Ceres Teachers and District Continue Faceoff

In local news… Modbee.com : The Ceres Unified School District is on the offensive in negotiations with its teachers’ union after months of stalled bargaining and a slate of educator grievances against new policies. The district this month filed two unfair practice charges with the state’s Public Employment Relations Board, which administers collective bargaining laws….

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links for 2005-10-27

Understanding How Soft Boxes Work A must read for every photographer looking to break into the field, Understanding How Soft Boxes Work teaches the in’s and out’s of using a softbox in photography. (tags: photography howto photo reference photos video)

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links for 2005-10-26

HOW TO: Ubuntu Linux for Novices A great howto for people just getting started with Ubuntu Linux. (tags: ubuntu linux tutorial howto computer Debian home opensource tutorials article)

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Scientists Looking At Womens Brains During Their Period

In an effort to better understand the women, scientists have begun studying the womans brain during PMS and her Period. Nature.com: “Help may soon be on its way for women who live with the pain of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and for those who live with them. Researchers have begun to investigate what happens in the…

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Sun Pushing AJAX in Development Suite

There was a very interesting article this morning over at eWeek about Sun Microsystems support for AJAX technologies. Sun is seeking to build into a studio suite a set of core AJAX components that you’ll be able to use over and over to simplify the time it takes to go from the drawing board to…

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links for 2005-10-25

Knoppmyth A Knoppix install of Myth TV Linux PVR. (tags: cool Debian hacks diy howto Install Linux media opensource software TV video knoppix mythtv pvr)

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Bush’s War in Iraq More Costly for Californians

Mercury News: “Personnel from California make up the highest numbers of those killed, 10.6 percent, according to statistics drawn from Iraq Coalition Casualty Count, a Web site that compiles data on U.S. and allied casualties from Pentagon press releases and news reports.” Tags: California

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Scientists Believe They Know How Tall Your Kids Will Be

So do you want to know how tall your son or daughter will be when they grow up and if they’ll be able to play professional basketball? Well now a team of Canadian researchers believe they can tell you. Take a look. Medpage today: How tall will your child be? It’s a question that has…

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Getting the Inside Dirt on a Mythbuster

Joe Mammy.com has a great interview with Jamie Hyneman of Mythbusters. Here’s a short excerpt. Joe Mammy.com: Joe: Free rant: name something that pisses you off and what you’d like to do about it. Jamie: “Traffic lights could be fixed to where you spend a fraction of the time you do sitting at them. What’s…

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Flock Rocks

BTW. Yes, I have Flock. I’ve had it for about 3 days now. What do I think about it? I like it a lot. The blogging section needs an HTML view though. The Flickr thing could also use a drop down menu of your recent views so you can keep all your favorite contacts close…

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