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Score one for the Constitution
The Bush administration took a serious -- and potentially embarrassing -- hit last week when the Supreme Court essentially ruled that the detainees at Guantanamo have the same basic rights as any other person in the United States -- citizen or not.
This county is founded on the rule of law, that all men are equal and that each has the right to a fair and open trial if charged with a crime.
Because the main enemy in the Global War on Terror isn't a nation, but rather a shadowy movement, the Bush administration has always had difficulty defining these prisoners.
If they are POWs, then they have certain rights under the Geneva conventions, among which is the requirement that they not be tortured -- something this administration has insisted it has the right to do (blackening our reputation around the world).
If they are criminals, which the administration has often called them in describing their crimes against humanity, then they have all the legal rights of any person arrested by United States authorities. That means a right to a speedy trial (many have been held five years without being charged with anything), the right to face your accusers in open court (Bush wants to hold secret trials in which the defense wouldn't even be allowed to see or know about some evidence presented to the court) and the right to invoke habeas corpus, in which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention (the state has to show there is just cause to hold a person pending trial). Habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action and is deeply imbedded in the philosophy and language of the Constitution of the United States.
Those constitutional guarantees have been pretty much trampled on by the Bush administration, which has torn up the Constitution whenever it has suited them.
The Supreme Court brought a halt to some of that last week.
Many of those held in Guantanamo are very bad people. America and the world deserve to see these people brought to justice. But justice means a fair and open trial in which a conviction is supported by the evidence.
For most of the very bad people there, evidence is plentiful.
But, the administration is now admitting, for several hundred of those prisoners, there is no evidence, even of participation in any anti-American activities, and the Supreme Court ruling will force them to let those people go.
Think about that for a minute. For up to five years several hundred people have been imprisoned by the Bush administration with no evidence that they have committed any crime. Some of those, they can't even show fought against the United States or aided those who did.
For political reasons, very few members of Congress want to impeach Bush. But few presidents have ever mangled the Constitution and deserved it as much as he has.
Fortunately, in our country the system eventually works, and the Supreme Court called a halt to this madness. The rule of law is, piece by piece, slowly being restored to America again.
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Having kids means more than stocking up on baby necessities (as well as buying some not-so-essential items): often it feels like our homes are quickly taken over by less-than-hip kid accoutrements. Most of us, during our child-free days, did not imagine a kitchen playset parked in the middle of our living room. Now with a new dollhouse/coffee table from Qubis Haus, family living space can still be modern, stylish, and playful. Amy Whitworth's award-winning design transforms from a functional coffee table into a dollhouse simply by adding sliding panels made out of wood and plexiglass.
Made in the United Kingdom from solid birch plywood, Qubis Haus even incorporates creativity: the dollhouse wall dividers can be rearranged, so your budding interior designer can create different rooms. While this hybrid coffee table/dollhouse doesn't come cheap, we think the value of being able to combine functional family living, kid playspace, and creativity is priceless!
And since every dollhouse needs furniture, there are three sets of magnetic furniture available from Qubis Haus, made in Wales from locally grown, sustainable oak. The toy furniture is actually made from building clocks that click together with magnets. We love that each set (featuring the basics like a bed and chairs) also includes fabric accessories like a pouf or sofa throw as well as spare blocks for your child to create their own furniture.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Ohio State Highway Patrol says the driver of a Greyhound bus that ran off an interstate and flipped over apparently began coughing while drinking coffee and possibly choked on it before passing out just before the accident, which injured at least 35 people.
Lt. Ed Mejia (muh-HEE'-uh) said Monday the final report on the Sept. 14 accident should be released this week.
Mejia says he doesn't know driver Dwayne Garrett's medical condition and is awaiting blood and toxicology results.
The bus was carrying 51 passengers from Cincinnati to Detroit when it ran off Interstate 75 just north of Cincinnati. There were no life-threatening injuries.
A recording at a phone number for Garrett says the number may be disconnected.
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Spring flowers, summer dresses. Sweets, marshmallows, and cupcake icing. Some of our favorite things come in pastel shades, and now the Cahier Journal does aswell.
As subtle accents to a dark or neutral palette, the pastel-coloured Cahiers come in a trio of Persian Lilac, Frangipane Yellow and Peach Blossom Pink. All three can be used together to colour-code your creativity and organize your work, so your ideas are always fresh.
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A warm salad of luscious wilted greens topped with a fantastic mix of shrimp, pancetta and mushrooms. The warm vinaigrette drizzle is a perfect finish to the dish.
1⁄2 lb. pancetta, cut into cubes
2 tbsp. minced shallots
1⁄2 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 lb. large shrimp, deveined, tails on
1 fennel bulb, thinly sliced
1⁄2 head chicory, torn into pieces
1⁄2 lb. kale, torn into pieces
1 Belgian endive, torn into pieces
1⁄2 cup balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. Dijon mustard
Pinch sugar
Salt and pepper
1. In large skillet, cook pancetta until lightly browned. Remove from pan. In drippings, sauté shallots and mushrooms until tender. Add shrimp; sauté until they turn pink, about 2 min.
2. Remove shrimp mixture from skillet and reserve. In same skillet, sauté fennel, chicory, kale, and endive until barely wilted, adding olive oil if necessary. Remove from skillet and place in large bowl.
3. In same skillet, heat vinegar, oil, Dijon, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste; bring dressing to a boil.
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Ex-Pa. Justice Melvin gets house arrest, probation
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin avoided prison time Tuesday for her campaign corruption conviction but was ordered to send written apologies to every judge in the state because she abused her office.
Melvin and her sister and former aide Janine Orie each received house arrest for illegally using the judge's state-funded staff as part of her two campaigns for a seat on the state's highest court.
Allegheny County Judge Lester Nauhaus chided Melvin for engaging in crimes of "arrogance" and ordered her to immediately have her picture taken by a county photographer, so she can write apologies on them and send them to several hundred state judges.
Although Nauhaus didn't imprison the women as prosecutors hoped, he admonished Melvin for claiming to be a role model for her children.
"What kind of role model are you? These are felonies, this isn't a parking ticket, and your children's mother is a convicted felon," Nauhaus told Melvin, 57, a married mother of six.
The sisters were convicted of theft of services and other crimes for using Melvin's former court staff— and the staff of a third sister, former state Sen. Jane Orie — to work on Melvin's political campaigns in 2003 and 2009. Melvin was a Superior Court judge at the time, and lost the first election before voters picked her for the state's highest court.
Melvin, a devout Catholic, was sentenced to three years of house arrest during which she may leave only for church — unless she receives specific permission from the judge for other activities — followed by two years' probation. She is also barred from referring to herself as a judge while under sentence.
Janine Orie, 58, was sentenced to one year of house arrest and two years of probation for helping coordinate the illegal campaigning.
One Melvin staffer said she was shunned by Janine Orie and Melvin after objecting to the campaign work and another, law clerk Lisa Sasinoski, claimed she was fired — although jurors were unable to reach a verdict on a count of official oppression relating to that claim.
"She violated the law, she ruined the lives of an awful lot of people," Nauhaus said in explaining Melvin's sentence.
Nauhaus also ordered the sisters to write letters of apology to any staff who were made to do the illegal work.
Melvin has surrendered her law license and resigned her court seat effective May 1, but Nauhaus still saw fit to formally remove her from office, apparently to emphasize the point and head off a protracted legal battle like that involving Rolf Larsen, the only other sitting state Supreme Court justice convicted of a crime.
Larsen, also from Allegheny County, was convicted in 1994 and the trial judge ordered him removed from office while sentencing Larsen to probation for using court employees' names to get prescriptions filled so he could hide taking drugs to battle anxiety and depression. Larsen challenged the judge's removal although he was ultimately removed by the state Senate and the Court of Judicial Discipline.
Nauhaus also fined Melvin $55,000. Although Melvin will likely lose a state pension estimated at $140,000 annually, she was entitled to a refund of her payroll pension contributions. Nauhaus said the fine — and still-to-be-determined court costs and restitution — are designed to "exhaust" the pension money.
Deputy District Attorney Lawrence Claus had asked for a sentence similar to the 2½- to 10-year prison sentence Jane Orie is serving. The 51-year-old ex-lawmaker was convicted of misusing her state-funded Senate staff on her own campaigns, and forging defense documents used at her initial mistrial, though she was acquitted of making her staff campaign for Melvin, too.
University of Pittsburgh law professor John Burkoff, who followed the case, said Melvin "got off easy" because she's not going to prison like Jane Orie.
"She should thank her lucky stars," he said, adding that Nauhaus appeared to be sending a message to his colleagues by way of the court-ordered apologies.
"His message transmitted through her apology: Hey, this could be you if you forget that even though you are a judge, you're not above the law," Burkoff said.
Melvin's attorney, Patrick Casey, argued for probation noting that the aggregate value of the illegal campaign work Melvin received from state-paid staffers was about $34,000. Nauhaus acknowledged the illegal work was a pittance compared to roughly $1 million Melvin reportedly spent on each of her Supreme Court campaigns, but said arrogance, not necessity, drove the abuses.
"I don't believe that Joan Melvin is an evil person, I've never believed that," Nauhaus told the courtroom. "But I do believe that her arrogance is stunning."
Both sides declined comment after the sentencing.


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LaRue Baptist Church will host its third annual "Biker Sunday" Aug. 4.
The event has draw about 100 motorcycles each year, said Judy Bottoms, who, in the past, has organized the event with her dad, Charles Allen.
This year, Biker Sunday is dedicated in memory of Allen, who passed away in May at the age of 73. Allen was a truck driver and became ill while on an out-of-state run. He also was a U.S. Army veteran.
"This year will really be hard on me," said Bottoms.
Church of Christ food distribution
The LaRue County Church of Christ will distribute food 6-7 p.m. July 24, and 9:30 a.m.-noon July 26. For more information, call 358-9812.
Homecoming at Levelwoods
Levelwoods United Methodist Church is having a homecoming 11 a.m. July 28. Lunch will follow the service and Bluegrass gospel will be performed in the afternoon.
Service times change at Hodgenville Christian
Loneliness is no respecter of persons. People may turn to drink, lose their sanity, and commit suicide because of the despair of loneliness. How many lonely people there are today!
God did not create man to live in miserable inner loneliness. Jesus came to restore fellowship between man and God, and to take away human loneliness. Jesus Christ will take away loneliness from your soul. He will be your companion and friend.
The answer to a richer, fuller life is in Jesus. This kind of life comes about as a result of a continual relationship with him through commitment, surrender and obedience.
Paul mentions three simple acts in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 that will promote a fuller life. First, Paul says, "Be joyful always." This joy must be found in the Lord.
Some seek their joy in toys, trinkets and treasures of this life, but these are temporary and do not last. True joy comes from our relationship with the Lord.
The Elizabethtown Area Christian Women's Connection celebrated their 35th birthday on July 8.
About 50 women from Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Hodgenville, Vine Grove, Cecilia and Leitchfield attended, including three women from the 1978 executive committee – Gwen Yarbrough, Barbara Hicks and Rose Harris. Also attending were five women who were past chairperson: Pam Kerr, serving 1987-88; Jeanette Wilson, 1997-99; Alice Pepper, 1999-2001 and 2003-4; Carolyn Smith, 2001-3; and Denise Garrett, 2007 to present.
The stately beauty of the great oaken doors was there all along, but it was buried beneath layers of paint and needed the caring hands of a master craftsman to bring it out again.
The Rev. Troy Overton knew just the man.
Harold Bowling, who will be 77 in August, was baptized at St. Catherine Catholic Church in New Haven as a child and had been a parishioner there most of his life.
Methodist records
Hodgenville United Methodist is preparing a celebration of 175 years of Christian stewardship. Church librarian Gary Gardner is looking for any early church records and photographs of past church buildings and members. He can be contacted at 270-766-9106, or gifts can be anonymously returned to the church by mailing to Gardner at P.O. Box 28, Hodgenville, KY 42748.
Oak Hill holds VBS
"The Lord is near." Paul makes this statement in Philippians 4:5 as he speaks of the second coming of Christ.
In light of Christ's soon return what should we do? The apostle makes suggestions.
First he says, "Let your gentleness be evident to all." The way of Christ is gentleness and kindness. Some want to throw their weight around and are not nice, kind and gentle. Paul said in light of the soon return of Christ, we need to be kind and gentle to all people.
There is an old axiom which says, "Use it or lose it." This principle can be applied to almost everything in life.
Methodist records needed
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Nasal strip may keep California Chrome from Triple Crown bid
The thorns poking at California Chrome's Triple Crown bid got a little sharper on Sunday morning.
Less than 12 hours after the three-year-old colt was near-dominant in adding the Preakness Stakes to his Kentucky Derby triumph, an unexpected challenge surfaced and one that had the champ's trainer threatening to pass on the Belmont Stakes.
At issue is a piece of equipment California Chrome has used throughout his six-race winning streak, including the pair that have put him on the threshold of becoming the 12th Triple Crown winner in thoroughbred racing's history.
Like many human athletes, the speedy chestnut has been using a nasal strip to help his breathing and get more air to the lungs which has helped fuel the impressive horsepower. But in the past, officials at Belmont Park have banned horses from using the strips out of concern that they could be performance-enhancing.
The prospect of racing without it in the gruelling 1 1/2-mile Belmont clearly didn't sit well with trainer Art Sherman, the 77-year-old small-time horseman who has hit it big this spring with his Derby-Preakness winner.
"All over the country they let you wear them, why would New York not?" Sherman said outside his barn at Pimlico Racecourse where California Chrome had recovered nicely from his impressive Preakness win the previous evening.
"We might have a little controversy here. It might be an issue."
We're betting that by Belmont time it won't be and that California Chrome and will run with or without nasal strips. But Sherman's comments will make for an interesting decision by the head steward at Belmont Park, who will ultimately make the call.
By later in the day, the New York State Gaming Commission, which oversees racing in the state, said nasal strips are not illegal but are up to the discretion of track stewards.
"If a request to use nasal strips is made, the decision on whether to permit them or not will be fully evaluated and determined by the stewards," the Commission said in a release.
Ultimately, it may come down to which side blinks first, but rest assured the New York Racing Association, which owns Belmont Park and runs the Belmont Stakes, will do everything it can to have California Chrome on the track for the June 7 conclusion to the Triple Crown.
The winner had barely crossed the finish line at the Preakness and NYRA had already released a striking poster hyping the Belmont with the catchy "Go Big and Go Chrome," billing. Racing isn't exactly thriving these days and a Crown bid guarantees a big house as the Preakness record crowd on Saturday will attest.
From Sherman's perspective, the last thing he wants to do is change the game for his colt going into the longest race of the series facing what may be his toughest competition. The trainer acknowledged as much on Sunday, suggesting the nasal strips have been a help during his impressive win streak.
"I think it opens up his air passage and gives him that little extra oomph that he needs, especially when he's going a mile and a half," Sherman said. "Any time you have a good air passage, that means a lot for these thoroughbreds."
Assuming the air clears — literally and figuratively — California Chrome's bigger hurdle is more likely to come from what is shaping up as a tough Belmont in terms of opposition. The preliminary list of horses pointing to the race includes the second through fifth place finishers in the Derby, all of which passed on the Preakness.
The issue of horses resting up to take down a Triple Crown candidate has made the task even tougher in recent years and has prompted some to call for a change in the format to the historic series. California Chrome's co-owner, Steve Coburn, called for it after his win on Saturday and Sherman re-iterated the concerns the following morning.
"To me, if you're going to the Triple Crown, go for the Triple Crown," Sherman said. "Don't pick your spots. If you are a good enough horse to do it, let's go. Make it fair where you don't have to pick and choose your spots."
Racing purists scoff at the idea, suggesting messing with the format is to mess with history. Sherman, meanwhile, just wants what he feels to be a fair shot at making history.
With three weeks to hype California Chrome's Triple Crown bid, the opinions will come from all corners.
From the racing experts and hardcore handicappers to the casual sports fan, the question will be universal: Can he do it?
History has shown that finishing off the Triple Crown is one of the toughest tasks in all of sport. Since Affirmed last swept the series in 1978, 11 horses have won the Derby and Preakness, only to be denied at the Belmont. A 12th, I'll Have Another, was scratched the day before the 2012 Belmont due to injury.
The man who knows California Chrome the most isn't about to offer a guarantee — why tempt the racing gods? — but he does like his horse's chances.
"I have a good feeling about it," trainer Art Sherman said on Sunday. "After watching him run (on Saturday) with two weeks (between the Derby and Preakness) and showing the courage he had … I don't care how many fresh shooters they have — he's the real McCoy."


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DAYTONA BEACH — The Florida House's decision to forgo billions of dollars in federal funding to expand insurance coverage will hurt hospitals and the community at large, Halifax Health and Florida Hospital executives say.
State lawmakers voted Friday for a health care plan that provides coverage to about 115,000 Florida residents, using $237 million in state funds to give recipients $2,000 a year to buy insurance.
But the plan bypasses more than $50 billion in federal funds the state is eligible to receive over the next 10 years under the Affordable Care Act to expand coverage to 1.1 million Floridians, including an estimated 40,000 in Volusia and Flagler counties.
Jeff Feasel, the CEO of Daytona Beach-based Halifax Health, said not accepting federal dollars is like "shooting ourselves in the foot." Hospitals agreed to forego future payments with the expectation they would see more insured patients.
"I think it's important we accept the federal funds," Feasel said. "The state of Florida is lagging in drawing down federal funds from the federal government. These are tax dollars we are paying that aren't coming back to us."
Opponents of the Affordable Care Act argue accepting the federal dollars would contribute to out-of-control federal spending. The Affordable Care Act calls for the federal government to fund an expansion of Medicaid at 100 percent for the first three years and at least 90 percent thereafter.
The expansion would have a big effect on Flagler and Volusia counties, a region heavily dependent on service- and tourist-orientated jobs, Feasel said. About a quarter of residents in the two counties lack medical insurance.
An alternative plan in the state Senate would use federal dollars to provide 1.1 million low-income residents with vouchers to purchase private insurance.
Daryl Tol, the Volusia-Flagler area CEO for Florida Hospital, joined Feasel in favoring the state Senate plan sponsored by Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart.
Volusia and Flagler residents already pay $47.3 million to support local hospital taxing districts that help fund indigent care, and expanding coverage could reduce the local tax burden, Tol said. Also, uninsured residents will still arrive in the emergency room — costs that must be subsidized through higher commercial insurance premiums.
"That pattern of unhealthy care will continue to burden hospitals, doctors and communities," Tol said.
The Obama administration sought to expand coverage by expanding Medicaid to 138 percent of the federal poverty level — about $31,089 for a family of four and $15,415 for a single person.
The state House plan only extends coverage to people at or below 100 percent of poverty — about $11,490 for a single person and $23,550 for a family of four. Enrollees would have to pay $25 in monthly premiums.
Lawmakers are running out of time to reach a compromise. The legislative session is set to end Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Hospitals dismayed state House shuns federal health care funds
DAYTONA BEACH — The Florida House's decision to forgo billions of dollars in federal funding to expand insurance coverage will hurt hospitals and the community at large, Halifax Health and Florida Hospital executives say.


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Black people have had the naacp for years to help them get away with murder and other crimes and help their kids do better even when their parents fail. Whites tried to start the naawp but it hasn't grown much due to the "slavery guilt" complex and have failed to realise that they too can speak freely in the united states of america, and they too can exercise the freedom of assembly.
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National Assn. for the Advancement of White People.
by Anonymous August 15, 2003
National association for the advancement of white people, or in other words, what the entire friggin' united states has been for the past 400 years. Coined by idiots who don't realize that white people are still disproportionately wealthier in our society because of institutionalized racism that exists to this day.
by CL Delicious March 05, 2005
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I joined the NAAWP today. We're going to go out and assasinate some wiggers. Wanna come with us?
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NEW YORK, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- The musical "Mary Poppins" is to end its Broadway run March 3 after more than six years and 2,619 performances, producers announced Tuesday.
The Disney and Cameron Mackintosh production will play until then at The New Amsterdam Theatre.
"Mary Poppins" opened in 2006, two years after it debuted in London's West End.
"'Mary Poppins' has been a labor of love for Cameron, all of the show's brilliant creators and those of us at Disney Theatrical for over a decade," Thomas Schumacher, producer and president of Disney Theatrical Productions, said in a statement. "But the show's extraordinary success is due to the 500-plus actors, musicians and stagehands who have brought the show to magical life on Broadway and, most importantly, to the audiences who have fallen in love with Mary, Bert and the Banks family every night. We thank them and New York for six tremendous years."
"Bringing 'Mary Poppins' to the Broadway stage with Tom and Disney has been a complete joy and I am thrilled that Mary has been able to inhabit the glorious New Amsterdam for over six years and is now playing overseas to ensure the medicine goes down in the most delightful way. 'Til we meet again," Mackintosh said.


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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A scratchy-voiced President Barack Obama powered through a marathon drive to get his supporters to vote Thursday and planned to set an example by becoming the first president to cast his own ballot ahead of time. Republican Mitt Romney spent one of the precious 12 days before Election Day entirely focused on the Rust Belt battleground of Ohio.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A scratchy-voiced President Barack Obama powered through a marathon drive to get his supporters to vote Thursday and planned to set an example by becoming the first president to cast his own ballot ahead of time. Republican Mitt Romney spent one of the precious 12 days before Election Day entirely focused on the Rust Belt battleground of Ohio.
With a new Associated Press-GfK poll showing Romney has erased Obama's 16-point advantage among women, the president tried to keep a GOP abortion controversy alive. Obama repeatedly made a veiled reference to Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock's comment that pregnancies resulting from rape are "something God intended."
"We've seen again this week, I don't think any male politicians should be making health care decisions for women," Obama said. His campaign also has been intensifying its criticism of Romney for refusing to pull his support for Mourdock, even though the Republican presidential nominee said he disagrees with Mourdock's comment.
Romney tried to avoid the subject. While picking up breakfast at a downtown Cincinnati diner on Thursday, Romney refused to answer repeated questions from reporters standing nearby about Mourdock's comment and whether he would call for Mourdock to take down a TV ad Romney filmed for him earlier this week.
At a rally later at the Jet Machine manufacturing company, Romney didn't mention anything about abortion but spoke repeatedly about the choices facing American families. He said seniors on Medicare would struggle to find doctors if Obama is re-elected, daughters would face crushing college loan debt and parents would lose choices about where to educate their children.
"This election is not about me. It's not about the Republican Party," Romney told a crowd estimated at 3,000. "It's about America. And it's about your family."
Romney's campaign reached out to women by sending Ann Romney on daytime's "Rachael Ray" show, where she prepared her meatloaf cakes recipe and took cameras along on a trip to Costco to shop in bulk for family gatherings. Mrs. Romney said that, with 30 mouths to feed, her family always eats buffet-style and that "Mitt is often at the front of the line."
Romney was on a daylong swing through three Ohio towns, sharpening his focus on a state critical to his hopes of winning the White House. The Republican's advisers say their internal data has him tied to win the state's 18 Electoral College votes, but public polling has shown Obama with a slim lead.
Obama, in the midst of a four-state blitz on Thursday, also was scheduled to finish his day in Ohio. Shortly after Romney concludes his evening remarks in Defiance, the president was set to appear 150 miles to the east in Cleveland.
Virginia also got attention from both campaigns on an unseasonably warm October day, with Obama drawing a massive crowd estimated at 15,000 to Richmond's Byrd Park while GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke before a smaller group at the opposite end of the state in Appalachian coal country. Ryan told the audience of about 1,500 that winning a close race won't be enough for the GOP ticket.
"The worst thing that could happen is President Obama gets re-elected and we have more of the same with a debt crisis," Ryan said. "The second worst thing that could happen is we get elected by default, without a mandate."
The AP-GfK poll released Thursday shows the presidential race still a virtual dead heat nationally, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent. That result is within the poll's 4.2-point margin of error.
Although national polls show the race is close, Romney is struggling to overtake Obama in the state-by-state march to racking up the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory. Romney has far fewer paths to reaching that threshold than Obama, who starts with more states — and more Electoral College votes — in his win column. The race is centered on just nine states, where polls show competitive races: Ohio, Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin.
The president's morning rally kicked off the second day of his 40-hour battleground state blitz. Shortly after 7 a.m. and less than five hours after ending his day in Las Vegas, Obama was at a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop near downtown Tampa, and minutes later delivered the still warm doughnuts to a nearby firehouse. He said he wanted to come by early — noting he is not often out this early — to thank them for all they do.
Obama then spoke to about 8,500 people at a morning rally in Tampa, a swing area of battleground state Florida. With a full day of campaigning still ahead of him, Obama's voice was already hoarse. But he told the enthusiastic crowd he was "just going to keep on keeping on until every single person out there who needs to vote is going to go vote."
He noted to cheers that he was going to Chicago later Thursday to participate in early voting and that first lady Michelle Obama already mailed in her ballot. Obama campaign spokesman Jennifer Psaki said they hoped his example would send a message to others in early voting states that they should do so as well.
About 7.2 million people have already cast early ballots, either by mail or in person, according to the United States Elections Project at George Mason University. In all, about 35 percent of the electorate is expected to vote before Election Day, a small increase over 2008.
Obama's campaign also announced joint rallies Monday with Bill Clinton in Orlando, Fla., Youngstown, Ohio, and Prince William County, Va. The president also picked up an endorsement from former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican who supported Obama in 2008. Powell praised Obama's handling of the economic recovery, telling "CBS This Morning:" ''I think we've begun to come out of the dive and we're gaining altitude." Obama told his Virginia audience that he was "proud and humbled" to get Powell's support.


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Bitcoin behaves more like a speculative investment than a currency, according to a new economic study.
Inspired by the virtual currency's fivefold gain against the dollar in November, David Yermack of the Stern School of Business at New York University probed its historical trading behavior to see if it behaves like a traditional sovereign currency.
His conclusion, contained in a paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research this month, is that it "does not behave like a currency at all" and has hallmarks similar to some Internet stocks that collapsed in the 1990s.
Introduced in 2008, Bitcoins have spread rapidly with about 12 million in circulation, according to Bitcoincharts. Their price soared above $1,000 earlier this year, compared with about $12 a year ago, according to Mt. Gox, an online exchange dealing in Bitcoins. Unregulated by central banks or governments, their rise this year prompted authorities to begin debating how to view them.
To test the case for Bitcoin as a currency, Yermack compared it against the three major characteristics of money: That it serves as a medium of exchange, a unit of account and store of value.
On this test, Bitcoin increasingly serves as a medium of exchange because more companies accept it, Yermack said. Where it fails is as a unit of account and store of value, he said.
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That's because its value is volatile and its exchange rate with the dollar "has virtually zero correlation" with how the dollar trades against other currencies. That makes "its risk nearly impossible to hedge for businesses and customers and renders it more or less useless as a tool for risk management," Yermack said.
Bitcoin also lacks other characteristics associated with modern currencies, in that it cannot be deposited in a bank, there is no equivalent to deposit insurance for holdings of it, and no lenders use it as a unit account for standard transactions such as auto loans and mortgages, Yermack said.
"Bitcoin appears to suffer by being disconnected from the banking and payment systems of the U.S. and other countries," he said.
The virtual currency is also hard to trade against, given no financial derivatives are based on it.
"Since currency investors have no easy way to bet against Bitcoin's appreciation, skeptics can only watch as optimists trade the currency among themselves at ever-rising prices," Yermack said.
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Slim Pickins is annual run put on for members of the NEO Trail Club. This has been, for the last four years, a run of various distances on the Laurel Highlands Trail. Always held the weekend before Thanksgiving, it's an eagerly anticipated FA run.
We've had some rather epic conditions:
in past runs. So, having no snow and rather nice temps (forecast for the fifties) it was almost too good to be true.
We had various lengths of courses that we happening. Some runners were doing the full 100K-from mile 31 to Ohiopyle. Some runners were starting at mile 31 and running the 50K to Ohiopyle and stopping. Others, like Tanya and myself, weren't quite sure what we were running.
We also various start times of 5am, 6am, and 7am at mile 31. We met new member Cam at the trail head-he had locked his keys in his truck for an auspicious start to the day!
Tany and I decided to start down the trail and let the guys sort it all out. Dobies pulled a McGuyver, and the trio overtook us around the three mile mark.
It seemed like we were quickly at Seven Springs Ski Resort. The group slowed up and waited for me on the climb here, and I was glad, because even with Bob's instructions through here, I may have missed the trail in the dark.
As I ran, and counted down the markers (each mile on this trail is marked) I contemplated my distance. I had told Bob I would run to mile 6 and back, for 50 miles. As I got nearer to the 10 mile marker, I started to assess the situation. At mile 8, there is a 1 mile+ downhill. As a rough guestimate, I reckoned on 1.5 hours for the trek from mile 10 to 6, and then 2 hours back (cuz of the climb back the big hill.) I also thought about the guys who were doing the out and back, and I wanted to stay in front of them, for safety reasons. (I am getting more cautious in my older age.) I didn't want the four of them to pass me and leave me the last one on the trail. I also wanted to get as much of the return miles in before dark as I could.
So I made the decision to get to the mile 10 marker and turn.
I was glad I did, since this then allowed me to come across the 50K runners who had started at 7am:
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Mikey made my day by offering me a half-turkey sandwich. Free food on the trail? Sure!!! It was an import from NYC, and very tasty as I made a stop at the aid cache at mile 11. I topped off lunch with a few cookies, got some water, and started back toward mile 31.
It was a very uneventful run in terms of issues and situations. I felt good, I kept eating and drinking. I kept an eye on the time, as it would be full dark right about 5 pm, and I wanted to get as many miles in before this. I kept looking for and counting down the mile markers.
It was almost full dusk, I was at mile 26, and where the heck was that ski resort? I thought lights would be blazing. It was kind of nice to see, since they were not making snow, all the lights were out. I topped the peak and started down the other side, down the asphalt road, where I would pick up the trail again. I was startled to look off to my left and see "a city". Cars, a 5 story building-I don't remember that! But I kept going downhill. I was relieved to find a big gravelly patch that I remembered. Still, where was the trail? I glanced up to my right, and saw the trail-whew! I had almost kept running down the hill and missed the turn! Being by myself, this would not have been good.
Ok, we're past the ski resort, it's all downhill from here, right?
Wrong! I was amazed to find myself on a longass climb (that I didn't remember from the morning on a downhill.) Blecch! I kept looking for mile markers-ONLY 28? It should be 29 or 30 now!!!!!
Finally, 29, and then 30. I really should have ate at Seven Springs, but I thought I was almost "done." I was so glad to see the sign to the parking lot. What to do first, call home, rip off wet clothes, or cram my turkey sandwich in my mouth? I attempted to do all three at once.
Once I warmed up, I drove back to the hotel room, asked nicely for a key to my room, and managed to fall asleep after 1 beer. I thought the guys would be back right behind me, but then I finally put the time together and knew it would be quite a while before they returned.
Mike Dobies and Brian Musick returned to the hotel room sometime after 2 am. They had completed the full 100K, but went an extra two miles when they missed the LH trail at Seven Springs, like I had almost done. Interestingly enough, they called a bunch of people to try and help them figure out where they were, but they never called me (who had left the phone in case of problems) ha! Now they will know better.
A very good solid run for me. Slim and Bob don't think I was challenged enough, but I am satsified with the run. Yes, I could have gone to the 50 mile distance, but I played on the side of caution. Maybe if I had been running with another person, that might have spurred me on, to go on farther.
I'm now rather interested in running the Laurel Highlands Race in June. It's south to north, which I think is the "easier" direction. You get your big climbs out of the way early.
Big thanks to NEO Trail for the aid cache, Mike Dobies for the beer, and John DeWalt for picking up the aid cache after the runners went through! See you all for another NEO Trail Run (open to all)the annual URINEO !!


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Urban deer hunts are gaining popularity in many cities and counties as officials wrangle with populations of whitetails harming yards, parks and causing traffic accidents.
Officials in Chesterfield County, Virginia, are hearing from residents on both sides of the issue about allowing bowhunting in certain parks. According to this report, the Chesterfield Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission listened to proponents and opponents at a recent meeting.
The commission has taken no action on the idea.
"Most of the emails we've received have been against the bow hunting so this was a bit of a surprise," commission chair Tim Mick said in the report.
Hunting supporter Kevin Carroll told the board that allowing hunting could help reduce traffic accidents.
"Fourteen hundred and sixty three since 2008, that's a lot of motor vehicle crashes with a deer, that's a lot of property damage," he said.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan on Wednesday condemned the United States for suggesting that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir should turn himself in to the International Criminal Court before heading to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York.
The U.S. State Department said earlier this week that Washington received a visa request for al-Bashir, but that before going to the U.N. headquarters he should present himself to the ICC to answer for alleged crimes linked to the conflict in Sudan's Darfur. An estimated 300,000 people have died since 2003 due to the fighting between the government and rebels in the western region.
Sudan's Foreign Ministry said the United States is "not qualified ... to offer sermons and advice" on international law and human rights. Sudan's statement also criticized U.S. support for Israel, and called on Washington to swiftly grant al-Bashir a visa.
The statement from Khartoum pointed out that Washington is not itself a member of the ICC and is not bound by any of its decisions.
Even though the U.S. has welcomed al-Bashir's indictment by the ICC and will not allow its officials to meet with him, it has obligations as the host country of the United Nations to grant visas to foreign heads of state and government. It could deny the visa on other grounds, but that would risk running afoul of its U.N. obligations.
Marie Harf, a deputy spokeswoman at the State Department, told journalists Wednesday that the U.S. is "generally obligated" to admit foreign nationals traveling to the U.N. headquarters.
"But I will remind everyone that President Bashir stands accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by the ICC," Harf said. "I think those charges speak for themselves."
In a statement Wednesday, judges at the ICC said they "invited the competent U.S. authorities to arrest Omar al-Bashir and surrender him to the court in the event he enters their territory."
While the U.S. is not a member of the court, the judges stressed that the U.N. Security Council referred the Darfur case to the ICC and at the same time urged all countries to cooperate fully with the court.
Human Rights Watch said U.N. member countries should publicly oppose attendance by al-Bashir and make clear that if he does visit, they will not have any dealings with him nor take part in any events in which he is participating.
"If al-Bashir turns up at the U.N. General Assembly, it will be a brazen challenge to Security Council efforts to promote justice for crimes in Darfur," said Elise Keppler, an associate international justice program director at Human Rights Watch. "The last thing the U.N. needs is a visit by an ICC fugitive."
Associated Press writers Matthew Lee and Deb Riechmann in Washington and Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, contributed to this report.


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Among our many outdoor exhibits, you'll find a Wind Wall that changes color with the breeze, a walking tour of the solar system, a Musical Fence created by artist Paul Matisse (grandson of the painter Henri Matisse), several miles of trails, and a woodland garden.
And, in warm weather, the Montshire runs the most intelligent water exhibits in New England, where hands-on exploration of hydraulics truly becomes an immersion experience!
David Goudy Science Park
David Goudy Science Park is a revolutionary concept in the world of science museums: using the outdoors as a living laboratory for visitors to experiment with science and appreciate the surrounding natural beauty. Science Park, which opened in 2002, features dozens of ingenious hands-on exhibits, including the Water Rill, Mist Fountain, and other educational — and fun — water play. The water exhibits in Science Park are open early May through mid-October.
Hughes Pavilion—Purchase lunch or a snack, or enjoy your own picnic in the Hughes Pavilion overlooking Science Park. Food service is offered late June through late August. Restrooms are conveniently located near the Hughes Pavilion.
Woodland Garden
An outdoor exhibit showcasing native plants, trees, and flowers in a wooded setting.
The Montshire worked with New England Wildflower Society (NEWFS) to establish Woodland Garden in 2008 helps visitors identify and protect native New England wildflowers and shrubs.
Nature Trails
Appreciate the natural beauty of our 110-acre woodland setting on our nature trails. Our trailside exhibits explore the ecology of the Upper Connecticut River Valley, from seed dispersal and migration patterns to geology, native plants, and land-use history. The Planet Walk even takes you on a scale-model journey from the Sun all the way out to dwarf planet Pluto!
"There is plenty for budding naturalists. An animal-song kiosk plays recordings of New England bird and insect noises, helping hikers recognize the real thing on nearby trails." -The New York Times
The Montshire's outdoor exhibits can be reached from inside the Museum through the doors near the first floor elevator. An underpass leads from Science Park to walking trails and exhibits in the Quinn Nature Preserve.
Use of our outdoor exhibits and trails is free with Museum admission. Please stop by our admissions desk at the main entrance before exploring Montshire Outside.
Several outdoor exhibits and walking trails in the Quinn Nature Preserve are wheelchair accessible. Most indoor exhibit spaces and all restrooms are wheelchair accessible.
Except service dogs, pets are only permitted in designated parking lot areas, and only on leash or harness. Dogs are not permitted in Science Park or on the nature trails.
The Montshire's outdoor exhibits have the same hours as the rest of the Museum. The Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week, 363 days a year. (Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas.) The gates to the Museum entrance close at 5:15 p.m.


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The creation of MBeans is coordinated by the MBeanContainer implementation of the Container.Listener interface. The Jetty Server and it's components use a Container to maintain a containment tree of components and to support notification of changes to that tree. The MBeanContainer class listens for Container events and creates and destroys MBeans as required to wrap all Jetty components.
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The simplest way to use Jetty MBeans is to use the JConsole utility supplied with Sun's Java Virtual Machine. An internal HTTP agent can also be used (see jetty-jmx.xml config file comments).
See Run Jetty with JConsole for instructions on how to configure jmx for use with JConsole.
Jetty StandaloneThe MBeanContainer instance can be configured for a Jetty server by the jetty-jmx.xml configuration file. This can be run with the standard configuration file as follows:
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A firm believer in the adage that weather and the economy will always determine the price of cotton, Bob Goodman nonetheless believes growers will see continued improvement in cotton prices.
Goodman, an Extension economist at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., projects cotton prices for the remainder of the 2003-04 marketing year will range somewhere between 57 and 65 cents.
"A further recovering world economy, coupled with a relatively weak U.S. dollar could make domestic supplies a little tighter and push domestic prices a little higher," Goodman told his fellow economists Oct. 1 at the Southeastern Regional Outlook Conference in Atlanta. "Look for an 18 million-bale crop, with domestic use at 7 million bales and exports at 12.5 million bales."
The 2003 crop, he says, will be the second in a row where both domestic and world ending stocks have declined. "In the past two years, world demand has exceeded production by about 12 million bales. World ending stocks for the 2003-04 crop are forecast to be in the very reasonable 34 million-bale range."
While U.S. production has not fallen — averaging 18 million bales over the past three years — demand has improved. Consumption, including domestic use and exports, has averaged 18.5 million bales per year, representing about a 3 million-bale increase.
This would not have happened without the shift from a domestic-driven market to an export-driven market, Goodman says. "If we had not found a way to sell cotton overseas, the United States would be out of the cotton business. A few years ago we didn't even think it was physically possible to ship 10 million bales of cotton overseas, and now we will have to ship 12 million bales every year."
He says, "Since the loss of many domestic spinners, there has been increased reliance on exports in the U.S. market. Before 1999, about 10 million bales were used in the domestic market, and 6 million bales were exported. Since 1998, U.S. exports have more than doubled."
Looking towards 2004-05, Goodman expects stable world stocks, increased foreign production, steady U.S. production, a weak dollar, and increased trade to push cotton prices to the 65 to 72 cents range.
Which producers will remain to enjoy any potential upturns in the cotton market may come down to a survival of the fittest.
"The low-cost producers are the ones who will survive," Goodman says. "Because of the decoupling aspect of the farm bill, and because the adoption of modern production technology will impact different parts of the Cotton Belt in different ways, some cotton production areas may become "marginalized."
Cotton Belt producers may not have to look far to see what could be considered marginal crop production areas. In every state, Goodman says, it's not difficult to spot low-cost cotton production areas, or marginal cotton land, or inefficient cotton producers.
Marginal crop production areas may not choose to produce a particular crop in marginal price years. Farmers in these areas who are unable to produce cotton as efficiently as their neighbors may choose not to produce cotton in times of low cotton prices, especially if an attractive alternative is available.
"It may be that much of the Southeast is such a marginal cotton production area," he says. "It can be argued that in the past it has been, and alternative crops like corn, peanuts, soybeans and livestock are real possibilities in most of the region. If cotton prices are low, corn is an attractive alternative in many parts of Alabama, given the average basis of about 30 cents on top of Chicago, and given the newly rediscovered recognition of the benefits of crop rotation."
On the other hand, he says, cotton production technology could change all of that. The emergence of conservation tillage in Alabama has changed cotton production tremendously in just the past couple of years, Goodman says. "Conservation tillage in conjunction with cover-cropping has improved, and will continue to improve, the resistance of many Alabama soils to the short summer droughts that have plagued farmers for years. The old saying that "you are never more than a week away from a drought in Alabama, may someday no longer be true."
The most critical problem in cotton production, Goodman says, is not a lack of new production technology, however, but inefficient financial and farm management.
As Goodman sees it, too many farmers manage their businesses as if their lines of credit for operating expenses were $30,000, not $300,000. "Many farmers act as if their assets were a fraction of their actual value. Even in making production decisions, farmers typically are too reactive, rather than pro-active," he says. "How many cotton farmers do you know who could lay out, ahead of time, the steps they would follow to successfully raise a crop of cotton? How many actually do it?"


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Typically when you attend a concert, you might bring your cell phone, cash—maybe a sweater if it might get chilly. For a Rihanna concert, you'd be advised to pack a cooler, lantern, sleeping bag and a good book, because you might be waiting a while.
Rihanna, who performs at Mandalay Bay tonight, has a habit of running a bit late. In November 2011, she was an hour and five minutes late to appear at a show in London. On this most recent Diamonds World Tour, at a charity show in Chicago last month, she made high-school kids wait for four hours, then performed for 16 minutes. She reportedly was over an hour late in St. Paul, and two hours late in Montreal.
But Rihanna is not alone. Justin Bieber is notorious for the same antics—clocking in over two hours late for a recent show in London, where he was booed when he finally arrived; he did the same in Germany. Snoop Dogg famously arrived five hours tardy to a show in Norway last year, attributing the delay to his quest to find chicken wings. And those are just a few of the most egregious offenders.
There is somewhat of a built-in delay at concert venues, to keep ticketholders waiting so they'll buy more beer and T-shirts. A certain amount of suspense before the lights go down and your favorite performer dramatically emerges is par for the course in the concert game.
But it's getting out of hand. When an artist is a half-hour or 40 minutes late, it's irritating, but not cause for outrage. When somebody is an hour to three hours late, it's an insult.
Does Rihanna think her fans are such suckers that they'll eagerly fork over hard-earned cash to be granted an audience with someone who clearly has contempt for them? Perhaps she looks out at the audience and sees a sea of faces, but not individual human beings. She may not see the parents who had to hire babysitters for their younger children so they could escort the older ones to her show, or folks that depend on public transportation and can't afford to miss the last train home.
In a way, you can't blame her. The old adage 'caveat emptor,' or 'buyer beware,' applies. If you know an artist has a chronic tardiness problem, and you buy a ticket anyway, what do you expect?
It's no shocker that as performers get wealthier, their ability to sympathize with the average person can wane. But when the gulf between artist and fan becomes so vast that fans feel they are being treated like dirt, the appeal of the experience fades. Fast.
Rihanna and others like her would be wise to listen when fans grumble over tardiness. Most people understand the difference between missing the alarm and being a few minutes late to work, and showing utter disdain for an audience by causing intolerable delays. They know the former so well because most of them have to wake up and get to work on time so they can earn money to buy concert tickets.


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They'll put that streak on the line tonight in Montreal, but for now we can still celebrate their accomplishments of the previous seven days.
There are plenty of candidates for Bruin of the Week, but I narrowed the field down to three players who made offensive contributions despite a role that doesn't demand scoring out of them.
Gregory Campbell has had a solid year, and last week he put some points on the sheet as well. The veteran center recorded three assists in three games, including two assists in the win over New Jersey. He was plus-4 and won 19 of 31 faceoffs. Against the New York Islanders, he won 12 of 14 draws.
With his first three-point game with the Bruins, Chris Kelly led the way past the Isles. He recorded two goals and one assist in that win to run his week's total to 3-1-4 with a plus-5 rating. He also won 16 of 28 faceoffs.
While helping to shut down Columbus sniper Rick Nash and Isles speedster John Tavares, Zdeno Chara still managed to put some points on the sheet. The star defenseman recorded an assist against the Devils and scored a goal against the Isles. He was plus-3 on the week.
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At the mere hint of a mention of the trend, Eric Olsen did everything but stick his fingers in his ears and start loudly singing the "Flintstones" theme song.
"Don't say it," the Notre Dame center said. "Don't say it."
Well, it's notable so it can't be helped: There are 12 teams in the country that have yet to give up a quarterback sack this season, and Notre Dame is one of them. What's more, the Irish are just one of seven teams to play two games and not see their quarterback on the turf before he got a chance to sling the ball away.
"We don't talk about it specifically," guard Trevor Robinson said. "It's nice to have that number, but at the same time, there are pressures, there are situations where it might not technically be a sack but we didn't do as good as we needed to do. There are certainly ways we can blow a play or not get our job done without technically giving up that stat. So I don't dwell on it too much."
Irish quarterback Jimmy Clausen indeed was under duress more frequently against Michigan last week, which is why the number can be a bit deceiving.
If Clausen just throws the ball away or happens to sidestep a free pass rusher before an incompletion, there's no sack -- but the defense certainly gets a win on the play. And the words "max protect" floated through the post-Nevada breakdowns, suggesting the five linemen got a fair share of help that day.
But still, Nevada and Michigan offered fairly formidable pass-rushing talent on the defensive line, and no one broke through.
"Playing against coach (Corwin) Brown and coach (Jon) Tenuta's defense (in practice), you're going against pretty much every blitz in the book," Olsen said. "We've seen it all."
Michigan State, meanwhile, is taking dead aim at the mini-streak. Though the Spartans managed three sacks in a crushing loss to Central Michigan last weekend, coach Mark Dantonio wasn't pleased.
"We didn't pressure 'em enough," Dantonio said. "We couldn't get there, whatever the case was. If you're going to affect the quarterback, you got to hit him more... So that will be important. I'm sure we'll see screens. I'm sure we'll see all the things that they do. But that's why we're playing this game so we're going to find out a little bit about ourselves."


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Archer Live! Tour" at The Fillmore, January 4!December 15, 2012
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LOS ANGELES, December 13, 2012 – As excitement builds for the season four premiere of FX's hit original animated comedy series Archer on Thursday, January 17 at 10 PM ET/PT, today FX announced a four-city live tour featuring the all-star cast and producers that is a must-see for every Archer fan.
Archer Live! features a moderated discussion, a live reading of classic scenes from the Emmy® Award nominated series, and an audience Q&A with the all-star cast where fans will have a chance to get the inside scoop on their favorite show. Talent appearances include H. Jon Benjamin as Agent Sterling Archer, Aisha Tyler as Agent Lana Kane, Jessica Walter as Malory Archer, Chris Parnell as Cyril Figgis, Amber Nash as Pam Poovey, Lucky Yates as Krieger, series creator/executive producer Adam Reed as Agent Ray Gillette and executive producer Matt Thompson. Schedule and talent participation is subject to change.
The tour schedule is as follows:
Los Angeles, Echoplex Thursday, January 3
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San Francisco, The Fillmore Friday, January 4
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Philadelphia, Theatre of Living Arts Friday, January 11
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FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network from Fox. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in nearly 98 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series Sons of Anarchy and Justified; the miniseries American Horror Story: Asylum; the upcoming drama series The Americans; the acclaimed hit comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League, Louie, Archer, Wilfred,BrandX with Russell Brand, and Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell; and the upcoming comedy Legit. The network's library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network. FX's other offerings include the acquired hit series Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother, and live sports with UFC and NCAA football.


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"It's not going to alter the Fed's approach," Richard Schlanger, a vice president at Pioneer Investments in Boston and a member of a group managing $20 billion in fixed-income securities, said of the jobs report. "I think they're very concerned, obviously, with the decline in the participation rate."
The unemployment rate, derived from a separate survey of households, dropped to 7.6% versus a forecast to hold at 7.7%, according to the Bloomberg survey median. The figure, the lowest since December 2008, reflected a 496,000 decline in the size of the labor force.
The growth in payrolls followed a revised 268,000 gain in February that was higher than first estimated, Labor Department figures showed. The median forecast of 87 economists surveyed by Bloomberg projected an advance of 190,000.
The economy added an average of 179,000 people a month to nonfarm payrolls in 2011 and 2012, Labor Department data show. The jobless rate had stayed above 8% since February 2009 until it broke the trend in September.
The U.S. central bank has been buying $85 billion of bonds each month since the start of the year, $45 billion in Treasuries and $40 billion of mortgage debt, in an effort to hold down borrowing costs and encourage economic growth. It has kept its benchmark interest-rate target for overnight lending between banks in a range of zero to 0.25% since 2008 to support the economy.
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Policy makers reiterated March 20 the rate will stay near zero as long as the unemployment rate is above 6.5% and inflation is projected to be no more than 2.5%. They said the purchases will continue until employment improves.
Swaps traders have pushed back expectations for the Fed first interest-rate increase since adopting extraordinary monetary stimulus to about November 2015 after slower jobs growth in March. Yesterday, OIS showed July 2015 as the likely date for a rate increase.
The central bank's next policy meeting is scheduled for April 30-May 1.
The yield on Treasury 10-year notes fell earlier this week as investors sought U.S. debt as policy makers in Japan and the euro zone promised more easing.
New Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said yesterday the central bank would double its monthly asset purchases in a bid to encourage inflation, while European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said the ECB stands ready to cut interest rates and consider additional measures to boost growth as the region's sovereign-debt crisis enters its fourth year.
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Always on internet connection required. Period.
I was really looking forward to this game, but after finding out how Ubisoft treats all customers as if they were theaves, I won't buy any more games from them.
Sorry--can't buy games anymore.
This has forced me to download pirated copies. I'd really like to support the authors of software games too, but making it impossible for me to play w/o an internet connection makes it impossible for me to play.
Thanks for posting too. It saved me the time reading something I will never use. I think restrictive DRM lke this will be the demise of computer games in favor of console games. Of course if you play MMO's, like I do, you have to be online anyway, so that's a non starter, but then there is no DRM for those games because you pay a monthly fee.
First we have the dogfights mentioned. Isn't modern day air combat all about avoiding dogfights?
Have your AWACS feed target data to your missiles and guide you towards the enemy. Once you're within 20 miles or so (still beyond visible range) you fire the missiles and head back home. One to two minutes later the missiles are supposed to hit their intended targets.
Next I'd like to know what type of aircraft there are in the game.
And finally I think page two should carry a spoiler warning. In my opinion it reveals quite a bit more of the story than required.
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Each inventor works in research in radio technology, but with a different emphasis.
Thomas Cheng, based in San Jose, California, invented technology relating to channel coding and receiver algorithms, enabling more efficient communication between wireless devices and radio base stations. Of winning the award, he said: "A single great invention can transform a very difficult problem into real applications and bring real benefits to the end user and value to the economy. That's why Ericsson should train and nurture innovative engineers in the company."
Paul Schliwa-Bertling works in the Swedish city of Linköping. His work led to patents within GSM among others in optimizing machine-to-machine communication. He found new ways to introduce service awareness to radio access networks, supporting operators in optimizing resource utlization and giving different priority levels to various types of devices. Schliwa-Bertling says: "Working on patents, you can drive the technology development and keep the position as technology leader. Without patents, you have to depend on other companies. This is a sign that we are looking into the future."
Iana Siomina's inventions relate mainly to positioning and to heterogeneous network (HetNet) deployments. Many of the patented solutions have been standardized. She works in Kista, north of Stockholm. She says: "My work is closely related to standardization, and thus many of the ideas are standard-essential. Working in standards with new technologies, one has to be innovative for the best of the technology. For Ericsson, being a patent leader is a true sign of innovation, strong contribution to the technology development and competitive products, and I'm proud to be a part of that."
Besides being in the spotlight this year, the three inventors share the trait of motivating their fellow team members. Brismark says: "Thomas, Paul and Iana are remarkable not only as inventors themselves, but they also encourage their team members in coming up with ideas and supporting the applications of other inventions, enhancing the overall value of our patent portfolio."
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