The auto engineering marvels at the Lane Motor Museum are ridiculously cool

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Writer

When Ars was invited to do a test drive of the 2016 Chevrolet Cruze in Nashville, we wanted to make the most of our trip down south. Between playing the tourist by looking for live music and eating hot chicken, we made a stop at the Lane Motor Museum. Founded by Jeff Lane in 2003, the museum houses an extraordinary collection of rare and replica vehicles, including oddities and historical models. 

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June 22 community calendar

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Writer

* Thursday, June 23: NAMI-Yolo will host a Connection support group meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Community Room at César Chávez Plaza, 1220 Olive Drive in Davis. The free support group — run by people who live with mental illness for other people who live with mental illness — will continue to meet every Thursday at the same time and place. There is no need to register and participation is confidential.

* Thursday, June 23: The Yolo Knitters Guild invites all textile enthusiasts — knitters and crocheters in particular, at all levels of expertise — to join the group, which meets on the second and fourth Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Davis Lutheran Church, Eighth and B streets. For more information or to be added to the guild’s contact list, email Willa Pettygrove at [email protected]

* Thursday, June 23: The Sierra Club Yolano Group’s Management Committee meets from 7 to 9 p.m. at the home of Pam Nieberg, 3010 Loyola Drive in East Davis. The agenda will include a discussion of a proposal from the Burrowing Owl Preservation Society to improve habitat management and a new programmatic EIR released by the Solano County Water Agency, covering the rechannelization of the entire 30-mile stretch of Putah Creek from Monticello Dam to Yolo Basin. The public is invited to all Yolano Group meetings. For information, contact Alan Pryor at 916-996-4811 or [email protected].

* Thursday, June 23: “The Heart of the Matter: How to Live with Compassion and Courage,” an immersive online retreat taught

Article source: http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/june-22-community-calendar/

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[slides] DevOps in a Heterogeneous World | @DevOpsSummit @CollabNet #Agile #DevOps – SYS

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Writer

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DevOps in an Open and Heterogeneous World

Keeping pace with advancements in software delivery processes and tooling is taxing even for the most proficient organizations. Point tools, platforms, open source and the increasing adoption of private and public cloud services requires strong engineering rigor – all in the face of developer demands to use the tools of choice. As Agile has settled in as a mainstream practice, now DevOps has emerged as the next wave to improve software delivery speed and output. To make DevOps work, organizations must focus on what is most relevant to deliver value, reduce IT complexity, create more repeatable agile-based processes and leverage increasingly secure and stable, cloud-based infrastructure platforms.

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In his session at @DevOpsSummit at 18th Cloud Expo, Flint Brenton, CEO of CollabNet, outlined strategies for unifying a continuously changing, fragmented and disparate set of technologies and processes within common community architecture. Attendees learned how building a unified DevOps architecture that provides contextual oversight of tools and platforms can help organizations better align Agile and DevOps processes to IT infrastructure, and the need to continuously refine and improve the overall software delivery lifecycle.

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Article source: http://news.sys-con.com/node/3857098

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Cultural diplomacy and Cuban art go on exhibit at the OAS

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Writer

“Tenerse a sí mismo, tan llenos de fe y esperanzas,” or “Holding Oneself, Full of Faith and Hope,” by Cuban artist Grethell Rasúa. The photo at the Art Museum of the Americas shows the slippers and blood of dancer Estheysis Menendez of the National Ballet of Cuba. (Courtesy of Grethell Rasúa.)

No hard feelings on display at the Organization of American States, which is hosting a groundbreaking exhibit of contemporary Cuban art, even though Cuban President Raúl Castro recently called the OAS “an instrument of imperialist domination.”

What drew Castro’s ire was OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro’s raising the possibility of a sanction against Venezuela for that government’s handling of its economic and political crisis.

The coincidental timing of the exhibition at the OAS’s Art Museum of the Americas in Washington may have a healing effect: “In mounting this exhibit, we’re conscious of the value of artistic expression to communicate both the intentions and views of the artists and to speak more generally about social change and political engagement in the hemisphere,” said James M. Lambert, secretary for hemispheric affairs at the OAS.

Almagro himself attended the opening of the show, called “(Art)xiomas  —  CubaAhora: the Next Generation.” It is one of the largest group shows of Cuban artists ever in Washington, featuring the work of 15 painters, photographers, videographers, printmakers and performance artists, most in their early 30s and based in Havana. A dozen of the artists attended the opening. It’s also the first exhibit

Article source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/24/cultural-diplomacy-and-cuban-art-go-on-exhibit-at-the-oas/

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Fireworks will show off Athens’ patriotic spirit – The Daily Post

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Writer

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Article source: http://www.dailypostathenian.com/lifestyles/article_176701be-3d2d-59bb-992a-fe3fd0200f9d.html

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Special needs kids enjoy flying demo

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Writer

The Electric Ugly Stick, a remote-controlled model airplane, whizzed into the air, flying upside-down and doing spins and flips about 60 feet up. Some people pointed in awe, others just watched as the small plane danced in the sky.

Thursday afternoon the Coeur d’Alene Aero Modeling Society invited local special needs groups to its 18th annual flying demonstration.

“We enjoy doing it for the kids,” said Dennis Edelbrock, secretary of the CAMS. “We do other events like fun flies with other clubs, but this is our big community thing.”

Special needs kids with Specialized Needs Recreation and Tesh, Inc., sat under the shade roof and filled the bleachers at the CAMS airfield, watching the planes do their tricks. Some danced to the music playing from the speakers.

SNR is a nonprofit organization that provides recreational opportunities for youth and adults who have special needs. Angie Goucher, executive

Article source: http://cdapress.com/news/local_news/article_152490cb-316a-545c-8bd4-e45b8c4ac08a.html

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What’s Round and Always in Do-Not-Disturb Mode? The ‘Anti-Smartphone’

Posted on June 24, 2016 by Writer

The Runcible “anti-smartphone.” All images from Monohm

New technologies, once they’re embraced, always produce a backlash. Instead of buying CDs or digital downloads, some people embrace records. Instead of typing on a computer, there’s a subset that insists on using a typewriter, or doing it by hand. Some offices experiment with dropping Slack for a week. And some people, like actor Eddie Redmayne, ditch their iPhone for an old-school analog cell phone.

Then there’s the Runcible: the so-called “anti-smartphone,” an odd, round, pocket-watch-shaped device that’s supposed to give time back to the consumer, and will be available in the fall of 2016. (It’s available through pre-order now.)

Monohm, the Berkeley-based company behind this device, hopes it will make users question how they interact with their phones. It’s a worthy question: globally, there are estimated to be over 2 billion smartphone users, and in the US alone, 46 per cent of them say their smartphone is something they “couldn’t live without.” By 2020, according to some estimates, there will over 6.3 billion smartphone subscriptions worldwide.

The Runcible—which Monohm calls the first “anti-smartphone”—doesn’t look anything like an iPhone or Android device. And it’s purposefully silent. The phone “will never beep, alert, or otherwise interrupt you,” according to its manufacturer, the idea being that it will help users create a “more civilized relationship with [their] digital life.”

The base model sells for USD $399, the premium for $499.

Some might

Article source: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/runcible-smartphone-round-monohm

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