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Rhode Island Democrat says Obama
can “shove it” for non-endorsement
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:07:49 AM
Some unwelcoming words from a
Democrat in Rhode Island for
President Barack Obama who is
scheduled to visit the state later
today.
Frank Caprio, the Democrat
running for Rhode Island
governor, is miffed at Obama and
not afraid to let everyone know it.
He says he learned from a
reporter last night that Obama did
not plan to endorse his candidacy
against independent Lincoln
Chafee, a former Republican
senator who endorsed Obama
over Republican John McCain in
2008.
Caprio unloaded on WPRO-AM
and you can listen to the full
interview on the radio station’s
website.
“I’ve never asked President
Obama for his endorsement. And
what’s going on here is really
Washington insider politics at its
worse,” he says.
“He could take his endorsement
and really shove it as far as I’m
concerned,” Caprio said.
He criticized Obama for not
paying attention to Rhode
Island after damaging floods
earlier this year.
“He ignored us and now he’s
coming into Rhode Island treating
us like an ATM machine. So,
what I’m saying to President
Obama very clearly is, I wear as a
badge of honor and a badge of
courage that he doesn’t want to
endorse me as a Democrat,
because I am a different kind
of Democrat, I’m going to fight
for big changes in the state,
I’m going to fight for jobs every
day,” Caprio said.
He was reacting to the White
House saying on Sunday that
Obama would not make an
endorsement in the Rhode Island
race during today’s visit.
The RealClearPolitics average of
public opinion polls shows Caprio
leading his opponents by 1.7
percentage points.
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Google's Android market
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to AppShopper.
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How Steve Jobs Stole Christmas--Apple Products Top of Every

Kid's Wish List
Addy Dugdale (Fast Company) 17% of five- to eight-year-olds offerings. We all know, however,
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:06:14 AM would be using pester power to that this is not why kids want to
get their hands on something get their hands on an iPhone.
A UK survey on Christmas lists Apple-y. We also know, however, that
shows just how sophisticated As the kids' ages increased, so firms are aware of just how much
children are becoming. did their desire for the company's kids can covet their parents'
It's official: there are elves at products. Half of nine- to 12-year- gadgets--which is why, perhaps,
Cupertino. According to a survey olds put something from Apple at Barnes & Noble is launching
in the UK, almost a quarter of the top of their list, and 66% of 13 Nook Kids, which will offer
children have put an Apple - to 16-year-olds. Top three must- around 12,000 of its titles for
product at the top of their haves were, after the iPhone 4, an younger readers this week. This
Christmas list. The survey, by iPod Touch and the iPad. In fact, would obviously go hand-in-hand
battery manufacturer Duracell, just two of the top ten products with the rumored color screen-
polled over 2,000 kids and found weren't gadgets: Zhu Zhu Pet version of its e-reader, which will
that top toy on the wishlist was an Hamsters, and the Jet Pack Buzz without doubt echo part of the
iPhone 4. (Ed's note--call that a Lightyear (shades of 1994 there). feel for their parents' gadgets. But post bemoaning the one- iPad's wantability. Whether,
toy?) The lust for Cupertino swag, Although there has been then again, are you surprised, dimensional approach from however, this will mean the Nook
however, did not start with electronics gear aimed at kids for given the sheer breadth of apps developers aimed at pre-school makes it onto next year's list of
teenagers: backing up Anya eons now--remember Speak 'n' available for kids, be they gaming kids, and this morning followed it must-have toys, remains to be
K a m e n e t z ' s s t o r y o n F a s t Spell and Simon?--these findings apps or be they educational apps. up with some suggestions on how seen.
Company from six months ago, show that children are getting a Wired's Daniel Donahoo wrote a to improve their child-friendly

Amazon: New, Cheaper Kindle Has Already Beat Last Year's

Christmas Sales (AMZN)
Dan Frommer (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:32:00 AM
Here's another ambiguous sales
dump from Amazon, which still
has never disclosed how many
Kindle e-readers it has actually
sold.
Amazon just said it has already
moved more units of this year's
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Political Ads: Get

Ready for the
"Google Bombs"
E.B. Boyd (Fast Company)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:07:31 AM

Google tells Fast Company that

Israel's Solar Power Wars political campaigns have been
talking to its ad network about
Neal Ungerleider (Fast
Company) a natural fit: The country already NFL Radar: Here's What
For Israel, the industry seems like saturating the Internet with ads in
the last days before the midterm
elections.
has the infrastructure for
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:13:46 AM
widespread solar power in place
While Israel is geopolitically and corporations interested in
Everyone Is Going Talk “A lot of campaigns saw the
success [Brown] had and how he
isolated from the Arab oil nations, providing it. But until their
the country's solar power industry bureaucratic procedures are eased, About All Week
h a s l a g g e d b e h i n d f o r e i g n European firms will remain the Nicholas Carlson (Business
kind of caught this wave of
momentum online,” Roos says,
“and they are trying to recreate
Now everyone is talking about that.”
countries. A new government undisputed solar kings. Insider) how Favre looks old and broken. [Image by Flickr user Wesley
dispute threatens to hurt Israel's [Image via Flickr user traftery] He's probably wishing for the Oostvogels]
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Here's The Definitive Chart On China's Need To Revalue The Yuan

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Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:29:46 AM
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NFL players adjust to crackdown on illegal hits (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) thousands of dollars in fines, another 10 or 15 yards." Crayton popped up after the 11- back Cedric Benson, and DeCoud
Submitted at 10/25/2010 3:17:24 AM along with repeated reminders Harrison wasn't the only player year gain and signaled first down. needed help getting off the field
that the league would be watching who said he occasionally had the In Seattle, Cardinals defensive after that one. No penalty was
Dolphins cornerback Sean Smith more closely from now on. NFL's tougher stance on his mind. back Dominique Rodgers- called, and Falcons coach Mike
had Steelers receiver Hines Ward By sending out its various "For sure," Carolina linebacker Cromartie had a free shot at Smith said DeCoud was not
lined up, ready to deliver the big w a r n i n g s — a m e m o f r o m Jon Beason said. "I definitely Brandon Stokley but went allowed back in the game.
hit. Instead of going high, he went Commissioner Roger Goodell, a think you'll think about it; shoulder-to-chest to knock him In the stands, there were
for Ward's legs. No fine or video showing can- and can't-dos, $75,000 is crazy." down. indications that fans had taken
penalty for that one. lists sent to coaches letting them In Cleveland's victory over Super In New Orleans, Saints notice of the issue after being
It was the sort of play that, most know which players have multiple Bowl champion New Orleans, cornerback Malcolm Jenkins bombarded by news about the
S u n d a y s , w o u l d h a v e g o n e unnecessary roughness penalties Browns linebacker Scott Fujita made a run at Browns fullback hard hits and the fines. A sign at
unnoticed, especially because — the NFL is looking for more thought he saw instances of Lawrence Vickers but went low. Lambeau Field before Sunday
Ward returned to the field a play certainty in a sport that has many defenders going low when they Not everyone was perfect, night's Vikings-Packers game
later after getting his knees shades of gray. might have had clean shots higher though. read, "Stop the concussions we
checked out. One bit of black and white: No up. Philadelphia linebacker Ernie want the players to remember us."
This Sunday was different, players were penalized for illegal "Now you've got guys whose Sims lowered his head and Not surprisingly, players'
though, because it marked the first hits to the head in any of the 13 ankles are going to be taken out appeared to use his helmet to opinions about whether things had
set of games since the NFL said it games, giving the league every and knees are going to get blown knock Tennessee running back changed were divided —
would be cracking down on reason to believe its message got up," Fujita said, "so it's kind of a Chris Johnson out of bounds, and sometimes even in the same
illegal hits, handing out fines and through. Catch 22 if you ask me." Titans fans started booing after locker room.
threatening suspensions. Actually, "I've seen a change in players' Baltimore's notoriously hard- watching the replay of the "It was in the back of my mind on
Ward's brief absence, and the behavior in one week," NFL hitting defense gave up a season- unpenalized play on the a couple of plays," said Falcons
almost total lack of big shots in officiating chief Carl Johnson was high 34 points before pulling out scoreboard. defensive end John Abraham,
other NFL games, made it look a quoted as telling Peter King on an overtime victory over winless Sims said he saw Johnson who had two sacks against the
lot like any given Sunday, even if N B C ' s " F o o t b a l l N i g h t i n Buffalo, and some Ravens were fighting for extra yards and knew Bengals. "I had a shot and held
it's still too early to tell for sure A m e r i c a . " thinking about the rules. Players he needed to make a play. Neither off."
how things are — or aren't — Ward's Steelers teammate, in both defensive backfields player was concerned about a But across the way, linebacker
going to change over time. Harrison, played along, returning appeared to give up chances for possible fine. Mike Peterson said the Falcons
"It's football," Ward said. "If you to the field after a tumultuous big hits on receivers, going after "If the ref calls it, then he" does, made a point of not holding back.
play this game worried about week in which he received a the ball instead. Johnson said. "I'm not really "The thing we've been saying in
getting hurt, you will get hurt. It's $75,000 fine from the NFL and "We touched on that at halftime. worried about it." our locker room (is): We're going
a fearless game, it's a physical briefly threatened to retire. He We harped on it. The coaches As if to illustrate the point that to let everybody else tone it down,
game, so the rule is the rule. You called it business as usual — well, talked about it," safety Ed Reed head injuries can't simply be and we're going to turn it up,"
can't play this game scared. If you except for one particular play, said. "We talked about it, with the willed out of a violent sport, there Peterson said.
do, you won't last long." when he saw Dolphins running fines and all that coming out. But were some more Sunday. Still, the league is making it plain
With all of the day's 13 games back Ronnie Brown coming at the end of the day, you've got to Arizona rookie quarterback Max where it stands: Players need to
complete, there were no cringe- across the middle. play football, and you've got to be Hall left the Cardinals' game at put the brakes on.
inducing hits to replay on the "I had a chance to put my head in smart playing it." Seattle in the third quarter after he "On some plays where I had a
highlight shows — nothing the there, and it looked like he was Meriweather played smarter. received what the team announced clear shot at the quarterback, I
likes of what James Harrison, crouching down," Harrison said. Early in New England's game was a "blow to the head" on Chris kind of slowed down and made
Brandon Meriweather and Dunta "I didn't want to get a helmet-to- against San Diego, he had a Clemons' blindside sack. sure I hit him in the right spot,"
Robinson delivered last weekend helmet (hit). I didn't put my face chance to tee up San Diego In Atlanta, Falcons safety Dolphins defensive end Tony
in a spate of vicious plays that in there, and he went down, and receiver Patrick Crayton, but went Thomas DeCoud collided helmet-
b r o u g h t a b o u t h u n d r e d s o f luckily he didn't scamper for after him with his shoulder. to-helmet with Bengals running NFL page 6
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Sugarland's 'Incredible Machine' full steam ahead continued from page 5

McDaniels said. "I definitely

(AP) think it slows us down. When you
think about a $75,000 fine or a
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) issue with the song's reggae- synthesizer sounds on songs like part in this year's "VH1 Divas" $50,000 fine, for some guys, that's
Submitted at 10/25/2010 8:13:32 AM infused section. "All We Are" and "Find the Beat show honoring the military. four or five game checks."
"Art in general is provocative," Again and writing "Tonight" with Nettles said they are excited to ___
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Living on said Nettles, brushing off any "Say Anything's" stereo serenade show people "that country music AP Sports Writers Steven Wine
the edge is right where you'll find criticism. "It is meant to provoke. scene in mind. is hip and young and fun and in Miami, Teresa M. Walker in
country duo Sugarland. If it provokes conversation, if it Byron Gallimore, the producer accessible," adding, "It's not Nashville, Tim Booth in Seattle,
They are continuing to stretch provokes complete and total who has worked with Tim necessarily about lifestyle, it's Charles Odum in Atlanta, Brett
genre boundaries on their fourth outrage or if it provokes euphoria, McGraw, Faith Hill and Phil about having fun and being Martel in New Orleans, Mike
album, "The Incredible Machine," whatever that may be, and I think Vassar among others, has human." Cranston in Charlotte, N.C.,
and consider it a "thank you note" we've gotten a little provocative produced Sugarland's last three When asked what makes them David Ginsburg in Baltimore,
to fans for allowing them to grow on this record." studio albums and their Christmas work as a duo, both say it comes Doug Tucker in Kansas City, Rick
as artists over the years. "Can you imagine that? We just release. He said of the duo: "It down to one thing. Gano and Andrew Seligman in
"I don't think we're at the fringe of do some beat-boxing, and we get really doesn't get any better than "Our friendship and our creative Chicago, Bernie Wilson in San
country music, I think we are the in trouble," added Bush with a what they're doing. They're right relationship (are) based off of Diego, Fred Goodall in Tampa
fringe," said lead singer Jennifer chuckle. at the top." respect without a doubt," said and Colin Fly in Green Bay
Nettles, 36, in a recent interview. The two of them drew inspiration Gallimore called Bush "a Nettles. "We each bring different contributed to this report.
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Existing home sales rise, supply edges Amazon Touts Kindle Sales
down (Reuters) Numbers Without Sharing
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:57:44 AM
Federal Reserve's meeting next
week at which policymakers are
investigation could slow the
housing market correction as
Kindle Sales Numbers
expected to decide to inject more banks hold back foreclosures. Leena Rao (TechCrunch) In the three months since
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – money into the economy through "The current foreclosure Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:27:46 AM Amazon debuted the new Kindle,
Sales of previously owned homes b o n d p u r c h a s e s , t o d r i v e (situation) is a potential negative. Kindle devices or Kindle-related
rose in September, but remained borrowing costs down further and Less foreclosures mean the supply Unsurprisingly, the fourth quarter items such as Kindle books and
at subdued levels that did little to stimulate demand. of these homes for sale will go is usually the best sales period for covers represented 15 of the top
undermine the case for additional The Fed cut overnight interest down and people will be more the Kindle (and most retail 15 bestselling items on
monetary stimulus next week rates to near zero in December reluctant to buy them," said Jim products), but it looks like this Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
from the Federal Reserve. 2008 and has already bought O'Sullivan, chief economist at MF year will be especially strong as combined. Of course, this
Existing home sales increased for about $1.7 trillion worth of Global in New York. more consumers flock to e-books. dramatic growth is buoyed by the
a second straight month, rising 10 Treasury and mortgage-related According to the NAR foreclosed After announcing a new e-book fact that e-book sales are rapidly
percent from August to an annual debt. properties constitute about 20 loan feature last week, Amazon is growing (Amazon says sales are
rate of 4.53 million units, the The housing market is showing percent of homes on the market. revealing a number of new Kindle up 193 percent between January
National Association of Realtors signs of having bottomed after The Realtors group cautioned stats today in time for the holiday and August 2010). Kindle book
said on Monday. hefty declines in the aftermath of against any government mandated shopping rush. According to the sales growth during the same
Although the increase far the end of a popular tax credit for moratorium. company, sales of the new period exceeded this rate.
e x c e e d e d e c o n o m i s t s ' home buyers. Activity, however, Last month foreclosed properties generation Kindle devices have All of this growth sounds pretty
expectations for a 4 percent rise to r e m a i n s v e r y s u b d u e d a n d accounted for 23 percent of sales already surpassed total Kindle great, but it’s really hard to accept
a 4.30 million-unit pace, they recovery will be very slow given a while short sales made up 12 device sales from the holiday these stats and data without the
remained below the 5 million-unit 9.6 percent unemployment rate. percent. season of last year (October actual numbers of Kindles sold or
pace normally associated with a Last month, the inventory of (Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; through December 2009). e-books sold. Clearly, Kindles are
healthy market. previously owned homes for sale Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) Sales of individual Kindle titles big-sellers for the e-commerce
"The September data shows that fell 1.9 percent to 4.04 million This entry passed through the are flying off the digital giant (perhaps because the
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International in New York. But an investigation into the Five Filters featured article: Kindle book sales continue to Kindle sales while never releasing
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U.S. dollar trimmed losses versus was the main catalyst of the 2007- revealed during its earnings call in continue to be one of the best-kept
the euro. 09 recession. July. And in the past 30 days, secrets in device land.
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BP CEO slams media, rivals for boosting spill fears

(Reuters: Top News) BP said in late July that Dudley Editing by Dan Lalor) happened under democratic been nothing shy of a massive PR
Submitted at 10/25/2010 8:49:13 AM would take over as chief Oct 25, 2010 7:51am EDT leadership. The way the Obama shambles. They are at fault, as is
executive on October 1, Dudley, let’s see. First BP says administration managed the crisis all Government and regulatory
Bob Dudley, Group CEO of BP, succeeding Tony Hayward who that on 5K barrels/day are pouring made the democrats look like framework paid to ensure this
a d d r e s s e s t h e a n n u a l had come under fire for his out, when all along it was 25K. fools. It was embarrassing to say type of crisis doesnt happen.
Confederation of British Industry handling of the oil spill. Then BP sprays chemicals the least. What is truly amazing that this
(CBI) conference in London, Dudley's comments on Monday throughout the Gulf and won’t And your response is to blame it massive corporation appears so
October 25, 2010. echoed those he made early in the release the names of the on the Tea party. This is the prime incredibly arrogant and misguided
Credit: Reuters/Toby Melville 87-day crisis during a television chemicals. reason why democrats are going in relation to taking responsibility,
By Tom Bergin interview, when he said scientists The BP blames the whole thing to be thrown out of office. The apologising, and also comments
LONDON| Mon Oct 25, 2010 who argued the well was gushing on the drillers, in the only thing you guys are good at is made about the American Public
9:49am EDT up to 70,000 barrels per day (bpd) meantime….. pointing the finger, you never take along the way.
LONDON(Reuters) - BP's new were "scaremongering." BP is spending $millions on responsibility. I am an Lets hope BP is sold off in
chief executive said its rivals and At the time, Dudley said the "best television the they “will do the independent and neither you fragments to the sharks.
the media had helped cause a estimate" of the flow rate was right thing” while funding climate democrats nor the republicans Oct 25, 2010 9:21am EDT
climate of fear during the summer 5,000 bpd. change deniers in the Tea Party have me fooled one little bit. Seems to me there is a fair
when the oil giant's blown-out A government panel later put the and Republican party. Oct 25, 2010 8:46am EDT argument for the scare mongering
Gulf of Mexico well caused the flow rate at 62,000 bpd. So go blame the media. That’s Wow so the fears about the oil claim.The outcome fell well short
worst ever oil spill in the United BP's rivals including Chevron, exactly what Cheney and Bush polluting beaches, killing off the of the disaster scenario that many
States. Exxon Mobil, and Royal Dutch did for 8 years. You are in good saragassum ecosystems, forming were expecting, bad though it
The comments represented the Shell, have said they would not company. oil plumes miles long at depths of was.
latest volley in BP's battle to have drilled the blown-out well Oct 25, 2010 8:10am EDT three thousand feet, forming a I still don’t know who was to
rebuild its battered reputation by the way BP did. I was unaware that the Tea Party layer of oil on the ocean floor, blame. Obviously BP must be in
taking a harder line with those The companies have also rankled movement was funded by BP. I increasing the size of the already the mix somewhere, but why
who have blamed the disaster on a at BP's argument that the disaster thought they had considerable sizable dead zone in the gulf, don’t we wait and see what the
safety culture at BP that, they h i g h l i g h t e d f a i l u r e s i n t h e assistance from the Koch brothers ruining fishing and tourism US government enquiry comes up
said, put cost-saving before industry, rather than flaws – so their support is rooted in the industries….this was all hype and with.
safety. specific to BP. oil industry and its climate change none of it really happened! I guess Everyone is so quick to blame
In an address to the annual Dudley also thanked the British deniers. next time we should just whistle a somebody that no one is waiting
conference of British business government for its "stalwart However it is possible that BP is happy tune and let sunshine be for the facts.
lobby group, the CBI, Bob support" in the face of harsh funding American candidates – our umbrella. Oct 25, 2010 9:35am EDT
Dudley said there had been: "A attacks from U.S. lawmakers American politics thrives on all The real crime is that no one Note to “garrisongold:: So-o-o-o-
great rush to judgment by a fair during the crisis. "At the height of world currencies. Is that from BP went to jail. Hopefully o, are you saying that it was the
number of observers before the the crisis it made a big difference democracy? that can be corrected as we dig Democrat’s fault that this disaster
full facts could possibly be knowing we had such good Oct 25, 2010 8:41am EDT deeper into this disaster they occurred? Thank you for your
known, even from some in our friends at home," the U.S.-born Ace, let’s see. It was a caused and the real impact of Faux news logic! And, which
industry. Dudley said. democratically controlled which won’t be known for a party actively advocates drilling
"I watched graphic projections of Separately on Monday, BP said it congress and a democratic decade or so. in the gulf? Which party actively
oil swirling around the gulf, was to sell fields in the Gulf to President that was in charge of the Oct 25, 2010 8:57am EDT supported BP? Got news for you,
around Florida, across and around Japanese group Marubeni Corp governments oversight of BP and It is amusing to watch Dudley it was the G”NO”Per’s!!!!
Bermuda to England -- these for $650 million as it seeks to the oil spill. All of the Oct 25, 2010 9:15am EDT Another Republican liar!
a p p e a r e d a u t h o r i t a t i v e a n d raise up to $30 billion from asset misinformation and the failed BP’s handling of this crisis, and Congratulations!
inevitable. The public fear was sales to pay for the oil spill. timely response to and their handling of the
everywhere," he said. (Reporting by Tom Bergin; management of the crisis communications to the world has CEO page 13
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Honda Ridgeline: Efficient Machine at an Affordable Price
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:18:25 AM
2011 Honda Ridgeline (Courtesy
of NetCarShow.com) Virtually
unchanged from last year, the
2011 Honda Ridgeline continues
to stand alone as a niche product
in the pickup truck arena.
Although classified as a standard
pickup truck by the EPA, which
lumps it in with the likes of the
Ford F-150 and Chevy Silverado,
its exterior dimensions really fall
somewhere between standard
pickups and compact pickups
including Toyota Tacoma and
Nissan Frontier. Like the Ford
Explorer Sport Trac, Ridgeline is
tough to pigeon hole.
More speculation surrounded the
2011 Ridgeline than the
possibility of a Palin 2012
presidential run. At one point
Honda execs seemed to indicate
that 2011 would bring a total
redesign for this pickup first
introduced as a 2006 model. But
hold the phone; Honda then
clarified things by saying
Ridgeline would return as is for
2011. Will the total redesign come
for 2012? Maybe and maybe not.
Although through the first nine
months of this year Ridgeline
sales are up marginally from the
same period in 2009, the total for
2010 is on track to be roughly
15,000 units. With an original
marketing plan based on 50,000
unit sales per year, Ridgeline's
future could be in some jeopardy.
In the meantime, the 2011
Ridgeline is, in nearly every
respect, a terrific choice for
people who don’t need the towing
or cargo capacity of a full-size
pickup. As with its size,
Ridgeline’s price also stakes out
the territory, with some overlap,
between full-size and smaller
pickups. My test Ridgeline was
the top-of-the-line $37,610 RTL
with Navigation. Prices, however,
begin at $29,680 for the RT.
There are also the RTS and RTL
without Navigation arranged
between the highest- and lowest-
priced versions. As with other
Honda nameplates, there are no
factory options for the specific
trim levels. Gaining more content
requires moving up to one of the
more expensive trims.
The only configuration Honda
offers is a four-door crew cab
with a five-foot cargo box.
Propelling every Ridgeline is the
same 250-horsepower 3.5-liter
V6. The transmission doesn’t vary
either; engine output is escorted to
all four wheels via a five-speed
automatic tranny. The AWD
system is intuitive and engineered
for foul weather. It doesn’t
provide a four-wheel low gear for
the serious off roader. An extra-
cost wiring harness is required,
but Ridgeline will tow up to 5,000
pounds. Acceleration is leisurely,
but determined. You don’t need to
worry about being run over by the
traffic behind you when the light
goes green, but you won’t be
blowing the doors off of the
Toyota Tacoma next to you either.
Because the Ridgeline is bigger
and heavier than it looks, its fuel
economy isn’t significantly better
than a full-size pickup. On the flip
side, it is only marginally worse
than a smaller pickup. The EPA
estimates its mpg at 15 mpg in the
city and 20 mpg on the highway.
These are the same EPA numbers
scored by the V8-equipped full-
size Toyota Tundra CrewMax
pickup, and nearly the same EPA
ratings as the V6-equipped
Tacoma Double Cab 4WD at 16
mpg city and 20 mpg highway.
Decidedly car-like in its road
manners, Ridgeline sacrifices
some of the utility and ruggedness
of full-size pickups for a more
pliant ride and relaxed handling.
Key elements of its four-wheel
independent suspension are
MacPherson struts in front and a
multi-link setup in the rear.
Managing to absorb most
pavement inconsistencies, the
underpinnings also help keep this
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upgraded seven-speaker audio
system with in-dash six-disc CD
player, satellite radio and
auxiliary input jack, leather
seating with heated front seats,
eight-way power-adjustable
driver’s seat, and Bluetooth
connectivity. The RTL with
Navigation, of course, comes with
a GPS-based nav unit.
The cabin is comfortable and
fairly roomy. Legroom front and
rear is decent. The split 60/40 rear
seat has bottom cushions that fold
up to reveal storage
compartments. Straightforward,
all the controls are easy to find
and use. The layout of the
dashboard is uncomplicated.
Two unique cargo-box features
pickup tethered to the asphalt
are worth mentioning. The first is
when cornering. Eighteen-inch
the dual-operation tailgate that
alloy wheels wrapped in all-
either folds down or swings open
season rubber are standard on the
from the side. The other
RTL. The other trim levels get 17-
unexpected feature is the 8.5-
inch ones.
cubic-foot lockable storage area
Antilock disc brakes on all four
beneath the cargo floor. It can
wheels bring Ridgeline to
function like the trunk of a car, or
controlled stops. Traction control
it can even be filled with ice and
and stability control are built into
beverages for tailgating thanks to
the package, as are electronic
its drain plugs.
brakeforce distribution and
If you need a pickup for heavy-
emergency braking assist.
duty towing or other rugged work
Even the low-end RT comes
-related chores, Ridgeline might
standard with six airbags, air
not be the best choice. However
conditioning, full power
for drivers who only need a truck
accessories, cruise control, tilt
for light duty or the occasional
steering wheel, power-sliding rear
weekend job-jar task, Ridgeline
window, and a six-speaker audio
should be more than adequate.
system with CD player. By the
The rest of the time it will play
time you work your way up to the
the part of people mover without
RTL you also get dual-zone
breaking the bank.
automatic climate control, leather-
wrapped steering wheel with HONDA page 11
redundant controls for the
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Daniel Pearl World Music Days Concert Sings 'Songs in Every
Tongue'
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:06:22 AM
By Tara MacIsaac
Epoch Times Staff Created: Oct
25, 2010 Last Updated: Oct 25,
2010
BANJO FOLK: Alan Friend
plays soulful southern folk on his
banjo. (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch
Times) NEW YORK—Members
of the Folk Music Society of New
York (FMSNY) got together
Friday night on East 23rd Street to
celebrate the life of journalist and
musician Daniel Pearl, who was
killed by terrorists in Pakistan
four months after the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks. Pearl, who
would have celebrated his 47th
birthday on Oct. 10, played in
bands all over the world, using
music to connect with people of
different cultures.
The Daniel Pearl World Music
Days initiative, which is now in
its ninth year, includes
participation of more than 6,000
performers in 105 countries,
according to the organization's
website. The commemorative
concerts run from Oct. 1 through
Oct. 31 and are centered around
the theme of “Harmony for
Humanity.” Some big-name acts,
including Elton John and R.E.M.,
serve as the honorary committee
artists for the musical tribute, and
the program has also been
recognized by President Barack
Obama.
The FMSNY has participated in
this international musical
celebration for three years. This
year, the Daniel Pearl World
Music Days Concert in New York
City revolved around the theme
“Songs in Every Tongue.”
“Music can bring us together.
Music transcends boundaries of
language, of faith, of anything,”
said Heather Wood, treasurer and
program chair for FMSNY.
“Through our music, we reaffirm
our conviction that humanity will
triumph and harmony will
prevail.”
The concert was more of a
gathering than a formal
performance. A group of 40 to 50
people came together to share
songs they'd learned while
traveling and to teach others short
songs in many different
languages—from Galician to
Patois and Hindi. Rosalie Friend,
an FMSNY member since the late
1960s, shared a Swahili song she
picked up in Tanzania, which is
sung to welcome foreign visitors.
“Swahili is the language of the
east coast of Africa, mixed from
African dialects and Arabic,”
Friend explained. “It's the national
language of Tanzania, so that the
people of Tanzania, who speak
120 or so tribal languages, can all
learn Swahili and speak with each
other.”
The song transcends boundaries
between African tribes and is
indicative of an increasingly
shared global culture. People from
all over the world can understand
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singing together in harmony.
The folk songs performed at the
concert told stories with lasting
power. The listener traveled from
a Turkish grave site in 200 B.C. to
the farewells of a Georgian
soldier departing for war and the
days of slavery in old Louisiana.
Though the songs span many time
periods and locales, all people
could relate to the themes and the
feelings they evoked, pointed out
Alan Friend.
“It's all about the same kinds of
conflicts that you have in all
cultures: love, war, death—the
same things that make the
headlines [today],” he said of the
Southern Appalachian folk music
he sings and plays on his banjo.
a phrase included in the song that which can also be considered folk Wood closed off the concert with
h a s b e e n m a d e p o p u l a r b y songs, said Friend. a “nonsense” song called “Ging
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VLC Makes Its Way to the iPhone, iPod Touch

Mike Melanson
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:11:00 AM
VLC has made its way fully onto
iOS with this week's release for
the iPhone and iPod Touch. The
open-source, multi-platform video
player will allow Apple's mobile
device users to play a number of types as well as allowing them to Apple clarified its App Store
different video formats, from delete files directly from the app, guidelines, it moved to a more
DiVX to AVI and more. rather than resorting to using liberal policy.
Sponsor iTunes on their computer. 9 to 5 Mac took a look at the app
This latest version of VLC works The app first broke onto iOS in and offered up an early review of
on the iPhone 4 and 3GS, as well late September with an iPad app, the features, which you can see
as the iPod Touch 3rd and 4th surprising many. As we below.
generation. This version of VLC mentioned when the iPad app was VLC 1.1.0 is available in the App
by providing support for more file
allows users a greater flexibility approved, it seems that after Store. Discuss
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Oct 25, 2010 9:39am EDT
“It was a democratically
controlled congress and a
democratic President that was in
charge of the governments
oversight of BP”
So Dick Cheney’s STILL secret
energy meeting from a few
decades ago, and the fact that one
of the richest Oil families in the
world ran our country for 12 of
the last 20 years, not including
Bush sr. as VP for the Hollywood
actor turned trickle-down duffus,
means nothing to you? That they
made sure there were no
meaningful regulations on their
operations, that they could do
anything they wanted to in the
gulf all those years? How about
all the wars the Bush’s start off-
budget, so that Halliburton
specifically and oil giants in
general can get their profits
quickly and easily without regard
to the rule of law (Blackwater). do
you really think any of them want
you to buy a Ford that gets 40
mpg? I think not.
Vote Democratic in 2010 &
2012. Then if we aren’t on a green
Samsung to unveil new Android device November 8th
Ross Miller (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:25:00 AM
Two weeks. That's how long
you'll have to wait before
Samsung Mobile officially shows
off its latest Android device. We
energy trajectory fast enough yet
(can’t be too fast imo) by then
with Obama in charge, then we
can, and should, vote for the
Green Party in 2016. And outlaw
the Repuglican’t party for abuse
of power ie; using Karl Rove and
John Roberts to transform us
completely into a Plutocracy with
Oiligarchy accents, that will surly
make us the target to be crucified
by the rest of the world tired of
United States citizens that seem to
constantly vote against their
interests in supporting Plutocrats
who lie to them on Fox News
every day. They’d be right to
think that we are a hopelessly
gullible, low-info-voter,
ideologically blinded country that
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PSP Go(Credit: Sony)
Sony has dropped the price of its
PSP Go gaming handheld from
$249 to $199.
Sony's price cut is a shot over
Nintendo's bow. With the price
month in which market researcher
cut, Sony's handheld is now just
NPD reported hardware unit sales
$30 more than Nintendo's DSi
-- Sony sold just 79,400 PSP
XL, $50 more than the DSi, and
units. In August 2009, by contrast,
$70 more than the DSi Lite.
the company sold 140,300 PSP
Sony's PSP Go page still displays
units.
a $249.99 suggested price. But six
Meanwhile, Nintendo's DS
of the seven retailers than Sony's
platform is still going strong. In
site links to are selling it for $199.
August, the company sold more
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than 342,000 handhelds.
for $208.
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BP Sells Gulf of Mexico Oil Fields for

$560 Million
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Ray Ozzie sees new 'dawn' for Microsoft
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:42:46 AM
As he gets ready to head out the
door at Microsoft sometime in the
coming weeks, Ray Ozzie is
offering up sweeping thoughts on
how the company should move
forward into the coming decade.
"Let there be no doubt that the big
shifts occurring over the next five
years ensure that this will
absolutely be a time of great
opportunity for those who put past
technologies & successes into
perspective, and envision all the
transformational value that can be
offered moving forward to
individuals, businesses,
governments and society," Ozzie
wrote in a blog post titled " Dawn
of a New Day." The post is
written as a memo to "Executive
Staff and direct reports."
Ray Ozzie, chief software
architect on the outs.
Last week, Microsoft
unexpectedly announced that
Ozzie would be departing after
five years at the software giant.
No specific last day was given,
but the transition is expected to
last several months. Microsoft
said that Ozzie, who had been
serving as chief software
architect, will focus his time on
"the broader area of entertainment
What's Inside Doritos Late-Night Cheeseburger Chips
Patrick Di Justo (Wired Top
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where Microsoft has many
ongoing investments" before he
officially leaves the company.
Five years ago this week, Ozzie
put a stamp on his then new role
at Microsoft with a similarly big-
picture essay known as " The
Internet Services Disruption"
memo. That quickly became the
inspiration for several of
Microsoft's products, including
Windows Live and Windows
Azure.
In the new memo, Ozzie urges
the company to keep up its
forward momentum and not hold
too tightly to a past that was
defined in large part by
Microsoft's software for the PC.
"As Microsoft has done so
successfully over the course of the
company's history," he writes,
"let's mark this five-year
milestone by once again fearlessly
embracing that which is
technologically inevitable."
Some of those successes, Ozzie
writes, include delivering a
"seamless OS" that uses Windows
Live "as an optional, yet natural
services complement to the
Windows and Office software."
He cites Office 365 and "our 2010
Office" as components in the
company's "seamless
productivity." And in the
"seamless entertainment" space,
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services," he writes. He continues: like, if it were to ever truly
At first blush, this world of occur." He writes that "those who
continuous services and can envision a plausible future
connected devices doesn't seem that's brighter than today will earn
very different than today. But the opportunity to lead."
those who build, deploy and He went on to say that the
manage today's websites industry is on a path toward
understand viscerally that fielding "cloud-based continuous services
a truly continuous service is that connect us all and do our
Ozzie believes "Xbox Live has incredibly difficult and is only bidding, and appliance-like
transformed Xbox into a real- a c h i e v e d b y t h e m o s t connected devices enabling us to
time, social, media-rich TV sophisticated high-scale consumer interact with those cloud-based
websites. And those who build services." And although he
experience."
But Ozzie is also fully aware of and deploy application fabrics believes that continuous services
the mistakes Microsoft has made targeting connected devices and connected devices could lead
over the past few years. He said understand how challenging it can the "next wave of industry
that the "early and clear vision" of be to simply & reliably just 'sync' reconfiguration," it could take a
some of Microsoft's competitors or 'stream'. To achieve these while before the industry fully
has helped those companies get seemingly simple objectives will embraces them. But, Ozzie said,
ahead of the software giant "in require dramatic innovation in "it will."
mobile experiences, in the human interface, hardware, And despite economic and other
seamless fusion of hardware and s o f t w a r e a n d s e r v i c e s . insecurities of the present day,
software and services, and in Meanwhile, the PC-centric, client Ozzie expresses optimism: "I see
social networking and myriad new /server world has "accreted simply a great, expansive future for our
forms of Internet-centric social immense complexity over the past industry and for our company."
quarter century. To which he adds (Via TechCrunch)
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Kindle sales rocket; ebooks outsell real books 2:1

Chris Davies (SlashGear) board,” said Kessel. “This is
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:51:42 AM remarkable when you consider
that we’ve been selling hardcover
Amazon has announced record and paperback books for 15 years,
sales for their Kindle ereader, as and Kindle books for just 36
well as that ebook sales are months.”
exceeding hardback and Other recent milestones for
paperback sales by over 2-to-1. Kindle include:
According to SVP Steve Kessel In the 12 weeks following the
“it’s still October and we’ve introduction of the new generation
already sold more Kindle devices Kindles, Kindle devices or Kindle
since launch than we did during -related items such as Kindle
the entire fourth quarter of last books and covers represented 15
year”; that makes the Kindle the of the top 15 bestselling items on
best selling product on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
Amazon US and Amazon UK. combined.
The timing of Amazon’s Amazon sold more than 3 times
announcement – on the eve of as many Kindle books in the first
Barnes & Noble’s NYC event at nine months of 2010 as in the first
which the rival bookseller is nine months of 2009.
expected to announce the NOOK The Association of American
Color ereader tablet– seems Publishers’ latest data reports that
unlikely to be a coincidence. e-book sales grew 193 percent
We’re guessing Amazon are between January and August
hoping to overshadow the new 2010. Kindle book sales growth
NOOK Color by underlining their during the same period exceeded
market dominance; not that, if the this rate.
figures are anything to go by, they Kindle devices are the fastest- of year on Amazon,” said Steve book sales continue to grow. Learn more about Kindle at http:/
really need to hammer home the selling Kindles of all time and the Kessel, Senior Vice President, D u r i n g t h e p a s t 3 0 d a y s , /www.amazon.com/kindle.
point. b e s t s e l l i n g p r o d u c t s o n A m a z o n K i n d l e . “ R e a d e r s A m a z o n . c o m c u s t o m e r s Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Press Release: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. continue to choose Kindle for its purchased more Kindle books • Kindle sales surge; ebooks
New Generation Kindle Device Today, Amazon.com announced all-new electronic ink screen with than print books—hardcover and eclipse hardcovers
Sales Already Surpass Fourth that sales of the new generation 50 percent higher contrast, paperback combined—for the top • Amazon ups Kindle royalties to
Quarter 2009 – The Peak Holiday K i n d l e d e v i c e s s i n c e t h e i r readability in bright sunlight, long 10, 25, 100, and 1,000 bestselling 70%, with catches
Shopping Season and Busiest i n t r o d u c t i o n h a v e a l r e a d y battery life of up to one month, books on Amazon.com. • Amazon Kindle for Mac
Time of Year on Amazon surpassed total Kindle device light 8.5 ounce form, flexibility to “For the top 10 bestselling books released
Amazon.com Customers Now sales from October through read their books across all major on Amazon.com, customers are • eBook Lending for Kindle
Buying More Bestsellers on December 2009. LCD devices and platforms, and choosing Kindle books over feature coming this year
Kindle Than Paperbacks and “It’s still October and we’ve low $139 price. It’s clear that this hardcover and paperback books • iBooks v1.1.1 update adds
Hardcovers Combined—At a Rate already sold more Kindle devices is going to be the biggest holiday combined at a rate of greater than audio/video book support
of 2 to 1 since launch than we did during for Kindle yet—by far.” 2 to 1. Kindle books are also
S E A T T L E — O c t o b e r 2 5 , the entire fourth quarter of last In addition, Kindle book unit outselling print books for the top
2 0 1 0 — ( N A S D A Q : year—astonishing because the sales continue to overtake print on 2 5 , 1 0 0 , a n d 1 , 0 0 0
AMZN)—The new generation fourth quarter is the busiest time Amazon.com, even while print b e s t s e l l e r s — i t ’ s a c r o s s t h e KINDLE page 17
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Just Because Apps are Free, Doesn't Mean There's

No Money to Be Made
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) Peter Vesterbacka complained platform highly desirable and
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:05:08 AM about the challenges of increasing demand for the
developing for such a fragmented platform... With more advertiser
Today's article in The New York environment. And then it was Hall demand per each available
Times (see: " App Makers Take again, with a quote that's already impression on Android, it resulted Asus officially walks
Interest in Android") focused on getting repeated on Apple- in more revenue per impression."
t h e g r o w i n g A n d r o i d a p p watching blogs like John Gruber’s The NYT article also makes brief away from Garmin-
ecosystem, and the unfortunate Daring Fireball:
side effect of being a Google-led "Google is not associated with
mention of the lack of an in-app
purchases model for Android,
Asus partnership
project: people aren't used to things you pay for, and Android is another disappointment for Darren Murph (Engadget)
paying for Google services and an extension of that," said Mr. developers, especially since we Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:46:00 AM
that mentality extends to Android. Hall of Larva Labs. "You don't recently learned that in-app
But developers, take heart: pay for Google apps, so it bleeds purchases generate more revenue Chalk another up to the rumor
making your app a free download into the expectations for the third- At the time, we wondered why, than ads, in some app categories. mill. Just as we'd heard, the
doesn't mean you don't get paid, a party apps, too." There Are Ways given the lower ad impression However, as we also noted last Garmin-Asus partnership will
point the NYT article practically to Get Paid numbers (as compared with week, developers don't have to soon be no more. After a few
glossed over, preferring to focus If you want to debate the merit of iPhone/iOS). As it turns out, wait on Google to implement an arguably valiant attempts to break
on Android's other issues, like its the above statements, feel free to Millennial's Michael Avon had o f f i c i a l i n - a p p p u r c h a s e into the smartphone market, it
fragmentation, use of Google head to the comments section, but some thoughts on the matter. mechanism, because there are seems as if Asus is walking away
Checkout for buying apps, lack of we feel the need to point out the Besides the fact that there is several third-party solutions in hopes of finding greener grass
in-app purchases and more. obvious miss from the NYT simply less ad inventory amid already available, including Boku elsewhere. According to Reuters,
Sponsor article: there are alternative soaring demand on Android, he and Zong for virtual goods and an unnamed Asus official has
Despite the positive-sounding revenue streams for developers also shared that Android is P a y P a l ' s i n - a p p p u r c h a s e s confirmed that it would be
headline, the NYT article was besides direct app sales.(After all, currently a "hot" platform for technology for physical goods. "ending its mobile phone
actually negative in tone, starting even Google's "free" services advertisers as it allows them to NYT had one good thing to say cooperation agreement with
off with a joke about how an aren't actually free - they're reach first-time smartphone about Android development: Garmin." We're expecting the rest
Android developer making $1-$2 monetized through advertising.) buyers and a more diverse set of because of the store sizes (100K of the breakup details to roll
per day on his app was laughed at We recently highlighted some consumers. vs 300K apps/Android vs iPhone) tomorrow, but honestly, you'd
by his peers, while insisting findings related to this matter "We believe some advertisers are it's easier to get noticed in the turn the other cheek and move on
"that's pretty good money!" earlier this month. For example, paying a premium to reach those Android Market today than it is in if you were classy. But we both
The blows against Android then research from mobile ad company users early in their smartphone the iTunes App Store. Well, at know that's not happening, right?
continue with a quote from Matt Millennial Media found that e x p e r i e n c e , " h e s a i d . " O u r least there's that. Discuss Asus officially walks away from
Hall, co-founder of Larva Labs, Android ad revenue has, for the advertisers have also shared that Garmin-Asus partnership
who talked about the problems first time ever, beaten iPhone ad Android allows them to reach a originally appeared on Engadget
with Google Checkout. Then revenue on the company's ad diverse set of consumers across on Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:46:00
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from letter to letter, and handset manufacturers and mobile Gregory White (Money Game)
As the world shifts to using more SwiftKey, which smartly suggests carriers, as well as VCs.
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:00:52 AM
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Pic of the Day: Kate Moss Comes Undone

alice (Featured Blog Posts - My
Modern Metropolis)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 4:30:00 PM
This beautiful photo of Kate
Moss was taken by Mary
McCartney, Paul and Linda
McCartney's daughter. A
professional photographer since
1994, McCartney just released a
new book called From Where I
Stand, revealing some behind-the-
Mary McCartney: From Where I
Stand
scenes photos of the glamorous
world she grew up in.
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Ray Ozzie Has Seen The Future, And It Looks A 5 Mysterious

Monuments from
Lot Like Google Around the World
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) Google Docs, Google Calendar, (HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:16:18 AM and Picasa. It’s also increasingly Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:00:56 AM
true for other apps.
Just as Microsoft chief software The Send-To-Android feature, Millennia from now, future
architect Ray Ozzie is preparing for instance, makes it easy to send archaeologists will probably
to step down, he’s leaving the links to phones which will then wonder why France decided to
software giant with a farewell launch apps on those phones. build a big metal tower in the
memo outlining where the “Post- Google extended that center of Paris. They'll come upon
PC” world is headed. functionality to its Chrome the ruins of Las Vegas and puzzle
Titled“Dawn of a New Day,” it browser. Android also updates over why 20th century humans
comes across as a dire warning for apps over the air seamlessly. built a glitzy metropolis in the
Microsoft to move faster away Obviously, Google isn’t the only middle of nowhere. They'll find
from its dependence on the PC threat here. It certainly isn’t at the the ruins of the Brooklyn Bridge
towards “continuous services” in forefront of social networking and marvel over how it could
the cloud available across a wide (that would be Facebook). And have been constructed using only
array of “connected devices.” perhaps that is where Microsoft steam-powered machines.
Ozzie has hit upon some of these can still find its footing, by For modern archaeologists, the
themes before, starting with a big- creating a computing architecture ancient world continues to hold
think memo five years ago that brings together devices, the many secrets. Civilizations
called“The Internet Services cloud and social networks. Ozzie disappear, and thousands of years
Disruption.” Certainly his original hints at this: later, researchers are left to pick
concept of Microsoft Mesh was Tomorrow’s experiences will be through the ivy-covered ruins of
very much in this vein of syncing inherently transmedia & trans- their cities.
data across devices and the cloud. device. They’ll be centered on The following are a list of five
But Mesh has been years in the your own social & organizational awe-inspiring sights whose codes
making, and is only now networks. For both individuals haven't been cracked yet. Who
beginning to see the light of day p r o d u c t s a n d t h e i r r a p i d like Google, which is pushing to and businesses, new consumption built them? Why did they build
in limited ways. advancement & refinement of remove the distinction between & interaction models will change them? Did humans even build
It is almost as if Ozzie is saying new usage scenarios have been native apps and Web apps with the game. It’s inevitable. them at all?
Microsoft didn’t completely get quite noteworthy. Our early and the Chrome OS and Google Apps. Of course, Google also realizes This entry passed through the
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Goodbye Walkman, thanks for the
iPod
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:23:06 AM
Sony has announced it will retire
the Walkman tape player in Japan,
marking the end of one of the
most successful consumer gadgets
of all time.
Over three decades, Sony sold
more than 200 million Walkman
tape players.(Credit: Sony Corp.)
But at least it outlived disco.
By today's standards, the
Walkman was a clunky plastic
cassette player that required
frequent replacing of two AA
batteries. There was no shuffle.
There was no storage to speak of.
It could only play the number of
songs on the tape. Jumping to a
new song tasked an owner with
fast forwarding, an inexact
process that meant repeated stops
to find the start of the desired
song.
But up until July 1, 1979, the day
the Walkman went on sale in
Japan, people didn't understand
the concept of portable music. Not
the kind that Sony offered. Up
until then, portable music mostly
meant holding a transistor radio
up to your ear. The Walkman
dazzled.
Count Steve Jobs among the most
impressed, according to John
Sculley, Apple's former CEO, said
recently in an excellent interview
with Leander Kahney of the blog
Cult of Mac.
"We used to go visit Akio Morita
and he had really the same kind of
high-end standards that Steve did
and respect for beautiful
products," Sculley told Kahney. "I
remember Akio Morita gave
Steve and me each one of the first
Sony Walkmans. None of us had
ever seen anything like that before
because there had never been a
product like that. This is 25 years
ago and Steve was fascinated by
it. The first thing he did with his
was take it apart and he looked at
every single part. How the fit and
finish was done, how it was
built."
So, the Walkman's designers
likely influenced the iPod. And
what about the Walkman's
branding? After the music player
became a hit, Sony tried to
capitalize by releasing such
products as Pressman, Watchman,
Scoopman, and Discman. Now,
think iPod, iPhone and iPad.
iPod Nano(Credit: Donald Bell/
CNET)
Of course, Jobs took portable
music to a new level, one where
even Morita's company couldn't
compete. Jobs wrapped his
offering around a cohesive and as
yet unbeatable combination of
hardware, software and digital
retail. Sony knew hardware but
was at best so-so in retail and a
total disaster at developing
software(See Sony Connect).
Some have speculated that Sony's
failure to keep up in a segment
that the company created was one
of the reasons it has given the
Walkman such a quiet send off.
Still, the company should be
proud. It's unlikely we would have
had the iPod without the
Walkman and Morita, who helped
set music free. For that, we owe
them a deep and respectful bow.
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version 4 for the Mac. There's no initial thoughts about the Mac
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release date, but it will require download to the episode here.
Snow Leopard "...because of Twitterrific was my first Twitter
some new features." app and I still love it on the iPad,
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Samsung announce Nov 8 event for “new Android device”

Chris Davies (SlashGear) Tab has been confirmed to launch Relevant Entries on SlashGear
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:13:31 AM on Verizon and Sprint on • HTC to unveils its Android
November 11 and November 14 based phone on May 6?
Samsung has just sent out an respectively, the company has • Samsung Will Push Android,
invitation blast for an Android already held a launch event for the Keep Bada and Windows Phone 7
event to be held in New York City Froyo slate and as such it seems in the Backseat
on November 8. The invite – somewhat unlikely that this is • Archos 9 UMPC video demo;
which says Samsung Mobile will their “new” device. Still, they had Android PMP coming September
be unveiling “a new Android to use European models at the • Galaxy S hits US Cellular as
device” – doesn’t mention the preview, as no US-spec GSM/ Samsung Mesmerize
handset itself, leaving us guessing CDMA versions were available, • HTC event June 24th: Could the
as to its identity. so this could still be a retread of HTC Hero launch?
will be there to bring you all the be the official debut of the
The graphics on the invite itself the 7-inch slate.
news from the event, so join us on Samsung YP-MB2, the
contains what look to be stock We’re hoping, though, that it’s
the 8th! company’s Android-based PMP
market results, suggesting this is a something new and unseen, but
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:00:00 AM
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player is fine if all you ever want
to watch are files in the limited
number of formats that it
supports. However, if you need to
playback files that are encoded in
Xvid, DivX, WebM, or even the
dreaded FLV, you'll need
something with a bit more
capability. VLC is one choice that
works great for playback of all of
these various formats, but the
Miro player has just been bumped
to version 3.5, and it offers a
number of capabilities that VLC
conversion tool that can export to
MP3, MP4, Ogg Theora, or Ogg
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The Color Nook Could
Be The Tablet Tipping
Point
John Biggs (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:05:57 AM
Both Amazon and Barnes &
Noble have downplayed actual e-
reader device sales numbers,
instead crowing about the number
of e-books sold in the past year.
This is an important distinction
because it shows us a few things
about the Nook/Kindle audience.
First, e-readers (dedicated e-
readers, mind you, not tablets) are
popular with heavy readers and,
as a corollary, most e-reader
owners buy a lot of books.
However, the real value has been
in the e-book format itself, as the
popularity of the Kindle and Nook
e-book stores can attest. Since the
first e-readers trickled out of Sony
in about 2006, the general
audience has complained about
the lack of a color option and their
interest has been consistently
drawn to tablets like the iPad, the
Playbook, and the HP Slate.
What’s an e-reader manufacturer
to do?
In short, they need to create a
slate with a focus on e-reading
which, like the Nook, will run a
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$250 price tag, $50 more than the
best E Ink e-reader, would create
a fairly compelling offering for
that self-same reader.
And that’s just what we can
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Just Married Katy and
Russell Take Off For
Their Honeymoon!
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:45:58 AM
Russell Brand and Katy Perry
were spotted this morning, on her
26th birthday, heading to a flight
Google reach 100,000 out of India's Jaipur airport. They
apparently headed off for their
honeymoon in the Maldives after
apps in Android Market a whirlwind weekend of wedding
celebrations, which kicked off
Chris Davies (SlashGear) to users, and are organized in such with a safari at the Ranthambore
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:43:44 AM a way that titles of interest can be National Park. The pair tied the
found easily. The latter is knot on Saturday in a traditional
Google has announced that the something both Google and Apple Indian ceremony, but with a
Android Market has passed the will need to work on as their Christian minister. Katy is
100,000 app point, the latest offerings expand. thought to have worn a variety of
milestone in the company’s open- [ via Android Community] dresses on her big day, with the
source platform. The news still Relevant Entries on SlashGear most elaborate being a gray haute
leaves Android trailing iOS, • Android tether backtrack: apps couture gown from designer Elie
however; Apple claim there are allowed, but not for T-Mob US Saab. Photos from the event,
over 250,000 titles in the App users though, aren't likely to be seen
Store. • Rubin confirms 18-20 Android soon as Katy and Russell sold the
Google is yet to put out an phones on sale by end of year rights to Hello! magazine. Some
official release on the news, with • Adobe AIR for Android arrives details have emerged, however,
the number being announced by in Android Market including a story about how Katy
t h e c o m p a n y ’ s A n d r o i d • Google yank tethering apps made a toast at their dinner that
Developers Twitter account. Of from Android Market went on for thirty minutes and
course, sheer scale of numbers is • Archos 5 MID mod adds included a bit about she and
o n l y o n e p a r t o f h a v i n g a Android Market, Gmail, Maps, Russell were likely together in a
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Art and Interiors: Abstracts

Habitually Chic (Habitually
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:01:53 AM

My love of abstract art is no

secret. I love the colors and
movement of the paintings like
the one in Kelly Wearstler's home
above. I think a lot of people see
abstract art as just paint slapped
on a canvas but a lot of thought
usually goes into the work.
Abstract Expressionist artist Joan
Mitchell once said, "The freedom
in my work is quite controlled, I
don't close my eyes and hope for
the best." It's also clear from
Galaxy Tab for Sprint these examples that they can add
life to any room. I especially love Will Wick from Western Franz Kline in room by Miles
confirmed for November 14th: abstract paintings from the 1960's I n
mixed with furniture from the Elton John residence.
teriors magazine. Redd.
Courtney Giles
18th-century. Don't forget to visit unknown David Hicks
$400 with two-year contract t h e A b s t r a c t E x p r e s s i o n i s t Celerie Kemble Mark Rothko, Willem de
Ross Miller (Engadget) Phone Scoop who contacted the exhibition at The Museum of Stephen Sills Kooning and Franz Kline
company, there'll also be a Modern Art to learn more! Isabel Lopez Quesada paintings in Eastman apartment
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:04:00 AM
$599.99 offer with no contract). David Collins London flat. Stephen Elrod by Billy Baldwin and
Well, that didn't take long. After That'll run you $29.99 for 2GB Suzanne Kasler Morris Louis painting in room by photographed by Horst.
h e a r i n g t h i s m o r n i n g t h a t and $59.99 for 5GB. Can't wait to David Hicks, 1964 Stephen Sills. Steven Gambrel
Samsung's Galaxy Tab might see what price the GSMers might Joan Mitchell painting from Morris Louis on Reed Krakoff Heather Clawson
possibly be hitting Sprint on offer? Pre-orders start today. March 2010 Elle Decor. home.
November 14th, the carrier has Galaxy Tab for Sprint confirmed
come out and confirmed the date, for November 14th: $400 with
along with some pricing details. two-year contract originally Use AppBrain and DIY Tricks to Get
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Why the United States Has Turned against Obama

(AEI.Org: Articles) generic ballot question--which intellectual superiors, have been Congress since the Kansas- Democrats were heading for
Submitted at 10/24/2010 6:00:00 PM party's candidates will you the slaves of defunct political Nebraska Act of 1854. That law, defeat in 1940. Such a defeat was
support for the House of scientists and historians. which allowed settlers to decide avoided because by November
Why have American voters gone Representatives--by an average of To be specific, the defunct whether to allow slavery in these 1940, the Second World War had
so sour on Barack Obama's 49 to 42 per cent. In no previous Progressive political scientists and new territories, resulted in the broken out. Hitler and Stalin were
Democratic party? It's a question election cycle since the Gallup New Deal historians. The disappearance of one major allies, and with their confederates
that must puzzle many in Britain organisation started asking the Progressives argued that history political party, the demotion to in Italy and Japan were in
who--Conservative as well as q u e s t i o n i n 1 9 4 2 h a v e inevitably and rightly moves Left, minority status of the other and command of or threatening most
Labour and Lib Dem--welcomed Republicans led by more than 4 from no government to big led to civil war. The effects of of Europe and Asia, with Britain
Obama's election two years ago per cent. Now in Gallup's "low government. The New Deal Obamacare will not be so dire, and its empire standing alone
and saw him leading America and turnout" likely voter model they historians taught that in times of though some longtime against them. In these dire
the world into broad, sunlit lead by 17. Republicans seem economic distress, voters will be Democratic officeholders may circumstances, voters
uplands. But now it appears that very likely to win more--perhaps particularly supportive of, or at think so on November 3. understandably picked the
Obama's party is about to take many more--than the 39 seats they least unusually amenable to, a The Obama Democrats gave the unflappable Roosevelt over his
what George W Bush called a need for a majority in the House vast expansion of government. theories of the Progressive opponent, a utility executive with
"thumping" in the mid-term and might, if they get lucky, win Obama and Democratic political scientists and the New no experience of public office.
elections on November 2. the 10 seats they need for a congressional leaders, coming to Deal historians as much of a fair In other words, in times of
It looks to be quite a fall. Obama majority in the Senate. power in the wake of financial test as a theory ever gets in our economic distress voters do not
won the popular vote in 2008 by a After the 2008 elections, crisis and in the midst of a deep messy, real world. They clearly necessarily support big
53 to 46 per cent margin. That's Democratic strategist James recession, acted on this theory. flunked. One reason is that the government policies. Britons
not quite a landslide, but he won a Carville predicted that Democrats Oddly, Obama deferred almost history cited in their support is should know this better than
higher percentage of the vote than would dominate US elections for entirely to the congressional not, in my view, so Americans. British voters
any Democratic candidate in 40 years; Republican strategist leaders on the details of the unambiguously on their side. Yes, resoundingly rejected Labour in
history except for Andrew K a r l R o v e h a d p r e d i c t e d legislation. Don't you worry about voters did give Franklin the elections of 1931 and 1935.
Jackson, Franklin Roosevelt and something similar for his party the small stuff, he seemed to feel; Roosevelt's Democratic party big Voters in Canada and Australia
Lyndon Johnson. More than John after George W Bush's narrower history is on your side. majorities in 1934 and 1936 after also rejected big government
Kennedy, Woodrow Wilson, win in 2004. And Tony Blair's They passed a $787 billion their New Deal policies seemed to parties in that decade. Only after
Jimmy Carter, Grover Cleveland; New Labour dominated British stimulus package which, not stop the deflationary downward victory in the war, which
more even than Bill Clinton. politics for nine or 10 years after accidentally, increased the spiral and the economy started enormously enhanced the prestige
And Democrats won the popular its first landslide victory in 1997. baseline budgets of many growing again. of the state, did Britons vote for
v o t e f o r t h e H o u s e o f But the Obama Democrats' agencies--a permanent expansion But FDR's expansion of Labour.
Representatives--a key index of dominance turned out to last not of government. A third of the government did not pull We are making history, the
public support--by a 54 to 43 per 40 years but 40 weeks--until money went to state and local unemployment down below 10 Obama Democrats proclaimed as
cent margin. That was their best Republicans overtook Democrats governments, to spare public per cent in the 1930s. If you look they passed their health care bill,
showing since 1986. in the polls in August 2009. What employee union members the at polls towards the end of that over the objections of a majority
Today I would say that the gives? ravages of the recession that were decade, you see that most of the US electorate, expressed
O b a m a D e m o c r a t s , w h o In the 1930s, John Maynard afflicting everyone else. (Unions, Americans felt government was through polls and the unlikely
acknowledge no intellectual K e y n e s f a m o u s l y s a i d t h a t which mostly represent public spending too much, that medium of the voters of
superiors, have been the slaves of practical men of business, who employees, gave Democrats $400 uncertainty about levels of Massachusetts (who chose
defunct political scientists and acknowledged no intellectual million in the 2008 campaign taxation and regulation was Republican Scott Brown for what
historians. influences, were actually the cycle.) stopping entrepreneurs from had been Edward Kennedy's
Polls now suggest that those slaves of some defunct economist. They passed a health care bill creating jobs and that the unions Senate seat in January this year).
percentages could turn upside Today I would say that the Obama that was the most unpopular had too much power. It is at least
down. Republicans lead on the Democrats, who acknowledge no major legislation passed by arguable that Roosevelt's WHY page 26
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Ask Labor Whether Foreign Money Is Pouring In
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Submitted at 10/24/2010 6:00:00 PM
Foreign money may be having a
profound influence on the U.S.
elections, more so than many
people are aware.
I'm talking about the tens of
millions of dollars that flow each
year from foreign sources to
organizations with an immense
stake in the course of U.S.
politics.
More groundless speculation
about the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce? No. This is real
money going to American labor
unions, an influx of foreign cash
that is now harder to trace thanks
to actions taken by President
Barack Obama's administration.
This is the same Obama who is
riling Democratic campaign
rallies with warnings, backed by
no evidence, that Republican
"front groups" and even the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce may be
using money from foreign
interests to support Republicans.
"Tens of billions of dollars are
pouring in" to "special interests,"
Obama told supporters at a rally
on Oct. 15 for Chris Coons, the
Democratic nominee for Senate in
Delaware. "And they don't have
the courage to stand up and
disclose their identities. They
could be insurance companies or
Wall Street banks or even foreign-
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owned corporations. We will not
know because there's no
disclosure."
Here are some things we do
know:
Unions and corporations got the
green light from the U.S. Supreme
Court earlier this year to spend
their own money on political
advertising. The 1.6 million-
member American Federation of
State, County and Municipal
Employees is, for now, the
biggest outside spender of the
2010 elections, according to the
Wall Street Journal. And
America's unions, which are
among Obama's biggest political
backers, rake in foreign money by
the bushel.
Loophole Lives
According to financial reports
filed with the Labor Department--
and available online--unions
received at least $46 million from
foreign sources in 2008 alone.
Even this most basic of public
disclosure is in peril. The Obama
administration has abandoned a
reasonable effort to close a huge
loophole that allows unions to
avoid reporting requirements by
creating exempt offspring
organizations.
Historically, unions have been
required to fill out the Department
of Labor's Form LM-2, which,
among other things, details their
revenue sources and major
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MoneyWatch.com
The credit card offers look
contributors. A number of holes in
the reporting requirement
developed over time, including
exemptions for union subsidiaries,
such as the AFL- CIO-affiliated
Working America, and trusts in
which unions have interests,
including strike funds, credit
unions, pension plans, training
funds and apprenticeship
programs.
No Paper Trail
At least hypothetically, funds
from non-U.S. sources could flow
through such organizations to
political activities, and the public
would not be able to follow the
paper trail.
President George W. Bush's
administration tried to close down
the potential for these financial
shell games. In 2008 it issued a
rule requiring unions to file a new
form, the T-1, detailing the
finances of trusts in which they
have a controlling interest or to
which they have supplied at least
50 percent of the revenue.
The fate of the T-1 was probably
sealed when Obama took office in
2009 and nominated as his labor
secretary Hilda Solis, a California
congresswoman who was a
director and former treasurer of
American Rights at Work, an
organization funded by the AFL-
CIO and other unions. She had
been one of organized labor's
foremost champions in Congress,
practically irresistible. One
voting with the AFL-CIO 97
percent of the time and receiving
three-quarters of her campaign
funds from organized labor.
Come Together
Solis stopped the T-1 in its
tracks. The Labor Department's
new rule, proposed on Feb. 2,
2010, would remove the
requirement that financial
information be disclosed for
organizations that are not wholly
owned subsidiaries of a single
union.
In other words, if a union sets up
a subsidiary on its own, the public
can monitor its income and
spending. If it joins with a few of
its friends to do so, the public is in
the dark on matters such as
whether it receives money from
outside the U.S.
It's illegal for a non-U.S. citizen
or corporation to spend money in
connection with a U.S. election--a
prohibition, it's worth noting, that
hasn't stopped Obama and his
backers from dishing accusations
against the Chamber of
Commerce and other Republican-
allied groups. But money is
fungible, of course, so even for
law-abiding unions, having tens
of millions of dollars on hand
from foreign sources could free
up more domestic cash for
political activities.
Of foreign-money suspicions
directed at Republicans, the
promises a $100…
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Annenberg Public Policy Center's
Factcheck.org website said:
"Democrats, from President
Barack Obama on down, are
trying to turn an evidence-free
allegation into a major campaign
theme, claiming that foreign
corporations are 'stealing our
democracy' with secret, illegal
contributions funneled through
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
It's a claim with little basis in
fact."
This same disregard for facts
might explain why the Obama
administration wants to limit,
rather than increase, available
information about an actual--not
imagined--avenue of foreign
money into American affairs.
Kevin A. Hassett is a senior
fellow and the director of
economic policy studies.
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What they had in mind was the
New Deal historians' version of
history. But that was not a fully
accurate picture of the 1930s, and
America today is a nation even
less eager to have government
"spread the wealth around", as
Barack Obama told Joe the
Plumber in Toledo, Ohio, in
October 2008.
For economic redistribution is
not a contemporary idea. It is an
old, fusty idea, first advocated by
elite, academic theorists a century
or more ago. They saw around
them a society in which small
numbers of people had built giant
firms and aggregated great
wealth; in which masses of
people, many of them immigrants
from unfamiliar places, lived in
packed tenements in burgeoning
cities and dim factory towns; in
which the ordinary person never
accumulated significant property,
indeed may not even have a bank
account. Spread-the-wealth
policies, these theorists imagined,
would make these people better
off and would also prevent
revolution. For they did not know,
as we do, that violent revolution
Paris or Petrograd style would not
come to Britain or America.
We no longer live in such a
country. Ordinary Americans,
over a lifetime, accumulate
significant wealth in housing and
financial instruments. That
process has taken a hit from the
recession, but most Americans
haven't abandoned its pursuit.
They believe big government
policies are stifling the economic
growth that makes wealth
accumulation possible, and that
the $400 tax rebate in the stimulus
package doesn't make up the
difference.
The exact dimensions of the
Democrats' rout are not yet clear.
Nor is it clear whether
Republicans will advance serious
policies to roll back their
expansion of government, and
whether voters will support them
if they do. Britain may give us
some clues on that. But we do
know that Americans who
embraced "hope and change" two
years ago are now rejecting the
change they were given.
Michael Barone is a resident
fellow at AEI.
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Modern Metropolis) including the gold medal from Alessandro Gottardo also goes by Listen to Them EXCEPT looking
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York in 2009. released a hardcover book called Alessandro Gottardo
Italian illustrator Alessandro Gottardo's clever illustrations Shout Mono which you can Other Amazing Illustrations:
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inviting illustrations have been approach can go a long way in this quote from him that was in IBM's Smarter Planet
featured in major newspapers and telling a story. By taking out all the product description, Illustrations are Clever!
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California Cut 37,000 Government Jobs in September; Much

More to Come
noreply@blogger.com (Michael recreation center and eliminated More Than Forecast; Once Again tax hikes and compare state sales hikes so they can receive benefits
Shedlock) (Mish's Global the city Bookmobile. I Ask "Really?" tax collections. I will take those in the private sector can
Economic Trend Analysis) Overall, the state's Retail sales may be at their best another look at that as time only dream about.
Submitted at 10/24/2010 1:25:00 PM unemployment rate remained point in the year, but sales are permits. Expect More Cutbacks, Indeed, most of the police, fire,
T h e L A T i m e s r e p o r t s stuck at 12.4%, one of the highest certainly not within 3% of the all Lots More and teacher layoffs underway
Government job cuts ravage in the nation. The state lost a net time high [as government data Just a few days ago I penned, would not have to happen, if only
California 63,600 jobs in September. Local shows]. If they were, tax revenue Severe, Life-changing, and the unions would accept cutbacks
Weighed down by a struggling governments shed 32,400 jobs, collection would be exceeding all Consciousness-Altering State in pay and benefits. Instead,
economy, government agencies in according to the monthly report time highs given increases in sales Budget Cuts Coming. senior union members always
California shed 37,300 workers from the state Employment taxes. The LA Times article is but a vote to toss the junior members to
last month — more jobs than were D e v e l o p m e n t D e p a r t m e n t Sales Tax Collections Down start for what I envision. the dogs, then have the gall to
lost in the private sector — as r e l e a s e d F r i d a y . 5.9% June 2010 vs. June 2008 Moreover, it does not even begin blame voters for not hiking taxes.
cities and counties made their Taxable sales plummeted 18.5% In spite of numerous sales tax to address the fact that California Mike "Mish" Shedlock
biggest payroll cutbacks since at in California from 2006 to 2009 hikes, tax collections are still Pension Promises Exceed 550% h t t p : / /
least 1990. and are expected to remain 5.9% lower than two years ago. of State Tax Revenue by 2012; A globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.
What's more, analysts see more relatively flat this year, according Moreover, June of 2008 was not Look at Solutions. com
job cuts ahead as California faces to the National University System the pre-recession peak. November Finally, it should be crystal clear Click Here To Scroll
an estimated $10-billion shortfall Institute for Policy Research in La of 2007 was the pre-recession that Los Angeles, Oakland, San Thru My Recent Post List Mike
in the state budget that the next Jolla. peak. Diego, and numerous other cities "Mish" Shedlock is a registered
governor must address. Cities and The National League of Cities Bear in mind those statistics are in California and nationwide are investment advisor representative
counties, meanwhile, are still reported this month that cities as reported in Retail Sales Rise bankrupt, mostly over public for SitkaPacific Capital
struggling with tepid sales and across the country were making .4% from July - How Far to Pre- union pension promises that Management. Sitka Pacific is an
property tax revenue. their sharpest cuts in at least a recession Levels? Where to from cannot be met. asset management firm whose
Cities across the state have taken quarter of a century. Nearly 80% Here? reflective of the second Here are a few posts: goal is strong performance and
stringent measures to balance of city finance officers in a survey quarter. low volatility, regardless of
their budgets, said Eva Spiegel, a reported laying off staff, and 87% See link for several charts. • Oakland California Bankrupt - market direction. Visit http://
spokeswoman with the League of said their cities were worse off Unless consumers have gone on a Councilwoman Pat Kernighan www.sitkapacific.com/
California Cities. financially this year than last year. tear in the third quarter (highly Calls Rest of Council "Crazy and account_management.html to
Oakland laid off 80 police Taxable Sales Down 18% unlikely with renewed slowdown Irresponsible" learn more about wealth
officers and delayed pothole Those last two paragraphs are the in housing as well as the recent • L.A. Controller Says City management and capital
repairs. Fullerton laid off 14 key to understanding one of the Gallup survey above), these retail Could Run Out of Cash by May 5 preservation strategies of Sitka
p o l i c e o f f i c e r s a n d t h r e e things I have been saying, that sales reports are simply not • Mayor of Los Angeles Says Pacific.
firefighters, cut library hours and there is no recovery in sales. believable. "Bankruptcy is Not an Option"
closed restrooms at several parks. Every month, when retail sales What's clear is the methodology
Oceanside laid off 28 police numbers come out, I question is flawed. By how much is the The most galling thing in all of
officers and three firefighters, them. Here is my article from question. The way to figure out this is public unions across the
closed a swimming pool and a October 15: Retail Sales Rise how much is to factor in all sales country are demanding more tax
28 Economy/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Massive Inflation in China, US Inflation Nonexistent Kanye West's

noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
at an annual rate of about 20
percent.
in China had recently fallen to
about 2.25 percent a year before
prices, housing, or other assets.
Please remember this is a global
Stunning Short
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 8:51:00 PM
...most people in China seem
content to believe their country
the decision Tuesday. (The
government-mandated rate is now
economy. Prices, especially
commodity prices, are set at the
Film Runaway
Those looking for massive has found a fantastic new formula 2.5 percent.) But inflation has margin, and based on global alice (Featured Blog Posts - My
inflation cannot find it in the US for prosperity. risen steadily this year, which demands, not just on demands in Modern Metropolis)
where credit contraction is still In reality, there is rampant means bank depositors are the US. Submitted at 10/24/2010 4:00:00 PM
underway. However, one can find inflation in China. It’s just essentially facing a negative Many have misguidedly pointed
massive inflation in China, where showing up in asset prices. The interest rate return. to rising commodity prices as Yes, Kanye West may be one of
increases in money supply and new money that was created And yet, things may be even proof of inflation. All things the most despised singers on this
credit run rampant, and property entered the economy as loans, worse than the consumer price considered, that "proof" pertains earth but, boy, he sure knows how
and food prices soar. mainly to fund investment in index suggests. A growing not to the US, but rather to China to put on a performance. Kanye
Please consider China Hides fixed assets. When it finally number of analysts say where credit, monetary, and price just released a short film called
Rampant Inflation in Money reached consumers, they bought inflationary pressure is stronger inflation are all clearly running Runaway that's almost 35 minutes
Binge: Patrick Chovanec High- tangibles, like property, instead of than the price index indicates, rampant. long. It tells the story of a phoenix
end property prices in dozens of spending on consumer goods. because it is heavily weighted Mike "Mish" Shedlock played by gorgeous lingerie
Chinese cities have doubled Chinese Inflation Shows Up in toward food — particularly pork h t t p : / / model Selita Ebanks and his quest
during the global financial crisis. Food and Property Prices prices. Rising energy, property globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. to adapt her to his world. Visually
Sales of gold bars have done the The New York Times reports and transportation costs are not as com stimulating, artistically interesting
same this year. Fine pieces of jade Food and Property Prices Drive significant a factor in the index. Click Here To Scroll and completely intriguing, this
are selling at $3,000 an ounce, up China’s Concern Over Inflation And even the price increases of Thru My Recent Post List Mike may be one of Kanye's most
50 percent in the past couple of China’s roaring economy slowed many food items — aside from "Mish" Shedlock is a registered groundbreaking moments yet.
months, while packets of certain in the third quarter, rising at an pork — are also not adequately investment advisor representative Here's what MTV says,
types of dahongpao tea are going annual rate of 9.6 percent after the weighed or calculated, analysts for SitkaPacific Capital "So take a look at West's
for $30,000 a kilogram. Art and government took steps to prevent say. Basket of Nonsense Management. Sitka Pacific is an "Runaway" and try to keep your
wine auctions in China are pulling overheating, according to data These stories highlight the asset management firm whose jaw off the floor. Whether you
in record prices, while the released Thursday. But inflation problems of measuring "inflation" goal is strong performance and like it or not, know that you are
Shanghai stock market surged 8.5 last month hit its highest rate in with a basket of consumer prices. low volatility, regardless of witnessing the most important pop
percent last week to the highest nearly two years. The Greenspan and Bernanke market direction. Visit http:// star of the current generation. He
level in almost six months. The government said the Feds both made huge mistakes by www.sitkapacific.com/ has managed to take popular
If it seems like there’s a lot of c o n s u m e r p r i c e i n d e x , t h e ignoring property prices. account_management.html to music and, just like Michael
money sloshing around the broadest measure of inflation, It is actually impossible to pick a learn more about wealth Jackson, Radiohead and others
Chinese economy, that’s because rose 3.6 percent from the previous representative basket of goods and management and capital before him, turn it completely on
there is. Over the past two years, September. It was the highest rate services. Moreover, and more preservation strategies of Sitka its head while still bringing the
M1 expanded by 56 percent, M2 in China since 2008, largely importantly, even if one could Pacific. rest of the world along with him."
by 53 percent. Currently, even because of food prices, which rose pick such a basket, bubbles And, if sinking 30+ minutes into
w i t h m u c h - t o u t e d “ c o o l i n g 8 percent last month. caused by inflation can form in this man is just too much to bear,
measures,” both are still growing Interest rates on savings deposits equities, commodities, land just watch the shorter music
video. It's a beautiful and
powerful piece.
What did you think?
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Gallup: Consumers Plan on Spending Less this
Christmas
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:44:00 AM
A new Gallup poll says
Consumers Issue a Cautious
Christmas Spending Forecast
Gallup's initial measure of
Americans' 2010 Christmas
spending intentions finds
consumers planning to spend an
average of $715 on gifts, roughly
on par with the $740 recorded in
October 2009.
The $25 decrease in Americans'
holiday spending intentions
between October 2009 and
October 2010 (not a statistically
significant change) contrasts with
a $61 year-over-year reduction in
intended spending found last
October and a $108 reduction
found a year prior.
Gallup will update this measure
in early November and again in
early December. The December
forecast has historically been a
strong indicator of the direction
of holiday retail sales, forecasting
the extent to which sales will be
higher or lower than the previous
year. The October figure is not
always predictive of the
December forecast.
Americans' average prediction of
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the total amount they will spend
on Christmas gifts this year is not
highly encouraging for retailers,
who may be hoping for a return
to pre-recessionary buying habits.
The good news, however, is that
the $25 decline in this year's
October forecast is far less than
what Gallup found in each of the
prior two years at this stage in the
season and, according to Gallup
modeling, would point to a fairly
flat year in holiday retail sales if it
holds at this level through
December. Retail Key Unknowns
We don't know three things yet.
1. What's Priced In
2. Actual Spending
3. What Type of Stores Will Do
Best
This is the third consecutive
decline. On that basis any decline
is significant. However, the final
You may be a whiz at comparing
travel rates online, but it turns out
that good old conversation could
save you a lot more. In a
poll in December is a better
forecast than this poll.
Perhaps people will feel better (or
worse) after the mid-term
elections. Certainly we are going
to see sweeping changes, with
Republicans highly likely to take
the House, and a decent outside
chance of taking the Senate as
well.
Given the rebound in the stock
market, there is a decent chance
of a pickup in luxury items. In
aggregate, however, the easy
guess right now is flat +- 1% for
overall spending.
Consumers are still tapped out
and in need of leveraging.
Projections Not In Line With
Hiring Plans
Gallup projections are not in line
store hiring plans. Note that
Stores Plan Increased Hiring
Consumer Reports poll of 1,000
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Cameron Diaz had her pal Joanna
better season than happens, profits
Garcia by her side on Saturday
will suffer, especially if there are
when she stepped out to celebrate
increasingly large discounts.
the club Bardot's second
One key question is "What's
anniversary in LA. They headed
Priced In?" We may not know that
out afterward with Glee's
until January, but I suspect a lot
Matthew Morrison, who hopped
more is priced in than flat +- 1%.
behind the wheel of his car to
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
drive them to their next location.
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more recently they've both been
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investment advisor representative
engaged to outfielder Nick
for SitkaPacific Capital
Swisher, while Cameron's spent
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the last few months romancing
asset management firm whose
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low volatility, regardless of
A-Rod have parted ways, but
market direction. Visit http://
some of his nuttier fans still seem
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I used to get great gas mileage, earth the hydra-esque public mats after that. see the Chagall-esque drawing on A basic frame package typically
but my current commute home in transportation system could get Tags: auto safety, automobile the wall and can hear your includes a frame, glazing, window
the evenings is through a very me around the city so I wouldn’t floor mats, installing floor mats grandmother telling you about the mat, mat board, filler board, and
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traffic, so my car tends to burn off wrong, San Francisco is definitely watchers have taken part in the was studying abroad. As you try choosing the mats and other
loads of gas while I’m irritatedly one of the most walkable cities in time-honored tradition of trying to to conjure up your grandmother’s materials that will be visible in the
idling at traffic lights. So I was the United States — it occupies beat the contestants to answering face in your mind’s eye, you don’t finished product, because the
interested to hear that properly the #1 spot at WalkScore.com— each question, and then, after a have to work too hard — you decisions you make during this
inflating a car’s tires can make it but as a beginner it was tricky particularly good round, patting simply walk to the mantle in the part of the process can really
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include buying tires that are and light rail vehicles are among knowledge of the answer. sites the same time, he or she will also
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up to another 4 or so percent) and Francisco. But it gets more however, are those people who’re treasured photos from the past who gets what?
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your car receives maintenance on show its age, but he (yes, I’m one determined fans are popping up consideration when you’re getting value the strongly sentimental or
a regular basis, lighten the load by of those people who names her — since the show’s Web site ready to frame a photo you the extremely valuable? Do you
taking out items you don’t really cars) was still running and getting premiered its online testing snapped last week. You’ll prefer the powerfully practical or
need in the vehicle, and drive less me from point A to point B, so I platform in 2006, more than a probably want to restore them if the delightfully trite? Your
aggressively. But we’ll save stuck to my maintenance schedule million people have taken the test. they’ve become faded or worn specific tastes will go a long way
discussing those in greater detail like clockwork. I also stuck to a Want to be one of them? Find out around the edges, and you’ll need toward what you end up asking
for another day. In this post, we’ll f a i r l y r o u t i n e a e s t h e t i c if you’re eligible, and what to do to protect them from suffering any for, but there are other
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pressure go through readjusting things like candlesticks on the dining room that can help you if you just want locally farmed foods. Avoid the
My recent vacation to San seat, mirror and mat positioning. table and recall the story you’ve the job done for you, but if it’s a
Francisco was fantastic. Less One time, I apparently forgot to heard countless times of how your task you’re determined to HOW-TO page 33
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Size Does Matter With the 11-inch MacBook Air

Brian Chen (Wired Top Stories) 11-inch screen induces squinting, The Air’s battery life is great: again, we prefer the 13-inch Air
Submitted at 10/25/2010 6:00:00 AM and the idea of doing any serious From testing, the Air ran about six to the 11-incher. (And yes we’ve
work on this note is painful. hours over a Wi-Fi connection heard the “that’s what she said”
Price: $1000. Screen size: 11 (When attempting to write this until it powered off. However, joke like a thousand times
i n c h e s . C o s t o f s c r e e n p e r review on the Air, I wound up we’ve seen plenty of cheaper already.) That tiny difference in
diagonal inch? $90. getting eye-fatigue and switching netbooks with batteries that last screen real estate is actually
Don’t call the MacBook Air a to a 13-inch MacBook Pro.) just as long. substantial, and it provides a
netbook: Steve Jobs will slice you Maybe that’s not the point The flash drive crammed into the much more comfy experience. As
with it, ninja-Frisbee style. though: The processor is quite Air isn’t very big; the base model to whether you should get an Air
Add Favorite Sites to
Assault by turtleneck-loving slow (1.4-GHz Core 2 Duo), and ships with just 64 GB. Get ready or a MacBook Pro, that depends Spotlight for Quick
CEOs aside, the new Air is the Air ships with 2 GB of RAM to live your life “in the cloud.” on what you plan to do. If you Launching [Mac OS X
designed to hang in the category (4 GB is optional for some extra (Pro tip: download Dropbox.) barely edit photos or videos, for Tip]
of cheap, low-power consuming scrill) so it’s not meant to be a Who is the Air for? People who example, you won’t need the extra
netbooks. But can it justify its productivity powerhouse. The travel a lot for work will like this beef of a Pro, so you’ll appreciate Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
thousand-dollar price tag? Not f l a s h d r i v e s o m e w h a t setup: Deal with e-mails, light the light and skinny form factor of Submitted at 10/25/2010 8:00:00 AM

really. compensates: App launch times document editing and spreadsheet the Air.
Apple’s Air taps a few sweet are extremely fast (a fraction of a crunching on an Air, then when WIRED So slender, so sexy. The Spotlight feature on Macs is
spots that most netbooks never second to load Safari; just 1.5 you need to do serious work, plug Ridiculously fast app launch a true time saver for finding files,
come close to. The widescreen seconds to open iTunes, for it into an external display. Spoiled times. Excellent battery life. launching apps, and otherwise
display gives room for a standard example), and booting into Mac students who tote their computers Comfortable keyboard and jumping wherever you
full-sized keyboard and glass OS X takes just 13 seconds on all around campus will probably trackpad. need—except your favorite
trackpad, so it doesn’t feel average. like the Air too. TIRED Size does matter — 11 bookmarks. Unless, that is, you've
crampy; the clickety-clackety of But more processor-intensive However, if you’re the type who inches is too small, no matter how stashed a few sites away with this
the keys are nice and Apple-y. tasks like editing photos or doesn’t mind using Windows, we nice the screen is. Sluggish with handy tip. More »
The screen is a higher resolution copying files aren’t as snappy. can’t justify purchasing the 11- some media-heavy tasks.
at 1,366-by-768 pixels (compared And that’s why it’s difficult to inch Air versus a netbook. A This entry passed through the
to 1,024-by-768 pixels on most avoid comparing the 11-inch Air netbook on average costs $300 to Full-Text RSS service — if this is
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Comes to Sprint for $400

Dan Nosowitz (Popular Science
- New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:50:31 AM
Samsung Galaxy Tab Sprint
Samsung's Android-running
Galaxy Tab tablet just popped up
at Sprint, where (unlike at
Verizon) you'll have the option to
sign up for a two-year contract in
down to $400. though the iPad only offers a 2GB
But that contract is no joke, p l a n . I t ' l l b e a v a i l a b l e o n
coming in at $30 per month November 14th. [ Gizmodo]
(2GB) or $60 per month (5GB)--
exchange for a $200 price cut, more expensive than the iPad,
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Oct. 25, 1955: Time to Nuke Dinner
Priya Ganapati (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 6:00:00 AM
1955: The first domestic
microwave oven is introduced.
Walk into almost any American
kitchen today and there’s one
appliance that is likely to be
sitting on the counter somewhere
— a microwave oven.
The microwave oven didn’t come
from humble beginnings. It’s an
appliance born of the radar
systems used in World War II —
and the labs of what is now one of
the biggest U.S. defense
companies.
Early in World War II, physicists
invented the magnetron, an
electron tube that could generate
microwaves and improve the
capability of British radar systems
to spot Nazi warplanes.
Raytheon engineer Percy
LeBaron Spencer was working on
an active radar set a few years
later when it accidentally melted a
candy bar in his pocket. He
figured microwaves could cook
food. Spencer then tried popping
popcorn and making an egg using
microwaves.
Raytheon had filed a patent for
the microwave cooking process
by 1945. Two years later, it built
Radarange, the first microwave
oven in the world.
The Radarange was as large as a
refrigerator, but heavier. The
tubes in the magnetron had to be
water-cooled, so plumbing
installation was required. Result:
The first microwave oven
weighed about 750 pounds and
was nearly 6 feet tall.
The beta microwave was placed
in a restaurant in Boston for
testing. Raytheon introduced a
commercial microwave oven, the
1161 Radarange, in 1954. It was
expensive — priced at $2,000 to
$3,000 (the equivalent of $16,000
to $24,000 in today’s cash).
Raytheon licensed its technology
to the Tappan Stove company.
Tappan introduced a large 220-
volt wall unit as a home
microwave oven in 1955. It sold
for $1,295 (figure $10,500 today).
It had two cooking speeds (500
and 800 watts), stainless steel
exterior, glass shelf, top-browning
element and a recipe card drawer.
But the price was high, and
microwave cooking was an
unknown.
Consumers stayed away from the
device. Sales were slow.
A Studebaker subsidiary called
Franklin Manufacturing had been
making magnetrons and selling
microwave ovens similar to the
Radarange. Litton Industries
bought Franklin from Studebaker
in the 1960s and made a big
breakthrough.
Litton developed the short, wide
shape of the microwave that we’re
familiar with today. And it created
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an oven that could survive even
when there was no object in it to
heat.
Prices began to fall rapidly.
Raytheon, which had acquired a
company called Amana,
introduced the first popular home
model in 1967, the countertop
Radarange. It cost $495 (about
$3,200 today).
Consumer interest in microwave
ovens began to grow. About
40,000 units were sold in the
United States in 1970. Five years
later, that number hit a million.
The addition of electronic
controls made microwaves easier
to use, and they became a fixture
in most kitchens. Roughly 25
percent of U.S. households owned
a microwave oven by 1986.
Today, almost 90 percent of
American households have a
microwave oven.
Source: Various
Photo: 1967 promotional image
for the Amana Radarange
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interior aisles at the market
because they’re packed with
processed products. And probably
one of my favorites and the
easiest to follow is: Eat your
veggies. Really, I go with the
slightly modified: Eat more
veggies. And because I live by
this, I’m always surprised when I
read about how so many people
don’t get enough servings of
vegetables every day. OK, I can
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year old niece. But for everyone
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Carousel slide projectors may
have been largely shuffled out of
classrooms and living rooms after
the dawn of the digital age, but
that doesn’t mean they — and the
trays of photo slides that typically
accompany them — aren’t still
crammed into attics across the
country.
If you’re the owner of a set of
photo slides, there are two main
avenues you can take to preserve
them: You — or a company you
hire, of course — can digitize
them, or, if you’re feeling
industrious, you can care for the
slides on your own.
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In a recent post, I spoke about
how my sisters and I used to
enjoy a pre-tea glamboree
centered around my
grandmother’s jewelry boxes. In
addition to making ourselves
fancy with any number of vintage
jewelry baubles, like most kids,
we did some dressing up, too.
And lucky for us, our
grandmother was not what you
would call clothes challenged.
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expected collection of awesome
shoes …
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Submitted at 10/24/2010 1:41:01 PM
Flea markets are a weekend ritual
for many people. One of the
biggest regrets that Stefan and I
have about our trip to Paris is that
we did not make it to the
legendary les puces. When we do
finally make the trip, we will have
a wonderful guide in Antiquaires:
Paris Flea Markets by Laure
Verchere. You would expect to
find antiques like Louis XVI
in the beautiful photos from Laziz
Hamani. The book also highlights
the famous faces who frequented
the stalls for inspiration including
Madeleine Castaing, Coco
Chanel, and Rudolf Nureyev. I
think I'm going to have to head
downtown and I can see what I
can find at the garage flea market.
Happy hunting to those of you
doing the same!
chairs but the Paris flea markets
also offer mid-century pieces and Photos by Laziz Hamani
modern art. You just have to find
the right antiquaire as illustrated
Habitually Chic (Habitually
Chic®)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 8:49:56 PM
If there is one person who loves
trolling the world for interesting
objects, it's Federico de Vera. His
carefully curated shop of
curiosities on Crosby Street in
Soho is one of my favorite stores
in New York. Lucky for me, he
has just opened an Upper East
Side outpost. It is a little jewel
box made up of actual jewels and
other little odds and ends. It's
worth stopping by just to see the
back wall of antique boiseries.
C'est magnifique!
De Vera 26 East 81st Street New
York, NY 212-288-2288 Tuesday
- Saturday 11:00am-7:00pm
www.deveraobjects.com
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Clawson for Habitually Chic
Photo 3 by Evan Sung for The
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More!
Matt Roush (TVGuide.com:
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:23:00 AM
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Send questions to
askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com
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Question: I'd argue that Mad
Men's recently wrapped fourth
season was perhaps its finest to
date, but I'm disappointed with the
way the writers treated Betty
throughout the season. Betty was
easily one of my favorite
characters during the first three
years of the show, and I was
thrilled when January Jones
finally received an overdue Emmy
nomination for her stellar work.
However, not only was the actress
sorely underused this past season,
but she was asked to play Betty as
a one-note shrew for the majority
of her screen time. There were
glimpses of the broken woman
inside the monster here and there,
but unfortunately I think Matthew
Weiner has turned Betty into a
character Mad Men fans love to
hate. I can't help but view this as a
waste of a great actress and a
potentially fascinating character.
What's your take on Betty now
that season 4 is over? Can she be
redeemed in the eyes of fans next
year, or has the character outlived
her usefulness now that both she
and Don have moved on? —
Donnie
Matt Roush: When I reflected on
the finale, and by extension the
season, in my recent Finale Watch
column, I wondered as well
whether Betty is redeemable at
this point. The petulant, childish
firing of Carla, and her inability to
cope with the Glenn thing (weird
as it is), may have been the last
straw. Not to mention her
continuing cruelty toward poor
Sally. But then, in that final scene
in the empty kitchen between
Betty and Don, it's hard not to feel
some empathy (if not sympathy)
for the character. Look what she
lost, and for what. Her simple
acknowledgement that things
aren't perfect doesn't come easy,
and her sessions with the therapist
remind us that in many ways she's
just a confused, unhappy daddy's
girl who is particularly ill suited
to being a modern mother.
Whether she's redeemable or not,
there's almost no way this
character has a happy ending.
When I think of Betty, I often
puzzle whether the writers are
being unfair to her or whether it's
just a bold choice to paint a
character this harshly and coldly.
As far as her place in the world of
Mad Men: Once the marriage
ended, it's hard for her not to be
marginalized, given the show's
focus. (Would I rather spend time
with Peggy and Joan? Yes.) And
given the limitations of January
Jones' range (from what I can
tell), maybe less is more here.
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Question: I was watching
Undercovers and wondering why
you think it has not captured an
audience the way other J.J.
Abrams shows have? My theory
is that maybe a lot of his cult fans
(I count myself as one of them,
finding Alias a masterwork, even
in the unpopular later seasons)
tuned in or recorded but then
found themselves lost, no pun
intended, when there were
seemingly none of the signature
Abrams high concepts and
mysteries we are accustomed to. I
think the only reason I watch it is
for the spi-fi I love, like Alias. I
don't find the stories particularly
engaging in the same way Lost or
Fringe is, but it's at least an
entertaining hour of TV, which
makes me curious why other
shows with an escapist nature like
CSI or NCIS are hits and
Undercovers is not. I'm curious to
hear your thoughts. — Matthew
Matt Roush: Your question came
in while I was catching up with
the last few episodes for a column
I'm working up for the magazine.
(Look for it in next week's issue.)
The more I watch Undercovers,
the more disappointed I get. It's
almost shocking to me that the
minds behind Alias and Lost are
responsible for this drab,
derivative show that lacks spark,
sparkle or suspense. It goes out of
its way to avoid the dense, dark
layers of an Alias, and that would
be OK if the show worked as an
engaging caper, but it doesn't. The
leads are attractive but banal, and
the supporting characters (with
the exception of Gerald
McRaney's amusingly gruff boss)
are uniformly annoying and
forgettable. The show's a dud.
Many critics likened the show to
the sort of thing you tend to see
on USA Network, but even their
more formulaic shows are kickier
than this. It's a real shame.
Question: What did you think of
The Gates and will we be seeing
more of it? I thought the season
finale was awesome, and
thoroughly enjoyed all the
different characters and the
interactions between them. There
were also plenty of twists and
turns to keep viewers interested.
— Bob
Matt Roush: ABC has finally
confirmed that The Gates won't be
back next summer. Even though I
didn't make it all the way to the
end of the season — the numbers
weren't promising, and when the
episodes bled into September, I
got too busy — I found it to be
the most original and intriguing of
all of ABC's scripted summer
shows. While I found the
execution often sketchy, I liked
some of the suburban supernatural
mash-up and would have liked to
see where it went next.
Question: Regarding the reported
Bones spin-off: Do REAL spin-
offs happen anymore, or always
just back-door pilot characters
created specifically to spin? —
Brad (from twitter)
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Matt Roush: I suppose the classic
form of spin-off — taking a
breakout character from an
existing show and building a new
show around him or her — is
more rare nowadays because
producers and networks are loathe
to screw around with something
that's working and risk doing
damage to the ensemble by taking
a key element away. (The only
recent "classic" spin-off I can
think of is Private Practice. And,
though it required the original
show to end for it to happen, the
unfortunate Joey.) Nowadays,
spin-offs tend to be extensions of
a brand franchise ( Law & Order,
CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds) or
the riskier proposition (in the case
of this projected Bones project) of
trying to use a successful show to
launch something new by
bringing in a character and seeing
if he or she pops well enough to
earn a show of their own. That
hardly even qualifies as a spin-off,
more like a handoff.
Question: I just read in the new
TV Guide Magazine that MTV is
developing versions of BBC
shows Skins and The
Inbetweeners. While I love both
shows, I am a little horrified at the
prospect of these shows being
Americanized. I can't imagine
MTV will be able to make them
as raunchy as the British originals,
or as touching. Are you looking
forward to these remakes? —
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Frank
Matt Roush: I'd be lying if I
didn't admit to some healthy
skepticism here. I've only seen a
clip of the first episode of Skins,
and it was an almost exact replica
(with the exception being the
actor wasn't nearly as appealing as
the British original). Naturally,
we're being told MTV's version
will eventually develop a voice of
its own, so I guess we'll have to
wait and see. If the new Skins
doesn't take as many bold chances
as the British original, I can't
imagine why anyone would want
to watch. I'm even more nervous
about an Inbetweeners remake,
because that hilarious series is so
contingent on ensemble magic to
make the racy shenanigans
palatable. You have to care for
these characters even as you pity
and mock them. Tricky stuff. But
until I see these shows, I need to
keep an open mind. And in the
larger picture, I'd rather see MTV
try ambitious projects like this,
even if they don't ultimately
succeed, than just keeping
churning out new versions of
Jersey Shore-style sludge, which
I'm sure is heading our way
regardless of what happens with
these scripted series.
Question: Why don't producers
include a clause in their contracts
with the networks, when putting a
new show on the air, ensuring that
the viewers will get a resolution to
the continuing narrative in the
case of serialized storylines? I'm
thinking of NBC's Journeyman a
few seasons ago (although those
producers saw the writing on the
wall and wrapped it up on their
own), Life(who was behind the
frame-up? What happened to his
partner's father? Was his former
partner dirty? Etc.), last season's
FlashForward... I know you didn't
think highly of any of these, and I
do understand it's a business; but
would the added cost of a 2-4
hour wrap-up not be outweighed
by the avoidance of ill will from
us, the viewers? I refuse to watch
The Event this season for
precisely this reason: Why get
invested if they don't care enough
about me to give me closure when
they pull the plug? Joan of
Arcadia was particularly galling:
Intelligent storylines with a
healthy, uplifting message every
week, and just when they
introduce The Adversary and set
really interesting things up for the
next season, it's unceremoniously
dumped after the season is over
(for Ghost Whisperer??!). I'm still
steamed about that one. — J.D.
Matt Roush: I get the sense of
frustration every time a show,
particularly a serialized one, is
canceled, and I also understand
how being burned repeatedly
makes a viewer less inclined to
jump aboard the next convoluted
train. (Although when a network
gives a full-season order to a
show like The Event, as imperfect
as it is, I think those with an
interest in these sorts of shows
should take that as a sign to at
least sample it.) But it's hard for
me to address your larger
concerns without sounding as cold
-hearted as a network suit. You
acknowledge that TV is a
business. Well, it's an unforgiving
one, and don't fool yourself that
anyone making the decisions is
going to "care enough" to give
you closure if a show isn't
working, whether creatively or in
the ratings. That's why I believe
the burden here is on the creative
side. If they're lucky enough to
have all of their episodes shown,
whether it's just a 13-episode
order or a full season (when
renewal isn't a slam-dunk), there's
a point where continuing to build
cliffhangers into the story is
irresponsible. Each arc of a show
should have enough closure to be
satisfying to the viewer. Because
there's no scenario in which it
makes sense for a network to
order up a two-hour (let alone
four) wrap-up of a show they've
lost confidence in.
Question: I was wondering if
Rubicon had been renewed. I saw
James Badge Dale on The Pacific
and decided to check this show
out and I really liked it. It was sort
of a Tom Clancy book for 13
weeks. On YouTube I ran a
preview of The Cape from NBC.
This show looks good and I was
wondering if it's a midseason
show. I don't know if viewers are
ready for more superheroes after
the whole Heroes mess, however.
I will check out The Walking
Dead on AMC, but I don't know if
a zombie show can be sustained
over a full season, especially in
December when the "mood" runs
out. — Richard
Matt Roush: As I write this, there
has been no word about a second
season of Rubicon. The audience
and mixed critical reaction was, in
a word, muted, and I'm curious if
AMC will stick with it. This
network has been on a roll, but
this could be a litmus test of how
far AMC will go to stand by a true
underperformer. (Full disclosure:
I wasn't much of a fan.) To your
other observations: The Cape is a
midseason show, and I'm eager to
see it as well. No reason to think
audiences won't embrace another
superhero show if it's well
executed. And this one looks to be
more exciting than the stubbornly
bland No Ordinary Family.
Regarding The Walking Dead,
which blew me away, think of it
more as a limited-run miniseries.
The first season is comprised of a
mere six episodes, with the finale
scheduled for Dec. 5, so we don't
really need to worry about these
scary zombies ruining the holiday
spirit, or vice versa.
Question: I have a question about
Private Practice. Although I am
only a casual watcher of this
show, I was disgusted at the
episode where they brought back
an abandoned, orphaned child
whose father was part of the
"family," only to have every
doctor reject her. That was cold. I
am used to disturbing things on
TV, but I don't understand how
making the entire cast look
terrible is good TV? It made little
sense to bring her back when she
could have been off in TV land
with her mythical happy aunt.
This show blew up her mother in
a meth lab, then killed her father a
few months later, only to have her
abandoned by her aunt and left at
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the practice. I can't believe they
then sent her to foster care after
telling the aunt to let her know if
they could help. I know Shonda
Rhimes has a problem with happy
couples, but to lay this all on a
child seems distasteful. I know
this is a show, but it really turned
me off of Private Practice. —
Sharon
Matt Roush: This show turned
me off (or was that me doing the
turning?) a long time ago, and I
didn't watch (yet) this particular
episode. But judging from the
Twitter response to it, you're
hardly alone in being disturbed
and even outraged by the way that
story played out. Shonda Rhimes
tweeted this in response: "Am
loving that the Betsey storyline is
causing this much debate. That's
how I know we did a good
episode." You can feel free to
disagree.
Question: I'm trying to recall if
there is any show that put the
back-and-forth couple together for
4+ seasons. I'm asking because
Grey's Anatomy will have
Meredith and Derek together for
four straight seasons (given it's
been announced both actors will
be there for season 8 and Shonda
has said they will never break up).
I'm so confused by the MerDer
fans' vicious statements directed
to (and about) Shonda Rhimes on
the Internet. I think Shonda
should be applauded, not attacked,
for moving a couple from apart/
angsty to committed/thriving and
keeping them there year after
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year. I can't think of any other
couple that was put together and
stayed together for 100+ episodes
on a TV drama. Do you know of
other shows that have done this?
— Kim
Matt Roush: If anyone can think
of historical precedents to the
MerDer situation, fire them off in
the comments section. It does
seem rather rare for a show to be
built around an on-and-off couple
that finally takes the leap (albeit
on a post-it note) and then stays
together, more or less happily,
and more important, stays on as a
central element of the show
(unlike, say, ER's Doug and
Carol). I am very content with
Meredith and Derek being a team,
though not without their personal
and professional conflicts, and I
appreciate that we're being spared
the threat of them breaking up
during every sweeps period.
Whatever complaints the MerDer
"shippers" have at this point, I
doubt that I would share. And
you'll have to excuse me for not
really being interested enough to
investigate. In this case, I'm all for
letting sleeping docs lie.
Question: This season I think The
Apprentice creatively is the best
'Chuck' and Jeffster Vs. Halloween and Robert Englund
Kim Potts (TV Squad)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 6:40:00 AM
Filed under: Reality-Free, TV
Previews Without spoiling too
much of the fun in tonight's
Halloween-themed episode
season of the show since its peak
in season 1. What is going on with
its ratings, though? The Celebrity
Apprentice does so well in the
ratings. The Apprentice this
season is in NYC and on
Thursday nights, so why is it
doing worse then the Los Angeles
version? I heard NBC has not
marketed it properly. It's not
facing tough competition and it's
back after three years, so I would
figure ratings should be good.
How does NBC's strong
relationship with Mark Burnett
and Donald Trump affect future
seasons? I know The Celebrity
Apprentice will be back! But will
NBC's strong relationship with
Mark Burnett and Donald Trump
keep The Apprentice on the air? It
hasn't moved from its Thursday
10-11pm ET timeslot yet, which
means NBC is committed to the
show. What are your thoughts?
And what is going on with 24?
Any movie updates? Who's in the
movie? When does it begin
production? When will it be in
theaters? There has been no news
on it yet! — Justin
Matt Roush: Having reached my
point of Apprentice fatigue
several cycles ago, and definitely
of'Chuck'(8PM ET, NBC), note
the spelling of the ep title: 'Chuck
vs. the Aisle of Terror.' The
"aisle" in question is a little corner
of the Buy More, and the "terror"
comes courtesy of -- who else? --
Jeffster!
reaching my limit during the
dreadful Celebrity seasons, I can
only conclude that the Celebrity
versions destroyed any appetite
for the "real-people" format, and
that the only way this franchise
attracts an audience again is
through the next round of train-
wreck celebrity casting. The show
is now officially a joke. The sad
part of the joke being that, from
what I hear from those few who
are watching the current cycle,
this season is a step back in the
right direction. It's not so much a
matter of bad marketing but bad
scheduling. This is not a show
that works in the 10/9c hour,
especially on Thursdays, when so
many viewers use that hour to
play back things they were
recording earlier in the night
while watching other shows. Plus,
The Mentalist really does
represent tough competition. The
scheduling of The Apprentice on
Thursday was a last-minute
desperation move when things
went south on Love Bites. I'm
sorry this particular cycle didn't
get a chance to prove itself on
Sundays, where the show tends to
do fairly well in the back half of
the season and where I assume the
With manager of all things
next Celebrity version will be
scheduled this winter.
As for the 24 movie: You haven't
heard any news because (I
presume) there hasn't been any
news. I assume it's still in
development, and traditionally, it
takes a lot longer for things to
happen in the world of movies
than on TV.
That's all for now. Keep sending
in those questions to
askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com,
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There's Nothing Misfit

About Giants' Deep,
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Jeff Fletcher (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 8:00:00 AM

Filed under: Giants, MLB

Playoffs, World Series SAN
FRANCISCO -- The Giants
reached the World Series partly
because of what GM Brian

Bravo Moves 'Real Sabean did, but mostly because of

what he didn't do.

'Dexter' Season 5, Housewives of Atlanta' to

Say what you like about finds
like Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff and
Cody Ross, but the simple reason
Episode 5 Recap Sundays
that the Giants were able to get to
the playoffs and then upset the
Sandie Angulo Chen (TV damaged victim can be with each star-laden Phillies is a core of
Squad) Chris Harnick (TV Squad) strategy. "We want to start the homegrown starting pitchers that
other -- it was pretty obvious she
wasn't really going to leave Submitted at 10/25/2010 5:50:00 AM week earlier," Frances Berwick, is unmatched in the majors.
Submitted at 10/25/2010 6:15:00 AM
Miami. president of Bravo, told the The Giants drafted, in order, Matt
Filed under: Reality-Free, Clearly Lumen needs to kill at Filed under: TV News Come Hollywood Reporter. "This means Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, Tim
Recaps['Dexter,' 'First Blood'] least one of her rapists to feel Nov. 7, NeNe Leakes will be each night is a promotional L i n c e c u m a n d M a d i s o n
Poor Dexter. He's trying so hard better, plus anyone who's read the facing off against Nora Walker. platform for the next night and it Bumgarner, and Sabean resisted
to get Lumen to move past her buzz knows Julia Stiles is on for That's right, Bravo is moving its becomes like a domino effect that the urge to trade any of them for
need for vengeance and instead the entirety of season five. That r e a l i t y s e r i e s ' T h e R e a l strengthens our schedule." the splashy impact bat that the
almost kills an innocent man (a means more of her vigilantism H o u s e w i v e s o f A t l a n t a ' t o Following 'Real Housewives of Giants have supposedly needed.
sexual offender, for certain, but and their "blossoming" and Sundays at 10PM, putting it in Atlanta' at 11PM will be a new Although there have been
not the one that gang-raped and r i d i c u l o u s l y d y s f u n c t i o n a l competition with the likes of edition of the late night talk show, rampant rumors involving all four
tortured Lumen) who would have f r i e n d s h i p . 'Brothers & Sisters,' 'CSI: Miami' 'Watch What Happens Live,' pitchers at one time or another,
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Behind the wheel: Chevrolet Equinox AMP, Ford Transit Connect

EV, Smart EV
Consumer Reports Shopping
Blog (Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 7:04:11 AM

Behind the wheel: Chevrolet

Equinox AMP, Ford Transit
Connect EV, Smart EV
It was no surprise that the
Chevrolet Volt and Nisan Leaf
grabbed center stage at the ride-
and-drive event that took place
outside the Business of Plugging-
In conference this month. But
they weren’t the only vehicles to
be sampled on the improvised half
-mile cone-lined course on the
banks of the Detroit River. I used
the opportunity to sample the
Chevrolet Equinox AMP, Ford
Transit Connect EV, and Smart
EV.
Here are some first impressions
from behind the wheel:
Chevrolet Equinox AMP
Hidden in plain sight was an
undistinguished white Chevrolet
Equinox converted by Cincinnati,
takes four hours with 220-volts indicated battery’s state-of- the electric drivetrain is installed 2011 and the price is expected to
Ohio-based company AMP. AMP
(level 2). Two rear axle-mounted charge. Price is expected to be in Michigan. Converted by a be about $50,000. Potential
is staffed by several veteran
electric motors produce power $47,000 after tax breaks. Though company called Azure Dynamics, customers are utility companies,
Detroit Three engineers, including
equivalent to 220 hp and 236 ft.- for that money, you’d go this Connect has a 28-kwh lithium universities, food service
Jim Taylor, the former vehicle-
lb. of instant torque. Acceleration completely unnoticed. -ion battery supplied by Johnson businesses, and municipalities.
line executive on the first-
from 0-60 mph is claimed to be Ford Transit Connect EV Controls. The electric motor’s Smart EV
generation Cadillac CTS. We last
under 7 seconds. Indeed, the BMP The Connect makes a lot of sense output is said to be the equivalent While BMW is wrapping up its
saw this company during the
Equinox proved quick, quiet, and as an electric delivery van for of 130 hp. In my short drive, the Mini E consumer field test and
Automotive X Prize competition,
refined. It was the best Equinox I fleets with a predictable daily van was responsive enough, but getting ready to start leasing the
where they campaigned a
have driven and the only rear- route. It attracted our interest at the drivetrain moaned and whined BMW 1 ActiveE next summer,
converted Saturn Sky.
wheel-drive version, at that. this event as a possible harbinger quite a bit. Range is claimed to be rival Daimler is just gearing up its
The Equinox retains all of its
Inside, there was no indication I for the upcoming Focus EV due 80 miles on a full charge, and electric-car program spearheaded
original practicality and employs
was driving an EV, even though out in 2012. The Connect EV’s charge times at 220 volts are said by the Smart. The Smart on hand
a 37-kwh lithium-ion battery that
the tachometer showed kw rather body shell comes from Turkey, to take between six and eight
is said to be good for 120 miles of BEHIND page 41
than rpm and the gas gauge along with regular Connects, then hours. Production begins in April
real-world driving. Recharging
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Ephesians 5:19-20 (10-25-10)

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Submitted at 10/25/2010 2:00:00 AM
Speak to one another with
psalms, hymns and spiritual
songs. Sing and make music in
your heart to the Lord, always
giving thanks to God the Father
for everything, in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
— Ephesians 5:19-20(NIV)
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
Hearts full of thanks -- that's what
makes for good singing! With
Jesus as the source of our
salvation and center of our future,
how can we not sing! But singing
is not just for us and God. God
wants our songs to bless others. It
is our ultimate spiritual talk. My
Prayer... O Lord my God, you are
awesome and wondrous. Your
works are magnificent and your
deeds are beyond comprehension.
May the words of my mouth and
the thoughts of my heart ever
declare your praises. May my
heart be filled with thanksgiving
for all that you have done to save
us from sin, shame, law, and
death. You alone are worthy of
my praise, my songs, and my life.
In the holy name of Jesus I pray.
Amen.
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Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh Panthers
describes accident, efforts to help
Andy Katz (ESPN.com) "I pulled over and ran to the car. looked worse than what it was,"
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:46:09 AM There was smoke coming out, he said of the injuries on ESPN2's
which I was later told by the "First Take" on Monday morning.
Updated: October 25, 2010, firemen ... was from the air bags Pennsylvania state trooper Erik
11:46 AM ET being deployed," Dixon said. Fisher told ESPN.com on Sunday
When Pittsburgh coach Jamie Officials said Dixon injured his that Dixon had done the right
Dixon stopped to help the victims h a n d s w h i l e a s s i s t i n g t h e thing.
of a car crash that unfolded before occupants, and in video footage "He was a Good Samaritan,"
his eyes on Saturday night, he seen on WPXI.com, he is seen Fisher said. "That's the way
wasn't responding as much as he being treated in an ambulance. He people are supposed to be. By all
was reacting, he said Monday. explained Monday that he cut his accounts he did exactly what a
"It was one of those things where hands on the shattered windshield decent person should do. It's an
you just react. I think a lot of glass while helping the occupants interstate freeway and I'm sure
people would have done the same out of the wreckage. countless other cars drove right
thing," Dixon said Monday, "A woman was trying to get out past. He was one of the very few
speaking about the crash for the and was kicking at the windshield. who pulled over."
first time. "When I saw the car I grabbed her by the feet and But on "First Take," Dixon said
flip I didn't think anyone would pulled her out. That's when I cut although he was the first person to
survive." my hands since the windshield pull over and help, he was hardly
“ was already broken," Dixon said. alone.
When I saw the car flip I didn't "At that moment I didn't know if "There were a number of people
think anyone would survive.”-- it was a man or a woman. And who helped out," he said. "We
Pitt coach Jamie Dixon then when she got out, she ran." had a number of people who
Dixon said he was driving home "There was another woman in the stepped up."
from a practice and film session car who was unconscious. She "A lot of Pittsburgh people would
when he saw the car strike a wall wasn't responding," Dixon said, do the same thing," he added.
and roll over on Interstate 279 in adding that by that point, a Andy Katz is a senior college
Pittsburgh. He described the corrections officer and a woman basketball writer for ESPN.com.
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Childress critical of Favre as Vikings fall short
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 9:31:56 AM
Team Stat Comparison
MIN
GB 1st Downs 21 20
Passing 1st downs 9 14
Rushing 1st downs 11 5
1st downs from Penalties 1 1
3rd down efficiency 6-14 6-11
4th down efficiency 2-3 1-3 Total
Plays 66 58 Total Yards 402 379
Passing 206 295
Comp-Att 16-29 21-35
Yards per pass 7.1 8.4 Rushing
196 84
Rushing Attempts 36 23
Yards per rush 5.4 3.7 Red Zone
(Made-Att) 3-5 3-4 Penalties 6-40
2-20 Turnovers 3 2
Fumbles lost 0 0
Interceptions thrown 3 2
Defensive / Special Teams TDs 0
1 Possession 31:04 28:56
Passing Leaders Minnesota C/
ATT YDS AVG TD INT
RATING Favre 16/29 212 7.3 1 3
50.4 Green Bay C/ATT YDS
AVG TD INT RATING Rodgers
21/34 295 8.7 2 2 84.8 Flynn 0/1
0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Rushing Leaders Minnesota CAR
YDS AVG TD LG Peterson 28
131 4.7 1 17 Harvin 3 41 13.7 1
17 Green Bay CAR YDS AVG
TD LG Jackson 13 58 4.5 1 14
Rodgers 3 14 4.7 0 11
Receiving Leaders Minnesota
REC YDS AVG TD LG TGTS
Harvin 5 65 13.0 0 37 8 Peterson
2 41 20.5 0 26 2 Green Bay REC
YDS AVG TD LG TGTS Jones 4
107 26.8 0 45 8 Jennings 6 74
12.3 1 24 10
Research Notes
Last season, Brett Favre was
triumphant in his return to
Lambeau, throwing 4 touchdowns
in leading the Vikings to victory.
Sunday was a different story.
Favre completed just 55 percent
of his passes and threw 3
interceptions in the 2nd half. He
finished with a passer rating of
50.4, almost 80 points lower than
last year.
ESPN Stats & Information
ESPN.com news services
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It looked
like one of Brett Favre's old
comebacks with the Green Bay
Packers, and now he'd done it to
them. At Lambeau Field, too.
Then came a replay review that
wiped out the Minnesota Vikings'
touchdown -- and finally a win for
the Packers over their former
quarterback. More From
ESPN.com
The Vikings' sloppy loss to the
Packers could be symbolic of
Brett Favre's decline, ESPN.com's
Kevin Seifert writes. Blog• Blog:
Rapid Reaction Favre threw three
second-half interceptions and the
Packers held on to beat the
Vikings 28-24 on Sunday
night."It's devastating," Favre
said. "I don't know how else to
put it. I take a lot of pride and
ownership in all phases of the
game. You've got the ball in your
hand, you hope to win those. You
just feel like you let everybody
down."After the game, Vikings
coach Brad Childress criticized
his quarterback for turning the
ball over. He also criticized the
officials, calling the game in
which the Vikings had three
touchdowns reversed on replay
"the worst officiated game I've
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the football. You can't give seven
points going the other way, not in
a game like this." Favre Struggles
Downfield
Coming into Sunday's game
against the Packers, Brett Favre
was having success throwing
downfield this season, garnering
four touchdowns on such throws.
Against the Packers, however, he
did not throw a single touchdown
pass downfield.
Brett Favre on Passes Thrown
15+ Downfield First 5 Games
Sunday Comp pct 45.7 28.6 Yards
384 67 Passer rtg 112.1 27.4--
ESPN Stats and Information Still,
Favre appeared to deliver another
signature comeback win with an
apparent touchdown strike to
Percy Harvin with 48 seconds left
-- but the score was overturned
when a replay review determined
the wide receiver came down with
one foot out of bounds.Down to
his last chance on fourth-and-15
at the 20, Favre threw
incomplete."A little payback don't
hurt," linebacker Desmond
Bishop said.Green Bay turned
Favre's two third-quarter
interceptions into touchdowns that
erased the Vikings' halftime lead,
including a 32-yard return by
Bishop. It was the ninth
interception that was returned for
a touchdown in the league on
Sunday. A.J. Hawk and Nick
Collins also picked off errant
seen.""You can't throw it to them, passes by Favre. Fast Facts
you've got to play within the • B r e t t F a v r e n o w h a s 1 0
confines of our system," Vikings interceptions this season after
coach Brad Childress said of
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Favre. "Sometimes it's OK to punt
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continued from page 42
throwing seven all of last season.
• Minnesota has lost seven
straight road games dating back to
last season and including last
year's playoffs.
• Sunday was Favre's third game
this season with more
interceptions than touchdowns
and the first time in his last three
games he's completed more than
14 passes.
• Jared Allen did not register a
sack for the fourth straight game,
the longest streak of his career.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Favre came up limping after
throwing the interception to Hawk
early in the third quarter.
Childress said he "did have a
thought" about taking Favre out of
the game but never approached
him about it."I was going to give
him that next series and he took
us and moved us down the field,"
Childress said.Favre
acknowledged his left ankle was
hurt, and it didn't sound like a
lock that he would play next
week."If I can play but not be
effective, then it's not worth
playing," Favre said. "I hope I use
good judgment, so we'll see, I'm
no spring chicken anymore. I
don't heal as quickly. I know the
heart's in the right place, though, I
know I left it on the field, it just
disappointing that it didn't work
our way."Favre, who had surgery
on his injured ankle in the
offseason, has started an NFL-
record 291 consecutive games.
Aaron Rodgers was 21 of 34 for
295 yards and two touchdowns
for Green Bay (4-3). He also
threw a pair of costly first-half
interceptions -- uncharacteristic
mistakes for a quarterback known
for good decision-making in the
red zone."Our biggest rival and
the close score, the way it ended,
it was definitely a special night
for us," Rodgers said. Adrian
Peterson rushed for 131 yards for
the Vikings (2-4). Favre was 16 of
29 for 212 yards with a
touchdown and the three
interceptions."It's over," Collins
said. "Finally."It was Favre's
second trip back to Lambeau
Field as a Viking, but the buildup
to this year's game wasn't quite as
intense as last year's matchups.
Favre led the Vikings to a pair of
wins over the Packers last year,
looking sharp in the process.Fans
booed Favre again when he took
the field.But both teams got off to
disappointing starts this season, a
much bigger concern than the
division rivalry or the Favre-
driven circus going into Sunday's
game."We've got a lot of time
here," Vikings tight end Visanthe
Shiancoe said. "We can go 12 and
4. It's far from over. We've got a
lot of time left. A little urgency is
probably going to be there, but
there's no sense of panic."Favre
has pressing personal concerns as
well. He's currently in the middle
of an NFL investigation into
allegations that he sent lewd
photographs and suggestive
messages to a female New York
Jets employee in 2008. Favre met
with an NFL security official
during the week but has not
publicly addressed the allegations,
which were posted on the
Deadspin website.Still, he almost
managed to put it all aside and
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Madden 11 finally gets Pursuit limited time demo
oft-requested Doritos 3D coming Oct. 26
functionality
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In one of the most bizarre yet
unavoidable cross-promotions to
ever rear its head in the video
game industry, EA Sports and
Doritos Flavor-Dusted Corn
Chips[TM] have announced a new
"Doritos 3-D mode" accessible in
Madden 11. To unlock the new
visuals, which we assume
introduce a 3D effect into the
game (and don't turn everything
on the field into Doritos), you've
got to enter in a code found in
specially marked packs of the
aforementioned snack chips, then
strap on a pair of old-school red-
and-cyan glasses -- or the Doritos-
branded glasses currently on sale
for $2.99. (Fun fact: the glasses
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It's new Bit.Trip day! Wii owners
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visuals, dubstep music and tears
can download Bit.Trip Fate today
and learn a whole new way to be
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the standard cops and robbers/cat good way. But if you'd rather
and mouse scenario, while the substitute calm contemplation of
and the snack taste about the latter offers ghost car time trials to the sky for rage, My Planetarium
same!) We've got a need-- a need for compete against. The game's
is there for you too.
We'd love to see exactly what temporarily available demos of "autolog" social networking
Actually, the two might make
"Doritos 3-D mode" entails, but racing games that'll be available feature plays heavily into the
good companion pieces -- when
unfortunately, these codes are publicly in a few weeks, anyway. s e c o n d g a m e m o d e , o n l y
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Commander Video fall out of the
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sky, you can read about the stars
Our refined palette requires more be available on Xbox Live friends list." We look forward to
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there for billions of years. And
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Submitted at 10/24/2010 12:44:57 PM
I'm giving a phone to a friend
who needs one.
I have a Nexus One and an
iPhone 3G in the drawer, both
ready to be adopted, or so I
thought.
Their batteries were completely
empty, so I charged both phones.
When the iPhone came up, it
offered to update its software.
Foolishly, I said yes. That failed.
It said I had to restore the phone,
so I did. Failed. Now I have a
$300 brick. Now that's my phone,
why shouldn't I be able to give it
to someone else? And when I give
it to them, isn't it reasonable to
want to remove all my accounts,
passwords, apps, email,
bookmarks, etc?
The Nexus One fared much
better. It charged up, said it had
no SIM, but it worked anyway.
Email worked, maps worked,
search, you name it. Everything
but the phone. Then I did a search
to find out how to wipe it. Went
to Settings, then Privacy, and said
I wanted to wipe the phone. It
asked if I was sure, explaining
that all my data would go away,
and my apps, and I'd have to re-
enter my google.com credentials.
Perfect, that's exactly what I want.
A few seconds later the phone
reboots, and I'm greeted with this
screen.
I guess my friend is getting the
Android phone. (It's a better fit
anyway, she's kind of a hacker,
experimenter, Williamsburger).
Over on Twitter, I linked to a
story quoting Melinda Gates
saying she will not let Apple
products into her home, even
though her children want them.
Jeff Jarvis commented: "Funny
thing is, it's easier to outlaw
Apple products than MS products,
isn't it?"
Next question: Where to get a
SIM to pop into the Nexus (or for
that matter the iPhone, should it
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commitment. another crass turn. Frank Caprio, reading all comments before
Update: Based on feedback from the Democratic candidate for publishing them. Personal attacks
readers, I tried restoring the Rhode Island governor, says (on writers, other readers, Nancy
iPhone again, and it failed. President Obama can "shove it" Pelosi, George W. Bush, or
H o w e v e r t h e t h i r d a t t e m p t for not endorsing him. anyone at all) and comments that
worked. So the iPhone is now Obama will be visiting Rhode are not productive additions to the
ready to be provisioned as a new Island on Monday to promote his c o n v e r s a t i o n w i l l n o t b e
phone. That said, the Nexus still small business bill and lend a published, period, to make room
has a big advantage. It can be hand in Democratic fundraising, for a discussion among those with
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Poll: More of the Same Bad News for Democrats,
Worse News for Obama
Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:33:00 AM
As Republicans head into the
final full week of campaigning
with a 47 percent to 42 percent
lead on the "generic"
congressional ballot, one element
that stands out starkly in a new
Politico/George Washington
University Battleground poll is
how negatively President Obama
is seen. ( Poll data; story). This is
not a hugely new result -- aside
from other national polls, several
polls of state races, such as those
in Ohio and Pennsylvania, have
shown Obama's sagging
popularity to be a drag on
Democratic candidates.
Nor is it a surprise that the poll
finds 64 percent of Americans to
believe the country is on the
wrong track, which about matches
other polls. But when those who
believe it is on the wrong track
are asked for what they think is
the reason, the only answer that is
in double-digits is "President
Barack Obama," who 21 percent
named.
Eight percent blamed Congress, 7
percent cited government
spending, and 6 percent chose
jobs and unemployment.
While congressional Democrats
came out almost evenly with
congressional Republicans on five
of six of these issues, voters had
more faith in Republicans than
Obama by 6 points or more on
five of the six.
The difference in voter
preferences between
congressional Democrats and
Republicans on who would do a
better job of turning the economy
around, creating jobs, sharing
your values, health care and
Social Security were all within the
poll's margin of error. Only on
controlling the deficit did the
Republicans have a big advantage
at 51 percent to 37 percent, with
the remainder in the "both/
neither" category or undecided.
But when it came to comparing
Obama to congressional
Republicans, voters chose the
Republicans as better able to turn
around the economy by 6 points;
by 11 points on creating jobs; by
7 points on health care and by 8
points on Social Security. The
Republican advantage over
Obama on the deficit was about
the same as it was over their
Capitol Hill counterparts, and
Obama and the Republicans were
statistically-tied on the "sharing
your values" question.
Overall, Obama is seen
unfavorably by 50 percent of
voters and favorably by 46
percent. Independents see him
unfavorably by 53 percent to 38
percent. Fifty-one percent of
voters disapprove of the job
Obama is doing while 46 percent
approve, with 4 percent
undecided. Independents
disapprove by 56 percent to 38
percent with the remainder
undecided.
Perhaps just as ominous for
Obama is the response to a
question that didn't name him, but
certainly reflects on voter mood
about how things have gone since
his election. Sixty-two percent say
they have less faith in government
than they did two years ago, with
48 percent saying they "strongly"
feel that way.
Again echoing other polls, the
economic stimulus program that
Obama pushed through last year
has not helped him convince
Americans that, while the
economy and jobs may still be in
a trough now, the measure helped
stave off an even worse situation.
Fifty-nine percent disagree that
the measure has worked and a
similar number disagree that it is
beginning to work.
These numbers are no doubt what
prompted Republican pollster Ed
Goeas, who conducted the survey
jointly with Democratic pollster
Celinda Lake, to exclaim, "the
Republican nomination for
president in 2012 may be worth
something!" Goeas predicts that if
the Democrats, as expected, suffer
big losses this year, Obama will
try to replicate what former
President Bill Clinton did in 1994
by using a Republican-controlled
Congress as a foil in mounting a
2012 re-election campaign. But
Goeas says one problem for
Obama – who is considered less
of a centrist than Clinton by many
-- is that "voters have increasingly
come to the conclusion that the
president is far more liberal than
mainstream America.""Barack
Obama has many of the
traditional signs for an
endangered incumbent," Goeas
said. "A majority of voters,
including a majority of
Independents (53 percent) and 24
percent of conservative
Democrats, disapprove of his job
performance...Only 38 percent of
voter responded that Obama
deserves reelection."
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Motivated by a tightening race,
Republican Senate challenger
Carly Fiorina said Sunday that she
is hopeful California voters will
make national news on Nov. 2 by
ousting incumbent Democratic
Sen. Barbara Boxer, who said that
voters will continue to back her.
Fiorina, the former Hewlett-
Packard CEO, introduced Judy
Woodruff of PBS’ “NewsHour”
to about 75 supporters gathered at
Republican headquarters in
Sacramento as an example of
rising national interest in the race.
In a reference to the red state-
blue state descriptions for states
that favor either Republican
candidates or Democratic
candidates, Fiorina said everyone
had assumed California will
always be deep blue in voting for
Democrats.
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“Maybe, just maybe, the people of
California make up their own
minds,” she said. “And this year,
what happens in California on
Nov. 2 is going to be national
news.”
Recent polls show Fiorina in a
close race against Boxer, who is
seeking a fourth term. A
University of Southern California-
Los Angeles Times poll released
Sunday showed Boxer
maintaining a narrow advantage,
47 percent to 41 percent, but that
was a smaller gap than the same
poll showed a month ago. A
Rasmussen survey last week
showed Fiorina within two
percentage points of Boxer.
With the race heading into the
final stretch, Boxer spent Sunday
afternoon at the San Fernando
Valley’s Democratic headquarters
in a Van Nuys strip mall. She
urged several hundred
enthusiastic supporters to vote
next Tuesday.
“You are the key,” Boxer said,
“the key to a very important
election that is going to decide,
‘Are we going to take our country
in the right direction or are we
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going to go backwards?’”
Boxer warned that Fiorina would
set back California’s efforts to
develop its renewable energy
industries. And despite an anti-
incumbent mood and criticism of
President Barack Obama’s
policies, Boxer predicted she will
prevail on Nov. 2.
“The people haven’t voted and
when they vote, we will win,” she
said.
The Senate race in California has
been marked by sharp exchanges
in debates and in television ads
between two women who hold
contrasting views on everything
from abortion and immigration to
federal stimulus spending and
health care reform.
Boxer has portrayed Fiorina as an
out-for-herself corporate
executive who laid off thousands
of employees and outsourced jobs
to China and India. Fiorina paints
Boxer as a hyper-partisan, career
politician who has done little for
California and merely wants to
protect her job.
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years is long enough, thank you
very much, Barbara Boxer,”
Fiorina said.
With the seat up for grabs,
Fiorina declared Nov. 2 a new
beginning in trying to energize
her supporters.
“We got to work really hard for
the next nine days to make sure
that on the evening of Nov. 2 we
have one hell of a party,” she said.
At Boxer’s rally, Emily Woods,
22, said she is registered as a
Republican but had not decided
which Senate candidate would get
her vote. She said she drove to the
event from Ventura County and
liked what she heard from Boxer
concerning job growth.
She said she saw Boxer’s
opponent as “helping more
businesses, where Boxer is
helping more individuals. I think
right now, the individuals need to
take the lead.
Insurance broker Miles McFann
of Elk Grove volunteered to make
campaign calls for Fiorina for the
first time because he said he
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job. Fiorina has said she would
serve only two terms if elected.
McCann, who declined to state a
party affiliation, said he was
supportive of Republican
candidates but disagreed with the
party’s strict anti-abortion stance.
“I probably won’t always agree
with Carly, but I believe she will
represent the people and not just
be part of the governing body,”
McFann said.
He predicted that whoever wins
on Nov. 2, the winner will not be
able to claim a mandate.
“It’ll be a squeaker,” McFann
said.
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'God Is the Reason
I'm Running'
David Gibson (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 11:19:00 AM
Religion Reporter A confident
Christine O'Donnell, the
Republican candidate for Senate
in Delaware who is running
behind her Democratic opponent,
says "God is the reason I'm
running" and that the prayers of
voters can propel her to an
unlikely victory.
In an interview with the Christian
Broadcasting Network,
O'Donnell, a conservative
Christian and Tea Party favorite
with a penchant for headline-
making comments, also said there
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is "certainly a double standard"
when it comes to media coverage
of conservative women.
"I don't often quote Gloria
Steinem, but she said you can
look at a double standard if they
wouldn't attack the male opponent
that way, and there's no doubt that
they wouldn't say the things
they're saying about me, they
wouldn't do the things that they're
doing if I weren't a woman," she
told CBN's David Brody. "I'm not
whining, but there certainly is a
double standard, especially when
it comes to conservative women."
As she has tried to overcome
Democrat Chris Coons' double-
digit lead in the polls, O'Donnell
has in recent weeks tried to
downplay some of her specific
religious positions, often drawn
from taped appearances years ago
on Bill Maher's cable show,
"Politically Incorrect." Among
them: her opposition to
masturbation and evolution, and
her belief in creationism.
But in her CBN interview, to be
broadcast Tuesday, she returned
in detail to her larger belief that
her candidacy is divinely inspired
and that she is merely a vessel for
God's mission.
"If I didn't believe that there were
a cause greater than myself worth
fighting for, if I didn't believe that
it takes a complete dying of self to
make things right in this election
cycle, I would not be running,"
O'Donnell tells Brody.
"God will give you the desires of
your heart," she says at another
point. "Some people think it's
what you want. God will give you
what you want, but He will create
those desires in you so that you
have a passion to do what He is
calling you to, so through this
whole campaign that's what I
pray: God, you gave me this
desire. You gave me this desire of
my heart to serve the people of
Delaware, to go in there and be
your voice in Congress. Help me
here!"
She also says she believes she
will win because the polls don't
include many first-time voters,
who she says will turn out on
Election Day. And she believes
that will be a triumph for prayer
as much as campaign politics.
"[W]hen you die to yourself, you
rely on a power greater than
yourself, so prayer is what's
gotten us all through. The day that
we saw a spike in the polls was a
day that some people had a prayer
meeting for me that morning for
this campaign, so I believe that
prayer plays a direct role in this
campaign and I always ask,
'Please pray for the campaign;
please pray for our staff; please
pray specifically that the eyes of
the voters be opened.' "
As for the clips of her
appearances from the 1990s on
the Maher show, O'Donnell was
unrepentant.
"In the '90s I looked at all the TV
opportunities as a ministry
opportunity, as an opportunity to
share my newfound faith with a
television audience that otherwise
would not be watching," she says.
"If I were planning to run for
office in 10-15 years, I would
have been much more guarded --
not that I regret anything I've said,
but because I'm a vocal person. I
state my opinion when I think that
something's wrong or right."
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 6:18:20 AM
Monday, 25 Oct 2010 11:18 AM
This may be a case of “those in
glass houses shouldn’t throw
stones.” Last week, a group of 16
Democratic senators, led by Al
Franken(pictured) of Minnesota,
sent a letter to the Federal
Election Commission cheering the
FEC’s move to consider a new Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Jeff
rule governing foreign Merkley of Oregon, Robert
companies’ purchase of political Menendez of New Jersey, Patty
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For weeks it has appeared that
Republicans are headed for huge
wins in the coming election and
that independent voters will be
responsible for the surge. A new
poll from Politico/George
Washington University confirms
that view.
Independents support
Republicans over Democrats by
14 percentage points, according to
the survey. Politico didn’t provide
the percentage figures for each
party. Given that Republicans
lead Democrats by 47 to 42
percent among all voters
combined, you can see what a key
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began her career as a Christian what happened? Did she become actual people say that their
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H'andy Sana 210 The Sana 210
reads your heart rhythm when you
press your fingertips to each of its
sensors. John B. Carnett
High-risk patients can lose hours
and thousands of dollars to in-
hospital heart monitoring, but
now physicians can regularly
check in from afar. German
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210 needs only 30 seconds to
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Sony PSP Go Drops to $199
Samuel Axon (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:39:26 AM
Sony has announced that it will
drop the price of the PSP Go
portable gaming system from
$249 to $199 just in time for the
holiday rush.
The price cut is already effective
— just check out any online
retailer like Gamestop or Amazon
and you’ll see the device selling at
its new price point.
fingertips. The diagnostic is not as
accurate as a hospital ECG, which
uses more electrodes closer to the
heart, but it does provide enough
info for doctors to monitor
patients who have abnormal
rhythms.
As with any test, a clean reading
It’s a welcome change, and it
makes the device more
competitive with the Nintendo
DSi($149) and the iPod
touch($229 – $399). Given the
capabilities of the device, $199
seems like the perfect price point.
The PSP targets the core gamer
market, which is willing to pay a
little bit more for impressive
graphics than it would get on the Sony boasts that the PSP has
DSi. Still, neither device is as moved 61 million units since it
dynamic as the iPod touch.
is crucial. After three sensors
under the phone's steel frame pick
up the signal from your fingers, it
passes through two barriers
devised to cancel interference
caused by tiny movements in a
patient's arms and shoulders. A
filter sits above the circuit board
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H'andy is readying an update,
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During our courtship, I wooed
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so he passed the recipe to me, a
confirmed chocoholic.
The Dilemma: Both of us are
avid runners, and since I'm a
dietitian and because of Ben's
profession, we both watch what
we eat. We couldn't help noticing
the recipe had copious amounts of
butter, eggs, and chocolate, which
made us suspect the cookies had
plenty of calories and fat. "Seven
eggs, half a cup of butter, more
than 13 ounces of chocolate-wow,
no wonder they're so rich," Ben
noted. We both wanted a lighter
cookie so we could enjoy them
more often. And since light
baking is such a delicate science, I
brought the recipe in to the
Cooking Light Test Kitchens for
help.
The Solution: A team of Cooking
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biggest challenge was trimming
the chocolate while still
maintaining the cookies' rich
flavor. We cut the original's seven
ounces of unsweetened chocolate
and six ounces of bittersweet
chocolate back to two ounces of
each, which trimmed 52 calories
per cookie. To boost the overall
chocolate flavor, we added a half-
cup of fat-free unsweetened
cocoa. And instead of the original/
s 1 1/2 cups of bittersweet
chocolate chips, we used 1/4 cup
semisweet chocolate minichips to
save another 33 calories per
serving; minichips are better
dispersed throughout the cookies.
The original's half-cup of butter
added 27 calories and three grams
of fat per cookie. Using 1 1/2
tablespoons of butter saved 22
calories and 2.4 grams of fat. We
also replaced the original's seven
eggs with two eggs and 1/2 cup
egg substitute to slash the
cholesterol by 35 milligrams per
cookie. Finally, we used 1/2 cup
of walnuts instead of the two cups
called for in the original recipe.
Walnuts provide heart-healthy fat,
but they pack a lot of calories.
Cutting back on the amount
eliminated 39 calories per serving.
The Feedback:"The new cookies
have the same intense flavor as
the original," says Ben, "and I'd
be happy to share them with
friends and colleagues." And once
I decide what to prepare for our
Valentine's Day dinner, I think I'll
finish our menu with a few of
these .
Before | After
Serving size
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Browsing the sneaker rack was
always a struggle. Inevitably I
would exaggerate to the sales
assistant, advertise myself as a
competitive runner and opt for the
high-impact, cushioning, running
shoes. Mentally, I pictured myself
as a runner who hit the pavement
a few times a week, while
physically, I never attempted
more than a 5k race (and even that
was almost two years ago). I have
a shirt to prove it.
Blame it on the chronic shin
splints and flat feet, running just
wasn't my sport—and that's what
made it all the more attractive.
Employing the same "I can do
anything better than you"
mentally that got me through
CrossFit training, I became
determined (obsessed) with
finally putting my high-end
sneakers to use and decided to
become a (half) marathoner in 12
weeks. Here are the tricks no one
told me about:
Week 1-3: Find Your Stride
As a novice runner, the first
obstacle to overcome is yourself.
While training, everyone says that
running a marathon is 80 percent
mental (screw that, my body
begged to differ), so the biggest
challenge was letting myself fail.
Just as you can't start with a 250
lb. deadlift, you can't jump into
training at an 8-minute mile. Sure,
your competitive nature would
love to train at a 1:45 hour race
finish time, but if you want to
make it past a week of training
you have to mentally and
physically slow down. There are a
bunch of running schedules you
can find online (like the ones from
Hal Higdon, for example), but
accept the fact that it's OK to
modify based on your ability and
schedule, and set realistic,
achievable goals in terms of
mileage and pace.
Take this time to find yourself as
a runner. Do you prefer training
indoors or outdoors? It's a lot
easier to jump off a treadmill
versus running outdoors where
giving up means you'll still have
to walk home. Are you a team
player or a soloist? Find a running
buddy who is just a little bit faster
than you to keep you challenged,
otherwise work on an awesome
playlist to keep you pumped
throughout your run. And find
your solemate—stop by a running
store to analyze your gait and find
the proper sneaker (turns out the
stability, cushioning shoe I
splurged on would help ease shin
splits my overpronating feet).
Week 4-6: Stay Committed to
Your Goal
You've made it four weeks
in—this is the time to stay
focused and stick to your
program. Everyone will offer their
admiration for your new-found
commitment to road racing,
especially while handing you
another beer. Sure, it's an
accomplishment to run a
marathon of any length, but unless
Health/ 53
avoid injury. Use ice baths to
recover after longer runs and
avoid massages before the big
event—but feel free to make an
appointment now for a few days
after the race (a sports massage
one or two days after the event
could help speed up recovery).
The night before race day is
about fueling and hydrating.
Indulge in a guilt-free pasta (bring
on the bread basket) dinner, and
be sure to drink lots of water.
While it's important to sip water
consistently the morning of, you
don't want to be stopping at the
bathroom every other mile and
your buddies are training with also Band-Aid them to prevent the you don't want to run with a
you, no one is going to hold your dreaded bloody runner's chest). sloggishy stomach.
hand along the way. Know You'll also want to avoid new For fall and winter races you'll
upfront that this is going to mean clothes and sneakers on race day. want to layer up in the morning to
some sober happy hours and Find the shorts you're most keep muscles warm. At most large
Friday nights in—but if running a comfortable in — does the lining m a r a t h o n s t h e r e w i l l b e a
marathon came easy, everyone and stitching hold up for the Dumpster near the starting line
would do it. longer runs? where you can discard extra
So pass on a second round and As you get closer to attempting a layers—or simply hand them off
spend the cash on creating an marathon, this is also a good time to a friend before the race starts.
awesome playlist instead. The to think about nutrition. Test your Above all, have fun and and
secret: every few songs, insert a stomach now, rather than leaving e n j o y t h e s e n s e o f
guaranteed, pump-you-up track fuel to guesswork later on. If you accomplishment that comes with
(shout-out to Nelly's "Heart of a haven't trained using power gels taking on a race. Oh, and wear
C h a m p i o n " f o r g e t t i n g m e or energy beans, the race is not your medal for the next few days,
through the end of mile 10). It'll the time to experiment. Find your you've earned it. Related articles:
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Week 7-9: Know the Gear before long training runs to see Improve Your Running
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Seared Tuna Steak Sandwiches With Edamame
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Ingredients
• 1 tbsp mustard
• 1 tbsp white wine
• 1 tsp low-sodium soy sauce
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 tbsp canola or vegetable oil
• 1/2 lb raw tuna, such as
yellowfin, cut into two steaks
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
• 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds
• 2 cups frozen edamame in pods
• 2 ciabatta rolls
• 1 cup arugula
How to Make It
1.) Mix the mustard sauce: In a
small bowl, whisk together the
mustard, white wine, soy sauce,
and honey; set aside. 2.) In a large
skillet, heat the oil over medium-
high heat until hot but not
smoking. Season the tuna with 1/2
tsp of the salt and pepper, then
sprinkle with the sesame seeds;
add the tuna to the skillet. Cook
until lightly browned on both
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states probably realize that they
have dodged a bullet.
To say that military people are
tense — on both sides of the issue
— is an understatement. In
particular, no one knows how
many officers from more
culturally and religious
conservative parts of America will
choose to leave the armed forces,
rather than live with the policies
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that will flow out of DADT
(whatever the precise nature of
those policies). No one knows
how this would affect recruiting
in red zip codes.
I, of course, remain interested in
how this will change one of the
most controversial groups of
professionals in the ranks of the
military — the chaplains.
On the theological left, chaplains
say there will be no change —
unless so-called “fundamentalists”
choose to flee, which means that
the changes will be good.
Religious traditionalists in
several different camps —
Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox,
Catholic — are predicting that
troubled times are ahead, with
some of these ministers differing
on just how big the explosion will
be. How many chaplains will be
affected? Here’s a hint, coming
from the left:
In American Fascists, author
Chris Hedges warns of the
growing power of fundamentalist
Christian evangelicals in the US
military, noting that the Christian
Right sees the military as a key
target. …
Some may challenge Hedges’
estimate that “radical Christians”
hold half of the armed forces’
chaplaincies. A New York Times
investigation in 2005 determined
that the numbers of evangelical
and Pentecostal chaplains in the
Air Force had grown while,
perhaps unsurprisingly, the
number of mainline Christian and
Roman Catholic chaplains had
declined.
The number of liberal Protestant
chaplains has been affected by
several factors, including the
statistical decline of those
churches, the aging of their
clergy, the declining number of
clergy who (after Vietnam and the
’60s) want to have anything to do
with the military and the rising
number of second-career
ministers who at the time of their
ordination are too old (or too out
of shape) to meet the military’s
guidelines for chaplains. Thus, the
number of chaplains who —
doctrinally speaking — are likely
to thrive in the post-DADT
military is declining.
The number of Catholic priests is
declining, period, to no one’s
surprise. This affects one of the
largest flocks in the American
military and, of course, some
Catholic bishops are going to
openly oppose repeal, while many
try to remain silent and out of the
line of fire.
I tried to deal with some of that
in my Scripps Howard News
Service column this week. This
was a really hard one to cut down
to my usual op-ed page length. I
have had lots of feedback on this
column, including notes from
chaplains involved in this tense
situation. Here’s how the column
opens:
The setting: The office of a priest
who serves as a military chaplain.
The time: This hypothetical
encounter occurs soon after the
repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t
tell” policy that forbids gays,
lesbians and bisexuals to openly
serve in America’s armed forces.
The scene: An officer requests
counseling about tensions with
her same-sex partner as they
prepare for marriage. The priest
says this would be inappropriate,
since his church teaches that sex
outside of marriage is sin and that
the sacrament of marriage is
reserved for unions of a man and
a woman.
The priest offers to refer her to a
chaplain at another base who
represents a church that performs
same-sex rites. The officer
accepts, but is less than pleased at
the inconvenience.
What happens next? That
question is driving the tense
church-state debates that continue
behind the scenes of the political
drama that surrounds “don’t ask,
don’t tell.”
There are at least two strong
camps in this debate. Here is what
that sounds like in real life:
“If the government normalizes
homosexual behavior in the armed
forces, many (if not most)
chaplains will confront a
profoundly difficult moral choice:
whether they are to obey God or
to obey men,” stated a September
letter from 60-plus retired
chaplains to President Barack
Obama and Defense Secretary
Robert Gates.
The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t
tell,” they argued, will cripple the
ability of many chaplains to
provide counseling. “Service
members seeking guidance
regarding homosexual
relationships will place chaplains
in an untenable position. If
chaplains answer such questions
according to the tenets of their
faith, stating that homosexual
relationships are sinful and
harmful, then they run the risk of
career-ending accusations of
insubordination and
discrimination. And if chaplains
simply decline to provide
counseling at all on that issue,
they may still face discipline for
discrimination.”
These complaints are “somewhat
disingenuous,” according to the
Rev. John F. Gundlach, a retired
Navy chaplain from the United
Church of Christ, the progressive
Protestant denomination into
which Obama was baptized.
“These chaplains … will continue
to have the same rights they’ve
always had to preach, teach,
counsel, marry and conduct
religious matters according to the
tenets of their faith. They will also
continue to have the responsibility
to refer servicemembers to other
chaplains when their own
theology or conscience will not
allow them to perform the
services to which a
servicemember is entitled,”
stressed Gundlach, writing in
Stars and Stripes. “Any chaplain
who can’t fulfill this expectation
should find somewhere else to do
ministry.”
How many may have to choose
to “find somewhere else”? At this
point, one has to start doing some
math.
Everyone agrees that the
Southern Baptist Convention has
an unusually high number of
chaplains, primarily because so
many Southern Baptists want to
do this work. Then there are about
55
300 Catholic chaplains — about
half the number needed. Then
there is a flock of evangelical/
Pentecostal chaplains from a wide
variety of sources, including
evangelical and charismatic
parishes in otherwise mainline
Protestant denominations (think
charismatic Anglicans, Missouri-
Synod Lutherans, evangelical
United Methodists, etc.).
Remember, it’s voices on the
LEFT who have argued that
“fundamentalists” and “radicals”
make up 50 percent or more of
America’s military chaplains,
those active and on reserved
status. And then come the Eastern
Orthodox, the Catholics, the
Orthodox Jews, the Muslims, etc.
And what happens if the
conservatives are right and that
any advocacy of traditional
doctrines by chaplains is labeled
“hate speech,” with offenders
either being punished or simply
denied the ability to advance in
rank? If you read the views of
theological liberals, there will be
no problems after repeal, unless
there are problems. No one is
talking about “hate speech,”
except for those who believe that
conservatives are already guilty of
“hate speech.” In other words:
There is no easy way out of this
church-state maze.
If “don’t ask, don’t tell” is
repealed, “no restrictions or
limitations on the teaching of
Catholic morality can be
accepted,” noted Archbishop
Timothy Broglio of the
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Brad A. Greenberg Santa Cruz included the essentials That is a bold statement, but it
(GetReligion) and was a pretty standard nuts- lies at the heart of a much more
Submitted at 10/24/2010 4:28:41 PM and-bolts news article. I would, interesting story. Goodstein
however, expect more from a focuses not on the Crystal
The Crystal Cathedral is kind of a religion reporter. And last time I Cathedral’s bankruptcy but on
big deal. A stone’s throw from think the LAT has one. how they got there and how the
Disneyland, the megachurch is a Here’s what happened when, church’s trouble with transition
SoCal cultural landmark in its albeit a week late, The New York was a familiar them when larger-
o w n r i g h t . A n d R o b e r t H . Times sent its religion reporter, than-life pastors decide to move
Schuller who started it all in a the boycotted and recently re- on. And it leaves little wonder as
drive-in parking lot, became a honored Laurie Goodstein, to to why the elder Schuller and his
pioneer of televangelism with the Disneyland-adjacent. Here’s what successor chose to speak with the
“Hour of Power.” she writes in “ Debt and Disputes LAT and refused requests from
Over the years, the power Cloud the Crystal Cathedral.” Goodstein.
struggle over who would succeed When Mr. Schuller announced in Even when you’re talking about
Schuller and then a rumor that he 2006 that he was turning over the megachurches, size doesn’t
had come out of retirement were pulpit to his only son, the Rev. matter. But at 1,482 words — as
big news. And not surprisingly. Robert A. Schuller, the church long as an LAT Column One
So it should come as no surprise was already carrying a huge debt these days — Goodstein’s article
that news outlets were all over the from its last lavish building is full of meat while the LAT’s
story when the Crystal Cathedral project. But in a little more than 536-word piece is really just the
filed for bankruptcy last week. two years, the son was pushed out milk.
Even the Los Angeles Times— before he ever really took the PHOTO: The Crystal Cathedral
after all, Garden Grove is about reins, and some of his sisters and spire, via Wikimedia Commons
30 miles from downtown LA, and their husbands stepped in. Written by: Brad A. Greenberg on
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Archdiocese for Military Services.
While Catholic chaplains must
always show compassion, they
“can never condone — even
silently — homosexual behavior.”
A letter from Metropolitan Jonah
of the Orthodox Church in
America to the chaplains board
was even more blunt: “If our
chaplains were in any way …
prohibited from denouncing such
behavior as sinful and self-
destructive, it would create an
impediment to their service in the
military. If such an attitude were
regarded as ‘prejudice’ or the
denunciation of homosexuality as
‘hate language,’ or the like, we
would be forced to pull out our
chaplains from military service.”
So be it, said Gundlach. While
these chaplains “worry about
being discriminated against, they
openly discriminate against some
of the very people they are
pledged to serve and serve with. If
the hate speech currently uttered
by some conservative chaplains
and their denominations is any
indication of how they will
respond in the future, we can
expect this discrimination to
continue.”
These chaplains need to resign,
he said. The armed services “will
be the better for it.”
This is a story, right? Over at
USA Today, veteran scribe Cathy
Lynn Grossman is following these
trends carefully at her weblog,
which I would assume means she
is building connections for further
coverage on dead-tree pulp.
As you would expect, editors at
the conservative Baptist Press
know that this is a story. Ditto for
the professionals on the left side
of the Baptist spectrum, at
Associated Baptist Press.
But who else is covering this
drama closely? Please let us
know. This is a story. Period.
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Submitted at 10/25/2010 8:00:09 AM
payroll employment fell in 17 of accepted are wrong, per-job costs
America’s 20 largest metropolitan zoom.
The jobs “created or saved” have areas between March 2009 and Compare this lavishness to the
cost taxpayers dearly. August 2010. Such jobs only grew Labor Department’s $27.64
I n an October 3 ABC News/ in Baltimore, Boston, and — hourly Employer Costs for
Washington Post survey, 68 naturally — Washington, D.C. Employee Compensation. Paying
percent of Americans polled Even worse, in these 20 urban one new staffer for 52 forty-hour
believe that “the money the a r e a s , “ F o r e v e r y f e d e r a l weeks would cost an employer
federal government has spent on government payroll job created $57,491. Hence, private industry
the economic stimulus has been (+42,700), 13 private-sector could create at least 4.4 jobs for
mostly wasted.” Only 29 percent payroll jobs (-556,900) have been the price of just one stimulus
consider it “well spent.” lost.” Corresponding state and position. By this measure, private
Seven out of ten Americans are local governments also shed companies could have spent the
correct: The Democratic stimulus 522,800 jobs during this time. aforementioned $7.6 billion to
is a massive, bank-busting flop. “With a million fewer workers in start 132,230 jobs.
Those who foisted this twelve- our major cities today than when details infrastructure, clean- doubt and simply accepted the
True, 18 of these 90 projects
figure folly on the American the stimulus began, I can’t energy, social-service, and other claims its narrative presented.
created jobs below this private-
people should suffer at the polls. imagine how the White House can initiatives that “invest in a strong When the White House said
sector-cost threshold. Helping a
#ad#Still basking in inaugural proclaim it as anything but a foundation for a 21st century Project 4’s $24.8 million in
Michigan boat manufacturer
afterglow, President Obama terrible disappointment,” said economy.” As this document stimulus money would help GE’s
expand into wind energy (Project
signed the Recovery Act in U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, states: energy-efficient-appliance factory
75) generated 163 jobs at $11,656
February 2009. Budgeted at $787 t h e J E C ’ s t o p H o u s e “This report shines a spotlight on in Louisville, Ky., create 800 jobs
each.
billion, it rose to $814 billion -- a Republican.“President Obama some of the most innovative and through 2013, I counted all 800
However, 72 of these 90 projects
3.4 percent cost overrun. Absent promised that 90 percent of the effective projects nationwide that posts. When Smith Electric got
yielded jobs for more than private
the stimulus, the White House stimulus jobs would be created in are not only putting people back $32 million for 220 direct and
industry’s $57,491 cost. In fact,
assured taxpayers, the then-7.6 the private sector. The reality is t o w o r k n o w , b u t h e l p i n g indirect jobs in Kansas City, Mo.
seven projects consumed at least
p e r c e n t u n e m p l o y m e n t r a t e just the opposite.” transform the American economy (Project 66), I tallied them as
$1 million per job created.
affecting 11.6 million Americans Fox News Channel’s Brenda for years to come.” It adds: “From d i r e c t j o b s . L i k e w i s e , N V
“Broadband Expansion to Rural
would climb to 8 percent. wind turbine production in Energy’s $137.9 million to create
Buttner reports on the October 23 Communities” in Kansas (Project
Joblessness surpassed 8 percent Muncie, Indiana, to expansion of 400 to 500 temporary jobs in Las
Bulls & Bears that New 38), for instance, stimulated 17
anyway, shooting to 10.1 percent Hampshire and North Dakota a tunnel in Oakland, California, Vegas (Project 84) counted as 500
jobs at $2.9 million each.
in October 2009 before settling at were millions of Americans are on the full-time slots.
This is just the peak of the
9.6 percent, where it seems stuck the only states(plus Washington, job nationwide working on #ad#Of the White House’s 100
pyramid. In May, 2009,
today, frustrating 14.8 million job D.C.) to enjoy job growth since Recovery Act projects like the showcased projects, 90 offer
Washington Democrats sent $250
seekers. Unemployment has President Obama signed the ones in this report.” These specific employment data. Among
stimulus checks to 17,000
equaled or exceeded 9.5 percent Democrat stimulus in February initiatives, the White House these, $7,602,006,850 in stimulus
prisoners (cost: $4.25 million) and
for 14 months, the longest such 2009. explains, mirror others across the funds “created or saved” 29,957
to 72,000 dead people(cost: $18
s t r e t c h s i n c e t h e G r e a t These positions, “created or country. “The projects in this jobs. Thus, each stimulus position
million). Just last week, President
Depression. report represent just a small c o s t t a x p a y e r s a n a v e r a g e
saved” by the stimulus, have cost Obama himself dumped ice water
The stimulus has done less than taxpayers dearly. fraction of the tens of thousands $ 2 5 3 , 7 6 4 .
all over the stimulus with this
nothing. In a new study, the In late September, the White of projects the Recovery Act is So, Democrats are fighting
startling announcement: “There is
Congressional Joint Economic House released 100 Recovery Act supporting.” unemployment by launching jobs
no such thing as shovel-ready
C o m m i t t e e ’ s G O P s t a f f Projects That Are Changing #page#While analyzing these 100 at more than a quarter-million
discovered that total non-farm America. This 28-page paper projects, I gave the Obama dollars apiece. And if the White STIMULUS: page 61
administration the benefit of the House’s upbeat assumptions that I
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administration’s plan is to forget
about ethanol’s negative impact
on consumers and their gasoline-
powered equipment, ignore the
facts when it comes to air quality,
and instead pander to the farm
lobby.
#ad#For months, administration
officials have been hinting that
the EPA would approve the
ethanol industry’s request for an
increase in blend volumes. The
industry desperately needs a
bailout, because it has built far too
many distilleries over the past few
years. As Bob Dinneen, president
of the Renewable Fuels
Association, explained, “We have
lots of gallons of ethanol chasing
too few gallons of gasoline.”
The EPA is granting them a
bailout by allowing ethanol
producers to blend more of their
corrosive, hydrophilic, low-heat-
content fuel into our gasoline.
And while the agency’s ruling
limits the use of the higher-
ethanol-content gasoline to model
year 2007 and newer cars and
trucks, the move further
complicates the American motor-
fuel market, which is already the
most Balkanized motor-fuel
market in the world. Refiners are
now producing about 45 different
blends of gasoline and multiple
blends of diesel fuel. Managing
all those different fuels increases
costs that are ultimately borne by
the consumer.
This latest decision allows the
ethanol scammers to continue
gorging themselves at the public
trough. In July, the Congressional
Budget Office reported that corn-
ethanol subsidies cost U.S.
taxpayers more than$7 billion per
year. Those subsidies are larger
than those given to any other form
of renewable energy.
The collection of groups opposed
to this bailout made for a strange
coalition. In August, 39 groups --
including the Alliance of
Automobile Manufacturers and
the American Petroleum Institute
as well as the Natural Resources
Defense Council and the
Environmental Working Group --
asked Congress to hold hearings
about the proposed increase in
ethanol consumption.
Congressional leaders ignored the
request.
That congressional inattention
will cost consumers dearly. For
years, ethanol-blended gasoline
has forced boat owners to pay for
expensive repairs to their boats’
fuel lines and tanks -- and that
was with gasoline containing just
10 percent ethanol. There are 500
million non-road engines (think
lawnmowers, chainsaws, and
weed-whackers) now in use in
America, and none of those
engines is designed to run on fuel
containing more than 10 percent
ethanol.
Of course, the ethanol lobby
loved the EPA’s decision. Growth
Energy, an advocacy group that
employs former presidential
candidate Wesley Clark, quickly
issued a press release applauding
the move, but insisted that “much
more must be done to reduce
America’s dependence on foreign
oil.” That statement implies that
subsidies and mandates for corn
ethanol have helped cut oil
imports. Here’s the reality: They
haven’t.
#page# Between 1999 and 2009,
U.S. ethanol production increased
sevenfold to more than 700,000
barrels per day, but during that
same time period, U.S. oil imports
actually increased by more than
800,000 barrels per day.
Furthermore, and perhaps most
surprising, is this: During that
same time period, U.S. oil exports
-- yes, exports -- more than
doubled to some 2 million barrels
per day. Data from the U.S.
Energy Information
Administration show that, in the
last decade, oil imports closely
tracked U.S. oil consumption: As
U.S. oil demand grew, imports
grew; when consumption fell,
imports dropped. Ethanol
production levels had no apparent
effect on oil imports or
consumption.
#ad#Thus, despite more than three
decades of subsidies that have
cost taxpayers tens of billions of
dollars, the ethanol industry
cannot point to any decline in oil
imports during the time period
when the industry experienced its
most rapid growth.
Maddening as that is, the real
outrage of the corn-ethanol scam
involves air quality. In 2007, the
EPA admitted that increased use
of ethanol in gasoline would
increase emissions of key air
pollutants, including volatile
organic compounds and nitrogen
oxides, by as much as 7 percent.
On Wednesday, the agency again
acknowledged that more ethanol
consumption will mean higher
emissions of key pollutants.
That admission is driving
environmental advocates like
Frank O’Donnell, the president of
Clean Air Watch, to distraction.
On one hand, explains O’Donnell,
the agency is saying that more
ethanol will mean higher
emissions of nitrogen oxides. Yet
the ethanol bailout comes “at the
same time that the EPA is setting
tougher standards on smog.”
Indeed, the EPA is implementing
new rules on ground-level ozone
that could affect dozens of cities.
What contributes to the formation
of ozone? You guessed it:
nitrogen oxides.
Donald Stedman, a professor
emeritus of chemistry at the
University of Denver, has been
studying ethanol’s impact on air
quality for two decades. In a
recent interview, he told me that
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his assessment of the EPA’s
decision is much the same as
O’Donnell’s: “More ethanol
means worse air quality, period.”
He adds that corn ethanol
“doesn’t do anything to reduce
greenhouse gases.”
Evidence that the Obama
administration is more worried
about the farm lobby than urban
air quality came within minutes of
the EPA’s announcement.
Agriculture Secretary Tom
Vilsack issued a statement
praising the move, saying that the
increased use of ethanol “is an
important step toward making
America more energy
independent.”
Here’s a tip: Whenever you hear
the phrase “energy
independence,” think “rip-off.”
The EPA’s decision is yet another
unfortunate win for the farm
lobby and another loss for
consumers and clean-air
advocates.
— Robert Bryce is a senior fellow
at the Manhattan Institute. His
latest book is Power Hungry: The
Myths of ‘Green’ Energy and the
Real Fuels of the
Future(PublicAffairs). Robert
Bryce
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Justice at Obama DOJ
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Posted October 25th, 2010 at Panthers failed to respond and on tearing apart anybody who was issues that pertained to voter fairer and more just than
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Post Philadelphia entered a “default” lawyer. (appointed Acting Assistant • The Environmental Protection
Last year, Attorney General Eric against the defendants; 5) after “There are career people who feel Attorney General of the Civil Agency is moving ahead with
Holder told the Washington President Obama was sworn in, strongly that it is not the voting Rights Division by President new regulations of medium- and
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil his political appointees took great section’s job to protect white Obama) specifically instructed heavy-duty trucks that will reduce
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Obama administration’s days before the Justice environment is that you better toe applicants whether they would be 20 percent.
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waiver. Never.” But Friday, The were completely dismissed and advance, you will not receive enforcement of the Voting Rights government, have given a total of
Washington Post published a the billy club wielder received a awards and you will be Act.” $1.4 million to candidates in
story that completely undercuts slap on the wrist. ostracized.” King and Fernandes have never September alone.
that claim. The story itself breaks The Washington Post story Not reported by the Post are the responded to these allegations, • Obamacare is threatening to
little new ground. Followers of confirms all of these details and specific ways that the Obama and the Obama Justice undercut the employee health care
this blog have already read all the goes even further. The Post DOJ is refusing to enforce the law Department has never denied that plans of 150 million workers and
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story does add confirmation from former Department of Justice Specifically, Coates, who as the Instead, DOJ spokeswoman Tracy • Virginia Attorney General Ken
three Justice Department lawyers lawyer J. Christian Adams and Post reports was hired by Schmaler has made blanket Cuccinelli compares President
that the dismissal of charges current DOJ Christopher Coates President Bill Clinton from the statements that: “The department Barack Obama to King George
against the New Black Panther that, since President Obama took American Civil Liberties Union, makes enforcement decisions III.
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never had a challenge like this.”
Among the nation’s most
strongly disliked politicians, Sen.
Barbara Boxer nonetheless
deserves special recognition for
her vote-getting abilities. In her
past three Senate runs, she has
defeated by her opponent by 10 to
20 points every time. She has had
fortunate timing. In 1998 she
benefited from sharing a ballot
with Democratic gubernatorial
candidate Gray Davis, who won
by nearly 20 points, while in 2004
she got a boost from John Kerry
backers. Her opponents have
helped: 1992 GOP candidate
Bruce Herschensohn was revealed
a few days before a tight-fought
election to have visited a strip
club, while 2004 opponent Bill
Jones never raised enough to even
run a television ad.
But don’t mistake Boxer’s
electoral success for validation of
her affability or political deftness.
Even her ideological compatriots
don’t think she has those qualities.
The Los Angeles Times endorsed
Boxer but wrote of “an
assertiveness that often is
perceived as arrogance,” and
“hope[d] her fourth term will be
marked by less bluster and more
bipartisan achievements.” The
San Jose Mercury News also
endorsed Boxer but conceded,
“We wish Boxer were less
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projects.”
These Democratic gaffes —
among innumerable others —
recently led Fox Business analyst
strident. This trait has cost her
support for some important
legislation and has damaged her
ability to provide leadership in the
Senate.” The San Francisco
Chronicle refused to endorse
either candidate this year,
editorializing that Boxer was “an
ineffective advocate for causes we
generally support,” adding that
Boxer’s “most famous moments
on Capitol Hill have not been
ones of legislative
accomplishment, but of delivering
partisan shots.”
“Over half of Californians are
unsatisfied with Barbara Boxer,”
said Jon Fleischman, a former
executive director of the
California GOP. A recent Fox
News poll showed that 52 percent
of Californians have an
unfavorable view of Boxer.
But Fiorina’s unfavorable ratings
in the poll were about the same, at
51 percent. And in recent weeks,
Boxer has campaigned fiercely,
running ads that slam Fiorina for
her decisions to lay off 30,000
workers and outsource some jobs
during her time as CEO of
Hewlett Packard. Boxer has also
worked to make the social issues
more prominent in voters’ minds,
frequently touting her own
abortion-rights absolutism in
contrast to Fiorina’s pro-life
positions. A new Boxer ad
John Layfield to express an
inescapable truth: “This
government couldn’t run a one-
car parade.”
reminds Californians that Sarah
Palin endorsed Fiorina.
The attacks present a difficult
challenge for Fiorina, a two-
pronged assault on her message
about job creation and her refusal
to make social issues a pivotal
part of the campaign. “Fiorina is
unabashed about her belief in the
sanctity of life, but she doesn’t
wear it on her sleeve, and she
doesn’t put in her campaign
literature,” says Fleischman.
#page#But Boxer’s strategy may
backfire: This is not an election
focused on abortion or gay
marriage. “The people who care
most passionately about
preserving legal abortion are
going to vote Democrat, no matter
what,” points out Claremont
McKenna College political
scientist John J. Pitney Jr. Fiorina
may also be well positioned to
counteract the attack ads. “She’s a
very confident person who
inspires confidence in her ads,”
says Johnson, referring to the
Fiorina commercials that feature
the candidate directly addressing
the audience about changing
California. “That helps blunt
some of the negative attacks.”
According to an NRSC-
commissioned Tarrance Group
poll released last week that
showed Fiorina and Boxer tied,
the Republican still needs more
— Deroy Murdock is a nationally
syndicated columnist with the
Scripps Howard News Service
and a media fellow with the
support among independent
voters. While Fiorina, at 47
percent, is leading by 13 points
among independent voters, the
Tarrance Group’s Dave Sackett
said “she needs to improve upon
this and get her ballot strength
among ticket-splitters up into the
mid 50s.”
#ad#Fiorina, who touted her
willingness to buck the
Republican party if necessary in a
recent ad, appears to be trying to
appeal to Californians who still
like President Obama and the
Democratic party but are
concerned about the country’s
direction. Such an attitude appears
to represent a crucial segment of
the California electorate: The Fox
poll showed that 46 percent of
likely California voters approved
of the president, but 71 percent
were angry or dissatisfied with
how the government was
working, while 67 percent thought
that Obama’s economic policies
had hurt or made no difference in
California’s economy. In a state
with the nation’s third-highest
unemployment rate, voters’
decisions may ultimately depend
on whom they trust to create jobs.
Voter turnout may favor Fiorina.
“There are a lot of Democrats that
are very disappointed in the
performance of their own party,”
says Johnson, adding that while
Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution and Peace at Stanford
University. Deroy Murdock
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staunch Democrats won’t vote
Republican, they may not vote at
all this year. Fiorina may also be
helped by Republican
gubernatorial candidate Meg
Whitman’s aggressive get-out-the
-vote efforts.
But win or lose, Fiorina has
disproved the conventional
wisdom that no conservative
candidate can be competitive in a
statewide California race. She has
focused on jobs and the economy,
pushing spending cuts and the tax
cuts that will help businesses
thrive, but has maintained her
conservative stances on abortion,
immigration, and the
environment.
The combination of high
unemployment and an arrogant,
out-of-touch incumbent has been
enough to put the Golden State in
play for Republicans. Whether it
will be enough to carry Fiorina to
victory will be a close call: Unlike
the polls, Fiorina does not have
much of a margin of error.
– Katrina Trinko writes for
National Review Online’ s Battle
’10 blog. Katrina Trinko
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Schrecker and Me at Brandeis
David Horowitz (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 11:09:24 PM
I spoke the other night a Brandeis
University, as usual under the
auspices of College Republicans
and with no institutional or
faculty sponsorship. As fate
would have it, there were two
other events with speakers that
evening, one an anti-Israel activist
named Hedy Epstein, who was
sponsored by the Peace, Conflict
Resolution and Co-existence
Department, and the other a
radical professor from Yeshiva
University, named Ellen
Schrecker. Schrecker, who in the
past has gone out of her way to
attack me for objecting to the
injection of political agendas into
academic classrooms, was
speaking about her new book, The
Lost Soul of Higher Education,
which is a defense of
indoctrination (the “lost soul” in
the title refers to the alleged
“corporatization” of the university
and its interests). While my talk
was a faculty orphan, Schrecker’s
was sponsored by the following
Brandeis departments: Education,
History, Women’s and Gender
Studies, Mandel Center for
Studies in Jewish Education,
Sociology, Anthropology,
English, Legal Studies and
Journalism.
This little disparity tells you all
you really need to know about the
intellectual orientation of
academic faculties and their
disrespect for conservative
students. For the failure of any
academic department at Brandeis
to sponsor the talk of a well-
known university critic who has
written five books presenting a
conservative view response to
authors like Schrecker was not an
oversight. My student hosts had
approached these or similar
departments and asked them to
sponsor my talk and been
rebuffed. Nor is this an unusual
occurrence. I have spoken at
roughly 400 universities in the
last 20 years and at only two have
I been invited by members of the
faculty, and only one by a
department. This is one – and
only one — of the reasons it
grieves me to see conservatives
refer to their antagonists, whose
deepest passions are censorious
and totalitarian, as “liberals.”
As a matter of fact, I would have
welcomed the opportunity to
share a platform with Professor
Schrecker, who despite her
intolerant attitudes and collectivist
prejudices sits on the academic
freedom committee of the
American Association of
University Professors. This would
have been a special pleasure
because her new book confirms
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women’s studies did have in
common with African American
studies, however, was its
connection to a major social
movement. The field grew
directly out of second-wave
feminism; it was, one scholar
noted, ‘the educational arm of the
women’s liberation movement.’
As such, it had a strong political
agenda, one that was readily
embraced by its early
practitioners, former New Left
activists who viewed their
teaching and research as part of
the broader feminist struggle
against the patriarchal oppression
of women. ‘From the beginning,’
everything I have written or said n o w e n t r e n c h e d i n o u r h i s t o r i a n M a r i l y n B o x e r
a b o u t t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y universities, whose mission is the explained, ‘the goal of women’s
university, although when I do, I indoctrination and recruitment of studies was not merely to study
am condemned by Shrecker and students to leftwing political women’s position in the world but
her colleagues as a liar who has agendas. I have identified these to change it.’ There was thus a
made the up the facts and as a fields as Women’s Studies, ‘continuing commitment …. to
witch-hunter — “worse than African American Studies, Peace advocacy – that is to political
M c C a r t h y , ” a s a s t o r y b y Studies, Cultural Studies, Post- action….”
Schrecker described me on the Colonial Studies, and similar inter This, in a nutshell, is the
cover of the Chronicle of Higher -disciplinary subjects, and have Orwellian universe we now
Education. deplored how they have spread inhabit, where totalitarians and
For nearly a decade it has been their malign influence into other character assassins are referred to
m y c l a i m , w h i c h I h a v e academic areas including all the as “liberals” and where defenders
documented in four books — The Brandeis departments that chose of political indoctrination sit on
Professors, Indoctrination U., One to sponsor Schrecker’s talk and academic freedom committees
Party Classroom and the recently withhold support from mine. and call their critics
p u b l i s h e d R e f o r m i n g O u r And here is how Ellen Schrecker “ M c C a r t h y i t e s . ”
U n i v e r s i t i e s — t h a t e n t i r e in her book describes the creation
academic fields, newly created in of the two new academic fields
the post-1960s era, are not in fact that pioneered the debasement of
academic but are political parties, the university curriculum: “What
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Sharia in the UK
Jamie Glazov (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 11:07:04 PM
Frontpage Interview’s guest
today is Pamela Geller, founder,
editor and publisher of the
popular and award-winning
weblog AtlasShrugs.com. She has
won acclaim for her interviews
with internationally renowned
figures, including John Bolton,
Geert Wilders, Bat Ye’or, Natan
Sharansky, and many others, and
has broken numerous important
stories — notably the
questionable sources of some of
the financing of the Obama
campaign. Her op-eds have been
published in The Washington
Times, The American Thinker,
Israel National News, Frontpage
Magazine, World Net Daily, and
New Media Journal, among other
publications. She is the co-author
(with Robert Spencer) of The Post
-American Presidency: The
Obama Administration’s War on
America.
FP: Pamela Geller, welcome to
Frontpage Interview.
I would like to discuss with your
accurate prediction about a
London borough becoming an
Islamic republic.
What’s going on?
Geller: Thanks Jamie.
As I predicted at my website
Atlas Shrugs, a vile Islamic
supremacist, Lutfur Rahman, has
been elected executive mayor of
the London borough of Tower
Hamlets. And he has
accomplished this through
massive voter fraud — isn’t this
always how they get their way?
FP: It appears to be the case, yes.
Tower Hamlets is the poorest
borough in all of Great Britain,
yes?
Geller: Yes, Jamie, it is.
Nonetheless, as Executive Mayor
of Tower Hamlet council,
Rahman will have control of over
a billion-dollar budget.
And remember, Rahman is an
Islamic supremacist with links to
jihadist groups. Mind you, Jamie,
he was previously dropped from
the Labour Party because of these
troubling ties. He was elected as
an independent. The Telegraph’s
superb investigative journalist
Andrew Gilligan has outlined
what he calls Rahman’s “ deeply
problematic two years as council
leader until he was removed from
that post six months ago.”
Gilligan explains that after
Rahman
“secured the leadership with the
help of the IFE, millions of
pounds were channeled to front
organizations of the IFE, a man
with close links to the IFE was
appointed as assistant chief
executive of the council despite
being unqualified for the position
and the secular, white chief
executive was forced out. Various
efforts were made to ‘Islamicize’
the borough. Extremist literature
was stocked in Tower Hamlets’
public libraries.”
And this election has made
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matters even worse. The Islamic
machine went into overdrive and
fraudulently gamed the system.
FP: How did they do that?
Geller: Jamie, Tower Hamlets
changed from a conventional
leader system to a mayoralty this
year, after a successful campaign
spearheading this change was
waged by an Islamic supremacist
organization known as the Islamic
Forum of Europe. According to
the local laws, just five percent of
the electorate can petition a local
council to change the system. So
early in 2010, Abjol Miah, a
Muslim affiliated with the IFE,
started gathering signatures for
such a petition – and in Tower
Hamlets, which is only one-third
Muslim, 99.3% of those who
signed Miah’s petition were
Muslim.
And a large number of those
were fraudulent. Authorities
discovered that almost half of the
signatures were invalid. Miah
turned in whole pages filled with
names and addresses that were all
written in identical handwriting –
on a petition that was supposed to
have been signed by thousands of
different individuals. Even more
unbelievable, as many as 5,000 of
the names were of people whose
names were not in the electoral
registration records at all.
But the dhimmi court allowed it
just the same.
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VOA Must Do a Better Job at Depicting American
Life
Helle Dale (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 10/25/2010 10:04:59 AM
Posted October 25th, 2010 at
11:04am in American Leadership
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“What are the most effective
actions the United States could
take towards liberty for the
Iranian people and political
freedom for the Green Movement
in Iran?” This was the question
posed to Amir Abbas Fakhravar,
Iranian dissident in exile in the
United States, by the audience at a
lunch hosted by the Heritage
Foundation last week. “Two
things,” was his brief and blunt
answer: Impose oil sanctions and
reform Voice of America’s
Persian News Network (PNN).
The first item on this brief list
comes as no surprise, given the
overwhelming dependence of the
Iranian economy on just one
commodity, oil. The second item,
reform of PNN, underscores just
how important U.S. international
broadcasting continues to be in
closed societies like Iran.
According to Fakhvarar, VOA’s
Persian service is only one of two
outside networks reaching Iranian
audiences—the other being the
BBC’s Persian service. He further
noted that VOA has an estimated
17 million listeners in Iran, a
sizable audience share in a
country of 72 million people.
PNN has also come under severe
criticism here in Washington for
the kind of programming it
provides its Iranian viewers and
listeners, which has been accused
by Members of Congress of
being, in some instances, anti-
American in sentiment. An
example cited—and shown by
Fahravar last week—is the 2007
YouTube music video made by
two PNN employees, “
demoKracy,” an attack on
American policies. Last March,
70 members of Congress wrote to
President Obama, asking for an
investigation of PNN. Then in
May, VOA management removed
the director and the executive
editor of PNN, and this summer
an investigation was launched by
the newly installed Broadcasting
Board of Governors with board
member Enders Wimbush in
charge. Yet, so charged is this
issue for Iranians in political exile
that they are calling for a protest
at Voice of America on
November 5. For someone like
Fakhvarar, this passion is
understandable: He spent five
years in solitary confinement and
suffered torture at the hands of his
captors for merely questioning the
Iranian leadership.
All of this is especially troubling
considering that the competition
to define America and what it
stands for is so intense, not just in
Iran, but around the world. In
World Affairs magazine’s blog
this week, Roya Hakakian, a
fellow at Yale University’s
Whitney Humanities Center and a
founding member of the Iran
Human Rights Documentation
Center, deplores the image of the
United States received by
Iranians, even well-educated,
critics of the Ahmadinejad
regime. Reflecting on a visit by
group of Iranians, whom she
hosted for an evening, she writes
that their worldview is shaped by
Michael Moore and “Fahrenheit 9
/11”—as well as Iranian
propaganda.
“Isn’t it true that the American
media is manipulated by
corporations and therefore one
can’t trust anything they report?”
they asked. “Hasn’t Uncle Sam
done enough dirty things around
the world to make it safe to
assume that this, too, is his own
doing?”
If Iranians are receiving most of
their information about the United
States from either Hollywood or
Iranian propaganda, it is clear that
the U.S. government’s public
diplomacy institutions have their
work cut out for them.
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CAIR’s
Firing of Juan
Williams
Rich Trzupek (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/24/2010 11:10:36 PM
There are two parts to the Juan
Williams story that broke last
week. Part one of course involves
NPR abandoning any pretense of
impartiality in its rush to fire a
journalist who isn’t in lockstep
with their leftist worldview. But
the other part of this story is just
as important: the role that the
Council on American Islamic
Relations played in the sorry
affair. CAIR’s bullying tactics
were a big part of the reason that
NPR took such dramatic action so
quickly, without even bothering to
get Williams’ side of the story.
The reaction to Williams’ firing
across all parts of the political
spectrum has been one of disgust
and anger, which isn’t exactly
what CAIR bargained for. They
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figured they could play the victim
card once more and Americans
would dutifully shed crocodile
tears over their plight. Now that
the magnitude of the backlash
against NPR is plain to see, CAIR
spokesmen are trying to distance
themselves from the decision.
But, they can’t. This assault on
free speech has CAIR’s
fingerprints all over it.
On Wednesday afternoon CAIR
National Executive Director
Nihad Awad sent out a press
release denouncing Williams,
saying: ”Such irresponsible and
inflammatory comments would
not be tolerated if they targeted
any other racial, ethnic or
religious minority, and they
should not pass without action by
NPR.” Soon after, NPR CEO
Vivian Schiller dutifully bowed to
CAIR’s harassment by
terminating the network’s
relationship with Juan Williams.
Like most leftists, Schiller seems
to laboring under the
misapprehension that CAIR is
what it purports to be: a civil
rights organization. The truth is,
of course, far more sinister.
“Although it presents itself as a
civil rights group, CAIR actually
has numerous links to Islamic
supremacist and jihad groups,”
affirms Robert Spencer of
JihadWatch.org. He continues:
“CAIR founders Omar Ahmad
and Niwad Awad were present at
a Hamas planning meeting in
Philadelphia in 1993 where they
and other Hamas operatives
conspired to raise funds for
Hamas and to promote jihad in the
Middle East. CAIR has
steadfastly refused to denounce
Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist
groups. CAIR also was involved
in the Flying Imams’ intimidation
suit against the passengers who
reported their suspicious behavior.
CAIR has a long record of
duplicity and deception. Although
it has received millions of dollars
in donations from foreign Islamic
entities, it has not registered as a
foreign agent as required by the
Foreign Agents Registration
Act(FARA), despite spreading
Islamic supremacist propaganda
within the United States.”
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of the revenue — not to mention
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viewers. You need to be
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thinking — you hear the word
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ready to rage, am I right? File
sharing is the monster under the
bed for many an artist. It connotes
theft, basically. Still, the model —
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We spoke to Trent Reznor— who
is well-known for having released
his music via torrent sites in the
past — who told us: “I felt furious
when the record I’d worked on for
a year, that my heart and soul’s
gone into, [leaked]. I’m pissed off
at people that are listening to it.
I’m mad that they’re snubbing me
— by what? By being excited
about hearing my music? And
that’s wrong. I shouldn’t be mad
at these people. I should be glad
that people are interested.”
“Easy for you to say, Trent
Reznor,” you might scoff,
“You’re already famous.” Well —
there’s the rub, right? You’re not
famous. And you want to be. Or,
at the very least, you want
someone other than your
roommate to come to your gig —
and perhaps buy a T-shirt or two.
And how do you do that? By
getting the attention of the
masses, of course.
Last month, BitTorrent launched
a Featured Artist pilot program in
an effort to give musicians more
exposure. Some likened such an
endeavor to getting in bed with
the devil, but when you really
think about it, what’s the
difference between applying for
the program and putting your
music on MySpace or
SoundCloud or any other music-
sharing site? Well, that would be
BitTorrent’s 80 million users.
We’re not saying that file sharing
is totally copacetic or anything
(there are a lot of pirates in them
waters), but it’s not like
BitTorrent is out to ruin your
career, either. “In many ways,
Trent Reznor’s work inspired a lot
of our work,” says CEO Eric
Klinker. “We really do want to
riff on a lot of what he’s done.
He’s in an experimentation phase,
as are we.”
Why Use This Service?
“The Featured Artists pilot
program encourages musicians
and filmmakers to submit creative
works for the chance to be
spotlighted to millions of
BitTorrent users around the
world,” Klinker says. “For a lot of
artists it is about creating a
sustainable business model that
will allow them to continue their
creative works. So, we are
interested in working with artists
to experiment with various
business models that play to the
strengths of the Internet while
allowing them to tune into the
distribution potential of
BitTorrent to reach millions of
consumers.”
What’s the ROI?
“In today’s digital age, the
traditional model does not serve
artists in the same way it used to,
and instead forces them all down
the same funnel where only a
select few ultimately receive
distribution,” Klinker says. “With
BitTorrent’s Featured Artist Pilot
Program, artists can tap into
online communities and reach
millions of people who might
otherwise be inaccessible. These
communities are powerful and
provide intrinsic value for
emerging artists trying to build a
fan base. In doing so, these are
fans that will invariably attend
shows, purchase merchandise and
become invested in future works.”
So Who has Succeeded?
Since the service just launched
last month, there aren’t any
featured artists yet, but the site
has seen some success with the
musician PAZ(see above), who
has been working with BitTorrent.
“Most recently, in August 2010,
BitTorrent released PAZ’s debut
mix tape, Young Broke and
Fameless,” Klinker says. “On the
first day alone the release saw
over 100,000 downloads, and as a
result has increased his fan base
and following.” More Social
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Sure, we’re all so busy these days You know how they say to
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which item(s) you are NOT going
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You can really stretch your
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on sale midyear. I bought a bunch
and then had them monogrammed
by someone I know once I knew
who the recipients were.”
• “I start buying the bigger stuff
whenever I see it. If I think to
myself, ‘Boy, my husband would
really LOVE that,’ instead of
putting it on a list, I get it on the
spot. And I actually pay for it on
the spot as well. Shopping a little
at a time helps to avoid a big bill
after the holidays.”
Cooking:
• “My aunt makes rum cakes
months in advance. She swears
they’re better the longer they have
to ferment.”
• “We bake a lot of cookies, so I
try to pick up ingredients little by
little at Costco when I’m going
there now to avoid the December
crowds.”
• “I actually gave some people
gifts of baked goods or fruit at
Thanksgiving instead of
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baking and gift-giving and people
seemed to really like that.”
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