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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Inhofe starts pro-coal campaign tour for GOP Senate candidates
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) is hitting the road to fire up support for GOP Senate candidates opposed to Obama administration rules?on coal and other energy sources.?
Inhofe began his tour in Montana, where he touted?Rep. Denny Rehberg?s (R-Mont.) coal credentials. Inhofe said the Montana Senate candidate would fight to keep the Corette power plant in Billings, Mont., open, while incumbent Sen. Jon Tester?s (D) support of the administration's air pollution rules put the plant?s future in jeopardy.
?We?re real close to a presidential election win and close to an election that will elect Denny Rehberg and give us a majority," Inhofe said, according to the Billings Gazette.
PPL Montana, the utility that operates the plant, says new air pollution rules will shutter the 154-megawatt coal-fired plant in 2015. The plant, which burns coal from Montana's Powder River Basin, has become a key issue in the Senate race.
Tester?s campaign contends low natural-gas prices are forcing PPL Montana to mothball the Corette plant.
Aaron Murphy, a spokesman for Tester's campaign, noted PPL Montana shut down Corette for more than three months this year due to low demand.
?Jon Tester has a powerful record of supporting responsible coal development, and Dennis Rehberg is lying when he tries to blame Jon for the closure of Corette,? Murphy told The Hill in a statement.
Montana was Inhofe's first stop on a three-state swing in which he will stump for candidates who want to repeal environmental rules the Oklahoman opposes. The current ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Inhofe is in line to take the chair if Republicans control the Senate.?
Next week, Inhofe will become one of just a handful of GOP senators to publicly campaign for Missouri Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R) since his controversial ?legitimate rape? comments, in which he suggested pregnancies were unlikely to occur after a rape.
In the House, Akin consistently voted against imposing various environmental and air-quality rules. But the rape remarks sent Akin?s campaign into a tailspin, as he now trails Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) in most polls.
Inhofe also plans to stump for Ohio GOP Senate candidate Josh Mandel. Mandel, the state's treasurer, trails Sen. Sherrod Brown (D).
Inhofe is backing the candidates to bring GOP colleagues to the Senate to achieve one of his key legislative aims ? curbing the administration's environmental and air rules.
Inhofe sponsored a bill that would have prevented the administration from implementing the air pollution rules. Tester voted against the measure, which failed 46-53 in June.
"Missouri, Montana and Ohio are three of the largest coal states of all the states," Inhofe said, according to KTVQ in Billings. "In each one of these states, you have a Democrat incumbent senator who has voted to kill coal."
Rehberg has hit Tester several times on the campaign trail and in advertisements for casting that vote. Inhofe emphasized Monday that Rehberg could help swing a similar vote next Congress if he wins the Senate seat.
Tester?s support for the rules has helped garner backing from environmental group the League of Conservation Voters (LCV). The group has spent $2 million backing Tester, with his stance on the air pollution chief among the reasons for LCV?s support.
RealClearPolitics, a website that aggregates polling data, shows Tester and Rehberg in a dead heat. It gives Rehberg a 0.3-percentage-point lead.
? This story was updated at 10:41 a.m.
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Brees throws 4 TDs, Saints hang on to beat Bucs
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? Once Drew Brees got the New Orleans offense on track, it hardly mattered that Jonathan Vilma wasn't the solution for the Saints' leaky defense.
Vilma played for the first time while appealing a season-long suspension for his role in the Saints' bounty program and Brees shrugged off an early interception to throw for 377 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-28 come-from-behind victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.
While it's debatable how much Vilma's return affected the defense, the unit turned back two threats near the end zone in the second half, including the drive of the game to preserve New Orleans' second straight win.
Brees extended his NFL record for consecutive games with at least one TD pass to 49, while leading long scoring drives on four straight possessions to turn a 14-point deficit into a 28-21 halftime lead.
The Saints (2-4) barely had the ball in the third quarter, but took advantage of Tampa Bay's inability to get into the end zone when Brees put together a 12-play, 95-yard march that Pierre Thomas finished with a 5-yard TD run that made it 35-21 with just over 13 minutes remaining in the game.
Brees threw TD passes of 17 yards to Marques Colston, 9 yards to Darren Sproles, 48 yards to Joseph Morgan and 20 yards to David Thomas to overcome the New Orleans defense yielding 513 yards. He has thrown for three or more touchdowns in five of six games this season.
Josh Freeman threw for 420 yards and three touchdowns for the Bucs (2-4), who scored on their first three possessions of the game to build a 21-7 lead. Dallas Clark's 3-yard scoring reception trimmed Tampa Bay's deficit to 35-28 with four minutes left, and Freeman completed two passes to Vincent Jackson to help the Bucs get into position to possibly force overtime.
Jackson had seven receptions for 216 yards, but failed to score on a 95-yard play in which safety Malcolm Jenkins ran him down to make the tackle at the Tampa Bay 1. LeGarrette Blount was stopped for no gain on three straight runs, then Freeman lost 4 yards on a quarterback keeper on fourth down.
Brees launched the Saints' final scoring drive from there. He also led TD drives of 80, 80, 79 and 72 on consecutive possessions in the opening half.
Vilma practiced on his surgically repaired left knee for the first time last Wednesday and was moved from the physically unable to perform list to the 53-man roster Saturday.
The ninth-year pro's return could wind up being relatively brief. The hearing on the appeal of his season-long suspension is scheduled for Oct. 30.
Former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue has been appointed as arbitrator for Vilma's appeal, as well as the hearings for three other players facing suspensions of various lengths.
Vilma didn't start Sunday, but he did get on the field mostly in passing situations throughout the game.
He pressured Freeman on an incompletion that was nearly intercepted by Roman Harper, and got his hands on another pass that he tipped first with his right hand and then his left before it fell incomplete.
Down a touchdown and out of timeouts, Freeman marched the Bucs from his own 19 to the New Orleans 9 in the final two minutes. He threw incomplete for Jackson, who came down with the ball out of the end zone on third down. On the game's final play, Freeman rolled to his left to find Mike Williams open in the corner of the end zone.
But the receiver had been pushed out of the back of the end zone before coming back into the field of play. So, what appeared to be a possible tying catch was nullified for illegal touching.
Freeman threw TD passes of 13 yards to Tiquan Underwood and 17 yards to Jackson in the first half. Doug Martin scored on a 36-yard run for Tampa Bay.
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Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/brees-throws-4-tds-saints-hang-beat-bucs-204006721--spt.html
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Monday, October 22, 2012
A whale with a distinctly human-like voice
ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2012) ? For the first time, researchers have been able to show by acoustic analysis that whales -- or at least one very special white whale -- can imitate the voices of humans. That's a surprise, because whales typically produce sounds in a manner that is wholly different from humans, say researchers who report their findings in the October 23 issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication.
"Our observations suggest that the whale had to modify its vocal mechanics in order to make the speech-like sounds," said Sam Ridgway of the National Marine Mammal Foundation. "Such obvious effort suggests motivation for contact."
It all started in 1984 when Ridgway and others began to notice some unusual sounds in the vicinity of the whale and dolphin enclosure. As they describe it, it sounded as though two people were conversing in the distance, just out of range of their understanding.
Those unusually familiar sounds were traced back to one white whale in particular only some time later when a diver surfaced from the whale enclosure to ask his colleagues an odd question: "Who told me to get out?"
They deduced that those utterances came from a most surprising source: a white whale by the name of NOC. That whale had lived among dolphins and other white whales and had often been in the presence of humans.
In fact, there had been other anecdotal reports of whales sounding like humans before, but in this case Ridgway's team wanted to capture some real evidence. They recorded the whale's sounds to reveal a rhythm similar to human speech and fundamental frequencies several octaves lower than typical whale sounds, much closer to that of the human voice.
"Whale voice prints were similar to human voice and unlike the whale's usual sounds," Ridgway said. "The sounds we heard were clearly an example of vocal learning by the white whale."
That's all the more remarkable because whales make sounds via their nasal tract, not in the larynx as humans do. To make those human-like sounds, NOC had to vary the pressure in his nasal tract while making other muscular adjustments and inflating the vestibular sac in his blowhole, the researchers found. In other words, it wasn't easy.
Sadly, after 30 years at the National Marine Mammal Foundation, NOC passed away five years ago. But the sound of his voice lives on.
Audio file of whale: http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/48866.php?from=224114
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- Sam Ridgway, Donald Carder, Michelle Jeffries, Mark Todd. Spontaneous human speech mimicry by a cetacean. Current Biology, 2012; 22 (20): R860 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.044
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Technology brings new life to the study of diseases in old bones
ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2012) ? A study led by The University of Manchester has demonstrated that new technology that can analyse millions of gene sequences in a matter of seconds is an effective way to quickly and accurately identify diseases in skeletons.
Professor Terry Brown, working in partnership with Professor Charlotte Roberts from Durham University, used a next generation sequencing approach, including hybridization capture technology, to identify tuberculosis genes in a 19th century female skeleton found in a crypt in Leeds.
Their study is part of wider research into the identification of strains of TB in skeletons dating from 100 AD to the late 19th century. It's hoped that understanding how the disease has evolved over time will help improve treatments and vaccines. TB rates have been increasing around the world, and it's estimated that one third of the world's population has latent TB. After HIV it kills more people than any other infectious disease.
Certain strains of TB affect the sufferer's bones, especially in the spine. The marks made by the disease remain evident on the bones long after the person's death. It's this evidence that Professor Roberts used to find suitable skeletons to screen for tuberculosis genes.
She sourced 500 skeletons from across Europe that showed evidence of TB dating from the Roman period to the 19th century. Bone samples from these skeletons were screened for TB DNA, and of those 100 were chosen for this particular study.
Professor Roberts explains: "So many skeletons were needed as it's very hard to tell if any DNA will have survived in the bones. You don't really know if there will be any present until you start screening and in the past that has been a lengthy process."
Professor Terry Brown then took on the search for TB DNA in the skeletons. Each small section of bone was ground up and placed in a solution. That was then put in a special machine which captured every gene sequence in the DNA. Millions of sequences were captured and sent to a computer.
Professor Brown and his team then searched for the gene sequences for tuberculosis. Because it is a bacterial disease the bacteria's DNA can remain in the bones after death.
Talking about the process Professor Brown said: "Previously we could only scan the bone sample for specific genes. We wouldn't see everything that was there which meant we could easily miss other genetic information that could be relevant. Using the hybridization screening meant we could search for different strains of TB, not just one."
About 280 bits of sequence in the DNA were found to match known tuberculosis genes. The data placed the historic strain of TB in a group that is uncommon today, but was known to have been present in North America in the 19th century. In fact it was found to be very similar to a strain recorded in a tuberculosis patient in New York in 1905.
Discussing the results Professor Brown says: "The fact that this particular strain of TB was found in both North America and in the skeleton from 19th century Yorkshire is not necessarily unusual. There were many migrants from Britain to America during the 19th century so it makes sense that TB strains were spread."
One of the downsides of hybridization capture identified by the researchers in this study was that it is possible to mistakenly identify DNA. Because it looks at all the sequences across the sample it may identify DNA that isn't from the bone, but actually from the surrounding soil or environment where the skeleton was buried.
In this study the results were checked using the more traditional method of polymerase chain reactions and were found to be accurate. The researchers concluded that using hybridization capture and next generation gene sequencing is an accurate and effective way to obtain detailed genotypes of ancient varieties of tuberculosis. It could potentially be used to study other diseases. Their findings have been published in the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Professor Roberts says: "We're really pleased with the results of this study and that the technology works. It will save a lot of time in the future. We now hope to publish more of the huge amounts of data we have acquired from the sequencing"
The scientists hope to compare their results with similar studies being done in America to assess what tuberculosis strains have been identified there. They're interested in studying which strains were brought to the country by migrants and what impact those had on the native strains of the disease.
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- Abigail S. Bouwman, Sandra L. Kennedy, Romy M?ller, Richard H. Stephens, Malin Holst, Anwen C. Caffell, Charlotte A. Roberts, and Terence A. Brown. Genotype of a historic strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PNAS, October 22, 2012 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209444109
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Murdoch eyes LA Times, Chicago Tribune: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch is looking to buy the Los Angeles Times, one of the country's largest newspapers, from struggling media conglomerate Tribune Co, a source familiar with his plans told Reuters on Friday.
News Corp executives -- including Murdoch's son James -- flew into Los Angeles twice this month to take a preliminary look at the storied daily's books, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the meetings were not publicized.
Rupert Murdoch is also eyeing the Chicago Tribune, whose publisher Tribune Co is now trying to exit bankruptcy. News Corp executives are in early talks with Tribune Co debtholders, including hedge fund Oaktree Capital. The company wants to secure footholds in Los Angeles and Chicago, according to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the news.
Murdoch has long eyed the LA Times, the newspaper reported. Oaktree declined to comment, while News Corp did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
Wall Street has speculated that the company will take to the acquisition trail after its split into two businesses, one for entertainment and the other for publishing, to bulk up its holdings in a newspaper industry ravaged by advertising revenue losses and declining readership.
But any attempt by the media mogul to go after the two newspapers may run foul of regulatory hurdles.
Murdoch controls the Wall Street Journal -- which vies with USA Today for the mantle of the largest-circulation U.S. newspaper -- and the New York Post. News Corp last year was embroiled in a major scandal over phone hacking that eventually prompted it to close its British News of the World tabloid.
Also, Federal Communications Commission rules prevent ownership of a newspaper and TV station in the same market. News Corp now owns two Fox stations in LA, and two in Chicago, the newspaper reported.
The commission however has considered eliminating the rule and has granted exceptions in the past, including a waiver that allowed the Tribune to operate both KTLA-TV Channel 5 and the Los Angeles Times, the LA Times reported.
Murdoch also might face competition from well-known local figures. Other potential bidders include former venture capitalist and ex-LA deputy mayor Austin Beutner, Orange County Register owner Aaron Kushnere, and San Diego real estate mogul Doug Manchester, the newspaper said.
The Tribune Co, which owns 23 TV stations in addition to newspapers, filed for bankruptcy four years ago. Its other newspapers include the Baltimore Sun in Maryland, the Orlando Sentinel and Sun Sentinel in Florida, and the Hartford Courant in Connecticut.
In 2007, real estate mogul Sam Zell acquired Tribune through a leveraged buyout that saddled the company with $13 billion in debt just as the newspaper industry was hit by a severe drop in advertising revenue.
The company filed for bankruptcy a year later and has been mired in court while its creditors have fought over competing exit plans ever since.
Since 2007, newspaper advertising revenue for the industry has dropped almost 50 percent to $24 billion, according to the Newspaper Association of America.
(Writing by Edwin Chan; Editing by Paul Tait)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/murdoch-eyes-la-times-chicago-tribune-report-051548855--sector.html
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My Ex Boyfriend Dumped Me But I Want Him Back, What Should I ...
Things to Consider if you Want Your ex Back
You might be one of those that went through a relationship crisis which came to a turbulent end as your boyfriend dumped you.
You may still feel that there is still something you both have together and can still have together and you are wondering how you can get your ex boyfriend back. There are some things you might have to consider if you really want your ex boyfriend who dumped you back.
Motive
Your ex boyfriend dumped you and you want him back, you may have to consider your motive for wanting him back. Being dumped does a lot of things to a person?s psyche the way we react to it may vary. You may have to sort through the emotions you are going through and really get to understand your motive for wanting him back.
Some who want their ex who dumped them back do it solely out of guilt, revenge, pride, arrogance or any other reason that negates them having a healthy relationship even if they do get back.
You might want to compensate for a fault especially if you think that the reason your ex boyfriend dumped you was all due to you. There is a greater tendency to over compensate when you are looking to compensate for a perceived fault in any given relationship.
Being dumped is embarrassing and while we at it; actually stigmatizing so you have really got to sort out why you want to have your ex boyfriend who dumped you back.
Self Improvement
You are now set on the course of getting your ex who dumped you back; one area you have to consider is self improvement. There may be issues in your life that you might need to deal with and we are looking at the areas that are closely connected with the reason why your ex may have dumped you in the first place.
Are there things about you that directly caused the fallout in the first place? Are those things still there? If they are, common sense suggests that you might have a very hard time trying to get your ex boyfriend who dumped you back.
You may have to see how you can deal with it before attempting to get your ex back because even by some chance you do get him back and they are still there, they might just cause another break up that might be impossible to fix.
It is usually difficult to see one? fault let alone deal with them so you might need a friend to help you with it. A friend might help you in the area of identifying it. Once you come to accept it as an issue you have to deal with, you are already half way there and if you can be open about it with your ex, he might be willing to join hands with you and help you deal with it.
It won?t be an easy task to get back with an ex-boyfriend who dumped you but if you are ready to be open and sincere with dealing with the issues that cause the separation in the first place, it won?t be an impossible task to accomplish.
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Football Prophecies: Dick Cheney, Butch Vig, and chicken wings all ...
The Football Prophecies foretell the outcomes of each weeks slate of NFL games. Pigskin prophet, Russ Espinoza, acquired his clairvoyance at age 9 when he was conked on the head by an errant John Elway pass at Mile High Stadium in 1992. Hes marveled friends and relations and played Vegas like a cheap fiddle with his otherworldly football foresight ever since.
The prophet is pleased to share his gift with The Austin Chronicle.
Seattle at San Francisco: Seahawks head coach Pete Carrolls cab incurs a flat tire en route to the team hotel after a splendid Saturday evening dinner at Palio DAsti. Forced to trek back on foot, Carroll is intercepted in the citys Haight-Ashbury district by a pack of fetid hippie-urchins and offered a blotter of LSD.
The 61-year-old declines with diplomatic grace: While I appreciate your generous bestowal of mind-altering substances and the face-licking that it entails, I simply must refuse. My taste is more mainstream: and its for caffeine, gentlemen. Yes, my vice can be had not behind head shops from drugged-out, father-hating zombies named "Spooner," but in convenient stores, corner groceries, and what-have-you.
For me, a Coke and a smile is pretty darn righteous, man. Each of you smell of rotting and are a significant drain on society, but I wish you well nonetheless.
Prophecy: San Francisco
Arizona at Minnesota: A cabal of Minneapolis-St. Paul civic and political leaders convenes inside a torch-lit arctic bordello to issue a name change to the citys Hubert. H. Humphrey Metrodome. Minneapolis chief of police, Andy Timothy Dolan, posits the Paul Westerberg Climate-Controlled Sports and Recreation Bubble.
City Council member Barbara Johnson chimes in with Hsker D Food Court and AstroTurf Sports Complex.
Ultimately, former Viking turned gun-control advocate E.J. Henderson elicits the most golf-claps and here-heres, by propounding: the F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Family Fun Center.
Prophecy: Arizona
Dallas at Carolina: Customarily travelling with the team, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is astounded by the number of cross-eyed people who come up and wheeze in his face on the streets of Charlotte.
Prophecy: Carolina
New Orleans at Tampa Bay: Buccaneers receiver Vincent Jackson abruptly retires from football to finally pursue a musical career as a depressive grunge revivalist. Jackson barricades himself inside an East Los Angeles studio to record Aluminum Thyroid, a five-track EP produced by Butch Vig.
Accompanied by the surviving members of Blind Melon, Jackson and company record and master Mouthwash Horoscope, Sweater-vest Is Second Best, I Fed a Raccoon, Love Is a Battlestar Galactica, and Will Work for Pogs over eight marathon days of infighting, grudging reconciliation, and other assorted hubbub.
Prophecy: Tampa Bay
Green Bay at St. Louis: Several Packers recent malaise with their personal lives gets exacerbated by disillusioning performances of inhumanity outside the team hotel in downtown St. Louis: cornerback Charles Woodson watches helplessly from behind a 14th-story window as one transient flogs another with an empty pizza box.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers witnesses a dignified English gentlemen taking a whizzing pie in the face whilst waiting for a bus.
Hours later in the dead of night, head coach Mike McCarthy is jolted awake by the sound of some poor bastards heart breaking at the corner of Walnut and Memorial Drive.
Prophecy: Green Bay
Washington at New York Giants: Understanding his teams miniscule chance of upsetting the defending Super Bowl champion Giants on their home turf, Redskins rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III equips himself with a pocket full of sunshine, a feather in his cup, and two tickets to paradise if things take an ugly turn.
Prophecy: New York Giants
Baltimore at Houston: Former Enron CEO and Vice President Dick Cheney drops in at Reliant Stadium to say, What it do? to his Houston crew. Tapped to deliver a pregame speech to the 5-1 Texans, the 71-year-old lighting-rod doesnt mince rhymes. Whats crackin', fellas? My names Dickey C and Im here to say, I shoot friends in the face almost every day"!
Made instantly uncomfortable by Cheneys in-your-face rap persona, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak interjects, only to be unceremoniously interrupted in kind by Cheneys Amazonian call of, When I say Baboon, you say Heart: baboon!
Prophecy: Houston
Tennessee at Buffalo: Titans general manager Ruston Webster confers with head coach Mike Munchak aboard the team plane to Buffalo. You have to remember, Mike: every city offers its own agent of temptation. Whether its the strip clubs in Dallas or Tampa; or the all-hours party scene in New York City; every stop can pose a problem to the visitor. In Buffalo, its the wings.
So what are you telling me? Munchak replies.
Im saying we need to have constant surveillance on our linemen. They just cant be trusted: Buffalos a delectable death trap. And I will not allow another Gary Tate on my watch.
Gary Tate?
It was before your time here, Mike. Long before. Tate was our starting tackle in 2003, outta Ole Miss, as I recall. Good kid. But he had a weakness: Chicken wings, Mike. Wouldnt even touch the damn celery. That boy was stubborn as a mule. Anyway, we came to Buffalo to play the Bills, right? I go around and do my room-checks on Saturday night, as usual, and theres Tate, face down in an orgy of orange bones. His roommate was catatonic, rocking back and forth in the corner. Tate had eaten himself into eternity.
Prophecy: Buffalo
Cleveland at Indianapolis: Colts receiver Reggie Wayne is spotted by reporters and Lucas Oil Stadium personnel being chased into the players entrance by a plus-sized black woman with a rolling pin and hair-curlers. When asked about the incident by Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star, a visibly shaken Wayne brusquely replies, What happens between Tyler Perry and I is private.
Prophecy: Indianapolis
New York Jets at New England: Supremely cognizant of their lofty status as hunky quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Mark Sanchez both tailor the sleeves off their uniforms, spend whatever spare moments coating their sinewy guns with cocoa butter, and pretending to drop their playbook with regularity coyly tittering, I'm such a butterfingers.
Prophecy: New England
Jacksonville at Oakland: An FBI sting operation two years in the making will culminate with the spectacular mass arrest of 98 serial killers, 209 narco kingpins, 45 arsonists, and 6 Hannibal Lecter copycats wearing Raider paraphernalia at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
Prophecy: Oakland
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati: We need to talk, blubbers Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton to head coach Marvin Lewis. Incontinent with guilt and losing hair in bales from an agonizing tear of sleepless nights and self-starvation, the second-year gunslinger spills his guts.
Coach, there comes a time in mans life when no wait. You see, life is like a box of no, dammit. Thats not what I meant Ill put this as bluntly as I can, because you deserve the truth: Ive been quarterbacking with another team I never meant to hurt you.
Dumbstruck by a dam-burst of heartsickness and betrayal, Lewis manages to stutter, eyes downcast and welling with tears, Who who is it?
The Jacksonville Jaguars, Marvin. For the last six months, the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was a cheap, and low-down affair, I know: but I did it, Marvin. I did it. But in my heart in my heart I know I only care for you, and that same black hat you wear every Sunday. I want you to know that I wasnt even throwing spirals the Jaguars meant nothing to me. Take me back, Marvin. Andy did a bad, bad thing.
Prophecy: Cincinnati
Detroit at Chicago: By virtue of winning a school raffle, Kankakee High freshman Alvin Renfro gets field access to Sundays Bears vs. Lions showdown. Standing innocently along the Chicago sideline, Renfro gets pancaked by a storm of bodies gushing from the field of play.
Thinking hes impressed Spanish I classmate Tara Olson by appearing on television, a heavily drugged Renfro watches in sedate mortification as Monday Night Football sideline reporter Michelle Tafoya informs ESPNs national television audience that The little dweeb we saw get blown apart in the second quarter has been taken to Northwestern Medical Center, and Im told hes just laying there feeling sorry for himself, Mike.
His name is Alvin Renfro, a freshman from nearby Kankakee High School: Sources close to the Renfro ambulance have told me that the puny 13-year-old complained of, quote, "A great many broken bones, some having pierced the skin."
Unfortunately, its clear that no matter what happens along his road to recovery, Mike, this negative little gimp has no shot of ever bagging Tara Olson.
Prophecy: Chicago
Source: http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/sports/2012-10-20/football-prophecies/
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Armstrong says last few weeks 'difficult'
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Lance Armstrong said he has been through a "difficult couple of weeks" and urged supporters of his cancer-fighting charity to stand behind its mission.
"The mission is bigger than me. It's bigger than any individual," Armstrong said Friday night in his opening remarks at Livestrong's 15th anniversary celebration.
Armstrong has been turned into an outcast in professional cycling and most of his personal sponsors dropped him this week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing performance-enhancing drug use by the seven-time Tour de France winner. USADA has ordered him banned from cycling for life and stripped of his Tour de France victories.
Armstrong, who denies doping, didn't address the USADA report or the doping charges in his remarks. Instead, he focused on the mission of the foundation he started in 1997. Armstrong was diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain.
"I am ... truly humbled by your support," Armstrong said after receiving a standing ovation from the crowd of 1,700. "It's been an interesting couple of weeks. It's been a difficult couple of weeks for me and my family, my friends and this foundation."
Armstrong said he's been asked many times how he is doing.
"I say, 'I've been better, but I've also been worse,'" said Armstrong, making his first public appearance since the USADA report was released last week.
On Monday, the International Cycling Union is expected to announce whether it will appeal USADA's sanctions.
The celebration gala came two days after Armstrong stepped down as chairman of Livestrong to help shield the charity from the fallout of the controversy swirling around him. He remains on the board of directors.
New chairman Jeff Garvey told the crowd he and Armstrong have made each other mad at times working together, "but he never let me down. He still hasn't."
Armstrong urged the crowd to continue fighting to help cancer patients and survivors.
"There's 28 million people around the world living with this disease," Armstrong said. "Thank you for your support."
Livestrong officials expected to raise $2.5 million from the event, which included appearances by actors Sean Penn and Robin Williams and singer Norah Jones.
Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999-2005 and his success on the bike helped propel the foundation into one of the most popular and well-known charities in the country. Livestrong has raised about $500 million in the fight against cancer.
In 2004, the foundation introduced the yellow "Livestrong" bracelets, selling more than 80 million and creating a global symbol for cancer awareness and survival.
The silent auction included two Trek bicycles valued up to $12,000 ? Trek was one of the companies that dropped Armstrong as a sponsor on Wednesday ? and seven autographed yellow jerseys Armstrong wore on the podium during his Tour de France victories.
Gerry Goldstein, a criminal defense attorney and friend of Armstrong for several years, criticized USADA's investigation and sanctions of Armstrong.
Drug testers never caught Armstrong when he was competing, Goldstein said.
"I'm a big fan of what he has done. Overcoming cancer and doing what he did, who gives a (expletive) about anything else? That's so much more important as a role model and a human being," Goldstein said. "Quit whining about it."
Kansas City Royals pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, who donated a pair of cleats to the silent auction, said he wants to continue supporting Livestrong.
"Obviously, some things have a left a little scar, but people think it's still important to come out and support Livestrong," Guthrie said.
The charity has worked hard to separate its mission of fighting cancer from Armstrong's troubles, said Doug Ulman, Livestrong president and chief executive.
Although Armstrong lost many of his personal sponsorship contracts, Nike, Anheuser-Busch and others who said they were terminating their contracts or would not renew them because of the doping evidence, said they would keep supporting Livestrong.
"We're proud of our history and we're excited to celebrate. We've heard from so many grass-roots supporters, program partners, corporate partners and a lot of them are doubling down, saying they are going to come back even stronger in 2013," Ulman said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/armstrong-says-last-few-weeks-difficult-010533255--spt.html
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Researchers explore how the brain perceives direction and location
ScienceDaily (Oct. 19, 2012) ? The Who asked "who are you?" but Dartmouth neurobiologist Jeffrey Taube asks "where are you?" and "where are you going?" Taube is not asking philosophical or theological questions. Rather, he is investigating nerve cells in the brain that function in establishing one's location and direction.
Taube, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, is using microelectrodes to record the activity of cells in a rat's brain that make possible spatial navigation -- how the rat gets from one place to another -- from "here" to "there." But before embarking to go "there," you must first define "here."
Survival Value
"Knowing what direction you are facing, where you are, and how to navigate are really fundamental to your survival," says Taube. "For any animal that is preyed upon, you'd better know where your hole in the ground is and how you are going to get there quickly. And you also need to know direction and location to find food resources, water resources, and the like."
Not only is this information fundamental to your survival, but knowing your spatial orientation at a given moment is important in other ways, as well. Taube points out that it is a sense or skill that you tend to take for granted, which you subconsciously keep track of. "It only comes to your attention when something goes wrong, like when you look for your car at the end of the day and you can't find it in the parking lot," says Taube.
Perhaps this is a momentary lapse, a minor navigational error, but it might also be the result of brain damage due to trauma or a stroke, or it might even be attributable to the onset of a disease such as Alzheimer's. Understanding the process of spatial navigation and knowing its relevant areas in the brain may be crucial to dealing with such situations.
The Cells Themselves
One critical component involved in this process is the set of neurons called "head direction cells." These cells act like a compass based on the direction your head is facing. They are located in the thalamus, a structure that sits on top of the brainstem, near the center of the brain.
He is also studying neurons he calls "place cells." These cells work to establish your location relative to some landmarks or cues in the environment. The place cells are found in the hippocampus, part of the brain's temporal lobe. They fire based not on the direction you are facing, but on where you are located.
Studies were conducted using implanted microelectrodes that enabled the monitoring of electrical activity as these different cell types fired.
Taube explains that the two populations -- the head direction cells and the place cells -- talk to one another. "They put that information together to give you an overall sense of 'here,' location wise and direction wise," he says. "That is the first ingredient for being able to ask the question, 'How am I going to get to point B if I am at point A?' It is the starting point on the cognitive map."
The Latest Research
Taube and Stephane Valerio, his postdoctoral associate for the last four years, have just published a paper in the journal Nature Neuroscience, highlighting the head direction cells. Valerio has since returned to the Universit? Bordeaux in France.
The studies described in Nature Neuroscience discuss the responses of the spatial navigation system when an animal makes an error and arrives at a destination other than the one targeted -- its home refuge, in this case. The authors describe two error-correction processes that may be called into play -- resetting and remapping -- differentiating them based on the size of error the animal makes when performing the task.
When the animal makes a small error and misses the target by a little, the cells will reset to their original setting, fixing on landmarks it can identify in its landscape. "We concluded that this was an active behavioral correction process, an adjustment in performance," Taube says. "However, if the animal becomes disoriented and makes a large error in its quest for home, it will construct an entirely new cognitive map with a permanent shift in the directional firing pattern of the head direction cells." This is the "remapping."
Taube acknowledges that others have talked about remapping and resetting, but they have always regarded them as if they were the same process. "What we are trying to argue in this paper is that they are really two different, separate brain processes, and we demonstrated it empirically," he says. "To continue to study spatial navigation, in particular how you correct for errors, you have to distinguish between these two qualitatively different responses."
Taube says other investigators will use this distinction as a basis for further studies, particularly in understanding how people correct their orientation when making navigational errors.
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Foreign Policy Debate May Not Match Reality
On Monday, President Obama and Mitt Romney will debate for the last time, and they will offer very different views of the world and America?s role in it. Each will seek to stamp U.S. global leadership with his respective brand?the man of pragmatism versus the man of idealism. In debating the end of war in Afghanistan, a looming confrontation with Iran, civil war in Syria, and the rise of China, the candidates will rhetorically bend the world to fit those different visions.
Obama cast himself as a pragmatist at this week?s presidential debate. ?I said I?d end the war in ? Iraq, and I did. I said that we?d go after al-Qaida and bin Laden. We have. I said we?d transition out of Afghanistan, and start making sure that Afghans are responsible for their own security. That?s what I?m doing.? Romney says that ?American exceptionalism? demands a different course, ?organized around these bedrock principles: America must have confidence in our cause, clarity in our purpose, and resolve in our might,? he argued this month at the Virginia Military Institute. ?No friend of America will question our commitment to support them ? no enemy that attacks America will question our resolve to defeat them ? and no one anywhere, friend or foe, will doubt America?s capability to back up our words.?
Yet after the inauguration, a messy world will blur these foreign-policy distinctions. The next commander in chief will be forced into frequent compromises between pragmatism and principle by fast-moving events that pit the art of the possible against the allure of the ideal. The inevitable result will be far more continuity in U.S. foreign policy than presidential candidates like to admit.
Consider that Romney has criticized Oba?ma?s timetable for withdrawing from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, even while pledging to honor it?just as Obama criticized George W. Bush?s war in Iraq and then adopted Bush?s strategy and timeline for ending it. As an idealistic candidate, Obama also opposed Bush?s detainee policies and ?war on terror? rhetoric, but he has doubled down on the drone strikes and special-forces operations that are justified only under war powers. It?s tough to prosecute unpopular wars in a democracy, so presidents maneuver in the space they have.
In this week?s debate, Romney said that Obama watched Iran inch ?four years closer to a nuclear bomb.? That charge could be leveled at presidents of both parties going back decades. Romney?s answer would be to ?tighten sanctions? and make clear to Tehran that the military option remains on the table?which is indistinguishable from Obama?s policy. In fact, the United States has targeted Iran with sanctions and intermittent military threats almost since the 1979 revolution there.
Romney has also flayed Obama for ?throwing Israel under the bus? and pledges there would be ?no daylight? between his administration and Israel. At the same time, he promises to recommit America to a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. All of his modern predecessors have found those positions incompatible. Even George W. Bush?who broke with U.S. policy by distancing himself from the peace process in his first term?ended his second term by pushing hard for a peace deal and, yes, pressuring Israel on settlements. America would accrue such strategic profit from a final agreement that this policy has trumped campaign promises.
By promising to label China a currency manipulator on his first day in office, Romney has likewise taken a well-worn page from the challenger?s playbook going back decades. Bill Clinton blasted George H.W. Bush for ?coddling dictators? in Beijing and then thought better of confrontation after having to send two aircraft carriers to the Straits of Taiwan during a showdown. George W. Bush criticized Clinton?s soft touch with China and then faced a similar epiphany when the Chinese downed a U.S. spy plane and took its crew prisoner. Presidents tend to come in like lions and leave like lambs on the issue of China because it is a commander in chief?s job to avoid unnecessary conflict with other major powers?especially ones that own nuclear weapons and more than $1 trillion in U.S. debt.
Events can also bring forth idealism. Ronald Reagan?s effort to free Iran?s American hostages became, through Iran-Contra, a secret campaign to turn back communist insurgencies in Latin America. George W. Bush promised a ?humble? foreign policy that eschewed nation-building but launched the two largest nation-building operations in modern history. The Arab Spring forced Obama to abandon a cautious Middle East policy and back risky revolutions in Egypt and Libya.
This tension is most profound in the decision to put troops in harm?s way. If there was idealism in Reagan?s decision to send U.S. peacekeepers to Lebanon in the early 1980s, for instance, there was surely pragmatism in his order to pull them out after 241 Marines were killed by a terrorist bomb. For the same reason, George H.W. Bush liberated Kuwait but left Iraq?s Saddam Hussein in power; Clinton bombed Belgrade from the air but refused to commit troops on the ground; George W. Bush invaded Iraq over weapons of mass destruction but not North Korea (another member of his ?Axis of Evil?) when it crossed the nuclear threshold; and Obama wanted to stop a slaughter in Ben?ghazi but not lead the NATO force to overthrow Libya?s Muammar el-Qaddafi.
On Monday, Obama and Romney will argue that one?s pragmatism and the other?s idealism would lead to different decisions on Syria and Iran. In fact, these intellectual strains coexist in every president. They are two faces on the same coin, and the truth can?t be known until the next commander in chief sits alone in the Oval Office on a dark night of the soul, and contemplates flipping it.
This article originally appeared in print as "Two Faces of American Power."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/foreign-policy-debate-may-not-match-reality-105702467--politics.html
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Bond business lifts Morgan Stanley's results
NEW YORK (AP) ? Morgan Stanley reported higher revenue and net income for its third quarter Thursday thanks to gains in its bonds and asset management businesses.
Excluding an accounting charge, the bank earned $535 million for common shareholders in July to September, up from $39 million a year ago.
Revenue rose 18 percent to $7.6 billion after excluding the charge. That beat the $6.4 billion that analysts were expecting, according to FactSet.
In a statement, CEO James Gorman said the results showed the bank's "balanced, strategically focused" game plan. He said he was "confident in our potential to enhance profitability and increase value for our shareholders in the quarters ahead."
If the accounting charge is included, the bank lost $1 billion in the quarter versus income of $2.2 billion in the same period a year ago, and revenue fell 46 percent to $5.3 billion.
The charge was related to a controversial accounting rule that governs how banks value their debt. When the value of a bank's debt rises, it has to take a write-down because, theoretically, it would have to pay more to buy back its debt on the open market. The rule has been criticized as confusing, because it penalizes banks when their value to investors is actually rising. The rule could be phased out as early as next year.
Gorman has been moving the bank into more consumer-focused activities, notably with its expansion of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney retail brokerage. In a call with analysts, Gorman said the bank was positioned well "for the future and the new regulatory landscape."
Revenue rose in most areas where the bank does business. It tripled in the asset management unit, which helps sophisticated clients ? mostly institutions ? invest in private equity, real estate and other investments. The bank noted gains in real estate investing, and said that clients were putting more money into some of its funds.
Revenue rose about 21 percent in the investment bank. Those results showed how customers were deciding how to invest: favoring bonds over stocks. Revenue from trading stocks on behalf of clients fell, but revenue from trading bonds and commodities on behalf of clients rose.
The investment bank also helps businesses raise money on the open market, go public, and make decisions about strategy. Morgan Stanley did less business in advising companies. It also brought in less money from underwriting stock offerings. But it more than doubled its revenue from underwriting bonds.
Nomura analyst Glenn Schorr called the quarter "reasonable." Citigroup analyst Keith Horowitz said it was "relatively good in a tough environment."
Gorman said clients have "re-engaged" with Morgan Stanley after "the uncertainty" in June, when ratings agency Moody's had knocked down its rating of the bank.
Wrote Credit Suisse analyst Howard Chen: "From what we can tell, there has been limited lasting damage from the Moody's action."
This quarter brought a coup for Morgan Stanley when it muscled through negotiations with Citigroup to buy up the rest of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, the retail brokerage that it jointly owns with Citi.
Citi agreed to sell the rest of its stake to Morgan Stanley, but it got far less money than it wanted. As a result Citi had to take a $4.7 billion write-down when it announced its own third-quarter earnings on Monday.
Morgan Stanley wants to expand its retail brokerage arm which, while not as glamorous as higher-risk businesses, does provide a steady source of revenue.
The bank makes money there largely through charging fees when it helps customers manage their money. Riskier bank activities, like trading for its own account, can offer the opportunity for bigger profits. But that type of trading is being stamped out by new regulations. It also carries the risk that banks can miscalculate and suffer huge losses.
Gorman said in a statement that the bank is "beginning to unlock the full potential" of the retail brokerage business.
Morgan Stanley has also been slashing jobs and expenses to cushion itself against the uncertain economy. It shed about 4,500 jobs over the year, or about 7 percent of its work force. It spent more on paying its employees, though. Compensation and benefits expense rose 8 percent to $3.9 billion.
Morgan Stanley's stock edged down 9 cents to $18.40.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bond-business-lifts-morgan-stanleys-results-151109451--finance.html
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Defense wants 9/11 trial televised globally from Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The death penalty trial of five Guantanamo prisoners accused of plotting the September 11 attacks is so important that it should be televised to the public, defense lawyers argued on Friday.
The issue was discussed on the final day of a week-long pretrial hearing for the alleged mastermind of the hijacked plane attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four co-defendants accused of providing money, training and travel assistance to the hijackers.
The five, who could face execution if convicted of charges that include murder and terrorism, skipped Friday's session after the judge declined their request for a recess on the Muslim holy day.
Currently, the public can watch closed-circuit broadcasts of the Guantanamo war crimes court proceedings - but only at a 200-seat theater at Fort Meade, a U.S. Army base in Maryland.
Closed-circuit viewing sites at a handful of other military bases in the eastern United States are restricted to relatives of the 2,976 people killed in the hijacked plane attacks and to the firefighters, police officers and other "first responders" who gave aid and searched for victims at the crash sites in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.
In hearings at the remote Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, lawyers for some of the defendants argued that those viewing sites should be opened to the general public. But lawyers for others said the trial should be televised globally to anyone who wants to watch.
"If these proceedings are fair, why is the government afraid to let the world watch?" asked Marine Major William Hennessy, an attorney for Walid Bin Attash, a Yemeni accused of training two the hijackers at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan.
"The government admits that these are historic proceedings," Hennessy noted.
He acknowledged that the rules give the U.S. defense secretary sole authority to decide whether to televise the trials, but suggested the judge could make the decision in the interests of ensuring the accused get a fair trial.
The judge, U.S. Army Colonel James Pohl, did not immediately rule on the request but appeared skeptical.
"I can look at any rule, any statute and say 'I wouldn't have done it that way'? Is that what you want a judge to do, really?" he asked Hennessy. "I would have to conclude that the lack of public television means the accused is getting an unfair trial?"
FEW WATCH CLOSED-CIRCUIT TV
The prosecution said the U.S. public's constitutional right to an open trial had been satisfied by the Fort Meade viewing site, and that no one who wanted to watch the hearings there had been turned away.
Officials at Fort Meade have said during previous hearings that only a few dozen people turned up to watch, and that most of them were journalists, or lawyers assigned to other Guantanamo cases.
A Pentagon spokesman said that while Defense Secretary Leon Panetta had sole authority to authorize the broadcast of the trials, no one had formally asked him to do so.
During the week-long hearing the judge had been scheduled to hear a defense request to compel testimony from a former CIA official about the agency's interrogation of the defendants at secret overseas prisons where they claim they were tortured.
That was delayed until the next session, tentatively set to begin on December 3, pending resolution of a dispute about the rules that govern defense requests for witnesses.
The defense lawyers say the deck is stacked against them because the prosecution is allowed to decide whether the witnesses and experts requested by the defense are relevant and necessary.
The judge gets the final say in the matter, but the defense lawyers say the system forces them to reveal their trial strategy, tipping off the other side in what is an adversarial process.
Prosecutor Clay Trivett said that if the prosecutors know what testimony the defense is seeking, they can sometimes stipulate to the facts in question, eliminating the expense of bringing the witness to the remote Guantanamo base in eastern Cuba.
Additionally, Trivett said, "There's no right to surprise on either side."
(Editing by David Adams and Jackie Frank)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/defense-wants-9-11-trial-televised-globally-guantanamo-200902347.html
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Obama, Romney trade (mostly) friendly barbs at charity dinner
President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney mocked themselves ? and each other, and Joe Biden, and others ? late Thursday during a joke-filled annual dinner that served as a truce of sorts in their hard-fought war for the White House.
Speaking first, Romney repeatedly underlined that he doesn't drink alcohol, quipping that he's usually invited to functions to be "the designated driver," and that Catholic Cardinal Dolan would signal his displeasure by turning Obama's wine into water ? or the former Massachusetts governor's water into wine.
Addressing the crowd in the customary black tuxedo and white bow tie, Romney joked that "it's nice to finally relax and wear what Ann and I wear around the house."
Two of the Republican's best lines came at the expense of the press, which many of his supporters see as biased in Obama's favor. Romney denied accusing reporters of bias and observed each side has its role to play: "My job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country. And their job is to make sure nobody else finds about it." He also quipped that early headlines from the dinner read: "Obama embraced by Catholics; Romney dines with rich people."
Taking aim at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Romney noted that the Democrat was "impressive" and already being floated as a? possible future presidential nominee.
"He may be getting a little ahead of himself," Romney said. "I mean let me get this straight, the man has put in one term as a governor, he has a father who happened to be a governor, and he thinks that's enough to run for president?" That drew laughs from an audience familiar with Romney's r?sum?.
Campaigns are hard, Romney said, and he and Obama "are each very lucky to have one person who's always in our corner, someone who we can lean on, and someone who's a comforting presence without whom we wouldn't be able to go another day. I have my beautiful wife, Ann. He has Bill Clinton."
"I was actually hoping the president would bring Joe Biden along this evening -- 'cause he will laugh at anything," Romney said, referring to the vice president's debate performance against Paul Ryan. Looking at his own first debate with Obama, Romney offered to detail how he had prepared.
"First, refrain from alcohol for 65 years before the debate. Second, find the biggest available straw man, and then just mercilessly attack him. Big Bird didn't even see it coming."
Romney took more than a few shots at Obama. He joked that the president, eyeing their wealthy audience at the post Waldorf-Astoria hotel, was probably thinking "so little time, so much to redistribute." And he mocked Obama's "you didn't built that" campaign flub, saying that St Peter defied "so many skeptics and scoffers at the time who were heard to say, 'If you got a church, you didn't build that.'?"
Obama opened by urging "Everyone, please take your seats -- otherwise Clint Eastwood will yell at them." His routine was more self-deprecating than Romney's, but he gave as good as he got.
"As some of you may have noticed, I had a lot more energy at our second debate.?I felt really well rested after the nice, long nap I had in the first debate," Obama said. "Although it turns out millions of Americans focused in on the second debate who didn't focus in on the first debate -- and I happened to be one of them."
"I learned that there are worse things that can happen to you on your anniversary than forgetting to buy a gift," said the president, a reference to the first debate falling on his wedding anniversary.
Obama turned a different Cuomo joke, saying that he was glad to be "with a man whose father was a popular governor, and who knows what it's like to run a major Northeastern state, and who could very well be president someday -- and I'm hoping it is Andrew Cuomo."
"Earlier today, I went shopping at some stores in Midtown.? I understand Governor Romney went shopping for some stores in Midtown," Obama said.
Making his own "you didn't build that" reference, Obama joked that while in college at Columbia University he "loved to go to old Yankee Stadium, the house that Ruth built -- although he really did not build that."
Looking back at his history-making 2008 run for the White House, Obama said: "I have to admit some things have changed since then."
"I've heard some people say, "Barack, you're not as young as you used to be.? Where's that golden smile?? Where's that pep in your step?"? And I say, 'Settle down, Joe, I'm trying to run a Cabinet meeting,'" the president joked.
"Sometimes it feels like this race has dragged on forever.?But Paul Ryan assured me that we've only been running for two hours and 50-something minutes," the president said, in a reference to Ryan misstating his marathon time.
"Of course, the economy is on everybody's minds.? The unemployment rate is at its lowest level since I took office.? I don't have a joke here.? I just thought it would be useful to remind everybody that the unemployment rate is at the lowest it's been since I took office," the president said.
And he got in a shot at Romney's gaffe-plagued overseas trip earlier this year.
"Some of you guys remember, after my foreign trip in 2008, I was attacked as a celebrity because I was so popular with our allies overseas.? And I have to say, I'm impressed with how well Governor Romney has avoided that problem," Obama said.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-romney-mostly-friendly-duel-wits-054510278--election.html
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WHO: TB numbers drop to 8.7 million new cases
LONDON (AP) ? The number of people who caught tuberculosis last year inched downward according to an estimate by the World Health Organization, but the agency warned that drug-resistant strains are still spreading.
In a new report issued Wednesday, the U.N. agency estimated there were about 8.7 million new cases of TB last year, down from about 8.8 million in 2010. The number of deaths was unchanged at about 1.4 million ? making it the second-leading killer among infectious diseases after AIDS.
But no one knows for sure what the actual figures are since the WHO report said it was too expensive and complicated to measure the exact number of new TB cases every year.
WHO also said drug-resistant tuberculosis was spreading but acknowledged it didn't have enough data to know if those strains were getting more prevalent or not.
Drug-resistant TB is often the result of patients not being treated properly for regular TB; it is more expensive to treat and the drugs have worse side effects. WHO estimates that only 1 in 5 cases of drug-resistant TB are identified globally, meaning the others are spreading the disease without being treated.
A look at various regions:
? EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA: These regions have the world's highest rates of drug-resistant TB, including 62 percent of previously treated patients in Uzbekistan and 75 percent of such cases in Belarus. Much of the disease's spread here is driven by intravenous drug users and weak health systems that don't identify and treat patients early enough.
? INDIA AND CHINA: These two countries have almost 40 percent of the world's TB cases. India and China also have a rising number of drug-resistant cases even though both countries claim to treat about 90 percent of their TB patients. Last year, India reported several cases of totally resistant TB that were untreatable.
? AFRICA: About 25 percent of the world's TB cases are in Africa, where the death rate is the highest in the world. The HIV epidemic is also fueling the spread of TB in sub-Saharan Africa. Patients with HIV often have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to catching TB. At least one-third of HIV patients also have TB and about one-quarter of deaths in people with HIV are due to TB.
? AMERICAS, MIDDLE EAST AND WESTERN EUROPE: While the fewest number of TB cases are found here, the disease is on the rise in some cities including London, due largely to global travel patterns. The bacteria are spread easily in the air and people need only to inhale a few of the germs to be infected.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tb-numbers-drop-8-7-million-cases-162444775.html
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Sunday, October 14, 2012
Quick and Easy Family Pizza and a Movie Night - My Home Sweet ...
Dinner-and-a-movie nights are a guaranteed winning combination with my clan. They solidify family bonds; cost much less going out (priced movie popcorn and coke lately?), and feel like a Big Event without leaving home.
They?re the stuff of family memories!
Saturday night we rented a movie (or two or three) and made pizzas using a new product called Flatout Flatbread Thin Crust Flatbreads Artisan Pizza in Spicy Italian, Rustic White, and Heritage Wheat flavors and threw a party with a mustache theme. [My kids are crazy wild about mustache stuff. I'm not sure how facial hair?fake facial hair?has become a such trend, but it has; we're fans.]
I?m a fan of mushrooms. A big fan. (Apparently I failed somewhere along the way because most of my kids don?t like them.) I rarely even buy them because seriously, who wants to hear the complaints? (Not me.)?My pizza had lots of mushrooms. The daughter who?s obsessed with pepperoni got as much as she wanted without others having more than they wanted.
Flatout Flatbread pizzas are easy to make: pre-bake for 4-5 minutes, add your toppings, and then return to the oven for an additional 3-4 minutes. The back of the packages contain interesting recipes like a Salad Pizza with pears and a Dessert Pizza with hazelnut chocolate spread (Nutella) with raspberries. Yum.
Because they?re quick to make, easy to customize individually, and the kids can do it themselves, I?m sure we?ll be planning a lot of dinner-and-a-movie nights?with Flatout Flatbread pizzas?in the future.
Have you tried them? What?s your favorite family night movie?
Source: http://myhomesweethomeonline.net/2012/10/quick-and-easy-family-pizza-and-a-movie-night/
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Even Batman Gets Tripped up by Apple Maps
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/even-batman-gets-tripped-apple-maps-215310954.html
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