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Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson has some explaining to do after being caught yesterday receiving a shipment of 2.5 points of weed to his home. Authorities found another 6 pounds inside the Crestview Hills house, which Simpson owns. Here's how the incident will affect your fantasy football team, should you have made the mistake of drafting Jerome Simpson.
Ohioans to Stop Executions and other human rights groups are asking Gov. John Kasich to halt any further executions of inmates until the Ohio Supreme Court completes its review of the state's death penalty process.
The groups, which include the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center (IJPC) in Cincinnati, say the U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition by the Ohio Attorney General's Office to review an August 2011 ruling by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. That means the exoneration of Death Row inmate Joe D'Ambrosio is upheld.
Gov. John Kasich today denied a request for executive clemency from Mark Wayne Wiles, who was convicted in 1986 of the murder of 15-year-old Mark Klima in the northeast Ohio township of Rootstown.
Wiles is scheduled to
be executed April 18 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in
Lucasville. According to the clemency report, members of the Ohio
Parole Board on March 2 interviewed Wiles via video-conference from
the Chillicothe Correctional Institution, after which arguments in
support of and in opposition to clemency were presented. The board
voted 8-0 against recommending clemency.
Ohio was subjected to a moratorium on executions from November of 2011 until April 4, 2012, when U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost of Newark lifted the moratorium he invoked for the state's inability to follow its own execution protocol. The moratorium was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in February.
CityBeat reported here that despite lifting the moratorium, Frost expressed frustration with the state's problems carrying out executions, despite the errors being largely minor paperwork technicalities, including "not properly documenting that an inmate's medical files were reviewed and switching the official whose job it was to announce the start and finish times of the lethal injection."
From CityBeat's Politics/Issues blog April 6:
Since the moratorium, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has allegedly scrutinized its procedural policies and implemented a new "Incident Command System," which sounds like an initiative for ORDC Director Gary Mohr to more closely micromanage the processes during state executions.To date, Ohio has executed 386 convicted murderers. Click here for a schedule of upcoming executions in Ohio and here for recent clemency reports.
"This court is therefore willing to trust Ohio just enough to permit the scheduled execution," Frost wrote regarding his rejection of Wiles' stay of execution. "The court reaches this conclusion with some trepidation given Ohio's history of telling this court what (they) think they need to say in order to conduct executions and then not following through on promised reforms."
Do you enjoy looking at slideshows of rich people? Here's a good one, themed "Most Corrupt Members of Congress." Guess which local Eastside representative made the list … Here's a hint: Jean Schmidt.
Hamilton County has been killing people more often than Ohio counties of similar size, despite actually asking for the death penalty less often. Today's Enquirer takes a look at the growing opposition to the death
penalty in other states and recent legislation and task forces aimed
at either studying its effectiveness or stopping the practice
altogether. Prosecutor Joe Deters says he's going to kill all the people who deserve it because the law is still the law.
Would you like to pay tolls or higher gas taxes in order to have a new Brent Spence Bridge? No? Then you're like a majority of people who take the time to respond to Enquirer polls.
City Manager Milton Dohoney plans to ask City Council to raise the property tax rate in response to a projected $33 million 2013 deficit that everyone knows was coming.
The Community Press on the East Side says Norfolk Southern is willing to consider selling the Wasson Way right of way that some would like to see turned into a bike trail. CityBeat in March found the proposed trail to have support among cycling enthusiasts but some resistance from light rail supporters.
President Obama hooked up an 11-year-old kid with a note excusing him from class on Friday.
"He says, 'Do you want me to write an excuse note? What's your teacher's name?" Sullivan told ABC. "And I say, Mr. Ackerman. And he writes, 'Please excuse Tyler. He was with me. Barack Obama, the president.'"
Fortune magazine has taken exception to Mitt Romney's recent criticism of Solyndra, the solar panel company that went out of business despite a $500 million Department of Energy loan.
So last Thursday Romney held a surprise press conference at Solyndra's shuttered headquarters. During his prepared statement, Romney said:
"An independent inspector general looked at this investment and concluded that the Administration had steered money to friends and family and campaign contributors."
Romney then repeated the claim later in the press conference.
Small problem: No inspector general ever "concluded" such a thing, at least not based on any written reports or public statements.
Wisconsin Gov./Union Crusher Scott Walker holds a slight lead over his Democratic challenger, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, according to a recent poll.
George Zimmerman is back in jail after what his attorney is calling a misunderstanding over telling a judge that he had limited money even though a website set up to fund his legal defense raised more than $135,000.
Legal issues will be involved in New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's attempt to ban giant sodas.
Jason Alexander has released a lengthy and quite thoughtful apology for referring to the sport of cricket as "a bit gay" during a recent appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson.
Why do people on the West Coast get to see all the cool stuff that happens in space? First the eclipse and now the Transit of Venus, when Venus will cross paths between the sun and earth. Next time it will happen is 2117. And Australia got to see a partial lunar eclipse the other day, too.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio on Sunday asked Gov. John Kasich to halt the death penalty across the state, following the botched execution of convicted killer Dennis McGuire that reportedly lasted 26 minutes.
McGuire's prolonged execution, the longest since Ohio resumed capital punishment in 1999, was carried out on Jan. 16 with a new cocktail of drugs that had never been tried before in the United States. The use of the new drugs came about after Ohio ran out of its previous supplies.
With its letter, the ACLU joined other groups, including Ohioans to Stop Executions, in calling for an end or pause to state-sanctioned killing.
"This is not about Dennis McGuire, his terrible crimes, or the crimes of others who await execution on death row," reads the ACLU letter. "It is about our duty as a society that sits in judgment of those who are convicted of crimes to treat them humanely and ensure their punishment does not violate the Constitution."
The letter adds, "We are mere months away from new recommendations from the Ohio Supreme Court Taskforce on the Administration of the Death Penalty that could alter our system for the better. On the eve of monumental changes, along with increasing problems with lethal injection, is not now the time to step back and pause?"
McGuire's family also announced on Friday it would file a lawsuit claiming his death constituted "cruel and unusual punishment."
Five more people await execution in Ohio this year, according to the ACLU. It's unclear whether the state will use the same cocktail of drugs following McGuire's execution.
Connecticut will soon join the list of states that have ended the use of capital punishment.
In an 86-63 vote, legislators in Connecticut's House of Representatives passed the bill Wednesday night. The state Senate approved the measure April 5, in a 20-16 vote.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, has indicated he will sign the bill when it reaches his desk, probably sometime this week. A similar bill was vetoed by then-Gov. Jodi Rell, a Republican, in 2009.
Connecticut's law is prospective in nature, and won't affect the sentences of the 11 people currently on the state's death row.
In the last five years, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Illinois have repealed the death penalty, according to CNN. California voters will decide the issue in November.
Other states that have abolished capital punishment are Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, a man who spent 21 years on Ohio's death row until he was exonerated in 2010 will speak tonight at a forum in Clifton.
Joe D'Ambrosio will discuss his experience and why he believes the death penalty should be scrapped at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Monica-St. George Parish Newman Center, located at 328 W. McMillan St. D'Ambrosio will be joined by the Rev. Neil Kookoothe, a Roman Catholic priest who worked to get him released.
D'Ambrosio was wrongfully convicted of the 1988 murder of Anthony Klann in Cleveland. Cuyahoga County prosecutors withheld 10 pieces of evidence that would have exonerated D'Ambrosio at his trial and implicated another suspect in the crime, a judge ruled in March 2010.
D'Ambrosio is the 140th Death Row exoneration in the United States since 1973 and the sixth in Ohio.
This week's Porkopolis column looks at a report from Amnesty International about the use of capital punishment throughout the world, and how the United States is one of the only industrialized nations that still condones the practice.
During a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado last night, a gunman walked into a theater, threw tear gas, and opened fire. Police identified James Holmes as the suspect in the shooting. Twelve were killed and at least 50 were wounded. On Twitter, one witness lamented that "there is no dark knight, no hero, that could save us from anything like this."
Cincinnati Police Chief James Craig will learn later this summer if he'll be required to undergo additional training and take the state police exam. Craig and his attorneys yesterday told the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission about his 36 years of policing experience.
This summer, Ohio families will receive health insurance rebates as part of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. The average family will receive $139. In total, Ohioans will be getting back $11.3 million.
Ohio's unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent in June, down from 7.3 percent in May. That's the lowest unemployment has been since 2008.
An Ohio Supreme Court task force approved changes that will help prevent racial bias in death penalty cases.
Gov. John Kasich can't get even his own people to agree with him on his tax plan. An Ohio Tea Party group came out against the plan yesterday.
Speaker of the House John Boehner called the issue of Mitt Romney's tax returns a "sideshow" and said that Americans don't care about it. But Romney apparently disagreed with Boehner's perspective in 1994 when he asked then-Senator Ted Kennedy to release his tax returns.
First giant mirrors, then volcanoes. Now, scientists want to use plankton to help fight global warming.


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See the top 20 most helpful scuba gear reviews
Average Customer Review: based on 7 reviews.Rating: childrens wetsuit
Im 411 and about 80-90pounds and Im 13 years old. Im planning on buying a wetsuit but I dont know what size is good for me. I want a wetsuit not too big or too small but i want it big enough so I can grow into it and wear it for a long time. Please let me know ASAP. Thanks
My 11 year old daughter is 48" and 66 lbs. Should I get her a Medium or a Medium Large? By weight she is a Medium but by height she is an ML. Thanks for your help.
I need to get a wetsuit for my boy for swimming lessons, he is always cold and his lip is always purple. He is 42", 23" chest and 22" waist. 1. Is this Scubamax3mm kids wetsuit good for him? 2. Will water go inside? Is there zipper at waist, ankle and back? 3. Is this flock lock stitching OR? 4. What size will he fit? 5. Is there any discount you can offer, this wetsuit is quite expensive. Other website offers free shipping and no tax. Thank you.
I am looking for a scuba suit for my 5 year old son who basically just wants it for Christmas! He weighs 48 to 50 pounds, skinny. What size would he need and would you suggest another suit. Thanks!
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Hi, I need a wetsuit for my 8 year old son, he likes wakeboard, but complains that the water in Miami during the summer is too cold. Which wetsuit should I buy him? Thanks!!!
Hello Cristina, you can go with either a 3mm or a 5mm suit. As for sizing of a wet suit the two most important measurements are going to be your chest/bust and waist. Height is a secondary measurement and weight is the last measurement you take into account.
My son is 8 and 70 pounds. We just want a wetsuit to play around in the Monterey bay - which can be cold and dont want to spend too much because hell grow out if it soon. Which and what size would you recommend? Thank You! - Eva
My son is skinny as a rail. 54" and 61 lbs. We do triathlons and SCUBA dive and he freezes. Will this wet suit be tight enough for him to stay warm? If not can you suggest a better one? We were just in Mexico and the water was 84 degrees he was wearing two wetsuits - albeit to large for him and he was cold - he did make it the 40 mins but was not comfortable. When we race tris the water is in the high 60s and we are in for about 25 mins. Thanks,
Hello Andy, the suit I would suggest for your son is the: http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-43/147333/Henderson-3mm-Childs---Juniors-Thermoprene-Jumpsuit---Wetsuit.html. The material in the suit is designed to help reflect the heat back to your body better and keep you warmer.
Hello Andy, the suit I would suggest for your son is the: http://www.scuba.com/scuba-gear-43/147333/Henderson-3mm-Childs---Juniors-Thermoprene-Jumpsuit---Wetsuit.html. The material in the suit is designed to help reflect the heat back to your body better and keep you warmer.
Daughter needs a suit for swimming (medical reasons). Shes 3 yrs old, and weights about 35 lbs. Shes seriously prone to catching a cold, so I need something to help keep up her body temp by just a few degrees. 2 questions: how do i know what size to choose and what thickness would offer her a few degrees of warmth without completely restricting her movement (2mm or 3mm). Ive tried the childrens body suits and they just dont do the job. Thanks
Unfortunately in the kids suits, there isn''t a lot of info on sizing. In this case, (having a 3 year old grandson at home) I know this suit is way too large for a 35lbs youth. The trade off in thickness is also tough. The thicker the suit, the warmer it is. But as you know the thicker the suit the more buoyant it is and more difficult to swim in. 3mm is typical for warmer water conditions and can typically still be used for swimming.
We are leaving for Fiji next week and want to get a 3mm suit for my son who is getting his JOW. Hes 52", 100-105 lbs at 10 years old. 1) Is this suit designed for scuba? 2) Will a 3mm be sufficient? I think the temps are about 75 deg right now, but I dont think hed be in the water too long as a new diver. 3) Which size would fit best? Thanks!
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Pockets of nitrogen gas inside the material create excellent insulation that protects the wearer from cold and helps to trap warm water against the diver's skin. It's also durable, and more resistant to abrasions and cuts, and also less susceptible to compression when diving deep.


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Due to the differences between a Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows, formatting a drive for both Mac and Windows will limit maximum file sizes of 4GB. If you plan on using files larger than 4GB, please format the drive for ONLY Mac (HFS+) or ONLY Windows (NTFS).
NOTE: The steps below use the G-Drive slim as an example only. The steps remain the same regardless of the G-Technology product you're attempting to format.
WARNING: Any data on the drive will be erased in this process. Please backup any data on the drive before proceeding.
Follow these steps to format your drive for both Mac and Windows:
When the process completes, the drive will be ready for use by selecting it on your Desktop or Finder window


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And now, some hard-hitting journalism on which ice cream flavors make people smile. Next stop: Pulitzer prize, baby.
Baskin-Robbins just ran a survey and asked people which flavors of ice cream make them the happiest. I'm not 100% sure how that's different from people's FAVORITE ice cream flavor, but at least vanilla didn't win this time, so we'll take it.
The top 10 ice cream flavors that make people happiest are: Chocolate . . . coffee . . . strawberry . . . rocky road . . . vanilla . . . cookie dough . . . mint chocolate chip . . . chocolate chip . . . praline . . . and rainbow sherbet.
Overall, 72% of people say deciding to get ice cream makes them happy even if they're stressed, preoccupied, or serious. Let's not dig too deep into the sad, chubby psychology there and just enjoy our ice cream, okay?


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SaaS Isn't For Everyone: When Purchase-and-Install Makes Sense
When Software-As-A-Service TMS isn't the right choice—the merits of purchase-installed solutions. Transite, which sells both forms of TMS, has issued a six-page whitepaper outlining and detailing the top five reasons why buyers should consider purchase and install solutions.
The Flexibility to Control Your Destiny
You Control Your Data
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Better Customer Experience
February 18, 2011
First, let's acknowledge that Transite offers its transportation management solutions as software-as-a-service as well as a purchased, on-premise customer installation. So, the company isn't trying to push readers away from SaaS—in fact, more than half of Transite's customers utilize the company's SaaS solution.
In today's transportation management systems (TMS) market, companies continue to invest in transportation management software to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and help run their overall freight management functions more effectively.
Companies can either purchase and install their TMS solution or obtain the functionality through the software as a service model—and, if they are a shipper, they can simply choose to outsource the whole thing to a third-party logistics provider.
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MOUNDSVILLE - Visiting Preston exploded for a 12-0 run at the outset of the fourth quarter to finally pull away and defeat cold-shooting John Marshall 61-36 Thursday night.
The game was competitive through the first eight minutes, which included three lead exchanges before Jimmy Galuskey drained a 3-pointer for the Knights' only trifecta of the evening, giving his team the lead for keeps at 13-11.
Taking advantage of the Monarchs first cold spell of the night to pull ahead 30-18 by halftime, Preston was on top 45-31 entering the fourth quarter.
Precise and disciplined on offense, the Knights then worked some defensive magic, turning several runouts into layups to pull away for their fourth victory in five games this season. It was Preston's fourth straight victory since an opening loss to Morgantown.
Two quick steals on the defensive end by the Knights led to Wesley Scott's layup and the second throw-down slam of the game by the ultra-smooth 6-foot-4 senior guard Mitchell Koch to start the final quarter. Another one-and-done shooting opportunity for John Marshall resulted in Spencer Lively's layup and Preston's first 20-point advantage at 51-31.
The Knights then turned three more fast break opportunities into layups by Galuskey, Lively and Brandon Black to go up 57-31. Tanner Filben managed the Monarchs first points of the fourth quarter by swishing a pair of free throws with 3:11 remaining but the game was already well out of reach. Alex Wharton cashed JM's only basket down the stretch, ending an 0-for-9 shooting dry spell.
''Preston's very disciplined and I knew if we got behind they would make us pay," Monarchs coach Bill Storm said. ''I thought in spurts at the beginning of the game we executed pretty well. In the second quarter, we had a stretch where we couldn't score. Then they were in charge and they know how to play with a lead. It was all over from that point.''
Most of John Marshall's offense came from Evan Magers and Tanner Filben. Both connected for 3-pointers in the opening quarter as John Marshall went up 6-2. But with Koch tossing in six points and Galuskey cashing his 3-pointer at the end of the period, Preston took command.
Magers went on to score 10 points in the third quarter to keep the Monarchs reasonably close as he finished the game with 19 points. Filben ended with 10. The only other John Marshall starter getting into the scoring column was Cole Sobutka on two field goals in the opening quarter.
Overall, the Monarchs were just 13 of 40 from the field. The hosts also were outrebounded 31-15 as they rarely got any second-shot opportunities.
''We only have three guys that score," Storm said. ''It's not that we didn't get good looks at the basket. The bottom line is if you don't have people that score, you are in trouble."
Preston got most of its offense from three players as Galuskey finished with 17 points, followed by Koch and Tyler Groves with 16 each.
Koch's leadership skills and solid play at both ends made things a lot easier for his teammates.
With Koch running the show out front, Preston had just four turnovers until the latter stages of the fourth quarter when both teams had backups on the court. The Knights turned the ball over just eight times, while John Marshall finished the game with 14 turnovers.
''Koch is a nice player and knows what he is doing out there," Storm praised. ''He gets the ball to their scorers and does a good job taking it to the basket."
The Monarchs return to the home court Saturday night when they host backyard rival Wheeling Park.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- It may be called the National Gallery of Art, but for Randle Highlands Elementary School, it's as local as it gets.
Just a short bus ride from school in SE, D.C., but these 4th graders have never seen it, until now.
Even though it's their first trip they are very comfortable with the Lictentestein Exhibit.
"Roy Lichtenstein he copied off comics and commercials and he used like Benday dots and flat colors and stripes and lines to make it different so it is like Pop art," explained 4th grader Sidney Higgimbltham.
A program called "Live it, Learn it" brings Washington DC's amazing resources to life for the students. First, a team from the non-profit decends on the class for a pre-trip lesson, to learn about the artist, his work etc., then its off to the gallery.
The lesson doesn't end at the museum. The "Live it, Learn it" team goes back to the class to drive the lesson home, here.
Perhaps even more powerful than exposing the students to the great free resources D.C. has to offer, they get the teachers there too.
"That exposure is amazing, even though we're in DC a lot of these museums we've never been to, as their teacher I've never been to, so it's good for them to learn it in the classroom and they actually see it in the real world," said 4th Grade Teacher, Alicia Bruyning.
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Reaching Out at the Ballpark
Lots going on around here lately…even off the playing field.
While the players prepared to face the Twins and the White Sox – with one to play against Chicago on Tuesday – we prepared for a variety of different community-related events that kept us pretty busy. Here's a brief summary (and some photos!) of all the happenings that have been going on around Kauffman Stadium.
We all helped the players in honoring the 60th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the baseball color barrier. The actual date that MLB recognizes was April 15, but we were rained out in Baltimore then. So, we brought the celebration home for the fans. If you were at Friday's game – and there was A LOT of you out here! – then you probably saw Reggie Sanders and Emil Brown suiting up in the No. 42 uniform to commemorate the occasion. Both jerseys are going to MLB to be put in an auction to raise money for the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
Prior to the Royals game against Minnesota on Friday, the Baseball Tomorrow Fund – a supporter of the Royals Charities Baseball Equipment Drive – donated $5,000 to Della Lamb Youth Services.
A parade of children associated with the Dream Factory program took a lap around the warning track prior to the Royals final game against the Twins. It's the 15th anniversary of the Royals partnership with Dream Factory in Kansas City. Look for the first Dream Factory night to take place Wednesday, May 2.
Our umpires for the weekend series – Rob Drake, Laz Diaz, John Hirschbeck and Bill Welke – hosted some guests from the local Big Brothers Big Sisters chapter as part of BLUE for Kids, Inc., a program designed to manage the community outreach efforts of the participating MLB Umpires. The umps invited the children and mentors down onto the field prior to first pitch on Sunday.
No Sunday is complete without another great honorary lineup! This past Sunday's ranked as one of the best we've had in a long time…just ask Reggie Sanders, who couldn't stop smiling with his kid!
The 2007 Baseball Equipment Drive went off without a hitch on Monday! We are still waiting to get final numbers back on the goods, but it looks like the Royals Charities volunteers and Royals Wives collected a lot for Della Lamp Youth Services…
It's T-Shirt Tuesday at the ballpark! If you are headed out to the game, get here early so you can pick up your Mark Teahen No. 24 jersey (first 20,000 fans).


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The study, published in the Current Biology journal, claims that people with a higher IQ are better at filtering out distractions, allowing them to focus on the task in hand.
Dr Duje Tadin, who led the study, said those who are more intelligent tend to be slower than average at spotting the movement of large and obtrusive objects in their field of view.
In contrast they are better than average at spotting smaller moving objects which demand closer attention, suggesting that their brains operate in a more "selective" way.
Dr Tadin said their was no real average score because the ability to perceive the movement depends on the lighting conditions in the room and the resolution of the screen, but you could test yourself in relation to a colleague who was using the same computer because the conditions would be the same.
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First extend your hand with your thumb point upwards. Close one eye and adjust your distance from the screen so your thumb roughly covers the small grey square in the video.
Then you will see films of bars moving either towards the left or towards the right.
The number before film indicates the number of frames in the film.
How many frames does it take you to see clearly the direction of the motion bars for the small bars?
And how many frames does it take you to see clearly the direction of the motion bars for the large bars?
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Each of the animations alternates in the direction of the lines. At two frames the lines were moving right, at three frames the lines were moving left and so on through to twenty frames when they were moving left. How early did you spot the direction of the lines? Now pass on to a friend.


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Indy Race Recap - GEICO Ford Fusion
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Speedway, IN (July 29, 2012) – Few races on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule evoke as much emotion as Indianapolis. It is the most celebrated racetrack in the sport of auto racing and bears special meaning for the Mears family. Rick has recorded four Indianapolis 500 wins, while Casey still owns the track record that he set when he took the pole at the 2004 Brickyard 400. Casey's father, Roger, also competed in the Indianapolis 500 before moving onto a legendary career in off-road racing.
When Mears took to the historic speedway for the series' opening practice, he paced the facility with striking familiarity and sat ninth on the speed chart when the session concluded. His #13 GEICO car was also the second fastest Ford. Qualifying saw the California native travel the 2.5-mile racetrack in just 50.134 seconds, at a rate of speed of 179.519 miles per hour. His effort was good enough for a 25th place starting position in Sunday's race.
Sunny and warm weather blanketed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday when the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series took the green flag for 160 laps of racing. Mears held the #13 GEICO Fusion strong in the top 25 before starting to fight a tight condition on the third lap of the race. He immediately notified crew chief Bootie Barker of his situation, indicating, "The car is plowin'. I've never been this tight."
The crew would have their first shot of rectifying the problem during Mears' first scheduled green flag stop of the day on lap 26. They refreshed the #13 GEICO Fusion with four tires, a tank of fuel and much needed adjustments. Once back on the track, Mears turned only a single lap before again finding himself in a battle with the racecar. "It's way, way too tight; not even close," Mears said over the team's radio frequency.
A much-needed yellow flag waved on lap 41, giving Mears the opportunity to bring his GEICO Fusion to the attention of the Germain Racing pit crew. He received tires, fuel and major adjustments. Unfortunately, when the field received the 'one to go' signal, Mears reported a bad vibration and was forced to take a second trip to his pit stall to take on four new tires. He ultimately restarted in the 33rd position, one lap down. A sliver of good fortune would find Mears when the caution immediately manifested itself just two laps later, allowing him to receive the Lucky Dog award and rejoin the lead lap.
On lap 62, Mears began reporting brake problems to Barker. He managed to ride it out and even began working the #13 GEICO Fusion through the field and into the Top 10. Sadly, Mears' day took a final turn for the worse on lap 86 when he radioed in: "It feels like the brakes are grinding." Just seven laps later, his right front brake rotor gave way, cutting the right front tire and sending Mears careening into the outside wall. He sustained significant damage and was forced to head to the garage for repairs to his GEICO Fusion.
Mears returned to the race on lap 114, 23 laps down to the field, in the 36th position. When the checkered flag ended a long day for the Germain Racing team, Mears was relegated to a 34th place finish.
"It was a long, tough day, and we need to figure out what went wrong with the brakes," Mears said. "When things like this happen, it makes for a long afternoon. The GEICO team did a great job of making repairs and getting me back out there so we could at least pick up some points. We also managed to pick up a couple of spots, which always helps. We started the weekend off fast in practice, so we will work hard to figure out what we did that caused us to head in the other direction."
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ASA DDM60 Pro vs. GM1000HPS
Posted 22 September 2013 - 05:55 AM
Therefore, keeping this in mind I am imaging with a laptop anyway, so bringing a laptop is not a big deal, I would like to know the experience (specifically for imaging at these focal lengths or higher) are. I am not too impressed when somebody tells me they can image at 600mm unguided. I can already image at short focal lengths unguided. I have no interest in short focal length imaging.
So far my limited research shows the following:
DDM60 Pro:
+Through the mount cabling
+Integrated laser pointer for rough alignment
+The ability to model tracking for the specific path of the object you are going to image
+Integrated USB hub and power connectors for accessories
-More expensive
-You have to sort out your own tripod
-100% computer dependent (no bigy but still a negative)
+Track satellites (not sure I would use this)
+Comes in a nice package that includes covers and carry bag and tripod (no need to hunt around for components to complete the package
+Works without computer (Nice to have, but not a must)
+Removable electronics
+Since the firmware is linux based, I am assuming that it is open to future 3rd party upgrades
-No through the mount cabling
-No polar alignment scope or laser for initial rough alignment
I will be spending a lot more money than last time. My last purchase did not meet my needs, I need to be ultra careful with my next purchase. That is not to say that I should stick to AP without any questions, I am willing to try other brands with their new interesting features, provided I find evidence to back that they are good enough to demand such a premium price tag.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 09:27 AM
...I am not too impressed when somebody tells me they can image at 600mm unguided...
Well, maybe you should be because the basic principles for doing it well with longer FLs are very much the same
Posted 22 September 2013 - 09:43 AM
At close to 3 times the price I want to see far more than 20 minutes 600 mm.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 09:47 AM
Good luck with your research
Posted 22 September 2013 - 10:09 AM
However, I've seen some very impressive results with mounts not mentioned here, especially at the sub 1000mm focal length. APs, SBs, and a certain MI250 (not mine) that have done some outstanding unguided images at much longer focal lengths than 1000mm. But...these results come with added costs.
Add to that, your location, and then support becomes an issue. With that in mind, I'd stick with what is best for you in terms of service.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 10:23 AM
I have never missed a polar scope. All that is needed is a compass bearing, a quick aim and three stars. After that you do he initial adjustment.
In order to reach unguided performance with a single-axis tracking mount (like the Losmandy - I assume it does not offer dual axis tracking as it lacks encoders) the polar alignment must be second to none. I do not think it is easily obtainable in the field.
10Micron and ASA mounts track in both axis and have absolute encoders. This means that you can have a much larger polar alignment error and still get away with unguided imaging. The mounts need good models in order to deliver unguided.
ASA's software has the path tracking option as you mention. The same is doable with a 10Micron mount if you just choose to model along the path of the intended target. Easily done with my model making software (you can read about that on my site).
Posted 22 September 2013 - 11:03 AM
I thought all software based on Linux has to be open source or is in violation of the license agreement. Anyway, that doesn't affect me in any meaningful way.
You are right about polar alignment, when I took those 40 minute exposures I had spent several hours tuning my polar alignment using PEMPro.
Guiding is not an issue for me since my camera already has an off axis guider built in, my aim is to get the images so I don't care if it is done with or without guiding. I am just interested in getting images in the longer focal lengths. Defined in my dictionary as starting from 1680 mm going upwards from there.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 11:49 AM
Posted 22 September 2013 - 12:20 PM
Yes ASA is using Dr. Keller as their main developer. However, if you'll check out what kind of a company ASA is, they should be able to hire a replacement for Mr. Keller if he gets hit by the truck.
And if you compare ASA to e.g. 10Micron who had problems to develop even proper ASCOM support without a help of a talented mount owner, not to even talk about other software development. I'd put my money on ASA
Posted 22 September 2013 - 12:24 PM
If that is your requirement then both mounts will do. I prefer the 10Micron for a number of reasons. I do not like the total PC dependancy, I do not like the fact that if power is cut the thing is loose as a goose and can continue its slew until it hits the pier, and I do not like motor control to be delegated to an external computer.
As for the Linux thing, all things Linux do not have to be open. It is the base embedded Linux kernel code that is open, not the firmware riding on it.
Now, if you are aiming for the longer focal lengths I would suggest you look at mounts "one step up". In 10Micron terms that would be the GM2000HPS. It is a formidable mount!
Posted 22 September 2013 - 12:25 PM
Posted 22 September 2013 - 12:38 PM
Anyway. I'll go to my computer and dig up those 40 minute subs
Posted 22 September 2013 - 01:19 PM
But I did manage 40 minutes guided
Posted 22 September 2013 - 01:33 PM
...I have the 20 minutes posted on astrobin...
Could you give a link to that 20min unguided exposure at the Astrobin. Could only find one 4 min unguided exposure.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 01:50 PM
That still doesn't change the fact that I want to see results from longer focal lengths.
Anyway, here is the picture I was referring to, it was not in the public area, it was in the staging area.
I will find the 40 minute sub and post it anyway.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 02:23 PM
Hope you'll find a good mount for your longer focal length plans. It shouldn't be a problem because doing longer focal length with autoguiding is quite manageable with all high end mounts.
Maybe you'll also find out one day that taking 20 min unguided exposures with a 600 mm scope isn't so trivial you seem to think.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 02:28 PM
Posted 22 September 2013 - 02:34 PM
When I purchased the G11, I was told that it can do 2000mm imaging, but I actually didnt see any results and now I am not happy at all with it's guiding performance. So I can't be blamed for looking to see actual evidence of performance at the same focal lengths I am working at.
I saw an image from a DDM85 at 4500mm that was unguided and very impressive. but a DDM85 is not a DDM60. While the principles of operation are the same, I would still like to see feedback from users of the same mounts I am considering.
Same goes for GM1000HPS. Lots of feedback on the GM2000HPS, very little on the GM1000HPS.
I found lots of information about the Paramount MX and The Mach1GTO. That was so easy to dig up.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 06:00 PM
That should tell you something.
I found lots of information about the Paramount MX and The Mach1GTO. That was so easy to dig up.
Posted 22 September 2013 - 07:25 PM
Posted 22 September 2013 - 10:34 PM
My Takahashi NJP has been an amazing mount for guided imaging and truthfully its only shortcoming is that it doesn't thrive in an automated environment.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 12:30 AM
...I saw an image from a DDM85 at 4500mm that was unguided and very impressive. but a DDM85 is not a DDM60. While the principles of operation are the same, I would still like to see feedback from users of the same mounts I am considering...
If you're seriously wanting to learn more about ASA mounts, you might want to check out some of the user experiences from their web site. It includes all kinds of set-ups. ASA forum is also a good place to ask what kind of results people are getting from their systems.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 02:16 AM
Thanks for the link. I have now found the sort of samples I was looking for. I found images done on a 10" LX200 unguided and they looked very nice.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 04:27 AM
Just have to comment on this
nd if you compare ASA to e.g. 10Micron who had problems to develop even proper ASCOM support without a help of a talented mount owner, not to even talk about other software development. I'd put my money on ASA
Well, they were late in releasing their ASCOM driver, that I can confirm. In the meantime I developed my own which is entirely mine and has nothing to do with 10Micron. Today both are available.
Posted 23 September 2013 - 05:29 AM
Did you purchase your mount with the full kit including the tripod and carry cases? How good re these accessories? Do you feel they are good enough to be considered influential in the purchase decision?


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Further to this post that I made the other day:
I've sucessfully got the vmware/rpath/zimbra installation to mount an nfs drive and move index and store from /opt/zimbra to there.
I am concerned however that the vmware image tends to fill up rather quickly, log files and the like seem to pile up and fill my (tiny) image. I have 172MB free right now, and only 2 users imported. (that's with index and store elsewhere).
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No. 17 Baylor Powers Past Iowa State, 12-6
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State got the lead a couple of times over No. 17 Baylor Friday at the Cyclone Sports Complex, but the Lady Bears used the long ball to power past Iowa State 12-6. The win improved BU to 39-12 overall, 10-4 in the Big 12. ISU falls to 22-26-1 on the season, 2-11 in conference play.
Hartman Makes History to Put ISU Ahead
Starter Paris Imholz retired the side in the top of the inning to give the Cyclones a platform to work with and a chance to move ahead early. Lexi Slater posted a two-out double to left center, her 15th of the season and allowed Rachel Hartman to cash in with a bloop single down the right field line to make the score 1-0 ISU after one.
Hartman's RBI-single, the first of three hits on the day, gave the freshman backstop her 29th RBI of the season, surpassing ISU's previous record for RBIs in a freshman season of 28 set by Alex Johnson in 2007.
Baylor Bombs Away To Move Ahead
Clare Hosack took Imholz's second pitch of the second inning over the leftfield wall to tie the game up at 1-1. The Lady Bears followed that up with a single from Sarah Smith and a Linsey Hays walk. Jordan Strickland took advantage of the moment and powered a 3-run home run towards the Cyclone Sports Complex scoreboard to give BU its first lead of the game at 4-1.
Strickland was again responsible for the runs that put Baylor ahead by another run in the top of the third as she cracked a double to left to bring home Hays and make it 5-1.
Iowa State Moves Back Ahead
Baylor pitcher Whitney Canion threw a no-hitter Wednesday night against McNeese State, but the Cyclone offense soon made that a distant memory as the Cyclones put up a big five-run third inning. Sarah Hawryluk took advantage of a moved-in outfield and got a hit over Liz Paul in left, allowing her to come all the way to third for her second triple of the season. Slater would bring that run home as her grounder to third was not handled by Holly Holl and made everyone safe at 5-2.
Slater, who advanced to second on the Holl error, was not on the basepaths for long as Rachel Hartman hit her 10th double off the season over Lindsey Cargill in center to bring home Slater and make it 5-3.
An Aly Cappaert walk and Jorden Spendlove getting hit by a pitch brought Sara Davison to the plate with the bases loaded. An enthralling battle between Canion and Davison took place with ISU's all-time walks leader getting the upper hand as she drew a walk to bring home the run and make it 5-4 Lady Bears.
Two batters later, Liana Henry moved the Cyclones ahead with a two-out, 2-RBI single to center that put ISU ahead 6-5 after three.
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In the end, though, the Cyclones could not keep the ball in the Cyclone Sports Complex. With Stacy Roggentien in the circle for ISU in the top of the fourth, BU got back-to-back singles from Kaitlyn Thumann and Ari Hawkins to set the stage for Holly Holl, who blasted one to dead center to put Baylor back ahead 8-6. Holl would add her second 3-run homer of the game in the top of the seventh off Katie Johnson to get the score to the final 12-6 mark.
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Pores are among the dominant morphological features characterizing benthic foraminiferal tests. The presence, arrangement, and size of these pores vary greatly, likely in response to environmental conditions on the sea floor.
In this study, surface pores of deep-sea taxa from a number of locations with different bottom water oxygen conditions (Sulu Sea, California Borderlands, North Atlantic) are studied and show distinct patterns. Infaunal species, such as Chilostomella, Globobulimina, Pullenia, and Melonis spp., have pores widely distributed over most of the test surface, previously suggested to be in response to low oxygen levels in the pore waters.
Biconvex forms considered to live within the upper centimeter of sediments, such as Hoeglundina elegans and Oridorsalis umbonatus, have abundant small pores over most of the test, which may reflect low oxygen within the sediments, as well. Taxa living at the surface in well-oxygenated bottom waters, such as Planulina wuellerstorfi, have large pores on the spiral side, which are useful for streaming of protoplasm to attach the organism to hard substrates, and pores absent on the umbilical side. In contrast, specimens of P. wuellerstorfi from low oxygen locations, such as the California Borderlands and Sulu Sea, have pores over the entire test and are suggested to be advantageous in obtaining sufficient oxygen. The umbilical side can be evenly covered with pores, or pores can be restricted to the later, larger chambers, indicating ontogenetic differences. These observations indicate that the presence or absence of pores, their distribution, and abundance are ecophenotypic variations, in response to oxygen conditions overlying or within surficial sediments, in addition to being important for substrate attachment for some taxa.
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The Quiet Ones, a new horror movie starring Sam Claflin, Emily Cooke, Ben Holden, Jared Harris, Erin Richards and Rory Fleck-Byrne. The film follows a university professor and a group of students who conduct an experiment on a young troubled woman and uncover a dark force. The Quiet Ones is rated PG-13 and has a running time of 1 hour and 38 minutes.
The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Don Johnson, Kate Upton, Taylor Kinney, Nicki Mina and Victor Cruz. The film follows Carly who, after finding out her boyfriend is married, meets her boyfriend's wife and when they discover yet another affair, all three women decide to bring him down. The Other Woman is rated PG-13 and has a running time of 1 hour and 49 minutes.


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Tree dispute may have sparked shooting
ENCINITAS For those mourning the slaying of Encinitas filmmaker John Upton, it's the question with no clear answer: How can a dispute over trees with a neighboring property owner end in deadly gunfire?
On Friday, the only signs left of the violent encounter a day earlier were yard tools, work gloves, freshly cut tree branches and remnants of yellow police tape along the rural Olivenhain road where Upton, 56, was fatally shot.
Sheriff's investigators arrested Michael Vilkin, 61, who owns the neighboring vacant lot off Lone Jack Road, next to the large home Upton rented.
A gardener who works on Lone Jack said he often spotted Vilkin cutting down trees lining a thin path that was to someday serve as the access driveway to the home Vilkin planned to build.
Vilkin told 10News in a jailhouse interview Friday that he fired in self-defense. Upton valued his privacy, Vilkin said, and the dispute over the tree-trimming was an ongoing issue between the men.
"It was self-defense. I did not go to him. He came to me, threatening and pulled a gun on me," Vilkin told the television station.
Lt. Jim Bolwerk said Friday that he could not comment on Vilkin's claim of self-defense, citing the ongoing investigation.
"We are still trying to determine exactly what happened," Bolwerk said.
Investigators are still talking to neighbors and others to find out more about the history between Vilkin, a former economist, and Upton, who gained international attention in the 1990s for his work rescuing Romanian orphans.
A woman at Vilkin's Encinitas apartment waved off a reporter at the door Friday morning.
A woman who visited the Upton home Friday morning said the family often had problems with Vilkin.
According to a 1992 story in Pensions & Investments, Vilkin grew up in the Soviet Union and was an economist for a state-owned chain of food stores. He emigrated to the U.S. from Georgia in the late 1980s.
Once in the U.S., Vilkin worked as a security guard but developed an investing model based on the value of a company. He told the publication, which was writing about Vilkin's model, that investing was part art, part science.
In 2001, Vilkin and his wife applied for — but did not receive — a patent for a soybean food product that consisted of cooked soybeans, crushed peanuts and spices.
Records indicate Vilkin had lived in a few different coastal apartments after moving to San Diego County from New York in the early 2000s.
He and his wife purchased the vacant, 2.6-acre Olivenhain lot in 2008 for $170,000.
Lone Jack Road resident Katie Schatz said she heard two gunshots about 9 a.m. Thursday but thought the unfamiliar sound was backfire from a car. She called the slaying of Upton, a father of three, as sad, tragic and surreal.
Vilkin's arraignment is set for Tuesday in Vista Superior Court. He remains jailed without bail.
News of the slaying continued to spread Friday, with many of Upton's friends and family asking the same question: What happened?
Michael Upton, of Clairemont, still can't reconcile Vilkin's version of events with what he knows about his brother, and what Upton's girlfriend said she witnessed.
"It's totally inconsistent," the brother said.
Thursday's shooting topped off a confluence of events that day. Upton and his girlfriend were not only celebrating her birthday, but the recent purchase of a ranch in Fallbrook where they were about to move.
Early Thursday morning also came with news that Upton's mother had died from cancer.
Izidor Ruckel, 32, said he owes his life to Upton. He was one of the Romanian children brought to the United States.


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"The Buzz" Continued...
Contra Iran
A June 28 military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Honduras took place one week before the head of state had scheduled a referendum to lengthen his four-year term of office. Soldiers pulled the president from his home in the night and flew him to Costa Rica where they left him, still in his pajamas.
While Zelaya has a mixed record as president, including allegations of corruption and alliances with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the UN General Assembly called for the Honduran government to reinstate Zelaya. President Barack Obama, too, immediately called the coup "not legal," saying that Zelaya "is the democratically elected president." Reporters questioned why the president gave a swift response to the coup while his response to the Iranian election was more measured and slow in coming. "I don't think anybody disputes, or at least disputed a week ago that [Zelaya] was the president," explained White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. "In terms of elections in Iran, that's who won an election."
Rubber rooms
Where can a person get paid $70,000 or more per year to play Scrabble, write a novel, or surf the internet? How about New York City's public schools where 700 suspended teachers have waited as long as six years for disciplinary hearings. Thanks to tough union laws, these suspended teachers-accused of such acts as insubordination, lying, or cheating-receive full pay and holidays while barred from classrooms at an annual cost of $65 million, according to a recent Associated Press investigation. As cases are reviewed by arbitrators working just five days a month, teachers spend eight-hour days in designated "rubber rooms" reading, sleeping, doing yoga, painting, or generally passing the time.
North Africa
Al-Jazeera TV reported last month that it received an audio statement from al-Qaeda's North African branch claiming responsibility for the June 23 shooting death of an American aid worker in Nouakchott, Mauritania. According to the message-the authenticity of which has not been verified-the Islamic Maghreb said group members murdered Christopher Leggett, 39, for allegedly trying to convert Muslims to Christianity. Leggett had lived with his wife and four children for six years in the moderate Muslim nation where he taught at a computer science and language school in a poor neighborhood of Nouakchott.
Madoff not alone
Days after a judge sentenced the notorious swindler Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison, federal investigators told the Associated Press that they would ultimately charge at least 10 more people in connection with Madoff's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Madoff claims he pulled off the massive $65 billion fraud by himself, and he specifically said that his brother, two sons, and 200 employees were not involved. But investigators and many of those who lost money to Madoff don't believe that he acted alone. "I would like to see everybody else who was involved in this evil scheme to be brought to justice," said Phyllis Feiner of Great Neck, N.Y., one of Madoff's bilked clients. "There's absolutely no way he could have done this all by himself."
No church home
President Barack Obama and his family are still searching for a D.C. church home. Recent media reports had announced that Obama would attend private worship meetings at the Evergreen Chapel inside nearby presidential retreat Camp David. But the White House quickly denied the claims, saying "the president and first family . . . have enjoyed worshipping at Camp David and several other congregations over the months, and will choose a church at the time that is best for their family." In January, soon after settling in Washington, the Obamas visited Nineteenth Street Baptist Church-the oldest black church in the city. On Easter, the family attended St. John's Episcopal Church, which is just across the street from the White House and is known as the "Church of the Presidents." That Sunday all St. John's attendees had to pass through metal detectors before entering the sanctuary. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the president is worried about the public scene that often accompanies a president in public. The president, Gibbs said, "shares the strong belief that there's a very personal nature to one's spirituality. For his presence to be disruptive . . . he believes that takes away from the experience that others might get.
Boots off the ground
Iraqis called it "Sovereignty Day" and celebrated as U.S. combat forces met a June 30 deadline for pullout from Iraq's cities-the beginning of an expected formal withdrawal of troops from the country set to culminate in 2011. Almost immediately violence marred festivities as a car bomb exploded in a crowded outdoor market in Kirkuk, killing at least 24 Iraqis and underscoring unease as U.S. combat forces turn over urban duties to Iraqi forces. "We will be here, we are not leaving," said Gen. Ray Odierno.
Khalil Ibrahim, a leader of a former insurgent unit that turned to support U.S. troops, spoke for many Sunnis when he told Reuters, "Iran has good relations with our political parties. They run militias. If the U.S. troops complete their withdrawal, Iran will do whatever it wants in Iraq." Odierno concurred, telling reporters at Camp Victory outside Baghdad, "Iran is still supporting, funding, and training surrogates who operate inside of Iraq. They have not stopped and I don't think they will stop." He also said that 130,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, although he declined to say how many would remain in cities as trainers and advisers.
The Obama administration has renewed funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA): $50 million in 2009. That hasn't stopped UNFPA from complaining in its annual report that funding for family planning supplies has "virtually stagnated" since 2001. Half of the UNFPA's spending last year went to promoting "reproductive health" a phrase pro-lifers contend is a euphemism for promoting abortion rights.
The report says that $165.2 million of UNFPA's resource expenditures went to reproductive health in 2008-up from $146.6 million in 2007 (although a smaller percentage of its total budget)-part of a global push to achieve "universal access to reproductive health" by 2015.
The report especially targets developing nations, emphasizing the 500,000 maternal deaths that take place each year, 97 percent in 68 poor countries. Family planning, it says, is a "key component" of maternal health. While the UN has stated that family planning does not include a right to abortion, pro-lifer groups say the phrase is used to build a case against maternal deaths caused by "unsafe" (read illegal) abortions.
UNFPA is also enlisting more faith-based organizations in its work, convening 160 faith-based leaders and launching the Interfaith Network on Population and Development last year.
Sludge fund
Detroit city council woman Monica Conyers, wife of Democratic congressman John Conyers, has pled guilty to the felony charge of accepting a bribe in exchange for advocating that Houston-based Synagro Technologies receive a sludge contract. She will be sentenced at a later date.
Prosecutors accused Conyers of receiving two bribes in late 2007. The payments came by way of cash-stuffed envelopes handed over in the parking lot of a Detroit community center on Nov. 7 and a McDonalds on Dec. 4.
Conyers' time on the council was often bumpy as her brash personality conflicted with council president Ken Cockrel, once overflowing into a name-calling outburst when she twice referred to the bald-headed Cockrel as Shrek and challenged him to "do it baby" when he threatened to adjourn the meeting.
Swindler surrenders
Texas financier R. Allen Stanford surrendered to authorities June 18 on charges he ran a $7 billion Ponzi scheme with the help of a Caribbean regulator who reportedly took more than $100,000 in bribes in exchange for keeping U.S. investigators at bay. Authorities allege that Stanford, 59, and five co-defendants falsified marketing materials for Stanford International Bank, located on the Caribbean island of Antigua, to lure 30,000 worldwide investors. But rather than making safe investments on behalf of their clients, prosecutors say Stanford officials "misused and misappropriated" the funds, including $1.6 billion that was redirected into personal loans to Stanford (see "Extreme prejudice," April 11, 2009).
Syria has been on the U.S. list of terrorist-sponsoring states since 1979, and the Bush administration recalled the U.S. ambassador in 2005 after it was implicated in the assassination by car bomb of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But in a demonstration of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's "smart power" doctrine and President Barack Obama's interest in engaging rogue regimes, the White House announced June 24 that it plans to return an ambassador-and full diplomatic relations-with Syria.
According to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, since Obama took office in January there have been a series of meetings with administration officials and Syrian leadership. "This strongly reflects the administration's recognition of the role Syria plays, and the hope of the role that the Syrian government can play constructively to promote peace and stability in the region," he said.
Knowing thy enemy
Watchdog groups of Islamist activity have cried foul over the FBI's apparent outreach to the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). A rumor that ISNA has replaced the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) as the FBI's official point of contact with the American Muslim community gained credence June 24 when FBI Executive Assistant Director Tom Harrington met at FBI headquarters with ISNA vice president Imam Majid.
The FBI has yet to confirm or deny the present level of its relationship with ISNA, the largest stateside organization of Muslims. FBI outreach to CAIR ended last year after evidence of connections to terrorist groups emerged during a trial against the Holy Land Foundation, a stateside charity that operated as a fundraising front for Hamas.
Like CAIR, ISNA was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land trial, though far less evidence was presented to establish an ISNA-Hamas connection. ISNA claims that its inclusion in the trial was simply "a legal tactic to permit the government to seek the admission of evidence that would otherwise be excluded."
In fact, past FBI investigations have established connections between ISNA and the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-born movement bent on spreading political Islam throughout the world by any means necessary, including violence. Given the FBI's knowledge of such a relationship, consternation over its present Muslim go-tos might be misplaced. The FBI knows who these groups are.


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Five people were charged this week with trying to smuggle drugs into the East Mississippi Correctional Facility at Lost Gap.
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Angela M. Toaster, 28, Aleta Clayborn, 27, and Lakesha Mosley, 32, all of Jackson; and Samantha Parsons, 21, and Brittany Moore, 21, both of Raymond.
All had been visitors to the facility and were each charged with either possession of drugs or a controlled substance within a correctional facility or conspiracy or both.
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Talladega Post Race
Posted by: lori on May 08, 2012
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Talladega, AL (May 6, 2012) – Talladega has a reputation for being one of the most exciting race venues on the NASCAR schedule. After recording their best finish of the 2012 season in Richmond a week ago, Casey Mears and the GEICO team looked to provide excitement of their own when they unloaded at Talladega Superspeedway.
Less than five minutes had elapsed in Friday's opening practice session before Mears and his #13 GEICO Ford Fusion notched the top spot on the practice charts. Mears ultimately rested in the 7th position when practice concluded. On Saturday, he took to the high-banks of the legendary speedway for qualifying and after pacing the 2.66-mile facility in just 50.539 seconds, at a rate of speed of 189.477 miles per hour, he landed the #13 GEICO Fusion 25th on Sunday's starting grid.
188 laps of racing awaited Mears and his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series counterparts on Sunday. After the rain cleared, and the heat and humidity descended upon the Talladega area, the green flag set the field underway for an exciting afternoon of restrictor-plate action. Mears paced himself throughout the first half of the Aaron's 499 while organizing a strategy for the final 94 laps. Mears' spotter Jason Jarrett stayed busy and was too often forced to rattle off the words 'Three-wide, you're in the middle'; a phrase that makes any racer nervous. As the race intensified, that phrase would sometimes be substituted with 'Four wide', bringing the tension to a palpable level in the pit area.
Mears and the #13 GEICO Fusion worked their way to the front of the field, landing in the eighth position by lap 122. With 46 laps to go, Mears narrowly escaped peril when cars began crashing just above him in turn three. Jarrett calmly guided his driver through the chaos, as they continued their march to the front. Mears visited pit road under the caution and, after taking on four fresh tires and a tank of racing fuel, he restarted in the sixth position with 38 laps to go in the race.
It wasn't long before Mears took command of the Aaron's 499 and became the leader with just 26 laps remaining in the advertised distance. He led the race in solid fashion, even pulling away from the field, before surrendering to a hard charging Denny Hamlin.
Mears then settled into the top ten and seemed poised to challenge for the win before a cut tire changed his fate. As the #13 GEICO Fusion entered turn two, its left rear tire went down, and Mears found himself careening toward the outside wall with just 13 laps to go in the race. He did a masterful job of saving his racecar from any significant damage and was able to deliver his GEICO Fusion to the attention of his pit crew. The Germain Racing team quickly provided Mears with four fresh Goodyear racing tires and pulled out the fenders to prevent any potential tire rubs before returning him to the racing surface in the 22nd position. More remarkable, is that the pit crew's quick work during Mears' visit also allowed him and his #13 GEICO Fusion to remain on the lead lap.
When the race came to a close with the ever famous Green-White-Checker finish, Mears managed to hold on to a damaged racecar and record an 18th place, lead lap finish. It was the team's best result of the young 2012 season, and marks the second consecutive week that they have posted their top effort of the year. Mears also posted the race's fastest lap on three different occasions. Clearly, Mears and his GEICO team have their ship headed in the proper direction.
"We obviously had a great day and it was fun to get the #13 GEICO Ford Fusion up front and lead some laps," Mears said in the garage after the race. "Unfortunately, the tire caused us some problems, but the Germain pit crew did a great job of getting the car repaired and getting me back in the race without losing a lap. I think you can see everything coming together week in and week out now. We're getting there and people are taking notice. On the flight home, everyone was talking about how great we ran." He continued, "Darlington has always been one of my favorite tracks, so I'm excited about getting there next week and continuing our run."
Germain Racing remains 28th in the Owner Point standings, but now sits just 28 points removed from the Top 25. They also pad their lead over Richard Childress in 36th, where Germain now enjoys a solid 82-point cushion in the always important Top 35.
Mears and his #13 GEICO team will next dance with the Lady in Black when they visit Darlington, SC, for race number 11 of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.
Mears and his #13 GEICO Ford Fusion will hit the track at Darlington Raceway for the opening practice session on Friday, May 11th, at 11:30 AM (EDT). Qualifying will follow at 5:10 PM (EDT).
The Bojangles' Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race is on Saturday, May 12th, and it will be televised live on FOX beginning at 6:30 PM (EDT). The Motor Racing Network (MRN) will carry the live radio broadcast.
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I have kids. They get crap on my controllers. My other console's don't usually have problem but for some reason my PS3 controllers get sticky buttons. I depress the buttons and they stick for a second. The ones that do this the worst are the shoulder buttons. I have 4 controllers. One became completely unusable, another is annoying, a third is functional, and one is perfect (it's the newest). Anyone else have these problems and have a suggestion for a fix? Why does this only happen to the PS3 controllers? Are the buttons too shallow into the base of the controller or something?
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Take it apart and clean it out. I personally replace my controllers when they start getting that shine to them. Once the controller loses that texture feeling, I sell them and get new ones.
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Do you guys have any experience with the PS3 controllers with the analog stick positioned like the 360 controllers? I've been thinking about getting one of those lately. Maybe it's because I switch between consoles and my left thumb muscle has become weaker...BUT my thumb HURTS after playing for a few hours. I compared the controllers and I think I like the 360 layout because when my left thumb is relaxed it moved upwards and and that's where the stick is. With the PS3, I have to stretch my left thumb far to the right the whole time since that thumb mostly stays right there.
So, anyone have those controllers with the 360 layout and have opinions of them? I started reading reviews and most of them seem to have people complaining about dead zones.
I figure since my controllers are getting sticky, this is a good chance to try out one of these. Opinions on them?
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My controller does that sum times when im playing Dynasty Warriors because of pressing the same button alot, im still using the same controller that i've had for years when the button gets jamed i keep tapping it.
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Alabama....... boring.......... Notre Dame..... boring........
I want both of them to lose.
i will say more than last year. didn't even watch last year.
Hooray for Metaphors!
Extremely unexcited.
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Alabama....... boring.......... Notre Dame..... boring........
I want both of them to lose.
why not poll it?
More excited than last year
As excited as Chris Williams at a coupon convention. *banjo*
I'll be excited if Alabama destroys ND.
If ND wins, I'll just want to throw up.
My dad went to notre dame and said he's rooting for Alabama, good enough reason for me to do so as well.
The Official Paul Rhode's Salt Truck Driver.
wont matter. world will end before it happens
Really excited, the a Notre Dame team that people have doubted all season get the chance to prove everyone wrong again and end the SEC's run of NCs. Can't wait, should be a slugfest.
I'm so "excited" about this game I've already planned out that evening - and by planned out I mean doing anything else but watching the BCS Championship game.
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"Success is just failure that hasn't happened yet." - life advice from Latrell Spreewell
I'm actually excited for it compared to some other years. I want to see how ND stacks up. I want to see how Kelly stacks up against Nick Saban with time for both to prepare.
I never understood the animosity a lot of folks have against Notre Dame, but I assume it's probably about anti -Catholic / Religious School.
I just hate 'Bama and the SEC, so go Irish!
I'm pretty excited actually. ND is my second CFB team and I went to one of their games this year for the first time. And anyways, who wants to watch another SEC Vs SEC national championship?
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I never understood the animosity a lot of folks have against Notre Dame, but I assume it's probably about anti -Catholic / Religious School.
I just hate 'Bama and the SEC, so go Irish!
Probably has more to do with my hate (or at least vast dislike) of most traditional football powers, including Michigan, Ohio St, Penn St, Miami, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Aggie, USC, and Washington than it having to do with an anti-Catholic/religious school. Otherwise my indifferent attitudes toward Boston College, Baylor, TCU, and SMU would probably be much more than just indifferent.
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BEALLSVILLE - With the Paul Kanzigg era getting off to a slow start in Blue Devils country, the last thing Beallsville may need is to see a mad Bishop Donahue team, coming off its first loss making the long, winding trip into Monroe County.
But that is what's on the agenda Friday night at 7 when Coach John Durdines and his 1-1 Bishops travel to Beallsville looking to bounce back from a 21-7 loss to visiting Clay-Battelle a week ago.
Kanzigg, in his first year at the helm after taking over for veteran Dave Caldwell, has watched his Blue Devils get off to an 0-2 start and cannot afford to dig itself an even bigger hole.
"Tackling on defense has been our main concern, we seem to have people in the right places, we just can't get the job done," Kanzigg said. "We have thrown the ball well on offense, ran it alright and our young offensive line is settling in. I just hope we can get everything together soon."
While Beallsville dropped a hard-to-swallow 41-34 decision at Strasburg last Friday, the Devils have had some success against Donahue. Since the two began playing in 2006, Beallsville has won five of six meetings, including a 30-14 decision last year in Moundsville.
The Blue Devils have had no problems racking up yardage on offense behind the leadership of four-year starting quarterback Teryn Jarrett. The strong-armed Jarrett has completed 38 of 73 attempts for 515 yards and five touchdowns in just two games.
He has a three-headed monster in the receiving corps led by D.J. Lucas (9-258-2td), Mikey Palmer (10-105-2) and Drew Tombaugh (12-122), who is also the team's leading rush with 122 stripes and a six-pointer.
The biggest problem has been a defense that has allowed 636 rushing yards and eight infantry touchdowns already.
"They have a four-year starter at quarterback in (Teryn) Jarrett and he is a leader," Durdines said. "I know they have gotten out of the gates a little slow, but they are still a quality club.
"There are plenty of skill position players over they and we always get into a dog fight ever time we travel out there. The bottom line is that when you play against a quarterback like that, you had better bring your "A" game."
Donahue has also had issues on defense while racking up yardage on offense. The Bishops have posted 616 total yards of offense in two games, however, they have allowed 615 to even things out.
Durdines' squad actually held a 7-6 halftime lead against the Cee-Bees, only to get outscored 14-0 over the final 24 minutes.
"Our defense really isn't that bad," Durdines added. "About 90 percent of the time we have played real well, and the right way, but it is the breakdowns we have during the other 10 percent that gets us.
"We are a younger team and we just seem to lose focus. In the first week we made some mistakes that we were able to make up for, but last week our mistakes cost us and we could not overcome them.
"This defense, and this team, has the ability to be very good, but we have to be able to bring it all the time, not just once in awhile."
Jesse Padlow is the quarterback and has thrown for 273 yards and a score while Jordan Bonar is the leading rusher with 156 yards. Lavonte Hampton has 10 receptions for 115 stripes.
"Bishop Donahue is a well-balanced football team that can run or pass the ball equally," Kanzigg said.
"They are just solid all the way around."