Massive storm wreaks havoc on presidential race

CELINA, Ohio (AP) ? Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise ? an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast ? wreaked havoc on their best-laid plans.

Ever mindful of his narrow path to the requisite 270 electoral votes, Romney looked to expand his map, weighing an intensified effort in traditionally left-leaning Minnesota. Obama sought to defend historically Democratic turf as the race tightened heading into the final week.

Wary of being seen as putting their political pursuits ahead of public safety, the two White House hopefuls reshuffled their campaign plans as the storm approached. Both candidates were loath to forfeit face time with voters in battleground states like Virginia that are likely to be afflicted when Hurricane Sandy, a winter storm and a cold front collide to form a freak hybrid storm.

"The storm will throw havoc into the race," said Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.

Obama, preparing to depart for Florida Sunday, a day early to beat the storm, got an update from disaster relief officials before speaking by phone to affected governors and mayors.

"Anything they need, we will be there," Obama said. "And we are going to cut through red tape. We are not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. We want to make sure that we are anticipating and leaning forward."

An opportunity for Obama to demonstrate steady leadership in the face of crisis was offset by the risk that the federal government, as in past emergencies, could be faulted for an ineffective response, with the president left to take the fall.

Obama canceled campaign stops Monday in Virginia and Tuesday in Colorado to monitor the storm but planned to go forward with other events Monday in Florida and Ohio, with former President Bill Clinton at his side. He planned to return to Ohio on Wednesday with stops in Cincinnati and Akron, followed by a Thursday swing through Springfield, Ohio, Boulder, Colo., and Las Vegas.

Romney nixed three stops in up-for-grabs Virginia on Sunday, opting instead to campaign with running mate Paul Ryan in Ohio before heading Monday to Wisconsin, where Romney has chipped away at Obama's lead.

"I know that right now some people in the country are a little nervous about a storm about to hit the coast, and our thoughts and prayers are with people who will find themselves in harm's way," Romney told several hundred supporters crowded into a field house at the University of Findlay, the second of three Sunday rallies.

Romney's campaign confirmed Sunday that he would not travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday as planned. The campaign already canceled a Monday event in New Hampshire featuring Romney's wife, Ann. Advisers say further travel changes are likely as they monitor the storm's progress.

Vice President Joe Biden canceled a Monday event in New Hampshire. "The last thing the president and I want to do is get in the way of anything. The most important thing is health and safety," Biden said.

Ryan planned to keep his campaign schedule. On Monday he is leaving Ohio at midday for three stops in Florida. His Tuesday schedule has Ryan going to Virginia, and aides said nothing had yet changed.

The prospect that bad weather could hinder early voting and get-out-the-vote efforts is vexing to both Obama and Romney.

"Obviously, we want unfettered access to the polls, because we think the more people that come out, the better we're going to do," said David Axelrod, a top adviser to Obama's campaign. "To the extent that it makes it harder, that's a source of concern."

In Virginia, one of the most competitive states in the race, election officials eased absentee voting requirements for those affected by the storm.

"The state board of elections is already planning for extended hours in advance for absentee voting, and it's now a priority, moved up to the same level as hospitals and police stations to have power restored," said Gov. Bob McDonnell, a top Romney ally.

Getting voters to the polls ? whether early or on Election Day ? is one of the few elements of the race still in the candidates' control. Although Romney and Obama are in a close contest for the popular vote, the president continues to have the upper hand in the most contested states.

Reince Priebus, the GOP chairman, pointed to recent gains for Romney that have lifted him to a virtual tie in most national polls. "The challenger always wins in a tie race," he said.

With time running out, both campaigns appeared to be fine-tuning their map of the states where they're campaigning the hardest.

A senior Republican official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to disclose private deliberations, said Sunday that the Romney team was seriously discussing sending Romney, Ryan or both to Minnesota during the final week. The state hasn't gone Republican in the presidential race since 1972, but recent polling shows a tighter race there than most anticipated.

In a flashback to the 2008 race, Obama's campaign announced that Biden will campaign Thursday in Pennsylvania, reprising a visit to his hometown of Scranton that he made during the final week four years ago. Pennsylvania, too, has been Democratic territory in recent years, but Romney has continued to contest the state with an advertising assist from the Republican Party.

Axelrod, Priebus and McDonnell spoke on CNN's "State of the Union." Warner spoke on "Fox News Sunday."

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Lederman reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Philip Elliott in Ohio, Brian Bakst in Minnesota, Matthew Daly in New Hampshire and Jim Kuhnhenn and Julie Pace in Washington contributed to this report.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/east-coast-storm-wreaks-havoc-presidential-race-184702531--election.html

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Ford deepens European cuts, sees $3 billion in losses

LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford motor Co unleashed a second volley of European job cuts and plant closures on Thursday in a bid to halt regional losses that the automaker now expects to surpass $3 billion over two years.

Ford told British unions Thursday it would scrap its Southampton van factory and an associated stamping facility in Dagenham in mid-2013, slashing 1,400 jobs and ending vehicle manufacturing by Ford in Britain.

The move comes a day after Ford announced it would close a major car plant in Genk, Belgium, in late 2014. In all, Ford cut 6,200 jobs and reduced European production capacity by 18 percent to save $450 million to $500 million a year.

Ford also said it expects to lose more than $1.5 billion in the region this year, up from its earlier $1 billion forecast. Ford expects a similar loss next year, when the European car sales are expected to be, at best, on par with 2012 levels.

"We are really trying to reflect the reality" of the economic slowdown and industry downturn in Europe, Chief Executive Alan Mulally told analysts and reporters on a conference call. "That's why we need to move decisively now."

With no market recovery in sight, car makers are struggling to scrap underused factories and cut surplus jobs that are fueling losses in Europe. The Southampton plant was the fourth European vehicle plant closure announced this year.

Workers at Ford's British plants were distraught. "It's a kick in the teeth," said Dominic O'Callaghan, a shop steward at Dagenham. "The guys worked hard."

Thursday marked the second time this year Ford has boosted its estimated loss for Europe, reflecting the rapid, surprising deterioration in a region where Ford lost $27 million last year.

In early 2012, Ford forecast a loss this year of up to $600 million in Europe. In July, that estimate ballooned to $1 billion. Now Ford says it will lose at least $3 billion this year and next, when vehicle sales in Europe are expected to hover at or below 14 million.

"If you had asked me two years ago, I would have said that's the trough," Stephen Odell, Ford's head of Europe, said on the conference call. "It's difficult to predict. It does feel like we're running at a very low level."

GRIM WEEK

Ford's actions cap a grim week for the industry. Chinese-owned Volvo Car Corp said it was cutting production in Belgium, while Germany's Daimler warned that profit margins would not improve next year.

Ford's plant closures will not be enough to address the industry's broader problems. Production capacity in Europe outstrips current demand by 9 million vehicles, Guggenheim analyst Matthew Stover estimated.

To cope with the flagging market, Ford has cut marketing and advertising costs, offered buyouts to salaried workers and taken out "any flex we saw in the system," Odell said.

But executives also left open the possibility of further actions if a recovery in Europe fails to materialize.

"What we'll continue to do is look at the reality that we're facing, just like we do every day, all the time," Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks said in an interview. "We'll respond as appropriate to strengthen the business."

Shanks said Ford should post a smaller European loss in 2014 before being profitable in the region by mid-decade. Ford is aiming for operating margins between 6 percent and 8 percent in the medium term.

PEUGEOT, GM

During the conference call, Odell raised questions about the legality of PSA Peugeot Citroen's recent French government-backed $9.1 billion refinancing deal. PSA has encountered stiff government and union resistance to 8,000 planned job cuts and the closure of its Aulnay plant.

Meanwhile, General Motors' Opel division is in protracted talks to slash jobs and close its Bochum plant in Germany - but not before 2016.

"What's remarkable about Ford is how quickly things are moving, which is a sign of good management," said London-based UBS analyst Philippe Houchois. "With GM Europe, you always wonder what's going on - it looks like they are still bogged down in deciding what to do."

'INDUSTRIAL COURAGE'

Future versions of Ford's Mondeo, S-MAX and Galaxy, currently assembled in Genk, will be moved to the automaker's plant in Valencia, Spain. The new Mondeo, which made its public debut last month at the Paris show, will be introduced in late 2014, at least 18 months later than originally scheduled.

Southampton's production, which last year fell short of 30,000 vehicles, is to be transferred to Ford's existing Transit plant in Turkey, under the plans announced on Thursday.

Ford's stamping and tooling plant in Dagenham, Essex, will also close next year, the company said. The facility employs 930 workers.

Staff in Southampton were told to down tools and take the day off as news of the closures broke, and most said they were heading to the pub. The U.S. automaker currently employs 11,400 British workers at sites including Halewood, near Liverpool, and Bridgend in South Wales.

Britain will remain a centre of "powertrain excellence" for the automaker, Odell said.

The company announced a "next-generation low-CO2 2.0-litre diesel" to be made in Dagenham that would power future Ford vehicles from 2016. It also said additional investment was expected at Bridgend to support ongoing high volumes of gasoline engine manufacturing.

"Ford is demonstrating the vision and industrial courage to make tough decisions today that will pay off long term," Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said in a note to investors.

Jonas, who had previously expected Ford to continue reporting European losses through 2015, said its restructuring measures could bring the breakeven forward one year.

(Additional reporting by Alessandra Prentice, Andreas Cremer; Writing by Laurence Frost; Editing by Kate Holton, Philippa Fletcher and Steve Orlofsky)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ford-cut-1-300-british-jobs-sky-news-102250045--finance.html

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Assisted-suicide will ruin medical profession, doctor says ? The ...

By Tanya Connor

A Jewish doctor told Catholics he wants physician-assisted suicide to remain illegal ? because it has never been part of medicine and may destroy the medical profession in its moral foundations.
But he said his fondest hope is that, ?as a caring, loving society, we make assisted-suicide irrelevant.?
Dr. Ira Byock, director of palliative medicine at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., was giving the keynote address for the White Mass Oct. 18.
?I am a Jew,? he said, speaking from the lectern in St. Paul Cathedral?s upper church after the annual Mass for healthcare workers. ?Life is an absolute value for Jews.?
Making connections with Catholic listeners, he said Christ represents for him a radical commitment to love, and he expressed appreciation for the Church?s articulation of social justice and clinical ethics.
He quoted the late Cardinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago writing to the United States Supreme Court in 1996 about Vacco v. Quill, a case in which the court ultimately upheld a ban on assisted suicide.
?As one who is dying, I have come especially to appreciate the gift of life,? the cardinal wrote. ?I know from my own experience that patients often face difficult and deeply personal decisions about their care. However, I also know that even a person who decides to forgo treatment does not necessarily choose death. Rather, he chooses life without the burden of disproportionate medical intervention.?
A vote for physician assisted suicide is a moral failure to promote the compassionate care owed to the terminally ill, Bishop McManus said in his homily at the White Mass.
?I ardently oppose Question 2 and similar so-called ?Death With Dignity? acts, because they imply ? that people who are seriously ill are not already dignified ? but they are,? Dr. Byock said.
?I believe that our job, as physicians ? nurses ? clinicians ? as members of a loving, civilized community ? is to allow people to experience and to see their inherent dignity reflected in our eyes, by the way they are cared for,? he said. ?That?s harder than writing a prescription for a lethal medication.?
The ?Death with Dignity Act? which calls for legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Massachusetts is to appear as Question 2 on the ballot on election day, Nov. 6. In order to keep doctors in Massachusetts from being allowed to give patients medicine to kill themselves, a majority of voters must vote ?no? on Question 2.
?It is a serious mistake to give doctors authority to end people?s lives,? Dr. Byock said. He said people often feel helpless and hopeless when they go to doctors.
?My job is to see their condition as being full of hope, though not hope to live forever, but hope to be comfortable, to feel loved, to have a sense of completion in their life, to grow inwardly and together with those they love,? he said.
?Indeed we do have a public health crisis that surrounds the way we die in America today, on that I agree with my friends who are supporting Question 2,? Dr. Byock said. ?I think they?re people of good intentions. They are simply making an error. For this ? is a crisis of our own making ? excessive medical treatment through a medical, industrial complex whose business model is, ?More is better? ? mixed with a near social abandonment of people who are seriously ill ? and unable ? to contribute in materialistic ways to society. It is truly a crisis, but one that we can solve.?
He said too much of the suffering he sees is avoidable, imposed by the healthcare system and a society whose economy is not about love but dollars.
?None of the deficiencies that cause people who I care for to suffer would be fixed by legalizing physician-assisted suicide,? Dr. Byock said. ?Today we still do not train medical students ? adequately to care well for people facing the end of life. ? We do not demand that they be trained well ? We still woefully understaff our nursing homes. ? We pauperize people ? for being seriously ill and not dying quickly enough. All of this can change, and must change, but Question 2 will change none of it.?
Dr. Byock said he hears repeatedly the argument that there are people whose suffering ?we cannot touch.? But he says that, in addition to using medicine, ?when you meet people in community?with unabashed tenderness and love, very little suffering goes untouched.?
In his homily Bishop McManus said the medical profession continues Christ?s healing ministry. He said Catholic healthcare providers have developed skills through study, training and practice. But it is their faith in God as author of life, and their commitment to Church teachings about life and death, that allow them to treat not only a sickness but a person redeemed by Christ, he said.

Because of secularist convictions about life and death, many moral and legal difficulties are encroaching on the Church?s ability to stay in the health care field in which it has traditionally played a significant role, Bishop McManus said.
He said the moral principles of the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of human life must remain free from legal or political compromise if the Church is to continue her presence in health care with spiritual and moral integrity.
He called the Death With Dignity Act ?menacing and dangerous.? He said it does not require a patient to consult with a psychiatrist before receiving a prescription to commit suicide, even though many terminally ill patients are said to suffer from depression.
A doctor does not even have to be present when the patient takes the lethal prescription. And the patient does not have to notify a family member, he said.
?Is that dignified ? to die alone, not surrounded by family and friends?? Bishop McManus asked. ?I don?t think so.?
After Dr. Byock?s talk, St. Vincent Healthcare Grants were awarded to the following: Problem Pregnancy ? Ultrasound Testing ? $2,000;? St. Anne Free Medical Program ? Tuberculosis Screening and Pertussis Booster ? $5,000;? Catholic Charities ? Essential Inedibles Program ? $750;? Catholic Charities ? Special Health & Nutritional Needs Program ? $750;? Dismas House ? Restorative Healthcare Initiative ? $2,000;? Radius Healthcare Center ? Alzheimer?s Educational Expo ? $1,000;? Mary, Queen of the Rosary ? Outreach Ministry ? $1,500;? St. Mary Healthcare ? Music Therapy ? $1,000;? St. Mary School, Worcester ? School Nurse Program ? $3,000;? Pernet Family Health Services ? Maternal Child Home Visits ? $4,000;? Alzheimer?s Association ? Connecting Caregivers Helpline ? $1,300;? Catholic Charities ? Prescriptions, Co-pays & Special Diet Gift Card Project ? $750;? Nazareth Home for Boys ? Eye Glass Project ? $1,000;? Worcester Division of Elders ? Senior Center Podiatry Clinic ? $1,500;? Auburn Council on Aging ? Rides for Health ? $1,200;? Respect Life Office ? To Live Each Day With Dignity Conference ? $2,000;? St. Paul Elder Outreach ? $2,000;? Catholic Charities ? Healthcare Resources & Advocacy ? $750;? Ministry for Retired Priests ? Chronic and Acute Healthcare Needs ? $4,000;? Southeast Asian Coalition ? Nutritional Health Workshops ? $1,000;? Mary, Queen of the Rosary ? Family Wellness Program ? $1,500;? Spanish American Center ? Health Talks with Dr. Blanco ? $1,000;? YWCA ? Encore After Breast Cancer ? $1,000;? Spectrum Health Systems ? Epipen Access Project ? $1,196;? Catholic Restoration Apostolate ? Infant Car Seat Program ? $1,000;? VNA ? Worcester Elder Health Clinics ? $1,500;? Central MA Hospice ? End of Life Support ? $1,500;? Children?s Friend, Inc. ? Carriage House Grief Support Center ? $1,500;? Alternatives Unlimited, Inc. ? Adaptive Equipment Solutions ? $1,500;? Heywood Hospital ? Healthcare Consultations ? $500;? Catholic Restoration Apostolate ? Breast Pump Program ? $1,000;? St. John Parish ? Free Clinic ? $2,000; ?Veterans, Inc. ? Health & Wellness Program ? $2,000;? Our Lady of the Angels School ? School Nurse Program ? $3,000;? St. Joseph Church ? Parish Nursing ? $2,000;? Assabet Valley Pastoral Counseling Center ? Psychotherapy Groups ? $1,000.

Family cares for mother until her death

By Constance Dwyer
CFP Correspondent

Mary C. (Saccucci) Sullivan, 89, died on Sept. 20, after living with the results of a devastating stroke for seven years. She died peacefully, having lived her life as a strong Catholic and dedicated church member at St. Christopher Parish in Brimfield where she sang in its choir with her classically trained voice. She was known as the ?Hardwick Songbird.? Her daughter, Christine ?Chrissy? Sullivan, was her accompanist at countless weddings and funerals.
Maureen Sullivan, in a eulogy at her mother?s funeral, said, ?In the 9th grade Mary?s talent first came into the spotlight and from then she blossomed into a beautiful and talented singer, and seemed destined for a career in show business in New York.?
However, she abandoned dreams of show business to return home to Wheelwright and her Gilbertville boyfriend, Roger Sullivan, whom she had dated since junior high school. In 1944, when he was on leave from the Navy in World War II for nine days, they married.
Mrs. Sullivan?s story in accepting her illness and death stands in stark contrast to the message of the Nov. 6 binding referendum question, on so-called ?Death with Dignity.? It provides a powerful argument for the defeat of this ballot question.
There was never any question of ending their mother?s life, despite the struggles, her daughter Donna McDonald said in an interview. Throughout her illness, Mrs. Sullivan had the loving support of her husband of 67 years, Roger, 91, and her children: Kathleen Kenyon of Brimfield,? Christine? Sullivan of Grafton, Maureen Sullivan of Sterling, Donna McDonald of Westborough, and? Richard Sullivan of Hardwick.
?My siblings and I spent every weekend and some weekdays during these past seven years caring for my mother in her wheelchair, feeding her, changing her, taking her for rides, giving her treats, and lovingly being by her side.? She could speak until the last few days before her death,? Mrs. McDonald said. She remarked that her mother constantly had a smile on her face for her family, grandchildren, and the caregivers who were there for her 24 hours a day, seven days a week, as well as those present for her father, who also needs around-the-clock care.
Before Mrs. Sullivan?s stroke, she was not only active in her church but she also enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and was a floral designer for a Sturbridge florist. She was a past president of the Catholic Women?s Club. In addition, she was a special education tutor at Wales Elementary School. Her students loved her so much that some would ride their bikes from Wales to her house in Brimfield to visit her during summer vacation.
Given to entertaining at home, she enjoyed making her own spaghetti sauce, homemade pastas and pies for her family and friends.
?Mom was always thinking of others and was sweet-tempered, generous with her love, and loved and admired by all who knew her,? Maureen Sullivan said in her mother?s eulogy. She also succinctly captured Mrs. Sullivan?s life: ?If you knew Mary, you knew she loved three things: her family, her friends, and her church.?
Mrs. McDonald shared that her mother and father prayed the rosary every day. She added that friends who needed extra prayers would call to ask that a rosary be said for their intentions. Her faith was strong. When she was well, she never missed Mass or any holy days of obligation. She found great comfort in praying alongside her Infant Jesus of Prague statue or her Hummel Madonna. Because of her Catholicism, all the children have ?core values,? Mrs. McDonald further commented.
Because of the family?s dedication to their mother in her hour of need, Mrs. McDonald said they became even closer.? The children were raised to be close and their mother ?didn?t put up with strife between kids. Everyone got along.? Mrs. McDonald said that that closeness became a grace during their mom?s illness.
?Our getting closer helped strengthen our relationship. We spent more time with our mother and that time was meaningful, not always easy, but we knew she appreciated it.? We wanted to give back to her as she always cared for us. She would have done anything for her kids,? she said.
Because of her mother?s illness, Mrs. McDonald came to view her siblings in another light. ?I knew my sisters and brother were good but I got to see even more goodness and how loving they were.? It brought out the very best of their qualities,? she said.
Because of the time dedicated to caring for their mother, Mrs. McDonald was asked if this took a toll on the spouses.? She said that her own husband, Bruce, was ?very supportive? and came sometimes with her and that all the husbands were ?supportive.?
It was the care of their mother that helped the family change their perspective on life. ?We changed our perspective, sort of a grace, and this happened over the process. It helped us to see more clearly what is important,? Mrs. McDonald said.
She added that her mother received extraordinary care from the South Worcester County Visiting Nurses and the Greater Springfield Senior Services as well as from hospice care from the Overlook, which was both skillfully and compassionately coordinated by registered nurse Veronica Furst.
Because of these services and family help, Mrs. Sullivan and her husband were able to continue to live at home. Now, Mr. Sullivan can stay in their home. There the family will continue to care for him and will kindle the tender, loving memories of the matriarch who exemplified her Catholic faith in all aspects of her life.
Mary Sullivan?s family saw to it that she died with all possible dignity.

Source: http://www.catholicfreepress.org/lead-story-3/2012/10/25/assisted-suicide-will-ruin-medical-profession-doctor-says/

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US to return 4,000 archaeological items to Mexico

EL PASO, Texas (AP) ? U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will return to the Mexican government more than 4,000 archaeological pieces seized at several locations across the United States by customs agents and investigators.

ICE spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa says the cache of items mostly date from before the landings of European explorers on the North American continent. The lot includes pre-Columbian stones used to grind corn and other grains, statues, figurines, copper hatchets and other artifacts. They were seized in El Paso, Phoenix, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and San Antonio.

They'll be displayed during a ceremony Thursday at the Mexican consulate in El Paso. The ceremony will be attended by the Mexican Consul General Jacob Prado and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations officials.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-return-4-000-archaeological-items-mexico-071810273.html

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Interim results from CEL-SCI's Multikine Phase III study on head and neck cancer

CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE MKT: CVM) announced today that an interim review of the safety data from its open label, randomized, controlled, pivotal Phase III study of Multikine (Leukocyte Interleukin, Injection) investigational immunotherapy by an Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC) raised no safety concerns. The IDMC also indicated that no safety signals were found that would call into question the benefit/risk of continuing the study. CEL-SCI considers the results of the IDMC review to be important since studies have shown that up to 30% of Phase III trials fail due to safety considerations and the IDMC's safety findings from this interim review were similar to those reported by investigators during CEL-SCI's Phase I-II trials. Ultimately, the decision as to whether a drug is safe is made by the FDA based on an assessment of all of the data from a trial.

IDMCs are committees commonly used by sponsors of clinical trials to protect the interests of the patients in ongoing trials especially when the trials involve patients with life threatening diseases, and when, as in cancer clinical trials, they extend over long periods of time (3-5 years). The committee's membership should include physicians and clinical trial scientists knowledgeable in the appropriate disciplines, including statistics. The CEL-SCI IDMC includes prominent physicians and scientists from major institutions in the USA and abroad who are key opinion leaders in head and neck cancer and who are knowledgeable in all of the disciplines related to CEL-SCI's study, including statistics.

Source: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20121023/Interim-results-from-CEL-SCIs-Multikine-Phase-III-study-on-head-and-neck-cancer.aspx

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Scarborough subway line may have to wait: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Mayor Rob Ford takes the bus from Don Mills subway station to a rally at Victoria Park and Sheppard Aves. to promote building the Sheppard subway in this file photo from March 15, 2012. (Veronica Henri/Toronto Sun)

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Mayor Rob Ford won?t push a Scarborough subway ahead of a downtown relief line if that goes against TTC staff advice.

Ford ? who campaigned on building a subway to Scarborough ? admitted Monday he?ll take TTC CEO Andy Byford?s advice when it comes to expanding the transit system despite the mayor?s promise.

But Ford again repeated his belief that more subways would be built in the city, including the Sheppard subway.

Byford has been voraciously advocating the need for a downtown relief line.

?I?m all in favour of subways,? Ford said. ?I?m glad that people are thinking about subways.

?Now which one is a priority? That?s the one we?re going to have to sit down and talk about.?

Despite council?s decision earlier this year to build the Eglinton LRT at street-level in Scarborough rather than below ground, Ford said he still wants the LRT to be buried in the city?s east end.

?And I want the Sheppard (subway extension) and eventually Finch (subway),? he said.

?Now if the relief line is more important, let?s get our priorities ? what benefits the people of the city? That?s what we have to look at right now.?

Asked if he?s open to the relief line being the city?s next transit priority, Ford said it is up to Byford.

?I?m open up to the idea that benefits the city, that benefits the users of the TTC,? he said.

?I campaigned on subways. We?re going to get subways ? the relief line, the Sheppard line, Eglinton hopefully will go underground.

?Subways are coming to the city one way or another.?

TTC chairman Karen Stintz said the issue isn?t the line but the funding to pay for it.

?That remains our ongoing challenge,? Stintz said.

She said transit commissioners on Wednesday will likely recommend further study of the downtown relief line.

?We already know we need it and the question remains how are we going to pay for it,? Stintz said. ?We do need to get to the funding discussion, there is no question. And if we only talk about lines on a map then we will only ever have lines on a map.

?We need to find a way to pay for them.?

Are you Team Subway or Team Streetcar?

Source: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/22/scarborough-subway-line-may-have-to-wait-toronto-mayor-rob-ford

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Clevelanders Can Reserve a Microsoft Surface By Snagging a Reservation Card at Beachwood Place

If you were hoping to snag a new Microsoft Surface tablet on launch day, Friday, and did not pre-order it online, you're still in luck. All Microsoft stores in the United States are handing out Surface reservation cards in limited quantities, and that includes the not-yet-open pop-up shops, including the one at Beachwood Place in Cleveland.

I stopped in at Beachwood Place this afternoon to scope things out. I parked between Dilliard's and Saks Fifth Avenue because I had already looked up the Microsoft Store's location on the mall's website - it's located in the E zone of the mall near Fannie May Chocolates and the escalators that take you up to the second floor. I really had no interest in going anywhere else in the mall, so that was the closest entrance.

I wasn't sure what to expect, but my eagle-eyed three-year-old was the first to spot the kiosk. I had told him we were looking for the Microsoft stand, and he spotted it before me, no doubt attracted by the bright, colorful Microsoft logo. Sadly, it's only a kiosk and not a full-size store, but it's a start. Perhaps if the kiosk is successful, Microsoft will consider opening up a permanent store in the Cleveland area.

There were a few Microsoft employees at the stand when I stopped by, and it looked like they were conducting some kind of training and were getting things ready for launch day later this week. Half of them were sporting black t-shirts with the slogan "I'm a PC".

As of Tuesday afternoon, there was a stack of reservation cards about one-inch thick. Each card is numbered in the bottom right-hand corner. Consumers are allowed to take up to two reservation cards each. I'm guessing that there are somewhere in the range of 100 total. If you want one, just stop by the kiosk and ask one of the helpful employees. They're only giving out a limited number, so get on down there sooner rather than later.

The reservation card guarantees that you will get a Surface on launch day, but there is a catch: you have to get there by 12pm. If you come later, you'll have to get in line and hope there are some left. I like the idea of the reservation cards because then you're not forced to stand in line like a herd of sheep all day ? la Apple product launches. Plus, you're not putting out any money like in a pre-order. When you pick up a reservation card, they do ask which model you're interested in and write it down for tracking purposes, but you're not locked into a decision and can change your mind when you go to pick it up.

We'll be there for the grand opening of the kiosk on Friday, and the launch of the Microsoft Surface tablet, so check back in then for our thoughts on the Surface.

Source: http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/19186

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Business Director, LCI
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
(New York NY)

JOB DESCRIPTION:??This is a senior-level position within Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), Lincoln Center?s educational outreach department.??The position focuses on the financial areas of LCI?s operations as well as on economic evaluations of all new and ongoing business development initiatives of education at Lincoln Center. The Business Director must understand and balance the budget, actively seek new financial opportunities, and maintain communication with the development and finance departments of Lincoln Center. Working with the Executive Director, the Business Director will implement change, identify opportunities for growth, and plan and propose alternative tactics for the overall business operations of LCI as needed. Business Director supervises the office manager and manager of consulting services.??LCI offers a collegial environment.

Specific Responsibilities include:

- Take leadership role in budget planning and implementation, working with the Executive Director. Manage LCI?s annual finances, working with business staff, and communicate with the Finance, Strategy, and Development departments of Lincoln Center.

- In conjunction with the Executive Director, establish overall business objectives and financial goals for LCI, and ensure that the objectives are met across all areas of LCI.

- Continually analyze earned-income initiatives such as the consultancies, professional development workshops, and school visit programs, and make recommendations to the Executive Director on possible business improvements.

- Analyze and assess viability of existing earned income initiatives, conduct ongoing research for new business opportunities, and collaborate with relevant Lincoln Center departments on strategic planning for such opportunities.

- Oversee payroll coordination between the Department and the Payroll Department.

- Oversee contracts issuing from LCI?s work with educational partners, Department of Education, schools, teachers, and teaching artists.

- Oversee function of present database and eventual development of a new one. An interest in, and awareness of, technology as regards both business use and digital education is required. Knowledge of TopTix and ArtsVision a plus.

- Work with LCI?s education team to establish partnerships and relationships with education and cultural organizations in order to support and implement new consultancies; maintain existing relationships with consultancy recipients.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- MBA strongly preferred.
- 5-10 years experience in strategic planning and business development.
- Experience with budgeting, financial analysis and market analysis preferred
- Experience in non-profit arts and/or education, and interest in these areas, highly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to implement change.
- Strong quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Please send cover letter, resume and salary requirements to:??businessdirector@lincolncenter.org

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60% adoption rate reached by iOS 6 in U.S. and Canada after one month

1. cncrim posted on yesterday, 16:49 1 2

This is only thing i gave ios two thumb up! Without a doubt

5. Mxyzptlk posted on yesterday, 16:58 1 6

There's many reasons to give iOS a thumbs up.

47. Kan_wha posted on yesterday, 19:44 1 1

At the same time, there are many reasons to give iOS a thumbs down. Each platform is with its strengths and weaknesses, no platform is perfect, as much as Apple would like you to believe.

29. ardent1 posted on yesterday, 18:40 1 4

With iOS 5.0 update, my iPad 2 updated without any problems but I had to try a few times with my iPod Touch 4G. For iOS 6.0 update -- both devices updated without any problems. I really like the new features on iOS 6.0.

This is one area where Apple shines and Google's operating system fails completely -- that is allowing the user control over the OS updates. I have a Moto Triumph on Virgin with stock Froyo aka Android OS 2.2 and I am still not allowed to upgrade to the latest android versions by myself.

By the way, I went to the Apple store and I did not like the new iPod Touch 5G's home button because it of the way it clicks and how it responds. Looks like I have to buy a non-contract iPhone 5 as a device to replace my iPod 4G. I really want that A6 chip and greater memory to power the apps. And you can't find these apps on the android. I've made so much money from these specialized apps. Thank you Apple!

59. Nadr1212 posted on yesterday, 20:39 0 0

theres more of ios 4 than 5.1? i did not excpect that!

66. cncrim posted on yesterday, 20:57 0 0

Finish though post# 1: as far push out updated i mean, as far as ios itself i said they are catching up. They are not the same as in 2007 or 2008.

2. Ninetysix posted on yesterday, 16:52 0 5

1.8% adoption rate for Jelly Bean (4.1) is Pathetic. What's the excuse fandroids?

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/10/22/chitika-ios-6-adoption-rate-now-at-60-percent/

7. Mxyzptlk posted on yesterday, 17:06 1 6

Watch the excuses come swarming in.

15. TROLL posted on yesterday, 17:35 4 1

And still its a halfbaked unix darwin os. Hasnt it been 5years and even Wp8 is way better than your App launcher phone.

10. rusticguy posted on yesterday, 17:30 5 0

Yes because Android is 2 years ahead of iOS already so even if it's GB it's better than iOS6. Just checked my server logs:

98.217.233.231 - - [23/Oct/2012:03:53:47 +0530] "GET /cron_image.html HTTP/1.1" 200 64 "" "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; U; CPU OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J3 Safari/6533.18.5"

(server on IST timezone) Still on iOS4?

33. gallitoking posted on yesterday, 18:42 1 4

old excuse dude anything new?... take your time

43. joey_sfb posted on yesterday, 19:30 2 0

Fanboy and their strong dislike for anything different. There no words to describe your contempt for android. I know for a fact that each has its strength and weakness be it iOS, Android or Windows 7.5 We will see about windows 8 when it launch later this month.

I feel that its your own money spent it however you like maybe a spare lighting cable this month or perhaps a lighting adaptor, maybe both!

11. PhoneArenaUser posted on yesterday, 17:31 4 2

What the purpose of iOS updates if iOS is always the same?
Even older versions of Android is far ahead from iOS.

32. ardent1 posted on yesterday, 18:42 1 4

> What the purpose of iOS updates if iOS is always the same?

That is a dumb comment.

46. gallitoking posted on yesterday, 19:42 0 4

because is not the same.. you hate Apple so you see it as the same, but realistically is not. thats why is dumb.. your hate for Apple blinds you

49. PhoneArenaUser posted on yesterday, 19:56 0 0

Yes, I hate Apple as a company but my view on Apple's products are constructive and only from the technical side. And in my opinion (and not only mine) in iOS 6 there is ESSENTIALLY nothing new it is still the same old iOS.

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GreenWave Reality ships WiFi light bulbs that flick on through motion and smartphones

We've seen connected light bulbs before, some more sophisticated than others, but they're rarely as straightforward as GreenWave Reality's just-shipping Connected Lighting Solution. Eco-friendly LED bulbs in the lineup include their own WiFi and are immediately controllable from a smartphone or tablet as soon as they're receiving power. Basics controls like group presets and timed lighting are just the start; if you're not worried about leaving anyone in the dark, the bulbs can respond to motion sensors and only illuminate the rooms that need attention. And while the intelligence isn't new in itself, GreenWave would argue that sheer accessibility gives it an edge, with electric utilities in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden skipping the retail middleman by selling directly. Don't despair if you live in the US: the linked-up lighting is cleared for eventual use by Americans who'd like to save both energy and a trip to the light switch.

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Tattoo of the week: English major's tattoos represent literary love ...

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Junior English major Taylor Scholle?s tattoos are inspired by her love of literature. Currently, Scholle has 12 tattoos. She was 17 when she got her first two tattoos, which include a treble clef on her right wrist and a bass clef on her left wrist.

?I was a proud band nerd,? Scholle said.

Scholle?s tattoos are significant for different reasons, but her Shel Silverstein tattoo is significant to her childhood. It illustrates the image of the child on the cover of Silverstein?s book ?Falling Up? on her right forearm.

?I?ve always loved reading, and I fondly remember reading lots of Shel Silverstein?s poetry with my mom and brothers,? Scholle said. ?A majority of my tattoos are literary-themed, and I?ll probably be covered in words and images from books by the time I?m old.?

Scholle also has the illustration of the protagonist from Norton Juster?s ?The Phantom Tollbooth? on the inside of her right bicep.

?I think reading that book was the moment I knew I would always love books,? she said. ?I also attribute my love affair with puns to that novel.?

One of Scholle?s tattoos was inspired by friendship and her belief in equality.

?I got a tattoo of an equal sign on my ring finger with a friend after he experienced some pretty awful, hateful words from some close-minded chumps and felt pretty shaken up,? she said. ?That was a pretty neat, healing experience for everyone involved.?

Most of Scholle?s tattoos were done at ?Sink or Swim Tattoo? by artist Thomas Hendrix. According to Scholle, he has some of the best prices in the city, and none of her tattoos has exceeded $100.

?Thomas always makes the experience comfortable and fun, so it?s always a pleasure going in to get another one,? she said.

Scholle?s family reacted positively to her tattoos. Her mother allowed her to get her first tattoos when she was underage, and the two have gotten tattoos together.

Scholle?s friends have responded similarly.

?Friends who don?t have tattoos are always amazed and awed and talk about how ?brave? I am,? she said. ?Friends with just as many or more tattoos than me will admire a new one for a moment, show me their new and bigger one, and then we?ll talk about plans for future ones.?

Scholle plans to get more tattoos in the future, and said, ?My only fear is that I?ll run out of space.?

Scholle is confident she will not grow to regret her tattoos.

?I can see my interests changing as I age, but that?s part of what I like about tattoos,? she said. ?If at one or any point in my life something was important enough to permanently put on my body, I feel that?s something I should always remember about that period in my life.?

If you or someone you know has a tattoo of significance and would like to be featured in the ?Tattoo of the Week? column, please contact\kotte@unews.com.

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Susan Boyle's fairy tale dream tempered by reality

FILE - In this April 16, 2009 file photo, Susan Boyle, whose performance on the television show "Britain's Got Talent" wowed the judges, poses singing with a hairbrush at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the "Les Miserables" number "I Dreamed a Dream" on a TV talent show. A week is a long time in showbiz _ and in our hyper-speed online age three and a half years is an eternity _ but Boyle is still going strong. She has sold millions of records, received an honorary doctorate, sung for Pope Benedict XVI and performed in Las Vegas. A stage musical about her life has played to enthusiastic crowds across Britain and is headed for Australia, and next month she releases her fourth album, "Standing Ovation." (AP Photo, File)

FILE - In this April 16, 2009 file photo, Susan Boyle, whose performance on the television show "Britain's Got Talent" wowed the judges, poses singing with a hairbrush at her home in Blackburn, Scotland. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the "Les Miserables" number "I Dreamed a Dream" on a TV talent show. A week is a long time in showbiz _ and in our hyper-speed online age three and a half years is an eternity _ but Boyle is still going strong. She has sold millions of records, received an honorary doctorate, sung for Pope Benedict XVI and performed in Las Vegas. A stage musical about her life has played to enthusiastic crowds across Britain and is headed for Australia, and next month she releases her fourth album, "Standing Ovation." (AP Photo, File)

In this Tuesday, March 27, 2012 file photo, Susan Boyle performs during her musical 'I Dreamed A Dream' at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle, England. But what happened next for Susan Boyle? The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the "Les Miserables" number "I Dreamed a Dream" on a TV talent show. A week is a long time in showbiz _ and in our hyper-speed online age three and a half years is an eternity _ but Boyle is still going strong. She has sold millions of records, received an honorary doctorate, sung for Pope Benedict XVI and performed in Las Vegas. A stage musical about her life has played to enthusiastic crowds across Britain and is headed for Australia, and next month she releases her fourth album, "Standing Ovation." (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

LONDON (AP) ? She dreamed a dream, and it came true. But what happened next for Susan Boyle?

The middle-aged church volunteer from a small town in Scotland became an instant global celebrity in 2009 with her heart-stopping rendition of the "Les Miserables" number "I Dreamed a Dream" on a TV talent show.

A week is a long time in showbiz ? and in our hyper-speed online age three and a half years is an eternity ? but Boyle is still going strong. She has sold millions of records, received an honorary doctorate, sung for Pope Benedict XVI and performed in Las Vegas. A stage musical about her life has played to enthusiastic crowds across Britain and is headed for Australia, and next month she releases her fourth album, "Standing Ovation."

But the 51-year-old singer who entered the TV talent contest to make her late mother proud is remarkably unchanged. She's still a bit frumpy, though she's acquired a new hairdo, more expensive clothes and a makeover. She still lives in her down-at-heel home town, has outbursts of anger and struggles to overcome her nerves before live performances.

It's a fairy tale, yes, but with dark shadows lurking in the corners.

"People can't accept that you can dream a dream, but part of the dream is also a nightmare," said Elaine C. Smith, a Scottish actress who knows Boyle and plays her in the biographical stage show "I Dreamed a Dream."

"Fairy dust comes out, but shrapnel comes out as well."

Boyle now has a car and chauffeur to take her to appointments, but she sticks close to familiar places and routines. She has bought a new house, a modern four-bedroom two-story in Blackburn that cost 300,000 pounds ($480,000), but locals say she often stays in the modest row house she grew up in.

And she still shows up occasionally to sing karaoke at The Crown pub.

"She belts them out like she used to and is not averse to a duet," said 20-year-old local Helen Cameron. "It's nice that this has not changed her. I think she's under a lot of pressure normally. Here she can be herself."

As well as having the support of her community, Boyle is well protected by her manager, Andy Stephens, and a close circle of friends and family ? a factor that helps act as a "psychological vaccine" against the pressures of sudden fame, according to Cary Cooper, professor of psychology and health at Lancaster University.

"If you don't have the proper social support system to protect you, your celebrity status can cause you enormous stress," said Cooper, who has studied the relationship between celebrity and stress. "She is still rooted in her friends and people who know her. Most celebrities aren't."

Boyle's life changed in a few minutes when her first appearance on "Britain's Got Talent" was broadcast in April 2009. The soaring voice emerging from the dowdy, frizzy-haired figure; the audience titters turning to gasps; the shocked faces of Simon Cowell and the other judges ? it was artfully staged television, but also a moment of genuine emotion.

"We judged her. Anybody who says they didn't is telling lies," Smith said. "She walked on and opened her mouth, and within minutes everybody watching was in tears."

The Internet clip went around the world, and keeps on going. On YouTube alone it has been viewed more than 106 million times.

Boyle's first album, "I Dreamed a Dream," topped both the U.K. and U.S. charts. So did her second, "The Gift."

Although Boyle's covers of pop classics and musical theater standards rarely make critics swoon, her three albums collectively have sold more than 14 million copies.

This month she's sung on "Dancing With the Stars" in the U.S. and performed in Las Vegas with Donny Osmond, a childhood idol.

It's a long way from Boyle's home town of Blackburn, a community of about 5,000 people 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of Edinburgh that lies in one of Britain's most deprived areas.

The youngest of nine children of a devout Roman Catholic family, Boyle had learning difficulties as a child, the result of oxygen deprivation at birth. She struggled in school and was bullied by other children.

She left school with few qualifications, never married ? though she later said she'd exaggerated in telling the "Britain's Got Talent" judges she'd "never been kissed" ? and spent years caring for her widowed mother, Bridget, who died in 2007.

The thing that gave her the greatest pleasure was singing, in church or during karaoke nights at the pub.

She has said she entered "Britain's Got Talent" in memory of her late mother, "to show her I could do something with my life."

All did not all go smoothly after her astonishing debut. During the final stages of the competition she got into a dustup with two reporters.

Although she was widely expected to win the 100,000 pound ($160,000) prize, she ended up coming second to dance troupe Diversity. After the series ended, she checked into the Priory, rehab clinic to the stars, to be treated for nervous exhaustion.

She still has outbursts of temper, and has said she still suffers anxiety when singing live before audiences.

"When I first went for 'Britain's Got Talent' I had such a feeling of failure and that's still part of me," Boyle said in an interview last year with the Daily Mail newspaper. "It's hard when that's been the pattern of your life. It's hard to believe those patterns have been broken."

Smith said Boyle's struggles ? reflected in the bittersweet tone of the stage show ? disappoint some of the singer's fans.

"They want the dream to come true and her life to be perfect," she said.

But Smith said Boyle's flaws are part of what makes her a star. After all, "you didn't love Judy Garland because she was perfect."

"This is a woman who is conquering the real fears she has," Smith said.

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Ben McConville in Blackburn, Scotland, contributed to this report.

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Building blocks of Angkor Wat were shipped in by canal

IT IS never too late to find a shortcut. Centuries after the construction of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, archaeologists have uncovered traces of a series of canals that suggest the 5 million tonnes of sandstone used to build the temples took a far shorter route than previously thought.

The sandstone blocks each weigh up to 1.5 tonnes and originate from quarries at Mount Kulen. It was thought they were taken 35 kilometres along a canal to Tonl? Sap Lake, rafted another 35 km along the lake, then taken up the Siem Reap River for 15 km, against the current.

Thinking this was unlikely, Etsuo Uchida and Ichita Shimoda of Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, used satellite images to search for a shortcut. The canals they discovered led from the foot of Mount Kulen to Angkor - a gentle 34-km route, as opposed to the arduous 90-km trek previously suggested. The pair also uncovered more than 50 quarries at the foot of Mount Kulen and along the route. The stones they found matched those in the temples (Journal of Archaeological Science, doi.org/jhf).

Uchida believes all the stone used for the monuments was probably transported along these canals.

Mitch Hendrickson of the University of Illinois, Chicago, says Uchida's theory could be confirmed by searching for blocks that fell overboard into the canals. He believes the canals were used for several purposes, including the transportation of important minerals such as iron.

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Best bets: 'Cloud Atlas' floats on Oscar buzz

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, NBC News

There's one promising major movie coming out this week ("Cloud Atlas") plus a bunch of titles that look awful ("Fun Size," Chasing Mavericks," "Silent Hill" Revelation 3D"). So if "Cloud Atlas" and its complex storylines aren't your thing, you may want to check the new DVD titles, which include "Magic Mike" and "Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter."

TUESDAY: 'Magic Mike' on DVD and Blu-ray
Girls' night in! If you missed "Magic Mike" in theaters, or if you just want to see?Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello and Matthew McConaughey boogieing it up as male strippers once again, you can scoop it up on DVD or Blu-ray this week. The film was probably better than it needed to be for all the naked eye candy it offered up. It performed magic at the box office too, where it was such a big hit that a sequel is planned. Matthew McConaughey steals the show as Dallas, the older stripper who now owns the club at the heart of the film. (Out on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 23.)

TUESDAY: 'Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter'
Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," a serious look at the beloved president, comes out in a month. You'll never confuse that film with "Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter," which came out earlier this year and is now on DVD and Blu-ray. In "Vampire Hunter," Lincoln learns at a young age that there's a whole supernatural world of bloodsuckers out there. By the time he's president, he's fighting two armies, the Confederates and the vamps. Critics gave it mixed reviews, but it's a fun night's rental. (Out on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 23.)

FRIDAY: 'Cloud Atlas'
Do we start the Oscar buzz now? Tom Hanks and Halle Berry star in "Cloud Atlas," the new film based on David Mitchell's 2004 novel. It reportedly received a whopping 10-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. But the trailer doesn't make the movie's plot immediately clear. The film winds together numerous storylines and spans centuries. Don't think you can just sit back and let it wash over you, either: Variety's critic calls the film: "an intense three-hour mental workout rewarded with a big emotional payoff." But can it suck in enough regular moviegoers willing to tackle that workout? (Opens Oct. 26.)

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