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All but certain now that his Republican burberry ties opponent will be Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama has made his proposed "Buffett Rule" minimum tax for the wealthiest Americans like Romney a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, defying the political risk of being seen as a tax-and-spender by wary voters.

With a rousing speech Tuesday to a receptive university audience of about 5,000 in this battleground state, Obama defined the coming contest as a clash of philosophies: His argument that tax fairness and the common good demands the richest Americans pay at least as much as middle-income taxpayers do, contrasted with Republicans' opposition to any tax increases as job killers and class warfare, even at the cost of deep cuts in domestic programs.

While voters have not often rewarded candidates who advocate tax increases, Obama and his campaign advisers, in league with Democrats in Congress, express confidence that voters are on their side, with polls showing that Americans overwhelmingly burberry outlet agree that wealthy taxpayers should pay more and favor spending for programs like education, research and health care.

The Democrats' offensive, not coincidentally, is tied to the likelihood that Romney will be the nominee. Even as Obama was speaking at Florida Atlantic University, Romney's chief Republican rival, former Sen. Rick Santorum, was announcing that he is leaving the race.

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Obama seeks to talk about the burberry shoes for men still-weak economy and job creation in a way that plays to Romney's weaknesses, and Republicans' generally, and underplays his own political liabilities at a time of continued high unemployment and gas prices.

"These folks, they keep telling us that if we just weaken regulations that keep our air or our water clean or protect our consumers, if we would just convert these investments that we're making through our government in education and research and health care -- if we just turned those into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, then somehow the economy is going to grow stronger. That's the theory," Obama said, to applause and cheers. "And here's the news: We tried this for eight years before I took office."

But despite anemic job growth in that period and then a recession and financial crash, Obama added, "A lot of the folks who were peddling these same trickle-down theories -- including members of Congress and some people who are running for a certain office right now, who shall not be named -- they're doubling down on these old broken-down theories."

Even before Obama spoke, Romney and other Republicans Ray ban sunglasses were firing back, making clear they will try to make the president's political gamble a loser.

"President Obama is the first president in history to openly campaign for re-election on a platform of higher taxes," the Romney campaign said in a statement from a spokeswoman, Gail Gitcho. "He has already raised taxes on millions of Americans, but he won't stop there. He wants to raise taxes on millions more by taxing small businesses and job creators."

Before the Florida trip, the White House released a report by Obama's economic team making the substantive case for what is essentially a political proposal since it has no chance of advancing in Congress before the election. The Buffett Oakley sunglasses Rule would set a minimum tax rate of 30 percent for individuals on their annual income above $1 million.

The report argued that the minimum tax would restore some fairness to the tax code and reduce economically inefficient gaming of the system. Over five decades since 1960, it said, the average tax rate paid by the wealthiest Americans has dropped much more than the burberry underwear for men rate for middle-income taxpayers, even as the income of those at the top of the scale has grown significantly more than for everyone else.

"Look, I want folks to get rich in this country," Obama said. "I think it's wonderful when people are successful. That's part of the American dream. Prada sunglasses, cheap prada eyeglasses for men sale.

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Syracuse has dealt with off-the-court problems this season

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Created by Boston Dynamics, Cheetah is allegedly now the fastest legged robot on the planet. DARPA released a video today showing the bot running at various speeds on a laboratory treadmill, ultimately hitting its maximum speed of 18 mph. This breaks the previous land-speed record of 13.1 mph set back in 1989.

Engineers designed the Cheetah bot by patterning its movements after real fast-running animals, such as its namesake. By flexing and unflexing its spine, the four-legged droid is able to lengthen its stride and increase its running speed.

Back in February 2011 when the www.buymyfavorite.com robot was first commissioned, Boston Dynamics President Marc Raibert said he saw no reason why the robot couldn't go as fast a real cheetah (up to 70 mph), but he admitted that this would take some time to achieve.

The Cheetah is part of DARPA's Maximum Mobility and Manipulation (M3) program, which seeks to advance and improve robotic capabilities. Though the agency didn't provide any specific examples, a robot, such as Cheetah, could help in various military applications.

DARPA plans to test a free-running a prototype later this year.

Syracuse announced Monday that the N.C.A.A. was investigating its men’s basketball program after Yahoo Sports reported that at least 10 former players since 2001 had failed tests for a banned recreational substance or substances and that the program did not adhere to the university’s drug policy when it came to disciplining them.

The reported failed drug tests and lax enforcement coincided with a period when the Orange captured their first and only national championship under the Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim in 2003. The university said that the N.C.A.A.’s inquiry does not involve any players on this season’s team, which is 30-1 and ranked No. 2.

Boeheim declined to comment when reached on his cellphone. Daryl Gross, Syracuse’s athletic director, did not return a message left burberry ties on his cellphone.

Yahoo, citing four “sources with intimate knowledge” of the Syracuse program, reported that the 10 players who failed drug tests were allowed to practice and play at times when they should have been suspended. Yahoo reported that Syracuse violated its drug policy in at least two areas: failing to properly count positive tests and playing ineligible players after they should have been suspended.

“We self-reported issues with drug testing to the N.C.A.A., and there is currently an ongoing inquiry,” Kevin Quinn, the senior vice president for public affairs at Syracuse, said in a statement. “The inquiry does not involve www.fashiontoy.com any current S.U. student-athletes. To ensure the integrity of the ongoing process, we are unable to comment further at this time.”

The N.C.A.A. does not require its member universities to have their own drug-testing policy, but if one does have such a policy in place, it is required to follow it. The N.C.A.A. tests athletes at its championship events.

If it is determined that Syracuse knowingly violated its own drug policies, the N.C.A.A. could invoke the “willful violators” clause, which allows the N.C.A.A. to reach beyond its four-year statute of limitations in order to levy sanctions. A willful violation is considered one that occurs during a pattern of deliberate rule-breaking.

Word of the investigation came a day before www.cheapburberryoutlet2012.com the start of the Big East tournament, in which the Orange are the top seed. Syracuse plays its opener in the quarterfinals at noon on Thursday.

Syracuse has dealt with off-the-court problems this season. In November, the longtime assistant coach Bernie Fine was fired amid allegations that he molested a former team ball boy and his brother. Fine has not been charged.

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