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For a former history teacher, attending a presidential State of the Union address is the opportunity of a lifetime.

That opportunity comes next Tuesday for Jason Jowers, an assistant principal at Hillside High School in Durham. First District Congressman G.K. Butterfield invited him to be his guest in the gallery for President Barack Obama’s speech on Capitol Hill.

Jowers said Friday that he was stunned when Butterfield’s office extended the invitation a few weeks ago. “How does he know who I am, and why did he choose me out of everybody?” he said.

Butterfield said he was impressed with Jowers’ work, which included being named 2011 Teacher of the Year in Durham Public Schools.

“President Obama has made education a top priority of his administration. M

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The University of Minnesota Board of Regents plans to review whether Regent Steve Sviggums new job with the Senate Republican caucus poses a conflict of interest.

Regents Chair Linda Cohen announced the review Tuesday, the day Sviggum started his new job.

In a statement, Cohen says the board will carefully review the situation under its ethics code and determine what steps are necessary to take in the best interest of the board and the university.

Sviggum is a former Minnesota House speaker from Kenyon. The Senate Republican caucus named him as its executive assistant and communications director.

Sviggum did not immediately return a phone call to his home Tuesday night.

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Another new camera announced today comes from Canon the Powershot G1X. This camera too comes with a larger CMOS sensor however unlike many other cameras with larger sensors is an all in one camera with no interchangeable lenses.

Canon are billing it as an alliterative to a DSLR (or a 2nd camera for those with a DSLR who want something smaller) in that it has a higher quality image but in a portable body but I have to wonder whether the recent array of smaller interchangeable lenses are going to make people overlook this option its definitely a statement that theyre not looking to head down that route with their larger sensor compact cameras.

The beauty of not having to include lens mounts means that theyre able to keep the size down, quality up and still have a pretty good focal range.

The Canon Powershot G1X comes with a 4x zoom (a 28-112mm equivalent) lens (f2.8-f.8) and a 14 megapixel sensor.

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Carmel High School senior swimmer Alexis Bullard has signed with Indiana University.  Last season Bullard was runner-up in the 100-yard backstroke at the state high school meet and finished fifth in the 100 freestyle. She placed in the top 16 in the 100 backstroke at Junior Nationals.
“She is one of the top swimmers in the state of Indiana, Hoosiers swimming coach Ray Looze said in an IU  release . She is a fantastic butterfyer, backstroker, and I believe she is going to have a strong impact in the sprint freestyle as well. She has a ton of untapped potential and we felt very strongly IU would be a good fit for her. We

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