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April 19, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - No. 64 Yale fell to 3-3 in the Ivy League Sunday with a 5-2 loss to Harvard at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center. The Bulldogs won the doubles point in the loss.
Yale won two of three doubles matches to win the doubles point. At No. 1 doubles, the doubles team of senior Michael Caldwell and junior Connor Dawson won 8-5 over Chris Clayton and Alexei Chijoff-Evans. Sophomore Calvin Bennett and freshman Joel Samaha defeated Sasha Ermakov and Aba Omodele-Lucien at No. 2 doubles 8-5.
The Bulldogs lost three singles matches in three sets. Jeff Dawson took opponent Clayton, who is ranked No. 77 in the nation to a third set, before losing. Caldwell lost in a third set tiebreaker. Samaha also went three sets before falling.
Freshman Erik Blumenkranz won Yale's lone singles match. Blumenkranz defeated Michael Kalfayan 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6 singles.
Yale concludes its regular season Wednesday when it hosts Brown.
Complete Results
1. No. 77 Chris Clayton (H) def. Jeff Dawson (Y), 1-6, 6-4, 6-1
2. Alexei Chijoff-Evans (H) def. Connor Dawson (Y), 6-2, 6-3
3. Sasha Ermakov (H) def. Michael Caldwell (Y), 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
4. Aba Omodele-Lucien (H) def. Calvin Bennett (Y), 6-4, 7-6
5. Davis Mangham (H) def. Joel Samaha (Y), 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
6. Erik Blumenkranz (Y) def. Michael Kalfayan (H), 6-4, 6-4
1. Caldwell / Connor Dawson (Y) def. Clayton / Chijoff-Evans (H), 8-5
2. Bennett / Samaha (Y) def. Ermakov / Omodele-Lucien (H), 8-5
3. Michael Hayes / Alistair Felton (H) def. Jeff Dawson / Josh Lederman (Y), 8-4
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An Irish American woman from Queens, who has been acquitted for killing her abusive husband, turned herself in to Queens Supreme Court yesterday to begin a five-year prison sentence for a related gun charge conviction.
According to the New York Post, Barbara Sheehan, 52, has been surrounded by supportive family and friends since she day shot her retired policeman husband Raymond eleven times inside the bathroom of their Howard Beach home.
The jury ruled that Sheehan was justified shooting her husband with one gun, but found her guilty of using a second weapon to finish the job.
'If this makes the County of Queens feel like they are doing taxpayers a favor by putting me away, then put me away,' Sheehan told The Post days earlier.
Sheehan still lives in the Howard Beach home where she shot the retired policeman four days after Valentine's Day, 2008.
'I'm not happy about it, but I'll be there,' she said.
Sheehan reportedly lost an appeal in May to lower her five-year sentence issued by Queens Supreme Court in October.
Sheehan's attorney Niall MacGiollabhui requested for the $1 million bail to be exonerated. He asked to place her into protective custody and the presiding judge Justice Kron granted both applications.
Meanwhile MacGiollabhui has taken Sheehan's case to the Court of Appeals, which will decide if they will hear Sheehan's case.
'If the Court of Appeals grants us leave and decides the appeal is in our favor then Barbara will be released,' said MacGiollabhui. 'Where are we in our country if you can't even defend yourself in your own home?' she complained yesterday.
Sheehan had told jurors at her trial that she was a victim of domestic violence for almost 20 years. She and her husband were about to leave for a trip to Florida where she believed he was going to kill her which is why she shot him as he shaved, she'd told jurors.
Sheehan, a mother of two children in their 20's, reportedly has ambitious plans for her prison time.
'While I'm there, I'll get an education, my college degree, something I never got,' she said.

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Sony Issues Takedown Of Mashup Album That Did Reinterpretation Using Original (Non-Sony) Samples
from the fair-use-for-me-and-not-for-thee dept
Gummy Soul did take down the work, but also wrote quite the open letter (with redactions that seem completely pointless), quoting what appears to be Sony Pictures' fair use claims when it was recently sued by the estate of William Faulkner, to point out how odd it is that Sony defends fair use in such cases, but cracks down in others (though, to be fair, Sony Music and Sony Pictures are fairly separate entities).
To be clear, the re-orchestrated instrumentals on Bizarre Tribe were sourced from the original jazz, soul, and funk recordings SAMPLED by [redacted], allowing Amerigo to create his own, distinct production within a similar framework. Given the brief and limited use of [redacted] material on Bizarre Tribe (around 2 minutes of material out of a 55 minute album), and the method by which our reinterpretations are created, it is clear that Amerigo's effort is protected under the fair use exception of copyright infringement.The whole thing seems pretty silly, but right out of today's RIAA playbook: assume infringing first, deal with any fallout later.
We would further add that the presence of documentary style sound-bites, interviews, and news clips included on Bizarre Tribe to provide a narrative of the group's history and commentary on their work only further protects us under the fair use exception, undermindes your claim against us, and provides a clearer distinction as to the uniqueness of what we do at Gummy Soul. As you know, [redacted] is no stranger to the fair use exception as you have relied on it many times yourselves.


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Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) refers to the poor growth of a baby while in the mothers womb during pregnancy. Specifically, it means the developing baby weighs less than 90% of other babies at the same
Alternative Names
Intrauterine growth retardation; IUGR
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Many different things can lead to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). An unborn baby may not get enough oxygen and nutrition from the placenta during pregnancy because of:
- High altitudes
- Multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets, etc.)
- Placenta problems
- Preeclampsia or eclampsia
Congenital or chromosomal abnormalities are often associated with below-normal weight. Infections during pregnancy that affect the developing baby, such as rubella, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, and syphiliscan also affect the weight of the developing baby.
Risk factors in the mother that may contribute to IUGR include:
- Alcohol abuse
- Clotting disorders
- Drug addiction
- High blood pressure or heart disease
- Kidney disease
- Poor nutrition
- Smoking
If the mother is small, it may be normal for her baby to be small, but this is not due to IUGR.
Depending on the cause of IUGR, the developing baby may be symmetrically small, or have a head that is normal size for gestational age, while the remainder of its body is small.
A pregnant woman may feel that her baby is not as big as it should be. The measurement from the mothers pubic bone to the top of the uterus will be smaller than expected for the babys gestational age. This measurement is called the uterine fundal height.
Signs and tests
Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) may be suspected if the size of the pregnant womans uterus is small. The condition is usually confirmed by ultrasound.
Further tests may be needed to screen for infection or genetic problems if IUGR is suspected.
IUGR increases the risk that the baby will die inside the womb before birth. If your doctor thinks you might have IUGR, you will be closely monitored withregular pregnancy ultrasounds to measure the babys growth, movements, blood flow, and fluid around the baby.
Non-stress testing will also be done.
Depending on the results of these tests, delivery of your babymay be necessary.
Expectations (prognosis)
After delivery, growth and development of the newborn depends on the severity and cause of IUGR. The babys outlook should be discussed with your obstetrician and pediatrician.
Depending on the specific cause, IUGR increases the riskof pregnancy and newborn complications.Babies may have anabnormal fetal heart rate during labor, requiring delivery by C-section.
Calling your health care provider
Contact your provider right away if you are pregnant and notice that the baby is moving less than usual.
Also call your health care provider if your infant or child does not seem to be growing or developing normally.
Do not drinkalcohol, smoke,or use recreationaldrugs. Eat healthy foods. Get regular prenatal care. If you have a chronic medical condition or take prescribed medications regularly, see your doctor before you get pregnant. This can help reduce any effects of your medical condition on your pregnancy and the baby.
Baschat AA, Galan HL, Ross MG, Gabbe SG. Intrauterine growth restriction. In: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL, eds. Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 31.
Carlo WA. Prematurity andintrauterine growth restriction. In: Kliegman RM,Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders;2011:chap 91.
Figueras F, Gardosi J. Intrauterine growth restriction: newconcepts in antenatal surveillance, diagnosis, and management. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204(4):288-300.
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Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Bellevue, Washington; Clinical Teaching Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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Transit services nearly back to normal
More than three days after a blizzard of historic proportions struck the region, mass transit systems are lurching back to what passes for normal.
Many trains are running and major highways are clear. State Department of Transportation crews are in the process of trucking away piles of snow on the side of highways.
No major accidents have been reported on Interstates 95, 84 or 91.
The Greater Bridgeport Transit District will resume bus service at noon on routes that have been fully cleared of snow, general manager Doug Holcomb said. There is no bus service this morning.
Service on GBTD Routes 7, 19 Express and 22 Express is cancelled for the entire day, he said.
Riders should expect some delays and detours when service resumes, the bus company manager said, and should check the Cleanup Status Update page at www.gogbt.com for details on the status of all GBT routes before heading out.
Metro-North Railroad is operating at about 75 percent of its weekday morning peak service, officials said Tuesday morning, including close to regular service between New Haven and South Norwalk. Regular service on the New Canaan and Danbury branch lines has been restored and service on the Harlem-Hudson Line is normal.
But the Waterbury branch line that runs from Bridgeport north through the lower Naugatuck Valley remains out of service today, and no alternate bus service will be provided.
"Since many roads remain closed in the New Haven area, many train crews are having difficulty reporting...in order to operate train service,'' said an advisory on the railroad's web page. The new M8 trains are performing well in the heavy snow, officials said, but they only make up about half of the fleet, officials said.
Metro-North employees continue to conduct aggressive snow clearing operations in the New Haven and Bridgeport yards and to clear track switches that allow trains to change from one track to another, spokewoman Marjorie Anders said.


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'This American Life' changes radio distributor
CHICAGO (AP) — National Public Radio's popular show "This American Life" is getting a new distributor.
Chicago Public Media and host Ira Glass said Wednesday that they will start independently distributing the show to more than 500 public radio stations. Public Radio International has distributed the show since 1997. The show debuted in 1995.
"This American Life" shows will be delivered via PRX, The Public Radio Exchange. The show also will take over other operations that Public Radio International handled, including selling, underwriting and marketing the show to stations.
"This American Life" officials said in a news release that the show has about 2.2 million listeners a week and its podcast episodes each get about 1 million downloads on iTunes.
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Carol Abraczinskas leads a double life. She's got her steady — and fascinating — day job as a scientific illustrator, sketching dinosaur fossils for the University of Chicago's biology and anatomy department. And then there's that other pursuit as a modern-day detective trying to solve the infamous D.B. Cooper case.
Dan, a.k.a. D.B., Cooper is the alias of the man who hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines Boeing 727 in 1971 that was traveling from Portland, Ore., to Seattle. Threatening the plane with a bomb, Cooper received $200,000 as a ransom and eventually parachuted from the plane, never to be heard from again. The case has dogged the FBI (not to mention filmmakers — Treat Williams and Robert Duvall starred in the 1981 movie, "The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper" — who continue to search for the real identity of Cooper.
Abraczinskas discussed her colorful life with dinosaurs and Cooper.
Q: How did you get involved with the case?
A: A friend of mine had been contacted by the case agent. The case agent was looking for a creative way to allow the Cooper case to continue being worked on without using government funds, so I have been working on the case on a volunteer basis. Our group of volunteers was called Citizen Sleuths, and we were invited to examine the Cooper evidence and case files in the FBI archive.
Q: How did you personally help the FBI?
A: I became aware of the possible connection between the Cooper hijacking and a comic called "Dan Cooper." A writer for the FBI informed me of the FBI's interest in the comic as a possible source of inspiration from which the hijacker may have taken his name, Dan Cooper. I figured that if the hijacker took his name from the comic, maybe he took something else. After examining the evidence in the archive and comparing it to every comic published pre-hijacking, I began looking at the comic as a possible blueprint for the crime. I presented my work last November at the Cooper Symposium in Portland, Ore., for the 40th anniversary of the hijacking.
Q: How is the case going now?
A: The case is open and ongoing and has many unanswered questions. The hijacking occurred in 1971 when security was different and technology wasn't as sophisticated as it is today. Today's advanced technology is being used on the case. The Cooper case is the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history, and I'm confident one day it will be solved.
Q: What are your detective tricks?
A: Looking back, I've realized that every job I've ever had has involved some kind of heightened observational skills and attention to detail. For some reason, I'm able to notice things that other people might not see right away. I consider it a freakish skill set but something that comes naturally to me. It allows me to be good at my illustration work and is the main reason why I was considered to be a part of the group allowed to work on the Cooper case.
Q: Which came first, your love of dinosaurs or your love of art?
A: My love of art definitely came first. I can remember being interested in art when I was 5 years old and in kindergarten. I was always working on huge, elaborate crayon drawings with my two older sisters.
Q: So how did dinosaurs enter the picture?
A: I think that dinosaur fossils, and fossils in general, are extremely interesting, but I am more interested in drawing. How light falls across a particular specimen, keys to better illustrations, pictorial illusions and how best to visually represent a 100-plus million-year-old, one-of-a-kind fossil for science is what truly interests me.
Q: Why is illustration of fossils still necessary when we can take pictures?
A: The reason for making a drawing, as opposed to just taking a photograph of a specimen, is to clarify the object for the scientist. When taking a photograph, both light and shadow must be present in order for the object to appear three-dimensional. The problem is that important scientific information can be lost within that shadow. With a drawing, I am able to manipulate the light in order to highlight information that may be present within the shadow. I am also able to visually remove unwanted information that is not true to the actual specimen or is unimportant to the scientist — things like cracks and discoloration — and subtly emphasize parts of the object that are crucial scientifically. The completed realistic drawing must be able to actually stand in place of the actual specimen.
Q: Do you get to keep any souvenirs?
A: All of the fossils acquired during an expedition are extremely important and become part of a collection here at the University of Chicago, so I don't have any dinosaur fossils lying around my home. But I do have a souvenir collection of sand samples from my travels around the world. There are particular rules that I have for collecting sand. I'm not interested in anyone giving me samples from their trips. I am only interested in collecting sand from unique places that I've actually been to: Taghit, Algeria, in the Sahara Desert, the Giza Plateau, Anakena Beach on Easter Island and the peak of Al-Qurn situated in the Theban Hills of Luxor, Egypt.
Q: What's the coolest place that your dinosaur work has taken you?
A: Two stand out in particular. In regards to the coolest travel opportunity, I crossed the Sahara Desert in a Land Rover with a small group of scientists when I was 26 years old. We drove over 2,100 miles south from Algiers, Algeria, to Agadez, Niger, on a quest to find dinosaur bones. One finds out what they are made of in 134-degree heat for 10 days without a shower. The trip opened my eyes to extreme travel and gave me the confidence to embark on many solo trips.
Q: Do you have tips for gaining confidence to travel alone?
A: I believe confidence comes with knowledge, so doing one's homework is key. Educating oneself about the specific customs of a particular country is respectful and can take a traveler extremely far. For example, knowing that while traveling in China, one should never present a gift wrapped in black or white paper because it will be associated with death, is important. Being mindful of one's choice of clothing, and following the lead of locals, can open many doors.
Q: What's your favorite place in Chicago to hang out?
A: This summer I joined the FBI's Citizens' Academy here in Chicago to better understand the bureau. Each year, the FBI invites 30 people to take classes at headquarters and learn more about what they do. Our class graduation took place at their agent training facility where we worked with a firearms instructor. Because I have an opportunity to return to the FBI's firing range, I just completed an intensive firearms class at Maxon in Des Plaines, and am looking forward to heading back to the indoor range to work on my marksmanship.
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Black Book announced it now offers regular monthly valuation and pricing updates for old cars and vehicles in the specialty markets, including: collectible, exotic, and highline cars; motorcycles and power sports; recreational vehicles; and medium and heavy duty trucks.
According to a press release, Black Book is the only publisher of old car and specialty market valuations each month for mobile, data source and Internet suite products, helping remarketers, dealers and lenders make more accurate decisions.
While many of the specialty markets experience pricing changes that follow seasonal patterns, additional and unexpected outside factors can influence unforeseen pricing changes. For example, abnormal weather patterns in late fall held snowmobile values from their normal seasonal uptick. Black Book's regular updates alerted dealers who were able to make adjustments for stocking and selling inventory.
"Infrequent updates on prices won't account for smaller valuation changes which, when added up, can provide a significant adverse impact to a dealer's profit margins," said Ricky Beggs, vice president and managing editor of Black Book. "The same way people now use technology to get news and information faster, our regular updates help industry constituents make better decisions whether they're buying, selling or lending."
Black Book collects extensive pricing data from auctions and wholesale events around the country in each of the specialty markets as well as older cars. Black Book's team of editors actively follows their respective markets, with information and insight that helps industry followers react more quickly to market changes. Dealers are able to put their money on the line with more confidence, and lenders can be aggressive without being over-collateralized.
For additional insight please view Black Book's monthly video report on the specialty markets, available by clicking here.


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He is the boy who wore a wig to school when his hair fell out from chemotherapy, the college dropout who went back for his degree in his 40s, the recovering alcoholic who once took a bullet to the leg after a long night of drinking.
The struggles that shaped Martin J. Walsh's life also helped him become the next mayor of Boston, allowing the lawmaker to bond with a diverse array of voters in a city that prizes resiliency and the ability to recover from adversity.
His rise to power was fueled by the upward arc of his biography, by the story he told of a working-class kid from Savin Hill whose battles help him relate to the ordeals faced by people from Mattapan to Hyde Park.
Like Mayor Thomas M. Menino before him, he blazed a more personal style of politics that was ultimately more visceral in its appeal than any policy paper or pressing concern pushed by his opponent, John R. Connolly.
He emphasized his blue-
collar upbringing on the first floor of a three-decker, along with his roots as the son of Irish immigrants and his background as a laborer who once busted sheet rock for a living.
He touched on the theme of redemption in his victory speech Tuesday night.
"For this son of immigrants, you've made Boston a place of comebacks and second chances," Walsh declared to hundreds of jubilant supporters at the Park Plaza Hotel. "My life story is made possible by this city."
He has promised some changes as mayor, if not a wholesale break from the Menino era. He plans to abolish the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the agency that has shaped commercial real estate development in the city for decades and has served as a lever of power for Menino.
Walsh plans to diversify the leadership of the Police Department and has hinted he may appoint a person of color to replace Commissioner Edward F. Davis, who resigned last week after seven years.
Walsh has also pledged to focus on schools, an issue that Connolly embraced as the thrust of his campaign. A supporter of charter schools, Walsh says he will also establish ninth and 10th grade academies in the city's high schools, to ensure that fewer students fall through the cracks.
Walsh's roots in the labor movement are deep, which meant they were both a wellspring of campaign cash and field support, but also a source of controversy. Walsh is the president of Laborers Local 223 and was until April head of the Boston Metropolitan District Building Trades Council, which represents more than 35,000 workers in 16 trades in Greater Boston.
Walsh's father was also a member of Local 223. His uncle was for years its leader. These days, Walsh's cousin, Martin F. Walsh, is the union's business manager. Another cousin is the office manager. Though he distanced himself from his labor background during the campaign, there were signs of union pride Tuesday night: Labor banners festooned the balconies around his victory party, including one from Local 223.
Walsh, 46, still lives in Savin Hill, where he was raised by a father who worked as a laborer and a mother who had dinner on the table at 5 o'clock sharp, seven days a week.
As a boy, Walsh attended St. Margaret School, became an altar server, and played floor hockey at the community center near his home on Taft Street. But his childhood was defined by his diagnosis at age 7 with Burkitt's lymphoma, an aggressive form of cancer that spread to his pancreas and bowels. Sapped of energy, he missed most of the second and third grade and repeated the fifth. Burkitt's often responds well to chemotherapy, however, and Walsh's eventually did. When he was 11, a scan revealed that he was free of the disease. To mark his recovery, Walsh's mother took him to the shrines at Knock in Ireland and Lourdes in France.
After graduating from Newman Prep, a private school in the Back Bay, he attended Quincy College and Suffolk University, dropping out after a year and a half. Following in the footsteps of his father and his uncle, he spent two years as a laborer, before ditching his work gear for a desk job in Newton, working as a collection agent for the laborers' pension fund.
It was around this time that he started drinking heavily. Walsh acknowledged that he drove drunk, blacked out, and was once thrown out of a Bruins game. In 1990, he was hit in the leg by an errant bullet after a night out with friends. It was not until 1995 that he entered a detoxification program on Cape Cod and got sober. Two years later, he was elected to the Massachusetts House. His union career began flourishing.
In 2001, he became recording secretary of Local 223 and union president in 2005. Frustrated that he never finished college, he got his bachelor's degree from Boston College in 2009. Two years later, fellow union officials elected him general agent of the Boston Building Trades Council. The job paid him $175,000, on top of the $76,000 he earned as a state representative, and furnished him with a Jeep with gasoline.
In that role, he emerged as one of the most influential figures in Boston's construction industry, a labor leader with deep political connections who could help developers secure financing for projects, hammer out contracts for union workers, and navigate neighborhood opposition to projects. He held the position until April, when he resigned to run for mayor.Michael Levenson can be reached at mlevenson@


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Umnnnn ! Nicceee! Carlos Gene Godfrog reflects. From deep in the midst of a powerful mind scene his whole body sighs. He feels positively noiseless. Even his mind had been motionless. Turning his thoughts inward, CG is at ease. Relaxed, comfortable, and serene. He stretches against walls on all sides. Ahhahh! An extraordinary feeling!. . . Hey, all around me...its really dark! . . . WHERE AM I?"
His inward calmness stripped away, C.G. comes aware of claustrophobic surroundings. His body twitches against a smothering shell. Blackness seizes his soul. Towering fear engulfs his core. Terrified-crazy he panics shrieking, "Aarrrrghh!"
Entombing walls fuse down to grant barely any space. One cold wet wall is less than an arm's reach from another in all directions. This is way scary. Trashing blindly, now totally freaked, he kicks punches, and hammers black walls. Pow! One collapses abruptly. Breaking free in a shower of dried mud C.G. pops into dazzling daylight.
His green, Froggy body breaths in sweet air as nocturnal frog eyes are blinded by an utterly blue sky. "Damn! This is Bright City; I'm gonna need some shades here, quick, or what?"
On turf that compliments his skin, Carlos curls web toes to luxuriate in cool grass feel and looks intently about. Oddly, next to him is an egg-shaped hole sprinkled with clumps of fresh grass and dry mud. He ogles the stifling tomb he's escaped. "Oh my God! duh, its Spring! . . . Silly me, of course!" LOL!
Laughing out loud and shaking his head, he inspects the hole and giggles, My, my, tis my own frog hibernation-hole I climbed into to escape zero-ceiling zilch-jump weather. He remembers El Niño grounded skydivers all winter. His tattered memory reminds him that after weeks of clouds and no jumps Carlos instinct led him to do as vRW derelicts and members of his genus of amphibian do in crummy weather. Rx: Binge drink, party wild, abuse drugs, crawl in a hole, pull hole in after you, and hibernate.
It is spring, 2007. Entering his hole at El Niño winter chill he had self-interred for seven and one-half months whilst zonked in the clutch of an alcohol fogged Autogenic Training exercise. He shrugs yesterdays off to check out todays Drop Zone scene hes burst upon. OMG, typical weekend. Lotsa tight 4-way suits and ritual creeping Jabber. Much packing of parachutes. One noisy bunch dirt dives sporting relaxed jump suits from the 1990s. A few vegetable types lay back mellow.. And Yes! There! A probable skymate!, Ah Ha! a freaky dude lookin righteous. Carlos hops on over.
A tall spiked hair Dude eyes Carlos with a grin whilst they fist-touch, fake a high-five, and mime You Da Man! pointing pistol-fingers. Polite, the new-found mate Jive-speaks, "Whoa! Web fingers and a full-on Honky handshake. Dude, your kicks are cool beans!"
Carlos looks at his feet and replies, "Fact. No-way I can get these puppies into Sketchers. Zup Bro?"
"Yo! Blue sky, wanna fly, Hey?" sez the freak, who turning, snags a tiny rig, and lopes towards a turning aircraft. Dancing sidewise, the tall spike-red/black hair dude stumble-stuffs feet and shoulders into his bikini harness as Carlos hops along, "What's the rig?" he croaks.
"Fifty-seven twelve cell." trumpets his new sky mate, Fourteen pounds, 3.4 wing-load, opening snivels but no twists; Awesome swoops: way strong and long. Three hundred foot surfs when you death-spiral. A tad sensitive to input, you steer it with leg input and head position. Touchy! But flare is one-step. Hit it right and it is da Bomb! Dude! Awesome fast! Really rips! Custom Colors!! . Er, what are you flying, mate?"
Nonchalant Carlos smirks, "A zero-zero. No canopy-zero cells. No parachute. hate packing, Dig? Jus a righteous swoop works phat in open spaces. Usually get half mile belly-turf-surf,no-sweat, if I time it right. and don't flinch." A smug Carlos looks sideways to casually nab a fly with his tongue.
"Bitchin! Im Frank the Freak. Wanna plan our dive?"
"How about: freefly exit; let it happen; turn-and-burn?" replies C.G. placidly as they enter the acrid smell and windy heat of turbine props to clamber aboard the thunderous feather-propped Otter.
"Reet, Dude. Lets do it!" Taking the seat by the door seat away from a Noob hop-and-pop Frank zips down his skin-tight freefly suit revealing a masterpiece tattoo accented with Arrow staples.
Folding his flippers under the bench, Carlos Gene belts into a nearby seat, "Nice body work there; fine design and good colors. Never seen staples used like that..."
Looking at his psychedelic chest, Frank fingers staples which bleed gently at his touch. "Id have my Tats re-inked if they fade. . . These staples are bogus. keep falling out." He pulls several out and pops them in his mouth. "Num Num-yum. What about yours? Is that skin or did you have it done? Looks way rad, lad."
"Frog skin, drum-dyed. Rolled and pleated. Standard flysuit, Dude
Fidgeting, they gaze out the door. Frank sings tuneless songs into the door-wind and fingers pierced skull chain attachments. C.G. idly looks for bugs. At 10,000 feet AGL they re-animate, don goggles, do routine hand- jive. Warm smiles and nods with deep breathing end in fluttery hand arm moves like butterflies leaving a flower. Jump door opening dissipates thick methane. They turn to the other skydivers in the plane, smile, nod, present palms, point fingers, fists, press flesh, and exclaim, "Have a good one!" Decisive smile-nods. Gear check. Stand up.
Jump run. Frog + freak animated fingers touch as the "GO " flash green. Half out the door, they crouch, get eye-contact, and sway-count, "Scoobie, Doobie, DO!" a rag-doll exit into a head down. Coasting sub terminal, Carlos' frog-eyes focus Franks baby blue own. Deep yellow eyeballs black vertical pupils gaze back. Frank nods, "Very Weird." They palm touch on the hill. He carves, Carlos helicopters. After an eagle, weed-eater cartwheel to a stand, and belly bump to a knee dock. Carlos transitions to an invert, takes a mind meld, wraps his tongue around Frank's head. 4,500 arrives. Wave-off; C.G. spins him like a top to track. Frank recovers to a sit, back-tracks, air-checks, and deploys. Not wearing a rig, Carlos tracks for the surf-pond. Focused, he tastes the air to gauge air-density with frontal lobe sensors that resemble acne.
At 1,103 feet above the up rushing DZ air thickens more. Carlos goes from a frog head down speed-dive, arch out to swoop. Frog legs, webbed fingers, and flipper toes deflect air as he screams across the surf-pool. Reality pops eyes wide with fear. "Oh shit!" Ten feet too high and 42 mph too fast, his chin hits on the opposite bank hard. Soft - Muddy, CG plows a long furrow. Pain. Much pain. Gritting his teeth, glad hes cold-blooded, Carlos arches his back and saves his ass with a turf-surf on his slimy tummy. Slowing some, he shoulder rolls, stands, and bows courteously to mesmerized onlookers. Openmouthed, they gape. Mr. Godfrog looks skyward to check out his sky mates landing approach.
Above, Frank's Fifty-seven-ft.-12 cell starts to open. At 1,215 feet AGL, end cells still closed, Frank grabs the slider in his mouth and unstows toggles. Tight spirals set up for a 720 final; then at 200 feet Frank deftly adds a 360 degree front riser turn. Wind whistles loud through his lines as he approaches at an impossible angle. His surging canopy hammers the ground nose first. He follows as the pendulum swing body-slams him into mother earth. Frank the Feaks terminal fear-rush is eclipsed by a blinding pain flashbulb. Ka-WHOMPH! Conscious leaves. He does not hear the impact-thud echoing like a ripe watermelon dropped off of a high-rise building. Packers look up & cringe as Franks bounces through shroud lines. Dust clouds a body at impossible angles. Blood bubbling from his mouth, Frank twitches.
Dashing over, Carlos bends over his companion to cry out, "Frank! Frank!.... Oh, man! Ya screwed up that, Bro! Big Time! Stomping meaningless circles in the dirt he continues, Whoa, Bro! You should'a started that turn 75 feet higher, Dude! . Ah, man . Terrible. Sorry, Frank . Ah, Dumbshit! NEVER let your canopy land before you! Damn! Damn! Damnit all! C.G. tenderly fingers the growing bruise on his chin, shakes his head sadly, reflecting, Ouch, I should go get some ice and Advil on this chin. Dusting himself off, Carlos mournfully heads to the packing area for shade and a cold drink.
The abnormal DZ quietness, a dead-silence fades away. Hyper charged people sprint to a crumpled skydiver. One concerned sort addresses Carlos in passing, "What happened? Is he OK?" Carlos shrugs, "Na, he's toast . . . Weekend jumper, ya know?"
Seeing the expected flashing red lights approaching G.G. ponders, "Ok, fire truck is here, ... Cops will be next. Ambulance will take about 35 more minutes...they'll probably call the corner, too...Hummn, that means that I have time for lunch and a nap before my next jump. Good-O!"
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — In the middle of a forest in Pakistan's capital, about 100 Christians are sleeping on the ground and building a church out of branches after fleeing their neighborhood when a Christian girl was accused of burning pages from the Quran.
The case has drawn attention to Pakistan's blasphemy laws which can result in life in prison or even death for those accused.
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Kyle Rehkemper (pictured) led all attackers with 16, but Harvard lost 3-1 to St. Francis (photo courtesy Harvard Athletic Communications).
LORETTO, Pa. – The Harvard men's volleyball lost its first road match of the season, falling 3-1 at St. Francis (Pa.). Harvard drops to 6-2 overall.
The Crimson jumped out to an early 1-0 set lead after capturing the opening set 25-22. Harvard controlled the set from start to finish as St. Francis never led and only tied the score on three occasions. Harvard finished the first set with 10 kills, including four from Kyle Rehkemper. Matt Jones notched two service aces in the set, the second clinched the set for the Crimson.
St. Francis regrouped during the first break though and came out firing. The Red Flash slammed home 40 kills over the final three sets and had attack percentages of 50 and 45 percent in the final two sets.
Harvard built a 13-9 lead early in the second set before St. Francis stormed back behind solid attacking from Logan Patterson and Adam Roche. The Red Flash took the second set 25-19 to even the score, 1-1.
A John Skarupa service ace that followed two Skarupa kills gave St. Francis a 14-7 lead that it would not relinquish in the third set. Another Patterson kill sealed the set for the Red Storm, 25-19.
The fourth set was even early on with the score knotting at 12. Two Crimson attack errors and a Patterson service ace helped the Red Flash jump out to a 16-12 lead and force a Harvard timeout. The lead proved to be enough as St. Francis won its third straight set by a 25-19 score.
Rehkemper led all attackers with 16 kills, but three Red Flash attackers reached double-digits. Patterson finished the match with a team-high 14 kills.
Harvard is back in action tomorrow afternoon when it visits Juniata. The match is scheduled for 2 p.m.


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Talk:1104: Feathers
Okay, this is seriously messing with my world. T-Rex covered in downy goodness? I mean it explains a lot, like how they were able to survive in Northern Climes, but, I don't know...--grate314 (talk) 12:38, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
- Lets put it this way, would it be any less intimidating if it were chasing you? -Pennpenn 184.108.40.206 04:08, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
If anyone wanted to look at it, here's a link to the article mentioned
I think the linked article is the wrong one. First, it was published in 2009, not 2012. And second, it's talking about raptors (eagles), not (veloci)raptors (dinosaurs).
Oddly, it is talking about raptors (eagles) restraining prey, so maybe Randal made the mistake? No, the picture's caption clearly references another article. I'm having a hard time tracking it down. 188.8.131.52 21:01, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
"Correct" article is: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0028964 - "Full" citation is: Citation: Fowler DW, Freedman EA, Scannella JB, Kambic RE (2011) The Predatory Ecology of Deinonychus and the Origin of Flapping in Birds. PLoS ONE 6(12): e28964. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028964 --B. P. (talk) 21:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
That citation I do not think is the correct, article it goes to is not matching up fully, this link was published in December 2011 though the rest of the citation appears to be correct.
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Jurassic Park was not incorrect in the size of the raptors; it was incorrect in the *name* of them! The so-called velociraptors in the movie were actually Deinonychus, which did grow to about that size and had the same shape and form as the smaller velociraptor. 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- There is no mention of velociraptors at this comic or explain. I have changed the category to dinosaurs. --Dgbrt (talk) 20:33, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
The video link seems to be DEAD. If anyone has the video or knows where it can be found, please... 126.96.36.199 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
I think it's worth mentioning that the last part of the title text "And there's more of it every day!" is a fun way of stating that the history we can study becomes longer and therefore more interesting every day simply because every day another 24 hours is "added" to history. 22.214.171.124 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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Hassan Shehryar Yasin is one of the best and famous dress designers of Pakistan. HSY has created so many extra ordinary designs, patterns and outfits both for men and women. Ladies wear collection of HSY always being appreciated in market and now HSY exhibit his latest Ladies Wear Collection of 2010-2011 recently.
HSY latest collection has goldenness shade dominating in his impressive designs. HSY Ladies Wear Collection 2010-2011 has extraordinary impressive accessory which gives more shine to his brand. The collection encapsulates the true essence of tradition and culture in its core. The amalgamation of exotic dark colors with lighter and brighter shades of golden details personifies wholesome Asian beauty. The collection features shimmering saris, frocks and above all the trademark of cultural allure, Lehenga in mesmerizing designs and embellishments.
Let's have a closer look to dresses and designs.
Velvety stuff that have shine always being prefer for the manufacturing of fancy clothing. HSY also use this technique to band local and cultural taste with advance designs and outfits. This open kurti also stitched with the same fabric. This modern ladies wear has blouse, Lehnga and open kurti and the overall dress looks so beautiful. One can use this as a party wear in fact this built as a party wears. Lehnga has strip series design having mustered shades which looks so amazing.
HSY includes all types of dresses in his HSY Ladies wear collection 2010-2011 and this dress is one of them. As I told you before that all the dresses has western touch with cultural work combination so this one also has. You can say this modern bridal dress because the dress has beautiful embroidery, motif and zari work which looks so beautiful and gorgeous. Lehnga in double overlapped format has blouse that has been stitched along the Lehnga, and it's cool to see and wear. Blouse also has tiny embroidery and motif work. Sleeve less blouse with round neck style looks so beautiful.
HSY is always caring for his customers, so he always produces unique things. This is a unique dress especially designed for those who like fancy work with heavy stuff. The dress consists of Umbrella bottom shalwar with short choli and a beautiful velvety over coat. This dress is for winter season and one can wear this in winter parties. The dress has lots of amazing embroidery work on it and it looks cool.
This sleeve less open kurti with fancy shalwar also a part of HSY Ladies wear collection of 2010-2011. Kurti has beautiful embroidery work at bust and at lower border of the kurti. The design and the outfit both are awesome and stunning. Shalwar also has beautiful floweral designing and zari work in a fancy style and looks shiny.
To say something or to name this dress is very crucial for me and it's up to you that what you like you can give the name to this dress. But the dress is really awesome. An open sleeve less shirt with short blouse and the dress also has a small short gown or you can say this also a short that has strip work in golden color which looks so beautiful. Designer suggests simple contrasted lehnga with such blend of beautiful outfits. Lehnga has beautiful zari and motif work at lower border.
HSY Ladies wear fashion show collection will be tasteless if he does not include any saree dress in it. So here is a HSY designed saree for those who like to wear this amazing outfit. Sare has beautiful shoulder les blouse which looks so beautiful and along the black Saree and the pallu of the saree has Gota Pani Work along little touch of Zari work looks so amazing. You can wear this HSY Saree in eveining parties.
Following both dresses has almost same design and outfit with little and minor changes in style and pattern. Both HSY dresses have enormous type Zari and motif work and has beautiful embroidery along thread work. Both the outfit's consists of a long open kurti which has been stitched along the blouse and both the sides are open at below.
This dress has beautiful leaf style fabric which has been used for the making of Lehnga. The Lehnga has more length than a casual lehnga. HSY Ladies wear collection 2010-2011 has beautiful and amazing dresses.


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Ixonos Takes Birdwatching to a New Level with a Beautiful App Developed for National Geographic
Jan 15, 2013, 03:00 ET
HELSINKI, January 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Ixonos has designed and developed a new bird watching app for National Geographic, National Geographic Birds: Field Guide to North America. The highly innovative app is the only tool that any bird watcher in North America, beginner or experienced, needs besides a pair of binoculars. The app comprises the entire 640-page Field Guide to the Birds of North America book, and more. It uses Ixonos Media SparkTM assets, enabling media companies to boost their digital business.
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"The birdwatching app was designed together with National Geographic with the desires and needs of bird watchers in mind," Riz Haque, Director, Key Customer Accounts from Ixonos says. "Our Dream, Design, Deliver - approach applied throughout the project ensured that we created something truly unique. It was a privilege to hear the customer's dream and then design it with their experts," Haque continues. "The input we gained from these professionals allowed us to deliver a tool that meets even the most demanding needs of bird watchers."
The app has been released for iPhone and iPad and is available worldwide in the App Store. It aims to make bird watching as intuitive as possible. The real-time search and filter interface allows the user to easily identify any bird based on various criteria. It also makes it very convenient to keep a diary of what birds you have seen and when. Additionally the app provides fun and helpful features such as quizzes and a toolkit with a glossary, bird watching ethics etc.
"National Geographic is fortunate to have Jonathan Alderfer, one of the world's leading bird experts, on hand to provide us with the valuable insight and illustrations used to create the rich content for this app," says Natalie Jones, National Geographic digital products manager. "Ixonos, with their Finnish design sensibilities, beautifully translated this content into a clean, user-friendly app that offers easy navigation, vibrant imagery, and tons of innovative features to make it the most comprehensive birding app on the market."
"When designing the app, we put user experience as first priority," Korhan Büyükdemirci, Senior UX Designer, Ixonos explains. "The user interface was kept very simple to emphasize the essentials to make it easy to use in the field. National Geographic Birds app is like having a bird watching expert in your pocket." By combining usability with extensive information the app takes the bird watching experience to a completely new level.
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Where We Stand: Folic Acid
In an effort to reduce the prevalence of spina bifida, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) endorses the recommendation of the US Public Health Service that all women capable of becoming pregnant consume 400 micrograms per day of folic acid (a B vitamin). Folic acid helps to prevent neural tube defects (NTD), which include spina bifida. Although some foods are fortified with folic acid, it is not possible for women to meet the 400 microgram goal through a typical diet. Thus, an Academy policy statement recommends a daily multivitamin tablet that contains folic acid in the recommended dose. Studies show that if all women of childbearing age met these dietary requirements, 50 percent or more of NTDs could be prevented.
Women who are at high risk for an NTD-affected pregnancy (for example because of a previous NTD-affected pregnancy, having diabetes mellitus, or taking antiseizure medications) are advised to discuss their risk with their doctor. This includes possible treatments with very high doses of folic acid (4,000 micrograms per day), beginning one month before becoming pregnant and continuing throughout the first trimester. As the doctor will explain, however, women should not attempt to achieve this very high dose of folic acid by taking multivitamin supplements, but rather only under the care of a physician.


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Christmas With the Kranks
Predictable holiday comedy celebrate suburban conformity
Every year about this time, Hollywood feels obliged to give us at least one "holiday" movie. That is, one fluffy, family-oriented film set during the actual holiday season just to remind us that, yes, this is the holiday season. I'm pretty sure we could figure it out without Hollywood's help, but we're still greeted every year with The Santa Clause 2 or How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Unfortunately, for every A Christmas Story that comes our way, we get two or three Surviving Christmases. Among the holiday offerings stuffed into this year's stocking is Christmas With the Kranks.
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Charitable Cinema—On Saturday, Dec. 4, Youth In Transition, Inc. will present a Short Film Series at The Guild Cinema in Nob Hill from 11 p.m. to 3 p.m. YIT, Albuquerque's drop-in center for homeless youth, has gone through some difficult times of late with the destruction of the group's facility and the arrest (and eventual acquittal) of founder Donna Rowe. This Short Film Series will present seven films/videos documenting homelessness in Albuquerque. Among the films to be screened are "Escape from the Streets" by the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness, "Waking Up on Central" by Beverly Singer and "Give Us Your Poor" by Michael Mierendorf. Time permitting, they will also screen the complete police surveillance video which was used to "illegitimately arrest Donna Rowe and hold her on a $1 million bond." Tickets are $10 to $100 on a sliding scale and all proceeds go to help YIT, which is struggling to keep its doors open this winter.
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Sober look our our nation's sexual history still stirs up controversy
Earlier this month, the makers of Alfie blamed their film's box office failure on the recent reelection of George W. Bush. While that may be stretching the boundaries of the blame game a bit far, there is a certain truth to the idea that America has suddenly become a very conservative nation--at least on the surface. If audiences couldn't handle a little comedy/drama about a womanizing Brit, what are they going to think about a biopic about the father of the Sexual Revolution?
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Thanksgiving Around the Dial
Leftovers already?
Let's face it: The only reason for getting up on Thanksgiving morning is to watch the "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" (KOB-4 9 a.m.). This year's 78th annual affair runs for three whole hours, ensuing you won't miss a single float, marching band or freezing Broadway performer. Hosts of little consequence include Katie Couric, Matt Lauer. Guest stars include Kelsey Grammer, Jimmy Smits, Tony Shalhoub and Nikki Cox. The "CBS All-American Thanksgiving Parade" (KRQE-13 7 a.m.) consists largely of the exact same Macy's parade, but is disguised under a more patriotic name and features a slightly earlier air time. FOX, trying its best to one-up New York, offers "America's Thanksgiving Parade" (KASA-2 9 a.m.), a one-hour special from Detroit featuring floats, balloons, bands and (I would think) random muggings.
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The Week in Sloth
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"8 Simple Rules" (KOAT-7 7 p.m.) ABC's Friday night sitcom lineup (including "Complete Savages" and "Hope & Faith") gets into the holiday spirit with a run of Thanksgiving-themed episodes. Odds are somebody's kid will lose a part in the school play, or somebody will hide a live turkey in the bathroom to protect it from being killed or some sweet old person from across the street will be invited over for dinner as part of a "very special episode"--you know the drill by now.
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Finding Neverland
Fantasy-filled biopic soars with imagination, emotion
Finding Neverland sits more or less on the opposite end of the spectrum from Kinsey, this week's other biopic offering. Both are intelligent, well-made and worthy Oscar contenders. They have wildly different subject matters, however, and approach them from completely divergent ends. Whereas Kinsey is brainy, mature and thought-provoking, Finding Neverland is creative, whimsical and emotional.


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'Chuck vs. the Baby': Family ties
We had all assumed that Sarah had cut ties with her mother because of some dark, sad incident in her family's past. What a surprise, then, to find out that she was in fact protecting her mom (Cheryl Ladd) and the titular baby. Filling in that piece of Sarah's back story was a big deal for the show -- that the episode also included a fantastic Sarah fight scene didn't hurt either.
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GOP HQ opens
Local Republican Party members officially opened the Auglaize County Republican Headquarters Friday as the election looms only two months away.
The headquarters is located in the Grandview Plaza at the former location of Grandview Video.
Auglaize County Republican Central Committee Secretary Fran Engle said the headquarters will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. It will be open also on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and will close at various times depending on how busy it is. The headquarters will have literature, signs, bumper stickers, campaign buttons, and other materials to help visitors get acquainted with Republican candidates on the ballot this fall.
Engle said the party's main platform is simply to return to the U.S. Constitution.
"We want to return the country to Constitutional ways," Engle said. "We would like to see reduced spending and reduced taxes. Our main thing right now his to bring jobs back to the United States and to Ohio."
State Rep. Jim Buchy, R-Greenville, said it is a key election and voters need to educate themselves on candidates.
"In the grand scheme of things, I feel this may be the most important election the nation has ever had," Buchy said. "We are at a major crossroads. We have the choice to stay free or to slip into bigger government control. We have the choice to be more responsible for ourselves or to ask the government to take care of us. That is why I am glad to be a candidate in Auglaize County. The people here have a 'take care of my own' attitude."
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Robert Cupp, who was in attendance, said it is important to get information out to the people. He said it is especially important for the 2012 election with three seats open for the state's highest court.
"The important thing is to get out information," Cupp said. "Most people want a supreme court that doesn't try to make law from the bench. Usually judges are at the end of the ballot and their is a considerable drop off. Up to a third of voters don't even vote on the candidates for judge because they don't know anything about who is running. It is important to get information out on the candidates."
Soren Dorius, the Northwest Ohio Field Director for the Mitt Romney campaign was in attendance, as well as Tony Burkley of Paulding. Burkley is currently in his fourth term as a Paulding County commissioner and is facing Pete Schlegel for the 82nd Ohio House District seat.
"It comes down to jobs and the directions we want to go as a nation," Burkley said. "We have made some pretty tough decisions in the last few years to try and reign in the budget deficit. I think it comes down to what direction the public wants to go. It is a decision if the people want bigger government or less government and the accountability that comes with it."
Engle said the headquarters would be open at 7 p.m. the night of the election and television screens would be available as results come in from across the state and country. She said the headquarters would remain open until the day before the election.


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NEW YORK -- The U.S. Open's return to prime time aided its television ratings.
For complete coverage of the 2012 U.S. Open, including news, features, photo galleries, video highlights and more, click here.
Sunday's final round earned a 6.6 overnight rating and 13 share on NBC. The network said Monday that was up 29 percent from last year, when the coverage started and ended earlier with the tournament on the East Coast.
But it was down from the previous two West Coast Opens when play also took place in prime time.
In 2008 – when Tiger woods battled his way into a Monday playoff with Rocco Mediate at Torrey Pines -- the fourth round drew an 8.5/18, and in 2010, when Graeme McDowell won at Pebble Beach, drew a 6.9/15.
This year's final round went up against the NBA Finals, as did the 2008 Open; the 2010 tournament didn't.
Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Shares represent the percentage of all homes with TVs in use at the time. Overnight ratings measure the country's largest markets.


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From Erights
Books and Theses
Patterns of Safe Collaboration
Object-Capability Security in Virtual Environments
E in a Walnut - This is a basic tutorial on the E language covering basic, distributed, and secure distributed programming.
Robust Composition - Towards a Unified Approach to Access Control and Concurrency Control. This is Mark Miller's PhD disseration, and it explains the rationale, philosophy, and goals of E and related systems.
Safe_Serialization_Under_Mutual_Suspicion (Wiki conversion in progress)
Tutorials - several short tutorials showing how to use E.
Quick Reference Card - Reminders of some useful patterns.
Capability-based Financial Instruments "An Ode to the Granovetter Diagram" - diagramming communication relationships.
Paradigm Regained: Abstraction Mechanisms for Access Control
Concurrency Among Strangers: Programming in E as Plan Coordination - by Mark S. Miller, E. Dean Tribble, Jonathan Shapiro. Explains E's concurrency control & distributed computing model.
Authority Analysis for Least Privilege Environments by Toby Murray and Gavin Lowe.


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Jeff Conaway an actor who came to fame in the late 1970s as a high school greaser in the hit movie musical "Grease" and as a regular on the TV series "Taxi" but in more recent years was known for his appearances on "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," died Friday. He was 60.
Conaway was taken off life support at Encino Hospital Medical Center, said his sister Carla Shreve. He had pneumonia when he arrived unconscious at the hospital May 10, the result of "just too many prescribed drugs," and was placed in a medically induced coma, she said.
Conaway had begun appearing in films and on television and had performed in the Broadway production of "Grease" before the movie version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John was released in 1978.
Conaway played Kenickie, the Rydell High School pal of Travolta's Danny Zuko.
"I got so many hickeys, people will think I'm a leper," Stockard Channing's Rizzo tells Kenickie at one point, examining her neck in a compact mirror.
"Cheer up," Conaway's character memorably replies. "Hickeys from Kenickie is like a Hallmark card."
Later the same year, Conaway began playing Bobby Wheeler, the cab-driving struggling actor in "Taxi."
The series about a group of New York cabbies, whose ensemble cast included Judd Hirsch, Danny De Vito, Marilu Henner and Tony Danza, ran until 1983.
Although the show gave Conaway continued national exposure, he broke his contract and quit after three seasons, having reportedly grown tired of being typecast as a "blond bimbo" and the butt of struggling-actor jokes.
"In 'Taxi,' I kept doing the same scene for three years," he told the Toronto Star in 1989. "I was underused. It's natural when there are seven people involved in a half-hour show."
In a 1985 Associated Press interview, he said that he had become "very depressed" while doing the series.
"Hollywood can be a terrible place when you're depressed. The pits," he said. "I decided to change my life and do different things."
His various projects, however, did little to further his career.
He returned to series TV in 1984, starring as Prince Erik Greystone on "Wizards and Warriors," a fantasy adventure series that ended after eight episodes. Then came a role on "Berrenger's," a short-lived 1985 nighttime soap opera.
The same year, Conaway was on Broadway in "The News," a rock musical about New York City tabloid journalism that closed after two days.
He later appeared in the soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" and the 1990s sci-fi TV series "Babylon 5." TV guest shots and roles in films and TV movies followed, as did stories of his substance abuse.
Conaway already was known for leaving VH1's "Celebrity Fit Club" for a rehab attempt in 2006 when he joined eight other celebrities on the premiere of VH1's "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" in 2008.
He was so intoxicated the morning he checked in that subtitles were required to translate his slurred speech.
"Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew" added a new dimension to Conaway's faded celebrity.
"Everywhere I go, people say, 'I watched that show. I was rooting for you, man. Keep it up,'" he told the News Journal, a Wilmington, Del., newspaper, in 2008. "It's nice to know people care. I hope it helped some people. I was in terrible, terrible pain, and if I can beat the junkie with that kind of pain going on, so can you."
In a Times interview in January, Conaway said he had developed an addiction to cocaine and pain pills after undergoing back surgery, and as he tried to quit those drugs on the program, he threw tantrums, shouted and blacked out.
But, he told The Times, he had ramped up his behavior for the camera.
"We all knew we were on TV," he said. "I think everybody, like myself, made choices. Sometimes we would go a little bit further than maybe we normally would. You can't help it. There are cameras sitting in front of your face."
When "Celebrity Rehab 2 With Dr. Drew" began in November 2008, Conaway was back on the show.
He was born in Manhattan on Oct. 5, 1950. After his parents divorced, he spent time living with his grandparents in South Carolina and with his mother and his two older sisters in Flushing, N.Y.
His acting career was launched in 1960 when his mother, an actress, brought him with her to an audition for the Broadway drama "All the Way Home." Director Arthur Penn cast the 10-year-old in the role of a young Southern boy.
He continued to act on stage, as well as landing modeling jobs and appearing in commercials before joining a rock band as a singer when he was 15. He began taking drugs on the road.
Within two years, he told People magazine in 1989, "all my friends were junkies. I figured if I ended up as a musician, I'd have died."
After spending a year at the North Carolina School of the Arts, he enrolled at New York University, where he took acting and dance classes. He understudied a number of characters in "Grease" on Broadway and, shortly before graduating, took over the lead role of Danny Zuko, which was originally played by Barry Bostwick.
Conaway was once married to Olivia Newton-John's sister, Rona.
Besides his sister Carla, he is survived by his wife, Kerri Young Conaway; another sister, Michele Goffin; and a stepson, Emerson Hall.
Jeff Conaway an actor who came to fame in the late 1970s as a high school greaser in the hit movie musical "Grease" and as a regular on the TV series "Taxi" but in more recent years was known for his appearances on "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew," died Friday. He was 60.


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