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tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:/news/feeds/atom/election-day Election Day - Michigan - onPolitix 2013-11-06T05:28:51Z WOODTV.COM tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/285271 2013-11-06T05:28:52Z 2013-11-06T05:28:51Z WOODTV.COM Acting GR Clerk makes election changes
Tuesday's election was the first big test of Grand Rapids Acting City Clerk Darlene O'Neal.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Tuesday's election was the first big test of Grand Rapids Acting City Clerk Darlene O'Neal.

She took over the office less than a month ago after her boss, former clerk Lauri Parks, was fired by city commissioners for a number of reasons and a task force on elections called for changes to avoid problems at the polls.

 O'Neal implemented some of the easier to accomplish recommendations by the task force -- what she called the "low-hanging fruit."

 Changes were made to the way voting traffic flowed through some precincts to avoid the bottlenecks that caused problems during the 2008 election.

 Election workers had more equipment, from pencils to voting booths, at the ready for voters.

 And election workers were provided more training so if there were problems, they could be handled either in person or by a quick phone call.

 While O'Neal was happy with the way things went Tuesday, the real test may not come until next year's gubernatorial race or even the 2016 presidential election

 "The best test will be high volume," O'Neal said. "By that way we can compare apples to apples. So we have done a soft launch in terms of the low-hanging fruit, making revisions to some of the precinct layouts. So it's difficult to say that we have hit a home run, but I'm confident."

 In the election, voters decided to spend more of their tax dollars to improve aging city parks, and re-elected 2nd Ward City Commissioner Rosalynn Bliss.

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 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/215564 2012-12-17T18:08:07Z 2012-12-17T18:08:07Z WOODTV.COM Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election
Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in an exhausting 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term.

The rite playing in state capitols involved party luminaries and tireless activists carrying out the will of each state's voters. The popular vote from state-to-state dictates whether Democratic or Republican electors get the honor, but the outcome is not in doubt.

Obama is on course to get 332 votes to Romney's 206, barring defectors.

In New Hampshire, electors supporting Obama signed their four ballots and sealed the envelopes with wax that has been in the secretary of state's office for more than 70 years.

"It's been a long haul for all of us," said state Secretary of State Bill Gardner, alluding to New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary that sparked intense campaigning there for more than a year.

In Mississippi, which Republican Mitt Romney carried comfortably, six men chosen earlier as electors met in a small committee room in the state Capitol and cast their votes for Romney. Well aware they were doing so in a lost cause, they opted for humor. The state's Republican governor, Phil Bryant, joked that Billy Mounger, an 86-year-old elector, probably wished to vote for Calvin Coolidge, a renowned small-government conservative president in the 1920s.

"I'd like to have Coolidge back," said Mounger, a wealthy Jackson businessman.

The ballots are on their way to Washington, where Congress will officially count them on Jan. 6.

The 12th Amendment directs the electors chosen by the states to meet and vote for president and vice president. Each state gets its equivalent in the 435-member House and the 100-member Senate. The District of Columbia gets the other three electors.

With the Electoral College in focus, advocates for revamping the current system seized on the chance to argue for a change guaranteeing the national popular vote winner is elected president. The compact among states would award future electoral votes to the national vote leader regardless of how candidates perform in a particular state. The shift has been approved in nine places and is pending in many others, but it won't take effect unless states possessing a majority of electoral votes ratify it.

Minnesota Rep. Pat Garofalo, a Republican, said an increasingly shrinking electoral college map has lavished candidate attention on a select few states while most are mere spectators.

"The rest of the country gets hosed," he said, adding, "The most important principle here is the candidate who gets the most votes should win and every vote should be equal."

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Contributing to this reporter were Associated Press writers Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H.; Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Miss.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/264658 2012-12-17T18:08:07Z 2012-12-17T18:08:07Z WOODTV.COM Electoral College set to affirm Obama re-election
Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in the 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ? Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes in an exhausting 2012 presidential election, a constitutional formality on President Barack Obama's march to a second term.

The rite playing in state capitols involved party luminaries and tireless activists carrying out the will of each state's voters. The popular vote from state-to-state dictates whether Democratic or Republican electors get the honor, but the outcome is not in doubt.

Obama is on course to get 332 votes to Romney's 206, barring defectors.

In New Hampshire, electors supporting Obama signed their four ballots and sealed the envelopes with wax that has been in the secretary of state's office for more than 70 years.

"It's been a long haul for all of us," said state Secretary of State Bill Gardner, alluding to New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary that sparked intense campaigning there for more than a year.

In Mississippi, which Republican Mitt Romney carried comfortably, six men chosen earlier as electors met in a small committee room in the state Capitol and cast their votes for Romney. Well aware they were doing so in a lost cause, they opted for humor. The state's Republican governor, Phil Bryant, joked that Billy Mounger, an 86-year-old elector, probably wished to vote for Calvin Coolidge, a renowned small-government conservative president in the 1920s.

"I'd like to have Coolidge back," said Mounger, a wealthy Jackson businessman.

The ballots are on their way to Washington, where Congress will officially count them on Jan. 6.

The 12th Amendment directs the electors chosen by the states to meet and vote for president and vice president. Each state gets its equivalent in the 435-member House and the 100-member Senate. The District of Columbia gets the other three electors.

With the Electoral College in focus, advocates for revamping the current system seized on the chance to argue for a change guaranteeing the national popular vote winner is elected president. The compact among states would award future electoral votes to the national vote leader regardless of how candidates perform in a particular state. The shift has been approved in nine places and is pending in many others, but it won't take effect unless states possessing a majority of electoral votes ratify it.

Minnesota Rep. Pat Garofalo, a Republican, said an increasingly shrinking electoral college map has lavished candidate attention on a select few states while most are mere spectators.

"The rest of the country gets hosed," he said, adding, "The most important principle here is the candidate who gets the most votes should win and every vote should be equal."

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Contributing to this reporter were Associated Press writers Holly Ramer in Concord, N.H.; Emily Wagster Pettus in Jackson, Miss.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/213478 2012-12-07T12:16:25Z 2012-12-07T12:16:25Z WOODTV.COM Election hits $2B mark amid last-minute donations
Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Remarkable for its last-minute surge of contributions, the U.S. presidential election witnessed unprecedented sums of cash boosting two men in their quest for the White House. It was a cost that surpassed $2 billion and sometimes came with the cloak of anonymity for billionaire donors.

The election was the first in which "super" political action committees spent hundreds of millions on television ads, especially those supporting GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Super PACs, like those helping President Barack Obama, benefited from deep wells of money from wealthy donors and corporations.

A handful of mega donors stood out. The most prominent were Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam, who together contributed nearly $100 million — as promised — to help Republican candidates. On the left, celebrities like Jeffrey Katzenberg poured millions of dollars into efforts helping Obama win a second term.

More than $230 million in super PAC money bolstered Romney's candidacy, adding to the massive haul by the Republican Party for the former Massachusetts governor. The pro-Romney super PACs were able to hammer the president in swing states with meticulously designed ads highlighting a woeful economy and what they portrayed as Obama's failed record.

A sizable chunk of that cash flowed in just weeks before Election Day. Because Federal Election Commission rules don't require groups to report until late November the money they've raised since mid-October, many top donors escaped scrutiny until after the Nov. 6 voting. The Adelsons' $33 million gift to two pro-Romney super PACs, as well as $3 million from Larry Ellison, head of software giant Oracle Corp., were not divulged until Thursday.

The pro-Obama Priorities USA Action raked in nearly 20 percent of the money it raised this election during the final weeks of the campaign. Much of that $15 million haul, records show, came from repeat million-dollar donors like Fred Eychaner, the founder of Chicago-based Newsweb Corp., and from the ranks of Renaissance Technologies, whose investors donated $4 million in the campaign's final weeks.

Those pots of money, in turn, enabled super PACs to dole out millions of dollars on pricey television ads in important swing states, including some where razor-thin ballot margins had been forecast for Election Day.

"The super PACs helped Romney run a more competitive race," said R. Donahue Peebles, an Obama fundraiser from New York. "But, in the end, money can take a candidate only so far."

Surpassing the $2 billion record was long expected after an election season dominated by the supercharged competitive pressures that both campaigns faced in mounting massive fundraising blitzes to stoke expensive media ad battles and ground wars. The Obama and Romney campaigns mobilized competing squads of ultra-wealthy fundraisers, sought aid from free-spending allied super PACS and deployed multimillion-dollar media broadsides and armies of organizers.

Romney and the GOP reported raising more than $920 million by election's end, compared with Obama and the Democrats' $960 million. Obama had been largely outspent by Romney and allied groups during the summer, but the president's campaign began to close that gap as Election Day approached.

Campaigns and outside groups brought in more than $1 billion to help each candidate, an Associated Press review of financial records showed. In 2008, Obama shattered records by raising more than $750 million in donations. Romney's campaign, for its part, said it stretched its dollar competing against an incumbent.

"Every dollar we raised was put to use in the effort to elect Mitt Romney," said finance chair Spencer Zwick, citing strong fundraising during the final weeks leading up to Nov. 6. Romney's election effort brought in $85.9 million since mid-October, compared with Obama's $111 million during the same period.

After a series of high-profile federal court rulings, the nation's relaxed campaign-finance system allowed for unlimited contributions from corporations, labor groups and others; television advertisements from nonprofit groups that concealed who paid for them and the proliferation of more than 1,000 super PACs. Those groups can't coordinate with the candidates they support, but groups on both sides of the political aisle were staffed with former campaign advisers who were deft political fundraisers.

But the election was known just as much for its sources of so-called dark money as it was for its hefty price tag.

Nonprofit "social welfare" organizations spent hundreds of millions more on so-called issue ads, and those groups don't have to disclose their donors because they're governed by tax law. Open-government groups have pushed Congress, to no avail, for a law that would require politically active groups to reveal their finances.

As well, federal rules require timely disclosure for super PACs, but determining who's behind big donations isn't always easy. In summer 2011, a fledgling company dissolved shortly after making a $1 million contribution to a super PAC supporting Romney; records showed that the company, established and closed over a four-month period, was formed by a Romney supporter who once worked with him at the private equity firm Bain Capital.

Other super PACs active this election season benefited from opaque, eleventh-hour contributions. FreedomWorks for America, a prominent tea party group, reported more than $5.2 million in donations during the first half of October — about 90 percent of the group's fundraising haul — from an apparent shell company in Knoxville, Tenn., called Specialty Group that advertises no product or service.

The company's owner, William Rose, said in a statement he was under no obligation to reveal where his money — ultimately used to boost high-profile congressional races — came from.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/196560 2012-11-12T14:18:09Z 2012-11-12T14:18:09Z WOODTV.COM Face of US changing; elections to look different
It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just the economy, stupid. It's the demographics — the changing face of America.

The 2012 elections drove home trends that have been embedded in the fine print of birth and death rates, immigration statistics and census charts for years.

America is rapidly getting more diverse, and, more gradually, so is its electorate.

Nonwhites made up 28 percent of the electorate this year, compared with 20 percent in 2000. Much of that growth is coming from Hispanics.

The trend has worked to the advantage of President Barack Obama two elections in a row now and is not lost on Republicans poring over the details of Tuesday's results.

Obama captured a commanding 80 percent of the growing ranks of nonwhite voters in 2012, just as he did in 2008. Republican Mitt Romney won 59 percent of non-Hispanic whites.

Romney couldn't win even though he dominated among white men and outperformed 2008 nominee John McCain with that group. It's an ever-shrinking slice of the electorate and of America writ large.

White men made up 34 percent of the electorate this year, down from 46 percent in 1972.

"The new electorate is a lagging indicator of the next America," says Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center. "We are mid-passage in a century-long journey from the middle of the last century, when we were nearly a 90 percent white nation, to the middle of this coming century, when we will be a majority-minority nation."

Another trend that will be shaping the future electorate is the stronger influence of single women. They vote differently from men and from women who are married. Fifty-four percent of single women call themselves Democrats; 36 percent of married women do.

With women marrying later and divorcing more, single women made up 23 percent of voters in the 2012 election, compared with 19 percent in 2000.

The changing electorate has huge implications for public policy and politics.

Suddenly, immigration overhaul seems a lot more important, for one thing.

Ask white voters about the proper role of government, for another, and 60 percent think it should do less. Ask Hispanics the same question, and 58 percent think the government should do more, as do 73 percent of blacks, exit polls show.

You can hear it in the voice of Alicia Perez, a 31-year-old immigration attorney who voted last week at a preschool in Ysleta, Texas.

"I trust the government to take care of us," she said. "I don't trust the Republican Party to take care of people."

Sure, the election's biggest issue, the economy, affects everyone. But the voters deciding who should tackle it were quite different from the makeup of the 1992 "It's the economy, stupid" race that elected Democrat Bill Clinton as president.

Look no further than the battleground states of Campaign 2012 for political ramifications flowing from the country's changing demographics.

New Western states have emerged as battlegrounds as the Hispanic population there grows. In Nevada, for example, white voters made up 80 percent of the electorate in 2000; now they're at 64 percent. The share of Hispanics in the state's electorate has grown to 19 percent; Obama won 70 percent of their votes.

Obama won most of the battlegrounds with a message that was more in sync than Romney's with minorities, women and younger voters, and by carefully targeting his grassroots mobilizing efforts to reach those groups.

In North Carolina, where Romney narrowly defeated Obama, 42 percent of black voters said they had been contacted on behalf of Obama, compared with just 26 percent of whites, exit polls showed. Obama got just 31 percent of the state's white vote, but managed to keep it competitive by claiming 96 percent of black voters and 68 percent of Hispanics.

Young voters in the state, two-thirds of whom backed Obama, also were more often the target of Obama's campaign than Romney's: 35 percent said they were contacted by Obama, 11 percent by Romney. Among senior citizens, two-thirds of whom voted Republican, 33 percent were contacted by Obama, 34 percent by Romney.

Howard University sociologist Roderick Harrison, former chief of racial statistics at the Census Bureau, said Obama's campaign strategists proved themselves to be "excellent demographers."

"They have put together a coalition of populations that will eventually become the majority or are marching toward majority status in the population, and populations without whom it will be very difficult to win national elections and some statewide elections, particularly in states with large black and Hispanic populations," Harrison said.

One way to see the trend is to look at the diversity of young voters. Among voters under 30 years old this year, only 58 percent are white. Among senior voters, 87 percent are white.

Brookings Institution demographer William H. Frey says policymakers and politicians need to prepare for a growing "cultural generation gap."

"Both parties are getting the message that this is a new age and a new America," says Frey. "Finally, the politics is catching up with the demography."

Just as Republicans need to do a better job of attracting Hispanics, says Frey, Democrats need to do more to reach out to whites.

The face of Congress is changing more slowly than the electorate or the population, but changing it is.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California was happy to highlight the news that for the first time in history, more than half the members of her caucus next year will be women, black, Hispanic or Asian. She said it "reflects the great diversity and strength of our nation."

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, whose caucus is far more white and male, said Republicans need to learn to "speak to all Americans — you know, not just to people who look like us and act like us."

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, one of the GOP's most prominent black women, said the party needs to understand that "the changing demographics in the country really necessitate an even bigger tent for the Republican Party."

"Clearly we are losing important segments of that electorate and what we have to do is to appeal to those people not as identity groups but understanding that if you can get the identity issue out of the way, then you can appeal on the broader issues that all Americans share a concern for," she said.

All sides know the demographic trends are sure to become more pronounced in the future.

In the past year, minority babies outnumbered white newborns for the first time in U.S. history. By midcentury, Hispanics, blacks, Asians and multiracial people combined will become the majority of the U.S.

Since 2000, the Hispanic and Asian populations have grown by more than 40 percent, fueled by increased immigration of younger people as well as more births.

Currently, Hispanics are the largest minority group and make up 17 percent of the U.S. population, compared with 12 percent for blacks and 5 percent for Asians. Together minorities now make up more than 36 percent of the population.

Hispanics will make up roughly 30 percent of the U.S. by midcentury, while the African-American share is expected to remain unchanged at 12 percent. Asian-Americans will grow to roughly 8 percent of the U.S.

"The minorities will vote," said demographer Frey. "The question is will their vote be split more across the two parties than it was this time?"

For both Republicans and Democrats, he said, the 2012 election is a wake-up call that will echo through the decades.

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AP Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and writer Hope Yen contributed to this report.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/194516 2012-11-09T12:39:37Z 2012-11-09T19:59:59Z WOODTV.COM Obama: Americans agree with my approach on deficit
President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling "fiscal cliff" negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling "fiscal cliff" negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.

"This was a central question during the election," Obama said in his first postelection comments on the economy. "The majority of Americans agree with my approach."

The president, speaking in the White House East Room, said he wasn't wedded to every detail of the plans he outlined during the election, adding, "I'm open to compromise." But he offered no indication that he was willing to back down on his insistence that the wealthy pay more.

Republicans stood their ground. At the Capitol, Republican House Speaker John Boehner said he remains unwilling to raise tax rates on upper-income earners. But he left open the possibility of balancing spending cuts with new revenue that could be achieved by revising the tax code to lower rates and eliminate some tax breaks.

Obama said he had invited congressional leaders of both parties to the White House next week to start negotiations on averting the tax increases and automatic spending cuts due to hit in January. Both parties agree that those changes, the result of failed deficit-cut talks earlier this year, could send the economy back into recession.

The president avoided any mention of specific tax rates in his remarks, saying only that the wealthy should pay more. He also called on Congress to quickly pass an extension of tax cuts, first enacted by George W. Bush, for families making less than $250,000 a year.

Republicans, as they have throughout Obama's first term, say raising tax rates on wealthier Americans is a non-starter. Boehner said such increases would hurt small businesses just as they are trying to recover from the severe last recession.

"I'm proposing that we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that ensures that 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with the major problems that are facing us," the speaker said. He said cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps, known as entitlement programs, have to be part of the equation.

Still, Boehner declined to provide specific proposals to avoid the fiscal cliff.

He did say that raising the debt limit, which the government will reach sometime in the spring, should be part of any negotiations. Pressed for details beyond that framework, he said he didn't want to limit ideas to address the problem. He burden is on Obama, he said.

"This is an opportunity for the president to lead," Boehner said. He repeated a version of that phrase four times during the 11 minutes he spoke. "This is his moment to engage the Congress and work toward a solution that can pass both chambers."
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/194443 2012-11-09T12:01:30Z 2012-11-09T13:09:25Z WOODTV.COM Changing times: Politicians' tears more common now
It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election. But Barack Obama isn't the only world leader unashamed to be seen crying in public.

It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election.

But Barack Obama isn't the only world leader unashamed to be seen crying in public — or simply unable to avoid it. Attitudes seem to have changed since the early 1970s, when an alleged crying incident during the presidential primary season went a long way toward derailing the candidacy of a Maine senator.

The teary trend has picked up speed in recent years, or perhaps it has just been noticed more often because of ubiquitous TV, still and cellphone cameras. Here are some recent examples:

 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Victorious in his re-election campaign, Obama cried while giving a speech to his campaign staff and volunteers. He told the gathered young people there was no limit to what they could accomplish. The speech touched on his start as a community organizer in Chicago and reflected his faith that his young volunteers and staff would accomplish great things in the decades to come.

It was an emotional side of Obama that had rarely been visible during the long, often negative, campaign.

 EVEN STRONG MEN CRY

Russian President Vladimir Putin is a judo fan and hunting aficionado known in part for his physical fitness. But that didn't stop him from welling up in March after he was returned to power in a difficult election battle marred by public protests. It was a break with Kremlin tradition in a country where leaders are rarely seen to show emotions.

A defiant Putin proclaimed that he and his followers had beaten back opponents determined to destroy Russia's statehood and usurp power.

The tears were ridiculed by his political opponents and drew some sarcastic comments from political foes in the United States, but did not seem to harm his standing.

 NOT READY TO LEAVE

She was known as a strong, even imperious leader who thrived on power politics and led Britain in the war to recover the Falklands Islands. But the enduring image of Margaret Thatcher's departure from office is the tearful face captured by photographers in 1990 as she left 10 Downing Street for the last time.

The "iron lady" was removed as party leader and prime minister after 11 years in power and replaced by John Major. The crying incident is remembered as offering a rare glimpse into her personal feelings, which were typically kept far from public view.

 GOODBYE, MAN FROM MAINE

Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie was a front-runner in the race for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination until he appeared to break down while defending his wife from an attack by an influential New Hampshire newspaper.

Muskie always claimed it was snowflakes, not tears, but the damage had been done. His supposed crying was perceived as a show of weakness and instability, and his campaign never recovered. His rival, Sen. George McGovern, won the nomination, but was later trounced by President Richard Nixon. Although Muskie's presidential hopes were dashed, he later became Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter.

 THE WEEPER OF THE HOUSE

As Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner holds one of the most powerful positions in the U.S. government — and he cries so frequently that Twitter jokesters have taken to calling him the weeper of the house. He tears up easily, particularly when talking about the American dream.

He's been known to cry at school events or when fielding questions from constituents or when talking about his family. A well-watched YouTube clip captures him choking up with tears when talking about the need to combat terrorism and provide safety and security for Americans.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/193327 2012-11-08T17:16:31Z 2012-12-12T19:12:12Z WOODTV.COM Gen Y: How the young vote was won
To get young voters to the polls this year, candidates had to get more creative than a 10-second attack ad before a YouTube video of the honey badger.

(LIN) — Americans spend a lot of time behind a screen. Computers, TV, phones and tablets – if it flashes, tweets, or communicates with friends or entertains in any way, we're an easy sell.

And everyone running for office this year took advantage, blaring advertisements on TV, YouTube, Facebook and other social media networks.

One size doesn't fit all, though. To get the young vote, candidates had to get more creative than a 10-second ad before a YouTube video of the honey badger.

This year, many attempts were made to get young voters to the polls, and it seemed to work.

A survey by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) showed that 22-23 million young Americans (ages 18-29), or at least 49 percent went to the polls Tuesday, and that number is expected to rise as more post-election information is made available from precincts.
  View the complete survey here
In 2004, 2008, and 2012 turnout has been in the vicinity of 50 percent each time for this age group, compared to just 37 percent in 1996 and 41 percent in 2000.

In the months leading up to the presidential election, MTV 's "Power of 12" campaign tailored messages to the 18-29 year-old voting bloc, pushing candidate profiles, information on how to vote and encouraged young voters to talk about what matters to them. In the final weeks of his campaign, President Barack Obama spent an hour on MTV answering questions from young viewers about what he could bring to the presidency.

Another way young voters were reached during the campaign was social media.

Throughout the 2012 presidential campaign, it was easy to ignore the negative advertising and look forward to the day when it would all be over. But when it came to Election Day, people wanted everyone to know they did their civic duty.

On Facebook, users logged in on Tuesday to see a box at the top of their news feed asking if they plan to vote. A button directing users to their polling place was prominently displayed as well.

Once users clicked the "I'm voting," their response was recorded and plotted on a map.

Facebook tracked not only the location of voters, but their age group as well, showing that two-thirds of all Facebook users who used this poll were under 35. Those between the ages of 18 and 24 made up 30 percent of the voters, while those 25 to 34 made up 32 percent.

Researcher James Fowler explained to TechCrunch.com, "Facebook caused an extra third of a million people to vote. To put that number in context, remember that the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election was won by a margin of just 537 votes in Florida."

Foursquare users also got an "I Voted" pin when using #ivoted when checking in to their polling place. (Absentee voters could still use the hashtag to get the pin.)

According to the CIRCLE survey, young voters favored Obama by a 24-point margin. The study also postulates that if Romney had won half the youth vote in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia — or if young people had stayed home all together — Romney would have won those key battleground states. Those four states account for 80 electoral votes, which would have changed the outcome of the election .

Though this election is over, the next four years will quickly pass and new candidates will come to the surface for the 2016 election.

Now is the time for those campaigns to consider the gravity of the young vote and consider the return on time spent reaching them on their playing fields.

It could be the deciding factor in the next election.

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 Gen Y is a weekly opinion piece covering issues that matter most to younger, influential voters through their late 30s. Jessica O. Swink, a 20-something, is the digital political producer for LIN Media and contributing editor to  onPolitix.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/193254 2012-11-08T15:15:10Z 2012-11-08T21:43:33Z WOODTV.COM Fla. counting last presidential votes; Obama leads
Florida is counting its final presidential ballots as President Barack Obama holds a narrow lead in the state.

MIAMI (AP) — Florida is counting its final presidential ballots as President Barack Obama holds a narrow lead in the state.

  Photos: Obama wins

Most of the remaining ballots are being counted Thursday in Miami-Dade County. The state's largest county had a last-minute wave of absentee ballots that needed to be processed. Combined with a tight race, that has delayed the announcement of a winner.

Obama leads the count 49.9 percent to Romney's 49.3 percent. That's a difference of about 47,000 votes out of 8.3 million cast.

If he claims Florida's 29 electoral votes, Obama would increase his victory margin in the Electoral College to 332 to Romney's 206.
 tag:michigan.onplolitix.com,2005:news/193172 2012-11-08T14:36:06Z 2012-11-08T15:11:46Z WOODTV.COM Obama's big Hispanic win worries GOP
Hispanic voted 71 percent in support for Obama, putting Republicans on notice that they must seriously court the nation's largest minority group if they want to win the presidency again.

DENVER (AP) -- Omayra Vasquez blinks and does a double take when asked why she voted for President Barack Obama. The reason for her was as natural as breathing.

"I feel closer to him," said Vasquez, a 43-year-old Federal Express worker from Denver. "He cares about the Spanish people."

  Photos: Obama wins

Millions of Hispanic voters seconded that emotion Tuesday with resounding 71 percent support for Obama, tightening Democrats' grip on the White House and putting Republicans on notice that they must seriously court the nation's largest minority group if they want to win the presidency again.

According to initial exit polls, Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who backed hard-line immigration measures, came away with 27 percent Hispanic support, less than any presidential candidate in 16 years and a sharp drop from the 44 percent claimed by President George W. Bush in 2004 after he embraced immigration reform.

"We could have won this election if the party had a better brand name with Hispanics," said Al Cardenas, chairman of the American Conservative Union. "I don't believe there's a path to the White House in the future that doesn't include 38 percent-40 percent Hispanic support."

Cardenas said Hispanics were only a large part of a worrisome trend in the electorate, which is increasingly comprised of younger and minority voters who traditionally do not back Republicans. If the 1980 electorate looked like the 2012 version, he added, Jimmy Carter would have defeated Ronald Reagan.

Matt Schlapp, who was political director of George W. Bush's 2000 campaign, drew parallels between the GOP's standing with Hispanics and the party's troubles with African-Americans, who now routinely back Democrats by 9-1 margins. "The idea that we would somehow copy that with the Hispanic community is troubling," he said.

Hispanics have long favored Democrats. But they have been trending even more sharply toward that party since Republicans stymied Bush's immigration proposal and favored hard-line immigration measures that critics decried as racially motivated.

Romney tapped an author of Arizona's controversial immigration law to advise him during the GOP primaries and called for "self-deportation" to lower the number of illegal immigrants. Obama, meanwhile, announced in June that immigration authorities would grant work permits to people brought here illegally as children who graduated high school or served in the military. The directive energized a Hispanic electorate that had been disappointed by Obama's inability to pass immigration reforms.

A survey of Hispanic voters by the firm Latino Decisions found that Hispanics gave Obama his winning margin in Colorado, Florida and Nevada, swing states where they turned out in unusually high numbers. Even before the races were called, some Republicans took to the airwaves and social media calling for the party to back off its hard-line stance and embrace certain immigration reforms.

It's unclear whether the results would change the party's opposition to legalizing some illegal immigrants. In a conversation with the Des Moines Register last month, Obama predicted that GOP opposition could crumble after Hispanics delivered the White House to him. The conversation was initially off the record but later published with the president's consent.

"And since this is off the record, I will just be very blunt," Obama said. "Should I win a second term, a big reason I will win a second term is because the Republican nominee and the Republican Party have so alienated the fastest-growing demographic group in the country, the Latino community."

On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed to introduce an immigration reform package next year, saying Republicans would reject it "at their peril."

Opponents of an immigration deal warned that Republicans should not take the Democrats' bait. Steve Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies noted that Hispanics have reliably backed Democrats for decades, even after President Ronald Reagan signed an immigration amnesty in 1986 that gave many of them legal status. Those new American citizens, Camarota said, turned into Democrats.

Camarota and other supporters of immigration restrictions contend that Hispanics lean Democratic because they favor government social programs and higher taxes on the wealthy. "They changed the national electorate and now they have to move with the electorate," Camarota said of the GOP. "For 30 years that we have data, Hispanics have been voting Democratic. There's no reason to think that's going to change unless the Republican Party moves away from its low-tax, low-regulation position."

NumbersUSA President Roy Beck, whose group advocates reductions in immigration levels, argues that Republicans like Romney need to explain to Hispanic voters why immigration restrictions are in their interest. His group advocates reductions in immigration levels. "He should have talked about Hispanic unemployment and how much high immigration hurts Hispanic employment."

Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., an immigration hawk, agreed and said economic issues, not immigration, are key to winning Hispanics. "You should never sacrifice your core beliefs for political reasons," he said.

The debate is nothing new for the GOP.

Mario H. Lopez, president of the conservative Hispanic Leadership Fund, said he's heard arguments like that before -- after every election in which Hispanics lean more Democratic and Republicans suffer. "The clock has been ticking," Lopez said. "Some of us have been talking about it for years. It's up to them if they want to listen or have more nights like Tuesday night."


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Well, here's something that falls into the newfound category "typically Islanders."
The agent for Nino Niederreiter publicly declared no confidence in Garth Snow or Jack Capuano, and said that he wanted his client traded. Then the fun began!
The twitterverse exploded with fan outrage! The message board (is there any message board worth reading other than Islandermania.com?) broke into many fractured debates, arguing the merits of both the Islanders and Nino's actions.
The fact is, Nino's "camp" may have stumbled onto something that guarantees him a roster spot in the near future, because Nino figured out something that we have been discussing internally for quite some time. We shall share this with you in, in two parts.
Part One – Two sides of a coin as a player
He's tearing it up in the AHL…Really?
Yes, Nino, is doing well in the AHL. His play would dictate that, yes, he should be on this team. However what do his stats mean?
Nino, currently has 19 goals and 36 pts in 39 games. This is .92 pts per game, on pace for 37 goals and 70 pts. He is 12th in the AHL in scoring, behind non other than newly acquired Keith Aucoin. Lets compare his "monster" stats to some other Isles from the recent past.
Fellow AHL all-star, Jeff Tambellini . First AHL season 56 games 25 goals 31 pts 56 pts. 1 pt per game, on pace for 34 goals and 76 pts. We all know how this turned out.
Trent Hunter 30 goals 65 pts in 80 games. Trent was solid player before knee injuries hampered his career.
Josh Bailey 11 games 6 goals 11 assists 17 pts. 1.5 pts a game, on pace for 117. Well, Josh is a nice guy.
Kyle Okposo 35 games 9 goals 28 pts. .8 pts a game on pace for 60 pts. The book is hasn't been written for Kyle yet. Short season or not, he has show consistency.
Casey Cizikas 52 games 15 goals 45 pts .86 pts a game on pace for 65 pts. So far so good, just needs to get a little faster.
The AHL is often looked at place to gain confidence. The problem is, what works in the AHL does not necessarily work here. There are few NHL caliber players in the AHL. Look no further than this years "Sorry we wasted four months of your hockey season free scrimmage". Who did Nino undress for his pretty goal? Jon Landry. There is truth to building confidence, but one could argue that it is false confidence.
Well, power forwards take time to develop…really? This is the biggest misconception in Hockey.
Where did this myth start? Players need to fill out, they need to get faster, or they need to get better defensively, but to say they take time to contribute on a regular basis is completely erroneous. You know who takes time to develop? Guys who shouldn't be here in the first place, 3rd and 4th liners and maybe goalies. Not top line forwards or top pairing D men. Of course there are exceptions, so don't waste time looking up every NHL player. Save your time and look at any top prospect. They come up young and they produce.
For your viewing pleasure and to help you save some time, here is a list of "power forwards" that took absolutely no time to develop, they just produced from day 1.
Milan Lucic – 2nd Rd. 50th overall. 0 AHL games, Nhl when he was 19 and scored 8 goals, then 17
Jarome Iginla – 1st Rd. 11th overall. 19 years old, 21 goals
Kyle Okposo – 1st Rd. 7th overall. 20 years old 18 goals AH 0 ahl gamesL only because he left college early
Todd Bertuzzi – 1st Rd. 23rd overall. 21 1years old 8 goals 0 ahl games
Rick Nash – 1st Rd., 1st overall. 19 years old 17 goals 0 ahl games
Scott Hartnell - 1st Rd. 6th overall. 18 years old 2 goals, 19 years old 14 goals, 0 AHL games
Ryan Malone – 4th Rd. 125th overall. 24 years old, played college, 3 AHL games then 22 goals in the NHL
Sean Couturier – 1st Rd. 8th overall. 19 years old 0 AHL games 17 goals
Evander Kane – 1st Rd. 4th overall. 18 years old 0 AHL games 14 goals.
And then….wait for it…
Nino Niederreiter – 1stRd. 5th overall. 19 years old 0 AHL games, 2 goals minus 30 in 64 games
All played the year or the year after being drafted, except for Bertuzzi and Malone. Bertuzzi was unsigned by the Islanders until the last minute and Ryan Malone played in western collegiate league.
Could it be that Nino is just not as talented as predicted?
If you drafted a guy fifth overall and resided to the fact that he was going to take 3-5 years to develop, then you picked Brett Lindros. They call that a project. Obviously Nino has a higher upside than Brett, so if you already fielded a winning team, this pick is fine. When you know that you will need players to contribute, as Cam Fowler already has, this is not the best strategy.
Well, he was ruined by the Islanders and Garth Snow….Really?
Another year at WHL, in hindsight, was the right call. Weather we assume he was here for cap reasons not with standing, many of us felt that the NHL was the right place for Nino. All we expected was 20 to 30 pts. After all he had 2 pts in 9 games in NHL at the end of the regular season just one year prior, and the NHL doesn't allow players his age to play anywhere else but his junior team or the big club.
Well, he only played fourth line minutes. He would have done more with better line mates and more ice time.
He had 1 pt. However, with the same 4th line minutes and the same crappy line mates, Casey Cizikas, at best half the player at least skill set wise, had 4 pts in 15 games and was a plus 1. This can't be stressed enough. Nino HAD ONE POINT AND WAS A MINUS TWENTY-NINE
Of course he would have played better with John Tavares or Frans Nielson. However who is moving off of those lines for Nino? P.A Parenteau, Matt Moulson, Kyle Okposo, or Michael Grabner? Not happening.
He was a good draft pick. I mean some experts said he would have gone first in the next years draft…Really?
Tell that to Ryan Nugent Hopkins, Gabriel Landeskog, Jonathan Huberdeau, Adam Larsson and our beloved Ryan Strome. Plain and simple, we should have drafted Cam Fowler, not only would have filled a need on defense, but how many years did he need to develop? RNH, Landeskog and Larsson all contributed in their first eligible seasons. Strome will never see the AHL and Jonathan Huberdeau is contributing this year. All of them, top 5 picks, zero AHL games (outside of lockout games of course)
He is right to complain, as he is considered to be one of the Isles top prospects. We're not saying he is wrong for criticizing this teams shortcomings. After all, the Islanders dance to the beat of their own drum. They don't follow other teams models. Look, not all franchises try to employ experienced and talented general managers and coaches. However, it has worked for the Flyers, Rangers, Red Wings, Devils, Kings, Canadiens among others, including the New York Islanders…just not these New York Islanders. Well, this team is not adequate for Nino, but it seems to be ok for other Isles prospects such as John Tavares, Kyle Okposo, Josh Bailey, Andrew MacDonald, Travis Hamonic, David Ullstrom, Matt Martin and Casey Cizikas, to name a few. Oh, those guys are on the team, why would they complain? Well, then the following players who are not on the team have not asked for a trade, Aaron Ness, Matt Donovan, Kevin Poulin, Anders Nilsson, Ryan Strome and Griffin Reinhart. All of which could have easily made this years team.
Part Two- Going Forward
The other part of this formula involves people saying that Nino's inexperience should make him a complacent lap dog and just let the Islanders do whatever philosophically lacking plan they pretend to have for the future. While this is the tendency of most draft picks in the past, it hasn't worked for Eric Lindros, Bryan Berard, Justin Schultz, Blake Wheeler, and an interesting final pair in Jason Gregoire and Blake Kessel, both of whom bailed out on the same guy that Nino's agent called untrustworthy.
We absolutely love to point out everything that is wrong with this franchise. After all pointing out Snow's shortcomings is like the betting on the Dream Team (the original, not the overrated 12 guys from this past Olympics) vs. Angola. It's a lay up. You almost feel bad because it is too easy. If Snow had balls he would trade Nino. Not because he requested a trade, although that situation happened involving Kirk Muller, Bryan Berard, Eric Lindros, Rod Brind'Amour, Jeff Carter, Patrick Roy, Dany Heatley (twice), Chris Pronger, or Rick Nash. This is a blue print to follow, because being a General Manager should require a winners pride, mixed with a bucketful of common sense. The bucketful of common sense here involves O'Reilly and Subban just sitting there, as either would be an upgrade for this team.
However, Garth Snow does not make NHL trades.
Seriously, look at the list of players that demanded trades. Lots of talented guys. In any of those trades except Lindros, when was equal talent returned for said player? For instance, Patrick Roy netted Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Rucinsky, and Andrei Kovalenko, and that's because the Canadiens threw in Mike Keane. If Garth Snow was smart- no evidence of that thus far- he would be making phone calls everyday until this team is improved.
Garths inner thought should be " Hmmm, there are a number of players deemed available, maybe I can move a human being or multiple human beings for players that can actually help this team." Not every player who is deemed available is an upgrade, however this is true for Corey Perry, Bobby Ryan, Evander Kane, P.K Subban and Ryan O'Reilly.
"Hey fellow General Manager, this is Garth Snow. What? Oh, sorry, sorry that I included myself in that title. Listen, we have headaches, lets find a cure. I've got a #5 overall pick that's going to be a beast. You've got one of the above mentioned players that wants to you know longer have a good relationshio with. I can throw in any of our awesome prospects not named Ryan Strome or Griffin Reinhart, and I can include a second round draft pick in a given year. You get this kids ELC with unattainable bonuses, who may be a future all star. We get a player who gives this team a little legitimacy. Since I have no budget restrictions and can make any deal that helps improve this team, lets deal."
And if Nino is actually as bad as we statistically pointed out, why would anyone want him? Because the perception is that we will ruin him, not that he doesn't have talent. If Snow was smart he would sell high and actually try to support the players who actually seem to want to be here, so they don't follow suit.
Which begs the question- why was Nino on this team last year?
Was it his talent? Obviously not, if he produced so little and was relegated to a fourth line. Was it his potential? Hmm…how does one measure potential? Is there a scale that has ever accurately predicted what a failed rookie year will do for a player? We're taking a stab why Nino was here last year, and it did involve statistics. Mostly math. $2.75 million cap hit, $900,000 salary. THAT is the key to Islander development. If it wasn't, explain the cap hit of Mike Halmo.
Bottom line- Imaginary Garth Snow will have done more to try to improve his club on that day than the real Garth Snow has done since choosing JT 1st overall. This is the time to make a trade. Subban is waiting. O'Reily is waiting. Benn was waiting. Others are available. But…prepare to see Nino on the Islanders real soon, because for whatever sorry excuse for rationale, Garth Snow does not make hockey trades. Prepare to see more of the same.
What does all this mean? Draw your own conclusions, look up more stats and continue to read. As always, we invite you to agree, disagree or add on. Feel free to do so in comments.
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He did trade for Visnovky and he wants no part of this circus.
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The UK's biggest survey of how people work marks its 40th birthday this month.
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When the survey began, some 100,000 people were interviewed. Today, more than 200,000 people a year take part, making the LFS the UK's largest regular survey. Its findings influence a wide range of users, notably the Bank of England, which benchmarks a possible rise in interest rates against an LFS unemployment rate of 7%.
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Back in the 70s, the field force was almost exclusively female. In 2013, male interviewers are in the majority. They're getting older, too. The average interviewer is now 57with the oldest field interviewer being 79 and the youngest 25. Among our interviewers we have speakers of 25 languages including Swahili, Czech, Russian, Punjabi, Urdu, Polish and Welsh.
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Overall, the number of people over the age of 16 employed hasn't changed much since the survey first began, but who is working has shifted over the past four decades. Data from the late 1970s shows the percentage of men working has dropped by 11% while in comparison the number of women in employment has grown by 12%.
How we work has also changed. In 1977 the number of people who were employees was 91%. This dropped to 86% in 2013 and coincided with a rise in the number of self employed people, up to 14% from 8% in the 70s.
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Caron Walker, Director of Collection and Production, at the Office for National Statistics, said: 'The Labour Force Survey has played a vital role in helping us to understand how people in the UK work. It is an important source of information for policy makers, and helps us understand a changing society. All of us who've worked on the survey, past and present, would like to say a big "thank you" to the millions of people who have taken part over the past 40 years.'
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Date Reviewed: May 13, 2011
Strengths: shifters
Weaknesses: cables under tube
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $300.00
Bike Setup: added an extra large gear on wheel for large hills.
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2011
Strengths: PRICE, TOUGHNESS DURABILITY
Weaknesses: DERAILER SKIPS AT TIMES
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $590.00
Purchased At: DICKS
Similar Products Used: TREK
Bike Setup: ROCK SHOCK FRONT SUSPENSION, AKAI RIMS, GRIP SHIFTERS, 21 SPEED, SHIMANO DL CLIPLESS PEDALS
Date Reviewed: December 2, 2010
Strengths: Great value for the price
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Disc Brakes
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Weaknesses: Cromoly Frame?
Cables run along bottom of top tube
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Dick's Sporting Good
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Bike Setup: Bone Stock
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2010
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $300.00
Purchased At: Dicks Sporting Goods
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2010
Strengths: shifters and suntour shocks
Weaknesses: hmm.. the stock rims are weak.. the first 3 days i had it I had to have the crank replaced due to it bending when the chain popped, ive gone through a new back rim because I bunny hopped on the side walk and severley bent the rim and popped the tires and i rode down some stairs and bent the bars a little.. when I got it back i hot the dirt trails and the right pedal stripped the threads on the crank and now im waiting to get the crank arm replaced...
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
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Date Reviewed: August 22, 2010
Strengths: good entry level mtb
Weaknesses: plastic pedals
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Purchased At: Dicks Sporting goods
Similar Products Used: specialized hardrock
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2006
Strengths: I bought this bike in 1989 and in 2006 it is still going strong. Granted I have gone throught he normal replacement parts (tires, brake shoes, grips, saddle, etc) over the years, but the bike itself and Shimano gear system / brakes are still as good as they ever were.
Weaknesses: No real problems to report...just expected wear and tear from use.
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Price Paid: $400.00
Purchased At: Peacock Cycle (Oshawa, ON)
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Bike Setup: I do more distance riding now than off-road...so I switched to some middle slick tires with outside knobs, so I can go smooth on pavement and still handle dirt if necessary. I also opted for a more civilized, comfortable saddle for long distance rides, and added a set of saddle bags (because I hate riding with a backpack). This bike has changed with me as I get older.
Date Reviewed: June 27, 2003
Strengths: Very good bike. Bought it a year late and on special, thats the reason for the low price.
Weaknesses: Front forks (no suspension) started to flatten and bend up after 3 years of on and off road riding.
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Price Paid: $150.00
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Date Reviewed: May 6, 2003
Strengths: Strong, lugged frame. Steady on descents.
Weaknesses: 1st rear derailleur snapped. Heavy.
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Duration Product Used: More than 3 years
Price Paid: $340.00
Purchased At: Yarmouth (MA) Cycles
Similar Products Used: 1996 Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E Koo. 2001 Voodoo Bizango. 1997 Voodoo D-Jab. 2000 Voodoo Nzumbi.
Bike Setup: 1986, yes, that's 86, not 96 Colorado. Original drivetrain (friction, not even SIS, thumb shifters), wheels, brakes, saddle and post. Circa 1988 threaded stem and flat bars. Circa 1988 ODI Mushroom grips.
Date Reviewed: December 12, 2002
Strengths: Reliable, Strong, Fast, Small Frame is quick
Weaknesses: Rear Deraileur Snaped in half with out even being struck.
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: Tested or demo'ed only
Purchased At: Friend
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Bike Setup: Stock 1988 Nishiki Colorado, With Slick Willy seatpost
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2001
Strengths: reliability,
light weight,
Weaknesses: none
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Price Paid: $590.00
Purchased At: North County Bicycles
Date Reviewed: March 18, 2001
Strengths: --price
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Weaknesses: --some components like caged pedals
Bottom Line:
I've recently upgraded the pedals, but overall this bike is great. I recommend it to anyone starting out, or wanting to upgrade.
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Price Paid: $425.00
Purchased At: Portland, Oregon
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Michael Cunningham, Hawks beat
December 28th, 2011
11:15 pm
Josh Smith isn't going to be any more than he already is, a high flying shot blocking and dunking machine that is a pretty good defender but lackluster on offense. Bad Handles, Takes too many jump shots for a guy who doesnt have a dependable J, and pretty good passer. Though a totally different type of player, He's got that Jamal Crawford effect in a way. What I mean by that is one game he can be the solo reason you won, the next he can be the main reason you lost.
December 28th, 2011
11:17 pm
Both Horford and Al were supposed to be 20/10 guys a couple years ago according to some bloggers, fact is both of them are pretty good but they're never going to be real stars.
December 28th, 2011
11:18 pm
Horford and Josh* I mean…but anyway we'll see what this team is made of against the Heat and Bulls.
December 28th, 2011
11:20 pm
Hi MC,
Thank you for the great article.
Question: Can you please change your twitter background? :S
December 28th, 2011
11:22 pm
"Reminds me of Ginobli…"
Still laughing!
December 28th, 2011
11:25 pm
December 28th, 2011
11:27 pm
Good game. Not as good as last night but I will take the win. Knew it would not be like last night but I will take it. Teague is showing growth. I don't know if it is the Teague affect or what but guys are going to the rack more so-far, but it is only 2 games.
December 28th, 2011
11:32 pm
Wizards playoff bound with JC2 leading the way!
December 28th, 2011
11:33 pm
suti u picku materinu jesi glupan
December 28th, 2011
11:37 pm
^ <3
December 28th, 2011
11:37 pm
The Hawks are much improved over last year. I like what I see thus far!
December 28th, 2011
11:46 pm
Pargo is 3-of-12 on the season… somebody please ask him to stop jacking up shots.
December 28th, 2011
11:58 pm
Buddy, if you check Green's shooting pct. I believe you will find its similar to Pargo. He was 2-10 last night and had a few bricks tonight. They need to know that their role is to play enegetic D and distribute the ball. Their shot selection is hurting an otherwise effective bench.
December 29th, 2011
12:01 am
Solid win.
Too many jumpshots.
Josh, ATTACK the hoop damnit!
And why has it taken Marvin 6 years to realize how long he is (no homo) and that he should be on the glass? Has NO ONE in this franchise ever told him this?
December 29th, 2011
12:22 am
Hawks will be a lot better when Hinrick and Sloan come back, current backup guards have not done much
McGree going to be real good player, 23 years old he pretty good now
December 29th, 2011
12:23 am
Jeez you're right… Willie Green 3-for-13 on the season… why does this guy have a guaranteed contract?
December 29th, 2011
12:33 am
Brett LaGree noted that Josh is 2-for-10 on jump shots through two games. Maybe he doesn't want to make the All-Star team after all.
December 29th, 2011
12:36 am
Good game from the starters, tough outing for the bench. Overall very good win, because of how tough the scoring got in the 4th, but the rebounding and defensive was solid. (most of the game)
First of all it was good to see Joe get back to the shooter that we know he is. (%50 from 3!) Marvin played another solid game, clearly the back surgery has made a significant difference. I like the attacking from Al and Josh, they also did a nice job on the boards. Jeff is definitely playing like a guy that is a starter in this league. Hopefully his ankle will get to %100 soon.
The bench had a tough night, Pargo wasn't shooting the ball well and they just had a rough time with Nick Young. I actually think the bench was tired from playing so much last night. The trap wasn't as effective, but as poorly as they played we still won by almost 20.
2 less wins we have to get!
December 29th, 2011
12:40 am
Good to see the Hawks START FAST on back to back night when so many times last year they were playing catch up after the first 10 min. Al and Smoove prob would've had a 20-10 game if they wouldn't have missed so many shots…Marvin IS the X-factor though. His productivity is making teams account for him, which gives our other guys more freedom. Teague's ability to score does this as well…Looking good early, but we always do…this time, for a change, KEEP IT UPPPP!!!!
December 29th, 2011
1:05 am
"Contenders" NYK and CHI beaten by the Warriors
Western Conf Finals Media Locks, LAC smacked by the Spurs
Boston 0-3
Heat nailbiter with the Bobcats
Lets GO HAWKS
December 29th, 2011
1:16 am
Good write-up MC. The Hawks are off to a good start and it was nice to see JT drive the lane and JJ get in a rhythm with his jumpshot. There were a few moments when I thought the Wizards were going to surge ahead but the defense was turned up and they pushed them back. A good win.
Do you think it is really a good idea for the starters to come down the stairs at introduction from the 2nd level? All it takes is for one opposing fan to stick a foot out or one crazy fan of ours who is upset with some player to send him tumbling. Someone could be out for a long period of time if that happen. I did think that it was good marketing for them to have select season ticket holders to come to the floor and get jerseys from the players. That was a nice touch. GO HAWKS!!!!
December 29th, 2011
1:23 am
Happy to see the Hawks snag another one they should've snagged. The Wizards got some young talent, but that's all they have at this point. Still don't know how to win consistently in this league yet.
We definitely need to clean some things up. Felt that there were plenty of portions throughout this game that looked sloppy. But, even with that, we managed to step on a team, and everytime it seemed as though they'd put a dent in our lead, we built it right back up. The bench squad didn't look as great as they did on opening night, but still very effective. T-Mac gave us what I hope to get from him every night. Right around 10-14 ppg with a couple of dimes sounds good. Between him and Rad, we have a bit more pop on our bench than I thought. Both Green and Pargo are serviceable.
Real quick:
I know folks will use JC2's performance tonight to try and justify the trade…
And I still say dude would look nice coming off our bench.
He's a baller, despite his performance tonight.
December 29th, 2011
1:27 am
Quick knee-jerk reaction of our performance thus far…
Eastern Conference
1 – Heat
2 – Bulls
3 – Hawks
4 – Knicks
5 – C's
I think the Hawks really do look like the 3rd best team in the conference. I'm fully aware that it's pretty premature for me to be suggesting this, but I just like our depth over a lot of the other teams in the conference. We'll see how they do as the season progresses, and we'll get a chance to measure where we stand when we play better opponents.
But, as of right now, based not only on our 2 convincing wins, but the different peices we've acquired, I say we're the 3rd best team in the East.
December 29th, 2011
2:12 am
I was at the game. A few observations:
The Hawks seem to be making a conscious effort to get to the line more, and it is showing in the box score.
This team is good enough to blow out bad teams even when they play at less than their best. The Hawks didn't play as well today as they did against New Jersey, but they still cruised for most of the game.
Willie Green is horrible. Jannero Pargo is only slightly better. Zaza and Vlad had lackluster games, but both at least look like they belong on a court, and I think they will probably provide quality minutes more often than not. T-Mac looked good again. I guess 3 out of 5 ain't bad.
Less than a sellout crowd, but still a good crowd for this game. Thanks to the DASG for the free T-shirts. Also, some Hawks employee outside gave me and my people 4 free tickets, which was probably the coolest thing the Hawks have done since they had the Hawk-A-Licious promotion.
December 29th, 2011
2:14 am
Oh yeah, one more observation: The phrase "basketball IQ" is overrated and overused, but if there was ever a textbook example of a team that lacked it, it is the Wizards. There is no excuse for a team with that much talent to play that poorly.
December 29th, 2011
2:15 am
And if Marvin keeps playing this well, even Rod is going to have to give him props.
December 29th, 2011
2:37 am
Its still early. If we beat the Heat by 18 I will start to believe.
December 29th, 2011
2:42 am
Man, it's sad that when we win this board is so dry. A bunch of female dogs post around here
December 29th, 2011
2:57 am
McGrady for the Vet minimum is the steal of the year.By mid season he will be even better because right now he is still adjusting to the game plan.Unlike Crawford, if tmac is having a bad shooting night, he can compensate for it by his court vision/playmaking and his versatility. Un like Jamal who was a one trick pony.
December 29th, 2011
2:58 am
""It's two games, but I do see some good things," Al Horford said. "We are starting to trust each other more on the defensive end.""
They are also being more aggressive, trying to get in passing lanes and denying entry passes more than they used to. That is making a big difference in keeping the opposing team out of sync. A few times they got burned when they were too aggressive, and that will probably be a bigger issue against better teams, but the aggressiveness keeps teams off balance.
December 29th, 2011
3:00 am
"But all of Atlanta's reserves except late sub Ivan Johnson ended up with negative plus-minuses."
In my opinion this is mainly Pargo and Green's fault. Pargo was helpless on D against Wall and did very little on O, and Green got torched by Nick Young and didn't do anything to compensate on the other end. The other reserves may not have been great but they weren't that bad either.
December 29th, 2011
3:03 am
Worldwide is still here. No matter how many games we win I will still be on that FIRE SUND. Only a championship can shut me up. Wins against NJ and Washington are good but not impressive.
December 29th, 2011
3:04 am
Hawks looked fantastic.
I dont want to sound too critical because the Hawk's effort is there, the execution is there, along with the defensive focus.
A couple of things to consider for improvement:
-we are taking a boat load of threes.
they are open after our good ball movement, so they're not bad shots (except for Smoove's) but its worth noting were living and dying by the three. Can Teague and Marvin continue to knock em down at the clip they're at? Hmmmmmmmmmm
-Also i don't want to rag on Smoove, personally he's my favorite player on the Hawk's, but every jump shot he takes is like a turnover. Compound that with his already high turnover rate and he's destined to have a very low +/-. In my humble opinion, he should camp under the basket and attack the glass. That's where he he can cause the most damage. Teams will just double off of him when he is out on the perimeter and dare him to shoot.
-Also, i want to see L.D. experiment a little with his lineups. He did today but not enough to find a rhythm. This is the time of year to find some wrinkles and play with matchups.
Combo lineup:
TMac JJ Marvin Smoove Al
Big lineup:
Teague J J Marvin/Smoove/Tmac Al Zaza
(Teague/JJ/Tmac) MARVIN!!!! (Smoove/JJ/TMac) Al Zaza
Maybe the wildcard lineup might be better with the second the unit but LD used a variation of this tonight for about a minute. It resulted in Marvin posting up John Wall, who was defending. Marvin at the 2 is very intriguing, or at least a big lineup featuring TMac J J and Marvin will force mismatches against any team. We should be exploiting this!!!!!!!!!
All in all, impressive start by the home but there is always room for improvement. BTW, i have the Hawks in 7 against the Thunder in the NBA Finals for the CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 29th, 2011
3:06 am
The Hawks have looked impressive so far, but it's unwise to jump to any real conclusions until January 7, which is when they would have finished playing Miami and Chicago twice each in the same week. How well they do in those games (and what their record is after that) is a much better indicator of what to expect from them than these two wins.
That is a rough week schedule-wise too. Five games in six days, four of them coming against the two best teams in the conference.
December 29th, 2011
3:14 am
Good Win in front of a good attendance. In typical hawks fashion we have shown that we can beat the bums of the conference and start the season off strong, it is nice to see us get out to quick starts, something not so typical of these guys. The key as Marvin pointed out is that with so many back2backs etc. this season it is Really important to take care of business in that first game so they have the energy to come out the next night and compete. Just two games but im intrigued by this crew with a healthy joe, a fixed marvin and this veteren bench… Let's just try to not get blown out by the good teams (especially at home) boys and make some noise this season in the east. GO HAWKS!
December 29th, 2011
3:49 am
I agree, I will not make much out of this, but I am looking to the end of January to really gauge things after the first 22 games. Even with this 2-0 start I still say 14-8 is pretty much what I expect. At that rate we will win 39-40 games. I really thought we would be more like 36-30 so I am satisfied. We play 5 games next week and I am so realistic that I would not be mad at 2-3, 3-2 I am happy. Anything better than 3-2 I might start to overreact, but I caution against that because it is too early that's why I say end of January when we have played a 3rd of the season.
December 29th, 2011
3:58 am
I can't wait until Kirk comes back so Pargo can be gone, I don't like this guy at all…
How many more games until Marvin is promoted out here, forget his scoring dude has gotten 9 rebounds in 22 minutes and 8 rebounds in 29 minutes while adding 14 and 17 points in those games, if Marvin can be consistent like the 07-08 season where he was at 15 and 6 I will be very happy.
December 29th, 2011
4:25 am
where is Jason Collins? I know he likes sitting on the bench but isn't he still a part of this team? And willie green. Crap. He is terrible. Get sloan in there once his" injury" has healed up
December 29th, 2011
4:26 am
As many of you have said already, it's too early in the season to draw real conclusions about the team. However, I like a lot of things that I'm seeing so far. The Hawks are playing like an actual team so far this season. They are not just having one player dribble the ball and isolate while the other 4 players stand and watch on the perimeter. The ball is moving on the offensive end, and guys are being very unselfish as well as selective with their shots. Defensively, the team looks a lot more active as well, and the help defense looks improved.
I see some positive signs from individual players as well. Al looks like he's not just settling for jump shots on the offensive end. He's using his jump shot to open up drives for him and doing a good job of driving to the paint instead of just taking the jump shot. Not all of his drives have been successful, but l like that he's trying to expand his game on the offensive end. Also, as MC pointed it, it looks like Al is trying to score inside more. He's gotten great post position many times in these last couple of games, and when he's caught the ball inside, he's been very aggressive and physical in the post, and tonight he actually looked more effective inside than he did outside. His jump shot has been off in these first two games, but I don't worry about that. We already know that Al can shoot the ball from mid-range, and I'm sure once he gets his legs under him and gets into the flow of things as the season progresses, he'll start draining his jump shots at a high rate once again. Also, on the defensive end, Al looks like he's improved his help defense. He's rotating over to help others and protect the paint moreso than he did last season. You can see it in the way he's blocking more shots, and along with Josh, he's helping the Hawks to contest every shot at the rim.
I see some nice things out of Josh also. He looks very active on both ends, and the loss in weight looks like it's really helping him out. He's been everywhere on the court, and has contributed in pretty much every facet of the game thus far. He's still taking more long jump shots than he should, but it looks like Josh's shot selection and decision making has improved. I've noticed him giving up the ball and making the right decisions rather than taking a lot of the lazy jumpers than he would shot last season. Other than taking a few too many long jumpshots, Josh has looked great. His numbers haven't been overly impressive, but I expect that he and Al will have increased production this season once things get rolling.
The player I've been most impressed with is Marvin. He's looking a lot more like the Marvin of 2008-09, when he was averaging around 15 ppg and 7 rpg. In fact, he's looked better. I know it's early, but this is the best Marvin has looked in a long time. He's being much more aggressive on the boards and is looking like a legit starter. He's knocking down open shots and making use of his physical ability and length inside. I've always though that if Marvin had a larger role in the offense, he might flourish. It looks like not having anyone dominate the offense (e.g. Joe or Jamal) is really helping Marvin out. Hopefully, Marvin can keep this up.
One more thing. The bench has been so-so, thus far. They were great against the Nets and not so good against the Wizards. However, it does look like the bench will have pretty good chemistry and the pieces will likely complement eachother well. McGrady and Radmanovic look like good pickups, and once Kirk gets back, I think we will have a pretty reliable bench unit.
Obviously, we don't know if guys are just playing well against bad teams or if we can truly expect good things out of this group. I'm looking forward to the games against the "contenders" next week to find out more about the team.
December 29th, 2011
4:59 am
Ok so here we go again!..Marvin, the almost 1st pick of the whole darn draft is showing everyone why Knight passed on Paul..the only reason his production slipped was Jamal and his 1000 shots coming to ATL…. But will joe and Josh continue to let him shine, or will they start hogging the ball..Thats the ?….Marvin, when used properly is no doubt a top 5 SF in the NBA..LBJ, Melo, Durant…Marvin?…
December 29th, 2011
5:14 am
Marvin is so impressive, I knew it before the start of the season. I think T-Mac need to score more as well as Willie Green, we are doing good job defensively. No doubt we will become one of the better defensive team this season because our bench is playing well defensively.
December 29th, 2011
5:16 am
"If Marvin can be consistent like the 07-08 season where he was at 15 and 6 I will be very happy." – Jae
I have been predicting this all summer based on the departure of JC1. I didn't even know about his back injury but a return to health coupled with the sudden availability of shots has created the perfect storm for Marvin. As predicted, his trade value will have increased dramaticaly from the start of the season to the trade deadline.
"And willie green. Crap. He is terrible." – jd
Yeah… Pargo and Green are garbage. They're wannabe Jamal Crawfords who throw up every available shot. Meanwhile T-Mac, Vlad and Zaza are playing team ball on the second unit, but their efforts are being wasted by sharing the court with this trash. Please get better Kirk.
December 29th, 2011
5:49 am
Certain things I noticed about the game. Josh the few times he got the ball on the block would INSTANTLY get double teamed. I counted about three times (will watch the replay soon) they gave him alot of respect in that aspect.
Al when in the same position was left alone with Mcgee which made sense. He made them pay for the most part with one on one coverage. Tmac and Marv looked great, just need them to avoid nagging injuries. Teague looked around 90%, he had two breakaway fastbreak chances but came up kinda of lame. He usually yolks those.
December 29th, 2011
6:50 am
One constant thing I keep reading about the Hawks impressive start is the consensus statement that "It's only two games" or "Its against two bad teams – Nets and Wizards".
I'm not taking anything away from the Hawks. The fact of the matter is both the Nets and the Wizards both send 5 professional starters on the court same as the Hawks and they both have at least 5 more players in backup bench help.
Bottom line, you play who you play. I find the Hawks efforts impressive because last years team would have "played down" to the competition and those games last year would only be a 4 to 6 point victory, whereas this year they are blow outs.
December 29th, 2011
7:02 am
Just looking at schedules again. This is going to be a crazy season. Celtics lost bad to the Hornets (without Gordon) last night. The age of the regulars, plus so many new faces on the roster, are going to make it tough for that team.
December 29th, 2011
7:03 am
It was not a bad pick
December 29th, 2011
4:59 am
You obviously don't know basketball that well if yo think Marvin Williams is a top 5 Small forward:
Try these on for size….(other than the obvious Melo, LBJ, Durant)
Andre Iguodala
Paul Pierce
Danny Granger
Rudy Gay
Dorell Wright
December 29th, 2011
7:09 am
Once healthy, there are five holes on this team (IMO):
Teague / Hinrich / ????
Johnson / ????
???? / McGrady
Smith / Radmanovic / ????
Horford / Pachulia / ????
Now I'd love to pencil in Marvin and Ivan in to two of those holes, but I need to see more. Maybe Sloan can grab that third PG slot as well, but I think another center and a solid backup SG will have to come through trade or free agent signing. Michael Redd and Joel Pryzbilla would be perfect.
December 29th, 2011
7:14 am
This is truely funny, even though we not only win our only two games thus far we as fans still find reason to grip. Misery loves company and if you call yourself a hawk fan and only dwell on the negative then you are not much of one.
December 29th, 2011
7:47 am
Hey hawks forever, marv has the skill set,it's a difference when you have talent but play in a pecking orderof good players and when you nice but are a coaches decision to be a designated option.
Just look at it like all the picks woody ruined by not developing them. Think about it BK evaluated JJ by based on talent even though at Phoenix his pecking order position was fifth. We now see he was the third best player on that team after stat or maybe second. Duck always had the skill but it's only one ball pimp,and it's only so many possessions.
December 29th, 2011
7:52 am
MC The hawks looked awesome last night, I was at the game. Im excited about the rest of the season. Watched this game live streaming on this site http://www.mynbatv.com and is actually verry good, they have been streaming every game…


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My thesis in 2-minutes.
In Liz Danzico's Thesis Presentation class, we had to present an overview of our purpose statement with (gasp!) no slides. The following is a transcript of what I presented to the class and visiting critics:
I'm investigating the environmental effects of our overfed data diets, in particular the disconnect that we as producers and consumers of digital content have with the physical infrastructure of the computing cloud. To frame my hypothesis, I asked the question. "Does demonstrating the correlation of cloud-based computing with carbon dioxide emissions lead to a decrease in digital consumption?"
What I'm talking about is the environmental impact of your data, specifically, the carbon footprint of bytes (KB, MB, GB) which requires infrastructure and energy to transmit and store. These bytes exist in large data centers, some powered in part by renewable resources with energy efficient architecture, while many others receive all their energy from non-renewable resources. Globally, data centers accounted for 1.5% of total electricity use and 2.2% of energy use in the US in 2010. These figures increased 36% (globally) and 56% (US) from 2005; research estimated in 2011 that global electricity use of data centers increased by 19%.
I'm not the first to look into the environmental effects of cloud-based computing (thankfully). The work of Mike Berners-Lee, author of the Carbon Footprint of Everything, has – without being too esoteric – actually calculated the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2e) of a text message, google search, email, and the worlds data centers, which weigh in at a staggering 130 million tons of CO2e. Google has also calculated the carbon footprint of a search request at 0.2g CO2e. The amount is seemingly small, but with an estimated 200 million to 500 million search queries per day, 1.3 million tons of CO2e are produced per year just from Google searches.
Notwithstanding my explanations of environmental consequences, many people I've explained my thesis to claim the issue minute – "a drop of water in a sea of larger issues". Individually, yes. But on a collective level, we encounter a phenomenon called the rebound effect: as technology allows faster and easier access to a resource, the faster that resource is used. The consequence is a low-carbon interaction resulting in a high-carbon lifestyle simply because we do it more.
More notably is the cloud computing phenomenon. As users, we are comfortable with not knowing the systems that house our data, specifically how much data we actually have amassed, where it is actually physically located, and that the government can access our data regardless of 4th amendment protections. As we produce and consume mass amounts of digital content, it seems that the cloud has become a digital attic for our quickly forgotten information and past interactions.
As the semester progresses, I will be proposing a set of tools and design interventions for the moment of production and consumption of digital content. Goals for my thesis include: conscious production and consumption of digital content, a higher awareness of the environmental effects and societal issues around cloud-based computing, an understanding of the systems behind cloud-based computing and digital content production/creation, and initiate a dialogue around theses topics.
Berners-Lee, Mike. How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything. Vancouver: Greystone, 2011.
Jonathan G. Koomey, Ph.D., "Growth in Data Center Electricity Use 2005 to 2010," Analytics Press, August 1, 2011.
Urs Hölzle, "Powering a Google Search," Google Blog, January 11, 2009. accessed December 3, 2011. link