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Pendleton area makes a play for drone development
PENDLETON — Pendleton officials trying to lure manufacturers of drone aircraft to their industrial park say a slowdown in commercial flights and sparse population make their Eastern Oregon site area prime for testing unmanned aircraft.
"There's not much to hit in the air, there's not much to hit on the ground," economic development consultant Steve Chrisman told the East Oregonian.
Chrisman said he and the leader of the local convention center plan a conference in Pendleton in October for drone manufacturers, and they hope to recruit participants at a similar conference in Seattle this week.
Drones have attracted the attention of economic development officials over much of Oregon, and especially in the open areas east of the Cascade Range.
"For dramatic industrial development, it's probably our best bet at this point," Chrisman said.
The local airport is underused, he said. The only commercial airline, SeaPort Air, has seen passenger numbers fall by more than half since 2001.
The Oregon Army National Guard trains its troops to fly drones at the nearby Boardman Bombing Range. It expects to hear from the Federal Aviation Administration by the end of May on its request to fly them within 100 square miles of sparsely populated land north of the airport.
The Guard has 27 soldiers stationed in Pendleton for the training.
"I think if manufacturers would move here, we have a ready pool of guys who are already trained in operating UAVs who could easily transition into that workforce," said Lt. Col. Alan Gronewald.
Chrisman has helped Oregon State University write a separate proposal for Pendleton to be a national test site for drones in a larger area of northeastern Oregon. He said drones could be tested there for predicting crop production and spotting forest fires.
Information from: East Oregonian, http://www.eastoregonian.info


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to talk about several global crises where the two powers have not seen eye-to-eye, including Syria's civil war, ongoing talks on Iran's nuclear program, and violence in Ukraine, the White House said.
On Syria, the leaders spoke about talks to find a political solution to the war, and the need for the Syrian government "to adhere to its commitment to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons program," the White House said.
They also discussed "concerns over the humanitarian crisis and the necessity of a strong U.N. Security Council resolution on the issue," the White House said in a statement.
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2012's Most Memorable Pop Culture Quotes
"Yeah b-tch! Magnets!"
What have you got to say for yourself, 2012? Plenty, if this year's most memorable pop culture quotes are anything to go by. Yes, there were some perfect movie catchphrases and galvanizing musical refrains that we'll be repeating into next year, but there were also plenty of so-bad-they're-good lines of dialogue that are guaranteed to still draw a giggle, and here at Vulture, we don't discriminate between the two; instead, we mix 'em all up into the list below, and let you sort it out! Here, then, are the best, most important, catchiest, silliest, dumbest, and most delightful quotes and lines of the year, in no particular order:
"Argo fuck yourself." - Is this recurring Argo phrase our favorite movie line of the year? Very possibly. Will it be bleeped out of a future awards telecast when an excited Argo winner gets onstage? Almost definitely.
"Yeah bitch! Magnets!" - Breaking Bad's Jesse Pinkman is always a font of well-crafted verbal wisdom, and this gem, a rejoinder to the confused, magnet-related queries of Insane Clown Posse, is perhaps his best.
"A dolla makes me holla, honey boo boo!" - Yes, this spinoff-guaranteeing line came in a January episode of Toddlers and Tiaras. Were we ever so young?
"May the odds be ever in your favor." - Well, obviously. Thanks for the catchphrase, The Hunger Games.
"I think that I may be the voice of my generation. Or at least a voice of a generation." - And with that line in the pilot — which many took as an actual boast, rather than a self-deprecating line delivered by a character high on opium tea — Lena Dunham cemented Girls as the year's must-discuss show, for better and for worse.
"I'm in tech!" - Oh, Smash. Yes, you were.
"Zou bisou bisou" - Mad Men can always be counted on for a memorable line, and season five was so stuffed that we could have found twenty lines from it alone. (Lane calling Pete a "grimy little pimp"? Classic.) Ultimately, though, we had to stick with Megan's flirty French nonsense song from the season opener. Still can't get it out of our heads.
"This is exhausting." - Taylor Swift is never, ever getting back together with ... whomever. (Jake Gyllenhaal.) But you're a Vulture reader. You're not going to quote the too-obvious "never ever" part of this song; instead, on your way out of the bar tonight, you're going to say "This is exhausting" (with an emphasis on the right syllable) and if it's meant to be, the person you're flirting with will just totally get it. And even if they don't: revenge song!
"Mandy Patinkin holla!" - But don't confuse Claire Danes and her Emmy shout-out with "Mandy Patinkin challah." Or rather, do!
"Aca-scuse me?" - If Pitch Perfect truly wanted to be the new Bring It On, it needed to be quotable in spades. Once we heard "Aca-scuse me," we knew we were in good hands.
"Fuck you, science!" - And thank you, 21 Jump Street.
"Show me your mossy bank." - The initial episodes of American Horror Story: Asylum took a while to build momentum, but this sublimely ridiculous come-on from James Cromwell was an instant win in hour two. (Take Vulture's AHS or bad porn quote quiz here.)
"I'm the motherfucker who found the house." - It's possible that you haven't seen Zero Dark Thirty yet, since it comes out December 19. It's impossible that you will be able to avoid that line on December 20.
"It was an act of whimsy." - That SNL sketch about a prankster Maya Angelou? Gold.
"Where are the chems?" - Guys, The Bourne Legacy is over, but we bet Jeremy Renner is still looking for his chems. Have you seen them? He's got some reds, but he needs some blues! Where are they? Do you have them? Where are the chems?
"Have you ever tried shawarma?" - If you hadn't, The Avengers made sure you would.


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Ann Roach, one of the prime movers and those responsible for the whole RootsTech experience, explores the potential of text to audio and voice recognition as it impacts the genealogical research process. I have written about these technologies recently and was interested to see if there is anything I've missed as a result of my "bad attitude." The title of her presentation was, "Letting Technology Work for You: Speech Recognition and Text-to-Audio Conversion." The keynote address by Curt Witcher went over time and everyone was rushing around trying to get to the first class of the day.
Brief summary of Ann's presentation:
Creating MP3 files out of text and drive down the road and still write a book. How do we find enough time to do all things we need to do in life? Text to Speech. She reviews NaturalSoft from www.naturalreaders.com. Mentions OneNote, now available for Mac and moves quickly on from application to application, including Google Translate and several others including the PomeGranate Phone. (Look it up)
Note aside, I suggest you may wish to do a search on both text to speech and speech to text as well as voice recognition to get a real idea of the many applications available.
Continuing on with the presentation, on with speech recognition. Dragon Speech Recognition Software including the iPhone Dragon App. She emphasizes that you need to train the program carefully so it will work properly. Also uses the App for writing E-mails. On to the next App, Speak it. Most of these Apps are available for both iPhone and Android, perhaps with a slightly different name.
Maybe I will get the time to try some of these myself. Thanks to Ann for a great overview.
Friday, February 11, 2011
RootsTech -- Text to Audio and Voice Recognition? Not Yet?
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They're still not ready for the average person. You must have perseverance and patience to get these things trained, and also to train yourself to speak in the way that is most effective for the software to understand you.ReplyDelete
Speech recognition is HARD, that's why it takes a human brain to do it well.
Text to Audio works very well. The current best text to speech software is Text Speaker. It has customizable pronunciation, reads anything on your screen, and it even has talking reminders. The bundled voices are well priced and sound very human. Voices are available in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and more. Easily converts blogs, email, e-books, and more to MP3 or for listening instantly.ReplyDelete
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Spa Valley Railway » Visitor Information » What to see and do?
Welcome to the Spa Valley Railway, our slogan of "A DESTINATION AT EVERY STATION!" is certainly one that we are proud of as at every station we are very lucky to have attractions you can enjoy when you visit us!
Travel by mainline trains operated by Southern Railway to Eridge where you can commence your journey through the wonderful High Weald Countryside and experience all the attractions we have to offer.
The delightful country junction station, now a shadow of its former glory, once upon a time served stations such as Eastbourne, Lewes, East Grinstead and Three Bridges however following the Beeching Axe in the 1960s is now just a through station serving locations such as Uckfield, Crowborough and Oxted. Platforms 2 & 3 are now served by our trains into the High Weald and many hours of voluntary labour have gone in to restoring the station to its British Railways Southern 1960's Green & Cream colour scheme.
At Eridge we have access to some vast and delightful walks through the woods towards Harrison's Rocks, Forge Farm and Groombridge.
Also at Eridge there is the popular Huntsman Public House which serves local seasonal food, fine wine, great beer, and as they say themselves they are the best kept secret in Eridge!
Our principle intermediate station, alight here to visit Groombridge Place Gardens & Enchanted Forest and also the delightful village divided between Kent & Sussex. Our station is newly constructed as the original station was demolished to make way for a new housing development in the 1990s, what you see today is the work of truly dedicated volunteers who have spent thousands of hours developing Groombridge into the wonderful station that we have today. Please do visit the restored Old Station Building which is now used jointly by ourselves as a Ticket Office and also the home of our Admin team plus Withyham Parish Council.
Known as one of the sunniest spots on the railway and also the crossing point for trains, you can enjoy a snack or drink whilst savouring in the past at our country station.
What to see in Groombridge:
- Groombridge Place & Enchanted Forest
- The Junction Inn
- The Crown Inn
- Walks to Harrison's Rocks
- Join the Forest Way to the historic villages of Withyham & Hartfield (Winnie the Pooh Country)
- St Thomas' Church of 1884
Groombridge Place & Enchanted Forest - Travel there with combined tickets! (UNFOTUNATELY DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL WE HAVE HAD TO TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED OUR JOINT TICKETING WITH GROOMBRIDGE PLACE. WE WILL UPDATE THE WEBSITE AS SOON AS WE HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.)
Discover the beautiful award-winning gardens and the forest with its giant swings, zip wires and Crusoe's World and get there by Steam or Heritage Diesel train!
We offer joint tickets with Groombridge Place so you can even leave the car at home if coming via Southern to Eridge. Leave the Southern train at Eridge and cross the footbridge to board a Spa Valley Railway train. On a Green timetabled day depart at 11:10 and arrive at Groombridge at 11:24.
After a gentle stroll to Groombridge Place you can spend a good few hours visiting all they have to offer before boarding our 16:31 returning service to Eridge Station or, if you return to Groombridge Station early enough (for our 15:46 train) your ticket will allow you to travel to Tunbridge Wells West before heading back to Eridge, this service also being Steam hauled!
Combined tickets which allow you a journey over the whole of the Spa Valley Railway and entry to Groombridge Place are just £17.95 for Adults, £15.50 for Seniors and £12.00 for Children! You can book these tickets by clicking here.
What to see at Groombridge Place?
The Knot Garden
Boasting a wonderful display of tulips. In summer the two colour contrast is maintained using different planting schemes each year. The Giant Chessboard opposite the Knot Garden will entertain visitors of all ages.
The central pathway through the gardens leads along the Apostle Walk, bordered on each side by 12 drum yews, thought to have survived from the original planting in 1674.
The open door in the wall by the edge of the moat leads to The Secret Garden, a tiny hidden corner where the waters of the stream feed the moat. In spring the pink blossom of the cherry tree overhang the azaleas and late flowering snowdrop candelabra primulas. In late May the garden is garlanded with laburnum. On hot summer days the deep shade and cooling waters make the Secret Garden a reflective oasis.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden, which is sited in the corner of the gardens and reached by opening a thick wooden door, has recently benefitted from a renovation project which has seen extensive new planting which includes beautiful blue agapanthus, foxgloves and gazania. The streams which give the garden a cool feel, tumble down rocks into the moat, which surrounds the historic manor house. A bridge has also been restored and wooden seating added.
Many areas of the gardens have some interesting histories attached to them and the Secret Garden is no exception. Philip Packer, who was a courtier to Charles II and a friend to Christopher Wren, rebuilt Groombridge with Wren's help in 1662 and it was here in the secret garden, said to be his favourite garden, that he died while reading a book in the sunshine on Christmas Eve in 1686.
Philip Packer also laid out the gardens surrounding Groombridge Place from 1674 with the help of horticulturalist and famous diarist John Evelyn who designed a series of formal gardens arranged as "outside rooms" of the house. The idea was to blur the boundary between indoors and outdoors which is a theme which became popular again in the twentieth century. Some of Evelyn's garden rooms at Groombridge also pre-empted modern design in creating an artfully "natural" landscape. The Secret Garden is the best example.
The White Rose Garden
Commemorating the 200 year ownership of the estate by the Waller family and is a celebration of the art of planting in shades of white; featuring over twenty varieties of white rose. Other white-flowering plants provide season-long beauty, including foxtail lilies, primulas, tulips, peonies, poppies, hyacinths and lavender.
The Peacock Walk is planted with a variety of shrubs, including rhododendrons, viburnum, aucuba and azalea. The garden wall is a favourite roosting place for the Groombridge peacocks.
One of the garden highlights is the herbaceous border planted with clematis and a rich collection of traditional English perennials, including asters, cynara, rudbeckia, salvias and hollyhocks. In spring the focus is on tulips and primulas.
The Oriental Garden
Zinging with vibrant hot colours, shaded by magnificent Japanese maples and has a new, very unusual, grass fountain at its centre.
The Drunken Garden
A favourite of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has a blue and yellow theme, with veronica, clematis, ceanothus and lilies.
Draughtsman's Lawn
A white mulberry tree, planted in 1993 marks Groombridge's connection with the smuggling trade. Early in the year there are spring bulbs and primroses, a beautiful magnolia stellata and a variety of azaleas. In summer the ornamental trees and shrubs provide a striking display of contrasting leaf colours, from deep copper to lime green.
Crusoe's World
Crusoe's World was inspired by TV series Crusoe. Original props from this TV series were reconstructed at Groombridge Place.
Two tree houses are linked together with rope bridges and a central viewing tower. They are on several levels with decking and platforms, sheltered under sail roofs. There is a lookout post high above one of the tree houses, providing fabulous views over the canal, open countryside and also even our trains on the Spa Valley Railway!
Outdoor adventures
Take a walk along the forest pathways with its lakes and hidden surprises along the way. Look out for the Fallow deer, squirrels and other wildlife. Discover the tepees and the fort before taking the 'Boardwalk Challenge' with its aerial walkways, tunnels, rope swings and child's zip wire. Children and adults alike will enjoy the giant tree swings which are suspended from the tallest trees in the forest.
Visit Groombridge Place's website here.
High Rocks
The smallest however probably the most picturesque station on our line, built from scratch and opened in 1998 following the closure of the original halt in the 50s, serves the fantastic High Rocks themselves and the delightful Inn.
High Rocks Halt is actually set in the gardens of the High Rocks Inn. This is an ideal place to sit and watch the trains go by whilst enjoying a drink in the landscaped gardens. A very unique station in a beautiful location, one stop on your journey you must make!
These date back millions of years, acres of breath taking sandstone rocks are linked with eleven bridges. You can also enjoy the High Rocks Inn and function complex, plus access to the High Weald countryside and woodland footpaths.
Tunbridge Wells West (for Royal Tunbridge Wells)
Since 1606 visitors have been coming to Royal Tunbridge Wells to experience the Chalbeayte Spring.
Its chance discovery by Lord North, who was returning to London after a three month stay in the county, lead to the growth of Royal Tunbridge Wells and also the famous Pantiles.
The news of Lord Norths discovery soon spread around and in 1629 the first royal visitor to the town became Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles 1, who stayed in the Wells for six weeks.
In 1909 King Edward VII officially recognised the popularity of the town with its many royal visitors, which included his mother, Queen Victoria, and granted the town its "Royal" prefix.
Today the town is still full of elegance and its original charm and the Spa Valley Railway takes you right to its Western edge, just a few minutes walk from the Pantiles.
Download a map of our railway here


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Meet Molly! She's 13 and she lives in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya. She's one of the 20 million children around the world who get a nourishing meal at school thanks to WFP. School meals are helping millions of adolescent girls like Molly develop the physical and mental strength they need to pull themselves out of hunger and poverty.
NAIROBI -- Although Molly doesn't have much at home, she's like any other girl of her age. She has her favourite music, her favourite games and her best friends. She also has hopes for the future. One of them is to help her generation look after the environment better.
Do the Molly Quiz!
Why not take the Molly Quiz? Watch the videos and see if you can answer the questions correctly. For everyone who takes the quiz, a child will get a free school meal.
In order to work towards her goals and lift herself out of poverty, Molly needs to be strong, physically and mentally. And she needs a good education. Fortunately, she's moving in the right direction.
Thanks to the nutritious WFP meals she gets at school every day, she can stay healthy and concentrate on her lessons. The result is that Molly has a good chance of growing into a strong woman who will earn a living and be able to keep her family free of hunger. In short, those daily meals at school are feeding her future.
And like Molly, there are millions of other adolescent girls in poor countries around the world who are receiving school meals from WFP. This is one of the ways WFP is helping the women of tomorrow achieve their potential.
Effective solution
Empowering women is important to us at WFP because women are at the forefront of efforts to combat and prevent hunger. Remember: in many countries, women make up the bulk of agricultural labour force. They are the backbone of food production systems.
Women are also fundamental when it comes to guaranteeing there is food on the table for the family. Experience shows that in the hands of women, food is far more likely to reach the mouths of needy children.
"People often ask: What can be done to defeat hunger? My answer is simple: empower women, because women are the secret weapon to fight hunger," says WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran.
Empowering women through food assistance
Here are some more ways WFP is helping women take control of their lives:
- By helping them start businesses. Read about Shahinoor in Bangladesh
- By supporting literacy programmes. Read about Maqbolah in Afghanistan
- By assisting in land rehabilitation. Read about Sindayo in Ethiopia


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Afternoon Rooibos
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My second attempt at making the Colette Rooibos dress. The pattern is so easy to follow, and I love the result! I made a bit of a booboo on the piping on the collar (lack of concentration and common sense meant I cut the piping off so the ends were showing on the right side) but a little bit of cotton thread and hand sewing fixed that. I also had trouble getting the zip in with the thickness of the piping, but all in all I'm pretty pleased with the way it came together.
More info on my blog: http://littlemisstwitchy.blogspot.com/2012/03/afternoon-rooibos-at-blenheim-palace.html
Material Notes
Cotton (very soft to the touch – perhaps silk or sateen mix if such a thing exists) from Goldhawk Road.
Red polycotton lining
Red piping (not self made because I was feeling very lazy :-))
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Mar 9, 2012, 07.25 PMby ecila
Nice!!! I like how the pipping pop out!
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Beautiful, it's really gorgeous! and I love the piping effect.
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Fujitsu claims 'world's smallest Vista PC' title
Eye-squint inducingly tiny screen
Fujitsu has taken the wraps off what it claims is the world's smallest Windows Vista PC: a tablet PC-styled "microminiature" machine with a 5.6in display and weighing just 580g.
It's not great surprise to learn that the FMV-U8240 - part of Fujitsu's LifeBook range - is based on Intel's Ultra Mobile Platform, announced this past April. The three versions of the machine all use the new A110 processor - aka 'Stealy' - clocked to 800MHz. They have 20GB hard drives and 10/100Mbps Ethernet on board as standard, and 512MB to 1GB of DDR 2 memory, depending on model.
The U8240 measures 17.1 x 13.1 x 2.7-3.2cm, and opens up like a notebook to reveal a QWERTY keyboard. That tiny screen - with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels - rotates table PC-fashion for folk who prefer a more UMPC-like mode of operation.
The Windows XP Pro-based U8240's will go on sale first: in Japan around the middle of June, for ¥144,000 ($1198/£603/€881) and ¥164,000 ($1364/£687/€1003) - 512MB and 1GB of memory, respectively. The 1GB, Windows Vista Business model will hit the shelves in July also for ¥164,000 ($1364/£687/€1003).
There's no word yet on availability outside Japan. A shame - we want one...
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The Dish
Fighting Ferns with Raw Fish--Years ago, a friend taught me a new word for those ubiquitous, family-oriented chain restaurants that proliferate near freeway exits. You know the type. Places that are decorated by The Big Metal Turn-of-the-Century Reproduction Sign Company. Places that pour foot-high, neon cocktails with embarrassing names like the "Chattanooga Chocolate Twister." Places where the food is reassuringly bland, Americanized and uncomplicated. She called these places "fern bars."
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Dìa de Dulce
Treat yourself and the dearly departed for Dìa de los Muertos
Oct. 31 is a night of youthful celebration. In the United States, children scour their neighborhoods for mini-candy bars and bubble gum in silly costumes, and adults take a nostalgic journey into the world of make believe. In Mexico, the country celebrates the life of youth already departed during Young Souls Day—day one of Dìa de los Muertos, held the first week in November each year.
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Dìa de los Muertos en Albuquerque
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Queens Botanical Garden
Directions to this location
43-50 Main Street
Free with Garden admission. Admission is free on Wednesday from 3-6 and on Sundays from 4-6pm
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Stay off roads, if possible, authorities warn as snow contines
Temperatures should rise above freezing today and the foot of snow blanketing Yamhill County should start to melt, according to the National Weather Service.
Still, roads are treacherous. Law enforcement authorities suggest that people stay off the roads, if they don't have to travel; if they must, police say to use extra caution and leave extra room between vehicles.
Pedestrians and children at play also need to be careful. When walking or playing outside, watch out for passing vehicles, which may not be able to stop or avoid you.
Snow fell again most of Saturday, followed by sleet and freezing rain in some areas. The National Weather Service predicts a chance of freezing rain again before it's over, with good probability of regular rain by tonight.
Oregon State Police say chains are required on many areas of Interstate 5 and on mountain passes. Roads are covered with packed snow and are very icy in places.
According to OSP Northern Command Center Supervisor Dave Piercy, troopers statewide have responded to about 600 weather-related crashes since Thursday morning. Most of these crashes resulted in only minor injuries to those involved.
OSP handled one fatal crash Friday afternoon on east of Portland on Interstate 84 near Rooster Rock State Park, where a single vehicle lost control due to ice and left the roadway and collided broadside into a tree. In that crash, an adult female passenger died from her injuries. The adult male driver was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.
Troopers have also assisted approximately 900 motorists that needed assistance on Oregon's roadways due to severe road and weather conditions.
For current road and weather conditions, check www.tripcheck.com.
Closer to home, a child playing in the snow was hit by a car on Northwest Wintergreen Drive in McMinnville late Friday, but received only minor injuries, witnesses said.
On Highway 99W, multiple vehicles collided at Mineral Springs Road near Lafayette, closing the highway about 5 p.m. Friday.
Additional crashes and stalled vehicles blocking roadways were reported.
The McMinnville Public Library planned to reopen at 1 p.m. today, its usual time, after closing early Saturday.
The Wheatland Ferry remainds closed.
All Yamhill County schools were closed Friday after early shutdowns Thursday. Saturday activities are canceled.
(See a complete closure list below).
Temperatures rose to the high 20s Friday and stayed that way overnight. A high of 32 is predicted today.
Snow started Thursday morning, blanketing Yamhill County in 4 or more inches of snow, depending on elevation. Several more inches fell Friday afternoon and evening.
Warming shelters are available in McMinnville. Call 211 for information.
If you must drive, do so appropriately for the conditions — slow down, leave more room between your car and the one ahead of you and allow plenty of room for braking.
If you do need to go long distances, be prepared with water, snacks and blankets in your vehicle.
Remember your pets in the cold weather. Allow animals inside or make sure they have a warm, dry place in which to take shelter. Fresh water should be available. Check to make sure water sources haven't frozen over.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A conservative Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday said that he and 61 colleagues will push for a one-year delay in Obamacare as part of a government funding measure the chamber will consider this weekend.
This significant level of support for the proposed amendment by Representative Tom Graves of Georgia could indicate that Republicans cannot simply pass a straight-forward funding bill to keep the government open beyond September 30, which President Barack Obama is insisting upon.
(Reporting By David Lawder; Editing by Sandra Maler)


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Deathbed Conversion
The lesson of Tom DeLay's mortal hypocrisy.
In 1988, Tom DeLay's 65-year-old father, Charles DeLay, suffered catastrophic brain damage and went into a coma. He had no hope of recovery but evidently reacted when his son entered the room. Although Charles DeLay had no living will, his family concluded that he would be better off dead and wouldn't want to go on living this way. Tom DeLay joined other family members in deciding to withhold dialysis. His father died.
That story, pieced together from interviews and medical and court records by Walter F. Roche Jr. and Sam Howe Verhovek of the Los Angeles Times, defies Tom DeLay's pronouncements 16 years later. In the Terri Schiavo case, DeLay condemns the reasoning he and his relatives followed when the tragedy was theirs. Which is more honorable: what DeLay says as a politician, or what he did as a son? And what does that tell us about the wisdom of families and politicians in matters of life and death?
Physically, Charles DeLay was in far worse shape than Terri Schiavo. He needed dialysis, not just nutrition. He was 65, not 41. His body, unlike hers, was failing. But mentally, his condition was similar. According to his sister-in-law, doctors told the family that Charles DeLay would "basically be a vegetable." A neighbor who had visited him in the hospital said he "did a bit of moaning and groaning, I guess, but you could see there was no way he was coming back." Tom DeLay's mother told the Times that her husband seemed unconscious except that "whenever Randy [his son] walked into the room, his heart, his pulse rate, would go up a little bit."
Friends and relatives considered Charles DeLay's quality of life and concluded he'd be better off dead. "He was all but gone," said the neighbor. "He would have been better off if he'd died right there and then." According to Charles' sister-in-law, his brother "prayed that, if [Charles] couldn't have quality of life, that God would take him—and that is exactly what [H]e did."
God may have taken Charles, but his family held the door open. They inferred, without written evidence, that Charles wouldn't have wanted to go on living in this condition. "Daddy did not want to be a vegetable," said Vi Skogen, who at the time was Charles' daughter-in-law. Tom DeLay's mother told the Times, "There was no point to even really talking about it. There was no way [Charles] wanted to live like that. Tom knew—we all knew—his father wouldn't have wanted to live that way."
That was then. This is now. At a press conference on March 18, Tom DeLay denied that quality of life could be valid grounds for withdrawing Schiavo's feeding tube. "It's not for any one of us to decide what her quality of life should be," he said. "It's not any one of us to decide whether she should live or die." Congress, DeLay explained, was intervening against Schiavo's husband "to protect her constitutional right to live."
In the absence of a living will, DeLay argued, Schiavo's spouse couldn't legally vouch for her wishes, as DeLay's mother had done—on less apparent basis—for DeLay's father. When a reporter noted that "Terri Schiavo's husband has said that she expressed a verbal desire that she not continue in this sort of state," DeLay replied, "The sanctity of life overshadows the sanctity of marriage. I don't know what transpired between Terri and her husband. All I know is Terri is alive. … And unless she had specifically written instructions in her hand and with her signature, I don't care what her husband says."
A day later, DeLay told reporters that Congress had to intervene rather than "take it from just a few people that have decided whether she lives or dies. For one person in one state court to make this decision is too heavy. That's why it does take all of us to think this through, think about the Constitution and its protection of life."
DeLay hasn't confined his condemnation to the principles on which his family acted. He has condemned the character of people who now apply or defend those principles. On March 18, he charged, "Senators Boxer, Wyden, and Levin have put Mrs. Schiavo's life at risk to prove a point—an unprecedented profile in cowardice." A day later, he said of Schiavo's husband, "I don't have a whole lot of respect for a man that has treated this woman in this way. … My question is: What kind of man is he?"
Why the difference between then and now? Maybe because DeLay saw his father as a human being. He speaks of Schiavo as something more—and less. "It's more than just Terri Schiavo," DeLay told the Family Research Council on March 18. "It is a critical issue for people in this position, and it is also a critical issue to fight the fight for life, whether it be euthanasia or abortion. And I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, one thing that God has brought to us is Terri Schiavo, to elevate the visibility of what's going on in America."
This is what happens when you approach a tragedy as a politician rather than as a family member. You see quality of life as a slippery-slope abstraction, not as a reality affecting someone you love. You find it easy to impose a standard of documentation that would have forced your family to break the law. You second-guess a spouse in a way you would never second-guess your mother. You challenge people's competence and impugn their character. You perceive the afflicted person more as God's tool than as God's child.
I don't have a lot of respect for a man who treats a woman this way. But to dismiss him as a hypocrite would further politicize a case he has already politicized too much. My question is: What kind of man is he? My answer is: He's a better child than politician. So are we all. That's why families should make these decisions, and Congress should stay out.


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Lipscomb submits competency-based education proposal to U.S. Department of Education
Lipscomb's College of Professional Studies issues formal response to U.S. Department of Education call for competency-based learning models that recognize student's knowledge, work experience
Lipscomb University is among a select group of universities across the country to formally respond to a recent call for ideas from the U.S. Department of Education about how federally authorized "experimental sites" could help them responsibly explore new ways of using federal student aid to pay for innovative competency-based learning models.
The institutions submitted a joint response outlining experiments that would explore new or alternative federal definitions of student "attendance," separate federal financial aid eligibility from time-based measures and test hybrid programs that mix competency-based learning and traditional instruction.
This group of colleges and universities responded to the U.S. Department of Education's call last month for options for waiving federal student aid policies governing grants and loans that inhibit alternative learning models with potential to better meet the needs of some students. The department will use responses to its request to determine how to frame a formal request for proposals that could come later this year.
"Lipscomb University created the College of Professional Studies to better connect with and respond to employers on workforce development needs," said Charla Long, dean of Lipscomb's College of Professional Students. "A competency-based program is a way to link the academy to the business sector as it focuses on what student-employees know and can demonstrate, regardless of how much time that individual has spent in a traditional college classroom. We support the Department of Education's interest in fostering responsible innovation and experimentation because it will allow competency-based education programs to better address workforce needs and demands in a more effective manner."
A competency-based education model is an emerging concept in higher education. It focuses on what students need to know, understand and be able to do to earn degrees and on assessing the achievement of these discipline-specific and general competencies. These models hold learning requirements constant while academic calendars and structures can vary from traditional course-based, credit-hour-measured, instructor-led education, making them tougher to finance through federal student aid.
Long said a key factor to making competency-based programs available to more students will be finding ways in which federal aid programs can better support such programs. Just last week President Barack Obama negotiated with Congress to pass a new spending bill that includes a $260 million "First in the World" fund for higher education innovation and reform that will focus on competency-based education and learning initiatives. On Thursday, Jan. 16, he met with more than 100 university presidents to discuss initiatives to increase access to college education and to increase the number of students who complete an education with a focus on competency-based initiatives.
Public support for learning-based models is strong. A 2012 Gallup/Lumina Foundation Poll found that most Americans agree that earning a college degree is important for financial security, but many lack education beyond high school due to the barriers in traditional, time-bound higher education. Of those surveyed, 87 percent said they believe students should be able to receive college credit for knowledge and skills acquired outside of the classroom, and 75 percent of those polled said that if they could be evaluated and receive credit for what they know, they would be more likely to enroll in higher education.
After reviewing submissions, which are due Jan. 31, the Department of Education could use its statutory authority to formally request ideas for experiments that have the potential to increase quality and reduce costs in higher education while maintaining or increasing the programmatic and fiscal integrity of student aid programs. Last month, department officials said they have a particular interest in testing ideas that could improve student persistence and academic success, result in shorter time to completion, and reduce students' reliance on loans, especially among lower-income students and students who struggle academically.
In months ahead, the Department of Education is expected to issue a call for proposals from colleges and universities interested in participating in "experimental sites." With waivers from certain federal financial aid requirements and regulations, the selected colleges and universities would be allowed to test alternative methods of administering federal student aid.
Lipscomb University's College of Professional Studies offers programs designed to meet the unique life demands of the adult learner and range from degree completion programs to several graduate-level programs and certificates that prepare students for jobs in the current or future marketplace. It houses the university's undergraduate Adult Learning Program, the School of TransformAging and the Institute for Law, Justice and Society.
For more information about Lipscomb's College of Professional Studies, visit lipscomb.edu/professionalstudies or call 615.966.1104.


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What you're about to read, then, are some mini-reviews. Where possible, I've visited and poked around each of these sites; each of them had at least one idea worth thinking about. If there is interest, I may revisit one or two of these sites to do a full-fledged review.
I'm starting with 3Luxe. It's a cross between a shopping search engine, review site, and social network.
3Luxe's goal is to make shopping easier by offering you a few well-researched choices for products or services. The company has "over a dozen writers and researchers located around the country who do the research for each product category." While they do make their money from advertising placement, their search engine results are objective in the sense that nobody can buy their way into a placement. The social network aspect is that the site lets its users vote on their picks.
I was a little worried that the site wouldn't be fine-grained enough in its offerings. After all, if you search for a digital camera, the search engine doesn't know if you're a total beginner, an experienced digital photographer, or someone very used to film cameras making the jump to digital. So when I searched for digital cameras, I was relieved to find that it returned eight separate categories – until I saw the list:
Yes, Digital SLR is on the list twice, and I'm not sure why "cordless phones," "receivers" and "photo printers" are on the list; they seem a little like stretches to include, albeit justifiable. On the other hand, I rather like the presentation of the actual results; here's a screen shot for video cameras (shrunk and cropped to fit, so it only shows one review):
Near the bottom you can see the "Luxe it or leave it" feature that lets users vote a particular choice up or down. You don't have to be a registered user to vote. The link takes you to the full review. You can also leave a comment on the review, but you have to register to do so. That probably means the comments will be more useful and less spammy. The site covers a ton of categories, and is still in beta. "3Luxe is like the trusted friend who knows all about a product category in which you want to make a purchase," explains Doug Worple, CEO of 3Luxe and one of the two brothers running the company. It will be interesting to see how this hybrid approach fares in the market.
{mospagebreak title=vBuddy.com}
vBuddy.com is a social networking site that asks the question "What if web sites could social network with people?" Okay, that sounds a little ridiculous at first, but the idea behind vBuddy is to give each web site its own network site. You become a member of the network by confirming your email from the web site's domain. Once you're a member, you can update the network's profile, blog, photos, and post company jobs. Users can vote on photos and blogs; the most popular entries get showcased.
If you can't become a member of a particular network because you don't have an email account with the web site, you can always become a fan. Fans have fewer privileges, but they can post comments and make posts in the network's forum.
They seem to believe in AJAX at vBuddy. See that list on the left? I didn't need to click any links; I simply hovered my mouse over each item, and the content in the large box changed to highlight the important points of each area. For example, when I hovered over "People" the box displayed a bulleted list that included "Discover business contacts" and "Get to know like-minded people in various networks you enjoy," among other advantages.
vBuddy is in limited beta now. That means there really wasn't much I could do once I was on the site, aside from read the company's blog and submit my email address to apply for a spot in the beta. The site might be of interest to a company that doesn't have the resources to build its own social network but would like to put a friendly face on for their fans (and set up a way for their employees to communicate or possibly improve morale). I'm not sure of the size of this target audience, but I like the idea of an easy "front end" for a social network, and may keep an eye out to see what develops.
{mospagebreak title=MyLifeBrand}
MyLifeBrand is not exactly a social network per se; it's an aggregator. It lets users manage and aggregate their favorite social networks, communities and friends. Niche social networks can integrate their entire existing social network web site, members, and log-in credentials into MyLifeBrand. In this way, the niche networks may raise their profile and grow their own customer bases.
Member profiles are auto generated into a niche network's database and site any time someone joins that community from MyLifeBrand. And users have a single log in whether they go to the community from MyLifeBrand or directly.
The icons across the top give users some interesting options. Click on the stars, and you can create a free individual account. The guitar lets musicians create a showcase page to promote their music. The Oscar is for people working in the media to create a page to promote their career. The Olympic medal is for gurus who offer any type of expert service. The last symbol is for companies to create their own showcase pages. There are only minor differences between the applications – and it looks as if they really are applications, as one of the required fields for each of these forms is a textbox in which to answer the question "Why do you want to be a member?"
I ran into some problems with the search mechanism. On the other hand, the sneak peek that I walked through (the red link on the lower right in the screen shot above) looked pretty impressive. MyLifeBrand takes a tabbed approach. The four main tabs are labeled "Community," "MyLife," "Networks" and "Search." You use the Networks tab to browse to your favorite social networks. You can add or manage up to eight social networks, and set it up so that you're automatically logged in to each one.
Under the "MyLife" tag, you can manage all your friends from all of your networks. You can communicate with them without leaving MyLifeBrand, sending individual messages or even broadcasting a message to all of them. Little icons next to your friends' images show the logo of the social network through which you know them. You can also manage your content for all of your social networks under the MyLife tab. Another feature that registered users may find handy is the Community Directory; it lets you search, discover, and join new communities.
I was a little disappointed with the search function. It did turn up communities and even people, but as an unregistered user, whenever I tried to click on a link I got a screen that urged me to sign up and gave me no further information about the community. It would have been helpful to see a few paragraphs describing the community to give me some idea as to whether I'd be interested in joining. Keep in mind, though, that I did my search without registering for the site; it's possible that I would have seen something different as a registered user.
The whole idea of a site from which you can manage all of your social networks is brilliant. I wrote about Google working on an idea like this earlier this month. The search engine teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University on a project called Socialstream. The bad news was that the project ended in 2006, and Google said that it had no intention of creating a real product from the research. Then again, that may be very good news for MyLifeBrand.
{mospagebreak title=QueryCAT}
QueryCAT is a question-and-answer site, but it isn't socially based. It has indexed FAQs from all over the web and made them searchable from a single site. It's not topic specific; it looks for a specific "format" of web page.
As you can see, the site claims more than four million questions and answers. It uses the Alexa Web Search Platform as its crawler. It uses its own question recognition technology to power its search. The company also plans to offer the FAQ database and question recognition technology to other firms that want to add the FAQ search to their own site.
Here's a screen shot of the search in action:
Though the screen shot claims that it returned nine results, I only got four. And they were not as useful as one could hope. The first one, for example, led to a page that no longer exists. However, QueryCAT did better with other questions. As with any search engine, its results are going to be dependent on what it searches, so they are likely to be uneven. Still, you might find that it's worth a look; I don't know of any other company that is attempting this particular approach. Whether it will be successful is another question – and a frequently asked one at that, for QueryCAT and other start-up firms such as the ones I've reviewed here. Only the market knows the answer to that.


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Take one brief look at the 2014 Kia Sorento, shown for the first time at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, and you might just ask what's so new about it.
It's true the Sorento doesn't look radically different than the 2013 model. In fact, it looks much the same from the side, and only modestly facelifted at the front and rear, with new LED taillamps and bright-chrome or black-mesh grilles making the strongest attempt at a fresh look from the outside. Inside, the instrument panel has been more significantly redesigned, with revamped infotainment and a new reconfigurable TFT gauge cluster.
What's inside, and what's under the hood, could make the most difference on the 2014 Sorento. With the introduction of a 290-hp direct-injection, all-aluminum V-6, the Sorento should deliver the strong performance that we've appreciated in V-6 Sorentos, but with better fuel economy. And with a more rigid body structure, new electric power steering, suspension tweaks, we're hoping that the new Sorento will ride and drive better—as well as post improvements on its already-good safety ratings.
In addition to the bigger eight-inch touch-screen infotainment systems and next-generation UVO eServices features, the Sorento gets a number of new features, including available ventilated/cooled front seats, second-row sunshades, and an AC power inverter.
This article originally appeared at The Car Connection.


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Test Latest Builds With KDE4Daily 4.1
With the release of 4.1 on the horizon, and initiatives such as Krush days, recent call for help with documentation, and the perennial need for localisation it is very useful for end users to be able to easily get their hands on up-to-date builds of KDE4, preferably without having to wait for their chosen distro to provide packages. As was the case with the run up to KDE4.0, KDE4Daily VM aims to provide such a service.
For the uninitiated, KDE4Daily aims to accomplish this goal using Qemu virtualisation technology (although with KDE4Daily 4.0, people kindly stepped up to provide a VirtualBox/ VMWare equivalent). A self-contained Qemu image with a Kubuntu 8.04 base and a comprehensive set of a self-compiled KDE4 modules (all at r810996, initially) is provided, along with an updater system inside the VM itself. The updater downloads and installs binary updates provided by me to the full set of modules; these tend to be roughly 20-50MB each (although they will occasionally be larger), take a few minutes to apply, and will hopefully be pushed out daily - hence the name ;). "Bridge" updates will hopefully condense a week or so's worth of updates into one more compact version, so you can update at your own pace without being hit with a massive bandwidth bill :)
Because Qemu is distro-agnostic, you do not need to worry about distros or libraries or dependencies or suchlike; in fact, you can even test out KDE 4 while running Windows! The downside is that eye-candy such as KWin's new Composite-based effects will not be testable as Qemu does not support hardware graphics acceleration, and everything will generally feel a lot more sluggish than is the case with a native install.
KDE4Daily comes with its own backtrace-generation system so hopefully devs can be assured of having useful backtraces in any crash bugs you file, courtesy of DrKonqui. Do note that this system is currently rather slow and resource-intensive, although there are plans to improve it during the run of KDE4Daily 4.1. If you do somehow manage to crash a KDE app, please be patient while the valuable backtrace is created!
An extensive FAQ is provided at the KDE4Daily homepage, above; please feel free to ask any further questions in the Dot comments section. Also, note that KDE4Daily has not yet had any real testers apart from myself, so please be prepared for "teething trouble" such as botched upgrades and bandwidth issues! Enjoy, and remember that the more people test, the better KDE 4.1 will be. It's not all work, though; if you just want to try out recent deliciousness such as the KRunner and Marble, then that's fine, too!
Hey this is great service (to encourage backtraces and easy updates), which will mean I dont need to allocate 15gb to enable me to compile the whole tree and compile it every other day.
ps: A fast http mirror would be great as I the torrent is very slow :(
By crazydood at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: great
More people downloading it should make it faster, right?
By Andre at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: great
"ps: A fast http mirror would be great as I the torrent is very slow :("
There's now an HTTP mirror courtesy of Tony Wolf - many thanks to him for this :)
Re: great
... and an additional mirror has been provided by Kiyoshi Aman here:
great idea!
great idea guys! I'm downloading it right now!!!
By andrea at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
A few odds and ends ...
... that I forgot to mention in the article.
Firstly, I now have a blog, of sorts:
My very first blog entry is a brief analysis of the last KDE4Daily run.
An update to r812045 is already queued up and tested, and the next is on its way. After a while, human decisions will be removed from the upload process, and my faithful workhorse will operate on a "If it compiles - ship it!" basis, so be warned ;) If you get a dud update, then just wait around for the next one - KDE4Daily should be robust enough to deal with failures like this.
Some future plans:
- Implement a "mini-Dashboard" ( a small, KDE4Daily specific version of this:
) that tells you what the KDE4Daily preparer is doing (sitting idle; updating SVN; compiling; processing debug info) and whether any error occurred in the last batch. This is mainly for my use as I have a full-time job this time around, but others might find it helpful :)
- Allow a full dev environment to be created inside KDE4Daily by running a script. This will involve grabbing all external dependencies, checking out specific SVN modules (using "snapshots" so as to ease the strain on KDE's SVN servers) and updating them to current, and building. I would have done this last time (and several people asked me for it) but the crazy partitioning scheme meant there wouldn't have been room. So soon the barrier to hacking on KDE will be lower than ever!
That's all I can think of for the time being; enjoy!
Re: A few odds and ends ...
congrats on getting through your thesis; welcome back to KDE land and thanks for making these images available. rock on =)
By Aaron Seigo at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
VirtualBox Image
In case you want to test the image with VirtualBox, look at the bottom of this howto:
Afterwards, it can easily be used as a native VirtualBox image.
By Roland Wolters at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: VirtualBox Image
Indeed, thankyou :)
Incidentally, if anyone wants to convert to VirtualBox and upload it somewhere, please do - I'd do it myself, but it takes me hours and hours to upload images, and I'm already seeding the Qemu version :/
Re: VirtualBox Image
If someone can get a virtualbox image torrent going, I'll seed. For many users, this makes more sense than qemu. Gentoo users especially are often stuck without qemu, but can easily use vbox.
By vbox user at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Username and password for login
What's the username and password for login on the live-cd r811964?
By Andreas at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: Username and password for login
you mean the bugsquad live cd? the debian based one..
Username: user
By solardeity at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: Username and password for login
That's it, thanks.
By Andreas at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Official kde.org branding?
Would it make sense to put such initiatives under the official kde.org sites? (e.g. kde4daily.kde.org). The same also applies to the EBN and dirk's dashboard.
By Diederik van de... at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
The excellent KDE4Daily is back -- thanks.
I'll dedicate my 10mbps upstream to seeding this.
By ianjo at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: Thanks
Nice to see it back again! Very good to get more people to test it and fill out bugs!
By michael at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Thanks SSJ!
Thanks SSJ, kde4daily makes testing KDE trunk easy and fun! (Plus, now I can resist learning to compile from SVN until summer, when I actually have time. Aaron's blog has been getting me so excited that I was ready to risk screwing up my computer during finals week, lol.)
By kwilliam at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Where to report bugs?
hm, just wondering...what should be the first port-of-call when reporting bugs? To you or the kde bugtracker?
I've already run into one bug...and one that seems unlikely to have been missed by the developers. Nothing has crashed though so there's no backtrace available...but the thing is, whenever I add a plasmoid or a new panel - it isn't saved between sessions and neither are programs left running on shutdown (at least not akregator or kontact). I can, however, create directories and files in /home that are saved and retained as they should (including comments and tags) so I don't think it's as basic as insufficient rights to modify files - and the files I've taken a further look at has sufficient rights at that.
Note though that I have converted the qemu image to a vbox one, although I doubt that is the cause of the problem.
By Jonas at Mon, 2008/05/26 - 5:00am
Re: Where to report bugs?
I've noticed that logging out seems rather ... abrupt, and I wonder if this is the cause:
This would probably kill all session-saving, etc.
The Plasma thing has hit me a few times, and it seems that there is a plasmaappletsrc (can't remember the exact file name at the moment) but no plasmarc. I don't know enough about the internal workings of Plasma to know if this is the cause of it, but it does seem strange at least.
Re: Where to report bugs?
If it looks like a general KDE bug, then bugzilla, but search it first to make sure you aren't reporting a duplicate. And make sure to put in that you're using a daily version, and which one it is.
By A. L. Spehr at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
If KDE4Daily is Kubuntu-based, are actual .deb packages available for vanilla Kubuntu?
By Riddle at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: Kubuntu?
The KDE4 install isn't provided as .debs, but there is in principle no reason that I can see why users of *buntu Hardy couldn't run KDE4Daily natively. I'll investigate this more when I have a chance, but I'll try and post an "anatomy of KDE4Daily" so that people can see how it's put together starting with a blank server install - a few people have asked for installable/ LiveCD versions, and this will hopefully enable them to easily create them.
Re: Kubuntu?
That would be great for all the wonderful and adventurous people on the kubuntu forum.
I am sure some of us would love t help building a live/install cd.
Very much looking forward to this:)) and thank you for all the great work:)
By Fred at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: Kubuntu?
> I'll investigate this more when I have a chance
I'd be willing to help if you need it.
By Riddle at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Kubuntu?
It's probably missing some essential details, but see here:
By SSJ at Tue, 2008/06/03 - 5:00am
Hi all,
I did some initial tests, 256mb for qemu mem is waaaay to slow for kde. I felt with 1gb its slow, but bearable. I can imagine how slow its going to be when generating a backtrace.
I am not sure though why it is so slow, I have had vmware images (kubuntu) run on vmware server with 512mb and its quite responsive.
Plasma theme bug?
any ideas?
By crazydood at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
Oops - the Plasma comment here:
was directed at crazydood :)
Re: testing
I have another minor nitpick :)
The default window size is bigger than my 1280x800 display, can you make the height less than 800? it would be great :)
As for the plasma bug, i deleted my .kde and .config in $HOME seems to be back up and running.
As for the updates wow 80MB of patches :)
keep em comming hehe
By crazydood at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
woops the patches were another 30mb :)
ohh and about the window size, dont worry, i had biig task menu bar, so i couldnt see the whole qemu window
ohh and thanks for the warning tip in the latest update on how to kill plasma and run again, by running krunner.
By crazydood at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I second this. To top it off, the kdm theme doesn't seem to react very good to changing the resolution (buttons get hidden), so you just can't change the resolution on the xorg.conf.
Maybe change the kde theme, and put "1024x768" before "1280x1024" on the xorg.conf? That way, if you wanted more/less, you could use krandrtray or xrandr to change it.
By ianjo at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
--Ah forget it. It seems that there is some kind of but when I put both "1024x768" and "1280x1024" on the xorg config file, very weird.
By ianjo at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
It's slow because qemu needs the kernel accelerator module to do true virtualisation rather than emulation.
I've converted the KDE4Daily 4.1 image to VirtualBox's format, but I need to confirm that it works before I compress it and send it off to my webserver.
By Kiyoshi Aman at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
Thanks for the tip! It was running way, way slow without it.
By Jonathan Thomas at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
Hi again,
I have compiled the kernel module kqemu for virtualisation, but the performance is the same.
any difference between running it with virtualbox?
for me its painfully slow, konsole probably takes around 10 seconds to launch
By crazydood at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I noticed with mine that nepomukservices(?) chewed up 100% of the CPU for several minutes. Have you tried running "top" in a terminal (from within KDE4Daily) to see if any processes are slowing everything down?
By anon at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
nope, nothing of that sort (nepomuk or any other app taking 100% cpu) here.
By crazydood at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: testing
a VirtualBox Image would be really nice to have, because it's complicated for me to install qemu3 (it needs gcc3).
By mk at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I tried to convert, but my .vdi ended up with a boot failure.
By mk at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I found it to be very slow also. It would be great if you could convert it, I would do it myself, but it needs 40gigs of free space to do(for the .bin and uncompressed .vdi).
Thankyou =]
By TimS at Tue, 2008/05/27 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I was not able to make a working VDI VirtualBox image, but that's okay; I converted to VMDK using qemu's qemu-img conversion utility instead and *that* works rather well:
Please be sure to mention it in your bug reports just in case, as there may be flaws I haven't encountered yet.
[This image should work in VMWare as well, but I haven't tried it because I don't use VMWare.]
By Kiyoshi Aman at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: testing
I forgot to mention, I *cannot* seed torrents, so unless someone else wants to make a torrent for the image, there will be no torrents available. Sorry.
By Kiyoshi Aman at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: testing
Excellent - thanks very much for this!
By SSJ at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
At the moment of writing this, I'm downloading it from two machines (own computer and 100Mibps server), the second will be seeding. If you want, I can provide a http source too.
By Marcin Łab... at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Virtualbox running
Well I've got it running in a virtualbox. I am now updating it and will then try to get a torrent out. I will have some seeding problems up until monday though, so best thing will be to get it tonight.
Will post again when I know more.
By Jord at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
Just saw there is already one out there... :-)
By Jord at Wed, 2008/05/28 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
I can't get networking to work with the VirtualBox VM running under Windows or Kubuntu. There isn't an /etc/initab file, is that the problem? Any help appreciated...
By pepe at Thu, 2008/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
I had the same problems (with 1.5.6) . Actually i only now found a workaround. "sudo su" to root password is kde4daily
then dhclient eth5
By mk at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
thank you. It works for me with eth1
By bakc at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
Worked for me too! Thanks very much.
Now need to fix screen resolution, it's way too big so I need to scroll in VirtualBox to see everything. Used KR&RTray to change to 800*600 but this just cut out an 800*600 window!
By pepe at Fri, 2008/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Virtualbox running
you can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
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