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by Luke Hancock
The final was played in the most good natured spirit that any of the judges have agreed they have ever seen. Stephen Campbell had qualified through the Meatgrinders to reach the Final while Kim had done well in his semi final matchup.
Kim drew an opening hand of 6 land and a Vine Trellis and kept the hand while a confident Campbell played only land, holding his control cards in his hand until the 5th turn. Brebach's first play was a Vine Trellis on the 3rd turn while his only attempt at disruption was a Plow Under that was countered. Stephen's 6th turn Parallax Wave basically sealed the game as he began infini-Wave, removing a Hermit and company and also an Elder before Brebach conceded.
Campbell leads 1-0
Brebach began this game somewhat quicker than the 1st, busting out a Tangle Wire on the 3rd turn, while Campbell kept playing Diamonds to increase his mana base before he went for his lock. The game stalled out for a while Stephen defended against a Hermit and an Armageddon, with Brebach attempted to disrupt Campbell's mana base of Diamonds with 2 Splinters. Campbell eventually set up his lock and Brebach conceded again to hand the championship to Stephen Campbell.
Campbell wins the Championship 2-0.
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This is a cool, hip, funky diaper bag that comes with 4 different sizes of bags and 1 changing pad. It has enough space to hold those essentials needed for a day out. Description: Color: khaki and cream with dots Material: Microfiber/210T Fabric with waterproof Polyester lining This waterproof diaper baby bag includes 5 pieces. Features of two main bags: With one outside front pocket, two side pockets, one inner pocket. Outside front pocket and inner pocket with zipper closure. These two bags closed with double zippers and hook and loop fasteners . Can be toted by hands or carried by single shoulder. Length of main big bag's strap: 107cm Length of medium bag's strap: 92cm Sizes of the accessories: Main Tote Diaper Bag(W x T x D): Approx. 41 x 30 x 15 cm Medium Bag(W x T x D): Approx. 30 x 26 x 10 cm Small Bag(Diameter x T): Approx.. 12 x 7 cm Bottle Holder Bag(Diameter x T): Approx. 8 x 20 cm Changing Pad(L x W): Approx. 31 x 54 cm Package Includes: 4 x bag 1 x pad


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Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience
Professor Wulfram Gerstner
Wulfram Gerstner is Director of the Laboratory of Computational Neuroscience LCN at the EPFL. He studied physics at the universities of Tubingen and Munich and received a PhD from the Technical University of Munich. His research in computational neuroscience concentrates on models of spiking neurons and spike-timing dependent plasticity, on the problem of neuronal coding in single neurons and populations, as well as on the role of spatial representation for navigation of rat-like autonomous agents. He currently has a joint appointment at the School of Life Sciences and the School of Computer and Communications Sciences at the EPFL. He teaches courses for Physicists, Computer Scientists, Mathematicians, and Life Scientists.
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LeAnn Rimes - GAC ALBUM REVIEW: LEANN RIMES' SPITFIRE
May 31, 2013
After several years of intense scrutiny for highly publicized personal matters, LeAnn Rimes opens up in impressive fashion on her revealing new album, Spitfire. Due in stores June 4, Spitfire is easily the 30-year-old singer/songwriter's most personal project to date as she directly addresses the firestorm of emotions surrounding her affair, divorce from first husband Dean Sheremet and subsequent marriage to Eddie Cibrian.
Albums with the emotional punch of Spitfire don't come around often, and it's hard to understate the level of vulnerability on display through the project's 13 songs. LeAnn co-wrote eight of these, and when paired with producer / arranger Darrell Brown's (Radney Foster, Neil Young) unpolished and open production, the set not only touches raw nerves, but it grabs them and yanks down hard.
In retrospect, LeAnn's 2011 cover album Lady & Gentlemen – her first after tabloids lit up in 2009 with news of her affair – now feels like a breather as she was collecting her thoughts. From the nasty acoustic lick that opens up the impassioned lead song, the title-track "Spitfire," it's clear LeAnn has something to say. In fact, the very first line of the record is, If I were to untie my tongue, I could use it like a whip. Though there's anger here, Spitfire itself is not an angry record – it's a soul searching one.
The sad, expansive, "What Have I Done," featuring Alison Krauss and Union Station member Dan Tyminski, is pained with the knowledge of the hurt she's caused. The yearning, "Borrowed," and tempo-driven, "I Do Now," are both taken from an adulterer's point of view. In the latter, she's drowning lonely sorrows with a new appreciation for Hank Sr. and Merle Haggard's lovesick blues. I thought I found a new love at the bottom of a glass, she sings after her actions caused her husband to leave. And with a fluttering melody on "Just A Girl Like You," LeAnn delivers one of the album's most dynamic vocal performances with a message that she feels and experiences the same things as anyone else. It's incredibly humanizing and makes songs like the traditional-leaning "A Waste Is A Terrible Thing To Mind" all the more powerful, stinging with real regret while ¾-time acoustic chords support a fragile voice.
The breezy "Bottle," which is actually not about alcohol, and the snappy "You've Ruined Me," featuring a nice little 8th-note bass line, are about as close as Spitfire comes to pop influenced country. More often, the project extends well into Americana territory where LeAnn's bluesy inflections feel right at home. The Buddy Miller/Julie Miller-penned, "Gasoline and Matches," featuring Rob Thomas of rock band Matchbox 20 and guitarist Jeff Beck, burns with passion through a retro-leaning backbeat. The wide open "God Takes Care Of Your Kind" (interestingly co-written with the object of so much of Spitfire, LeAnn's ex-husband Dean Sheremet) combines roots rock and country harmonies with a flowing pedal steel solo.
For all the complex emotions that LeAnn sifts through on Spitfire, there's a sense that understanding what it all means remains a work in progress. With a haunted voice on "Where I Stood," she admits, I thought love was black and white / and it was wrong or it was right, but notes things might not be that simple. The silver lining, though, as heard in the poetic, "Who We Really Are," is that the storm of emotions known as love can teach someone a lot about themselves. And on Spitfire, LeAnn delivers a fascinating look at her own hard lessons with one of the year's most honest and revealing releases.
Key Tracks – "What Have I Done," "Just A Girl Like You," "Where I Stood," "Gasoline and Matches"


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Broken, damaged, decayed and missing teeth are something that men and women in Indianapolis, IN deal with on a daily basis, but dental implants can help. Advances in dental technology, such as dental implants, offer a real solution to the problems that typically occur with missing or damaged teeth. If you currently suffer with missing teeth due to injury, damage or decay, and reside in the Indianapolis, Indiana area, consider dental implants at Dental Implant Dentist.
A dental implant is a small titanium rod that is placed in the jawbone in order to retain a dental prosthetic (most often a crown, bridge or denture arch). This procedure has become increasingly popular as a treatment option because many patients in the Indianapolis area have welcomed the results and convenience it offers. The implantation process involves many factors, the most important of which is choosing the right implant dentist, and that can be found right here at Dental Implant Dentist.
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Mahela, great captain and a gentleman
It's still early days for Sandeep Patil as chairman of the national selection committee, but he sure knows to identify talent. One of the boys from whom he predicted great things led Sri Lanka to the final of the World Twenty20. Sanjjeev K Samyal reports. Jayawardene in WT20cricket Updated: Oct 08, 2012 01:03 IST
It's still early days for Sandeep Patil as chairman of the national selection committee, but he sure knows to identify talent. One of the boys from whom he predicted great things led Sri Lanka to the final of the World Twenty20.
Mahela Jayawardene was 18 when Patil saw him play in a match and the former India batsman immediately declared, 'Watch out for this batsman, one day he will play for Sri Lanka'.
That match was the opening game of Mumbai cricket club B Arunkumar's tour of South Africa in 1995. "Mahela scored a half-century in the very first match against NFO XI in Johannesburg and Patil, our guest player on the tour, said he had what it takes to play for Sri Lanka. Within two years, Mahela was in the Lanka team," said Niranjan Shah, who was the manager of the team.
Friends forever
Jayawardene and another current player, Thilan Samaraweera, had joined the Mumbai club on the tour after its owner, Bharat Shah, asked the manager of his diamond factory in Sri Lanka to recommend two talented players from the country. "It is nice to know Sandeep is the chief selector now. I have great memories of the tour," Jayawardene told HT.
Looking at a group picture of that team, Jayawardene's first reaction was to condole the death of one of his former teammates. "This is Raju (Salgaonkar)," he said identifying the 'keeper of that team. "It's sad he's no more, he was killed in a bike accident. I am still friends with the guys of the team," said Jayawardene.
That is Jayawardene for you -- once a friend, always a friend. Since that tour, he's gone on to become one the most successful captains in international cricket but he has remained in touch with the lives of his former teammates. Caring for team members is key to his success as a leader.
Jayawardene's leadership skill came to the fore in Sri Lanka's impressive run in the World T20. The pressure was on him as his team came into the tournament at the back of an inconsistent run but credit should go to the captain for galvanizing the unit into a fighting force.
Memorable feats
In Sri Lanka, Arjuna Ranatunga sets the benchmark when it comes to leadership and Jayawardene's feats have evoked comparisons with the 1996 World Cup champion.
"He's doing the same what Ranatunga did in the 1996 World Cup, both have been able to get the best out of the boys," said his Nalanda College coach, Jayantha Senaviratne.
A former Lanka player, Senaviratne coached Jayawardene in his young days, and the player is still known to consult him. "You can say he's a born leader. His captaincy is why Lanka is doing well," Senaviratne said.
The home team may have lost in the final, but the Colombo boy's place in the pantheon of Lankan cricket history is secured.
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A dozen mugs. A stack of porcelain plates. A few tea pots. How do you display your tabletop collections when they're not in use? From neatly arranged groupings on a shelf to hanging wall displays, these images show the myriad ways available to both show off, store, and keep safe your prized pieces.
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What's up everyone!
Just doing a little introduction of myself since I think I'm going to be sticking around for a while. My name is Eric and I'm in college (going into my senior year). At college I am studying Computer Science with a concentration in Advanced Computing. I guess you can say I'm an okay programmer. Mostly in school we learn Java with a little bit of PHP, C/C++ and even less in languages such as Lisp. Soooo... this summer I am setting out on an adventure into the Land Of Lisp (yes, I am aware that is a name of a book). I want to spend a lot of my free time learning Common Lisp and trying to get a better overall understanding of how it works and functional programming as a whole (with side effects).
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I've picked out 3 or 4 books that I'd like to get through. I believe these will give me a thorough introduction and maybe send me towards a rank of "intermediate" when it comes to CL. These are the book I've got planned:
1. Land Of Lisp (about 300 pages deep into this one already) (Barski)
2. Practical Common Lisp (Seibel)
3. ANSI Common Lisp (Graham)
4. Object-Oriented Programming in Common Lisp: A Progammer's Guide to CLOS (Keene)
and If I have time I would like to get started with On Lisp (Graham)
I've got a lot of reading and coding planned for this summer, so expect to see me around. Let me know what you're all up to, maybe we can do something collaborative!


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LD Labs needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Less than a week after an entry for the Sony Xperia Z1s made a brief appearance on Sony's own website, we're getting a peek at what may be the device itself. A photo posted to Chinese forum Digi-Wo claims to show the Xperia Z1s lounging around in the wild next to its full-size Xperia Z1 sibling. The two handsets look fairly similar, with both sporting the OmniBalance design that Sony's used on several of its recent flagship handsets, though obviously the Z1s and its 4.3-inch display are a tad smaller than the Z1 and its 5-inch screen.
We've seen quite a few miniaturized versions of flagship smartphones recently, including the Samsung's Galaxy S III mini and Galaxy S4 mini as well as HTC's One mini. Now Sony is getting in on the mini action with the NTT DoCoMo-bound Xperia Z1 f and its international counterpart, the Xperia Z1s. We'll have to wait until Sony makes the Xperia Z1s official before we know exactly what makes it tick, but it's good to see that the company is getting in on the mini smartphone trend so that fans of Sony hardware and software have a shrunken flagship to call their own.


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Photovoltaic module mounting systems are one piece of a solar-electric project that generally does not receive a lot of attention in press releases or during solar home tours. But a high-quality racking system is an important component that shouldn't be overlooked.
For most PV applications, gone are the days of having to custom-manufacture a mounting system. Many commercially available solutions exist—from pole-top module mounts to rooftop rails. This guide will help you navigate the variety of options available today and their associated advantages to fit your specific application.
One of the most common—and very popular—PV module mounting methods is the "top-down" rail system, since modules attach from their upper side to the rails with specified clamps. This versatile system can be used with almost all roofing types. Top-down mounting systems consist of four main components:
Manufacturers of top-down rail systems each take their own approach, with slight nuances on the same basic mounting principles. Mounting rails are extruded lengths of aluminum which allow installers to use standard or mount-specific stainless-steel bolts and mounting clips to attach the PV modules to the rails.
Top-down rail systems offer several advantages for roof-mounted PV arrays. The first is that the array is mounted parallel to the roof plane, which minimizes the array's visual impact compared to other mounting options. Second, the PV modules are attached to the rails from the front side, instead of the back, which decreases installation time. Many top-down rail manufacturers have also developed integral array equipment-grounding options.
The adjustable spacing of the footings and rails also offers a flexible design element. Since the feet can be attached to the rails at any place along their length, the exact footing location is inconsequential as long as the spacing between each does not exceed the manufacturer's recommendations. In a top-down system, PV modules can either be placed in a portrait or landscape configuration to accommodate a particular roof's characteristics. Although the rails are generally mounted perpendicular to the rafters, when necessary the rails can be run parallel to the rafters.
The downsides? Rail systems typically result in only 3 to 6 inches of space between the back of the modules and the roof surface. Although this space does allow for some airflow underneath the array, modules mounted this close to the roof surface tend to reach higher temperatures (more so compared to most other mounting options), which diminishes the amount of power delivered from the array (see "Module Mounts & PV Performance" sidebar). Besides the negative effects of temperature on the array, access to the back of the modules is greatly reduced. However, since the majority of modules are prewired with quick connects and inaccessible junction boxes, access to the backs of the modules will only be necessary if troubleshooting is required. Finally, when the PV array is mounted parallel to the roof's surface, the roof dictates the array's tilt angle. Less-than-optimal tilt will result in less-than-optimal performance from your PV array.
Rack mounts can be tailored to fit a variety of situations, accommodating both ground-mount and roof-mount applications. Perhaps the biggest benefit to racks is that they can allow for a variety of specific tilt angles. The PV array can be set at an optimal tilt angle based on the site's latitude or, if adjustable racks are chosen, repositioned seasonally to optimize energy output.
The back-leg assembly of adjustable rack mounts can either be set to hold the array at a fixed tilt or to be manually adjusted. When an adjustable tilt is required, the tilting legs are manufactured with predrilled holes or slots that correspond to different tilt angles, or with telescoping legs that have specific tilt-angle attachment points or, in some cases, are infinitely adjustable.
Since these mounts tilt the array away from the mounting surface, the backs of the modules can usually be conveniently accessed to get to the wiring, junction boxes, and grounding points, making installation and maintenance easier. The increased distance from the mounting surface also facilitates greater airflow along the back of the modules and results in a lower array temperatures compared to the parallel-to-roof method.
These racks offer a lot of versatility: The same rack can be used for a ground- or roof-mounted array, or even in an awning configuration on the side of a building. The footing attachments also vary, although aluminium angle L-feet and post-type mounting feet are the two most popular options. Some rack mounts are designed for top-down module installation, while others require the modules to be secured from the back. In the latter case, the predrilled holes on the back of a module's frame are used to fasten the PV modules to the rails.
Rack-type mounts have a few disadvantages. Many designs require ordering a specific rack with mounting-hole spacing that matches the PV module's mounting holes. In roof-mounted systems, rack mounts have less layout flexibility than top-down rail systems. Most rack mounts have a fixed distance between the mounting feet based on standard rafter spacing of 24 inches. If the rafter spacing was poorly laid out or based on a nonstandard pattern, adding blocking against the underside of the roof sheathing between the rafters may be required. Finally, rack mounts tilted to angles that significantly differ from a building's roof pitch tend to have a greater aesthetic impact on a building than arrays that are mounted parallel to the roof surface.
The top-of-pole mounting solution is a favorite among many installers for a variety of reasons. The ability to locate an array far away from shading objects, to tilt and orient the array in an ideal position, and to avoid punching a bunch of holes in a customer's roof are all positives. With the advent of high-voltage string inverters, and MPPT controllers that can step down higher-voltage PV arrays to a lower battery charging voltage, pole mounts can be located up to a few hundred feet from the charge controller or inverter. Top-of-pole arrays are viable for locations with enough land space and where possible aesthetic concerns are not an issue.
Depending on the size of the array, the support pole can be as small as 2-inch-diameter schedule 40 steel pipe to 8-inch-diameter schedule 80 for large arrays. The footing for the pole is encased in concrete according to manufacturer's specifications (or local engineering) for the array size and the site's soil and wind-loading conditions. In these setups, the top of the array is generally too high to be easily accessible and a ladder or scaffolding system will be required during installation.
With the exception of the actual pole, which is purchased locally, the mount manufacturer provides all the necessary components and hardware to mount the array. Included are the mounting sleeve, which slips on top of the pole, and all necessary bracing and cross members, as well as module mounting hardware. (See "How to Install a Pole-Mounted Solar-Electric Array: Part 1 & Part 2" in HP108 & HP109 for pole-mount installation specifics.)
The ability to adjust the array tilt seasonally is a natural function of any top-of-pole mount. This can be of particular interest for off-gridders who rely on every KWH of electricity produced by their PV systems. In cold climates, top-of-pole mounts are one of the most convenient racking options if snow needs to be periodically cleared from the array. Top-of-pole arrays can also be used with tracker systems to help boost PV production even more (see "Tracker Types & Features" sidebar).
Because the array sits several feet from the ground, allowing for the greatest amount of airflow, top-of-pole mounted arrays operate at lower temperatures than roof- and ground-mounted arrays. This reduces the amount of power lost when ambient temperatures are high.
Top-of-pole mounts generally are not viable options in urban or suburban areas due to the yard space required. And the additional excavation required to place a pole and trench to the electrical distribution can make top-of-pole mounts more costly in certain situations. Finally, side-of-pole mounts, which are popular for small stand-alone outdoor lighting systems, are also available.
The proliferation of commercial PV systems has resulted in the advent of a number of different racking approaches for large arrays and installations on flat roofs. These solutions include custom designed and fabricated mounting structures, integrating the PV array into the roofing material, and using a nonpenetrating ballast system for flat-roof applications.
The most common type of commercial racking system is the ballast rack, which uses the weight of the modules and rack in conjunction with ballast to securely keep the arrays in place. Masonry blocks are placed in ballast pans that are located either directly under, or in front of and behind, the PV array. These racks can add a significant roof load, up to 30 pounds per square foot, depending on the array engineering requirements. In an effort to minimize roof loading, there are also mounting systems that use ballast in conjunction with roof attachments to help minimize both roof penetrations and excessive loading on the roof structure. Ballast racks are available from manufacturers in both fixed and adjustable tilts. The low fixed-tilt-angle models (5 to 10 degrees) generally require less ballast and can be used in higher wind-speed areas than the taller, adjustable racks.
Ryan Mayfield has a degree in environmental engineering from Humboldt State University and lives in Corvallis, Oregon. He teaches PV classes at Lane Community College and Solar Energy International, and runs Mayfield Solar Design, a firm focusing on PV system design, implementation, commissioning, and industry-related training. He holds a Renewable Energy Technician license in Oregon.
Mount Manufacturers:
Conergy • www.conergy.us • Top-down rail
Direct Power & Water • www.directpower.com • Top-down rail, top-of-pole, rack & ballasted
General Specialties • 208-265-5244 • Top-of-pole
Lorentz • www.lorentz.de • Active trackers
PVee • www.pvee.net • Active trackers; custom rack & ballasted for commercial applications
ProSolar • www.prosolar.com • Top-down rail
Schuco • www.schuco-usa.com • Top-down rail
Sharp • www.sharpsolaritson.com • Top-down rail kit
Solar Racks • 707-826-9214 • Rack
Sun Earth • www.sunearthinc.com • Top-down rail
SunPower • www.sunpowercorp.com • Top-down rail kit, commercial ballasts, & trackers
UniRac • www.unirac.com • Top-down rail, rack, ballasted, & custom commercial
Wattsun • www.wattsun.com • Active trackers
Zomeworks • www.zomeworks.com • Passive trackers, rack & top-of-pole


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Apart from actually porting the Gand Central Dispatch framework, a number of other things needed to be done do adapt the library for use outside of Mac OS X:
- Added new kqueue primitives required to support GCD, such as EVFILT_USER and EV_TRIGGER
- Created autoconf and automake build framework for libdispatch
- Modified libdispatch to use POSIX semaphores instead of Mach semaphores
- Adapted libdispatch to use portable POSIX time routines
The other important aspect of getting Gand Central Dispatch to work optimally is a blocks-aware compiler. Jordan Hubbard has worked on providing a blocks-aware clang compiler package for FreeBSD. "When compiled with clang, libdispatch provides blocks-based, as well as function-based callbacks."
You can find the current port in the ports collection, but for the future, it's going to work out-of-the-box. "After FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE has shipped, the new kqueue primitives will be MFC'd so that libdispatch works out of the box on FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE." They are also investigating any possible benefits it might bring to modify FeeBSD base operating system tools to use GCD.


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Five years after shifting from a high-performing magnet school to a neighborhood school in one of Denver's poorest areas, Manual High School has ceased to exist.
It hasn't been torn down, or even taken over by the state and reconstituted as a charter school an ever-looming threat for failing Colorado schools.
It simply split up.
At first glance, not much has changed. More than a thousand students, sporting tongue piercings, headphones, or the latest hairdos, pour through the doors of Manual's sprawling brick building each morning. The powerhouse basketball team has remained together, and all the students still go to the same blue and red cafeteria at lunchtime. They are just now starting to identify themselves as students of Millennium Quest, Leadership, or Arts and Cultural Studies high schools, instead of simply Manual.
But below the surface, three distinct schools not the more common schools-within-schools are operating. The faculty and administration at each have just 350 or so students to get to know, and each school has a focus area: science and math, business and government, language and arts.
The breakup is only the most visible of the reforms. Placed at the very bottom of the list when Colorado ranked its high schools by test scores for the first time last year, Manual has been fighting to change its image and its performance level. In the process, it has become a crucible for nearly every major education reform in the country, including block scheduling, school-wide advisory groups, and merit pay. Sophomores now complete "rites of passage" public demonstrations of learning to advance, and seniors give similar exhibitions to graduate. Turbulent changes for a school, all at the same time that Colorado is implementing its own high-stakes testing and standards-based reforms.
Despite support from an enthusiastic principal and the Gates Foundation, Manual's transition to three schools has been rocky. It will be several years before anyone can truly know if it's been a success. But at a time when the small-schools movement is gaining momentum and the federal government has earmarked $125 million to support "small learning communities," Manual is being closely watched to see if a big urban school especially one with rock-bottom test scores and challenging demographics can successfully transform itself.
"The good news is that the schools weathered the [structural] changes," says Van Schoales, who has served as a consultant for Manual and is executive director of the Colorado Small Schools Initiative. "Now the schools are in a position to do what ultimately is the hardest work rethinking the ways in which staff and students interact."
"Small schools" of the type Mr. Schoales advocates have been linked to significant improvements, including reduced school violence, better grades, and increased graduation and college-attendance rates but they're not just about reducing the number of students. Manual may have taken the biggest leap when it started its separation into three schools last year, but the more substantive changes how teachers teach, how students' needs are met, how curriculums are designed are just beginning.
"It's no longer courses and credit it's the ability to really understand proficiency," explains Nancy Sutton, the principal who ushered Manual through the reforms until she left this year to join the Colorado Small Schools Initiative. "It's a slower environment. It's more deliberate. It's less teacher centered.... That's something that some members of the faculty got immediately but others didn't."
Ms. Sutton came to the school in 1996, a year before Denver's citywide busing program ended.
Back then, Manual was a lauded school, held up as a model of diversity and high achievement. Its graduates went on to the country's top colleges, and its test scores were among the best in Denver. But the only neighborhood students to attend came from a two-block radius around the school, and they were generally neglected: The 1994 graduation included just nine of the nearly 150 African-American boys who had entered as freshmen four years earlier.
When busing ended, Manual went overnight from a diverse, high-achieving school to one where attendance was low and dropout and mobility rates were high. About 95 percent of the students are minorities, and 80 percent qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
Just before busing ended, Manual's previous principal announced his retirement, and the faculty went on a nationwide search for a new one.
Enter Sutton, who didn't want just superficial change. She was an adherent of the Coalition of Essential Schools philosophy of personalization, depth over breadth, and small learning communities. She'd turned around a high school in Indianapolis, and she believed that as an essential school, Manual had a chance.
"She wanted to destabilize everybody," remembers Santo Nicotera, Manual's director of reform until he left in June to consult on other small-schools efforts. "And that's what she did."
Mr. Nicotera, for one, believes that such "destabilization" starting fresh was necessary. He remembers in particular Sutton's first meeting with the faculty, when she announced that Manual would indeed become a neighborhood school, not a magnet school as many teachers were hoping. "She said, 'If you can't see yourself teaching Latino and black kids from this neighborhood, there's the door.' And then she walked out." Twenty-five of the school's 70 teachers left that summer.
Those who stayed had to adjust to a new four-period day, wholesale curriculum change, more communal planning and critiques of teachers, and a restructured ninth grade that was divided into four teams. And that was just the first year.
Teachers, used to reigning supreme in their classrooms, were often resistant. Students wondered what was happening. Some reforms, such as block scheduling and a peer-critique system, were tried and abandoned. The decision to make the big split happened with little warning, after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation agreed to help fund the process with a $500,000, five-year grant.
As students file out of his physical-science class, teacher Paul Oser says that some of the reforms have improved his teaching. Still, he misses the camaraderie among the different faculties. In small schools, he notes, teachers feel more empowered but that can be a double-edged sword. "We're offered more decisionmaking capability, but we're not always listened to. We're offered more hats, but they don't always fit."
Indeed, in retrospect, the biggest failure in Manual's reforms may simply be a lack of communication. "[The reforms] all make sense to me," says Patrick McQuillan, an associate professor at Boston College's Lynch School of Education who has been studying the school. "But communicating it to 70-plus faculty members, 1,000-plus students, and parents and community members is difficult.... It's hard to get the big picture."
Students have been the most critical of the changes. "It's like going into a kid's bedroom and rearranging it," explains Nicotera.
Manual had a big presence in this community, and some students don't see why it had to go. Others criticize the segregation they see between the schools the high concentration of teachers certified in English Language Acquisition means Arts and Cultural Studies is disproportionately Hispanic. In the turmoil of transition, juniors and seniors, particularly, felt neglected.
"The upperclassmen are really dissatisfied," says Mark Stuart, a Leadership student who graduated last year. "We had to patch the holes they left.... It'll become a good working system once time goes by, but it hurt our senior year."
Gerardo Reyes, a shy junior at Arts and Cultural Studies, says he chose Manual even though district lines put him in the neighborhood for North High School. He joined the student council last year, and says he learned a lot preparing for his first rite of passage. But he's also frustrated. He speaks good English, but was still placed in an English-acquisition course. He'd prefer to be at Leadership. "I want to have a voice in my school," he says. Gerardo is one of several students in Students 4 Justice, which got local media attention when they issued a report criticizing the reforms this summer.
Advocates of small schools say such resistance isn't unusual. "When you're starting from scratch, there's no institutional history to undo," says Rick Lear, director of the Small Schools Project in Seattle. "In a conversion school [like Manual], there is that institutional history." It's hard for some families to see the curriculum change the loss of specialized courses such as German or ceramics.
In the next 15 months, Mr. Lear estimates, 200 to 300 schools in the US will be taking the first steps toward breaking up. Most will probably phase in change slower than Manual did. Still, Lear says, "most of the schools doing this, by their own definition, won't be as desperate as Manual was. Everyone looked at Manual as a throwaway school with throwaway kids. It's reasonable to think a dramatic change might make a difference."
The next three years are crucial for Manual. If test scores don't rise and they're often the last indicator to move, after things such as attendance and parent involvement the state could take over Manual and reconstitute it as a charter school.
Ms. Sutton, for one, hopes the hardest part is over. "You think once you go through the pain of breaking up, you've rounded the corner, but ... you've really only begun again. Teaching took a step backwards. Personalization took a step backwards. Everything had to start all over again they were new schools."


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I stumbled upon this link to rename the Austin garbage dept. - http://austin.uservoice.com/forums/95799-new-department-name-solid-wast…
There are 17 pages of creative and funny user submitted ideas for the new name.
A few of my favs ares: FLOATER - The Dept of Filth Litter Outreach Abatement Trimmings Education & Recycling
Solid Waste Service Dept 2 - Electric-Boogaloo
Austin Dept. of Are You Gonna Eat That?
Bea Arthur says "Who put that there?"
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I'm so wasted!
Given that we have several MGoBloggers located in the Austin, TX area I figured maybe we could help them rename their garbage dept. by coming up with some good Buckeye offerings.
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Together, we can help out the fine residents of Austin by "Trashing" some Buckeyes...


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Simmons becomes first LU president emertitus
Lamar University president Dr. James M. "Jimmy" Simmons has become the first president emeritus in Lamar history.
Chancellor Brian McCall made the announcement Saturday night, March 2, during halftime of the Cardinals' basketball game at "A Standing Ovation for Jimmy and Susan Simmons" in the Montagne Center.
Lamar University is also honoring the Simmonses by renaming the music building after Dr. Simmons and a campus garden after his wife, Susan.
"The TSUS board of regents has voted to name the building – where Simmons began his Lamar career in 1970 – the James M. 'Jimmy' Simmons Music Building," McCall said.
"It is most fitting that the building be named in his honor in appreciation of his 43 years of dedicated service to Lamar University," he said.
Nearly 20 years ago, Lamar began a tradition of planting gardens across the campus for former first ladies.
"Therefore, it is most fitting that the garden behind the Simmons Music Building be named for Susan Williams Simmons, a 1968 graduate of Lamar," McCall said. "Susan has been instrumental in the physical transformation of the campus and has also been a wonderful Lamar ambassador."
The president and first lady are being honored "for a job well done," McCall said. "When he became president 14 years ago, this university was half its size."
During Simmons' presidency, despite hurricanes and other obstacles, the university experienced tremendous growth, physical enhancement and unprecedented academic achievements.
Also during the halftime program, Ellen Rienstra and Joe Domino presented the president and first lady with a portrait of themselves, the work of Lamar alumnus Jason Robichau. Rienstra is president of the Lamar Alumni Advisory Board, and Domino is president of the Lamar University Foundation.
Alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends gathered Saturday to celebrate the couple's leadership roles in the growth and success of the university. Simmons is returning to the faculty this year after more than 14 years of service as president and 43 years with the university.


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MGoBlog Avatar Tourney?
As some of you may have noticed, there is a little basketball tournament going on right now.
It seems appropriate to suggest that the MGoBlog community should have a tournament of our own.... specifically, an Avatar tourney.
I don't suggest this because I think my Avatar would fair well. As far as the "eye candy" Avatars go, mine is one of the least impressive, especially from the perspective of those who do not understand the significance behind my Avatar.
It is just that I know that there are some pretty good ones out there and I think it would be fun to pit them up against each other, tournament style.
This would take the initiative of someone with a little more programming savvy than me to organize and host. If someone took on such a thing, they can and should set up the tourney their way. With that said, I will still offer one suggestion.
There should be a minimum number of MGoPoints established for your avatar to be considered, only because the tourney would mean more with Avatars that are recognizable.
I contemplated posting this as a diary, but I figured I'd let the responses dictate whether or not it is worthy. If the idea is not well received, I can let the post quietly die. Without further ado.... Good idea? Can it be easily done?
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Xbox One's cloud-side computing is one area that gives Microsoft's console an advantage over PlayStation 4, Avalanche Studios' chief technology officer Linus Blomberg has told VideoGamer.com, despite PS4 featuring more impressive 'raw power'.
Discussing the next-gen console alongside studio head Christofer Sundberg, Blomberg said that the console's ability to compute processes on the cloud is "definitely an area where the Xbox One has a step up over PS4, and it opens up for many interesting things.
"It's perfect for open-world games like ours as it enables techniques to make the game worlds more alive and social, such as persistence and asynchronous multiplayer features," he continued. "We are already using server-side computations in our PC hunting game theHunter, so that's nothing new for us as a concept. But Microsoft's solution may allow us to do this more efficiently and to a greater [extent]."
Xbox One's architecture is said to allow developers to off-load non-latency sensitive processes to the cloud, freeing up system resources on the console.
According to a report on Ars Technica, processes that could be off-loaded to the cloud include physics modelling, fluid dynamics and cloth modelling, each typically CPU-intensive.
A Microsoft representative (via stevivor.com) has also claimed that the cloud's processing capabilities will make the Xbox One "40 times" more powerful than the Xbox 360.
However, if the technology "proves successful for Microsoft", Blomberg expects "Sony to follow suit and add similar support" to PS4.
Whether Xbox One games perform will better than PS4 titles (or vice-versa), however, is "too early to say," Blomberg adds.
"I think [Xbox One and PS4] will be very similar in the end," Blomberg says. "Of course, if we find areas where either platform is particularly strong then we'll take advantage of that. But it's too early to say if our games will look better on any of the two platforms. All I can say is that there's potential for visually stunning games on both platforms."
Besides Xbox One's cloud-processing, Avalanche is also considering making of use of Kinect 2.0 and the console's TV functionality.
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Avalanche is currently gearing up for its "biggest" E3 since 2005, where it's expected to reveal a Mad Max title and a new game in the Just Cause series.
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Twitter seems like a really stupid concept... and it is! There's no reason anyone would want to spend their time reading and writing random, stream of consciousness microblogs. Really. I can't stop.
I don't know what it is, but it's stupidly addictive. Maybe it appeals to the inner arrogance... or maybe it's just fun to tell a bunch of random people that I'm changing pants.
The novelty will probably wear off within a week, at which point I'll recover, nuke the Vista sidebar widget and move on with my life. I said that about American Idol, though, and I still get crap from my more masculine and tasteful friends.


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Dudes, this lottery thing is going to be monumental.I can't wait for the break up of Evolution.
What, I think it's going to be pretty interesting to see how they handle being snatched up and placed in an alien environment.
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The Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) is Germany's highest court of civil and criminal jurisdiction, i.e. "ordinary jurisdiction". The Federal Court of Justice was instituted on 1 October 1950 and has its seat in Karlsruhe.
The task of the Federal Court of Justice is primarily to ensure uniform application of law, clarify fundamental points of law and develop the law. In general, it reviews rulings of the lower courts only with regard to errors of law. Even if the binding effect of the judgments and rulings of the Federal Court of Justice is technically confined to the respective case decided, in practice the lower courts follow its interpretation of the law virtually without exception. The far-reaching effect of rulings of the Federal Court of Justice is also due to the fact that, particularly in the field of civil law, legal practice is often guided by these rulings. Banks and insurance companies as well as landlords and divorce lawyers respond to a "ruling from Karlsruhe".
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Judgments made by the Federal Court of Justice since 1 January 2000 can be accessed via our judgments database. The judgments are available only in German. For searching the Federal Court's judgments by English terminology please use the Common Portal of Case Law of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the European Union.
Our bilingual brochure (German and English) provides an overview of the tasks and functions of the Federal Court of Justice, including its history and its buildings. It contains numerous photos and flowcharts of the stages of appeal in civil and criminal proceedings. The 72-page brochure can be downloaded here: The Federal Court of Justice (PDF, 19 MB, file does not meet accessibility standards)
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Dave Filoni Interview
We recently had the opportunity to put a few questions to the CGI series' director
Hi Dave, and thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. Firstly, how much creative freedom do you have to craft the stories you want to tell and to introduce new characters? Does George Lucas have much input, or are you left to your own devices so long as it doesn't conflict with established continuity?
George is very involved in the stories, and he has a great deal of input when it comes to characters. The Star Wars universe is his, ultimately, and we are following his lead. The great thing about working on a Star Wars TV series is that we have more time to focus on side characters—characters that may have only had a few seconds of screen time during the live-action films. But then again, we have so many stories we want to tell, and only 22 episodes per season. We bank ideas—and characters—for future seasons, but we keep coming up with more as we go. There's definitely no shortage of material, and we work very closely with George to make sure it fits into his canon.
Speaking of George Lucas, is there any chance that he will appear in an episode of the show (perhaps a cameo from Baron Papanoida)?
Always in motion is the future, but right now we have other stories to tell.
Season two features a new bounty hunter called Cad Bane, who's already given the Jedi plenty of trouble. Can you tell us a little bit about the character's origins and his design (is the hat a happy coincidence)?
Ha! Yeah, the hat's just a coincidence; he's not based on me. Actually, he is based on Lee Van Cleef's character from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. George likes incorporating genre influences, and westerns have always played a very influential role in the Star Wars universe. As far as bounty hunters go, Boba Fett has always seemed kind of like man with no name to me, so it makes sense to have the other side of the coin.
Will we see more bounty hunters in upcoming episodes (perhaps Durge, or a young Boba Fett)? Will any other familiar faces make an appearance this season (or even beyond)?
As I said before, always in motion is the future. I will say, though, that bounty hunters have always played a major role in the Star Wars Saga.
The introduction of Ahsoka as Anakin's Padawan allows for an interesting master-apprentice dynamic similar to that of Obi-Wan and Anakin in Attack of the Clones. Ahsoka is absent from Revenge of the Sith, but does this mean that Anakin will have to deal with the loss of his student during the course of the show, or do you have other plans for the character?
I definitely have plans for Ahsoka, but we are focused on telling stories in the here and now. And from a production standpoint, the show just keeps getting better and better, allowing us to tell different kinds of stories. That evolution affects the kinds of stories we're telling now, which certainly affects the kinds of stories we'll tell in the future. So, yes, I do have clear ideas for Ahsoka's future, but those ideas are also evolving with the series itself.
On a similar note, how difficult is it to craft suspenseful episodes given that we all know the character's ultimate fates from the film series? Is the movie continuity restrictive, or are you unencumbered by such things due to the events of the series occurring between films?
There are plenty of surprises. We've only seen a very specific perspective on the galactic civil war. But, for example, we all assumed that Anakin never had a padawan of his own, but that was before we were introduced to Ahsoka Tano.
Is it difficult to create a series that appeals to younger audiences without alienating Star Wars' core fan base? How have you found fan reaction to the series as a whole?
We are just focused on telling great stories. And we've got George guiding us, making sure that we are on the right path, telling stories appropriate for Star Wars.
Looking back over the entire run of the show thus far, do you have a favourite episode? Similarly, is there any one character that you are particularly fond of?
I do have a favourite episode, but it's one that hasn't been seen yet, so I can't say any more!
Finally, can we look forward to any hidden features on the forthcoming boxed sets? Perhaps a '1138' style Easter egg?
My crew is made up of Star Wars fans, and there are lots of references to the original films and to Lucasfilm history. You'll have to see how many you can catch.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer our questions Dave, and we wish you the best of luck with the show and for the future.
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Five-time defending A-Sun champs begin conference action
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (March 15, 2012) – After a 19-day layoff from its last match, the ETSU men's tennis team returns to action this weekend when it begins the Atlantic Sun portion of the schedule against Jacksonville and North Florida.
The Bucs head to the Keith Watson Family Tennis Complex on Friday to take on Jacksonville, before heading 11 miles across town for a Saturday meeting with North Florida. First serve for both matches is scheduled for 10 a.m.
ETSU (2-8) last played on Feb. 26 when it hosted Tennessee Tech and defeated the Golden Eagles 6-1. It was the Bucs' second-consecutive victory after taking down Appalachian State by the same score the day before. The weekend sweep got ETSU its first two wins of the season after starting the year 0-8 in matches which included five ITA-ranked opponents – Tulsa, NC State, Georgia, Drake and Nebraska.
Following the Bucs' bounce back against Appalachian State and Tennessee Tech, senior Robin Akser (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden) was named Atlantic Sun Player of the Week. In ETSU's two wins, Akser posted a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles play to improve his overall singles record to 7-6 and 3-2 this spring. Akser is also 3-1 in No. 1 doubles play since teaming with fellow classmate Sander Gille (Kuringen, Belgium) back on Feb. 11 against Denver.
Also on a two-match singles winning streak are Gille, Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Sophomore Jeremy Bonnevalle (Keerbergen, Belgium) is on the longest active winning streak, having reeled off his last three matches all in straight sets.
Jacksonville (2-9) has lost its last seven matches. The Dolphins began the slide with a 7-0 loss to FAU on Feb. 19, and have since lost to Florida A&M, Campbell, Eastern Kentucky, Troy State, Appalachian State and South Alabama. JU's last win came on Feb. 18 in a 6-0 decision against Hampton.
North Florida (9-4) is on an impressive four-match winning streak which includes wins over then-No. 42 South Alabama and then-No. 33 UNC Wilmington in its last two matches. The Ospreys' other two wins on the streak came 4-3 against Florida A&M and 7-0 against Troy.
Moritz Buerchner leads the Ospreys through the 2012 spring season. The junior boasts a 9-4 singles record – all of his matches coming at the No. 1 position – and has won each of his last four matches. Also riding a four-match winning streak for UNF are Leonardo Nahar and Beauregard Treyz.
The Ospreys were the only blemish on ETSU's conference record last year, defeating the Bucs 5-2 on March 4 in Jacksonville. In the Bucs meeting with JU the following day, ETSU defeated the Dolphins 7-0 before going on to win out the rest of the conference schedule and earn its fifth-consecutive A-Sun Tournament Championship title.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Due to Hurricane Sandy, the Atlantic Coast Championship, intended to be sailed this weekend at the King's Point Merchant Marine Academy, has been cancelled. In its place, the No. 3 Yale coed sailing team will travel to Boston to race an unofficial regatta hosted by MIT.
The Atlantic Coast Championships is the culmination of the fall dinghy-racing season. The Bulldogs qualified for the event by placing in the top eight at the Erwin Schell Trophy. However, Hurricane Sandy's effects are being felt throughout the Northeast, including the world of college sailing. Yale's own McNay Family Sailing Center only recently regained electricity. The King's Point Merchant Marine Academy located in Long Island is also still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. It was suggested that the event be moved to the US Naval Academy, however travel logistics proved too difficult for many of the teams. Therefore, the Bulldogs will end their official fall dinghy-racing season with their win at the Erwin Schell Trophy.
However, in the place of the Atlantic Coast Championships, MIT will host an unusual replacement regatta. The eight teams from NEISA that would have gone on to the championships instead will sail a combined division fleet race regatta on the Charles River. Sunday will then be sailed in a team-racing format. Sunday's team racing will be good practice as the Bulldogs look toward the spring season which more heavily emphasizes team racing.
Representing Yale will be skippers senior Cameron Cullman, junior Chris Segerblom and sophomore Graham Landy with crews senior Heather May, junior Will Feldman, sophomore Sarah Smith and freshmen Charlotte Belling and Sanam Rastegar. The Bulldogs will look forward to finishing up their successful dinghy-racing season.
Racing will begin at 9:30 am on Saturday. Scores can be found at http://scores.collegesailing.org/.
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John Campbell and Robert Weiss are judges on different sides of the civil-criminal divide in Shelby County jurisprudence.
Each is seeking a return to the bench this year, but so far there is an important distinction between the two.
The 2014 judicial elections in Shelby County may offer more chances for attorneys to claim open seats on the benches of the various state courts. Several of those contenders have petitions pulled for multiple races on the way to the April 3 filing deadline.
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Campbell, Shelby County Criminal Court judge Division 6, is unopposed so far in the three-week old filing period for candidates on the Aug. 7 county general election ballot. No one else has pulled a qualifying petition for Division 6 as of late last week.
"I hope nobody does," Campbell told supporters at his Germantown campaign opening and fundraiser Thursday, Jan. 23. "But if somebody does I intend to come out and run hard."
Weiss, Circuit Court judge Division 8, has opposition at this point from Venita Martin Andrews, who pulled her petition 10 days after Weiss pulled his.
As Weiss opened his campaign last Wednesday Downtown, he didn't know Martin Andrews was a potential opponent but told supporters he was prepared.
"So far, we are going kind of lean and mean," Weiss said. "Hopefully this will be the only time you have to hear from me."
But Weiss wasn't taking anything for granted, saying he too would campaign hard and be prepared for opposition if it surfaced.
In that regard judicial incumbents are much like other incumbents in local politics. The saying in Shelby County and just about every other local political scene is that there are two ways to run – unopposed or like you are 10 points behind in the polls.
There aren't likely to be any polls in the judicial races, which are typically understated political affairs. But there could be more competition in this election cycle than past ones, particularly in Circuit Court.
Potential candidates are reacting to the possibility that the Tennessee legislature might abolish two of the nine divisions of the civil court – Divisions 1 and 5 – under terms of the bill sponsored by attorney and Germantown state Sen. Brian Kelsey, who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Kelsey's legislation would take the two divisions off the August ballot, if approved by both chambers and signed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.
The two divisions are attractive to non-incumbents for the same reason Kelsey sees an opportunity to abolish them. Division 1 incumbent John McCarroll hasn't pulled a petition for re-election and Division 5 incumbent Kay Robilio resigned effective this past September.
Martin-Andrews is among the judicial contenders with more than one petition out. The same day she picked up for Division 8, she also pulled petitions for Divisions 1 and 5.
Retired Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey picked up for Division 1 and then three days later pulled another petition for Division 3.
Candidates with multiple petitions out don't have to make a decision on which one to file until the noon April 3 deadline.
All 10 incumbent Criminal Court judges, including Campbell, filed their qualifying petitions together on Jan. 17, walking a block from their courtrooms at the Criminal Justice Center to the Shelby County Election Commission's Downtown offices.
Campbell was appointed Criminal Court judge in November 2012 by Haslam to replace John Fowlkes when Fowlkes became a federal judge. He came to the bench from being Shelby County deputy district attorney general.
"I've made a career – my whole life has been at 201 Poplar. … I've been there for 32 years," Campbell told supporters last week in what is his first bid for elected office. "I'm there to let the parties have their day in court – let people put on their case and listen to them impartially."
Weiss was elected to Circuit Court in a 2010 special election in what was one of three upsets of judicial incumbents who had been appointed to their positions to fill vacancies.
At his campaign opening, Weiss thanked supporters who "stood up" for his candidacy in what is perhaps one of the toughest set of races to challenge an incumbent.
"In 2010, my promise was to work hard, follow the law, be on time and be prepared and I have done my best to live up to those goals," Weiss said. "I have loved every minute of what I have done."
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"The Armstrong Lie" is about as angry and confrontational as documentary titles get, but filmmaker Alex Gibney has good reason to feel aggrieved.
One of the top documentarians working today, with films such as "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and the Oscar-winning "Taxi to the Dark Side" to his credit, Gibney was finishing a Lance Armstrong film with a very different, more upbeat title, "The Road Back," when the evidence became indisputable that the cyclist had used performance-enhancing drugs.
The news was remarkable not just because Armstrong had won the Tour de France, the sport's premier event, a record seven consecutive times but because for a decade and more he had denied any association with doping with a force and emphasis that was intense enough to be almost frightening.
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Production on the documentary was shrewdly halted, and now a newer, edgier film is on view, a thorough and engrossing investigation that manages to smoothly integrate footage shot for the earlier work into a very different framework.
As its title indicates, "The Road Back" was going to concentrate on Armstrong's 2009 comeback, his attempt to win the Tour one more time after retiring four years earlier. The focus in "The Armstrong Lie" would be on how and why that elaborate charade collapsed and the part that problematic comeback played in it.
Armstrong himself sets the tone for the film in a series of candid interviews he gave Gibney in the aftermath of his public confession to Oprah Winfrey. "I didn't live a lot of lies," he tells the documentarian. "I lived one big lie."
Even in this mea culpa, it is easy to see why the cyclist was so convincing for all those years. Armstrong is an intense, focused speaker with a force of personality that can change from welcoming to intimidating in a New York minute. When he admits that he hates losing more than he loves winning, that "to me losing equals death," it's one time when you can believe him absolutely.
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Gibney interviews not only Armstrong but also knowledgeable journalists like Outside magazine's Daniel Coyle and British journalist David Walsh, one of Armstrong's bête noires. Even more revealing are his interviews with Armstrong teammates and former loyalists like Frankie Andreu and George Hincapie, who are still dealing with the psychic scars of that association.
The documentarian also had access to one of the most fascinating members of Armstrong's entourage, the doctor and coach Michele Ferrari, whose program of "minimum doping, maximum training," was wholeheartedly adopted by the cyclist.
One of the strengths of "The Armstrong Lie" is its determination to place what Armstrong did, his use of the drug known as EPO as well as hard-to-detect blood transfusions, in the context of the cycling world it took place in.
For the reality of professional cycling in the Armstrong years was that just about everyone was a scofflaw, that what Armstrong did was not an attempt to beat the system but rather a willingness to play by the system's demands. Still, this kind of moral relativism goes only so far as an excuse, with more than one observer saying, "he broke the rules everyone broke, but he still broke them."
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"The Armstrong Lie" is at its best when it deals with the linked questions of why Armstrong decided on the comeback, a move that triggered his downfall, and why he engaged in deception for so long.
Aside from his hatred of losing, the film posits that Armstrong got so caught up in the mythic drama of his own story — cancer survivor becomes the Superman of cycling — that he couldn't resist the unexpected comeback that would be the logical next chapter. The whole truth about the complicated, charismatic man may never come out, but "The Armstrong Lie" is closer than we ever thought we'd get.
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Running time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
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The Java Quick Syntax Reference is a condensed code and syntax reference to the Java programming language. It presents the essential Java syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.
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Grand View "Grand Canyon National Park - North Rim" In this episode, Stefan Baumann journeys through one of the world's most famous National Parks and explores its lesser known North Rim. In contrast to it's southern half, this region offers the typical canyon beauty, but also a more lush environ of pine and aspen. Interviews include Chris Parish from The Peregrine/Condor Project, as he discusses the successful reintroduction of the California condor to the canyon; Becky Latanich discusses the region's unique geologic history; and Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Hopi Native American, shares the history of her people before the region became a National Park. D
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It�s been said that you never have a second chance to make a first impression. If my first impression of new Crestview High School athletic director and head football coach Tim Hatten is on target, the next 10 or 15 years should be eventful for the Bulldogs.
It�s been said that you never have a second chance to make a first impression.
If my first impression of new Crestview High School athletic director and head football coach Tim Hatten is on target, the next 10 or 15 years should be eventful for the Bulldogs.
I can only imagine what Hatten's first impression of me was. When I met him at the Okaloosa County School Board meeting March 11, I couldn�t immediately find my recorder for a brief interview.
Compounding matters, I misspelled his name in the story�s headline.
March 11 and 12 weren't my best days.
To Hatten's credit, he was patient as I dug the recorder from deep within my pocket.
When I called to apologize for the headline�s busted spelling � which we caught right after the papers went to press � he laughed it off and told me not to worry about it. So my first impressions of Hatten is he's a gracious man who doesn't sweat the small stuff.
When football season arrives and Hatten makes a questionable or bad call, I hope I will remember his graciousness to me as I stumbled this week.
I also was impressed with Hatten as we briefly discussed his football philosophies. Make no mistake; Tim Hatten is an offensive-minded head coach who will install the kind of high-octane attack many top college and pro teams use.
Hatten said he wants to stretch the field and give the opposing defense match-up problems, but he's willing to run the ball as well. He told Bulldog players they can expect to work hard on the field and in the classroom, and that he will keep the game fun.
Perhaps the most impressive thing about Hatten � at least from my perspective � is his emphasis on education.
Hatten, who was at Pearl River Community College the last 12 years and was head coach at Haines City nine years before that, said he was drawn to Crestview and Okaloosa County because the schools are top notch. He knows his 14- and 9-year-old sons can get an education here that will prepare them for college and their adult lives.
Hatten wants to ensure his sons, and the players he coaches, will have every opportunity to succeed in life with the foundation being a good education.
Hatten said he would be the coach for all the Crestview football players � including the junior varsity and freshman players. He wants to invest in the lives of all the young men who put on pads for the Bulldogs.
Spring practice starts six weeks from today, and Hatten has already started teaching his assistant coaches and players the way he runs things. He plans to have things in place so when spring drills start May 1, the team will know where to go and what to do.
With a career record of 155-59 � which comes to a .724 winning percentage � and a national championship in the junior college ranks to his credit, there's no doubt the guy can coach and knows how to win.
Crestview should prepare for an exciting run.
Randy Dickson is the Crestview News Bulletin�s sports editor. Email him at email@example.com, tweet him @BigRandle, or call 682-6524


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In order to determine the generator capacity for your home, determine the electrical requirements of the items you expect to use when using a generator. Add up the amount of watts needed to power the items. If you want to use items that have a motor, they may require more power to start than they use when running. As an example, a refrigerator that needs 1,200 watts to run, might require up to 3,000 watts to start.
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Test your generator each year before the start of hurricane season on June 1. Remove your generator from storage, drain the gasoline from the tank and dispose of it properly. Inspect the fuel line for cracks and replace if necessary. Refill the tank with fresh gasoline and run the generator. Add some appliances, e.g., a trouble light, hair dryer, etc., to make sure the generator is operating properly.
After the generator has warmed up (about 15 minutes of running), turn off the fuel valve and run the fuel line dry. After the engine stalls, turn off the run switch, change the oil, add fuel stabilizer to the gasoline, drain the carburetor float bowl (and sediment bowl, if installed) and put the generator back in storage. While you are testing the generator, inspect your extension cords to make sure they're in good condition. Replace any cord that has damage. If you had any trouble with the generator during this test, take it to a repair shop so that it can be put in good running order before the hurricane rush.
Getting started
Portable generators are useful when temporary or remote electric power is needed, but there are potential hazards. If you plan on using a generator in the event of a power outage, you should take steps before the storm to protect yourself from the dangers of toxic engine exhaust, electrical hazards and fire hazards.
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Over the past 30 years, the Center for Tropical Forest Sciences has established a global stem-mapping forest plots network consisting of 5 million trees representing nearly 9000 species. This network has fundamentally changed the way forest biodiversity is studied. The fully mapped plots contain complete spatial locations of every single tree in a plot of, typically, 50 ha in size. Such spatial data are essential for inferring mechanisms of species coexistence. This working group, consisting of 16 multidisciplinary researchers, seeks to achieve two objectives. The first is to synthesize our understanding of the role that neighborhood spatial structure plays in mediating species coexistence in tree communities from the three decades long publications of the network. The second is to develop new methods for quantifying the spatial interaction of multispecies and the spatio-temporal dynamics of tree point processes. This working group will contribute to a synthetic understanding of the maintenance mechanisms for tree communities from the spatial perspective and will further foster international collaborations in forest biodiversity study.
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This work is supported by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a Center funded by NSF (Grant #EF-0553768), the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the State of California.


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Placer County and Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal host free public tours of the Eastern Regional Materials Recovery
Facility (MRF), The tours allow residents to learn about recycling and to see first hand how waste is processed to recover valuable materials including paper, glass, plastic, wood, yard waste and metals. The recovered materials are sent to other recycling facilities for processing and distribution throughout the world, helping to conserve natural resources.
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This Tony-winning revival of Kander and Ebb's musical will razzle-dazzle you.
Already the longest-running revival in Broadway history, Chicago recently marked another milestone moment: On March 24, as the cast played its 5,125 performance, the production strutted its way past Rent to become Broadway's seventh longest-running show ever. During intermission, director Walter Bobbie, producer Fran Weissler and Bebe Neuwirth, the revival's original Velma Kelly, joined the company backstage at the Ambassador Theatre for some celebratory cake-cutting, champagne-toasting and informal speech-making. Then it was time to kick off Act Two, and take aim at Broadway's sixth longest-running show. Watch out, Beauty and the Beast!
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Wingate, N.C.----The Wingate University Bulldogs opened up their home season with a doubleheader sweep over the Cobras of Coker College Sunday afternoon. The Bulldogs won by scores of 6-0 and 5-1 to improve to 4-0 on the season. Coker falls to 1-3.
Game One: Eight different Bulldogs collected a hit while sophomore pitcher Allison Smith (Daleville, Va.) went the distance, allowing only four hits while striking out nine.
The Bulldogs got on the board in the first when junior outfielder LaRonda McClain (Kings Mountain, N.C.) scored on an RBI single by senior catcher Jamie Millen (Monroe, N.C.).
Wingate added to its lead in the second senior outfielder Heather Winchester (Waxhaw, N.C.) scored on an RBI single from junior infielder Julie Broyer (Hollister, Calif.) to make it 2-0.
The Bulldogs opened up its lead in the fifth, starting with an RBI double from junior first baseman Leyila Myers (Marietta, Ga.). Sophomore designated player Emily Chavis (Berkeley Lake, Ga.) then delivered a two-run triple to right center to give Wingate a five-run lead. Freshman outfielder Jessica Bowen (Matthews, N.C.) finished off the scoring with an RBI single to plate Chavis and make it 6-0.
Smith improved to 2-0 on the season. The Cobras left 11 runners on base in the first game, while the Wingate defense recorded a pair of double plays to keep the shutout intact. Senior Shelly Catlett (Orangeburg, S.C.) took the loss for Coker. She allowed five earned runs on seven hits in five innings of work. She struck out four and walked two. Sophomore outfielder Haleigh Rogers (Ward, S.C.) and junior shortstop Brittany Owens (Johnsonville, S.C.) each recorded a double to lead the Coker offense.
Game Two: Sophomore Brittany Blankenship (Midlothian, Va.) went the distance, allowing only one run on four hits while striking out five to pick up her second win of the year. Four different Bulldogs picked up two hits each, led by Bowen who was two-for-three with a triple, an RBI and two runs scored.
The Cobras wasted no time getting on the board, with sophomore outfielder Whitney Wallett (Shermans Dale, Pa.) taking the first pitch of the game over the right field fence for a solo home run.
The Bulldogs tied the game in the third when McClain scored on a sacrifice bunt by Myers.
Wingate would take the lead in the fourth inning. Chavis led off the inning with a single, followed by an RBI triple from Bowen down the right field line to make it 2-1. Two batters later, senior outfielder Heather Winchester (Waxhaw, N.C.) laced a double to right center field to plate Bowen. She would score on an RBI single from McClain to make it 4-1.
The Bulldogs added one more insurance run in the sixth when Bowen scored on an RBI triple from Broyer.
Sophomore Sydney Greenwalt (Edwardsville, Ill.) took the loss for the Cobras, allowing three runs on six hits in 3.1 innings of work. She struck out two and walked one.
The Bulldogs return to action Wednesday, hosting Belmont Abbey at 1 p.m. Coker will host St. Augustine Saturday at 1 p.m.


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DC: Action at Chase for Deborah HarrisOccupyOurHomes on June 05, 2012
Yesterday retired paramedic Deborah Harris and activists from Occupy Our Homes DC took action at a Chase branch in downtown Washington DC as part of their fight to stop JP Morgan Chase from evicting her from her home.
ThinkProgress reported on the action:
Today, protesters sat outside a JP Morgan modification office near Franklin Square in downtown D.C., blocking the doors as activists called for the bank to modify the loan. Harris and other activists entered the office, asking to meet with bank officials. When Harris finally met with representatives from the bank, they denied responsibility, saying the loan was now in the hands of Freddie Mac, according to a spokesperson from Occupy Our Homes DC.
Multiple speakers, including Bertina Jones, another local homeowner whose home was saved by Occupy activists, called for action from JP Morgan.
"The banks and the lenders out there, they've got to understand that they received taxpayer money," said Rev. Graylan Hagler. And because they received taxpayer money, we expect for them to take care of the common good. If they're going to take that money, then they have to take care of everybody that they basically abused in the process."
Occupy Our Homes DC reports that while actions will continue in support of Deborah Harris, they will be quickly pivoting to stop an eviction of Dawn Butler, whose home they had helped save in April. Stay tune for more updates on both fights.