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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

NYC Small Businesses Open After Sandy

A casket floated out of the grave in a cemetery in Crisfield, Md. after the effects of superstorm Sandy Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Hundreds of people were displaced by floodwaters in Ocean City and in Crisfield. At the same time, 2 feet of snow fell in westernmost Garrett County, were nearly three-quarters of residents lost power. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

An ambulance is submerged in floodwaters in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A vehicle drives on a flooded street in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A firehouse is surrounded by floodwaters in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

A vehicle drives on a flooded street in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

An emergency vehicle drives on a flooded street in Little Ferry, N.J. in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Rescue workers help stranded people out of their flooded homes in Seaside Heights, N.J., following the arrival of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A runway at the Teterboro Airport is flooded in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Homes in Bethany Beach, Del. are surrounded by floodwaters from superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Officials said Bethany and nearby Fenwick Island appeared to be among the hardest-hit parts of the state. (AP Photo/Randall Chase)

Floodwaters from superstorm Sandy surround homes in South Bethany, Del. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/The Wilmington News-Journal, Robert Craig) NO SALES

Downed power lines and a battered road is what superstorm Sandy left behind as people walk off the flooded Seaside Heights island, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

This photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows the South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/ Metropolitan Transportation Authority)

Debris litters the beach north of Indian River Inlet in southern Delaware after waves churned up by superstorm Sandy demolished hundreds of yards of beach dunes and left state Route 1, the major north-south coastal highway, covered in sand. (AP Photo/Randall Chase)

Streets around a Con Edison substation are flooded as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., as Sandy moves through the area on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers were left without power. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street near the ConEd power plant in New York. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers were left without power. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

This photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, shows what appear to be transformers exploding after much of lower Manhattan lost power during hurricane Sandy in New York. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers were left without power. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)

Peter Andrews removes belongings from his father's beachfront home, destroyed in the aftermath of a storm surge from the superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. Andrews, 40, who was born in the house, said "we had a lot of storms and the only damage in the past was when a national guardsman threw a sandbag through the window." He added, the house was in the process of being sold. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A small shop that rents personal water craft rests in a huge sinkhole on the bayside in Ocean City, N.J. Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 after a storm surge from superstorm Sandy Monday night. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

A beachfront house is completely destroyed in the aftermath of a superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

The entrance to a beachfront house is destroyed in the aftermath of a storm surge from superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A second floor closet is exposed in a beachfront house in the aftermath of a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

People stop along the Brooklyn waterfront to photograph the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in New York. Much of lower Manhattan is without electric power following the impact of superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Marcus Konner, 22, boards his home in the aftermath of a storm surge from Hurricane Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

People walk through the houses destroyed in the aftermath of yesterday's storm surge from superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Carlo Popolano stands outside his beachfront home, damaged in superstorm Sandy, on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. Popolano said he was watching the storm with his son and "everything was okay until about 7:30 and then one big wave came and washed away our whole backyard." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A beachfront house is completely destroyed in the aftermath of yesterday's surge from superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A backyard is inundated with floodwaters in the aftermath of Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Lewes, Del. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Randall Chase)

A car is upended on a mailbox on Surf Avenue in Coney Island, N.Y., in the aftermath of Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Ralph Russo)

This handout photo provided by NOAA, taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, shows post-tropical storm Sandy off the East Coast of the US. Campaign 2012 is rich with images that conjure the seriousness and silliness that unfold side-by-side in any presidential race. Who could have predicted that a superstorm would overshadow and scramble the presidential campaign in its final days? President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney revised and re-revised their campaign schedules as Hurricane Sandy, a most unlikely October surprise, barreled up the East Coast and then roared ashore in New Jersey. (AP Photo/NOAA)

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 in Hoboken, NJ. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

A beachfront house is damaged in the aftermath of yesterday's surge from superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. A fire department spokesman says more than 190 firefighters are at the blaze in the Breezy Point section. Fire officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through earlier. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fire still burns at the scene of a fire in Breezy Point, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - OCTOBER 30: People stand on a mound of construction dirt to vew the area where a 2000-foot section of the 'uptown' boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Homes damaged by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - OCTOBER 30: A man walks over debsris where a 2000-foot section of the 'uptown' boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: Ground Zero is seen on October 30, 2012 in the Financial District of New York, United States. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Sailboats rest on the ground after being tipped over by Hurricane Sandy on City Island October 30, 2012 in New York. US President Obama declared New York a disaster area. The death toll from superstorm Sandy has risen to 16 in the mainland United States and Canada, and was expected to climb further as several people were still missing, officials said Tuesday. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

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Boats rest on the ground after floating from their stands at dry dock on City Island , in New York October 30, 2012 following Hurricane Sandy's impact. US President Obama declared New York a disaster area The death toll from superstorm Sandy has risen to 16 in the mainland United States and Canada, and was expected to climb further as several people were still missing, officials said Tuesday. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Homes destroyed by a fire at Breezy Point are shown, in the New York City borough of Queens Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Residents look at damage left by Hurricane Sandy on City Island, New York, October 30, 2012. US President Obama declared New York a disaster area The death toll from superstorm Sandy has risen to 16 in the mainland United States and Canada, and was expected to climb further as several people were still missing, officials said Tuesday. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

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East Coast Begins To Clean Up And Assess Damage From Hurricane Sandy

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: A truck drives through a flooded street, caused by Hurricane Sandy, on October 30, 2012, in the Lower East Side of New York City. The storm has claimed at least 33 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding accross much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US East Coast including New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/nyc-small-businesses-open-sandy_n_2045347.html

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Fighting melanoma's resistance to chemotherapy

ScienceDaily (Oct. 30, 2012) ? Blocking the action of a particular protein in our skin could improve the treatment of skin cancers, according to a study recently published in Oncogene by Philippe Roux, a researcher at the University of Montreal's Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC). "Our findings reveal part of the mechanisms responsible for the resistance of melanoma to anti-cancer treatments, and suggest that a particular protein in our bodies called RSK may be targeted in combination therapies to overcome drug resistance," Roux explained.

Although melanoma accounts for only 4% of all skin cancers, it is responsible for 80% of skin cancer-related deaths worldwide as it is highly invasive and resistant to conventional chemotherapies. Melanoma originates from pigment-producing cells, called melanocytes, located in the skin. The incidence of malignant melanoma is growing rapidly worldwide and there is still no effective therapy to treat it. Approximately 160,000 new cases of the disease are diagnosed each year.

Roux and his team focused their research on a signaling pathway called Ras/MAPK, which is often deregulated in melanoma, but also in lung, colon and pancreatic cancers. A signaling pathway is a chemical chain reaction that causes the cells in our bodies to act in a certain way. In this study, Roux and his team found that a protein in the Ras/MAPK pathway, RSK, contributes to chemoresistance by altering the response of cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents.

This is the second Oncogene publication for Philippe Roux this year. In a paper published in July, Roux and his colleagues, IRIC Principal Investigators Katherine Borden and Sylvain Meloche, demonstrated that the same protein involved in chemoresistance contributes to melanoma growth, making the protein RSK a promising therapeutic target for treating the disease.

The study was made possible thanks to grants from the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute and the Cancer Research Society.

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H Ray-David, Y Romeo, G Lavoie, P D?l?ris, J Tcherkezian, J A Galan, P P Roux. RSK promotes G2 DNA damage checkpoint silencing and participates in melanoma chemoresistance. Oncogene, 2012; DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.472

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Huge fire in Sandy's wake destroys dozens of NYC homes

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A huge fire that erupted as Sandy ripped through New York City with near-hurricane force winds on Monday night destroyed dozens of homes in one of the city's most remote neighborhoods, officials said.

The neighborhood, Breezy Point in the borough of Queens, had been extensively flooded by Sandy's record storm surge, and firefighters were hampered in their efforts to bring the blaze under control, a spokesman for the New York Fire Department said.

No casualties were immediately reported and the cause of the fire was under investigation.

A tweet from the FDNY's official Twitter feed said 50 or more homes were destroyed in the fire. The fire still was not under control by 5 a.m. (0900 GMT), the department said.

Local television showed firefighters wading through waist-deep water to get to the massive fire. Some used inflatable boats to reach it.

Breezy Point is a private beach community in the Rockaway area, a narrow spit of land barely above sea level that thrusts into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

It was one of a number of New York City neighborhoods that had been under a mandatory evacuation order as Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, approached from the southeast.

According to a report from WABC-TV in New York, dozens of residents chose not to obey the evacuation order and as many as 40 had to be rescued by firefighters from homes in the neighborhood as the fire approached, driven by 70 mph (112 kmh) winds. The NYFD spokesman could not verify the television station's report of rescues.

(Reporting By Dan Burns; Editing by Bill Trott)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/huge-fire-sandys-wake-destroys-dozens-nyc-homes-091625706.html

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Virginia Business - News: ESTATE PLANNING AND TRUSTS

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Situation Study: Tiny Company Branding By Maid In The Shade ...

The Maid in the Shade logo, which they contact ?broomy? has been a crucial elem?

Productive branding is crucial to acquiring your little business to spread. Maid in the Shade is an instance of how two girls with an entrepreneurial spirit and dedication can create an effective business with difficult work and solid branding. They?ve been in company for practically 20 years now, and have a staff of more than 30 individuals. They think about their branding to be an crucial portion of their business development.

The Maid in the Shade logo, which they contact ?broomy? has been an essential element in their branding. The logo is of a smiling broom with sunglasses. This catchy image sticks in peoples minds and helps them to stand out among their competitors. They obtain a lot of positive feedback about their cute name and logo.

Maid in the Shade wanted to emphasize that they had been not just providing their clients with cleaning services, but giving them much more high quality time in their lives. This could imply more time for family members, close friends, projects and recreation. For commercial clients, the worth of Maid in the Shade would be that they could boost employee productivity and obtain far more respect from their consumers by constantly possessing a clean workplace. An additional element they wanted to portray in their image is that they are effectively-established, professional and trustworthy.

Maid in the Shade lately updated their web site to aid create their image. They added a Flash sequence to their property web page, showing a sequence of images with individuals enjoying time with their household and pals. The clean, skilled look of the site has earned a lot of compliments and aided generate the image that they are a well established enterprise. Also, greater usability has led to an boost in their client conversion rate. Because they launched the new internet site, they have seen a higher percentage of guests filling out the ?request a quote? type, which usually leads to a lot more enterprise.

Beyond all of the marketing, Maid in the Shade builds its enterprise by getting the reliable company it claims to be. Maintaining clients satisfied has helped them maintain steady growth while keeping their present consumers.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Could Leave 10 Million in the Dark

Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm barreling toward the east coast of the United States, could leave at least 10 million people without power, according to a new model.

"The most heavily impacted areas are going to be up through the mid-Atlantic, Delaware, into southeastern Maryland and southeastern Pennsylvania and into New Jersey," said Seth Guikema, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University who developed the model.

As of 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 28, the center of Hurricane Sandy was located 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and 575 miles (930 km) south of New York City. The storm is moving toward the northeast near 14 miles per hour (23 kilometers per hour). A turn to the north and then the northwest is expected Sunday night and early Monday. The current forecast track puts the center of Sandy near the coast Monday night, according to the National Hurricane Center.

To predict the impact of the storm the team looks at the most recently available forecasts of wind gusts and duration for 19,000 census tracts along the Eastern Seaboard, Guikema told LiveScience. (A census tract includes between 4,000 and 6,000 people).

The most recent run of the prediction, current as of 8 a.m. Eastern Time on Sunday (Oct. 28), suggested that at least 3 million people will be without power in New Jersey, along with 2 million in Maryland, 2 million in southeastern Pennsylvania, and 370,000 in Delaware, Guikema told LiveScience. Many more people could be out of power in New York City, but the team's model can't predict the city's power outages as well.

Con-Edison, which serves 3.2 million households in New York City and Westchester County, is preparing for the possibility of extensive damage to its networks.

"Because of the high winds that may impact on the overhead and then on the underground system there's a possibility that the storm surge floods could harm our equipment," said Con-Edison spokesperson Sara Banda.

Most power companies are mobilizing their repair crews so they are ready to restore power as quickly as possible, Guikema said. "They hunker down and they wait. There are rules on how low their wind speeds are before they are allowed to go out in their buckets." [How to Prepare for Hurricane Sandy]

But once the winds die down, they can be deployed quickly, he said.

The best thing residents can do is call their power company if the electricity goes out, because companies don't have a way of tracking power in each home.

"Most utilities don't know for sure until they get the call in," he said.

To prepare for a long time without electricity, people should stock up on drinking water and non-perishable food, he said. People living in areas forecasted to get high winds should bring loose furniture and other items on decks indoors, he added.

"This storm is later in the season so it's also cold," he said. "So people have to have some way of staying warm."

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Christine Vendel | Domestic violence shelter also shelters pets ...

A woman needed to leave her abusive home in Kansas City earlier this year, but didn?t want to leave her dog behind.

She couldn?t find a domestic violence shelter that accepted pets, so she lived on the streets.That?s where she likely would have remained, if not for the opening of a pet shelter at the Rose Brooks shelter four months ago. Since then, she and many other women have been able to escape abusers without losing their pets.Rose Brooks is the only domestic violence shelter in the region ? and among just a few across the country ? to have a stand-alone pet shelter. It even hired a pet shelter advocate to oversee operations.The shelter, called Paws Place, has four large ?state-of-the art? kennels built to lower stress and prevent the spread of disease. Each kennel, which is like a small room, is filled with homemade pillows, cozy blankets and chewy toys.Right now, two toy pooches, a medium-sized mutt and a large dog live there.Rose Brooks also accepts cats, although they stay in the main building to keep them separated from the dogs. The cat shelter is maxed out with two in ?kitty condos? and two in kennels. Kelsey Brennaman, the pet shelter advocate, is researching ways to incorporate a free-roaming area for cats. She?s also constantly working to find foster homes for women?s pets, since the pet shelter is usually full.?We?ve had to turn away people with animals,? she said. ?But generally, we?ve been able to meet the need.?Brennaman is reviewing procedures and best practices to see if the center could double-up two smaller dogs in one kennel. She doesn?t want to have to turn anyone away.More than 40 percent of domestic violence victims delay or refuse to leave abusive situations out of fear for their pets? safety, she said. More than 80 percent say their abuser has threatened or hurt their pet. ?It?s a huge barrier that prevents women from leaving,? she said. ?We want to eliminate any barriers.?The idea to become pet friendly came last year after a woman was attacked by her hammer-wielding boyfriend. Her Great Dane lay on top of her to protect her. Her boyfriend beat the dog and flung him off the porch. The woman fled but later returned with a police escort. She found her dog, J. Matthew, lying next to the house with broken hips and ribs.The woman sought help at Rose Brooks but was told she couldn?t bring J. Matthew. She was prepared to sleep in her car, but Rose Brooks made an exception to its no-pets rule. Later, it added the $140,000 pet shelter to expansion plans.The idea makes sense, but many shelters can?t afford the costs. Rose Brooks officials say they always need volunteers to walk dogs, and donations of money, food, toys or veterinary care.Anyone interested can contact Brennaman at 816-523-5550, ext. 271, or kelseyb@rosebrooks.org.

To reach Christine Vendel, call 816-234-4438 or send email to cvendel@kcstar.com.

Source: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/25/3885763/christine-vendel-domestic-violence.html

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Friday, October 26, 2012

Broadway's Spider-Man offers advice this Halloween

Robert Cuccioli, portraying the Green Goblin, center, and Reeve Carney, portraying Spider-Man, right, are shown along with an actor dressed as villan Kraven the Hunter from the Broadway musical, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," during a news conference held to offer tips on keeping kids safe this Halloween, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 in New York. Representatives from the city's fire and police departments and actors from the cast reminded parents to examine all Halloween candy and never eat any unwrapped treats, ensure children wear flame-retardant costumes and masks that never impeded their ability to see and hear, and avoid strangers or unfamiliar houses. (AP Photo/Mark Kennedy)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Look who's giving safety advice: None other than Broadway's one-time injury-happy Spider-Man.

Reeve Carney, who plays the hero in the hit musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" and Robert Cuccioli, who plays the Green Goblin, put aside their substantial comic book differences Thursday ? and apparently any sense of irony ? to team up and offer tips about keeping kids safe this Halloween.

Flanked by four costumed villains from the show and representatives from the city's fire and police departments, the actors reminded parents to examine all Halloween candy and never eat any unwrapped treats, ensure children wear flame-retardant costumes and masks that never impeded their ability to see and hear, and avoid strangers or unfamiliar houses.

"We've had our differences. Unfortunately many of those played out in the public eye," said Cuccioli during the press conference outside the Foxwoods Theatre with Spider-Man. "But if there's one thing we can agree on, it's public safety, especially during Halloween."

The advice was somewhat comical coming from a show that had a rocky start, safety-wise before it settled down to become one of Broadway's top earners and earning two Tony Award nominations.

Four of the show's "Sinister Six" milled about in full costume ? ones that would make any trick-or-treater green with envy ? including an actor playing the very unsafe-looking Swiss Miss, complete with rotating blades. The other characters were Kraven the Hunter, Swarm and Carnage.

Cuccioli joked that the reason Lizard and Electro were missing was the former had poor cellphone service in the sewer, and that the latter was probably "charging his Prius somewhere."

Asked what he was going to wear this Halloween, Cuccioli joked, "I'm going to go as a human."

It was all laughs on Thursday but during the production's inauspicious beginning in the fall of 2010, "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" was a scary place indeed. One actor, Christopher Tierney, suffered a fractured skull, a fractured shoulder blade, four broken ribs and three broken vertebrae during a fall onto the stage.

A lead actress, Natalie Mendoza, pulled out after she suffered a concussion when she was hit in the head offstage by rope. Her replacement, T.V. Carpio later got whiplash when another performer toppled onto her.

And a stuntman claims he suffered a concussion, whiplash and two holes in his knees while performing as the comic book hero in the most expensive show in Broadway history.

At the end of the press conference, Carney, who has heroically been with the show since the beginning, revealed a new Halloween promotion: At all performances from Friday through Oct. 30, the first 50 audience members dressed as a character from the show will receive a free pair of tickets.

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Online:

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How to Apply for Apprenticeships Online

Oct 26, in Hints & Tips

If you can?t find the apprenticeship job you?re looking for then perhaps you?re looking in the wrong place. These days, more and more employers are advertising their jobs online so in order to land your dream apprenticeship job you should know how to apply for apprenticeships online. Here are a few tips to help you apply for apprenticeships online.

Before You Apply

There are two things that you should do first before you apply online. Write an engaging cover letter and a great resume. Since you will be applying online, you will have to make sure that these two things are well-written. Keep in mind that your employers will put a lot of stock on the cover letter and resume that you send over. These pages of paper or, in the case of an online application, kilobytes of data are what will first impress an employer, so make sure that you send over a well-crafted letter and a great resume.

Proofread Your Cover Letter

Grammatical errors ruin your sales pitch ? and your letter is your sales pitch ? so make sure that your cover letter is free from misspellings and wrong grammar. A cover letter wracked with mistakes will ruin your chances of getting hired.

Be Truthful

In both your cover letter and your resume, always be truthful. These days, it?s a lot easier to double check facts and cross reference statements online. So before you include a fictitious job entry in your resume, remember that it?s always better to be honest than caught out.

Keep Contact Info Updated

If you think you had a good chance of being hired, then maybe the reason you weren?t because your potential employer couldn?t contact you. When sending over your resume and cover letter make sure to include updated addresses and contact numbers.

Steps to Apply

1. Register Online

After you finish writing your cover letter and resume, you should register yourself in an online apprenticeship site like apprenticepower. To apply online with apprenticepower you will need your resume ready and you must be an Australian Citizen or a Permanent Resident of Australia.

2. Undergo Assessment

After submitting your resume and completing the application form, you should complete the assessment session at apprenticepower. This takes places Mondays to Fridays at 2 pm.

3. Await Contact

The staff at apprenticepower will contact all applicants so expect a call from one of apprenticepower?s friendly employees.

4. Get Interviewed

If you are successful with your application, one of apprenticepower?s Apprenticeship Support Managers will interview you.

5. You?re Hired

The next thing you know, you?re hired and starting the apprenticeship of your dreams.

So when applying online make sure that you have a stable internet connection, that you have all important information handy and easily available, and that you are able to concentrate. This will help smoothen the process and make sure that you enter the correct information that your employers need.

Source: http://www.apprenticepower.com.au/hints-and-tips/apply-apprenticeships-online/

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Domestic Short Hair - Lavender - Small - Young - Female - Cat ...

Domestic Short Hair - Lavender - Small - Young - Female - Cat

Lavender is a young (6 months to 1 year) Domestic Short Hair/Tortoiseshell. She will be an indoor only cat. She is great with other pets and has a wonderful personality. She is playful and energetic. All of our animals are available for adoption at either our CARE Adoption Center-Springfield located at 1328 W. Sunshine St., Springfield, MO or our CARE Adoption Center-Ozark located at 2012 W. Garton Road, Ozark, MO. Please check the location of the animal you are interested in before coming out to meet them. We are open from 10:00-6:00 every day of the week. Our adoption fee for any animal is $85 and this helps to cover medical expenses to have them spayed/neutered and to give them the necessary vaccinations including rabies.

CHARACTERISTICS:
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Critique of MCC Health Sciences-Fitness Center Finds, Suit ...

A statement for the McHenry County College Board from Stephen Willson is found below.? Willson is the man who punched holes big enough to drive a bulldozer through the billion dollar (with interest) proposal to completely revamp the MCC campus over the next forty years.

As one of the ?Founders? of MCC, I?m still wondering why McHenry County College?s Board stopped using the Woodstock North High School culinary facility and built its own in Crystal Lake. The prior arrangement seemed like wonderful synergy.

He pointed out that there are fewer third graders in McHenry County schools than seniors, which means the 3% annual growth rate assumed by college officials was apparently picked out of thin air.

Now Willson analyses the plan to build was appears to be mainly a nursing training facility, plus occupational, physical and respiratory therapy,? And, oh, yes.? Twenty-eight percent of the building will be for a fitness center to compete with private enterprise.

Remarks concerning the MCC Health Sciences Facility

Northwest Herald, October 17, 2012, ?MCC envisions partners for health sciences facility?

?McHenry County College is looking to expand its health and wellness programs with a $42 million building and is looking to private-sector partners to help pay for it.?

The college?s board of trustees will vote on a second-phase feasibility study Oct. 25. The study, if approved, will examine whether a public-private partnership will work to create a health sciences facility. It will look into possible sites for a building and identify potential financial partners and funding sources.

College officials maintain that a public-private partnership ? specifically partnerships with those in the health care field ? would pay for the project without going to voters or raising tuition.

?I?m not saying we would never, but none of the discussions this far have addressed [a tuition increase], as well as a referendum,? said Laura Brown, the college?s vice president of institutional advancement. ?We are not going to a referendum.?

?Any private entity has to augment or supplement our educational focus,? Brown said.

For the college?s share of the partnership, it could leverage debt or employ alternative revenue bonds to be repaid with revenues generated by the project ? namely from tuition from an estimated 1,400 new students and 25,000 incremental credit hours each year.

Additionally, students taking health sciences programs likely would see additional classroom fees.

A phase one study concluded that expanding those programs ? specifically occupational, physical and respiratory therapy, and other health and wellness curriculum ? would require a 120,000-square-foot building, 67 percent of which would be used for classroom spaces and 28 percent for a fitness center.

If the board approves the phase two study, it will hire Addison-based firm Power Wellness for $50,000. The board asked Power Wellness also to explore existing buildings and facilities in the county as potential sites for the expansion.

Fact 1.? There is no demand for a program of this size.

Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that there are approximately 350 job openings annually in the ?health care and social assistance? sector in McHenry County.

This includes jobs that require an advance degree, such as doctors and registered nurses, and jobs that do not require any degree, and jobs in the ?social assistance? subsector.

So the annual number of job openings in the health care field in McHenry County that will require a two-year degree is probably half of this, or about 175.

As it is possible to obtain a two-year degree at other institutions in the area and as the job force is fairly mobile, the number of annual job openings available to graduates of the proposed program is probably no more than 100.

Yet MCC projects that they will have 1,400 students in this program, or 700 graduating per year.

If they are correct, then this program is a cruel hoax on the students who enroll expecting to be able to find jobs in health care in McHenry County, as only perhaps one in seven will find a job.

Fact 2. The program cannot be self-supporting.

Assume the College is correct and the program generates 25,000 incremental credit hours. At the current tuition rate of $90 per credit hour, the gross annual revenue would be $2.25 million.

But the annual mortgage payment on a $42 million is $2.7 million or 120% of the projected tuition. This is before one teacher is hired or the electric bill is paid.

MCC, like most schools, spends about 67% of its budget on personnel and less than 10% on mortgage payments. Thus, less than 20% of tuition money, or perhaps $450,000, would be available to pay the $2.7 million mortgage payment.

Fact 3.? 28% of the building is for a health club.

There are more than 20 health clubs in McHenry County now. It does not make sense for MCC to build yet another taxpayer subsidized competitor for local private businesses.

Fact 4.? $42 million divided by 120,000 square feet is $350 per square foot.

This makes MCC twice as fiscally responsible as the Crystal Lake Library, but this is still more than three times the going rate for finished commercial space.

Fact 5. MCC plans to use ?alternate revenue bonds? in order to avoid a referendum.

This law was written so that municipalities could obtain lower interest rates on borrowings for utilities with proven track records, such as water and sewer systems, NOT speculative projects such as this.

I know because I was on the advisory committee that helped to write this legislation.

If MCC seeks to use a loophole to do an end run around the voters and burden the taxpayers, I personally will lead the effort to put the bond issue on the ballot.

Further, I will personally fund a class action suit on behalf of the taxpayers alleging fraud in the issuance of such bonds because there is no institution, no corporation, that will be willing to enter into a 30 year contract to guarantee revenues sufficient to pay for this building.

I will sue MCC?s attorney if he issues an opinion that such bonds are legally issued.

I will sue bond counsel for concurring in such an opinion.

I will sue the financial advisor, the feasibility consultant, and the underwriter.

So, in conclusion, I urge the Board NOT to waste more taxpayer money by giving $50,000 to yet another consultant who is hired to deliver

a pre-determined,
made-as-instructed,

endorsement of this speculative white elephant.

Source: http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2012/10/25/critique-of-mcc-health-sciences-fitness-center-finds-suit-threatened/

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Patent Law Jobs by Patently-O: Patent Counsel - Small Corporation ...

SHFL entertainment is seeking a Patent Counsel to work in its Las Vegas, Nevada, offices. In this vital position you will effectively use the U.S. and foreign patent office processes to obtain patents in support the company?s business objectives.

Supervisory Responsibilities:
Train and mentor employees; plan, assign, delegate and direct work; appraise performance; reward and discipline employees; resolve employee issues.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Prepare, file and prosecute U.S. and PCT applications in the computer systems software arts and business method art areas. Manage U.S. and foreign outside counsel in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications.

? Assign patent drafting projects to outside counsel.
? Conduct a complete QC review of draft patent applications.
? Draft patent applications and prepare responses to Office Actions.
? Prepare foreign counsel filing instructions and proposed examination responses.
? Review draft patent applications with inventors, make corrections.
? Electronically file U.S. patent applications.
? Oversee the entry of data into the case management system to assure that appropriate data and deadlines are entered.

Effectively manage outside counsel spending.
? Assign, review and approve outside counsel projects in advance of deadlines to minimize extension of time fees and avoid surcharges.
? Review invoices to confirm bills conform to fee arrangements and projects are coded to the appropriate accounts.
? Track projects assigned to outside counsel and estimate cost.
? Forecast patent expenses with accuracy.
? Assist in preparing the patent budget and adhere to the budget.

Interview inventors, create invention documentation, conduct patentability searches, conduct freedom of use studies, and identify work-around designs.
? Meet with technical staff, take disclosures and draft disclosure documents with sample claims.
? Conduct prior art searches of sample claims.
? Draft novelty reports.
? Review products in development and conduct freedom of use studies.
? Propose work-around designs as needed with inventors.

Assist litigation manager in evaluating patent cases.
? Identify potential patents to assert.
? Create claim charts to illustrate infringement, non-infringement or invalidity.
? Identify prior art to invalidate patents asserted against the company?s products.
? Propose continuation claim filing strategies in view of competitor products.

Participate in the management of the patent activities of the company by participating in IP Steering Committee Meetings.
? Assist in preparing an agenda for meetings.
? Actively participate in discussions relating to agenda items.
? Make appropriate recommendations based on business needs and goals.

Conduct IP Due Diligence and assist transactional attorneys with IP-driven transactional work.
? Evaluate scope and quality of IP for possible purchase.
? Identify patents for monetization.
? Assist transactional attorneys in drafting appropriate documents to review, transfer or license IP.

Participate in special projects as directed by the General Counsel.

Required Job Skills:
? Working knowledge of USPTO and PCT practice.
? Working knowledge of computer network system architecture technology.
? The ability to communicate and effectively work with technical staff, executive team and legal team.

Computer Equipment and Software:
? Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and WINDOWS software.
? Specialized software for patent practitioners.

Education and Experience:
? Technical BS degree in Electronic or software arts, preferably in network software architecture.
USPTO registration.
? At least 8 years U.S. patent prosecution experience, preferably in the software and business method arts. Prior in-house experience, as well as law firm experience is preferred. Gaming industry experience is also preferred.
? Law Degree from an ABA approved law school.
? State bar membership in at least one state.

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Benefits include a group health, dental and vision plan, long term disability and life insurance, paid vacations and paid holidays.

Contact:
To apply please email your resume to:

jchan@shfl.com

SHFL entertainment
1106 Palms Airport Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89119

SHFL entertainment is an equal opportunity employer.

Principals only please. Temporary or permanent placement recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

Additional Info:
Employer Type: Small Corporation
Job Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Source: http://www.patentlyo.com/jobs/2012/10/patent-counsel-small-corporation-las-vegas-nevada.html

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John Birch Society protests Belfast's environmental affiliation ...

BELFAST, Maine ? The lunchtime crowd walking downtown on Wednesday may have wondered what ICLEI is and why it needed to be kicked out of town, as banners held on all four corners of the intersection of Main and High streets urged be done.

Protesters from the John Birch Society, a conservative group formed in 1958 to push for limited government and personal freedoms, said that the city was a member of the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives. That group advocates for municipal policies that reduce energy consumption and mitigate climate change.

The John Birch Society protesters ? about a dozen in all ? also drew a connection between ICLEI and the United Nations? Agenda 21, a land-use planning initiative.

But it turns out the city is not a member of ICLEI.

A city committee, the Belfast Climate and Energy Committee, joined ICLEI and paid the $600 annual dues a few years ago to get information about how to reduce energy consumption in municipal buildings and promote similar strategies for residences and businesses, Belfast Assistant Planner James Francomano said Wednesday.

Roger Lee, a three-term city councilor seeking a fourth term, was a member of that committee and said Wednesday it is essentially defunct. The city stopped paying dues to ICLEI in 2010, but the organization?s website still lists Belfast as a member.

Hal Shurtleff of Boston, a regional field director of the John Birch Society who was among the protesters, said he concluded that Belfast was a member by reviewing ICLEI?s website. Wednesday?s protest was still valid, he said after the banners were taken down, because ICLEI is part of a larger effort to limit personal freedom.

?ICLEI is one tentacle? of other, larger efforts to impose limits on personal freedom, he said.

Two women holding the banners joined Shurtleff in denouncing ICLEI, saying the organization wanted to prevent people from purchasing certain kinds of vehicles and ending single residences because of their impact on climate change. Shurtleff said climate change was a myth.

Shurtleff is scheduled to present information about Agenda 21 at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the Belfast Free Library.

City officials contacted ICLEI Wednesday to ask that Belfast be removed from the list of members.

Lee expressed dismay that ICLEI was cast as a villain.

?They?re a perfectly fine organization. They?re assisting municipalities all over the world,? he said.

Membership allowed the committee to receive software to estimate how energy use might be cut in municipal buildings. Committee members also were able to attend regional meetings to learn what other towns and cities were doing on the energy-efficiency front, Lee said.

?It?s pretty small-scale stuff,? he said. ICLEI does have ?a particular regimen they want you to follow. Our committee never did that.?

The city has improved energy efficiency at City Hall, and plans to do the same at the police station, the Belfast Free Library and the Boat House, Lee said.

A handout given to pedestrians on Wednesday featuring Shurtleff?s photo and biography noted that ? Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world has ever experienced.?

During the protest, Shurtleff said planning and environmental initiatives conflicted with the personal liberty protections of the U.S. Constitution.

Lee remained perplexed.

?It?s hard to even understand [the protesters?] position,? Lee said. ?Apparently there?s something wrong with trying to live sustainably.?

Source: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/24/news/midcoast/john-birch-society-protests-belfasts-environmental-affiliation/

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FL: Restaurant workers targeted in expansion of union's activities ...

By Marianela Toledo | Florida Watchdog

SICK TIME: Unions and activist groups are pushing legislation that would require small businesses to provide paid sick time. Businesses say they can?t handle the financial strain.

MIAMI ? The latest battle brewing across Florida centers on?controversial county ordinances that would require employers to offer paid sick time, a move that would increase costs for small businesses still hurting in this severe recession.

In?Orlando, Citizens for a Greater Orange County?collected enough signatures to have the question placed on the November ballot. If voters pass it, all businesses within Orange County with 15 or more employees must provide paid sick leave.

However, opponents, including the?Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association?and Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando,?filed a complaint asking the?Orange County Circuit Court?for an injunction to stop the ballot initiative.

Miami-Dade County commissioners are set to decide on a similar proposed ordinance next month.

Unions and activist groups have rallied around the issue, but critics say this will increase burdensome regulations for small businesses.

At the federal and state levels, no laws require employers to provide paid sick leave to employees.

HERRLE: ?We want this issue to be addressed in Tallahassee as a single statewide policy.?

?There are over 300 governments in Florida between cities and counties, and if we would have 300 different policies on this issue, that would be a nightmare,? said?Bill Herrle, executive director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses in Florida. ?We represent about 10,000 businesses around the state, and what they don?t want is a local ordinance about this issue. We want this issue to be addressed in Tallahassee as a single statewide policy.?

He added that a small restaurant owner in one town shouldn?t?have different regulations from one 10 miles down the road, adding to business uncertainty and burdening small businesses.

If passed on Nov. 20, the Miami-Dade County ordinance would affect 45 percent of local workers and 88 percent of workers in the?restaurant?industry, which is the?third-largest private sector business in the?Miami-Dade?region, directly employing over 70,000 workers,?according to the?Miami Herald.

Unlike Florida, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., have laws that require certain employers to provide paid sick leave. In response to this law, some employers in San Francisco have cut vacation benefits to offset the increased costs associated with sick leave for full- and part-time employees, according to Bloomberg News.

The Orange County sick leave initiative is estimated to cost businesses between $69.2 million and $82.3 million each year, according to a study by William Seyfried, professor of economics at Rollins College in Winter Park.

Other key findings in his study point to a greater impact on small businesses, estimating that 40 percent of employees will lose similar benefits to pay for the measure, and 54 percent of businesses will see their annual profits reduced.

Florida Watchdog tried to reach the Greater Chamber of Commerce in Miami, but it said it is not ready to take a position on this issue at this time.

ORGANIZE: The Restaurant Opportunities Center is backing an effort to offer sick time pay for food service employees

A report titled ?Backed into the Corner,? released in August by the?Restaurant Opportunities Center?of Miami and the?Miami-Dade Coalition for Healthy Families and Workplaces,?has been presented as the greatest evidence for why the measure should be adopted.

The report concludes that workers feel pressured to work while sick, afraid of not being paid during their absence.

?In this economy, we need to make sure that people can afford to stay home when they or a loved one are sick without fear that they?ll fall behind on bills or lose their job,? Commissioner?Barbara Jordan,?who introduced the bill, told the?Huffington Post.??No working person in Miami-Dade should be forced to choose between their family?s economic security and their family?s health.?

Capitol reporter?Will Patrick, of the?James Madison Institute, a nonprofit free-market think thank based in Tallahassee, said there is sufficient cause for concern that labor organizations?? led and financed by out-of-state groups?? may be trying to maneuver around right-to-work laws and unionize Florida?? one area at a time.

?One way that labor organizations and their political allies are maneuvering around such laws in Florida?? soon to be the nation?s third most populous state?? is through non-unionized activism and workforce centers,? he wrote in Capitol Vanguard.

?Jobs with Justice,?Organize Now?and the?Restaurant Opportunities Center?are just a few of the groups currently working a ground game in Florida to train and mobilize workers as labor activists, particularly in the restaurant and retailing industries.?

Contact Marianela Toledo at?toledo.marianela@gmail.com

Source: http://watchdog.org/59986/fl-restaurant-workers-may-be-targeted-to-expand-unions-activities-in-florida/

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

South Florida colleges ranked on sexual health

Sexual well-being for student bodies at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton and Florida International University in Miami is on the rise, according to a report from Trojan Condoms.

For the seventh year, the prophylactic manufacturer ranked 141 U.S. colleges on how healthy students' sex life is. The company based rankings on the amount of sexual health information and resources available on campus.

FAU was ranked 31, up 22 spots from its 2011 standing. FIU was listed at 56, up 20 points. But sexual health at the University of Miami flagged, dropping two spots to number 61.

Robert Nolin

Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/fl-college-sexual-health-20121024,0,5514174.story?track=rss

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Obama, Romney in final sprint to Election Day

Vice President Joe Biden listens at right as President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign event at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, the day after the last presidential debate against Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, and his vice presidential running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes the stage at a campaign stop, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in Henderson, Nev. It was the first joint appearance after Monday's last presidential debate between Romney and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A silhouetted President Barack Obama gestures while speaking at a campaign event at Delray Beach Tennis Center, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012 in Delray Beach, Fla., the day after the last presidential debate against Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The president is making campaign stops in Florida and Ohio today. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney waves as he speaks to the crowd during a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

President Barack Obama stops to waves to supporters as he takes the stage during a campaign event at Triangle Park in Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2012, the day after the last presidential debate against Republican Presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) ? The endgame at hand, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney plunged into the final two weeks of an excruciatingly close race for the White House Tuesday with TV advertising nearing an astronomical $1 billion and millions of Americans casting early ballots in all regions of the country.

Increasingly, Ohio looms as ground zero in a campaign waged in tough economic times. The state's unemployment rate of 7 percent is well below the national average of 7.8 percent, Obama has campaigned here more than in any other state and Romney has booked a heavy schedule of appearances in hopes of a breakthrough.

The economy was the theme Tuesday as the two rivals put their final, foreign policy-focused debate behind.

Obama brandished a new 20-page summary of his second-term agenda and told a campaign crowd in Florida his rival's blueprint "doesn't really create jobs. His deficit plan doesn't reduce the deficit; it adds to it."

More than that, he said Romney changes his positions so often that he can't be trusted.

In Dayton, Obama said of his rival: "In the closing weeks of the campaign, he's doing everything he can to hide his true positions. He is terrific at making presentations about stuff he thinks is wrong with America, but he sure can't give you an answer about what will make it right. And that's not leadership you can trust."

Before flying to Ohio for his 17th trip of the election year, Obama also said with a hint of humility: "It doesn't mean that every candidate is going to get everything done all at once perfectly, but you want somebody to be able to look you in the eye and say, here's what I believe."

Romney countered in an appearance before a large, cheering crowd in Henderson, Nev. He said Obama wants a new term for the same policies that have produced slow economic growth and high unemployment for four long years. "He is a status quo candidate. ... That's why his campaign is slipping and ours is gaining so much steam," he said.

Romney's aides dismissed Obama's 20-page booklet as nothing new, and the former Massachusetts governor said of the president: "His vision for the future is a repeat of the past."

There seemed to be no end to the television advertising in a season when voters report they are heartily sick of it.

If anything, it was expanding in the race's final days. Restore Our Future, which supports Romney, launched ads aimed at one of the two congressional districts in Maine in an attempt to peel one electoral vote away from Obama.

Material collected by ad trackers showed the two candidates and allied groups have spent or reserved nearly $950 million so far on television commercials, much of it negative, some of it harshly so. Romney and GOP groups had a $100 million advantage over Obama and his supporters, although variations in the purchase price made it difficult to compare the number of ads each side had run.

Increasingly, the two campaigns were focused on turning out their supporters in early balloting under way in more than half the states.

"Every single day right now is Election Day," Obama's campaign manager, Jim Messina, told reporters. On that, at least, Republicans offered no rebuttal.

About 5 million voters have already cast ballots according to data collected by the United States Elections Project at George Mason University, and about 35 million are expected to do so before Nov. 6.

While no votes will be counted until Election Day, the group said Democrats have cast more ballots than Republicans in the battleground states of North Carolina and Iowa by about 20 percentage points, while in Nevada, about 121,000 people have voted ? 49 percent Democrats and 35 percent Republicans.

Republicans have an early edge in Colorado, where Republicans have cast 43 percent of the 25,000 ballots to date, to 34 percent for Democrats.

Romney's camp projected confidence as the race entered its final phase, still riding an October surge in the polls that began after the challenger's dominant performance in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver.

The Electoral College math made clear neither man had sealed a victory.

Wins in Ohio and in Wisconsin ? a state that Democrats have carried in the past six presidential elections ? would leave Obama only five electoral votes short of the 270 needed for victory.

That placed a premium on Ohio ? readily apparent from the candidates' campaign schedules and the millions in television advertising flooding the state.

Romney arrives in Cincinnati on Wednesday night after a Western swing, and is expected to spend all day Thursday and part of Friday campaigning across the state.

His running mate, Paul Ryan, is to deliver a speech on the economy Wednesday at Cleveland State University, something of an unusual event in a campaign with only two weeks to run.

Obama intends to fly into the state Thursday at the end of a two-day, cross-country trip into a half-dozen battlegrounds.

Vice President Joe Biden was in Toledo during the day before heading to Dayton to join Obama for a rally, mid-way through Biden's three-day tour of the state.

Barring a last-minute change, Obama appears on course to win states and the District of Columbia that account for 237 of the 270 electoral votes needed for victory. Romney has a firm hold on states with 191 electoral votes.

The battlegrounds account for the remaining 110 electoral votes: Florida (29), North Carolina (15), Virginia (13), New Hampshire (4), Iowa (6), Colorado (9), Nevada (6), Ohio (18) and Wisconsin (10).

____

Espo reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Kasie Hunt in Nevada and Stephen Ohlemacher, Beth Fouhy and Josh Lederman in Washington contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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EU wants more indie films released online

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