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WASHINGTON ? Mitt Romney may need a censor. For himself.
In the last few weeks in Nevada, the man who owns several homes told the state hit tough by the housing crisis: "Don't try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom."
At one point in Iowa, earlier this year, the former venture capitalist uttered, "Corporations are people," with the country in the midst of a debate over Wall Street vs. Main Street. At an event in economically suffering Florida, the retiree ? who is a multimillionaire many times over ? told out-of-work voters, "I'm also unemployed."
Over the past year, the Republican presidential candidate has amassed a collection of off-the-cuff comments that expose his vulnerabilities and, taken together, cast him as out-of-touch with Americans who face staggering unemployment, widespread foreclosures and a dire outlook on the economy.
So far, the foot-in-mouth remarks haven't seemed to affect his standing in the nomination race.
Romney has run a far more cautious and disciplined campaign than his losing bid of four years ago. He's kept the focus on his core message: He's the strongest candidate able to beat President Barack Obama on the biggest issue of the campaign, the economy. He still enjoys leading positions in public opinion polls in early primary states and across the nation. Few, if any, of the other Republicans in the race have turned his remarks against him.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Romney's chief rival with the money to prove it, is all but certain to try. Perry has already started suggesting that Romney lives a life of privilege while he comes from humble roots. In an interview Friday with CNN, another GOP candidate, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, painted Romney as "a perfectly lubricated weather vane on the important issues of the day."
And Romney's eyebrow-raising comments are tailor-made for critical TV ads.
Look no further than the Democratic Party and Obama's advisers for proof of that.
Each time Romney says something that makes even his closest aides grimace, Democrats quickly put together a Web video highlighting the remark ? a preview of certain lines of attack come the general election should the former Massachusetts governor win the nomination.
"Mitt Romney's message to Arizona? You're on your own," says a new ad by the Democratic National Committee that jumps on Romney's foreclosure remarks.
Romney's team publicly dismisses their boss's occasional loose lips, dismissing them as inconsequential to voters focused on an unemployment rate hovering around 9 percent.
"It's a long campaign and at the end of the day people are going to judge Gov. Romney and his ability to take on President Obama over jobs and the economy. And certainly there will be a lot of back and forth as the campaign progresses," said Russ Schriefer, a Romney strategist.
"This election will be decided on big issues because the issues are so big and so important," Schriefer said. "And not on a gaffe or a mistake or a moment, any particularly moment. It's more about the big moments and who voters see and being able to turn the economy around."
It usually takes more than one gaffe or one mistake to undo a campaign. And other candidates have made their own potentially problematic comments.
Take, for instance, Herman Cain's assertion that the Wall Street protesters are in the streets to distract from Obama's record: "If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Or Perry's suggestion that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is "almost treasonous": "If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don't what y'all would do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas." Or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich explaining his infidelity: "There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."
But a string of unforced errors, when combined, can reinforce unfavorable perceptions of the candidate, as Romney aides privately acknowledge. And that's the trouble Romney faces ? just as John Kerry damaged himself when he racked up a series of equivocating comments on a series of issues while the Democratic nominee in 2004.
President George W. Bush's re-election campaign used Kerry's waffling ? conflicts between his votes and his quotes ? to cast him as an opportunist who would shift his positions to win votes.
Romney gave his critics a similar opening over the past few days. In Ohio, he refused to say whether he would support a local ballot initiative even as he visited a site where volunteers were making hundreds of phone calls to help Republicans defeat it. Issue Two would repeal Ohio Gov. John Kasich's restrictions on public sector employee bargaining.
It turned out that Romney had already weighed in, supporting Kasich's efforts in a June Facebook post. And, a day after the Ohio visit, Romney made clear where he stood, saying he was "110 percent" behind the anti-union effort.
There have been other instances of comments that could come back to haunt him. In Arizona at one point, he tried to highlight his father's role running an auto company but inadvertently painted himself as a have, rather than a have not.
"See, I'm a Detroit guy, so, you know, I only have domestics," he said, then added: "I have a couple of Cadillacs, at two different houses. You know, small crossovers."
During a recent debate, Romney suggested that the discovery of illegal immigrants working on his yard during his first presidential campaign was a problem ? not because it was illegal, but because "I'm running for office, for Pete's sake."
Comments like those could partly explain why Romney has kept a limited public schedule and favors closed events and appearances that play down spontaneous interaction with reporters.
Still, in some ways, the damage may already have been done. Expect to hear Romney's impolitic comments frequently as Republicans and Democrats alike try to derail Romney.
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Associated Press writer Beth Fouhy in Boston contributed to this report.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Two aspirin a day may cut the risk of colon cancer by more than half in people who are predisposed to these types of tumors, new research suggests.
And two tablets of 300 milligrams each also cut the risk of other tumors related to Lynch syndrome, a major form of hereditary colon and other cancers, according to research published in the Oct. 28 online edition of The Lancet.
People with Lynch syndrome should talk to their doctors about taking daily aspirin, keeping in mind that aspirin does have side effects, including stomach ulcers, said the study authors.
Previous research has found that otherwise healthy people who take about 75 milligrams (mg) of aspirin a day reduced not only their risk of developing colon cancer but also their chances of dying from it.
But the one in 1,000 people who have Lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (or HNPCC), have a much higher risk of cancer than the general population: About half of people with these genetic abnormalities will go on to develop cancer in their 30s or 40s.
Earlier data from this trial showed no reduction in colon cancer among regular aspirin takers but that phase of the study only followed people for two years.
This part of the study, which was funded by a consortium of cancer organizations and Bayer Corporation, followed 861 carriers of Lynch syndrome for about four years.
The participants were randomly chosen to take either 600 mg of aspirin (427 patients) in two tablets daily or a placebo (434 patients) for at least two years.
Participants were also randomly selected to receive a resistant starch, thought to protect against colorectal cancer, or a placebo. "There's evidence that people on high-carbohydrate diets have a lower incidence of colon cancer," said study lead author Dr. John Burn, professor of clinical genetics at Newcastle University in England, during a Thursday press conference.
"In people taking aspirin, there were 10 colorectal cancers versus 23 in the placebo group," Burn reported. "We reduced by 60 percent the number of colon cancers in people who actually took aspirin for two years."
The incidence of other forms of Lynch syndrome-related cancers was also reduced and the authors hope to see a reduction in non-Lynch syndrome-related cancers over the coming years.
Surprisingly, however, there was no difference in the number of polyps in the two groups, indicating that "there must be something [happening] early in the process," said Burn.
"One possibility is that [aspirin] might be enhancing programmed cell death or apoptosis in [certain] cells that will go on to become cancer," he added.
Also surprisingly, side effects from "what seems like a huge dose of aspirin," Burn said, were about equal: 11 in the treatment arm and nine in the placebo arm.
"Results of this study support aspirin use for people with Lynch syndrome, in addition to regular colonoscopies as recommended by their health care provider," said Eric Jacobs, strategic director of pharmacoepidemiology for the American Cancer Society. "However, aspirin use can have side effects and should be discussed with a health care provider."
Jacobs added that aspirin use is not presently recommended for cancer prevention alone "because even low-dose aspirin can increase the risk of serious stomach bleeding."
The next phase of the study will randomly select people to receive differing doses of aspirin, from 75 mg to 600 mg, and follow them for five years.
If a lower dose proves also to be effective at lowering the incidence of colon cancer, that might reduce side effects even more, Burn said.
"This is a randomized, controlled trial so it's the best data by far you can get," said Dr. Richard Whelan, chief of colorectal surgery at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. "If you've been diagnosed with Lynch syndrome, you should talk to your doctor to make sure you're not at high risk for complications from aspirin such as a history of ulcers, gastritis, gastrointestinal problems," Whelan noted.
"If you are at risk, it may be possible to add preventive medicines to protect against ulcers and the like," he said. But the results "cannot be extrapolated to the general population," Whelan continued. "There the level of evidence is much lower."
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The U.S. National Cancer Institute has more on colorectal cancer.
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The UFC's only official pre-fight show returns when Fight Day comes to you live this afternoon (5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT) from the sold-out Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, the home of "UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz."
Hosts Dave Farra and Megan Olivi will break down all of the latest news from the UFC, including the stunning cancellation of the main event after an injury to Georges St-Pierre forced him to withdraw from the event.
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will join the show to discuss his career and what's next for him, and we'll have a panel of journalists ready to break down the entire card.
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INDIANAPOLIS?? A packed house watched country duo Sugarland deliver an emotionally charged free concert meant to "celebrate" healing, life and music while serving as a tribute to the victims of a deadly stage collapse last August at the Indiana State Fair.
Singer Jennifer Nettles told Friday night's crowd ? including some of those injured during the collapse ? that the tragedy had changed them all.
Nettles opened 2?-hour show at a packed Conesco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis by telling audience members they were in store for an emotional night that would also be part celebration. She also told fans that Sugarland had visited the fairgrounds, where high winds toppled scaffolding and stage rigging on Aug. 13 into a crowd awaiting a performance by the country duo. Seven people were killed.
"Obviously we are here in October ? we were supposed to do this show in August. Obviously, the stage is different, you are different and we are different. We are all changed by what happened then," she said. "But we are going to try to give you the best show that we can and to celebrate healing with you and to celebrate life and music with you here tonight."
There?s something about the dead that makes people feel alive. "True Blood" has been sucking viewers in since the steamy HBO series debuted, and "Walking Dead" just set basic cable records.
Sugarland's free concert came 10 weeks after the stage collapsed as a storm neared the fairgrounds' Grandstand a few miles north of Friday night's venue. Attendees were asked to donate to a victim relief fund that already has raised nearly $1 million.
Indianapolis resident Sue Humphrey, whos5e 17-year-old son, Brad, was left partially paralyzed when he was struck by falling stage rigging that night, attended Friday's concert with her son, who only decided Friday afternoon that he wanted to go.
Humphrey said Brad was unsure if the concert would be too emotional for him, but she said it was herself, and not her son, who got choked up at one point during the show as her mind cast back to August's tragedy.
She said Brad, a high school senior who attended the concert after finishing his first week back at school since he was injured, held up fine. Humphrey and her son, who is now in a wheelchair, sat in the venue's handicapped section.
Humphrey said she was touched when Nettles held up a flag near the end of the concert with the word "Heal" painted on it and then walked through the audience holding it aloft.
"She usually has 'Love' on that flag, but this time she spray-painted 'Heal' on it and I thought that was a very, very good touch to the show," she said.
Rick Stevens, who served as an Army medic in Vietnam, said Sugarland "hit a home run" with Friday's concert by balancing a remembrance of August's stage collapse with several vibrant and powerful renditions of their songs, including "The Incredible Machine," the name of their current album.
"I've seen them play five times and this is their most emotional, most heartfelt concerts I've seen. They just played their hearts out," he said. "It was a slam dunk."
The 57-year-old Terre Haute, Ind., resident was among those who rushed into the tangled metal rigging to help people crushed in August's collapse. He said he saw people at Friday's concert whom he had rescued.
Indiana-based musician Corey Cox and actress Rita Wilson performed before Sugarland took the stage.
Cox performed a few weeks ago at a benefit concert for a woman from his hometown of Pendleton, Ind. ? 30-year-old Andrea Vellinga ? who suffered severe head injuries in the stage collapse and still is struggling to recover. Vellinga's family and friends attended the show.
He dedicated one of his songs, "That'll Take You Back" to his hometown "and every other small town across this country who came together the week after Aug. 13 and prayed and supported" the victims of the collapse.
A psychiatrist who specializes in treating survivors of disasters said attending the concert could help some of the roughly 40 people injured in the stage collapse and relatives of those killed come to terms with the tragedy. But he said there's a chance it could deal others a setback, dredging up intense and painful memories.
"It's good that this benefit concert should happen, but it may be too hard for some people to go through it," said Anthony Ng, interim chief medical officer at The Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine. "Obviously everybody's different and there's no right way or wrong way to do this."
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ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2011) ? Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that patients with an inherited kidney disease may be helped by a drug that is currently available for other uses. The findings are published in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Over 600,000 people in the U.S., and 12 million worldwide, are affected by the inherited kidney disease known as autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The disease is characterized by the proliferation of thousands of cysts that eventually debilitate the kidneys, causing kidney failure in half of all patients by the time they reach age 50. ADPKD is one of the leading causes of renal failure in the U.S.
"Currently, no treatment exists to prevent or slow cyst formation, and most ADPKD patients require kidney transplants or lifelong dialysis for survival," said Thomas Weimbs, director of the laboratory at UCSB where the discovery was made. Weimbs is an associate professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and in the Neuroscience Research Institute at UCSB.
Recent work in the Weimbs laboratory has revealed a key difference between kidney cysts and normal kidney tissue. They found that the STAT6 signaling pathway -- previously thought to be mainly important in immune cells -- is activated in kidney cysts, while it is dormant in normal kidneys. Cystic kidney cells are locked in a state of continuous activation of this pathway, which leads to the excessive proliferation and cyst growth in ADPKD.
The drug Leflunomide, which is clinically approved for use in rheumatoid arthritis, has previously been shown to inhibit the STAT6 pathway in cells. Weimbs and his team found that Leflunomide is also highly effective in reducing kidney cyst growth in a mouse model of ADPKD.
"These results suggest that the STAT6 pathway is a promising drug target for possible future therapy of ADPKD," said Weimbs. "This possibility is particularly exciting because drugs that inhibit the STAT6 pathway already exist, or are in active development."
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KANSAS CITY, Mo?? Investigators will interview the young half-brothers of missing 11-month-old Kansas City baby Lisa Irwin again about the night she disappeared, police said on Wednesday.
Lisa's parents, Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, had not allowed follow-up interviews of the boys since they were questioned for less than an hour shortly after the girl was reported missing from the family's Missouri home.
The boys, reportedly ages 5 and 8, will be interviewed on Friday by child services specialists rather than police, Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp said. One son is Bradley's and the other is Irwin's.
Bradley, the baby's mother, has said she put Lisa to bed in her crib the evening of October 3, and that she was gone early the next morning when Irwin, the baby's father, returned from work at 4 a.m.
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Story: Cadaver dog has 'hit' inside baby Lisa's homePolice questioned the parents extensively in the first few days after the girl's disappearance but the couple has since limited the communication. Police are asking that they be interviewed again and separately, Snapp said. Police have said they are not suspects.
In recent days, the search for Lisa has become less visible but is no less persistent, FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said. Investigators have continued to follow up on leads, but the almost-daily searches of woods and neighborhoods around the family home have tapered off.
"People are getting the impression it's slowing down," Patton said, adding that was not the case. "When a child goes missing we put every resource into it. (Agents) are not frustrated. They are doing their job."
Some recent attention has focused on surveillance video from a gas station near the Irwin home that showed a person emerging from the woods early on October 4. It was unclear if the person was carrying anything.
That came on the heels of witnesses telling network news shows over the weekend they saw a man carrying a baby dressed only in a diaper outside on that same night. A couple on Irwin's street said they saw the man at about 12:15 am while another witness said he saw a man with a baby at about 4 am some three miles away.
Kansas City police spokesman Sergeant Stacey Graves said on Tuesday that police have reviewed the gas station video. Police have declined to comment on the witness reports.
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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? Paramount Pictures is laying off about 120 people in a reorganization of its global theatrical division, the company announced Thursday.
Andrew Cripps will leave his post as president of international theatrical distribution for Paramount and will remain in London as the post moves to Los Angeles.
Taking his place will be former Disney international executive Anthony Marcoly.
Paramount said in September that it would centralize global theatrical marketing in Los Angeles. Today's announcement is the implementation of the restructuring plan.
The company also announced that it is closing its Latin America regional oversight office in Rio de Janeiro. Paramount employees in Los Angeles will take over responsibilities that had been carried out from that office.
Of the 120 people being laid off, 80 are in the United States and 40 work outside the country. Paramount employs about 2,400 people.
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HONG KONG?? The first commercial flight for Boeing's 787 jet has landed, after a 4-hour, eight-minute flight from Tokyo to Hong Kong.
The jet, nicknamed The Dreamliner by Boeing Corp., was flown by Japan's All Nippon Airways and was packed with aviation reporters and enthusiasts ? some of whom paid thousands of dollars for the privilege.
The first flight of the long-range 787 has been highly anticipated, in part because it comes after more than three years of manufacturing delays.
The jet is built out of lightweight materials that improve its fuel-efficiency. Its interior is designed in ways to make passengers more comfortable, including larger windows and better lighting.
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The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has until Nov. 23 to come up with $1.5 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years. Twelve members were chosen by leaders of both parties in Congress to come up with the mandated spending cuts. The Joint Select Committee held one of its rare public hearings Oct. 26. It was the group's first meeting since Sept. 22.
Here is a look at the six Republicans on the Joint Select Committee.
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas
Rep. Jeb Hensarling from Texas represents the 5th District southeast of Dallas. He is the co-chair of the Joint Select Committee. Hensarling serves regularly on the House Committee on Financial Services. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Texas in 1982. Hensarling is a strong advocate for fiscal responsibility and right-to-life issues. He was strongly against bailout funds for Wall Street firms.
Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona
Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona is in the middle of his third term in the Senate. He was elected to four straight terms in the House of Representatives before coming to the Senate. He serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Finance Committee. Kyl believes reducing the national debt will go a long way to solve the economic problems of the United States.
Rep. Dave Camp, Michigan
Rep. Dave Camp of Michigan is the chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. His job is to help oversee tax policy, unemployment and welfare programs. Camp represents the middle part of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. In regards to jobs and the economy, Camp wants to lower taxes on all Americans in addition to repealing part or all of the Affordable Care Act.
Sen. Rob Portman, Ohio
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio was first elected in 2010. His father owned a small business where Portman worked until he became a lawyer. Portman was elected to the 2nd District of Ohio in the House of Representatives for 12 years. He is a former U.S. Trade Representative and believes small businesses can grow with fewer regulations and lower taxes.
Rep. Fred Upton, Michigan
Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan serves as the chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He has been a member of the House since 1987 from the western portion of Michigan's Lower Peninsula including Kalamazoo. Like other Republicans on the Joint Select Committee, Upton believes in fewer regulations to spur business expansion and job growth. Being from a state surrounded on three sides by water, Upton also believes keeping America's ports open is a major way to keep economic activity growing.
Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania previously served three terms in the House of Representatives until 2004. He was elected to the Senate in 2010 and this is his first term. Toomey was a small business owner in Pennsylvania before entering politics. He believes in making regulations on businesses simpler and wants to reduce tax burdens on Americans to help the economy grow. Toomey introduced a 10-year budget plan for consideration in the Senate.
William Browning is a research librarian specializing in U.S. politics. Born in St. Louis, Browning is active in local politics and served as a campaign volunteer for President Barack Obama and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) ? Negotiations with Greece's private creditors on a second rescue package for Athens have broken down, throwing efforts to resolve the euro zone debt crisis into doubt despite progress in boosting the region's rescue fund to one trillion euros.
German sources said Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were now negotiating directly with representatives of the banking industry, on the sidelines of a euro zone summit, to try to forge a deal in which the banks will accept a writedown of at least 50 percent on their holdings of Greek government bonds.
The talks were expected to drag on deep into the night, with positions far apart on perhaps the most complex element of the three-part "comprehensive package" that the currency bloc is trying to pull together.
The three elements are so intertwined that euro zone leaders face an all-or-nothing showdown.
"They only started now on the hard core of the matter, which is the PSI (private sector involvement)," one EU source said.
The leaders earlier made progress on two other elements -- bank recapitalization and moves to scale up the size of the euro zone's 440 billion euro ($600 bln) bailout fund.
A draft statement from the summit, obtained by Reuters, outlined two options to leverage the fund designed to shore up heavily indebted states and thwart market attacks.
It said details would not be nailed down until next month, suggesting the second summit in four days will have sketched broad intentions but failed to produce anything like a detailed master plan to resolve a crisis that threatens the single currency project.
"It is going to disappoint the market, particularly given the emphasis policymakers put on this meeting," said Jessica Hoversen, foreign exchange analyst at MF Global in New York.
A senior EU source said the euro zone leaders wanted private sector creditors to accept a writedown of 50 percent or more on their holdings of Greek government debt to reduce Greece's total outstanding private sector debt by around 100 billion euros.
While there is consensus on the need for European banks to raise around 110 billion euros ($150 billion) in extra capital to withstand a potential Greek debt default, governments and banks are at odds over the scale of write-offs.
"There has been no agreement on any Greek deal or a specific 'haircut'," Charles Dallara, head of the Institute for International Finance which represents private sector creditors, said in a statement. "There is no agreement on any element of a deal."
Sources said the IIF could present another offer, a move that is likely to further extend negotiations.
EU leaders did agree the outlines of a package on bank recapitalization, including raising the core capital ratios of European banks to 9 percent by the end of June 2012, but they did not provide a headline figure, which will depend in part on negotiations over Greek debt.
The European Banking Authority said the euro zone banks needed to raise 106 billion euros of capital to meet that ratio with Greek and Spanish banks facing the most work.
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For the European Financial Stability Facility, where progress was made, one proposal involves creating a special purpose investment vehicle (SPIV) to tap foreign sovereign and private investors, such as Chinese and Middle Eastern wealth funds, to buy bonds of troubled euro zone countries.
The other method for scaling up the rescue fund, which was set up last year, involves using it to offer partial guarantees to purchasers of new euro zone debt. The two options could be used simultaneously and the International Monetary Fund could also help.
Euro zone finance ministers will be asked to finalize the terms and conditions in November, the draft statement said.
EU sources said the EFSF was expected to be leveraged by something like a factor of four giving it scope of around 1 trillion euros. It has about 250-275 billion euros available given funds set aside for aid to Greece, Ireland and Portugal and for recapitalizing the region's banks.
Sarkozy is expected to talk with Chinese President Hu Jintao soon on Beijing's participation in the bailout fund.
U.S. stocks rallied on the pledge to boost the power of the fund, while the euro fell as investors awaited details that will not be forthcoming until next month.
European leaders' pattern of responding too little, too late to a debt crisis that began in Greece has spawned a wider economic and political crisis that threatens to undermine the euro single currency and the European Union project.
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Earlier, Merkel won a parliamentary vote of support for strengthening the rescue fund after warning in a dramatic speech that Europe was facing its most difficult situation since the end of World War Two.
Merkel told parliament that private bondholders would have to take a substantial write-down so that Greece's debt could be reduced to 120 percent of gross domestic product by 2020 from 160 percent this year.
Experts said that implied a 50 percent "haircut" for private investors.
"The world is watching Germany and Europe to see if we are ready and able to take responsibility. If the euro fails, Europe fails," said Merkel, in a characteristically sober tone.
"No one should take for it for granted that there will be peace and affluence in Europe in the next half century," she said.
Also weighing on the summit was deep concern about Italy, which is now in the bond market firing line.
Under huge pressure from its euro zone partners, Rome promised a package of reform steps to boost growth and control its public debt, including labor and pensions reforms and additional revenues from property divestments.
In a letter sent to the summit in Brussels, the government said it would produce a plan of action to boost growth by November 15, promising to raise the retirement age to 67, cut red tape and modernize state administration to improve conditions for business and raise 5 billion euros a year from divestments and improved returns from state property.
Rome's inability to deliver a substantive plan for reforming its pensions system has raised doubts about Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's seriousness in tackling a crisis that threatens the euro zone's third largest economy.
Italy has the euro zone's largest sovereign bond market, with a public debt of 1.8 trillion euros, 120 percent of GDP. If it went the same way as Greece, Ireland and Portugal, the rescue fund would not have enough money to bail Rome out.
Its partners remain skeptical -- a draft summit statement showed euro zone leaders will welcome Italy's plans to increase the pension age but will ask for detailed plans on how it plans to achieve that.
(Additional reporting by Julien Toyer, Jan Strupczewski, Yann Le Guernigou and John O'Donnell in Brussels, Annika Breidthardt and Sarah Marsh in Berlin, Daniel Flynn and Harry Papachristou in Athens, Barry Moody in Rome; Writing by Luke Baker and Mike Peacock; editing by Janet McBride)
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The human eye is as comfortable with white light generated by diode lasers as with that produced by increasingly popular light-emitting diodes (LEDs), according to tests conceived at Sandia National Laboratories.
Both technologies pass electrical current through material to generate light, but the simpler LED emits lights only through spontaneous emission. Diode lasers bounce light back and forth internally before releasing it.
The finding is important because LEDs -- widely accepted as more efficient and hardier replacements for century-old tungsten incandescent bulb technology -- lose efficiency at electrical currents above 0.5 amps. However, the efficiency of a sister technology -- the diode laser -- improves at higher currents, providing even more light than LEDs at higher amperages.
"What we showed is that diode lasers are a worthy path to pursue for lighting," said Sandia researcher Jeff Tsao, who proposed the comparative experiment. "Before these tests, our research in this direction was stopped before it could get started. The typical response was, 'Are you kidding? The color rendering quality of white light produced by diode lasers would be terrible.' So finally it seemed like, in order to go further, one really had to answer this very basic question first."
Little research had been done on diode lasers for lighting because of a widespread assumption that human eyes would find laser-based white light unpleasant. It would comprise four extremely narrow-band wavelengths -- blue, red, green, and yellow -- and would be very different from sunlight, for example, which blends a wide spectrum of wavelengths with no gaps in between. Diode laser light is also ten times narrower than that emitted by LEDs.
The tests -- a kind of high-tech market research -- took place at the University of New Mexico's Center for High Technology Materials. Forty volunteers were seated, one by one, before two near-identical scenes of fruit in bowls, housed in adjacent chambers. Each bowl was randomly illuminated by warm, cool, or neutral white LEDs, by a tungsten-filament incandescent light bulb, or by a combination of four lasers (blue, red, green, yellow) tuned so their combination produced a white light.
The experiment proceeded like an optometrist's exam: the subjects were asked: Do you prefer the left picture, or the right? All right, how about now?
The viewers were not told which source provided the illumination. They were instructed merely to choose the lit scene with which they felt most comfortable. The pairs were presented in random order to ensure that neither sequence nor tester preconceptions played roles in subject choices, but only the lighting itself. The computer program was written, and the set created, by Alexander Neumann, a UNM doctoral student of CHTM director Steve Brueck.
Each participant, selected from a variety of age groups, was asked to choose 80 times between the two changing alternatives, a procedure that took ten to twenty minutes, said Sandia scientist Jonathan Wierer, who helped plan, calibrate and execute the experiments. Five results were excluded when the participants proved to be color-blind. The result was that there was a statistically significant preference for the diode-laser-based white light over the warm and cool LED-based white light, Wierer said, but no statistically significant preference between the diode-laser-based and either the neutral LED-based or incandescent white light.
The results probably won't start a California gold rush of lighting fabricators into diode lasers, said Tsao, but they may open a formerly ignored line of research. Diode lasers are slightly more expensive to fabricate than LEDs because their substrates must have fewer defects than those used for LEDs. Still, he said, such substrates are likely to become more available in the future because they improve LED performance as well.
Also, while blue diode lasers have good enough performance that the automaker BMW is planning their use in its vehicles' next-generation white headlights, performance of red diode lasers is not as good, and yellow and green have a ways to go before they are efficient enough for commercial lighting opportunities.
Still, says Tsao, a competition wouldn't have to be all or nothing. Instead, he said, a cooperative approach might use blue and red diode lasers with yellow and green LEDs. Or blue diode lasers could be used to illuminate phosphors -- the technique currently used by fluorescent lights and the current generation of LED-based white light -- to create desirable shades of light.
The result makes possible still further efficiencies for the multibillion dollar lighting industry. The so-called ''smart beams'' can be adjusted on site for personalized color renderings for health reasons and, because they are directional, also can provide illumination precisely where it's wanted.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? President Barack Obama is bombarding Americans with job initiatives that may lack economic heft but show him as an activist leader compared to a 'do-nothing' Congress as he campaigns for re-election in 2012.
Obama will have rolled out three separate measures in three days when he wraps up a tour of electorally vital western states on Wednesday, and more moves are coming.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfieffer said the Democratic president will use executive orders and other tools to deliver initiatives "on a consistent basis for months to come."
"While the policy benefits of this new proposal are at best small, this is unquestionably a useful political weapon for the president," noted Keith Hennessey, who worked in Republican former president George W Bush's White House.
With 14 million Americans out of work, the economy is struggling to gain momentum amid fears that an intractable European debt crisis may tip the United States back into recession.
Opinion polls showed Obama's approval ratings stuck near record lows, although a new survey by Gallup detected a tiny improvement in confidence.
Ron Bonjean, a Republican party analyst and political strategist, said the president may be smart with his messaging but would still face a day of reckoning with voters.
"Obama's strategy is to make it look like he is at least trying to get something done," he said. "But his problem is that he has a record now showing how his policies have hurt job creation."
The president, declaring last month that the United States faced an economic "emergency," unveiled a $447 billion jobs plan. When that was swiftly blocked by Republicans in Congress, he set about using the powers vested in him as chief executive to bypass lawmakers.
EXECUTIVE ACTION
Obama deployed an executive order to help homeowners on Monday while in Las Vegas -- the epicenter of the collapse of the U.S. housing bubble since 2006.
On Tuesday his administration issued a "challenge" to community healthcare centers to hire 8,000 military veterans over the next three years.
On Wednesday Obama will announce at an event in Denver that he is changing the rules to ease the growing burden of student loans.
These steps could help 1 million borrowers who owe more on their homes than the properties are worth, lower the income cap on loan payments for 1.6 million graduates, while cutting monthly student loan rates for 6 million more.
William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, said such measures will do little to boost growth of the $14 trillion U.S. economy but will enhance the image of Obama as an economic leader.
Galston, who advised President Bill Clinton, also recognized parallels with Clinton's 1996 "small bore school uniform proposal" as a way to reconnect with voters.
Clinton instructed the federal government to distribute manuals nationwide on how to enforce school uniform policy as a way of emphasizing self-discipline.
"Obama is doing smaller things in leu of the bigger things he would do in the same area if he thought he had a better partner down at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue," he said, referring to the U.S. Congress.
Republicans blocked Obama's jobs bill because it raised taxes on Americans making $1 million a year or more to pay for it.
The president brandishes that opposition as an example of Republican obstruction, polishing a central part of his 2012 re-election campaign playbook that they are the party of the rich, while taping into public anger over gridlock in Washington.
"Steps like these won't take the place of the bold action we need from Congress to boost our economy and create jobs, but they will make a difference," Obama said in a statement. "Until Congress does act, I will continue to do everything in my power to act on behalf of the American people."
(Reporting by Alister Bull; editing by Philip Barbara)
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I'm thinking about starting a roleplay based in the chrono universe, but before I can proceed, I'd like to establish a support base for such a project, all those interested should leave a comment expressing support for chrono trigger and or chrono cross. The roleplay will feature multiple settings and alternate timelines and a new one(2012). Depending on what time line you choose, may effect which classes you will have access to(makes sense). I also need a co-gm and writers, to help organize and frame some of foundation for the story. The thing I was to convey most with the story is a sense of continuity and purpose. I'm open to suggestions and ideas and If I like it enough it will be amended into the story, so don't be afraid to leave feedback.
There will be a few class options I have in mind for characters to choose that are based off pre-existing models.
Classes
Magus- There are those who spend their lives poring over ancient tomes and texts, unlocking the power of magic, and there are those who spend their time perfecting the use of individual weapons, becoming masters without equal. The magus is at once a student of both philosophies, blending magical ability and martial prowess into something entirely unique, a discipline in which both spell and steel are used to devastating effect. As he grows in power, the magus unlocks powerful forms of arcana that allow him to merge his talents further, and at the pinnacle of his art, the magus becomes a blur of steel and magic, a force that few foes would dare to stand against.
Weapons that can be used with this class: Scythe, Spear, Bow, Staff
Adventurer -A jack of all trades and a master of none, you are an Adventurer! Adventurers can adapt to many situations with great ease. A great starting class if you're not sure how you want to specialize.Though they lack any specific skills or strengths, this serves as their only real weakness, as otherwise Adventurers are well-rounded in all areas of combat. They have access to some light and dark magic but they'll never be considered experts in any trade. This class is inspired by Toma the Adventurer.
Weapons available to this class: All
Swordmaster(chrono's class)- Swift and deadly, Swordmasters or Master Swordsmen silently roam the earth in search of the strongest warriors to test their skills against. These sword masters make use of offensive magic to aid them in battle and augment their already astounding power. While these warriors may be quiet out of battle, the access to the spellblade ability makes them ferocious and energetic fighters in battle. In fact, they have been known to swiftly and mercilessly shred their foes before their enemies even aknowledge that their defense has been breached.However, most of the time these agile warriors are peaceful and maintain their composure. Indeed, when out of battle, it is quite rare for these warriors to get angered, and they are most often seen in a state of peace and tranquility. These warriors will often meditate to harness the energy within their body and bring their wild mind to a calm state of equilibrium. By focusing these energies, Iron Blademasters are able to unleash blasts of power from their sword and fists. Chrono and Slash are examples of featured Swordsmasters.
Weapons available to this class: Fist, Katana, Sword, dual swords.
Genius- You are the Gear Enchanter, a cunning warrior skilled with weapons, offensive elemental magic, and mechanics. By fusing magic and engineering together Gear Enchanters are able to construct powerful enchanted machines capable of wreaking havoc on all their opponents. Magical weapons, cannons, and vehicles are absolutely no trouble for them to build, and they give Gear Enchanters a decided advantage in every battle they fight. By constructing magical airships and tanks, they can quickly move thousands of people across vast stretches of land and also augment both their defensive and offensive capabilities. Geniuses are essential centerpieces for any team.
Weapons available to this class: Guns, Staff, Scythe, knives, whips.
Dragoons- The Dragon Knight is portrayed as a skilled warrior class, usually capable of wearing heavy armor. Its weapons of choice are spears and lances, which it frequently utilizes in an airborne attack. The Dragon Knight signature attack is a long-distance leap into the air. From above, the Dragon Knight thrusts downward with its spearpoint, skewering its foes from above, and causing approximately twice as much damage as a normal horizontal attack. In addition, its speed and skill at handling such potentially unwieldy weaponry allows an experience Dragon Knight to strike multiple times during one combat round.
Weapons available to this class: Spears, Fist, Katana.
Knights- Powerful and noble warriors, Paladins are both masters of weapons and defensive magic. By imbuing their weapons with light magic, War Paladins can easily and effortlessly vanquish any evil or undead foes. Additionally, they excel at defensive spells which they use to enhance the protective power of their shields. The magic of spellcasters has little affect on War Paladins because of the defensive capabilities of their magical shields. These shields also help protect them against any physical attacks, making War Paladins almost impossible to injure. On top of that, they can use their magic to heal themselves or their allies. The combination of high physical power and high defensive magic make War Paladins one of the top classes. Their only downside is that that they can sometimes lack stealth and can be quite slow; however, the strongest War Paladins have increased their agility enough so that it is not a problem in battle. Glenn and Cyrus are well known Paladin Knight.
Weapons available to this class: Bows, Spears, Swords, dual swords, knives.
Royal- A class whose key distinction is belonging to that of high nobility, they have access to the exclusively elusive white magic, widely considered to be the most powerful form of magic in existence. They can be considered to be the proper counterpart of the Magus. Marle and Queen Zeal are examples of Royal's.
Weapons: Swords, Bows, knives, staff.
Monster Tamer- Monster Tamers are a group of people who, instead of gaining innate power, learn to bind the souls of monstrous beings and command them to fight in the Tamer's stead. They are often feared by most of the smarter beings among these Monsters, who don't relish the prospect of being an attack dog on a leash for mortal Tamers.
Monster Tamers are most often defined by the Monsters they have at their command. Some choose to have a varied and even haphazard collection, some choose to focus on Monsters of a particular type or subtype, and some choose to go along other themes, such as Monsters with particular schools of spell-like abilities or tough bruisers.
Weapons available to this class: Whips, Guns, bow, spears.
Sentinel- A sentinel can be thought of as a sort of elite policing force whose job it is to watch over time, they are very knowledgeable and well versed in time space theory, established in the future time lines, they carry out the duty of eradicating threats to the space time continuum such as Lavos, capable spell casters and fighters; their ability to use synthesized or fusion magic in the form of dual casting makes them versatile and deadly combatants, however they have a tendency to not be team players, preferring to opt as lone wolves. They can be considered a cross between the Genius and Swordsmaster class. A very powerful and well rounded class.
Weapons available to this class: Gun, Katana, Fist, Knives, Spears, Scythe.
Races
Zeal-A race close to humans in physiology, however they possess a natural gift for magic, believed to be the ancestors of modern humans. Magus and Schala are members of the Zeal race.
Humans- No explanation necessary
Dragovian- believed to have perished some thousands of years in the B.C era , proof of their lineage exists in the form of the Dragovians. A humanoid race of people whose ancestors were reptilians, they excel naturally as Dragon Knights.
Demihumans- Lynx, these are merely human-like
Robot/Androids- Robots possess great constitutions, intelligence, as well as some , they are considered the tanks of all races.
Mystics/Mutants- Originating from the Kingdom of Zeal in Chrono Trigger. Created by powerful Zeal mages as experiments, most Fiends became servants, guards, and sometimes even jesters to their Enlightened Masters Inherently magical beings, some Fiends possess the ability to cast magical spells. Some Fiends are immortal, while others live ordinary lifespans. In addition to this, Fiends carry significant differences physiologically, as there are many different species or sub-races such as Imps, Demons, and Naga. Despite these differences, Fiends are like in that they share the same origin. Flea and Slash are examples of well-known Mystics.
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The Journal of Visualized Experiments
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is the first post-secondary school to subscribe to JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments.
Though JoVE, the first and only academic video journal indexed in PubMed and MEDLINE, has video articles showing basic experimental procedures, the majority of the content showcases cutting edge technology out of Ivy League schools -- not the level of research one would usually associate with the high school curriculum.
"We're just not your typical high school," explains Dr. Andrea Cobb, Lab Director at Jefferson, listing off some of their equipment, "we have a DNA sequencer, mammalian cell culture facilities, we just got environmental growth culture facilities. We have a lot of toys. Stuff I didn't even have when I was in grad school."
Dr. Cobb, who teaches both biotechnology and microbiology at Jefferson, requested a subscription to JoVE because she thinks it will help her students learn to use the schools advanced equipment.
"This way they can see a procedure and practice it over and over again," she said. "A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth a thousand teachers."
Ward Parry, Director of Library Relations at JoVE says the video journal is being used more and more as a teaching tool in the classroom.
"The association with Thomas Jefferson is really exciting," said Parry. "It illustrates that the demand for this form of visual learning is trickling down to a much younger student. Furthermore, being exposed to complicated experiments at such a young age bodes well for our future scientists."
Head Librarian Anne Applin, said she will be offering student workshops on JoVE for Jefferson students in the coming months.
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About the Journal of Visualized Experiments:
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is the first and only Pubmed and Medline indexed academic journal devoted to publishing research in the biological sciences in video format. Using an international network of videographers, JoVE films and edits videos of researchers performing new experimental techniques at top universities, allowing students and scientists to learn them much more quickly. As of September 2011 JoVE has released 55 monthly issues including over 1300 video-protocols on experimental approaches in developmental biology, neuroscience, microbiology and other fields.
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617-820-1817
The Journal of Visualized Experiments
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is the first post-secondary school to subscribe to JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments.
Though JoVE, the first and only academic video journal indexed in PubMed and MEDLINE, has video articles showing basic experimental procedures, the majority of the content showcases cutting edge technology out of Ivy League schools -- not the level of research one would usually associate with the high school curriculum.
"We're just not your typical high school," explains Dr. Andrea Cobb, Lab Director at Jefferson, listing off some of their equipment, "we have a DNA sequencer, mammalian cell culture facilities, we just got environmental growth culture facilities. We have a lot of toys. Stuff I didn't even have when I was in grad school."
Dr. Cobb, who teaches both biotechnology and microbiology at Jefferson, requested a subscription to JoVE because she thinks it will help her students learn to use the schools advanced equipment.
"This way they can see a procedure and practice it over and over again," she said. "A picture is worth a thousand words and a video is worth a thousand teachers."
Ward Parry, Director of Library Relations at JoVE says the video journal is being used more and more as a teaching tool in the classroom.
"The association with Thomas Jefferson is really exciting," said Parry. "It illustrates that the demand for this form of visual learning is trickling down to a much younger student. Furthermore, being exposed to complicated experiments at such a young age bodes well for our future scientists."
Head Librarian Anne Applin, said she will be offering student workshops on JoVE for Jefferson students in the coming months.
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About the Journal of Visualized Experiments:
The Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is the first and only Pubmed and Medline indexed academic journal devoted to publishing research in the biological sciences in video format. Using an international network of videographers, JoVE films and edits videos of researchers performing new experimental techniques at top universities, allowing students and scientists to learn them much more quickly. As of September 2011 JoVE has released 55 monthly issues including over 1300 video-protocols on experimental approaches in developmental biology, neuroscience, microbiology and other fields.
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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch.
By Susanne Rust
Although famous for conservation and its sustainable and environmentally friendly practices, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is also one of the largest wastewater dischargers in the protected Pacific Grove area of the bay.
Last week, the State Water Resources Control Board exempted the aquarium [PDF] from a state ban on dumping wastewater in a marine protected zone.
The board decided the aquarium?s conservation and public education benefits far outweigh any dangers posed by the millions of gallons of treated fish, bird and mammal waste it dumps back into the bay.
?The Monterey Bay Aquarium?s beneficial uses include extensive public outreach and education on the marine environment, basic water quality research, and research to determine the needs and improve the quality of existence for marine life,? said David Clegern, a spokesman for the water board.
According to a report [PDF] released by the board earlier this year, the aquarium takes in about 1,400 gallons of seawater a minute, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It then discharges more than 2 million gallons a day. The system is open, meaning seawater is pumped in and discharged continually.
The board acknowledges the discharge does contain waste, albeit ?at very low levels.? The only exceptions noted were copper in one seawater sample and chlorine in others.
Copper is known to be harmful to marine organisms, damaging creatures? gills, livers, kidneys and nervous systems. Chlorine can be lethal to many organisms, including salmon and oysters, at low levels.
?None of the seawater samples exhibited toxicity effects,? the report's authors wrote. However, storm water runoff from the aquarium contained waste and in some cases exceeded state standards.
Aquarium officials, for their part, say they do everything they can to minimize the harm the aquarium poses to marine life right off its shore. For instance, the aquarium routes all seawater exposed to birds and mammals through ultraviolet sterilization before dumping it back in the bay. This process gets rid of bacteria and other microbes.
Other discharged water, particularly water that has been in contact with exotic species, is run through ozone treatment in order to kill any larvae or eggs that could potentially reach the bay.
And water treated with chemicals or pharmaceuticals is isolated and not released back into the bay.
?Operating a large public aquarium requires substantial resources and a large staff, and we recognize that our environmental footprint is likewise substantial,? aquarium officials wrote in a brochure [PDF] about the aquarium's commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly practices, called ?Striving for Sustainability.?
"We are doing everything we can to minimize our footprint in the ocean," said Ken Peterson, an aquarium spokesman. "There's no doubt it's a challenge."
The aquarium sits next to the Pacific Grove area, a state-designated Area of Special Biological Significance. Since 1983, as part of its Ocean Plan, the state has banned wastewater discharge into any of the 34 designated marine areas.
In 2004, the water board notified the aquarium that it had to cease storm water and other discharges in the protected area or request an exception under the Ocean Plan.
The aquarium sought an exception in 2006, and the state water board prepared a report on the request.
In April of this year, a public meeting was held to consider the exception, and last week, it was finally approved.
"By and large, this exception allows the aquarium to continue being a public aquarium exposing millions of people every year to marine life in the hopes that we can get them interested and concerned about ocean issues," Peterson said. "There is a value in that, and we are pleased it is recognized and valued by the State Water Resources Control Board."
Susanne Rust is an investigative reporter for California Watch, a project of the non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting. Find more California Watch stories here.
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