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The Chicago Tribune invites writers to enter short stories in our annual Nelson Algren Short Story Contest.
Stories are judged blind and there is no entry fee. Writers can enter up to two stories. We award one winner ($5,000), three finalists ($1,500 each) and six runners-up ($500 each). All stories will be considered for publication in the Chicago Tribune's Printers Row literary section.
Details: Previously unpublished short fiction of no more than 9,000 words. Find more specific rules online at printersrowjournal.com.
Deadline: Feb 1. Entries can be submitted online at algren2013.submittable.com.
Past winners
Printers Row caught up with almost all 30 winners of the Nelson Algren Short Story Award last year to talk about what winning the prize meant to them. Here are a few of the answers we received:
"The recognition dazzled me. Later, I became friends with Studs Terkel and Kay Boyle, the judges, toward whom I carry a lifelong gratitude. This prize made an immense difference in my life." — Louise Erdrich, "The World's Greatest Fisherman," 1982 (inaugural winner)
"I was still at an early stage of my career when "Blight" won the Nelson Algren Award, and that kind of confirmation for a younger writer is invaluable. The fact that the prize was named after a writer who wrote about the city I grew up in and whose work I admired gave it special meaning. I would later serve as a judge for the Algren Award, and I was very aware of how important winning this prize would be to the writers whose entries I was reading." — Stuart Dybek, "Blight," 1985
"I'd been writing quietly, but steadily, since my graduation from the Iowa Writers' Workshop a few years earlier. Teaching English as a second language abroad allowed me to support myself and travel. It gave me both the excitement of new countries and new perspectives and the freedom to take risks in my writing and discover my voice. Yet in those pre-Internet days, it was hard to submit stories, so I was writing without much feedback. Winning the Nelson Algren award was a tremendous affirmation of the work I'd been doing, and it gave me confidence to continue. There were many literary luminaries at the awards dinner in Chicago, and I was so honored." — Kim Edwards, "Sky Juice," 1990
"I credit the Nelson Algren Award with launching my career. It won the interest of my literary agent and gave me the confidence to expand my short story into what became my first novel, "The Professor's Daughter." Most important, it made me think of myself as an author. I remember riding in the white stretch limo the Tribune sent to pick me up at O'Hare airport to take me to the award ceremony. I was drinking a vodka and tomato juice thinking, 'If this is what it feels like to be a writer, then I'm SOLD.' Of course, that's not what it feels like to be a writer at all, but it was the loveliest ride!" — Emily Raboteau, "Bernie and Me," 2001
"Winning the Algren Award was a pivotal moment for my writing. I had published two books to little attention and felt like, at the age of 28, my writing career was over before it began. When I found out I had won the Algren, I suddenly felt like I was part of the national conversation, that my writing had merit, that my effort was validated. I still think of that event as one of the great coups of my career." — Joe Meno, "Midway," 2003
"Winning the Algren Award put me on a list with writers I have long admired. I still feel like a bit of an impostor to be on that list. It makes me want to work harder at studying the craft and growing as a writer in order to deserve it." — Billy Lombardo, "Clover," 2011
"Winning the Nelson Algren Award was a tremendous honor and inspiration. Writing can be filled with a lot of rejection and self doubt, so I think more than anything, winning this award helped boost my confidence. It's probably still too early to assess how the award has helped my career, but it's certainly given me enough of a charge to power through the more difficult spells." — Jeremy T. Wilson, "Everything Is Going to Be Okay," 2012


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Syracuse desperate for win on Senior Night
SYRACUSE >> Brandon Triche and James Southerland have one thing on their minds: getting No. 17 Syracuse a badly-needed win over DePaul on their Senior Night.
It would do wonders for a team in a funk following three straight losses.
"The season is about pushing forward," said Triche, who has been part of 113 wins in his Orange career and needs six more to tie Kris Joseph's school record. "As a whole, we just have to be better in every aspect of the game, focus, and be more patient."
If there's any consolation, Saturday's 58-53 home loss to Louisville was preceded by setbacks at Marquette (74-71) and in the Carrier Dome to archrival Georgetown (57-46). Three losses in a week to teams now ranked fifth (Georgetown), eighth (Louisville) and 15th (Marquette) with a combined record of 69-16.
The setbacks have sent Syracuse (22-7, 10-6 Big East) plummeting out of the top 10 and out of contention for their second straight Big East regular-season title. Syracuse's only remaining regular-season games are against DePaul (11-18, 2-14) at home Wednesday night and at league-leading Georgetown (23-4, 13-3) on Saturday.
"We have two games left, and what we really need to do is focus on those two games and work on what we need to and try to get a little bit better," coach Jim Boeheim said.
The Hoyas used staunch defense and a career-best 33 points from Otto Porter to snap Syracuse's 38-game home winning streak in front of a massive Carrier Dome crowd of 35,012. The other two games were there for the taking and the Orange didn't.
Marquette won behind Davante Gardner's 26-point performance in the middle, and the setback to the Cardinals -- in front of a home crowd of 31,173 -- was especially disheartening. Triche, a Syracuse native, struggled through 2-for-11 shooting and committed a career-worst seven turnovers. That game was lost in the final two minutes by sloppy ballhandling and a defense that left Luke Hancock open for a corner 3-pointer that snapped a 48-all tie.
"In the last two games, we've given ourselves a chance to win in spite of that," Boeheim said. "We've lost three straight games to zone defenses, so I would imagine we're going to see more of that. It's always tough to be zoned when you don't make shots. In the second half (against Louisville), James (Southerland) knocked a couple down. But we're not making many shots on the perimeter. It's difficult to win against zone defenses in those situations."
Triche had plenty of company against Louisville. The Orange's big men -- Rakeem Christmas, Baye Moussa Keita and freshman Dajuan Coleman -- were 1 for 3 shooting, did not attempt a free throw, and had six rebounds, two blocks and zero steals. In contrast, Louisville's Gorgui Dieng had 11 points, 14 rebounds, two blocks and two steals, and altered several shots in making the going difficult in the middle for Triche and point guard Michael Carter-Williams.
On Monday night, the No. 24 Orange women snapped a three-game losing streak by beating No. 13 Louisville on Senior Night in the Dome. It figures to be deja vu for the men against DePaul.
"I think coach believes in us, even though we lost three in a row," Carter-Williams said. "I believe we can play good. All these games were close that we lost. We just need to be more productive down the stretch. We are a very good team when we play our game and play smart."
Expect the emotions to be flowing for both Triche and Southerland.
"It's going to be great. I've been thinking about it for a while," said Southerland, who had to sit out six games because of an academic eligibility matter. "I know my family is going to be happy to see me come this far."
"More than anything, I want to win," added Triche. "I can't really worry about myself. We've just got to win."

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Bullpen falters in extras as Tigers fall to Royals
DETROIT -- Was it all a mirage, this Tigers bullpen in working order? Or was it numbers working against them?
It all lined up so well for Detroit on Wednesday night when the Tigers welcomed back their closer of the past. By Thursday afternoon, they were debuting their closer of the future with an eighth-inning lead. It didn't go well from there.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- Was it all a mirage, this Tigers bullpen in working order? Or was it numbers working against them?
It all lined up so well for Detroit on Wednesday night when the Tigers welcomed back their closer of the past. By Thursday afternoon, they were debuting their closer of the future with an eighth-inning lead. It didn't go well from there.View Full Game Coverage
By the 10th, as Alex Gordon was rounding the bases on his first Major League grand slam, a drive into the center-field shrubs that punctuated an 8-3 Royals comeback victory, the Tigers had to have the feeling of a bullpen mix that was little relief.
It wasn't exactly manager Jim Leyland's Plan A. He didn't have closer Jose Valverde, whose return Wednesday night was his fourth outing in six days dating back to his stint at Class A Lakeland. He did not want to press Al Alburquerque, who threw a season-high 26 pitches Wednesday with hip tightness mixed in, into use.
He had Joaquin Benoit for the ninth inning, and he had to mix and match to get there. He was an inning away, with Justin Verlander needing 96 pitches to plow through seven innings.
Then Verlander got a blister. By the end of the 10th, the Tigers bullpen had gotten blistered.
"If he doesn't have the blister, we probably get him through one more inning, maybe even two," Leyland said. "But, I mean, those things you can't help. But once again, we got five hits. Everybody focuses on [the bullpen], but we got five hits today."
That happens with James Shields going eight strong innings. Games like this are why the Royals traded so much to get him. Shields has never lost at Comerica Park, and he won a 4-2 duel with Verlander last April with eight solid innings thanks to a four-run ninth off Verlander.
If the Tigers were going to pull this one out, they'd have to make a few runs work. For a second straight year, they needed three more outs from Verlander for a chance to beat Shields. For a completely different reason than last year, they couldn't get it.
The blister is on Verlander's thumb, near his fingernail.
"I noticed it after my last start and it wasn't too bad," Verlander said. "It started getting a little bit worse after the fifth. I started noticing it and after the seventh, I talked to our pitching coach, and we kind of came to a joint decision. At this point in the year, there's no point in creating something that possibly could become a nagging issue, so we just made the decision to call it a day."
The Tigers lost one starter to a blister last year, having to shelve Drew Smyly for two weeks in June. They weren't going to risk it again. Neither Verlander nor Leyland expect it to affect his next scheduled start on Tuesday.
On came Bruce Rondon, the hard-throwing 22-year-old rookie just recalled a couple days earlier. He competed in Spring Training for the closer's job before losing out. Now he made his big league debut in the setup role some thought he might fill as a way to ease into late-inning work.
"If you're here, you've gotta pitch," Leyland said. "We would like to throw him in under a little different conditions, but it just wasn't going to be that way today, because we were a little short."
Though Rondon threw hard as advertised, hitting 100 mph five times, he struggled around the strike zone for the six hitters he faced. That allowed the Royals to manufacture the tying run, pinch-running with Jarrod Dyson following Billy Butler's leadoff single. Dyson stole second easily, then took third on Eric Hosmer's groundout.
Rondon came close to the strikeout he needed, getting Lorenzo Cain to foul off back-to-back 100-mph fastballs for an 0-2 count. The first slider that followed was too low, and Cain watched it bounce in the dirt. The second was just high enough for Cain to lift into center field for a sacrifice fly.
Rondon left in the ninth following Salvador Perez's leadoff single. Phil Coke stranded him there, but fell apart after Cain's one-out double in the ninth.
"Cokey just lost control of the strike zone," Leyland said.
Just seven of Coke's 21 pitches in the 10th went for strikes. Take away the four pitches for an intentional walk to Jeff Francoeur, and it still wasn't a good ratio.
A day after Leyland opted for Benoit over Coke to face Mike Moustakas, citing the track record, he kept Coke in to face the left-handed hitter. Moustakas drew a five-pitch walk before a wild pitch to Francoeur moved the runners up to second and third. That prompted an intentional walk of Francoeur to set up a force play at any base but also left Coke with no base to put another runner.
The plan backfired when he fell behind on a 3-0 count to backup catcher George Kottaras, batting for the first time in the game, en route to a five-pitch walk.
Darin Downs got the second out on a force play at the plate, but had to challenge Gordon with a 2-0 pitch. Gordon hit it out to straightaway center.
"It's a big outfield," Gordon said, "and I think there was a storm coming in that kind of blew it out a little bit. Honestly, I had three punch-outs on the day and I was just trying to make contact. Sometimes that's what happens."
The Tigers can't afford many more of these. It was only their second loss when leading after seven innings, but their third loss in four extra-inning affairs, and it raised the bullpen ERA to 4.89 for the season, including 37 walks in 66 2/3 innings.
It wasn't the full bullpen they had just put together. It was the bullpen they had to work with, and it had one too many innings to cover.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason.


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-This is why I was against the Adams signing because now you have 2 guys on the 4th line that just don't score, ever.
I don't understand this. The Pens led the league in goals for during the regular season. Why exactly do we need more goals?
When your top two lines get shut down as they did against boston, it is nice to have two other capable lines that can pot an occasional goal. With the scoring in that series being so low, one goal from the 4th line could have changed the series. Looking at Chicago for example, you have guys like Shaw and Krueger and even Saad when he was not playing on the top two lines all who have the ability to score a goal. Our third/fourth liner with that ability was dealt to san jose this summer. Guys like glass who have a one-dimensional role do not last long. TK hit everything just as glass does... but he also had the ability to score a goal. Guys like Adams and glass should be replaced with younger WBS guys who have the ability to score some goals too.
When your top 2 lines don't produce like they did in Boston, it's doesnt matter who is on your 3rd and 4th line, it's time to throw in the towel.


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The Japanese gaming giant announced plans Wednesday to bring a new "The Legend of Zelda" installment to its hand-held gaming system.
Nintendo of America Inc. president Reggie Fils-Aime said Tuesday that the new "Zelda" game would be set in the world of "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past," which was originally released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo console.
The as-yet-untitled 3D follow-up will be released later this year and feature a new story and levels, as well as gameplay that allows sword-wielding Link to transform into a 2D drawing.
"It fully utilizes the Nintendo 3DS," said Fils-Aime. "It gives the game a sense of depth, and this puzzle-solving mechanic of being able to launch into a wall and navigate through walls to get into places that Link wouldn't normally be able to get into is exceptionally fresh."
It will mark the first all-new game starring Link for the glasses-free 3D hand-held device.
Other games announced coming to the 3DS include new "Yoshi's Island" and "Mario Party" titles.
Fils-Aime said more than 20 million 3DS games have been sold since the device debuted in 2011.


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Has U2 been overly candid during their last interview? 'We realized people who want exciting, revolutionary, important music aren't buying latter-day U2 albums are they?' said Bono
Comments from The Edge "it's the least adventurous album we've ever made' he said. "Over the last few albums I've added more and more guitar pedals to find new sounds, the pedals were beginning to look like a keyboard." Asked about his lyrical direction on this release, Bono blows a raspberry and laughs while the rest of the band make armpit fart noises. 'Really now' says Bono 'if you're concerned about my lyrical direction then I'm concerned about you.
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English biblical and patristic scholar
Henry Barclay Swete was educated at King's College London and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and in 1858 was ordained. After some years of work in various country curacies and livings he became in 1869 theological lecturer and tutor at Caius College.
In 1881 he was appointed professor of pastoral theology at King's College London.. In 1890 he succeeded Brooke Foss Westcott as regius professor at Cambridge, and retained this position until 1915, when he retired with the title of emeritus professor.. He was in 1911 appointed an honorary chaplain to King George V.
Swete's works on Biblical texts are of high importance. In 1887 he published the first volume of his edition of the Greek text of the Old Testament, completing the series in 1894 (3rd ed. 1901-7), while in 1898 appeared the Greek text of the Gospel of St. Mark, with notes and introduction (2nd ed. 1902) and in 1906 that of the Apocalypse of St. John (2nd ed. 1907).
He was the editor of Cambridge Theological Essays (1905) and Cambridge Biblical Essays (1909), and was a contributor to Smith and Wace's Dictionary of Christian Biography (1882-87) and Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible (1899-1900). He also produced many historical and critical works, including The Apostles' Creed in Relation to Primitive Christianity (1894; 3rd ed. 1899); Church Services and Service Books before the Reformation (1896); Patriotic Study (1902); The Appearances of Our Lord after the Passion (1907; 2nd ed. 1908), and The Last Discourse and Prayer of Our Lord (1913).
Works by H. B. Swete
Henry Swete's An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek has been helping scholars and students for over a hundred years. The work provides an introduction to the Septuagint--the Greek version of the Old Testament. Swete--who was the Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge--provides an exhaustive analysis of Septuagint. In the first part, he provides the textual history of the Greek Old Testament, including its different editions and traditions. In the second part, he covers different manuscripts, and compares the "textual divisions" between them. In the third part, he more explicitly addresses the literary usages of the Old Testament Greek and its latter impact. This work is an indispensible tool for anyone curious about the Greek Old Testament. As one reader wrote, this book is a "veritable storehouse of materials... for study of the [Greek Old Testament]." A great reference work, An Introduction to the Old Testament in Greek is the standard by which other treatments of the Greek Old Testament are measured.
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Butterbur has a long history of medicinal applications throughout Europe.
As early as the Middle Ages, butterbur root—Petasites hybridus—was used to alleviate infections and fevers. Later, the herb was used in Europe, northern Africa, and Asia to treat coughs, congestion, and asthma. Butterbur's principal active constituents include petasin and isopetasin, phytochemicals that may reduce spasms in smooth muscle and relax swollen nasal membranes.1 The active ingredients in butterbur inhibit leukotriene synthesis, consistent with butterbur's anti-spasm and anti-inflammatory properties.2,3
In the last 30 years, a standardized preparation of butterbur has been recognized as an effective treatment for hay fever in Europe, where herbal remedies must undergo rigorous testing before they can be used by the general public. Repeated studies have shown that butterbur (standardized for petasin and isopetasin) dramatically improves breathing and reduces the effects of histamine and nasal congestion, all without side effects. Let's take a look at some of these remarkable findings.
The first randomized, double-blind study of standardized butterbur extract, reported by Swiss researchers in the British Journal of Medicine in 2002, followed 125 seasonal hay fever sufferers. At four clinics in Switzerland and Germany, 61 patients were treated with one tablet of the butterbur extract (containing 8 mg of petasin) four times a day, and 64 patients were treated with 10 mg of cetirizine (Zyrtec®) taken once daily. All participants had suffered seasonal allergies for two or more consecutive years. In skin testing, all but one of the 125 patients proved to be allergic to pollens, most commonly grass pollens.4
After two weeks of daily treatment, all participants were judged by their physicians to be improved in clinical examinations. All were shown to have been exposed to substantial levels of pollen during the preceding two weeks, through cross-checking the treatment period with the German government's pollen-count service. What the researchers noted as most significant was that in every category, butterbur scored as well as cetirizine in alleviating symptoms. While drowsiness and fatigue accounted for two thirds of the adverse events reported by patients in the cetirizine group during the treatment period, these side effects were not noted among those taking the butterbur extract.
"We set out to test whether [butterbur's] clinical effects in seasonal allergic rhinitis (seasonal allergies) were comparable to those of antihistamines as judged separately and blindly by patients and their doctors," wrote study author Dr. Andreas Schapowal. "The results showed that the effects of the two treatments are similar . . . With regard to safety, butterbur was well tolerated and did not have the sedative effects associated with antihistamines." 4
In another study conducted in Switzerland, six patients with acute allergic rhinitis received two butterbur tablets three times a day. At the study's conclusion, the Swiss researchers were impressed by the significantly lower levels of the inflammatory mediators histamine and leukotrienes in the study participants. They also found that the patients' breathing reached normal parameters by the end of the five-day period. All the people involved in the study reported significant improvement on a quality-of-life questionnaire, where they rated their symptoms as being above average on the first day and well below average at the end of five days of treatment.5
Butterbur's Effects Comparable to Drugs
One of the leading researchers on the benefits of butterbur, Dr. Schapowal has conducted numerous studies of this herb. His findings enthusiastically endorse butterbur as an effective treatment and a replacement for pharmaceuticals in the management of seasonal allergies. At the end of one of his placebo-controlled trials involving 330 patients, Dr. Schapowal concluded:
"The effects of [standardized butterbur extract] in treating the symptoms of intermittent allergic rhinitis are similar to those of the antihistamine fexofenadine when evaluated blindly by patients and doctors. Butterbur does not exhibit the sedative effects often associated with antihistamines and is well tolerated by patients. Despite being an herbal drug, butterbur has now been subject to a series of well-controlled trials and should be considered as an alternative treatment for [intermittent allergic rhinitis (seasonal allergies)]."7
Dr. Schapowal and his colleagues studied butterbur's efficacy once more in 2004, comparing treatment with high and low doses of the plant extract to placebo in a double-blind trial. At the end of the two-week period, physicians' clinical assessments of the response to treatment indicated that those receiving the high and low doses of butterbur improved dramatically compared to those who received placebo. Moreover, the group receiving the higher dose of butterbur extract showed significantly better results than the low-dose group.7
Scottish Study Confirms Butterbur's Efficacy
At roughly the same time that Dr. Schapowal and his colleagues were studying butterbur's efficacy compared to Allegra® (fexofenadine) in Switzerland, another research team was evaluating and comparing the two at the University of Dundee in Scotland.
In that trial, 16 patients suffering from symptoms caused by allergic reaction to dust mites received one week of therapy with 100 mg of butterbur daily, 180 mg of fexofenadine (Allegra®) daily, or placebo. The study purposely was conducted outside Scotland's pollen seasons in order to eliminate potentially confounding environmental allergens.
Following one week of treatment, both objective and subjective measurements showed that butterbur and fexofenadine significantly improved symptoms of rhinitis compared to placebo. Butterbur performed slightly better than fexo-fenadine in a test of the patients' response to a spray that triggered nasal congestion.
"We were able to demonstrate significant improvement in the total nasal symptom score with both butterbur and fexofenadine compared to placebo," wrote study author Dr. Daniel K. Lee. "Our results demonstrated that both butterbur and fexofenadine were equally effective, compared to placebo, in attenuating the nasal response to [congestion-provoking] challenge in addition to improving nasal symptoms in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis."8
These results mirrored those of a previous study by Dr. Lee and his colleagues in which 20 patients shown to be allergic to grass pollens via skin tests were treated with 100 mg of butterbur daily or placebo. In response to the introduction of the congesting nasal spray, patients taking butterbur regained nasal air flow more quickly than did those taking placebo. The study authors noted that their findings suggest that butterbur may be an effective therapeutic for people suffering from seasonal allergic rhinitis.9
Butterbur may have additional applications for people suffering from upper respiratory complications such as asthma. Several studies have looked at the possibility of incorporating butterbur in an asthmatic treatment program. Because people who suffer from allergic rhinitis have a higher incidence of asthma than does the general population, recent studies showing butterbur's effectiveness in treating that upper-respiratory disorder as well are very encouraging.10 In 2003, Dr. Lee and his associates at the University of Dundee found that patients who treated their asthma with inhaled corticosteroids breathed better when they added 25 mg of butterbur twice daily to their treatment regimen.11
In an open trial at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, 64 adults and 16 children with asthma reported a decrease in the number, duration, and severity of asthma attacks during two months of butterbur therapy compared to baseline. In addition, the participants demonstrated improvements in forced expiratory volume, a measure of the amount of air exhaled in a forced breath. Participants were allowed to use other asthma medications as needed during this two-month trial.12


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American Airlines Grounds 757s for Second Time
(NEW YORK) -- Two days after American Airlines said it had inspected and discovered what caused rows of seats on three different passenger jets to become loose in flight and returned those planes to service, the troubled carrier is taking planes out of service for repairs once more.
American Airlines will make repairs to 48 757s at their next stops, the airline said in a written statement.
"American has instructed mechanics to pay particular attention to the seat lock plunger mechanism that secures the seat to the aircraft floor," American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said in the statement. "Mechanics have begun taking steps necessary to ensure that no seat can become dislodged from its track. The work is expected to be completed after the 48 affected aircraft land at their next destination."
"Some select flights may be delayed or canceled in order to complete this work," the statement added. "We expect this work will be completed by Saturday, Oct 6. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience this may cause with their travel plans. The safety of our customers and people as well as the reliability of our fleet, is always of utmost priority to American."
The decision to perform the maintenance was a voluntary decision by the airline. The Federal Aviation Administration endorsed the move and says its investigation is ongoing.
"The FAA is aware of American's decision to conduct further inspections on certain Boeing 757s and concurs with this step," the FAA's statement said. "Our safety investigation continues and we'll take additional action as appropriate."
It's been a difficult few weeks for the bankrupt carrier, whose parent company filed for bankruptcy protection last year.
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Almost 50 of American Airlines' fleet of Boeing 757s -- nearly half the fleet -- were taken out of service earlier this week after three incidents of seats becoming loose in flight.
In one case, passengers flipped on to their backs.
The airline said Tuesday the seats' saddle clamps were improperly installed on the planes where the seat rows disengaged. Many of those planes were put back in service.
The first reported instance of seats becoming loose took place on Sept. 29 when seats came unbolted on flight 685 from Boston to Miami. The flight was diverted and made an emergency landing at JFK.
A second incident took place on Monday. Flight 443 from JFK to Miami was returned to JFK without incident when the seats were discovered, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
Then on Tuesday, it was reported that a Sept. 26 American Airlines flight from Vail, Colo., to Dallas had a similar seat issues.
The FAA said in a statement Tuesday it was looking into the first two incidents and that the airline's initial inspection of each aircraft had found other rows of seats that were not properly secured.
"Preliminary information indicates that both aircraft had recently undergone maintenance during which the seats had been removed and re-installed," according to the FAA.
The loose seats are just the latest in a series of troubles for American. The airline has suffered from heightened delays and cancellations in recent days.
"It's going to take American some time to rebuild trust in terms of the reliability of the schedule," Henry Harteveldt, airline and travel analyst at Atmosphere Research Group told ABC News.
AMR Corp., American Airlines' parent company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2011.
The FAA has stepped up scrutiny of American during its bankruptcy, as it has in the past for other carriers in similar situations.
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A Tarrant County, Texas, man who admitted to killing three puppies with a stick before setting their bodies on fire in a barrel has been given 30 days in jail and probation.
Chris Apala, 33, told NBC 5 in June the puppies were suffering, so he did the "humane thing" and then "cremated them."
Apala and his girlfriend, 38-year-old Melissa Woodard, and their eight dogs, were living at her sister's home on the 7300 block of Cottonwood Creek Road in northwest Tarrant County. Woodard's sister called 911 after finding three of those dogs burned in a barrel.
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With the advent of autumn comes an annual spectacle in the regional parks and elsewhere — the march of the mating tarantulas.
You may spot the large, hairy spiders making slow progress across parkland roads and trails. Those are likely the males. The females wait in their silk-lined boudoirs for the gentleman callers.
Tarantulas are interesting spiders. Despite their intimidating appearance, they are actually docile and reclusive. They live underground in daytime, usually emerging only at night to hunt for the small insects that comprise their diet.
Males mature between ages 7 and 10 years. Then, during September and October, they venture forth in search of females that are ready to lay eggs. Tarantula sexuality can be especially unsafe, because the girl sometimes dines on her partner afterward. Even if she doesn't, males die within a year of mating. Females can live as long as 30 years.
Neither sex lives happily ever after if there's an encounter with a tarantula hawk. This is a variety of wasp that hunts the spider, delivers a paralyzing sting, then lays eggs on the live but helpless victim to provide a meal for the wasp larvae when the eggs hatch.
If you see a tarantula while you're walking in the parks, spider-watch to your heart's content, but please don't disturb the creature in any way. One disincentive to handling tarantulas is their defense mechanism — irritant hairs on their abdomens that they can scatter with their legs to discourage predators. Tarantulas also have fangs, and while their bite is not poisonous, it is painful — like a bee sting.
If you'd like to learn more about tarantulas and meet one under safe circumstances, naturalist aide Morgan Evans is hosting a program from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Environmental Education Center in Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley. The center is at the north end of Central Park Drive. For more information, call 510-544-2233.
LEONA HEIGHTS: The oldest redwood tree in the East Bay is located in the Oakland Hills. It's hard to hike to, but you can see it from a distance during a walk from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday starting in Leona Canyon and continuing to Oakland's Leona Heights Park, led by naturalist Michael Charnofsky.
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Dow Approaches All-Time Closing High
The blue-chip index retreated from session highs, while other benchmarks were on pace for a fourth consecutive month of gains. Kaitlyn Kiernan has details on The News Hub.
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Heavy Metal Jukebox
Time again for the Heavy metal jukebox. This time it's a journey back to 1984. Early in the year the Raiders pounded the Redskins in the Super Bowl.
I hate the Raiders, but I hate the Redskins even more. However I love Ghostbusters and it came out that year.
Anyway here are your three song choices from 1984.
Ratt-Round and round
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Airports around the nation observed a moment of silence Friday to honor the Transportation Security Administration officer killed by a gunman at Los Angeles International Airport a week ago.
With heads bowed and hands folded, passengers and TSA officers alike stopped Friday at LAX as "Taps" was played to remember Gerardo Hernandez. Operations were halted at hundreds of U.S. airports at 9:20 a.m. PST — the same time Hernandez was shot and killed last week.
The 39-year-old father of two from Porter Ranch was the first TSA officer killed in the line of duty since the agency was formed shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. A public memorial service for Hernandez will be held Tuesday at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. A law enforcement source said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to attend.
Hernandez's family held a private funeral Friday.
Authorities said the alleged gunman, Paul Ciancia, targeted TSA officers. Two other TSA officers and a bystander were wounded before police shot Ciancia, who remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Federal agents are investigating possible ties between Ciancia and a widely circulated conspiracy theory that the U.S. government is preparing to establish a totalitarian state.
Ciancia has been charged with first-degree murder of a federal officer and committing violence at an international airport. It wasn't immediately known when he will make his first court appearance.


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Seafan wrote:Michael and Ware are both short yardage specialists. Whaley won't make it to TC.
v1rotv2 wrote:NFL teams invite players to mini-camps for try outs. If they like what they see the player will get invited to training camp. This is basically the next level below un-drafted free agents. I don't know if the player was offered a contract but if not it's just a try out.
After watching the videos it's apparent the kid has a very long stride and gets up to speed fairly quick.
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Design a Logo for MiMoCom (Mighty Motivations Company)
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We need a distinguished and recognizable logo for our parent company.
The following are desired:
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5. Shouldn't be too long or too wide, square size is desired.
The attached are logos that we did not find interesting enough. One of them was also an outright ripped-off logo, please avoid doing that :)
The budget is unfortunately fixed too and is 30 euros :( please do not waste your bids for higher pricing.
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The IT network is at the heart of most enterprises, supporting business-critical applications, providing the data on which business decisions are made and facilitating communications with customers, partners, suppliers and co-workers. More than ever before, it is a strategic asset to the business, and any downtime or degradation in network or application performance will directly impact the organisation's bottom line.
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To deliver the service levels agreed with the business, the challenge is two-fold: proactively improve and optimise performance to ensure that the network delivers what users require, and resolve any problems that arise as quickly as possible to minimise downtime. This White Paper looks at methodology of solving network and application performance issues and outlines a new approach to getting to root cause more quickly.


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At least one, and perhaps more of us here at the the Jalop not only fantasize about cars on a minute-by-minute basis, but also find time to squeeze in wet dreams about transportation of the two-wheeled variety. While the world of motorcycles can seem foreign and dangerous to the cage driver (that's what we call you douchebags when we're on the bike), it's actually safer than you'd think. The vast majority of motorcycle-related injuries are caused by operator stupidity. Another huge chunk of those injuries are due to some cager not seeing you in the worst possible moment. With that in mind, updating the signaling and lighting system on your motorcycle isn't the worst way to spend a few bucks, improve the bike's looks, and maybe keep your sorry ass off the pavement.
I must mention that this presentation won't be 100% representative of a stock upgrade, since the bike in question has been upgraded previously. While it doesn't have the grody three-inch taillights from the 70's, it still has the original incandescent electronics. (Cagers take note: There's no reason this won't work the same way on your "car.")
Opening up the bike, you can see that the previous upgrade attempt wasn't exactly performed by an organized electrician. Wires everywhere, poorly grounded, weak connections (gah! wingnuts!?) — not a pretty picture. The first step in every wiring project is to know where you are, then you can ascertain where you're going. For this, a shop manual for your bike is crucial. ("This is your manual. There are many like it, but this one is yours, Your manual is your best friend. It is your life. You must master it as you must master the feeler gauge...") Get a handle on the wiring diagram and trace out the relevant circuits as identified by wire color code. On old steeds, the turn signal system is driven by a
tiny hamster thermal flasher.
These thermal flashers work by passing electricity from the battery, through a switch and into a thermal winding, which will expand and reach a contact. The Juice then passes through the incandescent element, where the charge is used then grounded, and the process restarts, since the wire cools at this point. Unfortunately, this process doesn't work so hot (hah, pun) with LEDs. The light emitting diode doesn't draw enough current to restart the process, so it will light one time, then stay on. What's the solution? Electronic flasher switch!
Electronic flasher switches have relays and stuff, so you most likely need to have a signal source (the switch circuit) and a power source (battery). I got the snazzy one with a micro so I could re-utilize most of the original circuitry. For this case, I was able to run the turn signals, flashers, brake lights and running lights together because the voltage of each is distinct, and will light the LEDs at different intensities.
When installing wiring, make sure that all splices are at least well crimped at the connectors, if not soldered together. To be neat, only run as much wire as you need. I like to use heat shrink tube to keep everything together and wrap the spilts and joints in electrical tape. You can pick all of this stuff up in any big box store's electrical aisle. Just make sure you slide the tube over the wire bundle before you make your permanent connection or you'll be cursing your deity over the sorrows of rework. After buttoning everything up and testing the result, put everything back together and enjoy your handiwork. Now watch out for those cagers.
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NASA engineers want to squeeze as much power as possible from the wing-like solar arrays on the International Space Station, and the agency has launched a software contest to make it happen, officials announced Thursday.
The space agency is sponsoring a $30,000 competition to optimize the position of the station's eight solar arrays during certain parts of its orbit using a software algorithm. The goal is to maximize power output and minimize shadowing of longerons, the long arms holding the arrays to the station, which are sensitive to temperature changes.
With more power at hand, astronauts aboard the $100 billion orbiting lab can perform more experiments, increasing the station's scientific returns, contest organizers said.
The grand prize for the best software algorithm will win its creator $10,000, while second and third place are worth $5,000 and $3,000, respectively. The top 10 entries will all receive cash, and prizes for certain milestones bring the total purse to $30,000. The top five finishers will also receive mission stickers that orbited Earth aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
The contest — officially called the ISS Longeron Shadowing Optimization Challenge — is run through the NASA Tournament Lab, a joint effort of the space agency, Harvard University and the digital-creator community TopCoder.
The International Space Station is powered by eight solar arrays, arranged in pairs of wings, which extend from a central backbone-like truss structure. Each pair of solar arrays is 39 feet (11.8 meters) wide and has a wingspan of nearly 240 feet (73 m). When combined with the station's Russian solar arrays, the outpost's power system generates about 110 kilowatts — enough electricity to power 55 houses, NASA has said.
Registration for the newly announced competition, which runs through Feb. 6, is free and open to all TopCoder members. (TopCoder membership, which currently numbers more than 440,000, is free as well.)
"These are the types of complex low-risk, high-reward problems that get our community of creators excited," Rob Hughes, president and chief operating officer of TopCoder Inc., said in a statement. "The solutions brought forth for this problem can move the needle for NASA and provide a roadmap for other agencies to tackle stubborn challenges."
Assembly of the International Space Station began in 1998, and the orbiting outpost has been continuously occupied by astronauts since November 2000.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
The station weighs more than 400 tons and spans the area of a football field. It has about as much livable space as a five-bedroom house, or the cabin of a 747 jumbo jet.
For more information about the contest, and to learn how to participate, visit www.topcoder.com/iss.
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W.H. determined on Obamacare
Don't blink first.
That's the strategy President Barack Obama and Capitol Hill Democrats are pursuing as the nation faces a government shutdown, a historic default on its debt and the final phase of Obamacare.
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Obama's domestic agenda — headed up by infrastructure spending, gun control and immigration reform — has long since stalled. Now, with the basic functions of government on the line again, he's defining his goal as not giving any more ground to House Republicans — no budget cuts and no concessions on the Affordable Care Act or the debt limit.
Obamacare, the crown jewel of the president's legislative legacy, is truly non-negotiable for the administration, according to Democrats privy to conversations behind closed doors at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
( Also on POLITICO: Reid blasts Boehner on 'waste of time' Obamacare votes)
Rob Nabors, Obama's deputy chief of staff for policy, told that to House Democratic leaders during a closed-door session on Thursday, according to a Democratic source on Capitol Hill.
"They're willing to negotiate, but not on ACA," the source said of Nabors's message. The bigger problem, the source said, is that "Republicans can't get their s—t together to sit down and talk."
With the exception of a Wednesday meeting on the debt limit with Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, Boehner and his aides haven't talked fiscal matters with the White House recently, according to Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck. Nabors told House Democrats that there have been no back channel conversations with the speaker.
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
The White House position is a defensive posture struck as much out of necessity as from choice, and one that remains unchanged after Washington lost more than two weeks on domestic matters while it was fixated on the Syria crisis. The idea is to prevent further damage to party priorities. Administration officials also believe that Republicans will back down to avoid economic catastrophe and the ensuing political fallout.
"The combination of those two incentives will compel them to come up with a solution," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Thursday. "We have drawn the lines we have drawn, and we'll see what they produce."
But Democrats in Congress say they aren't so sure that the White House is really ready to back up its rhetoric, particularly on a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution that would lock in lower spending levels than House Democrats want and take political pressure off of House Republican leaders. While the White House won't give ground on Obamacare with regard to the CR, House Democratic leaders are far more inclined to let the government shut down over the spending levels or length of the extension than their White House counterparts.
( Also on POLITICO: Shutdown deja vu on Hill)
"Our leadership thinks the time has come to draw a line in the sand, not do a short-term extension," said a senior Democratic aide. "They're ready for a flash and a pop."
Recalling past budget battles, the aide said the administration's hard line on the CR and the debt limit could move.
"I don't know that I trust them, because they've said that before and it's changed," the aide said.
Senate Democratic leaders echoed White House arguments in a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday, and they feel confident that their solidarity will prevail over a fractured House Republican Conference that just had to pull a stopgap bill to keep the government funded into the fall because it wouldn't gut Obamacare.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP's Obamacare quandary)
"The biggest thing has been the uniformity in the refusal to negotiate on the debt ceiling," said Matt House, the communications director for Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). "We think at the last minute they're going to be the ones that have to blink and come to us."
House Republicans are badly fractured over spending. They can't agree among themselves on whether to keep spending on its current trajectory, cut it further than the caps agreed to in previous budget deals, or, as a handful of Republicans believe, raise it a little bit. More important at the moment, they are divided over whether to shut down the government in the name of starving Obamacare.


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ATLANTA, April 12 (UPI) -- Josh Smith and Jeff Teague brought Atlanta back from a 19-point deficit Friday and the Hawks completed a series sweep with a 109-104 win over Milwaukee.
The Hawks won all its games from the Bucks for the first time in 16 years. Atlanta moved past Chicago into the fifth-seeded position in the playoff standings.
Smith and Teague scored 24 points each in bringing Atlanta its second straight win.
Milwaukee owned a 19-point advantage early in the second half and still led by seven going into the fourth period.
Al Horford added 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Hawks, who made it a two-possession game when Horford hit two free throws with 17 seconds remaining.
Monta Ellis had 27 points and a career-best 17 assists for the Bucks. Milwaukee has lost three in a row and 13 of 18.