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Saturday afternoon, the nation's top high school basketball players will arrive in Chicago for the 2011 McDonald's All-American game. Festivities will get started on Sunday when the East and West squads hold their first practice at the ATTACK Athletics center (not open to public). The game is at 8:30 p.m. Central on Wednesday at the United Center.
Rivals.com will be on hand the entire week in Chicago for McDonald's week. Here's a few of the things that we'll be watching.
Big questions need answers
Which big - preferably more than one - will step up and demand more respect? Both college coaches and recruiting analysts have complained about the bigs in this class being pretty average. Native Chicagoan Anthony Davis has more than proven himself but there are legitimate questions about the rest of the guys in the game.
Does Khem Birch have an offensive arsenal consisting of something more than dunks to complement his incredible athleticism and high-level defense?
Can Rakeem Christmas put together consistent effort on both sides of the floor?
Marshall Plumlee has taken a lot of heat for his inclusion in the game. Does the Duke signee come out with some fire and prove that he does indeed belong in the game?
Those are just a few of the questions that are begging for answers.
East's shooters versus West's versatility
Examining the wing players on each roster, you notice a bit of a trend. The East seems to be loaded with more finesse/scorer types - outside of Mike Gilchrist - while the West has more athletic, slashing players who make plays at the rim.
With Brad Beal, Michael Carter-Williams, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and P.J. Hairston, the East won't lack for shot-making ability from deep. But, of that group, Beal is really the only physical player who will attack the rim off of the dribble.
Meanwhile on the West team, there is a skill/scorer guy in the nation's top player, Austin Rivers. But he's joined by LeBryan Nash, Wayne Blackshear, Branden Dawson and Adonis Thomas, who are much more likely to play a physical game and get their points in either transition or at the rim.
Can the East match the West's physicality on the wings? Will the West be able to withstand a barrage of deep jumpers? Which side's players will show us that they have a more complete game than they've been credit for up until now?
Point(s) of emphasis?
The East has a pair of excellent point guards in Quinn Cook and Shannon Scott. However, there's no question that we're looking most forward to watching Myck Kabongo and Marquis Teague match up with each other in practice. We're also curious to see which player emerges as the West squad's leader.
Kabongo has long been considered the ultimate teammate and has been lauded for his defensive ability and leadership skills. But, there have been questions about how well Kabongo takes care of the ball and how he projects long term because he's not a huge scorer.
On the other hand, Teague has been looked at by some - outside of the Rivals.com offices at least - as a guy who has ridiculous talent but isn't necessarily the type of guy who is a true competitor or leader at the point guard position. Can Teague continue what was an impressive final season of high school and prove once and for all that he's much more than just a big-time athlete and potential guy?
Finally, will Cook and Scott be able to handle what they are going to face out of Teague and Kabongo, who likely will have been getting in each other's grills for three days leading up to the game?


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But last Sunday's performance was out of this world. What the 18-year-old Stackhouse accomplished was pure magic, something most players only dream about. She made two eagles on the front nine, one-putted every green, and shot a 9-under 26. The cup looked like a manhole cover.
"On the fourth hole, I had about a 15-foot birdie putt and I honestly did not hit it hard enough for it to get to the hole," said Stackhouse. "It just fell in. I was like, `Whoa, what is going on?' ''
On the par-5 seventh, she hooked her drive at a giant oak tree that guards the corner of the dogleg left. More times than not, the tree wins. Not on this day. The seeing-eye ball didn't touch a branch and rolled down the fairway, leaving 200 yards to the green. From there, Stackhouse flushed a 7-wood 30 feet from the hole and drained the eagle putt.
"I was just like, `Huh? Good things are happening today,' '' she said.
At the short but dangerous par-4 ninth, flanked by a creek on the right, Stackhouse striped her drive down the fairway. Adrenaline flowing, she flew her blind, uphill second shot 35 feet past the pin, leaving a slick, downhill birdie putt. With her mother Sharon and younger brother John looking on from the hillside gallery, Stackhouse poured in the putt.
"It was unreal," said Stackhouse. "I told myself, `This is going in the hole.' I still couldn't believe it. I heard everybody scream. I just looked at Coach (Anne Walker, the Margot and Mitch Milias Director of Women's Golf) and put my hand over my head and started laughing. I was just enjoying it."
Chan Reeves, Director of Instruction at the Atlanta Athletic Club and her teacher for almost 10 years, still can't believe her score.
"I've never heard of anyone shooting 26," he said. "It blows my mind."
Stackhouse, a highly-successful junior player and three-time Georgia 4A high school girls' champion, qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open. Twice, she had shot 65 in competition, but 9-under through nine holes was rarified air.
Collecting herself on the 10th tee, Stackhouse thought, "Don't change anything and try to help it.''
One of her playing partners was exasperated and told her coach, "I can't keep up," she said. "She's birdieing every hole."
Replied her coach, "Don't try to beat her. Just enjoy watching history."
By then, Stackhouse had attracted a gallery of about 200, reminding some of the Tiger Woods days. Stackhouse parred 10 and 11, then birdied the 12th hole to go 10-under. But at the par-4 13th, Stackhouse three-putted for her first bogey of the day, missing from just inside four feet.
"I took a little more time than I needed and got out of my rhythm," she said. Stackhouse pulled her tee shot left of the green at the par-3 14th and failed to get up-and-down for a par. But she kept her composure and vowed to birdie two of the last four holes, her favorites on the course.
After a par at 15, Stackhouse hit a nice third shot to the par-5 16th and sunk a 10-foot birdie putt.
"It was like a moving roar," Walker said of the crowd.
At the tough par-3 17th, assistant coach Kathryn Imrie helped her with the yardage and Stackhouse opted for an easy 7-iron instead of a hard 8. The ball covered the flag, but wound up nine feet past, leaving a tricky downhill slider. Swish.
At the picturesque downhill par-4 18th, Stackhouse bombed the longest drive of her life and had only 80 yards to the pin. Her 56-degree sand wedge checked up 15 feet below the hole. Although she knew the putt was straight, Stackhouse convinced herself it broke and ran the birdie attempt two feet past the cup. She converted the dicey downhill putt to make history.
"Coach came out and hugged me and everybody was cheering," Stackhouse said. "I was thinking this might be one of the greatest rounds I'll ever play."
Not only did Stackhouse win individual honors, but Stanford won the team title. The irony is that Walker, in her first season on The Farm, gave Stackhouse a pep talk prior to the round.
"Right before I teed off, coach looks at me and says, "Mariko's record out here is 63. Let's break some records today,' '' recalled Stackhouse.
Mariko is teammate Mariko Tumangan, a sophomore from San Jose.
"I was really calm," said Stackhouse, who is not a morning person and only hit about 15 practice balls. "I just looked at her and said, `All right, I'll try.' I definitely didn't see it coming."
Stackhouse had qualified No. 1 for the tournament thanks to four straight sub-par rounds. But Walker never imagined she would shoot lights out.
"I knew she was really comfortable under par," she said. "It was more of a challenge."
Did thoughts of breaking 60 ever cross her mind?
"It didn't until I bogeyed 13,"said Stackhouse. "And I was like, `Mariah, what did you just do?!' That's kind of when it hit me."
Word of her NCAA record spread quickly.
"A lot of people on Twitter have reached out and congratulated me," Stackhouse said. Two in particular. Former Olympic track and field gold medalists Ralph Boston (long jump) and Edwin Moses (400-meter hurdles) are good friends. Boston has been a long-time mentor and frequent golf partner in the Atlanta area.
"He said, `Miss Mariah, I hear you're doing amazing things — that's great,' he said. There's kind of a joke he always tells me: `Saddest words in a golfer's day, hit again, you're still away. I guess you weren't saying much of that.' ''
Reeves said she has always been grounded.
"I remember when she qualified for the USGA Junior Championship when she was 12, which was pretty amazing," he said. "When she came home I asked her what the best part was and thought she would say, `Having a caddie bib with my name on it.' She said it was going into the locker room and getting as many ice creams bars as you like."
Reeves said Sunday's win will be "huge, confidence-wise" for Stackhouse, but won't change her a bit.
"She's going to walk around campus the same way she did last week," said Reeves. "She's never been all about golf. At 15, she was already talking about her education. She's smart and works hard."
Reeves said her biggest strengths as a player are her sound fundamentals, mental toughness and experience.
"She adjusts well and is able to laugh off bad shots," he said. "Very few have that mentality."
Walker still can't quite believe what she witnessed last Sunday.
"I certainly never thought I would coach a 62," said Walker. "I'm like Mariah; I'm still kind of pinching myself."
Stackhouse had a celebratory dinner with family and friends after the tournament. The reality of her NCAA record finally was starting to sink in.
"The next morning when I woke up —because I kept telling my mom, `This might be a dream and I'm going to be really sad if I wake up and this is not real' — I woke up and it was very real," said Stackhouse. "It was really too cool."
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At the same time, the city continued to score dismal marks when it comes to affordable housing, a thorny subject in a city with little undeveloped land and astronomical property values. Only 29 percent of the respondents gave the city high marks on "variety of housing options" (down from 37 percent in 2010 and 2011) and only 12 percent rated "availability of affordable quality housing" as "good" or "excellent."
Despite these issues, the survey should give City Council members plenty of reasons to smile when they discuss the results Monday night. In most broad categories, including the city's "overall appearance," "cleanliness" and "recreation opportunities," the city scored marks in the 90s — well above those of comparable jurisdictions. Public schools received the highest ratings from 92 percent of the respondents (the same as in 2011), and library services received high scores from 88 percent (up from 75 percent in 2008 and 83 percent in 2011).
Residents appear to be particularly happy with city services, with 88 percent rating them "good" or "excellent" (in 2011, 83 percent gave the city the top two ratings) — a score that rates Palo Alto "much above" benchmark cities. The city scored particularly well when residents compared its services with those offered by the federal government (which 50 percent rated as "good or excellent"), the state government (41 percent of the residents) and Santa Clara County (60 percent, though this is a major improvement from 45 percent in 2011).
The survey's executive summary notes that "on average, residents gave very favorable ratings to most of local government services," particularly when compared to their counterparts in other cities.
"Of the 31 services for which comparisons were available, 23 were above the benchmark comparison and eight were similar to the benchmark comparison," the survey states.
Traffic congestion, however, remains a sore issue for Palo Alto residents. In the new survey, 51 percent of the respondents gave the city high ratings in the "ease of car travel" category — an 11 percent drop from 2011 and a 15 percent drop from 2010. Compared with similar jurisdictions, the rating was below average.
In addition, only 47 percent rated the city's "traffic signal timing" as "good" or "excellent."
The problem may have helped influence the behavior of local commuters. The percentage of people commuting alone by a motorized vehicle dropped from 63 percent in 2011 to 55 percent in 2012, while the percentage of the people who have used a local bus in the prior 12 months has risen from 28 percent in 2011 to 35 percent in 2012. The percentage of commuters relying on the bicycle jumped from 11 percent to 20 percent between 2011 and 2012.
Not surprisingly, road conditions also attracted some criticism, as they had in prior years. Only 42 percent of the residents rated the city as "good" or "excellent" on "street repair," though 80 percent gave Palo Alto the highest two grades for "street cleaning."
The survey and the accompanying Services and Accomplishments Report, which the Office of the City Auditor publishes annually, have come at a time of relative economic prosperity in Palo Alto. The city's fiscal picture has largely stabilized since the Great Recession of late 2008 thanks to concessions from city workers, a reduction of employees at City Hall and rising sales-tax revenues. In the new survey, 67 percent of the respondents rated the city's economic-development services "excellent" or "good," compared to 52 percent in 2011 and 49 percent in 2010.
Residents are also feeling better than in years past about their personal economic future, though these numbers have plenty of room for improvement. In 2012, 22 percent said they expect the next six months would have a "somewhat" or "very" positive impact on their family. This is well above the 12 percent who felt positive about their economic futures in 2011 and the 5 percent who felt that way in 2008.
While 22 percent is hardly a reason to cheer, the survey notes that in Palo Alto "the percent of residents with an optimistic outlook on their household income was more than comparison jurisdictions."
Economic development appears to have factored heavily in residents' feelings about Palo Alto's overall service quality. The new report includes a "key driver analysis," which aims to identify factors that are most related to residents' ratings of overall quality of local services. In 2012, these were: economic development, garbage collection, public-information services, recreation programs or classes and street repair.
The analysis suggests that of these five drivers, street repair may deserve the most attention because it is the only one that is similar to benchmark comparisons. For the other four categories, Palo Alto "was above the benchmark and should continue to ensure high quality performance," the survey states.
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Thursday he will appeal a judge's ruling that he overstepped his authority by unilaterally cutting the budget last spring.
Pawlenty made the announcement less than one day after Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin ruled the governor "crossed the line" between his unallotment authority and interference with legislative powers. Gearin ordered the reinstatement of a $5 million food program the governor cut last summer.
Pawlenty said Judge Gearin "has inserted herself in the middle of a political dispute," and that she misapplied and misinterpreted the unallotment statute.
"That degree of involvement by the court is concerning, to say the least," Pawlenty said during a news conference at the State Capitol.
Pawlenty used his unallotment authority in July to cut $2.7 billion of state spending to balance the budget, after he and the Democratic-controlled Legislature failed to reach agreement on the state budget. The Democrats had wanted to balance the budget through a combination of spending cuts and raising taxes, but Pawlenty vetoed their tax bill.
Following the unallotment, pro-bono lawyers working on behalf of six people enrolled in the Minnesota Supplemental Aid Special Diet program sued over the $5.3 million reduction. The program supplies cash grants to elderly and disabled people on fixed incomes to help them with special dietary needs stemming from other health concerns.
Gearin ordered the Pawlenty administration to reinstate payments for the food program from Nov. 1 and leave them in place until further notice. The next hearing in the case is set for March.
"If we can't use unallotment now, I don't know how or when we could."Gov. Pawlenty
Pawlenty didn't give an exact timing for the appeal, saying he is working with his general counsel and the Attorney General's Office to file it "as quickly as possible."
Pawlenty said he will work with the Legislature on solutions to a $1.2 billion budget shortfall during the upcoming legislative session, which starts Feb. 4. But he said he believes unallotment is justified under certain circumstances and wouldn't rule out using it again.
Gearin said unallotment should only be used in cases of unforeseen economic crisis, but Pawlenty said that's exactly what Minnesota is experiencing.
"If we can't use unallotment now, I don't know how or when we could," Pawlenty said.
Gearin's ruling only affects the special diet program, but other groups affected by Pawlenty's cuts could file their own lawsuits. That could include K-12 education, local governments, human services agencies and higher education.
The judge's ruling is prompting at least one group, the League of Minnesota Cities, to reevaluate an earlier decision not to challenge Pawlenty's cuts in court. Pawlenty cut $64 million in aid payments to cities in 2009, and the cities are scheduled to lose $128 million more in 2010, the league's lobbyist Gary Carlson said.
But Carlson said cities are not necessarily looking at the judge's ruling as a promising sign, because it could add uncertainty to local budgets.
"You could have a victory in the courts and yet the state budget still has an immense deficit," he said. "Everything that is overturned in the governor's unallotment will mean that the deficit that has to be resolved in 2010 is going to grow."
Perhaps anticipating the possibility that some of his other cuts would be challenged, Pawlenty planned to send a letter Thursday to legislative leaders proposing that they work out a plan to ratify one of the cuts --- delayed payments to K-12 education.
Pawlenty was hopeful that because legislative leaders had also included the payment shift in their budget proposal, they would work to ratify the action so that up to $1.7 billion was no longer in question. He suggested he could call a one-day special session to address the issue if an agreement is reached.
House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, a Democrat from Minneapolis who is running for governor, said she's willing to consider Pawlenty's proposal, but only if he finds the money to pay for the shift over the long term.
"We're all going to look at it if the governor has a new idea around this to pay back the payment shift and it's something that is real and is going to help our kids in the classroom," Kelliher said.
Kelliher said she thinks a majority of Minnesotans favor a mix of spending cuts and tax increases to balance the budget. But Republican House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers said voters will punish DFLers if they continue to push tax increases. He said the state can't afford it.
"If their only solution is 'we have to raise taxes,' I think it's going to be a tough legislative session," Zellers said. "I think the voters, the taxpayers of Minnesota are going to have to go to them and say 'Here's what we prefer.'"
A spokesman for DFL Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller said Pogemiller and other DFLers won't comment on Pawlenty's statement because they haven't received anything in writing and didn't see his news conference.
As for Gearin's ruling, experts and legislators from both parties, agreed it could have major implications for the upcoming legislative session and how the $1.2 billion deficit is resolved.
State Rep. Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, who is running for governor, said the judge's ruling will "raise the stakes" again for discussions of tax increases and spending cuts.
"I hope we don't get into the back and forth, but sit down and put a tough pencil down on paper and ask -- what in the 21st century can we do differently in government to downsize, right-size and economize those programs," Seifert said on MPR's Midmorning program Thursday.
Assistant Senate Majority leader Tarryl Clark, DFL-St. Cloud, said leaders are already looking for ways to make cuts to balance the budget.
"We're going to end up having to need shared sacrifice from everyone," Clark told Midmorning.
Steven Schier, a political science professor at Carleton College, said the judge's decision could lead to a budget stalemate if Democrats continue to insist on tax increases, and Pawlenty continues to veto any tax increases. But Schier said the decision puts more of a burden on Pawlenty.
"The governor is not going to be able to avoid dealing with the Legislature," Schier said.
(MPR's Elizabeth Dunbar and The Associated Press contributed to this story.)


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By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Matt Thornton thoroughly enjoyed his World Baseball Classic experience in 2009, when he pitched in five games for Team USA.
That great level of enjoyment wasn't enough to stop Thornton from turning down an offer to play for Team USA this year when his agent was asked about the left-hander being part of the provisional roster.
"Just one of those things that it was a choice I made," Thornton said. "I felt with the workload I've had over the last four or five years and the way I felt at the end of the year, the way I was struggling in back-to-back outings, it was something in my best interest and the team's best interest to avoid this year.
"I loved the WBC. I had a blast. Getting to meet guys you normally don't get to play with and be a part of Team USA and that kind of thing, it was an honor. It was a tough choice. It wasn't easy for me to say no. It took me a few days to make that choice. I felt it was in my best interest to avoid."
At 36, Thornton begins his seventh year with the White Sox in quite possibly the best shape of his career. He enters 2013 as the franchise's all-time holds leader, fourth on the franchise's list of appearances at 472 and is the all-time appearance leader among White Sox relievers.
The White Sox have a $6 million option or a $1 million buyout for Thornton in 2014, but the southpaw wasn't worried about anything past the bullpen he threw Friday. As for how long he wants to play beyond this season, Thornton has an idea when it will be time to go.
"It definitely gets harder as your kids get older and stuff," Thornton said. "You see guys that I know now that have kids who are 8, 9, 10 years old. You hear Jake [Peavy] talking about how much he misses his kids all the time. It's a lifestyle that's not easy.
"At the same time, I love the game of baseball. I love competition and going out there and the preparation in the offseason. I still love working hard getting ready for the season. When I start to avoid the preparation part is when I think that's when I'll realize I'm ready to phase out. I had one of the best offseasons of my career this offseason.
"Obviously, wearing the White Sox uniform for rest of my career would be something I would love to do," Thornton said. "But that's definitely out of my hands."
Danks upbeat day after bullpen session
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The fact that John Danks had a little fun with the media concerning the state of his left shoulder after playing catch Friday showed just how well things are going for the hurler in his ongoing efforts to get back to the rotation.
After throwing an 11-minute bullpen session on Thursday, his first on the mound in front of the full White Sox brass since Aug. 6 arthroscopic surgery, the next day bounce-back process was just as important in the recovery. Danks delivered nothing but good news.
"I was able to get through an upper-body workout, so I guess that's a good sign," Danks said. "So far, so good.
"That was one of the biggest problems before surgery was the ability to bounce back. It's just another level, being able to bounce back and fit in again."
Danks throws his second bullpen on Sunday, on the day White Sox position players officially report. He's scheduled to make his Cactus League debut on March 4.
"I'll get a couple days in between and there's no need to rush it," Danks said. "I'm feeling good."
Peavy organizing charitable music event
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- There won't be a second Woodjock concert involving Jake Peavy following up his 2010 event in Scottsdale. But Peavy spoke Friday about a charity event, which might be on a little smaller scale but still should be quite entertaining for White Sox fans, to take place this summer in Chicago, possibly in June or July.
It's an event that would benefit the Jake Peavy Foundation and sounds as if it could take place at Joe's Bar on Weed St.
"You know I love music," said Peavy with a smile. "We're finalizing the date now and we will have a cool event. It will be something that people will be excited to be a part of and will be fun for music lovers.
"This will be open to the public and it will be different. I don't know what we're going to call it, maybe Jake Peavy and Friends, but we'll have. … I'm sure some of us will participate and we'll play a little bit of music, but we'll have some guys who play music for a living that will make it a little worth your while to come on out.
"It will all run through my foundation and my foundation branches off into so many different directions with cancer research, Autism Speaks, the team focus for underprivileged children," Peavy said. "And we will also include the foundations of the artists that will be with me as well."
Along with Barry Zito, Peavy has been hosting an annual private event during Spring Training through Strikeouts for Troops. That event strictly is for the military, their families and as many baseball players and musicians as they can find.
This event in Chicago, featuring a mix of music, will have a little tighter focus than Woodjock and can be put together by the people running his foundation "without me having to devote so much time to it," according to Peavy.
"That was the biggest thing, and I wanted to get the season under way and get everything smoothly running and I wanted to do something in the town I play in as well," Peavy said. "I'll tell you, I'm as passionate about music as I am about baseball, and down in my home in Alabama I have built this amphitheater and I'm in the process of having this studio going in.
"Those are some of my closest friends in the world, the people who write music and produce music and actually play it. To be able to tie that in a little bit with baseball and then also raise money through that cause is an awesome feeling. It's always fun for me."
Gimenez arrives, begins preparing for backup role
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Hector Gimenez resolved visa issues regarding his travel, and the switch-hitter was in camp Friday catching bullpen sessions. Gimenez only missed three days in this extended Spring Training and seems to have a strong hold on the backup spot behind starter Tyler Flowers.
"Last year, him coming up at the end of the year, you got a good view of what he can do," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Gimenez, who hit .455 in 11 at-bats for the White Sox. "He's a switch-hitter. Again, he has quality at-bats. He knows how to play. He's a good receiver behind the plate.
"That's something that he really showed us last year. It was something that going into this year, you look at and those are the things that stood out for us."
Third to first
• Adam Dunn arrived at camp on Friday. The new father missed SoxFest to be with his wife, Rachel, who was giving birth to their third child.
• Ventura notices more than a physical difference in a healthy Brent Morel.
"He looks different in a lot of different ways," Ventura said. "Mentally, it's less of a strain on him every day to come in and just to be able to go out there and play without having to think what's going to happen after."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hollywood actor Sean Penn visited a medical clinic, toured a food distribution site and passed out water filters Friday as he sought to get a firsthand glimpse of the devastation wrought by a deadly earthquake in Haiti.
Penn arrived in the poor Caribbean nation Thursday accompanied by 11 doctors and a U.S. businesswoman with whom he has established a private Haitian relief organization.
The star of "Mystic River," ''Dead Man Walking" and "Carlito's Way" chatted with paratroopers from the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division and searched for areas to bring aid in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince.
"It is a devastated area," said Penn, dressed in torn jeans, cowboy boots and a dark blue T-shirt. "I've seen the same thing your cameras have seen: People are suffering anda lot of people are doing their best — the U.S. military and human aid groups — to help them."
Penn brought 1,000 water filters that were distributed to villages outside Port-au-Prince. He spent part of Friday meeting with aid groups and hospitals.
"The idea of us being here is to make sure the aid gets to them," he said.
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ROCKINGHAM CO., NH, and COLUMBIA, SC -- Operators of sweepstakes videogames in New Hampshire and South Carolina have filed lawsuits against their respective state governments. Both suits assert that bans on electronic sweepstakes games are unconstitutional because they violate free speech and equal protection.
Attorneys in both cases are evidently taking their cues from an Appeals Court ruling last March that found North Carolina's sweepstakes ban illegal because it violated first amendment protections on free speech. | SEE STORY
The New Hampshire lawsuit was filed in Rockingham County Superior Court in June by Scott and Cindy Loring of 3D Business Centers (Portsmouth and Seabrook).
In mid-July, according to local sources, the operators asked the court for a preliminary injunction so they can continue operating the games until the case goes to trial. | SEE STORY
The Lorings are hoping that a statewide ban on these devices (HB 1260) will be overturned, as it was in North Carolina.
In South Carolina, operator Terry Eddie Land of Gamecock Sweepstakes (Sumter) filed a lawsuit in federal court against the State Law Enforcement Division on July 30 in response to a raid two weeks earlier that had shut down his operation. Also named as defendants are the Sumter County sheriff and the state government.
Land, who said he paid $20,000 for state business licenses, asserted that his business is legal based on constitutional protections outlined in the 1st and 14th Amendments.
Former SLED director Reggie Lloyd, now a sweeps industry advocate, is assisting Land with the lawsuit.
Lloyd told The State newspaper that similar cases based on constitutional grounds have been filed to defend sweepstakes games in Florida, Ohio and Arkansas. | SEE STORY
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Lynx Down Phoenix 99-79 - Match Report
Minnesota cruised to victory on Thursday, running Phoenix out of the gym and running up a 99-79 score at Target Center.
The Lynx were a 10.5-point favorite in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 171.5.
Minnesota got 22 points from Maya Moore and another 19 points from Seimone Augustus. Lindsay Whalen contributed 10 assists, while Rebekkah Brunson cleaned the glass with 10 rebounds.
Phoenix got 21 points from Diana Taurasi in a losing cause and another 18 points from DeWanna Bonner. Samantha Prahalis contributed 5 assists for the Mercury, while DeWanna Bonner had 7 rebounds.
The Lynx hit the break leading 60-33 before taking care of business in the second half.
Minnesota had a 41-30 advantage in the rebounding department as they won the battle in the paint.
Next game, Minnesota takes its act on the road to face Washington looking for another win. For Phoenix, they head on the road to face Indiana.


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37.0210 Registration required-Notice of contents.Cite as [A.S.C.A. § 37.0210]
(a) No instrument shall be effectual to pass the title to any land or any interest therein, or to render such land liable as security for the payment of any debt or obligation until such instrument has been duly registered with the Territorial Registrar.
(b) Due registration of an instrument relating to land or an interest therein shall be notice of the contents of such instrument to all persons thereafter dealing with such land or interest therein.History: 1962, PL 7-31 1968 PL 10-68; readopted 1980 PL 16-88 §§ 1, 2, 1982 PL 17-31 §§ 1, 2.
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At the time plaintiff grantee received and registered deed. title to the property described therein passed to plaintiff and grantor lost all interest therein, and defendant grantees of adjoining land owned by the same grantor as had sold land to plaintiff would be held to have had notice of the contents of plaintiff's duly registered deed at the time defendants accepted delivery of their own deed, and defendants' deed, which passed to them a small portion of the land already passed to plaintiff, had no effect on plaintiffs ownership of the property described in plaintiffs deed Moon v Falemalama 4 ASR 836 (1975).
Where the record is unclear as to whether a deed has been duly registered, the appellate court will remand the issue to the trial court for further evidentiary findings. A.S.C.A. § 37.0210(a). Vaimaona v. Tuitasi, 18 A.S.R.2d 88 (1991).
Final step in the statutory procedure for alienation of communal land is recordation of the transaction with the Territorial Registrar; when a buyer and seller comply with all the statutory provisions for alienation of land, including this recordation provision, the buyer becomes the owner of whatever interest the seller had in the land. A.S.C.A. § 37.0210. Vaimaona v. Tuitasi (Mem.), 13 A.S.R.2d 76 (1989).
Territorial statute providing for the registration of instruments, as opposed to the registration of title itself, does not specify posting or any other particular from of notice prior to registration. A.S.C.A. § 37.0210. Vaimaona v. Tuitasi (Mem.), 13 A.S.R.2d 76 (1989).
Though registration of an instrument of conveyance is a necessary condition of the effectiveness of that instrument to pass title, it may not in all cases be sufficient; registration of the instrument gives notice to people dealing with the land "thereafter" but does not necessarily affect the interests of persons who dealt with the land before. A.S.C.A. § 37.0210. Vaimaona v. Tuitasi, 18 A.S.R.2d 88 (1991).
Land registration statute does not require that posting of notices be evidenced by an affidavit or by any other particular form of notice. A.S.C.A. §§ 37.0101 et seq. Vaimaona v. Tuitasi (Mem.), 13 A.S.R.2d 76 (1989).
Matai cannot alienate land without complying with certain statutory procedures, including the approval of the Governor of American Samoa. A.S.C.A. §§ 37.0201 et seq. Sivia v. Alaimalo, 13 A.S.R.2d 95 (1989).


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Using Twitter beyond Twitter: embeddable tweets
As noted in the Social Media Examiner blog, you can embed conversations from Twitter into blog posts. Unfortunately, the Twitter interface has changed slightly, so when you hover over the tweet you want to embed, the link now says "Open" instead of "Expand," and it is located at the far right instead of next to […]
Keynote by Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson "Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom"
"Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom" Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson Monday, April 23, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm College of Social Work Okazaki Community Meeting Room Mary Catherine Bateson will share her thoughts and research on the impact of improved health and longevity on marriage, childbearing, education, work, and retirement. Most recently, […]
LIFT Forum: How to Effectively Use YouTube in the Workplace
The Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Library and Information Technology Forum features Jake O'Connor, Program Coordinator, Financial & Business Services, talking about How to Effectively Use YouTube in the Workplace. Please join us in the Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles Health Sciences Education Building, Room 3515 B at 12:05-1:00 p.m. for this program. Program Description: […]
Remodeling progress
As we move through the spring semester, you can see construction & remodeling progress on the upper and lower levels in this slideshow, from beginning through now (early April).
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It's coming: the Great Utah ShakeOut
Eccles Library staff will join the University campus and thousands across Utah in the largest earthquake drill in the state's history on April 17th.
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Peter Facinelli will be signing autographs for a $25 charitable donation in West Virginia this weekend. WVgazette reports:
Saturday at noon, Facinelli will be in Center Court at Charleston Town Center Mall signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.
A portion of the $25 autograph fee or $40 photo fee will go to City of Joy, a program to help the abused and displaced women of the Congo. Facinelli says the charity really resonates with him. The 35 year-old has three daughters, and the plight of these women got under his skin.
"Meeting fans and helping people across the world just sounded good to me," he said.
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Also, Marc Malkin shares that Twilight stars can now command big bucks to show up at events:
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Want a Twilight star who isn't Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart to come to your birthday party? How about to a Halloween bash? Or maybe make an appearance at the local shopping mall?
Folks like Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz and Peter Facinelli can command up to $20,000 for such appearances, according to a leading entertainment booking agent now working with many of these young stars...
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Plutarch's 'Parallel Lives,' written at the beginning of the second century A.D., form a brilliant social history of the ancient world. They were originally presented in a series of books that gave an account of one Greek and one Roman life, followed by a comparison of the two: Theseus and Romulus, Alcibiades and Coriolanus, Demosthenes and Cicero, Demetrius and Antony. Plutarch was interested in the personalities of his subjects and on the way their characters molded… (más)
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The Sandwich Summer Arts and Craft Festival will be held on the lawn of the Henry T. Wing School, Route 130, 33 Water Street, Sandwich, MA.on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13, 2014. Over 75 Juried Craftsmen and women from all over New England will display and sell their American made works including Fine Jewelry, Floral Design, Photography, Woodturning, Scarves, Pressed Flowers, Soaps, Country Woodcrafts, Stained Glass, Calligraphy, Knits, Watercolors, Flags, Wind Chimes, Oil Paintings, Custom Furniture, Pottery, Wearable Art, Candles, Tile, Calligraphy, Folk Art, Birdhouses, Vintage Chic Home Décor, Driftwood Accessories, Handbags, Basketry, Metal Craft, Slate and more. Come and sample gourmet specialty foods including Herbal Dips, Salas, Baked Goods, Oils, Vinegars, Candies and more. Enjoy live music and craft demonstrations each day as well. Festival Hours are 10am to 5pm each day. Directions: From Route 6 take Exit 2 onto Route 130. The Sandwich Summer Arts and Craft Festival is Free Admission and held rain or shine. Handicap Accessible and friendly Pets are welcome on leash. For more information call (603) 332-2616 or visit www.castleberryfairs.com The Sandwich Summer Arts and Craft Festival is sponsored by The Sandwich High School Association and food sales benefit the Sandwich-Bourne Lion Club.
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text: IIRC, the aborted Romulan war movie Star Trek: The Beginning simply ran with ENT's retcons - the lack of face-to-face contact was because the Romulans attacked Earth with drone ships, which were equippes with warp drive and cloaking devices. The "atomic weapon" was a WWIII relic stolen by the hero who also steals the warp seven prototype USS Spartan and sets off to Romulus to win the war himself. Script review and details here: www.aintitcool.com/node/34635 and here: http://filmjournal.net/oldboy/2009/05/12/star-trek-the-beginning/


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District 8 heads to runoff
Updated 3:49 pm, Sunday, May 12, 2013
In a race marked by big spending and fierce campaigning, neither Rolando Briones nor Ron Nirenberg could secure a majority of the vote in the three-way race for the District 8 City Council seat.
The two will go head to head June 15 in a runoff. Mike Kueber, a third candidate who vowed not to raise or spend any money, garnered more than 5 percent of the vote — enough to force the two front-runners into the runoff.
Briones did not return phone calls Saturday seeking comment. Nirenberg said he felt good about the race.
"The community support has been overwhelming, and the results of the election in which we were outspent 4-to-1 is totally encouraging," he said.
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Starting Sunday, his campaign will focus on June 15.
"We'll continue to do exactly what we were doing: address the challenges of the community in an open and honest way," he said.
The race turned contentious when Briones and Nirenberg began criticizing each other's public service records. Briones touted his longstanding experience of having served on several city commissions, and Nirenberg countered that Briones unethically traded on his service.
The race for the seat held by Reed Williams began shortly after the councilman announced in January 2012 that he wouldn't run for re-election.
It could easily become the most expensive council race in city history.
Briones outspent Nirenberg 4-to-1, according to campaign finance reports. Since 2012, Nirenberg has spent about $68,000 and Briones has spent almost $304,000 — not including any expenses incurred in the past week.
Nirenberg garnered 3,552 votes. to Briones' 3,237. Nirenberg spent $19 per vote, and Briones spent almost $94 per vote.
In an unheard-of maneuver for local council races, Briones bought commercials on network television late in the race. It's the most expensive form of advertising and can't be targeted to a single council district or specific area of town.


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Through past articles that I have written for the East County Observer, perhaps some of you know I am a photographer and enjoy wildlife photography first and foremost. One of my goals as a photographer is to help educate the public regarding Florida wildlife. For example, I love to show how much more the state of Florida has to offer than just great beaches.
Florida actually affords some of the best opportunities for bird photography in the world. In particular, our Bradenton/Sarasota area provides some of the finest photographic locales in the state, with its many rookeries and parks, chiefly Myakka River State Park. Our winter season brings a migration of several species from the north and is also the prime breeding season for local species.
Capturing the mating rituals, the nesting behavior and the ultimate birth and fledging of the young is a delight for both amateur and professional photographers. I love to share my joy for getting out into nature and capturing animals in their natural settings, especially while they are engaging in some sort of natural behavior.
I offer several workshops and adventures throughout the year in Florida. During these field trips, the one thing I stress to my students is to capture something different, so the resulting response to the image is "wow!" All my former students know that my mantra is: "Anyone can take a picture of a bird on a stick; only good photographers capture the essence of the subject."
To capture the "essence," one must try to understand the subject. Photographers should be asking themselves questions such as: "Why do these birds come to the same rookery year after year to roost and breed? Why do great white egrets have black feet and yellow beaks, whereas snowy egrets have black beaks and yellow feet? Why does an owl make no noise when it flies? How does a male alligator make water "dance" on its back during mating season?"
I believe these are all questions that should be going through a photographer's mind, along with capturing the image.
During my Photo-Boat Photography Tours, I enjoy observing the photographers onboard my boat. I remember watching a photographer last year who set her camera down periodically as she observed the interactions of the different birds before taking another shot. To me, this is the mark of a great photographer. She was studying the birds and was then able to plan and set up her next shot. Not only did she capture the shot, she enjoyed the experience.
In summary, to enhance your photographic experience, learn about your subjects.
For a final example — it may be helpful to know that great blue herons start nest-building in late fall, whereas the great white egrets start building their nests in late winter. There are few more unpleasant ways to spend a hot July afternoon than sitting in the sun waiting for a great blue heron to start building its nest!
Bob Salyers is a professional photographer and hosts photography adventures locally including the "Photo-Boat," as well as trips to the Florida Everglades, The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Yellowstone National Park and Costa Rica. Visit Bob Salyers on Facebook at Facebook.com/photographyadventures or email to [email protected].
Through past articles that I have written for the East County Observer, perhaps some of you know I am a photographer and enjoy wildlife photography first and foremost. One of my goals as a photographer is to help educate the public regarding Florida wildlife. For example, I love to show how much more the state of Florida has to offer than just great beaches.


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Turner pitches Marlins past Padres, 7-1
Turner pitches Marlins past Padres, 7-1Miami Marlins' Placido Polanco, right, celebrates with Giancario Stanton, who hit a home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Miami, Saturday, June 29, 2013. The Marlins won 7-1. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)
MIAMI (AP) -- When Jacob Turner had wrapped up the first complete game of his career, he accepted a pat on the stomach from his first baseman, gave his catcher a slap on the shoulder and then greeted manager Mike Redmond with uncharacteristic bravado.
''That's how you do it, Red,'' Turner said.
The 22-year-old right-hander's swagger was justified. He pitched a seven-hitter and had a career-high seven strikeouts Saturday to help the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres 7-1.
The complete game was the first this year for the Marlins, who have the worst record in the major leagues but are 14-10 in June.
Turner (2-0) has contributed to the turnaround. Following a dismal spring, he began the season in Triple-A, and since rejoining the Marlins he has an ERA of 1.76 in six starts.
''This is a totally different guy than we saw in spring training,'' Redmond said. ''He went down to the minor leagues and worked on things he needed to work on and, wow, this guy has come back to the big leagues and has been outstanding.''
Turner's latest start, the 19th of his career, was the best yet. He allowed only one walk - to start the ninth - and threw 111 pitches, 77 for strikes.
''He did a good job of moving the fastball on both sides of the plate,'' Padres manager Bud Black said. ''He had some great movement on the fastball and threw some good breaking balls. He's a fine young pitcher.''
Turner benefited from rare run support. The Marlins rank last in the majors in runs, but by the fourth inning they led 6-0.
Giancarlo Stanton hit his eighth home run, Jeff Mathis had two RBIs and Placido Polanco became the 22nd active player to score 1,000 runs. The outburst came after the Marlins were outscored 20-3 while losing their first four games to San Diego this season.
Eric Stults (6-6) gave up a season-high six runs, five earned, in 3 2-3 innings. The stint was his briefest as a starter since 2009.
''I struggled with command of a lot of my pitches,'' Stults said. ''The good pitches I made, they were able to put the barrel on the ball and find some holes.''
By the ninth, the only drama was whether Turner would get the complete game. He was still throwing in the low 90s, but he walked the leadoff batter and figured another baserunner would end his night.
''You try not to think about it, but it's going to be there,'' said Turner, who acknowledged butterflies at the end. ''I definitely wanted to finish the game.''
First baseman Ed Lucas made a backhanded stab of Will Venable's two-hopper and tossed to Turner covering first for the final out. The victory came in a snappy 2 hours, 24 minutes.
When Turner was asked about his postgame comment to Redmond, he shrugged sheepishly. Redmond chuckled when he recalled the remark.
''I wasn't expecting that out of him,'' the manager said, ''but I loved it.''
The Marlins took a 3-0 lead in the first inning. After Justin Ruggiano and Lucas singled, Marcell Ozuna hit an RBI single, and when the ball skipped past center fielder Alexi Amarista for an error, Lucas also came home.
Ozuna then scored on Polanco's sacrifice fly.
Miami added three runs in the fourth, when the first four batters reached. Adeiny Hechavarria hit an RBI single, and Mathis singled past a drawn-in infield to score two more runs.
Venable tripled in the fifth and scored on Nick Hundley's double.
Notes: RHP Henderson Alvarez, who pitched 7 2-3 scoreless innings in a rehabilitation start Friday for Double-A Jacksonville, will rejoin the Marlins and move into the rotation next week. ... SS Everth Cabrera (strained hamstring) is scheduled to begin a rehabilitation assignment with Single-A Fort Wayne on Tuesday, and he might rejoin the Padres on Thursday. ... Ozuna improved his average with runners in scoring position to .415 (22 for 53). ... The Padres fell to 10-4 in Miami since 2009.


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Strolling of the Heifers to take over River Garden
BRATTLEBORO -- Strolling of the Heifers has been chosen to take over ownership of the Robert H. Gibson River Garden.
Building a Better Brattleboro, the downtown organization that owns the publicly used space at 153 Main St., announced earlier this year that it would be divesting itself from the River Garden because it was too expensive to maintain.
BABB opened up a public request for proposal process to gather ideas from other groups or individuals who would be willing to take over the River Garden. BABB received three proposals and the board spent almost two months going through the plans, meeting with the applicants and debating the future of the River Garden.
BABB declined to identify the other two applicants.
At a press conference Monday, BABB board president Donna Simons announced that Strolling of the Heifers would be assuming ownership of the property in the coming months. Simons said details about the deal are still being worked out.
BABB used a number of different funding sources when it purchased the building in 1999 and Simons said, specifically, an existing USDA loan that was used for the mortgage has to be repaid and USDA will have to approve the transfer of ownership before the deal goes through.
Simons said it took BABB so long to make a decision because each of three proposals were strong. She said the BABB board met twice to talk about, and vote on, the proposals. In the end, Simons said, Strolling of the Heifers was chosen because of the organization's commitment to keeping the River Garden open to the public.
"It was a very difficult process," Simons said. "When we were looking at the RFPs our No. 1 rating was to keep it open to the public. It was a close vote but in the end we made the decision because we wanted to keep it as a public space and we wanted to maintain access from Main Street to the river."
Strolling of the Heifers started in 2002 as a parade celebrating local agriculture and the organization has since grown to include a three day sustainability conference, a weekend full of events during the first week in June and grant and education programs that take place throughout the year.
Strolling of the Heifers Executive Director Orly Munzing said the group was excited to take this next step in establishing a year-round presence on Main Street. Munzing said she was still coming up with ideas to help make the project sustainable and profitable. She said the River Garden would continue to be opened to the public and she also said she was excited about continuing to have the Brattleboro Winter's Farmers' Market use the Main Street building. Munzing said she hopes to be able to install an air conditioning system and is looking into bringing in a commercial kitchen for preparing food and hosting events.
She said she wants to work closely with BABB, which now has its office in the River Garden. And ultimately, Munzing said, she wants to use the River Garden to continue to promote local food, to bring attention to farming and farming issues, and to encourage and support work that leads to a stronger and more sustainable agricultural system in Vermont and New England.
"We see ourselves as shepherding this community space. We want to bring the farm to Main Street," Munzing said. "I see this as a community project and we hope the community is going to help us with it as well."
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Willingham to DH until knee feels better
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
MINNEAPOLIS -- Josh Willingham's left knee continued to bother him in Tuesday's game, so he started at designated hitter on Wednesday against the White Sox.
Willingham missed Saturday's and Sunday's games with soreness in his left knee and had a cortisone shot in his knee Saturday night. He came back after Monday's off-day and felt good enough to start in left field on Tuesday, but his knee didn't react the way he wanted it to in his first game back.
"It's not perfect right now -- I can tell you that," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We'll see how this DH thing goes, but it wasn't a great night last night as far as him running around on his leg. So I'm a little concerned."
Gardenhire said he'll continue to start Willingham at DH until his knee feels better, as it usually takes a few days for the cortisone shot to fully set in.
"He's still fighting through it," Gardenhire said. "Last night wasn't perfect. It feels better, but it wasn't great during the game. So we'll see how it goes today. He didn't feel great, so we talked about it."
Willingham finished Wednesday's victory 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI.
Dozier hits leadoff against White Sox lefty
MINNEAPOLIS -- With left-hander Chris Sale on the mound for the White Sox on Wednesday, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire opted to move second baseman Brian Dozier up to the leadoff spot in the order.
Dozier, who began the day hitting .278 with a .372 on-base percentage against lefties, replaced the left-handed-hitting Clete Thomas, who had served as the club's leadoff hitter for the previous three games. Thomas moved down to the No. 8 spot in the order.
"Dozier's on-base percentage is like .370 against lefties, so you just take a chance because [Sale] is pretty good and eats up lefties," Gardenhire said. "I think they're hitting like .075 against him. So you just try to do the best you can. The lineup is what it is."
Gardenhire said Dozier's move to the top of the lineup isn't permanent, as he's still looking for more production out of the leadoff spot. Twins leadoff hitters entered play Wednesday having combined to hit just .177 with a .232 on-base percentage.
Dozier went 1-for-2 with a three-run homer and a hit-by-pitch against Sale in leading the Twins to a 7-4 victory.
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Evaluating and improving teacher performance
A new report released this week by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation confirms what most of us have suspected for quite some time: Test scores alone are not enough to measure a teacher's true performance and effectiveness in the classroom.
In fact, the report says tests should not represent more than half the total teacher evaluation score.
The three-year project, Measures of Effective Teaching, identified great teaching by combining three types of measures. In the first year of the study, teaching practice was measured using a combination of student surveys, classroom observations, and student achievement gains. Then, in the second year, teachers were randomly assigned to different classrooms of students. The students' outcomes were later measured using state tests and supplemental assessments.
The teachers whose students did better during the first year of the project also had students who performed better following random assignment. Moreover, the magnitude of the achievement gains they generated aligned with the predictions, according to the foundation.
The report shows that a more balanced approach -- which incorporates the student survey data and classroom observations -- has two important advantages: ratings are less likely to fluctuate from year to year, and the combination is more likely to identify teachers with better outcomes on assessments other than the state tests.
One of the new conclusions of the report is that having a second person, other than the principal, evaluate a teacher greatly enhances reliability.
"If we want students to learn more, teachers must become students of their own teaching. They need to see their own teaching in a new light," Tom Kane, professor of Education and Economics at Harvard's Graduate School of Education and leader of the MET project, said in a release. "This is not about accountability. It's about providing the feedback every professional needs to strive towards excellence."
Of course, good feedback is only one element in identifying and ensuring effective teaching practices. Equally important is using that feedback for more targeted professional development to help teachers improve their practice.
A recent opinion piece in the New York Daily News summed it up best: "Evaluation alone doesn't make teachers better. It is what school leaders do with that information to provide educators with better training that will make the difference. We must concentrate our efforts in this area now. If not, we risk having an evaluation system that prioritizes accountability but leaves teachers without the support they need to grow and improve."
That's according to Dave Levin, co-founder of KIPP charter schools, and Tim Daly, president of TNTP, an organization that helps school districts recruit and train effective teachers.
They conclude that, "With teacher effectiveness and teacher evaluation in the spotlight, the focus on accountability needs to be augmented by a reinvigorated and re-imagined effort to invest in the development and success of our educators. Our children will realize their potential when we help our teachers realize theirs."
We couldn't agree more.
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Don't scoff at hot-hitting Hannahan
Journeyman shining in Tribe's lineup with less-is-more approach
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
CLEVELAND -- His name is up there alongside the American League leaders -- in batting average, in on-base percentage, in RBIs. He's had two game-winning hits in the past week alone, making him such a pivotal part of his club's offense that his manager recently said, "We want to see him up here" in clutch situations. Obviously, we're talking about Indians third baseman Jack Hannahan, a 32-year-old journeyman who entered 2012 with a career-adjusted OPS a full 16 points below league average. Obviously. Hannahan has become one of those April illusions that you don't know whether to brush off or believe. No, he's not likely to keep up this pace -- a .308 average, .393 OBP and 13 RBIs in 15 games -- but he's playing the game with such flash and such focus that it seems unwise to write him off. No doubt, many have written him off before. When an alcohol addiction nearly derailed his college career. When his first everyday opportunity in the bigs -- filling in for an injured Eric Chavez in Oakland in 2008 -- resulted in a .218/.305/.342 slash line. And when an Indians team that thrust him into the third-base job as a last-ditch option in 2011 ripped him out of the role in midseason by promoting one of its top prospects. Add it all up and you might assume Hannahan has no business here, impacting an Indians team off to a respectable 9-8 start. But he's here, and, in the immediate, he's an indispensable piece. Not that Hannahan's taking that status for granted. "I've been around long enough to see just about everything and anything [that] happens in this game," he says. "I've seen it all." He saw the game slipping away from him all too early. Hannahan started drinking in high school, and when he'd drink, he'd get into trouble. He was kicked off the baseball team during his sophomore year at Cretin-Durham Hall High School in St. Paul, Minn. And twice he was suspended because of alcohol during an otherwise accomplished career at the University of Minnesota. "I was a train wreck," he says now. Hannahan doesn't wish to say much more than that. You get the sense that he doesn't want to come across as "holier than thou," but know that he came to the conclusion, at 20 years old, that it was time to pull himself out of the wreckage that alcohol had wrought. He entered rehab, did the 12 steps, embraced his Catholic upbringing and came out clean. He hasn't had a drink in more than a decade. But the bout with booze was only the beginning of Hannahan's uphill climb to coherence at the Major League level. He was Big Ten Player of the Year in 2000 and a third-round Draft pick by the Tigers, but his Minor League career lagged. He spent parts of four seasons in Double-A and parts of five in Triple-A. The all-glove, no-stick label stuck, and Hannahan was just a warm body -- traded by the Tigers, then the A's, then the Mariners -- who came to Cleveland last year as a non-roster invitee with no prior Major League success to speak of. "I've never been told, 'Hey, you're our guy,'" he says. And that's true with the Tribe, too. The Indians' "guy," as it were, is Lonnie Chisenhall, a former No. 1 pick, and Jason Donald was supposed to be the stopgap. But when Donald broke his hand in spring camp last year, Hannahan was thrust into the role. He was stellar defensively, but his bat dragged, and the Indians gave Chisenhall the call in June. That's the part of the story where Hannahan probably should have become a bit player, riding that role to its inevitable, anticlimactic conclusion. But something happened to Hannahan in the second half last season -- something that transpired roughly around the time of the premature birth of his son, Johnny -- and he hasn't been the same since. "I've had a ton of hitting coaches tell me 'You're swinging too hard,'" he says. "But it never really clicked until last year, when I had nothing to lose." A switch to a heavier bat, and more important, an adjustment in the timing of his swing helped Hannahan hit .364 in a part-time role in the season's final two months. "One day, I finally got a start, and I decided to use this bigger bat in the game," he says. "The first pitch, I had no chance to hit. But that next pitch, I put my foot down uncomfortably early, saw the pitch and let my hands work. I hit a line drive up the middle and said, 'That's it.'" And the softer swing was accompanied by a shift in focus. His wife, Jenny, was having complications with her pregnancy and was on bed rest for 24 weeks. When the team was in town, Hannahan would spend his time with her at the hospital. "There were times where I'd show up at 5:45 or 6 o'clock for a 7 o'clock game and I'd be in the lineup," he says. "I'd hit a couple balls off the tee, go in and have one of my best games. Not thinking about who was pitching, not seeing any film on them, just going out and playing. I really had a clear head." Johnny was born two months premature, while the Indians were in Boston. And the story of Hannahan's teammates all pitching in to pay for a late-night chartered flight to get him back to Cleveland in time for the birth was one of the best stories in baseball last year. Here in 2012, little Johnny is doing very well, and Hannahan's story continues. He beat Chisenhall for the starting third-base job in camp, and the results have kept coming from that less-is-more approach. How long can it continue? Who knows? Chisenhall is still considered the future at third, and Hannahan will have to keep the results coming to silence the skeptics. But he believes in himself, and sometimes that's half the battle. "I'm too old to look in the rear-view mirror anymore," he says. "I feel really relaxed playing. It's nothing I've ever felt before. And I'm having a ton of fun."
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I almost forgot, what is Carmelina Sauce?
I'm thinking of trying one of these pizzas tonight, is there any way I can have one ready for dinner, or is it a next day kind of dough? I stopped at a local Italian deli and got all sorts of stuff I'd like to try on it, like Mortadella. They had Margherita Pepperoni for $3.99/lb. I couldn't resist, I got 4 pounds, it's my current favorite. If I can't have one ready for tonight, I'll make one for tomorrow.I almost forgot, what is Carmelina Sauce?
redox....ps, glad to help anytime over on my Chi thin pics thread.
Please post about the pizza and give some crumb shots. I'm very interested in non-refrigerated fermentation times, so I'm curious to hear your formula and fermentation times and temperature and see how it comes out.
In fact, if you know where this should go, let me know and I'll ask to have it moved.
Jay,You did a terrific job. You have provided yet more evidence of the appeal of the Detroit style pizza. Since your dough formulation was not out in left field for a Detroit style pizza, I think we can leave your post in this thread. However, if you plan to make more of such pizzas, you may want to start a new thread so that your work isn't buried in the middle of this thread. It deserves its own place in the sun.Did you detect much of a difference between the two stripes of sauce?Peter
Thanks for the kind words. In truth, it is only because this site is such a great resource that I was able to make such a tasty pizza on my second attempt.


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coastal site located 16 km (9 mi.) south of Tel Aviv-Jaffa (31°50′ N, 34°35′ E; map reference 1212 × 1479). The site was excavated for three seasons by Jacob Kaplan from 1967 to 1969, under the auspices of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipal Museum. The Israel Antiquities Authority undertook a series of rescue excavations under the direction of Fanny Vitto (1980) and Yosef Levy (1987) in order to save a building complex from being eroded by the sea. Moshe Dothan (1952) suggests that Yavneh-Yam may be ancient Mehôz, mentioned in the geographic lists of Thutmosis III and Alu-Muhazi in the Amarna letter no. 298. [See Amarna Tablets.] From Hellenistic times onward it is referred to as Jamnia (Iamnia). Arab geographers referred to it as Mahu Yubna. According to older views, a council of Jewish scholars completed the canon of the Hebrew Bible at Jamnia in 90 CE.
The site consists primarily of a square enclosure (approximately 800 sq m) bounded by a freestanding rampart. Based on the configuration of the ramparts at nearby Ashkelon, Israel Finkelstein (1992) suggests that the site may not have been enclosed on its western, seaward side. This would greatly reduce Kaplan's estimate of the site's size as 64 ha (160 acres). Kaplan was primarily interested in the rampart's construction and in fact found little evidence of occupation within the enclosure. He excavated two trenches, areas A and H, which cut across the rampart. The site dates to the beginning of the Middle Bronze IIA and continued in use intermittently through the Late Bronze I, when it was abandoned. It is possible that the site served as a harborage for the site of Yavneh 8 km (5 mi.) to the southeast.
In order to understand the rampart's construction, area A was cut from the top of the rampart down to its base. The sterile sand at the base of the rampart was leveled and covered with a thick layer of red clayey soil (Ar., hamra). The core of the rampart was a light-brown packed earth entirely covered with hamra. A glacis, composed of a layer of clayey soil covered by a layer of crushed kurkar, was then added to the rampart's exterior. In a later phase, this glacis was capped with stone to form a 30° angle. A series of three superimposed gates was found in area H, near the southeast corner of the rampart. The two earliest gates of strata III and II (MB II) were constructed of sun-dried mud bricks and flanked by towers. The LB stratum I gate was constructed of stone rubble. A second gate system was also detected along the eastern wall. Nine occupational layers on the inner rampart slope were excavated in area A. The earliest layer's ceramic horizon dates to MB IIA. Layers 8–3 date to MB IIB–C. LBI material, including Bichrome Ware, was found in layers 2 and 1. In area H, an MB IIA hearth was found on sterile soil in front of the stratum III gate. Fragments of ivory plaques were also associated with this hearth.
The site was reoccupied in the Persian period when it was probably a key administrative center. Based on the sherd scatter, the site expanded in the Persian and Hellenistic periods and was a large port in the Roman-Byzantine period. Judas Maccabaeus (Judah Maccabee) attacked Jamnia in order to destroy the Seleucid fleet (see Isaac, 1991, p. 140). A fragmentary Greek inscription on a limestone block, approximately dated to the reign of Antiochus V (164–162 BCE), is important for understanding the Phoenician influence on Jamnia. It appears that there was a strong Sidonian presence at the site beginning in the second century BCE. Vitto excavated the remains of a well-made polychromatic mosaic floor with a geometric decoration. [See Mosaics.] The floor was probably part of a large building complex that is dated to the Byzantine period. Levy excavated in this same area and found three Mamluk rooms with white mosaic floors and evidence of a wine press. Underneath the Byzantine and Mamluk mosaics earlier levels (Herodian, Hellenistic, and Persian) were found from which a Rhodian handle and a Hasmonean coin were recovered.
- Ayalon, Etan "Yavneh Yam." Excavations and Surveys in Israel 2 (1983): 109–110. .
- Bunimovitz, Shlomo. "The Middle Bronze Age Fortifications in Palestine as a Social Phenomenon." Tel Aviv 19.2 (1992): 221–234. .
- Dothan, Moshe. "An Archaeological Survey of the Lower Rubin River." Israel Exploration Journal 2 (1952): 104–117.
- Eldar, Iris, and I. Nir. "Yavne-Yam, Well." Excavations and Surveys in Israel 4 (1985): 114–115. .
- Finkelstein, Israel. "Middle Bronze Age Fortifications: A Reflection of Social Organization and Political Formations." Tel Aviv 19.2 (1992): 201–220.
- Isaac, Benjamin. "A Seleucid Inscription from Jamnia-on-the-Sea: Antiochus V Eupator and the Sidonians." Israel Exploration Journal 41 (1991): 132–144. .
- Kaplan, Jacob. "Further Aspects of the Middle Bronze Age II Fortifications in Palestine." Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 91 (1975): 1–17. .
- Levy, Yosef. "Yavneh-Yam." Excavations and Surveys in Israel 7–8 (1988–1989): 188, 202. .
- Vitto, Fanny. "Yavneh Yam, 1980." Israel Exploration Journal 33 (1983): 268–269. .
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Palo Alto finds an economic partner in China
Original post made on Sep 29, 2012
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Sep 29, 2012 at 10:10 am
It will be interesting to track the City's involvement with this agreement. The City itself demonstrates no understanding of "technology", and actually has few people on its staff that evidence much public knowledge of what "technology" is all about. Same is true for "economics"--since the City simply spends other people's money, with little evidenced understanding of how business works. Certainly the often-maligned "Palo Alto Process" demonstrates that the City is actually more anti-business than not.
So--what possibly could the City of Palo Alto have that any other City might be interested in?
Wonder if the Mayor ended the negotiations with a few games of ping-pong?
a resident of Midtown
on Sep 29, 2012 at 1:48 pm
>The "intention agreement" between Palo Alto and Yangpu commits the cities "to explore mutual economic interactions to, among other things, enhance the economic health and betterment" of the two communities and "keep each other informed on important economic and civic issues."
Does anyone have any idea what that means? Is it about human rights issues in China?; manufacturing jobs in Palo Alto?; H1 visas?; Chinese currency rates?; Palo Alto ability/inability to compete? Chinese government investment in Palo Alto assets/real estate/schools?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 1, 2012 at 2:59 pm
Jan H. is a registered user.
The government of China has demonstrated for decades that it is dishonest, cruel, cares nothing for human rights, and is corrupt as hell. Chinese businesses have demonstrated that they care only about getting rich quick, not product quality or safety, nor employee safety or quality of life. Many people, especially concerned parents, in Palo Alto actively boycott Chinese products, especially children's products....and that is pretty hard to do, considering everything is made there, and the low prices are quite lucrative.
So why is a supposedly reputable community like Palo Alto doing business with China? Most of western Europe has given China and their products the heave-ho. On my latest trip to Europe, I saw only European clothing, cars, toys, and other products. It was actually nearly impossible to find Asian products of any kind in the Netherlands or Belgium (kudos!).
If you want ultra-cheap products, as least buy from Vietnam, whom we owe a debt to, or Thailand, or India. The prices are even lower than their Chinese counterparts, and of far higher quality.
Doing business with China is a slap in the face to those of us who choose to boycott them and their corrupt government, their unethical businesses, and their monstrous abuses.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 1, 2012 at 3:18 pm
I agree with Jan, the whole implementation of globalization only to change political and social demographics to turn the social justice clock back in American, with unions, classes, social programs, etc has been an utter disaster for America. We could have gotten along just fine without junk Chinese products and economic corruption.
I do disagree though the VietNam or Thailand are good alternatives. A piece the other day on Thailand shrimp which makes up the majority of US imports shows Thailand using human trafficked slave labor from Burma to bypass regulations of the Thailand government ending with injury and misery to those illegal workers. But we do the same thing here.
Globalization would have worked a lot better and slower if there had been better regulation and human rights laws from the get go.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Oct 1, 2012 at 3:51 pm
"Palo Alto finds an economic partner in China"
Bain Capital?
"We could have gotten along just fine without junk Chinese products and economic corruption"
But I saved a quarter on a tee shirt the other day. That's worth the destruction of the middle class, isn't it?
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 1, 2012 at 8:52 pm
> But I saved a quarter on a tee shirt the other day. That's worth the destruction of the middle class, isn't it?
The is exactly the point, when we began importing cheap products made with cheap labor there was virtually no savings. The profits ballooned but not the savings for consumers, yet another way we consumers were "taxed" privately to create this radical regime of privatization.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 1, 2012 at 10:07 pm
There is no such thing as a "partnership" with China
It is always a one way street-
- China takes and gives nothing in return
Through industrial espionage, intellectual property theft and direct military/intelligence espionage.
a resident of Barron Park
on Oct 1, 2012 at 11:03 pm
Golly, but China is a Most Favored Nation!
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Ducatigirl is a registered user.
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The Warriors in 2012 announced plans to move from their current home at Oakland's Oracle Arena to an 18,000-seat arena at Piers 30-32 between the Bay Bridge and AT&T Park in San Francisco.
The plan was to open the arena by 2017, but based on input from community members, the design for the arena was overhauled twice, which pushed back the project's schedule to allow for state-mandated environmental review, arena spokesman Nathan Ballard said Monday.
"It's really about getting it done right, not getting it done fast," Ballard said.
The team is also facing rising costs to replace the aging piers, he noted.
"It's difficult to build an arena over the water where we're replacing two crumbling piers that are dilapidated and falling into the Bay," he said. "We never said this was going to be easy."
The ballot measure could be another complicating factor.
The initiative would require any proposed height-limit increases along San Francisco's waterfront to be approved by the city's voters.
Jim Stearns, a spokesman for the ballot campaign, said organizers have gathered more than 20,000 signatures -- more than double the number required by the city to put the proposal on the ballot.
"There's been a disconnect between City Hall and the voters about waterfront height limits," Stearns said. "We're confident the voters want to have a say in what is developed there."
He said the measure "is not aimed at any one proposal" such as the arena, and other plans for the waterfront include buildings that far exceed the arena's proposed height.
Ballard said the arena project organizers don't have a position yet on the ballot measure.
"We're waiting to see if it qualifies, and if so, what implications it might have for our project," he said.
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The Federal Maritime Commission issued a final rule for freight index-based service contracts to provide flexibility and certainty to ocean carriers and their customers. The new rule makes clear that service contracts can reference freight indices or other outside terms, so long as they are readily available to the contracting parties and the Commission.
Chairman Lidinsky stated: "Shippers and carriers have told us that index-based contracts and risk management can be useful tools, and the FMC is listening. We are also hearing from U.S. exporters who are interested in indices that track the rates for shipping their goods. In today's marketplace, we can't control the winds, but we want shippers and carriers to have a range of options in how they set their sails."
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