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In the championship game, Canada grinded out a 3-1 halftime lead, eventually scoring five straight after halftime to open an 8-2 advantage. Despite three straight U.S. tallies in the fourth quarter, the rally fell short and the Canadians earned its third gold medal.
Gurenlian was the second-best face-off specialist by winning percentage (.811) as he won 60 of 74 draws. Gurenlian notched two assists and collected 38 ground balls for his effort.
Adams appeared in four of seven contests, earning a 3.79 goals-against average and a .600 save percentage in nearly 211 minutes of action. Adams finished his first world games appearance with 15 saves and four ground balls.
Earlier on Saturday, rising senior Matt Sexton (Niskayuna, N.Y.) notched his third goal of the tournament to lead the English National Team to fifth place with a 15-13 win over Scotland. Sexton played in all eight games for England with a start against Israel on Thursday. Sexton finished with three goals, three assists, six points and five ground balls.
Penn State assistant coach Chris Doctor guided the Iroquois Nationals to their best finish ever, third, when they defeated Australia, 16-6, Saturday afternoon. The Iroquois went 3-2 in pool play before falling in the semifinals to Canada and winning the bronze medal.
David Washo, a 2001 graduate, appeared in the first five games for Slovakia, scoring seven goals, two assists and nine points. The Slovakians competed in their first World Championship as 38 nations in all took part in the event.

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MANACOR, Spain (AP) Rafael Nadal has begun training as part of his recovery from a left knee injury that has sidelined him since Wimbledon.
The Spaniard chose a hard court in his home town of Manacor to begin hitting tennis balls again, overseen by his uncle and coach Toni Nadal and a physiotherapist.
The 26-year-old Nadal says he plans to be fully fit in time for the Australian Open in January.
The fourth-ranked Nadal, who won the French Open, has not played a competitive match since losing to Czech player Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon nearly five months ago.


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Come enjoy Wild Berry Fun Day! by Candace Ward
Wild berry season has arrived on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Bears enjoy big clusters of devil's club and mountain ash berries, while robins and thrushes devour red elderberries. Wildlife and humans alike enjoy blueberries and cranberries. To find out which berries are safe for people, join us at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for our special Wild Berry Fun Day.
Our Wild Berry Fun Day is a "once-a-year only" special event taking place tomorrow - Saturday, August 27 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center (located one mile from Soldotna off Ski Hill Road). Enjoy wild berry displays, crafts, activities, free door prizes, and tasty berry snacks. All activities are free of charge and a great way to enjoy the end of summer!
Join in on special guided walks to learn which berries are edible and which are poisonous. On our walks, we will focus on identifying rather than picking berries. For families with younger children, an easy 1/4 mile walk lasting 30 minutes will take place at 11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, and 2:30 PM. Longer hikes of 3/4 mile for ages 10 and up will take place at 11 AM, 1 PM, and 3 PM. Pre-registration for walks is required. To pre-register or for more information, contact Michelle Ostrowski at (907) 260-2839.
If you would like to go out on your own for a walk, we provide a self-guided berry identification guide for you.
Take time not only to taste wild berries this fall, but get outdoors often to appreciate the natural wonders of our beautiful Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Remember there's always something special to discover!
Candace Ward works at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge as a park ranger specializing in visitor service and education. Her favorite wild berry guide book is Alaska's Wild Berries & Berry-Like Fruit by Verna Pratt. For more on Refuge education programs, contact us at 262-7021 or check out our Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.


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CHARLESTON, Ill. – A pair of freshmen came up with big plays and crucial numbers Thursday to help the Tennessee Tech women's basketball team survive another road contest as the Golden Eagles claimed a 60-56 Ohio Valley Conference victory at Eastern Illinois.
Molly Heady (shown in photo) led Tech with 17 points and grabbed five rebounds, while point guard Briana Jordan added 10 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals. Jordan drained a crucial 3-pointer late in the game and knocked down two free throws with 16 seconds remaining when her team was nursing a precarious, two-point lead.
The win kept the Golden Eagles in first place in the OVC with a 9-1 record, and improved Tech to 8-3 this season on the road. Tech's overall record jumped to 15-4 with their sixth consecutive win.
Eastern Illinois, the team picked to win the conference title in the preseason poll, slipped to 5-5 in the OVC and 9-11 overall.
"Eastern Illinois is a dangerous team, so we're excited about getting this win," said second-year TTU coach Sytia Messer. "To be able to come in here and get a win will make a difference as far as where our program is headed."
Messer had praise for Heady and Jordan for their role in the win.
"Briana Jordan stepped up big and Molly Head was huge," Messer said. "I was really proud of the players who stepped up tonight, and I'm proud of our freshmen for playing the way they did. They made some big baskets for us, and they defended well."
In addition to the two freshmen in double figures, junior Rachel Glidden (photo at right) added 14. Leading scorer Tacarra Hayes was limited to four points but the junior chipped in 10 rebounds in the victory. Kylie Cook added seven rebounds and three blocked shots.
Eastern Illinois was led by sophomore Ta'Kenya Nixon with 15 points, nine rebounds, three steals and four assists. Kelsey Wyss also hit double-figures with 11 points, while Sydney Mitchell added eight points and 11 rebounds. Chantelle Pressley finished with six points and seven rebounds and Mariah King added six points and six rebounds.
The game was tied nine times, including 45-45 with 10:34 remaining when Jordyne Crunk drained a jumper for the Panthers to knot the game for what proved to be the final time.
Jordan's 3-pointer with 9:14 to play proved to be the shot that pushed Tech into a lead it never relinquished at 48-45. A Hayes layup made it 50-45, before Nixon's shot with 8:14 left brought EIU back to within three, 50-47.
Glidden and Kylie Cook hit baskets for Tech about a minute apart, opening a seven-point advantage at 54-47 with 6:09 to go.
The Panthers got back to within four following one free throw by Nixon and a jumper by Mitchell to make it 54-50 with 5:46 left. Heady and Mitchell exchanged baskets, keeping the difference at four, before Heady took a pass from Hayes and scored a layup with 4:14 remaining to rebuild a six-point edge, 58-52.
Tech lost a couple of turnovers and Wyss hit a 3-pointer with 3:34 remaining to make it a one-possession game, 58-55. A free throw by King made it 58-56, but the Panthers missed their next three shots, including a potential go-ahead 3-pointer with 24 seconds left.
Jordan was fouled with 16 seconds left and calmly made both shots for the four-point advantage.
Game No. 4 on the tam's longest road swing of the season comes Saturday at 4 p.m. in Cape Girardeau, Mo., when Tech visits Southeast Missouri State in the Show Me Center.
After that, the Golden Eagles – ranked 24th among NCAA mid-major programs -- come back to Cookeville to play five of their final seven OVC games in Eblen Center. Tech hosts Eastern Kentucky Thursday and Morehead State on Saturday.
Visit the Athletics Ticket Office in Eblen Center or call (931) 372-3940 for ticket information.
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There's one form of hunting that'll appeal to almost anybody who appreciates having a good excuse to roam the outdoors on a beautiful winter's day. And—although the sport can provide you with a collection of the giant racks of buck deer and bull elk and moose—there are no "seasons" or bag limits, and no licenses are required . . . because the idea is to collect the antlers after they've been shed. Best of all, anyone who has legal access to woods or wilderness where the wild ruminants roam can enjoy (and probably profit from) this activity, once he or she has picked up some pointers on the benign form of hunting.
The Animal Watch
In my home state of Wyoming, the no-kill trophy chase begins just before January, with preseason scouting. At that time of year most wild game animals are fighting to survive winter's cold, and—on calm days—the antlered beasts usually band together in areas where a little browse has been uncovered by earlier winds. Moose frequently congregate in river bottoms, where they tear at willow buds to fuel themselves, while deer are more likely to group on the south (or warmer) sides of hills until another storm drives them into timber to escape the life-sapping winds.
I rarely approach any animals that I see but, instead, watch their habits through binoculars. (When humans get too close, the creatures will almost always run, and flight forces them to waste precious energy.) Then I use a map to record the spots where the deer and moose in my area seem to hang out. I draw lines indicating heavily traveled snow trails, too, and note timbered areas that appear to shelter big game in harsh weather. Tracks will usually lace these spots.
Not long after my scouting, deer and moose will begin to shed their antlers. The base of the horn loosens from the skull, and when the animal bumps a tree or moves its head quickly, the antlers shear off relatively painlessly. Larger racks seem to drop first. Probably this happens because big bucks, bull elk, and bull moose have so much leverage applied to their noggins by their weighty headgear that a quick twist of the neck wrenches off loose antlers far sooner than would be the case with spindlyhorned specimens (young animals with little overhead mass may well carry one or both projections far into the spring).
Once my region's moose and deer have discarded their racks, I focus on locating the winter hangouts of elk, animals that tend to molt later (they start to do so during the early days of March in Wyoming). Elk habitats, during the late winter and early spring, vary from sunny open slopes to snowbound timber tracts to treeless mountain valleys. I map such places and then wait until the sighting of a number of bare-headed bulls tells me that their shedding season is all but over.
The first part of spring, then, is prime time for elk trophy-taking. Don't delay your hunt too long, however . . . when summer comes, most of the past winter's antlers will be hidden from view by sprouted greenery or ruined by gnawing rodents.
The Shedding Seasons
If you're uncertain about just when to expect antlers to start hitting the ground in your region, here are some rough rules of thumb.
Game management officials in the West say that moose begin to drop their headgear in mid-December, and that they're usually finished by mid-January. It's a slightly different situation in Alaska, where—as game biologist Dave Hardy of Juneau points out—antler shedding is in full swing from December through February. In the northeastern states prime moose-shed time lasts from the end of December to mid February.
Deer can be expected to drop their horns from late January through February in the Southwest, while in such a typical western state as Wyoming the season spans late December to early February. Deer in the not-so-typical western state of California, on the other hand, discard their antlers from mid-November through April, with shed time varying from one herd to another, according to the state's wildlife biologists.
Eastern whitetail deer lose their head growths from December through early February, while midwestern bucks begin to shed in late January and continue into February. Maine's regional wildlife biologist Gary Donovan tells me, though, that the peak shed is earlier in his state . . . running from the end of December through mid-January. (Here's a special tip for eastern horn hunters: Deer yards, where whitetails gather during heavy winter snows, are excellent areas for springtime inspection, as are the trails leading to and from the yards and any nearby bedding and feeding locations.)
In the Southeast (Georgia, for example), buck deer begin to go "bald" in early January. The shedding usually peaks by the end of that month, but continues for a few weeks more. Alaskan deer, although thousands of miles to the north, are only slightly out of step with their southern cousins: Blacktails there meet the invisible barber from the middle of December until the end of January.
Elk, as I've already mentioned, are slow to shed their horns. Wyoming bulls do so from early March through the first of May. Californians can expect their state's wapiti to lose their racks from February through April.
No one, of course, can tell exactly when a given group of animals will shed, because nature sets no firm timetable for this event. An individual beast may even lose one horn, only to carry the other for some weeks longer. That's why preseason mapping of animal move ments is so important. The records help the antler hunter to determine which areas hold the greatest yield potential.
Be aware, though, that since the size and pattern of snowfall varies from one winter to the next, antlered critters can't be expected to occupy the same places every year. You'll have to prepare a new map of animal haunts annually.
On The Hunt
When I set out on my collecting forays, I carry a backpack frame on which to lash my trophies. I used to take the frame with the pack in place, but I've found that it's easier to tie antlers on when the bulky sack isn't there to get in the way. My water, rope, food, compass, and emergency survival gear are hauled in a small daypack, which I attach to the frame's upper portion. (By undoing my daypack's straps and looping them under the frame's top crossbars, I can be certain that these provisions ride comfortably.) Binoculars-which every outdoorsperson should own—and a camera are added to my gear. I then stuff one red bandanna in a pocket, and I'm ready to set out into the habitat that my benefactors are vacating.
Actually, I always delay my departure until the snow has melted enough to insure that any animal I do encounter won't be overtaxed if it runs from me. I prefer not to wait for total thaw, however . . . because horns are easily seen on snow, whereas they blend incredibly well with the bare earth and are thus tougher to spot in the warmer weather.
In any case, the "harvest" requires one heck of a lot of cross-country clambering, and lightweight binoculars—in the 7- to 10-power class—can save both energy and time: They'll help you confirm whether or not a "something" that appears to be an antler actually is . . . without your having to check out each possible find close up.
Careful scrutiny is necessary, because deer horns frequently resemble downed branches or exposed tree roots. Examine each object for the details that identify antlers. For example, are its tips pointed and lighter in color than the main beam? Does its surface seem smooth, or is it apparently bark-covered? Do small twigs branch off at the "expected" angles? And, finally, is it shaped like an antler? If you're still uncertain, try walking just far enough to get another perspective before actually heading for the spot. By following this routine, you should be able to shave the number of false alarms—and nonproductive side trips—to a minimum.
Moose wintering grounds—which are typically at relatively low elevations—are normally the first to be relieved of heavy snow, so during my explorations I thoroughly crisscross every area where I've formerly spotted bulls. Willow thickets, whose young shoots often keep the massive animals from starvation, are choice cover to search . . . but don't neglect boggy stream edges, which the moose like to travel, or thick lowland brush and timber in which they ride out storms.
Stay alert and try to look literally everywhere. I once found a fine antler on the bottom of a clear beaver pond while looking for trout. No doubt aquatic plants had lured the moose to feed there at the time when, as it happened, its horns were being discarded. I fished the unexpected bonus out by means of a shoestring noose tied to a willow branch.
Don't, however, feel that you have to carry home every horn you find. Sunbleached antlers are good for mementos, but they hold little real value. Freshly shed, brown-colored beams are the prizes to seek . . . and, of course, are also the hardest to spot.
When you do come upon the souvenirs you're after, remember that you could hurt yourself should you trip and fall on their pointed tips . . . so always hold antlers with the points down. It's also important, when hiking on slopes, to carry racks in the hand that's on the downhill side, since a person who's traversing steep terrain generally tries to fall uphill. I usually tie my horns to my backpack frame, but still I make sure they're pointed away from my neck and back.
The Payoff
Antler hunting can provide you with great outdoor exercise and the thrill of finding what you're seeking. However, the additional benefits of the sport are probably greater than you'd imagine.
For one thing, by making a field survey of buck whitetail or bull moose antlers, the game hunter will be able to determine the animals' population density for a given area (these beasts seldom migrate to distant ranges, as do mule deer and elk). Since the dropped horns belonged to game that's still alive, that information should help the stalker decide whether or not the region contains enough animals to support a hunt during the next archery or gun season.
Of course, you might simply want to pick up some of these wilderness prizes for household display (the occasional "freak" horns you'll find are excellent conversation pieces). Or perhaps you'll use them in craft projects: I've seen antler-tip jewelry . . . a huge antler picture frame . . . horn belt buckles . . . and a variety of other items that incorporate the free-for-the-gathering raw material. [EDITOR'S NOTE: In the next issue of MOTHER, the author will show you how to make a number of different—and salable—craft products from antlers.]
Then again, many people search out discarded racks because of their market value. Where I live, most horns with brownish color can be sold for about $6.00 a pound, and the price is still rising. Some Oriental purchasers grind quality beams into a powder, which is sold as an aphrodisiac. Jewelry firms and novelty or tourist shops help keep the demand up by making curios from antlers.
As you can see, then, there's cash to be made . . . but the truth is, I hope the prices don't go any higher. As one businessman put it, "Pretty soon the rewards will be so great that poachers will start taking animals out of season just for their heads" (much as tusk hunters have helped bring elephants close to extinction).
Scavengers who search out already shed antlers, on the other hand, are providing the market with a quickly renewed resource.
Keep in mind, however, that national parks don't allow visitors to remove antlers, and neither do some wildlife preserves . . . illegal collection in such areas could put you in the slammer. And state laws vary: California, for example, allows residents to possess tule elk antlers but not to sell them.
The inconsistency of the rules points out the need for prospective horn hunters to contact game officials regarding local regulations before setting out after any trophies.
Interestingly enough, though, one of the largest legal antler roundups does take place on a preserve . . . the National Elk Refuge not far from Jackson, Wyoming. The catch is that only local Boy Scouts are issued the permit that allows them and their supervisors to comb the area, after the 7,000 to 10,000 elk that winter there have cast off their horns and left. One record season saw the Scouts gather a whopping 8,793 pounds of antlers in less than a full day.
I had the opportunity to go along and photograph that event one year, and I was stunned at the booty collected. The take would have covered a basketball court to a depth of 15 inches!
The Horns of Plenty
If you've done your scouting and mapping well, you may find yourself confronted by a really rather pleasant problem . . . that is, you could well collect so many antlers that you can't carry your entire haul home in one trip. In such a case, simply stash the surplus treasures in a place where few people will travel, and come back for them later.
In my somewhat remote area, I'm not much concerned that someone will stumble across my cache of hard-earned hatracks, but I do dread the possibility that I'll forget where I put them! My "security" is provided by the red bandanna I mentioned earlier. I just knot the kerchief around a low bush to flag me down on the return trip.
Of course, you won't always be blessed with such bounty. There are times when even the most conscientious searcher will come back empty-handed. For that reason I seldom go afield only to find antlers. To do so would invite letdowns, so I include a camera and telephoto lens among my gear. I snap away at whatever wildlife I see during horn hunts . . . photographing everything from sassy red squirrels and blue grouse to coyotes and elk calves (which I don't approach). Thus I seldom end a trip without rewards of one kind or another.
Furthermore, every time I advance to claim a fresh rack, all the work and previous disappointments seem worthwhile. Fingering the story of rut fights and winter hardships that's etched on every antler allows me to appreciate more fully the lives of the wild creatures that produced these trophies . . . which just lie there, free for the taking.


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New to Java programming?
This page provides an overview of Java™ technology and explains its role in modern software development for desktop PCs, servers, mobile devices, the web, and the cloud. Links to relevant developerWorks content and IBM® downloads and products give you a rich starting point for further investigation.
What is Java technology and why is it important?
Java technology is both a programming language and a platform.
The Java programming language is a high-level, object-oriented language. Java programs are both compiled and interpreted. Compilation translates Java code into an intermediate language called Java bytecode. Bytecode is in turn parsed and run (interpreted) by the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) — a translator between the language and the underlying operating system and hardware. A compiled Java program can run on any system that has a version of the JVM.
The Java platform is a software-only platform that can run on top of most hardware platforms. It consists of the JVM and the Java API — a large collection of ready-made components (classes) that ease application development and deployment. The Java API spans everything from basic objects, to networking and security, to XML generation and web services. It is grouped into libraries — known as packages — of related classes and interfaces.
The platform comes in three versions:
- Java SE (Java Platform, Standard Edition) for desktop and server applications
- Java EE (Java Platform, Enterprise Edition) for web and enterprise applications
- Java ME (Java Platform, Micro Edition) for applications running on resource-constrained devices
Along with the Java API, every full implementation of the Java platform includes:
- Development tools for compiling, running, monitoring, debugging, and documenting applications
- Standard mechanisms for deploying applications to users
- Toolkits for creating sophisticated graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
- Integration libraries that let programs access databases and manipulate remote objects
The developerWorks Java technology zone maintains a complete glossary of the standard Java component technologies for the platform editions.
Scalability, portability, versatility, and open standards
Scalability is one of the standout features of the Java platform and language. Applications can be written easily (or adapted from Java desktop applications) for devices with limited resources. Scaling up beyond the desktop, Java technology is an ideal framework for secure server-side web programming. Web components are supported by runtime platforms called web containers, whose services include request dispatching, security, concurrency, life-cycle management, and access to APIs such as naming, transactions, and email. At the high end, Java application servers serve as web containers for Java components, XML, and web services that can interact with databases and provide dynamic web content. Java application servers also provide an application-deployment environment for enterprise applications, with capabilities for transaction management, security, clustering, performance, availability, connectivity, and scalability.
By many measures, the Java language is the most popular programming language in use today. Its main benefit is the portability of Java applications across hardware platforms and operating systems — possible because the JVM installed on each platform understands the same bytecode.
The JVM is also a robust platform for executing languages other than the Java programming language. For example, Groovy, Scala, Clojure, and special implementations of Ruby and Python give developers the versatility to program for the JVM in a dynamic or functional language.
By supporting open standards in the enterprise, Java technology can use XML and web services to help share information and applications across business lines. Java technology serves as the backbone of many IBM products and technical consulting services and is critical to key IBM initiatives.
The evolving Java universe
Java technology was developed by Sun Microsystems, now part of Oracle Corporation. The Java Community Process (JCP), an open organization of international Java developers and licensees, develops and revises Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits. In 2007, Sun made the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software — commonly called OpenJDK — under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).
"Java platform roundtable, Spring 2010" is a snapshot of nine Java thought leaders' ideas about the then-current and emerging state of Java technology, culture, and industry in the light of the platform's maturity and the changes in its corporate stewardship.
Java technology continues to evolve. In "Java technology, IBM style: A new era in Java technology," you can read about enhancements in the latest Java SE version, including value-adds from the IBM Java Technology Center. One such major new functional area is an enhanced API for I/O, the topic of the two-part article "An NIO.2 primer."
And for a fascinating look at issues occupying the minds of the designers of the Java language's future versions, check out the Language designer's notebook column series.
Two superb resources for keeping on top of technology trends in the wider Java ecosystem are:
- The Java technology zone technical podcast series: Listen to interviews with experts on important, up-to-the minute topics, technologies, and tools.
- The Java development 2.0 column series: Thanks to mature open source frameworks and reliable, for-rent deployment infrastructures, Java developers can build and run applications more quickly and inexpensively than ever before. The series explores the spectrum of technologies and tools that make this new Java development paradigm possible.
How does Java technology relate to web application development?
The Java language has long been a mainstay of web development, and recent years have seen an explosion of Java frameworks and tools that streamline web development and facilitate the creation of rich, interactive Web 2.0 applications.
Learn more about web development in the Java language:
- The Mastering Grails column series is a guide to Grails, a modern web development framework written in Groovy (for more information about Groovy, see How does Java technology relate to dynamic languages and functional programming?). Grails seamlessly integrates legacy Java code while adding the flexibility and dynamism of a scripting language.
- Ajax, a programming methodology that uses client-side scripting to exchange data with the web server, enables faster page updates without multiple page reloads. Get a handle on how Ajax applies to Java development in the multipart article "Ajax and Java development made simpler" and the Ajax for Java developers series.
- JavaServer Faces (JSF) — a component of Java EE — helps you craft web applications by assembling reusable UI components in a page, connecting these components to an application data source, and wiring client-generated events to server-side event handlers. See JSF 2 fu for an introduction to the latest JSF version, followed by a series of in-depth articles.
- You can also visit the developerWorks Web development zone for many more excellent web application development resources.
How does Java technology relate to cloud computing?
Cloud computing solutions let their users conveniently access a shared pool of physical or virtual computing resources on demand, typically on a pay-as-you-go basis. The Java ecosystem is rapidly expanding to support developers who want to build, test, or deploy Java applications on the cloud. Especially relevant is Platform as a Service (PaaS), in which the cloud provider delivers not only on-demand hardware and operating-system services, but also application platforms and solution stacks. Learn more about it:
- "Java PaaS shootout" explains the basic concepts underlying Java PaaS and compares three major offerings for Java developers.
- The Java development 2.0 series explores the many ways in which PaaS and other cloud services make it possible to assemble, test, run, and maintain
Java applications quickly and inexpensively:
- "Hello Google App Engine" will get you started quickly with Google's cloud-computing platform for Java developers. (For even more GAE background, see the three-part article "Google App Engine for Java.") In "Gaelyk for Google App Engine," read about a Groovy-based framework that makes rapid development on Google App Engine even faster.
- "You can borrow EC2 too," "Easy EC2," "Climb the Elastic Beanstalk," Cloud storage with Amazon's SimpleDB, Part 1 and Part 2," and "Cloud-based messaging with Amazon SQS" explore Amazon's cloud platform and some Java-based tools you can use with it.
- In "Git-commit your Java apps with Heroku's PaaS," read about a PaaS option that combines the Ruby language's approach to application development with Git's distributed deployment model, making both accessible to Java developers.
- Find out about accelerating business transformation with IBM SmartCloud capabilities.
- IBM PureSystems is an integrated system that uses built-in patterns to automate many of the complex cloud-related development, deployment, and configuration tasks.
- Be sure to visit the developerWorks Cloud computing technical topic for many more cloud resources.
How does Java technology relate to mobile application development?
The popularity of smartphones, tablets, and other portable devices has surged in direct proportion to their ever-increasing capabilities. Java technology is in the mainstream of mobile development:
- Java ME provides an environment for applications running on a broad range of mobile (and other resource-constrained) devices. It includes flexible user interfaces, a robust security model, built-in network protocols, and support for networked and offline applications that can be downloaded dynamically. Java ME applications are written once for a wide range of devices yet exploit each device's native capabilities.
- The Java language is the tool of choice for developing applications for Google's mobile platform, Android. The Android runtime uses its own virtual machine, Dalvik — not the JVM that comes with Java ME. See "Introduction to Android development" for an overview, and learn more by visiting the developerWorks Mobile development technical topic.
How does Java technology relate to SOA and web services?
A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a component model that relates the functional units of an application (services) through well-defined interfaces and contracts between the services. The interface is defined independently of the hardware, operating system, and programming language in which the service is implemented, letting services constructed on different systems interact with one another in a uniform, universal manner. SOAs are a loosely coupled alternative model to more-traditional, tightly coupled, object-oriented models.
The resulting web services let business rules and processes be defined in XML so software applications can communicate in a platform- and programming language-independent manner. XML technology makes data portable and facilitates the creation of messages, while Java technology makes code portable. The fact that XML and the Java language work well together makes them an ideal combination to build and deploy web services.
Learn more about it:
- The New to SOA and web services and New to XML pages on developerWorks will help you get oriented in these complex technologies.
- The Java web services series explores Java web services frameworks and new layers of functionality built on top of web services.
- "Build a RESTful web service" introduces the elegant architectural style called Representational State Transfer (REST) and shows how to use a Java-based framework for building RESTful web services.
- JAX-WS is a fundamental technology for developing Java web services.
How does Java technology relate to agile software development?
The Java development community has long embraced agile methodology — a highly collaborative, iterative, incremental, and quality-focused approach to software development. Agile development emphasizes flexibility, continuous testing and integration, and rapid delivery of functionality. Learn more:
- Check out the Agile transformation topic on developerWorks.
- Explore the Evolutionary architecture and emergent design column series for a solid grounding in two important agile practices.
- The In pursuit of code quality column series is a comprehensive tour of test-driven Java development practices.
- Get an introduction to extreme programming— a form of agile software development — in the Demystifying extreme programming column series.
How does Java technology relate to dynamic languages and functional programming?
Many aspiring Java developers have a wealth of experience in other languages. And even veteran Java developers appreciate that the Java programming language isn't the ideal language for every development need. Fortunately, the JVM's support for multiple languages lets the Java platform take advantage of the agility and features of modern dynamic scripting languages and functional languages for prototyping or building certain types of applications.
Learn more about it:
- Are you a fan of (or intrigued by) functional programming? Check out the Functional thinking column series to explore functional programming concepts, frameworks that allow functional programming within the Java language, and functional programming languages that run on the JVM.
- The busy Java developer's guide to Scala column series introduces Scala, a programming language that combines functional and object-oriented techniques for the JVM.
- In "The Clojure programming language," get acquainted with Clojure, a Lisp dialect that runs on the Java platform.
- The Groovy scripting language puts the features and libraries Java developers are most familiar with in an agile development framework that doesn't require compilation, eases syntactical constructs, and lets its scripts be used inside normal Java applications. Get a comprehensive look at what Groovy can do in the Practically Groovy column series.
- The Java scripting API provides a simple way to invoke dozens of scripting languages using a small set of interfaces and concrete classes. It also lets you read and invoke external scripts at run time, enabling you to change a running application's behavior. Read more about it in the two-part article "Invoke dynamic languages dynamically."
- Support for alternative languages has been a JVM feature for quite a while. Check out the alt.lang.jre column series to learn about using implementations of Rexx, Ruby, JavaScript, Python, and other languages on the Java platform.
How does Java technology relate to open source software development?
Open source software is an integral part of Java software development. Myriad third-party open source projects extend Java technology with libraries, tools, frameworks, applications, and application servers to help programmers harness this powerful technology. Among them are these three major projects:
OpenJDK is a free and open source implementation of the Java programming language, available under the GPLv2 license. In October 2010, IBM, previously the main corporate contributor of the competing Apache Harmony project, formed an alliance with Oracle to support OpenJDK and create a single, stable platform for Java development.
Learn more about IBM's core commitment to Java technology in "IBM, Oracle, OpenJDK, and the implications."
Eclipse is a vendor-neutral, open development platform and set of application frameworks for building software. The Eclipse platform is written in the Java language and provides a plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate, and use software tools. (IBM is a founding member of Eclipse and actively participates on the Eclipse.org Board of Stewards and its working subcommittees.) Learn more about some of the platform's component technologies for Java development:
- "A tour of Eclipse Helios" gives you a look at the latest simultaneous release of multiple Eclipse projects.
- Read "Eclipse e4 highlights" to learn what's coming in the next generation of the Eclipse platform.
- Visit the developerWorks Eclipse IDE project resources for loads more Eclipse articles and tutorials.
The Apache Software Foundation is the umbrella organization for a panoply of open source projects that are predominantly Java language-based. Here's a sampling:
- Apache Ant is the de facto standard build tool for Java development. (See the tutorial "Invoking Apache Ant programmatically.")
- The Apache Maven build tool is designed to meet the challenges of modern software projects that require dynamic collaboration among project teams and depend on a mix of globally created and maintained components. (See the tutorial "Introduction to Apache Maven 2" and the article "5 things you didn't know about ... Apache Maven")
- Read "Using Apache Lucene to search text" to learn about Apache's full-featured, text search-engine library.
- "Introducing Apache Mahout" introduces an Apache project that's building scalable machine-learning libraries, and the follow-up article "Apache Mahout: Scalable machine learning for everyone" updates readers on the current version and on how to deploy and scale some of Mahout's more popular algorithms..
- Apache Tomcat is a popular web container that supports servlets and JavaServer Pages technology.
- The Apache Geronimo project is building a fully compliant Java EE application server based entirely on open source components. (Visit the developerWorks Apache Geronimo project resources for a wealth of Geronimo information.)
How can I learn Java programming skills and work on improving them?
You can take two routes to learning Java technology and improving your skills: enroll in a course (for certification or just for the learning) or teach yourself (and of course, practice by writing code). Besides tapping the knowledge of experienced developers, the coursework or certification path can offer tangible evidence to prospective employers that you have the skills to build the technology they need. And by experimenting on your own and using available resources, you sharpen your skills in various areas of Java technology. The following resources should help either endeavor.
Tutorials and articles
Explore the Java technology zone's vast Technical library to discover a world of informative articles and hands-on Java tutorials.
Books, websites, and events
- No better place to start than with "Essential Java resources," a comprehensive listing of must-have books, sites, blogs, events, and more.
- Check out the Java technology zone's Events page to find conferences, seminars, workshops, and webcasts relevant to Java developers.
IBM technical training
Choose among a wide variety of online, classroom, and multimedia-based Java courses offered by IBM Global Services.
Certification training
IBM offers professional certification in such related technologies as WebSphere® development (for enterprise Java applications), IBM Rational® software, DB2®, XML, and SOA.
For an even more interactive approach to learning how to use the Java language, dive into the Java discussion forums, moderated by noted experts with years of real-world experience in crafting Java-related technology.
What IBM tools and products are available for Java programmers?
IBM is on the front lines as one of the leading innovators in the use of Java technology. This section highlights tools and products IBM offers to Java developers.
Free downloads
- WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is an open source, lightweight Java EE application server that provides a readily accessible and flexible foundation for building Java applications.
- Java Developer Kits are offered by IBM for creating and testing Java SE applets and applications on popular platforms including Windows®, Linux®, and AIX®, and Java ME applications on small mobile devices.
- In the five-part series Java diagnostics, IBM style, learn how to get and use diagnostic tools available from IBM that help you solve problems in your Java applications.
- Download free Eclipse Helios (Annual Release) bundles and IBM Rational software from one convenient location.
- IBM Development Package for Eclipse is an unsupported Eclipse-based development tool that enables developers to build and run Java applications with its ready-to-run development environment out of the box.
IBM Rational tools
IBM Rational tools are built on the Eclipse platform and can help make it easier to develop, test, and deploy high-quality applications. Rational tools for Java developers include:
- Rational Method Composer, a configurable software development process platform.
- Software configuration management tools such as ClearCase and ClearQuest.
- Testing tools such as Rational Robot, Quality Manager, and Test RealTime.
- Requirements and analysis tools such as RequisitePro.
- Visual modeling and development tools such as Rational Systems Developer, PurifyPlus, and Rose Technical Developer.
- Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software, a rapid application development tool for developing, analyzing, testing, profiling, and deploying web, SOA, Java SE, Java EE, and portal applications on the IBM WebSphere platform.
IBM WebSphere
WebSphere Application Server is a fully featured Java EE-certified application server that delivers the secure, scalable, resilient application infrastructure enterprises need for a service-oriented architecture. Learn more about Java development tools for the WebSphere family:
- Visit the New to WebSphere page and the rest of the developerWorks WebSphere technical resources to get up to speed with this key integration software platform from IBM.
- The WebSphere Portal zone provides portlets, tools, tutorials, and news for developers who use WebSphere Portal technology.
- WebSphere MQ is an application programming service that enables application programs to communicate.
- WebSphere MQ Everyplace allows access to enterprise data for mobile workers and remote devices with assured message delivery.
- Branch Transformation Toolkit for WebSphere Studio is an application framework and a set of specialized Eclipse-based tools that accelerate the build phase for multitiered front office transactional applications.
- WebSphere Message Broker delivers an advanced Enterprise Service Bus providing connectivity and universal data transformation for both standard and nonstandards-based applications and services to power SOAs.
IBM Information Management software
IBM offers a powerful family of relational database management system (RDBMS) servers along with software for business intelligence and performance management, data warehousing, data analysis, data mining, media asset management, enterprise content management, and information integration. Find out how IBM Information Management software supports Java programming, including client applications, server-side capabilities, and tools to make development and deployment easier.


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i have developed a deck for each wizard, that does not contain any rares.
also, each deck has a certatin theme for resources and hazards.
and i took care that for all decks combined you do not need more than 2 copies of each card (except a few sites).
decks are meant to play against each other, and are balanced accordingly.
deck size is:
20 resources
20 hazards
2 minor items
2 copies of the same wizard
around 10 characters
around 10 characters (incl havens)
attached you will find an excel file. also included are 2 extremely down stripped decks (Gandalf vs Saruman), which should be used to explain the game to newbees.
note that this is (and will always be) a work in progress. comments are always welcome.


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CEO Compensation
#4 George Paz04.13.11, 06:00 PM EDT
- Total Compensation
- $51.52 mil
- 5-Year Compensation
- $100.21 mil
- Education:
- College: University of Missouri BS
- Graduate School: NA
George Paz's Compensation vs. Health Care Equipment & Services Medians
|$1.07 mil
|$1.07 mil
|$2.02 mil
|$1.88 mil
|$13.45 mil
|$1.19 mil
|Stock Gains
|$34.99 mil
|$0.04 mil
|Total Compensation
|$51.52 mil
|$6.29 mil
George Paz Ownership Of Express Scripts
|Industry Medians
|Stock Owned (% Of Co)
|Stock Owned
|$79.5 mil
|$0.02 mil
Express Scripts's Stock Performance
|Total Return During Tenure
|Relative to Market
Express Scripts
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- One Express Way
St Louis, MO 63121
- www.express-scripts.com
Complete Coverage | Complete Rankings
Methodology: Compensation rank is based on total compensation for latest fiscal year. Total compensation for each chief executive includes the following: salary and bonuses; other compensation, such as vested restricted stock grants, LTIP payouts and perks; and stock gains, the value realized by exercising stock options. Efficiency rank is based on our chief executive's performance/pay score. Ranks are given only to chief executives who have a six-year tenure and six-year compensation history. The most efficient rank is 1 and least efficient is 196.
Footnotes: Compensation data is from the latest available proxy statements filed through Mar. 25, 2011. Total returns and value of stock owned (including all classes) is based on Mar. 18, 2011 stock price. Compensation percent change is based on combined salary and bonus. Annualized total return during tenure covers the tenure of the executive or from the time of the IPO or available stock history. Relative to market is the ending value of $100 invested in the stock, divided by the ending value of $1 invested in the S & P 500 (a score of 100 = the S & P 500). NA: Not available or not applicable.1Annualized. 2Four-year total. 3Three-year total. 4Less than 0.01%. 5Prior-year data. 6New chief executive; compensation may be for another executive office. 7Less than $100,000. 8Includes shares indirectly held. *Return is for less than tenure.
Sources: Company SEC filings; Interactive Data, LionShares and Thomson Reuters Fundamentals via FactSet Research Systems; Forbes.
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Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria, the Government announced today.
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Foreign students hoping to come to the UK to study will have to meet strict new criteria, the Government announced today.
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Universities UK has welcomed the publication today of details about the student category (Tier 4) of the new points-based immigration system.
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The immigration system is of significant importance to UK higher education institutions (HEIs) as international students will be the largest volume users of the new system.
Responding to the publication of the Government's statement of intent, Diana Warwick, Chief Executive of Universities UK, said: "Universities have been keen to receive more detail on the arrangements for students within the new immigration system. The information published today will be very helpful in enabling universities to understand the requirements of the new system.
"Universities agree with the principles of the new system and welcome the plan to link visas to specific institutions. But we have been keen to ensure that there is sufficient time for the new processes to be understood by prospective students overseas and by colleagues in universities as well as to ensure rigorous testing of the new IT system that will underpin the points-based operation.
"Universities UK welcomes the introduction of tougher licences for education providers that want to recruit international students. Higher education is not a high-risk area and these proposals confirm this. The tighter rules should help ensure that genuine international students are not duped by bogus colleges.
"We also welcome the introduction of the new Post Study Work arrangements. These arrangements will allow international graduates to apply to stay in the UK to work for up to two years after graduation. We know international students are keen to build on their academic qualification with a period of work experience in the UK and Post Study Work will ensure the UK remains an attractive destination for international students.
"We are pleased to note that the Home Office wishes to work with the sector to develop a phased implementation plan for the new system. We look forward to working with the Home Office to finalise the details of the student route over the coming months and to playing our part in delivering a system that enables students to come to the UK through an objective, transparent and effective process."
1. The latest HESA figures for 2006/07 indicate that there were around 240,000 international students (non-EU) in UK higher education institutions. International students form 14% of the full-time student population in the UK and 43% at research postgraduate level. Around 11% of academic staff are non-EU nationals and we welcome many thousands of international academic visitors to the UK every year.
2. The direct value of overseas students to the UK economy is estimated at £8.5bn according to a British Council report published last year. International students also provide a valuable cultural mix on our university campuses and in many cases, on return to their home country, act as excellent ambassadors for the UK.
3. Government will be consulting with stakeholders on the implementation of these changes. They will publish an implementation plan in October this year. The system is expected to be implemented in 2009.
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The annual Florence Community Thanksgiving will be at 6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10 in the Florentine building on Main Street.
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Thanksgiving has come and gone and many residents are looking forward to the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays. Many residents will start decorating their homes, but before hauling the boxes from the attic, take a moment to read about holiday decorating do's and don't's in Sun City Hilton Head with Community Standards Manager Annie White.
Q. When can I start decorating my yard and home for the December holidays?
A. You can actually start now. Hanukkah and Christmas yard and home decorations may be present after Thanksgiving Day, which was Nov. 22. However, you must take decorations down by Jan. 10, per the community rules. Also, please ensure that you are not decorating any common area property.
Q. Do I need to submit a modifications application?
A. No. You do not need prior approval or to submit a modification application for your temporary holiday decorations. However, if you are planning to install a permanent structure, such as a statue, you need to submit a modifications application.
Q. What can I use to decorate?
A. Any decorations, just please be mindful that your decorations do not create a light or noise nuisance. Make sure that all decorations near the road or on corner lots (especially the large, blow up decorations) do not impede the line of sight of vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, etc. Blocking the view of oncoming traffic has the potential to create a serious safety hazard for you, your fellow neighbors and guests.
Q. Do these rules apply to the interior of my home?
A. No, these rules apply only to the exterior of your home (your house and your yard). You can deck your interior halls to your delight.
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Harlequin should be afraid. They should be very afraid.
Why should a big corporation with the money to hire a squad of lawyers be afraid?
As always, the devil is in the details. To get a better understanding of what the suit means, you need to look at the seven claims in the suit. It also helps to be a lawyer.
I am not a lawyer, nor do I claim understanding of legalese. But I spoke with someone who seems to have some idea what the claims mean, and can translate them into readily understandable English. Feel free to follow along by reading the complaint at http://www.harlequinlawsuit.com/The_Complaint.php.
Let's start with the pronouncement that the Swiss entity of Harlequin Enterprises (let's call them Harlequin Swiss) is the actual Publisher. In actuality, they're not. Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd. is. But the contracts list Harlequin Swiss as the Publisher. Now look at the claims, which start on Paragraph 52 of the Complaint.
Claim 1: Assignment. It means that rather than licensing the rights from the Swiss entity, Harlequin Enterprises was in actual fact assigned the rights. And I believe various earlier Paragraphs of the Complaint give factual information supporting this.
Assignment means transferring the rights held by one party to another. If you recall the problem here, Harlequin Swiss avoided paying authors 50% for licensing ebooks by licensing the rights to Harlequin Enterprises Limited for 6%, giving the authors 3%. But this claim states that Harlequin Swiss assigned the rights. Meaning Harlequin Swiss essentially let Harlequin Enterprises do everything involved in the publishing process.
In other words, Harlequin Swiss gave Harlequin Enterprises full authority over the book rights. If the rights were assigned, then Harlequin Enterprises licensed those rights, for instance to Amazon, the authors should have been paid in those amounts. Harlequin Swiss "assigned" the rights to Harlequin Enterprises, making Harlequin Enterprises the Publisher. Whatever Harlequin Enterprises received, the authors should have gotten 50% of that, not 50% of the artificial license
Claim 2: Agent. Harlequin Swiss is the agent of Harlequin Enterprises. So Harlequin Enterprises is actually the one in control.
Claim 3: Harlequin Enterprises Limited (hereafter called "HEL") acted as the Publisher, assuming all of its obligations, and therefore must also assume the liabilities. Meaning this lawsuit.
Claim 4: Estoppel. From what I gather, this means that because HEL is acting as if it were the Publisher it can't continue to deny it is the Publisher. It can't represent itself as the Publisher on one hand, but when it becomes legally convenient, suddenly deny it's the actual Publisher on the other. So it gets "estopped" from denying the truth. It is the Publisher.
Claim 5: Alter Ego. Harlequin Swiss is under the control of HEL. Usually the courts keep separate corporate identities distinct or discrete. You can't blame the wrongs of one on the wrongs of the other, even if they're related entities. But when one is directing the other to commit a wrong, the courts may permit the two identities to be treated as one. That's the best I can explain it given these particular circumstances. There are many factors in piercing the veil; there is no definitive set of rules. Basically, it's in the judge's hands to determine whether this meets the level of alter ego or not.
Those first five are all Breach of Contract issues that assert that HEL is the actual Publisher. It's sort of a giant step back from the narrower focus of the All Other Rights (AOR) clause itself.
Claim 6: Narrows the focus to a specific clause, the AOR clause. It's the one I focused on in Harlequin Fail Part 2, namely that 6% isn't equivalent to the amount reasonably attainable by an unrelated third party. In fact, it is 50%, which is what authors should have gotten.
Claim 7: Unjust Enrichment. If the AOR clause only covers the licensing of the right to sell ebooks (as HQ contends) and not the right to sell the individual ebooks, then HQ can only license the right to others, not sell the ebooks themselves. The Complaint actually says it clearer in Paragraph 88.
But guess what Harlequin is doing on its own website? That's right! It's selling ebooks!
So on top of everything, Harlequin may not even have the rights to sell ebooks under these contract terms. Can you say copyright violation?
Recap in layman's terms: Harlequin assigned rights to itself, which I'm pretty sure is a no-no legally, and it licensed those rights below fair market value, which is another no-no, and then it sold ebooks on its website without having the rights to them, yet another no-no.
So here are my questions for Donna Hayes, CEO of Harlequin, assuming she understands the claims as I have laid them out. (If you don't understand them, Donna, I plan on doing an update soon with crayon drawings and smaller words.)
Donna, do you still believe Harlequin authors have been recompensed fairly and properly?
Do you deny Harlequin Enterprises Limited acted as the Publisher? That Harlequin Swiss is an agent of HEL and under its control? That HEL was assigned the rights in question?
Did you know about this all along? If so, how were you able to sleep at night?
Have you brushed up your resume? If so, maybe you don't want to include the part about screwing hundreds of authors and boldly leading your company into a high-profile class action suit.
Have you brushed up your resume? If so, maybe you don't want to include the part about screwing hundreds of authors and boldly leading your company into a high-profile class action suit.
I don't expect answers, Donna. But maybe discovery will get those answers, and then the rest of us will know the truth.
And, as I said before, shame on you. And shame on Harlequin.
But guess what? You can make this right. You can pay what you owe, and by doing so lead the whole publishing industry into a future where authors are treated fairly. You can be a symbol of reform, and restructure so that those who have made your company rich and powerful--the writers you have exploited--are given their due and just rewards.
And then, after you do that and can finally sleep soundly knowing your wrongs have been righted, if there is any money left over you can hire a good accountant and file Chapter 11, just like the Big 6 are going to wind up doing.
Screwing authors isn't a smart way to conduct your business when the only reason you have a business in the first place is because of authors.
That's a lesson you're going to learn the hard way.


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Education name-calling turns nasty
When major figures in the education world debate policy, they usually start out with a gauzy declaration that it's all about the children.
Then they begin hurling insults.
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High-profile activists including union leaders and at least one member of Congress have tarred one another with choice epithets including slave master, murderer, bitch, charlatan, roach and bully bound for hell. And that's just in the past six months.
Behind the nasty rhetoric are substantive disagreements over important issues like charter schools, teacher evaluations and private school vouchers. But the substance tends to get lost in all the smack talk.
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When education historian Diane Ravitch published a new book warning that public education is in peril, for instance, Democratic Rep. Jared Polis of Colorado reacted viscerally. He fired off a tweet saying he couldn't bear to "read another book from that evil woman." Polis soon thought better of it and deleted that tweet — but then fired off another, confessing, "i've called her far worse in the past."
And so it goes in the caustic world of education, where policy debates often take on a tone that would get school kids sent straight to the principal's office.
"I have never encountered politics as mean, nasty and personal as in ed reform," said Ben Austin, who runs an advocacy group called Parent Revolution. He's hardly a naïf: He led a communications team for the 2000 Democratic National Convention and spent five years in the Clinton White House. Yet Austin says he finds the bare-knuckle brawling of education politics both bewildering and depressing.
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"The toxicity level is bizarrely high," he said. "It would be funny if [the instigators] were bloggers sitting around in their underwear in tin-foil hats, but these are thought leaders in the field."
Austin himself took a direct hit several months ago when Ravitch skewered him on her widely read blog, describing him as "loathsome" and writing of Parent Revolution: "There is a special place in hell reserved for everyone who administers and funds this revolting organization …"
Ravitch later apologized in a long public letter that spent 87 words repenting and nearly 1,700 running through all the reasons she considers Austin and his team to be heartless and destructive for organizing parents at a struggling Los Angeles school to oust the principal.
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Leaders of all camps in the education debate say they are weary of the nastiness. Some acknowledge that it can crowd out substantive dialogue. But many defend it, too, saying that barbed comments can help cut through the glowing clichés that education leaders often wrap themselves in — the promises to "build great schools," "reward great teachers" and, of course, "put children first."
Consider a rally last spring outside the Education Department. One of the organizers, Florida teacher Ceresta Smith, gave a speech lambasting former D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, who antagonized teachers with her authoritarian style. Rhee famously called cooperation "overrated" and scoffed at the very idea of collaborating with the D.C. union. So Smith did not mince words; she referred to Rhee as an "Asian bitch." On her blog, Ravitch called such language unacceptable. But some of her readers disagreed, insisting that civility has little place in the existential struggle for the future of public schools.
"This is not patty-cake," one wrote. "This is WARFARE."
That's a bit of hyperbole. But not much.
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The education world does cleave into two camps. The bipartisan group known as education reformers, backed by wealthy philanthropists like Bill Gates, Eli Broad and the Walton family, aim to open public schools to competition by using tax dollars to fund privately managed charter schools. Some also support vouchers to subsidize private-school tuition.
Reformers typically support closing low-performing public schools. And they've pushed to tie teachers' evaluations, pay and licensing to their ability to boost student test scores. They worry about America's poor showing in international academic rankings and fear kids aren't getting the skills they need to compete in a global economy.
The other camp, which tilts heavily Democratic and is backed by teachers unions, rejects the free-market approach and denounces the emphasis on standardized tests. Members call for expanded investment in traditional public schools: smaller classes, a richer curriculum, wraparound services to help poor families overcome hunger, illness, stress and other woes that can make it tough for kids to concentrate in class.
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There is overlap on some issues; for instance, there are fans and foes of the Common Core academic standards in both camps. And unions have worked with reformers in some states to develop rigorous teacher evaluation policies.
But the overwhelming ethos is us-versus-them. Each side caricatures the other: Reformers are greedy privateers and corporate tools. Union leaders are selfish defenders of an indefensible status quo.
The policies the two sides fight over are high-stakes indeed. They drive hundreds of billions in public spending. They could impact millions of union jobs and millions in corporate profits. And they will have an enormous impact on where, how and what the next generation learns.
That may be why the hostility seems to be escalating.
"It's getting worse," said Andrew Rotherham, a partner at Bellwether Education.
The war of words has sharpened in part because, as in any field, acid language draws attention. The press plays up conflict. The tartest barbs get the retweets.
But Rotherham argues that it's also because the changes sweeping the nation's schools are profoundly disruptive. Reformers, he said, don't show enough empathy for teachers and parents struggling to cope with the transition. And opponents, desperate to block the changes, may be more inclined to lash out than to listen.


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Athenahealth Inc. should be a $1,000-a-share stock, according to its CEO and chairman.
Jonathan Bush (yes, he's one of THOSE Bushes) defended his company on Thursday morning on CNBC after being blasted by hedge fund manager David Einhorn earlier in the week. Athenahealth is currently trading at $107 a share.
The outspoken activist investor and co-founder of Greenlight Capital called the company out as an example of a "bubble stock." Einhorn said the stock could fall as much as 80% from its peak share price in March, when it was trading at $204 a share.
Bush tried to put a positive spin on Einhorn's comments.
"He gives me an opportunity to tell the world" about Athenahealth said Bush.
Shares of Athenahealth fell nearly 15% over the last two days after Einhorn revealed he had a short position on the stock at the Sohn conference Monday.
The CEO touted the company's innovations in the electronic health records space.
"This concept, this business model holds the greatest hope for economic growth for the next decade or two," said Bush.
He went on to say: "It is a company that takes software, gives it to customers, in exchange for using that software to solve complicated, expensive problems that they hate and sting at."
Athenahealth is focused on the electronic health record space, practice management, and care coordination, according to its website.
Einhorn's biggest criticism was about the valuation not making sense for the company.
Bush's response: "I don't know anything about the valuation, for all I know he could be right."
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