Acer Iconia Tab A200 gets sentimental, strengthens families and makes video debut

Acer wants you to know that Apple doesn't have a monopoly on sappy tech commercials -- no Siri, Bob! The Taiwanese manufacturer wants to run with the big boys when it comes to overselling the emotional power of a gadget. Take, for instance, this promotional clip for the upcoming Iconia Tab A200. Yes, we understand that the 10-inch slate can play games and "share memories" but, what exactly Honeycomb has to do with creating family rituals or why you'd bring a tablet camping is lost on us. Sadly, the clip doesn't reveal too much about Acer's new slab. We can see that vanilla Android is out, simply by looking at the navigation icons, and there's a new feature called Acer Ring, which appears to be some sort of task manager with shortcuts to common tasks, like taking screenshots. It also appears to be sporting a full-sized USB port and a microSD slot but, otherwise, we've still got very little info on the spec front. Check out the video after the break.

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Wells' 228 yards?carry Cardinals past Rams

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By R.B. FALLSTROM

updated 4:48 p.m. ET Nov. 27, 2011

ST. LOUIS - Beanie Wells ran wild all day. Patrick Peterson needed one touch to make a huge contribution for the Arizona Cardinals.

Peterson tied the NFL record with his fourth punt return for a touchdown this season, Wells set a franchise mark with 228 yards rushing on 27 carries, and the Cardinals won their seventh in a row in St. Louis with a 23-20 victory Sunday over the Rams.

Wells' career day included gains of 71 and 53 yards, the latter setting up Jay Feely's go-ahead 22-yard field goal with 4:12 remaining. Rookie Sam Acho also had a career day on defense with two sacks and a fumble recovery.

That was enough for Arizona (4-7) to overcome another awful outing by John Skelton, who threw two interceptions.

Brandon Lloyd's 16-yard TD catch from Sam Bradford tied it at 20 midway through the fourth quarter. Nick Miller had an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter for the Rams (2-9) only three days after he re-signed with the team.

Peterson was untouched on an 80-yard return up the middle in the third quarter, dodging just a few tacklers before finding clear sailing to put Arizona up 20-10. His 99-yarder in overtime beat the Rams three weeks ago in Arizona, and St. Louis coach Steve Spagnuolo had vowed that the rookie would not beat them again.

The cornerback from LSU, the fifth pick in the draft, is the fourth player with four punt returns in a season and the first in NFL history with four returns of 80-plus yards.

Wells was an even bigger factor, eclipsing the previous franchise mark of 214 yards by LeShon Johnson in 1996 at New Orleans. In the earlier meeting against the Rams, Wells had just 20 yards on 10 carries.

Acho has five sacks, three against the Rams. His fumble recovery set up Wells' 7-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter.

The Cardinals overcame three turnovers to keep their dominance going in St. Louis, the town they fled for the desert in 1987. It's their longest winning streak against any opponent. They're only 2-5 on the road this year, also winning at Philadelphia earlier this month.

The Rams re-signed Miller on Thursday after placing wide receiver Mark Clayton on injured reserve with a knee injury. He gave them the lead on their only big play of the first half, skirting the defense and scoring untouched with a convoy the last 30 yards of the return.

Arizona was 0 for 5 on third down in the half and had one big play, too. Wells' career-best 71-yard run to the 11 late in the first quarter set up a short field goal.

Poor clock management might have cost the Rams a chance for another touchdown at the end of the half.

Lloyd adjusted his route on an underthrown 26-yard pass to the Arizona 3 with 43 seconds left, then St. Louis went backward with a false start and Acho's second sack for a 9-yard loss. Coaches wasted at least 10 seconds before calling the last timeout with 12 seconds to go, and Bradford overthrew Lloyd in the end zone before the Rams settled for a field goal and a 10-3 lead.

The other players with four punt returns for a TD are Devin Hester (2007), Rick Upchurch (1978) and Jack Christiansen (1951), who was a rookie when he first set the record.

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Sanchez's 4 TD passes boost Jets

Mark Sanchez threw four touchdown passes, including the winning score to Santonio Holmes with just over a minute remaining, as the New York Jets kept pace in the AFC playoff race with a 28-24 comeback victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

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Brady, Patriots rout Eagles 38-20 (AP)

PHILADELPHIA ? Tom Brady had his way against the Philadelphia Eagles ? again.

Brady threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns and the New England Patriots beat the Eagles 38-20 Sunday in a rematch of the 2005 Super Bowl.

Filling in for the injured Michael Vick for the second straight game, Vince Young couldn't keep Philadelphia's fading playoff hopes alive despite throwing for a career-best 400 yards passing. The Eagles (4-7) are all-but-mathematically eliminated from playoff contention in a season that began with Super Bowl expectations.

Angry fans made their feelings known about coach Andy Reid, chanting "Fire Andy!" in the second half.

The defending NFC East champions fell to 1-5 at home and have lost eight of nine at the Linc, including a playoff loss to Green Bay last January.

Down 10-0 early, the AFC East-leading Patriots rallied behind Brady. New England (8-3) scored on five of its next six possessions, excluding a kneel-down at the end of the first half.

Brady and coach Bill Belichick improved to 4-0 against Reid's Eagles, including a 24-21 win for their third NFL title in four years after the 2004 season.

Brady finished 24 of 34, Deion Branch had 125 yards receiving and Wes Welker caught eight passes for 115 yards and two TDs.

Brady, a two-time NFL MVP, has completed 67.3 percent of his passes for 1,232 yards, nine TDs and no interceptions in four career games against Philadelphia.

Young led the Eagles to a 17-10 win against the New York Giants last week in his first start in nearly a year. He put up decent numbers against the worst-ranked defense in the league, but couldn't overcome another inept performance by the Eagles' defense.

Young finished 26 of 48. It was just his third career game over 300 yards.

Vick broke two lower ribs in a loss to Arizona on Nov. 13. He got hurt on the second play of that game and stayed in, but hasn't practiced the last two weeks. It's uncertain whether Vick can play when Philadelphia visits Seattle on Thursday night.

After a fast start, the Eagles fizzled.

Brady engineered a 70-yard drive capped by BenJarvus Green-Ellis' 4-yard TD run to cut it to 10-7. The Pats converted two third downs on the drive, including two by penalty.

Helped by a missed call, New England's defense then forced a three-and-out. Young was sacked by Rob Ninkovich, who spun the quarterback down by pulling his facemask. But the referees didn't see it, eliciting loud boos from the crowd when the replay was shown on the video screen.

One play after just-signed Tiquan Underwood dropped a wide-open pass, Brady connected with Branch for 63 yards to the Eagles 1 on a third-and-13. Green-Ellis scored on the next play to put the Patriots up 14-10.

Antwaun Molden intercepted Young's deep pass intended for DeSean Jackson on Philadelphia's next play and returned it 27 yards to the Eagles 34. But the Patriots couldn't convert the turnover into points. Stephen Gostkowski missed a 39-yard field goal wide right.

No problem for Brady and Co.

The Eagles went three-and-out again, and the Patriots went to a no-huddle when they got the ball back.

Welker blew past the secondary and Brady hit his wide-open target in stride for a 41-yard TD pass to give New England a 21-10 lead.

DeSean Jackson dropped what should've been a 4-yard TD pass and the Eagles settled for a 22-yard field goal to get within 21-13.

It was the second time in the first half that Jackson appeared to shy away from contact and dropped a pass across the middle. Fans let him hear it with a chorus of boos. Jackson, a two-time Pro Bowl pick, is in the final year of his rookie contract and has been unhappy that he didn't get a new deal. He dropped a deep pass that should've been a TD in the third quarter.

The Patriots got the ball to start the second half and Brady led them into the end zone again, tossing a 9-yard TD pass to Welker for a 31-13 lead.

Brady threw a 24-yard TD pass to Rob Gronkowski to extend it to 38-13 in the fourth quarter.

Young came out firing. He tossed a 22-yard pass to Brent Celek on the first play from scrimmage. Then he connected with Riley Cooper for 58 yards to the Patriots 4. LeSean McCoy ran in from the 2 to give the Eagles a 7-0 lead.

Young hit Jackson for a 44-yard gain to the Patriots 36 on the first play of the next series. The Eagles' drive stalled at the 25 after three consecutive dropped passes, and Alex Henery kicked a 43-yard field goal to make it 10-0.

Besides Vick, the Eagles didn't have leading receiver Jeremy Maclin or nickel cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha didn't start after injuring his knee in practice on Thanksgiving Day, though he played in some situations.

The Patriots played without three starters: cornerback Devin McCourty, safety Patrick Chung and center Dan Connolly.

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Triple bombings in Iraq kill 19

BASRA, Iraq?? A string of bombings in a southern oil city killed several people Thursday evening and injured dozens more, a grim sign of the security challenges Iraq will face after American troops go home.

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Iraqi officials raised the death toll to 19.

The U.S. military is drawing down its troops ahead of an end-of-December deadline to have all American forces out of the country. Incidents like Thursday's triple bombing in a city seen as key to Iraq's economic development show the dangerous prospects awaiting Iraqis next year.

Three bombs went off in a popular open-air market in Basra, police officials said.

The third bomb exploded a few minutes after Iraqi army and police forces arrived on the scene in response to the earlier blasts, officials said. The third blast caused all the fatalities and almost all of the injuries, the officials said.

Among the dead and wounded were many policemen and Iraqi army soldiers.

The police officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.

Kamal Ali was working at a clothing shop across the street when the blasts went off. He said after the first explosion, bystanders rushed to help the victims. When another blast went off about five minutes later, the terrified people ran to escape.

Then police and soldiers rushed to the scene before the third and most deadly bomb went off.

"Most of the casualties are police and Iraqi troops who rushed to help the victims and cordoned off the scene. They sacrificed their lives for the poor people," Ali said.

The head of the Basra provincial council, Ahmed al-Sulaiti, confirmed the incident.

"We can't blame the security forces for this act. They were the people most hurt," he said by telephone from Basra.

Basra is about 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad It is considered the center of Iraq's burgeoning oil sector.

Many foreign oil companies have offices there. The country is relying on foreign companies to bring the money and expertise needed to develop Iraq's vast oil sector, which has been ravaged by war, sanctions and neglect.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombings, and it was not clear whether it was the work of Sunni extremists like al-Qaida, or by Shiite militias. Sunni militants often stagger their blasts in order to cause the most carnage, and they often target security officials, whom they see as propping up the Shiite-led government.

The area where the blasts occurred is also a stronghold for Shiite militia members, who have been known to use violence as they jockey for power and control.

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Associated Press writers Mazin Yahya and Rebecca Santana in Baghdad contributed to this report.

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Top 5 SNL Weekend Update Thanksgiving Moments!

It is Thanksgiving and who does this holiday better than those at Saturday Night Live, well no one I tell you. In light of that I have put together the top five, in my opinion, greatest SNL Weekend Update Thanksgiving moments for you to watch. Let?s face it there is only so much football, food and family a person can take in one day right. However one thing we can never have too much of is laughter and trust me when I tell you these five videos from SNL will make you laugh out loud. I was originally going to do moments from all of SNL but I soon realized that the weekend updates are usually the best ones, which is why I have chosen them. Once you watch all these videos I am pretty sure that most of you will agree with me. 5. Weekend Update With Justin Timberlake ? I want to point out I am not even a huge fans of his but this shiz is good. 4. Weekend Update With Guy Fieri? – there are no words it is just pee in your pants good. 3. Weekend Update: Turkey Song ? Adam Sandler as Bruce Springsteen [...]

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89% Martha Marcy May Marlene

Become acquainted with this name: Elizabeth Olsen. Yes, she is the sister of the Olsen twins - Mary Kate and Ashley, but I guarantee she will become this generation's Mia Farrow. Once you see the brilliant Martha Marcy May Marlene, you too will be convinced at what a great actress Elizabeth Olsen is.This is not just a great performance. This is the kind of performance that young female leads will be compared to. It's better than Charlize Theron's portrayal of Aileen Wuornos in Monster. So demanding is this role that the film's success relies almost completely on it. And that's not to say that Olsen is above the material. She has a lot to work with. The script is smart. The direction is controlled, focused, and well paced, and the tone is disturbingly bleak, chilling, and suspenseful.Horrific things happen to this character. The audience is forced to endure much of it with her, and then analyze the effects these events have on Martha's psyche. Elizabeth Olsen bares all; she completely understands her character but also forces the audience to reflect and debate on her decisions. Whatever triggered the trauma in Martha's mind has completely overtaken her being, rendering her incapable of distinguishing the past from the present and figuring out a way to move on.This is a powerful film. Elizabeth Olsen's performance is nothing short of perfect. If she doesn't win the Oscar, they may as well retire the award. The same goes for John Hawkes' portrayal of Patrick, a sinister cult leader who is every bit the antagonist to Martha. You thought he was great in Winter's Bone, but that's nothing compared to his acting here.Yes, Martha Marcy May Marlene is a must see movie because of the performances. But the acting is made even better when the material is good. In this case, the filmmaking is perfect. Thus, the performances are the best of the best, and that's within a year that has already seen Ryan Gosling, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Michael Fassbender, and Leonardo DiCaprio cement themselves as the best actors of our time.

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PFT: Lions call Suh's stomp 'unacceptable'

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We handle the biggest injury news all day in the rumor mill.?

The rest goes right here, in America?s most popular injury segment that always listens to the National Anthem.

1. Kevin Kolb is officially questionable after being limited in practice all week with his toe injury. ?We won?t know his status until gametime, but signs are pointing towards Kolb playing.

2. The Rams? two best defenders are questionable.?Linebacker James Laurinaitis (foot) and defensive end Chris Long (ankle) practiced in a limited fashion during the week, so they should play.

3. The Bills have a sadly big list of starters that are out this week. Some of the players are already on injured reserve, but we?ll reprint here: Running back?Fred Jackson (fibula), wideout Donald Jones (ankle), kicker Rian Lindell (shoulder), cornerback Terrence McGee (knee), and safety George Wilson (neck) are out. ?Backup wide receiver Naaman Roosevelt (shoulder) is also out.

4. The Jets are healthy, with the exception of kick returner?Jeremy Kerley (knee) and running back LaDainian Tomlinson (knee). Both are questionable, but they didn?t practice all week.

5. Tight end Dallas Clark (fibula) is out once again. Running back Joseph Addai (hamstring) should be back after practicing fully all week.

6. The Raiders will be without?wide receiver Jacoby Ford (foot), running back Darren McFadden (foot), and defensive end Jarvis Moss (hamstring). ?Half the team is questionable, including two players that didn?t practice all week: running back?Taiwan Jones (hamstring) and wide receiver Denarius Moore (foot).

7. A few extra days off did the Broncos some good. The entire active roster should be available to face San Diego.

8. The Chargers got some good news on Friday. Running back Ryan Mathews (knee) is probable despite missing practice Thursday, and their best pass rusher Shaun Phillips (foot) was upgraded to questionable this week.

The bad news:?Defensive end Luis Castillo (tibia), wideout Malcom Floyd (hip), and tackle Marcus McNeill (neck) are all still out. Two other guards are doubtful. The offensive line is in bad shape.

9. Andre Johnson (hamstring) is officially probable as he returns from his lengthy injury. ?He should be happy about his matchup with Jacksonville because . . .

10. The Jaguars defense is banged up. Cornerback Derek Cox went on injured reserve Friday. Fellow starter Rashean Mathis is already there. Defensive line starters?Terrance Knighton (ankle) and Matt Roth (concussion) are both out.

11. The Falcons will be short in the secondary. Luckily, they are playing the Vikings. ?Cornerback Kelvin Hayden (toe) is out and cornerback Brent Grimes (knee)?is questionable despite not practicing all week.

12. Patriots wideout?Chad Ochocinco (hamstring) is officially questionable after missing practice Friday. There are nine other Patriots that are questionable, but they all practiced in a limited fashion during the week. Linebacker Brandon Spikes (knee) remains out.

13. Redskins receiver Santana Moss (hand) is back in the mix. He?s probable.

14. The Steelers list linebacker?LaMarr Woodley (hamstring) as questionable, but there is doubt locally that he?ll suit up.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/25/lions-say-suh-failed-to-meet-the-level-of-sportsmanship-we-expect/related

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Egypt raises interest rates, 1st hike in 3 years (AP)

CAIRO ? Egypt's central bank has raised interest rates for the first time in three years. It follows months of political unrest that have led to an economic slowdown, putting the country's currency under pressure.

The bank said in a statement posted late Thursday that its Monetary Policy Committee decided to raise the overnight deposit rate by 1 percentage point to 9.25 percent.

Also, it raised the overnight lending rate 0.5 percentage points to 10.25 percent and the 7-day repo by 0.5 percentage points to 9.75 percent.

The Standard & Poor's ratings agency on Thursday pushed Egypt's sovereign credit ratings deeper into junk status, citing the country's deteriorating fiscal situation.

Egypt's last interest rate hike came in September 2008.

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Fitch cuts Portugal rating on high debts, worse outlook (Reuters)

LISBON (Reuters) ? Fitch downgraded Portugal's credit rating to junk status on Thursday, citing large fiscal imbalances, high debts and the risks to its EU-mandated austerity program from a worsening economic outlook.

The ratings agency cut Portugal to BB+ from BBB-, which is still one notch higher than Moody's rating of Ba2. S&P still rates Portugal investment grade.

Fitch said a deepening recession makes it "much more challenging" for the government to cut the budget deficit but it still expects fiscal goals to be met both this year and next.

"However, the risk of slippage - either from worse macroeconomic outturns or insufficient expenditure controls - is large," Fitch said.

The challenging economic environment was clear in a Reuters poll on Thursday, where economists forecast Portugal's economy will contract by 2.9 percent next year, the deepest recession since the 1970s, and 1.6 percent this year, in line with the government's estimates.

Portugal's 10-year bond prices plunged, sending yields surging more than 100 basis points to 13.85 percent -- the second highest level in the euro zone after Greece. The spread to German Bunds also rose more than 100 basis points to 1,168.

The downgrade of Portugal came after the dramatic deterioration of the euro zone crisis in recent weeks as it spread to bigger countries like Italy and Spain.

"The worsening regional outlook helped inform the downgrade (of Portugal)," Rabobank said in an analyst note. "This, in turn, underlines the mounting risk of systemic downgrades."

Portugal sought a 78-billion-euro bailout from the European Union and IMF earlier this year and has adopted sweeping austerity measures to bring public accounts under controls.

Under the loan program Portugal must cut the budget deficit to 5.9 percent of gross domestic product this year from around 10 percent in 2010. Next year it must cut the deficit further to 4.5 percent.

STATE COMPANIES A RISK

Fitch said the state-owned "enterprise sector is another key source of fiscal risk" and has caused a number of upward revisions to the country's debt and budget deficit figures this year. The government has said there was an unexpected fiscal shortfall of about 3 billion euros this year.

"Given these downside risks, Fitch sees a significant likelihood that further consolidation measures will be needed through the course of 2012," Fitch said.

It sees Portugal total debt peaking at 116 percent of GDP in 2013 from 93.3 percent at the end of last year.

Filipe Garcia, an economist at Informacao de Mercados Financeiros, said that while the downgrade does not change the government's financing conditions as it is under a bailout, it could worsen the situation for companies.

"Where (the downgrade) has an impact is on companies, such as banks and other issuers like EDP or Brisa, whose ratings are greatly influenced by the sovereign rating, leaving them in a more difficult situation," said Garcia.

The agency said Portugal's debt crisis poses big risks for the country's banks. "Recapitalisation and increased emergency liquidity provision from the ECB to Portugal's banks will, in Fitch's view, be needed and provided," it said.

Under Portugal's bailout, 12 billion euros has been set aside for funding banks if necessary.

Fitch said a worsening fiscal or economic situation could lead to further downgrades. "Furthermore, although Portugal is funded to end-2013, sovereign liquidity risk may increase materially toward the end of the program if adverse market conditions persist," Fitch said.

The government hopes to return raising debt in financial markets at the end of 2013.

(Additional reporting by Patricia Rua; Editing by Toby Chopra/Anna Willard)

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Qualcomm challenges LCDs through new e-reader

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? A new electronic display is poised to challenge power-hungry LCDs after U.S. mobile chip maker Qualcomm Inc. teamed up with a South Korean bookseller to introduce a new e-reader.

The "Kyobo eReader" was unveiled this week in Seoul and will reach South Korean consumers as early as Dec. 1, Kyobo Book Centre officials said Thursday.

The e-reader features Qualcomm's 1.0 GHz "Snapdragon" processor, a custom Kyobo application based on Android and a 5.7 inch "XGA" mirasol display.

The mirasol display uses ambient light instead of its own in much the same way that a peacock's plumage gets its scintillating hues. Qualcomm's mirasols have already been used in a few Chinese and South Korean phones, and in an MP3 player on the U.S. market. The display contains tiny mirrors that consume power only when they're moving, easing battery drain. Mirasol displays also quickly change from one image to the next and show video.

The global market for e-readers is dominated by bright LCDs and grayscale "e-ink" screens. LCDs consume relatively more battery power while e-ink screens are slow to refresh.

The introduction of the e-reader jointly developed by Qualcomm and Kyobo signals increasing competition in the global market for tablets.

U.S. online retailer Amazon.com Inc. and bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. have recently released tablets of their own, Kindle Fire and Nook Tablet, and are challenging Apple's iPad in pricing.

Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs noted South Koreans' near-100 percent literacy rate and digital reading skills during a launching ceremony in Seoul on Tuesday, according to the San Diego-based company. Fifteen-year-old South Koreans scored highest in their ability to absorb information from digital devices, according to a 2009 study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Over 80 percent of households in South Korea have broadband Internet access.

The e-reader featuring the mirasol display will be priced at 349,000 won, or $302, said Seoul-based Kyobo, South Korea's largest bookseller.

Associated Press

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BC-FBC--Penn State-Discipline, FBC

BC-FBC--Penn State-Discipline,1214Scandal puts PSU football discipline in spotlightBy GENARO C. ARMAS and SEANNA ADCOXAssociated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? A Penn State administrator responsible for overseeing student discipline said former coach Joe Paterno did not have the authority to change his office's decisions when football players were sanctioned.

Joe Puzycki said Tuesday night in an email to The Associated Press that "we adjudicated athlete cases the same as we did any other student" ? though Paterno was vocal in sharing his opinions.

The interactions outlined by Puzycki, currently a university assistant vice president, offer a contrasting view to comments made by former student affairs vice president Vicki Triponey, to whom Puzycki once reported. Triponey said Paterno's players got in trouble more often than other students, and got special treatment compared to non-athletes.

"In some cases where Mr. Paterno disagreed with our handling of a situation he would openly articulate that position to me. This position in itself, though, never changed my or my staff's decisions," Puzycki told the AP. "Mr. Paterno in his position as a coach simply did not have the authority to change any of our decisions. That could only be done through formal student appeal or administrative review."

Triponey resigned her post as the university's standards and conduct officer in 2007. Reached by the AP at her home in Charleston, S.C., Triponey confirmed that she sent a 2005 email to then-president Graham Spanier and others in which she expressed her concerns about how Penn State handled discipline cases involving football players. The Wall Street Journal published excerpts from the email on Tuesday.

The email surfaced as Penn State is reeling in the aftermath of criminal charges filed this month against Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach accused of molesting eight boys, some on campus, over a 15-year period.

Paterno "is insistent he knows best how to discipline his players ... and their status as a student when they commit violations of our standards should NOT be our concern ... and I think he was saying we should treat football players different from other students in this regard," Triponey wrote in the Aug. 12, 2005, email.

"Coach Paterno would rather we NOT inform the public when a football player is found responsible for committing a serious violation of the law and/or our student code," she wrote, "despite any moral or legal obligation to do so."

The Sandusky scandal resulted in the firing of Paterno, whom trustees felt did not do enough about one accusation involving a 10-year-old boy. President Graham Spanier also departed under pressure.

Athletic Director Tim Curley has been placed on administrative leave, and Vice President Gary Schultz, who was in charge of the university's police department, has stepped down. Schultz and Curley are charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to report to police, and Sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse. All maintain their innocence.

Triponey told the AP there was "an ongoing debate" throughout her four years at Penn State over who should deal with misconduct by football players.

Her 2005 email was sent the day after a heated meeting in which Paterno complained about the discipline process.

"He knew better than anyone how to discipline them. We wanted to show him the (disciplinary) data and suggest that 'Well, whatever it is we're doing, it's not working.' They're getting into trouble at a greater rate than they should. We wanted to find a way to address that," she said. "The meeting ended up being a one- sided conversation with the coach talking about his frustrations, his anger, his not being happy with the way we were running the system."

Paterno's lawyer, Wick Sollers, defended his client in a written statement.

"The allegations that have been described are out of context, misleading and filled with inaccuracies," he said. "In the current atmosphere, it is not surprising that every aspect of Penn State University's academics and athletics will be reviewed."

Puzycki was the school's chief disciplinary officer, reporting to Triponey. He has since been promoted to a position in which he oversees the current Director of Judicial Affairs.

"I think it is important ... that as we move forward as an institution that we need to provide accurate information," he wrote.

Puzycki told the AP he did not recall Paterno saying that players should be treated differently than other students, "but he was clear to express his disapproval, in general, of my handling of cases involving football players." He said Paterno would express that he thought he could do a better job holding players accountable, given his role as coach.

Puzycki said he could site just two cases in his 10-plus years as judicial affairs chief in which changes were made to disciplinary decisions ? each time by superiors.

One was an off-campus fight involving about a dozen players in 2007, in which he said Spanier intervened; the other involved an unidentified player who was kicked off the team. Puzycki said that sanction was lessened by Triponey, who told the Journal she had been directed to do so by Spanier.

Penn State football has long been regarded as an example of a well-run program that graduates an above-average percentage of its players while operating within the rules and winning on the field. But the Sandusky case has forced a re-examination of the Nittany Lions and Paterno's 46-year tenure as coach.

A review of Associated Press stories over the last decade shows at least 35 Penn State players faced internal discipline or criminal charges between 2003-09 for a variety of offenses ranging from assault to drunk driving to marijuana possession. One player was acquitted of sexual assault.

Penn State has hired former FBI director Louis Freeh to lead an internal investigation of the Sandusky case, while the NCAA announced last Friday it was launching its own inquiry focused on Sandusky and whether Penn State exercised "institutional control" in handling accusations against him. Asked Tuesday whether other disciplinary cases at Penn State would be reviewed, an NCAA spokeswoman said she had nothing else to say at this time.

Triponey, who arrived at Penn State in 2003 ? four years after Sandusky retired and a year following an alleged assault by him in the football showers ? told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" she was not involved in any conversations with or about the former assistant coach.

She told the AP that pressure to go easier on football players increased as her tenure went on.

"Many times, (because of) the pressure placed on us by the president or the football coach, eventually, we would end up doing sanctions that were not what another student would've got," she said. "It was much less. It was adapted to try to accommodate the concerns of the coach."

Triponey said she's a longtime football fan and worked at universities for most of her career. She said the relationship with coaches was different at other places, citing Randy Edsall, whom she worked with at Connecticut, as an example of someone who ran an open program and helped his players learn from mistakes. Edsall is now head coach at Maryland.

Curley and Spanier did not reply to messages for comment. A representative for Curley told the Journal that "he tried to make sure all student athletes were treated equally with regard to the code of conduct."

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Adcox reported from Charleston, S.C.

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SF, LA negotiating to close Occupy encampments

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? With anti-Wall Street protesters entrenched in their encampments in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the cities are desperate for long-term solutions to end the drain on resources and the frayed nerves among police and politicians.

To end the standoff, officials in both cities have considered providing protesters with indoor space that would allow the movement to carry out its work in more sanitary, less public facilities.

Occupiers are debating among themselves about whether to hold their ground or try to take advantage of possible moves.

San Francisco is negotiating with Occupy SF members about moving their encampment from the heart of the financial district to an empty school in the city's hip Mission district. That would allow the occupiers to have access to toilets and a room for their daily meetings, while camping out in the parking lot of what was once a small high school.

The move also could help them weed out drug addicts and drunks, and those not wholly committed to their cause.

In Los Angeles, Occupy members said officials rescinded a similar deal, in which the city would have leased a 10,000-square-foot space that once housed a bookstore in Los Angeles Mall to the protesters for $1 a year.

But after the proposal was made public at an Occupy LA general assembly, it generated outrage from some who saw it as a giveaway of public resources by a city struggling with financial problems, and the offer was withdrawn.

Deputy Mayor Matt Szabo told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the encampment around City Hall would be shut down at some point next week.

"The encampment as it exists is unsustainable," Szabo said.

Whether the city continues to negotiate with Occupy LA for a new location remains to be seen.

Either way, the talks in both cities mark a distinctly different approach than tactics used elsewhere that have seen police sent in to dislodge Occupy camps. Violence and arrests plagued camps in Oakland and New York, while the use of batons and pepper spray against peaceful protesters on University of California campuses has led to national outrage and derision.

Occupy LA camper Alifah Ali said she would pack up her tent at City Hall when the order to leave came down in Los Angeles and welcome the possibility of new digs.

"Maybe we need to move," Ali said. "Maybe this will give us room to organize, make our voice clear."

Los Angeles officials initially endorsed the movement and allowed tents to sprout on City Halls lawns. More than 480 tents have since been erected. But problems arose with sanitation, drug use and homeless people moving into the camp.

In San Francisco, several hundred protesters have been hunkered down for some six weeks in about 100 tents at Justin Herman Plaza, at the eastern end of Market Street and across from the tourist-catching Ferry Building on the bay. The city has declared the plaza a public health nuisance, though city officials also credit the campers for their efforts to rid the camp of garbage and keep the grassy area clean.

Mayor Ed Lee has met with the occupiers at several heated closed-door meetings at City Hall. He's repeatedly told them he supports their cause and the right to protest the nation's confounding inequality between the rich and the poor.

But they cannot, he has said, continue to camp out overnight in a public plaza.

"The mayor is being patient," said Christine Falvey, a spokeswoman for Lee. "He wants to see some sort of long-term, sustainable plan because the city cannot sustain overnight camping for any long period of time."

Ken Cleaveland of the Building Owners and Managers Association of San Francisco, which represents the hotels and businesses that have been impacted by the noise, loss of tourism and concerns of violence, said some hotels had to reimburse guests who could not sleep, and small businesses in the tourist hub have lost thousands of dollars.

"It's time to move the camp," he said. "Nobody's disagreeing with their right to protest or the inequities in society that they are protesting, but it's not a place to camp out permanently."

A survey by The Associated Press found that during the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services.

Gentle Blythe, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco public school district, said city officials had approached the district about allowing Occupy SF to relocate to the Mission site that formerly housed Phoenix High School. The School Board is considering a facility permit that would allow the city to lease the property for six months.

Occupy SF members say they're mulling over the proposal.

"We're waiting for whatever caveats the city is going to come back at us with," said Jerry Selness, a retired Navy medic from Eugene, Ore., who has volunteered for a more than a month at the Occupy SF medical tent.

"I do feel that we're at a crux point here: we are either going to give this movement enough time to be able to make our next move, which will be to not only to move this camp, but move to a new phase in the way that we occupy," he said.

There is debate among the occupiers in San Francisco as to whether it's better to stay put, move to another long-term location or make quick hit-and-run occupies at symbolic sites such as bank lobbies and foreclosures auctions.

"For instance, there's a neighborhood in San Francisco right now where they're foreclosing on 11 houses in one street," Selness said. "What a perfect place for us to occupy."

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Hoag reported from Los Angeles

Associated Press

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Scorsese and "Hugo" team up to celebrate movie making (Reuters)

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? French film pioneer Georges Melies directed over 500 movies at the turn of the 20th century, but few of them survived.

Melies was forced to melt down many of his films to sell the chemical residue for the manufacture of footwear, and after World War I, he wound up a broken and bitter purveyor of toys in a shop at Paris' Montparnasse train station.

Martin Scorsese, director of classics like "Taxi Driver" and "Raging Bull," had never undertaken a family film before. But Brian Selznick's bestselling novel, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," with its focus on early cinema, was a perfect fit for the Oscar-winning director who is passionate about film preservation.

"There was an immediate connection to the story of the boy, his loneliness, his association with the cinema, with the machinery of creativity," said Scorsese of his new movie.

"Everything done in film today began with Georges Melies. And when I go back and look at his original films, I feel moved and inspired because they are among the first, powerful expressions of an art form that I've loved and to which I've devoted the better part of my life."

"Hugo", opening in U.S. theaters on Wednesday, is the name of an orphan (Asa Butterfield) living in the Montparnasse train station in Paris in 1931. A chance encounter with Melies leads to a friendship with his adopted daughter, Isabelle (Chloe Moretz), and an adventure into the early days of cinema.

For actor Ben Kingsley, portraying Melies was no easy task. He had little to draw upon except for Melies' films, in which the director often cast himself.

"I was able to watch him at the absolute peak of his career," said Kingsley. "Fit like an athlete, fit like a dancer, amazing imagination, spectacular dexterity in his movements and disciplining everyone around him."

MELIES, MOVIES AND MAGIC

Melies worked in a glass studio that allowed natural sunlight to illuminate his sets. He worked arduously as writer, director, editor, designer, actor and choreographer in movies that dealt with magic, fantasy, dragons, fairies and men on the moon. And when he was done filming for the day, Melies would head to the theater to perform magic tricks for packed houses.

"I think he must have got about four hours of sleep a night because having worked in his glass studio, he then went to the music hall in Paris to saw people in half and do all kinds of fun things like that," said Kingsley.

Beyond watching Melies' surviving films and reading a brief biography, Kingsley turned to an obvious but unexpected source in shaping his character.

"I realized that my role model for playing Georges Melies should be Martin Scorsese," he said. "I observed him and his manner on set and his passion for newness, for invention, for reinvention, for making fresh and new everything he touches, which definitely Georges did."

While "Hugo" is a celebration of early film, it also stands as a reminder of how far contemporary Hollywood -- with its remakes, franchises and adaptations -- has strayed from its roots in imagination and invention.

"I think it's a eulogy (to film). I hope it's not a requiem," said Kingsley of "Hugo".

"I am of the belief that Marty, in his genius, has pushed cinema around a very nasty corner. To try and find a narrative film that does not insult your intelligence, that is life affirming, especially if it's a tragedy, is rare."

As Hugo's abusive Uncle Claude, Ray Winstone found his third collaboration with Scorsese delightful.

"It was like he was falling in love with making a film again," Winstone said. "Watching him work with 3D, it was like watching a kid with a new toy."

"He can put tenderness on the screen in a remarkable way," added Kingsley. "Come and dream with me, that's what Marty's saying."

(Editing by Jill Serjeant and Bob Tourtellotte)

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Australia lifts oil spill fines to $11 million (AP)

CANBERRA, Australia ? Australia has increased maximum fines for ships that spill oil from $1 million to $11 million (US $11 million) in response to a Chinese coal carrier grounding on the Great Barrier Reef.

Parliament passed new laws late Monday for the discharge of oil or oil residue by ships in Australian waters. Shipping companies will also have to contribute to cleanup costs.

The change follows last year's grounding on the world's largest chain of coral reefs by the Shen Neng 1, which spilled nearly 3 tons of fuel oil. The ship's officers were fined about $50,000.

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The EU and the clatter of high ideals (Reuters)

BRUSSELS/ROME (Reuters) ? Failed by squabbling politicians, wracked by faithless financial markets, the European Union may flinch these days in the glare of world scrutiny. Its beginnings were very different. The "European Project" was born in the secrecy of a sealed-off chateau and a dusty turret room clattering with typewriters and high ideals.

"We worked day and night," says Marie Helene von Mach, who as a 20-year-old bilingual secretary was drafted in 1956 to the Chateau de Val Duchesse near Brussels to help prepare the founding Treaty of Rome. "I was so enthusiastic because I thought finally we might have lasting peace in Europe."

Now von Mach, like others infected by that early zeal, fears the project could be lost in a banal, consuming battle to save a euro currency meant to tie nations closer together.

"It's such a shame, such a disgrace that such a fantastic project has come down to no more than a currency. There has been a loss of idealism, vision."

A nimble and vivacious 75-year-old, von Mach stands in the small square turret room of the Chateau de Val Duchesse where she spent five months of her life. Now a store room cluttered with furniture, white walls yellowed and scuffed, it carries still the feel of the convent it once was.

Narrow slat-like windows are set high up in the thick walls. Light intrudes below high ceilings, but there is no view on the world outside.

"I remember the stench from the old oil stove."

"The officials down below would hammer out their drafts of the articles and send them up to us on this to translate and type out," she says, pointing to a recess in the wall that was once a 'dumb waiter', a small rope-driven lift used in the chateau's aristocratic days to move plates between floors.

"I would type them out in four copies on my old Remington typewriter. We would then send them back down, they would debate them, change them and send them back up, every full stop, every comma debated, and always the sense of fear it could all fall apart."

"SHE CAN TYPE A BIT"

That the Rome treaty was then signed with such public grandeur in Rome's 15th century Palazzo dei Conservatori testified to the hopes it embodied just 12 years after a devastating European war. The six-state 'common market' it founded grew into a 27-nation European Union ranging from Ireland's Atlantic shores to the borders of Russia.

Von Mach's generation had known war at first hand, her father nine years in Soviet captivity. On returning to Germany he joined the foreign service and, seconded to the inter-governmental conference, proposed a role for his daughter, writing history.

"He said 'my daughter is 20. She can type a bit. She might be useful'." A German, She also spoke fluent French.

"I was sworn to secrecy," she says. "I couldn't even give the address of the place to a taxi driver.

"The USSR was very suspicious about what was going on in Brussels. Remember this was just after the Hungarian uprising."

The Cold War was in full train after Soviet tanks put down an anti-communist rebellion in Budapest. Western countries led by the United States had formed the NATO military alliance, the Kremlin responded with the Warsaw Pact. Moscow watched warily for further moves to closer Western collaboration, alert to anything ceding influence to 'revanchist' West Germany.

Soviet suspicions were only deepened by work on a parallel Euratom Treaty creating a cross-border nuclear energy agency.

"There was great courage on the part of a small group of men to push ahead with a project that was often viewed with indifference or hostility even in their own countries."

This was no popular movement to tear down frontiers. Just as the nations of the 19th century were forged largely by elites, so this supra-national drive to bury the nationalism that had wrought destruction on the continent was drafted by a relatively small group, here physically isolated in chateau de Val Duchesse.

Many in France were still uneasy about linking their fate to a country that had conquered and occupied it so recently. Colonial entanglements were still occupying the French, the Belgians and the Dutch. Britain showed scarcely any interest, smarting from humiliation in Suez but turned still to Empire.

If the European project was born in Rome, it had been conceived six years earlier in Paris when Germany and France signed a treaty forming a common coal and steel community with other countries.

Paul Collowald was a French journalist reporting for Le Monde newspaper on the genesis of the European project. He interviewed French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman about his 1950 declaration outlining a vision of a community of nations.

"The Schuman declaration was 36 typed lines on an A4 page. Therein, was a text, a vision and a political will," said Collowald. "Nowadays, you get 10 texts, no vision and no political will."

SEEING OFF THE TRUCKS

The vision has waxed and waned almost cyclically. With the expansion to take in former Soviet client states after the collapse of communism, it took on a pan-European rather than a western European aspect. The seeds of the current euro crisis, however, were sown in a weakening of the push to political integration in a later Maastricht treaty.

Johnny-come-latelies such as Britain may never have subscribed with such enthusiasm as Germany to the vision of tempering national vanities with European aspirations. Their ideas remain grounded in more sobre notions of a trading community of sovereign nations.

Von Mach recalls seeing off the trucks that took the boxes with the typed copies of the treaty, her five months' work, off toward Rome. Years later she heard tell that not all went as smoothly as it might have in the Palazzo dei Conservatori.

The documents had been misdirected and delayed. In Rome, the printers had trouble getting the text set onto the ceremonial paper for the leaders of France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands to sign. The deadline was missed.

"It turns out they signed a blank piece of paper," she says with a laugh. "There was only the title page and the signature page."

Von Mach is saddened that the chateau bears little reference, beyond a modest plaque, to the events she lived through and their place in the history of the European project. But she has lost none of the pan-European zeal that marked her days at Chateau de Val Duchesse and sees the European dream surviving the trials of the euro crisis.

"Those days...would make a movie," she says.

She shares the optimism of her friend and fellow European Paul Collowald.

"I am an impatient and worried European but I've not given up hope," Collowald says. "In Chinese, when you draw the word crisis, the image means risk and opportunity at the same time."

(Writing by Ralph Boulton; editing by Janet McBride; additional reporting by Brian Love in Paris)

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UN committee condemns Syrian rights violations

UNITED NATIONS (AP) ? A key U.N. committee voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to condemn human rights violations by President Bashar Assad's government and call for an immediate end to all violence, signaling growing international opposition to Syria's eight-month crackdown on civilians.

The nonbinding resolution adopted by the General Assembly's human rights committee calls on Syrian authorities to implement an Arab League peace plan, agreed to earlier this month, "without further delay." It urges the withdrawal of government tanks from the streets, the release of political prisoners, a halt to attacks on civilians, and allowing observers into the country.

The resolution, sponsored by Britain, France and Germany, was approved by a vote of 122-13 with 41 abstentions. It must now be approved at a plenary session of the 193-member world body, where its adoption is virtually certain.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said in a statement that the committee's first-ever resolution on Syria's human rights violations "has sent a clear message that it does not accept abuse and death as a legitimate path to retaining power."

Syria tried to prevent a vote on the resolution, introducing a motion to take "no action" but it was overwhelmingly defeated.

Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari again accused Britain, France and Germany of "waging a media, political and diplomatic war against Syria" and encouraging armed groups to engage in violence rather than national dialogue with the government.

Although the European powers sponsored the resolution, he said, "it is not a secret that the United States of America is the mastermind and main instigator of the political campaign against my country."

The resolution had more than 60 co-sponsors including Syria's fellow Arab nations Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain and Kuwait, and neighbor Turkey, which has been outspoken in its criticism of Assad's crackdown and is hosting Syrian opposition groups. Syria only got support from Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe who objected to targeting a single country for what they called political motives.

It was a victory for the three European powers who failed last month to win approval for a legally binding Security Council resolution threatening sanctions against Syria for its violent crackdown because of Russian and Chinese vetoes.

Germany's U.N. Ambassador Peter Wittig said the resolution sent "a strong message to the Syrian authorities to stop violence immediately, and also a sign of hope to the Syrian people that their suffering is not ignored."

British Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomed the wide international support and warned that "as long as the crisis in Syria continues, the international pressure on the Assad regime will only intensify."

France's U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud called the vote "a great success," adding "we do hope that some members of the Security Council will receive the message."

He noted that Russia and China abstained on the resolution.

Araud said the European sponsors will wait for a report from the Human Rights Council's independent international investigation of events in Syria before considering next steps.

Human Rights Watch's U.N. Director Philippe Bolopion urged the Security Council to "get to work on a resolution imposing an arms embargo, referring the case to the International Criminal Court and sanctioning the Syrian leaders involved in the abuse."

Ja'afari acknowledged that Syria "has some problems" and needs to move forward on a process of comprehensive political, economic and social reforms ? but that it would not be influenced by the resolution.

"All these ridiculous plots and maneuvers will not prevent us from protecting our country and our people from any foreign ambitions," he warned.

Associated Press

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Serious Business: 11/21 San Diego Chargers Links - Bolts From The ...

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Use of timeouts an issue for Turner, Sunday and beyond - Kevin Acee
Norv Turner, whose clock management is among the aspects being assessed by his superiors, had a couple more instances to be scrutinized Sunday.

Ship is going down with no life preservers in sight - Nick Canepa
They had their moments Sunday in the wind and cold but playable Soldier Field. Just not enough of them. The football team that has built a losing season on mistake after mistake once again couldn?t wrap a tourniquet around the errors of its ways.

Backups offer solid protection for Rivers - Jay Paris
Three opening-day offensive line starters were on the shelf, so what do you figure Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers' life would be like Sunday? Just fine, thank you.

Third-quarter flurry drops Chargers - Christopher Smith
San Diego (4-6) erased a halftime deficit on its opening drive but Chicago (7-3) countered with two touchdowns in 54 seconds, creating separation the Chargers never overcame.

Wrap-up: Bears 31, Chargers 20 - Bill Williamson
Credit the makeshift San Diego offensive line. Playing without three injured starters, the line did not give up any sacks Sunday. The Chargers will have to keep it up on the fly. The San Diego Union Tribune reports that left tackle Marcus McNeill may miss the rest of the season with a neck stinger.

Raiders, Broncos surge, Chargers flail - Bill Williamson
The Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos showed they will remain relevant for the stretch run. The San Diego Chargers? Well, the team that was widely expected to win the division is fading fast.

Jay Cutler injury affects AFC West - Bill Williamson
Denver has been anticipating the Dec. 11 game because would be Cutler's first visit to Denver in the regular season since he was traded to the Bears in 2009. Regardless of that drama, if Bears are without Cutler during the next three weeks, each team?s chances of beating the Bears has increased.?

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Japan October exports disappoint as yen, global slowdown (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) ? Japan's exports fell at the fastest pace in five months in the year to October and the worse than expected result signaled more weakness ahead as a strong yen and sputtering global growth weigh on the recuperating economy.

Although Japan's economy expanded 1.5 percent in the previous quarter, rebounding from recession triggered by March earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis, it is expected to slow sharply in October-December. Severe floods in Thailand, a major manufacturing base for many Japanese exporters, are expected to add to global headwinds faced by the world's third-biggest economy.

Exports fell 3.7 percent last month from a year earlier, far more than a 0.3 percent dip forecast by economists and the data follows the central bank's warning that government debt woes in Europe were already hurting Japan and emerging economies.

The October fall follows a 2.3 percent rise in September and was the biggest drop since a 10.3 percent fall in May, with shipments of semiconductors and other electronic goods falling due to strength in the yen.

"The global slowdown stemming from Europe's debt crisis, sluggish IT-related demand and the yen's rise which is driving production abroad were among the factors behind the decline," a finance ministry official said.

He added that the impact of Thai flooding may further hurt Japan's exports in the coming months.

Thai-bound exports fell 5.1 percent, the first annual decline in three months.

The Bank of Japan held fire last week after easing policy by boosting its asset buying scheme in October, but economists say signs of more weakness may put it under pressure to loosen monetary reins further.

"Exports will likely continue to fall for the next few months," said Takeshi Minami, chief economist at Norinchukin Research Institute.

"There is a chance that the BOJ will adopt further easing steps within this fiscal year. It is not yet a real crisis situation but the impact from Europe's debt woes is gradually affecting other economic regions."

One of the triggers of the October 27 monetary easing was the yen's rally to record highs against the dollar driven by investors shifting funds away from Europe and other riskier markets into highly liquid and relatively stable Japanese debt.

Some BOJ board members have argued that purchases of government bonds with short maturities worked to stabilize the foreign exchange market, BOJ minutes showed on Monday.

Just days after the central bank move, the finance ministry ordered its biggest ever single-day intervention, selling an estimated 7.7 trillion yen on October 31.

IMPORTS SURGE

Exports to China, Japan's largest trading partner, slumped an annual 7.7 percent, posting their biggest decline since May.

Shipments to the United States fell 2.3 percent, while those to European Union dropped 2.9 percent, down for the first time in five months and bringing Japan's trade surplus with the region to its smallest since 1979 for the month of October.

Imports were up 17.9 percent in October from a year earlier, against an expected 15.2 percent gain, bringing the trade balance to a deficit of 273.8 billion yen ($3.6 billion). That marked the first deficit in two months and compared with a median forecast of a 39.9 billion yen surplus.

Japan's trade balance has swung to a deficit a few times since the March disaster as exports slumped due to damaged supply chains while imports continued to increase on rising demand for crude oil and natural gas to make up for a loss of nuclear energy as well as higher oil prices.

(Additional reporting by Rie Ishiguro; Editing by Joseph Radford and Tomasz Janowski)

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So for the pairings, each guy is going to pick the top two girls he'd like his chachter with. One of them will be his mate, the other will be his true love. So even if some is picked twice, they dont have to fight over her. (fun as that may be.) One person will have them as their mate, the other will have her as their true love. I pick the mate/true love part.

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