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The three Seth MacFarlane Fox animated comedies, Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show, had been planning a crossover event for this Sunday, with a hurricane storyline weaving through all three shows. In light of the recent storms in the South, Fox recently quietly pulled promotion for the crossover and today, following a series of tornadoes that has claimed the lives of more than 300 people, it decided to pull the episodes altogether. They will be saved for next season, with reruns airing in their place this Sunday.
Fox Pulls Hurricane-Themed Episodes Of 3 Sunday Animated Comedies
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Why? I'm pretty sure anybody who would be bothered by this wouldn't be watching.
Obesity kills hundreds of people a day. Shouldn't they pull Mike and Molly off the air?
You're comment is f***ng hilarious.
Right on yo.
This comment represents the 100% correct response to this situation.
Fox should get some recognition for doing the right thing this time. Thanks!
Even just postponing art is a restriction on art, and restriction of art is censorship, by definition. There is censorship like what we associate with certain African, Asian and Arabic countries, where the government censors media, art, and telecommunications for nefarious reasons, and then there's this sort of "soft" censorship which is promoted as a way to protect people's feelings. That sort of censorship, while not as objectionable as trying to keep secrets from the public through intimidation, is just as destructive to liberty. Even when it comes from corporate America instead of the government.
And if it still doesn't seem like a big deal to you, think about how those shows deal with current events and pop culture in their jokes and references and will have to be re-written with "fresher" jokes next year before their release. And what if the next tornado season is heavy too? Will they have to postpone yet another year and re-write the episodes again?
The fact of the matter is the tornadoes happened after these episodes were written, and so there is no way they could possibly make fun or make light of the situation. They're not even about the same type of natural disaster! Would you be offended to see a hurricane-centric comedy after the Japanese earthquakes? Of course not! So why be offended about using hurricanes in comedy after a series of tornadoes? That's insane.
I mean Lethargic, btw
They care about folks' sensitivities to the tornado victims but not to the japanese people that that family guy writer offended?
They care about the tornadoes but not the transgender community that they dedicated a whole episode to making fun of?
Tornado victims DIED, and those who didn't lost everything they had. You don't make fun of death.
Family Guy has made fun of dead people many times.
If you can't laugh at death, what does that say about your outlook on life? Must we really shuffle to the grave, terrified of what's at the end? No thanks… I'd rather enjoy my life and have a few laughs before I go.
Don't they have any new episodes (Perhaps from the production block currently in production for next season) they could throw instead of reruns?
I'm sure the main reason is for controversy. They don't want to look insensitive or deal with angry letters/calls/emails. I understand why they would decide to not air the episodes until later on. Back in the day, The WB (now CW) exempted an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer due to the Columbine shootings and aired it later in the season. It does happen once in a while, and as long as the episode is set to air eventually, what's the real harm? I don't see any.
Now, not to sound insensitive, but I really can't wait to see this 3-part crossover. lol
Don't they have the option to turn the TV off if it upsets them? People are too sensitive.
Yeah what happened to the sensitivity when they had a Family Guy writer making fun of the thousands that were killed in the Tsunami and the aftermath?
Fox didn't say a peep when Alec "star wars and rape jokes" Sulkin rejoiced in the deaths of the Japanese – many of whom work on his show.
That guy shouldn't have a job.
If this is true (I don't normally watch any of Seth MacFarlane's shows, as they tend to (read ALWAYS) beat a joke into the ground so far you need a backhoe to get it out) then yeah, the guy should be fired. You don't make fun of tragic death.
All of your fake outrage is gross. Its an animated television comedy show. What damage will be done? Will the people take to the streets with pitchforks and fire? No, they won't. They will simply turn the channel if they dont like it, or like most of you, they will watch so that they can be in an uproar about something. Save the anger and outrage for a worthy cause.
I think you'd feel differently if you lived in Alabama and had seen the wreckage and found some of the bodies…
Why would seeing the (albeit absolutely tragic) wreckage of tornado victims make a comedy about a completely different type of natural disaster that doesn't even reference the real, tragic event inappropriate?
I am really bummed these will not air. I was looking forward to watching them since I read bout them last fall.
fox made the right choice by pulling the episodes at least till a later time maybe though amazed given fox's love for seth and his shows they decided deceny and compassion for the victims won out over risking being called insensitive .scary this means fox does have some compassion as a network.
No, Allie. Not really. After spending 9 months is NoLa following Katrina, I still like to laugh. I love how you assume things for people instead of letting them decide for themselves. Your ego really needs to be put in check. Let people decide for themselves.
Reruns are So Boring Next week are New American Dad – The Cleveland Show Hopefully They wont Do this Again I was Really looking Forward To The American Dad Family Guy – The Cleveland crossover. Hopfully next Season will be Better
I live in Alabama, and had several people i know loose homes/loved ones in the recent tornado…and I STILL would have laughed my ass off, I'm sure.


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Got a Yugo SKS
And I don't know a damn thing about them lol.
I bought this gun as my main big bullet rifle and I'll be buying a .22 rifle soon.
The reason why I bought this one over an M1 like I was planning is because this one was dirt freakin cheap.
It's REAL nasty though but from what I'm told these rifles clean up real good and can be easily cleaned at that....of course I'm sure you guys can either tell me the truth on the matter.
I need to know all I can about SKS's and I'll be darting all around here looking for information on them, but if you guys can link me to some fun facts and the proper dismantling and field stripping and cleaning of the weapon that would be great.
I would use this thread as a quick reference to myself.
I have decent experience with the SKS rifles. Let me know if you need any help answering any questions you may have.
SKS rifles are very fun to shoot. I've owned a total of 2 SKS rifles, and enjoyed them both.
The first thing you should do is clean off all the cosmoline that is most likely on the rifle (i.e. the thick, greasy stuff in the working components).
Be sure to search the internet for proper cleaning/takedown/safety instructions. YouTube is a good resource for this.
Happy shooting.:cool:
Here's some links:
Part 1 of SKS dissassembly/reassembly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng_Kdn3JQDQ
Part 2 of SKS dissassembly/reassembly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWmEyxA9o-M
not sure about Cosmoline really.
I don't think so since I got the Gun from a Gun Shop but I do plan on cleaning this dang thing before I use it.....One thing that is driving me crazy is I want to take a look at the grenade sights...but I can't....the little button or gas thing he talks about in the vid is stuck and I can not move it.
*edit Figured it out.
Whoever owned this last probably didn't do any cleaning with it and left all the cosmoline in the dang gas piston making it gunk up. I used a kitchen knife to move it so That's what I'll use again once I clean it sometimes.
Any suggestions on what I should buy? This is my very first gun ever.
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Anyone got a link for an SKS manual in english that fits the Yugo? I need to print one out for my records.
Try this link JiroZero, it has lots of info on the designer of the SKS and even has some info on how to get a manual in english. I printed off this page on all my military surplus rifles, the history about them is what I like.
Hope this helps, be careful and have fun.
The manual on this site my not be for the Yugo SKS, but the actions of the different variants are all the same. The only diff. is the length of the barrel and type of bayonet, and minor things like that, but internally they are all the same.
Are you near a Gander Mtn.? They should have bright yellow booklets for most rifles and handguns,.
What's Gander Mtn.? Also that surplus sight I don't trust it...the site eh well is poorly made....and I'm not so sure about it.....I don't know what button to press.
I've gotten it cleaned up a bit and it apparantly had already been used a bit as well. It's relatively fine. Since this is only a fun rifle I'm going to leave some of the cosmoline on certain places so it won't rust to bad. Places like the bolt area and the magazine as well as the barrel have been cleaned.
This rifle is in good shape...someone oiled the **** out of the recoil spring to death for no damn reason...makes no sense. Oh well that's fixed and it feels smoother now.
Let's see if it will fire once I can find me a range nearby.
Also can anyone suggest me a good sight attachment? Those rail things that go on the receiver plate are they any good? And if they are make me a suggestion of what to buy. If not tell me another one as I'm getting a scope for this thing as this is a long rifle....way longer than any other SKS I've seen....I'm not even sure what model lol.
Either way also about those 30 round magazine clips you can get. Any good? I'm probably just going to keep the internal magazine for now but I just wanted to know if the 30 round mags are good....from what I see all people have done is just make the 30 round mag act like the internal magazine by locking in the same way....doesn't seem to difficult.
Use mineral spirits to put the metal parts in. It will clean off the cosmo pretty quickly. A toothbrush/toothpick will help get it out of those tight corners.
As for the stock, I used Simple Green and hot water to get most of the cosmo out. THEN I went back and used turpentine to clear it out some more. Applied it with 0000 steel wool as I didn't want to damage the stampings on the stock. Once it dried, I gave it a couple wipes with Simple Green again and one more with turpentine to ensure all cosmo was out. I then used Tom's 1/3 military wax on the stock (used it on my Garand too). Here is how they came out.
I rubbed in a heavy layer of Tom's mix (available at www.thegunstockdoctor.com) by hand. Heat from my hand helped it soften and get absorbed. Let it sit for several hours (overnight is good). Wiped it down really good. Then applied another couple of layers with the 0000 steel wool to work it in better. Wipe and repeat until your stock is how you want it. I did this about 3 months ago on my rifles and I think they're thirsty enough that it is ready for another good coat and I'll be good for a while.
Garand Before
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SKS Before
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Louisiana State University at Alexandria is proud to announce that it has been named to the coveted Military Friendly Schools List by Victory Media. The 2014 Military Friendly Schools List honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
"Inclusion on the 2014 list of Military Friendly Schools shows LSUA's commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students," said Sean Collins, Vice President at Victory Media and a nine-year Navy veteran.
LSUA has numerous programs geared toward students who are active duty military, National Guard, reserve and veterans. These programs include: Delta Chi Kappa student association, "Veterans Support" webpages that provide links to military web sites, Lunch and Learn programs with a veterans focus, LSUA Veterans Facebook page, programs in support of spouses and family of veterans and best practices collaboration with area veterans organizations.
The university will also be honoring its military students with the dedication of a Veterans Lounge on September 17. This event will coincide with other Constitution Day events scheduled to take place on campus. Nicknamed "Headquarters", the lounge is a special place where students can study, relax, and chill with their buddies.
"Our veterans, active duty military, National Guard, and reserve students and their family deserve our very best. Being nationally recognized as a military friendly school is one measure of LSUA's commitment," says LSUA Academic Advisor Robert Tillie.
The complete list of military friendly schools can be found at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com. The 1,868 colleges, universities, and trade schools on this year's list exhibit leading practices and recruitment and retention of students with military experience.


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Jennifer Daniel: Talk at MICA
Jennifer Daniel (YG8) is set to speak at the Maryland Institute College of Art Graphic Design Speaker Series on November 11, 2011 at 12pm in Baltimore as a visiting designer (and alum!). This event is all ages and open to the public. For more information on the series, click here.
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I Need a Little Me Time
June 27th, 2012 by Behaven Kids
Sometimes as mothers we get so overwhelmed with all the things we have to do and all the things that we are responsible for that we forget to take time for ourselves. I know that I am most certainly guilty of this.
I started my twenties with a new baby, so it was never just me – I always had someone that I needed to take care – there was a child that was completely dependent on me. I gave up the time that I would have normally spent learning what I liked, what things I enjoyed doing, and the things that I enjoyed doing to make sure that I could provide for him. I have always described myself as a mother first and foremost. My stance is that your kids are only little once and that you should enjoy all the time that you can get with them and while I still firmly believe that I have also realized that I am going to get burnt out really fast if I don't start incorporating some "me" time into my life.
Although I cherish all the time that I spend with my boys – I have begun to realize the importance of having some time to myself. I think most divorced or single moms can relate – we spend all day trying to please our co-workers or bosses and then we come home and it's time to take care of the kids – there is no one else there to wash dishes while we cook, or do laundry while we give baths. I'm not complaining – I love my life but I have just realized that I am going to get burnt out fast if I don't make sure I'm taking care of myself. Eventually my kids will grow up and have their own lives and I know that they won't need me around 24/7 anymore.
So I want your suggestions on some new activities to try or things to do for myself . Right now I spend most of my "me" time at the gym as I'm trying to get off the rest of this divorce/baby weight – but that's not really that fun, I want to do stuff like the following that are currently on my list:
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text: DexCom, Inc. (Nasdaq:DXCM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SweetSpot Diabetes Care, Inc., a healthcare-focused information technology company, in an all stock transaction, with initial consideration of up to $4.5 million and performance milestone-based earnout consideration of up to an additional $4 million. SweetSpot has an advanced cloud-based platform for uploading and processing data and specializes in turning raw output from patient devices into powerful information for healthcare providers, patients and researchers. The SweetSpot platform is comprised of the 510(k) cleared SweetSpot Diabetes Data Management Service, a secure end-to-end solution for diabetes data management, automating the retrieval of data from numerous patient devices; managing, processing and storing data in the cloud; and integrating into electronic medical records and other clinical systems for information delivery. The platform is vendor-neutral and data from most common blood glucose meters can be retrieved during a step-by-step session at a physical kiosk in a clinic or through a web-based application. As we work with SweetSpot to build out the platform, we expect to incorporate CGM and insulin data with simplified reporting capabilities and easy, secure data access for patients and their healthcare providers. "The acquisition of SweetSpot represents another step forward in our mission to make the lives of people living with diabetes, and those caring for them, more convenient," said Terrance H. Gregg, Chief Executive Officer of DexCom. "Our customers consistently ask for new and better tools to support the gathering and interpretation of health-related data, as it is clear that diabetes care must and will be transformed with the help of connected monitoring devices and more sophisticated, yet simplified, use of data by healthcare providers, patients and payers." Mr. Gregg continued, "While we believe we are firmly entrenched as the world's leading glucose sensor technology, from a competitive perspective, our two missing pieces remain insulin pump integration in the U.S. and a universal data management system. Our acquisition of SweetSpot combined with our insulin pump partnerships will fill these voids. Our ultimate objective is to move a patient's CGM data directly and seamlessly from the patient's phone or CGM receiver to our cloud-based platform. Not only will this cloud-based data provide patients and providers with much more useful information, it will greatly enhance DexCom's ability to monitor our product performance and measure patient utilization patterns."


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"Angeli bianchi... Angeli Neri" is one of the best results of the collaboration between Piero Umiliani and director Luigi Scattini. Filmed in Brazil, "Angeli bianchi... Angeli Neri" (also known as "Witchcraft 70") is one of Scattini's most popular 'mondo' films. However in an exaggerated way, as was common at the time, the aim of the movie was to document the world of black magic, devil worship and pagan rituals. Through the years it has reached the status of "cult movie" along with "Mondo cane" ("A Dog's World") and "Africa addio".
Without any doubt, some of its success is to be attributed to one of the most beautiful soundtracks composed by Umiliani. The soundtrack was recorded in Brazil, with local musicians and instruments, and in Rome, featuring talents such as Edda Dell'Orso, Nora Orlandi and Alessandro Alessandroni and his Cantori Moderni. The music reflects samba and bossa nova influences and emphasizes the composer's ability in orchestrating the whole in a new and personal style. A special mention must go to the incredible and psychedelic "Streghe a convegno", which seems to have stemmed from a tropicalist masterpiece of the time, to "La foresta incantata" in which Orlandi gives a superb vocal interpretation, to the percussive "Macumba" (here with Dell'Orso) and last to "Toccata e samba" which is a happy and daring mix between Bach and samba.
As Scattini himself stated in an interview: "I firmly believe that this is one of the most beautiful soundtracks composed by Piero. It is a mix of bossa, samba and ambient music, not aimed at underlying or accompanying the scenes - crude and violent - but at producing in the spectator the very same emotions I had experienced while directing". It will be the same for you also...
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Flint Mother Speaks After Son Was Murdered Friday Night [VIDEO]
A Flint family is mourning the loss of 14 year old Antonio Bell Jr. Bell was shot in the head and killed at Mott Park this past Friday night. According to ABC 12, the family believes he was lured to the park by a friend. The killer is still at large.


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With video: Ben my Chree crashes into King Edward Pier
The Ben-my-Chree tonight crashed into King Edward Pier in Douglas as high winds buffeted the Steam Packet vessel.
The sailing tonight has been cancelled.
We have uploaded photos from a video by Jason Cheetham appear here.
Click on the arrows left and right to see more.
See the video in full as well on this article
The Steam Packet issued a statement about the situation tonight.
It reads:
On arrival in Douglas harbour this evening the Ben-my-Chree encountered significantly stronger than forecast easterly winds and the vessel made contact with the King Edward Pier.
Engineers will work through the night to assess any damage and a diving inspection will be arranged during daylight hours.
Once the wind had dropped Ben-my-Chree was able to safely berth alongside the King Edward Pier. There are no reported injuries to passengers or crew.
This evening's sailing to Heysham at 7.45pm and the return departure from Heysham at 2.15am Monday morning have been cancelled. A further update on daytime sailings on Monday will be made at 8am.
The Arrow will be brought to Manx waters tomorrow to ensure vital freight services can continue.
The Steam Packet isworking to bring Manannan out of overhaul, so that she will be able to provide passenger services if needed.
Isle of Man Steam Packet Company chief executive Mark Woodward commented: 'We apologise to our passengers whose travel plans have been disrupted as a result of this unfortunate incident. We will do all we can to minimise the disruption and to get services back to normal as soon as possible.'


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Negotiations: How to Handle Objections
"Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." Samuel Jackson
There will always be objections—to your price, to your delivery, to your product or service, or maybe even to you. How you handle these objections will determine the success of your business negotiation.
The first step in handling objections is to try to understand the viewpoint. You don't have to agree with the objection, but you must understand how the other party is thinking. Convey your understanding to the other party by re-phrasing the objection as a question. You can say something like "You think our delivery time is too slow?"
Handling objections also involves pre-negotiation preparation. For instance, if you are a seller, make a list of your product or service's attributes, benefits and disadvantages. Do the same for your competitor's product or service. Then, write down every conceivable objection to your product or service. Brainstorm with a group if possible. Come up with a list to counter these objections.
You will notice some objections are hard to handle and others are easy to handle. Easy-to-handle objections can always be refuted with available evidence (competitive pricing for example).
Other objections are harder to deal with. Dr. Chester L. Karrass suggests dealing with these by turning the objection into a yes-or-no question, and trying to elicit a "yes" answer. For instance, you can say something like "I see you are concerned with the price of this product. If you check our competition, you will notice that they don't use the same material in producing the product, and you want this material if you want the product to have a 25-year life span, right?"
Dr. Karrass counsels that you should NEVER agree with the other party's objection. In the example above, you would never agree point-black that the price is too high, instead you would only note that the other party thinks the price is too high.
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Meaningful involvement goes beyond helping with homework and attendance at parent-teacher conferences or the occasional parent-teacher association meetings — as important as these things are. For your child's sake, your relationship with the school and the teachers should go beyond the parent-teacher conferences held twice a year. Doing so keeps communication lines open between home and school.
What is most important is not how much time you spend or when, but that you have found a way to connect that is meaningful to your child's life. In fact, parents who are involved at school have children who are much more successful in school than families where the parents are not involved.
Demonstration of an active interest in your child, her class and the school can take many forms. Involvement enables you to establish a relationship with your daughter's teachers. It lets them know that you are involved and that you care. Once you have established a positive relationship, typically you will be informed if something negative is happening.
When or how you volunteer will depend on how flexible your schedule is. The options are many if you can be available during the day. Consider becoming active with the parent-teacher association. PTAs typically seek volunteers for a host of projects to benefit the school. Offer to chair a school-wide event such as a book sale or other fundraiser. Whether you work outside the home or not, if you're like most people with school-aged children, you're exhausted at the end of the day. If you're also a working parent, you'll need to be more creative with what shape involvement takes. Working Parents' Niche Discuss with the PTA leadership how you might help outside school hours. Not all parents can work the midday bake sales. Perhaps you can buy materials for an event. Become an advocate for working parents: Volunteer to chair a committee to find roles for working parents.
Elana Berle, a working mom who heads the parent association at Westchester Fairfield Hebrew Academy, suggests reviewing the school and PTA calendar as early as possible. She gives her boss advance notice of days she needs to come in late or take as vacation.
Commit to dedicate five to six hours during the year. Select one or two projects so you can make an impact. Pick one daytime activity, preferably toward the beginning of the school year. Chaperone a class trip, for instance. Or volunteer to read to the class one morning. Even if this costs you a vacation day, it will be meaningful and offer its own reward.
Talk to the teachers or the principal about the time you can offer. I believe that the responsibility to carve out roles for working parents lies with schools as well as with working parents. My experience in both public and private schools are that teachers are quite understanding of working parents' needs. Also, if, in your job, you supervise or manage others, make an effort to fulfill requests of working parents. Workplaces that accommodate people's lives outside of work tend to have a more loyal workforce, which benefits the bottom line.
Make yourself available on the first day to take your child to school. Arrange for teacher conferences or guidance counseling appointments early or late in the day — 7:30am or 8pm. Use phone or email to touch base with your child's teachers. They are generally eager to share what is going in their classrooms.
Volunteer to make phone calls or send emails about a class project or a school-wide PTA event. Let the teachers and the PTA officers know at the beginning of the year that this is the time you can offer. Ask explicitly what tasks are available that don't require being present during your working hours. Perhaps you coordinate who brings snack if your child is in an early grade, or you can recruit volunteers on the teacher or PTA's behalf.
Consider sharing or using your expertise. For instance, if you know graphic design, offer to design a flyer or newsletter. Have computer knowledge? Find a place to lend it. Offer to create the PTA parents' directory on your own time, rather than within school hours.
Divorced parents need to make a special effort, particularly those who do not have custody. If you're not living with your child, call your child's teachers for information or with comments to show that you are interested. Attending Special Events At the risk of stating the obvious: Make a point to attend your child's activities that call for an audience. Whether this takes the form of the school play, soccer or basketball games, chess match or band performance, consider your attendance required. I can't emphasize enough how important the message your presence — or lack of it — sends to your child, as well as to teachers and administrators.
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During the Battle of Shoeburyness in March 1808, Temeraire reminded Chalcedony that it was his duty as an officer to keep the other Reapers in position. Chalcedony rather cravenly pointed out that it was Cantarella who had the epaulette. Cantarella promptly took full advantage of this remark, hitching her epaulette forward and swearing that she would not let the Reapers go afield again.
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The actress and her dance partner Brian Fortuna wowed the judges with their Viennese Waltz. They awarded the couple a perfect 40.
Ali was up against previous contestants - including series winner Chris Hollins and runner up Ricky Whittle.
When she won Ali said: I can't believe it. Thank you very much... This is fantastic."
The judges were full of praise for Ali.
Bruno Tonioli told her: "Ali, that was an impeccable Viennese waltz of supreme beauty. You're superb, you're a fantastic dancer, technique and artistry all there to be seen. Fabulous."
Their performance also won over the studio audience who voted for their favourite dance.
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Series champ Chris Hollins danced a foxtrot to Santa Baby and runner up Ricky Whittle did the quickstep to Jingle Bells.
The show also featured former contestants Rachel Stevens, Austin Healey and Gethin Jones.
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Ali Bastian was knocked out of the semi-final of this year's main competition - leaving Hollyoak actor Ricky Whittle and BBC Sports presenter Chris Hollins to battle it out.
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The result means that the Terras are still unbeaten going into their pre-season clash against Torquay United at the Bob Lucas Stadium on Tuesday evening (7.45pm).
Jordan Copp, who agreed non-contract terms with the club following their last outing at Portland United, opened the scoring on 13 minutes for the visitors, but his effort was soon cancelled out by Parkway's Levi Landricombe.
A chance then fell to Jacob Wannell, who forced a smart save from the home goalkeeper, and player-manager Jason Matthews was called into action to deny Danny Lewis as the sides went in at half time deadlocked at 1-1.
After the break, the Terras fell behind on 53 minutes when Lewis rose highest from a corner and glanced the ball into the top corner.
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The R-rated action movie grosses $24.5 million on its debut weekend, knocking down 'Beauty and the Beast' 3D re-release which lands on the runner-up spot with $17.7 million.
Universal Pictures' action film "Contraband" claims the top spot on the North American box office. The Mark Wahlberg-starring R-rated movie, which cost an estimated $25 million to produce, grosses $24.5 million on its opening weekend.
Receiving an "A-" CinemaScore, the Baltasar Kormakur movie appeals to 49% female moviegoers, which is more than the expectation. According to exit polling, 69% of the audience list Wahlberg as their reason to watch the movie.
Landing on the runner-up place is the 3D re-release of Walt Disney Pictures' "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". On its debut weekend, the movie rakes in $17.7 million, which marks the largest opening for an animated film in January. However, the result is far below the big success of last year's "The Lion King" 3D re-release which opened at $30.2 million.
"Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol" secures the third place on the chart. Dropping only 42% from last week, the Tom Cruise-starring action movie grabs $11.7 million for a total domestic cume of $186.7 million. The film, however, hasn't surpassed the $215.4 million mark that "Mission: Impossible II" scored in 2000.
Another newcomer this week, "Joyful Noise", finishes on number four with $11.2 million. Receiving an "A-" CinemaScore, the comedy starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton appeals to 78% audience over the age of 25 with 73% of them are females. The movie reportedly performs particularly well throughout the South and Midwest.
Rounding up the top five is "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows". The Robert Downey Jr.-starring detective movie bags $8.6 million for a total domestic cume of $170 million after five weeks playing in theaters. Meanwhile, last week's chart-topper "The Devil Inside" falls to the sixth spot with $8 million for a total cume of $46.2 million in its second week.
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- "Beauty and the Beast (1991)" 3D - $17.7 million
- "Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol" - $11.7 million
- "Joyful Noise" - 11.2 million
- "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" - $8.6 million
- "The Devil Inside" - $8 million
- "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)" - $6.7 million
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Directed by: Lewis Gilbert
Starring: Bernard Lee, Charles Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Lois Maxwell, Mie Hama, Sean Connery
Trivia: Akiko Wakabayashi (Aki) couldn't drive a car. In the sequence outside Osata's office, the illusion of her driving was created by six strong crewmembers pulling the car with a cable.
Trivia: German actress Karin Dor almost suffered decapitation by the helicopter rotors in the scene where she and the actor playing Osata meet Bond for the first time. Only an attentive crewman, who shouted a warning at her, prevented it.
Trivia: For production Designer Ken Adam's giant Pinewood volcano set, some 700 tons of steel were used and some 250,000 square yards of canvas. It featured a working monorail and elevators and cost $1 million to produce.
Trivia: After the movie was shot, Sean Connery was asked by Japanese reporters whether he found Japanese women sexy. His answer "No" was not very popular in Japan, and the Japanese started giving him bad names.
Trivia: During the work in Japan, hundreds of reporters appeared on the set and started firing away with their cameras so much that the noise was distracting, so the producers hired 30 private security guards to drive them away. On the second day, the guards themselves started taking pictures for the reporters. Some of them shot star Sean Connery while sitting on a toilet and the picture was published in a Tokyo newspaper.
Trivia: Reportedly, the noise made during the shooting of the film's grand finale on the volcano set scared Blofeld's white cat and it ran away. It took several days to find the cat and it was eventually discovered hiding in some of the set's rafters. The cat is not seen with Blofeld in many scenes because of this, but footage of the scared cat wound up in the finished movie very briefly when Blofeld's security shutters are enforced.
Trivia: This is the only official Bond film where Bond does not drive a car.
Trivia: In this film, a contact of Bond's, Henderson, was played by the actor Charles Gray, and he was killed in the first ten minutes of the film. Then, four years later, in "Diamonds Are Forever", the same actor, Charles Gray, played Bond's nemesis, Blofeld, and Bond killed him because Blofeld killed Bond's bride, Tracy, in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Blofeld was played three times - Donald Pleasance, Telly Savalas and Charles Gray; you couldn't get three more different actors; so odd to get a deceased good guy, Charles Gray, to play Blofeld four years later.
Trivia: Czech actor Jan Werich was originally cast as Blofeld, but after only five days was replaced by Donald Pleasance. The reason for his departure is hotly debated: some sources say that Werich became ill and had to quit the production; others say that the producers fired him because he wasn't menacing enough.
Trivia: The movie had a number of firsts: First time the screenplay was not based on the original Ian Flemming novel. Only the Tokyo setting from the book matched what was on the screen. First time Bond is seen in his Navy uniform. First time Bond actually meets Blofeld. (From Encore channel's weekend with Bond, February 2009.)
Trivia: One of the volcano base operators is Burt Kwok, who later became famous with his role of Inspector Clouseau's butler Kato Fong in the 'Pink Panther' series.
Trivia: During the film, Helga Brandt is fed to Blofeld's school of piranhas after he is displeased with her failures. Actress Karin Dor lost her voice for the next four days after she screamed whilst filming her death scene.
Trivia: Kissy's name is not actually mentioned in the film. We only find out the name in the end credits.
Trivia: When a number of the female actresses were unable to perform the underwater diving sequences, Sean Connery's then wife, actress Diane Cilento, acted as their "stunt" doubles.


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In my house, when someone is preparing for a week in the field, you can guess who it is quite easily — my soldier husband.
I assume our home is set up like most military homes: one spouse taking on those tasks, such as paying bills, keeping up with appliances and making sure all the animals get to the vet each year, while the other manages to sneak past these with the excuse that they can't be done downrange.
And it's true. If my husband, Matt, was responsible for the water bill each month, what would happen when he spends a month at Fort Polk? My water would likely get turned off. It's just easier for me to keep up with these responsibilities, because I tend to stay put.
Finally, it's time for him to see what it's like to be left at home. I'm the one who will be spending a week in the field. As you read this, I am up to my ears in sand at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.
Matt's first concern when he heard I was going was, "What will I do without you?"
"It's just a week," I reminded him.
In reality, a week is not that long for him to fend for himself.
While I have spent many nights, including a six-month deployment, alone in our house managing everything, he has never spent one night without me. He's never been solely responsible for taking care of our two dogs and he's never been the one to make sure there is food in the house and the rent gets paid.
I've kept the home fires burning, but to have the opportunity to see it reversed is something I've been secretly waiting for. I'm very interested to see how it goes without me. It's not that I want my husband to fail, but maybe he'll flounder just enough to realize my true value.
See, my husband went from his mother's house, to the barracks, to me. He's never been in a situation where he was responsible for these proverbial home fires. It's always been done for him.
I found an article in Cosmopolitan magazine that said you could determine a man's personality by the type of sheets on his bed. So I asked Matt what kind of sheets he'd chosen for his bed before we got married.
His response, "I've never picked out my own sheets."
The man will be 27 next month and has never purchased sheets. They've always been mom-issued, Army-issued or wife-issued. This blew my mind. I think I have determined the colors I slept in since at least junior high. Even more shocking, it didn't seem to bother him.
Just like a parent who cuts off a child financially, expecting him or her to stumble yet persevere and succeed, I expect similar results from Matt. That which was once taken for granted will be valued.
I'm hoping that my absence will show him just how much I do that goes unnoticed, and that I will be showered with appreciation — or a new handbag — when I return.


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In order to be successful in a business, you should know how exactly you should market your product. If you don't market, your customers may not know that you exist in the first place. Therefore, you should know exactly how you market, where you market, and in what way you should market. This way, you can succeed. Several ways to market your product is as follows:
Identify your advantages and market them
First and foremost, identify your production advantages. Then market them. As an example, your product can have a special character or an advantage over your competitors. Identify this advantage, and work on developing and marketing this advantage. If you are in the garment industry, you may be having the most established corporate social responsibility practices in the industry. Identify this and market this. There are a lot of customers who supports this type of work and your product will be a hit in the long run.
Try to fit in to the customers' lifestyle
Loyal customers don't normally change their habits. Therefore try to fit in to the customer's lifestyles. Make your product easy to use. This may give you a competitive advantage among your competitors. As an example, if you are selling handmade gifts, introduce wrappings with the gift itself, this may make the gift buyers life very easy, and with the word of mouth, you will be popular in the long run.
Make your customers aware about your product
Make use of aggressive marketing. There is no pint of selling products the total target market does not know you exist in the first place. Therefore, make them aware that you exist. This may be by distributing handouts, advertising in social media, and advertising in traditional media or may be facilitating the word of mouth. As an example, if you are starting a graphic design studio Singapore you should have a rigorous marketing campaign. Especially because you are starting an advertising campaign, and because your competitors are really competent in this field.
Start with giving away your product free
First, you should distribute your products free in order to be popular among your customers. Couple your marketing plan with free giveaways during the initial launch of your product. This way, they will use your product as it is given away free and will get to know about your product.
Have an action plan
You should have a strategic action plan. This can have short, medium and long term strategies. This way you know how to market your product and achieve your sales target.


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The Arizona Wildcats' top recruit for 2014 isn't a high school or junior college player.
He's a guy that most UA fans are already pretty well acquainted with.
Right-handed pitcher James Farris, drafted in the 15th round by the Houston Astros in last month's Major League Baseball draft, will return for his senior season with the Wildcats.
Friday marked the deadline for drafted players to sign; Farris, a key part of the Wildcats' 2012 College World Series championship team, told the Astros no thank you.
Instead, he'll spend his final season in Tucson pursuing an environmental studies degree and will likely be the anchor of the UA's pitching staff.
"He will be a tremendous boost for our rotation," UA coach Andy Lopez said. "He felt like he had some unfinished business here and really wants to get his degree.
"He'll be our Friday night guy, and we are very excited about that."
The Gilbert native was an integral part of the 2012 team, serving as the Sunday starter and getting the nod in the team's title-clinching game over South Carolina.
However, as a junior, Farris went 5-5 with a 4.18 ERA in 15 starts as the No. 2 starter, and the Wildcats missed out on the NCAA tournament.
"I didn't want to go out like that," Farris said.
The senior-to-be will headline a staff that will include lefties Tyler Crawford and Cody Moffett and righties Mat Troupe and Tyger Talley, among others.
Lopez also will have the services of right-hander Morgan Earman, who was drafted in the 21st round by the New York Mets but also chose not to sign.
But, Farris will be the headliner and the pacesetter.
The Star chatted with Farris about his decision, getting his degree and playing for Lopez for one more season.
On his decision to return for another season: "It was an honor to be drafted. The decision was not about the money. It's about me getting a degree and getting another year of experience. After this last year, I feel like I had responsibility to come back as a senior and lead the team better than I did this last year. Maybe that's my pride talking. It's really what I want to do. The degree part is a big deal. If I don't make it in baseball or if I'm not as successful as I want to be, I don't want to be left without a degree."
On turning down the Astros: " It wasn't an easy decision. I always wanted to play professionally in baseball. I've never been drafted before this year. When they called my name, I couldn't think straight. I took a couple of days and thought about what's best for me and my family and my future. It was a hard decision. There was a lot of going back and forth and talking to a lot of people."
On Lopez's reaction to his return: "He was thrilled to hear it. But, if you know 'Lopes,' the first thing he says to me is, 'All right, well, we have to get better, and we have to start working hard. You have to try to improve you as much as you can; the only guy that can do that is you. But, I'll do all I can do to help with the draft stock and to become a better person.' He was excited for me to come back and get my degree. He's a real big advocate about getting your degree."
On wanting to be the team's Friday night starter: "That's definitely one of the main reasons I wanted to come back. I don't want to be entitled to that spot. I want to earn it. If I do get that spot, I'll take that as a big accomplishment on my part. Setting the tone and being a leader for the team is a big deal. Watched (Kurt) Heyer do it, and he was one of the best at it. Hopefully, I can do it like he did."
On wanting to be a leader as a senior: "There's a lot to be said from last year. The standards slipped last year, and everyone knows that. I can do a lot to change that. The guys coming in and coming back are going to have to buy into the program and the standards that 'Lopes' sets. Everyone knows what they are. We really lacked some leadership last year. I'm not saying the guys were bad or anything, it just wasn't there like it was two years ago when we won it."
On what he wants to improve on as a senior: "I would really like to see more consistency out of me. I thought I was pretty inconsistent. To be a Friday night guy in the Pac-12, there's no room for error. I also want to gain some more poise. There were games last year where I lost some poise on the mound. I believe I have the skill. I have to work on the other things like poise and handling my emotions. Once you get that down, everything falls into place."
to sign or not to sign
Six members of the Arizona Wildcats recruiting class were selected in last month's Major League Baseball draft. Three have decided to fulfill their commitments to the UA, and three others signed their first professional contracts. Here's a closer look.
Heading to Tucson
Name Position Hometown Round drafted
Willie Calhoun 2B Benicia, Calif. 17th by the Tampa Bay Rays
Morgan Earman RHP Bermuda Dunes, Calif. 21st by the New York Mets
Kenny Meimerstorf OF Las Vegas 40th by the Milwaukee Brewers
Going pro
Name Position Hometown Round drafted
Chris Freudenberg LHP Phoenix 8th by the Chicago White Sox
Thomas Pannone LHP Providence, R.I. 9th by the Cleveland Indians
Billy Roth RHP Oceanside, Calif. 16th by the Pittsburgh Pirates
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VOLUNTARY and community groups in Bournemouth are being encouraged to apply for funding as the Council opens its Community Action Grant Scheme.
The Bournemouth Council initiative offers grants of between £200 and £5,000 which must be spent within 12 months to help fund a specific one-off project or activity.
The scheme aims to provide financial support to groups which help to reduce anti-social behaviour and improve engagement within the community.
Councillor Jane Kelly, right, Cabinet Member for Partnership and Regeneration, said: "The Community Action Grants are a fantastic opportunity for voluntary organisations and community groups in Bournemouth to access funding for projects which meet our criteria.
"These organisations are absolutely vital to help to empower communities to make improvements in their areas in ways that they know will make a difference, and I am delighted that these grants are available to help them bring their projects to life.
"We have some amazing talent for ideas and organisation in our communities, and I would urge anyone with ideas for projects to formulate their plans and apply for this funding to make it happen."
Turn Your Back UK has already been awarded £4,336 to develop volunteer led workshops on knife crime for young people.
The charity was set up by Jane Ormerod in memory of her son Nicholas, who died aged 29 after he was knifed in Boscombe in April 2011.
East Dorset's Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme was given £3,879 to run a weekly volunteer run coffee morning for isolated older people in the north of the Borough.
The scheme has also helped St Christopher's Church as they were handed £700 to expand their successful drop-in centre for 0 to three year-olds. The deadline for applications is Friday February 28 at 5pm.
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Failure by Windows 7 to catch on early might also cause headaches for the wider IT market, slowing sales and innovation.
Windows XP, still in use by the vast majority of businesses, was released in 2001 -- meaning that it will be a decade old in two years. As such, it's hardly an inviting platform for developers looking to employ the latest and most innovative technologies in their products. For instance, XP is a bit long in the tooth when it comes to full support for multithreaded applications, that is, those programs written to take advantage of today's ubiquitous multicore processors. Also, Windows XP is not compatible with Microsoft's glitzy new graphics API, DirectX 10.
Meanwhile, large PC OEMs, such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, could see hits to their top line if the corporate market shuns Windows 7 boxes the way it did computers bearing the Vista logo. System integrators also might suffer. Technically, XP isn't even supposed to be still available to big computer makers, though sales continue through a Microsoft-sanctioned marketing program that allows users to downgrade from Vista to XP.
Also looming, should Windows 7 stumble out of the gate, are support and compatibility problems. Microsoft is no longer issuing service packs for Windows XP, and its mainstream support for the product ends Tuesday. Businesses that don't upgrade to Windows 7 until, say, 2011, could be facing a two-year service gap.
On the other hand, early adopters of Windows 7 could see broken applications. Microsoft has warned that apps that don't work properly on Vista won't fare much better on Windows 7 because the two operating systems share the same code base. Sixty-seven percent of the tech pros surveyed by Dimensional Research said they had "concerns" about deploying Windows 7; of those, 88% said their biggest worry was application compatibility.
Talk about a rock and a hard place: Wait too long to migrate to Windows 7 and face XP support issues; upgrade too soon and deal with compatibility gremlins.
Despite early, positive feedback on Windows 7, Microsoft clearly needs to do more to help businesses overcome fears, born in large part from bad Vista experiences, about upgrading to its next operating system. It must engage the developer community more aggressively than ever to ensure that the driver issues and other glitches that plagued Vista upon release don't happen to Windows 7, and it needs to provide white-glove migration support for high-profile customers who can set the tone for the rest of the industry.
The company, and the broader PC market, can ill afford another bomb from the Redmond software labs.
The contrast between Windows 7's glowing beta reports and tepid sales forecasts -- as implied by surveys such as the KACE/Dimensional Research study--shows that, when it comes to Windows 7, Microsoft's biggest challenge may have less to do with technical matters and more to do with restoring lost credibility in the enterprise PC market. The software maker needs to start on that now, regardless of Windows 7's actual release date.
InformationWeek has published an in-depth report on Windows 7. Download the report here (registration required).


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JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.
Gentlemen, thank you both for being here this week.
MARK SHIELDS: Thank you, Judy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, the killing of the al-Qaida operative Anwar al-Awlaki, David, we heard a minute ago about the national security implications. Does this have political implications for President Obama? Does it help him?
DAVID BROOKS: It probably doesn't help him.
I think he deserves some recognition. I think the administration has pursued this quite vigorously. There was a lot of talk from Dick Cheney that it was Sept. 10 mind-set. Remember all that? But they clearly have a Sept. 11 mind-set, if you want to put that. They pursued this very vigorously.
And in some ways, with the use of drones, they have probably been more assertive or more aggressive than the Bush administration. But they will probably, politically, get relatively little benefit. It means that the Republicans will not be attacking the Obama administration as weak. Or at least I don't think will — that argument will have much purchase.
But it won't be as if the country will say he is a really strong commander in chief. I think the issue will be neutralized. It won't redound to his benefit.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You agree?
MARK SHIELDS: I think, Judy, that voters already give him much higher marks as commander in chief than they do on his domestic leadership or his handling of the economy.
So there is a recognition on the part of voters how effective he has been, essentially, and his administration in dismantling al-Qaida and all but crippling that institution. The Republicans have had an historical advantage on the issue of national security. And I think it's fair to say that Barack Obama has gone a long way toward neutralizing that for the 2012 campaign.
I agree with David that that will not be some card that the Republicans will play. At the same time, when the economy is bad, the economy is the only issue. And that's the problem. I mean, that is going to be dominant. The elimination of al-Qaida doesn't lead to jobs.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, so they got bin Laden. They have now got Awlaki. They have gotten other al-Qaida leaders, the president, administration instrumental, David, in knocking off — or removing, I should say, these dictators in Egypt and now Libya.
Is there anything they could do internationally that…
DAVID BROOKS: Well, I mean, I would say — I would say a couple things.
First, the — the Arab spring happened more or less on its own. I think that was a result of result of these deep fundamental courses that were set off by the democracy debates. The getting of Zarqawi — the getting of bin Laden took real courage from president. So I give him a lot of credit on that individual decision.
But basically we now have set in place — we have a lot of criticisms about the institutions of our government. But we have set in place a national security apparatus that takes al-Qaida extremely seriously and I would say goes after them quite effectively. And al-Qaida has been severely, severely dismantled over the past 10 years. And that's something that will probably survive whatever party takes over. That institution, the national security apparatus, I think is pretty effective, set up five, 10 years ago, but now continuing quite effectively.
MARK SHIELDS: Well, I mean, he got a lift out of Osama bin Laden. But it was ephemeral.
JUDY WOODRUFF: It didn't last long.
MARK SHIELDS: It does come back to all politics is local. And this is local. And local is the economy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Another issue that may be before the voters next year, health care reform.
The Justice Department, Mark, just asked the Supreme Court in essence to take a look at the law, whether it's constitutional. Could that have an effect on the campaign next year?
MARK SHIELDS: It could. In all likelihood, at least the judgment is that the decision will come down in June.
And there's one of two options. The Supreme Court will say it's unconstitutional, and therefore dismantle what is the signature legislative achievement of the administration, the primary effort made, or say that it's constitutional, and it will be a continuing issue in the campaign of 2012, Republicans saying that they want to repeal it, and the president and Democrats arguing that, no, it's effective and you can feel it already. And children are covered and grown children are covered, and preexisting condition is a positive.
But the most sticking point on this is what the Supreme Court is going to address, and that's the individual mandate.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And you think it could be a factor?
DAVID BROOKS: Yes, I don't think the decision itself will be a factor. I think health care has been a significant factor.
What happened in 2009, because of health care, a lot of independents moved away from President Obama for two reasons. One, they thought he was out of touch with their concerns, because he was focusing on health care when they cared about jobs. And, two, they thought he was more — he liked government more than they did.
And since that happened in 2009, the electorate really hasn't changed. Those independents are still not thrilled with the Republicans, but not thrilled with Obama. And whether the Supreme Court overturns or doesn't the individual mandate, they still have taken health care as an informant toward their view of Obama. And it's generally not good news for the president.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, let's talk about the Republicans, renewed pressure, a lot of pressure apparently, on New Jersey's Gov. Chris Christie to change his mind, get into the race.
Mark, what do you hear? Who's behind this. Do you think he will do it? What do you think?
MARK SHIELDS: Well, the reality is, there's a lot of people spontaneously behind him. I mean, there are strong financial support, a lot of New York money that would like to have him in.
But that's not enough in itself. There's a genuine yearning out there. The Republicans have gone through a period where they had Donald Trump. He was a flavor. They had Michele Bachmann. They had Rick Perry. Now it's Herman Cain. And they're looking for somebody.
They have got Mitt Romney. And it seems to be Mitt Romney is like your wise sort of spinster aunt telling the young lady that he is a good provider, he's got good habits, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, he keeps regular hours, he's a nice person, he's mannerly. Why don't you get excited?
And they say, I want to be excited. The young lady says, I really want somebody that I'm emotionally engaged with. And…
JUDY WOODRUFF: … Mrs. Romney might…
MARK SHIELDS: Well, that's right.
But I think Chris Christie — I think Chris Christie, you know, does excite people. What is most, I think, appealing about him is that he is the anti-politician politician. I mean, he doesn't talk like politicians. He doesn't say, that said. He doesn't say not unimportant or on the contrary, notwithstanding. He says, get the hell off the beach during a hurricane to people.
And everybody can identify with that. And there is something direct. He is made for town meetings. He really is, you know, with voters. So I think there's an appeal. Whether in fact it's — he's going to do it, he has said time and again he's not going to.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you think he will get in, and what effect would he have if he did?
DAVID BROOKS: Yes. I mean, as Mark says, he has this phenomenal, rare skill of talking about wonky issues in a normal way. And that is just not something that comes along every day. And so he has that skill.
But to follow Mark's metaphor, I agree the Republican primary electorate wants the guy with the leather jacket. But I think the country wants the guy from the rotary club. I think they want the Mitt Romney guy, because we are in a very scary period.
I expect, before the election, there is going to be more bad news from Europe or somewhere else. And my presumption is, on elections, people always vote for the candidate who seems safer and more orderly. Obama seemed more orderly than McCain after the financial meltdown. Bush seemed more orderly.
Whether they are really going to want somebody like Chris Christie, who is rambunctious and big and not exactly orderly, I'm not convinced. I think the Republicans should be pretty happy with Romney. He has become a very good campaigner, and he seems pretty safe and orderly, which I think is probably what the country is going to want.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So you are saying these voters right now who may be excited about Chris Christie, or Herman Cain, which, as Mark said, he's gotten a little attention — he won the Florida straw poll last week — that they will eventually gravitate…
DAVID BROOKS: Well, I'm saying they should.
DAVID BROOKS: I mean, what they want — the perception is that Obama moved the country sharply to the left, and they want somebody who will shake things up and move it just as sharply to the right. And Romney doesn't send off those "I'm going to move the country in a radically disruptive direction" — the way Trump does, the way the Hermanator — Herman Cain, does, the way Chris Christie might.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Hermanator.
MARK SHIELDS: Hermanator.
MARK SHIELDS: It takes the Hermanator to think that Obama has moved the country radically to the left.
DAVID BROOKS: I'm just describing…
MARK SHIELDS: I know you are. I know you are.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But this does say something about — at least right now — the satisfaction with the rest of the Republican field.
MARK SHIELDS: Well, according to polls, the satisfaction has measured up — but there is just not an emotional connection.
I mean, Mitt Romney may be a logical choice, but he is not one that says, boy, oh, boy. You know, the difference — at the time when Cicero spoke, people said how well he spoke. And when Demosthenes spoke, they said, let us march.
Nobody feels like marching after hearing…
JUDY WOODRUFF: And I covered — and I covered that.
MARK SHIELDS: And people do march after hearing Chris Christie.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, the primary calendar, normally, we don't talk about this. But the Florida Republicans decided today that they're moving their vote up to Jan. 31.
And so we assume that means that Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina are all going to move up early.
What effect, David, does this have on the contest?
DAVID BROOKS: A lot of us are going to spend New Year's Eve in Des Moines.
DAVID BROOKS: That is the effect it's going to have.
It will force them to move up. I think the outside effect is, you get a state, Florida, which has a minority population, which Iowa and New Hampshire don't exactly, and South Carolina and even Nevada don't have on the Republican side.
And so I think it gives a little more say to maybe a Latino vote or something like that. But, going back historically, can you think of a time when the scheduling of the primaries had an effect on the outcome? I can't think of that time. So it's inconvenient for those of us who want to be home New Year's Eve, rather than Des Moines, but I can't think of a time where it really affects the race.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You don't think it benefits somebody who has money or…
MARK SHIELDS: I can think of times, because I'm older than David. But, certainly, 1968, it did, Eugene McCarthy challenging Lyndon Johnson. 1984, it did, with Gary Hart emerging.
DAVID BROOKS: The timing of the primaries.
MARK SHIELDS: The timing — well, the timing of the primary — I, mean, the importance, to me, of the first two primaries being Iowa and New Hampshire is paramount.
The only chance that an underdog, underfinanced candidate has is to compensate for that candidate's lack of name recognition and money by spending time. John McCain could beat George Bush in New Hampshire in 2000, even though he was outspent, by some estimates, 6-1, even though he had the establishment party against him, by 114 town meetings, 114.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Right.
MARK SHIELDS: So, in a small state, he actually could meet a critical number of voters and persuade them and make a difference.
That requires time. When you compress this, like Florida is doing by moving up to the 31st, it shortens the time. It hurts the underdog, underfinanced candidate. It helps the candidate who is ahead and who has got deep pockets.
And the Republican National Committee showed themselves to be toothless tigers. They gave them the 2012 convention.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Because they had said there would be a punishment.
MARK SHIELDS: A real punishment. It's going to cost you half the delegates, all of whom will be seated when the convention opens up in Tampa.
I mean, it's just — it's absolutely — or Saint Pete — it's absolutely outrageous. And it really changes the whole dynamic, to me, of the…
DAVID BROOKS: Yes. I don't think it's the first time. I am not a big believer there is momentum. Remember, Barack Obama ran out of Iowa with all this momentum, and Hillary Clinton turned around, did pretty well in New Hampshire.
And the second thing, we're not going to lose those first two states. I don't care if they have to schedule their caucuses and primaries in September. They're not going to not be first. They will be first. And on the Republican side, Iowa doesn't matter that much. They are so conservative, they pick outliers. New Hampshire matters a lot.
And so there will be that New Hampshire primary, but then they will gone on to Florida, South Carolina, Nevada.
MARK SHIELDS: There is a vetting that goes on. There's a breathing that goes on. That is why there weren't any states scheduled until the 6th of March. That's why they wanted to have that time. You want to see how somebody reacts to adversity and a defeat.
And, you know, the racial dimension of it that you address, Barack Obama, I think, won Iowa in 2012, and the last time I checked, the African-American population…
JUDY WOODRUFF: In 2008.
MARK SHIELDS: … or 2008 — was not the decisive factor in his victory.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, it is a victory to have the two of you here.
MARK SHIELDS: Oh, why, Judy…
JUDY WOODRUFF: Thank you very much.
MARK SHIELDS: Thank you.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Mark Shields, David Brooks.