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The United States faces a serious threat to its leadership in the global economy: a skills and talent deficit. American companies urgently need professionals trained in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, but there are not enough workers with the necessary skills and too few Americans earn post-secondary STEM credentials. As a result, employers are often unable to fill high-skilled domestic jobs with high-skilled American workers. Further, there is a crisis brewing for the next generation – a growing gap between the few young people prospering and those left behind because they lack the education, skills and opportunities to succeed.
As they look to rebuild the economy, employers and policymakers face the same questions: How to foster a better, more forward-looking education system for students so the next generation will have the skills they need to compete? What policy changes are necessary, in areas such as education and immigration, for real impact on the future workforce? How should employers, educators and reform-minded policymakers spark and lead this change.
On September 27, the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings hosted a forum on STEM education and immigration reforms and how these policy innovations can recharge American competitiveness and economic opportunity for current and future generations of workers. Brad Smith, executive vice president and general counsel of Microsoft, delivered keynote remarks. Moderated by Vice President Darrell West, a panel of experts discussed policy changes in education, immigration, among a variety of other areas, to enhance the American workforce's competitiveness in a global economy.
After the program, speakers took audience questions.
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The MP3 format's history is legendary when it comes to digital music and the Internet. It has single handedly revolutionized the way we listen to and share music. Even its name has become part of our everyday language; MP3 music and MP3 players are terms that are used to describe all kinds of formats and players. It is this impact on the world that makes the MP3 format truly impressive. Since its first release in 1995, the MP3 format continues to dominate over all other audio formats in terms of global usage.
Sampling Frequencies & Bit Rates
There are three sampling frequencies that are available for MP3 (MPEG-1) encoding which are:
- 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz.
It is the 44.1 kHz sample rate that is used the most; this is the same frequency that is used for the compact disc.
There are a selection of bit rates that the MPEG-1 Layer 3 standard sets out, and these are:
- 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 144, 160, 192, 224, 256 and 320 kbps.
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The compression algorithm that the MP3 standard uses is a lossy one. The MP3 encoding process takes advantage of psychoacoustic algorithms that filter out frequencies that humans are unlikely to hear. Low frequencies are either filtered out or are converted to mono signals - this requires less storage space. The human ear can't detect directions of low frequencies very well and so a stereo signal isn't necessary. Another way that MP3 compression can reduce file size while keeping the quality is to drop quieter sounds in preference for louder sounds; it is unlikely that the listener will notice any difference.
Audio Quality Influences
Factors such as, sampling frequency, bit rate and compression algorithms all influence audio quality. The MP3 format is old compared to modern audio formats, like AAC and so its performance in certain scenarios isn't as optimized. Using MP3 to encode audio at low bit rates produces a lower quality of sound compared to newer formats like AAC or WMA. Using CBR as opposed to VBR can also degrade sound quality. CBR produces MP3 files that are typically not as good as their VBR equivalents. VBR encoding can produce a higher quality of sound because the bit rate varies to optimize quality of sound and file size.

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The Arundel High volleyball team is staking a claim as one of the best in the state, but one of its past stars is still making a name for herself.
Ashlyn Tapley is a freshman at Salisbury University, and has emerged as a top player at the collegiate level.
Salisbury's athletic department website reports that Tapley earned Player of the Week honors in the Capital Athletic Conference after helping the team to four wins last week. The Seahawks won the Salisbury University Invitational, where Tapley was named Most Valuable Player.
Salisbury is 26-2 and atop the CAC standings. Tapley leads the team in kills and is second in service aces.
Tapley played a key role in leading the Arundel Wildcats to their first-ever regional championship in 2010. The team followed up with an appearance in the state championship game last year.
Tapley's twin sister, Lindsay, also was a standout for Arundel and has played significant minutes at Salisbury.
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Prime Minister Wescot-Williams Congratulates Summit Hotel on Forty-Year AnniversaryWednesday, 26 February 2014 22:30 Published in Island News
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams on Tuesday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Summit Hotel in Cupecoy together with long-time guests, management and staff at a ceremony at the hotel.
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PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten – The President of Parliament Hon. drs. Gracita Arrindell recently received a visit from the Integrity Pilot Group that has been installed by His Excellency Governor drs. Eugene Holiday.
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PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten - The Prime Minister of St. Maarten the Honorable Sarah Wescot-Williams opened up a specialized law course that Government has offered to Civil Servants so that they are brought up to speed with legal items they might come across during their work.
Eagle Eye Tracking Offers Help for SeniorsTuesday, 28 January 2014 17:17 Published in Island News
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On Saturday, the DIY concert/art/music space known as the Rubber City Noise Center for Audio/Visual Experimentation, or simply the RCN Cave, will play host to singer/songwriter/author Brother JT, aka John Terlesky.
JT is founder of the late-'80s/'90s garage punk band the Original Sins, which had a good decade-long, dozen records-or-so run before disbanding in 1999.
Since then, he's been a solo artist making eclectic and odd records, many of which have been self-released. JT is currently touring behind his new album, The Svelteness of Boogietude, at his new label home on Thrill Jockey Records and it's an eclectic and odd baker's dozen collection of tunes.
The single and video Sweatpants is a goofy slice of faux raptronica about the ease of use and attractiveness of sweatpants. Elsewhere he offers an ode to late singer/guitarist Mark Bolan's way with a riff in T. Rex Blues.
He goes psychedelic on Many Man Smoke and pines for a pre-digital era on I Still Like Cassettes, which contains lines such as "All my favorite songs have dropouts in them, from where the tape got eaten. And I enjoy the way they go in and out of phase, Oh those analog days."
(Rock) factory of gladness
Get ready live music lovers. There's a new live music club in downtown Akron.
Actually it's an old club that has gone through many iterations in the past decade or so, the most recent being Primo's Deli Downtown. For some reason that specific address has been a bit of a dead spot on the Main Street strip, though Primo's was hopping for several months with the help of the 18-and-up crowd looking for some place to dance, hook-up and take selfies.
Primo's Deli Downtown is no more, but let's be honest, that was an odd marketing concept with which to begin. No matter, because now we have the Rock Factory, easily the largest live music club in the downtown area.
It's a two-story venue. Downstairs will be a restaurant that will serve rock-themed food, a small stage and a dance floor.
Upstairs there is a huge main stage in a large concert room that can hold a few hundred rock lovers. It features two full bars and some impressive pro-level lighting.
The Rock Factory has been doing a soft-opening for the past month or so while its owners finish the extensive transformation from a lunch-time restaurant/disc jockey DJ-driven, teen hip-hop club into, well, a factory of rock.
Among the notable bands that have already graced the stage are Jack Russell's Great White (as opposed to the also touring Great White, which obviously doesn't feature original lead singer Russell) and post-grunge/active-rockers Saliva.
I missed both of those shows, but last week I visited the Rock Factory and was shown around the place by Jozey Zeitler, who is handling the transition for the venue. He said the Rock Factory is striving for a House of Blues-level experience of quality food and music.
While there, I caught a couple of bands, Blameshift and Screaming for Silence, which were performing as part of the "Underground Rising Showcase" (presented by Budweiser and Jagermeister) series of concerts designed to get up-and-coming touring bands some shine.
The bands were fine. Blameshift, a Long Island, N.Y., quartet fronted by pint-sized vocal dynamo Jenny Mann, rocked the small crowd with its brand of melodic alt-rock from its four releases while Omaha, Neb.'s own Screaming for Silence did its emo-spiced, nu-metal thing.
I was really more interested in the quality of the mix in the Rock Factory's main room with its very high ceilings, mirrored walls and concrete floor.
It's all still a work-in-progress but they've got a good clear drum sound (SFS's drummer is fierce), but the definition of the other instruments still needs work, particularly the guitar sound where many times the guitarist's riffs were reduced to a metallic whir.
Now, the upstairs only had about 100 people in it and a floor full of sweaty rock fans would suck up a lot more of the sound bouncing off the walls and floors. But we all know you can't be a proper Rock Factory, if folks can't hear the raging riffage being unleashed by the guitarists. It's one of the reasons rock 'n' roll exists.
Zeitler, himself a musician in the area band L.A. Knights (that's Los Akron Knights, by the way) admitted there is still work to do in regards to tightening up the overall sound mix and he noted the concrete floor is a problem spot.
Nevertheless, Akron, particularly downtown, could use another place for bands to play and for folks to come hear and see them and over the next several weeks as they finish up the transformation, the Rock Factory has plenty of opportunities for you to get a feel for what they are trying to do.
Tonight, there will be another round of the Underground Rising Showcase (presented by Budweiser and Jagermeister, natch) featuring Miami nu-metalheads Endo along with socially conscious, melodic metal band Losing September and Alabama-bred melodic hard rockers Shallow Side.
On Saturday night, you can check out Akron's post-grunge/active rock cover band Motherload with Threshold and on Wednesday, Knoxville, Tenn., nu-metal band Straight Line Stitch will perform.
As you can surmise from the upcoming concert bills, they are serious about the "rock" part of Rock Factory and Zeitler hopes he can turn the venue into a place that catches rising bands just before they graduate to the next level.
Malcolm X Abram can be reached at email@example.com or 330-996-3758. Read his blog, Sound Check Online, at www.ohio.com/blogs/sound-check, or follow him on Twitter @malcolmxabram.


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LAWRENCE — Kansas freshman Jamari Traylor has been playing the last week or so with a sprained right thumb. You might not have noticed.
He has a little white wrap that goes on during practices and games. And he can't quite squeeze the ball the way he'd like. But when you're Traylor, a 6-foot-8 power forward who plays just 10.7 minutes per game, minor injuries like sprains tend to be overlooked.
"It's not that bad," says Traylor, whose averaging 2.1 points per game.
Even if you didn't notice the injury, you probably did notice Traylor's performance on Wednesday night against Oklahoma State. In Kansas' most important game of the season to date, Traylor had four points and four rebounds while playing 17 minutes as the Jayhawks won 68-67 in double overtime. It was the most minutes he'd logged since Big 12 play began.
It was also the kind of night that hinted at the unbridled potential oozing out of Traylor's fast-twitch frame. He has the athleticism to throw down a put-back dunk or block a shot while looking eye-to-eye with the rim. But Traylor, who didn't start seriously pursuing basketball until his junior year of high school, often looks like a player still feeling his way through the game.
"He's going to be a heck of a player," Kansas coach Bill Self says. "He just needs time."
Maybe that time comes on Saturday afternoon, when Kansas plays host to TCU at 3 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse. Then again, perhaps not. Traylor had averaged nine minutes in the four contest before Wednesday.
Self believes Traylor can someday be a great defender, and Traylor says he's working on his 15-foot face-up game. But for now, his offensive limitations often mean frontcourt starters Kevin Young and Jeff Withey take most of the minutes.
"You gotta be ready to play whenever," Traylor says. "Coach (Self) always tells me 'stay ready'. And when my name gets called, I just try to come out there and bring what I got. Bring some energy and help my team win. I think I do a nice job of doing that. Whenever I get my chance, I just try to go out there and try my hardest."
It's a role Traylor has embraced. On some nights, he just isn't going to play that much. One example: Back on Feb. 2, when Kansas suffered its night of national shame in a 62-55 loss at TCU, Traylor had just two points and one rebound in seven minutes.
A lot has changed since then, and not just for Traylor. After the TCU debacle contributed to a three-game skid, the Jayhawks have rallied with three straight victories and control their own destiny in the Big 12 race. With a three-day swing that includes a home game against TCU and a Big Monday test at Iowa State, the Jayhawks can make major headway toward the conference crown with two more victories.
"We definitely had to look in the mirror at ourselves and analyze what we were doing," Traylor says of the losing steak, "and we didn't like what we (saw)."
That night at TCU, of course, was as startling as a blast of cold water in the face. The Jayhawks, quite famously, had just one field for more than 10 minutes of the first half, and then finished with just 13 points in the opening 20 minutes.
"It's gonna be a different story (on Saturday)," KU center Jeff Withey said. "We have a lot of confidence right now. We're definitely not gonna score two points in the first 10 minutes of the game."
It would be easy, based on recent developments, to assume the Jayhawks gained … well, something from the disaster. On Friday, Self wasn't quite ready to endorse that idea.
"Not yet," Self said. "I watched the tape; of the three games we lost in conference play, or the four games we lost this season, there was only one team that handled us from start to finish, and that was TCU."
In the minutes after the loss in Fort Worth, Self called his team's first-half performance the worst by a Kansas team since James Naismith put up some peach baskets and called plays against the Topeka YMCA.
The unvarnished words drew plenty of attention, and the Jayhawks would fall three days later at Oklahoma. But now, after three straight victories — and the conference title in play — the Jayhawks are ready to bury the memory of that night in Fort Worth.
"It's just a game we gotta go out there and win," Traylor said. "We should have definitely won the first game. So I wouldn't say it's revenge. It's just — we're going out there and we gotta do what we gotta do."


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Had a chance today to speak with first-year Army coach Rich Ellerson for a story that will appear in Saturday's special preview section.
Enjoyed talking to Ellerson, who really seems like a good fit for West Point.
He's a triple-option guru (he worked with Paul Johnson at Hawaii and then ran the offense during a super-successful stint at Cal-Poly), and he's got Army focused on that scheme.
He said he's talked to former Army coach Jim Young, who had a 51-39-1 record from 1983 through 1990, and he's studied the successes of Fisher DeBerry at Air Force and Paul Johnson at Navy.
And he's an old-school guy who won't make excuses (like Air Force's Troy Calhoun). Here was his response when asked about playing at altitude this Saturday in The Springs:
"It's going to be uncomfortable. Get over it. There's going to be a lot of talk this week about the trip, the crowd noise, and the altitude. None of those are the challenge. The challenge is Air Force's football team, and that's where our focus is. Any of those other things are just a distraction and we are not going to spend 30 seconds on those things. We are going to focus on the challenge, and the challenge is absolutely Air Force's football team."
(Gotta love that. Actually, I enjoyed reading the transcript of his entire press conference this week).
Moreover, this is Ellerson's dream job. His father and two of his brothers are West Point graduates, and he told me it's "an honor" to be the coach there.
"Obviously it's a great challenge, but it's also a special group of young men who have taken on a tremendous opportunity and chosen a different and demanding path, and I get to get my fingerprints on it," he said. "Professionally, I can't imagine a greater compliment than to be given the opportunity to participate in the execution of the mission of West Point and develop leaders of character. … If you're a college football coach and you understand and value what the United States Military Academy is, this has got to be the best job in the world."
He's got a tough task ahead of him, as Army has been woeful for a while. The Black Knights have had 12 straight losing seasons and haven't won more than four games in any of them.
But Army – which messed around with some wide-open passing offenses earlier this decade – thinks it has the right guy to revive the program. At the time he was hired, athletic director Kevin Anderson was quoted as saying that if Ellerson can't turn the program around, "I don't know if there is a coach who can."


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By Brian Messenger
---- — State Rep. Brian Dempsey, D-Haverhill, has retained his post as chairman of a powerful legislative committee in charge of the state's finances.
Dempsey was named chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee last week by House Speaker Robert DeLeo. Committee appointments were also recently assigned to nine other Merrimack Valley lawmakers -- including three new state representatives and a rookie senator.
Joining the region's delegation on Beacon Hill are state representatives Diana DiZoglio, D-Methuen; Frank Moran, D-Lawrence; Lenny Mirra, R-West Newbury; and state Sen. Kathleen O'Connor Ives, D-Newburyport.
"I think we have a strong delegation," Dempsey told The Eagle-Tribune on Friday. "Obviously, we have some newly-elected members but they bring a lot to the table with their interest and enthusiasm."
Dempsey will serve as Ways and Means chairman for the 2013-2014 legislative session. The committee handles all legislation dealing with state finances, including crafting the House version of the state budget. No bills that involve spending make it to the floor of the House without the approval of the Ways and Means Committee.
DeLeo, D-Winthrop, handed out committee assignments to members of the House on Wednesday. The speaker made very few changes to his senior leadership team. Dempsey was initially named Ways and Means chairman by DeLeo in January 2011.
"It's certainly an honor and a privilege," said Dempsey, who has served in the House since 1991. "I've thoroughly enjoyed the last two years chairing the committee. It's a lot of work, a very busy schedule each day, but I enjoy it."
Dempsey said Ways and Means has a "full plate" heading into 2013 with Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal. With major debates looming on tax reform and transportation and education spending, he said lawmakers must take into account the weak economic recovery.
"We need to continue to be cautious and prudent in our spending and budgeting," said Dempsey. "There's a lot to do."
DeLeo will be joined on the 32-member House Ways and Means Committee by Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen.
The Valley lost a local voice on the Senate Ways and Means Committee last year when Vice-chair Steven Baddour, D-Methuen, left office to work for a Boston law firm. Baddour was replaced in the Senate by O'Connor Ives after the November election.
After taking office in January, O'Connor Ives was recently named chairwoman of the joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, as well as vice chairwoman of the joint Community Development and Small Businesses Committee.
O'Connor Ives represents Methuen, Haverhill, Newburyport, Amesbury, Salisbury, Merrimac, and about half of North Andover.
In a news release, O'Connor Ives said her work on both committees will dovetail well together. She said travelers spent $16.9 billion in Massachusetts in 2011, and each community in her district "has a tourism economy with growth potential."
"I'm focused on expanding that success in the Merrimack Valley and communities throughout the commonwealth," said O'Connor Ives.
O'Connor Ives will also serve on the Higher Education, Financial Services and Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure committees.
Also representing the region in the state Senate are Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, and Barry Finegold, D-Andover.
Tarr will continue serving as Senate minority leader. He represents the 1st Essex and Middlesex District, a portion of which includes Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland and parts of North Andover.
Tarr will continue to serve in 2013-2014 on the joint committees for Health Care Financing; State Administration and Regulatory Oversight; and Senate Steering & Policy. He will also begin serving on the Housing; Bills in Third Reading and Election Laws committees.
Finegold, a former state representative who joined the senate in 2011, has retained his spot as chairman of the Election Laws committee. He was also named vice chairman of the joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, of which he served as chairman while in the House.
Finegold said renewable energy represents "the wave of the future for economic development." As for election laws, he has filed the 2013 Election Law Reform Act to address a number of issues regarding voter access and election audits.
Finegold represents the 2nd Essex & Middlesex, which includes Lawrence, Andover, Dracut and Tewksbury.
He will continue serving on the Education; Health Care Financing; and Labor and Workforce Development committees. Finegold was also assigned to the Municipalities and Regional Government committee.
The following are committee assignments for local members of the House of Representatives:
Linda Dean Campbell, D-Methuen (15th Essex, parts of Haverhill and Methuen): Election Laws (vice chairwoman); Ways and Means; Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Marcos Devers, D-Lawrence (16th Essex, parts of Lawrence): Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities (vice chairman); Education; Economic Development and Emerging Technologies.
Diana DiZoglio, D-Methuen (14th Essex, parts of Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen and North Andover): Education; Election Laws; Steering, Policy and Scheduling.
James Lyons, R-Andover, (18th Essex, parts of Andover, Boxford, North Andover and Tewksbury): Higher Education; Public Health; House Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change.
Lenny Mirra, R-West Newbury (2nd Essex, Georgetown, Groveland and parts of Haverhill and Boxford): Community Development and Small Businesses; Health Care Financing; Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy.
Frank Moran, D-Lawrence (17th Essex, parts of Andover, Lawrence and Methuen): Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; Education; Election Laws.
Material from the State House News Service and Newburyport Daily News was used in this report.


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La Verne Debate Team Ranks 8th in Nation Following National Championship
If hosting the 2013 United States Universities National Debate Championships for the first time wasn't exciting enough for La Verne's award-winning debate team, making it through to the semi final round and placing 8th in the nation helped.
On April 12 – 14 the University of La Verne welcomed 46 colleges and universities across the globe to its campus for one of the most anticipated debate competitions of the year.
"It was an honor welcoming universities from all over the world to compete on our beautiful campus. I am especially proud of our strong La Verne team making it to the semi finals," President Devorah Lieberman said.
By Sunday afternoon, La Verne had advanced to the Top 8, surpassing schools such as Harvard, USC, UCLA, Duke University, UC Davis and Hawaii Pacific University, among dozens of others.
It was an intense semifinal round for La Verne's last-standing team consisting of freshman Gia Karpouzis and sophomore Melanie Nadon – who were in the hot seat competing against Yale, Loyola Marymount, and Hobart and William Smith.
In the end, Yale and Loyola Marymount advanced to the final round along with Stanford and Carroll College, with Yale winning the 2013 USU National Debate Championship.
Although La Verne, 2007 USU National champions, did not make it through to the final round, six La Verne students received prestigious distinctions:
ASULV President Ava Jahanvash and Jonathan Singleton
(Quarter Finalists)
Sam French and Carl Decker
Gia Karpouzis and Melanie Nadon
In addition to being named semifinalists, Nadon was named 8th Best Speaker in the nation and Karpouzis was named Best Novice Speaker in the nation.
"The last time we made it to the semifinals was 2008," Direct of Forensics Robert Ruiz said. "This is good stuff. Words can't express how proud I am of our team."
Related Posts from the Archives:
- University of La Verne to Host 2013 National Debate Team Championships
- La Verne Debate Team Headed for World Universities Debating Championship in Berlin After UC Davis Tournament Victory
- University of La Verne Debate Team Celebrates Its Centennial Year With Same Debate Topic 100 Years Ago To Date
- Debate Team successful at United States National Championships
- Debate Team makes quarterfinal round in national championships


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Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas will launch in November 2014, making winter sailings to the Bahamas and Caribbean. With a capacity of 4,180, the ship will offer a number of "first at sea" extras: Bumper cars, simulated skydiving, an observation capsule that juts out over the water and more.
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1. "Do You Feel Me?," Anthony Hamilton
This song, which is on the soundtrack to the Denzel Washington movie American Gangster is undoubtedly one of the most emotion-filled songs of the year. Anthony Hamilton always brings it on every song he sings, but on "Do You Feel Me?" Anthony took things to a whole 'nother level.
2. "No One," Alicia Keys
This sweeping, emotional song about undying, invincible love is on Alicia's As I Am album. It was an unlikely - but welcome - hit because it's so unlike any other R&B song of 2007.
3. "Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now," Joss Stone feat. Common
Back in January, your Guide said that this is one of the better songs Joss has ever recorded, and that statement stands as true more than ever now. Listening to it is like the audio equivalent of taking a walk in the park on a beautiful Spring day. You can stream the song by clicking the image to the left or on the link below.
4. "Bed," J. Holiday
It seemed like J. Holiday came up out of nowhere with this incredibly catchy and clever song that was co-written by The-Dream. Stream it by clicking on the link below or the album cover to the left.
5. "Lost Without U," Robin Thicke
Although the album that this song comes from, The Evolution of Robin Thicke, was released in the Fall of 2006, "Lost Without U," didn't become a sleeper hit until early 2007, which is why its eligible for this list. It took a while for your Guide to warm up to this track, but there's no denying how sexy and romantic it is.
6. "Do You," Ne-Yo
Who hasn't wondered at least once if their ex still thinks about them sometimes? Ne-Yo's knack for great songwriting came through again on this song, which is the second single from his Because of You album. If you get a chance, check out the remix with Mary J. Blige.
7. "Same Girl," R. Kelly feat. Usher
Two of R&B's best male singers (and drama students) created one of the best duets (and surprising music videos) of the year.
8. "Like a Boy," Ciara
This very clever commentary on the double standard for guys and gals is probably aimed at Ciara's ex-boyfriend, the rapper Bow Wow, but a lot of young females - and older ones, too - can probably relate to what Ci-Ci is talking about on this track.
9. "Woman," Raheem DeVaughn
This song, which is off Raheem's upcoming album, Love Behind the Music, is a much-needed ode to females and was a welcome change from the various songs putting women down.
10. "I'm a Flirt," R. Kelly feat. T.I. and T-Pain
Back when this song was fresh and you hadn't already heard it 50 million times on the radio, it was a fun, bouncy song. The most incredible thing about it is that it manages to raise one of R&B's worst "singers," T-Pain, up to the same level as one of R&B's best, R. Kelly.


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ArtWalk presents raku pottery
ArtWalk hosts the unique raku pottery of Courtney Fall Tomchik.
With a selection of wall hung mirrors, earrings and pendants, people can accessorize their homes or outfits with Tomchik's creatively crafted ceramics.
"With all the dedication and detail put into every piece, viewers are bound to find one that speaks to their tastes," an ArtWalk spokesperson said.
Tomchik's process starts with many different textures and forms that are used to get varying impressions in the clay. The work is dried to a bone-dry state, meaning there is no coldness to the touch. It is then bisque fired to about 1,500 degrees.
During this phase Tomchik generally has an idea in mind of which direction each piece is headed. If there are to be additions added on later, this time in the process is when those will be decided and will make the piece truly unique. Tomchik will glaze each work with a variety of low fire glazes particular to the raku process.
The raku firing stage is when the magic happens. Each piece is placed in the kiln and brought up to temperature; anywhere from 1,850 to 2,100 degrees with a propane burner system.
Once the kiln has reached the desired temperature, the gas is shut off, Tomchik raises the lid, takes each piece out and places it in a garbage can with newspaper.
"This stage is so important to the outcome of the work, due to the rapid cooling from kiln to container," the spokesperson said. "It is absolutely essential that this step is executed in a quick manner."
When the piece is placed in the garbage can, it sets the combustibles on fire and cools quickly. The oxygen is taken away, and the smoke penetrates the clay and glaze, enhancing the range of colors and finishes. Each piece is left in the can for between 10 and 15 minutes to further cool before being taken out and placed in a bucket of water. The water phase stops the color process and sometimes creates flashes that are not visible until it is cooled completely.
Once cooled, the piece is cleaned with an abrasive cleaning agent to remove ash deposits. After a 24-hour drying period, each piece is then assembled, and final detail additions are completed. The additions are usually found pieces, manmade or handmade. Additions include local glass beads or other works in clay. Sometimes gold leaf will be added to special pieces to create more depth and drama.
"Each piece is unique and one of a kind," the spokesperson said.
ArtWalk is located at at 611 W. King St. in downtown Boone. Tomchik's works are located on the main level. ArtWalk is open seven days a week, Monday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.artwalkboone.com or call (828) 264-9998.
Gallery Times
Gallery Times is a weekly news feature of the Focus section of The Mountain Times, featuring short news items submitted by local galleries.
For more information or to make a submission, contact editor Frank Ruggiero at (email@example.com) or (828) 264-6397.


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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fedora Weekly News Issue 144 ============================ Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 144 for the week ending September 20, 2008. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue144 Selected Contents: In this issue we cover the upcoming plans for North America Fedora Ambassador Day, update the happenings across the Fedora Planet, report on numerous work towards Fedora 10 in artwork, internationalization and reports on FUDCon 2008 in Brno, Czech Republic and Linux Demo Day in Charleston, SC USA. If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[1]. [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join == Announcements == In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/ http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/ Contributing Writer: Max Spevack == Fedora 10 feature owners--rescue your unfinished feature pages! John Poelstra reminded[0] everyone that the feature freeze for Fedora 10 is coming soon, and that feature owners need to get their pages updated to ensure that the features that belong in F10 get in, and that the features that need to be deferred to F11 are deferred. "Please complete this as soon as possible so that we can prepare an accurate beta release announcement. FESCo will also be reviewing the complete feature list at its next meeting on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, and determining which incomplete features should remain." [0] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2008-September/msg00011.html == Updates to Fedora Packaging Guidelines Tom Callaway announced[1] the most recent set of revisions to the Packaging Guidelines, including including Haskell, Lisp, and several other areas. For the full announcement, read the link below. [1] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2008-September/msg00012.html == Fedora 10 and translations: String freeze and repackaging Dimitris Glezos reminded[2] us "that shipped packages for which Fedora is upstream for are string frozen since the Beta freeze of September 11: no translatable strings can be added or modified for Fedora 10." [2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2008-September/msg00013.html == Fedora intrustion update Paul Frields issued[3] his latest updated regarding the Fedora security breach that has been news during the past few weeks. "Work on the Fedora infrastructure has returned to normal at this point. Updates are once again available for Fedora 8 and Fedora 9, our current releases, using the new package signing key we've implemented." For the full announcement, follow the link. [3] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-September/msg00009.html == Planet Fedora == In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide. http://planet.fedoraproject.org Contributing Writer: Max Spevack == Tech Tidbits Warren Togami announced the creation of a new list for NSPluginWrapper. "NSPluginwrapper Development discussion with the goal of isolating issues and collaboratively working on solutions should go on this list. There was some interest from other Linux distributions and even Adobe to cooperate on the future of nspluginwrapper development." http://wtogami.livejournal.com/28380.html https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/nspluginwrapper-devel-list Jesus Rodriguez announced the release of Spacewalk 0.2, the open-source upstream for Red Hat Satellite. There is a list of features, enhancements, bug fixes, and credits on Jesus' blog. http://zeusville.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/spacewalk-02/ http://spacewalk.redhat.com/ Greg DeKoenigsberg is helping the OLPC folks recruit volunteers to be part of their growing infrastructure team. "OLPC builds a lot of packages. They are looking to set up and maintain an infrastructure that will allow them to meet their own unique packaging needs. They need a volunteer with a strong understanding of the Fedora packaging process -- one who either understands koji now, or can learn to understand it in fairly short order." http://gregdek.livejournal.com/35595.html My favorite Planet post this week comes from Fedora Board member Matt Domsch, and it is worth people's time to read the entire post, to gain a lot of insight into how Fedora's mass rebuilds work, and what triggers them. "One challenge to self-hosting a project the size of Fedora (now with about 6200 source packages) is dealing with the interdependencies between packages. When a major component, such as the compiler or an often-used library, upgrades to a new version, you should rebuild all packages that depend upon that major component, to ensure they continue to work. Often, simply re-compiling or re-linking each package using the updated compiler or library is all that is needed. In some cases though, applications which once built, no longer do - bitrot has set in." http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/09/19/use-the-source-luke.aspx == Legal Tom Callaway wrote a lengthy post about the Mozilla EULA controversy, which reared its head again this week in the context of Ubuntu and Mozilla. However, Fedora dealt with this problem several months ago, at the end of the Fedora 9 release cycle. Spot's entire post is worth reading, as is the commentary that follows it. Here is one excerpt: "[The] goal was always to ensure that we could walk away with license terms from Mozilla that: 1. Permitted Fedora to continue using the Firefox trademarks 2. Clearly upheld the MPL as the valid software license terms for the Firefox binaries and source (not just for Fedora, but for everyone) 3. Meet the criteria for Free Software 4. Are presented to the user in a non-obtrusive, non-clickthrough agreement way" http://spot.livejournal.com/299409.html Anthony Green wrote a post that referenced SGI altering its Free B license, which has long been a thorn in the side of various distros. http://spindazzle.org/greenblog/index.php?/archives/121-Thank-you,-SGI..html http://www.sgi.com/company_info/newsroom/press_releases/2008/september/opengl.html == Events & Ambassadors == The North American Fedora Ambassador Day is coming up at Ohio Linux Fest in October, and there were a few posts about it on Planet this week. Brian Powell gave an update on the organization, saying: "There have been quite a few discussions and meetings recently in regards to FAD planning. There has been a lot of good progress and great ideas coming out of these. With time getting close, we are looking at finalizing the Agenda and Schedule for FADNA shortly. If you are a North American Ambassador I would ask that you take a moment to look at what we have come up with so far and a 'tentative' schedule of events located at the FADNA2008 wiki page. If you have anything to add feel free to do so." http://blog.rhatters.org/2008/09/17/fadna-2008-update/ Additionally, Karsten Wade wrote a post about strategies for handling remote meetings, and making a physical gathering of a small number of people into a larger meeting that remotees can attend and still get value out of, whether that attendance is via IRC, telephone, or something collaborative like gobby. "Think about your sessions and how it can help to interact with the rest of us. I recommend a minimum of: live video feed, live audio feed, and IRC, Gobby, and wiki editing projected on the wall. We can also keep a VoIP conference room open, but my instinct is to limit the flow on the incoming voices by subject matter. Beyond that recommendation, a live IRC and wiki-based abd/or Gobby note taking with many laptops in the in-person session is the bare bones, with regular usage of talk.fedoraproject.org." http://iquaid.org/2008/09/16/formula-for-making-distance-work/ David Nalley wrote up a trip report for Linux Demo Day in Charleston, SC. "About 60 people showed up. Charleston's LUG is relatively new, and this was their first event. They seemed very pleased. I handed about 30 LiveCDs out and talked with a number of Fedora. In addition I spoke to 2-3 people who were intrigued with contributing to Fedora in one way or another. I'll be following up with these individuals." This is a great example of an event -- low cost, but high touch! http://www.nalley.sc/david/?p=96 == Marketing == In this section, we cover the Fedora Marketing Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing The history of Fedora is now available in video format. [1] [1] http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/09/16/video-the-history-of-fedora/ == FUDCon Brno 2008 Max Spevack reported[1] the result of FUDCon Brno 2008. [1] http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/09/09/fudcon-brno-2008/ == The beauty found in Fedora. Very interesting point of view of a Fedora user[1] [1] http://spreadfedora.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=47 == Plug and Run Fedora on a TOSHIBA A300D laptop Adventures with Fedora and very tricky laptop [1] It is always good to know for such success stories. Some laptops do not even start GNU/Linux at all! But that one seems to work pretty well with Fedora. [1] http://spreadfedora.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=51 == First look at Fedora The video article "First look at Fedora" shows what one can sees for the first time [1] Very useful for novice users. [1] http://spreadfedora.org/sf/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=49 == Translation == This section, we cover the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee == 14th October 2008 declared as the Package Translation deadline for Fedora 10 The last date of submission of translations for Fedora 10 packages has been announced as 14th October 2008 (Tuesday).[1] This announcement was made after an unanimous decision by the Fedora L10n Steering Committee (FLSCo) members. The last date for the translation of Documents remains as 21st October 2008 (Tuesday). A request for rebuilding of packages post the translation freeze date, was also made to the Fedora-Devel-Announcement List.[2] "Maintainers of the above packages need to put a reminder to issue a new build *later* than this date and before the Development Freeze of 21/10. The closer to the development freeze the rebuild takes place, the better for our translators. If you have not received any translations since the last build, a rebuild is not necessary." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-September/msg00050.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2008-September/msg00013.html == Renewed call for volunteers for the L10n Infrastructure Another call was made at the FLSCo meeting held on 16th September 2008[3] seeking volunteers for the Fedora L10n infrastructure.[4] The earlier call was made in April 2008.[5] Meanwhile, Asgeir Frimannsson announced a proposed plan for a new L10n infrastructure which is currently being discussed in various relevant mailing lists.[6][7] [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-September/msg00047.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-September/msg00051.html [5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00020.html [6] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00108.html [7] http://groups.google.com/group/transifex-devel/browse_thread/thread/f9b1e06362386539 == Infrastructure == This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-infrastructure-list http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure Contributing Writer: HuzaifaSidhpurwala == Planning a future L10N infrastructure (including Fedora) Asgeir Frimannsson wrote on the @fedora-infrastructure-list [1] about his views on the current localisation infrastructure. He summarises the current infrastructure which is used by the localisation team, which includes the version control system and other online tools. He also discusses transifex. He also discusses the requirements for a system where the translation lifecycle would be managed within 'Translation Repositories' [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00108.html == Puppet training Mike McGrath wrote on the @fedora-infrastructure-list [2] that he is going to hold a puppet training next wednesday. He also posted an ogg and the slide deck [3] to which his live training will be identical. [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00124.html [3] http://mmcgrath.fedorapeople.org/puppet/ == Fedora 10 Beta Release Planning Meeting John Poelstra wrote on the @fedora-infrastructure-list [4] about the Fedora 10 Beta Release Planning Meeting. He has also posted the list of participants and the meeting logs. [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00135.html == Infrastructure update notice Paul W. Frields wrote on the @fedora-infrastructure-list [5] about the announcement which went out on the fedora-announce-list [6]. Paul confirmed that all of our services were back online now. [5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00140.html [6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-September/msg00009.html == app2 disk space Mike McGrath wrote on the @fedora-infrastructure-list[7] about the recent disk alerts on app2. It seems that the host was not built with enough disk space similar to app1. It does raise a point about storage for transifex though. Basically each host running transifex or damned lies, keeps a local copy of every scm as part of its usage. For performance reasons that should not change but its something we'll want to figure out long term. So after the freeze the host is going to be rebuilt. [7] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-infrastructure-list/2008-September/msg00155.html == Artwork == In this section, we cover the Fedora Artwork Project. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei == Near to the Echo Pursuing the declared goal of having the new Echo icon theme ready to be used as a default in Fedora 10, Martin Sourada and Luya Tshimbalanga continued the development and posting updates[1], [2], gathering feed-back and improvement proposals on @fedora-art. Martin even created an animated demo "also prepared animated gif (slideshow) [3] so you can see all the icons in one batch" and blogged about it. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00202.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00248.html [3] http://mso.fedorapeople.org/echo/Actions/mail-all.gif [4] http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2008/09/batch-of-new-mail-echo-icon.html == Freedom for a game Nicu Buculei relayed[1] to @fedora-art a request from the Hans deGoede, of Games SIG fame: the Project: Starfighter game[2], which used to be included in Fedora, was discovered of having some non-free graphic files and need free replacements to be re-included. Erick Henrique offered[3] his help "I go to unpack the archive starfighter.pak and to study a form of I redesign everything in a new style" and Hans promised[4] to code a needed utility "About recreating the .pak file I need to write a little utility for that, hopefully I'll have time for that this weekend." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00231.html [2] http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/starfighter.php [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00246.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00291.html == Infrastructure change for Fedora Art After an IRC consultation with Mairin Duffy, Martin Sourada proposed[1] using fedorahosted.org services for the Art team "it might be worth setting up a fedorahosted.org instance for the Fedora Art Team. Primary purpose would be to host our release graphics, but it could serve other purposes as well (e.g. using ticket system for design service come to my mind)", an initiative received with open arms by Luya Tshimbalanga and with some skepticism[3] by Ian Weller "I'm personally all for the idea, but I knew there were some caveats that we should definitely look into before we even think about proceeding. I'd also like to see Mo's input, of course." and Nicu Buculei[4] "I am strongly against something which would raise the barrier to entry, so a NO-NO would be to require git to upload sketches (proposals) for the upcoming release." [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00242.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00247.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00263.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2008-September/msg00267.html ==Security Advisories== In this section, we cover Security Advisories from fedora-package-announce. https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce Contributing Writer: David Nalley == Fedora 9 Security Advisories * tomcat5-5.5.27-0jpp.2.fc9 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00859.html * fedora-package-config-smart-9-13.0.2.transitional - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00800.html * fedora-package-config-apt-9-3.transitional - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00799.html * ssmtp-2.61-11.6.fc9.1 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00768.html == Fedora 8 Security Advisories * ssmtp-2.61-11.6.fc8.1 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00757.html * fedora-package-config-apt-8-2.transitional - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00844.html * fedora-package-config-smart-8-12.0.2.transitional - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00846.html * tomcat5-5.5.27-0jpp.2.fc8 - https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00889.html ==Virtualization== In this section, we cover discussion on the @et-mgmnt-tools-list, @fedora-xen-list, @libvirt-list and @ovirt-devel-list of Fedora virtualization technologies. Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley == Enterprise Management Tools List This section contains the discussion happening on the et-mgmt-tools list == Virt-manager and Virtinst Closely Related After upgrading virt-manager to 0.6.0, Maikel Dollé received[1] the error ImportError: cannot import name Storage. Cole Robinson explained[2] virt-manager is tied closely with virtinst and installing virtinst 0.400.0 would likely fix the problem. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-September/msg00038.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-September/msg00039.html == Migration Support in Virt-manager GUI Shigeki Sakamoto followed[1] up on a previous[2] request for comments on a patch, submitted by same, which works to allow the migration of domains from within the virt-manager GUI. Daniel P. Berrange suggested[3] using a submenu rather than a pop-up window, and commented on the sanity checks[4] in libvirt. Live Migration Sanity Checks were recently discussed on @libvir list (see FWN #141 Live Migration Sanity Checks[5]). [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-September/msg00045.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-September/msg00016.html [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2008-September/msg00046.html [4] http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/TodoPreMigrationChecks [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue141#Live_Migration_Sanity_Checks == Fedora Xen List This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-xen list. == DomU Network Interface Problem Leads to Discussion of HVM Requirements Guillaume[1] asked[1] about a paravirtualized domU which did not show any network interfaces. There was a suggestion made that this could be due to a lack of HVM support in the host hardware, which isn't the case. Paul Wouters cleared[2] up such confusion by describing the main virtualization techniques used in Fedora. Quoting: * Xen hypervisor for para_virt guests does not need HVM. Problem here is that Fedora 8 is the last release to support this setup on x86_64, though work is in progress to add this support to Fedora 9/10. Para_virt guests are booted via kernel= and rootfs images, or via pygrub, which is just a wrapper for grabbing kernel from bootable disk images. * Qemu is a software emulator for various architectures including PC hardware. It requires no HVM instructions, but it can use them if they exist via the kernel "kvm" code. This is how Fedora9 does its VM's via the libvirt and virt-install. This does NOT [sic] use or require a xen hypervisor. * Xenner is a software emulation for the Xen hypervisor. It requires HVM because it uses the kernel "kvm" code. The idea behind Xenner is that you can run VM's based on kernel-xen kernels (eg migration from Fedora8) Paul went on to mention other[5] virtualization technologies such as VirtualBox/Vmx, lguest, uml, virtuoso, and openvz. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2008-September/msg00018.html [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2008-September/msg00021.html In another post[3] Paul suggested that Guillaume's domU may have an initrd which lacks xenblk and xennet, and pointed[4] to a debate in the FC6 era concerning the xenblk kernel module. [3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2008-September/msg00022.html [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-xen/2007-April/msg00054.html [5] http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/TechComparison == Libvirt List This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list. == Minimal Client-only Libvirt Build Ben Guthro patched[1] the libvirt spec file to allow for a minimal client-only build. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00264.html == Access to CPU Flags Ben Guthro needed[1] to access CPU flags to determine if VMX features were available, and suggested src/nodeinfo.c would be the place to parse this. This however raised a concern that adding to the nodeinfo struct breaks the API. Additionally, since this is an x86 specific change, Ben wondered if it would be acceptable. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00271.html Daniel P. Berrange stated[1] "any struct or API in include/libvirt/libvirt.h is immutable to preserve ABI", and the API shouldn't be specifically x86. Daniel did offer that the most likely place for exposing CPU flags would be in the capabilities[3] XML format. Where PAE, VMX, and SVM flags are already exposed. [2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00273.html [3] http://libvirt.org/html/libvirt-libvirt.html#virConnectGetCapabilities Ben noted[4] that Xen will report those flags, but oVirt running KVM does not, and said "It seems to me that it might be useful for some sort of "node" info driver, where we might be able to share code for hypervisor independent info about the physical machine it is running on." Daniel pointed[5] to src/nodeinfo.c as "a place for this useful reusable node info code". [4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00292.html [5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00316.html == OpenVZ Support Anton Protopopov pointed[1] to a previous thread[2] on xml format for OpenVZ driver, and asked if libvirt supported the xml format for OpenVZ[3] driver. [1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-September/msg00320.html [2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-July/msg00312.html [3] http://wiki.openvz.org Evgeniy Sokolov replied[4] that OpenVZ uses the XML format common for all libvirt drivers. 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A beautiful, cold and sunny late winter day in New York
Looking north through Gramercy Park. 9:00 PM.
Politics and Poker and Sex.
There was a lot of mail about yesterday's Diary in which it was perceived my defending
Mr. Spitzer
. And my father's story which I told briefly and without the embellishment that makes for drama. The majority of mail from the women, interestingly, had sympathy for both man and wife. Some had no sympathy as well; and no sympathy for me whom they judged as approving of "lying" and "cheating."
The men weighed in mainly agreeing but then some angrily disagreed with my point of view and were even offended by it. Some allowed that while they had never taken the "risks" Mr. Spitzer took, they empathized. Others just plain felt: Condemn and punish. Many brought up the irony of Mr. Spitizer's earlier prosecutions of prostitution rings and his present dilemma. If he hadn't done that, they claimed, then it wudda been okay. Sorta.
Aren't we the wise ones. Ironically I've met very few, very very few people in my no longer short life who could be regarded as truly "wise." Good, yes; wise, not very. And I've noticed: even the wise ones have their pronounced shortcomings.
Florence and Warren Harding
Coincidentally I'm reading a very good new
book called "The Teapot Dome Scandal" by
Laton McCartney
(Random House). If you have even the slightest interest in 20th century American history, this book is like an ice cream sundae. Mr. McCartney is a storyteller with a keen sense of history and humanity. He wastes no time in cutting to the chase in describing and explaining what happened during that time known as the Roaring 20s; and how it so naturally came to a crashing halt. With blood on the rug.
It is a story that tangentially has intrigued me since I first moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s and I learned about the Doheny family and the murder that occurred in the family's then brand new palatial mansion "Greystone" on the night of February 16, 1929. It remains an unsolved murder although the family and advisors invented a solution.
Warren G. Harding was our 29th President.
He was fifty-five and Senator from Ohio when a couple of backroom political operators engineered him into the Presidency because they thought he "looked" like the perfect image of a President. Good enough reason, no? He didn't even want it. Right after he won, he had a taste of the Numero Uno wine but soon thereafter he still didn't like it.
He was, by nature, a womanizer, a man who had copious and intensely sexual affairs and even wrote passionate love letters to all the girls. One of his mistresses was a married neighbor in his hometown of Marion, Ohio. They once made it on the Harding front porch (god know where his wife was) because Warren liked making love (with women other than his wife) in "dangerous" places (i.e., public).
Edward "Ned" Doheny on the floor of a guest bedroom, shot in the head, lying in a pool of his own blood. Upper center, the face-down in the hallway outside the bedroom, the body of his friend Hugh Plunkett, also shot in the head. February 16, 1929.
When he moved into the White House he was having a long affair with a woman named
Nan Britten
with whom he had a daughter. He would often smuggle her into the White House and they would make love in the Oval Office. It was there he told her that living in the White House was like living in prison.
Mr. Harding had a wife. Florence,
who was five years his senior. She knew about a lot of her husband's peccadillos because they were so numerous and closeby enough of the time. She loved living in the White House because then she could be sure where he was most of the time. She was the prison warden. Other times, however, she didn't know. Like the Oval Office business. Or the house two blocks away on H Street where
Ned McLean
(who owned the
Washington Post
) had parties with show girls and ... prostitutes.
President Harding throwing out the ball at the beginning of the baseball season for the Washington Senators, 1922.
The Harding residence in Marion, Ohio, where Warren Harding began and conducted much of his Presidential campaign.
The President would sneak away for these late night parties. Once during some raucous melee, a girl got hit in the head by a bottle of water. She died the next day. The President was present. At least physically. It was never mentioned or written about.
Nan Britten, Harding's serious love affair during his White House years, and mother of his daughter.
The upshot of Mr. Harding's Presidency is that the men around him were greedy thieves on many counts. Using the Presidential authority, they busily looted the assets of the United States including the Oil reserves of the US Navy at three different locations including the Teapot Dome oil reservoirs in Wyoming.
With everything for sale at bargain basement prices (it pays to know someone), rich businessmen such as
Edward L. Doheny Sr.,
a Los Angeles/West Coast oilman, actively sought access to Federal properties. Mr. Doheny's pursuit (and downfall) was the Teapot Dome in Wyoming. His access was arranged by a man named
Harry Fall
, a former Senator from the brand new state of New Mexico who was Harding's Secretary of Interior.
There were big bribes and other scurrilous activities. Mr. Fall was "lent" $100,000 (about $10 million in today's dollars) by the elder Doheny. This was discovered and began the exposure of the greatest political scandal of that or any decade up to Watergate. At the end of the story,
Edward Doheny Jr.,
known as "Ned," the father's only son and heir, who with his wife Lucy and five children and staff of fifteen moved into the baronial Greystone mansion (see
), and where a few months later he was murdered and silenced forever.
This death and his friend Plunkett's death gave the elder Doheny's lawyer enough ground to plead for mercy for their client "who lost his only son." And so it was, mercy granted, trial over.
Mr. Harding died six years before, in 1923, the third year of his term, on a train in San Francisco. Many believed that the scandals that grew up around him taunted him to death. Whatever it was, the nation was well rid of this pleasant, distinguished-looking skirt chaser who had sex on the brain (and the train), and a wife in the old bedroom.
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The Teapot Dome case dragged on through the 1920s until that fatal moment in 1929 when young Doheny and the elder Doheny were going to have to make appearances before a Senate Investigating Committee, which would lead to indictments and trials. This never happened, however, because of the fortuitouness (for someone) of that tragic night on Doheny Road in Beverly Hills when Doheny, age 35, dressed in an expensive silk dressing gown, was shot in the head at point blank, as was his friend/assistant Hugh Plunkett. Three or four hours after the deaths, the family and the family doctor called the police. With their stories straight they recited what and how.
However, and whatever, that gunshot effectively ended the deeply corrupt Presidential Administration of a hapless, pleasure-seeking hedonist from Marion, Ohio, who blessedly (or maybe not) never lived to see what he had wrought.
The Doheny murder has never been solved but Laton McCartney's book comes closer than anyone else ever has. One thing we do know: his death was for love of money.
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Pope Francis Says Church Must Focus Less On Gays, Abortion and Contraception
Francis encourages church to focus more on compassion and less on gays and abortion.
The pontiff is driven through the crowd before delivering his message to attendees in front of St. Peter's Basilica. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Yesterday, Pope Francis recognized the need for the Catholic Church to end its preoccupation with abortion and gay rights.
Pope Francis propagated new controversy Wednesday inside the Catholic Church upon the release of his first published interview as pope. In the interview he remarked on the Catholic Church's fixation on abortion, gay rights, and contraception and his desire for the Church to focus its efforts on demonstrating mercy and love.
"We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel," Francis told the Jesuit magazine, La Civilta Cattolica.
Francis said that the church has become too concentrated on the trivial rules and has thus ignored the overall message of the church; to love and include everyone, especially the poor and downtrodden.
He likened the Catholic Church to a "hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars," he said. "You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else."
[READ: Pope Francis Is The Bill Clinton Of The Vatican]
Francis's contemporary perspective on the church's role will no doubt bring displeasure and criticism from Catholic clergy, who have already expressed their disappointment in the pope's failure to speak out against gay marriage and abortion. Bishop Thomas Tobin of Rhode Island told AP news that while he can appreciate Pope Francis' candid approach, he will continue to speak out on gay rights and abortion.
With deep and unchanging traditions that the Catholic Church has relished in for over two millennium this kind of reaction from priesthood members comes as no surprise. Francis' methods are quite modern, especially with comparison to his predecessor Benedict, who passionately preached against gay marriage.
Some believe that these statements represent the beginning of the path Pope Francis will follow throughout his papacy.
"The overall picture is a Church that is not imposing a test on people before they even think of staying or leaving."Massimo Faggioli, theologian at the University of St. Thomas, told Reuters, of Francis's instruction for the church.
[MORE: What Republicans Can Learn From Pope Francis On Food Stamps and Gay Rights ]
Some see this rehabilitation of the Catholic Church as a good and necessary step for an archaic establishment that wants to remain relevant in the 21st century.
"I thought it was progressive and long overdue," Eucharistic minister, Cynthia Whalen of Chicago told the Chicago Tribune.
"I think people of reason will concur with him," she said.
Rev. Brian Paulson, a rector at Loyola University Chicago, pointed out that Francis' remarks did not contradict Catholic dogma; it only pointed out that loving others should be the church's foremost priority.
"He is saying proclamations of the saving love of God come before moral and religious imperatives," Paulson said.
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Disaster recovery on an even keel
Anticipated spending for disaster recovery is about the same as in previous surveys going back through 2009, so it's holding its own but still falling short of its pre-recession peak.
Remote replication is still the key storage spend for DR. It edged out off-site tape storage a couple of years ago and has been extending its lead ever since. This year, it's favored 48% to 28%. Broken down further, it's clear that companies are relying less on tape for data recoveries during a disaster. Only 23% will increase spending on off-site tape storage, although 45% expect to keep off-site tape charges at 2009 levels. In contrast, 39% (a little less than last spring) will increase spending for remote replication technologies; a scant 4% will reduce that spending; and only 16% (the lowest number we've seen) don't have remote replication in their 2010 disaster recovery plans.
Reason to be optimistic
It would be easier to be optimistic about storage purchasing if the budget numbers were just a little more upbeat. But they are up -- very modestly so -- for two consecutive surveys, which means the purse strings are loosening. What's more apparent, perhaps, is how data storage managers have focused on technologies that deliver the proverbial bang for the buck and help them manage their storage more efficiently.
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Thousands of retiring baby boomers mean companies like Union Pacific are hiring just as business is surging.
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A hybrid of traditional and futuristic, Miix tea set is crafted with simple body features a classic handle to serve you an elegant tea time everyday. The glazed and unglazed finishing on high quality fine bone china delivers the art of color contrast.
Born in Hong Kong, Milk Design's Lee Chi Wing received a BA in Industrial Design from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. After obtaining his MA from the Les Ateliers in 1992, he remained in Paris working for several design consultants. He returned to Hong Kong in 1994 and joined Philips Design in 1995. In 1998, he set up Milk design, his own "novel design" company offering local and international clients industrial design and product development services. Under the view that design is simple and human, design is an important tool to provide various possibilities and experience to our daily life.
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Sherry Koonce
The Port Arthur News
Whether the City Council acted appropriately two weeks ago when members amended the city's travel ordinance was called into question Tuesday by a former councilman.
Harold Doucet represented District 4 until a month ago when he vacated the position after mounting an unsuccessful bid to unseat the city's mayor. He attended Tuesday's meeting as a citizen to comment on the amendment.
At last meeting, in a split vote, City Council approved the change that allows the mayor and council members to claim mileage on shorter trips —those totaling 30 miles, or more.
Before that, mileage could only be claimed for city-related travel of 100 miles, or more.
"If it is legal, it is not ethical. I do not think it is a good idea for council to have passed this amendment," Doucet said. "We need to take a second look."
The problem, Doucet said, is that Council already receives an automobile allowance that should more than pay for any gas-related expenditures.
In addition to the recently amended mileage reimbursement for short trips, the city's mayor receives a $600 monthly car allowance; the mayor pro-tem $550; and council members $500.
Those amounts are in addition to compensation for the performance of city-related job duties. The mayor's is paid $1,552 monthly; the mayor pro tem, $976; and each council member's monthly payment is $488.
"After sitting two years on Council it is hard to spend more than $500 on fuel," Doucet said.
But, while Doucet claimed the meager mileage reimbursement, District 6 Councilman Robert "Bob" Williamson said city records told a different story.
According to Williamson, city records indicate Doucet received about $1,900 on trip mileage reimbursement during his two years on Council.
At the same time, the mayor received $159.88 for the trip reimbursement during the same time period.
The mayor's mileage reimbursement was in addition to her auto allowance, Williamson said.
While serving on City Council Doucet said he elected to not receive a salary, or an auto allowance, but was reimbursed for mileage.
Raymond Scott, Jr., District 1 Councilman, was among those who voted against the amended ordinance two weeks ago.
Tuesday he said his feelings had not changed.
"I agree with Mr. Doucet. People who voted for this need to justify it," Scott said.
Williamson has previously said the change was necessary for those times when city business dictates shorter trips.
District 5 Councilman Willie "Bae" Lewis also voted against the measure two weeks ago, and would do so again, he said.
"You should either get a car allowance, or mileage, but not both," Lewis said.
Lewis said the Council should to revisit the issue in a future meeting.
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A trick that anybody can learn lets you determine the day of the week from the date. We'll apply some Perl technology to discover whether the method is reliable.
Recently, I was reading Mind Performance Hacks and stumbled across Hack Number 43, which explains how to determine the day of the week for any given date. The method is attributed to Lewis Carroll], the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Simply calculate four values, one after the other, for the year, month, and day, and a fourth value as an adjustment factor. Then add the values, divide by 7, and the remainder amazingly gives you the day of the week as a number between zero (Sunday) and six (Saturday).
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SACRAMENTO — Under threat of contempt of court, Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled a plan to ease prison crowding by releasing certain inmates early, sending others to county jails and relocating some to state fire camps -- but added that he doesn't support it.
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Just one-half mile from the entrance to Zion National Park
Zion Canyon Bed and Breakfast is located next to Zion National Park, which has a myriad of deep sandstone canyons extending over 30 miles while covering 229 square miles. The canyons in Zion were named by early Mormon settlers, and many of the formations in the park have biblical names. The park was established in 1909 as Mukuntuweap National Monument and expanded in 1919 to Zion National Park. The park is composed mostly of sandstone stained by the oxidizing of iron in the rock. Zion National Park with its many canyons contains 75 species of mammals, 271 species of birds, 32 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 8 species of fish in the streams and rivers.
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