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The Senate minority leader on Obama's victory, the fiscal cliff and the folly of 'Thelma and Louise economics.'
In the wake of President Barack Obama's electoral victory, gleeful Democrats believe that the impending "fiscal cliff" has Republicans trapped into finally accepting higher tax rates. But as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell sits for an interview in his Capitol office 48 hours after the election, one thing is certain: He is in no way chastened by Tuesday's results. If Mr. Obama wants fiscal hand-to-hand combat, he will get it.
"Let me put it very clearly," says the five-term Republican senator from Kentucky. "I am not willing to raise taxes to turn off the sequester. Period." On Jan. 1, Washington faces both a huge tax increase and an automatic spending cut known as the "sequester," which could tip the economy back into recession. A newly emboldened President Obama is likely to take his soak-the-rich case straight to the people, I remind the senator. The political pressure to capitulate could become intense.
"Look, he may think it would be helpful to his presidency to continue to divide and demonize us," says Mr. McConnell. "But my answer will still be short and firm: No. We won't agree to any tax increases that will hurt the economy."
This isn't to say that next week, when the lame-duck congressional session begins to negotiate some kind of budget solution, taxes are off the table. Mr. McConnell is a realist. Republicans are willing to be "flexible" on raising revenues but, he hastens to add, only "in the context of broad-based, comprehensive tax reform." He's open to prying more out of the rich by closing tax loopholes. But he and his caucus of 45 Republicans want lower, not higher, rates.
Two years ago, Mr. McConnell notes, Mr. Obama agreed to extend all the Bush-era tax cuts for two years. The president's explanation for doing so was that raising taxes would harm the economy. "That logic still stands," the senator says. "The economy's actually growing slower now than it was then."
The tax matter could quickly turn into another political standoff similar to the one in the summer of 2011 over raising the debt ceiling. White House spokesman Jay Carney said Friday that the president will veto any bill that includes an extension of the Bush tax rates for anyone making more than $250,000—precisely the rates Mr. McConnell says he won't allow to rise.
It isn't at all certain that Mr. McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner will be able to hold their troops together. The senator understands that Mr. Obama will try to cut a deal with other senators—Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina—but Mr. McConnell doubts that the tactic will work. "We have differences on other issues, but on taxes I can't think of a single member of my conference from Maine to Texas who thought he was sent here to Washington to raise taxes on anybody or anything."
So how should the president prevent another gridlocked negotiation that ends in a fiscal-cliff leap? The smart way forward, Mr. McConnell says, "is pretty simple. Let's extend the current rates for another year for everyone—a bridge—and get busy working on the comprehensive tax reform that we need to do. There's bipartisan support for that."
I ask him about the recent counterproposal by Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer that Republicans should abandon tax reform of the kind that passed in 1986 and lowered rates in return for fewer loopholes, and instead should both close loopholes and keep tax rates high to lower the deficit. "He's on another planet," Mr. McConnell replies, and doesn't seem to be kidding.
Would Republicans accept the liberal dream of a value-added tax as a new revenue machine? "There won't be any new tax. It's not going to happen in this Congress," he says.
What is clear about the coming tax-cliff negotiations is that Mr. McConnell doesn't trust the White House after the debacle of the debt-ceiling nonsolution in July 2011.
"The speaker and I spent an endless amount of time in the first half of 2011 trying to get the president to do what we all know has to be done if we're going to save the country," Mr. McConnell says. "Until we adjust the entitlement programs to fit the demographics of today's America, you can't fix the problem. You can't tax your way out of it. You can't cut health-care providers as a way out of it. But Democrats laughed at those ideas even when we offered a quarter-trillion of higher revenues largely taken from high-income people."
Will things be different in an Obama second term, with a president who last month said he would "do whatever is required" to avoid sequestration, even "walk Mitch McConnell's dog" if necessary?
"The missing person, the guy who was AWOL in 2011, is still the president. I think a good starting place in trying to figure out how to go forward is for the president to have an epiphany." I get the impression that he doubts the epiphany will come soon.
If you haven't gathered by now, Mitch McConnell doesn't have a chummy relationship with Barack Obama. These two aren't going to sit down for a drink and swap stories as Ronald Reagan and his political adversary, Tip O'Neill, did when the Gipper occupied the White House.
I ask the senator how many times he's been to the White House in the past year and a half. "Not once," he says, but then an aide reminds him that he went briefly for one meeting. After the 2011 budget negotiations broke down, Mr. McConnell says, the president "just checked out" and hit the campaign trail.
What is also evident from our conversation is that Mr. McConnell and his colleagues don't trust the president and his underlings even in closed-door meetings. "He was never serious in 2011 about solving the debt problem. What happened was the president set the crossbar so high on taxes that he knew we couldn't get a deal." Did Mr. Obama intentionally sabotage the deal? "Sure, it was clear to me in retrospect that the whole strategy for re-election was to energize his liberal base."
Yet Mr. McConnell is convinced that a deal isn't hopeless, and he mentions the one time in Mr. Obama's first term that Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement. "I was the one who personally negotiated with Joe Biden the extension of the current tax rates" after the 2010 midterm elections. "When the president said, 'I'm for it,' 40 Senate Democrats voted to extend the Bush tax cuts, which leads me to my point: Without the president, we can't fix this problem."
What kind of a deal would Mr. McConnell accept? The senator's top priority is long-term entitlement reform. "Changing the eligibility for entitlements is the only thing that can possibly fix the country long term." He wants means-testing for programs like Medicare. "Warren Buffett's always complaining about not paying enough in taxes," he says. "What really irritates me is I'm paying for his Medicare."
The senator will also press for the Medicaid reforms, such as block-granting money to the states, that are part of Rep. Paul Ryan's budget. But Mr. McConnell doubts that Democrats would ever go for the Ryan idea for Medicare premium support, allowing seniors to shop around for their preferred health-insurance plan.
The $16 trillion question: How much is Mr. McConnell willing to give on taxes in exchange for those entitlement reforms? "The country doesn't need a tax increase; we have a spending problem. But they control a big part of the government and they insist on taxes. I'd be willing to pay the ransom [of higher taxes] if I thought we were going to get the hostage out." By that he means every dollar of taxes would have to be matched by a dollar of entitlement savings.
How do you ensure that any deal doesn't lead to immediate higher taxes and disappearing spending cuts? "That's a good complaint," Mr. McConnell acknowledges. "In the past, when we've gone along with revenue, the taxes happened and the cuts never did." He believes that if you "change the eligibility for entitlements," those changes will stick, as with an agreement that "Reagan and Tip O'Neill made to raise the age for Social Security that happened 25 years ago."
Any tax and entitlement deal would likely leave unresolved the newest budget-busting entitlement: ObamaCare. "It's the single worst piece of legislation that's been passed in modern times," Mr. McConnell says, "and the single biggest step in the direction of Europeanizing the country. It can't possibly work." Democrats don't understand that now, he continues, but "people are going to be coming at us in hordes asking for us to revisit it" and fix the mounting problems.
He says that in the towns he visits in Kentucky, "the health-care providers who are dealing with patients on a daily basis—big hospitals, rural hospitals, nonprofits—are all freaked out about virtually every aspect of the Medicare cuts that affect today's seniors and today's providers. Seven of nine justices on the Supreme Court said the Medicaid part of it is genuinely optional. Smart states won't take this additional burden." Employers are dropping their coverage. He predicts the law will come apart on its own.
The other unresolved mega-issue is what to do about the scheduled sequester cuts of $110 billion for 2013, half coming from defense and half from discretionary domestic programs. Much like the president, he wants to shut it off, but with a caveat: "I don't think we should just forget about the spending reductions we promised. We ought to achieve exactly the same amount of spending reductions," with targeted cuts that the two parties have already agreed to. When pressed on whether he could live with the sequester, as some Republican budget hawks have suggested, the senator dismisses that drive-off-the-cliff option as "Thelma and Louise economics."
Why are Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid so obsessed with raising our highest marginal income tax rates? "You have to understand, they really don't believe that raising taxes hurts the economy," Mr. McConnell says. "They think rates can go much higher. What they are seeking is the Europeanization of the U.S. economy."
But don't Messrs. Obama and Reid think they've just been given a mandate to raise those tax rates? "Yes, well, we Republicans in the House and Senate think we have a voter mandate not to raise taxes."
Despite this deep ideological divide, and the bad blood between Mr. Obama and congressional Republicans, it isn't hard to envision a deal on taxes and spending cuts that both sides can live with. All of this will depend on Mr. Obama's willingness to stand down on the tax-rate increases—which Republicans rightly regard as a political poison pill and a jobs killer.
If the president does sit down and negotiate in good faith, Mr. McConnell sees positive effects on Wall Street and the overall economy because Washington will have "convinced the rest of the world and the financial community that the Americans are serious about fixing their fundamental problem, and we're not going the way of Greece and Italy and Spain with these trillion-dollar deficits."
And what if the president insists on raising tax rates? Expect a principled stand by the minority leader and his fellow Republicans: "He's got to understand he doesn't fully control the Senate. He doesn't control the House at all. In order to accomplish things for the country he will need to work with us."
As Mr. McConnell walks me to the door, he adds: "You know, he doesn't own the place."
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The illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman, Juan, and a young freed black slave, Anna Velasquez, Martin grew up in poverty. He spent part of his youth with a surgeon–barber from whom he learned some medicine and care of the sick. At age 11 he became a servant in the Holy Rosary Dominican priory in Lima, Peru. Promoted to almoner, he begged more than $2,000 a week from the rich to support the poor and sick of Lima. Placed in charge of the Dominican's infirmary; known for his tender care of the sick and for his spectacular cures. His superiors dropped the stipulation that "no black person may be received to the holy habit or profession of our Order" and Martin took vows as a Dominican brother in 1603. Established an orphanage and children's hospital for the poor children of the slums. Set up a shelter for the stray cats and dogs and nursed them back to health. Lived in self-imposed austerity, never ate meat, fasted continuously, and spent much time in prayer and meditation with a great devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Friend of Saint John de Massias.
He was venerated from the day of his death. Many miraculous cures, including raising the dead attributed to Brother Martin. First black saint from the Americas.
The example of Martin's life is ample evidence that we can strive for holiness and salvation as Christ Jesus has shown us: first, by loving God "with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind; and second, by loving your neighbor as yourself." When Martin had come to realize that Christ Jesus "suffered for us and that he carried our sins on his body to the cross, he would meditate with remarkable ardor and affection about Christ on the cross. He had an exceptional love for the great sacrament of the Eucharist and often spent long hours in prayer before the blessed sacrament. His desire was to receive the sacrament in Communion as often as he could. Saint Martin, always obedient and inspired by his divine teacher, dealt with his brothers and with that profound love which comes from pure faith and humility of spirit. He loved men and because he honestly looked on them as God's children and as his own brothers and sisters. Such was his humility that he loved them even more than himself, and considered them to be better and more righteous than he was. He did not blame others for their shortcomings. Certain that he deserved more severe punishment for his sins than others did, he would overlook their worst offenses. He was tireless in his efforts to reform the criminal, and he would sit up with the sick to bring them comfort. For the poor he would provide food, clothing and medicine. He did all he could to care for poor farmhands, blacks, and mulattoes who were looked down upon as slaves, the dregs of society in their time. Common people responded by calling him, "Martin the charitable." He excused the faults of others. He forgave the bitterest injuries, convinced that he deserved much severer punishments on account of his own sins. He tried with all his might to redeem the guilty; lovingly he comforted the sick; he provided food, clothing and medicine for the poor; he helped, as best he could, farm laborers and Negroes, as well as mulattoes, who were looked upon at that time as akin to slaves: thus he deserved to be called by the name the people gave him: 'Martin of Charity.' It is remarkable how even today his influence can still move us toward the things of heaven. Sad to say, not all of us understand these spiritual values as well as we should, not do we give them a proper place in our lives. Many of us, in fact, strongly attracted by sin, may look upon these values as of little moment, even something of a nuisance, or we ignore them altogether. It is deeply rewarding for men striving for salvation to follow in Christ's footsteps and to obey God's commandments. If only everyone could learn this lesson from the example that Martin gave us. – from a homily by Blessed Pope John XXIII given at the canonization of Saint Martin de Porres

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Africa can rejoice. An international court has found Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia, guilty of aiding and abetting atrocities. This is the first time since the Nuremberg trials that a current or former head of state has been convicted of such crimes.
But there's more than a lesson about justice in this verdict.
Africans, as in many parts of the world, are still learning not to put too much faith in "great men" to save them or change their world. Mr. Taylor was once a charismatic leader whose many followers worshipped the power he seemed to convey.
And Africa, unfortunately, has had its unfair share of "great leaders" who were once hailed as saviors but ended up leading their countries astray, often in a cult of personality. The most famous are Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mubuto of Congo, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Muammar Qaddafi of Libya.
The world has steadily changed since 19th-century philosopher Thomas Carlyle famously stated that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." (And women, as he might have added today.)
It is more obvious now that great ideas influence the course of events more than great leaders, especially when they are spread with the speed of a YouTube video or Twitter message. The Arab Spring in Egypt showed the power of social media to advance the idea that every person deserves liberty and dignity. With that realization by the masses, Hosni Mubarak fell quickly.
"Leaders are increasingly vulnerable to forces beyond their control," writes Harvard University scholar Barbara Kellerman, author of a new book, "The End of Leadership."
History can seem so random if it relies only on the sudden appearance of a great leader. Ideas, however, are always readily available – and accessible to anyone, whether they are technical, cultural, spiritual, or economic. They provide a vision for an entire society, not the sole visionary.
America's Founders knew that the people might see them as great and not recognize the great ideas they put forth for a new nation. By 1808, when Americans began a near worship of the late George Washington, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote to John Adams about how the Founding Fathers had become unassailable heroes – and the danger in such thinking:
"There is very little difference in that superstition which leads us to believe in what the world calls 'great men' and in that which leads us to believe in witches and conjurors."
Today, the United States has seen the rise of two movements, the tea party and the "Occupy" movement, that purposely try to avoid focusing on one leader. This "history from below" model may now be popular because of a fall of public confidence in many leaders, both private and public.
The 2010 National Leadership Index found 38 percent of Americans agree or strongly agree that "our country's leaders are effective and do a good job." Only four sectors inspire higher-than-average confidence: military, medical, Supreme Court, and nonprofit and charity sectors. The survey also found that the greatest negative feeling Americans have about their leaders is not anger or fear. It is disappointment.
Disappointment usually arises from misplaced hopes. To prevent that, the best leaders are ones who realize that there is too much to know for any one person to know it all. That requires humility, which is usually not found in leaders who exude pride, grandeur, infallibility, and, eventually, entitlement.
America's political system is set up to ensure that the people are in charge, mainly through frequent elections. As Tocqueville wrote of the Americans: "They do not recognize any signs of incontestable greatness or superiority in any of their fellows, are continually brought back to their own judgment as the most apparent and accessible source of truth."
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WHISTLER, B.C. — Lauren Woolstencroft considered retirement after winning a gold and silver medal at the 2006 Paralympic Games in Turin, and now she is entertaining the thought again with four gold medals in four races at the 2010 Games in Whistler.
The electrical engineer from North Vancouver won the women's super-G (standing) with a factored 5.46 second victory over Melania Corradini of Italy on Friday.
On Saturday, Woolstencroft, 28, gets an opportunity to close out the Winter Games for adaptive athletes in the super combined. A fifth gold — she has won more than 50 medals in World Cup, world championship and Paralympic Games competition — might be a good departure point for her skiing career. Then again, there's the Sochi Games, in 2014. Why stop now when she's just getting the hang of it?
"It kind of pushes my decision both ways, to be honest," she said. "I'm kind of stuck in the middle. In a way, the way I'm skiing makes me want to keep going. But it's good to go out on top. I'm going to take some time to reflect and see what happens next."
Woolstencroft's gold and a silver by Viviane Forest of Edmonton, in the women's visually impaired alpine category, pushed Canada's medal total at the Games to 14.
Woolstencroft and Forest have produced more than half of Canada's medals. Forest finished 3.73 seconds behind Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia in her super-G event and now has a gold, two silvers and a bronze in four races. Her goal was to take home five medals in five events.
"Each of our medals has added an important piece to our goal of going five-for-five," said Lindsay Debou of Whistler, Forest's guide. "Every day has its own unique story. And today was a story of survival. We made it down good and we made it down safe. We're good in slalom (part of the super combined), so we'll have a really good chance to be on the podium again."
Forest, 30, said she is worn out from attending to a painful groin injury, the schedule of back-to-back races, medal and flower ceremonies and media demands but thinks she can hang in for one more race.
"I'm slowing falling apart," she chuckled. "But I'm using a lot of (adhesive) tape. I spend most of the day after a race trying to recover. But there are good vibrations here (in the stands). It will give me the strength to find a way to podium tomorrow (Saturday)."
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The move follows Russell Investment's decision to pull the plug on 25 ETFs last September.
"We regularly review our ETF portfolios, evaluating numerous factors such as investment results, length of time in the market and investor interest," Ben Fulton, Invesco PowerShares managing director of global ETFs, said in a statement. "Based on this assessment, we believe the time is right to make these moves and refocus our resources to better meet investors' needs."
At a Dec. 18, 2012 meeting, the PowerShares Funds Board of Trustees approved the closings. The final day of trading on The NASDAQ and NYSE Arca will be Feb. 26, 2013.
Shareholders may sell their holdings on or before Feb. 26, 2013, and may incur typical transaction fees from their broker-dealer. Shareholders who do not sell their holdings on or before Feb. 26, 2013, will receive cash equal to the amount of the net asset value of their shares, which will include any capital gains and dividends, in the cash portion of their brokerage accounts on the liquidation date (currently scheduled for March 7, 2013). Shareholders will generally recognize a capital gain or loss equal to the amount received for their shares over their adjusted basis in such shares.
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Coming Home: Stories of Veterans Returning from War
More than two million veterans have come home so far from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. For returning veterans, reintegrating into society can be a challenge. How do you find your place, when you've changed and the people you love don't recognize you? When that old life is gone and you have to start a new one from scratch. In this hour State of the Re:Union explores reintegration and asks the question: how do you come back home from war?
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MLB ALL-STAR GAME: Bruce Bochy has a deep talent pool to choose from
SAN DIEGO -- World Series runs in two of the last three seasons have shown the rest of baseball that Giants manager Bruce Bochy mixes and matches with the best of them. In theory, that should make the All-Star Game the perfect playground for this year's National League manager.
Bochy is a proponent of finding the right matchups in his lineup, and Tuesday he'll have the likes of Buster Posey, Andrew McCutchen and Paul Goldschmidt available on his bench. Bochy also thrives on going batter-to-batter in the late innings, and it doesn't get much better than looking down at your bullpen and seeing Cliff Lee, Aroldis Chapman, Craig Kimbrel, and others waiting for the call.
Bochy calls the experience of managing All-Stars a fun one and an honor, but he knows that it's not something that can be taken lightly.
"The priority is to win the game," Bochy said. "And that's where it's changed a little bit since this part of it became involved, as far as home-field advantage."
In 2003, the All-Stars began playing for home-field advantage in the World Series. Bochy knows how important that is, having twice in the last three years managed a team that started the World Series at home and shortly thereafter paraded a trophy down Market Street.
"We've been rewarded from the National League winning," he said. "We have two rings partly because of that. You play to win the game, which you always have. But it was probably more 50-50 (before) with trying to get all of the players in."
That theme is one that is at odds with winning the game. All All-Stars are not created equal, in part because every team must be represented. Bochy said he will speak with the National League squad when players and coaches first get together on Monday in New York, telling the players that some of them will get limited time and others likely will not play at all.
Home-field advantage was added a year after the notorious 2002 game that ended in an 11-inning tie when both teams ran out of pitchers. Because of that game, Bochy must map out a pitching plan for 16 innings and present it to MLB commissioner Bud Selig and executive vice president Joe Torre.
"You have to show them that you're covered," Bochy said.
Bochy will have his staff with him in New York and bench coach Ron Wotus said they will try to get as many players involved as possible. In 2011, 21 position players and 10 pitchers got into a game the National League won 5-1.
The Giants finish the first half in San Diego on Sunday, so Bochy and his staff aren't expected to land in New York until early Monday morning. The game is being played at Citi Field, home of the New York Mets.
With so little time before the actual game and so many events lined up for players and coaches, Wotus said the pre-game preparation is minimal. When it comes to signs, cutoff plays and all the other nuances of the game, the Giants coaches will stay out of the way.
"We'll keep it as simple as possible," Wotus said. "We go with the simplest play. There's not much that needs to be said. These guys are all so good that you just let them play."
The Giants are far back in the standings, but that hasn't cut into Bochy's enthusiasm heading into his second All-Star Game in three seasons. He has spent much of the last month on the phone with opposing managers, first to find out which players he should pick for the team and then to find out how many pitches he can expect to get out of each member of his staff.
Bochy called the selection process the difficult part. Now he gets to do what he does best, and he'll treat this game like any other.
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Washington, DC, February 25, 2013 – As the political blame game for the March 1 sequester heats up, nearly a 100 national Christian leaders released a pastoral letter to President Obama and the leaders of Congress calling for an end to the political brinksmanship that is slowing the nation's economy recovery. The letter asks both the Democrats and Republicans to replace poverty with opportunity.
The letter represents the latest effort by the Circle of Protection to protect programs that serve the poor and vulnerable from devastating budget cuts. It is also a call for elected officials to create a proactive, long-term strategy for addressing poverty and hunger that reduces the deficit, grows the economy, and expands economic opportunity for all God's children.
The full text of the letter and quotes from several leaders appear after the letter below. The full list of signatories to the pastoral letter is available at www.circleofprotection.us:
A Pastoral Letter about Faith, Finances, and the Federal Budget
Dear President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi:
Throughout two years of budget negotiations, we and other faith leaders have urged you to maintain a Circle of Protection around effective programs focused on hungry and poor people in our country and around the world. This pastoral letter offers faith-grounded counsel on the current stage of the budget negotiations.
First, we thank you for reducing the deficit while limiting cuts to programs serving poor people. Together, you have reduced deficits by an estimated $2 trillion, a significant step in getting our fiscal house in order. We are grateful that programs focused on hungry and poor people have not seen large cuts so far. We appreciate that President Obama has kept his promise to the Circle of Protection to protect the poor, and that Republicans and Democrats agreed to shield many core programs benefiting people living in or near poverty from the sequestration cuts. More critical decisions must be made as we consider specific program cuts to reach previously agreed upon funding levels, look for additional ways to reduce the deficit, and avert the looming sequestration; but the moral calculus has not changed. Our long-term fiscal challenges will not be solved by increasing the burden on those who Jesus called the "least of these" (Matthew 25).
Second, we are praying for you. The Bible teaches us to pray for those in authority, and prayer contributes to mutually respectful debate that advances the common good. The focus of our nation's budget negotiations should not be about which politicians win or lose, but about whether our budget decisions reflect our values. We will ask our churches to pray as you continue to work together on the budget.
Third, we plead for a renewed commitment to respectful bi-partisan dialogue and an end to brinksmanship. Moving from one crisis to another has slowed economic recovery and has kept Congress from finding a sound, moral path to fiscal sustainability. Other important issues go unaddressed, all the while increasing cynicism about our political process. Congress' actions should not provoke a serious economic setback or push more people into poverty.
Fourth, we understand that the country's fiscal health will require further cost savings and additional revenue. To reduce the deficit, we need revenue and savings that don't increase poverty. Increased health care costs are major drivers of the nation's long-term fiscal challenge, and adjustments will be needed over time. Medicare can be reformed in ways that do not harm those who depend on the health care coverage it provides, especially seniors with modest means. Any savings in Medicaid should avoid changes harming low-income beneficiaries either directly — by cutting benefits or eligibility — or indirectly by shifting costs to states.
Fifth, we strongly affirm the government's responsibility concerning poor people. The Bible teaches that civil authority comes from God, and God calls for protection of poor and vulnerable people. Government is imperfect, and there are legitimate differences over how the government should carry out its responsibilities. These should be debated. Assuring government's obligation to advance the common good, ensure fairness, and defend the most vulnerable is good religion and good politics.
Sixth, it is time to frame the budget debate in terms of moral choices that are understandable to the American people. Important choices must be made: we must weigh the benefits of tax credits for low-income people and tax breaks for high-income people; of nutrition assistance to low-income families and subsidies to agricultural businesses. Within the category of "defense," there is a difference between legitimate national security and unnecessary spending. Congress can and must develop a balanced and thoughtful path forward that protects the most vulnerable and preserves economic opportunity.
Finally, we ask both parties to work together toward ending hunger and poverty. The Circle of Protection continues to be committed to protecting vital programs for people in or near poverty in our country and around the world, but that is not enough. Help us reduce hunger and poverty by expanding opportunity and justice, promoting economic growth and good paying jobs, stabilizing family life, and protecting the well-being of children. We celebrate the progress the world is making against hunger, poverty, and disease, and we are encouraged by the possibility of ending extreme hunger and poverty globally. Dramatic progress against hunger and poverty in our richly blessed country is also possible. Please, protect the poor and help create the opportunities that make them poor no more.
The full list of signatories is available at www.circleofprotection.us
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Press release quotes from some of the signatories:
Rev. David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World and laureate, World Food Prize:
"I'm excited that the President and several key Republicans have recently made proposals that would open opportunity to hungry and poor people. Congress should quickly agree on ways to further reduce the national deficit that won't make life tougher for people who struggle to feed their children. It's time for our nation to turn our attention to making a place at the table for everybody."
Sr. Simone Campbell, Executive Director, NETWORK:
"Some in Congress think that if we make sequester "flexible" we can avert disaster for our people and the economy. They are wrong. The only way forward is to acknowledge the more than $2 trillion in cuts that have already taken place and to enact policies that grow the economy and protect the most vulnerable people in our society. Our faiths and our Constitution challenge us to act for the 'general welfare' of all. Now Congress needs to measure up to that challenge and act for the benefit of all in our society."
Bishop Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America:
"The charter of the Circle of Protection is a powerful witness that people of faith join together in our commitment to those who are hungry and live in poverty. The measure of the necessary work of debt and deficit reduction should not be political gain or loss, but whether or not fiscal decisions reflect the needs of all people, particularly for vulnerable people. I pray for public officials and ask them to remember their God-given call to servant leadership and to forego irresponsible brinksmanship."
Ms. Kathryn Lohre, President, National Council of Churches:
"It is a scandalous reality that today more than one in seven Americans (46.2 million people) – and one in five children – are living in poverty. Budgets are moral documents, reflecting our core values and commitments. For this reason, we urge our elected leaders to continue to seek financial health for this nation while protecting those who are living at its margins, those whom Jesus called "the least of these" (Matthew 25). This is not only a good thing to do; it is the right thing to do. The fiscal showdowns of recent months fail to honor the fact that 46.2 million of us are already living on the brink. This is not acceptable to us, nor is it acceptable to God. We must find another way forward – one which honors the dignity and worth of all of God's children. We pledge our partnership and prayers as we seek together to become a nation where there is truly enough for all."
Stanley J. Noffsinger, General Secretary, Church of the Brethren:
"The Church of the Brethren has always affirmed and lived out Jesus' call to clothe the naked and feed the hungry. If we do not care for the least among us, then we are not truly fulfilling Christ's mission. We must continue serving the poor and marginalized in our own communities, while also supporting programs that provide basic services that help our neighbors pull themselves out of poverty. We cannot allow our leaders to continue to ignore issues of poverty at the expense of our suffering brothers and sisters."
Rev. Jim Wallis, President and CEO, Sojourners:
"Leaders in Washington face serious moral choices on sequester and the budget that will have significant consequences for millions of people across the country. The faith community is urging them to offer moral leadership by protecting vulnerable people living in poverty from further harm and ending the brinksmanship that has slowed our economic recovery. It's time to move away from ideological politics to save our nation's fiscal and moral soul. Now is the time for Washington to create an opportunity agenda that ensures everyone is included in the recovery of our economy."
Rev. Dr. Sharon Watkins, General Minister and President, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ):
"As people of faith, we are called to stand with those among us who are most vulnerable economically, encircling them with the care and protection they need and deserve. As citizens, we can and should call upon our government to do the same."
The Circle of Protection is composed of more than 65 heads of denominations, relief and development agencies, and other Christian organizations. For more information, please visit www.circleofprotection.us.


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As advisors begin preparing for the new year, AdvisorOne spoke with Jeff Montgomery, CEO of AFAM/Innealta Capital, to see how the advisory industry has evolved and what changes advisors can expect in the future.
The biggest trend in the advisory industry is the increased interest in risk management, Montgomery (left) said, especially from clients. "If you have lunch with any financial planner, they'll say, 'I'm getting asked by my clients about risk management.' That wasn't coming from clients 10 years ago."
Montgomery acknowledged that this isn't the first time people have said, "This time is different," but he was confident that this time it's true. "Boomers were in the decumulation phase during the crash," he said. "People underestimate volatility and they overestimate the noncorrelation of traditional asset classes."
As a result, Montgomery said, advisors are taking a "keen look" and keeping a minimum of their portfolio in alternatives. They're also looking closely at black swans. "They're one in a thousand, but these events seem to be more common," he said. To be prepared for those unpredictable events, advisors are looking at tactical asset management, Montgomery said.
"Tactical means adaptive to risk in the markets," he said. "Instead of using long-term buy-and-hold strategies, tactical lets us seek alpha and keep growth funds, and value funds, and buy-and-hold, because we've immunized the portfolio."
In addition to risk management, advisors are also evolving the way they address their practice structure. "Practice structure is not just succession," Montgomery said. "Many practices haven't cracked the code on succession, but they're thinking about it in a more sophisticated way."
Montgomery pointed to people like Philip Palaveev, CEO of The Ensemble Practice, and Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, who aren't just thinking about selling a practice or adding a junior partner as a succession plan, but who are looking at margins and staff for solutions.
Advisors are also changing the way to perform due diligence. "A lot of advisors take a much more sophisticated due diligence process," Montgomery said, that includes full risk questionnaires and interviews with their affiliates. Additionally, "there's a new school of thought in daily operations on roles and responsibilities." Some firms have established due diligence committees or a chief investment officer to meet these responsibilities, he said.
"Staying nimble is its own strategy," Montgomery said. "These advisors are so much quicker to deal with issues and assess risk and weaknesses at money managers."
Finally, the client service model itself is changing, Montgomery said. "Advisors are reinventing the client service model by offering self-service technology and becoming specialists." Ten years ago, he noted, advisors were presenting themselves as "generalists" who could help clients with a variety of planning issues. Today, advisors are focusing on one aspect of planning, he said.
Looking ahead, another change advisors should be prepared for is the rise of exchange-traded funds. "There's going to be an absolute sea change with regard to ETFs," Montgomery said. Various providers are driving the price of the products down, so advisors should expect "more money in the ETF marketplace."
Furthermore, the managed ETF space is the fastest growing segment, Montgomery said, citing research from Morningstar and BlackRock that predicts a 30% increase over the next three years. "We'll be hearing a whole bunch more about managed ETFs. They're growing faster than alternatives or fixed income as an asset class."
Along with change in the advice industry come challenges. One of those, Montgomery said, and it should be no surprise to anyone, is market uncertainty. "Markets are so interconnected and correlated," he said. "You didn't have that scenario 20 years ago."
Another challenge is in declining margins, Montgomery said. He anticipates a new wave of mergers coming.
One challenge that has gotten a lot of attention is the war for talent, Montgomery said. "It's really hard to get good young talent into a firm," he said. "There's a decline in young people coming out of school into the industry."
Finally, advisors are looking at more competition from nontraditional sources, including, in some instances, their own clients. Online brokerages have made it easier for investors to self-direct. "It won't put a big dent in advisors' businesses, but it will be a speed bump."
Other nontraditional sources of competition include foreign competitors, investment managers and banks. "Banks are migrating back to asset management," Montgomery said. "Spreads on loan business are not favorable, so they're getting back in the asset management business."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story gave Mark Tibergien's title as CEO of Pershing. He is CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, an affiliate of Pershing LLC.


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Sam Silverman is co-captain of his high school football team — a safety accustomed to bruising collisions. But that's nothing compared with the abuse he gets for being a vegetarian.
"I get a lot of flak for it in the locker room," said the 16-year-old junior at Westborough High School in Massachusetts.
"All the time, my friends try to get me to eat meat and tell me how good it tastes and how much bigger I would be," said Silverman, who is 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds. "But for me, there's no real temptation."
Silverman may feel like a vegetable vendor at a butchers' convention, but about 367,000 other kids are in the same boat, according to a recent study that provides the government's first estimate of how many children avoid meat. That's about 1 in 200.
Other surveys suggest the rate could be four to six times that among older teens who have more control over what they eat than young children do.
A loose name
Vegetarian diets exclude meat, but the name is sometimes loosely worn. Some self-described vegetarians eat fish or poultry on occasion, while others — called vegans — cut out animal products of any kind, including eggs and dairy products.
Video: Is a meatless diet safe for kids? Anecdotally, adolescent vegetarianism seems to be rising, thanks in part to YouTube animal slaughter videos that shock the developing sensibilities of many U.S. children. But there isn't enough long-term data to prove that, according to government researchers.
The new estimate of young vegetarians comes from a recent federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study of alternative medicine based on a survey of thousands of Americans in 2007. Information on children's diet habits was gleaned from about 9,000 parents and other adults speaking on the behalf of those under 18.
"I don't think we've done a good job of counting the number of vegetarian youth, but I think this is reasonable," Amy Lanou, a nutrition scientist at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, said of the government estimate. She works with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a vegan advocacy group.
Compassionate view
Vegetarians say it's animal welfare, not health, that most often causes kids to stop eating meat.
"Compassion for animals is the major, major reason," said Richard Schwartz, president of Jewish Vegetarians of North America, an organization with a newsletter mailing list of about 800. "When kids find out the things they are eating are living animals — and if they have a pet...."
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Case in point is Nicole Nightingale, 14, of Safety Harbor, Fla. In 2007, Nightingale was on the Internet to read about chicken when she came across a video on YouTube that showed the birds being slaughtered. At the end, viewers were invited to go to the Web site peta.org — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Nicole told her parents she was going vegan, prompting her mother to send an angry letter to PETA. But the vegan diet is working out, and now her mother is taking steps to become a vegetarian, too, said Nightingale, an eighth-grader.
She believes her experience was typical for a pre-adolescent vegetarian. "A lot more kids are using the Internet. They're curious about stuff and trying to become independent and they're trying to find out who they are," she said.
Not necessarily low-cal
Vegetarians are most often female, from higher-income families and living on the East or West coasts, according to previous studies. One good place to find teen vegetarians is Agnes Scott College, a mostly white, all-women's private school in suburban Atlanta with about 850 students. Roughly 5 to 10 percent of Agnes Scott students eat vegetarian, said Pete Miller, the college's director of food service.
Slideshow: A growing problem Frequently, the most popular entree at the college dining hall is a fresh mozzarella sandwich with organic greens. And the comment board (called "the Beef Board," as in "what's your beef?") often contains plaudits for vegetarian dishes or requests for more. "They're very vocal," Miller said of his vegetarian diners.
Eating vegetarian can be very healthy — nutritionists often push kids to eat more fruits and vegetables, of course. For growing children, however, it's important to get sufficient amounts of protein, vitamins B12 and D, iron, calcium and other important nutrients that most people get from meat, eggs and dairy.
Also, vegetarian diets are not necessarily slimming. Some vegetarian kids cut out meat but fill up on doughnuts, french fries, soda or potato chips, experts said.
"Vegetarian doesn't mean low-calorie," said Dr. Christopher Bolling, who directs weight management research at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He said roughly 10 to 15 percent of the overweight kids who come to his medical center's weight loss program have tried a vegetarian diet at some point before starting the program.
Rayna Middlebrooks, 15, last year started a weight-loss program offered by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a nonprofit hospital organization. She said she's been on a vegetarian diet for four years and now carries about 250 pounds on her 5-foot-3 inch frame.
Her mother confirmed that, and said that although Rayna does a great job of cooking vegetable-rich stir-fried meals for herself, the girl also loves pasta, soda and sweets. "I have to watch her with the candy," said Barbara Middlebrooks, of Decatur.
On the flip side is Silverman, the Boston-area football player. He's pleased with his health and has no problem sticking to his diet. Rather than try to negotiate the school cafeteria line, he brings his lunch to school. It's the same lunch every day — rye bread, some chicken-like tofu, cheese, a clementine and an assortment of Nutrigrain, Cliff, granola and Power Bars.
He was raised vegetarian and said it's now so deeply ingrained that the idea of eating meat is nauseating. Recently, he ate something he belatedly realized might contain chicken. "I felt sick the rest of the day, until I threw up," he said.
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When it comes to backing the notion of government intervention in the marketplace, business leaders in the metals industry have just three words for Washington: infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure.
Throughout 2011, and especially this summer, calls have come from metals players for infrastructure investment to help lift the U.S. economy out of its continuing doldrums. What they want is a mixture of public investment, aggressive deregulation, generous tax policy and job creation.
That viewpoint hasnt changed much since January 2009, when President Obama took office amid an optimistic clamor that he would usher in a series of programs that would revive demand for steel, aluminum and other metals as part of his overall plans for economic recoverya sort of New Deal for the 21st Century.
What the nation needed, many economists and manufacturing sector analysts said at the time, was an aggressive plan to put people back to work rebuilding roads, bridges, schools, advanced manufacturingjust the sort of projects that require tons of metal.
What the nation got was a watered-downed, half-measure chimera called the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a.k.a. The Stimulus. But its spending levels werent nearly big enough to counter the losses created by the Great Recession at the end of the Bush presidency and years of reckless congressional fiscal policy. Furthermore, its focus was blurry, putting most of its efforts on tax cuts and entitlement program enhancements, leaving a shockingly little amount for actual construction and rebuilding.
Robert Weidner, president and chief executive officer of the Metals Service Center Institute, may well have been speaking for dozens of metals industry leaders in a variety of sectors (see story, page 26) when he said: "The reality is that the economic stimulus program has had a negligible impact on the service center industry."
The stimulus package may ultimately prove to be the Achilles heel of the Obama administration. The President has been assailed from right and left for his failure to gain lasting economic momentum. Yes, the stimulus spending probably kept things from getting much worse, but it didnt do enough to make things much better, either.
And beyond the purely political realm, the business community hasnt been silent, either. Manufacturers have been waiting for the economy to turn the corner and, in light of the failure to do so, the government to put the whip to the economic team of horses.
"There is no question that if the money spent on the economic stimulus program was invested instead in the nations infrastructure, it would have probably created more jobs and helped the country and the U.S. service center industry more," Weidner said.
Although there is still some stimulus money yet to be spent, no one seriously believes that it will be enough to fulfill the promises made two years ago when it was first passed and implemented. So if the stimulus is too little and, now, too late, what if anything can still get the job done?
There are two possibilities still on the table. One is the surface transportation reauthorization bill. Although it has yet to make its way through Congress, there is still a chance something could happen this year. Some form of such a bill would commit millions or perhaps billions of dollars toward construction projects, many of which would benefit metals industries.
The other possibility, perhaps more important, is something that the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Steel Manufacturers Association both support: the Infrastructure Jobs and Energy Independence Act (H.R.1863), which focuses on expanding access to Americas domestic oil and natural gas resources and on rebuilding the U.S. transportation system. It, too, is stalled in the gridlock of Washington.
That something must be done is hard to dispute. The economy remains fragile, and around every corner looms the potential of another downturn. The unemployment rate remains high. Foreign competition continues to erode domestic gains. The housing crisis is still draining resources and hopes.
We need renewed infrastructure, not just in the literal sense of buildings and roads but in the figurative sense of restoring faith in government, business and the ability of the U.S. economy to help create a better future for all citizens. The President must begin showing true leadership if that is to happen.
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Long Beach, Hancock County beaches hit by most oil ever
What appeared to be the largest amount of oily tar to hit the Mississippi Coast at one time was washing in from west of the Long Beach Harbor into the edge of Pass Christian late Wednesday night.
Crews also were removing large amounts of tar balls and patties that washed ashore Wednesday morning on a stretch of Hancock County beach from Nicholson Avenue to Lakeshore Drive.
Harrison County Emergency Manager Rupert Lacy said the material in Harrison County was "tar mats and patties … kind of the consistency of liver." It was coming in over a 5- to 6-mile stretch from about a mile west of the harbor to the eastern edge of Pass Christian. He said the material was in large mats, floating near the bottom, and breaking up and washing onto the beach in smaller pieces.
Long Beach Fire Chief George Bass, the city's emergency manager, said Wednesday night there were some tar mats in the water "the size of school buses."
Lacy said workers began cleaning smaller pieces early Wednesday morning. Late Wednesday night there were about 300 cleanup workers out, planning to work through the night. He said some boats had been out trying to scoop up some of the material as well.
Mayor Billy Skellie said the largest tar patties, those the size of school buses, are out in the water and breaking up before they reach the beach.
Some parts of the beach are covered with thick, gooey oil balls, he said.
"There are two spots that are 20 yards wide and 40 yards long where it's pretty heavy," he said. "It's the largest amount of oil the cleanup crew said they've ever seen."
Lacy said he suspects rough seas the last few days had "pushed the product down," and as seas are returning to normal the tar is rolling onto the beach in eddies.
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Graduated senior Max McKay was one of two Liberty golfers named to the 2012-13 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team.
2012-13 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team
For the first time in program history, Liberty had a pair of golfers named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team in the same season with senior Max McKay and junior Ian McConnell both receiving collegiate golf's top individual academic honor.
A total of 248 collegiate golfers were named to the 2012-13 Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team, sponsored by the Golf Coaches Association of America, including 152 Division I golfers.
To be eligible for the team, an individual must be a junior or senior academically and have competed in at least three full years at the collegiate level.
The golfer must also have participated in 50 percent of his team's competitive rounds or competed in the NCAA Championships, have a stroke-average under 76.0 in Division I, 78.0 in Division II, 77.0 in NAIA and 79.0 in Division III, and maintain a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.20. A recipient must also be of high moral character and be in good standing at his college or university.
McKay and McConnell are the ninth and 10th golfers in Liberty's program history to be named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar Team. Preston Dembowiak was the last Liberty golfer to be named to the team, garnering a spot on the academic all-star team in both 2010 and 2011.
Both McKay and McConnell helped the Flames to their third-straight NCAA Regional appearance this past season. Liberty finished the year ranked No. 44 in the final GolfStat ranking and No. 38 in the season-ending Golfweek ranking.
McKay ranked fourth on the team with a 74.68 stroke average and was second on the team with 10 rounds at par or better. He also finished second on the team with five top 10 finishes, giving him 16 total top 10 finishes for his career.
McConnell was fifth on Liberty's roster with a 74.77 stroke average. He helped the Flames capture their lone team title during the season at the Rees Jones Invitational, as he individually finished in second place with a three-over par 219 (68-74-77).
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Romney's message may be losing its luster in NH
Mitt Romney is a part-time resident of this tiny state, and his fiscally conservative, socially moderate tenure as governor of neighboring Massachusetts once seemed a good match for New Hampshire's independent and libertarian-leaning electorate.
Yet, Romney trails President Barack Obama in polls here, as he does in most other presidential battlegrounds, despite spending considerable time and money to lock up the state's four Electoral College votes. Some New Hampshire voters say they are turned off by his shift to the right on issues like abortion, while others have absorbed the message from Obama campaign ads depicting Romney as a wealthy corporate titan who doesn't understand the concerns of ordinary people.
"He's just another rich, arrogant son of a gun," said Norm Small, 61, a registered independent who runs a bowling alley in Berlin in northern New Hampshire. The town is home to many of the working-class white voters who have never embraced Obama, but interviews found many residents deeply skeptical of Romney's fiscal policies and aura of privilege.
Small said he was offended by comments Romney made at a secretly videotaped Florida fundraiser suggesting that 47 percent of people see themselves as "victims" entitled to public assistance and are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. The Obama campaign is running a tough new ad in New Hampshire drawing attention to those remarks.
"The people who are getting help probably really need it," Small said. "Romney says 47 percent of people are living off the dole? He should realize that lot of them are struggling."
Polls until recently had shown Romney giving strong chase to Obama in a state Obama carried by nearly 10 percentage points over Republican John McCain four years ago. But a University of New Hampshire poll released Monday found Obama leading Romney by 52-37 percent among likely New Hampshire voters.
The Romney campaign's TV advertising has dipped somewhat in the state in recent weeks but has been buoyed by ads from the super PAC American Crossroads. Aides downplayed the advertising drop, noting the state does not have an early voting program, meaning voters can be wooed through Election Day, Nov. 6.
"We are committed, we are focused, and we have a ground game that is extraordinarily strong," Romney senior New Hampshire adviser Jim Merrill said. "This state is absolutely in play."
Romney has made the state part of his identity: He formally announced his 2012 presidential candidacy at a New Hampshire farm and has spent many weekends at his vacation compound on Lake Winnipesaukee.
New Hampshire has not always been the most hospitable place for Obama. In the 2008 Democratic primary, voters snubbed him for rival Hillary Rodman Clinton just days after Obama routed the former first lady in Iowa's kickoff caucuses.
Berlin resident David Viger says Obama's tax and regulatory policies have hurt and in some cases shut down local businesses. The 61-year-old auto repair shop owner says he is eager to vote for Romney.
"Romney is a successful businessman. Obama is not," Viger said. "Obama has no clue on how to run a business. Obama couldn't run a lemonade stand."
New Hampshire is the smallest of the major battleground states. But both sides are acutely aware of its potential to alter the outcome if the national contest is tight.
They point to 2000, when Democrat Al Gore lost New Hampshire by just 7,000 votes to Republican George W. Bush. Had Gore prevailed in New Hampshire, he would have had the 270 votes needed to win the election and the famously disputed Florida vote would not have determined the race.
Romney still must convince voters here he's still the pragmatic problem-solver they observed in Massachusetts.
"A fiscally conservative, socially libertarian message wins here," New Hampshire Institute of Politics director Neil Levesque said. "The message is: `Stay away from me, stay away from my life, and, by the way, what's going on with all the spending? ... Washington is out of control.'"
Romney's focus on jobs may not fully resonate in New Hampshire. The state's unemployment rate of 5.7 percent in August is far lower than the 8.1 percent national average, blunting his effort to cast Obama as a poor steward of the economy.
Romney also faces a considerable gender gap in the state - the UNH Poll found Obama leading Romney among women by 27 percentage points.
Manice Moser, 33, said she would vote for Obama chiefly based on his record on women's issues. The stay-at-home mother of three said her vote was driven more by antipathy to Romney than excitement about the president.
"The most important thing is women's rights. I have two daughters and they should be able to control their choices," Moser said.
Romney was pro-abortion rights as Massachusetts governor but since has shifted his position to oppose abortion in most cases, putting him more in line with the social conservatives who make up a large portion of the national Republican Party base. He has vowed to end federal aid to Planned Parenthood, a leading provider of abortion and contraception services.
Associated Press writer Holly Ramer in Derry, N.H., contributed to this report.
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Based loosely around brothers Chris and Richard Adams and friends to hand, Hood have positioned themselves, over a series of albums, in a unique point in modern UK sound craft.Mapping the territory of their native Yorkshire in sometimes haunted, sometimes passively angry, but always abstract and melodic song cycles, the Hood sound is rural, English and submerging.
Their most recent collection, 2001's Cold House is a deft configuration of song, glitch and atmosphere featuring guest spots from fellow travelers Why? and Dose 1 of Anticon's cLOUDDEAD. Both ancient and modern, the album clicks and beats around a consciousness, space and time of its own.
Firm favourites with both deconstructed backpackers, the aforementioned cLOUDDEAD, and post rockers such as Mogwai (Hood have toured with both), each Hood release is an ongoing and ever more confident statement of intent: a half-remembered walk in the country, an unexpected chord sequence, a band sounding like no other standing on its own.


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The Senate is ready to approve its alternative to Medicaid expansion, a program that qualifies for $51 billion in federal funding to insure 1 million people. Members will do so without considering a rival plan from House Republicans.
The Senate's decision to stick with its plan and not consider the House's makes it even less likely the two sides will reach a compromise by Friday, the final day of session.
The House sent its plan, HB 7169, to the Senate after approving it last week after roughly seven hours of debate over two days. Today, there was no discussion and no objections as the Senate agreed to remove the language in the House bill and replace it with the Senate's proposal.
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Sen. Joe Negron, the architect of the Senate plan, used very different language explaining his proposal than House Republicans did last week when they rejected it. They described his plan as just an extension of the failed Medicaid system that didn't provide quality insurance coverages to low-income Floridians.
"Nothing in this bill expands Medicaid," the Stuart Republican said today. "We don't want to expand Medicaid, and we want to have a Florida solution and not Washington solution."
The Senate also gutted a third proposal created by Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, that was similar to the House Republican plan. He agreed to an amendment that erased the language initially contained in SB 1844.
Now that bill simply allocates $900,000 to fund Florida Health Choices, the state-based insurance exchange that pre-dates the health care law. The Senate approved the amended bill unanimously.


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Intex is one of the leading companies in IT hardware, consumer electronics and mobile phones. This company is popularly known for manufacturing entry-level feature phones in India. Intex recently launched the new Intex Sense budget phone. The stylish Intex Sense comes with a 3.2 inch touchscreen display as well as a 3 megapixel camera.
The Intex Application Store – WStore available in the phone is preloaded with 41 international and popular games including the Doodle Jump, Angry Birds, Gears of War, Guns & Glory, Need for Speed and Gogo Box.
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar, GM, Mobile Business, Intex Technologies (India) Ltd. said,
"We are a consumer oriented company and with every launch, we aim to address the changing needs of our customers. People in today's time are looking for a phone that offers not only great features but also one that is dependable. When paired with numerous features and exciting applications such as weather forecasts, vocabulary, movie and books, INTEX SENSE offers a unique experience that is simply unmatched in the market at this price point."
The Intex Sense features a 3.2 inch touchscreen display, 3 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 1.3 megapixel front facing-camera, 79 MB internal memory, microSD card slot, 4 GB microSD card bundled, 4.5 hours of talktime and 380 hours of stand-by time. This handset comes pre-loaded with some of the famous books, ranging from classic to fiction and from thriller to general science, etc. Additionally, the user can save upto 500 books in secondary storage of the phone.
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Administration projects $1.2T 2012 budget deficit
WASHINGTON -- New figures released Friday by the White House predict this year's federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion.
That would make the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus deficits during President Barack Obama's administration.
The bleak figures, while expected, are sure to add fuel to the already heated presidential campaign, in which Obama's handling of the economy and the budget are a main topic. Friday's release came as the government announced that U.S. economic growth slowed to an annual rate of just 1.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, as consumers cut back sharply on spending.
The White House budget office also predicts the economy will grow at a modest 2.6 percent annual rate this year and that the jobless rate will average 8 percent this year.
"The economic recovery that began in 2009 will continue at a moderate rate and unemployment will gradually decline," Jeffrey Zients, the acting White House budget director said in a blog post. "The economy still faces significant headwinds," he added.
The 2012 budget year ends on Sept. 30. The White House also predicted that next year's deficit will fall just short of $1 trillion, higher than it predicted in its February budget release. The predicted deficit for 2012 actually improved by $116 billion, but much of that was because Congress didn't enact much of Obama's jobs plan.
But the White House promises deficits will drop to about 3 percent of the size of the economy by 2017, in part through $1.5 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade.


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The Blue Devils have made more changes to this week's baseball schedule. The weekend series with Fairfield has been moved to Saturday and Sunday. Central will play at Fairfield on Saturday in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. The two teams will then play a single game on Sunday, at CCSU, at 1 p.m.


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The SOLI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE opens their season this week with a program of the music of Aaron Jay Kernis. Originally the composer was going to be in San Antonio, but a family emergency has kept him in NYC. But, on Tuesday at Ruth Taylor Recital Hall, you can meet him through Skype and the Internet at the pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Long distance music lessons are becoming more common these days, but this will be the first long distance pre-concert talk I've ever attended.
Monday, January 25 – Gallery Nord at 7: 30 p.m.
Tuesday, January 26 – Trinity University, Ruth Taylor Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
7:00 pm Pre-concert talk both nights before the 7:30 pm Concert
SOLI Chamber Ensemble will donate all ticket sales to their concerts January 25 and 26 to UNICEF relief efforts in Haiti.
You can read the composer's excellent program notes on the SOLI web site here: http://bit.ly/5T8Qoh.
Thursday, January 28th at 7:30 p.m.
Harmonia Ariosa: Vocal & Instrumental Music from 17th Century Austria & Italy
Laurie Young Stevens and Friends
including special guests Manfredo Kraemer, violin, Argentina; Paul Leenhouts, recorder, Netherlands; Phoebe Carrai, cello, Boston
St. Luke's Episcopal Church,
11 St. Luke's Lane, San Antonio, TX
Friday, January 29 and Saturday, January 30 at 8 p.m.
Majestic Theatre
Scott Yoo, conductor and Stewart Goodyear, piano
Music by Fine, Grieg and Dvo?ák
Saturday, January 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Pablo Ziegler Trio for Nuevo Tango
Ruth Taylor Recital Hall at Trinity University
Sunday, January 31, at 3 p.m.
Arts at Coker presents Dong-Ill Shin, organ
Coker United Methodist Church, 231 E. North Loop Rd.
Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Troy Peters, conductor
Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium
Renowned New York composer, Daron Hagen draws on his Norwegian heritage in a Fanfare given a world premiere by YOSA and written to celebrate Troy Peters' inaugural season as Music Director in San Antonio. Darrett Adkins travels south from Oberlin, where he serves on the conservatory faculty, for a performance of Schumann's introspective cello concerto. The concert concludes with music from Finland's finest composer, who wrote his first symphony in the winter months at the close of the 19th century.
Daron Hagen, Northern Lights
Schumann, Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Sibelius, Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
February 4, 5 & 7
Kerrville, 2/4/2010 @ 7:30 (800 E Jefferson)
Boerne, 2/5/2010 @ 7:30 (205 E. James)
San Antonio. 2/7/2010 @ 3:00 (230 E. Travis)
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April 6, 2013 – Japanese Olympic Judo Gold Medalist and MMA fighter, Satoshi Ishii, returns to USA Judo's Senior National Championships next weekend to fight in the open division.
Ishii twice took gold at the prestigious All-Japan Championships in Tokyo and gold in the 100+ kg division at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. He moved quickly to pursue a career in mixed martial arts but remained a presence on the tatamis, taking gold in the spring of 2011 in the open division at USA Judo's Senior National Championships.
USA Judo confirmed that Ishii is registered to fight in the open division at the Senior National Championships, scheduled to compete on Sunday, April 14, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center.
Ishii wore the U.S. flag on his gi as he dominated the open division at the Senior Nationals in 2011, and it was reported that Ishii said he wanted to earn his U.S. citizenship and compete for the USA. He has not since been on a team for USA Judo, the national governing body for the Olympic sport.
According to MMA website, Sherdog, http://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Satoshi-Ishii-41887, Ishii has gone 7-2-1 professionally since December 2009.
For more information on the Senior National Championships, go to: USJUDO.ORG.
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