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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has urged footballers not to leave the pitch if they are subjected to racial abuse.
On Thursday AC Milan players walked off after Kevin-Prince Boateng was subjected to racist abuse from fans of fellow Italian side Pro Patria during a friendly match.
The actions of Boateng and his team-mates put the spotlight firmly on the problem of racism in football and on Sunday during their Serie A win against Siena the Milan players wore anti-racism slogans on the back of their shirts in a further gesture of solidarity against the issue.
But Blatter has questioned their actions and claimed such tactics are not the right way of tackling the problem.
"Walk off? No. I don't think that is the solution," Blatter is quoted as saying in The National newspaper in United Arab Emirates. "I don't think you can run away, because then the team should have to forfeit the match. This issue is a very touchy subject, but I repeat there is zero tolerance of racism in the stadium, we have to go against that."
Milan responded by releasing a statement, saying: "AC Milan reaffirm its dissent towards all forms of racism, however they are manifested. We invite the national and international sporting authorities to adopt and apply every rule against racism."
Blatter's controversial stance has attracted criticism from Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri who defended his players and criticised Italian fans for their part.
"We wanted to give a signal," he said. "Players can't suspend a match but others can. There need to be rules put in place. We made a signal for the future. There needs to be more civility in Italian stadiums."
Reading striker Jason Roberts, who opted not to wear a Kick It Out t-shirt earlier in the season, also voiced his disapproval via his personal Twitter account. He said: "This is CLASSIC..Blatter has outdone himself here...So..if you are being racially abused in a game, and have reported it to the Ref 3 times, just stand there and take it, that way YOU win..
"And don't worry because Blatter and those like him..are going to hit the Clubs/FA/with a meaningless fine, or write a plan, that way YOU win. "No Thanks Sepp...tried that..65k fine for repeat offenders like Serbia etc..how about..WALK OFF THE PITCH..the only language you understand!"
FA general secretary Alex Horne was another who spoke out in defence of Boateng's actions, but stressed that the referee must do more to combat racism if and when it occurs.
Horne told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme: "If players are receiving sustained abuse on the pitch they should be reporting it to the referee. The players, through the captain, should be reporting it to the referee. The referee should be taking the players off the pitch and warning the crowds that they should desist with their abuse, and ultimately there's a sanction there if the fans don't listen to that.
"If the players feel the referee isn't dealing with it then I can understand why they walk off the pitch. Why should you have to tolerate that in this day and age?"


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Hell Night
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Rated R
C 1981 Compass International Pictures
Reviewed by retrorussell (Russell Shiley)
The characters:
Marti: Linda Blair! Bookish, porcelain doll-faced girl (naturally sporting a costume that reveals her ample bosom) who is among four Alpha Sigma Rho pledges being initiated via a stay at the "haunted" Garth Manor for one night. The Manor is supposedly where a mass murder happened 12 years prior involving a family slaughter of mostly deformed brood: the father (again supposedly) killed all members save his son Andrew, then he killed himself. If you think murders will continue at present time, you are privy to the obvious.
Jeff: Matthew Starr himself, from the short lived tv series The Powers Of Matthew Starr! (Yeah, I don't remember it too well either.) Another pledge. Falls for Marti, and eventually to concrete, with a little help from Andrew.
Denise: Cute but dim British frat pledge supplying drugs and booze and looking for sex, a bad luck omen in these films. Killed, method unknown.
Seth: Dopey surfer dude with the most bizarre acting chops this side of Crispin Glover. Fights with Andrew's brother (I guess?) over a shotgun, and wins! Tries it again against Andrew. The second time around isn't as successful.
Peter: Prez of Alpha Sigma Rho. Rigs up assorted phony creepy things to scare the pledges. Gets scythed by a genuine article.
May: Helps Peter with his pranks. Andrew helps her remove her head.
Scott: Also helps Peter with pranks. Helped with turning his neck 180 degrees.
Andrew: Deformed Garth son found missing after the family slaughter. Gored by gate spikes.
Morris: Andrew's brother (I guess) who was supposed to be killed by his father (I guess) in the family slaughter. His presence is never really explained. Shot by Seth.
The Plot:
Hell Night was a strong staple of early 80s cable (I first caught this on Showtime as a very easily-frightened kid; I suppose a fairly low-gore flick like this [and NO nudity or sex, pooey!] was a good film to ease me into the genre); it's an indefensibly loopy, illogical and at times cryptic low-budget slasher, but great atmosphere, locations, costumes, and pacing more than make up for its shortcomings. But if it's a lot of blood and boobies you're looking for, you will be disappointed. Being that there's a drunken 80s fraternity initiation in this film, perhaps it's fair to expect plenty of sex and nudity.. sorry, it doesn't happen. Further nitpicks can include visible goofs, some horrific dialogue (I'm looking at YOU, Seth!) and the aforementioned spotty logic. But I liked it quite a bit for reasons already given, and I'll gladly watch it again.
For the uninitiated (pun intended), "Hell Night" is a legendary university rite when college students, intending to become initiated into a fraternity normally titled by two or three Greek letters, are subjected to some sort of test to prove their fealty. In this film, after a wild party involving various costumed pledges (a pirate, Victorian outfits, and Peter Pan, among others), frat president Peter leads them to Garth Manor, named for a family which supposedly was mostly wiped out by the father, Raymond Garth, 12 years earlier. The family was not of attractive stock, possibly indicating inbreeding. Garth son Andrew is indicated to be "Gorked out" (Peter's description) and witnessed the family slaughter, culminating in Raymond's suicide. Andrew was never found by the authorities, leading to a plot device you could smell with a broken nose. Peter also points (another intended pun!) to a gate that will be locked to ensure the pledges stay there a full night, which is topped by sharp spikes. The frat members then enter the house (which has candles still burning from 1969? And is kept in a Victorian style in such a modern area? Peter does mention that the family didn't want to deal with anyone in the outside world and used no electricity or modern conveniences but still.. pretty dumb), then leave the pledges to their devices.
Or do they? The frat members Peter, Scott and May actually stick around the grounds with a bunch of noisemaking devices, cranks, wires, lights, strobes, etc. to spook the pledges. I guess this fraternity only allows 4 pledges at a time, as we meet bookish Marti, love interest Jeff, doofus surfer Seth and his moreso doofus Brit girlfriend Denise. They settle in and see and hear the various pranks rigged by our fun-loving frat farts. If you think the frats will bite it before the pledges, you get a Gork cookie!
Eventually the pledges notice switches, plugs, cords, projectors and what-nots that are turning on/off the spooky things. May is the first to notice a genuine threat on the grounds as a deformed, angry being reaches up from a cellar hatch and pulls her in, beheading her with a cleaver. In short order Scott, while rigging a dummy to a crank and rope, gets his neck broken, then Peter is attacked after discovering Scott's body (predictably rigged on the rope). He is denied the opportunity to open the gate with the keys and retreats to a garden hedge maze (bad, bad news!). After a brief chase in which it seems Peter has shaken his pursuer another jumps in front as he rounds a corner and plunges a scythe through his chest. So we have TWO killers? Kinda contradicts the story told earlier, and it's never explained. Fodder for the film's haters, but I still enjoy this film, illogical lumps (illogilumps?) and all.
While Seth leaves Denise in bed (again, no sex or nudity involved! Grr!) she is abducted by Andrew. He returns to bed and May's head greets him (another scare you can see a mile away.. yeah, more hater fodder). The gang decide it's time to do something about this threat (yah think??) and Seth manages to scale the gate (with a loving closeup of the spikes cutting him.. ootch!), steal a car, and get to the police station. Of course, them darn old-timers don't believe his story and he steals a shotgun and shells which are conveniently located in an unlocked ammo room! (facepalm)
Meanwhile Jeff and Marti meet up with Andrew on a couple of occasions (including a great scene involving catacombs) but manage to get away. Seth returns, blows away Gorkmeister #2 (Andrew's brother Morris-- I had to find this out on the internet), and in a classic horror scene scare is pulled under a stairwell, the shotgun goes off and is tossed out into the open, and Marti has to slowly go down the steps to get it, while wondering if Seth survived. Nope, and the chase continues. In an attempt to escape out the window Andrew catches up to Jeff and helps him a bit too much, sending him to stone steps below. Marti is the only survivor now, and comes across Peter's body in the maze. After a major struggle she manages to get the keys free from Peter's dead hands and gets to the car, which she somehow rigs from under the hood (sorry, I'm no mechanic; but it sounds pretty fishy)!
In her haste to drive to safety she backs into the gate (which is now tilted). And ya knew this was coming too (though you'd think she'd hear it): Andrew is on top of the car! He peers at a terrified Marti as he bashes at the windshield and tries to grab her. She notices the loose gate (and you knew it would figure into the final kill), punches it and gores Andrew messily (apart from the scything, the only real gore in the film) and she falls asleep at the wheel. She wakes in the morning and starts to walk away as the film ends.
Well, upon review I guess I can see why this got its fare share of criticisms (especially folks like Maltin, Ebert, Reed, Shalit, etc.) but I still liked it quite a bit. Partly due to its costumes and atmosphere, and partly because it takes me back to a happier place.. 80s cable tv! Give Hell Night a shot if you don't HAVE to have blood and guts and boobies in all your horror flicks. And don't be surprised if the word "Gork" gets worked into your vocabulary.
Things I Learned From This Movie:
-Police stations leave ammunition rooms unlocked and unguarded.
-Candles continue to burn after 12 years.
-Just because Dick Van Patten was the star of the hit series Eight Is Enough doesn't mean ALL Van Pattens are good actors.
-British women can't differentiate the name "Seth" from "Wes".
-Corpses don't want to let go of keys.
-It's easy to rig a car's ignition from under the hood.
-Old mansions have tunnels that lead everywhere underneath.
-Deformed family slaughter survivors get that "deer in headlights" look when something sharp comes towards them.
-Deformed family slaughter survivors are freakin' strong!
-Gork (gork): N: a mentally simple, deformed, evil individual of great strength.
-Gorked out (gorkt-aut): ADJ: having traits of the above.
-Police reports are faulty, or fraternity presidents are liars, or both.
Stuff To Watch For:
:01- What, a murder already?? Oh, never mind.
2:43- RANDOM GRATUITOUS BR-- Aw, damn it!
6:35- Peter explains the rules of the initiation and gives the (flawed) story of the Garth Mansion killings.
10:08- Three dead bodies..? So, the mother, father and just one of the sisters? So there should be a sister AND two brothers alive. (Not all show up in the film.) Or did the brothers hide her body..? Who the hell knows.
13:56- ..What? Cold as a housepecker-- or Hell's pecker? WTF Seth!
14:59- Ha ha ha! Bad movie dialogue lovers rejoice!
20:20- What was the point of tipping the chair over?
27:51- Oops-- the blade hit her chin, not her neck!
39:00- Why didn't she answer the door? It sounded like someone was knocking.
46:30- Yeah, brushing against the hedges and waving your flashlight everywhere is gonna keep them from finding you.
53:03- But you didn't DO anything!
55:50- The boots could've been tossed UNDER the gate, ya know.
1:11:42- Another classic slasher movie scene. Look out behind you!
1:24:14- Who bent the bars of the gate?
1:28:25- Another classic slasher movie scene!
1:36:50- VERY satisfying conclusion!
May (about Peter): He lives all year for Hell Night. This is when he REALLY puts it to the pledges.
Marti: Can I go now?
(After Denise keeps calling him 'Wes')
Seth: The name is SETH!
Seth: If we weren't screaming.. and you weren't screaming.. somebody's trying to mind-f**k us.
Seth (running downstairs after hearing fake moans/screams): Somebody's got some sense of humor!
Jeff (noticing Seth's goofy boxers): I can see that!
Denise (upon entering the mansion): Hey, let's party! Quaaludes..
Seth: Lookie here!
Denise: ..And Jack Daniels!
Seth: Okay!
Denise: And music! (puts on Walkman)
Seth: Oh my God! This is one radical chick! All right! (makes goofy expression)
Seth: I surf, drink and screw! Ha ha!
Seth: There's a dead chick in my bed and the world's gone mad!
Scott (about May): What a little twat. We should have left her behind.
Peter: Why? Her behind is the best part. We should've kept her behind and left the rest of her.
Peter (about anyone intending to climb the spiked fence): You might cut your nuts off. (So.. the women might cut their ovaries?)
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This cheesy horror flick was a favorite of mine back in the day.
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Great review of one of my favorite non-franchise slashers!
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Re: HELL NIGHT
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Thanks, glad you guys enjoyed the film and review. I curled up on the couch with popcorn and watched this for the first time on Showtime with my mom back in '83. Scared me pretty good (back then pretty much anything did) and I enjoyed it even more in recent years upon watching it again. The energy and goofy performances, along with the locations, costumes and makeup were very compelling to me.
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A supporter of President-elect Barack Obama wears ears with the faces of Obama and his running mate Joe Biden at the election night party at Grant Park in Chicago, Tuesday night, Nov. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelde)
When Barack Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on September 6, he spoke not of the past or his record in any detail, but of the future and the obligations that citizens have to "future generations." Designed to cast Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as inheritors of failed, worn-out ideas, Obama's speech was also a direct appeal to the key constituency that propelled him to victory in 2008: the millennials.
This generation, born in the 1980s and '90s, chose Obama over John McCain by 34 points and represented approximately 70 percent of the margin of difference between them in the popular vote. Four years later, its numbers have swollen from 48 million eligible voters in 2008 to 64 million today—nearly a third of the entire electorate—making Obama's pitch to them all the more urgent.
On opposite ends of the country, two representatives of this generation were listening to the president's plea: Gustavo, 22, an Apple employee in Los Angeles, and Matt, a twenty-something computer engineer from Wisconsin. Together they represent the dual challenge ahead for the Obama campaign in the closing weeks of this election: to reactivate the army of young volunteers who formed the backbone of his coalition in 2008, and to win over the young undecideds who are a growing segment of the voting population.
Gustavo had become part of the so-called Obama Generation in June 2007, one week after he graduated from high school, when he attended an Obama for America training session in Glendale, California. "I was really wowed by how passionate people were about organizing theory," he told me. "It captivated me like nothing else had before." Gustavo worked the primaries in Southern California and then went to Colorado for the general election.
After Obama's victory, the question of how to keep the millions of young volunteers like Gustavo involved loomed large over the Democratic Party. According to Peter Levine, director of the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University, the Democrats pursued two strategies. The first was to strengthen truly nonpartisan civic engagement programs like AmeriCorps, which has seen its funding triple since 2008 but remains vulnerable to attacks from conservatives in Congress. The second was to cultivate campaign volunteers as a durable political force by transforming Obama for America into Organizing for America (OFA).
Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz told me that OFA was "the first campaign that didn't shut down and pull up stakes," and that young organizers played a key role in advocating for the Affordable Care Act and other policies. But independent observers give OFA harsh marks. "The ball got dropped," Levine says. John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard's Institute of Politics, laments, "We wasted an incredible opportunity. We gave young people responsibility for politics, but didn't give them responsibility for government."


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Election season is winding down, and the World Series is over.
Searching for some new evening entertainment? Look up.
Starting Monday and continuing for the next two weeks, two prominent meteor showers will be lighting up the night sky with flashes of fireballs and shooting stars.
The first, the Taurid meteors -- sometimes called the "Halloween Fireballs" -- appear every fall between mid-October and early December. Astronomers say that because of the peak of activity and the brightness of the moon, the seven days between Monday and Nov. 12 should make for the best viewing this year.
The second, the Leonid meteors, are expected to be best viewed around Nov. 17, although they will be active all month.
If conditions are right, the Taurids should produce about five visible shooting stars per hour, and the Leonids 15 or more, although the Taurids can be slower-moving and brighter.
Stargazers say the best viewing is well after midnight in remote areas, away from the light pollution of cities.
"If you are out there at 2 or 3 in the morning you have a better chance, because the point of the sky where the meteors are coming from will be higher in the sky," Ben Burress, staff astronomer of Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, said of the Taurids.
Among the top Bay Area spots, according to Burress: Henry Coe State Park in Morgan Hill; Mount Diablo Road in Contra Costa County; Skyline Boulevard, through Santa Clara and San Mateo County; Redwood Road above Oakland or just about anywhere up high and out of the forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
"It's exciting," he said. "There's a sense of anticipation when you go out and wait for a meteor. You never know when it is going to happen, how bright, or the color. They leave an impression. They can be very beautiful. Go out, dress up warm, take a comfortable chair or blanket and bring some friends."
The Leonids, which will peak between Nov. 14 and 18, are best viewed just before dawn.
"The Leonids are a great shower for morning people. If you are comfortable rising an hour or two before sunrise, you can expect to see them," said Peter Jenniskens, a senior research scientist at the SETI Institute and at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
When it comes to casual stargazers, sometimes the difference between meteor, asteroid and comet can be confusing.
A meteoroid is a small rocky or metal object -- usually between the size of a grain of sand and a boulder -- that orbits the sun. When one bursts into Earth's atmosphere and vaporizes, it's called a meteor, or a "shooting star." Millions of meteors enter Earth's atmosphere every year; most of them are tiny and burn up.
But some crash to the ground. When that happens, they are called meteorites.
Asteroids, by comparison, are larger. Made of rock or metal, they also orbit the sun. Historically, objects larger than about 10 meters across have been called asteroids; smaller than that they've been called meteoroids.
Comets are large bodies of ice, rock and dust -- "dirty snowballs" that can be several miles wide -- and orbit the sun. Debris from comets are the source of many meteoroids.
Since asteroids, comets and meteoroids originated billions of years ago, scientists study them to learn about the origin of the solar system. Some researchers believe that the carbon-based molecules and other materials that served as the building blocks of life on Earth nearly 4 billion years ago may have been brought here through asteroid and comet collisions with our planet.
The Taurid meteor shower, first recorded in 1786, is believed to come from Encke's Comet, which orbits the sun every three years, the shortest round trip of any known comet. The Taurids are named after the constellation Taurus, where they appear to originate from.
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On Oct. 17, a nighttime fireball crashing over the Bay Area was caught on film and its pieces slammed into the ground in the North Bay. So far, four meteorites have been confirmed from that event, Jenniskens said. All are blackish-brown pebbles found in Novato. Others could still be found between Novato and St. Helena, he said.
Jenniskens, who noted that about 40,000 meteorites have been confirmed and named since the 1800s, urged anyone who thinks they may have found pieces to check his blog at http://cams.seti.org and contact him.
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Meteor, Comet or asteroid?
Meteoroid: A small rocky or metal object, usually between the size of a grain of sand or a boulder, that orbits the sun. It originates from a comet or asteroid.
Meteor: A meteoroid that enters the earth's atmosphere and vaporizes. Also called a "shooting star."
Meteorite: A meteor that hits Earth without burning up in the atmosphere.
Meteor shower: A collection of meteors visible when earth passes through a trail of debris left by a comet.
Asteroid: An object larger than a meteoroid that orbits the sun and is made of rock or metal. Historically, objects larger than 10 meters across have been called asteroids; those smaller than that are called meteoroids.
Comet: A body of ice, rock and dust that can be several miles in diameter and which orbits the sun. Debris from comets is the source of many meteoroids. ___
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Skip to comments.The Sad End of the Priestly Ministry of Mr. Roy Bourgeois
Posted on 11/19/2012 8:10:38 PM PST by marshmallow
Disobedience and preaching against the teaching of the Catholic Church about women's ordination led to his excommunication, dismissal and laicization. Then Fr. Bourgeois engaged in an obstinate crusade which involved public and direct defiance of the Holy See and a repudiation of the unbroken teaching of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church concerning sacred ordination.
MARYKNOLL, N.Y. (Catholic Online) - The short Press Release from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers confirmed some sad news on Monday, November 19, 2012. The priestly ministry of Roy Bourgeois has come to an end:
The Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith Canonically Dismisses Roy Bourgeois
Nov. 19, 2012: The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on October 4, 2012, canonically dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, also known as the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. The decision dispenses the Maryknoll priest from his sacred bonds.
As a priest during 2008, Mr. Bourgeois participated in the invalid ordination of a woman and a simulated Mass in Lexington, Kentucky. With patience, the Holy See and the Maryknoll Society have encouraged his reconciliation with the Catholic Church.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
About time that the Catholic Church got rid of the marxist traitor Roy Bourgeois. He has been mixed up in every marxist movement and cause in Latin America since the 1970s, including CISPES/FALN, in El Salvador; the Sandistinas in Nicaragua; possibly WOLA (Wash. Office on Latin America), possibly EPICA (Rev. Wheaton's one man red front); Possibly Medical Aid for El Salvador, a front created by the same person who created Medical Aid for Indochina (a part of the Hanoi Lobby); the marxist group that wants to close the School of the Americas counterinsurgency organization; and participated in protests of the Workers World Party (stalinists), among others.
Don't have my notes with me so I'm winging it about Bourgeois' communist causes but he is a "liberation theology" proponent and hardcore marxist.
You can find him in the newsletter "American Sentinel" as well as the books of the Council for Inter-American Security (authors Waller, Brownfield, Bouchey, etc).
He should also be excommunicated, though that wouldn't bother him.
check the database sites for more information:
www.keywiki.org and www.DiscoverTheNetwork.org or com"
Knew him in the 70's. He was later connected to Martin Sheen, They protested together, often.
Fournier is far too kind about Bourgeois's "activism." Bourgeois didn't just "oppose atrocities." He was a full-throated supporter of every Communist regime in Central and South America. As were the Maryknollers.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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10 Artists Who Defied Classification in 2015
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Using human interaction as his primary material, Rirkrit Tiravanija goes beyond performance to create socially-engaged conceptual works that blur the boundaries of art in novel ways and bridge the division between public and private. Whether by offering visitors free curry in Untitled (Free) (1992) or inviting strangers to drop by and drink tea together in a replica of the artist's home in Apartment 21 (Tomorrow Can Shut Up and Go Away) (2002), Tiravanija initiates ways to enable the public to be a part of the art-making process, what has been called relational aesthetics. Part social experiment, part ecological program, The Land (1999-) consists of an area of arable land in Thailand that Tiravanija and others transformed into a communally run site for participants to pursue artistic, agricultural, and social collaboration. He won a Hugo Boss Prize in 2004.
Thai, b. 1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina, based in New York City, Berlin, Chiang Mai
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Divine Miss M is returning to Broadway, and not as just a producer.
Bette Midler will star in John Logan's new play "I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers" in the spring, marking the first time the Grammy, Tony and Golden Globe winner has been on Broadway in 30 years.
The show opens April 24 at a Shubert theatre to be announced later.
Midler will play the legendary Hollywood agent Sue Mengers in the one-character play by Logan, who won a Tony for "Red" and wrote the screenplay for the James Bond movie "Skyfall."
Midler made her Broadway debut in the chorus of "Fiddler on the Roof" and won a Tony in "Clams on the Half Shell." She last produced the musical "Priscilla Queen of the Desert."


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Tigers quarterbacks Zach Mettenberger and Stephen Rivers had huge passing numbers in LSU's spring game, carving up a secondary full of walk-ons to give the White team a 37-0 win over Purple on Saturday.
With three secondary starters out with injuries, Mettenberger and Rivers were throwing against a defensive backfield loaded with walk-ons.
Mettenberger completed 12 of 19 passes for 236 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. Rivers, who played in the second half, was 7-of-10 for 185 yards and two touchdowns. Odell Beckham caught six passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns, while Jarvis Landry had six catches for 132 yards.
"The offense threw it well and we rushed it well," LSU coach Les Miles said. "Of course, those statistics were against the second-team defense. The key statistic of the day was no injuries. It seemed to me that nobody got hurt."
Everyone got a first opportunity Saturday of watching the Tigers offense under new coordinator Cam Cameron. However, no one saw Cameron calling plays. He left that responsibility up to each quarterback.
"It was tough out there calling plays," Mettenberger said. "Coach Cameron allowed us to call our own plays and it was the first time I've ever done that. It was kind of a slow start to get going, but we turned it around and had a pretty good day.
Cameron "wanted to see what our thought process was. I think we've all impressed him since he's been here. He knows we know our own plays. He wanted to see where our head was on down and distance. We all managed the game pretty well."
Miles had never let his quarterbacks call their own plays since he has become a head coach. The last time he was around such a situation occurred when Cameron and Miles were on the same Michigan staff.
Miles called the idea "tremendous."
"I had done it before with the last being when I was with Cam," Miles said. "It was good for all the quarterbacks. They got the pressure of making calls. It was really an interesting thought."
Mettenberger got off to a slow start with five completions in 11 pass attempts in the first quarter when the offense was going against a stiff wind. But, he warmed up in the second quarter. Mettenberger was 7-of-8 with touchdown throws of 15 yards to tight end Dillon Gordon and 79 yards to Beckham.
"I was just trying to get going and find my rhythm," Mettenberger said. "All of that is correctable. There were a couple of throws that I missed. I'll have to work with the receivers this summer. Overall, this spring was good and we have to keep going from here."
Beckham and Landry were on the receiving of more than half of the Mettenberger and Rivers completions. Beckham and Landry were the top two receivers as sophomores a season ago.
"We were all backups at one point," Beckham said. "Zach, Jarvis and I have built a chemistry and a bond. We got off to a slow start today, but the three of us got together and talked about how we were going to slow it down and pick it up. We ended up turning it around. We have to keep improving."
Rivers completed scoring passes of 45 yards to Travin Dural and 21 yards to Beckham in the second half. The other White touchdown came on a 6-yard run by fullback J.C. Copeland.
Not to be overlooked on the offense was the output of Jeremy Hill, last season's leading rusher. On Saturday, Hill ran for 102 yards on 13 carries. He also caught four passes for 24 yards. Freshman quarterback Anthony Jennings was 8-of-21 for 98 yards passing for the Purple.
Six projected starters didn't play Saturday - offensive tackle Vadal Alexander, center Elliott Porter, defensive end Jermauria Rasco, cornerbacks Jalen Mills and Jalen Collins and safety Ronald Martin.


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Common Types and Sizes
Bevel-edge Chisel (at left):
Long edges are ground to an angle to allow the tool to get into tight spaces, such as between dovetails. It is not designed for heavy chopping. A common variant is the paring chisel, which has a longer, thinner blade.
Mortising Chisel (at right):
A thick blade allows the tools to be driven with a mallet and to lever out waste in mortises. One variant is the firmer chisel, which has a thick blade – though not as thick as a mortising chisel – and is designed for heavier work. The butt chisel, another common variant, is typically a firmer chisel with a much shorter blade.
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Cutting with the Tool Perpendicular to the Work:
The most important consideration is to position yourself so you can see the profile of the tool and determine if it is indeed at 90° to your work. Use the cutting edge of the tool to define your layout lines before removing the waste inside them, as shown at right.
Paring with the Face Flat Against the Work:
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A Pennsylvania woman was killed Friday, June 29, when a domestic deer attacked and gored her.
York County Deputy Coroner Claude Stabley said that 30-year-old Natalie Shaffer was attacked at about 5:44 p.m. on the family property. Stabley said the deer was in a pen and that the woman died of severe trauma.
The deer was in rut, and was unpredictable. The Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed the deer was an axis deer, which breed this time of year. Bucks become more aggressive at breeding time.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Shares in MegaFon made a disappointing debut in a $1.7 billion initial public offering in Moscow and London Wednesday when Russia's second-largest mobile phone operator was forced to price its stock at the bottom end of its target.
MegaFon, the last of Russia's big three mobile companies to hold an IPO, said on Wednesday that it had sold 15 percent of its stock at $20 a share — at the bottom end of its range. The flotation values the company below analyst expectations at $11.1 billion.
The company's stock was down 1.7 percent, at $19.66 a share in midday trading on the London Stock Exchange.
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MegaFon, which is largely focused on the Russian market, is controlled by a holding company of Russian tycoon Alisher Usmanov which owns 55.8 percent, while Sweden's TeliaSonera has 29 percent. Usmanov is Russia's richest man, estimated to be worth $18 billion.
Despite the IPO's poor performance, chief executive Ivan Tavrin hailed it as "a clear endorsement of MegaFon's investment case" which "reflects investor appetite for the Russian mobile data growth story."
The IPO has not been without its problems: in October the flotation was put on hold after Goldman Sachs quit as a key bookrunner in the deal. Rating agency Standard & Poor's last week took the company off its negative watch, but confirmed a negative outlook, meaning that a downgrade is possible if the company's governance practices threaten its performance.


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The problem with the U.S. system though, is that certain specialists and insurance companies make so much money off of the system, that it's impossible for the government to "step up" without utterly gutting and revamping the system. Let's just say there's no shortage of GPs in Canada, but there is a shortage of specialists, because they'd make >5-10x more in the U.S.
|2012-10-05, 23:10
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In other words, you can opt to not own a car and not drive. You cannot opt out of the potential of getting sick or injured.
|2012-10-05, 23:12
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|2012-10-05, 23:18
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Plus there are people that have already paid their share already. They do not want to have to pay again as it makes what they worked for invalid (as that was money they could have used instead of being taken away by either the government or their employer before they even got their paycheck.).
These include Veterans by the way.
|2012-10-06, 00:38
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It's only round 1 and you seriously feeling touchy???
tsk I guess it can't be helped if Samuel L Jackson's 4 inspirational words echoing in 0bama's head can't snap him back to shape...
Again, what's more damaging to 0bama 2 nights ago wasn't Romney or even his own performance... it was that his own soldiers openly lambasted him, his performance, and gave credit to Romney. I forget if you're in America or not but the Left in this country basically still act like it's high school and 0bama's the cool kid (or prom queen). They've sold their souls & put their reputations on the line with the intentional bias that 0bama is the Messiah! Now, in front of 68 million people on multiple networks he just basically SHUT DOWN. He just looked at the floor, didn't argue, No Teleprompter, No Catchy Phrases & NO chorus. This is who 0bama is and really acts like when The Media CAN'T help him.
It's not that Romney was that..... it's that 0bama was THAT BAD! He phoned it in. People used to faint hearing his speeches. The Media used to get Hard On's after one liners. The cheerleaders just watched their quarterback get tackled, make no mileage, or complete a pass for 90 whole minutes. They're FURIOUS that he's making "Them" look bad. See where I'm going here?
95% of America (including The Media) doesn't know SHIT about debating style (normally seen in pro/academic setting) or ANYTHING related to the analysis other than America saw Obama 'bleed' like boxer who looked like he just didn't want to be there. The Left Media & Hollywood's extreme left didn't see anything they could crow about... they care more about what 'other people think' than what's really true.
It was PURE frustration from the Left (msNBC, a few from CNN, and Hollywood) – all the people who were bandwagon 0bama fans were just told "0bama blew it" by the very same people who made him "GOD" for 4 years.....it's like the Apostles saying Jeesus has lost his "swagger". WTF???
No one on the Left cares what Fox News or entertainer Rush Limbaugh says (cause their in the tank for Romney) about 0bama, but when the Left screams at the American people and says "Obama sucked", that does 1,000 more times damage 1,000 O'Reilly & Hannity attacks.
Half of America (the Left leaning half) met Mitt Romney for the 1st time last night. The Media can't put words on 0bama's mouth. 0bama didn't shine and now they have to cover their asses... they can't let their Converts think that they were wrong all this time... they must save face and blame Obama. Sorry to ramble but seriously regular folks and The Media saw 0bama BEAT DOWN (didn't even LOOK at Romney half the time). America saw the 0bama The Human – not The Media handjob they've been sold by The Media & Hollywood for 4 years... that and 0bama just didn't look like he cared about ANYTHING but himself!
|2012-10-06, 01:58
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|2012-10-06, 02:04
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But you know very well that he is going to disappear again, because you wouldn't be cheering for him otherwise; for all intent and purposes the Debate Romney was a Democrat.
|2012-10-06, 02:07
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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One wasn't wearing his debate clothes and dropped the ball. That would be Obama.
The other was lying through his teeth on almost every topic or changing his position 180 degrees from even the day before and backing far away from conservative positions. Fact checked by credible fact checkers, not opinion.
One has to wonder whether his supporters really heard what Romney said ... or if they listened at all and just caught the "football scores" since that's what some people seemed to think this is, a shallow "football game" where idiots wave a flag for one side or the other.
|2012-10-06, 03:48
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Reading the post-debate commentary from some of my friends on the other side, I'm just thinking that they're just cheering that "Romney won" because they think he'll just flip back to "Conservative Mitt" if he wins the election. Seriously the only reason he "won" this debate was by outright asserting that he didn't say or even KNOW what he was saying just a few days prior. Complete 180 and renunciation of the Republican economic platform and acceptance of current Democratic orthodoxy isn't something I'd be cheering for substance wise.
What I took out from the debate was a cementing of my initial perception of Romney as the worst of possible politicians. Willing to abrogate his principles (47% tape) and outright lie just to gain political points and win office. And I thought John McCain was bad in 2008. u_u
|2012-10-06, 06:10
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Of course, I've never really thought that health care is a product where competition really works so...
I don't think the vast majority of Americans have the choice to not own a car. In which case car insurance is like a mandatory tax.
|2012-10-06, 07:38
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Officials reject conspiracies on unemployment rate
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|2012-10-06, 12:45
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It's early October 2012. . .
. . .I just recently discovered that the unemployment rate for last month (September 2012) was 7.8%. Although it is good news that the American jobless rate is finally down under 8%, it may be too little, too late for Barack Obama. For many decades, it has been the general rule that any president to successfully win a 2nd term must have an unemployment rate under 7%. Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection, with a 7.2 % unemployment rate, was the only exception to the above rule.
Moreover, no U.S. president has been elected to a 2nd term when the Consumer Confidence Index has been under 95. Last month, the CCI was 70.3.
By Election Day in early November, the unemployment rate is likely to still be well above 7% and the Consumer Confidence Index well under 95. Regardless of my personal feelings about current President Obama and challenger Zmitt Romney, history suggests Romney is going to become the 45th President of the United States.
|2012-10-06, 13:05
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It depends, the economy is a wild card in terms of election predictability. Much of it's impact diminishes as we get closer to the election it seems.
Plus considering that after Romney's disastrous month and that it too a complete 180/"Smile to the center-right" for Mitt Romney to "win the debates and shake the etch-a-sketch." I think there's still a pretty good chance for an Obama re-election. Plus according to 538, there's still an 83.6% chance of an Obama win.
|2012-10-06, 13:40
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Those random statistics of "no one had been re-elected if index X is over Y" is meaningless at best. We just came through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and that alone makes many comparison with the past elections pointless.
And arguably, the derivative of unemployment rate is more important than the rate itself. It tells us the future expectations, that things may be heading the right way (finally). It is better to expect to find a job in the next 4 months than to expect to lose your job in the future. Consider the hypothetical scenario of a president seeking re-election in Oct 2008. The unemployment rate was still 6.5%. Would you believe the imaginary president have a chance to get re-elected because Reagan got re-elected with an even higher unemployment rate?
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One modifier is that for a change a majority of the DOES remember what party was at the wheel from 2000-2008 when the crisis occurred.
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U.S. Olympic Committee Unveils 2008 Coaches of the Year
The 2008 recipients will be presented with their awards on June 13 during a luncheon at the 2009 National Coaching Educators' Conference in Pittsburgh.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - The U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) announced today the recipients of its 2008 Coach of the Year awards. This year's winners are: National Coach of the Year Hugh McCutcheon (Volleyball/Irvine, Calif.; Christchurch, New Zealand); Developmental Coach of the Year Rajul Sheth (Table Tennis/Milpitas, Calif.); Volunteer Coach of the Year Rita Gladstone (Tennis/Port Orange, Fla.); Paralympic Coach of the Year Ken Armbruster (Paralympic Goalball/Colorado Springs, Colo.); and Dave Bennett (Wrestling/Coaldale, Colo.) as the "Doc" Counsilman Science Award honoree.
The 2008 recipients will be presented with their awards on June 13 during a luncheon at the 2009 National Coaching Educators' Conference in Pittsburgh. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Station Square and hosted by West Virginia University's Athletic Coaching Education Department.
National Coach of the Year Hugh McCutcheon, Volleyball
As head coach of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Volleyball Team, McCutcheon guided the squad to the gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - the first gold medal for the team since 1988. Although hit by personal tragedy shortly after his arrival in China and missing the team's first three matches, McCutcheon returned to guide Team USA undefeated through the Olympic tournament. The team posted an 8-0 record, defeating Venezuela, Italy, No. 4-ranked Bulgaria, China, Japan, No. 5 Serbia, No. 2 Russia, and No. 1 Brazil in the gold medal match. McCutcheon led the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team to a 29-5 overall record in 2008, which included its first FIVB World League title. He accepted the U.S. Women's National Team head coach position in December 2008.
Developmental Coach of the Year Rajul Sheth, Table Tennis
Sheth currently serves as Director of Sports & Recreation at India Community Center in Milpitas, Calif. - the largest full-time table tennis facility in North America. A former Indian national-level player, Sheth coached several U.S. national champions and finalists last year, including Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang who represented the United States at the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships. He also runs three weekly USATT singles leagues, and he conducts an active junior program with more than 100 kids.
Volunteer Coach of the Year Rita Gladstone, Tennis
More than 550 children, ages 5-17 and ranging from beginner to tournament level, participated in USTA Junior Tennis Team programs in Volusia County, Fla., last year - programs guided by Gladstone. She has served as Area League Coordinator for the county's programs since 2003, teaching professionals, parents and all levels of players. In 2008, she worked with more than 100 new tennis players, coached three junior wheelchair tennis players and coached six players with sectional rankings. Along with her husband and fellow coach, Andy, and their children, Gladstone was named USTA Florida Tennis Family of the Year in 2008. She regularly visits elementary and middle schools to teach tennis and promote health and wellness, and she organizes free youth tennis jamborees.
Paralympic Coach of the Year Ken Armbruster, Paralympic Goalball
Armbruster guided the U.S. Women's Paralympic Goalball team to the gold medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, including a 4-3 overtime victory versus China in the final. Armbruster has served as head coach of the U.S. Paralympics Women's Goalball National Team since 1996. His teams have won gold (2008), silver (2004) and bronze (1996) Paralympic medals, the 2002 World Championship and three Parapan American gold medals. An Air Force veteran, Armbruster also coaches the Colorado Bandits women's goalball team, the current and seven-time national champions. His daughter, Jennifer, is a five-time Paralympian in the sport of goalball and was captain of the team in Beijing.
"Doc" Counsilman Science Award Honoree Dave Bennett, Wrestling
The "Doc" Counsilman Award recognizes a coach who utilizes scientific techniques and equipment as an integral part of his or her coaching methods, or who has created innovative ways to use sport science. Bennett, who served as both National Freestyle Developmental Coach and Director of Broadcasting for USA Wrestling, has spearheaded numerous technology-driven projects to improve performance. He developed an online presence for many coaching tools, including international scouting video, a searchable database of competition video, a database of techniques among competitors, coach game plans, and video available for download and viewing on an iPod. He also created a website to assist in the education and training of referees. Bennett has been involved with wrestling for more than 50 years as an athlete, coach, administrator and innovator, including serving as a coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center for 2008 Olympic gold medalist Henry Cejudo. He retired from USA Wrestling in January 2009.
U.S. Olympic and Pan American sports
organizations selected their 2008 Coaches of the Year as part of the
USOC Coach of the Year Recognition Program. The winners in each
category were chosen by a panel of coaching and sport education
The USOC Coach of the Year award was initiated in 1996. The program was developed using the philosophy that, to succeed in Olympic sport, athletes must strive for excellence almost from the moment they begin to compete. At every stage of their careers, coaches empower athletes to rise to the next competitive level of sport. If coaches do their job well, their athletes will ultimately receive the highest accolades for their achievements and become better human beings along the way. The USOC Coaching Committee developed the criteria for each Olympic sports organization to follow in selecting a Coach of the Year in both the elite and developmental categories. The volunteer category was added in 2003. All-time recipients:
1996 Tara VanDerveer, U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Coach
1997 Frank Carroll, Olympic Figure Skating Coach, Coach of Michelle Kwan
1998 Ben Smith, U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Coach
1999 Chris Carmichael, Cycling Coach, Coach of Lance Armstrong
2000 Richard Quick, U.S. Olympic Women's Swimming Coach
2001/02 Pete del'Giudice, U.S. National Freestyle Team Coach (Snowboard)
2003 Lloyd Woodhouse, USA Shooting National Team Coach
2004 Mike Candrea, USA Softball Women's National Team Coach
2005 Eddie Reese, USA Swimming Men's National Team Coach
2006 Bud Keene, U.S. Ski & Snowboard National Team Coach
2007 Guy Baker, USA Water Polo National Team Coach
2008 Hugh McCutcheon, USA Men's Volleyball National Team Coach
1996 Jeff Shaffer, University of Southern California
1997 Dianne Holum, Speedskating
1998 Mike Stafford, Millvale Golden Gloves Gym (Cincinnati)
1999 Tom Healy, Northbrook (Ill.) Speedskating Club
2000 Fred Zimny, Luge (Lake Placid, N.Y.)
2001/02 Mike Eaves, U.S. National Under-18 Hockey Team
2003 Bob Fraley, Fresno State (Calif.) University Track & Field
2004 Dwayne Miller, Norfolk (Va.) Real Deal Track Club
2005 Tammy Gambill, U.S. Figure Skating
2006 Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson, U.S. Figure Skating
2007 Paul Yetter, USA Swimming
2008 Rajul Sheth, Table Tennis (Milpitas, Calif.)
2004 Mike Hulett, USA Women's Sitting Volleyball Team Coach
2005 Randi Smith, U.S. Paralympic Archery Team Head Coach
2006 Julie O'Neill, U.S. Paralympic Swim Team Head Coach
2007 Adam Bleakney, U.S. Paralympic Wheelchair Track Coach
2008 Ken Armbruster, U.S. Paralympic Women's Goalball Head Coach
2003 Carol Hardemon, Metro Dade (Fla.) Track Club
2004 Barry Hunter, Washington, D.C. Boxing Coach
2005 Cindi Hart, IndySpeed Sport Club Head Coach (Speedskating)
2006 Booker Woods, LA JETS Head Coach (Track)
2007 Sherman Nelson, USA Taekwondo Coach
2008 Rita Gladstone, Area Tennis League Coordinator (Volusia County, Fla.)
2004 Joe Vigil, Track & Field
2005 Dr. Kyle Pierce, USA Weightlifting
2006 Kate Arbour, U.S. Figure Skating
2007 Sean O'Neill, U.S. Paralympics Table Tennis
2008 Dave Bennett, USA Wrestling
For more information, please contact the USOC Communications Division at (719) 866-4529.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Chevy Volt owners often find themselves thrust into a political tug-of-war over their choice of vehicle, reports Edmunds.com, the premier resource for car shopping and automotive information. And while every Volt owner has his or her own story about spontaneous arguments over the car with friends and strangers alike, it's when passions boil over that things can get scary.
"Some have reported acts of vandalism, like slashed tires or expletives on the windshield," says Edmunds.com Community Manager Mark Holthoff, who sought out and spoke with several Volt owners. "One even found himself being intentionally run off the road."
But those are extreme examples of the blowback, and Edmunds.com found that Volt owners are especially proud of their cars.
"Pretty much all of the Volt's critics are people who have never been near one," says one Volt owner. "My mother-in-law's first reaction [to the Volt] was to prohibit me from plugging it in at her house. But she has come around."
"I was at a stoplight next to another Volt driver," says another owner, "and we both rolled our windows down and chatted for a few seconds about how much we love our cars and what our mileage was."
The Volt has been a political football since even before the first models rolled off the assembly line, but it's especially been under the microscope in this most recent election cycle. Liberals hold up the car as an example for building better green technology and a resurgent American auto industry. Conservatives, meanwhile, point to the car as a symbol of wasteful government spending.
What may shock folks on both sides of the aisle, though, is who is making the move to the Volt. While Edmunds.com found that a likely suspect – the Toyota Prius – has been the model most often traded in for a Volt this year, the next two models on that list are surprising: the BMW 3 Series, a sporty European car, and the Chevrolet Silverado, a full-size pickup.
Read more about how Chevy Volt owners are dealing with the politicization of their cars on Edmunds.com at http://www.edmunds.com/car-
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The "October Surprise" turned out to be a monster storm that is forcing President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney to overhaul campaign plans.
The political calculus for Hurricane Sandy is a delicate balancing act for both.
Obama, who returned to Washington Monday from a campaign trip to Florida, doesn't want to be seen as politicking during a crisis potentially affecting 50 million people.
Yet it's also an opportunity to appear in control and presidential. "I'm not going to be able to campaign as much over the next few days," he said.
Romney stumped in the Midwest on Monday but canceled stops in Virginia on Sunday and in New Hampshire on Tuesday. He does not have as commanding a platform as the president and was tempering criticism of the president while expressing concern for storm victims and support for relief efforts.
"Ann and I are keeping the people in Hurricane Sandy's path in our thoughts and prayers," Romney said. He urged people in a tweet to support the Red Cross.
Four critical battleground states are directly affected — North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio and New Hampshire. Consider the millions of dollars spent on political TV ads that potentially won't be seen because of power outages.
Presidents and hurricanes have had a stormy relationship.
President George W. Bush drew wide criticism for his administration's handling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
President Bill Clinton cut short a New Zealand trip in 1999 to deal with Hurricane Floyd.
President George H.W. Bush was blamed for a slow federal response to Hurricane Andrew in August 1992.
The previous November, Bush suffered heavy personal loss when a fierce hurricane-like nor'easter — later memorialized as "The Perfect Storm" — devastated the ground floor of his seaside home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
"The sea won this round," he told reporters as he inspected damage.
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Two held after St. Charles bust nets cocaine, marijuana
Two St. Charles residents face felony drug charges after a state police unit searched their home and seized two ounces of cocaine and two pounds of marijuana, with an estimated street value of between $6,500 and $11,100, authorities said.
Michael Stellwagen, 42, and Susanne L. Russell, 52, both of the 43W700 block of Fescue Court, are both free on bond and due in court Feb. 6.
Stellwagen is charged with felony possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of marijuana with intent to deliver and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records.
The most serious charge carries a penalty of six to 30 years in prison if convicted with no possibility of probation.
Russell is charged with possession of 15 to 100 grams of cocaine and 500 to 2,000 grams of marijuana, according to court records, and faces up four to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Illinois Police Master Sgt. Bill Backus, who also is director of the North Central Narcotics Task Force, said authorities executed a search warrant at about 10 a.m. Friday at the home and seized 51.2 grams of cocaine, 1,017 grams of marijuana, and other items, such as scales. Stellwagen was arrested on the spot; Russell went to the St. Charles police station later for questioning and was later arrested.
Stellwagen does not have any previous drug arrests in Kane County. He was arrested in May 2010 in South Elgin and faced a driving under the influence charge which was later reduced to reckless driving, court records show.
Russell does not have any previous arrests in Kane County, according to court records.


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It happens that incorrect checksums are being committed or that upstream changes tarballs without changing the filename. In both cases, OE will bail out and complain about a mismatch in checksums (unless OE_ALLOW_INSECURE_DOWNLOADS is enabled). Here are the steps a developer should take to resolve the issue safely.
- Look through "mtn --diffs --no-merges log conf/checksums.ini| less" and find the person who committed the current md5sum.
- Contact them and ask them to md5sum their copy again. Compare results if they still have the original tar file against which the original checksum was generated.
Then we have three possible scenarios.
- the original committer does not have the original file anymore or is unsure about its integrity. In that case, please write to email@example.com. Don't do anything further.
- the original committer generates the same md5sum as you, indicating an error in the original commit. In this case we can safely commit the update. Indicate in your commit message that yours and the other person's md5sum matched
- the numbers don't match. Then we need to consult upstream and ask if they changed the tarball. Sadly this is something that commonly happens. After confirmation from upstream we can update checksums.ini.


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The Auburn football team practiced two hours Monday night at the Auburn Athletics practice fields. It was the Tigers' 12th practice of the 2013 preseason.
"We had a solid practice today," Coach Gus Malzahn said after the workout. "We're at the midway point of the preseason. I challenged our team and I'm proud of how they responded."
Malzahn announced that junior Kiehl Frazier switched positions from quarterback to safety, where "he's going to help make our team better. I'm very proud of Kiehl Frazier. He's a winner, a class act, a team-first guy."
In updating the Auburn quarterback race, Malzahn said, "Our two new guys are going to get the majority of the time with the ones," referring to junior college transfer Nick Marshall and true freshman Jeremy Johnson. Sophomore Jonathan Wallace also remains in the quarterback battle.
The Tigers practice twice on Tuesday. Auburn's season opener is Saturday, August 31, at Jordan-Hare Stadium versus Washington State in a 6 p.m. Central kickoff.
INFORMATION SOURCE: Auburn Athletics Dept.