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After half a century, Leon de Brabander knows the exact day he began growing roses in his backyard.
"It was the day after Kennedy was killed," de Brabander laments.
It's an unfortunate time stamp that's stuck with de Brabander and his wife Loretta. The couple says they were devastated to learn of the president's death, but that the planting of the garden the next day was purely coincidental.
"I had mail-ordered the roses and they came in during the week and I put them in the garage with the plan to plant them that weekend," he said. "Kennedy was killed on that Friday."
In the spring of 1964, the first dozen bushes bloomed behind the couple's Limestone Acres home. That was only the beginning.
Today, more than 100 rose bushes of all varieties line the perimeter of de Brabanders' backyard. At one point, he estimates there were 130 bushes in the garden.
In the summer, the yard lights up with a kaleidoscope of colors: reds, pinks, purples, oranges, yellows and whites. Among those roses is the John F. Kennedy Rose, a large, magnificent white rose named for the slain 35th president of the United States.
"It's a hybrid rose," de Brabander said. "Roses have patented names. You can pay $10,000 and name them for whoever you want."
De Brabander, 78, estimates he spends a minimum of 40 hours a week tending to the rose garden, which is something of a local attraction to neighbors and their visitors. During blooming season, which begins in March, he spends about two hours early in the morning spraying the bushes and then much of the day pruning them.
One year, he and his wife booked an Alaska cruise for June. That meant the garden work was left to his daughters Ann and Lisa and son Leon Jr.
"We were out all week with a big group of our friends trying to keep up with all the bushes," Ann recalled. "It took a bunch of us to get it done. That's when I realized just how much work he put into it."
But de Brabander said it was a labor of love.
"Usually I wake up at daybreak to get out there and there's this serenity, this peacefulness," he said. "I know God is involved the longer I go. God created the garden and then he created man to tend to the garden."
The garden has likely brought peace and serenity to more people than de Brabander even realizes. Ann said she has memories of her father always bringing roses to shut-ins, new neighbors, local churches or friends or colleagues who were sick or celebrating a milestone.
Loretta, an avid gardener herself, said she used to use roses from the yard to make corsages and boutineers for her children and their homecoming and prom dates.
Page 2 of 2 - De Brabander said he has no plans to further expand his backyard garden, but said he has no intention of giving it up anytime soon either.
"Growing roses is like playing golf, you have to be a fanatic," he said.
"Watching a rose open up before your eyes is breathtaking. I don't think there's anybody I know who has seen the beauty I've seen in those roses."
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MOSCOW, Idaho – The Idaho men's basketball team wraps up its five-game road trip at UC Davis on Nov. 29 with a 2 p.m. tipoff.
Idaho and UC Davis will play for the fourth time, with Idaho owning a 3-0 lead in the all-time series. Both teams enter Saturday's game with 3-4 records on the season. The Vandals are coming off back-to-back losses for the first time in 2013-14 after falling to Columbia 65-60 and Boise State 98-89 in their last two contests. Stephen Madison leads Idaho and ranks second in the WAC with 17.3 points per game.
UC Davis is led by 18.0 points and 6.3 rebounds per game from Josh Ritchart. Corey Hawkins averages 15.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game and Ryan Sypkens adds 11.7 points. The Aggies are averaging 71.0 points per game but allowing 76.6. UC Davis shoots 47.0 percent from the field and 35.9 percent from 3-point range with 7.3 made 3s per game, but gives up a -4.0 rebounding margin and -1.7 turnover margin.
The last time the two teams met, Idaho took a 73-66 win in Moscow on Dec. 1, 2012. Stephen Madison led the Vandals with 21 points on 7-of-14 shooting in that game. Corey Hawkins scored 20 points for the Aggies.
Live stats of the game will be available online at UCDavisAggies.com and a free live video stream will be online at www.BigWest.org.
The Vandals return home to host border-rival Washington State on Dec. 7 in the Cowan Spectrum.


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Six months ago I lost my job in corporate sales due to an acquisition. On the one hand, I was dissappointed. It was a month too early: I had been working for a couple of years to land a very large deal and had counted on the commission for some much needed money. On the other hand, I was relieved. I had been ready to leave for some time. My heart was no longer invested in the work I was doing, and I was finding it more and more difficult to push aside that insistant and persistent inner voice that was saying - "Wake up, stupid - if you don't live YOUR dreams, no one else will!"
I took advantage of the time off to do what any sensable person would do in my place - I went to Cuba and danced for the entire month of January! (I probably should have been looking for a job, but --- man, it was soooo worth it!!)
Nevertheless, when I got back home, I had to get real. I had to get a job. I prepared. I went on interveiws. I got second interveiws. But no job offer. Mystified and depressed, I asked a former boss why he thought I was having bad luck. I was overqualified, had spectacular references and and excellent track record. He said, "You know, Robin, you might as well admit it: You want to have your own empire. People can pick up on that, including, perhaps, the Managers who are interviewing you."
Without skipping a beat, I said, "Of course I want my own empire, doesn't everybody?!" He smartly responded with a comment that made me realize that I was probably sending mixed messages during my interview. No body wants a half-ass employee. And I can't blem 'em one bit!
After that conversation, I started feeling grateful for my apparent bad luck. I decided that RIGHT NOW is my time. I enrolled in an online women's business course. It was just what I needed to get clear about what I could do for a business, that was also 100% aligned with my souls purpose. Turns out that I have a passion for helping other women express themselves from their inner goddess. For years I'd done this with dance, but I never made the connection with Sales.
In just a few months, I've launched a sales coaching business, called (of course), Sell Like a Goddess. I'm filling my calendar with savvy, passionate entrepreneurs who want to learn how to channel their awesome-ness into their sales approach. I have found a way to use my background in the arts to earn a living AND truly help people, and I'm so happy that I could jump! In fact, I'm going to do that right now!!


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Ophelia Benson summarized Michael Shermer's latest foot-in-mouth in his row with Massimo Pigliucci over whether and to what degree moral philosophy should become a moral science instead. Reading their exchange, I find Shermer is more inclined toward ideological biases and superficial worldview declarations than actual, sound, self-critical, well-thought analyses in this matter.
As a result, Shermer is doing a really awful job of defending what I actually agree with: that it's high time moral philosophy began to be folded into the sciences (the same way philosophy of mind became psychology and cognitive science, for example). And that's annoying. It's like when awful Jesus myth theorists make it harder for me to argue that Jesus might not have existed after all, by their constantly using terrible arguments that then get falsely imputed to me. My case then gets judged by their failures. I now worry the same will happen here. So let me try to nip that in the bud.
The General Point
Pigliucci already exposes Shermer's lack of understanding in this latest matter generally, so I won't rehash all that. You can follow along with that exchange on your own. Shermer opened with this ("The Is-Ought Fallacy of Science and Morality") at The Edge, which was in spirit correct but somewhat inept in execution, and Pigliucci took him to task for its obvious omissions in a reply at Rationally Speaking. To which Shermer responded there. To which Pigliucci then replied again (possibly it's still going on at this point, but that's as much as I've so far read).
Shermer is getting owned in this debate. He is really not coming across well. In particular, not only is he out of his depth, once again he doesn't seem capable of learning. He pretty much just circles the wagons around his original claims. He isn't really listening to Pigliucci or answering his concerns. And the actual goal (to articulate an actionable scientific research program in moral science) is getting lost, even though it's supposed to be what Shermer is arguing for. Badly.
Disclosure is warranted. Like I said, I agree with Shermer's overall point: morality should become a science. And I have responded harshly to Pigliucci on this issue before (in a letter Pigliucci read but that has not yet been published). In a previous review, Pigliucci had horribly straw manned the case for a moral science made by Sam Harris (in his book The Moral Landscape), not only misrepresenting what Harris argued, but falsely equating Harris' insufficient defense of the case with the indefensibility of the case altogether. Pigliucci carries that flawed theme forward in his critique of Shermer, but otherwise Pigliucci is spot on. Everything he says about the ineptitude of Shermer's arguments is pretty much correct, and I agree with a lot else Pigliucci says in this exchange.
On the matter of making morality a science, however, both Shermer and Pigliucci are wrong, for reasons I already spelled out in formal detail in "Moral Facts Naturally Exist (and Science Could Find Them)" a couple years ago, which is chapter 14 of The End of Christianity (pp. 333-64, 420-29). I had previously elaborated on that idea less formally in Part V of Sense and Goodness without God (and further illumination can be gained from my past debate over desire utilitarianism: see Goal Theory Update; and likewise from my discussion of Moral Ontology). Shermer is wrong for all the reasons Pigliucci documents. But Pigliucci is wrong for all the reasons I document. (As a philosopher, Pigliucci would be most concerned to read my chapter in TEC rather than the material in SaG or my blog, which should be viewed as an informal appendix to the formal demonstration of that more recent work in print.)
Pigliucci is thus really just tearing down a straw man here, since Shermer's awful defense of a science of morality is easy pickings for any well-informed thinker trained to spot a fallacy. I do hope someday Pigliucci will constructively critique my chapter instead, if we want to make progress in discussing a possible research program for a real science of prescriptive (and not merely descriptive) morality. Of course, I say this knowing that in his reply to Shermer, Pigliucci actually agrees with a lot of what I say there. Indeed, my paper uses careful and peer reviewed philosophy to demonstrate what Shermer is trying to argue ineptly with a lot of sloppy inferences and hand waving.
The Specific Point
But what really gets my goat is the way Shermer uses evidence, and one particular example is emblematic. I mean the way Shermer uses a particular research paper, a product of a private think tank (and not something you can find yet in a peer reviewed academic journal as far as I know): Daniel Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers, "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth" [PDF here], which (contrary to what Shermer says) is policy paper No. 5230 (October 2010) for the German Institute for the Study of Labor (aka the IZA).
On this Shermer says (my emphasis in bold):
…in a study…entitled "Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth" by the University of Pennsylvania economists Daniel Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, and Justin Wolfers…they compared survey data on subjective well-being ("happiness") with income and economic growth rates in 140 countries. The economists found a positive correlation between income and happiness within individual countries, in which richer people are happier than poorer people; and they also found a between-country difference in which people in richer countries are happier than people in poorer countries. As well, they found that an increase in economic growth was associated with an increase in subjective well being: "These results together suggest that measured subjective well-being grows hand in hand with material living standards." How much difference? "A 20 percent increase in income has the same impact on well-being, regardless of the initial level of income: going from $500 to $600 of income per year yields the same impact on well-being as going from $50,000 to $60,000 per year." Contrary to previous studies, the economists found no upper limit in which more money does not correlate with more happiness. As well, on a 0-10 scale measuring "life satisfaction," people in poor countries averaged a 3, people in middle-income countries averaged a 5-6, and people in rich countries averaged a 7-8 (Americans rate their life satisfaction as a 7.4). The economists' conclusion confirms my moral science theory that the survival and flourishing of individuals is what counts.
Now, let's set aside that last line, which is a non sequitur–and for many more reasons than Pigliucci already points out (I mean, honestly, the complete disconnect in terminology from that sentence, the conclusion, with the preceding sentences, the premises, would get Shermer an F in almost any college course I can think of that he could write such a paper for). Likewise, let's set aside the overall assumption that subjective measures of life satisfaction are sufficient in themselves to reach moral conclusions about the behaviors that increase them (Pigliucci already rightly takes Shermer to task for that sloppy inference).
I am here concerned about his use as "evidence" of the statement I put in bold, particularly the "contrary to previous studies" remark, but also his extending it to, as he quotes from that paper, the "conclusion [that] economists' traditional interest in economic growth has not been misplaced." This put up a skeptical red flag in my mind, because every previous study I know found otherwise, and so they have a big burden to carry here if they are going to overturn all previous science on this subject. Shermer should certainly agree. He should also certainly acknowledge that he agrees. Instead, he just assumes this is the good science, and all the rest is the bad science. All because it says what he wants. Bad skeptic.
Two key claims are implied by the study he cites (plus a few other claims of lesser importance here): that economic growth helps everyone and is therefore a desirable goal in itself, and that even the ultra-rich are happier than the merely rich, therefore gaining wealth is always a desirable goal. These conclusions are not explicitly stated in the study, but the authors hint at them repeatedly and have gerrymandered their presentation to favor that conclusion. And Shermer is explicitly using their paper as if it argues these things (as his remarks I put in bold confirm).
But there are two problems with these claims, which expose problems with the way Shermer uses this study, which further confirms Pigliucci's criticisms of Shermer's entire abuse of evidence generally, an abuse that more resembles pseudoscience than the actual science Shermer wants done in the moral sphere:
(1) The authors of this study did not control for the one factor that actually matters with respect to GDP: percentage of GDP spent on social services and infrastructure rather than hoarded by top earners. For example, just contrast Norway with Saudi Arabia, and right away a claim like "national economic growth is always a desirable goal for everyone" is exposed as somewhat absurd. Obviously national happiness will improve with GDP insofar as higher GDP results in improved social services: more and better police and fire departments, more and better government institutions aiding the public, more reliable social safety nets, more and better roads and sanitation and pollution abatement, more and better workplace safety regulation and building codes, cheaper and cleaner public water, and so on.
If you want to claim that this byproduct of GDP-increase is not the thing responsible for the measured increase in general happiness of a population, you would have to actually control for that factor. But they didn't do that. Why? Possibly because if they did, they wouldn't find what they appear to want. They'd probably find that public services investment is the actual factor, and GDP increase is not the real cause–that it often (but not always) correlates with happiness only because it often (but not always) correlates with public services investment, and it's public services investment that causes the observed boost in happiness. Hence that old warning: correlation is not always causation. Skeptics should have that tattooed on their brain. Shermer, evidently, does not.
(2) They also conceal reality by using a logarithmic function for income. If you know anything about math, you might immediately be getting suspicious. The usual finding, of many previous studies, which they imply they are contradicting (and which Shermer went out of his way to mention they are contradicting), is that as wealth increases, gains in happiness decline. But that's exactly what this study also shows. By mapping gains in happiness against the logarithm of gains in wealth, all they prove is that more wealth produces smaller gains in happiness. Precisely what all previous studies found.
The key to unraveling their entire argument is the single table on [PDF] page 41, figure 1 (or rather, I should say, their implied argument; all the paper actually argues is that they found this logarithmic relationship, which by itself is a somewhat trivial finding, since it does not disagree with any prior study and doesn't tell us anything new–but they do not write their commentary as if their improvement on past studies was thus trivial, as in fact it is, but as if it discovered something revolutionary, which it didn't). Here is the graph in question:
Notice the logarithmic scale of income along the bottom, against their non-logarithmic scale of subjective happiness ("life satisfaction") along the left side (measured on a scale of 1 to 10). Note that past studies found that after annual income reaches around $70,000 (in adjusted dollars), gains in happiness become too small for continued acquisition of wealth to be a significant factor in making you happy. Now look at what their table says: a bump from $64,000 annual income to $128,000 annual income produces a gain in "life satisfaction" of a mere fraction of a unit–from about 7.5 average to about 7.8 average, a difference so small I would expect it to be consumed by any subject's margin of error in reporting their own degree of happiness (see my marked up version of this graph below).
Hmmm. That's basically what past studies said: such an income bump has only an insignificant effect on overall life satisfaction. There are very few things we should be willing to sacrifice in order to merely increase our life satisfaction from a 7.5 to a 7.8 out of 10. Thus, once we reach a certain income level, pursuing more income starts to lose any significant value for the purposes of moral decision-making (even if polled subjective happiness is the ultimate goal of moral action as Shermer claims). Indeed I suspect that more income beyond that only adds significant life satisfaction insofar as we do worldwide good with it (rather than consuming it selfishly), but that's at least something we can study.
Meanwhile, a gain from $16,000 to $64,000 makes a significant difference in happiness: from an average rating of 6.5 to 7.5. And of course, these are averages. Tease out the effect of going from $16,000 to $64,000 for someone with medical problems (or who has a large family or is living in an expensive city or in a terrible crime zone that they can't afford presently to escape) and I'm certain the gain in life satisfaction at that level would be even greater. But even with that speculation aside, from the data already available–the very same data Shermer is using–it's clear that helping the poor is more important than doubling the incomes of the rich.
I've illustrated all this by marking up that same table:
Also notice that their table ends at $128,000. In this paper's commentary they talk about moving from the bottom 5% to the top 5% as yielding great gains in happiness. Yet their table doesn't even include the latter. In the U.S. the top 5% begins at around $166,000, which on their logarithmic scale would begin a bit off the edge of their current table. Yet we should want to know if their correlation line actually continues with the same slope–as their paper implies–or if in fact the slope begins to level off at some income level–and if so, at what level of life-satisfaction.
Certainly, it must. Their claim of a consistent logarithmic relationship is impossible, since the scale stops at 10, yet their correlation line would predict someone making a billion dollars a year will report a life satisfaction in the 100s [or actually, about 14.5]. Obviously not. In fact, I doubt it even goes to 10, as if there was some income level at which the average earner at that level reports a life satisfaction of 10. (When there can be no number above 10, averaging at 10 is really damn hard to do.) In fact I doubt the reported average even goes to 9. So where does it level off? These authors coyly don't tell you. I suspect it levels off around or just under an average of 8, judging from where they decided to stop telling you. Which means once you get to around $120,000 in annual income, you are unlikely to get any happier on average than just under an 8. Essentially what everyone has been saying in this field for years.
And that's joint household income, BTW, i.e. the total income of a couple (when a household consists of a couple, or even in some cases an extended family), not their income individually, which is significant because it refutes what Shermer implies (repeatedly), that it is individual success that is being measured here, when in fact it includes the cooperative success of pair-bonded couples. Each of whom can earn $32,000 and be just as happy as if they were alone and making $64,000. Think about that. It means that increasing the income of low wage earners is far more important than increasing the incomes of the already-rich. It means fair wage laws might be a good idea. Indeed, they might be better than all the government boons and largesse we throw at banks and corporations. Protecting million dollar bonuses for a few thousand people is morally indefensible when doubling the minimum wage would far more greatly improve the lives of tens of millions.
Sure, I can already anticipate the usual objections, like that increasing the minimum wage would hurt more people by increasing unemployment or the cost of goods and services, and so on. But once we start that conversation we're having a debate over the facts that is far more nuanced than Shermer pretends. Shermer is right on one thing: science has to answer these questions (like, what actually are the effects of raising the minimum wage?). They cannot be answered from the armchair by pithy ideological assumptions about how markets are supposed to behave. Markets don't obey ideologies. They obey reality. And that's science's domain. And the thing about science is, it often doesn't get the results you want. You have to be okay with that. Otherwise you're just a creationist obsessing over something other than creationism.
Anyway, back to this paper's non-revolutionary finding that increasing income after a certain point has only negligible effects on personally reported happiness: the same mistake plagues their cross-country comparisons by GDP and GDP growth. Once again, even there, their own data show that continued gains on this logarithmic scale are of rapidly diminishing importance. Perhaps we should not, therefore, pursue national economic growth at the expense of things like ghettoizing our inner city neighborhoods, or protecting banks "too big to fail" from the actual consequences of their misbehavior, or allowing the wealthy to take corporate welfare and other "perks" from the government (while simultaneously denigrating benefits in aid of the poor).
Continued economic growth should not therefore be a major moral goal even by Shermer's own reasoning. I doubt it even makes the list of top moral goals, once your nation has reached a certain baseline level of stable economic success. Showing that gains still continue after that is moot when those gains are so small that they simply aren't worth the actual social costs of pursuing them.
Shermer's ideologically obsessed failure to recognize nuances and complexities like this (which Pigliucci also points out), and his misuse of this paper in particular to push his own armchair moral agenda under the false veneer of it being scientifically proven, is just sloppy and insulting. It would be one thing if at least he said there may be nuances to this and that all he is really calling for is that we actually study these facts further to see what shakes out, and if he at least acknowledged that this does not yet connect to any actual prescription for moral action (Shermer never actually gets around to explaining what moral rules or behavior these facts are supposed to support, beyond vague slogans about individualism and market economics, which are meaningless shibboleths, words with emotive force but largely devoid of any clear content), and if he also actually responded to Pigliucci's point that even the question of what's best for us (what we as individuals most want for ourselves) is a matter of scientific inquiry (inquiry that might yet turn out a result Shermer doesn't expect), and if he would concede Pigliucci's point that right now, in the absence of the scientific research we actually need, a more scientifically informed philosophy is the only stopgap we have left for answering moral questions, maybe if he did all that then what he's been saying on this subject would be salvageable. But he just doesn't get any of that. He doesn't think. He doesn't listen. He just plays the fiddle of verification bias.
And I'm getting tired of that.
A Better Research Proposal
Shermer has one thing sort of vaguely right: science is already really good at teasing out cause-effect relationships, and if well-honed and ingeniously-directed, it could do a really good job at working out what the total lifetime consequences are for certain behavior choices (consequences psychologically, socially, reciprocally, and with respect to interpersonal relations). For example, we could determine if cultivating and abiding by the virtues of compassion, reasonableness, and integrity lead to ceteris paribus gains in personal life satisfaction, how large, for whom, and when. We already have the methodologies and research tools to do this. We just have to actually do it. And doing it would render moot much of moral philosophical pondering about such things.
But that's just one side of the equation. Pigliucci keeps telling Shermer this, but he keeps not getting it. A moral imperative consists of two components: an implied set of consequences to a behavior, and an implied desire to have or avoid those consequences. I explain that in my cited work. But what it comes down to here is that the first component (consequences to a behavior) is what Shermer keeps talking about, while the second component (what people actually want) is what Pigliucci is talking about. Both are scientifically discoverable facts (and both are real facts of the natural world, and not mere opinions or phantoms), but they are not discovered or researched in the same way. Yet a proper moral science has to investigate both. And obviously, the latter is where a real science of morality should start–since consequences only matter once you know which consequences people want to enjoy or avoid.
This leads to a complexity that both Shermer and Pigliucci appear to overlook. The question of importance to any true moral science is not to study what people happen to want, but what they would want if they were suitably informed. All moral imperatives assume this (as I have demonstrated in my cited work). You might want designer shoes, but when informed of the child slavery producing them, your desire for designer shoes might evaporate. Knowledge makes all the difference between whether a moral imperative is true or false. The material facts of the world have to be understood as they are, in order to understand the moral facts of the world as they are.
This is a lot harder for science to suss out. But it's not beyond our abilities. Science is incredibly creative and innovative in finding methods and ways of getting at facts. You just have to get to work on it. The task before us is not only to do what Shermer is talking about (and certainly not in the pseudoscientific way Shermer is doing it, but in properly sound and critically robust ways, in line with all good science), but also to start studying what people really want most from their lives, and more particularly, what they want when significantly informed of their options and of the contents of the world and of the possible consequences of their actions and choices–especially those they might not presently be aware of.
And after doing a lot of that, science needs to survey its results and look for cross-cultural and inter-societal universals. If it finds any, a universal morality emerges (and hence an objective and real one)…along with a way to explain it and persuade people to it that no longer hinges on speculation or hypothesis or holy books or tradition or anything other than facts and reason. If, on the other hand, science finds there is no universal set of ultimate core values (from which ultimate moral facts will necessarily derive, in the way I explain in my cited work), it will then have found two or more population subgroups who share ultimate core values, and will then be able to discover prescriptive moralities that are real and hold true for those respective subgroups.
I doubt the latter will occur, for reasons I have explained in my cited work (I doubt humans differ enough from each other biologically or indeed even environmentally for different subgroups of us to have radically incommensurate ultimate core values…and yes, I even consider the phenomenon of psychopathy). But that's at least a verifiable (or falsifiable) empirical claim. Which science could answer…if it could be persuaded to bother. It's high time it was.


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I had a good experience with some kydex and wanted to share. well, I picked up S&W M&P( with the Apex comp kit- awesome!) and I had a Comp-Tac IWB in kydex for a Glock 23 that I once had, so I decided to try and remold it to the M&P.
After some research online I went ahead and it turned out perfect.
One person who makes kydex holsters uses a 2 ton press and takes 2 pieces of wood and glues a foam mat onto them and heats the kydex and wraps the item( knife or gun) and then places them between the wood and presses them with the press, to make a perfect molding.
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Ireland says Dolphins defense can't be ignored
Everyone knows the Miami Dolphins have a ton of holes on offense.
There's this little quarterback problem issue the Dolphins have, which will likely be addressed this offseason - somehow - by upgrading from Chad Henne.
The franchise must rebuilt the interior of the offensive line, which shamefully produced a 3.7 yards per carry rushing average last season.
The Dolphins also need younger and faster tailbacks to replace one, if not both of the last year's front-line rushers. A complementary seam threat tight end would benefit the offense, as would a stretch the field receiver that has the speed to keep the opposition's secondary honest.
That's a laundry list of needs on offense. But there are some problem areas that need to be addressed on the Dolphins' defense, which received a face-lift last offseason, and produced a major turnaround in 2010.
The unit was ranked eighth in passing yards allowed (209.2), and seventh in rushing yards allowed (100.1) last season, but Mike Nolan's squad has plenty of room for improvement. Evidence of this is the team's 20.8 points per game average, which was ranked 14th.
What are the concerns? What areas do the Dolphins' defense need to build on?
The Dolphins will likely be shopping for a new nose tackle if the market for Paul Soliai doesn't drop. The Dolphins need to find a second pass rusher to pair with Cameron Wake. It would be ideal to find another interior linebacker, one not named Karlos Dansby, who can drop back into coverage and not get roasted by a tight end or tailback. And the Dolphins need better play out of the free safety spot.
According to Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland, his team's defense won't be ignored this offseason.
"You got to add pieces every year to get better. That's offensively and defensive. I'm not going to close my eyes on this defense. You've got to build your strength," Ireland earlier this offseason. "You've got to build on offense. There's no doubt about it. You got to get pieces that fit what you're doing offensively. We have to get pieces on special teams. It's going to be an ongoing process to improve ALL phases on this football team and I'm not going to sleep until we do.
"I know where our defense is. I think we've done a very nice job [in 2010] defensively putting some pieces together," Ireland said, referring to the addition of Dansby, Tim Dobbins and the selection of seven defensive players in the draft. "It was obviously a focus last year, getting younger players. We have some young core players on that side of the ball that are maturing, and we still need to do some more maturing on the defensive side of the ball.
"There are three phases to this game," Ireland continued. "When you get to this point of the year and you're evaluating the offense like you do the defense last year, you're making decisions that you hope to effect the future."
That explains why even though the Dolphins were fairly set on the defensive line the team drafted Jared Odrick in the first round last year, following their pick the best player available approach.
Considering the 2011 draft is top-heavy on the defensive side of the ball according to most draft insiders, we could see that same approach taken in 2011. But is it really needed?
Odrick's set to return from his broken foot and leg injuries, which sidelined him for all but one game last season. He'll likely complete with Randy Starks, Kendall Langford and Phillip Merling for one of the two starting end spots, and be part of the four-end rotation. Maybe one of those players replaces Soliai, a free agent, as the nose.
A.J. Edds, last year's fourth-round pick, will return from the torn ACL he suffered in training camp, which forced him to sit out all of 2010. The team envisioned Edds, who contributed 78 tackles and half a sack in his senior season at Iowa, as a coverage specialist. Nobody knows if Edds can deliver in that role considering he hasn't played one snap in an NFL game, but he'll be given plenty of opportunity to show off his coverage skills.
Chris Clemons' play diminished at the end of the season, where rookie safety Reshad Jones began to push him for playing time, and the starters role. But few knew Clemons was playing with a torn groin that was surgically repaired at the end of the season.
It's likely that Clemons and Jones continue their position battle, and the Dolphins hope at least one of these youngsters will take another step forward, elevating the play of the Dolphins secondary, which presently features three starting caliber cornerbacks in Vontae Davis, Sean Smith and Will Allen.
Koa Misi blossomed at the end of his rookie year, transforming himself into a effective edge-setter, helping the Dolphins become more forceful against the run in the final six games.
Misi, who contributed 41 tackles and 4.5 sacks last season, said his plan this offseason is to study Jason Taylor and Elvis Dumervil's pass rushing move so he could become better at disengaging offensive linemen and taking down quarterbacks.
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Voters will elect a mayor and two Kure Beach Town Council commissioners in November - but the outcome of each race is already decided, as all three candidates are running unopposed.
Incumbent Mayor Dean Lambeth and Commissioner Steve Pagley are running to keep their seats, while retired Kure Beach resident Craig Bloszinsky is aiming for the council seat currently occupied by Chuck Keener. Keener, the town's mayor pro tem, is not seeking re-election.
The lack of ballot-box competition could mean that residents are pleased with the current council, as even Bloszinsky - the election's lone challenger - said he appreciated the opportunity to contribute to the work already being done by town officials.
"I like the way our current council manages to improve our community within the available budget," he said in response to a StarNews questionnaire. "I want to use my 30 years of IBM management and executive experience to support and enhance the council work."
Kure Beach's mayor serves a two-year term and receives an annual salary of $3,600. Commissioners serve four-year terms, with an annual salary of $2,400. The mayor pro tem, selected by the council, earns $2,700 per year.
Important issues facing Kure Beach officials include ensuring continued funding for beach nourishment projects and impending flood insurance rate hikes.
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2.Sporanox (itraconazole) UK summary of product characteristics. Janssen-Cilag Ltd November, 2008.
3.Sporanox (itraconazole) Canadian prescribing information. Janssen-Ortho May 20, 2008.
4.Nizoral (ketoconazole) UK summary of product characteristics. Janssen-Cilag Ltd October, 2008.
5.Jalava KM, Olkkola KT, Neuvonen PJ. Itraconazole greatly increases plasma concentrations and effects of felodipine. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1997 Apr; 61(4):410-5.
6.Plendil (felodipine) US prescribing information. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP November, 2003.
7.Neuvonen PJ, Suhonen R. Itraconazole interacts with felodipine. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995 Jul;33(1):134-5.
8.Tailor SA, Gupta AK, Walker SE, Shear NH. Peripheral edema due to nifedipine-itraconazole interaction: a case report. Arch Dermatol 1996 Mar;132(3):350-2.


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- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the sugar and corn syrup. Microwave, uncovered, on high for 3 minutes; stir. Heat 2 minutes longer. Stir in cashews and butter. Microwave on high for 20-50 seconds or until mixture turns a light amber (mixture will be very hot).
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"Due to variations in microwaves I would not use this recipe.I cooked it longer than called for because it never turned an amber color.It was a rubbery mess !"


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Not entirely sure. Can't say I care to be honest, but if I had to take a side I'd say I'm more in the agnostic category.
Not entirely sure. Can't say I care to be honest, but if I had to take a side I'd say I'm more in the agnostic category.
dammit kirby. why anything exists rather than nothing. there is no good explanation for the EXISTENCE of the universe. the big bang is a fine theory for the beginning of the universe and is experimentally supported, but it says nothing of where the matter came from. the universe's original particles are postulated as to have been 'spontaneously created' which obviously is a philosophical problem. what is the casual mechanism 'spontaneously creating' particles, where are these particles spontaneously created from. from where did the space which they are 'created' into come? there are sophisticated physical and mathematical models for the idea of 'spontaneous creation' that still don't have a thing to do with answered those questions.
the "definition" of SPACE isn't an issue, why it's THERE is an issue. and if nothing existed, well, what exactly would THAT actually mean?
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
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that presumes that there was time before the big bang, which we aren't entirely sure existed, it might seem strange, but the universe might just 'be,' starting entirely from a single point in the past
its kind of like asking what the origin of a ray is in mathematics, the universe might exist in the same way a ray does
what I am trying to say is the the notion of cause and effect is entirely confused when talking about the origin of the universe, the universe might not of even needed a cause
also, I don't know much about quantum physics, but I do recall that a similar thing happens there in real life that we observe
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I heard something about if you added up all of the matter/energy/momentum in the universe, it would cancel itself out and equal out to zero.
Here is some more eloquent information on it: http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mer...2/nothing.html
I don't think this has anything to do with whatever the argument was though.
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Well i'm glad you're taking the agnostic side in this argument and not jumping straight to the anti atheist comments because the thing about science is that it's about finding out and learning. We don't know where the universe came from but that's ok, if scientists don't know what caused the big bang then what hope do a bunch of religious people stranded on a rock in the middle of space have of knowing. There very well could be a god but i'm choosing to not believe in them simply on the basis of I don't care if they exist because they have not given any evidence to me other than a bunch of ancient books written by other people.


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NCDOT to resurface West Lexington Avenue
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The N.C. Department of Transportation will start repairing and resurfacing a section of West Lexington Avenue, from N.C. Highway 109 to the Guilford County line, at 8 a.m. Tuesday, weather permitting.
The road improvement process will be completed in two phases. First, NCDOT crews will put down tar and gravel to repair cracks in the roads. Then, a contractor will place a fresh layer of asphalt on top. This work will improve the ride quality for motorists and increase the lifespan of the roads, according to an NCDOT press release.
"This process is a proven way to prevent existing cracks from damaging the new asphalt and is significantly less expensive than other options, which helps us make the best use of limited resources," said NCDOT Davidson County Maintenance Engineer Mark Crook. "Motorists will only have to drive on the tar and gravel for about two weeks until crews complete the final paving phase of the project."
The tar and gravel work should be complete by Friday, weather permitting. On July 1, crews will put asphalt over the tar and gravel to create a smooth driving surface.
The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. While it is under way, motorists will experience lane closures and possible traffic congestion on these roads.
NCDOT used tar and gravel on a similar project in Thomasville in 2008. Crews used it to repair cracks on Cedar Lodge Road and Liberty Drive. There are no cracks today on the sections of these roads where NCDOT put down the tar and gravel five years ago, the release said. The road has not needed any more work since its renovation.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Monies Delicious! I generally don't like candy, but these lychee gummies are really good. They have a great lasting flavor. April 9, 2013
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(below is a pic from Anna Maria Horner's booth that I thought was so cute with all of those darling booties on display! Just had to start out with it.)
Yes, it's true...finally I have been able to successfully upload a few of my pictures. There are more where these came from, but they will have to wait for another day when I have more time. (When's that???)
Now...mind you, I never claimed to be a great photographer, and with my little digital camera, well let's just say they aren't exactly professional quality.
But I will show you what I've got. Most of them are just snapshots, un-staged and unedited.
This will give you a little taste of what quilt market was like in Minneapolis this last May. It was really fun to be there, just floating around!
So here goes:
This is Tina Givens' booth. We stopped in to visit Tina, because we always have a great laugh when we're with her. Seriously, we were crying tears of laughter. Tina is a total hoot! (Funny... there are owls in her newest line)
Here below is one of Tina's amazing "creatures". She makes them up in her head, and then creates them. They are so adorable! She turned the bunny upside-down to show us the jewels that got stuck in her tail.
Here's Tina (above), laughing at herself! (caught 'ya!)'
and below is the always inspiring Amy Butler booth. TOO good.
Here, below is Sandi Henderson's booth. she's a friend. she looks fabulous!
She's just doing a little PR work here. That's her hubby there, seated. He's super supportive.
And here is my friend Patty Young's booth. Cute new doll panels, Patty!
Here below are my new friends Anne and Valerie (Pillow and Maxfield). LOVE their new line. LOVE them! (such nice ladies.)
Super cute director's chair re-do!
And this, below is Anna Maria Horner's booth. (Lucy is thumbing through her NEW BOOK!)
Here, below is Anna showing us her really cute shoes (and her book got in there too somehow.)
The book is really fab. you need a copy!!
This here, above, is my baby sis Lucy, who is so dang cute sitting there on Anna's piecework couch!
That's it for now...check back next time when I get more photos up.
Also...market sample giveaways and sale coming soon!! Don't stay away too long, you could miss it!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Market photos! YAY!
(below is a pic from Anna Maria Horner's booth that I thought was so cute with all of those darling booties on display! Just had to start out with it.)
Posted by Lila Tueller at 10:03 AM
8 comments:
- SillyMama said...
SO glad that you were finally able to post your photos of market! So much fun to see all the great booths and people behind them! Can't wait for a fun giveaway - thanks!
- June 9, 2010 at 1:36 PM
- Dandelion Quilts said...
Thanks for the great pictures...I sure enjoyed them. Congrats on your move to Riley Blake, I love their fabrics, too.
- June 9, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Jacqueline said...
Now that I know how to blog, I also know how to leave comments. Fun, fun pics. So many talented people, including you. So fun to see what the market looks like.-Jackie
- June 17, 2010 at 7:35 PM
- mamabug said...
Amazing pictures and beautiful fabrics, booths and people ...Thank you
- June 17, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Fazemos de Conta said...
Hi my dear, what a wonderful market!! I wish I could be there, so many beautiful works... huummm I love it.
- June 27, 2010 at 3:35 AM
Hi where is this beautiful market?? How often is on?? Can anyone go?? I want to be there!!!
- July 29, 2010 at 7:29 PM
FYI: International Quilt Market is held each May in a different destination and each October, in Houston TX. It is not open to the public, but is open to the trade only. Anyone who sells fabric or sewing patterns or is involved in the industry can attend as long as they register. You can also do a booth there if you are involved in the industry. If you google International Quilt Market you can find out lots of information about it.
- September 19, 2010 at 11:49 PM
- cathy said...
Hi Lila, I love your Blogs. I can't wait to see the next. I'm soooo impressed to see the art work out their. Your baby sis looks exactly like you. She is beautiful.
Cathy (Uptownmama)
- September 21, 2010 at 11:13 AM


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This morning, the Wilmington Department of Police celebrated the graduation of the 95th Police Academy at the Chase Center on the Riverfront.
Twenty-four recruits, now Wilmington Police Officers, graduated alongside a City of Wilmington Fire Marshal and a Town of Newport Police Officer. The graduating law enforcement officers completed a 22 week Police Academy, which included a rigorous academic curriculum and strenuous physical training regimen.
The graduation ceremony featured Judge Andrea Rocanelli as the keynote speaker; with comments delivered by Mayor Dennis P. Williams, Chief of Police Christine Dunning and Chief of Fire Anthony Goode; awards presentations and the official badge pinning of graduating officers.
The graduating officers will officially report for duty and begin serving the City of Wilmington on Monday, August 19th.


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Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco iSCSI Driver Version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows
SN 5400 Series System Software Requirements
MDS 9000 Series System Software Requirements
Installing, Upgrading and Uninstalling iSCSI Driver Software
Using the iSCSI Driver with Cisco Network Boot
Using the iSCSI Driver with Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Release Notes for Cisco iSCSI Driver Version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows
May 26, 2004
These release notes support Cisco iSCSI Driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows. The iSCSI driver version 4.1.2 supersedes version3.1.2; there is no Cisco iSCSI Driver version 4.1.1 for Microsoft Windows.
For a list of software caveats that apply to version4.1.2, see the "Caveats" section. The caveats are updated for every maintenance version and are located on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
These release notes describe the following topics:
•Obtaining Technical Assistance
•Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
The iSCSI Driver for Microsoft Windows provides an IP host with the ability to access storage through an IP network. The iSCSI driver uses the iSCSI protocol to transport SCSI requests and responses over an IP network between the IP host and a Cisco SN 5400 or MDS 9000 Series system.
Architecturally, the iSCSI driver combines with the IP host's TCP/IP stack, network drivers, and network interface cards (NICs) to provide the same functions as a SCSI or a Fibre Channel adapter driver with a host bus adapter (HBA).
The iSCSI driver provides a transport for SCSI requests and responses for storage devices; however, instead of providing a transport for directly attached devices, the driver transports the SCSI requests and responses between the IP host and a Cisco SN 5400 or MDS 9000 Series system via an IP network. The SN 5400 or MDS 9000 Series system, in turn, transports SCSI requests and responses between it and the storage devices attached to it.
Once the iSCSI driver is installed and started, the host proceeds with a discovery process for storage devices.
A more technical description of the driver's design and its features can be found in the readme file that accompanies the iSCSI driver in the downloaded driver archive file.
Note The iSCSI protocol is an IETF-defined protocol for IP storage (ips). For more information about the iSCSI protocol, refer to the IETF standards for IP storage at http://www.ietf.org.
System Requirements
This section describes the system requirements for version 4.1.2 and includes the following information:
•Operating System Requirements
•SN 5400 Series System Software Requirements
•MDS 9000 Series System Software Requirements
Operating System Requirements
•The driver requires either Microsoft Windows XP Professional with service pack 1 or later, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (no service packs are required), or Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Advanced Server or Datacenter Server with service pack 3 or later. Hotfix Q839635 is required for all operating systems.
If the iSCSI Driver is running on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Cluster node, Microsoft Hotfix Q307939 is also required.
These hotfixes do not appear on the Microsoft Hotfix website; you must specifically request them.
Contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfixes. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft website: http://support.microsoft.com/default/aspx?scid=fn;EN-US;CNTACTMS.
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The typical support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Request the hotfixes for the specific Knowledge Base (KB) article (307939 and 839635). You will be asked to supply an e-mail address. You will receive an e-mail message with a link to an FTP site where you can download the hotfixes. The e-mail message will also contain a password that you will be prompted to enter when you open the hotfix files.
For additional information about these hotfixes, access the Microsoft website at http://www.microsoft.com and follow the support link to view KB article 307939 and 839635.
•The driver supports single-processor and multiprocessor machines.
•To ensure the best performance for iSCSI drivers, the extended windowing feature of TCP should be enabled on all IP hosts connecting to the SN 5400 Series system. In general, a larger window size enhances SN 5400 Series system performance.
•The receive and transmit flow control feature of the Gigabit Ethernet driver should be enabled on all IP hosts connecting to the SN 5400 Series system.
SN 5400 Series System Software Requirements
The iSCSI Driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows is interoperable with a Cisco SN 5400 Series system running software release 3.2 or later. This version of the driver is not interoperable with a Cisco SN 5400 Series system running software release 2.5 or earlier.
MDS 9000 Series System Software Requirements
The iSCSI Driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows is interoperable with a Cisco MDS 9000 Series system running SAN-OS Release 1.1(1) or later.
Installation Notes
This section describes how to obtain iSCSI driver software and upgrade an existing iSCSI driver installation, and includes the following information:
•Installing, Upgrading and Uninstalling iSCSI Driver Software
Downloading the iSCSI Driver
Registered Cisco.com users can download the most current Cisco iSCSI drivers, readme files and release notes from Cisco.com. In addition, information about driver compatibility and other relevant driver information is available on Cisco.com. You can access software and related information by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Technical Support and Software Center.
Step 2 At the Software Center web page, under Software Products & Downloads, click Storage Networking Software.
Step 3 At the Storage Networking Software web page, click the appropriate link for your software.
Step 4 At the Software Download web page, click the file that you want to download.Another software download web page will be displayed with detailed information about the download file and Cisco's Software License Agreement. Follow the instructions on that and any subsequent web pages to download the software.
Step 5 To install and configure storage router software, see the appropriate storage router software configuration guide and release notes. To install and configure an iSCSI driver, see the readme file that accompanies the iSCSI driver (in the downloaded driver archive file) and the appropriate release notes.
Installing, Upgrading and Uninstalling iSCSI Driver Software
For complete procedures to install and configure, upgrade, or uninstall iSCSI driver software, refer to the readme file that accompanies the iSCSI driver (in the downloaded driver archive file).
New and Changed Information
•Enhanced configuration and administration utility—Running as a Microsoft Management Console application, the Cisco iSCSI Initiator Configuration program provides easy access to iSCSI driver configuration options.
•Performance monitoring feature—Allows you to view a variety of performance data, including per target and per session statistics.
•Target portal failover—Enables the iSCSI driver to attempt to connect to a target using the next available IP address if an existing target connection fails. A "preferred portal" can also be specified.
•Multipath I/O software support—Allows third-party multipath I/O software applications to be used in conjunction with the iSCSI driver.
•Configuration changes can be made to the iSCSI driver without having to stop it or without having to reboot the system.
See the readme file for additional information about all new features.
Important Notes
Using the iSCSI Driver with Cisco Network Boot
The iSCSI driver version 4.1.2 supports Cisco Network Boot, a product that allows you to initiate a boot of a computer without an attached disk drive. Cisco Network Boot supports a boot of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:
•Microsoft Windows 2000 (Server or Advanced Server) with service pack 3
•Microsoft Windows XP (Professional Edition) with service pack 1
•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise, Standard or Web Edition)
With Cisco Network Boot, a computer without a directly attached disk drive uses iSCSI protocol via an iSCSI driver to boot from an iSCSI disk through an IP network and a Cisco SN 5400 Series system.
For more information on Cisco Network Boot, refer to the Cisco Network Boot Installation and Configuration Guide and the associated release notes document. These documents are available as electronic document on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM.
Using the iSCSI Driver with Microsoft Windows Server 2003
The iSCSI driver version 4.1.2 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 creates a pseudo disk drive. This pseudo disk drive appears as an "unknown disk" under the Disk Management MMC application.
The "unknown disk" can be safely ignored, because it is required for the proper functioning of the iSCSI driver. It does not affect the performance or functioning of the system in any way. Do not attempt to delete this device! Deleting the device causes the Cisco iSCSI driver to stop working.
You can disable the pseudo disk device. This will alter operation of the initiator.
For more information about running the iSCSI driver on Microsoft Windows Server 2003, refer to the readme file that accompanies the iSCSI driver (in the downloaded driver archive file).
Caveats describe unexpected behavior or defects in the specified version of the driver. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats; severity 2 caveats are less serious.
There are no open or resolved severity 1 or 2 caveats for the iSCSI driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows.
Note If you have an account with Cisco.com, you can use Bug Navigator II to find caveats of any severity for any version. You can reach Bug Navigator II on Cisco.com at Service & Support:
Cisco iSCSI driver troubleshooting information is available on the Cisco.com web site.
You can access troubleshooting information by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Products & Solutions, and select Storage Networking and SN 5400 Series Storage Routers from the menu.
Step 2 At the Cisco SN 5400 Series Storage Routers web page, click Technical Documentation.
Step 3 At the Technical Documentation web page, click the Tech Notes link.
Step 4 At the Tech Notes page, click the appropriate link for your iSCSI driver.
You can access iSCSI driver FAQs by following these instructions:
Step 1 At http://www.cisco.com, log in to Cisco.com. Click Products & Solutions, and select Storage Networking and SN 5400 Series Storage Routers from the menu.
Step 2 At the Cisco SN 5400 Series Storage Routers web page, click Product Literature.
Step 3 At the Product Literature web page, click the Q&A link.
Step 4 At the Q&A page, click the appropriate link for your iSCSI driver.
Related Documentation
The following sections describe the related documentation available for the iSCSI Driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows. These documents consist of the iSCSI driver release notes and readme file.
Release-Specific Documents
This Release Notes document and the readme file are the only documents specific to iSCSI Driver version 4.1.2 for Microsoft Windows. The release notes document is located on Cisco.com and the Documentation CD-ROM. The iSCSI driver readme file is available in electronic format, as part of the software download package. See the "Downloading the iSCSI Driver" section for details.
Service and Support
For service and support for a product purchased from a reseller, contact the reseller, who offers a wide variety of Cisco service and support programs described in "Service and Support" of Cisco Information Packet shipped with your product.
Note If you purchased your product from a reseller, you can access Cisco.com as a guest. Cisco.com is Cisco Systems' primary real-time support channel. Your reseller offers programs that include direct access to Cisco.com services.
For service and support for a product purchased directly from Cisco, use Cisco.com.
Obtaining Documentation
Cisco documentation and additional literature are available on Cisco.com. Cisco also provides several ways to obtain technical assistance and other technical resources. These sections explain how to obtain technical information from Cisco Systems.
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Ordering Documentation
You can find instructions for ordering documentation at this URL:
You can order Cisco documentation in these ways:
•Registered Cisco.com users (Cisco direct customers) can order Cisco product documentation from the Ordering tool:
•Nonregistered Cisco.com users can order documentation through a local account representative by calling Cisco Systems Corporate Headquarters (California, USA) at 408 526-7208 or, elsewhere in North America, by calling 800 553-NETS (6387).
Documentation Feedback
You can submit e-mail comments about technical documentation to firstname.lastname@example.com.
You can submit comments by using the response card (if present) behind the front cover of your document or by writing to the following address:
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Obtaining Technical Assistance
For all customers, partners, resellers, and distributors who hold valid Cisco service contracts, the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides 24-hour-a-day, award-winning technical support services, online and over the phone. Cisco.com features the Cisco TAC website as an online starting point for technical assistance. If you do not hold a valid Cisco service contract, please contact your reseller.
Cisco TAC Website
The Cisco TAC website provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. The Cisco TAC website is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Cisco TAC website is located at this URL:
Accessing all the tools on the Cisco TAC website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password. If you have a valid service contract but do not have a login ID or password, register at this URL:
Opening a TAC Case
Using the online TAC Case Open Tool is the fastest way to open P3 and P4 cases. (P3 and P4 cases are those in which your network is minimally impaired or for which you require product information.) After you describe your situation, the TAC Case Open Tool automatically recommends resources for an immediate solution. If your issue is not resolved using the recommended resources, your case will be assigned to a Cisco TAC engineer. The online TAC Case Open Tool is located at this URL:
For P1 or P2 cases (P1 and P2 cases are those in which your production network is down or severely degraded) or if you do not have Internet access, contact Cisco TAC by telephone. Cisco TAC engineers are assigned immediately to P1 and P2 cases to help keep your business operations running smoothly.
To open a case by telephone, use one of the following numbers:
Asia-Pacific: +61 2 8446 7411 (Australia: 1 800 805 227)
For a complete listing of Cisco TAC contacts, go to this URL:
TAC Case Priority Definitions
To ensure that all cases are reported in a standard format, Cisco has established case priority definitions.
Priority 1 (P1)—Your network is "down" or there is a critical impact to your business operations. You and Cisco will commit all necessary resources around the clock to resolve the situation.
Priority 2 (P2)—Operation of an existing network is severely degraded, or significant aspects of your business operation are negatively affected by inadequate performance of Cisco products. You and Cisco will commit full-time resources during normal business hours to resolve the situation.
Priority 3 (P3)—Operational performance of your network is impaired, but most business operations remain functional. You and Cisco will commit resources during normal business hours to restore service to satisfactory levels.
Priority 4 (P4)—You require information or assistance with Cisco product capabilities, installation, or configuration. There is little or no effect on your business operations.
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Information about Cisco products, technologies, and network solutions is available from various online and printed sources.
•Cisco Marketplace provides a variety of Cisco books, reference guides, and logo merchandise. Go to this URL to visit the company store:
•The Cisco Product Catalog describes the networking products offered by Cisco Systems, as well as ordering and customer support services. Access the Cisco Product Catalog at this URL:
•Cisco Press publishes a wide range of general networking, training and certification titles. Both new and experienced users will benefit from these publications. For current Cisco Press titles and other information, go to Cisco Press online at this URL:
•Packet magazine is the Cisco quarterly publication that provides the latest networking trends, technology breakthroughs, and Cisco products and solutions to help industry professionals get the most from their networking investment. Included are networking deployment and troubleshooting tips, configuration examples, customer case studies, tutorials and training, certification information, and links to numerous in-depth online resources. You can access Packet magazine at this URL:
•iQ Magazine is the Cisco bimonthly publication that delivers the latest information about Internet business strategies for executives. You can access iQ Magazine at this URL:
•Internet Protocol Journal is a quarterly journal published by Cisco Systems for engineering professionals involved in designing, developing, and operating public and private internets and intranets. You can access the Internet Protocol Journal at this URL:
•Training—Cisco offers world-class networking training. Current offerings in network training are listed at this URL:
This document is to be used in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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