snapshot of util kitchensinking...
pylint cleanup
tests seem to pass against the kitchesink...
add missing file
more util migration
kitchensinking config...
kitchensinking logger...
copyright header updates
moved fix_copyright.pl into kitchensink
add kitchensink dep
adapt to config setup changes
merge
merge
migrate testing framework

Most of the testing utilities are now moved to radical.utils.  The main changes are that we now use JSON for the configuration files, and that the run_tests.py got a lot slimmer...
apply dict mixin to attribs
remove duplicated method
fix flag usage
fix pylint output
benchmark fixes
fix iterable interface