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In the news
1Report for casino hopefuls due this weekNumerous developers are ex-pected to apply to the stateGaming Control Board for thecity’s second casino license byNov. 15, but the city issued a re-minder yesterday to interestedapplicants: Don’t forget us.
As part of the process, appli-cants are required to submit alocal impact report to the city
by Thursday. In addition to thereport, applicants must provideengineering reports and trafficstudies, including details of anyadverse effects on transporta-tion, housing, local police orother public resources.
Once the application periodcloses, it could take betweennine and 12 months to select
the winning project, the gam-ing board said. The board willmake the plans public and holdpublic hearings to get inputfrom citizens.
Two groups have alreadymade their plans for a secondPhiladelphia casino public.Greenwood Gaming and Enter-tainment, which operates Parx
Casino in Bensalem, and TheCordish Co. have proposed aLas Vegas-style casino near theSouth Philadelphia SportsComplex. Developer Bart Blat-stein has also proposed a casinoand resort complex on NorthBroad Street that would be runby Hard Rock International.
SOLOMON D. LEACH
Fight againstvoterconfusionbegins in Pa.Political watchdog Com-mittee of Seventy willhave about 250 volunteerson the street to help sortout poll problems, as wellas several hundred work-ers handing out flyers ex-plaining acceptable formsof ID to vote. METRO
NJ easesways forvoters to castballotElection Day options forNew Jersey residents havebroadened in the wake ofHurricane Sandy.Registered voters can to-day cast a ballot at theircounty elections office un-til 3 p.m. or locate theirclosest polling place bytexting “where” to 877-877.
Displaced voters andfirst responders who can’tmake it to their countypolls are recommended tovote by provisional ballot,though doing so limitsvoters to weighing in onnational and statewidecandidates and statewideballot questions only.
In addition, New Jerseyresidents can for the firsttime ever vote by faxingor e-mailing a mail-in bal-lot application. METRO
Photo ID not needed.
DA, watchdog group outin force on Election DayWith the high stakes in to-day’s election and possibleconfusion over the voter IDlaw, District Attorney SethWilliams and the Committeeof Seventy said they will beclosely monitoring the pollingplaces across the city today.
Voters will be asked foridentification, but are not re-quired to show it under thestate’s law, according to a rul-ing from a CommonwealthCourt judge last month.
But there is still some con-fusion among voters thatcould discourage them fromcasting a ballot.
“We understand that theremay be some confusion thisyear with the new Voter IDlaw that is now in place, andwe want to make sure that noone is discouraged about go-ing to the polls on Tuesday be-cause of that confusion,”Williams said at a press con-ference.
The District Attorney’s Of-fice will have mobile units,each with an assistant districtattorney and a district attor-ney’s detective, to respond toproblem polling places.
Williams said his officewill also prosecute any crimi-nal activity “to the fullest ex-tent of the law.”
Williams will have his eyes on voter fraud all day.
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Voters’ complaints can beregistered by calling:
District Attorney’s Office —215-686-9641, 9643, 9644 or9884The Committee of Seventy —866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683)
Don’t believethe rumorsThe Committee of Seventysaid many Pennsylvania vot-ers have received incorrecte-mails telling them that se-lecting the “Straight Demo-cratic Ticket” will not regis-ter a vote for PresidentBarack Obama.
Seventy said the informa-tion is totally false, and thatany voter who selects the op-tion will vote for every De-mocrat on the ballot, includ-ing Obama.
Likewise, those who se-lect the “Straight RepublicanTicket” will vote for everyRepublican on the ballot, in-cluding Mitt Romney.
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Power shouldnot be issueMost Pennsylvania voterswill be able to cast theirballots without disruption,Gov. Tom Corbett said.
As of mid-afternoonMonday, all but five pollinglocations had powerrestored, Corbett said.
Emergency generators wereon site at those fivelocations in the event pow-er was not restored today.
One polling place inRiegelsville, Bucks County,has been moved toRiegelsville Fire Hall fromRiegelsville Borough Halldue to a damaged pole anddangling wires outside theborough hall. METRO/SDL
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Joe Coolhawks liquor
Sports legend JoeMontana will be at thePA Wine and Spiritsstore on ChestnutStreet Thursday, sign-ing bottles of his Avia-tion Gin. Montana isthe latest celebrity tocreate a signaturebrand for sale by thestate Liquor ControlBoard. The Hall ofFamer will signpre-purchased bottlesfrom 5 to 7 p.m. at thestore, located at 1218Chestnut. METRO
“Romney madeit one last week
when he decidedif he can't winOhio, he must
win Pennsylva-nia to win thepresidency be-
cause he needs alarge state witha big electoral
vote count.”POLLSTER TERRY MADONNA
ON WHETHERPENNSYLVANIA’S STATUS IS A
BATTLEGROUND STATE INTODAY’S PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION
SOLOMON D. [email protected]
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“We understand that there may be someconfusion this year with the new Voter IDlaw that is now in place, and we want tomake sure that no one is discouragedabout going to the polls on Tuesdaybecause of that confusion.” WILLIAMS
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03#1 DAILY NEWSPAPER IN CENTER CITY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012philadelphia
Philadelphia has been selectedas one of 20 finalists in the $5million Bloomberg Philanthro-pies’ Mayors Challenge.
The city entered the contestpromoting the PhiladelphiaSocial Enterprise Partnership,a proposed initiative run incollaboration with the Good-Company Group throughwhich city government wouldhelp incubate private startupsaimed at solving quality of lifeissues.
The initiative would estab-lish an executive board of cityofficials to identify problemsand provide data and feed-back, then send out a nation-wide open call for possible en-trepreneurial solutions. Cityofficials would partner withpolicy and business experts tohelp the selected companiesgrow, awarding top solutionswith early-stage funding andhelping others find private in-vestments.
The partnership would add30 new startups to the cityeach year, according to a re-lease, increasing the region’s
reputation as an entrepreneur-ial hub and creating a sustain-able process for government-facilitated innovation.
The mother of a 2-year-oldboy who died after falling in-to a pit of African wild dogsat the Pittsburgh Zoo stoodhim up on a railing before hefell and was immediately at-tacked by 11 dogs, policesaid.
The boy was visiting thezoo with his 34-year-oldmother, who had put him onthe railing for a better view
of the animals, known asAfrican painted dogs, policesaid. The zoo was closed im-mediately after the incidenton Sunday and remainedshut yesterday. Authoritiesare trying to determine if theboy died from the fall or theattack, Pittsburgh police said.
Eleven dogs swarmed theboy after he fell. Zookeepersrushed to the exhibit area
housing the animals, firingdarts to frighten them awayfrom the child before policearrived.
Zoo staff secured 10 of thedogs but police entered thepit and fired multiplegunshots to kill the last dog,which was particularlyaggressive toward the childand the officers, authoritiessaid. REUTERS
Child mauled at zoo fell over railPhilly incubatorinitiative could net $5 million
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One day after Republican Mitt Romney made a late campaignstop in the Philadelphia suburbs, former President Bill Clintonmade several stops yesterday in Pennsylvania, including atthe University of Pennsylvania. Polls show that Pennsylvaniais once again in play in Tuesday’s election, despite an 11-point lead for President Obama several weeks ago. Clintonalso appeared in Pittsburgh, Scranton and Blue Bell. METRO
Election 2012. Clinton stumps
Clinton visited the Palestra in University City last night and — surprise — Mayor Michael Nutter showed up.
Team PhillyA team from Philadelphiawill attend the two-dayBloomberg Ideas Camp inNew York City later thismonth, where they will fur-ther refine their idea and goon to receive additionaltechnical support in prepa-ration for final submission.The Philadelphia team willthen compete with 19 othercities for a $5 million grandprize or one of fouradditional $1 million prizes,which would be used tojump-start the Social Enter-prise Partnership’simplementation. Winnerswill be announced in springof 2013. METRO/AW
ALEX WIGGLESWORTH [email protected]
With 84 percent of electricityrestored after Hurricane Sandy,power companies zeroed in ondevastated coastal areas in NewYork and New Jersey as an ap-proaching winter storm threat-ens lives.
About 1.4 million homesand businesses remain withoutpower a week after Sandy’swinds and record tidesswamped Lower Manhattanand destroyed the electrical in-frastructure in New Jersey’s sea-side communities. Officials ad-vised residents to flee theirdarkened homes for warm shel-ters, as an approaching storm isexpected to bring near-freezingtemperatures, winds as high as55 miles per hour and addition-al flooding as soon as tonight.
In Wayne, New Jersey,Robert Mesuk, 76, and his wife,Sandra, 73, were huddling nextto the fireplace in their town-home to stay warm as they en-tered their second week in thedark. Their utility, owned by
PSE&G told them they wouldn’thave power back until Nov. 10.
Along the coast, the infra-structure is gone,” New YorkCity Mayor Michael Bloomberg
said yesterday in a press confer-ence. “Things that took monthsor years to build are gone. Howquickly we can get it back, I’mnot sure.” BLOOMBERG
“We’ve got noheating, no cable,Internet or TV. Ourland phone is out.”ROBERT MESUK
In the darkNew Jersey and New Yorkmade up about 92 percentof the blackout map today.About 20 percent of NewJersey is still without power.
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Sandy victims warnedas nor’easter set to hit
Army generalpulled rank,forced sex, saysmilitary courtAn Army general used hissuperior rank to force fivewomen into impropersexual relations, militaryprosecutors saidyesterday at a hearing todetermine if he shouldface a court martial.
Brigadier General Jef-frey Sinclair, who is basedat Fort Bragg, is accused of26 violations of militarylaw. They include forciblesodomy, wrongful sexualconduct, possessingpornography whiledeployed and conduct un-becoming of an officer.
The charges stem frominappropriate behaviortoward four female subor-dinates and one civilianover the last five years,Army prosecutors said, re-vealing new details aboutthe charges announcedagainst Sinclair inSeptember. REUTERS
News in brief
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Those in hardest-hit areas would have to wait as long as 14 days for electricity, and it may be even longer for some.
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HSBC fears USmoney launderingfines to top $1.5BA U.S. fine for violating federalanti-money-laundering lawscould cost HSBC Holdings sig-nificantly more than $1.5 bil-lion and is likely to lead tocriminal charges as well, the
bank said yesterday.HSBC said the U.S. investi-
gation had damaged thebank’s reputation and forced itto set aside a further $800 mil-lion to cover a potential finefor breaches in anti-money-laundering controls in Mexicoand other violations. The pro-vision was on top of $700 mil-lion it put aside in July. REUTERS
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Hearing begins for USsoldier charged inrampage that killed 16A U.S. Army soldier chargedwith killing 16 Afghan civiliansin a drunken rampage inMarch sat quietly in a militarycourtroom yesterday as prose-cutors outlined their case, ac-cusing him of two murderousforays from his barracks intonearby villages.
Prosecutor Jay Morse saidhe would present evidenceproving “chilling premedita-tion” on the part of Staff Ser-geant Robert Bales, a decorat-ed veteran of four combattours in Iraq and Afghanistanwho is accused of the masskillings.
The shootings of mostlywomen and children inAfghanistan’s Kandaharprovince marked the worstcivilian slaughter by U.S.forces since the Vietnam Warand eroded already strainedU.S.-Afghan ties after morethan a decade of conflict in thecountry.
At the end, military com-manders will decide whetherthere is sufficient evidence torefer the case for trial by courtmartial.
Bales, dressed in camou-flage Army fatigues, his headshaven, embraced his wife incourt before the hearing be-gan. He then sat silently watch-ing the proceedings from the
defense table as Morse summa-rized the prosecution’s accountof the events of March 11.
According to Morse, Baleshad been drinking and paid abrief visit to the room of a fel-low soldier before he left theArmy post, called Camp Belam-bay, and went to a villagewhere he committed the first
set of slayings.Bales, who is not expected
to testify during the so-calledArticle 32 hearing, had beenconfined at a military prison inKansas from March until hewas moved in October toLewis-McChord, where his in-fantry regiment was based.REUTERS
Described as wearing a capeThe prosecution thenshowed a video shot bynight-vision camera froma surveillance balloonover the camp, showinga figure they identifiedas Bales walking back tothe post wearing whatthey described as a cape.
He is seen being con-fronted by three soldiers,who order him to drophis weapons and takehim into custody.
Prosecutors said Baleshad been armed with anM-1 rifle, a pistol and agrenade launcher duringthe killings. REUTERS
The charges
Bales faces 16 counts ofpremeditated murder and sixcounts of attempted murder,as well as charges of assaultand wrongfully possessingand using steroids and alcoholwhile deployed. If convicted,he could face the deathpenalty.
The hearing at Joint BaseLewis-McChord in Washingtonstate is expected to last twoweeks and include witnesstestimony in Afghanistancarried by live video, includingvillagers and Afghan soldiers.
Prosecutor JayMorse called Bales’actions “deliberate,methodical.”
Coke users atheightened heartattack risk: Study NEW YORK. Occasional users ofcocaine have higher blood pres-sure, stiffer arteries, and thickercardiac muscle walls, all risks forheart attacks, than non-users,according to a study.
The heart abnormalitieswere found in recreational co-caine users long after the effectsof the drug wore off, researcherssaid in a study presented yester-day at the American Heart Asso-ciation’s annual meeting in LosAngeles.
The research was inspired bya wave of cocaine-related heartabnormalities in otherwisehealthy adults, according to astatement released by the med-
ical group. There was noevidence of “silent” heartattacks, as previous studies haveshown. Also unlike in most earli-er reports, these cocaine usersweren’t addicts with a dailyhabit, just social users.BLOOMBERG
Did zoo boy die fromfall or dog attack?PITTSBURGH. The mother of a 2-year-old boy who died afterfalling into a pit of African wild
dogs at the Pittsburgh Zoostood him up on a railingbefore he fell and was immedi-ately attacked by 11 dogs, po-lice said.
The boy was visiting the zoowith his 34-year-old mother,who had put him on the railingfor a better view of the animals,known as African painted dogs.
Authorities are trying to de-termine if the boy died fromthe fall or the attack, Pittsburghpolice spokeswoman DianeRichard said yesterday. REUTERS
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Money spent in bythe Obama andRomney campaignsin 2012.
Days since the 2012 DemocraticConvention chose President Obama as its candidate for president,marking the official beginning of the campaign for president.61
Percent lead Obama has in a poll ofpolls of likely voters. If that holdstrue, it would be the closest outcomesince JFK beat Nixon in 1960 by 0.16-percent of the popular vote.
$2.6BTotal dollars in billionsspending by campaignsin all federal electionsthis year.
According to the latest pollnumbers released yesterday,Barack Obama and Mitt Rom-ney are in a dead heat for thepresidential seat, with an aver-age of about 49 percent of vot-ers committed to each candi-date.
By way of comparison, Oba-ma led John McCain by morethan 7 percentage points at thesame point during the 2008race. In fact, this may be theclosest election since John F.Kennedy squeaked by RichardNixon in 1960, winning thepopular vote by only .16 per-cent.
“We’re a deeply polarizedcountry,” Terry Madonna, poll-ster with Franklin & MarshallCollege, said. “It’s still basicallyan election about the economyand some voters are not con-vinced we’re out of the reces-sion and things are getting bet-
ter. That’s why the election is asclose as it is.” He said Romneyhas made great strides in gar-nering voter confidence regard-ing economic issues and has al-so gained on Obama when itcomes to likeability.
Madonna predicts that withthose areas a virtual draw, the
too-close-to-call election’s out-come will now largely hinge onvoter turnout. “Both parties arereally focusing on get-out-the-vote drives, which are probablymore important than in anyother election in modern time,”he said. He pointed to the spe-cial importance of several key
battleground states, such asFlorida, Virginia, Colorado andOhio. “Nobody’s going to fighttoo much in New York becausethey know who’s going to winthat state,” he said. “The samewith Texas. The battle is goingto happen where it’s close andonly thousands of votes are sep-
arating the candidates.Whichever party can turn outits voters in those pivotal stateswill probably win this. This isnow a ground game, a turn-out-the vote-election.”
Dead heat for the ultimate seatNeither incumbent nor challenger has done much to separate himself Or is it the
polarization of America? What it really means: Unlikely we have a president by tonight
Too close to call,
from the very
beginning
Here is a snapshot of severalkey polls throughout therace:
GALLUPAug. 11-17: Obama 45, Rom-ney 47 – Romney took thelead a week before he offi-cially received his party’s nom-ination at the RepublicanNational Committee Conven-tion.Sept. 5-11: Obama 50, Rom-ney 43 – Obama saw biggains immediately followingthe Democratic convention,which ended Sept. 6.Sept. 14-20: Obama 47, Rom-ney 47 – Romney pulled evenafter the violence in Egyptand Libya and a disappointingjobs report.Sept. 25-Oct. 1: Obama 50,Romney 44 – Romney lostground after struggling to ex-plain his “47 percent” com-ment, which was secretlyrecorded at a fundraisingevent.Oct. 9-15: Obama 47, Romney47 – Romney invigorated hissupporters and climbed backinto the race following thefirst presidential debate.
Oct. 14-20: Obama 46, Rom-ney 49 – Even though mostanalysts thought Obama out-performed his opponent inthe second debate, Romneywas still riding a surge.Oct. 21-27: Obama 48, Rom-ney 47 – The third and finaldebate gave the president aboost.
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“This is now a ground game, aturn-out-the vote-election.” TERRY MADONNA
Him? (Barack, not Bruce.) Or him? (Mitt, not Ann.)
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ALEX WIGGLESWORTH [email protected]
WASHINGTON POST-ABC NEWSAug. 25:Obama 47, Romney 49Sept. 9: Obama 49, Romney 48Sept. 29:Obama 49, Romney 47Oct. 13: Obama 49, Romney 46Oct. 21:Obama 49, Romney 48
RASMUSSENSept. 7-9: Obama 50, Romney 45Sept. 14-16:Obama 45, Romney 47Oct. 1-3: Obama 49, Romney 47Oct. 4-6: Obama 47, Romney 49Oct. 30-Nov. 1:Obama 48,Romney48
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BattlegroundtrenchesRegardless, Madonna saidthere’s a good chance thata clear winner won’temerge tonight.
“You could have somestates so contested thatthere will be court battlesand challenges, which arealready underway in stateswith early voting,” he said.“Most analysts think thepresident has a slight edgein the battleground states,but no one knows for surewhat’s likely to happen.”
#1 DAILY NEWSPAPER IN CENTER CITY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 201206 election 2012
“At the second debate,somebody asked how Bushand Romney differ. I’ll giveyou the answer: Romney’staller, Mormon and a littlesmarter and meaner.”
— OCT. 29, STEPHEN STILLS FORROLLING STONE, “STEPHENSTILLS ON MITT ROMNEY: ‘INEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE ACREEPIER POLITICIAN THANNIXON’”
“Obama – no surprise – is winning news cycles, but Romney is winning the election. And he is doing so because amajority of the American peoplehave simply had enoughnastiness, enough radicalism,enough of this president.”NOV. 3, JOEL POLLAK FOR BREITBART, “WHY ROMNEY WILL WIN”
07#1 DAILY NEWSPAPER IN CENTER CITY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012election 2012
In big election, bigger mouths spreadacross Net’s wide, wild blogosphere
“Barack Obama’s campaignis running radio ads in Vir-ginia featuring a montageof uncomfortable Mitt Rom-ney moments ... Listenershear the former Massachu-setts governor saying: ‘Cor-porations are people, my
friend … Let Detroit go bank-rupt … Borrow money if youhave to … Who let the dogsout? Who? Who?’”— NOV. 3, ALEXANDER HABERFOR POLITICO, “OBAMA ADQUOTES ROMNEY: ‘WHO LET THEDOGS OUT?’”
“The Obama cam-paign has targeted and
intimidated Republicandonors on an Internet en-
emies list. It has engagedin the juvenile mockery ofMitt Romney’s singing. Ithas suggested, without evi-dence, that Romney mayhave committed the felonyof falsifying FEC docu-ments.” — AUG. 17, MICHAELGERSON FOR REAL CLEAR POLI-TICS, “OBAMA’S BETRAYAL”
“During a campaign stop inColorado today, PresidentObama sneezed as he de-fended his health care plan.‘It gives me a cold justthinking about what theymight do,’ Obama joked.Obama then repeated hisline from earlier today, thatRomney’s plan for healthcare should be called the‘Romney-doesn’t-Care’plan.” — AUG. 28, CHARLIESPIERING FOR THE WASHING-TON EXAMINER’S BELTWAYCONFIDENTIAL, “OBAMASNEEZES WHILE DEFENDINGOBAMACARE; BLAMES IT ONREPUBLICANS”
“Obama hasdone nothing but drag hisfeet and procrastinate aboutbeing unabashedly evil deepinto his fourth year. Where isthe colossal statue of him
that springs to life and killsChristians? Where is the firepouring out of the sky intothe eyes of men? I don’t even
think he’s drawn up anyschematics.” — SEPT. 21, SORENBOWIE FOR CRACKED.COM, “WHYOBAMA IS THE LEAST EFFICIENTANTICHRIST EVER”
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Lots to seealong the 2012campaign trail1: Singer Katy Perry performs at acampaign rally for U.S. PresidentBarack Obama at Doolittle Park inLas Vegas.
2: Election cookies of PresidentBarack Obama and Republicanpresidential candidate Mitt Rom-ney are made at the OakmontBakery in Oakmont, Penn.
3: People wear cowboy hats dur-ing the second day of the Demo-cratic National Convention atTime Warner Cable Arena onSept. 5 in Charlotte, N.C.
4: Kid Rock (L) and CongressmanPaul Ryan attend theCongressman Paul Ryan RallyWith Kid Rock at Oakland Univer-sity in Rochester, Mich.
5: People watch the debate onOct. 16.
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GRAHAM WILSON POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR,BOSTON UNIVERSITY
WE’LL BEHAPPYWHEN $1BSOAP OPERAIS OVERAsking a political scientist to write about an electioncampaign before the results come in is like asking thetheater critic to file a review of a play at intermission.But’s its also good to sit down and think about what this campaign has meant and how it has gone,independent of the results.
First, isn’t everyone glad it is over? We’ve beentold that the results depend on “a handful ofundecided voters.” I bet there are many moreundecided than people who are still enjoyingthis campaign. The question I’d ask is what
are the costs and benefits of having a campaign thathas been going on full speed since January and, inpractice, before that. Mitt Romney started to runagainst Barack Obama almost three years ago. Somewould say that long campaigns are useful because dur-ing them we learn so much more about thecandidates and their positions. It’s hard to make thatcase this time. I don’t think even Mitt’s most ardentsupporter is clearer on his positions on topics such asthe environment, tax allowances or abortion thanwhen he started out. We’ll come back to the financialcosts of the campaign. For now, let’s just think abouthow the length of the campaign has imposed costs interms of governing — hard choices deferred, compro-mise subordinated to getting a good sound bite to usein commercials, et cetera. Of course, this applies to de-cisions about the government’s budget and the econo-my, but it also affects decision-making on foreign poli-cy. Other democracies get by with much shorter cam-paigns. It really isn’t fundamental to democracy thatthe system work this way!
Second, it sure was expensive. The price tag of$6 to $7 billion is huge. I know it can beargued that we spend as much advertising au-tomobiles, laundry detergent and other prod-ucts, but there’s no way around the fact that
$6 to $7 billion is a lot of money. Raising that moneytakes a lot of time and requires paying a lot ofattention to donors that could have been spent on vot-ers. In our politics, as in many other aspects of our so-ciety, the super rich have gained in importance andleverage. There’s plenty of blame to go around here.Obama destroyed the practice of presidentialcandidates relying on public funding in 2008 when herealized he could raise much more money than publicfunding would provide. The Supreme Court’s
infamous Citizens United decision in the name of freespeech deliberately opened the floodgates to morespending by people or groups laughably said to be inde-pendent of the candidates. People like Sheldon Adelsonhave bought themselves plenty of free speech this timearound, much of it spent on negative attack ads. By theend of October, Adelson has spent more than $54 mil-lion going after Obama. That’s a lot more “free speech”than most citizens can afford!
Third, the candidates, the parties and the groupscertainly continued to believe the experts’ ad-vice that negative advertising works. Yes, we allsay we hate negative advertising, but researchshows people remember it. It’s not surprising,
therefore, that we get so much of it. Here in Massachu-setts, we had the odd spectacle of Sen. Scott Brown,even while describing himself as a fence-building mod-erate, running constant personal attacks on hisopponent, Elizabeth Warren. If Brown has won by thetime you read this, score another one for the argumentthat going negative and personalistic works!
Fourth, doesn’t this campaign show yet again howpernicious the Electoral College is? We don’t know yetif the undemocratic difference between the popularvote and the Electoral College vote we saw in 2000 willre-emerge this year. We do know that all the attentionof the presidential campaigns in the last few weeks hasbeen concentrated on a handful of states. If we’d abol-ished the Electoral College, the candidates would havebehaved very differently. We’d have seen Romney cam-paigning in California and New York because there area lot of potential Republican voters there. We’d haveseen Obama campaigning in Texas because, althoughthey’re a minority in the state, there are a lot of poten-tial Democratic voters there. In a USA that’s worriedabout polarization, wouldn’t this have been good forthe country?
Was there anything positive to be learned or saidabout this campaign?
There’s no wayaround the factthat $6 to $7billion is a lotof money.Raising thatmoney takes alot of time andrequires payinga lot ofattention todonors thatcould havebeen spent onvoters. In ourpolitics, as inmany otheraspects of oursociety, thesuper rich havegained inimportanceand leverage.
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Financial collapse helped Obamain ’08, but this year? Not exactlyIn September 2008, the presi-dential campaign was rumbledby a Wall Street meltdown thatwould give the candidates achance to prove their mettle.Four years later, HurricaneSandy would do the same.
According to Chris Galdieri,a political science professor atSt. Anselm College in Goffs-town, N.H., both unforeseenevents favored Barack Obama.“The financial collapse reallygave Obama a chance to passthe commander-in-chief test,because he was very calm, helooked and acted like someonethat you wouldn’t be upset tohave in charge during a crisis.”
The response to HurricaneSandy also allowed the presi-dent to prove his leadership.
The down economy was adefining topic in both cam-paigns; the Great Recession in2008 versus the “sluggish re-
covery” of 2012. Where JohnMcCain took the hit in 2008,Obama has been held account-able ever since.
Galdieri said it is difficult forRomney to attack on a sluggishrecovery because doing so ac-knowledges there is a recoveryat all. But it’s no walk in thepark for Obama. “This is notBill Clinton in 1996 or RonaldReagan in 1984, where theyhad a booming economy andsky-high approval ratings.”
Unlike Obama’s easy ridefrom nomination to the re-sounding defeat of McCain, hehas held only a marginal leadover Romney. The POTUS alsois running on his record ratherthan the 2008 motifs of“change” and “yes, we can.”
“When you are just a candi-date, people can project justabout anything off of you,”Galdieri said. SR/METRO
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The players from 2008, left, and 2012.
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Jan. 3 & 10: Gov. Mitt Romneywins the Iowa Caucus andNew Hampshire primary, es-tablishing himself as the can-didate to beat. (The finalcount would show Rick Santo-rum as the actual Iowa winnerby 34 votes.)
May 29: Romney clinches theTexas primary and locks thenomination.
June 28: The Supreme Courtupholds key provisions of thePresident Barack Obama’shealth-care law, a staple ofRomney’s attacks.
July 13: “If you’ve got a busi-ness, you didn’t build that,”Obama says, fueling a
firestorm of attacks and thetheme of the Republican Con-vention: “We Built It.”
July 25: Romney is skeweredin the British tabloids aftercalling preparations for theLondon Olympics “disconcert-ing.” Days later in Israel, Rom-ney says he wants to movethe U.S. embassy from Tel Avivto Jerusalem.
Aug. 30: Romneyaccepts thenominationat the GOPconvention,preceded byClint East-wood, whospeaks to a
chair representing an invisibleObama.
Sept. 11: Militants attack theAmerican consulate in Beng-hazi, killing AmbassadorChris Stevens and threeother Americans. Romneycriticizes the President.
Sept. 17: Mother Jones maga-zine uploads a secretlyrecorded tape of a privateRomney fundraiser from May.In his estimation, there are 47percent of Americans “whoare dependent upon govern-ment, who believe that theyare victims,” he says.
Oct. 3: Romney scores a re-sounding victory in the first
debate, taking a four-pointlead among likely
voters in a Pewpoll. Obama’slacklustershowing isthrashed bysupporters.
“This is whathappens when
you pick John Kerry asyour debate coach,” tweetedfilmmaker Michael Moore.
Oct. 16: During the seconddebate, Romney says it tookthe president 14 days to callthe Benghazi attack an act ofterror. Moderator CandyCrowley interjects: “He did, infact, sir.”
Oct. 22: Obama galvanizes hisbase in the final debate. Re-sponding to Romney’s claimthat the Navy has fewer shipsnow than in 1916, he remarks,“we also have fewer horsesand bayonets.”
Oct. 29: Hurricane Sandy hits
the East Coast. Obama’s re-sponse draws praise fromtop Romney surrogate NewJersey Gov. Chris Christie,who says: “I cannot thankthe president enough for hispersonal concern and com-passion.”
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From their mouths to yourears: A campaign in quotes
Quoted: Romney Romney’s campaign Bloomberg Obama Biden Obama’s campaign
“PresidentObama promisedchange, but hecould not deliverit. I promisechange, and Ihave a record ofachieving it.”A FAMILIAR LINE FROMROMNEY DURING THECAMPAIGN
“I think whenyou havesomebody ofyour own racethat you’reproud of beingpresident of theUnited States, Iapplaud Colin[Powell] forstanding withhim.”ROMNEY CAMPAIGN CO-CHAIRJOHN SUNUNU’S STATEMENT ONPOWELL’S ENDORSEMENT OFOBAMA DREW SOME REBUKE.SUNUNU LATER CLARIFIED HISREMARKS.
“Rather thanuniting thecountry around amessage ofshared sacrifice,he engaged inpartisan attacksand hasembraced adivisive populistagenda focusedmore onredistributingincome thancreating it.”NYC MAYOR MICHAELBLOOMBERG SAID OF OBAMABEFORE ENDORSING HIM
“When it comesto our foreignpolicy, you seemto want toimport theforeign policiesof the 1980s, justlike the socialpolicies of the1950s and theeconomicpolicies of the1920s.”OBAMA TOLD ROMNEY DURINGTHE THIRD AND FINALPRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
“Osama binLaden is deadand GeneralMotors is alive.”VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDENSAID DURING CAMPAIGNSPEECHES, TOUTING OBAMA’SACCOMPLISHMENTS
“The Romneycampaign is sodesperate tochange thesubject thatthey’ve goneback to the failedplaybook co-authored bySarah Palin andJoe the Plumber.”CAMPAIGN SPOKESWOMAN JENPSAKI SAID, REFERRING TOROMNEY ATTACK ON OBAMA’S1998 COMMENTS ABOUT RE-DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
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Drexel’s music industryprogram keeps evolvingThe music business is im-mensely complicated, and justabout every element of it —from recording and producingto marketing and distributionto figuring out a way to makemoney — is changing constant-ly.
Drexel University’s under-graduate music industry majoris designed to help graduatesreact flexibly to these changes.
“Nowadays, rather than fo-cusing on one career path, wetry to allow students to becomecreative problem solvers and tothink entrepreneurially,” saysTerry Tompkins, associateteaching professor in the pro-gram. “Ultimately, they get a re-
ally diverse education that cov-ers not only all facets of the in-dustry, but a broad base in thehumanities and business.”
In addition to the academicfoundation, future profession-als need practical training, ac-cording to Tompkins. “We’vecreated a variety of real-worldbusiness entities that allowthem to take their theoretical
knowledge and apply it,” hesays.
Program majors choose con-centrations in either musictechnology and production ormusic business and law.
Students from both concen-trations have been involved ina yearlong project, ending thismonth, involving the release ofa series of records. Students
participated in everything fromfinding the bands, to recordingthem, to distributing and pro-moting the records.
“This is unique,” Tompkinssays. “Other schools may be re-leasing records, but they’recompilations.”
University encourages students to be well-rounded to compete in thebusiness Motion City Soundtrack chimes in for new recording project
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Drexel students get hands-on experience at the MAD DragonRecords studio.
Science meets liberal arts at Ursinus Ursinus College has receivedan $800,000 grant from theHoward Hughes Medical Insti-tute to form the Center for Sci-ence and the Common Good.The program has two maingoals, according to RobertDawley, Ursinus professor ofbiology and co-director of thecenter: “We want to providean education that will give fu-ture scientists good judgmentabout the implications of theirresearch,” he says. “We alsowant to help them learn tocommunicate with non-techni-cal audiences.”
The program grew out ofthe yearlong class taken by allfreshmen, the Common Intel-lectual Experience. “It bringstogether students from acrossthe college, who otherwisewould probably never takeclasses together,” Dawley says.“After that, though, sciencemajors can end up takingnothing but science classesand lose track of their liberal-arts roots. We’re hoping thatwe can encourage them tocontinue the big-picture think-ing they experience in CIE.”
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The opening event of the center was a September lecture by Richard Heinzl, founder of the first North American chapter of Doctors Without Borders.
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Chestnut Hillraises hungerawarenessChestnut Hill College willcelebrate the 20th anniver-sary of Northwest Philadel-phia Interfaith HospitalityNetwork — a nonprofit or-ganization that providesfood and shelter to homelessfamilies — with its annualEmpty Bowl Dinner on Nov.14. Local businesses, schoolsand artists donate bowls,while restaurants donatesoups, breads and desserts.For a small fee, diners canselect a hand-crafted bowl
and enjoy a tasty meal. Atthe end of the evening, theytake home the empty bowlsas a reminder that everynight in Philadelphia morethan 1,000 children go with-out a meal or a place to callhome. Tickets ($8-$20) canbe purchased atwww.philashelter.org.
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“This is unique.Other schools maybe releasing records,but they’recompilations.”TOMPKINS
Now hear this
Making Moves, the yearlongrecording project, teamed stu-dents up with the punk-popgroup Motion City Sound-
track. They and five otherbands each released a seven-inch vinyl record with twosongs. A boxed set of therecords, plus a USB with thebonus tracks and a video, willbe released on Nov. 23.
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Accounting for classand race on campusAbout five years ago, a studenthanded Dr. Elizabeth Aries amanuscript and remarked onthe expense of the requiredbinder.
“How did you pay for it?”asked Aries.
“I bounced a check at thedrug store,” the studentreplied.
“I started to say, ‘Wait.What are we doing here?’We’re admitting students fromlow-income backgrounds, butwe’re not thinking about whatkind of experience they’re hav-ing here,” explains Aries, fromher home in western Massa-chusetts.
She quickly set out to inves-tigate the role of class amidstthe privilege of Amherst Col-lege. Her first study, “Race AndClass Matters at an Elite Col-lege,” featured 58 case studieson students from a vast rangeof backgrounds, from the chil-dren of the 1 percent to stu-
dents that grew up in poverty.The sequel, “Speaking of Raceand Class” — which will be re-leased this month by TempleUniversity Press — revisited al-most all of the students atgraduation. Among thethought-provoking outcomes,Aries discovered that whitestudents from low-incomebackgrounds struggled to ad-just to Amherst’s culture morethan African-American stu-dents from low-income back-grounds. “Prep schools andday schools often target aca-demically talented black stu-dents for scholarships. Themajority of black students onour campus come from thoseschools, which is a culturevery much like Amherst,” saysAries. “The lower-incomewhite students are comingfrom public schools.”
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What they foundAt the conclusion of thefour-year study, more thanhalf the students said theylearned a great deal aboutrace in America while atAmherst. But only about athird of whites from affluentbackgrounds reported achange in perspective.
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THE WORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]
There’s a trend in book pub-lishing where a superstar getspaid buckets and buckets ofcash to “write” a book andpeople actually read it think-ing it’s the fruit of their fa-vorite celebrity’s labor (see:Snooki, Lauren Conrad, Bethen-ny Frankel and the Kardashiansisters). The latest to join theirranks? Britney Spears, who isreportedly in talks with ItBooks. That’s according to TheHollywood Reporter, whichwrites, “Britney Spears is closeto signing a book deal ... withplans to write a novel ... Thestory would incorporate fic-tionalized versions of her ownexperiences.”
Her own experiences andnot, say, a supernatural teenromance? Actually, Spears’ life— spawning with a back-updancer from Fresno, Sam Lufti,shaving her head, being underthe conservatorship of her fa-ther — is on the level ofShakespeare (you know LadyMacbeth would be a formerMouseketeer if “Macbeth”were written nowadays).
Write from the heart, Brit-ney! Don’t let your underpaidghostwriter tell you what’swhat! But in all honesty, youknow if Spears wrote from theheart, the whole book wouldtyped in Wing Dings.
Bell and Shepard areexpecting a babyThey may have vowed to putoff tying the knot until same-sex marriage is legal again inCalifornia, but engaged coupleKristen Bell and Dax Shepardare reportedly not waiting tostart a family. Sources tell Peo-ple magazine that Bell is preg-nant with their first child, due
in the spring. “They’re so ex-cited — they’re both ecstatic.They can’t wait to become par-ents,” the source says. “Kristenhad a little bit of morningsickness early on, but she juststarted shooting the secondseason of ‘House of Lies’ and isfeeling great now.”
Will Beckham be a talk show host?David Beckham may belooking to add talk show hostto his list of job titles, as twodifferent TV companies have
reportedly offered him hisown show, according to theDaily Star. “We want David onboard whether or not hecontinues to play for the [L.A.]Galaxy,” a source close to oneof the companies, TimeWarner Cable, says. “We areon our way to becoming theworld’s biggest sportscaster,and he is a key part of ourfuture.” Time Warner hasreportedly offered him a“multimillion-dollar”contract, prompting the FoxSports network to make anoffer of their own.
Osbourne talksdouble mastectomySharon Osbourne has revealed that she recentlyunderwent a doublemastectomy because of agenetic predisposition todevelop breast cancer, shetells Hello! Magazine. “I’vehad cancer before, and Ididn’t want to live under thatcloud,” she explains. “I didn’teven think of my breasts in anostalgic way. I just wanted tobe able to live my life withoutthat fear all the time.”
Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 charac-ters or fewer.
Today, Kevin Nealon isfeeling curious, JimCarrey has a disturb-ing vision of thefuture, Rihanna is feel-ing a sense of accom-plishment and LindsayLohan is having arough day.
@kevin_nealonDo they have an Amer-icatown in Bejing?
@JimCarreyIn the near future we’llonly be able to commu-nicate through devices.Actual human contactwill be outlawed by theApple iCourt.
@rihannaMan my album is com-plete, and I need a f---ing drink and a roll up!It was quite the jour-ney, but it’s all part ofour story!
@lindsaylohanmy twitter washacked, please ignorethe last tweet.
The feed ...
“It’s Britney Austen, b—.”
Talking points
MTV plansSandy ‘Shore’benefitThe cast of “Jersey Shore” ishosting a one-hour fundrais-ing special to help the NewJersey Shore on Nov. 15 at
11 p.m. from MTV’s TimesSquare studio. The networksays money raised will gotoward rebuilding SeasideHeights, N.J., where the re-alty TV show was filmed.Cast members will appearin the special as well as oth-er yet-to-be announcedguest stars.
SamWorthingtonarrested inAtlanta“Avatar” star Sam Worthing-ton had a bad Saturdaynight. Not only was hearrested, he was alsohit with pepper sprayby a doorman to top itall off.
TMZ reports thatWorthington, who isin Atlanta filming“Ten,” which co-starsArnoldSchwarzenegger,became unruly when hewas denied entrance to arestaurant. According tothe police report, a
witness told cops Worthing-ton became disorderly, push-ing a doorman who respond-ed by pepper spraying thestar and handcuffing himuntil the cops came.
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Seeing red1. Considering her new albumis titled “Red,” it comes as nosurprise that Taylor Swift is inlove with the color. Here she isin a beige dress with redaccents by Jenny Packham atthe 46th Annual CMA Awardson Thursday.
2. Chris Isaak performed atCity National Grove ofAnaheim on Aug. 1 in aspiffy red coat.
3. Oprah Winfreydanced in her redshoes during “OYou!” presentedby O, The OprahMagazine, atthe Los AngelesConventionCenter on Oct.20.
4. Amanda Seyfried donned ared frock as she left the MiuMiu Spring/Summer 2013show as part of Paris FashionWeek on Oct. 3 in Paris.
5. Looks like Tracy Morgan for-got his shirt while at Spike TV’s“Eddie Murphy: One NightOnly” at the Saban Theatreon Saturday in Beverly Hills.
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Anna Goldfarb’s tall tales
Try as she might, AnnaGoldfarb just can’t seemto get her life together.Her attempts at dating,
love and finding gainful em-ployment are met with hilari-ous results that she chroniclesin her new memoir, “Clearly IDidn’t Think This Through:The Story of One Tall Girl’sImpulsive, Ill-Conceived, andBorderline Irresponsible LifeDecisions.” She took a breakfrom writing on her blog,Shmitten Kitten, to answer afew questions from us.
First of all, how tall are you?And how do you explain yourobsession with men shorterthan you, which is an ongoingtheme in your book?I’m 6-foot-1, which, as everyonetells me, is really tall for awoman. I’ve always loved short-er guys. The first time I remem-ber noticing a hot short guywas Michael J. Fox in “Back to
the Future.” I was in third gradeat the time, and once I saw himin those purple Calvin Kleins, Iwas like, “I am definitely inter-ested in everything I’m lookingat here.” I still am!What is the best thing aboutdating? The worst?The best thing about dating isthe elation of discoveringsomeone new. Riding in his carfor the first time, hearing abouthis job after he has a tough day,meeting his little sister; those
are exciting things in a way. It’san excuse to try new restau-rants and expose someone tomy favorite spots in town too.The worst part about dating isthe awkwardness when a datedoesn’t go well and he’s alreadyincorporated into my socialmedia world. I wish I could justerase him from all networkswith one swipe!Are you a better dater now that you’re in your 30s? Or is itharder?I’m a better dater in the sensethat I know what it takes tohave a successful date; payingattention to which bars andrestaurants to suggest for afun night. It’s harder too be-cause most men my age haveeither settled down or are soset in their ways that theydon’t open themselves up tomeeting someone new.
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Sartorial politics
May the best-dressed man win.
As Barack Obama and MittRomney make their final arguments,we size up their style statements The Leader of the Free
World isn’t meant to bea fashion plate. We’drather see him with his
sleeves rolled up, sorting out
the economy, after all. And yet,we expect the president to lookdistinguished and stately. It’s afine balance to strike. We sizeup the opponents. MWN
Showing the strain: It can’t be easyrunning the country and acampaign. The stress of it all is visi-ble in Obama’s sallow eyes andgaunt complexion. Chug a cappuc-cino — the finish line is near.
Throughout the campaign, the onesure thing Romney has going forhim is his perfect hair. He also has areassuringly strong jawline, butwe’ve seen how he feels after a bar-rage of political punches.
The incumbent president’s rolled-up sleeves and crumpled shirt is anattempt to transcend the divide be-tween white- and blue-collar work-ers. It’s a contrived look, but votersalways prefer a people’s president— and Obama is just that.
The 65-year-old’s looking a bitscrawny around the neck, but theshirt’s a pretty good fit. However,the neatly rolled sleeves are board-room length (rather than, say, forany physical labor), while the zippytie screams country club.
No jacket is a politician’s way ofsaying the gloves are off. But thecinched waist and pleated trousersmake Obama look like he’s beenmissing his morning protein shake.
Ack! More drab old slacks. Here hisare belted high, with the shirt bil-lowing at the waist. Romney,there’s no excuse: You can affordthe finest — and a stylist to boot.
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Election coverageSPECIAL. The only thing you,responsible adult reader,should be watching tonightis coverage of the pollresults. Nearly everynetwork will be devoting thenight to the election, includ-ing Comedy Central, whichwill air special editions of“The Daily Show” and “TheColbert Report” (11 p.m. and11:30 p.m., respectively) ded-icated to choosing our nextleader. So really, you nowhave no excuse.7 p.m., Multiple networks
‘TattooNightmares’REALITY. Let’s say, hypotheti-cally, that your candidateisn’t faring too well on thatcampaign results TV show. Ifyou do need to take a breakfrom the election, perhapsno show will distract asmuch as this: Tonight’sepisode dedicated to bad inkis titled “Butt Pirate.” 11 p.m., Spike TV
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Alexander Ridha has made aname for himself. Performingunder the name Boys Noize,he’s been able to mix it up withbig names like Tiesto and Skril-lex and collaborate with SnoopDogg and Jarvis Cocker — allwithout major label representa-tion. We caught up with Ridhato talk about his newest album,“Out of the Black,” and find outwhat influences him and keepshim going.
What inspired you most on“Out of the Black”?One of the big parts of this al-bum was really getting back.Since it’s my third album, I wastrying to get this feeling backwhen I first started producing.Most of the time, when youdon’t know what you are do-ing, that’s when the magic hap-pens. I was really clearing myhead and forgetting abouteverything that is going onright now and what is hot rightnow. It’s a very personal album.I would say it’s a mix of my firstand second albums.You have a lot of disco and hip-hop influences. Is that whatyou grew up listening to?I have a 10-years-older brother,and at the end of the ’80s hewas buying all those earlyhouse records, so I was alwaysinto that, into real house musicand rap at the same time, RunDMC and Public Enemy andstuff. … The old-school stuffwas kind of like Pharcyde orWu-Tang. When that s— cameout, I was able to rap the wholeODB album, the first one. Even
though I didn’t understand any-thing because I was German, Iwas rapping along! I stoppedbuying hip-hop records towardthe beginning of 2000 becauseit got too much, like, jiggy, andit was only about like rims andstuff. But I was still a big fan ofany Neptunes or Timbalandproduction, and of course Dre.And of course Snoop!What was it like working withSnoop on “Got It”?I was always saying to myself,“If I would be able to make atrack for him, I could stop mak-ing music.” I grew up with hissound. It was cool. You know hewants to vibe first, so we hungout a little bit. In the beginningof this year, we had the chanceto record music together, hangout in his apartment and stuff.It was really nice and he’s sucha great guy.How do you pick who you collaborate with?I never have “featuring” on myalbum, except that Snoop joint.But, when I make music withother people, it has to be some-one who inspires me as well,where I can learn something.
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The SkrillexconnectionOne of your collaborationsis Dog Blood, with Skrillex.How did that come about? Yeah, I’ve heard about that.[Laughs, pretending he is notinvolved] It’s two crazy guys.They are from two differentback grounds. I heard theymade some music in Berlin.It’s pretty cool. I like theirstuff.
Seriously, did you guys justmeet up one day?We’re good friends. He’s acool guy. We just playedaround with some stuff.
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“When I makemusic with otherpeople, it has to besomeone whoinspires me as well,where I can learnsomething.” BOYS NOIZE
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Agyness Deyn has madeplenty of headlines forher “retirement” frommodeling to pursue an
acting career. But with the re-lease of her first major film role— as the stripper girlfriend of asmall-time drug dealer in“Pusher” — Deyn turns toMetro to set the record straighton that retirement thing.
Since you’ve started acting,you’ve been labeled as“retired” from modeling. Is that accurate?The more acting I do, the lessmodeling I do — because ofphysical time but also becausemy enjoyment for one ratherthan the other is more. I didmodeling for 12 years, andnow this is so fresh and amaz-ing that I just want to do this
all the time. How enlighteningwas your research into stripping for thisrole?When I started workingwith girls on the Lon-don scene and going towork with them, thevision that you haveof a stripper in yourhead from a fantasy
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Crime pays
Why do you think there con-tinues to be this appeal ofmovies about drugs andcrime?
I think it’s interesting and ex-citing, I suppose. It’s like hy-perreality, you know? It’s likethe imagination of what youdon’t see in everyday life, soyou want to go to the moviesand you want to see some-thing that’s either shocking inan emotional way or takesyou on a journey in some waythat’s not your way in real life.It takes you away from yourreal life, and I feel like the ma-jority of people, that’s nottheir real life. [Laughs]
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Deyn discusses the sport of strippingperspective is like so a fantasy.I just hung out with them on apersonal level, at their homes— especially this one girlcalled Jen who was amazingand so generous with every-thing about her. I went to workwith her, and it was amazing,the security of the venues andthe lifestyle — not just securityas in the security guys, butthose guys are like big broth-
ers. It’s like a big family. Andthe girls are really amazing attheir job. They’re like athletes— their bodies and what theycan do, and they make it lookso easy. I just came away fromit feeling a lot of respect for theindustry.
“They’re likeathletes — theirbodies and whatthey can do, andthey make it lookso easy.”DEYN, ON STRIPPERS
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John C. Reilly’s midlife crisisActor reflects on the ways his animated character in ‘Wreck-It Ralph’
suffers through a very adult dilemma His ‘Pac Man’ snack fantasy
To hear John C. Reilly tellit, “Wreck-It Ralph” — inwhich he voices the titu-lar video game bad guy
who leaves his game on a questto become a hero instead — is amovie about a midlife crisis. Butthe folks in marketing at Disneyprobably don’t want to put thaton the posters, he admits.
How much of a video game fanwere you before this movie?There’s not enough hours in
the day these days to play videogames, having a family andstuff — especially given howcomplicated they are. Justlearning the game takes hoursat this point. But it certainlymade a big impact on my lifewhen I was a kid. I’m of a gen-eration that was there when“Space Invaders” first came out.That was the huge game-chang-er. It’s hard for people to appre-ciate these days what a bigchange that was, because there
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were no computers, no cellphones. The idea that youcould manipulate somethingon a television screen? Just thatalone was huge.Would you say that this role isin any way a referendumagainst typecasting?I guess so. I didn’t really thinkabout that when I was makingthe movie. It was more aboutthis journey that most of us areon, which is to discover whowe really are. And then thetough part for most people isaccepting who you are, andthen just enjoying life onceyou’ve done that. So much ofwhat we do in the world istelling us, “You’re not goodenough, you should improveyourself in this way.” Or we’realways thinking about who wewant to be or who we shouldbe. To me, it’s a movie aboutself-realization and self-accep-
tance. You don’t have to tell thekids that, but for me that’swhat it’s about. It’s more like astory of a midlife crisis.Which is the best way to sell amovie to kids, yes.Yeah, exactly. “When Mommyand Daddy get older and getcloser to death …” Just kidding.It’s been 15 years since “BoogieNights” came out.It has? You know, as Bob Dylansaid, “I’m an artist, I don’t lookback.” Or something like that.He said, “She’s an artist, shedon’t look back.” Yeah, I don’tspend too much time watchingstuff I’ve done, to tell you thetruth. It just makes you feel old.I don’t think you’re old.Well, I’m older than I was 15years ago. [Laughs]
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If you could disappear into a game yourself,which would you choose?To tell you the truth, the idea ofbeing trapped in a video gameseems kind of nightmarish to
me. [Laughs] I mean, they’re alla fight for survival. I think life isenough like that already. Thatsaid … I don’t know. I havealways wondered what thosecherries tasted like in “PacMan.”
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Keep calm and be a parentAs a parent, you want to help your kids understand the world they live in, even when that world gets shaken
by an instance of extreme weather How moms and dads can help their little ones through natural disasters
Gathering the familyaround a candlelit tablecan sound quite cozy —until it gets scary. For
many parents on the East Coastthis week, the normal stress ofparenting has been affected byloss of power, evacuation and awidespread devastation insome areas. During extremeweather like Hurricane Sandy,parents are burdened with try-ing to find information aboutloved ones and, in many cases,assessing the damage. At thevery least, kids out of school getcooped up and bored.
Dr. Dawn Huebner, a childpsychologist and author of a“what-to-do” series of guidesfor children, says that the mostimportant thing for parents toremember during an emer-gency situation is to keep sepa-rate what they are experienc-ing from their children.
“Parents are going to beseeking out information andwanting to watch the news orlisten to reports or looking atthe devastated sites. All of thatis terrifying to children.”
Huebner says parentsshould try and be as calm andreassuring to their children aspossible. Even for families whohave been evacuated, Huebnersays parents can try to reassurechildren that the family is safe.If the situation is dire, focusingon how the family will getthrough the challenging part isa good technique.
Sometimes, extreme weath-er can give a family a chance toshine together. For Erin Zam-mett Ruddy, a blogger for Par-enting.com and mother of two
kids ages 2 and 5, keeping thechildren occupied is key. Rud-dy’s family lost power duringHurricane Sandy for days — shewas one of the 450,000 Long Is-land residents without power— but she is grateful to be ableto make her home a de factoclubhouse for her friends andrelatives. Ruddy is a big believerin keeping the family’s routinegoing as much as possible, atrait Dr. Huebner recommends.
“We made sure they havestill been having their eatingand sleeping and napping rou-tines,” Ruddy says.
By now, most schools in theregion affected by HurricaneSandy will have returned toclasses. Lara Pasternak, a dramateacher at I.S. 61 in Corona,Queens, sees the hurricane as away for students to empowerthemselves and give back tocommunities. “I work in anarea that’s economically de-pressed, but no matter how lit-tle the students have, they arevery generous,” Pasternak says,adding that donating and vol-unteering is an essential lessonin humanity and civic duty.
Top techniques
Tips for parenting duringextreme weather from Dr.Dawn Huebner, childpsychologist and author:
Use “feelings words” whentalking to children.Acknowledge thatsomething is scary or sad,addressing uncertainty.Give reassurance that thefamily is safe, if that is true.If disaster is striking, parentscan assure children that theywill take care of them andthat police and city agenciesare working hard.Maintain routines.Children can be especiallyclingy or show regressivebehavior during extremeweather. Routines should bemaintained as much aspossible.
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“Parents are going to be seekingout informationand wanting towatch the news or listen to reportsor looking at thedevastated sites. All of that isterrifying tochildren.”DR. DAWN HUEBNER
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Erin Zammett Ruddy’s children created a fort in their house with blankets to sleep in while the power was out.
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You can be forgiven fornever having heard ofthe Azores. On the trav-el shelves of most book-
stores, titles will skip straightfrom Australia to the Bahamas.But this tiny archipelago in themiddle of the Atlantic is over-due to become a destination fortravelers seeking unspoiledsubtropical terrain that wearsits history on its sleeve.
What to do
Because of the variety of ter-rain, there’s plenty to do, fromhiking to scuba diving. If you’redrawn to the water, the Azoreshas plenty of public swimmingareas carved into the craggybasalt shoreline. And this for-mer whaling capital now drawssome of the Atlantic’s bestwhale and dolphin watching.
With nine islands to ex-plore, it helps to consult a com-pany that customizes tours toyour interests and abilities. Welike Picos de Aventura (www.pi-cosdeaventura.com) in PontaDelgada and A Abegoaria(www.a-abegoaria.com), serv-ing the island of Pico.
Where to stay
Aldeia da Fonte’s rambling sea-side property includes a privateseaside bathing area, a spa andan old whaling lookout tower.Be sure to enjoy a glass of localvino verdelho at the lovelyoutdoor bar (www.aldeiada-fonte.com).
What to seeThe first thing you’ll notice arethe many shades of Azoreanblue: the clear sky, the persist-ently blooming hydrangeas andmorning glories, the deepturquoise ocean stretchingundisturbed for more than a
thousand miles in all directions.Each island has its owngeographical marvels, such asthe 7,713-foot-high dormantvolcano that gives Pico Island itsname and the hikeable lava tun-nels beneath, and the steaminghot springs in Sao Miguel.
In Pico, grapevines grow on volcanic rock walls that protect the plants from wind and keep them warm at night.
What to eat and drink“Meat or fish?” is often thequestion come dinnertime. Be-cause of its location, seafood isthe centerpiece of many Azore-an menus. But beef from theisland’s free-roaming cattle isalso a good bet. Some of thebest restaurants are tiny, side-street cafes, where the prato dodia (dish of the day) and a glassof local wine will only set youback 5 euros. Spanish settlersbrought grape plants to the is-lands at the end of the 15thcentury, and much of the origi-
nal viniculture methods havebeen preserved, creating crispwhites and rich reds. Theislands have a similar historywith wine’s best friend: Eachisland produces its own excel-lent regional cheese.
Slow-cooked Cozido das Furnas
Rediscovering the AzoresThe little-known island region of Portugal offers big rewards for curious
travelers Swim and hike by day Drink a glass of local wine at night Where to eat
Ancoradouro in Magdalena,Pico Island: Traditional fareand local wine served withviews of the oceanAnfiteatro in Ponta Delgada,Sao Miguel island: Modernistremixes of regional dishes,such as cinnamon-spikedblood sausageO Gato Mia in Ponta Delgada,Sao Miguel island: A hip, inti-mate bistro in the Azores’most cosmopolitan cityO Venancio in Angra do Hero-isma, Terceira island: A cafewhere locals spend Sunday af-ternoons chatting over thecatch of the dayPeter Cafe Sport in Faial,Horta island: A cozy bar thatattracts sailors from all overthe world and is famous for itsgin and tonic
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The rocky coastline meets warm, turquoise waters in Pico Island.
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Leo July 23-Aug. 22. When yourdecisions are based upon practicalpremises, your reasoning is usuallysound and effective. Allow senti-ment or emotion to dominate, how-ever, and it could be another story.
Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22. Keep inmind that prices aren’t alwayscarved in stone. If there is some-thing you’d like to buy but you thinkis too expensive, don’t hesitate tohaggle for a better deal.
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Is Conn Carrollconning us all?RE: “THERE’S NOWHERE TO HIDEFROM US POLITICS AS USUAL”(METRO, NOV. 5) According tonews columnist Conn Carroll,if Obama is elected, he’ll beunable to negotiate with the(expected) Republican House.Of course, he doesn’t evenmention how Romney willdeal with the (also expected)Democratic Senate — but Iguess we should just assumeit’ll be a love-fest.JUSTIN WARNER, VIA E-MAIL
I suppose that it’s a goodthing that Conn Carroll’s con-servative political biases areso obvious and up-front, be-cause that’s the only aspect ofhis column that is honest.Everything else is pure distor-tion — or outright lies. Hestarts in the secondparagraph, saying something
about a slew of policy objec-tive that “almost everybodybelieves would lead toeconomic catastrophe,”which is only true if you onlycount Fox News and KarlRove. Carroll goes on to talkabout an alleged tax hike,when in fact that’s largely theexpiration of Bush-era taxcuts targeted mainly at thevery rich, as well as cuts in de-fense spending, which aremostly targeted at obsoleteCold War-era weapons andprograms, which the Penta-gon itself says it doesn’t needanymore.
I particularly liked howCarroll demonized Mrs. Oba-ma’s exhortation to their sup-porters that they must neverretreat into complacency, por-traying active citizenship as aburden. This is particularlyironic, given that an
informed, involved and con-stantly activist electoratewould be the Republicans’greatest nightmare.GARY L. DAY, VIA E-MAIL
Conn Carroll says that the ‘fis-cal cliff’ is “an impendingeconomic and political disas-ter” of Obama’s creation. Adisaster because it is going tocut spending or increase taxesnext year by $660 billion if noaction is taken. It was actuallya bipartisan creation of Con-gress and the presidentdesigned to bring down thedeficit. Republicans who at-tack the president for the “fis-cal cliff” are hypocrites. Justlast year they were pushingfor a balanced budget amend-ment, which Democratsblocked. If Republicans hadtheir way, we would have notax increases and be making
horrific cuts of $1.1 billion ormore next year, a much moredisastrous fiscal cliff. NATHAN ISRAELOFF, VIA E-MAIL
EPA deserves to beon list of agenciesto be thankedRE: “TAXPAYERS FUND HEROES,TOO” (METRO, NOV. 5) I whole-heartedly agree with the sen-timents of AJ Castilla’s letter,and I’d like to add theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency to that list. They dealwith all the hazardous andnoxious stuff that spills intothe water and air after a disas-ter. They also get your drink-ing water and waste watersystems back online.And to show efficient govern-ment agencies can be, NYC’sMTA has the subways up andrunning weeks ahead of pro-jection.
I gladly pay my taxesbecause of the servicesprovided by the great menand women who are loyalpublic servants.A. REY, VIA E-MAIL
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3Mardi Gross: Birds serveup stinker in Superdome
Birds strech losing streak to four games in New Orleans Mental mistakes, lack of truepass-rush, poor execution main culprits We take look at three things that went wrongThe Eagles’ season appears tobe over. No, not by mathemat-ics — yes, by the eye test. Itwas another week filled withmistakes and poor execution.This one resulting in a 28-13loss to New Orleans last nightat the Superdome.
The biggest example com-ing on a brilliantly designedtrick, kickoff return that RileyCooper should have run intothe end zone — except it wascalled back after an illegal for-ward pass. Instead of bringingup new issues, we’re going toreview what we said in our Eagles-Saints preview:
1THE BOYS UP FRONT.The offensive line is amess (that’s what we said
Sunday). Guess what? It still is.In fact, it’s even worse nowafter starting right tackle ToddHerremans left limping with aankle/foot injury. He neverreturned and may not returnthis season. That leaves fourfill-in players on that line.Against New Orleans, theygave up seven sacks — andMike Vick was hit hard onvirtually every play. KingDunlap can’t diagnose a rush.Neither can Dennis Kelly. AndDemetress Bell can’t stayonsides on crucial downs.
2FINDING HIS SWAG.This one wasn’t all onMike Vick. Not at all. The
quarterback was under duress
all night and even dialed up avintage 14-yard scramble.However, that one mistake —an interception in the redzone — was returned 98yards the other way for aSaints touchdown. Vick was22-of-41 for 272 yards and ascore (72.4 QB rating). NickFoles chants are coming, butit wasn’t Vick’s fault.
3GET A SACK ... PLEASE.The most ineffective (andover-priced) pass-rush in
the NFL never made the trip.Actually, we’re going toexclude Brandon Grahamfrom that. Graham recorded asack and forced a fumble inwhat was the defense’sbiggest play. Jason Babin got asack, but he also was a steplate on two more would-besacks. Trent Cole missed aneasy sack, too. Drew Brees’jersey was cleaner than afresh load of laundry.
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14Turnovers Mike Vick ispersonally responsiblefor after throwing hisninth interception lastnight (also has five lostfumbles in 2012).
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Allen out for Eagles, Simsmakes NFL debut in NOLA David Sims made his first NFLstart last night, filling in forNate Allen in New Orleans.
Sims, who came over via atrade from Cleveland, is one ofonly four safeties on the Eagles’roster. The Saints tried to targethim, matching him up againsttight end Jimmy Graham. Simsgot beat on quite a few, but hemade some nice plays. Simshad eight tackles, including a
pass deflection and a run-stuff-ing tackle for a loss.
With Allen (hamstring)missing practice, Sims has beengetting extra work in.
“I’ve got to stay in my play-book and stay in that film tohave a little edge,” Sims said be-fore the game.
Allen has struggled with in-juries in recent seasons, but hewas starting to hit his stride.
The Eagles’ defense came apartin the fourth quarter of the De-troit loss when Allen left with astrained right hamstring. Hebattled back, then injured hisleft hamstring last week.
Meanwhile, Sims has risenup the depth chart after sup-planting Colt Anderson.
“He’s got a good grasp of thedefense,” Andy Reid said. “He’sdoing well.” METRO/MG
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Allen missed last night’s game with a left hamstring strain.David Sims filled in at the starting safety spot.
Bad SundayThis past Sundaymarked a terrible dayfor sports betting.
With seemingly allthe favorites winning— and winning big —some Las Vegas sportsbooks actually had tocall for money.
“Nov. 4, 2012 willgo down as arguablythe scariest day everfor the books,” saidKevin Bradley, Sports-Book manager at on-line site Bovada.lv.
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From the first day of trainingcamp, the Sixers put the ballin Jrue Holiday’s hands. This ishis team to run on the court.
Last week, the Sixers re-warded Holiday with a four-year, $41 million contract.There is another $5.5 millionavailable in incentives. Withthat commitment, the organi-zation made a clear statement.
“I’m thrilled, couldn’t behappier,” Holiday said. “This iswhere I want to be, growingwith this team. It’s the perfectsituation for me.”
Holiday posted a double-double in the season-openingwin over the Denver Nuggets.He then scored 27 points Sun-day in a tough environment,at New York’s Madison SquareGarden. Despite a poor shoot-ing night yesterday againstthe Knicks, Holiday still put 17points on the stat sheet.
In last year’s playoffs, the22-year-old Holiday led theSixers in scoring at 15.8 pointsper game.
“It’s not just about num-bers. It’s about running the
team, being the floor general.I just want to win,” Holidaysaid. “Just win. We got a tastein the playoffs. I want it tocontinue.”
For this group, it was im-perative to retain Holiday.
“I think this core of guyswho have been together likemyself, Jrue, Evan [Turner],we’ve been building this to-gether,” said forward Thad-deus Young. “I think when wefound out that Jrue was stay-ing, we were all very excited.We’re in this together and wehave championship aspira-tions. I’m so happy Jrue is stay-ing here with us.”
Some nights, the Sixersmight need Holiday to score.Other nights, they won’t. Itwill depend on the matchups,the pace of the game and theopponent.
“Whatever they need fromme to win,” Holiday said mat-ter-of-factly. “It doesn’t matter.I just want to win.”
Pointed in the rightdirection? Holidaysettling into position
Holiday embodies team-first concept Showing scorer’s touch in firstthree games Guard ready for ‘whatever they need from me to win’
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“It’s not just aboutnumbers. It’s aboutrunning the team,being the floorgeneral. I just wantto win.”JRUE HOLIDAY, SIXERS GUARD
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4Point guards takenahead of Holiday (17thoverall) in 2009 draft —one (Jonny Flynn) isn’teven in the NBA rightnow. He’s averagingmost points (19.3)among them in 2012.
Sixers drop secondstraight to Knicks,this time at home
Team falls 110-88 to NY Markstands at 1-2 Road trip aheadWhat started out so promisingturned into a complete dud.
The 76ers raced out to aquick 9-0 lead, but fizzled therest of the way in a disappoint-ing 110-88 loss to the Knickslast night at the Wells FargoCenter.
Coach Doug Collins saidthe Sixers lacked energy inSunday’s 16-point loss at NewYork. They didn’t have muchmore enthusiasm just onenight later.
Collins called on 10 playersin the first quarter. One ofthose players, center KwameBrown, received a rare startand then left the game with astrained left calf in the third.
Lavoy Allen, who startedthe first two games, missedhis first five shots and woundup 1-for-7. Jrue Holiday (17points) and Nick Young (12)struggled mightily with theirshot as well. The duo com-bined to shoot 8-of-27 fromthe floor.
In the end, the Sixers fell to
1-2 while the much-improvedKnicks went to 3-0.
Forget about the injuredAndrew Bynum for a minute.This revamped Sixers team is-n’t off to a rousing start at 1-2with a three-game road triplooming at New Orleans,Boston and Toronto.
There’s no reason to panicyet. But through three games,cohesion and consistencyseem to be missing. Maybethey’ll find it on the road.
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The Sixers, specifically JrueHoliday and Nick Young,struggled to hit jumpers allnight. Here’s a look:
The Sixers shot 33.7 percent(29-of-86) from the floor,while jacking up 22 three-pointers (8-of-22, 36.4 percent).
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Holiday scored 17 points in a losing effort last night forthe Sixers in a 110-88 loss to the New York Knicks.
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Carmelo Anthony went for 21 points last night.
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Perhaps only John Calipari’sdefending national championKentucky squad has lost morestarters than Temple, withthree of them gone. But thecupboard’s not completelybare for the Owls’ final seasonin the Atlantic 10 conference,before shifting over to the BigEast next year.
Not only are second-lead-ing scorer Khalif Wyatt (17.1,3.3 apg) and versatile forwardRahlir Hollis-Jefferson (9.3, 6.6rpg) back, but Owls coach FranDunphy has no fewer thanthree players who didn’t playat all last year.
How well Scootie Randall,Dalton Pepper and JakeO’Brien fare could determineTemple’s fate.
“While we’ll miss Ramone[Moore], Juan [Fernandez] andMicheal [Eric], we’re happy tohave these three guys,” saidDunphy, hoping to get theOwls back to the NCAA tour-nament for a sixth straightseason. “But they haven’tplayed in a year. It’s a hardthing for kids to sit out likethat. There’s no instant gratifi-cation. But the good thing iswe do have depth. It’s thedeepest we’ve been since I’ve
been at Temple.”Randall was forced to red-
shirt last year coming off kneesurgery, after averaging 10.7points and being named the A-10’s Most Improved Player in2011. Pepper, a big-time scorerat nearby Pennsbury High, satout the season after transfer-ring from West Virginia. AndO’Brien (1,020 points, 444 re-bounds in three seasons atBoston University) missed hissenior season due to an injury.He’s at Temple now as a gradu-ate student.
How well — and howquickly — they mesh withholdovers Wyatt, Hollis-Jeffer-son, center Anthony Lee andguard T.J. DiLeo is the key.
“We still can be great,” saidRandall, who is expected to fillthe leadership void. “We havea lot of interchangeable guyswho can do the same thing. Ithink we can be one of themost special teams CoachDunphy has had. I just have tomake these guys have confi-dence in themselves.”
Meanwhile, Wyatt (whowas involved in an off-campusincident with a prostitute)needs to do his part. No doubthe’ll be the focal point of op-posing fans.
“We want to leave ourmark on the league,” said Wy-att. “I know Scootie and thoseguys have been nipping at thebud to get back out there. Itshould be exciting.”
Temple kicks off transitionyear with final A-10 stint
High expectations for Owls in final season in conference University headed to Big Eastnext year Wyatt, Randall need to step up Dunphy searching for six straight tourneys
Fast start keyfor Dunphy’sOwls this yearThe general rule of thumbfor Fran Dunphy teams isthat they’re much better atthe end of season than at thestart. That may never betruer than now, as Templetries to rebuild from within.
Depending on how quick-ly and how effectively ScottieRandall, Dalton Pepper andJake O’Brien make the transi-tion, along with an intriguing
freshman class that includes6-foot-10 Devontae Watsonand 6-foot-6 swingmanDaniel Dingle, will help de-termine how much better.
For the first time in years,the Owls aren’t one of the fa-vorites in a loaded Atlantic 10that now includes VCU andButler, in addition to presea-son favorite Saint Joseph’sand UMass. That doesn’tmean they won’t be a factor.Dunphy will just have towork his magic to get Templeback to the Big Dance.
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Projected lineup
Quick lookat Owls’startingfive,plus keyreserves:
C Anthony Lee, 6-foot-9soph. (5.0 ppg, 5.2 rpg)Our take: Improving big manwith decent shooting touchand the strength to bang un-derneath
F Rahlir Hollis-Jefferson6-6, senior (9.3 ppg, 6.6 rpg)Our take: Underrated for-ward who provides scoring,rebounding and defense
F Scootie Randall, 6-6senior (10.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg)Our take: Versatile playerand leader, was coming intohis own until sidelined byknee injury. Could be rusty
G Khalif Wyatt, 6-4senior (17.1 ppg, 3.3 apg)Our take: Most effectivescorer, especially from longrange. Off-court problemsmake him center of storm
G T.J. DiLeo, 6-3senior (2.9 ppg)Our take: DiLeo does all little things, but nothingmajor. Minutes may fluctuateas younger players develop.
Key reserves: F Dalton Pepper (transferfrom WVU). Could bringneeded outside scoring C Jake O’Brien (from BostonU.). Banger on boards, mightneed time A-10 jump
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Randall redshirted lastseason after a knee injurysidelined him early.
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“I knew I had the best play-er [Jameer Nelson] and the guyrunning alongside of him waspretty good,” said Martelli ofhis team that went 27-0 in theregular season. “They wantedeach other to achieve. Theyknew team success meant in-dividual accolades. This groupis like that.”
The 2012-13 Hawks areconsidered Martelli’s finestteam since that glory year.They have been tagged as fa-vorites in the Atlantic 10, withevery starter back. But theywill be the first to tell you ex-pectations mean nothing.
“Nobody cares,” said 6-8forward Halil Kanacevic, wholed the team in rebounds andassists, while averaging 8.3points. “We got picked for lastplace last year. It’s nice beingpicked No. 1, but it’s not a bigdeal until we prove it.”
The key is maintainingleads. While the Hawks did gofrom 22 losses in 2010-11 to a
20-14 mark last year, theydropped 11 games in whichthey held second-half leads.That can’t happen again.
“We got ahead in a lot ofgames last year, but we hadn’tbeen there and didn’t knowwhat to expect,” said guardCarl Jones, the Hawks’ leadingscorer (17.0). “This year we’regoing to know what to do.We’ve been through that at-mosphere.”
With interior defense, bigman C.J. Aiken (10.9, 5.1 re-
bounds), the A-10 DefensivePlayer of the Year, blocked3.53 shots a game, the fifthbest in the nation. And A-10Sixth Man of the Year RonaldRoberts (10.9, 5.9 rpg) helpsclog the lane. Put it all togeth-er and SJU figures to be a fac-tor nationally for the firsttime since 2004.
“I don’t talk about any-thing written,” said Martelli. “Ihaven’t had to bring themdown from the clouds. Theirfocus here really is on team.”
Increasedexpectationson the HillUnlike last season, theHawks won’t sneak up onanybody. But with their topsix players back andimproved, that shouldn’tmatter. Saint Joseph’s hasall the components for aquality team (scoringbalance, strong defense, a
shot blocker andexperienced players whoknow their roles).
Playing in a revampedAtlantic 10 — withnewcomers VCU and Butler— Saint Joseph’s figures tohold its own againstanybody. Can they meetthose lofty preseasonexpectations and ultimatelywind up in the rankings?
Don’t rule it out. Itfigures to be a fun seasonon Hawk Hill. METRO/JM
Projected lineup
C C.J. Aiken, 6-foot-9Our take: Key to defense;seals interior and forcesteams to shoot jumpers
F Halil Kanacevic, 6-8Our take: Versatile forwardwho led team in assists and provides muscle around hoop
F Daryus Quarles, 6-6Our take: Speedy starter;usually gives way to morephysical Ronald Roberts
G Carl Jones, 5-11Our take: Leading scorer;can hit from long range orgo strong to basket
G Langston Galloway, 6-2Our take: Athletic guard; ledteam in 3-point shooting(47%), size gives him advan-tage over most opponents
Jones was the Hawks’ leading scorer last season. He averaged 17 points and 3.3 assists per game.
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