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Augusta — Law enforcement officials with Troop D of the Maine State Police responded to the following incidents in Waldo County between Feb. 12 and 22. Anyone with information regarding ongoing investigations is asked to call 800-452-4664.
Feb. 12
Trooper Bethany Robinson and Recruit Thomas Bureau summoned Alonzo Harvey, 27, of Frankfort for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and possession of liquid THC.
Trooper Robinson and Recruit Bureau arrested Misty Linscott, 23, of Northport on a warrant and took her to the Waldo County Jail.
Trooper Evan Teel summoned Sarah Lord, 46, of Belmont for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
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Trooper Adam McNaughton and Recruit Bureau responded to an unattended death in Stockton Springs.
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Trooper Robinson investigated a report of a burglary and someone impersonating an officer on West Orchard Lane in Swanville. The burglary and impersonation complaint are still being investigated.
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Trooper Donald Webber summoned Brandon Bouchard, 21, of Liberty for operating after suspension and criminal speed.
Trooper Webber arrested Marcy Marriner, 30, in Knox on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a Waterville Police Department theft charge.
Feb. 16
Trooper Corey Smith arrested Lisa Levanti, 49, of Monroe on a warrant out of Penobscot County for failure to appear. Levanti was taken to the Waldo County Jail.
Feb. 17
Trooper James Leonard arrested John Hewlett, 48, for domestic assault.
Feb. 18
Trooper Evan Teel summoned Camille Pierel, 59, of Liberty for operating an unregistered motor vehicle.
Trooper Teel arrested William Chadwick, 26, of Liberty on a criminal arrest warrant for failure to appear.
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Trooper Bethany Robinson responded to Main Street North in Searsmont for a 13 year old who was out of control. The youth's grandmother, who is the guardian, was told to contact CRISIS if she has problems with him again.
Feb. 22
Trooper Smith investigated a complaint of theft and fraudulent use of a debit card in Liberty. The juvenile perpetrator was identified from surveillance footage obtained from the ATM location. The juvenile was charged with theft.
Police received a theft of gas complaint from Wentworth's Family Grocery in Northport. The person who pumped the gas forgot to pay for it and returned to the store.
Trooper James MacDonald arrested Brandon Carleton, 18, for violating conditions of release. A female juvenile passenger was questioned and a Suboxone strip was found in a cigarette carton in her sweatshirt pocket. The juvenile was arrested for unlawful possession of schedule W drugs.
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2005 Minnesota Statutes - 515B.3-115 — Assessments for common expenses.
515B.3-115 Assessments for common expenses.
(a) The obligation of a unit owner to pay common expense assessments shall be as follows:
(1) If a common expense assessment has not been levied, the declarant shall pay all operating expenses of the common interest community, and shall fund the replacement reserve component of the common expenses as required by subsection (b).
(2) If a common expense assessment has been levied, all unit owners including the declarant shall pay the assessments allocated to their units, subject to the following:
(i) If the declaration so provides, a declarant's liability, and the assessment lien, for the common expense assessments, exclusive of replacement reserves, on any unit owned by the declarant may be limited to 25 percent or more of any assessment, exclusive of replacement reserves, until the unit or any building located in the unit is substantially completed. Substantial completion shall be evidenced by a certificate of occupancy in any jurisdiction that issues the certificate.
(ii) If the declaration provides for a reduced assessment pursuant to paragraph (2)(i), the declarant shall be obligated, within 60 days following the termination of the period of the declarant control, to make up any operating deficit incurred by the association during the period of declarant control.
(b) The replacement reserve component of the common expenses shall be funded for each unit in accordance with the projected annual budget required by section 515B.4-102(23); provided, that the funding of replacement reserves with respect to a unit shall commence no later than the date that the unit or any building located within the unit boundaries is substantially completed. Substantial completion shall be evidenced by a certificate of occupancy in any jurisdiction that issues the certificate.
(c) After an assessment has been levied by the association, assessments shall be levied at least annually, based upon a budget approved at least annually by the association.
(d) Except as modified by subsections (a)(1) and (2), (e), (f), and (g), all common expenses shall be assessed against all the units in accordance with the allocations established by the declaration pursuant to section 515B.2-108.
(e) Unless otherwise required by the declaration:
(1) any common expense associated with the maintenance, repair, or replacement of a limited common element shall be assessed against the units to which that limited common element is assigned, equally, or in any other proportion the declaration provides;
(2) any common expense or portion thereof benefiting fewer than all of the units may be assessed exclusively against the units benefited, equally, or in any other proportion the declaration provides;
(3) the costs of insurance may be assessed in proportion to risk or coverage, and the costs of utilities may be assessed in proportion to usage;
(4) reasonable attorneys fees and costs incurred by the association in connection with (i) the collection of assessments and, (ii) the enforcement of this chapter, the articles, bylaws, declaration, or rules and regulations, against a unit owner, may be assessed against the unit owner's unit; and
(5) fees, charges, late charges, fines and interest may be assessed as provided in section 515B.3-116(a).
(f) Assessments levied under section 515B.3-116 to pay a judgment against the association may be levied only against the units in the common interest community at the time the judgment was entered, in proportion to their common expense liabilities.
(g) If any damage to the common elements or another unit is caused by the act or omission of any unit owner, or occupant of a unit, or their invitees, the association may assess the costs of repairing the damage exclusively against the unit owner's unit to the extent not covered by insurance.
(h) Subject to any shorter period specified by the declaration or bylaws, if any installment of an assessment becomes more than 60 days past due, then the association may, upon ten days' written notice to the unit owner, declare the entire amount of the assessment immediately due and payable in full.
(i) If common expense liabilities are reallocated for any purpose authorized by this chapter, common expense assessments and any installment thereof not yet due shall be recalculated in accordance with the reallocated common expense liabilities.
(j) An assessment against fewer than all of the units must be levied within three years after the event or circumstances forming the basis for the assessment, or shall be barred.
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Emirates Neon sets up dedicated road signs company
Emirates Neon, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s signage and outdoor advertising market pace setter, has established a dedicated company to manufacture road and traffic signs to meet demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
ABC industries will fabricate specialized signage products, including engineered traffic signs, sign supports, non-ferrous gravity dire castings and overhead gantries. It will also carry out porcelain enameling, steel vitreous enameling, polyester power coating and PVDF coating.
The new company employs over 250 engineers and technicians at its 65,000 square foot facility in the UAE. According to General Manager Sathar Thyab Ali, the company has already bagged a number of significant orders.
"Massive investment in roads is fuelling the demand for signs throughout the Middle East. We are very confident, that as more roads are built, to meet rapid regional growth in vehicle use, the market will continue to expand strongly," said Rehan Merchant, executive director at Emirates Neon.
In Dubai road projects worth $ 584 million are underway in four different parts of the emirate and three new projects will shortly be started at a total cost of $ 153 million. Last year, Dubai invested over $ 2.7 billion in road and traffic improvements and expansion projects, according to a company press release.
Elsewhere in the region, Saudi Arabia is investing heavily in roads infrastructure and has signed contracts worth over $400 million for the next three years. Work on a $1.4 billion Saudi highway involving 776.5 kilometers of roads is also underway.
In Oman, two new roads linking the Sultanate with the UAE and Saudi Arabia are under construction in a $50 million project that will be completed in less than three years. In total, 256 kilometers of new roads will be built.
And in Qatar the construction contract for a $192 million project to provide an 82 kilometer, four-lane, dual carriageway link between Doha and its premier oil and gas center, was recently awarded. In addition, work will start next year on the $1.5 billion Friendship Bridge,
linking Qatar and Bahrain by road for the first time.
Emirates Neon has been in the signage and outdoor advertising since 1976. It employs 310 people at its UAE headquarters. Among the company's UAE clients are Dubai Municipality, Dubai Civil Aviation, the Dubai Shopping Festival, Jebel Ali Free Zone, major hotels, shopping centers and blue-chip multi national companies. — (menareport.com)
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It's a milestone every family dreads: A month has passed since 15-year old Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar went missing, and today, the Santa Clara County Sheriffs investigators announced what could lead to a break in the case.
The results are back from the crime lab on evidence discovered during the searches, but they are not yet releasing what those results are.
Meanwhile, tonight behind the Sierra search center, friends and family released hundreds of pink balloons with messages of hope. Her parents pleaded to not give up searching for the girl.
"If sierra could be here right now she would say thank you for not giving up on me," said Marlene LaMar.
Seventeen-year-old Sandina Daly took the lead on organizing the prayer vigil. She said she and fellow teens, barred from taking part in the searches because of their age, were tired of standing by.
"Write prayers anything we can because we have hope. We're going to fight and we're going to bring Sierra home," Sandina said.
Sheriff's divers are going to expand the search of the Calero Reservoir later this week. Volunteers are continuing their efforts this Wednesday morning.


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Continuing the trend of Valentines Day releases, rapper Antwon has just dropped his latest mixtape.
In Dark Denim sees the San Jose barsmith (I'm going to do everything I can to make "barsmith" a 'thing') displaying the same kind of form that made last year's End Of Earth such a vital release.
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In 2011 the Group of 20 (G20) struggled to retain the global prominence that it had enjoyed since 2008, thanks to its vigorous response to the global financial crisis. As the locus of the financial crisis shifted to Europe, however, the spotlight was turned on the EU, particularly at the G20 summit in Cannes, France, in November.
During deliberations in France and the U.S., the G20 promised continued vigilance against the lingering repercussions of the global financial crisis. The September 22 meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington, D.C., pledged to provide liquidity to the banks as needed and to support the world economy while maintaining price stability. Earlier, at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Deauville, France, in May, the members pledged $20 billion to support the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
The IMF had a more dramatic year but for an entirely different reason. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the IMF executive director, was arrested over allegations that he had sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York City. Charges against him were eventually dropped, owing to doubts about the credibility of his accuser. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde succeeded Strauss-Kahn on June 28.
The OPEC conference held in June in Iran was marred, not unexpectedly, by differences between Saudi Arabia and Iran over the issue of lifting oil production in an effort to lower prices. Iraq asked to rejoin OPEC's quota system in 2014, a move that would lead to a boost in production from 2.9 million bbl a day in 2011 to 3.4 million bbl a day in 2012 and to 4.5 million bbl a day in 2014.
The African Union (AU) continued to steadily expand its role in peace operations and conflict resolution. It mediated a border-security agreement between Sudan and South Sudan as the latter gained independence. The AU's peacekeeping contingent in Somalia, numbering nearly 10,000, earned praise from the international community for its surprising resilience and effectiveness in enforcing security against warlords, criminals, and Islamic militants and factional armies in and around Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
In answer to the Arab Spring revolts, the Arab League took a strong stand against the killing of pro-democracy protesters in Libya and Syria. In February the league barred Libya from its meetings. At its gathering in Cairo on March 12, the league affirmed the "necessity to respect international humanitarian law and the call for an end to the crimes against the Libyan people" while urging the UN Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. Without the support of the Arab League, the NATO intervention that eventually led to the overthrow of the regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi would have been far more controversial, even unlikely. The Arab League in August condemned the Syrian government for its repression of the pro-democracy uprisings and in November imposed sanctions on Syria, including a travel ban on senior officials, suspension of flights, and the halting of transactions between the Syrian central bank and Arab governments that were funding projects in Syria. This surprising show of resolve was backed by Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf Cooperation Council member states, which feared that a continuation of atrocities might aggravate resentment within their own populations and spark uprisings of the kind that occurred in Bahrain. On December 22 the Arab League sent a monitoring group to Syria to establish ground rules for an observer mission intended to ensure that the government maintained its promise to end the violence against the protesters; observers entered the country on December 27.
In November, U.S. Pres. Barack Obama attended the East Asia Summit (EAS), the region's newest (set up in 2005) multilateral forum; it was the first time that a U.S. president had been in attendance. While the U.S. also deepened its engagement with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), China's relations with ASEAN deteriorated because of the territorial dispute over the South China Sea, which involved five ASEAN members. At the July 2011 ARF meeting in Bali, Indon., U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized China's recent actions in the South China Sea as a threat to regional stability and freedom of navigation. China asked the U.S. to keep out of the dispute. As China became assertive in pressing its claims in the South China Sea, however, ASEAN welcomed a greater U.S. role in the security of the region.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Kazakhstan in June reaffirmed cooperation against the three evil forces: terrorism, separatism, and extremism. With observer states Pakistan and India seeking full membership, the SCO risked a possible dilution of its coherence and unity. Meanwhile, Iran sought to use SCO as an anti-Western platform.With the return in May to Honduras from exile of Manuel Zelaya, the country's former president who in 2009 had been ousted in a coup, the Organization of American States lifted the ban on the country. In December, Latin American and Caribbean leaders formed the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), which excluded the U.S. and Canada. That month Russia became the newest member of the World Trade Organization.


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20 Hip-Hop Albums That Are Unusually Long
Some of the biggest albums in rap history are just as bloated as their legacies, and we wouldn't have it any other way. But then again, when it comes to at least a few of them—or, more precisely, 20—we would.
Some fans may think 2Pac's All Eyez on Me, in all of its brazen, unrelentingly thuggish glory, could do without "Skandalous," and the numerous Outlaw-littered filler tracks where 'Pac only has one verse. On a less technical level, OutKast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is brilliantly dynamic, but 39 songs combined is just a lot to sit through, no matter where you are.
Recently, Future dropped two of his longest albums to date, and he did so in consecutive weeks. A perfectionist trap conductor, Future's HNDRXX and the eponymous Future weigh-in at a hearty, but not overstuffed 17 tracks each, sitting on a fairly thick fence between "just right" and "wait, there's more?" But if the DS2 rapper had included a few more skits or a needless "Draco" remix, things might have been different.
XXL takes a look back at 20 rap albums that went on for a good bit too long. Whether it's a classic weighed down by too many purposeless skits, or a good album that could've been great if an artist had trimmed down redundant songs, we've got it covered in the gallery above.


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High on the hills above the River Dart Valley and alongside ancient woodlands, Wild Goose House is located in the vicinity of an AONB described by Agatha Christie as "the most beautiful place in the world". So if you enjoy waking up and hearing wildlife echoing in the valley below, secluded country walks or living close to your boat moored in the River Dart, Wild Goose House provides a rare opportunity to enjoy this whilst still being within 3 miles of all the traditional conveniences of a village, schools/colleges and coastal town life.
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There are plenty of things I don't like about being a desert dweller. Namely: rattlesnakes, scorpions, lizards, and spiders (especially the hairy beast of a tarantula I had to sweep off my front porch last week). While those creepy, crawly, slithery critters keep me constantly on my toes, there are other parts of life in Southern Arizona that leave me happy as can be. Believe it or not, I love the heat. No really, I do. I know that our Tucson temperatures are a little on the extreme side, but overall, the climbing mercury warms my heart. Both literally and figuratively. I'm sure that sounds delusional to someone from, oh, say Michigan. Truly, though, the soaring temperatures of the summer months sit well with me.
Don't get me wrong – I'm also a big fan of the AC. I may be cold-blooded but I'm not crazy. While I do love our warm weather, I also love that I don't have to actually, you know, be out in it all day. If my job required me to dig trenches, I might not be so quick to rave about the summer weather. Lucky for me, my job requires no such thing. I'm a freelance writer who hardly ever ventures away from the comfort of my permanently 78 degree home. Seventy-eight degrees is a comfortable temperature don't you think? I only ask because, clearly, local retailers are not in agreement.
Have you ever walked into your favorite store or restaurant in late August only to be frozen out in a matter of minutes? It happens to me all the time. Admittedly, I've never actually tested the temperature, but I'd venture to guess that most local retailers set their thermostats at, oh I don't know, somewhere in the neighborhood of negative twelve degrees. Every time I step foot into the grocery store goose bumps take residence on my extremities and remain there until I return to the "comfort" of the 114 degree afternoon. And local restaurants? Local restaurants are the worst. I imagine they keep things extra cool to combat the heat of the kitchen. But really, there is an important lesson to be learned here: room temperature is room temperature no matter how hot it is outside.
Seeing as how I've just completed my eighth summer here in the Old Pueblo I've really wised up and learned some preventative measures. I've taken to carrying a pair of thick, fuzzy socks around in my purse. I know it sounds silly (and would probably be a big mystery to anyone who had the opportunity to survey the contents of my handbag) but I have to do it to protect my toes from frostbite as I enjoy my chicken tacos for lunch. I also keep an old sweatshirt in the backseat of my minivan for similar emergencies. So should you happen to overhear a short brunette ordering a hot chocolate at happy hour—and wearing a winter parka—chances are it's me. Do stop and say hello.


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Back in 2012 we featured another build by Wesley Hannam of Abandoned Pier, his Honda FTR223 'Yakuza' Street Tracker, and today we'd like to introduce you to Soichiro. The unlikely donor was a 1991 Honda Nighthawk 750 which is now virtually unrecognizable in its current state. Wes has managed to turn the less than attractive Nighthawk into a clean little brat-style bobber.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
Even more Ducati Scrambler Mock-Ups
Ulfert Janssen sent us his latest Ducati Scrambler mock-ups and we dig each one. The cafe racer version above is a super fun take on the bike. Everyone we've shown has had a clear favorite out of the three here. Which one is yours?
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Ducati cafe racers by Holographic Hammer
Sylvain Berneron of Holographic Hammer never ceases to impress us. We typically dig all his work, we even shared his stunning Triumph cafe racer mock ups here before, but his recent work depicting air-cooled Ducati cafe racers has us drooling. We've been planning an air-cooled Ducati cafe ourselves and have been hyper-observant these days taking note of what's out there. Ad Hoc's Ad Roca is one we especially like, but after seeing HH's work here, we knew we had to head back to the drawing boards for some tweaks of our own. There's just something about the short tails, bikini fairings and race track inspiration that just does it for us...it's a little of that aggressive Radical Ducati vibe we love around here.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Bullitt OG :: Finishing Touches
We've been busy putting the finishing touches on the Bullitt OG and getting her set for sale. With the bike all clean, a fresh coat of clear on the tank and the new ceramic-coated exhaust looking good, we figured it was due time to snap a few photos of the old girl.
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NASCAR: In Need of a Good YearJanuary 21, 2009
It's all about Pressure in sports.
Pressure from the fans.
Pressure from the sponsors.
Pressure from your team mates.
As the new NASCAR season ticks ever closer here's a look at the teams, drivers and in some cases entire companies that have to be feeling the pressure and the need to perform in 2009.
Someone Else!
Sports work best when the outcome is unpredictable and NASCAR is starting to the point where you can draw up a short list of drivers who can win a race, and an even shorter list of those who can do it consistently enough to take a title.
Someone needs to step up to challenge the dominance of the big four teams–Hendrick, Roush, Gibbs and RCR. Several drivers have shown glimmers of doing so. Brian Vickers, David Reutimann, Juan Montoya all had good showings last year, but often came away with nothing to show for it.
They need to start posting numbers in the important columns.
In order to achieve the above NASCAR needs all its manufacturers to be as close as possible, and without doubt Dodge is the fourth of the four car makers. They've been the maker hit hardest by the flurry of mergers, losing Ganassi to Chevy as it merged with DEI and seeing GEM and Petty come together, losing a team.
The new Dodge COT will have a redesigned nose, aimed at getting the cars nearer the front more often. Especially with car makers looking long and hard at their bottom line the Dodge teams need it to work.
Goodyear need a good year. I was prepared to believe that some of tyre problems last year were down to teams' setting of their cars or the driving styles of their wheelmen. However, the debacle at Indy was inexcusable, especially at such a big race, and the Chase Talladega race was simply dangerous.
When catastrophic tyre blowouts happen seemingly without warning, anywhere on the track to so many drivers there is something wrong. Hopefully with an extra year with new car behind them the men with the rubber will get things right in 2009.
Kyle Busch
You could almost hear the glee in the Junior zealot's voices as Kyle Busch endured his "Chasus Horribilus" last year. His regular season form was nothing short of incredible, a first year in a new team in their first year in a new car and he was the class of the field.
No doubt some will claim that it was down to any advantage they felt Toyota have, but some of it was down to Shrub being at the wheel. Kyle needs to re-find the form that made him THE story for much of last year, otherwise the zealots will reappear and give us all a headache.
Joey Logano
In his previous Sprint Cup outings the product that has been sold to us all as Sliced Bread looked more like a Crusty Roll. Now Joey's graduated to Gibbs' full time teams he needs to show he deserves to be there.
He might pull it out of the bag, now he's got an experienced team behind him, but there have to be some nervous faces round the JGR shop.
Of course, the fact he's been brought up the ranks by the team might save his blushes for a while, but if I was J.J. Yeley, I wouldn't book my Sundays too far in advance.
Casey Mears
Casey Mears spent two years as the third (or should that be fourth) wheel at Hendrick with only a fuel mileage win to show for it, compared to the mountain of wins (and two titles) accrued by his stablemates over the same period.
He's now moved into another big team (becoming the fourth driver) and has to avoid becoming another fourth wheel.
The Roushketeers
As everyone knows this is the last year when Jack Roush can keep his five car stable, which means that five must become four. So in this NASCAR game of musical chairs who's going to be standing when the music stops. Carl Edwards is probably safe, as is David Ragan, who has been with Roush so long he probably bleeds little hat-shaped blood cells.
That leaves the Kenseth, Biffle and McMurray glancing nervously over their shoulders when they should be looking at the track.
The Economy
It's the dirty black spectre that's hanging over NASCAR, as it is the world. NASCAR needs a good economy. It needs the sponsorship for its cars and its races. It needs the fan to be willing to pay to get through the gates and sit in the seats.
There have already been far too many teams go to wall, and there are far too many good drivers who will be watching from a couch every weekend. Of course we all know that the economy isn't going to turn on a sixpence but it keeps going down then NASCAR might be pulled down with it.


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Why root is remounted with commit=0 (=600 specified in fstab) at the end of start-up?
My problem is that in fstab I have specified commit=600 but during start-up
something remounts root with commit=0 option. Here is the log:
% dmesg | grep sdd1 | grep re-
If somebody have an idea why this is happening and how can I stop this, please help me. If not, at least some clues how to find what script/program is doing this would be appreciated.
I'm using fresh (less than 2 weeks old) installation of Debian GNU/Linux Testing and KDE. I know I can remount it manually or write startup script that remounts it one more time, but I want to find the source of the problem and fix it.
Found it: /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/journal-commit
This script is responsible for the problem. To solve, I removed "commit=600" from fstab and changed variable for "commit" option when on AC power in the script.
I do not need it on my workstation (working 24/7) but KDE requires pm-utils so I cannot purge it. I'm really surprised by the fact that everywhere everybody says to put "commit" option in fstab where it does have ZERO effect if you have KDE (and therefore pm-utils) installed. And I did not find anything in any manual about necessity to edit "journal-commit" script if I'm not happy with default "commit=0".
Hopefully information in this topic will be useful to somebody.
Editing /usr/lib/pm-utils/power.d/journal-commit is not necessary (and bad idea because upgrade can overwrite it with new version). Using "commit" option in /etc/fstab is bad idea too. So how to do it properly? After some research I think that putting these lines in /etc/sysctl.d/local.conf is the solution:
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PFLAG of Jacksonville, also known as Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, is accepting applications for its annual college scholarship program.
Out lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students who live in Baker, Clay Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties are eligible to apply for the $2,000 scholarships, according to a news release.
"Since the program began in 1996, more than $260,000 has been awarded to our LGBT youth and adults returning to school," said Frieda Saraga, PFLAG of Jacksonville's founder. "We believe very strongly in supporting the members of the LGBT community to aspire to great things and to become all they can be as productive and valuable members of our community. The scholarship program provides us with an opportunity to support them in a very tangible way."
Applicants may be new high school graduates planning to attend college or older individuals returning to or continuing their education.
Applications may be downloaded at pflagjax.org/scholarship.html and must be submitted no later than June 1.
All scholarship awards are selected by a committee of educators. The total number of scholarships awarded varies each year and is dependent upon the amount of donations the organization receives each year for its scholarship fund, according to the release.
The scholarships will be presented at an awards banquet on Aug. 9 at the Adam W. Herbert University Center at the University of North Florida.
FLAG of Jacksonville is the local chapter of the PFLAG National Organization that promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through support, education and advocacy, according to the release.
For more information or to seek help, call (904) 737-3329 or go pflagjax.org.


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In continuing fallout from the weekend loss by champion Sweet Catomine in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), four or five horses previously trained by Julio Canani for owners Marty and Pam Wygod are being transferred to trainer John Shirreffs.Shirreffs, who has other horses for the Wygods, described it as a "tough situation."Removal of Sweet Catomine from Canani's barn follows the initiation of an investigation by the California Horse Racing Board into events last week leading up to the Derby, in which Sweet Catomine finished fifth as the odds-on favorite in the race won by longshot Buzzards Bay.Following Saturday's race, Wygod said he had considered scratching Sweet Catomine from the race because of some minor health issues she had leading up to the race. The filly was sent to Alamo Pintado, the Equine Medical Center in Los Olivos near Santa Barbara, for treatment and brought back to Santa Anita before Wednesday's Santa Anita Derby post position draw. When she returned, Sweet Catomine developed a minor foot problem. She also went into season.When asked about how Sweet Catomine was progressing while participating in an NTRA conference call Tuesday, Canani said the filly "is doing great, she is running super...I expect her to run well on Saturday."
According to a statement from the CHRB, its review will include interviews with Sweet Catomine's veterinarians as well as the track's official veterinarian who conducted the required examination the morning prior to the race.


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Q. We are getting ready to conduct an internal investigation into a series of thefts that have occurred within one of our offices. We would like to obtain background checks from some of the suspected employees, but are concerned that they may refuse to execute the necessary consent forms. Can we require them to do so? — A.K.
A. Yes and no. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employees have the right to withhold their consent. Employers cannot have a consumer report run on employees who withhold consent. On the other hand, employers have the right to utilize consumer reports as a part of their investigations, and are not obligated to continue to employ anyone who declines to provide the requested consent.
In other words, you cannot require that the employee provide the requested consent, but you can tell the employee that continued employment depends on his or her doing so.


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Juan Williams appeared on "The Daily Show" Tuesday to discuss his firing from NPR and his new book, "Muzzled."
The former NPR news analyst re-hashed the well-worn details of his firing. Williams said that he was "stunned" by NPR's decision and questioned whether NPR understood, "that I'm in fact challenging Bill O' Reilly" rather than bowing down to him. Speaking to Jon Stewart, he criticized NPR for highlighting only his remarks about Muslims in a conversation about religious tolerance and defended his remarks as part of an honest debate with O'Reilly.
Stewart seemed to agree with Williams' analysis, calling his remarks "pretty mild" compared to other commentary from Fox and other media outlets and later saying, "I was shocked by the whole thing." After noting that Williams had worked for NPR for ten years, he also observed, "You must have had so many tote bags. When you travel, carrying things must never be an issue."
Stewart also took the opportunity to throw in a few zingers at Fox. Williams blamed the firing partly on NPR's antipathy towards Fox, which he discussed at length with Bill O'Reilly on Monday. Stewart joked, "Why would they have an antipathy towards Fox?"
When Williams criticized what he called a "total lack of honest debate" and "a niche media landscape" in America, Stewart agreed with Williams, joking, "When i watch Fox News, often times they'll bring up a point that's extremely valid." He then paused, joking, "I'm thinking of one, hold on."WATCH:


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Christmas Day video message to the mayor
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London Cycling Campaign sent a Christmas Day video message to Mayor Boris Johnson, reminding him of the importance of keeping cycling high on the transport agenda in 2009.
The three-minute video features clips of chief executive Koy Thomson, LCC members, plus the cycling public speaking at various events in 2008.
Chief executive Koy Thomson said, "Christmas is a great time to remind the mayor of the importance of family. We hope creating a city fit for families is a priority for the Boris Johnson in 2009."
"A cycle-friendly city is also one where mums, dads, kids, and grandparents can walk and play safely in streets designed to be enjoyed by all, not merely for the benefit of motor cars."


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73rd Season
July 16-30, 2017
The Composers Conference, guided for nearly 50 years by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Mario Davidovsky, offers a unique opportunity for emerging composers, professional musicians, amateur chamber players, and conservatory-level instrumentalists and singers to come together as colleagues, audience, teachers and students in an atmosphere of fertile creativity and concentrated, high-level music making.
The Conference
The Composer Fellows participate in intensive seminars and public colloquia, and each has a work publicly performed and professionally recorded by the Conference Ensemble. The Chamber Music Workshop offers amateur musicians daily coachings, workshops, masterclasses, ensemble readings, performance opportunities and evening concerts. Students in the Contemporary Performance Institute study, rehearse, and perform challenging repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries. Concerts at the Conference feature classics and rarities from the 18th-21st centuries including music of the Composer Fellows and faculty.
Introducing the CPI
A group of conservatory-level students will be selected to study, rehearse, and perform challenging repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries. Applications will be accepted from singers, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, percussion and piano. Pre-formed groups may also apply.


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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Dec. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Open officials said they're adding a rest day between the semifinals and finals for men and women and increasing the total purse in the 2013 tournament.
The Open, the tennis year's final major tournament, has had its semis and finals on consecutive days in the past.
A release Friday from the U.S. Tennis Association said the tournament would be scheduled to end with the men's singles final on Monday, Sept. 9, two days after the Saturday semifinals.
The women's singles semifinals are to both be on Friday, Sept. 6, with the finals set for two days later on Sunday.
"I'm pleased that the USTA has modified the U.S. Open schedule to include a day of rest between the semifinals and final," said 2012 men's champion Andy Murray. "Together with the prize money increase, it's good that they've taken onboard the players' concerns."
The total purse for the 2013 Open will be $29.5 million, $4 million more than 2012 and a $6 million increase over 2011.
Officials said the prize money in the singles' tournaments had been increased 34 percent in two years.
Murray and women's singles winner Serena Williams each collected $1.9 million for winning the 2012 titles.


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Before suffering a season-ending big toe injury in the Week 7 victory over the Panthers in Carolina, Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee may well have been on his way to the Pro Bowl. Despite missing the last ten games of the season, Lee finished the year tied for sixth on the team in tackles with 58. He also had an interception and a forced fumble.
2013 will be Lee's fourth year in the league and, his first playing as a Mike linebacker in a 4-3 system. Helped by the move, according to scout and analyst Bryan Broaddus, it very well could end with Lee's first ever trip to Hawaii.
"He is just a natural," Broaddus said of Lee this week, on the team's official website. "The front office will look to extend him soon and rightfully so because of his ability and what he means to this team with his leadership. Players and fans around the National Football League have an idea of who Sean Lee is, but come February he will take his place among the best of the best and then everyone will know.
"This should be the first of many trips for the talented linebacker."
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The Pinarello Cross CX CarbonPosted by admin in Techology, tags: carbon, CX, Pinarello, Pinarello CX carbon
This might be regarded as something of an eccentric bicycle review… The usual routine for reviewing a road racing bike is to set that review within the context of how the bike might perform in a race. Same for a mountain bike; you'd expect to read a review that discussed how the machine performs off-road. I have a quandary, though, underpinning my attempt to review the Pinarello Cross CX carbon cyclocross racing bike. Based as I am in Australia, we have no cyclocross racing scene to paint some kind of sensible context. There are hardly any cyclocross bikes in the country either. As far as I understand things, mine is the only Pinarello cyclocross bike ever imported to Australia. The distributor only brought the machine in as a curiosity to stick in the shop window. Until I got the urge to make it mine.
Where I live, I sit on the very place where the local tarred roads turn to dirt. In one direction, I can head off on my road bikes to hammer in the hills. In the other direction, is a never ending network of dirt roads connecting to seriously remote places usually visited only by sheep. While there is no greater thing than flying along the tar on lightweight carbon road bikes, the lure of remote car free places is too hard to resist. Which is why I previously invested in a lightweight cross country racing mountain bike (a Gary Fisher Procaliber). But dragging all that heavy fully suspended gear over relatively smooth dirt roads is serious overkill. And trying to ride a road bike on rough dirt roads never works for long. Narrow skinny high pressure tyres dodging stones and chipping expensive high mod carbon is no fun at all. I'm just not going to stick heavy hard case tyres on my Fulcrum Racing Light rims! Before my Fisher Procaliber I had a hard tail mountain bike. That was even worse. Riding one of those was like riding a pig with broken legs. The Fisher is OK as you can lock the suspension out. But still, the thing still weighs 11.5kg (while my Pinarello Prince is only 6.9).
So, you see, I've been in a long term search for the missing link; something between a cross country mountain bike and a road racing machine. And no, I am not about to try riding a hybrid tourer any time soon! My wish list was for a carbon frame, a total weight of no more than 8kg, proper drop bars, road bike gears and knobby tyres. In the wider world, there is just such a thing: the cyclocross racing bike. I've known about these machines for years, of course. No serious cyclist could be unaware of this fascinating European off-season winter roady mudrunning short circuit, hurdle jumping cross-over sport. The trouble is, cyclocross has never taken hold in Australia. Here, there's no such thing. But when you think about it, with our rural roads and our endless bush tracks and trails, cyclocross is a natural fit if you can consider taking such a machine off the racing circuit and use it, like me, on dirt roads and tracks instead.
With absolutely no advice at hand, or experience to tap, I took the leap and ordered my Pinarello CX just in time for a week in the forest.
If you have never experienced a cyclocross bike before, you're going to be in for something of a shock. They really are an equal distance of difference from either a road or mountain bike. Like both but unlike either. I can describe the sensations of my first ride from either the perspective of a road or a mountain biker. The picture will be different from each setting.
From the perspective of a road cyclist, the cyclocross bike is high off the ground! It's like riding a giraffe. And the steering is a bit weird. This thing corners and handles differently from anything I have ever ridden before. It dives down hills off the rails that seem to guide the wheels of a slippery sleek road machine. It's a bit frantic. And then there's the brakes… The immediate sensation is that there are none. On top of that, the ride is something of a wallow. Gone is the ultra precision of a stiff, power driving road racing machine. Instead you get the feeling of riding on punctured tyres. There's a huge gap between the feel of 22mm tyres pumped to 120psi and 35mm knobbies floating around at 65psi.
But those sensations of strangeness disappear after only a few km. The next round of sensations to a roadie would be a sense of amazing agility. The thing bounces off road ruts, stones and holes that would cause a road bike to crash. The steering that seemed so strange at first comes home in the ruts. This thing is so secure when things turn rough. But with all that, we roadies will still feel at home with our usual drop bars and capacity to power on the pedals up hills. You can't do that on a mountain bike. All that suspension and way fatter tyres eat all your power.
From the perspective of a mountain biker, and of a rider used to a relatively light weight cross country world cup racing machine, the first sensations of riding a 'cross bike are of rigidity and speed. Even my Fisher Procaliber with suspension locked out is a whale floundering in the shallows compared with this. The first thing a mountain biker will learn is that bigger bumps mean riding off the saddle. But then again, you can ride off the saddle on one of these machines. That's the great thing about drop bars and a rigid frame. There is now a point to standing on the pedals; you get the power that fatter tyres loose. And from the perspective of a mountain biker, the cyclocross bike is ever so light! It's like riding a feather. And as I said, it's way way fast. Faster than any mountain bike could ever be, at least on dirt roads and well formed trails (riding on trackless ground is an entirely different story and for that I will keep my Procaliber).
With those immediate responses to hand, I'd like to close in on the actual machine.
The Pinarello CX Carbon is Pinarello's top end cyclocross racing bike. Pinarello has been in this game for years; its aluminimum CX is something of a mainstay on the 'cross tracks of Europe. The carbon CX was released in early 2008. I got mine in February. Appearance wise, the CX is an obvious relative of Pinarello's Caisse d'Epargne decked road machines. The frame is built from high modulus 30HM12K carbon (able to resist 30tonnes/cm of force and 12 carbon surface wraps) which implies a carbon with lower strength than either the Pinarello Paris (46HM3K – able to resist 46tonnes/cm of force and 3 carbon surface wraps) or the Prince (50HM1K – able to resist 50tonnes/cm of force and 1 carbon surface wrap). The CX has lots of surface wraps to strengthen and adorn its tubes. But it's still a high modulus carbon frame that's light and strong. And very attractive too.
Standard equipment on mine (there are two basic configurations, one with Shimano and the other with mid range Campagnolo gear) is the new Shimano Ultegra SL (lovely deep blue) levers and rear derailleur. The front derailleur is the XT from Shimano's mountain bike range (necessary to cover the wide spread of gears). The crank is a FSA Team Issue with 46/34 rings. Yes, that's right. 46 for the big cog and 36 for the small. That's kind of standard for cyclocross! The rear Ultregra cluster is an 11-27 ten speed block. Pinarello have also equipped my machine with a MOST branded (FSA) aluminium bar and stem combination that is decorated with carbon. Too heavy I think; I have some new carbon parts on order to lighten the weight. The seat post is also a MOST aluminium carbon decorated affair. Probably necessary given the strong potential for a carbon post to break with the pounding that rough roads provide. The standard wheels are a curiosity I think. They are MOST CHALL deep dish aluminium rims. I don't like these at all. They are unnecessarily heavy, crude and, basically dumb. Dumb because they catch all side winds like sails and require inner tubes with extra long stems; which, as I have found, are completely unavailable in Australia. The inner tubes are a source of pain. They are heavy 35-50mm long stem anchors in a place where weight really should be shed. As I simply cannot find long stem tubes of this width, I have upgraded my CX to Dura Ace Rims and more readily available short valve stem tubes. These Dura Ace rims are much lighter too. The standard tyres are Maxis Raze 35mm knobbies. And very good tyres these are too! Lots of grip and just the right width.
Actually, the tyres on a cyclocross bike are probably its most obvious and interesting feature. They are the thing everyone notices first. Way too skinny for a mountain biker and way too fat for a roadie. These 35mm tyres are certainly unique. I have to admit that riders of those dreadful clunky fat wallowing hybrid bikes will be right at home with tyres like these (or at least with vastly cheaper, nastier versions of roughly the same size). But these Maxis tyres are for serious racing business, at least for the more 'off road' inclined circuits. 35mm is the maximum width that the UCI allows in pro racing meetings. 32mm is probably more common. But I like these 35mm tyres for the use I have at hand. They are terrific in sand, mud and on grass. They are fine on a smooth dirt road as well.
And then there are the brakes… Cyclocross bikes all use cantilevers. Those strange wide jawed contraptions that hang way out from the frame. This is all necessary to accommodate the fat tyres and all the mud a 'cross bike will inevitably attract. But they don't stop like real road bike brakes, and certainly not like the stunning disc brake stoppers on my Fisher cross country machine. Cantilevers are a nasty el cheapo blight on any bike, and they certainly are here. The pads grab on the rims so much that you nearly loose control. And when they are not grabbing, their stopping power is only slightly better than putting your feet on the ground. But, sad to say, you do get used to them, in time. You come to know what to expect and I guess you could say that they train you to give braking more respect than we might derive when we are too used to the luxuries of Campagnolo Record or Dura Ace road calipers. The problem, I understand, is that the UCI forbids disc brakes on cyclocross bikes so that's why we are stuck with these dismal affairs. Pinarello does not provide mounting points for disc brakes, I am sad to say; or I'd have upgraded to discs long before now.
I've had five months to firm up my impressions of the Pinarello CX carbon. Let me sum up this way. In those months, my CX has become my main bike… I use it more than my Pinarello Prince or my Pinarello Paris; and my Gary Fisher Procaliber cross country bike is collecting dust. I love my CX with a passion; it's filled the gap I've always suffered here in my home ground of endless rural dirt roads. Now I can head off and explore places once only accessible to nasty noisy motorised trail bikes; or through suffering the weight of a fat flabby mountain bike. I am riding roads and tracks I haven't visited for years. Places where cars are seen at the rate of one per day. Or less. Wonderful endless rides through forests, rural landscapes and into national parks. This is the bike to satisfy my urges to explore. I've put 5,000 km on its clock. And it is holding up well. This is one robust, long term, reliable bicycle to own. I've had it on the tar and across untracked places that I once thought were reserved only for mountain bikes. It takes all these places in its stride. Slightly less comfortable in the rough than a mountain bike, but way faster and more capable. Slightly less fast and precise on the tar, but capable there too. There's no place this thing can't go; and if there is, and here's the thing, you simply dismount and shoulder your mount and take the really seriously rough stuff on foot. Just like they do in cyclocross races. I'd hate to have to shoulder a mountain bike. Way too heavy and cumbersome to carry.
I guess if the dismal circumstance of choice forced me to choose just one bike to own; I'd choose my Pinarello CX Carbon. It's the bike I can take absolutely everywhere. Versatility re-defined. And, I've left the really really good bit to last. The Pinarello CX carbon sells for only AUD$5,000. Kind of less than the $17,000 you will need for the Pinarello Prince or $7,000 for the Fisher Procaliber. Now that seals the deal as far as I am concerned. This is the bike for a lifecycling crank like me. A bike for life and a life of a bike. A total unmitigated winner of a machine. Get yours now!
Two weeks after completing this review, I have had the chance to reflect on my Pinarello CX wheel upgrade from the standard MOST Chall's to Dura Ace scandium tubless rims. I am amazed by the transformation! The Dura Ace wheelset is around 400g lighter but the biggest difference is the ride quality upgrade. I had no idea that the Chall's gave such a rough ride until I tried these Dura Ace wheels. The shift has been like adding suspension. And by way of what might play as a major bonus, when, eventually, someone finally starts to make tubeless cyclocross tyres, these Dura Ace wheels are ready. This is one application of the new tubeless technology that I am sure will work well.
My other upgrade was from the standard MOST bar and stem combination to FSA's amazing integrated Plasma set. The Plasma is FSA's top-end integrated bar (the stem and bars are one unit). It's around 350g and has lovely flats for riding comfortably on the tops and a nice ergonomic curve for riding in the drops. These bars suite me perfectly; plus they look amazing on the CX sharing, as they do, exactly the same paint scheme! So, in short, this $2000 total upgrade is worth every penny. The true potential of this remarkable bike is now all the more apparent.
Finally, following feedback from the original review on my issues with the CX's cantilever brakes, I did some tweaking of toe-in, toe-out on some new multi compound brake pads. The result is no more brake grab and smoother breaking. I would observe, though, that cantilever brakes are very sensitive to fine adjustments and there are lots of bits to adjust. Very finicky!


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Up there you're already accepting that compromises are necessary due to boxing's nature. Something like limited disclosure is just one more compromise. A necessary one, without it it's no testing at all.
Just the Morales and Quillin situations show compromises were made that wouldn't fly elsewhere. Would the Mexican ADA withhold "contaminated beef" sample results from WADA? Would they abort testing for not educating the fighters on banned substances (!?), and destroy already collected samples? In other sports these would be serious allegations, would have to be addressed pronto. Here not a peep, and nobody touched the Quillin thing for 6 months, until Hauser now.
But this is boxing, it's a backwater and assumed corrupt. You wrestle with pigs, you know you're getting dirty. You think the mainstream would be shocked that elite boxers were juicing lol? It is assumed they are. Holyfield was a bigger star, didn't really bring him down. The only reason Floyd would be a bigger story is because it came with years of fingerpointing. A cheat is bad enough, a hypocritical one is just gross.
Limited disclosure is not close to the same thing. Is j-walking the same as setting someone on fire~ both are crimes. Drug testers only jobs are to test for drugs and disclose the results anything that compromises that is a big deal. How they decide to test matters and some ways are better than others but doing it a different way in boxing is not logical currently.
Mexico did deal with WADA and they let their Senior Mens soccer team off completely free, for the same stuff Morales got popped for and used the same excuse. So the Morales thing is not black and white there is some precedence for that.
The Holyfield stuff was pre baseball steroid scandal, people care more now, sure PED had been a problem for decades before but that was when people started to really care. You are right that boxing is a dirty corrupt game and no one would be surprised with anyone doing anything wrong. USADA isn't boxing though~
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SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL: Hi. Let's get back to business.
Tomorrow we're going to be down for a couple of days in Mexico City.
And there are three I think really critical focuses of what we're -- what we're going to be talking about -- and I think (inaudible) as to why I put a priority on this.
You know, this is my first trip south of the border as the secretary of defense -- and here's just a little background. I've been to most of the countries in Central America; I've not been to Nicaragua.
I've been to Guatemala, I've been to Honduras, I've been to Panama and Costa Rica. I've not been to Nicaragua, but I've been to most of the Latin America countries.
I'm trying to think of which ones I've not been to -- Bolivia, though -- I've not been to Bolivia. (Inaudible).
Three things that I'm going to try to emphasize here - the main reasons.
One is just the continuation of what President Obama did when he was down here earlier this year - the North American Leadership Conference leadership and leaders (inaudible) -- that is a focus on regions; the importance of a region.
That our neighbors in Honduras just now have (inaudible) to go down to Guatemala because the issues (inaudible). And I don't think over the years we've probably ever done enough to reach out to -- to our Latin American partners.
One of the things (inaudible) a pretty good relationship and places that get most of the attention around the world are the trouble spots.
So, the good news here is that we -- we -- we've had pretty good relationship with them and we'll continue to have (inaudible). So, focus on the relationship.
And -- and next week -- the region itself has (inaudible) relationship. In particular, this trilateral relationship - you know, this is the second of (inaudible) a regional initiative bringing together every other year and meeting of the ministers like (inaudible).
I think it's important we keep that going. And if we -- if we kind of think of the (inaudible), when we strengthen that little substance with -- muscle and sinew and (inaudible) thing we can do right now.
I'll be adjusting a -- a couple of things that need (inaudible).
I think the other thing that is important here is (inaudible) the continuation of what we're doing around the world through capacity building -- helping our neighbors, our friends, our partners build their own capabilities and build capacity.
You know, we've got an exercise for Guatemala and we've been doing (inaudible) important things to carry through (inaudible). Unfortunately, I think that (inaudible) down there (inaudible).
So, there's nothing like actually coming out and spending some time in these countries -- they can see that we're committed to carrying through with these programs.
Now, but I -- but I -- but I do feel strongly that you all know -- we've talked about it; (inaudible) our partners. And it's really critically important to our future and I think (inaudible).
Those three areas are, I think, the primary areas of focus. Then we'll fill in all the other gaps and initial (inaudible).
QUESTION: (Inaudible) capacity building in Guatemala?
SEC. HAGEL: Yeah, we're doing more and more capacity building there, too. I mean, you know (inaudible) -- Black Hawk (inaudible) power line
I think we've got many things we're looking at. We'll be looking at (inaudible), reviewing different ways where we can cooperate -- we can do more, should do more.
It's clearly an (inaudible). We'll talk about that more.
QUESTION: (Inaudible) doing a joint exercise? Because I don't (inaudible) there's ever been any (inaudible).
SEC. HAGEL: Well, no -- I think this is -- I'm not aware of any joint exercises (inaudible) in the recent past.
So, this is an area that I think we ought to look at for sure - (inaudible) -- there's a lot of opportunity for that.
You know, it looks good on the Pacific; there's a lot of areas right there where we could be doing more together.
So, I -- I think again, these forums, as brief as they are, they allow you to really get into the depth of the exploration of "why don't we try this" or "what about this" or "let's look at this."
And then you (inaudible) out all those pieces. You know, we don't have to wait forever -- another year to do that, easily.
(Inaudible) a commitment to go forward and maybe check something (inaudible). (inaudible).
That's why these things are valuable -- because we can sit down together and kick around why it would end normal (inaudible).
Some of them will be (inaudible) by all these things. But it'll be (inaudible).
And you only have - (inaudible).
So, there are only four of us (inaudible).
QUESTION: There's a lot of U.S. (inaudible) active in the (inaudible) lately -- China has been more active over the last few years; Russia's been more active; (inaudible) in Latin America (inaudible).
Does that sort of put pressure on the (inaudible) down here (inaudible)?
SEC. HAGEL: Well, as you know, Mexico -- the relationship with the U.S. and Mexico has always been (inaudible).
There's - (inaudible), that's part of the history.
But for the last (inaudible) years, certainly, the relationship has gone downhill.
And other nations who are interested, whether it's China or Iran or other nations (inaudible) Western Hemisphere, I don't think that's surprising.
Mexico is a large country -- resources (inaudible); energy resources to add to their strength and potential.
And so, I think the world that we live in -- we do it; other nations do it. We're all totally focused (inaudible) the world. So, I don't think we should be surprised by that.
Our trying to step up the relationships in these areas are not the result of trying to keep anybody out or push anybody away. So, we're a country who -- who -- who leads markets (inaudible).
And we can't lead markets and trade without stability and security. So, what we're doing -- it is not in any way related to try to push anybody out or -- or intimidate any countries not to trade with another country or things like that.
So, we couldn't do that anyway, (inaudible). We'd have to be shortsighted and self-defeating.
But (inaudible) to bring our relationships together. (Inaudible) more together; it shouldn't be (inaudible).
We have common interests, common challenges, common threats. We share 2,000 miles of waterway with them. And (inaudible) an issue -- but it's more than that.
QUESTION: Okay, one of the areas...
STAFF: Last one.
QUESTION: Okay, one of the areas that I know that you'll talk about is humanitarian assistance and (inaudible) response.
What will -- some of the other areas that both countries have problems (inaudible) crime and drugs. So, will we be helping build capacity for those areas, do you think? Or more military?
SEC. HAGEL: Well, we already talked about capacity, humanitarian -- like I did (inaudible) -- I might be (inaudible).
Because the reality is, as Michael said in a way, natural disasters know no boundaries; crime has no real boundaries now, and (inaudible) no boundaries.
So, these are all common interests that we have -- and the militaries can, because of their relationship, not only ask that (inaudible) control and (inaudible) relationship, but provide -- and it does provide, essentially, the first kind of relationship with the ability to look at anything.
So, there -- there are ways we can all be cooperating military to military (inaudible) military.
We can be doing more, (inaudible) and -- and sharing more and connecting more. And -- and so, we're going to -- we're going to explore that.
So, that could be an area -- that could be a very tangible focus because it's not easy when you (inaudible).
And, you know, (inaudible) little disagreement on you help your people, you help each other -- what's going on with this Malaysia Airline (inaudible).
There are certain things where -- where we can cooperate and move forward. And that leads to other things, too.
You know, somebody said once that when you trade with each other, especially with military to military relationships or when you're buying assets from different countries, you don't need a brilliant blueprint necessarily into their strategic thinking because there's an obvious strategic dynamic that kind of (inaudible) together when you're cooperating on different things.
Now, each country doesn't have to give away their secret, of course. And there are only (inaudible) -- that's okay.
But in the world that we live in today and (inaudible) into, we're going to have to pick the pace up on all of this (inaudible) before we have these common interests (inaudible).
STAFF: Thank you - good?
HAGEL: Thank you. Okay, we'll -- we'll see you (inaudible).


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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Moore's law is not keeping pace with the growing needs of the still-young market for cloud services, a Google manager told executives at the annual Industry Strategy Symposium here. He called for a suite of innovations in processors, memories, interconnects, and packaging.
"The slowdown in Moore's law and the growth of cloud services has brought us to an inflection point," said Prasad Sabada, a senior director of operations who oversees sourcing for Google's data center hardware. "The game is changing again and we need the industry to respond in a meaningful way."
Specifically, he called for processors optimized to reduce latency in context switching and other operations key to Google's actual workloads. "We've seen many processors optimized for Spec [a synthetic benchmark], but at Google, our workloads differ significantly from Spec."
Google also wants memory chips with lower latency. "We can get as much bang for the buck improving memory latency as processor performance," said Sabada, pointing to promising work on new memory architectures.
Nearly a year ago, rival Facebook came out in support of Intel's 3D XPoint memories, which promise improvements over today's NAND flash. Intel started limited sampling of the chips late last year.
In interconnects, today's typical "processor bus has a lot of overhead accessing I/O and accelerator devices" and is not suited to emerging memory architectures, he said. In addition, optical interfaces such as silicon photonics are needed to link servers in the data center.
Sabada called out IBM's OpenCAPI interface as one effort it supports. He did not mention two separate efforts launched last year, CCIX and GenZ, for open interfaces for accelerators and storage-class memories, respectively.
Next page: Google seeks lower-cost 2.5D chip stacks


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One of the great mysteries of the Bucks off season appears to have reached its conclusion.
Darington Hobson has finally been signed. Tiny Gallon? Not so much.
Hobson's signing pushes the Bucks roster to its regular season 15-man limit, which likely means Gallon will be playing elsewhere this season. Whether that is Europe or in another NBA city remains to be seen. The Bucks certainly can bring more than 15 players to training camp as they did last season, but guaranteed contracts do the talking in the NBA and Hobson's is the 15th.
If Gallon ends up in Europe or the D-League for the duration of 2010-11, his rights will remain with the Bucks. Gallon has become a bit of an uncertainty since his well received June drafting. The Bucks have loaded up on power forwards this summer and Gallon's play in summer league was inconsistent. He showed signs as a rebounder and scorer around the rim, but struggled to finish on his post moves and often drifted around the perimeter. Receiving a tongue lashing after just one game with regard to his effort and attitude from Glen Davis could have been perceived as a negative too. If a rookie has problems with attitude and focus while trying to solidify a spot, what will he do when he gets guaranteed money?
So while Gallon still appears to have potential that is eclipsed only by his weight, he does have some things to work on. If he does end up in Europe, that would be an encouraging sign for those who hope the Bucks hold on to him. Free development while not taking up a roster spot has a lot more upside than downside and, in the case of Ersan Ilyasova, has served the Bucks well before. Of course, it's worked against the Bucks too (see Griffith, Rashard). It's likely that if Gallon does land in Europe, it won't be more than a short excursion though. and he'll look to return next season. But don't think you've heard the last of Gallon.
He is sure to keep us all updated on how misunderstood he is when he does start on his professional journey though, as he's an exceptionally active Tweeter. And with a tag like "WeHateTiny23", going unsigned is sure to add more fuel to that fire that Gallon apparently uses to motivate himself. Whether that results in a productive NBA player remains to be seen.
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Jeremy Schmidt writes the Milwaukee Bucks blog Bucksketball.com