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Friday, May 25, 2012

Hurricane Bud forms in Pacific off Mexico

Hurricane Bud formed off Mexico's Pacific coast early on Thursday, and could threaten parts of southwestern Mexico with heavy rainfall and flooding on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said.

The first hurricane off the Pacific coast this season, Bud is located about 315 miles southwest of the major port of Manzanillo, and is moving north-northeast at around 7 mph, the Miami-based center said on Thursday.

Bud, a Category 1 hurricane, is producing maximum sustained winds of 90 mph and stronger gusts, but should start to weaken by Friday, the center said.

A spokesman for the center said Bud may not make landfall but could still generate hurricane force winds off southwestern Mexico by late on Friday. The hurricane could soak the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco and southern Nayarit with around 4 to 6 inches of rain, the center added.

Mexico's government has begun a hurricane watch along the coast from Punta San Telmo to Cabo Corrientes, the NHC said.

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AP Sources: IOC-USOC revenue deal finalized

QUEBEC CITY (AP) ? International and U.S. Olympic leaders finalized a new revenue-sharing agreement that ends years of acrimony between the powerful bodies and clears the way for future American bids for the games, two officials with knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday.

The officials told The Associated Press the long-term deal received final approval from the International Olympic Committee executive board and will be signed by both sides later Thursday.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement is to be formally announced at a news conference by IOC President Jacques Rogge and U.S. Olympic Committee chairman Larry Probst and CEO Scott Blackmun.

The deal, which runs until 2040, resolves a long-running dispute over the U.S. share of Olympic television and marketing revenues that soured relations between the two bodies and undermined recent American bids for the games.

The USOC had said repeatedly it will not bid again until the revenue issue is resolved. With a deal now in place, the U.S. will consider whether to bid for the 2022 Winter Games or 2024 Summer Olympics.

Under a long-standing contract, the USOC has received a 20 percent share of global sponsorship revenue and a 12.75 percent cut of U.S. broadcast rights deals. The IOC believed the U.S. share, set out in an open-ended contract dating back to 1996, was excessive and should be renegotiated.

The new revenue-sharing terms will take effect in 2020. According to a senior official with knowledge of the terms, the USOC will retain the revenue it currently receives but its TV rights share will be reduced to 7 percent on any increases in broadcast deals and its marketing share cut in half to 10 percent on increases in sponsorship revenue.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms are not being made public.

In addition, the USOC agreed to contribute to the administrative costs of staging the Olympics ? $15 million through 2020 and $20 million after 2020, the official said. The contract also covers issues related to ownership of Olympic rights, trademarks and historic TV footage.

Talks to reach a settlement have been going on for more than two years. The deal was essentially sealed when IOC director general Christophe De Kepper traveled to Washington last week to meet with Blackmun and tie up the final details. Both men then proceeded to get the backing of their respective boards.

Lingering international resentment over the U.S. share of revenues was a key factor in New York's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics and Chicago's stinging first-round elimination in the vote for the 2016 Games.

The U.S. last hosted the Summer Olympics in 1996 in Atlanta and last staged the Winter Games in 2002 in Salt Lake City.

Among the U.S. cities that have expressed early interest in bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics are Salt Lake City; Denver; Reno-Lake Tahoe, Nevada; and Bozeman, Montana. Dallas is among those interested in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Associated Press

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Officials: 2 foreign doctors, 3 Afghans abducted

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Enter Galactic: A Space Opera

"In those days, the stars were ours. We flew through the galaxy without a care. But that's all different now. We were foolish, and now, we'll pay the price."

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Forum for completely Out of Character (OOC) discussion, based around whatever is happening In Character (IC). Discuss plans, storylines, and events; Recruit for your roleplaying game, or find a GM for your playergroup.
Well hello there. Welcome to... *summons title card*

This will be the spot where you can come to ask me anything about the roleplay, or just relax and knock back a virtual drank. Questions will probably get a quicker reply in my PM than here, but its whatever.

Astro_B0Y: Member for 2 years

. .. ... SO MUCH READINNNNGGG /shall eventually read all the info and get a character up sometime this evening.

Well.... OBVIOUSLY you put some thought into this

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Oh, I kinda like how you did it a bit like the book Leviathan, where a famous scientist discovers something that and reality they didn't actually discover. Well, the Leviathan was a steampunk book, and aparently, in it, Charles Darwin apparently learned about DNA and how to mutate animals, and thus the basis of the Darwinist nations (Britain, France, Russia and Serbia) were created.

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This sounds like a great roleplay... Hopefully you have the plot all planned out. I'm excited about the roleplay in general. Science fiction = undiluted awesomeness.

So yeah... I'll be joining shortly.

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Kappuke-Ki-Chu wrote:. .. ... SO MUCH READINNNNGGG /shall eventually read all the info and get a character up sometime this evening.
Well.... OBVIOUSLY you put some thought into this

XD That's the fun part...right? Right?

Lloyd999 wrote:Oh, I kinda like how you did it a bit like the book Leviathan, where a famous scientist discovers something that and reality they didn't actually discover. Well, the Leviathan was a steampunk book, and aparently, in it, Charles Darwin apparently learned about DNA and how to mutate animals, and thus the basis of the Darwinist nations (Britain, France, Russia and Serbia) were created.

That sounds pretty sweet, I never heard of it, but I might just check it out.

nababoo wrote:This sounds like a great roleplay... Hopefully you have the plot all planned out. I'm excited about the roleplay in general. Science fiction = undiluted awesomeness.
So yeah... I'll be joining shortly.

Awesome. I'll be glad to have to aboard!

In a few days, I'm gonna be posting an encyclopedia that I'll add to over the course of the roleplay. It'll be a one stop shop for information on lore and shit.

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Obama, Dems redoubling money efforts to keep edge

President Barack Obama speaks to supporters during a campaign fundraiser in Denver, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

President Barack Obama, embraces Tami Graham as he is introduced to supporters at a campaign fundraiser, Wednesday, May 23, 2012 in Denver. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

ATHERTON, Calif. (AP) ? His cash advantage threatened, President Barack Obama and his party are redoubling their fundraising efforts after robust hauls by Republican rival Mitt Romney and a slew of GOP-leaning super PACs that are raking in cash from the party faithful highly motivated to topple the Democrat.

Obama still has a significant edge, but it's shrinking rapidly.

That explains why the president, fresh off of back-to-back international summits, plunged back into his re-election race Wednesday with a series of fundraising events in Denver and California's Silicon Valley. The president was looking to stockpile cash to pay for his coast-to-coast organization, advertising to spread his message and get-out-the-vote operations in key states.

"We're going to have to contend with even more negative ads, even more cynicism and nastiness and just plain foolishness," Obama said in Denver. "But the outcome of the election is ultimately going to depend upon all of you." A woman shouted, "We'll just have to work harder."

It's the start of an extensive money push by Obama in the coming weeks that will feature a series of high-end fundraisers, including New York events with former President Bill Clinton and actress Sarah Jessica Parker and a Los Angeles trip to raise money among gay and lesbian supporters. Smaller-dollar pushes also are under way.

Obama, a record-shattering fundraiser four years ago, has a built-in fundraising advantage as the incumbent and still has a wide money lead over Romney, the challenger who only recently combined fundraising efforts with the Republican National Committee after a bruising ? and expensive ? primary.

But well-funded Republican outside groups, which are able to raise unlimited sums from donors, are narrowing that gap quickly and using their multimillions to run a slew of TV ads hammering Obama in key states. Obama aides acknowledge the possibility that he could be outraised by the influx of Republican money.

The numbers tell the story.

Through April, Obama and Democratic groups supporting his re-election bid have raised nearly $450 million during the election cycle and have more than $150 million in the bank. Romney and Republicans backing him have collected more than $400 million during the same stretch and have about $80 million at their disposal.

Gone is the 10-to-1 cash advantage that Obama held at the end of March.

To be sure, Romney was bound to erode that money gap as he pivoted to the general election. He still, however, lags on another measure of campaign strength: Obama has had months to prepare an extensive ground game to identify, register and turn out voters.

On the money front, Romney has benefited from a strong desire among GOP activists to defeat Obama, multiple GOP outside groups willing to spending tens of millions of dollars and a well-oiled fundraising machine within his own campaign. Showing that prowess, the former Massachusetts governor raised $15 million this week during three days of fundraising in New York.

"What you see in a very short period of time is a very well-run operation that is putting Gov. Romney in a position where he's going to, maybe not outspend, but to compete with the collective Democratic fundraising," said Sara Taylor Fagen, a former political director for President George W. Bush.

Romney has been the all-but-certain GOP nominee for more than a month now, and while he's focused primarily on fundraising, super PACs backing him have been going toe to toe with Obama's campaign in TV advertising. That means that Romney hasn't had to spend heavily from his own campaign account. Chief among those groups has been Crossroads GPS and its affiliated super PAC, Crossroads USA, which quickly matched Obama's ad buy this month after the president's team laid out plans for a $25 million advertising campaign.

Democrats haven't had as much success with super PACs.

A pro-Obama group, Priorities USA Action, has badly lagged behind Crossroads, while Romney has gotten extra help from another super PAC, Restore Our Future. Mary Beth Cahill, a former campaign manager for Sen. John Kerry, recently came aboard as an adviser to help Priorities.

The influx of campaign cash in the first presidential campaign since the 2010 Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court, which helped create super PACs, has taken some Democrats by surprise.

"I don't think anyone realized going into this cycle exactly how much money was going to be involved," said former Rep. Martin Frost, D-Texas, a past chairman of the fundraising arm for House Democrats. "This is a brave new world of campaign finance."

Obama was cheered by 550 supporters in Denver, where tickets at a fundraiser started at $250 and topped out at $40,000 per couple for a photo with the president. Obama accused Romney of seeking to return to economic policies that preceded the recession. "It's the same old stuff they've been peddling for years," the president said.

Afterward in California, Obama spoke at a fundraising dinner in Atherton that included a performance by David Crosby and Graham Nash. About 60 people paid $35,800 per person to attend. The president said the nation had made significant strides during the past 3 1/2 years but said "we may not even finish it in 5 years but I certainly need 5 more years to get us locked in on where we need to go."

Obama capped the night at a reception with 1,100 people in Redwood City, with a performance by Ben Harper. Tickets started at $250, with some couples paying $12,500 for a photo with the president. On Thursday, Obama was speaking at a private fundraising breakfast in San Jose.

To keep his edge, Obama isn't just focusing on big money.

Many of the planned high-dollar fundraisers include a raffle designed to raise millions more and get more people involved.

In some cases, the grass-roots component raises more than the swanky fundraiser: Of the $15 million Obama raised at a celebrity-studded dinner two weeks ago at actor George Clooney's Los Angeles home, $9 million came from small-dollar donors hoping to win a chance to attend.

Clinton, arguably the most prominent Democratic fundraiser not in the White House, is joining Obama for two events in New York on June 4. Obama's campaign also is raffling off a trip to New York ? including airfare and hotel for what's being called "Barack on Broadway" ? for two winners and their guests to attend. The two presidents will attend a dinner later that evening featuring a performance by Jon Bon Jovi.

Two days later, Obama jets to Los Angeles for a high-dollar reception with gay and lesbian supporters, featuring a performance by Pink, and a $25,000-per person dinner at the Beverly Hills home of "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy and his fianc? David Miller. Events also are planned next month in Baltimore, Boston and back in New York, where the president will raise money at the home of Parker, of "Sex and the City" fame. A travel-package raffle for small-donors is tied to that, too.

"It should be fabulous," Parker said in an email to Obama supporters.

Obama began airing two new ads Wednesday, one about his work with veterans returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another aimed at seniors dependent on Medicare.

In the veterans spot, Obama credits veterans for allowing the U.S. to "go after al-Qaida and kill (Osama) bin Laden" and says the nation has a "sacred trust" to help veterans heal their wounds and find jobs. The ad on Medicare notes that Obama was raised by his grandparents and cites his administration's efforts to root out health care fraud.

The TV ads are part of the $25 million ad buy the Obama campaign launched in May, running in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.

Romney spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg said Obama's team can't "distract voters from three years of broken promises on Medicare and our commitments to our veterans."

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Associated Press writer Jack Gillum in Washington contributed to this report.

Associated Press

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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