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The tectonic shift in the information technology industry caused by cloud computing is paving the way for a few years of "big-time disruption" among systems and infrastructure software companies, says Canaccord Genuity analyst Richard Davis.
That disruption will create long-term investment opportunities and likely will see the emergence of another company or two the size of Salesforce.com (CRM) and Workday (WDAY), he said in a 31-page report Monday. The report profiled 16 private companies that have implications for investors, including online data storage companies Box and Dropbox and Big Data firms Cloudera and Actian. These companies are potential IPO candidates or acquisition targets, he said.
Public market valuations for tech companies recently have begun to resemble a "big upfront/hope for execution later" paradigm, Davis wrote. That's created some "Are you kidding me?" valuations like the $19 billion Facebook (FB) is paying for WhatsApp, he said.
"We're in a market in which investors are willing to 'pre-pay' in terms of current valuations for the opportunity to be involved in a potentially big story," Davis wrote. "When the future is bright, as it is today, vague assessments of addressable market size and the pace of revenue growth propels stocks prices. Finally, when you have the Fed repressing interest rates for years on end, the value of future growth is higher (because the discount rate is low). Voila, the result is high valuations and investor willingness to 'prepay' for growth."
Companies in the cloud space have been able to demonstrate real cash savings as opposed to fanciful figures about employee time savings or productivity improvements translating into hard dollar savings.
Chief information officers have been under pressure for that past decade to cut headcount to save money. "People cost more every year, especially when you consider higher healthcare costs. Servers don't, so outsourcing to cloud providers is a logical step," Davis said.
Switching from on-premises software to Internet cloud-based applications has become easier because legacy software providers got too greedy, he said.
"Jacking up maintenance fees from an average of 18% of list to 23-25% was awesome for SAP (SAP), CA Technologies (CA), Oracle (ORCL), HP (HPQ), etc. because the boost was a roughly 99% operating margin windfall," Davis wrote. "That pricing model wasn't so much fun for the customers. Now that they have a choice, they're increasingly looking elsewhere."
On quarterly earnings calls recently, executives from Ultimate Software Group (ULTI) and Workday noted that potential customers are "softening up" in terms of willingness to consider a big switch from their current software vendors, he said. "It's a matter of when, not if, we will see an accelerated market share shift," Davis said.
The shift to cloud-based applications also is eating into the hardware business as companies use shared IT resources, he said.
"This transition is powerfully deflationary to the hardware ecosystem," he said. "The analogy to think about is what would happen to the auto industry if everyone dumped their personally owned cars in favor of public transportation. Demand for bus manufacturers would increase, but car demand and pricing would plummet."
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Salesforce.com didn't discriminate between data "types" when it launched its analytics software service, Wave, late last year. Instead of focusing solely on structured data — such as census data and library catalog information arranged in neat rows in a database, Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) ...
A few of the largest and oldest tech firms may finally get a shot at beating the upstarts in the fast-growing data analytics software market. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and others are armed with software to tackle what is becoming a growing concern and a big pain for companies: ...
The major indexes fell again Wednesday as the S&P 500 logged its fifth loss in six sessions. Yet market conditions for growth-stock pickers remain positive. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% as volume on the New York Stock Exchange crept higher. Disappointing private sector jobs growth from ADP may ...
The number of U.S. users of Instagram climbed by nearly 60% in '14 to 64.2 mil vs. the year-earlier period, easily topping Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), which ended the year with 48.4 mil U.S. users, or growth of 12.1%, said a report released Wed. by market tracker eMarketer. Instagram's parent company, ...
Sony (NYSE:SNE) is leading the current generation of video game consoles with its PlayStation 4, and next year it hopes to dominate the emerging field of virtual reality with its Project Morpheus. Late Tuesday, the Tokyo-based company announced that it has sold more than 20.2 million units of its ...


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At age 89, Ruth Boldan is still a volunteer librarian at the under-heated, over-stuffed 1890s school house that is now home to the Hazel Dell Library, KARE-TV of Minneapolis reported.
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For decades conservatives have advocated scaling back the role of the federal government in transportation, yet the federal gas tax that was supposed to end in 1969 is still hanging around 46 years later. Fortunately, there is a feature of the current law that gives states the the upper hand, and they should seize the opportunity to act.
If this is the best liberals can do to disparage Ted Cruz, the Texas Senator has a great chance of being our next President.
Some portions of a schedule are tougher than others. Thanks to a make-up reshuffling earlier this year, the Barton Community College women's basketball had about as tough a 3-game stretch as anyone in the nation will play this season.
On a night when Gene Butler, a member of the highest scoring team in school history, was inducted into the Barton Sports Hall of Fame, the current Cougars showed him they can score a few points as well. Barton hit triple digits for the third time in seven conference games in a 100-90 win over Pratt.
Great Bend Fire Department dispatched units at 10:39 a.m. Friday for a possible structure fire at 600 Kansas Ave. Chief Mike Napolitano said that upon arrival they found that a man was in the basement burning the insulation off copper wire. The fire was out when units arrived; however, there was still some smoke in the building.
HOLYROOD - Norma Ruth Schaefer, 88, passed away Jan. 25 at the Good Samaritan Society in Ellsworth. She was born June 10, 1926, in Lincoln, to Anna E. (Bahls) and Neils M. Pedersen.
PAWNEE ROCK - Hazel "Alberta" Crone, 89, died Jan. 24, at her home in rural Pawnee Rock. Born July 12, 1925, in Anderson County, she was the daughter of George Albert and Hazel Olive (Colgin) Payne. On June 26, 1942, she married Francis "Roy" Crone in Iola. He died on Nov. 19, 2007. A resident of Barton County most of her life, she was a dedicated mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
Many times when I go out on home visits, the homeowners concerns are with trees on their property. One reason for your trees being in distress may very well be your lawn. If your grass, (especially cool season grasses such as fescue) is allowed to grow up to the trunk of your trees, the competition for water and other nutrients may cause your tree to decline in health. Following is a report on research that has been completed by KSU with more information about the grass and tree competition issue many homeowners have faced.
Reinke announces that Stephen Batten with Raindrop Repair in St. John, recently attended the 3-day Reinke Advanced PLUS (Proven Leaders in Unmatched Service) Seminar. Service technicians representing 13 Reinke dealerships from across the U.S. attended the seminar in Deshler, Neb.
If you have been to the library in the past few days, you will have noticed a big change! Many of the tables and chairs have been removed to make way for the "Hometown Teams" Smithsonian Exhibit. Crates should be arriving before Friday filling up the empty space. Library services will remain as usual, and we have tables set aside for you to continue to use. Set up will begin next week, docents will be trained, and there will be a Chamber Coffee on Friday, January 30th. Sharon Sturgis has prepared wonderful accompaniments to the display, and there should be ...
"Having a benefit auction with the proceeds going to the Clara Barton Hospital Foundation was a great way for us to support our medical providers and helps enhance services for our residents at the same time," reports Bryan Stacey, Executive Director at RiverBend Assisted Living, in Great Bend. "Our two facilities are a natural fit and have a great working relationship."
The Clara Barton Hospital Foundation will host its annual meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday at Clara Barton Hospital, 250 W. 9th, Hoisington, in the Turnbull Safe Room. All members of the Foundation are welcome to attend the meeting.
K-State Research and Extension is offering family and youth events, available to all interested persons. For more information about these, as well as more localized events, check with your local K-State Research and Extension office.
It is fairly common that my educational programs and workshops emphasize a common theme of health and wellness. The annual Walk Kansas program is just around the corner, so it is time to start rounding up your team members for that successful program. Packets are ready for team captains to pick up at our office and the Great Bend Recreation Commission. I also plan to deliver some packets to the recreation commissions in Hoisington and Ellinwood.


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Genetic variations in the HIV strains in Africa make it more difficult for the anti AIDS drugs to act on them according to researchers. This however does not mean that these drugs will be powerless against the virus but these drugs find it difficult to latch on to the protease, which is an enzyme useful in the replication of the virus inside the body. ..If the drug attaches itself to the protease...E. coli strains resistant to a common antibiotic
Food contaminated with a strain of drug-resistant E. coli has emerged as a possible new source of urinary tract infections. E. coli is a normal inhabitant of the digestive tract that can cause both intestinal upsets and urinary infections. But while E. coli from bad food is a frequent cause of diarrhoea and other digestive miseries, urinary tract infections were thought until now to result mostly...Hormone restrains appetite in man
According to reasearchers, a hormone is released into the blood after a meal, restrain the appetite if given by injection and might be supportive in treating obesity. The reason for feeling full after a meal, that the intestines release a hormone called PYY3-36 //which acts on the brain to produce a feeling of satiety. Researchers at Imperial College, London, now report on the first human trial...Influenza Avian Flu strain has become more contagious and dangerous.
The Influenza avian flu strain - H5N1 has mutated since 2002 to become more dangerous //and increases the risk of causing a pandemic disease. ..The Asian strain H5N1 influenza virus has changed its characters since 2002, as the virus has become less deadly to ducks; the virus multiplies in the ducks without infecting them but spreads and infects other birds and humans. The duck Waterfowl is a n...Turkey bird flu strain found to be mutated
Researchers have found a slight mutation in the haemagglutinin protein of the bird flu virus. Haemagglutinin antigen is responsible for attaching of the virus to the host and the variability // and fragmentation of this antigen is responsible for evolution of new strains of the virus, if a person or bird is infected with two viral strains of the bird flu during replication the haemagglutinin gets...Holy Cow! Rare "Mad Sheep" Strain Suspected in Frane
The bird-flu's entry into France seems to be followed by another variety of animal disease that is vying for news space. The French Agriculture Ministry// has announced its suspicion on two cases of an extremely rare strain of "Mad Sheep" disease in Central France. .. .. The "Mad Sheep" disease also called, Scrapie and ovine spongiform encephalopathy, has been noticed on two farms in central Fra...A group scientists have recently helped the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) at Atlanta identify a rare strain of cholera, which wreaked havoc in coastal US and Japan early this year. The new cholera pathogen, transmitted through sea food, has become a major cause of concern for scientists across the world. // ....The reason behind its spread through sea food was unknown and unexplained till In...Bioengineering production strains - Microbia develops new methods
The recently published issue of Nature Biotechnology outlines a new method developed by Microbia Ltd.'s scientists for rapidly identifying genes required for the production of industrial molecules produced in microbes. This is an advancement in the company's ability to improve the properties// of microbial cells for biomanufacturing pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals. This new technology enables...Strain in marriage may increase chance of heart disease for women
Avoiding confrontations with husbands may mean bad news for married women. The strain of such a marriage may //increase the risk of death from any cause, especially that of a heart condition. ....Researchers from Boston University had collected data on the marital relationships of 1769 men and 1913 women to find out how far the stress in marriages can have an effect on the heart conditions of the...New Tools To Identify Flu Strains
Researchers have developed a portable la-chip called Genotyper that can identify the genetic //structure of the flu virus within hours and help the doctors to treat patients effectively. ....Developed by researchers from University of Michigan, the Genotyper is on its way to become fully portable and be connected wirelessly and can be taken all around the world to track the various flu strains ac...Bird Flu Strains Detected In Wild Birds Of Mongolia
Scientists from US department of Agriculture had found the strains of bird flu disease in the wild migratory birds in Mongolia. This is for the first time the disease of avian influenza had been detected in any strain of wild birds // that have no contact with the domestic poultry, or waterfowl... ..The team of researchers from Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) had collected samples from hundre...Supportive spouse help ease job strain on blood pressure
When job strain causes stress, a supportive spouse might help lower the negative impact on a person's blood pressure, according to a study. In addition it was found that job strain had a significant impact, both clinically and statistically, on blood pressure. // .. ..Job strain and low marital cohesion, or a lack of support from a spouse, was related to an increase of systolic 2.8 mmHg of blood...Fluorescent markers to distinguish Trypanosoma brucei strains causing Sleeping Sickness
Multiple-genotype infections are increasingly recognized as important factors in disease evolution, parasite transmission dynamics, and the evolution of drug resistance. However, the distinction of co-infecting site genotypes and the tracking of their dynamics have been // ficult with traditional methods based on various genotyping techniques, leaving most questions unaddressed... ..Trypanosoma b...Bird flu vaccine from wild bird flu strain
New bird flu vaccine is to be developed from this year's strain of Bird flu virus which has been collected from wild birds which has killed wild and migratory poultry and birds in Mongolia under the directive of World Health Organization (WHO). //WHO has given orders to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Veterinarian to prepare the vaccine which would be very helpful during a possible attack...Novel Strain Detected In The Recent Outbreak Of Bird Flu At Ukraine
A new and deadly strain of bird flu outbreak was detected in Ukraine (Crimea peninsula) and hence domestic birds are killed and put in pits that were dug for the purpose//. Health workers and emergency workers are recruited to get their hands on all the birds including (chickens, ducks and geese) and destroy them thereby the outbreak can be contained. Compensation was given to all villagers for e...Detection of Weak strains of bird flu virus – Target of European Unio
In an attempt to rapidly eliminate milder strains of avian influenza virus before it can mutate into more virulent forms, it has been proposed to broaden the target of the European Union regarding the bird flu threat. // The joint decision has been taken by agricultural ministers of the 25 different countries that represent the European Union. ....In line with the proposal, it was agreed to boos...Cyprus Reports H5N1 Strain In Birds
Domestic birds in Cyprus are reported to be infected with the H5N1 strain, making this the first appearance of the virus in a European Union country, even though the EU rules remain suspended in the northern parts of the island. // Northern Cyprus where the infection was detected attracts as many as 1 million UK based tourists annually. ....The strain of the virus is said to be the same that cla...Physician and Patient relationship strained due to non-verbal communications
Actions speak hundred words, these non-verbal communications is also found in between patient and doctor relationship which as also been a major cause of distress and may lead to improper treatment. // Professor Richard Frankel, Indiana University School of Medicine along with his colleagues from Indianapolis VA Medical Center and Johns Hopkins and Fetzer Institute as reported in the Journal of G...Resistant Influenza strains creates panic in US
Rick A. Bright, an immunologist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that all samples of seasonal influenza virus this year have developed // resistance to adamantanes, the class of drugs which is used for the treatment for flu infection. ..Drugs belonging to this class like amantadine and rimantadine are ineffectual for now and for the foreseeable future and shouldn't be...A warning and wake up call: German cat infected with deadly bird flu strain.
As a whiff of strong air comes the news that a cat that was found dead in Northern Germany was the carrier of the bird flu strain capable of infecting humans.// ..According to an institute specialising in veterinary diseases the strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus had the highly pathogenic Asian strain that can be transmitted to humans. ....The institute in question is the Friedrich Loeffler Ins...Whirlpool Bath Tubs Contain Potentially Lethal Bacterial Strains
Researchers from Texas A&M University said that poorly maintained whirlpool bath tubs both private and public serve as breeding grounds for potentially lethal bacterial strains. They tested 43 water samples and found all of them had some kind of microbial growth.// ..Various Bacterial strains especially those found in feces contributed about 95% of the samples, while 81% had fungi and 34% contai...Strained Economic Agreement Between Singapore And India
According to the Business India the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not allowing Temasek Holdings to raise its stake in India's ICICI bank and the State Bank of India (SBI) // facing difficulties in obtaining qualifying full bank status in the city-state. .. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) that was signed between India and Singapore appears to have some problems. The Mone...New Strain Of E Coli Responsible For Outbreak
Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said that a new strain of E. coli O157was responsible for the outbreak in Fife. Further the strain had been seen in Europe and Australia, but is apparently very rare in UK. // ....'This unusual strain reacts differently in the laboratory from other types of E.coli O157 and this is why we are interested in finding out more about it,' said HPS consultant Dr John Co...Excessive Text Messaging Causes Repetitive Strain Injury In A Eight Year Old Girl
When her grandmother gave Isabelle Taylor, of St Annes, Lancs, a mobile phone two years ago she did not think that her grand child would end up constantly // sending text messages to her friends and relatives, and developing a condition known as 'repetitive strain injury' and becoming the youngest person in Britain to suffer from this condition. ....Her mother, Jane, explains that she's constan...Two Cases in U.S raise alarm of an unusual strain of Mad Cow Disease.
Washington: Two cases of a different and rather intriguing strain of mad cow disease has been detected in Texas and Alabama, and this has led researchers //to believe that this disease could affect the cattle without any prior warning. ....The underlying differences between the mad cow epidemic and the two U.S. cases are intriguing researchers who are unable to place a finger on the type of brai...Bird Flu in Thailand Suspected to be H5N1 Strain
Chickens in Thailand have been found to be infected with a strain of bird flu that may prove to be the deadly H5N1 virus according to senior Agriculture Ministry official// Yukol Limlaemthong on Monday. ..Yukol said, "There is a high possibility it is the N1 strain given that the area has had outbreaks before." ..Officials have said the H5 virus had been detected on a farm that was in the nort...Multiple infectious disease strains can coexist
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A new study published in today's Annals of Internal Medicine says that nearly 10 percent of New York men who claim to be straight have had gay sex.// ....Dr. Susan Blank, assistant commissioner at the city Health Department said that among these 70% married men are less likely to use condoms. "We expected a substantive percentage [to be married], but we hadn't estimated 70%. No one should be maki...Highly Potent TB Strain Plays Favorites Targeting Specific Ethnic Groups
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Workers with high levels of job strain are at increased risk of burnout, which seems to explain the relationship between job strain and depression, reports a study in the// October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM). ....Using specific questionnaires, Kirsi Ahola of the Finnish Instit...Threat posed by highly resistant strains of TB
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Scientists are increasingly certain that the bird flu virus H5N1 will at some point in the future mutate and pass on to humans , the only uncertainty //being "when?" This would be a truly horrifying thing to happen and could create a scenario like a science fiction film. ....The WHO figures are 252 cases where humans got infected through birds, and 148 deaths. If the virus does mutate and sprea...New Bird flu Strain Claims Refuted
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The World Health Organization conducted a survey in 79 countries under the Global Project on Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance, which was set up in 1994// , and found high levels of Multidrug-resistant TB strains worldwide. These were more prevalent in certain parts of former Soviet Union and parts of China and India . ....About one third of the world's population is supposed to be...A new test to detect infection of drug resistant forms of HIV even when present in small quantity// has been developed by Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center. ....This new test is designed to detect drug-resistant viral strains even when present in small amounts contrary to other tests that detect drug-resistant strains only when present in significant portion in a person's bloodst...A rise in the number of dengue cases in eastern Malaysia has raised fears of an outbreak of a new strain of the viral disease that has affected dozens of children//. A possible outbreak of dengue fever has been detected in Kuantan in Pahang state with at least two-dozen cases reported so far this month. ..Authorities are yet to issue a general alert but checks at a hospital in Kuantan showed th...


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That would imply the involvement of the UK's Kuju Entertainment, which is apparently hard at work grafting "an extensive single-player campaign" onto the game's frantic combat. Of course, we fully expect a gripping and operatic storyline to go with it, something along the lines of an intergalactic mathemagician attempting to tri-strangulate vital supply route coordinates. Alas, our expectations are oft set too high. A multiplayer mode and prior versions of Geometry Wars are also said to be included in both packages, expected to materialize this Fall.
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Hilton Anatole has upgraded rooms, auditorium, gym
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The Hilton Anatole will unveil its $50 million facelift in January -- an extensive project that it began this summer, and one that its owners say should boost the hotel's revenue in 2008.
The capital infusion is coming from the hotel's owners, Dallas-based Crow Holdings, hotel officials say. The property is managed by Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Hilton Hotels Corp. (NYSE: HLT).
Roughly $28 million went to room improvements, which are not the cookie-cutter barracks some travelers find in other hotels, said Hotel Manager Nick Briner.
The new designs are meant to channel the feel of a small, luxury hotel, with bold color schemes and top-quality furniture. Briner called the old style "drab," but noted the refined ceilings and brighter lighting of the new.
"It feels like you're in a boutique hotel, but you're in a large hotel," Briner said.
Four sets of public bathrooms were reworked with African mahogany and granite sinks. The hotel also poured $350,000 into its fitness center, Briner said. The site boasts a private seven-acre park, plus basketball, racquetball and croquet courts.
Citing the hotel's private ownership, Briner and his company declined to give specifics about financial forecasts, revenue per available room or occupancy rates.
The 45-acre complex on Stemmons Freeway, near the Dallas Market Center, has 341,000 square feet of meeting space and 1,606 guest rooms. It also has eight restaurants and bars, and 10 stores. The improvements involve work on 126,000 square feet of meeting space, 700 guest rooms and many communal areas.
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Brooke Dieterlen, executive director of the Hotel Association of Greater Dallas, said hotel occupancy rates linger in the mid-60% range in North Texas.
The Anatole is at the high end of the local hotel business in terms of revenue per available room, a standard measurement in the industry.
Bruce Walker, president of Source Strategies, a San Antonio-based hotel consulting company, said that for the 12 months ending in June, the Anatole had almost $53 million in room revenue, netting it $90.12 in revenue per available room. Revenue per available rooms in the Anatole's 75207 ZIP code was $76.93 for the same period.
The city of Dallas rang in at $57.72, while all of Texas saw an average of $50.97 in revenue per available room, Walker said.
Those figures are based on the Texas Hotel Performance Factbook, which is culled from the Texas comptroller's tax records as reported by hotels, Walker said.
About $100 million in redesigns have been made to the Anatole since 2004, Briner said.
Briner said 80% of the Hilton's guests are on business trips or affiliated with conventions, while the remaining 20% are autonomous travelers.
Its newer competition, like Grapevine's Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, has a few natural advantages in terms of size and proximity to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Briner said.
But for those who want to experience Dallas, the Anatole is ideal, he added.
"We're going to have a banner year next year," Briner said, adding he expects a 10% revenue increase in 2008 over 2007.
Revenue is about 2% down with the renovations, he added.
A separate $39 million renovation before the $50 million overhaul, upgraded other guest rooms, the Gossip bar, the Executive Lounge and Wedgwood Ballroom.
Another round of renovations will come in February to the Verandah Club & Spa, costing $1.6 million and finishing in April.
Other improvements have included the West Wing -- turning two theaters and a nightclub into a ballroom.
The hotel also completed renovating its $4.5 million, 8,300-square-foot Stemmons Auditorium into the Stemmons Ballroom in May.
"It's nice-looking, but it's all about making it more useful for business purposes," said Tyler McDonald, director of sales and marketing for the Hilton Anatole.
The 1,000-seat amphitheater was converted into an 8,300-square-foot oval ballroom that can accommodate between 570 and 920 guests.
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Recently picked up some "Colombian cheese" at a local supermarket with an emphasis on international products (Fresh Supreme, Philadelphia, PA--large immigrant population locally). Husband shredded some for a casserole and it did not melt--it kind of shriveled. The label is now lost, but vinegar was listed as an ingredient, it was pasteurized, and I'm pretty sure it's a cow's milk cheese. I'm just gnawing on a piece now. The texture's a bit more rubbery than an aged cheddar, and it's mild and not at all salty.
Has anyone else met the mysterious Colombian cheese? and any interesting suggestions on what to do with it?
a description of hispanic cheeses
http://www.specialcheese.com/queso.htmThis sounds like a typical 'fresh cheese' from Latin America. One use that comes to mind is a 'cheese sandwich' that I've seen served at a (working class) wedding reception in Ecuador - just thick slabs of this sort of cheese in small dinner rolls.
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i have had it u fry it in a pan w butter very good actually when its cooked not so good before hand.... it kind of looks like and egg white while frying
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TriathlonWrightsville Beach triathlon brought families togetherSubmitted by Helen Holt on Sun, 09/28/2014 - 11:54am.READ MORE:
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Ah...The good ol' In Utter Darkness.
With In Utter Darkness, you will want 10 colossi. The reason being is that it's not the hybrids that will get to you as much, it's the mass of the lings and hydras that overwhelm you. First rule is the army control. You need 2 of them. Make 1 your entire army and 2 all your air units. This is very important. Anytime you make phoenixes, void rays or carriers, add them to both the control group 1 and 2 but when you make ground troops, just add them to 1. Make sure you start researching upgrades. Always go with Weapons and shields first. Do not worry about armor until after you get those upgrades up to level 3. When you start out, make 10 extra probes (5 from each nexus) to start mining Make 2 robotics facilities and a robo bay to pump out colossi and 2 more stargates. When you get to about 10, Just start making immortals and phoenixes. Zealots are handy cuz they charge into the front lines and distract and hold back forces while your ranged units attack from a distance. It works out pretty good. When the hybrids start coming, make sure to use the phoenix's gravitron ability to disable them. When you have your air troops hotkeyed, just press 2, G then click the hybrids. Void rays will come out soon and add them to the control groups. Try to have about 10 phoenix and 10 void rays. Remember to always replace the important units you lose. If you are running low on colossi, make more. Keep holding back the main forces till you get carriers. Click all the carriers and right click the Intercepter icon. It will auto build them for you from now on. Just hold out till the archives are sealed then move up to the higher ground. Take a probe and start blocking off the ramps with cannons. Make sure you have a huge ground force. Immortals and colossi should be your main objective. You only need about 10 phoenix still and the same amount of void rays. Do not make carriers. They are really inefficient, expensive and take up a lot of supply. Always micro with the air force against the hybrids. Just keep at it till the final protoss falls and you should have gotten the level beat on hard with the Blaze of Glory. |
Just something to think about: the two above are great advice, look to them for army comp/ build order. i only want to share what i did for the achievements. NOTE: I did this shortly after Sc2 came out, if Blizz has changed something, i do not know about it.
The beginning waves do not have any overseers, so what i did was immediately build a bunch of Dark Templars and send them to the three ramps. Line them up and hit "Hold Position". The Zerg will be unable to walk through your invisible wall, and the zerg will not be able to attack the DT's, so they will just sit around and drool until you snipe/slash them up. Then, when they start sending 1-2 overseers at a time, send in your Phoenix or stalkers to kill the overseers and then run away. When i did this, i racked up a lot of kills early on with zero units lost. By the time they sent enough Detection to break the wall, i had a fully teched, pop cap army and lots of spare resources to fight with. Second half of the game, after the archives were done, i cannoned the crap out of the two ramps to high ground with all those minerals i was sitting on, and retreated. Once again, I set up all my ground units in a circle around my mothership, barely inside the invisible radius, and hit hold position. I then spammed phoenix to chase around the overseers. The enemy could not get close enough to kill my mothership, and they could not see the wall they were running into. Even though i lost most of my air units, and my wall took a lot of hard hits, i had the "Blaze of Glory" achievement before my mothership finally went down, and past that point i did not care. This worked for me, something might have changed, and if so, tell me and i will delete this. |
No the DT wall still works, I'm pretty sure. I did it only a couple weeks ago. This. Make DT walls and then make a few colossi and a ton of phoenixes. Then build a ton of cannons all over the place to help with the nydus worms. When overseers start popping up, kamikaze them with the phoenixes and save it. Rinse and repeat. |
and the phoenix picking up the protoss hybrids when they appear as well as sniping off broodlords. but mainly the colossus, they will easily carry you through the kills needed if you're vigilant with your phoenix and upgrades |
aight very nice walkthrough ill see if i can do it
Or just dump photon cannon all over place an pray that Pylo the Pylon will guide you to victory.
how I did it
-Make ~10 probes, make a forge and cy core, get upgrades started immediately, keep adding upgrades as game goes on -Get 4-5 collosi, after that, don't make any more collosi unless 1 of them dies. you always want 4-5 collosi -After your robos are done with the 4-5 collosi, constantly make immortals from your robotics -With your gateways, make zealots to mineral dump. DON'T MAKE ANY STALKERS You may need some high templar or archons to fend off mutas before you get the phoenix reinforcements and again before you get the carrier reinforcements, but try to limit the gas you spend on them. -Once you get the ability to make void rays, constantly produce them. -Once you defend the archives successfully, retreat up your main ramps and dont make any more zealots. Just mineral dump into cannons at your ramp.
Edited by Sylar on 10/1/2012 7:34 PM PDT
I recently beat this mission at 3348 kills before I was finally overwhelmed. (too many pylons were taken out and i couldn't rebuild them to try and keep replenishing units at about 3000 kills)
I did not take the expansion with the Rich Minerals. I followed the above post to build an additional Forge and Cybernetics Core and researched the Weapons and Shields upgrade immediately. Following up into another Robotics Facility and Robotics Bay. Immediately started pumping Colossi. After I had 14 Colossi. I pumped a few more pheonixs and bound them to their own control group 1, then my entire army to Control Group 2. I held my number of Colossi at 14, when one went down I immediately queued up another. With 14 Colossi, I queued nothing but immortals, and when I had no vespene but a ton of reserve minerals. I shift queued up cannons around the archive and zealots just to keep their ground forces busy. (I was researching upgrades every time one was done also, focusing on weapons and shields for both air and ground). When you gain access to void rays, build those and only replenish your pheonix's. You should have about 11-12 at all times. I quickly hit a 200/200 supply before the archive bonus countdown was done. Make SURE you are using gravitational beam on the hybrids. The destroyers are the problem. They will drop your Colossi in 4-5 hits and they attack quickly. TL:DR 14 Colossi at all times, if you have 14, immortals, they soak damage like cake and will save your colossi. 12 Pheonix's Abuse Lift Off on Hybrids. My priority was the melee hybrids (destroyers). Void Rays Void Rays Void Rays. Pheonix's will take awhile to take down a hybrid that is lifted. Once you get the hero and her carriers. It becomes a walk in the park as long as you micro your army well and conserve units. |
don't listen to any of these guys.
what you need to do is start out with building three forges, another cyber core, make sure u have 4 gateways, 2 robo bays, and 2 star ports. make sure that all of your production facilities and armies are binded on keys. i have melee units on 1. range units on 2. air units on 3. nexus to build drones on 4. robo bays on five. star ports on six. forge on seven. cyber core on 8. make sure at the beginning you build a dark shrine. what you are gonna do is have a main army that can go around and defend each ramp as waves come through. you want to build cannons at each ramp as well as dark templar/zealot. this is important so that waves dont come through and wipe out your pylons and eventually run into your main base. so, you have the choke holds of melee units/cannons at each base. you have a bamf double base economy. make sure you start upgrades from the very beginning. they are very necessary. you want to build up around 10 colossi. you want to support them with the infantry you have/ the phoenix you start out with. i beat this mission without building any additional gateway support units for the main army. once the void rays come out, you want to build void rays at your starport. make sure you never lose your ten colossi. like i said, just go around defending wave after wave. the phoenix are important because u have to use them to lift the hybrids. do not let the hybrids kill your colossi. never let your colossi get surrounded or die. you want to have a big supply army around 150-170 if you want to beat this mission. if you lose this supply before the archives go down, you will lose. REMEMBER!!! keep upgrading! you need full upgrades if you want to do any damage- all the zerg units get super buffed and you dont do any damage against them without the upgrades. eventually all of yuor ramps supply will fail. this is around the 3 - 4 minute mark. defend the archives, with your colossi behind the archives. once the carriers come in, start building carriers. you have to transition from ground army to air army in order to win. once the archive timer ends, you want to have 10-12 colossi, a few immortal, and a big !@# air army of phoenix/void ray/carriers. i should note that around the time the ramps started failing i started putting cannons on the main 2 ramps in my base. so once the timer ends, you want to bring your 10 colossi, which might be 6-7 by now, and you want to put them in between your nexus and your gateways. you might build additional buildings. the point is you have to have a surround between your colossi and the zerg army. once the archives close, what you have to do is leave your ground army all blocked up so nothing can get to it, then you want to send your void rays out to kill the worms that keep sending the broodlings in. basically you just sit in your base and let the splash units do the work. you do this until the mothership comes. just hover over your base, and graviton beam all of the melee hybrids that come through. TL:DR upgrades 10 colossi 3 ramps blocked with cannons/zealot/dt transition to air units as they become available retreat to archive around 4 minute timer retreat to block colossi army up when timer hits 0. you decide around this time when to send out void rays to kill worms. the sooner the better. i actually killed 3 - 4 then killed the massive wave, then killed the last. camp out with mothership in blocked section of your base |
Lol i dont think i've ever finished that mission with full upgrades. |
Pfft, I'm reading all your replies and I feel some are so complicated, I found a video on youtube... all the guy did was build Colossi, that is it. He mass produced them until he got 200/200, after that he build cannons. He used the air units/heroes given to him to deal with Broodlords.
Took him to 2900ish. With that strategy I got to 2600 easy. After 2600 the waves never stopped so I decided not to care. But all in all.. all he produced were Colossi, and 5 probes from each Nexus at the start. That is it. |
i just did it today got up to 3800ish kills. you can beat it by building 3 units. as soon as the mission starts throw down a robo (so you have 3 total), a support bay and another forge so you can double upgrade. immediatly start +1 attack and armour (i get 3 -3 then i do shields if i can afford it). also start air weapons upgrades immediatly. get all 3 weapons first then do air armor.
build about 7-8 probes from each nexus, you start with a decent amount but are not saturated. once your saturated just build collosi. 3 at a time and you will easily hold for a very long time. you will be floating minerals so cannon the hell out of the high grounds on the flanks then cannon up all 3 entrances, i prefer the flanks first then the front. when the hybrids start attacking use the gravitron beam to lift some and focus them down with air while your collosi melt the ground units. once Mohandar shows up with void rays start building those 2 at a time. prioritize these over collosi although you should be able to afford 2 void rays and 1-3 collosi at once. you will still be floating minerals so throw down tons of cannons all over the place. once the preservers are done cannon the hell out of the low ground and retreat to the high ground. you should be maxxed out at this point on collosi voids and all your upgrades. this will easily get you 2500 kills. if you want to keep going after that you can start doing some micro once the mother ship pops and focus down the overseers as they will not have much detection. i probably could have lasted longer but stopped caring. GLHF hotkey your ground army to 1, air units to 2, just make sure to intercept broodlords with the air as they will attack your cannons and you can lose a bunch if you dont notice |
As soon as the mission starts, queue up five probes in each nexus. Then build two more forges, and one more cyber core. Immediately start researching all available upgrades. Throw down 10 more gateways. Queue up five more probes from each nexus. Always have units building from the two stargates, the two robotics facilities, and your twelve warpgates.
Build extra pylons beyond 200 psi, in advance, because they will eventually destroy the ones out in front. Build a !@#$load of cannons. Always have your army clumped, and watch your map. Whenever you see an incursion, move your entire army there. Force fields, psistorms, and when Artanis gets there, vortex. When I did this on Brutal, I actually had to break up my army and run bits at a time into the enemy, otherwise it would have taken me forever to die. I can get all the achievements for that mission on Brutal mode without breaking a sweat. If there wasn't a certain point where their army like quintuples in size, I could probably hold indefinitely on Brutal mode. For the record, I didn't need to do any micro really, and graviton lifting on the hybrids is just plain overkill. I didn't even bother hotkeying my army. I did have my buildings hotkeyed though. You don't really need a specific unit comp. Lots of collosi, stalkers, voids, and zealots will do the job. I never actually lost my original phoenixes, voids, or carriers. Until I threw them at the massive army one-by-one.
Edited by Joshua on 2/6/2013 7:56 AM PST
has anyone pulled off any ridiculous archonamageddon toilets after you get the mothership?
i've never tried, but i think it would be hilarious |
has anyone pulled off any ridiculous archonamageddon toilets after you get the mothership? never tried it wish i wouldve maybe ill replay it just for this, you can probably pull off some absurd ones. |
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I need some advice in converting a keg. What hole size would be appropriate in the top? I plan to put some water in the keg then use a plasma cutter. Yes/No? Thanks Ed
The hole in the top, if it won't be used for anything else, should be as wide as you can make it so it's easier to clean and inspect. Most here use an angle grinder but if you're handy with plasma....
12" diameter is pretty standard for the hole in the top. I would suggest figuring out what lid, if any, you will use and size the hole accordingly for it. Restaurant supply stores sell stock pot lids pretty cheap. I think i saw some in Target the other day as well.
if your going to have a lid I suggest you get the lid and cut the hole to fit, a 12" stock pot lid actually needs a 11 5/8 hole
I'd source the lid before cutting the keg. You want to make sure the lid will not be too small for the hole and make sure that the lid will fit inside the handle rim before you cut the keg. Mine fit with about a quarter inch to spare between the handle and lid and the hole was a nice fit. I used a winco #17 aluminum lid.
Standard here at Wack is 12 inch and yes on the water in fact I fill almost to the top say 3 inch down. God Bless Swagman
Do the bottom with the plasma cutter. 10"-12" diameter is best.....10" lids are easiest to find. If you leave the sanke coupling at the top intact, you've got yourself a 2" triclover bottom drain when you invert it. This is only if you're going electric. Otherwise, cut the standard way as others have described, but keep the spear and newly cut out top. Some people weld fender washers to it and use it as a lid.
Most def fill with H2O, I just converted three for and that's what we did. Worked great
Steve Knows. And YES water! I didn't. Took me a week to clean that crap out.
I have made three and wish i knew what lids i would be using before i cut the lid. I have one with 12" that I have a lid for and two that are as wide as you can cut them. Both sizes work great but I only have one lid for the bigger holed kegs. The water trick sounds great i never would have thought of. It took me a little while to clean out after cutting with the plasma cutter and I have access to strong cleaning chemicals at the brewery i work.


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