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DAYTON — As their team celebrated a victory in what was believed to be the first overtime game in the history of the 69th annual Ohio North-South Classic, South coach Brad Burchfield and Watterson senior defensive back Cody Calhoun both talked about the camaraderie that was developed through a few short practices.
Of the 33 players who helped the South all-stars beat the North 28-27 in the Divisions IV-VII football game April 26 at Welcome Stadium in Dayton, 12 were from the Central District.
"We had a lot of good chemistry," said Burchfield, who has been Hartley's coach for six seasons. "It was a lot of fun to be around. I didn't know it would be this fun."
"It was a lot of fun just because of the team chemistry," Calhoun said. "We're a bunch of players that hadn't played with each other before, but the team chemistry was just as good as if we'd played together all year."
Kenton wide receiver Justin Sawmiller earned the game's Most Outstanding Player award. He had five catches for 112 yards for the South, including a 6-yard touchdown from Centerburg's Tyler Stoyle with 4 minutes, 29 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
Clarksville Clinton-Massie running back Bayle Wolf was held to three yards rushing but completed a halfback touchdown pass of 5 yards to Reading's Shane Roy with 9:34 left in the second quarter and scored on a 1-yard run in overtime to earn the South's Offensive MVP honor.
Clinton-Massie's Kelson Gauden was named the South's Defensive MVP.
Stoyle completed 13 of 19 passes for 181 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Ready running back Akili Taylor rushed 15 times for 27 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown with 1:41 left in the first half.
The South led 14-3 at halftime. North's Ishmael Hargrove from Gates Mills Gilmour Academy returned an interception 68 yards for a touchdown with 3:57 left in the third quarter and Kirtland's Sam Kukura ran for the two-point conversion to tie it at 14.
After Sawmiller's touchdown gave the South a 21-14 lead, North quarterback Colin Gilbert from Columbiana Crestview hit Huron wide receiver Cody Thompson on the next play for a 61-yard touchdown to tie it.
The South moved to the North 10-yard line on the ensuing drive, but Stoyle was intercepted by Gilbert and the game went to overtime.
Wolf's touchdown on the first overtime possession, followed by Hartley kicker Colin Barringer's extra point, gave the South a 28-21 lead.
The North scored two plays later on a 10-yard run by Sullivan Black River's Andrew Vaughn, but Hargrove was stopped on the two-point conversion run by Johnstown's Clayton Bullard to preserve the win.
Gilbert was named the North's Offensive MVP and Hillsdale's Ryan Bee was the North's Defensive MVP.
"One of our guys got (Hargrove's) leg and I was just there," Bullard said. "That was a really fun game."
Also playing for the South were Licking Valley's Ty Griffith (WR), Hartley's Jacob Mercier (DB) and Kalil Morris (DL), Newark Catholic's Brenden Jurden (OL) and Ready's Brady Taylor (OL).
South loses 23-14 in Divisions I-III game
Defense ruled throughout much of the Divisions I-III all-star game, and New Albany's Hayden Hatten made his presence felt at linebacker and on special teams.
In addition to getting a pair of tackles on kickoff returns and a tackle for loss on the North's first possession, Hatten blocked an extra point on the final play of the first quarter for the South.
The North held the South scoreless during the second half, however, and won 23-14.
"My high school stresses extra-point blocks and taking pride in special teams," said Hatten, who was named the South's Defensive MVP. "We weren't getting a lot of pressure on their quarterback, which made a difference for them."
The South took a 7-0 lead with 7:14 to go in the opening quarter when Westerville Central quarterback Jared Drake hit Huber Heights Wayne wide receiver Tristan Davis for a 5-yard touchdown. The drive began at the North 46 after an interception by Worthington Kilbourne's Seth Hill.
The North made it 7-6 on a 9-yard touchdown from Mentor's Conner Krizancic to Stow's Brian Groves, but Hatten blocked the extra point.
An 85-yard interception return by Mansfield Senior's Chekiah Washington gave the North a 13-7 lead, but Zanesville quarterback Thomas Wibbeler of the South hit Wayne's Trey McFadden for a 6-yard touchdown to make it 14-13.
Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's Parris Campbell, a running back on his way to Ohio State, scored on a 62-yard touchdown pass from Grafton Midview quarterback Cody Callaway on the final play of the first half to give North a 20-14 led.
The North's Mike Knoll from Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, who was named his team's Offensive MVP, kicked a 33-yard field goal in the third quarter to complete the scoring.
"I thought we bonded together as a team and all enjoyed being there," Drake said. "They had a couple big plays and we couldn't come back from them."
Callaway was named the game's Most Outstanding Player and North Canton Hoover's Luke Grandjean was named the North's Defensive MVP.
Drake, who completed six of nine passes for 51 yards and one touchdown, was named the South's Offensive MVP.
Marion-Franklin offensive lineman Martesse Patterson caught a deflected pass for a 6-yard reception.
Pickerington Central's Isaiah Richmond had five rushes for 24 yards and teammate Rudy Stefanitsis punted for the South.
Also on the South's roster were Beechcroft's Adonis Davis (LB), Hilliard Davidson's D.D. Clark (RB) and Phillipie Motley (DB), Marion-Franklin's Omar Alfred (DB) and Pickerington North's Geno Rollo (DL).
"It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance," said Rollo, who had a tackle for a loss.
S — Davis 5 pass from Drake (Martin kick)
N — Groves 9 pass from Krizancic (kick blocked)
N — Washington 85 interception return (Knoll kick)
S — McFadden 6 pass from Wibbeler (Martin kick)
N — Campbell 62 pass from Callaway (Knoll kick)
N — Knoll 33 FG
N — Slauterbeck 32 FG
S — Roy 5 pass from Wolf (Barringer kick)
S — Taylor 6 run (Barringer kick)
N — Slauterbeck 32 FG
N — Hargrove 68 interception return (Kukura run)
S — Sawmiller 6 pass from Stoyle (Barringer kick)
N — Thompson 61 pass from Gilbert (Slauterbeck kick)
S — Wolf 1 run (Barringer kick)
N — Vaughn 10 run (run failed)


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First Look at BEYOND: Two Souls, From the Makers of Heavy Rain
Take a look at the first scene from BEYOND: Two Souls, the latest project from the makers of Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream Studio Director, David Cage, unveiled the new game at this year's Sony E3 event. Inception actress Ellen Page will play the main character in Beyond.
Jodie was born a different person from others. She has supernatural powers through her psychic link to an envisible entity she calls Aiden. In Beyond, "you will experience the most striking moments of Jodie's life as your actions and decisions determine her fate." You will take control of Jodie and Aiden in "spectacular action and adventure scenes" as they traverse the globe and face "incredible challenges" in "emotionally charged events never before seen in a video game."
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BEYOND: Two Souls ™ is a unique psychological action thriller featuring Academy Award(r) nominee, Ellen Page in the lead role. Experience the incredible life of a person who possesses extraordinary powers through a connection with an invisible entity. Watch as your actions and decisions determine her fate and face incredible emotional challenges never before seen in a video game.
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The Role Of Food During World War I
By Gina Kaufmann, Matthew Long-Middleton & Kate Baxendale • Apr 29, 2014
On today's Central Standard, culinary historian Andrea Broomfield joins us to discuss the importance of food during the first World War.
Broomfield explains what the food industry was like during that time at War Fare: Chow Challenge on April 30. Chefs from area restaurants will compete in an Iron Chef-style event using food available during World War I.
- Andrea Broomfield, culinary historian and English professor at Johnson County Community College


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Navigating an Unsure World Into Quarter-End
The goal when trading is to be in a position to use price to your advantage.
It's a new day - and a new world, as evidenced by the traction in European bourses and the early stateside jig.
We've spoken a lot this week about the potential for Cyprus to trigger the next phase of the financial crisis and assume the role of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), circa 2000, and American Home Mortgage (PINK:AHMIQ), circa 2007.
Clearly, that analogy - those analogies? - will only be known with the benefit of hindsight, but I thought it might be helpful to share the chart below. When Minyanville flagged AHM on August 29, 2008, the S&P (INDEXSP:.INX) rallied an additional 8% - before dropping 57% in value in the following year and a half. History doesn't always repeat - nor is it written that it must rhyme - but I offer this chart in the spirit of perspective.
I have been trading around some short exposure in the S&P - detailed here and here, and every day (all day) in real-time on the Buzz in Banter (click here for a free two-week trial).
To top-line, I initiated a SPY short into the rally on Monday (25% position of a full position), doubled down into the early rally yesterday (bringing my exposure to 50%), and pared exposure - as a function of discipline - into the sharp sell-off yesterday. (I peeled out of 10% of my risk.) Yes, I should have covered more when the tape was in the hole, but if wishes were knishes, I'd weigh 300 lbs.
My plan is to add back some short-side exposure into rallies - and cover into dips, also known as "trading around a short-bias - under the all-important S&P 1580 level.
Against that exposure, I am long some BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY), which happened to get a double-notch upgrade at Morgan Stanley today (the stock is trading up 7% in the early goings). Consistent with the game-plan shared in recent weeks, I intend to make some sales into the March 22 US launch of the BB10 - just trading, from the long side - as a function of yes, discipline.
As a reminder, Scooter McGavin (that's me with a bum hip in Disney) will be out-of-pocket next Monday through Wednesday, so at a point, that has to factor into my risk profile. I normally prefer to flatten exposure while away from the fray, but that'll be a game-time decision as a function of time and price.
As I told my wife last night, "Who needs a roller coaster when I do board one every day in the global financial markets?"
Random Thoughts:
- Sentiment levels remain at/near historic readings, so a reflex rally - with quarter-end on tap - shouldn't be a shocker (we paid homage to it yesterday). While bottoms are points, tops are processes, in large part due to The Three Phases of Leave.
- I like to Question Conventional Wisdom; I can't help myself, it's part of my DNA. And while "timing is everything," as evidenced by the timestamp on the column I just linked (declaring the financial crisis was over), I would offer that the only way the financial crisis is over (I don't think it is) is if a social crisis emerged...which would lead to, yep, a financial crisis (truth and trust are the grist of bull markets).
- As I added some S&P short-side exposure, I rotated out of my Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) short after the 7% nine-session decline. This is an important zone for the stock - the right shoulder of a potentially negative head & shoulders pattern - but I'm keeping my risk tight, both in terms of price and concentration of risk. So it's said, I also have a newbie cannabis play on my books, but I can't speak to particulars because it's so thin.
- In the make-it-to-take-it world of risk management, rotation is good, as long as you remember that opportunities are made up easier than losses.
- In a stunning point of recognition, Minyan Craig emailed me yesterday to ask, "What, there's no Minyan March Madness Tournament this year?" WOW! I've been so wrapped up in work that I completely spaced that! We have set it up, so please CLICK HERE for details and get your picks in by 12 p.m. EDT tomorrow!
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Destination retailers in Columbus
Some notable stores have recently opened in Columbus or announced they are coming, and these "destination retailers" can increase tourism and help existing stores in the area, experts say.
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The American Girl store
The latest destination store to arrive in Columbus was the American Girl Store at Easton Town Center.
American Girl Columbus opened in late June to lines of fans, many of them from out of town. The next closest American Girl store is in Chicago.
>> Story: Doll craze gives American Girl store successful Easton opening
>> Website: American Girl Columbus
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Cabela's, which calls itself the "world's foremost outfitter," opened its only Ohio store at Polaris in March, selling hunting, fishing and camping equipment and other outdoor merchandise.
The Cabela's stores have become tourist attractions for people interested in the outdoors.
The Columbus store has a replica of a mountain, wildlife displays, a 5,575-gallon aquarium, and indoor archery range, a "gun library" and a deli.
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Cabela's store at Polaris packed for grand opening
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Will other major retailers follow? Here are some brands not yet in this area:
Bass Pro Shop — The well-known hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor retailer has locations in the Cincinnati and Toledo areas, but none in Columbus.
IKEA — The world's largest furniture retailer has a store in the Cincinnati area but none in Columbus.
Neiman Marcus — The luxury specialty department store has locations from Beverly Hills to Boston, but none in Ohio.
Bloomingdale's — The upscale department store has stores as far away as Dubai, but despite being owned by Cincinnati-based Macy's, has no stores in Ohio.
Karl Lagerfeld — The fashion designer opened the first boutique dedicated to his own collection in March on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in Paris.
Dean & DeLuca — The chain of upscale specialty food stores has locations in Napa Valley and Kansas, but none in Ohio.


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During the 2012 London Olympic Games, Chase and Visa will be hosting a VIP Lounge located at 116 Pall Mall in London's West End (between the Charing Cross Tube station and Buckingham Palace) where cardholders will get to meet Olympic athletes, enjoy food wine and beer, try celebrity chef Morimoto's cuisine and enjoy free WiFi and 10 HDTV's broadcasting various events.
The lounge will be open every day from 10:00 am – midnight from July 27-August 12. There is no cost to cardholders to get in. They just need to show their Visa issued by Chase for entrance for themselves and up to 5 guests depending on space. Space is limited, however, so it's recommended to reserve a spot and a special welcome gift by RSVP-ing.
Chase Visa holders will enjoy snacks, beverages and free WiFi at the VIP Lounge.
Among the amenities will be a selection of food throughout the day including continental breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks; beverages such as beer, wine, soda, coffee and more; lounge seating, bathrooms and a coat check (it maybe summer, but hey, this is London; and free WiFi).
The lounge will also feature small bites by "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto at certain dining times listed on the calendar here for which cardholders can reserve spaces for up to 6 guests at a time; and there will be athlete appearances every day—you might even get to meet Mr. Olympics himself, Michael Phelps, who is part of Team Visa.
Not that you'll be spending the entire Olympics hanging out here, but it's nice to know that if you're out and about in the city, you'll have a place to pop into for some free snacks and WiFi.
The Visa VIP Lounge will be located in Central London between Charing Cross and Buckingham Palace on Pall Mall.
Among the cards that should be eligible for this event are the following Visas issued by Chase:
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British Airways Visa
Freedom Visa
Southwest Card
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Marriott Rewards
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Disney Rewards
Priority Club
Hyatt Card
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Garden To Table Theme For Spring Conference
Register for the 16th annual Natrona County Master Gardeners Conference before Friday April 1st and save 10 bucks.
This year's conference theme is focused on edible gardens.
"We have three great speakers who'll be coming and talking about developing a kitchen garden or growing vegetables at high altitude and then using the vegetables and herbs that you grow in your garden in your kitchen."
Horticulturalist, Donna Cuin, says the conference, with its "garden to the table" theme, is on Saturday April 9th from 8:30 a.m. and runs til 4pm. The conference fee is $30 dollars and goes up to $40 after Friday. Plus…If you bring a friend along that has never attended, that friend pays only $15 dollars.
Speakers include high altitude garden consultants, Penn and Cord Parmenter, Colorado State University plant pathologist, Patti O'Neal, talking about kitchen garden design and cooking instructor and cookbook author, Linda Hoffman, of Fort Collins sharing tasty ways to bring your garden to the table.
Again, that's the 16th annual Master Gardener's Spring Conference, Saturday, April 9th, at the Agricultural Resource Center in Casper, 2011 Fairgrounds road.
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Pay Day lenders find a loophole
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Virginia's culture is based on a moderate to conservative outlook combined with a certain amount of common sense. This approach is reflected in the way the state is governed. Our taxes are low and historically we have been recognized as one of the most efficient state governments in the country. We also, reflecting our conservative outlook, don't like gambling, slots, or liquor sales outside of state control. To which I readily nod my head in agreement.
However, when it comes to payday lending, and let's not mince words here, legalized loan sharking, we let our guard down. In 2002, in what was called the Payday Lending Act, our conservative lending laws were changed to allow storefront style lenders to charge more for loans than the previous cap of 36%. The idea, and this is how it was billed, is that those folks who need "short term" just in time cash, could take out a loan for a week or two, with their collateral being their next pay check.
It's doubtful that even the bill's strongest supporters in the legislature had any idea just how quickly this industry would catch on. In a matter of months pay day lenders started popping up all over the Commonwealth. Now there are hundreds. They are in strip malls, store fronts, and perhaps most ominously, on the main streets just outside military bases where there are large populations of young enlisted personnel. What can I say, these guys know their target market and aren't afraid to exploit it.
This industry has also gotten its foot in the door when it comes to politics. They give campaign contributions to delegates and state senators, but most telling, is the amount of money they spend on lobbyists. Their outlay for lobbying was over a million dollars in 2007 and last year was probably substantially more.
The legislature, having heard complaints from religious leaders, community activists, as well as military advocacy groups, attempted to change the rules in 2008. The Assembly, who seemed more swayed by the pay day lending industry than the concerns of their constituents, only managed a few half hearted changes. They capped the interest rate and limited the number loans that a borrower can take out each year to five. While not going as far as some would have liked and banning these loan sharks entirely, it seemed like a move in the right direction. But the pay day lenders are a clever bunch, and they quickly managed to find and exploit a loophole.
Under the 2008 legislation, while capped in interest charges, the pay day lenders were still allowed to charge their fees. This rather insidious practice allows them to continue to operate under an interest rate cap, but through charging fees, allows them an opportunity to still make a lot of money. If the fees are counted as something of a "defacto" interest rate, the cost of a loan, even under the new legislation, can quickly become exorbitant.
However, where the pay day lenders really scored a coup was in the business of open ended lending. Under the old rules lenders could only operate with fixed one week, or two week loans. But under the new rules, while they are capped in the number of loans they can give each year, it's now perfectly OK to offer extended credit. However, unlike even the most outrageous credit card rates, this new structure, with the fees and interest rates factored in, can reach the equivalent of nearly 700%.
There are those who claim that payday lending, almost like a Good Samaritan, fills a valuable niche in the market. In other words, they are giving a line of credit to those people who couldn't find a loan any other way. There is some merit to this argument, but that's not really what these loans are about. The reality is that they are notorious for putting people most at risk in a no win position. Once they get into this cycle of debt, particularly at these outrageous interest rates, there is almost no way out.
In the upcoming General Assembly, with so many other worries, it's hard to see either chamber moving ahead with new legislation. Rather, they will probably to take a wait and see attitude. In the meantime, however, not everyone has pursued such a laid back approach. Our neighbors in Kilmarnock, while having no authority to limit pay day lending, rather ingeniously used their zoning ordinances to deny these guys space in their town. Under the town's zoning rules banks are allowed, but other "small lending businesses" are not. So, in this case a pay day lender who wanted to set up shop in Kilmarnock had to find somewhere else to do business.
However, the reality is that unless Virginia, like other states, to include Ohio, New York, and North Carolina, puts an effective clamp on pay day lending, this scourge is going to continue.


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Senior outside hitter Anna Bellum and junior middle blocker Lindsay Schiely were first-team selections to the All-Lone Star Conference South Division volleyball squad, released Monday by the league office in Richardson, Texas.
They were among six Zias honored in voting done by division coaches. Senior setter Margie Goble was named to the second team, with sophomore middle blocker Grace George, senior middle blocker Emilie Rodman and senior libero Jessica Weeks earning honorable mention.
The Zias (24-8) are headed to Division II regional play for the first time since the school joined the NCAA in 1984. Seeded fifth, they take on fourth-seeded Mesa State in a 4 p.m. (MST) quarterfinal match on Friday at Kearney, Neb.
Bellum has earned first-team honors in both of her years at Eastern. She leads the team in kills (436), ranking seventh in the LSC in kills per game (3.60), and is third in digs (390).
Schiely transferred in from a junior college this year and made an immediate impact, ranking second on the team in kills (367) and third in blocks (100).
Goble, a fifth-year senior, came off an injury redshirt last year to collect 1,082 assists in 2004, and holds the school career record in assists (5,260).
George leads the conference in blocks (146) and is one of just two LSC players to average more than one block per game (1.36). Rodman, who ranks third on the team in kills and second in blocks, earned honorable mention honors for the second year in a row.
Weeks has been a key to ENMU's defense this season, and her 500 digs are the seventh-most in school history. Her 816 digs in two seasons at Eastern ranks 10th in school history.
Also, Bellum and Weeks have been chosen the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District VI volleyball team, chosen by sports information directors in the district which also includes Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma. Bellum was named to the first team and Weeks to the second team.
Bellum has a 3.9 GPA with a major in Spanish, while Weeks has a 3.86 GPA with a double major in economics and finance. Both transferred to ENMU last year from Garden City (Kan.) Community College.
Athletes are judged on and off-court performance and must have at least a 3.2 GPA to be considered, Eastern SID Robert McKinney said. Only eight schools placed athletes on the team, and ENMU was one of four schools with multiple selections.
All-LSC South volleyball
First team
Name, School Pos. Yr.
Amanda Slate, ACU MB Jr.
Nicole Stoffel, ASU OH Sr.
Michelle Bernhardt, ACU OH Jr.
Anna Bellum, ENMU OH Sr.
Amber Nelson, ASU S Sr.
Lindsey Martin, ACU S Jr.
Lindsay Schiely, ENMU MB Jr.
Amber Smith, ASU MB So.
Second team
Name, School Pos. Yr.
Margie Goble, ENMU S Sr.
Megan Spivey, WT MB So.
Desiree Reed, TSU OH Jr.
Lyunelle Morelan, ASU RS Sr.
Erin Ghoulihan, WT S Fr.
Lindsey Jones, ASU OH Sr.
Honorable mention
Abilene Christian: Sophia Kindred, MB, Sr.; Ashlee Motola, RS, Jr.; Kellen Morrow, L, Sr.; Abbie Lowry, OH, Fr. Angelo State: Shelby Pitcock, L, Sr. Eastern New Mexico: Grace George, MB, So.; Emilie Rodman, MB, Sr.; Jessica Weeks, L, Sr. Tarleton State: Missy Davis, OH, Fr.; Sheniqua Browder, MB, Sr. West Texas A&M: Rachel Altman, RS, So.
Special awards
Player of the year: Amanda Slate, Abilene Christian. Libero of the year: Shelby Pitcock, Angelo State. Freshman of the year: Shaday Smith, Texas A&M-Kingsville. Coach of the year: Kathleen Brasfield, Angelo State.


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"Highlander, the Series," the action/adventure/sci-fi hour now readying its second season, is to be distributed in key foreign territories by Rysher TPE.The L.A.-headquartered company is taking over distribution from the series' French co-producer, Gaumont Television, which handled sales of the first season's episodes in certain key territories, including the U.K., the Far East (including Japan), Germany, Australia and Africa. A third partner in the international co-production, Silvio Berlusconi's Reteitalia, will continue to distribute the series in most southern European territories and in Eastern Europe. The series is based on the popular sci-fi theatrical features and follows the adventures of a small group of powerful immortals. The TV version toplines Adrian Paul as the immortal Duncan MacLeod. Distribution expansion Obtaining foreign distribution rights to "Highlander" is part of a new push by Rysher TPE to distribute, where appropriate, the projects it produces or co-produces, said company CEO Keith Samples. Samples will be on hand at the Mipcom TV Market in October in Cannes to launch sales of the series' second season. Rysher has handled domestic distribution of the series since the show's inception. The second season of "Highlander" will debut in the U.S. the weekend of Sept. 27 on more than 125 stations covering 95% of the country. The first season averaged a healthy 4 rating in domestic syndication and was strong in both men and women demos 18-49, Samples said. Rysher Entertainment was acquired by media conglom Cox Broadcasting in April.
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Cat Power: Sun
Cat Power's newest release, Sun, is not a break-up album. It bears not a smidgen of the forlorn. Not an ounce of wallowing. It is not a postcard from the unkempt corners of psychic squalor.
Rather, the sound of Sun (out now on Matador) is that of the much-wished-for-moment of breaking free from the break-up, shedding all its' tangles and tributaries where, almost as an afterthought, you realize that you have regained your footing. This is not a break-up record… this is a moving-forward record.
Cat Power, Chan Marshall's musical moniker, re-emerges for her ninth studio album, the first of original material in nearly six years, confident, radiant and with a new found independence in sound. Her voice, still with that sultry, hazy quality, keeps steady sentry over the album's sprawling, punchy songs. Marshall's creative process surrounding Sun mirrors the newly unearthed autonomy as well. Resilience is not solely for just metaphor's sake. She not only wrote and played but also recorded and produced the record in its entirety.
The video for the next single, "Cherokee" will premiere via her website on September 17th and not surprisingly, Chan Marshall directed it to boot.


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Elton Hayes | 1/2/2013, 7:56 a.m.
The lone storyline in the nation's capital larger than the impending fiscal cliff is the Washington Redskins' ascension to the top of the NFC East standings and the emergence of rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III.
The Redskins carried a six-game win streak into Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys with stakes in one of the NFL's biggest rivalries higher than they have been in decades. The last time the two teams met in the final week of the season with playoff implications was 1979, and Dallas walked away with a one-point victory.
Luckily, for Redskins fans, history did not repeat itself. And distraction from the fiscal cliff is still here.
Washington defeated Dallas 28-18 on Sunday, Dec. 30 at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., to win its first division title in 13 years. After years of disappointment, Redskins fans throughout the city let out a collective sigh of relief.
"We've waited a long time for this," Suitland, Md. resident and longtime Redskins fan Tony Allen said following Sunday's game. "And to beat Dallas, makes it even sweeter. This just couldn't get any better," said the 52 year old.
While Griffin III is synonymous with the Redskins to most NFL fans, fellow rookie Alfred Morris stole the show Sunday in Landover. The Redskins' sixth-round pick rushed into the record books and helped clinch the victory.
With Griffin III still ailing from a right knee sprain suffered in December, Redskins' offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan relied on a run-heavy offensive game plan for most of the evening. Morris heeded the call.
The running back finished with 200 yards on 33 carries and ran for three touchdowns. Morris's 1,613 rushing yards on the season are a franchise best, eclipsing former running back Clinton Portis's previous record of 1, 516, set in 2005.
"They found a diamond in the rough," said District resident Joshua Riggs, 31, of Morris. "[Head coach Mike] Shanahan knows what he's doing. Without Morris this season, there would be no playoffs. He's as important to this team as RGIII."
Portis's record was just one of several shattered Sunday night. Griffin III's quarterback passer rating on the season of 102.4 bested current Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's 98.1, which Roethlisberger set in 2004. Griffin III's 1.3 percentage of passes intercepted also tops current Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch's 1.98, set in 1998.
"He's definitely much more mature than most people who are his age," said Allen of Griffin III. "Athletes like him don't come around often. He has the perfect balance of athleticism and football knowledge. He's going to be unstoppable in a few years when he has more experience."
Griffin III finished the game with 100 yards passing and 63 rushing with one touchdown. More importantly, Griffin III had no turnovers. The same could not be said for his counterpart. Down three points and in position to engineer the game-winning and critic-ceasing touchdown drive, Dallas quarterback Tony Romo threw an interception into the waiting arms of Washington linebacker Rob Jackson in the final quarter. The interception cemented the loss and Romo's reputation as being unable to win the big game.
"He chokes," Riggs said of Dallas' quarterback. "Dallas fans will continue to make excuses for him, and they'll continue to be let down. Our injured, rookie quarterback outplayed him and didn't throw away the game like [Romo] did."
The Redskins, winners of seven straight, will host Seattle on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 4:30 E.T. in the first round of the playoffs in a game sure to garner no shortage of national attention. Seattle quarterback, Russell Wilson, also a rookie, is considered one of the league's best quarterbacks and is second in the NFL, behind Griffin III, with a quarterback rating of 100.0.
"This is the most excited I've been in a long time with the Redskins," Allen said. "No matter what happens next week, this has been a great season and this team is going to be good for a long time."


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Robots Are Going To Get You Drunk (Video)
What's the latest strategy the machines are implementing in their quest to take over the world? Plying the humans with drink. As part of the lead into the RoboGames each year, meatbags and metal monstrosities alike gather in a San Francisco nightclub to celebrate BarBot, an evening where robot bartenders can show their stuff. BarBot 2010 featured dozens of liquor serving androids, some with impressive cocktail skills, others with the friendly shoulder and gentle wisdom we expect from more human bartenders. Check out an overview of the event from a local news channel, as well as some impressive footage of a robot that can slide you a drink down the bar, in the videos below.
"Barnold" can not only pour you a shot, it can slide you the glass with near perfect aim. Just make sure to catch what it flings. Easy the first time...difficult the 10th time.
As fun as the BarBot event may be, I think there are some serious trends to think about here. These are mostly one-off robots, and few will be developed into commercial units. Still, this sort of casual automation belies a much larger development. Sure, we've all seen robots dominating factories, but they're making inroads in places that few consider and at both ends of the economic spectrum. Robot scientists and robot meat slicers - neither exactly what you might consider prime targets for automation, but they're already here. BarBot is a sort of celebration about the comedy and fun at the idea of replacing humans with machines. The reality of that situation, however, is likely to be seriously complex and perhaps very difficult to adjust to. Or it may, as I hope, usher in a new age where automation allows humans to relax and enjoy the finer things in life...like a nice martini.
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Dean Saunders plans to use updates from the matches involving Wolverhampton Wanderers's relagtion rivals to inform his side's approach to today's game with Burnley.
The Wolves manager has posted scouts around the grounds to bring him score flashes that will dictate his choice of tactics and substitutes as he weighs up whether holding on to a point represents a good result should Barnsley be losing at home to Hull City, Blackburn Rovers to Crystal Palace or Huddersfield Town at Bristol City.
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We already know Google wants to be everything for everyone in search. Now they're extending that goal into the real world, sticking physical tags on the windows of actual businesses from its online Favorite Places catalog. Should Foursquare be worried about Google's intrusion?
Google made the announcement yesterday, but that bit got lost in the swarm of news surrounding other new features. Nevertheless, it's novel stuff: Google has identified the "100,000 local businesses in the U.S. that have been the most sought-out and researched on Google.com and Google Maps" and has labeled them the "Favorite Places on Google." They're located in some 9,000 towns across all 50 states...and to identify them, you actually have to go to the shop.
How un-Google. What with Earth, Maps and Street View, Google's more about digitally visiting places, or so one would've thought. The physical windows do, however, contain a sprinkle of Google magic: A QR code that, when scanned with a smartphone running the right app, will take you to a Google page containing the business details and offer coupons and even reviews.
It's a big move for Quick Response codes (QR), which are ubiquitous in Japan and a growing phenomenon elsewhere in the World, though scarce in the U.S. (they're 2-D information-rich barcodes, like the one on the left.) And it's a big move for Google—it'll earn a tiny bit of PR from the window stickers and curious on-lookers, and it'll grab some advertising dollars for people who actually make use of the service. If you think about it, it's also a tiny move in the direction of augmented reality for Google—though of the physical tagging sort, rather than virtual data tags in an AR heads-up display.
And that might make Foursquare's owners a little nervous: When a mega-giant like Google starts playing in your local business AR-esque game, you should probably start worrying about how it'll affect your future. Fortunately for Foursquare, it's service is already evolving. It's a game and it's fun. Google's system may be useful, but like many Google ventures it's dry-boiled and a little joyless. You'll have to be a smartphone user to use Favorite Places, and if you're that type of person you'll be more inclined towards the higher-tech and more dynamic geotagged local-data info offered by Foursquare or Layar in their AR apps. No one will be bothered by Google's kooky half-high-tech, half-low-tech efforts in this market for quite some time.
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Cargill Expanding Rail Service at Atchison, KS Grain Elevator
Date Posted: December 13, 2012
Atchison, KSThe Union Pacific Railroad and Cargill announced today that Cargill's Atchison facility is now capable of loading 110 car shuttles.
Until now, the facility was capable of loading 75 car units.
"This upgrade will be very good for the area farmers, as the facility will now be able to access additional markets at competitive rates," said Rob Nordmeyer, general manager for Cargill's Twin Rivers Farm Service Group.
Cargill has owned the Atchison facility since 1999.
The elevator purchases corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum from local farmers.
Increasing the rail capacity will provide better access to markets on the West coast, in the Southwestern U.S., the Gulf, and Mexico.
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Go, join up…all the cool kids are doing it.
2. I spent a llloonnnggg time yesterday making these bad boys:
Oh She Glows Pumpkin Cinnamon rolls.
They were so good…I want to marry them. It did prove to me again why I am so not a baker..the kitchen was a disaster, I kept having to wash out my measuring cups (cause I only have two…) and I rolled out the buns with this:
3. Today (Christmas Eve) is a mellow day for me and the hubs. We had my family's Christmas yesterday which was a lot of fun with food and movies. Today was a great 9km run and a pasta dinner. Tomorrow is all about the running around and visiting…
4. Boxing Day is the 10 miler race. My coach is having me do some threshold running meaning a 2km sllloooowww warm up and them running a fast pace for as long as I can hold it. When I can't I go back to the warm up pace and then back again to threshold. So if you are there and see someone alternating between almost a walk and looking like they are going to barf…that'd be me.
No matter what you celebrate or believe in, I wish you all the best for the holidays. Cheers from me and the hubs!


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4/15/14 Support your Library Thursday Night at 6:30!!
If you've read the paper the past few weeks you've seen the articles about the library funding issue between the Green Lake County Finance Committee and the libraries in Green Lake County. On Thursday, April 17th at 6:30pm the Kingston library will be hosting a meeting with County Board Chairman and finance comm. member Jack Meyers, addressing a group of concerned citizens about the issue. Please stop by and chat with Jack about how important the libraries are in our County and the need for support.
4/14/14 Hats Off to the Mill Pond Library
The Mill Pond Library in Kingston currently has a display of antique hats for viewing. The hats belong to Bernice Brekke of Dalton, and will be on display until April 23rd. Bernice and her husband Ed were members of the Badger Antique Car Club and liked to dress the part at times when driving their antique car for events. In the display there are also some old photos showing the couple dressed up, and the library has provided books on hats from that era. Stop in and see the display any day that the library is open


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Anthony DeBartolo's interview with actress/model Milla Jovovich took place in 1989 when she was 13 years old.
It appeared in Stan Malinowski's Metro #3 magazine.
|While she's not old
enough for
a driver's permit, let alone a license, her agency bills her out at the
cost of a Yugo a day. Loaded.
That's "about five thousand dollars," says her Los Angeles-based EastWest Prima agent, Jeffrey Dash. "But that's negotiable."
Besides having graced the covers of a few dozen elite foreign and domestic magazines, and the three film credits to her name, Milla Jovovich seems to have just begun to test her talents. And Dash's ability to deal.
There's the music (piano and guitar), singing, song writing and her illustrations. At this juncture, though, all are talents-in-training, untried in the market.
But speak with her for awhile and a few things readily become certain. She is confident, professionally self disciplined, and despite the illusion she advances on film, really is a thirteen-year-old kid -- "Milla, would you kindly take the candy out of your mouth, I can barely understand you..."
She is also, in her own words, "a budding young woman," as much in love with the camera as it obviously adores her.
Russian born, her
actress mother and chiropractor
father emigrated to southern California in 1981. At age nine, wanting
more than to follow her mother's lead, Milla began drama classes. When
she hit twelve, "my mom also thought it would be a good idea to get
modeling composites shot," says Milla. "So we sent them to Prima, and I
guess Jeffrey liked the pictures. They signed me." Photographers have
standing in line to sign her ever since.
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your parents left Kiev
you were six. Any memories of the place?
Kind of. Not really. I remember a lot about my mom taking me to the set where she would shoot her movies. I don't really remember any of my friends. I remember, you know, maybe a little bit about our apartment building. Just little stuff that a kid would remember -- and the snow.
You've been modeling for nearly two years now. What do you know that other kids interested in the business would benefit from?
If you want something, you should never give up. If something doesn't happen the way you want it, you have to try it again until it happens. Because if you don't, then you're not going to become anything. I always walk into my interviews with a smile on my face. People like that, because they like to see you cheerful, not sad. And if you don't get it, go on to the next one. Don't give up. Always try again.
What's good and bad about the business?
There's a couple of good/bad things. What's good is that you can always go and get your hair and make-up done and look great in front of the camera. Because for me, one of my biggest joys is to be in front of the cameras and pose. And I know that the picture will turn out nice because the camera likes me. It's kind of like me and the camera have this little thing going together. But the bad thing is, like in the summer, they make you put on heavy sweaters and stuff. And in the winter, they make you put on skimpy bikinis on the beach while its raining.
Why is posing such a joy?
I don't know. When I'm in front of the camera I just feel good. I like to hear the click. I like hearing the photographer say, "Oh God, that looks great!" And once you hear that, you just can't stop. It's like all the praise and stuff, and seeing yourself finally when it comes out.
So you like the strokes?
It's not that, it's not just the strokes. I can be somebody else. I get to shove out the old Milla and put in the glamorous, sensual, you know, model Milla. It's fun to act in front of the camera and make poses, and then sometimes, make funny poses just to laugh. It's something that every model will feel in front of the camera, the ones that like modeling.
How is Helmut Newton to work with?
He's fun. He's one of the fun photographers. He's really sweet to you. If I didn't fell comfortable with doing something, he wasn't going to make me. He's very good with me and my mom, and he takes the best pictures. It wasn't like "Oh God, I gotta go shoot. It was like, great , I get to shot with Helmut again."
Do some photographers ever get pushy, insisting upon poses that you don't feel comfortable with?
If I don't like it, I just say, "Excuse me sir, but I don't feel comfortable doing this." That's it. They just cool down when I say that. If I don't feel comfortable, it won't look good.
Many models have a signature look. What's yours?
The pouting girl, that's my look, that's what I am. I want people to look at me and think it's proper, but also sensual.
How does a callow young girl achieve such a sensual look?
I don't think I could ever explain how I do it--you know, it's like a recipe you can't give out. Would you ask the chef of a great restaurant what he puts in his soup or chicken? You think he'd tell you?
Sure, I've interviewed chefs before. They usually like to boast about the process. I guess what it boils down to is that, in some ways, you're not an ordinary thirteen year old.
I don't know. I think I'm normal. Maybe other people don't. Maybe the people who write me letters don't think I am, because I'm not there with them. They don't think of me as flesh and blood. They just think of me as an image, a photograph, that's all.
What kind of acting did your mother do in Russia?
Shakespearean. She did fifteen feature films, all starring roles. She's really a good actress.
What role has she played in your career?
I've grown up in the industry, since my mom was in it. She's taught me from her ways. Everything she does, I've tried to imprint on my own face. It's something only we have, that we share, a little mother-daughter thing she has passed on to me.
You'll be a freshman this fall. Tell me about school.
It's from eight-thirty to twelve-thirty. It's a professional children's school. Actors and models go there. It's really convenient for me because I can go to all of my (professional) classes afterwards, or go to the agency and answer my mail and just do some stuff that I wouldn't be able to do if I got out at three-thirty
Academically, what do you really like?
Ancient history. I like ancient Egyptian and Greek history a lot. It's good to know how governments were issued in Greece and Rome and how the first cities started there, the first real court and law.
What about college?
Yeah, first for me comes education. I can't depend on this industry because something might happen. God forbid that I get into a crash or something. What would happen to me then? I couldn't model anymore--or act. The most important thing to me right now is my family and getting schooling. Next comes my singing and acting.
A lot of kids -- and lots of adults for that matter -- might get blown away with the sudden success you're having. For some reason, success in America is hard to handle. For want of a better example, I think of John Belushi.
John Belushi -- what happened?
He died.
John Belushi is dead? Are you serious? I didn't know he died.
Quite a while ago -- a drug over-dose. Hung around with the wrong crowd I guess.
That was happening to me for a while. I was kind of living in the fast lane with kids in show business and stuff. I was under a lot of pressure. I was lucky to get out of that. I said, no way, I'm not going to hang out with these people anymore, so I stopped, and started hanging out with people my age. I never did drugs in my life, never will. I want to live. I mean it's great to live. I don't want to throw it all away just for a night of five minutes of fun.
I heard your father sets your curfew. What is it, eleven o'clock?
Yeah, it sucks. My friends get to stay out later -- like twelve.
What happens if you're late?
I've blown the curfew a lot. I get grounded. And grounded means I can't go out at all unless it's with Jeffrey, my agent. No phone calls, no friends over. I have to stay at home, no weekends out, and I have to work all day on my instruments, acting, singing...I like doing that, but not all day, you know. But I can usually get out of it if I'm really good. I can also beg my father, which usually doesn't work, but sometimes I get lucky.
How do you get along with your parents?
Great. We've a good understanding for each other. I always share everything with them. I never have to lie about anything. I'm one of the luckier kids that doesn't have that many problems with their parents.
Any brothers or sisters?
No, but I want some though. My parents are remodeling the house right now. They said after everything is done, maybe they'll work on it.
Do you have a boyfriend?
Well, not really.
You sound disappointed. You don't really need one, do you?
Well, every girl needs a boyfriend -- come on.
What's your weekly schedule like?
On Sundays, my father doesn't want me doing anything. It's a family day. It's really the only day I can spend time with both my dad and mom. Monday through Thursday, I stay home or work on stuff. Friday and Saturday I can go out, usually to my friends' houses. We'll go swimming, or go to a mall and see a movie.
Play Siskel and Ebert with the three movies you've been in.
Two Moon Junction -- four starts. Night Train to Katmandu -- two stars, Paradise -- three stars.
You've probably heard this before, but some would argue that a thirteen year-old should be playing with Barbie dolls, not posing as one.
Yeah, I've heard that. I say, if they have children, let them play with Barbie dolls. Don't criticize me. I love what I'm doing. I don't like playing with dolls. I don't agree with them one bit. And I get very angry when I hear that -- that my mother is pushing me and stuff. That's not true. I love the industry, I love the business.
You have a lot of things going on right now. Modeling, acting, writing and performing music, not to mention school...that's a lot of stuff. Are you overwhelmed sometimes?
I am. But I try to do everything I can. A friend once asked me, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "Everything." She said, "Milla, there's no way you can do everything." I said, "You just watch me."
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Last week, I and the Kitchen had to weather attacks and subterfuge once again, all because I dared demonstrate that two of OA's leading lights — eLife and PubMed Central — had colluded inappropriately in creating competitive advantages for eLife, keeping secrets from its own advisory committee, planning editorial matter together, and skipping published requirements in order to accelerate eLife's entrance into the market. All this was done while other proven and legitimate OA publishers worked to meet published standards, believing they were participating in a fair and unbiased process.
There were three posts last week:
- How PubMed Central and eLife planned together to give eLife launch assistance and to hide this from others
- How PubMed Central considered bending the rules for PeerJ, and then worked with eLife to massage responses to PeerJ
- How PubMed Central and eLife staff kept key information from the PubMed Central National Advisory Committee, among others
All the evidence points to collusion, secrecy, and unethical behavior. Predictably, ad hominem and insulting attacks came my way — more slowly than they normally do, but also more concertedly, as I'll describe below.
What these OA enforcers failed to realize was that the publishers primarily affected by, and most angry about, the eLife situation were, in fact, OA publishers — of all shapes and sizes.
Word first reached me about the eLife situation during a strategy meeting largely about OA publishing. During the networking breaks, people running OA journals were discussing how opaque and capricious PubMed Central rules seemed to be. When they saw eLife content published on PubMed Central, without benefit of a separate eLife site or the required NLM review process, they were livid. Here was an unproven, high-profile OA publisher short-cutting the rules and getting a market advantage thanks to the US government while the rest of us slog it out? You've got to be kidding!
After the first and latest posts appeared, feedback from OA publishers has been quite complimentary. Many are grateful to finally know that their suspicions of favoritism and capriciousness seem justified.
This comment came in explicitly asking to be put on record as an official quote:
Frontiers was very surprised to see how fast eLife was registered. This type of biased and non-transparent selection process is very unfair to other serious open access publishers. — Johanna Reichen, Production Manager, Frontiers
Another publisher of both OA and subscription journals wrote:
Scientific publishers ought to be shouting the theme song from Les Miserables ('Do you Hear The People Sing, Singing the Songs of Angry Men…..')! I'm writing to thank you for the blog posts you're written this week re: PMC, eLife, etc. This kind of reporting – this story – should be in the NYT or someplace where it's getting attention from both the mainstream population as well as librarians and others with vested interests.
From another publisher whose attempts to get OA journals into PubMed Central were frustrating and hard to fathom:
My initial reaction – it is worse than I thought. I'm disgusted.
And from another:
Thank you for two outstanding posts showing how Lipman has tilted the playing field.
Other positive comments came from some people quite close to PubMed Central.
However, the fact that these posts revealed corruption occurring at PubMed Central and eLife to the detriment of other OA and subscription publishers was all lost on the extremists.
The Mock Twitter Account
As usual, the attacks weren't subtle. There were the inevitable Twitter insults and skirmishes, the kind where you feel like you're making headway only to find that you're dealing with people who will never change their tune.
This time, the attacks went to a new level — I received my very own mock Twitter account. Elsevier had one during the RWA controversy. There have been others created to suit the moment. It's a weird sort of compliment, I guess, a perverse badge of honor — when irrational actions are the only response to rational arguments based on sound evidence, it's pretty clear someone's shooting blanks.
But what to do? It turns out Twitter has become more sophisticated about these things, and there's a process for getting fake accounts taken down. I've followed the procedure, and it should be down soon. But this is how willful some people can be — OA publishers are being mistreated, someone takes weeks to figure out if the problem is innocent or corrupt, finds that it's pretty corrupt, reveals this openly, and then is attacked for trying to let the community know what they've found in a thorough and carefully documented manner.
But some people took a more covert approach to try to influence the debate.
A Strange Commentator Appears
Last Friday, a commentator appeared on one of the PubMed Central posts, responding to speculation that a class action lawsuit may be a possibility for those affected. After a couple of rounds of responses, the comments coming from this commentator started to look a little strange — the voice just "off" enough to draw attention, the reactions somewhat inexplicable and opaque. We took a closer look at the commentator. The email address was a slightly mocking French phrase, and Googling the email address suggested it was a very recent creation — there was no vapor trail of the email address in Google yet, something that you can often find for an email address that's been in use for a while. Through other means, we were able to determine that the commentator was coming from the NIH/NLM.
So, I emailed the person, asking to learn more about their identity and their relationship to NIH or NLM before approving any more comments. I waited. And waited. There was never a reply. Subsequently, those comments have been removed.
The investigation of eLife and PubMed Central has, thus far, consumed weeks of attention and dozens of hours of analysis and writing. But this isn't an OA story. This is a corruption story.
Like most people, I dislike being lied to or fooled. I dislike unfairness. And that's what this story is all about — a lack of accountability; rules being bent, broken, or disregarded; one publisher allowed to cut corners while others struggle to follow the rules; and powerful people benefiting from their connections while others, equally qualified or even more qualified, are shut out, despite assurances of unbiased fairness.
Perhaps instead of shooting the messenger and hoping this distracts people from real problems in the publishing world, we should focus our energies on correcting situations that are unfair to publishers — OA and subscription alike — whose only mistake was thinking they were playing by the rules.


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Science on the Connecticut Coast: Investigations of an Urbanized Shoreline
Vincent Breslin, Department of Science Education and Environmental Studies, and James Tait, Department of Science Education and Environmental Studies, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Science on the Connecticut Coast is course that fulfills the laboratory science requirement for non-science majors in the Honors College at Southern Connecticut State University. The course addresses key environmental questions, including: How have past harbor sediment contamination affected the quality of New Haven Harbor ecosystems? How can we assess hurricane preparedness and potential impact? What are the potential consequences of climate change on Connecticut residents and how can the emission of greenhouse gasses be minimized? The semester-long course has four modules. A geology module focuses on the geologic formation of the Connecticut coast and requires students to master identification and interpretation of basic rock types geologic structures. In the coastal processes module students explore local marshes and beaches and work with survey data to map the environmental and economic impact of a severe hurricane on the region. A coastal pollution module examines the industrial history of New Haven and culminates in a study of sediment metal contamination in New Haven harbor. Working as a group, they plan and execute a research cruise to obtain sediment samples, which they record and analyze. The final module addresses climate change and requires students to predict potential impact on the Connecticut coast, including sea level rise and possible effects on living resources in Long Island Sound. Results of the HON 270 analyses have contributed to a GIS data base of sediment metal analyses in New Haven harbor and have been presented at regional Long Island Sound Research Conferences.
Course Learning Goals
This course is designed to teach science by pursuing the following goals:
- Doing science using scientific methodology,
- Emphasizing field experience,
- Conducting quantitative analyses,
- Writing for clarification of thinking and communication of ideas, and
- Stressing the societal relevance of scientific investigation.
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On completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use the scientific method to examine questions concerning their
observations of the coastal environment, including the formulation
testable hypotheses and the collection of field and laboratory data to evaluate their hypotheses,
- Recognize and discuss the unique aspects (geological, biological, and chemical) of inland and coastal habitats including sandy beaches, salt marshes and coastal dunes,
- Identify and quantify specific sources, fates and impacts of pollutants (primarily metals and floatable debris) entering coastal waters, and
- Identify the causes and consequences of global climate change,
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An grid view for iPhone/iPad, designed to look similar to NSCollectionView. AQGridView is based around the programming model of UITableView and its associated classes.
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* A subclass of UIScrollView.
* Reusable grid cells, similar to UITableViewCell.
* Data source and delegate very similar to those used with UITableView.
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A two-dimensional scrolling view component for the iPhone, heavily inspired by UITableView.
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A small framework for building board and card games, using Core Animation. Runs on iPhone and Mac OS X 10.5+.
It implements a small framework for implementing such games, with domain-specific classes like "Grid" and "Piece", and examples of several game definitions built on top of the framework.
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* 3D "card-flip" animations
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An electronic grid instrument for iPhone sound synthesis using audio units.
This minimalist grid synthesizer uses additive wave techniques to make aural textures inspired by early tape and computer music composers. It is capable of lush tones but is fairly difficult to master. The interface is designed to be suitable for performance pieces.
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Christina Aguilera: 'I Have A Boyfriend Who Loves My Body'
Christina Aguilera is returning to NBC's singing competition The Voice to coach hopeful singing contestants. Speaking with the Television Critics Association on Friday, she also shared the confidence she hopes to impart in young female singers. From her Disney years to teen pop and motherhood, Aguilera's body has changed and she loves what she looks like today.
"I have a boyfriend that loves my body, I love my body, my son is healthy and happy, that's all that matters," Aguilera said. "Being a female in this business, you basically know what you're in for. You know you're going to be under the microscope and that's what you signed up to do. You've got to be a strong, powerful, very confident woman."
Plenty of people admire Aguilera's beauty and style, but if she had let criticism get her down, we might never have seen what she has to offer. "I've been on all spectrums. I've been in this for a long time. I came on the scene when I was 17 years old. You can never be too much of anything. You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy, voluptuous, this, that. I've been on all sides of the spectrum. Any female in this business at one time or another has had criticism due to a flaw in a hairstyle, and I'm always a risk taker too."
Aguilera believes it's tougher for women in the spotlight, and she has lived through it. But it also gives them a chance to be stronger. "I'm very confident in my body. I think my videos over the years have spoken to that. I've been no stranger to being very comfortable in my own skin to take risks, to take those chances, whether it be crazy cotton candy hair or interesting theatrical makeup, adding those theatrics to my stage and things like that. Yes, women, we're definitely under a microscope and under massive scrutiny. As long as I'm happy in my own skin, that's all I need."
The Voice returns Feb. 5 on NBC after the Super Bowl.