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• The Schedule
Saturday, March 17, 2012, 11:30 a.m. (PT)
NCAA Tournament First Round
Des Moines Region
No. 16 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 1 Baylor (34-0)
at Bowling Green's Stroh Center (4,700)
Series record vs. the Bears – 0-2
Streak – Lost 2
Last time out vs. the Bears – L, 92-72 (@ Baylor, 12/11/98)
Game broadcast on AM 1290 KZSB and streaming online by clicking here
Game broadcast on ESPN2/ESPN3
Monday, March 19, 2012
NCAA Tournament Second Round – if necessary
Des Moines Region
No. 16 UC Santa Barbara vs. No. 8 Ohio State (25-6)/No. 9 Florida (19-12)
at Bowling Green's Stroh Center (4,700)
Game broadcast on AM 1290 KZSB and streaming online by clicking here
• UCSB in the NCAA Tournament
UC Santa Barbara is making its 14th NCAA Tournament appearance and its first since 2009. The Gauchos are 7-13 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and are seeking their first win since the 2004 season when that UCSB team went to the Sweet 16.
The Opponents
• vs. #1 Baylor, 3/17
UCSB has the tough task of facing 34-0 Baylor, which is the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Bears, coached by Kim Mulkey, received every one of the first-place votes in the final regular-season top-25 poll and are led by 6-foot-8 Brittney Griner. She averages 23.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.1 blocked shots per game.
• #8 Ohio State, 3/19
UCSB series record vs. the Mustangs – 1-1
Streak – Lost 1
• #9 Florida, 3/19
UCSB series record vs. the 49ers – 2-1
Streak – Lost 1
• Recapping the Big West Tournament
UCSB won its 14th Big West Tournament title with a 63-54 victory over Long Beach State. The Gauchos, at No. 6, became the lowest-seeded team to win the conference tournament. Junior Kirsten Tilleman was named the tournament's MVP while Melissa Zornig was also voted to the All-Tournament Team. UCSB is now 41-13 all-time in the Big West Tournament, and 14-2 in Big West Tournament title games, including a 5-0 mark vs. Long Beach State.
• NCAA Notes
No. 16 UCSB is facing Baylor, which is seeded No. 1 in the Des Moines Region. The Gauchos' previous lowest seed was No. 15 in 2009 when they matched up with No. 2 seed Stanford in San Diego. Baylor, which is ranked No. 1 in the nation, is the highest-ranked team UCSB has played since that 2009 contest when the Cardinal came in ranked No. 2 in the country. The last time the Gauchos defeated a ranked team came in December, 2005 when UCSB knocked off No. 24 UCLA 90-81 in overtime in the Thunderdome.
• Tenacious D
UC Santa Barbara is continuing its defensive dominance this season, holding opponents to just 51.6 points per game, best in the Big West and ranking the squad seventh in the nation. The Gauchos are also allowing opponents to shoot just 35.8% from the floor, which is the best mark in the conference and 39th in the nation.
• This Defense Doesn't Rest
Should the Gauchos' points allowed per game average – or anywhere near it – hold up, it would rank as one of the best defensive seasons in school history. The top two marks: the 1973-74 squad allowed opponents an average of 43.6 points per game, while the 2008-09 team allowed 55.5 points per game.
• Wake Me Up Before You Score, Girl
Of the 64-team Tournament field, UCSB averages the fewest points of any of the participating schools. The Gauchos average 53.6 points per game, ranking them 308th out of 336 teams nationwide. The next lowest-scoring team is No. 8 seed Kansas State, which averages 57.8 points per game, or 256th in the nation. The lowest per game average by a UCSB team was 45.2 in the 1973-74 season. This year's team is on pace for the third-lowest point total in school history.
• Climbing the Charts
With 20 points in Anaheim, Emilie Johnson passed both Kristen Nicholson (1982-86) and Mia Fisher (2001-05) for 12th all-time with 1,380 career points. Johnson has reached double figures in 13 of her last 15 games and the Loomis, Calif. native has 12 20-point games in her UCSB career.
• Top-Ten Time
It's not just points where Emilie Johnson ranks among the best in UCSB history. Johnson is third in career three-pointers made (210, five behind Jess Hansen), first in career three-pointers attempted (648), eighth in career assists (343, seven behind Erin Alexander) and second in career free throw percentage.
• For The Record
At 17-15 overall and with wins in nine of its last 11 games, UCSB has guaranteed itself of finishing above .500 for the 21st time in the past 22 seasons.
• 22 and Counting ...
With its victory at UC Davis in the regular-season finale on March 3, UC Santa Barbara assured itself of finishing Big West regular-season play at 8-8, marking the 22nd consecutive season the Gauchos have finished at .500 or better in conference action.
• Three, It's the Magic Number
Senior Kelsey Adrian has hit multiple three-pointers in eight of her last 10 games and is shooting 36.4% from downtown this season, which is tops on the team and sixth in the Big West. Her 1.50 three's per game are sixth amongst conference players. In just 62 games at UCSB, Adrian already ranks in UCSB's top-10 in career three-pointers. The Langley, B.C. native has nailed 100 three-pointers in her Gaucho career, placing her seventh all-time. Adrian is five treys shy of tying Kristen Mann (2001-05) for sixth in school annals.
• Aiming for a Perfect 10
With Emilie Johnson as the Gauchos' leading scorer at 9.5 points per game, the team does not have a scorer averaging 10.0 or more ppg. At this rate, Johnson needs 26 points vs. Baylor to finish at an even 10.0 points per game. Only once in UCSB program history has a team not had at least one player average double digits. That came in 1982-83 when Thyra Ladyman led the way with 9.7 points per game, a team that averaged 61.7 points per game.
• Board Games
Santa Barbara's two frontcourt stalwarts – Kirsten Tilleman and Sweets Underwood – are two of the best rebounders in relation to their Big West peers. Tilleman ranks second in the conference with 8.4 rebounds per game and Underwood is sixth with 7.0 per game. There has been just two games this season where one of the two didn't grab at least seven rebounds.
• What an Honor
For the fourth consecutive season Emilie Johnson was honored by the Big West as she was named to the All-Big West Second Team. She becomes the first Gaucho since Kristen Mann (2001-05) to be honored by the conference in all four seasons at UCSB. Joining Johnson in being honored was her backcourt mate, Nicole Nesbit, who was named to the All-Big West Honorable Mention squad and was Co-Sixth Player of the Year. Nesbit, who is second on the team in scoring, is the first Sixth Player of the Year at UCSB since Ashlee Brown was honored in 2008.
• CLASS-y Lady
Senior Emilie Johnson has been named one of 10 finalists nationwide for the Lowe's Senior CLASS award, given annually to the best senior who exemplifies hard work on the court, in the community and great character. Johnson is the first Gaucho to be chosen one of the 10 finalists. Fans can vote for Johnson by going to www.seniorclassaward.com.
• Eight is Enough
By finishing at 8-8 in Big West play, the Gauchos dropped more games than they have since the 1990-91 team went 10-8 in Big West play.
• UCSB or UCS-D?
Over the past few years UCSB has been a dominant defensive force. Last year UCSB led the conference in field goal percentage defense (18th in the nation) at 35.5%. In 2009-10, UCSB allowed opponents to shoot 36.3%, which was 31st in the nation, and in 2008-09, the Gauchos allowed opponents to hit 34.6% of their shots, ranking eighth in the country. Also, since the new millennium, seven Gaucho teams rank in the single-season top-10 in opponents' points per game.
• Turning Things Around
UCSB averages just 14.9 turnovers per game, ranking it 45th in the nation. Oddly enough, in UCSB wins, the team averages 16.4 turnovers per game while in losses, the Gauchos average 13.1 turnovers per game. Just two seasons ago, 2009-10, UCSB committed 649 total turnovers (20.3 per game), the 8th-highest mark in program history.
• Probable Starters - Quick Fact
F 1 Sweets Underwood - Her 4 double doubles led UCSB this season
F 2 Kelsey Adrian - One three-pointer shy of 100 for her career at UCSB
G 10 Emilie Johnson - Has hit double figures in 13 of last 16 games
G 33 Destini Mason - Started 24 of her 31 games this season – & 11 in a row
F/C 32 Kirsten Tilleman - Big West Tournament MVP – avg. 11.0 ppg, 8.7 rpg
• Probable Reserves - Quick Fact
G 3 Nicole Nesbit - Named Big West 6th Player of the Year
G 5 Madeline Campbell - 5 points vs. Bakersfield on 2/11 were a season-high
F 15 Adaeze Okolie - Played at Pacific on 3/1; 1st action since Jan. 19 @ Long Beach
F 21 Jackie Luna-Castro - 3 rebounds, 1 block, 1 assist in 4 combined minutes @ BWT
G 22 Melissa Zornig - All-Big West Tournament Team pick – avg. 16.7 points per game
G 24 Angelei Aguirre - Scored a career-high 9 points in tourney title win over Long Beach


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Thursday, July 9, 2009
vi, Still Relevant
Why, oh WHY, do those #?@! nutheads use vi?
One trick I learned from this article that I hadn't known: keep the cursor on the same line, but position that line at the top, middle, or bottom of the script via 'zt', 'zz', and 'zb' respectively. I am always ending up with the cursor at the bottom of the screen while runnning macros, and I want to look ahead to the next N lines, but all the other movement commands like Ctrl-d, H/M/L, etc. actually move the cursor. zt is a fast way to tell how many more times you'll want to run the same macro, for macros that process the current line and then move down one.
5 comments:
- Brian Tkatch said...
The oly thing i learnt about vi was ":q!". Then back to emacs. Luckily, i don't run into vi too often.
The power of a good editor is important to those who know how to use it. Be it vi, emacs, or whichever editor you prefer.
- July 10, 2009 at 4:26 AM
- Laurent Schneider said...
As I do not use a clone of vi, your tricks with zt and zb are useless for me...
vi is the best editor in Unix why should I care installing vim?
What I do hate in vi :
Line too long and Terminal too wide error messages!
- July 10, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- John Russell said...
Laurent: As I do not use a clone of vi...
There are many Linux systems where I don't intend to use a clone of vi, but still vim is hooked into the vi command. Maybe that's just Oracle's typical setup. I don't like some of the default behaviour on those systems -- colours on by default, live highlighting of search matches -- but it is fairly easy to put vim back into "visually matches vi" or "strict vi compatibility" modes from what I can tell.
When I'm using OS X terminal windows, full-screen on 24-inch monitor, vim doesn't complain about the width. I do experience odd cursor-off-by-1-line errors with some combinations of ssh clients and Linux systems, both with vi and vim.
- July 10, 2009 at 9:23 PM
- John Russell said...
Laurent: vi is the best editor in Unix why should I care installing vim?
Record and playback of keystrokes as macros. I often prefer this technique to automate search/replace/delete/rearrange operations over a series of files, even over a 'perl -e ...' one-liner.
- July 10, 2009 at 9:26 PM
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The settlement movement registered major victories this year on various fronts. Its representatives are reaching new heights in politics, the judiciary and the media. One out of five residents east of the Green Line is a settler. The expansion of settlements continues unabated, and - most importantly - settlers are in full control of the Israeli national narrative. In 2012, as more and more observers declared the death of the two-state solution, the settler became the new normal. By Lisa Goldman and Mairav Zonszein For decades, the settler movement and Israel's secular, largely Ashkenazi urban elite have been playing a game of…Read More... | 37 Comments


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Prof. Clint Lanier Redesigning NMT Website, Sept. 9, 2008
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 9, 2008 – Technical Communications professor Clint Lanier is excited about the possibilities in front of him – both as New Mexico Tech's website designer and as an instructor.
Lanier and a handful of his students will spend the school year redesigning the New Mexico Tech website.
Lanier, who specializes in interface design, approaches technical communications with a scientific eye. He was attracted to Tech because the university is one of a handful of schools in the nation that offers a bachelor's of science – and not arts – in technical communications.
"That's important, because there's a difference between technical communications and literature," he said. "We engineer things; we build things; and we're integrated with technology."
Technical communications graduates from Tech are well-prepared to enter the field because of their general education requirements in science – including physics and calculus, Lanier said. He's heard that from a major recruiter from Texas who recruits at New Mexico Tech.
"This is the greatest technical communications program that no one has heard of," he said. "I see the potential of this little school and I wanted to come here. We have a synergy with engineering."
Lanier has enlisted a small core of students to help with photography, graphics and coding. In his upper level classes, like TC 361 Advanced Web Design last spring, students redesigned the Technical Communications Program website. This semester, several students are working on the website as part of TC 491 Independent Study – Applied Web Design.
The students include Greg Koch, Vincent Urias, Rebecca Birch, Martin Riggenbach, Anthony Perreault and Danielle Rose. Koch, Perrault, Riggenbach and Birch have been hired to work on the project.
"We face a challenge," he said. "University websites are unique because they have many audiences. However, we can define those audiences and assume they'll go to certain places on the website."
A Las Cruces native, Lanier is a three-time graduate from New Mexico State University, with an emphasis on technical communication and web design.
Lanier has two main tasks: design a basic graphic template and construct a new navigational architecture. One main criticisms of the existing website is accessibility –users have difficulty finding important information.
"A university website is like a big shopping mall," he said. "You go to Cottonwood Mall, but you're not buying anything from Cottonwood Mall. You are going to all these storefronts. Our portal is the mall and the departments are the storefronts. People go through multiple doors to get in."
Lanier is crafting a sensible, accessible array of pointers – or links – to help the various visitors find what they want easily. By designing a comprehensive navigational architecture, Lanier will make everything easy to find.
He expects to present several prototypes to the website committee by the end of the fall semester, then deploy the new site by the end of the spring semester.
As for content, Lanier will work with each administrative department to help them craft their verbiage. The academic departments and research divisions – many of which already have dynamic sites – will continue to manage their content.
Once the site goes live, Lanier will step down and take more of a support role. Tech will hire a full-time permanent webmaster to manage and maintain the site.


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JPMorgan Chief U.S. Equity Strategist Tom Lee is known for his bullish views on the stock market.
Today, for example, he called for Dow 20,000 in four years during an interview on CNBC.
However, his note to clients today strikes a different tone - at least in the short term.
In the note, titled "CESI below zero - taking some risk off the table - moving Cyclicals to UW," Lee writes, "It certainly feels that the bullish sentiment is overpowering, supported by the calls for an imminent asset allocation shift out of bonds/cash into stocks, as well as the recent run of strong macro indicators."
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1) US [Citigroup Economic Surprise Index] has moved below zero. On the past 7 occasions when this happened the near-term equity upside was capped. The average maximum upside of 1% and average drawdown of 8% seen over the following 3 months demonstrate the asymmetric risk-reward in our view.
2) Q4 results are beating the conservative expectations. However, EPS upgrades are failing to materialize. Many more companies are cutting guidance than raising it. Third quarter was the first one in 4 years where global profit margins have fallen.
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4) A number of technical and sentiment indicators are starting to signal caution. Bullish sentiment has become completely consensus as seen in AAII Bull index which is now in the top 5% of the observed readings. The backtest shows that forward equity returns from this level of Bullishness are significantly below normalized. The Equity Skew is at 10-year lows and VIX near historic lows.
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Marie Racine of Huntley, Ill., was looking for a recipe she had lost for making fruitcake that contained dried apricots and Brazil nuts.
I did not receive any reader responses to her query, so I decided to do a little research. The recipe world is loaded with recipes for fruitcakes, from simple, almost quick bread versions, to the more elaborate that can require up to a month of aging and soaking. With Christmas rapidly approaching, I decided to experiment with a recipe for a Christmas fruitcake that I came across on a food blog called Shewolffe.com. The blogger is from Scotland so the recipe required some conversions and a few minor ingredient substitutions, but for the most part I left the recipe alone.
This cake is full of wonderful ingredients, including three kinds of nuts and lots of dried fruit. Except for some candied cherries, though, the recipe has none of that funky multicolored candied fruit that seems to contribute to the division between fruitcake lovers and haters everywhere.
The finished cake weighed close to 3 pounds but did not taste heavy. It looked lovely whole and even better when sliced. As with most fruitcakes, the flavor seemed to intensify and improve over a couple of days, so if you have time, make it a few days before you want to serve it. If not, don't worry. Even the day it was made, everyone in my house, including those who claim to be anti-fruitcake, liked this one.
Carol Zukus of Essex is looking for an "old time" recipe for apple cake that she says takes seven days to make.
Veronica Robinson of Baltimore is looking for a good recipe for banana pudding.
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Christmas fruitcake
Serves 10
5 ounces dried apricots, roughly chopped
3 1/2 ounces apricot or regular brandy
5 ounces soft dried figs, roughly chopped
9 ounces raisins
3 ounces candied red cherries, quartered
2 ounces each of almonds, cashews and Brazil nuts, roughly chopped
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 ounces ground almonds
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup light muscovado sugar (raw or light brown sugar may be substituted)
4 eggs
Soak the apricots in the brandy, while you prepare other ingredients. Butter and line with wax or parchment paper a deep 8-inch-round cake pan. Mix together the figs, raisins, cherries, nuts and lemon zest.
Combine flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and ground almonds in a separate bowl.
Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and the sugar in a large bowl for about two minutes, until creamy. Add the eggs to the butter-sugar mixture, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Gentle fold half the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Then fold the other half, followed by the fruits and nuts, followed by the apricots and brandy. The batter will be very thick.
Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan, smooth the top and make a small dip in the center. Bake for 30 minutes at 325 degrees then reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake for another 75 to 90 minutes. If it starts to brown too quickly, place a piece of foil over the top of the cake for the last 30 minutes. The cake is done when a skewer stuck all the way in, in the middle of the cake, comes out clean.
Leave the cake to cool in the pan, then remove the paper before serving. When wrapped well in plastic and foil, the cake will keep for a long time.


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Oct. 15, 2006
The UC Santa Barbara Women improved on there already historic season with a 4th place finish in the White race in Terre Haute, Indiana at the NCAA Pre-Nationals. Julia Lucas of North Carolina State won the race, leading her team to a victory with 117 points. Not at a 100%, the women still managed to have their top three women finish in the top 20 among 253 of the best runners in the country and finished with 196 points.
The team was led by Senior Lauren Christman's (Santa Cruz, CA/Harbor HS) clocking of 20:28 for ninth place over the 6,000 meter course. Christman was followed closely by sister, Senior Lindsay Christman (Santa Cruz, CA/Harbor HS) in 20:36 and Senior Stephanie Rothstein (Phoenix, AZ/Xavier HS) in 20:40 who finished in 16th and 20th place, respectively. This was the highest finish ever at Pre-Nationals for the Gauchos, justifying the womens No. 8 ranking. This showing improves upon the 8th place finish in Terre Haute in 2004 en route to a No. 17 ranking.
Indiana played host to 23 of the NCAA's top 30 teams in what is considered the most crucial race of the year prior to the post season. Along the way to their 4th place showing UCSB defeated 9 nationally ranked teams including No. 2 Colorado, No. 14 Washington, No. 15 Oklahoma State, No. 17 Illinois, No. 22 Colorado State, No. 23 Georgetown, No. 24 Tennessee, No. 27 Villanova and No. 29 Butler. Also in the race was conference foe Long Beach State finishing 27th.
With Junior Megan Lewis out due to injury and Rothstein feeling under the weather, the Gaucho Women went out with a conservative race plan and were helped by breakout cross country performances from Senior Hadas Moser (Irvine, CA/University HS) and Sophomore Danielle Domenichelli (El Dorado Hills, CA/Oak Ridge HS). Moser (21:31) and Domenichelli (21:32) finished in 75th and 76th respectively. This performance placed Moser 39 places ahead of last years showing and Domenichelli 49 places up from last year.
The trio of Christman, La., Christman, Li., and Rothstein came through the mile in 70th place while Moser and Domenichelli were joined by Junior Bethany Nickless (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley HS) and Sophomore Liza Hitchner (Half Moon Bay, CA/Half Moon Bay HS) in 130th at the mile. Moving up throughout the rest of the race the top 5 women passed at least 50 runners as Hitchner (21:40) finishing in 91st place passed 40 runners while Nickless (21:45) in 102nd passed her own share moving up at least 30 places.
The women next compete at the Big West Cross Country Championship October 28th at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The women are in top form heading into the conference championships and are heavy favorites to win their third Big West Title in four years.


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Lexus NX
The Lexus NX SUV targets BMW's X3 and Audi's Q5 and has become one of the company's biggest sellers. Jonathan Crouch reports on the latest range.
Ten Second Review
Here, Lexus throws the kitchen sink at the mid-size luxury SUV sector, its improved NX zeroing in more closely on the Audi Q5 and BMW X3. The range hinges primarily around the 2.5-litre NX 300t hybrid and is offered in either front or all-wheel drive. The sharper looks and beautiful interior are sure to secure no shortage of orders and the improved safety system is a welcome addition.
If there was one word that could best be used to describe Lexus, it's probably 'audacious'. This is a car manufacturer that doesn't recognise boundaries as many do. Its very first car was a tilt at the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, widely renowned at the time as the best car in the world. It built the world's first luxury hybrid and even built a supercar that even today feels more special and exotic than an equivalent Lamborghini or Ferrari.
For all its chutzpah and ambition, Lexus' footprint has tended to be narrow. Yes, the company has a luxury remit, but it's still been absent from many potentially lucrative market sectors where it ought to have been upsetting applecarts. In short, the brand could do with more models like this NX, a premium mid-sized SUV that targets models like the BMW X3 and the Audi Q5. On recent times, the range has been updated with smarter looks, an even nicer interior and stronger standards of safety.
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Lexus NX buyers get to choose between two powerplants. The more typically 'Lexus' of the pair is the NX300h, powered by a proven Lexus 2.5-litre petrol engine, generator, motor and battery with a total system output of 195bhp. Offered in front and all-wheel drive versions, the NX 300h is equipped with one or two electric motors respectively. It also gets sprung-weight damping control to increase ride comfort and handling stability by reducing pitching when driving on uneven surfaces.
A lot of attention has gone into improving body rigidity, with extensive reinforcement of the underbody, additional bulkheads and weld points, and extra suspension braces. An Adaptive Variable Suspension system is offered, which talks to the car's Drive Mode Select system, to alter the level of damping force to improve ride comfort and improve body control.
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Remember when Lexus tried to look like their competitors? Seems a bit quaint now doesn't it? These days there's no mistaking a Lexus for anything else and this NX remains distinctive and stylish, especially in this revised form. The signature spindle grille has a smarter look that aligns it more closely with the brand's RX luxury SUV and the upper part of the front bumper has been re-shaped so that it blends more fluidly into the bonnet. The headlamps have been revised too to accommodate a new Adaptive High-beam system, plus there are now sequential turn indicators, front and rear. There's a more stylised bumper at the back too, and re-styled tail lamp clusters with L-shaped lenses.
As before, the interior also owes little to the premium German brands in its design ethos. Lexus aimed to combine the purpose of a high-performance vehicle with the materials quality of a luxury vehicle. The centrepiece of the dash is a curvaceous H-shaped metal frame that's a world away from a typically slab-fronted SUV fascia panel. Details like drilled pedals and quilted leather seats differentiate the cabin from the usual suburban SUV norm. Practicality certainly hasn't been overlooked though and the NX offers decent headroom, a generous front-to-rear hip point distance and the longest luggage area load length in its class.
Market and Model
At the foot of the NX range, prices start at around £31,000 for a 2WD NX 300h in S trim, with the figures then rising all the way up to top Premier trim setting you back around £45,000. Lexus offers no fewer than six trim level options, although not every grade is available with every chassis/engine configuration. There's the all-wheel drive 'F Sport'-only NX 300 petrol model. And then, for the NX 300h hybrid variant that almost everyone buys, there are all-wheel drive SE, Sport, Luxury, F Sport and Premier grades, plus an entry-level front-wheel drive S grade. This being Lexus, even the humblest trim comes with the sort of gear you'd have to tick a depressing amount of options boxes for in many rivals.
The most recent addition to the line-up is the Lexus Safety System +. This equips the car with a range of active safety and driver assistance features, include a Pre-Collision System, Adaptive Cruise Control, Adaptive High-beam System, Lane Departure Alert and Road Sign Assist. Intelligent Parking Sensors are also available.
Cost of Ownership
Around town, the NX 300h hybrid variant brings the full benefits of its petrol/electric powertrain to bear. At first glance, the one mile limit for progression under all-electric propulsion seems a bit feeble but in practice, you use that allocation only in very small chunks between which the battery resource is constantly being replenished by brake energy regeneration. As a result, in built-up areas and stop-start traffic, the engine's nearly always ready to function in silent all-electric milk float-mode.
Which explains why this petrol model can deliver running cost figures that better those of rival diesels, specifically 55.4mpg on the combined cycle and 121g/km of CO2 in the 4WD version. Go for the 2WD 'NX 300h S' variant and the returns improve a little but not hugely: the 4x4 model does, after all, function nearly all the time in front-driven form as well. The 'S' model manages 56.5mpg on the combined cycle and 116g/km of CO2.
Lexus needs the NX - and needs it to do well. For that to happen, this car will have to offer more than the traditional attributes that spring to mind when you think of this brand, things like reliability, quality, refinement, technology and great dealer back up.
The NX may be a little too individual to sell in the kind of numbers its maker would really like - but then that's all part of its appeal. It's not perfect but it's never boring. And in a market sector that's getting just that little bit stale, it's a breath of fresh air.
CAR: Lexus NX range
PRICES: £30,000 - £43,000 (est)
INSURANCE GROUPS: tba
CO2 EMISSIONS: [NX 300h] sub 120g/km (est)
PERFORMANCE: [NX 300h] Max Speed 112mph / 0-62mph 9.3s (est)
FUEL CONSUMPTION: [NX 300h] 54.3mpg (projected)
STANDARD SAFETY FEATURES: Stability control, ABS with brake assist and EBD, eight airbags
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An Iconian gateway was a technology developed by the ancient Iconians 200,000 years ago – essentially a sophisticated transporter – the underlying principles of which remained well beyond Federation science.
These gateways allowed instantaneous travel over enormous distances, at least 70,000 light years. Physically the gateway appeared literally as a "door", either suspended in space or surrounded by a frame, through which was the destination. An individual could simply step through the gateway (as they would an ordinary door) and emerge on the other side. The gateway network allowed the Iconians to travel throughout the galaxy without the use of starships and was the chief means through which they controlled their vast empire, earning them a reputation among their primitive subject peoples as "Demons of Air and Darkness." (TNG: "Contagion"; DS9: "To the Death")
Only two Iconian gateways were known to have survived the destruction of the Iconian civilization, both of which were later destroyed. The first was found in 2365 inside the only remaining structure on the surface of Iconia, and was accidentally activated by Lieutenant Commander Data as he was investigating the Iconian controls. The gateway apparently acquired possible destinations automatically, including the USS Enterprise-D and the Romulan warbird Haakona. The Enterprise-D away team used the gateway to escape, destroying the facility behind them to prevent it from falling into Romulan hands. (TNG: "Contagion")
The second gateway was discovered in 2372 by the Dominion inside a stone ziggurat on the planet Vandros IV in the Gamma Quadrant. A group of renegade Jem'Hadar seized the gateway for themselves and re-activated it using equipment stolen from Deep Space 9. It was believed that they intended to use the gateway to foment an insurrection and mount a takeover of the Dominion. If they succeeded, the rogue Jem'Hadar would then gain the ability to move a force of any size onto any planet in the Federation or Dominion alike. Therefore, a joint Starfleet-Jem'Hadar team, led by Benjamin Sisko and Omet'iklan, successfully retook and destroyed the gateway. This second gateway generated some type of interference that prevented the functioning of energy weapons in its vicinity.
Previous to its destruction, the gateway led to Bajor (two different locations on the planet), Cardassia, Dozaria, Earth (Paris and San Francisco) and Volan III. (DS9: "To the Death")
|Places seen through the Iconian gateway on Iconia
|Places seen through the Vandros IV gateway
The discoveries of more Iconian gateways is the backbone of the Star Trek: Gateways novel miniseries.
According to Star Trek Online, the Iconian gateways constitute a galaxy-spanning network of thousands of gateways of various sizes, including ones large enough to admit fleets of starships. The network also extends towards the Andromeda Galaxy, though to what extent is unknown. It's also revealed that the Iconians do utilize spacecraft. These vessels are able to open ship-sized gateways at will, using them to travel great distances instead of traditional warp drives.
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Pat Cornely came to De Anza College as a result of a huge layoff at Amdahl in 1993. "I had no idea what I wanted to do for the remainder of my working career because I had planned on working at Amdahl until retirement. In the midst of my career crisis, I received the De Anza College Schedule of Classes," says Cornely. She opened it to a page with an ad for Environmental Studies and Environmental Compliance informational meetings.
"I thought it might be a perfect way to update my degree in biochemistry and immediately called Julie Phillips to reserve my seat at the meeting. I brought a friend and together we completed our Environmental Compliance certificates and degrees," she says. She became a student mentor and stayed on as a TEA working with Phillips on California Energy Commission contracts. Then, in 1999, she noticed a job announcement for a classified position in A&R.
"It was exciting to be in A&R working on the Degree Audit program. The ES Building Project (later the Kirsch Center) was also starting to become a reality. It was a very busy and exciting time! But that seems to be the way it is – our work here is ongoing and always busy," says Cornely.
Cornely was instrumental in leading the efforts in making the Kirsch Center for Environmental Studies a reality. "Pat spent many hours outside her normal work load to work with sub-contractors, designers, college facilities, staff, faculty and students to get the Kirsch Center built," says Phillips, nominator and Morgan Family Chair in Environmental Studies. "The Kirsch Center was the first community college building in the nation to receive a LEED Platinum designation. In addition, Pat has been instrumental in working with our students to achieve their academic goals in Environmental Studies and Environmental Science programs."
Bill Roeder, a co-instructor in environmental studies, says Cornely is a great teacher, too. "Pat always keeps the students' best interests at heart. She always makes time to answer their questions or offer guidance even if she is busy. She often comments that she needs to adhere to her posted office hours, but without hesitation, stops what she is doing to help a student in need." Roeder has been co-teaching with Cornely for about two and one-half years now, and says it's inspirational to watch her in action.
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Over the last several years, investors ranging from mom-and-pop shops to large hedge funds have been acquiring single-family homes in Memphis at a historic pace.
Ryan Creekmore of DR's Construction cuts a new section of bank seating for a home being renovated by Reedy & Co., which has benefited from the rise of investment properties.
(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
But determining the long-term impact that investor purchases have made on neighborhoods remains elusive.
While local real estate experts, including those tied to investment activity, say that investors acquiring vacant single-family and transitioning them to rental properties has helped the local housing market recovery by decreasing inventory and firming up values, local and national studies on the impact on investor activity say the lasting effect remains mostly "unstudied and unknown."
The investor interest has been a boon to companies like Reedy & Co., which helps investors buy and manage single-family homes.
Since 2012, the company's business has exploded. Reedy & Co. has gone from managing 1,200 homes to more than 2,600. Between 2012 and 2013, Reedy & Co. purchased 1,641 homes for investors, with a total value of more than $106 million.
"It's amazing what's happening," said Jay Reedy. "All this institutional money from out of state and out of the country is coming into Memphis. I think before the crash it was more of a mom-and-pop investor base but since the institutional investors have come in it's become more of an asset class and it's an asset class that is here to stay now."
Attracted by a glut of cheap foreclosures that appeared following the housing crash and recession, large institutional investors such as hedge funds and private equity groups have been targeting the Memphis market.
The Connecticut-based hedge fund Building and Land Technology, the Real Estate Investment Trust American Homes 4 Rent, Fundamental REO LLC and BLTREVJ3, a hedge fund, have all been very active in Memphis.
Randy Merritt of DR's Construction works on a house renovation for Reedy & Co., which buys, sells and manages homes for investors.
(Memphis News/Andrew J. Breig)
Building and Land Technology, one of Reedy & Co.'s clients, purchased 1,036 properties from August 2012 to October 2013. Memphis Invest LLC, a single-family rental real estate investment services firm, has been in the top three of residential property sellers in Memphis since 2011, selling 1,330 homes from January 2001 to December 2013. Of the top 25 residential property sellers in 2013, half were investors or investment firms, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com.
According to a 2012 lending study by the University of Memphis' Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action, 25 percent of single-family homes in Memphis in 2010 were owned by investors. And as the city entered 2012 54 percent of residential property sales were accounted for by investor purchases from the Real Estate Owned inventory of foreclosing lenders.
"Memphis is a 50 percent rental town now and I expect that to go to 60 percent, possibly 65 percent," said Jim Reedy of Reedy & Co.
Jim Reedy and other real estate professionals said the interest from investors has helped improve the Memphis real estate market by chipping away at inventory, reducing the "shadow inventory" of vacant or foreclosed properties that built up after the recession.
"If it wasn't for investors buying these properties over the last few years our comeback would have been much slower," said Jim Reedy. "It's brought values back much more quickly. Overall, it's been a good thing because it has solidified the market and brought supply and demand even where sellers can sell and buyers can buy."
Thomas Murphree, owner of Birch Tree Realty Resources Inc. and president-elect of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, said investors have played a largely positive role in stopping the housing market's precipitous slide.
"When we were in the middle of all the foreclosures those purchases helped put a floor in the market," Murphree said. "We were in a free-fall situation and so it started to steady the free-fall when things looked really bad. That has had a stabilizing effect on the market. If we can get people living in homes and bring communities alive again, that is a great stabilizing force."
But attorney Webb Brewer, who has worked on a wide variety of housing-related issues, questions the effects the transition of single-family homes into rental properties can have on the long-term health of neighborhoods. Brewer said that banks often sought to sell properties to investors who wanted to turn them into rentals instead of marketing them to potential new homebuyers, particularly in identifiably minority neighborhoods.
"There is a lot of data on the negative effect that such a shift has on quality of life and property values in those communities," Brewer said.
But determining the future impact of large-scale investor purchases is difficult, according to researchers.
According to a December 2013 Federal Reserve research note from Raven Molloy and Rebecca Zarutskie, "no studies exist on the effect of single-family-real-estate business investor activity on housing markets or other outcomes."
"On the positive side, these investors are deploying capital to purchase and renovate houses that otherwise might have remained vacant for a long time," reads the Molloy and Zarutskie note. "Tight financing conditions in the primary mortgage market have likely limited the ability of some potential owner-occupiers to purchase and renovate these properties themselves."
But because the large-scale rental of single-family homes is a relatively new phenomenon, Molloy and Zarutskie said it does carry some risks.
"Neighborhoods may suffer if a particular investor has difficulties managing large numbers of rental properties or ceases operating and cannot find a new investor to buy out their positions," the researches noted. "In this case, a large number of homes that are left vacant or put up for sale on the owner-occupied market could cause a drop in home prices in the area and thus negatively impact other homeowners."
The U of M's Center for Community Building and Neighborhood Action sounded a similar note in its study.
"The role of investors is growing and the impact on different kinds of neighborhoods is largely unstudied and unknown," the report states.
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Millennium Cooking Class: Chile Class 2011
So, let's start this Millennium Cooking Class post off with a pop quiz, a classic "What am I?" Can you identify the items in the green bowl pictured above?
If you have no idea (I had no idea), the next picture probably won't help, but here's another shot:
The answer: Physalis peruviana. Eric referred to them as Pohas, which I'd never heard of. That's the Hawaiian name, but they are (perhaps) more commonly known as Cape Gooseberries.
To me, they tasted like a tomato crossed with a lime. These came from Tierra Vegetables and I'm thinking I might take a drive to visit their farm stand very soon! (Also, check out Millennium's website for info on their special dinner at Tierra Vegetables Oct. 30th.) An obvious complement to chiles, the pohas were used beautifully in a mushroom ceviche in class, but I'm thinking exciting salsa!
OK. Pop quiz "What am I?" #2:
Here's a clue: has a strange floral, soapy, gasoline smell!
Answer: Epazote , a Mexican herb that is traditionally used to flavor beans or dishes with huitlacoche (corn smut), with the added benefit that it reduces gas associated with eating beans. We used it in the Smoky black bean mix, along with huitlacoche.
So I spent another happy Sunday in the kitchen at Millennium, exploring new ingredients and recipes with an inquisitive and energetic group of home cooks! The class featured chiles and also October's favorite ingredient, pumpkin.
The plate above shows our lunch menu: two versions of corn flour Araepas, mushrooms ceviche, pumpkin seed sauces, and also a smoky black bean puree.
The Araepas are a thick corn cake made with masa. One version used Tierra Vegetables corn flour in a 1:1 ratio with dried corn masa. Corn kernals were added to the combo version. Here two home chefs form the dough:
The araepas were then steamed:
and pan seared for crispiness.
We made two versions of the pumpkin seed sauce - a red version with tomatoes and habanero, the other a verde version with tomatillos and anaheim and poblano chiles (I worked on this version - recipe is at the end of this post)
We also enjoyed a colorful roasted squash salad with sweet chipotle dressing and raddichio:
With two versions of pumpkin seed brittle (the chewy version with baking powder seen below):
We also transformed soaked mung lentils:
With the help of the deep fryer:
Into delicious golden lentil vadas:
The vadas were paired with two versions of charred eggplant puree, two versions of mung dal (one made with cashew cream and one with coconut cream), and two fresh chutneys:
The second meal was paired with a simple and refreshing Sharlyn melon soup:
Dessert was a decadent combo of pumpkin crepes, hazelnut chocolate sauce (think vegan Nutella) and a knockout rose geranium sorbet:
Another great cooking experience! Many thanks to Eric, Thomas, Alison,my dear cooking pal C. and all my fellow cooks!
As promised, here is the recipe for
Pumpkin Seed Chile Verde:
2 cups pumpkin seeds
2 cups tomatillos (husked, but leave whole)
2 cloves garlic
1 yellow onion, small dice
3 anaheim chiles, rough chop
1/4 olive oil
Juice of 5 limes
2 bunches of cilantro (we blanched one bunch and added the other fresh)
1/4 cup vegetable stock
salt to taste
We later added more chile to punch up the flavor:
2 poblanos, rough chop
1/3 yellow onion, small dice
2 cloves garlic
salt to taste
Toast pumpkin seeds and set aside. Combine the tomatillos, 2 cloves garlic , anaheim chiles with a little oil and "char the crap out of them (= 40% char). Blend in a blender with the toasted pumpkin seeds with additional olive oil and lime juice. Salt to taste.
Then we decided we needed to up the chiles and sauted two poblano chiles in oil with 2 garlic cloves and an additional 1/3 yellow onion. We then put this through the blender and stirred it into the salsa verde.
Eric suggested a tomato version with carrots and fennel for a bolognese sauce.
Here's links to the previous 19 Millennium cooking classes I've had the pleasure of attending:


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Anytime Fitness has steadily climbed the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list during the past six years. This year, the Hastings, MN-based company finds itself ahead of all other fitness club companies.
On the outskirts of a top 10 field that includes Hampton Hotels, Subway and McDonald's, Anytime Fitness is ranked No. 11 on the Franchise 500 list, which was announced last month. Anytime vaulted ahead of another perennial Franchise 500 fitness business, Jazzercise Inc., which is No. 13 this year.
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Anytime Fitness ranked No. 10 on Entrepreneur's global franchises list and its fastest-growing franchises list. Anytime reported 1,468 franchised clubs in the United States, 34 in Canada, 123 in the rest of the world and 10 company-owned clubs in 2011.
"We're especially pleased for our franchisees who have worked so hard to build their own businesses and improve the lives of nearly 1.5 million members worldwide," Daly adds, "and we're looking forward to muscling our way into the Franchise 500 top 10 next year."
Jazzercise also appears on multiple lists. The Carlsbad, CA-based company is No. 3 on the low-cost franchises and top home-based franchises lists, No. 12 on the top global franchises list and No. 14 on the fastest-growing franchises list.
Snap Fitness, Chanhassen, MN, is No. 36 on the Franchise 500 list, No. 33 on the top global franchises list and No. 40 on the fastest-growing franchises list. Snap reported 1,013 clubs in the United States, 66 in Canada, 72 in the rest of the world and 39 company-owned clubs in 2011.
"We're proud to once again be listed amongst the leading franchise organizations in this year's Entrepreneur Franchise 500," says Patrick Strait, communications manager for Snap Fitness. "It's because of the hard work of our franchise owners and corporate staff that we are able to continue to lead the way in the 24/7 compact fitness sector, and we look forward to growing our brand while providing our members with the best value for their money in 2012 and beyond."
The remainder of the fitness clubs on the Franchise 500 list are: Planet Fitness, Newington, NH (No. 76); Gold's Gym International, Irving, TX (No. 192); RetroFitness, Colts Neck, NJ (No. 217); Get in Shape for Women, Needham, MA (No. 248); Tiger-Rock Martial Arts International, Pensacola, FL (No. 293); The Little Gym, Scottsdale, AZ (No. 326); CKO Kickboxing, Hoboken, NJ (No. 360); My Gym Children's Fitness Center, Sherman Oaks, CA (No. 372); and Koko FitClub LLC, Rockland, MA (No. 399).
Only franchise companies that sent full Franchise Disclosure Documents (FDDs) or Canadian Disclosure Documents and whose information was verified by Entrepreneur could receive a listing in the magazine. To be eligible for the list, a franchise company must have a minimum of 10 units with at least one based in the United States, must be seeking new franchisees in the United States and cannot be in Chapter 11 at the time the ranking is compiled.
All companies are judged by objective measures of a franchise operation, regardless of size, according to Entrepreneur. Financial strength and stability, growth rate and size of the system are the most important factors that the magazine takes into consideration. Other criteria include start-up costs, litigation, percentage of terminations and whether the company provides financing.
The following fitness club companies appear on Entrepreneur magazine's Franchise 500 list and sub-categories this year:
2012 Franchise 500 rank
11. Anytime Fitness
13. Jazzercise Inc.
36. Snap Fitness
76. Planet Fitness
192. Gold's Gym International
217. RetroFitness
248. Get in Shape for Women
293. Tiger-Rock Martial Arts International
326. The Little Gym
360. CKO Kickboxing
372. My Gym Children's Fitness Center
399. Koko FitClub LLC
Fastest-Growing Franchises
10. Anytime Fitness
14. Jazzercise Inc.
21. Planet Fitness
40. Snap Fitness
68. Get in Shape for Women
101. Koko FitClub LLC
America's Top Global Franchises
10. Anytime Fitness
12. Jazzercise Inc.
33. Snap Fitness
68. Planet Fitness
150. Gold's Gym International
Top New Ranking
7. Get in Shape for Women
13. Tiger-Rock Martial Arts International
35. CKO Kickboxing
38. Koko FitClub LLC
Low-Cost Franchises
3. Jazzercise Inc.
56. Tiger-Rock Martial Arts International
79. My Gym Children's Fitness Center
Top Home-based Franchises
3. Jazzercise Inc.