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This one's a bit old, but it's quite topical. Love the colour. From http://icanhascheezburger.com, of course.
This one's a bit old, but it's quite topical. Love the colour. From http://icanhascheezburger.com, of course.
It's one of those busy weeks – blogging's been pushed to one side a bit, and I'm writing this at home with a cat on my lap who wants to walk all over the keyboard. So any bizarre sllepingh msitkaes or random characters *&fh$f{ are probably not my doing.
I was talking with a student earlier this week about his choice of PhD topic. He wants to disappear off to Australia to research dark matter, and was asking about what would happen to his career opportunities if dark matter met with a sudden demise. Would he be better off researching something more mainstream?
My view is it is unlikely to make any difference – at least, not long-term. While it is true that some people use their PhD as a gateway into a particular area of work and make their entire career out of it, I suspect it's more common for someone's area of work to change, maybe several times, after their PhD. That's certainly the case with me. It would be interesting to find out what percentage of people with, say, a PhD acquired 25 years or more ago, are still working in the area that their PhD was in. I suspect it's quite low. For one thing, science research changes a lot in 25 years – new things come up and old areas fall away.
Having a PhD is a statement in itself, regardless of what topic it is in. What it says is that you are able to carry out quality independent research – and that's what employers are going to take note of. So, if your PhD doesn't open up career doors in your particular topic area, don't worry; it will certainly open doors in other areas.
In my opinion a student should go with what they are interested in -and enjoy the experience. So Dark Mattter will be a great topic to research for a PhD, even if it turns out to have serious problems.
Forget the rugby – the two big stories of the week are both physical science and both Italian: the faster-than-light neutrinos arriving at Gran Sasso and the ludicrous prosecution of Italian seismologists over the 2009 l'Aquila earthquake. In some respects, the two are related, in that they both ask questions about what science is about, and what it does and does not do.
First the neutrinos. The full report is now available online – so you can have a read yourself. I can't add much to what's been said in the media already – this is an extra-ordinary result – utterly unexpected, and, IF VERIFIED (and that's a big IF) means we need to seriously re-think what we thought we understood about Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
Now the earthquake. The decision to prosecute scientists for failing to predict the quake (that is what it amounts to) has rightly attracted a massive reaction by geo-scientists worldwide. Earthquakes are unpredictable – that's what makes them so nasty. We would like to be able to predict them – there's been a lot of effort to do so – but so far, no-one has a way of going beyond statistical terms – i.e. so much chance of a magnitude so-much or bigger in a region of so far over a time period of the next so-many months/years. One can't help wondering whether this prosecution is to hide failings elsewhere – who designed the collapsed buildings? – who gave consent for them? – who built them? If these scientists are found guilty of manslaughter, a possible result is the end of all earthquake research in Italy – a region very vulnerable to them – which is just what isn't needed.
How are the two connected? Well, they are both about the nature of science itself. Science is about providing a framework for investigating the world/universe in which we live. It helps us to make hypotheses, and build theories (N.B. not the same thing) and search for evidence to support or deny them. At no time would a scientist claim that they know everything about their subject. When new evidence appears, as the neutrinos have provided, we have to re-consider our theories. When we simply do not know something – e.g. when and where the next big earthquake will hit, we don't ever pretend we do. Unfortunately, however, the nature of science isn't well understood in some quarters and the idea that we should deal in absolute, undeniable, never-to-change truth is forced upon us. I'm sorry, but science isn't like that, and it never will be, no matter how much politicians may wish it to be so.
It's great to hear that NZ is an integral part of the Australasian bid for a giant radio-telescope network. The Square Kilometre Array promises to produce some great images of southern skies in the radio frequency band. Radio waves are part of the electromagnetic spectrum, just like light waves, and can be used to provide images of what's 'out there' that provide information that visible images don't.
It will (if the bid is successful) comprise of many, small dishes, but scattered over vast distances,across Australasia. There's a simple physics reason for having to do this. That's diffraction. When you have an aperture through which your waves are captured, the waves diffract (bend) and that limits the resolution you can have. Very approximately, your angular resolution in radians is about the wavelength divided by the aperture. For visible light, wavelengths are really small (about 0.6 microns), so there's not much diffraction – a rough estimate for diffraction caused by the pupil of your eye (say 6 mm across) would be one ten thousandth of a radian, or a bit less than one hundredth of a degree. That's pretty small. More likely, your sight will be much worse than this – limited by your ability of the eye to focus. Apertures (the width of the objective lens or mirror) of visible telescopes don't have to be particularly large to give really spectacular images of the planets and distant galaxies, etc. The main mirror of the Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 m across – that's plenty to go on.
But radio waves are much, much, much longer in wavelength. At say 100 MHz frequency, radio waves are about 3 m long. Compare that to the 0.6 microns of visible light – a cool five million times bigger. That means to get the same resolution as for the visible light, you need an aperture five million times larger. So, to get the same resolution as the unaided human eye has for light, that would require an aperture about 30 km across. That's why we need to go across continents to get really good images at the long wavelengths.
Effectively, two telescopes placed a distance apart (if they are suitably linked) provides a synthetic aperture of that size – and can produce an image of similar resolution to one with that aperture size. Scatter lots of networked telescopes across a continent and you're talking a pretty decent radio telescope.
At the end of last week I talked about watching the use of multiple choice scratch cards in an electronics tutorial. Well, on Monday afternoon, I tried them out myself, with two different groups of students. It was a first-year physics class – I have two tutorial groups of these, the first on Mondays from 3-4 pm; the second immediately following, 4-5 pm.
Now, my experience with the first group was similar to what I saw last week – more talking than usual as students worked out the correct answer and discussed it with each other. And that's good. They all participated – they all got to think through things themselves – and certainly for some of them learning was happening.
However, I was a bit surprised by how the second group took it. They had a different response; they seemed to take it as a very serious individual exercise – hardly any talking or sharing of responses. They were after marks that were better than anyone else's, even though what they got counted for nothing as far as the final course grade goes.
Interestingly, when I asked the two groups whether they wanted the same kind of thing next week, the first group were rather 'yeah-nah-yeah-whatever' about it, while the second were all for it.
Not sure what to make of it all – except I'll do it again next time.
There have been recent murmurings that Cold Dark Matter (CDM) is in trouble. Dark matter is stuff that is hypothesized to make up a fair chunk (23%-ish) of what is in the universe (as opposed to normal matter – the stuff we 'see' and experiment with – which may make up only 5% what's in the universe). The remaining 72%-ish would be 'Dark Energy' – more bizarre still.
The key word here is 'hypothesized'. No-one has seen dark matter – that's one of the problems with it – being dark it is almost by definition undetectable and so very very hard to research. The reason it is believed to exist is that, if you look at how galaxies move, there just isn't enough visible matter to account for it. Well, not according to our best current theories, anyway. It's hoped that the Large Hadron Collider will give some evidence for its existence, but, so far, nothing. (Interestingly, the LHC hasn't given us anything startling at all yet, but that might come with time.)
Now there is some evidence which goes against the current CDM hypothesis. Some computer simulations suggest, that if CDM were true, there would be many more dwarf galaxies close to the Milky Way than there actually are. So we have the hypothesis, we have a prediction from the hypothesis, and we have data that can test this prediction, and, the hypothesis doesn't stack up. That's a neat example of how science works.
Whether this means that CDM is completely off track, or whether it just means a modification of the CDM hypotheses are needed, remains to be seen. If it's the former, I wouldn't want to suggest that massive research time over the last 30 years or so has been 'wasted'. It's simply science doing its job – testing things so as to determine what's what with the world and the universe.
Recently I mentioned the use of scratch-cards to provide instant feedback for students. Yesterday, a colleague of mine tried it out on a class of 2nd year electronics students, and I sat in to watch.
The most obvious impact was that students talked to each other. We were in a packed room, set-up linearly, so students didn't face each other – not exactly conducive to conversation – but lots of talking happened. Students instructing students – that's got to be a good thing.
Interestingly, I noticed that students seemed to fall into two types – the first type was absolutely intent on getting the right answer first time – it didn't matter how slowly they progressed – they wanted a card with no mistakes on it. The second type was happy to hazard an intelligent guess and scratch away when they didn't know – and it didn't bother them that they took four scratches to hit on the correct choice. Does this mean anything? I don't know – it was just an unscientific bit of observation.
I'll give scratchies a go in one of my classes very soon.
A photon walks into a hotel and checks in. "Do you want a hand with your luggage?" asks the receptionist. "No thanks", replies the photon, "I'm travelling light".
Thanks to my friend Julie for that one. But it got me thinking about the quantum nature of things that may not immediately appear quantum-like. There's a neat little rule that says that the classical behaviour of a system can be 'derived' from the quantum behaviour by taking the limit of Planck's constant going to zero. An example is from the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. It tells us that we can't know position and momentum simultaneously to arbitrary accuracy – the uncertainty in our knowledge of position times the uncertainty on our knowledge of momentum must be greater than Planck's constant divided by 4 pi. So, if we know the position really well (its uncertainty is low) we can't know much about the momentum (its uncertainty is high). Now, let's assume Planck's constant is given the value zero rather than its real value of 6.626 times 10 to the power minus 34 Joule seconds. That tells us we CAN know position and momentum to arbitrary accuracy (since the product of their uncertainties is bigger than zero), which is the result we are intuitively familiar with in 'normal' things. (E.g. the car is travelling through this intersection at 50 km/h – we know both position and speed). It works for other things too – for example, the energy of a photon is given by its frequency times Planck's constant – if we assume Planck's constant is zero then photons would carry no energy at all (i.e. be irrelevant) – and light could be described perfectly by a wave. That's the classical result.
The reason that we don't experience many quantum effects in everyday life can be put down to Planck's constant being very very small. To get quantum behaviour showing, you need to look at very small length scales. If you want some theoretical physics fun, have a think about what would happen with everyday things if, say, Planck's constant were 1 Js. Life would be a bit different – we'd see quantum effects everywhere.
And finally, thanks to one of my third year students…
Heisenberg and Schrodinger are driving in a car and are pulled over by a traffic cop. "Excuse me sir", the policeman says to Heisenberg, "but do you know how fast you were travelling?" "No", replies Heisenberg, "but I can tell you exactly where I was".
The officer is not impressed. "Open the boot", he demands. After a look in, he walks round to Schrodinger. "Did you know there's a dead cat in the boot?", he asks. "I do now…" replies Schrodinger.
…by which, of course, I mean rugby balls.
To be precise, a rugby ball is a prolate ellipsoid – that is, something that is like a 3d version of an ellipse, but having a cross-section along its long axis of a circle. (A flying-saucer would be an oblate ellipsoid)
Rugby balls behave awkwardly. In one sense that's obvious – their awkward shape will lead to awkward movement, on the ground at least. But what about when in the air? Why is it hard to get a rugby ball to spin nicely and stay in one orientation (like the professionals can do?) Or, put another way, why is it so easy to make a rugby ball tumble all over the place in flight, making it more difficult for the opposing full-back to catch?
Once in the air, the rugby ball undergoes torque-free movement. (We'll neglect things like the Magnus effect). That means there's no external forces trying to create extra spin on the ball. The behaviour of an object in this situation can be described by Euler's equations (after the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler). I won't write them in a blog, but they are not that difficult to interpret if you know about rotational inertia and angular velocities.
These equations can be solved fairly simply in some cases. It turns out, that if you have a rugby ball that is spinning on its long axis (like you try to do when you pass to one of your teammates) the rotation is stable. That means, once you have established it rotating in this manner, it will remain doing so. If the ball is perturbed slightly off this spin (perhaps by a piece of flying mud) it will return to this direction.
However, the same is not true if you spin the ball about a short axis (so it tumbles end on end). In this case, the motion is critically stable – meaning that any perturbation is not corrected. The ball can easily lose this manner of motion, and start moving in another way. If you don't start it exactly in this way of movement, it's unlikely to stay there. Find yourself a rugby ball and try it.
Perhaps more interesting is the case when you have an object with three axes of different lengths (e.g. a paperback book). You'll find that if you try to spin the book about its long axis, or its short axis, these are stable, but about the middle axis the rotation is unstable. Try it. Take a book (a cuboid with three different length axes), hold it with its cover the right way up and facing you, and grip its bottom two corners. Now flip it in the air – try to get it to spin 360 degrees and catch it again, by its bottom two corners. See what happens. It's very difficult to do – the book will tumble around, because rotation about this middle axis is unstable. Any small perturbation from it will be magnified as the book spins. However, you try the same experiment spinning about one of the other axes of the book, and you'll find the motion stable.
Incidentally, if you take an object with three identical axes (e.g. a soccer ball), its rotations are critically stable in all directions, which is one reason why a soccer ball in flight can spin (and bend) in all kinds of whacky ways.
So it's Friday afternoon and I, like half the people at university today, are more focused on tonight's opening game than they are on work. So, I'm not feeling too inspired to put in a long blog entry today.
But I will mention that yesterday I tried a 'delayed mark' approach when I returned a piece of work to students. (It was a formal write-up of one of their lab experiments). That's one of the teaching strategies suggested by Phil Race. The point is that if you give students written feedback on their work AND a mark at the same time, the mark negates all the feedback and you might as well not have bothered. It's better to give them the feedback, then, later, give them the mark, when they've had time to read the feedback.
There were a few squeaks (rather than howls) of protest, but I think it was mostly because my poor students had never come across this approach before.
The question, though, as always, is "will it mean they do better in their next piece of work?". They start on another similar piece of work next week, so I'll get to find out. I guess if there's one thing that doing a Postgraduate Certificate in Tertiary Teaching has inspired me to do, it's to try things out.
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The Government of Ontario has introduced a new telephone help line for college and university students as part of its Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Strategy.
In Ontario, 10 percent of students had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year and three percent reported a suicide attempt. Suicide is five to seven times higher for First Nations and Inuit than non-Aboriginal youth.
When individuals with intellectual disability come in contact with police because of a crisis, a number of things can happen. They can be arrested, taken to an emergency room, or have the issue resolved on the spot.
The importance of inclusion in services for families has gained increasing attention over the past 40 years. What does it mean to be "inclusive" and how can you ensure that practices, programs, and policies are more inclusive of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit families?
Ontario hosted the annual meeting of provincial and territorial health and wellness ministers this month, with the group addressing mental health in Canada in its final communique.
The Caledon Institute of Social Policy, a Canadian social policy think tank, is nearing its crowdfunding goal of raising $20,000 to continue to collect data once gathered by the National Council on Welfare (NCW). As of Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, the Caledon Institute has raised more than $17,000.
The Colour of Poverty has released a tool that can be used within the health system to improve collection of socio-demographic data. The tool provides users with sample questions about a range of socio-demographic factors, including gender, sexual orientation, language, race, religion and other factors.
Two new evidence-based films from Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services explore the links between insecure employment and poor health.
On Thursday, October 10, 2013, mental health organizations across the globe will celebrate World Mental Health Day. Led by the World Federation of Mental Health, World Mental Health Day is supported by the World Health Organization as an important day to raise awareness and advocate for better care for those with mental health issues worldwide.
Recycle your used/old mobile phones at your local Bell store and help mental health initiatives across the country
By recycling their mobile devices through the Bell Blue Box Program, Canadians can support mental health initiatives while helping the environment. The program provides Canadians with an environmentally responsible way of disposing of their used mobile phones, batteries and accessories. Bell will donate net proceeds from the program to CMHA as part of its Bell Let's Talk mental health initiative.
You can return your used/old mobile devices to any Bell store.

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Something sweet is coming to downtown Elkin.
Claire St. Cyr is bringing her cakery, Confections by Claire, to Main Street.
Before having her own store front, St. Cyr was baking in the Twenty One and Main kitchen and was storing most of her baking supplies at her house.
"It's really nice to have everything in one space," she said. "I'll mainly be keeping cupcakes on hand to sell and will be working with people for special orders."
Her business is located above Dave's Antiques at 209 West Main Street, Suite 202.
St. Cyr specializes in cakes, pies and cupcakes for events such as birthdays, weddings and showers. For now, she will be taking orders and selling items in the store but is hoping to create a tasting room for brides.
"I want to expand my client base that I've already worked up through the past few years," she said. "I make a lot of wedding cakes but smaller stuff, like birthday cakes, are just as important."
St. Cyr moved to Elkin two years ago with her husband James of Prism Medical Products from Florida. She originally started out as a wedding planner before finding her love for baking.
During the Pumpkin Festival, St. Cyr will be selling pumpkin flavored goodies such as pumpkin spice cupcakes.
Confections by Claire will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Wednesday through Saturday, Sept. 21.
To reach Claire St. Cyr at Confections by Claire for an event, visit her at the shop or call at 336-756-3600.
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Updated: 06/02/2013 1:36 PM KSTP.com By: Cassie Hart
Tim Samaras
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Three veteran storm chasers were among the 10 people killed Friday night when a violent tornado barreled into the Oklahoma City metro area.
Jim Samaras told The Associated Press on Sunday that his brother Tim Samaras was killed. Tim Samaras' son, Paul Samaras, and another chaser, Carl Young, also died.
The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said the men were involved in tornado research. They traveled the Great Plains in search of bad weather, hoping to warn people ahead of tornadoes and to help meteorologists understand the natural disasters.
The three died Friday night near El Reno when an EF3 tornado with winds up to 165 mph hit the Oklahoma City area during rush hour.
"They put themselves in harm's way so that they can educate the public about the destructive power of these storms," Canadian County Undersheriff Chris West said of the men Sunday after Oklahoma's governor turned out to view damage in his area.
Tim Samaras had appeared on the Discovery Channel's "Storm Chasers" show until last year.
"We are deeply saddened by the loss of Tim Samaras his son Paul and their colleague Carl Young. Our thoughts and prayers go out to their families," Discovery Channel spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg said.
The channel planned to dedicate a show Sunday night to the three men, capping the broadcast with a tribute that will read: "In memory of Tim Samaras, Carl Young and Paul Samaras who died Friday, May 31st doing what they love, chasing storms."
A family member posted this statement on Tim Samaras' Facebook page at 5:30 a.m. Sunday morning:
"I'm Jim Samaras - Tim Samaras's brother. Thank you to everyone for the condolences. It truly is sad that we lost my great brother Tim and his great son, Paul. Our hearts also go out to the Carl Young family as well as they are feeling the same feelings we are today. They all unfortunately passed away but doing what they LOVED. Chasing Tornado's. I look at it that he is in the 'big tornado in the sky...' We (the family) will keep folks aware of what the funeral estrangements are, but please in the meantime keep Tim and Paul in your thoughts and prayers."
Tim Samaras was 55 and his son Paul was 24. Carl Young was 45.
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Each year there is a growing number of homes and businesses that are new construction or are in need of repair. Increasing energy cost and environmental awareness has changed the nature of this work to require higher quality construction with lower impact on our natural resources. To meet this ever growing demand for highly skilled workers, the Building Construction Trades department, at York Technical College has developed programs that give students the necessary hands on training while also preparing them for lifelong learning of emerging technologies.
The Building Construction Trades department offers certificates and Associate Degrees in the following trades: Air Conditioning, Carpentry, Construction Management, Electrical Wiring and Plumbing. Certificate programs offer students the opportunity to gain concentrated training in a specific trade in as little as 16 weeks. Afterwards, they can continue their training by selecting another skills area and work towards an Associate Degree.
Department Mission
The mission of this department is to offer accessible, relevant and high quality education by providing a comprehensive program of systematic, competency-based instruction in the field of building construction with a focus on: Air Conditioning, Carpentry, Construction Management, Electrical and Plumbing.
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Something light for dinner....
So the boyfriend comes home around 7PM and has to play ice hockey at 11:30 pm. Any suggestions for a light meal? He usually doesn't like to eat before he plays but said he'd have to eat tonight since the game is so late...any suggestions? He has no dietary restrictions except he hates shrimp. Simple would be best for a neophyte like myself :) Thanks in advance!
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What's New
The 2006 GMC Sierra offers a new base-model 1500 SL Crew Cab that is actually less expensive than last year's model, plus a new Extended Cab version with a short, 5-foot 8-inch cargo box. A new VortecMAX Performance Package, which is designed to improve towing capability, is offered on select models. Extended and Crew Cab models powered by the 5.3L V-8 engine see a gross vehicle weight rating increase for improved payload capability. And the Hybrid model is now available nationwide. Meanwhile, Quadrasteer four-wheel steering has been dropped.
The Sierra full-size pickup is GMC's version of the Chevrolet Silverado. The 1500 series comprises Sierra's 1/2-ton light-duty segment, although it does include a 1500 HD (heavy duty) model that tends to blur the distinction between light-duty 1/2-ton Sierras and the Sierra HDs that consist of 3/4-ton 2500 and 3500 models. The 1500 Series' new base-model Crew Cab and Extended Cab/short box models add to an already diverse lineup. The arrival of the short, 5-foot 8-inch cargo box associated with the new Extended Cab model now gives the Sierra three cargo box lengths instead of two: short (5-foot 8-inch), standard (6-foot 6-inch), and long (8 feet). The Sierra is available in two-wheel and four-wheel drive, with a variety of trim levels to choose from.
GMC also offers a host of powerplant choices that are enhanced with the arrival of the VortecMAX Performance Package. This special package boosts the towing capability to as much as 10,000 pounds on select models. It utilizes a high-output Vortec 6000 engine rated at 345 hp and 380 lb.-ft. of torque. The package also includes a heavy-duty 9.5-inch axle, automatic locking differential, heavy-duty trailering package, 17-inch wheels, and special badging. GMC also offers several alternative-fuel engine variations such as compressed natural gas, bi-fuel (which operates on compressed natural gas or gasoline), and another system (E85) that runs on a mix of ethanol and gasoline.
The Sierra Hybrid pickup goes nationwide in 2006. GMC says that this model has the best highway fuel economy of any full-size V-8 pickup, thanks to an electric motor that automatically takes over for the gasoline engine at stops. The best fuel gains are seen in city driving with frequent stops. The Hybrid also features generating capacity for four ground-fault protected, 120-volt electrical outlets that can operate a host of household accessories.
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The segment sales leader is the Ford F-150, with 579,820 units sold in calendar year 2005, followed by the Sierra's Chevrolet twin, the Silverado, with 445,585 sales, according to the J.D. Power and Associates Sales Report.SM Sierra is GMC's volume-leading sales line, tallying 135,529 sales in calendar year 2005. The balance of the segment consists of the Ford Super Duty models, the Chevrolet Silverado HD, light- and heavy-duty Dodge Ram Pickups, Toyota Tundra, GMC's Sierra HD, Nissan Titan, and Chevrolet Avalanche.
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CHHS hoops coach Walton leaves door open for Perkins' return
There could be spots on the bench at Chapel Hill High School for former interim basketball coach Lason Perkins, as well as those who coached with him, new Tigers' coach Bill Walton said Thursday at the headquarters of Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools during his first meeting with the local media.
Perkins said he has not spoken with Walton.
Walton said he has reached out to the assistant coaches who worked alongside Perkins.
"They want to hear me out and see what my goals and plans are. They've made no promises. They're in a tough spot. I understand," Walton said. "I would love to talk to Mr. Perkins. … He would be invaluable, because he's worked with the kids all these years."
Chapel Hill-Carrboro's Board of Education last week announced that Walton would take over the basketball program at Chapel Hill High.
Last season, Perkins guided the Tigers to a 19-8 record and the second round of the state's 3-A playoffs. Chapel Hill shared the 3-A Big Eight Conference championship with Orange High School.
But Chapel Hill principal Sulura Jackson chose not to retain Perkins. She hasn't spoken publicly about the reason for her decision, but a good number of folks who either played for or coached with Perkins told school board members that it would be a mistake to give the job to anybody but him.
Walton — 54, from rural Virginia and with aound three decades of coaching experience — said he knows what it's like to have coached on an interim basis. That particular situation, he said, worked out for him when the coach he eventually replaced stepped down. He said he gets it with respect to what Perkins and his supporters might be going through.
"Sure it's frustrating. Do I understand? Yes," Walton said. "I have no idea what happened with the process. There was an opening. … I applied, interviewed, I was offered the job."
Walton said he didn't know Jackson prior to the hiring process. He has arrived at Chapel Hill High from Reidsville High School, where he said tension-related headaches earlier this year led to his resignation as the school's head basketball coach.
Of course, there will be pressure at Chapel Hill High, a program that has had plenty of success in a town that loves its basketball, Walton said.
"I know there's a lot of pressure here. I look forward to it. I'm fully capable of that. I've been in some big-time games and have won some and probably lost more than I've won. But I've been under that pressure before — and scrutiny."
After Walton left Reidsville's bench in January, the Rams finished the season 7-11 and did not make it to the state's 2-A playoffs.
Reidsville and Carrboro High School both play basketball in the Mid-State Conference.
The essentially year-round nature of high school basketball means Chapel Hill High' team has some catching up to do on account of the lull created by the coaching vacancy, Walton said.
"I am behind, and with dead periods coming up next week and two weeks away, that's tough," Walton said. "We all know you have to work year-round. You've got to bust your tail year-round to stay competitive and be better. That, I'm concerned about."
Walton said he was planning to meet last night for the time with the players he'll be coaching.
Former N.C. State guard Cameron Bennerman played for Walton when he coached at Greensboro's Grimsley High School. Bennerman, who has played professional basketball overseas, is in the area working at a basketball camp at NCSU, Walton said. The coach said said he's reached out to Bennerman about helping him coach at Chapel Hill High.


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Keynote Presentation: Active Interest Media's Blueprint for Brand Extension
No matter how far a publisher expands its multiplatform strategy, it always emerges from the same place: a strong, core brand. But the particulars of that growth are hard to pinpoint in a market that's changing so quickly. Active Interest Media's specialty is identifying niche print brands that have high multiplatform potential. The company has practically blueprinted an expansion formula from print to digital to events, and many other ancillary brand opportunities. Here, CEO Efrem "Skip" Zimbalist discusses how to leverage brand equity into new lines of business and why, even in niche publishing, the imperative to do so has never been stronger.
Spin-Offs, Launches and Colonizing New Niches: Identifying The Opportunities
The media world is more crowded than ever, as barriers to entry fall and new players emerge. But you have a powerful brand and you're in a great position to find new seams of activity that allow you to slice off submarkets—in print, live events or digital media—and enjoy the growth that comes with it. In this panel discussion, hear from entrepreneurs who thrive on "nichifying" their audiences share their secrets—teaching you how to identify new launch opportunities, determine resources, reality-check the strategy and build a bullet-proof budget.
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- When your existing brand is critical, and when a new one is the way to go.
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It used to be that the best salespeople listened to marketing objectives and sought to align solutions to those objectives. But marketing, database technologies, and Web-based measurement tools, have advanced to the point that your customers sometimes know more about what their solutions need to be than you do. What you need to do is insight selling, where you're wiling to upend your customers' approach and present provocative new perspectives on still-emerging business situations. In this interactive sales-training session you'll learn the new rules for needs analysis, consultative selling and closing business in a dramatically new digital environment.
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Magazine companies tend to develop workflows and processes that take on lives of their own, and which we all take for granted. This is not good in an era of disruption, where digital media presents new opportunities and significant threats. Ever wonder what it would be like if you were "acquiring" yourself? In this step-by-step, instructive session led by two of the industry's top executives, learn the value of looking at your company from the outside in, as well as perhaps finding some surprising things in your P+L.
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These days, digital media is on the strategic front-burner, even while print is thriving and re-engineered to leverage other channels. Social media is a big opportunity for engaging audience. Mobile has great potential as an "always-on" marketing channel. Your Web site itself is a perfect place for producing commerce. Sit in for a radically new 2014 take on a timeless business formula—leveraging your brand into new markets and revenue streams. In this fast-paced panel discussion, we'll show you how to put your digital platform into overdrive, including:
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From wine festivals to awards ceremonies to tradeshows, events are a natural brand extension for magazine companies. Events are higher-margin assets that many publishers are expanding very quickly. Learn how to take that one or two-event group and scale it so you're producing double or even triple the amount of events, with key approaches to creating new formats, sponsorship opportunities, resource allocation and team structure. Our panel of event innovators will:
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Ad salespeople too often think small—when you're writing a proposal, always "add a zero." In today's multimedia world, big ideas—custom ideas—are more important than ever. In this session, which will be like your personal sales training course from one of the most innovative sales leaders in the magazine world, you'll learn how to motivate your staff to get more business through big ideas. Learn:
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- How to convert an ad schedule into a marketing concept that elicits client buy-in.
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