41. Wired News: Feds Crank Up Heat On P2P Feds crank Up Heat on P2P. the department can strengthen and improve our efforts tocombat theft of intellectual property, said Attorney General john Ashcroft. http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62895,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: Wired News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Feds Crank Up Heat on P2P By Xeni Jardin Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 06:00 PM Mar. 31, 2004 PT The Justice Department said Wednesday it has formed an intellectual-property task force to analyze how the department addresses issues like piracy of software, music and movies. Led by David Israelite, deputy chief of staff and counselor to the attorney general, the task force will also recommend what the Justice Department Story Tools See also Maybe the Music's Just Lousy? Congress Moves to Criminalize P2P The Answer to Piracy: Five Bucks? DAT's Entertainment , So Enjoy Today's Top 5 Stories Drivers Want Code to Their Cars Smarter Than the CEO Security-Free Wireless Networks This Is Your Brain on Drugs ... Wired News RSS Feeds Breaking News Kerry Honors War Dead, Visits Bush-Leaning Va. Bomb Kills at Least 15 in Karachi Shi'ite Mosque Iraqis Chafe at U.S. Block on Choice of President Bomb Kills Two U.S.-Led Soldiers in Iraq ... Wire Service Photo Gallery Tech Jobs Partner Today's the Day "I have asked the task force to look at ways the department can strengthen and improve our efforts to combat theft of intellectual property," said Attorney General John Ashcroft.

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43. OUP USA: Free And Moving Boundary Problems: John Crank john crank. 0198533705, paper, 424 pages. Feb 1987 In Stock. Price $79.50 (04).S H $5.00 (US) $10.00 (INTL). Mathematics of Diffusion john crank Price $71.95. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Mathematics/~~/cGY9MTAmcHI9MTAmc3M

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45. Patch the propeller with its hand crank and wooden gears on board his 25ton sailing ship,Royal George. Shortly afterwards, on a trip to Saint john, the invention http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/volume4/278-279.htm

John Patch Propeller of Ships 1781-1861 In 1858 a petition signed by more than 100 prominent citizens of Yarmouth was submitted to the Nova Scotia Legislature asking that a pension be granted John Patch who “conceives he has rendered essential service to the world at large.” The “essential service” that was referred to was the invention of the screw propeller, recognized by then as one of the major inventions of the nineteenth century for steamships of all description. As further evidence that Patch was the inventor, the petition enclosed a declaration from the Butler brothers of Yarmouth who wrote, “We assisted him in making the machinery for the first trial, which took place in 1833. We accompanied him in a small boat to which the propeller was attached and crossed the harbour several times.” The reason for the petition was that John Patch was now a lame, sick, 77-year-old living in a Yarmouth poorhouse. Patch was born in 1781 — the same year his sea captain father died in a shipwreck off Seal Island — but little is known of his early years in Nova Scotia. It is believed he worked as a fisherman and sailor for many years before getting the idea for a screw propeller while watching a small boat being sculled by a single oar moved in a particular pattern over its stern. According to a half brother writing in the Yarmouth Herald in 1875, Patch had been considering a screw propeller for almost 30 years, but scientific gentlemen to whom he showed his plan “laughed at him, telling him it was just as impractical as perpetual motion.”

46. Death Record Of My Dad John A.crank death record of my dad john a.crank. ky. it lists his dad as john crank,no middle name which is correct.mom is matilda mullins . http://www.genealogysearch.com/messages/9314.html

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47. Crank Test. crank Test. By Tom Demerly, john Laidlaw, Mark Trzeciak, Calvin McMahon Seth Kirkendall. Read this first about our reviews. Test http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/reviews/crank.shtml

See what the biggest independent triathlon website, slowtwitch.com has to say about us here Bikesport is a F.I.S.T. certified triathlon fitting store. Learn more here. Read our new daily editorial here See them all here. The Case for 'Cross Early Season Errors ... 2001 Cannondale MS 600 Fix A Flat Click here to sign up Wed. April 28, 2004 The Pre Race Tune-up. Learn How to Fix a Flat Your Bike's Maintenance Schedule PreventativeBike ... Extreme Tri Crank Test. By Tom Demerly, John Laidlaw, Mark Trzeciak, Read this first about our reviews Test Engineer John Laidlaw built our test apparatus. The cranks on your bike are the biggest things you turn to make it go forward (besides the wheels). They translate force to your drivetrain. In the past three years a significant number of new designs and manufacturers have emerged in crank production. With this influx of newer names and models and materials is the obvious question: How good are they, how do they compare? The apparatus was designed to simulate "real world" pedal forces and measure crank flex.

48. Prank Calls With Balls By The Legendary John Musacha And Friends would eventually become one of the most widely distributed underground crank calltapes in the underground by the name he assumed the legendary john Musacha. http://www.detonator.net/musacha.htm

In 1988, three friends who grew up together in Queens, NY would amuse themselves by making what would eventually become one of the most widely distributed underground crank call tapes ever recorded Check out The Musacha Tapes and see why Billboard rates it a Critics Choice and calls it "funnier than the Jerky Boys best material and just as raunchy." Defective Dog - real audio .wav file Tile Job - real audio .wav file Pharmacy - real audio .wav file Chinese Laundry - real audio .wav file Motherfucker - real audio .wav file

49. Garth Family (17401812) Judith Bowcock (1743-1806) 1. john Garth (1762-1835 Garth Sally Gaines (1786-1836) 7. Margaret Gaines (1788-1830) George crank (1784-1865 http://members.tripod.com/~genealogy_thomas/garth.html

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Check out the NEW Hotbot Tell me when this page is updated Thomas Garth of Albemarle co., Virginia Richard Gaines Susannah "Susan" Durrett Susannah "Susan" Fretwell Susannah Crenshaw ... Alfonso Thomas Thomas Garth The Garth Family 1734 - 1986 Rosalie Edith Rogers Davis's Webpage, published by Thomson - Shores, Inc., Dextes, Michigan 1988 MILITARY: Rev. War in 1779 was appointed a member of the committee, juror and magestrate of Albemarle Co. Va. In 1791 was appointed a magistrate and served as Sheriff in 1807. DEED: Garth plantation MARRIAGE: other dates in "Albemarle Co. VA Marriages" listed 10 Dec 1781. OCC: in 1773 he was employed by Thomas Jefferson for the next 3 to 4 yrs. while Thomas Jefferson was president. In 1762, Thomas Garth bought 450 acres on Indian branch of Buck Island Creek from Samuel Taliaferro. In 1770, he brought from John Lewis 1000 acres on Blue Run not far from Barboursville. In 1779, he bought 1000 acres of Lewis estate on Ivy Creek, and continued his purchases in that section, till he owned all the land stretching from near the Staunton Rd. Opposite Lewis's place, to the forks of Mechum's and Moorman's Rivers. On this tract he resided until his death. He was a magistrate in 1791 and a sheriff in 1807. Mildred Garth and John Fretwell My line is Mildred and John Fretwell. Mildred and John's home was called "Fairfield". Their neighbors were Thomas Crenshaws and Richard Gaines, brother-in-laws to John. Mortimer D. Gaines, son of James Gaines of Culpeper was visiting or living in Richard Gaines' home. He met Emily Crenshaw Fretwell and married her in 1822. Emily and Mortimer Gaines, would moved to Arrow Rock, Missouri. If you have any connections to the Garth line, please email me and we can share information. Here are some other Garth websites for you to visit.

50. Unicycling Archives: Re: Crank Length ROM ? ; Previous message john Foss Re Fwd Unicycling on HPVCD-ROM? ; Maybe in reply to Mr AJ Phillips crank length ; Next http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/hypermail/4064.html

Re: Crank length John Foss unifoss@calweb.com Thu, 19 Sep 1996 00:50:39 -0700 (PDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next message: Wolfgang Stroessner: "Re: Unicycling on HPV-CD-ROM ?" Previous message: John Foss: "Re: [Fwd: Unicycling on HPV-CD-ROM ?]" Maybe in reply to: Mr AJ Phillips: "Crank length" Next in thread: Seth Golub: "Re: Crank length" beirne@neo.lrun.com I'd be curious to see what such a thing looks like. The main problem I see with variable crank length, aside from probable lack of strength, is the fact that there will probably be some "extra" crank sticking out when you have your pedal at a short setting. This extra part would probably be very annoying to pedal around. Stay on Top, John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone unifoss@calweb.com http://www.calweb.com/~unifoss/index.htm President, International Unicycling Federation Chairman, IUF Skill Levels and Rules Committee pretty good rider, too Next message: Wolfgang Stroessner: "Re: Unicycling on HPV-CD-ROM ?" Previous message: John Foss: "Re: [Fwd: Unicycling on HPV-CD-ROM ?]"

51. Unicycling Archives: Re: Crank Length Re crank length. john Foss (unifoss@calweb.com)Tue, 17 Sep 1996 230842 0700 (PDT) http://www.unicycling.org/unicycling/hypermail/4057.html

Re: Crank length John Foss unifoss@calweb.com Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:08:42 -0700 (PDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Next message: Seth Golub: "Re: Crank length" Previous message: Nicholas Seow Chiang Price: "knees and cranks" Maybe in reply to: Mr AJ Phillips: "Crank length" Next in thread: Seth Golub: "Re: Crank length" bymas@expert.cc.purdue.edu I'll have to differ with my MUni riding partner here. He seems to think that it's impossible to pedal over 100 rpm on a unicycle. On the trails, maybe. On level ground, it's easy. Anyway, pedaling slow on a unicycle, on level ground, is not bad for you knees like pedaling too slow on a bicycle, while trying to go fast, is. On level ground, a unicycle doesn't require much strain to keep moving. On a bike, the pressure of the wind resistance combined with a low cadence puts a greater strain on the knees. Though it puts more strain on your knees than casual bicycling, I don't agree that unicycling is bad for your knees. Running/jogging is much worse, as is any kind of impact activity. On a unicycle your feet are going around

52. Re: John Collins-Clues-Bessler Crank Shaft Re john CollinsClues-Bessler crank Shaft. In Reply to john Collins-Clues-Besslercrank Shaft posted by David on March 04, 2003 at 161200 Hi Dave,. http://www.besslerwheel.com/wwwboard/messages/1034.html

Re: John Collins-Clues-Bessler Crank Shaft Follow Ups Post Followup Bessler Discussion Board FAQ ... Back to BesslerWheel.com Posted by John Collins (194.164.38.85) on March 10, 2003 at 00:16:07: In Reply to: John Collins-Clues-Bessler Crank Shaft posted by David on March 04, 2003 at 16:12:00: : Hi Dave, Sorry or delay in responding. I've been away for a couple of weeks. I like the reference you make to the runners knee and the link to the foot peddle to drive the grind stone. Sounds a bit like a bicycle crank? I'll have to think about that. I personally don't think it's necessary to pose the idea of a double-lointed crank-shaft but who knows? As for the flail, and its link to the scholar - I suspect that for flail you can read whip, and for the scholar read schoolboy. And remember there are things called whipping-tops. maybe there is some way that the internal mechanism resembles whips, tops and their action. If the flail would rather be with the thresher than the scholar perhaps it means the the whip mosty remains in the raised position and only descends on the scholar for a brief time. Just musing folks :-) John Collins John

53. Episodes In The Life Of Crank When she was coming off crank, she d go visit john and her baby, and she d experienceextreme paranoia. When I stayed with him, I d just sleep all the time. http://www.montana.edu/wwwai/imsd/rezmeth/episodes.htm

EPISODES FROM A LIFE OF CRANK Danielle is in her twenties. She has lived on the Northern Cheyenne reservation all her life. She describes the In's and mostly the Out's of the life of 6 years of meth use. The Addiction Starts "I didn't really wanna get into crank because I didn't know what it was about." Danielle was smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol before she tried crank. She ran into an old friend of hers who was a dealer. "He introduced me to crank." He wanted Danielle to start selling weed for him. "So I started selling weed, and knowing that he had crank too. I didn't really wanna get into it because I didn't know what it was about." One night Danielle was drunk to the point that she was sick. Her dealer asked her if she wanted a line of crank "So I said, 'Yeah, why not?' It sobered me up because he gave me such a big line I wasn't used to it. It was about half a quarter." She liked the fact that it seemed to sober her up. "So I asked him if I could get some from him." He agreed to give her some, since she was selling weed for him. "I was kinda scared of it myself. It only been so many times since I first tried it." "I kinda wanted to see what it was about, 'cause everyone would talk about it. I was young then, how it sobered you up that was my main thing 'cause I liked to drink. Sometimes I'd get too drunk for myself. I'd hate that feeling so that line would sober me up. After I'd have that line I'd go to my drinking again."

54. The Crank Rainier Project john just wanted to be there and wish us well. Even so they made me nervous;I wanted to make a good impression, to crank twice as fast as possible. http://www.mobilityeng.com/rainier.htm

The Crank Rainier Project By Peter Rieke I woke with a start to the sound of voices and the clank of mountaineering gear. It was the crew coming up from the low camp. "Wreatha, get up." I said, prodding my wife, "We've over slept. What time is it?" I found my headlamp and saw that it was not even 2:30 am - they weren't supposed to be here for another hour. "Come on you slackers" Dave Blanchard yelled shaking our tent "We've got a mountain to climb!" "We're up, we're up!" I replied testily and started the familiar morning routine chew a dry cookie, pull on some polypropylene underwear, and take a swig of water. The water wasn't frozen, hardly even cold. I checked the cook pot sitting on the snow in the tent foyer, not frozen either. Bad news! The snow was going to be soft, mushy, not good for Snow Pod traction. Outside the boys organized gear, flaked ropes and uncovered the Snow Pod. "You ready Peter?" "Yeah" I replied and scooted out the tent threw my legs over the edge and grabbed hold of Ira's shoulders. "One, Two, Three" and we're in the Snow Pod. I snap on the safety or belay lines and we are ready to go. My belayers and I call to each other, "Belay on!" "Cranking!" "Crank-On", and we start up the Hogsback ridge. It is 700 vertical feet of 45-degree slope leading to the 11,200' summit of Mt. Hood. In the quiet of a windless, star-lit night, the mountain seems like an old friend. It is a beautiful morning on the summit - sunny and calm. I've been here a dozen times before. It should be old hat but today I can barely talk, a few tears stream down my cheeks unnoticed by others. I'm not the only one who thinks it is a special day. It has been a long 4-year journey since the "climbing accident". A journey I could not do alone, a journey so many of my friends willingly signed up for knowing it would be a long haul. We spent thousand of hours building the pod building three separate prototypes actually. Hundreds of hours training in the gym, on my racing chair, and cranking the pod down endless snowmobile tracks.

55. Projo.com | Providence, R.I. So the Astros went for broke at the trading deadline, dealing bluechip prospectsFreddy Garcia, john Halama and Carlos The Baseball crank s secret identity http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/include.pl/redsox/crank/main.htm

projo.com Boston Red Sox Providence, R.I. Customize E-mail newsletters E-cards MySpecialsDirect ... More subscriber services February 28, 2003 PAST ENTRIES February 14 January 23 January 11 November 15 November 1 October 25 October 21 October 4 September 27 September 6 August 25 July 12 June 18 May 31 May 14 May 3 April 23 April 5 March 29 March 15 March 8 March 6 February 25 January 25 December 5 November 16 November 9 October 26 October 19 September 14 September 7 August 31 August 24 August 17 August 10 August 3 July 27 July 20 This week: the conclusion of my decade-by-decade look back at underappreciated teams. The 1970s: 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers 102-60 (.630), 1st place (by 4 games), lost World Series to A's 4-1, 4.93 R/G, 3.46 RA/G (Avg 4.15) The Dodger infield of Steve Garvey, Davey Lopes, Bill Russell and Ron Cey became household names in 1974, but for me at least, the team was long identified with the squad that lost consecutive World Serieses to the Yankees Tommy Lasorda's team, with Reggie Smith and Dusty Baker in the outfield. But the 1974 team was the best Dodger team in the franchise's tenure in Los Angeles, and would probably be remembered as such if they hadn't lost to the Mustache Gang in the World Series. After a two-year collapse following the 1966 retirement of Sandy Koufax, the Dodgers of the late 60s and early 70s were mostly a good team; although perennially stuck behind the Big Red Machine, they finished second five times and third once between 1970 and 1976. The Dodgers tried a lot of different things for example, importing veteran sluggers Dick Allen and Frank Robinson. But at the core was the rebuilding of the infield. Garvey broke in as a third baseman, playing semiregularly after 1971, and moved to first base to make room for Cey (after Wes Parker's sudden retirement in 1972) in 1973. Russell replaced Maury Wills at short in 1972. In 1974, Garvey became an everyday fixture at first, moving Bill Buckner to the outfield and relegating Manny Mota to pinch hitting duties. The 1973 team was already a good one, winning 95 games. Garvey began a series of nearly identical productive seasons in 1974 .312 average, 21 HR, 111 RBI, 200 hits. He was named the NL MVP.

56. Michael Auxer To John Crank Michael Auxer Wife to john crank. Russell County, Virginia DeedBook 2, Pages 58 59 Executed 01 Oct 1795, Recorded 27 Oct 1795. http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/deeds/auxercrank.html

Russell County, Virginia Deed Book 2, Pages 58 - 59 Executed 01 Oct 1795, Recorded 27 Oct 1795 Michael Auxer (Seal) Jean Oxer (Seal) At a Court held for Russell County Oct. 27th 1795 This indenture of bargain and sale from Michael Auxer and Jean his wife to John Crank was produced in Court and acknowledged by the said Michael Auxer and Jean his wife being privily examined as the law directs and thereupon was ordered to be recorded. Teste Henry Dickenson C.R.C. This file contributed by: Michael Dye visitor since March 06, 1999 Back to Russell VAGenWeb

57. Will Of John Crank WILL OF john crank. Russell County, Virginia. Chancery Order BookA1, Pages 63 - 64. Executed 27 Apr 1803. In the name of God amen. http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/probate/johncrank.html

WILL OF JOHN CRANK Russell County, Virginia Chancery Order Book A-1, Pages 63 - 64 Executed 27 Apr 1803 his John X Crank (Seal) mark Teste, Nathan Ellington D.C. A Copy Teste, James P. Carrell D.C. This file contributed by: Michael Dye visitor since August 28, 2000 Back to Russell VAGenWeb

58. Scotsman.com News - US Elections - Bush And Kerry Crank Up Campaigns Bush and Kerry crank up campaigns FOREIGN STAFF THE United States president, GeorgeBush, yesterday traded blows with his Democratic challenger john Kerry as http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=627&id=272832004

59. 2003 Marathon Entrants Cox, Patricia, Dallas, TX. Crane, Nancy, Houston, TX. crank, john, Greenwood,IN. Creekmore, Jerry, Independence, KS. Critchfield, Byron, Osawatomie,KS. http://www.oklahomamarathon.org/2003 entrants.htm

2003 Marathon Entrants Limited to the 1st 300 runners 350 Runners Representing 40 States!! Entrant Names are grouped by state/country* 1st Entrants to Enter from each State Name City State/Country Sossamon, Barry Anchorage AK White, Barbara Pike Road AL Smith, Karen Rogers AR Plendl Bruce, Jeanne Phoenix AZ Munson, James Costa Mesa CA Hill, Jeffrey Denver CO Swomley, Bruce Litchfield CT Chatman, Ernie Brooksville FL Carr, Dennis Atlanta GA Bubke, Rod Ankeny IA Phelps, Nancy Boise ID Collins, Tim Urbana IL Popp, Thomas Jeffersonville IN Johnson, Dan Lenexa KS Schneider, Jamie Louisville KY Foster, Burk Lafayette LA Zannotti, Glenn Waltham MA Griffin, Joan Gaithersburg MD Kern, Don Martin MI Britain, Doug Wayzata MN Midnight, Capt. Fenton MO Simmons, Rob Ridgeland MS Arves, Kathleen

60. About John Apperson My name is john Apperson, I was born in Missouri in the late 1950s and lived daysfarms were low on Bell Telephones priority list, so we had a crank telephone. http://www.cadstd.com/john.html

About John Apperson.. My name is John Apperson, I was born in Missouri in the late 1950s and lived on a farm until I was five years old. The house I lived in as a child was built in 1830. Back in those days farms were low on Bell Telephones priority list, so we had a crank telephone. The other farms in the area were all wired together as a large party line. If you wanted to call a neighbor you might crank long-short-long. Moving to Southern California in early 1960's was like moving into the future 30 years. One day we were driving on dirt roads and talking on crank telephones and the next we were driving on freeways and going to Disneyland where we could talk on experimental video phones. Maybe these time warping experiences prepared me for other events in my life. In junior high school I took "high tech" classes like "Print Shop" (Yes we got to set type by hand). When I was in high school I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. It wasn't until I was in college and needed a job to support my young family that I finally found my career. A friend of mine called me and told me about a man who was training people to do "computer drafting". They weren't even teaching that at the university so I called the man and didn't give him a chance to say no. In November of 1981 my friends and I waited in a dark parking lot in Pasadena California. Most of us had never met this man who claimed to be starting a CAD business. But he asked us to meet him at a company called Metrix at 11pm for CAD training so there we were. When he drove into the parking lot in an old Gremlin my heart sank. I needed a real job and this didn't look like a successful businessman.

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