When the aspiring graduates of those academies went to Italy to advance their knowledge through first-hand encounters with revered works of art, they were also expected to work from local models and record, on the spot, Roman ruins, picturesque towns and the Italian landscape.

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Romney unveiled a spot Monday attacking the president's record on the economy, while the Obama campaign released a spot Tuesday featuring Latino talk show host Cristina Saralegui, who endorsed the president after last week's policy shift, according to the campaign.

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Wineries are using iPads in their vineyards to the call up weather data and soil profiles, record quality assessment and make decisions on the spot about whether to harvest their grapes.

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And iron ore is selling on the spot market at close to record prices.

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New York has the same record as Carolina, 15-13-2, but the Hurricanes now hold the eighth spot based on a tiebreaker.

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Plus, for the record, I believe they should partner with one of the prepaid cell phone companies to provide an on-the-spot loaner for someone who comes in with a broken screen or phone they dropped in the toilet.

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He already has it all: Fame, fortune, a bronze plaque in the Hall of Fame and after lightly-regarded Oxbow stunned Orb on Saturday at the Preakness he has the top spot in the Triple Crown trainer's record book, too, passing "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons with No. 14.

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