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Weekly merger, acquisition, deal update: February 1

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight deals. Two of them were in the United States and six were international.

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight deals. Two of them were in the United States and six were international.

This week Morrissey Goodale reported eight deals. Two of them were in the United States and six were international. Courtesy: Morrissey Goodale

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International design, consulting, engineering, and management services firm ARCADIS (Arnhem, Netherlands) announced it has acquired Geohidrologia Consultores (GeoHidrologia)(Santiago, Chile), a 55-person hydrogeological consulting company to the government, private and especially mining sectors and featuring services related to groundwater resources and groundwater modeling, surface hydrology, environmental and hydraulic engineeringLink to details

Civil engineering, planning, surveying, landscape architecture and environmental services firm Loucks Associates (Maple Grove, MN) acquired landscape architecture and planning firm Sanders Wacker Bergly (SWB) (St. Paul, MN). The combined firm will feature 40 employees and will maintain offices in both Maple Grove and St. Paul. Link to details

Multi-discipline engineering and environmental services firmMaser Consulting (Red Bank, NJ) acquired traffic and transportation engineering firm John Collins Engineers (Hawthorne, Westchester County, NY). Link to details

Multi-national design and engineering consultancy Hyder Consulting (London, United Kingdom) acquired BCH Engineering Consultants (Perth, Australia), a 17-person specialist provider of structural and marine engineering services in the oil and gas and natural resources sectors. Moving forward, the firm will be marketed and known as BCH Hyder, but will continue to operate as BCH Engineering Consultants, as part of the Hyder Consulting group of companies. Additionally, Hyder Consulting also announced that it acquired Power Systems Project & Consultancy Services (PCS) (East Kilbride, Scotland), a 42-person electrical engineering consultancy and specialist provider of independent high voltage simulation, analysis and electrical design. Link to details

International service corporation focused on consulting, testing and certification TUV SUD Rail (Munich, Germany) acquired the European Transportation Systems division (TNS) of energy and sustainability consulting, testing and certification firm DNV KEMA (Arnhem, the Netherlands). DNV KEMA TNS Europe features 60 employees and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany. Link to details

International engineering and infrastructure firm Egis (Paris, France) acquired 40-person management and technology consultancy Helios (Farnborough, United Kingdom). Helios primarily services the aviation sector, and in particular air traffic management and airports, but also services other transportation and technology sectors, including space, telecoms, rail, and maritime. Link to details

Engineering and project services firm Clough Limited (Perth, Australia) announced the acquisition of e2o (Lonsdale, Australia), a leading multi-discipline provider of specialized commissioning, completions and hazardous area inspection services to the energy and resources sectors. Link to details

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Key trial forces South Africa to confront rape

South Africa, it seems, is having an Anita Hill moment.

The country's former deputy president, Jacob Zuma, who aims to become president, is on trial for raping an HIV-positive family friend. And the case is playing out in the headlines before a polarized nation.

Back in 1991, Ms. Hill's allegations against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas put sexual harassment in America's national spotlight. Likewise, the current case against Mr. Zuma is forcing South Africa to confront key elements of a culture of rape so pervasive that, on average, one woman is raped in this country every 26 seconds, according to People Opposing Women Abuse, a women's group here. It's one of the highest rape rates in the world.

With swirling issues of male power and women's rights, "the Jacob Zuma trial shows up all of our shortcomings in a very uncomfortable way," says Judith February of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. "It's a very uncomfortable moment for us."

Yet the national discussion the case is sparking could be transformative.

"The more people speak out" in support of rape-related justice, as some prominent figures have been doing, says Ms. February, "the more women will be encouraged" to begin to see rape as unacceptable.

Zuma's 31-year-old accuser says he attacked her last November while she slept in his guest room. Zuma's defense team highlights that this isn't the first time she has made rape charges. She says she's been raped at least three times before, the first as a 5-year-old while her parents were in exile during apartheid. In a later incident with a pastor, she apparently withdrew rape charges. Zuma backers say that this hints she's a liar - or at least manipulative. Women's groups counter that the accuser's past shouldn't be unfairly exploited - and that there hasn't been a comparable probing of Zuma's sexual history.

But there's a basic dynamic at work in this conservative, patriarchal society: "Men are in control," says February. Zuma, for instance, apparently approached the accuser's mother and offered to build a fence around her home as part of a deal to resolve the situation quietly. Such low-profile arrangements are common.

Furthermore, there's a tendency to downplay cases like this one, in part because one-third to one-half of rapes are "gang rapes" that include multiple attackers - and are typically violent. By contrast, the Zuma incident - even if it was rape - is seen by many as tame.

In another twist, the accuser has admitted to being HIV-positive. She says Zuma knew this on the night of the incident. Zuma admits he and the woman had unprotected sex. But he says it was consensual.

These AIDS-related admissions highlight issues about the spread of the disease in a nation with more HIV-positive people than anywhere in the world. Critics say it raises questions about Zuma's judgment - or his HIV status. Zuma once headed the national AIDS Council and the Moral Regeneration Campaign, which encourages sexual abstinence, faithfulness, and condom use.

The scene outside the Zuma-trial courthouse has become a nexus for national debate. Women's advocates decry the country's 5 percent rape-conviction rate. Zuma supporters have burned pictures of the alleged victim. One day they threw stones at a woman mistakenly thought to be the accuser.

After court sessions, Zuma has led supporters in his trademark apartheid-era struggle song, which translates, "Bring me my machine gun." Zuma was once a member of the military wing of the African National Congress - and was imprisoned for 10 years with Nelson Mandela. The song has become so controversial it's been banned from a government radio station.

The case is set to resume Monday, at which point Zuma's lawyers are expected formally to ask the court to dismiss the charges on the basis of a weak prosecution case. This could save Zuma from potentially embarrassing cross-examination during testimony.

As with the Thomas-Hill drama, the Zuma saga isn't only about sex. Now, as then, politics swirls. Mr. Thomas declared the campaign against him a "high-tech lynching" by political enemies.

Zuma's biggest enemy may be his former boss - longtime rival and South African President Thabo Mbeki. With corruption clouds gathering, Mr. Mbeki "released" Zuma from the post of deputy president last June.

In a separate trial slated for July, Zuma faces corruption charges - ones that his supporters say are part of a plot to destroy his career.

Mbeki's firing crippled plans by the popular, charismatic, pro-labor Zuma to ascend to the presidency. Mbeki and Zuma are on opposite ends of the African National Congress spectrum - and are from different ethnic groups. As Mbeki maneuvers to guarantee a like-minded, economically conservative successor, "The Zuma trial is so important," says Sipho Seepe, a columnist and academic head at Henley Management College here. If there's a conviction, "It removes a potential contender from the throne."

Elsewhere in Africa, meanwhile, where rape is all too common - including as a tool of war - there are signs of fading impunity. Liberia's new President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf aims to curtail the sexual violence that was rampant during a 14-year civil war. Her government has eliminated bail for accused rapists and pledged to enforce tough new anti-rape laws. And Thomas Lubanga, a former Congo warlord accused of orchestrating mass pillaging and rape, made his first appearance this week at the International Criminal Court in the Hague. He is the first suspect to stand trial since the ICC was created nearly four years ago. Rights groups say tens of thousands of women have been raped in Congo in recent years.

In the end, given South Africa's patriarchal culture, many observers expect Zuma to be acquitted. Women's groups say that an acquittal could further chill rape survivors' willingness to confront attackers. Already, only about 1 in 9 rapes is reported to police, according to a 2002 report by the South African Medical Research Council.

"Anybody who's seen what this woman has gone through is just not going to want to come forward," says Dee Smythe, a gender and justice researcher at the University of Cape Town.

Yet there's new momentum from civil society and some ANC officials to boost women's rights, including by passing a sexual-offenses law. It would, among other things, introduce "coercive circumstances" - situations in which the attacker has significant power over the victim - as a relevant factor in rape cases.

Passing such laws hardly guarantees on-the-ground changes. Yet "the increased pressure that has come out of the trial" to pass the bill, says Ms. Smythe, has been "really useful."

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Tiger Woods no longer man of steel; shoots bloated 75 on Sunday

Tiger Woods loses another major. After shooting a sizzling 66 on Saturday, Tiger Woods shoots 75 on Sunday.

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With the leader imploding just behind him, and a nobody playing alongside him, it seemed the perfect time for Tiger Woods to step up and finally answer at least some of the questions about him.

Not the one posed by the banner drawn by a plane overhead. It got a cheap laugh from the gallery but the joke was a tired one, even on Father's Day.

"Tiger, are you my daddy?" it read.

A better question might have been posed a few hours later.

"Tiger, why can't you finish the job on Sunday anymore?"

The answer was probably out there somewhere on the cliffs overlooking the Pacific, where Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell played the kind of solid Sunday golf Woods used to be known for to win the U.S. Open. Try as we might, though, it was hard to pinpoint one good reason why the greatest closer in the game can't seem to close the these days.

Yes, his putting was bad. Yes, his iron shots weren't terribly accurate, but all he needed to do was shoot even par to win his 15th major championship. And he couldn't even come close.

The old Tiger would have wrapped this one up before he even got to the 18th hole. He and caddie Steve Williams could have had a few laughs walking down the final fairway talking about Dustin Johnson's collapse.

The new Tiger was out of contention by the time he reached the iconic final hole. Even then he couldn't find the fairway off the tee.

The record will show he shared fourth place with Phil Mickelson, certainly a respectable showing by most standards. But Tiger Woods was never one to be measured by most standards, especially on a course where he won the Open by an incredible 15 shots a decade before.

There were hints even before the sex scandal that sent him into hiding and then into rehab that there were cracks in the Woods' facade. They were readily apparent when Woods lost a final round lead for the first time in a major and was beaten by Y.E. Yang for the PGA Championship.

Call that one a fluke, if you will. But now Woods has lost three majors in a row that he had a chance to win on Sunday, and he seems as perplexed as anyone about the reasons why.

Father's Day without a family to celebrate with or and an inability to focus when it matters most because his mind is still on other things?

Whatever his distraction, Woods can't find the killer instinct he once carried around the course with a swagger. He's lost the edge that always allowed him to pour in putts seemingly at will when he needed them the most.

Woods himself didn't offer much insight before fueling up his private jet and getting out of town.

"I feel like I can play now," he said. "I've got a feel for my game, my shape of my shots, what I'm working on."

What had to be especially frustrating to the greatest player of his era was that this Open was there for the taking. Johnson threw away a three-shot lead and his chances with some early blunders, Mickelson couldn't get anything going, and Ernie Els was consistently inconsistent.

That left McDowell and Woods' playing partner, Gregory Havret of France, to dispose of. Woods didn't come close, following Saturday's sterling 66 with a bloated 75 that seemed preordained the minute he three-putted the first green.

Woods, of course, wasn't the only one who had issues with a course that finally bared its teeth on Sunday. Mickelson shot a 73 just when it seemed the perfect time for him to capitalize on his Masters win and passWoods to become the No. 1 player in golf.

And Els blew his chance to become a part of a new Big Three by taking his third Open title — and first in 13 years.

But golf has revolved around what Woods does for more than a decade now, and his failings are the ones that are always magnified. That's especially true when he has been stuck on 14 major titles for two years and may now have trouble breaking the record of 18 set by Jack Nicklaus that most people figured was a lock.

On this day, though, the fist pumps that offered such hope a day before were a mere memory. The focused scowl was replaced by a perplexed gaze.

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'Rifleman' Flemmi's opening salvo: Whitey Bulger was FBI informant (+video)

The former crime partner of James 'Whitey' Bulger testified Thursday that the two were FBI informants – and that Bulger took the lead in managing the relationship with the bureau. Meanwhile, in a bizarre twist, a potential witness turns up dead.

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    Stephen 'The Rifleman' Flemmi takes the witness stand in James 'Whitey' Bulger's murder and racketeering trial, as seen in this courtroom sketch in Boston, Thursday, July 18. The two former leaders of the Winter Hill Gang, haven’t seen each other in almost 20 years when Bulger fled Boston to evade arrest.
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The former crime partner of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger testified Thursday that Mr. Bulger was a man of overbearing personality who took the lead in a “quid pro quo” relationship that the two had with the FBI as informants.

Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi said he worked with Bulger on a daily basis from the 1970s through the early 1990s, running criminal enterprises in Boston for big profits.

His testimony represents the capstone of a weeks-long case presented by federal prosecutors. Bulger is charged with 19 murders, and Flemmi is expected to say the two were co-conspirators in many of them.

Bulger, through his defense lawyers, is insisting he was never an FBI informant.

The arrival of Flemmi in the witness box also comes alongside news of a bizarre twist outside the courtroom – the sudden death of a potential witness at the trial. The body of Stephen Rakes turned up Wednesday afternoon in Lincoln, Mass. There were no obvious signs of trauma, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said, and the cause of death is being evaluated by a medical examiner.

Mr. Rakes had said he hoped to testify about Bulger’s 1984 takeover of his liquor store. The store became a headquarters and a source of income for Bulger.

But last week another government witness gave an account of the store takeover that differed in some details from what Rakes had planned to say. Prosecutors removed him from their witness list, and he was disappointed about losing the chance to testify, according to some news reports.

Flemmi took the stand just minutes before the close of Thursday’s court session. During his short appearance, he came off as mentally sharp, not the least bit nervous … and by his own admission a killer.

He and Bulger haven’t seen each other in almost 20 years. With a federal indictment bearing down on them in 1994, Bulger escaped Boston and lived under a pseudonym for 16 years before being caught, while Flemmi was arrested and eventually confessed to 10 murders – escaping the death penalty through a deal with prosecutors.

Assistant US Attorney Fred Wyshak asked Flemmi what his relationship with Bulger was.

“Strictly criminal,” Flemmi replied.

He wore an olive green windbreaker-style jacket.

Much of his testimony is still to come, including the allegation that Bulger strangled two women – both connected to Flemmi – because of fear they might reveal compromising information, including the FBI relationship.

Flemmi said Thursday he and Bulger met with FBI agents “hundreds of times,” providing information on the New England Mafia and on smaller-time South Boston criminals.

Bulger’s lawyers have emphasized the other side of a corrupt relationship: that FBI personnel including Agent John Connolly provided information to Bulger and Flemmi that helped them evade indictment for years.

Flemmi said Bulger did most of the talking when the two met with Mr. Connolly or other agents, although Flemmi had often shared the information with Bulger before the meetings.

“He [Bulger] was the one that was really friendly with Connolly,” Flemmi testified.

Asked to describe Bulger’s personality, Flemmi said it was “forceful,” and “overbearing.” Still, he said they related to each other as friends.

On one occasion the two vacationed together in Europe on a trip that, according to other accounts, Bulger used as an opportunity to stash money for a potential life on the lam, should he ever need to flee from authorities.

Now, with former colleagues such as Flemmi testifiying against him, Bulger has exhibited some flashes of temper in the courtroom. On Thursday, according to The Boston Globe, Bulger and Flemmi exchanged some hostile words as they were leaving the courtroom.

This week has also seen testimony from other prosecution witnesses about Bulger’s extortion activities. Judging by the testimony, forceful is an understated way to describe his behavior.

Earlier during Thursday’s session, William David Lindholm described a meeting during his days as a marijuana smuggler when Bulger pulled a gun to make the point that he wanted a cut of Mr. Lindholm’s profits.

Defense attorney Jay Carney, cross-examining Lindholm, asked if Bulger wanted him to join under an umbrella of protection.

“No, I think it was under his umbrella of extortion,” Lindholm replied. “He wasn't protecting us from anything.”

Flemmi’s testimony is scheduled to continue Friday.

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Has the door shut on a diplomatic solution to Syria's conflict?

Despite European and US resistance to arming the Syrian rebels, the conflict is becoming more militarized. Yesterday regime troops launched a missile at a rebel position.

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Yesterday, as the European Union voted against easing an arms embargo on Syria, Syrian regime troops reportedly launched a missile at rebels in Aleppo. The missile strike, a rarity in a fight more commonly fought with shells and airstrikes, highlights increasing doubts about a diplomatic resolution to the nearly two-year-old conflict.

“The odds are very high that, for better or worse, armed men will determine Syria’s course for the foreseeable future,” Frederic C. Hof, a former senior State Department official and a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, told The New York Times.

In the absence of a United Nations resolution prohibiting such actions, Russia continues to provide financial support and weapons to the Syrian regime, as does Iran, reports The Independent. Meanwhile, although Britain has argued for strengthening the military capabilities of select rebel groups, most Western countries, including the United States, have refused, insisting that the potential consequences of arming anti-regime fighters in Syria are too risky.

“[Y]ou don’t know where weapons might end up, and what the consequences are if those weapons are used against civilians, against Israel, against American interests,” an anonymous official told the Times.

EU foreign ministers decided yesterday to uphold the arms embargo for another three months, but included a clause that would allow for non-weapons aid and technical assistance “for the protection of civilians.” “There is no shortage of arms in Syria,” said Luxembourgian Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, according to The Associated Press. “With more arms, there are more killed, more atrocities.”

A UN report released yesterday, which estimates that the conflict has claimed 70,000 lives, accuses both sides of committing war crimes.

"We identified seven massacres during the [past six months], five on the government side, two on the armed opponents side," said Carla del Ponte, a former International Criminal Court chief prosecutor who is part of the UN investigatory team.

The UN continues to push for a diplomatic resolution to the bloody civil war, with the recent report noting that “Syria’s civil war is becoming increasingly sectarian and the behavior of both sides is growing more and more radicalized,” according to AP. The report pushed for the international community to stop supplying weapons and for antiregime forces to stop working with foreign fighters.

Regardless of whether the conflict ends through diplomatic channels or by force, many international observers agree that an end to fighting in Syria “is not on the horizon,” reports Israeli newspaper Haaretz.

Syria “is in the process not of transitioning but disintegrating,” Paul Salem, director of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East office, told The New York Times.

The Times notes that with election season past, and a new team of national security advisers, it’s possible the US could reopen the debate on providing more than nonlethal assistance in Syria. “As the situation evolves, as our confidence increases, we might revisit it,” a senior administration official told the Times.

But Trudy Rubin, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, fears that even with a new secretary of State, US ideas for bringing the Syrian conflict to an end feel all too familiar.

A failed Syrian state also would provide a power vacuum into which outside jihadis could flow, permitting them to radicalize local Islamists and obtain dangerous weapons from captured regime arsenals. And once a state collapses – as we know from the Iraq experience – it is very difficult to rebuild.

[Secretary of State John Kerry] understands this danger and warned last week about an "implosion" of the Syrian state….

Syrian activists have repeatedly put forth plans for identifying and vetting moderate military opposition leaders, and monitoring the delivery of antiaircraft and antitank weapons. This would offset the plentiful weapons flowing from the Arab Gulf to jihadi groups that empower them to lead the fighting, and might enable the opposition to break the military stalemate.

Last spring, Kerry talked of arming the rebels. Now, instead of charting a new strategy, he seems limited to repeating past (failed) efforts, urging Moscow to help him ease Assad into exile. Meantime, the regime's planes bomb cities and towns into rubble, and the Syrian state rapidly collapses. The longer this goes on, the worse the outcome will be.

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Acumera Introduces Fuel Connections Service

acumeraOffering provides fuel inventory management and monitoring connectivity to retailers, fuel dealers, and wholesale suppliers.

Acumera has announced the release of Fuel Connections Service, a remote connections and monitoring service to improve fuel inventory and compliance management for fuel marketers and wholesale distributors.

Acumera’s Fuel Connections Service is now being offered as a freestanding solution for fuel marketers to remotely monitor and receive alerts about fuel inventory at company-owned and at customer sites via the AcuVigil Dashboard.  Marketers can also securely pull fuel inventory and alert data into proprietary in-house and third-party fuel management systems.

“In today’s volatile fuel market, it’s important to get accurate, up-to-the-minute data and provide secure visibility to appropriate parties across the supply chain,” said Acumera Vice President of Sales and Marketing Tom Yemington. “Acumera provides the means of reliably connecting fuel monitoring devices to business intelligence systems so decision makers can use the data to drive profitability and efficiency.”

The Fuel Connections Service is also being offered to Acumera’s current convenience store customers who are using Acumera’s PCI-compliant C-Store Connections package and want to connect their fuel monitoring system to the AcuVigil Dashboard. As a part of this service, marketers and retailers can receive text and email alerts to enhance store operations and monitor issues, such as outages, water in the fuel or low fuel inventory levels.

The Fuel Connections Service connects serial or Ethernet automatic tank gauges (ATGs) directly to an Acumera Merchant Gateway.  For marketers not already connected to Acumera’s network, three low-cost WAN options are available:

• Managed Broadband: Acumera researches, provisions, and manages the installation of the optimal broadband for a given location and passes through carrier charges at cost for billing transparency.

• Bring Your Own Broadband:  Marketers can supply their own broadband connectivity at the site.

• Managed Cellular Broadband: Marketers can leverage Acumera’s managed cellular services and data pooling capability to connect fuel monitoring equipment to the cellular network, independent of the site owner/operator network.

Designed with convenience store operators and fuel marketers in mind, Acumera’s Fuel Connections Service provides reliable access to ATG fuel levels, environmental data, and water alarms via the AcuVigil Dashboard and via third-party fuel management systems and services, such as TelaPoint.

The Fuel Connections Service is being introduced at The Tech Event, a NACS conference bringing top retail and supplier IT leaders together to exchange ideas and introduce new products and services. Acumera will be exhibiting at Booth 305 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, May 6-10, 2013.

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    The humanist and allhmin packages provide Metafont fonts based on the
Humanist manuscript book-hand used from the 14th century AD onwards.
The font consists of uppercase and lowercase letters, digits,
and with some appropriate period punctuation marks. Both normal and bold
versions are provided.
This is one in a series of manuscript fonts.

    Access to the docmfp package is desireable but not essential.

Changes in version 1.1 (2003/06/20)
o Added `ae' and `AE' conjunctions

Changes in version 1.0 (2002/12/30)
o First public release

  Author: Peter Wilson (CUA) now at peter.r.wilson@boeing.com
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  Copyright 2002, 2003 Peter R. Wilson
  This work may be distributed and/or modified under the
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  later version.
  The latest version of the license is in
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  tryfont.tex, and allfont.tex and the derived files humanist.sty,
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  hminpunct.mf, hmintitle.mf and hminu.mf.

    The distribution consists of the following files:
README (this file)

To install the package:

o run: latex humanist.ins, which will generate:
       hmin*.mf files
       *.fd files
o Move the generated files to locations where LaTeX will find them.
    For example: the hmin*.mf files to .../texmf/fonts/source/public/humanist
                 the *.fd and *.sty files to /texmf/tex/latex/local/humanist

    On a teTeX distribution you might also have to add lines like the
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'Whale' a devastating play about a man too big to move through life

Charlie, the dying, pathetic, 600-pound man stuck on the couch in the middle of Samuel D. Hunter's beautifully devastating drama "The Whale," is familiar with blubber. An online writing teacher, he's a fan of Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick." When Charlie's caretaker, Liz, playfully threatens to knife him, Charlie points out that his vital organs have several feet of external cushioning. And Charlie, a vulnerable truth-teller clad in a physical manifestation of denial, knows how to cry. As played with palpable personal cost by Dale Calandra, subjugating himself to the best male performance of the season at Victory Gardens Theater under the direction of Joanie Schultz, Charlie is a self-loathing man so aware of the discomfort his physical appearance engenders in others, he prefers just to bring it up himself.

"Tell me the truth," he likes to say. "Do you find me disgusting?"

His estranged teenage daughter Ellie (Leah Karpel) surely does. So does Mary (Patricia Kane), who was married to Charlie before Charlie came out as gay. For Elder Thomas (Will Allan), a young Morman missionary who arrives on his Idaho doorstep at the right, or the wrong, moment, Charlie is partly an object of curiosity, but mostly a conveniently immobile mark for a young man needing to feel a sense of purpose. Only Charlie's longtime nurse friend Liz (Cheryl Graeff) seems to really feel affection for the big man, although even there, too, you get the sense that the inveterate caretaker Liz needs Charlie more than Charlie needs Liz.

Sometime we like being around those whose problems are clearly much more extreme than our own. It calms our inner tumult.

Perhaps that's part of the appeal of one of the very best plays of 2012. Hunter, who is still in his early 30s and a new member of the Victory Gardens ensemble, is a formidable writing talent. Perhaps it explains the rapt, hushed attention of Monday's opening-night audience at the Biograph, where this should be a big, fat hit.

"The Whale" manages to be about so very much at once: writing, parenting, teaching, religion, body image, over-eating, the price paid by gay couples born in the wrong state or just a few years too soon. But, most of all, "The Whale" is a remarkably eloquent exploration of the way the need for honesty overwhelms us when we sense that our time is short. If you find you are suddenly suffering politically cautious fools not well at all, you might especially sympathize with Charlie's lot.

Hunter clearly understands that this drama would not work for a moment if we did not care about the man at the center of this play. So it goes here. You want almost to leap out of your seat and carry Calandra's humble Charlie off to eternal protection. If only you would not fear for your back.

Lean, raw and vital, this first Chicago production of "The Whale" (which was Off-Broadway earlier this season) is far and away the best piece of direction I've seen from Schultz. The show is exquisitely cast — Calandra brings just the right note of gentleness to a role that could easily crush most actors, evoking not only a man enmeshed in a deep crisis about to take his life, but the universality of how sensitive souls easily can find themselves beaten down by circumstance. It might seem strange to describe this performance as restless, given that Charlie hardly moves (the costume designer Janice Pytel has Charlie encased in rolls of fat). But it's apt, for Calandra is so emotionally alive here. It feels like every interaction, every moment, every attempt to stand upright, is exacting a price from the actor. Calandra looked spent by the end of the single-act, 110 minutes.

Better yet, Schultz and her set designer, Chelsea Warren, have nixed any and all pretentious theatrical clutter in favor of high-stakes, fast-paced truthtelling without unnecessary preamble. Kane's Mary, for example, roars, raging, back into Charlie's orbit and there is something about the simplicity of her work that seems to allow us to sense the entire history of their relationship, unspoken as it may be. Same goes for Karpel's blisteringly angry Ellie. All of these needy characters feel recognizable in Shultz's production — Allan (as the missionary) deserves a good share of the credit in the way he humanizes one of those dangerously easy targets. And yet even though you quickly come to care for these folks, the script constantly swims in directions you do not expect and past the nets waiting to trip up its trajectory. Only the very last moment of Schultz's production does not entirely work. But by then, most people's eyes will be too misty to really notice.

I should note, I suppose, that Hunter and Charlie have mordent senses of humor. "The Whale" is frequently very funny. Hunter hails from Idaho himself, and this play holds its share of American Gothics: big, upper-case Characters. But Hunter's whale is beached in a kind of border town, stuck between the conformity of the land-locked Plains and the open seas of the Pacific Northwest, where a nice man who has had some troubles could just be himself and swim away.

When: Through May 5

Where: Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.

Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes

Tickets: $35-$50 at 773-871-3000 or victorygardens.org

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The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has not had a full-time director since I left the position in November 2011. This has disturbing implications both for how public history is approached at federal museums and for how public access is granted to crucial historical information.

The National Archives and Records Administration, which oversees the library, began a search for my replacement in early 2012. Within a few months, the agency had chosen a candidate, well-respected historian Mark Lawrence, who is on the faculty of the University of Texas in Austin. Lawrence was an excellent choice, but the appointment languished as the Richard Nixon Foundation, a private nonprofit that supports the library, dragged its feet.

Federal regulations don't grant presidential foundations veto power over the choice of a presidential library director, but they are consulted, and Washington prefers they embrace the selection. To that end, from the time of Lawrence's selection in 2012 until well into 2013, the National Archives tried to arrange for its candidate to meet with the Nixon Foundation. But various insiders in the process told me that the foundation stalled, coming up with one excuse after another to not meet with Lawrence.

Apparently the Nixon Foundation was upset by Lawrence's having written about the president's drinking during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. (Declassified information shows that Nixon had been drinking during part of the crisis, which coincided with the so-called Saturday Night Massacre.)

But the bigger reason was that Lawrence, the author of "The Vietnam War: A Concise International History," is an expert on Vietnam. In comments to the Orange County Register, Ron Walker, the head of the foundation, acknowledged that he did not like Lawrence's perspective on Vietnam. "It was just different," he added. "I'm not going any further on that."

For the foundation, Vietnam is a crucial issue. The foundation is about to embark on a major museum renovation, at a probable cost of millions of dollars, and among the exhibits that will need updating is one on the Vietnam War. Funding for renovations at presidential libraries doesn't generally come from the government. Rather, it is the responsibility of a library's foundation partner to raise the money.

In the summer of 2013, the Nixon Foundation sent a long letter to David Ferriero, the archivist of the United States. The letter has still not been made public. But I learned from a source that it announced the foundation's intention to redo the museum. One participant in the subsequent bidding process told me the foundation plans to write the script for all of the new exhibits.

The letter led to a conversation between National Archives personnel and Lawrence, who then withdrew from consideration. As Lawrence diplomatically told the Orange County Register, "It just became clear that it wasn't a great fit between my aspirations and what the foundation was looking for."

Having a strong director in place for the updating is crucial, as I know from experience. While I was at the library, we put in a new Watergate section and removed outrageous panels from the museum's displays — including one that sowed confusion over what happened at Kent State University in 1970. But getting that accomplished meant frequently butting heads with the Nixon Foundation, which tried to get me fired.

Had Lawrence gotten the job, he would have curated the new Vietnam exhibit masterfully. It is hard not to conclude that the Nixon Foundation simply doesn't want a Vietnam exhibit as historically accurate as the library's new Watergate exhibit.

But should we really let Nixon loyalists write the script for the library's story of Vietnam, which thousands of Americans will view?

As taxpayers, we all pay for presidential libraries, which are supposed to serve all visitors, whether or not they admire the president whose name is over the door. Presidential libraries are essential sources for information about a particular White House. They contain every document and email sent to or created by a president. Library directors don't just run museums. They also oversee the processing of and access to archival materials, they run public programs and they set the tone for tours that bring in thousands of students a year.

Moreover, directors need to be advocates for openness. Before leaving, I began the process of getting important materials released. They related to the Nixon campaign's interference in the Johnson administration's efforts to end the Vietnam War in 1968, and also to the administration's politically inspired investigations of U.S. citizens. None of that material has yet been released.

And there is an even bigger review project out there. Despite news accounts in 2013, the review of the Nixon tapes is not over. There are approximately another 800 hours to go. A superb library team is working on them, but the team needs the protection of a strong director to ensure the timely release of all that should become public.

The Nixon Library should not be allowed to proceed with a renovation without a director in place. Doing so would allow the Nixonians to write the script for new galleries on Vietnam, detente and other aspects of Nixon's career. I worry that the Watergate gallery might be altered to make it less historically accurate and more Nixon-friendly.

If those in charge insist on proceeding, the National Archives should at least name an outside team of independent professional historians to defend public history from the inevitable spin of the foundation.

The National Archives has an obligation to hire advocates for nonpartisan history to run presidential libraries. The public deserves nothing less.

Timothy Naftali is director of the Tamiment Library and an adjunct associate professor of history at New York University.

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Californian Meb Keflezighi became the first American since 1983 to capture the men’s division of the Boston Marathon, as the city that was knocked to its knees by two bomb blasts last year rebounded on Monday.

Keflezighi, who began running as a student in San Diego and became a U.S. citizen after an award-winning stint at UCLA, hung on to win the men’s division in 2:08:36. He fought to hold his lead as the racers tore down Boylston Street at the finish.

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At the award ceremony, Keflezighi cried as he held the trophy, his head decorated with the symbolic laurels wreath.

Rita Jeptoo won the women’s title in record time, capturing back-to-back championships in a race showcasing the city’s resilience. Jeptoo won the race going away, becoming the seventh woman to win three marathon crowns. Her time was 2 hours, 18 minutes and 57 seconds. The previous course record was 2:20:43.

The crowd, which had been cheering since the early morning, got progressively louder as elite runners crowded the finish line. They were especially loud as members of the National Guard in fatigues sprinted down Boylston. Mark Donnellan watched the award ceremony and said he was happy with the result, especially with an American winning.

“It makes me feel patriotic,” he said.

He was standing at the same spot, near the Forum Restaurant, where he stood last year to watch his son, also named Mark, cross the finish line about a minute before the explosions. He said the crowds were about the same size. They were determined to return.

“It's irrational to be afraid,” said the younger Mark, 27, who did not run this year.

The skies were sunny and slightly on the cooler side, good for the almost 36,000 runners who intended to brave the grueling 26.2 miles from Hopkinton, Mass., to downtown Boston. For almost a week, the city has been the scene of memorials and tributes designed to commemorate the horror of last year’s bombings, remember the dead, praise first responders and seek emotional renewal.

By about 10:45 a.m. EDT, the first finisher, one of the mobility-impaired participants, crossed the finish line. The elite women, who set a blistering pace, were approaching the halfway point, and the elite men were more than a quarter into their race. The bulk of the runners was starting in three other waves, with the last to step off at 11:25 a.m. EDT — about 35 minutes before the elite runners were likely to cross the finish line.

Participants and spectators also voiced a sense of defiance in the face of last year’s bombing. During a memorial last week, Vice President Joe Biden caught that mood, telling the audience, “We own the finish line!”

Many racers will try to get to the finish line at 2:49 p.m. EDT, the exact moment two bombs went off about 12 seconds apart on April 15, 2013.

Security was tight Monday, with thousands of uniformed police, hundreds of plainclothes officers and about 100 video cameras along the route to monitor the spectators, expected to reach 1 million -- twice the usual number of people who visit Boston for the annual race on Patriots Day.

Officials asked people not to bring backpacks—last year's bombs were hidden in backpacks—but insisted the race would be safe.

Just a year ago, Boston and its suburbs were traumatized by the explosions and the days of the manhunt that closed down one of the nation's high-profile metropolitan areas for a day.

The bombs, located about 200 yards apart on Boylston Street, turned the finish line area to chaos. Relatives, spectators and first responders rushed to aid the fallen. Dead were Krystle Campbell, 29; Lu Lingzi, 23; and Martin Richard, 8.

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VANCOUVER - "Glee" star Cory Monteith has been named grand marshal of the Grey Cup festival parade.

Monteith grew up in Victoria and moved to Vancouver as a teen to try his hand at acting.

In recent years he shot to TV superstardom playing singing jock Finn Hudson on "Glee."

Monteith has also made the leap to the big screen, starring in "Monte Carlo" alongside Selena Gomez.

He also appeared at last month's Toronto International Film Festival to promote the Canadian indie effort "Sisters and Brothers."

In a statement, Monteith said he is honoured to serve as grand marshal of the parade, adding that it's a thrilling excuse to come home.

The 2011 Grey Cup Festival will be hosted by the BC Lions and will take place Nov. 24-27. The parade is set for Nov. 26, the day before the CFL championship game.


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Pictures of the new band have popped up on Czech Republic Apple Store website, accompanying the news that the Apple Watch will arrive in that market later this month, on January 29.

While there’s no word on when the band will be available elsewhere (and, while unlikely, this could turn out to be a Photoshop mistake on Apple’s part), this is definitely one of the most attractive Apple Watch/band combos I’ve seen yet.

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American Airlines has now ditched heavy flight manuals and become the first major commercial carrier to introduce iPads to all of its cockpits in a move that is expected to save more than $1 million in fuel costs every year.

The company first began piloting (get it?) the scheme back in April, when it used Apple’s device alongside traditional paper manuals, which typically weigh around 35 pounds. Now those manuals have been phased out completely in favor of digital versions.


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The Frogs, A Musical
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A Comedy written in 405 B.C. by Aristophanes
Freely adapted by Burt Shevelove
Even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane
With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Direction and choreography by Susan Stroman

Stephen Sondheim/Burt Shevelove's musical satire, inspired by Aristophanes, The Frogs , with new songs by the composer, revised book by co-star Nathan Lane, (who performs the role of Dionysos), directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman, in a co-presentation with Lincoln Center Theater.

In The Frogs, the Greek god Dionysos (to be played by Nathan Lane), troubled by the world's ills, embarks on a perilous and frog-infested journey to Hades with his slave Xanthias (played by Chris Kattan, of Saturday Night Live fame), to bring back an extraordinary writer who, by providing words of wit and wisdom, will help save mankind from self-destruction.

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When is it Safe to Have Unprotected Sex?

when is safe to have unprotected sexIn the comment board for my article, “What Does Your Vagina Discharge Tell You,” one question was asked more than once: “If I have unprotected sex on x and y days, can I get pregnant?”

Having unprotected sex can be quite enjoyable. But it does come with a consequence – a potentially significant one, if you’re not prepared to have and raise a child.

So if you choose the Fertility Awareness Method for natural birth control, you need to become familiar with your menstrual cycles and be diligent in determining when are the safest days for unprotected sex.

Generally, there are four safe windows:

1. First 5 Days

You’re safe the first 5 days of your menstrual cycle if you ovulated during the previous cycle, which can be identified by observing clear and slippery egg white-like vaginal discharge, or by an obvious temperature shift 12 to 16 days before you bleed.

Ovulation in the previous cycle helps to confirm that your bleeding is true menstruation, not ovulatory spotting or abnormal bleeding unrelated to menses.

Note that this rule may not be reliable for women approaching menopause, because premenopausal hormone changes can result in dramatically early ovulation.

2. Dry Days

You’re highly unlikely to be fertile during your dry days.

Assume that you have a 28-day cycle. If you finish your period on day 5, and ovulate between day 12 and day 16, your dry days are likely to be from day 5 to day 10.

Of course, not everyone fits perfectly into this pattern.

Regardless, the most reliable way to identify your dry days is by paying close attention to your cervical fluid/vaginal discharge.

As the name suggests, your dry days are those days when you observe no cervical fluid or wetness at any point during the day.

Note that semen can mask the presence of cervical fluid. But if you’re dry all day the day after intercourse, you’re safe to have unprotected sex again that evening.

For an enhanced sexual experience during your dry days, check out Passion Lubes, the best selling lubricant on Amazon.

3. The 3rd Consecutive Day Your Temperature Remains High

If you track your body temperature, you may notice a rise in temperature 12-16 days before your menstruation by 0.4 to 1 degrees. The rise of temperature usually occurs immediately following your ovulation. Check out my basal temperature chart and how you can chart your own.

If your temperature continues to remain high for 3 days or more, you’re considered safe to have unprotected sex after the 3rd day.

However, if your thermal shift is not obvious, or if your temperature falls below your baseline temperature after its peak, you should use a more conservative method.

Start tracking your body temperature, you'll learn a lot about your menstrual cycles. And it will be an eye opening experience! All you need is a digital basal themometer.

4. The 4th Day after Your Peak Day (Ovulation)

Once you see your vertical fluid changing from wet, clear and egg white-like to dry, you’ll know that your peak day (ovulation) has occurred.

And once you’ve seen 4 dry days after your peak day, you can assume you are no longer fertile.

Whether you want to get pregnant or avoid it, it's important to know when you're ovulating. And the easilest way to know is to take an ovulation test.

Additional Notes:

1. When you notice a rise in body temperature and it remains higher for 3 days or more, you can assume that you have already ovulated.

2. For this reason, cervical fluid is the most reliable fertility sign to observe before ovulation, because it reflects higher estrogen levels, indicating the impending release of the egg.

3. After ovulation though, temperature is the most reliable fertility sign, because it confirms that ovulation has indeed occurred.

4. Take charge of your fertility with our free Period Calendar and Ovulation Tracker. It’s a great tool to track your body temperature, vaginal discharge, menstruation, ovulation, and more...

5. It may take a couple of months to get familiar with your menstruation/ovulation cycle and the signs to watch for. It’s well worth it though, considering the potential consequence – and the worry and fear of an unexpected pregnancy.

6. Just in case you're wondering if you may be pregnant, don't worry. You can take an early pregnancy test.

7. To learn more about your menstrual cycles and fertility, I highly recommend Toni Weschler's Taking Charge of Your Fertility, The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health. It's the best book I've read on this subject.

Personally, I use the Fertility Awareness Method for birth control. I like its naturalness. I also find it a wonderful method to help me stay in tune with my body’s rhythms.

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#86 Jingtastic 2016-07-27 04:21
Hi Nicole, it seems that you had sex on day 10, 19, 24, 25 and 30 of your menstrual cycle. They should be on your non-fertile days if your periods are regular. Your ovulation day is typically 14 days before your expected period. To be safe, avoid 3 days before and 3 days after that day. If your periods are irregular, this method may not be accurate. Monitoring your vaginal discharge would be a better method. Hope this helps.
#85 Jingtastic 2016-07-27 04:07
Hi Swati, I think your chance of getting pregnant was small, given that your husband used a condom and your vaginal discharge was dry. You can always take a pregnancy test if you miss your upcoming period. Take care!
#84 swati 2016-07-12 08:58
I had sex with my husband using condom on the 9day of my period at night but some mistakes done but my vagina had dry discharge can there any possibility of pregnancy
#83 nicole 2016-05-04 23:25
Hi. My last menstruation was last march 26, on april 5, 14, 19, 20 and 25, we had sex. Month of april, i dont experience mesntrual period. Am i pregnant?
Rahul Soni
#82 Rahul Soni 2016-02-28 04:08
I have sex to my girlfriend on 31 jan ..and that was first day after her periods .means she has periods on 26 jan...did she pregnent...?
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    NFL Draft 101
    Former Bears general manager Jerry Angelo goes inside the NFL’s annual selection process. Jerry Angelo
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    The draft has taken on a life of it own with the fans and media. Its popularity has risen so much that the networks are now dedicating three days of coverage to the annual selection show.
    The National Football League has done a great job of marketing the draft and the media does an equally great job of educating fans on the college prospects. Give credit to Joel Buchsbaum and Mel Kiper, the two people who were most instrumental in the original schooling and enlightening of fans from the media side. They were pioneers who passionately believed in what they did (and, in Kiper’s case, still do) and educated their audiences with behind the scenes insight that draftniks fed on.
    [IMG]Joel Buchsbaum was the original draftnik.
    If the truth were known, Buchsbaum and Kiper probably opened the NFL’s eyes on just how marketable the draft could be.
    Looking now and seeing what the event it has turned into, I credit much of the success for its popularity to Joel and Mel. Joel passed away and he is sorely missed. I don’t know a guy in football who didn’t have great respect for the work he did. He was a true icon, not only as a sports writer, but also as a fan. His heart bled the NFL and nobody knew it better.
    Why has today’s draft become even more important to teams?
    All organizations want to build through the draft. You are getting young, fast, talented, healthy players, entering into the prime of their careers, and you’re getting them cheaper than ever under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
    What are the consequences of drafting poorly?
    Teams have to go into the veteran free agent market and pay handsomely for older players to fill the voids they failed to address with younger players during the draft. Their payroll skyrockets with no real assurance of winning.
    There is nothing wrong with signing veteran players in free agency. We had very good success with the veteran players we signed in Chicago and Tampa, particularly on the offensive line, where we had some injuries and younger players who failed to meet expectations. The key here, however, is to not enter the marketplace as a hostage to a number of positions that require upgrades.
    My goal for each draft was to find at least four players we could win with. Between seven draft picks and a dozen or so college free agents acquired after the draft, that’s a bigger challenge than you may think. Why? Because while drafting talent is easy, drafting a talented player with solid character and a good medical is a difficult task. The fact that approximately 70 percent of players drafted in any given offseason will be out of the league in three to four years tells you how difficult it is to identify great players.
    How do we grade players?
    I’ll give you an example of how the grading system for some teams generally looks. This is an abbreviated scale, but this will give you a good idea of the criteria that distinguishes between elite and lesser talent.
    A typical grade on a player would have a two-digit number. That number reflects how the team projects the prospect will play when he gets into the league.
    8.0 grade: Special player, will impact a game and dominate at his position
    7.0 grade: A potential pro bowler, a player you win because of
    6.5 grade: A solid rank and file starter you could win with
    6.0 grade: A solid backup who could start, but limited
    5.5 grade: A role player but not a starter. A specialist
    5.0 grade: A talented player, but not draftable. Developmental
    You would also see a + or - next to the number grade indicating whether or not the player fits the scheme. In addition, there are letter grades that would indicate a player’s character, his intelligence and his medical status. These are subjective grades based on the team’s research and evaluations. These grades would vary from team to team.
    The letter system would be a simple A, B, C, D, F.
    No concerns, an exemplary person, top intangibles, a leader
    B: Good person, not great, but a guy you want on your team, dependable
    C: Some issues, need to work with him, can’t trust 100 percent, but can live with him
    D: Some character flaws, can’t trust him, really don’t want him, but would consider late
    F: Character reject, don’t want him under any circumstances
    Clean, no major surgeries, no missing of practices or games
    B: Overall good, missed some practice time and games with small injuries
    C: Had major surgery but came back from it, no real missed time
    D: Multiple surgeries, missed practice time and games throughout career, risk
    F: Too many medical issues and concerns, won’t hold up and hasn’t in college
    Very bright, picks it up quickly, can coach other players, no mental errors
    B: Smart, no mental errors, can make game day adjustments with, can trust
    C: Needs reps but will get it, listens well, must stay on him to make sure he has it
    D: Poor retention, drifts, will have it down by game day, but must rep him every day
    F: Can’t trust to get it, has too many mental errors, limited in what you can ask of him
    The mental grade is based on what the prospect will be asked to do given his position. Obviously, a quarterback or offensive lineman has more tasks to perform mentally on game day than most of the other positions. So you want brighter players at those spots.
    A typical grade would look like this: 7.0+ B, C, and C
    Breakdown: 7.0+ (talent level and scheme fit) B (character) C (intelligence) C (durability)
    So without watching or knowing the player and just by looking at the grade, you would say that this is a very talented prospect who fits the scheme, possesses very good character, will need some repetition learning, had surgery, but came back and played and should be fine.
    If there were another player who was rated a 7.0+ with A, B, B grades, you would rank him ahead of the first player.
    You can see how players get juggled around on a draft board when you take into account all the circumstances that teams must consider. A player could have an F medical grade, yet a team may still draft him. Some teams would never draft an F medical. Some teams are less concerned about a player’s character or mental makeup than others.
    There is a significant gray area from team to team and organizations have to make their own decisions and stick with them. It’s a risk/reward business and it’s up to each team to determine their own risk tolerances.
    Breaking down the rounds
    In most drafts, after the first two rounds, the highly talented players with production and good play history are gone. The third round still provides a solid opportunity to get a quality starter, but there is a big drop-off once you get near the middle of the round.
    [IMG]Striking gold: Seattle found a Super Bowl-winning signal-caller during the third round.
    In the fourth round you will witness teams assuming more risk, perhaps with a player who possesses top talent and good production, but has questionable character or a poor medical grade. Other teams will just take the best football player they saw on tape, regardless if he had an average workout.
    The fifth and sixth rounds are when you’ll see teams all over the board. These are the rounds where teams really need to focus on strong traits. These are the ‘sleeper’ picks where general managers and scouts can make a name for themselves. There are good players in these rounds, but they truly are diamonds in the rough.
    To me, the seventh round was the start of college free agency. There are still some good players in this round, but you’ll need some luck finding them.
    Every team thinks and selects a little differently, which is what makes the draft exciting and fun to follow. Again, the goal is to come out with at least four good players you can win with. When you do the math and multiply those four players over four years, you have 16 players still on their rookie contracts who are potentially in the starting lineup. That’s pretty strong from a contribution and cost value position.
    You figure the other players will be a combination of guys drafted five or six years ago but had their contracts extended, as well as veteran players acquired during the offseason and free agency.
    It’s the NFL draft that provides the best opportunity to build a talented and winning team.
    Jerry Angelo was the General Manager of the Chicago Bears from 2001 to 2012. Prior to joining the Bears, Angelo spent 14 years overseeing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' scouting department as their Director of Player Personnel. Angelo graduated from Miami University in 1971.
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Crustless Pizza
5 votes

Contributed by: mrsweavers4Added: Feb 12, 2010 at 05:39 PM

One of my family's favorites. May not sound too appealing, but it's VERY tasty!

Best Used By Blood Types:
  • Type B Non Secretor (5 beneficials)
  • Type O (6 beneficials)
  • Entree
  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • sea salt to taste
  • 3 Tablespoons ground walnuts (I just smash them in a baggie)
  • 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 1/2 cup favorite sugar-free spaghetti or pizza sauce
  • 3/4 to 1 cup grated hard goat cheese
  • Vegetable toppings of your choice (artichoke, red bell peppers, onion, and broccoli work well)
How to make it:
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. Combine the beef, garlic, salt, walnut powder, and beef broth in a large bowl and mix well.
  3. Transfer the beef mixture to a 9-inch pie pan, spreading it evenly over the bottom and halfway up the side of the pan.
  4. Bake for 12 minutes.
  5. Remove from the oven and pour off any accumulated juices.
  6. Spread spaghetti or pizza sauce over the meat.
  7. Top with cheese and fresh veggies.
  8. Return to the oven and bake for another 10-20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the veggies are browned.
  9. Serve immediately.
  10. Serves 2

BTD Core Ingredients Analysis:

NameNotesA SecA NonABSecABNonB SecB NonO SecO Non
Onion (Red/Spanish/Yellow/Whit...1 ,2 B B N N N B B B
Garlic1 ,2 B N B B N B N B
Walnut (English)2 ,3 B B B B N B B B
Tomato/Tomato Juice1 ,2 ,3 ,4 A N N B A N N N
Beef2 A A A A N N B B
Goat Cheese  N N B N B B N A
Pepper (Sweet/Red/All Varietie...2 ,3 A N A A B N B B
Artichoke (globe/Jerusalem)2 B B A A A N B B
Broccoli1 ,2 ,3 B B B B B B B B
[1] This recipe uses ingredients rich in lignans.
[2] This recipe uses ingredients which may help limit bacterial overgrowth.
[3] This recipe uses ingredients rich in glucosinolates.
[4] This recipe uses ingredients which may be high in chitinase, an allergen.

  • This recipe is gluten free.
  • This recipe uses ecologically friendly ingredients.

    If an ingredient is an avoid for your blood type, then try using a BTD compliant variant/substitute or leaving the item out of the recipe.

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The man prosecutors say was driving a car involved in a fatal rollover accident on the Diagonal Highway last year was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide.

Jeremy Rice, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide-reckless driving and a count of driving while ability impaired in October. In addition to the five year prison sentence handed down last month, Rice will have a mandatory 36 months of parole for the vehicular homicide count, a Class 4 felony.

He also was sentenced to 60 days in jail for the DWAI, though he was given credit for time served. Finally, he was also given 48 hours of community service.

According to the Colorado State Patrol, Rice was driving his 2003 Chevrolet Impala north on the Diagonal at milemarker 47 around 2:49 a.m. July 28, 2012, with two other passengers, Segourney Wehling and Chad Lopez, both 21.

At a preliminary hearing, Colorado State Patrol investigators testified that Lopez said Rice was fumbling with a GPS unit shortly before the crash. Investigators say the vehicle's left tire hit the center median and Rice tried to correct to the right, but was unable to and the car swerved back and hit the median a second time and rolled over.

Wehling was ejected through the sunroof of the car and crushed. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lopez and Rice both suffered injuries and were transported to the hospital.

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