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Qmail is an old, well-written, reliable security friendly email server that has proudly stood the test of time and corrosive use. Architecturally solid, with its components divided across workflow with numerous configuration files, the beginner system administrator needs a gentle push up the slopes of learning. Qmail Quickstarter: Install, Set Up, and Run your own Email Server by Kyle Wheeler and published by PACKT has been concisely written for the learning task at hand.
PACKT books, in general, have a very well defined and practical purpose, tailored for specificity. This is also true for Kyle Wheelers accurate tome. Removing the index and table of content leaves you with approximately 130 pages of content. The thinness of the book believe me is a good thing. Everything that you need to know the author explains, and, for the difficult to visualize architectures, there are understandable and clutter free diagrams.
For the difficult to visualize architectures there are understandable and clutter free diagrams
The contents
System administrators often use qmail as a drop in replacement for Sendmail. The software is intelligently broken into modules each configured via text files to fulfill specific tasks such as queuing, cleaning up, speaking SMTP protocol, etc. The author recognizes the segmented nature and divides the book up accordingly. The modular software division allows different parts to run as different users and limits through this approach the extent and value of an outside attack.
Within eight chapters, the book explores all the basics and more. Kyle Wheeler explains much: such as getting email into a queue, storing and retrieving email, and the important commercial ISP subjects of virtualization and filtering of email and advanced features such as SSL and the somewhat boring but necessary subject of logging.
I liked many parts of the book: firstly, the diagrams dividing down the underlying responsibilities in a crisp no nonsense approach as exampled by the queuing diagram on page 39. Secondly, the book is not verbose and does what it has to do with no extra embellishments. For a busy system administrator the book is thus more viable than a 500-page manual. Thirdly, I enjoyed the discussion of the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and also DomainKeys contained within the pages 93-97. Finally, the mentioning of Silly Qmail Syndrome (page 132) and a patch solution should for some of you short cut a degree of pain and potential embarrassment.
Who's this book for?
This book is for qmail System Administrators or for those who wish to become a better one. In fact, the modular approach and text driven configuration is an old trusted methodology architects may also wish to review via reading this book.
Relevance to free software
The creator of qmail Dan Bernstein holds copyright over his software, therefore qmail is not free software within the full definition of free software. That said, qmail has wide market penetration and the source code is free to view and thus a developer can learn from or measure the codes quality. You will need Dan Bernstein's approval to any modification to the code base. I suspect his actions are purely paternal and possibly related to the highly secure nature and reputation of qmail.
qmail is not free software within the full definition of free software
If you want to configure qmail this book quickly guides you through the minefield of potential configuration permutations enabling a newbie administrator the opportunity to deploy a viable qmail infrastructure.
Further, an architect wishing to understand a viable and stable divide and conquer approach to building software will learn from well-designed software here.
If you looking for a comprehensive manual on all things qmail, then one suspects that this book is a little too thin for the collective bookshelf.
The book itself is excellent and fit for purpose, however qmail does not currently appear to be fully free software
|Qmail Quickstarter: Install, Set Up and Run your own Email Server
|Kyle Wheeler
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It was a safe guess from the start, but the Pre won't be Palm's only WebOS handset. In fact, they're already promising an entire roadmap of new smartphones based on the slick OS.
The announcement accompanied a particularly bloody quarterly report, which is perhaps why Palm felt it necessary in the first place—when you're hemorrhaging money, it's best to assure investors and analysts that you're not putting all your eggs in one Pre-shaped basket. This was, however, pretty obvious all along. Palm is a handset maker first and foremost, so they were never expected to adopt a one-OS, one-handset strategy like Apple.
More importantly, when Palm says they plan to expand WebOS "well beyond our [Pre] base," it conjures images of a better time, that golden Treo heyday when a rich line of great handsets were united by a fantastic OS, and the name "Treo" had serious cachet. So 2010 is the new 2003, or something. [CNET]

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USDA: Wis. company recalls ground beef products
A Wisconsin company is recalling about 2,500 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Glenn's Market and Catering of Watertown is recalling the raw beef.
The recall involves various size packages of Glenn's Market ground round, ground chuck and ground beef sold between Dec. 22, 2012, and Jan. 4, 2013, only from the company's retail meat case in Watertown.
The federal agency and the Wisconsin Division of Public Health have identified three patients with a strain of E. coli in the state. All three reported consuming raw ground round.
Officials and the company are concerned that some product may be in shoppers' freezers.
E. coli can cause dehydration, diarrhea and abdominal cramps.


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US considers $33bn sci/tech funding package
Still a long way from the green
The US House of Representatives has called for $33.6bn of funding for science and technology research. The cash is part of the "America Competes Act" (seriously, who names these things?), which was waved through by a thumping 367-57 vote.
The package outlines state grants worth $150m for various education schemes, as well as more substantial investments in the National Science Foundation, the science programmes at the Department of Energy and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The bill also calls for publicly funded research to be made available to the public.
It had the backing of the US Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, and major technology trade associations, CNet reports.
Texas Instruments CEO, and head of the Semiconductor Industry Association Richard Templeton, said in a statement: "Increased support for basic research and math and science education is the key to maintaining US leadership. Today's action by the House demonstrates that Congress understands that connection."
The House minority leader John Boehner said the bill focused on the wrong areas. He said American firms were being hampered in a globally competitive market by stringent regulations and high corporate taxes.
Other critics wondered where, in the face of a hefty federal deficit, the money outlined in the bill is going to come from.
Indeed, mere approval of the bill does not guarantee the money. Real-world cash allocation is subject to congressional votes and presidential approval. But if the bill gains the support of the Senate in a vote later today, it could lay the ground work for three years of serious investment in science and technology programmes across the US.
The EU's last science and technology research package, which covers projects that run up to 2013, was voted through last November. It allocated some €54bn to the area, a 40 per cent increase on the previous package. ®


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Analysts will debate for some time whether it's a good business deal. But how will it affect Skype's devoted customers?
John Nichols, co-founder of FreePress, a national media reform organization, is concerned about too few companies controlling too many tiers of communication.
"They're both good companies in many ways. There's a lot to be said for both of them. But when you put them together, you have fewer options."
Matt Wood, associate director of Media Access Project, another watchdog group, says the deal may be a "net" positive. His organization hopes Microsoft will more strongly embrace network neutrality and other policies aimed at keeping the Web free, partly because services such as Skype which depend on access to existing networks potentially could be crippled by "large and anti-competitive carriers like AT&T and Verizon."
"Whatever consumer benefits are to come from this deal, though, we think it's essential that they be preserved and enhanced through open Internet protections and principles and policies that are enforced by the FCC."
A spokesman for the Federal Communications Commission had no comment. It is seen as unlikely the deal will require FCC approval.
Michael Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, along with Skype CEO Tony Bates, announced the deal at a news conference in Redmond, Wash.
"Microsoft and Skype together will bring together hundreds of millions – or, as Tony said, billions – of consumers and empower them to communicate in new and interesting ways."
Microsoft says more advertisements on its video service are likely.
Skype is free if used between Skype customers. Revenue comes from long-distance charges when Skype users call telephone numbers and mobile phones. That model raises the question of whether future success – in the form of more free users – will hurt the new division's bottom line, and how Microsoft would address the resulting revenue loss.
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The State University of New York will award honorary doctoral degrees to two individuals who have earned international recognition in their respective fields during SUNY Cortland's Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 17.
Barbara J. Ryan '74, an international leader in the field of satellite imaging, and Wang Gongxin, a world renowned video artist, will deliver the Commencement addresses at the 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. ceremonies respectively.
Both embody SUNY Cortland's global approach to education and both share unique connections to the College. Ryan earned a bachelor's degree in geology from SUNY Cortland in 1974 and Gongxin studied as a visiting student at the College in the late 1980s.
Biographies on each honorary degree recipient follow:
Wang Gongxin
Gongxin, a respected artist who introduced modern computer-aided video art to China, will receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.
Gongxin was a visiting student at SUNY Cortland in 1987 and 1988 and helped inspire the creation of the College's New Media Design major. Because of his work, avant-garde art in the form of computer-assisted video installations is widely accepted in China, influencing public discussions on social and cultural issues.
Trained in traditional Chinese art forms as well as communist "socialist realism," Gongxin was challenged by exposure to western, "new media" art as a student in SUNY Cortland's Art and Art History Department. He explored new mediums of expression and exhibited in the department's Student Select exhibition in 1988.
Gongxin returned to China, where he became the first Chinese artist to introduce and master computer manipulation of video. His work has been shown at major art exhibitions around the world, earning honors that include the 2006 Martell Artist of the Year and a Lawrence Olivier Award — British Theater's equivalent of a Tony Award — for best video set design.
Work such as "My Sun" in 2000 questioned established political and social norms, exploring the rise of individualism in China and focusing on the subtleties of everyday life. "Here? Or There?" a collaboration with his wife, acclaimed artist Lin Tianmiao, reflects the uncertainty caused by fast-paced growth and change in modern China with images that shift between reality and fantasy.
Video installations such as "Rain, or Water," a piece highlighting water conservation commissioned by the Beijing Center for Contemporary Art as part of its Green Art Project, demonstrate Gongxin's commitment to creating a sustainable planet.
By merging western influences with traditional Chinese culture, Gongxin has created a body of work that is visually stunning, emotionally gripping and intellectually stimulating.
Barbara J. Ryan '74
Ryan, the secretariat director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) in Geneva, Switzerland, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science degree.
Under Ryan's direction, millions of satellite images have been made available to the general public at no charge, allowing scientists, planners and policy makers to take a comprehensive approach to problems that transcend political boundaries. Her work addresses critical issues in agriculture, public health, disaster planning, energy, bio-diversity and climate change.
After graduating from SUNY Cortland with a degree in geology in 1974, Ryan joined the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the nation's largest civilian mapping agency. She became an expert in groundwater contamination and eventually was selected as staff assistant to the Department of the Interior's top official for water and science.
Ryan advanced steadily in the USGS, earning master's degrees in geography from the University of Denver and in civil engineering from Stanford University along the way. As associate director for geography at the USGS, she was responsible for the Landsat program, which includes the agency's remote sensing, geography and civilian mapping features.
Ryan has served as chair of the international Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, which coordinates information from more than 100 civilian satellites and in 2008 became director of the World Meteorological Organization's space program.
Since 2012, in her current role as secretariat director of the GEO, Ryan has worked to pull earth observation systems from around the world into a single, comprehensive system that uses coordinated data to understand how environmental factors impact human life. Like Ryan's career body of work, the system helps guide decision-makers toward better energy, agricultural and land-use decisions.


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The demo is word-based, but we have a function for efficient phrase-based translation too.
I invented a new data structure (I think). It's an array (variable-size list) where each add, remove, update and random access completes in O(log n) time.
I call it a Log-N array. The implementation uses an order statistic red-black tree. This could be nice for handling long token lists during JavaX transpilation.
...live on stream. Sadly, frame rate dropped to 6 frames a minute at some point. Hopefully fixed next time. Video here. Code made.
Stefan Reich builds agi.blue, the Google-killing AI database & chat bot making platform. New functions built: Inter-slice links, Delete page, Checkboxes.
Randall Brown & band (including me).
Because White-Box.
agi.blue now has a query language that looks like this:
word types / is plural of / $x $y / is a / $x return $y
This example queries the database for a random word type.
Coarse Procedures. Power Words.
Concepts we need.
Consider this text:
First, I wake up. Then, I get dressed. I walk to school. I do not ride a bike. [...] Question 1: What happens first? 1 Get dressed 2 Wake up 3 Eat lunch 4 Walk to school [+4 more questions]
Program that solves this. (One screen of code as always.)
The engine is pretty generic. It works by correlating words in the text, the question and the answer. The only additional information we put in is a list of "important words"—this time in the form of regular expressions:
"(?<!not )like", "not like", "dinner", "school", "bed"
The first expression matches on "like", but not on "not like" which avoids some confusion.
(Why do we have to put in these regular expressions? Well, the AI is young, so we help it out a little bit. The semantic knowledge the AI gathers in these exercises will eventually allow it to function without human help.)
Now on to more challenges!
agi.blue. Ask anything.
Yeah it's pretty empty. Let's fill it! Just talk. No limits.
Integrating with the world. A friend's room with some bots.
My JavaX Gitter implementation which is about a million times shorter than anyone else's—only one screen of code.
Yeah it's unscripted. Geniuses work like that.
...now with multi-user support. Download here.
No it's not in the play store. Blame Google.
Original post. Oh my! It is on the wrong subsite. What do they do? Do they move it? No—they lock it. Classic StackOverflow admin malfunction.
So we move it ourselves. What will happen next?
Human, computer, objective.


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Top Items:
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Amazon Takes on Oracle and IBM With SimpleDB — Companies can now go ahead and fire their expensive database administrators—those engineers who keep the Oracle or IBM databases humming. Amazon has just added an enterprise-class database called SimpleDB to its suite of cloud-based IT infrastructure …
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work, Computerworld, Jonathan Boutelle's home … and CNET News.com
Jon / Jonathan Boutelle's home on the net: Simple DB: the final piece of the puzzle falls into place
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com: Amazon opens testing for in-cloud database
Cying / inside looking out:
What You Need To Know About Amazon SimpleDB — Well after being under NDA for so long, I'm glad to be able to say that Amazon SimpleDB has gone into limited beta. Congratulations to everyone on the SDS / SimpleDB team; their several years of work on SimpleDB (formerly called SDS) is a brilliant piece of engineering.
Discussion: InformationWeek, Read/WriteWeb, Amazon Web Services Blog, Sriram Krishnan, Rough Type, GigaOM, rc3.org, Venture Chronicles and Digg
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek: Amazon Launches New Database Service
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb: Amazon Web Services Family Expands with SimpleDB
Nick / Rough Type: Dominating the cloud
Om Malik / GigaOM: Amazon Web Services launches SimpleDB Beta
Rafe Colburn / rc3.org: Amazon.com takes on the relational database
Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Economics that are impossible to stop — A few days ago, Jeff Barr, Amazon's Web services (AWS) evangelist visited my class and got a report of what we'd built over the course of the last semester on top of AWS. Each student had built part of a project that eventually used 25-30 independent machines.
Nitin Borwankar / GigaOM:
Amazon SimpleDB 101 & Why It Matters
Amazon SimpleDB 101 & Why It Matters
Discussion: OakLeaf Systems and Seth Levine's VC Adventure
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Amazon rolls out beta of its cloud database
Amazon rolls out beta of its cloud database
Discussion: StartupSquad.com, O'Reilly Radar and bytes|genes
Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar: Amazon Launches SimpleDB: Your Database in the Cloud
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
What's Wrong With Windows Mobile and How WM7 and WM8 Are Going to Fix It [What's Wrong With Windows Mobile] — We just got the scoop from Microsoft on Windows Mobile 7 and Windows Mobile 8, the two upcoming platforms that will fix what is undeniably broken about the Windows Mobile platform to date.
Discussion: Download Squad, Pocket PC Thoughts, IntoMobile and Digg
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Where is Windows Mobile headed?
Jon Westfall / Pocket PC Thoughts: What's Wrong Now & What Will WM7 & WM8 Hold?
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile: Microsoft admits Windows Mobile stinks, working hard to fix it in WM 7 and 8
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Windows Mobile: more of what's going on in the next two versions — Publicly disclosable details about the future of Windows Mobile are still sparse, but we can let the door open a bit wider on what was shown at this year's Mobius with regard to the next two versions of Windows Mobile.
Discussion: mocoNews.net, Phone Scoop and Engadget Mobile
Eric M. Zeman / Phone Scoop: Details Emerge About Windows Mobile Beyond Version 6.1
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile: What's in the crystal ball for Windows Mobile?
Nick / Rough Type:
Googlepedia — Just to underscore the impetus behind the launch of Googlepedia - er, Knol - I went back to rerun a test I first ran over a year ago to see how high Wikipedia pages rank in a random set of Google searches. Here were the results on August 10, 2006: — World War II: #1 — Israel: #1
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley: Google's philosophy: Knol thyself
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests: Google's Destruction, Step #1: Populate Search Results With Google Pages
MG Siegler / ParisLemon: Has Google Forgotten To Secure Knol.com In Their Quest To Take Over the World?
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Google Knol: A Step Too Far?
Om Malik / GigaOM: Google's Death Knol For Some?
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Cynical, but probably correct
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: Google Knol - Google's Play To Aggregate Knowledge Pages
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: That's Not Evil, It's Business
Linuxchic / Alternageek Technology Podcast:
T-Mobile blocks Twitter? (updated) — Update below — After several days of no Twitter SMS service I contacted T-Mobile customer support. After the standard technical support for my phone (even though ALL phones on my account are denied access to Twitter SMS via 40404) …
Discussion: TechCrunch, CenterNetworks, Webware.com and Mashable!
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch: T-Mobile Turns Off Twitter?
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com: TWITTER DOUBLY DEAD FOR SOME TMOBILE USERS
Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins / Mashable!: T-Mobile Blocking Twitter?
Federal Trade Commission:
Petition Seeking My Recusal from Review of Proposed Acquisition of Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners V, LP (DoubleClick Inc.) — This statement responds to the "Complaint Requesting Recusal of the Federal Trade Commission Chairman From the Pending Review of the Proposed Google-Doubleclick Merger" …
Discussion: WebProNews, Epicenter, Computerworld, p2pnet, ClickZ News Blog, Technology Live, paidContent.org, Digital Daily, Mashable! and CNET News.com
David A. Utter / WebProNews: No DoubleClick Recusals At FTC
Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter: FTC Chair Refuses to Recuse Herself on Google-DoubleClick Deal
Linda Rosencrance / Computerworld: FTC head won't recuse herself from Google-DoubleClick deal review
Jim Hopkins / Technology Live: Critics: FTC chair shouldn't vote on Doubleclick
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Damn You, Google Cache!
Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins / Mashable!: FTC: Google DoubleClick Hearings Back On!
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com: Google-DoubleClick deal hit by deleted Web page controversy
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
FTC chairman won't recuse self in Google-DoubleClick
FTC chairman won't recuse self in Google-DoubleClick
Discussion: Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Valleywag and InfoWorld
Will Greenwald / CNET News.com:
Nintendo, GameStop address Wii shortage — The Nintendo Wii launched more than a year ago, and the system is still incredibly hard to find. This long after the system started shipping, people are still camping in front of stores as soon as they hear about new shipments.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Electronista and Contentinople
Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:
Nintendo's Wii Rainchecks Mean You Get the Console Plus the …
Nintendo's Wii Rainchecks Mean You Get the Console Plus the …
Discussion: Kotaku, Engadget, Electronista, The Technology Chronicles and CNET News.com
Brian Crecente / Kotaku: Liveblogging the Reggie Talk [Liveblogging]
Nilay Patel / Engadget: Wii to eventually get voice support, hints Fils-Aime
Rick Broida / CNET News.com: Buy a Wii now, get it later
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
A Year Later, the Same Scene: Long Lines for the Elusive Wii
A Year Later, the Same Scene: Long Lines for the Elusive Wii
Chris Kohler / Game | Life: Q&A: Nintendo's Reggie Talks Wii Shortages
Alex Pham / Los Angeles Times: Nintendo to offer Wii rain checks
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily: Just in Time for Christmas: the Nintendo Waa!
Geoff Duncan / Digital Trends: Wii Still Dominated November Console Sales
Ben Kuchera / Opposable Thumbs: Nintendo shortages to continue, GameStop to offer rain-check program
Alexander Sliwinski / Joystiq: Wii unavailability costing Nintendo a billion in sales
Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman: Xbox, Wii: "Piling It On" Against Sony in Game Console Wars
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Wii: Can't keep up with demand or supply artificially limited
Mark Androvich / GamesIndustry.biz: Nintendo announces Wii "rain check" program
Luke Plunkett / Kotaku: Nintendo Losing Money On Every Wii Not Sold [Nintendo Wii]
Blake Snow / GamePro.com: Nintendo announces Wii raincheck program
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: With Wii shortage, Nintendo risks alienating potential customers
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Wii shortages leave $1.3B on the table this holiday season
RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo: Nintendo losing big bucks due to Wii shortages
Bill Gates / BBC:
The skills you need to succeed — One of the most important changes of the last 30 years is that digital technology has transformed almost everyone into an information worker. — In almost every job now, people use software and work with information to enable their organisation to operate more effectively.
Terrence Russell / Epicenter: Bill Gates: 'The Secret to Success is Education, Microsoft'
Samuel Dean / Web Worker Daily: Gates on Collaboration and Continued Learning
Brier Dudley / Brier Dudley's blog: Bill Gates on "skills you need to succeed"
Paul McNamara / Network World: Gates on education: Knowledge is good
Ben Worthen / Business Technology: Bill Gates to Workers: Appreciate Software
Terrence O'Brien / Switched: Bill Gates and Martha Stewart Say Tech Is Important (Duh!)
John Biggs / CrunchGear: Bill Gates says "Get you an education"
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley: And kids, stay in school — you don't want to end up like me
Chris Williams / The Register: BBC pinches hot new columnist from Microsoft
Will Sturgeon / LEWIS 360°: Bill Gates: 'Ain't technology grand'
Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's GestureLab:
Overnight Success — It may come as a surprise to many of us, but not Ray Ozzie, that he has won the war. While everyone from Nick Carr to the group of consultants known as the Enterprise Irregulars tilt at the Windmill formerly known as ERP, Microsoft has suddenly emerged …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Sold Out Kindles Going For Up To $1,500 On Ebay — Amazon's new Kindle ebook device sold out almost immediately after going on sale. And there won't be any more available until after Christmas: … The device, which sells for $400, also is unavailable outside of the U.S. So if you want one now …
Discussion: CrunchGear, Webware.com, Gizmodo, Silicon Alley Insider and Valleywag
Greg Sandoval / Webware.com: AUCTIONEERS ASK FOR DOUBLE KINDLE'S RETAIL PRICE
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: Kindle Aftermarket: WTF?
Jordan Golson / Valleywag: Kindle going for $1,500 on eBay [E-commerce]
Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
Microsoft's Ultimate Avatar All Night Party-o-Rama: Actually Pretty Funny — Microsoft launched two new contests today at its UltimateSteal site (the ultimate steal is getting Office for $60 as a student). The UltimateSteal Sweepstakes, both The Ultimate College Idol and the Ultimate College All Nighter …
Discussion: GigaOM
Wagner James Au / GigaOM: Microsoft Takes Baby Step Into Web 2.0 Ad World
Benny Goldman / Gizmodo:
Intel Reveals New Mobile SSD, UMPC Concepts, the Skulltrail Gaming Platform and Penryn and Santa Rosa Updates [Intel] — At Intel's Pre-CES briefing today, execs discussed a new super-small solid state drive, WiMax-capable devices, and 45nm Penryn chips in everything from UMPCs to television sets …
Discussion: eWEEK.com and jkOnTheRun
Scott Ferguson / eWEEK.com: Intel Will Highlight Silverthorne at CES
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Intel pre-CES news: SSD shrinks in size and Lenovo to have a MID?
The Promise of Social Network Advertising — How much can social networks net? — Social networking is an Internet success story. — This year, 37% of the US adult Internet population used online social networking at least once a month. That figure will rise to 49% in 2011.
Discussion: HipMojo.com, p2pnet, WebProNews, Valleywag, The Social Times, Silicon Alley Insider and Mashable!
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com: Hype Watch: Social Media Revenues a Tiny Sliver of Online Advertising Pie
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews: Social Network Ad Spending To Hit $2 Billion
Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag: Online ads to be left out of 2008 political spending spree [Online Advertising]
David Ambrose / The Social Times: Social Network Advertising on the Up-and-Up


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See if you can figure out what is missing from Obama's statement on the Libya embassy attacks.
I strongly condemn the outrageous attack on our diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which took the lives of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. Right now, the American people have the families of those we lost in our thoughts and prayers. They exemplified America's commitment to freedom, justice, and partnership with nations and people around the globe, and stand in stark contrast to those who callously took their lives.
I have directed my Administration to provide all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel in Libya, and to increase security at our diplomatic posts around the globe. While the United States rejects efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others, we must all unequivocally oppose the kind of senseless violence that took the lives of these public servants.
On a personal note, Chris was a courageous and exemplary representative of the United States. Throughout the Libyan revolution, he selflessly served our country and the Libyan people at our mission in Benghazi. As Ambassador in Tripoli, he has supported Libya's transition to democracy. His legacy will endure wherever human beings reach for liberty and justice. I am profoundly grateful for his service to my Administration, and deeply saddened by this loss.
The brave Americans we lost represent the extraordinary service and sacrifices that our civilians make every day around the globe. As we stand united with their families, let us now redouble our own efforts to carry their work forward.
That's right: any indication that we're going to do anything to punish the attackers; or the elements of the various societies that harbor them; or, indeed, much of anything at all. I don't need the President to tell me that we feel bad about Americans being targeted and murdered. I do need him to tell me how he plans to make sure that nobody sane ever, ever, EVER thinks to do it again. That's Barack Obama's job; and right now, he's flunking it.
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MetroPCS today announced the carrier's latest smartphone, the Android-powered LG Spirit, is now available. Among other details, the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich handset features a 4.5-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 5-megapixel camera (rear), front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera, and 2150mAh battery. Priced at $199.99 after a $70 mail-in rebate, the 4G LTE-ready LG Spirit can be found at MetroPCS.com and in retail stores.
MetroPCS Goes Big Display, Big Value with New LG Spirit™ 4G Smartphone
Consumers can pair 4.5-inch touchscreen LG smartphone at $199 with 4G LTE plans starting at $40
DALLAS (January 31, 2013) – MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is going big in 2013 with the launch of the Spirit™ 4G, a 4.5-inch touchscreen Android™ smartphone from LG Electronics. The Spirit 4G packs top-of-the-line features in its sleek and stylish frame with a crystal-clear screen and 4G LTE connectivity for $199 plus tax after mail-in rebate – all with no annual contract.
The LG Spirit 4G builds on MetroPCS' success with other LG 4G LTE models – the Esteem, Connect 4G and Motion 4G – by taking features and ease of use to the next level:
- Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- 4.5-inch touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass® beautifully displays pictures, video and other content
- 1.2GHz dual-core processor and powerful 2150mAh battery provides easy multitasking throughout the day
- 5MP rear camera with helpful features like LED flash, Cheese Shutter, & Time Catch Shot to capture the right pictures at the right moments
- 1080p True-to-Life HD video recording for life's moving moments
- 1.3MP front camera for video chat
- QuickMemo™ for convenient on-screen notation to express and share ideas
- joyn™ by MetroPCS capability delivers a unified and intuitive way to share content with enriched services like integrated instant messaging or chat, WiFi and video calling. The official joyn app can be downloaded via Google Play and the @metro App Store™.
- MetroPCS' 4G LTE Mobile Hotspot service support (for an additional monthly charge
The value doesn't stop with all the features found in the Spirit 4G thanks to MetroPCS' recently simplified 4G LTE rate plans, which begin at $40 and offer unlimited 4G LTE talk, text and data for only $60 – taxes and regulatory fees included. The company also unveiled the best deal in town for unlimited on-demand mobile music service with access to Rhapsody for only $5 per month, available on all current Android and 4G LTE rate plans.
MetroPCS and LG are also kicking off the All-Star Spirit campaign, which benefits After-School All-Stars (ASAS), a non-profit organization dedicated to providing academic support, enrichment opportunities and health & fitness activities that equip participants with skills, experiences and relationships needed to succeed in middle school, high school, college and the 21st century workforce. MetroPCS and LG are supporting ASAS' efforts to provide high-school readiness and after-school programming to middle schoolers to put them on the path toward graduation. Every LG Spirit 4G purchased online and in ASAS markets* will contribute to the donation that will have a direct impact on children involved in ASAS programming. More information about the campaign, which begins next week, can be found at www.metropcs.com/ASAS.
The LG Spirit 4G is available starting today in stores and online at www.metropcs.com for $199 plus tax after $70 mail-in rebate for a limited time.
For more information, please visit:
Details on rate plans and service features: www.metropcs.com/
MetroPCS Terms and Conditions of Service: http://www.metropcs.com/metro/
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About MetroPCS Communications, Inc.
Dallas-based MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is a provider of no annual contract, unlimited wireless communications service for a flat rate. MetroPCS is the fifth largest facilities-based wireless carrier in the United States based on number of subscribers served. With Metro USA(SM), MetroPCS customers can use their service in areas throughout the United States covering a population of over 280 million people. As of December 31, 2012 MetroPCS had approximately 8.9 million subscribers. For more information please visit www.metropcs.com.
About LG Electronics USA
LG Electronics USA, Inc., based in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., is the North American subsidiary of LG Electronics, Inc., a $49 billion global force and technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications. In the United States, LG Electronics sells a range of stylish and innovative mobile phones, home entertainment products, home appliances, and air conditioning systems and energy solutions, all under LG's "Life's Good" marketing theme. LG Electronics is a 2012 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year. For more information, please visit www.LG.com.
* Promotion only valid online and at MetroPCS corporate stores in the Dallas, Orlando, Atlanta, LA, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New York and Miami metropolitan areas (the "Markets") or online sales to residents of the Markets. Limit one donation per LG Spirit phone sold. No rain checks. Information concerning After-School All-Stars (ASAS) including financial, licensing or charitable purposes(s) may be obtained, without cost, by writing to Mae Tuck (5670 Wilshire Blvd, Ste. 620, Los Angeles, CA 90036), or by calling (323) 938-3232. In addition, residents of the following states may obtain financial and/or licensing information from their states, as indicated. Registration with these states, or any other state, does not imply endorsement by the state. Florida: A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL-FREE, WITHIN THE STATE, 1-800-435-7352. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE. New Jersey: INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCERNING THIS CHARITABLE SOLICITATION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED BY THE CHARITY DURING THE LAST REPORTING PERIOD THAT WERE DEDICATED TO THE CHARITABLE PURPOSE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY BY CALLING 1-973-504-6215 AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET ATWWW.NJCONSUMERAFFAIRS.GOV/OCP.


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A University of Toronto-led team has uncovered the evolutionary ancestry of the prion gene, which may reveal new understandings of how the prion protein causes diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as "mad cow disease."
Diseased prion proteins are responsible for the fatal neurodegenerative Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans, and BSE, scrapie and chronic wasting disease (CWD) in livestock. Overall, this work holds promise for efforts to reveal the physiological function of members of the prion protein family and may provide insights into the origins and underlying constraints of the conformational changes associated with prion diseases. The study was published on September 28, 2009, in the online journal PLoS ONE.
Principal investigator Gerold Schmitt-Ulms (Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, U of T) and his graduate student Sepehr Ehsani teamed up with Holger Wille and Joel Watts (University of California, San Francisco) and David Westaway (University of Alberta) for this project. "The prion protein was discovered over twenty years ago and has been studied intensively. Nobody, however, knew its evolutionary origin and much confusion surrounds its physiological function," says Prof. Schmitt-Ulms. The team's analysis suggests that the prion gene is descended from the more ancient ZIP family of metal ion transporters. Members of the ZIP protein family are well known for their ability to transport zinc and other metals across cell membranes.
The U of T laboratory initially demonstrated the physical proximity of two metal ion transporters, ZIP6 and ZIP10, to mammalian prion proteins in living cells. As with the normal cellular prion protein, ZIP6 and ZIP10 exhibit widespread expression in biological tissues with high transcript levels in the brain. Schmitt-Ulms then made the startling discovery that prion and ZIP proteins contain extensive stretches of similar amino acid sequence. The researchers next documented that the respective segments within ZIP and prion proteins are computationally predicted to acquire a highly similar three-dimensional structure. Finally, the team uncovered multiple additional commonalities between ZIP and prion proteins which led them to conclude these molecules are evolutionarily related.
Most proteins do not act in isolation but partner with other proteins to exert their biological roles. The relationship between ZIP-family and prion proteins may thus provide a new angle from which to study the biology of the prion protein in health and disease. The level of shared characteristics between these protein families, in addition to the presence of prion protein genes in most chordate (i.e., backboned) species, place the split from the ZIP-like ancestor gene at the base of the chordate lineage.
Although no single evidence firmly established the phylogenetic relationship between ZIP and prion genes, Schmitt-Ulms is confident that the many corroborating pieces of evidence collected and, equally important, the absence of any conflicting observations, allow no other conclusion to be drawn.
This project was funded with support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, National Institutes of Health and W. Garfield Weston Foundation.
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The TV industry has been quick to move into the app market, and these offerings may foster a new era for television services.
The term "app" was initially coined for small applications that run on mobile devices and fulfill a particular purpose, but apps are now common to several platforms, notably on smart TVs and game consoles. A TV app is a software application that runs on a computing platform and either initiates or includes functions related to television programming or services.
Today's TV apps do not involve simply watching video but can provide new ways for content creators to tell stories, new avenues for consumers to interact with video content, and new ways for industries to monetize these interactions.
TV apps provide value to the consumer in several ways:
- They provide access to live or on-demand television content.
- They engage the viewer through supplemental content.
- They enhance the viewing experience for the user.
Although a TV app is downloaded to and installed on a device, the app itself often accesses cloud-based features, providing benefits and features beyond the CE platform on which it is running.
App Platforms and Use Cases
Consumers have adopted apps on their mobile devices in astounding numbers, both in terms of the number of people using apps and the number of apps used. Parks Associates finds that 86 percent of U.S. smartphone owners use at least one smartphone app regularly. The most popular smartphone and tablet platforms, iOS and Android, rely heavily on app-based functions and an app-oriented interface that allows users to easily activate apps.
One of the notable benefits of the app-based interface is the ability for users to easily personalize the device interface. The interest in personalized experiences also led to the growth of app interfaces on smart TVs. The current generation of game consoles include apps for a variety of entertainment types beyond gaming, including music, video and socialization.
The most popular use for entertainment apps is media consumption, including games, videos, print media and music. Playing games is the most popular entertainment app on smartphones, tablets and game consoles: 63 percent, 46 percent and 50 percent of the users of these platforms, respectively, have a gaming app they use on at least a monthly basis.
The other popular use cases for entertainment involve passive consumption habits. Interestingly, regular app use actually drops as use cases become more interactive and require greater user input.
Each app platform has a unique set of advantages and constraints that can be observed in the apps that are most popular on each platform. Smart TVs, with a superior screen size, excel in video-related apps, and the most popular entertainment app on this platform involves watching videos. Of smart-TV app users, 43 percent use a video app on a monthly basis, while only 31 percent have a similarly used gaming app.
In general, interactive apps and non-video content uses are less popular on the smart TV platform, which is typically limited with a remote control interface.
Innovative Input Interfaces
Game- and video-related apps are also popular on game consoles. Since console makers closely control what content can be accessed via their platforms, other types of apps are underutilized or unavailable.
However, game-console manufacturers have been aggressive in developing innovative input interfaces. For example, the Xbox 360 and the Xbox One include controller, voice and motion input options. These technologies open new possibilities for users to interact with content, and that could expand app use cases on the platform beyond video and gaming.
Smartphones and tablets generally fulfill all-purpose roles. Consumers use smartphones for entertainment-related functions due to the platform's high portability, ubiquitous data access and omnipresence. Consumers generally have their phones with them at all times, which is why 26 percent regularly use an app to check movie show times and information.
Tablets are better suited for e-print-related applications such as books, magazines and newspapers due to their larger screen size. They are not used as much for more "immediate" functions such as checking movie show times (only 16 percent of users), but 35 percent regularly use an app to read a book, newspaper or magazine, compared with only 27 percent on a smartphone.
The common use cases of video viewing, information consumption and game play on all of these connected devices provide industry players with a potential path to drive TV-related content to the consumer.
TV Industry Response
Noting the increase in connected-device penetration and the use of apps across platforms, the TV industry has responded, launching a variety of TV-related apps over the past few years. Today, more than 55 percent of U.S. smartphone owners and 61 percent of tablet owners use a TV-related app at least once a month, according to Parks Associates consumer data.
Beyond accessing programs, available TV apps include remote-control apps, apps to check TV listings and apps to interact with TV content. Popular shows such as The Walking Dead and channels such as The Food Network have developed and promoted apps as significant complements to their content — and with good reason. TV app use is highly generational, especially on mobile devices, and having a strong app presence is becoming increasingly important in capturing these high-value viewers.
TV apps can make the viewing experience simpler or richer. The most common uses for apps across all age groups relate to TV-related information.
New Partnerships
While many consumers use apps to review the TV listings in the program guide or seek information about a particular show, seeking information about products or services related to a program is the most popular use of TV-related apps across age groups, and on both smartphones and tablets. This finding is good news for advertisers and the TV industry as a whole, as it validates a new and developing revenue source in this early market.
Among generational groups, Millennials are most likely to use apps in general and are likewise more likely to use TV apps. In addition, consumers aged 18 to 34 have a greater likelihood of using video content from online sources and a lower likelihood of viewing broadcast television than do consumers in older age groups. Because of their unique viewing habits and preferences, younger consumers are of particular interest to the TV industry, making it likely that the trend to TV apps will continue well into the future.
Currently, there's not much viewing of programming via apps, but that will grow over time as more consumers become aware of the content available on various app platforms. That, in turn, will prompt new content and hardware partnerships involving app-related platforms.
Globally, the number of TV app users on smartphones will exceed 1 billion in 2017, while the number of tablet TV app users will approach 500 million. The sheer volume of users will prompt all players — including pay TV and OTT providers and content owners — to continue to experiment with multiple app business models in order to capture this new, interactive audience.


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MOGADISHU, Somalia – An American couple that has sailed the world with a yacht full of Bibles was hijacked by Somali pirates, and the U.S. said Saturday it is assessing possible options.
Pirates say the yacht will make landfall in Somalia on Sunday, which would reduce the chances of a fast rescue dramatically. A British sailing couple hijacked by pirates was held hostage in a stiflingly hot Somali region for more than a year.
Pirates hijacked the yacht Quest on Friday, two days after a Somali pirate was sentenced to 33 years in prison by a New York court for the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. That case ended in a spectacular rescue when Navy sharpshooters killed two pirates holding the ship's captain, Richard Phillips.
The Quest is the home of Jean and Scott Adam, a couple from California who has been sailing around the world since December 2004, according to a website the Adams keep. Two other Americans were also believed to be on board.
The pirates are unlikely to hurt the four Americans because they won't win any ransom money if they do, said Graeme Gibbon-Brooks, the head of Dryad Maritime Intelligence. He argued that the pirates would be wise to abandon the yacht because the hijacking threatens their business model, which relies on ransoms from large shipping and insurance companies.
"They risk the collapse of their business model if they change their status quo and the American government deems that they pose an immediate threat to the safety of American citizens," he said. "They've made a mistake and it's in the Somalis' business interest to get off the yacht as soon as possible."
The U.S. military was monitoring the situation. Matt Goshko, a spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, which oversees Somalia, said reports indicate there are four U.S. citizens aboard the Quest.
"All relevant U.S. agencies are monitoring the situation, working to develop further information, assess options and possible responses," Goshko said.
Pirates have increased attacks off the coast of East Africa in recent years despite an international flotilla of warships dedicated to protecting vessels and stopping the pirate assaults. Multimillion dollar ransoms are fueling the trade, and the prices for releasing a ship and hostages have risen sharply.
Pirates currently hold 30 ships and more than 660 hostages, not counting the attack against the Quest.
After the Maersk Alabama was hijacked in April 2009, Navy sharpshooters fired on pirates holding Phillips, killing two of them. The only pirate to survive was Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, who was sentenced to 33 years in prison this week.
The best-known case of Westerners being held hostage in Somalia was that of Paul and Rachel Chandler, a British couple held for 388 days. The two, who were captured while sailing in their private yacht, were released in November.
A Somali pirate who gave his name as Bile Hussein said Saturday pirates from the Bari area of Somalia's northern region of Puntland captured the yacht. Hussein said the yacht was expected to arrive in Somalia on Sunday "if no problems happen on their way."
The Adams website chronicles the couple's travels over the last seven years, from El Salvador and Panama in 2005 to Fiji in 2007 and Singapore and Cambodia last year. They most recently sailed from Thailand to Sri Lanka and India and were on their way to Oman when captured. Djibouti — the tiny East African country north of Somalia — had been next on their list. A satellite tracking system the couple uses showed them docked in Mumbai, India on Feb. 1.
"Djibouti is a big refueling stop. I have NO idea what will happen in these ports, but perhaps we'll do some local touring," the couple's website says.
The Adams — who are members of the Marina del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, California — run a Bible ministry, according to their website, and have been distributing Bibles to schools and churches in remote villages in areas including the Fiji Islands, Alaska, New Zealand, Central America and French Polynesia.
The Adams carry both Catholic and Protestant versions of the Bible, and at several different reading levels. The couple stamps the bibles with "A GIFT from your friends in the United States. Quest Bible Ministry. NOT FOR SALE," after discovering a teacher who they gave Bibles to sold them.
The pirates from Puntland are not hardline Islamists and the fact the Adams carry Bibles is not likely to be a problem. Pirates in Puntland are known to spend their ransom spoils on alcohol, drugs and prostitutes.
But the prison sentence given to Muse this week could have implications for the four American hostages. Pirates have turned increasingly violent in their attacks, and naval officials say pirates have begun systematically torturing hostages and using them as human shields.
Earlier this week a pirate told an Associated Press reporter in Somalia that pirates would target Americans in retaliation for the sentencing. The pirate, who identified himself by the name Hassan, said Americans would suffer "regrettable consequences."
Pirates have recently tied hostages upside down and dragged them in the sea, locked them in freezers, beaten them and used plastic ties around their genitals, the commander of the European Union anti-piracy force, Maj. Gen. Buster Howes told AP this month.
The security minister in Puntland condemned the hijacking and called for an urgent rescue operations and for the pirates to be dealt with "relentlessly and mercilessly."
"We are not capable of stopping piracy. They have expertise and can reach far beyond Somali coastlines. Puntland will do its bests to track them down," Gen. Yusuf Ahmed Khary said.
Straziuso reported from Nairobi, Kenya.


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- numpy.polynomial.laguerre.laggauss(deg)[source]¶
Gauss-Laguerre quadrature.
Computes the sample points and weights for Gauss-Laguerre quadrature. These sample points and weights will correctly integrate polynomials of degree or less over the interval with the weight function .
deg : int
Number of sample points and weights. It must be >= 1.
x : ndarray
1-D ndarray containing the sample points.
y : ndarray
1-D ndarray containing the weights.
The results have only been tested up to degree 100 higher degrees may be problematic. The weights are determined by using the fact that
where is a constant independent of and is the k'th root of , and then scaling the results to get the right value when integrating 1.


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Thierry le Chevalier
Carlos Laffond was born in Madrid. He made his debut in 1944 with 'Chorlito' and 'Gorgorito' in Triton, followed by 'Diamante Negro' in Rialto. Until the late 1950s, he continued to work for Spanish magazines, making among others 'Guillermo' and 'Juan Aventuras' in Chicos, 'Drake, el Pirata' in Flecha y Blanco and 'Numancia' in Baladin. He eventually settled in France and began working for the magazine Spirou in 1956.
Oncle Paul (1958)
Laffond started out illustrating several 'Belles Histoires de l'Oncle Paul', often in cooperation with his artist brother José Laffond. From 1957 to 1960 he illustrated the historical series 'Le Chevalier sans Nom', also known as 'Thierry le Chevalier', written by Jean-Michel Charlier. He was additionally present at Éditions Imperia with stories for the pocket book 'Oliver' and in the daily press with 'La Casaque Noire' (in L'Aurore).
Thierry le Chevalier on the front page of Spirou (Flemish edition)


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There was plenty of recent evidence to support this claim, beginning with the suddenly paltry record sales racked up by some of hip-hop's heaviest weights. There was lots of historical evidence, as well: Ever since the Dirty South shook off the bicoastal stranglehold of the mid-'90s, hip-hop had developed burgeoning scenes in no less than a dozen major markets.
By 2006, most of those cities had mutated the music and culture beyond the recognition of all but the most dedicated hip-hop fan. These towns had their own sounds, their own slang, and even their own subgenres. A staple of late-night TV humor used to be exploiting a senior citizen's unfamiliarity with hip-hop; now you had to explain to Grandma the difference between the laid-back groove of "snap music" and old-fashioned, high-energy crunk. And the punch line was this: Her grandkids might not have been able to explain it, either.
But then along came Jibbs' "Chain Hang Low," jingling like the last ice cream truck of the long, hot summer, and a lot of those feudal, walled-city lines seemed to fade. With a melody familiar to Grandma (it was drawn from the children's song "Do Your Ears Hang Low," which in turn took its melody from the traditional "Turkey in the Straw"), a G-rated lyric (the pimp reference notwithstanding), and a beat that repped the stuttering sound of St. Louis without shutting out fans from other locales, it was a reminder of hip-hop's power to unify.
In person, Jibbs isn't shy about expressing his ambition. He might have just turned 16, but he doesn't sound like he'll be satisfied hanging around the STL and disseminating new dance moves via YouTube. "I'm trying to hit every market, man. I mean, every market," he says earnestly. "I wanna get everyone involved, and not just try to sell my album to one particular group of people."
He might not have a choice, of course: Now that the effects of leaks and digital piracy are hitting the ill-prepared industry full-force, gold albums are starting to look great, and even going "wood in the 'hood" isn't quite the admission of failure it used to be. But as much of the fractured hip-hop nation gathered itself in November for another event that cut across party and geographic lines the return of Jay-Z it was worth remembering that trends can be as fleeting as the music that often drives them.
And now, having doled out that sage advice, we will proceed to ignore it completely, as we spotlight a few of 2006's other notable hip-hop trends.
It was the year of the comeback. Hov's inevitable return got most of the ink, but it wasn't the most notable. A couple of veterans who'd been on cruise control for a while finally awoke, and these sleeping giants turned in two of the better albums of '06 (as well as of their careers). Snoop Dogg's The Blue Carpet Treatment worked because Tha Doggfather finally applied himself. On Fishscale, Ghostface finally found some topics and tracks that matched the intensity of his high-pitched, borderline-crazy voice, and emerged with a coked-up, weirded-out winner. And Virginia's long-M.I.A. Clipse seemed ready to emerge from purgatory by year's end with the sometimes-stunning Hell Hath No Fury.
The comeback moment of the year, however, involved not only Ghost but his Wu-Tang brethren. On February 7, the Clan's post-ODB era began in New Haven, Connecticut. The reunited group, plus supersub Cappadonna, was maddeningly erratic, and the club was so oversold that a dropped Zippo would have spelled another Great White disaster. Yet somehow, group leader The RZA managed to assemble all his bandmates in the same room and even got the lackadaisical Method Man to act like he cared. Call it the Miracle at Toad's Place.
It was the year of the mix tape. From its humble origins as a street-corner hustle, the mix tape has become an even more vital part of the hip-hop artist's arsenal. Filled with rare tracks, remixes and exclusives, mix tapes don't just build anticipation for an upcoming album anymore they deserve consideration on their own merits. And no one puts them together like Cleveland's Commissioner, Mick Boogie, who oversaw some of 2006's best and brightest mix tapes.
Although he did yeoman's work all year, and teamed up with titans like Jay-Z and Eminem, the best of Boogie came on some of his lower-profile projects. Case in point: his Mobb Deep mix tape, More Money More Murda, which shredded the album it was supposed to help promote through some live Roots collabs, and remixes filled with the New York grit that Prodigy and Havoc's G-Unit debut lacked.
For the record, the Commish would like to point out his own notable '06 trend: "The return of good albums. Hip-hop has been lacking in album quality for the last two years," he says, "but this fall has been tremendous. Great full-lengths from Jay-Z, Nas, Clipse, OutKast, Game, Snoop and UGK are closing out the year with a bang. Who says albums are dead?"
It was the year of the British. Sort of. In fairness, 2006 can't be counted as the sort of watershed 12 months we witnessed two years ago, when Dizzee Rascal, The Streets and their grimy countrymen planted the Union Jack in hip-hop's bloated American carcass, with no intention of ever ceding territory again. And they haven't; while Mike Skinner was only at three-quarter strength on The Streets' The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living, his Cockney wisecracks were still more fun than the offerings of three-quarters of his Yank counterparts. Anyone Skinner failed to offend, the wee, witty Lady Sovereign Def Jam's nod to the British Invasion took care of. Meanwhile, one of the most slept-on releases of the year came from U.K. vets New Flesh; Universally Dirty mashed up dancehall, grime and even soca to give British hip-hop yet another brand-new beat.
It was the year of deep thoughts and the year of partying (and sometimes, deep thoughts about partying). There's room for both viewpoints now in hip-hop's increasingly diverse underground, which is good news indeed. Critical darlings Spank Rock might have merely made Too $hort safe for all the eggheads who thought they were too $mart for him the first time around, but even so, was there an album more fun in 2006 than the high-concept/low-art Yoyoyoyoyo? Didn't think so.
Both fun in their own thoughtful ways were albums from the Bay Area's Ise Lyfe, whose SpreadtheWORD suggests he might someday take over Mos Def's mantle as hip-hop's activist poet laureate, and Georgia Ann Muldrow, an adventurous L.A. artist who reassembles urban music in novel ways on Olesi: Fragments of an Earth. Both discs make great soundtracks for the parties in your mind.
It was the year of self-promotion. Well, every year in hip-hop is the year of self-promotion, but today's kids certainly have it down pat. Just ask Jibbs his favorite hip-hop trend of '06, and he barely blinks before answering.
"I would definitely say that the hottest trend," he offers, starting to chuckle, "was people that got their chains hangin' low."


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