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The federal judiciary features a highly decentralized system of courts. The Supreme Court of the United States reviews only a few dozen cases each year. Meanwhile, regional U.S. courts of appeals operate independently of each other; district courts further divide and separate the exercise of federal judicial power. The role of the state courts in enforcing federal law further subdivides responsibility for the adjudication of federal law claims. Indeed, the Office of Chief Justice itself incorporates and reflects this vesting of the judicial power of the United States exclusively in collegial institutions--literally in a multiplicity of hands--effectively precluding its unilateral or precipitate exercise by a single person. The standard narrative posits that the radically decentralized nature of federal judicial power is a vice, rather than a virtue, because it renders federal law, including constitutional law, non-uniform based solely on the accident of geography.
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In many contexts and all too often, the familiar escapes careful or thoughtful consideration. Precisely because it is familiar, we unconsciously assume it to be fixed and unchangeable; indeed, we come simply to accept it as a background condition. This general principle holds true with respect to both law and legal institutions. For example, few reasonable people would agree to create a legislative body in which California, with over 30 million citizens, enjoys the same representation and voting power as Wyoming or North Dakota, which each have less than a million residents. (1) As Professor Sanford Levinson observes, "[t]he equal-vote rule in the Senate makes an absolute shambles of the idea that in the United States the majority of the people rule[s]." (2) Yet, path dependence seems to insulate this institution from sustained public criticism as radically undemocratic; most people in the contemporary United States simply accept the equal representation of the states in the Senate. Thus, an historical anomaly associated with the Connecticut Compromise goes largely unchallenged. (3)
In a similar vein, relatively little sustained attention has been devoted to the institutional structure of the federal courts. (4) The institution includes the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. courts of appeals, and U.S. district courts. Moreover, the state judiciaries also should be included on any flow chart of the exercise of judicial power over federal questions given that these courts also routinely hear and decide important questions of federal law. Despite the central importance of institutional structure to the exercise of "[t]he judicial Power of the United States," we tend not to think very much-or very carefully--about either the structure of the federal courts or the Office of Chief Justice.
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Mike Harris has covered sports with a heavy concentration on motor sports for 43 years, including the past 40 with The Associated Press. After growing up in Madison, Wis., Harris graduated from the University of Wisconsin in Jan. 1967 and began his full-time journalism career later that year with The Rockford (Ill.) Morning Star and Register-Republic. After 18 months covering a variety of news and sports for the Rockford paper, Harris took a job as a newsman with AP in Chicago. After a brief apprenticeship on the news desk in Chicago, Harris spent five years as Indiana Sports Editor, five years as a sports writer in the Cleveland bureau and became the AP's Motorsports Writer in January, 1980. Over the next 30 years, he covered every aspect of motorsports, as well as reporting from the LA and Seoul Olympics and the 1980 Super Bowl. Last May's Indianapolis 500 was the 40th of his career. Along the way, Harris twice won the Frank Blunk Award, as well as the Henry McLemore Award and the Ray Marquette Award, among others. His coverage of the death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001 was honored as AP's Story of the Year. After retiring from AP in July 2009, Harris decided to continue his career writing for RacinToday.com. He lives in Wake Forest, N.C., with Judy, his wife of 41 years. They have two grown children, Tory Harris and Lanni Isenberg.
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In a wide-ranging telephone conversation this week, my son suddenly said, "I have an idea for a column you could write.''
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A little of the gloss is off the rose known as Danica Patrick after a difficult and disappointing season.
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While covering NASCAR for more than three decades it has become apparent to me that the differences between being a contender and an also-ran are often very small.
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With the first release of Automotive Grade Linux, Linux isn't just for servers, supercomputers and phones anymore.
The first release of Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) is out today, providing car vendors with an open-source platform on which to embed applications and features. AGL officially started in September 2012 as a collaboration project operated by the Linux Foundation and currently has 32 members, including Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Jaguar and Intel, on its roster.
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Benjamin Siegrist has extended his loan spell at Burton Albion.
The Swiss U21 goalkeeper moved to the Pirelli Stadium on a temporary basis in November.
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Brewers boss Gary Rowett said: "Benji has massive potential and it is only because of Dean Lyness' form and the team's results that he hasn't got his chance yet.
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Center Grove also is expanding its world language courses, offering a class in basic Spanish vocabulary and culture for sixth- and seventh-graders, while eighth-graders will be able to take a full year of a foreign language, or one semester of Spanish. That means, starting next school year, middle school students can leave eighth grade with high school credits in math, biology and a world language, director of curriculum Wendy Kruger said.
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Elisa Horne, who has two students at Center Grove Middle School North and was part of the original group of parents who spoke to school officials in 2012, still worries that Center Grove's middle school courses aren't as rigorous as those at surrounding school districts.
"I do not think that they have truly created a continuing, high ability portion to the middle school, at all," Horne said.
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Horne worries that if students don't have more chances to take challenging middle school courses, then they'll opt out of rigorous high school courses they don't feel prepared for. She thinks that is why Center Grove doesn't have more graduates earning academic honors diplomas.
Thirty-three percent of Center Grove High School graduates earned academic honors diplomas in 2011, and parents believed additional rigorous middle school courses would enable more to earn the honors diploma. About 40 percent of Center Grove's 2012 graduates earned academic honors diplomas, which was less than other central Indiana school districts including Carmel Clay schools, where nearly half of graduates earned academic honors diplomas, according to data from the Indiana Department of Education.
Horne's eighth-grade son won't be able to take any of the advanced science classes being offered at the middle school before starting at Center Grove High School next year. He already completed Algebra I for high school credit in seventh grade and is taking geometry now.
The middle school doesn't offer geometry, so Horne's son had to give up band in order to take the class at the high school. Horne's sixth-grade daughter, who also wants to take Algebra I and geometry in high school, will likely have to drop band to take geometry as well, Horne said.
Right now, Center Grove has about 19 middle school students who take Algebra I as seventh-graders, but not enough students who would take geometry in eighth grade to add that class at one of the middle schools, Kruger said.
At Greenwood Middle School, eighth-grade students who want to take geometry also go to Greenwood Community High School for the course. The middle school also offers honors classes to sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in math, language arts, social studies and science so that students will be better prepared for more challenging classes in the subjects in high school, director of guidance Paul Reuter said.
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Students at Franklin Community Middle School can take advanced language arts and math classes, and students also can take Algebra I and a second math course for high school credit at the middle school, Creekside Elementary principal and high ability coordinator Mark Heiden said.
Officials also are reviewing the honors and advanced courses now being offered at Franklin Community High School. If high school courses are changed or upgraded, school officials also could decide to make changes to middle school courses to ensure students are better prepared when they get to the high school, Heiden said.
Center Grove Grove's middle and high school test scores show the school district is equipping students with the math and science courses they'll need after graduation, Kruger said.
Between 92 percent and 95 percent of the students at the two middle schools passed the math portion of ISTEP last school year, while between 78 percent and 86 percent of students passed the science portion of the exam, according to the department of education.
At Center Grove High School, 81 percent of students passed the Algebra I end-of-course assessment last year, which is required for graduation and tests students on the lessons they learned in the course. About 73 percent of last year's students passed the Biology I end-of-course exam, which isn't required for graduation, according to the department of education.


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A Filipina who has served at the Norwegian Ambassador's residence in Berne, Switzerland for three decades and worked under ten Norwegian ambassadors to that European country was recently bestowed His Majesty, the King's Commemorative Medal for her loyal service.
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Dunlap led Scott Paper with that sort of ruthless behavior. Not only did thousands of employees lose their jobs, plant closings adversely affected numerous communities. Yet it seemed like Dunlap had achieved the formula for success when he sold Scott Paper to Kimberly-Clark for $2.8 billion and walked away with his own $100 million golden parachute.
Over time, Dunlap's true colors emerged. He took the reins as CEO of Sunbeam in 1996. As with Scott Paper, he implemented measures to make the company profitable at all costs, even if they were unethical or illegal. However, instead of scoring success, he eventually led the company into bankruptcy.
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Sometimes the metaphor, "flash in the pan," is used to describe leaders like Dunlap. They appear to be great leaders, but this short-term assessment proves an illusion. Over time, the value of leaders focused on the short-term to the detriment of the long-term becomes clearer.
On the other extreme are long-haul leaders. These are leaders whose tenures don't launch with any great recognition or fanfare. Over time, however, the greatness of their leadership surfaces. Some will remark that the leader "came out of nowhere." Rarely is that the case. Leaders who shine over the long haul have been in formation for years. They work hard but rarely get recognition for a season. At some point, however, the value of their leadership shows.?
For nearly 30 years, my research team and I have examined leaders and their attributes. Those I describe as "long haul" leaders have proved especially intriguing. We wanted to know more specifics about how they built their careers to become leaders of renown. Taking a closer look helped us to see the presence of four dominating traits in such great individuals:
Key #1: Passion
Key #1: Passion
The long-haul leaders continually made choices to work in areas where they had passion for their jobs. They made tough decisions at times to take lower-paying jobs so they could follow their dreams. Passionate workers become passionate leaders. Passionate leaders often become great leaders. One leader told us, "I refuse to work at any job unless I can be totally sold out to what I'm doing."
Key #2: Work ethic
Key #2: Work ethic
Because they were passionate about their work, long-haul leaders had a strong work ethic. They did what was necessary to get the job done. They were not clock punchers. Because they so loved their work, they rarely saw their vocation as work. Instead, it was fun and rewarding.
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Key #3: Persistence
Some of the stories of long-haul leaders are nothing short of amazing. They were the leaders who stuck with their passion when others had thrown in the towel. They measured success in increments instead of one big fanfare. They understood that success is sometimes three steps forward and two steps backwards.
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Key #4: Humility
Long-haul leaders experience trials. They at times endure failures. They are often disregarded before they gain any recognition. In those times they learn humility. They learn what is like to be last and hungry. So when they do have their moment of breakout leadership, they accept the rewards with humility and gratitude. They are the antithesis of "entitled" leaders.
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How to Build a Pokemon Deck
Playing Pokémon is fun and challenging, and the cards are made so that different sets play together. There's no need to be locked into "pre-constructed" decks, the ones made by the manufacturer - you can make your own, choosing your favorites from any set you wish. This tutorial will help you build your own deck so you can begin playing at tourneys and a local league!
1Think of the kind of deck you want. Do you like to play Water and Fire Pokémon, or Psychic and Fighting? Most people only have two different types of Pokémon in their deck. Sometimes certain decks may effectively use more than two, and sometimes decks use only one.
- Try to make your types complement each other if possible — for example, Water and Electricity are good companions, as are Fire and Grass.
- Take into account the weaknesses of your types, too. If your Psychic-types have weakness to dark, play Fighting types (because most Dark Pokémon have Fighting weakness) to counter Dark-type Pokémon.
- Remember that you can use colorless type Pokémon in any kind of deck to bulk it up and fill in gaps, and they often have many helpful effects. They often can use any kind of energy, too, so they can be used in any deck.
2Have a strategy in mind about how to win or get your opponent to lose. In the Pokémon TCG, you can win in one of three ways: Collect your opponent's six prize cards, make your opponent run out of Pokémon on the field, or make your opponent run out of cards to draw at the beginning of his/her turn. Ask yourself:
- Which condition will your deck focus on to win the game? How will it best achieve that?
- What are the ways that your opponent might counter your strategy? Which cards can you use to minimize your weaknesses and maximize your strengths?
3Remember to keep good balance as you choose. Many decks stick with roughly 20 Pokémon, 25 trainers, and around 15 energies for a good mix, although it often depends on the type of deck you're playing.
- For example, a Blastoise/Keldeo-EX Deck from the 2012 City Championships sported 14 Pokémon, 32 trainers, and 14 energy.[1] It all depends on what you're trying to do.
4Think about the game as a three-role play. First of all, you need to run multiple copies of your main attacker, and you'll need more of the Basic Pokémon than of the Stage 2, fully evolved ones, to be sure that you have an Active Pokémon and plenty for your bench.
- The Basics will get knocked out quickly, so be sure you have some evolutions to later stage Pokémon up your sleeve, and evolve as quickly as possible to give your game some substance after the first wave of little ones are done.
- Finally, make sure you're thinking about your end game, and have one or two really big 1-hit K.O.ers you can draw for late in play. Most decks have a 'start' card like Cleffa or Pichu, cards like these can help your set-up.
5Balance your cards. It's good to use cards that help each other. It needs to be a good deck! Strategy is important!
- Look for synergies in cards. For example, Hydreigon and Darkrai-EX are a great at moving around Pokémon and energies freely. Look for other great combination to use for your advantage.
6Choose your trainers to best advantage with your Pokémon. You will need a good 5-8 cards for draw power; if you can't get the necessary cards, you cannot win.
- Remember that you can put up to 4 of any given card in your deck, and if your deck relies heavily on a particular event, you should boost your chances of making that event happen by putting several copies of the crucial cards in your deck.
- You should have around 5 or so cards to support and boost up your Pokémon. Any remaining space can be used to combat against frequently used cards or weaknesses, or to refresh your hand/bench.
7Test your deck by drawing as if you were playing against an opponent. Remember, to begin play, you must draw at least one basic Pokémon, so be sure you have plenty of Basics to insure that you get a good opening draw.
8Include plenty of trainer and supporter cards. They can search your deck for any card you happen to need at the moment, Pokémon or energy. Include drawing cards to gain you advantage and replenish your hand. Also, use EXs, since they are vastly more powerful than most other basics, and get Pokémon with useful abilities.
9Don't stock too many evolutions. Nowadays, most decks use EXs for quick board presence and power. Some exceptions to this rule are useful evolutions like Pyroar or Eelektrik. The longer it takes to evolve your Pokémon, the more time your opponent has to attack and set up.
Community Q&A
How do I start an electric and dark Pokemon deck?
- You shouldn't. The abilities of dark Pokemon is weak against fighting type, but the abilities of flying, psychic and fairy Pokemon are good against fighting type. If you want an electric type deck, ground is effective against it. Again, you need to counter that attack; so either water, grass, or ice is what you want, because ground type cards are not effective against these types.
How do I play Pokemon correctly?
- Draw six cards and lay them on your left side in three rows of two. Next, draw seven cards.These cards will be your hand. Place one basic Pokemon face down strait out in front of you. Any other basics you may place down below your active (middle forward) Pokemon as your bench. You can have up to five Pokemon on your bench. Place the rest of your deck on your right. A turn goes as follows: First you may attach one energy to one of your Pokemon per turn. You may play one supporter per turn but as many item cards as you want. Attack by attaching the required energies. Once a Pokemon is knocked out the attacker takes a prize card. To win, take all your prize cards, run the enemy out of cards, or run them out of Pokemon.
- Try using trainer cards that allow you to reuse other trainer cards to your advantage.
- If you haven't already, find a league. It will help you test play, and others can help you by trading. You can also make friends.
- Remember to keep your cards safe and in good condition, and keep your good cards in cases.
- Get cards or Pokémon that allow you to retrieve cards from the discard pile, like Vs. Seeker or Milotic. You can combine these with Battle Compressor to effectively search cards out of your deck.
- Remember, a Pokémon TCG deck can only have 60 cards. Nothing more, nothing less.
- Don't forget that basic Pokémon are good. When you build your deck you need many basic Pokémon.
- Use Pokémon and trainer cards that compliment each other. For example, you would want to keep a tank that gains HP using energy cards on the field for as long as possible, so consider getting healing trainer cards and Pokémon.
- Keep cards you don't need, you might think it's useless, but others might think it's a treasure for their deck.
- Keep your energy-to-damage ratios in mind. Choose Pokémon that deal lots of damage (or provide status ailments) for low amounts of energy.
- Make sure you include at least one evolution with good offensive attacks in your deck, because Pyroar is a big threat in the current (2015) metagame, and it will wall basics.
- The current Pokémon metagame is highly offensive. Most decks rely on attacking the opponent to win, and cards that increase damage like Muscle Band and Hypnotoxic Laser are very helpful.
- Energy acceleration cards like Double Colorless are good for cards with high energy requirements. Most energy acceleration cards are designed for certain deck types, like Xerneas for fairy decks, Virizion-EX for grass, or Emboar for fire decks.
- Try not to play an excessively frustrating deck (i.e., one that barely allows others to play at all, or thwarts their every move) when practicing with friends or playing for fun, because this ruins the fun for others. It's especially important when teaching a new player. If you crush, decimate and destroy your newbie opponent, s/he won't have fun, and most likely, won't want to play with you again. But if you allow the newbie to use the stronger deck, you'll help them understand more complex play early on, and encourage them by giving them positive experiences in their first games.
- If your Pokémon have high retreat costs, get cards like Float Stone, Switch, or Escape Rope. Darkrai-EX works for Dark decks, and Glaceon for Plasma decks.
- When making a Pokémon deck remember that having a strong attacking Pokémon is not the whole game.
- A Pokémon or deck's weakness can also be helpful, such as a weak Pokémon not having a retreat cost, or a mill deck where it's hard to draw basics in your starting hand. In the latter, the opponent would likely take the opportunity to draw extra cards, which will bring them closer to their defeat.
- Sometimes evolving your Pokémon is not the most beneficial choice, such as with Jigglypuff and Wigglytuff if you want a support Pokémon. Jigglypuff does less damage but puts the opponent's Pokémon to sleep, while Wigglytuff is pure damage. If you want to stall the opponent so you can attach energies, Jigglypuff would by far be the better choice.
- As you gain experience in the game, consider removing some of the Pokémon that aren't related to your main attacker, and replacing them with Trainers that allow you to search your deck for evolutions, or skip an evolution stage.
- Use powerful basic pokemon for maximum damage and utility with minimum investment, like Legendaries, and EX Pokémon. If you rely on evolutions, use search cards and evolution acceleration like Wally and Rare Candy.
- Use attack bonuses well. For example, Round does more damage depending on how many Pokemon on your side of the field have Round, so it's generally a good idea to use an attack with added on bonuses very strategically.
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While our celebrities are busy celebrating Ganpati festival by keeping Ganpati at their home, the dashing actor Eijaz Khan who is currently seen as Vikrant in Shashi Sumeet Productions' Punar Vivaah Ek Nayi Umeed on Zee TV, thought of celebrating it in a very special way. Eijaz who is known for his noble cause and his association with Muskaan - Sharing Smiles Foundation took an initiative to make the kids day special on Ganesh Chaturthi.
Eijaz took the kids of Muskaan Foundation to Phoenix City Mall in Mumbai and had lots of fun with them and worshiped Lord Ganesha with all of them. We called up Eijaz to hear from him.
Eijaz told us, "There were 30 kids from the NGO and I took all of them to the mall. We clicked pictures together and had lots of fun. There was a snow Ganpati kept there so we all worshiped Ganpati and did the Aaarti. We had Modak as prasad which were little frozen because of the low temperature. Then the kids enjoyed the rides and the snow land. We had snow fights and they threw lots of snow upon me."
When we asked Eijaz about his idea of celebrating the festival with the kids, he further added, "We all are so busy in our schedules that we don't care much for others. In order to get something in life, we must learn to give first because whatever we have got in life it's all because of someone's blessing and good wishes for you. So, I wish that other people also come forward and support the cause so that these kids will get more support and have a better future ahead."
We appreciate your work Eijaz!
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