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A Mexican brunch is the perfect way to ease into the weekend. This episode will look at what a late breakfast/early lunch in Mexico might look like and what recipes you can prepare in your own home. Those will include: Rabo de Mestiza: Poached Eggs in a Tomato and Poblano Rajas Sauce; Refried Beans and Cheese Chimichangas; Garibaldis: Vanilla Pound Cakes with Lime-Apricot Glaze and Sprinkles.
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Converged infrastructure solution developer SimpliVity has prepped its OmniCube platform specifically for use in virtual desktop infrastructure solutions.
The SimpliVity OmniCube, which packages the company's OmniStack software with commodity server, storage and networking hardware as a single managed solution, now includes support for Nvidia and Teradici technology for high-performance virtual desktop implementations.
The SimpliVity OmniCube also allows VMware- and Citrix-based virtual desktop infrastructures running on the platform to be managed by a VMware administrator using VMware vCenter, said Doron Kempel, chairman and CEO of the Westborough, Mass.-based company.
[Related: Converged Infrastructure Bets Are In: Where Are They Paying Off?]
It is important for SimpliVity and its channel partners to focus in virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, implementations, Kempel said.
"The initial goal of VDI was not to cut costs, but to increase customer control and security while still being cost-conscious," he said.
Virtual desktops have traditionally been a second-rate citizen of IT, Kempel said. "VDI has been stuck in the basement," he said. "It's been an island in the data center. At the request of OmniCube customers, we're making VDI a first-class citizen. Not only are we helping VDI run efficiently, but we're bringing all our services to the IT department."
VDI pilot implementations are typically successful in showing customers what can be done with the technology but run into trouble as the deployment grows, said Marvin Taylor, principal at Lynbrook Solutions, a San Jose, Calif.-based solution provider and SimpliVity partner.
"Customers usually have successful VDI pilots but then see them fall apart as they add desktops," Taylor said. "It's important to put the right parts together and then make it economical for the user. SimpliVity provides us a differentiator when bringing in VDI."
Kempel said the SimpliVity OmniCube eases VDI deployment with its built-in deduplication, compression and data optimization technologies to increase virtual desktop efficiency.
For instance, he said, with the OmniCube, customers do not need to use VMware's Linked Clone technology for connecting cloned virtual machines to common storage, which he said does not have deduplication.
Furthermore, Kempel said, customers can manage VDI with the rest of IT via vCenter, and they can make as many copies of the virtual desktops as needed to get full control of backup and replication.
The OmniCube also allows customers to attach multiple external servers to extend its data protection technology to virtual machines outside the platform, he said.
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - chile Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in chile Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Latin America Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message supertravellerJoined: 28 Apr 2004Posts: 65Location: Bolivia Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:08 am Post subject: chile Hey everyone, my life has suddenly become a disaster and am leaving Uruguay and am headed to Santiago to look for work. Might stop by Buenos Aires if anyone is around? Don´t know what to do, am kind of regretting coming here with no job. Any advice? Thanks a lot for any information. Take care. Back to top WeonaJoined: 11 Apr 2004Posts: 166Location: Chile Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 4:00 am Post subject: Why did things suddenly turn out so badly? I think a big reason why finding work has been difficult is the fact that it's almost October and down here in South America, their summer vacation normally starts in December. Bad time to apply... no matter what country you are in in S. America. Im teaching in Chile but not in Santiago so I don't know how it will be for you if or once you get here. But I can't gaurantee that things will be better for you. Suerte.... Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Latin America Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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Imagine a job that lets you touch the lives of thousands of children, and imagine spending four decades of your life doing it.
A man who's taught music in Leon County since the early 1960s is teaching his last classes.
Leading third graders in a sound of music sing-a-long, even after 40 years of teaching music, Dr. Harry Martinez hasn't stopped learning himself.
"Because children don't all learn the same way, you might have a child who's not learning something, have to figure out why. Maybe something the teacher is doing. Have to do it a different way," Dr. Martinez says.
He's coaching two seniors for a graduation performance next week. It'll be his own graduation of sorts too, after 41 years at Florida High. Martinez came here at age 20, straight out of FSU back in 1962.
Since then, he's taught generations of students, like current Florida High Staffer Jaye Corbett.
"The things he taught us when we were in school he's taught my daughter, Dorian now, to be the best person she can be, not necessarily follow the crowd," says Jaye.
"He has the spirit I seek to recruit in new teachers that is it they have the passion for what
they do and they love children. It comes out when you're around him that he really cares about kids and takes it to the highest level," says Principal Jesse Jackson.
Martinez has plenty of plans for retirement, and plenty of memories of a career spent teaching one of his favorite things.
Former students are invited to a reception for dr. Martinez next Tuesday afternoon at Florida High. It's from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Cafetorium.


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I had a pair of 7Ds and have swapped one for a new 5D3. I don't know if anyone out there goes through periods of inactivity with their photography where their camera may sit unused for weeks at a time but it does happen to me. I've noticed that the 7D will pretty much pick up weeks or a month later virtually where the battery left off. For example if I stopped shooting at 65% battery, a month later it'll be close to it though I never really paid attention to it as it sure wasn't 0. But I've noticed now that my 5D3 after it's first little bit of inactivity has drained it's battery when off. Now, the other day I charged up two of my batteries and left them on the charger for some time after the solid green light. I may be jumping the gun here as it's only been two days since I did this but already I see my 7D battery level at 100% and the 5D3 is registering 99%. How is it that the 5D3 sucks up more juice when off than the 7D? Unless it's an actual fault with the camera, I'm going to really have to pay attention to either removing the battery or charging it up during the times when I'm not using it so much. By the way, the 5D3 was just sitting with the 24-105 on it. I know in the past people have had issues with the Tamron 24-70 and I think there's a grip that used to cause a drain but that's not my situation. Anyway, I'm just curious to know if the tiny drain on the 5D3 is normal with the 7D less being an unusual bonus or if it's the other way around. Again, I assume most people here are avid shooters and don't have a lot of downtime but maybe someone knows. I may also send off an email to Canon and find out what they have to say as to what is normal and not. Thanks in advance.
I don't use very often my 5dmk3 because i don't need it, only in special situations when i need the high iso. My main camera is 550d.
I don't notice battery drain while my 5D3 is off, I just notice it while I'm shooting. Mine only gets 300-500 shots per battery, and I'm using genuine batteries.
Mt Spokane...I notice you mention it will discharge faster than previous models and you say with it "on". I always turn mine off with the switch when done with a shoot rather than letting it go to sleep. Did you mean "on" for months or were you saying "don't not use it" for months?
Really? Are you shooting raw + jpg, or are you using a large lens with a big motor? I have easily gotten over 1000 shots on a single charge using a 28-70L, RAW only.
Quote from: Universeal on March 30, 2013, 02:32:42 PMI don't use very often my 5dmk3 because i don't need it, only in special situations when i need the high iso. My main camera is 550d. seriously?


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Bill Brady said the fact he's already run against Gov. Pat Quinn and lost is part of the reason you should vote for him.
Brady's already faced the attack ads, already had his character painstakingly examined by the opposing party and by voters. In 2010, he won 98 of 102 counties, received 1.7 million votes, and lost to Quinn by 32,000, less than 1 percentage point.
But this time, Brady's argument goes, the honeymoon is over for Quinn, and people will realize in hindsight that Brady was the candidate who was really being honest four years ago; this will help him build on his 2010 vote total.
"What we know is that in big states … it's hard for a relatively unknown candidate to come out of a primary and leverage that and build the base of support they need in a general election," Brady said. "The rest of the three [Republican] candidates, whether you agree with them or disagree, will all be coming out of the primary starting from scratch."
Brady, of Bloomington, is the second gubernatorial candidate so far who has stopped by the Daily Chronicle office to talk with me, after state Treasurer Dan Rutherford made an appearance a couple of weeks ago. (The door is open to the other two, or to our governor himself.)
Brady stopped in Monday after a visit to the Suter Company's food manufacturing operation in Sycamore. He's a candidate with business on his mind, talking about the employees at Suter, the challenges that business faces with things like worker's compensation and corporate tax rates in Illinois.
Jobs are his top priority, and he has lofty goals for creating at least 100,000 new private-sector jobs each year if he's elected governor. Part of his plan to do that includes a commitment to allow the income tax increase on people and corporations to roll back (although not completely) at the end of the year.
It's already scheduled to do that, but most people assume that it won't actually happen after the November election.
"We need someone who's willing to stand up," Brady said. "We need someone who's willing to say, 'Under no circumstances am I going to extend the income tax increase.'
"We know that we've lost over 200,000 jobs the last 5½ years. It's not coincidental that that is the time that is tied to the 67 percent increase in the income tax and the highest corporate income tax in the nation."
Brady's plan to roll back the tax increase depends on the pension reform measure surviving court challenges, as well as the ability of the state's economy to create jobs and the ability of the state's legislators to cut the budget.
If Brady can meet his 100,000 new job goal, and the pension reform plan is allowed to deliver the expected savings, he estimates the state would only have a $400 million shortfall to cover in the first year without the tax, presumably with budget cuts.
That's what has to happen if the state is going to compete with other expanding economies, he said.
"We've got to be competitive with states like Florida, Texas and others," Brady said. "We need a governor who's willing to make tough decisions. … We have enough money to meet the highest priorities of our state. We need to reconstruct those [priorities]."
Brady's a longtime legislator who spent 7 years in the Illinois House and later was appointed to the state Senate in 2002. He said that he can work with the Democrats who are almost certain to remain in control of both branches of the legislature.
He also talks about the Republican "brand." Brady is a conservative. He's anti-abortion although he says he realizes that a governor has no power to undo Roe v. Wade.
He wants smaller government and has a plan to eliminate the Illinois State Board of Education in order to allow local school boards to exert more control. He opposed the measures that legalized same-sex marriage and medical marijuana, and supported increasing the speed limit on certain interstates to 70 mph.
Brady questions the credentials of Kirk Dillard, who appeared in a campaign ad for then candidate Barack Obama talking about how he cooperated with Obama on Illinois issues. (In fairness, Dillard was an Electoral College delegate for John McCain in the general election.) Rutherford is too willing to accept the extension of the income tax increase, he said. And, in a line repeated in a Republican debate later in the week, he said that Bruce Rauner did damage to the party with his support for rolling back the minimum wage, then reversing course.
"The Republican brand isn't about cutting the pay of working families by $2,000 a year per worker," Brady said. "It's about elevating economic opportunity. But what [Rauner] did last week was set the party back to some extent, and that affects not just his campaign, but everyone's campaign."
Most importantly, he said he's the only truly fiscal conservative candidate in the race.
"I'm the only one I know who has unequivocally said I will not extend the tax increase, who was willing to stand up for the taxpayers and I think for the annuitants in the workers when it came to passing and supporting meaningful pension reform," Brady said. "I think those are fiscally conservative issues that no one else was able to find the courage to support, frankly."
Overall: Brady's stance against extending the income tax increase at any cost should appeal to people who still think legislators should have to keep their word to the people they represent and that government should live within its means.
His chances probably hinge on whether Republican voters believe he can get the job done against Quinn this time, and whether voters in the general election would believe he really can deliver on his job-creation goals.
To be clear: This column isn't an endorsement of Brady, just as my earlier column was not an endorsement of Rutherford.
However, it is good and important to know which candidates in the race know where DeKalb County is. So far, it's the two downstate candidates who have come, but if more want to stop in at our office if they're passing through town, my door is open to them, too, and that includes Gov. Quinn. My contact information appears at the bottom of this column.
Fine whining: There was an interesting story that originated in Chicago where a party brought a small child with them, upsetting the other diners who had paid hundreds of dollars for a meal at the Michelin-starred Alinea restaurant.
On the one hand, I get that people who shell out big bucks for an experience want to enjoy that experience without disruption. I wouldn't choose to bring small children to a fine dining establishment anyway. Most children don't need truffles in their mac 'n' cheese or scrambled quail eggs.
On the other, I think that banning small children from a public place like they're a nuisance is wrong. You can't ban them from airplanes or buses or other places, either, unless you're barring everyone younger than 21.
Babies are people. People who cry. We were all babies once and our parents took us places and we cried. Now that we've grown up, and it's our turn to put up with it.
Personally, I'm on my third baby, and when someone else's child is crying in public, I hardly notice it; haven't for years. We do try to keep our children from disturbing other people – who likes to be stared at? – but sometimes that happens.
Sorry, kinda. But not really.
• Eric Olson is editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-756-4841 ext. 2257, email email@example.com, or follow him on Twitter @DC_Editor.


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This lab presents a specimen-based study of the different skeletal systems of animals and plants. The emphasis is on understanding the functional roles mineralized skeletons play in the major skeletonzied phyla comprising the fossil record, how skeletons grow and develop and what biological information they contain. As background for the main topic, students also learn about processes of biomineralization, the coelom as a hydrostatic skeleton and the Cambrian Explosion of skeletal invertebrates at the base of the Cambrian Period..
GLG 430 is a required course for students majoring in geological sciences and an elective course for biology majors. Graduate students can receive credit by doing additional work (research project).
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The goal of this activity is for students to understand the skeletal systems of animals and the paleobiological information encoded in skeletons.
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At first glance, it's a jumble of disconnected information: how to crush diamonds, how to mix paints of strong blue or red, observations on the flight of birds. But this small notebook—18 sheets of fragile parchment covered with an almost illegible hand in brown ink and sketches in red chalk—may be among the most famous in the world.
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Leonardo da Vinci's Codex on the Flight of Birds, compiled by the artist between 1505 and 1506, has been seen by the public in this century only rarely. After a brief exhibit at Moscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, the codex will be on display for 40 days—starting September 13—at the National Air and Space Museum.
"Any materials associated with Leonardo da Vinci are extraordinary," says Peter Jakab, associate director of the Museum, "and any museum would want to display anything associated with Leonardo. But Leonardo items just don't come to the United States very often."
The codex was last shown in the United States—in Birmingham, Alabama, and San Francisco, California—in 2008. When it finishes touring, it will return to the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, Italy, and go into storage for a minimum of 10 years.
"So while this isn't a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity [to see the codex], it's pretty darn close," says Jakab.
The exhibit, funded by the Embassy of Italy, is part of a year-long celebration titled "Italy in the US 2013: The Year of Italian Culture in the United States." The codex will be displayed in a case within the Wright Brothers & the Invention of the Aerial Age gallery, along with two kiosks that will allow visitors to scroll through high-definition reproductions of the codex's 18 pages.
By 1505, da Vinci had conceived of and sketched various types of human-powered flight, including a flying machine with huge, bat-like wings (his ornithopter); a parachute-type device made of linen; and a small platform—made of wood, reeds, and taffeta—upon which a man would fly prone.
The painter was a birdwatcher, and consumed with the idea of flight. In the codex he gathers his thoughts on the anatomy of birds, how wings compress the air, and the importance of wind to a bird's ascent or descent. He also explores the flapping-wing flight of smaller birds such as kites and larks, versus the gliding, thermal-riding technique more commonly used by raptors.
The codex was first published in English in 1893; an excerpt appeared in the 1895 edition of The Aeronautical Annual, published in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Wright brothers were familiar with da Vinci's work: In a 1920 deposition, Orville noted: "We were much impressed with the great number of people who had given thought to it [the problem of flight], among these some of the greatest minds the world has produced. But we found that the experiments of one after another had failed. Among these who had worked on the problem I must mention Leonardo Vinci, one of the greatest artists and engineers of all time…."


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The notion is "to raise (someone) out of trouble." From c.1400 as "advance to the rescue in battle;" also "return from battle; recall (troops)." Meaning "release from duty" is from early 15c. Related: relieved; relieving.
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Both Franco and Warren's time runs out.
Nikolas, Lucky and Maxie see Franco's video in the hospital who tells them to give themselves over to the experience. He adds they have no choice if they want to find the baby. Franco mentions the number 66 and Nikolas realizes his son's ID bracelet included the number 66 and that's why Franco took him.
Maxie comes to Shirley's room, but learns from Elizabeth she passed away. Maxie then updates Elizabeth on what's going on in the rest of the hospital.
Elizabeth finds Nikolas and Lucky and watches the video of Franco with them. She's not sure what his cryptic comments mean and wonders what he's done with her son. Lucky says they need to figure out what they do know and thinks they need to find anything in the hospital with the number 66 on it. Nikolas tells Elizabeth they can handle it if she wants to go sit with Shirley. She lets him know Shirley is gone, but hopes she's looking over Aiden until they can find him.
Near the nurses' station, Warren shoots Mac and Ethan. Michael gets protective and Kristina cowers as he turns his attention to her. Before Warren can shoot Kristina, Mac garners enough strength to shoot him from behind and then falls back to the floor.
Carly and Patrick hear the shots and Carly is desperate to get to Michael. Patrick agrees to go with her in case someone needs help.
Steve and Matt tend to Ethan and Mac respectively. Maya cowers in shock as Olivia rushes to help Steve with Ethan. Steve instructs Michael to get to the ER to tell them people have been shot and they need gurneys stat. Patrick and Carly come to the scene and tend to Warren. Carly then goes to Kristina as Warren whispers to the girl, "This is all your fault," and then dies. Michael returns with Lisa and more hospital workers. Robin and Maxie come to the shooting scene and panic over seeing Mac. Patrick consoles Robin, as Matt assures Maxie he will save Mac. Maxie follows Matt to urge him to do better than his best because Mac is the only family she has left and she needs him. Olivia gets dizzy as she talks with Steve. After Steve walks away, Maya thanks Olivia for stepping in when she couldn't. Olivia notes Ethan wasn't the first person Maya's seen get shot.
Carly brings Kristina and Michael to another hospital room as they try and process what just happened. Both Carly and Michael try to convince Kristina none of this was her fault.
As Patrick and Matt operate on Mac, Maxie and Robin discuss the man who raised them. They know they haven't been around for him lately, but they are confident they will get the chance to show him how much they love him.
In L.A., Jason and Dante peruse Franco's exhibit and run into the museum curator who is with Kalup. Dante and the curator go to look at security footage, as Kalup tells Jason Franco is waiting for him to find him. Jason sees Franco who grabs a woman and holds a gun to her head. The crowd gathers, thinking it's all part of the show, as Franco tells Jason he can help him take a life or help him save one. Things intensify as the woman finally realizes it might not be performance art anymore. Franco mentions Michael and the prison showers. He directs Jason's attention to a video of Carter, who he says will live on through his work. Franco takes off while Jason is distracted. When Franco's cameraman privately questions Franco's actions, Franco kills him. Back in the middle of the show, Dante sees Lulu and Jason takes off after spotting Franco. Lucky calls Dante to update him on what's going on at the hospital. Lucky tells Dante Jason can't kill Franco or else they might not find the baby. After hanging up, Dante approaches Lulu wondering what she's doing there. Lulu explains she's there to protect him from Jason. She doesn't think he will do anything to Dante as long as she's there because then he'd have to answer to Carly.
Kalup performs as Jason follows Franco into a stairwell and chases after him. Franco goes up to the roof and seemingly falls over the edge. He lies in a pool of blood on the number 66 in front of Dante, Lulu and the rest of the crowd, as Jason peers over the ledge.
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Lucky gets a lead on the baby.
Robin and Maxie wait for word on Mac.
Skye goes after Alcazar's money.
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The academic year has started with the entry of the first cohort of students under the new fee regime. Direct public funding of arts, humanities and social sciences degrees has ceased, with students charged fees of up to £9000, underpinned by a new student loans system. (...) - by John Holwood, LSE blog "impact of social Sciences", Nov 18 2012


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Jah Cure (real name Siccature Alcock) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He was born on October 11th, 1978 in Hanover, Jamaica and raised in Kingston. He was given the name Jah Cure by Capleton whom he met while growing up in Kingston. His first big break came in 1997 when he released the single "King of the Jungle" which was a duet with Sizzla. The single was produced by Beres Hammond who went on to become his mentor. He then released a steady stream of singles that won him critical and popular acclaim.
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"Some people call it a fad," Dicks told the Free Press this week while patrolling the streets of Flint. "But I believe it's a national nuisance. It is indecent and thus it is indecent exposure, which has been on the books for years."It's a misdemeanor that could put you in jail for up to a year!
A lot of people think Dicks is going too far:
"If I pay for my pants, I should be able to wear them how I want to," said 16-year-old Montez Phifer, taking a break from playing hoops in the city Monday. "Everyone thinks it's gangster, but it's a fashion. Nothing more."Ha ha. Crackdown. You know which side the newspaper is on.
His friend, Lorenzo Johnson, 14, said his mother warned him about the chief's stance on sagging.
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The Mexican revolution drove people into the United States and those that settled in South Texas helped shape the cultural and economic landscape of the area. This is especially notable as the Hispanic population continues to increase in the United States, and the country -- as Mayor Julián Castro put it -- begins to look like San Antonio. The last part of the show highlights a performance of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," a production that is a holiday tradition in San Antonio and the U.S.
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Sparked by injustice and a brutal dictatorship, Mexico's revolution erupted in 1910 and dragged on until 1929. Mexico was in many ways about as modern as the contemporary United States, but the revolution wrecked it's economy, shattered the social structure and drove out over a million of its people into the U.S.
These exiles, however, were not defeated. They decided to make the most of their new home and gave birth to a generation of Mexican Americans with the mission to start businesses, govern and create.
San Antonio advertising trailblazer Lionel Sosa told this incredible story in the public television series "Children of the Revolution," which was produced in cooperation with KLRN-TV. Now Sosa has created a companion book to the series, "Children of the Revolución: How the Mexican Revolution Changed America."
This book tells the family stories of a who's who of South Texas; how their families were uprooted from Mexico and transplanted to San Antonio, eventually thriving and bearing the fruit of "The Children of the Revolution."
Sosa is the founder of Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates -- now Bromley Communications -- that grew to become the largest Hispanic agency in the U.S.
He has been Hispanic media consultant in seven Republican presidential campaigns beginning in 1980, and is a recognized expert in Hispanic consumer and voter behavior.
Sosa was named one of the "25 most influential Hispanics in America" by Time Magazine and is a member of the Texas Business Hall of Fame.
He is the author of "Think and Grow Rich: a Latino Choice" published by Random House, "The Americano Dream: How Latinos Can Achieve Success in Business and in Life" published by Dutton, and "Children of the Revolución: How the Mexican Revolution Changed America" distributed by University of Texas Press.
Lionel has served on the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System, the Board of Trustees for the University of the Incarnate Word, the Boards of Sesame Workshop, creators of Sesame Street, ACT (American College Testing) and the Public Broadcasting System. He chaired both the United Way of San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony.
The Nutcracker: A Christmas Tradition
Like putting up the Christmas tree, dropping a fist full of change in the Salvation Army's bucket and eating too many tamales, Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" is a San Antonio holiday tradition.
John Toohey is the President and Executive Director of Arts San Antonio.
"This is an exceptional production. The principle dancers are Russian, and Olga Pavlova, the prima ballerina, is actually Bolshoi trained. So it features the discipline and elegance of a classical Russian ballet, but the sensibility and fun of the American versions. It was actually New York City Ballet and George Ballanchine who popularized "The Nutcracker"; it's not as popular in Europe as it is in the United States. It's become a holiday staple here in the United States."
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The Hayward Fire Department is providing a free CERT Training Program which will consist of four evening indoor classes and one outdoor "hands on" skills class. Participants learn skills that will enable them to provide emergency assistance to their families and immediate neighbors as well as organize a neighborhood team response. Training will begin in the month of April 2013 at City Hall. Class schedule is as follows:Class #1, Monday, April 8: 6-9:30pm at Hayward City HallClass #2, Monday, April 15: 6-9:30pm at Hayward City HallClass #3, Monday, April 22: 6-9:30pm at Hayward City HallClass #4, Monday, April 29: 6-9:30pm at Hayward City HallSkills #5, Monday, May 6: 6-9:30pm (Fire Station #6 W. Winton)You must attend all classes in order to receive certification. CERT training is for all City of Hayward and Fairview residents. Residential verification will be required during the final application process. You must be 18 years or older to sign up and a resident of the City of Hayward or the Fairview area.Residents who are interested in this free training can sign-up via the city's Disaster Preparedness website by clicking on the red "Disaster Preparedness" button below (or by pasting the URL below, into your browser), then clicking on the green "CERT" button. Once on the CERT page enter the "Please Click Here" link. Residents will then need to enter only their name, phone number and address in the email. You will receive notification back by email acknowledging your enrollment into the program and further directions.If without internet access or more information is needed, contact the Public Education Officer at (510) 583-4948.


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Huge Sioux Falls Fireworks Display Saturday
With temperatures climbing back near 90 this weekend, you may get confused and think it's July 4 with the massive fireworks display at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds his Saturday, but it's just the finale of the National Fireworks Expo being held here this week.
What this means for the community is that there will be a giant fireworks display finale September 7 after dusk. Parking will be available in the North Lot off of Madison St. and seating in the Grandstand will be open.
Witnesses to the 2012 finale have described it as amazing and an once in a lifetime experience. Cost is only $5 per carload or $2 per person for multi-passenger vehicles.
There has been smaller displays each night during the Expo. I've had people tell me that's Saturday night's display rivals The Olympics or Super Bowl! With beautiful weather in the forecast, it sounds like a great night to head out for a huge fireworks show!


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Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong has created five new themed coffee break menus targeting event organisers looking for a fresh and innovative take on regular coffee break menus.
The new menu features themes from Paris, Shanghai, Mumbai, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Aside from showcasing the cuisines from these cities, elements of each theme are also incorporated into the décor, ambience and buffet table set up. Event organisers can choose from themes that would take guests to an afternoon on the side streets of Bangkok to enjoy spring rolls with crabmeat or to a chic Parisian café for a Crepe Suzette.
"We were inspired by recent Shangri-La openings in destinations like Paris and Shanghai and wanted to highlight signature and authentic flavours from these exciting cities to perk up a rudimentary coffee break menu," said Executive Chef Alexander Paul.
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The move to stop releasing 2.4 updates seems reasonable. I don't think any distributions still support the 2.4 kernel. Even Red Hat's RHEL supported line I think uses 2.6 these days. If there is anyone out there still actively using 2.4 they're probably already familiar with compiling and updating legacy software.
RHEL 4 went EOL (technically End of Production according to https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/) on February 29, 2012. It's now only receiving critical impact security fixes if you pay for a special Extended Life Cycle Support subscription above and beyond the normal RHEL subscription.
Both CentOS and Scientific Linux ended their 4.x lines on February 29. So, for all intents and purposes, RHEL 4 is publicly End Of Life.
Things like cable box and other "black boxes", hardware made by a manufacturer (pace, sci. atlanta), supported by another (cable company) and installed in yet another (private house or business) are a different story. There is still tons of OS/2 and early Linux (2.2, 2.4). You know, the kind of (sometime large) niches that recently stockpiled 80386 processors to be sure they would have enough of them for the next 30 years.


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BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A former Central Michigan University professor who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography has been sentenced to 70 months in prison.
William Merrill had child porn on his hard drive at the Mount Pleasant school. He had access to computers because his specialty was studying Internet censorship.
The 58-year-old was sentenced Tuesday in Bay City federal court.
Authorities seized 106,000 images and 1,600 videos of child porn from Merrill last year.
Merrill worked at CMU for nearly 30 years. He told the judge on Tuesday that he takes full responsibility for his actions and that a portion of his childhood in Germany put context into what he did.


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The company is touting its One Touch Idol Ultra as the thinnest smartphone currently on the market, measuring in at just 6.45mm thick. It also sports a 4.7-inch OLED HD display and an 8-megapixel camera. The One Touch Idol is aimed more towards the lower-end market, featuring a 4.7-inch qHD panel and an 8-megapixel camera. Both devices run atop Mediatek's 1.2GHz dual-core 6577 processor and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
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August 12, 2009
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|The Beavers will look to continue their ascent as a program right where they finished a year ago. Returning 10 of 11 starters from a team that finished 8-8, there is a great deal of momentum and optimism as Bluffton has made steady improvements during the past few seasons. A 2008 season-finale victory over perennial-power Transylvania has Coach Smucker and the Bluffton University men's program on the verge of taking the program to the next level, aiming for a berth in the Heartland Conference tournament.
|Defensively the team will count on junior all-conference organizing back Nolan Phelps (Monroe/Lemon-Monroe) to lead the charge. A talented supporting cast of marking backs Brandon Kindell (Kenton/Kenton), Nick Schlabach (Millersburg/West Holmes) and Nick Evans (Elida/Elida) will solidify the Beavers defensively. Competing for Bluffton in goal will be two-year starter Brian Good (Elida/Elida) and sophomore Dan Saville (Toledo/Central Catholic) as well as a pair of newcomers.
|Helping to generate and maintain Bluffton's possession game in the midfield is senior Daniel Tinch (Middleton/Madison). Other individuals that will play significant roles in keeping the ball for the Beavers are senior outside midfielder Louie Cancasci (Twinsburg/Twinsburg), juniors Jason Hudson (Troy/Troy) and Michael Timpe (Swanton/Swanton) and sophomore Seth Hertenstein (St. Marys/Memorial).
Offensively the Beavers will look for Steve Rucki (Millersburg/West Holmes) and All-Heartland Conference performer Jacob Graham (Gomer/Elida) to take the reins and fill in the gap left by All-HCAC forward Nate Flath (Wadsworth/Wadworth) who graduated as the fourth-most prolific scorer in Bluffton history with 33 goals.Coach Smucker also has high expectations for his returning group. "Our goals are simple this fall; compete every minute on the pitch, attain a spot in the conference tournament and then see where we go from there. Consistency will play a large role in achieving these goals; making good decisions both on and off the field, focusing on the details, and taking care of each other. These are the ways in which we hope to succeed this season."
The Beavers open their 2009 campaign at Goshen College with a 7 p.m. kickoff on Wednesday, September 2. The team will seek to make its goals a reality when Bluffton opens Heartland Conference play on September 26 at Mount St. Joseph. A home contest against long-time rival Defiance College is slated for 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14.


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UNION – Just beyond the gates of the Illinois Railway Museum, crews from the NBC hit drama "Chicago Fire" prepared to tackle one of the series' biggest accident scenes yet.
A train had derailed and crashed into a warehouse, crumpling up several cars and rolling a tanker.
And yes, there was fire.
Using about 150 extras recruited from the area, crews began filming Friday. Filming was expected to continue Monday through Thursday at the museum, 7000 Olson Road, Union.
Union might be a distance from Chicago, and its farm fields and country roads much less urban, but it served as an ideal setting for the scene, those involved said.
"This is one of the most amazing resources," said Bob Hudgins, location manager for the "Chicago Fire" filming crew. "It's a rare entity."
With its capacity and equipment, the museum and its campus have the ability to serve as a locale for basically any time period, he said.
When film crews are looking for trains to use, they often call upon Union, Museum Director Nick Kallas said.
Those involved said the scene was likely one of the most elaborate to be filmed for television in that amount of time.
The scene is scheduled to air as part of this season's seventh episode of "Chicago Fire," which is based on the firefighters and drama surrounding the fictitious Chicago Firehouse 51.
Dressed in their fire and paramedic gear, the stars of the show chatted and awaited their scenes while the extras were led as a group to their staging area. Many tried to catch a glimpse of their favorite characters from the series.
"He's looking good," Kara Repsys of Crystal Lake said as she glanced over at Taylor Kinney, who plays "Lt. Kelly Severide" in the series. Kinney had sat down and propped himself against a tree to relax.
All of the series' regulars were nearby.
A fan of the show, Repsys brought her 7-year-old daughter, Lizzy, to be an extra. Lizzy became a passenger on the train.
"It's been my dream to be on TV," she said. "I like the camera."
Her mother brought along homework for Lizzy to work on in between filming, having to temporarily pull her out of second grade at South Elementary School in Crystal Lake.
"I think as a parent you want to fulfill your child's dream," she said. "She talks about wanting to be on the Disney Channel. At 7 years old, this is something she'll always remember. ... It's neat this is in our backyard."
Others came for similar reasons, to experience something unique that they might never get to experience again. Some were "walking wounded," while others were without makeup.
Fans of the show Peg and Steve Wienckowski of Cary said they thought, "Why not?" when the casting call came out. Their children grown and Steve self-employed while Peg works part time, they took time off from work to participate.
"We just have our dog with her ankles crossed waiting for us at home," Peg Wienckowski said. "This is something different, kind of cool."
"Chicago Fire" crews had arrived earlier in the week to prepare the setting.
They added a makeshift front to one of the museum's storage buildings, which provided the "Industrial park" feel they were looking to create. A car of the train was embedded in the front of the building, while others were strewn through a muddy, grassy field.
Modified only slightly, the train involved was a former Northwestern commuter train built in 1954 and in service until the early 1990s.
"These particular cars, people used to ride to work in every day," Kallas said. "They're trying to get that same effect, people riding to work and an accident occurs."
He believed the scene was trying to somewhat re-create the 2008 train collision in Chatsworth, Calif., in which a commuter train collided with a freight train. That collision resulted in 25 deaths, but Kallas didn't think the "Chicago Fire" scene involved fatalities.
He welcomed the film crews, just as he has done in the past with seven or eight other projects, including 1992's "A League of Their Own" and most recently "Transformers 4."
Crews for "Transformers 4," expected to be released next year, were on set at the museum for two days a couple of weeks ago. The museum also served as the setting for parts of the pilot for the new ABC series "Betrayal."
"I think the really good thing is the publicity and notoriety it brings to the county," Kallas said.
"While McHenry County is known as a great tourist attraction ... we're also a cultural community. We're a part of that scene."


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UWCHLAN – Township supervisors clarified what they want from parents seeking approval to use the Lionville Community YMCA for the Downingtown Area School District's post-prom events.
At Monday's supervisors' meeting, parents and administrators of Downingtown High Schools East and West campuses presented their proposal to host this year's post-prom event at the Lionville Community YMCA.
"What helps is when people tell us, 'Here's the plan,'" said Supervisor Joseph Toner, vice-chairman of the board. "Nobody's talking about how security is going to be handled. Nobody's talking about they're going to keep the kids quiet on the bus, because you have to have an air conditioned bus, otherwise the windows will be down and they'll be hootin' and hollerin' back and forth. Nobody's talking about how they're going to handle security in the parking lot, about screeching tires and slamming doors. I know we keep saying the kids are paramount, but so is the community. You've got to talk about the neighbors first."
Although neighbors present at Monday night's meeting voiced support for the proposed event, Toner said that besides himself, the neighbors who have been adversely affected by previous post-prom events in the area were not present at the meeting and that they also needed to be contacted if the event were to be hosted at the YMCA. Toner lives within close proximity of both Downingtown High School East and the YMCA, which are less than one mile apart.
Supervisor Frederick Gainer, chairman of the board, suggested the post-prom committees speak with all of the neighboring residents in order to determine what their issues with previous events have been and how they might be addressed, as well as how to address security at the event.
Toner specifically asked the committees to speak with residents on Horne Place, Woodview Drive, Arianna Lane, Robin Road, North Whitford Road, Devon Drive, Reber Circle, Edgewood Drive, Oakland Drive, and Balderston Drive, in order to determine whether or not residents would accept the event with its possible noise.
According to Doug Hanley, township manager, residents within a 3 block radius from the YMCA should be surveyed by the committees.
The township's zoning ordinances state that the YMCA must be closed by 10 p.m., unless the supervisors grant an exception. According to Toner, the zoning ordinance for the YMCA was created because it is located in a residential network, and no exceptions have been granted in the past 17 years since the ordinance was established.
"If we make an exception for one group, for one thing, how do we say no to the next?" asked Gainer. "We have people who come in here all the time and want us to make an exception for whatever their issue is."
According to Downingtown West Principal Tom Mulvey, last year's attendance at post-prom was 250 students out of about 850 students in total that attended their prom. Carolyn Ganzelli, co-organizer of East's Post-Prom Committee, said that Downingtown East's post-prom only hosted about 350 of those who went to their own prom.
According to Ganzelli, students were asked what would generate more attendance in the post-prom, which has been held at school facilities for the past eight years. The strongest reply was for an area with a pool, which led to the schools' combined proposal to use YMCA facilities. The committees from both schools decided to coordinate their events in order to save money, and received approval from the YMCA's board.
Mulvey said that although he understands the supervisors' concerns for their community, any potential problems could be addressed.
"I do firmly believe that we could take care of most of those management issues through sitting down with the kids, through some changes in operations," said Mulvey. "I really do think it's worthwhile to get 10, 20, 30 more kids out for something more appealing in terms of a venue. I don't think that you can make something completely foolproof. I think the point is that we can manage most of the problems that he talked about very clearly and provide a safe atmosphere. "
Ganzelli said that since the committees only have three months left to secure a location and other items for the post-prom, should the YMCA not be approved as a location, the schools would most likely be used again.
"(The school) isn't an option that the kids want," said Mulvey.
According to Simone Ferron, who attends the STEM academy and whose parents are involved in committees, the YMCA is an appealing attraction to her fellow students.
"There's so many different aspects (to what the Y offers), so all different kinds of kids could enjoy it, as to opposed to, like, just sports events or sports games," said Ferron. "Adding a pool brings you 50 more kids, so I think the variety they're trying to get really helps."
Basketball and volleyball tournaments are typical sports events hosted during the post-prom, as well as a casino area and tarot readings. Giveaways are also a staple of the event, with prizes including up to $25,000 worth of items such as televisions and iPods.
Ferron also said that she was disappointed with how the supervisors addressed the proposal.
"I think it's kind of pathetic," said Ferron. "It's two days out of the year. If you live right next to the Y, there's noise every day, so I don't think that noise on two nights of the year is going to make that big of a difference."
According to Supervisor Milton Bozarth, the supervisors have been informed the committees may decide to not continue pursuing use of the YMCA.
"If the group had gone ahead and worked on plans for security and other issues and gotten back to us, I'm reasonably confident that at least two of the three supervisors would have listened and approved the proposal," said Bozarth. "If in fact the committee had brought this stuff to us calmly, then I would encourage my colleagues to approve it on a trial basis. From a neighbor's perspective, it's not going to make much of a difference if it's held at the YMCA or held at the school. One property abuts the other. But, my guess is that they've given up for this year, and my expectation would be that if they wanted to do this next year they would try earlier next year."
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Nice game, finally Kakeru is resolving some of his issues. And Araki is slowly loosing weight. The only thing that seems out of place is the Sugurayan transformation that it's starting to seem more a problem of schizophrenia than a, well, what was that again? Nana seemed a bit worried about that, like if he could lose himself at some point.
Anyways, more Nana plzz
|2012-04-25, 16:03
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Overall, I really liked Episode 16. The whole Suguru-like trace that he was in was kinda cool, but also a little annoying since Kakeru is his own man or at least should be. At least it motivated Araki to be serious about loosing weight so he could receive a pass like Kakeru sent him.
It was also nice to see some of Hino's backstory, and how him and Hyuno(I think that's the blonde guy's name) joined the FC and learned to love soccer again. The flashback with Uryu and his team was good too.
Tsujidou sure played intensely, and that was pretty good to see Iwaki devise a strategy that sealed the throw-in. Didn't know you could get a yellow card for "delay of game".
I really liked the resolution, and this was one of my favorite episodes. Hibino threw down his challenge to Kakeru, and I guess we'll have to wait for that to be resolved. Kakeru pulling off his "mythical feint" against the goalkeeper was pretty awesome.
Not sure if I am going like the next episode. Suguru's memories and some more abotu Leonardo Silva. I just don't like Kakeru having memories that he shouldn't be having because of the heart transplant. It's junk science and doesn't belong in the anime.
|2012-04-27, 17:38
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Lol did Mine have a crush on Suguru? Nice to see SIlva and Suguru's past. Lol Seven's got paparazzi after her. Nice that Kakeru got past Silva using a bit of his own power and not all of Suguru's power. So the rivalry starts next week. Best part was Kakeru thinking Seven and Silva were together.
|2012-04-27, 23:31
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Next episode looks pretty good. Mai Murasaki appears for the first time on the pitch. She thinks she can take Seven's position as offencive midfielder. Poor girl, she's in for a few surprises .
I bet Mai will become a forward instead, though. Basically the "knight" to Seven's "king".
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That counselor isn't just an idiot anymore, she's downright scary. And the whole thing with Suguru living in Kakeru's body is more creepy than anything else.
Poor Kakeru - every time he does something good, somebody tells him it was really his dead brother. He deserves better than that, and Suguru should be allowed to rest in peace already.
|2012-05-03, 16:04
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I still wonder if Iwaki was like Kakeru when Iwaki was younger, and Mine was somewhat like Seven in her role as the team manager.
I think I am going to love episode 18. Always a treat to watch Seven on the pitch playing "the beautiful game". And yeah, I think her rival is in for a surprise if she thinks she can best her at her role.
|2012-05-04, 17:22
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Oh man Takeda is going to be the coach now for Nadeshiko. Well he did engineer a nice play. Mai is good, but she's got nothing on Nana. How can you even call you teammate a rival. That photographer is annoying. SO the final 8 starts and Kakeru has to face Hibino first. Araki finally got thin!
|2012-05-04, 22:02
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Mai played well as forward, but she was a complete failure as attacking midfielder. Seven on the other hand was great as midfielder, as always (that's definitely the best position for her).
So yeah, all things considering, it seems Mai is going to end up becoming the knight to Seven's king, as I predicted before.
|2012-05-04, 22:44
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The team Nadeshiko Japan is playing against in this friendly seems to be comprised of selected players from the Nadeshiko League (the Japanese women's football league) so I suppose that's why they call it "league selection". I'm not sure of this, but if this is the case then it's probably a team made up specifically for this match.
I hope that helps.
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Enoshima vs Shonan.
Araki was playing awesome as ever ^^
It was a really intense game worth watching.
Those Hibino and Honda were pretty problematic for Enoshima.
Kudo did a stupid thing that just brought back bad memories for Kakeru.
Can't wait to see how it'll play out.
|2012-05-18, 18:15
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The anime is already a wreck so I don't care that much at this point.
|2012-05-18, 21:07
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I haven't been nuts about this show lately, but this was the best ep in quite a while, and that scene with Mai at the end was the funniest in the entire series. Kakeru was practically moe.
I'm not sure why (other than cliché of course) that Seven and Kakeru have to furiously deny any suggestion that they could be dating. Maybe Mai will be the push they need to actually acknowledge they're in love.
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RE: mmm... Solaris is *highly* overrated.
by bert64 on Sat 30th Jan 2010 13:08 UTC in reply to "mmm... Solaris is *highly* overrated."
System P (and System Z) virtualization is more of a hardware function than part of the OS, sure you can run AIX inside of an LPAR but you can also run Linux.
Solaris zones are not meant to compete with this or with vmware, they are a lighter weight alternative which serve a different purpose. There is nothing stopping you from installing solaris inside of vmware or a similar technology. And on the subject of LPARs, Sun has something similar on their high end offerings anyway, and has for years.


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What a treat to see your wonderful pictures and meet you today. I love your little jacket!!! You are quite the trend setter in it. :) Now all the piggies who see you wearing it will want one. You certainly brightened up my gloomy day. Please thank your loving human for sharing you with us today.
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Jessica Simpson: Has Celebrity Gossip Gone Too Far?
Us Weekly is breathlessly reporting that Jessica Simpson broke wind. Seriously.
-Kathy Campbell
Is this the fart heard around the world? 'Cause my mind is reeling over the fact the US Weekly is reporting that Jessica Simpson broke wind during a recent business meeting.
The magazine claims – exclusively: "While one of the executives was speaking in a room full of five people, Jessica let out a very loud fart," says the insider. It then goes on to say that "It wasn't Simpson's first brush with public flatulence" and details her love of Dutch ovens.
I figure this is just another way of Us confirming their claim that Stars are Just Like Us!
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Now, we here at BettyConfidential report on celebrity news, which some of you might claim is a case of the pot calling the kettle black, but in my time here, I am happy to report that we haven't ever published a story in which we announce that stars sometimes get flatulent. Have I pondered whether Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are splitting, sure. Do I wonder about their toilet habits? Nope. Would I want to know about them? Hell, no.
Cause that's the distinction I make about celeb gossip. I guess it's the same as what I would want to know about friends. Are my pals Greg and Kayla having trouble in their relationship? How did Jenny lose the baby weight so fast? And wow, Emily looks like she's lost a ton of weight, how did she do it? These are questions that you would sit around with your friends and talk about. OK, I'm not friends with Josh Duhamel and Fergie, but you get my drift.


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For those waiting for the other shoe to drop now that the Bruins dealt Dennis Wideman, a member of their top four on defense, to Florida for winger Nathan Horton, know that Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli isn't in a panic trying to move a forward for blue-line help.
Post-Horton-trade rumors have connected the Bruins to Toronot's Tomas Kaberle and other top-four defensemen. But Chiarelli, at least publicly, today said he's looking to improve but isn't desperate.
"I may not be done in fixing the defense, first and foremost," he said during a conference call. "Secondly, the last two years we've had a tremendous goals-against (total) due to our goalies and due to our defensive play, which you'd obviously have to include the defensemen. I think we have a real good system installed and sometimes there's this search of a puck-mover, sometimes there's just not one out there, and one that's a perfect fit. … If we add something, it may not be purely what you're characterizing as a puck-mover, but it would add to that element.
"We've got a guy like Matt Hunwick, who turned the corner a bit at the end after some struggles. Andrew Ference played hurt; he moves the puck well. Dennis Seidenberg moves the puck well. And then our guys are well-coached. So they're harder to find, but if I can't find the perfect one, I think that we'll be fine."
Should the Bruins re-sign unrestricted free agent Johnny Boychuk and restricted free agent Mark Stuart, they'd be returning six of their seven main defensemen from a year ago. So improving might just mean adding a veteran seventh D in the Shane Hnidy mold in order to guard against an injury rash and provide competition for the likes of prospects Jeff Penner and Yuri Alexandrov.


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I'm getting real close to releasing the G-TraX "big steam" offerings. Bill Hobbs has finished the physics and the audio has come a long way.
And now the roster has been expanded! Here are some shots:
Spokane, Portland and Seattle 701 was a freight-only locomotive, though it was sometimes used as a backup to its fancier passenger-service sisters, numbers 700 and 702.
Thanks to input from Kelly Lynch of the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society, the decision was made to depict Nickel Plate 765 as it appeared in the mid-1940s, which is how the actual locomotive is presented today.
These will be payware products, but aside from distribution fees all net proceeds from sales will be donated to the operating organizations of the SP&S 700 and Nickel Plate 765.
There are a couple of distribution options under consideration and when that's out of the way the locos will be made available--probably later this month. See the G-TraX web site at the link below for additional details.


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Commentary on assigning subjects to groups in a controlled trial.
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This article and the accompanying spreadsheets will be very useful
additions to the researcher's toolbox. The article details a series
of scenarios/study designs for which minimization is advisable in all
cases, even for crossover designs based on order of interventions. This
is sound advice and the points are well taken.
I am interested in comparing Will's spreadsheets to existing freeware such as the Minim program. Minim permits up to four groups, different proportions of patients in each group, any number of prognostic factors and categories for each factor (subject to a total of 100 categories for all factors together), and different weights for each prognostic factor if required, so that some factors can be treated as more important to balance for than others. On the issue of weighting, I note that for the scenario in which characteristics for all participants are known before allocation, Will's method assigns primary weighting to one factor and equal importance to secondary factors, whereas for allocating participants as they are recruited equal weighting is assigned to all factors. I am unsure what influence this difference would have on resulting estimates of effects if one wished to weight factors more finely. However, I have never been in possession of sufficient a priori information to decide fine-tuned weighting between multiple prognostic factors, and in practice equal importance is the default assumption, so I doubt there is any practical advantage of Minim in this regard. In any event, Will proposes a neat side-step of this potential problem which allows one to 'double-weight' a variable by including it twice with identical values.
Will's method is an advance on Minim in that it may be applied in situations in which characteristics for all people to be allocated are known in advance, rather than solely for scenarios in which participants are allocated as they are recruited. A further advantage over Minim is the ability to include variables measured on a continuous scale, though the article notes that the influence on outcome is likely to be small.
I was pleased to read that subject characteristics need to be included in the analysis. Other statisticians have also made this often neglected point; for example Senn (2007) stated that "the factors that we considered to be important in the first place and led us to adopt minimization ... cannot be regarded as irrelevant. So, for example, if we sought to balance by sex, we must include sex as a factor in the analysis." The benefit of including subject characteristics with minimization is better precision than that with simple random allocation. This is perhaps one reason why minimization has been described as the "platinum standard" for trials that is, better than the gold standard of randomization (Treasure and MacRae, 1998).
The examples used to illustrate the effect of differences between sample and population means (e.g., Figure 1 and associated text) are instructive. Further, deriving a standardized difference between the sample and population means via the standard error of the active intervention mean is a neat way of anchoring minimum sample size to the default for the minimum important difference (MID) of 0.2 standard deviations. This reveals that the standardized mean difference between a sample mean and the population mean is typically >MID for a group sample size <25.
The alternative analysis method to account for minimization that Will proposes for the situation is which assignment is performed after all participants have been recruited has echoes of propensity score matching-a method used in observational/controlled before-and-after studies (non-randomized). There is a long-standing debate in the propensity score matching literature on whether the matched samples should be treated as paired or as independent groups. Will proposes the former to increase precision and backs it up with simulations. I need to examine more closely any parallels between Will's method and propensity score matching with respect to this issue. Interestingly, Will notes in the article that using the pre-post crossover spreadsheet to analyze data from groups minimized on baseline values of the dependent variable produced confidence intervals that were too narrow.
Senn S (2007). A personal view of some controversies in allocating treatment to patients in clinical trials. Statistics in medicine 14, 2661-2674
Treasure T, MacRae KD (1998). Minimisation: the platinum standard for trials? British Medical Journal 317, 362-363
Published May 2010 [C]2010
Alan M Batterham
School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK. Email.
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