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Calm before the storm: Does silence on Warren
signal decision soon?
Caren Bohan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 4:26:54 PM
An eerie calm has descended
over the blogosphere after the
feeding frenzy that broke out
earlier this week on whether
President Barack Obama was
poised to name Elizabeth Warren
to lead the new consumer
financial agency.
The week started with an
avalanche of stories and
blogs speculating on the
possibility of Obama naming
Warren, a Harvard law professor,
as an interim director of the
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau.
The move would have allowed
Obama to avoid what would
likely be a heated confirmation
battle.
Senators Chris Dodd, Olympia
Snowe and Susan Collins
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expressed reservations about the
temporary appointment on
Tuesday, urging Obama not to
bypass the Senate confirmation
process.
But today, there has been little
grist for the mill when it comes to
public comments on Warren.
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means something is brewing.
Could this mean a decision is
imminent?
White House spokesman Robert
Gibbs seemed to signal the
process was moving closer to a
decision but gave no specifics on
timing.
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announcements. The president
doesn’t have any personnel
announcements. They could come
later this week,” Gibbs said when
pressed at a daily news briefing.
On Capitol Hill, Congressman
Barney Frank, a Warren ally, told
reporters including Reuters’ Dave
Clarke he wasn’t able to shed any
new light on the state of play, but
hinted that he, too, thought
something might be up.
“If I were the White House I
wouldn’t tell me,” Frank said. “I
don’t want to know. One of the
things that makes me think that
something positive is going on is
that I haven’t heard from
Elizabeth.”
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Timothy Geithner greeted by
Elizabeth Warren, December 10,
2009)
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Craigslist says its adult services
section is shut down for good,
open-source Facebook competitor
Diaspora releases its first batch of
code, Apple's iOS 4.2 for
developers tests AirPlay and
AirPrint, and Microsoft launches
the Internet Explorer 9 beta to
positive reviews.
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Washington Extra – Whose party?

Simon Denyer (Front Row hoping he can cling to his slight duties on Chinese imports to
Washington) lead against Angle, a lead he force Beijing to let its yuan
Submitted at 9/15/2010 6:07:28 PM might not have against a more currency rise, an election-year
centrist candidate. More to the bid by lawmakers to show voters
As a Brit I never like to write too point, some Dems could scarcely they are serious about reviving
much about the Tea Party, but contain their glee this morning the struggling economy.
today I have no choice. after O’Donnell’s victory, calling For more of this story by Doug
Every week that goes by the h e r a n “ u l t r a r i g h t - w i n g Palmer and Paul Eckert, read
movement seems to gain more extremist” who will be rejected by here.
momentum. On Tuesday, our poll Delaware voters, and arguing they For a Q+A on the issues, click
showed Democratic heavyweight might now just keep control of the here.
Harry Reid clinging to a narrow Senate as a result. House’s Hoyer willing to
lead in Nevada against Tea Party But Rubio’s performance shows compromise on tax cuts
insurgent Sharron Angle. That it may not be that simple. The son Steny Hoyer, leader of the
night, Republican establishment of Cuban immigrants, he has Democratic majority in the House
favorite Michael Castle was softened his rhetoric since of Representatives, showed
knocked off his perch in the w i n n i n g t h e R e p u b l i c a n willingness to compromise over
Delaware primary by upstart nomination and has apparently the looming expiry of trillions of
Christine O’Donnell. Today, our picked up plenty of centrist be drawn into a damaging dispute fingers and promised to regroup dollars in Bush-era tax cuts.
Reuters/Ipsos poll shows one of voters along the way. The poll with Beijing. after a stunning Tea Party upset Republicans demand, with the
the Tea Party’s most well-known numbers show a big swing in his Here are our top stories from in Delaware dealt a blow to their support of some Democrats, that
favorites, Marco Rubio, opening a favor since mid-August, when today… hopes of recapturing Senate tax cuts for families earning more
clear lead in the race for a Senate another Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Tea Party Republican has big c o n t r o l i n N o v e m b e r . than $250,000 a year be renewed
seat from Florida. With just six Crist marginally ahead. lead in Florida: Reuters/Ipsos Conservative upstart Christine alongside those for the less
weeks to go until the elections, Finally today, take a look at Kim poll O’Donnell’s defeat of popular wealthy, creating an impasse with
Rubio leads state Governor Dixon’s analysis of how the tax Republican candidate Marco nine-term U.S. Representative just weeks until the congressional
Charlie Crist, now running as an policy espoused by both sides of Rubio has opened a clear lead in a Michael Castle in a Senate election.
independent, by 40 percent to 26 the aisle would really affect small Florida Senate race, becoming primary ended the career of one of For more of this story by
percent, with Democrat Kendrik businesses and hiring, a story that the latest Tea Party favorite to the last Republican moderates in Thomas Ferraro, here.
Meek trailing behind. cuts through some of the rhetoric benefit from voter anger at Congress and set off a round of Analysis: Small business at heart
But who is going to benefit? around this debate. There’s an Washington, a Reuters/Ipsos poll Democratic celebrations. of tax debate
Republicans are hoping the surge interesting story too about more found. Six weeks before For John Whitesides’ full story, Democrats and Republicans are
in enthusiasm for a right-wing privacy problems for Google after November 2 congressional click here. trading blows over tax policy, but
agenda will get their supporters to the company fired an engineer for elections, Rubio leads state U.S. industry, lawmakers urge they can agree on one thing: they
the polls, and right now there is a apparently spying on teenagers’ Governor Charlie Crist, an action on China’s yuan all love their small business es.
d e f i n i t e “ e n t h u s i a s m g a p ” accounts. And tomorrow, look out independent, by 40 percent to 26 U . S . i n d u s t r y a n d s e n i o r Small businesses are an engine of
b e t w e e n R e p u b l i c a n s a n d for Treasury Secretary Tim percent among likely voters, the Democrats ratcheted up pressure job growth and evoke a warm
Democrats in terms of their Geithner testifying on China on poll found. Democrat Kendrick on Congress for a tough new trade image of hard-working folks
likelihood to vote. the Hill, where anger over the Meek trails at 21 percent. law to punish China for what laboring to keep the American
Democrats are still hoping that y u a n ’ s v a l u e a n d c a l l s f o r For more of this story by Steve they see as an undervalued dream alive. They have also
“Tea Partiers” will simply be too retribution are mounting. The Holland, read here. currency that threatens American become ammunition for both
right-wing for voters to accept in issue puts the administration in a US Republicans take stock after jobs and profits. The chorus of sides of a debate about whether to
many states. The contest in tight spot as the elections loom, as Tea Party stunner complaints is part of a renewed
Nevada is a critical one, with Reid I am sure they will be reluctant to Divided Republicans pointed drive for a bill that would slap WASHINGTON page 3
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extend Bush-era tax cuts for the
wealthiest Americans, which
expire at year-end along with tax
cuts for all income groups.
For more of this story by Kim
Dixon, read here.
Industrial output growth slows
Industrial output slowed last
month and a regional measure of
factory activity touched a 14-
month low in September,
pointing to a cooling in
manufacturing as the boost from
an inventory build-up fades. The
reports were consistent with other
data suggesting the U.S.
economy is stuck in a soft spot,
but they also showed the
manufacturing sector continued to
expand and offered nothing to
suggest a new recession was
brewing.
For more of this story by Lucia
Mutikani and Emily Kaiser, read
here.
Google hit with new privacy
problems, fires engineer
Internet search and advertising
giant Google Inc fired an engineer
in July for violating users’
privacy, the company said. The
engineer, David Barksdale, was
accused of accessing information
about teenagers he had met in a
Washington state technology
group, according to gossip
website Gawker, which first
reported the incident on Tuesday.
Google would not confirm details
of the firing.
For more of this story by Diane
Bartz, read here.
Regulator questions push for
covered bond law
A top banking regulator
questioned the need for legislation
intended to speed development of
a covered bonds market.
Supporters of boosting this market
argue it would provide a safer
and more stable method for banks
to raise funds and in turn provide
credit to consumers for mortgages
and other loans.
For more of this story by Dave
Clarke, read here.
U.S. senator says time to reform
freight rail
Freight railroads use market
power to overcharge certain
shippers and policy must change
to ensure fair pricing, a Senate
committee chairman said. Freight
railroads are some of the
healthiest companies in the
economy, and should no longer
benefit from a law enacted years
ago to restore their viability,
Commerce Committee Chairman
John Rockefeller said in a
statement accompanying a staff
report.
For more of this story by John
Crawley, read here.
What we are blogging…
O’Donnell slams Republican
“cannibalism”
Fresh off an upset victory in
Delaware, Tea Party candidate
Christine O’Donnell slammed the
Republican establishment for
“cannibalism” during the primary
election but predicted she could
win in the general election even
without their support. O’Donnell,
an upstart who knocked off nine-
term Representative Michael
Castle in Tuesday’s Republican
Senate primary election, made
the rounds of the morning TV
shows to tout her victory against
the mainstream candidate.
For Deborah Charles’ full blog,
read here.
From elsewhere…
Goldman sued by women
claiming gender bias
Goldman Sachs Group Inc was
hit with a gender bias lawsuit by
Business/ Economy/
three women who said Wall
Street’s most profitable bank
maintains an “outdated corporate
culture” that systematically
deprives women of pay and
promotions available to men. The
plaintiffs are seeking class-action
status on behalf of women who
have worked as Goldman
managing directors, vice
presidents and associates in the
last six years. It seeks punitive
and other damages, and an end to
gender bias at Goldman.
For more of this story by Grant
McCool and Jonathan Stempel,
read here.
For more stories from our
Washington correspondents visit
www.reuters.com and stay
informed.
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Rebecca Cook (Tea Party member
Scott Niemi at a Michigan rally
February) REUTERS/Tim
Shaffer (O’Donnell celebrates at
her campaign victory in Dover)
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Motorola Strikes a Deal for Location-Mobile Provider Aloqa

Tom Taulli (BloggingStocks) First, high-end audio maker, to stream event and digital BloggingStocks on Thu, 16 Sep
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:40:00 PM Harman ( HAR), agreed to buy coupons to smartphones. 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see
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Reuters-Ipsos poll: Tea Party favorite
Rubio ahead in Florida Senate race
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 1:56:16 PM
The Tea Party’s on a roll and it’s
a wake-up and smell the coffee
moment for anyone who had
dismissed the movement as a
passing fad.
Tea Party backed Christine
O’Donnell shook the political
cognoscenti by winning the
Delaware Republican primary
over longtime congressman
Michael Castle last night.
Another Tea Party favorite,
Marco Rubio, is leading in the
Senate race in Florida, according
to a Reuters-Ipsos poll on
Wednesday.
With just six weeks to go until
the Nov. 2 election, Rubio
leads Florida Governor Charlie
Crist, an independent, 40-26
percent among likely voters.
Gold Powers to a New Record High
Connie Madon
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:00:00 PM
Filed under: Major Movement,
Commodities, Currency
Gold set a new record high in
London, trading at $1,277.07 per
ounce, Bloomberg News reported.
The reasons for gold's surge are
both technical and fundamental.
On the technical side, when gold
broke through the old high at
Democrat Kendrick Meek trails at
21 percent.
The Democratic candidate is
likely taking support away from
Crist, because in a two-way
race Rubio and Crist poll head-to-
head 46-45 percent.
Rubio comes out ahead on being
seen as “the best person to
represent Florida” among likely
$1,265 per ounce, it was a signal
to traders to buy. Usually when a
new nigh is made, the bulls take
charge of the market.
voters by 43 percent compared
with Crist 34 percent and Meek
17 percent.
The Florida governor race is
close, with Republican Rick Scott
leading Democrat Alex Sink 47-
45 percent among likely voters.
Photo credit: Reuters/Carlos
Barria (Rubio in West Miami on
April 27)
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Poll finds voters eager to
give Congress the boot
JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 10:36:40 PM
Here’s something for members of
Congress to contemplate in the
weeks leading up to the
November mid-term elections: a
lot of people want to send you
packing.
That’s according to a new CBS
News/New York Times poll that
finds 55 percent of registered
voters don’t think their own
members of Congress deserve to
be re-elected. That up from 47
percent in 2006 and 27 percent in
2004.
When asked about “most
members of Congress,” a
whopping 78 percent said they
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want someone new.
Fifty-eight of those surveyed said
they disapprove of the
performance of Democrats while
Republicans got a 68 percent
disapproval rating.
The overall approval rating for
Congress stands at a low 21
percent.
The results are in line with other
recent polls indicating widespread
voter discontent with Congress.
This poll of CBS News/New
York Times poll of 990 adults
was conducted September 10-14
and has a margin of error of plus
or minus three percentage points.
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Joel
Page (Outside a polling station in
Portland, Maine Nov. 3, 2009)
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What It Takes To Be A Great Angel Investor: Part III

Mark Suster (Business Insider) we often don’t know what “can’t or third time, their companies
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:35:35 AM be done” so we just plow on and didn’t go bankrupt and they didn’t
do it. But while I prefer a certain get buried in the cap tables by
This is the third article in a series naive optimism in founders I can’t large VCs who put in “pay to
on what it takes to be a great see the logic that this extends to play” provisions in tough times.
angel investor (and why this angel investors. I think being So where are we now? It’s hard
should matter to entrepreneurs). knowledgeable about your sector to say. If 2011 & 2012 look like
Part 1 – Access to Great Deal can be important. One of the 2010 then the current crop of
Flow – is here. Part 2 discussed biggest problems is when “you angel investments will look great.
the need for domain knowledge don’t know what you don’t There has been a preponderance
since merely “joining the right know.” of early-stage deals that have seen
c l u b d e a l ” w i l l i n n o w a y For that reason I don’t even look quick exits. My thesis on why
determine success. at deals in the biotech or clean this is happening is that large tech
Not everybody agreed on the tech fields. I could see a Phd from companies didn’t invest enough
need for domain knowledge. Paul Stanford and still not know in R&D between 2008-2010
Kedrosky made the case for whether there was a foundation (Google even went through
“naive optimism” being an of whether what they were layoffs!!!) and now they’re all
important part of startup success. proposing would be possible or buying their way into innovation
Chris Dixon made the point that laughable. and talent. This is cheaper for
he thinks investors should look To some extent Keith Rabois them than waiting for big
angel deals to be funded further. time. You can’t mistake that for
for the founders to have the agreed with me about domain competitors and buying
This is where VC comes in and being the one who wins the poker
domain knowledge rather than knowledge and argued that most companies at big prices.
why it’s needed in the industry no tournament or even comes home
them having domain knowledge of his investments are in the But if 2011 & 2012 look more
matter how much populist with more money than you
themselves. Me? I’d rather be consumer Internet space as a like 2008-2009 than 2010 then
sentiment exists against the VC brought to the game.
Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis result. That’s what he knows best. one of the most important skills
industry. It’s fun to have a villan The lucky cards some angels are
around data-centric companies And he argues that you need to of angel investors will be whether
– less fun when you need them. I dealt with mostly have to do with
and base my investment have some “comparative they can get their companies
know that in late 2010 it’s not as the timing of their investments.
decisions on the skills I’ve a d v a n t a g e ” a s a n i n v e s t o r . financed (or ramen profitable, but
popular to say this because we’re Let’s call these cards 1996-99,
developed in my career. Obviously I agree. this is harder to sustain over a
in the era of “super angels” and 2005-08 and 2010+. In the first
And if I were an entrepreneur I’d But knowing the right people and long period of time). That is why I
feel-good startups. But I promise instance many angels made
r a t h e r f i n d i n v e s t o r s w h o knowing a market only works find it curious when angels start
you I’ve been here before and beaucoup bucks by getting in on
understood “my space” so that in well for angel investors in bullish shouting that VC’s are dinosaurs,
know that this is temporary. Deep deals that IPO’d quickly. In the
tough times they felt comfortable tech markets in which IPO’s evil, money-grubbing, and non-
down I’m still an entrepreneur latter cases many companies
about “doubling down” rather happen quickly (97-99) or where value-add. This is easy to say in
“fighting against the man” but I’m (Flickr, Del.ic.ious, Blogger,
than following the masses toward larger companies are actively times where VC’s aren’t needed
still a pragmatist. Always have Writely in 05-08 and lately
the exit door. scooping up little tiny companies but will be regretted in times
been. Invite Media, Aardvark,
I should say that I agree that at sub $50 million valuations to where longer runways are needed.
So what else matters when one Dodgeball, etc.) got picked up
naive optimism in entrepreneurs drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). f Yes, the VC industry was over
considers history? early without raising a lot of VC.
can produce higher beta (upside we head for a period of no to slow funded and too many non value-
3. Relationships with VCs We’re back in the “feel good
or flops) and that’s good from an growth (Japanese “lost decade”) add people entered the industry.
who“protect your investments”– angel” phase.
investment standpoint if you’re or even worse, a double-dip But VC is also a very important
In poker you can win a few hands In these scenarios angels made
looking for big returns. have recession, I fear these boom days part of the technology ecosystem
and feel like you have the magic great returns precisely because
often argued that case and will end imminently.
touch. But really we’re all dealt they didn’t need to dip their WHAT page 10
paralleled it to America itself – Either downside scenario requires
some good cards from time-to- hands into their pockets a second
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The Real Story Behind The Facebook Burglaries

Jeff Jarvis (Business Insider) PR person there sent back used Facebook.
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:38:31 AM suggestions for how to wisely use The detective said this is an
the service: “I would recommend ongoing investigation, so he was
I did a little reporting to get the creating friend lists to separate limited in what he could tell me.
real story behind the reports of a people you really trust from But, as you can see, he answered
Facebook burglary spree that others. Then, use the publisher the essential and obvious
supposedly used the service — privacy control to send status questions reporters and editors
right after its launch of Places — updates to appropriate groups should have asked before. And if
to find victims who were away on (and only them). I actually think they didn’t have answers, they
vacation. it may make sense to tell people should have said so. I say lately
I e-mailed Nashua, NH detective you really trust that you are gone that the key skill of journalists is
Dan Archambault, who told me through Facebook just as you going to be less saying what we
that only two of the cases would in person. Then, they can know than saying what we don’t
involved Facebook and in each watch your place for you, feed know. That is the essential skill
case, “one or two of the suspects your cat, etc… As for everyone in process journalism.
were Facebook friends with the else, if you wouldn’t tell them in But all along the chain, nobody
respective homeowners. person you were leaving town, wanted to ruin a good story: USE
They basically had access to the you probably shouldn’t use FACEBOOK AND YOU’LL BE
walls and could read that the Facebook to tell them. As always, ROBBED! Much more fun, isn’t
families were away on vacation. we also recommend people only
together in failsafe mode to get the Nashua paper trying to find it? Reporting takes all the fun out
T h e i n f o r m a t i o n w a s o n l y accept friend requests from others
access to data? You tell me what answers to basic questions. of it.
available to friends and the they actually know.” This article originally appeared at
would work. Nothing.
Facebook Places feature was NOT All sensible. BuzzMachine and is republished
The bottom line for both For anyone who knows the
a part of this. And finally my If only things were so simple for here with permission.
companies is that trust is essential slightest thing about Facebook —
advice to Facebook users is Google, where, according to
and cases such as these can ruin that is, any reporter who uses it — Join the conversation about this
carefully pick your friends and Gawker, an engineer used his
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watch what you post.” high-level access to the companies if we cannot depend q u e s t i o n s . S o I c o n t a c t e d See Also:
And my advice is don’t believe company’s data bases to stalk
on them. In the first case, media Facebook, who gave me the e- • Here's How Facebook Should
everything you read. So this was teenagers. Google fired him. But
blew up a story for effect. In the mail of the detective, and I asked Handle The Privacy Flap
not a case of a criminal using the damage is done. We spoke
second case, a dangerous him: How did the accused use • Remember Diaspora? The
Facebook to find any old random about the case on today’s This
vulnerability is revealed. Facebook? In how many cases? Would-Be Facebook-Killer Is
victim. The implication of the Week in Google and as Leo
Being a journalism professor, I Were they friends — that is, Still Underway For Some Reason
coverage is that we were all — all Laporte and Gina Trapani said, to
suppose I should point out the connected on Facebook — with • Facebook Doesn't Have Privacy
500 million of us — at risk for keep systems running, someone
journalistic lesson here about any of the victims? Facebook tells Problems, It Has Positioning
b e i n g s o f o o l i s h t o m a k e will always have access to data.
reporting. me that its Places feature was not Risks
ourselves public on Facebook and Of course, that someone should be
When this story first came out, it involved; true? Finally, what
make ourselves vulnerable to trusted. But as this case reveals,
was marked by sloppy reporting advice do you have for people
every criminal out there. No, it’s you never know whom to trust. So
that was only repeated and using Facebook? Plus a few,
foolish to make the wrong the company must come up with
diluted. I read a number of the more-detailed questions about the
friends. Always has been. Still is. systems to assure trust. Should
reports and backed up the line to specifics of how these victims
I also contacted Facebook, and a there be teams that must operate
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Lifeplayer, the MP3 Radio for the World's Most Forgotten
Jenara Nerenberg (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:29:27 PM
An alternative to school and
formal education, the Lifeplayer
could democratize education in
Africa.
Kristine Pearson has been
producing affordable, eco-
friendly, and appropriate
technologies in Africa for over a
decade. Her latest invention is
the culmination of her work and
research thus far: The
Lifeplayer, a comprehensive
radio, cellular, MP3, and Internet-
enabled device meant to
empower groups of families,
villages, and schools in
desperately remote or deprived
regions with access to vital
information and education.
Lifeline Energy, which is based
in South Africa, today announced
the launch of this innovative solar
-powered technology for
developing markets, which comes
with 64 GB of memory and an
additional 32 GB SD card,
allowing educators and other
individuals to download podcasts
and MP3 files on any topic. But of
particular relevance are
educational curricula as well as
information related to weather,
farming, and agriculture.
The cost is estimated at $80, but
depends on the features chosen,
such as memory size. Users can
pre-load content, listen to live
radio, or download media directly
from the Internet onto the device
and then play it to large groups of
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"This is a way to democratize
education," she adds.
The device will be purchased by
schools, NGOs, businesses and
other institutions. "We haven't
really worked out a model yet
where individuals can buy it."
The device is targeted toward
users in Africa, but Pearson does
have her eye on Pakistan and
Afghanistan. "It's very relevant in
developing countries; our focus
just happens to be Africa at the
moment," says Pearson.
The Lifeplayer’s predecessor was
the Lifeline radio, a robust crank
radio, that users adored so much
that they would weep when it
broke down (which was often,
because they cranked it the wrong
direction!). Pearson has been
based in Africa since 1988 and
has collected valuable data in the
field about user preferences of
low-income and marginalized
populations. Early on, people
wanted cassette players and
knowing how “power hungry”
such players were, that’s when in
people. for," says Pearson. Collaboration is one of our key occurred to Pearson that MP3 was
Pearson herself once played the Radio programming in Africa is values." “the way to go.” Pearson says the
Lifeplayer to a group of 100 typically male-focused, Pearson Because the device is meant for Lifeline Radio was one of the
people and it was audible, a says, which makes her device that group-use, not individual, Pearson m o s t s u c c e s s f u l I C T - f o r -
f e a t u r e s h e s a y s m a k e s i t much more needed and tailored to sees the Lifeplayer as filling a development devices in history,
competitive. Pearson is taking a the needs of its users, since she large gap in education. "We really but the Lifeplayer updates and
" u t i l i t a r i a n a n d p r a c t i c a l " hopes many will be women. see the market for the Lifeplayer, improves upon the device.
approach, she tells Fast Company. Delivery and implementation are intrinsically, in the broadest sense, When compared to the similar
The device is catered and tailored often bottlenecks that minimize in education." but kiosk-based informational
to the exact needs of her target the benefits of new technologies "For pastoralist families in certain device, e-Choupal, Pearson says
markets--those in isolated, rural, in developing markets. That's why parts of Africa--if you train the Lifeplayer takes a “whole
developing areas, but especially lifeline Energy partners with mothers and women how to use different approach.”
women, children, and refugees. Ministries of Education, wherever these devices, you can keep your “The model we've chosen to go
"It's absolutely fit-for-purpose for possible, says Pearson. "We never kids in school while you're
LIFEPLAYER, page 9
the environment it was created d o a n y t h i n g i n i s o l a t i o n . traveling with your animals."
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105 Companies Join Forces With Obama to "Change The

Equation" for Education
Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:26:38 PM

Out of 30 industrialized nations,

the United States ranks 21st in
science and 25th in math. We’re
spending more money than ever
on schools, but with few results.
Huge federal programs such as
No Child Left Behind and Race to
the Top are clunky, slow-moving
bureaucratic nightmares. The
American education system is
broken. In order to fix it, the
public sector needs to start
keeping pace with the private
sector. How? By getting the
private sector involved.
Today, President Obama will
announce the launch of Change
the Equation, a CEO-driven
initiative to increase student
literacy in science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM). invests $100 million annually-- “We really want these companies It’s being able to read, to echoes Barrett. “They can see
More than 100 companies are CTE is a vehicle to consolidate putting their money on the calculate, to analyze--we as a how it changes their lives, and
joining forces--from Facebook to their efforts in STEM education. ground, into actual programs, and nation need to change the way we how it will change life in the
Microsoft, DreamWorks to Corporations will drive change on not just sending it off to think of literacy.” future. This is the message we
Google--to improve education in a local level, pushing state Washington,” says Barrett. Ride, who inspired generations of want to drive.”
these fields, which will account politicians to move faster, Likely the most important impact students as the first woman in Will Change the Equation
for some eight million jobs by promoting the adoption of these major companies can have space, hopes technology improve fluency and interest in
2018. common curriculums, and is to inspire children through companies will have a similar science, technology, engineering,
“Change the Equation (CTE) is sponsoring science fairs, robotics STEM--the same way the space impact on STEM education. and math? Will private sector
funded by, directed by, and run competitions, and teacher training race served as inspiration for “Kids use Facebook, they have companies such as DreamWorks
with the urgency of the private programs--the crucial starting students in the past. cell phones--they are all and Google inspire a new
sector,” explains Craig Barrett, points for inspiring children to “Change the Equation can change participants in this new generation of children just as
chair of CTE and former CEO of enter a STEM-related field. the national dialogue around technology,” she says. “If we can NASA has in the past? One thing
Intel. “The best people to get kids What’s more, CTE will also literacy in science, technology, show them that all of these things is for certain: Their efforts are far
interested in STEM, are the ones produce state report cards on engineering and math,” says Sally rely on technology, it will be a more inspiring than any disjointed
doing STEM.” education, and drive more private Ride, another founding member great way to engage them.” and sluggish effort so far put forth
Barrett says that while many of philanthropic involvement in of the initiative. “Literacy is not “This is the technology that kids
these companies already invest STEM literacy. just being able to read anymore. hold in their hands every day,” 105 page 9
heavily in education--Intel alone
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A Disease-Fighting UN Backed by Big Pharma
Jenara Nerenberg (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:28:05 PM
A representative of big pharma
calls for a UN-like compact to
fight antibiotic resistance diseases
in the developing world.
Tuberculosis (TB) has been
making headlines on Fast
Company lately, largely because
the fight to prevent and treat the
disease is an ongoing public
health crisis, and one key
ingredient to that battle is
resistance to antibiotics. Scientists
have been looking for ways to
overcome the resistance for years,
but this work has largely fallen on
the public sector, and big pharma
companies have drawn massive
criticism for their approach to
selling and distributing life-saving
drugs and vaccines in the
developing world.
But a surprising turn took place
at recent conference in Sweden:
Richard Bergström of the
European Federation of
Pharmaceutical Industries and
Associations(EFPIA) called for a
UN-like compact making all
stakeholders responsible. A big
LIFEPLAYER,
continued from page 7
down enables you to pre-load
content and when it fills up you
can delete it and fill it up again.
You can also record live radio
programs and record back when
that's convenient. You can also
record discussions and live
pharma guy wants UN-like
cooperation? This could be
interesting.
"There is an emerging consensus
on the need for concerted action
involving the private sector. But
there is a major paradox: Industry
funds its investments in R&D by
selling products at a relatively
high price during a limited patent
life. Patents are nominally 20
years, but once all the studies
voice."
A striking use of the Lifeplayer is
for oral history. "I've talked to
groups in South Africa that create
memory boxes for children if
they're dying of HIV/AIDS so
they can leave a legacy for their
and paperwork are done, usually
10-12 years remain. Investment
decisions are based on the cash-
flow that can be generated once
the product is on the market. And
the price is set to reflect the
value of the product to society,
including affordability and
willingness to pay. This we call
value-based pricing," said
Bergström.
"A global compact (mirrored on
children and it's backed up
forever," says Pearson.
the UN program for good
governance and sustainable
development) could focus on the
agreed and gradual introduction--
and responsible marketing and use
of new agents. This includes the
need for differential pricing to
ensure equitable access for all
patients in need. The learnings
from the HIV field must be
harnessed in this field. It is not
reasonable that the least
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To find out more, head to Change
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developed countries in the world
pay as much as those with the
highest income. A global compact
would require that not only
industry but also governments,
physicians and pharmacists join
forces to preserve the new
medicines that our children and
grandchildren need," he said.
Representing the private sector,
some may read his statements as a
push-on to other sectors, namely
governments and hospitals. But
his comments indicate otherwise.
"Building on the need for change,
new solutions should look to the
future and aim for a global
compact among all stakeholders
to ensure that new medicines will
not be introduced and used the
way they were in the past," said
Bergstrom.
Mapping the spread of disease in
developing countries is essential,
as is curbing their use, and the
private sector has a critical, yet
complicated, role to play. We'll
just have to wait and see if
anything significant comes out of
such talk, or the conference for
that matter. Here's hoping.
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– like it or not. And the best early oversight’ of the companies once more elongated. There is a
-stage investors know this. they are looking to scale. That’s strategic differentiator in the
First Round Capital & True our model.” New entrants to the ability to find VC followers. If
Ventures seem to spend as much angel space should take notice. you’re an angel – I suggest that a Analyst Calls: BT, BWA, COG,
time cultivated relationships with First Round Capital requires portion of your time go into
“second round capital” as they do
entrepreneurs. Keith Rabois
Second Round Capital.
And I can tell you that FRC
cultivating these relationships.
And resist the temptation to
F, GD, HRS, LMT, MRK,
(mentioned in my previous posts
on angel investors) is on record
invites prominent VCs to all their
CEO events and mixers. They
extend thy middle finger. As
tempting and as deserving as it
NFLX, NOC, OPEN, SI ...
Eric Buscemi (BloggingStocks) • Merriman upgraded OpenTable
on GigaOm as saying how don’t send Tweets asking if all might be
important VC backed deals are to VCs took August off or call VC’s This article originally appeared at Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:40:00 AM ( OPEN) to buy from neutral
him. Why? Because he doesn’t lazy. To be a great angel you need Both Sides of the Table and is based on increased visibility into
look to invest in quick flips. He great dealflow, sure. And being Filed under: Analyst Reports,
republished here with permission. international expansion from the
believes that returns are derived populist helps that. But make Analyst Upgrades and
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• What It Takes To Be A Great conviction buy from buy at
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say that. VCs are likely to want to invest • Why Do VCs Disrespect General Dynamics Corp (GD), • Medicis ( MRX) was upgraded
And in my interview with precisely BECAUSE you provide Northrop Grumman (NOC)
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VC he said (paraphrasing), “First investment? In the long-run it is a Chief Psychologist • Credit Suisse upgraded Netflix ( outperform from neutral at Baird.
Round Capital views our early- critical skill to being a successful NFLX) to neutral from
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working with later-stage good times and early M&A firm's survey work indicates LMT, MRK, NFLX, NOC,
investors who can ultimately ‘take markets. It’s another to make Netflix's streaming offering is OPEN, SI ...
ownership of the day-to-day money in times where exits are compelling and will continue to Analyst Calls: BT, BWA, COG,
grow as it acquires additional F, GD, HRS, LMT, MRK, NFLX,
streaming content.
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Why The Killers, Joshua Davis Partnered With Internet Explorer

9
Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) Javascript engine, dubbed Chakra, boundaries," says Sam Moreau, website was hindered by the fact without using a plug-in, but
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:27:09 PM the latest iteration of is IE9 is-- the User Experience Director for that Flash sites don't work for ultimately, he was impressed with
dare we say it--sleek and speedy. Internet Explorer. many users. But HTML5 allows both the speed and agility of
Internet Explorer has always It's easy to see, then, how That lack of boundaries is what for Flash-type performance in HTML5 in IE9. "People can see
been a little on the clunky side-- Microsoft attracted big-name inspired The Killers to optimize HTML, and now "we have the [on Endless Mural] that HTML5
until now. As we explained development partners like eBay, their new website for IE9. "For website that the band wants," can be damn sexy stuff."
earlier, one of the ways Internet Twitter, and Orbitz. But why some time there's been an internal Reynolds says. Ariel Schwartz can be reached on
E x p l o r e r 9 c h a l l e n g e s i t s would design-oriented sites want debate about having the website Joshua Davis, a Web designer Twitter or by email.
competitors is by supporting to get in on IE9? that the band envisions with and pioneer in the use of Flash-
HTML5 (the latest version of Developers already speak Flash-type functionality, rich user based art, also partnered with IE9
HTML) and all the immersive app [HTML]. By adding app-like experience, interactivity," says for his latest interactive creation,
-like features that come with it. capabilities, creativity explodes. Rob Reynolds, the Killers' the Endless Mural. He admits that
Combined with Microsoft's new "There are fewer inhibitors, fewer manager. The band's dream it was a challenge to make the site
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What Companies Are Doing The
Best? Companies That Make Things
You Really Don't Need (AAPL)
Vincent Fernando, CFA
(Business Insider)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:33:00 AM
The stock market has been a
disaster for investors since the
crisis erupted... or has it? It
depends on which business sector
you were invested in.
As shown below by a
performance table collated by
Bespoke Investment, Technology
and Consumer Discretionary
stocks have now recouped all of
their losses since the fall of
Lehman Brothers, and are the best
performers. Consumer Staples
come in third, outperforming the
overall S&P 500 as well.
The leading performance of
Consumer Discretionary stocks
since Lehman is the most
surprising since this is a sector
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Paul Kedrosky (Business
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Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:44:00 AM
Provocative quote from Paul
Mason of BBC in his new piece
on the economic import of the
Christine O'Donnell win in
Delaware:
To global business types who
know places like China, India,
Scandinavia or Singapore first
hand, the USA has long since
ceased to feel like the most
dynamic economy on earth. But
longer creates the illusion of • The Future Of Wikipedia –
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regions, so the disparity grows Less English
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more stark and painful. • Jimmy Wales: How To Build A
(AAPL), a seller of luxury tech I'd say instead that America has
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Little bit of bad news coming out
of Philadelphia, and it has nothing
to do with Eagles' quarterback
Kevin Kolb's concussion. The
Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia announced that its
manufacturing index checked in at
-0.7, which is better than August's
reading of -7.7. Unfortunately, the
reading was short of expectations
for a reading of 0.0.
According to the Philly Fed, "The
survey's broad indicators of future
activity continue to suggest that
the region's manufacturing
executives expect growth in
business over the next six months,
but optimism remains below
levels earlier in the year." This is
not good news for an economy
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week. It's interesting and
inspiring to watch what the
editors and buyers are wearing to
the tents. One of the those with a
very chic personal style is
Harper's Bazaar Senior Fashion
Market Editor Joanna Hillman. I
saw her during resort and a few
times this week and she always
looks amazing. Her style is cool
but never trendy. She also doesn't
look like she's trying too hard
that many think is on the road to
recovery.
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Enjoy!
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A Minute With: Disney's grown-up
child star Raven-Symone (Reuters)
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Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:25:03 AM
SYDNEY (Reuters) – For Raven-
Symone, the transformation from
being a Disney child star to a 20-
something actress has taught her
one major lesson -- how to say no.
Raven, whose full name is Raven
-Symone Christina Pearman,
started out as a child model but
got her break into show business
at the age of 3 with an acting role
on "The Cosby Show."
Now 24, her list of credits
including the lead role in TV
sitcom "That's So Raven" which
ran on Disney Channel for 2003
until 2007, "The Cheetah Girls"
movies, and the 2008 movie
"College Road Trip."
But she has also branched out
from on-screen acting, releasing
four albums with a fifth coming
and lending her voice to various
animated series including "Kim
Possible" and the fairy Iridessa on
Disney's direct-to-DVD film
series "Tinker Bell."
Raven talked with Reuters in an
interview in Australia where she
was promoting the movie "Tinker
Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue,"
which will be released this week:
Q: You've managed to make a
A: "If you stay true to who you
reflect what you are trying to
portray. I am growing up, I am 24,
and so I find roles that fit that. In
my latest movie, "Revenge of the
Bridesmaids," I played a 27-year-
old author and I had a bottle of
wine in it."
Q: So you do pick and choose
your roles?
A: "Yes and I have been
chugging along slowly which is
how I want my career to go. There
have been projects I have said no
to as I am selective. I think it is
hard now in the industry as there
are not a lot of jobs going but if
you stay true to who you are and
you pick the right things your
career will last longer than if
people get sick of seeing your
face."
Q: Your parents have been very
involved with your career,
moving to New York help you
advance. Are they still?
A: "Yes, my mom is my business
manager but they no longer have
to make all the calls. They trust
my opinion now and know it is
my life. Everyone gives this
opinion on what I should do but I
am the last say."
Q: How do you keep out of the
gossip magazines?
A: "I just don't go to places
where people take crazy shots of
me...I have fun and hit the parties
and I know all the business and
gossip but it is so easy to avoid
the paparazzi. You just don't go to
the hot spots. I would rather have
the publicity and the media when
I have something to promote."
Q: You act, sing, dance. Which
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do you enjoy most?
A: "I think it is a combination.
With acting I get to act crazy most
of the time, particularly with the
roles I choose, and with dancing I
can get my sneakers on and get
down and dirty. With my music I
like to promote self confidence
and respectability."
Q: Any advice for aspiring stars?
Q: "Do you want to be a celebrity
or have a career? You have to
understand that it is hard work.
What you see and read is about 20
percent of what happens behind
the big Hollywood curtain. You
get rejected more than you are
accepted but it makes you
stronger and fight harder for what
you want."
Q: What is the biggest lesson you
have learnt?
A: "It is OK to say no -- in real
life and in Hollywood. People are
scared and think they won't be
liked if they say no but in reality
you are respected."
(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith,
Editing by Jill Serjeant)
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Hurricane Karl forms in the Gulf of Mexico (AP)
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Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:12:21 AM
MIAMI – Karl has become a
hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico
after dumping heavy rains on the
Yucatan Peninsula as a tropical
storm.
A hurricane warning was issued
Thursday for Mexico's coast from
Palma Sola to Cabo Rojo. Also, a
tropical storm warning has been
issued for the coast for north of
Cabo Rojo to La Cruz and for the
area south of Palma Sola to
Veracruz.
Karl's maximum sustained winds
are near 75 mph (120 kph). The
National Hurricane Center in
Miami says additional
strengthening is possible and Karl
could approach major hurricane
strength before reaching Mexico's
coast.
Karl is located about 310 miles
(500 kilometers) east-southeast of
Tuxpan, Mexico, and is moving
west near 12 mph (19 kph).
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CANCUN, Mexico (AP) —
Tropical Storm Karl re-entered
the Gulf of Mexico and
strengthened again Thursday after
dumping heavy rains on the
Yucatan Peninsula, threatening to
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build into a Category 2 hurricane
and hit near a port and an oil hub
on the Mexican Gulf coast.
Karl could make landfall by late
Friday with winds of as much as
100 mph (160 kph) near the oil
hub of Poza Rica, according to the
U.S. National Hurricane Center in
Miami, Florida.
The storm had weakened as it
moved over the Yucatan, downing
tree limbs and causing power
outages, but once over the Gulf
water its winds built back up to
about 65 mph (100 kph), and it
was expected to quickly reach
hurricane strength.
By early Thursday, Karl was
about 110 miles (180 kms) off the
Yucatan peninsula, about 350
miles (560 kms) east of Tuxpan.
But it was heading west at a rapid
clip of about 9 mph (15 kph).
Poza Rica, while slightly inland,
houses important pipelines, and
gas and oil-processing plants
operated by the state-owned oil
company Petroleos Mexicanos, or
Pemex. The company said it had
no immediate plans to halt
production at the plants because
of the oncoming storm.
Tuxpan is an old port city of
about 135,000 located on a river
near the coast.
In the Atlantic, Hurricane Igor
spun into a dangerous Category 4
storm that could generate
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U.S. East Coast over the weekend
and bring large swells to the
Bahamas and Virgin Islands
before that. Category 2 Hurricane
Julia was not a threat to land.
In Mexico, the government
issued a hurricane watch for its
eastern Gulf Coast from La Cruz
in the northern state of
Tamaulipas south to a point just
north of the city of Veracruz.
On Wednesday, Karl made
landfall on the Mexican
Caribbean coast about midway
between the cruise ship port of
Majahual and the coastal town of
Xcalak.
Violeta Pineda, who has operated
thatched-roof bungalows known
as the Hotel Kabah Na for 13
years, said waves were rolling
about 25 yards (meters) onto the
beach and eating away at a stretch
of road that runs along the coast.
"There is a lot of wind," said
Pineda, whose hotel is about 5
miles (8 kilometers) south of
Majahual.
Electricity went out briefly
around Majahual. But the town
took an almost-direct hit from
Category 5 Hurricane Dean in
2007 — the third most powerful
Atlantic hurricane ever to hit land
— and "this is nothing in
comparison," said Pineda.
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Chetumal suffered minor
flooding and the storm knocked
down tree limbs, downing power
cables and cutting power to some
areas of the city, said Damaris
Victoriano Rascon, an employee
of the city civil defense office.
She said there were no reports of
injuries in the storm.
On the other side of the Atlantic,
Julia briefly intensified into a
powerful Category 4 storm
Wednesday before weakening to a
Category 2 storm early Thursday
with maximum sustained winds
near 105 mph (165 kph).
Hurricane Igor's top winds
increased Thursday to near 145
mph (230 kph).
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Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:57:04 AM
Incubator YouWeb, which spun
out gaming startups CrowdStar,
AuroraFeint and Sibblingz, has
launched cloud-based Flash
streaming service, iSwifter.
iSwifter is debuting an iPad app
today that will allow developers
to stream flash games to the tablet
device.
iSwifter allows users to browse,
play and rate Flash games from
gaming portals on the web, with
each game optimized for iPad.
With With iSwifter, Flash does
not run on the device at all but it
is streamed to the tablet just like a
Netflix movie or a YouTube
video. So, game developers don’t
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for their games, but can instead
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iSwifter.
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iSwifter faces competition from
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Onlive and Gaikai.
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Devils (AFP) Reality R&D Demo Shows
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capturing and breeding healthy
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Off "Sensor Fusion" [VIDEO]
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at the spread of the disease... by to develop a buffer group. (ReadWriteWeb)
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian identifying geographical routes Their work suffered a setback last
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scientists said on Thursday they and barriers in its transmission," month when a devil thought to be
had made a breakthrough in the she added. immune to the cancer, Cedric, Layar has had a busy week. The
fight to save the cancer-hit "This knowledge could ultimately died in captivity, dashing hopesaugmented reality software
Tasmanian devil by mapping the shape the ongoing conservation scientists were nearing a cure. makers recently announced the
species' genome for the first time. efforts in Tasmania." Tasmanian devils first came to inclusion of Skyhook Wireless'
The dark, furry marsupials were Murchison said the information prominence when their unearthly phone can tell it has been turned a
location SDK, a new local search
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embeddable AR viewer called
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"Layar Player" for iPhone apps.
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they are unable to eat and starve mutant genes with particular Some 150 years later, the devil The other interesting thing about
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experimental augmented reality
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technology called "sensor fusion"
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at Google Zeitgeist. The video
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Republicans take stock after Tea Party stunner

(Reuters: Top News) Party ..." Biden said in excerpts of limited government, lower top issues they are talking about Obama was elected because we
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:43:25 AM an interview with MSNBC. "It's spending and opposition to are lower deficits and spending," were sick and tired of Republican
kind of hung on a shingle. You Obama could have a big impact Republican strategist Kevin policies. Now you expect us to
Delaware Republican senatorial know, no moderates need apply. on the Republican approach on Madden said. vote you guys back in? Ha, ha.
candidate Christine O'Donnell It's sort of spawned a ... tone in the budget and taxes in the next But Democrats said Republicans Sep 15, 2010 8:59pm EDT
s p e a k s d u r i n g a t e l e v i s i o n politics that is not helpful to Congress, and has proven a good had proven they did not have Maybe this is nothing to do with
interview at her campaign return getting things done." match with the public mood. room for anyone who does not Obama’s policy and everything to
e v e n t i n D o v e r , D e l a w a r e , Republicans are still expected to "I'm not all torn up this morning," conform to their narrow agenda. do with an anti incumbent mood
September 14, 2010. turn voter worries about the Republican strategist Jim Dyke "I think the message is moderates by Republican rank and file who
Credit: Reuters/Tim Shaffer economy and President Barack said. "The mood of the country are not welcome. Moderates keep see the existing occupants being
By John Whitesides Obama's leadership into big gains has not changed from yesterday, out," Democratic Party Chairman to intransigent and archaic to be
WASHINGTON| Thu Sep 16, in November that could give them and that's an overwhelming Tim Kaine said on NBC's left in place to further ossify the
2010 10:43am EDT control of the House and perhaps opposition to the policies "Today" show. country.
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - even the Senate, once considered President Obama and Democrats The contest in Delaware Sep 15, 2010 9:21pm EDT
Divided Republicans pointed a longshot. have put in place." highlighted the final day of Why do comments keep
fingers and vowed to regroup on O'Donnell's win was the biggest Polls show Tea Party candidates primaries before November, with disappearing on this web site?
Wednesday after a stunning Tea i n a s t r i n g o f u p s e t s o f doing well in states like Nevada, voters in seven states choosing Whats going on?
Party upset in Delaware dealt a establishment Republicans this Kentucky and Colorado. nominees for the Senate, House of Sep 15, 2010 9:27pm EDT
blow to their hopes of recapturing year by loosely organized Tea Republican Marco Rubio is Representatives and governor's More and more Americans
c o n t r o l o f t h e S e n a t e i n Party candidates driven by anger confounding predictions by races. realize they are not being
November. at government in Washington and leading a three-way Florida In New Hampshire's Republican represented fairly by there
Conservative upstart Christine at Obama's ambitious agenda. Senate race against a strong Senate primary, former state Legislators. We have just
O'Donnell's defeat of nine-term On Wednesday, O'Donnell independent and a Democratic attorney general Kelly Ayotte, experienced perhaps two of the
U.S. Representative Michael bickered on Fox News with rival, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. who had been endorsed by former least responsive administrations,
Castle in a Senate primary ended prominent Republican Karl Rove Fifty-eight percent of Americans Republican vice presidential with few exceptions, in the history
the career of one of the last and complained of "Republican rate Congressional Democrats candidate Sarah Palin, narrowly of this great country. Maybe it
R e p u b l i c a n m o d e r a t e s i n cannibalism" after attacks on her negatively, while 68 percent beat Tea Party-backed lawyer time return the power to the
Congress and set off a round of from the party establishment. disapprove of the Congressional Ovide Lamontagne. O'Donnell people,
Democratic celebrations. "I didn't count on the Republicans' performance, also was backed by Palin. Sep 16, 2010 12:30am EDT
The loss by Castle, who had been establishment to win the primary, according to a New York Times/ The Tea Party movement won Incumbents need to realize the
expected to cruise to victory in the I'm not counting on them to win CBS News poll released late on another high-profile race in New mood of the few voters who turn
November 2 election, bolstered the general (election)," she said. Wednesday. York, where political newcomer out for primary elections is often
Democratic efforts to keep the "They obviously don't see what's The Delaware and New York Carl Paladino easily beat the the disgruntled who want the
Senate seat long held by Vice going on in the country this year." results bolstered Democratic establishment choice, former U.S. incumbent out of office, which
President Joe Biden and made it Rove, the architect of President arguments that the Republican Representative Rick Lazio, in the means the party primary is easily
tougher for Republicans to pick George W. Bush's two White Party has been taken over by Republican gubernatorial primary. the burial ground of incumbents
up the 10 Democratic seats they House wins, responded with a extremists, giving them hope Paladino, who pledges to spend who do not get the majority of the
need for a Senate majority. litany of allegations about her moderates and independent voters up to $10 million of his own majority of their party’s voters to
Asked about the results of the campaign debts, tax liens and who are sour on Democrats will money, will be a huge underdog participate in the primary.
election in his home state, Biden personal background that he said not find Republicans to be a in the November race against Hopefully the Democrats will take
said that Castle had fallen victim would make it tough for her to suitable alternative in November. Democrat Andrew Cuomo. advantage of the Republican
to a new mood in the Republican win in November. "Democrats are making a big (Editing by Cynthia Osterman and moderates who will react to the
Party. A TEA PARTY MOOD mistake if they deride Tea Party Paul Simao)
"It's real tough for the Republican The Tea Party's platform of candidates as extremists when the Sep 15, 2010 8:33pm EDT REPUBLICANS page 20
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Jobless claims at two-month low
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:36:13 AM
A woman holds her fist up in
reaction to a speaker at a rally for
unemployed people on the steps
of Federal Hall in New York
September 1, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON| Thu Sep 16,
2010 10:36am EDT
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - New
claims for unemployment benefits
hit a two-month low last week,
hinting at some stability in the
labor market, while factory
activity in the Mid-Atlantic region
contracted more slowly in
September.
Although the reports on Thursday
confirmed the economy remained
on a slow growth path, they
further reduced the odds of a
double-dip recession feared by
financial markets.
"The economy will not run away,
but at least it's not shriveling,"
said Pierre Ellis, senior economist
at Decision Economics in New
York.
Stocks on Wall Street were
trading little changed as the
manufacturing report took away
some of the optimism generated
by the weekly jobless claims data.
Sentiment was dampened by
shipping group FedEx, which
posted profits shy of forecasts.
U.S. Treasury debt prices fell,
while the dollar raced to a session
high against the yen.
Frustration over a lack of jobs is
eroding President Barack Obama's
popularity among Americans and
could see the Democratic Party
severely punished in November 2
congressional elections.
Many analysts predict
Republicans could take control of
the House of Representatives
from Democrats.
TENTATIVE SIGNS OF
IMPROVEMENT
Initial claims for state
unemployment benefits slipped
3,000 to a seasonally adjusted
450,000, the lowest since the
week ended July 10, the Labor
Department said on Thursday.
Financial markets had expected a
rise to 460,000.
Separately, the Philadelphia
Federal Reserve Bank said its
business activity index was minus
0.7 in September from minus 7.7
in August. Markets had expected
a reading of 2.0.
Any reading above zero indicates
expansion in the region's
manufacturing. The Philadelphia
Fed report follows a similar
release on Wednesday showing
manufacturing growth in New
York State slowed in September.
A Labor Department official said
data for only two states had been
estimated for last week's jobless
claims report. The four-week
average of new claims, considered
a better measure of underlying
labor market trends, dropped
13,500 to 464,750.
The second straight week of
declines pulled claims for
unemployment benefits further
away from a nine-month high of
504,000 touched in mid-August
and claims are now in the upper
end of a 400,000-450,000 range
that analysts say is associated
with sustainable job growth.
The impaired labor market,
characterized by a 9.6 percent
unemployment rate, is hobbling
the economy's recovery from its
most painful recession since the
1930s.
The Federal Reserve is closely
watching the jobs market, but is
not expected to announce any
news steps to ease monetary
policy at a regular meeting next
Tuesday. Many analysts,
however, believe it will resume
purchases of government debt by
year-end to keep interest rates low
and shore up the economy.
Although the sluggish growth is
keeping price pressures muted,
concerns of a deflationary
environment -- a broad-based
decline in consumer prices -- are
diminishing somewhat.
In a second report, the
department said its seasonally
adjusted index for prices paid by
producers at the farm and factory
gate increased 0.4 percent as
energy prices rose for the first
time since March. Markets had
expected a 0.3 percent increase
after July's 0.2 percent gain.
"These (PPI) numbers should
reduce concerns about deflation a
bit, but it probably won't take the
discussion about further easing off
the table," said Gary Thayer, chief
macrostrategist at Wells Fargo
Advisors in St. Louis.
Producer prices last month were
bumped up by a 2.2 percent jump
in energy costs. Gasoline prices
surged 7.5 percent, the largest
increase since January, after
falling 2.2 percent in July. Food
prices fell 0.3 percent after rising
0.7 percent in July.
Stripping out volatile food and
energy costs, core producer prices
edged up 0.1 percent last month,
matching market expectations.
Core PPI increased 0.3 percent in
July.
Core PPI was held back by a 0.4
percent decline in passenger car
prices, which offset a 0.2 percent
increase in the cost of light motor
trucks, the Labor Department data
showed.
In the 12 months to August, the
core producer price index rose 1.3
percent after increasing 1.5
percent in July. The year-on-year
increase was in line with market
expectations.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani,
additional reporting by Ellen
Freilich in New York; Editing by
Andrea Ricci)
Sep 16, 2010 9:35am EDT
Quote: “A Labor Department
official said data for only two
states had been estimated for last
week’s jobless claims report.” Did
anyone else catch the part where it
says: “only 2 states?” Is anyone
looking at how many Americans
are applying for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance, (food
stamps)? According to the AP,
there are a record 40+ million
Americans on that program and
the number is climbing daily.
Sep 16, 2010 10:56am EDT
I think the sign in the picture is
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funny. “A job is a right!” ?!?
Weird. The opportunity to find or
create employment is a right (In
America), but where does it say
that everyone MUST be provided
a job?
Sep 16, 2010 11:04am EDT
“A Labor Department official said
data for only two states had been
estimated for last week’s jobless
claims report.”
Could the Labor Department
official have possibly meant that
while data for the other 48 states
was actual, only the data for 2
states had been estimated to give
those numbers? If the Labor
Department is providing jobless
claims statistics two states at a
time — that would be a story!
Sep 16, 2010 11:43am EDT
More good news. I’ve been
saying the recovery is working.
Hopefully every week of
information like this will mean
more people who believe me.
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Japan PM says ready to step into forex markets again
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 6:57:57 AM
Japanese 10,000 yen notes are
spread out next to U.S. 100 dollar
bills at an Interbank Inc. money
exchange office in Tokyo, in this
September 9, 2010 file photo
picture illustration.
Credit: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao
By Leika Kihara and Izumi
Nakagawa
TOKYO| Thu Sep 16, 2010
7:57am EDT
TOKYO(Reuters) - Japan's prime
minister signaled on Thursday
that authorities would keep
intervening to curb yen strength
as sagging manufacturing
confidence underscored the threat
the currency poses to the fragile
economic recovery.
A Reuters monthly poll that
tracks the Bank of Japan tankan
report showed manufacturing
confidence dropped in September
from August for the first time in
nearly a year as firms struggled
with the yen's rise to a 15-year
high against the dollar.
Responding to concerns about the
yen's rise, authorities intervened
in markets on Wednesday for the
first time in six years to knock the
currency lower.
Bank of Japan money market
data showed the yen-selling may
have totaled up to 1.86 trillion yen
($21.7 billion), which would be a
record for a single day.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who
fended off a leadership challenge
from a ruling party powerbroker
this week, pointed on Thursday to
more yen selling if needed.
"If rapid fluctuations in the yen
harm Japanese firms' appetite for
investing at home and push them
to shift their factories overseas,
that could further worsen job
conditions and affect (our efforts)
to overcome deflation," Kan said.
"I will take decisive steps if
needed from now on as well," he
told a business group.
Some currency traders believe
the likelihood of another round of
intervention would increase if the
dollar slipped back below 85 yen.
Its now trading at 85.4 yen,
having strengthened from around
83 yen before the intervention.
PRESSURE ON BOJ?
Kan, struggling to unify his party
and facing a divided parliament,
wants to be proactive in tackling
the yen after winning the ruling
party leadership race on Tuesday.
He is expected to reshuffle his
cabinet soon but retain Yoshihiko
Noda as finance minister.
"He (Kan) is trying to send a
message of his party's solidarity.
He is showing the strong intention
of Japan to take decisive action
through intervention," said Ayako
Sera, market strategist at
Sumitomo Trust & Banking.
A panel of junior lawmakers in
the ruling Democratic Party of
Japan (DPJ) urged the Bank of
Japan to call an extraordinary
meeting to ease policy and so
support the government's efforts.
Central bank sources have said
the authority has no plan to call an
emergency meeting but is ready to
act at its next scheduled meeting
in early October if the economic
recovery remains under threat.
The panel suggested the BOJ
increase its buying of Japanese
government bonds, although BOJ
Governor Masaaki Shirakawa
reiterated his opposition to the
idea.
"We hardly observe the fact that
massive expansions in central
bank balance sheets result in an
increase in inflation in advanced
economies," Shirakawa said in a
conference speech.
Shirakawa told a securities
dealers' gathering later on
Thursday that the BOJ would take
timely action as needed and keep
providing ample funds to money
markets.
In addition, sources familiar with
the matter said on Wednesday the
BOJ will not drain the money
flowing into the economy as a
result of the selling, indicating it
plans to use the sold yen as a
monetary tool to boost liquidity in
the economy.
YEN THREAT TO EXPORTS
The intervention pushed the
dollar more than 3 percent higher
on Wednesday, a big move for a
currency.
Japan faced some international
criticism for its solo intervention.
Since most advanced economies
are grappling with slow growth at
home, making exports an
economic imperative, Japan's
move heightened concerns
countries would launch a round of
competitive devaluations to
support their own exports.
U.S. lawmaker Sander Levin,
who chairs a congressional
committee examining China's
currency policy, blamed Beijing
for Japan's "deeply disturbing"
intervention.
But Kan faces domestic pressure
for more action on the yen.
"The dollar has recovered to about
85 yen now after the government
and Bank of Japan intervened
yesterday, and we want them to
continue taking strong action to
reverse the yen's strength,"
Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman of the
Japan Automobile Manufacturers
Association (JAMA), told a news
conference.
"A dollar of 85 or 90 yen is not a
level at which job losses can be
prevented in Japan," he added.
Japan's economic recovery from
the global crisis has faltered with
export growth slowing down.
Signs the U.S. recovery is also
stuttering has added to Tokyo's
concerns.
Underlining those concerns, the
Reuters Tankan survey, which has
a 95 percent correlation with the
BOJ's closely watched quarterly
tankan business sentiment survey,
showed the manufacturers'
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sentiment index fell 5 points from
August to plus 17, down for the
first time since October 2009.
Still, the Reuters index has risen
during the July-September
quarter, suggesting the BOJ data
due on out on September 29 will
also show a rise.
($1=85.75 Yen)
(Additional reporting by Yoko
Nishikawa, Kaori Kaneko,
Tetsushi Kajimoto and Yoko
Kubota; Writing by Tetsushi
Kajimoto and Linda Sieg; Editing
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Sep 16, 2010 5:44am EDT
The Republicans clear got on the
tiger’s back and now are having
trouble either keeping that tiger
under control or getting off —
safely.
Maybe their basic errors were
twofold. First, they heard the far
right, largely embodied by the Tea
Party, and decided to shift the
GOP to the right, with the idea of
make some speeches, utterly some
crowd-pleasing platitudes, then
listen to the cheers. That part went
okay, except, I think, for one
detail that is the second half of the
error: they mistook cheers for
loyalty.
Uh-oh.
It has become clear that members
of the Tea Party aren’t saying
“We like what you said, so we’re
with you.” Instead, they’re saying
“We like what you’re saying, and
we’re with you *as long as you
follow through, especially if you
win either or both houses.” Put
another way, the Republicans
thought *the* could collar the
*Tea Party,* but surprise,
surprise! — the Republicans,
some of them anyway, realized
that when they weren’t looking,
the Tea Party slipped a choke-
chain around the politicians’
necks.
There is one potential (and
serious) possible weakness in my
analysis: if the Tea Party starts
infighting, then maybe the leashed
Republicans will be able to sneak
off.
The next seven weeks are going
to be *mighty* interesting!
Sep 16, 2010 6:10am EDT
I hope to see the tea party types
support a democrat too. There are
some that will meet their criteria,
or at least more closely than an
incumbent republican. This will
show more people that they mean
to get rid of incumbents and are
not associated to either fric or
frac.
Campaign finance reform and
term limits, nothing changes
without them.
Sep 16, 2010 7:21am EDT
Politicians inside the beltway are
tone-deaf to the appeals of the
people. For years they have
arrogantly ignored the electorate
so that they might promote their
own ideology, build a legacy of
buildings and roads named after
them, live lavishly and increase
their own net worth, all at the
expense of the people. Politicians
on both sides are blind to the
harm they are causing to this
country with massive defense
spending, huge entitlement
programs and bridges that lead
nowhere. Politicians and the
media, walking lockstep, are in
denial of the anti establishment
groundswell that is calling for
responsibility, honesty and
integrity. It’s a matter of
intellectualism vs. common sense.
Anyone who has himself has
shopped for groceries and
gasoline, who has paid rent or a
mortgage has the common sense
to know that a budget must be
balanced or else bad things result.
Elite intellectuals have “staff” to
handle these mundane matters, so
they believe that the honey pot
can be made fathomless with
some mathematical
manipulations.
The fact is that it’s not a matter
of Republican or Democrat
(there’s that tone-deaf, blind
denial). It’s an issue of the people
vs. the political establishment
regardless of party affiliation. For
years Washington has played the
class-warfare game. Well, here
are the results. The producers vs.
the looters and moochers.
It takes reasonable people a while
to get “riled up”. Once awakened,
the sleeping giant treads on all
who would oppose it. Power to
the people. If there were to be a
symbol for a new party, I suggest
a broom. Sweep out the trash;
sweep away the elephant and
donkey dung.
Sep 16, 2010 7:44am EDT
Obama was elected because he
ran as a moderate. He promised
no leftward lurch. Obama has
betrayed the American people.
He, Reid and Pelosi used
unethical and possibly illegal
methods to shove ObamaCare
down our throats when everyone
knew that 70% of Americans did
not want it. Never in the history of
our country has Congress acted so
totally contrary to the will of the
people. About 40% of Tea Party
activists are moderate Democrats
and Independents. They are mad
about two things, ObamaCare and
runaway spending. In just two
years, Obama has increased the
national debt as much as all of the
previous presidents before him.
He has trampled the Constitution.
Twenty different states are suing
the federal government because
ObamaCare is unconstitutional.
Voters are turning on the
Democrat Party because it does
not have any moderates anymore.
The Democrat Party is toast. It
will never be trusted again. After
the 2012 elections, another
political party will have to arise to
counter the power of the
Republicans.
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Yahoo! CEO: iAds 'going to fall apart' for Apple

Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:30:00 AM
Known for her salty language and
according playing, Yahoo! CEO
Carol Bartz isn't your typical
Internet executive. Along with
other comments in a recent
Reuters interview, Bartz stated
that she felt Apple's iAd service
was "going to fall apart for them,"
since "Apple wants total control
over those ads."
Apple, of course, is known for
having total control over a
number of things: the design of its
products, content in the App
Store, development of apps, ad
infinitum.
AAPL (at 10:46 AM EDT on
September 16, 2010): 271.81
YHOO.O (at 10:46 AM EDT on
September 16, 2010): 14.04
Need we say more?
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LaCie Wireless Space: the Sith’s Time Capsule

Chris Davies (SlashGear) Additionally, the Wireless Space
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:45:00 AM is Time Machine compatible, so
Mac users can use it as a target for
LaCie has outed its latest external their automatic backups and be
hard-drive, the Wireless Space, confident that all important files
and while the Neil Poulton and media are safely protected.
designed 1TB and 2TB drives LaCie also delivers Genie
may look a lot like the company’s Timeline Software for scheduled
other blocky models, inside backups on the PC.
there’s a whole lot of wireless Designed exclusively for LaCie,
goodness simmering away. The Neil Poulton’s sleek, polished
LaCie Wireless Space is a black design is engineered for
combination NAS, gigabit natural heat dissipation and near-
ethernet and WiFi b/g/n router, silent operation. The sophisticated
media server and network design and Wi-Fi functionality of
extender, basically the company’s the Wireless Space makes it a
own version of the Apple Time perfect addition to any home
Capsule. network.
On the back there are three Availability
gigabit ethernet ports – which will The LaCie Wireless Space is
work as a switch – and an available as of today, in 1TB and
upstream gigabit port, together 2TB capacity through the LaCie
with a pair of USB 2.0 ports for Online Store, LaCie Corner, and
hooking up external drives or LaCie Reseller+ starting at
printers. Another USB 2.0 port is £179.90. For more product
on the opposite edge, while inside information, visit www.lacie.com/
there’s 2.4GHz single-band WiFi Press Release: the Wireless Space can connect to O t t , P r o d u c t M a n a g e r f o r uk.
b/g/n and either a 1TB or 2TB LaCie Wireless Space: Versatile your existing Wi-Fi network, N e t w o r k A t t a c h e d S t o r a g e , Relevant Entries on SlashGear
hard-drive. Wireless Storage allowing you to access files LaCie. “LaCie is thrilled to bring • Macworld 08: Apple launch
Media – whether photos, audio or LONDON, UK (Thursday 16th wirelessly throughout the home, Wi-Fi connectivity to the Wireless Time Capsule wireless NAS
video – loaded onto the Wireless September, 2010) – Today, LaCie and can serve as a central storage Space and deliver a truly all-in- • LaCie Internet Space keeps the
Space can be shared easily using introduces its first network- solution for all your backups. If one solution for the varying web with you
UPnP or DLNA, and Mac users attached storage solution to you wish to increase your Wi-Fi different network needs of any • Apple Time Capsule to reach
can set it up with Time Machine f e a t u r e W i - F i . T h e L a C i e performance, the Wireless Space home.” 2TB?
as if it actually were a Time Wireless Space can operate as a can also act as a b/g/n access For users with a large media • Apple 2TB Time Capsule lands
Capsule; it’ll function as an file or media server for multiple point, and even serve as a full- library, the Wireless Space can for $499
iTunes library, too. It’s available M a c ® a n d P C u s e r s , f r o m featured router. also act as a media server. It’s • LaCie announces 3 new RAID
today, priced at £179.90 ($281) anywhere in the home – making it “There are a variety of network compatible with UPnP/DLNA and solutions, up to 32TB
for the 1TB. t h e m o s t c o m p a t i b l e a n d devices you need to buy to have a iTunes, and you can stream
Update: US pricing is $229.99 multifunctional network hard full solution to connect your music, movies and photos from a
for the 1TB and $349.99 for the drive on the market. computers, share media and back central location and play them on
2TB. Leveraging Wi-Fi technology, up your files,” remarked Julien any device.
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Justin TV 2.0 brings live video broadcasting to
iPhone
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:56:44 AM
Justin.tv 2.0 for iPhone now
broadcasts live video instead of
just playing it back.(Credit:
Justin.tv)
For live video broadcasting
service Justin.tv, going mobile
makes all the difference. It's been
just two weeks since the company
launched Justin.tv for Android,
but the app now accounts for
about 20 percent of Justin.tv's live
streaming broadcasts. With the
release of Justin.tv for iPhone 2.0,
the company expects more of the
same.
Justin.tv 2.0 builds on the version
1.0 iPhone app by adding live
video broadcasting, chatting, and
Facebook- and Twitter-sharing
features to the previous view-only
mode. These are also features
found in the Android app.
We'll update this post with a
hands-on review, but we were
pleased with the intuitive design
we saw in our demo. The app
makes good use of the iPhone's
front-facing camera, allowing you
to switch between it and the
traditional back-of-phone camera.
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before. It's beginning to look like
high-definition mobile video
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smartphone, and uploading from
it. Justin.tv's mobile apps are Why Deniers Of The
entering the right market at the Australian Housing
right time.
Bubble Will Be Proven
Justin.tv 2.0 for iPhone will work
on the video-capable iPhone 4 and Very Wrong
iPhone 3GS over Wi-Fi, 3G, and Gregory White (Money Game)
EDGE, with the video resolution Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:38:14 AM
adjusting for smoothness. You
should be able to find it in the Australian financial firm
shared on your registered Justin.tv smoothness and video upload time
App Store starting today at 9 a.m. Commonwealth Bank recently
channel, and on Facebook and h a v e h o b b l e d p r o g r e s s .
PT; if you don't see it, keep went on a road show defending
Twitter if you've opted to share. E n h a n c e m e n t s t o s o f t w a r e
checking back. The company has the state of the much maligned
The time is ripe development kits, hardware in the
no current plans to build out its Australian real estate market.
While the team of Justin.tv form of dedicated encoding
apps for Windows Phone 7 or Their presentation has been
engineers we spoke with didn't processors, and standards like
BlackBerry, Justin.tv's Solomon lambasted as a shoddy, false
offer exact growth estimates for H . 2 6 4 c o m p r e s s i o n a r e
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Start-up aims to stream Flash games to iPads

(CNET News.com) Games.com, Facebook, and number of online game sites,
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:07:20 AM Kongregate, the company said. including Yahoo Games, AOl
Apple has approved the iSwifter Games.com, Facebook, and
An example of a Flash game application, and it and the service Kongregate, the company said.
p l a y i n g o n a n i P a d u s i n g are available now for free, How exactly this service will
i S w i f t e r . ( C r e d i t : i S w i f t e r ) iSwifter said. It's available translate into business success is
Attention iPad owners pining for worldwide, but requires a Wi-Fi something the company doesn't
Flash-based games you enjoy network connection to run at plan to announce until October.
playing on your PC: a start-up present. "We are working with the Flash
called iSwifter is launching The technology runs the Flash developer community to fine-tune
technology Thursday it says games on a server and streams the it," the company said.
provides a way to tap into those screen's contents to the iPad. It iSwifter, whose name
games hosted on the Net. intercepts touch events and sends presumably is a takeoff on the
A p p l e h a s b a n n e d A d o b e them back to the server for Shockwave Flash "SWF"
Systems' Flash Player from its handling by the game. That comes filename extension, is funded by
iOS devices, and although it with a certain amount of lag start-up incubator YouWeb
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including Yahoo Games, AOL's latency is not a problem at the geared for the iPad, the company access to Flash games from a

Found Footage: Kensington Bluetooth keyboard case for iPad

Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:30:00 AM
OK, admit it.
The multi-touch screen on the
iPad is amazing for most of the
work that you do, but when you're
really trying to type a lot of words
quickly, the virtual keyboard
sucks.
We've seen a few similar
keyboard cases demoed over the
past few months, but this is the
first we can remember from a well
-known accessory manufacturer
like Kensington. When it begins
to ship next month, Kensington's
Bluetooth keyboard case for the
iPad will cost $99.
The case has hotkeys for
launching the home screen,
searching, and controlling media
playback, which will keep you
from reaching up to tap the screen
while you're working. According
to the post on Liliputing, the case
comes with a Lithium-ion battery
that powers the Bluetooth
transceiver for up to 3 months on
a charge. Blogger Brad Linder
noted that the keys have a "soft,
rubbery texture," which sounds
regretfully like the infamous PCjr
chiclet keyboard. Still, as Linder
states, that's still better than the on
-screen keyboard for fast typing.
In other iPad keyboard news,
AIDACASE is reporting that their
very similar Keycase Folio
Deluxe for iPad is now shipping.
The $99.99 case looks strikingly
identical to the Kensington case,
is charged through a Micro-B
USB connector, and now has a
magnetic flap to keep the folio
closed when on the move.
For this blogger, I'd rather spend
$69 and get an Apple Wireless
Keyboard if high-speed typing on
an iPad becomes a necessity.
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Apple AirPlay IP tips wireless intentions, AirPlay
dongle
Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:32:36 AM
Apple has submitted a full eleven
patent applications this week, all
of which detail various potential
aspects of functionality for its
AirPlay and AirPrint technology.
As well as the basics – speaker
systems, PMPs and docks being
able to wirelessly connect to
iPhone, iPod and iPad devices,
and play multimedia through them
– the applications also cover a
wide range of other possible
peripherals, including home
appliances, security and CCTV
hardware, gaming controllers or
mice, medical devices and in-car
automotive systems.
The patents collectively describe
an ecosystem where peripherals
could not only be controlled – and
media playback managed – from
the iPod/iPad itself, but
conversely from the peripheral’s
own interface. One application
covers remotely accessing an iPod
playlist from a media player,
while another documents using
the peripheral’s buttons and other
controls to remotely operate the
Apple device.
Meanwhile there’s also IP around
broadening the ecosystem and the
technological details of its
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Ryan Reynolds Is Buried
in Work With New Films
and a Press Tour
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:45:00 AM
Ryan Reynolds took his tour for
Buried on the road yesterday,
making a stop in Chicago to show
off his project along with director
Rodrigo Cortes. The actor was
just up north in his native Canada,
where he attended a premiere and
press conference during the
Toronto Film Festival. Their
project hits big screens later this
month, and Ryan's lining up new
projects to keep him busy through
the next year. He just got a new
costar in Olivia Wilde in the
movie The Change-Up, and
there's also his film with Sandra
Bullock. Details are hazy on
Ryan's reunion with his buddy
from The Proposal, but he's
apparently down to do whatever
she wants.
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SCVNGR Launches Self-Serve Rewards Platform For Local
Businesses
Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:59:35 AM
Over the last few months location
-based game SCVNGR has been
partnering with a number of major
brands and companies, including
the Patriots and AT&T, to
participate in its rewards program
that gives real-world discounts to
players for completing SCVNGR
challenges (its competitors
Foursquare and Gowalla have also
landed major deals). This week
SCVNGR launched a key new
component to its rewards strategy:
a self-serve tool that allows local
businesses to set up their own
rewards.
Any business can use
SCVNGR’s basic features for free
by using the edit functions in the
service’s mobile clients to build
challenges. But SCVNGR also
offers a premium, web-based
toolset for $80 a month that
makes it easier to build and
manage challenges. The new
rewards feature is part of this
toolset and is pretty
Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life
Habitually Chic (Habitually
Chic®)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 5:24:32 PM
I can't imagine that there is
anything left to write about Coco
Chanel but Justine Picardie
managed to unearth more intimate
straightforward: businesses sign
on, enter basic information like
the name of their reward, and
decide how many SCVNGR
points a player must redeem to
complete a challenge.
Businesses benefit because users
have an incentive to come back
for discounts down the line, and
SCVNGR benefits because people
keep checking and engaging with
details of the famous fashion
designer for her new book Coco
Chanel: The Legend and the Life.
Picardie was the features director
at British Vogue and currently
writes a style column for The
T e l e g r a p h a n d w o r k e d h e r Chanel archives and British Secret
connections to gain access to the
E-reader News Edition
certain critical mass, at which
point the service starts to
snowball as more business look to
get in on the action. The seed
program is meant to help achieve
this activation energy. Seed
businesses get free access to
SCVNGR’s premium tools for a
year, as well as a bundle of swag,
like SCVNGR coasters. Today
SCVNGR is launching with 50
businesses in San Francisco (it
launched with 50 businesses in
Philadelphia yesterday, and 50
more in Boston last week).
This is an important move for
SCVNGR, as it gives businesses a
much bigger incentive to sign up
for its premium tools. But it’s still
the service to earn more deals. they should try out the service).
CEO Seth Priebatsch says that To help spur usage of the difficult to gauge SCVNGR’s
SCVNGR sees itself as a nice platform, SCVNGR has been success, because it won’t release
extension to the group buying seeding metropolitan areas, user stats. The leader in this space
model popularized by Groupon, reaching out to businesses that is clearly Foursquare, which also
as this rewards ladder can help have a history of using social o f f e r s s e l f - s e r v e t o o l s t o
businesses establish a longer- media services (like Twitter) to businesses looking to create
lasting relationship with the see if they want to use SCVNGR. special deals.
CrunchBase Information
customer (in fact, SCVNGR has P r i e b a t s c h e x p l a i n s t h a t
SCVNGR Information provided
been reaching out to Groupon- SCVNGR works best when
using businesses to tell them that a metropolitan area reaches a by CrunchBase
Service files. Much of her new
book focuses on Coco Chanel's
British and American connections
including her love affair with the
Duke of Westminster. It will be
released on September 21st which
gives you just enough time to pick
it up before Paris fashion week.
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More apps for Windows Phone 7 Justin.tv Brings Live

detailed Broadcasting to its
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:10:03 AM
targeting, multiple purchase
models and leading resellers
including Microsoft's sales force -
iPhone App
Mike Melanson
Microsoft on Thursday detailed a as well as the large-scale adCenter (ReadWriteWeb)
number of the third party apps marketplace," Kapoor said.
that will be available this holiday The announcements come ahead Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:32:49 PM

season in conjunction with the of the release this fall of the first Broadcast and share instantly on
release of Windows Phone 7, with Streaming video website Justin.tv Facebook and Twitter.
Windows Phone 7-based phones.
Netflix, Twitter, OpenTable, has released a new version of its Chat with friends in real-time
Windows Phone 7 is expected to
Flixster and Travelocity all iPhone app that allows users to within the application, while
take center stage at a New York
confirming plans for their broadcast live video directly from broadcasting
event on October 11. Microsoft
Windows Phone 7 apps. the app over 3G and Wifi. This Support for iPhone 4 front-facing
finalized the Windows Phone 7
Microsoft on Thursday means that Justin.tv users, camera and flash
operating system earlier this
announced a number of third- wherever they are, can share Broadcast on 3G or WiFi with
month and devices are expected
party apps that will be coming to what's going on around them with smooth video and clear audio
as early as next month from HTC,
Windows Phone 7 this fall, the rest of the Internet, in real- Broadcasts saved to watch later
Samsung, LG and possibly others.
including Twitter, Netflix, Flixter time. automatically
Bing also released a free version
and Travelocity. That's in addition The app joins a growing market Watch any stream live on 3G or
of its mobile software
to a previously announced series of live broadcasting apps, with WiFi
development kit for use with
of games, such as Bejeweled, seen need to use the final version of the Windows Phone 7 (which has Ustream and Qik already Push notifications when someone
here.(Credit: Ina Fried/CNET) tools, Watson said. providing the functionality on the you follow goes live
Bing Maps as its default mapping
"Some of the biggest names in A s f o r t h e a d e x c h a n g e program) as well as on other iPhone. Browse live video with
apps and games are working to Microsoft's Raj Kapoor said phones. Sponsor categories and filters
bring the right mix of high quality Microsoft has tools that will allow This entry passed through the Today's announcement follows With Justin.tv already saying that
content to Windows Phone 7," advertisers to target their ads Full-Text RSS service — if this is last month's release of an Android it "continues to grow with an
Microsoft's Brandon Watson said based on demographics, carrier, your content and you're reading it Justin.tv app, which first average of 32 hours of live video
in a blog post. location and other factors. Both on someone else's site, please read introduced mobile, live streamed and ingested into the
T h e s o f t w a r e m a k e r a l s o click to call and click to Web our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ broadcasting to Justin.tv users. system every minute", we can
announced plans for its own options will be possible, Kapoor content-only/faq.php The iPhone app will offer live only speculate on what the
bidded mobile ad exchange and said in a blog posting. broadcasting to iPhone 4 and 3GS addition of live-broadcasting for
Five Filters featured article:
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28 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Justin.tv’s Newest App Now Google Releases Recently-Acquired

Instantiations Development Tools,
Broadcasts Live Video From Your Free Of Charge
iPhone Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:10:15 AM
Leena Rao (TechCrunch) The live video space, however; is
competitive. Ustream and Qik Back in August Google acquired
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:00:14 AM
already have mobile broadcasting Instantiations, the developer of a
suite of popular development product does, from Google’s
Time spent watching live video is apps for the iPhone. But even GWT blog:
up 650 percent in the U.S. over though Justin.tv may have tools focused on Google’s Google
Web Toolkit, a Java GWT Designer
the past year, thanks to the released their app later than their A powerful set of Eclipse-based
proliferation of a number of live development environment that
the Justin.tv website, allowing rivals, the startup promises makes it easier to build AJAXy development tools that enables
video publishers including
users to broadcast immediately additional functionality with its applications. The most well- Java developers to quickly create
Justin.tv, Ustream, Qik and
after downloading the app without new iPhone and Android apps, known of these tools is GWT user interfaces for AJAX/rich
Livestream. In particular, Justin.tv
having to visit the website. i n c l u d i n g h a r d w a r e v i d e o Designer — a powerful plugin for internet applications using the
has been one of the leaders of the
However, a user’s broadcast encoding, real time chat and Eclipse that allows developers to Google Web Toolkit (GWT).
pack, serving more than 300
videos from the app are archived more. visualize their programs. Before CodePro AnalytiX
million live videos over the past And CEO Michael Seibel A comprehensive automated
on the website forever. Via the the acquisition GWT Designer
year. And a few weeks ago, the remains confident that Justin.tv software code quality and security
app, you can share your and Instantiation’s other programs
startup launched an Android app will continue to grow, despite analysis toolkit to improve
broadcasts via Facebook and used to cost hundreds of dollars.
for broadcasting live video. YouTube’s entry in the live video software quality, reliability, and
Twitter, chat with friends in real- Today, Google is releasing them
Today, Justin.tv has added the streaming space. As he tells maintainability in developer
time, switch between the front- for free.
same functionality to the iPhone,
end and back-end camera (for TechCrunch, many of Justin.tv’s It’s not a surprising move, but it applications.
launching a new iPhone app that
iPhone 4 users), and broadcast in competitors are focused on will sure make GWT developers WindowBuilder Pro
allows you to broadcast video
landscape mode Plus, the app partnerships for live streams of happy: they’ll save hundreds of Java graphical user interface
from the device on Justin.tv. You
adjusts the bitrate at which the events and premium content, dollars, and the apps will now be designer for Swing, SWT, RCP,
can download the free app here.
video is uploaded, and will switch whereas Justin.tv is more focused prominently featured on GWT’s XWT and GWT UI framework.
The biggest change in the new
between Edge, 3G and Wi-Fi on the UGC realm. This, he says, home page so developers who WindowTester Pro
app, is as we wrote above, the
without dropping your video will help the startup maintain a may not have been aware of them Test GUI interactions within Java
ability to broadcast video on unique competitive advantage. client rich applications for the
stream. before will see them.
Justin.tv directly from your
Justin.tv says that the Android C r u n c h B a s e I n f o r m a t i o n Here’s an outline of what each SWT and Swing UI frameworks .
iPhone, which was not included in
app has been adopted by 20 Justin.TV Information provided
the previous version of the app,
percent of the company’s unique by CrunchBase
which was view-only.
broadcasters and expects faster
The app itself is designed to
adoption of its iPhone application.
provide a standalone service from

The Best Android Apps for Getting Things Done [Android]

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker) Android devices are fun to play doing, thinking about, and trying staying informed, and working
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:00:00 AM with, but they're also a portable to accomplish. Here are the best smarter. More »
window into everything you're apps for taking notes, saving time,
E-reader News Edition Technology/ Culture/ 29

Running Windows XP? No Internet

Explorer 9 For You
Mike Melanson work outside of Windows 7.
(ReadWriteWeb) Much of the talk yesterday around
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:20:00 AM IE 9 was about moving the
browser out of the way of the
We were in San Francisco For now, this means that more website, with features like "jump
yesterday as Microsoft unveiled than half - around 55%% of lists" and the "pinning" of
the latest beta of Internet Explorer c o m p u t e r s , a c c o r d i n g t o websites to the desktop. These
9 and, like many present, we were StatCounter- will be unable to run features, along with hardware
Explay WVGA pico-
impressed. From everything we Microsoft's latest browser, but acceleration using DirectX 10,
saw, it was all it was hyped up to Windows 7 users have been w o u l d b e u n a v a i l a b l e o n projector module will hit
be- visually stunning, fast and full quickly on the rise. Windows 7 Windows XP. As Microsoft
-featured. Then came the one, big debuted just over a year ago and showed during a reviewers
catch - it's only available for has grabbed nearly a fifth of all workshop yesterday much of
phones/cameras in Feb 2011
Chris Davies (SlashGear) whole thing measures in at a
Windows 7. computers on the Web in that Internet Explorer 9 has been compact 7mm thick.
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:20:33 AM
The Register says that it got the time. rebuilt from the ground up. If this Explay expect cellphones and
official word from Microsoft and This isn't the first time that a means that we don't have to deal It’s been a long time since we’ve digital cameras to be among the
if Internet Explorer 9 is something browser has been released to with the clunky IE of the past heard from Explay about their devices sporting their picos come
you want, then Windows XP just exclude an old operating system from now on, so be it. Our only super-small Colibri pico-projector early next year. No word on how
isn't going to do. and, in case you've forgotten, lament is that a better, standards- module, but the company has expensive each module is.
Sponsor Windows XP (like its Internet based version of IE will never piped up again with the latest unit. [ via AV Watch]
According to The Register, Ryan Explorer 6 counterpart) is nearly a happen on XP and for now, XP The new laser pico module Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Gavin, senior director of IE decade old. When Microsoft isn't going anywhere fast. supports WVGA 852 x 480 • Explay Colibri pico-projector
b u s i n e s s a n d m a r k e t i n g , released Internet Explorer 7 in IE9 will, however, be available resolution, 14 lumens brightness module: 70-inch SVGA picture
confirmed that "Microsoft would 2006, Windows 2000 was left out for Windows Vista. Show of and up to 70-inch projections, and possible
not put IE9 hardware acceleration of the equation. hands - anyone still running will apparently begin showing up • bTendo laser pico-projector
features in the current version of While we're disappointed, the Vista? Discuss in commercial products come modules tested [Video]
its browser, IE8, or back port IE9 abandoning of Windows XP February 2011. • Texas Instruments unveils new
to older PCs running Windows seems reasonable given the It’ll be followed up by a WXGA nHD DLP Pico chipset at MWC
XP." numerous features that wouldn't 1366 x 768 version, with 25 • Bug Labs Bug gets 5 new
lumens brightness, in late 2011. modules
Use a Binder Clip to Maintain Your A second version of the WVGA • New details on coming Nikon
model, using a more powerful projector camera surface

Knife Sharpening Angle [Clever Uses] laser, will supposedly manage 20

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:00:00 AM
If you're the type who wants to
sharpen knives yourself with
water stones, you'll quickly learn
lumens. Power consumption is
apparently around 1.8W, and the
binder clip is perfect for
maintaining the right balance
while sharpening. More »
that a proper angle is key.
Luckily, the beautifully versatile
30 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Apple Approved: iSwifter Lets You

Play Popular Flash Games on the iPad
Frederic Lardinois struggles to refresh the screen fast
(ReadWriteWeb) enough.
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:00:00 PM For the most part, this doesn't
really matter right now, as the
Even though Apple still refuses available games tend to be puzzle
to allow Flash on the iOS games ( Screw the Nut, Book of
platform, there is now a way to Treasures, etc.) that don't need a
play at least some popular Flash- very fast screen refresh rate to be
based games on the iPad. Apple playable. This does, however,
just approved iSwifter ( iTunes limit the platform's usefulness for
link), a free app that bypasses
Apple's Flash embargo by simply
more action-oriented games.
Currently, the available games
Microsoft demoes Twitter and
streaming the games to your iPad, over time, though, and announce also don't need any keyboard
similar to what OnLive does with more partnerships with other input to be playable, but it Netflix apps for Windows
PC games. Games run on a central Flash-gaming portals, too. remains to be seen how well
server and the iPad app basically We were able to give the app a iSwifter will be able to cope with Phone 7, releases final dev tools
works like a remote desktop client try before launch. While it's great more complex apps that rely on Vlad Savov (Engadget) opportunities. We're sure you're
and relays the user's input back to to be able to play these games on more complex commands than just over the moon about that. Go
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:01:00 PM
the server. the iPad now and while iSwifter's just a mouse click. past the break for a couple of
Sponsor application is quite well designed, For now, iSwifter is only Coming this holiday season to a Microsoft's demo vids as well as a
Before you get too excited, it's it's hard not to notice that the apps available for the iPad and only Windows Phone 7 phone near little Seesmic teaser or click the
important to note that the app don't play directly on the iPad. As works over WiFi networks. The you: Twitter, Netflix, Flixster, source for more.
currently only features a very with many remote desktop apps, company plans to add support for OpenTable, and Travelocity apps. Continue reading Microsoft
limited set of games from Yahoo! there is often a slight delay 3G networks soon and launch The adroit coders behind those demoes Twitter and Netflix apps
G a m e s , A O L G a m e s . c o m , between clicks and you can easily iPhone and Android apps in the slices of software have managed for Windows Phone 7, releases
Facebook and Kongregate. The notice how the app sometimes near future. to put together enough eye candy final dev tools
team plans to add more games Discuss for Microsoft to highlight them as Microsoft demoes Twitter and
part of its announcement that the Netflix apps for Windows Phone
Travel the World: World Geography WP7 developer tools have been 7 , r e l e a s e s f i n a l d e v t o o l s
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HTC Sense concept for Windows Phone 7 leaked?

[Video]
Chris Davies (SlashGear)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:55:41 AM

We saw yesterday what HTC

have in mind for their next-
generation Sense experience on The Best iPhone Apps
Android– complete with DLNA,
slicker animations and remote for Getting Things
access through a dedicated Done [IPhone]
website – and now we might be
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
getting a sneaky preview of what
the company’s Windows Phone 7 Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:00:00 AM

handset experience might be like.

A video purported to show an
internally created HTC Sense
concept for the upcoming
Microsoft smartphone OS has
made its way onto YouTube.
Video demo after the cut
Labelled “HTC confidential” –
which could of course have been
added in there by a an over-
zealous fan rendering what they’d
like to see on HTC WP7 devices –
the concept shows various
flipping panes, a notes board
which uses 3D animation and has
stickies that can be scratched to
show hidden details, and of course
a beautifully rendered weather
app. There’s also a pretty
pointless flower app, which
allows you to tug off petals to
reach an “he loves me/he loves
me not” message at the end.
We’ve asked HTC for a
comment, but we’ve a feeling
they won’t be owning up to this
concept either way. Still, it’s all
beautifully put together, and the
company could do a whole lot
worse with their first Windows
Phone 7 handsets later this year.
[ via wmpoweruser]
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• Video of Nokia’s Super Sexy
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Snapdragon, Android 2.1 with things done. Here are our picks
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• Sweet dual screen concept you working productively. More »
phone flips and flops for different
needs
• Verizon’s HTC Incredible shots
leaked
• Pictures of the first Android
phone, HTC Dream leaked

T-1 Day for Latin American, Chinese launch of iPad

Steven Sande (The Unofficial available in Argentina, Chile, rumors also point to mega- American, Chinese launch of iPad
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru retailers Target and Walmart originally appeared on The
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:00:00 PM starting tomorrow. In China, the selling the iPad before the critical Unofficial Apple Weblog
Wi-Fi model is launching, while Christmas buying season. (TUAW) on Thu, 16 Sep 2010
Apple has announced that the the Wi-Fi + 3G is listed on the With the influx of new markets 12:00:00 EST. Please see our
iPad will be officially launched in online Chinese Apple Store as and retailers, it's a good thing terms for use of feeds.
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China tomorrow, September 17, TUAW also received a number of of iPads. Comments
2010. tips this morning that U.S. is beginning to sell iPads in a [via AppleInsider]
The über-popular iPad will be electronics retailer Micro Center number of locations. Recent TUAW T-1 Day for Latin
32 Technology/ Policy/
LaCie Wireless Space takes on Time
Capsule, doubles as NAS and WLAN
router
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:00:00 PM
And here you were thinking the
upcoming Photokina trade show
was all about cameras. Not so,
vaquero. Granted, LaCie's
probably taking advantage of this
here event to reveal it's latest and
greatest media storage device, but
we digress. The newly announced
Wireless Space is perhaps the
most interested and multifaceted
device to emerge from the
company in quite some time, and
to say it's taking on Apple's Time
Capsule would be understating
things tremendously. In essence,
what we have here is a NAS
backup drive and an 802.11b/g/n
Wi-Fi access point / router, all
bundled into one delicious black
box. Available in 1TB and 2TB
flavors, the Space enables both
Mac and PC users both to backup
their files wirelessly (or via
cabling, should you so choose),
and it also acts as a network hard
drive for accessing files remotely,
a UPnP / DLNA media streamer
and a full-on router should you
Principles for Economic
Revival
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 6:00:00 PM
America's financial crisis, deep
recession and anemic recovery
have largely been driven by
economic policies that have
deviated from proven fact-based
principles. To return to prosperity
we must get back to these
principles.
The most fundamental starting
point is that people respond to
incentives and disincentives. Tax
rates are a great example because
the data are so clear and the
results so powerful. A wealth of
evidence shows that high tax rates
reduce work effort, retard
investment and lower productivity
growth. Raise taxes, and living
need one. It's fully compatible doubles as NAS and WLAN standards stagnate.
with Time Machine, and you'll router Nobel Prize-winning economist
also find a trio of Ethernet sockets LaCie Wireless Space takes on E d w a r d P r e s c o t t e x a m i n e d
and a pair of USB jacks on the Time Capsule, doubles as NAS international labor market data
rear. It's shipping today for and WLAN router originally and showed that changes in tax
$ 2 2 9 . 9 9 a n d $ 3 4 9 . 9 9 , appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 rates on labor are associated with
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loser once again in the price see our terms for use of feeds. worked. From the 1970s to the
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Gallery: LaCie Wireless Space 28% in Germany, France and
Continue reading LaCie Wireless Italy. Over that same period, work
Space takes on Time Capsule, hours fell by an average of 22% in
those three countries. When
higher taxes reduce the reward for
work, you get less of it. . . .
This article is available in full by
subscription from the Wall Street
E-reader News Edition
Journal. The full text will be
posted to AEI.org on Monday,
September 20.
Allan H. Meltzer is a visiting
scholar at AEI. George P. Shultz,
a former secretary of labor,
secretary of Treasury and
secretary of state, is a fellow at
Stanford University's Hoover
Institution. Michael J. Boskin, a
professor of economics at
Stanford University and a senior
fellow at the Hoover Institution,
chaired the Council of Economic
Advisers under President George
H.W. Bush. John F. Cogan, a
senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution, was deputy director of
the Office of Management and
Budget under President Ronald
Reagan. John B. Taylor, an
economics professor at Stanford
and a senior fellow at the Hoover
Institution, was undersecretary of
Treasury under President George
W. Bush.
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Confirmed: 'iProd 2' is the new Apple
TV
Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:30:00 PM
We've received a tip from an
iPhone developer who was
looking through the USB device
configuration list in the new iOS
4.2 beta. Our source found the
fascinating configuration
descriptor shown above. Noted as
iProd in the device configuration,
this slip shows that this instance
of iProd is the new Apple TV, not
a new, unannounced iPad. TUAW
previously broke the news that a
similar iProd descriptor was used
to denote the original iPad.
While the Apple TV
demonstrations during Apple's
launch event show that the new
Apple TV isn't running the
iPhone's central Springboard
application, it's very possible that
the Apple TV will be
jailbreakable since it is an iOS
device.
Analysts have speculated that the
onboard storage of the new Apple
TV will be minimal, since the
company has publicly stated that
the device will support media
streaming only. As a result, if
hackers are able to jailbreak the
device, there may not be enough
room to run custom apps, nor is it
clear how those applications
would interact with the Apple
Remote.
The new Apple TV is scheduled
to ship in late September for $99,
and it will be interesting to see
how quickly the hacker
community is able to tear into the
device. Of course, the 'classic'
Apple TV has been modded and
supercharged in many ways.
TUAW Confirmed: 'iProd 2' is
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Technology/ Economy/
What Companies Are Doing The
Best? Companies That Make Things
You Really Don't Need (AAPL)
Vincent Fernando, CFA (Money
Game)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:33:00 AM
The stock market has been a
disaster for investors since the
crisis erupted... or has it? It
depends on which business sector
you were invested in.
As shown below by a
performance table collated by
Bespoke Investment, Technology
and Consumer Discretionary
stocks have now recouped all of
their losses since the fall of
Lehman Brothers, and are the best
performers. Consumer Staples
come in third, outperforming the
overall S&P 500 as well.
The leading performance of
Consumer Discretionary stocks
since Lehman is the most
surprising since this is a sector
33
which caters to large, generally
non-essential purposes. Tech
comes in close second. Apple
(AAPL), a seller of luxury tech
goods, has been a prime example
of an outperformer, having soared
since Lehman went bust.
Times are so tough, but
Americans go and buy iPads?
This clearly isn't your
grandfather's depression.
We can debate the death of the
U.S. consumer all we want, but
investors seem to have already
decided:
(See the right-most column for
performance since Lehman, 'Cons
Discret.' is Consumer
Discretionary )
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Heidi Rings in 24 With

Wild Animals and
Kisses From Spencer
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:45:00 AM

We celebrated Heidi Montag's

big 24th birthday by looking back
at her old bikini photo shoots, but
she and her fellow animal lover,
husband Spencer Pratt, spent their
day bonding with wildlife at the
Santa Barbara Zoo. They're back
in the US following a stint in
Costa Rica, and Heidi's still
apparently adjusting to life back

ASUS to ship gargantuan NX90J this month, plenty home. One thing's for sure -
despite their plans to divorce,
Heidi and Spencer were all about
of other laptops soon each other while touring the
grounds between their kissing,
Darren Murph (Engadget) horrifying, depending on NVIDIA's GeForce GT425M gargantuan NX90J this month, hugging, and other PDA. It's hard
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:37:00 AM perspective) news is that the GPU and a business-minded plenty of other laptops soon to ever really know what's up with
David Lewis-designed NX90J design to US shores within the ASUS to ship gargantuan NX90J these two crazy kids, but click
ASUS doesn't seem to have an will be shipping this month. Yeah next fortnight for $999. The ROG this month, plenty of other laptops through to see how they spent
issue introducing new laptops. -- your time to run and hide from G73Jw that we heard about earlier soon originally appeared on Heidi's big day. View Slideshow ›
ASUS does seem to have an issue the world's next 18.4-inch lappie in the year is also destined to ship Engadget on Thu, 16 Sep 2010
belting out release dates alongside is just about up, with a pair of this month for $1,799, and the 11:37:00 EDT. Please see our
those announcements. Thankfully, models set to land prior to outfit's new WiCast EW2000 terms for use of feeds. Permalink
a whole slew of the company's October for $2,299. There's also a wireless streamer should hit Hot Hardware| CNET| Email this|
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event last night in the Big Apple, among us, as the N53Jf (shown for all the nitty-gritty.
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Verizon to light up LTE network in 30
"NFL cities" this year
Nilay Patel (Engadget)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:47:00 PM
We already knew Verizon was
planning to hit one third of the
country with LTE this year with
plans to expand dramatically after
that, but things are starting to
come into sharper focus: the
carrier today said that it'll light up
30 "NFL cities" with 4G by the
end of the year. Now, there's only
32 teams, so it shouldn't be too
hard to figure out where that's
going to be -- and considering the
plan is to hit "major metropolitan
areas," we'll go ahead and guess
Green Bay isn't on the list, even
though the Packers are by far the
best team in the league. (Buffalo
and Jacksonville also spring to
mind -- and let's not forget that
the NFL still isn't in LA, despite
Ari Gold's best fictional efforts on
Entourage.) The plan is to first
upgrade each cell site's backhaul
connection to Gigabit Ethernet so
they'll have the necessary
bandwidth to support the 5-
12Mbps down and 2-5Mbps up
speeds with 30-150ms latency
promised for Big Red's LTE
network at launch. Ambitious, but
hey -- we'd love nothing more
than to be streaming the Super
Bowl over LTE when all's said
and done.
Verizon to light up LTE network
in 30 "NFL cities" this year
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Growing Grass
Sculptures (7 pics)
alice (Featured Blog Posts - My
Modern Metropolis)
grass seeds, I strive to show that
food, it's origin, it's transport, has
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:30:00 PM an impact on us beyond it's taste.
The power inside it affects every
Exhibiting at the Invisible Dog organ of our body. Observing
Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, nature and being aware of what
these growing grass sculptures and how we eat makes us more
change every time you see them. sensitive to food cycles in the
Made of soil and wheat seeds with world - of abundance, of famine -
a structure from recycled metal, and allows us to be physically,
they're the creative work of mixed intellectually and spiritually
media artist Mathilde Roussel- connected to a global reality."
Giraudy. You can read more about the
"The natural world, ingested as Invisible Dog Gallery in the New
food becomes a component of Y o r k T i m e s . T h e r e ' s a n
human being," Roussel-Giraudy inspirational story about how it
s a y s . " T h r o u g h t h e s e got started and how it's become a
anthropomorphic and organic creative hub.
sculptures made of soil and wheat Mathilde Roussel-Giraudy
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Michelle Rhee at Risk

(AEI.Org: Articles) It's not yet 100 percent certain attempt to wring out the central have difficulty resisting claimants Rhee, perhaps the closest thing to
Submitted at 9/15/2010 6:00:00 PM whether (or when) Rhee will administration, evaluate teachers, --and will quickly be attacked as a superhero in schooling today,
leave. But nonetheless, for several remove weak principals, or insufficiently collaborative should couldn't do all this on her own. No
In an outcome that had come to reasons, the election results bode shutter schools feels like an attack she try. one backed her heralded efforts
seem inevitable, though it would poorly for school reform in the on the black community--and no Third, there's a caution for fans of with the requisite muscle or
have been shocking six months nation's capital. amount of dithering, consensus- mayoral control. Mayoral control organization, and the
ago, D.C. city-council chairman When teachers lashed out at seeking, or collaboration can can allow a city like D.C. to consequences are now clear.
Vincent Gray beat incumbent Fenty and Rhee, with the union ultimately change that. Rhee held pursue a coherent, aggressive Finally, as Einstein supposedly
mayor Adrian Fenty 56 percent to piling on, D.C.'s reformers found scores of community agenda for improvement. said, the definition of insanity is
4 2 p e r c e n t i n T u e s d a y ' s themselves in an uphill struggle conversations in 2007-08 as she However, this election is an to keep doing the same thing over
Democratic primary. Fenty, who against thousands of respected planned a series of badly needed example of its limitations and and over, while hoping for
swept to a massive citywide professionals with strong ties in school closings--and was still why it's a mistake to romanticize different results. For Fenty, one of
victory in 2006, fared well with neighborhoods and churches. slammed for inadequate efforts to this tack. Because Rhee's efforts the most unyielding, most
white voters but cratered in the First, the Washington Teachers secure teacher buy-in. When are integral to Fenty's legacy, effective school-reform
black community. He lost the Union threw everything it had, teachers lashed out at Fenty and Gray has particular incentive to champions we've yet seen, to lose
city's black Democrats, even including nightly phone banks and Rhee, with the union piling on, visibly alter course. decisively after three years of
though the Washington Post big bucks, behind Gray--which D.C.'s reformers found Looking forward, there are two remarkable school transformation
reported in August that 67 percent indicates that Gray shares their themselves in an uphill struggle big lessons for reformers. illustrates just why reformers need
of registered Dems thought the v i e w s , o r a t l e a s t d o e s s o against thousands of respected Transforming dysfunctional to stop trying to stop playing the
mayor had "brought needed considerably more than Fenty did. professionals with strong ties in systems inevitably entails fierce same old game and need to start
change" to the city. The WTU charged Fenty and neighborhoods and churches. pushback in the schools and changing the rules.
The contest assumed national Rhee with inadequate efforts to Would-be reformers may win this communities--especially in the Frederick M. Hess is a resident
significance because of its build trust and forge consensus struggle for three years or six, but African-American community. In scholar and the director of
educational implications. It was with teachers and unions. I'll be they almost always lose in the places like New Orleans and D.C., education policy studies at AEI.
Fenty who fought for mayoral blunt. Given Rhee's determination end. even black parents who welcome Photo Credit: Bigstock/Michael
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appointed Michelle Rhee as district with no functioning victory would be a chance to build are concerned about the influx of This entry passed through the
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made it clear that she regarded administration, and too many after a little more than three years succeed in the long run, they can't our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
Fenty as a stalwart champion and overmatched principals and and hands off to a "conciliator," merely rely on test scores and content-only/faq.php
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effective without that support. Her make progress without angering accomplished will be unraveled. --they need to address such Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-
s t a n c e h a s b e e n r e a d a s a powerful constituencies and Gray's victory will embolden the concerns and explain why their Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
particular dig at Gray, who had bruising feelings. WTU and the neighborhood and harsh medicine is necessary. They Catastrophe.
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efforts. middle class. Thus, any ambitious brought in to foster consensus will case to parents and voters. Even
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Home Prices Drop in 36 States; Beazer Warns on Orders; 8
Million Foreclosure-Bound Homes to Hit the Market; Prices to
Stagnate for a Decade
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 12:53:00 PM
The small upward correction in
home prices from multiple tax
credit offerings died in July.
Worse yet, inventory of homes for
sale as well as shadow inventory
both soared. 8 million foreclosure
-bound homes have yet to hit the
market according to Morgan
Stanley.
Home Prices Drop in 36 States
CoreLogic reports Growing
Number of Declining Markets
Underscore Weakness in the
Housing Market without Tax-
Credit Support CoreLogic Home
Price Index Remained Flat in July
SANTA ANA, Calif., September
15, 2010 – CoreLogic (NYSE:
CLGX), a leading provider of
information, analytics and
business services, today released
its Home Price Index (HPI) that
showed that home prices in the
U.S. remained flat in July as
transaction volumes continue to
decline. This was the first time in
five months that no year-over-
year gains were reported.
According to the CoreLogic HPI,
national home prices, including
distressed sales showed no change
in July 2010 compared to July
2009. June 2010 HPI showed a
2.4 percent* year-over-year gain
compared to June 2009.
Economy/ 37
"Although home prices were flat that may be offered for sale -- is
nationally, the majority of states preventing prices from bottoming
experienced price declines and after a 28 percent plunge from
price declines are spreading 2006, according to analysts from
across more geographies relative Moody’s Analytics Inc., Fannie
to a few months ago. Home prices Mae, Morgan Stanley and
fell in 36 states in July, nearly Barclays Plc. Those properties are
twice the number in May and the in addition to houses that are
highest since last November when vacant or that may soon be put on
national home prices were the market by owners.
declining," said Mark Fleming, “Whether it’s the sidelined,
chief economist for CoreLogic. shadow or current inventory, the
Methodology issue is there’s more supply than
The CoreLogic HPI incorporates demand,” said Oliver Chang, a
more than 30 years worth of U.S. housing strategist with
repeat sales transactions, Morgan Stanley in San Francisco.
representing more than 55 million “Once you reach a bottom, it will
observations sourced from take three or four years for prices
CoreLogic industry-leading to begin to rise 1 or 2 percent a
property information and its year.”
percent of total U.S. population), the sector's weakness following
securities and servicing databases. Sales of new and existing homes
572 Core Based Statistical Areas the expiration of home-buyer tax
The CoreLogic HPI provides a fell to the lowest levels on record
(85 percent of total U.S. credits.
multi-tier market evaluation based in July as a federal tax credit for
population) and 1,027 counties Last month, Beazer reported that
on price, time between sales, buyers expired and U.S.
(82 percent of total U.S. its fiscal third-quarter loss was
property type, loan type Rising supply threatens to
population) located in all 50 states little changed because of a prior-
(conforming vs. nonconforming), undermine government efforts to
and the District of Columbia. year gain, while it reported a 73%
and distressed sales. The boost the housing market as
CoreLogic HPI Including surge in closings as buyers raced
CoreLogic HPI is a repeat-sales homebuyers wait for better deals.
Distressed Sales to qualify for the tax credit.
index that tracks increases and Further price declines are
See the above article for Orders fell 33%. Inventory Soars
decreases in sales prices for the necessary for a sustainable
additional charts Bloomberg reports U.S. Home
same homes over time, which rebound as a stimulus-driven
Beazer Homes Warns on Orders Prices Face Three-Year Drop as
provides a more accurate recovery falters, said Joshua
The Wall Street Journal reports Supply Gains
"constant-quality" view of pricing Shapiro, chief U.S. economist of
Beazer Homes Warns of Order The slide in U.S. home prices
trends than basing analysis on all Maria Fiorini Ramirez Inc., a
Miss Beazer Homes USA Inc. may have another three years to
home sales. The CoreLogic HPI New York economic forecasting
said Wednesday it might miss go as sellers add as many as 12
provides the most comprehensive firm
order expectations for its fiscal- million more properties to the
set of monthly home price indices There were 4 million homes
fourth quarter, as it also cut market.
and median sales prices available
estimates for the year's land and Shadow inventory -- the supply HOME page 39
covering 6,208 ZIP codes (58
development spending, reflecting of homes in default or foreclosure
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Here's What The Media Gets Wrong About The Chinese Housing
Bubble
Charles Hugh Smith (Money in which wage earners make government-controlled banks to
Game) around $5,000 or more a year enter the speculative real estate
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:01:55 AM each—was buying one, two or market with a vengeance.
even three flats for investment "With access to almost unlimited
The Mainstream Media in the purposes. no-cost credit from the state-
U.S. has presented two basic The apartments were not rented controlled banking system," he
approaches to understanding out, as this lowered the resale wrote, "these behemoths have
China's real estate bubble: value, and renting out flats was a abused their financial clout and
1. There is no bubble in Chinese burden busy people didn't care to plunged headlong into the real
real estate, as demand for housing shoulder. Since there is no estate market, snapping up high-
is so vast it will soak up all the property tax in China that is priced land and investing in high-
tens of millions of flats that have analogous to U.S. parcel taxes, end residential housing units that
been built in the past decade and since the vast majority of now sit empty across the
2. It is a bubble and it's fueled by buyers paid cash, then the country."
the same dynamic as the bubble c a r r y i n g c o s t s f o r t h e s e Once you understand this
that expanded and popped in the investment properties was very dynamic, it's not difficult to see
U.S. and elsewhere: easy credit modest. (The equivalent of why China's housing bubble will
a n d s p e c u l a t i v e l e n d i n g maintenance/condo fees in most end badly. Local governments are
encouraged by government of China are typically well under so heavily dependent on
policy. $100 per month). development fees and taxes for
Approach Number 1 has little to Why are Chinese dumping the government will not let real estate That is the very definition of
their revenues that any fallback in
support it. Recent on-the-ground majority of their savings in decline. Whether that faith is "conflict of interest."
new development will spell
surveys found half of the flats in housing? One reason is that there misplaced or not, only time will That is the Chinese real estate
catastrophe for city and regional
Beijing and Shanghai are empty are precious few investment tell, but the key is actually held dynamic in a nutshell: local
government budgets.
(or the occupants prefer living in options, and many investors felt by local government, not the g o v e r n m e n t s have every
Sound familiar?
the dark, night after night), while burned by the volatile Chinese central government-controlled incentive to push lease prices
Residents will suffer because
reports based on utility accounts stock market (they are not banks. higher, further fueling China's
government services will have to
found that there are roughly 65 allowed to invest in overseas Imagine that your local city and real estate bubble, and zero
be slashed as revenues from
million vacant apartments in funds). Real estate has two county controlled all land rights, incentive to build low-cost
development fees collapse.
China—the bulk of which are advantages over stocks: everyone and the only ownership a private housing for the average citizen.
The Chinese investors who
presumably held for investment. understands it has value as builder or developer could secure Minxin Pei, professor of
overpaid for grossly inflated
Approach Number 2 has some shelter, and housing has been was a long-term lease. Now g o v e r n m e n t a t C l a r e m o n t
luxury condos will suffer massive
merit but it misses the key drivers rising far faster than China's not- imagine that 40% of the city and McKenna College and a senior
losses, developers dependent on a
in the Chinese housing bubble, quite-benign rate of inflation. county's revenues come from the a s s o c i a t e a t t h e C a r n e g i e
fast-rising bubble market will go
a n d t h u s i s i t u l t i m a t e l y The return offered on bank lease fees paid by developers. Endowment for International
bust, and somebody will end up
misleading. Next, imagine a giant real estate Peace, recently described who
deposits in China is lower than the covering the losses as bankrupt
My wife and I are fortunate to rate of inflation, and that creates bubble has priced most residents benefits from what he termed
developers renege on their loans.
have a network of contacts and yet another incentive to put one's out of the market, and that the China’s "irrationally exuberant"
Since most of the loans came
friends in China, and thus we money in real estate. local governments are reaping p r o p e r t y market: local
from government-owned banks,
learned that as long ago as 2004 Another factor is what might be huge gains as the development government and its officials, and
then that "somebody" will be the
the typical two-income middle called the Central Party Put: many rights and lease they sell are state-owned enterprises (SEOs)
skyrocketing. which have exploited their ties to HERE'S page 42
class household in China—those Chinese believe their central
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continued from page 37
listed with brokers for sale as of
July. It would take a record 12.5
months for those properties to be
sold at that month’s sales pace,
according to the Chicago-based
Realtors group [National
Association of Realtors].
“The best thing that could happen
is for prices to get to a level that
clears the market,” said Shapiro,
who predicts prices may fall
another 10 percent to 15 percent.
“Right now, buyers know it hasn’t
hit bottom, so they’re sitting on
the sidelines.”
About 2 million houses will be
seized by lenders by the end of
next year, according to Mark
Zandi, chief economist of
Moody’s Analytics in West
Chester, Pennsylvania. He
estimates prices will drop 5
percent by 2013.
Douglas Duncan, chief economist
for Washington-based Fannie
Mae, said in a Bloomberg Radio
interview last week that 7 million
U.S. homes are vacant or in the
foreclosure process. Morgan
Stanley’s Chang said the number
of bank-owned and foreclosure-
bound homes that have yet to hit
the market is closer to 8 million.
Defaulted mortgages as of July
took an average 469 days to reach
foreclosure, up from 319 days in
January 2009. That’s an
indication lenders -- with the help
of the government loan
modification programs -- are
delaying resolutions and
preventing the market from
flooding with distressed
properties, said Herb Blecher,
senior vice president for analytics
at LPS.
“The efforts to date have been
worthwhile,” Blecher said in a
telephone interview from Denver.
“They both helped borrowers stay
in their homes and kept that
supply of distressed properties on
the market somewhat limited.” I
disagree with Herb Blecher. I see
little advantage stretching this
mess out for a decade, and that is
what the government seems hell-
bent on doing. Everyone wants
the government to "do
something". Unfortunately tax
credits stimulated the production
of new homes, ultimately adding
to inventory. Prices need to fall to
levels where there is genuine
demand.
The short-term rise in the Case-
Shiller home price index and the
CoreLogic HPI was a mirage that
will soon vanish in the reality of
an inventory of 8 million homes
that must eventually hit the
market.
Lost Decade About 2 million
houses will be seized by lenders
by the end of next year, according
to Mark Zandi, chief economist of
Moody’s Analytics in West
Chester, Pennsylvania. He
estimates prices will drop 5
percent by 2013.
After reaching bottom, prices will
gain at the historic annual pace of
3 percent, requiring more than 10
years to return to their peak, he
said. Home Price Pressures
• We are going to have
structurally high unemployment
for a decade.
• The debt deflation unwind may
39
take another 5 years or longer. needed bottom). Either way, look require as many as 5-7 years at
• Downward pressures on wages for price stagnation in one form or recessionary average sales to
still exist. another. absorb this inventory.
• Credit conditions reached a Thus, if you have come to the Cycle Excesses Greatest In
secular peak of absurdity that will conclusion there is no good History
not occur again for multiple reason to hold on to a deeply The excesses of the current cycle
decades. underwater home, nor any reason have never been greater in history.
• The Shopping Center to rush into a home purchase at The odds are strong that we have
Economic Model Is History. this time, you have reached the seen secular as opposed to
• Retiring boomers hoping to right conclusions. cyclical peaks in housing starts
downsize lifestyle will add to Hyperinflation? Please be and new single family home
supply of upper end homes. serious. construction. With that in mind it
• Student debt will inhibit family When Will Housing Bottom? is highly unlikely we merely
formation for years to come. Flashback October 25, 2007: return to the trend. If history
Please see How Student Debt When Will Housing Bottom? repeats, and there is every reason
Wrecks Marriages, Inhibits On the basis of mortgage rate it will, we are going to undercut
Family Formation, and Delays the resets and a consumer led those long term trendlines.
Housing Recovery for details. recession I mentioned a possible There will be additional pressures
bottom in the 2011-2012 a few years down the road when
Last Bubble Not Reblown timeframe. See Housing - The empty nesters and retired boomers
After the bottom is found, Worst Is Yet To Come for more start looking to downsize. Who
remember the axiom: the last details. will be buying those
bubble is not reblown for decades. Let's take a look at housing from McMansions? Immigration also
Look at the Nasdaq, still off more another perspective: new home comes into play. If immigration
than 50% from a decade ago. sales historic averages and policies and protectionism get
The odds home prices return to housing from 1963 to present. excessively restrictive, that can
their peak in 10 years is close to New Home Sales 1963 - Present also lengthen the decline.
zero. Houses in bubble areas may New home sales reached a Finally, note that the current
never return to peak levels in cyclical high in 2004-2005 boom has lasted well over twice
existing owner's lifetimes. Zandi approximately 50-60% higher as long as any other. If the bust
is way overoptimistic in his t h a n p r e v i o u s p e a k s . T h i s lasts twice as long as any other,
a s s e s s m e n t o f 3 % a n n u a l happened in spite of a slowdown 2012 just might be a rather
appreciation after the bottom is i n p o p u l a t i o n g r o w t h a n d optimist target for a bottom.
found. household formation as compared When I wrote that in 2007, most
Price Stagnation to the 1960-1980 timeframe. thought I was off my rocker.
I expect small nominal increases From 1997-1998 and 2001-2002 Now, based on inventory, I may
a f t e r h o u s i n g b o t t o m s , b u t to the recent peak, the average have been far too optimistic.
negative appreciation in real terms sales level was 1.1 million units, Mike "Mish" Shedlock
as inflation picks up in the second or 45-50% higher than the 40 h t t p : / /
half of the decade. Yes, deflation year average. This translates to an globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.
will eventually end. Alternatively average of 300,000-400,000 com
the US goes in and out of excess homes for nearly a Click Here To Scroll Thru My
deflation for a decade (depending decade, and arguably as many as Recent Post List Mike "Mish"
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Empire State Manufacturing Activity Flattens; Huge Divergences
Appear - What Does It Mean?
noreply@blogger.com (Michael The general business conditions
Shedlock) (Mish's Global index remained above zero in
Economic Trend Analysis) September, but inched down three
Submitted at 9/15/2010 4:32:00 PM points from August. At 4.1, the
Inquiring minds are digging into index suggests that business
details of the September Federal activity was little changed over
R e s e r v e E m p i r e S t a t e the month. Almost 35 percent of
Manufacturing Survey for clues respondents said that conditions
on the economy. had improved over the month—up
The Empire State Manufacturing from the 30 percent who had said
Survey indicates that conditions so last month, but the percentage
held relatively steady in New t h a t r e p o r t e d w o r s e n i n g
York’s manufacturing sector in conditions increased from 22
September. The general business percent in August to 31 percent.
c o n d i t i o n s i n d e x r e m a i n e d Selected Empire State Charts
positive, although it slipped 3 Current Business Conditions
points to 4.1. The new orders and Expectations Six Months Ahead
shipments indexes were both up Divergences
moderately for the month, at Current conditions have
levels signaling stable activity. s t a b i l i z e d w h i l e f u t u r e
The prices paid index was e x p e c t a t i o n s c o n t i n u e t o
positive and little changed from deteriorate, five consecutive
last month, while the prices months. Did we just see a "last
received index edged up to just g a s p " i n n e w o r d e r s a n d
above zero. Employment indexes s h i p m e n t s ?
were positive, suggesting that Stabilization?
employment levels and the More interesting yet is the way in
average workweek continued to which the current conditions
expand over the month. The index has "stabilized".
degree of optimism about the six- A tip of the hat to reader
month outlook continued to "Ronald" who writes...
deteriorate, with the future In the ten years of data they have
general business conditions index on their website, this is the first
hitting its lowest level since early time I have seen the percentage of
2009. businesses showing increases and
Business Activity Flattens Out the number of businesses showing
E-reader News Edition
In conjunction with future
expectations falling 5 consecutive
months to the lowest level since
March 2009, I suggest "not long".
Look for these divergences to
break to the downside, most likely
in a strong way that will surprise
the vast majority of economists
who never bother to look at the
details in these reports.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
h t t p : / /
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Moreover, this is the 3rd lowest c o n d i t i o n s h a d w o r s e n e d . S h e d l o c k i s a r e g i s t e r e d
level of businesses conditions September: Almost 35 percent of investment advisor representative
staying at the same level. Finally, respondents said that conditions f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l
when businesses showing had improved over t h e Management. Sitka Pacific is an
deteriorating conditions reached month—up from the 30 percent asset management firm whose
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Chinese taxpayer.
Sound familiar?
"China’s taxpayers will twice be
made the victims by the housing
bubble," Professor Pei noted. "In
the bubble years, they are priced
out of the market for affordable
housing. When the bubble bursts,
they’ll pay for the clean-up.
When Chinese state-owned banks
write off their bad loans, they
don’t do so with money growing
on trees. Instead, the Ministry of
Finance will issue bonds to
recapitalize the banks--and fund
the bail-out with future tax
receipts."
Recent reports estimate there are
64.5 million vacant "investment"
flats in China. Analyst Andy Xie
recently laid out the risks this
giant speculative bubble poses to
China's local governments and
banks.
"Local governments in China
depend on real-estate deals for
revenue and could default if the
market falls too far," he wrote.
"Notice the bind China is in. It
has to keep the bubble going to
preserve local government
Gwen Stefani, Joel Madden, Chelsea Handler, and Kanye West in
This Week's Fun and Funny Celebrity Twitter Pictures!
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:15:00 AM
Celebrities had a busy week
Twitter sharing photos from
finances. They’ve become a
classic Minsky Ponzi unit."
If the Chinese central
government keeps the bubble
inflated with easy money, Xie
concluded, the resulting crash and
bail-out will only be that much
more painful.
While contributions from
property developers tend to wield
outsized political influence in
much of the world, local
government officials in China are
brazenly pocketing the proceeds
from development. For example,
the majority of homes in a newly
launched subsidized housing
project in Shaanxi Province have
been handed to local government
officials.
Add these factors up--
widespread corruption, a real
estate bubble that's priced ]
average citizens out of the market,
local governments dependent on
new development for their
revenues and a government-run
banking sector which will turn to
taxpayers to fund the inevitable
bail-out--and there is plentiful
fuel for taxpayer resentment and
award shows, Fashion Week and
sporting events. Aziz Ansari and
Kanye West joked around during
the VMAs while host Chelsea
Handler fans gave a candid look
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anger once the bubble pops.
Based on the accounts provided
by these analysts, Chinese
taxpayers will soon have common
ground with their American
counterparts: they'll be stuck
paying for the bail-out of private
d e v e l o p e r s a n d
government–controlled banks
(which in the U.S. are called
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac).
They'll also share another plight-
-an imploding economy that was
precariously dependent on
ballooning debt, financial
speculation, officially sanctioned
embezzlement and a society-wide
magical belief that "real estate
never goes down." Don't miss: 14
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melancholy and nostalgia,
author's blog.
Porodino's photos are a quasi-
Join the conversation about this Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:30:00 PM
documentary style of photography
story » Have we found strange, sparking about an alternate civilization
aliens, beautiful creatures from that's trying to figure out a way to
another planet? Not quite. These live in our strange, unfamiliar
stardust beings are actually the world.
work of Elizaveta Porodina, a 23 Elizaveta Porodina
year old fashion photographer
based in Munich, Germany.
Stefani made the rounds in NYC and photos! View Slideshow ›
and Joel Madden discovered
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10 Street Artists You Should Know

Eugene (Featured Blog Posts -
My Modern Metropolis)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:30:00 AM

1.) Above
With unpredictable weather
conditions and improvised
workspaces, street art isn't that
easy to do. In fact, it's extremely
difficult, and that's precisely why
these artists deserve so much
respect.
Over the last couple of years,
we've featured many great street
artists here at theMET. All of
them have different styles and
approaches, but they all share one
thing in common - their art has
left us with a lasting impression.
In this post, we pay tribute to
these incredibly talented artists.
Regarding the piece on top,
Above says: "When I was in
Lisbon, Portugal three months
ago, I would walk by this
homeless lady who was begging
for money everyday. I found it
sadly ironic that just six feet away
there was an ATM machine where
people were literally lining up to
withdraw money. With an
obvious visual clash of 'Rich' and
'Poor' being in such a close
proximity evoked me to make this Portuguese-born Alexandre Farto 4.) Roa 5.) C215 pieces are sometimes wheatpasted
stencil, 'Stealing from the Rich, aka Vhils is an amazing, super- I think it's fair to say that street French street artist Christian in places you'd probably never
and Giving to the Poor.'" talented street artist that you've artist Roa is currently on top of Guémy aka C215 travels around look - like on the side bars of
2.) Banksy probably never heard of. Using his game. What really separates the world beautifying the streets. metal fences.
Banksy is the gold standard when tools like a power drill, chisel, and him from the rest of the field is He usually paints local faces 7.) Hyuro
it comes to urban street art. His different types of paint, Vhils the way he adds different layers because, in his words, "faces Hyuro is an Argentinian-born
legendary reputation has only literally scratches off the surface into a piece, giving his viewers reflect the personality" of a city. street artist that is currently based
grown since the 2010 release of of buildings to create his multiples perspectives of the 6.) Mentalgassi out of Valencia, Spain. His works
his intriguing movie, "Exit masterpieces. His latest carved biology behind his animal You have to stand at the perfect are full of movement and are
Through the Gift Shop." piece (above) was recently seen subjects. It's almost like we have angle to see this piece by
3.) Vhils STREET page 44
on the streets of Moscow, Russia. x-ray vision. Mentalgassi. Spotted in Berlin, his
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mostly composed in black and
white. Simply stunning!
8.) Titi Freak
Hamilton Yokota, aka Titi Freak,
is a São Paulo native with
Japanese ancestry, resulting in a
mixture of personal qualities that
stem from his combined cultural
backgrounds. After making his
way over to Japan, he kept
himself busy by painting the
streets of Osaka for three whole
months. Seamlessly coinciding
with Japanese culture and
landscape, his brightly colored koi
fish really sets the bar high for
other street artists.
9.) SpY
Hailing from Madrid, SpY is a
famous urban artist that uses
many different mediums. His
work consists of playful
reappropriation of urban elements,
that he replicates or transforms,
and then installs on the streets.
SpY's pieces are meant to shake
up the equilibrium of an urban
dweller. His work is full of irony
and a positive sense of humor,
Gorgeously Dark Pop-Up Restaurant (6 pics)
thinkpossitive (Featured Blog
Posts - My Modern Metropolis)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:30:00 AM
If Tim Burton owned a
restaurant, we imagine it would
look something like this. Located
in London, HEL YES! is a
temporary, gothic-styled pop-up
restaurant and exhibition that
seeking to inspire a smile and a
thought.
10.) Laguna
This piece by Laguna is one of
the most incredible pieces I've
seen. Completed in Almagro,
Spain, a couple of men are seen
riding a gargantuan fish,
reminiscent of an epic tale.
Viewers must stand in the perfect
spot to see all the individual
pieces connect.
*BONUS* 11.) Blu
Blu completed these amazing
large scale murals in Europe.
Using the facade of high-rise
buildings as his canvas, Blu sends
very relevant political messages
through his works. If you look at
"War" closely, you'll notice that
the soldiers are being controlled
by puppet strings and their badges
flash dollar signs. "Global
Warming" is extremely clever and
features a melting iceberg in an
hourglass, which is dripping water
into a flooding city below.
If you think that street art is just a
passing trend and isn't an exciting,
features the best in Finnish food
and design. Bridging the gap
between the past and the present,
Finland’s world class design
houses Iittala and Artek have
created exclusive customized
furniture including lighting and
tableware to give visitors an
be sitting under are created from
experience they'll never forget! In
young, aspen trees thinned out
fact, the wood sculptures they'll
growing movement, check out
this recent article on the LA
Times. The Museum of
Contemporary Art will be
showing "Art in the Streets," a
large scale exhibition which will
cover graffiti and street art from
the "1970s through the present,
including international street-art
stars such as Banksy from London
and Space Invader from Paris."
As one of the LA-based curators
Aaron Rose of "Beautiful Losers"
says, "I don’t think MOCA has
done anything on this scale. The
sheer number of kids who will
come to this museum will be mind
-blowing.”
The show is slated to open at
MOCA's Geffen Contemporary in
April 2011.
(*Please find photo sources
through the artists' links.)
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Which TV Workplace
Would You Like to Work
In?
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:14:00 AM
Steve Carell
From news stations to law firms,
some of TV's best shows have
centered on the workplace.
So we want to know: Which
would you like to work in?
Maybe you'd like to be
surrounded by Sterling Cooper
Draper Pryce's creative
advertising minds on Mad Men.
Or perhaps The Office's Dunder
Mifflin is more your speed. How
about Murphy Brown's news
station, or The West Wing's Oval your content and you're reading it
Office? on someone else's site, please read
Whatever the setting, we want to our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
know! Tell us your ideal TV content-only/faq.php
workplace in the comments Five Filters featured article:
below. Then check back to see if Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-
your choice makes our list, Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
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from a forest near Helsinki. The 16th to October 3rd. If you're
tree’s slim trunks create hut like around Londonewcastle Depot, 1-
structures under which guests can 3 Wenlock Road, make sure to
camp and enjoy a delicious check it out!
dinner. Hel Yes!
Unveiled in mid-September via weheart and Dezeen
during London Design Festival
2010, HEL YES! will serve as a
melting pot of people and ideas
for 14 days, or from September
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Could computers and robots become

conscious -- if so, what happens then?
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 1:00:00 PM

Robot Image Gallery

AP Photo/Koji Sasahara
While we're able to make robots
that can seriously creep us out like
this robot teacher, we haven't been
able to give them consciousness.
See more robot pictures.
The advancements we've made in
computer science and robotics,
two young disciplines, are
impressive. Moore's Law is a
good example of how quickly
things can change. Gordon Moore
observed in 1965 that the number
of transistors that could fit on a
silicon chip an inch (2.54
simple obstacle course. Honda's themselves? It's a common theme
'American Idol'
centimeters) in diameter doubled
every year. That's a logarithmic
ASIMO robot can climb stairs and
run. From manufacturing to
military applications, robots are
in science fiction. Machines
become self-aware, changing the
dynamic between man and
Accepting Online
growth pattern. While computer
scientists would adjust the
observation by lengthening the
making a big impact.
Though computers and robots are
machine. Could it really happen?
This entry passed through the Auditions This Season
more advanced than ever, they're Full-Text RSS service — if this is PopEater Staff (TV Squad) Wednesday, 'Idol' said audition
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can cram more transistors onto a Submitted at 9/16/2010 7:20:00 AM videos could be uploaded to
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In robotics, engineers have without computer assistance. But Five Filters featured article: locations for the upcoming season cappella and chosen from an
created machines with multiple robots and computers are unaware Beyond Hiroshima - The Non- of 'American Idol?" Don't fret! approved list of songs. Some of
points of articulation. Some of their own existence and can Reporting of Falluja's Cancer You can now audition online, the approved songs include Bill
robots have an array of sensors only perform tasks for which they Catastrophe. UsMagazine.com reports. Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine,"
that can gather information about were programmed. In celebration of the show's 10- Keith Urban's "Kiss a Girl" and
the environment, allowing the But what if they could think for year anniversary, 'Idol' will be Barry Manilow's "Copacabana,
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Barney Frank Vs. The Dining Room Table
Jesse Singal (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:00:00 PM
“Birth of a political career” was
not the first phrase that came to
mind when Lyndon LaRouche
disciple Rachel Brown got
upbraided by Barney Frank last
year. Brown, you’ll remember,
became briefly Internet-famous
thanks to her performance at a
town hall meeting in Dartmouth,
Massachusetts, where she held up
a photo of Obama with a Hitler
moustache and harangued Frank
about Obamacare. “Why do you
continue to support a Nazi policy,
as Obama has expressly supported
this policy,” she asked Frank.
“Why are you supporting it?”
For the quick-witted, acerbic
Frank, it was a hanging curveball
over the fat part of the plate.
“When you ask me that question,”
the Congressman said, “I am
gonna revert to my ethnic heritage
and answer your question with a
question: On what planet do you
spend most of your time?” He
went on to say that “it is a tribute
to the First Amendment that this
kind of vile, contemptible
nonsense is so freely propagated.”
Then, the line that spread across
the Internet faster than photos of a
Lady Gaga meat-outfit: “Ma’am,
trying to have a conversation with
you would be like trying to argue
with a dining room table. I have
no interest in doing it.”
At that very moment—when
Frank was taking her to the
woodshed—Brown realized what
she had to do: knock the 14-time
incumbent out of office. “I
decided that this guy’s
incompetent,” she told me
Tuesday, which was primary day.
“He’s immoral, he’s choosing to
do the wrong thing consciously.”
She ran as a Democrat, but her
platform, not surprisingly, was
mostly lifted from Lyndon
LaRouche’s ideas, and therefore
reads as a hodgepodge of
crackpottery and science-fiction
ideas laid atop a foundation of
standard big-government
liberalism.
It’s a strange brew, and the best
way to describe her ideas might
be as a sort of ping-pong game in
which one side is a reasonable-
sounding FDR liberal and the
other is a conspiracy-minded
speed freak. Ping: We need to
reinvest in American
infrastructure. Pong: Yes, and that
infrastructure must include a
tunnel under the Bering Straight
connecting the U.S. and Russia.
Ping: We need to bring back
Glass-Steagall. Pong: Yes,
because that will help bring us out
from under the heel of the British
Empire, which to this day controls
our financial system. Ping: We
must invest in scientific research.
Pong: Yes, and that will help us
achieve our goal of setting up a
manned colony on Mars, using the
moon as a base camp and helium-
3 fueling station along the way.
(None of these positions are made
up or exaggerated, by the way.)
All of this made Brown an easy
target during the campaign. “I am
also not for colonizing Mars, as
my primary opponent is” was a
particularly choice line from
Frank during their debate two
Tuesdays ago. His campaign also
sent out a mailer that read “How
Barney’s opponent sees the
world” with a picture of the moon
under it, which referenced
LaRouche’s “extreme, odd, and
hateful beliefs.” (It’s hard to know
where to begin on that front.)
But in our age of incoherent keep
-your-government-hands-off-my-
Medicare Tea Party activism,
there was something intriguing
about the 29-year-old’s big-
government insurgency campaign.
Brown is new to both politics and
Massachusetts—she had first
encountered LaRouche PAC
during her time as a community
college student in Washington
state, and after working for the
movement out West, said she had
moved to Massachusetts a year
and a half prior to take up the
good fight here—but, unlike most
Tea Partiers, she had a full-blown
theory of the world, a
comprehensive take on How
Things Work, and though it was
wracked with paranoia (maybe
because it was wracked with
paranoia) I couldn’t help but be
fascinated.
So I asked if I could hang out
with her on primary day. And
what I got was not the angry,
Hitler-invoking woman from the
YouTube video, but rather a
quietly earnest true believer
whose beliefs I could follow ... to
a point. She told me about the
importance of a national bank,
about how Frank hadn’t done
enough to help struggling
homeowners, about what it means
that, thanks to budget cuts, Detroit
can no longer fight its own fires.
I’d find myself nodding along for
a sentence or two—until she
started in about NAWAPA or
how Obamacare will let grandma
die (it’s depressing that the
stupidest rumor of the past couple
years seems to have the most
traction across the political
spectrum). She was friendly and
straightforward and energetic, and
throughout my time with her I
kept forgetting that I was talking
to someone who fervently
believes Obama is controlled by
powerful British puppeteers.
Brown was eager to get her
message out on Tuesday, which
by afternoon had turned into a
postcard-perfect late-summer
Southern New England day. I met
with her shortly after she pulled
up to the town common in
Taunton, a working-class town 40
miles south of Boston, about
halfway down the length of a
congressional district which is
shaped a bit like Massachusetts
itself.
Brown’s plan for the day was to
drive around the district in a
sound car, playing music and
talking to voters. The sound car
was crafted from a scuffed-up
green Jeep 4x4 a New Hampshire
LaRouchie had offered for the
occasion. The A-frame mounted
on top featured a poster with a
picture of her that encouraged the
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residents of the 4th District to
“DESTROY THE BRITISH
EMPIRE, IMPEACH BARACK
OBAMA!” A smaller, slightly
lower-key sign on a rear window
had a less urgent demand:
“RESTORE GLASS-
STEAGALL.”
As we set out with Scott Mooney,
another LaRouchie, in the driver’s
seat, Brown explained that she
wasn’t worried about her chances
in a district that had shown itself
to be overwhelmingly Frank-
friendly for decades. “There’s
something about Americans
which is that we may let things
get bad, but we tend to resist
fascism,” she said. “We tend to
not allow fascism at the last
moment. So, people are smelling
that.”
Brown, meanwhile, was trying to
sniff out a sense of voter turnout.
City Hall was closed due to
construction. A woman inside the
local police station directed us to
a school that was serving as a
temporary town government
office, where someone else
directed us to a firehouse polling
place staffed by four older ladies
and a bored looking Taunton cop.
They told us that turnout had been
extremely low, and, sure enough,
there was not a voter to be found.
“It might pick up when people get
out of work,” one of them said. “It
might, and it might not.”
Frustrated but not sunk, Brown
decided to turn to her secret
weapon: the power of song.
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Confessions of a Gay Soldier
Anonymous (The New Republic
- All Feed)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:00:00 PM
I am a soldier. I am a gay man. I
believe there is no greater honor
than to serve in uniform. I cannot
tell my name.
And I’m exhausted.
As the country slowly—very
slowly—approaches a turning
point in the debate over “Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell,” I want to offer
some perspective on what it is like
to be a soldier under this policy.
On how I, the commander of a
unit in the United States military,
balance the tasks of soldiering,
leading soldiers, and watching
over my shoulder, constantly, lest
I reveal my true self and risk my
career. And, finally, on why
DADT not only serves to drain
some of the military’s best
talent—see what just happened to
the ninth-ranked cadet at West
Point—but also erodes several of
the most valuable lessons service
has taught me.
First, it is important to
understand that soldiering means
giving up comfort, luxuries,
personal time, and family
experiences. It means wearing
gear one would rather not in the
heat of the desert, or laying on a
cold ground, shivering, while
keeping watch during a training
exercise. It means looking at your
fellow soldier and muttering those
ubiquitous words: “this sucks.”
As soldiers, though, we are
constantly reminded to “embrace
the suck”—that is, to revel in the
challenge. The reward for this is
great. To stand shoulder-to-
shoulder in uniform with those
who believe this is honorable and
to count your company among
soldiers is a sentiment not easily
expressed in words. The “don’t
tell” directive is for me an
accepted part of the suck.
Second, soldiers share everything
with each other. We share our
hopes and fears, and we learn
things about one another we
would rather not. Those who train
and deploy together often come to
know one another so well that we
can identify a colleague simply by
the sounds his footsteps make
when he walks into a room. There
is something which compels you
to open up to those with whom
you serve. It often helps to talk
about the family back home, the
missed graduations, birthdays,
holidays. And there are mementos
we share with our fellow soldiers
to help us along—often a picture
hung inside a wall locker, a note
kept in a chest pocket, a necklace
with the name of a son or
daughter, a tattoo, some way to
honor those we love. When the
mission has become too much, we
remember these things. We share.
We laugh.
Not for the gay soldier. I don’t
have a picture of my partner
posted anywhere in my personal
items. I don’t mention his name.
He doesn’t participate in family
events, or in the life of the
community, though he would add
so much value. He sees me off, he
shares in the hardship, in the long
goodbyes, and endures a
relationship made more difficult
by distance, and time away. Even
as I prepare for deployment, I am
saddened that he won’t see me off
when it’s time to say goodbye,
surrounded by all my soldiers’
families. Rather our goodbye will
be something only we share.
When my fellow soldiers ask
where my family is, I will simply
make some excuse, or claim to be
a single guy offering an “eh, don’t
worry about me.”
As a gay soldier, I keep the
personal to myself, revealing only
what I can; enough to open up
ever so slightly to my fellow
soldiers to feel connected, but
guarded enough that I don’t
jeopardize my career. My partner
becomes a “roommate” or a
friend. So when a friend in the
chow hall asked me the other day
how my roommate was doing, I
hesitated at first, unsure of how
best to answer the question.
Hopefully he never comes to my
home; there is only one bedroom.
Where does the “roommate” go?
Of course I can’t tell him. If
military culture is supposed to
encourage sharing and
camaraderie among its members,
then my enforced silence achieves
quite the opposite.
Third, soldiers are some of the
funniest people I have ever met.
Humor is just how we express
ourselves. With so many more
significant things happening
around us, we don’t really have a
choice. So when I think about
how soldiers would respond
should this policy change, I
cannot help but think that many
soldiers (though clearly not all)
would simply shrug it off and
welcome the gay soldier with a
joke. Why? Because for every
unit in which I have served, there
has been a “Shrek,” the large
soldier who needs to drop a few
pounds. I have also encountered a
“Speedy Gonzalez,” a Latino
soldier who was crazy fast, and a
“Helmet,” a cadet with an
exceptionally large noggin. Each
did his job competently
nonetheless. The unit embraced
him, but noted the way in which
he was different. This teasing may
seem mean-spirited, but it’s not;
it’s a means of communicating, a
way for fellow soldiers to remind
one another “I know everything
about you, yet I have your back.”
I know there have been gay
soldiers who have served in my
unit. For at least one, he too had a
nickname. It wasn’t “Shrek”; he
was given his own
badge—something like “Twinkle
Boots.” I think everyone knew he
was gay. There were jokes, but
they never seemed cruel or
hateful. And I’m sure some
soldiers may have been
uncomfortable, but I never saw or
experienced that aspect of it. He
was just another soldier, another
member of the team. In fact, I
remember overhearing one of our
leaders talking about this soldier’s
partner and mentioning that he
was a “really nice guy.”
I never asked the soldier. He
never told.
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Right now, I feel as if I’m in a
state of limbo. Normally people
who are personally and
professionally affected by a law
have a right to stand against it
publicly—to speak out, to petition
government, to organize and try to
influence political decision-
makers. But DADT is the one
policy that prevents the affected
from lobbying openly against it. It
mandates my silence.
At the very least, why can’t I be
free to live my personal life the
way that fulfills me? When I
return home from a long training
event, sometimes I simply want to
put on my civvies, step outside
with my partner, hand-in-hand,
and walk through the
neighborhood. Perhaps go for ice
cream. I don’t. I am forever on the
lookout for my fellow soldiers
who live in the same
neighborhood and may see me
going about the same business
everyone else does, except that I
happen to be with someone of the
same gender. When we do go out,
I am in a constant state of
concern, reminding him not to
stand so close or act too much like
we enjoy each other’s company.
I often wonder when we’ll see
moral leadership that can inspire
America to move beyond its
current thinking, fears, and
inhibitions. It’s not as if
Americans are unready for
change. The number of active
duty soldiers who oppose
allowing gay soldiers to serve
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BARNEY
continued from page 46
Earlier she had told me that she
and a few other LaRouchies had
started the Rachel Brown for
Congress Chorus, and had been
performing free concerts in
Brookline on Fridays and
Saturdays. “It gets to something in
their brain which is higher than
their brain,” she explained.
So we cruised the streets of
Taunton blasting a few of their
songs. First, and arguably least
appropriately, the Negro spiritual
“Oh, Freedom.” Then some spoof
songs, like one sung to the tune of
“Oh! Susannah” (“Bail-out
Barney/oh don’t you lie to me/
’Cuz you sank the country with
your British bailout policy”).
When, accidentally or not, we
started slowly rolling through
Fairfax Gardens, rough housing
projects on the western side of
town that looked to be mostly
black and Latino, and “Oh,
Freedom” came back on, there
were some thumbs down and
plenty of quizzical looks from the
people soaking up the weather
outside. But on the bright side, the
'Top Chef: Just Desserts' Series Premiere Recap
Alaina O'Connor (TV Squad)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 7:00:00 AM
Filed under: Recaps The role of
Padma Lakshmi will now be play
by Gail Simmons of Food & Wine
Magazine ... but only on 'Top
Chef: Just Desserts.' Yes, Gail
Simmons , permanent judge on
'Top Chef,' now has her own
guy with the scorpion tattoo on
his shoulder who came up to the
truck was very friendly, and one
of the two kids who approached
the jeep with scorpion-guy said
“I’ll tell my mom to vote for you”
as we left.
Then, as we drove past
Pepperoni’s Pizza and back
toward the common, Brown
began talking to Taunton's voters
directly via the jeep’s PA system.
Here was where the schizophrenia
of her LaRouchism came through
most clearly, the generally well-
founded complaints about the
economy and the concentration of
power intermixed with conspiracy
theorizing that would make
Mulder and Scully blush—the two
often coexisting side-by-side in
consecutive sentences.
“Why do we have no jobs and are
giving more money to Wall
Street?” she asked the people of
Taunton. “‘Cuz Barney Frank’s in
office and Obama works for the
British empire.”
Brown ended up losing, of course
(though she did score a
sweet spin-off show.
The prizes? A feature in Food &
Wine Magazine, a showcase at the
annual Pebble Beach Food &
Wine Festival, a Buick Regal (it's
German engineered!), and a check
for $100,000.
This all sounds pretty standard
for the 'Top Chef' franchise, but
don't go thinking it's a walk in the
respectable quarter of the vote in
Taunton), and the jokes at her
expense continued. But as she
drove away in her sound truck
after dropping me off at the
common, I felt a twinge of
sympathy for her. She certainly
had more to say than a dining
room table. And while her
LaRouchie ideas are crazy and in
some ways dangerous, she
obviously cares about people and
wants to get them back to work
and keep them in their houses. So
what if some of those houses’
backyards would open out onto
Olympus Mons?
Jesse Singal writes for The
Boston Globe‘ s opinion pages.
He can be reached at jsingal [at]
globe.com. His last piece for
tnr.com was about Dr. Laura.
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about pastel colors, silky fondant,
CONFESSIONS
continued from page 47
openly drops precipitously each
year. And recent polls show that
the majority of Americans support
getting rid of the policy,
especially given the fact that the
nation is currently fighting two
wars; a May 2010 CNN poll had
78 percent of respondents
supporting repeal.
And yet, here we are, waiting for
President Obama’s promises of
repeal to materialize. The reasons
for this delay are plain to see.
Democrats are staring down a
disastrous set of midterm
elections, and then, very shortly
after that, the re-election starts.
Moreover, the military brass
clearly isn’t eager for a change;
how else to explain its ordering up
yet another time-eating survey on
the impact of DADT? I’m also not
blind to the fact that a not
insignificant number of straight
soldiers will feel awkward and
uncomfortable around gay
soldiers at first, especially in
showers and barracks where many
fear living with an openly gay
person. It will take time for
people—in the service and
and sugary confections, it's about
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out—to realize that
professionalism and service
always prevail in the military. Just
look at how we handled the
integration of African Americans
and Jews into our ranks.
Indeed, if soldiering is about
anything, it’s about facing fear.
We train to do that which doesn’t
come naturally. To charge into
gunfire when every fiber of one’s
being says to “run!” We do this in
the name of preserving the
country’s core values of openness
and human dignity. We do this
because we seek to make freedom
more than a hollow word. This is
what I’ve learned in the military
and what I love about it most.
So until the day comes when I
can tell, I’ll think to myself “this
sucks,” but keep soldiering on
anyway.
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Donald Trump, The Apprentice
As NBC's The Apprentice enters
its 10 th season, Donald Trump is
putting celebrities aside and once
again opening up the toughest job
interview in the world to regular
people. But this season, The
Donald hand-picked the batch of
16 contestants based on one
particular requirement: people
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"We wanted to go back to the
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really hurt."
But even though Trump is
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down on their luck, he says he
won't be much softer in the
boardroom. "At the beginning I
sat down with them and said,
'Look, you're in trouble, but let's
be tough, let's be smart and let's
be fair.' These people are very
inspirational, but some just cannot
take the pressure coupled with
what they've already been
through."
Trump's daughter and fellow
board member Ivanka says that
after critiquing celebrities for the
past two seasons, she's glad to be
able to connect with the general
public again. "I tend to be pretty
honest, celebrity or not," Ivanka
says. "As a young person, it's hard
for me to be too aggressive with
people who have accomplished so
much. I don't think I'm
intimidated by them, but I'm
definitely deferential to people
that I have a tremendous respect
for."
Trump says we can expect
another celebrity season in the
spring.
The Apprentice premieres tonight
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Katherine Jackson has filed a
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AEG, the promoter behind
Michael Jackson's This Is It tour,
The Wrap reports.
In a 16-page lawsuit filed at Los
Angeles Superior Court on
Wednesday, Jackson claims that
"AEG actions and inactions led to
Michael Jackson's death on June
25, 2009." The lawsuit says that
because AEG hired Dr. Conrad
Murray, the company is
responsible for his actions.
Michael Jackson's doctor keeps
California medical license
Murray was charged with and
pleaded not guilty to involuntary
manslaughter in February after
coroners ruled Jackson's death a
homicide caused by acute
propofol intoxication.
Jackson died at age 50 after
shortly before the scheduled start
of the tour.
The suit, which does not seek
specific damages, also claims that
AEG did not provide a nurse or
any life-saving emergency
equipment, according to The
Wrap.
AEG President and CEO Randy
Phillips, tour director
Kenny Ortega and several other
individuals involved with the tour
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ALL IS WELL! ALL IS WELL!
As Microsoft hails another
imminent triumph, let us salute
the victor of the last war: the all-
powerful Zune!
Last Friday, the people united for
a spontaneous demonstration in
the streets of Redmond to
symbolically lay the iPhone to
rest. That corrupt, degenerate
device simply cannot withstand
the unstoppable assault of the
Microsoft Kin- er, that is,
Windows Phone 7, just as the
pathetic iPod fell beneath the boot
of the glorious Zune!
Even the lowly 4GB Zune and its
8GB cousin proved more than a
match for its so-called
competitors. On its 1.8” screen,
we can see the vision of a new
world in the making! Perhaps
Zune’s success is due to its Zune
Pad controls, which resemble
nothing anyone has ever seen
before in the history of time.
Perhaps Zune owes its triumph to
the wireless Zune-to-Zune
capability, with which the legions
of devoted Zune supporters can
share songs with the other Zune
users who are always nearby. Or
perhaps it was the Zune
Marketplace, the unprecedented
online store that has forever
changed the way people buy
music and video.
In any case, one thing is clear:
the Zune’s smashing victory over
the iPod provides a fail-safe
blueprint for Microsoft’s next
dazzling achievement. It was this
confidence in the Microsoft Kin-
heh, I really have to break that
habit, I mean Windows Phone 7
that brought the masses onto the
streets of Redmond to bury the
loathsome iPhone once and for
all.
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uh, to celebrate how awesome
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• Languages: English, French,
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Kbps; CBR and VBR up to 48-
kHz WMA Lossless
• Advanced Audio Coding
(AAC) (.mp4, .m4a, .m4b, .mov);
.m4a and .m4b files without
FairPlay DRM up to 320 Kbps;
CBR and VBR up to 48-kHz
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CBR and VBR up to 48-kHz
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CBR or VBR, up to 3.0 Mbps
peak video bit rate; 720 pixels x
480 pixels up to 30 frames per
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pixels up to 25 frames per second)
(Zune software will transcode
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• MPEG-4 (MP4/M4V) (.mp4)
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Dirk Klingner (Consumer more closely control your need access through your iOS (Woot! - One Day, One Deal) attacker wielding a knife and a
Reports) listening experience so you can device, the makers of virtual Submitted at 9/15/2010 12:00:00 PM frying pan.
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:43:07 AM hear entire albums from an artist machine software Parallels have Internet experts are reportedly
of your choice, create custom released Parallels Mobile for the Every week in this space, we’ll very surprised that someone is
Daily Dispatch: IE 9 Beta playlists, search for and play iPhone, iPod touch, and (most take a look at the news and offer playing live action Kingdom of
released; Slacker offers on specific songs and more. appropriately) iPad. o u r o w n i n c i s i v e b l e n d o f Loathing.
demand music service Greenpeace Slams Zuckerberg Disneyland Finds Balance with commentary, analysis, and poop BEIJING ( UPI) -- A well-known
In today's Digital Dispatch: For Making Facebook A “So Coal Feral Cats( Alley Cat Allies) jokes. The news you need, from a Chinese philanthropist says he
Internet Explorer 9 Beta Now Network”( GreenTech) Mickey Mouse may have put voice you can trust, in the 90 intends to donate half of his
Available( ReadWriteWeb) Environmental organization Disneyland on the map 55 years seconds you have to spare: that’s fortune and all his property to
...The new user interface is Greenpeace has released a video ago, but today, a colony of feral Woot Weads the Wire. charity after his death.
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of the IE8 design. Microsoft says of coal-fuelled electricity in its park rodent-free. Vegas hotel and casino said it she's thrilled, of course, but that
that it wants users to be able to O r e g o n - b a s e d d a t a c e n t e r , About Digital Dirk's Dispatches created a 600-pound cake with a the relationship has never just
focus on the website and not on singling out founder and CEO Dirk Klingner, our technology- lunar lander replica in the center been about the money.
the browser. Mark Zuckerberg. The trend watcher, sifts through for astronaut Buzz Aldrin. NEW YORK ( UPI) -- A New
Facebook Competitor Diaspora organization calls Facebook a “so hundreds of blog posts and news But conspiracy theorists claim York restaurant said it is holding
Revealed: Sparse, But Clean; coal network”. articles daily to bring you the that the cake is inedible and made an event for people who want to
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TechCrunch) Hire You: Don Dodge( Google of the most important and that a real cake under those consisting entirely of insects.
...At first glance, this preview Watch) interesting tech news for conditions would be physically People who want the same meal
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look unlike Apple’s new Ping Google receives more than 1 S u b s c r i b e t o scientist says he has solved the A Florida man who blamed his cat
music social network mixed with million job applications per year ConsumerReports.org for expert mystery of dating Rosh Hashana, f o r d o w n l o a d i n g c h i l d
yes, Facebook. but hires only 1,000 to 4,000 Ratings, buying advice and the Jewish New Year. pornography pleaded no contest to
Slacker taking on Rhapsody with people per year? reliability on hundreds of According to the scientist, you 25 felony charges, earning him 12
new Premium Radio service( Parallels Mobile Brings Windows products. Update your feed just have to be a rich doctor, or 1/2 years in prison.
ZDNet) to Your iOS Device( lifehacker) preferences possibly a lawyer from a good The cat, who testified against the
...The new Slacker Premium If running Windows on your Mac family. man in exchange for immunity,
Radio service will allow you to isn't cutting it for you and you OVERLAND PARK, Kan. ( has been given a new identity and
UPI) -- Police in Kansas said a is under Federal protection.
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54 Products/ E-reader News Edition

McDonald’s At the Bottom of Burlington Coat Factory

Consumer Reports Burger Ratings issues yet another recall
Press Room (Consumer
Reports)
juicy and meaty tasting.”
Consumer Reports recently
polled 28,000 online subscribers
patties on a lightly browned
sesame seed bun was bigger and
beefier came with a $5 price tag
for drawstrings
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:00:46 AM
Consumer Reports on Safety
and asked them to rate the burgers and offered 15 free topping (Consumer Reports)
McDonald’s At the Bottom of they had eaten on their last visit choices. McDonald’s $1-burger
Consumer Reports Burger Ratings on a scale of 1 to 10 from least – a 3.5 ounce patty with pickle Submitted at 9/16/2010 3:01:59 AM

In-N-Out Burger & Five Guys delicious burger ever eaten to slices, bits of raw onion, and a
Burgers and Fries Top Subscriber most. We rated 18 fast-food Burlington Coat Factory issues
dab of ketchup and mustard on a
Survey in October Issue yet another recall for drawstrings
restaurants across the country. lightly browned bun – tasted mild
YONKERS, NY — McDonald’s Although other popular fast-food Today, the Consumer Product
and more greasy than beefy with
may have served billions of chains such as Wendy’s and Safety Commission announced
the major flavor coming from the
burgers, but according to a recent Burger King fared better than yet another recall for hooded
toppings.
survey of 28,000 Consumer McDonald’s, they scored far jackets and sweatshirts sold by
The full report and Ratings of
Reports’ subscribers, they fall at worse than the highest-rated Burlington Coat Factory. International has long had
burgers is available in the October
the bottom of the list among fast- c h a i n s . Drawstrings on children’s voluntary standards that eliminate
Other fast-food issue of Consumer Reports
food restaurants. Among the frontrunners noted for their outerwear, particularly through dangerous drawstrings from
available on newsstands
standouts were In-N-Out Burger d e l i c i o u s b u r g e r s i n c l u d e d the hood or waist, can pose a children’s upper outerwear.
September 7th wherever
and Five Guys Burgers and Fries. Fuddruckers, Burgerville and strangulation, entrapment, or Apparently, Burlington Coat
magazines are sold and on
The full report and Ratings are Back Yard Burgers. vehicular-dragging hazard. Factory didn’t get the word about
www.ConsumerReports.org.
available in the magazine’s In addition to conducting the This is the 24th recall since May guidelines or standards.
Subscribe now!
O c t o b e r i s s u e a n d o n survey, Consumer Reports sent a 2009 for garments sold by For a complete list of the
S u b s c r i b e t o
w w w . C o n s u m e r R e p o r t s . o r g . reporter to make an informal Burlington Coat Factory for the products included in this recall,
ConsumerReports.org for expert
“In this case, the bigger-name comparison of the fare at Five same hazard. In total, about see the recall notice on the
Ratings, buying advice and
burger wasn’t better” said Tod G u y s a n d M c D o n a l d ’ s ( h e 154,000 garments have been CPSC’s website.
reliability on hundreds of
Marks, senior project editor for couldn’t get his hands on an In-N- recalled. But most of these recalls If your children have any
products. Update your feed
Consumer Reports. “The Five Out Burger). Five Guys basic were not for products sold garments with drawstrings around
preferences
Guys patty was more flavorful, burger of two 3.3-ounce griddled recently. This may be a matter of the neck or waist, cut the strings
doing some late housecleaning off or return the garment to the
MICROSOFT and paying for past sins. Read retailer for a refund.- Don Mays
continued from page 52
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rate; 720 pixels x 480 pixels up to In the box: Discuss this product on children’s upper outerwear to Ratings, buying advice and
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E-reader News Edition Products/ Sports/ 55

Shaquille O'Neal
Refutes Claims in
Shawn Darling's Lawsuit
HTML5 In The Brainpan: Hal Spivack (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:35:00 AM

Biolab Disaster They Had Us At "Parp" Filed under: Celtics Shaquille

O'Neal has denied any
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) whole thing once the drugs kick
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) about that. At all. Nope. wrongdoing associated with a
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:15:00 AM in. lawsuit filed by former employee
Submitted at 9/15/2010 3:00:00 PM So here's Biolab Disaster, a quick
But children never forget about a Shawn Darling, according to the
little three stage platform shooter.
We weren't really familiar with birthday party. Not even when in
Some days, deep plots and You play a tiny guy in a Hazmat Boston Herald. A statement
blog Hyperbole And A Half until an anesthesia-induced stupor.
complex game play are the last suit blasting beasts in a biolab released by O'Neal's
just this morning, but now? We're Please trust us when we say the
thing you want in a game. Take a where, coincidentally, there's been representatives called Darling an
total fans. What hooked us was entire story is just too funny to
day like today, for example, when a disaster. It's not much more than ex-con who was just trying to
this story about a little girl spoil with a summary here. Just
you've possibly been up since a demo for an upcoming HTML5 frame the basketball star in a
wanting to go to her friend's click through to Hyperbole And A
three o'clock in the morning due game engine, but its simple money-hungry scheme.
birthday party (scheduled for the Half and start your morning off
to the power and air conditioning controls and decent soundtrack According to O'Neal's
same day as her dental surgery) with some laughter.
in your apartment cutting out, should help your slide down this representatives, Darling had
and a mother who clearly hopes
trying to get a handyman to come side of the Hump Day hill go a previously tried to extort the
her daughter will just forget the
fix it so that your eight month little faster. Celtics center for $12 million by
pregnant wife can sleep in Of course, if you're one of those threatening to expose his personal
something a little like comfort, lucky souls that actually got a full communications and e-mails.
even though the late night night's sleep last night, you may "Mr. O'Neal has made it crystal
thrashings of your demon spawn want something with a bit more of clear that he will never respond to
have all but killed her dreams of an old-school challenge. Just these outrageous tactics," Shaq's
ever being "comfortable" again. sayin'. representatives said in a
Er, not that I'd know anything statement. "As a result, Darling
filed a lawsuit which seeks only to
embarrass, harass and extract
money from Mr. O'Neal."
56 Sports/ Gaming/ E-reader News Edition
Pittsburgh Penguins'
Heisman Trophy Trust announces that 2005 award Jordan Staal out another 5
-6 weeks with foot
will remain vacated infection
ESPN.com news services The Heisman Trophy Trust's victory was made possible by the determination," Bush's former Associated Press (ESPN.com)
(ESPN.com) decision means Vince Young, discipline and hard work of my college coach, Pete Carroll, said Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:27:43 AM

Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:33:39 AM who finished a distant second to teammates, the steady guidance of Wednesday.
Bush in the 2005 voting, will not my coaches, the inspiration of the "I support whatever he's doing. Updated: September 16, 2010,
Updated: September 16, 2010, receive the trophy. fans, and the unconditional love I'm sure he's figured it out and 12:27 PM ET
11:33 AM ET "I would not want to have it, and of my family and friends. And I he's living it. I'm not really PITTSBURGH -- Penguins
The Heisman Trophy Trust don't want the trophy," the know that any young man focused on it. There's nothing I forward Jordan Staal needs five to
announced Wednesday that the Tennessee Titans quarterback told fortunate enough to win the can really do about that," the new six weeks to recover from the
2 0 0 5 H e i s m a n w i l l r e m a i n reporters on Wednesday. "Like I Heisman enters into a family of Seattle Seahawks coach added. latest procedure performed on his
vacated following Reggie Bush's said, 2005 Reggie Bush is the sorts. Each individual carries the "All of our attention is on Denver infected right foot and will miss
decision Tuesday to forfeit the Heisman Trophy winner. Why legacy of the award and each one and getting ready for the game. I the start of the NHL season.
award. More from ESPN.com would I want it?" Mike & Mike in is entrusted with its good name. wish him the best and hope they A tendon on the top of Staal's
Reggie Bush's misdeeds at USC the Morning "It is for these reasons that I have figure it all out." foot was sliced when Montreal
d o n ' t w a r r a n t r i g h t e o u s ESPN college football analyst made the difficult decision to ESPNLosAngeles.com reporter Canadiens defenseman P.K.
indignation. His dissembling since Lou Holtz shares his thoughts on forfeit my title as Heisman winner Arash Markazi contributed to this Subban stepped on it April 30 in
he left does, writes Ivan Maisel. Reggie Bush, Denard Robinson of 2005." report. Information from The Game 1 of the Eastern Conference
Story and the upcoming college football The NCAA passed down heavy Associated Press was used in this semifinal series.
"It was a difficult decision to games. sanctions on USC relating to report. Staal had surgery and returned to
return the Heisman Trophy and he Under pressure since his award- improper benefits received by This entry passed through the play in less than a week.
exhibited great character in winning 2005 campaign at USC Bush and basketball player O.J. Full-Text RSS service — if this is After the Penguins were
acknowledging his mistakes and was vacated, Bush said in a Mayo. your content and you're reading it eliminated in the series, Staal had
accepting the consequences," the statement on Tuesday that he will It was the first time college on someone else's site, please read two additional procedures to
Heisman Trophy Trust said in a forfeit the Heisman Trophy. football's top award was returned our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ remove infected tissue in the foot.
statement. "One of the greatest honors of my by a recipient. One of the few content-only/faq.php Staal also required treatment with
"As a result of Reggie Bush's life was winning the Heisman guidelines given to Heisman Five Filters featured article: antibiotics.
decision to forfeit his title as Trophy in 2005," the statement Trophy voters is that a player Beyond Hiroshima - The Non- The 22-year-old Staal has never
Heisman winner of 2005, the released by the New Orleans must be in compliance with Reporting of Falluja's Cancer missed a regular-season game to
Trustees have determined that Saints read. "For me, it was a NCAA rules to be eligible for the Catastrophe. injury in four NHL seasons, but
there will be no Heisman Trophy dream come true. But I know that trophy. has done little skating this
winner for the year 2005," the the Heisman is not mine alone. "Reggie's got to do what he's got PITTSBURGH page 57
statement read. Far from it. I know that my to do on this stuff and make his

APB comes to a 'premature end'

David Hinkle (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:10:00 PM
Realtime Worlds community
officer Ben Bateman just popped
on the APB official forums to
present this sad bit of news: The
game is shutting down for good. hop in and pour one out for APB comes to a 'premature end'
In his statement, Bateman says, " Realtime Worlds' gangsta-sim. originally appeared on Joystiq on
APB has been a fantastic journey, We've just got one question: what Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:10:00 EST.
but unfortunately that journey has happens to all of those "Realtime Please see our terms for use of
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PITTSBURGH
Lance Armstrong Reportedly Tied to continued from page 56

summer because of the injury. A last season and led the Penguins
Performance-Enhancers in Recording finalist for the Selke Trophy as
the league's top defensive
with a plus-19 rating. He had a
career high 29 goals as a rookie in
Hal Spivack (FanHouse Main) if I did get down where it was ... a forward, he wore a walking boot 2006-07.
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:10:00 AM lawsuit ... would you be willing to and was on crutches during the Staal usually centers the
testify?" NHL awards dinner June 23. Penguins' third line, but is
Filed under: Cycling Federal McIlvain responded: "If I was "Jordan developed a post-op expected to move up to their No.
authorities have reportedly subpoenaed, I would. ... I'm not infection in his foot, and it 2 line this season, with Evgeni
obtained an important piece of going to lie. ... I was in that room. required several procedures to Malkin shifting from center to a
evidence linking Lance I heard it. ... My whole concern is ensure that all infected tissues wing to play alongside him.
Armstrong to performance- my loyalties to Oakley. ... They w e r e r e m o v e d , " P e n g u i n s The Penguins didn't have the
enhancing drugs. Greg LeMond say I was never in there. And I physician Charles Burke said in a salary-cap room to add an
(pictured), a three-time Tour de know I was in there. You know, I statement released by the team. expensive forward after signing
France winner, secretly recorded a totally know I was in there." "Jordan was bothered by a defensemen Paul Martin and
telephone call six years ago with a According to LeMond's wife localized recurrent infection in the Zbynek Michalek, and putting
woman close to Lance Armstrong Kathy, the tape was made in July tissue area near the tendon repair. Malkin and Staal together could
who was in Armstrong's hospital 2 0 0 4 . G r e g L e M o n d h a s This has required treatment with give them another scoring line to
room in 1996 when he told cancer subpoenaed McIlvain. reportedly given prosecutors the both antibiotics and several repeat complement Sidney Crosby's No.
LeMond originally called
doctors about his use of taped conversation with McIlvain debridements [clean-outs] to 1 line.
performance-enhancing drugs, the McIlvain with the intention of along with tens of thousands of remove infected tissue. We are The Penguins did not re-sign
talking to her about other
Los Angeles Times reported. documents corroborating evidence confident the situation has been forward Bill Guerin, so finding a
Armstrong, who won a record business. But the telephone call against Armstrong. resolved." linemate for Crosby -- a recurring
switched gears shortly after when
seven consecutive Tour de France The true story in regards to what The Penguins open training camp theme -- will be a priority during
titles, has repeatedly denied ever LeMond asked McIlvain exactly Armstrong actually told doctors in Friday and begin the season Oct. camp.
using performance-enhancing what happened in the hospital 1996 has been in dispute since 7 at home against Philadelphia. If Copyright 2010 by The
room with Armstrong in 1996.
drugs or doping. 2004, when a book came out Staal returns in five weeks, he Associated Press
During the telephone
The recording and a transcript of noting that Armstrong's former could play as early as Oct. 21 at This entry passed through the
the telephone call are expected to conversation McIlvain asked teammate, Frankie Andreu, and Nashville. Full-Text RSS service — if this is
be presented to a federal grand LeMond if he was taping the his wife, Betsy, who were also "The most important thing now is your content and you're reading it
jury in Los Angeles that is p h o n e c a l l , t o w h i c h h e present in the 1996 hospital room, that the infection has been on someone else's site, please read
looking into allegations of drug r e s p o n d e d , " n o . " said they also heard Armstrong's addressed and Jordan is on the our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
According to the Los Angeles
use in professional cycling. admissions to using performance- road to recovery," Penguins content-only/faq.php
Sources told the Los Angeles Times article, LeMond says on enhancing drugs. Earlier this general manager Ray Shero said. Five Filters featured article:
Times that the woman who the phone call, "I know what I summer, Betsy Andreu told " W h i l e w e k n o w h e i s Beyond Hiroshima - The Non-
engaged in the phone call with heard from a source outside of the prosecutors and the Los Angeles disappointed that he will miss the Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
LeMond is Stephanie McIlvain, group here of what, um, happened Times that she thinks McIlvain start of the season, he will now be Catastrophe.
who served as Armstrong's liaison at the hospital.... I'm not asking has not spoken out about the able to make a full recovery and
at Oakley and was a confidant. you to do anything you would situation to not jeopardize her get back on the ice early in the
P r o s e c u t o r s h a v e a l r e a d y never want to do, but, you know, career with Oakley. season."
Staal had 21 goals and 28 assists
58 Sports/ Gaming/ E-reader News Edition

Clinton Portis of Washington Redskins

goes silent on topic of female reporters
Associated Press (ESPN.com) then "HAVE A GOOD DAY." sure they do the same thing."
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:35:20 AM Two more pieces of tape from The NFL called the comments
Haynesworth. offensive, and the Redskins later
Updated: September 16, 2010, That was it. released a statement that included
12:35 PM ET Portis and Haynesworth, who an apology by Portis. Coach Mike
ASHBURN, Va. -- Thursday was never talks to media during the Shanahan also addressed the issue
Clinton Portis' day to explain his week, then left the locker room. with the flamboyant running back.
inflammatory comments about It was on a radio show Tuesday The issue of female reporters has
female reporters. Instead, he that Portis tried to explain the come to the forefront in recent
decided to have some fun with it. dynamics of having female days with the NFL's investigation
When asked about his remarks at reporters in NFL locker rooms. of the New York Jets' treatment of
his weekly media availability, the "I think you put women reporters
Washington Redskins running in the locker room in position to
TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz at a
practice over the weekend.
Medal of Honor preview:
back stood at his locker and held see guys walking around naked,
up messages written on a spiral and you sit in the locker room
notebook. with 53 guys, and all of the
Portis' teammates weren't
surprised by his antics Thursday.
"Clinton's going to be Clinton,
Three missions, three
Do you wish you'd never said it? sudden you see a nice woman in
Portis held up the notebook: "NO the locker room. I think men are
regardless," fullback Mike Sellers
said. pairs of boots
COMMENT." Defensive lineman going to tend to turn and look and Copyright 2010 by The David Hinkle (Joystiq) EA product manager Kevin
Albert Haynesworth, the co-star want to say something to that Associated Press Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:00:00 PM O'Leary. He looked the part,
in the routine, put a piece of black woman," he said. This entry passed through the sporting a Tier 1 Operator-level
athletic tape on Portis' mouth. Portis continued: "You know, Full-Text RSS service — if this is During a recent EA press event, I beard of his own and watched as I
What about the game coming up somebody got to spark her your content and you're reading it played through three missions of made my way through the first
on Sunday? Portis flipped the interest, or she's going to want on someone else's site, please read Medal of Honor. The successive mission: "Belly of the Beast."
n o t e b o o k t o a n o t h e r p a g e : somebody. I don't know what our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ missions were taken from the Gallery: Medal of Honor (9/16/
"THANKS FOR COMING." kind of woman won't, if you get to content-only/faq.php middle of the game and were 2010)
Haynesworth put a second piece go and look at 53 men's packages. Five Filters featured article: representative of the full game's Continue reading Medal of
of tape on Portis' mouth. I know you're doing a job, but at Beyond Hiroshima - The Non- transitional pacing. You don't play Honor preview: Three missions,
Did you make those signs? Portis the same time, the same way I'm Reporting of Falluja's Cancer as one individual over the course three pairs of boots
responded by turning to two more going to cut my eye if I see Catastrophe. of the late-2001-2002 campaign, Medal of Honor preview: Three
pages: "GOD BLESS YOU" and somebody worth talking to, I'm but rather you switch between missions, three pairs of boots
three different branches of the originally appeared on Joystiq on
U.S. military: the Army Rangers, Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EST.
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Source: NFL, union in talks to reduce

Vincent Jackson suspension
Adam Schefter (ESPN.com) have to sit out an additional three agreed to terms for a new contract
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:42:29 AM games if he reported to San Diego but San Diego and the unnamed
-- and he still would. team couldn't agree on
Updated: September 16, 2010, But if an agreement is reached compensation.
12:42 PM ET and the Chargers trade Jackson, Jackson is deemed a restricted
The NFL and NFL Players he would be allowed to report to free agent due to the lack of a
Association are discussing a his new team after either four or collective bargaining agreement
settlement that would reduce San five games. in 2011. If he doesn't play in the
Diego Chargers wide receiver Jackson was set to argue that if
Vincent Jackson's suspension he is traded, he should not have to
final six games of the year,
Jackson will not accrue a year PSP2 in the hands of
from six to five or four games in serve the additional three games toward free agency.
the event he is traded, according because the Chargers put him on
to a league source. that list, not his potential new
In that case, if there is no lockout
in 2011, he'll still be a restricted
Mortal Kombat devs; 'It's a
The NFL and NFLPA have been team.
trying to reach a settlement since Jackson, who caught 68 passes
free agent after the 2010 season.
Adam Schefter is an ESPN NFL pretty powerful machine'
at least Wednesday night and plan f o r 1 , 1 6 7 y a r d s a n d n i n e Insider. ESPN.com AFC West Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) what can it support."
to reach one Thursday afternoon. touchdowns last season, held out blogger Bill Williamson Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:25:00 PM Wait -- the PSP2, you say?
A hearing on his appeal was all of training camp and the contributed to this report. "PSP2 looks like it's a pretty
p r e v i o u s l y s c h e d u l e d f o r preseason, seeking a five-year This entry passed through the According to an interview with powerful machine," Himmerick
Thursday. contract worth $50 million, with Full-Text RSS service — if this is Netherrealm Studios executive added, before saying that his
Jackson, who has not played or $30 million guaranteed, sources your content and you're reading it producer Shaun Himmerick studio doesn't have a 3DS just yet.
practiced a down for the Chargers told ESPN.com senior writer John on someone else's site, please read conducted by Industry Gamers, Sony, as you might imagine,
in a contract holdout, still must Clayton. San Diego has balked at our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/ not only does the PSP2 exist, but refused to comment.
serve his three-game suspension giving him a new deal. content-only/faq.php it's already in developers' hands. PSP2 in the hands of Mortal
for violating the NFL's personal Earlier this month, Jackson's Five Filters featured article: When asked about the possibility Kombat devs; 'It's a pretty
conduct policy. The Chargers had agents said trade talks failed Beyond Hiroshima - The Non- of the Mortal Kombat reboot powerful machine' originally
placed him on the roster-exempt between the Chargers and an Reporting of Falluja's Cancer heading to PSP or 3DS, appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 16
list, which meant Jackson would unnamed team, after Jackson Catastrophe. Himmerick replied, "We're not Sep 2010 12:25:00 EST. Please
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we're looking at the engine, like

5 Financial Habits That Will Make You Happy

nospam@example.com (The
Staff at wowOwow.com)
(Financiallyfit on Shine)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 8:17:49 PM
By: Jean Chatzky
I, for one, wasn’t surprised with
the new happiness finding from
the Woodrow Wilson School at
Princeton University. It basically
confirmed what I found in a
Roper study conducted five years
ago, for my book The Ten
Commandments of Financial
Happiness. The study reports that
happiness rises as household
income does up to about $75,000
(my number was a somewhat
lower $60,000) but beyond that
more money won’t make you
happier – at least not day to day.
What will make you happy?
Having more control over
whatever money you have.
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NFL's 18-Game Season Would Further

Endanger Already At-Risk Players
Kevin Blackistone (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:35:00 AM

Filed under: NFL There was a

joke a comedian liked to tell
during Mike Tyson's heyday,
when Tyson was rendering
opponents unconscious in a matter
of minutes. It was about some
loudmouth in the neighborhood
who bragged he'd fight Tyson for
a million bucks and take the
knockout punch that came with it.
Then, the joke finished, the
newly minted millionaire had to
find some way to enjoy his
winnings in a perpetually
impaired state.
The NFL is Tyson in his heyday.
And for more and more of the
men who are good enough to play
it, it's a gamble, but not one to
snicker at.
If NFL players are, as the cliché
goes, willing to run through a wall
in order to win, they will be
foolish not to employ the same
abandon against the owners who
want to extend the regular season
by two games, thus putting each
player at greater risk of injury for
the short-term promise of a few
more bucks. Signing off on
playing an 18-game season would
be masochistic.
It would not be a knee-jerk
reaction to what happened in the
opening week, which was low-
lighted by scenes like Eagles
linebacker Stewart Bradley
stumbling like a drunk and
eventually keeling over last
Sunday after sustaining a
collision. He was diagnosed at
halftime, after having been
dispatched into battle for a few
more snaps, with a concussion.
He didn't play anymore and may
not play next weekend. (If he was
a boxer, he wouldn't be able to
play again for several weeks. Yet,
boxing is the barbaric sport.)
Bradley's offensive teammate, Pro
Bowl fullback Leonard Weaver,
was hit in the knee as he carried
the football into a sea of
humanity. His leg bent backwards
so grotesquely that fans and
players gasped when the replay
was shown on the stadium video
screen and Eagles' receiver
DeSean Jackson reacted by
vomiting. Weaver's knee
ligaments were shredded and his
season ended.
Two Worlds 2 takes
scenic route, now
launching October 5
Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 12:50:00 PM
So, we thought Two Worlds 2
was supposed to launch this week
-- and we were not alone in this
thinking-- but it turns out the
game's release date has been
quietly moved. A representative
for Southpeak told Joystiq today
that Two Worlds 2 is scheduled to
make its retail appearance on
October 5 in North America.
(Although we asked, no new
European date was provided.)
Guess someone figured out
launching the same week as Halo:
Reach probably isn't the best
move ... right, Cabela?
Two Worlds 2 takes scenic route,
now launching October 5
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Kevin Durant's Star Continues to Shine GOP Dumps Own
Light on Blazers' Greg Oden Decision Candidate, Dan Maes, for
Matt Moore (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 9:45:00 PM
Filed under: Trail Blazers, NBA
Draft, Thunder
Kevin Durant is a better player
than Greg Oden.
I know. Shocking information,
right? Hard-hitting news, that's
what I'm bringing you at the
moment. And trust me, the whole
"they play completely different
games" argument isn't lost on me.
But the gap is simply too wide
between their respective
contributions, even when Oden is
healthy (you know, the five
minutes that happens per year) to
believe anything else.
Thing is, it wasn't obvious when
those two were drafted
consecutively back in 2007. It
pretty much boiled down to which
one you'd watched more often,
and which school of thought you
subscribed to, at the time. In Filip
Bondy's book on the 1984 draft,"
Tip-Off: How The NBA Draft
Colorado Governor
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 7:17:22 AM
Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 12:17 PM
The Republican Party in
Colorado ratcheted up its war
with Dan Maes, the businessman
who snagged the GOP
gubernatorial nomination last
month, basically kicking him to
the curb after he refused to pull
out of the race. And the salvos
Changed Basketball Forever," the next Airness, the traditional a r e n ’ t l i m i t e d t o t h e G O P
Bondy discusses how Michael thought regained its momentum. establishment, either: Although
Jordan would forever alter a And with Oden's combination of Maes rode tea party backing to the
fundamental NBA drafting belief: not only height but brawn, he was nomination, even some of those
"You always take the big man." a n i d e a l c a n d i d a t e f o r t h e groups have pulled back after a
Jordan's world-changing abilities traditionalists, along with those series of embarrassing miscues
would set a new corollary to the that believe in drafting for need, culminated with bizarre claims
draft manifestos of GMs and fans. e x c e p t i n t h e r a r e s t o f about his police career in Kansas
"Always take the big man, unless c i r c u m s t a n c e s . in the 1980s, among other things,
some other guy is insanely good And just like with Jordan, there according to a story in the Los
at putting the little round thing was simply no way to know Angeles Times.
through the circle thing." But after Durant would be this good. Maes' win over former
spending a decade trying to find Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo
led to Tancredo’s decision to run
as a third-party candidate. The
haunting stories about Maes,
including his claim likening his
undercover police work to that of
New York's famed Serpico,
spurred a surge in voter support
for Tancredo in polls, although
both still trail the Democratic
candidate.
Former Sen. Hank Brown and
U.S. Senate candidate Ken Buck
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are among the Republican
notables who have cast away
Maes, and the Republican
Governors Association refuses to
help him, the Times reported.
Of course, Maes hasn’t done
much to curry favor with the
party, recently saying: “People are
sick and tired of power brokers
and they're sick and tired of the
machine.”
The machine appears to be
adding, with an exclamation
point: It’s sick and tired of Maes.
Among other things, the power
brokers allege that he’s just not
running a professional campaign.
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news. A thought forms in my
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Hoyer, Other Dems Mull Extending All Tax Cuts
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President Obama on Wednesday
clobbered Republicans for
holding "hostage" tax cuts for 98
percent of Americans just hours
after a top House Democrat,
House Majority Leader Steny H.
Hoyer, signaled a willingness to
compromise on an issue that has
become the ultimate political
football ahead of November's
elections.
Freshman Rep. Glenn Nye,
Virginia Democrat, caused the
administration additional
headaches by collecting nearly 31
signatures from members of the
House who want to preserve all
the expiring Bush-era tax cuts,
including those for wealthier
earners Mr. Obama wants to omit.
"Many of the taxpayers included
in this 'upper-income' bracket are
successful small-business
owners," Mr. Nye said in a letter
to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
and Mr. Hoyer. "Now is not the
time to raise taxes on anyone.
These cuts will provide some
financial security at a time when
our economy is still in a
vulnerable position. I strongly
believe that small businesses are
the key to our economic recovery,
and we should be giving them the
support they need to thrive."
Mr. Obama's tough rhetoric was
the latest in a steady drumbeat of
criticism as he and his Democratic
allies have sought to paint
Republicans eager to maintain the
tax cuts for all as obstructionists
whose stubbornness could result
in a tax hike for the middle class.
"Right now, we could decide to
extend tax relief for the middle
class," Mr. Obama told reporters
in the Rose Garden after meeting
with his Cabinet on the economy.
"Right now, we could decide that
every American household would
receive a tax cut on the first
$250,000 of their income. Well,
once again, the leaders across the
aisle are saying 'no.' They want to
hold these middle-class tax cuts
hostage until they get an
additional tax cut for the
wealthiest 2 percent of
Americans."
Republican leaders quickly took
issue with Mr. Obama's
characterization of their position,
pointing out that several moderate
and conservative Democrats have
come forward saying they oppose
any tax increase during a
recession.
"Tax hikes aren't going to grow
the economy, just as no amount of
spin can change the fact that the
Washington spending spree hasn't
led to a hiring spree — despite the
promises of Democrats in
Washington," Senate Republican
Leader Mitch McConnell said in a
statement after Mr. Obama spoke
to reporters in the Rose Garden.
"The good news is that a growing
chorus of Democrats, here in the
Senate and out on the campaign
trail, are opposing the tax hikes
the administration is proposing."
At issue is the question of
whether to extend tax cuts for
families earning more than
$250,000 or individuals who
make more than $200,000. Those
cuts, along with relief for lower-
income earners, are scheduled to
expire at the end of the year.
The comments by Mr. Obama
and Mr. McConnell suggested the
two parties are further from a
possible deal, such as a temporary
extension of all the tax cuts, than
they appeared just hours earlier.
In a briefing with reporters
Wednesday morning, Mr. Hoyer,
Maryland Democrat, echoed his
Republican counterpart and
signaled a willingness to cross the
party line — and break with Mr.
Obama — as Congress struggles
to overcome a stalemate over the
fate of soon-to-expire tax cuts
passed under President George W.
Bush.
"Are we prepared to discuss
alternatives?" Mr. Hoyer said.
"My answer to that is, I'm always,
as you know, prepared to discuss
alternatives so we can move
forward."
The fight over tax cuts
established under Mr. Bush in
2001 and 2003 has dominated the
discussion since Congress
returned to Washington from its
summer recess.
House Minority Leader John A.
Boehner, Ohio Republican, upset
many in his caucus last week
when he said he was willing to
swallow Mr. Obama's plan to
limit the tax breaks to couples
earning less than $250,000 if that
was the only plan on offer.
Still, Mr. Hoyer and Mrs. Pelosi,
California Democrat, have come
under increasing pressure from
fellow House Democrats, some of
whom are in tough re-election
battles, to preserve all the tax cuts.
The battle in the House coincides
with a similar fight in the Senate,
where Mr. McConnell has
repeated that the GOP's resistance
to tax increases and where five
Democrats apparently are willing
to side with Republicans.
Mr. McConnell added additional
fuel to the political fire this week
by offering a Tax Hike Prevention
Act, which would extend all the
Bush-era tax cuts, limit the
alternative minimum tax and
reform the so-called "death tax."
But Mr. Hoyer and a growing
chorus of Democrats argue that
the McConnell proposal would
cost a whopping $3.9 trillion over
10 years and that he has come up
with only $300 billion to pay for
it.
It "will cost more than all of the
legislation that the Bush
administration asked for to meet
the economic crisis or anything
that together we have done over
the last 20 months of this
Congress," Mr. Hoyer said.
Heading into Wednesday, Mr.
Obama and Democratic leaders
have suggested there is no wiggle
room when it comes to their
opposition to extending the cuts
for households earning more than
$250,000 a year. The president
maintained that it would cost
$700 billion over 10 years to
extend the tax breaks for
wealthier Americans, something
the country simply can't currently
Politics/ 63
afford.
But, following Mr. Hoyer's move
on Wednesday, it appears the tone
is shifting on Capitol Hill and that
there could be growing opposition
to Mr. Obama's plan.
Mr. Hoyer admitted as much on
Wednesday after he was asked
what he was doing about
members who oppose the White
House's plan to end tax cuts for
the top 2 percent to 3 percent of
income earners. "Every member
needs to take their own position
on this issue to what they think is
appropriate," he said.
The debate picked up speed on
Sunday after Mr. Boehner, Ohio
Republican, said he is prepared to
support Mr. Obama's plan to
extend tax cuts for just the lower
and middle classes, even if it does
not include Republican-backed
cuts for wealthier Americans.
"If the only option I have is to
vote for some of those tax
reductions, I'll vote for it," Mr.
Boehner said on CBS' "Face the
Nation." "But I've been making
the point now for months that we
need to extend all the current rates
for all Americans if we want to
get our economy going again, and
we want to get jobs in America."
The remarks followed a
campaign-style rally last week in
Cleveland, Mr. Boehner's
backyard, where Mr. Obama
called to extend the tax cuts for
those earning less than $250,000
and attacked the Republican
House leader for bringing "no
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64 Politics/
Reid Citizenship Plan Called an Election Ploy
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 5:08:54 AM
Republicans were quick to
dismiss Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid's plan to grant
citizenship to some illegal
immigrants who came to the
United States when they were
children as a political ploy aimed
at wooing voters and pro-illegal-
immigrant groups before the
November election.
Others, meanwhile, are arguing
over whether it is appropriate to
try to tuck the plan into the
defense authorization bill.
Late Tuesday, the Nevada
Democrat said he wanted to create
the pathway to citizenship as part
of the authorization bill. He said
this could be as close as Congress
will get to enacting immigration
reform this year because of
repeated opposition from the
GOP.
Known as the Dream Act, the
amendment has been pushed in
Congress repeatedly but has never
gained enough support for
passage. It applies to illegal-
immigrant children and would
grant a path to citizenship to those
who show they are working
toward a college degree or have
enlisted in the military. The
Senate is expected to take up the
proposal next week.
"The military's role is to protect
and defend this nation, not to
serve as a social experiment for
elected officials during campaign
season," said Kirk S. Lippold, a
retired naval commander and
member of the Military Families
United, a nonprofit advocacy
group for military families. "Sen.
Reid's actions are irresponsible
and demean the service of the
members of our military."
Frank Sharry, executive director
of America's Voice, a pro-
immigration-reform group,
disagreed, saying that politics and
policy are often inseparable and
that this could lead to an
important step forward in the
immigration debate.
Mr. Sharry pointed out that many
military leaders have expressed
support for the idea as a way of
ensuring that the nation's armed
forces remain strong and pointed
out that the Department of
Defense included it in its fiscal
2010-12 strategic plan as one of
"the many smart ways to sustain
quality assurance" for military
recruitment.
On Wednesday, Mr. Sharry said
that by some estimates more than
800,000 people could take
advantage of the program.
The Immigration Policy Center, a
liberal-leaning think tank, said
Wednesday "that each year,
approximately 65,000
undocumented students graduate
from high school, many at the top
of their classes, but cannot go to
college, join the military, work, or
otherwise pursue their dreams."
Those statistics have failed to win
over many Republicans, including
Sen. David Vitter, who warned
his colleagues on Wednesday that
Mr. Reid's amendment is
"disguised as an education
initiative, but will provide a
powerful incentive for more
illegal immigration by allowing
states to grant in-state tuition to
illegal alien students."
"In these difficult economic times,
it's really an insult to legal, tax-
paying citizens," the Louisiana
Republican said.
Asked about Mr. Reid's push
during his daily press briefing,
White House press secretary
Robert Gibbs told reporters that
while the president would prefer a
more comprehensive immigration
reform package, "the
administration is supportive of
that legislation."
"The previous administration was
supportive of that legislation. And
certainly it's our hope that
working with Congress, we can
see progress on that," he said.
Republicans, meanwhile,
continued to attack the plan.
The fight over illegal
immigration has stayed at the
forefront of American politics
since Arizona passed a tough
immigration law in April.
Despite having the most
controversial parts of the law at
least temporarily struck down by
a federal judge in July, the debate
over illegal immigration continues
to surface on Capitol Hill and in
political campaigns nationwide
where Republicans and
Democrats are blaming each other
for shirking their responsibility of
protecting the southern border.
On Wednesday, Brian Walsh, a
spokesman for the National
Republican Senatorial Committee,
called Mr. Reid "desperate ... to
win re-election."
He also highlighted the fact that
Mr. Reid issued a campaign press
release bashing his opponent,
Sharron Angle, for her positions
on illegal immigration minutes
after he shared his plans with
reporters.
Not to be outdone, Mrs. Angle, a
"tea party" candidate, released a
television advertisement on
Wednesday in which a narrator
calls Mr. Reid "the best friend an
illegal alien ever had."
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new ideas" to the table for
economic policy.
On Wednesday, Mr. Hoyer
suggested to reporters that Mr.
Boehner made the "mistake of a
few short seconds of
reasonableness," which led some,
including the Wall Street Journal,
to suggest he may be unfit to be
the next speaker of the House
should Republicans win the
chamber in the coming elections.
Mr. Boehner, meanwhile,
continued to qualify his comments
on Wednesday, saying, "Raising
taxes on anyone, especially small
businesses, is the exact wrong
thing to do in a struggling
economy. Economists agree and a
growing number of Democrats
agree."
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Poll: Voters Expect GOP Haystack Software Designed to Help
to Win House and Senate Iran's Dissidents May Contain
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Dangerous Flaws
Submitted at 9/16/2010 6:25:31 AM
Thursday, 16 Sep 2010 11:25
AM
Many political strategists have
recently come to the view that
Republicans will take back
control of both chambers of
Congress in November’s
elections. And voters apparently
agree, Politico reports.
A new Politico/George
Washington University poll
shows that voters by a 45 percent
to 36 percent margin expect
Republicans to win control of the
House. And the margin is 46
percent to 37 percent that the
GOP regains the Senate.
And that consensus view
developed despite the fact that
poll respondents were evenly split
– 43 percent to 43 percent – as to
whether they will vote Democrat
or Republican on Nov. 2.
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World Deserves a Net Connection
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Tim Berners-Lee Earlier this Berners-Lee may have rewired that exact language to describe
Year in London Paul Clarke via the world with his notion of a access to information in a recent
Wikimedia global network connecting interview. But providing that
On any given day on the World everyone everywhere via the access is another matter entirely.
Wide Web, a lot of people say a cables in the back of their Berners-Lee says that if carriers
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lecturer, and the guy invented the the world has access to the Web, telecom CEOs will have a hard
World Wide Web - sounded off he says, while the other 80 time explaining in their quarterly
on a variety of issues during his percent of people are left in the earnings reports.
keynote at Nokia World today, dark. So is access to the Web/
but one point was especially Given the rapid expansion of information a universal human
interesting: the idea that everyone networks, most people in the right? And if so, are governments
in the world should be given a world now have access to Internet or businesses obligated to provide
agricultural info, and business in turn, does more to equalize
free low-bandwidth Internet coverage, yet they cannot join the at least the most basic access to all
data. people across borders and oceans
connection"by default." global dialogue for lack of who desire it? Feel free to opine
That information - in a person's than, say, shipping some malaria
On its face, the sentiment might Internet service. But with the in the comments below.
own tongue beamed to their own meds to one country or another or
sound more charitable than proliferation of cell phones over [ BBC]
device - could accomplish teaching sexual education in third
realistic. But what Berners-Lee is the past two decades, people in
everything from reducing drought world states.
really saying - and this is the even the most far-flung corners of
to slowing the spread of HIV/ Declaring a new universal human
somewhat radical part of the the world could have access to life
AIDS to helping mother's provide right in the year 2010 sounds a bit
n o t i o n - i s t h a t a c c e s s t o -saving health care information,
better childhood healthcare. That, radical, but Berners-Lee isn't the
information should be a right e d u c a t i o n a l o p p o r t u n i t i e s ,
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Pump-Your-Own Wine Kiosks Launched in French

Supermarkets, Coming to US Next Year
Clay Dillow (Popular Science - is a container. standpoint. If the more - how do
New Technology, Science Reaching back to a time when the French say? - prétentieux,
News, The Future Now) wine was sold in exactly the same glass-swirling, Whole Foods-
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:03:42 AM fashion - that is, out of huge casks patronizing wine snobs among us
The 500-liter Self-Serve Wine from which customers drew their
V e n d o r L a C u v e , R é s e r v e s desired quantity into their own
will apply a bring-your-own- Oleoylethanolamide
container mindset to something as
Précieuses containers for transport - the wine precious as our Viogniers and (Mensfitness.com)
It seems like we get everything pumps achieve two separate goals Pinot Noirs, it might just catch on Submitted at 9/16/2010 3:00:00 AM

from automated vending kiosks that are often at odds with one with other packaging-intensive
these days, from cash to DVDs to a n o t h e r b y p r o v i d i n g a t staples as well (Milk? Eggs? by Lisa Freedman
postal service to gasoline. The inexpensive product that also has Those individually wrapped Print Article Email to Friend
French have simply taken the next a decreased carbon footprint. The yogurt snacks?). Such a return to Where it comes from:
logical step. Putting a modern wine goes for something like $2 a the commercial mores of a Oleoylethanolamide (OEA) is a
(and greener) spin on an old way liter and, because it cuts down on century ago could do a lot to lipid that's synthesized naturally
of doing business, a French costly packaging materials as well reduce carbon footprints, and by the intestines.
vendor has begun selling wine by as packaging mass, it's greener to France, but Dr. Vino seems to costs, across the board. The presence of OEA is higher
volume from 500- and 1,000-liter transport as well. think the scheme will come [ Dr. Vino] during the day when the body is
vending pumps in French The machines are currently stateside within a year. Which is fully saturated with food and
supermarkets. All customers need installed in eight supermarkets in great, from an eco-lifestyle lower at nighttime during periods
of starvation.

Concept Shredder Turns Discarded Office Memos
into Fresh New Pencils
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Now)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:01:31 AM
P&P Shredder via YankoDesign
At least for the immediate future,
paper is here to stay - but what to
do with all those unwanted
printouts? With the P&P Office
Paper Waste Processor, you can
quickly reuse your paper while
restoring honor to the term "pencil
-pusher."
All you need is some waste
paper, pencil lead and a little glue,
and your discarded documents are
reborn as brand-new writing
utensils. Sure, they're utensils
hardly anyone ever uses anymore,
but until paper completely
disappears, why not wax
nostalgic?
Insert your new pencil into the
hole from whence it came, and the
device will sharpen it for you. A
see-through window lets you see
how much lead remains to make
The effects of OEA were first
studied because it shares
similarities with another chemical,
a cannabinoid known as
anandamide. Cannabinoids are
new pencils, and an indicator will related to, you guessed it, the
tell you when you need to add plant Cannabis, and anandamides
more glue. There's no explanation p r e s e n t i n t h e p l a n t ( a n d
of how many pieces of paper marijuana) can increase a person's
you'll need to make one pencil, desire to snack by triggering a
however. feeding response. Although OEA
Still, this thing is a pretty cool has a chemical structure that is
addition to the list of gadgets that similar to anandamide, its effects
turn leftover paper into something on eating and weight management
more useful. are different.
[ Yanko Design] What it'll do for you:"Studies
report that OEA can turn off the
switch in the central nervous
system for hunger," explains
Roberta Anding, RD, ADA
OLEOYLETHANOLAMIDE
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spokesperson and sports dietitian
for the Houston Texans.
Before 2001, there wasn't much
research on OEA. But that year,
Spanish researchers broke down
the lipid and studied how it's
made, where it's used and what it
does. They tested the effect of
OEA on the brain (of rats) by
injecting it directly into the brain
ventricles. They found no effect
on eating and confirmed that OEA
does not act in the brain, but
rather, it triggers a separate signal
that affects hunger and eating
behavior.
So how does it work then? OEA
works to activate something
called PPAR and simultaneously
ramps up fat-burning and
decreases fat storage. When you
eat, OEA levels increase and your
appetite decreases when the
sensory nerves that link to your
brain tell it that you're full. There
have been many studies proving
this effect. A good one: In 2004,
Danish researchers looked at rats
that had been starved for 24
hours. They administered OEA
(10 mg/kg of body weight) and
found that food intake was
reduced by 15.5 percent.
Additionally, a 2009 study at the
University of California reported
that OEA also affects memory-
enhancing signals in the part of
the brain that remembers
emotional events. The researchers
said that when placed in a maze,
the OEA helped animals
remember where they found a
nice, fatty meal. This memory
trigger is believed to be a key
aspect in human's earlier primitive
lifestyle but also hypothesizes that
fatty foods could help in the
formation of long-term memories.
Suggested intake:
Oleoylethanolamide is not a lipid
that's essential, meaning you
won't suffer from OEA
deprivation. There's not a lot of
research on OEA supplementation
in humans, and while regarded as
safe, there's no recommended
dosage.
Find OEA in supplements such as
LipidFX, by the company
SciVation, and Red Acid, by
Controlled Labs. Speak with your
doctor before taking these and any
other supplements that deal with
how the body processes fat.
Associated risks/scrutiny: Many
experts believe that there is no
magic pill to curb your appetite
and to market OEA as such a
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supplement, is inaccurate. While
the supplement has effects on the
feeling of satiety, experts believe
it's safe as an anti-obesity pill, not
one meant for body builders and
people looking to shed those final
10 pounds.
One of the lead researchers on
the University of California study
mentioned earlier adds that, while
OEA contributes to feelings of
fullness and well being after a
meal, it could also cause long
term cravings for fatty foods that
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than eight in 10 of us drive to
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burn massive calories—at least
500 an hour. The extra benefits of
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Reliability
"it takes me almost exactly the
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get to and from work—to the
minute," says Andy Clarke,
president of the League of
American Bicyclists, in
Washington, D.C.
Saving the Earth
Bike displace more than 238
million gallons of gasoline
annually. For every four miles
you peddle instead of driving,
roughly 15 pounds of pollutants
are kept out of the air.
Improving Your Work
Exercise can make you a happier,
less stressed and more productive
employee.
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Beyond the obvious savings
(parking, gas, repairs), you can
get up to $240 a year in employer
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Catastrophe. The GOP’s larger primary
turnout indicates a charged base.
T wo sets of numbers tell you a
lot about an important difference
between election year 2008 and
election year 2010.
In 2008, 37 million Americans
voted in Democratic presidential
primaries and just under 21
million voted in Republican
presidential primaries. One reason
for the difference was that the
Republican nomination was
decided earlier. But even counting
only the early contests,
Democratic turnout was 26
million and Republican turnout
was 17 million.
Benedict #ad#This year, it’s different. Only
13 million Americans have voted
in Democratic primaries held
XVI visits before September 1, according to
Curtis Gans of the Center for the
the circus Study of the American Electorate.
During the same period, 17
tmatt (GetReligion) million voted in Republican
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:35:35 AM
primaries.
As Gans points out, that’s
And so it begins. historic. Democratic primary
I have always thought that papal turnout has been higher than
trips — especially to lands that Republican primary turnout in
stage regular media circuses — every off-year election since
are the Olympics of religion news. 1930.
The big problem, of course, is that That Republican margin may
the pope is WAY too important to narrow a little as the returns from
be covered by mere religion-beat this week’s primaries come in
professionals. You have to break from states like New York,
out the media superstars and Massachusetts, and Maryland,
political/cultural reporters and which have a lot more registered
that’s where the real fun begins.
BENEDICT page 71
Democrats than registered
Republicans. Yet in California,
where Democrats have a similar
registration edge, almost as many
Republicans showed up as
Democrats.
What we’re seeing here is a
change -- a sea change -- in the
balance of enthusiasm. That’s
been critical in a decade in which
turnout in presidential years
increased from 105 million to 122
million to 131 million.
Republicans had a narrow
advantage in the balance of
enthusiasm in 2002 and 2004.
Democrats had a wider advantage
in 2006 and 2008. Now
Republicans clearly have a wide
advantage and have a good
chance to sweep the elections six
weeks and five days from now.
Democratic strategists hope that
Barack Obama can rekindle some
of the enthusiasm that was so
apparent two years ago. Liberal
columnists have cheered his
slashing attack on House minority
leader John Boehner and his
denunciation of proposals to
maintain the tax cuts on those
earning more than $250,000.
I doubt that it will be that easy.
Enthusiasm is not aroused simply
by a stirring speech. It’s aroused
by seeing your ideas and policies
work out the way you expected.
Or, perhaps even more, it’s
aroused by seeing your political
adversaries’ ideas and policies fail
to work out the way they
expected. In that case, you’re
usually pretty sure your
alternatives will work out better --
and you’re enthusiastic about
trying them.
Consider Republicans during the
second term of George W. Bush.
Rescue efforts in New Orleans
and military efforts in Iraq didn’t
produce anything like the positive
results Republican-leaning voters
expected. Republican
congressional majorities seemed
to be producing nothing but big
spending (the bridge to nowhere)
and scandals.
When the world isn’t responding
as you hoped and expected, you
tend to stop paying attention. You
stop watching the news and
maybe even get a life.
Democrats in the past 20 months
have seen Barack Obama fail to
produce the hope and change they
expected. It seemed so easy to call
for withdrawal from Iraq and
Afghanistan, for shuttering
Guantanamo, for trying al-Qaeda
terrorists in civilian courts. But
none of those things has
happened.
Neither has Obama ended the ban
on openly gay men and women
serving in the military. He
continues to oppose same-sex
marriage, while Dick Cheney
backs it.
Meanwhile, the vast increases in
government spending in the
stimulus package and Obama
budgets have done little to
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produce a robust economic
recovery, and the health-care bill
jammed through a reluctant
Congress has failed to produce the
widespread gratitude that Obama
said we should expect.
For upscale Obama supporters,
these economic policies were
believed to be, in Pat Moynihan’s
elegant phrase, boob bait for the
bubbas. But the bubbas didn’t
take the bait.
So, just as the world stopped
working as Republicans expected
in 2005, the world stopped
working as Democrats expected in
2009.
You can see this in last week’s
report from the Pew Research
Center for the People and the
Press. It found that in 2008, 67
percent of liberal Democrats said
they enjoyed the news a lot, while
just 45 percent say so today. In
contrast, 57 percent of
conservative Republicans say they
enjoy the news a lot today. The
interesting question is whether
they will continue to do so if and
when Republicans win majorities
and share responsibility for
governing again.
-- Michael Barone is senior
political analyst for the
Washington Examiner. © 2010
the Washington Examiner.
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Meanwhile, CNN.com has
chosen to ask an interesting
question: “ Why is Benedict
coming to Britain?”
The surprise is that the tone of
this piece is very professional and
there is no snark whatsoever.
Rather than getting into a laundry
list of the usual topics that weigh
down much of the coverage of
this pope, reporter Richard Allen
Greene turns the mirror around
and focuses on why Benedict XVI
signed up for this high-wire act.
Here is a chunk of the story, near
the top. I only have one
complaint, which I will get to
shortly. Even that complaint is a
way of saying that this piece is
shooting at the right target, if
reporters are actually planning on
listening to what the pope has to
say (especially in that big London
speech).
The leader of the world’s 1
billion-plus Catholics does not
particularly like to travel, Since a
high-profile visit to Israel and the
Palestinian territories nearly a
year-and-a-half ago, he’s gone
only to a handful of small
countries not far from Rome —
racking up nothing like the
number of air miles logged by his
predecessor, Pope John Paul II.
And the United Kingdom is not a
Catholic country. On the contrary,
Britain’s break from Rome in the
16th century echoes, if faintly, to
the present day, with laws on the
books forbidding the heir to the
British throne from marrying a
Catholic.
In fact, the country is one of the
less religious ones in Europe,
home to vociferous critics of
religion like Richard Dawkins,
and those who find belief in a
higher power simply unnecessary,
like Stephen Hawking.
Public opinion on the eve of his
visit ranges from indifference to
downright hostility. There will be
protests from critics who consider
him a protector of pedophiles and
from liberal Catholics who resent
his staunch defense of orthodox
doctrine. And all this will play out
in in front of the British media —
one of the world’s most
aggressive.
So why, aged 83 and happier at
home, is the professorial vicar of
Christ on earth stepping into the
lion’s den? It may be the very
factors that seem to argue against
his coming that impelled him to
come. …
This pope relishes a challenge,
said John Allen, CNN’s senior
Vatican analyst. His “No. 1
priority is to combat secularism,
and in some ways the United
Kingdom is the dictionary
definition of a post-religious
society,” Allen said. “He just
created a whole new department
in the Vatican to reawaken the
faith in the West, and this trip is a
chance to elaborate a strategy.”
The key word in there, for me, is
“professorial.”
Reporters keep forgetting that
Benedict is, in many ways, an
elite academic who grew up in the
very heart of chilly European
liberalism — the powerful halls of
German intellectualism. I mean,
journalists know that the pope
acts intellectual, but they cannot
seem to understand that many of
the issues that drive him are
rooted in his academic past. They
are rooted in his intellectual
concerns.
You see, this pope is, in many
ways, a traitor who has turned a
back on his own elite class (and I
use that word in both sense of the
word). His love-hate relationship
with academia in Europe is very
personal. In a way, Benedict is an
infidel who is rebelling against
the secular orthodoxy and liberal
forms of faith that framed his
early career.
So, yes, as the story says,
“Benedict is picking a fight with
secularism.” He has intellectual
reasons for doing so.
Meanwhile, we can expect
oceans of ink about the pope’s
decision to “raid” the Church of
England for converts, a “raid” that
follows a decade or so of Anglo-
Catholic appeals for a “Roman
Option” in England ( see this
book from 1998, which stressed
that liberal Catholics in England
were fighting these plans).
But this is all part of the same
regional picture. To cut to the
chase: Benedict XVI is looking
for allies in what he believes is a
war for the soul of Europe. The
CNN piece got that.
… (A) leading voice for
conservative members of the
Church of England, Canon Chris
Sugden, said, “Many orthodox
Anglicans in England would feel
that they share more in common
with the pope than with the
presiding bishop of the Episcopal
church [Rowan Williams].”
That doesn’t mean Anglicans see
eye-to-eye with the pope on a
number of important theological
issues, he said, but added, “We
welcome the pope’s visit because
it raises many of the critical
challenges to the current elite
secularism that is being imposed
on us,” he said.
And if his religious message
proves unpopular in Britain,
particularly against the backdrop
of the sex abuse scandals
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enveloping the Catholic Church,
Benedict really doesn’t mind,
Gibson said. “He sees criticism
almost as a form of persecution
that reinforces the importance and
the truth of his message,” he said.
…
Coming under sufficiently
intense criticism could even
rebound in Benedict’s favor,
Gibson said. “British tabloids can
be so over-the-top that they can
prove his point,” he said. “He
could become a sympathetic
figure.”
Here we go.
Photo: Anglican Communion
News Service, from a previous
meeting of Rome and Canterbury.
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tmatt (GetReligion)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 1:30:35 PM
So here is your assignment. Read
the top of the following story in
the Los Angeles Times and try to
spot the religion ghost.
The headline: “Gay Saudi
diplomat seeking asylum says
‘they will kill me openly.’ “
In a public plea for help, a Los
Angeles-based Saudi diplomat
said he is seeking asylum because
he believes his life will be in
danger if he is forced to return to
his country.
The diplomat, who gave his name
as Ali Ahmad Asseri, sent an e-
mail to news organizations saying
that Saudi officials had refused to
renew his passport, revoked his
health benefits and effectively
terminated his position as first
secretary at the consulate in Los
Angeles after learning that he is
gay and friends with a Jewish
woman.
“My life is in a great danger here,
and if I go back to Saudi Arabia
they will kill me openly in broad
daylight,” Asseri wrote in the
message, a copy of which was
provided to The Times. … Asseri,
who has been in the U.S. for five
years, has fled his West
Hollywood apartment and is in
hiding, according to supporters.
“I am severely angry that I have
been forced to be in this situation
because of my personal life,”
Asseri said in the e-mail. “It’s not
fair and I will not let it go.”
Asseri’s lawyer, Ally Bolour,
told NBC News — which first
reported the story Saturday —
that his client applied for asylum
on the grounds that he is a
member of a “particular social
group” that would subject him to
persecution if he returns home.
OK, if you said the “ghost” is the
friendship with the Jewish
woman, you need to read on.
You’ll find out that she is merely
a political problem, since the
assumption is that she is an Israeli
spy.
If you said that the “ghost” is that
Asseri’s homosexuality is a
problem under Islamic law, it
appears that you would be wrong
again. At least, according to this
story, his case has little or nothing
to do with religion. This entire
standoff is rooted in politics and
culture. After all, readers are told:
Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi
Arabia. An Amnesty International
report cited a 2002 case in which
three Saudi men were executed
after being convicted of
homosexual acts. The most recent
U.S. State Department report on
human rights in the country cites a
2007 newspaper report that said
two men had been flogged 7,000
times after being found guilty of
sodomy. …
Asseri’s religious views could
also put him at risk in Saudi
Arabia. … Asseri acknowledged
in the e-mail that he is not a
practicing Muslim, although he
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said he believes in God.
So here is the big question: Is this
man appealing for “political”
asylum or “religious” asylum?
Here’s another hot question:
When the U.S. State Department
is dealing with the realities on the
ground in Saudi Arabia ( please
click here), what is the difference?
You can see that reality in the
following paragraph in the story:
In July, Asseri posted an appeal
to King Abdullah on http://
www.alsaha.com, a popular
Arabic website, in which he railed
against the “backwardness” of
Saudi officials and “militant
Imams who defaced the tolerance
of Islam.”
Here’s my point. As we saw in
another recent case ( discussed
here at GetReligion), the lines
between culture and religion are
increasingly beginning to blur in
cases that center on appeals for
asylum. U.S. officials may
hesitate to admit the obvious —
that this gay man faces
persecution under Saudi laws —
because granting his appeal might
open the door for other cases that
are rooted in other violations of
Islamic law, such as conversion to
another faith or acts of alleged
blasphemy by centrist or liberal
Muslims.
As a rule, U.S. officials are
squeamish about that hot-button
word — persecution. Admitting
that persecution is real implies
that some nations have more
religious freedom than others and
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Shouting fire in a crowded theater
Mollie (GetReligion)
Submitted at 9/15/2010 12:12:09 PM
The New York Daily News has a
brief story about a man who was
just fired for a First Amendment
protest.
Or perhaps I should say “ had.”
You see, it has been replaced
with a different version of the
story in the hours since some
GetReligion readers sent it to me.
Here’s the lede by Alison Gendar
and Pete Donohue:
A radical who burned pages from
the Koran outside a planned
mosque near Ground Zero was
fired from his job at NJ Transit,
sources and authorities confirmed.
Rather than give us your opinion
that this guy is a radical, just tell
us what he did. For some reason I
can’t imagine a similar
mainstream news story about a
flag burner or bra burner using the
term “radical.”
The story is very brief and
includes no details about the
protest other than this:
[Derek Fenton’s] hate-filled
display occurred during a protest
against the mosque on the ninth
anniversary of Sept. 11.
The updated story removes these
slurs but it’s got a few problems,
too.
Derek Fenton’s 11-year career at
the agency came to an abrupt halt
Monday after photographs of him
ripping pages from the Muslim
holy book and setting them ablaze
appeared in newspapers.
Fenton was ushered from the
protests by police and questioned,
but he was released without
charges.
“He said this is America, and he
wanted to stand up for it, in a Tea
Party kind of way,” a police
source said.
Another police source said
Fenton described himself as a
“loyal American” exercising his
“right to protest.”
This story shows that who the
New York Daily News considers
a hate-filled radical might be who
the ACLU considers a poster boy
for free speech in America. So
maybe it would be worth getting
some perspective from civil
libertarians about the free speech
rights of public employees. In
Garcetti v. Ceballos, the Supreme
Court ruled that government
employees’ “on-the-job” speech
isn’t protected but that doesn’t
apply here. The story says that the
agency that fired him said he
violated a code of ethics. But we
don’t learn what portion of that
code of ethics he violated.
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I don’t agree with what he did, but
he shouldn’t lose his job over it.
That’s his right.”
That’s all fine and good, but there
are some serious First
Amendment issues in play. It
would be nice for this story to get
some experts to weigh in. And
what they say may surprise you.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen
Breyer responded to this question
from ABC News’ George
Stephanopolous:
When you think about the
Internet, and when you think
about the fact that a pastor in
Florida, with a flock of 30, can
threaten to burn the Koran and
that leads to riots and killings in
Afghanistan, does that pose a
challenge to the First Amendment
and how you interpret it? Does it
change the nature of what we can
allow and protect?
Breyer responded by talking
about globalization, adding:
And you can say — with the
Internet, you can say this. You
can’t shout fire in a crowded
theater. Holmes said it doesn’t
Neighbors weigh in, saying he’s mean you can shout ‘fire’ in a
a likable family guy with children, crowded theater. Well, what is it?
adding: Why? Because people will be
“Good for him for burning the trampled to death. And what is the
K o r a n , ” n e i g h b o r J a c q u i crowded theater today? What is
Marquez, 40, said. “Everybody’s the being trampled to death? It
entitled to their opinion … by will be answered over time in a
firing him, they’re sending a series of cases which force people
message that there’s no freedom to think carefully.
of speech. They’re completely Breyer’s quote may or may not
wrong for doing this.” terrify you — but it’s certainly
“He’s a family man,” neighbor newsworthy. And when we come
Randy McConnell, 43, said. “He
loves his kids and he loves trains. SHOUTING page 75
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Freedom and intimidation
Mollie (GetReligion)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:00:40 AM
The last time Molly Norris was in
the news was July. She’s the
Seattle cartoonist who responded
to censorship of South Park by
declaring April 20 to be
“Everybody Draw Mohammed
Day.”
South Park creators Trey Parker
and Matt Stone wrote an episode
making fun of the fact that you
can’t portray Mohammed on
television anymore. The episode
was scrubbed by Comedy Central
— even though Mohammed
wasn’t depicted. His non-
appearance appearances were
erased and verbal references were
bleeped. All previous episodes
featuring Mohammed were
removed from the internet. Oh,
and an American man, since
arrested on terror-related charges,
suggested that Parker and Stone
might end up brutally murdered
the way Dutch politician Theo
Van Gogh was.
So Norris shows some solidarity
with these victimized cartoonists.
Outrage ensued — protests, riots,
you name it. She quickly
backtracked and explained she
didn’t mean to offend. Too late,
Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki
declared, putting her on an
execution hitlist. From July in the
New York Daily News:
The Yemeni-American cleric
Anwar al-Awlaki - the radical
who’s also been cited as inspiring
the Fort Hood, Tex., massacre and
the plot by two New Jersey men
to kill U.S. soldiers - singled out
artist Molly Norris as a “prime
target,” saying her “proper abode
is Hellfire.”
It occurs to me that the New
York Daily News uses the same
word to describe terrorists such as
Anwar al-Awlaki and First
Amendment protesters. I demand
better descriptors!
So how does someone respond to
a death threat from al-Awlaki?
The Seattle Weekly, where she
used to be published, has the
latest. And it’s not good:
You may have noticed that Molly
Norris’ comic is not in the paper
this week. That’s because there is
no more Molly.
The gifted artist is alive and well,
thankfully. But on the insistence
of top security specialists at the
FBI, she is, as they put it, “going
ghost”: moving, changing her
name, and essentially wiping
away her identity. She will no
longer be publishing cartoons in
our paper or in City Arts
magazine, where she has been a
regular contributor. She is, in
effect, being put into a witness-
protection program—except, as
she notes, without the government
picking up the tab. It’s all because
of the appalling fatwa issued
against her this summer,
following her infamous
“Everybody Draw Mohammed
Day” cartoon.
The articles goes on to say the
woman formerly known as Norris
views it like having cancer — “it
might basically be nothing, it
might be urgent and serious, it
might go away and never return,
or it might pop up again when she
least expects it.”
From the beginning, I’ve found it
easy to place myself in Norris’
shoes. She’s a young female
journalist from the Western part
of the United States. And yet I
can’t imagine what she must be
going through. Her entire life has
been upended. She’s lost her
name, her livelihood, her
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freedom. This is a horrifying
story, and one that demonstrates
the importance of fighting for
certain values. How can society
help this woman and others like
her who stand up for freedom of
speech and of the press? Of the
right to criticize any religion one
wants to?
And how much more do we need
to understand about this conflict,
and how to resolve it or otherwise
handle it? We need much more
and much better reporting to
explain this thuggery and what
role religion plays in that
thuggery — not just with folks
like al-Awlaki but everyone else,
too. What about non-violent
Muslims, how does their religion
inform their response to stories
like this? And what about
Christians, Jews, the unaffiliated
and others for whom such stories
are more foreign? Religion plays
a role here, too — a complex,
historical one that needs not be
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seriously complicate the lives of
many diplomats, many of whom
just do not “get religion.”
But that doesn’t mean that
journalists have to ignore the
obvious, as well. If journalists
who read this weblog have doubts
about what I am saying, all they
need to do is call a Baha’i leader,
or an organization that focuses on
religious freedom, or even a gay-
rights group that is active at the
global level.
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a cultural story? Yes. Is it a
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updated story is certainly an
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Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
Catastrophe. Ralph Reed pulls back the curtain
on politics.
T his week, Ralph Reed,
chairman and CEO of Century
Strategies and chairman of the
Faith & Freedom Coalition, is
author of the new political thriller,
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Tea Party Fail in New Hampshire?

Andrew Cline (FrontPage Party – and the now-weakened trust. But he was no Tea Party
Magazine » FrontPage) Democratic party. The results in rabble rouser.
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:06:15 PM Delaware, New Hampshire, and Which candidate got the Tea
New York prove it as clearly as Party’s backing? Well, Sarah
The Tea Party movement has anything could.” Palin endorsed Ayotte, the
scalped establishment candidates No, they don’t. The Tea Party establishment candidate. Does
from Alaska to Delaware. In New movement is a powerful and that count? Only if Palin speaks
H a m p s h i r e o n T u e s d a y , i t positive force that is reshaping, at for the entire Tea Party movement
faltered. After an extended vote least for now, the Republican (which she does not) and
count, establishment Republican Party. But despite its victories in endorsing the establishment’s
Kelly Ayotte was declared the Delaware and New York, it failed hand-picked candidate amounts to
winner over her allegedly Tea in New Hampshire on Tuesday leading a Tea Party insurgency
P a r t y - b a c k e d c h a l l e n g e r , night. (which it does not). Sen. Jim
c o n s e r v a t i v e l a w y e r O v i d e In contrast with Delaware, where DeMint endorsed LaMontagne,
LaMontagne, in the state’s Senate an establishment Republican but one endorsement does not a
primary. What happened? faced a bona fide Tea Party Tea Party insurgency make. The
According to some pundits, insurgent, New Hampshire’s Bender and Bill Binnie). Test fiscally conservative, pro-growth truth is, this was not a race shaped
nothing. Author Doug Schoen Republican U.S. Senate primary question: Who was the Tea Party messages. LaMontagne, the 1996 by the Tea Party, except in one
told National Review Online featured an anointed successor to candidate? gubernatorial nominee, was your possible way.
yesterday, “The election results retiring Sen. Judd Gregg (Ayotte), Neither Bender nor Binnie standard Reaganite challenger
demonstrate fundamentally and a c o n s e r v a t i v e i n s u r g e n t became a Tea Party-backed who attracted the support of social
c l e a r l y t h a t t h e t e a - p a r t y (LaMontagne) and two pro- candidate, even though both were conservatives and others seeking a
movement is as powerful as the choice, millionaire businessmen political newcomers espousing proven conservative they could
Republican Party – the Grand Old running to fix the economy (Jim
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continued from page 75
The Confirmation, about a
Supreme Court–confirmation
fight. You’ll see echoes of the
fights over Clarence Thomas,
Miguel Estrada, John Roberts, and
Sam Alito in it. You’ll see
strategy and backroom maneuvers
and Beltway crime and
punishment from an insider’s
viewpoint. Reed talks about his
latest novel -- his second (and
there is another in the works) --
with National Review Online
editor-at-large Kathryn Jean
Lopez.
Kathryn Jean Lopez: Why write a
book on a judicial confirmation?
Is that the most dramatic,
interesting event we’ve got in
politics, now that conventions
aren’t what they used to be?
#ad# Ralph Reed: I was
fascinated by what might happen
if a Democrat-turned-independent
elected president by social
conservatives nominated the
swing justice to the Supreme
Court and sent the nomination to a
Democratic Senate whose
majority leader lost to him in the
previous presidential campaign.
Having had a front-row seat to
seven Supreme Court
nominations, with Clarence
Thomas’s nomination being the
most memorable, I thought it was
a great way to pull back the
curtain on how Washington really
works.
Lopez: I don’t think I walked
away from your book hating any
character. And I was totally
tempted. Did you plan it that
way?
Reed: No, but my editor told me
something early on that helped me
as an author of fiction. He said,
“Ralph, no one is completely evil
or entirely good. Even evil people
have admirable qualities, and
good people have a little larceny
in their heart.” That made sense to
me, and I wrote accordingly. Dr.
Andrew H. Stanton, the
evangelical leader, is a good and
moral man, but also a brass-
knuckled political player. Bob
Long finds God and has
upstanding character but is also a
little like Tony Blair, a good and
decent man who can be coldly
calculating and constantly
maneuvering to achieve victory.
Politics is a contact sport. There
are not many people who rise to
the top in politics without
knowing how to take a punch and
throw a good one. I tried to
portray that, and I hope it makes
The Confirmation authentic.
Lopez: In the very opening of
The Confirmation, the president-
elect’s fingers are shaking as he
does his tie before his
inauguration as president. Do men
really reach that level with that
kind of nervousness?
REED: You bet. The moment
before anyone walks out on stage
in front of a billion people, they
feel nervous. Either that or they’re
dead. I’ve been with presidential
or vice-presidential candidates
before they walk on stage in a
nationally televised debate, and
everyone, from the candidate to
the family to the campaign staff
and handlers, is a little jumpy,
even if they try to hide it. There’s
a lot on the line -- maybe the
election, perhaps their political
career.
Lopez: Is your Andy Stanton
Rick Warren?
Reed: No; nor is it Andy Stanley
(Charles Stanley’s son), even
though the name is similar. I have
had evangelical leaders tell me
with absolute certitude Andy was
based on them. I get a kick out of
that because it tells me I might
have nailed the character. In truth,
Andy is not based on any one
person. He is an amalgam of all
the religious leaders I’ve
encountered over the decades who
impressed me with their
toughness, their intelligence, their
vision, and their larger-than-life
personalities. The last name was
chosen as an homage to Jack
Stanton, the character based on
Bill Clinton in Primary Colors by
Joe Klein. I wanted the first name
to be accessible or familiar, which
I found to be the case with many
evangelical leaders. Usually they
were known simply as “Jerry,”
“Pat,” or “Billy.” No matter how
big Billy Graham got, he was
always “Billy” to everyone.
That’s where I got the name. The
rest came naturally from all my
encounters, some of which I hope
are entertaining.
Lopez: Do you get tired of
questions like that one? Or do you
just enjoy that people get into the
characters and care enough to
ask?
Reed: I love the fact that the
characters are so real to people.
They are real to me, in part
because they are based on real
people from real campaigns.
Almost every word of dialogue
actually happened. I merely
changed the names to protect the
innocent and the guilty.
#page# Lopez: During a
presidential inaugural prayer, the
preacher (Stanton) does
something predictable but
controversial. You write, “The
entire news cycle was lost
because of six words in Andy
Stanton’s prayer. It was a total
nightmare.” Does that happen
more often than not in politics?
Reed: Oh, yes. That was another
episode I saw play out in real life.
Franklin Graham closed with the
words “in the name of Jesus
Christ” at Bush 43’s first
inaugural in 2001, sparking a
contretemps, and I believe a
lawsuit by the ACLU. I was
actually writing The Confirmation
when Rick Warren was selected
to give the prayer at Obama’s
inaugural and it sparked protests
from the gay-rights groups
because he had supported
Proposition 8 in California. I
thought, “I’m writing it here, it
comes out there.”
#ad# Lopez: Do you have a
favorite real-life example of that
at work?
Reed: Too many to recount here.
Stay tuned for the next book.
Lopez: So what’s more fun, real
politics or inventing politics?
Reed: Real politics is more fun,
which is why I continue to
practice it. But I have enjoyed
fictionalizing my experiences and
sharing them with people so they
could see what it is like behind
the curtain. One can be a lot more
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honest in fiction than one can be
in memoirs at times. It’s a very
liberating and honest art form.
Lopez: Isn’t it hard to compete
with the real stuff these days?
Reed: Absolutely! The Obama-
Clinton rivalry, to cite just one
example, will go down in history,
and may still play out in
interesting ways. But it’s fun
trying.
Lopez: Where do you come up
with a name like Senator
Penneymounter?
Reed: I needed a name that
captured the personality of a
blowhard politician utterly
lacking in self-knowledge. Given
Penneymounter’s wandering eye,
I wanted something memorable
with carnal overtones.
Lopez: Tell me the truth. You got
“a five-course dinner that
climaxed with flaming baked
Alaska” from a National Review
cruise?
Reed: No, but I’ll get an NR
cruise into the next novel, I assure
you!
Lopez: “Although he was a
preacher, Andy could negotiate
like a Teamster.” Have you met
your fair share of preachers who
can do such?
Reed: Absolutely. I had a naïve
view of evangelical leaders at the
outset of my career, not unlike the
media caricature: backwood
preachers who made it big,
perhaps lacking in sophistication.
I can tell you the very opposite is
true. The ones I have known were
smart as whips and very savvy
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Cry Islamophobia!
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:00:41 PM
And let slip the dogs of culture
war.
W e Americans should be
ashamed! What an intolerant,
bigoted, hateful lot we are! Or so
we are being told by our political
and media elites. Lawrence
Wright, in The New Yorker-- yes,
The New Yorker-- announces:
“Culture wars are currently being
waged against Muslim Americans
across the country.” Are they
really? The crowds in Kandahar
and Karachi will be most
interested to hear that.
Even on Fox-- yes, Fox-- Chris
Wallace talked last weekend of
“growing anti-Islamic feeling in
this country.” Excuse me, but
where’s the evidence?
#ad#In recent days, we’ve been
told that it’s in a new Washington
Post/ ABC News poll showing 49
percent of respondents holding an
“unfavorable” opinion of Islam.
At first glance that does seem
disturbing. But take the trouble to
actually examine the poll and a
very different picture emerges.
First: Recognize that holding an
unfavorable opinion of Islam is
not the same as holding an
unfavorable opinion of Muslims.
Tolerance does not require that
you favorably regard others’
beliefs. It requires only that you
take a live-and-let-live attitude in
regard to others -- even if they
hold beliefs you do not share (for
example, regarding women’s
rights, homosexuals’ rights, the
rights of minorities in Muslim-
majority countries, whether
amputation and stoning should be
used as punishments, and whether
those who convert from Islam to
another religion deserve
execution).
Consider this, too: How many
Muslims in Muslim-majority
countries do you think have a
“favorable” opinion of
Christianity, Judaism, and
Hinduism? How many liberals
have a “favorable” view of
conservatism -- or vice versa?
Second: Immediately after the 9/
11/01 attacks, the Post/ ABC poll
found 39 percent of respondents
saying they had an unfavorable
opinion of Islam -- ten points
below where it is now. The
percentage actually fell from
there: By June of 2002, after
President Bush and other opinion
leaders reassured people that
Islam was a “religion of peace”
that al-Qaeda was perverting, the
figure dropped to just 24 percent.
But soon the percentage began to
climb. By 2006 it was at 46
percent -- about where it is today.
So what happened between 2002
and 2006 to change how people
viewed Islam? Well, scores of
additional terrorist attacks
including the August 2003
Marriott Hotel bombing in
Jakarta, the March 2004 train
bombings in Madrid, the July
2005 suicide bombings in
London, and the October 2005
suicide bombings in Bali. Also
multiple suicide bombings in Iraq.
Also: the videotaped beheadings
of Daniel Pearl and Nick Berg.
Such atrocities -- all carried out
in the name of Islam -- may have
tarnished the Islamic brand, may
have caused some people to revise
their opinion of Islam from
“favorable” to “unfavorable.” You
may agree or disagree -- but is
arriving at that conclusion really
an expression of hatred?
Okay, you say, but what explains
the rise since then? The fact is an
uptick from 46 percent in 2006 to
49 percent today is within the
poll’s margin of error -- meaning
it’s not clear there has been any
change at all over the past four
years.
And if there has been, perhaps
that might have something to do
with Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and
the massacre at Fort Hood, Umar
Farouk Abdulmutallab and the
attempted Christmas Day
bombing, Faisal Shahzad and the
attempted Times Square bombing,
and Anwar al-Awlaki, the
American-born cleric who was
thought to be preaching peace at
the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in a
Washington, D.C., suburb but
who is now linked by U.S.
intelligence to all of the above and
to al-Qaeda as well. And then, of
course, there have been the many
incendiary pronouncements and
provocative gestures of Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, president of the
Islamic Republic of Iran
(emphasis added).
#page#Should all Muslims be
held responsible for what these
individuals have said and done?
Of course not. But it has not gone
unnoticed that there have been no
mass demonstrations in the
capitals of what we now routinely
call “the Muslim world” to protest
jihadism -- no crowds shouting:
“Not in my name! Not in the
name of my religion!” What
we’ve seen instead: Protesters
carrying signs saying, “Behead
those who insult Islam!”
With this as context, surely it is
not only logical but inevitable that
some people will conclude that
perhaps there is a problem within
Islam -- and maybe even with
Islam. In the wake of the 9/11/01
attacks, Irshad Manji, the
courageous Muslim reformer,
titled her groundbreaking book “
The Trouble With Islam Today.”
To avoid being accused of
Islamophobia, should she have
called it instead “The Trouble
With Americans Today”?
#ad#Additional data undercuts the
notion that anti-Islamic fever is
rising. The Post/ ABC poll also
asked this question: “Thinking of
mainstream Islam, do you think
mainstream Islam encourages
violence against non-Muslims, or
is it a peaceful religion?”
A solid majority, 54 percent, said
they think “mainstream Islam” is
a “peaceful religion.” Only 31
percent said they think it
“encourages violence” -- despite
the many Islamic clerics around
the world encouraging violence
on the basis of passages in the
Koran that might be perceived as
encouraging violence (e.g.
“behead the unbeliever”).
Here’s how I interpret these poll
numbers: Most Americans are
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struggling to understand what
separates -- and what links --
Islam, Islamism, and jihadism.
Most do not blame average
Muslims for the fact that there are
Islamic regimes, movements, and
groups vowing to murder their
children. In other words: Most
Americans are astonishingly
tolerant.
Needless to say, this is not the
story being told by the
mainstream media. The narrative
they are pushing was expressed
skillfully in a front-page, above-
the-fold story in the Washington
Post this weekend. This “news”
story emphasized only the 49
percent that hold “unfavorable”
opinions of Islam. It omitted the
fact that this figure has changed
little if at all over the past four
years. It neglected to mention,
too, that 54 percent continue to
view “mainstream Islam” as
“peaceful.”
Such selective use of facts
provided support for this thesis:
that President Obama “has found
himself confronting rising anti-
Islamic sentiment at odds with his
message of religious tolerance.”
To make sure readers absorbed
the spin, the story asserted a
second time that public opinion
“is moving against Islam,” and
then referred, again, to an
“increasingly anti-Islamic public”
-- all on the basis of a poll that, as
I believe I’ve established,
demonstrates no such thing.
The story went on to suggest that
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The Ambassador Doth Protest Too Much

Brett Schaefer (The Foundry: speaking as a non-member. to initiate positive dialogue and
Conservative Policy News.) • “With active U.S. leadership, the bridge ideological and regional
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:00:28 AM council authorized international divides, all while steadfastly
mandates to closely monitor and guarding and championing
Was it wise for the Obama address the human rights fundamental freedoms.”
administration to reverse the Bush situations in Burma, North Korea,
administration’s policy of Cambodia and Sudan.” The resolution on freedom of
distancing the U.S. from the expression that the U.S. co-
United Nations Human Rights These mandates were “ sponsored with Egypt last year
Council? With the Council’s 15th reauthorized,” not “authorized.” was a step backwards from the
session underway, it’s a question In the world of the Human Rights proper understanding of the
worth asking. Council, that is not nitpicking as freedom of expression. Efforts
The Council has been receiving continuing a current practice is far continue at the Council to support
more attention than unusual lately easier than initiating a new one. If a “defamation of religions”
because the administration the U.S. wanted to flex the human resolution that would infringe on
recently submitted a report on the rights muscles gained through all of those rights.
U.S. human rights record for the Council membership, it would • “Additionally, through the
Council’s Universal Periodic secure mandates investigating deserved, is far short of a invasions by “humanitarian” Universal Periodic Review
Review process. The report has human rights practices in Cuba, resolution condemning Iran. The flotillas. mechanism, which requires self-
led many to question what China, Zimbabwe, Iran, or many Council has never adopted any • “Along with our international examination and public
America gets out of membership other tough cases. It hasn’t and is resolution critical of Iran. Neither partners and the NGO presentation of each country’s
on that body. not in a position to do so despite has it created a mandate or special community, the United States has human rights record, we have
In response, the U.S. ambassador “engaging” the Council. rapporteur to investigate Iran’s brought a new tone of stood with our partners to
to the Council, Eileen Donahoe, This is not an issue of U.S. deplorable human rights record. constructive engagement to the condemn some of the world’s
penned a piece in The New York leadership, but rather the Repressive regimes work council.” worst human rights violators.”
Times filled with evasions, non Council’s lack of seriousness together, nearly always
sequiturs and platitudes. Donahoe about human rights situations in successfully, to prevent such This is pure hokum. The nations Nonetheless, the UPR reports by
lists a series of the world’s brutal regimes and actions by the Council. that sit on the Council and in the countries continue to be adopted
“accomplishments” supposedly vulnerability to manipulation by • “Very importantly, we have Council chamber are there to without any serious question.
wrought by U.S. membership on those regimes. For instance, the vigorously and unequivocally advance their political agendas Blatant lies by Iran, China, Cuba,
the Council. Among them: U.S. was unable to get a Council protested the politicized efforts of(e.g., demonizing Israel) and to North Korea and others are
• “In the past year, the United resolution condemning Iran. The some members to continually protect their often deplorable accepted at face value by the
States has spoken out on serious world had to settle for this target Israel while ignoring human rights records. Whether Council. Resolutions accepting
human rights abuses in Iran, instead: serious problems in their own they are doing so more politely their farcical UPR reports pass
Burma, Sudan, China, Zimbabwe, • “In June, the United States co- countries.” since President Obama decided to without issue. No substantive
Venezuela, Syria, Russia, Sri led a cross-regional effort with 55 join the Council is immaterial and advancement of human rights can
Lanka and elsewhere.” other nations to criticize the Ambassador Donahoe has not laughable. be attributed to the process.
deplorable human rights situation been successful in preventing this, • “Fundamental rights such as Moreover, through its report the
But the U.S. can speak on any in Iran and to express solidarity however. The Council continues freedom of expression, freedom administration invited the Council
issue before the Council even if it with victims and human rights t o c r e a t e a n d s u p p o r t of association, freedom of to pass judgment over
is not a seated member. Any U.N. defenders on the anniversary of investigations of Israel for the religion, women’s rights and outstanding, unresolved legal
member state can. Speaking as a the contested Iranian election.” offenses of defending itself protections for human rights disputes in the U.S. such as the
Council member carries no more against Hamas rocket attacks on defenders form the core of our
weight than the U.S. would in The criticism, though much Israeli civilians and sea-borne agenda. We have worked actively AMBASSADOR page 85
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Targeting Chet Edwards
Submitted at 9/16/2010 3:00:20 AM
The Democratic congressman
tries to hold on to one of the most
conservative districts in the state
of Texas.
I n a well-known scene in the
film There Will Be Blood, oil
prospector Daniel Plainview,
played by a fervid Daniel Day-
Lewis, points inquiringly at a plot
of land on a map and, seemingly
vexed, asks, “What’s this? Why
don’t I own this?”
This year, as the GOP surveys the
political landscape and maps out
its plan to win back the House in
November, a lot of Republicans
are pointing at the Texas 17th
congressional district and asking
the very same questions. In fact,
they have been asking those
questions for nearly two decades.
#ad#Democratic congressman
Chet Edwards represents one of
the most conservative districts in
the state of Texas, which, it is safe
to say, makes it one of the most
conservative districts in the entire
country. George W. Bush, whose
Crawford ranch is actually part of
the district, won 70 percent of the
vote in 2004. John McCain won
67 percent in 2008. It has a Cook
Political Report rating of R+20,
making it the most conservative
district in the country not
represented by a Republican.
Edwards’s appeal is easy to see.
He is handsome and personable,
and knows how to connect with
rural voters. He has accumulated
enormous political capital through
his outspoken support for the
military and veterans. “He’s of the
district -- he knows the district
well and has been a good fit on
the issues for many years,” says
Sherri Greenberg, a lecturer in the
Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs at the University of
Texas at Austin and a former
member of the Texas House of
Representatives.
Edwards doesn’t always vote like
the average Democrat, though that
should hardly come as a surprise.
He voted against key party
initiatives including health-care
reform, cap-and-trade, and
financial reform. “By any
measure you use, he’s a moderate
conservative,” says Isaac Wood,
the House-race editor for Larry J.
Sabato’s Crystal Ball newsletter.
In the past, Edwards could rely
on personal charm and an
independent voting streak to get
him reelected. Not this year.
Residents of the 17th district are
riled up like never before. Many
are outraged at the direction the
country has taken under the
leadership of Barack Obama,
Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi.
Pelosi is particularly reviled
among Edwards’s constituents,
and that he voted to make her
speaker of the House -- twice -- is
not lost on them. Nor is the fact
that Pelosi personally
recommended Edwards to be
Obama’s running mate in 2008.
And don’t even mention his votes
for the hugely unpopular stimulus
package and bailouts for banks
and automakers.
This year, even those instances in
which he broke with the
Democratic-party leadership are
unlikely to do Edwards any favors
with voters. Edwards offered not a
peep of protestation when he
voted against Obamacare, and this
was after he voted to bring the bill
to the floor in the first place.
Many believe that his final “nay”
vote was Pelosi-approved; the
Democrats had more votes than
they needed, and so let some
members in conservative districts
vote against the measure to help
their reelection campaigns.
Many agree that if this is the year
Chet Edwards finally goes down,
he will have mostly himself to
blame -- he has failed to represent
constituents’ concerns about
spending, taxes, and the deficit,
especially in recent years. A
recent ad by the National
Republican Congressional
Committee highlights this
perceived change in Edwards’s
political character: “Chet Edwards
calls himself independent. And
when he went to Congress 20
years ago, maybe that was true,” a
voice says. Whatever claims
Edwards might have to
“independent” status were likely
squandered during the 2008
presidential campaign when he
attempted to sell Barack Obama
to the state of Texas as a man of
“sound judgment.”
This year, Republicans believe
they have a candidate strong
enough to deliver Edwards’s seat:
Bill Flores, who says he will do
“everything I can to kill
Obamacare.” Flores, a former
energy executive who retired in
order to seek office, has
successfully tapped into the
growing sense of dissatisfaction in
the district. Angry voters are
showing up to Flores rallies in
ever-increasing numbers, many
with copies of the Constitution in
their back pockets, eager to voice
their frustration with an out-of-
touch political leadership in
Washington and a mountain of
government debt.
#page#Given the political climate,
Republican-party leaders feel they
have every reason to be confident
heading into November. Steve
Munisteri, chairman of the Texas
GOP, says that out of all the races
he’s been following throughout
the state, he’s making only one
prediction: Bill Flores will beat
Chet Edwards. In fact, Munisteri
says that of all the Democrats in
office, at every level of
government in the state of Texas,
Chet Edwards is the most likely to
lose his seat this year. “I can’t say
100 percent, because you never
can be sure in politics, but I’m
very, very optimistic,” he says.
Still, it would be unwise to write
Edwards off just yet. He has been
thwarting GOP attempts to unseat
him ever since he was first elected
in 1991, even as the district has
trended more and more
conservative over the years. Every
election cycle, the GOP has taken
aim at Edwards’s seat with
renewed confidence, only to see
the Democrat prevail. As Edwards
likes to boast, the National
Republican Congressional
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Committee is “zero-for-ten in
predicting my demise.”
#ad#“I’m used to being a target,”
Edwards told the Associated
Press. “This year, there’s clearly
an anti-Washington environment,
and I share those frustrations. I’m
sickened by the hyper-
partisanship. But I’m working
hard at the grassroots level, letting
my independent voting record
speak for itself.”
Unfortunately for Edwards, this
election has little to do with him
personally. A GOP-sponsored poll
released in May found that even
though Edwards was generally
well liked by voters in the district
-- 53 percent favorable to 38
percent unfavorable -- only 41
percent wanted to reelect him. No
further polling has been released
since then, but Cook Political
Report and Sabato’s Crystal Ball
both consider the race a toss-up.
“Whereas in the past, concerns
have revolved around local issues,
this year the national issues have
become the local issues,” Flores
says. As in many congressional
races throughout the country,
general dissatisfaction towards
Washington will be a primary
driver of voter turnout in this race.
“This runs much deeper than any
one vote, deeper than any one
policy; a lot of people want to
send a message to Barack Obama
any way they can, even if the only
way to do that is to vote Chet
Edwards out,” Wood says.
Mr. President, are you listening?
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Investigation Affirms North Korea Attacked South Korean Ship
Bruce Klingner (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:05:24 AM
Posted September 16th, 2010 at
12:05pm in American Leadership
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On September 13, 2010, South
Korean released an extensive
report detailing North Korea’s
responsibility for an unprovoked
attack on the South Korean naval
vessel Cheonan. The 313-page
report provides overwhelming,
irrefutable evidence that
Pyongyang deliberately sank the
Cheonan with a torpedo launched
from a submarine. Although
North Korea’s motives for this act
of war remain uncertain, the
evidence is beyond doubt.
The report describes in minute
detail the results of a five-nation,
two-month long investigation.
The report uses scientific methods
to inextricably link Pyongyang to
the egregious attack. The release
of the lengthy document, more
extensive than a preliminary
version revealed on May 20, was
necessitated by doubt sowed by
swirling conspiracy theories,
some of which blamed Seoul or
Washington for sinking the South
Korean ship.
The report delineates physical
evidence showing that the damage
to the Cheonan was the result of
an underwater explosion and
resulting ‘bubble jet’ caused by a
torpedo underneath the ship.
Interviews with crew members
and coastal witnesses describe an
explosion and resultant water
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plume consistent with torpedo imports of components and
explosions. Seismic and air material;
acoustic wave analysis also point • Curtailing Pyongyang’s
to a shockwave and bubble effect destabilizing proliferation
from an underwater explosion. activities; and
Review of explosive residue, tidal • Inducing North Korea to return
currents in the vicinity of the to its denuclearization
sinking, and the recovery of parts commitments.
of a North Korean torpedo
preclude other possibilities, However, the strategy was
including an underwater mine. weakly implemented because the
Despite overwhelming evidence, Obama Administration remains
there are those determined to reluctant to target the other end of
remain unconvinced because it is the proliferation pipeline. The
inconvenient for them to admit U.S. should identify and target
tangible steps toward resuming responded to North Korea’s
North Korean culpability. South non-North Korean entities that are
implementation of its belligerency by pushing for
Korean progressives, who harbor complicit in violating U.N.
denuclearization commitments. punitive measures. Pyongyang’s
a benevolent view of the North Resolution 1874 and aiding
Current and former U.S. officials attack on the Cheonan
Korean regime, aggressively seek Pyongyang’s illicit activities.
report that China did not want to underscored North Korea’s
to undermine any threat to their Now that clear, comprehensive,
confront the Cheonan evidence unwillingness to abide by even
advocacy for Seoul returning to a and compelling evidence about
since it would put Beijing in an the most basic concepts of
policy of providing generous the Cheonan attack has been
uncomfortable position it wished international behavior.
unconditional benefits to disseminated, it is time to move
to avoid. Russia’s investigation, Despite recent media speculation
Pyongyang. As such, they beyond the inane conspiracy
based on a cursory exposure to the of a perceived softening of U.S.
reflexively blame the United theories endlessly peddled by
Cheonan, was ideologically, policy toward North Korea, the
States or the conservative North Korean apologists. Instead,
rather than scientifically, driven. Obama Administration does not
government of Lee Myung-bak as policymakers and the public
Pyongyang’s attack on the appear willing to reduce pressure
a means of diverting attention should focus on North Korea’s
Cheonan is consistent with tactics until Pyongyang alters its
from North Korea’s bellicose continuing threat to peace and
previous North Korean acts of behavior. The U.S. recently
threats, provocative behavior, and stability in northeast Asia and
terror and war. North Korea has announced new sanctions
violation of international discuss the proper means to
repeatedly attempted to targeting North Korean entities
agreements and U.N. resolutions. redress it.
assassinate the South Korean responsible for the Cheonan
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Marriage, Happiness, and a Prayer of a Chance at Escaping
Poverty
Collette Caprara (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 10:30:01 AM
Posted September 16th, 2010 at
11:30am in Family and Religion
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With the recently released
numbers regarding poverty levels
in America, public concern is
heightened, in particular,
regarding the plight of America’s
impoverished children.
This concern should generate a
focus on what might empower
them to rise up from
poverty—and, in turn, what
factors promote stable marriages.
Research clearly indicates that
one of the most important factors
in a child’s welfare is whether she
is born to married parents.
Children raised by single parents
are seven times more likely to live
in poverty than peers in families
with two married parents.
At a time when unwed
childbearing is at an all-time high,
there is a ray of hope.
A recent study by analysts of the
National Marriage Project at the
University of Virginia found that
couples’ shared religious
practices—such as attending
church together and, particularly,
praying together—are related to
higher levels of marital
satisfaction and relationship
quality.
Moreover, this connection was
particularly beneficial among
African Americans, who were
found to be the most likely to
share such religious activities. In
fact, the religious factor was seen
to offset other socioeconomic
factors (such as low levels of
financial satisfaction) that have
been linked to lower levels of
marital quality, narrowing the
divide between races with regard
to marital quality in the U.S.
Long before this link between
prayer and marital satisfaction had
been documented in academic
circles, grassroots leaders of faith-
based outreach throughout the
nation have vouched for it. Take
Pastor Shirley Holloway, for
example, the founder of the House
of Help/City of Hope in
Washington, D.C., a mission
launched to serve and empower
individuals whose lives had been
devastated by drug addiction,
alcoholism, and other self-
destructive behavior. While
Holloway’s outreach provides
treatment and counseling, it also
includes providing “individuals
that society has cast aside” with
the “building blocks” to restore
their lives—one of which is
guidance in forming and
strengthening their marriages.
“We’ve had more than 40
marriages and, of those, only
three did not survive,” said
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and family structure is associated
with numerous measures of
socioeconomic well-being.
Not only are intact families
significantly less likely to be in
poverty than single-parent
households, but family stability
also has positive effects on the
well-being and future prospects of
children. Youths raised by single
parents are more likely to exhibit
a range of negative behaviors,
while youths from intact families
are more likely to succeed
academically.
Moreover, marital stability has a
ripple effect in the next
Holloway, “Success comes from and a sense of commitment and generation, given that family
continued, consistent focus in the responsibility that could be structure is associated with
right direction. There are couples instructive for couples in all walks youths’ expectations of marrying
who came in homeless who are of life and income brackets. as well as the sustainability of
now homeowners.” “What we found out, during the their own marriages in the future.
Among such couples are James tough times, is that we are on the In sum, stable families and the
and Angela Woods, each of whom same team—and we want to win,” religious practices that strengthen
arrived at the House of Help after said Angela, “Just like our lives marriage improve the financial
y e a r s o f d e v a s t a t i n g d r u g had to be restored, it’s also a prospects of parents and their
addiction. Through Holloway’s process with your marriage. You children and strengthen the
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reclaimed and rebuilt their lives, have. You want God’s best—the healthy and enduring civil society.
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BELTWAY
continued from page 76
businessmen or businesswomen.
Show me a preacher who has built
a megachurch or major ministry
and I’ll show you a very gifted
leader and entrepreneur.
Lopez: “At least this will make
for a good story in my memoir.”
Do people in Washington really
think that way?
Reed: Maybe not everyone, but a
lot of people in Washington hope
to write a memoir. The only
question is whether the advance is
worth burning the bridges. I
suppose that’s why I prefer
fiction. I’ve always had an
aversion to revealing things I saw
or heard in confidence by
candidates or elected officials for
whom professional discretion was
assumed, if not required. If I ever
do write a memoir, it won’t be
boring.
Lopez: Opus Dei makes it into
The Confirmation. Was that a
shameless ploy to get Ron
Howard to option the movie
rights?
Reed: No. It really came out of
the shameful way John Roberts
and Samuel Alito were treated by
some of their opponents. As I
recall, Dick Durbin asked Judge
John Roberts whether he could
separate his Roman Catholic faith
from his rulings on certain cases.
INVESTIGATION
continued from page 80
So I thought I’d take anti-Catholic
suspicion, which in some cases
curdles into bigotry, a dark thread
running throughout American
history, and highlight it a little bit.
#page# Lopez: When people ask
you -- well, as I guess I am now --
“Why is Ralph Reed writing
novels?” what do you say?
Reed: I tried my hand at fiction
when I was a child, and I always
desired to write novels. I just
never got around to it, and was
side-tracked by a doctorate in
history and then a political career.
When my agent suggested in 2006
that I give fiction a try, I decided
to follow his advice. The response
from readers has been so
enthusiastic, far more than with
my non-fiction books in the
1990s, that I’m going to keep at
fiction for a season.
#ad# Lopez: You write at one
point, “He wanted to serve on the
Supreme Court; he just wasn’t
sure he wanted to go through the
confirmation process.” Is that too
often true?
Reed: No question. There is a
long list of people who have
declined to be nominated, and not
just for federal judgeships. The
confirmation process is broken. I
try to highlight that in The
Confirmation. We need a new,
bipartisan approach to reforming
the judicial-confirmation process.
A good starting point is the
proposal George W. Bush put
forward as a presidential
candidate, which called for
federal judges to notify the
administration of a retirement
twelve months prior to its
effective date (I don’t believe this
applied to Supreme Court
justices), with the president
submitting a nominee to fill the
vacancy within six months and
the Senate acting on the
nomination within temporal
limits. This would limit the
number of vacancies and prevent
the languishing of nominees for
years without even a committee
hearing.
Lopez: Is there an underlying
message in The Confirmation?
Maybe especially about pain in
politics? I wonder especially if
there is a message for some of
those who will be new to
Washington in the fall.
Reed: The main message can be
found in Ephesians, “We wrestle
not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities and powers
of darkness.” Not every political
struggle is spiritual, but there are
many political and policy disputes
that have a spiritual dimension. I
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as Advise and Consent meets The National Review Online’ s Battle
Screwtape Letters. ’10 blog. Andrew Stiles
Lopez: Do you have a favorite
character in The Confirmation?
Reed: Not really, but I like Jay
Noble for his brilliance, his razor-
sharp political instincts, and his
adolescent yearnings. I suppose in
the end the story is as much his as
it is the president’s or his
Supreme Court nominee’s. I find
myself pulling for Jay to find
happiness in God.
Lopez: Is any character most like
you? Would you tell me if so?
Reed: By the very nature of
fiction there’s a little bit of me in
all of them, including the female
characters. Probably Jay Noble,
Bob Long, and Ross Lombardy.
Reid’s
The latter character has a job
similar to my former role at the
Christian Coalition, so I identify
November
with him, as I do with a lot of the
other characters. I’ve worn a lot
Nightmare
of different hats in my career, so Frank Crimi (FrontPage
all the characters allow me try Magazine » FrontPage)
them on and give voice to Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:05:48 PM
different people.
-- Kathryn Jean Lopez is editor-at It’s not easy being Senator Harry
-large of National Review Online. Reid these days. First, the four-
Interview term incumbent finds himself
locked in a desperate reelection
campaign against Republican
Sharon Angle, with polls showing
the race a statistical dead heat.
Now, he has to go on television to
remind Nevada voters to please
not hold him accountable for their
economic woes.
Apparently, many of them were
under the mistaken impression
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that Reid, as Senate Majority The Bush card, like the race card,
Arnold Ahlert (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage) Leader in partnership with a has begun to lose the cachet it
Democratic House and President, once held for Democrats.
Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:03:05 PM would have some role in shaping Accountability seems to be the
national economic policy. new buzzword that’s captured the
“Our state cannot and should not However, in an interview with public fancy this election season.
continue maintaining companies Jonathan Karl of ABC news, Reid It’s but one reason why Harry has
productive entities, services and was quick to disabuse anyone of ditched trumpeting his part in the
budgeted sectors with bloated that notion when he said “You current economic maelstrom in
payrolls (and) losses that hurt our know I had nothing to do with the order to emphasize his real role as
economy. Job options will be massive foreclosures here. You innocent bystander blindsided by
increased and broadened with new know I had nothing to do with the evil George Bush.
forms of non-state employment, these unemployment figures…I Accepting this strategy must still
among them leasing land, think it’s a stretch to think I have been a very bitter pill for
cooperatives and self- caused the problems with this Reid to swallow. It’s a cardinal
employment, absorbing hundreds economy.” rule among politicians seeking
of thousands of workers in the Now, for a politician to take reelection to remind their
coming years.” credit during a rollicking good constituents of the sway they hold
Did the Obama administration cuts? To “increase efficiency in people can live without working. e c o n o m y and begin on the levers of government. It’s a
and our Democratically-controlled the state sector.” In other words, It is a country where “efficiency pointing fingers when it tanks is sign of their ability to bring the
Congress suddenly come to their the most steadfast Communist in the public sector” is an usually par for the course. In that goods back home. To hear the
senses? Did Republicans finally nation in the western hemisphere oxymoron. It is a country which, regard, Reid may be forgiven for Senate Majority Leader openly
come up with a concrete agenda has embraced one of the most despite a nagging recession, has trying to take the focus off acknowledge his political
for the upcoming November d e c i d e d l y u n - C o m m u n i s t increased public sector payrolls at himself and shift it elsewhere — impotence was somewhat
election? Did some Tea Party philosophies of all: limited every level of government, even anywhere — to not get swept up startling, but not all too
candidate b u r n i s h h i s government. a s i t s p r i v a t e s e c t o r h a s in the political tsunami most are surprising.
c o n s e r v a t i v e c r e d e n t i a l s ? Such a development in and of hemorrhaged millions of jobs. It now predicting will befall the But what else is Reid supposed to
No, no, and no. Unbelievable as itself is stunning enough. But in is a country being pushed to the Democratic Party. do? Nevada’s economy is
it may seem, the above statement August, Cuban leader Raul Castro brink of insolvency by the very So, in an effort to clarify who abysmal. The state leads the
was released by the official labor pushed the stake even deeper into same ideological bankruptcy that was really at fault for the nation in unemployment,
f e d e r a t i o n – o f C u b a . T h e the heart of progressive thinking. Cuba is now rejecting. economic mess, Reid laid bankruptcy, foreclosures, and
C o m m u n i s t r e g i m e h a s Speaking before the Cuban The latest announcement follows the blame squarely at the feet of credit card delinquencies, a
announced plans to “downsize” National Assembly, he revealed a curious remark made by the the man Democrats believe to be superfecta of economic misery.
their public sector workforce by an attitude remarkably similar to former leader of Cuba, Fidel at the root of every ill in the He has become, along with
more than 500,000 employees, the one held by a substantial Castro. At a recent lunch with c o u n t r y : G e o r g e W . B u s h . Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama,
and then attempt to reemploy number of Americans regarding Jeffrey Goldberg, national Unfortunately for Reid, unless the the personification of the anti-
those workers into the private our own welfare state: correspondent with Atlantic entire state of Nevada suddenly Washington, anti-
sector. And that’s just the “We have to erase forever the magazine, Goldberg asked the 84 develops a collective case of Democratic sentiment sweeping
beginning. Cuba announced that notion that Cuba is the only -year-old ex-president if he still amnesia and forgets which Party the nation.
m o r e t h a n o n e m i l l i o n country in the world in which thought Cuba’s economic system has been running things the last
g o v e r n m e n t j o b s w o u l d people can live without working.” was worth exporting. ”The Cuban two years, it’s going to be a
eventually be cut, and that there Raul Castro has very little to model doesn’t even work for us difficult task to successfully shift
w i l l b e f e w e r s t a t e - s e c t o r worry about in that regard. any more,” said the former the blame to Dubya this time
openings in the future. Ninety miles to his north, there Maximum Leader. around.
The reason cited for such massive is a country where millions of
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How Much “Cash for Caulk” Do We Need?
Nicolas Loris (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:30:42 AM
Posted September 16th, 2010 at
12:30pm in Enterprise and Free
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Congress is back, but before
Members head home again to
campaign, they have to first do
what they do best: spend other
people’s money.
Today, Congress will vote on the
Rural Energy Savings Program
Act, H.R. 4785—a bill that would
authorize $5 billion over five
years for the Department of
Energy’s Home Star loan program
and the Department of
Agriculture’s Rural Star program.
The Home Star program, also
known as “cash for caulkers,”
provides low-interest loans for
consumers to make energy
efficiency improvements to their
homes, while the Rural Star
program provides loans to rural
utility providers who in turn give
loans to farmers “for the purpose
of implementing energy
efficiency measures or farm
efficiency measures.”
If consumers and farmers want to
make cost-saving energy
efficiency improvements from
their homes, they can do so
without federal handouts. Why
should all taxpayers, including
those who don’t own homes,
subsidize renovations for those
who do? Further, such programs
can have long-term effects on
consumption patterns in the U.S.
If consumers come to expect a
handout from the government,
they may hold off on buying a
new product. As we saw with
cash for clunkers, the effect was
more of the timing of when
consumers purchased new
vehicles, not the volume.
What’s worse, the House passed
the Home Star Energy Retrofit
Act, H.R. 5019 in May, and they
sold as a win for the economy, the
planet, and consumers because it
would purportedly lower both
greenhouse gas emissions and
electric bills through less energy
usage. The bill has a $6.6 billion
price tag. What makes the new
bill even more infuriating is that it
contains provisions that were
stripped from H.R. 5019. Since
they couldn’t get those provisions
through a first time, why not jam
them through a second time.
Even before passage of H.R.
5019, the stimulus bill included
$5 billion to weatherize homes.
But earlier this year ABC News
reported that at the end of 2009,
only 9,100 have been
weatherized; $522 million of the
$5 billion has been spent thus far,
which equates to over $57,000 per
home.
Motives of cost reduction and
increased profits go hand-in-hand
with becoming more energy
efficient. If a company,
homeowner, or farmer can find a
way to reduce its energy use, it
can lower costs and thus the price
to consumers. And it can do so
without help from the taxpayer.
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Submitted at 9/15/2010 11:04:21 PM
The photographs don’t lie: at the
9/11 Rally of Remembrance
against the Ground Zero mega-
mosque, tens of thousands of
people filled the streets. Flags
were everywhere, along with
numerous homemade signs.
Meanwhile, two blocks away, at
the counter-protest in favor of the
mega-mosque, photographs show
that the demonstration was much
smaller, and printed signs were in
abundance – an unmistakable
indication of an astroturfed,
professional protest, orchestrated
by Communist and Socialist
groups (whose printed signs
abounded). Yet the mainstream
media consistently portrayed
these two demonstrations as
“dueling rallies,” and even
claimed that the pro-mosque
ralliers outnumbered those against
the mosque. It was yet another
indication of how the ostensibly
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while Obama, acting on principle,
strives to promote tolerance,
Republicans, seeking partisan
benefit, “have tapped into” the
“anti-Islamic” trend, in particular
“during the debate over the
Islamic center” planned for near
Ground Zero in lower Manhattan.
But here, too, if you actually read
the Post/ ABC poll you’ll see that
the truth is not so simple: Sixty-
six percent of respondents said
they think the Islamic center
“should not be built” near the site
of the former World Trade Center.
But, of those, 82 percent specify
that they do not oppose Muslim
community centers in general --
only at “this location.”
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wants to
build a $100 million, 15-story
Islamic center a stone’s throw
from where self-proclaimed
Islamic “martyrs” murdered
thousands. Is it really so clear that
those who question Rauf’s goals
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and financing are motivated by
“racism” and “anti-Muslim
bigotry” -- as signs carried by
demonstrators in New York on
Saturday charged?
The Post article quotes “a senior
administration official”
lamenting: “‘What’s most
distressing is when you see it
picked up by mainstream political
figures,’ referring to the stand
toward American Muslims taken
by prominent Republicans such as
Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin,
who have argued against the
Islamic center in Lower
Manhattan.” The senior
administration official “declined
to be named in order to speak
candidly on a sensitive subject.”
Excuse me, but when did it
become “sensitive” for an official
of any administration to criticize
members of the opposition?
Indeed, when did it become
sensitive for anyone to criticize
Gingrich and Palin?
One other question posed by the
Post/ ABC poll: Respondents
were asked to “honestly” assess
themselves: “Would you say that
you have at least some feelings of
prejudice against Muslims?”
Seventy-one percent said they do
not.
But what do they know? If
they’re so smart, why are they
answering pollsters’ questions?
Why aren’t they on TV and in the
newspapers telling Americans
what bigots they are, based on
blatantly cherry-picked polling
results?
-- Clifford D. May is president of
the Foundation for Defense of
Democracies, a policy institute
focusing on terrorism and
Islamism. Clifford D. May
public opinion.
The Rally of Remembrance,
which was organized by Pamela
Geller and me as an effort of our
Freedom Defense Initiative/Stop
Islamization of America
organization, featured a great deal
that any truly objective reporter
might have considered
newsworthy. The foremost human
interest story of the afternoon was
the rousing speech given by
Coptic Christian activist Joseph
Nassralla. Nassralla garnered
national attention last June at the
first rally Geller and I hosted
against the Ground Zero mosque,
when Keith Olbermann and other
hard-Left pseudo-journalists
trumpeted and misrepresented a
misunderstanding between
Nassralla and some others in the
crowd as a racial incident.
Olbermann, Reason magazine’s
Cathy Young, and other blinkered
ideologues used this incident as
proof that those who opposed the
mosque were all racist,
“Islamophobic” bigots. Indeed,
many news outlets ignored the
rally altogether except to note the
alleged mistreatment of Nassralla.
But when Nassralla appeared at
Saturday’s demonstration,
declaring in impassioned terms
his opposition to the mega-
mosque, his love for America, and
his grief at the persecution of
Christians in Egypt, Olbermann
and the others who had so
earnestly publicized his alleged
mistreatment at the June rally
remained silent. Objective
journalists, of course, would
almost certainly have been
interested in telling their
audiences that Nassralla did not
come away from the June incident
believing that all mosque
opponents were racists, and that
he also was a featured speaker at
Saturday’s rally against the
mosque. But none of those
mainstream media outlets that
took note of the rally at all
mentioned Nassralla’s presence.

Arizona immigration debate.
Donahoe’s main point boils down
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Apps to Help
Fight Poverty
Stephanie Marcus (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 11:01:39 AM
Hectic lives, jam-packed
schedules and the all-too-common
feeling of powerlessness can keep
us from doing what we can to
make a difference — even if that
difference is simply offering a
donation.
Social media and the social good
movement has revolutionized and
re-energized fundraising, with
mobile apps making it easier than
ever before to do what you can to
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Interact with Brands
Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) Fortunately, ExactTarget didn’t women indicating that their
Submitted at 9/16/2010 9:50:24 AM stop there, and did some research primary focus on the site is on
into what motivates users to Like maintaining relationships (by a
This post originally appeared on companies on Facebook. The margin of 63% to 54%), implying
the American Express OPEN results offer some insight into that they have less time for
Forum, where Mashable regularly what you can do as a business to engaging with businesses.
c o n t r i b u t e s a r t i c l e s a b o u t keep the fans you accumulate Hopefully, by combining some of
leveraging social media and engaged and not hitting the “hide” these broader findings with your
technology in small business. button in their news feeds. Here’s own analytics and anecdotal
While much of finding what the breakdown of why users successes and failures, you can
works for your business on social m i g h t “ L i k e ” y o u r b r a n d , refine your strategy to grow both
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help others. And it can be
surprisingly simple. Knowing that
your ability to help others is but a
tap away should be motivation
enough for you to download these
apps and start pitching in.
Here are five iPhone apps to help
in the fight against poverty. 1.
Make Poverty History
This is an app that doesn’t
actually do much, but has the
potential to do a lot of good.
We’ve all seen the bracelets
people wear to show support for a
certain cause — well, here is one
for your iPhone. The white band
with the words “Make Poverty
History” can be purchased as a
background for your phone for
$0.99, with 100% of the profits
going to charity.
With more than 50 million
iPhones sold world wide, and
more than 3 billion apps
downloaded, if every iPhone
owner was to download this one
app, it would definitely be a start
towards making poverty history.
2. Give Work
Give Work is a free app designed
to benefit the refugees in the
developing world. This app is a
little strange: It asks you to
complete a task on your phone
and a person in a developing
region will do the same thing.
Your partner will get paid for both
tasks.
The organization behind the app,
Samasource, works with refugees
by giving them “life-changing
opportunities via the Internet.”
Samasource says that in doing so
they “enable socially responsible
companies, small businesses,
nonprofits, and entrepreneurs in
the U.S. to contribute to economic
development by buying services
from our workforce at fair prices.”
Their services include “data
entry, book digitization, Internet-
based research, business listings
verification, audio transcription,
and video captioning.”
In effect, every time you
complete a task, you support a
refugee in two ways — by
generating income that goes to
their digital training, and your
task’s accuracy scores help
develop and design training
programs for the future. The
points you create with each task
can be traded in by refugees, and
a little goes a long way.
When I tried it, the task was to
ask a question about personal
finances. That task alone earned 5
points, which is enough to buy a
tomato, a large banana, and a
small bunch of greens for the
refugee. For a little time taken out
of your day, you can do a lot of
good. 3. Compassion
Here is an app to tug on your
heartstrings and open your check
book. Compassion gives you
access to information on child
poverty from its blog, and
connects you to the organization’s
Facebook Page and Twitter feed.
Compassion International is a
Christian child advocacy group
that began providing Korean War
orphans with aid and Christian
values.
With this app, you can search
through profiles of children in
need of aid in Africa, Asia,
Central and South America, and
the Caribbean and make your
selection of who you’d like to
sponsor. If sponsorship is not for
you, there is also the option to
donate directly from your phone
to the Disaster Relief Fund. 4.
CauseWorld
CauseWorld is a geolocation app
that allows you to check in,
earning you karma points instead
of badges, which you can cash-in
as donations to charities.
The app has you performing
“good deeds” just for walking into
a stores like Trader Joe’s and
Borders. Sponsors like Proctor
and Gamble, Citibank and Kraft
donate money for your checkins.
You can choose where the money
is going: Poverty in Africa,
Chilean relief efforts, clean water
initiatives, chimpanzee habitats,
tree planting efforts, education,
and cancer research are just some
of the deserving causes. You can
earn more karma points by
scanning the barcodes of specific
products, and you can download
certain associated iPhone apps,
both free and paid, to earn more
karma.
To date, CauseWorld and its
karma have been able to offset 1.4
million pounds of carbon, raise
more than $100,00 for Haiti and
Chile, donate more than 228,000
meals to hungry Americans, plant
more than 58,000 trees in rain
forests, donate more than 24,000
books to children, and provide
more than 18 million liters of
clean drinking water.
If you are going to check in
somewhere it might as well count
for something good, right? 5.
Donation Connect
If you’re a busy person, it’s
sometimes difficult to talk to the
college-aged kid canvassing on
the street for charity even if you
really want to. Here is an easy
solution: Donation Connect brings
all your valued charities right to
your phone.
Download the app and hit “Find a
charity.” You’ll be directed to a
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Top 4 Stories in Mobile, Business and Tech This
Morning
Lauren Indvik (Mashable!)
Submitted at 9/16/2010 8:32:34 AM
Morning Brief: iOS 4.1 Jailbreak,
T-Mobile’s Next Android Phone,
MaxMara’s iPad App This series
is brought to you by HTC EVO
4G, America’s first 4G phone.
Only from Sprint. The “First to
Know” series keeps you in the
know on what’s happening now in
the world of social media and
technology.
Welcome to this morning’s
edition of “First To Know,” a
series in which we keep you in the
know on what’s happening in the
digital world. We’re keeping our
eyes on three particular stories of
interest today.
Apple’s iOS Continues to Lose
Marketshare to Google’s Android
Despite impressive sales numbers
following its launch, the iPhone 4
has not yet helped Apple reverse
the year-long decline in its share
of the U.S. smartphone market,
according to the latest data from
ComScore.
Apple dropped by 1.3% in the
three-month period ending in
July, while Android’s share grew
by five percentage points.
Research in Motion (RIM) and
Microsoft fared even worse at
1.8% and 2.2% respectively.
Given that the iPhone 4 was not
released until late June, we may
very well see a reversal of this
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Submitted at 9/15/2010 8:17:49 PM
and iPod Touch in November auction is allowing consumers to
Apple has announced that the bid to have their favorite celebrity By: Jean Chatzky
latest beta of iOS 4.2, which will follow and tweet at them on I, for one, wasn’t surprised with
become available for iPad, iPhone Twitter. The auctions run until the new happiness finding from
and iPod touch users in September 25. the Woodrow Wilson School at
November, comes with printer • American Idol is taking Princeton University. It basically
support. The forthcoming feature, auditions for its next season to a confirmed what I found in a
dubbed AirPrint, allows device new venue: MySpace. Roper study conducted five years
owners to print wirelessly over ago, for my book The Ten
Wi-Fi without having to install Series supported by HTC EVO Commandments of Financial
any drivers or additional software. 4G Happiness. The study reports that
GigaOM.
HP’s line of ePrint-enabled This series is brought to you by happiness rises as household
Verizon Wireless made a similar
printers will be the first to support HTC EVO 4G, America’s first 4G income does up to about $75,000
— albeit more expensive —
AirPrint. phone. Only from Sprint. The (my number was a somewhat
proposal two years ago, which it
Diaspora Releases Open Source “First to Know” series keeps you lower $60,000) but beyond that
promptly abandoned after
Code to Developers in the know on what’s happening more money won’t make you
customer backlash.
As promised, Diaspora, the much now in the world of social media happier – at least not day to day.
Further News
-hyped open source alternative to and technology. Reviews: What will make you happy?
• Skyhook Wireless, a company
Facebook, has publicly released Android, Facebook, Google, Having more control over
that provides technology for
its source code to developers. MySpace, Twitter, iPhone whatever money you have. That
determining location via Wi-Fi,
The project, which is helmed by More About: AirPrint, android, was one of the important findings
has filed a lawsuit against Google
four NYU students, rose out of apple, diaspora, facebook, first to out of my study. And since it
in the Massachusetts Superior
the controversy following a know series, Google, iOS, ios 4.2, didn’t seem to be repeated in last
Court for patent infringement and
number of significant privacy ipad, iphone, iPod Touch, week’s headlines, I thought I’d do
interfering with its business [via
changes. Dramatic interest helped skyhook wireless, T-Mobile, t- so here. You see, there are some
GigaOM].
them raise more than ten times mobile usa very specific financial habits that
• The Internet Explorer 9 Beta is
their initial fundraising goal, For more Mobile coverage: – if you can adopt them – will
now available for public
including a contribution from • Follow Mashable Mobile on make a significant difference in
download. We’ve got a video
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Twitter how happy you feel about your
walkthrough available for you
T-Mobile to Impose SMS “Tax” • Become a Fan on Facebook overall financial life. You don’t
here.
on Businesses • Subscribe to the Mobile channel have to take on every single one –
• Google’s much-anticipated
Beginning October 1, T-Mobile • Download our free apps for just one or two can make a
music offering is said to be
USA will begin charging iPhone and iPad significant difference.
launching by Christmas, and new
businesses an additional $.0025 1. Get pretty organized. Don’t
information suggests that it will
for every SMS delivered to raise your eyebrows at me. I am
be both a digital download store
customers over its network, not saying that you have to hire a
and a cloud-based subscription
including tweets, according to professional organizer. Or spend a
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mint at The Container Store. You
just have to come up with some
sort of filing system that you
understand so that if you have to
put your fingers on an important
piece of paper, you can do it
quickly and without hassle. That’s
the key. People who say they are
"pretty organized and can find
what they need quickly" are
happier than those who aren’t –
and those who can’t. Why? Saves
you time, saves you money, saves
you headaches.
How Do I Pare Down and Get
Organized for Fall?
2. Pay your bills as they come in
rather than all at once. The
research shows – very strongly –
that people who do this are
happier. Why? Sitting down to
pay the a dozen or so bills all at
once is pure drudgery. Even if
you do it online, it eats up a chunk
of time that you’d rather spend
doing just about anything else.
Moreover, watching that large
sum of money fly out of your
account and into the accounts of
your creditors can be an
emotional drain. Do it in bits and
pieces, however, and it’s far less
overwhelming in terms of time –
and your bottom line. The other
benefit to paying bills as they
come in is that it allows you to
adjust through the month – if you
get a cell phone bill that’s higher
than anticipated, you’ll
compensate by charging a little
less on your credit card.
3. Save five percent. There is a
strong link between saving
anything and financial happiness
– but if you can save five percent,
your happiness jumps. So how do
you best save five percent? By
removing it from your spending
(i.e., checking) account before
you spend it. Automatically have
it pulled out of your paycheck and
into a 401(k) or transferred out of
checking and into savings and
then tell yourself "Hands off!"
Oh, and once you save five
percent with ease – try to get
yourself, eventually, to save ten.
Save or Suffer: Why More Is
More
4. Set and work toward a goal.
Attaining happiness is not a
matter of having achieved your
goals – it’s a matter of making
progress. I’m of the camp that
enjoys the process more than the
achievement. I get an endorphin
rush from getting closer and
closer to the finish line and feel a
little let down when I actually get
there. So I try to make sure I have
one or two financial benchmarks
to hit at all times. But the bottom
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line of our research is
encouraging: You don’t have to
hit your marks to be happy, you
just have to see results.
5. Give back. There’s nothing
like making someone else’s life a
little better to boost your own
financial happiness. People who
give are not only happier, they’re
healthier. They sleep more and
exercise more and that puts them
in a better frame of mind. People
who know how to give are also
able to remind themselves that
wanting more doesn’t breed
contentment. It just breeds more
wanting. Why? Because your
happiness doesn’t hinge on how
much you have. Your happiness
hinges on how you handle it.
How Do I Stop Procrastinating?
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