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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech football team will face its first road challenge of the 2012 season Saturday, and what a test it will be. The Golden Eagles not only have to travel across the country to the west coast, they will also meet one of the nation's most successful FBS teams in the fourth-ranked Oregon Ducks.
Kickoff in Autzen Stadium (54,000) is set for 12 noon PDT (2 p.m. CDT), and the Ducks are expecting their 85th consecutive sellout dating back to 1999.
Oregon's No. 4 spot in the poll matches the highest-ranked opponent in Tech history -- the Golden Eagles visited No. 4 TCU in the 2010 season.
Both teams have fared well in the first two weeks of the season and bring 2-0 records into the game. And, both have shown explosive offenses which typically take less than two minutes per scoring drive.
The Golden Eagles currently rank first in the Ohio Valley Conference and seventh nationally (FCS) in total offense and are forst in the league and 20th nationally in total defense. Quarterback Tre Lamb ranks first in the OVC passing, total offense and passing efficiency, and is among national leaders in all three. He is second in the country in passing efficiency, fifth in passing and eighth in total offense. Senior runningback Adam Urbano is first in the league and second in the nation in rushing and leads the league while ranking 11th nationally in all-purpose yards.
On defense, Tech boasts four of the top eight tacklers in the conference, led by senior linebacker Howard Griffin and sophomore safety Austin Tallant.
On special teams, newcomer Chad Zinchini is first in the OVC in punting.
Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (2-0, 0-0 OVC)
at #4 Oregon Ducks (2-0, 0-0 Pac-12)
Saturday, Sept. 15 • 2:00 p.m. CT
Autzen Stadium (54,000) • Eugene, Ore.
TV: .....................................................................................Pac-12 Network
Live Stats: .......................................................................http://bit.ly/zNov8
Series Record: ........................................................................ First meeting
Last Meeting: ....................................................................................... n/a
Watson Brown at Tennessee Tech: .............................................27-31 (6 yrs.)
Watson Brown Overall: ................................................. ..121-182-1 (28 yrs.)
Chip Kelly at Oregon: ................................................................36-6 (4 yrs.)
Chip Kelly Overall: ............................................................................. same
Tennessee Tech Last Week: .................................W, 42-14 vs. North Greenville
Oregon Last Week: .................................................W, 42-25 vs. Fresno State
GAME NOTES: After starting the season 2-0 for the first time since 1989, Tennessee Tech will play its first game away from Tucker Stadium on Saturday when they visit the fourth-ranked team in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the Oregon Ducks. It is the first-ever meeting between the two schools. The game is the first non-Thursday game of the season for Tennessee Tech.
SCOUTING TENNESSEE TECH: After a home win over FCS foe Hampton to start the 2012 season, Tennessee Tech followed it with a 42-14 win over Division II North Greenville last Thursday night. It marks just the fourth time in the past 32 years that the Golden Eagles have started the season 2-0. Senior running back Adam Urbano was potent once again, carrying the ball 14 times for 122 yards (8.7 yards/game) and two touchdowns. It marked his second 100-yard game of the season and Urbano now ranks second nationally in rushing (140.0 yards/game) and 11th in all-purpose yards (151.5 yards/ game). Senior quarterback Tre Lamb was solid again, completing 18-of-26 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns. Lamb now has 4,045 career passing yards, making him only one of fi ve players in TTU history with 4,000 or more passing yards. After two starts Lamb ranks second nationally in passing efficiency (187.36) and eighth in total offense (317.0 yards/game). One of Lamb's favorite targets as been his former high school teammate Da'Rick Rogers, who joined the team after transferring from Tennessee prior to the season. Against North Greenville Rogers caught five passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. Despite limited practice time with the team Rogers has caught
eight passes for 163 yards (20.4 yards/catch) in two weeks. Will Johnson led the Tech defense with a career-best 13 tackles while Austin Tallant added 11 stops and William Dillard and Cory Webber each recorded their fi rst career interceptions. Junior punter Chad Zinchini averaged 44.2 yards/punt.
SCOUTING OREGON: Oregon opened the 2012 season with a 57-34 victory over Arkansas State (a game that saw the Ducks score 50 points in the first half) and followed that with 42-25 victory over Fresno State this past Saturday. In that game senior running back Kenjon Barner ran for 201 yards and three touchdowns in leading No. 4 Oregon to the victory. De'Anthony Thomas added 102 yards and two touchdowns as the Ducks tallied 366 total yards on the ground. Thomas also caught a team-high four passes for 26 yards. Through two games Thomas is averaging 16.6 yards/rush and tops the team with 81 receiving yards (10.1 yards/catch). Redshirt freshman quarterback Marcus Mariota was 19-of-27 for 166 yards and a score. Oregon has gotten off to quick starts this season, outscoring opponents 43-3 in the first quarter and 85-16 total in the first half.


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A Fortunate Insight into the United States Navy (Part 3 of 3)
by: John N. Stewart, Vice President, Chief Security Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
What seemed like just a short while after we closed our eyes, yet realistically five hours later, a 5:00 a.m. wakeup call sounded and we rushed to join the enlisted men and women for breakfast.
This was a highlight of our visit for me, as I met and had breakfast with PO3 Dodson from Maryland. She informed me that she and her sister are both in the Navy. We shared a laugh about the food onboard and sleeping quarters for the enlisted, and discussed the challenges of being an enlisted woman on a naval aircraft carrier. We talked about life and her experiences in the military, which was a treat because she shared her experiences unfiltered and straight up. I really enjoyed meeting her.
As expected, we had a full agenda ahead for that day. It started with us watching a tender ship, which was pacing alongside the USS Stennis approximately 60 feet away, offloading ordinance via zip lines connected between the ships. Two CH-53 helicopters that only landed to refuel were also zipping between the two ships to help move the kit.
It was amazing to watch the two large ships moving side by side, transporting large containers from ship to ship, and knowing that in many cases the containers included things that may explode. Wow!
After a day-long itinerary that included a stop at the dentistry, the anchors (by the way, each link in the picture weighs 350 lbs.!), and the flight operations rooms, our fortune's turned as the flight operations were once again fully functional and we could watch the planes land and take off safely once again.
Seeing an F-18 jettison down the flight deck, and feeling the whole ship shake as it takes off, made me reflect on how American ingenuity continues to ensure our military remains on the cutting edge, and certainly has quite a lot going for it.
It seemed like in the blink of an eye that our day was done, and we were back aboard the C-2 preparing to leave the carrier.
The various pilots and crew that we met seemed to be split on their preference between landing and taking off. For me, when we were shot down the catapult to leave the USS Stennis, my vote was in – that was better than any roller coaster I've ever been on!
A short flight later, with our memories whirling from all that we had seen during the past two days, we landed back at Coronado where it all started. We bid farewell to our hosts, some of whom I stay in touch with to this day, and hopefully will for many years to come.
I wish everyone could have the opportunity to participate in the tour I was fortunate enough to attend. I come away from the experience with many things confirmed, some things changed, and a few things that changed me.
What I confirmed is that the United States Navy, as demonstrated by the experiences I saw aboard the USS Stennis, is a crisply run organization regardless of the circumstance. Whether working in the bakery or on the flight line, the men and women that I met were trained professionals and quite proud to be there. I also walked away confirming that the US Navy isn't perfect, and that there are certainly opportunities for improvement as with any organization, large or small.
I'm also reminded that very young men and women do amazing things that I don't usually see, such as repairing jet engines, fighting fires on deck, and ensuring that a multi-million dollar aircraft and its crew are safe and secure.
I changed (and I recognize that gets harder as I get older) in that I dispelled the image in my own mind that flying in the military is what one sees glamorized in the movies. I have a completely new appreciation for the hard work and dedication required by a military team – one comprising people from all walks of life, with mission and purpose, and their lives constantly on the line.
I also came away with a resounding reminder that because of their hard work, I get to write articles such as this and live my life in a mostly peaceful world. And for that I'm grateful!
My wholehearted appreciation goes out to Captain Pat Byrne, who invited me aboard the USS Stennis and the entire crew that took such great care of us during our tour. They, and my memories of this incredible experience, will stay with me throughout my life.
I hope you enjoyed this account and got a sense of what life on a US aircraft carrier is like, along with some insight into the US Navy. Thank you for reading.
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Sizzling Tofu and Mushroom Stew with Edamamé
Sorry I haven't blogged for days and days, and this is going to be short! I'm making a wedding cake for 250 people (make a couple of large layers every day that I'm home), and there is still this ongoing custody thing going on with my grandchildren that is very stressful and requires alot of time. The trip to Victoria to see Howard and Willow Jeane Lyman again and do some quick demos was a nice break. Victoria is a great little city, easy to walk in, and with some good vegetarian dining. We had a wonderful lunch at the Chinese Buddhist vegan restuarant, The Lotus Pond. We had a spicy TVP dish with peppers on a bed of greens, and an interestingly good chow mein with vegan "ham", corn, and a coconut sauce-- and some veggie potstickers, too!
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When we got home, I made this quick Chinese stew out of my vegan Chinese cookbook, only I substituted a cup of frozen, thawed green soybeans (edamamé) for the peas. This is real comfort food for me!
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BRYANNA'S SIZZLING TOFU AND MUSHROOM STEW Serves 3-4
© Bryanna Clark Grogan from my book Authentic Chinese Cuisine for the Contemporary Kitchen
This is a very quick and easy Chinese hotpot dish, containing ingredients most of us have around all the time.
10 oz. extra-firm tofu, cut into 3/4" cubes
1 T. oil
Tofu Marinade:
1 T. soy sauce
1 T. minced ginger
1 T. dry sherry or Chinese rice wine
1/2 T. dark sesame oil
1 tsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. sugar
dash of white pepper
1 T. oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
4 large fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/4 c. frozen petit pois (baby peas) (I used 1 cup of green soybeans or edamamé this time)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 c. vegetarian broth
1 T. water
1 T. soy sauce
1 T. dry sherry or Chinese rice wine
1/2 T. cornstarch
Garnish: 1 green onion, chopped
Mix the tofu cubes with the Marinade ingredients and marinate at least 20 minutes, while you prepare the other ingredients and put some rice on to cook.
Heat a large wok, stir-fry pan or heavy frying pan over high heat. When it's hot, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the tofu and marinade. Stir-fry until the marinade is absorbed and the cubes are glazed. Set aside.
In the same pan (or in a 1 qt. or more Chinese clay pot with wire), heat the second tablespoon of oil over high heat. (Use a heat diffuser under the clay pot.) When the oil is hot, add the garlic and onion and stir-fry until the onion wilts. Add the mushrooms, peas, tofu cubes, and broth. Bring to a boil and then simmer, covered, for about 3 minutes.
Stir in the Thickener. Stir until the broth has thickened. Sprinkle with green onions and serve hot.
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I've never made this recipe, but it looks fab! The Chinese book can be deceptive as it may appear complicated; but it is Soooo easy.
One of my favorite recipes is the duck! I don't think anything has blown me away like that incredibly simple recipe. I served it to company, and it was *devoured* with praise. Gotta be one of my favorite recipes of all time.
Anyway, back to this recipe! It looks like it may go nicely with rice noodles.
Do you think it could be eaten cold, like for a picnic?
- Thu Jun 15, 09:23:00 AM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
yeah, it might be good cold, Linda-- never tried it that way! Maybe in a wrap? I always think of it as a winterish dish, though.
- Thu Jun 15, 03:11:00 PM PDT
- KleoPatra said...
Mmmmmmmm!!! Bryanna, so fantastic, as usual!!
- Thu Jun 15, 06:03:00 PM PDT
I know that this doesn't relate to this post- but I saw that you made corn quesadillas recently and I just had a failed quesadilla experience tonight. I placed a tortilla in the pan, layered it with some vegan rella then spread some veggies on it with a little more cheese and topped it with another tortilla. I flipped it and grilled it on both sides for a while, but the cheese was so runny that it all just fell apart, causing me to lose most of the cheese to the plate. Any suggestions? Thanks- all your food looks delicious by the way.
- Thu Jun 15, 10:08:00 PM PDT
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Veganrella...hmmm. I think the stuff tastes vile. Maybe it's just the nature of the product to melt too much. try Tofutti slices or Vegan Gourmet earthkind.
- Fri Jun 16, 05:46:00 AM PDT
- KleoPatra said...
I go for the Tofutti slices as well. They do well when heated...
- Sat Jun 17, 07:54:00 PM PDT


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Oh man, the Magic.
Orlando is already kind of a depressing town. The theme park capital of the world, its streets are filled mostly with jean shorts and Olive Gardens. The whole area is kind of a study in things that sound fun but really aren't.
But watching Orlando this year is like watching sadness personified. The Magic used to have Dwight Howard, like literally just last year, and now they most certainly don't.
"But don't they have Big Baby?" Why yes. "Well, isn't he just as good?" Totally ... just shorter ... and fatter ... and, you know, not nearly as good.
But the history that brought them here makes the whole sordid situation even sadder.
Finding yourself in the position of having the top overall pick in the draft is random enough. Consider that since New York's own good fortune in 1985, they haven't been there since.
But the top of the draft is not always created equal. Sometimes it's Patrick Ewing, other times Andrea Bargnani and every so often it's Kwame Brown and a kick in the junk. Behind Door No. 1 might be an all expenses paid trip to the tropical paradise of David Robinson, or it could be death by Shawn Bradley. You just never know.
The Orlando Magic have won the NBA Draft Lottery three times since 1992. In each of those three instances, truly franchise-altering players awaited them.
In 1992, they selected Shaquille O'Neal, an impossible mixture of size and athleticism. Sometimes I think Shaq's later years have clouded out the memory of his prime, but at his best he was utterly terrifying. Shaq was so dominant he starred in Kazaam and everyone was like, "Ok, that's fine."
A year after Shaq, the Magic hit the jackpot again. This time, Chris Webber awaited, but concerned that Webber and O'Neal would clog up the paint -- a fear that in hindsight looks pretty silly -- they swapped Webber for point guard Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, undeterred by the fact his name had an "f" where one clearly didn't belong.
Now, there's no need to hash out all the ways this went wrong, with Hardaway's health deteriorating beginning around age 25, before O'Neal bolted to LA to begin a dynasty with the Lakers.
A decade later they found themselves sitting at the top of the draft with another freakish blend of size and power awaiting them in the form of a teenager named Dwight Howard. His shoulders were included. It was a second chance. Surely, this could not be ruined again?
And yet, here we are. Orlando finds itself picking up the pieces after losing a dominant center for the second time in fifteen years. It's just an impossibly depressing feat.
A franchise is lucky to get one of those players in a lifetime, but to waste TWO of them over a twenty-year stretch is almost incomprehensible. It's like Green Bay losing Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers to the Cowboys in consecutive decades without anything to show for it.
So think of that while you're watching the Magic tonight, as JJ Redick tries to lead them hopefully to the Sweet Sixteen, I guess, and feel free to flash a wry smile that says, "Wow, it really doesn't get worse than this."
I guess at least they've got Disney World. The churros are heaven.


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We were in San Francisco, that night we were going to play at the crazy Palace of Fine Arts.
My video guy Phil was off the bus, it was about 7:45 in the morning, and he was the only one that realized what happened when I was somehow lying in the middle of the road, unable to get up. Our bus driver didn't even see it happen.
The driver of the car, a nice middle-aged lady, slammed on her brakes and got out of her car, ran over to me, crying, trying to pick me up off the ground. I couldn't catch my breath, the car literally knocked the wind out of me. Later I would find that I had two broken ribs, but at the time, instinct takes over, maybe a little shock. I said, I am fine, when I could speak. It's what you do when you are a roadie and not actually dead. We can't get sick on our 16-18 hour days. We have no union, we don't want to be sent home. So I said, I am okay.
But I wasn't okay.
It hurt like hell. I still have a scar running down the left side of my back.
My runner that day drove me to the ER. His GPS wasn't working in downtown San Francisco because of all the high-rises, so he pointed to a cluster of buildings and said, the hospital is over there, 2 doors down. I got out and started my torturous journey to that building. It was cold in SF, and I hadn't thought to grab a sweater. The wind was blowing, and my shock was beginning to wear off. I was hurting.
Got into the building, which turned out to be a fancy hotel, and they said, ____ Hospital? Oh, that's eight city blocks away.
Well, I got there, and I was looked at, and I begged the doctor to sign off on me so I could go back to the venue. He said, you really shouldn't go back to work, you don't know what else is going on besides broken ribs.
I went back via taxi cab and entered the venue to a round of applause. It really is a family when you tour. I finished the short time left on the road.
Smash cut to: the driver's insurance company: California Casualty.
They recorded my version of the events. The agent, started off the call very nicely, saying, oh yes, pedestrian hit by car, our client was at fault, we will take care of your bills and give you some pain & suffering moola to boot.
I didn't think much about it, and a month goes by, it's the holiday season, I flew to my parents home back east in great discomfort, but I counted myself lucky that I didn't die, or get more seriously injured.
The bills from the hospital and the xray technician etc. started to roll in. I had gotten several therapeutic massages, to ease the tissue around the ribs.
The insurance company, California Casualty, said, our client has changed her version of the events as you described. She says you jumped out in front of her car.
I said, You mean like a suicide??? The agent said, well…. your words, not mine.
So they didn't deny any of my claims, they just said, we are still researching the case.
I went on to their website, and found that among their own clients, they had less than a 50% dissatisfaction rate with how claims were handled.
People said, get a lawyer. I am not a very litigious sort, and I called a couple, to be told that broken ribs aren't a good case. One guy said, maybe if you lost a hand.
So I contacted the insurance company every month, saying, how is the "investigation" going?
For a good chunk of time, my assigned agent reported that she hurt her hand, so she could not email me. (!?!) I asked her how it would be answering the phone, she said she could manage.
She suggested I make a claim through my own car insurance. My car was hundreds of miles away!
This went on, until a week ago, when I got a letter from California Casualty saying:
The statue of limitations is up on your claim on December 7th, 2012.
That is today.
I never really cared about the money. It was more the principal of the matter. They almost surely raised their client's premimum, and never paid out a dime. They probably do this all the time.
I feel so completely powerless. Does anyone else have any stories like this?


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Lucky or cursed? Kyle Eastwood says he's happy being Clint's son. Rather than stand in the great actor and director's shadow, he's been able to shine on his own — as a jazz bassist and band leader.
You may have even heard his film scores for his dad's "Gran Torino" and "Invictus." Or perhaps you've seen him: He played (uncredited) Josey's son in the 1976 flick "The Outlaw Josey Wales," and also appeared in "Honkytonk Man" and "The Bridges of Madison County."
Now 43, he lives in France, where he recorded his fifth record, "Songs From the Chateau," out today. He'll play a homecoming tour in the US, stopping Sept. 19 at venerable Village jazz shrine the Blue Note.
Speaking from Paris, Eastwood told The Post he was looking forward to coming to New York — his old stomping ground.
"I lived in the city for almost seven years, and I love almost everything about it," he says. "Except I don't miss having to get onto a crowded subway car with my [double] bass and a small amp."
Here's what else he told us.
Post: What were the good New York memories?
Eastwood: I used to live near the old Knitting Factory in TriBeCa. [My roommates and I] were a little closer to the Chinatown side, so everybody called it ChiBeCa — a great place for food, music and fun. That's why the Blue Note feels so comfortable a fit. After the show I'll probably take a detour to the East Village for some Two Boots pizza — the "Cleopatra Jones" is one of my favorites.
Do you think your father — who makes no secret of his passion for jazz — envies you?
My dad would have been jealous of my life when he was in his 20s. He really wanted to be a piano player — he loves music, and jazz in particular — but he found himself with acting.
In college, you started as a film student. What happened?
I probably started that because of dad, but I was drawn to music. That's what I really loved, and eventually I dropped out to pursue it, and he understood.
Has he ever said you made the right decision?
I know he's happy for me, and it's been really great that we've gotten to work together writing music for his projects.
Do you recall the first song you played together?
Oh, yeah. It was a Fats Waller boogie-woogie thing, and we were at the piano. He taught me the left-hand part — you know, the bass part — and he played the melody with his right hand. I was probably 6 or 7 at the time, and it was a real bonding experience for us.
Do your jazz colleagues ever tease you about having such a famous father?
Sure, here and there, but it's usually good-natured ribbing — nothing harsh. When I was living in LA, I played with Herbie Hancock a few times, and he never said anything like, "Hey, Kyle, make my day," or anything like that. But I did think he wanted to get involved in movies.
Don't you get tired of it?
Listen, when you're related to someone like Clint Eastwood, people are always going to be curious, and you get used to it. The one question I always get and never know how to answer is, "What's it like being his son?" I never know what to say — there's nothing to compare it to, he's my dad and he's the only dad I've ever known.
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A mortgage is a contract. You agree to pay a certain amount of money to the bank each month, and the bank, in turn, agrees to finance your purchase, play fair and not jeopardize your ability to keep a roof over your head.
Ten big banks said Monday that they'll shell out $8.5 billion to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on hundreds of thousands of homeowners who should have been allowed to stay in their homes.
They got off cheap.
The average compensation for each homeowner who faced foreclosure in 2009 and 2010 will run about $2,000.
That's a couple thousand bucks for having been deceived and pushed around — and possibly thrown out onto the street — by a bank that was knowingly breaking regulatory procedures in handling distressed properties.
That's a couple thousand bucks for having your life turned upside-down and dealing with a take-no-prisoners financial system that refused to acknowledge, at least at first, that it was behaving duplicitously.


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Hartge has taken the wraps off its tuned BMW X6, and the 3.0-liter twin turbocharged I6 diesel bumped up to a monstrous 328HP and 498 lb-ft of torque. Unfortunately, they also did a body kit.
If we close our eyes and only read the spec sheet, the Hartge BMW X6 is a pretty epic proposition. A 3.0-liter twin turbocharged I6 diesel making an additional 93 HP and 115 lb-ft of torque over stock can make us forget about the questionable necessity of the X6 market segment. Add to that it gets better fuel economy than stock and is actually lighter, goes 0-60MPH in 6 seconds with a non-limited top speed of 159 MPH, we were ready to lay rose pedals at Hartge's feet. Then we looked at it.
Fender flairs! Fender vents! Grill inserts! Totally unnecessary rear diffuser! Side skirts! Giant wheels! Typical German tooner rubbish. So sad, so very, very sad. Maybe if you ask nicely they'll chop a big chunk out of the 29,353.94€ asking price and just supply the powertrain upgrades.
The X6 from HARTGE - the new crossover dimension
Two ton diesel sprinter with a top speed of 256 km/h
Herbert Hartge and his team have pushed the skilful stylistic blend of a four-wheel drive vehicle from the SAV segment (below the waistline) and a coupé (above it) into a new dimension. His X6 xDrive35d is more than an extraordinary symbiosis of a high-street thoroughbred and a crossover workhorse. Although the diesel engine with Twin turbocharger is already the most powerful in its class, the specialists from Germany's Saarland region have breathed on the power plant so it now generates no less than 241 kW (328 hp) at 4400 rpm and a mighty 675 Nm of torque low down at 2000 rpm. At the same time, the emissions remain well within limits for such a powerful vehicle at 220 g/km. Indeed, the X6 xDrive35d from HARTGE uses half a litre less diesel per 100 kilometres than its series counterpart under comparable conditions. Equally impressive are the performance figures. Despite a weight of 2,185 kg, the X6 takes only six seconds to reach 100 km/h and is thus significantly quicker off the mark than the standard xDrive35d (6.9 sec.). The maximum speed - there is no electronic limiter on the HARTGE model - has been measured at 256 km/h.
Visually underscoring the concentrated power hidden beneath the bonnet is the HARTGE aerodynamic kit in high quality PUR-RIM material. Wheel-arch extensions linked by side sills provide sufficient room for the HARTGE suspension, which includes a set of sports springs with or without level-control system for the rear axle and lowering by 30 mm, and the company's "CLASSIC 2" wheels (10.5 x 22" offset 33 at the front and 12 x 22" offset 23 at the back).
These attractive aluminium wheels are fitted with ultra-wide tyres (295 / 30 ZR 22 at the front and 335 / 25 ZR 22 at the rear). Rounding off the kit are a front spoiler and a rear skirt with an integrated diffuser while carbon casings for the exterior mirrors, stainless-steel tail pieces with quadrilateral tail pipes (large version) left and right for the exhaust system, HARTGE emblems and insignia emphasize the individual outfit of this X6.
The interior is dominated by a sporting atmosphere à la HARTGE. Via the HARTGE 3-spoke leather steering wheel with carbon inserts - alternatively, carbon steering-wheel covers are available - the driver's glance falls on a 300 km/h speedometer and rev counter with dials in silver metallic and red needles. Plenty of room for personal touches to the "interior architecture" of the X6 is given by a variety of accessories including decor and interior trim, carbon parts for the dashboard and consoles, aluminium foot rest and pedal set, as well as black velour foot and load-area mats.
A full HARTGE conversion for the X6 xDrive35d - including fitment and painting work - costs EUR 29,353.94 including 19% VAT. Naturally, all parts can also be retrofitted individually.


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Lost Like a Grain of Wheat, the Village of Karlsruhe Lies in the Endless Expanse of North Dakota
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"Lost Like a Grain of Wheat, the Village of Karlsruhe Lies in the Endless Expanse of North Dakota." Suedeutsche Zeitung, 9 December 2004, 286.
Translation from German to American English by Alex Herzog, Boulder, Colorado
An entire large-format photo book by Richard Besserer and Stephan Wenz (Info Verlag, Karlsruhe [Germany], 19.80 Euros) is dedicated to the people of Karlsruhe in the U.S. State of North Dakota. In it the people are clearly in the foreground, with the sparse local ambience as the backdrop. Their doorbell signs carry names that could easily be found here on the right bank [of the Rhine]: Leier, Boehm, Thomas, Klein, Mack, Schiele.
In fact, 200 years ago, they were neighbors, before the watchmaker Johann Wechinger of Karlsruhe happened to come upon a prized letter from Tsar Alexander I and he, alongside many other countrymen, emigrated via Vienna toward the Black Sea region with the aim of cultivating the southern provinces of the Tsarist empire. What attracted Wechinger was as Manfred Koch discovered within the city archives the promise of unhindered doings and dealings within the Russian Royal Empire. That was in 1804. Five years later, sixty Karlsruhe families took off via Saxony and Warsaw toward the East, they spent the winter in Odessa, and then established a settlement called Karlsruhe. As the German General Counsel of Odessa stated at the time: "The villages give off an air of prosperity, spacious farm properties, beautifully stone houses, blooming gardens and vineyards."
But seventy years later things had become so bad for the Germans in Russia that immigrants became emigrants - 300,000 left for the United States. There they gave their [new] villages names such as Mannheim, Strassburg, Elsass, Rastatt, Worms, or Karlsruhe. As one journalist wrote, the German-Russians contributed to America more than any other group of immigrants, because by introducing winter wheat they transformed the prairie to the granary of the world. A hundred people now reside in Karlsruhe, North Dakota. Their portraits, including that of rail inspector Kenny Gefroh (shown in the picture), speak volumes.
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Solo shots pay off for Giants again in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The Giants' slugging might still be an aberration. Consider the early stage of the season and the team's punchlessness in recent years.
But it's tempting to label the Giants' ability as legitimate. Consider Saturday night.View Full Game Coverage
ATLANTA -- The Giants' slugging might still be an aberration. Consider the early stage of the season and the team's punchlessness in recent years.
But it's tempting to label the Giants' ability as legitimate. Consider Saturday night.View Full Game Coverage
Facing a formidable starter, Atlanta right-hander Julio Teheran, the Giants received home runs from Brandon Belt, Buster Posey and Michael Morse and prevailed, 3-1, to secure their fourth consecutive victory and eighth in nine games.
With 39 homers in 30 games, the Giants are on pace to amass 211 long balls, which would be their highest total since they walloped a franchise-record 235 in 2001. That's quite a jump for the team that won a World Series in 2012 despite hitting a Major League-low 103 homers, then mustered 107 last year to finish next-to-last among National League clubs in that category.
Several factors have contributed to the Giants' regained thump, including Morse's arrival, Posey's apparent resurgence and Belt's offensive development, which has been disrupted by a slump. That trio has combined to hit 23 homers, nearly 60 percent of the team's total. Others, including Brandon Hicks, Brandon Crawford, Angel Pagan, Hector Sanchez and Pablo Sandoval -- if he ever escapes his offensive funk -- also have proven capable of going deep.
"I don't think we'll hit that many home runs," manager Bruce Bochy said, referring to the Giants' current pace. "But I said before the season started that this team has more power."
The Giants possess enough power to sustain them when they lack offensive continuity, which is currently the case for a team batting a limp .236 overall. In their last six games, for example, they've scored 22 runs, 12 of which have resulted from homers.
Moreover, homers have generated all of San Francisco's five runs in the first two games of this series. The Giants' last nine homers have been bases-empty belts, hiking their Major League-high total to 28.
"That's not necessarily how you want to do it, but it's worked the past two days," Crawford said.
Belt entered the game in a 1-for-21 skid that included 12 strikeouts. Undaunted, he yanked Teheran's 1-0 pitch over the right-center-field barrier for his eighth homer of the year to lead off the second inning. Belt extended the Giants' streak of consecutive games with a homer to 10, matching the club's longest since the final 10 games of the 2010 season. San Francisco's next-longest streak is 12, which ran from Sept. 22-Oct. 5, 2001.
Belt's first homer since April 23 provided encouragement.
"He's not quite consistent, but that first at-bat was a great swing," Bochy said. "He's really close to where he needs to be."
Though Posey entered the game with an admirable .359 batting average in 11 games at Turner Field, he had never homered here. That changed when he led off the fourth inning with his seventh homer overall and third in 24 at-bats.
"It's kind of cool," Posey said about homering in the ballpark he saw numerous times on television while growing up in Leesburg, Ga.
Morse also delivered a leadoff homer, scraping the stratosphere with a parabolic seventh-inning drive. It was Morse's fifth homer in his last 10 games, a stretch in which he has hit .394 (13-for-33) with 11 RBIs.
"I think they are pretty good hitters, and I made a mistake, and I've got to pay for it," said Teheran, who yielded three homers in 43 innings spanning his six previous starts. Aside from the long balls, Teheran surrendered only one hit, Posey's first-inning single.
"That was the three homers -- three mistakes that I made and I think they were the pitches I wanted to throw and where I wanted to throw, but ... I have to tip my hat to them."
San Francisco's power benefited Ryan Vogelsong (1-1), who recorded his second straight quality start. Vogelsong allowed one run and five hits in six innings while escaping multiple jams. He left the bases loaded in the second inning, collaborated with Posey on a strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play to strand a runner on third one inning later and survived Jason Heyward's one-out double in the fifth.
Vogelsong recorded his most critical out when he fanned Justin Upton in the third inning with runners at the corners, nobody out and a run having scored. Before Upton batted, pitching coach Dave Righetti visited Vogelsong on the mound with a message: Be aggressive.
"He told me to get after it," said Vogelsong, who also struck out Upton in the fifth inning with runners on first and second and two outs. "That was kind of what I needed to hear."
Much like Friday night, the bullpen neatly finished the game after Vogelsong departed. Jeremy Affeldt, Jean Machi and Sergio Romo held Atlanta hitless, with Crawford making a remarkable stop up the middle on Andrelton Simmons' grounder, coupled with an off-balance-yet-accurate throw, to end the game. On Friday, Crawford made a dazzling play by diving to snare Evan Gattis' sharp grounder to open the ninth.
"He has put on a show the last two nights," Bochy said.
The Giants began Saturday with a show from Tim Lincecum, who seized upon the baggy throwback uniforms he and his teammates wore to execute a gag. Stuffing a towel under his jersey to create a fake paunch and donning his non-prescription glasses, Lincecum brought the lineup card to the umpires as the Giants howled with laughter.
"That was my alter ego," Lincecum said.
Meanwhile, his slugging teammates seem to be gaining an identity.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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Is It Patent Infringement To Reuse Recycled Apple Magsafe Connectors?
from the patent-exhaustion deptAppleInsider has the details of yet another patent infringement lawsuit filed by Apple, who has become a lot more aggressive on the patent front lately. This lawsuit is against Sanho, a company that makes a variety of external batteries for Apple products. There are six patents listed in the lawsuit, but two are design patents, which are pretty narrow. The four (really three) utility patents are
- 7,517,222: Magnetic connector for electronic device
- 7,627,343 & 7,751,853 (really the same patent, as one is a continuation of the other: Female receptacle data pin connector
- 7,783,070: Cable adapter for a media player system
However, where this gets interesting is that, according to Sanho's website, it doesn't make its own magnetic connectors, but simply recycles official Apple connectors:
"Our charging cables use original Apple MagSafe connectors for maximum compatibility,"If that's the case, it seems to raise some questions about patent exhaustion, where a company can't license a patent for one player in a supply chain, but then claim that later buyers, who are buying from the original licensee need to re-license the patent. Think of it as being similar to the principle of "first sale" in copyright. I would think that, on those connectors at the very least, Sanho could make a case for patent exhaustion if it really is just buying up official Apple MagSafe connectors and repurposing them.
Filed Under: first sale, magsafe, patent exhaustion, patents
Companies: apple, sanho


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Last week I discussed investing the greatest portion of your decorating budget in the room's focal point, items that bring you bliss, and pieces that don't have lower-cost substitutes. Then, use these cheats to stretch the remainder of your decorating funds:
Last week I discussed investing the greatest portion of your decorating budget in the room's focal point, items that bring you bliss, and pieces that don't have lower-cost substitutes. Then, use these cheats to stretch the remainder of your decorating funds:
Get creative with artwork Repurpose old furniture Accent with inexpensive accessories
Now, let's talk about how to pick the very best home furnishings to fit your budget. Here are three examples:
When selecting a lower-cost occasional table, hunt for one that can play a support role in your furniture grouping. This piece won't be the star of the room, so you don't want anything that will distract from the space's focal point. Less-expensive wood pieces can usually give you 10 years of great use, but aren't pieces that will last a lifetime.
If you're looking for a table that will be highly visible, you will want to take a step up in style and budget. Invest in a piece that features exquisite craftsmanship and fine detailing. When selecting an investment piece, you want to look for expert workmanship, the highest-quality materials and exceptional design features.
Whether you're just starting out and have lots of walls to fill with a limited art budget, or just want some filler pieces that you can change out in a few years, it's easy to get a great look on a limited budget.
If you have more to spend on higher-quality artwork, go for pieces that light up your wall and make it a focal point.
Ready to invest in truly fine art? A hand-painted oil is the kind of painting you will have forever. What is your bliss when it comes to artwork? Signed photography? Originals by local artists? Investment pieces? Buying outstanding art is a wonderful place to splurge, because artwork can transform the look of an entire room.
One of the recommendations I make most often is to replace lamps that are outdated or the wrong size. Nothing dates a room more than the wrong lamps, and lamps that are the wrong size can sabotage an otherwise lovely space. Unfortunately, it's harder to cheat when it comes to lamps these days. Those that are inexpensive usually look it.
I've scoured the markets to find lamps that cost less but still feature fine lines and details that make them look more expensive than they are. If you're allocating less of your decorating budget to lamps, pick one that is more subdued and acts as a support player, allowing a more fetching piece of furniture or accent to be the room's focal point.
If you'd like to invest in a truly fine lamp that instantly elevates the look of your room, go for one that offers timeless beauty, like a blue-and-white Delft lamp.
When shopping for a high-end lamp, look for lovely details, like a charming finial.
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illuminate7 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 27 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
ThisLittleLight.org was started in 2008 when a 4 year old girl raised money on her own to buy flashlights and send them to orphans in Africa – "so they wouldn't be scared at night".
We exist to encourage and equip children to get involved with philanthropy, and to do so in ways that engage their individual talents and ideas. Also, as an ongoing project, we are raising money to buy high quality solar powered flashlights to be distributed to those in Africa without electricity.
More about it here: http://www.ThisLittleLight.org and http://www.BogoLight.com (our solar powered light partner).
The page layout should include the following elements: a header graphic, navigation buttons for categories in header area, small icon to signify individual comments made on blog posts, a text or image graphic for categories in the right margin, RSS subscribe box/area, Email subscribe box/area. Currently, the main colors of the site are orange and gray. Those could be changed if the proposed design warranted. Use other accent colors as needed. Consider an iconic representation of what ThisLittleLight.org exists to promote – light, opportunity, hope, giving, children, etc.
Blogs we like for their layout and simplicity: http://www.Copyblogger.com; http://www.pearsonified.com; http://www.tastyblogsnack.com
P.S. We are open to a 3 column design like copyblogger.com and may switch to one in the future, so designs can propose one.
- Elements to include: header, nav tabs on header, right column category headers, blog comment icon, RSS subscribe box/area, Email subscribe box/area
- Need vector files
- Header text to include: ThisLittleLight.org, sub-head is "Changing Lives, One Light at a Time"
- Try to use less 2-4 colors maximum, preferably with orange as a starting point
- Ideally there is an icon next to the text (though not required). The icon would be pulled out and used as a web button.
- Design to accommodate variable widths, should we ever change the blog's width
- Placement of navigational tabs on the top of the header
- Aim for simple, clean, fresh, organic, or maybe earthy
- non-vector artwork
- soft, subtle, or busy
- don't over think it by adding too much to the header


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JMPRG needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 401 designs submitted by 122 freelance designers.
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We are a rock radio station centered in the 80's. Newer classic rock with core artists like GNR, AC/DC, etc.
Males 30-50
Our thought is an update of our existing look, but we're open to you being creative and giving us new designs.
We like the concept of a "Mountain Dew Green" type color, whether background or font color, but we're also considering orange and blue because of the Chicago Bears and the Illinois Fighting Illini.
What it has to say is, "102.3 Max FM - Everything That Rocks."
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Parking Etiquette: Six Rules To Drive By
So I went to lunch with my coworker Kristin today and it happened again... a person trying to park as close as they can to me. This *#@&!! parks almost on top of me and then realizes they can't get out of their own car!
Really? Go ahead and try to open that door! You think you're going to be able to fit in the 12 inches of space you left between our two cars?
Rule One: Never Force your Car into a space you know it doesn't fit. I have a co-worker Kristin and friend Lauren Tagliabue that have been in this situation and had to crawl in through their passenger side door to get to the driver's side. Next time this happens I think Kristin and Lauren should go into the store and have the person paged over the intercom.
Let's remember what we learned in kindergarten: do unto others as you would want them to do to you.
Rule Two: If you use a shopping cart or basket put it back in the designated area. Rachel Stasny says this is one of her pet peeves and her car is the one that always gets those lovely dings in it because of baskets left behind.
Another friend Jane Young says she thinks they do this because your car is nicer than theirs. I love it when you watch the person unload their groceries and the shopping cart designated area is on the other side of their car and they choose to leave the cart right where they unloaded. And so another thought comes to my mind. This person can't take 10 steps to put their cart in the designated area... lazy! This goes back to they didn't learn anything in kindergarten, put back your toys or stuff where you got it from.
Rule Three: Observe the legal aspects of driving in a parking lot whether it is a speed limit sign, stop sign or handicap sign. My good buddy LJ wonders if the handicap signs are sold in bubblegum machines since he sees so many people who have them and walk better than him.
My cousin Jason says that people that park in the handicap parking spots and don't even have the plates is one of his pet peeves. And he loves how these people get annoyed when the store tells them to move or get mad at the police for giving them a ticket. Hello! No one made you park there you did this yourself knowing better.
Rule Four: I have to thank Justin Bujnoch for sharing. Gas station courtesy. He hates when people who drive gasoline vehicles pull up to the only diesel pump when there are 8 open gas pumps!
Rule Five: Only use one parking space. A schoolmate Len reminded me this can be very annoying especially when they park right in the middle of two spots. People who do this are either driving a car or truck they can't see out of clearly OR trying to avoid dents. (possibly because of rule #1 breakers.)
Rule Six: If the spot you are parallel parking in is big enough for at least two cars, don't be a jerk and park in the middle. This is epically the case of downtown Victoria right now.
What is it these days with people not having parking etiquette? I am not sure if these people disregard courtesy and respect for other drivers looking for that perfect parking space or if they are just plain LAZY.


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If you want a secured session not tied to the client IP you can use the valid-for-one-query method below, but to safeguard against a scenario where the legitimate user clicks twice, you can use a shutdown function (register_shutdown_function)*.
It will check to see if the script terminated prematurely (connection_aborted), and reset the valid session ID. That way, it's still valid when the user makes the second request. If the script ends properly, the new session ID will be used instead.
Now, since you can't set a cookie from the shutdown function (after output has been sent), the cookie should contain both the previous valid session ID and the new one. Then the server script will determine (on the next request) which one to use.
:: Pseudo example:
:: [Start of script:]
:: 1. Get the session ID(s) from cookie
:: 2. If one of the session ID's is still valid (that is, if there's a storage associated with it - in DB, file or whatever)
:: ____2.1. Open the session
:: 3. Generate a new session ID
:: 4. Save the new session ID with the one just used in cookie
:: 5. Register shutdown function
:: [End of script (shutdown function):]
:: 1. If script ended prematurely
:: ____1.1. Save session data using the old Session ID
:: 2. Else
:: ____2.1. Save session data using the new Session ID
:: ____2.2. Make sure the old session ID is added to a list of ID's (used for the purpose described below)
:: ____2.3. Trash the old session storage
There's still the possibility of some deviant network sniffer catching the session cookie as it's sent to the client, and using it before the client gets the chance to. Thus, successfully hijacking the session.
If an old session ID is used, we must assume the session has been hijacked. Then the client could be asked to input his/her password before data is sent back. Now, since we have to assume that only the legitimate user has the password we won't send back any data until a password is sent from one request.
And finally, (as a sidenote) we could obscure the login details (if the client has support for javascript) by catching the form as it is sent, take the current timestamp and add it to the form in a dynamically generated hidden form object, replace the password field with a new password that is the MD5 (or similar) of the timestamp and the real password. On the serverside, the script will take the timestamp, look at the user's real password and make the proper MD5. If they match, good, if not, got him! (This will of course only work when we have a user with a session that's previously logged in, since we know what password (s)he's supposed to have.) If the user credentials are saved as md5(username+password), simply ask for both the username and password, md5 them and then md5 the timestamp and the user cred.
If you need a javascript for md5: http://pajhome.org.uk/crypt/md5/md5src.html
* You could use session_set_save_handler and make sure the session ID is generated in the open function. I haven't done that so I can't make any comments on it yet.


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It's that time of year again. Time to turn the season's juiciest and sweetest tomatoes into a homemade tomato sauce and preserving it for the winter months. It is also time to stock up your freezer with basil pesto sauce. I've managed to freeze ten cups so far. That is in addition to the batches I've gone through by tossing it with pasta, grilled vegetables, spreading it ...


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Can Color Help With John, Henry, and Thomas?
Sometimes things just don't stand out in black and white. If you're working on sorting out a John, Henry, and Thomas, consider printing out the documents or document transcriptions you have for them and highlighting each one in their own color. It may be easier to see who is consistently on what documents together if you've color-coded them.
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Remember a couple of weeks ago when we talked about the big, unthinkable thing Kourtney Kardashian did while pregnant -- you know, changing her hair color? While most medical experts say it's safe to do so, there are still a lot of questions/judgement around the issue when women highlight or otherwise color their hair while carrying a child.
Until now Kourtney has been quiet on the matter of her new 'do, but apparently she's been feeling a bit of pressure to explain. So she took to her blog to defend her decision.
She said she researched her decision, spoke to her doctor, and took all the necessary precautions. She said she didn't use a product containing ammonia; she made sure it never touched her scalp; she was in her second trimester; and she was in a well-ventilated room. Check, check, check, and check -- she followed all the suggested guidelines.
Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I take caution in all the products I use all the time, but especially when pregnant.
She shouldn't have to defend her right to highlight her hair, but I'm glad she did. She'll hopefully save some other women who want a little boost of beauty while pregnant from similar scrutiny. Of course, there will always be those who feel the need to judge (as the comments on her blog post prove), but pregnancy is filled with so many things we must avoid and stop doing that are proven harmful, I don't think we need to stop everything that "might" be harmful. If we did, we'd be pretty much be confined to a bubble ... though even then there's the problem with plastic ...
More from The Stir: Pregnant Kourtney Kardashian Doesn't Deserve Scott Disick's Insults
While I did defend her right to highlight her hair in the first place, my only real question was why now. To that, she offers a pretty direct, no-nonsense response:
I haven't touched my hair color in over 10 years and thought it was time for some fun. Don't even ask ... why now after 10 years ... I'm just crazy.
More power to her, and her hair ... which looks fabulous, by the way.
Are you glad to see Kourtney Kardashian defend her right to highlight her hair while pregnant? Do you think it's wrong for women to do so while pregnant?
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The suit represents the heightened stakes over systems able to troubleshoot, isolate and fix performance problems in running applications. It's a field that has attracted the attention of several startups, in addition to AppDynamics and New Relic. CA Technologies appears to be defending what it believes is a leading technology position in a market beginning to be populated by startups and affected by deals. OpNet, for example, a company focused on transaction performance in the field of application performance, was acquired Dec. 18 by Riverbed.
In an age when customer response times may be measured in milliseconds, Wily's product, Introscope, illustrated how Java applications could be examined and problem code could be identified for further work by developers to trim response times and enhance overall performance.
Newcomer New Relic gained prominence after the 2012 election because it was the application performance management system used by the technology team of the Democratic Party. On Election Day, the Democrats' Narwhale applications were viewed as a factor in identifying precincts where get-out-the-vote efforts could do the most good. New Relic sponsored a tour of the team to Chicago and San Francisco, where it talked about the effectiveness of application performance management.
[ Learn why application performance management is a hot field for product development. Read Why Application Performance Management Matters Now. ]
It's not generally known that New Relic was also used by the Republican technology team as well. But its team's Orca applications froze up anyway, due to the Election Day strains put on them.
In the fourth quarter of 2012, New Relic signed up a thousand paying customers from among 35,000 active accounts using its free application monitoring service. In February, New Relic said it had collected $80 million from eight venture capital firms and was planning to do an IPO sometime in the future. "We want money to expand," said COO Chris Cook in an interview after the venture capital announcement.
Wily pioneered performance analysis for Java applications, and its Introscope product is still a primary CA product line. Under CA, Introscope has been extended to analyze different types of Web applications, apps written in Python and other dynamic languages, SAP Netweaver and ABAP applications and Microsoft .Net applications, as well as Java apps.
The suit against AppDynamic brings back into the spotlight a former senior Wily Technologies executive, Jyoti Bansal, who joined CA with the Wily acquisition. He later left CA to create AppDynamics.
"CA Technologies takes seriously what it believes to be willful and deliberate patent infringement. We will take all steps necessary to ensure that our intellectual property is protected," said Richard Donoghue, chief counsel for litigation for CA Technologies.
Another former Wily executive is targeted in the New Relic suit. Lew Cirne, founder of Wily, is the co-inventor of two of the three patents named by CA in both suits. Cirne joined CA with the acquisition of Wily but left after a short period and eventually founded New Relic. CA said in its complaint that it acquired the three patents with Wily as part of Wily's intellectual property, and New Relic was infringing on them.
One of the techniques pioneered by Wily that is now in broader use was the identification and snapshot capture of poor performing code, so that troubleshooters could play it back separately and try to determine where the issue lay.