Liberal super PAC American Bridge releases a video aligning Mitt Romney with the Republican Indiana Senate candidate whose abortion views are fueling outrage

The ad creator: Liberal super PAC American Bridge

The ad: The spot mischievously recasts Mitt Romney's recent endorsement ad for Richard Mourdock (R) as a seeming endorsement of inflammatory comments the Indiana Senate candidate made at an Oct. 23 debate namely that pregnancies that result from rape are what "God intended to happen." The American Bridge ad begins by quoting Romney saying he supports Mourdock in the Indiana race, then a block of text fills the screen: "And what does Richard Mourdock support?" Using clips from the Senate hopeful's various speeches on the trail, the ad accuses Mourdock of "normalizing rape," "extremism" for requesting more zealots in the Republican Party, "climate change denial" for calling "man-induced climate change" a hoax, and "blind partisanship" for dismissing the value of bipartisanship. As these clips play, a silly looking photo of Romney giving the thumbs up hovers in the screen's corner.

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The ad buy: The group has not disclosed the size of the ad buy.

The strategy:The ad's goal is fairly simple, says Politico.American Bridge wants to smear Romney by creating the illusion that he and Mourdock are "campaigning together" on Mourdock's platform and hit two birds with one stone.

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The reaction: Mourdock "unofficially lost the race" with his abortion remarks, "apparently [forgetting] that women vote," says Michael Luciano at PolicyMic. Mourdock has since clarified his statement, saying, "God creates life, and that was my point. God does not want rape, and by no means was I suggesting that he does." While Romney immediately disavowed Mourdock's statement, other Republicans came to the Senate candidate's defense, including National Republican Senatorial Committee Executive Director Rob Jesmer, who tells The Hill that Mourdock's belief "is something a lot of Republicans and a lot of Democrats believe. Most pro-life people believe life is a gift." Still, says Cameron Joseph at The Hill, the "comments could hurt Mourdock, who has failed to pull ahead" of his Democratic opponent Rep. Joe Donnelly in the polls, despite Indiana's heavy Republican tilt. And this ad wont help.

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"Grey's Anatomy's" Jessica Capshaw

Arizona is preparing to take a big step forward on this week's Grey's Anatomy.

During Thursday's episode, titled "I Saw Her Standing There," the formerly cheery pediatrics surgeon begins to take control of her life following the plane crash that forced the amputation of her left leg.

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Ethan Embry (Empire Records) guest stars as David, who gets off to a rocky start as Arizona's (Jessica Capshaw) prosthetist as they begin the process of getting her back on her feet. While Arizona is still less than pleased to be there, the good-natured doc does have some good news for Arizona: There's no scar tissue and her amputation is healing well.

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Meanwhile, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) realizes that she can't share all the (exciting) details of her surgical exploits with Derek, who is still unable to operate and continues to find his new career teaching less than a suitable replacement.

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As for the Chief, BCB Bailey (Chandra Wilson) gives him a hard time for sporting a spiffy tie to the hospital. After Webber (James Pickens Jr.) blows her off, citing that he's just taking pride in his appearance, his true motive is revealed when Jackson's mother, Catherine (Debbie Allen) seems to take a liking to his more-formal attire.

Check out the clips from the episode, above and below, and hit the comments with your thoughts. Are you happy to see Arizona's progress?

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Eliza Coupe, Casey Wilson

Sixteen stiches. That was the price Happy Endings paid for one of the funniest falls through a glass window ever.

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Fortunately, Casey Wilson did not have to pay that price, since it was a stunt double that stood in for the comedian, who portrays the hopelessly single Penny on the ABC comedy. "I did the beginning and the end and we had a stunt double," Wilson tells TVGuide.com. "I was like, 'I'll let her do this." I went back to my trailer. She went through the glass. Eliza [Coupe] came and banged on the door. She's like, 'There's trouble!'

"The woman had to go to the hospital to make me look funny," the SNL alum continues. "She had blood all over her like Carrie. She was wonderful, and she's totally fine. Because the glass is so fine, it makes you bleed so it was one of the scariest things we've ever seen. We only did one take and it worked."

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No stranger to physical comedy, Wilson had actually offered to do the stunt herself. "I thought it would be funny, like, 'I'll go through the plate glass. That's fun to do your own stunts!' What am I, Charlize Theron? No! They're like, 'You can't go through the glass, it really cuts you.' I was like, 'My face! My beautiful face! I can't go through there!'

"It was worth it," she continues. "I didn't want to tell [the stunt double] there was no film in the camera," Wilson says with a laugh. Obviously, she's joking. In case you didn't watch it over and over again on your DVR already, you can watch it again (and again) below:

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Sandra Oh and Kevin McKidd

Grey's Anatomy will lighten up a bit when Kevin McKidd steps behind the camera for the fourth time for Thursday's episode.

Following the plane crash which brought on the deaths of Mark (Eric Dane) and Lexie (Chyler Leigh) and the amputation of Arizona's (Jessica Capshaw) leg Grey's kicked off its ninth season on a very dark note. But McKidd promises he's about to turn that around with what he calls an "upbeat" episode.

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"I think the writers felt the audience needed a break, so Episode 4 is really fun," McKidd tells TVGuide.com. "All my other episodes have been quite intense, so it's been really fun to break out of that. I think people will be relieved to take a rest and just get to have fun with the show a little bit after the first few episodes."

The storylines that offer comedic relief include a patient with huge testicles, which McKidd says they had trouble shooting around. Plus: Catherine Avery (Debbie Allen) returns, which causes a rift between Jackson (Jesse Williams) and Dr. Webber (James Pickens, Jr.). "Jackson and Richard have a big standoff about the ongoing saga of him dating Catherine," McKidd teases. "Bailey [Chandra Wilson] weighs in on that."

Grey's Anatomy is a drama, however, so there will be one very large obstacle for fans of Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen's relationship. to get through this week. Spoiler Alert: The promos don't lie! "[Cristina] has a sexual relationship with somebody else in Minnesota," McKidd says. Dun Dun Dunnnn! Also... really? Dr. Parker (Steven Culp)? Really?!

But there is hope on the horizon: McKidd says Cristina's exploits are an "empty experience for her."

"It fulfills a certain need for her, but there's certainly not that same thing that she gets when Cristina and Owen are together," he says. "It's going to be really interesting to see how to get back and whether they're able to. They may still love each other, but there might just be too much hurt going on. There might just be too much baggage to really be able to heal or rebuild. It's a painful truth, but I think Cristina and Owen wish they could be back together, even though they're apart."

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New online learning tool offers comprehensive 3D views of the ear and related anatomy for audiology students who prefer interactive, online learning.

London, UK (PRWEB) October 31, 2012

More and more professors are finding that students turn to the internet first for answers and information, making it a challenge to keep them engaged in text-based courses, said Peter Allan, CEO of Primal Pictures. Audiology: Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing helps faculty create a fully engaged, virtual learning experience for students, with detailed clinical content supported by interactive 3D images.

Audiology: Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing offers 3D views of the outer, middle and inner ear, the cochlea, auditory and facial nerves, the central auditory pathway, and illustrates the transmission and transduction of sound in the outer and middle ear. Users can rotate any anatomical view 360 degrees and add or remove layers from the visual models. The product also includes specialized physiology content for the cochlea, auditory nervous system, and encoding sound in the cochlea via the Basilar membrane and hair cells, clinical details on hearing disorders affecting the outer ear, middle ear, inner ear, and the nervous system, and case studies and quizzes to support student comprehension.

Beyond the depth of information available, faculty enjoy the flexibility of this product and are using it in multiple courses, said Catriona Kerr, Associate Director of Sales for Primal Pictures. While some instructors are completely replacing a core textbook with this online tool, others use Audiology: Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing as a supplement in the many courses where students need to refresh their knowledge of the anatomy of the ear.

Primal Pictures range of 3D human anatomy titles are already used by more than 500,000 students and 70,000 educators at over 600 colleges and universities around the world. Its flagship product, Anatomy & Physiology Online, was named the best Digital and Online Resource in the British Medical Associations Medical Book Awards.

More information and subscriptions are available at primalpictures.com/audiology.

ABOUT PRIMAL PICTURES

Primal Pictures offers the most complete, detailed and medically-accurate 3D model of human anatomy for students, educators and health care practitioners. Primal Pictures 3D anatomy software is widely adopted in education and it is used for patient, practitioner and student education in over 20 countries. In 2012, over half a million students will learn anatomy using Primal software. In the past 12 months, Primal won the British Medical Associations annual prize for the best digital resource, and the Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2012, the highest official award that a British business can achieve.

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