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Not really. I like certain aspects, like the percentages on the poll correction, and the ability to make a longer topic title. However, when it comes to looks, it's throwing me off.
I believe their plan is to work with the skins and colors and whatnot after they get the main site running on all cylanders.
Thanks for the compliment. When it comes to the "cheating part", I suppose being the first person ever to execute a gogoplata in a match wasn't valid due to him smoking marijuana.
Pretty sure he wasn't the first. And I'm telling you, I almost s--- my motherfucking pants when he threw that leg under the throat.
I'm fairly certain it was either him or Aoki. Not certain, though. Personally, I think it's ridiculous that they take victories away due to a failed drug test (marijuana).
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I dont mind it at all. Its good Junkie is updating themselves. Compared to other MMA sites the old format was pretty low tech and lame. Now it looks more open minded. No complaints here
Did anyone find an option to turn off avatars? It's only a matter of time until some yahoo dips--- kid uses something NSFW.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz will be among the "headliners" addressing the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Wednesday that the former state solicitor general will address the Aug. 27-30 convention along with four other conservative notables, including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
Cruz is a tea party darling who upset Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst for the Republican nomination to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Dewhurst was backed by Gov. Rick Perry and much of the Texas GOP establishment but lost a July 31 runoff election to Cruz by 13 percentage points.
Cruz advances to the November election against Democratic former state Rep. Paul Sadler. Texas hasn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.
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ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Leaders across much of the Caribbean closed schools and government offices on Wednesday and urged people to stay at home as Tropical Storm Isaac swept toward the region, threatening to soon become a hurricane and perhaps eventually to menace Florida.
The storm was 140 miles (230 kilometers) east of the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe late Wednesday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph). Isaac was moving west at 21 mph (33 kph) and was expected to become a hurricane by Thursday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
In Dominica, one of the first islands in the storm's path, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit urged people to stay home from work on Wednesday.
"I want us all to be safe," he said. "I don't want lives to be lost. I have listened to the advice of the experts and so I am asking all to stay indoors."
In Puerto Rico, Gov. Luis Fortuno declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. He also canceled classes and closed government agencies on Wednesday. The U.S. Coast Guard ordered all commercial vessels bigger than 200 gross tons to leave the port or obtain permission to remain in port.
The Liat airline said it expected to cancel flights to and from Dominica by Wednesday afternoon, and American Eagle has already canceled all its flights, according to Benoit Bardouille, CEO of the island's Air & Seaport Authority. The fast ferry that runs to Guadeloupe and Martinique also will temporarily suspend service, he said.
Disaster Coordinator Don Corriette warned of landslides and asked people in low-lying areas to seek shelter if needed.
The storm's center was expected to move over the Leeward Islands on Wednesday evening, and forecasters said it is expected to hit the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba as a hurricane later in the week.
Isaac also poses a possible threat to Florida during next week's Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and a swath of islands across the Caribbean including Martinique, Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Anguilla, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Culebra and Vieques.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mitt Romney's Republican National Convention sputters to life Monday with the lonely banging of a gavel in a mostly empty hall, then hits full speed on Tuesday, just as forecasters say Tropical Storm Isaac could reach hurricane strength and make landfall somewhere between Mississippi and New Orleans.
"Our sons are already in Tampa and they say it's terrific there, a lot of great friends. And we're looking forward to a great convention," Romney said as he prepared to rehearse his convention speech at a New Hampshire high school auditorium. He suggested there were no thoughts of canceling the gathering.
Romney said he hopes those in the storm's path are "spared any major destruction." Looking ahead, the former Massachusetts governor signaled that he and his wife Ann are close to finalizing their speeches.
Tom Del Beccaro, a California delegate and chair of the state GOP, predicted the one-day delay would supercharge the rest of the convention.
"I think there's going to be a lot of bottled up energy, and I think that's going to show," he said.
But Sally Bradshaw, a Florida Republican and longtime senior aide to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, was not so sanguine. "It's a mess all around and it's fraught with risk," she said. "It's not good for anybody — particularly the people impacted by the storm."
It was hardly the opening splash that convention planners had hoped for, and risked the juxtaposition of Republicans partying as the storm batters toward the gulf — almost exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
"Obviously we want to pray for anyone that's in the pathway of this storm," Party Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday on NBC's "Today" show, "but the message is still the same: that all Americans deserve a better future and that this president ... didn't keep the promises he made in 2008."
The party hastily rewrote the convention script to present the extravaganza's prime rituals and headline speakers later in the week, and further changes were possible. Convention planners said Monday's speakers would be worked into the schedule later in the week.
"We're going to continue with our Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday schedule," said Russ Schriefer, the chief convention planner.
As the threat of the storm to Tampa diminished, delegates focused on party message and the near-term task of making Romney the nominee and working to defeat Obama in November.
"There's a mission here," said Gary Harkins, a delegate from Brandon, Miss. "We have to nominate a candidate for president. Our mission is to save America from becoming a socialistic state."
Sen. Rob Portman delivered a message to the Ohio delegation that was echoed at meetings and news conferences all across Tampa — the Obama presidency has been a failure.
"It's time to stop blaming others and take responsibility," Portman said at a breakfast session. "There are families all over Ohio that are suffering as a result. He hasn't measured up to his own standards. "
The weather was a constant concern for some. Jeanne Luckey of Ocean Springs, Miss., whose family lost a beachside home to Hurricane Katrina, said friends were helping secure their inland home for Isaac.
"It's a very busy time, certainly, but we've got to take care of the business of the party and make sure we get Governor Romney nominated," Luckey said. "We have a lot of work to do between now and November."
Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan decided to head to Florida on Tuesday, a day later than expected. He was in his hometown of Janesville, Wis., on Monday putting final touches on his convention speech and addressing students at his former high school. Signs at the school proclaimed him "The pride of Janesville."
The storm was a complication, at best, for a party determined to cast the close election as a referendum on Obama's economic stewardship and Romney as the best hope for jobs and prosperity.
The concern was two-fold: that Tampa, hosting thousands of GOP delegates, would get sideswiped by the storm; and that it would be unseemly to engage in days of political celebration if Isaac made a destructive landfall anywhere on U.S. soil.
"You can tone down the happy-days-are-here-again a bit," said Rich Galen, a veteran Republican consultant in Washington. "Maybe you don't have the biggest balloon drop in history."
In Washington, aides said Obama was being updated at the White House on the storm. He was still planning his two-day campaign trip to Iowa, Colorado and Virginia, beginning Tuesday morning.
In a boost to Obama's convention next week, Florida's former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist was added as a speaker. Crist had announced on Sunday that he was endorsing Obama, saying he was the correct choice and criticizing his former party for its move to the right.
For all the weather concerns, a mix of partly sunny skies, fast-moving clouds and occasional rain covered Tampa at midmorning Monday as the outer bands of the tropical storm delivered unsettled conditions.
Traffic was light as streets around the arena were blocked off and security patrolled the area.
Under the reworked convention schedule, organizers planned a pro forma opening Monday afternoon to last just 10 minutes. Priebus was to gavel the convention to order, then immediately recess. Few delegates were expected to attend. In the only bit of convention-hall theater, a debt clock was to be set in motion, to tally the nation's red ink during the convention.
Speakers who had been scheduled for Monday were to start making the case against Obama, under the day's theme, "we can do better." That theme now will be threaded through the following three days, Schriefer said. "Even though the days will be abbreviated, I absolutely believe we'll be able to get our message out."
The roll call of state delegations affirming Romney as the party's nominee now is to unfold Tuesday, an evening capped by speeches from Ann Romney and an assortment of GOP governors. Ryan gets the prime-time spotlight Wednesday, and Romney closes out the spectacle Thursday night, his springboard into the final leg of the contest. That's all if the storm brings no further complications.
So far, many taking the shakeup in stride. "People are pretty resilient, and people knew going in that there were some weather issues," said Pat Shortridge, the Minnesota state GOP chairman, from Lino Lakes, Minn. "I don't think it's dampened enthusiasm."
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, scheduled to speak on Wednesday, said he wouldn't leave Louisiana "as long as we're in harm's way."
Weather was recognized as potential trouble when Republicans chose to hold their convention in politically vital Florida during hurricane season, a decision made well before Romney locked up the nomination. And it's clear that memories of Hurricane Katrina, and the failure of a Republican administration to respond effectively to its Gulf Coast devastation in 2005, are hanging over Tampa now. Republicans have been so sensitive to the political risks from natural disasters that they delayed the start of their national convention by a day in 2008, when Hurricane Gustav bore down on the Gulf, far from their meeting in Minnesota.
Polls find a tight race, and it's one that is likely to be settled in a small number of battleground states.
An estimated $500 million has been spent on television commercials so far by the two candidates, their parties and supporting outside groups, nearly all of it in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, New Hampshire, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada. Those states account for 100 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to win the White House. Republicans hope to expand the electoral map to include Pennsylvania, Michigan, perhaps Ryan's Wisconsin and even Minnesota, states with 68 electoral votes combined.
All four are usually reliably Democratic in presidential campaigns. Yet Romney has a financial advantage over the president, according to the most recent fundraising reports, and a move by the Republicans into any of them could force Obama to dip into his own campaign treasury in regions he has considered relatively safe.
Republican office-holders past and present said the economy is the key if Romney is to expand his appeal to women and Hispanic voters.
"We have to point out that the unemployment rate among young women is now 16 percent, that the unemployment rate among Hispanics is very high, that jobs and the economy are more important, perhaps, than maybe other issues," said Arizona Sen. John McCain, who lost to Obama in 2008.
The Romney campaign released a Spanish-language radio ad with son Craig's testimonial to his father.
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in New Hampshire; Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush and Brendan Farrington in Florida; Philip Elliott in Wisconsin; and Alicia A. Caldwell in Washington contributed to this report.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Republicans eagerly looked to showcase Mitt Romney as a man who understands everyday Americans and a leader who can fix the economy, with GOP National Convention speeches Tuesday by the woman who knows him best and tough-talking New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
But with New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast waiting fearfully to see where a massive storm makes landfall, politics became an awkward enterprise and no one knows what sort of party the GOP gathering will turn out to be.
After a one-day weather delay, the convention proceeds according to its latest script: delivering Romney the presidential nomination he fought years to achieve, calling the party to unify around him and setting the stage for the final stretch of the hotly contested campaign to unseat President Barack Obama.
Christie, who delivers Tuesday's keynote address, said that for those Americans who aren't yet sold on Romney, "you start turning it around tonight."
In a round of morning talk-show appearances, Christie said Ann Romney would humanize her husband for the nation, and that his own speech would make the case for GOP economic policies and Romney as the fixer. But ultimately, Christie said, it will up to Romney himself "to let the American people see who he is."
Meeting with Michigan delegates, Christie insisted that an effective president trumps likeability.
"We need somebody who cares more about getting the job done than they care about being temporarily popular with any particular segment of our country," Christie said.
Christie has his own fan club.
"I just love him," said Sandy Barber, a delegate from rural northwest Ohio. "He's plain-talking. He's himself. He's someone who lets his personality come through."
Romney, Barber allowed, "is a different kind of personality. His personality exudes leadership."
Eager to counter Romney's economic pitch to middle-class voters, a super PAC supporting Obama unveiled an ad featuring a small business owner who criticized the candidate's record on job growth as Massachusetts governor.
The Romneys boarded a plane bound for Tampa, but it was a mystery whether the GOP candidate would attend the convention before his big address Thursday night. Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan and his family, too, headed for Florida. Ryan delivers his speech Wednesday night.
Already in Tampa: a slew of GOP presidential also-rans: Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain posed for a photo after running into each other at the convention center, Cain joking that the caption could be: "We ain't mad. We support Mitt and Ryan." Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were on hand too, both with speaking slots.
The high campaign season opens with Romney and Obama about even in the last of the pre-convention polls, with each candidate possessing distinct and important advantages. The Democrat is the more likable or empathetic leader; the Republican is more highly regarded as the candidate who can restore the economy, the top issue for voters.
Ann Romney's convention speech was designed to speak to that divide. It was an important part of the GOP's effort to flesh out her husband and present him to the nation as more than a successful businessman and the former Republican governor of a Democratic state, Massachusetts.
She went about the business of humanizing the Romney family with a taped appearance on "CBS This Morning" in which she talked about the pain of a miscarriage, telling details about the experience that were news even to her husband. The Romneys have five sons.
Isaac, the intensifying tropical storm bordering on a hurricane, skirted Tampa, a big relief for convention organizers worried about the safety of the host city and GOP delegates. But they remain saddled with the question of how to proceed with a political festival — one devoted both to scoring points against Obama and firing up excitement for Romney — under the shadow of a dangerous storm crawling toward the Gulf Coast.
Tampa awoke to sunny skies Tuesday while convention planners monitored weather reports for the storm's impact on the Gulf Coast some seven years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the region.
In a reminder of both the storm and the presidency, Obama warned residents of the Gulf Coast to heed warnings from local officials and follow their directions as the storm approached. He delivered brief remarks from the White House.
Organizers essentially cut Monday from the schedule, calling the convention to order just long enough to recess it, and shoehorned their four-day showcase into the remaining three days. But even that was subject to change, depending on Isaac's whims.
Republicans plainly had more at stake in their convention week — Democrats meet next week in Charlotte, N.C. — but the Obama campaign also had to recalibrate its tactics as Gulf residents fled their homes or hunkered down. Vice President Joe Biden was called off a Romney-bashing trip to Florida.
That's not to say partisanship has subsided with Isaac's gathering strength. Hardly.
Obama headed to Iowa on Tuesday as the first stop on a campaign trip in which he will make a personal appeal to college voters in three university towns: Ames, Iowa; Fort Collins, Colo.; and Charlottesville, Va.
Awaiting the president in Iowa: An article in the Des Moines Register in which 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole called Romney and Ryan a "dream ticket."
The two "have a program to turn the economy around that is the most thoughtful and comprehensive I have seen in my lifetime, and I have seen a lot," wrote the 89-year-old Dole.
On Twitter Monday night, Obama circulated a quotation from Women's Health Magazine suggesting that Republicans would take away women's right to contraception, which the Romney campaign denies. "Crazy as it sounds, the fight to limit or even ban birth control is a key issue in the upcoming presidential election," it said.
In a sign of just how stage-managed these conventions have become, the never-dull Christie did something he rarely does before a speech — wrote down a full text — as he prepared to deliver the keynote address Tuesday night. "They want you to work off a full text and that's fine," he told MSNBC. "I think my challenge up there is gonna be to be natural and be myself."
An AP-GfK poll of registered voters conducted from Aug. 16-20 found Obama leading Romney 50 percent to 44 percent among women. That represented a narrowing of the gap by Romney since a survey in May, when the president led 54-39 among female voters.
Romney trailed badly among another key group. A Gallup poll taken between July 30 and Aug. 1 found Obama winning 60 percent support among Hispanic voters, and the Republican at 27 percent, little different from 64-29 earlier in the year.
Among seniors, the group most affected by a Medicare debate that has become central to the campaign, Romney led Obama by a margin of 52 percent to 42 percent in the recent AP-GfK poll. That was compared with 53-40 in May.
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Brian Bakst, Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush, Brendan Farrington and Julie Mazziotta in Florida; Steve Peoples in New Hampshire; Philip Elliott in Wisconsin and Steven Ohlemacher, Alicia A. Caldwell and Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — With the Republican National Convention at last in full-throated roar, nominee Mitt Romney and his team reached out Wednesday to connect with critical voting groups — veterans, Hispanics and women — while gleefully mocking the man he is out to defeat in November.
Romney himself was ducking out of his own convention in Tampa to address the American Legion Convention in Indianapolis. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a top Hispanic voice in the GOP, made the round of morning talk shows to defend the GOP nominee's policies. And Ann Romney and Janna Ryan, the wife of Romney's running mate, teamed up to headline a "Women for Romney" event.
His nomination now official, Romney was free at last to start dipping into his general-election pot of campaign cash.
"We're excited that now he's going to be able to spend money, both in English and in Spanish, to explain to people how his policies will help grow the economy, help small business, help people have the confidence to invest in the future," Rubio said on "CBS This Morning."
To ensure the cash keeps rolling in, Ann Romney emailed supporters a fundraising appeal that echoed her Tuesday night speech to the convention.
"This man will not fail," she promised in the plea.
The main draw Wednesday night is vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman and author of a tough budget that remakes the way the government spends money. A poll by the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post found Americans deeply divided about Ryan, whom they described as conservative, intelligent, fake, phony.
President Barack Obama, for his part, was courting another key voting group — young voters — with a second day of campaigning in college towns. He had hoped to speak on the University of Virginia campus, but the school rejected that idea, saying it would disrupt classes on the second day of the semester. He'll speak in an off-campus pavilion instead.
The politics played out as Hurricane Isaac blew ashore on the Gulf Coast, casting uncertainty into a convention that scrubbed the first day of events out of fear it would swipe Tampa. Any scenes of destruction along the Gulf Coast were sure to temper the celebratory tone, and further compression of the schedule was possible if the storm proved disastrous.
The latest economic news suggested weak growth in the second half of the year, fodder for Republicans who blame Obama for the sluggish recovery. The U.S. economy grew at a tepid 1.7 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the government reported Wednesday, a bit better than expected due to slightly stronger consumer spending and greater exports.
The GOP's outreach effort went into full gear after Ann Romney offered convention delegates — and a national TV audience — a soft-sided portrayal of the Republican candidate in her convention address. Her appearance was paired with a parade of gleeful Obama-bashers as the GOP seized its moment after days of worry about the hurricane.
Beyond Ryan, Wednesday's lineup includes 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Romney speaks Thursday night to bring down the curtain-closing balloons. Obama's Democratic National Convention follows next week in Charlotte, N.C.
Rubio held out Ryan as a "serious policy thinker" who's "going to have a bunch of new fans across this country" after he speaks.
The Obama campaign, in turn, released an online video targeting Ryan as a politician from a "bygone era" whose views threaten Medicare and would gut funding for Planned Parenthood.
Rice, warming up for her speech, said the voice of the United States in world affairs "has been muted" under this president, creating a chaotic and dangerous security environment. She spoke on "CBS This Morning."
Opinion polls, however, show Obama getting high marks on national security after ending the war in Iraq, drawing down the conflict in Afghanistan and ordering the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
The convention's keynote speaker, the unpredictable New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, issued a broad indictment of Democrats on Tuesday as "disciples of yesterday's politics" who "whistle a happy tune" while taking the country off a fiscal cliff.
"It's time to end this era of absentee leadership in the Oval Office and send real leaders to the White House," he said. "Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to put us back on the path to growth and create good-paying, private-sector jobs again in America."
Romney made his debut at the convention two days before his own speech, rousing the crowd into cheers as he took the stage briefly to share a kiss with his wife after she spoke. Ann Romney's prime-time speech was in large measure an outreach to female voters as she declared her husband "will not let us down" if elected president.
Her tone was intimate as she spoke about the struggles of working families: "If you listen carefully, you'll hear the women sighing a little bit more than the men. It's how it is, isn't it? It's the moms who always have to work a little harder, to make everything right."
Obama's allies did their best to counter Romney and the Republicans.
In her own effort to woo female voters, first lady Michelle Obama traveled to New York to promote her healthy-living initiatives while visiting "The Dr. Oz Show" and Rachael Ray's talk show. The programs will air next month, closer to the election.
Mrs. Obama also was making a guest appearance on Wednesday's "Late Show with David Letterman."
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, dismissing GOP attempts to woo Hispanic voters, said: "You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate." He added, "This is a party with a platform that calls for the self-deportation of 11 million people."
Hispanics strongly favor Obama, according to public polls, and Romney and his party have been seeking to win a bigger share of their votes by emphasizing proposals to fix the economy rather than ease their positions on immigration.
Polls find the economy is overwhelmingly the dominant issue in the race and voters narrowly favor Romney to handle it. In an AP-GfK poll taken Aug. 16-20, some 48 percent of registered voters said they trust Romney more on economic issues, to 44 percent for Obama. However, a Washington Post-ABC News in the days immediately before the convention found that 61 percent of registered voters said Obama was more likable, while 27 percent said Romney.
Woodward reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Brian Bakst, Thomas Beaumont, Tamara Lush, Brendan Farrington, Julie Mazziotta, Steve Peoples, Kasie Hunt and Philip Elliott in Florida, Frazier Moore in New York, Julie Pace in Colorado and Stephen Ohlemacher and Jennifer Agiesta in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the voice of the United States in world affairs "has been muted" under President Barack Obama, creating a chaotic and dangerous security environment.,
Rice, who speaks Wednesday night to the Republican National Convention, sought to tout Mitt Romney's foreign policy credentials.
She tells "CBS This Morning" Romney "would understand American exceptionalism and would not be afraid to lead from the front." Rice says the election is about "the future of American leadership" in the world. She says U.S. policy on Syria has been ineffective. Asked what she thinks President Barack Obama has done wrong, the former Bush administration official says Washington has been losing influence around the world because Obama has repeatedly demanded that Syria's Bashar Assad step aside and nothing has happened.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The conventional wisdom about national political conventions is that they have outlived their purpose.
Once, they were the place where the parties actually picked their candidates for president and vice president. But for at least 30 years now, conventions have been the place where the nominees, long since selected, try to bind up their party's internal wounds and reach out over the heads of the delegates to woo the less partisan voters who usually decide the election.
They have become the largest, most expensive infomercials in human experience.
So why are we even still having them?
As the parties convene, there will be much chattering that conventions don't matter anymore, that they are a waste of money (some of it taxpayer money) and should be abandoned. "Total anachronisms. Parties should scrap 'em," sniffs Mark McKinnon, former media adviser to George W. Bush and a co-founder of No Labels, a group devoted to purging "hyper-partisanship" from politics.
The Senate, in fact, voted, 95 to 4 a few weeks ago to cut off in the future the $18.3 million subsidy each party gets to stage (that is the word — "stage") the conventions. Homeland Security also gives out $50-milllion to assure security at each convention.
The parties are not likely to give up their moments in the sun, however.
Conventions are the time when voters really tune in. Even with the reduced air time the TV networks now give them, conventions bring a spike in attention, says Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center. Social media is likely to magnify that this year in the same way that it whetted TV audiences' appetites for this summer's other big event, the London Olympics.
The acceptance speeches of the two presidential nominees will be the largest campaign audience either receives until they meet together for the three debates.
Those speeches are no small thing.
American politics is hardly burdened by too much communication, although if you live in a battleground state saturated with 30-second commercials you might be forgiven for thinking that. The larger problem is too little substantive communication, particularly communication that forces a thought to last longer than the speed of sound-bite.
The acceptance speeches are the only time in the entire fall campaign when each candidate speaks directly to the country for an extended time, unfiltered by news coverage or back and forth with an opponent.
Other countries arrange time specifically for that sort of thing. Not in America.
"It is the best chance for a candidate to 'introduce himself' to the country on his own terms," says former Rep. Mickey Edwards, a Republican from Oklahoma. That is particularly interesting coming from Edwards, who in almost every other respect excoriates the present political system in his new book, "The Parties Versus the People."
"I do, indeed, want to radically overhaul the system, but that's about the voting process, money, partisanship in governing," Edwards says. "The convention is not at that level; it's more of a 'show', more important than mere 'entertainment.' I see it as something worth watching, and even more so than most of the other stuff on television."
Indeed, it is the kind of high-school civics version of campaigning that is otherwise pretty hard to locate in the day-to-day scrum of American national politics these days.
If the candidates want to speak directly to the nation after their conventions, they have to pay for the time, as Obama did in 2008.
Of course, if the justification for public spending on party events is that the acceptance speech is a public service, the government could just spend that $18.3 million to buy air time for each campaign.
That $18.3 million is one of the last remnants of a public finance system that was meant to curb money in politics. The IRS collects $3 from every taxpayer who ticks the box for the presidential campaign fund. But most of the money, some $235 million, is sitting in the government coffers because neither Romney nor Obama is taking their share, preferring instead to go out and raise and spend even more on their own.
Since $18 million might not be enough, at going rates, to buy an hour across all the networks and key cable channels, Congress could authorize the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to tap the rest of that money, too, to buy time on the condition it was used for long-form presentations. There will be a great temptation to take this unspent money and plow it back into paying down the government debt. But it would probably increase the chances of actually dealing with that debt if the candidates used the money to explain the fiscal situation and what they planned to do about it.
The parties will have to make their own decision whether to continue the conventions without the federal subsidy. They might well, since the conventions are still a valuable tool for rewarding party workers and motivating the base voters of each party, something that could loom particularly large this year in an election that may revolve even more than usually on whose loyalists turn out in the fall (partisan voters do tend to watch their own convention more than the other guys').
Conventions weren't part of the original plan. The founders by and large hated parties (tellingly, they called them factions) and probably would have hated partisan conventions, which were invented only after they were gone.
Conventions were originally thought of as a reform of a system in which congressmen picked the candidates. The first party conventions were before the election of 1832, and nominated Henry Clay to challenge President Andrew Jackson. Delegates arrived at both those party conventions knowing who would get the nomination. Just like this year. But that hasn't stopped conventions from convening every four years since.
Even before the federal subsidy is yanked, the conventions are evolving. Once a fixture of midsummer, the Democratic convention this year will actually be after Labor Day, coinciding with the traditional kickoff of fall campaigning. The Democrats had already cut their convention to three days, recognizing a reality that broadcasters weren't going to pay attention to their activities on Labor Day anyway. The broadcasters then told the Republicans they wouldn't cover their Monday sessions either, and Hurricane Isaac has now finished the job of washing out day one.
"Despite separation between church and state, Mother Nature is helping to ensure that the conventions get trimmed from four days to three," said Elizabeth Wilner, vice president of the Kantar/media analysis group. "With Dems really only doing three days, and now Republicans only doing three days, in 2016 there will be pressure to only do three days."
Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif., saw this coming. He has served as parliamentarian of the last four GOP conventions. He recalls that in 2008 a Katrina-class hurricane was barreling for the Gulf Coast as the convention convened in Minnesota. His staff got together and figured out a way to compress all the legally required business of the convention — rules, the platform and the nomination of the ticket — into a few hours so delegates from the Gulf Coast, including the governors of Louisiana and Mississippi, could rush home to respond to the looming disaster.
This Plan B went unneeded. The hurricane blew out, and the convention went ahead as planned over four days to nominate John McCain and Sarah Palin.
While Dreier developed a plan to effectively eliminate the Republican convention, that doesn't mean he would. "There will be a degree of uncertainty about what party conventions will look like in the future," he said as he headed to Tampa. "They are going through a bit of a change. But I don't agree they are unnecessary."
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Korn had a song called "Faget" in 1994, where he uses the term much as it is used here. When I first started coming to this site, I thought that you guys were all big Korn fans. That's why I lurked for a long time before posting. And when I did post I was certain I'd be attacked by guys with long fingernails and raven black hair shaved on the sides and back but somehow still down to the shoulders.
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After the show, we swing through Taco Bell on the way out of town. We're waiting for our food, and this dude comes up to me and asks if I was at the show. I said, yeah, Ozzy put on a great show, I can cross that one off my list now. He then asks, "yeah, but what about the first band?" I said, "eh, I dunno. Maybe not my style."
We walk out and my buddy points out that I was talking with the lead singer from Korn. I've never felt more like a rock 'n' roll hero in my life.
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I've noticed the large totals as well. I've nicknamed it the year of the offense LOL
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Usually on a broomstick but we're flexible like that
These high scoring Big 12, Mac, Moutnain West and Pac 10 teams can score just about as much as they can give up. I would expect totals in the 70's in Oklahoma/Kansas and A&M Baylor type games because the books know that these teams can score in bunches while giving up just as much. Winners in these games will easily reach and top 50 while the loser may still manage 30 or 40 and score or give up a renegade TD here and there even with the second unit in place. While it's not uncommon that vegas is catching on, I am still picking my spots and taking advantage where I still feel the totals are understated.


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Column: Math is easier when chocolate chip cookies are at stake
I had to look twice. Principal Obst was standing in the school hallway directing parents toward the music concert. (Expected visual.) What arrested my attention was the massive snake wrapped around the woman's torso. (Utterly unexpected visual.)
I had to look twice. Principal Obst was standing in the school hallway pleasantly directing parents toward the music concert. (Expected visual.) What arrested my attention was the bright yellow, massive snake wrapped around the woman's torso. (Utterly unexpected visual.) There is something unique about a principal who would choose to wear a classroom pet for the fun of it. I wanted to find out what motivated her.
As the principal of Piedmont Elementary School, Mrs. Obst comes to education by an atypical route. She began her adult career as a painter and millwright at the Potlatch company. She moved on to tinsmith and mechanic. Her days were spent 80 feet in the air maintaining factory equipment. Life experiences and the encouragement of friends led her to reach in a different direction ... toward education.
She taught middle school math for years and found that the kids responded enthusiastically to math problems couched within the context of real-life problems. Textbooks garnered glazed eyes. But when she brought in the tools used to maintain her motorcycle, kids would get out of their desks and dig into the metric system in order to understand how to fix stuff. Quickly forming a hypothesis about the value of engineering integrated within the classroom, Obst began to search out ways to include science, technology and design within the math classes. Kids blossomed.
As Obst moved into administrative roles within the school district, she remembered the significance of classroom experience with kids. At the same time a nationwide educational agenda called STEM began to move to the forefront. STEM (S - Science; T-Technology; E-Engineering; M-Math) studies uses an interdisciplinary approach to help kids grab onto global concepts (physics, mechanics, biology, etc.) while improving the standard academic ones (reading, number sense, comprehension, etc.). STEM removes traditional barriers between science, technology, engineering and math, and instead focuses on innovation and the applied process of designing so as to authenticate real-world problems using current tools and technology.
A picture of a well-choreographed STEM curriculum can be seen in the Piedmont School summer educational enrichment program, where engineering concepts were laced together with science and reading classes. A purposeful integration was the goal.
Obst waves away the "edu-speak" by simplifying the concept. Schools naturally break the days into blocks and categories. It is difficult to integrate subjects. So within the reading blocks of time, the elementary schools are reading books about fascinating science. If a child is engaged because he finds the topic stimulating, then he is motivated to work harder on his reading. During the math blocks of time, teachers are coming up with real-world problems for the students to consider. Again, if the student is curious then the student is motivated to investigate math deeper. I know if I ask my son to divide 12 by 4 it takes time and many hashes on paper to figure out. But if I ask him, "Hey, I've got 12 cookies here and four kids. How many — " "Three!" he yells out. For some reason, he can think more clearly when chocolate chips are at stake. Obst is quick to point out that at home, parents can seamlessly work on academics by simply having children help with problem solving.
"Nothing is as critical as parenting," says Obst. Parents are their children's first and most consistent teachers. When parents are dealing with real-world problems they need to pull their kids into the discussion. She suggested parent and child going to the grocery store together, with a budgeted amount of money. Explain that this is the money that has to go toward food and no more. The parent should listen to the child's solutions and they can then troubleshoot together on how to get what they need without spending more than they have.
Managing a home provides a constant source of problems needing solutions, and the really effective parents teach their children how to think through the issues. Obst says the home is the perfect place to integrate learning topics. Teachers depend on parents to help their children begin working through out-of-the-box solutions to life's challenges.
Our schools are trying some innovative ideas to get kids learning. Their job is easier and more potent when kids come in having been taught how to ask questions and seek out answers. If you have a child, that's your job as the parent. Fortunately you don't need to wear a boa to do it, but I know a bunch of elementary school students who would respect you all the more for it.
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4.7/5 rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
Vintage 2002. Poured into Delirium glass. Smell fruity with hint of ginger. Very carbonated. Sweet, little spicy. Had been aged for 5 years. Although alcohol is probably around 12ish % (from aging), taste was not overpowering. Wish I could get my hands on another bottle of it, but I haven't seen it elsewhere.
Serving type: bottle
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4.23/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
750ml Bottle as a gift:
Clear golden with a finger-sized head of small, white bubbles that fades very quickly to leave touches of lacing around the sides.
Sweet with lots of yeast coming through alongside some lighter citrus notes and a definite Champagne like base that features some white grapes and a touch of wine. The aroma seems quite lively with some pears and a little spice too.
Champagne yeast and grapes with some pears, apple, citrus and a little spice too, the beer tastes a little stronger than the smell suggested with touches of alcohol also present here, although this is minimal.
Lively with strong carbonation that manages to avoid being gassy or unpleasant. There is a slightly warming feel from the alcohol content in the beer and overall the mouthfeel is a dry, crisp one with a light and very smooth body.
An excellent beer and unlike any I've tried previously, proving to be a fairly easy one to drink despite the fact that it comes in at over 11% abv. Smooth and lively with a great body, whilst dry the beer went down well with a solid, crisp finish. A beer worth picking up again despite the high price.
Serving type: bottle
02-18-2014 15:09:54 | More by flyingpig
Ontario (Canada)
4.34/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
The best Champagnes have what's known as a "fine mousse". DeuS has mousse alright, but it's on its surface and it certainly isn't 'fine' - it's bulky, stalwart, and looks like a giant tumbleweed that's blown into the glass and become stuck. The beer itself is sunny yellow with golden edges, some fogginess, and more "beads" (the fancy term for tiny bubbles) than a Mardi Gras party.
The beer opens with such bright lemony florals that you'd think you were in the south of Italy in August. Surprising that a beer made with a wine-focus be so hoppy; for a collaboration between France and Belgium to end up smelling like something from New Zealand or Thailand. As well as citrus there's also lemongrass, ginger, green herbs, and tropical fruits.
The taste is flush with racy citrus flavours (lemon in particular) and occasional glimpses of tropical fruit as well as fresh zested ginger. Champagne energizes the palate the way a splash of cold water invigorates the face; this is similarly effervescent but also has grainy notes of straw and sweeter biscuity, bready, caramelly undertones that ground it somewhat.
Nonetheless, the load of lemony hops and corresponding impressions of citrus zest give it even more zip and brightness than a standard sparkling. DueS is indeed made in the authentic méthode champenoise (aka méthode traditionnelle) and, as result, has a similarly clean, dry, and sparkling mouthfeel. Its bubbles are fine but forceful; aided by a cutting acidity, they scrub the tongue like bristles, refreshing the palate while making you thirst for another sip.
Champagne is so popular and beloved that, although a legal designation for the traditional wines of that region in France, people often use it to refer to sparkling white wines more generally. Yet few people can name - and fewer producers list - the specific grape varieties that go into the wine. Ditto for Prosecco or Cava. And that's because those specifics aren't as important as the crisp, bright, refreshing, refined characteristics of the style in general.
DeuS captures that classic persona perfectly. And while $20-$30/bottle may be expensive by beer standards, that amount gets you nowhere in the world of Champagne; a sparkling wine of comparable quality to this would run you at least four times that amount. This is an exceptional example of a rare style. And while it does make for an impressive bottle to show off in the cellar, don't age it. It's perfect fresh. Enjoy now with someone special.
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02-16-2014 22:01:43 | More by biegaman
3.71/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a slightly cloudy straw color with a fair amount of white head. Just some surface film retains, leaving minor lacing.
S: Sweet and yeasty, with some light citrus.
T: Medium and lightly grainy sweetness. Not quite as vinous as I was expecting. Pleasant overall though.
M: Medium to full body, medium carbonation.
Overall, good, but not incredible. It doesn't have quite the complexity I'd expect from the high ABV, though possibly I had it a little too cold. I would expect something calling itself "brut" to handle being served a little on the cold side, though.
Serving type: bottle
02-02-2014 04:34:46 | More by seand
Ontario (Canada)
4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
750ml Bottle from the Ottawa LCBO for $19.95
Appearance - Hazy gold colour with a large size white coloured head. There is an average amount of carbonation showing and there is some decent lacing. The head lasted for around 4-5 minutes before it was gone.
Smell - Malts, caramel, clove, apples, yeast, lemons
Taste & Mouth - There is an above average amount of carbonation and I can taste malts, caramel, and apples. There is also a bit of vanilla, lemon, and a yeasty spiciness.
Overall - Lots of flavours going on and a ton of complexity. Not something I'd drink a whole lot of or very often, but a very fitting beer for new years eve. Something every beer drinker should try to see how diverse brewing can be.
Serving type: bottle
01-01-2014 03:02:54 | More by spinrsx
4.36/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Drank from my Deus Champagne Flute
A - Pours a slightly cloudy Golden straw colour. Classic pure White head that is tight and retains very well with lacing.
S - Really nice esters of spice, white wine, oak, yeast and lemon citrus.
T - Wow, the Champagne really comes through in this beer, very crisp and oaky. The Belgian yeast is very present with the spice and pears. Alcohol is non-existent.
M - Light to medium body and medium carbonation. Maybe a little more carbonation would help.
O - I really enjoyed this beer, and Its right up there with the best in the style.
Serving type: bottle
12-22-2013 08:29:14 | More by eric5bellies
Ontario (Canada)
4.36/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A - Pours a slightly hazy pale golden straw colour, thin layer of head with some retention and heavy body carbonation.
S - Light citrus, orange rind, bubble gum yeast, candied apple and a hint of caramel.
T - Cloves, mandarin orange rind, buttery caramel, vanilla flavours, milk caramel, hints of citrus rind linger on the finish alongside candied sugar and sweet cloves, hints of ginger and coriander.
M - Light bodied, bubbly and finishes with a hint of stickiness.
O - This is unlike anything I've ever tried. Incredibly smooth, dangerously hidden ABV, and wildly flavourful. A welcome change from the norm and surprisingly delicious. Definitely worth a try, and I'll grab another couple bottles for the beer fridge.
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11-23-2013 23:20:47 | More by andrenaline
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Using a Midwife
Today, most women give birth in hospitals, under the care of obstetricians. But more and more women are considering alternative birthing methods, including midwifery, water birth, and birth at home or in birthing centers. Are these alternatives safe and, if so, who can safely consider using them?
A midwife (meaning "with woman") is a healthcare professional who has been trained and has expertise in managing low-risk pregnancies and deliveries. A midwife's philosophy about childbirth is that it can occur naturally until proven otherwise.
A midwife may carry one of several subtitles:
- Certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) have at least a bachelor's degree, have completed both nursing and midwifery training, and have taken licensing exams to become certified.
- Certified midwives (CMs) have the same qualifications as CNMs, but are not registered nurses.
- Direct-entry midwives may or may not have college degrees or certifications. They are trained through apprenticeship, workshops, and/or formal instruction.
- Certified professional midwives (CPMs) are certified by the North American Registry of Midwives after passing written examinations and skill evaluations. CPMs are required to have out-of-hospital experience.
While midwives are trained to recognize the signs of trouble in pregnancy and labor, they cannot perform surgical interventions in case of emergency. Therefore, midwives are not advised for higher-risk pregnancies, including multiple births, and women with pregnancy-related complications, diabetes , high blood pressure , or pre-existing health problems. Even if you have a low-risk pregnancy, talk to your midwife to find out what would be done in case of a complication.
Water Birth
In a water birth, the woman will go through labor and/or delivery in a warm tub of water. Since the baby lives in the fluid-filled amniotic sac for nine months, some people believe that being delivered into a similar environment is less stressful for the baby. There are also other potential benefits to a water birth:
- A soothing, relaxing environment for the mother
- Buoyancy, which lessens body weight and increases comfort
- A sense of privacy, which can be calming
- Less pain and use of pain medication during the first stage of labor
Until recently, little research had been done to determine the risks associated with water births. A 2005 study compared 737 water births with 549 "land" deliveries. The researchers found that water births were associated with significantly shorter first stages of labor, lower episiotomy (cutting the skin between the vagina and anus) rates, and reduced need for pain medications.
A water birth is not a safe option if you:
- Have herpes , since it can be transmitted through the water
- Are inflexible
- Have a baby in the breech position
- Have excessive bleeding, an infection, or high blood pressure
- Are having multiples
- Expect preterm labor
Your doctor can help you determine whether water birth is a safe option for you. Many hospitals and birthing centers are equipped for water births, or you can rent a birthing tub for about $350.
Home Births and Birthing Centers
Home Births
Before the 20th century, almost all births occurred at home. But today, most women give birth in hospitals. Recently, however, more women are considering giving birth at home.
Since many of the complications that might occur during labor and delivery cannot be handled at home, your doctor may advise against home delivery. While this may be sound advice, studies of over 500,000 low-risk women who gave birth at home or at the hospital found that there were no differences in infant illness or death. This suggests that being in a hospital does not necessarily provide an advantage for pregnancies at low risk for complications. If you choose the home birthing option, work with an experienced, licensed midwife and develop a plan to quickly reach a hospital at the first sign of trouble. You should also be aware that it is not always possible to reach the hospital in time to avert problems related to attempted home births.
If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, preterm delivery, or any other complications, have your baby in the hospital.
Birthing Centers
If you are attracted to the idea of giving birth in a relaxed, warm setting, you may want to consider using a birthing center. Birthing centers can be freestanding, located on hospital grounds, or inside a hospital building. They provide women with access to a medical team, which may include midwives or nurses who work with physicians.
In true birthing centers, there is no labor induction, no fetal monitoring other than ultrasound, no pain medications, few episiotomies, no operative deliveries (such as cesarean sections), and limited equipment. For these reasons, women who are expecting multiples, have diabetes, or have high blood pressure should not consider birthing centers.
Your Birthing Plan
If you are considering an alternative birthing method, it is especially important that you and your partner devise a birthing plan a few months before you expect to deliver. This plan is a list of preferences that you will give your doctors so you will not have to make decisions while you are in labor.
In this plan, you can specify your preferences in the case of a complication or abnormal situation during childbirth. For instance, if you are giving birth at home, you may plan to transfer to a hospital after being in labor for a specified amount of time. Your doctor can help you determine the situations that may arise and how you can safely handle them.
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I opened up a wall on the first level of my brothers 2 story,built on slab house.He wants to locate a laundry adjacent to a first floor bathroom.I located the 4" main stack(cast iron) and found an old 1 1/2" standpipe(galvanized) connected to a threaded sanitary tee about a foot off the floor.The sanitary tee outlet is a 2" that was reduced to 1 1 /2" for the standpipe.The standpipe was open and uncapped (uggh),and hidden behind a cavity wall for the plumbing.
The 4" main stack is vented straight up through the roof above the 2nd floor bath.It serves the two baths and the kitchen sink.Below the sanitary tee in the stack,the stack feeds into the building drain under the slab and out of the house,with a house trap and cleanout,then out.
I would like to install a laundry standpipe in the same location of the old one more or less.I would like to do it in 2" pvc this time.Do I need to provide additional venting? An atmospheric vent is all that would be practical if we have to.
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It needs a vent and a trap. You may not need to go all the way through the roof with it. If the sink nearby is properly vented, you can tie into that at least 42" above the floor (or 6" above the flood plane of the things that vent works on, whichever is higher) which is called a re-vent.
The thing to keep in mind is that when a line is a drain, it can no longer be used as a vent and vice versa. Dumping directly into a 4" pipe, you might get by without a vent, but it would not pass code, but if that 4" line is used as the drain for the upstairs baths, it should not be used as a vent for things below. Dumping it in below the traps of the nearby sink may just suck that trap dry when the WM runs without a proper vent.
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HTF 3D ADDICT Reviewer Ron Epstein picks his favorite 3D releases. These are the titles that he feels give the viewer the biggest WOW factor, and certainly demo worthy when showing off your 3D system to friends and family. These are not necessarily the top rated picks of the HTF membership or staff. These titles will be updated regularly so please check back often
Note: Some reviewed titles have been issued placement demerits due to crosstalk. However, please be aware that different display technologies may not produce the same results. Crosstalk is a problem related to certain displays, not the disc.
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Gravity (Warner) is not the best 3D I have seen, however combined with one of the most intricate sound mixes brought to film, this becomes an immersive experience like no other.
House of Wax (Warner) is the epitome of what classic 3D film is all about. It represents an era that even though is long gone, pretty much surpasses the garbage 3D Hollywood produces today.
Wreck-It Ralph (Disney) May not be filled with pop-up gimmickry, but represents the best use of 3D enhanced animation to tell a story. Thoroughly enjoyable and one 3D Blu-ray that should not be passed up.
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (Optimum) is the most amazing use of 3D that I have seen in any film to date. Sadly, most won't be able to obtain this Blu-ray disc as it is only coded for region B.
A Turtles's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape From Paradise (Vivendi) is the next best choice if you can't obtain the original film. It's filled with a chock-load of 3D pop-outs that will make for crucial demo material. Additionally, it's actually more entertaining to watch as well.
Avatar (Fox) being placed in the top 5 should come as no surprise. The home 3D experience exceeds that of the theatrical. This is the title that sets the benchmark for the format.
Life of Pi (Fox) is the ultimate visual treat for 3D enthusiasts who wish to be immersed into the storytellng like never before.
Imax Hubble 3D (Warner) is my favorite of all the IMAX titles. With remarkable images taken from space, and the infinite sense of depth the 3D provides, this is a viewing that will be nothing short of awe-inspiring.
Oz The Great And Powerful (Disney) fell very short of my expectations. That being said, its 3D presentation is highly enjoyable and among the best on Blu-ray at this moment.
Madagascar 3 Europe's Most Wanted (DreamWorks) ranks nearly as the best animated title available. It's dizzying, spectacular imagery draped in neon and translated in 3D is completely fun and stunning to watch.
Titanic (Paramount) is the best upconverted 2D-3D film ever produced. It's amazingly stunning to watch and it's no coincidence that 2 of the top 6 ranked titles are shared by a single director who has embraced this format like no other.
Hugo (Paramount) is such a rare wonder; a children's film that is more for the child in all of us than strictly for the young. An exceptional 3D presentation, though many have reported problems with excessive crosstalk.
Creature From The Black Lagoon (Universal) takes us back to the golden age of 3D. The film remains as appealing today as it did in 1954. Outstanding transfer and appreciable level of depth makes this one of the must-have classics.
Pacific Rim (Warner) Yes, it's loud and noisy, but darnit, this ranks as the best unconverted film since
Titanic , making it an ever-so-perfect 3D home experience that is demo worthy.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (Warner) is the most obscene and outrageously hilarious 3D spectacle I have ever seen. Play it at your next adult gathering.
Despicable Me 2 (Universal) is just plain "fun" and one of the best 3D releases of 2013.
Finding Nemo (Disney) will literally have your jaw dropping to the floor with its vibrant colors, HD clarity and 3D presentation. The best up-converted animated 3D title I have seen to date.
Megamind (DreamWorks) is wickedly funny and is an outstanding 3D presentation.
Despicable Me (Universal) is the rarest of sorts. Providing exceptional laughs and highly effective 3D immersion, it makes for the perfect family film.
The Wizard Of Oz (Warner) is a film you have seen countless times in 2D, but now newly converted to 3D, it's an entirely new viewing experience. You have never seen Oz like this before,
Coraline (Universal) is a wonder to behold as its intricate story and amazing visuals slowly unfold in glorious 3D.
Yogi Bear (Warner) is perfect family entertainment enhanced with 3D that reaches far out to its audience.
The Hobbit (Warner), epic in scope, is a marvel to watch in 3D thanks to it depth and dimensionality that puts characters and their Middle Earth surroundings in proper perspective.
Monsters, Inc. (Disney) is more expansive and impactful than its 2D counterpart. This is one monstrous presentation and ranks up there with the best Disney 3D releases.
Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 (Disney) whether bought individually or in the trilogy set, these are perhaps the finest examples of 3D without added gimmickry.
Monsters vs. Aliens (DreamWorks) boasts highly enjoyable animation and effective 3D, though it is plagued with some ghosting issues on some displays.
Born To Be Wild (Warner) is the most visually appealing of all the IMAX documentaries. Overpriced for 41 minutes of content, but if you can nab this for about $20, do grab it.
Deep Sea 3D (Warner) is one of the most entertaining of the IMAX documentaries. Fantastic 3D, though overpriced for content under 45 minutes.
Under The Sea 3D (Warner) just placed itself behind Deep Sea 3D. Highly entertaining and effective underwater 3D photography. Lackluster narration by Jim Carrey. Best 3D moment in any title to date as a Cod fish comes inches before your face.
Step up 3D (Touchstone) with its thrilling dance sequences is amazing to watch. Don't judge this movie by its cover!
Honorable Mentions
Journey to the Center of the Earth (Warner) places the viewer dead smack in the middle of an adventure that mimics a wild theme park ride with plenty of projected effects.
Man In The Dark (Twilight Time) has fantastic levels of depth and some nice pop-out moments that either fail or succeed pending on your display.


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A Bike Shorts' shout-out to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, born today, Nov. 26, in 1878—and considered the first U.S. African-American athlete to win a world championship, predating heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson by a decade.
Nicknamed "the Worcester Whirlwind," Taylor raced all over North America and Europe at the turn of the century when cycling was widely recognized as the most popular sport in Europe and the U.S.
In 1899, Taylor won the world 1-mile track championship in Montreal. A year later, in 1900, after previously being denied the opportunity to compete in the U.S. national series because of racism, he became an American sprint champion.
Today, Taylor serves as an inspiration—and namesake—for numerous cycling clubs around the country, including Pittsburgh, where I had a chance to join in for the organization's weekly Wednesday night ride this summer.
In past years, the Baltimore Metro Wheelers Cycling Club, which has ridden out of Randallstown for 30 years, has organized Major Taylor rides in celebration of the fabled cyclist's birthday.
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After surviving December's horrific school shooting, Sandy Hook's students have been comforted by therapy dogs -- and now are getting some healing care from miniature horses.
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The Story of the Federal Reserve
Elgin Groseclose, an eminent monetary economist in the 20th-century, rips the roof off the Federal Reserve in this wonderful history that takes us from the Fed's founding to the 1960s. He shows that the gap between the promise and the reality is shockingly massive, so much so that the Federal Reserve must be considered one of the greatest failures in the history of public policy.
Grosecloses's treatise on the subject contains research unavailable anywhere else. He was meticulous, having spent many years culling through the archives of every institution and person involved with Fed decision making. In case after case, he chronicles the policy failure, and the relentless decline in money's quality from the Fed's inception and forward.
Groseclose is a case of a major figure in 20th century economic thought who has been unjustly forgotten. After his PhD (American University) he taught at the City College of New York and became the first financial editor of Fortune and served as a financial consultant to Iran, helping to restore a gold standard after the war and controlling inflation. For many years, he ran his own institute, which permitted him time to do the extraordinary research you find in this book.
As just one example, the opening chapters unearth an editorial from the New York Times, which denounces the idea of the Fed as an example of the "shallow sophistries of (Theodore) Roosevelt Socialism," and further said that the American people are too intelligent and have too much common sense to put up with a central bank like the Fed. So not only was there opposition to the Fed, it had a voice and its predictions of a coming calamity turned out to be right on.
He shows that at no time in its history has the Fed actually achieved what it promised: low inflation, economic stability, stable growth, reliable regulation of the banking system. Groseclose goes further to show that the Fed has generated unrelenting cycles and inflation and been the major fuel for the growth of government -- politicizing the whole of American economic life.
It is a great pleasure for the Mises Institute to be able to bring back this book, which contains singular research and will provide outstanding source material for a new generation of anti-Fed activists.
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