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Garry Neill Kennedy's The Last Art College provides a snapshot of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design from 1968 to 1978. The books seeks to answer how a small art college in Nova Scotia became the epicentre of art education--and to a large extent of the postmimimalist and conceptual art world itself--in the 1960s and 1970s.
In the year since its publication by MIT Press, the book has amassed a posse of solid reviews and made the Institute of Contemporary Arts' Book of the Year list. A review in The Architect's Newspaper calls it "Kennedy's greatest work to date as a conceptual artist. He has found a way to make the college's vision and material production stand the test of time."
Reached by phone in Vancouver where he was team teaching a graduate seminar at Emily Carr University of Art + Design with his wife Cathy Busby, the venerable former president spoke about the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design then and now. He is now in Europe where he is talking about the book to students at the University of Leeds, Teesside University and the Royal College of Art.
The following Q and A is based on an email and phone conversation.
Where did the title, The Last Art College, come from?
It came as a result of a conversation that we (Roger Conover and his wife Eda Cufer, my wife, Cathy Busby and me) had at the Algonquin Hotel, St. Andrews N.B. as that was half-way point between the residence of my editor, who lives in Freeport, Maine, and my home in Halifax N.S. Several ideas for titles of the book were tossed around—remembering that MIT Press had already published books on the Bauhaus in Germany and Black Mountain College in the States— and more recently published The Art School (2011) for which I wrote a testimonial on its back cover. What has been the reaction to the title?
There have been various responses to the title. At first MIT marketers had a problem with it as art schools are very popular these days —and they worried that it would be a hard sell. But I said that all one has to do is flip through the book and it would be clear (to anyone who knows anything about art or art education or who went to NSCAD) that that there would be nothing to compare to it in the future. It was "an artists-run art college."
What made those years so special?
We were aware that what we were doing was distinctive and important. (In the book, GNK elaborates on his vision to "create conditions" whereby the best young artists from North America and Europe would make both long and short visits. Also, he sought to attract active professional artists and designers as permanent faculty.)
To me, it's not enough that visiting artists come and give a talk about their work. They've got to come and do something with the students. Make a book. Make a print edition. Organize an exhibition. Do something! And so they came and they were part of the program.
It would seem that the college's location in Halifax was a disadvantage in terms of plugging into the contemporary art scene. But you didn't see it that way. Why not?
In a talk given at the college in November 1969, the New York critic Lucy Lippard described the special and somewhat paradoxical possibilities of the times. By sidestepping traditional art institutions with their rigid and controlling hierarchies, she argued, visual artists could be more innovative. She pointed to the unique opportunities available to artists working in environments that lacked the structures and attendant limitations of more established art centres … that fit with my thinking, there were few barriers to break down, few art traditions to uphold. There was no city or provincial art gallery, and there were no curators and few critics.
What do you hope the reader will get from reading your book?
Some people see the book as a challenge. We discussed it recently at a meeting of students and faculty at the Otis art Institute in LA and one faculty member said that it was a challenge to try to better.
Are there any lessons for NSCAD today from the NSCAD of the past?
There are a lot of lessons. The central one is to avoid debt. The NSCAD of today somehow got itself into debt. In all my years at the helm, the Board saw that one of its primary responsibilities was to keep the college out of debt.
Debt is very simple. You spend more than you have. We never spent more than we had—NEVER! If you allowed a corporation to get into debt then it's vulnerable to a takeover. The same goes for art colleges.
The other thing is to stay focused on what you do best. Don't have too many courses, too many departments. Stick to art and craft and design. If you get involved in too many things, then you're going to have problems.
I think the school could be better. I think there's a lot people can learn from the book.
The How did a small art college in Nova
Scotia become the epicenter of art education—and to a large extent of
the postmimimalist and conceptual art world itself—in the 1960s and
1970s? Like the unorthodox experiments and rich human resources that
made Black Mountain College an improbable center of art a generation
earlier, the activities and artists at Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design (aka NSCAD) in the 1970s redefined the means and methods of art
education and the shape of art far beyond Halifax.
The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1969–1978 by Garry Neill Kennedy
Publication details: Hardcover, 480 pages, 191 color illus., 410 b&w illus., 8.5 x 11". ISBN: 978-0-262-01690-2 Price: $60 Publication Date: April 2012
Co-Published by MIT Press and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia


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Brewing All Grain with Mr. Beer
After brewing with Mr. Beer for a few years, I started thinking about upgrading to a more advanced home-brewing system. Instead I decided to try out some more advanced brewing options with the Mr. Beer equipment I already own. So I headed over to Mr Beer Fans for a few pointers then I found a 2-gallon recipe for Nut Brown Ale at Cats Meow 3 (a beer recipe database). With recipe in hand, I ran over to my local homebrew store where I ended up with a bag full of grain, an ounce of hops, and some yeast. It turns out you don't actually need a 2 gallon recipe, as they'll put your recipe into their system and tell you how much of each ingredient you need to make a 2-gallon batch instead of the usual five.
I'm up to my fifth batch of All Grain beer now, so I'm no expert. I've been refining my process as I get more experience and read more about brewing so I'm going to go over what I've done, and how my beer turned out.
First off we need a few reference materials:
- The Recipe (of course)
- Mr. Beer Instructions (Not pictured because I pretty much know them by heart. We won't be following these to the letter but the general procedure is close)
- The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian. This book spells out the process of homebrewing step by step, it's a great reference manual. Another great place with step-by-step procedures is howtobrew.com.
Next up we need some equipment:
- Mr. Beer Keg
- 3-gallon pot (or Larger) (2 pots makes some of theses steps much easier)
- Metal spoon or whisk
- Food Thermometer
- Hydrometer
- Tablespoon
- Easy Clean Sanitizer (or another sanitizer such as One Step, which is what Mr. Beer Uses)
- Plate (For sanitized surface)
And one of the following
- Mash Tun
- Cheesecloth and Colander (or just a colander with a very fine mesh)
- Grain Sack
Next we need our Ingredients (the ingredients pictured to the right are actually from a pale ale I made a few months ago, hence the light grains and large amount of hops):
- 2.4 lb. of Pale Ale Malt (Malted Barley)
- .4 lb. of Crystal 80 (Malted Barley)
- .25 lb. of Roasted Barley
- .5 cup of Dark Molasses
- .5 oz Willamette hops
- Ale yeast
Finally, the most important thing we need is a glass of home brew, or at least a good craft beer, to help inspire this beer we're making to be as good as it can be.
According to the Mr Beer Instructions, there are four steps to brewing beer:
- Sanitizing
- Brewing
- Bottling
- Conditioning
While this is technically true, you actually have to sanitize twice, once before brewing and once before bottling (and really any other time that you think something might not be clean enough). So really I'd say there are three steps and sanitizing is part of the Brewing and Bottling steps.
There are two different ways to homebrew beer. The first way is Malt Extract Brewing, which is what the Mr. Beer kit's use. Malt Extract is either a canned or dried extract of malted barley that might or might not already contain hops. It's a condensed version of the result of the first few steps of All-Grain Brewing, which is the second type of homebrewing and is what we're doing Today. Malt Extract Brewing is faster and easier than All-Grain, but you don't want the neighbors to look down on your lack of brewing prowess, so we had to make the switch to All-Grain.
1) Sanitizing
Sanitizing is one of the most important steps in the brewing process, which might be the reason that Mr. Beer gave it it's own section. This step kills any wild yeast, bacteria, or mold that can create off flavors in your beer by fermenting your beer instead of the cultured yeast that you'll add at the end of the brewing process. There are a few ways to sanitize your equipment such as using a bleach solution, but the easiest way is by using a no rinse cleanser like One Step or Easy Clean. Add a gallon or two of water and 1 tablespoon per gallon of your no rinse cleanser to your largest container that you'll be using today (most likely your pot). Swirl the liquid around to be sure that all the surfaces are covered, add your metal spoon, tablespoon, and thermometer and let it sit for at least 10 minutes. After 10 minutes pour a little of the solution onto a plate and then put your sanitized utensils on the plate, and pour the rest of the sanitizer into your next biggest container, repeat this until everything is sanitized, be sure to let some of it flow through the tap on your Mr. Beer fermentor. One other tip, never run the vacuum while you're making beer, it will kick bacteria into the air, which could ruin all your hard work.
2) The Mash
The Mash is basically like making tea (called wort) from malted barley. In this step we're going to soak the grains in 5 quarts of 153 degree water for 2 hours (according to the Papazian book you should only need to do this for up to an hour, but I'm following the recipe). This does two things, the water extracts starches from the grains, and enzymes in the barley convert the starches into fermentable sugars. The enzymes work best when the temperature is between 150 and 158 degrees, which is the reason why the water must be held at 153 degrees. The Mashin temperature (temp the recipe wants us to start the Mash at) is listed as 132 degrees which I imagine is for a protein rest (allowing your grains to soak at a temp between 113-131 degrees which allows other enzymes to break down proteins in your grain to reduce protein haze), but this is unnecessary for fully modified grain, which includes everything but the Roasted Barley in our recipe. So, I'm going to skip this step because I'm not overly concerned with haze in a dark beer.
I've used two ways to hold the temperature, the first way was simply by heating the water to about 10-15 degrees above the desired temperature and then adding the grains to the pot (either in a grain sack or loose). The temperature of the water will drop about 10-15 degrees once the grains are added. I then checked the temp, and if it was 153 I'd take the pot off the stove, rap it in a few blankets, and let it sit, checking the temp periodically. Once the temperature drops below 150 I put it back on the stove to heat it back up.
The second way is by using a mash tun. A mash tun is really just a cooler, in my case a 5-gallon drink cooler with a modified spigot. I found the instructions on homebrewtalk.com. I put the grains into the cooler, and then added my water heated to about 165. The mash tun can hold the temperature much better than the pot covered with blankets but when it's in there for 2 hours the temperature will drop a bit. To heat it back up I drained some of the wort into a pot, heated it up to around 160 and added it back in, this seemed to work pretty well.
At this point we're at the step listed as the mash out in the directions. What we do here is raise the Temperature of our mash to 168 degrees for 5 minutes. In the case of using the mash tun I drained off a little wort heated it and added it back until I hit 170. This step causes the enzymes in the wort to stop the starch to sugar conversion.
3) Wort Separation and Sparging
Wort Separation is exactly what it sounds like, separating the liquid from the grains. In my case my mash tun has a strainer (stainless steal braid) attached to the inside of the spigot, which allows me to simply drain the cooler to separate the liquid. If you used a grain sack you can just pull the grains out otherwise you'll have to separate the grains by pouring the wort through a strainer (I covered one with cheese cloth when I've done this in the past otherwise you'll get a lot of sediment in your beer unless your strainer has very small holes).
Sparging is the process of rinsing the grains with more hot water to drain off any of the sugars that didn't wash away during the separation, in the case of the this recipe 2.5 gallons of 165 degree water (My pot can only hold 3 gallons so I actually only used 1.5 gallons). The method of sparging I used here is called batch sparging, the other method used is called fly sparging. Fly sparging involves slowly draining your wort as you slowly sprinkle hot water over your grains. Batch sparging is faster and easier but might not be as efficient as fly sparging. With my mash tun that simply means pouring the water in, letting it sit for a few minutes and then draining it. If you strained your loose grains you can either pour the water through your grains or add the grains to the additional water and then strain them again. If you used a grain sack you can let it soak for a few minutes and then remove it from the water. A grain sack might seem like the way to go, compared to having the grains loose, but the problem that I ran into was that the grains don't mix with the water as well when it's in the bag and I ended up with a lower alcohol beer because of it. Either that or I wrapped them up too tightly.
4) The Boil!
In this step we have to boil the wort for an hour and a half. This step serves a few purposes it ensures that the starch to sugar conversion has stopped and it kills any bacteria that might still exist in the wort. This is also the step where we add the hops and any additional sweeteners, in our case the molasses (which I actually forgot this time). The molasses can be added at the beginning but the recipe calls for the hops to be added 30 minutes before the end of the boil. Adding hops at different points in the boil will actually impart different properties into our beer. Hops added at the end of the boil are known as aroma hops, because along with a little bitterness they add a nice hoppy aroma to your beer. Hops added toward the beginning of the boil are known as bittering hops, because they will add bitterness (more bitterness the longer they boil) to the beer but any aroma from the hops will be boiled away. Willamette hops (the one we're using in this beer) is typically used as an aroma hop, but with only a half ounce and 30 minutes before the end of the boil it won't impart much aroma, but we're making a brown ale so we're not looking for a lot of hoppyness.
5) Cooling
After the boil we move the wort into the keg, but first we need to cool it down to at least 75 degrees as quickly as possible. We need to do this quickly for two reasons, first hot, but not boiling, wort will produce dimethyl sulfide which will add off flavors to your beer, and second while your beer is between about 90 and 140 degrees it is especially susceptible to bacteria. There are many products available to help with this, such as immersion chillers and counterflow chillers, but I've just been allowing my brew pot to float in a cooler full of ice water.
Now that the wort is chilled, we need to Carefully pour it into the Mr. Beer Fermentor, I say carefully because otherwise it'll get very messy. Then, fill your hydrometer and let it sit during the next step, and record your Specific Gravity. When bottling, you'll do this again to determine your alcohol content.
6) Pitching the Yeast
As much fun as hurling the yeast into the fermentor might sound, in this case pitching the yeast simply means pouring the yeast into the fermentor. There are many different kinds of yeast and they come in both liquid and dehydrated form. There are many more styles of liquid yeasts available than dehydrated, but because I've always used dehydrated yeast with Mr. Beer I've decided stuck with that for now. Fermentis Safale S-04 English Ale yeast in particular.
After we add the yeast we should let it sit for a few minutes and then stir the wort vigorously to oxygenate it and then put the lid on. The fermentor should then be placed in a location with a stable temperature around 60-70 degrees for around 1-2 weeks.
After fermentation has completed comes the last two steps in the process, Bottling and Conditioning, but because they're both exactly the same for All-Grain as they are for Mr. Beer's kits, I'll let you follow their instructions.
I have to say this is my best beer since I've started brewing all-grain. It's a little darker than I wanted in a Nut Brown, it has a smooth dry roasted flavor more along the lines of a porter or a stout. Next up I'm making a Banana Cream Stout, that might sound a little weird and who knows if I'll actually end up with any banana flavor, but as a home brewer I get to make whatever pops into my head. And after that I'm making a Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA clone.
Now, it's time for me to, as Charlie Papazian says, "Relax. Don't Worry. Have a Homebrew".
Editor's Note : This article was discussed on our podcast, The Gunaxin Show.

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Kanye West has collaborated with shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti yet again to create 'Cruel Summer', a sleek stiletto crafted to celebrate G.O.O.D music's latest release:
The ivory beauts boast two straps, a reasonable heel, and leaves reminiscent of the Grecian art on the album cover.
Call me crazy, but these are kind of hot! They definitely seem more wearable that Kanye's last design–hopefully they'll be more affordable as well.
What do you think? Would you wear them?
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Mallaghan decision costly for Tyrone
Tyrone's hopes of reaching the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football Final were dashed by a more robust, focused Mayo side who triumphed by 2-13 to 2-8 in a frenetic semi-final at Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan.
And while Tyrone were left to lick their physical wounds, they were also coping with psychological scars following an indifferent performance from referee Tony Clarke (Dublin).
Tyrone players and officials were less than impressed with his handling of the game and not merely because Red Hands goalkeeper Elaine Mallaghan was sin-binned shortly before the interval after the outstanding Cora Staunton drilled home a penalty.
Staunton's verbal onslaught following the conversion of the kick elicited a reaction from Mallaghan - and Tyrone paid the penalty for her subsequent absence.
Yet the sides were deadlocked at 1-5 each at halftime, Cathy Donnelly having fired in Tyrone's goal with Gemma Begley again a big force in their attack.
Even without Niamh Woods and Emer Teague, Tyrone still played with spirit and gusto but with Staunton irrepressible - she scored 1-8 in all - Mayo moved into a commanding position.
It was not until the concluding stages that Begley smacked home a penalty to give the final scoreline a rather more respectable look but the fact that several refereeing decision seemed to go against them appeared to impact on Tyrone's morale.
Meanwhile, in the Tyrone Senior Football Championship, Cookstown are through to the semi-finals following their fine win over Edendork and join Dromore in the last four.
But the Errigan Ciaran v Donaghmore match is still unresolved.
Last weekend the game was postponed because of a bereavement suffered by the Donaghmore club and on Saturday night the fixture had to be abandoned at halftime after an Errigan Ciaran player Paul Quinn took ill in the dressing room.
A member of the Donaghmore team who was a doctor attended to him and he was taken to hospital for observation.
At that stage Donaghmore were leading by 1-6 to 0-6, Seamus Mulgrew having scored their goal but the game will now be replayed next Friday night in Omagh.
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UW Husky baseball returns to Safeco Field for 6th straight season
Huskies take on UCLA on Friday, May 11th
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The University of Washington Huskies baseball team will play once again at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners, when they take on the UCLA Bruins at 6pm on Friday, May 11.
The last five springs, the Huskies have played Pac-12 Conference games at Safeco Field – vs. OSU (2007, 2009, 2011), Arizona (2008), Arizona State (2009), Stanford (2010).
Tickets for Friday's game are available at the Husky Ticket Office, online at www.ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 206-543-2200. The Husky Ticket Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm (phones 8:30am to 4:30pm).
General admission tickets are $8 apiece and group tickets are available at $5 each for groups of 15 or more (must be purchased in advance through the Husky Ticket Office). Diamond Club seating is also available for $30 and includes reserved seating behind home plate, access to a cash bar with drinks and concessions, and use of the Diamond Club Lounge. Call the Husky Ticket Office at 206-543-2200 for more information.
Parking in the Safeco Field garage, located off Edgar Martinez Dr., is $5 per vehicle. The Home Plate Gate of Safeco Field opens to the public at 4:30pm, 90 minutes before game time.
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Greg Oden: Knee Procedure Is Last-Ditch Effort to Revive Failed NBA CareerMay 18, 2012
It's been almost five years since the Portland Trail Blazers made Greg Oden the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft.
Injuries have made Oden a bust in every sense of the word, but Oden is giving it one more shot in an attempt to revive what has been a failed NBA career to date.
ESPN's Chris Broussard reported that Oden recently underwent a knee procedure—his fifth knee surgery in five years—that will hopefully allow him to return to the NBA at full strength.
According to Broussard, the procedure on Oden's left knee, known as Orthokine, is the same procedure that Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant and New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez say took years of wear off their bodies.
"Greg had long planned to have this procedure done,'' one of Broussard's sources said. "He thought he'd wait until his knee was completely healed, but the doctor said Greg would get the greatest benefit by doing it now because it would help his recovery.''
For Oden's sake, hopefully it works out, as he's running out of time to keep his NBA career afloat.
The 7' Oden is not considering retirement, as there have been rumors lately that he's very interested in signing with the Miami Heat.
Oden is an unrestricted free agent, and if healthy, he could help one of a number of NBA teams. Currently, there's no timetable for his return, but he could be back in an NBA uniform by the middle of next season.
In four NBA seasons, Oden has played in a total of only 82 games, averaging just 9.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
While all of the injuries likely mean that Oden will never be the player that he was at Ohio State, he is long, and teams around the league can always use length. If anything, he should be able to help a team in need of rebounding and a shot-blocking presence.
But until he stays healthy, there will always be questions about Oden's health and how much he can offer to any team. Until he proves that he's a reliable option, it will be tough imagining Oden having a major role on any team, at least in the foreseeable future.
Until then, you can't help but admire the guy for not giving up.
Oden's tale is a sad one, as injuries all but crippled what could have been a productive NBA player.
The odds are against him, as there's just been too much damage to those knees. The wear and tear an NBA player's knees endure—especially someone as big and heavy as Oden—is great, and even though he may have a big heart, if Oden can't run and jump effectively, he's really not much of an option.
Maybe he turns himself into a role player who gives a team a few minutes a night, but becoming a star isn't very likely, which means either way, Oden will be looked at as a bust.
At the end of the day, this is likely Oden's very last shot to turn a failed NBA career into something positive. Let's hope he does, but that mountain may be too tall to climb.


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Problem Adjusting the Toolchain
Hi to all. I'm installing Linux from scratch using the LFS BOOK 6.7 and the the package LFS 6.7
I'm having a problem in Adjusting the Toolchain. When i type:
$LFS_TGT-gcc -dumpspecs | sed \
[lfs@alex-laptop tools]$ sudo $LFS_TGT-gcc -dumpspecs | sed -e 's@/lib\(64\)\?/ld@/tools&@g' -e "/^\*cpp:$/{n;s,$, -isystem /tools/include,}" > $SPECS
$ sudo $LFS_TGT-gcc -dumpspecs | sed -e 's@/lib\(64\)\?/ld@/tools&@g' -e "/^\*cpp:$/{n;s,$, -isystem /tools/include,}" > $SPECS
Where in the book does it say you have to use sudo? The whole LFS book is done by 2 users, without ever using sudo. These users are lfs for chapter 5 and root (from within a chrooted environment) for chapter 6.
Hope this helps.
Without SUDO i have the same problem.
Then you forgot one or more steps leading up to this error. If you have to change any of the commands that are in the book to make things work then something is wrong and you should fix the problem before continuing.
Without knowing what you did and didn't do, I would suggest revisiting all the previous chapters to find out which mistake was made.
An educated guess would be the chown commands in 4.3. Adding the LFS User. If that is the case, you need to start over from 4.3 and remove all you already did from chapter 5.
Thanks to all. I did the same things done in the book but i can't access it too
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It didn't take long for powerful Tinsley Carmichael to tell Callie their sweet-faced new roommate was really a manipulative skank. So what if Tinsley herself stole a guy out from under their other roommate, Brett Messerschmidt's, perky little nose?
Then Callie and Tinsley threw Jenny and Brett out of their ultra-exclusive club. And just like that, it was war.
Now the four roommates have been split up across enemy lines - Jenny and Callie are living together in Dumbarton 303, and Brett and Tinsley are seemingly miles away downstairs. What will happen when Easy sneaks in to see Jenny...but finds Callie instead? And what if Brett discovers the one secret Tinsley's kept hidden for years?
Everyone at Waverly is watching and whispering. With girls this wild, anything can happen, but only one can be it.
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A Minnesota Senate panel has advanced an effort to ban synthetic marijuana and other similar drugs.
The Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee voted Thursday to consider the measure as part of a broader drug policy bill.
Under the bill, possession of synthetic marijuana and other substances would be a misdemeanor. The sale of such products would also be illegal. Republican Sen. Carla Nelson of Rochester said it's wrong that stores can now sell synthetic marijuana as a harmless products, such as as incense or bath salts.
"According to our current laws, these substances are legal," Nelson said. "And the goal of my legislation is to get these off the shelves of our stores. These ought not be legal products. They are not harmless."
The Minnesota House passed a similar stand-alone bill earlier this session. The House also added the language to a Health and Human Services budget bill earlier this week.


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Last year Chaser was a limited edition enthusiast case (the Chaser MK-I). Given the popularity of that model, Thermaltake decided to take the dive and expand that look into a whole family of bold designs. Particularly eye-catching is the new Chaser A31, priced at around $80. It features bold blue and white styling and an eye-catching front plate, along with two USB 3.0 slots.
Chaser A31 Thunder (left) and Snow (right)
The larger members of the family -- the A41 ($100) and the a71 ($160) -- come with four USB 3.0 ports and the ability to support water cooling (which the A31 lacks).
The rest of the Chaser line [Image Source: Jason Mick/DailyTech LLC]
All members of the family have removeable drive bay cages, in case you want to parlay having an excess of storage for having a bit more free case space. Thermaltake also made a calculated decision to cover the drive bays in the new case, saving the plastic window for just the internals. A company representative said that the company realized that there's no need for a see-through panel to view the blasé drive bays.
Thermaltake is also introducing the "Urban Simplicity" family, which will include four cases. The S71, S41, S31, and S21 will be available for $160, $130, $90, and $70 USD, repsectively.
The componentmaker says the new chassis desgns embody its aim of "sleek and simple" designs, and were formulated not to clash with the bolder Chaser series.
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Fours hours of debate at the Northern Ireland Assembly over the Haass plan have resulted in disarray after MLAs voted down every proposal.
A Sinn Féin motion called for steps towards implementing Dr Richard Haass' proposals on flags, parading and dealing with the legacy of the Troubles.
Gerry Kelly said republicans were prepared to accept the plan despite its flaws.
But it was rejected, as were amendments put forward by the UUP, DUP and Alliance.
Earlier, Sinn Fein's Caitriona Ruane accused the DUP and Ulster Unionists of a "failure of leadership".
First Minister Peter Robinson said the Sinn Fein motion was divisive. He said his party's amendment recognised issues still had to be resolved.
"A deal that simply brings Sinn Fein and the SDLP along is not going to work," he said. "You can hide behind Haass as much as you like but in six months, a year, we are going to have to come back to these issues."
The leaders of the five main parties are due to meet this week to discuss the way ahead.
Mr Robinson said a new working group could be chaired by Secretary of State Teresa Villiers, joking that it would be "inhumane" to ask Dr Haass and Dr Meghan O'Sullivan to return to Northern Ireland.
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Q I have a HP Pavilion laptop with a Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN and Realtek RTL8139/810X FamilyFast Ethernet NIC. I've fallen for Puppy Linux, but when I run the connection wizard and install a module, which I'm told is installed correctly, it asks me to try a new one when I try to connect. What do I do?
A Realtek cards use either the 8139too or 8139cp module, while Broadcom wireless cards usually use the b43 module. There are a couple of tests you can do to see which is running - all these commands should be typed in a root terminal and run as the root administrator, so type su first and give your root password. Then run:
modprobe -l | grep 8139 modprobe -l | grep b43 lsmod | grep 8139 lsmod | grep b43
Modprobe -l lists all the modules available on your system and lsmod lists all the modules that are currently loaded. Both are filtered by grep. Ideally, the b43 module should show up in both lists. If it's available but it isn't loaded, run this:
modprobe -v b43
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ndiswrapper -i /path/to/driver.inf ndiswrapper -l
The first command adds the driver, the second lists all loaded drivers and the one you just added should appear here. Now tell the system to not use the b43 driver by adding "blacklist b43" to /etc/modprobe.conf with:
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All week long the City of Maitland celebrates Founder's Week. The celebrating ends with a bang, a party at beautiful Lake Lily Park. Food and fun go on all day, with the night bringing a free movie in the park – The Sandlot. Bring your chairs or blanket and stroll from Thurston House bed & breakfast to this once a year happening….fun for all! Lots more to do in the area so make a weekend of it.
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I am new to web-services and infact got the concept from
seminars.As per my understanding till now with the help of
the webservices i can do interact among various applications written in various languages.Is it doing the
same job as corba will do?Please give me the details
of the sources where i can find the same.
regards vicky
Will web-services do same job as Corba? (3 messages)
- Posted by: vicky kak
- Posted on: December 26 2001 08:25 EST
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- Will web-services do same job as Corba? by Francis Ho on December 26 2001 10:08 EST
- Will web-services do same job as Corba? by Saajid Tagari on December 26 2001 21:38 EST
- Will web-services do same job as Corba? by John Harby on January 09 2002 11:26 EST
Will web-services do same job as Corba?[ Go to top ]
Web services is the notion of exposing services between disparate trading partners to enable them to collaborate. Since we have two different companies talking, the protocols involved typically fall into publically accessible ones like HTTP and XML content. Web services does not really specify the underlying language/application (except in vendor specific frameworks). The fact that it only allows apps in different languages to communicate is a happy coincidence. Particular instances of web service frameworks range from Microsoft's .NET, HP's eSpeak and Sun's SunONE.
- Posted by: Francis Ho
- Posted on: December 26 2001 10:08 EST
- in response to vicky kak
CORBA is a particular instance of framework (in this case from OMG) for interoperability. Corba specifies a complete framework from protocol to interfaces to services for interoperability between different languages. It does not explicitly address the notion of collaboration between trading partners.
There is an overlap in the possible usage between one and another. However, CORBA is a more specific one and web services is more of a general category.
Will web-services do same job as Corba?[ Go to top ]
The issue of how new is web services is being hotly debated.
- Posted by: Saajid Tagari
- Posted on: December 26 2001 21:38 EST
- in response to vicky kak
What web services provide that CORBA and other distributed technlogies do not is a standard format for message exchange and a ubiquitous communication protocol.
e.g. CORBA systems are built on IIOP, SOAP messages are transmitted over HTTP bypassing problems with firewalls that have plagued IIOP etc.
Also Web Services are not replacing CORBA, EJB, or COM. They are in fact allowing service providers to expose the logic contained in these components, and avoid the challenges of converting between them.
e.g. SOAP 2.2 currently provides mappings from java2XML,
and IDL2XML.
What this all means is that the web services paradigm provides a foundation to shift from client/server computing to peer-to-peer commputing.
Will web-services do same job as Corba?[ Go to top ]
I agree, these are good points. I would add though that you probably would still be doing local calls with CORBA or RMI, this benchmark is very interesting. You might especially note the conclusion stating that SOAP was about 10x slower than RMI.
- Posted by: John Harby
- Posted on: January 09 2002 11:26 EST
- in response to Saajid Tagari


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Authorities closed 15th Street in the city Monday night after a building security guard saw a person drop a suspicious-looking bag onto the sidewalk, and flagged down a passing patrol car, the Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday.
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Dierks Bentley's 'Original Fan' Dies Following Battle With Cancer
Ann Soyars, Dierks Bentley's original fan, has died. The 67-year-old passed away at her Tennessee home over the weekend following a battle with cancer.
Ann Soyars, Dierks Bentley's original fan, has died. The 67-year-old passed away at her Tennessee home over the weekend following a battle with cancer.
Ladies swooned as one of country music's resident heartthrobs, Dierks Bentley, stepped up to the mic to deliver his chart-topper 'Drunk on a Plane' at the 2014 CMA Awards on Wednesday.
Dierks Bentley is nominated for a total of five big awards at the 2014 CMA Awards, but he remembers a time when it wasn't that easy for him to find his name in lights during Country Music's Biggest Night.
Two of the most nominated artists at the 2014 CMA Awards learned they were winners before the show even started. Dierks Bentley has won the Music Video of the Year award, while Keith Urban and Miranda Lambert took Musical Event of the Year.
The Governors Ball and Electric Zoo have made their marks in the New York City festival market, and now it's country music's turn.
Why do we love Dierks Bentley? Let us count the ways! Killer talent, charming good looks, ridiculously catchy hits ... oh, and this recent heartwarming act: Bentley took a fan battling cancer out of the hospital and onto the road for a cruise in his beloved '67 Camaro.
Trucks and guitars are typically exchanged after a major country tour wraps up (Miranda Lambert bought Carrie Underwood a motorcycle after she recorded 'Somethin' Bad). But Dierks Bentley takes the prize for most creative, unusual and potentially dangerous thank you gift.
Music City may have never seen so many country fans dressed in leather. Choppers, hogs, soft and hard tails and dozens of custom bikes lined Broadway and 2nd Ave. N in downtown Nashville on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 28), the culmination of the 2014 Dierks Bentley Miles and Music for Kids charity ride and concert at Riverfront Park.
In Dierks Bentley's "Drunk On A Plane," many people don't know that after the man's bride-to-be left him at the altar, another long-haired beauty caught his eye...
Dierks Bentley's 'Say You Do' is a more serious release for the singer following 'Drunk on a Plane.' The video may have one thing in common with the previous, but it's a drastic change musically.
Dierks Bentley is nominated for five CMA Awards, including one for Male Vocalist of the Year, making him the top male nominee. But of all his nominations -- which also include ones for Song of the Year, Single of the Year and Music Video of the Year -- he says it's the Album of the Year nod for his No.1 album 'Riser,' which was released earlier this year, that means the most to him.
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You can only have the beers of one brewery for the rest of your life. Which one would you choose?
Keep in mind how much style variety you want and the availability. Nothing but Westy forever may seem like a good idea but are you willing to make regular jaunts to Belgium or spend your life savings on ebay in order to get it? And you'd have to give up stouts for the rest of your life!
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Ardee Baroque enjoys the recipe for success
A fesitval of baroque music in a small Irish town might seem an unlikely recipe for success, but Ardee Baroque has defied the odds and celebrates its tenth birthday this week.
A fesitval of baroque music in a small Irish town might seem an unlikely recipe for success, but Ardee Baroque has defied the odds and celebrates its tenth birthday this week.
The first festival took place in 2004 with Irish Baroque Orchestra (IBO) decamping to the mid-Louth town for rehearsals and two full concerts. This year, the IBO will return for rehearsals and two full concerts featuring works by Vivaldi and Telleman.
County Arts Officer, and founder of Ardee Baroque, Brian Harten said: 'The IBO were with us at the beginning, and it's great to welcome them back again. For many people in the town, it's like welcoming old friends home.'
'What's great is that we've managed to bring the finest of performers to the town, both from Ireland, and from the UK, continental Europe, and the United States', said John Rowntree, Chairman of the Board of Ardee Baroque Festival. 'While it may be a small festival, we think it's perfectly formed, and we've managed to combine great music with a welcoming and informal atmosphere.'
This year, Irish Youth Opera make their first public performance with a concert entitled 'Striking like a Thunderbolt'. Four young Irish opera singers will perform a programme of arias from Handel's operas, as well as songs by Purcell.
'Hang the Harpers' will see two young Louth-based musicians, Conal Duffy and Michael O'Neill, perform music composed in Ireland during the 17th and 18th centuries. Conal is an All-Ireland-winning piper, who has performed as soloist with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in London's Royal Albert Hall, with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Áras an Uachtaráin, and will perform excerpts from The Brendan Voyage with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland on their upcoming tour to Abu Dhabi. Conal learnt the pipes from Gay McKeown and Sean Óg Potts, and now teaches at Na Píobairí Uilleann in Dublin.
Michael has been playing the harp for eight years. He has completed his studies with the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and has performed with the Meath Harp Ensemble in many prestigious venues in Ireland, including Dublin Castle and the National Concert Hall. Michael has also performed solo for Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, and An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny.
They will be performing the music of Carolan, Ó Catháin, and the Connellan brothers in the Courtroom of Ardee Castle.
Also on Saturday, November 16, a special concert for families will take place in Scoil Mhuire na Trócaire, at 5 p.m., entitled 'The Labyrinth of Versailles', featuring music and fairytales.
Continuing with the theme of music for young people, the Library in Ardee is the place to be on Saturday morning, when Kids Classics, directed by cellist Grainne Hope, presents a workshop for children.
An exhibition of photography by members of the Mid-Louth Photographic Society, entitled 'Grinding Out Transcendence', will be on display in Ardee Castle from November 14 to 17, featuring images taken during the 2012 festival.
Local historian, Larry Ward, will give a free lecture, reflecting on the life and works of Patrick Reilly, the 'Bard of Balnavoran' on the final day of the festival.
Ardee Baroque '13 draws to a close with IBO's second concert featuring the music of Telemann. Considered by his 18th century contemporaries to be the greatest living composer, Telemann can also be seen as an important figure in opening music up to wider audiences.
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Minor League look: Class A Lynchburg
Hillcats rode torrid postseason to Carolina League title
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
Record: 73-66 in Carolina League's Northern division; first half: 45-24 (first place); second half: 28-42 (fourth place)
What went right?
Despite having the Carolina League's worst record in the second half, Lynchburg went on a postseason tear to win the Carolina League Championship with a three-game sweep of the Salem Red Sox. Lynchburg has now won six Carolina League Championships.
The Hillcats went 45-24 in the first half, largely helped by the presence of third baseman Pedro Alvarez. In fact, the club actually had the second-most wins by any team in Minor League Baseball in the first half. That secured them a spot in the postseason.
In addition to Alvarez, the performances by Michael Dubee (1.05 ERA in 23 appearances), Dustin Molleken (3-1, 3.48 ERA) and Miles Durham (.296 average in 65 games) helped the Hillcats get off to such a strong start. All three were promoted to Double-A midseason.
Utility player Jose De Los Santos, who hit a game-winning home run in the Carolina League Championship series, stole 53 bases in 61 attempts.
What went wrong?
Lynchburg stumbled to the finish line, going 28-42 in the second half of the season. That was the league's worst second-half record. During that span, the team hit just .231 with runners in scoring position.
Bryan Morris, a prized piece in the Jason Bay trade in July 2008, flopped in his first full season in the organization. Not only was he temporarily suspended because of his on-field behavior during an August game, but Morris went just 4-9 with a 5.57 ERA. He struck out just 32 and walked 34.
Other recent pitching acquisitions pitched didn't overwhelm with their results either. Jeff Locke, who was acquired in the trade that sent Nate McLouth to Atlanta had a 4.59 ERA in 27 starts. Nathan Adcock, acquired from the Mariners in late July, posted a 5.25 ERA in 24 innings pitched with the club.
On the rise
Lefty Justin Wilson, the Pirates' fifth-round Draft pick in 2008, rebounded from a subpar season start to finish strong. After going 3-5 with a 6.75 ERA in his first 15 starts, Wilson went 3-3 with a 2.20 ERA in his final 11.
In his first full professional season, shortstop Jordy Mercer finished the season on the upswing. He had 22 RBIs in his last 24 games and finished second in the farm system with 83 RBIs. He led the Carolina League with 36 doubles.
Fellow middle infielder Chase D'Arnaud, who split time at second and short, also had a solid first full season in the organization. After being called up from low Class A in the middle of the year, D'Arnaud hit .295, stole 14 bases and drove in 26.
Statistical leaders
Batting average: Ray Chang, .303
Doubles: Mercer, 36
Triples: Alex Presley, 11
Home runs: Alvarez, 14
RBIs: Mercer, 83
Stolen bases: De Los Santos, 53
Wins: Matt McSwain, 11
ERA (starter, minimum 75 IP): Ronald Uviedo, 3.36
ERA (reliever, minimum 30 IP): Dubee, 1.45
Saves: R.J. Rodriguez, 27
Strikeouts: Locke, 99
End-of-season awards: Matt McSwain, Pitcher of the Year; R.J. Rodriguez, Reliever of the Year; Kris Watts, Most Valuable Player
After a sensational year in low Class A, lefty Rudy Owens joined the Lynchburg club for the final month of the year and continued to pitch well in the rotation. He'll likely start the season back with the Hillcats and anchor their rotation. The Hillcats' participation in the postseason gave those in Lynchburg a brief chance to see outfielder Starling Marte and catcher Tony Sanchez, both of whom will likely begin the '10 season back in Lynchburg. A sprained ankle kept Marte from playing much, though he did go 2-for-2. Sanchez, the organization's first-round Draft pick this season, played in three regular season games for the Hillcats before serving as the team's starting catcher through the playoffs.
Also, as announced on Thursday, the Pirates are in the process of finalizing a move that would send their high Class A affiliate to Bradenton, Fla., giving the players the convenience of working out at Pirate City. Assuming this goes through, it will end the Pirates' 15-year affiliation with Lynchburg.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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- Date: Jun 13, 2008 10:01 JST
- Tags: Doujin Soft, Hatsune Miku
This is a bash the blocks style game where the objective is to knock poor Hatsune Miku's clothes off, using a leak to bat the ball, naturally enough. It even has a Miku soundtrack, though perhaps more effort could have been invested in the CG.
It's a 10mb download, just unzip and run. "Official" RapidShare type download here, or alternatively download from this server here. Game site is here, reaching me via here.
Hatsune Miku seems to be the target of increasing gaming attention lately… Not long before we see her get a full commercial game to herself, perhaps?


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Atmosphere provides a robust set of tools for API definition, documentation, and content management, as well as policy and lifecycle management. This allows you to make sure your APIs are correctly structured and well documented. Atmosphere also integrates well with internal design and development processes to help make sure that the internal services and applications that support your API are up to the task.
API Search Index
Good stuff, you've defined your API properly and have published it with well-structured documentation. It's in the catalog with a nice description, an appropriate name and set of icons, and you've even convinced a few friends to post nice encouraging reviews and ratings for it. Now it's time to hope that potential users can find it.
Atmosphere provides a very powerful built-in system that creates an internal search index from all the content about the APIs and Apps that it is aware of, complete with sufficient permission information so that it knows which users it can show search results for particular APIs and Apps to. Hopefully the phrase "all the content" caught your eye, because that's one of the more interesting things here. The content about your API or App doesn't just include its name and any description information you typed in, it also includes all the documentation, and most importantly all the discussion topics and comments posted about it. This means that if someone asks a question on your API's Board about how it handles a particular type of widget, then when someone searches for anything to do with that widget, they will find your API. Think about the use-case where you are writing a piece of code and you run into a problem and use Google to search for the specific error code or exception text. Because Atmosphere is indexing all this information, these types of searches work in real-time.
Maybe even more important in Atmosphere's search capabilities is its ability to publish and maintain its index in enterprise or public search engines. This means that your developers can find information about your API regardless of how they look for it.
App Connection Provisioning
You're making real progress with your API now. It's well defined and documented, you've published it into a dynamic catalog where users are able to find it, rate it, review it and discuss it. What more could you possibly want?
How about allowing Apps to actually use your API, and controlling the way they use it? Atmosphere allows developers to define their Apps – in much the same way that you defined your API. In fact, the App definition has all the same features with documentation, ratings, reviews, discussion boards and the whole nine yards, as your API definition. It also allows the developer to create a team of peers that can work together on the App. This may all seem a bit fluffy and useless, until we get to the real purpose of the App definition.
Atmosphere provisions API access individually to each App. It creates an identifier for the App, and the App developer can upload a CSR (certificate signing request) for a locally generated public key. The App will then use this App-id (optionally signed) to authenticate itself to Atmosphere. The App developer will find the API(s) they want their App to use, and will initiate a simple approval workflow to grant their App access to the APIs. Depending on how the API is configured, they can also request different throughput levels based on pre-defined quota policies. Once the workflow process completes and their App's access to the API(s) is approved, the App can begin sending requests to the API.
There's quite a bit more to this, including the ability for an API to expose sandbox (test) and production endpoints, with a multi-step approval process for granting Apps access to each of the endpoints. This may sound complex, but in most circumstances, sandbox access will be automatically approved, and getting approval for production access is a simple process involving a single button click for the App developer, and a simple response to a newsfeed item and/or notification from the API administrator.
One of the interesting side-effects of this provisioning process is that Atmosphere is able to monitor the API from the perspective of each of the Apps. The API administrator can see all of the monitoring data and can choose to see a pie chart showing which Apps are consuming their API the most, they can filter the monitoring data by App to provide support for a particular App owner, or can use this data to identify poorly written or malicious Apps that are causing problems for their API, so they can disable or throttle them appropriately. Similarly, the App owner will see the API from the perspective of their App only. They will only see their traffic and performance information, and the usage data and messages their App is generating.
API Socialization
Assuming you're following along with the various steps above, then by this point you now have a rock solid API that is well structured and documented, published in a catalog with great search facilities, and is protected from all kinds of bad things. Developers are starting to find it through the traditional search and browse models, but that's not good enough in today's social-media driven world. You need your API (or App) to go viral. Bring on the social world.
Atmosphere is the social platform for API Management and App development. It brings together API providers and App developers in an online social community. Whether this community exists inside your enterprise, as a private external community, or part of a broad public developer community is entirely up to you. Atmosphere's social features include: Invitations
Any Atmosphere user, developer, business administrator, or API provider can invite other users to the party. Invitations can be general, simply inviting a user to check out the specific Atmosphere instance, or they can invite a user to follow an API, App, or Group, or join the development team for an App. In this way you can immediately create your own communities of interest around your APIs and Apps. By encouraging the people you invite to invite their contacts too, you can build a huge social community connected to your resources.
Developer Support
One of the bigger challenges you'll face with your API is the potential of becoming a victim of your own success. What's going to happen when you drive this massive social adoption of your API? How on earth are you going to manage the volume of support requests and questions you're sure to get?
Again, Atmosphere has the answers. The first thing, of course, is to make sure that your API is well structured and well documented, as we discussed earlier. You can make developers' lives even easier by providing them with SDKs and code samples, and Atmosphere allows you to publish and promote these with your API. But where the real beauty kicks in is when your developer community becomes self-sufficient and users start helping each other out by answering questions and even responding to trouble tickets. Because everything is so efficiently indexed, it's really easy for users to search for errors, issues or questions, and get immediate help and answers from questions and issues that have already been resolved. Sure, you'll have to put some effort into getting your community moving, but the time and energy you dedicate early on will pay enormous dividends later. As my mother used to say, "A stitch in time saves nine."
B2B API Integration
Of course not every API will be destined to be truly "Open" - designed to target a broad community of App developers sharing ideas and applications in an open forum. In fact, we expect to see far more private or semi-private APIs that a business uses to share specific functions or data with one (private) or more (semi-private) partners.
Atmosphere enables this by introducing the concepts of API and App privacy settings, enabling a number of key scenarios:
In one of the most common scenarios you may have an API that you wish to use to enable integration with several partners, but you don't want any of the partners to know anything about each other, or even to know that there are other partners using the API. Atmosphere allows you to define a private API and invite users to follow and connect to it – the invitations are required, because the API will not be published in the search indexes and will not be visible to any user who has not been specifically invited. In this mode, user posts, discussions and comments will be visible only to that user and to the API administrators.
Another common requirement for private APIs is the need to create an API that is visible and consumable by a defined (invited) group of users. Any member of the group will be able to see posts and comments from other members, but the API and all its content will be hidden from anyone outside that group. This is particularly useful as a tool for publishing a version of an API for use by a beta test group, in advance of launching the API to the public.
Share Developer Communities
All these capabilities sound great, but at the end of the day, the success of your API initiative depends very much on your ability to get your API in the hands of as many developers as possible. So how can you go about building your own developer community? Maybe a better question would be, why should you go about building your own developer community when there are already a bunch of communities out there? More to the point, what about your partners or other like-minded companies with their own APIs that a developer building an App that uses your API might also use?
Atmosphere supports the concept of API provider federation to bring together communities giving developers access (with approval) to any API from any provider using a single App ID, and allowing providers to leverage the network effect of all the connected communities to find the broadest possible reach for their API. All this is done with federated trust and permission models that allow API providers to opt in or out at granular levels, and to choose the partners with whom they want to federate.
Because we offer Atmosphere as a SaaS platform as well as via on-premise or hybrid models, there will be a ready-made community for Atmosphere customers to connect to, whether they choose to become a user of the Atmosphere Cloud product, create their own tenant in the SaaS platform, or install the product in their own datacenters. Customers will be able to choose how much or little sharing they do with the broader community, depending largely on how 'Open' they view their APIs.


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Daft Punk + Karlie Kloss Bring the Future to Vogue Spread [Pictures]
Daft Punk, one of the hottest acts in music in 2013, and Karlie Kloss, part of the new regime of towering supermodels, brought the future to the pages of Vogue in a new spread, which was artfully and tastefully done.
The French duo and the mega tall model strolled the streets in fine, fashionable form. Kloss popped up in our world a few years back, when she was seen hanging with serial model dater Joe Jonas. She's back, flanked by two helmet-wearing, progressive musicians.
A babe and her robots.
Kloss' spiky hair is similar to the French duo's head gear.
Strutting their stuff and getting lucky…
We've seen the future and it looks like Daft Punk and Karlie Kloss.
A dashing pair…
Want and need more? Then check out this reel of footage from the shoot for more visually arresting scenes of the EDM duo and the model as they navigate NYC.
Watch the Behind-the-Scenes Footage From Daft Punk + Karlie Kloss Photo Shoot


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DEFINITION of 'Footings'
A final balance when adding the debits and credits on an accounting balance sheet. Equity capital is also taken into consideration when calculating the final balance. Footings are commonly used in bookkeeping to determine final balances to be put on the financial statements.
BREAKING DOWN 'Footings'
A footing is the sum of a column of figures. For example:
Debits Credits
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Jessie B.wrote a review of Mavic Syncro Helmet on January 27, 2015
This helmet literally saved my life
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
I'm picky about helmets and like most go towards what looks good. I also bought this because it came in white and I ride at night. It ended up being perfect both in the hot Oklahoma summers and below freezing winter days. I often would even forget I was wearing it which shows how comfortable and light it felt. On Jan 20th 2015 it met its end when I was hit by and rolled over TWO cars. All I ended up with was a gash between where the helmet ends in the back and the adjuster piece is. To add to its awesomness it is in one piece and only has a couple scrapes. I will probably buy a cheap one from the LBS until I can save up the pennies for a new one. I highly recommend this helmet.


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European voters have had enough of government budget cutbacks.
Voters in France and Greece ousted leaders pushing government spending cuts and instead picked candidates who are against the austerity measures being criticized for holding back a European recovery.
Francois Hollande won the French presidency from Nicolas Sarkozy while Greece's dominant political parties failed to win enough votes in Sunday's election to form a ruling coalition.
Greek voters embrace of anti-bailout parliamentary candidates is increasing worries that Greece won't commit to the budget cuts it needs to make to stay in the euro zone.
The elections were essentially referendums on current European economic policy and their outcomes could be the best thing for the euro zone, Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman wrote in The New York Times. "It's far from clear how soon the votes will lead to changes in actual policy, but time is clearly running out for the strategy of recovery through austerity — and that's a good thing," Krugman wrote.
Want to know:
Romania already is planning to ease up on at least one of the austerity measures it implemented in 2010.
Romania has convinced the International Monetary Fund to allow it to begin raising public sector wages and run a higher budget deficit than a bailout deal it made with the IMF would dictate, Reuters reported. Romania is the European Union's second poorest member. It cut public sector wages by 25 percent, and things haven't gone well.
Romanians have been staging violent protests against austerity measures like spending cuts and tax hikes, and the Romanian government has already collapsed twice this year.
Dull but important:
Australia's strong dollar may be getting in the way of its growth.
Australia's central bank cut its growth forecast, saying a strong Australian dollar was hurting the country's exports. The value of Australia's dollar has risen an estimated 70 percent since 2008, making its exports far more expensive to the rest of the world.
It's a particularly big problem for Australia because it is the world's largest exporter of iron ore and coal.
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Warren Buffett held his annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Neb., this weekend where he worked hard to reassure investors that both he and his Berkshire Hathaway were going to be ok.
Buffett revealed Berkshire Hathaway has got $20 billion or so to throw around for a good investment and said that he might want to buy a few more newspapers. He also told investors not to focus on share prices too much because the stock market sometimes acts like a "psychotic drunk," the Berkshire Hathaway-owned Omaha World-Herald said.
Berkshire Hathaway stock has been underperforming the market for the past few years but that hasn't stopped thousands of investors from making an annual trip to Omaha.
Shareholders are allowed four passes to the meeting, which draws thousands has become something of a Woodstock capitalists. In case you're curious, buying one share of Berkshire Hathaway stock to get in will set you back about $122,000.
Strange but true:
Attention wealthy travelers, you can now have a drink with Sir Richard Branson on his Virgin Atlantic airlines — at least until he melts.
Virgin Atlantic is rolling out "Little Richard" ice cubes in its Upper Class cabins this month to celebrate its snazzy new onboard bars. The ice cubes not only look just like Branson but also match the dimensions of the eccentric billionaire's head.
Virgin said the Little Richards are its way of letting passengers enjoy some chill out time with its fearless leader since he doesn't have the time to enjoy a grin and tonic with everyone.


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DENVER (CBS Denver) – Brady Quinn has apologized to Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow for "completely inaccurate" comments in a GQ article that has the former backup quarterback openly questioning Tebow's play and criticizing his open displays of religion.
In an interview published for next month's GQ, Quinn told the magazine that the Broncos fans were the driving force behind Tebow's emergence as the team's starting quarterback, this despite Quinn being second-string behind Kyle Orton, the starter at the time.
"Early in the season, there was a game when Kyle (Orton) got hurt and the coaches were calling for me to go in, but Kyle got up and finished the game out. So I was the second-string guy," Quinn told GQ. "Then, a few weeks later, they decided to put Tim in. I felt like the fans had a lot to do with that. Just 'cause they were chanting his name. There was a big calling for him."
He added: "No, I didn't have any billboards. That would have been nice."
Quinn's sentiments in the article, which question John Elway and John Fox's decision to go to Tebow, are the first to come from within the Denver organization. Throughout the past season, opponents and former players had been critical of how much Tebow's success related to Denver's run to a playoff berth. And when it came to Tebow's displays of religion, including the now-famous "Tebowing," Quinn hinted that a lot of the on-the-field praying wasn't necessarily humble to him.
"When I get that opportunity, I'll continue to lead not necessarily by trying to get in front of the camera and praying but by praying with my teammates, you know?" Quinn said.
But Quinn has refuted the published comments, taking to Twitter to express his frustration for how the story turned out and to apologize to anyone he may have offended, including Tebow.
"The comments attributed to me in a recent magazine article are in NO WAY reflective of my opinion of Tim and the Broncos," he tweeted. "Tim deserves a lot of credit for our success and I'm happy for him and what he accomplished. Most importantly, he is a great teammate."
Quinn went on to express his disappointment with Yahoo! Sports NFL columnist Michael Silver, who wrote the article for GQ, calling the story a "completely inaccurate portrayal of my comments."
"I apologize to anyone who feels I was trying to take anything away from our team's or Tim's success this season," he tweeted.
Quinn is an unrestricted free agent. While it is unclear whether the former first-round pick will return, the Broncos do plan to bring in two new quarterbacks to backup Tebow heading into next season.


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Three times is no charm in "The Unknown Trilogy," an independently made anthology film in the same vein as "The Twilight Zone," only minus the suspense. In a framing device that borders on parody, Dr. Sol Rubin (Robert Costanzo from "The Sopranos" "¦ the video game, that is) introduces three cases of bizarre human psychology.
The first story involves a man named Frankie the Squirrel (co-writer/director Sal Mazzotta), who makes a deal with the devil (David Proval, actually from "The Sopranos") which will make him a lucky man, so long as he sticks with the number 22. "American Idol" has-been Justin Guarini has a minor role, which should say it all.
The middle section finds kids playing games and taking dares in a funeral home run by the demented Ed O'Ross ("Dick Tracy"). The scene in which these grade schoolers get drunk is hilarious, because the pint-sized thesps don't do it convincingly.
Finally, a grieving father starts getting messages from his young dead son, whose death in a car accident was dear ol' Dad's fault. The reasons for the correspondence are obviously predictable.
"Unknown" will remain that way, with a cast whose biggest name is Angie Everhart, a boring script, uninspired direction and absolutely no tension, unless you're counting the minutes until the end.
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I typically listen to a CD seven or eight times before turning in a Tiny Mix Tapes review. But listening to this CD was such a dehumanizing experience – it sounds horrid, and I couldn't nail exactly what I hated about the music. Each listen births a barrage of new annoyances: from the instrumentally proficient but bland arrangements, to synth noises that could be invigorating when added to a fully orchestrated piece but are just perturbing on their own. The band doesn't stay put in one single annoying genre. They jump from house music to ambience to other forms of techno I never fathomed and can't stomach.
Finally, while listening to heartbeep synth droplets and cartoonish clicks and whistles on "Slime Shuns Sunshine," I came up with an apt metaphor. You know those Maxell CD cleaners from the mid-'90s that played shitty video game soundtracks when you put it in the player with that robotic female voice that told you when it had finished the cleaning job? That is what Yip-Yip sounds like in a nutshell, except the female voice never interrupts, and they pepper their cheesy instrumentals with synthesized shit noises.
The band creates soundtracks to fake video games. Really annoying fake video games. "24 Tubes" wallows into the breakdown music that typifies the final challenge at the end of a video game's level. I'd imagine the band had the final battle with King Koopa in mind when they broke out the cartoon-turd-sound-emulation synths to compose this one. Then the song melts into a cheesy Dirty Vegas-inspired groove, delving into thicker layers of sonic puke. The rest of the disc follows in similar migraine-inducing fashion.
This one's so bad, I'm throwing it in an incinerator. I couldn't take the risk of throwing it out. If a homeless person picked through my trash and found this CD, it would be inhumane.
1. Candy Dinner
2. Munch Much Mush?
3. Slime Shuns Sun Shine
4. Superfeet
5. Double Dolphin
6. California Fart
7. Luminous Dudes
8. Noodles
9. 100 MPH Fishmobile
10. Rath Chan: Axe Jamm
11. Pony Up
12. Situation Tally
13. 24 Tubes
14. Birth Herd
15. Keeper Of The Seal
16. High Heel To Mammal III
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text: I need to have my machines serviced. My main is a Kenmore that is 30+ years old. The man who used to service it has retired and I have to find someone else. Then I bought a machine, it's in the box in the basement, the tension need to be looked at and then I bought an antique Singer model 99 from someone on Craigslist for $20 and I want to have that one tuned and serviced before I use it. Does anyone know of a shop or someone in the near surrounding area who is trustworthy and will look at and tune my machines at a fair and honest price as well as do an honest and good job servicing them. I have no idea who to take them too. I went to a local quilt shop and they recommended someone but as I was leaving a lady stopped me and told me not to take my machines to this person. Hmmmm, who to do, who to do....I'd appreciate any help. Thanks! ! ! !


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who is facing domestic violence charges, will not be required to appear in court Monday when prosecutors and his defense attorneys will present motions before a trial judge.
Mirkarimi, 50, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness in connection with a Dec. 31 incident in which he allegedly bruised the arm of his wife, Eliana Lopez, during an argument in which his 2-year-old son Theo was present.
Mirkarimi was in court Friday morning when Judge Garrett Wong was assigned the case and again Friday afternoon when Wong was presented with several new motions filed by both the prosecution and defense.
Actual trial proceedings will not begin until Monday, when Wong requested the lawyers return at 10 a.m. to present their cases. Mirkarimi's attorney Lidia Stiglich requested that Mirkarimi's presence at Monday's hearing be waived. Wong granted that waiver.
Wong said that he would not order a jury panel for Monday. Jury selection is likely to begin on Tuesday, and it is expected that a questionnaire will be used to systematically and uniformly select jurors.
Wong, who has not had a chance to review documents since the case was assigned to him Friday morning, will have to consider a motion filed by Stiglich Wednesday in which she argued that statements Lopez made to neighbors Ivory Madison and Callie Williams in the days after the New Year's Eve incident should not be admissible in court.
One of those statements was made in a 45-second video recorded by Madison on Jan. 1.
A spokesman for the district attorney's office said that the defense motion was expected.
"We are not surprised or concerned with any of the motions filed by the defense," Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai said Friday. "We are confident the law supports us in this area and the video will be admitted into evidence.
"There is no doubt that without this video, this case would be difficult to proceed on," Talai said.
The defense had argued that Lopez's statements were inadmissible because they lacked trustworthiness and because Lopez had had time to reflect before making the utterances to her neighbors, as opposed to making them spontaneously.
"There is overwhelming evidence that Lopez had the opportunity to reflect between the time of the alleged incident and the conversation (with Madison)," Stiglich wrote in the defense motion.
To ensure that the video remains part of the evidence, the district attorney's office filed a response motion Friday afternoon with the court saying Lopez was under duress when she was filmed while speaking with Madison.
The motion includes still photos captured from the video indicating that Lopez was wiping away tears and appeared visibly upset while displaying a large purple bruise on her arm.
"Although roughly 18 hours passed between the event and the statements to Madison, the victim was clearly still under the stress of the traumatic and stressful events from the day before," the motion filed Friday by the district attorney's office reads.
The District Attorney's office also released the still photos and a transcript to the media on Friday.
Earlier on Friday, Stiglich also requested to not have the trial sent to Judge Susan Breall, before whom Stiglich and Mirkarimi's former attorney, Bob Waggoner, have appeared for hearings in the case.
Last month, Breall denied a request by Mirkarimi to lift or modify an order barring him from having any contact with Lopez and their son while the case proceeds. A family court judge later modified the order to allow Mirkarimi to visit with his son.
Stiglich testified Friday morning that Breall would not be impartial and would be biased against her client.
Before becoming a judge, Breall previously worked for 17 years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, including 10 years prosecuting felony domestic violence cases.
Talai said the district attorney's office "would have been confident with whatever judge this (case) was placed in front of."
After the case was assigned in court to Wong Friday morning, Stiglich and Mirkarimi made a swift departure from the corridor through a back exit in the Hall of Justice.
For the afternoon session, Mirkarimi entered and exited through a separate entrance, out of reach of the swarm of media covering the case.
Although Stiglich declined to comment on the case Friday morning, a friend of Mirkarimi's, former San Francisco Mayor Art Agnos, spoke with reporters following the trial judge assignment.
Because of the restraining order that prevents Mirkarimi from returning to the Webster Street home that he shares with his wife and son, Mirkarimi has been staying with friends, including Agnos.
Mirkarimi met the former mayor while working on the campaign of former Supervisor Matt Gonzalez, whom Mirkarimi succeeded in office.
"Well, I think every politician in the long run has some kind of bump in their career that … either hurts them permanently or they get past it," Agnos said, emphasizing that Ross is innocent until proven guilty.
"There have been politicians throughout history that, like human beings, have hit rough spots. It's not all smooth. The question is, how do they handle it when they encounter it and what's the result," he said.
"In this case, I think that it's going to be a good result because he is innocent and he'll be able to go on with his career," he said.
Agnos said Mirkarimi stays in a guest bedroom at his home and has been paying Agnos to stay there because some people have called the free lodging an unauthorized gift.
(Copyright 2012 CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved.)