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Christmas Around Italy travels to one of my favorite Italian cities, Napoli! Huge welcome to Bonnie of Napoli Unplugged. Bonnie, an American expat, has been living in and loving Naples for many years. Her love for the city is what inspired her site, Napoli Unplugged. It's the place to go if you want to know "what's on" in Naples. Also, via the site, Bonnie blogs about various escapades and strolls she takes in and around Naples. She also maintains a photo blog where she shares a daily photo from Naples. Even though she does all this, I'm so happy she found time to stop here and share a few Neapolitan Christmas traditions with us. Enjoy!
Christmas. In the immortal words of Andy Williams "It's the most wonderful time of the year." Filled with the joy of the season I am transported to my youth, as visions of snow-covered houses, blazing fires and horse-drawn sleighs dance in my head. Classic Currier and Ives Christmas scenes that are interminably rooted in my DNA.
Of course Christmas in the Mediterranean, Christmas in Napoli is slightly different. It's unlikely we'd ever see a white Christmas (although there was snow on Vesuvius today) and Jack Frost is not likely to be nipping at my nose. And what of the commercial Christmas bling my inner child so desperately craves? Well that has only recently started to creep onto the scene.
But Christmas in Naples is every bit as magical as the Currier and Ives pictures I have in my mind. And perhaps more so, because time-honored traditions remain the star, while everything else is just trimming on the tree. The tree, which by the way only plays a supporting role to the world-renowned Presepe Napoletano, the Neapolitan Christmas Nativity.
A centuries old tradition, by early December Neapolitan Presepe collections are on display all over the city. There are so many in fact, that I've made an annual treasure hunt out of trying to find them all. They are in every Neapolitan home, most of the city's churches, on display in all variety of public buildings, and there are permanent displays like those at San Martino and Santa Chiara.
And of course, along Via San Gregorio Armeno, Naples premier Christmas Market, where you'll find everything to create your own Nativity Scene. Open year round, during the holiday season tourists flock in from all over the world just for the chance to wander this magical Christmas alley.
Not far from San Gregorio Armeno, is Porta Nolana, Naples second most important Christmas Market. But don't head there expecting to find mulled wine, Christmas ornaments or nut crackers. This isn't a Christmas market in the traditional sense. Home to the freshest seafood in town, it is THE place to stock up on everything you need to make the traditional Cena della Vigilia di Natale, the Neapolitan Christmas Eve dinner.
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The live clams, le vongole veraci for the Vermicelli or Spaghetti alle Vongole that is served as the primo piatto.
The salt cod, il baccalà, served fried, in vapore or baked as the secondo.
And the obligatory Christmas Eel, il capitone. Definitely an acquired taste, it is typically fried and seems to find its way onto the Christmas Eve table whether it is eaten or not.
You can also find fresh cauliflower, le papaccelle, hot peppers conserved in vinegar and olives for the Insalata di Rinforzo.
But if it's Neapolitan Christmas sweets you are in search of, you will either have to make them yourself or do like most Neapolitans do these days, pick them up at a Pasticceria. What to buy? Honey soaked Struffoli, chocolate dipped Mustaccioli, nutty and crispy Roccocò, and the S-shaped Susamielli.
There are other Neapolitan Christmas traditions to be sure. Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve and Minestra Maritata for the Christmas Day lunch. Gli Zampognari, bag pipers who magically arrive in December to entertain the residents of the city for a bit of food or change. Tombola, a game played during the holidays that is similar to bingo, except it uses the numbers from 1 through 90, and each has a meaning based on La Smorfia Napoletana.
And of course the one universal tradition of the season, sharing the holiday with friends and family.
From our home in Napoli to yours wherever you may be, Merry Christmas to all and to all a Very Happy New Year!
*All photos in this post are courtesy of Napoli Unplugged
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I visited several cemeteries and took some overview photographs of those cemeteries. I did not get as specific as I have in the past except for a few important ones. I did not have the time to dally or dither. The black flies were biting and it hurts.
At the present time I am still trying to catch up my posting regarding the rest of the trip.
What you see listed below are the ones I have posted about and the link to the post for that visit. When I finish up the trip, I will add those additional cemeteries and write about them.
I will be uploading more extra photos of some of the cemeteries at a later date. Again, I will let you know when that has been accomplished.
Ontario - Field of Stones http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clifford/index.htm
Ontario - Canadianheadstone.com http://canadianheadstones.com/on/search.php?cfield=last&ctype=1&ctxt=Brown&pg=54
The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid: http://ocfa.islandnet.com/
The main page of the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery
- Renfrew County, Ontario - Renfrew County Gravemarker Gallery http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/renfrew/index.htm
- Pontiac County, Quebec, The Pontiac County, Quebec Gravemarker Gallery:
- Hastings County, Ontario, The Hastings County, Ontario, Gravemarker Gallery (Under Central Ontario)
- Kingston in Frontenac County, Ontario - Under Eastern Ontario Canada Gravemarker Gallery
Here is a partial list of the cemeteries I visited along with a link to the post describing my visit:
1. St. Alphonsus Cemetery (new). This is south of Chapeau (L'Ille aux Allumette as it is named currently), Allumette Island, Pontiac Co., Quebec. http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/touring-the-upper-ottawa-river-pontiac-county-quebec-allumette-island-and-chapeau/
6. Portage Du Fort, Pontiac Co., Quebec: St. James Cemetery right on the road as you leave town heading to Shawville: http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/06/13/the-pontiac-archives-shawville-quebec/
8. St. Elizabeth of Hungary Cemetery, Vinton, Pontiac Co., Quebec http://macdonellfamily.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/hwy-148-the-quebec-side-by-the-outaouais-river/
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It was the 16th time that finally broke the window.
She picked up the shoe for the 16th time, mad at the world. She threw and it broke.
You would think the walls would have come down after that.
You thought wrong.
But what do you do when your child hates you? When she looks at you with hate because you're not the mother of her birth? What do you do when you know she loves your husband more, her dad more.
Simply because: it's not men she has issues with- it's mothers.
Because it's the mother who left. It's the mother who made the bad decisions. It's the mother who never stood up for her children. The fathers came and went- it was he mother that always let her down.
So, it doesn't matter what you do. It doesn't matter how you love. You always remind her of
a mother.
And really, you just want to be a momma. You just want to hug ,and kiss, and cuddle away bad memories and hard times. You want to say time and time again- "You're safe here now."
But time and time again you're left holding back screams. You're left wanting to shout, "I AM THE ONE WHO IS HERE! I AM THE ONE WHO LOVES! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HURT ME?"
We all have windows don't we?
Days that have been shattered into a million pieces by someones unkind, thoughtless words. The diet that failed once again. The man who didn't call. The wife who never returned. The mother that let us down. The brother who broke the promise. The family member who broke all of the rules and harmed someone close to you. The mother in law who never forgives. The child who doesn't seem to ever care- and the battle that.never.ends.
There are windows all around us.
We look into those windows and the reflection peering back to us changes every day.
Some days it says, "You are beautiful" Some days it says, "You are a piece of trash" Some days it says, "You are loved." Other days it says, "Who could ever love you?"
And then, one day it happens. You just can't take it any more.
You pick up the shoe and throw it through the glass- hoping for the enemies lies to stop.
And they still come.
Her lies are still there. The broken glass didn't fix anything. The truth of her past is still as real today as it was yesterday. All the terrible things she yelled at me that day, she's still yelling.
No. Broken glass doesn't fix anything. And the same is true of us isn't it? Broken friendships. Don't fix anything. Broken promises. Don't fix anything. Broken marriages. Don't fix anything.
No. The only brokenness that fixes anything – is brokenness at the foot of the cross.
Dear one.
There are times when there are just no answers. There are no fixes. There are no explanations to why something happened. You are sad, Jesus is sad, and everyone involved is broken into a million pieces.
And the truth is, you.just.don't.want.to.get.out.of.bed.
I only want to speak these words into your heart today- because He is speaking them into my very own heart.
He loves you. He is close. He is watching. He is proud. He is good. He is just. He is the only thing that will never break. He is the only glass that never shatters. He is able to take your brokenness and make it new. He is watching you.
He loves you and never stops seeing the full, new, beautiful you.
So when you look into that window and you see the ugly reflection peering back at you- remember. We all have a beauty inside of us that Jesus is working on. A beauty that calls out to the savior to make it new each day.
I am there. You are there. Your Christian neighbor is there. Your pastor is there. Your best friend who does everything right is there. The mother that always hurts you is there. The hurting daughter in my home. She's there.
We are all there. Imperfect, just trying to get a glimpse of Jesus each day. Just a small touch of his robe. We're all just trying to be made new- time.and.time.again. Breaking the glass won't fix it. Yelling words we don't mean won't fix it. Giving up won't fix it.
Giving in to Jesus is all that will make anything new.
"Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up behind him. She touched the fringe of his robe, for she thought, "If I can just touch his robe, I will be healed."
Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, "Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was healed at that moment." Matthew 9:20-22
Oh, friends. To long for just the touch of his robe. The newness that comes from the simple touch of Jesus.
Jesus is saying to each of us every day. "My child, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well! Not your actions, not your failures, not your successes. Not your method of parenting, or your tithe amount. Not your involvement in church. Nothing but your faith in me."
Beautiful one: May you know your true beauty today. May you know he is fighting for your heart, for your soul, for the renewing of your mind.
When the 16th time comes. May you fall to your knees and surrender to only the touch of His robe. My you never give up. May you never look down. May you feel loved and cherished by the ONLY one who loves fully.
Broken, earthly, and nothing compared to Jesus~
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No worries Jake, I appreciated you explanation as I didn't quite get the idea originally.Posted by Jake (here)
There is no such thing (in the analogical model of the boats) as the 'sleepers' being sent off to the wolves. We are, and have been for tens of thousands of years, been residing and living on that 'boat', AS SLEEPERS. Even so, like mentioned earlier,,, we are alive and well on different dimensional realities. This one is the mind/physical,, kind of low on the vibrational 'scale' of existences,,, but definitely not, as you say, thrown to the wolves. Just a different point of view. I am not sure that anyone is saying that that is a bad thing. It has gotten quite old to a lot of us, Well, I guess I will only speak for me!! I am not from around here,,, and , whereas I do love it here,, I will not be coming back to any reality where war and slavery is commonplace. I am DONE! It is a decision. Besides, the whole boat thing was my best attempt at an analogy. I certainly do not mean to speak for anyone else. I know my destination. And it is not another earth/human lifetime. Maybe it is for you, I don't really know. Cheers, Jake.
I was thinking of this paragraph in particular from Anelia's original message when I spoke of Wolves:
"The agreement was that the "dark side" take them into their new reality. The reality where enslavement, pain, suffering and fear reign. Why? Because there is something in the game called "free will". The population was informed, and if an individual decides to ignore that information, it means they do not want to know. It means someone else can make a decision for them."
I'm just not so sure of the "free will" bit when considering say this lifetime. I mean we are bombarded with propaganda and fed flouride from day one nearly. Why wouldn't most people be sleeping (or ignoring such information)?
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OTTAWA - A new report by Amnesty International says the deaths of thousands of Afghan civilians, killed in airstrikes and night raids by NATO forces, have gone uninvestigated and unpunished.
The human rights group pointed the finger of blame mostly at U.S. forces, saying that of the 140 civilian deaths it investigated between 2009 and 2013, none were prosecuted by the American military.
Amnesty said it is only aware of six cases having been investigated since 2009.
In the report released Monday, Amnesty did note that the majority of innocent casualties in more than 12 years of warfare have been caused by the Taliban and other insurgent groups.
But Richard Bennett, the group's Asia-Pacific director, said there is evidence that suggests some of the killings attributed to NATO forces were deliberate and in possible violation of international law.
"Evidence of possible war crimes and unlawful killings has seemingly been ignored," Bennett said in a statement.
At least 50 children were reportedly among the dead in the 10 separate incidents that Amnesty examined.
The group said it interviewed 125 witnesses, victims and family members, including many who had never given testimony to anyone before.
When civilian casualties are reported and NATO announces an investigation, Bennett says Afghan witnesses are rarely interviewed or even contacted.
"The victims and their families have little chance of redress," he said. "The U.S. military justice system almost always fails to hold its soldiers accountable for unlawful killings and other abuses."
The report singles out U.S. special forces in two cases, one of which the human rights group said involved the torture of a man detained during a raid on Nerkh in Wardak province, a notoriously dangerous area southwest of Kabul.
The prisoner quoted in the report, Qandi Agha, even claimed to have witnessed the killing of another detainee.
The report makes no mention of Canadian troops, who fought a five-year guerilla war in Kandahar, but does say Canada's military justice system has more civilian oversight and control, which puts it in a better position than the U.S.
"There is an urgent need to reform the U.S. military justice system," said Bennett. "The U.S. should learn from other countries, many of which have made huge strides in recent years in 'civilianizing' their military justice systems."
Not long after arriving in Kandahar in 2006, Canadian troops were involved in a series of shooting incidents in which civilians died. The mounting death toll into 2007 forced commanders on the ground to put tougher rules in place.
Both the United Nations and Amnesty International criticized Canada in 2008 over civilian casualties.
Philip Alston, the United Nation's special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, was particularly strong in his criticism in the deaths of two men, Abdul Habib and Mohammed Ali, who were killed in their home by "international forces."
The general in charge of Canada's overseas and domestic command said he had not seen the latest Amnesty report and did not want to comment on its contents.
But, Lt.-Gen. Stuart Beare, who served as deputy head of the NATO training mission in Afghanistan, said Canada learned from its mistakes.
"There was adaptation and self-correction," he said in an interview with The Canadian Press. "These were new experiences for us too."
The Canadian military justice system is "a vital component of who we are and what we do, and it works for us in a very unique Canadian way," Beare added.
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Semrau was court-martialled in 2010 for the battlefield execution of a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan two years earlier. He was acquitted of second-degree murder, attempted murder and the negligent performance of a military duty, but found guilty of disgraceful conduct.


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Cameron Rupp and Kelly Dugan ended in a complete tie so here is your run-off for #26
25 thoughts on "Reader Top 30 #27 – Kelly Dugan"
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A.) Catcher with strong defensive skills and decent pop;
B.) Fringe corner OF/1B with little defensive value and decent pop.
I'll take A.
That's how I looked at it as well. I think Rupp has a better chance of contributing on a mlb level.
I agree.
Agreed. And "B" looked good last year mainly because of a .391 BABIP. Plus he struck out in 25% of his ABs. No thank you. I will take A every day of the week.
I'm not thrilled about Rupp's big league prospects, but I think he at least has a decent chance of getting there. I think Dugan at this point is going to have to stay healthy, put together another couple seasons like last year's, and stick in RF in order to make it, and I don't think any of those three things is certain, or even particularly likely. But I do think Dugan has a great potential to evolve into the next Rizzotti/Overbeck/Ruf, putting up decent enough offensive numbers to become the Great White Hope of a segment of the fan base. Of course, Ruf proves you can hit your way out of that role, but he seems like the exception who still may prove the rule.
I understand alot of your points with regard to Rupp. What i dont understand is the sentiment that Dugan will be relagated to 1B in the future and that he cannot be an good RF. What people fail to remember is that last year dugan played 1b because he was recovering from an ankle injury and the coach wanted his bat in the lineup while he was. When healthy and given a chance Dugan has shown that he can play a more than adequate corner outfield. The question comes with his bat. In the back end of the top 30, i take the guy who has more upside in both power and average even if his floor isnt as high. Dugan might be a longer shot, but i think he has much more potential.
Not to denigrate Dugan who just might put himself in better prospect condition by having a good '13, but there remains his too many Ks to be conquered. Worth watching.
Rupp plays one of the most demanding positions on the diamond and is said to be our best defensive prospect catcher. Concerns about his offense are being overcome by increasing success there; having a play coming on, i.e., getting better as play continues, is a very good sign. Think of prospects whose rise in the system brings out more concerns; here, the opposite is true.
IMO, Rupp should have been listed no later than #12 in these circumstances. C'est la vie.
Wow, Art. 12? You win the "Likes Cam Rupp" battle.
I don't mean to jump on Art, (a) we have a truce,and (b) he is usually (not always) pretty polite, but the only way to make sense of Rupp at #12 is if you think that age/level doesn't matter AT ALL. Yes, some catchers mature a little late, but that doesn't mean you just throw age/level out the window. But IF you assume that Rupp was age appropriate for A+ last year, then #12 would not be unreasonable. But age appropriate for a real prospect in A+ (not an average player in A+) is probably 3 years younger than Rupp.
That said, I voted for Rupp here. Honestly at this stage of the voting, there are many, many apples to oranges comps, and I think at least a couple of the remaining people on the list should be above Rupp, but he wins a one on one batter with Dugan, and certainly there is a case for him here versus anyone remaining.
I'm interested in who you have remaining on your list, that you think could have gone before Rupp or Dugan.
I haven't done a full list. The only guy I would for sure put before Rupp is Lino. Other than that, maybe one or two others, maybe not. It's really hard to weigh (for example) a guy like Pujols who is YEARS away, but with likely a pretty high upside, versus a guy like Rupp. I really don't know, that's one reason I don't have a full list. Apples and orange. At least with Lino and Rupp it's apples versus apples.
Dugan I just don't quite buy as a real prospect at this point, though I could be wrong. (To be clear, is is more than org filler, but would need to make a dramatic leap IMO to be a serious prospect).
Of course I agree with Gabriel Lino over Rupp, as I've mentioned before. I have Rupp over Dugan for similar reasons that you've stated. Not much progress for Dugan in 4 years as a pro. I'd think a future major leaguer could get past low A in less than 4 seasons.
I have Pujols and Grullon ahead of Rupp and Dugan, but understand why others would not feel that way.
I'm about where you are.
With more ambivalence regarding Pujols and Grullon.
To be fair, Dugan is coming off of his first injury free season and isn't incredibly old for his level. A good year and a mid-season call up to Reading and he's back where he should be. Not a top prospect but someone to look at, especially if he turns some doubles into HR's and can stick in RF.
A good year in High A, and a successful mid-season call-up performance in Reading, and you would be right. He would be right where he should.
If he does all of that, then he played himself into prospect status. He hasn't done any of that. So I can't give him credit, in advance, for being able to move 2 levels in one (1) season, when it has taken him four (4) seasons to move 3 levels.
Even though Lino is 3 years AHEAD of Grullon and Pujols, he is still YEARS away from the Majors.
I guess I have a problem ranking guys who have poor production, regardless of age. I understand that age matters, and I suppose if I ignore production for young guys (because I should not expect them produce, like Galvis for years) and focus only on scouting reports then I can rank them higher.
Without any good production (I think Lino did have a limited good 100PAs in 2011 though) it is difficult for me to project that they will EVER be good. For this reason I think younger players are ranked as if they can do no wrong, because if they stink it is because they are young.
All that said Lino did better with K/BB rate with the Phillies and has nice scouting reports, so I certainly moved him up in my rankings from where I had him ending the year.
Lino performed the same as Rupp in the SAL. Rupp is one (1) level ahead of Lino. How is Lino soo far away, but Rupp is assuredly a Major League backup?
Rupp wins based on position value
I voted for Rupp, after all he is a Longhorn.
Been voting for Rupp for weeks now!
At least he will make the Top30 which I think is deserving.
Most prospects rise and fall in AA. Reading should be good for him as a hitters park. We will see how he handles the pitchers as well.
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text: As mentioned in part one of this two-part article, the search for qualified labor will stymie the growth opportunities for many electrical contractors, but there should be enough work to go around to keep companies busy in most areas of the U.S. Last month's article examined the key challenges ahead for electrical contractors in 2000 and offered construction forecasts for the residential and utility markets. Here's a quick look at the state of construction in several more markets, including offices, stores, schools and universities, and airports. Let's take a look at these markets: Offices. On a national basis, office construction is poised for another strong year of growth, with plenty of new projects on the drawing board or underway in surburbia and in the downtown areas of some cities. While McGraw-Hill's Construction Information Group is forecasting a 3% decline in office construction to 280 million sq. ft., that's a very high level. Office-vacancy rates determine the amount of new construction to a large degree, and they inched up slightly during 1999, according to CB Ellis. This research firm said office vacancies in suburbia were at about 10% at mid-year, but that downtown office vacancies were actually moving on a more positive track, to 9.1% at mid-year, down from 9.7% during the same period in 1998. Through September 1999, the Top 10 markets in terms of square footage of new office construction were Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago, Phoenix, Dallas, Boston, Denver, Minneapolis and Tampa-St. Petersburg, according to the Outlook 2000 report. Overbuilding is always a concern with new office construction, but economists agree that as long as commercial lenders do not finance an inordinate amount of speculative construction, this shouldn't be a problem, at least not on the scale of the 1980s, when tax breaks for office construction fueled an building craze that sent vacancy rates skyrocketing. In the office market perhaps more than any other, it's important to remember that most construction forecasts don't factor in renovation work. These numbers are tough to get at. Office renovation continues to be a huge business opportunity for electrical contractors, particularly with the retrofit of voice/data systems, the installation of more energy-efficient lighting systems and upgraded backup power equipment. Retail. Retail construction is linked in large part to the rise and fall of home construction, personal income and retail sales. When these indicators are healthy, so is the retail market. While this market is expected to cool off a bit in 2000, several major retailers have some ambitious growth plans. For instance, Wal-Mart plans to open 40 new Wal-Marts in 2000 and 150 new Supercenters, and the Gap plans to open 300 new stores this year. 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Follow our US Election coverage as Barack Obama defeats Mitt Romney and is re-elected as President.
The fall in market fortunes came as analysts looked ahead to the so-called US fiscal cliff, and new figures raised fresh concerns over the health of the European economy.
Mr Obama celebrated his win by immediately promising to reach across America's bitter political divide, as confrontation loomed with Republicans over reducing the country's deficit.
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Despite a stiff challenge by Republican Mitt Romney, who campaigned in swing states even on polling day, the president secured a comfortable win of 303 to 206 Electoral College votes, with only the state of Florida still to be declared.
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But Mr Obama's majority in the popular vote was just 1 per cent, and in their other choices on Tuesday's ballot, Americans preserved the divided government that has made major legislation so difficult to pass for the past two years.
Initially, the markets bounced on Mr Obama's win, but by this afternoon the gains had been reversed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 1.8pc and the S&P 500 dropped 1.6pc this afternoon. The FTSE 100 is down 1.3 pc, while French, Spanish, Italian and German have all fallen.
Mr Romney was seen by some financial analysts as the more business-friendly candidate, while Douglas McWilliams, the head of the Centre for Economic Business Research, told Sky News before the election that the Dow Jones Industrial Average could spike by 500 points because his victory had not been priced in by the markets.
Now the election has been decided, analysts are also looking ahead to the challenges posed by negotiations over the fiscal cliff, a collection of tax rises and spending cuts that are due to be implemented in the new year.
After last night's election, the House of Representatives remained in Republican hands, while the Democrats kept control of the Senate and were likely to increase their narrow majority.
John Boehner, the Republican Speaker of the House, offered to work with any willing partner, Republican or Democrat, to get things done.
"The American people want solutions - and tonight, they've responded by renewing our majority," he said.
A man dressed as Abraham Lincoln watches the results come in at Republican headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Picture: REUTERS/George Frey
But he gave no hint of practical compromise, saying that by keeping Republicans in control of the House, voters had made it clear there was no mandate for raising taxes. Mr Obama has proposed imposing higher taxes on households earning more than $250,000 a year.
Mr Boehner and Mr Obama will be the key figures in talks to resist the so-called "fiscal cliff", in which tax rises and budget cuts would automatically be triggered on January if an agreement to reduce the ever-growing deficit cannot be reached by negotiation.
The president struck an optimistic tone in his acceptance speech, predicting that "economic recovery was on its way and ten years of war is coming to an end".
Mr Romney, 65, deflated and exhausted, offered a dignified tribute to the winnre, as he consoled dejected supporters in Boston moments after phoning Obama to formally concede.
"This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation." He said.
Mr Obama's victory was built on the same coalition of women, young people minorities and the well-educated that secured his first term in 2008.
They were persuaded to support him again by probably the most sophisticated campaign and get-out-the-vote operation ever seen.
Having made history as the first black president, Mr Obama's second also bucked precedent, as he won with the unemployment rate at 7.9 percent, the highest level for a re-elected president in more than 70 years.
His victory means that he will get the chance to embed his healthcare and Wall Street reforms into the fabric of American life – Mr Romney had pledged one of his first acts would be the repeal of "Obamacare".
Obama fans celebrate his win in Salt Lake City, Utah PICTURE: AP Photo/Kim Raff, The Salt Lake Tribune
The president may also get the chance to reshape the Supreme Court in his liberal image for a generation, a move that would shape policy on issues like abortion and gay rights.
Although the counts continued late into the night, Mr Obama claimed victory at 4.20am UK time as projections showed he had won the key battleground state of Ohio which both sides knew held the key to amassing the 270 electoral college votes needed to win.
'This happened because of you. Thank you' Mr Obama tweeted from his personal account. Within minutes, the tweet had become the most popular post in Twitter's history. A similar Facebook update was "liked" more than a million times in the first hour after it was posted.
During his speech, Mr Obama said he had congratulated Republican rival Mitt Romney on the campaign, and hoped to meet with the former Massachusetts governor to discuss ways to "move this country forward".
Despite a close race, Mr Obama's bullish eve-of-election prediction that he had "got enough votes to win" proved to be accurate as the Democrat turnout machine ensured huge showing from Hispanic and African-American voters.
All US television networks called the vote for Mr Obama and there were jubilant scenes outside Mr Obama's election headquarters in Chicago, as a young, ethnically diverse crowd screamed their approval at the news.
However there were reports that Repubicans were intending to contest the result in Ohio, even though Mr Obama had appeared to have won a sufficient number of battleground states to ensure victory.
The writing had been on the wall for Mr Romney for the best of an hour after several key states, including New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan had been called for the Democrat cause.
Just twenty minutes after the last polls closed in California, Mr Romney's supporters in Boston were forced to digest the certain news of their candidate's defeat, as it became clear that there were no routes left to a Republican victory.
"This is a time of great challenges for America and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," Mr Romney told supporters in Boston as he conceded defeat.
"I so wish, I so wish, that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction, but the nation chose another leader," Mr Romney said in a gracious speech, during which he appeared to have tears in his eyes.
World leaders rushed to wish Mr Obama well as the results of the poll became clear. Prime Minister David Cameron warmly congratulated "my friend Barack Obama" and pledged to work with the US leader to "kick start the world economy".
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent his congratulations, as did China's leaders. A flood of European leaders reached out to the president and the news was greeted with jubilation in Africa.
In Ohio, it appeared as if Mr Obama's decision to use government money to rescue the American car industry had paid a massive electoral dividend, with exit polls showing six out of ten voters had considered the bailout significant.
Huge turnouts in the north suburbs around Cleveland, where as many as one-in-eight workers depended on the auto industry for the jobs, were identified as a key engine of Mr Obama's support in a state that was saturated with advertising from both campaigns.
No post-war US president has been re-elected with an unemployment rate of more than 7.4 per cent. Today it stands half a percentage point higher but with the improvements to the jobless numbers over the past two years, Mr Obama avoided the fate to avoid following several European leaders who were tipped out office as a result of the 2008 financial crisis.
Mr Romney also appeared to have suffered badly among women voters in light of his support for the Republican party's extreme opposition to abortion rights and public subsidy of contraception.
CNN's exit poll found that women made up 56 per cent of the electorate and favoured Mr Obama by 12 percentage points. By contrast Mr Romney won men by seven points, according to the exit poll.
Women were a force to be reckoned with in the election in their own right also. More women than ever before were elected to the US Senate (19), and New Hampshire elected America's first all-female delegation.
Two Republicans criticised for saying that victims of "legitimate rape" could not become pregnant, and that pregnancies from rape were part of "God's plan", lost competitive races for seats in the Senate, which were crucial to the party's hopes of limiting Mr Obama's power.
Voters also backed legalising marijuana for recreational use, allowing gay marriage and rejected a call to ban public funding for abortions in state ballots, swerving America down a more liberal path than previously.
The President also appeared to have been boosted both by the racial composition of the electorate continuing to resemble that of 2008, when minority voters were crucial to Mr Obama's support base.
According to exit polls, he beat Mr Romney by 40 percentage points among Latinos, who made up 10 per cent of the total vote. This was an even better performance than four years ago, when Hispanic voters represented a slightly smaller proportion of the electorate.
Throughout the campaign moderate Republicans warned that Mr Romney's tough stance on immigration - including a remark in the primary campaign that immigrants should 'self deport' - would be hugely damaging with the Latino vote.
Mr Obama's advantage among black voters dipped slightly to 87 points, but the proportion of black voters held steady. Mr Romney won white voters, who made up 73 per cent of the total vote, by 18 points.
The figures indicated that Republican claims of a collapse in Mr Obama's multi-racial coalition - which they said had in turn skewed opinion polls in his favour - had not been correct.
Even in In Florida, with 90 per cent of the vote counted, Mr Obama held a 1 per cent lead but with many of his own strongholds, including Miami-Dade still remaining to be fully counted, he appeared on course for defeat there too.
Earlier in the day Mr Obama had expressed confidence in victory: "We feel confident we've got the votes to win, that it's going to depend ultimately on whether those votes turn out," Mr Obama said earlier before the polls closed.
Elizabeth Warren became the first female senator of Massachusetts
Speaking in his home city of Chicago, he added: "I'm looking forward to the results. And I expect that we'll have a good night."
Trying to strike a bipartisan tone to a sharply divided nation, Mr Obama congratulated his Republican challenger for a "spirited campaign".
He urged all Americans to make their way to polling stations to "make sure that you exercise this precious right that you have … that people fought so hard for, for us to have".
Mr Romney returned the compliment, praising Mr Obama while visiting a campaign office near Pittsburgh. But he repeated his conviction that it was time for a "better tomorrow".
"This president has run a really strong campaign. I believe he's a good man and wish him well and his family well," he said. "He's a good father and has been a good example of a good father. But it's time for a new direction." The voters did not agree.
Aided by good weather, long queues had formed at polling stations in Florida and Virginia, where some waited for several hours to cast their ballots.
It suggested that enthusiasm was comparable to the 2008 election, when turnout reached its highest point since 1968.
Even in storm-hit New York and New Jersey, the turnout appeared to be holding despite many people still living in atrocious conditions.
Some cast ballots by torchlight as election organisers made every effort to allow those affected by Superstorm Sandy to vote.
Both campaigns had marshalled teams of lawyers to dispute votes that went to a recount, fearing a late surge by Mr Romney might leave no clear winner, but in the end they were not necessary.


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The New Orleans Saints ground out a vital 17-13 win over the struggling Atlanta Falcons on Thursday to maintain their division lead over a surging Carolina Panthers.
The Saints were far from their best, but improved to 9-2 for the season with their third straight win, while the Falcons slumped to 2-9 following a fifth straight loss.
After leading by a single point at halftime, a Garrett Hartley field goal supplied the only score of a grinding second half for the visitors.
Falcons wide receiver Darius Johnson fumbled early in the fourth quarter while in a scoring position, coughing up a key turnover in the hosts' quest for an upset victory.
New Orleans remain top of the National Football Conference South division with the Panthers (7-3) in the midst of a six-game winning run and with a game in hand against Miami tomorrow.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees completed 23 of 33 passes for 278 yards and two touchdowns, while tight-end James Graham had a 100-yard receiving game from just five receptions.
"We knew what type of game it was going to be. I guess nine of our last 12 games with these guys have gone down to the last possession and it did again today," Brees told reporters. "They are a great football team, despite what their record might say and we knew that."
Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan completed 30 of 39 passes for 297 yards, but failed to throw for a score.
The hosts showed plenty of intent from the outset, marching down the field in the opening drive, with Steven Jackson capping it off with a one-yard touchdown run and an early 7-0 Falcons lead.
However, the Saints matched them by scoring on their opening drive, Benjamin Watson the beneficiary of a one-yard pass from Brees to tie it up at the end of the first quarter.
Atlanta kicker Matt Bryant gave his side a 10-7 lead with a 39-yard field goal, before Brees found James Graham with a long bomb and he took it to the end zone for a 44-yard score.
Another Bryant field goal as the half came to a close gave the visiting Saints a slender 14-13 halftime lead.
Hartley extended the advantage to 17-13 with a field goal early in the second half and the four-point margin held firm.


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Companies like Apple have made a push towards minimising the packaging for their products. But apparently that ethos simply doesn't exist for makers of high-end Vodka, like Belvedere, who packaged its hooch in a box that looks like a photographer's studio flash.
There's some method to the madness, though, as the packaging was actually designed to celebrate the Cannes Film Festival where countless celebrities are photographed walking the red carpet. However, whether or not they walked it while sozzled on Belvedere's Vodka is unknown, since apparently a limited run of only 25 of the light-up flash boxes were created.


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BEVERLY, Mass. – On day two of the Endicott College Invitational UMass Boston volleyball dropped their final two matches of the two day tournament as they fell by the final of 3-2 to Bowdoin College and 3-0 to 16th ranked Eastern University (Pa.) Saturday afternoon.
With the two losses UMass Boston fell to 3-5 on the year as they prepare for the 2013 home opener on Wednesday in the Clark Athletic Gymnasium. The win improved overall record to 2-1 at the time, while Eastern will return to Pennsylvania carrying a 6-1 mark following their 3-0 victory over the Beacons.
Match 1 – UMass Boston 2, Bowdoin College 3
The Beacons first match of the day was a rematch from last year's NCAA New England Regional championship in which UMB handed Bowdoin a 3-2 loss to win their second regional title in the last three seasons. Right out of the gate the two teams went back-and-forth on the scoreboard with Bowdoin sneaking out a 25-23 win in the first game. From there UMB rolled to back-to-back wins earning a 25-14 victory in game two and a 25-13 win in game three. Unfortunately the Beacons were unable to secure the victory in the fourth as Bowdoin grabbed a 25-20 decision.
In the fifth, the Beacons started off in total of control of the game but that momentum eventually shifted in the favor of the Polar Bears as they stole a 16-14 win.
Freshman Patsy Boland (Chicago, Ill.) led UMB with 11 kills, while senior Amber Clemons (Simi Valley, Calif.) and freshman Julia Murphy (Canton, Mass.) lead the Beacons with hitting percentages of .350. Setter Emma Rocha (Boynton Beach, Fla.) tallied 26 assists in the loss, but it was her serving in the second and third games that gave UMB huge advantages on the scoreboard. The sophomore finished with five of the Beacons 14 aces. Defensively Rocha tallied 12 digs to earn her first double-double of the year, while Elizabeth Glavan (Edina, Minn.) recorded a match-high 17 digs for UMB.
Match 2 – UMass Boston 0, No. 16 Eastern University (Pa.) 3
The Beacons second match marked the first-ever meeting between them and the Eagles of Eastern University. The Eagles were also the second nationally ranked opponent UMB has faced this season.
In the first game, UMB came out firing as they completely caught the 16th ranked Eagles sleeping. Unfortunately they were not able to hold on down the stretch as the Eagles upended the Beacons 25-18. In the second and third games it was all Eastern as they took a 25-16 win in the game two and a 25-15 win in game three.
Boland once again led UMB in kills with nine, followed by Clemons show scored six and had a team-best .286 hitting percentage. Poland also picked-up nine digs in the loss to lead the Beacons defense. Senior Corrine Porter (Huntington Beach, Calif.) was second on the team in digs with eight. Megan Pollock (Wilton, Calif.) and Rocha combined for 24 assists respectively.
Volleyball returns to action on Wednesday when they long awaited debut on their home court as they take on Keene State College in the 2013 Little East Conference opener. Start time is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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With the Death of a Salesman during the winter of 1949 on Broadway, Arthur Miller began to live--as a playwright who has since been called one of this century's three great American dramatists, along with Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams.
There have also been other powerful, often mind-altering plays: The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, and The Price. There was the film The Misfits and the dramatic special Playing for Time.
Death of a Salesman was not Arthur Miller's first success on Broadway. Two years before, when his All My Sons opened at the Coronet Theater, Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times wrote: "The theater has acquired a genuine new talent." The play also won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Donaldson Award (voted upon by Billboard subscribers).
Miller noted afterward: "The success of a play, especially one's first success, is somewhat like pushing against a door which is suddenly opened that was always securely shut until then. For myself, the experience was invigorating. It suddenly seemed that the audience was a mass of blood relations, and I sensed a warmth in the world that had not been there before. It made it possible to dream of daring more and risking more."
He did dare and risk with Death of a Salesman. And he gained more.
In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, he was catapulted into the realm of the great living American playwrights and also compared to Ibsen and the Greek tragedians.
After his graduation from Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, young Miller worked as a stock clerk in an automobile parts warehouse for two and a half years until he had enough money to pay for his first year at the University of Michigan. He finished college with the financial aid of the National Youth Administration supplemented by his salary as night editor on the Michigan Daily newspaper. Before his graduation with a B.A. degree in 1938, he had written a number of plays, winning a $500 Avery Hopwood Award in 1936 and a $1,200 Theater Guild National Award in 1938 for an effort entitled The Grass Still Grows.
After having returned to New York in 1938, he joined the Federal Theater Project, but, before his first play had been produced, the Project ended. He worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and wrote radio scripts heard on the Columbia Workshop and the Calvacade of America. He also wrote two books during this period: Situation Normal (1944) and Focus, a novel about anti-semitism (1945).
He had not, however, given up playwrighting. In November, 1944, his The Man Who Had All the Luck opened on Broadway but proved to be unlucky. Its favorable reception disheartened Miller, and he decided he would write one more play. If that were not successful, he would give up.
In 1947 he wrote All My Sons, his first real success, which established him as a significant American playwright.
The Crucible, his 1953 Broadway hit, which won a Tony Award, was about witch trials and hangings in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, but reflected the practices of the McCarthy era of the time it was written.
The autobiographical tone of After the Fall in 1964 also evoked controversy as well as praise. His knowledge of the Brooklyn waterfront helped to form his characters in A View from the Bridge in 1955, and more of his native city came through in The Price about a New York policeman (1968).
Miller's later works include The Creation of the Word and Other Business (1972) and The American Clock (1980).
Miller also wrote the script for Playing for Time the true-life dramatic special about the experiences of an all-woman orchestra in a Nazi concentration camp, which won four Emmy Awards following its television debut in 1980. It received an Emmy an Outstanding Drama Special. Miller received one for Outstanding Writing. Vanessa Redgrave won as Outstanding Actress, and Jane Alexander, as Outstanding Supporting Actress.
In addition to his novels, Miller has written two books of reportage: In Russia and Chinese Encounters, both accompanied by photographs by his wife Inge Morath, a professional photographer. His book Salesman in Bejing is based on his experience in China, where he directed Death of a Salesman.
In 1987, Miller published his autobiography Timebends: A Life, in which he recalls his childhood in Brooklyn, the political turmoil of the 1950s, and the later half of the century. Miller continued to write until his death, winning the 1995 Olivier for his play Broken Glass -- in total a career that spanned six decades. He died of heart failure in February, 2005 at his Roxbury, Connecticut home.