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Nina Arianda won the Tony Award for lead actress in a play for her provocatively sexual performance in the two-hander play "Venus in Fur" by David Ives.
"Venus in Fur," adapted from the Leopold von Sacher-Masoch novella, first ran at the Classic Stage Company in New York before transferring to Broadway. The Broadway production co-stars Hugh Dancy while the Classic Stage version featured Wes Bentley.
Arianda won over Tracie Bennett for "End of the Rainbow." The other nominees in the category are all previous Tony winners -- Stockard Channing in "Other Desert Cities," Linda Lavin in "The Lyons" and Cynthia Nixon in "Wit."
TONYS 2012: Red carpet | Winners & Nominees
Arianda had a supporting role in the Woody Allen movie "Midnight in Paris." Her acceptance speech on Sunday was one of the more effusive of the evening, with Arianda gushing over presenter Christopher Plummer.


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dog sprains
My german shepherd likes to chase our cat-once again she has hurt her foot- is it safe to give her tylenol or asprin to help with the sprain or do I have to take her to the vet again for it?
Often the biggest problem is THE DOSE.
If I were you I would call my veterinarian, but I did find this on another site. Good luck Homer
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) safety in dogs and cats
Question: Hi Dr Mike:
I have a question about Acetaminophen (Tylenol). The
Receptionist at our local veterinarian told us that in case of fever, it was ok to give our dogs
a Tylenol and NOT to give them ASPIRIN, or IBUPROFEN.
According to the AVMA Pet Poison Guide ratings scale, it appears
to me that the Acetaminophen (Tylenol) is more dangerous then the ASPIRIN, or
IBUPROFEN. Is this true or am I misunderstanding what I am reading or was
this by chance a misprint?
What would you recommend be given to a dog in case of a fever
ASPIRIN, IBUPROFEN, Acetaminophen (Tylenol) or something else?
Thank you for your time. I hope to hear from you soon, David
Answer: David-
Based on reactions in our canine patients, this is the ranking I would give
these medications: safest = acetaminophen (Tylenol tm), also safe =
aspirin, less safe = ibuprofen (Advil tm, Motrin Rx). However, this is
the ranking that I would give them based on the reports in the literature
and factoring in the likelihood of a bad reaction causing death: safest =
aspirin, also safe but less so = acetaminophen and less safe = ibuprofen.
The reason for these rankings include these things. Aspirin is reasonably
likely to cause gastric ulcers, which can be life threatening if ignored
but which respond to withdrawal of the medication. Acetaminophen doesn't
seem to cause ulcers but there are uncommon reactions to it in which liver
failure occurs and this may not respond to therapy, so death is a
possibility. Ibuprofen is very likely to cause ulcers, with 100% of dogs
developing ulcers with the use of ibuprofen in at least one study. On the
other hand, lots of my clients come in and tell me "I gave my dog an
ibuprofen last night" and I have only had to treat one or two cases of
ulcers and I can't recall a dog dying from this medication, yet.
My personal preference for pain and fever in dogs is aspirin but we do warn
our clients to discontinue the medication if the dog stops eating and to
call us or come in for a recheck if that happens.
In cats the situation is different. Acetaminophen is very toxic to cats and
this medication should simply never be used to treat a cat. Aspirin has a
long half life in cats, at least 24 to 48 hours, so it will reach toxic
levels pretty quickly if it is given more frequently than once every 48
hours and the dosage is 10mg/lb so a baby aspirin (81mg) is a much more
appropriate dosage for a cat than an adult aspirin. I have not seen much
information on ibuprofen and cats but it is a good idea to avoid all
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications in cats, at least until one of
them does prove to be safe in someone's clinical trials.
Mike Richards, DVM
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Hi everyone... and happy new yearrrr!!!!
I need recipes for my salmon-hating husband... He must eat salmon at least once a week but he refuses to, so I thought maybe you people can help me to disguise both the salmon and its flavor in some dishes? any ideas?
He only eats it in sushi (no, i don't understand him) but we just can't eat sushi once per week!
thanks in advice!! :D
My bento blog: http://justbento.com/blog/1305 [1]
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TAMPA _ Defenseman Braydon Coburn and the Flyers agreed to a four-year contract extension Wednesday that will pay him $18 million, a $4.5 million yearly cap hit.
He currently has a $3.2 million cap hit.
Coburn, 26, could have been an unrestricted free agent after this season.
Coburn's wife, Nadine, gave birth to a daughter, Rory, in October.
"I hit the jackpot," Coburn said of recent developments.
In 14 games this season, Coburn has three assists and is plus-1. He is the longest-tenured Flyer on the roster.
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Chris Pronger, who has missed six games with an eye injury, will be in the lineup Wednesday night in Tampa.
The Flyers have only six defensemen on the trip. Erik Gustafsson, who was plus-6 in his last game against Columbus, did not make the trip because he is bothered by an apparent wrist injury.
Gustafsson's injury is not serious, and there is a chance he could play later in the trip, a team source said.
Later in the week, Gustafsson, Brayden Schenn and Blair Betts will join the Flyers in Naples to take part in their bonding trip.
In tonight's game, the defensive pairings figure to look like this: Pronger-Matt Carle; Coburn-Kimmo Timonen; Andreas Lilja-Andrej Meszaros.
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Tonight's 7:30 p.m. game matches two of the NHL's best players, Claude Giroux (19 points, nine goals) and the Lightning's Steven Stamkos (15 points, 10 goals).
Tampa will be without key defensemen Victor Hedman and Mattias Ohlund. Both are injured..
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After I moved out of the house when I was 20, my parents kept all the stuff from my old room in the closet. I'd periodically take a box or two of it home with me over the years (and the occasional well-deserved "when are you going to take the rest of your stuff"), but once I got my own house it all came to live with me. All my old Transformers. All my 1e AD&D books. Comics. Stuffed animals. I thought we'd claimed it all years ago, but my parents were cleaning the basement around Christmas and unearthed several boxes of Star Wars toys, causing my brother and I to spontaneously emit every memory we'd ever experienced regarding them. Then, we figured, we had everything.
At dinner last night, my parents informed me they had a surprise for me. This surprise came in the form of a box full of electronic treasures from my early childhood.
Star Wars Electronic Laser Battle Game
The above is a Star Wars Electronic Laser Battle Game from 1977. At the time of its release, I was two years old. Seeing Star Wars at the local drive-in theatre was one of my earliest memories (I was standing on the back seat wearing Ernie footie pajamas when the Death Star blew up). This game was under the Christmas tree that year.
The gameplay is pretty simple. A series of quick beeps sounds and all the red LEDs in the middle flash, alerting both players to be ready, then there is silence. Another sound plays, and the red lights start inching toward both X-Wings, and the first player to hit one of their buttons wins the round. If the round winner pushed the orange "F" button, they fire at the Death Star and get a point (displayed as an increasingly longer string of lights coming from their fighter's nose). If they pressed the yellow "B", they instead take a point from the other player (which, in almost all cases, resulted in somebody getting mad). First person to 7 points wins. Being so little, I didn't really understand how the controls worked at the time, and my 7 year old brother consistently beat me at the game for years to come, but seeing the Death Star light up and hearing the Star Wars theme when you won the game put the same smile on my face at 37 as it did at 2.
I don't know if the cacophony of sounds this thing makes when you turn it on are supposed to be a rendition of some theme from Star Wars, but if it is I can't make it out. All I know is I'm glad I finally know where they came from, because I was remembering them off and on for the last 20 years.
The most curious (and awesome) thing about this game for me is that, even with its simplistic gameplay and noises that only vaguely sounded like anything from the movies, this was the very first time I ever felt like I was controlling an X-Wing and firing the lasers for real. The amount of imagination I poured into this game as a kid still staggers me, and a little bit of my breath still leaves me every time the clear plastic Death Star is about to flash. Needless to say, playing this one with my 5 year old son has been one of the highlights of my year. He gets the same look I get when that thing goes off.
Star Wars Electronic Battle Command
This one belonged to my brother. This one came out in 1977 as well, though I think we got it a year or two after. I recall my brother being pretty good at it. Little me, on the other hand, was both enthralled and utterly frustrated by this game.
Like a lot of electronic games from the late 70's and early 80's, this game was about being on a grid, figuring out somehow where the bad guy was relative to you, and shooting something at him before he kills you. This game in particular stood out, though, in that there were several different difficulty modes and a lot of cool stuff you could do with your X-Wing. In the basic mode, you had a battle scanner that showed where you were (a flashing LED) as well as anything else – a planet, a TIE fighter, or a TIE fighter hiding on a planet – displayed as solid LEDs. The basic game was based on figuring out which one any given solid was and moving around to flush the TIE out where you could hit him before he hit you.
I never did learn how to play the intermediate or advanced games, but from what I saw when my brother played, it involved hyperspace and deflector screens. Moving and firing alone was enough to completely immerse me into LOOK MOM I'M PILOTING AN X-WING mode, so when I got to play I frequently didn't even care if I won or lost and pushed buttons to fight the TIE fighters in my head.
I haven't yet been able to find the instruction manual for this thing online yet, but you can be sure I'm going to try out the other two modes once I do. As it is, it took me a few minutes to remember how to play the Basic mode, and I still die about 50% of the time. I'm never getting into Rogue squadron at this rate.
Coleco Pac-Man Tabletop
This game was part of a line of miniature tabletop arcade cabinets released by Coleco in 1981, and it marked another very excited Christmas morning for us. A Real Arcade Game in Our House???
Honestly, I had mixed feelings about this one growing up. The noises it makes are Awful, like a recording of an electronic banshee wailing skipping endlessly until your sanity leaves. I remember 5-year-old me being scared of the sound but too excited about having a Real Pac-Man Game In Our House to stop playing it.
The gameplay was difficult and frustrating. This game was done using LEDs that lit to show Pac-Man wherever he needed to be in the maze, as well as all the dots and ghosts. This made it really hard to do anything precise, and resulted in a lot of needless Pac-deaths.
One thing this game did sport, though, was a head-to-head mode where two people could play at once. I don't know if this is the first time a Pac-Man game ever featured this, but even after a decade spent marinating in MAME, I am hard-pressed to think of an official one before the Namco Museum "arrangement" version in the late 90's. The downside, however, was that the 2-player mode somehow made the noises even worse.
I still played this one a lot. Not nearly as much, though, as its cousin:
Coleco Galaxian Tabletop
As you can see the Galaxian mini-cabinet shares the same form factor and itty bitty joysticks as Pac-Man – even finding space for fire buttons somehow. It was not particularly comfortable to play. The gameplay, however, was much better and the sounds it made were light-years better than the banshee-wail Pac-Man emitted during the whole game.
Even better, this game had two single-player modes. There was regular Galaxian — and "Midway's Attackers", which was a Space Invaders clone that I found more fun than the regular game. Like Pac-Man, it had a 2-player simultaneous mode that featured a second player shooting from the top while the Galaxians tried to kill everyone involved. I really liked how Coleco added in gameplay that wasn't available in the arcade versions at the time that even built on existing gameplay. It's a shame they didn't do this on a platform that would have showcased it better, like the Colecovision console they released the year afterward.
Merlin was a strange and wonderful electronic device with 6 different modes ranging from Tic Tac Toe to a version of Mastermind to a musical instrument. My particular favorite was Magic Square, where you attempted to push the buttons and light the grid of 9 LED buttons in the middle (but every time you pushed one the adjacent ones would toggle).
I don't know how many hours we logged on this thing, but it was a family favorite. Sadly, the Merlin was the only one of the devices shown that doesn't currently work. It seems we left the batteries in it for a couple decades and they blew up, so now I've got to take some isopropyl alcohol and try to bring my old red friend back to life.
I wish I had a cordless phone that looked like a Merlin.
I Feel So Old But So Good
Playing these old games has brought back so many memories. It's obvious in retrospect, but this kind of stuff is just another piece of why I am the way I am. It's always a blast to go back to my pre-console videogame roots. Videogames were like nothing I'd ever seen back then. I was too little to play very well, but I'd always get lost in the graphics and sound, and any accomplishment you made there felt like a huge deal. In retrospect, those games were freaking hard. I am proud of little me for doing what he could, and I see my son overcoming the same obstacles when he plays videogames with me. He's right where I used to be at that age. Gives up easy, but takes great pride when he succeeds. He'll get there.
Thanks for storing all this stuff for so many years, Mom & Dad. You have a very happy son today.


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Hope everyone has a great Christmas!
Everyone has been asking about the headbands.
I got them at Trendy Tots in the riverwoods as well as the leggings.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Merry Christmas
Hope everyone has a great Christmas!
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Cambell, Auburn, Mary Alice
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Ruby Claire
Cutest kids!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Vega Bealyn
These guys came from CO to get their pictures taken. I'm glad she was so good for the shoot after their long drive:) Look at all that beautiful dark hair.
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Another cute little newborn. Also if you need some good bibs for your kids you should check out Ambers website, she has the cutest bibs ever www.dillydallychic.com
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Tate McKay
Isn't he the cutest baby ever! This is the son of my fabulous Orthodontist.
If anyone is in need of a great Orthodontist check this guy out: Thompson Orthodontics
Yes I got braces. I figure while I'm fat and pregnant, I might as well get braces too!
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Deckard & Lincoln
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Edi Weitz and Arthur Lemmens are proud to announce the European Common Lisp Meeting 2006. The meeting will consist of a Sunday full of talks, with optional dinners on Saturday and Sunday evening. More details (price, exact location, registration) will be announced soon, but please reserve the weekend of April 29/30 in your agenda now!
Event starting date: Saturday, 29 April 2006
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Answers in Genesis censorship turns old-earther into young-earther
After Martin pointed out the omission, Answers in Genesis inserted a footnote containing the omitted sentence, stating that this footnote was inadvertently omitted from their publication of the sermon. But they made no apologies for removing the sentence in question from its proper context and relegating it to a footnote.
UPDATE: AiG did more than just remove that sentence--they revised language throughout the sermon, which in some other areas also changed the intended meaning to bring it in line with young-earth creationist dogma.


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The American Bus Association announced Tuesday that Dodge City Days 2012 has been designated as one of the Top 100 Events in North America for 2012 by an experienced expert tourism industry selection committee.
The American Bus Association announced Tuesday that Dodge City Days 2012 has been designated as one of the Top 100 Events in North America for 2012 by an experienced expert tourism industry selection committee. Inclusion in the Top 100 list, published as a supplement to the September/October issue of Destinations magazine, indicates that Dodge City Days offers excellent entertainment value to both tour groups and individual travelers from around the world, according to ABA.
With the release of the American Bus Association's 2012 Top 100 Events in North America, ABA celebrates 30 years of the program. What began as a way for motorcoach operators to incorporate new product into their itineraries has grown to one of the most sought-after lists by travel professionals, motorcoach operators and the general public.
"The attractiveness of Dodge City Days as a don't-miss entertainment value is only part of why its selection this year is such a distinction for Dodge City," said Peter J. Pantuso, CTIS, ABA's president and CEO. "The real news here is that Dodge City Days has been recognized as a potential magnet for tourism dollars, at a time when re-energizing domestic tourism is so important to our spirit and our economy. The honor gives Dodge City an important boost in visibility among professional tour planners."
According to studies completed by researchers at The George Washington University and Dunham and Associates, one overnight visit by a motorcoach group can leave from $5,000 to more than $11,000 in a local destination's economy. Those dollars are spent on lodging, meals, admissions, fees, shopping, souvenirs, services and local taxes.
"Motorcoach groups spend more and stay longer," Pantuso said. "That's why Dodge City Days is truly a local economic asset. There is no better way to jump-start tourism than to attract motorcoach groups to a great event and convince them to extend their stay."
ABA's 2012 Top 100 Event Selection Committee selected Dodge City Days from hundreds of event nominations submitted by ABA members. Judges considered the event's broad appeal, its accessibility to motorcoaches and skill at handling large groups, and a variety of other relevant criteria.
The Top 100 Events list is available online at http://www,buses.org/News-Publications/Top-100.


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To be beheaded by a madman and have your head displayed to fellow passengers
"I'm just catching a ride from Edmonton to the circus in Winnipeg" said circus boy.
"Yeah, a Canadian bus ride" said madman holding a large knife
"Yeah, a Canadian bus ride" said madman holding a large knife
by Bill Greenwood September 03, 2008
An undertaking guaranteed to end in disaster, and by disaster I mean having your head removed by the person in the seat next to you.
"We went to Red Lobster and it was a total Canadian bus ride. I can still smell the breaded shrimp vomit."
by stanleypants August 02, 2008
The only thing more epic than a Polish bike ride. Results in serious pwnage.
Crispin was being a gash last week so I gave him the old Canadian bus ride. That took the smile off his face.
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"Storage Wars" will be back for a fifth season, but not with all of its stars, according to a report on Radar Online.
Citing unnamed sources, the website reports that three members of the A&E reality show's cast, Dan and Laura Dotson and Darrell Sheets, will be featured in a reduced number of episodes in the upcoming season.
The reason, the report says, is related to the lawsuit filed against A&E and "Storage Wars" production company Original Productions by fellow cast member Dave Hester, who alleged that large sections of the program are faked after he was dropped from the show.
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Now the report says the same thing is happening to the Dotsons and Sheets, who will appear in some but not all the episodes in the new season.
However, A&E is denying the report. Though the network did not respond to a request for comment from The Times, it told TVGuide.com, "Not every cast member appears in every episode of the series, but but there is no truth to the report that any other members have been dropped."
The series follows professional buyers who attempt to purchase items put up for auction from storage lockers that have fallen behind in their payments. The show has been a ratings success for the channel, and has resulted in two spin-off series, "Storage Wars: Texas" and "Storage Wars: New York."
The show's fourth season is airing on A&E.
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Hey all,
So I was looking at my pet journal via the battlenet wow 'Pets & Mounts' page and noticed, sitting in my not collected section, a crow pet was listed. This is different to the Gilnean Raven, it's a entirely new pet listed. There was no working links on this page so went over to wowhead and found this:
"While smaller than the infamous ravens of Gilneas, crows are no less clever or cunning."
I never ever saw one on beta/ptr and apparently they're on darkmoon island. Can anyone confirm or deny this is a new pet?


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The candidates in the Congressional District 1 primary race have caused quite a stir, but those in the Congressional District 2 race haven't gotten nearly as much media attention or airtime. But that doesn't mean they aren't just as passionate about winning the seat.
Six candidates will appear on the primary ballots next Tuesday: two Democrats and four Republicans. Independent candidate Abel Collins won't come into the picture until November.
For the Democrats, incumbent James Langevin has the party endorsement, and challenger John Matson, the "Carpenter for Congress," said this is his fifth and last time running for Representative.
In the Republican corner, Michael Riley is the GOP-endorsed candidate but is being challenged by Michael Gardiner, Kara Russo and Don Robbio for a spot on the November ballot. Here's a bit about each of the candidates, including why they think voters should hit the polls on Tuesday to vote for them and not their primary challengers.
The endorsed Republican candidate is spending money like he means it.
"I'm serious about winning," he said when asked about his nearly $400,000 in total expenses as of his latest Aug. 22 filing. "The days when people could put no money into their campaign … and win an election are long gone."
Riley said his campaign expenses are meant to inform voters of who he is and what he has to offer.
"To actually convince people I'm right for the job," he said. "And that takes money … I'm not thrilled I have to spend it."
Riley said there are those people who run that are "gadflies" and "dreamers." He said he is neither.
"I'm interested in taking action," he said.
On Tuesday, things were in full swing at the Riley campaign headquarters, with nearly 20 people on the lower level of the Apponaug building making cold calls to potential primary voters.
"I chose this forum because I want to fix things," he said. "What I see going on in Rhode Island today can be corrected."
But Riley said Rhode Island won't miraculously recover on its own.
"It's an imperative that our legislators get America back on the right track," he said.
Riley believes the keys to a comeback lie in reducing the size of government and ensuring growth happens.
"I want to grow the pie," he said. "I have a lot of experience in business … I think my experience is very relevant to today's problems."
Riley said he would create policies that would ensure a positive environment for growth.
"Growth cures a lot of things," he said.
Riley said Rhode Island isn't far from having an environment where business is booming, but to get there, the state needs to undergo structural changes, like flattening taxes, creating a sound tax policy, shoring up entitlements and easing regulations.
Riley, a businessman for 35 years, worked on Wall Street as a day trader, where he said he did well in an extremely competitive setting.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Riley was inside the World Trade Center Building. The day, and the experience, changed his life forever.
"I decided it was time to move my family out of what I thought was harm's way," he said. After deliberating on where to move, Riley and his family set their sights on Rhode Island.
"We fell in love with Rhode Island and with Narragansett," said Riley, who resides in Narragansett today.
Riley said it took him a few years to get back on his feet after the Sept. 11 attack, but eventually did, and started a hedge fund with two colleagues. Because of his chosen industry, Riley said he is constantly examining economic issues.
Though Riley has never held political office before (he ran unsuccessfully for Town Council in 2006 and for Senate Dist. 36 in 2010), he said he aims to win this race.
"I offer the best combination of leadership skills … and actual business experience," he said, saying he doesn't like to lose but won't take anything for granted.
"Rhode Island has got too much potential for the condition we're in now, and we need to fix that," he said.
Find more about Riley at www.RileyCongress.com.
Gardiner ran for the Congressional District 2 seat unsuccessfully in 2010, and said his campaign this year is a continuation of what he started two years ago.
"The Republican Party needs a new voice," he said. And Gardiner thinks he is just the voice the people of Rhode Island have been looking for.
Gardiner grew up in Cranston, and attended the University of Rhode Island and the Western New College School of Law. In addition to his career in law, Gardiner served in the R.I. Army National Guard, worked at the docks in Galilee and even sold furniture to make ends meet. He now has a private law practice.
Gardiner said his main issues include honing in on the real estate market, the nation's fuel supply and health insurance to turn the economy around. Gardiner said he is passionate about achieving change nationally but also for Rhode Island.
"If we could turn 'F's' into 'C's,' Rhode Island would be an incredible place to live," said Gardiner, who said the state is last on every list of positive things and first on lists of negatives. "Rhode Island," he said, "is like a delightful child struggling in school."
By setting reasonable goals, like moving from failing to average, Gardiner thinks Rhode Island can be immensely improved.
In addition to his strong feelings on the economy (a long list of things are outlined on his website, GardinerForCongress.com), Gardiner is also pro-same-sex marriage and pro-choice, though he was careful to note that taxpayer money should not be used to subsidize abortions. Gardiner said the Obama administration has gone beyond the "rule of law" (where government's decisions are made by applying legal principles), causing people to worry that "things are changing in a way they don't want."
"The Republican Party has to be a party that is about the rule of law," said Gardiner.
Gardiner said constituents should vote for him in the Sept. 11 primary because, as a lawyer, he has a background that will enable him to represent the people.
"My primary opponents really don't have the skills to be doing what they're doing," he said, saying that his top contender, Riley, just knows how to "make money in a good market or a bad market."
"We need more professionalism in politics," he said.
Find more information on Garinder at www.GardinerForCongress.com.
This clandestine candidate does have a website, and a P.O. Box, but otherwise, he's fairly mysterious. Phone numbers were disconnected and emails went unreturned, though Robbio was slated to appear on a WPRO debate on Wednesday evening as of press time.
According to his website, DonRobbioForCongress.org, Robbio was born in Providence and was educated in the public school system. At the age of 17, Robbio enlisted in the Air Force and, after an honorable discharge, served in the Air Force Reserve for five years. Robbio went on to Northeastern's School of Broadcasting, and became a technical director for television. He also worked as a senior technician for what his website calls a "top secret research and
development laboratory," creating communications systems for the government.
In addition to the biography portion, Robbio's website includes a two-part outline for his plans for Rhode Island. Written entirely in capital letters, Part 1 of Robbio's plan begins with a statement of equal representation.
"I am not going there [Washington, D.C.] to represent the Republican Party," he writes. The passage continues: "I am going there to represent the people of Rhode Island."
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Part 2 of Robbio's plan includes a list of things he hopes to accomplish if elected, including limiting outsourcing of jobs, reducing dependency on foreign oil, forming a coalition of top CEOs and businesspeople in Rhode Island to explore job creation and stop the "runaway expansion" of government and its agencies.
Although Robbio may not be out on the front lines like fellow Republicans Gardiner or Riley, he was coined a "sleeper" candidate when he ran for Congress in 2010, getting a higher percentage of support than endorsed Republican candidates in a Brown poll conducted in late July of 2010.
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Russo was not immediately available for comment earlier this week – she explained on a rainy Tuesday afternoon over the phone that she was en route to finalizing the details of her wedding cake. Russo is getting married this weekend, just two days before the primary, to Congressional District 1 Democratic candidate Chris Young.
Russo did provide some insight into her campaign via email and a nudge to her website, which highlights her Catholic routes, tracing them back to Charles Carroll, signatory of the Declaration of Independence. A graduate of Boston University, Russo moved to Rhode Island in the late 1990s, and worked in the marketing department of what is now the Dunkin' Donuts Center. Russo went on to serve as the director of sales and marketing at URI's Ryan Center, and also served on the board of directors for the South Kingstown Chamber of Commerce.
Though she has never held elected office, Russo did run for lieutenant governor in 2010, losing out in the primary election. Her fiancé, Chris Young, has vied for political office for many years, this year embattling incumbent David Cicilline and his outspoken challenger, Anthony Gemma, in the Congressional District 1 Democratic primary.
In a lengthy email, Russo outlined her stance on the Social Security and Medicare systems, tax cuts and job creation. Russo said she would seek to impose a tax tariff on imported goods, incentivizing outsourced jobs to return to U.S. soil.
On the topic of Social Security and Medicare, Russo honed in on the national debt, blaming Congressional bribes for the collapse of banks and the $16 trillion debt. She suggests the dissolution of the Federal Reserve Bank under provisions of the Emergency War Powers Act.
"This would save about $450 billion a year in interest on the debt to international banks, and part of these funds would be used to secure Social Security and Medicare," she wrote in an email. "I would also repeal Obamacare, which the president and this Congress are planning to use to cut $716 billion from Medicare."
Russo said constituents should vote for her in the primary because of her strong and unwavering commitment to her beliefs.
"I am 100 percent pro-life, and I am also the only candidate [out of myself, Michael Riley, and Michael Gardiner] who is against same sex 'marriage,'" she wrote. "I am against the atheistic communistic attack that is being carried out on our country through an increasingly radical secular agenda – an agenda whose purpose is to collapse America from within by destroying the bonds that keep our America together: religion, family and population."
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More about Russo is available at www.KaraRusso.com.
Incumbent Congressman Jim Langevin has served in the Second Congressional District since 2000 and is seeking re-election to continue the path he has been on for 12 years.
"I am committed to getting our fiscal house in order while supporting priorities like education, small business development and infrastructure investments that will create jobs for Rhode Islanders and give all Americans a fair opportunity to succeed," wrote Langevin in an email yesterday.
Langevin said the most important thing he believes the legislature can do is to put people back to work by creating jobs. "My primary focus will continue to be creating quality, well-paid jobs and economic security for Rhode Islanders," he said. To do so, Langevin thinks changes need to be made to the tax code, particularly putting an end to special interest tax cuts and tax breaks for the wealthy. These changes, he said, should be paired with legislation that incentivizes companies to create jobs at home instead of overseas.
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In addition to his party's endorsement, Langevin has received the support of the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, the Sierra Club and Portuguese American Citizens Committee, and the Democrat Town Committees throughout District 2.
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Langevin encourages voters to choose him in the primary election because of his bipartisan work in areas like technical education, health care and cybersecurity.
"Voters know they can count on me to focus on policies that strengthen our middle class and give everyone who works hard a fair chance to succeed," he said. "Too many Rhode Islanders are still out of work and struggling to get by, and I am not done fighting for them."
More info on Langevin at www.JimLangevin.com.
The Democratic challenger to incumbent James Langevin is John Matson, who is running for what he said is his "fifth and last time."
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Matson said he hasn't taken a dime from anyone during his campaign, and according to his campaign finance filings, he's telling the truth. Though Matson has roughly $50,000 in his coffers, the entirety of the money is from his own pocket. Matson said candidates that accept money from millionaires, like Langevin, will cater to them when in Congress.
"They're hired to do a job as Congressmen and Senators to take care of us, and they don't do the job," he said.
Matson, who has worked primarily as a construction worker and in the real estate industry, said there's not much he hasn't done. Though he has run unsuccessfully for Congress four times before, he has held public office, serving on the Hopkinton Town Council from 2004 to 2006.
In 1986, Matson's daughter Julia, an instructor at the Naval Marine Intelligence Center for the U.S. Navy, lost her life serving her country. Matson's website said this event, as well as the loss of a dear friend, is the impetus for his campaign. But it was a zoning law change in 1996 that affected the value of Matson's home that spurred him to run for office.
"I felt very aggravated," he said, explaining that he chose Congress above other elected offices so he would have a "stick big enough to go out in the street and get somebody to listen to you."
Since then, Matson said he has immersed himself in politics, attending classes and conventions, and meeting high-ranking politicians.
"They're just like us," he said.
Among Matson's biggest problems with how government is run is that the parties run "from the top down." Matson, who ran as an independent two years ago, said that, if he thought he had a legitimate chance of winning as an independent, he would have run as one again. His loss, he said, is what prompted him to become a Democrat.
Matson said there needs to be major change to Congress, and though he knows he alone cannot do it, he hopes others like him will step forward to challenge incumbents and party favorites.
Matson said he plans to set a precedent this year, and hopes to inspire young people to do as he has done, and take a stab at politics. If he succeeds in inspiring others, "that's enough," he said.
More information on Matson is available at www.JohnOMatson.com.
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TNA taped the February 14th episode of Impact Wrestling last month in the UK. Thanks to WrestlingINC.com reader Paul Davis for sending in these spoilers:
- Seats spare throughout the arena, not a sell out.
- Jeremy Borash introduces Christy Hemme to the audience and continues to mention Manchester taping results and the crowd heats up to the mention of Manchester. He also mentions the debut of the three British Boot Camp winners to be tonight.
- Dixie Carter is introduced and talks of the 2014 tour in the UK and puts over the UK fans as some of the best in the world.
Kenny King Vs. Zema Ion - Steel Cage Match
Kenny King comes out to a respectable - babyface - reception having followed Zima's entrance to a sea of heat. They utilized the cage pretty well making a number of attempts to escape and for leverage on the ropes to perform high risk moves. Kenny King eventually exits the cage by quickly springing to the corner and climbing out of the cage to the floor.
Winner: Kenny King
- Jeremy Borash hypes the crowd up with the mention of a 'special quest' to kick off the first iMPACT taping.
TNA iMPACT WRESTLING 2/14/13
- Hulk Hogan starts the show off to a standing ovation and also puts over the UK fans. Does his usual hand-to-ear gesture to the crowd and takes an obvious liking to the fans directly opposite of the hard camera. Hogan quickly announces a number one contendership tournament to consider an opponent to face Jeff Hardy at Lockdown and announces the following four matches: RVD vs. James Storm, Christopher Daniels vs. Magnus, Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe and Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode. The crowd pop to the announcement of Angle vs Joe and the mention of home country talent, Magnus. Sting then makes an appearance to an equally impressive ovation to Hogans and proceeds to also put the UK fans over and announce his Lethal Lockdown team-mates against Aces and 8's to be three outstanding performers of the #1 contenders match.
Magnus vs Christopher Daniels
Daniels, who is in good favor with the UK fans, comes out with Kazarian who both make numerous attempts to divert the refs attention to cheap shot Magnus. Magnus, looking bigger than ever, comes out to a big home country reception after his break out promo still fresh in the memory of the fans from just a year before in the same building. Daniels had the upper hand for the first few minutes of the match with the help of Kazarian but it soon turned when Kazarian was ejected from ringside by the referee allowing Magnus to take control of the match with some high impact maneuvers that ultimately leads to the top rope elbow drop from Magnus for the win.
Winner: Magnus
Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode
Both have separate entrances and the crowd is split about 60/40 in favor of Austin Aries. They both get on the mic to complain about already being screwed as Tag-Team Champions after just a week of holding them by being put in against each other. The match starts and it is worked as brilliant constructed comedy match by having both attempting the 'finger poke of doom' and not laying down for each other. Aries jumps on the mic and says he'll lay down for Roode and does so but Aries, the two count, roles up Roode who kicks out. From here own they go back and forth until the ref takes a bump and Roode brings in a steal chair and attempts and Eddie Guerrero style fake chair shot, however, Aries does the same thing and the crowd is eating it up as great comedy. Hernandez and Chavo Guerrero make and entrance, who get some heat for interrupting, and cause a double count out DQ.
Winner: Double Count-Out.
Kurt Angle vs Samoa Joe
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Match up made for Lockdown: Kurt Angle vs. Wes Briscoe.
Winner: No Contest.
Gail Kim, Tara and Jess vs. The Blossom Twins (Hannah and Holly) and Marty Scurll
Jesse and Scrull start things off with Marty starting a crowd clap. The match takes shape when one of the Blossom Twins is cornered for the majority of the match by Tara and Gail Kim, good 'tag-team tactics' that tend to set the two teams apart. Gail Kim attempts the 'Eat Defeat' finish to no avail whilst Tara misses a standing moonsault to allow a, one of the Blossom Twins (hard to tell), to tag the other and the match breaks down from here. Marty Scurll attempts a suicide dive to the outside of the ring to Jesse who seemed to be out of position and Marty takes a nasty bump to the concrete, referees and trainers run to ringside, as well as Bruce Pritchard - he walks off with a bit of glazed over face after the match. Tara picks up the victory with a moonsault from the top.
Winners: Gail Kim, Tara and Jesse
After the above match Gail Kim gets on the mic and demands a match with Tara for the knockouts title. Brooke Hogan comes out and gives her the match but with added stipulation that Brooke Tessmacher and Velvet Sky would be added to the match on the following weeks show.
James Storm vs. Rob Van Dam
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Winner: James Storm
- Hulk Hogan hits the ring for the second time in the show and begins to announce the number one contender for the TNA World Championship Match against Jeff Hardy at Lockdown. All members of Ace's and 8's surround the ring and retreat as soon as Bully Ray and Sting hit the ring (with three baseball bats). When back in the crowd Ken Anderson was the only one trying to mess with crowd, taking interest in anyone trying to give him some heat, which was a clever move since it worked for him.
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James T. Kirk
Born in Iowa, Kirk spent at least part of his life on the colony world of Tarsus IV where he was one of nine people to survive witnessing the massacre of half the colony's population by its own governor to conserve critical supplies. However, the governor of Tarsus IV was premature in cutting back on the mouths he had to feed - a relief ship arrived days later and the colony was saved. Kirk would go on to go to Starfleet Acadamy and there beat the infamous Kobayashi Maru no-win simulation by cheating. Kirk would be posted as an Ensign to the starship Republic, and from this first posting enjoyed a rapid rise through Starfleet.
CharacterKlingon, his previous professional demeanor hardened into a cold hatred of all Klingons.
Kirk is often portrayed as one of the Federation Starfleet's finest officers by the fans of Star Trek universe, and is generally agreed to be pretty awesome by all, even if his hand-to-hand combat style of Kirk-fu is often mocked. Kirk was, unlike many other Starfleet captains, a man of action and risk. He personally faced down the genetic superman Khan, whereas Picard would likely have tried to negotiate and Janeway would likely have attempted to bore him to death with technobabble.
James T. Kirk was played by William Shatner in every incarnation except for the upcoming eleventh Star Trek movie.


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Mar 13, 2001, 12:07 PM
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I am a newbie (33 jumps) and am interested in trying freeflying. What are the special considerations as far as safety and drills are concerned in freefly? I have been told audible altimeters and not attempting to freefly with other inexperienced freeflyers are pretty much mandatory. What else should I take into account?
PS a similar thread was started in the Talkback forum, but I am interested in getting the 'Safety and Training' angle.
Also, how do you old-school belly flyers feel about freeflying? Do you feel the RW discipline you have dedicated most of your skydiving career to is now in serious decline popularity wise as a result? Or do you feel there is enough scope in the sport for both to thrive? I do realize that I am posting a fairly contentious thread, but am looking for rational, objective advice/feedback (please).
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Mar 13, 2001, 1:44 PM
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A couple of things that you really need to be more aware of is your altitude awareness. your internal clock is going to be off due to the higher speeds that you will encounter. so you also want to make sure that when you do pull, you have time to slow down from 180 mph to 120 mph (give or take). Those are just a couple of the bigger ones that I am aware of. There are many more that you should get an experienced freeflyer to discuss with you.
I am for the most part a bellyflyer, although I have done a few freefly jumps, and even a few BASE. I think that starting something new is exciting and can re-envigorate you. I dont think that FreeFly will eliminate bellyflying. Every discipline has its own fans. Me, personally, I would like to at least dabble in all of it, but a 4 way RW team is my major priority right now...but there is nothing to stop me from doing a sit/heads down or BASE when the mood strikes me...you just have to learn as much as you can before you start and take it at your own pace. Dont let others push you past your limits. If you are comfortable with your level and what you are doing, you can enjoy it more and have more fun...if you have that, you will learn more and be safer doing it.
"I'll jump anything!"
Mar 14, 2001, 4:04 AM
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Hi there!
I'm a freeflier from the UK, and I would recommend that you start off by concentrating solely on sit flying. Find some friendly freeflier (and we all are - another great thing about freeflying!) and get him/her to jump with you. Most people will be more than willing to help you through the first steps. It's a good idea to do this, as by jumping with someone more experienced, you'll know how much you're moving around the sky and they'll be able to keep you safe and tell you what you're doing wrong and right. Don't be tempted into jumping with more than one other person before you're ready, as this can be very dangerous. It's all too easy as an inexperienced freeflier to zoom across the sky at 100mph and hit someone very hard! Be careful, do some 2-way and solo sit jumps, and have fun!
Blooooooooooo skies!
Tom Arnold.
Mar 14, 2001, 6:35 AM
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Excellent advice Tom!
I live in London, name the dropzone and the weekend and I'll be there! (hee hee, bet you never saw THAT one coming did you?)
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Mar 14, 2001, 8:49 AM
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In reply to:
Also, how do you old-school belly flyers feel about freeflying? Do you feel the RW discipline you have dedicated most of your skydiving career to is now in serious decline popularity wise as a result? Or do you feel there is enough scope in the sport for both to thrive?
I'm an "old school" belly flier and I'm not concerned about RW dying out, not considering the last US Nationals drew over 70 4 way teams (record attendance) and there are thriving RW competition circuits and large formation camps going on all over the country.
Personally I can't freefly for shit yet so when I do it's a solo or two way and it's a total out of control kick in the ass. When I want to be more serious or jump with a bigger group I belly fly and it's equally as fun.
imho the skydiver of the future will be striving to be able to fly their body in any position, which will open up whole new areas of freefall flight together and there will be no boundaries between belly fliers and freefliers... once again we will all just be skydivers.
pull and flare,
Mar 14, 2001, 10:25 AM
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If you're planning to freefly in the UK, then you should at least be aware of the rules. Here's my understanding:
(1) You mustn't freefly at all, even on your own, unless you have either FS1 (Formation Skydiving grade 1) or IS1 (Individual Style grade 1).
(2) Until you get FF1 (Freeflying Grade 1), you're not allowed to freefly with anyone else, unless it's a coach approved by you club chief instructor.
These rules are widely ignored, but some drop zones are quite strict.
It's up to you if you want to break them.
Mar 14, 2001, 10:48 AM
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I am not allowed to freefly on my own?
Does this mean just practicing to get into a sit is out of the question? But I can do countless so many backloops for 45 seconds and that is considered safe and allowed? This is amazing!
I am NOT a reckless person (bought cypres along with my rig, own a pro track and am considering buying a dytter as well if I am going to seriously try freeflying), but I find those rules a little draconian to say the least!
If this means staying belly down for 10 seconds until the JM can't see me then fine. Hope somebody from the BPA isn't reading this! hahahahaha
(hmmm, might have to remove all my details from my profile now in the interests of anonymity!)
Mar 14, 2001, 1:08 PM
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Hi Skreamer,
Just to "clear up" the position regarding "freekflying" in the UK.
There is a BPA qualification for the various skydiving qualifications. In this case it's "FF1" & "FF2". The primary objective is SAFETY!
"To obtain Grade 1 in Freestyle/Freeflying (FF1) the parachutist must first demonstrate (in a belly to earth position) the ability to:
a) Control fall rate
b) Control horizontal movement (forwards, backwards and sideways)
c) Achieve 'docking' techniques
d) Turn in place
e) Dive & approach a target"
Let's face it, these abilities show we can do the basic freefall collision avoidance stuff, especially at the bottom of the dive where we're going onto our bellies to deploy.
"The parachutist may then be introduced to FF (for FF1 training) by a CCI nominated FF2 Grade parachutist or equivalent of proven FF instructional ability, have received a full safety brief and demonatrated the ability to:
a) fly in a controlled sit/stand position
b) Control fall rate in a sit/stand position
c) Control forward and backward movement in a sit/stand position
d) Control turns in both directions in a sit/stand position
e) Fly relative to others in a sit/stand position.
Once FF1 has been obtained, the parachutist must not make FF descents with others without CCI approval & initially only small groups."
So... In short there's nothing to stop you going out yourself & trying to learn (as long as you let manifest know what you intend to try). But if you want the formal grade, then you have to do the programme!
While the above, from the BPA Ops Manual sounds draconian, in practise if you hook up with freeflyers at your local DZ you'll probably not even be aware of any restrictions.
Hope this helps,
Mike D10270.
Mar 14, 2001, 1:23 PM
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Thanks Mike!
I suspect that I will have met most of those Grade 1 criteria by time I have achieved my B license. I have another question for you : I am on 33 jumps at the moment and am considering skipping my A license and going straight for my B. Does the BPA allow this and what is the process?
ps maybe I should just mail the BPA in the morning and get it directly from them, so if you aren't sure, don't worry about it.
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Mar 14, 2001, 3:52 PM
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Skreamer -
I started sitflying on student status so I wasn't as hesitant to just start experimenting once I was jumping on my own. Here are a few thoughts -
If you're jumping alone audibles aren't a must. Nice, yes but not a must. If you can't see your hand - arch onto your belly and look.
As long as you can hold a sit or stand and don't cork (pop onto your belly and rapidly decellerate) you can jump with others. You may end up no where near each other but what was your first attempted 4-way belly fly like? Same thing.
Learn to be unstable. It's not like belly flying where you will immediately have a stable relaxed position. Tumbling can be fun!
If you want to jump with others it is easier to exit docked. Lock legs / grab chest straps / etc.
Advice from somebody with only a little more experience,
Mar 14, 2001, 4:41 PM
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That's really cool about the different training levels necessary to freefly. I may be wrong, but I haven't heard of any such requirements here in the states... If there aren't, there should be. I think that's an awesome way to approach it while still allowing the jumper to decide...
"pull high! It's lower than you think..."
Mar 14, 2001, 4:59 PM
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Thanks Matt.
It is pretty hard for me, because I met guys at Skydance with 1000 plus freeflys who were happy to jump with total newbies (ie me). I was unstable for a very long time the first two fun jumps when I first tried sit-flying and that didn't psyche me out (in fact I sort of enjoyed it). I have never minded going unstable on purpose either, which helps too.
Anyway, I am hoping to order a freefly suit from Flitesuit and go out for Skydance's boogie in June.
Mar 14, 2001, 11:35 PM
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Hi Skreamer,
I think you save the princely sum of £1.00 by going straight to your "B" licence. Personally, I went for my "A" as soon as I qualified.
While the Ops Manual is a bit vague on "student status Vs "A" licence", it seems to say that before you can get your "B" licence, you have to hold an "A" license and have it endorsed with "IC1" (Section 2 (3)(3.2)) before you can get it endorsed as a "B". While the BPA issue the licence &"A","B" etc..., it's your CCI that issues the stickers for the disciplines so the licence basically has to go back & forth.
Hope this helps,
Mike D10270.
Mar 15, 2001, 3:20 AM
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Mike, that's really tempting (£1 would feed my village in Africa for a month). But I think you're right and I better get that application for my A license in post haste (along with my BPA membership renewal). I think paying for check-out jumps every time I go to a new DZ might get a bit expensive...
Mar 16, 2001, 3:51 AM
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Hi there! Cool - sounds good, I'd love to do a couple of jumps with you. I generally jump at Netheravon, but am always willing to try somewhere new due to the fact that although Nethers can be good, I have more often than not been up there on a beautiful day (blue skies no wind) and only got one jump in through no fault of my own! Anyhow, if you wanna meet up and talk freefly, let me know where you jump and I'll try and get there sometime, or get yourself down to Netheravon.
By the way, with regards to trying freeflying on your own, it's a great way to practise, and if people try to stop you practising new skills on your jumps (good point about being allowed to do shitloads of backloops on your solos but not sit - bloody British attitude!) try a different dropzone!
Hope to hear from you sometime to meet up and do some jumps,
Cheers, Tom Arnold.
Mar 16, 2001, 6:15 AM
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I appreciate the offer Tom. But since I am the Luke to your Yoda, why don't you drop me an email the next time you are going out to Netheravon and I will make sure I am there.
I have yet to jump in the UK, so have no preference yet about where. I was a bit surprized about your comment about only getting one jump in at Netheravon, since they mention on their site that they have the highest lift capacity in the UK. Do civilians get bumped easily?
May the blue skies be with you!
Luke (aka skreamer)
PS I only have an RW suit - is this a problem?
Mar 22, 2001, 5:25 AM
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Yes mate, Netheravon can be a little bit bollox. They do claim to have the highest lift capacity in the UK, but do they use it? Do they hell! Many a weekend I have gone there to find the place crawling with people - 3 turbines in the hangar (Cessna Caravan and two Turbine Islanders) and only one of them flying! Hence one jump in a day. And yes, civilians do get bumped off lifts without a second thought. Ah well, it's close to where I live (Southampton) and it's cheap. Sadly it's closed at the mo due to diseased sheep!
With regards to freeflying in an RW suit - no problem. I had the same situation when I started to learn FF, so instead of using my RW suit, I wore a pair of jeans with a big baggy fleece (watch out for covering handles though!) on top so that it was nice and easy to stay upright. I don't particularly like sit-suits (the ones with the wings on the arms) because anybody can sit in one of those, and then when you take it off, you basically have to learn how to sit fly properly. You're better off not using one in my opinion.
Anyway, if you drop me an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, we can arrange to meet up somewhere in the UK (Netheravon or elsewhere - Hinton's a great DZ) and do some jumps.
See you around,
Big blue ones and no Foot and Mouth!*
*by the way, to all those USA readers out there, all the diseased sheep stuff (if you didn't know) refers to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in the UK at the moment, resulting in a lot of DZ's being shut for fear of spreading the disease further. Bloody sheep!
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Senators win in 2nd OT after last-minute tie on SHGby Arpon Basu
OTTAWA -- With the Ottawa Senators' playoff lives flashing before their eyes, the never-say-die team found yet another way to win Sunday night.
Captain Daniel Alfredsson made sure of it.
Alfredsson tied the game with a shorthanded goal with 28.6 seconds remaining in regulation, and Colin Greening won it with a goal at 7:39 of the second overtime to give the Senators a 2-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.
Instead of being down 3-0, the Senators trail the best-of-7 series 2-1 with Game 4 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Place (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, CBC, RDS).
"I'm sure they look at it like this one hurts, they could have put a stranglehold on us," Alfredsson said. "Now we're right back in it."
When a slashing penalty was called on Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson at 18:33 of the third period, it appeared the powerhouse Penguins would coast to a commanding series lead.
But with Ottawa goaltender Craig Anderson, who finished with 49 saves in another stellar performance, on the bench for an extra attacker, the Penguins somehow left the greatest player in Senators history all alone in front of their net.
Milan Michalek saw Alfredsson cruising in front and put a wrist shot toward him, allowing the Senators' all-time leading scorer to tip the puck into the top corner past goalie Tomas Vokoun, sending the sellout crowd of 20,500 into a state of delirium moments after they thought they were witnessing what would have virtually amounted to the end of their team's season.
"When you get rewarded and score the goal you can feel the whole building the way it erupted and that gives you energy," Alfredsson said. "It's a great feeling."
The feeling wasn't quite so great for the Penguins.
"You like to think you can hold onto the puck for the final 1:27 of a power play," Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said. "That wasn't the case."
After a back-and-forth period of furious hockey in the first overtime, Greening stepped to the fore in the second when Andre Benoit's sharp-angle shot forced Vokoun into a difficult save (his 46th of the night), but he couldn't get to Greening's shot on the rebound.
It was Greening's third straight game with a goal, clearly the biggest.
"I think if you look at our team, especially in the latter part of the season, we've been winning games when we've had to," Greening said with blood trickling down his cheek from a high stick he took in regulation, one that left some fiberglass in his face that had to be removed after the game.
"In a situation like tonight when you're down 1-0, to be honest, they were playing really well in the last 10 minutes, they were staying above us and it was hard to get any momentum. But we had to keep at it and stay with the structure of our team. It was nice to see because you get rewarded for things like that."
It was the second straight time these fans saw a last-minute game-tying goal from the Senators. In Game 4 of their five-game first-round series against the Montreal Canadiens, the prior time the Senators played at home, Cory Conacher scored with 22.6 seconds to play in regulation to allow Kyle Turris to win it in overtime and give Ottawa a 3-1 series lead.
"We'd rather be up 4-1 or 5-1, there's no question," Alfredsson said. "But for some reason we find ourselves in some tough spots at times. It's not always going to work out, but you've done it enough times that you believe you can do it. That's half the battle at times."
The Penguins took a 1-0 lead on a goal by Tyler Kennedy with 1:07 to go in the second period after the Senators had played nearly flawless hockey for most of it. But the first glaring mistake they made cost them dearly.
After a number of failed clearing attempts, one final one by Michalek wound up on the stick of Pittsburgh's Matt Cooke. Karlsson slid toward Cooke to block a potential centering pass, but that left Kennedy wide open in the slot. Cooke deftly dropped it to Kennedy while avoiding Karlsson, and Kennedy's wrist shot tucked right under the crossbar to beat Anderson on Pittsburgh's 23rd shot of the game.
The Penguins had done a good job of shutting it down defensively in the third period until they somehow lost Alfredsson on his game-tying goal.
"We had two defensemen on the ice, and we were halfway through a change," Bylsma said. "[Ottawa] had their goaltender pulled, so it was five skaters apiece. They were able to make the drop play, which created a big gap in our group. They had the entry there, and obviously the guy who made the drop had the speed going to the net. It was just a play through our guys."
The Senators' penalty kill had a strong night, perfect on six opportunities, including a 5-on-3 kill for 58 seconds early in the second period and allowing two shots on goal on a Penguins power play at 1:56 of the second overtime.
"The penalty killers, I thought, did a great job of giving us confidence as the game went on," Ottawa coach Paul MacLean said.
Senators center Jason Spezza returned to the lineup more than three months after undergoing back surgery. It was the 10th anniversary of Spezza's first career Stanley Cup Playoff game and he tried to get up to speed right away.
On his first shift, Spezza got in on the forecheck and finished a hit on Penguins defenseman Douglas Murray before knocking down forward Brenden Morrow deep in the Pittsburgh end as the Scotiabank Place crowd chanted his name. But Spezza's endurance appeared to be an issue as he tired quickly and had to keep his shifts short.
"It would have been different for me had it been only three periods, but it's good," Spezza said. "There's no better way than jumping headfirst into the pool. That's definitely what I did tonight."
Spezza's creativity with the puck and vision did create a few chances, and though he expressed some concern about his timing in the faceoff circle, he finished the night 15-for-25.
"I thought Jason was fine tonight," MacLean said. "We didn't expect him to have to play two games on his first night back, but that's the way it went."
The Senators looked a bit jittery to start, giving up several good opportunities in the opening 10 minutes, but Anderson managed to keep the game scoreless by turning aside 12 Penguins shots in the first period.
Spezza helped trigger a change in momentum when he won an offensive-zone faceoff and went hard to the net to draw a penalty on Tanner Glass at 16:33 of the first, and it very nearly resulted in a goal when Karlsson's point shot about a minute later was tipped by Turris to force Vokoun into an awkward save, but Jakob Silfverberg could not get a handle on the rebound.
Turris, who had a strong game going head to head with Sidney Crosby all night, very nearly got Ottawa on the board at 16:11 of the second when he danced around Penguins defenseman Kris Letang on a 1-on-3 to open up space and go in on Vokoun, but his shot went well wide of the far post.
"Well, he didn't get a hat trick," MacLean said in a joking manner, referring to Crosby's performance in Game 2. "So it had to be better than it was in Pittsburgh."
There was so much that was better for the Senators than it was in Pittsburgh, including an unlikely shorthanded goal that might have saved their season.