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Add Square Enix for their treatment of Chrono Trigger Resurrection and Crimson Echoes.
http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/ [opcoder.com]
http://crimsonechoes.com/ [crimsonechoes.com]
It broke my heart when this happened. Chrono Trigger 4 Life!
How could you guys leave out Fox Interactive?
You have a point. It would make more sense to list the smaller number of elements.
Valve is on the short list of developers that still release tools (and super-encourage) the community to mod and make content for their games.
Does that mean we can't expect them to ever release?
They could rename the project "Black Mesa Forever"...
I do everything I can to buy games via Steam, including those that are available in the box as well. First, it is easier to install a game via Steam (two clicks), and second, I like to put my money where my mouth is and support the good guys.
And to further prove your point, it would be easier to create a whitelist of great game developers rather than a black list of crappy companies. At least the list would be shorter.
Well, I also think that wannabe knockoff creators should learn a thing or two from this guy. He reached out to the IP owners before he started making anything. This allowed him to talk to the people who actually run the company and make games. If you just go ahead without talking to anyone, the only people you end up talking to are lawyers who don't give a fuck about what you're trying to do.
Gearbox, and Valve, have both benefited greatly from user-generated content. If it wasn't for Counter-Strike, it's questionable whether Steam and other Half-Life/Steam franchise games would have ever come to be, nevermind seen the distribution width that they have. Seems Steam was originally conceived to speed the distribution of things like CounterStrike add-ons and updates.
That is very good news! Now we can look forward to a sequel of Duke Nukem Forever in a year or two!
On one hand there's well-known content that doesn't earn money anymore but has a large following, on the other side there's free publicity for their upcoming game.
Unfortunately it's rare for executives to actually connect the dots.
The funny thing is that someone tried this before (as a quake 3 mod, back when that was top of the line) and 3DRealms shut them down when they were a few levels into it.
George Broussard even went on a rant about how all gamers where thieving irresponsible brats who need to learn to keep their mits off his IP. It's nice to see that Gearbox are a little cooler. (Especially since the DNF release might actually let them profit from owning the rights to Duke Nukem 3D). They're betting on goodwill instead of IP ownership, that's pretty rare. Let's hope it pays off.
Kudos to Gearbox for seeing this as a fan project that will only help publicity rather than something that must be stomped out.
I'm sure it probably doesn't hold up as well as my memory sees it, but Duke3D *when it came out* was actually kind of cool. Considering that the last FPS I'd played when I seen it was Doom, the capabilities of that engine seemed to be a lot better. Sure Quake with it's actual 3d had something going for it, but Duke's engine was much more interactive and the graphics, though sprite based, still seemed to be higher in quality than Quake's at the time (considering that I was running Quake using the software renderer).
Does it have turn based combat?
I was hoping for more of that in Fallout 3.
Nah, it's real time first person shooting. The "RPG" elements are in the level-up mechanics (and related talent trees) and the loot grinding. Imagine a first person shooter version of an MMO set in a Fallout-like wasteland, without the persistent world and with a max of four player simultaneous play. The whole thing can be soloed, as well.
And while that may be an accurate description, it's better than that makes it sound
The whole thing can be soloed
Yeah, try getting the "vincible" achievement solo without using the wall bug, and not playing a siren.
It was up for $10 or so the other month.
Also, its not valve who put the Australia tax on there, its the publisher of the game.
Duke still has that half-parody/half-serious "macho" charm going for it. Playing Duke3d is like re-watching Commando; maybe you don't admit it, but it's a lot of cheesy fun. Also the real-time scripted deformable environments (like the earthquake level in mission 3 I think) still hold up on their own, let alone how impressive they were back then. It was a very impressive feature which they didn't trumpet as a breakthrough, but just quietly used to increase immersion.
Duke3d had heart; since they had reached basically the limits of the Doom-type rendering technology, they were free to focus on gameplay elements, and it paid off greatly.
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Sure Quake with it's actual 3d had something going for it, but Duke's engine was much more interactive and the graphics, though sprite based, still seemed to be higher in quality than Quake's at the time (considering that I was running Quake using the software renderer).
That also ties into the whole timeless classic where gameplay over compensated for graphics, like when people hail Dwarf Fortress or one of the Super Mario Bros titles.
Quake's graphics were actually pretty good at the time (I remember playing it without the software rendering necessary) - but the gameplay was definately not parallel to Duke 3D. Quake was more parellel to Doom, where it was more about getting the good guns and power ups and just rolling through opponents in a big bloody mess. Duke 3D was, in my opinion, far superior with its use of Pipebombs, holograms, Cameras/Screens, and all the little things about its gameplay, like being able to quickly look over your left and right shoulder while moving. It was less about getting the best gun for the level and owning it up and more about getting what weapons were best for your style of play - and owning it up.
And the single player - is there really any contest? Strippers make everything better.
It's tough comparing quake/doom with duke. Quake was designed to scare you, duke was designed to make you laugh (and sometimes scare you). It's like the difference between a serious horror movie and a campy evil-deadish one.
All three games were ground-breaking in their own way.
But it's easy to compared Quake's poor level designs and boring gameplay next to Duke3D's interesting levels and exrtemely fun gameplay.
I don't think that you can make that level of comparison.
The Quakes have traditionally only ever been "reasonable" single-player FPS games but bloody fantastic multi-player games - Duke 3D stood on it's own as a great single-player FPS game but was only okay as multi-player.
I think the award for best "all-rounder" (great single- AND multi-player) FPS games of the time has to go to Shadow Warrior & Blood. Both of them were also on the Build engine but had enough "wacky" weapons (like the "sticky bombs" in Shadow Warrior and the "flaming aerosol" in Blood) to make them both a real hoot for network play.
Shadow warrior:
Wang: You wanna wash wang? Or watch Wang wash wang?
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I sort of thought Shadow warrior and Duke were the same engine and written by the same people. Both games can be played for the humor aspect.
Shadow Warrior was also done by 3D Realms and was technically a better game than Duke 3D because it was released on a later version of Build - I recall it had better DOS VGA modes & had some 3DFX support with a patch that got released a bit later.
I really should dig it out again and give it a play through, it's been a long time! Something tells me it also had more weapons than Duke 3D and also had some dual fire modes on some of them - but don't quote me on that.
Blood was done by Monolith with (I think) some input from 3D Realms & had some additional little features (like being able to play soccer with zombie heads) with many humourous references to movies. It wasn't quite as graphically good as Duke 3D or SW but many people reckon it's the best game of the Build ones because of the combination of lots of humour, neat weapons (including a pin & voodoo doll) & just good design.
There were 3 or 4 other Build engine games, the Redneck Rampage series is probably the best known of those - that also had it's moments but the Build engine was really showing its age by the time they were released.
Thank you for reminding me the name of this game. I was searching for it for a long while. I knew it was Shadow something with ninja stars, but I never could find the full name.
Duke 3D stood on it's own as a great single-player FPS game but was only okay as multi-player.
Personally I don't agree with that. Back in my LAN party days Duke Nukem became the multiplayer game of choice because of all the unusual power ups. Rocket packs, shrink rays, fooling someone with the holo-duke = good times.
It didn't hurt that the system requirements were less severe than Quake either.
A lot of the popularity with multi-player Quake was that there was a Windows version quite early on its life and networking was a lot easier to set up in Windows 95 than it was in DOS - and Duke Nukem 3D was always a strictly MS-DOS game, even the Build engine had pretty much hard-coded DOS audio drivers such that even if you got it running in Windows 95, there was usually no audio.
Also bear in mind that there was no concept of player skins in Duke 3D - I seem to remember the best you could do was opt for a different shirt colour (or something similar) to distinguish your Duke Nukem from everyone else.
The other thing Duke 3D didn't have that Quake did was different weapon graphics depending on the weapon you were using - it always looked like you were carrying the rocket launcher; you can even see this in the single player game when you look in mirrors.
With that said, I played Duke 3D far more than I played Quake - and although I could be wrong on this, Duke 3D had a co-operative mode for the single player levels which was quite fun and which Quake lacked (from memory).
> Shadow Warrior & Blood
Fuck yeah.
Though dm142 for Duke 3D made for awesome multiplayer, as well. (Hey, I still know the level name by heart after, what? More than ten years?)
Will it be released before Duke Nukem Forever?
s/before/instead of/
...the absence of 3D Realms in the tags now.
Such a damn shame, they were so close to completion. (in game dev terms)
Yeah, it took them a long ass time, and possibly their own fault, but still, a legendary company has fallen.
Hopefully their child will live on for many more generations with the help of Gearbox. And i hope they stay true to his roots.
There is a lack of badassery in gaming these days, actual badassery, not all this pretentious teen crap we see every generation.
There is a lack of badassery in gaming these days, actual badassery, not all this pretentious teen crap we see every generation.
O RLY? Next you'll be saying that Sean Connery was the best Bond, and Twilight isn't a real vampire movie! Hah!
not all this pretentious teen crap we see every generation.
Like what? I think there's tons of genuinely badass stuff out there. In fact, games today are overflowing with hyped up machismo. Some would say this isn't a good thing, but we have our Gears of War, our Halo, our Resistance, and tons of other games with big burly manly badasses. Gearbox has a game (Borderlands) where you can play a dude who can get so pissed off that he puts away his gun and instead just punches everything to death while screaming crazily. I guess you could always say they aren't *actually* badass somehow, but you've completely lost me if you call Master Chief, Brick, or Marcus Fenix either pretentious or a teen.
Machismo is not badassery.
Badass, to me anyway, is a "fuck everything" attitude where you're so confident that you don't care what happens, you'll just deal with whatever comes up, keeping your cool throughout. No pretentiousness, no showboating, just a frank ass kicking in the name of personal freedom. It's not about roid-raging up and down the street while holding your crotch. A badass is someone you know not to mess with. A macho is someone you feel compelled to mess with, because they're all bark and no bite.
Duke, in that sense, was badass. He saw aliens, he didn't like them, so he killed them all. Problem solved. Cool maintained. Back to hookers and booze.
Marcus Fenix is a douchebag with a do-rag, not badass. Master Chief ? He's a cyborg carrying out his orders, not badass. Brick ? Roid-rage, not badass. What they need to make is a Machete game: alpha-badass.
Machismo is not badassery.
Perhaps not.... but Duke is dripping with it. Duke is the poster child for manliness. Cigars, alcohol, women, big boots, giant guns, one liners... can you imagine Duke ever crying or sharing his feelings? He's an over the top action stereotype. Schwarzenegger from the 80s.
Badass, to me anyway, is a "fuck everything" attitude where you're so confident that you don't care what happens, you'll just deal with whatever comes up, keeping your cool throughout. No pretentiousness,
Pretentiousness? Were any of the guys I mentioned remotely pretentious? "10 shitloads" Fenix? "Thought I'd try shooting my way out" Master Chief? "RRARAGH BWAAAA BLOOD!!!" Brick? Honestly, I can't think of any action characters who are both supposed to be badass and are pretentious.... James Bond, maybe.
no showboating,
What, like kicking an alien's eyeball through the uprights? Don't get me wrong, it was totally awesome, but Duke showboats all the time... Not like Dante from Devil May Cry. That guy is all showboating, but Duke does it more than the other guys I listed.
just a frank ass kicking in the name of personal freedom. It's not about roid-raging up and down the street while holding your crotch.
Except.... Duke pops steroids. Explicitly. As a power up. They make him run faster, apparently.
A badass is someone you know not to mess with. A macho is someone you feel compelled to mess with, because they're all bark and no bite.
Well, every one of the guys I listed is much more bite than bark. Brick is maybe the most bark of all, but he's punching you in the face repeatedly with an exploding fist while he's shouting, so I give him a pass.
Duke, in that sense, was badass. He saw aliens, he didn't like them, so he killed them all. Problem solved. Cool maintained.
Mostly. He was supposedly pretty damned pissed to find that our chicks had been stolen. And actually, it's better/funnier that way, that Duke gets pissed at those sorts of things.
Back to hookers and booze.
Marcus Fenix is a douchebag with a do-rag, not badass.
Well, he has the do-rag, yes, but he keeps his cool for the most part. He yells and screams occasionally, but no more than Duke does when he's getting shot. And his actions speak pretty loudly. Fenix delivers a high ass kicking quotient in those games.
Master Chief ? He's a cyborg carrying out his orders, not badass.
Even when he gave the Covenant their bomb back? Come on, he totally Strangeloved them. If that's not badass, nothing is.
Brick ? Roid-rage, not badass.
Well, he may or may not take steroids, but Duke definitely does. But what makes Brick badass as a play experience is the fact that you, as the player can get really pissed at the enemies shooting you, and you have an option that's utterly unheard of in shooters. Don't run away like a pussy and go find some health or wait for your shields to recharge. Hit the "I'm pissed off" button and have your character go totally apeshit on them.
I wish this would run in Linux... but since there's a bug in Wine that makes all Unreal engine 2/3 games unplayable relating to the mouse, it isn't possible. Too bad id software isn't the industry leader they used to be.
I'm a big supporter of linux, but this is the type of whining that gives linux fans a bad name.
I run Linux on my desktop, laptop, and now that I think of it my phone. Perhaps you could either fix it yourself, or offer some sort of support for the authors of wine. Perhaps throw a few bucks in their paypal, perhaps sit on their forum and help newbs, perhaps write documentation, or find bug fixes. Coming to slashdot and whining about it isnt gonna get you anything, but mocked by the
Perhaps you could either fix it yourself
Don't you think if the users knew how to fix it themselves, they would? Here is a hint:most people don't want to be forced to be programmers to get their operating system to work.
He wasn't talking about getting the OS to work, he was talking about running a game on the OS which is completely different.
I'm a mainly Linux user myself & I would love to see more commercial games being released natively on it. But the fact is we're in a "chicken and egg" situation because until Linux gets more popular, games companies won't port to it; likewise gamers won't turn to Linux without there being more games on it.
Personally, I'm fairly happy with the Linux gaming scene - there are a lot of native games, a lot of free games and a lot that work well under WINE. Plus there are some good looking independent games projects doing Linux ports that deserve our support - Oil Rush [oilrush-game.com] and Steel Storm [steel-storm.com] are just two that spring to mind.
"Shut up...or *pay* for it!"
Gotta love the free-software folks. They're so silly...
1. Author writes a program not for sale
2. Author allows program to be used and modified by whoever wants to use it.
3. Author is then pestered incessantly about this feature or that bug.
4. Author now needs to spend more time to fix the program for YOU, even though it meets his own needs.
Do you see the issue. Its like the author is being punished for his previous gift. Its like if a dad gives his teen son the family's old car. Then the son wont leave the dad alone about the stereo not playing burned cds, it pulls slightly to the left, the drivers power window doesnt work, or whatever. The proper response to any of these comments is get a job and pay for it yourself.
Beggars cant be choosers.
So run the UT I II and III games native in linux. you can still download the binaries.
... or perhaps the engine developers could provide cross-platform builds. This isn't 1998 anymore. Not everyone wants to run Windows. id was always good about doing this. Up until UT2004, Epic was too. There is no Linux version of UT3 though and I doubt there ever will be. That wine bug has been there for at least FIVE years BTW.
Erm... Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2003/2004 have native Linux binaries that, in my experience, run as well on Linux with NVIDIA drivers than they do on Windows.
They were also done by Epic, not id - id did the Doom & Quake games.
Only after it actually ships.
Yeah, so far all I see is.. a roof. Wow. When I was moderately interested in mapping 10 years ago I could have "remade" Duke 3D as well using the Half-Life engine, in 10 minutes.
Ok, so we've got a project which we're being told is under development and which will be released "real soon", along with an "awesome demo video". This is sounding just . . . so familiar.
Wow, this is the coolest rooftop simulator I've ever seen! If you ask me, this game is ready to ship.
Uh no, the strippers need special attention.
AFAICT, it's further along than Duke Nuke Forever.
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I agree.
The demo video is a very pretty proof of concept but Eduke32 brought DN3D natively to Windows, Linux, etc. and the HRP with Polymer replaced the sprite-based graphics with proper 3D whilst preserving a considerable amount of the original game's play and feel. That, in itself, was a fairly major update that turned the game into far more of a "modern" architecture.
The problem with any remake or mod is that very few of those that start off as good ideas actually get to the point of completion - and I predict that even if they make some headway with this project, by the time DN4 comes out next year (if we can finally believe what we are told) then the modding community will no doubt be writing new levels and mods for whatever engine that is on.
I do both play & enjoy modern FPS games as well as the PC classics and welcome any effort to port older games to newer platforms - but a version of Duke 3D with much prettier graphics that still has the original level layouts & objectives seems pointless.
But I wish them every success anyway.
He made a 10x20 box map and played some Duke Nukem 3D sound effects... Why is this news? Most amateur level designers could accomplish that in a weekend.
Considering that 3D Realms, long ago, released the source code to the build engine and we long ago had alternate engines coded running, using the official resources (.grp and
This is just the same thing, taken to the next step.
But he got there first. That makes the second one, the first loser...
Just one word: eduke32 [eduke32.com].
Oh yeah. That, and "groovy".
I need to go back & check through my old games disks but I'm sure one of the "official" Duke expansions (Duke It Out In D.C, Duke Nuclear Winter & Duke Caribbean) had a theme park area in it.
Again, it's a long time since I played it but I remember a ride with a pirate ship that was shooting cannonballs as you climbed round a pirates castle - there was also a boat ride through pirate scenes which was a definite homage to Disney's "Pirates Of The Carribbean ride".
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Michael called me at work tonight to say he'd just heard that Clif Bar [1] has a new program to take back its plastic energy bar wrappers and "upcycle" them in a partnership with Terracycle [2], the good folks who got sued by Scotts Miracle Grow [3] for selling worm poop compost in recycled soda bottles [4] and claiming it was better. (I'm sure it is better. Sue me.) In a joint effort, which I would have known about last week if monitor problems [5] hadn't kept me from reading all my email, Terracycle will send free prepaid energy bar wrapper collection envelopes to anyone who signs up for the Wrapper Brigade Program [6] and will then manufacture them into "unique accessories and other upcycled products." And Clif Bar will donate .02 per wrapper to the charity of your choice.
Sounds good right? Well, it didn't sound good to me. In fact, I got all huffy about it. "Oh great!" I ranted. "Like anyone needs a tote bag made out of Clif Bar wrappers. This is just a way to allow companies to keep creating disposable plastic wrappers from virgin plastic and let consumers feel morally superior for keeping them out of the landfill a little longer. They're still made out of petroleum. They're still made from nurdles, the plastic pellets that are polluting our oceans, harming wildlife, and concentrating toxins in the food chain. This isn't 'upcycling.' It's the same old 'downcycling' we're always bemoaning because the loop never gets closed when you're talking about plastic!"
And then Michael said, "But what about people like me who aren't ready to give up Clif Bars? Isn't this better than throwing the wrappers away?" And I thought, the man has a point.
I get so worked up about finding the absolute best solution to problems that I forget there are also good solutions that aren't necessarily the best but might head us in the right direction. Various shades of green. Terracycle is definitely doing a service by keeping plastic bottles, juice boxes, yogurt containers, and now wrappers here at home where we can take some responsibility for our own waste instead of shipping it to Asia [7]. And yet even Clif Bar admits that the Wrapper Brigade is not the best solution. In their e-mail newsletter, they write:
We're not psyched about the fact that our wrappers end up in the garbage. We've been working hard to come up with a more sustainable solution; since we haven't found the answer just yet, we've partnered with TerraCycle to launch the Energy Bar Wrapper Brigade. Get this: TerraCycle will convert all of the energy bar wrappers they receive into handy accessories and will donate two cents for every wrapper to the charity of your choice. Sign up for free and become a shepherd for the program.
So what do we do? Nothing, if we're trying to live plastic-free. I've switched from energy bars to granola and other cereal that I buy from bulk bins and store in my own containers, leaving no packaging waste behind. But if we're not quite there yet, we can at least divert a little waste from some landfills by using this program. And let others know about it too.
I'm hoping that Clif Bar means what it says about coming up with a more sustainable solution. I'm glad they speak that language. It's my hope that companies are moving towards waste reduction as preferable to recycling. In the mean time, we have what we have. What do you think?
(BTW, I know I said I'd post a recipe today. But Beth Terry is nothing if not opinionated, and when the opportunity and mood strikes, she'll usually go with some kind of rant and save the nice stuff for another day.)
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The eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the final knockout phase, which ends with the final match in May.
Real Madrid is the all time winner in the competition havin won ninth times. Barcelona of Spain are the current champions, by beating Manchester United in the 2011 final last 28 May 2011.
UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino reminded the clubs of their duties to show respect for the game and its values at the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draws for both competitions at the House of European Football in Nyon on Friday.
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FK Mogren (MNE)/PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) v Skonto FC (LVA)/Wisła Kraków (POL)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)/FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH) v NK Maribor (SVN)/F91 Dudelange (LUX)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)/Bangor City FC (WAL) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)/Neftçi PFK (AZE)
KS Skënderbeu (ALB)/APOEL FC (CYP) v ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
FC København (DEN)* v Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)/FC Flora Tallinn (EST)
KRC Genk (BEL) v FK Partizan (SRB)*/FK Skendija 79 (MKD)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)/Breidablik (ISL) v FC Pyunik (ARM)/FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FC Zestafoni (GEO)/FC Dacia Chisinau (MDA) v SK Sturm Graz (AUT)/Videoton FC (HUN)
Valletta FC (MLT)/FK Ekranas (LTU) v Linfield FC (NIR)/FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Rangers FC (SCO)* v Malmö FF (SWE)/HB Tórshavn (FRO)
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ENID, Okla. —
Superman is a senior citizen.
The Man of Steel, the infant of Krypton, Mr. Leaps Tall Buildings at a Single Bound, is 75, making him eligible for Social Security, Medicare and every senior discount in the book.
Were he of this world, he'd have creaky joints, weak eyes, poor hearing, high cholesterol, gray hair, wrinkles and high blood pressure. But he's not, of course, he's indestructible — as long as there's no kryptonite around.
Superman was born April 18, 1938, not on the planet Krypton, but in Cleveland, the brainchild of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
He's been thwarting evil-doers ever since, saving the world, darting into and out of phone booths (a tougher task than bending steel with your bare hands these days), righting wrongs and fighting for truth, justice and the American way.
Not bad for a 75-year-old dude, huh?
He's even getting ready to headline a new movie, "Man of Steel," due in theaters in June. But that's old hat for old Supe. He's been featured in films, on television, in cartoons, on the radio and in print for decades.
He's brave, he's strong, he's handsome, he's clear-eyed, he's square-jawed, he's good, he's pure, he's selfless, he's everything any mother in the world could want for their daughters.
It's too bad he's not real.
Wouldn't it be great if he was? As long as he was a good guy, that is. Somebody with a cranky streak or nefarious motives who possessed that much other-worldly power would be a nightmare for the frail human race. But Superman's not like that. All he wants to do is help people, to make the world a better place.
He couldn't be everywhere at once, of course, but if he was on hand for some sort of disaster, he would certainly make a difference, providing comfort, lending a helping hand, aiding in cleanup and recovery, etc. On occasion, with his sharp eyes, he could even prevent bad things from happening.
The world is a big place, however, and even though Superman can fly like the wind, even he couldn't be in every global trouble spot at the precise moment when he was needed most.
Everyone would want Superman to be everywhere all the time. And if a crime or disaster happened and he was not there to prevent it or clean up after it, we would blame him, being the flawed human beings that we are.
He would be widely criticized. His would be a thankless, impossible position, doing all he could, but it never being enough.
But, he's just a work of fiction, setting a standard to which no human being can hope to aspire. There is no Superman, not really.
Thus it behooves all of us to be at least a little super.
No human being is faster than a speeding bullet or more powerful than a locomotive, but we all can do our bit to help people, to make the world a better place.
We're doing it every day, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless and visiting the lonely.
You can't see through walls or catch a bullet in your teeth, but you can mow the lawn for an elderly neighbor. You don't have super hearing that can hear an ant walking across a floor or super breath that can stir up a hurricane, but you can mentor a child or coach a youth league sports team.
You aren't going to be able to stand up to the likes of Lex Luthor, Brainiac or General Zod, but you can donate blood, can raise funds for disaster relief, can help clean up debris in the wake of a storm, can lead a troop of Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts.
You can't stop a plane from falling out of the sky, can't lift a city bus over your head, can't round up a gang of crooks single-handed, but you can deliver meals to the elderly, visit shut-ins, sit with the dying, teach a struggling adult to read.
You can't turn a lump of coal into a diamond with your bare hand, can't bring down a building with your fists, can't fly without an aircraft, but you can offer a word of encouragement or a shoulder to cry on, can open your home to a child in need, can put a smile on someone's face.
You don't have to be superhuman to do any of these things — simply a willing human.
This has been a week of bad news, from the Boston bombings, to flooding in the upper Midwest, to the poison-laced letters sent to the president and a senator, to the terrible explosion at the Texas fertilizer plant.
Superman is not real, and thus is not going to respond to any of these crises. But the good news is, super people will. All they want to do is help people, to make the world a better place.
Mullin is senior writer of the News & Eagle. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Due to a slight construction delay, Studio Movie Grill (SMG), a movie theater and restaurant opening in Wheaton, will open June 8, according to SMG spokesman Lynne McQuaker.
Originally set for a late May opening, the nine-screen, 120-seat movie theater and restaurant will open at 301 Rice Lake Square in the 40,000-square-foot, former Linens 'N Things building.
Studio Movie Grill operates eight other locations in Texas, Georgia and Arizona, according to a Wheaton city staff memo. The Wheaton location will also include a lounge to accommodate about 36 people.
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Terre Haute South coach Bill Blankenbaker said two weeks ago that he would change the Braves' lineup after the 3-2 dual-meet loss to Terre Haute North.
The Patriots knew it was coming, but they couldn't do anything to stop it.
Blankenbaker returned Nicole Howe and Shivani Purohit to doubles and moved Jordan Davis to singles Thursday night as South reversed the regular-season results for a 3-2 victory over North to win the IHSAA girls tennis sectional at North.
"It's really amazing. We lost [to North] in the regular season and it's the same as last year and we just came back and did the same exact thing and we get to move on to the regional and keep going, hopefully, after that," South senior Miranda Camp said while holding the sectional championship trophy.
South advances to the regional at Greencastle on Tuesday.
This two-hour rivalry match was nothing like the 31⁄2-hour marathon match April 29 on the same North courts. In the first meeting, four of the five matches went three sets and included three tie-breakers. In the sectional championship, every match was decided in straight sets.
"Unfortunate swing, but I think South played just a little bit better tonight than we did. [They are] deserving champions," North coach Jeff Farmer said.
South won at No. 1 singles again, then took both doubles matches. Two weeks ago, North won both doubles and No. 3 singles.
"Actually, they made a couple of adjustments to their lineup since our duel match during the regular season. I think that made a little bit of a difference, not that we weren't expecting the change, but it came and [affected] a couple of matches that we were able to win in our duel match," Farmer said.
Blankenbaker reunited Camp and Howe at No. 1 doubles. They went to the state finals together last year. Two weeks ago, Howe played No. 2 singles against North and won. Then the coach moved her back to doubles.
Camp and Howe defeated North's Olivia Caldwell and Meredith Egan at No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-2.
"Me and Miranda played together last year and we advanced [to the state finals] and I think us as a doubles team was more promising. This seemed like the stronger way to go," Howe said.
Purohit and Courtney Sheets teamed up to win the No. 2 doubles match for South 6-3, 6-4 over North's Caroline Potter and Carmen Nickels. Purohit played singles against North two weeks ago.
"You never know what lineup I might use, but I thought I would have this one all along. But I've been playing with it all year, so I decided on this match here and I'm glad I did because we needed it like this," Blankenbaker said.
"Nicole [Howe] had beaten [South's] No. 2 [single player Laura Mascari], but I think to win the match we needed her at [No. 1] doubles and she was very effective in that. Then we had Shivani at [No. 2] doubles, so that just helps out tremendously when you have that little play in those areas. They'll play where ever I want them to play for the team, so that makes a big difference."
Davis was moved from No. 1 doubles to No. two singles. North's Mascari defeated Davis 7-5, 7-5 in the closest match of the day. North's second point came from Morgan Cook, who defeated South's Sofia Saylor 6-0, 7-5 at No. 3 singles.
South's first point of the afternoon came from No. 1 singles where freshman Lauren Hambrock defeated North's Anna Potter in straight sets 6-2, 6-1.
"I wasn't as nervous today [as two weeks ago]. I've got a North-South match in. And I've gotten better the last couple of weeks. I played some good players in Indianapolis," Hambrock said.
Blankenbaker isn't surprised a freshman is South's No. 1 player.
"Lauren has played a lot of tennis in her life, so I knew what I was getting when she came in [to high school]. I knew she was a great player," Blankenbaker said.
Terre Haute South 3, Terre Haute North 2
Singles — Lauren Hambrock (THS) def. Anna Potter 6-2, 6-1; Laura Mascari (THN) def. Jordan Davis (THS) 7-5, 7-5; Morgan Cook (THN) def. Sofia Saylor.
Doubles — Nicole Howe-Miranda Camp (THS) def. Olivia Caldwell-Meredith Egan (THN) 6-4, 6-2; Shivani Purohit-Courtney Sheets (THS) def. Caroline Potter-Carmen Nickels (THN) 6-3, 6-4.
Next — South (10-5) will play in the regional at Greencastle on Tuesday. North finished its season 9-8.


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Diarrhea-predominant IBS (IBS-D) can wreak havoc on your life, with its unpredictable symptoms of abdominal pain, cramping, urgency and seemingly continual bowel movements. Since medication options are limited, it is reassuring to know that there are some common sense things that you can try to ease your symptoms and help your system to function in a healthier way.
Understand the Problem
If you have been diagnosed with diarrhea predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D), then you know all too well that your intestines are not working the way that they should. A good place to start in terms of self care is to think about how the system is supposed to be functioning.
Your large intestine is like a long conveyor belt. As stool moves through it, moisture is pulled out. When things are working as they should, this results in a soft, but well-formed stool arriving at the end of the intestine, ready to be evacuated. The aim of a bowel movement is not to empty the bowel, but rather to evacuate this well-formed stool.
Although the number of bowel movements per day varies widely among individuals, a common pattern is to have one or two productive bowel movements daily, with the morning being the most likely time. Unfortunately, this is not the case with IBS-D, as the high frequency of bowel movements results in the passage of loose and watery stools from higher up the tract that has not had a chance to be formed.
As well as being a motility problem, in that the system moves stool too quickly, the symptoms of IBS-D also appear to be the result of visceral hypersensitivity, in that the nerves within your intestines are hyper-reactive to stimulation and pressure.
The goals of a self-care plan would be to do what you can to slow down your intestinal tract and reduce your system's reactivity to triggers.
Tweak Your Eating Habits
Although IBS-D sufferers tend to spend a lot of time worrying about what to eat, it is also important to focus on how to eat. Patients commonly skip meals, thinking that an empty stomach will result in an empty bowel. In this writer's experience, that is a mistake. Again, thinking of the intestines as a conveyor belt, one would want the belt to carry an even, continual load to help it operate more smoothly. Skipping meals raises the risk of overeating, which in itself can strengthen intestinal contractions. You may find that eating small meals throughout the day actually helps reduce the reactivity of your system.
Be Clear about Food Triggers
For many years, medical researchers and IBS patients were at odds over the issue of food as a trigger for IBS symptoms. The medical establishment tended to downplay the role of food as a trigger, while IBS patients were convinced that food was the problem. This gap is slowly being bridged, most notably in the case of research looking into the FODMAP theory. On the other side of the equation, many IBS-D sufferers run the risk of excessively - and unnecessarily - restricting foods for fear of setting off symptoms, which could lead to nutritional deficits.
One approach to identifying your food triggers is to be systematic and scientific through the use of a food diary and elimination diet. Be sure to record other factors (e.g., stress levels and hormonal changes) that might be contributing to any symptom flare-ups, so as to be sure that an individual food is truly problematic for you. If you are struggling with finding foods that you feel are safe to eat, you might want to consider consulting with a qualified nutritionist.
The other approach is to try the Low-FODMAP diet. It has strong research for its effectiveness in reducing symptoms of IBS-D. Again, your success on the diet will be enhanced if you work with a qualified nutritionist.
For short-term food guidance, see these articles:
Don't Try to Empty
In my experience, many IBS-D sufferers mistakenly think that they will reduce the risk of experiencing diarrhea by making sure that their bowel is empty. The problem with this is that bowels are never truly empty as new stool is constantly being produced. Encouraging the intestines to keep emptying results in evacuating stool that becomes looser and more watery with each bowel movement. Loose and watery stool is hard for the rectum to contain, so a focus on emptying may just make the problem worse. It is much better to try to use strategies to calm your body and delay further movements so that the stool can undergo the process of forming. Think of it as taking care of "tomorrow's stool".
Use Relaxation Exercises to Keep Your System Calm
IBS-D is like a Catch-22 situation. Stress can trigger diarrhea episodes, but diarrhea episodes are stressful! Your body's stress response is at play here. In response to a perceived threat, your body reacts in a variety of ways, one of which is to trigger intestinal movement. It is common for people who have IBS-D to scan their bodies for evidence that their systems will act up. Intestinal movement or noises become a perceived threat that then sets off the unwanted stress response.
What to do? Your best bet is to learn and use relaxation exercises to keep your body as calm as you can. You may also find it helpful to engage in activities that aim to reduce your body's baseline level of anxiety, such as yoga, meditation and tai chi.
- How to Deal with IBS Diarrhea Urgency
- How to Prevent Bathroom Accidents: Dealing with the Fear of Soiling
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"Your Digestive System and How It Works" National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse Accessed July 27, 2011.
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Coming from Greymouth and heading south on State Highway 6, it is the Franz Josef Glacier, the smaller of the two popular Westland glaciers, that you reach first.
Although its population is just over 7000, Greymouth is the largest New Zealand town on the West Coast. It lies northwest of Christchurch with the Tasman Sea to the west.
It's about 180 kilometres from Greymouth to the Franz Josef Glacier, first explored by Austrian Julius Haast in 1865, in Westland National Park. Haast named the glacier after the Austrian emperor, Franz Joseph I.
The state highway passes through the Franz Josef village where it carries the name Main Road.
The park visitors centre is at the southern edge of the Franz Josef village. Here you'll find information on snow walks, heli-flights, skydiving and other activities on and around the glacier.
Walk the walk
For the hiking enthusiast, there are a number of walks through rainforests and on snow at Franz Josef. These are mostly guided walks and can be organised at the village.
Aerial sightseeing trips take off from the helipad and airstrip just west of the village. You can organise to be landed on the glacier itself for a walk on the snow.
If you're staying overnight, bookings should be made in advance to be sure you have someplace to sleep.
There are restaurants and cafes in the village. If you plan to prepare your own food, there's at least one grocery — expect to pay more for your usual grocery items.
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There are different versions of the rare, but devastating disease. It can attack in fresh water, as with the Georgia student who lost a leg and both hands. It's more often found in warm salt water, particularly the Gulf, and can even be contracted through Strep A.
Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Robert Atmar, an infectious diseases expert, explained that's the same thing that gives you strep throat.
He routinely works at Harris County's Ben Taub Hospital and estimates that hospital sees perhaps half a dozen of the cases a year.
Typically a patient has an open wound, which is how the bacteria enters the body.
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This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) entry is designed to answer all of your questions related to enrollment in Anoka-Hennepin. It covers general information (how to enroll your child in school) as well as kindergarten, specialty schools, in-district transfer, open enrollment and the NorthWest Suburban Integration School District.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Enrollment: How to enroll your child
Enrollment: General
Kindergarten: General
Kindergarten: Early Entrance
Enrollment: In-district transfer and open enrollment
Enrollment: NorthWest Suburban Integration School District
Enrollment: Specialty schools
ENROLLMENT: HOW TO ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN SCHOOL How do I enroll my child in school? Step one - Choose a school Anoka-Hennepin students are automatically assigned to the school that serves their address. However, the school district also offers families a number of choices for their children at all grade levels, including: specialty schools, in-district transfer and open enrollment. Families wishing to visit a school should call the school and make arrangements with the principal. Step two - Complete an application Kindergarten If your child is in our database, you will receive a letter in December informing you of:
You will also receive a letter in late winter/early spring from your school informing you of Kindergarten Registration Day at the school serving your address. You will register your child in conjunction with this event. If your child is not in our database:
If you do not live within Anoka-Hennepin but would like your child to attend an Anoka-Hennepin school, apply through Minnesota's Open Enrollment program.
Depending on the time of year, you will either be given information about completing registration or be placed on the list to receive a letter about Kindergarten Registration Day. View general kindergarten registration dates for the 2014-15 school year.
If you wish to apply for a NWSISD specialty school instead of having your child attend the school serving your neighborhood, get the NWSISD application.
Grades 1-5 To attend the school serving your address:
To attend a school other than the one assigned to your addess:
Grades 6-12
To attend a school other than the one assigned to your addess:
If you do not live within Anoka-Hennepin but would like your child to attend an Anoka-Hennepin school, apply through Minnesota's Open Enrollment program.
Note: The application due date for the 2014-15 school year for specialty schools, in-district transfer and open enrollment was Jan. 15, 2014. ENROLLMENT: GENERAL I just moved to the district, which school will my child attend? Our Information Systems Department can provide you with that information at 763-506-1030. Or use our "search by address" feature online via A-H Connect. How do I enroll/register my child in the Anoka-Hennepin School District? Parents/guardians can enroll their child in the Anoka-Hennepin School District by calling or visiting their child's new school (see above question for information on how to find out which school your child will attend). You will need to fill out the K-12 enrollment application, which you can do in person at the school. Note: Elementary school offices are generally closed from June 16 through July 31. At that time, call our Information Systems Department at 763-506-1030 to enroll your child. Where can I find contact information for Anoka-Hennepin schools? Download to download school addresses and phone numbers in PDF format. You can also call the district office at 763-506-1000 or view schools' websites for contact information.
KINDERGARTEN: GENERAL At what age can I enroll my child in kindergaten? A child must be five (5) years on or before Sept. 1 of the year in which he or she enrolls. If a child attended a Montessori school, and the Montessori school certifies that the child has successfully completed kindergarten requirements, the parent should take the child to the public school with that information. Staff will review it and likely enroll the child in first grade. Do I need to have my child screened before kindergarten? Minnesota law requires documentation of Early Childhood Screening prior to enrollment in kindergarten. Early Childhood Screening is an "early look" at a child's development. This screening should be completed at least one year before the child enters kindergarten. This service is provided at no cost to the family for all children who reside within Anoka-Hennepin School District boundaries. In addition to the developmental screening, the process includes hearing and vision, height and weight checks and referrals to other agencies when necessary. Appointments are available daily during school hours, and during early evening hours twice weekly. To schedule and appointment, please call 763-433-4833. If you prefer to have your health care provider complete the screening, call the Early Childhood Screening office at 763-433-4833 to obtain the necessary form for the doctor/clinic to complete. If your child has been screened through another district, please call the number above to arrange to have records transferred to the Anoka-Hennepin School District. What kind of kindergarten programs does Anoka-Hennepin offer? In spring 2013, the Minnesota Legislature approved funding for all-day-every-day kindergarten beginning with the 2014-15 school year. Anoka-Hennepin is planning for implementation in all 24 elementary schools in fall 2014. Note: Schools offering all-day-every-day kindergarten in 2013-14 are: Adams, Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy, Crooked Lake, Dayton, Eisenhower, Evergreen Park, Franklin, Hamilton, Hoover, Lincoln, Mississippi, Monroe, Morris Bye, Rum River, University Avenue and Wilson. What do I need to do to register my child for kindergarten at my neighborhood school? When will I receive registration information? Anoka-Hennepin elementary schools typically host a kindergarten registration event between March and May. Registration information, along with an invitation to the event, is mailed out to families by schools a few weeks before the event. If you don't receive an invitation from your neighborhood school, it means your child is not in the district database. Parents should call the Information Systems Department to have their child added to the district mailing list at 763-506-1030. Contact your child's elementary school if you have general questions about kindergarten. Download school addresses and phone numbers in PDF format or view schools' websites for contact information. The registration dates for 2013-14 have passed (they were held March through May). Information for 2014-15 will be available in spring 2014.
Where can I download kindergarten related items? View the Kindergarten Information folder in the district's Document Center. This section contains applications, brochures and the kindergarten parent handbook in PDF format for parents/guardians to download. Download school addresses and phone numbers in PDF format or view schools' websites for contact information. KINDERGARTEN: EARLY ENTRANCE Is there a provision for early entrance into kindergarten? Anoka-Hennepin does have a provision for early entrance into kindergarten. It is designed to address the needs of precocious learners turning five between Sept. 2 and Oct. 31.
Those children who qualify for early entrance demonstrate emotional/social maturity, as well as superior aptitude and developmental levels, measuring a year to a year-and-a-half above their chronological-aged peers. The standards for early entrance are very high to ensure that students are not frustrated by their advanced grade placement. Download the 2014-15 early entrance application (which is due by May 9, 2014). Download the early entrance frequently asked questions PDF. ENROLLMENT: IN-DISTRICT TRANSFER AND OPEN ENROLLMENT How do I enroll my child in a different school than the one he or she is assigned to? To attend a different school, the parent/guardian of an Anoka-Hennepin student can apply for one of two options: an in-district transfer to a school within the Anoka-Hennepin School District or open enrollment to another school district. In-district transfer explained The in-district transfer option is for a student who resides in the Anoka-Hennepin school district and wants to transfer to a different Anoka-Hennepin school from his or her regularly assigned school. For example, if a Blaine High School student wants to attend Coon Rapids High School, the parent or guardian must request an in-district transfer. Families that apply during the application period (Dec. 1 through Jan. 15) will be considered first. If space is available (elementary sites only), families who applied after the deadline may be considered in late spring or early August if space opens up. Open enrollment explained The open enrollment option allows a student to attend a school district outside his or her home school district. Open enrollment is a commitment to another school district, not necessarily the choice of school in that district. For example, a student at Osseo Junior High School, which is in the Osseo School District, could request open enrollment to attend Jackson Middle School in the Anoka-Hennepin School District. If Jackson is full, the district could offer another Anoka-Hennepin middle school. Most Anoka-Hennepin schools are available to students from outside the district through Minnesota's open enrollment program. The application period is Dec. 1 through Jan. 15 each year, but Anoka-Hennepin accepts open enrollment applications at any time. Applications are processed based on space available and as they are received. We continue to accept applications after the deadline and review them in August. Students applying for the current school year may be enrolled immediately if space is available. Students are approved for enrollment based on the capacity of the school they select. If space is not available in the chosen school, they will be offered another choice within the district. When are open enrollment/in-district transfer applications available? Open enrollment and in-district transfer applications are available in schools and to download on the district website for the following school year beginning Dec. 1. 2014-15 school year The enrollment period for the 2014-15 school year is Dec. 1, 2013 through Jan. 15, 2014. Applications are available online (and at schools) and are due by Jan. 15, 2014 for first consideration. Note: A timely application does not guarantee acceptance for the school of choice. Acceptance is based primarily on availability of space. ENROLLMENT: NORTHWEST SUBURBAN INTEGRATION SCHOOL DISTRICT What is the NorthWest Suburban Integration School District? I've heard that Anoka-Hennepin is a part of it. What is it and whom does it apply to? The NorthWest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD) is a collaborative effort of eight school districts (Anoka-Hennepin, Brooklyn Center, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose, Elk River, Fridley, Mounds View, Osseo and Rockford) formed to meet the requirements of the state Desegregation Rule. School districts that border "racially isolated" districts (one in which the enrollment of students of color exceeds that of neighboring districts by more than 20 percent) must participate in desegregation efforts with those districts. Because Anoka-Hennepin borders the racially isolated Brooklyn Center and Osseo School Districts, it must participate in a desegregation plan with them. Other districts bordering them must also participate. The purpose of the rule is to desegregate through choice, rather than through forced programs like mandatory busing to a specific school. The rule requires schools and communities to work together to design effective, voluntary strategies for desegregated learning environments that parents can choose for their children. Specialty schools, also known as magnet schools, are the result (see next section for more info). ENROLLMENT: SPECIALTY SCHOOLS Does the district offer schools with specialty focuses? Yes, we do! Anoka-Hennepin has 11 specialty schools and programs. Each specialty school offers the same core curriculum as other district schools, but with a unique emphasis, including: the arts; science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM); International Baccalaureate (IB); and world studies. These schools are part of Anoka-Hennepin but are open to all students living in the NWSISD consortium:
These schools are part of Anoka-Hennepin and are open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer:
What's the difference between a NWSISD specialty school and an Anoka-Hennepin specialty school? NWSISD specialty schools are open to all students living in the NWSISD consortium (Anoka-Hennepin, Brooklyn Center, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose, Elk River, Fridley, Mounds View, Osseo and Rockford). Applications to these schools are handled by NWSISD. Space at NWSISD specialty schools is reserved first for students who live in the school's attendance area, then it is opened up district-wide and then to NWSISD enrollment. Transportation for students outside Anoka-Hennepin is provided by the NWSISD. Anoka-Hennepin specialty schools (Champlin-Brooklyn Park Academy, Lincoln, Jackson, Champlin Park and Coon Rapids biomedical program) are open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer and to students from other districts through the state's open enrollment process on a space available basis. Enrollment at STEP is part of the regular high school registration process for Anoka-Hennepin students or through open enrollment to students outside the district. Priority is given to Anoka-Hennepin students who apply during the application period (Dec. 1 through Jan. 15). If space is available (elementary sites only), families who applied after the deadline may be considered in late spring or early August if space opens up. How can my child apply to attend a NWSISD specialty school? Fill out the NWSISD online application form to apply to attend Evergreen Park, Monroe, University Avenue, Anoka Middle School or Blaine High School. NWSISD accepts applications year-round, but the priority application period typically runs Nov. 1 through Jan. 15. Students who apply during this period have the greatest chance of being placed in a specialty school. An initial lottery will be run about a week after the priority application period closes. NWSISD will maintain a waiting pool of students that apply but are not assigned to a NWSISD magnet school. Students that apply during the priority application period will be notified of the results of the lottery by Feb. 1. Contact NWSISD with any questions about the form or application process at 763-450-1305 or 763-450-1303. How can my child apply to attend an Anoka-Hennepin specialty school? Anoka-Hennepin specialty schools, Champlin-Brooklyn Park, Lincoln and Jackson, are open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer and to students from other districts through the state's open enrollment process (Note: priority is given to Anoka-Hennepin students). Families that apply during the application period (Dec. 1 through Jan. 15) will be considered first. If space is available (elementary sites only), families who applied after the deadline may be considered in late spring or early August if space opens up. High school students can enroll in STEP (juniors and seniors), the Champlin Park IB Program and Coon Rapids biomedial program through the regular high school registration process. Anoka-Hennepin students who do not live in the Champlin Park or Coon Rapids attendance areas and wish to participate in IB or biomedical must apply for an in-district transfer. Space is limited. See the Enrollment: In-district Transfer and Open Enrollment section above for more info and links on those processes. How are specialty schools funded? The Desegregation Rule (see above) provides state and federal funds for specific initiatives. We do not use regular K-12 funding for desegregation programs. By law, we are not allowed to use desegregation funds to enhance programs that we regularly provide, therefore the funds could not be used, for example, to lower class size.


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Content Management Servers (CMS) have been around for a very long time, both proprietary and open source ones, but there has not been a standard way of talking to them until recently. The Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard provides both an application programming interface and a search language (based on SQL-92). Alfresco CMIS implementation is the basis for many existing CMIS applications, and you can use CMIS too to integrate your application with Alfresco.
Alfresco CMIS is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear step-by-step exercises that will help you take advantage of the real power of CMIS, and give you a good foundation in using it via HTTP/XML, Java, or scripting.It starts off with an introduction to the CMIS standard, in order to update you on the service API, object model, and query language.
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August 1, 2014
Clouds earlier today will break up to reveal more and more sunshine as the day goes on. Temperatures will rise into the mid 60°s with just a few light breezes.
The clearing skies overnight will allow more heat to escape into space overnight. That means tomorrow morning will be much colder. Temperatures drop into the 30°s for the next several mornings.
We should be pushing 70°s by the end of the weekend.