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French-hybrid wine grapes grow at Johnson Estate Winery in far Western New York's Lake Erie wine region.

Grape jelly to fine wine
Here's a surprise about the rolling farmland and forests around Buffalo and Niagara Falls, N.Y., where Lake Erie's waters roar over Niagara Falls on their way down to Lake Ontario: Drive through the highways of this region and along the lakeshore through a bit of Pennsylvania and on into Ohio, and you'll see mile after mile of healthy vineyards.
So many vines grow in Chautauqua County, N.Y., I'm told, that it ranks among the nation's leading grape-producing regions. Erie County, Pa., and the grape-growing counties of Northeastern Ohio aren't far behind.
So why don't you hear much about the region's wine? Most of these grapes aren't destined for wine. Commercial farms growing Concord, Catawba and other American native grape varieties supply much of the world's thirst for grape juice and grape jelly; most of these farms produce fruit for major food corporations.
Indeed, it's possible to make a sort of wine from native grapes. Some producers have done so for generations, including traditional kosher-wine makers like Manischewitz and Mogen David, as well as quite a few small-farm wineries. But the flavor that made Welch's famous draws grimaces and expressions of disgust from many wine lovers, who describe such wines with the tasting term "foxy" and do not mean it as a compliment.
For many years, the conventional wisdom was that this region wasn't suited for growing fine wines because it's too cold. Unlike the winter-hardy native grapes, traditional European wine grapes (vitis vinifera) don't thrive in harsh winters and deep freezes. Over time, some wineries made "country-style" wines with native grapes, grape-jelly aromas notwithstanding; and some people learned to enjoy them.
Later, like their counterparts throughout much of the Eastern U.S. and Canada, more serious growers began experimenting with "French hybrid" grapes, unfamiliar varieties created in nurseries by crossing vinifera grapes like Riesling or Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon with native varieties. They hoped to achieve an offspring that combines native hardiness with European flavor (and hoping that they wouldn't get the reverse). Hybrids, too, achieved a following as some people became accustomed to them, but frankly, many wine lovers find their unfamiliar flavors difficult to enjoy.
More recently still, winery pioneers have continued pursuing the grail of quality vinifera in the East. Along the southern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario (and on the eastern edge of Lake Michigan), the moderating temperature influence of large bodies of water and "lake effect" snows give some vineyards near the coast a critical edge over neighbors in colder microclimates. This seems to work best with varieties from colder European regions: Riesling from Germany, and Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley, and Pinot Noir from Burgundy and Champagne. The lure of great but winter-tender red grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah continues its $iren $ong, but the combination of winter kill and the "green," herbaceous character of wine from underripe grapes makes this a challenging venture.
We visited two of Western New York's top wineries over the weekend and found good wines but very different approaches at each. In Chautauqua County in New York's far Western tip, wine maker Jeff Murphy came on board at the 45-year-old Johnson Estate Winery four years ago, and he is making exceptionally clean and varietally correct wines from hybrid and native grapes, primarily, although he's planted some Riesling with an eye to the future. He also buys vinifera grapes to make wines under an alternate label, Freelings Creek.
In Niagara County, just a few miles off Lake Ontario's southern shore in the shadow of the Niagara Escarpment just to the east of Ontario's Niagara Peninsula, Warm Lake Estate is drawing attention for wine maker wine maker Michael VonHeckler's decision to plant Pinot Noir, only Pinot Noir and nothing but Pinot Noir on his attractive, sloping property. He argues that warm air circulating between Lake Ontario and the escarpment endow on his property a consistent microclimate that makes it a "banana belt," suitable for growing tender fruit. He likens the weather and the minerally soil to Burgundy and declares that he intends to make a Burgundy-style Pinot. What's more, he's sufficiently cheeky (or maybe just sufficiently proud of his wines) to charge startling prices for them, demanding - and getting - up to $40 for his top bottling and, remarkably, selling out "futures" of coming vintages for prices in the $20s.
As soon as I have all my notes and photos assembled, I'll publish a more comprehensive report on these and other wines of the region. For today, here's a quick look at many of the wines our small group tasted during visits to the two wineries. The short summary is simple: These producers, at least, are making excellent wines that amply defend the assertion that Western New York isn't just about grape juice and grape jelly any more.
Johnson Estate Winery
Freelings Creek Chardonnay $11.99
Not exactly a "second label" since pricing is competitive with the estate bottlings, Freelings Creek is Johnson's alternate label for wines made from purchased fruit, including most of its vitis vinifera varieties. This one is appley and fresh, with good, crisp green-apple flavors and a tart finish. No vintage is shown on the label, but Murphy said it's made from 2004 fruit.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2004 Seyval Blanc $9.99
One of the most vinifera-like of hybrid grapes, this Seyval could pass for a Muscadet and might serve just as well with shellfish. It's a pale straw color, with perfumed, floral aromas and a crisp, mouth-wateringly tart flavor that carries an attractive chalky minerality.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2003 Vldal Blanc $9.99
Another French-hybrid white, this one's made in a sweeter style. Pale straw in color, it's distinctly peachy on the nose and palate; off-dry but with good acidity to keep the sweetness in balance.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2005 Chambourcin $9.99
I'm less enthusiastic about red French-hybrid grapes, but to Murphy's credit, his red hybrids are about as good as it gets. Perfumed and floral, roses and red fruit, with a very tart acidic profile.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2004 Chancellor $9.99
Dark purple color. Appealing sour-cherry nose and palate, good body and structure. A relatively vinifera-like hybrid, somewhat like an Italian red in style.
Freelings Creek 2004 New York Merlot $13.99
The grapes for this vinifera item come from a friend's vineyard in Long Island, where the climate moderated by the ocean makes more sense for Merlot than the wintry Lake Erie short. The aroma and flavor is focused on plums, with a touch of smoke, over a good, balanced structure.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2005 Vidal Ice Wine $34.99/375 ml.
The hybrid Vidal is a major player in ice wines in both New York and nearby Ontario, and it works well here, with luscious honey-apricot aromas and flavors; it's intensely sweet, with fine acidity to provide balance.
Johnson Estate Lake Erie 2005 Chambourcin Ice Wine $34.99/375 ml.
A red ice wine is an unusual thing, and a red French-hybrid ice wine even more so. It's a clear light bronze-pink in color, with a distinct aroma of spiced raisins. Unctuous on the palate, berries and brown sugar and sufficient acldity for balance.
We also sampled a couple of Johnson Estate's native-grape wines. Although made at a mass-market price point, these are well-crafted wines, balanced and fresh, vinified so as to accept their native flavors while keeping them in balance.
Johnson Estate 2004 Lake Erie Delaware $7.99
One of the least "foxy" of the white native varieties. Pale brass color. Floral and jammy. Citric, softly sweet, nicely balanced with fresh-fruit acidity.
Johnson Estate 2005 House Red $9.99/1.5 liters
Made from Concord, perhaps the most well-known of all the native red grapes, it's a light garnet color, with a bright, fresh-fruit flavor that's distinctly akin to grape jelly but that, happily, avoids the grapey excesses of the full-throttle kosher-style Concord wines. It's even more palatable in the flavor, attractive red-berry fruit made off-dry but with crisp acidity for balance. I could get used to drinking Concord if it always tasted like this. Maybe.
Warm Lake Estate
Mountain Road 2004 Niagara Escarpment Pinot Noir $24.99
Made from selected purchased grapes and finished with barrel aging at Warm Lake, this second label is a fine Pinot by any region's standard. Pale ruby in color, virtually a rosé (not unusual for Pinot), it's classic Pinot Noir on the nose and palate, cranberries and strawberries and spice, intriguing Pinot aromas and velvety red-fruit flavors well-balanced by mouth-watering acidity.
Warm Lake Estate 2004 Niagara Escarpment Pinot Noir $39.99
Rosy bronze color, beautiful. Red fruit and spice and chalky minerality, beautiful structure, fairly described as "Burgundian." VonHeckler talks about what a poor vintage the 2004 was, but he could have fooled me. (On the other hand, a small barrel sample of the 2005 is certainly more intense and deeply fruity ... it should be quite a wine ... but it's already sold out.)
2004 Niagara Escarpment Glacé Noir $19.99/375
A strong, sweet, dessert-style Pinot Noir made by adding sugar before fermenting fruit not chosen for use in the estate Pinot, this is an odd, offbeat sweet wine that attracts a lot of attention, but I have a hard time warming up to it. Pale bronze in color, it's strong, sweet and nicely structured, but I find its aromas on the funky side of earthy, reminiscent of musky, overripe melons.
For information about the wines, including availability and distribution, see the winery Websites. The following link will take you to the Johnson Estate Website:
For the Warm Lake Website, click this link:


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Lately I've been asking retailers a key question about mobile commerce. Who rules mobile shopping: Apple or Android? I keep getting the same answer. It's Apple, by a mile.
This is important in light of the fact that smartphones running Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system far outpace Apple Inc.'s iPhone in terms of smartphone market share. Android phones account for 52.5% of smartphones in use while iPhones account for 34.3%, according to mobile and web measurement firm comScore Inc. On the other side of mobile, Apple dominates the tablet market. The iPad has a 76.4% market share, according to research firm eMarketer Inc. Android and a handful of other players account for the remaining 23.6%.
Cory Pulice, vice president of e-commerce at e.l.f. cosmetics, was kind enough to open up his Google Analytics for me and he tells the real story in m-commerce. At e.l.f. cosmetics, from Oct. 1 through Dec. 16, 69.02% of mobile traffic came from devices running Apple's iOS mobile operating system while 29.25% came from Android smartphones and tablets. Revenue numbers are even more telling. For the same period, 78.59% of mobile sales stemmed from an iOS device while only 20.74% came from an Android device. Apple's iPad rules e.l.f. cosmetics' mobile sales with a 49.50% share. No Android tablets break into the top 10 devices at e.l.f. cosmectics, and the device in the No. 10 slot for revenue gets a 0.42% share, so it's fair to deduce that the share belonging to Android tablets is small.
According to comScore, Android commands the smartphone market. But look at e.l.f. cosmetics: The iPhone accounts for 27.48% of mobile sales while the nearest competing Android smartphone, the Motorola Droid Razr 4G, accounts for a mere 0.78% of mobile sales. Since we know that 20.74% of revenue came from an Android device, I would cut three or four percentage points off for Android tablets and say that 17% of mobile sales came from all Android smartphones combined, compared with 27.48% coming from the iPhone alone.
Let's look around. 22.5% of web-only jeweler Ice's total traffic is mobile; 14% from smartphones and 8.5% from tablets, Ice says. More than 70% of mobile traffic stems from an Apple device.
Owners of the iPhone, the iPad and the iPod Touch are the most lucrative mobile shoppers for Wine.com. More than 90% of mobile sales stem from an Apple device, CEO Rich Bergsund says.
"It's about our demographic," Bergsund explains. "The Wine.com demographic is an affluent and educated group, and that's the sweet spot for mobile devices Apple sells. They charge a premium and they are worth it, and those consumers are our demographic. Plus, the user interface is easier on Apple than other platforms; most mobile sites work better on an iPhone than on other alternatives."
Let's go across the pond and check on Apple and Android. During the last week of November beginning Nov. 25, 43.48% of mobile traffic to the U.K. affiliate network of Affiliate Window was from iPads, 32.46% from iPhones, 18.29% from Android devices, 1.62% from BlackBerrys and 4.15% from other mobile devices, Affiliate Window reports. January through November, 59% of mobile sales came from iPads, 24% from iPhones, 12% from Android devices, 3% from BlackBerrys and 2% from other mobile devices, Affiliate Window says. That gives Apple a commanding 83% share of mobile sales.
"Apple users are typical early adopters. They're generally tech-savvy individuals who embrace new ways of interacting and transacting online," says Kevin Edwards, strategy director at Affiliate Window. "Given the higher purchase barrier to entry for iPhones this tends to indicate users have higher disposable incomes. It may be purely anecdotal but there is also a sense that Apple users are more comfortable and confident shoppers who don't have the same reservations when buying online. I think this also extends to the iPad. We typically see conversion rates for the iPad outstrip standard desktop rates coupled with higher average order values, making the traffic and consumer particularly attractive to retailers."
OK, back to the States. 50% of total HauteLook traffic now stems from mobile devices, says Greg Bettinelli, chief marketing officer. 55% of that traffic is from smartphones while 45% is from tablets. 50-55% of mobile traffic comes from iPhones, 40-45% from iPads, and less than 5% from Android devices.
"Tablet transactions are on average 50% bigger than ones on iPhones," Bettinelli says. "If we make $2 for every person on an iPhone, we make $2.50 for desktop users and $3 for iPad shoppers. An iPad is a pre-qualifier for a better customer, a lot of our better customers have iPads. I can't say it's fully because of the device. The device is a good experience, but it's not that much better than the computer, so it's as much about the customer who uses that device. An iPad is an indicator of the quality of a customer."
That goes for iPhones and iPod Touch devices, too. Any Apple device is an indicator of a higher quality customer. These consumers shop more and they buy more. In my opinion, Apple users are more dedicated to the mobile web and apps. They're buying a premium device not to talk on a phone but to make extensive use of wireless data services, in other words, to browse the web and use apps. And they have more disposable income than Android users. Just look at the difference in how the phones are marketed. If you want an iPhone, be prepared to spend at least $200. On the flipside, wireless carriers are giving away Android phones if you sign a contract. You've got Android smartphones in the hands of some people who don't even care what kind of phone they've got, as long as it was free.
When it comes to allocating resources for mobile commerce programs, cater to your Apple device customers first and foremost. Do what you have to do for Android customers to get by. Push resources toward things like optimizing your m-commerce site for the iPhone 5 or optimizing your e-commerce site for the iPad mini or building an iPhone app. Just remember: In mobile commerce, Apple rules.Favorite


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HASTINGS, (AP) - Jurors in Dakota County have convicted an Apple Valley man on all charges in the death of his pregnant wife.
The jury deliberated 11 straight hours and found Roger Holland guilty as charged in the strangulation death of Margorie Holland, who was 15 weeks pregnant.
The 37-year-old defendant did not visibly react when the verdict was read about 1 a.m. Tuesday. Some of the victim's family members cried quietly.
Holland was found guilty of two first-degree and two second-degree murder charges, which carry a sentence of life in prison without parole. Defense attorney Marsh Halberg says Holland was disappointed and surprised by the verdict.
Under state law, the first-degree murder conviction will be automatically appealed to the state Supreme Court.


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A loving mother and an example of hate
Note- After reading this blog Example got in touch on Twitter, he wrote
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Thanks for keeping writing, Nicky. You're making a big difference. I am full of admiration.ReplyDelete
- @BoleynAnnie6 November 2011 at 08:48
A beautifully written heart breaking blog. I too lost sleep over the ignorance shown by 'Example' & the number of his followers who found his comment funny & acceptable.ReplyDelete
Attitudes like these are why children like mine feel fear when they leave the safety of their homes to go to school, work etc.
Keep doing what you do as it makes a difference one person at a time.
Oh thank you both so much for your lovely comments. All love nik xxReplyDelete
Brilliant piece, I am tired of facing abuse every time we have the audacity to go out with our daughter I grow tired of it all I have tried angry tried explaining ,my nightmare is all of the above and more thank you for putting into words I have never been good at that , in Tears nowReplyDelete
Thank you Deb. I know your frustration and i'm sending all my love. Nik xxReplyDelete
- Terry Bryan6 November 2011 at 10:10
totally agree. Me, I was determined that winterbourne was going to be a "stephen lawrence" moment - and it may well be, but now the dust is settling, I can see little change happening yet. Many of the people who shouted at the time have said their piece and moved on to other pet projects. Suppose this is mine . . . So disillusioned currently. Status quo will continue unless the fight carries on in more high profile ways. Getting radical now. Thinking action. Thinking, just thinking . . .ReplyDelete
What I don't get is why he hasn't PROPERLY apologised. He is an intelligent man, he has a loyal following of at least half a million willing to applaud his every word. If he could let that tiny little voice inside him that is actually quietly feeling guilty speak up it would change everything.ReplyDelete
We all make mistakes when we are tired, or ill informed, or influenced by a mob prejudice. But we all have the ability to learn from our mistakes and admit we were wrong. And a good apology can be even better than not making the mistake in the first place because it demonstrates to others (potentially 500,000 others) that it is cool to have a change of mind and admit it. This idea that you have to take a position and stick to it in order to be respected is the problem.
I've spent a lot of time around people with Aspergers: yes, while they are often the victims of bullying it is remarkable to witness what relentless bullying they are capable of themselves. I suspect it is a combination of the unwillingness to accept they might be wrong, underdeveloped empathy (which can be learned) and the desire to turn the attention of "the mob" away from them.
I was a pretty plain kid in school. I wore hand me down clothes, I was not good at sport and was in no way "cool" - so I had to develop my personality and use my brains to be funny in order to be accepted and included.
I'm ashamed to say it but when the bullies were bored and looking for a target to assert their authority I learned how to stay out of their sights- leaving someone else to be attacked.
I suspect that Ricky was the same. -and now that he is rich enough to have a personal trainer and a chef, designer clothes and a shelf full of awards, he is still afraid that if he doesn't run with the mob they will turn on him.
It's not an excuse, just an explanation. A little empathy for Ricky if you like. I hope he can learn some too.
Did you mean to post you Ricky response here? Maybe on the Twinterview page. Best NikReplyDelete
Keep up the excellent work, Nicky...we'll do our part here in Canada, too. Cheers.ReplyDelete
Bravo Nicky. I can't believe the crap you get for writing honest but heart-breaking truths. I think someone wrote a while ago to say that you don't represent her. Well, you're doing a pretty good job of representing me and for that I thank you. I hate this idea that parents of disabled children and young people should be the meek, silent and grateful recipients of society's charity and never raise our voices. Thanks for shouting XReplyDelete
I was a common user or the words 'retard', 'spaz' and other of the same sort but then I read your article:ReplyDelete
I just wanted to say thank you for opening my eyes to the hurtful truth and knock on effects of what I'd previously been saying; from this point on I will make a serious effort to think about what I'm saying before I say it. I wish you all the best in your career and hope others will find what you've written as eye-opening as I have.
GirlWithTheCan thank you lovely.xxReplyDelete
Ruby's Mum Thank you so much for your kind comments. Beautifully put. Nik xx
Natalya Gray I am so touched by your comment and so pleased that my piece affected you. Thank you so much lovely. Nik xx


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VANCOUVER, Canada — The panicked hue and cry from the Kings' fan base when defenseman Drew Doughty left Thursday's game in San Jose was almost like that bleak November night in Buffalo when goalie Jonathan Quick suffered a serious groin injury.
That's where the similarities end.
Quick immediately went home to Los Angeles and missed a substantial portion of the season. By contrast, Doughty, who appeared to injure his shoulder against the Sharks in the first period, continued on the trip with the team to Canada. Though the defenseman did not practice Friday, Kings Coach Darryl Sutter downplayed the severity of Doughty's injury. According to Sutter, it is not serious and he said Doughty could conceivably play against Vancouver on Saturday.
If it had been a more substantial injury, Doughty would have returned to Los Angeles immediately to see Kings' team doctors.
Defenseman Andrew Campbell is up from the Kings' American Hockey League affiliate in Manchester, N.H., as insurance if Doughty can't go. Campbell was expected to join the Kings in Vancouver on Friday night, officials said.
No matter the immediate impact, it makes sense for the Kings to proceed with caution since the playoffs are fast approaching. Already, the Kings sat another veteran defenseman, Willie Mitchell, against the Sharks, which was a back-to-back situation, and the night after they officially clinched a playoff spot.
Doughty's durability has been impressive. He suffered an ankle injury in the seven-game playoff series against the Sharks last year, played through it and also in the next round against the Blackhawks.
There might be even the slightest of silver linings. Doughty has had his off moments since the Olympic break ended, so sitting out could help him recharge his batteries before the playoffs.
Maybe the Kings would have rested him any way since they are locked into the third spot in the Pacific Division. In Chicago, injuries to stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane are being considered as something of a blessing in disguise. Like Doughty, they have played plenty of hockey in the last 14 months. They are both scheduled to be ready for the opening of the playoffs as the Blackhawks begin their title defense.
Hockey moment
The Kings were amused to see defenseman Slava Voynov get into it with Sharks captain Joe Thornton in a brief scrap. Defenseman Jake Muzzin joked Voynov was a "little angry Russian out there."
"Slava is one of those guys, once he gets going he really gets into the game," Jordan Nolan said. "He's a competitor. It's nice to see it come out of him."
Said Voynov: "That was nothing but hockey moment. Emotion."
When: 7.
On the air: TV: Prime Ticket; Radio: 1150.
Etc.: Center Linden Vey was lent to Ontario of the East Coast Hockey League on Friday, but he is with the team in Vancouver. The transaction was essentially a paper move for salary cap reasons.
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April 20, 2007
After taking home the Atlantic Sun Pitcher of the Week award two weeks ago, left-hander Rex Brothers, relying primarily on his fastball was almost un-hittable as the Bisons defeated the Campbell Camels 2-1 on Friday, April 20.
Both Brothers, and Campbell' starter, Brandon Scott, looked strong from the start, exchanging zeroes in each of the first three innings.
The Bisons' offense finally broke through in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. After Ryan Wilkins reached on an error by the Camel's third basemen, Daniel Smith, Bond singled to left to put runners on first and third. After Bond stole second, Justin Sanders drove in the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to give the Bisons' a 1-0 lead. Bond would score on an error by the Camel's second basemen to increase the lead to 2-0.
Brothers' did not allow a hit until Smith reached on an infield bunt single to lead off the fourth.
"It was a hit," Brothers said. "It was a great bunt, the same as a line drive; a base hit."
The Camels would finally break through for a run in the eighth, but it was all they would get against Brothers.
In eight innings, Brothers gave up one run on one hit, but walked five. He struck out eight, while lowering his ERA to 3.68. With the win, he improved to 7-1 on the season.
"I don't worry about how many hits, just the W," Brothers said. "We need to keep rolling. Like Coach Forehand says, `Keep the snowball rolling.'"
Right-hander, Brandon McClurg relieved Brothers to toss a 1-2-3 ninth and earn his third save of the season.
The Bisons' will conclude the series against Campbell with a double-header. Game one is scheduled to begin at one p.m.
Taylor Merry is expected to receive the game one start for the Bisons. On the season, Merry is 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA. He has struck out 12 and opponents are batting .224 against him. In his last start against ETSU, he gave up one run over eight innings, and was named Co-Pitcher of the Week in the Atlantic Sun.
Right-hander, Justin Lilly is expected to make the game one start for the Camels. In 55.2 innings this season, Lilly is0-4 with a 5.01 ERA. He has struck out 40 and opponents are batting .314 against him.
Right-hander, Charles Williams is expected to take the mound for the Bisons in game two. On the season, Williams is 1-3 with a 5.09 ERA. In 23 innings, he has given up 23 runs, 16 earned.
The game two start for Campbell will go to right-hander, Blake Herring. On the season, Herring is 1-7 with a 7.34 ERA. He has struck out 38 and opponents are batting .298 against him.


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Tuesday, February 5
My Antler Sweater
21 comments:
- Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces said...
Wow, that turned out great! The wool makes a wonderful difference...and I love the look of the whole mantel! The loving cup is so great...and the pillows...Oh, I just like it all lol!
- February 5, 2013 at 7:18 AM
I'm speechless. Well, no, not really.
This is just so simply amazing, Lisa!!!
- February 5, 2013 at 7:45 AM
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- Sarah said...
Amazing transformation!
- February 5, 2013 at 8:37 AM
- holli said...
that is soooo cool!! I love that idea. Cute pillows too. You're so talented and creative
- February 5, 2013 at 8:43 AM
- Dorthe said...
WOW ,some great projects Lisa,-that antlar in sweater ,looks fantastic, and I love the rustic feeling your shelf with all this gorgeous things have.
Those wonderful sweaters can be used for so many great projects, like your pillows - -- my little stach is still here on the old trunk, makin me smile, just watching it ,every day.
I am just now almost recovered from a nasty flue, coughing ,fever, and blowing the nose, non stop, so that`s why I have been quite for so long, my dearest friend.
Hugs and love, Dorthe
- February 5, 2013 at 10:54 AM
- Primroses Attic said...
Lisa I love your antlers. Another way to use an old jumper. My daughter has antlers in her bedroom, I will show her your post she will be really surprised. Love your collection of vintage mirrors.
- February 5, 2013 at 11:16 AM
- Beth Leintz said...
Love it- the soft sweater with the earthy antlers. Is that a sweater candle cozy on the mantle, too?
- February 5, 2013 at 11:28 AM
- Karen B. said...
Hi Lisa,
love what you did with your antlers!
Karen B. ~ Todolwen
- February 5, 2013 at 12:59 PM
- Petite Michelle Louise said...
oh my..that is CRAZY creative my friend! wow! Who would have thunk it?? so cool. And love the felted pillow as well!! ;)
- February 5, 2013 at 1:02 PM
- The Cranky Queen said...
My hunter hubby cringed when I showed him your post! LOL...I too collect antlers, they display in a multitude of ways...my winter display on the dining room buffet is antlers and dried blue hydrangeas... I also have them coupled in wooden bowls & grouped on the wall for that cabin~lodge look feel! Thanx for sharing. My castle door is always open over at the "royal blog" Tiffany
- February 5, 2013 at 6:56 PM
- Little Pink Studio said...
hahahaha! "padding my rack" that's great. I would have loved it if you had titled your post that. :)
You know, I'm not normally into hunting trophies but the sweater really did make it fabulous. Well done!
I really wish I could attend a workshop in your home!
Cerri xo
- February 5, 2013 at 10:29 PM
- trash talk said...
She sided "titled"...snark. She said "padding"...snort. She said "felted"...snark, snort, snark. She said "rack"...snark, snort, snark, snort.
That's one cool rack o'love. Just like you to take a memory and wrap it in the warmth of your creativity.
- February 6, 2013 at 6:15 AM
Finally logged in so I can comment! Your "mount" (thought I'd use that for Debbie) looks so cozy and warm! And that pillow with the cross? *swoon*
You inspire me. I think I'll go sew now! xoxo
- February 6, 2013 at 5:55 PM
- Robin said...
This looks fabulous Lisa! Can't wait to hear more about the workshop :)
- February 6, 2013 at 6:27 PM
- Carole said...
I have been so into the whole antler thing. Shocks me too! but I seem to have fallen in love with the whole natural history look...vintage of course. Love all your creations
- February 10, 2013 at 9:29 AM
- Julia - "Vintage with Laces" said...
What an awesome idea, Lisa!!! It doesn't amaze me though because you always come up with super cool ideas. The antlers turned out great and make definetely a conversation piece.
OMG, I LOVE your other sweater creations too. The house is so adorable and I admire that gorgeous pillow as well. The different knitting patterns give such great textures to it.
We still have problems with the electricity. Last week we had no power at all on 4 days. Right now we get only a bit through a cable to the neighbor. It's not enough to run everything but better than nothing anyway. At least our internet access got better after changing to another provider.
I have a new erosion bundle hanging and we've had plenty of rain lately. I still have to wait a while before I can open it.
Have a great week, sweetie!
Big hugs and love,
- February 12, 2013 at 7:55 AM
- Rebecca said...
Love your style Girl...
I have been working on a deer head covered in felted wool... ha great minds think alike!
- February 13, 2013 at 1:27 PM
- vicki said...
Lisa- only you would think to do this to an antler rack-- I gotta say that I totally love it!! So YOU!!! I'm still laughing about your comment re padding your rack- hilarious!
Am loving your pictures of the felted sweaters-- could be the birth if a new obsession!! I'm addicted to wools too!
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- February 25, 2013 at 9:08 AM
- Maureen said...
Lisa, I LOVE what you did with the antlers... I have been wanting to fix up a rack I got for $10... great antlers, but the base is not so great. I covered the skull part with scrap suede, but the wood plaque leaves much to be desired. Your wool treatment is brilliant! And I love the planks behind. I hope you don't mind if I "steal" your idea. ;)
It's wonderful!
Your home is beautiful!
- February 26, 2013 at 5:37 AM


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REDLANDS – Police and firefighters have jumped right in to the city's 125th anniversary celebration.
Because of suggestions by Fire Chief Jeff Frazier and Police Chief Mark Garcia, both of whom are members of the anniversary committee, police officers and firefighters will spend the next 12 months wearing badges commemorating the city's anniversary.
"One of the first things they wanted to do was develop an anniversary badge for their respective departments," said Paul Foster, the chairman of the anniversary committee and the city's mayor pro tem.
"We thought it was an exciting idea. It became a commemorative item for every member of both the fire and police departments."
Both departments' badges were paid for by employees at no cost to the city. It's in recognition of the anniversary celebration, which will be celebrated through November 2013, the city said in a press statement.
The Police Department badge features the University of Redlands Memorial Chapel and historic city seal, along with the legend "1888-2013." Employees may wear the traditional badge or the anniversary badge.
The Fire Department badge was designed by a committee of firefighters.
"The badges would be a memory long after their career is over," Foster said. "I think that is great for them. At the same time, every day when they are out in public, not only will the badges be a symbol of the city but a symbol of the city's heritage in honor of the anniversary."
All personnel who ordinarily wear a badge during the performance of their duties – including firefighters, police officers, community service officers and animal control officers – may wear the anniversary badges.
Retired police personnel and those who don't ordinarily wear a badge were allowed to purchase display police badges encased in transparent plastic.
"They came up with a great design," Foster said. "We are very happy with the final product."
Reach Ed via email, call him at 909-793-3221, or find him on Twitter @TheFactsEd.


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A Second-gen with the Fabled Sleeper Option
The shelf life for newly built cars is notoriously short. Trends evolve so rapidly that a car deemed cutting edge upon its completion can lose its novelty in a matter of months. Once it hits its first anniversary, a hot car usually has about as much star power as a talent show runner-up. There are exceptions, however...
Perry's 1970 Camaro Z28
We thought Perry Williams misunderstood us when we asked him when he finished his '70. "Well, I got it in 1982 and it took about two years to build," he answered. "No, no, no," we replied. "When did you finish it this time? You know, painted like this and all." A sort of awkward silence fell over us as he pondered what part of his answer we didn't understand. "Well, I guess that would've been 1985." he clarified. "At least that's when it got painted."
The Z car that caught our eye earlier in the day suddenly had our undivided attention. This was a car that looked as if it had slept through the past 25 years. It hadn't, though; it lived life exclusively in quarter-mile increments. And it was fast, too: 10.90 at 136 mph with a 350 and a stock four-speed. In fact, it wasn't 'til 2000 when Williams said he wanted a little bit more out of it than straight-line performance.
Change in Plans: Life Happens and Perry Switches Gears
Perry noted - "I was going pretty good but then I broke my back in 2004". He spent the following year in the hospital. "At one point Janice, my wife, told me to just let someone else finish it. I'm good friends with Craig Wick over at Wicked Fabrications. He does amazing work so I gave it to him."
Aftermarket subframe kits for second-gen applications are commonplace nowadays but they weren't when Wick made the one for this car. He built it from 2x4 tubing and a Heidts Hot Rod Shop crossmember. Only instead of bolting it in as stock, Wick extended its side rails through the floor to the car's rear framerails and welded everything in place. He then capitalized on the new structure by crafting a six-point 'cage with swing-out door bars.
Wick finished the front suspension with Heidts tubular control arms and spindles. He retained the rear suspension design but employed Hotchkis leafs and fabricated rocker-style traction bars to control wrap. A Watts link controls the suspension's roll center. He finished both ends of the car with adjustable QA1 dampers—coilover design in the front—14-inch Wilwood rotors and six-pot calipers, and Hotchkis antiroll bars.
It was great at quarter-mile sprints, but the old engine's peaky delivery would've fallen short on the road. Not the new one Gus Foster built though. His shop, Foster Machine Service, prepped a four-bolt block, which he filled with a 3.75-inch-stroke SCAT crank, Carrillo connecting rods, CP/Carillo Bullet-series pistons, and Dart heads.
Upgrading Power
A comparatively radical Crane HR-296 roller-tappet cam hangs this engine's intake valves open for nearly 300 degrees of crank duration. A typical engine with that much cam timing may require as much as 10.5:1 static compression ratio to generate sufficient cylinder pressure, but dished pistons set this one at 8.5:1.
It's because it has another way to increase cylinder pressure: a D-1SC Procharger. The extra volume of air it jams down this engine's gullet to increase its compression ratio to respectable performance levels also increases its effective displacement. In fact, at 12 psi boost that blower nearly doubles the engine's size and compression ratio. Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but the engine shot the car down the track at 11-flat its first and only time out. Williams maintains that the car has yet more potential, but he won't find out until he changes the 'cage to meet the rules or the rules change to meet his 'cage.
Foster finished the engine with a Quick Fuel Technology carburetor, an ignition prepped by Dick Jones (Phoenix Auto, Ballard, Washington), and headers fabricated by Craig Wick. Wick also built the 3-inch-diameter pipes behind them. Chambered SDT-series Edelbrock mufflers keep the car legally quiet, but just barely.
he stock four-speed may have handled the torque, but its ratios would limit the car's full potential. A Richmond six-speed overdrive, on the other hand, covers every base. It sports a Hurst shifter and feeds a Drivelines Northwest shaft. That, in turn, spins a 3.73:1 gear on a limited-slip carrier in a Currie Enterprises 9-Plus housing. In light of the engine, 35-spline Currie axles don't sound so extreme after all. American Racing Torq-Thrust II wheels (18x8 front and 18x10 rear) and Nitto NT555 hides (ZR-series 245/45-18 front and 295/45-18 rear) got bolted to the four corners.
Interior & Styling
The Bahama Blue coat Steve Christenson applied to the car looks more like 2 ½ years old, not 2 ½ decades. The body wears every bit of its gingerbread—it really did start life as a Z28, by the way.
For the years Williams dragged the car it had only front seats. Now it has Corbeau Sport Seats and a stock rear bench that Tim Norman at Classical Gas in Renton–Covington, Washington, trimmed to match.
Stereotomy in Issaquah, Washington, installed the audio system. It consists of a Kenwood Excelon KDC-X792 head unit, Alpine PDX amplifiers, and component drivers. Stereotomy also fabricated the various panels and housings, including trunk panels and subwoofer enclosures in the quarters. Wick rewired the car.
He also replaced the gauges with Auto Meter Pro-Comp Ultra-Lite dials and fabricated the insert that houses them. The car came with a tilt column, which now sports a 14-inch-diameter Grant Collectors Edition steering wheel.
Don't let this car's near flawless appearances fool you; it gets driven harder than ever, and thanks to its more dynamic personality, it gets driven longer distances. He keeps fast company, too—we won't go into details but he has stories about caravanning to Los Angeles with Art and Craig Morrison.
Though awakened twice so far, chances are slim that this Z will get the chance to catch any Zs in the near future.
Don't let this car's near flawless appearances fool you; it gets driven harder than ever.


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Bluffton police close investigation of unauthorized H.E. McCracken bank account
The Bluffton Police Department is closing its investigation of an unauthorized H.E. McCracken Middle School bank account, finding the account belonged to the school's PTO and didn't break the law.
The account was transferred to office manager Denise Gibbo when the PTO mother charged with overseeing the account left the organization, said Lt. Joe Babkiewicz, who cleared Gibbo after she provided account information and other school employees provided statements saying the account was used to reimburse student council and for other expenses.
The Beaufort County School District discovered the account just before Thanksgiving break during a review of undisclosed "personnel matters," and a school staffer on Nov. 27 turned over a bank statement in the school's name but addressed to a home later found to be Gibbo's, said spokesman Jim Foster. The police initially reported the statement ended up on guidance counselor Annette Ballard's desk, but district officials later said Sonia Merrick, an English teacher, brought the information forward. Foster said Barrow first received misinformation, but he couldn't explain how.
Gibbo has been on paid leave since around the time of Principal Philip Shaw's unexplained absence, which started Nov. 8. District officials have refused to give a reason for the leave or the review, which will continue indefinitely, Foster said.
"We were unable to answer some basic questions about this checking account, and hopefully now we'll be able to get those answers and move forward with our review," he said.
School leaders and bookkeepers at each school have access to an account for student activities and emergencies, both of which are reviewed at the district level. At this point the district can't say whether it will take disciplinary action over the account, Foster said.
The account was addressed to PTO parent Theresa Covert from August 2009 to May 2011, according to the police report. Although the bank indicated the account started in 1999, the department doesn't know by whom, Babkiewicz said, adding he decided not to seek a subpoena that would've forced S.C. Bank and Trust to give up everything because Gibbo came forward with documentation.
Shaw told the district he didn't know anything about the account, according to an initial complaint filed Friday, but statements from school employees appear to contradict this claim. Bookkeeper Albertha Williams reported the existence of the account to Shaw and Gibbo, but "they did not seem to be interested," according to the report. Sonia Merrick, an English teacher, wrote in her statement that Shaw instructed her to hand over money to Gibbo for deposit in the PTO account and that Gibbo would handle requests for withdrawals from the account.
Foster again declined comment on disciplinary implications.
"We're going to take the material that was gathered, make that a part of our review, and move forward with it," Foster said.
The school district turned over its investigation to the department Friday after finding itself at an impasse because the bank wouldn't provide details about the account's activity or holder without a court order.
Chris Barrow, the district's protective services coordinator, was conducting the review that turned up the account. Barrow, who filed the report with the police, couldn't be reached for comment.
Shaw continues collecting his $93,744 salary while Assistant Principal Joseph Warfield leads the school. The district previously indicated to parents that his absence would end before the Thanksgiving holiday but now say he'll remain on leave.


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Happy Anniversary to the OpenIndiana project!
Release date: Sept 14, 2011
OpenIndiana oi_151a was released on 14th September 2011, exactly one year after our first release, oi_147! Our latest build brings a wide variety of enhancements, including being our first build based on Illumos.
Installing or Upgrading
If you are currently running OpenSolaris, please see Upgrading from OpenSolaris. If you are currently running OpenIndiana, please see Upgrading OpenIndiana.
For information on installing, please see Installing OpenIndiana
Downloading OpenIndiana
ISO images and Torrents are available from:
Also please see our mirror sites at http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Mirrors
New features in OpenIndiana oi_151a
OpenIndiana Kernel & Core Userland
OpenIndiana oi_151a is based on Illumos. Notable changes to the kernel and core userland since OpenIndiana's oi_148 release includes:
- KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)
OpenIndiana oi_151a now includes KVM, the open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine, as a basic virtualization solution along with the QEMU package! This KVM port includes virtualization extensions for Intel VT. Using KVM, a user or system administrator can run multiple virtual machines running unmodified x86_64-based operating system images for Linux, BSD, or Windows images. Each virtual machine has private virtualized hardware: a network card, disk, graphics adapter, etc.
For information on using KVM, please see 7.3 KVM
- New terminal definitions:
- New whois tool:
- New TCP socket options:
- Grub support for large sector disks:
- ZFS aclmode property added:
- Zone administration enhancements:
- Easy access to service log files via svcs -L:
- Areca ARC-1880 RAID card driver support:
- UNMAP support for COMSTAR:
- iostat -E now correctly displays disk serial number:
- Bombproof taskqs:
- Open source replacements for locales, libc utf-8 support and many userland tools
Spec Files Extra Repository
A wide variety of software is now available through the Spec Files Extra repository, OI-Userland, and third-party community package management systems.
- AbiWord (2.8.6)
- Arora Web browser (0.11.0)
- Blender (2.49.2)
- ClamAV (0.97.1)
- Drupal (7.8)
- ffmpeg (0.8.6)
- ghc (Glasgow Haskell Compiler) (7.2.1)
- git (1.7.7)
- ImageMagick (6.7.2-6)
- Inkscape (0.48.1)
- MPD (Music Player Daemon) (0.16.2)
- Mplayer (2.0.99)
- mpg123 (1.13.3)
- Netatalk (2.2.0)
- PostgreSQL database (9.1.1)
- Postfix (2.8.5)
- Openbox (3.5.0)
- Qt (4.7.3)
- Scribus (1.4.0)
- Stellarium (0.11.0)
- Sylpheed (3.1.1)
- Tightvnc (1.3.10)
- Transmission (2.22)
- Wine (1.3.34)
- x264 (20111012)
- XFCE desktop environment (4.8.3)
Community packages contributed and ported by other package maintainers/ISVs:
- Firefox
- Apache OpenOffice (ported by Adfinis SyGroup AG)
- LibreOffice (ported by Lanedo Gmbh)
- Thunderbird
- Calendar for Thunderbird
- Flash Player
- Nvidia video driver
- SuperTuxKart
- Xen
Known issues
Here is a list of known issues that are still outstanding:
See https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues for more known issues and detailed information
- OpenIndiana svn_151 support on Adaptec 6xxx (1497)
- SFE's runtime/gcc package breaks VirtualBox. See SFE notes for a workaround.
- i/o hang with mega_sas driver (618)
- cpqary3 driver is old and causes panic in oi_151 (1441)
- Chinese input method lost in b151 (1084)
- ZFS time-slider and auto-snapshots not working due to missing zfssnap-roleadd SMF service (1179)
Reporting bugs
Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve the quality of future releases. Please report bugs through the provided bugtracker system:
If you want to help out with bugs, the OpenIndiana bug team is always looking for help.
Participate in OpenIndiana
As a community maintained distribution, we depend on community members getting involved. There are a wide variety of ways you can help us, from blogging and talking about OpenIndiana, adding content to our wiki, through to helping us developing the operating system.
If you would like to get involved, the quickest way is to jump on IRC and talk to our developers directly.
More information
You can find out more about the OpenIndiana distribution project, please see:
- http://www.openindiana.org
- http://wiki.openindiana.org
- http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Frequently+Asked+Questions
Note: oi_151a Release Notes originally written by Ken Mays (kmays). Please contact for any major corrections or changes.
|Note for Wiki Maintainers
Note this page referenced in pkg-gate so please do not rename.
Sep 12, 2011
Thanks for all the hard work. Two questions:
1. Is the iso grabbed from http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/151a/ the stable version? If so, can we drop the "dev" in the file names? ie OI-stable-151a-x86.iso
2. I wrote a comment in your Alasdair on Everything blog entry: http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2011/05/adjusting-drive-timeouts-with-mdb-on-solaris-or-openindiana/ regarding the software package used for clustering. Since Oracle just screwed up the Oracle Solaris Cluster license, and Open HA for OpenSolaris only works with 2009.06, we are missing a HA solution for active active NFS over shared storage.(Is RSF-1 the only option?)
Sep 14, 2011
Hi - the isos on http://dlc-int.openindiana.org/ are not public releases and are release candidates. I'd wait until the 14th if you can!
Also it's still a dev release, the stable branch is hopefully due before the end of the year. But it'll be based on oi_151, which we consider "fairly stable". The stable branch is really about security fixes.
Also sorry I haven't responded to the blog comment - I can't log into my work blog at the moment. We wrote our own clustering solution, I'm afraid I have no knowledge of RSF-1. I'd recommend looking into Nexenta's commercial offering if you have a budget - if you need clustering, then you should be able to justify the budget for it. Clustering on the cheap is a recipe for disaster!
Sep 14, 2011
Thanks for clearing it up.
We already use RSF-1. The problem is that we are always looking out for better alternatives. Sarcastically speaking, even though you said "clustering on the cheap is a recipe for disaster", yet you recognize the need to "write your own clustering solution" for the same obvious reason as our search for a RSF-1 alternative.
It is unfortunate that OpenHA has no activities right now, even it is imported to the illumos codebase. I am hoping that someone can work on the iHac project and deliver an "open source" clustering solution that can rival Solaris Cluster 3.3u1's per core licensing <-Seriously, it is not even per socket.
Sorry for the rambling. Keep up the great work and I would love to see the stable one hit the street ASAP. Thanks.
Sep 12, 2011
Happy Anniversary OI. Thanks to all involved for their hard work!
Sep 14, 2011
Thanks for using OI!
Sep 14, 2011
Congratulation to the OI community for its first stable release!
What happened to the URL to Intel KMS and DRM driver? It also mentioned the radeon KMS and DRM driver. I wonder what graphic chips are supported in these.
Sep 14, 2011
Thats a great news! Will install it tomorrow. Congrats to the OI team
Sep 14, 2011
Great to see that the Open Solaris movement is still fighting fit!
Sep 14, 2011
Congratulations on OI's first birthday and its release of oi_151a. Thank you for all your hard work.
Sep 14, 2011
Any word on the UEFI support for newer motherboards? I currently run Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1 on my desktop using GPT and UEFI boot for both and would like to use this in the same way.
Sep 15, 2011
Congratulations to your success.
I would like to ask two questions for further development of OI:
- Someone is working on the ability to read and write Ext2, Ext3 file system and other (eg, ReiserFS, NTFS, etc.)?
- What is the situation in the support platform SandyBridge?
Have a nice day. WASP
Sep 22, 2011
As to the comment (the below is valid for 148, 148b and 151a):
"What is the situation in the support platform SandyBridge?"
I am running a Supermicro X9SCA-F, Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz CPU, after adding the following to /etc/system and rebooting the system appears to be quite stable without any issues.
set apix:apic_timer_preferred_mode = 0x0
you can verify the setting with the command - look for "mode = 0"
echo apic_timer::print apic_timer_t | sudo mdb -k
The above setting will use a slightly less efficient "oneshot_timer" code path instead of the "deadline_timer" code path, where the "deadline_timer" seems to have an AMI BIOS issue with this motherboard.
Refer to https://www.illumos.org/issues/1333 for details.
Sep 15, 2011
Installation of 151 worked well for me.
Happy one year and good luck in the future.
Best regards
Sep 15, 2011
Does this release include ZFS features compatible/interchangeable with Solaris 11 express (v31 or newer)? Or have their ways split for good?
Sep 17, 2011
Many thanks and congratulations guys! I use OpenIndiana since build 148, and I can assure it is a formidable OS, with excellent strength and reliability for a being a project in development stage. One of the real jewels of the open-source world.
Sep 17, 2011
Hi, yes it would be interesting to know which zpool version this release contains
Sep 19, 2011
The zpol upgrade command shows the zpool version.
$ zpool upgrade -v
This system is currently running ZFS pool version 28.
The following versions are supported:
— --------------------------------------------------------
1 Initial ZFS version
2 Ditto blocks (replicated metadata)
3 Hot spares and double parity RAID-Z
4 zpool history
5 Compression using the gzip algorithm
6 bootfs pool property
7 Separate intent log devices
8 Delegated administration
9 refquota and refreservation properties
10 Cache devices
11 Improved scrub performance
12 Snapshot properties
13 snapused property
14 passthrough-x aclinherit
15 user/group space accounting
16 stmf property support
17 Triple-parity RAID-Z
18 Snapshot user holds
19 Log device removal
20 Compression using zle (zero-length encoding)
21 Deduplication
22 Received properties
23 Slim ZIL
24 System attributes
25 Improved scrub stats
26 Improved snapshot deletion performance
27 Improved snapshot creation performance
28 Multiple vdev replacements
For more information on a particular version, including supported releases,
see the ZFS Administration Guide.
The zfs upgrade -v command shows the zfs version:
$ zfs upgrade -v
The following filesystem versions are supported:
— --------------------------------------------------------
1 Initial ZFS filesystem version
2 Enhanced directory entries
3 Case insensitive and File system unique identifier (FUID)
4 userquota, groupquota properties
5 System attributes
For more information on a particular version, including supported releases,
see the ZFS Administration Guide.
Sep 18, 2011
Hmm ... Careful about that old version of the Apache server!
Sep 19, 2011
Just made a successful update. System is up and running Congrats!!
Sep 24, 2011
KVM is neat but for those of who want Xen are there plans to make OI run as a Dom0?
I have hardware that runs Xen nicely but can't run KVM.
Sep 24, 2011
Oracle dropped Xen, which means that Illumos would have to develop it itself. But there is little point in a vendor supporting more than one virtualization technology. In any case, the idea of running Solaris on top of a hypervisor is perverse.
So no, it will never happen.
Sep 25, 2011
I wouldn't say never... someone just needs to step up and do it. Chances of that happening are slim to none, but it could happen.
Jan 30, 2012
Why is this idea perverse, would you care to explain? Simply stating that it is, carries little weight.
It would seem to me a rather powerful solution to have Xen using ZFS slices in stead of LVM, kind of Zones on steroids. Perhaps even meld the two.
Oct 09, 2011
is it possible to create one usb install image instead of two? with graphical live system, but with possibility to boot in text mode and perform "server" install?
Oct 10, 2011
What happened to sunstudioexpress? It can't be added via pfexec or the package manager as I was able to do it prior to 1.51. Can this be obtained elsewhere or do I have to use Oracle Solaris Studio 12.2 now?
Nov 04, 2011
I've tried following the build instructions but had to make numerous tweaks along the way. The source code in the repository CANNOT be compiled without modification and the build instructions are confused and incomplete. How about posting the CORRECT documentation for compiling the OS? The current documentation on compiling is such a mess that it is useless. Very disappointing and unprofessional.


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Royals pitcher Bruce Chen will never be confused with retired Yankees closer Mariano Rivera.
Chen's a lefty starter; Rivera was a righty reliever and closer. Chen's a crafty off-speed pitcher who gets hitters out with his guile. Rivera threw a nasty cut fastball that was so unhittable, he'll be in the Hall of Fame in five years.
But Chen, a native of Panama, shares a place alongside Rivera in the record books that he takes particularly pride in.
Chen, who starts on Friday night when the Royals open a three-game series at Minnesota, leads all Panamanian-born pitchers in major-league starts with 219 and in innings with 1,483 2/3. And with 80 career victories and 1,107 strikeouts, Chen needs three wins and 67 strikeouts to overtake Rivera for the top spot in both categories.
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"Mariano Rivera, here in the United States is known as the best closer of all time," said Chen, "but in Panama, he's known as the best pitcher ever. People look up to Mariano my family, everyone.
"When I was younger and Mariano was in the big leagues, I used to train with him, and all the professional baseball players trained together. So for me to be able to surpass a guy so big even though he was a closer, I feel like this is a big accomplishment."
In fact, only Rivera, with 1,115 appearances, and former Royal reliever Juan Berenguer with 490, have pitched in more big-league games among natives of Panama than Chen's 386. Rivera, of course, also posted a major-league record 652 saves — or 651 more than Chen.
Chen, 36, hopes younger Panamanian pitchers follow his lead.
"Records are made to be broken," Chen said, "and obviously the save record is going to be hard to break. But you want other Panamanians to push that. You want to have a Panamanian who strikes out 3,000 batters or maybe somebody who gets 250 wins.
But as long as we keep building it up, there's going to be someone, maybe this kid Randall Delgado with the Diamondbacks or maybe there's a kid in Panama watching me or Delgado pitch and says, 'I want to play,' and maybe that's the new kid who is going to break all the records."
Though he came away with no decision, Chen is coming off a strong first start of the season in the Royals' 4-3 win over the White Sox last Saturday. He pitched 6 1/3 innings and left with a 3-1 lead after allowing six hits, and an unearned run while striking out seven with no walks.
"I was throwing all my pitches for strikes, and Salvador Perez did a really good job of calling the game, making sure we changed speeds," Chen said. "And my defense, also. I really pounded that strike zone because I trusted my defense the guys behind me were making really good plays."
A year ago this time, Chen, the Royals' pitcher of the year in 2010, was the odd man out of the rotation after the club acquired James Shields, Wade Davis and Ervin Santana. Chen, who initially lost a battle with Luis Mendoza for the fifth spot in the rotation, began the season in the bullpen and would often go more than a week between appearances.
Chen would come to the ballpark never knowing whether he'd work that day. Now he knows he'll be handed the ball every fifth day.
"I always wanted to help this team win," he said of 2013. "Last year was kind of different. There were times I went 12 days without pitching, then I would pitch and go another seven days without pitching it was tough. But the way I saw it, I'm trying to help the bullpen. If they gave me their innings, I'm taking innings away from other guys who needed to stay sharp."
Chen went 3-0 with a 2.41 ERA over 33 2/3 innings in the first half of the season before moving to the rotation in July. In his first six starts, he led the majors with a 0.93 ERA and .144 opponents' batting average from July 12 to Aug. 13.
"We felt we'd put Brice in the pen, and if we needed him at the halfway point, he'd be strong and ready to finish the season strong, and that's exactly what happened," manager Ned Yost said.
It wasn't as easy as it looked.
"The fact I didn't throw that many innings, people said, 'Yeah, you're fresh,' but actually it takes a toll on your arm," said Chen, who would finished the season with an overall mark of 9-4 and a 3.27 ERA. "I didn't go into the rotation for three months when you're used to throwing one inning, maybe two innings, and you go over to start and throw five, six innings, and then five days later you have to throw five, six, seven innings, and 100 pitches, those first three starts, my arm was in shock.
"My arm had to get stronger as the season went along. I didn't feel better until the last month of the season when my arm got adjusted."
Chen was a free agent at the end of 2013, and when was assured of a shot at remaining in the rotation, he signed a $4.25 million contract for a sixth season with the Royals.
"We didn't sign him to be a pen guy," Yost said.
Chen had other offers, but he likes Kansas City. His wife, Mary is from the area, and he believes in the direction the club is heading.
"Now that I know I'm going to be starting," Chen said, "I can help this team win from the starting rotation."


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Twins Defeat Yankees 6-1 in the Bronx
NEW YORK - The Minnesota Twins took down the New York Yankees 6-1 in the Bronx on Friday night.
The Twins showed off some power in their lineup-Oswaldo Arcia, Josh Willingham and Trevor Plouffe all hit home runs against Yankee starter Vidal Nuno.
Ricky Nolasco had a solid start for the Twins, picking up the win after going six innings and allowing just one run.
The Twins have now won three of their last four games in Yankee Stadium. Both teams will face off again on Saturday afternoon at 12:05 p.m. (Pregame 11:35 a.m. on AM1240 WJON).


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Nick Compton has been handed another chance to impress the English selectors ahead of the Ashes series.
With the other opening spot seeming to have already been given to Joe Root, Compton has a chance at getting the replacement spot if anyone gets injured or under-performs.
Andy Flower suggested that he play against Australia for Worcestershire and Somerset have given permission for Compton to play for Worcestershire.
With Compton having fallen down the England pecking order he scored a half-century for Somerset against Australia in a bid to get his place back.
The form of the other members of the England team will have a big part to play in Compton returning to international cricket.
As James Taylor has also been in decent form the selectors have a difficult choice of who to pick if the other batsmen don't perform or pick up an injury.
With back-to-back Ashes coming up, Compton couldn't have wished for a worse time to get into bad form, especially with the return of Kevin Pietersen. Players needed to cement their places in the side and all of the other batsmen have done.
Joe Root's form has been incredibly pleasing for the selectors and they undoubtedly have huge confidence in him as they didn't select Compton for the four-day match coming up against Essex.
As Root is naturally an opener it will help him more than Compton who was originally a middle-order batsman for Somerset. But, when Root has faced the new ball at times in his international career he has struggled. Although, the selectors still seem to have confidence in him opening the batting but a few poor innings' from anybody could see Compton revive his international career.
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By Russ Britt
As the Obama administration was gearing up to release new enrollment numbers for the Affordable Care Act later in the day, a new poll released Wednesday shows that the number of uninsured individuals in the U.S. has dropped to levels not seen since 2009.
The poll, part of the Gallup-Healthways Well Being Index, shows 16% of Americans were uninsured as of Feb. 10, the last day the survey of 19,000 people was conducted. The poll was begun on Jan. 2.
The last time the percentage of uninsured reached that level was in early 2009. Previous polls found the number of uninsured was close to that mark in early 2011, at 16.1%, and late 2012, at 16.3%. The slice of uninsured peaked at 18% in mid-2013, the pollsters said.
But it may be too early to tell whether Obamacare is having a significant effect on the uninsured. The fluctuation in the percentages may be a sign of inherent variability in the rate or random changes. If the uninsured rate continues to fall over the next several months, it could be due to the ACA, Gallup officials said.
The poll also found that the number of uninsured "invincibles," or those aged 18-34, is declining. Uninsured consumers aged 18-25 is down to 23.3%, showing a steady decline since the ACA's passage allowed them to remain on their parents' plans. The percentage of those without coverage ages 26-34 was down to 25.7%, a level not seen since late 2010. Consumers in those age groups are needed to help pay for older, less healthy patients.
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Ontario Computer Science Graduate Schools & Campus Programs
Are you starting to search for Computer Science Graduate Schools? There are a wide variety of universities and colleges that offer on-campus Masters in Computer Science Programs (MPCS) and PhD in Computer Science degrees. Some programs train the future computer scientist, while others offer specific technical skills to bring to many of the current careers in computer science that require a graduate degree. Computers and information technology are utilized in so many areas, from healthcare and diagnostics to mobile telephones, webpage design and 3-D animation. With this comes the demand for well-educated professionals, competition for jobs, and more complicated databases. If you are interested in meeting these trends, many of today's employers prefer to hire applicants who have a master's degree[i] and higher level innovation, development and research positions tend to require a doctorate degree[ii]. So how do you find the best Computer Science Graduate School to match your needs? Read on for some helpful resources.
Computer Science Graduate Schools: Why Study On Campus?
If you are at the point where you see the value in earning a graduate degree and are ready to look into Computer Science Graduate Schools to take you forward in your studies, you may be wondering how to land on the right program, how to apply to these colleges and universities and whether studying on-campus is better for you than an online degree. Personal preference aside, here are some points to consider:
Some of the computer science careers (Computer Network Architect[iii], Computer and Information Systems Managers[iv] and Computer Research Scientists[v] to name a few) rely on great communication skills as well as your technical computing skills. The college campus might be a great place to boost your social confidence, network, participate in computer science
associations, meet your professors and make new relationships, as well as benefit from the group classroom experience.
Face-to-face Learning
Attending a Computer Science Graduate School puts you in a position where you get the hands-on learning that accompanies an in person setting. Many of the college professors are also working on research projects, so it may give you the opportunity to find an advisor with the same interests as yours. Not to mention that being on-campus gives you access to the research facilities, computer labs and libraries.
DID YOU KNOW? 59% of Computer and Information Research Scientists hold a Master's degree.[vi]
Finding a School That Fits
With the assortment of Computer Science Graduate Schools available, how do you find a program that fits? Consider that as a serious computer science major, you have either completed a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related undergraduate degree in cybersecurity, information technology or Web development. Whether you are looking for Doctorate or Masters in Computer Science Programs, you definitely want to select one that specializes in your area, gives you the complementary business and management knowledge, is strong in the specific field you want to research or is well known for their technical programs.
Does Location Matter?
While a practical detail, there are Computer Science Graduate Schools in small towns and big cities. Do you prefer one or the other? Are you willing to relocate? Masters in Computer Science programs can take 2 years of fulltime study, and PhD programs might last anywhere from 4 to 7 years to complete. So while the 'where' might not be the most important factor, it still should be carefully considered. You can find campus programs by location; use the city, state and country tabs to yield results in that category.
Financial Support
Aside from location and program, finding a graduate school for computer science that offers some financial support may factor into play. This may narrow your choices down as well.
Applying to Graduate School
How many Computer Science Graduate Schools should you apply to? Should you reach for the stars, hold off for 'the one' or apply to each of the ones that interests you? This is somewhat personal, especially since there is a cost involved, and ideally you can only accept one offer. Some students may decide to apply to 1 or 2 reach schools, a few solid choices, and a few safe bets.
Staying Focused and Organized
Before you review some of the sponsored listings on the site, start a spreadsheet with heading such as the names of the computer science grad school, location, deadline dates, necessary forms, whether you have or have not submitted your application, heard back and so on. You can also fill in some blanks by requesting more information from these colleges and universities, and ranking the schools according to your preferences.
Take the Next Step
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there is a high demand for workers in computer and information technology occupations, and "employment estimates for nearly all of the computer occupations in this industry are projected to grow much faster than the 14-percent average growth rate for all occupations."[vii] Why not start reviewing some of the fascinating sponsored program listings offered at Computer Science Graduate Schools today? Find options that might include Master of Science in Computer Science and Doctorate of Computer Science among other choices.
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Michael Fassbender plays the title character in Ridley Scott's new "The Counselor." That's the only way the other characters address him, as though he has no identity outside of his professional role; we never learn his actual name. This identification may be intended ironically, since he almost never gives counsel; in fact, he is the one who receives counsel — from nearly everybody else.
The only time we see him in his professional capacity is during a court-appointed pro bono gig for a woman (Rosie Perez) awaiting trial in a prison.
This may be intended as another irony, since his lifestyle and clothes signal that he's a very big-bucks type lawyer — someone who can fly to Amsterdam for no purpose other than choosing the right diamond for the engagement ring he hopes to present to his girlfriend (Penelope Cruz).
We quickly learn that he has invested in a huge drug deal that involves one — or several — of the big cartels. His club-owner buddy Reiner (Javier Bardem, with an Einstein hairdo) tries to dissuade him. Westray (Brad Pitt), his contact in the drug-dealing world, tries to dissuade him. Pretty much everybody who suspects that he's pulling this bonehead play (or something like it) tries to dissuade him — even his pro bono client. Pitt seems to be channeling Mickey Rourke in his breakout part in "Body Heat" — so much so he notices it himself: "What was it Mickey Rourke told that guy in the movie?" he asks.
The only major character who doesn't caution him is beautiful, coldhearted Malkina (Cameron Diaz), Reiner's enigmatic girlfriend.
Scott and screenwriter Cormac McCarthy never specify exactly why he's doing it. The counselor drops hints here and there, the likeliest being along the lines of "Because it was there," i.e., he's trying to break the disturbing perfection of his existence. Of course, he gets his wish big-time when inevitably something goes wrong with the deal.
I'd love to tell you exactly what goes wrong with the deal, but I can't. Not because it would constitute a spoiler. It wouldn't: The skeins of deception and betrayal that compose the plot are so arbitrary and convoluted that I have no clear idea of who was on which side, or even how many sides there were. Control of the shipment changes hands more than once, and it's anybody's guess which, if any, of the factions is aligned with the counselor.
One of the producers of the movie describes it as "'No Country for Old Men' on steroids," referring to the film based on a McCarthy novel. But it's more like "'No Country for Old Men' on steroids" except without the steroids. The plot details are different, but the backbone is not: A normal guy breaches his innocence by getting involved with bad goings-on and very bad people. Anything that can go wrong does, and his karma is paid off a hundredfold.
I haven't read McCarthy, but previous adaptations of his books suggest that the signal characteristic of his work is an apparently endless pessimism. I couldn't be sure it was his pessimism, since both "No Country" and "The Road" were adapted by other hands. "The Counselor," however, seals the deal, since McCarthy wrote it as an original screenplay.
"No Country" ran this course better, perhaps because, while the Coen brothers have a cold streak, Scott has nothing but coldness. He's a great technician, the film is well-made, and except for the slow 15 minutes at the start, it's relentlessly suspenseful, largely because of the sympathy created by Fassbender, Cruz, and particularly, Bardem. The latter is the only character imbued with any humor. Everyone else is dead serious. The cast also includes fleeting appearances by Ruben Blades, Edgar Ramirez, Goran Visnjic, John Leguizamo and Bruno Ganz.
As in "No Country," it's primarily a complete downer. If you've seen the earlier film, the question is: Why bother with this one?
ANDY KLEIN is the film critic for Marquee. He can also be heard on "FilmWeek" on KPCC-FM (89.3).


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It's tough to catch some glam in an otherwise pretty non-glamorous life. In the 21st century, who isn't overstressed, overwhelmed and overbooked? The roles of today's women today has multiplied to the point where even the strongest of us has stretched her limits, leaving her without any time or energy for herself. Which woman hasn't been guilty of eating her children's leftover cereal and calling it breakfast? Who hasn't thrown the nearest shmatta over her head and a long coat to cover the old clothes she's wearing on a trip to the store?
I've experienced this syndrome myself, saying I'm too tired to dress nicely or too busy to sit down to a balanced meal. The end result was that I was tired, lethargic, lost patience with my kids, was sloppy with my work…take it from me, it was a bad day. The truth is, no one can run on full throttle, all the time, without something giving. Without investing a few moments during the day for ourselves, we will run out of speed too soon, and have nothing left over to give all the other important people in our lives.
So, in the interest of working not just harder but also smarter, I resolve to:
1. Stand up straight. It doesn't take any extra time, makes me look ten pounds thinner, saves my back and helps me breathe better.
2. Enjoy my clothing. It takes just as much time to put on a nice skirt and fitted top as it does to put on the same long jean skirt and black t-shirt I've been wearing since 2001. And really, what am I saving my expensive dresses for? While I'm at it, I will invest in a few nice pairs of pajamas instead of wearing my husband's old t-shirts.
3. I will moisturize everyday. I will also use makeup daily, taking a few seconds to apply some quick dabs of concealer, bronzer and mascara for the days that I'm just doing errands on the avenue. For insta-glam, I will utilize a pair of big sunglasses (my favorites are aviators) that I can just plop on my face to hide the effects of last night's all-nighter with the baby.
4. I'll admit, I love getting manicures, but being a working mom with three children, I tend to use my hands a lot, and the manicures don't last. Therefore, I will limit my manicures, but have my eyebrows professionally shaped. This is a cheaper option, as it's only needed every three weeks or so, and does a tremendous amount in defining the face.
5. I will eat at the table. Mealtimes will be a break from the hustle and bustle of the day, a time to eat meditatively and focus on the delicious tastes and textures of the food. I will eat at the table, with a real plate and utensils, and drink with a straw to prevent discoloration of my teeth.
I will avoid overeating to prevent feeling lethargic and sluggish, though indulging in a delectable piece of chocolate in moderation is an easy way to get some endorphins to the brain.
6. My bedroom will be a sanctuary. I will banish all toys and children from my room every night, prepare a delicious cup of tea or a soothing glass of wine, light some candles, dim the lights and just relax!
7. I will pay attention to and remark on the beautiful things around me. I will open the shades in my home and office to let in the natural light. I will have flowers on the table so that our dinners can be brightened by their vibrant colors. I will kiss and caress my children's beautiful faces and thank G-d for giving them to me.
By incorporate those few simple tactics, my day will be more joyful, pleasurable and glamorous. I owe this not just to myself, but also to all those around me. I can only give as much as I have, and when I run out of steam, it affects all my relationships. So in the interest of being the best me I can be, I'll also be the best maintained me I can be.
Pnina Baim holds a B.S. in Health and Nutrition from Brooklyn College and a MS.edu from Yeshiva University's Azrieli Program. She works as a nutritionist and a freelance writer. Contact Pnina at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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by Clark Groome
Who were you rooting for at golf's U.S. Open? Luke Donald? Sergio Garcia? Billy Horschel? Hunter Mahan? Rory McIlroy? Phil Mickelson? Justin Rose? Steve Stricker? Bubba Watson? Tiger Woods? Someone else?
Me, I was rooting for the golf course. Not generally someone who roots for inanimate objects – with the exception of airplanes on which I, or someone I care about, is flying – I really wanted the Merion Golf Club's East Course to live up to its reputation as one of the best and toughest courses in the country.
It is, after all, one of the most historically important in the country. It has hosted more United States Golf Association (USGA) championships – 18, including last week's Open – than any other club in America. It's been the site of five U.S. Opens: 1934, 1950, 1971, 1981 and 2013.
Among the historic moments that have taken place there are Bobby Jones' victory at the U.S. Amateur in 1930 to complete his grand slam.
Ben Hogan, only 16 months after a near-fatal automobile accident that had doctors predicting he might never walk let alone play golf again, won the 1950 Open there. The photo of Hogan's 1-iron shot on the 18th at that tournament is one of the sport's most famous pictures. In 1971, Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino fought to a regulation tie. Trevino went on to win the 18-hole playoff by three strokes.
Nestled in residential Ardmore, Merion East was considered too small to host a modern Open. The club and the USGA worked for more than a decade to arrange for it to host this year's tournament. It took tremendous cooperation with neighbors and with Haverford College to make it work. All was set for what has been called, somewhat disparagingly, a "boutique" Open. And then the rain came.
Predictions from the experts were that the course would be a mess, that the seven inches of rain that fell in the days before the Open officially began would leave parts of the course under water and make it so damp that winning it would require shooting something in the 10 to 15 strokes-under-par range.
Other experts noted that at less than 7,000 yards it wouldn't be a true test for modern golfers, who are known for their ability to hit the ball a very long way.
The course, we kept hearing, wasn't really up to the challenge. Even though it had been significantly lengthened since the 1981 Open, it was still just a glorified "old time" course. And besides, you could only get 25,000 spectators onto the 110-acre property.
Well, golf fans, the course's reputed difficulty and subtlety were neither too wet, too easy nor too short. The tough greens made many a putt look easy and then veer off in some odd way. The rough, which seemed to be made of steel wool in places, puzzled and terrorized the golfers. Several holes, most notably the final five, caused the troops a lot of grief. This is a course that demanded skill, not just strength.
The result? There were very few sub-par rounds and when the final duo of Hunter Mahan and Phil Mickelson holed out on Sunday no one had broken par for the tournament. The "quaint" course had held its own against the best in the game. Its extraordinary design and surprising challenges made for a remarkable four days.
Justin Rose, who won the Open with a one-over-par tournament, had nothing but praise for the place. So did Phil Mickelson, who looked to be on his way to winning his first Open but ended up as the runner-up for the sixth Open of his career.
It's nice when these historic venues pay tribute to the past and act as reminders of a sport's traditions. What's nicer is what Merion did. It coupled unparalleled golf history with a remarkably exciting and challenging U.S. Open that anyone playing in or viewing will remember for a long time.
The "experts" who predicted disaster were wrong. Many have said that this was Merion's last Open. Let's hope it's not.


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|Joy Garnett's exhibition consists of four large paintings: an urban vista in early morning, an explosion caught at midday, a seascape at dusk and a burning structure at night. Although these scenes look like they could be representing imaginary places, they are in fact based on news photos from the Internet. By charging her source material with Munch-like painterly intensity, the artist transforms impersonal images that ordinarily warrant a passing glance into scenes that rivet the eye.
The results throw into sharp relief the vast differences in "speed" between painting and photography: Between the time it takes to snap a picture and create a canvas, and the degree of contemplation required for looking at art as opposed to perusing pictures on the Web.
In Noon, a rainbow of colors explodes from some unnamed site, and indeed whatever events led to the violence in this image could have taken place almost anywhere at any time. Similarly, Night uses a simple palette of red, black and white to depict the smoldering aftermath of 9/11, but despite Garnett's evocation of glowing flames and structural remnants, one wouldn't necessarily know that this is the WorldTradeCenter. In her hands, a pervasively familiar yet traumatic event becomes strangely anonymous.
Reducing complex events to fleeting impressions can run the risk of trivializing them. Yet by memorializing images like these, which have been the focus of global media attention, Garnett makes them symbolic -- and gives them a history outside of current events.


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It's inevitable: every time my out-of-state friends visit Colorado they want to visit microbreweries. For craft beer fanatics, Colorado has become a prime destination for their beer-tasting pilgrimages.
Frontier Airlines, the "hometown carrier," is seeking to harness state pride by taking this artisanal specialty to the skies.[media-credit name="handout" align="alignright" width="270″][/media-credit]
The airline will offer a new Colorado microbrew every three months on all flights that originate in Denver.
"We've had a really big push for putting Colorado products on-board," said Lindsey Carpenter, spokeswoman for Frontier. "Blue Moon, Fat Tire, and Coors Light have always done really well, but we wanted to give some of the smaller breweries a chance to be onboard."
Frontier announced today the winner of its second round –Dale's Pale Ale by Oskar Blues Brewery.
More than 1,400 votes were cast from Aug. 10-24 in the neck-and-neck Facebook contest. Boulder Beer's Hazed and Infused held a slight lead in the competition until Dale's Pale Ale made a late surge, winning by just 19 votes. Breckenridge Brewery's Avalanche Ale came in third.
Carpenter said that the microbrewery participants have been enthusiastic about the competition.
"It's a great way to get their beers in front of a lot of people," Carpenter said.
The main competition requirement is that the beer must be packaged in cans. The craft beer is sold for $6, which is the same price as the other premium beers.
"The fact that there is such stiff competition shows that the campaign certainly has a good shelf life," Carpenter said.
Colorado Native, brewed in Golden, Colo., was the winner of the first competition and is currently being sold on Frontier flights. Dale's Pale Ale goes airborne in October.