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The president spoke at an event hosted by openly gay singer Ricky Martin, the LGBT Leadership Council and the Futuro Fund, where he tied his announced support for gay marriage last week to past civil rights struggles.
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His comments came after presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney told graduating students at Liberty University, a school founded by the late conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell, that marriage is between "one man and one woman."
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The embattled Democrat, his ambitions for a second term weighed down by the still-struggling economy, also took a turn as a slogan-writer of sorts for Romney and his fellow Republicans."Their message is going to be very simple, you know what: 'You're frustrated, you're dissatisfied and it's Obama's fault.' You can boil down the message," Obama said. "And they will spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to drill that home. "
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"I had to hide my horror as I saw a young, athletic woman," he says. "I had to... compose myself for a few seconds before we started resuscitation."
Lying on the ground was 30-year-old Claire Squires, whose sudden death, along with those of Italian footballer Piermario Morosini and Norwegian Olympic swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, has drawn fresh attention to shocking heart problems that bring down young, fit people at the top of their game.
The case of English Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed on the pitch in front of a stadium packed with spectators last month, has similarly focused minds.
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"Something should be done, if we are... encouraging athletes to push themselves like that," he said. "We protect their musculoskeletal system, we protect their brains, we protect their nutritional status, so why can't we protect their hearts?"
In sudden cardiac death (SCD), the heart abruptly and unexpectedly stops working. Experts describe it as an "electrical problem", often caused by a heart rhythm disorder called ventricular fibrillation.
In sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), which was what brought Bolton Wanderers midfielder Muamba to the ground, the heart is no longer able to pump blood to the rest of the body.
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"Each young athletic life lost to SCD or blighted by a sudden cardiac arrest is a powerful reminder that despite our growing knowledge, we still lack many answers to basic questions about these afflictions," Weiler and a team of other sports science experts wrote in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) on Saturday.
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It found that SCD is over three times more common in African-Americans than Caucasians, but this varied greatly across sports.
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Having searched this and other scientific literature on sudden deaths in sport, experts writing in the BJSM - including sports scientists from the English Football Association, the London-based Royal Ballet and world soccer governing body FIFA's Medical Assessment and Research Center in Switzerland - say there are far too many questions unanswered.
"There's so much we don't know," Weiler said in a telephone interview. "We don't know what triggers sudden cardiac death. We don't understand the risks in different sports, we don't understand whether race and genetics have an impact, and we don't know why many cases of sudden cardiac death remain unexplained.
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They are usually caused by hereditary electrical or structural faults of the heart that show up in heart scans or in family history, he says.
This leads some sports scientists to say more widespread screening may be the answer.
FIFA recommends cardiac screening and sets it as a requirement for players in teams taking part in its tournaments, but there are no set rules across sports or borders.
Sharma cites data from the Veneto region of Italy, which suggest a program that screens athletes every year and bans people with worrying conditions from taking part in competitive sport has cut the number of sudden cardiac deaths in athletes by 90 percent - from 3.6 per 100,000 person-years in 1979/1980 to 0.4 per 100,000 person-years in 2003/2004.
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Screening is also expensive, raising the question of whether it is cost-effective for such a rare problem.
"You tend to get lots of false positives, and that means you can create unnecessary anxiety and worry about the results," Weiler said. "And there are also people who slip through the net. We don't really understand what we're looking for yet."(Reporting by Kate Kelland and Naomi O'Leary, editing by Ken Ferris)
Cruz slam helps Rangers beat Weaver, Angels 13-6
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"She died a hero," Hamilton said with a wide grin. "She was tired, she was getting a little weak."
Nelson Cruz hit his third career slam and like Elvis Andrus matched a career high with four hits as the Rangers handed Jered Weaver (5-1) his first loss.
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Beltre had a two-out RBI single in third before Michael Young doubled and David Murphy walked. Cruz then lined his shot over the 14-foot wall in left field, his third homer of the season.
Weaver entered the game allowing opposing teams to hit only .174, best in the AL. His season ERA jumped from 1.60 to 2.83.
"As the game went on, he left a couple of breaking balls in the heart of the plate. Before he was 2-0 to Cruz, he was 0-2 to Murphy but couldn't put him away. With two strikes, Young hit a double down the right field line," manager Mike Scioscia said. "That's not a forgiving lineup."
Mark Trumbo had a long two-run homer for the second day in a row for the Angels. Kendrys Morales hit a two-out solo homer in the ninth.
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He talked up the experience gained by new signings such as Phil Jones and Ashley Young, whose first title chase ended in bitter disappointment as they lost out on goal difference to Manchester City despite ending with a very healthy 89 points.
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A 4-4 draw at home to Everton, despite leading 4-2 with seven minutes left, smacked of carelessness and while Ferguson blamed poor defending, the fingers were pointed at him as United lost 1-0 at City on April 30.
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The document says she was fired during a lunch meeting at The Lamb's Club restaurant by the producers, Bono and The Edge. Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa was hired to work on the book and Philip William McKinley stepped in to direct.red jordan 7
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The document quotes Berger in an email to Bono complaining that "it's a bit draining" working for hours with Taymor "on scenes I know in my heart-of-hearts are wrong." Taymor claims she was unaware of any alternative story line until after being fired and yet she was to have final approval on the musical's book. buy air jordans
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Taymor alleges that the show has not been re-imagined and that what audiences are seeing at the Foxwoods Theatre is essentially the same show she directed. "The producers' current suggestion that they have created a 'new' show after a mere three-week shutdown is false and incredible," the filing says. cool shoes cheap
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The Associated Press was not immediately able to obtain the letter.
In the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, an official in charge of Ministry of Culture's heritage department confirmed that Cambodia had sent a letter asking for the statue's sale to be halted. The official, Hab Touch, said the 10th-century statue was looted from the Koh Ker temple. He had no details on when it was taken or who allegedly took it, saying only that it had been smuggled abroad.Jordan 11 Fusion
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The giant Costa Concordia capsized on January 13 after hitting rocks off the Italian island of Giglio, killing at least 25 people. Divers and rescue workers are still searching for the bodies of seven missing people.
The much smaller, 29,000-tonne Costa Allegra was sailing some 200 miles southwest of Seychelles when the fire broke out and it sent a distress signal, the company said.
Giorgio Moretti, the head of Costa Cruises nautical operations, told reporters in a conference call that there was light aboard ship thanks to an emergency battery but no air conditioning or cooking facilities.
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On the eve of the Michigan primary, musician Kid Rock sang a live version of "Born Free," the official campaign song of the Romney campaign and a song that, until tonight, has only been heard in its recorded version, blaring through speakers at events from New Hampshire to Iowa to South Carolina, and everywhere in between.
"The other day I got in my car and I drove out to a home of a fellow that lives in this area, and I asked him whether he might come here tonight," said Romney, standing on a stage at the Royal Oak Music Theatre, surrounded by subwoofers and a drum set, the replica of the debt clock he so often uses to tout his economic dexterity was nowhere to be seen.
"I think you know him pretty well. He's a native son of Detroit, loves Michigan, loves Detroit. He's recently made quite a commitment - he said he's going to raise a million dollars for (the) Detroit symphony. He put a piece of paper in front of me. He'd written down some questions for me. He said first of all, he said, 'Mitt, if you're elected president, will you help me help the state of Michigan?' And I said I would," said Romney, teasing Kid Rock's performance that had only been described as a "surprise musical guest" in campaign advisories.Air Jordan 13 For Sale
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The meeting lasted for about an hour, according to a campaign aide, who described it as a "warm and friendly conversation" during which the two discussed their "similar interests," including Romney's commitment to Michigan, Detroit and the troops. Kid Rock recently pledged to play a charity concert to raise $1 million to go toward saving the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Romney has pledged his support of the state of Michigan again and again on the stump.Air Max Jordan 2 Fusion
According to the aide, a representative from the Romney campaign had reached out to the musician, whose birth name is Bob Ritchie, when the Michigan campaign schedule began to finalize, requesting a live appearance after getting permission to play the audio of the song months earlier. But Kid Rock insisted on meeting Romney in person, the aide said, a get-together that was attended by the candidate and at least one senior advisor. The day after the meeting, February 24, Kid Rock e-mailed Romney on his personal e-mail address and agreed to perform at tonight's rally.Jordan 11 Fusion
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