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Community Resilience : Consensus Reports
The division produces 60-70 reports per year. These reports are unique, authoritative expert evaluations. Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review. The experts who volunteer their time participating on study committees are vetted to make sure that the committee has the range of expertise needed to address the task, that they have a balance of perspectives, and to identify and eliminate members with conflicts of interest. All reports undergo a rigorous, independent peer review to assure that the statement of task has been addressed, that conclusions are adequately supported, and that all important issues raised by the reviewers are addressed. Thus, while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy.
Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative (2012)
Although disasters will continue to occur, actions that move the nation toward greater resilience will reduce many of the broad societal and economic burdens that disasters can cause. Enhanced resilience -- the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from and more successfully adapt to adverse events -- involves proactive investment in resilience-building measures, including the development of a national "culture of resilience" to reduc... More >>
Dam and Levee Safety and Community Resilience: A Vision for Future Practice (2012)
Although advances in engineering can reduce the risk of dam and levee failure, some failures will still occur. Such events cause impacts on social and physical infrastructure that extend far beyond the flood zone. Broadening dam and levee safety programs to consider community- and regional-level priorities in decision making can help reduce the risk of, and increase community resilience to, potential dam and levee failures. Collaboration betwee... More >>
National Earthquake Resilience: Research, Implementation, and Outreach (2011)
The United States will be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future, and some earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas with major effects on the nation as a whole. Efforts to reduce such effects are needed to limit the loss of life, damage to buildings, and economic cost of a major earthquake. This report presents a 20-year roadmap for earthquake hazard and risk reduction, assessing the activities, and their costs, tha... More >>
Building Community Disaster Resilience through Private-Public Collaboration (2010)
Collaboration between local private and public sector organizations is the key to building resilient communities that can withstand disasters, a new National Research Council report finds. Cooperation could help reduce the impact of a disaster by helping communities anticipate threats, adapt to adversity, and recover after a crisis by engaging community stakeholders to identify risk and leverage available resources. This report suggests ... More >>
The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: Assessing Pre-Katrina Vulnerability and Improving Mitigation and Preparedness (2009)
Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation's most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a task force to assess the performance of the levees, floodwalls, and other structures comprising the area's hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina. At the request of the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Researc... More >>Report in Brief


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After nobly sacrificing himself to bring life back to Cybertron, Optimus Prime finds himself stuck in a mysterious ethereal realm. Mustering up his remaining power, Optimus sends messages from this otherworldly dimension to inspire and guide Bumblebee on his path to being a great leader.
Our yellow and black Autobot maintains a boundless optimism and taste for adventure. Although Bumblebee may be completely "no-nonsense" in the field when he's up against the baddest of the bad, once he's back on Earth we'll see his mettle tested by his underlings.
A street-smart, fast-thinking rebellious 'Bot, Sideswipe is somewhat of a lone wolf feels he needs to look out for himself first and wishes Strongarm would cut him a break with all her rules and regulations – but when push comes to shove, he heeds the call to action.
Strongarm is staunchly dedicated to her career in law enforcement and can't imagine a world where everyone doesn't follow the letter of the law. Strongarm is completely earnest and possesses a world view devoid of shades of grey.
A proverbial "Neanderthal" with a huge heart, Grimlock is a Dinobot that fights hard and plays hard. In fact, he's the strongest of the new Autobot group. Grimlock was unjustly imprisoned eons ago for his looks and not his deeds.
The enthusiastic, hyperactive, MINI-CON mans the tech and provides maintenance for the new Autobot base. Fix-It is equal parts mechanic/I.T./mascot, and archivist of the "Most Wanted" dossiers – he was the pilot of the Cybertronian Prison Ship, The Alchemor, that crash landed on Earth, and is thus intimate with its former inhabitants, their crimes and attributes.
This pit-bull-like Decepticon was also a prisoner aboard the Alchemor. Underbite's crime: having physically eaten and entire Cybertronian city. Underbite's physical prowess grows and multiplies every time he consumes metal.
Denny is the 40-something proud owner of the vast scrapyard that will become home to our Autobots. Denny is a big kid at heart (more so than his son Russell) with loads of child-like enthusiasm – especially for JUNK. But he doesn't just collect junk – he refashions it into grand art projects and wacky contraptions.
Unable to wait until he graduates middle school, Russell's at the awkward age where he's trying a little too hard to leave childhood behind and act older/cooler than he actually is. Denny is thrilled to have his son living with him and considers it a bonding opportunity.
Years after we left the Autobots in "Transformers Prime" Bumblebee is summoned by Optimus Prime to save Earth from a new faction of Decepticons. Bumblebee assembles a rogue team of young Autobots including a COOL REBEL "BAD BOY," an ELITE GUARD CADET, a BOMBASTIC DINOBOT and a hyperactive MINI-CON to chase and capture their new enemies.


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Direckshun's Splooge-O-Rama (a.k.a. the State of the Union Thread)
Iambic pentameter!
Applause breaks!
Ted Nugent!
All starring the infallible ambassador of Jesus Christ Himself, the man whose face I've photoshopped onto all the Japanese body pillows I have sex with every night, the cream in my coffee, the wind beneate my wings.... B. Hussein Obama.
Sprinkle dear leader with love, errrybody! Let us all force ourselves to weep openly for his divine approval!
Obamas State of the Union to add details to far-reaching second-term agenda
By Amie Parnes
President Obama will map out the contours of his second-term agenda when he speaks to the nation in his State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
In a speech meant to build on his second inaugural address which was directed at the Democratic base and served as a bookend of sorts to his reelection campaign Obama will put details on the far-reaching government agenda he hopes will become part of his legacy.
The economy will remain Topic A, and Obamas speech is expected to warn of the danger automatic spending cuts known as the sequester pose to a slowly improving economy. At the same time, Obama will give due weight to other priorities such as immigration and gun control.
Obama has newfound freedom to be more combative, not to mention left-leaning, because he doesnt face reelection, but he simultaneously needs to define goals that are capable of attracting majority support.
The inaugural, as I heard it, was really a fighting speech, said William Galston, a senior fellow of governance studies at the Brookings Institution and a former adviser to Bill Clinton. He has to decide now if he wants to continue in that vein or adopt a stance that makes it a little easier for the Republicans to consider cooperating with him.
The president must have noticed that he doesnt have all the reins of governance in his hands, Galston added. If he wants to be truly transformative, he has to put together a coalition, and he cant do that unless hes really practical.
After a first-term in which he broke Republicans on taxes and won legislative overhauls of the healthcare and financial systems, Obama has won a place in history. Yet the ambitions of his inaugural address offered the promise to Democrats and warning to Republicans that he is not done yet.
Obama wants to add to his first-term accomplishments with legislation on immigration and gun control, and his inaugural address also indicated gay rights and climate change remain priorities.
The White House realizes time could be fleeting to win those fights before the president becomes a lame-duck, which underlines Obamas repeated calls for Congress to take quick actions.
Since winning election Obama has been combative with Republicans, who are still trying to move forward after a deeply disappointing election in which they not only lost the White House, but seats in the House and Senate.
Their choice of Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) to give the Republican response to Obama suggests the GOP is regaining its footing and finding a new leader. To win legislative victories, Obama will need to work with Republicans, not simply steamroll them.
I think hell have to strike a conciliatory tone in this speech, a former senior administration official said of Tuesdays address. The president realizes more than anyone that the only way hes going to be able to meet his objectives is with the help of Republicans. He knows.
Ken Lundberg, a Republican strategist, said Obamas address has to be more all-inclusive because he said Obamas inaugural address became a 2nd term agenda that was dramatically different than his campaign speeches.
From healthcare to the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the president has made 'my way or the highway' dictates, Lundberg said. The best message President Obama can leave with Congress is, 'Let's work together, and this time I mean it.'"
In the speechwhich is still in the works, White House aides say -- Obama will take a progressive tack on both social and economic issues.
When I think about what it means to be a Democrat in this day and age, I start with the basic proposition that we are all created equal, that were all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, Obama told House Democrats on Thursday at a retreat in Virginia, offering a glimpse of whats to come in his address on Tuesday. And my governing philosophy and my interest in public service grows out of how we make that union more perfect for more people day in and day out. And that starts with an economy that works for everybody.
While Obama said he would be speaking about other issues hed like to tackleincluding immigration, education, and developing clean energy technology the president said the State of the Union address would focus particularly on jobs and the support of the middle class.
Im going to be talking about making sure that were focused on job creation here in the United States of America, Obama told lawmakers.
During his address, Obama is also expected to highlight his vow to end the war in Afghanistan. But aides say the focus will be primarily domestic.
Obamas promise to raise funds and campaign for congressional Democrats suggests he wants to extend his power for as long as possible and put off his inevitable fade. Winning back a Democratic House majority in 2014, however, is a tall order that would defy history.
Second-term presidents generally see their party lose seats in mid-term elections, suggesting Obama only has a certain amount of time to achieve the goals he lays out in his State of the Union address, observers and White House aides say.
I am reasonably sure that he will govern in the next 18 months with a real sense of urgency, Galston said. He understands the clock is ticking every day.
I think that will come through in his address, the former senior administration official said.
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Obama Should Focus State Of The Union On Economy, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; President Handles Economy Better Than GOP, Voters Say
February 11, 2013
President Barack Obama should focus on the economy in his State of the Union Address, 35 percent of American voters say in a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Another 20 percent say the federal deficit is the top priority, with 15 percent citing gun policy and 12 percent listing health care.
The U.S. economy is in a recession 53 percent of voters tell the independent Quinnipiac (KWUIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll. A total of 79 percent of voters describe the economy as "not so good" or "poor" and only 34 percent say it's getting better, while 28 percent say it's getting worse and 37 percent say it's staying about the same.
By a 47 - 41 percent margin, American voters trust President Barack Obama more than Republicans in Congress to handle the economy. Trust measures on other issues are:
"Voters trust President Obama more than Congressional Republicans on the economy and most other issues, but they are more closely divided on who would do a better job on the deficit and on gun-control. And by 48 - 39 percent, voters trust Republicans in Congress more than Obama to cut federal spending."
Congress should prevent the $1.2 trillion cuts in defense and domestic spending due to take effect March 1, 43 percent of voters say, while 22 percent say let the cuts happen. Another 32 percent have no opinion.
A total of 66 percent of American voters say they are "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to watch the State of the Union Address. That includes 46 percent of Republicans, 86 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independent voters. Women say they are more likely to watch than men, 71 - 59 percent.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, selected to give the Republican response to the State of the Union address, has a 27 - 15 percent favorability rating among American voters, with 57 percent who don't know enough about him to form an opinion.
"Let's see if Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's supporting actor role Tuesday night moves the needle on his favorability meter among voters," Brown said.
From January 30 - February 4, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,772 registered voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.3 percentage points. Live interviewers call land lines and cell phones.
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We also get a reply from one of the frontrunners for the top of the GOP's ticket in 2016.
Honestly, these replies always, always suck. It single-handedly tanked Jindal for 2012. If Rubio can deliver a speech that isn't awful, it will be a win.
State of the Union reply is chance for Rubio to shine
Sen. Marco Rubio's State of the Union response is a chance to affirm his rising-star status among Republicans, but risks abound.
By Paul West, Washington Bureau
February 11, 2013, 8:07 p.m.
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio gives the official Republican response to the State of the Union speech, it will be a chance for the party's fastest-rising star in years to impress millions of voters who have yet to form an opinion of him.
But along with the high-profile honor Tuesday night comes intense pressure. It could be particularly acute for Rubio, the first-term senator from Florida. Not only must he meet high expectations, but his speech must find a way to bridge serious splits within his party and, simultaneously, attract voters who have turned away from Republicans in recent elections.
"Folks are very concerned about the direction and future of the party. When they talk about Rubio, it seems to be with the hope that he has the capacity to put the party back together," said Tom Rath, a veteran Republican in New Hampshire who advised Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.
"I think folks like the idea of Rubio, but they do not yet understand what is the substance of Rubio. His challenge will be to convert that interest into advocacy and support."
Younger looking than his 41 years, Rubio radiates an easy, boyish charm. His unexpected success in the 2010 election, knocking out a moderate Republican governor to win the Senate nomination, helped signal the emergence of the tea party as a national force.
Now, barely two years after arriving in Washington, he's leading an effort to mend the GOP's tattered relations with Latinos, a voting bloc crucial to the future of both major parties. He recently helped craft a bipartisan plan that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants — a stumbling block for immigration reform in recent years.
His roots as a son of working-class Cuban immigrants give him virtually unmatched credibility, for a Republican, among voters troubled by his party's perceived hostility to Latinos. When he answers Obama's address, he'll do it twice — once in English and once in Spanish.
As he works to broaden his national reputation, Rubio has managed to avoid a backlash, so far, from conservatives. Many remain implacably opposed to any immigration solution that looks like amnesty for those who came to the U.S. illegally. But his aggressive outreach to conservative talk-show hosts and other media outlets closely followed on the right have helped mute opposition from hard-line critics.
Rubio has also left himself an escape hatch — conditioning his support for reform legislation on some sort of guarantee that the U.S. border with Mexico is secure enough for the plan to proceed.
At the same time, on other issues, Rubio has stuck with conservative Republican orthodoxy. He appeared on Fox News barely an hour after the start of Senate confirmation hearings on Chuck Hagel to announce that he would oppose the former Nebraska senator's nomination for Defense secretary. He was one of five Republican senators to oppose the year-end "fiscal cliff" deal that included a tax increase for the wealthiest Americans. The deal would hurt economic growth, he said.
Support from the Republican right is crucial if, as expected, Rubio runs for president. But backing from the party's conservative wing isn't enough to get to a national majority, as seen in the results of November's election, in which Romney won strongly among conservatives.
Political strategists in both parties will watch Rubio's speech carefully to see whether he can avoid upsetting the party's conservative base while still articulating Republican positions in ways that attract voters who spurn the GOP.
"Republicans win when they sound credible on economic issues and avoid sounding insensitive on cultural and social matters. Rubio's very well placed to deliver both of those messages," said Dan Schnur, a former Republican political consultant who directs the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC.
"If all he talks about is jobs and the deficit, he's sacrificed an important opportunity for outreach. But if all he talks about is immigration, he's almost certainly causing himself a problem with the Republican base," Schnur said.
In addition to the substantive challenges, the response to a State of the Union speech involves a visual disadvantage. The speaker appears on television right after the grand spectacle of a president addressing a packed chamber of Congress. Often, the politician delivering the response — typically, alone in a room with a camera — comes off looking small, or worse.
All that would be daunting enough without expectations, which, at least since Rubio's well-received speech on the final night of the Republican National Convention last summer, have been high.
"It's a huge opportunity for him to really introduce himself as a player in national politics," said Craig Robinson, a former Iowa Republican Party official. "People expect him to knock it out of the park. They want to believe. And so, if he can't get to that high level, people are going to be a little disappointed and think that maybe he's not the guy."
Since November, Rubio has expanded his political operation and addressed a Republican fundraising event in Iowa, the earliest voting state in the presidential nominating contest. A recent poll of Republicans there ranked him first among potential presidential candidates. His standard response when asked about 2016 is to say, "If you do a good job at whatever your job is, you'll always have a chance to do other things. Including things you never envisioned."
But among some party activists, the interest in Rubio goes beyond the next presidential contest. His work on immigration has gotten the attention of those who understand how changing demographics pose a threat to their party, which has relied increasingly on a shrinking pool of white voters.
In that respect, Rubio's speech is also a test of the theory that what ails the GOP is the messenger more than the message.
"Rubio himself would never say it, but his very existence at this level of politics argues that the challenge is both content and messaging," Schnur said. "He doesn't just talk about immigration using softer, sweeter language. He's proposing a fundamental change in party orthodoxy, and he obviously and correctly believes that the party needs work on both substance and message."
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Then of course, we get an encore performance from the GOP from Rand Paul.
Tea party address won't divide Republicans, Rand Paul says
Posted by CNN's Kevin Liptak
February 10th, 2013, 09:59 AM ET
CNN) – Sen. Rand Paul's tea party response to Tuesday's State of the Union address isn't intended to drive a wedge through the Republican Party, the Kentucky senator said Sunday.
Paul was tapped by the Tea Party Express to deliver Tuesday's response to President Barack Obama's speech. It's the third year the group has sponsored its own rebuttal to Obama's speech. The official Republican response will be delivered by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who like Paul was elected to the Senate in 2010 with support from the tea party.
"I see it as an extra response. I don't see it as necessarily divisive," Paul told chief political correspondent Candy Crowley on the CNN program "State of the Union."
"I won't say anything on there that necessarily is like, 'Marco Rubio is wrong,'" Paul continued. "He and I don't always agree, but this isn't about he and I. This is about the tea party, which is a grass-roots movement, a real movement, with millions of Americans that still are concerned about some of the deal-making that goes on in Washington."
Both Paul and Rubio are considered potential candidates for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, and both their speeches come at a time when national Republicans are debating the best path forward after an electoral trouncing in 2012.
A new group co-founded by veteran GOP strategist Karl Rove will seek to propel the most electable GOP candidates through the primary process in upcoming contests, which some grass-roots Republicans have blasted as a move to make the party more moderate.
Republicans are seeking ways to make themselves more appealing to a wider array of voters after losing among all demographics except white males in November. Rubio, featured on the cover of Time magazine this week as "The Republican Savior," has been a leading voice for comprehensive immigration reform in the Senate, which some Republicans have favored after losing big among Latinos.
Paul pushed back Sunday on the notion that Rubio, or any other Republican, has been anointed as the "face" of the Republican Party, making the case that Republican lawmakers sometimes have different priorities.
"I don't think anybody gets to choose who the face is, or say you or someone else is the face. I think we do the best to promote what we believe in," Paul said, pointing to his own vocal opposition to sending U.S. foreign aid money to certain countries like Egypt and Pakistan.
"There are things that distinguish a lot of different Republicans. It doesn't make them bad or me right or them wrong. What it means there is a tea party wing that's interested in not sending money to people who are not acting like our allies," Paul said.
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Impact of State of Union speeches isn't very lasting
By Nia-Malika Henderson and Felicia Sonmez
Feb 12, 2013 02:17 AM EST
When President Obama delivers his fourth State of the Union speech Tuesday night, he is guaranteed an audience of millions of viewers, the rapt of attention of Beltway reporters and issues advocates, and for at least an hour, the undivided attention of Congress.
What isn't guaranteed is any lasting impact.
Rarely have State of the Union addresses moved public opinion, and rarely have they led to the kind of broad legislative accomplishments that presidents propose. For all the ritual and attention surrounding these speeches, the State of the Union is, well, sort of lame.
"Most of the speeches can be summarized in three words: boring, boring, boring," said Allan Lichtman, author of "The 13 Keys to the Presidency." "They tend to be laundry lists. But sometimes they rise above that."
Mandated by the Constitution, the State of the Union, for much of its history, was not a speech at all but a written list of policy recommendations handed to Congress. Now, the addresses are grand political theater and provide a rare chance for a president to make an unfiltered argument and lay out policy ambitions from the biggest bully pulpit he will have all year.
Billed as a coda to his second inauguration, Obama's speech will focus on the economy and the middle class — he is set to propose spending public money on education, research and infrastructure — as well as touch on immigration and gun control.
He will spend the remainder of the week giving repackaged versions of his address, looking to capi*tal*ize on the moment and further underscore his priorities.
"The State of the Union is a Super Bowl-like political event. The key to fully leveraging it is to make sure that it doesn't become a one-off but contains a big-idea thematic animated by some specific proposals," said Chris Lehane, a Democratic strategist who worked for President Bill Clinton. "If the speech is not approached like that, it risks becoming a pupu platter moment — lots of tasty dishes, but you won't be filled up for the long term."
Although interest groups and lobbyists, inside and outside the administration, spend time trying to get the briefest of mentions of their pet causes in the speech before an audience of about 40 million, there are few legislative payoffs to show for all their efforts.
President George W. Bush used the first State of the Union speech of his second term to call for privatizing Social Security, an effort that hit a brick wall in Congress and nationwide.
In his 2012 speech, Obama proposed that every state require that students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18, a recommendation that also fell flat.
Obama used that address to make his argument for reelection, touching on themes of fairness and economic equality that would undergird his campaign stump speeches. But there have been few memorable lines or themes from Obama's addresses on par with Clinton's 1996 pronouncement that "the era of big government is over" or Bush's "axis of evil" reference from 2002.
"His speeches have tended to be about half looking back and half looking forward. And that's a style you can choose in a State of the Union — how much of the speech is going to be devoted to where we are today, how far we've come and so forth, versus something more visionary and using your time to look forward," said Chriss Winston, a speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush. "That's a choice every president has to make."
On Wednesday, Obama will begin a road trip to North Carolina to further rally support and try to keep the momentum and the spotlight. Yet, polls suggest the hour-long speeches, given during prime time in the middle of a workweek, rarely change minds.
The exception was Clinton, who over seven addresses got a three-percentage-point boost in his approval rating. He received the biggest increase in 1998 when he delivered a speech days after the Monica S. Lewinsky story broke. He trumpeted a balanced federal budget and record low rates for unemployment and crime, but he did not mention the scandal. His approval rating jumped from 59 percent to 69 percent, according to Gallup.
One unpredictable factor on Tuesday night will be the issue of gun control and how much of his speech Obama will devote to it in the aftermath of the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. Several lawmakers are planning to invite to the Capitol guests whose lives have been affected by gun violence, among them parents of children who were shot at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
That tableau of grieving parents will amplify the president's message and, even more than his words, possibly help him frame an agenda around gun control.
"I think most State of the Union messages are forgotten quickly after they're given . . . unless there's some kind of crisis," said James A. Thurber, director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. "If there's a crisis or an event like 9/11, then of course America is very focused on listening, and sometimes they can have an impact."
For Obama, who delivered what many consider the best speech of his career last month when he was inaugurated, the somewhat low bar for Tuesday's address could be a positive.
"I don't think the expectations are high," said Aaron Kall, director of the University of Michigan's Debate Institute. "I think it's generally something pretty monotonous and non-memorable. And if he can use that to his advantage and come up with a few memorable lines or the start of a very successful string of policy victories, then that's something that could certainly be advantageous."
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Obama to use State of the Union address to make case against spending cuts
By Amie Parnes
President Obama will use his State of the Union speech Tuesday to turn public opinion against automatic spending cuts and argue that some of the money to replace the cuts should instead come from higher taxes.
He will use the prime-time TV address to argue the economy would be damaged if $85 billion in automatic spending cuts were to go ahead on schedule on March 1, and will seek to set up Republicans to take the blame if they do.
Obama will spend a significant portion of his address talking about jobs and the economy, according to White House aides, who say the president will strike a similar tone as he has in recent days in calling for a "balanced" package of spending cuts and tax hikes to replace the sequester.
Senate Democrats aim to introduce a sequester replacement bill by Thursday that will include tax hikes and spending cuts. Republicans in Congress say they are willing to replace the sequester, but only with new spending cuts.
The State of the Union address is also expected to highlight Obama's second-term shift on the deficit.
From 2010 to 2012, the president consistently argued for new spending to spur on the economy, but also called for accompanying spending cuts and tax hikes to rein in the deficit.
But in his radio address on Saturday, Obama emphasized that the White House and Congress already have "cut our deficit by more than $2.5 trillion" through spending cuts and higher tax rates imposed on households with annual incomes above $450,000.
"That's more than halfway towards the $4 trillion in deficit reduction that economists and elected officials from both parties say we need to stabilize our debt," Obama said Saturday.
The comments signaled the president's intention to take a hard line against Republican calls to trim entitlements.
A Congressional Budget Office report issued last week found the budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion this year to $845 billion, before falling further by 2015 to $430 billion.
In a more ominous sign, the same CBO report found an aging population and soaring healthcare costs would lead to an explosion in entitlement spending in later years, with budget deficits approaching $1 trillion again by 2023.
While Obama has used the bully pulpit to pressure the GOP and win fights over taxes and spending, Republicans believe they're in a stronger position this time around.
In fights over the payroll tax cut in 2011 and the Bush tax rates in 2012, the president positioned himself as an advocate for lower taxes on the middle class; if no action was taken, it would have resulted in a tax hike for most households.
In the new battle, a move not to act will result in spending cuts, something Republicans argue that voters want to see.
The GOP is also setting up a blame-game fight by arguing it was Obama who pushed for the sequester as part of the 2011 deal to raise the debt ceiling. They are using the Twitter hashtag "#Obamaquester" to emphasize the point.
The White House argued that the 2011 debt-ceiling deal should include across-the-board spending cuts that would be triggered if Congress did not approve a broad deficit-reduction package to keep the country from defaulting on its debts. The cuts were picked so that they would be painful to both parties, and the final package was approved by bipartisan majorities in both the House and Senate.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has been tapped to give the Republican response to Obama's Tuesday address. Aides on Monday would not say definitively if he will respond to Obama's point on the sequester.
The president will couple his remarks on Tuesday night with a barnstorming tour set to begin on Wednesday, when he will travel to North Carolina to deliver a speech largely focused on the economy. Obama will also make another stop in Atlanta on Thursday for a second speech.
The messaging tack is similar to ones employed by the White House in previous fights, when Obama has taken his case directly to the public and sought to put the blame on Congress for stalled legislation.
"Certainly this is the best opportunity for him to sharpen the issue and explain to the American people the stakes," Democratic strategist Doug Thornell said of the State of the Union address. "There's not going to be another opportunity with this size of an audience."
Thornell said the messaging on the budget battles has worked well for the White House, adding, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Republicans point out they approved a sequester replacement bill during the last Congress. Members of the GOP, including Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), insist that it would be better if the sequester took place than it would be to introduce more tax hikes to replace it.
They also accuse the White House of not putting forward proposals that would eliminate the sequester.
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday called those accusations "wholly false." He argued at his press briefing on Monday that Obama put forward alternatives to the sequester in negotiations with Boehner over the "fiscal cliff."
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Tyrod Taylor was gracious enough to spend nearly 30 minutes of his Tuesday talking about his rookie season with the Baltimore Ravens and his youth football camp Saturday at Hampton's Darling Stadium.
Wednesday's print column couldn't include all his observations, so what follows are the former Hampton High and Virginia Tech quarterback's own words.
* On his vision of starting a football academy on the Peninsula: "My dad is starting (a business) called Training Ground, which is eventually what we're going to run the academy through. Football is big around here, and it can be even bigger with spring football. Kids tend to go to basketball in the spring, but if you look at states like Florida, they play all year 'round. And I think we can compete with those states if we (play) all year 'round. … We're going to make it big as possible, but you have to start with small steps."
* On how he's spent the offseason: "Kam Chancellor, who plays for the Seattle Seahawks and was my roommate at Virginia Tech, was elected to the Pro Bowl and I got a chance to go out to Hawaii (for the game). … I took another vacation, and since I've been back home working out every day. Training, running, lifting, throwing.
"Throwing was the main thing for me. Just don't want to get rusty. … Less than a week from now we'll be back in Baltimore training as a team, and I'm looking forward to that."
* Who he's been throwing to: "I went up to Virginia Tech, and I've been throwing with some guys I played with. Justin Harper was there, Andre Smith, Jarrett Boykin, David Wilson and Danny Coale. … I've been throwing with a close friend of mine who's a senior at Hampton University, Reginald Hicks. He played with me (in high school). … I went to Baltimore for a week and threw with receivers we have there: LaQuan Williams, Tandon Doss, Torrey Smith."
* Impressions of new Ravens quarterback coach Jim Caldwell, a former head coach with the Indianapolis Colts and at Wake Forest, and a former Penn State assistant: "I've had a chance to meet with him, talk with him. He actually knows a lot about this area. He spent a lot of time recruiting here when he was with Wake Forest and Penn State. … He has a lot of knowledge, and talking to people (about him), and talking to him, you can tell he's a nice guy and loves what he does. I'm just waiting for the opportunity to get up there, work with him and learn as much as I can, absorb (his) knowledge."
* On the patience required to back up entrenched starter Joe Flacco: "You look across the league, and there's a lot of guys that had to sit. I believe Aaron Rodgers did it for three years (in Green Bay) playing behind Brett Favre. Look at the opportunity (former Packers backup) Matt Flynn is getting now (with the Seahawks). (Texans starter) Matt Schaub sat behind Mike (Vick) in Atlanta. … Tom Brady had to sit for a little while. … I just have to wait my turn."
* On the randomness of a backup's life, like former North Carolina quarterback T.J. Yates going from No. 3 to No. 1 in Houston last season after injuries to Schaub and Matt Leinart: "I remember talking to (him) during the season. He was at Virginia Tech (when) North Carolina played Virginia Tech on a Thursday, and he told me he was in my town. And maybe just a week or two later he was the starter in Houston. Things happen. Opportunities will come."
* On feeling more prepared as the season progressed: "(Ravens offensive coordinator Cam Cameron) did a good job getting me (practice) reps. I know across the league talking to guys, the No. 2 guy doesn't get many reps throughout the week, and sometimes in practice me and Joe would split the reps. Meanwhile, I was getting all the reps on the scout team (too).
"He'd put me in certain situations throughout practice -- maybe I had to take the team on a two-minute drill – to keep me on my toes, to get a gauge where I'm at and also for me to go out there and gain confidence, so that when it's my turn, I can go out there and do it."
* On his first NFL play, Dec. 4, at Cleveland. Second-and-goal from the 8. Taylor lines up in the shotgun, with Flacco split wide, and gains 2 yards off tackle: "That should be a touchdown. That should be my first touchdown. It was just a miscommunication. We had Anquan (Boldin) running a route when he was supposed to block, and we missed a guy off the edge. It was still a positive play. It could have been a 10-yard loss, but I was able to turn it into a gain. I ride Anquan about that to this day."
* Did he know he was going to play that day? "We practiced specifically that week on those plays. But the weather was (bad). So I wasn't sure it was going to happen. You don't want to try too much trick stuff when the weather is that bad. Coach Cam told me earlier in the game on the sideline, 'Be ready,' and I didn't go in that series.
"But we got the ball back on like the 50-yard-line, and he told me, 'Be ready.' I actually had to go grab my other helmet. It was like everything was in slow-motion for that one play. I can only imagine what it would be like when it's my turn to go out there for a full game."
* Your other helmet? "Because me and Joe were on the field at the same time, and (the NFL) won't allow two helmets with the speakers inside on the field at the same time."
* On his second play, the following week against Indy, when he lined up as a receiver on second-and-goal from the 7 and watched a pass go to tailback Ray Rice for no gain: "I actually could have gotten the ball on that play. I told Joe if it was one-on-one (coverage), I was supposed to get the fade ball. But something happened. I think (the Colts) didn't check Ray Rice, and (Flacco) ended up throwing to him."
* On his final appearance, the following week at San Diego, where he was sacked twice and threw his lone pass of the season, an 18-yarder to Boldin, in mop-up duty in the final minute of a lopsided defeat: "That just shows you the type of team we have. It was less than 45 seconds on the clock and he catches a 7-yard pass, and he still fights for yardage instead of just going down to prevent injury."
* On playing with veteran stars such as Ray Lewis and Ed Reed: "There's a lot of leadership in that locker room. You can just sit back and learn so much from the conversations. The way they carry themselves, just professional people. … Friends I have on different teams, they don't have that. There's a lot of young teams, and it's a long season, and they can get distracted by so many things, especially when you're not winning. Just the way they control that locker room and keep that locker room focused on the daily job is just phenomenal."
* On his relationship with Flacco: "Me and Joe are cool. We have a real good relationship. I think it started when I went up to Towson (University) during the lockout and we had a three-day workout. Just the way he welcomed me. He doesn't shy away from teaching me. It's a collective job for us. Things I see I can offer to him. Things he sees he can tell me. … At the end of the day, we want a Super Bowl."
* On staying in touch with Virginia Tech: "I talk to Logan (Thomas) a lot. David Wilson's like my little brother. Talk to Dyrell Roberts a lot, Marcus Davis. … I'm going up there for the spring game."
* On Wilson's NFL prospects: "Definitely going to be special. Some people compare him to Ray Rice. But I don't know who you can actually compare him to in the league. He has a different style. He's a power back, but at the same time he's a speed guy. I told him in the NFL, though, don't try to run those people over like you did in college. You want to save your body."
* On playing for a Baltimore organization so accustomed to winning: "We have a smart GM (Ozzie Newsome), one of the best owners out there (Steve Bisciotti) as far as selecting guys, a great head coach (John Harbaugh), a phenomenal head coach and competitor, and I think they choose talent wisely. They know what they're doing and they have a plan."
* On being recognized in public: "Some people know me. I don't really go out too much. Game day, it's funny, you have to walk through the fans and sign autographs, and being that I played college football so close to there, a lot of people recognize me. I might go out to the mall and get recognized here and there. That doesn't bother me. I'm still going to be me."
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This page is reserved for description of rules and mechanics of combat in Erfworld. For information on Combat as a unit stat go to Combat_(stat)
Proposed Canon
Combat in Erfworld can occur whenever one side's Units choose to attack a second Side's Units that are in the same hex or zone.
A Side's Units may be grouped into Stacks, or may fight as single Unit. There is no limit to the number of Units that may stack together, though the bonuses gained from being in a stack max out at 8. Each Stack fights as a single entity, working together to perform a single task.
Leaders perform the tasks of officers. Leaders may re-organize stacks in the vicinity, provide instructions to stacks, provide combat instructions to any units stacked with the leader, and provide a bonus to units in the same stack. Leaders are Casters, Warlords, Chief Warlords (all three unit types are also referred to as Commanders), and Rulers.
For details on the effects of Special Abilities on stacking and force make-up, see Unit.
An Unit (the attacker) may attack another unit (the defender) when it meets all of the following conditions:
- the defender is not an ally of the attacker
- the attacker is on Turn or when the defender enters the same hex with the attacker
- the defender is in the same hex as the attacker
- the attacker is aware of the presence of the non-allied units
- the attacker is capable of reaching the non-allied units with its weapons (Ie. Archers can attack flying units, but meleers cannot, see Terrain below for more details, but the fact the enemy's defenses are too powerful to cause damage does not prevent attacking.)
Note that further use of "attacker" and "defender" is not appropriate in a Real-Time Combat system: it is only useful to determine if any combat is possible between two Units. Once combat has initiated, damage dealing is simultaneous for both Units.
The effectiveness of one Unit vs. another is determined by some function of:
This calculation may be performed for both Units simultaneously, due to the real-time nature of the Combat system.
When an attacker successfully gets in its "hitsies", it deals some amount of damage. This amount is subtracted from the Hits statistic of the defensive Unit. If the result is zero or less, the Unit is croaked. There may be a function, similar to the new D&D rules, where a unit must have negative hit points for it to be croaked, and otherwise is out of commission.
A stack that is lead by a leader can selectively target specific enemy units in a Stack they are attacking.Erf-b1-p049
The organization of a Side's forces are not restricted to a smaller hex grid inside the hex. With flight, units may be above or below each other, or do anything else they could on Earth, like climb on each other's shoulders. Units can perform any function a human on Earth would.
Restrictive terrain may prevent combat between Units. See Movement for details on moving between hexes of different types.
- Air Units
- While over Water, Mountains, or Heavy trees may only be attacked by other Air Units
- While in Forests may only be attacked by Forest Units and Air Units
- Water Units
- Forest Units
Combat Bonuses
While combat is resolved based on the stats of the units involved, bonuses can have a large effect.Erf-b1-p125 Bonuses are cumulative, so it is most effective to combine as many of them as possible.
Bonuses apply to both Sides in combat. It is not known if they apply to just Attack or to Defense as well.
Known Bonuses
- Bonus based on Stack size
- Each unit in the stack adds 1 to the bonus, to a maximum of 8
- Traditionally, this results in 8-unit stacks being the most common
- A minimum sized stack of 2 would begin with a bonus of 2
- Each unit in the stack adds 1 to the bonus, to a maximum of 8
- Bonus based on Leadership stat
- Commanders have a Leadership bonus of 0
- Warlords and higher ranks have a leadership bonus of 1 or more
- Applies fully to all units in the Warlord's stack
- the highest known bonus is 10 (for Ansom), but there is no level limit so there may be no limit to this bonus
- Chief Warlord bonus
- Bonus applies partially (~1/3) to all units in the Chief Warlord's SideErf-b1.5-p033
- Bonus applies halved to all units in the hexErf-b1-p113
- Bonus applies fully to all units in the Chief Warlord's stack
- Bonus applies fully to all units in a side's capital
- Leadership Bonus of Casters
- Casters act as Commanders
- Croakamancer
- "Huge" bonus applies to all uncroaked units in the croakamancer's stackErf-b1-p084a
- Dirtamancer
- Bonus applies to Dirtamancer created golems.Erf-b1-p084a
- Artifact bonus
- Arkentools add a bonus to all units in the hex.Erf-b1-p072
- Dance Fighting bonus
- During combat, each side performs a dance (and might sing).Erf-b1-p111 and Erf-b1-p127
- See Unit for more details on the Natural Ability Dance Fighting
- During combat, each side performs a dance (and might sing).Erf-b1-p111 and Erf-b1-p127
- Terrain bonusErf-b1-p125
- Specials bonusErf-b1-p125
- Spell buffs bonusErf-b1-p125
In a Real-Time Combat system, there is no defender; however, in Erfworld, units that are not on Turn are restricted in their activities. Units not on Turn may attack only non-allies that enter the same hex: if the defending Unit declines to attack the Unit as it enters, it may not attack later.[1]
Bonuses may be applied to level, creating an effective level in the stack that alters all of the unit's statistics (Hits, Combat, Defense, and Loyalty). This of course would not alter the unit's actual level, but could manipulate the amount of experience they accrue.


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http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-17045169 - What are the Competing Claims?
The fact that the islands have been under UK rule since before Argentina existed as a country, and the majority of the population there want to remain under UK rule.. seems to me a good reason to question why they should suddenly get turned over to another country.
Sean Penn has done that wonderful thing, saying that the UK is showing old-school colonialism by keeping the islands.. I have to wonder does that mean he also thinks Hawaii should be handed off ? Or that all of his homes across America should be returned to the Native Americans who used to have possession of the land several centuries ago?
Instead he's happy spouting off that "The world today is not going to tolerate any ludicrous and archaic commitment to colonialist ideology," - Which pretty much seems to be what the Argentines are doing. The UK is supporting the right of the people living on the Islands to choose who they want.
Maybe it's my cynical nature, but I do get the feeling that the Argentine President is using the hot button of the Falklands to help distract folks from domestic issues...
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Courtesy of Mount Holyoke College Sports
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Using a balanced scoring attack, the Mount Holyoke College women's basketball team picked up a 60-50 triumph over New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) foe MIT this afternoon at the Mildred S. Howard Gymnasium. With the win, the Lyons completed the season sweep of the Engineers and clinched a spot in the upcoming NEWMAC Tournament.
Four players reached double digits in the scoring column for the Lyons, who converted 46.8% (22-47) of their shots from the field and 82.4% (14-17) of their free throw attempts. They were paced by Angelica Pascual, who collected 14 points and nine rebounds. Jess Olson tallied 11 points, while Erin Cain and Tricia Chase added 10 apiece. Cain matched her career high with seven assists in the contest. Mount Holyoke finished with a 36-24 edge on the glass.
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The Engineers enjoyed a 22-20 edge at the 1:41 mark, but Mount Holyoke reeled off the next six points to take a 26-22 cushion into the locker room. Pascual highlighted the rally with a baseline jumper at the buzzer.
Mount Holyoke pulled away with a 12-2 spurt in the early stages of the second stanza. The Lyons stretched their cushion to 44-32 on a pair of Pascual free throws with 13:11 remaining in regulation. The first year registered six more points during the run, which spanned just four minutes.
MIT sliced the deficit to six points on two occasions, the last on a three-pointer by Merrifield to make the score, 56-48, with 2:53 left to play. Christine Chancy replied with a layup 10 seconds later and free throws from Emilie Methot at the 1:40 mark returned the double-digit advantage to the Lyons. Burton drained a jumper with a under minute to go, but Olson responded with a basket of her own to cap the scoring.
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