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Senate Discusses Future of Academic Publishing
Open Access Task Force
Task Force Takes Pulse of Campus Faculty A campuswide task force of the University Senate, chaired
Elizabeth Beise, Ex-Officio Office of the Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost model in which university researchers give their rights as authors to a publisher, only for the university to purchase it back in the form of journal subscriptions. This unsustainable model has motivated libraries to seek solutions and help address concerns. Libraries can also play a key role by providing the infrastructure and educational resources to amplify the impact of faculty work. Among them: by supporting open publishing; by providing a permanent home for research through an institutional repository (DRUM, the Digital Repository at the University of Maryland); and by paying for author fees for open access publishing. One common reference point for institutions that have examined these issues is the 2003 document known as the Berlin Declaration, signed by 391 institutions worldwide. Generally, it supports the transition to electronic open access and encourages researchers and grant recipients to publish their work according to the open access principles. Barriers exist. Peer review, preservation, disciplinary differences, and the current publishing models and professional societies all have an impact. The goal of the task force is to take the pulse of the university. Do we recognize this is the future? Do we know we can't ignore this? Where is Maryland now and where should we be?
by Dean of Libraries Patricia Steele, hopes to engage the campus in a discussion about open access, the worldwide movement to reexamine publishing models and make scholarship freely available. "This is a complex issue, and many models will emerge," says Steele, "but we want to help influence how "This is a complex issue, and scholarship is disseminated." many models will emerge," The bottom says Dean Steele, "but we line, she says, is that it's important want to help shape the for the academy to future direction of how own its scholarly output. The scholarship is disseminated." university must recognize that open access is a significant factor in the future of academic publishing and define strategies to shape its development. Library budgets have long been squeezed by the current
Robert Chambers, faculty College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Daniel Falvey, faculty College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences Barbara Haggh-Huglo, faculty College of Arts and Humanities Bradley Hatfield, faculty School of Public Health Howard Lasnik, faculty College of Arts and Humanities Marilee Lindemann, faculty College of Arts and Humanities Jill Robinson, graduate student College of Education Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, faculty A. James Clark School of Engineering Robert Schwab, faculty College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Know your rights as an author
Debra Shapiro, faculty Robert H. Smith School of Business
When you publish a journal article, you sign a copyright
Patricia Steele, chair University Libraries
Katie Shilton, faculty College of Information Studies
Open Access Week Begins October 22 agreement. Do you know what you're agreeing to when you sign it? Different journals have different policies:
n Some journals require you to relinquish your copyright. n Some journals allow you to retain some rights. n Some journals leave the copyright in your hands. How can you negotiate your contract to make the most of your rights as a scholar, teacher and author? Learn how to preserve your rights to reproduce, distribute, and display the work you create. We're offering two author rights workshops as part of Open Access Week, October 22-26, 2012, an international
event to increase support for open access. We have participated the past three years by hosting workshops, speakers and promotions.
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Help with data management plans If you need to submit a data management plan with a grant proposal, we can help you get started. Following a consulta tion, we'll provide information and advice that's tailored to your research project and the requirements of the funding agency. If you've already written a data management plan, we'll gladly review your plan and provide constructive feedback. Contact us at: email@example.com
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found in the catalog? Now you can have it delivered to a nearby branch library. A new service for faculty and graduate students being piloted this semester will make it easier than ever for you to obtain a book owned by the University Libraries. If it isn't checked out, you can request that it be pulled from the shelves and delivered to any branch library, all from within the catalog's online interface. It'll take about two days. You can even ask that the book be pulled and waiting for you at its original location. The service complements Article Express, a service in which we scan articles from journals on our shelves and deliver them electronically. Questions? firstname.lastname@example.com or (301) 405-9046.
Support for data curation In addition to helping with data management plans, we assist faculty with other aspects of research data management. Whether you work with complex collections of interdisciplinary data or just a single spreadsheet of observations, you can consult us about data-related problems and challenges at any time. We'll analyze your situation and help you develop a solution that fits your methods, workflows, and objectives.
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(Summer 2012) Titles in the collection span a wide variety of subjects, including mathematics, engineering, life sciences and business and economics.
Past Masters: Pickering & Chatto Women's Studies Collection I (Summer 2012) The first release in a growing collection of works of important authors from Jane Austen to Mary Wollstonecraft. Full-text searching may be made within any single volume, across an entire collection, or across all titles.
SciFinder (Spring 2012) The Libraries now provide unlimited access to SciFinder, a platform on which you can simultaneously search CAPLUS (the Chemical Abstracts database) and MEDLINE (known also as PubMed). Previously, only seven users at a time could access this database.
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POISONING THE PRESS: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington's Scandal Culture October 23, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
McKeldin Library A conversation with Mark Feldstein, Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, Phillip Merrill College of Journalism.
WE SHALL BE NO MORE: Suicide and Self-Government in the Newly United States November 14, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
McKeldin Library A Conversation with Richard Bell, Associate Professor, History.
(Spring 2012) Covers a wide variety of disciplines ranging from social sciences and biological sciences to business.
Evidence Based Medicine Reviews (Spring 2012) A definitive resource for research in the field of evidence-based medicine.
November 14, 2012
The University Libraries join the campus in celebrating this annual nationwide event focusing on geographic information systems. Watch for details about workshops and lectures occurring campuswide.
Phase Equilibria Diagrams Online (Spring 2012) Produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the American Ceramic Society, features more than 23,000 high-quality phase diagrams .
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More. In One Place. By using the search box on the front page of our new website (lib.umd.edu), you can find items even if we don't own them. It eliminates the need to look in multiple catalogs. WorldCat UMD will also help you find items such as journal articles, e-books and digitized collections. Ask your subject librarian for help with search strategies.
research. But too much of a good thing isn't good for you or your colleagues. Recently a few highly valued databases, IEEE Xplore and Factiva, for example, became temporarily unavailable for offcampus research because of excessive article downloading. Publishers specifically prohibit excessive downloading of articles using crawlers, bots, and other such means. Thousands of downloads in a very short period of time violate our agreements with publishers, who have the legal right to terminate access—not just for the offender, but the entire academic community. Know your limits: no crawlers or bots.
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December 5, 2012, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
McKeldin Library "Altmetrics: Beyond the Article and Beyond the Impact Factor," a presentation by Jason Priem, PhD student and Royster Fellow, studying information science at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
HOW WE MIGHT LIVE: The Vision of William Morris
This exhibition examines the life and vision of author and designer William Morris (1834-1896), focusing on his written works, political activism and artistic endeavors. It features The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer printed by Kelmscott Press in 1896, widely considered to be the "finest book ever printed." The book represents the pinnacle of Morris's achievement as a leader in the Arts and Crafts movement. How We Might Live also showcases rare books, pamphlets and ephemera from Special Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries. Hornbake Library through July 2013. www.lib.umd.edu/williammorris
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In a recent metro-area school production of Don Quixote, parents were shocked and dismayed when teenage members of the audience greeted a fellow classmate's performance with heckles and laughter. It wasn't the boy's singing or acting that drew the jeers (he was, in fact, very good), it was that he had been deemed "too fat" by his peers. It was, to use the in-vogue phrase, a "teachable moment."
But who will be doing the teaching?
Flash forward to the Washington National Opera's opening night of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, performed for an audience as urbane and sophisticated as one is likely to get in the nation's capital. An audience that no doubt contained parents and grandparents who pride themselves on the mores and manners they no doubt assume they are passing to their privileged young.
Imagine then how disturbing it was to witness so many within this supposedly erudite cohort mocking a performer for the same ignorant and cruel reasons as that gaggle of unruly teens. True, they were not as loud, but in the context of a world-class operatic performance it was a disgrace. And the object of their derision? The magnificent soprano Jennifer Wilson in the role of Senta. It didn't matter to them that Wilson had already demonstrated her sublime vocal skill and her subtle and intelligent acting — when Senta's father sang of her female beauty they just couldn't contain the quiet storm of sniggers and whispers.
How could such crass behavior occur in a crowd paying top-dollar to hear a Wagnerian soprano? Did these ladies and gentlemen forget they were at a live performance, so accustomed are they to gossiping about each other over lunch? Did they just not care? Could they be so saturated with Eddie Murphy's Norbit fat-jokes and the over-plucked glistening flesh paraded before The Bachelor as to have become mere snuffling moles, utterly blind to true human beauty? Perhaps the requisite hush would have prevailed if it were Spitzer's call-girl in the role. She claims to be a singer, after all.
And so to the production itself. Although a relatively short opera, Flying Dutchman is not for the novice. In typical Wagnerian fashion, we are thrust into a dark and obtuse tale in which otherworldly forces collide and mingle with mortal souls. Thus we meet the Flying Dutchman, damned to sail the seas until he finds a faithful wife, and the captain's daughter, Senta, for whom the legend comes to life. It may sound succinct in a summary, but delivered via Wagner's lugubrious and sometimes obtuse approach, it is at times quite hard to follow.
Unfortunately, matters are not helped by director Stephen Lawless, who has been unable to bring clarity or cohesion. Although the three strongest singers, Wilson, Alan Held and Ian Storey, are given space enough to generate a sense of character and emotion, the rest of the production leaves much to be desired. Sea-faring scenes are heavy on illusion but weakly staged. Sets that nicely evoke the folksy feel of wood-cut illustrations lose their subtlety to cumbersome props including a giant seagull wing that appears with Pythonesque absurdity. The chorus seems uncharacteristically uncomfortable with the German, the crowd scenes over-choreographed. Overall, the evening feels under-rehearsed.
And yet, despite these shortcomings, the core ensemble deliver wonderful performances. Wilson sings with such delicate and rich beauty, she enchants her every scene, most especially during her aria in which she sings the Dutchman's ballad. She is a calm and nuanced actor, inhabiting this young but emotionally deep woman with grace and credibility. (Lori Phillips sings the role April 2 and 7). Held, possessed of an earthy yet sophisticated Wagnerian voice, is superb at The Dutchman. Storey brings much intensity and integrity to the unrequited Erik, while Gidon Saks as Daland, Senta's sea-faring father, is strong vocally and dramatically.
Still, without a tighter, more imaginative concept, this production remains most suitable for those eager for fine Wagnerian singing, less suitable for newcomers to opera. No opera is appropriate for those unable to resist mocking others for "failing" to meet this culture's pathetically narrow and dumbed-down concept of beauty.


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PAT FENLON has insisted he'll have no worries about pitching teenager Jordon Forster into tonight's Europa League clash against Swedish league leaders Malmo as he battles to beat a defensive injury crisis.
The Hibs boss travelled knowing he'd already be without Tim Clancy, still recovering from a close season groin operation, but he has been rocked by the news Northern Ireland star Ryan McGivern has also been ruled out of the first leg of the second qualifying round, while winger Alex Harris is also struggling to make the match in the Swedbank Stadion.
Fenlon will now be forced into a major reshuffle of his back four, with rookie Forster likely to line up in central defence alongside skipper James McPake, himself set to make his first competitive game since being ruled out of the final four matches of last season with a back problem. Lewis Stevenson is poised to fill in at right back, while Paul Hanlon moves out to take up post on the left flank.
The possible absence of Harris who, like McGivern, was injured during Hibs' last warm-up match, the no-scoring draw against First Division Raith Rovers last Friday, presents Fenlon with a further headache as Hibs go into the game as decided underdogs against a side already halfway through their season and buoyed by the fact they've now got their noses in front in the Allsvenskan.
Fenlon, however, adopted a philosophical approach in the face of such adversity, adamant he has confidence in the patched-up formation he'll be forced to field with new signing Rowan Vine also set to be involved in the action despite his lack of match fitness following his move from St Johnstone.
The Irishman said: "Ryan is definitely out while Alex is struggling as well. Alex felt his thigh against Raith and we took him off at half-time while Ryan felt his knee was a bit sore and we don't want to risk losing him for four or five weeks.
"We'll give Alex a chance but that's football, you have to deal with it and get on with it. We have some good players so we won't worry about the ones that are not there but concentrate on the boys that can play."
The extent of the changes likely to be forced on Fenlon
became clear, though, as he contemplated his options. He said: "Paul can play left back, he's played a lot of football there, he's done that a lot for Scotland as well as Hibs. Lewis is Lewis, he gives you everything no matter where you play him.
"At centre-half we have James and Jordon who played in the Cup final and did fantastically well for us on his debut at Tynecastle for all he is a young boy while James has plenty of experience. It's not ideal but that's where we are."
Up front, Fenlon appears to have a straight choice between the experience of Vine and the youthful exuberance of Ross Caldwell, the Hibs boss revealing he envisages both playing a role. As in the instance of Forster, he has no worries at handing 29-year-old Vine a baptism of fire, saying: "He is an experienced player although he probably needs some more training while Ross has done quite well in the pre-season games. We'll probably need both of them as some stage along with young Danny Handling."
• Malmo is Sweden's third largest city by population (303,873) behind Stockholm (871,952) and Gothenburg (528,014).
• Malmo is the capital of Scania Country – the southernmost administrative county of Sweden.
• Within Scania is the Oresund Bridge – a double track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel between Sweden and Denmark which was opened in 2000. The bridge provides vital economic links for Sweden with Denmark. Around 17,000 motor vehicles use the bridge each day.
• Malmo was originally part of Denmark.
• Malmo's economy was traditionally based on shipbuilding and construction.
• Malmo's oldest building is St Peter's Church which was built in the early 14th century.
• Women are permitted by the city council to swim topless in Malmo's public swimming pools.
• Malmo's latest landmark is its Western Harbour area where the Turning Torso – a 620ft tall skyscraper – resides. The majority of the twisting tower, the tallest building in Scandinavia, is residential.
• The 2013 Eurovision song contest was held in Malmo.
• Hibs kick off as bet365's 13/2 outsiders to win the first leg of their Europa League tie against Malmo (4/9, Stan James).
As the hosts are halfway through their season, BetVictor offer a chunky 10/3 on Pat Fenlon's troops managing a stalemate.
In the handicaps the Hibees, as underdogs, get a goal start from Stan James at 13/8.
Danny Handling and Rowan Vine are both 19/2 at BetVictor to grab the opening goal and fans fancying those prices might also be confident enough to back Fenlon's team to sneak it by one at 15/2 via BetVictor.
Elsewhere, bet365 go 16/1 about Hibs grabbing the only goal, Ladbrokes make them 20/1 to nick it 2-1 and it's 16/1 (bet365) for the visitors to shade it following a drawn first period.
• Odds supplied by www.betrescue.com / All odds subject to change


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WWE News: Latest on What the WWE Plans to Do with the Miz at WrestleManiaMarch 13, 2012
After the former must-see WWE champion lost his chance to be a part of WrestleMania after losing to CM Punk, the Miz is running out of chances, as we are just 19 days away from the big show in Miami on April 1.
Instead of being part of the Team Teddy Long vs. Team John Laurinaitis tag team match at WrestleMania, the WWE has some much bigger plans for Miz than most people would expect during the event in a few weeks.
From SEScoops:
There continues to be a lot of speculation regarding The Miz's role at WrestleMania 28. Miz, who successfully defended the WWE title against John Cena in the main event of last year's show, is rumored to be involved in this year's Rock vs. Cena match in some capacity. WWE is said to have a storyline ready for The Miz after WrestleMania and his recent losing streak is part of the buildup to that angle.
With all the hype the WWE has given the Rock/Cena match at WrestleMania, I can't tell you how big of a mistake this is for the company by inserting Miz into this match when it should be just a one-on-one affair.
Even though it looks like a horrible idea on paper, it does make sense for the Miz to be involved in this match, after what happened at WrestleMania 27 last year in the WWE Championship match between Miz and Cena in Atlanta.
While Miz retained his WWE title over Cena, the Awesome One didn't get to celebrate his triumphant moment to end the show, as he was on the receiving end of a People's Elbow from the Rock to the delight of the fans inside the Georgia Dome.
Even though the Miz has been scrambling after a long losing streak due to being in the WWE's doghouse, I think he should be a part of WrestleMania in some kind of match instead of pulling some of the spotlight away from the main event between Rock and Cena.
The best plan would be for the WWE to insert Miz into the aforementioned Long/Laurinaitis tag team match and make him one of the best performing members of Johnny Ace's team at WrestleMania, even the team loses on April 1.
So Bleachers, what do you think of the inclusion of the Miz into the Rock/Cena match at WrestleMania?
Chris Humphrey is a WWE Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report. You can become a fan of him on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @_CBH.


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Erskine Park High School's budding artists have pushed the envelope once more with paintings, sculptures and photographs that depict homelessness and genetic selection.
Their annual Art in the Park exhibition's 19th outing begins tonight, with HSC major works among the selection of more than 700 pieces from students in years 7 to 12.
''We create an environment where students can take a risk with their art making,'' head arts teacher Gennaro Serra said.
''We want to give them the skills that they need to feel confident enough to create an artwork they feel proud of.''
Resin sculptures and and graphic prints join more traditional painted canvases in this year's selection of works, which are a culmination of more than six months of work.
■ Art in the Park opens on Wednesday, August 20 in the school hall, Swallow Drive, Erskine Park, at 6pm. The exhibition is also on Thursday and Friday, 9am - 2.30pm, and Saturday, 9am - noon.


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Book Talk and Signing
Sunday, July 20, 2014; 2:00 pm
The Heritage Library presents author Thomas Thibeault, author of The Man Who Stole Himself, A Novel of the Civil War.
A slave steals a gunboat and escapes with his entire family. Robert Smalls boarded the Confederate gunboat Planter and steamed her under the guns of Fort Sumter to the blockading Union Navy and to freedom. Robert was a slave and he surrendered to Admiral Francis Du Pont, one of the wealthiest men in the country. Robert and Du Pont created a friendship of equality that destroyed the barriers of race, wealth, and class. When he escaped with the Planter, Robert became The Man Who Stole Himself.
Thomas was born in Canada, raised in Ireland, and now lives in Georgia with his wife, Anna. He has retired from a thirty-year teaching career that has taken him to Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and the Far East. Those travels involved working as a deck hand, soldier, truck driver in Africa, art model in Ireland, train brakeman in Canada, and a tour guide at the pyramids. Thomas brings a wealth of experience to writing which expresses our primal experiences. The Man Who Stole Himself is his second work. The first book is Balto's Nose, A Novel of the Monument Men and Women, and he is busy writing his third.
Please join us for this spectacular talk. For reservations, call the Heritage Library at 843-686-6560. Space is limited. Light refreshments will be served.
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will this have a titanium edition as well? :)
Frank_BR: What is the purpose of the red window on the right of the playback button in picture 4? I suppose it's a sensor of finger presence, or the rear IR receiver for remote control.
For a microsecond came into my mind that it could the red window of film counter, as those used in old cameras for 120 film :)
The entry level models only have one in the front. :)
Rick_Hunter: Don't worry, at this pace, by the time Pentax will finally finish its first full frame DSLR, DSLRS will be a thing of the past and substituted by newer technology (E.G. mirrorless) - Way to go, Pentax!
Nukes were invented like, 70 bloody years ago! Welp, as an weapon of mass destruction it sure is dinosaur tech.
North Korea sure is ridiculously late, managing to have one (rumored) only as late as 2006. So why is NoKor taking their sweet time rolling out the finished product? My, NoKor is as doomed as Pentax!
T3: I just wonder if there's really enough of a market for another big, chunky FF DSLR at a time when FF mirrorless is coming into play. We're at the beginning of an inflection point in the camera market. Pentax may be a little too late to the game with this FF DSLR product line. I think it would have been a lot more interesting, and future-forward of Pentax to have introduced a FF mirrorless body instead.
I live in Asia too, and while it's true that mirrorless cameras have increased in "population" recently in the hands of people around me, so did the DSLR users.
Let's just say Asia is a really big market for cameras, whatever format, in general. Hooray for improving economies!
wolfie: Interesting to see the positive enthusiasm for more size and weight as an advantage over mirrorless ...reminds me of how dinosaurs (dino-slrs) failed while pesty little mammals took over every niche they occupied. But hey if you want to persist with a viewing system that only existed because of film, your welcome to the size and weight penalty - which says nothing at all about about supposed better image quality.
I think between Ricoh & Pentax they could have done something unique in mirrorless, maybe in a few years 😣
"Interesting to see the positive enthusiasm for more size and weight as an advantage over mirrorless"
Put a Bigma or that Chinese 135 f1.4 lens on a m4/3 camera and see "how well it balances" :)
CameraLabTester: Full Frame?
Reflex Mirror?
Seriously, Ricoh... you should have just gutted the innards of an MX, replaced it with digital soul, and made a splash.
But instead... you just made a spray.
Bug spray.
Unfortunately digital souls are in shortage right now. Digital Chamber of Guf not producing according to levels of demand lol
Just a Photographer: A DSLR... Really?
According to the latest CIPA figures 2015 will be another year that looks disastrous for the camera industry.
If the trend continues only 20 million digital camera's will be sold of which about only 15 million pieces are DSLR's versus 5 million MILC cameras.
The current ratio DSLR vs MILC is about 3:1
(Especially US+Canada looks very conservative compared to other parts in the world. But thats probably because they like BIG.)
Compared to 2013, the market halved again and is even less then 20% of what it was compared to 2010.
The camera market isn't looking great, and it shows why there were so little announcements this year.
Bring it on Pentax, but sales is probably not going to soar.
So you say that cameras in general have a downward sales trend, then say it's only DSLRs that are a bad investment? Quite confusing.
Hartin: I'd really like a canon/nikon style joystick or direction pad to move the AF point. The last piece missing to have perfect ergonomics. Or at least a touch screen, that's also a great way to select af point.
Hahah for some reason we Pentaxians don't miss it, nor look for, a joystick/d-pad. I dunno, many of us were so used to having few AF points, and still get what we want in focus anyways.
Also, Pentax does like keeping buttons at a minimum...
good timing, Ricoh! Now all we need to see are final specs and more photos, and possibly a mockup. :)
A moment of silence for many Pentaxian purses that will be slain this year
beavertown: This ugly looking camera represents 2015? Really?
bet you think the Hasselblad Lunar is a work of art, no?
beavertown: This ugly looking camera represents 2015? Really?
bet you think the Hasselblad Lunar is a work of art, no?
Donnie G: Now this is the kick ass Pentax that I've been waiting for. Not some wannabe medium format pretender dressed in FF 35mm clothes, but the real deal at an enthusiast accessible price point. Ricoh! You done good baby!
actually... some would say it's not "real" medium format just because its numbers don't match (the 645 part)
in essence though, it IS one. But anyways, once the second gen of this camera comes around, let's see how many 645Z's will sell at an even lower price.
Damn you, Pentax. Forcing competition again! =))
CameraLabTester: Yep... then reduce everything back on the computer to "manageable" sizes...
for Facebook, apparently? hehe
RichRMA: A very good and fair review for THE BEST sub-FF camera around. Sorry Nikon, still think no "real" successor to the D300s is a travesty..
@samfan: Yeah when salaries all over the world go dramatically higher too to suddenly afford FX lenses yes.
Frank_BR: Ove Bengtson, Hasselblad Product Manager said: "… This CMOS sensor model represents a major leap forward in camera development and breaks new grounds for medium format photographers…"
It sounds almost ridiculous when someone says in 2014 that CMOS sensor is a "major leap forward in camera development". In 2000 the Canon D30 already had a CMOS sensor! That is, the sensor technology of medium format is lagged 14 years compared to other formats. The technology in the MF field develops so slowly that in 2028 Hasselblad (if it survives until then) will be bragging that its MF cameras can shoot 1080i video…
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MF technology has not lagged.
It's the price adjustments (and performance evaluation) between CCD and CMOS of that SIZE.
SDPharm: Here's my question: take an identical scene with this new Hassy and a Nikon D800, process them to the best one can, then print each to a reasonable size, say, 5 ft wide. Then hang them in a gallery with controlled lighting. Will I be able to tell which one is which when viewing them from a comfortable viewing distance of 3-5 ft?
No, print one like 30 feet wide and you will see the advantage of medium-format over the over-glorified "full-frame"
Imagine how a highway billboard 60 feet wide will look like if it were shot with an FF vs MF. You'll see the reason to go beyond 135.
SF Photo Gal: With 36 MP FF now available, I wonder if the need for this kind of beast really exists?
Dear SF Photo Gal,
Megapixels don't make a camera... 35mm and medium-format are "different animals" if you'd like to refer to them as such.
e.g. like a Lynx (35mm) to a Lion (MF) - same cats (cameras) but of different breeds and environments as well as characteristics
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After closely monitoring the situation, Horizon has determined that we need to physically inspect all DX6i transmitters with date codes containing 807E, 808E, 809E, 810E, 811E, 812E, and 901E, including those ending in "US", :"UK", or "DE". The date code will be found inside the battery compartment.
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The Spektrum Team has been investigating sporadic reports from DSMX transmitter owners using their products in DSM2 mode. We have discovered that in some rare instances, DSMX equipped transmitters with the Product ID (PID) within this bulletin, may have a backwards compatibility issue that could cause a "hold" with the following superseded DSM2 receivers: AR500, AR6100, AR6100E, AR6110, AR6110E, AR6200 and AR6300. Note: This bulletin does not apply to DSM2 only transmitters.If you have a DSMX transmitter with one of the following PIDs, please complete the Transmitter Service Request Form to receive a prepaid shipping label to send your transmitter to Horizon Hobby for a free firmware update.
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SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma said last night his country would support Palestine's quest for statehood at the UN this week.
Addressing the General Debate of the 66th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Zuma said the Palestinians had to be given an opportunity "because they have been blocked all the time".
"South Africa continues to support international efforts to assist the people of Palestine and Israel to find lasting peace. The decades-old struggle by the Palestinian people for a sovereign State of their own has now reached a turning point," Zuma said.
"The Palestinian Authority, backed by the League of Arab States, has stated its intention to seek UN membership for the State of Palestine. South Africa fully supports this position."
Zuma said statehood for Palestine would be a "decisive step towards achieving lasting peace, economic cooperation and prosperity for the millions of people in the Middle East," and urged that the Palestinians' quest be viewed favourably.
Palestine's push, which could be put to a vote of the 15-nation UN Security Council on Friday, has faced strong opposition from Israel and the United States of America.
US President Barack Obama warned on Wednesday that his country could use its veto power if the matter came before the Security Council, drawing praise from Israel.
Obama, furiously scrambling to head off a UN showdown, warned world leaders that trying to create a Palestinian nation by simple decree instead of through hard negotiations was bound to fail as a shortcut to peace with Israel.
"Peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the United Nations," Obama told delegates. "If it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now."
French President Nicholas Sarkozy supported an observer state status for Palestine – the same as enjoyed by the Vatican -- but not full UN membership for now. That idea would head off a Security Council vote and veto that he said would risk "engendering a cycle of violence in the Middle East."
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* Oi, America Movil, DirecTV among early bidders
* Vivendi eyes Brazil for media, content projects
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SAO PAULO/PARIS, Nov 7 (Reuters) - French communications conglomerate Vivendi SA seeks to raise at least 7 billion euros ($8.9 billion) from the sale of Brazilian unit GVT and has attracted expressions of interest from at least four bidders, said two sources with direct knowledge of the situation.
Both sources, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Brazil's Grupo Oi SA, Mexico's America Movil SAB, DirecTV and Telecom Italia SpA were taking part in initial talks involving GVT. Several investment funds have also shown interest in GVT, one of the sources added, without elaborating.
A purchase price of 7 billion euros would be more than twice what Vivendi paid in 2009 for GVT, an alternative provider of fixed telephone, broadband, and TV services in 120 Brazilian cities.
Vivendi, which is selling assets to cut debt and boost its flagging share price, aims to receive binding offers for GVT in the first quarter, both sources said. The GVT sale is a sign that the Paris-based company is looking to scale back its presence in telecommunications to focus more on its media assets, the sources said.
Vivendi decided this past summer to sell GVT as it reviews its portfolio of businesses in mobile telephony, videogames and music. Europe's largest media and telecommunications company is also seeking a buyer for its controlling stake in Maroc Telecom .
"Synergies between GVT and other Vivendi units were not as strong as the company first imagined," one of the sources told Reuters. "But that doesn't mean that Vivendi will go on a New Year's sale mode and sell off GVT at any price. There is no way that will happen."
Vivendi shares have risen 28 percent since early April on hopes that management could remake the company, keep robust dividend payouts and protect its investment-grade rating. The stock fell 2.2 percent to 15.155 euros in late afternoon trading in Paris.
The share price had dropped 68 percent between January 2011 and March this year. Investors have questioned the telecom-and-media structure of Vivendi as well as its ability to sustain revenue and profit growth as its French telecom unit, SFR, faces tough competition.
A spokesman for Vivendi declined to comment.
Calls to the media offices of Rio de Janeiro-based Oi and Mexico City-based America Movil were not immediately answered. DirecTV Chief Executive Officer Mike White told investors late on Tuesday that the U.S.-based satellite TV provider was in the early stages of evaluating a takeover proposal for GVT.
A Telecom Italia spokesman did not have an immediate comment.
GVT has been a major driver of Vivendi's growth in recent years, but the price tag set for the unit could prove ambitious as the bidding process proceeds.
At that price, GVT would be valued at 8 times 2013 estimated earnings, well above the average 5.5 times valuation for Oi, America Movil and other Latin American peers, according to Thomson Reuters calculations.
Bankers not involved in the deal told Reuters that high debt levels at Telecom Italia and Oi might prevent them from bidding for GVT. Antitrust concerns might also pose an obstacle to a bid by Oi, both sources noted.
America Movil, the telecom giant controlled by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, may balk at paying the high valuation Vivendi is seeking, the sources added. Slim's expansion strategy in Latin America and Europe has been to target companies that he sees as undervalued.
A third source familiar with the process told Reuters that a consortium of large U.S.-based private equity firms may bid for GVT, but did not name any in particular. The acquisition could be more attractive for such firms if they could figure out a structure in which they could retain some cash at the company instead of re-investing it all into operations.
Oi, America Movil, Telecom Italia and DirecTV could get "tremendous synergies" in a deal with GVT, this source added.
Another source said a sale of GVT did not imply that Vivendi would exit Brazil. "Brazil is a strong market for content and media," the source added. "Vivendi is No. 1 in music thanks to Universal Music Group ... there is strong demand for videogames" in the country.
The source declined to say whether Vivendi is already eyeing potential targets in those sectors in Latin America's largest economy. Brazil would also be a strong entry platform for other countries in the region, the source noted.
Vivendi paid about 3 billion euros for GVT in late 2009, outbidding Spain's Telefonica SA. The unit, bankrolled with 2 billion euros from Vivendi, has spent heavily to build its high-speed fiber broadband network.
Telefonica, which analysts and bankers had seen as another possible bidder for GVT to build on its footprint as the owner of top Brazilian mobile operator Vivo, is not participating in the process, two of the sources said.
The investment banking units of Deutsche Bank AG and Rothschild & Co. are advising Vivendi on the sale of GVT.


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The Board of Directors od the Society for Creative Anachronism is seeking applicant for the position of Exchequer of the SCA Inc – College of Arms. Applications will be accepted until October 31, 2012.
The Exchequer of the SCA Inc – College of Arms is a Deputy to the Society Exchequer and the 'treasurer/financial officer' for the Laurel Sovereign of Arms and College of Arms. The Exchequer of the College of Arms works on a day-to-day basis with Laurel Sovereign of Arms' heraldic staff, roughly seven people: Laurel Sovereign of Arms, Wreath Sovereign of Arms, Pelican Sovereign of Arms, Ragged Staff Herald (filing secretary; handles submission paperwork), Archivist (aka Scanning Project), Palimpsest (Rules/Education),and Wreath Emeritus (aka Laurel IT Deputy); the most frequent being the Ragged Staff Herald and the Laurel Sovereign of Arms. He/she will hold a financial warrant and send all financial reports to the Society Exchequer.
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Jay Cochran - September 27, 2011
In Shadow Warrior, this weeks episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the peace and unity that followed the defeat of the Trade Federation blockade seen in Episode I are shattered as the Gungans inexplicably march towards war against the Naboo city of Theed. Padmé Amidala rushes to investigate, discovering that General Grievous and his droid army stand poised to invade the planet. An unlikely imposter standing in for an injured Gungan leader may help stop the growing conflict, while Anakin Skywalkers search for answers takes him into the shadowy lair of the enemy. There, the Jedi hero enters into an epic battle against his sworn enemy, Count Dooku, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT Friday, September 23rd on Cartoon Network.
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Daniel Pope Cook
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He was born in Scott County, Kentucky into a branch of the prominent Pope family of Kentucky. He moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1815 and began to practice law. Believing his future lay in the nation's capitol, he moved to Washington, D.C., where he hoped his uncle, Nathaniel Pope, a delegate from the Illinois Territory might be able to help. In 1817 he was sent to London to bring back John Quincy Adams, who was appointed to serve as Secretary of State under James Monroe. He became closely acquainted with Adams during the long return trip.
Shortly after he returned from England, he moved back to Illinois where he and a friend purchased The Illinois Herald newspaper from Matthew Duncan and renamed it The Western Intelligencer. Cook became an ardent supporter of statehood and used his newspaper to influence the Territorial Legislature.
He became Auditor of Public Accounts in 1816 and also served as judge of the western circuit. In 1818, he was unsuccessful in his first attempt to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, losing to John McLean by only 14 votes for the short term remaining after Illinois became a state. But the state legislature appointed him as the first Attorney General of Illinois. Pope defeated McLean in the general elections later in 1818, and again in 1820 and 1822, and served as the second representative from Illinois (although he was the first to serve a full term). He was defeated by Joseph Duncan when he ran for reelection in 1826. While in Congress, Cook served on the Committee on Public Lands and later on the Ways and Means Committee. He secured a grant of government lands to aid in the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In 1824, he helped elect John Quincy Adams as president when the election was thrown to the House.
Daniel Cook always suffered from poor health and died on October 16, 1827, at the age of 33 in Scott County, Kentucky. Four years after his death, Cook County, Illinois was named in his honor. He is believed to have been buried in Kentucky.
In 1821, Cook married Julia Catherine Edwards, the daughter of Ninian Edwards, governor of Illinois Territory (and who was related by marriage to the Pope family of Kentucky). Cook's son, John Cook, was a Union general in the Civil War.
Birthday: October 16, 1827
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NEW United Coaching Staff for 2017-2018
The NEW UNITED SC Competitive League represents all Classic Teams traveling and playing in several different leagues including MRL, WI State League and East Central District.
To provide youth soccer enthusiasts in the Fox Valley area the opportunity to play the world's number one game in an environment that fosters growth in skills and desire to achieve success at all levels of competition.
Team Formation
NEW United has MRL, WI State League and East Central teams for boys and girls beginning at the U11 level all the way up to U18 age levels. The different levels of competition are Elite and Select. The number of players trying out will determine the number of teams created. For Specific number of players per team please see respective age group pages The DOC and Head Coach will made the determination which league (MRL, WI State League or East Central) the team be competing in.
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The Purpose of the Elite team program is to provide skill development and competition to those who excel and strive for a higher level of play. Practice, travel, games, and team commitment are much higher than any other level. All Elite teams will apply for and play in MRL if accepted. If not they will play in State League.
The commitment for a Select team is less than an Elite team but will continue to foster further development.
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U11 & U12 Age Group Pool
The top 26-30 players will be selected into the pool based on tryouts. During the season all players will be placed on the Elite and Select squad for competitions. There will be 2 head coaches working with players.
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U15 to U18 Teams - will have 15 - 22 Players on Elite Teams, 15 to 22 Players on Select
***** Roster sizes are based on numbers at tryouts, coaches preference, and club's desire to utilize club passing opportunities for all players showing desire to move up if called upon.
NEW UNITED SC follows US Soccer Best practices in striving for a 3 to 1 practice to game ratio. NEW United provides players a minimum of 2 training opportunities a week year round. Some examples of offerings are: Weekly age group technical training, team training, Futsal, and winter skills are offered to all teams.
NEW United recognizes the spectrum player's abilities that make up an age group. Each level requires different levels of commitment to the team and age group. Players and families are asked to review and consult your respective coaches when deciding if the commitments of a team are the right fit for you.
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#3 You will have 24 hours from announcement to accept or decline via email to the address on the offer page. If you do not reply within the designated timeframe your offer may go to the next person.
#4 Finally, once an offer is accepted parents/guardians will need to visit the NEW United SC website, (and go to the 2017 tryout date tab) and click on the register button to register the player for the 2017-2018 season.


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Opinion FlashOctober 28, 2003
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Following this index are summaries of each case, including its name, first paragraph, author's name, and the names of attorneys for the parties of each opinion.This Issue (IN THIS ORDER):
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WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION v. SHERRY PRATT Court:TSC - Workers Comp Panel Attorneys: David T. Hooper, Hooper & Zinn, Brentwood, Tennessee, for the appellant, Whirlpool Corporation M. Andrew Hoover and Mary A. Gabbett, Pulaski, Tennessee, for the appellee, Sherry Pratt Judge: LOSER First Paragraph: This workers' compensation appeal has been referred to the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel of the Supreme Court in accordance with Tenn. Code Ann. S 50-6-225(e)(3) for hearing and reporting to the Supreme Court of findings of fact and conclusions of law. In this appeal, the employer questions the trial court's award of 75 percent disability for a serious disfigurement. As discussed below, the panel has concluded the evidence fails to preponderate against the findings of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TSC_WCP/whirlpoolvpratt.wpd
DANIEL BILLS, JR., ET AL. v. CONSECO INSURANCE CO. WITH CONCURRING OPINION Court:TCA Attorneys: Michael W. Edwards, Hendersonville, TN, for Appellants Martin B. Bailey, Knoxville, TN, for Appellee Judge: HIGHERS First Paragraph: This appeal arises from the alleged wrongful denial of insurance coverage due to an intoxication exclusion in an insurance policy. The trial court granted the insurance company's motion for summary judgment, dismissing the case with prejudice. The parties raise a single issue on appeal. For the following reasons, we affirm. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/billsjrdaniel_opn.wpd CONCURRING OPINION http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/billsjrdaniel_con.wpd
SHEMEKA BUFORD, ET AL. v. STATE OF TENNESSEE, ET AL. Court:TCA Attorneys: Shemeka Buford, Nashville, Tennessee, Pro Se. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; Martha Campbell, Senior Counsel; Laura T. Kidwell, Assistant Attorney General and Douglas Earl Dimond, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellees, State of Tennessee and Denita Marsh. Judge: INMAN First Paragraph: This is an action for damages against the Department of Children's Services of the State and one of its employees who allegedly strip-searched one of the plaintiff's young children, and attempted to strip-search another, while ostensibly seeking evidence of abuse allegedly inflicted by the mother. Process was never served on the employee. The claim was transferred to the Claims Commission. The plaintiff appeals, complaining of the dismissal of the employee, and of the transfer to the Commission. The judgment is affirmed. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/buford.wpd
RUTHIE CURBOW v. JAMES DOUGLAS STUCKI Court:TCA Attorneys: Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ruthie Curbow. James Robin McKinney, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, James Douglas Stucki. Judge: CAIN First Paragraph: In this case, Ruthie Ann Curbow appeals from a custody and support proceeding in Williamson County Juvenile Court. On the day of the hearing, parties and counsel appeared in camera for a pre- trial conference. Upon announcement of an apparent settlement in open court, Mother expressed disagreement with the terms of the settlement and a desire to preserve her right to appeal. The trial court determined that no settlement existed and trial on the merits proceeded with proof from all parties. The court entered an order awarding joint custody with Father as primary custodian under the statutory fitness comparison. Mother appeals. We affirm the judgment. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/curbowruthie.wpd
TERRY HICKS v. DONAL CAMPBELL, ET AL. Court:TCA Attorneys: Terry Hicks, Whiteville, Tennessee, Pro Se. Tom Anderson, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellees, Larry Craven and Sheri Saluga. Judge: KOCH First Paragraph: This appeal involves a prisoner disciplinary proceeding at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility. A prisoner filed a petition for common-law writ of certiorari in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking judicial review of a prison disciplinary board's finding that he was guilty of "conspiracy to violate state law." Two of the seven respondents named in the petition filed a Tenn. R. Civ. P. 12.02(6) motion to dismiss. The trial court granted the motion, and the prisoner perfected this appeal. We have determined that the appeal should be dismissed because the order being appealed from is not final and does not comply with Tenn. R. Civ. P. 58. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/hickst.wpd
SHERRY HUNTER, As Administratrix of the Estate of LAWRENCE HUNTER, Deceased v. JAY MICHAEL URA, ET AL. Court:TCA Attorneys: E. Reynolds Davies, Jr., Ed R. Davies, Nashville; Daniel D. Warlick, Nashville - For Appellants, Jay Michael Ura, M.D. and Nashville Anesthesia Services Gary K. Smith, C. Philip M. Campbell, Memphis, For Appellee, Sherry Hunter Judge: CRAWFORD First Paragraph: Administratrix of estate of deceased husband filed wrongful death action against defendants anesthesiologist and anesthesia services group. Jury returned a verdict for plaintiff, finding defendants at fault and awarding damages for medical and funeral expenses, and the pecuniary value of the life of the deceased including loss of consortium of wife and children. Defendants appeal, raising several procedural and evidentiary issues for consideration. We vacate and remand. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/huntersherry.wpd
PERRY MARCH v. LAWRENCE LEVINE, ET AL. CORRECTED OPINION Court:TCA Attorneys: John E. Herbison, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Perry March. C.J. Gideon, Jr. and Margaret J. Moore, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Lawrence Levine and Carolyn Levine, as Next Friends of Janet Levine March, as Next Friends of Samson March and Tzipora March; Children Janet Levine March, and in their Individual Capacities. Judge: CAIN First Paragraph: This matter is a dispute between Absentee Janet March's parents, Lawrence and Carolyn Levine, and her husband, Perry March. The case began as an in rem battle over the Absentee's property after Perry March opened an absentee estate following Janet's disappearance. However, the Levines, thirty-one months after the absentee estate was opened, asked to amend the proceedings and add a claim for wrongful death against Perry March. The court allowed the amendment. Perry March incurred citations for civil contempt of court, and the Levines were eventually granted a default judgment as a result of his contempt. A judgment for $113,500,000.00 in damages was entered against him. Perry March appealed. We find that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the wrongful death action, and we reverse the trial court. The default judgment for wrongful death and the award for damages against Perry March are reversed. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/marchperry.wpd
DIANNA DAWN MCGAHEY v. DAVIS LEE MCGAHGEY CORRECTED OPINION Court:TCA Attorneys: Rosella M. Shackelford, Paris, For Appellant, Dianna Dawn McGahey Steven L. West, McKenzie, For Appellee, Davis Lee McGahey Judge: CRAWFORD First Paragraph: This appeal involves a motion for sanctions pursuant to Rule 11, Tenn. R. App. P. Husband and Wife were scheduled for a contested divorce hearing. On the morning of the hearing, Husband and Wife negotiated a settlement and Judgment was subsequently entered dissolving the parties' marriage and incorporating their Marital Dissolution Agreement and Permanent Parenting Plan. Thereafter, Wife obtained new counsel and filed a Motion to Alter or Amend the Judgment. As the basis for her Motion, Wife alleged that she had not received proper representation from her former attorney. Husband filed a Motion for Rule 11 Sanctions. Following a hearing, the trial court denied Wife's Motion to Alter or Amend and granted Husband's Motion for Rule 11 Sanctions. Wife appeals. We affirm in part, reverse in part. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/mcgaheyd.wpd
ED NETHERLAND, ET AL. v. BILL HUNTER, ET AL. CORRECTED OPINION Court:TCA Attorneys: James L. Weatherly, Jr. and Joseph T. Howell, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Bill and Lawson Hunter. Philip N. Elbert and Gerald D. Neenan, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellees, Ed and Desiree Netherland. Judge: CAIN First Paragraph: In this matter we are asked to determine which statute controls the issue of venue for a claim filed under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, the venue provision of that act, Tennessee Code Annotated section 47-18-109, or Tennessee's general venue provision, section 20-4-101 of the Code. The trial court determined that section 47-18-109 controls venue in this action and denied Defendants' Motion to Dismiss for Improper Venue. We affirm the decision of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCA/netherlanded.wpd
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. STEPHEN DENTON Court:TCCA Attorneys: D. Mitchell Bryant, Cleveland, Tennessee, and Victoria B. Eiger, New York, New York (on appeal); and Robert W. Ritchie and David M. Eldridge, Knoxville, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Stephen L. Denton, M.D. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael Moore, Solicitor General; Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General; Jerry N. Estes, District Attorney General; and William W. Reedy and Amy F. Reedy, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: WEDEMEYER First Paragraph: In August 1998, the McMinn County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant, Stephen L. Denton, M.D., for one count of rape, two counts of sexual battery, and two counts of unlawful distribution of a Schedule IV controlled substance. In November 1998, the McMinn County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant for three counts of rape, one count of attempted rape, and eight counts of sexual battery. In March 1999, the McMinn County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant for one count of rape and four counts of sexual battery. In sum, the Defendant was charged in three different indictments for twenty-two criminal offenses involving eleven different female patients. Despite repeated objections by the Defendant, the three indictments were consolidated for trial. Four of the counts were nollied before trial, two more counts were dismissed at the conclusion of the State's proof, and the final sixteen counts were considered by the jury. The jury convicted the Defendant for six counts of sexual battery, one count of sexual battery by an authority figure, and three counts of assault and acquitted the Defendant on the remaining six counts. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court imposed an effective sentence of five years of incarceration. On appeal, the Defendant contends: (1) that the trial court erred by denying his Motion for Severance; (2) that the trial court erred by denying his Motion to Suppress his statement given to law enforcement officers after his arrest; (3) that the trial court erred by allowing the State to improperly cross-examine the Defendant and his former wife; (4) that the Defendant did not exercise "supervisory power" over his patient, and, therefore, was improperly convicted for sexual battery by an authority figure; (5) that the State presented improper closing arguments that were "so inflammatory and prejudicial as to require reversal;" (6) that the Defendant's conviction for assault against an undercover law enforcement officer should be dismissed because the undercover officer consented to the actions of the Defendant; (7) that the State failed to elect the incident upon which it was relying to support one of the Defendant's sexual battery convictions; and (8) that the trial court improperly sentenced the Defendant. Finding reversible error in case number 98-538, we reverse and remand the Defendant's conviction for assault in that case. We affirm all of the other judgments of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/dentonsl.wpd
STATE OF TENNESSEE v. EDWARD R. FORESTER Court:TCCA Attorneys: William Donaldon, Athens, Tennessee and Julie A. Rice, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Edward R. Forester. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; John Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; Jerry N. Estes, District Attorney General; and Chalmers Thompson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: WELLES First Paragraph: The Defendant, Edward R. Forester, was convicted by a jury of aggravated burglary, a Class C felony. See Tenn. Code Ann. S 39-14-403(b). He was sentenced as a Range III offender to eleven years to be served in the Department of Correction. In this direct appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the length of his sentence. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/foresterer.wpd
JOHN M. JOHNSON v. DAVID MILLS, Warden Court:TCCA Attorneys: Joe H. Walker and Walter B. Johnson, II, Harriman, Tennessee, for the defendant, John M. Johnson. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General; J. Scott McCluen, District Attorney General; and Frank Harvey, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, David Mills, Warden. Judge: WELLES First Paragraph: The Defendant, John M. Johnson, appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Finding that denial of the petition was appropriate, we affirm the judgment of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/johnsonjm.wpd
JERRY WORLEY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Court:TCCA Attorneys: Leslie Hale, Blountville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jerry Worley. Paul G. Summers, District Attorney General; Renee W. Turner, Assistant District Attorney General; Greeley Wells, District Attorney General; and J. Lewis Combs, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. Judge: WELLES First Paragraph: The Defendant, Jerry Worley, pled guilty to nine counts of selling .5 grams or more of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to sell over .5 grams of cocaine. For these offenses, the Defendant received an effective sentence of twenty years. The Defendant did not perfect an appeal of his sentence, but petitioned for post-conviction relief on the grounds that his guilty plea was not valid; was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel; and that his sentence offends constitutional due process. After an evidentiary hearing, the trial court denied relief, and this appeal followed. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. http://www.tba.org/tba_files/TCCA/worleyj.wpd
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Islanders decide to stand pat on final day of trade period
The Charlottetown Islanders did not make a move on the final day of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League trade period.
General manager Grant Sonier said the team was in on a lot of things.
"We tried really hard to improve our hockey club," he said. "The price was really high."
How high? Try three firstround picks or two first-round picks and a really good young player for a top-end defenceman.
"People like to wait to the last minute . . . and I wasn't about to be backed into a corner and overpay." Islanders GM Grant Sonier
And some of those types of players may only have half a season left in junior hockey.
"At the end of the day the price was too high," Sonier said. "We weren't prepared to jeopardize the future."
The Islanders have four 16year-olds and two 17-year-olds playing regularly.
It has first-, second- and thirdround picks in June, a first and two seconds in 2017 and two firsts, a second, a third and a fourth in 2018.
The team acquired five players during the trade period, adding experience, size, grit and speed to the team.
Sonier said striking early was part of his plan.
"People like to wait to the last minute . . . and I wasn't about to be backed into a corner and overpay."
Since the trade period opened Dec. 19, the team received the return of Daniel Sprong from the NHL and Kameron Kielly is getting closer to returning to the lineup. Mason McDonald returned to practice on Wednesday and Filip Chlapik will be back on Sunday.
"We're a better offensive team, we're a better defensive team," Sonier said. "We need the players to play up to their ability and expectations and we'll be fine."
Sonier said the team's goal is to take the next step and get deeper in the playoffs than it ever has, which would be the third round.
Forward Oliver Cooper said it is nerve-racking for players in the days before the deadline. He is in his final major junior season.
"I want to have a chance to make a good run at it and I think we have the team that can be successful," he said. "It's going to take some getting use to, we have a lot of new faces, but we're excited."


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A Calgary woman who used to live near a contaminated Gas Plus station in Bowness says it took far too long to get the province to intervene after the site cleanup stalled.
Thousands of litres of gasoline leaked from an underground storage tank at the former service station in northwest Calgary in 2010.
The province announced on Tuesday it was taking over the cleanup job after the property owners' consistent failure to remediate the site.
Monica Shruwka moved away three years ago for fear that her children were in danger from the contamination.
"As a group of residents we've worked very hard pressuring all levels of government to take action on this cleanup," she said.
"And unfortunately, four years later nothing had been done. I have no idea why it took so long, but frankly I'm just grateful. I'm sort of thinking better late than never."
Gas Plus Inc. Handel Transport (Northern) Ltd., which owns the property, blames the stalled remediation on the government.
The company issued a press release Tuesday saying it has been waiting for a senior official with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development for permission to complete the final stage of remediation.
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