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According to a prediction made by IDC back in 2010, 70 percent of servers would be virtual by 2014. Gartner now estimates Windows being at between 60 and 70 percent virtualized and Linux being at between 35 and 45 percent virtualized, making IDC's largely accurate. In addition, very few systems shipped today are not virtual, borne out by the fact that there is a decline in the number of servers being shipped and the growing number of virtualized environments that exist today.
To sum this up, physical servers are becoming increasingly uncommon and virtual servers are now the most common mode adopted in all industries, across all sectors, regardless of company size. Despite virtualization being common today, there is still room for significant evolution and growth to occur.
The following are my predictions for virtualization in this year:
Virtualization Provides Scalability and Flexibility Flexibility and scalability make virtualization extremely attractive, particularly as virtualization provides the ability to make adjustments to any setup and workloads can be redistributed smoothly and effortlessly. Scalability is also possible because adjustments can be easily made to resource capacity, without the need for cumbersome rearrangement methods to be implemented.
Costs Will Continue to Make Virtualization Adoption Attractive Although costs have been a major deciding factor in the adoption of virtualization for some time, 2014 will see this become increasingly so, particularly as traditional SMBs and small home-based businesses elect to adopt virtualization in increasing numbers, thereby realizing an efficient distribution of expenses associated with costly hardware. In order to reduce costs such as network infrastructure, electricity, floor space for a data center, and other costs, investment in virtualization will continue to be an attractive option.
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Will Increase Server Demand One of the consequences of adopting a BYOD policy is that workloads are moved away from desktops and laptops to servers. Consequently, organizations implementing BYOD will find adopting virtualization a necessity in order to cope with the increasing demand for server-based computing. A good example of this in practice is the Chromebook, which is more of a personal access device than it is a personal computing device because the actual computing all happens on the servers. Of course BYOD also utilizes the cloud, but usually only for less critical tasks and operations associated with the organization.
Increase in Infrastructure Virtualization 2014 will see a significant increase in infrastructure virtualization, with storage and network hardware leading the path. There are several choices of infrastructure virtualization on the market today, including such options as VMware's vSphere 5.5 and Microsoft's Hyper-V 2012 and 2012 R2.
The Beginning of Virtual-Cloud Convergence Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and virtualization convergence will begin to be recognized as the way of the future in 2014. Solutions will start emerging that will provide a means of migrating workloads from in-house virtual environments to the cloud and vice-versa. In fact, it is likely that as soon as 4 years from now, this will be the norm.
SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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"There is a natural synchronization between the business models, the IoT is there to support ," explained Brendan O'Brien, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Aria Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 15th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
Nov. 22, 2014 05:30 PM EST Reads: 1,436
Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
Nov. 21, 2014 09:15 PM EST Reads: 1,361
Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the real benefits to focus on, how to understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of ...
Nov. 21, 2014 08:00 PM EST Reads: 1,427
The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
Nov. 21, 2014 08:00 PM EST Reads: 1,373
"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Nov. 21, 2014 07:00 PM EST Reads: 1,282
Focused on this fast-growing market's needs, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance "Ethernet Everywhere" in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, introduced its IStaX™ software (VSC6815SDK), a robust protocol stack to simplify deployment and management of Industrial-IoT network applications such as Industrial Ethernet switching, surveillance, video distribution, LCD signage, intelligent sensors, and metering equipment. Leveraging technologies proven in the Carrier and Enterprise markets, IStaX is designed to work ac...
Nov. 20, 2014 09:15 PM EST Reads: 1,371
C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
Nov. 20, 2014 06:00 PM EST Reads: 1,331
Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
Nov. 20, 2014 04:45 PM EST Reads: 1,124
The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
Nov. 20, 2014 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,578
The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
Nov. 20, 2014 12:30 PM EST Reads: 1,790
Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity.
Nov. 18, 2014 09:00 PM EST Reads: 2,014
SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
Nov. 18, 2014 08:15 PM EST Reads: 1,564
IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services. He also discussed how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space. Other topics discussed were barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold. Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Pa...
Nov. 18, 2014 01:30 PM EST Reads: 2,007
Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world. The next @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California. Since its launch in 2008, Cloud Expo TV commercials have been aired and CNBC, Fox News Network, and Bloomberg TV. Please enjoy our 2014 commercial.
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Meet Solana Beach City Council candidate Peter Zahn
Six candidates are vying for three open Solana Beach City Council seats in the Nov. 6 election. Candidates include Vickie Driver, Paul Frankel, Lesa Heebner (incumbent), Daniel Powell, Peter Zahn (see below) and Dave Zito.
Peter Zahn
Years living in Solana Beach:
• Business attorney and owner of Counsel Direct Law Offices in Solana Beach
• Catholic University School of Law, Juris Doctor
• George Washington University, bachelor's degree in political science
Community activities:
• Chairman of the U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce
• San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's Energy and Water Committee member
• Served four years on the Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce, as vice president, board member and executive committee member.
• Former chair of the San Diego Council of TechAmerica (the former American Electronics Association) and member of TechAmerica's national board of directors and Small Business Committee
• Member of Bar of California, New York and New Jersey, as well as the American and San Diego Bar Associations
• Moxie Foundation Board member
• Board member of American Lung Association of California and the American Lung Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties
• Chaired Solana Beach's annual Fiesta del Sol
• Received Solana Beach Sustainability Award in 2010
• Attended the Clinton Global Initiative in 2009 and 2011, serving on the Green Mobility Action Network.
- Why are you running for a seat on the Solana Beach City Council?
We live in the best place on earth. I am running for City Council to make Solana Beach even better. That said, our city faces significant challenges over the next several years. These include commercial development pressures, structural issues on our oceanfront, siting of affordable housing projects, tightening government budgets, pressures on city services, public safety, and the management of our local government. In the midst of this, we must not lose sight of our quality of life and community character.
Keeping Solana Beach's unique character will require hard work and creative solutions. My priorities on the City Council are to:
1. Enhance our quality of life and beaches
2. Attract quality businesses for a vibrant commercial sector and tax revenues
3. Maintain fiscal discipline and accountability for our City, to maximize our resources.
4. Ensure sensible, sustainable growth while encouraging a healthy business environment.
- Provide public safety for our residents and visitors.
On a more fundamental level, I have sought all of my life to make a positive difference in the lives and communities around me. This is what makes life rewarding and enjoyable, and a key reason I am running for Solana Beach City Council.
- What experience/qualifications would you bring to the council that you think would be beneficial?
While living and working in Solana Beach, I have met many of the residents and understand their concerns. I bring to the Council 30 years' experience as an attorney and business owner. This means I won't be learning on the job.
My professional experience and qualifications will help me serve the city. In my law practice I engage in business and employment law, conduct complex transactions, form businesses and nonprofit organizations, and assist companies to adopt environmentally sustainable business practices.


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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel resigned this morning:
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will resign on Monday after just under two years on the job. According to a report by Helene Cooper at The New York Times, President Obama has decided to replace Hagel after coming to the conclusion over the last several weeks that the current Defense chief was not the right person to lead the fight against ISIS.
According to the article, there was an ongoing fight between Hagel and some of President Obama's staff:
Others reportedly questioned his overall leadership of the department, saying he "struggled to inspire confidence" and "had problems articulating his thoughts, or administration policy, in an effective manner." Sources close to Hagel, however, blame those articulation problems on the White House's heavy-handed message control. They also told Bloomberg News that the relationship with the White House had soured so much that Hagel no longer spoke in meetings because "White House aides with less experience in military affairs than the wounded Vietnam War veteran often ignored what he said."
Imagine that. This administration took a dim view of senior administration officials speaking without reciting the administration's talking points. Who could've seen that?
That's what happens when the administration doesn't trust its senior officials. That's what happens when the top figure in the administration, President Obama, is a paranoid, narcissistic control freak. That being said, Hagel was a terrible defense secretary. His first day of testimony at his confirmation hearings were the worst performance I've ever seen in a confirmation hearing. Here's what got Hagel in trouble at his confirmation hearing:
It was the troop surge in Iraq that became a flashpoint between McCain and Hagel during Thursday's hearing. McCain repeatedly tried to get Hagel to answer whether he was "right or wrong" when he once called the troop surge a "dangerous foreign policy blunder."
"I'm not going to give you a yes or no; I think it's far more complicated than that…I'll defer that judgment to history," Hagel said, adding that he was referring to both the overall Iraq war, as well as the surge, in that comment
McCain fired back: "I think history has already made a judgment about the surge, sir, and you're on the wrong side of it."
Hagel shouldn't have been confirmed. It's only fair that his time at the Pentagon is brief.
Mary Lahammer interviewed Ryan Winkler for last night's Almanac. During that brief interview, Rep. Winkler gave us the DFL's mantra for the next 2 years:
REP. WINKLER: Divided government and gridlock and the type of divisiveness that we're already starting to see is not the way we move ahead and they're going to send Democrats back in to get things done.
That's stunning. The new legislature hasn't even been sworn in and Rep. Winkler thinks he's Carnac. Before the first bill is submitted, Rep. Winkler thinks that Republicans are being divisive and sowing the seeds of gridlock. That's world class chutzpah.
A couple themes are developing already. First, Paul Thissen is questioning whether Republicans will stand up to their big corporate special interests:
Will Republicans be willing to stand up to their big Twin Cities corporate donors and make sure to continue DFL investments in education that are closing the funding gap between rural and suburban school districts rather than handing out corporate tax breaks?
As I wrote here, that's what chutzpah looks like. First, Republicans didn't propose any tax breaks for corporations. Thissen knows that. Thissen doesn't care because the DFL's communications aren't based in honesty. The DFL specializes in repeating outright lies. Second, Thissen and the DFL didn't fight for Main Street.
When it was time to fight for miners on the Iron Range, the DFL didn't.
When it was time to fight for women operating in-home child care businesses, Thissen & the DFL sided with AFSCME instead.
When it was time to fight for small businesses in outstate Minnesota, Thissen and the DFL raised their taxes instead.
Rep. Winkler, I've had enough of your dishonesty and chutzpah. I'm especially disgusted with your reckless assumptions. It's reckless and dishonest to accuse Republicans of being divisive a month before the 2015 legislative session has even started. Further, it's dishonest to say that Republicans having honest policy disagreements with the DFL is automatically considered gridlock.
That's a clever Alinskyite tactic but it's deceitful. Before the DFL started employing Alinskyite tactics, expressing honest policy disagreements on the House floor or in committee were what's known as debates.
Further, it's dishonest and deceitful to think that all DFL ideas are great solutions to Minnesota's problems or that Republicans' ideas are automatically doomed to failure. If Rep. Winkler honestly thinks that, then he's a narcissist who thinks of himself as intellectually superior.
Considering the fact that he once called a black man an "Uncle Thomas", then insisted that he didn't know that that was a pejorative term, there's reason to think that he's just a lefty bomb thrower who's prone to shooting his mouth off.
During the 2013 session, the DFL voted to hurt some small businesses with major tax increases and hurt other small businesses with forced unionization. Repeatedly, the DFL showed their hostility with small businesses. Many of the businesses hurt with the DFL's tax increases were in outstate Minnesota.
Despite those indisputable facts, the DFL is insisting that disagreeing with them leads to gridlock that hurts Minnesotans. The DFL's policies are what hurt Minnesotans. No catchy, dishonest mantra will change that truth.
Paul Thissen's op-ed, which was also published in the Rochester Post-Bulletin, had so spin that I couldn't fit it into one post. Here's more of Thissen's spin:
They voted against the Homestead Credit Refund that provided $120 million in direct property tax relief to 450,000 homeowners, helping reduce statewide property taxes for the first time in 12 years.
Bill Salisbury's article quickly discredits Thissen's spin:
Overall, cities have proposed a 4.6 percent property-tax levy increase, counties' levies would go up 3 percent, townships would levy an additional 2 percent and special taxing districts proposed a 3 percent boost.
Thissen and the DFL initially raised taxes and fees by $2,500,000,000. After getting blasted for raising taxes on B2B transactions, Thissen and the DFL returned to St. Paul a repentant bunch. They quickly repealed the tax increases they'd passed just months earlier. Thissen and the DFL frequently justified that gigantic tax increase by promising property tax relief to the middle class. Apparently, the DFL failed. Property taxes didn't drop. They're still going up.
They failed to support our farmers, voting against grants to help family farms start up and expand, against livestock disease research and against the new Farm-to-Foodshelf program.
Republicans voted against the DFL's attempt to use taxpayers' money to buy votes with massive spending increases directed at their special interest allies. The Dayton-Thissen-DFL budget wasn't a budget as it was the DFL checking off as many of the items on the DFL special interests' wish list as possible.
The DFL's tax bill didn't reform the tax code to make Minnesota competitive with its neighboring states. It's amazing that the DFL's hostility to businesses didn't result in them losing more seats.
More importantly, I hope to hear the Republicans move on to governing and discuss how the entire state can prosper together as one.
That's a clever trick on Thissen's part. You'd almost think that there was a Republican governor setting the agenda. It's the governor that proposes. The legislature's role is to debate Gov. Dayton's budget, then offer amendments to the things he got wrong. Unfortunately for Minnesota businesses, there's be so much uncertainty caused by Gov. Dayton's budgets that businesses didn't create as many jobs as they could have.
Will Thissen and the DFL support opening PolyMet? Will they support building the Sandpiper Pipeline project? Will they insist on a silica sand-mining moratorium? Those projects alone would spread prosperity throughout more of Minnesota.
When Gov. Dayton, Sen. Bakk and Rep. Thissen attended the DFL State Convention, their devotion to Iron Range jobs was so tepid they wouldn't even permit a debate on whether the DFL's platform should include a simple statement saying that they support mining.
I'd love hearing Speaker Thissen explain how stifling debate on a major economic development issue helps "the entire state can prosper together as one." That explanation would likely be more twisted than a pretzel.
Then again, I could say that about most DFL economic policies.
Paul Thissen's op-ed in Friday night's St. Cloud Times is breathtakingly dishonest. Here's a prime example of Thissen's dishonesty:
On the campaign trail, Republicans like Daudt attacked these accomplishments as inadequate, attacks ironically financed by enormous contributions from big Twin Cities corporate special interests. So it seems fair to ask:
Will Republicans be willing to stand up to their big Twin Cities corporate donors and make sure to continue DFL investments in education that are closing the funding gap between rural and suburban school districts rather than handing out corporate tax breaks?
I frequently wrote about the Democrats' dishonest claims that Republicans supported "handing out corporate tax breaks." To be fair, most of those claims were made against Torrey Westrom's and Stewart Mills' congressional campaigns but Thissen's claims are dishonest just the same. One of the DCCC's ads accused Torrey Westrom of shutting down the government "to give tax breaks to his wealthy friends."
First, Republicans haven't written any legislation that would "hand out corporate tax breaks. Thissen knows that's verifiable fact but he doesn't care because he's utterly dishonest. Soon-to-be Minority Leader Thissen can clear this all up by citing which legislation the Republicans authored would've given corporations tax breaks.
Most importantly, though, let's focus on who funded the DFL's legislative campaign. In St. Cloud, the DFL paid for most of the campaign mailers. I don't recall getting any mailers from Dorholt's campaign proper. I also got mailers from a pro-union group called Working America Minnesota Political Fund. This is one of their mailers:
Will Minority Leader Thissen "be willing to stand up to [his] big Twin Cities" special interest allies in the next legislative session? Will he stand up to the environmental activist wing of the DFL? Will he tell Alida Messinger that he'll steadfastly support mining on the Iron Range?
History shows he won't. When AFSCME and SEIU insisted that the DFL impose forced unionization on small businesses, then-Speaker Thissen didn't think twice. Rather than siding with the hard-working ladies who run in-home child care facilities, Thissen and the DFL voted with Eliot Seide and Javier Morillo-Alicea instead.
When convenience stores told him not to raise the cigarette tax because that'd hurt their businesses, Thissen didn't just ignore them. He raised the cigarette tax $1.50 a pack. Thanks to Thissen and the DFL, convenience stores in Greater Minnesota got hurt.
Will a Republican legislature respond to the unique economic challenges that have made it harder for our economic recovery to be felt from border-to-border?
Unlike the DFL of the last 2 years, the GOP House will respond to Greater Minnesota's economic needs. The GOP didn't ignore small businesses' calls to not start applying the sales tax on business-to-business transactions. In the House, the DFL voted for raising those taxes. After they got an earful from businesses after the session, the DFL knew that they'd overreached.
Sensing that their majority status in the House was in jeopardy, the DFL quickly moved to repeal the B2B sales taxes that they'd passed just months before.
Paul Thissen wasn't the only DFL legislator who displayed hostility to businesses. That's why he'll soon be the House Minority Leader rather than getting another term as Speaker.
Elizabeth Warren, the hardline progressive who took Ted Kennedy's seat, won't be the Democrats' presidential nominee. If she ran, however, she'd be pounded mercilessly for statements like this:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) went straight after Republicans, blasting the GOP on deregulation and trickle down economics during a Center for American Progress event on Wednesday.
"The Republicans have a pretty simple philosophy: they say if those at the top have more, more power for Wall Street players to do whatever they want and more money for tax cuts than somehow they can be counted on to build the economy for everyone else," Warren said. "Well, we tried it for 30 years and it didn't work. In fact the consequences were nearly catastrophic."
That's rich considering the fact that the economy created more full-time jobs in 6 months under President Reagan than have been created during President Obama's administration. If high taxes, overregulation and big spending were the right elixir, the Obama economy would be creating 2,000,000 high-paying full-time jobs each year.
The truth is that Obamanomics' cornerstone policies don't work. They've never worked in creating robust economic growth that helps everyone. In President Obama's America, the well-connected get special breaks, Wall Street gets monthly bailouts and the middle class, what's left of it anyway, takes it in the shorts. If Sen. Warren wants to fight for President Obama's policies, be my guest.
Sen. Warren's policies are tired:
"We tested the Republican ideas and they failed, they failed spectacularly. There's no denying that fact," Warren said. "We know the importance of accountability on Wall Street, the benefits of having a better educated work force. The advantages that come from investments of high speed rail and medical research."
'Investing' in high speed rail is a boondoggle. As for a well-educated workforce, the American people have been getting ripped off by government schools, aka public schools. Unions have hurt public education. Charter schools, while not being the sole elixir to the problem, are definitely a positive step.
This is positively rich:
"People across this country get it. Sure, there's a lot of work to be done and there's a long way to go before Democrats can reclaim the right to say that we're fighting for America's working people, that we're fighting to build a future not just for some of our children but for all of our children," Warren said. "No, we're not there yet but don't forget the good news. Our agenda is America's agenda."
The masses aren't clamoring for a green economy. They're shouting for a robust expansion of fossil fuel exploration. They're insisting on limiting regulations on sources of energy that heat homes and power factories.
If Democrats want to run on Obama's policies, which they'll be forced to do, they'll get soundly defeated in 2016. Moving further to the left won't grow their party. It'll set the Democratic Party back a decade or more.
Sen. Klobuchar's op-ed in the St. Cloud Times would be easier to take seriously if she wasn't MIA on other issues surrounding the military.
With grateful hearts, Minnesotans this month gathered on Veterans Day to honor the brave Americans who have served in uniform to protect our freedom. This day should be about more than just saluting our veterans. It also serves as an opportunity to renew our commitment to serve those who have served us.
After all, that is our responsibility, to do right by those who have stood tall on the front lines so that we can live free. This is especially true for soldiers returning from battle permanently injured and suffering life-altering disabilities.
It's a bit hollow sounding, not because wounded vets don't deserve the medical treatment, but because Sen. Klobuchar didn't speak out when the military started sending out pink slips to officers still fighting in Afghanistan:
In a stunning display of callousness, the Defense Department has announced that thousands of soldiers, many serving as commanding officers in Afghanistan, will be notified in the coming weeks that their service to the country is no longer needed. Last week, more than 1,100 Army captains, the men and women who know best how to fight this enemy because they have experienced multiple deployments, were told they'll be retired from the Army.
The overall news is not unexpected. The Army has ended its major operations in Iraq and is winding down in Afghanistan. Budget cuts are projected to shrink the Army from its current 520,000 troops to 440,000, the smallest size since before World War II. What is astonishing is that the Defense Department thought it would be appropriate to notify deployed soldiers, men and women risking their lives daily in combat zones, that they'll be laid off after their current deployment.
Why was St. Amy of Hennepin County silent about this? Shouldn't the Obama administration treat the men and women still risking their lives on the battlefield deserve better treatment than this?
As one Army wife posted on MilitaryFamily.org, "On some level I knew the drawdowns were inevitable, but I guess I never expected to be simultaneously worried about a deployment to Afghanistan and a pink slip because my husband's service is no longer needed."
The thing is that these troops are needed more than ever:
The nation should worry about the increased national-security risk of separating such a large pool of combat-experienced leaders. The separated soldiers are those who carry the deepest knowledge base of counterinsurgency operations. A senior Defense Department official warned: "If the force is smaller, there's less margin for error. Let's face it — things are pretty uncertain out there."
Then again, that's never worried Sen. Klobuchar. Since her first campaign in 2006, Sen. Klobuchar consistently talked about "ending the war responsibly." Winning wasn't important to her.
That's why her op-ed rings hollow. This isn't just about health care for wounded vets. It's about giving them the resources they need to accomplish their mission. That mission is to defeat and destroy the terrorists before they attack again.
It's hard to believe but today marks the 10 year blogiversary for LFR. It's been an incredible experience. The first subject that I sunk my teeth into was the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine. These days, there isn't much in the way of good news coming from across the ocean thanks to our incredibly inept president.
Back when I started, I did lots of writing about world events. After the 2006 election disaster, I started paying attention to state government. In March, 2007, I broke my first news story thanks to a great tip from then-Rep. Steve Gottwalt. It's still one of my favorite posts:
I just got off the phone with Steve Gottwalt, who had some shocking news from the Capitol. Today, at a committee hearing, Cy Thao told Steve "When you guys win, you get to keep your money. When we win, we take your money." This was Thao's explanation as to how the DFL plans on paying for all the spending increases they promised their special interest friends.
The DFL still has the same mindset today as they did in March, 2007.
Bit by bit, I started doing original reporting thanks in large part to frustrated state legislators who were being ignored by the Star Tribune and the St. Cloud Times. In 2008, I started covering the candidate forums. They were quite memorable. I still remember Rob Jacobs telling 2 major groups that he wasn't an expert on their issues (transportation that Monday, health care the next day) but that he was a good listener. Despite telling everyone covering the events that he was totally unqualified for the job, the St. Cloud Times endorsed him over Rep. Dan Severson. The good news from that fiasco was that the Times had egg on their face when Rep. Severson beat Jacobs by 10 points.
The last 3 years, I've spent lots of time being the taxpayers' watchdog. I've scooped the Times so many times that I've lost track of how many times it's happened. Hopefully, I'll be around when the mismanagement comes to an end. Hopefully, it'll happen soon.
If you appreciate the reporting I've done, feel free to drop a few coins in the tip jar. Thanks for being incredibly loyal followers to LFR.
Tuesday evening, Senate Democrats voted to reject Mary Landrieu's bill that would've forced the federal government into issuing the permits to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. The All Star Panel discussed it on this video:
My favorite part of the segment is the final part of the discussion. Here's that transcript:
BRET BAIER: George, do you expect a lot of stories on the civil war within the Democratic Party?
(Laughter from George Will and Steve Hayes)
GEORGE WILL: I don't think so. It is interesting to note that maybe they couldn't have saved Mary Landrieu but they could've at least tried. And they didn't even try.
The experts knew on Election Night that Mary Landrieu was history. That isn't surprising to people who've followed that race. The Democrats' circular firing squad hasn't officially convened in public but it's certainly started outside the public's eye. I can't picture it stopping until there's political blood on the floor and the Democratic Party is damaged going into 2016.
While this was Sen. Landrieu's last stand, we'll have to wait until 2016 for Hillary's last stand. Behind every ebb and flow in presidential polling is a steady current just beneath the surface. Right now, that current is running against the Democratic Party. They're no longer the party of hope and change. They're the party of Washington, DC. They're the party of obstruction. They're the party that's stopped listening to the American people.
Hillary is the poster child for people who stayed too long in DC. Just like Mary Landrieu's magic has evaporated, so has Hillary's. Hillary first set foot in DC 24 years ago. She hasn't left since. While Bill finished his time in office, she established a residence in New York, then immediately ran for Pat Moynihan's seat. After winning re-election, she launched her first presidential campaign. After getting beaten by Barack Obama, she got picked to be his first Secretary of State.
Just like Sen. Landrieu tried getting her Washington friends to help her win a fourth term, Hillary is counting on her Washington friends to help her win her presidential election. It's a schtick that Louisiana voters didn't buy with Sen. Landrieu. It's a schtick that Americans aren't likely to buy in 2016.
As for Sen. Landrieu and the Democrats, 2014 was a difficult year, mostly because they ran a bunch of retreads that cast their votes for Obamacare. Isn't it ironic that the ACA is sinking as fast as Sen. Landrieu's political career is sinking? Isn't it ironic that the Democratic Party's favorability ratings are dropping as fast as the ACA's favorability ratings are dropping? It couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.
GM's Recall Problems and MnSCU's Leadership Problem
By John W. Palmer
Stephen B. Young, Global Executive Director of the Caux Round Table concluded in his introduction of the July edition of "Pegusus":
Leaders are needed to achieve good stakeholder relationships, not mere managers.
The focus of the July edition of "Pegusus" was the Report to Board of Directors of General Motors Company Regarding Ignition Switch Recalls issued on May 29th, 2014 by Anton R. Valukas of JENNER & BLOCK.
The Valukas report began with a section titled: GM'S LEADERSHIP, THE TONE AT THE TOP, AND GM CULTURE. In this opening section of the report, Mr. Valukas wrote:
As described elsewhere in this report, the slow pace of the Cobalt investigation and the emerging pattern of accidents potentially related to the safety defect were not escalated to the Company's most senior executives who from time-to-time met with the Board. The Board of Directors was not informed of any problem posed by the Cobalt ignition switch until February 2014.
The key phrase in this statement is: "…The Board of Directors was not informed…".
The safety defect associated with the Cobalt investigation was in an ignition switch. This defect has been associated with 32 deaths when Cobalts were involved in automobile crashes where proper deploying of the air bag would have saved lives.
The recent concerns of various Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) stakeholder groups in the performance of Chancellor Steven Rosenstone are not as serious a matter as the loss of lives but the setting of "The Tone at the Top" and the creation of normative practices that engender a lack of confidence in leadership have serious consequences related to the future effectiveness of any organization.
In the past year, the MnSCU Board of Trustees (BoT) were not informed about two very important matters. In the first instance, the Chancellor's contract was renewed in secret. In the second instance, a $2 million consultant contract concerning the major initiative called "Charting the Future" was entered into without the BoT being informed. In June of this year, the BoT was informed of concerns regarding the Chancellor's performance. In recent weeks the BoT has been acutely aware of problems in stakeholder relations.
How will the BoT respond to the problem? I hope the response will not be like GM's where:
One witness described the GM phenomenon of avoiding responsibility as the "GM salute," a crossing of the arms and pointing outward towards others, indicating that the responsibility belongs to someone else, not me.
At GM, it took a change in leadership to begin a process of changing the norms. That change in leadership required the engagement of the Board of Directors. It is to early in the process of change at GM to know if norms will in fact change, but it is not to late to see change in the behavior at the top. You don't hear the new CEO of GM using semantics to minimize and employees are no longer being told not use certain words and to call a:
"Problem an Issue, Condition, or Matter"
"Safety = Has Potential Safety Implications"
"Defect = Does not Perform to Design".
GM has a new CEO that is a straight talker. Here are a couple of examples of some of her straight talk:
"I… believe if you have a problem you better solve it. Because if you don't solve it you won't be here or the company won't be here. "
Mary Barra, NY Times: Jan 23, 2014
And in front of Congress:
From the concluding article in the July 2014 Pegusus written by Erik Sande:
The culture at GM appears to have been one completely lacking in effective leadership. In many cases, what leaders need to instill in their organizations, among other things, are trust and responsibility….
The absence of actual leadership, inspiring trust and accountability, the opposite of the diffusion of responsibility, was a plague within the GM structure. One can only hope that Mary Barra, the newly appointed CEO, will be able to change this culture for the better.
It is now time for the Board of Trustees to step up and establish trust and accountability to MnSCU's stakeholders by recalling Chancellor Rosenstone and establishing high expectations for themselves and all their employees. Recalling might not be sufficient in the Rosenstone matter and it may take discontinuation of the model to establish trust and a shared sense of accountability to do what is right for Minnesota.
Latest Fall Enrollment Numbers—Heading Towards Third
by Silence Dogood
The MnSCU website lists current FYE Fall enrollment numbers for MnSCU universities as of November 16, 2014. When these numbers are compared with the final fall enrollment numbers, the following figure is obtained:
While these are not final enrollment numbers—they do not become final until 45 days after the end of the semester—they are probably not far from what they will be. There may still be some second trimester Senior-to-Sophomore classes left to be added but it is unlikely that it will reduce the FYE decline substantially.
It is clear from the figure that the enrollment fortunes for all of the MnSCU universities are not the same. In fact, Southwest is actually showing a small increase. If we assume that each FYE is equal to $11,500 in revenue (tuition and state appropriation), a decline of 283 FYE represents a loss of $3,254,000.
Tammy McGee, Vice President for Finance and Administration confirmed the budget shortfall in a November 12, 2014 email:
In May, the enrollment projection was increased from a decline of 3.2% to a decline of between 4-5%.
For those that are interested in the details, the MnSCU website shows that Mankato currently has 6,635 FYE for Fall semester compared to SCSU's 5,735 FYE. As a result, in Fall, Mankato is larger than SCSU by 900 FYE. If you look at headcount and count all of the high school students that SCSU enrolls, SCSU is actually 'larger' than Mankato. However, it's the 900 FYE difference that translates into budget dollars—not headcount. Presidents seem to enjoy talking about headcount enrollments because they are always larger than the more important FYE enrollment.
SCSU's decline of 283 FYE for fall is nearly four times larger than the 72 FYE decline at Mankato. When you look at summer, Mankato had 204 FYE more than SCSU. Combining Summer and Fall FYE enrollments, Mankato has 1,104 FYE more than SCSU. Once again, using $11,500 for the revenue from the combined tuition and state appropriation gives Mankato an estimated $11,592,000 revenue advantage over SCSU. If allowance is made for the reduced revenue from concurrently enrolled students, since SCSU has a much larger penetration in the high school market than does Mankato, the revenue gap is substantially larger.
The following figure shows the FYE enrollment by fiscal year for Mankato and SCSU:
Through FY11, SCSU had an advantage in FYE enrollment over rival Mankato. Starting in FY12, Mankato became larger than SCSU (at least in terms of FYE).
The following figure shows the difference in FYE between SCSU and Mankato by fiscal year.
A positive number means SCSU's FYE enrollment was larger than Mankato's. Correspondingly, a negative number means Mankato's FYE enrollment was larger than SCSU's. From 2008 through 2010, SCSU's lead was increasing. In 2011, SCSU's lead was cut nearly in half. Beginning in FY12, Mankato moved ahead of SCSU. What's potentially scary is that the rate of increase is increasing!
Combining summer and fall enrollments for FY15, Mankato is already ahead of SCSU by 1,102 FYE. With the numbers for spring still to come in, it might not be hard to predict that Mankato's lead over SCSU will increase even more.
Perhaps SCSU needs to stop advertising being the "second largest university in Minnesota" and consider what it means to be number three.


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In 1927, young Army Air Corps reservist Charles Lindbergh was catapulted to international fame when he won the $25,000 Orteig prize for the first solo New York to Paris flight. Months later, he published a book on his life, exploits, and his views on aviation. Today we feature one of two authors copies that were signed by Lindbergh himself, one which was presented to his friend and benefactor, Harry Guggenheim. Although not a Navy pilot, Lindbergh nevertheless had a tremendous impact on both naval aviation and the U.S. space program.
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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) -- A mosque in southwest Missouri has burned to the ground in the second fire to hit the Islamic center in little more than a month.
The Jasper County Sheriff's Office says the Islamic Society of Joplin center is destroyed after the early Monday blaze.
No injuries are reported and no charges have been filed.
About 50 families belong to the Islamic Society of Joplin, which opened in 2007 as a mosque and community center.
A blaze at the same building July 4 caused minor damage and was determined arson. No arrests were made and the FBI has offered a $15,000 reward for information leading to charges in that fire. The agency released video footage of what appeared to be a man starting the July blaze.
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Husband says its an A . Next time I'll double the paprika (I used smokey paprika). I'll also probably double the recipe and hope leftovers won't curdle when reheated--there's room in my 4-qt crock pot to double it. I served it over extra wide whole grain egg noodles.
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Read reviews; I altered recipe: 3 large breast sliced in thick strips, extra mushrooms, cup of chopped carrots, 1/2 cup celery. 3/4 cup chopped green onions. I used chicken bouillon & water as broth. Added minched garlic and 2tb of ketchup. Used both regular/Spanish paprika. I seasoned chicken with Greek seasoning. Topped w chopped turkey bacon (raw). Added Greek yogurt at the end. Seasoned veggies w creole seasoning. Ate with garden delight pasta and peas! Really good!


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Walk 4 Quest!
- At October 03, 2012
- By Pam Branch
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Parents, grandparents, friends of Quest, neighbors of friends of Quest, we are excited to announce our first annual "Walk 4 Quest!"
This first walk is a very special one as it is the kickoff to the homestretch of our capital campaign fundraising, and it will allow every member of our community to help deliver the final touches on our new home. We see this event as a community building experience where the smallest Quest community member to the oldest can come out and support our amazing school!
All School Family Picnic – September 2012
- At September 18, 2012
- By Pam Branch
- In Quest Events Blog
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Dear Quest families and friends,
I am happy to report that today, June 12th, the school owns 1150 Boston Neck Road, Narragansett. This six acre pristine property, wonderfully wooded and a mere walk down a path to an adjacent city park, will serve as the anchor to our new building and our place called home.
Seven years ago this month Quest began the journey to our permanent home. A group of visionary parents, friends, and staff have worked tirelessly with patience, persistence and perseverance to arrive today, down the long and winding road to our permanent home.
Lao Tzu said: "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
Twenty-six centuries have passed since Lao-tzu said this; and it feels like our project has lasted as long!!!
We have learned that the first step is as much about faith in the future as it is about mobility. With those first steps we learned to trust in ourselves and our vision. Along the way we learned the implacable truth of gravity, and that the only antidote to falling down is getting up again. We have dusted ourselves off and started again so many times.
Today, we have learned that over the course of a journey we will take many steps and with each of those steps we relearn the lessons already taught. The truest measure of success is not the achievement, it is the willingness to never give up for a goal worthwhile.
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Quest Alum are Graduating from High School!
- At June 04, 2012
- By Pam Branch
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We would like to acknowledge and congratulate some Quest Alumni that are graduating from various high schools this year.
Adam Bowen
Kaiya DiPippo
Alex Barzin
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Campaign contributions from Schnabel Engineering to a Newton County commissioner who, along with the rest of the board, will consider a proposal to allow the company to carry out tens of thousands of dollars worth of additional surveys for the Bear Creek reservoir appear to undermine recent county efforts to increase transparency surrounding the project.
There will soon be more than just take offs and landings happening at the Covington Municipal Airport.
A brick was tossed through the window of Firehouse Subs on Hwy. 278 at around 4:56 a.m. on Sept. 10. Shortly after, another brick was tossed into Metro PCS, followed by a third burglary alarm at Little Caesars just after 5:30 a.m.
The Covington News, Square Perk and Mainstreet Covington are teaming up to shine a little light on the 2014 Holiday season.
Five schools in the Newton County School System are being recognized by the state superintendent's office for their work using the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support program, or PBIS.
Santa's elves are busy stocking his sleigh for his global flight, but Jolly Old St. Nicholas himself will take some time at The Covington News before Christmas Eve.
As some northern states struggle to cope with record snowfall, Newton County is slated to receive more than $22,000 of plow and sanding equipment that should improve services and help avoid costly and dangerous accidents.
MACON, Ga. – The national average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 increased less than 1 percent this year from last, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation's (AFBF) 29th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey. The informal survey, conducted from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 by 179 volunteer shoppers from 35 states, shows the national retail cost of menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner is $49.41, a 37-cent price increase from last year's average of $49.04. That makes the cost per person $4.94, less than the cost of most fast-food meals.
An employee monitoring the switchboard at Bard, on Industrial Blvd. in Covington, received a phone call at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday, stating "There's a bomb and it will go off in 10 minutes."
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of a new, 150-foot cell tower at 10816 Old Atlanta Highway Tuesday evening.
Newton County has spent approximately $21.6 million dollars on the proposed Bear Creek Reservoir since 1998, with the bulk of those funds going towards land acquisition, County Attorney Tommy Craig revealed Tuesday during a Newton County Board of Commissioners meeting.
Jamarcus Tyrone Smith, of Covington, was the third person arrested in the investigation of the murder of 29-year-old Newton County resident Demario Smith.
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An 88-year-old Oxford woman's body was found after a housefire Tuesday morning.
Members of the Covington City Council asked if government should police people's children during Monday's work session.
Eastside senior Shanila White was named the Eagles' Homecoming Queen at Friday night's game against Jonesboro.
We are excited about our new Sunday package, which will be delivered early Sunday morning by our experienced carrier force.
Residents gathered for some late summer music provided by the Drive Time Band Friday Night in the newly renovated Square.
Newton County and Social Circle have always been close next-door neighbors, but now they are in each other's front yards. That's right, Newton County now has a little bit of a sixth city within its boundaries.
A local detention officer was arrested for alleged sexual assault on an inmate, police reports said.
A new bill, sponsored by U.S. Rep Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, focusing on the demilitarization of local law enforcement agencies is slated to be introduced before the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday.
Newton County Sheriff's Office got the go ahead for three grants and a communications system to be used for various programs within the county.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners approved a lot of improvements to Miracle Field Tuesday night, voting unanimously to accept a bid for $117,970 for pavers around the new field's facilities.
The Covington News hosted its first-ever Autumn Fest Saturday, Sept. 20 right in the office parking lot just off the downtown Square. Dozens came to browse about 30 vendors and craftmakers and do some early holiday shopping. Products ranged from gourmet coffee to homemade preserves to handcrafted crocheted items and children's books. Live entertainment was provided by local Ashley Walden. Darrell Everidge, The News photographer, was available to take portraits. Here's a few scenes.
Here is this week's eyesore.
Memories and warm thoughts filled the room as 16 women gathered to celebrate more than a lifetime of gardening and friendship.
Ben Parchem was almost certainly the first person in Newton County to secure a brand new iPhone 6 Plus Friday morning.
A man, identified as being part of the Outlaw motorcycle group, punched another man at The Depot Bar and Grill Friday evening.
A local detention officer was arrested for alleged sexual assault on an inmate, police reports said.
A Covington woman and daycare worker was charged with child cruelty after leaving a 5-year-old in a van after failing to check if the vehicle she was driving was empty.


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Borrego Springs Townhome Rental Photos and Description
2 Bedroom+ Office, 2bath, sleeps 4+ with Mountain and golf course views
Relax in this quiet 2200 sq ft town home. In the morning enjoy the east facing patio or master bedroom suite while having your coffee/tea and while watching the sunrise. During the day sit and relax on the patio or the bright and sunny indoors. There is a large furnished kitchen. The living area has a gas fireplace. The master bedroom has a large walk-in closet and spacious bath and the 2nd bedroom has its own private bath. There is a library/den for some private time
On the complex property, within 100ft is a heated pool and hot tub, with tennis/pickleball courts close by. Outside this oasis are the many marvels of the desert.
One of the must do items in the desert is to hike Palm Canyon
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- Minimum Age Limit for Renters
- children welcome
- limited accessibility
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
About Charlie Rennie
We currently live in Borrego Springs (retired), but spent most of our life on the east coast. 8 years ago we decided to move to the desert, to enjoy the weather and the many activities available.
Charlie Rennie purchased this townhome in 2012
Why Charlie Rennie chose Borrego Springs
Before we moved to Borrego Springs we vacationed here for a few years; then we decided we enjoyed it so much we should move here and we are glad we did. The reason we bought in Vista Villas was because it offered all the things we were looking for in a retirement home, local activities, right size home property managed and quiet comfortable setting.
What makes this townhome unique
The unique things about Vista Villas are the views of the golf course and the mountains and the quietness of the facility.


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Long Beach, CA 90802
Category: Parks and Outdoors
Region: Long Beach
The first thing you need to know about the three-day-long Long Beach BBQ Festival is they have a whole section called "Rib Village," and there's no better destination out there for the ravenous carnivore, is there? (Except maybe Brisket City, if that actually exists somewhere.) For varying degrees of admission, festgoers can feast on a satisfying selection of BBQ-ed meats, a few of which are destined to win Best in Southern California Ribs, Sauce or the coveted People's Choice Award—plus there's live zydeco and country music to enhance the experience that much more. Park far away (never a problem in Long Beach!) so you can walk in hungry and bring a blanket so you can pass out in a chow coma in the nice cool grass.
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Spoilers, news, cast interviews, pictures, videos and gossip about the BBC1 soap from RadioTimes.com. Find out what's happening in Albert Square during upcoming episodes as we preview all the latest EastEnders drama.
EastEnders debuted on 19 February 1985 and can now be seen four times a week - on Monday (8.00pm), Tuesday (7.30pm), Thursday (7.30pm) and Friday (8.00pm).
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- Developer: Rockstar Vancouver
- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Genre: Action Adventure Modern
- Release Date: Mar 4, 2008
- ESRB: Teen
Weird sign
Soon as you come threw the door into the boys dorm on the left and right hand of the wall there will be a small poster it sais "Federal law prohibit us in model year 2007 and later highway vehicles 2nd engines it's may" I know it does'nt make any sense also if you look on the game at it all the "S" look like the number "8" it's rearly weird!
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