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Computex 2017: AMD Threadripper will include 64 lanes of PCI Express 3.0, Demos with Quad Vega FE
Subject: Processors | May 30, 2017 - 10:49 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: Threadripper, ryzen, PCI Express, amd
During AMD's Computex keynote, the company confirmed that the every one of the upcoming Threadripper HEDT platform first announced earlier in May, will include 64 lanes of PCI Express 3.0. There will not be a differentiation in the product line with PCIe lanes or in memory channels (all quad-channel DDR4). This potentially gives AMD the advantage for system connectivity, as the Intel Skylake-X processor just announced yesterday will only sport of 44 lanes of PCIe 3.0 on chip.
Having 64 lanes of PCI Express on Threadripper could be an important differentiation point for the platform, offering the ability to run quad GPUs at full x16 speeds, without the need of any PLX-style bridge chips. You could also combine a pair of x16 graphics cards, and still have 32 lanes left for NVMe storage, 10 GigE networking devices, multi-channel SAS controllers, etc. And that doesn't include any additional lanes that the X399 chipset may end up providing. We still can't wait to see what motherboard vendors like ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte create with all that flexibility.
Holy hell.
On-stage, we saw a couple of demonstrations of what this connectivity capability can provide. First, a Threadripper system was shown powering Radeon RX Vega graphics cards running the new Prey PC title at 4K.
On-stage, we saw a couple of demonstrations of what this connectivity capability can provide. First, a Threadripper system was shown running the same Blender rendering demo used in the build up to the initial Ryzen CPU launch.
Next, CEO Lisa Su came back on stage to demo AMD Threadripper running with a set of four Radeon Vega Frontier Edition cards running together for ray tracing.
And finally, a gaming demo! AMD Ryzen Threadripper was demoed with dual Radeon RX Vega (the gaming versions) graphics cards running at 4K/Ultra settings on the new Prey PC title. No frame rates were mentioned, no FRAPS in the corner, etc.
(Side note: Radeon Vega FE was confirmed for June 27th launch. Radeon RX Vega will launch at SIGGRAPH at the end of July!)
We still have a ways to go before we can make any definitive comments on Threadripper, and with Intel announcing processors with core counts as high as 18 just yesterday, it's fair to say that some of the excitement has been dwindling. However, with aggressive pricing and the right messaging from AMD, they still have an amazing opportunity to break away a large segment of the growing, and profitable, HEDT market from Intel.
New ASUS GeForce GTX 950 2G Requires No PCIe Power
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 4, 2016 - 04:48 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: PCIe power, PCI Express, nvidia, GTX 950 2G, gtx 950, graphics card, gpu, geforce, asus, 75W
ASUS has released a new version of the GTX 950 called the GTX 950 2G, and the interesting part isn't what's been added, but what was taken away; namely, the PCIe power requirement.
When NVIDIA announced the GTX 950 (which Ryan reviewed here) it carried a TDP of 90W, which prevented it from running without a PCIe power connector. The GTX 950 was (seemingly) the replacement for the GTX 750, which didn't require anything beyond motherboard power via the PCIe slot, and the same held true for the more powerful GTX 750 Ti. Without the need for PCIe power that GTX 750 Ti became our (any many others) default recommendation to turn any PC into a gaming machine (an idea we just happened to cover in depth here).
Here's a look at the specs from ASUS for the GTX 950 2G:
- Graphics Engine: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
- Interface: PCI Express 3.0
- Video Memory: GDDR5 2GB
- CUDA Cores: 768
- Memory Clock: 6610 MHz
- Memory Interface: 128-bit
- Engine Clock
- Gaming Mode (Default) - GPU Boost Clock : 1190 MHZ , GPU Base Clock : 1026 MHz
- OC Mode - GPU Boost Clock : 1228 MHZ , GPU Base Clock : 1051 MHz
- Interface: HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort, DVI
- Power Consumption: Up to 75W, no additional PCIe power required
- Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.5 x 1.6 inches
Whether this model has any relation to the rumored "GTX 950 SE/LP" remains to be seen (and other than power, this card appears to have stock GTX 950 specs), but the option of adding in a GPU without concern over power requirements makes this a very attractive upgrade proposition for older builds or OEM PC's, depending on cost.
The full model number is ASUS GTX950-2G,
and a listing is up on Amazon, though seemingly only a placeholder at the moment. (Link removed. The listing was apparently for an existing GTX 950 product.)
Contest: Win a 400GB Intel 750 Series SSD from Intel and PC Perspective!
Subject: Editorial | May 29, 2015 - 12:37 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: SSD 750, PCI Express, NVMe, Intel, giveaway, contest, 750 series
PC Perspective and Intel are partnering together to offer up a giveaway with some pretty impressive swag. Surely by now you have read all about the new Intel SSD 750 Series of products, a new class of solid state drive that combines four lanes of PCI Express 3.0 and a new protocol called NVM Express (NVMe) for impressive bandwidth throughput. In Allyn's review of the SSD in April he called it "the obvious choice for consumers who demand the most from their storage" and gave it a PC Perspective Editor's Choice Award!
Thanks to our friends at Intel we are going to be handing out a pair of the 400GB add-in card models to loyal PC Perspective readers and viewers. How can you enter? The rules are dead simple:
- Fill out the contest entry form below to find multiple entry methods including reading our review, answering a question about Intel SSD 750 Series specs or following us on Twitter. You can fill out one or all of the methods - the more you do the better your chances!
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In very early April, Intel put a shot across the bow of the storage world with the release of the SSD 750 Series of storage devices. Using the PCI Express bus but taking advantage of the new NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) protocol, it drastically upgrades the capabilities of storage within modern PC platforms. In Allyn's review, for example, we saw read data transfer rates cross into the 2.6 GB/s range in sequential workloads and write rates over 1.2 GB/s sequentially. Even more impressive is the random I/O performance where the SSD 750 is literally 2x the speed of previous PCIe SSD options.
A couple of weeks later we posted a story looking into the compatibility of the SSD 750 with different motherboards and chipsets. We found that booting from the SSD 750 Series products is indeed going to require specific motherboards and platforms simply due to the "new-ness" of the NVMe protocol. Officially, Intel is only going to support Z97 and X99 chipsets today but obviously you can expect all future chipsets to have proper NVMe integration. We did find a couple of outliers that allowed for bootability with the SSD 750, but I wouldn't count on it.
Assuming you have a Z97/X99 motherboard that properly supports NVMe drives, of which ASUS, MSI and Gigabyte seem to be on top of, what are the steps and processes necessary to get your system up and running on the Intel SSD 750? As it turns out, it's incredibly simple.
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Make sure you have enabled NVMe in the latest BIOS/UEFI. The screenshot below shows our ASUS X99-Deluxe motherboard used during testing and that it is properly recognizing the device. There was no specific option to ENABLED NVMe here though we have seen instances where that is required.
Continue reading our overview of installing Windows on the Intel SSD 750 Series!!
ASUS Announces GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU Mini: More Mini-ITX Gaming Goodness
Subject: Graphics Cards | November 29, 2014 - 09:57 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: pcie, PCI Express, nvidia, mini-itx, GTX 970, graphics card, geforce, directcu mini, DirectCU, asus
ASUS has announced a tiny new addition to their GTX 970 family, and it will be their most powerful mini-ITX friendly card yet with a full GeForce GTX 970 GPU.
Image credit: ASUS
The ASUS 970 DirectCU Mini card will feature a modest factory overclock on the GTX 970 core running at 1088 MHz (stock 1050 MHz) with a 1228 MHz Boost Clock (stock 1178 MHz). Memory is not overclocked and remains at the stock 7 GHz speed.
The GTX 970 DirectCU Mini features a full backplate. Image credit: ASUS
The ASUS GTX 970 DirectCU Mini uses a single 8-pin PCIe power connector in place of the standard dual 6-pin configuration, which shouldn't be a problem considering the 150W spec of the larger connector (and 145W NVIDIA spec of the 970).
Part of this complete mITX gaming breakfast. Image credit: ASUS
The tiny card offers a full array of display outputs including a pair of dual-link DVI connectors, HDMI 2.0, and DisplayPort 1.2. No word yet on pricing or availability, but the product page is up on the ASUS site.
Internet Machines' PCI-Express Patent Lawsuit Targets Numerous System Vendors
Subject: General Tech | September 22, 2011 - 12:20 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Troll, pcie, PCI Express, Patent, Lawsuit
There is an expression that states "everything is bigger in Texas," and that goes double for patent lawsuits. A company by the name of Internet Machines MC LLC recently lodged a complaint with the Eastern District of Texas for alleged patent infringement by a number of OEM manufacturers, system builders, and retailers of computers containing PCI Express switching technologies. Specifically, Internet Machines holds US Patent number 7,539,190, a rather generalized patent that covers multicasting in a shared address space wherein data is stored in a buffer and then forwarded to its intended port. The companies being called to court include PLX Technology, Alienware, Dell, Samsung, and others. While the computers that are assembled using PCI Express may well be utilizing switching technology, the fact that Internet Machines is going after system assemblers and retailers-- companies that work with computers but do not design and build the motherboards and other components themselves-- instead of the standards body that designs and maintains the PCI Express standard that everyone in the industry uses raises a question of integrity on the part of Internet Machines. Are their motives true in defending their patents, or is it the method of operation of a patent troll?
A diagram describing the patent in question
A system builder who wishes to remain anonymous contacted us with further details on the patent case in question. It seems that this patent showdown is not Internet Machines' first rodeo. They have previously pursued other companies over US Patents 7,421,532 and 7,454,552 which cover switching with transparent and non-transparent ports. The case was settled in 2010, and it seems that Internet Machines (a seemingly no longer operating company) is not satisfied with the settlement. Internet Machines is moving for a jury trial in this latest round of lawsuits and concerns yet another data switching patent for PCI Express that covers multicasting in a shared address space. It widens the net further by including numerous system builders and OEMs that build devices that contain PCI Express technology but do not deal with the PCIe standard directly. How the company has been able to patent aspects of the PCI Express standard is unclear; however, they patent is worded in such an ambiguous way that it could apply to almost anything they wanted it to.
Beyond the ambiguous use of the patent system is the issue of targeting companies that have little control over the PCI Express specification to begin with. Our source worded it best in stating that PCI Express is a standard that everyone uses. The companies targeted by Internet Machines' recent lawsuit do not manufacture motherboards or control the PCI Express standard. "We build computers, that's it." What are your thoughts on the issue? Let us know in the comments below.
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If similarity is the challenge - Congruence analysis should be part of the answer
This contribution to the debate on the challenges to comparative politics largely focuses on the issue of differences versus similarities, the issue that has been raised by both authors: Caramani and Van Kersbergen. I share their concern that too much research focuses on differences between countries and I also join them in locating the sources of this bias in methodological considerations. I do not agree however with some of Caramani's points, in particular his fundamental claim that explanation necessarily demands variations across cases; a claim that seems also to be made at least implicitly by Van Kersbergen. I argue that the validity of an explanation rather depends on the degree to which empirical evidence is congruent with observable implications of this explanation and is not congruent with implications of rival explanations. It is irrelevant whether these theoretical expectations concern differences or similarities between countries. I therefore advocate a theory-driven rather than a case-driven analysis of national political systems in order to meet the challenge to explain similarities between them.
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She came to the Emergency Department, burned beyond recognition. She arrived in complete anonymity, and that is how she remains. I had just finished seeing a patient one early morning, when I heard the Paramedics enter the Emergency Room. I smelled her charred flesh, I heard her wheezing for every breath. This patient was supposed to be a "minor burn," as announced: they wheeled her past me, I saw her struggling for life, skin falling off of her face and hands.
She was homeless, and had caught on fire, we have no idea how, or why. Possibly a cooking stove, or camp fire. Her hair was a desiccated clump of char. The skin on her face was completely blistered and swollen. The skin on her hands and forearms dropped to the ground. She could hardly breathe, we started breathing for her.
We worked quickly to remove her clothing-parts of her back were blistered; these burns were more extensive than we had thought. We quickly began to think about how to best treat her. We worked to give her reprieve from the pain: we induced a coma, and started her on strong pain medication. We placed a tube in her throat to aid in her breathing: the back of her throat and vocal cords were singed black. She finally lay calm before us, unaware of the damage brewing beneath her seared skin.
Now that we had her airway secured, we could thoroughly assess her burns and try to stave off the other "burn nasties," as vocalized by the Chief Surgeon in charge of the burn unit that night: Dehydration, Swelling, and Infection. The skin holds water in the body. In order to estimate the amount of fluid she would need to maintain adequate oxygenation to the rest of her tissues, we had to characterize the extent of her burns: how much and how deep?
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SI East Coast union (it cant be a reunion if we've never met) at the Belmar Pro in Jerz? Mid Sep! Count me in. I'll be the guy in surf trunks with a cool tee shirt on.
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"It's the F*ckin Catalina Wine Mixer!"
Oh ministers and missionaries,
Praise be for your dedication to Jesus. However this is the 21st Century, in America, a first world supernation full of information.......
Everybody's has heard of God so you don't need to tell anybody aboot Him. Some folk don't take kindly to others' imposing their beliefs on them.
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FRISCO, Texas – The FC Dallas Academy and Pre Academy teams returned from Houston last weekend with three wins and two losses. The U-18 Academy team got their fourth straight shutout to remain perfect on the season, while the U-16 Academy team suffered their third loss of the year. In the weekend's Pre Academy matches the U-15s lost in a shutout for the second week in a row, the U-14s shutout their opponents for the fifth straight game, and the U-13s got back into the win column with a 2-1 victory.
Read the last FC Dallas Academy Update here.
Texans SC Houston: 0
FC Dallas U-18s: 2
For the second week in a row the U-18s prospered from a first half brace scored by midfielder Danny Garcia and a clean sheet by the defense and goalkeeper Eduardo Cortes. Garcia's first of the day came in the 27th minute off an assist from captain Michael Ambrose, just 10 minutes before defender Alex Frankenfeld set up the midfielder's second goal in the 37th minute.
Garcia's brace gave him the team lead in goals scored with five on the season. The win extended the team's shutout streak to 360 minutes and increased their lead atop the Texas Division standings to a seven point margin. With an untarnished record of 6-0-0, the FC Dallas U-18s are the only team in the division to have won more than three games.
Texans SC Houston: 2
FC Dallas U-16s: 1
The U-16s fell to Texans SC in Houston on Saturday by a score of 2-1. Alexis Delarosa scored in the 15th minute to give the home team a one goal advantage that stood through the first half. FC Dallas tied the match in the 64th minute when Milton Rosales scored his second of the season, but Texans SC reclaimed the lead six minutes from full time thanks to Bryan Estrada's game winning goal.
The loss bumped the U-16s back down to fifth place in the Texas Division, with a record of 2-3-1 and seven points on the season. Despite the loss, FCD is still just three points shy of second place in the division.
Texans SC Houston: 4
FC Dallas U-15s: 0
The U-15 Pre Academy team was shutout for the second straight week as they suffered a 4-0 shutout on Sunday. It was the squad's second loss of the season and dropped their record to 2-2-1 through their first five games.
Texans SC Houston: 0
FC Dallas U-14s: 4
The U-14s continued their excellent run of form as they beat Texans SC 4-0 and still haven't been scored on through five games this season. Richard Tapia and Christian Ramirez scored two goals apiece in the win, giving Tapia three goals on the year and Ramirez nine – the most among all FC Dallas Academy and Pre Academy players.
Texans SC Houston: 1
FC Dallas U-13s: 2
The U-13s returned to their winning ways on Sunday with a 2-1 win over Texans SC. James Ma scored his first goal of the year in Houston, and Chase Niece tallied his second of 2011 in the victory.
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The FC Dallas Academy and Pre Academy teams will face their first repeat opponents of 2011 when they host Andromeda FC at Pizza Hut Park this weekend. The sides first met in the second week of the season when the U-18s won 3-2; the U-16s tied 2-2; the U-15s tied 1-1; the U-14s won 4-0; and the U-13s won 6-0.
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I dont like him. He has to go. It frustrates me that he's popular because of last year's finale and that we lost amazing dancers beside of him
I dont like him. He has to go. It frustrates me that he's popular because of last year's finale and that we lost amazing dancers beside of him
mtlgirl31, I agree that he should be gone already. Yes, I enjoy watching him dance in his style, but better dancers have now been sent home and that's frustrating.
Damn you Big Brother for sucking me back in...!
I agree. I think he is the least talented of the dancers by far. Good at his own genre, perhaps, but awkward at anything else and not improving much.Originally Posted by aname2;3535791;
I've decided not to vote this year since I vote on dance and entertainment value only, and too many viewers do not. I may change my mind and start to vote as it nears the end if I'm happy with who is still in it.
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Well I like him, but only in his style. And as a person, because he seems like a pretty chill dude.
But I agree, he's the weakest of the dancers that are left. His face is distracting when he dances (he kinda does a thizz face, if you all know what that is). He's just not up to par with everyone else. He only truly excels in hip-hop or hip-hop-like dances.
ETA: BTW, I'm not voting for him. Actually, I haven't even voted this season. I probably should have in the past; it could have saved Kayla/Max back in W2.
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Why on earth wasn't he eliminated instead of Vitolio. Vitolio is by far a better dancer and has a greater range in learning new styles of dancing. Did they make their decision based solely on their solos. If that is the case, why even have them dance in the other styles? This decision made absolutey no sense to me.
They want Philip on the tour, and they have accomplished that. Now they can justify bringing him on as an alternate. Just pray that the other five guys don't get sick.Originally Posted by aname2;3546738;
Vitolio is a wonderful dancer, but I don't think he has the personality to build a fanbase, much less win. If they didn't boot him he would have been the first one off in the popular vote anyway.
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I thought this was about dancing not a personality contest. Vitolio's dancing greatly exceeded Philip's personality IMO. Philip's personality is not that good and his dancing is below par. Hope he's gone soon.
This show is strictly a popularity contest. That is why it's "America's favorite dancer" and not "America's most talented dancer". You can only hope voters are considering dance skills, but I'm sure there are some that only vote on personality. I like to think I vote based on skill, but I'm sure personality affects me to an extent. If two couples show a similar level of skill in their dance then personality could definitely put one over the top when it comes to votes.Originally Posted by aname2;3550008;
Regarding Philip, I like him. He seems like a genuinely nice guy. I just wish he was doing better dancing outside his genre.
I agree that this is a personality contest, but ironically, America has picked the skilled dancer over the personalities 3/4 times.
S1 ended up having a F4 consisting of great dancers. I think Jamile would be the only one that could be considered as being more popular for his personality rather than his skills. But in the end, America picked a good dancer to win.
S2 ended with a "popular" dancer winning. Benji was a good dancer, don't get me wrong, but did he ever do a contemporary piece on the show? No. He was my second favorite back then (behind Heidi), but in retrospect, Travis would have been a good winner also.
S3 had Sabra win, who had no airtime at all during the audition stages. She became popular after she danced almost all of her routines well, so America ended up picking a winner based on her skills.
S4, Katee was arguably the best dancer. But Joshua was still very good (my 2nd favorite, after Katee), especially considering that he was a HH dancer. Although he was trained, but still, he was good. (The show said he wasn't trained, but in reality, he was). And if Twitch really was F2 (we don't really know, since Cat never officially announces the places of the contestants), then America definitely picked the dancer over the personality.
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Phillip is an expert at his own style, but I don't like him in other styles - he's just not good enough. He should have gone home after his ballroom week. He is very goofy looking and I find that distracting. Also, when he does his own style, some of the moves he does with his body really creep me out. Please send Phillip home NOW.


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The Eagle's Throne
By Carlos Fuentes
Translated, from the Spanish, by Kristina Cordero
Random House, 336 pp., $26.95
Not long ago, a polemic surrounding Carlos Fuentes's legacy erupted in Mexico when a prominent playwright, Emilio Carballido, stated that of the members of the so-called generación del boom, the movement that included Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa, Fuentes was the most spoiled, the one whose talents were wasted in gallantries. Carballido all but called Fuentes an enlightened playboy, one equally known for his political maneuvering, sexual escapes, and repetitiveness in literature.
Unsurprisingly, a barrage of defenses and attacks ensued. Fuentes, I should add, is often at the center of these types of squabbles. Having been a friend and confidant of Octavio Paz's for years, Fuentes fought viciously with him after one of Paz's proteges, Enrique Krauze, published a scathing review of Fuentes in the monthly magazine Vuelta. Similarly, in the early days of Vicente Fox's presidency, Fuentes's novella ``Aura" was censored after a politico took it out of the public school curriculum for its alleged anti religious content. Thankful for the profit boost, Fuentes again made the headlines.
There is a confessed ghoulishness to these polemics. To some, like me, they are far more interesting than Fuentes's oeuvre. Indeed, his public persona, with self-esteem the size of an elephant, might well be his best creation. Take his relationship with critics . In a PBS documentary, he talked of chewing their bones, then throwing them out the window. Clearly, he prefers his own assessment of what he writes. In an interview with journalist Héctor Aguilar Camín, Fuentes described himself as a prophet, bragging that he foresaw the fall of Mexico's ruling party, PRI, long before it occurred. And when asked if he would ever win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Fuentes responded that he already had, since the award in 1982 to García Márquez was really an honor for their whole generation. Finally, he exalted ``The Eagle's Throne" as a masterpiece.
The fact that Fuentes's place in the Mexican literary canon is often debated isn't surprising. His output is at once prodigious and infuriatingly inconsistent. Maybe the problem is that his politics keep intruding. He writes fiction as if it were an op-ed piece.
That is the case with ``The Eagle's Throne," which is no masterpiece. It is about presidential succession, and in it Fuentes returns to a topic he has addressed before: the ruinous quality of Mexican politics . That was the theme of ``The Death of Artemio Cruz," ``Christopher Unborn," and ``Terra Nostra ." Set in 2020, ``The Eagle's Throne" unfolds as the United States, under President Condoleezza Rice, is angry with Mexico for not supporting its military invasion of Colombia. Oil becomes an issue, and Mexico stops shipping gas to its northern neighbor. In retaliation, Rice blocks satellite communication, making e-mail , phone calls, and faxes in Mexico halt abruptly. What next? An epistolary novel. At issue is the successor of the ailing president, Lorenzo Terán. Former leaders, advisers, Cabinet members, congressmen, military figures , and others fight for control. Their ridiculous dance showcases the novel's central thesis: `` Politics," as María del Rosario Galván, the female protagonist, puts it, is `` the public expression of private passions."
Fuentes's penchant is for intrigue. His sarcasm has a double edge: As he scorns the establishment, it becomes obvious that its rules fascinate him. Indeed, loyalty is one of the themes that run through his work. So is Mexico's incapacity to be governed by intelligent, capacious people. Politicos are manipulators with an excess of self-esteem and a cadre of docile women . All this might have made ``The Eagle's Throne" a pleasure. After all, Fuentes's speculations are based on plausible scenarios. In fact, one might as well be reading Mexican newspapers today, as Fox, the first democratically elected ruler in more than six decades and a failure by most standards, departs and his party's successor waits to be declare d the next president. But will he? In Fuentes's vision, it matters little , for Mexican politics are a house of mirrors: Nothing is what it seems.
Toward the end of the novel, Rosario Galván says, ``I look back on the people, the places, the situations since the crisis began in January, and I find that there's no sense of taste in my mouth. . . . My tongue and palate taste of nothing at all." Regrettably, I sense the same tastelessness. Is this a novel? It reads like an opinion commentary . Not only is it hastily executed, but the attention to character is embarrassing. After reading several letters, it becomes clear that all were crafted by the same hand -- Fuentes's. And the busy plot looks to me like wasted talent.
Will future generations read Fuentes? I'm not a prophet. Maybe they'll think he was an actor or a politician. Maybe he should have run for president in the recent election. He surely has an insider's knowledge. And his mockery fits Mexico to a tee.
Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His book ``The Disappearance " is due out this month.


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After heart surgeries, no hurdle is too large for Olympian
Updated 9:02 am, Tuesday, July 17, 2012
After strenuous training or live races, when runners have given all they have, they fall - collapse really - and close their eyes.
They go to a dark place, answering the body's demand that it deactivate to rejuvenate. Shutdown to reboot.
Seun Adigun never has gone to this magical place of physical restoration. And she won't when she competes in the 100-meter hurdles at the London Olympics.
She has long been afraid. Of dying.
"It got to the point where I was so scared sometimes on the track ... because I was afraid that if I closed my eyes I'd pass out, and if I passed out, I might not get up," said the former University of Houston standout who has had two procedures to remove excess tissue from around her heart.
"I'll just walk, and walk, and walk. And it would hurt, it would hurt to walk. Your legs are burning, your chest is pounding and your body wants you to sit down, but I would just walk and walk and walk."
Healthier now than she has ever been - well, she has a "pretty nice crack" through the tibia in her left leg, but what's a stress fracture to someone who has had so much work on her heart? - Adigun still prefers to walk it off instead of turn it off.
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1 Erica Dittmer: Klein, Texas A&M, Mexico, 200m individual medley. The 2010 Klein graduate, whose mother is from Mexico, was added to the Mexican team in late June.
1 Jamele Mason: Westfield, Texas Tech, Puerto Rico, men's 400 hurdles. The two-time 400 hurdles All-American finished second at this year's NCAAs.
1 Errol Nolan: Lamar Consolidated, UH, Jamaica, men's 1,600 relay. The 20-year-old senior-to-be finished fourth at the Jamaican trials to earn the trip to London on a medal-contending relay team.
1 Derrick Obasohan: Elsik, Texas-Arlington, Nigeria, men's basketball. A veteran of the European leagues, he scored 11 points in a win over the Dominican Republic on July 8 to help Nigeria earn its first Olympic berth.
1 Anastasia Pozdniakova: UH, Russia, diving. Born just outside Moscow, the former Cougars diver teamed with UH teammate Yulia Pakhalina to win a silver medal at Beijing.
1 Christy Udoh: Westbury, Texas, Nigeria, 200. The sprinter finished her sophomore campaign at UT with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA championships.
The odds are against her, but Adigun, an assistant track coach at the University of Houston who will compete for Nigeria at the Games, has always defied the odds.
Put a hurdle in front of Seun (pronounced "Shay-oon"), and she clears it, or knocks it down, and keeps going. Fast.
"She is an amazing person, an unbelievable competitor and great athlete," UH head track and field coach Leroy Burrell said of Adigun, who arrived at UH as a promising freshman in 2005. "She has accomplished some really tremendous things, despite what she has gone through."
No time for dying
Adigun, 25, suffered from tachycardia, which caused frequent "episodes" of an acute rapid heartbeat. She had a procedure done when she was 13, but the symptoms returned soon after.
She kept running.
In 2008, the fall of her senior year at UH, Adigun had the procedure done again. She had breezed through it nine years earlier as a wide-eyed teen, but became worried the second time when doctors talked about the possibility of complications with the procedure. Odds were she would be fine, but …
"I couldn't sleep the night before because of those numbers running through my head," said Adigun, who also suffers from asthma and severe allergies. "And I thought, 'I have too many things I have to do, so dying? I can't do that. What are y'all talking about?' "
That is a common response to medical issues from Adigun, who grew up in Chicago, the daughter of parents who were born and raised in Nigeria. (She is a distant cousin of former Houston Rockets superstar Hakeem Olajuwon. Her grandfather is Olajuwon's father's first cousin.)
Adigun, who graduated from UH with an undergraduate degree in kinesiology and a master's degree in exercise science and motor behavior, speaks English, Spanish and Yoruba and reads Arabic.
But somehow she failed to translate what her body (and occasionally family and friends) were saying when they told her to quit. She tried, but the quitting didn't take.
"Running is what I love to do. It is where my passion lies," she said. "If I had stopped running, just hung it up, I knew that for the rest of my life I'd always have that void that I could have been one of the best of the best and just decided not to."
The heart problem, including a particularly frightening episode at the May 2008 NCAA regional meet in Nebraska when she left the field on a gurney with her heart beating at up to 220 beats per minute and not slowing down, hasn't been a concern of late.
She has had to deal only with "minor issues" like a ruptured cyst in her ovaries that led to internal bleeding less than a week before the World Indoor Track and Field Championships in March. She got on the plane to Istanbul anyway and made the final. She was a little woozy after the race. Yeah, she was still bleeding.
Last week, Burrell told her she had to limit her preparation for the Olympics to training in a pool because the stress fracture could be a problem.
"She looked at me like, 'What are you talking about?' " Burrell said. Doctors recommended she take about four months off. She offered them four days. Burrell has her up to two weeks.
Nothing is going to stop her pursuit of the Olympics.
As is the case for a number of U.S. athletes, Adigun will compete for her parents' home country, but unlike many others, this isn't a backdoor route into the Games.
Adigun, an All-American and school record-holder, posted the fastest 100 hurdles time at the NCAAs outdoor meet in 2009, so if she chose to run professionally full time, making the U.S. Olympic team wasn't a pipe dream, if not this year then in 2016.
'It's so worth it'
Representing Nigeria at the Games is something the two-time African champion has wanted to do for some time.
"Often when you hear people talk about Nigeria, it is something bad, some type of corruption, something negative. Until the Olympics," she said. "I saw how much hope we had as a country watching the 2008 Olympics, because of the Olympians. I wanted to be part of something that helped uplift the country in some small way."
For Adigun, the goal at the Games is to advance to the final, which might require her matching or topping her personal best of 12.8 seconds.
Regardless of what happens in London, the Olympics are the culmination of an incredible journey.
"All that I've gone through to run in the Olympics … it's so worth it. For 12 seconds of my life, it's all worth it."


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Before Henrik Lundqvist held the fort, saved the Rangers from the ignominy and indignity of a sweep and the Kings dancing on an icy Garden grave, before the puck stopped there in the snow behind him at the furious, frantic, frenzied finish and Derek Stepan gloved it out of harm's way, it was his fellow countryman, Anton Stralman, who saved them.
How Swede it was Wednesday night for the Rangers, 2-1 Game 4 winners in the Stanley Cup finals.
It was 1-0 for the Rangers with the Kings on the power play, when an Alec Martinez screamer wound up sliding toward the net, and Jeff Carter, planted in front of the net, whiffed on it. The puck, with a mind of its own, began moving toward the red goal line at a snail's pace behind Lundqvist, seemingly an inexorable crawl to Blueshirt hell.
Finally, the hockey gods who had been so cruel to the Rangers decided to smile on them in their hour of need.
With a second sweep of his stick, Stralman swept away nightmare visions of a sweep.
If you are a dreamer, you tell yourself that the making of any Miracle on Ice —the prayer that the Rangers can yet become the second team to overcome an 0-3 series deficit alongside the 1942 Maple Leafs, surely must begin with one tiny Miracle on Ice. Or two.
"It's one of those things you need a little luck," Stralman said. "He [Carter] was going to jump on it because he's right in the slot there with me. I tried to get his stick out first and just keep it there, to buy myself some time to do that second effort to keep it out."
The moral of the story: Sometimes it is better to be puck lucky than good.
"I just saw it sitting there," Marc Staal said. "I think they had a stick close to it, and Stral just kind of stuck with it and was able to get a stick on it and not let it cross.
"Those are tough. When you're in the moment, you got to keep calm and make sure that you're not just whacking away at it because you can hit it in your own net. He did a good job of just staying calm and putting it back underneath Hank."
Stepan: "Just trying to do whatever we can to make sure that we find a way to keep pucks out of our net."
Shift by shift, faceoff by faceoff, hit by thunderous hit, period by period, the Rangers made their last stand.
Shot by shot, save by save, the Rangers fought for their playoff lives.
Power play by power play, penalty kill by penalty kill, the Rangers tried desperately to keep the Stanley Cup dream alive and prevent the indignity of a sweep, and a long offseason of regret.
Forecheck by forecheck, backcheck by backcheck, bodycheck by bodycheck, the Rangers left it all on the ice.
"Every little play matters," Lundqvist said.
Stralman's play was much more than a little play.
"Anton plays top minutes. He's been real steady managing the puck. He's defended really well. He's really an important player for us," coach Alain Vigneault said.
Stralman also contributed an early hip check on Drew Doughty against the boards.
"Most guys will stand up," Stralman said, and smiled. "I'll use my hip."
Over the second half of the game, the Kings were relentless, they stormed Lundqvist, rained pucks on him.
"I think we sat back a little bit too much," said Stepan, who prevented another goal by shoving a similar loose puck under Lundqvist witth 1:11 to play. "Obviously, you want to try to play on your toes as much as you can, but again, it's all about finding ways to win hockey games."
They need to find ways to win three more hockey games.
The Cup half-filled crowd will convince itself puck luck is the residue of design.
"We didn't want to see the Cup coming out on our ice tonight," Lundqvist said. "Just the thought of it makes me … feel sick. Obviously the goal is to see it for Game 7."
Probably not Stanley Cup bound.
But at least westward bound.


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VERNON - It's evening on the third Saturday of the month, and the lights are on in the Coldstream Women's Institute Hall. People pour into the building, pay the $5 admission and hunt for seats, or as it nears 7 p.m., leftover standing room.
The Coldstream Coffee House has earned a name for itself across the valley as one of the best open mics in the area. It welcomes both musicians and poets, and is followed by a featured band at the end of the night.
"Most people are surprised by the calibre. You're thinking it's going to be an amateur night, and it's not," says Keith Hustler, a committee member.
In its 12 years, the coffee house—which started off with a group of blue grass musicians jamming together—has evolved into the sophisticated and professional entity it is today. It does things a little differently from your typical open mic. Performers get to play 2-3 songs, and priority is given to those who haven't played recently, or ever. Unlike most open mics, the organizers don't run the event in order of who signed up first, rather, they arrange it to give the show flow. Whereas most open mics take place in bars or cafes, the organizers have taken more of a concert approach. Seats are arranged theatre style, in rows, to direct attention towards the stage.
"Usually there's an ancillary reason for people to go out to an open mic—out for a coffee or a party. Whereas here, you're not music in the background, you are the night out," Hustler says.
Jayme McKillop goes to the coffee house whenever she can, sometimes as a performer, sometimes as a listener. It's hard to find good venues to play at in Vernon, she says, especially when you're just starting out. The coffee house has good acoustics, great sound equipment, and a consistently full house.
"I've grown up here and one of the things I've noticed with music community is it's ebbed and flowed. We need something consistent like this to give it strength," McKillop says.
It's a vital link in keeping the local music scene healthy, Hustler says. It's a place where musicians can get practice, exposure and a chance to mingle with other artists.
"You need that transition point... It's a musical little league that provides this portal for people to pass through between their first few paid gigs and the couch," Hustler says. "It's part of the growth process."
It's also a great way for artists to network. Many have gone on to play together. The brief performances are kind of like speed-dating for musicians, Hustler says.
And while the performers are doing their thing, the community gets to sit back and enjoy the voices. There's a big emphasis on keeping the event consistent. It starts on time, wraps up by 10:30 p.m. and keeps the audience coming back. The organizers treat the audience well by keeping things running smoothly and on-time. You won't have a mic hog running away with the evening.
The event lets the best part of an open mic—variety—shine through. Because it's not held in a bar, you get everything from 12-year-old Elvis impersonators to family blue grass bands.
The proceeds either go to the hall rental, new sound equipment, or back into the community. More than one young musician has been supported by the coffee house.
The beauty of the coffee house, committee member Kerry Parks says, is in bringing together both sides of the musical experience.
"A song or a poem unheard is incomplete. You have to have a performance and feedback to complete the whole thing," Parks says.
To contact the reporter for this story, email Charlotte Helston at email@example.com, call (250)309-5230 or tweet @charhelston.


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Here are 5 ways in which you can bond with the baby in your womb even before delivery.
5 Ways To Bond With The Baby:
1. Name Him/Her: Would you like it if anybody calls you without a name? No. So why should it be any different for your baby? Giving the baby in your womb a name gives him or her an identity. Most parents complain that they cannot name the baby because they do not know whether it is a boy or girl. But, we have a solution for that. You can always use a unisex name like 'Simba' or 'Nemo' as the tentative pet name. Change the nick name after the baby is born if you like.
2. Talk To Him/Her: It is vitally important that you talk to your unborn baby. It is an old belief that baby's like the sound of their mother's voice. It soothes him or her and thus, even after becoming adults we find tremendous relief and comfort in our mothers voice. If you talk to the baby in your womb, it may learn to recognize your familiar voice even after birth.
3. Bonding With Daddy: The expecting mother is in a privileged position as far as bonding with the baby is concerned. You can feel the baby inside you and that is the biggest bond. The expecting father needs to do his bit. Make the father talk to the baby too so that the baby becomes familiar with his voice. Make him feel the tiny kicks of your unborn baby so that he too can experience the pregnancy with you.
4. Play Some Music Mommy: It is believed that listening to music during pregnancy is very healthy. The baby in your womb likes soft and harmonious melodies. Play some instrumental music in a disk player and hold the speakers on your baby bump. Can you feel your baby's dance steps already?
5. Sibling Love: If you already have children then you have to start the bonding process between the siblings right from the pregnancy. Tell your child/children to talk to their new sibling through your tummy. They could tell the baby in your womb what happened at school or make birthday plans with their little sibling. It helps the baby bond with the child that is already present in the family.
What else do you do to bond with the baby in your womb?


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Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Blæcleah which meant "dark wood" or "dark clearing". The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the Domesday Book and little growth of the community was seen until the 19th century. By the middle of the 17th century Blackley was a village of just 107 inhabitants. Today Blackley is a suburb of Manchester with a population of over 10,000 people. There is also a hamlet named Blackey in West Yorkshire.
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We've seen cowboy movies. We've seen alien invasion pictures. Now the two genres are getting mashed together as Dream Works and Universal joins together to produce an adaptation of the graphic novel Cowboys and Aliens.
Although the title speaks for itself, here's the premise: It's an old style shoot out between some cowboys and Apache Indians in 1800s Arizona. The fight is interrupted by a space ship which crashes nearby. The aliens aboard decide to take over the Old West and make slaves of everyone, but the cowboys and Indians have their own ideas, turning their shooters and arrows in defense.
The graphic novel was created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg last year and Rosenberg will act as a producer on the picture along with Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. With the comic creator and big names in entertainment like Grazer and Howard involved, I have high hopes for this.
What's really going to be entertaining about this movie is all the people who get excited about it, yet were the same people who complained about the Ewok's lower level of technology defeating the Empire in Return of the Jedi. Also, will they change the title? Cowboys and Aliens has a Snakes on a Plane level of simplicity to it – what you see is what you get. But we all know how that turned out for Snakes, don't we?


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Canon's new HF R32 camcorder finally hit Japan
Category: Camcorder - Tags: 1080, 1080i, 720p, Avchd, AVCHD MXP, Camcorder, Canon, Canon Camcorder, Canon iVIS, Digic Dv Iii, Dlna, Ivis, Mp4, MXP, Waterproof, Wifi
hitting Japanese shores next week.
The HF R32 will be available in Black and Red in Japan, shoot 1080/60i/30p and 24p video in AVCHD at a bitrate ranging from 5, 7, 12, 17 and 24Mbps or in MP4 720p videos, a 51x advance Zoom, a modest 3% improvement on low-light sensitivity compared to its predecessor the R31, but comes however with the addition of Wi-Fi and DLNA that will give you the possibility for example to stream videos and photos to any PC and even your favorite iOS Phone, DAP or Tablet.
The HF R32 is expected to be sold in Japan at around 60,000 Yen.
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text: Set in Jupiter, Florida, in 1950, Freak Show finds Jessica Lange playing a German ex-pat who is managing one of the last freak shows in the U.S. Her group of "unusuals"? Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Angela Bassett, and Frances Conroy all play performers whom Lange's character has rescued; Denis O'Hare and Emma Roberts are also in talks to return. Freak Show's 13 episodes will track this group as they do anything to keep their business around.


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Car won from casino still undelivered
Woman claims she was taxed $134,000 for Aston Martin she never got
Don Bauder 3 p.m., Nov. 23
Supporters of Landmark Play Seek "Maximum Exposure" for Its Vital Message of Vagina Empowerment
"The vaginas are already there. We're just bringing the monologues."
"The biggest danger for really provocative art is for it to be pigeonholed," says Rebecca Exley, director of Really Provocative Art for San Diego County College. "When I hear Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues described as 'a feminist play,' my heart just sinks, because it's the kiss of death to get labeled like that. Suddenly, the only people interested in attending are feminists and guys who hope to get lucky by taking their dates to a feminist play."
Those people, says Exley, are "not the people Ensler is trying to reach. Those are not the people who need to hear the play's message about the sexual violence done to women, about a woman's right to control her sexuality, about, finally, female empowerment through a woman's reclamation of her own vaginal territory.
"All too often, men want that territory so badly we can forget that it's ours. Ours to withhold, ours to share, and ours to display on a stage for money if we so choose."
That last claim is part of the reason Exley has chosen to abandon her plans to stage The Vagina Monologues at County College later this month. Instead, she will "honor V-Day in the way Ensler intended - by taking the message to people who need to hear it. People who are willing to pay attention to vaginas, though maybe not in exactly the way they had anticipated. In short, people who are patronizing Goldfingers totally nude Gentleman's Club in Mira Mesa tonight, Valentine's Day 2012."
Exley is quick to assure any concerned parties that the performance will not affect the other performances scheduled for that evening. "The girls will still be doing their thing. It's just that our actors will be up there on stage alongside them, delivering the monologues. We think the juxtaposition will be provocative, and that's what we're really all about."
Goldfingers' management has announced that all proceeds from the play will go to the Goldfingers Charitable Relief Fund.


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I'm so excited! DATE NIGHT!
DH and I go on date nights at home, but it usually involves dinner locally and a movie, that's about all we can really fit into the 4-hour time-slot for PNO at DD's daycare or about as much as we want to spend for a babysitter and going into Seattle would eat up 60-90 minutes of that, driving. So our dates are kinda lame. Oh, we sometimes go to the Casino nearby, that's fun, but it's expensive and we come home stinking!
Our favorite band, Elbow, is touring this spring and we were VERY excited to see the dates. their last tour 2 years ago didn't make it to the PNW at all, so sad. it's been since May 2008 that we've seen them, WAY too long! So their "Seattle" date is a big festival actually nearly 3 hours FROM Seattle, so that's a no-go. I'm too old for a festival and it's freakin $325 for the 3-day weekend, which, we went to the festival (was one day that year) for our "honeymoon" in 2004 and it was over 100 degrees, it's basically Desert! it was nasty hot and just not a good experience. So I looked at Portland dates because his folks live about an hour further so we could drop DD off and go to the show. WOOHOO! May 24! a SATURDAY night on a long weekend which will thrill MIL and on top of that, SIL is due around there too! PERFECTION! not to mention, We're going to make an event of it and include a hotel stay in Portland and go in early, shop and get dinner before the show. I'm REALLY excited. We haven't even been to a concert since August 2012. we used to go fairly often, but school nights and babysitting have ruled most out. Yeah, I have to wait 3 months, but that's ok. something to look forward to!


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By: Ben Weiss
In the tech staffing world industry, clients and candidates alike love describing ideal technical professionals as "ninjas" or "rock stars." But, while those characterizations sound cool, they may not be the most appropriate representations of next-level IT talent.
For example, ninjas have the stealth, patience and strength to effectively kick butt, but generally work alone, answer to no one and operate only on their own schedules. By the same token, rock stars can be difficult to manage, make outrageous demands in exchange for performance and sometimes don't show up at all.
Not exactly a technical lead's dream.
As such, when considering the personification of technical excellence, the tenets of the soldier may be far more applicable. Soldiers need to be smart and self-motivated, work well as part of a team, solve complex problems in stressful situations and often have technical or engineering skills that translate to careers in software programming.
In fact, with a short, intensive technical boot camp, many of our country's veterans could easily adapt those skills to the needs of IT hiring managers seeking new recruits.
Interestingly enough, such a program exists and the commanding officer's name is Brittany Laughlin.
Formerly working as the co-founder of a tech startup in Chicago, Laughlin – whose family has been steeped in the military for generations – discovered that it was not only difficult to find tech talent with the right hard skills, but also with the right motivation, discipline and collaborative abilities.
"There were some really great programmers, but they didn't necessarily want to work on a team or build a project in the way the team wanted to build the project," said Laughlin in a phone interview. "For example, they might have wanted to experiment with a new piece of software that would've extended a project by four weeks."
In response, Laughlin recognized that the calculated, methodical profile of military personnel could be an effective solution to the staffing issues she was facing.
Consequently, Laughlin embarked on a new career and set up shop in the big apple to launch Incline HQ, a social enterprise that sources promising military veterans with technical backgrounds (Laughlin mentions the program is designed to take candidates from "40 to 60 rather than zero to 60"), puts them through 40 hours per week of rigorous development training and helps to place them in a range of companies that need to hire IT staff.
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What's more is that the timing couldn't be better. Across industries, employers are lamenting a technical skills gap, arguing that there just aren't enough candidates these days that have the chops to succeed in programming roles. But, as Wharton's Peter Cappelli mentioned in an interview, the skills gap is largely manufactured by the expectation that programmers should be able to hit the ground running in a new position without any ramp up time or training.
And considering the modern disconnect between a computer science degree and the skills IT managers are looking for, addressing the dire need for independent, affordable and efficient technical training is more important than ever.
"We've been trying to think of how to fill that gap through short-term training instead of forcing people to go back into the university setting and spending years of time and tens of thousands of dollars getting training that might not be applicable to the technological work force at all," said Laughlin.
And who better to test out the effectiveness of such a rapid-fire, high intensity program than those with the constitution to put their lives on the line for their country?
Moreover, making the veterans in the program even more appealing in the current job market, the soldiers (and few select civilians) enrolled in the six week course not only sharpen their skills in Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS and other trending technologies but also concentrate on agile development in which coding is completed in increments through collaborative solutions and problem solving.
As a result, the students coming out of the Incline program are prepared to succeed in an IT landscape that calls for sound programming skills as well as regular interaction with technical teams, clients and other departments.
And succeed they have. According to Laughlin, after completing the Incline program, the veterans are effectively being placed in junior development roles within organizations like The New York Times, Spotify, Conde Nast and App Nexus, which all have the potential for upward mobility and improvement (these organizations also enjoy the added benefit of tax breaks for hiring military personnel).
But, as exciting as it is that Laughlin has developed an effective strategy to help place some of the one million veterans who will be returning from combat in the next five years, the potential for widespread adoption is equally compelling.
"If we can get it to work for the military candidates, we can extend it out and really have a great program for anyone whose self-motivated and ready to change careers," said Laughlin.
So not only is Laughlin helping to ease veteran's transition into the professional world, but also quietly developing a methodology that could narrow the larger skills gap in the U.S. and give people of all sorts the tools to penetrate the bustling IT industry.
And for that Ms. Laughlin, we salute you.
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At Hyattsville (Md.) DeMatha today, offensive tackle Brock Ruble committed to Florida State over N.C. State and Maryland.
"I came up with my decision and everyone tells me to trust my gut feeling and it's sending me to Tallahassee next year," said the 6-foot-8, 321-pound Ruble. I've been talking about this feeling that I would need to have and I got it with Florida State. I had a good feeling with all three schools but it was a little stronger pull with Florida State."
The atmosphere on the Tallahassee campus and around the Seminole program helped convince Ruble that Florida State was the place for him.
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"Everything about Florida State was a big draw for me," he said "From the coaches to the people behind the program to the players to the people to hang out with around the building, everybody was so great. The academic structure for Sports Broadcasting was great for what I want to do when football ends."
Florida State assistant coaches Sal Sunseri and Rick Trickett helped tip Ruble's scale in favor of the Seminoles.
"First of all, I had a great connection with coach Trickett and coach Sal," Ruble said. "Coach Trickett is from West Virginia and coach Sal is from Pittsburgh. I'm from southern Maryland so there isn't much of a difference between the way they act and the way I act. We all kind of think and act the same way. It was an interesting thing.
"I knew the school that I wanted to go to had to advance me in three phases: As student, as a person and as a player," he said. "When it came to advancing me as a student and as a person, all three of these institutions were pretty much the same. The two offensive line coaches from N.C. State and Maryland are amazing also. I sat in film sessions with them and watched them coach their boys and I know they are great.
"There is no denying the fact that last year coach Trickett made a second round pick out of a guy that really only played one year of football and the starting left tackle right now, Cameron Erving, was a defensive lineman about a year and half ago," said Ruble. "Coach Trickett turned him into a future pro. When it comes to developing young athletes into great players, coach Trickett has done it for a while and has done a great job."
The amazing yet turbulent season that Jameis Winston is having is something that had an effect of Ruble's thought process.
"They thing about the hype around Jameis Winston is that it didn't affect my decision but not in the way that you might think," he said. "I was down on Florida State because of the allegations against Jameis. I was thinking that if he gets charged and if there is some NCAA investigation down there it wouldn't be a good situation for me to walk into. Now that's cleared up and Jameis is doing a great job for Florida State and I think he will continue to do well."
Maryland and N.C. State provided some excellent alternatives for Ruble and he was very close to choosing both of them.
"Honestly, these three schools were so close that it was a 1a, 1b and 1c type of situation," Ruble said. "All of these schools are so great and they were so great to me. The new coaching staff down at N.C. State is going to be great. Coach Edsall has had such terrible luck with injuries this year and last year. His two best playmakers go down with broken legs in the same game this year and last year they had to play a linebacker at quarterback. I'm sure that them going to the Big Ten and getting some big time recruits in the area will help them.
"I've visited all three schools a lot of times so no matter which school I chose I knew it would be a good decision," he said. "There was just something about Florida State that gave me that feeling that it was the best choice for me."
Ruble took an official visit to Florida State on October 25 but is unsure of when he will return to Tallahassee.
"I don't know when I will visit Florida State again because of basketball season," said Ruble. "I really hope I'm done with recruitment, barring some unforeseen circumstance."
Ruble is Florida State's 25th commitment in the 2014 class.