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posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 4:01 am
I have two questions concerning GMM:
a) Is there a method available to check for multivariate normal distribution of observed outcome variables?
b) Is it possible to do confirmatory analyses with GMM? That is, is it possible to implement theoretically pre-defined trajectories into a GMM (by fixing the mean growth parameters of the latent classes to certain values) and then to check if the model is valid? If yes, which criteria would you recommend?
Thanks & best regards!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 4:46 pm
a) not a direct method. But if you conclude that 2 or more classes fit better than one, you have also concluded non-normality.
b) certainly. To test the model, you would check if the restrictions are suitable - either by 2*logL differences or by Wald (MODEL TEST).
posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 12:31 am
Dear Dr. Muthén
Many thanks! To be sure, I would like to ask if the following procedure is sound: I started with a GMM with over 20 theoretically pre-defined latent classes (the growth parameter means were fixed a certain values in this model). By running this model, the individuals were assigned to these patterns on the basis of their repeated measurements. Subsequently, I excluded the empty latent classes and then the GMM was ran again. This resulted in a lower BIC indicating better model fit. However, is this procedure sound and how can I convince reviewers of it? I ask this because, as far as I know, with this procedure the BIC and other fit criteria are always worse than with exploratory GMMing.
Perhaps I should also say why I have chosen this procedure: When doing GMMing in an exploratory way, I got the impression that the fit criteria, especially the Lo-Mendell-Rubin criterion, are quite conservative (i.e. they give great attention to parsimony of models). However, I am not only interested in a parsimonious model, but also in the detection of a variety of patterns.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, July 26, 2006 - 3:57 pm
I think it is unusual that one has enough theoretical information to pre-define 20 latent classes by fixing growth parameter means at certain values. I can imagine situations where fixing a few values such as a quadratic mean at zero to presuppose linearity could be given theoretical backing, but what you are referring to is on a much grander scale. Although I don't know your topic/area, and you may have very good reasons for doing what you suggest, as a reviewer I myself would a priori be hard to convince.
Peter Elliott
posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 3:48 am
Dear Dr Muthen,
How do I compare the model fits of GMMs - same sample, just different numbers of classes - when using Estimator = Bayes in Mplus v6?
If the DVs are continuous should I use Point='mean' rather than 'median'?
Thanks. p
Tihomir Asparouhov
posted on Wednesday, July 07, 2010 - 11:09 am
You can use PPP. See Section 6.5.3 in
There is no reason to prefer point=mean because the DV are continuous as far as I know.
Peter Elliott
posted on Monday, July 26, 2010 - 8:34 pm
Thank you for your advice. Sect 6.5.3 refers to a simulation study with large n. Unfortunately my n=235. PPP results are: 1 Class=.339 2 Classes=.000, 3 Classes=.000. When using ML, AIC and BIC suggested a 3-class model is best. If PPP is not useful, what can I use to compare GMM model fits estimated using Bayes?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - 9:23 am
That's an unusual progression of PP p-values. Can you send your data and input/output to
Tihomir Asparouhov
posted on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 - 11:20 am
The PPP is addressing a more general question of fit than simply what the number of classes is. So you have to use/interpret it properly. In your particular example the PPP does not have the power to reject the 1-class model but we can sort of assume here that in your particular case that power is very low. So the fact that the 1 class model did not get rejected doesn't really mean that it is one class - simply PPP didn't have the power to prove more than 1 class . One has to remember what we are comparing :1 class growth v.s. 1 class unrestricted. You have a growth model with 3 time points and a linear growth. Therefore the DF here is 1, i.e., it is not that surprising that PPP did not reject the 1 class model. This small DF issue has more to do with the low power than the sample size. In your case the two models differ in only one parameters and not that surprisingly the model is not rejected.
The fact that the two class model is rejected has more to do with how well the estimated model fits the within class variance covariance rather than determining the number of classes. In particular it is mostly testing the class invariance of the variance parameters and the invariance of the residual variances. If you have the residual variances vary across the 2 classes than the model is not rejected.
The PPP can be used to determine the number of classes as we did in the paper but it can also be pointing towards within class misspecifications.
Each tool for determining the number of classes has a its own power for rejecting the smaller number of classes models. We don't know how the PPP power compares to say BIC power in general, but we do know that in some cases that power is 0 (for example a univariate mixture model) or very small like in your case.
The question about how many classes there are is not tied to the estimator ( ML and Bayes produce almost exactly the same model estimation ) so one can use ML and Bayes together in figuring out the number of classes as well as the within class models using all the tools that are available regardless of the estimator.
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- Eddie Marshall said...
I love Powers! It's a great whiskey. I have a bottle of the 12 year old Special Reserve that I picked up in Ireland and that is very good. It is shame you can't get in the UK very often. Redbreast is another nice Irish Whiskey that is hard to get in Ireland never mind elsewhere!
- October 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Unknown said...
I discovered Powers when visiting Ireland 10 years ago, on a tour of the Middleton distillery. It's been my favorite whiskey ever since. I've tried every Irish I can get my hands on, but Powers is still tops (Red Breast a close second.) I do drink my bourbon with a little ice, but Powers is always as it falls!
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hello anyone have any info on behringer amps. how do they sound. they have a model ep2500. 500 watts rms at 8 ohms
hello anyone have any info on behringer amps. how do they sound. they have a model ep2500. 500 watts rms at 8 ohms
I dont want to hurt any one feelings but I just listen to crown xs500-ce 2000 and behringer ep2500. the crown had a more harsh sound then the behringer. the behringer was more smooth and relax. the bass was about the same. I dont know how and the hell they can sell this amp for what they are asking for it . parts express sell it for 299 brand new in the box. on ebay some dealer is selling them for 258$ .i like crown- qsc-crest and etc. but crown and any other pro amp on the market can not compete with the price or sound of the behringer. this is to damm good to be true.I am waiting for the amp to blow up or get a recall on all behringer amps. just take a listen to crown -crest any amp compare to behringer ep2500. 450 watts rms at 8 ohms. damping factor 300 at 8 ohms. and I dont want to seem like I am bashing any company amp. but get real 258 $ compare to a 2000$ or more amp. i dont know how behringer is making any money or profit. I think they are tring to piss off all pro audio company out there who claim there amp sound great with lotts a power down to 2 ohms
hello I just read a forum were some one said-quote behringer is not in a class with crown nor qsc. no behringer doesnt have the years nor the name as crown or qsc has. but I love the sound of a well built amp. I am not going to jump on a company band wagon just becuse they made some pretty good amps for the last 40 years. if any one comes out with a good sounding amp at a unheard of price you damm right i am going to speak up about a good product. look out crown behinger is niping at your ass. if crown is in a class by it self they better come up with a plan to out do behinger ep2500.
We have amp bashed before, try a search for Grungy amps and have a good laugh!
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I'll beat Giskard is really pooching he posted that..Ebay made a squillian that week! Mind you the latest HK stuff looks very impressive!
I swear I am not bashing crown . I like and own crown. but behringer has an amp for 299$ dollars and the sound is smoother than you know who.I thought this forum was a place were you can get any info you need on just about any audio eq. I love it when some one make a product that can compete with other products costing up to4-5-6 times as much. that is a better deal not only for me but any one who wants to buy that product. the reason I post this was to let any one who looking to buy a amp for there stereo or sur-sound. befor you spend a lot of money take a look at behringer ep2500. just listen to it. let your ears be the judge. I also love this forum for what it is and has to offer. Thanks crown for making some good amps over the last 40 years
I don't think Crown is too worried about Behringer taken over their amp market. The Crown XS series and the CE2000 are Crown's lower end products with the XS's being built in China, who knows maybe by the same factory turning out the Behringer's. The Behringer power amps are direct copies of the QSC RMX series power amps. The RMX's are very good sounding and durable low cost power amps. While I have not done a direct side by side listening comparison between a RMX power amp and a similar import amp from Crown I can say the QSC RMX is built better and has more features than the XS series from Crown. I use the Crown Macro Techs and the QSC PL2 series in my systems with excellent results.
For what it's worth Behringer has been sued multiple times by many companies for patent and copyright violations and at this very moment has a large fine slapped on them from the FCC for importing digital equipment that has not been certified by the FCC.
Mike Caldwell
Behringer is well known for reliability problems on the road, ('probably not an issue for you - cross your fingers), and as mentioned, has been sued a number of times for directly copying other companies' products - that's what bothers me the most about them. That said, if you like the sound and it holds up for you, go for it.
now I am geting the feedback I was tring to get from the start. thanks guys. I only compared that one crown unit to the behinrger.I am still looking to buy a amp to biamp and run my 2245h. the dealer told me the same stories i am hearing here.I am looking at qsc plx3602. I would like to buy a crown but the k2 is only 500 watts rms. I am looking for 700 watts rms. and sound good not harsh. I might just run that amp stright. I would have to take out the crossover etc .to much work
Exactly what I was going to post, Mike. All the Behringer gear I've trialed is now in someone else's rack, if you get my drift. dogbless eBay!Originally Posted by Mike Caldwell
Sure, Behringer can copy the topology, but when they insert cheap components in-place of the more costly ones, sound quality and reliability are compromised. However, if YOU are happy with the sound, got for it.
You didn't say what load you are driving. If 700w into 4ohm, try the CX702. But, these beauties are costly. They are not often on eBay because they are the "contractor series". Robust and intended for built-ins.Originally Posted by gene
Oh, so this is for that 4-way of yours? I guess I should stop here, then - you never acknowledged my replies about you running them full-range (passive) on other threads. You weren't satisfied with the bass output... :dont-knowOriginally Posted by gene
It shouldn't be hard at-all to by-pass the LF portion of your three-way crossover. Just insert something like the Ashly XR1001 between the 2245H's and the rest, and use the "rest" of the crossover you have - it's crossover points seemed OK. Is that crossover accessible? Do you have the schematic? Post it and some pic here, and I'll bet the DIY crowd wil. have you sorted in no-time.
Oh, btw - I run only the CX502 on my 2245H's - it is rated at 300w into 8ohms. Plenty...
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Hello gene.
I feed my 4 2245 with a Qsc plx 3402 and i can say i´m VERY happy with it. But for normal home use i think a Crown k2 will work very well, you´ll get 2500w in bridge mode.
I have 3 Crown K2 to feed my 8 2226 in a home cinema . I dont think i can find anything better to do the work.
You wont be dissapointed with a K2 amp.
regards mats
I second the above. I used a QSC 1202 with Klipschorns (very picky horns -any harshness is thrown in your face) with fantastic results. I have also heard great reviews of the Crown K2 (have not tried it myself). If I remember correctly, the K2 does nto have a cooling fan, so it may be better for hoem use if fan noise is a probelm. I replaced the fan in my QSC with a low flow unit ($20 from digikey). If you really need 700 watts, you may need to stick with the high flow unit (not an issue with horns).Originally Posted by matsj
Thanks guys. I almost bought the behringer amp.I will try the crown k2 and the qsc 3602. I will let you know which one I choose at a later date.Thanks agin
if you can wait a little crown will release the XTi and it is supposed to compair to the k2 sonically and has DSP built into the unit
Hey guy's sorry to resurrect an older thread...and it's my first post to boot .
Anyway, I actually own a behringer ep2500 and a qsc plx1602 and ran them head to head. I already had the 1602 on my jbl 4642a subwoofer bridged to 4ohm. But found a great deal on a ep2500 so I thought I'd give it a shot.
The behringer did seem to have a little more power/volume/impact but the qsc had a much cleaner/tighter sound. The ep2500 was a good bit more "boomy" sounding. I ended up keeping the plx1602 on the jbl and use the ep2500 on my diy dual-15" sub. Now if you just want max spl and don't care about sound quality...the Behringer amps are hard to beat for the $.
I noticed that several online retailers have the plx series on sale...I don't know for sure but they may be soon replaced by the new plx2 line. I've recently seen the plx3402 on sale for less than what I paid four years ago for plx1602. Good deals to be had on a great line of amps imo.
Yup, that's been my experience!Originally Posted by KenWH
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When I served as a keynote presenter last year at MetalForming magazine's inaugural Manufacturing ERP Experience conference in Chicago, I discussed current ERP trends and best practices for success. This presented a challenge: I've been speaking about ERP for more than 20 years, so I asked myself: "How can I provide a presentation on this subject different than one I would have given 20 years ago?"
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Twenty years ago, ERP was viewed, in effect, as the final destination. For example, customer-relationship management (CRM) was not yet popularized (Siebel was founded in 1993). In most companies, business intelligence was limited to report-writing or custom-built data warehouses. Mobility apps and collaboration systems were a long off in the future. Even e-mail was not well-established in business communications. So, ERP was where most of the action was, especially in the manufacturing sector, where it has its roots.
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Frank Scavo provided a keynote presentation at The Manufacturing ERP Experience, held August 23-24, 2011, in Chicago, IL. He'll provide another keynote presentation at this year's Manufacturing ERP Experience, slated for October 3-4, 2012, in Cleveland, OH. Learn more and register to attend at www.metalformingmagazine.com/ERP.
ERP plays a unique role in a company's applications portfolio, and forms the foundation for so many other things that organizations want to do. Sure, you can go out and implement CRM as a standalone system, but CRM works better when integrated with ERP for end-to-end business processes. Likewise, some organizations have implemented supply-chain management (SCM) software without ERP, but SCM is much more powerful when it builds upon ERP as the system of record. The same holds true for business-intelligence systems, collaboration systems and mobility apps—all deliver more value when they have ERP as their foundation.
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Also true 20 yr. ago: Executives were quick to believe that new software could solve their problems, or that systems could be customized to match how the organization did business in the past. ERP projects often were viewed as computer projects, not business projects.
Today I find that business leaders have a better understanding of best practices for successful ERP implementations. They realize that ERP means changing how the organization does business. They recognize (usually) that top management must be committed; that a successful implementation will require participation by all affected functions; and that it is best to select an ERP system that fits the business out of the box, minimizing as much as possible customizing the software code.
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So, if ERP plays a critical role and executives understand the risks and best practices, then organizations must be more successful with ERP today then they were 20 years ago, right?
Sadly, I don't think this is the case. According to our 2011 survey, 38 percent of ERP projects exceed their budgets for total cost of ownership. Furthermore, as I indicated in my keynote last August, the risks of ERP go beyond cost overruns: ERP is particularly subject to functionality risks (the project was within budget, but the system doesn't satisfy key requirements), adoption risks (the project was within budget, but the organization is not fully using it), and benefit risks (the project was within budget, but the expected benefits are not realized).
So, what is the answer? The answer is that business leaders need to be reminded again and again about these lessons learned, and they need to execute on these best practices. So, while I could have given (and did give) much of this presentation 20 years ago, the lessons are still relevant.You can view my entire presentation from the 2011 Manufacturing ERP Experience on YouTube. Search for "Trends in Manufacturing ERP and How to Ensure Success." MF
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Remarks: Chester Alan Arthur, educated at Union College and a lawyer with his own practice, rose through New York politics to become James Garfield's Vice-President in 1880. However in July of 1881, Garfield was shot, making Arthur the 21st President of the United States. Arthur succeeded in running an honest and responsible administration during his three years as president. However, the Republicans did not vote him past the primaries in the 1884 election and he returned to practicing law before his death in 1886. - Source: http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/bios/21parth.html


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Midnight Express ROH Shoot Interview DVD
The legendary duo, The Midnight Express, Dennis Condrey and Bobby Eaton, discuss their time as a tag team in some of wrestling's hottest promotions. Condrey & Eaton brought tag team wrestling into the modern era and they discuss their influential careers here.
This is like two shoot interviews in one as they both discuss their careers before The Midnight Express and the formation of the team under the management of Jim Cornette. Condrey & Eaton talk about it from Mid-South to World Class to NWA.
You'll hear about what it's like to work with Jim Cornette and all the top tag teams including their famous feuds with The Rock'n'Roll Express and The Fantastics. Condrey & Eaton take you inside the locker room and behind the scenes of their most famous matches all the way up to the Midnight Express vs. Paul E. Dangerously's Midnight Express feud. Condrey also explains why he walked out twice.
To make this shoot even better Jim Cornette appears as a special guest to talk about his memories of the Condrey & Eaton duo. Cornette is always informative and entertaining and you are sure to learn something here.
Wrestling history is told by The Midnight Express right here on this Straight Shoot!!!
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- How both men got their start in the business
- Who trained them
- Bobby talks about starting Memphis
- Dennis talks about working for Nick Gulas
- Dennis talks about teaming with Phil Hickerson
- Memories of working singles matches against each other early on
- Talk about the promotion war betwee Jerry Jarrett & Nick Gulas
- Bobby talks about going heel and being managed by Tojo Yamamoto
- Bobby talks about going to Knoxville
- Dennis talks about working for Southeastern Championship Wrestling
- Bobby talks about some of his early tag partners
- How they were actually "traded" from Memphis to Mid-South
- Early memories of Jim Cornette
- How Cornette changed thoughout the years
- Opinion on Bill Watts as a boss
- Their feud with Bill Watts
- Memories of wrestling The Rock N Roll Express
- Thoughts on why they had good chemistry working with Ricky & Robert
- Stories about the Mid-South territory and problems they had with fans
- Road stories from Mid-South
- Did any veterans try and get them to slow down their matches
- Why they left Mid-South for World Class
- Why they spent such a short period of time in Texas
- Their matches against The Fantastics
- Dennis tells a story of a singles match against Kerry Von Erich
- Talk about how the Von Erichs would disappear and miss shows
- Memories of debuting in the NWA
- Their matches with Jimmy Valiant & Ron Garvin
- Feuding with The Rock N Roll Express again
- Working Dusty Rhodes & Magnum TA
- Thoughts on adding Cornette & Baby Doll into the mix
- Memories of Ray Traylor
- Wrestling against The Road Warriors
- How they ended up in scaffold matches against the LOD
- Talk about the actual scaffold matches and different things that happened during them
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- Who was the easiest team they worked against
- Road stories from the NWA
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- Talk about being offered a deal to go to WWE and why they didn't go
- Dennis talks for the first time about why he quit & the events surrounding his decision
- Dennis talks about not calling anybody to tell them he wasn't returning
- Bobby talks about what happened from his perspective when Dennis didn't show up
- Bobby talks about Stan Lane replacing Dennis
- Dennis talks about returning to wrestling for the AWA
- Dennis talks about teaming with Randy Rose & his thoughts on Paul Heyman as their manager
- Dennis gives his thoughts on Verne Gagne
- Both men talk about the angle where Dennis returned to the NWA & jumped Bobby, Stan, & Cornette at the TBS Studios
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Imagine my surprise when my front wheel started wobbling while riding down the steep, twisty Metcalf Road in south San Jose. When I reached the bottom I noticed the hub had failed and two spokes were loose.
Years ago I re-built this wheel and made a fundamental mistake. I had been warned by Jobst Brandt, author of The Bicycle Wheel, to rebuild the hub with the same spoke-to-hub orientation as the previous build.
After the first set of 18 inbound spokes in a 36-spoke wheel are installed, you add nine outbound spokes on the other side of the hub and flip the wheel over. At this point you insert the spokes into the rim. After that you twist the hub; the spoke closest to the rim's valve hole twists away from the hole.
After riding the wheel for a time, the outbound spokes seat against the aluminum hub and eventually cause an indentation. See the red circles showing the indents.
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Unless you've been hibernating this summer, you can't help but see the Army Corps of Engineers working to rehabilitate our jetties along the beach. The federal government is spending several hundred million dollars to re-engineer the beach, from Point Lookout to the western border of Long Beach.
The purpose of the project is to provide additional protection from future storms. The first phase includes the construction on the jetties, while Phase Two involves building a system of dunes and berms along the north side of the beach, and raising the level of the beach by depositing sand taken offshore.
Another huge bonus of the project is that the Army Corps will take responsibility for maintaining the beach after it is re-engineered. If a storm hits and the beach is damaged and loses sand, the corps will be responsible for repairing and replenishing the beach. This removes a huge financial burden from Long Beach taxpayers.
We have all been inconvenienced to one degree or another by the project, walking an extra block to get to an open beach or put up with stones being hauled in and moved around. But this temporary inconvenience is a prelude to a much greater long-term benefit — a re-engineered beach that will give us much more protection during storms.
Here is something you don't hear too often about a government-run project: The contractor is ahead of schedule. The contractor was scheduled to complete six of 15 jetties this summer. In fact, it has completed eight, and is preparing to begin work on two more. That is 67 percent ahead of schedule and, most important, affords us some additional protection this hurricane season.
Imagine our surprise when civic association leaders recently received an email from the city's Department of Public Works saying that the city felt that enough work had been completed this summer and was telling the Army Corps to stop construction until after Labor Day. Several of us conferred, and were universally shocked by the city's action. What were officials thinking?
Residents have been making accommodations for the work all summer, so why stop now? Who would incur the expense of stopping the work? If the city stopped the work, someone would have to pay the significant cost of having the workers and equipment sit idle. The Army Corps wasn't going to do that.
We — including the city administration — should not lose sight of what this project is about: protecting people and property. We are victims of success, and should embrace finishing the work early — and the temporary inconvenience that goes along with it — in exchange for the benefits the additional jetties create at the peak of the hurricane season.
The four additional weeks of inconvenience are warranted, and work should continue to best ensure residents get the additional protection they need and deserve. Additionally, residents and businesses surrounding the staging areas to the east and west deserve to have the work completed ahead of schedule, allowing a return to some semblance of normalcy.
In the end, the Army Corps rejected the city's request and chose to continue the work. But it is truly disappointing that the city administration even attempted to temporarily stop it. This is a desperately needed storm protection project, so why is the city trying to bite the hand that is feeding it? The short-term inconvenience is more than warranted if we are better protected in the future.
We have been handed a gift in this federally funded project. So, our message to the city leaders is simple — please don't screw up this free lunch.
Editor's note: John Bendo is president of the West End Neighbors Civic Association. He is also writing on behalf of Eastholme, Westholme and the Walks, and the North East Bay and Canal civic associations.


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Panasonic launches Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-G10
Panasonic has unveiled the Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-G10 Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens cameras. Replacing the Lumix G1, the G2 will feature a vari-angle touch panel LCD. The Lumix G10 offers simple functionality for the less tech-savvy consumer.
The two latest Lumix G series cameras are modeled after their G1 and GH1 predecessors. They feature a sturdy, DSLR-like build quality with the compact footprint that Micro Four Thirds allows. They employ the same 12.1 megapixel Live MOS image sensor found in the other G series cameras, and they will shoot 720p HD video. To give beginner photographers some help, the G2 and G10 will be equipped with Panasonic's iA intelligent Auto mode. It automatically selects scene modes and enacts Intelligent ISO, Mega O.I.S. stabilization, and Intelligent Exposure. A dedicated button will offer access to iA shooting mode.
Along with iA, the Lumix G2 and Lumix G10 are equipped with the standard array of manual shooting controls. They'll also offer artistic filters called My Colors that will apply in-camera processing effects including "retro" and "silhouette." The Lumix G2 will support the use of My Colors in both still photos and video recording, while the G10 will only offer My Colors in still photography.
The Panasonic Lumix G2 and G10 will use the new Venus Engine HD II image processor. Panasonic claims the new system will be able to identify both chromatic noise and luminance noise and will be able to apply noise reduction to both. The Venus Engine HD II also offers Panasonic's new-for-2010 Intelligent Resolution technology, a feature that Panasonic says will enhance the look of textures, gradations, and outline areas by applying some in-camera processing.
Rounding out the list of features, the Lumix G2 and G10 will offer 3.2 fps continuous shooting and an automatic sensor-cleaning dust-reduction system. A few minor changes have been made to the control layout of the new cameras, including the addition of a dedicated video record button as well as the relocation of a wheel dial to the back of the camera body.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2
The Lumix G2 introduces a touch panel to the Micro Four Thirds system for the first time. The 3.0-inch touch-friendly LCD has 460k-dot composition. Focus targets can be selected through the touch panel by touching the screen where you'd like the camera to lock focus. Once an AF target is locked in, the size of the focusing area can be manipulated by the user.
Touch focus is also available in movie mode. While recording video, you'll be able to shift focus between subjects using touch AF. The adjustment is gradual and softened to create a smooth transition. The G2 also offers a touch shutter, and touch functionality will help users browse photos quickly in image playback mode.
The screen articulates 180 degrees from side to side and tilts by 270 degrees up and down. Shooters will also be able to skip the screen and use a 1,440,00-dot Live View Finder. Both offer 100% field of view coverage. The Lumix G2 will record 720p HD video recording in AVCHD Lite format with Dolby Digital audio recording.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10
Everything at the heart of the Lumix G10 is basically the same as the G2. It employs the sensor, processor, and still image shooting modes as its more advanced, touch-capable sibling. The Lumix G10 scales back the feature set in a few minor ways. As mentioned earlier, it won't offer the scene modes and creative My Color filters in movie mode, though they're all available in still image capture.
The Live View Finder features a lower-res 202,000-dot composition, though the G10's 3.0-inch LCD features the same resolution as the G2's monitor. Like the G2, it offers mini HDMI output. The Lumix G10 will record HD video in Motion JPEG format rather than AVCHD Lite. It will be available in black only, whereas the G2 will be offered in red, black, and blue.
Pricing and Availability
Panasonic has not released pricing information for the Lumix DMC-G2 and Lumix DMC-G10 at the time of launch. They will announce pricing 30 days before the cameras start shipping to consumers. Both cameras will ship with the newly-announced Lumix G Vario 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Mega OIS zoom lens.


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The surge in domestic drilling that has transformed parts of North Dakota, Arkansas and Pennsylvania into modern-day boomtowns is causing ripple effects across the entire U.S. economy, spurring investments in new chemical plants and trimming household bills, according to a report released Wednesday.
The new IHS study, funded by the American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council and other groups, credits today's technology-driven oil and gas boom with unleashing new capital spending on U.S. fertilizer plants, assembly lines, and natural gas processing equipment.
"The unconventional oil and gas revolution is not only an energy story, it also is a very big economic story that flows throughout the U.S. economy in a way that is only now becoming apparent," said IHS vice chairman Daniel Yergin.
IHS projects that from 2012 to 2025, companies will invest $346 billion in pipelines, processing facilities and other infrastructure to transform natural gas and natural gas liquids into olefins, methanol, ammonia and a host of other energy-related chemicals.
Exports grow: New data shows shifting US energy landscape
The IHS analysts anticipate that by 2025, as much as $100 billion will have been invested in new chemical, plastics and related derivative manufacturing facilities in the United States.
Retired plants are being restarted, and entirely new facilities will be built from scratch. Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Formosa, Shell Chemical, the Dow Chemical Co., and others already have announced plans to construct U.S. facilities to produce ethylene, a building block used in an array of consumer goods, from diapers to tires. Canada's Methanex Corp. is spending $1.1 billion to relocate two methanol plants from Chile to Geismar, La.
And IHS predicts that the expected returns on investment are high enough to justify building new fertilizer plants on the Gulf Coast, even though 40 percent of the United States' fertilizer capacity was shut down between 1999 and 2006. "We're talking about hundreds of manufacturing projects. The capital investments are in the hundreds of billions of dollars. It's pretty extraordinary," said Greg Bertelsen, director of energy and resources policy for the National Association of Manufacturers, which helped fund the study.
"While there's been significant benefits realized to date, the report shows that particularly for manufacturing, the greatest benefits are yet to come." About three quarters of the cost of producing petrochemicals and plastics is tied to the cost of energy-derived raw materials. The relatively low cost for natural gas today — about $3.60 per million British thermal units — has made the U.S. "one of the world's lowest-cost petrochemical producers," IHS said.
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Many new facilities will be built near oil and gas plays or existing infrastructure, such as Shell's planned Pennsylvania ethane cracker to produce ethylene, and CHS Inc.'s planned fertilizer facility in North Dakota. But study author John Larson, IHS' vice president of economics and public sector consulting, said that may change as new pipelines are built to transport gas and natural gas liquids around the country.
The study also documents pocketbook impacts of the domestic drilling boom, including lower costs for electricity, heat and various goods and services. Disposable income effectively increased by an average of $1,200 per U.S. household last year as a result of both higher household wages and lower energy costs, the report found. According to IHS, the per-household savings could climb to more than $3,500 in 2025.
"Individuals today are facing significantly lower energy costs, both indirectly and directly," Larson said. In particular, without the surge in domestic oil and gas production, "food costs would have been much higher, because of all the refrigeration required, and the electricity required in processing food and then the food input itself, which is lower because fertilizer costs have gone down."
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IHS' economic modeling was pegged to the organization's current outlook for unconventional oil and natural gas production and operating expenses in the U.S.
The scenario also included a possibly conservative assumption that the U.S. would export 5.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The Energy Department has so far approved companies to export as much as 5.6 billion cubic feet of gas per day to Japan and other countries that aren't free-trade partners with the United States.
But with 19 export applications still pending, the Energy Department appears likely to approve more, even as some heavy industrial users of natural gas warn that unfettered exports could chip away at the domestic pricing advantage that has inspired them to move plants and assembly lines to the United States.
Kyle Isakower, vice president for policy and economic analysis at the American Petroleum Institute, said the report offers a cautionary tale. "You see that under a 'do no harm' scenario, so to speak, we can realize tremendous economic and energy security benefits — not just for the oil and gas sector itself," Isakower said.
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I'm often disappointed with the tactical and strategic moves of elected Democrats. Too often it seems like they're much less able than Republicans to craft and stick to a simple message or policy plan based on fundamental values and publicly repeat, strengthen and reinforce it over time. The current issue of hospital payments and health care expansion, however, looks set to be different.
Say what you want about Governor LePage (and I do) he knows how to push forward an agenda. His "pay our debts" mantra around his liquor deal/hospital payments plan is a good example and even when he (frequently) goes off the rails, he usually does so in the process of reinforcing his worldview.
When he does something like comparing the Obama administration and the Affordable Care Act to the Nazi Gestapo, for instance, he may lose personal credibility (if he had any left) but he often succeeds in shifting the debate onto his turf and getting media stories like this one that allow him to air all his grievances and repeat his talking points.
It's hard to compete with someone who has the bully pulpit of the Governor's office, is willing to be a bit personally self-destructive in order to advance their message and is looking to rile up their base for another 3-way gubernatorial race rather than build broader consensus.
That's why I was so glad to see Democrats' brilliant move last week coupling LePage's own hospital payment plan with accepting federal money to expand health coverage. They've claimed the high ground and put LePage in a spot where his own reckless energy will work against him.
First of all, the plan is simple and makes good policy sense as the issues are already intrinsically linked. Taking the federal funds for expansion will also increase the match rate for certain populations already covered by MaineCare. As even the conservative Heritage Foundation has noted, this will save Maine $690 million dollars over the next 10 years. Much of that will be going to hospitals and can prevent future debt from accruing so we aren't in the same place again.
It also helps to address two other major problems that are currently plaguing hospitals. Over the past six months, Maine's health care institutions have seen a decrease in patient volumes and an increase in uncompensated care for those without health insurance. It's hitting their budgets hard. Expanding coverage will mean fewer people putting off treatment (and an immediate rush to get care for conditions they've already been suffering) and more people whose care is paid for through MaineCare rather than written off as charity or bad debt.
In short, the Democrats' plan treats the symptoms as well as the underlying disease. That's a much more compelling case for linking two policies than could be made for (simply as a for-instance) coupling hospital debt payments with the state liquor contract.
This is, of course, in addition to the fact that the health care expansion will save Maine money, cover 69,500 more Mainers, and save lives, all at no extra cost to the state. 68% of Mainers support accepting the federal funds and a number of Tea Party governors across the country have already embraced them.
Secondly, passing this package puts LePage in a box that no amount of yelling will get him out of. He has made paying the hospital debt a centerpiece of his agenda and expended a great deal of political capital (and even dark money) to make it happen. If he doesn't get it done the way he wants, he could look weak going into 2014.
LePage's usual recourse of inflammatory public statements won't work here. Before when he attacked on this issue, he was met with a nuanced response from Democrats that didn't match the simplicity and ferocity of LePage's message: "We also want to pay back the hospitals, but we have certain policy issues with this plan, we have to go through the normal legislative process and there may be some better alternatives."
Now, however, the message will be straightforward: "We passed your plan exactly as you wanted. Why haven't you paid the hospitals and why are you denying health care to Maine people?"
It puts the onus on the LePage and shifts the conversation to an issue that's central to Democratic values and has wide public support.
Recognizing this, most of Maine's major daily newspapers have now editorialized that LePage should essentially take the deal and expand coverage. The Bangor Daily News even gave him some pointers on how to appease the Tea Party:
"The Democrats' bill may give LePage the opportunity to expand Medicaid and simultaneously appease his base. He can say Democrats forced the issue, and he took the high road to pay the hospitals. Or, he could finally come around to Medicaid expansion, as other Republican governors have done, and recognize that he would be supporting the hospitals by expanding Medicaid."
Third, time won't be kind to LePage. The longer he delays after the Legislature has passed this plan, the weaker his position becomes. No longer can he reasonably claim Democrats are holding up the payments (although I'm sure he'll still try). Instead, he gets tagged as the obstructionist.
LePage's fiscal position also erodes with time. As the budget looms larger, the liquor contract money he's depending on to make his version of the plan work will look more and more enticing to cash-strapped Legislators of both parties who are trying to plug the budget hole. Once it's up against all the other competing interests of the budget, including LePage's revenue sharing, education and health care cuts, hospital debt may not seem like the most pressing priority.
In addition, a delay gives strength to LePage's potential political challengers. Congressman Mike Michaud, who is considering a gubernatorial run, has already highlighted his own support for accepting the federal health care funds. A high-profile showdown over the issue between LePage and legislative Democrats makes the perfect case for his candidacy.
Fourth, this is likely the only way to actually pass the health care expansion. As LePage showed with his hyperbolic reaction to this proposal (calling it "criminal" and "a sin") he was never really considering accepting the federal funds. Attaching them to his major legislative priority could change the equation, secure the funding and save peoples' lives.
To make this strategy work, Democrats will need to do two things: stick together and get their message to the public.
While Democrats can't always be as unified with each other as the Governor is with himself, on this issue maintaining unity shouldn't be too much of a problem. Accepting the federal health care funds and expanding care is an issue that's at the core of their Party's values and on which nearly all Democrats (and quite a few Republicans) agree.
The challenge of getting their message out there is the greater. In case you haven't noticed, there are a few other things going on in Augusta at the moment that demand attention and legislative leaders don't get the kind of automatic coverage that LePage does for his pronouncements (in large part because they, rightly, won't use the kind of inflammatory language that he is willing to employ). But the simplicity of this issue and the inherent conflict with the Governor makes things easier. All they need to do is continue to repeat their message and prod LePage for action. If he doesn't accede, then the delay itself begins to become the story. I imagine they'll also appreciate having such a straightforward, values-based issue to talk about as the budget negotiations get more and more complex.
It's encouraging to see the reversal here. Where before LePage's rhetoric and pressure from hospitals had put Democrats on the defensive, they're now in a win-win situation. If LePage gives in right away, the hospitals get paid (although not quite in the way Democrats might have wanted) and 69,500 people get health care. If he doesn't, then they can take a political stand for a straightforward and popular policy where they have the high ground and LePage's position will weaken the longer he delays.


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Some of these books contain information that is not available anywhere else, including details of spinal cord injury in individual states, clinical views of how to manage spinal cord injury, and some of the statistics that we cite so freely.
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The Success of Community Health Centers in Reducing & Eliminating Ethnic & Racial Health Care DisparitiesPresented by Hal Strelnick, MDDirector, Institute for Community and Collaborative HealthPrincipal Investigator, Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities (Bronx CREED)Albert Einstein College of Medicine
An Overview of Health Disparities in the Bronx Presented by Neil Calman, MD, PresidentThe Institute for Urban Family Health
Neighborhood Disparities and Cardiovascular Health in New YorkPresented by Jing Fang, PhDDepartment of Epidemiology and Population HealthAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Disparities in Perinatal Health Outcomes Presented by Karla Damus, RN, MSPH, PhDDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's HealthAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
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Emerging Trends in Diabetes Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease Risk FactorsPresented by Joel Zonsein, MDDirector, Clinical Diabetes CenterMontefiore Medical Center
Makers of Increased Cardiovascular RiskPresented by Meredith Hawkins, MDDepartment of Medicine, EndocrinologyAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
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Hypertension in Diabetes in the African American Population: Focus on the High Risk PatientPresented by Rita Louard, MDDepartment of Family Medicine, EndocrinologyMontefiore Medical Center
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Making Sense of Diet Recommendations: Fad vs. FatPresented by Judie Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RDDivision Head, Division of Health, Behavior & NutritionDepartment of Epidemiology & Population HealthAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
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Addressing Cross-Cultural Issues and Health Care Disparities: A Pre-Conference Symposium of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 10/28/2004(Sessions 1-3)
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Special Populations and Health Care Disparities Presented by Evelyn L. Lewis & Clark, MD, MA, Deputy DirectorUniformed Services University, Center for Health Disparities Research and Education
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Physician Workforce – Pipeline into Health Professions Careers Presented by Jeannette E. South-Paul, MD, Chair, Dept. of Family MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh
The Healthier New Brunswick 2010 Initiative Presented by Denise V. Rodgers, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Community HealthUMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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I agree it is best to wait a year. It takes a while for your body to "go back" after having a baby. Your body went through constant changes for 9-10 months so it takes a while to heal and return. My sister has easier pregnancies than I did. She has 5 kids and the last two are 19 months apart. That wasn't ideal since it was her 4th and 5th, but she is a baby machine and she could handle it better than some. It depends on each person, what kind of pregnancy you had, and most important what kind of delivery you had.
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How long are you supposed to wait after a pregnancy to have another baby?
I was told after having a c-section your supposed to wait 18 months this being told to me when i was already 10 weeks pregnant with my second who is about to be 1 in september
I believe you should wait at least a year after a baby is born so that you could be able to get to know your child before you have another one.
My daughter was 3 months old when I fell pregnant with our son n we had a healthy pregnancy so dont think you have to wait. Hard work now thou! Haha x
it is best to wait for 3 years. after delivery mom loss up to 33% of calcium from her body. so it is suggested to have a 3 years gap if you had c-section. otherwise 2 years must. otherwise it effects on mom's health. take care of yourself.
it depends on if you had a csection or not but a year is smart
i read 1 year so your body has a chance to heal.
My son is 7 months old and I am currently 15 weeks pregnant. It was a big surprise, but we are just as thrilled as we where with our first. I had a very easy pregnancy and delivery with my first born, and so far no problems with this one. Thank GOD:) I don't see anything wrong with having babies close together as long as you are prepared. I am excited about my children growing up together, I know they will always be close to each other. Me and my litlle brother are very close in age, and we have always had a special bond. I want the same for my babies.
I think that you should confront your doctor and see if your body is ready to handle another pregnancy. I am currently six months pregnant with my second child but have had several miscarriages and know that it is risky to try and get pregnant if your body can't handle it.
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Mars is home to some of the most chaotic terrain in our solar system, and questions behind how its assorted canyons, fissures and chasmscame to be are among the most pressing in all of planetary science. Now, newly published research reveals that Marte Vallis — one of Mars' largest geological features — is longer, and far deeper, than we ever realized — a find that could have major implications for our understanding of the planet's watery past.
Gouged across the surface of the Red Planet is a wide assortment of long, broad, and occasionally very deep stretches of ramifying "outflow channels." The majority of these mysterious Martian features are usually attributed to megafloods1 — explosive deluges triggered by a massive release of liquid water from ancient subterranean aquifers.
Megafloods are thought to have been rare, episodic events, and occurred deep in Mars' past — but some of the planet's outflow channels are actually surprisingly young; by comparing them to older subterranean straits, planetary geologists think they can paint a clearer picture of the Red Planet's geophysical past.
At roughly 1,000 kilometers in length, Marte Vallis is the largest of the channels attributed to recent outburst floods ("recent" here meaning within the last 500 million years). It is therefore of prime importance to researchers keen on understanding Mars' hydrological history.
The image above highlights the location of the Marte Vallis channel on Mars. The dashed box highlights Elysium Planitia, the planet's second-largest volcanic region, and the area shown in the 3D model below.
But exploring the vastness of Marte Vallis is tricky. Since its formation, much of the channel has been filled in by lava flow, obscuring its reaches the way sand occludes cracks in freshly laid patio bricks. The channel's true depth and length have long remained a mystery, to say nothing of the water source responsible for its initial formation.
Now, a team led by planetary scientist Gareth Morgan has used subsurface radar to produce the most accurate — and extensive — map of Marte Vallis yet: a three-dimensional reconstruction that reveals the channel to be 180 km longer and twice as deep as previously believed. The team has also identified a series of fissures — known collectively as Cerberus Fossae — as the wellspring from which the megaflood responsible for Marte Vallis originally sprung. The team's findings are published in the latest issue of Science.
Via NASA: 3D visualization of the buried Marte Vallis channels beneath the martian surface. Marte Vallis consists of multiple perched channels formed around streamlined islands. These channels feed a deeper and wider main channel. Please note the surface has been elevated, and scaled by a factor of 1/100 for clarity. The color scale represents the elevation of the buried channels relative to a martian datum (Note: the reason the values are negative is because the elevation of the surface of Mars in this region is also a negative – below average global elevation).
The subsurface radar used to make the measurement goes by SHARAD (Mars SHAllow RADar sounder), and is just one of in a compendium of awesome instruments aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, that includes the HiRISE telescope used to photograph the Curiosity rover last August as it descended through Mars' atmosphere.
According to the researchers, the data acquired by SHARAD will prove crucial to our understanding of Mars' past. "Understanding Marte Vallis is essential to our assessment of recent Mars hydrologic activity," they write, "during a period otherwise considered to be cold and dry."
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HP and EMC zero in on storage automation
HP will soon have storage automation software via Opsware, while Cisco, EMC and Symantec have also recently laid the groundwork for improving storage management.
Opsware Inc., recently acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), has announced a new module for its data center automation software that will automate compliance and workflow processes for storage systems. Meanwhile, analysts said, a trend toward automation for storage resource management (SRM) is brewing in the market as more big vendors make forays into automation products.
Opsware's Application Storage Automation System (ASAS) 1.0 module plugs into the company's System 7 framework, which also includes server and networking automation software. Other System 7 modules have already found a customer base among blue chip firms such JPMorgan Chase & Co., Wachovia Corp., Comcast Corp. and FedEx Corp., according to company officials. (No Opsware customers were available to speak with SearchStorage.com as of press time.) In July, HP announced its intention to purchase Opsware for $1.6 billion and said this week that it expects to complete the acquisition this month.
"It will take time for HP to work out how Opsware and Storage Essentials will fit together," said Bob Laliberte, analyst with the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). "Opsware certainly has a lot of customers in the data center automation space, but Storage Essentials can offer provisioning features for storage systems."
Storage Essentials and ASAS 1.0 have some overlap -- both claim to do monitoring and reporting, as well as providing topology views. The difference is that ASAS 1.0 can connect to other areas of the data center, such as servers, to provide a link between server and storage management. ASAS can also be integrated with an existing Opsware feature, Compliance Assurance, that provides application-level dashboards of the data center and sends alerts when devices and data protection schemes are set up in conflict with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPAA.
"Storage Essentials is a storage admin's monitoring tool, while ours provides an overall, top-down view of the data center," said Jason Rosenthal, senior vice president of server automation products for Opsware. "We're looking to overcome the gaps between the server and storage admins with this product. Compliance is one good example of an area where you have to look at the whole infrastructure to make sure you've got it right."
But according to Laliberte, Opsware's approach may be the direction in which storage administrators' software tools are also headed. He cited other recent automation announcements from vendors with ties to the storage space, including Symantec Corp., Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp. "A lot of companies have been making headlines in this space recently," he said. "There has been interesting timing on some of these announcements."
EMC, other big vendors get in on automation act
Another vendor that recently threw its hat into the automation ring is EMC, which this week unveiled a raft of products based on IP from its Smarts acquisition. The products include network monitoring, performance reporting and, like Opsware, a compliance analyzer. Where the automation software touches storage is with the new IT Process Centre software, the first module of which will automate workflow around storage provisioning.
Even with its ties to storage, EMC is staying away from provisioning with its first release of automation software, hooking IT Process Centre in to EMC Control Center (ECC), where provisioning will be the same manual process it's always been.
Still, EMC said, the human process of storage provisioning, coordinating between application administrators requesting storage and the storage administrators who control it, as well as the management hierarchies surrounding them, has been the most painful aspect of IT for its large users. "A lot of customers still like to control the technical process themselves," said Jon Siegal, senior manager of product marketing for EMC. "The majority of the time spent on provisioning is on relaying requests and the selection of the right storage system -- the human planning side."
The product also requires a services engagement to assess each user's business model before IT Process Centre generates a custom workflow application for automating human processes around storage capacity requests and provisioning. The software automatically discovers new devices added to the infrastructure, but for the software to accommodate a change in management hierarchy or policies at a company could require another $80,000 services engagement.
Right now, ECC is a prerequisite for IT Process Centre, and ECC in turn can only trigger events within EMC arrays, so its first release is really aimed at large EMC shops, Siegal said. EMC plans to expand its automation software to include third-party products, server and networking processes, and to add more automation to the process of deploying the storage module, but would not predict when that would happen.
Cisco, meanwhile, has been pushing its VFrame Data Center automation software, and recently added a capability that ties server virtualization in with storage. In August, Symantec said that version 5.0 of its CommandCentral SRM product will be integrated with another piece of software called Process Automation Manager, letting users keep "workbooks" of ordered tasks for repetitive procedures and automating those procedures according to policy.
Laliberte cautioned storage users to keep an eye on this trend, even if it's begun in another discipline of IT, noting, "This is all leading to the inevitable conclusion that these products are trying to break down the barriers between different groups in the data center -- that's a big step."


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Carl Junot, the Virginia B. and James O. Welch '52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer, announced his resignation Tuesday. Junot completed his third season at the helm of the Crimson soccer program in 2012.
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Junot helped the Crimson secure a number of notable victories during his tenure as head coach, including a 2-1 win over No. 13 Stanford in the first ever night game held at Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium Sept. 4, 2010. From 2010-12, eight student-athletes secured All-Ivy League accolades, including three first-team nods. Junot also was instrumental in having Harvard host three international exhibitions for charity for Partners in Health, as the Crimson took on Haiti in 2011 and Haiti and Cape Verde in 2012.
Prior to his stint as head coach, Junot worked from 2008-10 as an assistant coach for the Crimson, helping Harvard to a 26-10-1 overall record, the 2009 Ivy League championship and a pair of NCAA tournament appearances. Three players, Andre Akpan '09, Kwaku Nyamekye '10 and Michael Fucito '08-09, were selected in the Major League Soccer draft during his time as an assistant with the Crimson.
Junot also held coaching positions at Tufts (head coach) and New Mexico (assistant coach). A 2001 graduate of Furman, Junot helped the Paladins to three Southern Conference Championships and a berth in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight during his junior season.
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Check out XXL Magazine's take on B.o.B's secret show this past weekend in NYC. See what they have to say as they cover many of the highlights from the show here.
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As fighting rages in Gaza, a question about the region has shot to the forefront of international politics: More than three years after Israel pulled out from the small strip of land, is it still "occupied" territory?
"They are re-invading occupied territory," Palestinian legislator Hanan Ashrawi said on "CNN Sunday Morning." She added that Israel has "all the powers and none of the responsibilities of the occupying force."
Ambassador Reda Mansour, Israel's consul general to the Southeastern United States, decried "the same old story about 'occupation.'" He added, "We didn't have, until the last 48 hours, one soldier inside Gaza. We didn't have one settler there."
The United Nations still calls Gaza "occupied," although U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon last year balked at the question. U.S. government Web sites also describe Gaza as "occupied." Israel's supreme court ruled last year that after the disengagement, Israel "had no effective control over what occurred" inside Gaza, according to the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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David Karp is starting to feel pressure from investors to turn his giant social blogging platform, Tumblr, into a business, sources say.
The venture capitalists, particularly Sequoia Capital, who have put a combined $125 million into the company are losing patience with Tumblr's lack of revenue, we were told.
They're no longer satisfied with its tremendous traffic. They are concerned about its lack of a business model.
Revenue plans like the Highlighted Posts feature Tumblr recently launched have reportedly flopped.
"Tumblr should have tried [to make money] a year earlier," says another source. "Yes, the board cares about money. They're the board, that's their job."
As for the failed Highlighted Posts, this person says they were "never really a big part of the advertising plan."
Tumblr's VP of Product Derek Gottfrid tells us, "Highlighted posts and pinned posts were always viewed more as user features. They've performed at expectation."
Underscoring the shift in priorities, Tumblr hired Lee Brown, a new head of global ad sales from Groupon last week.
Part of the new pressure Tumblr's feeling can be blamed on fallout from Facebook's post-IPO stock-price plunge.
"VCs feel the urge [to monetize] more now that the economic environment has changed," this person said. "Valuations have to be justified now. Things are different. Before it was like, you have a lot of users, that's great. Now it's like, okay, what are we going to do with them."
While Gottfrid says he hasn't felt any heightened pressure from the board, he agrees the post-Facebook environment has shaken things up.
"I communicate with the board on a regular basis. I think they've been pretty pleased with the progress," he says. "They have a depth of experience that we're totally blessed with. But they also have great patience and they've been through a lot of this before. I think everyone is treated a little differently with what happened with Facebook, but the patient people will still be rewarded."
Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha tells us via email, "It's natural to start thinking more seriously about revenue as Tumblr grows. We want to build an enduring business, and that requires creating an advertising experience that complements the community's creativity and passion. We have the patience to get it right because we believe it's the best approach for our users and the company over the long term."