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When officers see abandoned cars, they place a sticker on the rear or side window, then tow the cars 24 hours later, Roberts said. Most often, it's a bright green or bright orange sticker. If cars are causing a traffic hazard, officers don't wait 24 hours; they have the cars towed immediately.
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When I was about 10 years old I had three blank Rangers jerseys that my parents offered to get customized. I chose Pavel Bure and Dan Blackburn for the first two. Although both had relatively short tenures ended thanks to injuries, both were incredibly talented and made an impact in their time with the Rangers and are respectable human beings.
I have no idea what the hell was going though my 10 year old head, or why my dad didn't overule me, but I decided to basically waste a jersey and get Bobby Holik and his number 16 stitched onto the back. If I attempted to donate that jersey to a poor kid in Sri Lanka Andy Bathgate would send a charter plane full of Garden Of Dream volunteers halfway around the world just to take it away and ensure the kid couldn't wear that atrocity.
Anyway, the Observer-Dispatch decided to publish a piece on Holik. Holik had a solid though unspectacular hockey career and now sells firearms in the Czech Republic. For some reason this make him a "hockey hero" and "diviserfied." Whatever. The relevant part is when Holik talks about signing with the Rangers:
"After playing a decade in the Garden State, I wanted to know from Bobby, once signing with the region's rival New York Rangers, what went through his mind when first pulling a Blueshirts sweater over his head? " It ( signing with the Rangers ) was business. I tried to stay in New Jersey, I couldn't be sad to move on, my contract was ground breaking at the time", Holik remembers. Published reports have Bobby's two seasons playing in Madison Square Garden for the Rangers ( 2002-'03 & 2003-'04 ) with a total compensation in excess of $18,000,000. The year prior to taking the free-agency route, Holik tells of he and his agent were working closely with Devils President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello on a deal but, in the end, the Rangers made him an offer he couldn't refuse."
Look, I'm not naive enough to think that hockey players shouldn't or don't care about money. I understand that the economic aspects are going to play some, if not a significant, part in choosing a destination. But Holik is basically saying, "I wanted to stay with the Devils and didn't really didn't care for the Rangers, but Glen Sather offered me a ton of money that Lou Lamoriello wasn't stupid enough to match." At least Scott Gomez showed some sign of caring about the Rangers' history and the city of New York and bringing a winning culture back to the organization.
Holik was decent with the Rangers for two seasons and actually led a (completely miserable) 2003-2004 team in points with 56. But the only moment I can even remember from Bobby Holik as a Ranger is when a Devils fan decided to throw money at him as he walked to the dressing room. Not quite worth 18 million dollars.
And now for a somewhat off-topic rant. You might have noticed that I was MIA for a few days recently. I came down with a pretty brutal tonsil infection that rendered me incapable of doing anything productive and I was prescribed medication to deal with it. Unfortunately, CVS pharmacies are about as organized and competent as the Columbus Blue Jackets' scouting staff. It took multiple phone calls, visits to two different CVS pharmacies, and an hour wait total just to get a basic antibiotic. And about 15 minutes of that time was spent by me contemplating whether I should just rip my tonsils out with my fingers while multiple pharmacists huddled around a fax machine attempting to figure out how to use it. It was like watching BP handling an oil spill. Never get sick.
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Glop & Glam Review/Valentine Wrap Up
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I know Valentine's Day has passed but I couldn't resist sharing all of the great ones we did this year. There are so many talented folks out there making amazing printables and I love them for it. Plus, I've finally joined the 21st century with getting a real phone and took all these photos with them...I'm always amazed at the quality of SmartPhone photos. And incidentally, it also means that I can now post on
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So anyways, back to the valentines...there are SOOOOOO many amazing ideas out there, it was so hard to narrow the ideas down...
The little one's were my favorite, using
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I found these tool and ring erasers at Dollar Tree and knew I could use them somehow for the little one's party valentines. I whipped up the cards on PicMonkey and we got a little punny for them...
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'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Rated: PG-13
Running time: 169 minutes
Theaters: Tinseltown, Movies at Meadville
What it's about: Director Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth in J.R.R. Tolkein's fantasy adventure about reluctant hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Freeman), as he embarks on a journey to reclaim treasure from the dreaded dragon Smaug.
What critics say: Fans of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy might be excited to see the return of Middl-earth, but the lengthy film is a pretty big letdown. Although the settings and details are gorgeous, the nearly three-hour film is too long and bloated.
Overall rating: **1/2
'Playing for Keeps'
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Dennis Quaid
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Rated: PG-13
Running time: 106 minutes
Theater: Tinseltown, Movies at Meadville
What it's about: A worn-out sports star (Butler) returns home to refocus on his life and redevelop a relationship with his son. Soon he's enlisted to coach his son's soccer team, where he catches the attention of a few soccer moms.
What critics say: Butler plays it too safe in this womanizing, sexual romantic comedy. Instead of the confident swagger he needed to pull off the role, he's too reserved. The masses of kids and long game sequences trip up the film as well.
Overall rating: *1/2
'Killing Them Softly'
Directors: Andrew Dominik
Starring: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Rated: R
Running time: 97 minutes
Theaters: Tinseltown, Movies at Meadville
What it's about: Jackie Cogan (Pitt), an enforcer, investigates a heist during a mob-protected poker game.
What critics say: This hit-man thriller isn't overly ambitious or glamorous. "Killing Them Softly," although a little underdeveloped, is wonderfully gritty and full of nuanced performances.
Overall rating: ***
'Rise of the Guardians'
Director: Peter Ramsey
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher, Jude Law
Genre: Animation/Adventure
Rated: PG
Running time: 97 minutes
Theaters: Tinseltown, Movies at Meadville
What it's about: The Immortal Guardians of Earth team up to defeat the evil Pitch (Law), who plans on taking over the world.
What critics say: This is easily DreamWorks' worst film franchise. The creators of "Shrek" and "Madagascar" come up with a film more concentrated on details than on actual plot. And there aren't enough laughs or charming moments to cover it up.
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Live music
March 20, 2008
MARTINSBURG -- The Eastern Panhandle Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will host a jazz brunch and silent auction at 11 a.m. April 12 at the Holiday Inn. Tickets are $35. Featured artist is Bob Thompson. Ticket must be purchased by March 31.
For more information or tickets, call Arthena Roper at (304) 725-8806, Tamara Togans at (703) 861-5833 or Shirley Tolbert at (304) 725-7852.
Bluegrass festival
WINCHESTER, Va. – The Ruxton Health of Winchester Bluegrass Festival will be May 4 in the Sprint Tent on the grounds of the Winchester Medical Center. Performers include: All 4 Hym, Nothin' Fancy, Country Current, Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, Rhonda Vincent and the Rage and The Scott Brannon Band. Advance tickets are currently on sale. Regular sale of tickets begin March 31 at the official Apple Blossom Festival souvenir store and the ticket outlet in the Apple Federal Credit Union Building.
Strings concert
MARTINSBURG — In celebration of "Music in Our Schools Month," the student musicians in the Berkeley County String Program will perform at 6 p.m. today on the second floor of the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library. The concert is free and open to the public.
In addition, in conjunction with "Day of the Young Child," they will perform at noon April 4 at the Martinsburg Mall, in front of the JCPenney's entrance.
Jazz concert
LUCKETTS, Va. —The Lucketts Bluegrass Series will present A Country Gentleman Tribute with Bill Yates and Friends Saturday at the Lucketts Community Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., music begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $13 and are sold at the door.
For more information, call (703) 771-5281.
Benefit concert
ARDEN — Patent Pending will perform a benefit concert at 7 p.m. March 29 at the Arden United Methodist Church. Nothing But Nets, the Arden United Methodist Church Volunteers in Mission and the Arden United Methodist Church Youth Fellowship will benefit from the proceeds. Admission is $10 and tickets can be purchased in advance each Sunday before and after the 11 a.m. worship or anytime from a church member.
For more information, call (304) 267-6165.
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. — Rehoboth United Methodist Church, 30 E. Salisbury St., will host a free concert by the Christian rock band Cypher at 7 p.m. March 29.
For more information, call (301) 223-9554 or visit www.rehobothumc.org.
BLAIRTON — Ash2Ash, a Christian music ministry, will perform at the following locations:
¯ March 30 at 11:15 a.m. at Little Mountain Methodist Church, Whitehall, Va.
¯ March 30 at 6 p.m. at New Beginnings Community Church, Hagerstown, Md.
For more information, visit www.ash2ash.com.
Museum consort
HAGERSTOWN, Md. —The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will present the Museum Consort, "Step up with Dutch Masters," at 2:30 p.m. March 30.
For more information, call (301) 739-5727 or visit www.wcmfa.org.
Friends of Music
SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Friends of Music sponsors the following concerts at the Frank Arts Center Theater on the campus of Shepherd University:
April 3: St. Louis Brass Quintet
April 11: Shepherd University Wind Ensemble
April 13: Choral concert by Shepherd choral groups
April 20: Percussion Ensemble and Gamelan concert
April 22: Jazz night
May 4: Masterworks Chorale performs Bach's St. John's Passion
May 7: Shepherd Youth Orchestra
For more information or tickets, call the concertline at (304) 876-5555 or visit www.sufom.org.
Auxiliary concert
MARTINSBURG — The Ladies Auxiliary of the Martinsburg Rescue Mission will sponsor a concert April 6 at Westview Baptist Church, 301 S. Louisiana Ave. Featured will be: The Frye Family, Dr. William Bland, Buck Braithwaite and Ronnie Dunham. A freewill offering will be taken. Refreshments will be served.
Community concerts
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Hagerstown Community Concert Association's 49th season will include the following lineup. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and will be performed at the Maryland Theatre.
April 7: Quattrocelli
For more information, call Priscilla Greiner at (301) 739-0587, Helen Hubbard at (301) 582-2734 or Harriet Muldowney at (301) 733-7842.
Guitar fest
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Hagerstown Community College will host the first-ever "Guitar Mini-Fest" at 9 a.m. April 12 in the Kepler Theater. Event will feature a host of musical workshops, vendors and performers.
For more information, call (301) 790-2800, ext. 582.
RANSON — G-SPOT will perform at 8 p.m. every Thursday and Sunday at Secrets Nite Club.
For more information, call (304) 725-1030.
Blue Moon
SHEPHERDSTOWN — The Blue Moon Cafe announces the following lineup:
March 29: Atlantic Crossing
April 6: Pops Walker and Paul Curreri
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner served from 6 to 7 p.m. Concert at 7 p.m. Admission at the door. For more information or dinner reservations, call the Blue Moon at (304) 876-1920 or Cheryl at (304) 702-0554.
First Friday
MARTINSBURG — First Friday Coffeehouse is now located at Trinity United Methodist Church's Orchard House Center (4599 Shepherdstown Road, midway between Martinsburg and Shepherdstown). Open mike is at 8 p.m. followed by the featured performer. Donation collected at the door ($5 to $10 suggested), with proceeds split between performer and local charity. For more information, visit www.first
April 4: Clinton Collins
May 2: Arlon Bennett
June 6: Todd Coyle
For more information, call (304) 267-4101.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Kahuna's, located inside the Grand Venice Hotel, announces the following lineup. All band performances are from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., unless otherwise noted:
Friday: Kelly Bell Band
Saturday: Make Me Laugh Comedy tour
March 28: No Pets for Noah
March 29: Tone-Loc
For more information, call Kahuna's at (240) 625-9494 or visit KahunasNiteClub.com.


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Gaza Baptist Church used to draw hundreds of Palestinian worshipers to its two Sunday services. But on a recent Sunday in January, less than 10 people risked attending the only evangelical church in the 25-mile coastal strip.
Palestinian evangelicals, a group of hundreds living among 1.5 million Muslims, have been fleeing the Gaza Strip for the West Bank in response to increased violence and threats from Islamic extremists.
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How about everybody *not* named James and PaleoBird can take a chill pill and let them get over their apparent internet tiff? That would the give thread a chance to not devolve into feather ruffling at least.
I'm interested in learning more about most of the things JamesS has posted about. He hasn't set off my BS-ometer yet (in the way that Grizz did quite quickly).


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TV Ratings: Christmas Day slate brings ABC/ESPN biggest combined NBA audience ever
A slate of tantalizing match-ups, highlighted by the long-awaited rumble between the defending champion Lakers and the big three of the Heat, delivered ABC and ESPN's highest cumulative audience ever for its Christmas Day marathon of games.
Unsurprisingly, the Heat-Lakers tilt on ABC was the biggest draw of the day, delivering a 6.4 fast national household rating, up 45 percent over last Christmas' Kobe-LeBron showdown, from back when King James still played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was also ABC's highest-rated regular season game since a different kind of Heat-Lakers rivalry game - back in 2004, the first season after Shaquille O'Neal had been traded away from the Lakers.
But combined, the five games - starting with Bulls-Knicks on ESPN (which drew a 2.7 rating, up from the 1.9 that the Knicks drew a year ago against the Heat), then shifting to Boston-Orlando on ABC (a 4.6, up from last year's 3.3 for the same matchup), Heat-Lakers, then an ESPN nightcap of Nuggets-Thunder (1.4) and Trail Blazers-Warriors (1.3) - averaged a 5.5 Nielsen Fast National rating for the ABC games and a 1.8 for the ESPN games. That was up 45 percent for ABC compared to last year's 3.8, and 20 percent compared to ESPN's 1.5 a year ago.


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LEWISTOWN - Mifflin County's opportunistic defense sparked an explosive offense Thursday night as the Huskies routed Selinsgrove 72-44 to advance to the championship game of the 2012 Holiday River Tournament, which Mifflin County hosted.
Guards John Michael Maclay, Curtis Jerzerick, Cy Treaster and Hunter Wright turned a close seven-point, first-quarter lead into a 16-point halftime advantage, producing off numerous Seals turnovers in the boys basketball event.
What a way to celebrate a birthday as well for Mifflin County center Seth Wagner, who was the recipient of some of those Mifflin County steals, posting a double- double with 30 points and 16 rebounds along with three blocks in the Huskies' victory.
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"We were aware that we would have an advantage inside the paint. We thought it was crucial for our guys to own the glass and look for Seth to get a lot of touches in the paint and attack the rim," Mifflin County coach Aaron Gingrich said. "For the most part I thought he did.
"He was two or three inches taller than their biggest player but still you have to be active and I thought he was active going to the ball, on second chances, he finished strong, he finished tough and sometimes with aggressive teams who are undersized, they can take you out of that," Gingrich said. "I thought tonight it was pretty evident that he was going to own the glass."
Wagner did it all from the floor, hitting 15 attempts, two of which ended in a dunk.
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* Mifflin County takes on Shikellamy in the Holiday River championship at 8 p.m. following the Mifflin County-Central Mountain girls game
Teammates Wright and Evan Seby just missed scoring in double figures, each finishing with eight points.
Selinsgrove had two players finish with 12, David Aurand and Dillon Hoke. Hoke kept the game close in the opening period, scoring 10 of his 12 in the first quarter.
In the first quarter, Wagner waisted little time getting the scoring started. The Husky center went right inside at the heart of the Seals' defense for an easy two. Wagner would go onto score the first 10 points, giving the Huskies a 12-7 lead with 4:57 left when Selinsgrove called a time out.
After the stoppage, Hoke battled to put his team back within striking distance, scoring the next seven out of 10 points to make it 15-14.
However, a coast-to coast bucket by Maclay brought the momentum back the Mifflin County's side. Wagner finished off the final scoring of the quarter, hitting the final four points to give the Huskies a 21-14 lead.
The Seals opened the second quarter with a 5-2 run, cutting back into the Mifflin County lead. Wagner's bucket was good for the Huskies' only points early in that period.
Mifflin County's defense swarmed the Selinsgrove offense from there, forcing turnover after turnover and building a comfortable 39-23 lead as the two teams went into the intermission.
The Huskies never looked back, continuing the build on their already big lead, extending it in the third quarter to a 19-point advantage.
Mifflin County had seven different players score in the session. Picking up points were Wagner (6), Treaster (4), Seby (4), Curtis Jerzerick (2), Wright (2), Maclay (2) and Louis Jerzerick (2).
In the final stanza, Gingrich got a chance to get some of his bench players some valuable court time. They didn't miss a beat continuing the pressure and clinching the victory.
Mifflin County will do battle against Shikellamy today in the championship game, facing Shikellamy, which defeated Octorara 59-48. The game - the second meeting between the two non-league opponents - is slated for an 8 p.m. start time, following the Mifflin County girls 6:30 game in their holiday event.
The boys consolation is at 3:30 p.m. and the girls opener at 5.


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Charleston Southern's version of "Thursday Night Lights" was a big hit as the Buccaneers football program held its annual Blue-White spring game, marking the first night game in the program's history.
Second-year head coach Jamey Chadwell put his squad through a two quarter controlled scrimmage before one of the largest spring game crowds in school history.
The school installed lights at Buccaneer Field over the winter and will open the 2014 season with four consecutive night games.
"We're trying to become a program that is consistently good every year and getting lights here is going to allow us to recruit the type of athletes that we want here," said Chadwell. "I think this will allow us create an environment here that will be attractive to the community as well. We had a lot of things going on tonight and we had a great crowd. And, I was really glad the lights turned on."
As for the football action, the offense managed three touchdowns against the defense in the 69-play scrimmage. CSU's offense accounted for 340 total yards, managing 93 net yards rushing and 247 yards through the air.
"The main thing is you are praying nobody gets hurt and you want to see the players execute at a high level," said Chadwell. "We did some good things. I felt like the defense sort of handled the offense last Saturday and it was good to see the offense score some points tonight. It was a good night overall.
"The expectations this spring were different. There were probably more disappointments during the spring just because of our expectations. As far as things we were able to implement, I thought we were able to do a lot of things that will help us in the fall. Now, we know where the parts go and we have to make sure those parts are working well in the fall."
With last year's starting quarterback Danny Croghan out of action with an injury, most of the reps under center were shared by returning redshirt sophomore Kyle Copeland and UAB transfer Austin Brown. Each contributed scoring passes through the air. Copeland connected with Donte Sumpter on a 37-yard scoring play while Brown hit Kevin Glears on a 70-yard touchdown pass.
Brown completed four of 10 passes for 104 yards while Copeland completed six of eight passes for 135 yards and also scored on a four-yard run.
"It's still an open competition," said Chadwell. "Austin has made huge strides since he got here in January. He has made a great push and he has pushed Kyle, and Kyle has responded with a solid spring. It'll be open when we get here in fall camp and I am pleased with the direction we're headed at that position."
CSU returns all-conference running back Christian Reyes, a 1,000-yard rusher last season, but sophomore Michael Holloway had a huge spring, according to Chadwell. Holloway rushed for 53 yards on 11 carries in the spring game.
"He has really raised his game this spring," said Chadwell. "He got tons of reps and he really made strides. When everyone gets healthy, we will have a lot of options in the backfield."
Top performers defensively included defensive back Lorenzo Mathis (six tackles) and defensive lineman Tanner Rogers (2.5 tackles for loss, sack).
Following the scrimmage, members of CSU's student body participated in competitions on the field to win tickets to Charleston Southern's Nov. 22 game at Georgia.
CSU Spring Practice Most Improved Awards
Mike Holloway, running backs; Kevin Glears, receivers; Austin Brown, quarterbacks; Erik Austell, offensive line; Nathan Prater, tight ends; Lorenzo Mathis, defensive backs; Tre DeLoach, bandits; Raysean Ray, defensive line; Seth Harrelson, spurs; Markeith Bailey, linebackers.


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Grant McCracken gets all analytical about the ad:
This ad satisfies the two objectives of all creative. It gives us engaging and strategic.
"Parking" is visually arresting, impressive, amusing, darn near sublime. Tivos will stop for this one. Consumers will rewind. We will see this ad many times over it's lifetime on the air, and chances are it will be a gift that keeps on giving. It's a little like a magic trick. How did they do that?
This ad takes on the competitor very effectively.
[It mocks the Lexus's] ability to park itself. This is a remarkable accomplishment. It cancels the technological lead of a competitor. Lexus has just given its car thet and Lexus is justly proud. Not everyone is going to use this feature, but we are assuming that Lexus is assuming that the consumer is assuming that any car company with engineers capable of this kind of thing must be very good at everything else it does. The self parking ability is a part that stands for, and speaks for, the whole.
Now we are guessing that when Audi turned to its engineers to ask if this could be replicated, they scratched their heads and replied, "We need 18 to 36 months. Don't call us. We'll call you."
Unlike a lot of analysis of visual media, I enjoyed watching the ad more after reading Grant's posting.Posted by Nicholas at November 1, 2007 12:25 PM
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Corporate backing and a large supportive community – almost all Linux distributions can boast of at least one half of that.
Fedora, since its inception in late 2003 as Red Hat's community distribution, has nurtured around itself a devoted community. It has achieved this after providing, release after release, an innovative and complete distribution that demands attention and respect.
Being a rather large distribution (the number of DVD distributions now pales in comparison to single CD variants), Fedora 13 has something for just about every variety of Linux user.
With Fedora 13 fresh out of the oven let's see what it has to offer.
According to Paul W Frields, Fedora Project Leader, Fedora's feature process and diverse community of developers and contributors enables it to include a wide range of features in each release.
"Fedora 13 sports an array of desktop features that will help any computer user make better use of their hardware – from 3D support for their graphics card, to colour management for their input and output devices, to automatic installation of printer drivers.
"But this release also brings advanced functionality for developers, such as better monitoring tools that allow a Python developer to measure activity on his system to find bottlenecks in Python code he's developing. And system administrators will be excited about the redesigned authentication tool in Fedora 13 using the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) to allow managed domain logins, even for laptop users who are away from the network".
Virtualisation leader
Fedora has provided a stable home for virtualisation technologies for some time now, and Fedora 13 continues the trend. In fact, on offer are leading-edge virtualisation improvements, according to Frields.
"As always, Fedora continues to lead the pack in virtualisation features, since our community developers are actually heavily involved in upstream areas like the kernel and the KVM hypervisor".
VIRTUAL MACHINES: Carefully select the OS type and the Version when creating a new virtual machine
Although Fedora persisted with Xen for a few years, the amount of time and energy needed to get it to work with the Linux kernel was a drawback. Support for KVM stable PCI addressing and Virt Shared Network Interface are two major KVM offerings in Fedora 13. The shared network interface technology enables virtual machines to use the same physical network interface cards (NICs) as the host OS.
All virtual machines under your Fedora 13 installation are managed by the Virtual Machine Manager tool under Applications > System Tools. You can create or restore existing virtual machines in a matter of minutes, as the interface is very easy to use.
Many recent distribution releases require at least 1 GB RAM, so if you don't allocate that much when creating your virtual machine, you will probably not be able to run a graphical installation in the newly created virtual machine.
Polished installation
Fedora has never been an overtly difficult distribution to install. Still, Fedora 13 comes with a smarter version of the Anaconda installer that makes installation even simpler, thanks to improvements in how it handles storage media and partitioning.
Also available now is the option to install Fedora over the internet. The boot images are available for a variety of media including USB and CD from boot.fedoraproject.org. These boot images allow the system to connect to a remote server to launch the installer, doing away the need for 700MB disks or 4GB DVDs as the installation media of choice.
LIVE USB: The LiveUSB Creator makes it even simpler to create installations on flash drives
Hardware support
A long standing argument against Linux adoption has been that Linux doesn't have the same level of hardware support as proprietary operating systems. To that end, Fedora 13 offers the Nouveau drivers with experimental 3D support for Nvidia cards, so users don't have to rely on untrustworthy proprietary drivers that can't be debugged or improved upon.
The real prize, however, is the Automatic Printer Driver Installation feature. All printers, whether they connect via USB, parallel ports or over the network, identify themselves using a Device ID string containing information such as manufacturer, model name, supported command sets and suchlike.
Historically, configuring a printer has been bothersome for most users – more often than not because they don't know the correct driver for their printer. Imagine, however, if printer drivers contained tags associating them with certain manufacturers and model numbers, such that when Fedora detects your attached printer, it immediately looks up the drivers that carry matching manufacturer and model tags and automatically installs the driver. This is now possible in Fedora 13, hence the very suggestive feature name.
Programmer's playmate
By providing parallel-installable Python 3, which means that Python 3.1.2 can now be installed in parallel with Python 2.6.4, Fedora 13 is marketing itself as the ideal platform of choice for developers. Python 3 solves many of the long-standing issues in Python 2, but in doing so it has mutated into an almost entirely new language.
The 2to3 tool provided by Python can be used to automatically convert much of Python 2 code to Python 3, but there's a catch. When we say Python, there are three intertwined components at play: the core runtime, the standard library, and a host of other third-party modules on top. The trouble is that not all modules (which number in the hundreds) have been completely ported to Python 3.
Fedora 13 thus provides both Python 2 and Python 3 stacks to provide developers the means to continue their work and also prepare to make the transition to Python 3.
The second Python-related feature enables developers to measure activity on their system to find bottlenecks in Python code they're developing. SystemTap is a tracing/probing/monitoring tool which enables users and developers to observe their system beyond the kernel. In effect, you can see what's happening inside your application and language runtimes like Python, etc.
AUTOMATIC BUG REPORTING TOOL: Even non-power users are now able to file bug reports. You can access it from the Applications > System Tools menu
Since Python code is easy to mix with code written in other languages (for example, C), the third Python-related feature, an extended GDB (GNU debugger), reports mixed C and Python-level information on what such processes are doing. You don't need to be an expert GDB user to debug code wrapped in Python, as the improved GDB makes it convenient for even Python newbies to take advantage of this feature.
Btrfs filesystem snapshot
Have you ever feared doing something adventurous on your system only to end up with an unusable machine? Btrfs can create lightweight bootable filesystem snapshots. System rollback using btrfs enables administrators and users to revert to a previous snapshot should the system become unusable.
Since btrfs creates entire filesystem snapshots that can be created automatically or manually at the user's demand, the entire filesystem will revert to its previous state when you revert to a snapshot.
For example, if you make a snapshot each time you delete or install new packages, reverting to an older snapshot wouldn't just affect the state of those packages – it would also affect your home directory if it too is on the btrfs partition. ext4 is the default filesystem on Fedora 13 but you can easily choose btrfs during the installation process.
A history of innovation
An important aspect of the Fedora release cycle is the continuing development of key features across releases. We've seen this with the faster startup times: Fedora 10 had a 30-second startup and it was down to 20 seconds in Fedora 11. This is one of those features that will continued to be worked upon into and beyond Fedora 14.
Similarly, Archer, a GDB development branch with better C++ support and Python scripting capabilities, made its debut with Fedora 11 and now in Fedora 13 we have a smarter GDB that every Python programmer should celebrate.
"Over many releases we build on a solid base of engineering expertise and work to extend the functionality of a completely free and open source software platform", Paul Frields explains.
"Take free video drivers for instance. In Fedora 10 we introduced kernel modesetting to speed up the boot process on a few ATI video cards. In Fedora 11 we extended this function to lots of video cards, and began a process of extending support for 3D acceleration in totally free video drivers with Intel graphics cards. In Fedora 12 we built on that platform with experimental 3D support for ATI cards using the 'radeon' driver, and Fedora 13 included not only stabilising the ATI support, but extending 3D to Nvidia cards using the 'nouveau' driver".
Network Manager
An example of a far longer-term project is the Network Manager, which was introduced way back in 2007 as part of Fedora 7. By the time Fedora 12 came, it had become the de facto network configuration solution for just about all distributions.
NETWORK MANAGEMENT: nmclie, the CLI tool for controlling Network Manager, is still not quite comparable with its graphical sibling
With Fedora 12, Network Manager introduced mobile broadband support and finally in Fedora 13 we get support for dial-up modems for older Bluetooth-equipped phones. It also provides a command line interface, enabling users who run a text-only system to still take advantage of this brilliant tool.
Another new feature courtesy of Fedora 13 is the colour management. This enables users to create unique colour profiles for different hardware devices such as printers, scanners and monitors, enabling artists, photographers, designers, produce better work using free software.
According to Frields, the advances in free video were created in large part by engineers employed by Red Hat to extend the possibility of free software on the desktop. "The free video driver story is just one example of how the Fedora Project and Red Hat have worked together not just to integrate but to improve the state of free and open source software."
Virtualisation tools
KVM now also finds its way into the upcoming RHEL 6 and, as Frields explains, this is how the two distributions often team up.
"Fedora is a free distribution, community project and upstream for Red Hat Enterprise Linux… [it] serves as the community R&D lab. Fedora is a general-purpose system that gives Red Hat and the rest of its contributor community the chance to innovate rapidly with new technologies".
People will clearly see a reflection of the very recent and past Fedora releases in RHEL 6. In a sense, looking at Fedora releases, you can make a fairly accurate prediction of some of the technologies and features that the next Red Hat Enterprise Linux release will offer.
Tim Burke, vice president of Linux engineering at Red Hat, further clarifies that individuals and businesses are often willing to participate in Fedora to see some features make their way into RHEL. "We are increasingly seeing customers who have specific use case needs who are willing to contribute with us in Fedora in the interest of having the feature productised in Red Hat Enterprise Linux".
And since everybody from home makers to hardware manufacturers are interested in energy efficient systems, Burke continues with this example: "Many people, ranging from end users, to hardware vendors, to government customers have an interest in energy efficiency. Users from these diverse points of view worked with us in Fedora 12 and Fedora 13 to audit and improve many of the default system services to be much more power efficient. This type of work will be directly applicable on a supported basis in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6".
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Mom reunited with kids taken to Zimbabwe eight months ago
TORONTO — A mom reunited with her two kids after eight months broke down Monday as she thanked those who helped bring the family back together in time for the holidays.
Biatra Muzabazi said she thought she would never get her boy and girl back from Zimbabwe, where they had gone on vacation in April but not returned.
"I never thought (I'd see) my children again," Muzabazi said, clutching her kids and choking back tears.
"You made it possible for me to be with my children for Christmas."
The saga began in April, when Rene, 7, and Shane, 4, went for a visit to Muzabazi's native Zimbabwe, something that had occurred several times before without incident.
This time, however, the divorced mother began to worry when the children, who were born in Mississauga, Ont., were not returned to Canada as scheduled.
Instead, paternal family members placed the kids in a Zimbabwean boarding school, which actively hid them from local authorities, police allege.
In September, the worried mother approached Toronto police, who began investigating. They in turn contacted government officials, the RCMP and Interpol.
Det.-Const. Shari Nevills, the lead investigator, said it was a steep learning curve dealing with Zimbabwean laws.
"I had several moments when I really didn't think these kids were coming home," Nevills said.
Police decided the best way to effect a possible return was to send Muzabazi to Zimbabwe, even raising the money to help make that happen.
Muzabazi's mother, who lives in the southern African country, helped obtain needed documentation and Zimbabwean authorities accepted the children belonged with their mother in Canada.
However, the paternal family wasn't ready to turn them over.
At one point, as Muzabazi waited outside the boarding school, a family member took the kids and fled.
Running out of money and needing to get back to work, the distraught mother said she was on the verge of giving up and returning to Canada without her children.
Then, the Canadian embassy in Harare called her last week to say the children had been dropped off there.
"I just started crying. I couldn't believe it," she said.
Reunification and the trip back to Canada followed within days.
As the wide-eyed young ones clutched their mother and watched the throng of news people, Muzabazi said her daughter still appears fretful about any separation.
"She just can't go far away from me," Muzabazi said.
"She just wants to be with me all the time."
Police Chief Bill Blair called it a "good story with a great ending."
A criminal investigation was ongoing, police said.


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Some schools are out for Spring vacation this week or next week. It is always fun to have neighborhood parties and here is a favorite my kids use to enjoy. We would make preparations for a 'Worm Party'. We made invitations for each neighborhood child they wanted to invite and hand delivered them.
paint brushes
light-colored construction paper
mixing bowl
Sharpie tip permanent marker
Plastic squeeze bottle (you can get mustard and ketchup squeeze bottles at the dollar store or use honey bottles)- you'll need one bottle for each color of paint you use.
Paint (from recipe below)
Ice cube trays ( make up smaller batches by cutting the recipe in half and fill ice cube trays with each color and use a brush instead.) For this project I made a batch of paint and then split into several containers and then added my poster paint. It kept the cost down for this project.
Paint Recipe ( This paint has a unique texture and a fun look)
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
4 or 5 teaspoons poster paint or tempera paint (various colors)
1. In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt and 1/4 cup of the water.
2. Add poster paint to achieve the color you want. Make only one color per mixture.
3. Continue adding more water so the ingredients are thick enough pour into the squeeze bottles. It is important that the paints are not runny.
4. Using a funnel to pour it in the bottles will avoid a lot of mess then label the bottle with the color. Or you can now put them in your ice cube trays.
5. Repeat the above four steps to create different colors.
6. Squeeze the paint onto the paper and create designs. Use paintbrushes to smooth out smudges, if needed. Let the cards dry for several hours on a flat surface before delivering.
I took construction paper and folded in half and then folded it in half again so I made smaller invitations. Fill out the necessary information of date, time and place inside the card before painting. I used balloon lettering for the front and used a sharpie marker and wrote worm party (your child can create their own fun lettering for this project.) Then I took a paint brush and filled in the lettering with the paint and let dry for several hours.
Worm Pudding Recipe
Crush up Oreo cookies and place on bottom of glass or container holding pudding.
Fill partially with pudding
Arrange worms in on top of pudding
Add some more Oreo cookies and pudding
Put some more worms on top and arrange as if they are crawling out of the container.
I use to let each child make their own worm pudding which seemed to add to the fun.
I counted out the number of worms each child could have so that everyone got their equal share.
I repeated this project one day a few years ago with my grand children. I loved watching their faces when I told them for desert we were going to have worm pudding. We had a lot of fun making them together and I let each child take turns pushing the button to the food processor to crush up the cookies. Upon the next visit from my grandson, he asked me if we could eat some more worm pudding so I know this was a memory maker.
Party Plans included:
Invitations made and delivered.
Worm Pudding to eat
Barb Webb made some worm pudding the other day and watched a great movie too. Visit her post to see what movie she chose.


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V-Moda Faders Ear Plugs
In collaboration with Ear Armor, V-Moda has released some new earplugs called Faders that will protect DJ's hearing when in a very loud performance environment. These aren't your average earplugs. Theya re made from top-grade metals and medical grade silicone fittings to reduce the noise by 12 dB across the sound spectrum which still allows the user to enjoy the music and speech in a loud environment. They are going for only $15 right now, so get them while you can. That's a small price to pay for protecting your ears. Full press release and links below.
For more information, please visit V-MODA.com/Faders
Los Angeles – December 1, 2011 – V-MODA, the maker of critically-acclaimed and award-winning headphones including Crossfade LP and Crossfade M-80, is thrilled to announce the availability of Faders tuned earplugs, the first of several protective offerings under Ear Armor, Inc.
Constructed from top grade metals and medical-grade silicone fittings, Faders protect your hearing by reducing harmful noise by 12 dB evenly across the frequency spectrum, while still allowing you to enjoy crystal clear music and speech in a club, concert, festival, music practice, or other excessively loud events. The noise reduction can make the difference between an enjoyable listening experience and lifelong hearing loss.
The concept for Ear Armor and Faders was born when V-MODA founder and accomplished DJ, Val Kolton, was on tour in Spain. While enjoying a friend's set, Kolton noticed the sound level meter for the dance floor, a unique feature to this club. He was amazed by how high the decibel levels reached and had an immediate epiphany that DJs were unknowingly spinning at unsafe sound levels because the speakers in the DJ booth and dance floor are at separate volumes.
Continuing his spinning sessions after returning to America, Val Kolton found there were many people who were anxiously searching for good hearing protection. After reading an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association which found that one in five American teenagers had some degree of hearing loss – a startling 31% increase since the late 80s, Val immediately went to work commissioning the V-MODA R&D Labs with a new mission – to create the world's best earplugs.
"Most earplugs simply sound like you have mud in your ears, even expensive custom-fitted sets costing hundreds of dollars don't have the clarity and highs. Additionally, after DJing for years with custom earplugs, I experienced first-hand that they can cause ear canal problems similar to using Q-tips. Worst of all, these expensive products easily fall out and get lost," says Val Kolton, Chief Visionary Officer and Founder of V-MODA. "Faders are affordable, comfortable, sleek, fit everybody, and most importantly they help protect your hearing while still allowing you to rock out and enjoy concerts, clubs, or any loud event."
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Album Rating: 4.0it's pretty good, man, ya know.
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crysis at 6166
Is this like The Eye of Every Storm?
Album Rating: 4.0No.
Sounds like I Can See You in a way.
of course it's from PtC
Album Rating: 4.0I agree with you there (in a loose sense) but as for the other 62 minutes of TEOES it's pretty damn different.
Yeah, and that's as far as a comparison I'm going to get.
Oh well. I might check this out anyway, sounds interesting.
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1983 Greg Page question
Hope someone can help, I have a photo of Greg Page fighting an opponant in 1983 (?) Las Vegas.
All I can see of the opponant is his back, he has White shorts on and the words "Mr Snipes" in blue lettering on the back of his belt.
Can anyone suggest who it might be, any help would be appreciated.
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renaldo snipes (25-2-1) at the time of the fight, hope this helps.
if you want anymore info on greg at all let me know i have email contact with him from time to time.
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I bet Larry Holmes remembers "Mr." Snipes
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YOU BET HE DID, a brief synopsis of Snipes below:
He first came to light when he spoiled the heavyweight plans of the excellent 175 pound champ, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.
But next up he was involved in a huge controversy, when he got a very lucky decision against Gerrie Coetzee that stank the house out.
No-one, outside of the judges, thought he won that, and there were all sorts of corruption stories flying around for the next few months.
Anyway, as a result, he was seen as a real patsy going into the Holmes fight: nothing more than a light snack for Larry to feast on, as Homes tuned up for The Big One: Gerry Cooney ( and a near world record pay day ).
But what a shock Holmes got in the 7th - Snipes connected with a huge right hand and the whole boxing world held it's breath as Larry staggered to his feet and Snipes closed in.....
The Cooney meg fight looked out the window, but Holmes somehow survived a real crisis with heart and guile.
It was that fight that caused a lot of people to think the Irishman had a real chance against Holmes I think the main reason Snipes never got another shot, was everytime he'd get a decent run going, he'd go and lose the next fight. ( and maybe he fell out with King too )
Apparently he was scheduled to fight Tyson (after tyson had lost to Buster douglas) but was dropped due to the fact he wanted too much money.
Marvdave if I find out any more ill let you know
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apparently he broke his hand agianst Janie Howe which curtailed his late run of form effectively ending his career.....
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Snipes also beat Trevor Berbick, just months after Berbick had upset Greg Page.
Snipes was coming off a loss to Tim Witherspoon in a really lousy fight.
Snipes was an awkward fighter, who could generate some power in his right hand.
Aside from that, he was ordinary.
His decision "victory" over Coetzee had to be seen to be believed.
It was one of the worst decisions ever.
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I have a heart, but the fact of the matter is he fought or had a chance to fight many good fighters and that's life.It's not an insult to Greg to ask questions about his career.
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late afternoon at the rocks
In my short stay there in Nagsasa Cove (2 days), I was able to see much of the cove's colors and moods. It was mostly sunny the whole day (on our first day) but fast moving rain clouds invaded the cove when sunset was nearing. The light was so dynamic that the 15 pictures I took of the same scene (above photo) all looked different.
gateway sunset
I was already back in the camp, resigned that the clouds have ruined any chances of getting sunset colors, when the sky opened up for a moment. My photo buddy and I ran to our pre-selected locations and set up our gears.
twilight's fading colors
Since I was taking long exposure shots, I wasn't able to take many before the colors faded and the sea and sky turned a moody steel blue in color. The challenge in outdoor photography is that often times the light changes so fast that you only have one shot - one chance to capture the scene.
a second chance
I woke up early dawn the next day. Headed to the river at the back of the camp to see the day's first display of light.
sunrise shapes
The sun rose above the mountains at the back of the cove. There was not much color but the river bank bathed in warm sunlight looked surreal. The golden light seem to make the patterns on the sand pop out. I decided to take another photo that emphasizes the shapes of the mountains, and monochrome treatment seemed to best suit the mood.
serene lake
By midday, the cove evoked another mood: that of absolute serenity. One could sit all morning by the lake side and watch the clouds pass by, or snooze under the pine trees by the banks.
heavenly hands
I cannot get enough of Nagsasa Cove, everywhere you look it always has something special to show you. I think the magic of Nagsasa lies in the fact that its still not as popular as the nearby cove of Anawangin, thus you can experience and enjoy the cove without the (huge) crowd. Hopefully it'll stay that way for many more months to come. Yes, I give it months only.
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20111114PD213.html================================================AMD announces two new server platforms in ChinaLatest newsMonica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 15 November 2011]AMD, on November 14, announced its latest 16-core Opteron 6200 series server processors, previously codenamed Interlagos, in Beijing, China with server players such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Acer, Asustek Computer and Supermicro, will all launch related systems and motherboard products.AMD also revealed its Opteron 4200 series (Valencia) processors along with the Opteron 6200 with company corporate vice president and general manager, Commercial Business Paul Struhsake pointed out that the new CPUs will only consume half the power per core, requiring two third less floor space and up to two third lower platform price.Furthermore, AMD also announced it will expand its product lineups for 2012 with a new Opteron 3000 service platform to be revealed in the first quarter, targeting high-density and ultra-low-power consumption 1-way web hosting, web serving and microserver markets. The platform will feature quad- to eight-core CPUs codenamed Zurich that will launch in the first half of 2012. Zurich features Bulldozer structure and supports AM3+ sockets.Prior to the announcement, AMD has received a cooperation project worth of 50 billion yuan (US$7.87 billion) from the Beijing government, which will also supply 40% of the 100,000 server CPUs orders from Chengdu government's cloud computing center project and with more city governments in China currently seeking cooperation with AMD, it is expected to greatly enhance the company's revenue performance in the future.According to AMD, together, the new features of Bulldozer allow AMD's latest microprocessors to "deliver unparalleled performance, scalability and efficiency" for highly threaded workloads like HPC, database, virtualization, and especially, the emerging web and cloud market.http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/news/2011-11/amd_opteron_interlagos_valencia_specifications_.pngAMD also announced the expansion of its 2012 roadmap with the addition of the new AMD Opteron 3000 Series platform. The AMD Opteron 3000 Series platform is targeted to the ultra-dense, ultra-low power 1P web hosting/web serving and microserver markets. The first processor will be the 4-8 core CPU code-named "Zurich", expected to ship in the first half of 2012. "Zurich" is based on the "Bulldozer" architecture and leverages the new Socket AM3+. =========================================Is Paul O. putting ready for another rounds of bribes?
AMD promotional stuff:The new AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series processor delivers the world's highest core density, lets users host more virtual machines per server, handle more database users and solve more complex HPC applications with fewer nodes and less power - offering a better option for the hyper-efficient, virtualized, cloud-ready world.Performance for Data Centers 84% greater performance for HPC than the competition1 Up to 160% more cores2 to handle more VMs per platform and minimize datacenter space Low cost per VM lets you deploy fewer physical servers1 as business needs scale up Scalability for Virtualization 73% more memory throughput3 to scale as your workloads growEconomics for the Cloud Unparalleled efficiency with 1/2 the power-per-core4 Requires 2/3 less floor space5 1/3 to 2/3 lower platform price6========================================AMD Opteron 6200 & 4200 Series Animated Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S5NmKM5tIQhttp://server.amd.com/LP=237?lid=HP|Hero|US|11-13-2011|L|Hero_Static|Main#1
And the last place I would turn for credible relative performance data would be the manufacturer, whether that is Intel or AMD. But you AMD fan boys lap it up as if it were a puddle of pee from Jerry's spigot.On the other hand, let's check out what the independent industry analysts are saying about the new Opterons:http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2011/11/14/intel-new-chip-on-shoulder-vs-amd/"It also suggests to us that Intel's Romley server family will have significantly better performance than AMD's Bulldozer-based Opteron server products."Over on ZDNet UK the latest Dell server using Opteron 6200 chips came up short to both the recent Dell and HP Xeon servers, too.
Too bad for AMD. This announcement verifies the suspicion that demand for the new Opteron chips in high margin developed geos is extremely low. Like Fusion, AMD is being forced to dump Interlagos in low margin emerging markets. Not so bad for Fusion, which is only moderately costly to produce, but for Interlagos which is a big chip, this is basically a marketplace rejection of the product. If it starts like this, it can only get worse in terms of low demand.