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This Week in Auto Racing Sept. 27 - 29
Dover, DE – Dover International Speedway is the next stop in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. The Nationwide Series will also be at Dover, while the Camping World Truck Series will race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Sprint Cup Series
AAA 400 - Dover International Speedway - Dover, Del.
Matt Kenseth has an opportunity to make history in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship this weekend at Dover International Speedway.
After winning at Chicagoland and New Hampshire, Kenseth will try to become the first competitor to start the Chase with three consecutive victories. Two other drivers have begun the playoffs with back-to-back wins: Greg Biffle in 2008 and Tony Stewart in 2011.
Biffle won at New Hampshire and Dover and then finished third at Kansas (the third race in '08 Chase) before he faded from there, finishing third in the point standings. Two years ago, Stewart took the checkered flag at Chicagoland and New Hampshire but lost momentum by finishing 25th at Dover and then 15th at Kansas. He bounced back with six straight top-10 finishes, including three victories. Stewart ended the season in a points tie with Carl Edwards but captured the title by virtue of his five wins for the year compared to only one for Edwards.
Heading into Dover, Kenseth holds a 14-point lead over Kyle Busch, his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, and an 18-point advantage over Jimmie Johnson. Even though Kenseth is 2 for 2 in the Chase, there are still eight races to go. And anything can happen from Dover to the season-finale in Homestead, Fla.
"My outlook is really not any different, honestly," Kenseth said. "I know it's kind of cliche, but it really is one week at a time, especially right now. If you get down toward the end and you're lucky enough to have a lead or something, maybe you start looking at that more or thinking about it more. But eight weeks of racing is a lot of racing, and in this system, one bad finish and you're behind."
When the Sprint Cup Series last ran at Dover in June, Kenseth started fourth and led 29 laps before he suffered engine failure shortly before the halfway point. He finished a season-worst 40th. One year ago, Kenseth placed 35th here and fell to last in Chase standings. He trailed Brad Keselowski by 72 points at the time.
After spending 13 full seasons with Roush Fenway Racing in Sprint Cup, Kenseth is in his first year as driver of the No. 20 Toyota for JGR. He has scored a series-leading and career-high seven wins this season. Kenseth has won back- to-back races in Cup four times during his career (2004, '06, '09 and '13) but has never posted three straight victories.
Kenseth has won at Dover twice (June 2006 and May 2011).
Busch is off to his best start in the Chase after finishing runner-up to Kenseth at Chicagoland and New Hampshire. He's also a two-time race winner at Dover (June 2008 and May 2010).
"I've said it for years - if I could finish second in every single Chase race, I'd take it and win a championship over winning a single Chase race that doesn't mean as much as a championship would," Busch said. "It's all about the prize at the end. It's only two races, and you certainly would like to get off to a good start, but it's early."
In last year's Chase race at Dover, Busch led 302 of 400 laps but ended up finishing seventh after he was forced to pit for fuel with 10 laps to go. Keselowski conserved enough gas late in the race and took over the top spot when Busch pitted. He won the race and went on to capture the Sprint Cup championship.
Busch led the most laps in this year's spring race at Dover with 150 but faded in the late-stages to finish fourth.
Johnson has won at Dover seven times, which puts him in a tie with Bobby Allison and Richard Petty for most victories here. Johnson was on the way to posting his record-eighth win at this track in June, but after a restart with 19 laps remaining, NASCAR penalized him for jumping the restart. He had passed Juan Pablo Montoya for the lead. The Hendrick Motorsports driver and five-time series champion wound up finishing 17th. Tony Stewart won the race after he grabbed the top spot from Montoya with three laps to go.
"We were close there last time, led a bunch of laps and were in position there toward the end for a win," Johnson said. "Unfortunately, we got penalized on that final restart and weren't able to pull it off. I think we've clarified things a little bit with the new restart rule and are headed in the right direction. This team has had a consistent start to the Chase, and I expect more of the same this weekend in Dover."
Johnson has placed fourth and fifth in the first two Chase races. He began last year's playoffs with second-place finishes at Chicagoland and New Hampshire but ended the season third in points (-40). He finished 32nd at Phoenix and 36th at Homestead.
Carl Edwards comes to Dover fourth in points (-36), followed by Biffle (-38), Kevin Harvick (-39), Kurt Busch (-40) and Jeff Gordon (-42).
Ninth through 13th are: Ryan Newman (-47), Clint Bowyer (-48), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (-62), Joey Logano (-69) and Kasey Kahne (-71).
Forty-three teams are on the preliminary entry list for the AAA 400.
Nationwide Series
5-Hour Energy 200 - Dover International Speedway - Dover, Del.
Joey Logano has figured out Dover International Speedway very well in Nationwide Series competition.
In June, Logano became the first driver to win three consecutive Nationwide races at Dover. He scored a season-sweep here in his last year with Joe Gibbs Racing in 2012. Logano's victory in this year's spring event at this track came in his fourth Nationwide start as driver of the No. 22 car for Penske Racing. In the last three races at Dover, he has led 404 of 600 laps.
"Every weekend, we want to go out there and win the race, and I think we have a great shot to do it at Dover," Logano said. "To think that you can win three straight and even four straight races at a track is pretty freaking cool. I really want to go out there and make it happen this weekend."
Last weekend at Kentucky, Ryan Blaney became the fourth different driver to take the No. 22 to victory lane in a Nationwide race this season, joining A.J. Allmendinger, Brad Keselowski and Logano. The 22 team has won 10 of 27 events in 2013.
Todd Bodine, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards and Logano share the record most Nationwide wins at Dover with three each. Busch is on the entry list for this weekend's race. He already has 10 wins in the series this season. The JGR driver finished fifth at this track earlier this year.
"This is a favorite track for most in the garage, because it's so unique with the concrete and high banking," Busch said. "It's fast and fun to maneuver, but challenging too. You have to keep up with it. JGR has obviously run well here, sweeping both events in 2012. I missed it a little in the spring race, had a good car and the last round of pit stops took us out of cycle to be where we wanted at the end."
Sam Hornish Jr., who is Logano's teammate at Penske, currently holds a 15- point lead over Austin Dillon. Regan Smith is third in points (-45), followed by Elliott Sadler (-54). None of those four drivers has won at Dover in the past.
Thirty-nine teams are on the preliminary entry list for the 5-Hour Energy 200.
Camping World Truck Series
Smith's 350 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, Nev.
While the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series compete at Dover, the Camping World Truck Series will run its last stand-alone race of the season this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Even though the Truck Series took a break this past weekend, Ryan Blaney comes to Las Vegas with a lot of momentum. Blaney claimed his first Nationwide win last Saturday at Kentucky. He drove the No. 22 car for Penske Racing.
This is Blaney's rookie season in trucks, driving the No. 29 Ford for Brad Keselowski Racing. He has two career wins in the series -- Iowa in September 2012 and Pocono last month.
"Any time you win in any series, your confidence level as a driver goes way up," Blaney said. "You hope to make something of that momentum going into the next week and just still keep building off of that and having good runs after that."
After finishing third in the most recent race earlier this month at Chicagoland, Blaney moved up two positions in the point standings to fifth. He is 82 points behind leader Matt Crafton. This will be the first time Blaney competes in a truck event at Las Vegas.
"We definitely got into a little bit of trouble earlier in the year, whether it's mechanical issues or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time and ending up with a wrecked truck," Blaney said. "But I think my Brad Keselowski Racing team has really improved here over the past few months with winning Pocono and having a good shot to win Bristol and running up front in Chicago.
"We've had a lot of good runs the past few months, and it's unfortunate we got ourselves so far behind in the first half of the season, but that's what racing is all about. The 88 team (Crafton) has done an awesome job of really being consistent and really being able to build up that huge point lead."
Crafton comes to Las Vegas with a 41-point lead over defending series champion James Buescher, who has won two of the last five races. Ty Dillon is third in points (-59), while Jeb Burton is fourth (-70).
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Normally a trip to Cincinnati doesn't qualify as a prize, but there hasn't been much normal about this Jets season. They survived a rookie quarterback throwing 20 interceptions, a pair of 3-game losing streaks marked by stunning amounts of self-mutilation and a coach who proclaimed their season over with two games to play to make the playoffs -- all by dominating the Bengals 37-0 in what was almost certainly the final game ever played at Giants Stadium.
There wasn't much in doubt about the game after the first half and, unlike last week, it wasn't because the Bengals didn't show up to play ball. They had a chance to move up to the third seed in the AFC with a victory, but it was clear from the outset that they didn't want the game as much as the Jets.
The Jets led 27-0 because their offensive line pushed the Bengals around from the opening whistle. The Jets held onto the ball for nearly 25 of the first 30 minutes, including 13:54 of the first quarter, and outgained the Bengals 250-7 for the half. The Bengals defenders looked like they were wearing roller skates on most plays and it wasn't long before the visitors looked content to get out of the bitter cold and prepare for next week's rematch.
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Other than the line, the offensive hero for the Jets was Brad Smith. Smith, a wide receiver, played quarterback at Missouri and took several snaps in the first half that turned into either option plays or straight runs. He gained 92 yards, scored a touchdown and kept the already befuddled Bengals on their heels every time he touched the ball. Whether the gimmickry remains a part of the Jets offense next week remains to be seen, but it's probably something worth considering.
As you could probably guess from the final score, the defense continued to play at a high level on Sunday night. The Jets allowed only 47 points in their last six games, a miniscule total that makes good on all of the wildest offseason dreams about what Rex Ryan would bring to the team.
Wild as those dreams might have been, though, they were nothing compared to playoff talk when the Jets were 4-6 or even when they blew a chance to beat the Falcons in Week 15. Thanks to a streak of luck and timely play that goes against their entire history, however, the Jets live to play at least one more game against a team they handled with little trouble on Sunday night.
Suddenly Cincinnati in January doesn't sound so bad, does it?
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.

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Quick ways to freshen up your home for fall
As fall weather sets in, many homeowners take advantage of cooler days to spruce up their living spaces since they're confined indoors. However, fitting all that work into a busy season filled with school, sports and other family demands isn't always easy.
Fortunately, a fall refresh doesn't have to mean mountains of daunting work. These tips can provide the inspiration you need to spruce up your home without the hassle.
Control the clutter Even the cleanest homes still look messy when they're disorganized, but it's an uphill battle for many to keep clutter from accumulating. Tackle the house room-by-room. Divide clutter into three piles: keep, donate and discard.
Add some cheery light If you're like many homeowners, light fixtures aren't high on your list for everyday cleaning. However, over time dust and debris build up, which can impact the quality of light. Take time to wipe down fixtures for a cleaner, brighter ambiance in minutes.
Swap out beddingUpdating the textiles in a room is an easy way to instantly transform a space. Bedding for cooler seasons tends to be heavier and darker, so it's the perfect time to make a switch to sheets and comforters that are not only practical but look cozy and inviting for the cold nights ahead. Similarly, you can swap out airy drapes and window treatments for more robust versions that reflect the season while helping keep drafts at bay.
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When the European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing a space probe for a journey through the cosmos, one thing has top priority: precision down to the last detail. LT Ultra, a manufacturer of high-precision metal optics, guarantees this precision with measuring technology from Carl Zeiss.
Seven years in space, temperatures ranging from minus 40 to plus 300 degrees – Europe's first mission to Mercury will certainly be no walk in the park. Therefore, all parts traveling in 2014 must meet special requirements. This applies in particular to the altimeter that will map the surface of the planet. Its components include the baffles, aluminum parts that will protect the laser and telescope from the rays of the nearby sun. In a multi-step process using an ultra-precision lathe, LT Ultra-Precision Technology GmbH in Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany, manufactures the components of the baffles which are just several tenths of a millimeter thick.
The company specializes in ultra-precision machines: machine tools featuring accuracy down to the nanometer and sub-micrometer range. However, this alone is not enough: "High precision is not possible today without the corresponding measuring equipment," explains Richard Widemann, President of LT Ultra.
Parts such as baffles present the measuring technology at LT Ultra with certain challenges: the thin-walled components have an extremely sensitive optical surface that is easily scratched and must be measured with accuracy of a few hundred nanometers.
In order to meet the high demands on accuracy and sensitivity, LT Ultra acquired a PRISMO ultra coordinate measuring machine from Carl Zeiss – with a special configuration. The standard PRISMO ultra measures with accuracy of 0.6 micrometers. However, even this amazing precision is insufficient for special items such as the baffles.
By using hand-selected components and perfecting the already very careful assembly, Carl Zeiss succeeded in tailoring the measuring machine to the extraordinary accuracy requirements. Furthermore, the experts at Carl Zeiss therefore optimized the control parameters of the controller for the contact sensor and modified the software settings for the special job. Now, the contact stylus touches the workpiece ever so slightly, ensuring that the sensitive surface is not damaged.
"This measuring machine is a milestone for us," summarizes Wideman after one year. Since the introduction of the PRISMO ultra coordinate measuring machine, LT Ultra measures the complex geometries with their high accuracy requirements internally. The company is no longer reliant on external providers which considerably slowed processes in the past and made some projects impossible. Who knows if products from LT Ultra would have ever made the trip to Mercury without the investment in a measuring machine.
With its 70-strong team of employees, LT Ultra-Precision Technology GmbH is a leading manufacturer of high-performance metal optics, ultra-precision machines, air bearing components and beam guidance components for lasers. Products of the company, founded in 1995, are used in luggage scanners at airports or required by the CERN Institute for the construction of a new type of particle accelerator. The company therefore has access to various market niches.


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Q. Does this agreement raise city taxes?
A. No. The city's debt service will be covered by lease payments received from Brookstown Development Partners and stadium revenues.
Q. Does it anticipate subsidizing the baseball team with tax revenues?
A. No.
Q. Does it put any public money in the pockets of Mr. Prim or the other private investors in the project?
A. No.
Q. Does it permit those investors to make any profit from the project during any year, unless the city's obligations are paid first?
A. No.
Q. What does the city get in return for its $12.7 million investment?
A. Ownership title to the land and the stadium, and a guaranteed place in line for the team and stadium revenues, ahead of any investor payments or profits.
Q. What will be used to pay the principal and interest payments on the city loan?
A. Lease payments from Brookstown Development Partners (BDP) and revenues from the operation of the ballpark, including ticket sales, concessions, advertising, and sponsorships.
Q. What indications do we have that those revenues will be adequate to cover all obligations?
A. Pre-sales of tickets and sponsorships support the revenue projections. Professional analysis for the banks projects strong revenues from the new stadium. Performance of the Greensboro minor league team in its new stadium already exceeds what Winston-Salem would need here.
Q. What other security will the city have to protect its interests?
A. We will continue to have veto power over sale or relocation of the team franchise. Winston-Salem has always been a strong market for minor league baseball so they're going to want to keep a team here, especially with the most modern new stadium in the league. We will also still have the letter of credit, paid for by the developer in advance, to cover shortfalls in the ticket surcharge due the city.
Q. What guarantees will the city have of timely completion of stadium construction, and responsible use of our loaned funds in that completion?
A. Failure to complete construction on time would accelerate the loan, and the city will have a stronger interest in the assets of the land and stadium. Performance and payment bonds will also be in place to ensure completion of the project. We also will receive biweekly progress and expenditure reports during the construction period, including what's been spent on what, and the updated estimated completion date.
Q. What ongoing monitoring will the city have of team finances after completion of the stadium?
A. We will receive quarterly financial reports from the team owners, to be reviewed by our accountants, summaries of which will be made public.
Q. At what point did the city turn over the $12 million to Mr. Prim? Please tell the public what happened and why there was an absence of standard lending practices?
A. The payments to Sports Menagerie were reimbursements to the developer for expenses actually incurred based on invoices. These payments were made after the developer demonstrated that he had a bank letter of credit for the construction. Payments were made between November 2007 and July 2008. Total expenses during this period were $19,884,100.
The first $12 million was a grant to the project that has perfomance conditions attached to the project. It was not a loan.
Q. Will there be traditional safe-guards for disbursing the money or does BDP simply get a $12.7 million check?
A. None of the funds will go to Brookstown Development Partners or the previous partner. The funds will be disbursed by the bank consortium based upon actual invoices from the contractors and lien holders.
Q. Why would foreclosure cost the city more than $12.7 million to complete the stadium?
A. The city's initial $12 million is behind an $18 million Regions Bank land loan and $10 million is owed to the contractors. A settlement would have to be reached with each of these parties. The city would then have to borrow funds to complete the construction of the stadium at an estimated cost of $13.5 million.
Q. Is the stadium being built on land that has not been bought? Who has title to the land?
A. The land is owned by BDP. That land and the land for phase II was all bought by BDP using the original proceeds from the $18 Regions Bank loan
Q. Why would the city "give" $2 million to Brookstown Development
Partners (BDP)? Is this legal? I know that it may or may not be a federal
grant (still tax dollars)? What happens to the original project that these funds were intended for?
A. The $2 million is coming from capital reserves that are set up in the Broad Street improvement project. That project provides for intersection and roadway improvements along Broad Street from Business 40 to 5th Street. We have already received a $2 million federal grant for improvements on roads around the stadium, but Broad Street was left off the bill language, a technical error. We are seeking a technical amendment to add Broad Street. The local funds provided to the project would be used for transportation, site work and other improvements that are allowed by law. Once the technical amendment is approved, we would replenish the capital project funds and the Broad Street project could be completed.
Q. Has construction progressed too far to scale back the "upgrades"?
A. Yes, the vast majority of the upgrades has already been done. The remaining items like the completion of the play yard are not significant cost components.
Q. Is the amount owed for existing work $10 million or $475,000?
A. The amount owed is $10 million.
Q. Why would the city purchase Phase II Land before the stadium proves itself?
A. The city's investment goes towards paying off the outstanding Phase I debt and towards completion of the stadium. These funds are not be used to purchase land in Phase II.
Q. What does Mr. Prim have in the project?
A. Mr. Prim has to place millions on deposit as collateral for the remaining Regions Bank $10 million land loan and the BOA $15 million bank loan. He also had to expend millions to buy out his former partner in the ownership of the team.
Q. Will the city verify through legal documents that Mr. Filipowski's interests have been satisfied and he is clearly and completely out of the picture?
A. Yes
Q. What is the impact to city taxpayers when BDP does not make the loan
A. Bank of America advises that the team's management company, Mandalay is one of the best in the country. When you look at the current attendance of over 400,000 in Greensboro, and the fact that the Dash has sold more sponsorships and pre-season ticket packages than Greensboro did in its first year, it is likely that the team will be able to pay the lease to the city. We have actually reviewed signed sponsorships that total over $2.5 million and a signed multi million dollar naming rights contract. We have stressed a very detailed pro forma on the team operations to ensure that there will be funds available to cover our loan. The banks have reviewed all of this information with us. Unfortunately because of the credit freeze their rules will not allow them to loan more than $15 million directly. If the projections are totally wrong and the team cannot meet the obligations, in the worst case scenario, the city would have to fund the $800,000 annual debt service payment.
Q. Please specify who the 'outside consultants' are and how they were funded. Do these consultants have any connection to the developers?
A. All of the costs for outside consultants (attorneys, financial advisors, and auditors) are included in the closing cost for the loan to the developer. The costs will be paid by the developer, just like home closing costs are charged to the buyer by the bank. We were very careful to select outside consultants that had no ties to the developer or any of his partners. To ensure this, most of the help came from Charlotte or Raleigh firms.
Q. When will the funding of this stadium cease?
A. We have reviewed detailed engineering and construction estimates with an independent consultant hired by the banks and are very confident that the stadium will be completed for the total cost of $40.7 million.
Q. Will the city be able to utilize the stadium as a multi-purpose arena and hold concerts or similar events there?
A. The developer intends to have concerts and other events in the stadium year round.
Q. Why is there no legal contract between the city and the developer regarding these loans?
A. The city already has a legal contract for the $12 million that we invested two years ago. For this new loan we have an agreed on term sheet. By law, the city manager cannot sign and execute a written contact for this loan until the City Council has voted to approve the terms and given the city manager the authority to execute such an agreement.
Q. When will the stadium be ready?
A. The goal is to have the stadium completed in the fall of this year.
Q. What happens if the franchise relocates the baseball team outside the city or sell the team?
A. If the developer sells or relocates the team outside of the city, the debt to the city becomes due and payable immediately. A relocation of the team will also cause an event of default under the bank groups' loan. This is a huge financial disincentive for the franchise to relocate the team, without first obtaining the necessary approvals.
Q. Why can't Mr. Prim use funds from the $340 million sale of Blue Rhino to finish the ballpark?
A. Blue Rhino was sold to Ferrellgas in 2004 for $17 a share. According to filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, at the time of the sale, Mr. Prim owned 1,646,352 shares, 11.5% of the company. Mr. Prim sold these shares to Ferrellgas for $27,900,000. Mr. Prim has indicated that most of the funds from the proceeds of the sale were invested in Ferrellgas or in his new company Primo Water. An independent auditor has confirmed that all of Mr. Prim's current assets are pledged as collateral in other ventures or for the bank loans associated with the team, stadium, and adjoining property.
Q. What was the original $12 million investment in the project used for?
A. These funds were used to help off-set costs associated with the development of the stadium, including public infrastructure improvements, site preparation, stadium construction and land acquisition.
Q. Why were there not more safeguards in the original agreement?
A. There is a contract with the developer that requires completion of the stadium by March 2010. If the project is not completed the city would have the option of suing the developer, but from a subordinated interest behind the lenders and contractors.
Q. Did the city receive any legal advice in drafting/reviewing the original agreement?
A. No, the original agreement was prepared internally by the former City Attorney.
Q. Where did the $12 million in city funds in the original agreement come from? Did it include taxpayer funds?
A. One million came from previously approved Downtown Development General Obligation Bonds, $5.5 million came from the sale of Ernie Shore Field and $5.5 million was borrowed and is being financed over 20 years. This borrowing is being covered by the new tax increment generated by the stadium. Of this total amount, the $1 million in General Obligation Bonds is the only portion that is being taxpayer funded.
Q. What has the city already agreed to fund in the Phase II mixed use commercial development adjacent to the stadium?
A. The city's additional financial assistance of up to $8,012,252 would be provided over a period of up to 25 years based on the annual taxes paid to the city in excess of the taxes paid on the $22.6 million base price of the stadium. In addition, with the construction of Phase II, the city would agree to purchase up to 1,000 parking deck spaces at a total cost not to exceed $16,340,858. The purchase of these spaces is contingent upon the costs being self-funded through the Phase II development.
Q. Why expand the scope of stadium in a tightening credit market?
A. The scope of the project changed before most vertical construction had ever begun.
Q. Why didn't the developer come forward sooner to inform the city of the increases in cost?
A. Because the developer was trying to work out the details with the bank consortium and for reasons of confidentiality, the developer waited until most of the critical issues were resolved before going public.
Q. Why can't the developer put more of his personal funds into the stadium?
A. The developer is unable to borrow any additional funds to put into the project.
Q. Is Flip going to receive any of the city funds?
A. No
Q. What are the specifics on the $1.3M loan from the Millennium Fund?
A. This loan is for 25 years at 0% interest with all payments deferred. When the stadium is transferred to the city's ownership in 25 years, the loan is completely forgiven.
Q. Is the city helping small businesses and/or homeowners that are facing foreclosure in this economy?
A. The city has a small business loan program to assist small businesses. Funds also will be available by the end of July to assist homeowners who are about to be evicted due to foreclosure.
Q. Can the city be more transparent and disclose all documents?
A. All documents that can be made public have been placed on the city's web site.
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D8 Video: Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Ray Ozzie on Cloud Computing
Is the current shift toward Web-based applications and cloud computing a threat to Microsoft (MSFT)? Or is it an opportunity? During their D8 appearance today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie argue that the company can move into the cloud and still protect its legacy software businesses.


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Moving Picture: Aurora woman's restaurant a haven for the hungry
Maribel Molina Cortes knows what it's like to be truly hungry.
Years ago, without money for meals, she would scrounge for scraps near her workplace, including searching garbage cans. But now that she owns her own Mexican restaurant in Naperville, the Aurora resident is able to look back on those times as learning experiences.
From the young age of 8, Cortes was the queen of her family's kitchen. Her mother taught her their family's recipes and she did the majority of cooking at home in her native Mexico.
Cortes met her husband in Mexico and soon moved to Aurora. Soon after arriving, Cortes noticed there weren't many good Mexican restaurants in the area and she dreamed of opening her own place. While family problems kept her from pursuing her dream at the time, she never abandoned it.
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Protecting nature is good for business
Protecting our region's environment is an important job for legislators in Raleigh and Washington. So it makes sense that conservative, Republican-leaning Henderson County has as its state legislator Chuck McGrady, a former summer camp owner and president of the national Sierra Club who helped lead efforts to protect DuPont State Forest and other natural areas.McGrady was among three panelists at a forum the Hendersonville-based Environmental and Conservation Organization held Thursday night. The other panelists were D.J. Gerken, senior attorney for the Southern Environmental Law Center, and Julie Mayfield, co-director of WNC Alliance, a regional environmental group. ECO held the meeting to discuss North Carolina's "systematic rollback" of environmental protections.
The speakers focused primarily on the impact of three bills that became state law last year: a 59-page regulatory reform act, a bill to prevent local governments from updating building codes more than every six years, and a bill sponsored by McGrady to regionalize water and sewer service.
McGrady noted that he voted against House Bill 74, the regulatory reform act that started out as two pages but morphed in the Senate to include everything from hog lagoons to carbon monoxide detectors. The legislation, supported by other local legislators such as N.C. Sen. Tom Apodaca of Hendersonville and N.C. Rep. Chris Whitmire of Rosman, contains a number of changes that can accurately be described as rolling back environmental protections. These include changing groundwater contamination cleanup rules so that cleanup is not required until contamination reaches the property boundary, allowing local governments to adopt environmental rules stricter than state or federal rules only by unanimous vote, and putting an automatic expiration deadline on most state environmental rules unless they are reviewed and re-adopted by a state panel.
Mayfield noted that the changes will make it almost impossible for local governments to adopt more stringent environmental rules because of the difficulties in ever getting unanimous consensus. In our view, this rule runs against the idea that local voters and governments should be able to set their own rules, and wrongly sets a different standard for environmental versus other rules.
McGrady opposed requiring localities to have a unanimous vote to pass local green ordinances. He noted the bill contained "a lot of disturbing sections," including one that allows outdoor advertising companies to cut trees around billboards and limits localities' ability to regulate billboards.
McGrady pointed to an environmental victory brought about with help from local Republicans. They stopped a bill to change energy portfolio standards requiring utilities to produce 6 percent of energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar this year, eventually reaching 12.5 percent by 2020. He said H.B. 298 would've done away with future years' energy savings.
Sen. Tom Apodaca, R-Hendersonville, helped block the rollback of renewable energy standards on the Senate side. That move led to Apodaca receiving Legislator of the Year honors from the N.C. Sustainable Energy Association. "If there was a major environmental victory, this was it," McGrady said.
Regarding his bill to combine Henderson County's sewer system with Buncombe County's Metropolitan Sewerage District and Asheville's water system, McGrady said, "I don't view this as a development that is hurting the environment or water quality. In fact, I don't view this as Asheville's water system."
McGrady argued that Asheville has used its water system to "bully" its neighbors, including Henderson County, in the past.
McGrady is correct that the legislation creating a regional water and sewer authority does not roll back any environmental rules. The concern with this legislation is around the question, where will Raleigh stop in its effort to exert control over local governments?
McGrady deserves praise for his willingness to take the hot seat, answer questions and make the point that the words "conservative" and "conservation" are not mutually exclusive. He and other mountain legislators will have many more opportunities to show where they stand when it comes to protecting the environment, and the jobs dependent upon it, that are critical to our region.


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OCEAN CITY – Small energy turbines can officially start blowing in the wind after council passed their conditional usage through second reading and into town law on Monday.
After months of talking, tweaking, and testimony, which even saw Mayor Rick Meehan veto the first draft of the ordinance, the City Council voted unanimously to allow small wind turbines in Ocean City as a conditional use in all zoning districts, including residential (R-1).
In essence, after all the cautionary deliberation that saw council try to walk the line between embracing a new alternative energy source and keeping all the neighbors happy at the same time, the council was all business on Monday, passing the motion through with little discussion.
The turbines must be 1.1 times the total height of the structure from the property line, meaning if you had a 40-foot turbine, it would have to be placed 44-feet from the property line on all sides, and all usage will be by way of conditional use.
Simply put, all residents and business owners who would like to install a turbine on their property will now have to go before the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Mayor and City Council for final approval and can be considered for special exception in the same manner, if they simply can't meet the setback requirements and would like to plead their case.
The other ordinance that will be written into Ocean City code after making it through the required second reading on Monday night was the three-story height limit on structures in the 3rd-15th streets area of downtown Ocean City.
The town essentially had to deal with a rift caused by their own mistake after flubbed verbiage in the original ordinance neglected to include Jacqueline Avenue as part of the three-story height limit in the downtown area.
As a result, a developer who had purchased the property at 1404 Jacqueline Avenue from local resident and neighboring property owner Chris Tilghman, planned to build a 50-foot condominium structure, which Tilghman took umbrage with, since he claimed to have sold the property thinking nothing over three stories (or 35 feet) would be built in the spot.
The council advised both the developer and Tilghman to sit down with Zoning Administrator Blaine Smith to work out a compromise, after council made it clear that their intentions, despite the mistake, was to allow nothing more than three stories in that area of downtown.
The council voted 6-1 (with Joe Hall in opposition) to finalize the matter and set in stone the 35-foot height limit from 3rd-15th streets, including Jacqueline Avenue.
As for the rift between Tilghman and the developer, a memo from Smith to the council dated April 16 said a compromise has been made and the new condominium will meet the newly required height limits.


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There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes more than I can write about in-depth in any given week. So The Wild Hunt must unleash the hounds in order to round them all up.
- Salon.com has run an excerpt from Mitch Horowitz's new book "One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life," focusing on how former U.S. President Ronald Reagan was influenced by Manly P. Hall. Quote: "Ronald Reagan often spoke of America's divine purpose and of a mysterious plan behind the nation's founding. 'You can call it mysticism if you want to,' he told the Conservative Political Action Conference in 1974, 'but I have always believed that there was some divine plan that placed this great continent between two oceans to be sought out by those who were possessed of an abiding love of freedom and a special kind of courage.' These were remarks to which Reagan often returned. He repeated them almost verbatim as president before a television audience of millions for the Statue of Liberty centenary on July 4, 1986. When touching on such themes, Reagan echoed the work, and sometimes the phrasing, of occult scholar Manly P. Hall." Here's Hall's Wikipedia page.
- New York City Council Speaker, Melissa Mark-Viverito, is being accused of, well, of cursing a political opponent through a giant chicken head mural painted as part of a city mural project. Quote: "According to the Post, Gwen Goodwin, 52, thinks that Mark-Viverito purposefully targeted her East 100th Street building 'as the canvas for a five-story image of a bodiless rooster atop wooden poles.' Mark Viverito was the head of urban-art campaign Los Muros Hablan ("The Walls Speak") last summer, which sought to paint murals on walls across the city to celebrate Latino culture. But Goodwin writes in the lawsuit, 'According to neighbors of Puerto Rican and other backgrounds, in the Caribbean culture, this constituted a curse and a death threat, as a swastika or a noose would symbolize typically to many Jews or African-Americans.'" So, there's that.
- Some communities in England are preparing for traditional winter wassailing to ensure a bountiful apple harvest. Quote: "Traditionally wassailing takes place on Twelfth Night (January 5) but in apple growing areas such as Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Somerset the 17th marks the date of the orchard ceremony as it coincides with the "Old Twelveth Night" prior to the switch from the Julian to Gregorian calendar in 1752 when 11 days were taken out of the year. It will be the first time the pagan ceremony, believed to ward off evil spirits, has been staged at the property owned by the Busk family. A 'Wassail King' will walk through the Walled Garden orchard at 6pm offering bread soaked in cider to the apple trees and he will also pour water on the roots of the fruit trees."
- Here are some photos from the Arthur Pendragon-led protest against Stonehenge's new visitor center. Quote: "I don't want to give all my tactics away but next year's campaign will be based around the slogan 'don't pay, walk away', and encouraging people to make 2014 the year they did not come to Stonehenge." Can any force resist such a pithy slogan?
- The occult is rising! Quick! Train up some exorcists! Quick! Quote: "The rise in demonic cases is a result of more people dabbling in practices such as black magic, paganism, Satanic rites and Ouija boards, often exploring the dark arts with the help of information readily found on the internet, the church said. The increase in the number of priests being trained to tackle the phenomenon is also an effort by the church to sideline unauthorised, self-proclaimed exorcists, and its tacit recognition that belief in Satan, once regarded by Catholic progressives as an embarrassment, is still very much alive." What could possibly go wrong with training up an elite religious paramilitary opposed to minority religions that engage in magic?
- Times Higher Education has a review up of Ronald Hutton's new book "Pagan Britain." Quote: "This is an expedition into deep time: a meticulous critical review of the known and sometimes shadowy rituals and beliefs in the British Isles from early prehistory to the advent of Christianity. Pagan Britain charts what we know of human spirituality across some 30,000 years. Such a broad sweep might have lapsed into mere description; instead, Ronald Hutton brings the discussion alive with detail and debate, interspersing accounts of key findings and theories with critical vignettes of the moment of discovery or the character of the antiquarian in question."
- The New York Times looks at Christianity in Ghana, specifically charismatic churches that emphasize spiritual warfare and battling demons. Quote: "J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, a professor at Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Ghana, argues that these churches have spread so rapidly because African traditional religion envisions a world dense with dark spirits from which people must protect themselves, and these new churches take this evil seriously in a way that many earlier missionizing Christianities did not. Indeed, I have been at a Christian service in Accra with thousands of people shouting: 'The witches will die! They will die! Die! Die!' With the pastor roaring, 'This is a war zone!' […] The post-1960s charismatic revival in the United States, sometimes called "Third Wave" Christianity (classical Pentecostalism was the first wave and charismatic Catholicism the second), introduced the idea that all Christians interact with supernatural forces daily. That included demons. In fact, I found American books on dealing with demons in all the bookstores of the African charismatic churches I visited." American Evangelical Christianity has so, so, much to answer for. As T. M. Luhrmann points out: "In West Africa, witches are people, and sometimes, other people kill them or drive them from their homes."
- Is traditional religion (ie Christianity and Judaism) over? Quote: "It does seem, though, that 2013 was a year in which traditional religious affiliation underwent significant change. Is this the dawning of a new, liberal age, in which America finally starts to look a little more like the rest of the Western world? Don't count on it. American religion is nothing if not resilient. It is malleable enough to change with the times, and if anyone ever does declare war on Christmas, they will lose. We remain a weirdly religious country."
- Is the United Nations too Christian? Probably. Quote: "Christianity dominates the United Nations and a more inclusive system must be introduced at the world peace-making organisation, according to a new study. The report Religious NGOs and The United Nations found that Christian NGOs are overrepresented at the UN in comparison to other religious groups. Overall, more than 70 per cent of religious NGOs at the UN are Christian, where the Vatican enjoys a special observer status, as a state and religion, according to research undertaken by Professor Jeremy Carrette from the University of Kent's Department of Religious Studies."
- The deep, dark, roots of Britain's fascination with witchcraft explained by Dominic Selwood. Quote: "The inescapable reality is that these islands battle with elemental weather, giving us a visceral awareness of the drama of the changing seasons. Coupled with the long dark nights of winter and the euphoria of summer light, the British have always had an innate awareness of the proximity of the natural world, and its power to make or break us in any year. The result is an understandable fascination with the behaviour of nature. It is therefore no wonder that we have always been transfixed by figures who command the forces that the rest of us can only watch."
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Sketches posted at the behest of my pal, Jenny.
Pen and marker on some old book (Historical Anthology of Music), tone added in ye old photo-shoppe.
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Labels: drawing in old books, gestures
Friday, April 22, 2011
Brainstorm Sketch: the story room
So, this is what the inside of our story room looks like (I'm nearing the end of a Cachet landscape sketchbook, which I love for looooong drawings like this one).
I've been fortunate to be on the story team of a movie called Me and My Shadow at work for the last several months (and hopefully more to come). It's a great opportunity to work with fabulously talented people, and I've been learning a lot from them: Shane Prigmore (not pictured here, since he was sitting behind me to the left), Dave Pimentel, Ben Balistreri, Elaine Bogan, and our director Mark Dindal. Also in this sketch--Scott Sakamoto and Nick Fletcher.
More sketches and comics to come soon.
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Labels: ballpoint pen, life sketching, sketchbook
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Male Bonding
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Labels: comic strips, family
Friday, April 1, 2011
Meeting Doodle
Now that we have two kids, I find I have less and less time to draw in my sketchbook when I'm with my family. I sketched this guy during a meeting at work yesterday.
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Labels: ballpoint pen, crayon
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The battle between Jon Stewart and Chicago-style pizza is over. At least for now.
At the end of a three-part "Daily Show" segment titled "Strife of Pie," Stewart declared a truce Wednesday with the city and its pizza he slammed a week earlier.
"I may have implied that deep-dish pizza takes like string cheese that had been baked for two hours inside Mike Ditka's ass," Stewart admitted.
Then, "in the spirit of healing," the talk-show host tasted a slice of deep dish presented by fourth-generation Chicago pizza maker Marc Malnati of Lou Malnati's Pizzeria.
"This is for Chicago," Stewart said as he took a bite. "I have great friends there. It is a beautiful city."
His thoughts?
"Let me say this, very tasty. It's very, very tasty, and I apologize. Truce," he said, shaking Malnati's hand." Watch his full reaction below:
The truce came after a few more digs at the Windy City, with an "exclusive" report calling New York pizza "magic" and offering congratulations to Chicago for its pizza being "edible."
Stewart also ran several reels of Chicago TV stations whose anchors and reporters -- including NBC 5's Stefan Holt and Daniella Guzman, as well as Mary Ann Ahern and Carol Marin -- guffawing at his original rant. He even noted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's response: a couple pizzas loaded with anchovies and a note that read "Jon, Deep Dish With Dead Fish, Love, Rahm," and a tweet saying "No hard feelings?"
In the end Stewart said he hoped Chicagoans weren't too upset with him and called the battle done.
But not without another pizza fight in the wings.
"At least, let's face facts, we're not California," he told Malnati. "I mean California's pizza, that is s***. That is honestly, and I say this with all due respect to California, that is a pile of s***."
Jon Stewart Declares Truce With Chicago Pizza
Stewart apologizes for his Chicago rant and calls deep-dish pizza "very tasty"
The battle between Jon Stewart and Chicago-style pizza is over. At least for now.


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I'll buy any number of Stormtroopers, Clones, Imperials, whatever army builders wether they've changed or not. Now for Lukes, Leias, Hans, etc - I'll buy rehashes if I feel there's been a big change to it (articulation, newly sculpted head, etc). That said, I haven't picked up a single OTC yet, because I haven't seen any rehases that've changed enough for me to buy them.
I know that there are very subtle changes to most of the OTC figures, so I would like to know why you guys are collecting this line at all or if you're keeping a carded set.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008
Do figs, prosciutto and blue cheese work well on a pizza? Only one way to find out!
As you know by now, we cook and use a variety of different grains, pastas, flours and whatnot... I've been asked a few times how I keep things organized and stored. So, here I present to you our shelf of goodies (don't forget, you can get a closer view by clicking on any pictures!).
We do have a fairly big pantry "closet", but I like to keep things out where I can see them... I find that I tend to use the ingredients more often this way! All of these clear jars come from Ikea and are available in a multitude of sizes and shapes. On the top shelf is whole-wheat spaghetti, orecchiette and whole-wheat penne pasta (there are others in the pantry though!)
The next shelf has pearl barley, brown basmati rice, whole-wheat couscous, steel cut oats, arborio rice, wheat berries and whole grain cornmeal. Next comes all-purpose flour, oat groats, Israeli couscous, green lentils, kasha and granulated sugar. Underneath that is brown sugar, quinoa, M&Ms(!), jasmine rice, bulgur and confectioners' sugar. As you can see the other shelves occupy some baking pans, a bowl of Granny Smith apples and a variety of pound plus chocolate bars from Trader Joe's (we go through so much chocolate it is ridiculous!). You may be asking where all the whole-wheat flours we use are... I keep those in the freezer, along with most of our nuts, to keep them fresh and to prevent them from going rancid. While we buy in bulk and go through most of those ingredients quickly, I also think it just helps to preserve their flavor a bit!
Since it is so quick to make, I was able to use some of that whole wheat flour to prepare a batch of our favorite dough for this Fig, Prosciutto, and Blue Cheese Pizza we made for lunch today!
After we whizzed together the dough and let it rest, we were able to easily stretch it out to about a 13" circle - if you would like a little more crunch to the bottom of the finished pizza, use some cornmeal, instead of the flour, while maneuvering the dough. We thought any sort of tomato-y sauce would be a little odd with the combination of flavored we were after, so we opted to just rub the dough with a light coating of extra-virgin olive oil. We sprinkled creamy blue cheese crumbles over the now-glistening round of dough, followed by chopped sweet black mission figs and a handful of buttery fontina cheese. With such strong flavors already, a good dose of fresh ground black pepper was all we needed to add before we slid the pizza on the stone.
Where's the prosciutto you ask? Well, some recipes call for it to be added before it hits the oven, while some have you add it after - use it how you see fit as we think it is a visual and textural preference with what you like. We have found we like prosciutto best (at least with pizza) when it is applied after. The residual heat will just slightly warm up the salty meat without making it too dry. We didn't have any idea if this would actually turn out well as we were really just playing around with flavors and using up leftover ingredients in the fridge, but Jeff and I very much enjoyed this salty, sweet and pungent combination of flavors paired with that crisp wheat-y crust!
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What a healthful and neat pantry this is!ReplyDelete
Love that pantry. It's really nice and well organized.ReplyDelete
I started making your favourite pizza dough a little while ago and it's quickly become my favourite too!ReplyDelete
Nurpur - until you get those M&Ms... hee hee! ;-)ReplyDelete
Helene - Thanks!
Brilynn - I really do love it. Easy, quick and it tastes great!
I'll be thinking of you tomorrow when your weather hits -22. I'll still be going out in my shoes. It's nice to live in the Comox Valley. Completely different from Canada East.ReplyDelete
I can't believe you can keep all that food out( especially Chocolate) and your dogs won't inhale it all. Before we leave the house every day we have to make sure there is nothing out that will temp the boys. Oliver especially will eat anything that isnt bolted down.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1/21/2008 02:18:00 PM
I love all the glass jars. I probably have 20-30 different grains, flours, sugars, and nuts. (Actually probably even more!)ReplyDelete
I have given up on any organized system. It is always great fun when I have to find something...
I'm totally drooling over the canisters.....ReplyDelete
i love your cake stand/dome, i can't ever find one that's small like that, do you remember where you got it?ReplyDelete
Helene - It is suppose to warm up at the end of the week... woo!ReplyDelete
Randi - Spike and Max do pretty good!
Becca - Well, do you have a point! It is fun to find hidden ingredients you forget about.
Mary - Thanks!
Katrina - I think it is from Martha Stewart... but I don't remember where we got it.
oh dear god, that looks delicious!ReplyDelete
I am green with shelf envy!!! That looks fantastic. I wish I could fit one of those in my 450 sq. ft palace but I think I would have to forgo a couch to fit it in.ReplyDelete
P.S. Love your blog! I get so many great ideas from it!
Barbie and Rebecca - Thank you!ReplyDelete
I really love that pantry, I am inspired.ReplyDelete
Love the pantry, and that looks delicious. Don't love blue cheese, though-- think brie would work?ReplyDelete
Kandice - Thanks!ReplyDelete
Tanya - Possibly, but I've never added brie to pizza yet!


text: IN MEMORY OF VICTORIA "VICA" ZUBKIS WHO WAS TRAGICALLY MURDERED MAY, 2015 Share this 0 likes Even though Vica has passed on to a better place, She will always live in our hearts, memories, and through Vica.Life Vica was talented at rythmic gymnastics, playing piano, cirque, languages, arts and crafts Memories of Victoria I never had the opportunity or the pleasure of knowing Victoria as the talented, vibrant young woman she grew up to be, but I did know her as a child. I also had the opportunity of baby sitting for Victoria and her sister from time to time when I was visiting Steven in Bonita and he was very busy building his business and Alla was struggling to bring the art of rythmic gymnastics to the United States. I have to tell you they were the best-behaved little girls anyone was ever lucky enough to babysit for. Mostly they would just sit around on the living room floor playing games and working puzzles and, of course, Victoria being the oldest and most competitive always won. But she was a kind and gentle winner. She wasn't like other children who become boastful or bullying when they have outsmarted their brothers os sistes. She was so graceful, telling Maxine that is was just luck, that Max was sure to Max was sure to win the next one, which of course she never did. But she never felt that she was being humiliated or being treated like a loser. Victoria somehow always made losing seem like a victory. I remember one occasion in particular when Steven took us to a very elaborate, very high class Sunday buffet somewhere exclusive, I think it was at the Hotel Coronado on one of the little islands off San Diego. Victoria was naturally dressed up like little doll she was at that age and well, you know, these fancy buffets. They don't serve kid's food. I remember the first time I took my own daughter to something like that and she demanded very loudly from the waiter "where's the hot dogs." Victoria didn't do anything like that, she fit in perfectly with her surroundings. She went to the buffet table picked up things that looked good to her and left the rest. About there not being anything she wasn't used to or didn't recognize. She never acted spoiled or petulant even as the long meal and business talk dragged on and on. She just seemed to enjoy the moment and the experience. As I said, I never had the opportunity or the pleasure of knowing Victoria as the young woman she grew up to be. But I saw the videos of her performing, of her mastery of rhythmic gymnastics and crique acts, of some of her other skills, and I was always impressed by her poise and focus and dedication to using every ounce of her gifts and training to the max. Look, there is no real way to put the next part into words. It is always one of the greatest tragedies in the world fora young person, particularly a gifted, totally alive, vivacious young person on the cusp of just starting a life that will bring goodness and art and compassion and intelligence to a world that so badly needs all those things … it is always a tragedy beyond words when such a person's life is snuffed out at such a young age. It doesn't matter whether the villain is cancer or some other disease, a car wreck, a fire, whatever. But to be brutally slaughtered by someone you knew as a lover, a friend, by someone you cared for, someone you enjoyed spending time with. To be brutally slaughtered and to feel in your last instant of life that betrayal as well as the pain, to know that you are totally alone, alone and afraid and betrayed and suffering from the endless serious of wounds … let me tell you something, please, Steven say this one thing for me as you scatter those ashed. We, you, I, and Victoria, were not, are not, Christians. But crucifixion is not just the property of those who worship Jesus Christ as their savior. Crucifixion belongs to all of us in the darkness of our longest nights, in the depths of our worst nightmares. Crucifixion. If there is any other word to describe what was done to Victoria, alone, afraid, betrayed and butchered, mutilated and dumped in the ocean in the dark of a San Diego night, I don't know what that word is. And even if there is some other word, it doesn't matter, None of it, none of it, matters. The little girl I baby sat for and went to brunch with is no more. The young woman, who despite having to deal with her own demons as so many kids that age do, thrilled so many with her art, brought a little ray of light to so many with her compassion, sang so beautifully of life in three languages. That person, that girl, lives no more. And the only thing that matters are the memories and the tears. Memories of Victoria Elliott Borin


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Hey everybody what's shakin,! Sorry, I just couldn't resist a nice cheesy title to start off the New Year! 🙂 I will be back to blogging on a semi-regular basis now that the holiday frenzy has quieted. More good things to come on Hippie Couture!
I hope that 2009 will be a fabulous year for everyone!
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Gateway Rotary to host soup supper Feb. 1
ELY– Gateway Rotary is holding their annual Soup Supper on Friday, Feb. 1, from 5 until 8 p.m. at the Prairie High School cafeteria. Come and enjoy great chili or chicken noodle soup while listening to the Jasmine Band. There will also be a huge bake sale and free door prize drawings throughout the evening. Raffle tickets can be purchased before or during the event. Proceeds go to support projects like Prairie Edge K-12 and Alternative HS, PrairieWood Transition Center, Pages For Hope and area community projects. Tickets can be purchased in advance by going to www.gatewayrotary.org.


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Spencer is a senior from Los Angeles, California. He is and Environmental Studies major with a minor in Economics. Spencer is a Captain of the Washington College Swim team. This is his second year working in the GIS Lab and has taken part in the Crime Mapping and Analysis Program.


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moli li lon insa tan mi anu* mi ken [ALA] kepeken e wawa mi tawa ni mi ante moli mi la mi monsuta e moli.
That was hard to read. I may be re-understanding or just recalling what I had in mind that day, it makes sense if I forgot to add an ala. I make that same mistake in English-- dropping the negation.
I don't fear death if it is near or far. If death is already in me (upon me, eminent) or if I can't use my own power to change (prevent) my death, then I fear death.


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Brocade gets into the HBA business
Experts say the move, based on a partnership with LSI, could lower HBA pricing across the board and be the first step toward a Brocade-developed storage virtualization product.
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. announced it will be offering Brocade-branded 4 Gbps Fibre Channel, as well as iSCSI host bus adapters (HBA) in the next quarter, its first foray into the server connectivity market.
The impact of this move for users will be twofold, according to Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) analyst Brian Babineau: short term, he said, a third competitor in the HBA market could improve pricing for end users, as well as OEM suppliers and cut down on the number of vendors users have to deal with when deploying a storage area network (SAN). Long term, Babineau speculated that this could lay the groundwork for a Brocade-branded network-based virtualization product.
"Now, they're touching the server," Babineau said. "That opens up the opportunity for them to add services on top of the network, including replication, volume management and data migration."
Product specifications
Brocade said that the single and dual-port Fibre Channel HBAs will be based on a partnership with LSI Logic Corp., the better to get them to market quickly before they're overtaken by the next bump to 8 Gbps products, referring to the initial deal as a "launching pad." However, Brocade also announced its intentions to add 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) offerings, which it said will come from its own internal development.
"We have been planning this for several quarters and made some investments in resources several quarters back," according to Brocade officials in an email to SearchStorage.com. " The technology is not that dissimilar to switching technology, which makes this possible." Brocade has "host-side" engineering expertise from the acquisition of Ethernet acceleration chip provider Silverback Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum this past January.
Meanwhile, other Silverback assets are coming to light with the Brocade 2110 iSCSI Initiator HBA, which is compatible with servers running Microsoft Windows or Linux operating systems. The 10 GigE components will come from SilverBack, as well.
The iSCSI initiator market has become commoditized; many are available today for free. However, iSCSI HBAs, which include TCP/IP offload capabilities for boosting performance, are a different animal with more of a market opportunity. According to a recent ESG survey, 66% of respondents who had adopted iSCSI also had at least one server connected to a storage system with an iSCSI HBA.
The Brocade 2110 is available immediately from Brocade and its channel partners. The new Brocade 4 Gbps Fibre Channel HBAs are expected to be available at the end of July 2007 and the next-generation Brocade intelligent server adapters are planned to be available in 2008.
Earnings results and the Cisco factor
Brocade also reported record revenues of $345.3 million during its conference call Thursday. Revenues for the second quarter of 2007 increased 54% from $224.2 million reported in the first quarter of fiscal year 2007 and increased 89% from $182.7 million reported in the second quarter of fiscal year 2006. This was the first full quarter of combined revenue for Brocade and McData. Historically, according to Klayko on Brocade's earnings call, the second quarter has been a financially soft one for the company.
"I am delighted to report that we have far exceeded the [earnings] commitments that we made when we acquired McData last year," he said. "As you can see, the McData integration is well ahead of schedule."
However, Brocade also reported a 94% drop in profit Thursday on writedowns related to its acquisition of McData-- net income was $843,000 compared with $13.5 million in the same quarter last year. Some in the industry speculated that the move into the HBA market could be an effort to diversify and generate more profit over upcoming quarters in order to hold its own against Cisco. "We can understand that Brocade may feel pressure to make some move to compete against other switch players, but we do not expect this to have an impact on our business," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing at Emulex Corp., in an email to SearchStorage.
However, ESG's Babineau pointed out that a third player coming into the HBA market after what he termed a "duopoly" between QLogic Corp. and Emulex over the last several years will probably mean more competitive pricing for all Fibre Channel networking suppliers, Cisco included.
"They certainly battled with Cisco all day long this quarter, but considering they just posted record revenue and the fact that this will influence supply-side prices for everyone, I don't think they got into this market because of Cisco," Babineau said.
Meanwhile, Brocade issued guidance that predicts a decline of around $5 million in revenues for the third quarter, but said the quarter is historically one of flat or declining revenues (a statement that met with skepticism from some financial analysts on the call), and that the decline could be attributed to a softening in IT spending. This was cited by Network Appliance Inc. in its earnings guidance last week. Brocade also attributed the termination of McData reseller contracts on "nonstrategic, low-margin, third-party products" as another reason for the anticipated decline in third-quarter revenues.


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8 Ideas for Preserving Your Spring Strawberries
Ripe strawberries are dwindling in the markets—but some home canning can preserve the taste of spring for weeks or months to come. We've got a recipe for the Perfect Strawberry Jam (if we do say so ourselves) but also interesting variations including a strawberry jam given depth from balsamic vinegar and a strawberry jam that's made in the freezer.
Need some pointers on making jam at home? Right this way. Interested in freezer jam in particular? Check out our guide.
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Perfect Strawberry Jam
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam with Honey and Cinnamon
Strawberry Lemon Curd
Strawberry Balsamic Black Pepper Jam
Rhubarb-Strawberry Jam
Cranberry Strawberry Jam
Strawberry Kiwi Jam
Strawberry Mint Freezer Jam


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