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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – In an address to the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting Office Project Key, Mitt Romney accused President Obama of “using every imaginable ploy” to restrict the right to bear arms.

Speaking to a crowd of thousands at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Romney vowed to enforce current gun laws without creating new ones and said he would work to protect the Second Amendment rights of Americans.

“We need a president who will enforce current laws, not create new ones that only serve to burden lawful gun owners,” said Romney. “President Obama has not, I will.”

“We need a president who will stand up for the rights of hunters and sportsmen, and those seeking to protect their homes and their families,” he said. “President Obama has not Windows 7 activation key, I will.

“And if we are going to safeguard our Second Amendment, it is time to elect a president who will defend the rights President Obama ignores or minimizes, and I will protect the Second Amendment rights of American people,” Romney pledged.

But Romney’s remarks about gun control came toward the end of his speech – the candidate did not even mention the word “gun” until 18 minutes in – and focused the bulk of his remarks on shrinking the size of the government and reducing the nation’s spending habits.

“Freedom is the victim of unbounded government appetite, and so is economic growth, job growth and wage growth,” said Romney. “As government takes more and more Windows 7 product key free, there is less and less incentive to take risk, to invest, to innovate, and to hire.”

Romney, who earlier this year revealed that he owns two shotguns, did not delve into his own hunting history during his speech. Earlier Friday, one of his senior advisors declined to specify when he purchased the firearms, where he keeps them or how frequently he uses them. Romney purchased a lifetime membership in the NRA during the last campaign.

In contrast, Sen. Rick Santorum, who suspended his bid for the presidency earlier this week, began his own address to the NRA today with tales of hunting with his family, saying that his wife Karen “owns way more guns” than he does.

“We had the national media trailing along with us as we went on a bird hunt in central Iowa right before the Iowa caucuses, and it was very exciting,” Santorum recalled, laughing.

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The history, symbolism and personal stories of the Olympic Games will come to life through philately this summer at a special exhibition presented by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the British Library.

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Reflecting the manner in which the Olympic spirit touches the individual spirit, the exhibition is drawn largely from the philatelic collections of private individuals. The interests of these individual collectors give this exhibition a unique character and demonstrate how each of us can become involved in curating the Olympic story.

More than 2,500 stamps will feature, tracing the way that Olympic iconography has evolved across more than a century. Also included are handwritten postcards and letters from athletes, spectators and public figures – recording with vivid immediacy the ways in which the Games touched their lives.

IOC President Jacques Rogge said: “The IOC is delighted to have the British Library as its partner in this exhibition. The Library’s international reputation for bringing stories to life makes it the natural home for this fascinating and unique view of Olympic history.”

Frances Brindle, the British Library’s Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications, said: “The British Library is thrilled to be working with the IOC on Olympex 2012. Each stamp replica watches, postcard and letter to be featured tells a story – understanding who sent them, and to whom, gives very personal insights into historical events.”

Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. The exhibition will be held in the Front Hall of the British Library, St Pancras, from 25 July to 9 September. Admission is free.

Further information is available from the British Library website.

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Rebels armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked tank positions in the east of the provincial capital Deir al-Zor, in response to an army offensive against towns and villages in the tribal area bordering Iraq that has killed tens of people and stopped others reaching supplies and medical care, they said.

“We do not have a death toll because no one is daring to go into the streets,” said Ghaith Abdelsalam, an opposition activist who lives near Ghassan Abboud roundabout that has become a flashpoint for the fighting in the city.

“The population has been trapped and anger has been building up,” he said, adding the fighting subsided early in the morning after erupting overnight.

The army still has tanks and heavy weapons in cities and towns in violation of ceasefire being monitored by a U.N. team and rebels are continuing their guerrilla attacks on military convoys and army roadblocks that have cut off swathes of the country, according to witnesses and opposition sources.

Fifty out of a planned total of 300 U.N. observers are now in Syria to monitor the ceasefire declared on April 12, but their presence has not halted 14 months of violence.

The authorities say they are fighting what they call foreign backed terrorists in Deir al-Zor and across the country who are bent on sabotaging what state media describe as a comprehensive reform program being led by Assad that is more advanced than in Western democracies.

The authorities are touting Monday’s parliamentary election as a showcase of these reforms.

However, the opposition says it will change little in a rubberstamp assembly that has been chosen by the ruling Assad family, backed by the powerful secret police, for the past four decades.

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The assembly currently does not have a single opposition member and official media said half the seats would be reserved to “representatives of workers and peasants”, whose unions are controlled by Assad’s Baath Party.

“Nothing has changed. Syria’s political system remains utterly corrupt and election results will be again determined in advance,” said opposition activist Bassam Ishaq, who unsuccessfully ran for parliament in 2003 and 2007.

“There are effectively very few seats for independents, and these will go to the highest bidder.”

Interior Minister Mohammad Nidal al-Shaar toured the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, and declared Syria’s commercial and industrial hub was ready for the vote.

“All resources should be made available to ensure the electoral process proceeds smoothly,” Shaar, flanked by electoral officials, told state media.

Anti-government demonstrations have expanded in Aleppo after Assad’s forces killed seven student protesters at Aleppo University last month. Witnesses say street demonstrations demanding his removal have been expanding across the country after the monitors’ arrival.

Backed by old ally Russia, and with support from Iran’s clerical Shi’ite rulers, Assad, who belongs to Syria’s Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shi’ite Islam, has relied on the Alawite dominated military to try to put down the uprising against his repressive rule, which is being mostly led by members of the country’s Sunni majority.

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The ruling elite still has open supply lines from Iraq and Lebanon to counter Western sanctions. In Lebanon the Shi’ite guerrilla group Hezbollah has led support for Syria to the disquiet of the Sunni population.

On Sunday, the U.N. monitors were due to visit the town of Zabadani near the Lebanese border, a day after a tour of Douma, another town that at one time was known as a stronghold for the armed opposition but is now back under army control.

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And then one day, I realized that so much of my “wisdom” or, more accurately, just “stuff that I say,” comes from the actual wisdom of the great mentor of my life, the incomparable Norman Lear, for whom I worked during my formative early professional years when so much of one’s perspectives on life and work are shaped. After many years of Norman’s “Norman-isms” rattling around in my head, I’ve decided that graduation season is the perfect time to share them with my own students — and the many other graduates who are beginning new chapters in their lives.

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First, Norman’s:

(1) At the moment of commitment, the entire world conspires to assure your success.
(This was paraphrased by Norman, but originally thought to have originated from the philosopher Goethe.)
With a surface-level read, this may seem obvious and potentially overused — as in, work hard and it will all work out for you. But to me, understanding this bit of philosophy in a deep, internalized way only came with age and experience. When Norman first said this to me, I remember thinking that the key to this mantra was the “world conspiring” part of it — the thought that the world owed me success. But not only is this not the key idea, it misses the entire point. What I came to learn, through the messiness that comes from large and small professional decisions, is that the key is the commitment piece, which has everything to do with your own active engagement in your own life, pursuits and passions. At the moment in which you truly commit to a project, an idea, a version of yourself, you may find the world lining up in ways that allows the success to happen — you meet people who make connections, you have a conversation with someone who tells you the exact thing you needed to hear, you find a partner with whom to collaborate, and on and on. In my own still-evolving professional life, I have encountered the most amazing moments of a world conspiring — but only when I was fully, honestly engaged, with the kind of commitment that is felt deeply when no one else is around to see or validate.

(2) You matter.
If you are making a widget, do it with the best of your intentions and abilities. And while you’re making the widget, stop and appreciate the big picture of how your widget fits into the universe of contributions to society or your community, however you define it. Your work is making a ripple — a dent in the world — during the time you’re here, so don’t forget to appreciate and celebrate the ways in which you matter. And then go back to making the best widget you can make so that the dent in the world will be even deeper.

(3) Deal in straight lines.
Be upfront, tell the truth, be transparent — this is what it means to deal in straight lines. This one is tricky to accomplish in practice sometimes, particularly in the face of slippery maneuvering operators. But, if you do your best on this one, you’ll have the deep internal satisfaction and integrity of knowing that you are a person who deals in straight lines, not crooked ones that are hard to follow at best and manipulative and dishonest at worst.

And here are a few of my pieces of “wisdom,” which are far less eloquent than Norman’s, but have practical, tested utility:

(4) Don’t be a knucklehead (lots of other words apply here).
Workplaces are full of jerks. Don’t be one of them. Collaborate honestly and generously, give credit to your colleagues, thank people privately and publicly when you appreciate them, give constructive (not meanspirited) feedback, follow through when you say you’ll do something, don’t miss deadlines, and communicate clearly and honestly. People go out of their way for other people who are good colleagues — it’s basic human nature — and the work experiences will be so much better for you if you do your best to be a good colleague. And here’s the other thing: If you are the smartest person in the room and find ways to make sure people know that you think they are inferior, believe me, they notice. Emotional intelligence counts.

(5) Apologize sincerely. Practice forgiveness.
I’ve made a lot of mistakes. Sometimes I apologized for them sincerely Where Can i Buy Tattoo Ink, and to be honest, sometimes I’m not sure if I did or not. The apologies that were sincerely felt and conveyed are the experiences with closure. The others — wishy-washy apologies — will eat you up if you are a person with a conscience. So, you’ll make mistakes — and you can’t avoid them — but make sure to build integrity and sincerity into your apologies. And then, when you get the chance to be on the other end of the equation, forgive sincerely. I have been the recipient of sincere forgiveness, and I can’t express my gratitude enough.

(6) Don’t lead with money — find the thing that wakes you up at night with ideas and passion (and the money will follow).
Every job is a slog now and then — it’s a fact. I know there are plenty of folks who disagree with me on this point, but here’s the thing: If you don’t at least start with the idea that you are doing work that you like (or love), thinking about issues that interest you, then the slog may be long and painful and irritating, no matter how much money you make. Do you read stories about people making radical career changes late in life? This comes from that idea. So if you lead first with a firm sense of what you care about, what you’re good at, and what you want to think about all day — and then you become better and better at it — the money will follow, most likely. Just don’t lead with the money piece first.

And with this, I leave you with two final recommendations: wear sunscreen and have great adventures. Congratulations, graduates, and buckle up.

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The coffee-flavored liquor, produced by M.S. Walker Inc. in Somerville, Mass., has long been the top-selling hard liquor in Maine, according to statistics compiled by the state Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations.

Each year, the bureau releases a list of the top 25 selling units of liquor in the state. The bureau bases its list on the number of cases sold and separately tracks different sizes of the same brand.

Four different sizes of Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy routinely appear among the top 10 spots on the list.

For 2011, different sizes of Allen’s were ranked first, third, fourth and ninth on the list. The largest bottle, 1750 milliliters, was the top-selling unit in Maine last year with 56,159 cases sold, with each case containing six bottles. The smaller the bottle of Allen’s, the fewer cases of it sold in 2011, as is typical every year.

The total sales figures for all four sizes of Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy in 2011 was 988,123 bottles sold with a retail value of $11,991,937. The most recent year during which fewer than 1 million bottles of Allen’s sold in Maine for less than $12 million was in 2006.

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Tim Poulin, director of operations for the state bureau, said Tuesday that, despite the decrease in the liquor’s sales in Maine, it remains the most popular brand in the state by far. Coffee-flavored liquors generally sell well in Maine, he said, but none compare to Allen’s.

“It’s just very popular in Maine, for whatever reason,” Poulin said. “It’s a love affair in Maine.”

The bureau does not keep statistics on the sales of beers, wines or other alcoholic drinks such as hard lemonade or tea, Poulin said.

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Bacardi Light rum, which sold 113,822 bottles in Maine last year for a retail sales total of $2,417,571, was ranked fourth for both value and volume. No other brand appears on the state’s Top 25 list more than once.

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Lead by Judy Potter, currently the Chair of the Fringe Festival, the board has been given the job of improving the market.

“My message will be simple,” Ms Potter said.

“I am committed to ensuring that the Central Market remains the pre-eminent food destination and experience, not only in South Australia, but to be recognised internationally.”

The changeover will also see the Adelaide Council lose control and lose profit from the busy U-Park carpark, above the Central Markets.

The Council will hand over ownership of the Markets to the Adelaide Central Market Authority in July.

When do gay kids start “acting gay”?

A Minnesota school district is facing a Department of Justice investigation and a private lawsuit over its alleged failure to combat antigay bullying. One of the student-plaintiffs is a 14-year-old boy who hasn’t declared his sexual orientation but has been harassed for his clothing choices and his love for singing Lady Gaga songs. When do gay children start exhibiting telltale signs?

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Psychiatrist Richard Green conducted the leading study in this field in the 1970s and ’80s. He followed 44 boys who defied traditional gender roles from early childhood to adulthood. Thirty of them became gay or bisexual adults while just one child from a 34-member gender-conforming control group turned out to be gay. The subjects who strayed the most from conventionally boyish behavior were the most likely to be gay. Green’s study has since been repeated by other researchers with similar outcomes. (Studies on females show that only around one-quarter of gender nonconforming girls grow up to be lesbians.)

There is no magical age at which children adopt stereotypically gay behavior and keep it into adulthood. The beginnings of gender nonconformity are hard to pinpoint, and a person’s tendency toward masculine behavior may rise and fall through childhood. Some mothers tell psychologists that they sensed their little boy was gay during infancy. They claim the child behaved differently than male siblings when picked up, showing a stronger interest in nuzzling. (These stories Replica Christian Audigier Clothes, however, may just be hindsight bias.) Gender nonconforming boys also tend to adopt more traditional gender roles in middle and high school, often as an attempt to cover up their sexual identity.

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The BMW 3 Series coupe and convertible rank among the hottest sellers not only for BMW, but also in their respective segments. They’re the benchmark against which rivals compare themselves and the target for both driving dynamics and sales figures. So when Munich unveils an update for both, you can expect to see them in short order in every parking lot and on every street corner and stretch of highway. But since the veil was lifted on the updated two-door Threes just yesterday Marc Jacobs Dresses sale, we’re glad to oblige with one big gallery of images to hold you over in the meantime.

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General Motors denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the Forester wasn’t designed as an all-terrain, all-weather vehicle. Tolat countered with the car’s sales brochure, which reportedly likened the Forester’s capabilities with that of a mountain goat. “A total misrepresentation Buy Karen Millen Dresses,” says Tolat. As far as we can recall, we’re not aware of any 2005-vintage mountain goats that stalled out and died in one foot of water… so, there you go.

The General took the case all the way to India’s Supreme Court after losing Tolat’s lawsuit in two lower courts, but it ultimately lost there too. It took three years, but Tolat finally got GM to buy back the Forester and pay his legal fees. Score one for determination Cheap DKNY Clothing, even if we’re a little leery of the court’s ruling without the rest of the facts. In any case Herve Leger gown sale, click past the break to watch video of the story as covered on NDTV.

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The Washington Post leads with word that some Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporters are preparing to coalesce into a single campaign focused on November. The New York Times leads with the sharp rise in sectarian violence in Lebanon, fueled by a recent Hezbollah takeover of Beirut. The Los Angeles Times leads with a profile of the judge who led California’s Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriages.

Even if voters are still hopelessly torn between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, campaign staffers are quietly preparing for the day when one of the candidates steps aside. Staffers and fundraisers in both camps are looking for ways to integrate and begin uniting the party behind a single candidate. There are obstacles to this, of course. Sources say strategists who backed Clinton may be sullen in defeat and those who backed Obama may be reluctant to share coveted spots on the winning team. And, yes Wyler Replica Watches, the WP just assumes that Obama will be the nominee, but that’s hardly atypical anymore. Heck, the paper also reports that Obama has already started referring to the Clinton campaign in the past tense.

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The violence in Lebanon might have been set off by Hezbollah’s actions last week, but the NYT explains that this round of sectarian conflict is also a product of political instability Replica Vacheron Constantin Watches, which has plagued the country since Syrian forces pulled out in 2005. While Lebanon doesn’t have a long history of conflict between Islamic sects Fake Corum Watches, the recent spate of attacks and counterattacks may have started Lebanon on the path to the kind of prolonged violence raging elsewhere in the region.

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George is a Republican who counts gay couples among his friends; so it’s no surprise that he was conflicted about the landmark same-sex marriage verdict his court handed down last week. George tells the LAT that he considered it a civil rights issue on par with interracial marriage and was pleased that the dissenting opinion wasn’t “homophobic.”

Survivors of last week’s earthquake in China’s Sichuan province are now threatened by flooding, reports the NYT. The paper reports that thousands of survivors are fleeing temporary shelters after the government warned that rivers and lakes could flood due to landslide blockages. If flooding occurs, it would almost certainly put an end to any efforts to rescue people trapped in collapsed buildings. Inside Replica Richard Mille Watches, the WP says the earthquake has found media in China at its boldest in years. The LAT runs a story exploring the power of rumors in Chinese culture and the futile steps the government is pursuing to crack down on idle chatter.

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The WP fronts the image crisis Republicans are facing after losing three straight special elections. The LAT is a little late to the party with this story, but the paper manages to eke a little more life out of it by focusing on what Sen. John McCain’s presidential run could do to turn things around for the GOP.

The NYT fronts a piece on Barack Obama’s life story, exploring how Obama’s two memoirs helped turn him into a political phenomenon (or maybe it’s the other way around), all the while raking in millions of dollars for the senator from Illinois.

The revolution will not be Facebooked—at least, not yet—says the WP. The paper covers the online birth and real-world demise of a pro-democracy protest in Egypt that was organized using Facebook.

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