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Studies in Technology Enhanced Collaborative Learning
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November 26, 2014 The Alpena hockey team came so close to its first win of the season on Tuesday. more »»
ACC men earn first win of 2014-15 season
November 26, 2014 SAULT STE. MARIE—The Alpena Community College men's basketball team earned its first win of the 2014-15 season on Tuesday, defeating the Lake Superior State JV team 77-56 on the road. more »»
Alpena blanked 7-0 in Saturday showdown with Eskymos
November 24, 2014 WELLS—So far, the Escanaba hockey season has been filled with plenty of shots and goals. The only thing that's been lacking, is drama. more »»
Onaway VB has a lot to be proud of this year
November 24, 2014 BATTLE CREEK—By the end of Friday's semifinal matchup against Leland, the Onaway volleyball was spent, having gone to five sets against the state's top-ranked team. more »»
Just out of reach
November 22, 2014 BATTLE CREEK—Leland got its revenge on Onaway and punched a ticket back to the state finals in the process. more »»
Escanaba routs Alpena in opening game
November 22, 2014 WELLS - Christmas is still a month away, but Levi Wunder was in a giving mood for the Escanaba Eskymos, Friday night in their season opener against Alpena. more »»
ACC men, women lose opening games to Kalamazoo Valley
November 22, 2014 KALAMAZOO—The Alpena Community College men's basketball team started its season with an 80-67 loss to Kalamazoo Valley Community College. The Lumberjacks trailed by only 36-33 at the halftime. more »»
Ready for the next test
November 21, 2014 ONAWAY—To be the best, the Onaway volleyball team will have to beat the best. And the ninth-ranked Cardinals are feeling pretty good about their chances. more »»
Finally getting his due
November 20, 2014 The early days of the NFL were much wilder than today's sprawling and massive league. more »»
Turning some heads
November 19, 2014 This year's Alpena High School football team was the most successful team since 2004. It earned a 4-5 record and outscored its opponents 215-209. more »»
Onaway VB sweeps Stephenson, will face Leland in semis
November 19, 2014 MANISTIQUE—Onaway's playoff win streak continued on Tuesday when the Cardinals swept Stephenson in three to move on to the semi-finals in Battle Creek. more »»
Second time around
November 18, 2014 By ERIC BENAC News Sports Writer ONAWAY—The Onaway volleyball team is on a roll this season. It breezed through the districts and swept No. 10 Pickford in the reginal final on Thursday. more »»
Alpena Flyers earn third win in split series with Ice Dogs
November 17, 2014 FARMINGTON HILLS—The Alpena Flyers (3-11) split a weekend series with the Michigan Ice Dogs, losing 7-5 on Friday and winning a nail-biter 3-2 shootout on Saturday. more »»
The APlex to host Pickleball, a new tennis-like sport
November 15, 2014 A new sport is coming to the APlex soon. more »»
Hard work pays off
November 14, 2014 From the time Chris Modrzynski joined the Alpena High baseball program, Wildcats varsity coach Phil Schultz knew he had the potential to develop into a top-notch player. more »»
Cards top Pickford in regional volleyball final
November 14, 2014 PELLSTON—The Onaway volleyball team is one step closer to Battle Creek. The Cardinals pushed past No. more »»
Alcona's Bouchard named top regional golf coach
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NASCAR's revamped Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format is set for its first elimination race at Dover and Kevin Harvick will lead the field to the green flag.
CommentsHe didn't care about racing. He didn't want to talk to anyone, let alone face his family, friends or other drivers. Stewart's grief over the death of Kevin Ward Jr. was overwhelming, and he couldn't find his way out of the fog.
CommentsA grand jury has decided against charging NASCAR star Tony Stewart in the August death of another driver at a sprint car race in upstate New York.
CommentsNASCAR announced a new rules package Tuesday that will ban all private testing in 2015, including the annual Daytona 500 test, and levy the stiffest penalty possible on any team caught conducting its own sessions.
CommentsWith a resume featuring more than 40 years in motorsports, Kenny Hunley is well acquainted with NASCAR's short-track racing program. This week, he was named the new NASCAR Director of Weekly Racing.
CommentsKres VanDyke started and ended the season with a Late Model Stock car win at Kingsport Speedway. The latter victory brought him more than a winner's trophy.
CommentsChad Finchum made the most of the return of NASCAR racing to Lonesome Pine Raceway. The Knoxville driver wrapped up the Late Model Stock track championship on Saturday night with a pair of top-five twin finishes in the season finale.
CommentsJoey Logano pulled away on the restart to win a green-white-checkered finish Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and advance to the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
CommentsFor NASCAR's Michael Waltrip, "Dancing With The Stars" has been a whirlwind experience and he hopes to still be kicking it on the show by the time he races again next month at Talladega.
CommentsSixteen-year-old Cole Custer became the youngest driver ever to win a NASCAR national series race when he took the checkered flag Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in just his seventh truck series start.


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Prosecutors offer Greenpeace activists plea deal; Garner protest draws more than 100; U.S. added more than 300,000 jobs last month
Morning y'all. Rather than brave the gross, cold weather, I'm working from home in the tiny circular turret next to my bedroom with a space heater blasting. One of the things I love about Cincinnati is not only that weird old houses like the one I live in still exist, but that I can afford to live in one on a journalist's salary. That's crazy.But enough about me. What's happened in the past 24 hours? A lot. First, prosecutors have offered seven of the Greenpeace activists arrested for hanging anti-palm oil banners from Procter & Gamble headquarters last spring a plea deal. That deal would cut their charges from felony vandalism and burglary, which carry a penalty of more than nine years in jail, to a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing, which is punishable by no more than 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. Nine activists in total gained access to P&G headquarters in March, hanging protest banners decrying the company's role in deforestation related to their use of palm oil. Some protesters repelled down the side of the building. Prosecutors say the group did tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to windows in the building, though lawyers for the group deny this. They say the activists were simply exercising their First Amendment rights. One activist has since died in California and another took an earlier plea deal. A Dec. 12 hearing on the deal has been scheduled for the remaining seven. • More than 100 people turned out last night for a rally downtown in honor of Eric Garner, who died in July after a New York City police officer put him in a chokehold. A grand jury Wednesday announced it would not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo, who administered the hold. That has led to protests in New York City and around the country, including here. You can find our full coverage of the rally here. • It seems we're all about courts today. Special prosecutors in the case of former Juvenile Court Judge Traci Hunter want to send her to jail for up to 18 months. Hunter is in Hamilton County court right now for sentencing, and prosecutors are going after her aggressively. Hunter was convicted of one felony count of having an unlawful interest in a public contract in October. Her attorney has made three motions for a retrial since, citing procedural mistakes by the court and jurors who have recanted their guilty verdicts. Hamilton County Judge Norbert Nadel has declined those motions, however. Hunter says she will appeal her conviction.UPDATE: Hunter has been sentenced to six months in Hamilton County jail.• As anger over police use of force continues around the country, the Justice Department yesterday released the results of a year-and-a-half long investigation into the Cleveland Police Department. What they found was not good, and you can read our coverage of it here. The short version: The DOJ says the force has had numerous incidents of excessive force brought on by "systemic failures" within the department. CPD will be monitored by an independent panel as it makes court-enforceable reforms to its policing practices. The report comes as the department is under scrutiny for yet another controversial use of force incident: the death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice at the hands of Cleveland Police Officer Timothy Loehman. • The national economy added more than 320,000 jobs last month, government data released yesterday says, putting the nation on track for its best job growth in 15 years. Unemployment stayed at 5.8 percent, the lowest it's been since 2008. Many analysts take the boost as a sign the economy is continuing to recover from the deepest and most far-reaching recession in decades. That growth came in a number of different sectors, lending credence to the assertion that the economy is growing more robust. Housing prices are rising, fuel prices are falling and local and state governments are hiring again. However, despite the good news, wages did not rise at all when adjusted for inflation. That's been a stubborn problem for workers since the recession and one that feeds into a continued debate about the country's income inequality. • Finally, you remember former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, right? Whether or not you agree with the Bush-era leader's politics, it seems fair to say he seemed like a low-key bloke, harmless and even approachable. At least I thought so until I saw his Christmas card this year. Dude looks like you just snatched some bacon out of his mouth while calling his mum a strumpet. I want to see the outtakes. Also, thank god I don't send Christmas cards because they would all be at least this terrifying.
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12.01.2014 55 days ago
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Huge new development slated for OTR; Greater Cincinnati's unemployment at lowest level in a decade; Cleveland police officers sue department for racial bias against whites
Welcome back to the post-holiday real world, where we all must once again perform tasks even more arduous than eating three pounds of turkey and falling asleep in a chair while grownups talk about football. But hey, it's Cyber Monday, so you can still spend brain-melting amounts of time staring at a screen shopping for the perfect deal on those special-edition Ruth Bader Ginsburg signature Nike Dunks you've been wanting until you fall asleep in your chair while grownups talk about work. Or maybe that's just me. Anyway, on to news.If you weren't following CityBeat over the holiday, you probably didn't hear about this. A group of protesters arrested at a solidarity march for Ferguson, Mo. last week were jailed over Thanksgiving, despite having paid bail. Seven of the eight protesters arrested during the march's shutdown of I-75 paid their $3,000 bond, but were kept in jail because they were deemed flight risks by Hamilton County Judge Melissa Powers. That meant that despite being charged with only misdemeanors, they had to wear electronic monitoring devices provided by an office that closed Wednesday around noon and wasn't slated to reopen until today. The protesters were released Friday after Hamilton County Judge Ted Berry overturned the monitoring requirement, however. • Over-the-Rhine continues to change at a rapid pace. Another huge development project is in the works for the neighborhood, this one around the historic Grammer's bar and restaurant. Rookwood Pottery Co. owner Martin Wade is looking to spend $75 million on a project that will redevelop 100 apartments, create 40,000 square feet of office and retail space and build four single-family homes. No word yet on whether any of that living space will be affordable housing aimed at low-income residents, but the plans tend to sound more toward the upscale, with details like Rookwood pottery accents in the works. The final phase of the project will be a 68-unit apartment building aimed at families looking to move into the neighborhood in a space behind the OTR Kroger store that is currently a garden. • Here's some good news: Greater Cincinnati's unemployment rate is down to 4.3 percent, according to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. That's the lowest it's been in a decade. Last October, the rate was almost 7 percent.• No, the Zoo hasn't hired your one weird clickbait-sharing uncle as its new social media manager. Hackers have taken over the Cincinnati Zoo's Facebook page and are posting all sorts of non-wildlife related content. The posts began about midnight Sunday and are the kind of thing that one annoying Facebook friend you have always posts: top five embarrassing photos lists, top 10 embarrassing holiday foods you shouldn't eat lists, top 30 places to visit before your 40th birthday lists; that kind of thing. The Zoo has reached out to the social media company, which so far hasn't taken any action to stop the posts. Officials with the Zoo are asking users to report the page as hacked.• In what has to be one of the best examples of terrible journalism seen in Ohio in years, Cleveland.com, the Cleveland Plain Dealers' website, published an article outlining the legal history of the father of the unarmed12-year-old boy shot by Cleveland police last month. "Tamir Rice's Father Has History of Domestic Violence," the headline screams, apropos of absolutely nothing at all. The paper published the story Nov. 26, the same day a video showing Rice's shooting was released. In the video, an officer jumps out of a patrol car and shoots Rice, a bored-looking kid playing with a toy pistol, within seconds of arriving at the scene. The shooting has caused a good deal of anger in Cleveland, prompting demonstrations and calls for the involved officers' resignations. An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Meanwhile, in what is clearly some alternate reality…• Members of the Cleveland Police Department are suing the department, saying it racially discriminates against white officers involved in shootings of blacks. Eight white officers and one Hispanic officer are suing over their treatment in wake of a 2012 high-speed chase that resulted in two suspects without guns being shot in their car more than 20 times. The City of Cleveland settled with the families of the two for $3 million. Thirteen officers fired 137 shots during the chase. The nine officers involved in the lawsuit complain that they were unfairly assigned desk duty, meaning they could only perform what the suit calls "boring, menial tasks." The group says they should not be held accountable for the incident, since the Ohio Attorney General found that it was part of big systemic problems in the department. Huh. That's interesting logic. • Finally, I dunno how many of you remember Richard Scarry's Busy Town kids books. If you do, this is hilarious in a "it's really kind of dark because it's true" sort of way. If you don't remember the books, well, I think it's probably still hilarious.
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09.15.2014 132 days ago
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Mahogany's seeks deal with city; Kentucky felons could regain voting rights; journalists are the most caffeinated
Hey Cincinnati! Here's your news for the day. Mahogany's at The Banks is closed, but the controversy continues. The restaurant closed Friday after its landlord asked it to vacate The Banks due to state sales tax violations and back rent the restaurant owed. Yesterday, owner Liz Rogers and her attorney presented the city with a proposal via a multi-page letter to City Manager Harry Black. The letter said that Mahogany's had indeed closed its location at The Banks, but suggested a seven-point compromise between the city and the restaurant. That compromise includes forgiveness of a $300,000 debt Rogers owes the city and a $12,000 payment from Rogers to the city for furniture and equipment purchased with the city loan. The letter charges that the city, while accommodating in some ways, set the restaurant up to fail by not providing conditions necessary to keep the business going and by leaking information about its financial struggles to the press. Rogers' attorney states that she was told there would be a hotel and other amenities that would draw people to the riverfront development and suggested she could sue the city and her landlord for fraud, defamation of character, discrimination, breach of contract and other charges for not meeting its end of the bargain. It's a fairly brazen move, considering Mahogany's has fallen behind on loan and rent payments and that the city of late has been less than interested in making further deals with the restaurant. No word on a response from the city yet, but we'll be updating as that happens.• When folks say the Brent Spence Bridge is falling apart, they mean it literally. A group of Bengals fans Sunday got a rude surprise when big concrete chunks of an offramp from the bridge plunged from a support beam into the windshield of their car, parked just East of Longworth Hall. They were at the game at the time and no one was injured, but the incident underscores the precarious condition of the vital bridge that carries Interstates 71 and 75 across the Ohio River. An annual inspection of the roadways around the bridge is scheduled to begin today. • Officials in Butler County are mulling converting part of a struggling county-run nursing home into a detox center for heroin addicts. Support for government-run nursing homes has been waning for years, and Butler County's is one of the last in the state. Officials with the nursing home argue there is a need for the facility and that by extending care to those needing addiction treatment, they can serve another need while staying solvent. But some county officials, including outspoken Sherriff Richard Jones, aren't convinced the nursing home should continue to exist at all, and they see addiction treatment there as more risk than it's worth. • Kentucky is moving closer to restoring voting for people with certain felonies. Currently, Kentuckians who have served time for a felony need a pardon from the governor to regain their voting rights. Only three other states have this requirement. Three bills proposing an amendment to the state's constitution are currently being considered in the Kentucky legislature. An amendment, which requires passage by 60 percent of legislators and a statewide vote, would allow felons to cast ballots again after they've served prison time and probation. Those convicted of homicide, treason, bribery or sex crimes would not be eligible. One supporter of the proposal is Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has been using justice system reform as a way to reach out to voters outside the traditional Republican base as he positions himself to run for president in 2016.• In national news, the Census Bureau tomorrow will release its 2013 poverty statistics for America, giving us data on how much slow-moving economic recovery from the Great Recession has aided the country's lowest earners. The news is not expected to be overwhelmingly good: While the unemployment rate has been falling, the poverty rate has barely budged, revealing that simply employing folks in any old (increasingly low-wage) job can't get us back to where we were before the recession. Jared Bernstein, an economist with progressive think tank Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, sums up his projection of the data thusly: "…if I'm in the ballpark, Tuesday's release will be another reminder of why many Americans still feel pretty gloomy about the recovery: It hasn't much reached them."• Finally, I just have to throw this in here: a new study says that journalists consume more coffee than those in any other profession, drinking an average of four cups a day. I'd say I'm still just a fledgling journalist, and so I stick with one cup, though like my dark, cynical journalist heart, it is always completely black, ice cold and nearly bottomless. No, seriously, I get the biggest one Dunkin Donuts has, which is roughly the size of a small wastebasket.
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Metro sinkhole, unemployment drops and senior bludgeons burglar with a back scratcher
Friday's usually kind of a slow news day, but lots of important or just plain weird stuff has already happened. Get ready for it.In what must be one of the most biblical mass transit emergencies in recent Cincinnati memory, a Metro bus was partially sucked down a 20-foot-deep sinkhole near the zoo at about 9:30 last night. Then the ground opened up, and the stink did begin to emerge from the angry earth, and woah, those on the bus were sore afraid. Or something like that. City officials say some failed sewer lines caused the hole. As if being nearly swallowed by the earth isn't unpleasant enough, there was also the smell of raw sewage to contend with. In an ironic note, yesterday was also "Dump the Pump Day," a day designed to get commuters out of their cars and onto public transit. Workers from Cincinnati's Metropolitan Sewer District are out to fix the hole and sewer lines. • Former Over-the-Rhine social service agency City Gospel Mission is clear to move to Queensgate. Wrangling over some compliance issues with the Department of Housing and Urban Development had stalled the agency's plans for a men's shelter there, which has been on the drawing board for months. HUD said City Gospel's mens-only approach might violate certain non-discrimination clauses on deeds to the land the agency wanted to use for its new shelter. But after some pushing by Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, HUD has given the agency the go ahead. City Gospel will host some women's programming at the shelter and is part of Cincinnati's Homeless to Homes program, which helps both men and women transition from homelessness.• Ohio's newest jobs report came out today. It shows the state is at 5.5 percent unemployment, its lowest level since the recession and well under the national rate of 6.3 percent. Republicans, of course, are touting this as a win for Gov. John Kasich, while Democrats are pointing out that the low number has a lot to do with how many Ohioans have left the workforce altogether. Unemployment stats only measure those who are looking for work, not those who have given up on the job hunt. The state added 2,900 total jobs in May but lost 14,000 people who dropped out of the workforce. Many of these are the long-term unemployed, who studies show have an especially hard time finding work.• Speaker of the House John Boehner has slammed the Obama administration over the looming situation in Iraq, where a new insurgency group calling itself ISIS is overtaking cities and the Iraqi military. Boehner used the situation, as Republicans are wont to do, to talk about how bad Obama is at everything, saying that "terrorism has increased exponentially under this president." That's of course not a view everyone with knowledge about the situation in the Middle East shares, and it's clear the current problem has at least some major roots in Bush-era decisions. Political posturing aside, Boehner also showed his softer side Wednesday when he gave a smooch to former Rep. Gabby Giffords at the Congressional Women's Softball Game. Giffords, who has made a long, emotional recovery from near-fatal injuries she received during a mass shooting in 2011, threw out the first pitch. After having a moment with Giffords, Boehner then promptly… you guessed it… got all teary-eyed, though not teary-eyed enough to do anything about gun control efforts in Congress, it would seem.• So a 63-year-old woman on oxygen in Marion, Indiana fought off a burglar with a back scratcher. I couldn't write anything more awesome than her account of the incident, so here are a couple little bits:"Guy had a hockey mask on and I almost started laughing," the woman told a reporter. "If he hadn't have got out that back door, I'd have beat him to death."
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Here's what's up today in Cincy, Ohio, and beyond. Vice Mayor David Mann isn't super happy about the fact that LumenoCity tickets sold out in 12 minutes yesterday morning and then popped up just as quickly on Craigslist and eBay. He's requesting an investigation into the ticket giveaway to find out about any illegal sale of the free passes. In a statement yesterday, Mann said he wants to make sure "all members of the public — including all neighborhoods and income ranges — have an opportunity to avail themselves of any opportunities to get tickets to this extraordinary performance in the future."The event was so crowded last year, organizers decided to give out tickets this time around. The tickets were available online and also at several branches of the library. Organizers stress only a small percentage of the available passes were given out online, and that more will be available ahead of the event, which takes place Aug. 1-3. • Here's a heartwarming story about a city doing everything it can for its residents. Err, wait, no, this is actually a nightmarish scenario in which the city of Middletown has been working to eliminate a number of its Section 8 vouchers by investigating landlords and tenants and then kicking them out of the program for minor violations of law or policy, including late water bills. An Enquirer investigation found the city was actively working to eliminate many of its more than 1,600 HUD vouchers. HUD is now looking at shutting down the city's public housing authority. Nearly a quarter of Middletown residents live below the poverty level, according to 2008-2012 Census data. The city of 50,000 has more than half of the Section 8 vouchers in Butler County.• Ohio is imposing new requirements on those receiving unemployment benefits, because not having a job is easy and awesome and if the state didn't impose tons of busy work on those seeking benefits, everyone would crowd around the government teat.Anyone receiving benefits in Ohio must update an automatic resume made for them on OhioMeansJobs.com, Ohio's job search site, take three assessments on their skills within 14 weeks and fill out a survey within 20 weeks to figure out careers that might suit them. Recipients will still need to apply for two jobs a week as well. State officials say they hope this will help recipients transition to work more quickly, because clearly most job seekers have no idea what kind of skills they have and just plum forgot to put their resumes online somewhere. Ohio's unemployment rate hovers around 6 percent. About 67,000 in the state were receiving unemployment benefits in May.• The Justice Department is giving support to a proposal to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders in federal prison. The move could save taxpayers more than $2 billion. Some measures to reduce sentences have already been approved, but the new proposal would make those reduced sentences retroactive, meaning those already imprisoned for nonviolent drug crimes may see freedom sooner. There is a surprising amount of bipartisan interest drug sentencing reform, with libertarian-minded conservatives, rank and file Republican budget hawks and those on the left all calling for a new approach to the drug issue.The federal government spent more than $25 billion on the drug war in 2013. More than half the inmates in federal prisons are there for drug-related crimes, according to studies by the federal government.
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Mayor John Cranley plans to address the city's long-term unemployment problems with a set of new initiatives, some of which could get support from the White House.
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A new controversy seems to brewing in City Hall. As budget promises begin to pile up, local officials and media are starting to ask the big question: What is going to get cut?
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Mayor John Cranley plans to address long-term unemployment in Cincinnati with several new initiatives, some of which could get support from the White House, he told CityBeat yesterday. According to Cranley, the idea is to end employer discrimination against the long-term unemployed or land the long-term unemployed into jobs to end the job-crippling gap in their resumes. Cranley's push against long-term unemployment comes in preparation of his visit today to the White House, which is looking for different ways to tackle the sluggish economy without going through a gridlocked Congress. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said it would be "logical" to keep an early voting location downtown even if the Hamilton County Board of Elections moves its offices to Mount Airy. Husted's comments imply local Republicans are alone in their effort to move early voting to a new Mount Airy location, where only one bus line runs. Democrats oppose the move because it would limit voting access for people who rely on public transportation. But local Republicans claim free parking at the facility would outweigh the lack of bus access. As the secretary of state, Husted could break the board's tie vote over the issue and make the final decision on where its offices and early voting end up.Gov. John Kasich threatened to veto a "puny" oil and gas tax, casting doubts on the current proposal in the Ohio legislature. The debate has put Kasich and his fellow Republicans in the General Assembly at odds as the state undergoes a bit of an oil and gas boom because of fracking, a drilling technique that pumps millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals underground to unlock oil and gas reserves. Kasich has been pushing to reform and increase the severance tax for the state's oil and gas producers. But Republican legislators have largely resisted Kasich's call to action, instead pushing a proposal that increases the severance tax by much less than what the governor proposed two years ago. In both Kasich and legislators' proposals, the raised revenue would be used for an income tax cut. A Hamilton County judge should decide today whether a local abortion clinic can remain open while it fights a state-ordered shutdown.This year's Neighborhood Enhancement Program will target Walnut Hills and East Price Hill. The program aims to address a number of issues, including the number of calls to police, building code violations, vacant buildings, drug arrests, graffiti, junk cars, litter and weeds.Cincinnati officials won an award for how the local budget is presented and communicated, even though it's still not structurally balanced.The Ohio Statehouse welcomes weddings and receptions except for gay couples, who can't get the Ohio marriage certificate required to hold a ceremony at the location.The Feb. 4 debate between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Creation Museum Founder Ken Ham over evolution and biblical creationism will stream live at The Cincinnati Enquirer. Evolution is taken as fact in the scientific world, but creationists deny its truth despite the clear, overwhelming evidence.A school bus driver might have saved two children by yelling at them to get out of the way during a crash.Scientists might have discovered a potential cure for peanut allergies.Follow CityBeat on Twitter:• Main: @CityBeatCincy • News: @CityBeat_News • Music: @CityBeatMusic • German Lopez: @germanrlopez
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Mayor explains initiatives as he prepares for meeting with president
Mayor John Cranley plans to address the city's long-term unemployment problems with a set of new initiatives, some of which could get support from the White House, he told CityBeat Thursday.One of the initiatives is in direct response to President Barack Obama's call, heard by millions during the State of the Union Tuesday, to get private companies on board with ending discrimination against the long-term unemployed.Specifically, Cranley says he helped get Procter & Gamble and other local companies to agree to join the president's initiative."It wasn't that hard to sell them on it, but they've got a lot of things going on," Cranley says. "Getting their attention and focus on these things is one of the great powers that I have. I can help ask people to give back in ways they just haven't thought of before."With a visit to the White House planned for Friday, Cranley hopes his quick response to Obama's call could help the city land future federal grants for programs that address long-term unemployment.As an example, Cranley points to a new White House initiative that asks cities to develop innovative pilot programs that help the long-term unemployed. The initiative will award federal grants, which Cranley estimates at a couple million dollars per city, to the 10 best proposals.In preparation, the city is partnering with several local organizations, including the Workforce Investment Board and United Way of Greater Cincinnati, to develop a unique plan. How the city's proposal looks ultimately depends on the constraints set by the application requirements, but Cranley cited more educational opportunities and subsidies for companies that hire the long-term unemployed as two examples cities might undertake.The proposal, however it looks, would come in addition to Cranley's Hand Up Initiative, which he plans to fund through this year's city budget. As part of the initiative, the city will first partner with Cincinnati Cooks, Cincinnati Works and Solid Opportunities for Advancement and Retention (SOAR) to provide more job training opportunities. Participants who graduate from those programs can then apply to the Transitional Jobs Program, which provides short-term, part-time work opportunities to people as they look for long-term, full-time jobs.The initiative will begin as a pilot program for the first two years, but it could eventually expand with more partnerships and job training opportunities, according to Cranley.If successfully carried out, Cranley's proposals could help break the long-term unemployment trends that keep so many Americans jobless in the first place.In one study, Rand Ghayad of Northeastern University sent out 4,800 fake resumes for 600 job openings. Ghayad found people who had been out of work for six months or more very rarely got called back, even in comparison to applicants without work experience who were unemployed for shorter periods of time.In other words, diminishing the discrimination on the employer's side or ongoing joblessness on the potential employee's side could be enough to land more people in jobs.A proper solution to the issue could also go a long way to picking up the nation's sluggish job market. By the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' estimate, nearly 38 percent of the unemployed in December had been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer — the highest rate in six decades. In comparison, the rate was below 20 percent prior to the recession.For Cranley, the initiatives also present an opportunity to address Cincinnati's abhorrent poverty rates by giving people a chance to obtain better-paying jobs."In the end, we want a city that isn't just good for future residents," Cranley says, referencing the economic momentum in Over-the-Rhine, downtown and uptown that might benefit future Cincinnatians. "We need a city solution that grows the capacity and builds the opportunities for residents who are already here and families that are already dealing with poverty."
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Humans evolved larger eye sockets as they moved towards the poles, allowing them to cope with the low light levels present compared with the tropics.
Eiluned Pearce and Robin Dunbar at the University of Oxford analysed 73 adult skulls belonging to people who lived at different latitudes. They found that both the overall skull volume and the volume of the eye socket increased with latitude, but the increase in eye socket volume – which is thought to relate to eyeball size – was larger than expected from the change in skull size alone.
Visual acuity – the ability to resolve fine detail – should be subtly worse at higher latitudes because of the dimmer light found there. But when the pair reviewed available data they found acuity was the same in populations at all latitudes. Pearce and Dunbar suggest their measured increase in eye socket volume, and inferred increase in eyeball size, could explain this.
"We were surprised to see how strong the effect was. Humans have only been in northern Europe for 40,000 years," says Dunbar.
Physical anthropologist Chris Kirk at the University of Texas at Austin thinks the idea is interesting, but is not convinced as the link between socket volume and eyeball size is relatively loose. To confirm the hypothesis "you would have to go back and measure the eyes", he says.
Journal reference: Biology Letters, DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0570
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Our stay couldn't have been better! Everything was as advertised, and Rich (the proprietor) was very helpful with both our advance preparations and upon arrival. Our family gathered together to celebrate Thanksgiving from up and down the Atlantic coast and New England in the middle of a snow storm and Rich helped us find our way. The condo was a lovely place for our holiday get-together! Perfect!
Great condo in the Quechee area
We visited New Hampshire and Vermont for our son's graduation from Dartmouth and found this to be a great place to stay. The condo easily accomodated our group of 8 and additional guests who joined us for dinner one evening. The kitchen was well equipped, and the layout of the condo was very spacious. In the summer it is nice to enjoy the decks and the area is nestled in the woods.
We also enjoyed visiting the town of Quechee and Quechee gorge which are very close. There is a glass factory in downtown Quechee where you can watch artisans create handblown glass items, and a covered bridge. The location is also close enough to Hanover for events such as graduations. We looked at many options and this was both affordable and convenient.
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Marquette's Vander Blue heading to NBA
In one of the more baffling, head-scratching decisions of the offseason, Marquette junior guard Vander Blue has opted to leave early for the NBA.
The 6-foot-4 wing had a terrific season for Buzz Williams and the Golden Eagles. There's no debating that. He averaged 14.8 points and helped lead Marquette to the Elite Eight. However, he'll likely be taken somewhere in the second round in June's NBA Draft -- or he might even fail to hear his name called altogether on June 27.
"I've had three great years here and appreciate everything Marquette has done for me during that time to help me develop," Blue said in a statement. "At this point I want to pursue my dream. I've prayed about it and discussed it with my family and think this is the right decision for me at this time."
Blue had emerged as Marquette's go-to guy this past season after being a complementary piece his first two years in college. He's athletic, but his perimeter shot is suspect. He shot 30 percent from beyond the arc this season.
Blue's departure is a significant hit for a Marquette team that also lost its starting point guard, Junior Cadougan, and senior wing Trent Lockett -- who averaged seven points per game after transferring from Arizona State a year ago. Three players also decided to transfer, although the lone one of note is Juan Anderson.
Williams still has his two-headed monster up front in Davante Gardner and Chris Otule, and also brings back Jamil Wilson. He also welcomes in a freshman class that has been ranked in the Top 10 nationally by just about every recruiting guru in the country. It includes point guard Duane Wilson, wings Jajuan Johnson and Deonte Burton and junior college forward Jameel McKay.
When we did the Top 25 (and one) a week ago, Marquette checked in at No. 10 with the assumption that Blue would be back in the fold. That number is certain to change with our next update, but as long as Williams is running things, the names might change -- but the success likely won't.


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"A voice like fine whiskey — oaky and smooth, with a hint of smokiness" – The Washington Post
Born in Django Reinhart's home town, French/Dominican jazz singer CYRILLE AIMÉE is making a splash in this country with her smoky, sexy voice and charming stage presence. Winner of the Montreaux Jazz Festival and Sarah Vaughn Vocal Competitions, she was recently cast by Stephen Sondheim in his City Center production of Encores along with Bernadette Peters. Her fantastic band is tailored to her sultry sound: drums, bass, and three guitars (gypsy, jazz, and Brazilian). She'll perform an evening of classic and contemporary standards on Valentine's Day for an unforgettably romantic evening.


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'Bear' leaves his mark on the heart of the Central Australian community
"It's very sad that he's passed on but by geez have we got some fond memories," former Alderman Murray Stewart says good bye to former Centralian of the Year and town crier Russell 'Bear' Ward.
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Central Australians are mourning the loss of local identity Russell Ward after he passed away on the weekend.
Known more affectionately as 'Bear', the carer was named Centralian of the Year in 2003 for services to local sport and children with disabilities.
Bear was the president of Central Australian Rugby League from 1993-1997, a life member of Rugby Union Central Australia, and a coach for various sports around Alice Springs.
He went on to become the town crier for the Alice Springs Town Council, a job he relished in his retirement.
Former Alderman Murray Stewart is a good friend of the family and says he spoke to Bear's daughter soon after he passed away,
"The family realises now that he's in a place of comfort.
"He had eleven tumours, that would have put on a lot of colonial pressure, so he would have been in a lot of pain."
Murray Stewart says Bear will be missed but he has left behind many fond memories,
"I remember he came along to my place and we shared a (AFL) grand final together, and he brought not only his St Kilda gear but also his town crier regalia, and I can assure you he flourished that bell with every goal."
Russell 'Bear' Ward was 70 years old and died in Wollongong NSW after a long battle with cancer.
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Ryan Calo is an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law and a former research director at CIS. A nationally recognized expert in law and emerging technology, Ryan's work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Wired Magazine, and other news outlets. Ryan serves on several advisory committees, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the Future of Privacy Forum. He co-chairs the American Bar Association Committee on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence and serves on the program committee of National Robotics Week.
Audit Zittrain's "Difficult Problems In Cyberlaw"
By Ryan Calo • January 6, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Jonathan Zittrain and Elizabeth Stark invite you to follow along with "Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw," an innovative course at Stanford involving students from three leading schools. Details for the course---including a wiki and Twitter---below. I'm appearing as a guest on January 12.
"In the coming three weeks, students from Harvard, MIT, and Stanford will be tackling real-life problems of Internet commerce, governance, security, and information dissemination at Stanford Law School. This course, Difficult Problems in Cyberlaw, covers the Global Network Initiative, ubiquitous human computing, the future of Wikipedia, and cybersecurity, and is co-taught by Jonathan Zittrain and Elizabeth Stark." Read more » about Audit Zittrain's "Difficult Problems In Cyberlaw"
Audio/Video Of Robotics And The Law Panel
By Ryan Calo • December 5, 2009 at 11:02 am
You can now find both the audio and the video of our panel on robotics and the law on the Stanford Law School website. See also my recent blog post.
Here are some links to just a few of the people thinking about robotics and either law or ethics: Read more » about Audio/Video Of Robotics And The Law Panel
Robotics & The Law: Liability For Personal Robots
By Ryan Calo • November 25, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I'm in the middle of writing a paper on liability for harm caused by (or with) personal robots. The paper grows out of a panel that Dan Siciliano and I organized around the present, near future, and far future of robotics and the law. I've recently received some media coverage that, while welcome and accurate, presents a danger of oversimplifying my position. Specifically, a few people have understood my remarks to suggest that manufacturers should enjoy total immunity for the personal robots they build and sell, merely because doing otherwise would chill innovation.
This post develops my position in a little more detail. On my view, robotics manufacturers should be immune from certain theories of civil liability—particularly those premised on the range of a robot's functionality. I don't believe that the law should bar accountability for roboticists in all instances. Nor am I by any means certain that my suggestion represents the exact right way to handle liability. But I am convinced that we should talk about the issue. The alternative is to risk missing out on a massive global advance in technology capable of substantially better our world. Read more » about Robotics & The Law: Liability For Personal Robots
ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights
By Ryan Calo • November 18, 2009 at 1:42 pm
The ACLU of Northern California has officially launched dotRights, a comprehensive set of materials and tools to learn about, and act upon, privacy and free speech on the Internet. Complete with an interactive village covering topics from cloud computing to e-book privacy, this website and campaign represent a game-changing resource for anyone (company, activist, regulator, or consumer) who cares about privacy and free speech on the Internet. Congratulations and great work!
PS: You can follow the campaign on Facebook and Twitter. Read more » about ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights
Legal Challenges In An Age Of Robotics
By Ryan Calo • October 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I'm moderating an upcoming panel on law and robotics, co-sponsored by the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance and the Stanford Program in Law Science and Technology's Center for Computers and Law (CodeX). Details below. Register here.
November 12, 2009 from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Stanford Law School, Room 190
5:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Reception
6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Panel
Once relegated to factories and fiction, robots are rapidly entering the mainstream. Advances in artificial intelligence translate into ever-broadening functionality and autonomy. Recent years have seen an explosion in the use of robotics in warfare, medicine, and exploration. Industry analysts and UN statistics predict equally significant growth in the market for personal or service robotics over the next few years. What unique legal challenges will the widespread availability of sophisticated robots pose? Three panelists with deep and varied expertise discuss the present, near future, and far future of robotics and the law. Read more » about Legal Challenges In An Age Of Robotics
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Even (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
I am proud to say that I helped found the Robot Block Party in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together industry, academia, and the hobbyist community to demo robots in celebration of National Robotics Week. We held the first one in Paul Brest Hall at Stanford Law School. The second, third, and fourth Robot Block Parties took place nearby at the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab (where Stanford University develops driverless cars). Each event drew at least a thousand visitors. Read more » about Even (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
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They're watching. How can that be a good thing?
Cross-posted from Stanford Magazine.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT ROBOTS? Our fascination with these machines dates back centuries. The ancient Greeks built them. Robots haunted the Industrial Revolution. For a time in the 1980s, the decade that brought us Short Circuit, The Terminator and RoboCop, it seemed that the United States had caught robot fever. Read more » about They're watching. How can that be a good thing?
Plate and Switch: Google's Self-Driving Car Is a Transformer Too
"Bryant Walker Smith is a law professor at the University of South Carolina and chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. He says, "Autonomous vehicles are necessarily a combination of hardware and software. You couldn't simply take Google's algorithms for the Prius and apply them to the Lexus SUV. Anything down to the tire pressure can be relevant for how a vehicle will respond in emergency situations. Read more » about Plate and Switch: Google's Self-Driving Car Is a Transformer Too
Can you shoot down a drone on your land? New incident raises self-defense questions
""Generally speaking, tort law frowns on self-help and that includes drones," says Ryan Calo, a robotics and cyber-law scholar at the University of Washington. "You would probably have to be threatened physically, or another person or maybe your property, for you to be able to destroy someone else's drone without fear of a counterclaim."" Read more » about Can you shoot down a drone on your land? New incident raises self-defense questions
The Need for a New Agency to Regulate Robots
"Emerging technologies often generate a great debate over the efficacy of new federal regulations. In the past, the government has had to adapt to new technologies like the railroad or the radio. Typically lawmakers work out a compromise that protects safety and the rule of law. As robotics technology has steadily advanced, the conversation about government oversight has started to grow louder. In a recent paper, Ryan Calo explores the idea of a new federal agency that explicitly deals with robots" Read more » about The Need for a New Agency to Regulate Robots
Whoops. 2015 Corvettes Come With Illegal Spying Feature.
""It's really the interior audio that triggers various wiretap laws," says Ryan Calo of the University of Washington School of Law. "But not if the owner warns, thereby defeating the expectation of privacy."" Read more » about Whoops. 2015 Corvettes Come With Illegal Spying Feature.
New docs show drone landed on Lincoln head at Mount Rushmore in 2013
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, who has studied drone law, told Ars that the government shouldn't impose a double standard.
"I'll say this: the government should not have a monopoly on drones, banning the use by the press and others while retaining the right themselves," he said. "This is an important technology and there needs to be symmetry."" Read more » about New docs show drone landed on Lincoln head at Mount Rushmore in 2013
Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future? (Past Event)
For more information and to RSVP visit The New America Foundation's website. Webcast also available.
CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo part of panel titled "Delivery Drones and Robot Babysitters". Read more » about Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?
Our Robot Future: The Moral, Ethical, and Legal Challenges of Ubiquitous Robotic Systems (Past Event)
Roundtable with experts Professor Ronald C. Arkin, Professor Ryan Calo, Dr. Kate Darling, Professor Illah Nourbakhsh, and Professor Noel Sharkey
Moderated by Professor Jennifer Urban
Friday, July 11, 3:30 pm
Boalt Hall Goldberg Room
Robots are quickly moving out of controlled environments into public spaces and homes, and researchers are developing artificial intelligence systems that will allow robots to make decisions autonomously. How should society plan for this transition? Read more » about Our Robot Future: The Moral, Ethical, and Legal Challenges of Ubiquitous Robotic Systems
Drones, Phones, and Robotic Friends: Where is Emergent Technology Taking Us? (Past Event)
Humans and Machines — Drones, Phones, and Robotic Friends: Where is Emergent Technology Taking Us? On June 27 at 8:30 p.m. with speakers Mary "Missy" Cummings, Ryan Calo, Ken Goldberg and moderator David Kirkpatrick.
As the landscape of high tech is increasingly modernized through applications of robotics from operating theaters to rescue missions, smarter phones that manage our lives, and flying technologies that put cameras (and weapons) in the air (if not everywhere), how will the balance of law, ethics, and relationships between humans and machines change us? Read more » about Drones, Phones, and Robotic Friends: Where is Emergent Technology Taking Us?
Privacy Papers for Policy Makers (Past Event)
The Future of Privacy Forum
Co-chairs Jules Polonetsky and Christopher Wolf
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"Privacy Papers for Policy Makers"
A discussion of leading privacy research Read more » about Privacy Papers for Policy Makers
We Robot 2014 (Past Event)
CIS Affiliate Scholars Peter Asaro, Ryan Calo and Woodrow Hartzog are listed as participants for We Robot 2014. Robotics is becoming a transformative technology. We Robot 2014 builds on existing scholarship exploring the role of robotics to examine how the increasing sophistication of robots and their widespread deployment everywhere from the home, to hospitals, to public spaces, and even to the battlefield disrupts existing legal regimes or requires rethinking of various policy issues. If you are on the front lines of robot theory, design, or development, we hope to see you. Read more » about We Robot 2014
Should We Fear Artificial Intelligence?
January 13, 2015
Listen to the full interview with Ryan Calo at BBC The Inquiry.
Billions of dollars are pouring into the latest investor craze: artificial intelligence. But serious scientists like Stephen Hawking have warned that full AI could spell the end of the human race. How seriously should we take the warnings that ever-smarter computers could turn on us? Our expert witnesses explain the threat, the opportunities and how we might avoid being turned into paperclips. Read more » about Should We Fear Artificial Intelligence?
Want the best price online? Good luck with that.
October 27, 2014
""One of the problems with the capability of a company to personalize the terms on which is offers you services and the price is this information asymmetry. You don't know when they're doing it," says Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor who studies privacy rights."
Listen to the full piece at Marketplace. Read more » about Want the best price online? Good luck with that.
An argument for a federal robotics commission
October 13, 2014
"Ryan Calo, Assistant Law Professor at the University of Washington and an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, joined us to talk about his vision for a commission compromised of technologists, engineers, and scientists:
"I don't know that we need a Federal Robotics Commission exactly as I've described it, but what we do need is to start thinking more systematically about robotics law and policy."" Read more » about An argument for a federal robotics commission
Enchanted Objects, Regulating Robots, & Prison Gang Origins
September 28, 2014
Listen to Ryan Calo's interview at New Hampshire Public Radio.
Full story at NHPR available on their website. Read more » about Enchanted Objects, Regulating Robots, & Prison Gang Origins


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PORTLAND (WGME) -- A new restaurant featured last week on the CBS 13 Restaurant Report is now in a national magazine's top-ten list.
CBS 13 showed you around Central Provisions on Fore Street in the Old Port.
They opened just months ago and on Tuesday Bon Appetit magazine says it's among the top ten best new restaurants in the country and as of last week it was among the top 50.
Chris Gould, Co-owner of Central Provisions, says: "There's a lot of great restaurants in Portland. You know there's Fore Street right down the road. We have Hugo's and Eventide and Street and Company. There's a lot of great restaurants so just to be mentioned amongst any of them is really great, especially as a new restaurant."
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Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize winner and co-author of national bestseller Half the sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide will be speaking at Utah State University today, February 28, 2012, in the Eccles Conference Center at 4 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Center for Women and Gender and the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost at USU. We'll see you there! Posted By Logan Library at 8:30 AM in Category:Events
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I can't believe it's been a few weeks since our open house already. After all of the planning and excitement, it came and went all too quickly. We had a great time mingling with current and future clients, industry colleagues, vendors and more. We expect this to be the first of many future events as we now have the perfect space for hosting gatherings large and small.
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