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A report released on Wednesday in the US highlighted several problems concerning the safe use of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive. US trade officials have been pressing countries — including Taiwan — to lift their import bans on meat produced with the drug.
The report, conducted by Helena Bottemiller, was produced by the Food and Environment Reporting Network, an independent and non-profit news organization providing investigative reporting on food, agriculture and environmental health.
In the article, Bottemiller first questioned the safety studies used by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to classify ractopamine as safe 13 years ago and to set a level of acceptable residues in meat.
"The safety study conducted by the drug maker Elanco lies at the heart of the current trade dispute," Bottemiller said.
Elanco mainly tested animals — mice, rats, monkeys and dogs — to judge how much ractopamine could be safely consumed, while only one human study was used in the safety assessment. Among the six healthy young men who participated, one was removed because his heart began beating rapidly and abnormally, Bottemiller writes.
Elanco has reported that "no adverse effects were observed for any treatments," but, within a few years of its approval, it received hundreds of reports of sickened pigs, according to records obtained by Bottemiller from the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine.
"Since it was introduced, ractopamine had sickened or killed more than 218,000 pigs as of March 2011, more than any other animal drug on the market, a review of FDA veterinary records shows," the report says.
The FDA ruled that ractopamine was safe and approved it for pigs in 1999, for cattle in 2003 and turkeys in 2008, Bottemiller said.
Bottemiller said there was a problem of overuse of the additive.
She quoted Temple Grandin, a professor at Colorado State University and animal welfare expert, as saying: "I've personally seen people overuse the drug in hogs and cattle."
"I was in a plant once where they used too much ractopamine and the pigs were so weak they couldn't walk. They had five or six people just dedicated to handling the lame pigs," Grandin was quoted as saying in the report.
Another issue mentioned in the report was that "in the US, residue tests for ractopamine are limited."
"In 2010, for example, the US did no tests on 10 billion kilograms of pork; 712 samples were taken from 12 billion kilograms of beef. Those results have not yet been released," Bottemiller writes.
Canada and 24 other countries also approved the drug, but Taiwan, the EU, China and many others countries have banned its use, limiting US meat exports to key markets.
Bottemiller said in the report that some US food companies also avoid meat produced with the feed additive, including Chipotle restaurants, meat producer Niman Ranch and Whole Foods Markets.
The issue has also strained the US-Taiwan trade relationship.
Taiwan began testing US beef for ractopamine in January last year, prolonging a suspension in talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) that had been in place since 2007, when Taiwan banned US beef imports because of mad cow disease concerns.
The latest US effort to get Taiwan to revise its zero tolerance of ractopamine use was made by US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell on Jan. 20 when he said that "now that the [Jan. 14 presidential and legislative] election is over, we are hoping that Taiwan will do something on the beef issue."


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The 2012 election results underscored a basic political fact: We live in a closely divided country.
RALEIGH � The 2012 election results underscored a basic political fact: We live in a closely divided country.
Just over half the electorate voted to retain President Barack Obama. Nearly half voted against him. In the exit polls, a majority of respondents said they wanted government to get smaller, not larger, and a plurality of respondents said they wanted Obama-care repealed.
Down the ballot, Democrats picked up seats in the U.S. House and Senate, but not nearly enough to achieve a majority in the former or a filibuster-proof supermajority in the latter. Pat McCrory�s election in North Carolina widened the Republican majority of governorships to 30. The GOP also remains the majority party in state legislatures nationwide.
Given these facts, is there a chance for the president and Congress to take a major step towards fiscal sanity in 2013? Is there is a chance for Gov. Pat McCrory and a Republican legislature to craft pro-growth policies for the state that attract support from North Carolina independents and moderate Democrats? I would submit that the answer to these questions is yes. Similar things have happened before. Here are a couple of interesting examples from North Carolina history. Both happen to involve new communities arising out of political compromises.
When Mecklenburg County was created out of Anson County in 1762, it was much larger than it is now. There were two major population centers, one to the west that included the site of present-day Charlotte and one to the east that included Scotch-Irish settlers on Rocky River and German settlers on Dutch Buffalo Creek.
Thomas Polk was the leader of the western faction. Martin Phifer was the leader of the eastern faction. Both men represented Mecklenburg in the colonial legislature. Both wanted control of the new county. After years of machinations, Polk prevailed and co-founded the new county seat, originally called Charlotte Town. But after the Revolutionary War, the easterners convinced the state legislature to give them their own county. It was named after the speaker of the house, Stephen Cabarrus.
The political battle wasn�t over, however. Next, the Scotch-Irish and Germans fought for control of the new Cabarrus government. Finally, they worked out a compromise in 1796, and cooperated in the construction of a new county seat located between their two communities. They named it, appropriately enough, Concord.
Several decades later, the residents of southeastern Mecklenburg and western Anson demanded their own county. But while agreeing about the need for local control, these leaders were bitterly divided by national politics. Some were loyal Democrats who strongly supported Andrew Jackson and his prot�g�s. Others were strong Whigs who strongly supported Jackson�s longtime foe Henry Clay.
At the 1842 convention to name the new county, partisan differences flared. Democrats insisted that it be named Jackson County, in part because �Old Hickory� had been born in nearby Waxhaw. Whigs insisted that it be named Clay County, honoring the creator of the Whig Party now in power. After a lengthy argument, a member named Aaron Little rose to speak. �Brethren,� he said, �let�s be united and call it Union,� since it had been fashioned from parts of Mecklenburg and Anson. �Amen,� responded the other commissioners. Union County was born.
Aaron Little was no stranger to politics. His father James Little had been a local politician. And Aaron�s wife Mary Polk was related to Charlotte founder Thomas Polk. In Aaron�s experience, there were certainly issues worth fighting over � but naming a new county wasn�t one of them.
Aaron, whose sister Polly Little was my great-great-great grandmother, also knew that while you should never compromise your fundamental principles, making deals is part of politics. If it�s a good deal, you get some of what you want in the short run while building relationships, credibility, and momentum for larger gains in the long run.
In other words, promoting concord and seeking a union of interests are consistent with the goal of enhancing freedom. New leaders, please take note.
John Hood is president of the John Locke Foundation


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by Guest Blogger Dave Mispilkin, December 27, 2011
Above Ground Pool F.A.Q.
• Can an above ground pool have a deep end like an in ground pool?
Of course! Many oval pools have a deep end. You can usually get a deep middle or end on any pool shape though. Generally these deep ends will only go up to 6ft. If the floor is sand, you may expect some uneven areas as the pool transitions to the deeper end. Above ground pools with a deep end generally use an "expandable liner", to fit the bowl, or hopper. Wrinkling of the pool liner on the floor may be more common on pools with a deep end or deep center.
• Is it really that important for the ground to be level?
Absolutely. This is actually one of the most important aspects of installing your above ground pool. Use a laser level and check frequently while setting up your pool. Keep in mind that you should always dig extra dirt from the higher end. Do not add dirt to the lower end for safety reasons. If the pool is not level, the water won't be either, and this puts a strain on the walls on the high side of the pool.
• How am I supposed to tell what type of liner my pool has?
It is very likely that your pool either has an overlap liner or a beaded liner. Overall, overlap liners are the most popular. These types of pool liners hang over the top of the pool and are held down by rods or coping clips. If you can see liner on the outside of your pool then you can be certain you have an overlap liner. If you cannot see the liner hanging over the wall, you probably have a beaded liner on your pool. This type of liner doesn't hang over the pool, but rather snaps into a groove at the top of the pool wall. This groove is called the liner track.
• What is the recommended amount of time an above ground pool filter runs everyday?
It is recommended that you run your entire pool filtration system for a minimum of 8 hours everyday. More correctly, you want to filter all of the water in the pool at least once per day. Twice per day may be overkill, but will keep the pool cleaner and you may use less chemicals. 3x per day, and you're just wasting energy, and over-filtering the pool water.
• I've been told I need to backwash my filter. How often must I do this?
As little as possible. A dirty sand filter works a bit better than a clean one. You should aim to backwash your filter whenever your filter pressure gauge reads at least 8 lbs more than it usually does after backwashing. Or, 8lbs higher than the "clean" pressure reading of your filter. Follow the instructions on the side of your pool filter tank, or find your owner's manual online. If the filter is sized correctly and is functioning properly, you may expect to backwash once per month.
• I'm finally getting ready to install my pool. How exactly do I fill it up?
The easiest way to fill up your new above ground pool is to hire a water hauler to fill it up. This could cost a couple hundred bucks to fill the entire pool. Some people use their garden house to fill up their pool. This will work as well but generally will take longer and you'll be expecting a higher water bill. Some counties will allow you an exception to the sewer portion of your water bill, if you take meter readings before and after filling. Ask your water provider for details.
• Are round or oval above ground pools stronger?
Before the vast improvements in above ground pool manufacturing occurred, round pools were the strongest. However, today there really is no difference in strength between round and oval pools. Oval pools may have "kickers" coming out of the side uprights as additional supports. Oval above ground pools with more rigid uprights do not require these additional supports.
David W. Mispilkin has been in the above ground pool installation business for the past 15 years. His experience includes, but not limited to above ground pool and liner sales, repairs, and installations. Over the years, David has installed thousands of above ground pools and liners from various manufacturers and has expertly installed moved and changed pools and liners. You can see more at davesabovegroundpools.com


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Deciding Whether to Buy Long-Term Healthcare Insurance
A few decades ago, when an elderly person needed healthcare assistance, she relied on her extended family. However, society has changed. If you can't take care of yourself and you don't have any family members around to provide for your care, you may choose home healthcare, adult daycare, assisted-living facilities, and nursing homes. Unfortunately, obtaining these services for any length of time requires a substantial amount of money.
If you or your spouse need long-term care for even a few weeks, let alone a few years, your family's financial plans may be devastated. Few people are able to self-insure (pay out of their own pockets) for the cost of long-term care. And don't count on the government to step in and cover these costs for you. Medicare provides a very minimal benefit. Medicaid is the only government program that provides funds to help cover long-term care expenses, but to qualify for Medicaid, you have to be nearly broke.
Knowing whether you'll need long-term care is hard to say. The current estimate says that about a third of men and about half of women over age 65 are expected to need two years or more of long-term care assistance during their lifetimes. Can you afford to pay for this type of care out of your retirement nest egg? If so, you can self-insure. If not, you have two primary options:
Take your chances. Maybe you'll be one of the fortunate ones and not require long-term care assistance, or possibly your extended family will provide the care you need.
Buy long-term care insurance. Long-term care insurance is insurance you purchase to help offset the cost of long-term healthcare.
Long-term care insurance doesn't make sense if you don't have enough income to afford the premiums or if you don't have many assets to protect or a desire to protect them for your heirs. But if you have substantial assets and income and want to protect them for your heirs, or if you just don't want to depend on others to provide for your care or support, long-term care insurance makes sense.
If you wait to buy long-term care insurance, you increase the chances of being deemed uninsurable. However, the longer you wait to buy the insurance, the less money you're going to spend on insurance premiums before you might receive benefits.
For example: If you purchase insurance in your 40s, you may pay premiums totaling over $100,000 before you actually begin to claim benefits — if you even need to claim benefits at all. But if you die in your sleep at home at age 90, then you've spent over $100,000 in long-term care insurance premiums, and you didn't need the coverage.
As you can see, you have to take on risk of some sort no matter when you purchase long-term healthcare insurance. You just have to weigh the risks and choose which option makes you most comfortable. The Evaluating a Long-Term Care Policy worksheet included here lists items to review for each of the long-term care insurance policies you consider.
Click here to download and print the Evaluating a Long-Term Care Policy Worksheet.
After deciding that the long-term care insurance is appropriate for you, but you still aren't sure about paying the cost and want to consider ways to reduce the total cost of coverage, check out the following tips:
If available, purchase a long-term care insurance group policy through your employer.
Consider electing a 90-day waiting period, rather than a 30-day waiting period, before the benefits begin. This option can reduce your premiums by up to 30 percent.
If you're married or in a long-term committed relationship and both of you can benefit from long-term care insurance, look into buying a joint policy for the two of you.
Rather than buying a policy that provides a daily benefit equal to the cost of nursing home facilities in your area today, you may want to consider purchasing a lesser dollar amount and self-insuring the balance.


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Mark O' Sullivan works in Coach Education and Player Development at AIK in Stockholm, Sweden. He is currently getting his PhD working at the crossroads of theory and practice vis a vis skill acquisition, constraints led approach, non-linear pedagogy, and culture.
You can find Mark's very popular blog at -https://footblogball.wordpress.com/
You can also follow Mark on Twitter @markstkhlm
Ben Franks is a Lecturer and Sport Scientist at UCFB in London, United Kingdom. He is also the 1st team Head Coach at Sheppey United in the SCEFL Premier Division, a lower league semi-professional level in England.
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Today we are joined by repeat guest Adin Osmanbasic. Currently a Msc Student at Ohio University studying Soccer Coaching and a youth coach working at Georgia United, Adin talks with us about playing principles, player freedom and restriction.
Today, we finish our 3 part series on Michel Foucault and Sociology as applied to sport coaching. Joining us is Professor of Kinesiology and Sociology at the University of Alberta, Dr. Jim Denison.
Today we go deeper into the work of Michel Foucault and his work "Discipline and Punish." We are aided by the expertise of Professor of Sociology Dr. Joseph Mills, a contemporary of Dr. Brian Gearity (Season 03 Episode 08).
We speak with Dr. Brian Gearity about the work of Michel Foucault and how his research on discipline and punishment can help us think differently about sports coaching.
Mario Despotović is the Head Coach of Hajduk Split U19 Academy in Split, Croatia. In today's episode, we discuss his application of playing style principles and how he utilizes asymmetries in his team's structure to create chances while building up.
James Smith and Jamie Hamilton take on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and discuss their boundaries, relationship, and proposed synthesis.
James Smith and Jamie Hamilton take on Objectivity, Subjectivity, and discuss their boundaries, relationship, and proposed synthesis.
Chris Voss is a former FBI Negotiator and current consultant at Black Swan Group working with some of the largest corporations and influential CEO's, coaches, and leaders around the world. Chris shares insights gleaned throughout an impressive career as an FBI Negotiator. If you don't think coaching is a negotiation, then heed Chris's advice - "The most dangerous negotiation is the one you don't know you're in."
This is a re-upload from a 2016 podcast with Raymond Verheijen. We are posting this as an episode in our new season as it will increase the learning effect of the 1st podcast of Season 03, in which Raymond discusses Pre-Season training and football fitness.
This is a re-upload from a 2016 podcast with Raymond Verheijen. We are posting this as an episode in our new season as it will increase the learning effect of the 1st podcast of Season 03, in which Raymond discusses Pre-Season training and football fitness.
Dutch Football Coach Educator and Founder of the World Football Academy joins us to discuss Pre-Season training in general, and football fitness, in particular.
Kapil Gupta is the founder of Siddha Performance.
In this episode, Kapil describes every problem as a thinking problem and how a player's thinking is the biggest impediment to their performance.
Kapil Gupta is the founder of Siddha Performance.
In this episode, we discuss the Coach – Athlete relationship, challenge the concept of 'practice', and why the great coaches will live a life of torment.
An Introduction into the 2nd season of the Just Kickin' It Podcast.
Dan Abrahams is a Sports Psychologist that has worked with England Rugby and various professional athletes. James Smith is the founder of Global Sports Concepts.
In this episode, James and Dan debate the foundations of knowledge, how we know something is true, and how to best to approach the psychological preparation of athletes.
Peter is a football rehab coach working in Norway.
In this episode, Peter explains a theoretical approach to rehab that takes the game as the starting point. We also discuss how the theory would be applied from the moment of injury through to the first game back and beyond.
John Kiely is a sport researcher at a University in the UK.
In this episode, John discusses the falsity of the foundations of Periodization and what that means for current sport methodology and periodization approaches to sports training.
Jamie is a football coach working in Scotland.
In this episode, Jamie and I debate the concept of 'true'. What makes something true? How do we know that something is true? What does it mean for something to be 'true enough'? And, what does all this mean for coaching theory and practice.
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Preference and consumption of alcoholic beverages varies not only by person but by location. And the beer industry recently released figures outlining consumption by state.
The top five states for beer consumption per capita are North Dakota, New Hampshire, Montana, South Dakota and Wisconsin, according to the Beer Institute, a trade organization. North Dakota drank about 45.8 gallons of beer per resident 21 and older last year, the institute said. Per capita figures do not include residents under 21 years old.
Meanwhile the states that consume the least beer per capita are Utah, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Kentucky, according to the institute. Utah residents drank about 20.2 gallons of beer on average last year, according to industry data.
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In some states, demographics can explain beer trends, said Bart Watson, chief economist at the Brewers Association, an industry group that represents more than 1,000 craft breweries.
Thanks to its oil and gas boom, "North Dakota has a lot of employed young males," Watson said. And Utah's low beer consumption is related to its large portion of Mormon residents, who don't drink, as well as restrictive alcohol regulations, Watson told "Big Data Download."
Meanwhile, beer competes with other alcoholic beverages at bars, stores and restaurants across Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Maryland, according to Watson.
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And while data from Yahoo! find that consumers using the company's search engine are usually researching brands such as Pabst Blue Ribbon, Foster's, Budweiser, Corona and Heineken, craft brews have been getting more popular.
"I think we're seeing a revolution in consumer demand," Watson said. "Consumers are demanding more full-flavored beers for more occasions. And we've seen an explosion ... in the market sales, the volume produced and the number of craft breweries in the country."
More than 13.2 million barrels of beer were sold in the United States last year, up about 15 percent from 2011, according to the Brewers Association.
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And men drank most of it, according to industry data. Men drink about 72 percent of beer of all types, including craft brews, the association said.
Income level also affects craft consumption. About 59 percent of craft beer by volume is drunk by Americans with annual household income of at least $75,000, according to the industry. And on average, craft beer drinkers spend two more years in school than the general population, the data say.
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Each player uses small, large, wild and exotic animals and their young to try and attract as many visitors as possible to their zoo. But be careful -- the zoo must be carefully planned. Before you know it, you have too many animals and no more room for them. That brings minus points! Luckily, your zoo can expand.
A zoo of a family game in which less is sometimes more...
Product Awards
Best Family Game Nominee, 2008
Best Game of the Year Runner-Up, 2007
Best Family Game, 2007
Game of the Year, 2007
5th place, 2007
Best Family Game, 2007
Product Information
Michael Schacht
Rio Grande Games, Abacus
Year: 2007
Players: 2 - 5
Time: 45 minutes
Ages: 8 and up
Weight: 1,143 grams
- 5 Zoos
- 5 Extensions for the zoos
- 128 tiles
- 5 wagons
- 30 coins
- 1 wooden disk
- 1 rulebook
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Average Rating: 3.5 in 4 reviews
Design by: Michael Schacht
Published by: Rio Grande Games and Abacus Spiele
2 – 5 Players, 45 minutes
Review by: Greg J. Schloesser
NOTE: This review was first published in Knucklebones magazine
It is not uncommon for a popular board game to eventually spawn a card game version, especially if the game is an award winning design. It is far less common for a card game to be the inspiration for a board game. It is even rarer for this spin-off game to capture the most coveted board game award in Germany, the prestigious Spiel des Jahre (Game of the Year). Zooloretto, by designer Michael Schacht, has accomplished this feat.
Zooloretto is a derivative of Schacht's popular card game Coloretto. Players collect animals and assign them to various enclosures in their zoo. The challenge is to collect only the animals desired, and properly position them in enclosures in order to attract the most spectators. This is not an easy task, as the delivery trucks often contain an assortment of animals, some of which may not be the species you desire to exhibit.
Each player receives a board depicting their zoo, which has three separate enclosures and a barn. An additional enclosure is available for purchase during the course of the game. An assortment of animal, coin and vending stall tiles are mixed face down, ready to be loaded onto the five delivery trucks, each with a capacity to hold three animals.
Each turn, a player may either reveal a tile and place it onto a truck, take possession of one of the trucks, or spend coins for one of several purposes. When taking a truck, the player must immediately place the animals into his zoo. Each enclosure can only house one type of animal, with no mixing allowed. For example, once a player begins an enclosure with a camel, no other type of animal may be placed into that enclosure. If an animal is taken that cannot be placed into one of the enclosures, it must be placed into the player's barn. This can cost the player points at game's end, but there are ways to move those animals to more suitable accommodations.
Players may spend coins to move an animal from one location to another, exchange the location of two groups of animals, discard an animal, or even purchase an animal from an opponent's barn. Additionally, a player may also purchase an additional enclosure in order to accommodate more animals, but at the cost of three coins. Coins can be difficult to acquire, with some being available in the tile mix. One or two additional coins are earned if a player completely fills an enclosure.
A cute aspect of the game is the "mating" aspect. Four animals of each type are marked as either male or female. If a player collects a male and female animal of the same type in an enclosure, they immediately produce a baby of the same type, which must be placed into the enclosure. This "free" animal is usually beneficial, unless the enclosure is already filled, in which case the offspring must be placed into the barn.
The game has a strong "push-your-luck" element, as players must decide how long to hold out before selecting a truck. Often a player is tempted to wait, hoping to have a truck filled with items that he can use. However, wise and malicious players will often place undesired animals onto trucks in order to spoil them for their opponents. So, the tough choice that must be made over and over again is whether to take a partially filled truck that primarily contains useful animals or tiles, or to wait another round and hope to be able to claim a truck that contains even more useful items. It can be a decision filled with angst.
The game ends at the end of the round when tiles are taken from the final stack of fifteen tiles. Players receive points for filled enclosures, and fewer points for enclosures that are just one animal short of being filled. If an enclosure is more than one animal shy of being filled, points will only be earned if a player has a vending stall by that pen, in which case one point per animal is earned. A player also earns two points for each different type of vending stall they have placed in their zoo, which is a further incentive to collect those stalls.
Players will also lose points for animals and vending stalls located in their barns. For each different type of animal and vending stall in their barn, a player will lose two points. The wise zookeeper will attempt to keep this number to a minimum.
Zooloretto is perfectly suited for families and gamers of all experience levels. The animal theme is certainly appealing, especially to children, but the choices to be made are significant enough to engage adults. It is exactly the type of game that is deserving of the Game of the Year award.
I own the game. I have played with 2, 3, 4 and 5 players.
I have never played it with kids, only adults, and most of the time everybody on their turns is scratching his/her scalp or rubbing his/her chin. I have played with people that never grasped the strategy of the game and that blatantly pick tiles up, put them on whatever "truck", pick whatever "truck" and just put the tiles however they can in the zoo, earning almost no points in the end off course.
The game is simple, yes. But the sole decision of where on the 'trucks' to put the tiles you uncover is a hell of strategy. Maybe one of the trucks has the tile you need, but picking up just one tile is a poor way to finish your turns for the round. But if you wait, somebody could get your tile, or put garbage on your truck and gift you an animal that will cost you points in the end.
And just by picking up a tile, you give up the chance of getting that truck this turn; that could be gone before your next turn. Even if you are the last one taking turns, would it really be convenient to pick another tile and risk spoiling the truck with the 2 tiles you just need?
You find yourself struggling with what to do: Let the turn pass by making a money action, pick up the tile you need, or risk yourself to uncover a tile that could be useful to you or simply make the truck attractive to others? Would you put 2 coins in one truck to try to bribe your opponent out of the round, or if they refuse then bribe yourself and take the money truck?
Would you pick up a truck that is of no use for you, but has that fertile animal your opponent needs, thus forcing him to buy it from you and giving you money? Are you an aggressive player, who always try to put garbage on the trucks that your opponents need; and will always pick up, not the truck that most benefit you (with the animals you need) but instead picking up the truck that would benefit your opponent and so causing harm? Would you get to the point of aggressiveness as to buy that poor fertile animal from an opponent barn, only to sacrifice it in the next turn, so that other opponent will not be able purchase it from you?
Or are you a conservative player, that would pick up a truck with a single tile as long as it benefits you; And thus protecting yourself from harm but also renouncing to better chances of picking up better animals or more money? Are you able to decide when would be better to expand the zoo, instead of saving the money for moving your animals in a way that would produce even more money?
All the people I have played the game with, agree that there is a lot of strategy going on. Most of us think it would be a really frustrating experience for a kid to play against an adult with all the possible combinations and consequences triggered. OFF COURSE there are some pretty smart kids out there, as well as not so smart adults.
For us, the game is actually a very strategic game with an astonishing simple mechanics that is disguised as a "kids game". All the persons I have played with find themselves addicted... Indeed a feature expected of a 'game of the year'. And I have not even started speaking about the expansions for the game...
I already bought the Aquaretto sequel, but I have not played it yet. The mechanics are the same, but the game has some different rules that makes it truly be a sequel and not just and expansion. But if you happen to have both, there are rules to play them together as one big game.
Bottom line: Zooloreto is a game I highly recommend to anybody who enjoys playing boardgames. I don't know about playing it with kids, but it would probably be good also. Maybe I would have to refrain from being too aggressive in a game with kids...
I played Zooloretto this weekend and I must tell you: it was a big disappointment... It has a beautiful theme with an interesting concept: players compete to build the most attractive zoo in town. On your turn, you can either: flip an animal/money tile (making it available to other players), get a load of animals to your zoo or spend the money you have on: buying animals from other players, switching animals in your zoo's cages or building extensions in your zoo. The game sure have some pros, specially for those that love short-light-family-kinda-games:
- The mechanics is really simple. You can teach new players in 5 minutes;
- The components are cute, specially the animal tiles;
- It's a short game. It can be easily played in 30-45 minutes.
However, I thought that the game has one insurmountable flaw: There's no real strategy or strategic thinking involved. Even when you play light & fast family games like Ticket to Ride, Elfenland or Carcassonne, you have many different strategic options to choose from that add some tension and a bit of excitement to the game. You don't have that in Zooloretto. It's just too simple. Whatever action you take on your play, you don't get the feeling that you're being either aggressive or conservative. It's just bland. I'm sure that this will be a fun game to play with my boys when they get a little older. But make no mistake about it: this is nothing but a kids game.
One final complaint: where's the lion?! What kind of zoo doesn't have a lion?!
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — University of Texas women's track coach Bev Kearney resigned Saturday and acknowledged in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman that she had an intimate relationship with an athlete in her program in 2002.
Kearney, who won six national championships since 1993, was placed on paid leave in November as university officials investigated unspecified issues within the program. In a statement released Saturday night, university officials said the relationship was first reported to the school in October and the school was taking measures to fire Kearney before she resigned.
Neither Kearney nor the university identified the former Texas athlete. Kearney told the newspaper it was a "consensual intimate relationship" that began in July 2002 and ended later that year.
Kearney didn't immediately return a telephone message left at her home late Saturday night.
Patti Ohlendorf, Texas vice president for legal affairs, said school officials don't believe Kearney had any similar relationships with other student athletes.
"Coach Kearney is a good person and has been very important to the university. However, she made this terrible mistake and used unacceptably poor judgment in having this relationship," Ohlendorf said.
Despite Kearney's characterization of a consensual relationship between adults, Ohlendorf said the university "cannot condone such an intimate relationship, including one that is consensual, between a head coach and an student athlete. We told Coach Kearney such a relationship is unprofessional and crosses the line of trust placed in the head coach for all aspects of the athletic program and the best interests of the student athletes on the team."
The 55-year-old Kearney was among the highest-profile women's track coaches in the country and the university was planning to give her a raise before she was suspended. Kearney was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007. She's also a member of the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
In her interview with the Statesman, Kearney said she didn't know why the relationship resurfaced a decade after it ended.
"You destroy yourself. You start questioning how could you make such a judgment," she said. "How could you make such an error after all the years? You can get consumed (by it) … I didn't commit a crime, but I displayed poor judgment."
Under Kearney's 20-year guidance, the Longhorns won NCAA outdoor team titles in 1998, 1999 and 2005. The Longhorns captured NCAA indoor championships in 1998, 1999 and 2006. She also has been recognized as the conference coach of the year 16 times while at Texas.
Kearney coached a number of Olympians during her tenure at Texas including Sanya Richards-Ross, who won two gold medals for the USA in the London Olympics.
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The Ever-Growing Filter Crisis (aka Is Too Much Too Much?)/
Whenever I walk into a grocery store, I can't help but wonder if people really want so many choices. But does the same applies to tomato sauce or frozen waffles also apply to art, literature, music, and movies? Sure Pandora can source new music for me based on my prior expressed preferences, but music also works as a background pleasure. The same is hard to say for movies. And man, do we sure have a lot of great stuff readily available to us. What are we going to do to filter and search through all our choices? My NetFlix WatchInstantly queue has 275 titles in it currently. Since at best I do two such titles a week, I am pretty much set for the next three or four years for the $108/yr I dole out to them. And I think I add to that queue faster than I subtrack.
Snag recently mentioned their ambitions to aggregate over 100,000 documentaries (up from the current 1,500. I recently heard of a VOD experiment utilizing something like 50,000 titles. My consumer side loves even the mention of such volume. But my filmmaker side starts to get the shakes as I wonder how the hell will people find my movies.
We've all heard that titles that begin with the letter "A" do better on VOD than any others. Viewers have a hard time investing much search time in the current interface. The Netflix algorithm for finding what I like is a nice tool for adding to the queue, but it an anonymous source and sometimes I want to know more of the "why" that than "just because you liked X". I was excited to stumble upon WhichFlicks.com the other day and added ten more titles to my WatchInstantly queue as a result. Yet they were all generally well known titles.
If the annual film production number estimates I was given recently by Chris Hyams of B-side fame were even 50% accurate (7000 films in the US, and 45,000 films produced worldwide per year), every filmmaker's most pertinent question is not "How do I get my movie made?" but "How am I going to get my film seen?" .
Who wins in the volume game? The same folks who win in the limited supply game. Who has the most money at the end of the game? The same folks who had the most money at the start of the game. Who gets their story told in the history books? Those that write the history books. Wait... I'm off point. Okay, just sort of, but... you get the picture.
If we can't get attention for the work, how is it going to get seen? I know many out there believe that the cream rises to the top, just like their are many that believe that hard work and a good attitude can bring you all you dream. Me, I feel that the exceptions to those stories are what we must all work to prevent, that with effort and support, we can make it better together.
I don't think it needs to just be volume and quantity of the message that gets your work noticed, but that is still how it is all working. Sure design is still effective and originality scores points too. And occasionally we see the underserved community come up and respond to a direct address (remember FAHRENHEIT 9/11 and THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST) or even a well served community respond to something that even just smelled authentic (BLAIR WITCH, PARANORMAL ACTIVITY), but what about good work in general, good stories well told, how can we find those and make them a priority for people again when they are being assaulted with choices from every sector under the sun? Call me an optimist, but I am confident it can be done.
We lost an incredible service when all the film critics lost their pulpits at the national and local papers. Individual blogs don't work the same way papers did. Now you want sports news, you go to sports sites, and the chances are you aren't going to find news on some obscure indie film gem. Sure you may get personalized ads on your social network and your thousands of friends and all those you follow have an opinion about what may be important that minute, but it isn't the same as a long standing relationship with a critic with a history of well thought out opinions -- you know how to judge the critic's taste against your own. I know you can go to MetaCritic or RottenTomatoes but I personally find the aggregated opinions don't deepen my relationship with a critic or a film; they feel generalized, even after I drill down to the individual.
Even those friends whom I know whose tastes resemble my own, I don't know what they are watching. Or listening to. Or reading. Or where to easily get those things even if I did know. And when I get a recommendation, what do I do with it anyways? Why can't I have one list that keeps it altogether for me, whether I am going to find it in a theater, or on Netflix, or VOD, or whether I want to purchase it?
Some solutions are also a bit terrifying. If I let my tastes known about all things, if we have a set of common tags that I can like or dislike, even to varying degrees, presumably my next new favorite thing can be effortlessly found and delivered in this glorious digital age. But when IT could happen here, when civil liberties are consistently ignored, do I really want to share my data? Maybe such specific personalization is not such a godsend.
And what is it that we really want from such filters anyway? It's not just what to watch, but also when to watch what we watch. Doesn't eveyone miss those water cooler conversations about last night's Seinfeld episode? Isn't the pleasure of going to the movies, largely about seeing it with other people? We want to watch what are friends are watching so we can discuss it easily with them? And not just really our friends, but also those we hope might become our friends too.
Really, when we all have over 1000 films on our To Watch list, how do we begin to make a choice?


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A New Kind of Warrior
We are living at an extraordinary-and extraordinarily dangerous-moment. Never before have the wages of our transgressions, against each other and against the Earth itself, been so high. Should we fail to develop a more conscious orientation to our stewardship, our recklessness and irresponsibility could lead to global catastrophe. It is hard to imagine a more critical juncture in the history of the world.
To pray for a world without poverty or war or hunger or disease; to refuse to surrender to the chic complacency that has infused our popular culture; to continue to commit ourselves, as global citizens, to the transformation of ourselves and world conditions-such are the prerequisites for a new kind of warrior. A warrior not for war, but for peace. In the words of Albert Camus, "Peace is the only battle worth waging."
We should not assume that the relative quietude of this moment, in terms of social and political activism, is necessarily apathy or even denial. Many of us are not ignoring what's happening so much as grieving. We will cry and then we will begin again. We will pray to become new men and women, big enough and wise enough to give birth to new life within ourselves and the world around us.
A prodigal generation-one that has partied so hard and long we can't even remember when the party started-has suffered enough from our own primarily self-inflicted misery that at last we are turning our attention en masse to the suffering of the world. And for those of us who are American citizens, never has there been a year more critical for the effort at global transformation than the year 2004. No election in American history has mattered more to the future of the world.
The reclamation of American democracy for the principle of government of the people, by the people and for the people is the central, most critical issue of our time. Should we make this change-from government as basically a servant of big business to government as servant to the highest, most noble aspirations of humanity-we will have contributed greatly to the task of righting our world.
When our citizenship is viewed, as it was by Mahatma Gandhi and by Martin Luther King, Jr., as part of the spiritual quest to create the "beloved community," then politics takes on more than mere material significance. Politics is a contest for the spirit of our public sphere. "It is the mission of our generation to save the soul of America," said King.
We can do this. We were born to do this. Through the grace of God, it is not too late.
Marianne Williamson
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Eligibility and Requirements
The Institute for Collaborative Response welcomes both graduate and undergraduate students. You are eligible for participation if you are an undergraduate student with upper-division standing or are enrolled in a master's degree program within CASA or other applied disciplines. Additionally, you must be eligible for internship or field experience through your respective department and be willing to commit to ICR's completion criteria.
No prior experience in family violence or collaboration is required. ICR students each bring a unique and valuable perspective to this program.
During the ICR field placement semester, students must be enrolled in their department's internship class. The ICR is not a placement. Placements are secured through your degree program. The ICR does, however, have additional criteria for an internship to be ICR approved, including providing services for victims of family violence and the opportunity to work with other disciplines.
Program Requirements
Through participation in the ICR, students will develop an understanding of and foundation for working collaboratively to provide a more effective response for victims of family violence. The first semester is geared toward learning and establishing a foundation of understanding in family violence and collaboration. This can be achieved through the Collaborative Response class (JS 137) offered to all ICR students through the Justice Studies Department or through a series of workshops provided by the ICR. The second semester is geared toward field experience through internships, research and community-based projects.
- Completing the Justice Studies Collaborative Response Class ( JS 137)
- Working in a qualified collaborative field placement
- Completing a special project that contributes to improving the response to family violence through interdisciplinary collaboration
Questions about Requirements:
ICR student applicants will have opportunities to talk with ICR faculty and staff about how the ICR requirements may be completed in the context of specific majors or degree programs. ICR staff can work with interested students to meet requirements if needed. Students may also direct questions to Maureen Lowell at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Bill Richards
Nicknames: "Boomer Bill" and "Mr. Putter" (not because I make them) PDGA#: 11016 Division: Pro Legends in 2011 (I will be 69 yrs. old)
Began Playing Disc Golf: I started playing around 1993 or 94. I played tournament racquetball for 20 years and the younger guys were starting to pound me. I have two sons that when I played them in racquetball I didn't let up much. They found disc golf and played for about a year before inviting me to play. They did not let up. The first round I threw 28 over. But, what I found was a sport that converted over very well from racquetball and was played in age brackets. I was off and running.
First Disc: 167 Panther (Still have it.)
Favorite Hole at Morley: 16 in the long position. (big an-hyser)
Favorite Story: Consistency is everything! I was playing hole one in the C position at Morley Field. I threw a hyser over the top of the trees on the right and stuck the disc in the very top branch of the tallest tree. I just said forget about it and kept playing. When I was up on hole one to start the second round, I threw the same hyser shot. I knocked my stuck disc out of the top of the tree.
Morley Field Aces: 30 +
Favorite Disc: 2nd run candy Valkyrie
Favorite Drivers: 150 R-Pro Boss
Favorite Midranges: San Marino Roc
Favorite Putter: R-Pro Cro
In My Bag: I carry 40 or 50 disks in my trunk + what's in my bag. My bag changes depending on the course I am playing. I have several of the same model and weight discs that go in and out of my bag. This gives me good disc rotation and makes it less traumatic when I lose a disc. At this time my bag contains:
168 JK PRO Aviar – X putter -- I use this for approaching and putting in the wind. If I was in Las Vegas and in the real bad wind, I would use my ROC to putt with. 175 R-Pro Cro – Very straight and sticky putter (I know it's a midrange, but it's a great putter). 150 R-Pro Boss – This is an old beat up disc I have to give a big hyser to when I throw it. This is my longest driver with the wind. It has a beautiful S flight. 153 Champion Valkyrie – Not as long in distance, but a much more accurate driver. I use this with the wind when I have little room for error. 167 Champion Valkyrie – This is one of the first flat top Valkyrie's. Into moderate wind this is fairly straight. 172 Star Destroyer (2007 Gentlemen's Club Disc) – This is beat up and fairly straight and long for a Destroyer. 170 Champion Destroyer (Fling XI Tournament Disc) – Awesome into the wind long driver. 174 KC Pro TeeBird – Medium to long approach Hyser. 180 San Marino ROC – Straight approach. Great for a World's type course where you are throwing through trees, narrow fairways or mandatory's. 172 Special Edition Leopard – Long and short left breaking roller. 178 Stingray – Older flat top. Long right breaking roller. A secret shot to get through tough, tight or narrow fairways is to hyser a Stingray low and straight and it will go straight for a100 to 150 feet. 180 Stingray – A short right roller. Perfect for an easy birdie on Morley hole one in the short position. I buy these from Snapper out of the rental inventory. The more beat up the better.
Tourney wins and / or Top 5 finishes (not necessarily from Morley): 1996 WFDF Pro Senior Grand Master World Champion - 2002 PDGA Pro Senior Grand Master World Doubles Champion – I have played in the last 8 PDGA Pro Senior Grand Master World Championships, highest finish 3rd – Held the World Pro Senior Grand Master distance record, longest 413 ft. - 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2004 So Cal Senior Grand Master Series Champion
Favorite Disc Golf Website: PDGA, Aces and Morley Field
Tips for newer players and players looking to improve:First thought – Practice, Practice and Practice. Second thought --When you let up, the disc will fly further. You will understand when you do it. Don't over throw. Third thought - As you throw most discs will get beat up and change. Understand they are changing and change your throw with them. You will find some of your older discs to be your best discs.


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One of Dateline's investigations this year was conducted in Petaluma, California—an hour north of San Francisco, the town where John Mark Karr, the former suspect in the John Benet Ramsey murder was charged with five counts of possession of child pornography. It was also the hometown of Polly Klaas a 12-year-old abducted and murdered by a sex predator.
"This is a beautiful community with wonderful people in it. And there isn't anything about it that caused that event to happen here," says Sergeant Matthew Stapleton, Petaluma Police Department. "The Polly Klaas tragedy is capable of happening in anywhere, USA."
Click on the 'Launch' link on this page to watch Web-exclusive video of Chris Hansen's interview with Robert De Leo, executive director of the Polly Klaas Foundation. De Leo talks about the sting conducted in Petaluma, and his advice for parents who worry about kids and their online use.
Here's an excerpt of what De Leo advises parents:
- Learn about the Internet and learn what the dangers are. Parents need to sit by their child, and work with them. Know that the Internet is also a highway. No parent who has a son or daughter that just learned how to drive would give them the keys and say, "Go where you want, do what you want." Share information with them about real things that happened to real kids.
- Create expectations that they're going to be monitored.
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Teel on VT's best recruit -- PhilosopHoo 04/21/2017 10:51AM
More like PhilosopHokie. ** -- WahooWade 04/21/2017 10:39PM
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Their replacements won't be as good on offense, but will be better on -- techcutter 04/21/2017 4:16PM
Good post. You guys are starting to see the vision! lol.... :-) -- Last Full Measure 04/21/2017 1:29PM
His story is inspirational cause he didn't have a dad in the NBA? weird ** -- HooStu 04/21/2017 12:26PM
When they build a new arena I'll respect their program. -- Blaze01 04/21/2017 12:25PM
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Wasn't Curly one step of the posse @ Marquette? Not exactly a -- Hoos1&1 04/21/2017 12:18PM
They have two excellent recruits next year. ** -- Blah 04/21/2017 12:18PM
We had 4 last year..next ** -- Hoos1&1 04/21/2017 12:21PM
People choose to forget that and say "I haven't seen all of them play so it -- 757HOOFAN 04/21/2017 12:43PM
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We don't have to be defensive and act like a Hokie. -- Blah 04/21/2017 12:26PM
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Tech played pretty bad defense last year. UNC played good defense. -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 12:57PM
They are an improved program, but certain wags seem to think they have -- RDub 04/21/2017 12:24PM
THANK YOU -- MunichHoo 04/21/2017 12:49PM
VT doesn't play good defense. Mediocre at best. -- hoodeyo 04/21/2017 12:14PM
151 in defensive efficiency. Middle of the road nationally (bad for a -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 1:03PM
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Not sure this is possible. -- Hoothen 04/21/2017 12:22PM
Plus elevnty billion ** -- RDub 04/21/2017 12:12PM
Oh, where is the love? ** -- Hoogle.com 04/21/2017 12:11PM
"I don't come from anything big," he said, "anything special. I neve... -- Space Chief 04/21/2017 11:48AM
VT has 6 pillars...... -- Zhoo 04/21/2017 11:42AM
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They should slap that on a class ring... -- Stimp 04/21/2017 11:45AM
Version, translation... what's the difference? -- TwitchHoo 04/21/2017 4:52PM
This is embarrassing ** -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 12:47PM
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Did they run out of room for the lunch box!?!?!?! -- Zhoo 04/21/2017 12:04PM
Isn't that the first 5 too? ** -- Hoodafan 04/21/2017 11:44AM
That's the first pillar. In all sports (they acknowledge). ** -- Just E 04/21/2017 11:43AM
Buzz's "pitch" sounds awfully similar to Tony's. -- Just E 04/21/2017 11:39AM
Over-hate is not possible. Could you over-hate Duke? ** -- Hoodafan 04/21/2017 11:35AM
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Burrito? Probably Not. Hot Pocket? Absolutely. ** -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 12:49PM
Hostess Pie? No question! ** -- Hoodafan 04/21/2017 1:21PM
I've never heated one, but it does sound potentially fatal! ** -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 1:23PM
Not one of my brightest decisions. ** -- Hoodafan 04/21/2017 1:30PM
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Re: Don't ever microwave an ice cream sandwich wrapped in foil. -- ThatDadgumBiscuit 04/21/2017 1:29PM
That scenario does not compute. ** -- Just E 04/21/2017 11:40AM
I'll never respect VT for anything!!!! ** -- rphoos1 04/21/2017 11:29AM
I have zero issue with Buzz -- woodrum 04/21/2017 11:16AM
I will hate them. I will see Buzz as the attention whore he is. -- hooshouse 04/21/2017 11:15AM
Yep you're right. Those schools and coaches have more championship banners -- 757HOOFAN 04/21/2017 11:14AM
We just can't compete with their Animal Husbandry program. -- Hoos the Boss 04/21/2017 11:11AM
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How to run a dog fighting ring without getting caught? ** -- Saratoga Hoo 04/21/2017 12:05PM
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Higher Percentage of White People? ** -- Mg234 04/21/2017 11:03AM
I take it you don't like white people? ** -- Last Full Measure 04/21/2017 1:12PM
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By Julian Zelizer, CNN Contributor updated 11:27 AM EDT, Mon September 10, 2012 The contenders for the next presidential term face tough challenges, says Julian Zelizer. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Julian Zelizer: Now that the conventions are over, the final phase of campaign begins He says a key factor will be the ad wars -- negative messages aimed at swing-state voters Zelizer: The presidential debates, beginning October 3, could be particularly influential He says both parties will test their organizational muscle in getting out the vote Editor's note: Julian Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" and of the new book "Governing America." Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- With the party conventions over, the third chapter of the presidential contest begins. First there were the primaries, then there were the conventions, and now comes the fall campaign. During the next two months, there will be multiple hurdles for the candidates to overcome. Given how close this race is, and the handful of states that will determine the outcome, each of these three challenges has the capacity to produce a significant swing in November: 1.) The advertising wars: The campaigns and independent organizations have amassed huge war chests. Whether voters like it or not, the truth is that much of the fall revolves around character assassination on television and radio, and now the Internet. Both parties will continue their efforts to define their opponents in the most negative light possible. In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush used advertising to turn the public image of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis into that of a bleeding-heart liberal who coddled criminals and refused to be tough against the Soviet Union. King: Obama and Romney's favorability Candidates return to the campaign trail Jerry Brown on Obama's first term In 1996, President Bill Clinton turned the perception of Sen. Robert Dole into a Republican extremist who was only a few steps away from the most radical Republican freshmen. In 2004, the George W. Bush campaign and independent groups transformed Sen. John Kerry, in the minds of many voters, into a flip-flopping anti-war protester who had no political principles and would endanger the country in the war against terrorism. 2.) The presidential debates: These debates, which begin October 3, are likely to matter more than most. Whenever there is a campaign this tight, any push, in either direction, can make all the difference in the world. The debates will offer an opportunity for each candidate to demonstrate his competence and mastery of the issues, albeit in short sound bites. It will also be a high-visibility moment when both candidates can shine or stumble as a result of their physical actions and rhetorical skills.
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