New York governor blasts utilities for Sandy outages

Riverhead, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Damage from Superstorm Sandy to the electricity system in the U.S. Northeast exposed deep flaws in the structure and regulation of power utilities that will require a complete redesign, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday.

But at least some members of one utility oversight panel later fired back, saying it was the governor who should take responsibility.

"We're going to have to look at a ground-up redesign," Cuomo said while criticizing the utilities he called virtual monopolies run by nameless and faceless bureaucrats.

"The utility system we have was designed for a different time and for a different place," Cuomo told a news conference. "It is a 1950s system. ... They have failed the consumers. The management has failed the consumers."

Sandy, which hit the U.S. East Coast 10 days ago on October 29, had knocked out power to almost 2.1 million New York customers. The nor'easter, meanwhile, left more than 150,000 additional New Yorkers without service and in the cold on Wednesday.

More than 285,000 homes and businesses in New York remain without power after Sandy and the nor'easter.

The power companies in New York are units of Consolidated Edison Inc, the state-owned Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the state-owned New York Power Authority (NYPA), National Grid PLC, CH Energy Group Inc and Iberdrola SA.

Officials at the utilities were not immediately available for comment.

"I believe the system is archaic and obsolete in many ways. They are basically one of the last monopolies. ...," Cuomo said on Thursday. "If you are unhappy with the utility company, who do you fire? Who runs it? Who owns it? Where do you get them?"

At a separate meeting in Suffolk County on Thursday, some members of a panel set up by the legislature to oversee LIPA took the governor to task for not previously having taken a more active role in the state-run utility.

"The governor needs to take responsibility," said Matthew Cordaro, co-chair of the Suffolk County Legislature's LIPA Oversight Committee.

"He has not appointed the CEO for two years," Cordaro said, adding that "LIPA reports directly to the governor, so he can fire the chairman at will."

CUOMO THREATENS OPERATING LICENSES

Last week, Cuomo sent a letter to the CEOs of the utilities that operate in New York, saying he would take action against those utilities and their management if they do not meet their obligations to New Yorkers in this time of crisis.

For those utilities found to be unprepared for Sandy, Cuomo threatened in the letter to order the Public Service Commission, the state's utility regulator, to commence proceedings to revoke the companies' certificates of public convenience and necessity, which allow them to operate investor-owned power systems.

"New Yorkers should not suffer because electric utilities did not reasonably prepare for this eventuality," Cuomo said.

Sandy hit LIPA harder than any other power company, knocking out more than 1 million of LIPA's 1.1 million customers, and the nor'easter knocked out 123,000 more customers - several of which had their power restored after Sandy.

Combined, Sandy and the nor'easter knocked out more homes and businesses on Long Island than LIPA has customers.

"Part of this is the system. But with LIPA, I also believe part of it is the management, which has been unacceptable. They failed. They have failed the consumers. It is that simple," Cuomo said Thursday.

The governor echoed rumors of power equipment supply shortages that were denied by LIPA and Con Edison on Wednesday.

"We have the material ... the poles, wires and transformers ... we need. There are no material shortages," LIPA Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey said on Wednesday.

Hervey said "the governor is a very tough task master and we are doing everything we can to get all power back." He also denied what he said were rumors that repair crews were sometimes idle.

RESIDENTS VENT FRUSTRATION

In Hampton Bays on Long Island's eastern end, longtime residents Ann and Pete Zullo said they lost power twice since the storm, in addition to seeing about $150,000 worth of flooding damage in their home. They say they are now used to losing power at least once a year, if not two or three times.

"We lost half our house, we can't live in our house, we can't do anything, a lot of the furniture's gone, everything's gone," said Pete Zullo, 78. "We want to retire here and enjoy our life, the rest of our life and we can't now."

At the LIPA oversight committee meeting on Thursday, homeowners vented frustration about not knowing whom to speak with at LIPA to get help.

"I'm out of power, and I've got no help," said Patrick Casas, 43, a UPS truck driver from Brentwood, Long Island, who has been out of power since Monday night. "There is no communications, their buildings are closed, there is no one to speak to."

(Reporting by Daniel Trotta, Scott DiSavino and Eileen Houlihan in New York; Editing by Diane Craft, Phil Berlowitz, Andrew Hay and Ken Wills)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/yorks-governor-cuomo-blasts-utilities-sandy-outages-030946156--sector.html

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PFT: Rodgers didn't like his '60 Minutes' profile

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Randy Moss isn?t making as many highlight reels as he used to.

But that doesn?t mean he?s not making plays.

His 49ers teammates are impressed and amazed by the veteran wide receiver?s blocking ability, something that?s always been obscured his penchant for big-play catches.

Last week, he had a 47-yard touchdown. But he?s had plenty of those. The block he dropped on Cardinals safety Kerry Rhodes which released Michael Crabtree for a 30-yard catch-and-run earned him respect.

?I?ve never seen him do that before,? running back Anthony Dixon said, via Matt Maiocco of CSNBayArea.com. ?You saw what it did to our sideline. It inspired everybody to see him do that.?

Moss has said part of the reason he enjoys being with the 49ers is learning a new way of offense under coordinator Greg Roman.

?He asks the questions on the smallest details, even in the running game, let alone the passing game that it makes you say, ?That?s the question that should be asked right now,?? Roman said. ?He understands there are a couple different ways to do things. Also, he understands the game well enough, where he says, ?Have you thought about this???

Quarterback Alex Smith said Moss?s attention to detail is most obvious when they?re dissecting the run game on tape, and Roman said his willingness to block and his effectiveness are a big part of the reason they succeed.

?Starting in the Houston the game, in the preseason, Randy was wearing people out, blocking,? Roman said. ?And I can?t stress enough how professional, how team-oriented Randy Moss is.

?All I can tell you, as a 49er, he?s busting tail on everything.?

That hasn?t always been said about Moss either, but you can?t argue that so far, he?s a perfect fit with the 49ers.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/11/08/aaron-rodgers-didnt-like-60-minutes-profile/related/

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Mood of the Nation: Set back by the housing bust

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) ? On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them were Amanda Folk and her husband, Chris, both 33, of Billings, Mont. The Folks have endured financial blows since the housing bubble burst five years ago. She's back in school. He's earning less money. They worry that their ability to regain financial security is blocked by corporations and their allies in Washington.

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A home in foreclosure. Damaged credit. Vanished savings.

This isn't exactly how the Folks envisioned life would be like in 2012.

Until about five years ago, the Folks were living comfortably with their two children, now 6 and 9, outside Boise, Idaho. They owned a home. Chris made a good living as a self-employed flooring installer. Weekend trips out of town were a pleasurable routine.

Once Boise-area home prices collapsed, though, the Folks' lifestyle did, too. Work dried up for Chris. Amanda quit college. And they moved to Montana to be closer to her family.

An oil boom was boosting the eastern Montana economy, and Chris slowly rebuilt his flooring business. Amanda took a job as a nurse's assistant.

But during the transition, the family's income sank. They could no longer keep up with mortgage payments on their Idaho home. So for the past three years, the house has languished in foreclosure.

The family's credit is shot. They blew through nearly $30,000 in savings, mainly on mortgage payments. Attorneys tell them their only way out is bankruptcy protection.

"Everything I worked so hard for is just slipping away," Chris Folk says. "It just feels so far away to get back to where we were."

The Folks can't afford to save for retirement. They struggle to cover $1,280 in monthly rent. Gasoline expenses sometimes hit $600 a month to fuel Chris' van, so he can reach out-of-town flooring jobs.

They say the economy seems tilted: Big banks wield power. Legislators bow to corporate interests. The rich get richer while the working class fall further behind.

They're voting for President Barack Obama with no enthusiasm. Yet they say their discontent with his handling of the economy is outweighed by Mitt Romney's corporate ties.

Amanda Folk is pursuing a communications degree at Montana State University, Billings. She's "scared to death" she won't find a job in public relations or a related field after graduation to repay $25,000 in student loans.

She hasn't returned to their Idaho house in two years; she can't bear it. Vandals have broken in. A former neighbor has taken to mowing the lawn. The couple is reluctant to rent the house for fear that their lender would end up with whatever money they collected.

They've cancelled their home phone and Internet service. Amanda Folk no longer shops at an organic food co-op.

They're seeking a smaller place to rent. But they don't want to move far. Their daughter has cycled through four elementary schools in the past few years.

"The hardest part is the psychological part of it," Amanda Folk says. "Our kids don't have any sense of security. My daughter still asks, 'Are we going to be here next year?'"

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For more on this topic, go to: http://bigstory.ap.org/topic/mood-of-the-nation

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mood-nation-set-back-housing-bust-040233007--finance.html

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iPad Mini is fun but you may want to wait

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Wilson Rothman , NBC News

I think the best way to review the iPad Mini is to pit it against competitors in a series of death matches. After all, come holiday time, you'll likely put your money down on just one tablet ? or none. In making the decision, you will consider the iPad Mini against the reduced-price?iPad 2, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD, Google's Nexus 7 by Asus, and the full-size?iPad, now in its fourth generation. You may even weigh it in against Microsoft's Surface RT.?Let's just get all of?that comparison shopping?out of the way for you right?now.

First, though, let's talk for a moment about what the iPad Mini is. It's a mini iPad. OK, moving on.?

No, seriously, it really is just a miniaturized version of the tablet that's already been sold 100 million times. The biggest advantage of the smaller size that I've found is that it's a lot easier to type on, so you may find it to be a more helpful email companion. It's also nicer to hold when reading, but its screen ? which I will discuss further on ? gets in the way of pure literary immersion.

Before you get into the review, take a look at my video walkthrough:

Vs. iPad 2
Compared to 2011's iPad 2, the Mini has much better front and back cameras.?And because it has the same pixel resolution in a smaller display, the screen density is better, too. It's not a "Retina" screen like the 3rd- and 4th-gen iPads ? you can still see the pixels that make up letters?when you're reading, for instance ? but it's certainly?easier on your eyes than the iPad 2 screen.

The iPad Mini also has Siri, while the iPad 2 (for reasons that defy logic) does not. And if you're going to buy a tablet with cellular connectivity ? not?that I recommend going that route unless you are on the road a lot, or have a corporate expense account paying your wireless bills ? the $459?iPad Mini can give you high-speed 4G LTE connectivity on AT&T, Sprint or Verizon. You'll?be stuck with slower 3G on the $529 cell-connected?iPad 2. I'm just gonna spell this part out for you: Even if you do?buy an iPad 2, for the love of Pete do not buy the one with the cellular connection!

So what are the iPad 2 advantages, for $70 more? Well, there's a roomier display and an old 30-pin connector?? in case you're wedded to older accessories or want to keep using that rat's nest of white cables in your junk drawer.?The new iPad Mini has the new Lightning connector, and so does the full-size?4th-gen iPad.?

WINNER: iPad Mini

Vs. Microsoft Surface RT
The most innovative product of the season comes from Microsoft. The Surface RT tablet packs a lot in for $499, and the re-envisioning of Windows as a matrix of "live" tiles is compelling in the always-connected era.

But despite its elegant design, innovative keyboard and airplane-tray-table-friendly proportions, there is at its core a software challenge that makes it hard to recommend, especially to the huge number of?people who seek tablets because they are easier to use than computers. Until the Surface RT's software gets more user friendly, and until there are enough apps to make it a worthwhile platform, it remains stuck?in the "Wait and See" bin.

WINNER: iPad Mini

Vs. Kindle Fire HD
Amazon's second-generation, $199?7-inch tablet was improved in all ways over the initial product, but the experience is largely the same. That is, fire up your tablet, open your wallet, and Amazon will fill your life with books, videos, music and games till kingdom come. But don't expect to do anything else on this, because productivity is not its strong suit.

Also weighing against the Kindle Fire HD is the fact that?Amazon is smart enough to build a?Kindle reader, Amazon Prime video and a bunch of other apps for the iPad, too. A happy Amazon customer can get pretty far on an iPad, never having to buy a Kindle device.?That's fine with Amazon, because the company makes money on the content, not the hardware.

If you're mainly into watching movies and reading books, there are two key bonuses that the Kindle Fire HD brings to the table, besides a cash savings of $130: a 16x9 screen aspect ratio, meaning movies like "The Avengers" fill up the whole display; and a higher pixel resolution than the iPad Mini, that?you may notice while watching high-def content and can definitely see when reading text.?

So what does paying?$130 more for an iPad Mini actually get you? The iPad has a much better Web browser and email experience, and though Amazon has cloud storage and streaming music (and?even a music matching service like Apple's), the iPad's?iCloud suite promises more, including synced contacts, documents, notes and browser history, not to mention advanced services like?iMessage, Photo Stream and Siri.?

The biggest reason to choose iPad, however, is apps. Apps, apps, apps. More of that next.

WINNER: Draw (because of the $130 difference and the screen resolution)

Vs. Nexus 7
All the nerds love the $199 Nexus 7 hardware, and I get that ? it's a pretty little machine. But unless you are really just?focusing on Web and email, there's just not a lot of directions you can go with it.

Its advantages are on par with the Kindle Fire HD's: the?16x9 widescreen display?with tighter pixel resolution makes it better for movies and books. But with only a few exceptions such as Netflix, it's hard to get movies and TV shows from anywhere but Google itself, and ditto for books.?For now, buying a Google tablet means, essentially, paying Google for content. I, for one, would rather give my content allowance to Amazon or Apple, because they both have strong track records of selling digital media, and Google doesn't have a track record of selling anything but ads.

Worse still, there are seriously zero apps available for Android tablets.?You can put apps on?an Android tablet, sure, but almost?every one is just a stretched-out Android?phone app, even the ones you'd expect to be tablet-ized, like Kindle Reader and the Weather Channel.

WINNER: iPad Mini?

Vs. Fourth-generation iPad
You now know what you get ? and what you lose ? by saving $130 and buying one of the $199 Android tablets. But what do you gain by spending an extra $170 for the full monty? Well, that larger Retina display is the main thing, and let me tell you, it really does make a huge difference in eye-strain, especially for us night-time e-book readers. Movies, too, will look nicer on the high-definition screen. Here's a screen comparison to illustrate what I mean:

In general, you will also?find that larger screen size to be better for many apps that are meant for interaction, like sketch apps, or strategy games that require multiple windows.

Speaking of games, you also get Apple's latest-generation A6X processor, a dual-core chip with quad-core graphics. Game developers are going to be optimizing for that, not the 2011-era A5 that's inside the iPad Mini.

But a larger tablet may not be what you want. Some people have been waiting for something that offers the convenience and app lineup of the iPad in a package closer in size to a paperback book. Well, that's what the iPad Mini is.

WINNER: Draw

Vs. iPad Mini 2
Wait, what?? Apple put out an iPad Mini 2 already?? No, it hasn't. But you know that within 12 months, it certainly will. And Apple will have sorted out a way to jam a higher-resolution screen and faster processor in there. (It'd be nice if Apple lowered the price to $299 while at it, but we're not holding our breath.)

There are many examples of this in Apple's history, but it's easiest to simply look back on the larger iPads. The iPad 2 was a huge step up from the first iPad, because it got cameras and a thinner body. The third iPad basically completed the formula for perfection with better cameras and a high-resolution Retina display. In fact, the third iPad is so good, the only reason the fourth generation exists is to tidy up Apple's own production lines, and perpetuate the Lightning connector.

So then you extrapolate: Is there a consistent complaint about?the iPad Mini, one that holds up even in Apple's world of "we know better than you" design choices? Yes, it doesn't have a Retina screen. Then ask, what's the chance that Apple fixing this particular problem within 12 months? Answer: 100 percent.

So then the calculus is, how much happiness do I sacrifice by waiting a year for an iPad Mini? Is it worth it to buy a cheaper tablet and put the remaining $140 in the iPad Mini 2 fund? Do I even have the willpower to resist a shiny new Apple product??

WINNER: Non-existent future iPad Mini 2 with Retina display ? assuming you can hold out for it.

Wilson Rothman is the Technology & Science?editor at NBC News Digital. Catch up with him on Twitter at @wjrothman, and join our conversation on Facebook.

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/review-ipad-mini-beats-competition-you-may-want-wait-1C6820707

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Coach Wins $257 Million in Internet Counterfeit Case, Seizes 573 ...

Courts are really starting to crack down on internet counterfeiting, awarding large judgments to brands who have fallen victim to the increasingly common practice. Now Coach just scored one of the biggest settlements yet.

A federal court judge in Illinois awarded $257 million to Coach, almost double the amount Tory Burch, Hermes and Burberry have won, according to WWD.

In addition to monetary damages, courts are allowing brands to seize and shut down domain names that infringe on their copyrights. In Coach?s case, the brand was able to shutter a whopping 573 websites. This is where brands can make the most impact, rather than in large monetary settlements. (Counterfeiters often use actual pictures from a brand?s website?as was the case with Coach?so it?s often hard to know if a site you?re buying from is the real deal or not, making it doubly important for brands to be able to go after these fake sites.)

Coach even has an ongoing (and very James Bond-esque sounding) initiative called ?Operation Turnlock,? in which it is aggressively going after counterfeiters, many of whom operate online. And they?re going to keep fighting, urging other brands to do the same. ?Shutting down the specific domain names themselves is only part of these cases,? lawyer Joseph Gioconda told WWD. ?The other aspects of the case are the PayPal asset seizure, and the ongoing jurisdiction the court now has over new domains and Web sites created by the same defendants in the future. Brand owners definitely need to act very aggressively in this area, as there is a plague of counterfeit Web sites.?

We?ve said it before and we?ll say it again: Don?t buy fakes!

Source: http://fashionista.com/2012/11/coach-wins-257-million-in-internet-counterfeit-case-seizes-573-fake-domain-names/

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Sega Sammy sales and profits down in first half, consumer business ...

Sega Sammy has reported its financial results (PDF) for the first half of its fiscal year, ending March 31, 2012. The company reported sales of over ?136 billion ($1.7 billion) a decrease of ?16 billion ($199,000) over the same period last year. Net income reached ?3.87 billion ($48 million), a slight decrease over the ?3.98 billion ($49 million) reported for the same period last year.

Sega Sammy attributes the decline to "turmoil in the global financial markets, mainly in Europe, and the economic slowdown of emerging nations." As a result, sales of amusement machines (pachinko, etc) slowed, as did the sale of packaged video games.

It's not all bad news, however, as Sega's consumer video game business is one of the few sectors of the company to see some growth. The division posted an operating loss of ?780 million ($9.7 million), a dramatic improvement over the ?6 billion loss ($74.7 million) posted during the same period last year. Part of this growth is attributed to strong Japanese sales of Hatsune Miku Project Diva F for the PlayStation Vita. Phantasy Star Online 2 has also done well, registering over a million players and exceeding Sega's in-game purchase forecasts.

Earlier this year, the company announced plans to restructure and streamline its consumer video game business, resulting in staff cuts in Europe and America and the closure of offices in Europe and Australia. Going forward, the publisher plans to focus on digital distribution and its core brands, including Sonic the Hedgehog, Total War, Football Manager and Aliens.

Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/02/sega-sammy-sales-and-profits-down-in-first-half-consumer-busine/

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Sadili Oval News: Karen Tennis for Kibera

Karen Country Club will be holding a tennis tournament in aid of the construction of the Kibera tennis play space.?The event is scheduled for tomorrow, 3rd Nov 2012 from 1.30? pm at the prestigious Karen Country Club, along Karen Rd.?

The funds raised are aimed at grading the ground where the kids train in the first phase of the establishment of the Kibera Tennis Center. Together with the Local community, Sadili Oval will be coordinating the project.?At the moment this is just a sloping piece of land that needs a retaining wall and levelling.??Players will also bring any racquets, sports clothing etc that they no longer need.

Why Kibera?Over the years, Sadili Oval Sports Academy has been working to promote tennis as sport to the local people. Through these efforts, Kibera slums has continuously boasted talent to reckon with, especially in the under 18 yrs players. This project will therefore create a more convenient space for more children to develop their talent on the game, as well as source of recreation to keep them away from other social injustices.The surface will be used for tennis, basketball, and volleyball.?

Want to watch the kids play??

Go to:

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Source: http://sadiliovalnews.blogspot.com/2012/11/karen-tennis-for-kibera.html

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Moore: As game budgets grow, everything else ?falls off the cliff ...

Thu, Nov 01, 2012 | 03:31 GMT

Small and mid range development are the inevitable casualties of increasing triple-A budgets, EA COO Peter Moore believes.

Speaking to Wired, Moore said we?ve ?already seen? what happens to the games industry as development budgets grow ever larger.

?The higher-end games that land, land well. Everything else just falls off the cliff,? he said.

?If you think about the industry today, I don?t know what they exact numbers are, but the top 20 games globally probably deliver 80 percent of the revenue. Anything that doesn?t hit that top 20 or 25 finds it very difficult to justify itself, its existence, and you kind of wonder why you did it.?

Moore noted that ?the big games are getting bigger? and the middle market is vanishing, with a ?chasm? in between small and large budget games which used to be taken up by cost-effective games which ?did okay and kept developers in work, and you do a sequel to it?.

?As a company, we made the decision many many years ago to do less is more. When I arrived we had 67 games in development for console and PC, that we were either about to deliver or had just been greenlit or were in alpha or beta. We?re now down to 14 this fiscal year,? he said.

?We?ve added 41 games this fiscal year which are social, mobile, and free to play.?

Moore noted that EA is very different now to when he arrived five years ago; he said the publisher used to throw out lots of games and hope something stuck, whereas now it wants to be sure.

?It was Hollywood. We?re no longer Hollywood. We?re more precise than that,? he said.

?We?re accused of being too safe, but then I?ll point to Mirror?s Edge ? not a commercial success in the broad terms that we look at it, but certainly as an innovation, was brilliant. You take risks ? we don?t get credit a lot for the risks we take.?

?We?re accused of being too safe, but then I?ll point to Mirror?s Edge ? not a commercial success in the broad terms that we look at it, but certainly as an innovation, was brilliant. The art style, the character herself, the idea of taking this kind of parkour thing but a backstory of authoritarianism in cities, it was brilliant. Again, and you take risks ? we don?t get credit a lot for the risks we take.?

Challenged on this point, Moore agreed that when EA narrowed its focus to a few big games, it was experiments like Mirror?s Edge that were cut, but blamed this narrowing of game type on the ageing console cycle.

?The deeper you get in the back end of the generation, the less that a new IP is going to work. You start saving up your creative bullets for when you think the next generation of hardware is going to come along,? he said.

?So you start thinking in those terms. It?s very difficult, if not impossible ? I can?t think of new IP that launches five or six years into a generation of gaming hardware that is successful. It?s just not the time to do it. Over the coming years you?ll see a rebirth of new IP, new genres. With these platforms, you?ve got to be looking to re-imagine the way they deliver games. Otherwise, why would you buy them??

Moore has a lot of interesting things to say about the changing face of the games industry throughout the rest of the interview; clock through the link above for his thoughts on new business models, streaming technology and more.

Thanks, Polygon.

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/11/01/moore-as-game-budgets-grow-everything-else-falls-off-the-cliff/

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Not Enough Doctors, and Other Links | John Goodman's Health ...

Can you be scared to death?

This reminded me of a story I just recently heard this past weekend (since we just enjoyed Hallooween festivities I figured I would mention it)?apparently there was a woman who died of a heart attack at a haunted house founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, due to a heart attack. I?m not sure how accurate this information is, but I do know that there are many people aware of their weak health condition and still submit themselves to exptreme activities dangerous to their health. If you know you have a weak heart, stay away from haunted houses!

Source: http://healthblog.ncpa.org/not-enough-doctors-and-other-links/

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BCIS Unveils Plans for New Green Early Childhood Center ...

Beijing City International School (BCIS) announced its plan to build an innovative early childhood center that will not only bring innovative and top-tier education to its students, but do so in a facility that meets the highest standards of environmental friendliness. The Yue Cheng Education Board, which runs BCIS, says the center will be not only a model of modern education, but of design and sustainability, as the center will be gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified. The center is slated to open in August of 2014 west of BCIS near the Shuangjing bridge.

Though the Yue Cheng board announced these plans last year, more of these details have not been made widely public until now. In order to ensure that the early childhood center will meet the highest standards of education, the Yue Cheng Research Institute will invite international early childhood education experts to participate in their research. The school will also maintain the same principles of innovative education, sustainable growth, and bridging the gap between education philosophies.

Image courtesy of BCIS

Source: http://www.beijing-kids.com/blog/ellisf/2012/10/31/BCIS-Unveils-Plans-for-New-Green-Early-Childhood-Center

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Halloween ? relax, it's just ONE day! ? Work Out With Di

Ok I?m going to go out on a limb here and probably say things are totally going to shock some people but we aren?t giving away candy this Halloween! Yes we?re going to be the grinches of Halloween Seriously though neither of us will get home till around 7-7:30pm and honestly the whole thing just seems like a lot of work for 30 minutes (it?s usually over by 8pm around here) of giving away of candy. So this year I?m getting home, sitting on the back porch and just blocking the noise out. Call me the halloween grinch, I don?t care.

Every Halloween for the last 11 years, I?ve been conflicted as to the whole candy giving away thing. Afterall?I?m a personal trainer and fitness instructor, health and fitness is my life, my passion. How can I give out unhealthy halloween snacks to trick or treaters? Some would say it?s simple ? it?s Halloween, but lets face it that?s just an excuse to gorge on sugar. One year we gave out Glo-sticks/bracelets?(as well as candy) which were a HUGE hit. Roll on 2 years later and the whole neighborhood is giving out glo-sticks! Now we don?t feel so special

Now if you are having a Halloween party at home, you can control things more and do some fun healthy but scary (ok not really) treats. Honestly I wish more people would do this than go trick or treating but that takes away a lot of the fun for the kids I guess Probably more of an adult thing? Just google ?healthy halloween snack? and tons of things come up, below is a little photo montage.

It?s recommended that people give out items in wrappers, rather than homemade, and I think that?s a good rule of thumb for people you don?t know or don?t know well. If you?re in a small community then perhaps you can give out homemade items however we are in a suburb with LOTS of kids, like ours, going with wrapped food is a must. A typical Halloween night for our neighborhood is around 110 kids! Yes that?s over ONE HUNDRED children knocking on my door! Trust me, I?d love to be the personal trainer that gives out the raisin boxes, or the tubs of mandarin oranges (above with the jack-o-lantern face) but guess what? Kids don?t want that healthy stuff on Halloween when they are trick or treating! They want you to ?ooh? and ?aahhh? at their costume, throw a candy bar (or two!) in their container and then run off to the next house! Sure they are going to end up with 100?s of?pieces?of candy but guess what, you don?t have to keep it all!

Make some rules for Halloween candy and let the kids know BEFORE you go trick or treating! There are so many things you can do to prevent the over-consumption of candy!

Don?t use a pillowcase!

I?ve seen little 3 year olds with pillow cases! No, not happening. Go out with a small container, when it?s full, you?re done! This will make kids more appreciative of what they get, and they?ll be more selective when choosing a treat (if they get the option). This shouldn?t be about who can collect the most, that encourages greed and selfishness. Teach kids to be mindful and respectful.

They?believe?in the tooth fairy, what about the halloween witch?

Every Halloween night at midnight the halloween witch comes and takes half your candy, and replaces it with a toy! The halloween witch is the cousin of the tooth fairy and the easter bunny. This serves two purposes:

You don?t get to keep it all

Help out the needy by giving some to the local food bank. There are organizations that send the candy to the troops overseas. Let the kids choose 10-15 pieces to eat over the next week or so and donate the rest. Remember even those fun-size bars are around 100 calories each. This is a good lesson for kids to learn ? SHARING!?There are organizations that send the candy to the troops overseas. Operation buy-back is run by dentists who have professional concerns over the sugar ?consumed at Halloween and they send the Halloween treats to troops overseas. Awesome! For those local to me, there are 3 in Simi Valley offering this service, go the website I linked and input your zip code!!!

Save it!

If you have a kids birthday post-halloween then save the candy and stuff the pinata with the candy. Save it to make party favors and add 2-3 pieces of candy to the favors. Use them for pass the parcel game at kids parties. Add to christmas presents? the list is endless. It?s ?free? candy, but you don?t want your kids eating it all. Also makes good teachers gifts!

Ice it.

Don?t let the kids eat it all now. Put it in the?refrigerator?or freeze it, then add it to lunch boxes later. If you are an adult, save it for post run snacks Take it to work, take it to school or playgroups. In the freezer you?ll be less tempted to snack on it

Pass on it altogether!

Ask for donations instead. Unicef has donation boxes you can carry for halloween instead. I?d much rather grab some loose change to put in a donation box than spend the $$ on candy! I wish more people would do this. So much?unnecessary?waste and calorie consumption.??I think this year as we?ll miss most the trick or treaters anyway and as we have decided not to give out treats, we?ll donate some $$ to charity instead. Usually we end up spending $30-40 on candy (one year Bob made an emergency trip for more!), that money could be better spent on a charity donation IMO. Maybe I?ll put a poster on the door that we?ve decided to donate to charity instead?

So have a happy Halloween ?tomorrow night! I?ll let you know if our plan to opt out this year works

Are you giving out candy this year?

Do you feel conflicted about it?

What do you do with all your kids halloween candy?

this is a whole other topic

Source: http://www.workoutwithdi.com/halloween-rela-its-just-one-day/

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It is becoming highly questionable whether Google first page listings for websites are worth the usually considerable investment in SEO services.

Buying into the perceived holy grail of a first page Google listing for a website has put more money in the pockets of SEO companies than it has the businesses paying for their services, contends Andy Frain, co-director of Video Results Ltd, a UK firm specializing in Online Video.

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Its widely acknowledged that getting into the top 5 of Google for competitive keywords can bring substantial rewards, but the inherent problem is that only a few can ever hope to achieve those spots.

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But is there a solution?

Ive been ranking videos instead of websites in the search engines for 5 years now, says Frain.

The advantage of ranking videos rather than websites is that you get a picture thumbnail listing (see image) rather than a dull text listing for websites, which is the same visually as everyone elses dull text listing.

Its a specialist area and has taken me over 12,000 hours of research, testing and application to learn how to rank videos for really competitive keywords and clients include celebrities, house hold names and well known brands.

We now have Google and YouTube rankings for keywords as competitive as; weight loss, public speaking, how to play guitar, presentations skills, how to fight, motivational speaker and many more. There is currently no one attempting to rank videos that can prove such wide ranging and comprehensive results.

Ranking video has the added advantage of being no where near as crowded as organic SEO services, as few have the skills and track record to consistently rank video, even the so called best SEO companies. Frain has a serious warning for anyone considering a self appointed Video SEO expert, Make sure they have a verifiable track record and customer testimonials backing up what they say they can do.

But that wasnt the final piece of advice Frain had to offer, Before I formed Video Results with Tom Breeze (co-director) I used to get videos to rank but they often did not always convert well to targeted website visitors. This was because the videos were designed to tell the viewer about the business but not get them to take action.

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Source: http://traders101.com/2012/10/28/stock-market-trading-tips-for-major-online-traders-2/

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High School football playoff schedule: October 25-27

The first week of high school football playoffs is upon us. Find matchups, locations and times for your favorite team here.

Matchups are listed true to bracket format: lower team is home team.

3A:

Note:
This summer, the 3A Snake River Valley conference requested to start playoff games in the ninth week of the season. In exchange, the SRV voted to accept a proposal from the Intermountain League to play the first round of State at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow. According to Paul Kingsbury of prep website Idahosports.com, Fruitland coach Bruch Schlaich voted against the proposal but was out-voted.

Sat., October 27 - 2:30 p.m. PST
Parma @ Timberlake (Kibbie Dome)

Friday, October 26 - 7 p.m.
Kimberly
@ Weiser

Sat. October 27 - 5 p.m. PST
Fruitland
@ Kellogg (Kibbie Dome)

Sat. October 27 - 7:30 p.m. PST
Payette @ Priest River (Kibbie Dome)

Friday, October 26 - 7 p.m.
American Falls
@ Gooding

Sat. October 27 - 4 p.m.
Sugar-Salem
Snake River @ Holt Arena

Sat. October 27 - 7 p.m.
Buhl
Shelley @ Holt Arena

Sat. October 27 - 1 p.m.
Bear Lake
Teton @ Holt Arena

2A:

Time TBA (Likely Thurs. in Holt Arena)
Valley
@ Firth

Friday, october 26 - 7 p.m.
McCall-Donnelly
@ Wendell

Thurs. October 25 - 5 p.m.
North Fremont
@ West Side

Sat. October 27 - 1 p.m.
St. Maries
@ New Plymouth

Friday, October 26 - 6 p.m.
Orofino
@Marsing

Time TBA (likely Thurs. in Holt Arena)
Salmon
@ Malad

Friday, October 26 - 6 p.m. P.S.T.
Nampa Christian
@Grangeville

Friday, October 26 - 7 p.m.
Aberdeen
@ Declo

1A division I:

Friday, October 26 - 6 p.m.
Greenleaf
@ Hagerman

Friday, October 26 - 6 p.m.
Butte County
@ Notus

Time TBA
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@ Rimrock

Time TBA
6th place dist. 4-5-6 Kansas City Playoff (Raft River-Challis-Shoshone 5 p.m. Monday at Carey High School)
@ Grace

Source: http://www.kboi2.com/sports/idaho-prep-football-high-school-playoff-schedule-175303371.html

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Just in: yet another US orchestra is locked out

Is it not true that what we consider ? music as art ? today was in it?s day, ? music as entertainment ?? The decision as to what is entertainment and what is art seems to lie along the line of what folks are willing to spend their dwindling ? desposable income ? on. As to whether ? the state ? should become the benefactor in support of ? art music ?, isn?t it worth noting that much of the ? art music ? of today was originally underwritten by ? the state ?, or at least members of ? the elite ruling class ??

Two things have happened, in my opinion. Music appreciation courses have been eliminated from school curricula; and managerial salaries have become abusive. As for ? music appreciation ?, I suppose it could be argued that if it is necessary to teach one how/why to appreciate ? art ? then the art has lost its relevancy. But without community outreach ( youth concerts, etc ) where will the next paying audiences come from . . . . and not just paying concert-goers, but citizens within the business community who feel that they should contribute through endowing/underwrtitng their orchestras?

Maybe it?s necessary to pay management salaries which are competitive with other management salaries within the community in order to obtain and retain the kind of talent necessary to perpetuate fiscally sound programs and practices which assure longer-term stability than the lesser-paid managerial staff who see in many cases a launching pad for a greater career? I can sympathize with musicians who, being asked to take pay and benefit concessions, don?t see a similar sacrifice being made on the management end of the stick. Surely this conflict could be handled better in many cases without the musicians yielding to the pressure from unions and guilds to strike? . . . . but then without the conflicts, there wouldn?t be any need for unions, eh?

In order for orchestras to survive, there will necessarily be fewer of them, perhaps becomming regional organizations instead of city-specific. I don?t think private underwriting will be enough for survival, with more dependency on state support ultimately being required. I think there is plenty of room for fresh, creative presentation as opposed to the 100 penguins sitting stiffly on a stage. My instincts tell me that there may be a whole new, visually stimulating video/multi-media universe of performance presentation out there which would excite audiences and encourage new, integrated compositions.

We gotta think out of the box with respect to musician/management relations, AND repertoire/venue presentations!

Source: http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/10/yet-another-us-orchestra-is-locked-out.html

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Italian court convicts 7 for no quake warning

L'AQUILA, Italy (AP) ? An Italian court has convicted seven scientists and experts of failing to adequately warn citizens before an earthquake struck central Italy in 2009, killing more than 300 people.

The court in L'Aquila Monday evening handed down six-year-prison sentences to the defendants, members of a national "Great Risks Commission."

In Italy, convictions aren't definitive until after an appeals trial, so it is unlikely any of the defendants would face jail immediately.

Scientists worldwide had decried the trial as ridiculous, contending that science has no way to predict quakes.

Associated Press

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Papad Chai: Mumbai Food Bloggers Potluck Treat

It was a potluck party with a difference. All the food bloggers were invited by Rushina at her APB cook studio
I got interested to go for this meet-up chiefly because it had been quite some time since I had interacted with other food bloggers. Also I was curious to see the newly opened APB CookStudio that I was following since many days on FB with series of cooking events conducted at regular intervals. Reaching this place was quite frustrating, especially since I was going for the first time and I had to find my way through traffic jam, with no clear cut landmarks. ?The Google maps were of no help. After many U-turns and wrong turns, I finally reached the venue passing through the dirt path into a small lane behind the main road at Chandivili. Once I reached the ABP Cook Studio, I was transported into a new world, surrounded by pantries containing exotic sauces, several cook stations placed side by side, ovens, fridges, and the shelves containing cook-books and kitchen accessories, the mouth-watering aroma of food hung in the air.

One by one, we tasted the dishes as were presented by the food bloggers, a five course meal, starting with soup, snacks, drinks, main dishes and followed by desserts.

Towards the end of the session, Alan D?Mello and Aditya spoke about Street Smart, a non-profit organization for supporting the street children. The restaurants that are partnered with this cause have a sign at the dining table, which indicates a small percentage of the food bill is siphoned out support children and elderly to lead a better life. This is very successful venture in London and has improved the lives of the street children; it is recently introduced in the metropolitan cities of India and hoping to spread awareness of this cause amongst diners and hoteliers.

It was a wonderful evening, I was happy to share my Mirchi Bhajiya (Chili Fritters) soaked in imli (tamarind) sauce and it gave me immense pleasure when friends took extra helpings and relished it. This is a typical Sindhi cuisine, served as a snack. Chili Fritters in Tamarind Sauce. 2tbsp chopped coriander leaves. 200gms large green chilies Make the tamarind sauce by soaking tamarind for one hour. Squeeze out the pulp, add sugar, salt, cumin seeds powder, red chili powder and coriander leaves. Keep it aside Make the gram flour batter by adding water to gram flour, just enough to make it a pouring consistency, add salt, soda bicarbonate and red chili powder. Keep it aside Slit and boil the chilies, remove the seeds.
Stuff the chilies with mango powder, salt and red chilies
Dip the marinated chilies in the gram flour batter (step 2) and deep fry the fritters.
Transfer the fried chili fritters into the tamarind water (step one), soak it for 2 minutes

Arrange it in the serving dish and Serve it cold.

Source: http://papadchai.blogspot.com/2012/10/mumbai-food-bloggers-potluck-treat.html

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Insights on Forex Trading Tips

The foreign currency exchange market has proven to be a great source of wealth for many entrepreneurs. Forex trading may come with a lot of risks but is also comes with the potential to reap huge rewards. Of course, in order to maximize profit potential there needs to be clear understandings of a few basic and well established forex trading tips which can guide both the new and experienced trader make the right decisions.

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Among the most important bits of advice that could be given would be to avoid trying to fix over the top tips that will issue the magic secret to making money in forex. There is not magic to the science of forex trading. Those looking for a magic solution will be sorely disappointed. Worse, they will be mislead into making trades that have no possibility of earning a profitable return. Who would want to suffer an outcome such as that? You can make bad trades on your own without having to day a tip service for awful advice. In all seriousness, it is best to only follow common sense tips that are logical and make sense. Doing so will help increase the chances of being successful.

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Research the market as best as possible. It would never be a wise strategy to jump into forex trading with a lot of enthusiasm but little foresight. Success at forex trading is a deliberate process. That means in order to succeed at it, you have to understand the market clearly. Quality research will help you arrive at such an outcome.

Set out goals for yourself and also clearly define your risk tolerance. It can be a very unwise decision to chart aimlessly through the forex market. You must define to yourself what you want to get out of trading. Clearly defining your risk tolerance is another must when engaged in this process. You have to know what you are willing to lose before you can execute a trade contract.

Procuring a high quality platform for home trading is a must. One of the major reasons why so many new traders have entered the forex market is because advanced robot platforms have been created which can track the market on your behalf, send necessary signals and even make automated trades if desired. Acquiring a decent trading software platform will definitely contribute to success potential in the currency market.

Be ready to make changes in a strategy that is not working. While it would never be wise to abandon a potentially workable strategy too quickly, it would be an equally bad idea to hang onto a strategy that is clearly no longer working. Adjustments must be made to ensure the right approach to trading is being performed. Stubbornness will never yield great results.

Simple Tips are the Best Ones

You do not need convoluted tips to achieve results when trading. Rather, you want simple, basic tips that are proven to work and work effectively. If there are any secrets to successful forex trading, this would be it.

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Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy

Image: COURTESY OF ANDERS PERSSON Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization

Once a common medical procedure, the standard autopsy is passing out of use. In the 1970s bodies underwent postmortem examination in nearly 20 percent of deaths in the U.S. By 2007 the rate had fallen to 8.5 percent of all deaths and to only 4.3 percent of deaths caused by disease.

The reasons for the decline are well documented. Autopsies reveal medical mistakes, making doctors and hospitals uncomfortable. Medicare and private insurance do not reimburse providers for the procedures, so families must pay in full. And in the increasingly diverse U.S., members of some religions, such as Orthodox Judaism or Islam, object to dissecting a body after death.

Yet autopsy is a time-honored and reliable tool for confirming, or questioning, the actions of both medicine and law enforcement, so pathologists have looked for a viable alternative. Inspired by rapid technological improvements, researchers in several countries have been exploring the possibility that medical imaging?in particular, MRI and CT scans?might substitute a ?virtual autopsy? for the more traditional variety.

?The findings so far are mixed,? says Elizabeth Burton, a visiting associate professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University. Virtual autopsy, she says, ?is better for examining trauma, for wartime injuries, for structural defects. But when you start getting into tumors, infections and chronic conditions, it's not as good, and I doubt it will ever be better.?

After about a decade of research, proponents concede that various difficulties?including high cost, competition for access to imaging machines and some inherent limitations of the technology?will likely prevent virtual autopsies from fully replacing the hands-on version. Nevertheless, the new techniques are answering cause-of-death questions that have frustrated traditional autopsies and are sidestepping religious objections. By enhancing medical education and suggesting improvements in emergency care, virtual postmortem examination is helping the living, too.

Forensic Frontier

Postmortem imaging began as a laboratory technique in legal investigations. Dissection usually destroys tissues, but a research group in Bern, Switzerland, recognized that advances in imaging technology would let them look deep into tissues while preserving evidence. In the early 2000s they combined MRI and CT scanning with computer-aided 3-D reconstruction to prove causes of death for difficult cases, which included drownings, flaming car crashes, and severe injuries to the skull and face.

Their process, which they dubbed ?virtopsy,? ignited interest in applying postmortem imaging to other forms of traumatic injury. Since 2004 the U.S. military has performed x-rays and CT scans on the bodies of every service member killed where the armed forces have exclusive jurisdiction?that is, not just on battlefields abroad but on U.S. bases as well. Imaging ?is an adjunct to the traditional external and internal postmortem exam,? says Edward Mazuchowski, chief deputy medical examiner in the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System. ?It allows us to identify any foreign bodies present, such as projectiles. X-rays give you the edge detail of radio-opaque or metallic objects, so you can sort out what the object might be, and CT, because it is three-dimensional, shows you where the object is in the body.?

Along with analyzing causes of death, the virtual exams help to assess the accuracy of medical care in the field. Through imaging, examiners can detect whether medical devices, such as breathing tubes and long needles that can decompress a collapsed lung, performed as expected or fell short. Those analyses spur improvements such as lengthening needles to make sure they penetrate soldiers' sturdy musculature, as well as redesigning body armor to protect against the shrapnel scattered in unpredictable patterns by improvised explosive devices.

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Romney and Obama head to their debate prep corners

WASHINGTON (AP) ? With one debate left, President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are retreating from the campaign trail to bone up on foreign policy, leaving the work of courting voters to their running mates.

Monday's debate in Boca Raton, Fla., with its focus on international affairs, is the third and final between the two rivals and comes just 15 days before the election.

Obama left Friday for Camp David, the presidential hideaway in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. He was to remain there with advisers until Monday morning. Romney was to spend the weekend in Florida with aides preparing the debate.

Romney running mate Paul Ryan planned a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Vice President Joe Biden was headed for St. Augustine, Fla.

Monday's 90-minute debate will be moderated by Bob Schieffer of CBS News. It will be similar to the first debate, with both men standing at lecterns on a stage. Schieffer has listed five subject areas, with more time devoted to the Middle East and terrorism than any other topic.

While the economy has been the dominant theme of the election, foreign policy has attracted renewed media attention in the aftermath of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens.

Obama had ranked well with the public on his handling of international issues and in fighting terrorism, especially following the death of Osama bin Laden. But the administration's response to the Libya attack and questions over levels of security at the consulate have given Romney and his Republican allies an issue with which to raise doubts about Obama's foreign policy leadership.

Ryan accused Obama of stonewalling, telling Milwaukee radio station WTMJ on Friday that the president was refusing to answer even basic questions. "His response has been inconsistent, it's been misleading," Ryan said.

Obama stuck with domestic policy themes Friday, accusing Romney of moderating his stands and conveniently forgetting his past positions on economic and women's issues. He coined a new campaign term for his rival: "Romnesia."

Romney has spent large amounts of time off the campaign trail to prepare for the upcoming foreign policy debate. Aides say the additional time preparing is well-spent even if it comes at the expense of public events.

Meanwhile, the ad wars intensified even more with the release of new TV spots for both sides.

Romney's latest ad criticizes the president's policies on debt, health care, taxes, energy and Medicare. It echoes the argument Romney has made in the campaign's final month: The country cannot afford four more years of Obama in a number of areas, not just the economy. The campaign did not say where the spot would air.

And an independent group supporting Obama said it would begin airing ads that draw renewed attention to Romney's tenure at the helm of the private equity firm Bain Capital. The group, Priorities USA Action, is redoubling its efforts against Romney, re-airing an ad about an AMPAD plant in Marion, Ind. That spot features former employee Mike Earnest recalling being told to build a stage from which officials of the office supply company later announced mass layoffs.

He says, "It was like building my own coffin." That ad first aired in battleground states in the summer.

Romney aides have said AMPAD was in a struggling business to begin with, and Bain overall created many more jobs than were lost.

That ad will air in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin. The new campaign will be in addition to a $30 million effort against Romney policy proposals, the group said.

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Associated Press writer Kasie Hunt contributed to this report.

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5 things that could sink Windows 8

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Mark Spoonauer , Laptop

The Windows?8 launch is finally upon us, and I guarantee you there are a lot of nervous people in Redmond right now. How could they not be?

You?re about to launch a new version of your operating system that is such a radical departure from what PC users have come to expect that it should be called "Windows We Hope You?re Ready for Something Really Different." Sheer inertia is certainly a concern. After all, the Live Tiles, panoramic Modern-style interface and new tools like the Charms menu all require a learning curve. But that?s not the biggest challenge Microsoft?faces. These are.

1. Hardware is too pricey
One of the biggest reasons ultrabooks haven?t sold as well as Intel and its partners expected is that prices haven?t come down fast enough. You can finally find some in the $699 range, but that?s still about $200 more than the typical budget laptop.

Now, shoppers will be asked to pony up $1,100 to $1,200 to enjoy touch-based convertibles like the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga, Sony VAIO Duo 11 and Dell XPS 12. Intel shared with us recently that its own studies show that consumers are willing to pay $150 to $200 more for touch, but I?m not sure that will fly in a down economy and a holiday season dominated by the cheap iPad mini, Kindle Fire and Nexus 7.

Windows RT devices like Microsoft?s Surface are more affordable at $499, the same as the iPad. But opting for the Touch Cover keyboard (the accessory being touted in Microsoft?s ads) brings the price to $599.

Windows 8-powered hybrids like the $749 Acer Iconia W510 (with keyboard) and Samsung Ativ Smart PC 500T (I swear I?m not making that name up) don?t have the same sexy industrial design as the Surface, but their Atom processors make these devices more versatile because users can run traditional desktop apps. You can get the W510 without a keyboard for a reasonable $499.

[MORE: Top 10 Windows 8 Hybrids]

2. Windows 8 vs. Windows RT confusion
Shoppers will have a tough time telling the difference between the two flavors of new Windows devices on shelves this holiday season, because they both feature the same slick Live Tile interface. But there is a huge difference between the two platforms.

In a nutshell, Windows 8 PCs can run any app downloaded from the Windows Store as well as all desktop applications. Windows RT tablets and hybrids (powered by ARM processors) will be limited to Windows Store apps and Microsoft?s Office 2013, even though you?ll still be able to access the desktop for things like transferring files?off a USB drive.

Sounds like a pretty simple delineation, but as The Verge proved with some undercover testing, Microsoft?s own store employees don?t know the difference between the two operating systems. Microsoft responded to this eye-opening report by saying that all of its sales reps will receive 15 hours of training before launch. The clock is ticking.

[MORE: 8 Windows 8 Annoyances and How to Fix Them]

3. Not enough apps
At last count there were nearly 3,500 apps in the Windows Store. And while there are a handful of compelling options so far, there are a lot more holes in Microsoft?s lineup than I would expect at this late stage. Where is Facebook? Twitter? YouTube? Dropbox? Angry Birds??

The good news: Microsoft will unveil plenty of high-profile apps either at the launch of its OS or shortly thereafter, hopefully filling in a fair number of these holes. But I still have serious concerns about the breadth of options that will be available. After all, Apple has 250,000 apps just for the iPad, thanks to its huge head start.

Microsoft also needs to prove that Windows 8 is a viable gaming platform and not just rest on the Xbox name, as it has done with Windows Phone. Shoppers need to see console-quality eye candy along with casual fare. I?m encouraged by the fact that the Unreal Engine III has been ported to Windows 8, however, which should help lead to Infinity Blade-style titles in the Windows Store. Titles based on the Unity engine will come after launch.

[MORE: Top 20 Windows 8 Apps]

4. Crappy touchpads
Sure, Windows 8 works best with touch, but the sweet spot for most shoppers right now is $500 clamshell designs that rely on touchpads. Based on previous experience, I?m very worried that these pointing devices won?t deliver the smooth gesture support that will add up to a good user experience. On a lot of pre-production samples I?ve tried the touchpad didn?t always respond when I swiped in from the left to switch apps. And most of them didn?t support the gesture to move in from the left and quickly back to the right to see all of your open apps.

If notebook vendors can?t make pinch-to- zoom work well or two-finger scrolling, they?ll have an even harder time getting Windows 8 gestures to work reliably. I?m really hoping Synaptics, Microsoft and OEMs get it right, but it will probably take a while.

[MORE: Crappy Touchpads Could Kill the Ultrabook]

5. Macs on the rise
Microsoft shouldn?t just be concerned about the iPad and the rumored "iPad Mini." It should take note that Apple is now No. 1 in notebook sales in the U.S. The 13-inch MacBook Pro is consistently the top seller at retail, and all you need to do is peek inside any coffee shop to see a sea of MacBook Airs. I?ve said this before, but the Mac's?OS X?Mountain Lion could prove more attractive than Windows 8?to those looking for a more traditional operating system this holiday, especially for those who own other Apple devices and like the idea of having iCloud keeping everything in sync.

[MORE:?10 Reasons to Drop Windows for Mountain Lion]

Bottom line
Microsoft is reportedly spending $1.5 billion to launch and promote Windows 8, and the company has never been under more pressure to make sure that shoppers get the message. But what is that message? Is it that you can have your cake and eat it too with a Windows 8 PC that runs mobile and ?legacy? apps? That you can get all-day battery life, iPad-like portability and Office productivity with a Windows RT device? It?s actually all of the above, which is a big part of the challenge.

Although Microsoft?having a hero device like the Surface tablet?helps, Windows 8 will succeed or fail not based on how well the Surface fares. Just as with every other Windows launch, Microsoft will once again rely on an ecosystem of app developers and hardware?makers to make its software sing. All of the above five obstacles are not insurmountable, but they?re very real.

LAPTOP?editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer directs?online and print editorial content and has been covering mobile and wireless technology for over a decade. Each week Mark?s SpoonFed column provides his insights and analysis of the biggest mobile trends and news. You can also follow him on Twitter.

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