in real time in Google Earth. In the demo, a screen capture of Excel is superimposed over Google Earth. "If you're an analyst updating data, and a decision maker is also watching the screen, you can see as your data is updated live. Having real time data available to you is advantageous," noted Ivey.
"Anything you do on Google Earth, you can save back to your server," said Ivey, in answer to a question about data security. "Google doesn't see the files that you add." In a screenshot of a zoom into San Antonio, the imagery is coming from a Google server. "Theoretically, they could see the area that you're looking at, but as far as the actual data on top of that – the points with values, they can't see, because that's behind the organization's firewall."


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This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends... (View More) in the data. In the first video, she leads viewers from satellite data collection through obtaining a time series of monthly Arctic and Antarctic average sea ice extents for November 1978-December 2016. In the second video, she begins with the time series from the first video, removes the seasonal cycle by calculating yearly averages, and proceeds to calculate the slopes of the lines to get trends in the data, revealing decreasing sea ice coverage in the Arctic and increasing sea ice coverage in the Antarctic. In the third video, she uses a more advanced technique to remove the seasonal cycle and shows that the trends are close to the same, whichever method is used. She emphasizes the power of math and that the techniques shown for satellite sea ice data can also be applied to a wide range of data sets. Note: See Related & Supplemental Resources for the maps and data files (1978-2016) that will allow you to do the calculations shown in the video. These also include data for different regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, enabling learners to do additional calculations beyond those shown in the videos. (View Less)
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This chapter describes how to set a scale and measure distances and areas on satellite images. Using ImageJ, a freely available image analysis program that runs on most operating systems, users set the spatial calibration of an image, then select... (View More) and measure distances and areas on it. The measurement results are reported in real-world units. The technique is most useful and accurate for nadir view (straight down) images. In this chapter, users examine satellite images of the Aral Sea, which has shrunk dramatically since 1960 because the rivers that flow into it have been tapped for irrigation. Users access satellite images of the region, then set a scale and measure the width of the sea each year. On another set of images, they highlight areas that represent water and measure them to see how these areas of the sea changed. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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In this activity, users download and graph modeled climate data to explore variability in climate change. Most people know that climate changes are predicted over the next hundred years, but they may not be aware that these changes are likely to... (View More) vary from region to region. Using data from the University of New Hampshire's EOS-WEBSTER, a digital library of Earth Science data, users will obtain annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for each of these 5 states: New York, Georgia, Colorado, Minnesota, and California. Data will span the years 2000 through 2100. Users will import the data into Excel and analyze it to see what, if any, regional variability exists. Finally, they will download data for their own state, compare these results with the results from the other 5 states and use their results to answer questions related to climate change. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook (EET). Each EET chapter provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
Users explore data, using My World GIS, that characterize the dynamic Greenland Ice Sheet. By examining photographs, map views, and tabular data, users gain an understanding of how and why scientists are monitoring the ice sheet and what they are... (View More) finding. Users explore map layers that represent ice sheet thickness, weather station locations, and annual melt extents of the ice sheet. They learn about the working conditions that Arctic scientists must endure to collect their data, and how sensors on satellites are used to gather information from an area as large as Greenland. Finally, users learn about scientists' methods for measuring ice flowing downhill from Greenland, and examine that data to learn how fast the ice is moving. This chapter is part of the Earth Exploration Toolbook, which provides teachers and/or students with direct practice for using scientific tools to analyze Earth science data. Students should begin on the Case Study page. (View Less)
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This self-paced, interactive tutorial guides learners through the decision-making process in locating data that will enable the identification of tabular icebergs, including: selecting the appropriate satellite orbit, and identifying the optimal... (View More) solar and infrared wavelength values to discriminate between water and ice in remotely-sensed images. This resource is part of the tutorial series, Satellite Observations in Science Education, and is the first of three modules in the tutorial, Hunting Icebergs. (Note: requires Java plug-in) (View Less)
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This is an activity about the properties and characteristics of Earth's magnetic field as shown through magnetometer data and its 3D vector nature. This resource builds understanding of conceptual tools such as the addition of vectors and... (View More) interpreting contour maps displaying magnetic signature data. Learners will make several paper 3D vector addition models, watch podcasts on how to analyze magnetometer data, and employ 3D vector plots to create a model of the 3D magnetic field in the location of the magnetometer closest to their town. This is a multi-step activity with corresponding worksheets for each step. The activity uses data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) GEONS magnetometer, and requires the use of a computer with internet access and speakers, 2-inch polystyrene balls and bamboo skewers. This is activity 16 from Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
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Cisco CRS-3: Foundation for the Next Generation Internet
The public Internet has dramatically evolved since its inception. Likewise, so has the upward limit of expectations for IP Next Generation Network (IP NGN) infrastructure to power it.
When the Internet was founded in the 1960's, its designers were focused on building a robust, fault-tolerant and distributed computer network for the military, scientists and research institutes. Even in their sci-fi dreams, they likely didn't think of TelePresence or iPhones or seemingly infinite amounts of video running over the network…but that's just what happened. Now, even the notion of looking at the Internet as a key for basic communications, such as email, is antiquated in favor of rich media applications for our Connected Lives (…and to think that the email and basic web-centric view was just over 10 years ago). I can still quite easily recall being excited over a 56.6 modem and thinking it was blazing fast, and I'm not that old! (No comments from the gallery on my age, please!)
While the use of the network has changed dramatically, so too must the technology and architecture used to support it.
One thing that hasn't changed throughout these changes though is Cisco's perspective that Service Providers are instrumental in making these new experiences happen. At Cisco, we want to develop new technology that enables these providers to deliver the services that power economies, promote creativity, and fundamentally change how we are able to work, live, learn and play…and to that end, I'm pleased to announce that once again, we are doing just that.
Imaginable: Planning for New Experiences
Today, the service provider's ability to deliver more of the branded, rich, integrated experiences – rather than just basic access – will be essential in their transformation from service providers to experience providers.
The key to this transformation involves building the capabilities to deliver applications and services on a robust infrastructure designed in anticipation of the future – knowing that it's somewhat unpredictable.
The limitation, however, with the networks today is that they are designed to scale only in the predictable core to subscriber direction, and not in the data center to data center direction.
Therefore, merely increasing network platform component-level capacity would be short-sighted because the shift in traffic patterns also dictates the requirement for an architectural solution.
Introducing the Cisco CRS-3: Unmatched Scalability & Supporting Multi-Directional Patterns
Cisco's answer to this challenge comes in the form of the CRS-3, our new flagship platform and quite simply, the industry's most powerful, most capable, and more efficient core router ever created.
In many respects, the industry has a new flagship router now too.
At 322 Tbps, the CRS-3 is more than three times faster than its predecessor the CRS-1 and more than twelve times more powerful than any other competitive solution in the market. To put it into perspective, the CRS-3 could deliver all movies ever made in just 4 minutes. It would allow every man, woman, and child in China to make a video call simultaneously.
But remember, the issue now is not just capacity, but intelligence too – and the CRS-3 is purposefully architected for this new multi-directional networking. It can determine the shortest route to a requested piece of content to improve the customer experience and ease the impact of the request on the network. It can also automatically provision a cloud VPN to help one data center that has high utilization to tap into the underused resources of another "sibling" data center.
And it can do all of this using up to 60% less power than the competitive solutions and while maintaining our Cisco trademark characteristic of return on investment – all of the nearly 5000 CRS-1 units deployed in the world can transform to CRS-3's, in service and at the pace the service provider dictates. Forklifts are neither needed, nor welcomed.
Actionable: Ready for Unpredictable Demand
Cisco's latest innovation will proactively help service providers prepare for the Next-Generation Internet and the emergence of anywhere-to-anywhere customer experiences. The CRS-3 will effectively meet the needs of the network from forecasted trends, and perhaps even into the realm of the unknown – driven by the demands of "yet to be defined" application scenarios.
Preparing for all aspects of new video, mobile and cloud related activity truly necessitates contemplating the effects of data center to data center traffic characteristics. An agile and flexible platform that can adapt to unpredictable demand isn't a pipe dream. It's available here…and now.
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@balu - you can find specifications for the CRS family on the product's data sheet listings here http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5763/products_data_sheets_list.html
hai what is the speed of crs-3
I thought so too -- thanks, Brad.Did you see that we had a recent announcement on this with KPN recently, making them the first public CRS-3 customer?Thanks for the for the feedback and your articles -- I'm a regular on your blog page,Doug
@DonCullenThe CRS-3 ships in Q3 CY2010. Please do contact your local Cisco office or Account Management team for more details.
It is true that the concentration that was there on increasing the speeds from the Service provider to the customer was not as much as the back-end gateway to service provider / SP-SP etc. It's nice to see Cisco coming up with such a powerful router - After all, everything is moving online, and its moving fast!! The challenge for the service provider is the cost and ROI parameters. But the network speeds have to increase, that is inevitable.
Any idea when the CRS-3 will be available for purchase, and where?
Thanks, Yahaya -- we're excited about the CRS-3 and pleased that you are too!Thanks for the feedback,DougW - Cisco
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Alright! I've spent the past weekend resting, doing laundry, and catching up with my cats after two weeks traveling on the West Coast for my mysterious day job. As much as I usually think Portland is the bees knees, and as much as I complain about having a day job, I'm grateful for my employment and the bonus opportunities to explore other cities (and play travel writer). Back to my point and purpose here – I was in town for just over 24 hours halfway between my journeys north and south, which fortunately, allowed me to attend Portland's annual VegFest. I may not have had time to experience every single exhibitor booth or attend any glorious talks, but I did get to see countless smiling veg-faces and proudly table for Vegan Iron Chef's big public, pin-dispensing debut.
Most of these photos were taken as Saturday was ending. Pretend people aren't falling asleep at their booths and that there's a never-ending stream of veg-happy and veg-curious folks, because there was!
Photo essay time:
My favorite on the show floor (you can't deny it was mostly a trade show out there, and I say that fondly): So Delicious.
I can't really think of any flashy new veg products I hadn't seen before or that blew me away, so I'll call my favorite as I see it – So Delicious Coconut Creamer. And well, they were one of a couple of vendors offering complimentary coffee, and as I was there all day with my own mug, I happily drank it. On top of that, I have a fond memory of my friend Melissa bringing me one of their coconut ice cream sandwiches…
Deanna works the NW Veg table. She does so much for the vegan community and it clearly loves her back.
Here's dear, smiling Wendy: VegFest organizer and author of the Veg Food & Fit blog. She's tabling with a friend for her recent cookbook release, Scatter Vegan Sweets.
What to wear when you're veg…besides Herbivore, of course.
The German Viana line. In the past, I found these very hit or miss for my taste buds – but after sampling most of them, I really dug the Doner Kebap and Veggie Cevapici.
Supreme Master: Never disappointing. Just tired. We had the sweetest reporter from their channel, Youping, come with a small team to Vegan Iron Chef last year.
Lundberg: Where I learned that according to CNN's Health reporters, Black Rice could be the new Brown Rice. Noted.
Chicago Soy Dairy bros. Mozzarella teese, I got your back.
Fair Trade Theo Chocolate Samples
Another favorite of the day – Soy Feta at Heidi Ho's Organic Vegan Cheeses. Locally made & currently available at Jazzkats Coffee Bar. They graciously donated a fruit & hazelnut cheese spread to a Portland talk my friend & fellow blogger Janessa (with a new domain!) and I did last month for Try Vegan Week.
VegFest super announcer and staple, bodybuilder and author, Robert Cheeke, signs those autographs
Hold onto your hearts, you crazy Daiya heads – Amy's Vegan Mac & Cheese. I finally tried it and have to give a big ol' Pass, but I get convenience. I get novelty.
Pull yourself together! One more Daiya shot to go… Now this pizza? I really get it.
Thai and True's distributor's stand tied with Chicago Soy Dairy for the stand I supported the most, financially. I picked up 4 small tubes of teese (on sale 2 for $5 – it really bothers me that I can only get teese at one store in town, albeit the great Food Fight!) and restocked on Yellow and Massaman curry paste. Locally made & VEGAN.
Don't buy curry paste from a can. This is so much better (or make it!)
Another popular neighbor, naturally:
Portland ❤ Kombucha
I overheard such interesting, varying comments from the folks stopping by the Gardein table. What do y'all think?
I know these are *just beans* , but they really are good beans! The Better Bean Company.
A big bowl of spices at the CuisineMentor table.
Photo evidence of the crowds, and that guy on the left eating.
Food vendors. Who's been to Yummy Tummy? I keep hearing such positive things!
Red & Black, my favorite anarchist cafe-runners, tabled on Saturday.
Sengetera, selling Ethiopian veggie combos.
My girls at the Vegan Iron Chef table:
Day Over! Back to the real job.
Off to work, work, beaches, work, Costa Mesa, and a few days vacation for my first time in Los Angeles after this.
I have a geeky Stumptown Vegans review of this cafe below coming soon….


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Following the rules, per John Lovett's tweet, sounds like solid advice . . . for those issues where pretty much anyone would agree rules are solid.
However, for just about everything there are few areas of clear delineation and vast areas of gray.
There is also tremendous value in having a comprehensive understanding of what is possible via technology.
Both for defense against attacks, and also to better utilize systems where the user may have imperfect information about the structure of the system.
Having a hacking mentality is something I view as a crucial component of high performance online optimization.
When Google started crawling the web there were grumblings that their manner of indexing wasn't following the unwritten rules of the Internet at the time.
Google did their thing back then and now it's all cool.
Analysts Answering Questions
Setting aside that and other overly familiar tales of rule breakers that succeed in business or in becoming the captain of the USS Enterprise, are people who follow the rules the ideal person for someone to do analysis for you?
Reading between the lines of 'The New Know', which is such an excellent book I purchased two copies for a vendor I work with, the response might be 'no.'
Analysts should be able to solve what Thornton calls 'Alpha Level' problems, those problems which haven't an existing solution and by extension lack rules.
By definition, the paradigm of a rules based environment is opposite the effort to solve new problems, or existing problems in new ways.
Analyst of the Simple Triangle
There is a study of geometry, yes geometry, which examines the non-empty spaces and how features change.
What's important is the ability to conceptualize the coordinates for the triangle across the different shapes of the surfaces.
Reducing the complexity of the challenge from the sphere, to the saddle function, to the flat plane may create a more computationally friendly environment.
For many organizations, as data complexity is reduced the utility of that data across the organization grows.
Web Analytics Tools Reduce Complexity
There is a challenge when the analytics center of excellence themselves rely on a reduced view of the world as their sole input, without an understanding of what is going on behind the scenes.
Any tool, take Google Analytics for example, reduces the complexity of what is the reality to a summation.
In this case it is a dashboard, the most summary of summations, which I guess has some utility to someone:
An individual who thinks about the world in terms of how to game a system might be able to interact with the Google Analytics interface, and over time have a concept of the behind the scenes plumbing which drives Google Analytics.
This individual with the hacker mentality might be able to visualize a model of things such as the data model behind Google Analytics, how data transformations which are nominally opaque occur.
At this point, the importance of choosing to place a custom variable value for every visitor or not in Google Analytics would become apparent.
Mental Gymnastics
Gymnasts work out all the time to keep at peak efficiency, and so should analysts be working their mental routines constantly because you never know when you might be called upon to take a reduced view of the world and produce real results.
For the record, I didn't actually create an auto-tweet robot, or some other scheme, to cheat the ACCELERATE contests going on.
Not because I couldn't make an attempt, but because it was sort of uninteresting for the purposes of the conference.
Enter the Matrix
The challenge of understanding differences in the tools available, both from explicitly available information and otherwise obtainable resources, will always be interesting to me.
When I work with clients and see Google Analytics reporting interface above as the Matrix, I know I'm on the right path.
This fundamental understanding enables analysts to exceed the limitations of the reality which they are placed into by their tools.
Make sure you come to ACCELERATE if you are signed up to attend, it's a packed house and I hear seats may be given away if you are late.
Thursday night is Web Analytics Wednesday at ROE, sign up here.
I'll be speaking in the afternoon at ACCELERATE and at least stopping by the Web Analytics Wednesday, so let me know if you want to connect.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Eric Thompson of Grand View (Iowa) has been named the NAIA National Wrestler of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Thompson was selected based on his performances from Jan. 30 – Feb. 5.
This is the second consecutive NAIA weekly award for Thompson, who also earned the recognition on Feb. 1. He joins Midland's (Neb.) Kody Kersten as multiple award winners this season.
Thompson, currently the nation's top wrestler in the heavyweight division, cruised through the Briar Cliff open with four victories on four pins. His longest match, which only lasted one minute and 30 seconds, came in the second round against Nathan Craig of William Penn (Iowa). Thompson claimed the individual championship at the event with a victory against Joe Kent of Missouri Baptist.
The next Wrestler of the Week announcement will be made on Feb. 15.
Nominees: Weston Keleher, Missouri Baptist; Joe Sievert, Morningside (Iowa); Bryden Lazaro, Dickinson State (N.D.); Mitchell Eichenauer, Oklahoma City; Austin Vanderford, Southern Oregon; James Haywood, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.).
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Description: This chef's knife is a collaboration between bladesmiths Asai and Mastersmith Michael Rader. Sadly, Asai has passed away during the summer of 2014, but we are pleased that Michael is continuing with this exceptional collaboration. The blade was completed approximately 2 years before Asai passed away.
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Basho's vision is to "be the best organization in the world." This vision applies to every aspect of Basho as a company, including the quality of our products, our culture and of course our customer support. We strive to provide the best customer support possible.
We have chosen Zendesk as our help desk platform given its ease of usability, customization, integration with other tools, and API. In our journey to dive into our deluge of now almost 2 years of accumulated Zendesk data, I first ventured over to Zendesk's API page to check out the existing clients. Currently, only a Ruby client is listed but a Python library also exists.
As a data scientist desiring to do some complex analytics on our customer support data, I was stunned that no one had yet developed an R wrapper for Zendesk! Having used R since 2005 (mainly to analyze genetic and genomic data) as well as plenty of its libraries and the mailing list (often), I realized this was finally my chance to give back to the open source community, which is also very much in alignment with Basho's commitment to open-source software.
So I wrote a Zendesk API wrapper in R called zendeskR (code on github).
As of this blog posting, zendeskR v0.2 supports 6 different API calls:
These calls access the data types that I was analyzing most often, but I will add more features, as well as update and maintain the package regularly. If there is an API call you would like to see supported, please feel free to shoot me an e-mail at the address noted in the package description.
The analytic possibilities are nearly endless by having all of this data in R. Some example questions that an organization could begin to answer with this data are:
- What is the average time to close a ticket for each customer?
- How many comments were posted to a ticket before it was finally resolved?
- How much does it cost to support customer X based on support and engineering time?
- Using sentiment analysis and a text corpus, what are the most frequently used words for tickets that receive a Good Satisfaction rating versus a Poor Satisfaction rating?
- Based on past trends, how many tickets will open this month?
- What is a developer advocate's ticket closing rate and satisfaction rating?
Here's a simple charting example that displays the number of tickets and users created by month.
To install zendeskR from CRAN, open an R console and type:
The analytical opportunities as described above are almost endless and at Basho we have only begun to scratch the surface. Ultimately, we aim to provide the highest quality products possible coupled with the best customer support system in the world, which is partially achieved by data-driven customer support system optimization strategies. Aim high.


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Jets face Rams Sunday
New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez (6) sits on the bench near backup quarterback Tim Tebow, left, late in the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, in Seattle. The Seahawks won 28-7. Sanchez finished 9 of 22 for 124 yards. Tebow ran four times for 14 yards, and was 3 of 3 passing for 8 yards. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)


text: We Here You! Letters from our readers February 26, 2013 08:46 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Top Producer Editors Email Check the Math: Mistake in Article I was reading the article in the February 2013 Top Producer about it being a gamble whether to plant $300 seed corn or $100. Up until I got to page 36 it was making some sense and then I got to the paragraph that says John pays $340 per unit and his total seed cost for his 2,000 acres would be $1.7 million. It took me about 2 seconds to know that was not correct. You see a unit of corn will plant approximately 2.35 acres. His 2,000 acres will take approximately 850 bags of seed corn. And seed at $350 per unit his total seed corn cost for his 2,000 acres would be $289,000 not the $1.7 million reported. If his seed cost $220 per unit his total seed corn cost would be $187,000, not the $1.1 million reported. And finally if his seed cost him $150 per unit his total seed corn cost would be $127,500, not $750,000 as reported. The difference between the high cost seed and the cheap seed is $161,500. Now based on 2,000 acres his cost difference between the two seed varieties is now only $80.75 per acre or about 13.5 bu. per acre. I will about guarantee that the higher priced seed will out produce the cheap seed by more than 13.5 bu. per acre, but that is not a given in any specific year. After reading the article I came to the conclusion that reading that article was a waste of my time. Someone should proof read your articles before they are published and make sure the facts are being printed. I just wonder how many other readers caught this huge miscalculation. Please do a better job from now on or I will not be reading Top Producer. Greg Groninger Akron, IN There must be a misprint on the seed cost in the Top Producer February article. It says the seed costs for 2,000 acres of corn is $1,700,000. That comes out to $850 per acre. Even at the cheap seed at $150 bag, you have it at $750,000 total for 2,000 acres. That comes to $375 per acre. Leon Schiltz Editor's Note: Thanks to all the readers who saw this and sent a response. Your feedback is always welcome and appreciated. Greg and Leon: You are correct in your assessment; the seed costs were calculated incorrectly. I should have realized they were too high and taken a second look. My planting population was way off base (2.4 units/acre). It should have been 1 unit/2.4 acres. The correct numbers for the article should read: $340 unit price for seed is $278,800 for a 2,000 acre farm (with a planting population of 32,800 seeds/acre); $220 unit price is $180,400 and $150 unit price is $123,000. The numbers have been updated online and we will run a correction in the next issue. I appreciate your feedback and will work to make sure this doesn't happen again. If you have any story ideas or topics you would like to read more about, please send them my way. Thank you, Julie Douglas Editor's note: We welcome your letters and opinions regarding Top Producer articles. E-mail your letters to email@example.com or call your opinion into our reader comment line at (800) 292-3276. Letters or comments may be edited for clarity or space. You can read past articles of Top Producer on our website at www.TopProducer-Online.com. Click on "Previous Issues" and select the issue you wish to review. Back to news


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Shameful: Tech Companies Fighting Against Necessary CFAA Reform And CISPA Fixes
from the bad-news dept
This is silly. The tech companies are refusing to fix a very dangerous and broad law, because of a very specific circumstance that can be dealt with via other existing laws. Also, it's going against basic common sense and the views of many of these companies' own engineers. When companies are so focused on protecting one weapon that they're willing to allow such bad laws to stay, those are companies who are showing that they're not focused on innovation but on litigation and protectionist views.
Similarly troubling is the news that TechNet, an organization representing a bunch of tech companies has sent a letter to the House Intelligence Committee supporting the post-markup version of CISPA. This isn't a huge surprise. TechNet had already been listed as a supporter of CISPA, and the bills' sponsors in Congress had worked overtime (or, rather, had their staffs work overtime) seeking to appease the tech industry on the mistaken belief that the fight against SOPA was really lead by the tech industry, rather than an angry public. The public isn't quite as angry about CISPA, since the threats of CISPA aren't quite as immediately obvious to everyday people, but winning over the tech companies by giving them immunity should they violate their users' privacy is a bad long term strategy.
Yes, tech companies were a part of the coalition who fought against SOPA, but part of that was because those tech companies were focused on what was best for their users. Choosing to go against those same users when it comes to their own privacy is going to backfire eventually. Some people think that it was the tech companies who drove the fight against SOPA, when the reality was that it was the internet users, who pulled the tech companies into the fight. Not listening to their users would be a big mistake, as a vocal internet turning against these companies isn't a good sign for their future.
On that note, Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian has kicked off a campaign looking to shame Google, Facebook and Twitter into coming out against CISPA. Hopefully, he'll do something similar around CFAA reform as well. Having tech companies come down on the wrong side of these two laws is a bad long term strategy for the tech industry.


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We're a week away from pitchers and catchers reporting to the Orioles' spring training camp in Sarasota, Fla. Buck Showalter is already heading down, and the team is taking care of a few more pieces of business before starting to prepare for one of the most anticipated seasons in recent years.
Here's a look at what some of the national media outlets have been writing about the Orioles:
--- David Schoenfield of ESPN.com's SweetSpot blog put up his offseason report card for the Orioles yesterday, and let's just say he wasn't too impressed.
Schoenfield gives the O's an F for their offseason:
No team had a more disappointing offseason than the Orioles, who failed to capitalize on their surprising playoff run by making any impact moves. With potential holes at left field, second base and DH, the Orioles instead elected to bring back [Nate] McLouth (who did play well in last 55 games), sign [Alexi] Casilla (.241/.282/.321 in 2012) and entrust the DH spot to Wilson Betemit. Even then, the trouble is the Orioles' true talent level is probably closer to a .500 team than a 93-win team. Even if some of the regulars fare as well as in 2012, they'll need to improve elsewhere, barring another miracle 16-2 record in extra-inning games.
As a bit of a retort, it's probably unfair to say the Orioles have entrusted the DH spot to Betemit, as it sounds more like Showalter would like to rotate who fills that role. (Nolan Reimold could presumably get quite a few at-bats as a DH if Nate McLouth is the everyday left fielder.)
But even the most ardent Orioles supporters would agree that their offseason hasn't included many fireworks.
Overall, Schoenfield says the Orioles are a B- team, "But Josh Hamilton would have looked nice in the middle of this lineup."
--- ESPN's Keith Law ranked the farm systems in all of baseball, and he puts the Orioles 13th. (NOTE: You need an insider account to see the full story.)
Law's rankings take into account each organization's farm system "from top to bottom," but it's pretty clear that the O's are ranked that high on account of their "top":
Dylan Bundy emerged as the minors best pitching prospect in 2012, while their first pick from last year's draft, Kevin Gausman, was one of the hottest names in Florida instructional league in September. They'd rank higher had Manny Machado not lost his rookie eligibility in September.
Today, Law released his Top 100 prospects list, which includes four Orioles prospects: Dylan Bundy (No. 3 overall), Gausman (26th), Jonathan Schoop (50th) and Eduardo Rodriguez (100th).
--- On CBSSports.com, senior blogger Matt Snyder took a look at the Orioles' future as part of their "Core Values" series.
He gives the O's core a B+ grade:
The O's fall short of an A here due to not having great position-player depth in the system, whether at the big-league level or in the minors. The good news is they have plenty of time to build around [Adam] Jones, Machado and [Matt] Wieters -- as well as sporting a good pitching staff and possessing an outstanding manager.
Even if the Orioles take a step back this coming season, there is a good foundation in place for future success.
--- The MLB Network is holding a fan vote to find the "Face of MLB." Fans chose one player as the face of each franchise, and now those players are competing in a bracket tournament. Adam Jones is representing the Orioles and facing the Miami Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton in the first round.
The winner faces Jason Heyward of the Atlanta Braves.
--- Finally, the New York Times had an obituary on former Orioles catcher Earl Williams, who died last week. Williams spent two years in Baltimore but was best known for the promising start to his career with the Atlanta Braves. That and apparently a pretty good sense of humor.
The obit quotes him as once saying "my favorite position is batter," and then there's this:
During spring training in 1978, he was waived by the A's and not claimed by any other team — a surprising turn, especially to Williams. That June he took the remarkable step of placing a job-seeking advertisement in The New York Times.
"Employment wanted by baseball player," the ad said, adding: "Excellent Health — No Police Record. HAVE BAT — WILL TRAVEL — WILL HUSTLE."


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Will the city's agreement with ICE impact immigrant victims of domestic violence?
The city allowed la migra into the Prisoner Transport Center, where immigration agents conduct face-to-face interviews with everyone who is arrested and taken there. The city says it's a better, less biased procedure than allowing Immigration Customs and Enforcement to look through the records at the jail and then choose to speak with those who have certain surnames or were born out of the country.
When I interviewed the ICE spokesperson, she was able to tell me how many people ICE had tagged from Albuquerque's transport center since the agreement took effect in early May, but she couldn't say who those people were, how old they are, where they were picked up, etc.
That's a problem for advocates who say domestic violence victims who don't speak English are sometimes arrested by mistake. Now, a victim could acquire an ICE hold in that situation. How would the advocates be able to discover something like that if information is not available about who's been given a detainer?
The Albuquerque Police Department and the city assure that people who are arrested have to have been committing some kind of crime.


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The Dish
All the News That's Fit to Eat
C is for Correction—One cake-loving reader saw that I incorrectly listed Patisserie C's old address on Central in last week's "Alphabet Soup" feature. Baker/store owner Susan Caplan says they moved more than a month ago to 9577 Osuna NE (in Bear Canyon Plaza at Osuna and Eubank), because they needed a bigger space with better parking. "It was a fun place for three years, but I outgrew it quickly," she says. "The [lack of] parking was tough for the customers." Susan's creative cakes and cookies are still available by appointment only, but now you can at least order tins of fresh cookies for pickup or shipment to your home at www.patisseriec.com. Visit the website for an eye-popping photo catalog of her other specialty items or call 247-3131 to set up a personal meeting in the new store.
Market Report:
Santa Fe Area
A season forecast of the Santa Fe area's fruitful growers' markets
Stuffed and contented is the food-lover that finds herself in Santa Fe. There are the world-class restaurants, to be sure, and the rogue, rule-bending chefs that have put them on the map. There are bedrock institutions like The Santa Fe School of Cooking, the pervasiveness of ingredients like piñon and blue corn, and community action groups like Kitchen Angels that feed souls as much as stomachs. Those are each well-worth the trip alone.
Restaurant Review
La Esquina Restauranté and Cantina
Pretend it's not in the mall
Malls scare the hell out of me. Ever since I was a child, I was terrified of going to the mall. They appeared to be huge, noisy castles with scary ladies pelting me with perfume, and I never once believed that the guy in the red suit was really Santa. So when I made the trek over to the First Plaza Galleria, I was appropriately apprehensive. As it turned out, I had no reason to be because the place seemed awfully uninhabited—empty storefronts, an out-of-service escalator and a few stragglers outside smoking cigarettes by the fountains. The mostly deserted castle did have a little bright spot in the corner, La Esquina, which apparently has been there since the '70s (the current owner and staff have been there since 1985), but doesn't get a lot of press due to its indistinct location.
The Itis
CBD-Infused Dinner
Chowtown Restaurant Guide
Whether you're more familiar with the French Riviera or the French Quarter, there are plenty of places in Albuquerque to get a taste of authentic French cuisine. Read Hosho McCreesh's review of Le Quiche Parisienne in this issue, and check out these other restaurants in the city that will cater to your wanderlust and make you feel, if only for the evening, that you're dining in the City of Lights. Bon appetit, mes amis.


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Event Coverage
FASHION WEEK: Antoinette Beenders for Aveda Creates Corseted Wave
Antoinette Beenders, Aveda Global Creative Director, created this tied-up look seen at the Kimberly Ovitz Fall/Winter '13 show, in a look called "asymmetric corseted ponytails."
"Kimberly's collection explores the human psyche and innate defenses found in animals and insects," says Beenders. "I wanted to create a look that complemented the clothes--like a shield of armor or an armadillo's shell. The texture is smooth, and finish is shiny, but there is a veil of protection. Think of a 1920s wave in a futuristic interpretation, just touched with danger."
To begin, the Beenders made a center part, creating two sections on each side of the head.
Then, the hair was drenched with Aveda Phomollient Styling Foam from roots to mid-lengths and combed up into a high ponytail with one pony nearer to the forehead, and the other behind the ear.
Next, she used about an arm's length of millinery elastic to anchor each of the ponytails in place. This elastic grabs the hair so you don't have to worry about slipping. The elastic was wrapped in a criss-cross fashion around the ponytail, after secured at the base, and the hair is "corseted."
Next, she pulled the hair gently from in between the elastic cord to create S-shaped waves. Then, she overlayed the ponytails on top of the head, directing the ponytail that sits nearer to the face down the side of the head so it snakes along the hairline. She secured it with bobby pins and U-pins.


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Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a private coeducational institution whose principal focus is undergraduate education in the liberal arts and sciences combined with a number of undergraduate professional and pre-professional fields and master's degree programs. Its primary mission is to integrate Christian faith and practice with academic excellence. This mission is carried out not only in the classroom but also by involvement in numerous services to the church and the larger community.
School InformationOne University Park Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37204-3951
Calendar: Semester
Locale: City: Large
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Religious Affiliation: Churches of Christ
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Common name(s): David Lipscomb University |David Lipscomb |Lipscomb
Locale: City: Large
Open Admissions: Yes
Sector: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Carnegie Basic: Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Religious Affiliation: Churches of Christ
Accrediting Agency: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Common name(s): David Lipscomb University |David Lipscomb |Lipscomb
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Total Students
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Female Students
Total Intl Students
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Total Tuition $36,504.00
SAT Scores:
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ACT Scores:
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Day 3 Campbell River: 48km Epic Course
Cory Wallace solo for stage win: top three men within 2 seconds overall. Simms wins, but women's overall is shuffled.
Today's sun finally treated racers to the beauty of the Sunshine Coast under clear skies. The entire BC Bike Race operation left Campbell River this morning to take the second BC Ferries trip across the Georgia Strait to the town of Powell River. Riders were greeted by the sound of the Powell River community ringing cowbells and cheering their arrival. If that wasn't enough to lift some damp spirits, the surrounding trails planted the biggest smiles of the week on racers faces.
The Sunshine coast is accessible only by air or ferry and it's amazing how well the trails are maintained despite the small community of riders and trail builders.
Mens Race
Riders started day three from Willingdon Beach in downtown Powell River and immediately started working their way to the trails of Rolling Thunder. With a bold solo move five kilometers into today's 48km race Cory Wallace of Kona bikes won his first stage in 17 attempts. A three-race veteran and frequent runner-up, Wallace finally had his day after riding alone in front of the favorites for over two hours.
Cory emerged first to the bottom of 'Suicide Creek Trail', the first Easton Gravity Enduro section, with a 45 second gap and a lot of trail left. The rain had slowed the trails down but mud was surprisingly kept at bay. The contrasting brown stitch of trail winding its way through a bearded electric green forest had to make it difficult for Wallace or any rider to keep their eye on the trail.
Out of the last section of trail through the final Gravity Enduro Section, Wallace was still holding a 45 second gap. The chase group had whittled down to Sheppard, Kindree, Wicks, Hadley, and the Team of Two Duo from Jamis. Guido Thaler (Craft-Rocky Mount) had come off the pace in the last singletrack, but his skills on the BC trails had improved enough to keep him with the lead group for most of the day. Daniel Gathof of Germany had an off day, with an unfortunate series of flat tires and lost 40 minutes on the day.
Day four in Earls Cove is the queen stage of the BC Bike Race and there are sure to be some motors sputtering as the pace heats up on the 2100 meters of climbing. The general classification has never been tighter than this year with Wicks, Kindree, and Sheppard all within two seconds of each other. Hadley, Wallace, and Carter Hovey are all within nine minutes of each other.
Women's Race
The story of the women's epic race is quickly shaping up to be about the fight for the second and third steps of the podium. Wendy Simms (Kona) has wrapped her fists around the leaders jersey even though she put the least amount of time on her competitors today than the previous two.
Due to a corrected mistake that put Melinda Jackson (Team KiwiRoo) in the wrong category on the results, she has now taken over second place in the general classification. A New Zealander on a month trip around the Pacific Rim, Jackson was third on the day by a second to the rejuvenated Sonya Looney (Topeak Ergon). Soonya is now 4th on the overall, but Wednesday's stage is sure to suit her big-mountain Colorado legs. Alex Robinette (Bicycle Sport Shop 2) isn't likely to let her 3rd place go easily, so watch her to fight to the end to stay the first US female solo rider.
Men's Duo
Thomas Turner and Jason Sager of Jamis Bikes made it two of three today with a commanding lead, finishing with the lead solo riders. Bad luck struck Rocky Mountain Factory Team 1 when Colin Kerr cut his hand enough to need stitches at the end of the stage. Kerr and his partner Greg Day didn't abandoned the race, but the injury slowed them enough to fall to third on the day but not change their overall.
The Clif Bar team of the brothers Heitman (Garett and Jake) took 4th, ahead of the other team of brothers, Nic and Simon Lamond (Lamond Bros). Michael Colwill and Scott Martin of Team Monz split the two teams for a fifth place on the day but maintained 4th overall.
For accomplished South African stage racer Nic Lemond and his brother Simon "The BC Bike Race was on our bucket list the moment we heard about it." "I've been to BC before and I had to come back."
Women's Duo gets a new stage winner.
The dominating 'Moab Maidens' who had won the first two days came apart a little today in the trails of Powell River. Quick to show they could fill the top spot, Team 'Mo Crazy' cut the finish-line first with the Maidens in disorder.
The biggest tussle shaping in the woods is between the current third and fourth place. The 'Canmore Crazy Chicks' have a mere 47 seconds lead over team 'Frisky Business'. It's a fight for Canadian pride to sit on the last podium spot and with only three days down and four to go it's a story yet unwritten.
Men's Master Solo
The BC Bike Race international field is represented well by Namibian rider Mannie Heimans. Heimans is an Olympian, former World Cup race and winner of the Trans-Alp, and Cape Epic.
Second place also made a long journey to ride the trails of the BC Bike Race. 'Peiking Man', Chad Forrest of China is only a couple minutes up on Canadian Craig Gillett.
Easton Gravity Enduro
The two stages of today's Easton Gravity Enduro were owned by the local North Shore Olympian Andreas Hestler (Rocky Mountain Bikes). Josh Carlson (Giant) was second on the first stage but fell back on stage two where Matt Hadley got his first Gravity Enduro podium.
Day Four
With 2100 meters of climbing in 65km the Earls Cove-Sechelt stage is traditionally the toughest course of the race. After three days of energy sapping wet trails, the climbing will surely feel as if it's steeper and longer than years past. Fireworks will be lit and while some will sparkle bright a couple might fizzle. It will likely be a day that transforms the general classification as racers begin to enter the deeper layers of the proverbial 'Hurt Locker' or as Dave Toll says enter the, "Pain Cave".