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Round two of candidate finance reports ? EdNewsColorado

Wide gaps in dollars raised by school board candidates in Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties appear little changed in a second round of campaign finance reports filed with the Secretary of State?s Office on Friday.

In Denver, at-large candidate Happy Haynes is edging closer to a new fundraising record, reporting a total of $230,037 raised as of Oct. 23 in her quest to fill the citywide seat being vacated by Theresa Pe?a, who is term-limited.

Haynes, a former Denver City Council president and school district administrator, still has one more reporting period for the current election, covering Oct. 24 through Nov. 26. That third and final report, due Dec. 1, could show Haynes surpassing the $240,605 record set by at-large candidate Mary Seawell in 2009.

Friday?s filings cover the past three weeks, from Oct. 7 to Oct. 23, and show the nine candidates for three Denver school board seats raised a combined total of $133,982 during that time. Altogether, the candidates have raised nearly $790,000 so far in their campaigns to govern the city school district.

More than half of that money is coming in for just three candidates ? Haynes, Anne Rowe and Jennifer Draper Carson. Each has raised more than twice the total of her nearest competitor.

For example, among Haynes? four opponents for the at-large seat, the closest in dollars on hand is high school teacher Frank Deserino, with $17,290. Most of that he donated to himself.

Three Denver ?reform? candidates share more big donors

The top fundraiser for the recent three-week reporting cycle was Draper Carson, who is seeking to unseat incumbent Arturo Jimenez to represent District 5 northwest Denver on the board. Draper Carson raised $52,680, bringing her total to $177,440.

Jimenez reported raising an additional $8,595 in the second reporting cycle, for a total of $68,073.

Emily Sirota, a candidate for the District 1 seat representing southeast Denver, raised the second-highest amount in the recent reporting period, with $29,331. That brings her total to $87,293.26.

Her opponent, Rowe, reported raising $20,525 for a cumulative total of $196,845.

Haynes, Draper Carson and Rowe, who have been endorsed by Denver Mayor Michael Hancock and other groups supportive of the reforms of Denver Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg, share big donors.

In the first filing period, five men combined to give each candidate $82,000. Those contributors are Daniel Ritchie, CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Henry Gordon, president of Strata Capital; Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita Inc.; CU President Bruce Benson; and Scott Reiman of Hexagon Investments.

In the second reporting period, Richard Sapkin of Edgemark Development gave Draper Carson $10,000. He previously had given that amount to Haynes and to Rowe. So six donors have now combined to give each of the three candidates $92,000.

In addition, Michael Fries of Liberty Media gave $20,000 to Draper Carson during the second reporting cycle. He previously had given that amount to Rowe.

Teachers? union still biggest contributor to two DPS candidates

Sirota and Jimenez share the endorsement of the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, and the union?s small donor committee is also their biggest donor.

Learn more about candidates for Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties by clicking on the EdNews Election Center

Sirota received additional DCTA contributions of $14,000 in the second reporting period, bringing her DCTA total to $46,580 ? or more than half of her total financial take. That doesn?t include the $24,860 in non-monetary contributions she?s received from the union, in members canvassing on her behalf.

Other contributors in the second reporting cycle included Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, Sirota?s former boss, who donated $250 and headlined a fundraiser for her, and friends and family from outside the state such as Adam McKay, an actor and writer in LA, who?s given $6,000.

Jimenez, who previously received $24,000 from the DCTA and $6,000 from the statewide teachers union, the Colorado Education Association, reported no more financial contributions from teachers? unions in the second reporting period.

He did list $7,400 in non-monetary contributions from the DCTA, in members canvassing for his re-election. That brings his total non-monetary contributions from the DCTA to $15,720.

Jimenez also has received $1,000 from the AFL-CIO and $250 from the Fraternal Order of Police, bringing his total monetary contributions from unions to $31,250. His biggest contributor in the second reporting cycle was Rob Alvarado, CEO of Palo Alto Inc., who gave $3,000.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT-LARGE RACE

Daniel

John Daniel

Daniel did not file a second campaign finance report so all numbers are for the first reporting period.
Total money raised: $244
Total spent: $237
Remaining balance: $7
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $244
Donors of note: Donor figures add up to more than $244; expenditures add up to $237, which Daniel lists as paying himself for advertising
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Deserino

Frank Deserino

Total money raised: $17,290 ? $16,790 first filing period, $500 second filing period
Total spent: $17,793.43 ? $13,057.14 first filing period, $4,736.29 second filing period
Remaining balance: (-$503.43)
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $15,500
Donors of note: Deserino donated $15,500 to his campaign; Denver school board member Jeannie Kaplan, $200; Retired CU professor William Juraschek, $200
Key expenditures: $3,545 to Robin Van Ausdall for consulting services
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Haynes

Allegra ?Happy? Haynes

Total money raised: $230,037 ? $213,789 first filing period, $16,248 second filing period
Total spent: $194,654.03 ? $119,855.40 first filing period, $74,798.63 second filing period
Remaining balance: $35,382.97
Non-monetary contributions: $36,326.38, including $31,191.04 Stand for Children in Denver, canvassing and staff support, and $4,062.60 Great Schools for Great Kids, staff support
Largest donation to date: $26,000
Donors of note: Dan Ritchie, CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, $26,000; Henry Gordon, president of Strata Capital in Englewood, $25,000; Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita Inc., $11,000; former Denver Public Schools Superintendent Evie Dennis, $150; former state Sen. Regis Groff, $100
Key expenditures: $50,500 to Terra Strategies of Des Moines for consulting services, $49,516.35 to Ridder/Braden Inc. for printed materials and design, $19,754.73 to C&D Printing for printing and postage
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Kilgore

Roger Kilgore

Total money raised: $9,841 ? $8,464 first filing period, $1,377 second filing period
Total spent: $9,632.90 ? $7,507.15 first filing period, $2,125.75 second filing period
Remaining balance: $208.10
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $3,000
Donors of note: Kilgore donated $3,000 to his campaign; Realtor Candidate Political Action Committee, $300
Key expenditures: $2,727.66 to Campaign Products of the Rockies for advertising
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Shumway

Jacqui Shumway

Total money raised: $2,523.97 ? $2,033.97 first filing period, $490 second filing period
Total spent: $1,852.47 ? $1,852.47 first filing period, 0 second filing period
Remaining balance: $671.50
Non-monetary contributions: $880, use of personal cell phone for campaign and website maintenance
Largest donation to date: $1,500
Donors of note: Shumway donated $1,500 to her campaign and transferred $493.97 from her 2009 school board campaign committee
Key expenditures: $1,631 for signage
Link to finance report

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ? DISTRICT 1 SOUTHEAST DENVER

Rowe

Anne Rowe

Total money raised: $196,845 ? $176,320 first filing period, $20,525 second filing period
Total spent: $149,108.04 ? $100,607.65 first filing period, $48,500.39 second filing period
Remaining balance: $47,736.96
Non-monetary contributions: $18,236.51, including $15,663.21 Stand for Children in Denver, canvassing and staff support, and $2,031.30 Great Schools for Great Kids, staff support
Largest donation to date: $26,000
Donors of note: Dan Ritchie, CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, $26,000; Henry Gordon, president of Strata Capital in Englewood, $25,000; Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita Inc., $25,000; Michael T. Fries, CEO of Liberty Media, $20,000; CU President Bruce Benson, founder of Benson Mineral Group, $10,000; former state lawmaker Pat Pascoe, $100; political consultant Eric Sondermann, $50
Key expenditures: $36,650 to Colorado Voter Contract for campaign field services, $12,338.16 to BC Printing for mailers and cards, $10,000 to Tyson Organization for phone calls
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Sirota

Emily Sirota

Total money raised: $87,293.26 ? $57,962.26 first filing period, $29,331 second filing period
Total spent: $62,109.93 ? $27,716.15 first filing period, $34,393.78 second filing period
Remaining balance: $25,183.33
Non-monetary contributions: $25,162.64 ? $11,676.48, including $11,200 to Denver Classroom Teachers Association for canvassing, first filing period; $13,846.16, including $13,660 to Denver Classroom Teachers Association for canvassing, second filing period
Largest donation to date: $46,580
Donors of note: Denver Classroom Teachers Association, small donor committee, $46,580 (doesn?t include non-monetary gifts); Adam McKay, actor/writer, Los Angeles, $6,000; Leo Hindery, managing partner of InterMedia, New York, $5,000; Denver school board member Jeannie Kaplan, $2,352; Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, $250; State Sen. Morgan Carroll, $75
Key expenditures: $19,772.07 to Campaign Products of the Rockies for yard signs, printing, postage; $12,500 to Amanda Snipes, consulting services; $10,000 to Rocky Mountain Voter Outreach for canvassing
Link to finance report

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS ? DISTRICT 5 NORTHWEST DENVER

Draper Carson

Jennifer Draper Carson

Total money raised: $177,440 ? $124,760 first filing period, $52,680 second filing period
Total spent: $152,347.67 ? $103,712.14 first filing period, $48,635.53 second filing period
Remaining balance: $25,092.33
Non-monetary contributions: $21,839.43, including $16,657.18 from Stand for Children in Denver, canvassing and staff support, and $4,062.60 from Great Schools for Great Kids, staff support
Largest donation to date: $26,000
Donors of note: Dan Ritchie, CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, $26,000; Henry Gordon, president of Strata Capital in Englewood, $25,000; Michael Fries, Liberty Media in Englewood, $20,000; Kent Thiry, CEO of DaVita Inc., $11,000; Richard Sapkin, Edgemark Development, $10,000; Denver Scholarship Fund founding donor Timothy Marquez, Veneco, $2,000; Blueflower Fund, small donor committee supporting female Democratic candidates, $250
Key expenditures: $50,237.50 to Terra Strategies of Des Moines for consulting services, $18,716.36 to Ridder/Braden for consulting and mail services
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Jimenez

Arturo Jimenez

Total money raised: $68,073 ? $59,478 first filing period, $8,595 second filing period
Total spent: $57,614.16 ? $40,210.45 first filing period, $17,403.71 second filing period
Remaining balance: $13,398.07 (includes $2,939.23 from prior school board campaign fund)
Non-monetary contributions: $16,232.90, including $15,720 from Denver Classroom Teachers Association, canvassing
Largest donation to date: $24,000
Donors of note: Denver Classroom Teachers Association, small donor committee, $24,000 (does not include non-monetary donations); Colorado Education Association, small donor committee, $6,000; Rob Alvarado, CEO of Palo Alto Inc., $3,000; AFL-CIO, small donor committee, $1,000; Denver school board member Jeannie Kaplan, $1,440.94; Colorado Fraternal Order of Police, small donor committee, $250
Key expenditures: $28,642.18 to C&D Printing for campaign materials, $12,166.66 to Dave Sabados for campaign management
Link to finance report

DOUGLAS COUNTY ? DISTRICT A

Meek

Susan Meek

Total money raised: $3,732.96 ? $3,062.97 first filing period, $669.99 second filing period
Total spent: $2,679.63 ? $402.78 first filing period, $2,276.85 second filing period
Remaining balance: $1,053.33
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $1,000
Donors of note: Jim Christensen, former Douglas County schools superintendent, $1,000
Key expenditures: $1,073.92 for campaign postcards
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Reilly

Kevin Reilly

Total money raised: $2,823.46 ? $2,725.68 first filing period, $97.78 second filing period
Total spent: $1,300.92 ? $1,276.39 first filing period, $24.53 second filing period
Remaining balance: $1,522.54
Non-monetary contributions: $63.85, campaign kickoff party
Largest donation to date: $350
Donors of note: Sarah Mann, chair of the Douglas County Democratic Party, $350; Reilly loaned himself $858.19
Key expenditures: $507.43 for business cards and brochures
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Richardson

Craig Richardson

Total money raised: $20,900 ? $20,700 first filing period, $200 second filing period
Total spent: $16,936.36 ? $1,725.75 first filing period, $15,210.61 second filing period
Remaining balance: $3,963.64
Non-monetary contributions: $1,045.79, including $1,016.24 from Douglas County Republican Central Committee for mailer
Largest donation to date: Two donations of $10,000 each
Donors of note: Ed McVaney, founder and former CEO of J.D. Edwards software corp., $10,000; Ralph Nagel, president of Top Rock investments, $10,000; Richardson donated his campaign $500; Marge Knutson, retired, Franktown, $100
Key expenditures: $15,080.41 to Wiz Bang Solutions for mailers
Link to finance report

DOUGLAS COUNTY ? DISTRICT C

Frances

Gail Frances

Total money raised: $3,739.34 ? $2974.34 first filing period, $765 second filing period
Total spent: $2,607.65 ? $1,425.32 first filing period, $1,182.33 second filing period
Remaining balance: $1,131.69
Non-monetary contributions: $123.84, including $63.85, campaign kickoff party
Largest donation to date: Two donors gave $250
Donors of note: Daniel Galloway, attorney in Lone Tree, $250; Sarah Mann, chair of the Douglas County Democratic Party, $250; Frances has loaned her campaign $556.80
Key expenditures: $423 for yard signs
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Larsen

Kevin Larsen

Total money raised: $20,820.23 ? $20,105 first filing period, $715.23 second filing period
Total spent: $16,993.76 ? $1,796.90 first filing period, $15,196.86 second filing period
Remaining balance: $3,826.47
Non-monetary contributions:$1,045.79, including $1,016.24 from Douglas County Republican Central Committee for mailer
Largest donation to date: Two donations of $10,000 each
Donors of note: Ed McVaney, founder and former CEO of J.D. Edwards software corp., $10,000; Ralph Nagel, president of Top Rock investments, $10,000; current Douglas County School Board President John Carson, $100; Gerald Stueven, Platte River Academy principal, $100
Key expenditures: $15,080.41 to Wiz Bang Solutions for mailers
Link to finance report

DOUGLAS COUNTY ? DISTRICT F

McMahon

Susan McMahon

Total money raised: $11,029.30 ? $8,444 first filing period, $2,585.30 second filing period
Total spent: $8,670.88 ? $7,957.78 first filing period, $713.10 second filing period
Remaining balance: $2,358.42
Non-monetary contributions: $6,530.36, including $3,125 each from John and Ronda Funchess for video
Largest donation to date: $1,000
Donors of note: Deborah Hill of Castle Rock, not currently employed, $1,000; Jerri Hill, attorney, Parker, $435; Sarah Mann, chair of the Douglas County Democratic Party, $275; Blueflower Fund, small donor committee supporting female Democratic candidates, $200; State Sen. Evie Hudak, $25
Key expenditures: $4,991.13 to C&D Printing for mailers
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Williams

Justin Williams

Total money raised: $21,785 ? $20,820 first filing period, $965 second filing period
Total spent: $17,208.49 ? $2,535.63 first filing period, $14,672.86 second filing period
Remaining balance: $4,576.51
Non-monetary contributions: $1,245.79, including $1,016.24 from Douglas County Republican Central Committee for mailer
Largest donation to date: Two donations of $10,000 each
Donors of note: Ed McVaney, founder and former CEO of J.D. Edwards software corp., $10,000; Ralph Nagel, president of Top Rock investments, $10,000; current Douglas County School Board President John Carson, $100
Key expenditures: $15,080.41 to Wiz Bang Solutions for mailers
Link to finance report

JEFFERSON COUNTY ? DISTRICT 3

Branaugh

Preston Branaugh

Total money raised: $8,855 ? $7,795 first filing period, $1,060 second filing period
Total spent: $1,132.10 ? $308.15 first filing period, $823.95 second filing period
Remaining balance: $7,722.90
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: Two donors gave $1,000 each
Donors of note: John Coors of Evergreen, CEO of CoorsTek and part of the Coors brewery family, $1,000; Andy Hoover of Littleton, retired, $1,000; Ron Ellis, Englewood, $300; Mountain Republican Women, $250; U.S. Congressman Mike Coffman, $100; Colorado State Board of Education member Debora Scheffel, $50
Key expenditures: $570 to Tactical Data Solutions for fundraising expenses
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Fellman

Jill Fellman

Total money raised: $43,581 ? $31,096 first filing period, $12,485 second filing period
Total spent: $40,343.66 ? $11,632.73 first filing period, $28,710.93 second filing period
Remaining balance: $3,237.34
Non-monetary contributions: $55.97, most in the form of pencils
Largest donation to date: Three donors gave $1,000 each
Donors of note: Jonathan Abramson, attorney, $1,000; Kelly Johnson of Golden, no occupation, $1,000; John Sands, attorney, $1000; Realtor Candidate political action committee, $500; U.S. Congressman Ed Perlmutter, $250; Jane Goff, former Jeffco board member and current State Board of Education member, $200; Hereford Percy, former Jeffco board member and current chair of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, $200; Jefferson County Democratic Party, $50
Key expenditures: $19,723.64 to C&D Printing for postage
Link to finance report

JEFFERSON COUNTY ? DISTRICT 4

Dahlkemper

Lesley Dahlkemper

Total money raised: $54,592 ? $42,422 first filing period, $12,170 second filing period
Total spent: $33,673.40 ? $19,788.43 first filing period, $13,884.97 second filing period
Remaining balance: $20,918.60
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $2,500
Donors of note: Greg Stevinson, Denver West Properties, $2,500; John Sands, attorney, $2,450; Robert Benson, AMBP, $2,000; Blueflower Fund, a small donor committee supporting female Democratic candidates, $350; U.S. Congressman Jared Polis, $250; U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, $200
Key expenditures: $13,433.34 to Colorado Data Mail for fliers, postcards and thank you cards
Link to finance report

Candidates listed in alphabetical order

Powers

Jim Powers

Total money raised: $8,595 ? $8,370 first filing period, $225 second filing period
Total spent: $1,619.76 ? $795.81 first filing period, $823.95 second filing period
Remaining balance: $6,975.24
Non-monetary contributions: 0
Largest donation to date: $1,000
Donors of note: Andy Hoover of Littleton, retired, $1,000; Mountain Republican Women, $250; Tim Cuthriell, retired, Morrison, $200
Key expenditures: $570 to Tactical Data Solutions for fundraising expenses
Link to finance report

Source: http://www.ednewscolorado.org/2011/10/29/27464-round-two-of-candidate-finance-reports

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Out-of-Touch Herman Cain Becomes GOP Frontrunner (ContributorNetwork)

COMMENTARY | Dismissed for months as a fringe candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Herman Cain has surged to the head of the pack in recent weeks. Yet this surprising twist in the Republican nomination contest has also increased Cain's exposure, and his comments have revealed a man out of touch with Main Street America.

The momentum began when Cain trounced front runner Rick Perry, the governor of Texas, in September's Florida straw poll. Then came the new Washington Post-ABC poll earlier this week, revealing that Cain's support had risen from 4 percent to 16 percent. That poll also showed that more than half of Cain's supporters were strongly behind him, compared to 1/3 or less for other candidates.

Herman Cain's newly won popularity has also won him greater media coverage, however, and Cain has not used that well. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on October 5, Cain lashed out at the Occupy Wall Street protests that have swept the country by saying "I don't have facts to back this up, but I happen to believe that these demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration."

Starting out by essentially saying "I don't know what I'm talking about" is never wise, but Cain went on to blame high unemployment on the unemployed. "Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself!" He then went on to indicate that laying the blame on Wall Street was misplaced, saying "We're not in 2008 -- we're in 2011" as if the Great Recession was not a continuing concern.

Comments like that reveal Cain, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and Godfather's Pizza CEO, as out of touch with Main Street. While Cain was undoubtedly feeding red meat to the GOP base, one wonders how unemployed Tea Party activists feel about being told that their joblessness is their own fault, when the unemployment rate stubbornly hovers above 9 percent. It smacks of the same arrogant ignorance that led Wall Street bankers to claim huge bonuses and auto industry executives to fly to Washington on private jets while begging for multi-billion dollar bail-outs.

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New therapy shows promise for treating cardiovascular disease

ScienceDaily (Oct. 28, 2011) ? A new therapy being studied in non-human primates by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and colleagues is demonstrating promise as a potential tool for combating cardiovascular disease by increasing good cholesterol and lowering triglycerides in the blood.

Supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the preclinical findings appear in this week's issue of the journal Nature.

"The study was conducted because there is a very strong inverse correlation between the amount of HDL (good cholesterol) and heart disease," said co-principal investigator Ryan Temel, Ph.D., an assistant professor of pathology and lipid sciences at Wake Forest Baptist. "The higher your level of HDL, the lower your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Currently, however, there are few therapies that significantly raise HDL."

While there are several effective therapies available on the market for lowering LDL, or bad cholesterol, modern medicine has yet to find a good way to raise HDL, Temel said. "Even if you take a statin or some other therapy to lower your LDL, the risk of having coronary heart disease is still around 50 percent. There's clearly a lot of room left for improvement."

Temel and colleagues from NYU Langone Medical Center and Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, are studying a new drug that targets microRNA-33 (miR-33). MiR-33 is a small RNA molecule that reduces HDL and increases triglyceride production. In previous studies in mice, the drug has been effective in promoting atherosclerotic plaque regression and increasing HDL.

For the current study, researchers tested the drug, anti-miR-33, in non-human primates and found that it increased HDL cholesterol and lowered triglycerides. Non-human primates were selected this time because rodents only express one form of miR-33 -- miR-33a -- while humans and non-human primates have two types of miR-33 -- miR-33a and miR-33b.

In the study, use of the drug resulted in a maximum HDL cholesterol increase of 50 percent after eight weeks that was sustained throughout the remainder of the 12-week study. Anti-miR-33a/b treatment in the non-human primate model also increased the expression of miR-33 target genes involved in fatty acid breakdown resulting in suppressed triglyceride levels, a finding not previously observed in mice. The decrease in triglycerides was apparent after four weeks and reached a maximum reduction of 50 percent.

This pre-clinical study was the first to demonstrate that inhibiting miR-33a/b has a significant and sustained effect on both circulating HDL and plasma triglyceride levels, Temel said.

These findings indicate that miR-33a and miR-33b are key regulators of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism, Temel added, and that an anti-miR-33 approach could directly impact atherosclerosis, as well as address important cardiovascular risk factors such low HDL and high triglycerides.

The researchers will next evaluate whether the drug has the ability to stimulate cholesterol movement out of the arteries, where it has accumulated and formed atherosclerotic lesions.

"Coronary artery disease is the number one killer of people in the United States," Temel said. "It's a very big problem. The ideal therapy would not only reduce cholesterol accumulation in the arteries by lowering bad cholesterol but also increase the removal of existing cholesterol in the arteries by elevating good cholesterol. The combination of a statin and anti-miR-33 could potentially be this therapy. While there is still a lot of work that needs to be done with this drug before it can ever be used in humans, anti-miR-33 is showing strong potential as a new therapy for reducing coronary heart disease risk."

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Cain defends ad with smoking campaign manager (AP)

WASHINGTON ? Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Sunday that an Internet ad featuring his campaign manager smoking conveyed a message about letting "people be people" and was not intended to suggest that smoking is cool.

The video went viral this month with some 1 million clicks on Cain's campaign website. The ad shows Cain's top adviser, Mark Block, taking a deep drag from a cigarette and slowly exhaling into the camera.

"I'm not a smoker. But I don't have a problem if that's his choice," Cain said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

"So let Herman be Herman. Let Mark be Mark. Let people be people. This wasn't intended to send any subliminal signal whatsoever," the candidate said.

Cain, who was diagnosed with liver and colon cancer in 2006 and has said he's been cancer-free since 2007, was chided about the ad by his interviewer, Bob Schieffer, a bladder cancer survivor.

"Mark Block smokes. That's all that ad says," Cain said. "We weren't trying to say it's cool to smoke. You have a lot of people in this country that smoke. But what I respect about Mark as a smoker ... he never smokes around me or smokes around anyone else. He goes outside."

Cain said the video was meant "to be informative. If they listen to the message where he said America has never seen a candidate like Herman Cain, that was the main point of it. And the bit on the end, we didn't know whether it was going to be funny to some people or whether they were going to ignore it or whatever the case may be."

Cain said he understood the objection and that about 30 percent of the feedback the campaign had received to the video was similar to Schieffer's.

Schieffer pressed Cain to send an anti-smoking message on the show. Cain complied.

"Young people of America, all people, do not smoke. It is hazardous and it's dangerous to your health. Don't smoke. I've never smoked and I have encouraged people not to smoke," he said.

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Qantas Airways grounds its entire worldwide fleet (AP)

CANBERRA, Australia ? Qantas Airways grounded all of its aircraft around the world indefinitely on Saturday due to ongoing strikes by its workers.

The Australian carrier's entire fleet of 108 aircraft will remain grounded until unions representing pilots, mechanics and other ground staff reach an agreement with the airline over pay and conditions, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce told a news conference in Sydney.

"We have decided to ground the Qantas international and domestic fleets immediately," Joyce said.

Flights already in the air when the announcement was made were to continue to their destinations.

Staff will not be required to show up at work and will not be paid starting Monday, Joyce said.

Joyce said he made the decision early Saturday and then gained the approval of the Qantas board.

The airline had been forced to reduce and reschedule flights for weeks because of a series of strikes and overtime work bans over staff concerns that their jobs are being moved overseas.

Joyce estimated the grounding will cost the airline $20 million a day.

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Obama voters, Muslims need not apply for gun class

SAN ANTONIO?? A central Texas gun dealer ran radio ads advising "Socialist" liberals, those who voted for President Barack Obama, Arabs and Muslims that they need not apply for his concealed gun license class.

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Crockett Keller, who owns Keller's Riverside Store, ran the ads on the radio station in his rural hometown of Mason, which is 120 miles west of the state capital of Austin.

"If you are a Socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class," Keller said in the ad. "You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision as required under the law."

"Also, if you are a non-Christian Arab, or Muslim, I will not teach you the class," Keller said.

Keller said he is simply exercising his freedom to teach concealed handgun license classes to whomever he wants. He said he has received "hundreds" of calls from Americans who support his stance.

"I should have had the class next week instead of this week, I could have had 500 people in it," Keller said on Friday.

He said he was not joking when he put the lines about socialists in his commercial, because he knows some socialist liberals and did not want them to enroll in the class.

"I didn't want them to show up and have to tell them no," he said.

The Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the concealed carry program, and licenses instructors, said in a statement that "certified instructors are required to comply with all applicable state and federal statutes, and conduct by an instructor that denied service to individuals on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion would place that instructor's certification at risk."

The department said it had begun an investigation into the matter, and would "take appropriate administrative action based on the findings of from the investigation."

Adults in Texas are allowed to carry concealed weapons if they have completed a class such as the one Keller teaches.

Keller wrapped up his radio by saying: "With no shame, I'm Crockett Keller. Thank you, and may God bless."

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45081404/ns/us_news-life/

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US reaches out to Iranians, warns Iran government (AP)

WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration is setting up an Internet-based embassy to reach out to Iranians hoping to broaden their understanding of the United States, while at the same time studying new sanctions to raise the pressure on Iran's government over its disputed nuclear program and alleged ties to terrorism.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in interviews Wednesday with Persian-language media that the U.S. wanted to affirm its friendship to the Iranian people even at a time of rising tensions with the regime in Tehran. As part of that effort, she said a "virtual embassy in Tehran" will be online by the end of the year, helping Iranians wishing to travel or study in the United States.

"We're trying to reach out to the Iranian people," Clinton said. "We've tried to reach out to the government, just not very successfully."

Clinton stressed that the U.S. was committed to its two-track approach of engagement and sanctions toward the Iranian government. But she said the outreach was being directed to ordinary Iranians who've suffered as a result of their government's "reckless" conduct regarding its uranium enrichment activities, fomenting of unrest in neighboring countries and its role in the alleged terror plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador in Washington.

The U.S. hasn't had an embassy in Iran since breaking off diplomatic relations shortly after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Iran, likewise, has no embassy in Washington, but Clinton said President Barack Obama has tried to entreat Tehran into negotiations.

Separately Wednesday, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said the U.S. should kick out Iranian officials at the United Nations in New York and in Washington because many of them are spies. King said the move would be an appropriate response to alleged plot against the Saudi ambassador, but the State Department rejected the suggestion.

"First of all, we don't have any Iranian diplomats in Washington because we don't have diplomatic relations with Iran," department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. Concerning Iranian diplomats in New York, she said the U.S. as the host nation for the U.N. was obliged to allow diplomats from all countries that are members of the global body.

Clinton, who celebrated her 64th birthday Wednesday, spoke with the BBC and "Parazit," a Persian-language program run by Voice of America that follows the news satire format popularized in the U.S. by the "Daily Show." Yet she spoke seriously about her fears that Iran was becoming a more entrenched "military dictatorship" threatening countries in its region and beyond.

On Iran's uranium enrichment activities, Clinton said, "Everyone believes that the covert actions, the covert facilities, the misleading information is part of an attempt by the regime to acquire nuclear weapons." Iran says the program is solely for producing energy, but she claimed the evidence suggests otherwise.

The U.S. already has a series of sanctions on the Iranian economy, but Clinton said new measures were being examined to pressure the government into being a better global citizen. Iran's central bank and the economic activities of the hardline Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force are possible targets, she suggested.

Clinton also spoke of Iran's efforts to jam Internet sites and track dissident activity on the Internet, part of a policy that she deemed an "electronic curtain." She said Iran's was the most effective government in the world in disrupting Internet and telephone communication.

"It's the 21st century equivalent of the barbed wire and the fences and the dogs that the old Soviet Union used, because they come at it from the same mentality," Clinton said. "They want totalitarian control over what you learn and what you say and even what you think and how you worship and all the things that go to the heart of human dignity and human freedom."

The U.S. is continuing work on creating new technologies to help dissidents and regime opponents circumvent censorship and monitoring, Clinton said. She called it one of her highest priorities.

Yet she also expressed some regret for the U.S. government's tepid support for the opposition Green Movement after Iran's disputed 2009 presidential election. Unlike in Libya, where the U.S. and other countries intervened to protect people protesting against Moammar Gadhafi's dictatorship, Clinton noted that the Iranian demonstrators insisted that they wanted no U.S. help.

"We were torn," she said. "It was a very tough time for us because we wanted to be full-hearted in favor of what was going on inside Iran and we kept being cautioned that we would put people's lives in danger, we would discredit the movement, we would undermine their aspirations.

"I think if something were to happen again, it would be smart for the Green Movement, or some other movement inside Iran, to say we want the voices of the world, we want the support of the world behind us."

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Consumer spending rises, weak incomes a worry (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Sluggish income growth led U.S. households to cut back on saving in September to raise their spending, showing the economy's recovery remains fragile.

Consumer spending increased 0.6 percent, the Commerce Department said on Friday, after a 0.2 percent gain in August. However, incomes edged up only 0.1 percent after a 0.1 percent August drop.

The solid increase in consumer spending -- which accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity -- lends momentum to fourth-quarter output, but the economy could flag if income growth does not pick up.

"Consumers are really walking a tight rope here. They don't have much room and it's easy for them to lose balance with very modest shifts in hiring, the cost of food and everything," said Steve Blitz, senior economist, ITG Investment Research in New York.

JPMorgan raised its forecast for fourth-quarter growth to a 2.5 percent annual rate from 1 percent to take into account a stronger run of recent data, including the figures on spending, and rebound in stock markets.

Still, with household budgets stretched, analysts warned the current pace of expansion could prove fleeting if job growth does not accelerate.

SAVING SOFTENS

The report showed saving slowed to an annual rate of $419.8 billion, the lowest level since August 2009, from $479.1 billion in August.

After accounting for taxes and inflation, income slipped 0.1 percent, a third straight monthly drop. For the third quarter as a whole, it fell at an annual rate of 1.7 percent -- the first quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 2009.

The weak income growth reflects the anemic labor market, characterized by a jobless rate that has been stuck above 9 percent for five consecutive months.

Economists are cautiously optimistic a recent rally in stock markets as Europe tackles its debt crisis will help to shore up consumer confidence, which has dropped to recession levels, and encourage businesses to step-up hiring.

Consumer moods brightened slightly in October, with the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's sentiment index rising to 60.9 from 59.4 in September.

"We expect income growth will rebound in the fourth quarter as employment strengthens, which would support continued gains in spending and a gradual recovery in the savings rate," said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York.

The saving rate, the percentage of disposable income socked away, fell to 3.6 percent, the slowest since December 2007, from 4.1 percent in August.

Stocks on Wall Street were marginally lower after a big rally on Thursday, while prices for U.S. Treasury debt and the U.S. dollar rose.

INFLATION SLOWS

A separate report underscored the troubling signals on income. The Labor Department said wages and salaries rose 0.3 percent in the third quarter -- the smallest gain in a year -- after increase 0.4 percent in the prior quarter.

The report showed benefit costs borne by employers, which make up about 30 percent of overall compensation, grew just 0.1 percent in the quarter, the weakest since the first quarter of 1999.

Some companies, like Wells Fargo, which are looking to cut costs, are rolling out insurance plans with employees paying higher premiums if they get sick.

Weak incomes are likely to draw the attention of policymakers at the Federal Reserve when they meet next week to debate additional ways to aid growth and cut the jobless rate.

Officials who want to take further action to aid the economy may be emboldened by a slowing in inflation shown by the report on spending, although slower inflation also eases the burden on consumers.

A price index for personal spending rose at a 0.2 percent rate last month, slowing from August's 0.3 percent pace. In the 12 months through September, the PCE index was up 2.9 percent, the same margin as in August.

A core inflation measure, which strips out food and energy costs, was flat last month after increasing 0.2 percent in August. In the 12 months through September, this gauge rose 1.6 percent after increasing 1.7 percent in August.

The Fed would like this measure to be closer to 2 percent.

(Additional reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Neil Stempleman)

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Secrets of long life sought in DNA of the elderly

In this Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo, Marie Eberhardt helps her husband George Eberhardt, 107, of Chester, NJ. after they both got their annual flu shot in Mendham, N.J. George Eberhardt turned 107 in September 2011, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him make it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA. He is taking part in one of two projects announced in October 2011 that will examine some of the oldest citizens with one of the newest scientific tools: whole-genome sequencing, the deciphering of a person's complete collection of DNA. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

This Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 photo shows George Eberhardt, 107, of Chester, NJ. after being given his annual flu shot in Mendham, N.J. Eberhardt turned 107 in September 2011, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him make it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA. He is taking part in one of two projects announced in October 2011 that will examine some of the oldest citizens with one of the newest scientific tools: whole-genome sequencing, the deciphering of a person's complete collection of DNA. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

NEW YORK (AP) ? George Eberhardt turned 107 last month, and scientists would love to know how he and other older folks like him made it that far. So he's going to hand over some of his DNA.

He's one of 100 centenarians taking part in a project announced Wednesday that will examine some of the oldest citizens with one of the newest scientific tools: whole-genome sequencing, the deciphering of a person's complete collection of DNA.

Scientists think DNA from very old healthy people could offer clues to how they lived so long. And that could one day lead to medicines to help the rest of us stay disease-free longer.

By the time you reach, say, 105, "it's very hard to get there without some genetic advantages," says Dr. Thomas Perls, a geriatrics expert at Boston University.

Perls is helping find centenarians for the Archon Genomics X Prize competition. The X Prize Foundation, best known for a spaceflight competition, is offering $10 million in prize money to researchers who decipher the complete DNA code from 100 people older than 100. The contest will be judged on accuracy, completeness and the speed and cost of sequencing.

The contest is a relaunch of an older competition with a new focus on centenarians, and it's the second sequencing project involving the elderly to be announced this month.

Genome pioneer J. Craig Venter says the centenarian project is just a first step in revealing the genetic secrets of a long and healthy life.

"We need 10,000 genomes, not 100, to start to understand the link between genetics, disease and wellness," said Venter, who is co-chairing the X Prize contest.

The 107-year-old Eberhardt of Chester, N.J., played and taught tennis until he was 94. He said he's participating in the X Prize project because he's interested in science and technology. It's not clear his genes will reveal much. Nobody else in his extended family reached 100, and he thinks only a couple reached 90, he said in a telephone interview.

So why does he think he lived so long? He credits 70 years of marriage to his wife, Marie. She in turn cites his "intense interest in so many things" over a lifetime, from building radios as a child to pursuing a career in electronics research.

But scientists believe there's more to it, and they want to use genome sequencing to investigate. Dr. Richard Cawthon of the University of Utah, who is seeking longevity genes by other means, says it may turn up genetic features that protect against multiple diseases or that slow the process of aging in general.

Protective features of a centenarian's DNA can even overcome less-than-ideal lifestyles, says Dr. Nir Barzilai of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. His own study of how centenarians live found that "as a group, they haven't done the right things."

Many in the group he studied were obese or overweight. Many were smokers, and few exercised or followed a vegetarian diet. His oldest participant, who died this month just short of her 110th birthday, smoked for 95 years.

"She had genes that protected her against the environment," Barzilai said. One of her sisters died at 102, and one of her brothers is 105 and still manages a hedge fund.

Earlier this month, Scripps Health of San Diego announced a different genome project involving the elderly. The Scripps Wellderly Study will receive the complete genomes of 1,000 people age 80 and older from a sequencing company.

A complete genome reveals not only genes but also other DNA that's responsible for regulating genes. It's "the full monty," showing DNA elements that are key for illness and health, says Dr. Eric Topol, who heads the Wellderly Study.

Participants in that study have an average age of 87 and range up to 108, and they've never had diabetes, heart disease or cancer, or any neurological disease.

"Why are these people Teflon-coated?" Topol asked. "Why don't they get disease?"

The ability to turn out lots of complete genomes is "the new-new thing" in trying to find out, he said.

"There's been too much emphasis on disorders per se and not enough on the people who are exceptionally healthy," to learn from their genomes, Topol said. "Now we have the powerful tools to do that."

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Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims join pope, urge peace (AP)

ASSISI, Italy ? Pope Benedict XVI joined Buddhist monks, Islamic scholars, Hindus and a handful of agnostics in making a communal call for peace Thursday, insisting that religion must never be used as a pretext for war or terrorism.

Benedict welcomed some 300 leaders representing a rainbow of faiths to the hilltop Italian town of Assisi to commemorate the 25th anniversary of a daylong prayer for peace here called by Pope John Paul II in 1986 amid Cold War conflicts.

One by one, the monks, priests and patriarchs stood up and committed themselves to working for dialogue, justice and peace, and for a more equitable and friendly world.

While the event lacked the urgency and star power of 1986, when the Dalai Lama, Mother Teresa and others came together to pray, Thursday's peace meeting included some novelties. Buddhist monks from mainland China were on hand as were four participants who profess no faith at all ? part of Benedict's efforts to reach out to agnostics and atheists who are searching for truth.

And, unlike the 1986 event and successive ones in 1993 and 2002, there was no time given for any type of communal prayer ? a key element of the previous editions in providing images of the world's great religions praying for peace. Benedict had objected to the 1986 event and didn't attend because he disapproved of members of different faiths praying in the presence of one another.

As a result, his 25th anniversary edition removed any whiff of syncretism, or the combining of different beliefs and practices. After a lunch of vegetarian risotto, salad and fruit, the participants retired to hotel rooms where they could pray individually or nap before returning for some concluding remarks.

In his opening speech, the German-born Benedict noted that in the 25 years since John Paul's peace day, the Berlin Wall had crumbled without bloodshed but that religion is now frequently being used to justify violence. He said it was wrong to demand that faith disappear from daily life to somehow rid the world of a religious pretext for violence, arguing that the absence of God from people's daily lives was even more dangerous.

"The horrors of the concentration camps reveal with utter clarity the consequences of God's absence," said Benedict, who as a young German was forced to join the Hitler Youth.

Traditionalist Catholics condemned the Assisi meeting ? just as they did the one in 1986 ? saying it was blasphemy for the pope to invite leaders of "false" religions to pray to their Gods for peace. The Society of St. Pius X, a breakaway traditionalist group that Benedict has been working to bring back into Rome's fold, said it would be celebrating 1,000 Masses to atone for the damage done by the event and urged the pope to use it to urge others to convert to Catholicism.

The issue is a sensitive one for Benedict, who has railed against religious relativism, or the idea that there are no absolute truths and that all religions are somehow equal. As then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, he issued a controversial document in 2000 in part as a response to the 1986 Assisi event asserting that the fullness of the means of salvation was found in the Catholic Church alone.

That said, at the end of the day Benedict knelt down in prayer in front of the tomb of St. Francis, whose peace-loving message has made Assisi a pilgrimage destination for centuries. Silently standing behind him were the leaders of the other religious delegations.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, said the delegates weren't gathered in Assisi to come to a "minimum common ground of belief."

Rather, he said, the meeting would show the world that through their distinctiveness, different faiths provide the wisdom to draw upon "in the struggle against the foolishness of a world still obsessed with fear and suspicion, still in love with the idea of a security based on active hostility, and still capable of tolerating or ignoring massive loss of life among the poorest through war and disease."

And there was a lot of distinctiveness on hand. Standing on the altar of St. Mary of the Angels basilica, Wande Abimbola of Nigeria, representing Africa's traditional Yoruba religion, sang a prayer and shook a percussion instrument as he told the delegates that peace can only come with greater respect for indigenous religions.

"We must always remember that our own religion, along with the religions practiced by other people, are valid and precious in the eyes of the Almighty, who created all of us with such plural and different ways of life and belief systems," he said.

Thursday's meeting also included Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and representatives from Greek, Russian, Serbian and Belarusian Orthodox churches as well as Lutheran, Methodist and Baptist leaders. Several rabbis were joined by some 60 Muslims, a half-dozen Hindus and Shinto believers, three Taoists, three Jains and a Zoroastrian.

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