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Sociology 022
Dhiraj Murthy
TTh 10-11:25 a.m.
Location: Adams 202
Contact Information
Department of Sociology/Anthropology
Adams Hall, Office 319
Phone: 207-721-5152
e-mail: dmurthy AT bowdoin.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 2-4pm or by appointment
I will venture to respond to e-mail queries as soon as I can. However, given the volume of e-mail I receive, please do not be offended by delayed or short responses. If your questions/concern/query is complex, non-organizational, or urgent, please come see me during office hours in person as I will not engage in long e-mail conversations. Please use e-mail to schedule appointments or for other organizational matters.
Course Description
This is a sociology class aimed at first year students of all backgrounds and interests. It does not require specific sociological knowledge. It is designed to be understood by any student with a general level of information about society, politics, the economy, and international affairs.
This course explores new media forms through discourses of culture, race, space, and power. From the development of the first electronic messaging systems in the 1960s to the advent of interactive social networking Web sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace the role of computer-mediated communication in shaping economies, polities, and societies is discussed. Uses a wide range of sources—recent social science research, Web sites, Facebook, YouTube videos—to examine the roles of new media both in the United States and abroad. We will critically evaluate how our social lives are increasingly digitally mediated and what implications this has on agency, individuality, spatiality, work, and community.
Course Requirements
1) Attendance/Participation. Attendance is expected and roll is taken at the beginning of every class. If you are not in class at the time your name is called, I will mark you absent. If you miss class directly before or after the Spring break, that counts as a double absence. If you are absent more than twice for unexcused absences, I will apply a grade penalty. Those who attend regularly but who do not participate in class discussion can expect to get no more than an average grade. Without active participation your education will be severely impaired, so please take your fellow classmates and your own development seriously by participating actively. Some of the issues sociology examines can be sensitive or controversial. As such, it is expected that students are respectful of others' views and beliefs.
If you have a documented need for accommodation, you must schedule to meet with me before the end of the third week of class (not the day before an assignment!) to discuss your needs.
2) Reading. All other assignments assume that you will be reading carefully the assigned texts below. For each week, you will be asked to read approximately 30-40 pages of material, which (with the exception of the first week) should be completed by the first day of the week they are to be discussed. No assignment is as important for your progress in this class as reading. Also, you should know that being called on in class to respond to a reading is part of a seminar course, so please keep up with the readings.
3) Blackboard/Class web site. Checking the course's Class web site regularly is required. The address is
http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/. Any changes to the syllabus or to the class in general will be posted there. Announcements may also be posted on Blackboard so make sure to pay attention to these when you log onto Blackboard. This paper copy of the syllabus is subject to change. Failure to check Blackboard or the class web site is not a valid excuse for missed assignments or participation. The class web site will contain the blog and digital presentations (both mentioned below).
4) Two essays. This class is a 'Writing Project' class. As such, you will have the benefit of working with trained student-writing assistants who will look over the initial submission of both long essays and give you written and oral feedback. The first essay will be due February 18. You will then meet with your assigned writing assistant. The final version of your first essay is due March 11. The second essay is due April 29. You will then meet with your assigned writing assistant. The final version of your second essay is due May 11. All submitted essays are due by 9:50 a.m. online (posted to your blog) and a paper copy brought to class by 10 a.m. sharp (see section below on written assignments regarding my NO LATENESS policy). If you fail to submit either of these, your essay will not be accepted. These essays will be five page papers, double spaced and typed. With the aid of handouts, assigned readings, and class discussions, you will be asked to respond to an assigned essay question.
5) Digital presentation. Using your own personal technology or resources from Bowdoin I.T., you will be required to put together an 'online presentation' of at least 15 minutes which you will present with another student in class. Your presentation will be digitally recorded and uploaded to the class website. Your fellow students and I will be able to ask questions of you after your presentation. The presentation must be accompanied by a three page (double spaced) paper which will be posted on our class website. You are welcome to see me for help writing the paper. Details of the presentation will be provided in class.
6) Weekly Summary Blog. You will be maintaining a blog for this class (which can be found at http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/). A weekly blog entry is required and must be posted by 11:59 p.m. the night before each Tuesday's class. If there are multiple readings for that week, a combined entry can be made (you are welcome to make separate entries of course). However, there is an exception: If readings are split by days for that week (i.e. one for Tuesday and one for Thursday), an entry must be made for each reading and must be posted by 11:59 p.m. the night before class (e.g. Monday night and Wednesday night). Please see the guidelines below for the blog entries.
Guidelines for Weekly Blog entries
The main objectives of this requirement are:
1. to learn about the process of evaluation and writing by critically examining selections from the readings on the major theme of the course;
2. to understand the continuing role of text in cyberspace
3. to be able to write in a 'public' forum.
There are two components to this assignment
1. Summary: (at least 75-100 words)
This should address the following questions:
• What is the major purpose or objective of this week's reading(s)?
• What are the major conclusions of the author(s)?
2. Critical Assessment: (at least 200 words)
This should address the following questions:
• What are the main concepts or ideas expressed in the work(s)?
• What evidence is provided and does the evidence support the conclusions?
• What are the consequences or implications of the author(s)'s arguments?
Your critical assessment can consist of embedded images, video, and music in addition to the text required above
Grade Distribution
Attendance/Participation 20%
Digital Presentation and Companion Paper 20%
Weekly Summary Blog 20%
First Paper 20%
Second Paper 20%
Grading Scale
Throughout the course, your assignments will be graded according to the scale above.
Important Note on Privacy
Please note that various assignments and elements of this course, including but not limited to the course blog and your papers, will be made publicly available via the Internet. The purpose of this is twofold: (1) to develop critical writing skills which can communicate to a broad audience and (2) to conceptualize our engagement with the internet as a 'public sphere', enabling the public to interact with our classroom. If you have any concerns regarding your privacy or data protection, please see me right away.
Policies on Written Assignments and Attendance
Late assignments will NOT BE ACCEPTED unless you have an excuse from the Dean's Office. Please note that the online system does not accept assignments after the deadline – even a minute late. If you must miss class because of an illness or an emergency of some kind, you should notify the Dean of Students' office. Please do not contact me directly about it. Athletic events should not come into conflict with the requirements for this course. I expect for you to prioritize all academic commitments for this class above athletic practices and events.
Any evidence of plagiarism or academic dishonesty in any form (as defined by 'The Bowdoin College Academic Honor Code') will be duly reported to the Dean of Students and may result in a failing grade and disciplinary action.
Required Books:
Truss, L. 2004. Eats, shoots & leaves : the zero tolerance approach to punctuation. Gotham Books.
Webster, F. 2004. The information society reader. Routledge.
Course Schedule:
Reading selections from the 'Required Books' are prefixed with an asterisk.
Week 1
Day 1 (January 26) – Introductions and basic Internet Skills
E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops, Collected Short stories of E.M. Forster, pp. 115-120
Day 2 (January 28) – The Information Society
* Webster Chapter 3
Hassan, R. 2008. The information society : cyber dreams and digital nightmares. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA: Polity, Ch. 1.
* Webster pp. 9-12 [OPTIONAL]
Week 2
Days 3 & 4 (February 2 & 4) – The new Economy (post-industrialism and technological change)
* Webster Chapters 7-8
Week 3
Days 5 & 6 (February 9 & 11) – The rise of the network society
Webster Chapters 10
Barabási, A.-L. 2002. Linked : the new science of networks. Perseus Publishing, pp. 1-5.
Watts, D. J. 2003. Six degrees : the science of a connected age, 1st ed. Norton, pp. 27-29, 37-42
Library training with Sue O'Dell (email@example.com) on February 11th
Week 4
Days 7 & 8 (February 16 & 18) – Sociology the Internet
Witte, J.C. and Mannon, S.E. 2010. The internet and social inequalities. New York, NY: Routledge, Ch. 1
Video selection: Doug Engelbart – Visually interacting with a computer
First Paper Due February 18th at the start of class
Week 5
Days 9 & 10 (February 23 & 25) – Cyberculture and Early Virtual Communities (and their detractors)
Birkerts, S. 1996. "Homo Virtualis." Pp. 209-223 in Dumbing down : essays on the strip mining of American culture, edited by Katharine Washburn, John F. Thornton, and John Ivan Simon. W.W. Norton
Carter, D. (2005). Living in virtual communities: an ethnography of human relationships in cyberspace Information, Communication and Society, 8(2), 148-167.
Video clips from The Matrix
Week 6
Days 11 & 12 (March 2 & 4) – Socially Networked Communities in the Facebook Age
boyd, d.m. and Ellison, N.B. 2007. 'Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship'. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 13: Article 11.
Video selection:
Facebook Song – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSnXE2791yg&feature=related
60 Minutes Facebook story – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UNrqz6X-AE&feature=related
Week 7
Days 13 & 14 (March 9 & 11) – Social Capital and Social Networking Sites
Steinfield, C., DiMicco, J.M., Ellison, N.B. and Lampe, C. 2009. 'Bowling online: social networking and social capital within the organization' Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Communities and technologies. University Park, PA, USA: ACM.
Ellison, N. B., Steinfield, C., and Lampe, C. 2007. "The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:" Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 12(4), pp. 1143-1148, 1161-1165
Portes, A. 1998. "Social Capital: Its origins and applications in modern sociology." Annual Review of Sociology 24:1-24 [OPTIONAL]
Final Draft of Essay #1 Due on March 11
Weeks 8-9 (March 12-29) – SPRING BREAK
Week 10
Days 15 & 16 (March 30 & April 1) – Digital Divides
* Webster Ch. 18
Witte, J.C. and Mannon, S.E. 2010. The internet and social inequalities. New York, NY: Routledge, Ch. 2.
Week 11
Days 17 & 18 (April 6 & April 8th) – Virtual Ethnicity
Poster, M. 1998. "Virtual Ethnicity: Tribal Identity in an Age of Global Communications." Pp. 184-211 in CyberSociety 2.0 : revisiting computer-mediated communication and community, edited by Steve Jones. Sage Publications
McLelland, M. 2008. "'Race' on the Japanese internet: discussing Korea and Koreans on '2-channeru'." New Media Society 10(6):811-829
Week 12
Days 18 & 19 (April 13 & 15) – Self expression, the Internet, and risk taking
Livingstone, S. 2008. "Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers' use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression." New Media Society 10(3):393-411
Smith, D. 2009. 'Web hit touches a chord with anorexics' http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/04/you-tube-sophie-anorexia
Week 13
Days 20 & 21 (April 20 & 22) – Surveillance/Privacy in the Facebook age
* Webster pp. 297-301 & Chapter 20
Jones, H., and Soltren, J. H. 2005. "Facebook: Threats to Privacy." in Project MAC: MIT Project on Mathematics and Computing (pp. 4-22)
Hinduja, S., and Patchin, J. W. 2008. "Personal information of adolescents on the Internet: A quantitative content analysis of MySpace." Journal of Adolescence 31(1):125-132 & 138-141 [OPTIONAL]
Week 14
Day 22 & 23 (April 27 & 29) – The case of the 2008 Presidential election: Democracy in the Facebook age?
* Webster pp. 345-349 & Chapter 26
Dahlberg, L. (1998). Cyberspace and the Public Sphere: Exploring the Democratic Potential of the Net. Convergence, 4(1), 70-84
Glassman et al. (2010) Social Networking and Constituent Communications: Member Use of Twitter During a Two-Month Period in the 111th Congress http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41066.pdf [OPTIONAL]
Obama's Facebook Site – http://www.facebook.com/barackobama
McCain's Facebook Site – http://www.facebook.com/johnmccain
Second Essay Due April 29th at the start of class
Week 15
Days 24 & 25 (May 4 & 6) – YouTube: The rise of the 'Internet Star'/ 'Micro-celebrity'?
Burgess, J. and Green, J. 2009. YouTube : online video and participatory culture. Cambridge ; Malden, MA: Polity., pp. 109-125.
Keen, A. 2007. The cult of the amateur : how today's internet is killing our culture, 1st ed. Doubleday/Currency, Ch. 1 (pp. 1-9)
Burgess, J. and Green, J. 2009. YouTube : online video and participatory culture. Cambridge ; Malden, MA: Polity, Ch. 1 [OPTIONAL – an introduction to YouTube]
Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain
Numa Numa http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o
Chris Crocker's leave Britney alone – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc&feature=related
Storm Trooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V55Zq5whVCI
How to be gangster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khFhF64P3VQ
Little Superstar – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx-NLPH8JeM
Bo Burnham
And Weezer's 'Pork and Beans' – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI
Viral Video Charts
Week 16
Day 26 (May 11) – Conclusions
Final version of Second Essay Due at the start of class


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From Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
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``This league, you don't trick people. You have to out-hit people. There won't be much tricking going on.''
That should make Auburn people happy. Roof and assistant Trooper Taylor talked to Auburn beat writers about a variety of subjects Thursday. We hit some highlights of Taylor's talk in the blog entry below. There were some interesting comments, so check it out. Here's more from Roof and Taylor:
What's the Ted Roof defense?
``We use (4-3) some. We're pretty multiple in what we do. You have to have a system that's adaptable to different types of people -- especially if you're coming into a new situation. It's one thing if you've been at a place several years and you recruit to a specific system. It's another thing when you come in, you're new and you have a system that's broad enough and diverse enough to handle whatever personnel. This league, you don't trick people. You have to out-hit people. There won't be much tricking going on.
Will you have input with Gene Chizik on the final two defensive assistants, and who's going to coach to what?
``We're in the process of figuring all that out. He's the head coach. Certainly, it's his decision. We've discussed a couple potential candidates. Ultimately, he's the decision-maker.''
Are you getting to know the current players?
``The first thing I did the first day was put on three games and watch three football games. Then I had quality control, our graduate assistant, make a 10-play highlight tape of each kid. I wanted to see what they could do.
``I wanted to make sure that we got off to a great start knowing our players. I met with every defensive kid in the first 72 hours I was here. You don't get to know them, but it's a start. Now that we're back off the road, one of the major emphases is spending time with our players and getting to know our players and finding out what's here.''
On current Auburn receivers
``I think Montez (Billings) is a kid who can make some plays. He was impressive on tape. He was a kid who stood out.
``I thought (Quindarius Carr) stood out. And (Tim) Hawthorne has some ability and talent. He's just got to be a kid who is consistent. I think all of them are going to be a little more excited about what we're doing. But the bottom line is, we'll find out this spring. My deal is, one that won't is no better than that one who can't. They'll both get you beat. That's a bad combination for a coach. I'm not going to let that happen.
``Just watching them on tape, I think they're raw, I think they've got some ability. We've just got to get them coached up.''
On the eligibility of wide receiver signee DeAngelo Benton
``DeAngelo's going to be fine. DeAngelo didn't get it done in time to come in in December, but it's already done. So he'll be fine.''
On Gene Chizik
``I'll stack him up against anybody in America, because I feel good about what I'm selling, because he's not just a guy who's going to tell you what you want to hear. I was raised on the principle say what you mean and mean what you say. And that guy has that. Everybody doesn't have that. Some people smile at your face but they're not your friend. Gene is true. He's genuine.
On being Auburn's assistant head coach, and wanting to become a head coach
``It helps a bunch, because when Coach Chizik's not around, I handle all the team meetings, addressing the team on different issues. He may e-mail me or call me and say, 'Trooper, I'm not going to get back on time for this meeting and you need to handle that and let's go over this, this and this.' A lot of the discipline things that go on, he and I and obviously with other guys on the staff make the decisions on that.
``Really, there is no substitute for experience, so getting that type of experience is huge for me. Not many head coaches would do this, but he's also already brought people in with hiring firms and things like that teaching you things that you have to know to be prepared when that interview does happen or when that opportunity does come. I've had some jobs that were offered that were smaller jobs, or jobs that I didn't think were the right fit for me.''


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The Dark Knight Rises
Aurora Theater Shooting: Juror Dismissed in James Holmes Trial After Tearing Her Hair Out
Originally posted 02/04/2015 11:10AM
A prospective juror was dismissed in the James Holmes trial on Tuesday after she fell to the ground in tears and tore her hair out.
Personal Bests: See the Hottest These Stars Have Ever Looked
Originally posted 05/08/2014 05:00PM
Unless they're trying to win awards, being hot is a 24/7 mandate for today's stars. But what happens when one of them takes a role that requires them to stand out from the pack? How do they raise the stakes? The answer is easy, even if getting there isn't: They need to achieve superhuman levels of babe-itude.
In honor of our Hottest Bodies issue, let's look at 10 actors who attained peak hotness for a role. If Oscar were a little more ripped, these are the roles they'd give him out for.
Judge Accepts James Holmes's Plea of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
Originally posted 06/04/2013 12:25PM
A judge on Tuesday accepted James Holmes's plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, setting the stage for a lengthy mental evaluation of the Colorado theater-shooting suspect.
Holmes is accused of opening fire in a packed Denver-area movie theater last summer, killing 12 people and injuring 70. He is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
The mental evaluation could take months.
Holmes's lawyers repeatedly have said he is mentally ill, but they delayed the insanity plea while arguing state laws were unconstitutional. They said the laws could hobble the defense if Holmes's case should ever reach the phase where the jury decides if he should be executed.
James Holmes Mailed Massacre Plans to School Psychiatrist: Report
Originally posted 07/25/2012 03:40PM
James Holmes, the suspect in the Aurora movie theater shooting that left 12 dead and 58 injured, mailed planned details of his rampage to a University of Colorado psychiatrist before the July 20 attack, Fox News reports.
But according to a law enforcement source, the unopened package sat in a mailroom for as long as a week before it was discovered on Monday, July 23.
Police and FBI agents were called to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus on Monday after the psychiatrist (who is also a professor at the school) reported receiving a package believed to be from Holmes.
Christian Bale Visits Shooting Victims in Colorado
Originally posted 07/24/2012 05:45PM
Christian Bale, who stars in The Dark Knight Rises, is visiting the victims of the Aurora, Colo., shooting spree who were injured while watching a midnight showing of the movie.
According to a local Denver TV reporter, Bale was seen entering the hospital where many of the wounded are being treated.
One of them, Carey Rottman, posted a Facebook photo of himself with Bale at his bedside.
James Holmes, Aurora, Colorado, Shooting Suspect, Appears in Court
Originally posted 07/23/2012 12:25PM
The man suspected in a horrific shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater last Friday that left 12 people dead and 58 injured made his first appearance in court Monday morning – an introductory hearing ahead of what is expected to be a slew of criminal charges.
James Eagan Holmes, 24, appeared before an Arapahoe County judge in Centennial, Colo., and was advised of the charges he is likely to face.
Sitting in the courtroom as the judge went over his case, Holmes, under his mop of dyed orange and red hair, showed no emotion but frequently opened his eyes wide only to close them, as if in a daze. He made no attempt to speak to his lawyer or to acknowledge any statement by the judge.
The Victims of the Aurora, Colo., Theater Shooting
Originally posted 07/22/2012 10:45AM
Ever since news broke of the heinous mass shooting in an Aurora, Colo., screening of The Dark Knight Rises Friday morning, everyone from President Obama to the film's cast has offered their condolences to those affected by the tragedy.
Jessica Ghawi was one of the first victims identified, but now a complete list has been released. From the youngest – a 6-year-old girl, whose mother remains in critical condition – to the eldest – a 51-year-old father whose teens escaped the violence – here are their stories.
Dark Knight Cast Heads Home to U.S. After Shooting, Canceled Premiere
Originally posted 07/21/2012 02:30PM
Shocked and "keeping victims' families in their thoughts," The Dark Knight Rises cast jetted back to the states after Friday's horrific shooting at a screening of their new film.
Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were in France for the canceled Paris premiere, but took a Warner Brothers plane bound for Los Angeles on Saturday.
"The cast was completely shocked and several – Anne and Marion [Cotillard], a couple of the men – were in tears," a source tells PEOPLE. "There was enormous, enormous sadness."
Jessica Ghawi's Boyfriend Calls Her 'Most Wonderful' Person
Originally posted 07/21/2012 02:00PM
Friends say Dark Knight shooting victim Jessica Ghawi was an amazing person – but no one knew her quite like boyfriend Jay Meloff.
"Every experience in life was amplified beyond my wildest dreams with you," Meloff, a 22-year-old Toronto junior hockey player, Tweeted on Friday, shortly after news broke that his girlfriend, along with 11 others, had been killed, leaving 59 injured during an Aurora, Colo., movie theater massacre.
Ghawi, 25, an aspiring sports writer and avid Twitter user who went by the pen name Redfield, was remembered on the social networking site with an #RIPJessica hashtag that eventually began trending.
Jessica Ghawi's Brother Blogs Her Chilling Final Moments
Originally posted 07/20/2012 04:25PM
Jordan Ghawi received one of the most horrific phone calls imaginable early Friday morning.
His mother, "hysterical and almost unintelligible," phoned with news that his sister, 24-year-old Jessica Ghawi, had been shot at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., Jordan blogged Friday.
Twelve people were killed and 59 more injured by alleged gunman James Holmes, who reportedly later called himself The Joker.
Jordan, 26, a student, firefighter and paramedic in Texas, traveled to Colorado on Friday morning and wrote in detail about his sister's final moments, as told to him by their mutual friend Brent.
"Jessica and Brent were seated in the middle portion of the theatre when a device was thrown into the theatre that produced a 'hissing' sound," Jordan wrote. "The theatre then began to fill with smoke which is when patrons began to move from their seats. At that time, shots were fired."
He continued in chilling detail.
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Ted Gayer
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July 17, 2012
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This paper examines the economic justification for recent U.S. energy regulations proposed or enacted by the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The case studies include mileage requirements for motor vehicles and energy-efficiency standards for clothes dryers, room air conditioners, and light bulbs. The main findings are that the standards have a negligible effect on greenhouse gases and the preponderance of the estimated benefits stems from private benefits to consumers, based on the regulators' presumption of consumer irrationality.
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With all the commotion regarding JMM's KO over Pacquiao we forgot...
How easy Miguel Vazquez made Gesta look like a damn fool. Holy shit this was one of Vazquez' easiest fights against "the next Pacquio"(what is it the 5th "next Pacquiao"?)
My little brother got bored and left but I found it a bit fascinating how bad Gesta was at adapting to anything and how he just froze and threw so little punches. Vazquez opened his clinic and made Gesta look so amateurish I kind of felt bad that on his biggest night he sucked so much. The Puppet has another victory and will continue to be the least attractive champion and the most avoided champion. Not because he's so dangerous but he has such a weird style, not having a real rythm sometimes leading with right hands to throw the other guy off his game plan. Let's see who steps forward to challenge Vazquez.
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Best wishes to your family and your girlfriend's family. My grandma had breast cancer as well. My friend organizes a walk for life each year. It's a great cause.
RIP MicMichSteve. I was fortunate to have called you my friend.
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14th June 2011, 16:51
I saw yesterday that Capt James Binnie had passed away in Ayr Hospital
another OBO Warrior passes on.
another OBO Warrior passes on.
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14th June 2011, 16:51
I saw yesterday that Capt James Binnie had passed away in Ayr Hospital
another OBO Warrior passes on.
Malky Glaister
14th June 2011, 18:54
Never sailed with captain Binnie but met him at a handover on one of the OBO's.
Sorry to hear of his passing. My thoughts are with his family.
Thanks for the info Calum
regards Malky
Doug Shaw
15th June 2011, 01:22
My sincere condolences to Jim's family. Jim was a gentleman in the finest sense of the word.
15th June 2011, 01:27
Condolences to his family at this sad time.
18th June 2011, 00:14
Condolences to Jim's family, sailed with him on the Kyoto Forest a gentleman. I remember well he organised a crossing the line ceremony with a difference, he based it on character's from Burn's "Tam O'Shanter" as we were crossing the line on the 25 th January 1972 - fond memories indeed as i played the part of Tam.
5th January 2013, 19:40
I have just been directed to this thread and can not understand how I missed it first time around.
I sailed with Jim on Nordic Crusader when he was C/O and we laid up in Loch Striven. I spent a couple of very pleasant weekends with him and his family who lived in Fort William at the time.
My sincere belated condolences to his wife, daughters and son.
Jim was a gem of a man - even when marching up and down the boat deck, playing his bagpipes. He was only learning at the time but the sound echoing off the Argyll hills was magnificent on a calm day.
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6th January 2013, 04:58
I sailed with Captain Jim Binnie on Sevonia Team when I was c/o.
I was to relieve him some years later, and he in turn relieved me.
He was not only an OBO battler, but an Oil/Orer as well.
I have a special afinity with him, as amongst other things, he summoned me to his office one day and said, " Well Jerry, your time has come, The promotions board has decided to promote you to the position of Master of Scandia Team " then he handed me the cable which had just been received from Glasgow, and which also advised a relief C/O was on his way to the ship, and I was to get ready to travel from US (Norfolk Va I seem to recall) to Glasgow and on to Pohang in South Korea - with immediate and urgent effect.
He concluded our conversation with the words "Now go pack your bags - you're leaving us".
To someone who had left school and gone to sea solely with the intent on one day becoming a Captain, the bearer of such news obviously leaves a lasting impression. Indeed, that becomes a very special affinity between men.
Another very fine DSM Shipmaster - now no longer with us, which is indeed, very sad.
My belated condolensces to his survivors.
6th January 2013, 08:29
Condolences to the family.


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April 11, 2013 - Rob Weaver
There is an effort in our nation's capital to subject more firearms purchases to federal checks. How could someone oppose background checks for all transactions involving firearms? After all, proponents say it would make it more difficult for criminals and mentally ill individuals to get weapons.
There are folks who oppose similar restrictions — or, at least, should. Likewise, logic would indicate those who support universal background checks also must favor requiring stringent verification in order to exercise other rights.
But I doubt everyone who favors FBI criminal checks for firearm purchasers also necessarily favors mandating that voters produce government-issued photo IDs before casting ballots. And some folks who favor voter ID laws probably object to background checks.
Any procedure that assumes a person is ineligible to exercise a right -- whether to vote or keep and bear arms -- until that person can prove eligibility would seem to violate a basic tenet of criminal law. Yet I find it interesting that the presumption of innocence is not expressly stated in the U.S. Constitution or its amendments but considered to be supported by the Fifth, Sixth and 14th Amendments.
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Vanessa Rousso
|Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso in the World Poker Tour Championship event (2007).
Lady Maverick
|Hobe Sound, Florida/Las Vegas, Nevada
February 5, 1983
White Plains, New York
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Vanessa Ashley Rousso[1] (born February 5, 1983) is an American professional poker player.[2] Born in White Plains, New York, Rousso holds dual citizenship with the United States and France.[3] Rousso was a member of Team PokerStars from 2006 to 2015, with the online name Lady Maverick. She is a spokesperson for GoDaddy.com. She has earned money as a professional poker player since 2005,[4] and has become one of the game's sex symbols.[5][6]
As of 2015[update], Rousso has finished in the money in numerous live poker events and accumulated over $3,500,000 in career earnings.[7] She has placed in the money seventeen times at the World Series of Poker.[8] In 2007, she won over $700,000 with a second-place finish in the main event of the World Championship of Online Poker. She ranks among the top five women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings.[9]
Rousso has been a pro-gambling campaigner and activist.[10] She has appeared on several reality television shows including Big Brother where she finished third.[11]
Her parents are Marc Rousso and Cynthia Bradley of Hobe Sound, Florida.[12] Rousso began talking and reading at early ages says her mother, Cynthia Ferrara.[13] Born in New York, she moved with her family to France at the age of three.[14] She lived in Paris, in her father's homeland until she was 10, when she moved briefly to Upstate New York.[14] After her parents divorced in 1992, her mother moved Vanessa to Florida to be near her maternal grandparents. Rousso attended Wellington Landings Middle School.[13] The oldest of three athletic girls,[14] Rousso was active on the high school swimming, lacrosse and debating teams. She also played softball and basketball for fun.[13] In debating, Rousso excelled in national debating tournaments in policy debating.[14] Her mother is a guidance counselor at Jupiter Community High School.[13] In 2001, Rousso graduated as valedictorian of her high school in Wellington, Florida. She maintained a 4.0 GPA at Wellington High School while participating in the National Honor Society, and French Honor Society. She founded the Environmental Club and served as its president. She was also active as a violinist, varsity swimmer, and volunteer for Mothers Against Drunk Drivers.[15] Rousso has two younger sisters: Tiffany, a high school teacher and contestant on the eighteenth season of Big Brother[16] and Leticia, who was a pre-med student at University of Florida as of 2009[update].[17]
In college, she was on the Dean's list.[12] After studying some game theory, she became proficient with the Rubik's Cube and then chess. However, because she considers both to be fairly objective static games, she began to prefer poker, which incorporated human psychology that allows for inferior hands to win.[13] She graduated early from Duke University after two and a half years with a major in economics and a minor in political science in December 2003.[14][18] Her collegiate duration of two and a half years was the shortest time to graduate in the history of Duke.[14] Rousso began law school in 2004 and was the inaugural recipient of the Chaplin Scholarship from the University of Miami School of Law.[19] During school she served on the editorial board of the University of Miami Law Review.[20][21]
A poker player since the age of five, Rousso began serious poker tournament play during her summer break from law school.[2] Rousso was in the top 5% of her law school class,[22] but she did not finish law school.[17] Now, excluding online winnings, she ranks among the top five women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings.[9] She currently resides part-time in Las Vegas, Nevada and part-time in Hobe Sound, Florida.[17] Her nickname was given to her by a relative when she sold shares of herself to enter a $25,000 buy-in event in a manner reminiscent of the eponymous hero of the 1994 Western movie Maverick.[14]
Poker career[edit]
Rousso built her first stake at Hard Rock sit and go ten-player tables, where first prize was $250. From there, she was able to save for a $1,500 entry fee in Atlantic City in late 2005, which she parlayed into $17,500. This enabled her to afford entry into the World Poker Tour event at the Bellagio Vegas.[13] She has been televised numerous times on both ESPN and The Travel Channel.[23] She has made several appearances on the Poker After Dark television program.[24] Rousso has also been televised as part of the World Poker Tour.[25] She is known for wearing a cap, headphones and designer sunglasses.[17][26]
Her first win in a professional event came on June 13, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada during the No-Limit Hold'em Summer Series.[27] At the 2005 World Series of Poker, she placed 45th in a field of 601 in the Event 26, $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Texas hold 'em event won by Jennifer Tilly on June 26.[28]
On February 12, 2006, Rousso placed fifth at the final table of the 195-entrant $1,500 No Limit Hold'em WSOP Circuit event at Harrah's Atlantic City.[29] This appearance at the final table established a record at 23 years, 7 days as the youngest female player at the time to reach a World Series of Poker circuit final table.[22]
Rousso joined the professional poker tour in April 2006 and by October was among the top 80 in earnings that year.[13] In her first year of playing, Rousso had multiple in the money tournament finishes, including a seventh-place finish in a field of 605 at the $25,000 April 26, 2006 World Poker Tour (Season four) No-Limit Hold'em championship event, in which she earned $263,625 in prize money.[30] By that time she was spending Tuesday through Thursday taking her law school classes, spending the rest of the week playing in poker tournaments and fielding endorsement offers from online poker clubs.[18] On September 13, 2006 she won $285,450 with a first-place finish at the 173-entrant $5,000 no limit hold 'em event at the 4th Borgata Open.[31] At 2006 World Series of Poker she had three in the money finishes. She finished 80th in a field of 1068 in Event 4, $1,500 Limit Hold'em,[32] 63rd in a field of 824 in Event 5, $2500 Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em,[33] and she placed 8th of 507 in the Event 30, $5000 Short Handed No-Limit Hold'em event.[34]
By 2007, Rousso was a notable poker star.[35] In October 2007, Rousso was part of a contingent of poker industry representatives and leaders of the 800,000-member Poker Players Alliance who flew to Washington, DC to attempt to convince the United States Congress to overturn the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.[36][37] The law compels financial institutions to monitor and stop their customers' cash transfers to unlawful online gaming sites.[36] The group met with both the United States House Committee on the Judiciary and the United States House Committee on Financial Services.[38] She spoke in favor of a proposal by Barney Frank to license and regulate online gambling.[36] The alliance also spoke in favor of the Skill Game Protection Act proposed by Robert Wexler to exempt poker, mah-jongg, chess, bridge and other games where contestants compete against each other rather than the "house" from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.[37] In May 2009, Frank, who had become the chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services in 2007,[39] continued his efforts to "establish a framework to allow licensed gambling operators to process bets from players in the United States,"[40] with the support of the Poker Players Alliance and Harrah's Entertainment among others.[41]
In 2007, she earned $700,782.50, her largest career payday at that time, during the World Championship of Online Poker NL Hold'em Main Event with a second-place finish in the 2998-entrant field.[42] She had originally placed third in the event, but the winner was found to have violated the Pokerstars terms of service, which caused a disqualification ruling and caused all contestants to be elevated one place in the rankings. The tournament is run online by Rousso's sponsor, PokerStars, and she had originally earned the third place prize of $463,940.50.[43] At 2008 World Series of Poker she again had three in the money finishes. She placed 57 of 605 in Event 38, $2000 Pot Limit Hold'em,[44] placed 44 of 2693 in Event 52, $1500 No Limit Hold'em,[45] and 625 of 6844 in the Main event 54, $10,000 No Limit Hold'em.[46]
In January 2009, Rousso just missed the televised six-handed WPT final table while playing at the World Poker Tour Season VII Southern Poker Championship, She finished in seventh place and earned $79,117. In the head-to-head single-elimination 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship tournament, Rousso made it to the finals of the 64-person field before losing to Huck Seed. Along the way to her runner-up finish, she defeated Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Paul Wasicka, Daniel Negreanu and Bertrand Grospellier. Previously, Shannon Elizabeth's 2007 semi-final appearance had been the best female finish in the annual event.[47] The March 6–8 tournament was broadcast on NBC over six consecutive Sundays from April 12 – May 17, 2009.[48][49] As of July 2011[update], her tournament winnings exceed $3,100,000.[50] In May 2009, Rousso won the 79-entrant €25,000 EPT High Roller Championship, which had a first prize of 720,000 Euros.[51] However, at the final table, the three final contestants elected to chop chips at €420,000 and leave €150,000 for the winner.[52] The €570,000 win, which converts to $749,467, represents the highest payday of her career.[53][54] The win propelled Rousso to sixteenth place on the 2009 earnings list as of May 5.[55]
In 2009, Rousso spoke in favor of changes to Florida gambling laws that would remove caps on buy-ins and wagers on poker in the state. She felt the gambling limitations precluded more strategic skilled deeper stack competition and said that Florida gamblers "don't have enough chips in front of them to play out the bets and raises that are required in the skillful aspect of the game".[56] In 2007, a $100 cap replaced a $2/bet limit. This cap still prohibits large tournaments with multi-thousand dollar buy-ins from occurring in Florida.[56][57]
Rousso had her own April 2009 poker instructional camp in South Florida. The camp related poker-playing and strategies to the strategies of military conflict in Sun Tzu's book, The Art of War.[58] She called her camp "Big Slick boot camp" and charged a $399 participation fee.[59] The camp's website makes the analogy of the Art of War and the Art of Poker.[60]
At the 2009 World Series of Poker she had four in the money finishes: She placed 27 of 201 in Event 2, $40,000 No Limit Hold'em,[61] placed 17 of 147 in Event 8, $2500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball,[62] placed 19 of 770 in Event 31, $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.,[63] and 15 of 275 in the Event 45, $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em.[64] In the main event, she busted out on day 6 (officially known as day 2B).[65] Rousso will be hosting Stars of Poker in France.[66] On January 9, 2010, she finished first among 91 entrants to earn $24,725 at the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em – Ladies Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.[67]
At the 2010 World Series of Poker she has had two in the money finishes: She placed 421 of 4345 in Event 3, $1,000 No Limit Hold'em,[68] and was eliminated in the quarter-final round of 256 entries, earning $92,580 in the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.[69] On December 8, 2010, she finished 3rd in a field of 438 at the $10,000 World Poker Tour No Limit Hold'em Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic and won by Antonio Esfandiari, earning $358,964.[70]
World Series of Poker[edit]
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Rousso was formerly sponsored by the PokerStars online poker cardroom under the screenname LadyMaverick as part of their Team PokerStars.[71] Her sponsorship with PokerStars ended in February 2015.[72][73]
Pokerstars approached Sports Illustrated about including a poker player in their Swimsuit edition. Rousso was sent to the Bahamas to be photographed by Sports Illustrated, but she appears in an advertisement in a bikini bottom and cutoff wetsuit top rather than in the editorial portion of the magazine.[6] Rousso announced on her January 4, 2009 vlog that Sports Illustrated asked her to be a part of its Swimsuit Edition and a photo shoot took place at time of the 2009 EPT PCA event in Nassau, Bahamas.[74] Rousso confirmed on January 15, 2009 that she would appear in the February 10, 2009 issue.[75] Rousso's thoughts on the Sports Illustrated publicity was that "It was a great opportunity for poker in general and for me in particular."[76] Rousso had previously been featured in Maxim, written on game theory in American Poker Player, and flown to Las Vegas, Nevada to teach poker to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women.[6][13]
In March 2009, Rousso signed to promote internet domain names by GoDaddy, a sponsor of the 2009 National Heads-Up Championship.[47] Rousso signed with GoDaddy on March 5, the day before the tournament began.[77] Rousso, along with IndyCar racer Danica Patrick, became an official GoDaddy Girl and acted as a spokesperson for the site. GoDaddy's full lineup of spokespersons included Rousso, Patrick, Candice Michelle, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Anna Rawson and Brad Keselowski. Rousso and Keselowski replaced Amanda Beard and Chad Johnson as spokespersons.[78] Rousso is regarded as one of the sexiest poker players in the world, ranking 18th by Bleacher Report in 2010,[79] and in the top 20 by Maxim in 2010.[80]
Non-poker activities[edit]
Rousso appeared on Million Dollar Challenge in 2009.[81] She was a celebrity judge on Bank of Hollywood where she helped award some of her own money to contestants.[82][83] She was a contestant on season 17 of the reality television show Big Brother in 2015, finishing in third place.[11]
Rousso has become a music producer and DJ and has forming a DJ Duo called Girl on Girl with her life partner Melissa Ouellet.[84]
Personal life[edit]
She met her future husband Chad Brown at the final table of the $25,000 April 26, 2006 World Poker Tour event.[14] She was engaged to Brown in 2008,[85] and the couple eloped in early 2009, making them the first married couple to be featured on the same major online poker team. The couple separated in 2012. The reasons for the separation were not stated, however, Rousso and Brown made comments to their followers on Twitter, announcing the breakup. Vanessa wrote "Despite great mutual fondness and respect, Chad and I have separated."[86]
At the wrap party for Big Brother, Vanessa announced her engagement to her long-term girlfriend Melissa Ouellet.[87][88][89][90]
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Vanessa emerged from the Big Brother house to a spectacular consolation prize: Her girlfriend Mel proposed to her at the wrap party.
External links[edit]
- Official site
- Rousso profile at Hendon Mob
- 1983 births
- Living people
- American people of French descent
- American poker players
- Big Brother (U.S.) contestants
- Duke University alumni
- Female poker players
- French people of American descent
- French poker players
- People from Miami, Florida
- People from Wellington, Florida
- People from White Plains, New York
- Poker After Dark tournament winners
- LGBT people from the United States


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Watersheds summit spotlights conservation efforts
The annual watersheds summit, organized by the Susquehanna Chapter of Trout Unlimited, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church of Williamsport's fellowship hall, rear of 102 E. Third St. at Mulberry Street. It is open to the public.
The summit spotlights the volunteer efforts accomplished by local watershed groups during 2012 and upcoming plans for 2013.
Representatives of area watershed associations and conservation organizations will share how they work to preserve and enhance area streams and watersheds. Each year, the groups have carried out important projects, including improving stream habitat, stabilizing stream banks, monitoring water quality and educating land owners and the public about watershed issues.
Attendees also can learn about volunteer opportunities.
See free screening of Aldo Leopold documentary
The Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy will hold two free screenings of "Green Fire," a full-length, documentary about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold, in January. They will be held:
Jan. 15 in the Community Arts Center, in partnership with Pennsylvania College of Technology and Lycoming College's Cleanwater Institute; and
Jan. 16 in The Victoria Theatre, Blossburg, in partnership with the Tioga County Countryside Council.
Doors for both showings open at 6:30 p.m., with the film starting at 7.
Although probably best known as the author of the conservation classic "A Sand County Almanac," Leopold also is renowned for his work as an educator, philosopher, forester, ecologist and wilderness advocate.
"Green Fire" portrays how Leopold's vision of a community that cares about both people and land - his call for a land ethic - ties together a wide range of modern conservation concerns and offers inspiration and insight for the future.
The screenings are made possible by the conservancy, Penn State's Center for Private Forests, Larson Design Group, and Andrew Harris, of the Comprehensive Financial Group. For more information, call the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy at 323-6222.
Hunter sponsors fundraiser for Wounded Warriors
MUNCY - Local outdoorsman Barry Sones will raise money for the PA Wounded Warriors organization with a game meal and slideshow of his archery hunts in Africa for elephant and cape buffalo and in Alaska for caribou. The event will be held 1 and 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at Moreland Community Church, 1300 Church Drive.
A new Hoyt bow package, carvings made by Muncy-area artist Steven Shaner and other items will be offered in a silent auction.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling Sones at 419-4749.
Game commissioners schedule January meeting
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania's board of game commissioners will hold a quarterly meeting Jan. 27-29 in its headquarters at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81 in Dauphin County.
A copy of the agenda for the upcoming meeting will be posted online at www.pgc.state.pa.us in mid-January.
At 1 p.m. Jan. 27, the board will hear public recommendations for 2013-14 hunting and furtaking seasons and bag limits. Doors open at noon. Individuals interested in offering public testimony, limited to five minutes, may register at noon.
At 8:30 a.m. Jan. 28, the board will gather public comments and hear Game Commission staff reports. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. Registration for those interested in offering public testimony will begin at that time.
At the same time on Jan. 29, the Game Commission board will take up its prepared agenda to give preliminary approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2013-14 and establish other meeting dates for the coming year, among other things.
Antlerless deer license allocations for the 2013-14 seasons will be presented for the board to consider at its meeting in April. Harvest results from the 2012-13 deer seasons will be announced in mid-March.
Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show nears
HARRISBURG - The 58th Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show, featuring hundreds of new exhibitors, features and celebrities, will be held Feb. 2-10 at the State Farm Show Complex.
More than 200 new exhibitors showcasing guns, archery, fishing and boating, along with many new products, show specials and a new Tactical Gun and Accessories Section highlight this year's event. In addition, the show has made it easier to navigate the floor with color-coded halls, an online pre-show mapping program, and an easy-to-use mobile app.
Returning by popular demand will be the "Sportsman's Shop Gun Alley" featuring more gun manufacturers, gun representatives and gun retailers than ever before.
For information, visit www.easternsportshow.com.
Sportsman's Show & Flea Market planned
LEESPORT - The Sportsman's Show & Flea Market returns to the Leesport Farmers Market, 312 Gernants Church Road, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 9.
Admission is $8 from 8 to 9 a.m. and $4 after 9. Children are free.
For more information, visit www.ralphsfishing.com.
Club plans coyote hunt
SINNEMAHONING - The eighth annual Sinnemahoning Sportsmen's Association's Coyote Hunt will be held Feb. 15-17.
The hunting area is throughout the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia.
Trapping is not allowed, but calls and dogs may be used.
A registration fee applies and all hunters must be members of the association. Membership dues may be paid upon registration.
Hunters must register prior to Feb. 15. On-site registrations will be accepted at club grounds, 15 Club Road, on Jan. 12, 19 and 26 and Feb. 2, 9 and 14.
Registration also may be done by mail, but envelopes must be postmarked by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 2.
For an application, call 814-263-4418 or 570-923-2188 weekdays, 814-546-2835 weekends, visit www.sinnemahoning-sportsmen.org or write to SSA, 15 Club Road, P.O. Box 102, Snnemahoning, PA 15861-0102.
Official weigh-ins will be done at the club at the following times:
3-7 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16
Prizes will be awarded after weigh-ins.
Hats and shirts commemmorating the coyote hunt will be available for purchase at the club.
Outdoor events sought
Do you have a meeting or outdoor event you'd like to publicize in the Sun-Gazette?
Announcements must be submitted at least three weeks prior to the date of the event, preferably earlier.
Information and news releases may be:
Mailed to Outdoor editor, Williamsport Sun-Gazette, 252 W. Fourth St., Williamsport PA 17701
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Dropped off at the Sun-Gazette office, 252 W. Fourth St., Williamsport
Submitted through the Outdoor section of the Virtual Newsroom on the paper's website, www.sungazette.com.
All submissions must contain the name, telephone number and, if available, email address of a contact person.
Photographs by area residents of trophy fish or game animals or other interesting outdoor occurrences also will be considered. Digital photos may be sent by email.
Hard-copy glossy prints, negatives or slides may be dropped off or mailed. Polaroid prints typically cannot be reprinted in the newspaper.
Only photos sent with a stamped, self-addressed envelope will be returned.
Announcements published in the "Outdoor Briefs" section will print in chronological order as space permits.
The Outdoors section is published weekly on Sundays, but it goes to print early on Wednesday mornings.
Therefore, all information for publication on any given Sunday must be submitted by noon on the Monday prior.
For more help, call 326-1551, ext. 3116.


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Fri, 07/22/2016
In this PERC Policy Series essay, Dean Lueck and Jonathan Yoder use economics to examine wildfire management and current wildfire policy debates.
Hannah Downey
Thu, 01/21/2016
Nearly 25 years after the United Nation's first Earth Summit, we continue to find that private conservation is better for the environment than government control.
Hannah Downey
Wed, 12/09/2015
To protect lions and other endangered species, we must harness the tools of free market environmentalism to resolve human-wildlife conflict.
Terry Anderson, Shawn Regan
Fri, 08/07/2015
If legal trophy hunting is banned, what will happen to the protected land that is conserved by hunting profits?
Terry Anderson
Mon, 11/10/2014
How well does enforcement of the Endangered Species Act preserve wildlife habitat? On the John Batchelor show, Terry Anderson talks about how the ESA has affected spotted owls, bald eagles, silver grayling, and wolves.
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Mon, 11/03/2014
In South Africa's Wildlife Ranching magazine, Michael `t Sas-Rolfes explores the history of wildlife breeding as a species conservation tool, challenging traditional views of conservation in the Anthropocene era.
Bobby McCormick
Mon, 06/30/2014
How a great tax became a good one and then became, along the way, just another tax.
Shawn Regan
Fri, 05/23/2014
Cliven Bundy's battle was born out of a broken system that encourages conflict, not negotiation.
Shawn Regan
Tue, 04/22/2014
When environmental groups buy ranchers' permits, there's no need for the feds to start rustling up trouble.
Reed Watson, Peter Hill, Shawn Regan, Laura Huggins
Wed, 03/26/2014
Listen as Aaron Flint of "Voices of Montana" talks with Reed Watson, P.J. Hill, Shawn Regan, and Laura Huggins about free market environmentalism.


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Normann Copenhagen presents Bell, designed by Andreas Lund and Jacob Rudbeck. The expression is robust, the form is simple. Bell is a steel ceiling lamp in an iconic bell shape and with special attention paid to its details. Its round, even surface gives the lamp the impression of having been cast rather than being hidden; the meeting between the lead and the lamp is accentuated in a modern and original way.
With Bell, designers Andreas Lund and Jacob Rudbeck have focused on designing a lamp where the design of the fixtures has space to unfold. The contrast between the materials creates a modern lamp. Bell is a directional lamp that changes character and creates new experiences when a person moves around it. The light inner side reflects the light, which falls like a cone and provides good lighting over the dining table.
Andreas Lund and Jacob Rudbeck explain: "Often, the fixtures, or the part that connects the lead to the lamp, are not the primary aspect of a lamp's design. They are more of a necessity. In Bell you have a lamp where the connection between the lead and the lamp is evident. Just as light is a gatherer, the bell has historically been used to call people to come together - to gather people. With its bell shape, Bell can also be used to create a cosy place to gather in the room."
Bell comes in two sizes and two colour combinations, which makes the lamp an ideal light source in various interior spaces. Hang a few Bell lamps in the kitchen, use it over the dining table, or illuminate a large hall or office environment.


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Barron's unveiled its rankings of Top 1,000 Financial Advisors in the U.S. In Oregon, Steve Spence of UBS Financial Services topped the list, broken down by state. Interestingly, the firms with the most advisors on the list were in deep financial trouble themselves last year. And there's not a lot -- if any -- data on how client portfolios actually performed.
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Merrill Lynch, acquired last year by Bank of America (BAC) as it was teetering, comes out as the big winner on our roster, with a total of 239 advisers making the cut. Wachovia Securities, whose hobbled parent was acquired by Wells Fargo (WFC), was No 2., followed by Smith Barney, a unit of problem-plagued Citigroup (C).


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Allegheny ready to bounce back from disappointing season
Allegheny College football coach Mark Matlak called the 2013 season "The Perfect Storm," the reason the Gators were 0-10 with their first winless season in 60 years.
"We had injuries, we had freshman quarterbacks, no sustained offense, a porous defense, a lot of inexperience, and were in just one game,'' said Matlak, who begins his 13th season as the head coach. "But you know what, no matter how bad it is, whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.''
Allegheny was the strongest team in Division III in 1990, when coach Ken O'Keefe's club claimed the national championship with an overtime victory over Lycoming.
Though the past several years had been steady, the 2013 Gators were bludgeoned by a combined score of 358-65 in 2013, the close contest a 24-21 setback to Denison in the next-to-last week of the season.
There's nowhere to go but up as the Gators will host Thiel Saturday in their opener before engaging in NCAC play.
"Our attitude in camp has been excellent, and no doubt there's definite improvement,'' said Matlak, who has a 61-60 career record. "We know that last season was like a bad dream, but there was a reason for it, and we all understand that we're just not going to flip a switch and turn it around. The players and staff understand that there is a process that's involved.''
The Gators had to go with true freshman QB Jon Nigro, who showed signs of progress despite no running game and no time to throw, completing 54.2 percent of his throws (110-of-203) with four TD passes and 13 interceptions.
"With a year of experience, Jon is just one of the players who are reacting to things quicker and looks very good in practice, and we're practicing at a faster tempo, and a whole lot better as a team,'' Matlak said. "We also have a good senior group on the offensive line, and Jesse Battaglia is an all-conference player and a leader.''
Allegheny had 48 kickoff returns, but just five punt returns to 26 by opponents last season.
One bright spot in 2013 was Lucas Morton, a 6-foot 2-inch junior wide receiver from Harbor Creek who had 25 receptions and one TD, second to senior Andrew Niklaus, who had 37 catches and a pair of TDs.
"Lucas has been outstanding in the preseason. He's tall, has good hands, and runs great routes,'' Matlak said. "We bring back four top receivers, so we're strong there.''
Defensively, Allegheny lost six of its top seven tacklers, but Matlak believes several newcomers and returning players are talented enough to be better as a unit.
The Gators, who upset a ranked Wabash club in 2012 that is the NCAC preseason favorite for 2014, hope to become competitive again, since 10 of Matlak's first 12 teams were .500 or better.
"We took a whipping against the big boys in our conference like Wabash (65-0), Wittenberg (56-0) and Ohio Wesleyan (50-7), and we had always been able to play with those kind of teams,'' Matlak said. "We're looking to take steps to get back there, and make last season a distant, bad memory.''
BOB JARZOMSKI can be reached at 870-1678 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNjarzomski.


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