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- By Michael Kaplan
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If you spend enough money gambling in casinos, the weeks leading up to Super Bowl Sunday will come to resemble a prelude to Christmas. Every day, the mailboxes of high rollers practically burst with offers from gambling emporiums that span the Las Vegas Strip. With hopes of attracting prized players for the big game, casinos dangle come-ons that center around lavish parties, gourmet dinners, prize-enriched golf tournaments, the presence of retired NFL stars and, for the most desired whales of all, private jets that'll get them and their buddies to Vegas in style. At ground level, of course, this is simply a gambit to attract customers who will risk large sums of cash against daunting odds. Hence, competition for the best players is fierce. So fierce, in fact, that a casino outside of Vegas—where being able to legally bet on the Super Bowl is a major part of the draw—doesn't stand much of a chance. In short, the Big Game ranks as the sort of event for which only the strongest and toughest should bother suiting up.
Apparently the guys at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino failed to get the memo.
Situated in Katrina-ravaged Biloxi, Mississippi, rebuilt to luxe standards by its parent company MGM Mirage, and fortuitously located just 90 minutes by air from Miami, where the Super Bowl was held this year at Dolphin Stadium, Beau Rivage went after the same mega rollers that the big boys of Vegas aim to woo. And they got them. Players from as far north as Toronto, Canada, were flown to Biloxi, transported via private jet to Miami, granted access to the stadium's VIP entrance, treated to a private party before the kickoff and escorted to prime seats for the game. "We promised our players that all they have to do is show up at the airport and everything will be taken care of for them," says George P. Corchis Jr., president of Beau Rivage. "They received the kind of treatment that even movie stars have a hard time getting at the Super Bowl."
Over the course of that weekend, Corchis filled the tables in his brand new high-limit room with people who think nothing of signing on for six-figure lines of credit. Many of them were newcomers to Beau Rivage. "That weekend," he says, "we had more casino business in table games than a good casino in our state does during a full third of the month."
This success story is reflective of gambling's latest evolution: the "Vegasizing" of America. That is, turning the once disparaged regional casinos into the kinds of places that hold a sparkling candle to those shimmering glitz palaces on the Strip.
Of course, for sheer muscle mass, you can't beat Las Vegas. It's unparalleled to be able to eat dinner at MGM Grand's Joél Robuchon at the Mansion, catch a championship fight at Mandalay Bay, gamble like a fiend in the crystal-bedecked high-limit room at Caesars, twist the night away at Wynn's Tryst and finish up with a nightcap inside the Palms' Playboy Club, 52 stories above the glistening sprawl. You can't do all that in Biloxi or Atlantic City or Southern California. But you can have fabulous casino experiences in those places—albeit, without a Strip's worth of options—that just didn't exist 15 years ago, back when the Indian casinos were spreading bingo, operators of run-down, slot-intensive joints in A.C. were content to attract busloads of day-trippers (who paid $18 for the transport and received $20 in quarters upon arrival), and permanently moored riverboats served as havens for low rollers.
The poster child for this seismic shift in the gambling biz, arguably, is Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, which is situated a discreet distance away from the oceanfront casinos that all but define gaming in Atlantic City. Unlike most of its local competitors, which still seem a bit tatty, the Borgata looks, smells and feels like a high-end Vegas operation. Its design is grand, contemporary and stylish without being cheesy. The rooms are large, nice and modern. Amenities include a first-class spa and indoor pool; at its top end, the Borgata attracts a clientele that would not look out of place in the Bellagio's high-limit room. "Bob Boughner was smart enough to know that there were people in the New York area who wouldn't even consider going down to Atlantic City," remembers Saverio R. Scheri III, whose WhiteSand Consulting worked on the project with Boughner, then the Borgata CEO. "At the time [prior to Borgata's opening in 2003] there were no hot restaurants, no cool nightclubs, nothing that could compete with New York."
Scheri, who is now the general manager of Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California, and continues to be managing director of WhiteSand, remembers feeling skeptical about Boughner's bold ambitions. Then he saw Boughner's plan for converting the people that Boughner had taken to calling "Atlantic City rejectors." Remembers Scheri: "Bob did his homework and realized that it's not a matter of 'if you build it, they will come'—because they won't necessarily. It's more, 'if you build it right, they will come.'"
And Boughner did, employing contemporary design motifs, soaring ceilings, dramatic lighting and the importation of brand-name restaurants—Old Homestead Steak House was on board right from the start; and Wolfgang Puck, Michael Mina and Bobby Flay recently opened outposts there, making the Borgata a go-to place for action-hungry New Yorkers. Rather than describing his casino-to-be as Vegas-esque or some such, Boughner worked hard to imbue it with very specific qualities. He preferred showing to telling. "Our plan," he says, "was to give Atlantic City's customers what they want by bringing in a product that was fun, upscale, energetic, sensual and international. We used Las Vegas designers and the result reflected our view toward the product." It worked. From December 2004 through much of 2006, the Borgata's return on capital investment exceeded 21 percent.
Now the Borgata is in the midst of an expansion that has seen the poker room doubling in size, additional dining options put into place and more table games installed on the casino floor. Topping it all off will be a hotel within the hotel, called the Water Club, which is scheduled to open late this year. It will have 800 new rooms at a cost of $325 million (according to Boughner, twice the money that Donald Trump is spending, per room, on his A.C. build-out). "The new rooms will be a slight uptick," says Boughner. "The Water Club will be part of a separate, boutique hotel with very luxurious suites and highly amenitized rooms. It will have its own separate arrival area, room service and spa." After hesitating for a beat, he adds, "We figured somebody would kick things up to the next level, so we figured it might as well be us."
The success of Boughner's approach has clearly encouraged other non-Vegas operators to go upscale—so much so that the term "Borgata-like" has entered the vernacular of those describing non-Vegas hotels with Vegas-style amenities. Caesars Atlantic City has brought in its own passel of star restaurateurs and opened up a first-class shopping mall called Pier Shops. (Taking things a step further, Caesars' player rewards program has been retrofitted so that customers can earn points based on their gaming activities and spend those points, as if they're dollars, in Pier stores that include Hugo Boss, Gucci and Armani.) Harrah's Atlantic City debuts what promises to be a high-style tower and indoor pool this summer, and MGM Mirage is considering building a couple of Vegas-worthy hotel-casinos on property it owns near the Borgata.
In Detroit, where none of the three existing casinos amount to much more than gambling halls without hotel rooms, MGM Mirage will be opening an $800 million Art Deco—inspired luxury casino resort by the end of 2007. According to Alan Feldman, MGM Mirage's senior vice president of public affairs, "Detroit has not seen anything like this." He rattles off the amenities—restaurants, spa, nightclubs, bars—says that the project is going for a Five Diamond rating from the American Automobile Association, and explains the financial realities of such an undertaking: "The economic model of a casino resort is different from that of a plain resort. When you have a casino there, you know you can spend $20 million on a nightclub and $10 million on a restaurant and easily put $50 million into a spa. You have people drawn to the amenities because they like to gamble, and you have people drawn to the gambling because they like the amenities."
Back in 1989, when Steve Wynn opened the Mirage in Las Vegas, he was the first to see the potential for generating revenue from more than just gambling. But it took a while for everyone else to catch on. According to Frank Fahrenkopf, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, 10 years ago MGM Mirage (which did not own the Mirage back then and was known simply as MGM) was earning 65 to 70 percent of its revenue from gambling; today that number is 43 percent. That's due, he says, to the infiltration of celebrity chefs, exotic spa treatments and spectacular shows that rival Broadway fare—and have combined to attract customers who care less about gambling, more about everything else, and happily pay for it all.
That approach has worked great in Vegas, and now the amenity boom is resonating across the country as well. "There is a sea change and a financial change," says Fahrenkopf. "Amenities are being added [outside of Vegas] because they make good financial sense. If you can attract people to your place of business and get them to spend money on things other than gambling, you have diversified your revenue stream. That has got to be a good thing."
Operators outside of Vegas don't expect to consistently compete with the mecca of gambling, but they can provide enough treats to keep people from wandering too far from home on a regular basis. According to Beau Rivage's Corchis, the very people who travel to Vegas twice a year visit his casino six or 10 or 15 or even 24 times a year and they'll keep doing it as long as they have a good reason to. Just as the Vegas casinos use their ever-changing amenities to differentiate themselves from the competition and draw repeat business by evolving into destination resorts that stand on their own, places in the hinterlands benefit by following suit.
In terms of casino golf courses, for example, the Tom Fazio—designed Fallen Oak course at Beau Rivage ranks among the best in the country; and if you want to be challenged by the fat sand bunkers and rolling fairways of Fallen Oak, you need to be a guest at the hotel. But quality doesn't come cheaply and no expense was spared in the creation of this course. "The people at MGM Mirage didn't give us a number [in terms of a budget]," says Fazio. "They asked us what it would cost to build the best possible golf course on this property. We considered everything and came up with a budget. Going into the project, we started at home base with a 10 in terms of their expectations." Like a great restaurant or spa, Fallen Oak serves as a powerful magnet that draws players to check into the hotel and gamble in the casino.
But it's not just luxurious links that function as gilded catnip for high rollers outside of Vegas. Take Connecticut's Mohegan Sun, for example. One of the world's top-grossing casinos (largely due to its close proximity to both New York City and Boston; and in spite of it's being a short drive from Foxwoods, the world's largest casino), Mohegan Sun offers something for its big players that you rarely find in Las Vegas: private gaming. In most Vegas casinos, gambling commences only in open-doored rooms. The Sun finds itself in rarified company by providing its biggest players with a 4,500-square-foot suite that comes with an adjacent private casino.
This means that you can wake up in the morning, walk a couple yards down the hall and play blackjack in your jammies if you so desire. "We keep it staffed 24/7 for our top-level players and it's like having your own casino," says Mitchell Estess, president and CEO of Mohegan Sun, which is owned by the Mohegan tribe of Native Americans. "We'll bring up dinner from any of our restaurants [one of which is Todd English's Tuscany], so you can eat in there; you can choose the music, if you feel like it, and the ambience. Maybe you don't want phones to ring or people to walk in. It's your room and you control it." Plus, he adds, Mohegan Sun is totally in line with the limits of Vegas (where certain players might be allowed to gamble upward of $100,000 per hand at blackjack). "The idea is for you to have the same experience at Mohegan Sun as you will have at any single property in Vegas."
Across the country, near Palm Springs, California, Morongo Casino Resort & Spa has its own slice of uniqueness: gorgeous mountain views by day and, for nighttime revelers, a spin-off of Hollywood's infamous Key Club (complete with a sprawl of VIP accommodations above the dance floor). On a Sunday morning, over breakfast alongside the already bustling gambling floor, Morongo general manager Saverio Scheri explains the importance of imbuing a casino with the kinds of features that allow it to transcend the gambling component. "When people talk about where to go for a gaming experience, they don't go somewhere because it's got a certain slot machine," says Scheri, acknowledging that Vegas is close enough to be a competitor of his. "Everyone's got the same slot machines. It's more about rooms, restaurants and the pool." He should know: on Saturday nights Morongo gets so packed that slot machine vacancies are rare and its machines rake in more revenue per unit than the Borgata's do.
Though Morongo's already got a state-of-the-art spa, luxe casitas alongside the pool and a sense of casual, low-slung style that is reminiscent of the Palms in Vegas (not surprisingly, both properties share an architect in Jon Jerde), Scheri anticipates a slew of improvements. They'll include a larger high-limit room, new restaurants, more slot machines, additional table games and one impending addition that will sound especially alluring to Cigar Aficionado readers. "Morongo is among the few places in California where you can smoke indoors," says Scheri, a cigar lover who describes himself as "a Davidoff Double 'R' man." "We're going to put in a very nice cigar lounge and retail shop."
Things have gotten so good in the Vegasizing world that even riverboats, long viewed as the epitome of low-end gaming, are getting in on the action. Ameristar Hotel Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, has spent the last 10 years with a coveted Four Diamond rating from AAA. It keeps the designation by providing 42-inch plasma-screen TVs, high-thread-count linens and an indoor pool walled off by glass that opens when weather permits. The idea is to stand out from the two other casinos in Council Bluffs. "This past year we have maintained 38 percent of the market share," says general manager Teresa Meyer, emphasizing that the challenge is particularly acute because one of her competitors is land-based, which is generally considered more desirable by players. "Our casino has a clubby feel to it, and we've made ourselves into the area's entertainment destination."
Whether they are in Connecticut or Council Bluffs or Nevada itself, the best of the non-Vegas resorts turn their remoteness from the Strip into an advantage. At Red Rock Casino Resort Spa, in the Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas, this is slightly ironic. Situated just 20 minutes from the Vegas Strip, its rooms offer breathtaking Red Rock Canyon views and a location that feels surprisingly rustic. The property capitalizes on this by offering a fitness program that has guests hiking through the adjacent peaks, riding horses and kayaking on Lake Las Vegas. Though it was built by Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta (of Station Casinos fame and Las Vegas's reigning kings of local action), Red Rock aspires to be something very different from what people normally associate with the brothers (who, overall, generate 86 percent of their revenue from slot machines).
Red Rock boasts its own cool nightclub, a Strip-worthy steakhouse and a state-of-the-art sports book with the biggest game-viewing screens in town. Rooms here are large, the design is chic and Swarovski crystal seems to be everywhere. In keeping with its scale and vision, Red Rock has attracted hosts and marketing executives who are aiming to fill its seductively sleek and swingy high-roller suites—one of which contains its own DJ booth—with suitably bankrolled players. "You have casinos in Vegas catering to guys who are capable of losing millions of dollars," says Lorenzo Fertitta, vice chairman and president of Station Casinos. "We take the guy who can lose $500,000 or $1 million, and with us he is king. We provide a boutique resort experience where guests can detox during the day and retox at night."
Fittingly, with Red Rock's opening a year ago, the boom in Vegas-izing non-Vegas casinos has come full circle, landing right on the doorstep of the mighty Strip itself. Whether Red Rock will be able to consistently lure business away from its neighboring monsters of neon and gilt has yet to be fully seen, but clearly it is moving in the right direction and serves as an exemplar of the transformation taking place across America. "There is a new generation of properties coming along and capturing a significant market share," says MGM Mirage's Alan Feldman, who's clearly bullish on expansion. "They're doing it by paying attention to design and service and the delivery of experiences. Operators who don't respond will feel the pressure accordingly."
Michael Kaplan is a Cigar Aficionado contributing editor.


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Think about your daily commute. When you walk or drive or bike, do you usually think about the direction in which your traveling, or operate on auto-pilot - responding to turns as they come? What about when you're learning a new place? Do you try to relate each new landmark and street, or memorize which route to take?
These methods of navigation seem really different, and neuroscientists have long known they are (McDonald & White, 1994; Tolman, 1948). Recent work has shown that different brain areas support these different types of navigation strategies. (The direction-focused strategy is termed place-learning and is supported by the home of place cells, the hippocampus. Whereas the more habitual auto-pilot strategy is termed response-learning, and is supported by the caudate.) Humans naturally vary in terms of which strategy they prefer (Marchette, Bakker, & Shelton, 2011), and many of us use both in our daily lives. But the strategies provide different information. Place-learning relies on encoding directions and distances - metric information that should make it easier to create a mental map of the space and take novel shortcuts. Response-learning relies on remembering routes - specific turns at specific places - but not sufficient information to create a mental map or take novel shortcuts. In other words, navigation strategy might determine the accuracy with which one can represent an environment.
Using virtual environments designed to test navigation strategy (the Dual Solution Paradigm or DSP; Marchette et al. 2012) and navigation accuracy (Virtual Silcton; Weisberg, Schinazi, Newcombe, Shipley, & Epstein, 2014), we decided to test the question of whether navigation strategy preference relates to navigation accuracy. In Virtual Silcton, participants learn two main routes through a virtual environment by virtually traveling along paths which are indicated by arrows on the ground. These two routes are in the same environment, but in separated areas. Along each of the two routes, they must learn the names and locations of four buildings, indicated with a sign. Then, they learn two routes that connect the first two routes to each other, but do not contain any new buildings. At test, participants are placed next to each building they learned, and must point to all other buildings (both within the main route that building first appeared on, and between the two main routes). Previously, we showed that participants differ on within-route and between-route accuracy, suggesting that the two types of learning might be different from each other (Weisberg et al., 2014).
Figure 1. The Virtual Silcton environment contains 4 buildings, first encountered along 2 main routes (A1-A2 and B1-B2). The two main routes are connected by two additional routes (C1-C2 and D1-D2).
Figure 2. A screenshot from the Virtual Silcton environment. Participants used a mouse and keyboard to navigate this desktop environment. The blue gem indicates that there is a building nearby participants must learn; the sign at right names that building. The pointing task is presented in a similar format, but participants cannot move, and must point a crosshair onscreen directly at the building indicated.
In the DSP, participants learn a virtual environment consisting of 12 objects by watching a video showing the same route nine times. At test, they are dropped in different places in the environment and asked to walk (as efficiently as they can) to an object named on the screen. For some of these trials, there is a shortcut, not shown during the video, which offers a shorter path to the object. We calculated the ratio of these trials on which the participant found the goal by taking a shortcuts divided by trials on which the participant found the goal by taking the familiar route. This ratio is that participant's place/response index, providing a measure of how strongly they prefer one strategy over another. We also tallied the total number of objects participants found, regardless of the strategy by which they found them.
Figure 3. The Dual Solution Paradigm contains 12 objects, which participants learn by viewing a video of the same route through the environment nine times. They then must travel from one object to a target. They can take the familiar route (in dark black) or a novel shortcut not shown in the video (in lighter grey). The proportion of novel shortcuts they take provides a measure of their strategy preference, while the total number of objects they find successfully provides a measure of their navigation proficiency.
Figure 4. A screenshot from the Dual Solution Pardigm, which shows one of the objects that must be learned (a Table). The video (learning) and navigation (test) phases looked identical, but participants could navigate using the mouse and keyboard during the latter.
Our prediction was that participants who strongly preferred a place strategy in the DSP would have the highest accuracy on between-route pointing in Virtual Silcton, while participants who preferred a response-strategy would be good at within-route pointing, but poor at between-route pointing. Interestingly, we did not observe an overall relationship between navigation strategy and navigation accuracy. Instead, we found that the most accurate navigators who preferred a place strategy performed better than the most accurate navigators who preferred a response strategy. The least accurate navigators who preferred a response strategy outperformed the least accurate navigators who preferred a place strategy. From this, we conclude that the compatibility between navigation strategy and proficiency is important for determining navigation accuracy.
Figure 5. Accuracy on the Dual Solution Paradigm (DSP; Goals Found) varied by the strategy participants preferred on the DSP, and accuracy on the Virtual Silcton pointing task (inaccurate overall - Imprecise Navigators; accurate on just within-route trials - Non-Integrators; accurate overall - Integrators).


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Bethel receives MIAC Trophy
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn.—Already crowned 2013 MIAC football champions, Bethel wasn't satisfied with just a title. Instead they were thirsty for something that had only been done once before in program history—finish the regular season undefeated. So instead of looking past Saint John's, the Royals (10-0, 8-0 MIAC) held the Johnnies (7-3, 5-3 MIAC) to seven points and 260 yards of total offense to complete its first undefeated regular season since 2000. The 28-7 victory was the fourth win over a regionally ranked opponent and the sixth against a team with a winning record. Additionally, it was the seventh win over SJU in the past eight matchups.
Quarterback Erik Peterson said after the game that he wanted to model to his team that physical toughness was essential to beat SJU and what a model he was. 188 yards in the air on 12-of-22 throwing and 55 yards rushing on nine carries, alongside four touchdowns (two rushing, two throwing) were exactly what Bethel needed in the triumph.
Peterson found Mitch Hallstrom seven times for 126 yards and a touchdown—Hallstrom's sixth game with at least 95 yards receiving. Hallstrom's sixth catch—a 20-yard completion in the fourth quarter—helped him secure the all-time record at Bethel for career receptions. The Eden Prairie, Minn., native topped the previous mark that was set by Jeremy Belisle from 1996-1999.
Hallstrom and Jared Schultz each benefited from a Peterson touchdown throw, as Hallstrom caught a 63-yard catch-and-run on 3rd-and-10 on the opening series that went for a BU touchdown. Meanwhile, after Seth Mathis intercepted his fourth pass of the season and a 20-yard run from Brandon Marquardt, Jared Schultz hauled in a 28-yard touchdown pass on the Royals third possession—pushing Bethel's lead to 14-0 in the first quarter.
With BU leading 14-7 late in the second quarter, momentum was fairly even and maybe even leaning towards Saint John's, but a critical blocked field goal by Matt Mehlhorn that was returned by Josh Treimer to the SJU 37-yard line set up Erik Peterson's first rushing TD of the day and pushed Bethel's lead to 14 before the half.
The Royals held Saint John's scoreless for the final 43:08—forcing the Johnnies to punt three times in the third quarter. Bethel's Kevin Flaherty was on the receiving end of Connor Brun's second interception of the day late in the fourth quarter at the SJU 33-yard line, which set up Peterson's second and final rushing score of the afternoon.
In addition to the aerial attack, Bethel's ground game finished with 174 yards and seven rushing first downs. Brandon Marquardt rushed for 76 yards on 15 carries—averaging 5.1 yards per carry.
BU's defense was led by Landon Mathis, who collected 17 tackles—seven solo and ten assisted—one sack for five yards, one forced fumble, and two pass breakups. Seth Mathiswrapped up 13 tackles, while recording an interception and a QB hurry. Will Van Duzermuscled down Bruns at the end of the first half for the Bethel's second sack of the day.
Bethel's offensive line kept Peterson on his feet all day long, while also helping the Royals collect 362 total yards. BU turned the ball over once—deep in Johnnie territory—and averaged 5.9 yards per play.
The Royals know they are playoff bound, but what they don't know is what seed they will receive and who they will play. Early speculations presume that Bethel will host the first round of the playoffs at Royal Stadium next Saturday at noon. Fans can watch the selection show tomorrow (Sunday) night at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.
Bethel Completes Perfect Regular Season with 28-7 Win
|No. 6 Bethel (10-0)
|St. John's (7-3)
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The Havelock Board of Commissioners directed the city manager and city planner to work with the planning board to develop an outline for an economic development plan during its meeting Monday night.
The Havelock Board of Commissioners directed the city manager and city planner to work with the planning board to develop an outline for an economic development plan during its meeting Monday night.
Commissioners, meeting jointly with members of the Havelock Planning Board, heard an economic development presentation by Roger Sauls, of Davenport Lawrence, in which Sauls first detailed national economic trends and how North Carolina ranked among other states in a variety of economic categories.
"This is a very high level, 30,000 feet level, view of economic development," Sauls said as he whisked through bar charts.
Sauls pointed out that Craven County is currently developing an economic development strategy.
"Everything that Craven County does may not fit in Havelock," Sauls said.
Sauls said the plan would be a long-term commitment.
"This is not a sprint. It�s a marathon," he said.
Sauls said Havelock needed to look beyond its golden economic egg that is Cherry Point.
"It�s hugely important to diversify your economic base," he said.
However, he said the city needed to use the talent that abounds in base personnel.
"The assets that you have stepping off this base are some that you should be utilizing in entrepreneurial projects," Sauls said.
He said the city needed to develop a policy on economic incentives that could be used to attract prospective businesses.
"The deal gets done at a local level," he said.
He also said the city needed to have a consistent message for prospective businesses.
He said that the quality of life in the city is hugely important, but more important are basic economic indicators such as the number of homes, and the number of families with children and their incomes.
Members of the planning board expressed a desire to hear specific ideas tailored to Havelock.
"I think it�s imperative that we develop a Havelock marketing plan that is completely independent from the county," said planning board member Brad Turner.
Mayor Jimmy Sanders expressed a desire to develop a plan that dovetails with the county plan.
"I would hope that we would be doing the Havelock package at the same time," he said. "I want to be part of that team. I want us to be part of what the county does and part of what the state does."
Stephanie Duncan, executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, said though Cherry Point is important, it�s not all there is to Havelock.
"We are not totally branded here in Havelock. We have previously been branded as a military community, but we need to diversify," she said.
The board directed city manager Jim Freeman and city planner Katrina Marshall to work together with the assets of the planning board in developing an outline for a plan that would be presented to commissioners in late September.
In other business during Monday�s meeting, the board heard from public services director Bill Ebron that continuation of the city�s electronic recycling program would cost $16,900. The city is looking at possible solutions to the cost.
Ebron also told commissioners that the renovation/expansion of the animal control building is expected to be completed by Aug. 25.


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You can excuse the Old Dominion men for wondering if things possibly can get worse.
Freshman guard Patrick Holloway turned in one of the finest performances of his college career Thursday night, leading George Mason to a 71-46 victory over ODU in a Colonial Athletic Association game at the Patriot Center.
The Monarchs shot just 25 percent (12-of-48) from the field.
Holloway came off the bench to score 14 points on 6-of-10 shooting from the field and add three assists, leading a collection of reserves who combined to make 25 of 35 shots from the floor for the Patriots (9-6, 2-1 CAA). Junior forward Paris Bennett, another reserve, scored 13 points on 6-of-6 shooting.
Senior forward Nick Wright of Suffolk scored 14 points and freshman guard Keenan Palmore added 13 for the Monarchs (2-14, 0-4), who have lost four in a row and 13 of 14.
ODU trailed 14-10 midway through the first half, but George Mason mounted a 9-1 run. Holloway punctuated the run with a 3-pointer, giving Mason a 23-11 lead with 5:29 remaining in the half.
The Patriots led 30-22 at the break. ODU cut the deficit to six early in the second half, but the Patriots outscored the Monarchs 15-2 in the next six minutes to take a commanding 45-26 lead with 12:08 to play.
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Virginia Tech senior Erick Green (24.6 ppg) is one of 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given annually to the top point guard in the nation. Green leads the ACC in scoring, averaging 24.6 points per game. ...
James Madison freshman Charles Cooke, usually a key reserve, fractured his left wrist and will be out three to four weeks, Harrisonburg's Daily News-Record reported.


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Thursday, July 21, 2005
Does It Count As A Site Redesign...
It's been about a year since anything other than the painting on the side changed at all and I decided it was time for something a little different. However, I also like the layout I have now and I put a lot of time and effort into it. I don't have the time to reinvent the wheel, so I'm just tweaking a bit.
Hope I don't break anything.
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Looks great! And so do you, love the hat.
- July 21, 2005 at 6:38 PM
- Terry Oglesby said...
I like it--but the hat is what REALLY makes it.
- July 22, 2005 at 3:55 AM
- Jordana said...
Thank you both! I guess I need to wear hats more often. :)
- July 22, 2005 at 4:08 AM
- Terry Oglesby said...
Well, it's not so much the hat, rather the élan with which it is worn.
- July 22, 2005 at 4:25 AM
- melissa said...
I must say, you are one classy babe! Oh, and love the new colors, etc. too!!! Change is good.
- July 22, 2005 at 5:26 AM
- angie said...
Count me as one who loves the new look, as well. I especially like the font with which "Curmudgeonry" is written.
By the way, you have one of the best "links" (Blogs I Read Regularly) lists currently in existence. Love it!
And the hat....
- July 22, 2005 at 9:43 AM
- jim said...
Not sure the picture fits the blog image. I mean it looks like you could play the main character in about 100 Italian films. Maybe it's just the bw image.
- July 22, 2005 at 12:03 PM
- Jordana said...
Angie, I have the best list, because my favorite blogs are just that good. The main problem is keeping up with all the good blogs that I find and that find me. I haven't even gotten around to listing all the ones I have in my bookmarks. :)
Jim, if only I thought I looked like Isabella Rosselini, but I think my German/Danish heritage would be a strike against me...
- July 22, 2005 at 12:12 PM
- jim said...
OK maybe not Isabella but pretty darned close.
If I say any more I'll look like a stalker.
- July 22, 2005 at 12:39 PM
- chris said...
Love the new look. And I will agree with everyone else, that is a stunning photo.
- July 22, 2005 at 1:35 PM
- Lizzie said...
Great look -- both the site and the hat -- but then again, you looked good before, too!
- July 22, 2005 at 3:25 PM
- Tricia said...
Well, considering Isabella Rosselini is the daughter of Ingrid Bergman, perhaps your German heritage isn't far off after all! I do like the new pic!
- July 24, 2005 at 11:58 AM
- susanna said...
Very nice! I desperately need to redesign my site and move it to where I can have comments. I just don't have the same interest in posting (obviously) since I don't have comments. Maybe this fall... And it's a great picture too. Is it inadvertent that it would also be harder to recognize you at the shopping mall after seeing this photo vs the previous one? Jackie O...
- July 25, 2005 at 5:56 AM


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Muskmelons -- also called cantaloupes or just lopes here in the South -- are ambrosia on a vine, says Anne the gardener. In fact, there is a muskmelon variety called Ambrosia. It is delicious. Another fairly new taste treat is Athena. It has fast become one of my favorites.
I hope that you have planted some melons, and they are filling up your garden spaces. They are going to be running six to eight feet between the rows. Heavy mulch around the roots and under the vines will conserve moisture and keep weeds down.
How to plant and grow
Melons are hot weather lovers, so plant them after the soil has warmed up in the spring. They will need about 75 to 90 days to mature before the first frost. My article at GardenSmart has more growing information.
You can plant them in "hills," meaning three to four seeds in a circle. I used to think the term "hill" meant to mound the soil and plant the seeds in it.
Not so, according to Dr. Powell Smith, who is a Clemson University Extension agent. But it is perfectly OK if you want to continue to plant them in raised hills. I did it for years with no ill effects to me or my melons.
Melons grow according to our spring and summer cycles. Spring rains keep the melon plants watered as they grow. Then, in late summer, when rains diminish and the melons are large but not yet ripe, let them go dry between watering to increase the sweetness of the melon flesh.
If you covered your vines with row covers to keep disease and destructive insects at bay, do not forget to uncover them as soon as blossoms appear on the plants. Pollinators need to have access to the blooms or your melons will not swell into heavenly fruit.
It is easy to tell when a muskmelon -- aka cantaloupe -- is ripe. A slight tug on the stem causes a ripe melon to fall off the vine.
If you have yard turtles, you will need to put up some kind of a barrier around your melon patch. I suspect there are more than a few squirrels getting a bad rap for turtle chomping. Box turtles love muskmelons.
Cantaloupe stars in a fruity salad
With the Fourth of July coming up, this salad with cantaloupe stars is a great attention getter for a party or picnic, says chef Linda Weiss. Simple and easy,
I made a big platter of baby greens, and used the cantaloupe stars, blackberries, and green grapes. I drizzled the salad with a good store-bought fat-free raspberry-pecan vinaigrette dressing, which has a wonderful flavor. The raspberry-pecan flavor of the vinaigrette enhances the sweetness of the cantaloupe. In other words, the flavors "marry" well.
But if you feel more comfortable making your own vinaigrette or salad dressing, then I suggest that you serve raspberry vinaigrette, French, or Catalina style dressing with the salad.
This is also a beautiful way to serve cantaloupe for brunch. Just imagine a crystal or glass bowl of cantaloupe stars, green grapes, strawberries, blueberries, and mint. How beautiful will that be? Children will love it, too, and this will set you apart from the other cooks.
You can make this a main-dish salad by adding grilled chicken and/or feta cheese.
Cantaloupe Stars With Blackberries & Grapes on Baby Greens
Mixed baby greens to serve 6
Cantaloupe stars (see directions below)
Blackberries or blueberries
Green grapes
Strawberry halves (optional)
Fresh mint, cut into narrow ribbons
Lime zest (to taste)
Raspberry-pecan vinaigrette (store-bought is fine)
Put the mixed baby greens on a large platter. Place the cantaloupe stars around and on the greens. Add the blackberries, grapes (and strawberry halves if using them). Add the fresh mint and lime zest to the top of the salad. Add the vinaigrette and serve immediately. Serves 6.
Cutting the cantaloupe -- Use a sharp knife and peel the melon by standing the melon on one end and cutting down the sides. Cut the melon into quarters and then lay the quarter horizontally, and then slice the quarters through the middle horizontally. The melon should now be thin enough to use the cookie cutters to make stars. Put the stars in a bowl until ready to use, and save the leftover pieces for another use.
Editor's Note: To read more of Anne and Linda's "how to grow and prepare" series, click here.
Linda Weiss and Anne Moore met while Linda was the food editor and Anne was the garden editor for South Carolina Homes & Gardens magazine. They now write articles for the ETV GardenSMART television show website, where Anne is the horticulture editor, gardening consultant, and e-newsletter editor. Anne has written for magazines and newspapers. She is a member of and a recipient of a Silver Award for magazine writing from the Garden Writers Association. Linda is a personal chef. She attended Le Cordon Bleu of Paris' catering program, has appeared as a guest chef on numerous television shows, has been a culinary educator for 10 years, and a food writer for a number of magazines. She is a professional member of The James Beard Foundation and the Southern Foodways Alliance. She has written a cookbook, "Memories From Home, Cooking with Family and Friends."


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My mom just text messaged me:
Archie chose Veronica!
Not fair
My first question, asked only to myself, was "How on earth does my mom do carriage returns in text messages?" My second question, which I did text back to her, was "What?"
"Archie proposed 2 her," she texted in reply. I was beginning to feel like we were gossiping via text about real people.
"Where?" I asked. Perhaps a dumb question. "In the comic."
I went to Google News and found the story. Indeed, Archie Comics is going to finally resolve the long-running love triangle and Archie, we are to believe, chose the raven-haired vixen over the blonde girl next door.
When Archie Comics announced a couple of weeks ago that Archie was getting married — though they hadn't yet said to who — it provoked an enthusiastic response (A personal fave: "Oh my….Archie is getting married.I can't believe it!!!!!He will choose Betty,no Veronica.Uhhhh!!I can't wait!!!!!!!!!"), mixed with concern that this meant the end of comics about the gang from Riverdale (Personal fave: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"), inquiries about pre-ordering and entreaties to pick Veronica over Betty, or vice versa. Ah, those Archie fans…
…of which I am one. Yes, it's true. When I was little, I was an avid collector of Archie comics, scouring supermarket racks for the latest issues and dryly pointing out how, as the years went by, the volumes got thinner and they reused more and more comics from decades past. (Of course, when their new comics are painful stabs at modernity such as this, maybe that's for the best.) I went through a phase where I never ate dinner without an Archie comic in hand, rooting through the box where I kept them to find one I hadn't read in a while. By the time I gave up the habit, all of them were hopelessly dogeared and read to pieces.
No one else I knew read Archie comics. Perhaps because they were really a vestige of my mom's generation, more supermarket fare than comic shop fodder. But I was hooked. I am still a bit annoyed that my comic collection seems to have vanished into the ether along with most everything else I left in Florida when I came to college. Like my mom's collection of Little Lulu comics getting thrown out by my great-grandmother way back when, history is doomed to repeat itself.
Over the years, I've kept a soft spot for Archie. Occasionally, whenever I find Archie comics in the supermarket aisle (which is an increasingly rare occurrence), I'll thumb through and see how he's doing. Reassuringly, he's always doing just about the same — klutzy, charming, girl-crazy and broke. Veronica gets all the attention and we sneer accordingly. Betty gets left holding the bag and we cluck and empathize. Of course, when it comes to whether or not Archie will really go through with picking Veronica, the comic creators leave an out: "Could it be true?" they ask on their blog. "Has Archie finally decided to take the plunge and propose to comics' favorite rich girl? It sure looks that way!" Hmm. (Relatedly, who knew there was a host of official Archie comics character blogs? Though the posts seem more fitting for Twitter than a blog.)
To those Archie fans concerned about this momentous occasion meaning the end of Archie comics, I say, don't worry. At the end of the world, aside from the cockroaches, we'll still have Archie comics, no doubt. What would a supermarket checkout be without them?


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y idea, though a slightly bizarre, if implemented with discretion and ration, might go a long way in modulating the effect of pollution. It might seem a bolt out of the blue if I suggest that we could actually have Flora in Motion. Suppose, we comprehend car tops, bus tops etc to reflect viridity -not of lifeless variety but actual ones which breathe (respire), fend food for themselves(actually scavenge off greenhouse gases) and modulate the local albedo. This must require a co-coordinated effort of advanced bio-technology, engineering, some knowledge of atmospheric science, physics and chemistry. In the initial stage, vegetated surfaces could be of two types-contact and no-contact variety. The no-contact variety implies plants of Money-plant variety potted suitably in a convincing position within the automobile and they would grow up and spread over, say car tops, and absorb carbon-dioxide in the immediate vicinity(there should be no doubt that concentration of CO2 over busy traffic pavements in comparatively high). They could supposedly bring about a cooling effect and also act as engines of oxygen production. The whole system, I believe seems a bit cumbersome but once we get used up to it; it would no longer play in the mind. There is however a better but tougher path. This implies the contact variety. Perhaps advanced bio-technology could give us something of the algae variety which could actually grow on a suitable top layer construction of which again requires innovative engineering.
This whole thing is just a philosophical concept (may be a chimera) but it could actually be implemented in reality if it stirs a few who can really dream beyond the silver lining in a thunder-cloud. There are bound to be several side effects-benign as well as bedlam. There could be a change in albedo, there could be local variability of moisture, we could be benighted by unwanted localized convections but amidst this chiaroscuro there is hope which I consider not to be ephemeral.


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But atheists are the immoral ones who are a threat to decent society.
Wow what the hell. This is what happens when someone takes a stand?
There is a lot of good background and links on Hemant Mehta's blog. At the bottom is a 'chip-in' connection where atheists have donated $10,000 to Jessica's college fund. I checked it out and this runs securely, is legitimate, and is being held in trust for her education. My daughter got a fraction of this bullying for getting a prayer yanked from her (public school) graduation in SC. I can't imagine how much worse it must be for Jessica.
Link to Hemant's blog:
The people who threaten her show how little they know or care about our Constitution and the first amendment. "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis
to be reckoned w/state x state imho
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Mad Men Challenge Betty Dress
Added Mar 30, 2012
Tampa, Florida, ...
When I saw Julia Bobbin's Mad Men sewing challenge I knew I had to join.
So here's the result – inspired by Betty Draper's coffee date dress in Season 3. There is something about the original scene's lighting that completes the dress. I tried to capture the overall feel of the outfit with a more subtle color palette to suit my style.
The pattern is based on Vogue 8511. Fabric is a linen mix purchased 2 years ago from Shibuya Marunan while I was living in Tokyo, Japan. The dress is fully lined with cotton.
For a fitted style, the dress is surprisingly comfortable to wear, thanks to the pleats in the skirt.
More photos and details on my blog Chloe's Window
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Linen mix, cotton lining.
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Mar 31, 2012, 11.24 AMby libra-s
Very Pretty! And perfect fit!!
Mar 30, 2012, 05.05 PMby pauline alice
Wow, that's such a nice and elegant dress, very Betty Draper. I was thinking about sewing the same dress at the beginning but changed my mind. Can't wait to see everybody's dresses over the week end!
Mar 30, 2012, 03.13 PMby marec
This is so great. You have styled the dress perfectly. I love it and wish it was mine. :-)
Mar 30, 2012, 02.41 PMby cathysews
Truely gorgeous
Mar 30, 2012, 02.33 PMby loves2sew555
Love the fabric! Very pretty
Mar 30, 2012, 01.26 PMby Madcinderella
Love it! It´s a lovely dress! =D
Mar 30, 2012, 12.58 PMby Vanessa Velasquez
the fabric long waiting to became an outfit really worth the time!!! This was the perfect pattern to be used in it!!!
Mar 30, 2012, 09.52 AMby step-van-b
This Betty dress is soooo darling! Would love to have one too.
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Beautiful. You have captured it perfectly
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Hugh Bailey: What was supposed to be a close race wasn't
"There's a temptation among those who backed the winners last week to gloat, but most understand it would be unseemly. This isn't a football game; it's not about winning elections, it's about changing policies."
That was written in this space four years ago, and in many ways the sentiment held true. Barack Obama's 2008 election was about history, not recriminations.
A lot has changed. This year, the gloating is unmistakable, and for good reason. Obama is a known quantity with a record everyone could judge. No guess work necessary. The opposition party made defeating him -- not, say, helping the country -- its top priority, and went about it with four years of demagoguery about socialism. Still, he won, and it wasn't even all that close.
In the last six presidential elections, Democrats have earned more votes than Republicans five times. The exception was 2004, when the incumbent, George W. Bush, spent three years color-coding terror alerts and urging people to buy duct tape to ward off a chemical attack, all in an attempt to terrify people into re-electing him. Which they did.
Bush that year was the target of an energized opposition party that rallied around a guy who maybe wasn't their ideal choice but would certainly be an upgrade over the incumbent -- sort of like what the Republicans did this year, but in reverse. As it turned out, counting on the fact that the rest of the country was as mad at the president as the fired-up opposition was not a winning strategy either time.
Eight years ago, opponents were mad at Bush because, for starters, he led the country into an unnecessary war, falsely implying that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. Obama got people mad by expanding access to health care, which is pretty much the same thing, apparently.
The scare-people strategy worked well for Republicans in 2002 and '04, but has since run out of steam. Now, the party maintains relevance by virtue of state-level gerrymandering and the hopes for an off-year wave election, as took place two years ago, when Democrats by the dozens were swept out of office. Those kind of elections have one distinguishing characteristic -- many fewer people show up to vote in midterms. Recent history shows that the more people cast a ballot, the worse the Republicans do. It's no wonder they make voter suppression such a high priority.
It was elevated presidential-year interest that probably doomed the Linda McMahon campaign before it even began. She couldn't win in 2010, and ended up, somehow, earning a lower percentage of the vote this year.
With her unlimited bank account and deadly aversion to saying anything of substance, she might be considered the ultimate Republican candidate, at least if Mitt Romney didn't exist.
But there's no reason to begrudge her all the money she spent. It is her money, after all, and that cash does a lot more good for the economy doled out to consultants and advertising agencies than it would sitting in the family bank account.
But do hold her accountable for the kind of races she ran, popularizing the notion that actually knowing something about the office you're seeking is beside the point. Despite all the ads, she didn't have anything at all to say about public policy, nor did she take the time to learn much in between her two races. And her campaign operated as if that were no big deal, and in fact a benefit.
It's true that any Republican in blue Connecticut this year would have been a heavy underdog. The millions McMahon poured into the campaign turned a race she was probably going to lose anyway into an embarrassment. In that regard, she at least has some company with her national party.
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Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering - 4th edition
H. Scott Fogler
The book presents in a clear and concise manner the fundamentals of chemical reaction engineering. A structure is developed that allows the student to solve reaction engineering problems through reasoning rather than through memorization and recall of numerous equations, restrictions and conditions under which each equation applies. In this fourth edition there is an emphasis throughout on bioreaction engineering and this edition contains more industrial chemistry with real reactors and real reactions and extends the wide range of applications to which chemical reaction engineering principles can be applied (i.e., cobra bites, medications, ecological engineering).
About the Author
H. Scott Fogler is Vennema Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include flow and reaction in porous media, fused chemical relations, gellation kinetics, colloidal phenomena, and catalyzed dissolution. Fogler has chaired ASEE's Chemical Engineering Division, served as director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and earned the Chemical Manufacturers Association's National Catalyst Award.


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Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!)
Well, well, well, I wasn't expecting myself to post here again, but it doesn't fell right to see posts about the KonoRano in different topics (2012 & 2013) every year. And Oregairu went really well this year, so why not? The complete list for 2013 is in this post. I left in bold some personal recommendations.
Rankings from 2013 onwards:
Spoiler for Konorano 2013:
Spoiler for Konorano 2014:
Spoiler for Konorano 2015:
Spoiler for Konorano 2016:
EDIT: Updated with the rankings of 2015 and 2016.
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In the end, a thread for KonoRano was eventually formed Now this is awkward since we've spread the discussions over the New Release thread as well as Index Light Novel...
Ah what the heck.... this isn't the first time I've copy pasta-
Skipping the top ten and focusing on the lower 20....
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With Progressive now helping to milk the series for years to come, I suspect the top 2 positions to be lock in eternal battle between SAO and Index for a long time. Its quite possible for Mahouka to break the deadlock when it finally gets an Anime... After all people responded well to Kirito so I expect no different for Tatsuya since they're both cut from the same haxx cloth.
Now Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come ga Machigatteiru? That's one of the biggest surprise this year- coming out of almost nowhere it easily broke into the top ten for all categories. To me it feels (as in my gut feeling) like the new Haganai, hopefully it avoids the mistakes of that one... Speaking of Haganai, that series dropped really fast after a promising leap two years ago... The only thing holding it in place are its two Heroines.
As I've talked to Kuro before, there are some questionable zero votes from the critics... Titles like DxD and Papakiki getting zero votes are normal, but when titles like Durarara, Baccano, Kino, AW, Kokoro Connect, Sakurasou gets zero support, things start to get eybrow-raising-worthy.
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Yeah, it will be hard for Gakuen no Toshi to be in Top 15. Though it wont be hard to be among Top-60. The only LN from MF that can be placed in Top-15 is Haganai.
Despite my love for Fujimi Shobo, it feels hard for even one of their LN to be placed among top-20. Well, unless Saenai Heroine gets insane support that is.
But man. I sure would love to see Asuna getting number 1 spot(Yeah, it will be incredibly difficult).
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I think the one that really came out of nowhere was Rokka no Yuusha (and it might slip up a little this year, but the story is still good), but honestly,
Some predictions on my side.
>Shinonome Yuuko and Sakurada Reset aren't going to be on the poll this year (well duh, there's no production this year.)
>Oreimo should be right in the top 5 mix (and gone next year)
>Baka Test will slip out of top 10
>Lost Love Detective will be in the top 30 at least. (Hey, it won a Dengeki novel prize at least. They'll market it.)
>Aldermann might make it into top 10 this year.
>Magdala for top 20 (I honestly hope it can make it to 10 at least. This one is good.)
>This will be Kokoro Connect's last hurrah. Top 15.
>Index will slip this year (yes, I said it). Partly the reason is because the action sequences has been getting overly complex as compared to previous volumes (look at NT 7 for example)
>AW will barely make it into top 10 this year.
>-Gatari will still not get enough love.
>Kino has, and will be like Gengar and Starmie, always in the OU top 20.
>Top 10: SAO, Mahouka, Index, Oreimo, Oregairu, Rokka, Horizon, Accel World, Aldermann, NGNL
Now, let's see how many of my guesses are correct.
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I thinks it's sales not really great.
You should ask actually who's the voters in KonoRano.
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Writing expert published in academic anthology
Deborah Rossen-Knill, founding director of the Writing, Speaking, and Argument Program at University of Rochester, recently had her article "Flow and the Principle of Relevance: Bringing Our Dynamic Speaking Knowledge to Writing," published in the 2011 edition of The Best of The Independent Rhetoric & Composition Journals. The anthology provides a wide array of knowledge "from classroom practice to writing in global and digital contexts, from writing to community activism."
Rossen-Knill's article explains the importance of "flow" through a piece of writing, which is the coherent progression of ideas that makes writing organized, readerly, and effective. Every part of an essay can either create and add to a consistent reading experience or become disorganized, resulting in confusion.
"As speakers and listeners, we have tremendous implicit knowledge about how coherent a conversation is or isn't. Most writers don't bring this sensibility to their writing and rely too much on 'dos and don'ts' that create texts that seem deaf to reader's needs," said Rossen-Knill. "My particular interest is in making this critical knowledge visible to writers so that they can use their expertise as speakers and listeners to create readerly texts."
Rossen-Knill received a doctorate from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree in fiction from the University of Michigan. She has published work on dialogue and writing pedagogy, including "Including Students in Academic Conversations: Principles and Strategies of Theme-Based Writing Courses across the Disciplines" and "Refining the Given-New Expectation for Classroom Use: A Lesson in the Importance of Audience."
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A year ago Wednesday, William and Mary's basketball team was contending for a conference championship, ranked among the nation's top 60 and had legitimate aspirations of earning the program's first NCAA tournament bid.
This season's Tribe entered Wednesday's home game against Old Dominion ranked No. 243 by CollegeRPI.com, ahead of only winless Towson in the Colonial Athletic Association standings and bound for its 10th losing season in the last 13 years.
Such has been William and Mary's basketball plight for decades: Success is elusive; sustained success seems, well, virtually impossible.
Yet coach Tony Shaver, whose X and O cred rates with more accomplished CAA colleagues such as ODU's Blaine Taylor and George Mason's Jim Larranaga, remains incurably upbeat.
Even during a 69-53 defeat, Shaver's body language Wednesday exuded confidence. About the only time his shoulders sagged was in exaggerated response to a referee's call he found objectionable.
A late first-half run that gave the Monarchs their first double-digit lead? A quick second-half start that goosed the margin to 22?
Shaver clapped his hands and offered encouragement.
Not that he expected a grand comeback. Wasn't going to happen on an evening when only ODU turnovers kept the first-half margin close.
"They're just superior to our team right now," Shaver said. "Gave us a gauge as to where we have to go."
Shaver understands the limitations — think Dirty Harry Callahan in "Magnum Force" — of a team that starts two freshmen guards, relies on a third rookie off the bench, has its best player nursing a bum left knee and is playing the conference's most physical team.
Those flaws were all too evident as ODU (19-6, 10-4 CAA) punished W&M (7-18, 3-11) inside and won for the 15th time in the programs' last 17 encounters.
The Monarchs outrebounded the Tribe 44-21, and W&M's one offensive rebound among 27 missed shots must be a low mark.
But in Shaver's mind, a split of road games last week at James Madison and UNC Wilmington was "pretty good." The victory at JMU was "a great and complete game for us. Every time they made a run at us, we had an answer, and that's not easy on the road."
Freshman guards Brandon Britt and Julian Boatner speak to a bright future, while junior Quinn McDowell's playing through a knee injury is "really amazing. From an efficiency standpoint, it's impressive that a guy could go out and execute that well without having a whole lot of practice time under his belt."
Hobbled a knee injury, McDowell hasn't practiced in more than a week. But against JMU and Wilmington he scored a combined 41 points while shooting 65 percent, and Wednesday he added 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting.
"I'm a lot better coach when he's playing," Shaver said. "I know that."
"It's good enough to play," McDowell said, the knee wrapped in ice post-game.
Also hurting: freshman reserve forward Tim Rusthoven, who returned from a four-game absence Wednesday with his sore left shoulder wrapped and managed 21 minutes.
"I think he probably played 10 too many minutes," Shaver said. "He may not make it the rest of the year. He may need to have surgery."
As the Tribe prepared for the Monarchs, Shaver voiced concern that Britt and Boatner "had hit a little bit of a wall … mentally and physically. They're not used to the daily demands of the college game."
Britt shot poorly, missing 9-of-14, but had four assists and no turnovers.
"Even though he's younger you can tell he has no fear in his heart," ODU senior Frank Hassell said.
Boatner lacks the size and speed of higher-caliber guards, but he's an excellent shooter, and Shaver applauds his "great feel for the game. … He's always in the right place."
Boatner made eight consecutive 3-pointers, five at JMU and his first three at Wilmington, after which he missed eight straight. Wednesday he was back "on," scoring 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc.
"I thought they were shining stars for us tonight," Shaver said.
And, he believes, for many nights ahead.
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Here are my favorite sources for the more esoteric ingredients, as well as a couple of new discoveries:
- Small Hand Foods - San Francisco-area bartender Jennifer Colliau started this company to provide local bartenders with great ingredients for classic cocktails. I first found out about her company when I was in SF last spring, and I have since had an opportunity to use the grenadine and pineapple gum syrup. The syrups are great, as good as you'd want them to be if you were making them, without having to go to the effort (and have less than stellar results). The website lists a Chicago-area distributor, but I haven't seen these anywhere yet. Hopefully they'll start showing up soon.
- Trader Tiki - Portland area cocktail enthusiast and bartender extraordinaire Blair Reynolds (aka Trader Tiki) started this company to provide great ingredients for quality Tiki cocktails and other libations. He got started late last year, and I am anxiously awaiting my first order of cinnamon syrup, Don's mix, and orgeat. I see some great Tiki drinks in my future, which I need after my last tiki bar trip. Blair is one of the first people I met at my first Tales of the Cocktail, at which time he gave me a small bottle of his house-made bitters (which are great). I always knew we'd be friends after that! And besides, who can resist this description: "A brilliant combination of Barbados grapefruit and Asian cinnamon creating a newfound flavor which is best tasted to be believed. Best used in the Donga Punch, this recipe applies perfectly to a Zombie and creates a wonderful punch with just rum, lime, and ice!"
- Scrappy's Bitters - I just found these at Provenance in Logan Square, and picked up the grapefruit bitters. Unfortunately, that was all they had in stock at the time - apparently the chocolate bitters and some of the others have been popular with a couple of local mixologists. I really like these bitters so far, although I have just started working with them. I can't tell from the website who is behind these, but Joe at Provenance said they're coming from Seattle.
- Cocktail Kingdom - I haven't ordered from these folks yet, but they have a great array of bitters, syrups, books, and tools on their website. You can order most of the above products at once from them, and more, if you wanted. I've got my eye on a couple of things on there, and my birthday is coming, so..... fingers crossed!


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Newbie question about bleached flour and starter
Hi everyone, totally new to baking artisan bread but I love it so far. I wanted to jump into sourdough as soon as I was having good results with baking using active dry yeast in the packets so yesterday I started my starter mix. I used Gold Medal bleached APF. I since did some researching and no matter how much I look can't find the answer to my question so wanted to join and ask here as most of the search results usually bring up "The Fresh Loaf" forum.
I have read that you CANNOT use bleached flour b/c there are NO yeast on the grains (makes sense to me) and your starter will NEVER start.
I've also read you CAN use bleached flour but might not get good results.
And lastly I've read you CAN use bleached flour and get great results.
So you can imagine a new person is confused by this. I checked my starter today, not even 24 hours after starting it with bleached flour and it had developed what I have deemed to be "hooch" which I stirred back in. A few hours later it was bubbling and growing at only the 24 hour mark (and not fed yet) which I have never read will happen so I'm even more confused and kind of pumped about honestly (take that science!). I started another starter with King Arthur APF that is unbleached and as I was going to throw out the first one until I saw all the activity and smelled it. It has a wonderful sweet smell that is VERY nice so I didn't want to throw it out, I figured I'd just continue on in the face of what I have read and see what happens.
Now brings me to my question, which information is correct and which is not about using bleached flour??? Here is what I don't really get, If you want to cultivate your own local wild yeast, why would you use an unbleached flour that already has wild yeast on it from wherever it was produced? This seems like a contradiction to me. I read "grow your own wild yeast, but start with an unbleached flour b/c it already has yeast on it", huh? I get that, but I also get that if the flour was produced in TX and you live in OH, how are you cultivating your own local sourdough yeast if you use flour with yeast already on it? In contrast if you use bleached flour that has killed all the local yeast at the production plant like I have and it is growing, how can that be anything but my local wild yeast right? Seems like using bleached flower would be the only way to get 100% local yeast unless you live in the same town that the flour mill is at.
Anyway just saying hi and hoping someone that is much more experienced can answer my questions for me as I'm super confused. I feel the need to "throw out" my first batch b/c of using the bleached flour, but again, seems like it is doing exactly what it is suppose to do in spite of all I've read, and "should" be nothing but local yeast which is what I want.


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Great, more label reading, just what I wanted!
My dad was a big believer in the clean plate club. When I was little, my mom would make us a balanced meal, generally consisting of some meat, a veggie and a carb. My siblings and I were expected to eat it all, or remain at the table until we did. Generally 3 out of the 4 of us didn't spend our days turning our nose up at our plate!
So, it's only natural that I grew up wanting to provide a balanced diet for my family. However, unlike my mom, I'm not a great cook and have little interest in learning how to get better. I cook, and sometimes it turns out ok, but it's not my favorite.


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An Emmy award-winning film producer will be a featured speaker at Congregation Beth Yam's Holocaust remembrance service at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Yom Ha'Shoah Memorial provides an opportunity for Jews throughout the community to grieve and remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. In Israel, it is a national Memorial Day and public holiday.
Professor Hebert Hochhauser, who has produced films about the Holocaust, will share his personal experiences as an immigrant to the United States following World War II. Hochauser was born of Jewish parents in pre-war Berlin and spent much of his youth hiding in orphanages. After the war, he came to the United States and ultimately earned a PhD. He is currently Professor Emeritus in German literature and Jewish Studies at Kent State University.
Rabbi Brad Bloom will conduct the commemorative service that will include stirring readings and appropriate music. Survivors and children of survivors will be among those taking part in the service. Interested people in the Lowcountry are invited to join the Congregation in respectful observance.
At 7 p.m. Saturday and as part of the remembrance weekend, Hochhauser will present a 1984 documentary film that he co-produced, Robert Clary A-5714. Hochhauser will screen the film, and then facilitate a discussion about it and the events surrounding it. The film documents the journey of actor Robert Clary from Paris to Broadway and television via the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald. Many of us know Clary through his portrayal of French Corporal Louis LeBeau on the 1960's hit television series, Hogan's Heroes. Born Robert Max Widerman in 1926 France, Clary's Jewish parents were émigrés from Poland. In the film Clary returns to Europe in search of his own story. He relives his happy childhood in the streets of Paris, his incarceration at Drancy, and the horror of his experiences at Buchenwald. The film also includes rare color footage of the liberation of Buchenwald.
The weekend programs are being coordinated by the synagogue's Adult Education Committee. Congregation Beth Yam is located at 4501 Meeting Street on Hilton Head Island. For additional information call the CBY office at 843-689-2178.


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A Few Brief Moments From Istanbul's Food Markets
Each time I take a vacation I promise myself that I "won't work" and then, at a certain point, I remember that my work is about food, which means life, which means that in a sense, I am always working. With every bite, every inhale and exhale. And blissfully.
So it was when I traveled to Turkey this month. As I write this, I'm still fighting jet-lag and finding bits of pistachio in my pockets.
Just a few days ago I was wandering aimlessly through some of Istanbul's food markets: the historic Kadiköy fish market on the Asian side, the Beyoğlu neighborhood's bustling Balık Pazarı, and the little impromptu side street markets, sometimes with only a simple set-up: two tables of fruit, a tea seller and a mussel man.
It is from these slow strolls when all my senses were open and alive, that I bring you just a few images and words to whet your palate. (If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you may have already seen some of the pictures that were made with my phone.)
Turkey really hosed me down with its light and color and depth of flavors. The food experience was as much about the people as it was about the tastes. This depth of experience made me want to do my job better. It made me crave the ability to see and taste even deeper.
If you've been there before, I hope this small offering will resonate. If you haven't, I invite you on this journey with me.
Related: Lemon Zest and Laughter at Istanbul Culinary Institute
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The facts may sound familiar. A group of major research libraries allowed Google Inc. to digitize millions of books in their collections. The digital copies were used to enable online searches of the books' contents. Then, The Authors Guild sued for copyright infringement.
This lawsuit, however, isn't against Google. Nor does it concern the Google Books project, Google's plan to enable users to search the text of millions of digitized books and then read relevant snippets from many copyrighted books.
The Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust is the obverse of the Google Books litigation. Instead of examining whether Google's use of digitized books was infringing, this case examines whether the libraries' use of digitized books was infringing. Did these libraries infringe when they allowed Google to digitize their book collections and then offered limited online access to the digital copies?
The answer is "no," according to Federal District Court Judge Harold Baer. On Oct. 10, 2012, he granted summary judgment to the accused infringers, finding they had made fair use of the copyrighted books.
This decision could have a significant impact on the Google Books suit. "It's a strong precedent in Google's favor," says James Grimmelmann, a professor at New York Law School.
The ruling could also have larger ramifications by strengthening fair use for digital works. "Some copyright owners have suggested that the digital world is different and that uses that were legitimate in the analog world are illegitimate in the digital world. That position was rejected [in HathiTrust]. It was important to reject that because more and more uses are digital, and it would be a shame to leave fair use in the analog world," says Jessica Litman, a professor at University of Michigan Law School.
Fair Factors
HathiTrust is an organization of some 60 non-profit research and university libraries, including the University of Michigan, Indiana University, the University of California, Cornell University, Harvard University, Yale University and the New York Public Library. Many of these libraries worked with Google to digitize their collections. The libraries then put their copies into a shared digital repository that HathiTrust managed.
HathiTrust and its members made these digital copies available online in a limited way. Students and academics at participating institutions could conduct online searches of the digitized texts, but the search results did not provide snippets from the digital copies. The results showed only the names of relevant books and the pages where search terms appeared. In addition, HathiTrust and the libraries provided visually impaired students and academics with online access to the full text of digital copies, making this content far more accessible.
The Authors Guild asserted that the digital copies were infringing, as was the defendants' use of these copies. HathiTrust and the libraries admitted the books were copied in their entirety, but they argued this copying and the subsequent use of the copies was fair use.
Section 107 of the Copyright Act lists four factors for determining fair use. Three of these factors favored the defendants, and the fourth was inconclusive, Baer found.
The first factor is the purpose and character of the use. This favored the defendants because they were non-profit institutions using the works for noncommercial purposes—to aid scholarship and research. Moreover, the defendants transformed the works by providing "superior search capabilities" and facilitating access for print-disabled persons, according to Baer.
Easy Decision
The second factor is the nature of the copied works. Fair use offers less protection when fiction is copied, and some of the digitized works were fiction. But Baer gave this factor little weight because the works were transformed.
The third factor is whether the amount of copying was reasonable in light of the defendants' purposes. This favored the defendants because they needed to copy books completely in order to facilitate searches and provide access to print-disabled individuals, Baer found.
The fourth factor is whether the defendants' copying hurt the market for the plaintiffs' works. It did not, Baer held. The authors would not have sold additional books if the defendants had refrained from their activities because books could not substitute for the search capabilities and visually impaired access the defendants provided.
The Authors Guild argued that the defendants' actions hurt authors financially by undermining authors' ability to license their works for online search and visually impaired access. Baer held, however, that copyright could not prevent any harm to such future potential licensing because copyright does not extend to markets for transformational uses, such as online search. "A use that 'falls within a transformative market' does not cause the copyright holder to 'suffer market harm due to the loss of license fees,'" Baer wrote, quoting a 2006 2nd Circuit opinion, Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.
Weighing all four factors, Baer had little trouble finding for the defendants. He wrote, "I cannot imagine a definition of fair use that would not encompass the transformative uses made by [the defendants] and would require that I terminate this invaluable contribution to the progress of science and cultivation of the arts that at the same time effectuates the ideals espoused by the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act]."
Zero Impact
HathiTrust will likely strengthen libraries' willingness to digitize their collections and to use their digitized copies in new ways. Experts disagree, however, on how much scope HathiTrust provides to libraries.
"They would be fairly safe if they follow the fact pattern of this case," says Brad Newberg, a partner at Reed Smith. "If they try to expand beyond this [by displaying some text from the books in search results, for example], they might be in a lot of trouble."
The ruling may not hurt authors and publishers. "If you believe Judge Baer's holding about market harm, there is essentially no impact on authors and publishers. It will only be a little bit easier to find copies of [relevant] books in libraries," Grimmelmann says.
HathiTrust, however, might well encourage authors and publishers to license their works for online searches and other new uses. "They need to make their markets clear and ensure their business models are ahead of the times, so they won't face the same fair use arguments they faced here," Newberg says.
The Authors Guild has appealed Baer's ruling to the 2nd Circuit. Most experts expect the decision will be upheld, but many wonder if the appellate court will cut back on the broader ramifications of HathiTrust. "The libraries could well once again win, but the 2nd Circuit may emphasize more the facts in this particular case," Grimmelmann says.


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