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Washington Extra – Imagine
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 12/8/2010 5:00:33 PM
To look ahead, sometimes it’s
necessary to look back.
In January, President Barack
Obama said in an interview with
ABC News: “I’d rather be a really
good one-term president than a
mediocre two-term president.” At
that time, his signature domestic
issue, healthcare reform, had been
dealt a setback with the election
of Republican Scott Brown to the
Senate seat long held by the late
Edward Kennedy, and some
senators were balking at
approving Fed Chairman Ben
Bernanke for a second term.
Bernanke got confirmed in late
January and healthcare reform
passed in March.
An outsider looking at the current
hand-wringing on Capitol Hill
over extending tax cuts could be
forgiven for thinking the issue is
on a razor’s edge, when in fact it
is highly likely that Obama’s
compromise with the Republicans
will pass in some form. Vice
President Joe Biden, the
president’s arm-twister on this
issue, has been up on the Hill
talking to reluctant Democrats and
in the end will likely have the
votes.
“I expect everybody to examine it
carefully. When they do, I think
they’re going to feel confident
that, in fact, this is the right
course — while understanding
that for the next two years we’re
going to have a big debate about
taxes and we’re going to have a
big debate about the budget and
we’re going to have a big debate
about deficits,” Obama said.
Starting next month the political
scene moves into adjustment
mode for the new realities of a
divided Congress and the
strategizing for the 2012
presidential election.
Senior White House aide David
Axelrod put it bluntly when he
told reporters of the “political
calculation” in the decision to cut
a deal with Republicans over tax
cuts: Obama is well aware that if
the fragile economic recovery
falters, his own political prospects
will go down with it.
Which brings us to the 30th
anniversary of the death of John
Lennon and this haunting quote
from an interview conducted three
days before he was gunned down
in New York at age 40, which is
to be published in Rolling Stone
magazine.
The former Beatle said of his
critics: “I’m not interested in
being a dead f—ing hero…”
Here are our top stories from
Washington today…
Tax deal edges forward despite
doubts
A plan by President Obama to
broadly extend tax cuts edged
forward despite opposition from
his own Democrats and fear in
bond markets of long-term
damage to the economy. Harry
Reid said the proposal to extend
all Bush-era income tax cuts
could move quickly in the Senate,
in a sign Democrats may be
conceding on the deal. “It’s
further along than most people
think,” Reid said. “I don’t think
there is a great more to be done on
that.”
For more of this story by Kim
Dixon and Richard Cowan, read
here.
House spending bill funds
Obama priorities
The House of Representatives is
scheduled to vote on a spending
bill that reflects a sharp change of
course from the generous
spending increases that
Democrats have backed over the
past two years to fight the deepest
recession since the 1930s. The bill
would enable President Obama to
implement tougher financial-
industry regulations, increased
education aid and other priorities
as it funds government operations
through October 2011, but at a
level $46 billion less than he
requested.
For more of this story by Andy
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week. The review, which is
expected to reflect the
administration view that U.S. and
NATO forces are making some
progress, is unlikely to bring any
major changes to operations on
the ground. But it will set the
scene for decisions about how
quickly Washington will start
bringing its troops home, which it
has said it will begin to do in the
middle of next year.
For more of this story by Missy
Ryan, read here.
Flash-crash halt extension sought
ahead hearing
Major exchanges proposed
Sullivan, read here. extending temporary stock-trading
Gates says Afghanistan strategy halts by four months, as regulators
on right track and Congress explore ways to
Defense Secretary Robert Gates bolster the integrity of the markets
said he was convinced the war in after the May 6 flash crash. Big
Afghanistan was on the right track Board parent NYSE Euronext and
as he toured the country to assess privately held BATS Exchange
W a s h i n g t o n ’ s s t r a t e g y f o r want to extend the SEC’s program
r e v e r s i n g t h e T a l i b a n ’ s of circuit breakers, which pause
momentum. Senior military trading in a volatile stock and are
officers echoed that view when due to expire on Friday. Other
G a t e s s t o p p e d i n s o u t h e r n exchanges, including Nasdaq
Helmand and Kandahar provinces OMX Group, later made the same
— Taliban strongholds — saying request.
international forces had made For more of this story by
progress in the months since an Jonathan Spicer and Rachelle
extra 30,000 troops were Younglai, read here.
deployed. State revenues can’t cover
For more of this story by David stimulus end-report
Alexander, read here. States are not pulling in enough
S c e n a r i o s : U . S . r e v i e w s revenue to make up for a shortfall
Afghanistan war ahead of crucial that will emerge when the federal
period stimulus plan ends, with nearly a
A review ordered by President third of them reporting that gaps
Obama of the Afghanistan war a are already emerging in their
year after he overhauled the
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budgets, a report by a state
legislatures’ group found.
For more of this story by Lisa
Lambert, read here.
Treasury to cut AIG stake in big
stock sale
The Treasury plans to sell about
one-fifth of insurer AIG through a
stock offering in the first half of
2011, an important test of the
government’s ability to profitably
exit one of its most controversial
bailouts. American International
Group Inc and the Treasury would
both sell stock in the offering,
which could total $10 billion to
$15 billion, sources familiar with
the matter said. That would place
it among the largest secondary
share offerings in history.
For more of this story, read here.
US regulations hurt
competitiveness-business group
A prominent business group has
urged the Obama administration
to consider modifying provisions
of a broad-based financial
regulatory overhaul that they said
hurt American competitiveness.
The Business Roundtable said the
Dodd-Frank bill passed earlier
this year will be costly to
implement and won’t be effective.
“What we want to do is stop, take
a breather, fix those things that
won’t work the way they were
intended to do,” Ivan Seidenberg,
chief executive of Verizon
Communications and group
chairman.
For more of this story by Glenn
Somerville, read here.
CFTC’s Chilton wants more high
frequency trade oversight
Top futures regulating official
Bart Chilton said he supported
tougher oversight of the high-
frequency trading market that’s
responsible for a third of the
volume on regulated U.S. futures
exchanges, including requiring
that the trades be reviewed and
monitored.
For more of this story by
Christopher Doering, read here.
“Inept” moves preceded BP spill -
US panel co-chair
BP and its contractors made a
series of decisions that were
“breathtakingly inept” ahead of
the largest offshore oil spill in
U.S. history, a co-chair of the
White House oil spill commission
said. Bill Reilly blasted the
conduct of the oil giant and its
partners, Transocean and
Halliburton, in drilling the
doomed Macondo well. “There is
virtual consensus among all the
sophisticated observers of this
debacle that three of the leading
players in the industry made a
series of missteps, miscalculations
and miscommunications that were
breathtakingly inept and largely
preventable,” he said.
For more of this story by Ayesha
Rascoe, read here.
Navy inviting execs to play
“shipping game”
Executives from top companies,
including Wal-Mart and Exxon,
are teaming up with the Navy this
week in a “gaming” exercise to
study how a warming Arctic
Ocean and the widening of the
Panama Canal could dramatically
change global shipping. The
complex two-day exercise will
look at the security concerns and
massive investments that may be
necessary to cope with the
shakeup of global trade routes.
For more of this story by Andrea
Shalal-Esa, read here.
What we are blogging…
Seth Meyers to headline annual
WHCA dinner
Drum roll please…The White
House Correspondents’
Association has lined up a
headliner for its annual
fundraising dinner: “Saturday
Night Live” head writer and
performer Seth Meyers. Meyers,
who recently hosted the 2010
ESPY Awards on ESPN, is
anchor of SNL’s “Weekend
Update.”
For Caren Bohan’s full post,
click here.
From elsewhere…
Magazine publishes Lennon’s
last print interview
Rolling Stone magazine is
publishing an interview with John
Lennon, conducted three days
before the former Beatle was
gunned down in New York, in full
for the first time. The magazine
said the nine-hour discussion with
Jonathan Cott was the singer/
songwriter’s final print interview.
Lennon was murdered outside his
apartment on Dec. 8, 1980.
Rolling Stone ran excerpts from
the interview shortly after
Lennon’s death, but Cott never
transcribed all of the tapes until
recently. “Earlier this year I was
cleaning up to find some files in
the recesses of my closet when I
came across two cassette tapes
marked ‘John Lennon, December
5th, 1980,’” Cott said.
For more of this story, read here.
As jurors go online, U.S. trials go
off track
The explosion of blogging,
tweeting and other online
diversions has reached into jury
boxes, in many cases raising
serious questions about juror
impartiality and the ability of
judges to control their
courtrooms. A Reuters Legal
analysis found that jurors’ forays
on the Internet have resulted in
dozens of mistrials, appeals and
overturned verdicts in the last two
years alone.
For more of this story, read here.
Photo credit: Reuters/Kevin
Lamarque (Obama listening
during meeting with Polish
president)
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Diamond Foods
Finds New Record
High After Earnings
Elizabeth Harrow
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:15:00 AM
Filed under: Major Movement,
Earnings Reports, Forecasts,
Technical Analysis
Diamond Foods ( DMND) was
on the upswing Thursday, as
traders cheered the company's
latest earnings report. Diamond
said it banked a fiscal first-quarter
profit of $14.2 million, or 64 cents
per share. Excluding items,
earnings arrived at 65 cents per
share, while revenue increased
40% to $252.6 million.
The results comfortably exceeded
Wall Street's expectations, which
called for a profit of 60 cents per
share on revenue of $239.8
million.
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Change Generation: Kassidy Brown and Ryan Brown, Co-
Founders, Journey of Action
David D. Burstein (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:30:38 AM
Siblings Kassidy and Ryan
Brown (25 and 30, respectively)
wanted to tell the remarkable
stories of the members of this
generation who are making an
impact on our world. So in 2009
they conceived the idea for
Journey of Action, a trip across
the Americas that would highlight
active citizens and their work.
After their start in September
2010 in Alaska, they're on the
road for six months. They'll end
their journey in Argentina, at
which point they will have been to
14 countries and traveled over
15,000 miles. Ryan and Kassidy
are filming as they travel, posting
regular webisodes to share the
stories of all the change-makers
they meet with the world. Kassidy
and Ryan took a moment on the
road to tell us why they are so
passionate about this change
generation, what it was like
signing Timberland as a sponsor
for the project, and much more.
What's your big idea?
We believe our generation,
Generation Y, is aware of the
social and environmental
challenges we face on a local and
global level, but they lack daily
tools for action. At the same time,
there are so many members of our
generation that are making change
a reality and who are changing the
traditional systems of business,
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non-profits, and education for the perspective of geography, history,
better, but they receive little to no value systems, cultural factors
media attention. So, our mission such as language, art, music, and
is to entertain, educate, and contemporary issues.
inspire our generation through Ryan: The class that stands out
short form videos that highlight the most was a Current Events
the culture of social activism. class in college that I took while
What was the inspiration behind studying abroad in Spain. It was
your idea? What problem or issue vastly different than any other
did you first try to answer? class that I had because we
We received our real education learned about relevant issues that
from traveling. Between the two had the potential to impact
of us, we have traveled to over 20 everyone of one us instead of
countries, covering six continents learning via lecture or from an out
by means of back packing, -dated textbook. We debated,
studying abroad, and learned about our classmate's
volunteering. On our travels we personal beliefs, and became
were exposed to different cultures humbled as we discussed various
as well as many forms of issues.
inequality and injustice, which Who do you most admire?
made us ask questions, like, "Why Whose leadership model do you
is there perpetual poverty? Why is follow?
most of the Southern Hemisphere We admire and are very grateful
third world?" As we sought to to have Jesse Dylan and Eric
answer these questions, we Schlosser as our mentors. They
discovered and met so many have taught us the importance of
amazing people who had created being bold. You cannot rely on
solutions to these problems on a others to make your dreams come
local and global level. We always true.
wondered, and still do, why does Whom do you seek out for
also because we were able to Production. Ryan double majored
the media only focus on our advice?
partner with a company that in Communications and Spanish.
problems and challenges and We often seek advice from our
shared our values. What's your favorite specific
never on the solutions? On our peers and our mentors, but we
Where did you grow up? class or teacher? What was
journey, we seek to highlight consistently seek advice and
We were raised in Nashville, memorable about them?
solutions. guidance from our parents.
Tennessee. Kassidy: The class that impacted
What was the first milestone you Without our father's support, both
What college did you go to? me the most in college was World
reached when you knew that it emotionally and financially, we
What was your major and minor? Religions. We were able to speak
was going to work? would not be where we are today.
We both graduated from Belmont with various religious leaders and
Our first milestone was achieving How is your life different now
University. Kassidy majored in visit their religious centers. I think
funding from Timberland. Not than it was before you started this
Communications and doubled when you study the various
only was it a milestone because it CHANGE page 5
minored in Spanish and Film religions you gain a global
enabled us to do the journey, but
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project?
Before beginning the project we
were constantly searching for
what we truly were meant to do.
Though we had worthwhile
experience prior to the project, we
have never felt so fulfilled and
happy about where we are in life,
what we are doing, and the people
we are surrounded by.
What excites you about your
generation?
We are a generation of doers,
who do not care about the status
quo. We are less concerned with
how much money we earn and
more with how much positive
impact we can have. Our
generation is bold, innovative, and
understands the benefits of
collaboration.
If you had 60 seconds with
President Obama what would you
tell him or ask him?
Please, reengage with our
generation and mobilize us once
more. We voted for you because
your campaign platform
represented the interest of the
people. We voted for you because
we supported your progressive
vision to reform health care,
create a green economy, greatly
reduce troops in combat, increase
transparency within government
and reduce the power of lobbyist-
Not because we liked your ability
Look What Spiked On News Of Democrats Rejecting The Tax Deal
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:18:00 AM
The market has drifted a little
lower following news that the
to compromise. Keep the courage
of your convictions and we'll be
there for you, not just at the
voting booth, but every day we
will work to execute your vision
of having a government that is "of
the people, by the people, for the
people."
How has technology and social
media affected your work?
Technology and social media has
enabled our work. We chose to do
a web series because our
generation goes online to get their
news and entertainment.
What was or what is your biggest
challenge?
Our biggest challenge was
securing funding in a time where
marketing dollars were scarce. It
was easy to pitch the concept of
Journey of Action, but difficult to
ensure an exact ROI because we
were entering unchartered
territory on a personal level and
lacked evidence of similar
endeavors. We were rejected by
several companies, but never lost
confidence in our idea nor the
need for this form of media.
What assets or challenges do you
have or face because you're
young?
There is no better time to take
chances and pursue one's dreams
than when you are young and
have few responsibilities.
Democrats have rejected the tax
deal.
But look what's up. The big
iShares Muni Index. Word is that
the Democrats will fight to
How would the world be
different in 10 years if you had
your way?
We are focusing on America,
because it is here that we have the
ability to make the most impact.
We believe the following ideas
would help create a more
sustainable world. So if we had
our way, there would be more
transparency in government
including campaign finance
reform and online voting. The
Green Revolution would be in full
effect and America would be the
leader in clean-technology
breakthroughs and we would be
energy independent. The majority
of our 700 plus military bases
abroad would be transformed into
community gathering places,
where the local community would
benefit from America's presence,
from schools to culture centers to
housing. All businesses, small and
large, would become "social
businesses"- businesses that care
about the triple bottom line-
people, planet, and profit. The
Gap Year, would be
institutionalized and every student
will have the opportunity to
volunteer abroad or in the U.S.
prior to going to college or the
year after graduation.
If you weren't doing this, you'd
be ...
include the Build America
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Ryan: I would be working for a
socially responsible company or
trying to start my own business.
Kassidy: Traveling abroad and
working on documentaries.
Follow Kassidy, Ryan, and their
j o u r n e y o n
twitter,@journeyofaction.
David D. Burstein is a young
entrepreneur himself, having
completed his first documentary
18 in '08 for which he was
awarded a $10,000 grant from
Nancy Lublin's DoSomething.org.
He is the Founder & Executive
director of the youth voter
engagement not for profit,
Generation18. His book about the
millennial generation will be
published by Beacon Press in fall
2011.
David and Fast Company are
producing Change Generation, a
new series profiling a young
generation of change-seekers.
We'll be covering everything from
educational activists to champions
of political reform, creative
entrepreneurs, and outright thrill
seekers. We'll be hosting Q&As
as well as video profiles with
production partner shatterbox.
Extension into the deal, and
though that may be a longshot, it's
still marginally good news for
munis.
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:47:52 AM
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say partisanship has given way to
political gridlock that is crippling
the chamber. Are they right?
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Analysis: Black Friday/Cyber Monday Shoppers Care More For

Convenience Than Deals
E.B. Boyd (Fast Company)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:16:52 PM
Black Friday and Cyber Monday
are all about deals, right? That's
what retailers think. But an
analysis of holiday shopping
sentiment, as shown in tweets and
other social media postings on
those two days, revealed that
shoppers got more excited about
convenience than savings.
The "Online Shopping Social
Media Buzz Report," from
customer experience management
provider Tealeaf, found that the
majority of positive tweets gushed
about the ease of shopping online
as compared to the headache of
duking it out with other customers
in brick-and-mortar stores. A
sample tweet: “I’m so thankful for
online shopping and awesome
local retailers to keep me out of
the shopping blitzkrieg,” says
@chantellereganx. Only about a
fourth of positive social media
comments talked about getting a
good deal, the analysis found.
The ratio of positive, neutral, and
negative comments on Black
Friday and Cyber Monday didn't
differ markedly compared to the
ratio on any other day, the report
found. About a quarter of
comments were negative, many of
them involving frustrations with
retailers’ websites. “I swear
EVERY single time i try to buy
something online it is out of
stock,” wailed @sweetjacobs.
“website won’t let me checkout! I
keep hitting refresh!” yelled
@ambitiouzgyrl.
Tealeaf’s vice president of world
wide marketing, Geoff Galat, said
he didn’t think the findings would
mean that retailers should stop
offering deals over Thanksgiving
weekend. In effect, Black Friday
and Cyber Monday are locked in
an arms race over deals. Because
of the emphasis that brick-and-
mortar stores place on sales, it
would be difficult for them to
offer different prices on their
websites. And competition with
the brick-and-mortars means
online-only retailers similarly
can’t afford to forgo deals.
On the other hand, Galat said,
retailers should make sure their
online stores are glitch-free when
the big days hit. In a mall, a
shopper might put up with hassle
from a store because it's even
more hassle to go to another store
with the same item. Online, the
next store is only a click away.
[Image: Flickr user David
Blackwell]
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Nike, HP, UPS Top Latest Climate Counts Ratings

Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) The Climate Counts system rates and Viacom are just some of the
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:47:38 AM companies based on 22 criteria companies that received the red
that determine whether light from Climate Counts due to
It's getting hard to keep up with organizations have measured a lack of transparency, climate-
the growing number of corporate their climate footprint, cut down positive political action, or energy
sustainability ratings, but we're on potential climate change efficiency initiatives.
partial to Climate Counts, which impacts, supported progressive But overall, ranked companies
ranks companies on both a one to climate change legislation, and have shown marked
100 scale and with a color-coded publicly disclosed climate actions. improvements in their willingness
system (red for "stuck", yellow There's mostly good news in this to work for sustainability.
f o r " s t a r t i n g , " g r e e n f o r year's ratings-- Climate Counts Hopefully, it can only get better
"striding" category, and only nine Climate Counts scorecard was
"striding"). This year's ratings scores rose 14% compared to from here.
were ranked as "stuck". And the released in 2007.
give Nike the top spot, with HP, 2 0 0 9 . O u t o f 9 0 r a n k e d Ariel Schwartz can be reached on
average score has risen from 31 There are, of course, losers in the
UPS, Stonyfield Farm, L'Oreal, companies, 11 earned 75 points or Twitter or by email.
points to 50 points since the first rankings. AirTran, ExpressJet,
and Unilever close behind. more, 50 companies made to the
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Hawaii's Hydrogen Fueling Plans Expand

Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company) Petroleum Ltd, Louis Berger ensure that the vehicles and the
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:20:19 PM Group, and U.S. Pacific necessary hydrogen refueling
Command--everyone from the infrastructure are delivered to
Electric vehicle technology may military to oil companies. market at the same time. Our
be the mainstream sustainable The Gas Company estimates that efforts in Hawaii will help us
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n c h o i c e f o r it can currently can produce meet that challenge."
automakers, but there are other enough hydrogen to power 10,000 If the Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative
options. Hawaii is set to become a fuel cell vehicles, and it has the is successful, it doesn't necessarily
testing ground for hydrogen- c a p a c i t y t o e x p a n d . T h e bode well for hydrogen-powered
powered vehicles as part of the company's hydrogen won't come vehicles elsewhere. Electric
Hawaii Hydrogen Initiative, a GM from imported petroleum; instead vehicles and charging stations
a n d T h e G a s C o m p a n y - l e d it will make hydrogen from the have much more momentum from
p r o g r a m d e s i g n e d t o m a k e synthetic natural gas production car companies big and small--and
hydrogen available to Oahu’s one process, which will soon use plant momentum will ultimately decide
million residents by 2015. oils and animal fats as powered vehicles on the island to want to address the proverbial which technology wins.
The initiative debuted last spring, f e e d s t o c k s . justify that many stations has yet chicken or egg dilemma,” said Ariel Schwartz can be reached on
but GM announced this week that GM and TGC ultimately plan to to be seen. Charles Freese, executive director Twitter or by email.
10 partners have joined the HHI, place 20 to 25 hydrogen stations The initiative will at least test the of GM Fuel Cell Activities, in a
including the U.S. Department of around the island. Whether GM viability of a hydrogen statement. "There has always been
Energy, FuelCell Energy, Aloha c a n g e t e n o u g h h y d r o g e n - infrastructure. "In Hawaii, we a looming issue over how to

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More Than $250,000 Per Year (BAC, UBS)
Katya Wachtel (Business It's the first time Merrill Lynch $840,000 each.
Insider) has ever implemented a flat The bank isn't the first to try this
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:03:47 PM production minimum. approach; last year UBS Wealth
From Financial Advisor, Management Americas slashed
Beginning at the end of next year, Like other big brokerages, the jobs of 650 advisors who
Merrill Lynch advisors with ten or Merrill Lynch traditionally failed to break the $250,000
more years experience, who fail to discouraged this class of brokers benchmark.
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entirely, or ousted to a lower- box; what is different is that now harder for veterans "to coast at At of Q3, Merrill had 15,340
ranking position such as a client instead of being prodded to leave, low levels," obviously they have financial advisors. Their average
associate. idle advisors will "be forced out." not been intimidating enough to annualized production is about
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hinder. Below are 5 things you
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cortex, and thereby help you be
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Joy Behar, Marilu Henner to Judge Next Miss America

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Explosive-laden Calif. house set to be destroyed (AP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:47:29 AM
ESCONDIDO, Calif. – Fire
officials waited for the weather to
improve Thursday as they
prepared to torch a house so laden
with explosives that authorities
have no other choice but to burn it
to the ground.
The blaze was delayed for at least
an hour by an atmospheric
condition known as an inversion
layer that could hold the toxic
smoke close to the ground.
Authorities expected the layer to
dissipate by late morning and
allow the smoke to rise at least
1,000 feet before dissipating.
Meanwhile, arson officers
opened windows and doors while
holes were drilled in the roof of
the house to ensure adequate
ventilation for the fire. Authorities
were given protective breathing
masks in case they must enter the
house if the blaze got out of
control.
"It will burn very hotly, very
quickly," said Jan Caldwell, a
spokeswoman for the San Diego
County Sheriff's Department. "We
want everybody to do this job
safely and go home to their
family."
Tim Latulippe, whose backyard
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Right now, U.S. indices are
borders Jakubec's property, said
he was sure the burn would go off
without a hitch. He hoped to
watch it live on the Internet with
his automotive students at
Escondido High School. His wife
planned to watch from the family
camper, parked at a friend's house
across town.
"They're going to burn a house
down, it's going to be cool, and
we get to go back to our normal
lives," Latulippe said as the
family prepared to evacuate.
The house was rented by an out-
of-work software consultant who
allegedly assembled an
astonishing quantity of bomb-
making materials that included
chemicals used by Middle Eastern
suicide bombers. Investigators are
still trying to understand his
motivation for allegedly
possessing the material.
Bomb-squad experts determined
the residence was too dangerous
to go inside, so they drew up
plans to burn it down. The home
is so cluttered with unstable
chemicals that even bomb-
disposing robots can't be used to
enter it.
The fire is expected to reach
about 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit —
hot enough to neutralize the
unstable explosives inside.
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Sheriff's deputies knocked on
doors Wednesday night to urge
scores of residents to leave before
the fire. People farther away were
told to close their windows and
stay inside during the burn.
Crews have built a 16-foot
firewall and covered it with fire
resistant gel to protect the closest
homes. Officials also planned to
close down a section of Interstate
15 during the fire that will be
monitored by more than a dozen
air pollution sensors.
San Diego County Sheriff Bill
Gore said the burn was expected
to last one to four hours.
"It has to be dealt with at some
time," Gore said outside San
Diego's federal courthouse
Wednesday after a judge denied a
defense attorney's request to delay
the burn. "Our belief is the
sooner, the better."
George Jakubec, a 54-year-old
unemployed software consultant
who rented the Escondido home,
has pleaded not guilty to charges
of making destructive devices and
robbing three banks.
Nearly every room is packed with
piles of explosive material and
items related to making
homemade bombs, prosecutors
said. In the backyard, bomb
technicians found six mason jars
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with highly unstable
Hexamethylene triperoxide
diamine, or HMDT, which can
explode if someone steps on it.
A coffee table was found
cluttered with documents and
strewn with detonators,
prosecutors said. A bowl of white
powdery HMDT also was found.
"The coffee table is what the
bomb squad calls ground zero,"
Assistant U.S. Attorney Rees
Morgan told the judge. "This
really was an assembly line for
detonators being created in his
house. ... It is a no-go zone."
Bomb squad officers who
inspected the property believe
Jakubec has manufactured so
many devices for so long that
"even he has forgotten the
location and type of explosives
stashed throughout the property,"
prosecutors said in a court filing.
Officers said they found the same
types of chemicals used by
suicide bombers and insurgents in
Iraq and Afghanistan. The
materials included Pentaerythritol
tetranitrate, or PETN, which was
used in the 2001 airliner shoe-
bombing attempt as well as
airplane cargo bombs discovered
last month by authorities.
The chemicals were found after a
gardener accidentally set off an
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explosion at the home by stepping
on what authorities believe was a
byproduct of HMTD.
Defense attorneys wanted to
delay the burn to allow more time
to collect evidence, including
notes scribbled on graph paper
and a hardcover book about
mining.
But U.S. District Judge Larry
Burns accepted testimony of FBI
bomb expert James Verdi, who
said it would be irresponsible to
allow anyone to enter.
Verdi, a veteran of wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan who was inside
the home several times, testified
that the HMTD found was "an
amount we had never seen, either
domestically or internationally."
"My first entry into the backyard,
it was like we were entering into a
minefield," he said.
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Actor Snipes begins serving sentence at Pa. prison
(AP)
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:44:17 AM
LEWIS RUN, Pa. – Actor
Wesley Snipes began serving a
three-year sentence at a federal
prison in Pennsylvania on
Thursday for failure to file
income tax returns.
Snipes, 48, arrived shortly before
noon at the Federal Correctional
Institution McKean in the tiny
northwestern Pennsylvania town
of Lewis Run, federal prisons
spokesman Ed Ross said. He had
been ordered to surrender by
noon.
The minimum security prison
camp is worlds away from the
harsh prison fortresses depicted in
the Snipes' films "Undisputed"
and "Brooklyn's Finest." The
minimum-security camp doesn't
have fences around its perimeter.
The 300 nonviolent inmates live
in barracks that feature two-man
rooms, daily showers and double-
feature movie showings Friday
through Sunday. Alas, no NC-17,
R or X ratings allowed, which
knocks out much of Snipes' action
-heavy repertoire.
The most jarring aspect of the
celebrity's stay might be the five
daily head counts, three during the
overnight hours. And Snipes, who
earned a reported $13 million for
the "Blade: Trinity" sequel, will
have to adjust to earning just
pennies an hour handling kitchen,
laundry or other campus chores.
He can spend just $290 a month at
the prison commissary.
Snipes has appeared in dozens of
studio films, from "White Men
Can't Jump" and "Demolition
Man" in the early 1990s to the
blockbuster Blade trilogy.
None of which will score him
any points at McKean, officials
insist.
"We recognize that he is high
profile, but we treat all our
inmates the same," spokeswoman
Shirley White told The Associated
Press last week.
According to U.S. prosecutors,
the actor failed to file any tax
returns for at least a decade, and
owed $2.7 million in taxes on
$13.8 million in income from
1999 to 2001 alone.
Snipes, a dues-paying member of
a tax-protest group that challenges
the government's right to collect
taxes, described himself at his
2008 sentencing as a naive truth-
seeker.
"I am an idealistic, naive,
passionate, truth-seeking,
spiritually motivated artist,
unschooled in the science of law
and finance," said Snipes, who
had pursued theater and dance
from an early age, attending the
vaunted High School for the
Performing Arts in New York
City.
Tuesday night, he told CNN's
"Larry King Live" that he was not
nervous about reporting to prison.
Star of the "Blade" trilogy,
Snipes was convicted in 2008 on
three misdemeanor counts of
willful failure to file income tax
returns.
On Wednesday, he made a last-
minute request for a new trial, but
on Thursday a judge in Florida
rejected the emergency motion.
Snipes had argued said that a
judge erred by not allowing
defense attorneys to interview
jurors about misconduct
allegations, but U.S. District
Judge William Terrell Hodges
said the motion merely re-argues
issues that have already been
decided.
At McKean, he can pursue his
spirituality at weekly meetings of
nearly any religious group
imaginable, from Wiccans to
Jehovah's Witnesses to Spanish-
speaking Evangelical Catholics.
The martial-arts enthusiast can
get his exercise playing sand
volleyball or indoor basketball, or
work out on an elliptical machine
or stair climber. And he can tap
into his fun side through
badminton, bocci or bridge.
Should he pull a muscle in a
pickup game, the infirmary copay
is just $2.
But it's not all fun and games.
The daily wake-up call is at 6:35
a.m. The mundane jobs run seven
hours a day. There's little fashion
flair to the prison-issued khakis.
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And contact in the visitors room is
limited to "a kiss," according to
the prison handbook.
Snipes has tried to delay his
arrival while he takes his appeal
to the U.S. Supreme Court. But
the trial judge said he had gotten a
fair trial.
Hodges saw in Snipes "a history
of contempt" for U.S. tax laws,
the judge said at sentencing.
Never mind that the actor,
changing course, had delivered $5
million in checks to the IRS that
day. Hodges imposed consecutive
one-year terms for the three
misdemeanor convictions.
"Someday, every fighter loses,"
says the prison boxer Monroe
Hutchens, played by Snipes, in
2002's "Undisputed." "In the end,
everybody gets beaten. The most
you can hope for is that you stay
on top a while."
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institutions/mck/index.jsp
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Costco to stop
selling Apple
products
Dave Caolo (TUAW)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 1:00:00 PM
While Apple continues to line up
3rd-party retailers, discount chain
Costco is bailing out. The Seattle
Times reports that Costco will
begin to phase out all Apple
products, though a timeline was
not given. The retailer has been
selling iPods and pre-paid iTunes
gift cards for years. However,
Apple did not allow Costco to sell
its products online. Nor did the
store offer a significant discount
on either. The Times reports that
both partners "agreed to wind
down." We can only assume that
these issues contributed to the
change.
If you've got "buy an iPod from
Costco" on your holiday to-do
list, you best hop to it. When the
current stock is gone, it will be
gone for good.
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Facebook deletes pro-WikiLeaks hackers' account
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:04:21 AM
Photo illustration shows a
figurine of Julian Assange,
founder of the WikiLeaks
website, in Naples December 6,
2010.
Credit: Reuters/Ciro De Luca
By Keith Weir
LONDON| Thu Dec 9, 2010
12:04pm EST
LONDON(Reuters) - Facebook
and Twitter deleted the accounts
of cyber activists who targeted
Visa and other Internet payment
sites that sought to block the
WikiLeaks website after its
release of U.S. diplomatic cables.
Facebook confirmed it had
removed the activists' Operation
Payback site on Thursday because
it was promoting a distributed
denial of service attack -- an
illegal form of freezing websites.
Twitter declined to comment.
The swoop against Operation
Payback's self-described
campaigners for Internet freedom
followed their online attacks on
credit card giants like Visa and
MasterCard.
The campaign reappeared on
Twitter later in the European
afternoon using another account.
Experts said the outages were
unlikely to have much effect on
the pro-WikiLeaks cyber
Photographer Captures Moments of Inception
Liz Stinson (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:00:00 AM
Sorry, Readability was unable to
campaign as activists were using
separate chatrooms to organize.
A representative of one of the
groups involved in the online
campaign said on Thursday that
more cyber attacks in reprisal for
attempts to block the WikiLeaks
website were likely.
On Thursday, supporters of
WikiLeaks were plotting attacks
on online payment service PayPal
and other perceived enemies of
the publisher, which has angered
U.S. authorities by starting to
release details of 250,000
confidential cables.
Amazon was also cited as a
target.
"The campaign is not over from
what I've seen, it's still going
strong. More people are joining,"
a spokesman calling himself
"Coldblood" told BBC Radio 4.
The speaker, who had an English
accent, said he was aged 22 and
was a software engineer.
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companies which have decided
for whatever reason not to deal
with WikiLeaks. Some of the
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continue using cards for
transactions worldwide. Its main
processing systems were not
compromised, the statement said.
AnonOps also claimed
responsibility for bringing down
Visa Inc's site, which was
temporarily unavailable in the
United States, but later restored.
In an online letter, Anonymous
said its activists were neither
vigilantes nor terrorists. It added:
"The goal is simple: Win the right
to keep the Internet free of any
control from any entity,
corporation, or government."
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet
said the Swedish government's
website was down for a short time
overnight in the latest apparent
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Comments (33) princecastillo
wrote:
“On November 27th, the State
Department, the U.S. government
basically, wrote a letter saying
that the WikiLeaks activities were
deemed illegal in the United
States……
Ah yes-the land of the free-
champion of free speech and
democracy…
It smacks of censureship and
other than the fact that a good
deal of what has been revealed is
what we suspected all along and is
causing the governments involved
some embarassment-what exactly
is illegal here????
I do not want my government
acting like some despot leader by
silencing critics,arresting people
who do not agree with them etc
etc…
WE hold ourselves to a higher
standard and thats what makes a
real democracy where there is
dissent and we do keep our
leaders accountable….
It is NOT my business,your
business and definitly not our
goverments business to interfere
here….I applaude the hackers of
Mastercard and Visa-let them
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understand by lost revenue how
free speech REALLY works and
it is not by kowtowing to a
bullying goverment…. tangogo68
wrote:
I think some of these paranoid
nerds ought to try to get out of
their basements a bit more often,
and maybe meet some people and
have some actual relationships,
maybe even families of their own
— otherwise their mothers ought
to threaten that their comic-books
and video-games will be taken
away for a week or two — what
do they think they will achieve by
blocking access to a few websites,
apart from temporary
inconveniences and additional
perceptions of their beloved
internet becoming an increasingly
toxic environment ? — now, if
they were able to bring down
online banking facilities, then I’d
be impressed — until then their
juvenile behaviour is simply
annoying.
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Tomato Sauce, Pure and Simple
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:30:27 AM
WHY NOT MAKE YOUR
OWN? It takes simple ingredients
to make delicious home-style
tomato sauce.(Ed Pitaro)
As singer/songwriter Guy Clark
points out in one of his most
popular tunes, there are “only two
things that money can’t
buy—that’s true love and
homegrown tomatoes.” It may be
hyperbolic and unromantic to
equate this nightshade that is
technically classified as a fruit
with true love, but then again,
maybe not by much.
When at its sweetly acidic best, it
truly is remarkable—its abundant
juice and supple flesh tasting of
the sun and the earth where it was
grown. Let’s not worry about the
processed tomato battle between
ketchup and salsa for the title of
most popular condiment, and
move on to something more
substantial—tomato sauce.
And by that I mean making
something that intensifies the
essential flavor of the fruit,
without prolonged cooking and
the addition of too many
aromatics, dried herbs, or any
other unnecessary ingredients,
like sweeteners or thickeners.
I was lucky enough to gather
some first-hand knowledge of
really exceptional tomatoes many
years ago when I spent a couple
of summertime weeks in Salerno,
Italy, not far from the justly
vaunted hills where San Marzano
tomatoes are grown.
Although I was probably too
young at the time to fully
appreciate the elegant simplicity
of the rustic dining traditions, I
was a willing participant in
devouring the regional specialties
served at every mealtime.
Although the first course of the
afternoon main meal was repeated
several times a week, pastasciutta
(dried pasta) sauced with home-
preserved tomatoes, it was always
a treat.
Every fall, ripe tomatoes would
be picked, blanched, peeled,
crushed, and strained, and then
the fragrant, bright red puree
would be funneled into tall,
sterilized soda bottles. Capped
and stored in the basement with
its two-feet-thick stone walls, a
bottle would be opened and
prepared almost every day, until
the next tomato crop was
processed and the cycle began
once again.
This was truly a local, traditional
experience. The excellence of the
dish was not diminished by its
predictable appearance.
The recipe followed was always
the same: While the perciatelli
was boiling in a large and battered
aluminum pot, the contents of the
bottle were emptied into a
saucepan and heated gently. Some
salt, a pinch of hot pepper, and a
large splash of olive oil procured
from the nearby frantoio were
added at the last moment before
the sauce was tossed with the
cooked pasta.
The only other accompaniment
was some local pecorino cheese,
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1/4 cup water
Pinch of salt and hot pepper
flakes
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 pound pasta, short or long
Shredded fresh basil leaves
Making Your Own Sauce
Since the prepared sauces are
really nothing special, and it’s so
easy to make a superior product at
home, why not spend a few
minutes at your stove preparing
this and experience the difference.
Making a sauce from fresh
tomatoes is pointless—and
flavorless—for most of the year,
the exception being when local
tomatoes are at their peak. You
should, however, try to obtain the
canned San Marzano variety.
There are several good brands
available that are grown in the
rich volcanic soil around Mount
Vesuvius and are labeled (and
priced) accordingly. As an
alternative, a good brand of
imported Italian tomatoes will
work just fine.
This recipe was shown to me
many years ago by a professor of
Italian literature who said he
learned it while living in Rome as
a student. It is elemental and
captures the essence of what a
good tomato can taste like, and it
grated over your steaming bowl, a supermarket aisle surrounded by couldn’t be any easier to prepare.
generously and to order. This the almost ridiculously varied Adding the butter at the end
primo piatto was proof enough selection of jarred tomato sauces, creates a creamy sweetness that
that the best Italian food is made each one claiming to be more perfectly balances the acidity.
simply, provided you can utilize Italian and authentic than the next. Directions Empty the tomatoes
the best possible ingredients. Ingredients Needed to Make and their liquid from the can into
I sometimes think of this Your Own Sauce a large bowl; squeeze and mash
e l e m e n t a l a n d i n c r e d i b l y 1 28-ounce can whole tomatoes,
satisfying preparation when I’m in preferably San Marzano TOMATO page 15
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More U.S. billionaires pledge to give away wealth

(Reuters: Top News) to donate their money but asks made good progress," said away 99 percent of his wealth to private college & are getting a
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:06:29 AM billionaires to make a moral Buffett, who made his fortune the Bill & Melinda Gates scholarship,take a look at the
commitment to give their fortunes with insurance and investment Foundation and family charities. person’s name who was given a
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to charity. company Berkshire Hathaway Bill and Melinda Gates have so chair in there name. From the East
l i s t e n s t o a q u e s t i o n a f t e r "People wait until late in their Inc. far donated more than $28 billion coast to the West coast the
unveiling a new messaging career to give back. But why wait "The Giving Pledge has re- of their fortune to their wealthy have given large portions
system during a news conference when there is so much to be energized people thinking about foundation. of their wealth to improve the
in San Francisco, California done?" Zuckerberg, who gave philanthropy and doing things in The full list of billionaires and health & the education of the rest
November 15, 2010. $100 million in September to the philanthropy and I look forward their letters can be seen at of our country.
Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith beleaguered public schools of to many more conversations with www.thegivingpledge.org. The one thing I noticed when the
NEW YORK| Thu Dec 9, 2010 Newark, New Jersey, said in a families who are truly fortunate (Editing by Bill Trott) Jocomus President announced the results of
11:06am EST statement. and whose generosity can and will wrote: these negotiations that have been
NEW YORK(Reuters) - Another "With a generation of younger change lives," he said. It makes no difference to these going on was that at no time did
17 U.S. billionaires, including folks who have thrived on the Along with speaking to about a business tycoons. Half of their he use the term, “Deep Pockets”.
Facebook co-founders Mark success of their companies, there quarter of the wealthiest people in wealth is either their tax burden or Congress does things to get
Z u c k e r b e r g a n d D u s t i n is a big opportunity for many of the United States about The tax credit. philosphrstone wrote: reelected & spend money like
Moskovitz, have pledged to give us to give back earlier in our Giving Pledge, Gates and Buffett Gee, how nice of them. However drunken sailors to get back into
away at least half their fortunes in lifetime and see the impact of our hosted a dinner with Chinese will they survive on their their seats in Washington, the rich
a philanthropic campaign led by philanthropic efforts," he said. billionaires in Beijing in remaining billions? The average spend money to improve the lives
Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. In addition to Zuckerberg and September in a bid to promote a working person can’t earn more of all & it doesn’t matter if they
A total of 57 billionaires now Moskovitz, the world's youngest culture of philanthropy in China. than a couple of million in a get tax advantages because with
have joined The Giving Pledge, billionaires, pledges were made The pair plan to visit India in lifetime… free4me wrote: there accountants & financial
which was launched by Microsoft by AOL co-founder Steve Case, March. The next time any of the people advisors they have plenty of
founder Gates and investor financier Carl Icahn and Michael Forbes magazine said the United who think they are being cheated places to put the money that they
Buffett in June. The campaign Milken, a former Wall Street States is home to more than 400 by the wealthy with the new tax have.
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Democrats defy Obama, tell him to rethink taxes continued from page 13

them through your fingers to

(Reuters: Top News) time for lawmakers to negotiate a consideration," read a resolution abuse links. Views expressed in create a coarsely textured puree.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:52:39 AM compromise. approved by the Democrats. the comments do not represent Transfer to a saucepan and add
Obama wants to extend all Obama has tacked to the center those of Reuters. the water, salt, and pepper.
Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi individual income tax cuts for two and compromised with the Comments (8) Fishrl wrote: Simmer uncovered for about 15
and Harry Reid (R) speak after a years, in addition to extending Republicans after his party lost Adding $1T to the deficit when minutes, stirring occasionally;
bipartisan meeting with President jobless benefits, enacting a heavily at congressional elections we’re supposed to be serious turn off heat and stir in the butter.
Barack Obama at the White p a y r o l l t a x c u t a n d o t h e r in November. about it? So in 2 years, are the Cook the pasta and drain, leaving
House in Washington June 10, m e a s u r e s . "If the idea is that this is a take-it- rich going to be willing to give up a trace of the boiling liquid, and
2010. Economists say the deal could or-leave-it deal, I think the their tax breaks, and are the return it to the pot. Add the
Credit: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque boost the sluggish economy at a president's going to realize there Republicans going to go along? I cooked sauce to the pasta, stir
By Donna Smith and David time when Congress has no are going to be a lot of Democrats think not. This scenario is going well, and let sit for a minute
Morgan further appetite for spending- who are going to be voting no," to repeat itself. What’s different, before transferring to a warmed
WASHINGTON| Thu Dec 9, based stimulus efforts. Democratic Representative is they’ll demand it be paid for serving bowl and garnishing with
2010 12:52pm EST But Democrats say the deal is too Anthony Weiner earlier told with spending cuts. My kid will the basil.
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - generous to wealthier Americans ABC. have to make do with less all of Serve with freshly grated
Democrats in the House of and bond markets have also But fellow Democrats in the her life so the rich can have pecorino or Parmigiano cheese.
Representatives defied President balked, concerned that more tax Senate were drafting legislative bigger yachts. cornelius wrote: For a more Neapolitan twist, you
Barack Obama on Thursday, cuts will dig a deeper hole in the language behind closed doors, and As usual, a lot of huffing and can substitute a fruity olive oil for
rejecting a tax deal he struck with $1.3 trillion budget deficit. could begin debating it later in the puffing but the left has no choice. the butter and maybe add a dash
Republicans and complicating Prices for U.S. Treasury bonds day, moving the tax bill forward. As their failures snowball and the more hot pepper as a garnish.
efforts to extend tax breaks that rose early on Thursday after a two Senate Democratic Leader Harry blues lose, the reverse reactionary Continued on the following page.
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The Best Remote Apps for Your Android [Video]

Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:00:00 AM
Your Android is great at doing
smartphone stuff on its own
screen, but it's also remarkably
adept at controlling devices and
applications entirely separate
from itself, from desktop systems. Here's a look at our
applications to entire operating favorites. More »
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Mortgage Rates Soar to Highest in 5
Months
(Epoch Times | All headlines)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:15:35 AM
U.S. mortgage rates for fixed-rate
mortgages soared to their highest
levels in five months, marking
four straight weeks of climbing
rates after record rates bottomed
out, Bloomberg News reports,
citing Freddie Mac.
Conventional 30-year mortgages
jumped to 4.61 percent rate, up
from 4.46 percent last week,
while the shorter 15-year
mortgages had an average rate of
3.96 percent, up from last week’s
3.81 percent.
But mortgage rates are still
highly favorable when compared
to the loan rates one year ago,
when 30-year mortgage averaged
4.81 percent and the 15-year
average was at 4.32 percent,
according to the Wall Street
3 Videos on Making Work Better
Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:43:00 AM
What causes a bigger
productivity hit at work: sites like
Facebook and Twitter or meetings
and interruptions by co-workers?
According to 37 Signals' Jason
Fried, it's the latter. And he thinks
the advent of remote work may
help solve that problem.
Today I'm going to GigaOM's
Net:Work event on "The Future of
Work," a subject we've discussed
Journal.
As mortgage rates continue
climbing, mortgage refinancing
applications have followed the
opposite trend: the Mortgage
Banks Association’s (MBA)
Refinance Index dipped by 1.4
percent for the week ending Dec.
3, the group said in a statement
released Wednesday.
Like fixed-rate mortgage rates,
refinancing also trended down for
the fourth straight week, MBA
said.
Mortgage applications on a
whole fell by 0.9 percent,
according to the MBA’s Market
Composite Index. Refinancing fell
to 75.2 percent of all applications,
from 74.9 percent the week
before.
Despite the seeming slump that
the higher mortgage rates could
bestow on housing demand and
here before. To prepare, I've
gathered three videos on the
subject of work: one on
motivation, one on "flow" and one
the real estate market, the rates
still remain attractive, and are
favorable compared to those when
the American economy was in a
deeper recession.
“It’s still fair to say mortgage
affordability is high and mortgage
financing is cheap,” Paul Dales,
an economist specializing in the
U.S. economy with London-based
Capital Economics Ltd., told
Bloomberg News. “It’s just not as
cheap as it was couple months
ago.”
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Daniel H. Pink on Motivation
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on
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Doesn't Happen at Work - Flow is
Interrupted
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Youku video site makes
strong NYSE debut
(CNET News.com) in "technology, infrastructure, and
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:20:43 AM product development efforts." It
will also acquire more video
Wall Street might have another content and expand its "sales and
China-based winner on its hands. marketing efforts."
Chinese video site Youku made All that cash might do Youku
its debut on the New York Stock s o m e g o o d . T h e c o m p a n y
Exchange yesterday, and after all generated approximately $35
the trading was said and done, the million over the nine-month
stock price was up 161 percent period ended September 30, but
over its initial per-share price of posted a net loss during that time
$12.80. It closed the day at of nearly $25 million.
$33.44. That momentum is That said, Youku, which
helping to carry the stock to even launched in 2006, is wildly
greater heights today. As of this popular in China. The service,
writing, Youku shares are up which is basically the Hulu of
n e a r l y $ 5 t o $ 3 8 . 3 6 . T h e China, currently attracts about
company's market cap is now at 203 million unique visitors each
over $2.6 billion. month "from homes and offices."
Youku's IPO success is following It has an additional 61 million
in the footsteps of China's largest unique visitors who access its
search engine, Baidu. According service from Internet cafes. The
to CBS Marketwatch, which company claims to have "a 40
reported on Baidu's IPO in August percent share of total user time
2005, the company's shares rose spent viewing online videos
354 percent that month, sending among Chinese Internet users."
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8D World Gets $5.25 Million More To Teach

English As A Foreign Language Online
Lora Kolodny (TechCrunch) “In the near-term, we will use our markets in 2011. The venture arm
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:07:41 PM capital to focus on two specific of one of Japan’s largest banks,
areas: extend[ing] our product Mizuho Capital of Japan, led the
A startup based in Shanghai, with leadership by incorporating more series B investment along with the
United States headquarters in activities and educational content company’s’ earlier investors Andrew Chase
Woburn, Mass., 8D World, has into the virtual world; and Spark Capital in Boston, and Gobi Steampunk Mechanical
attracted a series B investment of invest[ing] in sales and marketing Partners in China.
$5.25 million for their educational to drive wider adoption and mortar schools in China, and a A general partner with Spark
Horse is galloping marvel
take on massively multiplayer enhance [our] brand. number of public schools there, Capital, Alex Finkelstein, said on Chris Davies (SlashGear)
online games, the company We have some core competencies a i m i n g t o t e a c h s t u d e n t s Thursday his firm built on its Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:09:47 AM
announced today. Their flagship in terms of virtual world design. communicative English rather initial investment in 8D World
product, Wiz World Online, uses [We know] how to integrate than English for test-taking because: Steampunk has come to be
sophisticated speech assessment rigorous academic content with purposes, have signed up as 8D “We think the company is doing associated with over-decorated,
features to teach mostly kids and virtual world activities and speech World customers so far. Schools something really big. cog-encrusted Victoriana, but
t e e n s E n g l i s h a s a f o r e i g n technologies. We also have a deep tend to use Wiz World Online as First, the product is very unique. artist Andrew Chase has arguably
language. understanding of and connections homework, or as an interactive It is hard to build virtual world taken it to its purist roots. His
The founder and chief executive in local markets in China, South component to supplement what gaming, curriculum and speech mechanical horse is just that: a
of 8D World, Alex Wang, learned Korea, Japan, Latin America and they do in the classroom. assessment features like the ones beautiful, hand-crafted metal
English as a kid in China and was the U.S.” Educational publishers and media included in Wiz World, and make beast complete with piston legs.
good enough to get a high score The CEO confirmed that 8D companies— including China’s them immersive and motivating Actually building the horse
on standardized tests. He found, World is considering: adapting its CCTV and ONLY Education — for students. A lot of interactive apparently took a lot longer than
however, when he came to the systems to deliver other types of have also signed up with 8D educational products aren’t good Chase expected, predominantly
United States for university that coursework, particularly social World to sell or distribute their a t e n g a g i n g o r m o t i v a t i n g because he was striving for some
he couldn’t initially use his sciences and math for the U.S. educational content in a new s t u d e n t s . sort of at least vaguely convincing
written English skills to do basic market; and ways in which its format to schools. 8D World has also been accuracy. “The problem is/was
things like order food at a virtual worlds can be linked to CCTV used Wiz World to run a innovative with their business that everyone knows what a horse
restaurant. mobile devices. The company m a j o r , S h a n g h a i - w i d e o r a l model. Instead of selling direct to looks like so I couldn’t cheat
A couple of decades later, he would not disclose specific plans English competition, in which consumers, they reach out and (much)” he told bookofjoe,
conceived of a way to use the or a timeline for either effort. over 1,000 brick-and-mortar partner with publishers and adding “accuracy sucks.”
Web to solve that problem for Today, Wiz World Online uses language schools participated. schools. This is really smart, and The 45-55lb beast stands 27-
students and schools, and enlisted company-created, educational The competition will be held new to the education market.” inches high at the shoulder, and is
Rick Goodman, the developer and content to teach English as a annually for three years, a CrunchBase Information 8D 27-inches long and 8-inches wide.
co-founder of the popular Age of foreign language. One of Wiz company spokesman said. World Spark Capital Mizuho We’re not exactly sure what
Empires game franchise, to make World Online’s selling points, Currently, 8D World is adapting Venture Capital Information Chase is going to do with it,
Wiz World Online. however, is that it can incorporate its games for, and expanding its provided by CrunchBase though we’re sure it makes an
Wang told TechCrunch in an others’ curriculum into its game sales to the South Korean market. imperious place to sit and watch
email from China Wednesday levels within a couple of weeks. It plans to do the same in other TV from.
night: Over 1,500 for-profit brick-and- Asian and Latin American [ via bookofjoe]
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Wikipedia Editors Delete Article Zuckerberg to share half

Listing Wikileaks Mirror Sites his billions
Mike Melanson nothing against drive-in theaters, (CNET News.com) After all, there is something
(ReadWriteWeb) While proponents argue that the of course, it's just that lists like Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:01:22 PM faintly ridiculous about people
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:52:18 AM list of links should be kept until these don't belong on Wikipedia. becoming hugely wealthy and not
Wikileaks finds more stable For a bit of an interesting behind- If you are one of those who are devoting their funds to good
Ever since whistle-blowing site hosting, or that it offers a value the-scenes look at how this was slightly disturbed at the idea of causes until after they have eaten
Wikileaks began its latest round outside of just listing links, most done, you can look at the the wealthy enjoying tax cuts, a their last ounce of caviar. Or, in
of document releases, it has found opponents cite clear Wikipedia discussion page yourself. In the few billionaires would like you to Zuckerberg's case, perhaps their
opposition and support in various policy stating that"Wikipedia is deletion of the article, editors understand that greed is not last Taco Bell.
places. It has hopped around from not a mirror or repository of cited a number of clauses, necessarily good. Zuckerberg has already
server to server, had its bank links." In the end, and despite all including a particularly interesting Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, meandered onto Oprah Winfrey's
account closed, watched as of the lofty debate, the article's one - the"Snowball clause". It together with co-founder Dustin show to give $100 million to
PayPal, Visa and Mastercard all removal looks like a simple states that "If an issue does not Moskovitz and other business schools in New Jersey. And one
shut down donations to the site, matter of policy. have a snowball's chance in hell luminaries, is pledging to give can only hope that he uses his
and even had an anonymous We got in touch with Wikipedia's of being accepted by a certain away half his vast fortune in order o w n c r e a t i o n t o s h a r e h i s
group of hackers retaliate in parent organization, Wikimedia, process, there's no need to run it for at least that half to do real intentions for further donations.
Wikileak's name. One thing that to find out what was really going through the entire process." good, according to Reuters. Surely those who believe they
keeps Wikileaks going, however, o n . M o k a P a n t a g e s , a Of course, if you were using the The Giving Pledge, founded in o u g h t t o b e n e f i t f r o m t h e
is the simple fact that it has spokesperson for Wikimedia, told Wikipedia article to keep track of June by Bill Gates and Warren Facebook creator's wealth, should
hundreds of mirror sites in us it was "business as usual." how to find your favorite Buffett, is an attempt on behalf of be able to friend him and state
different languages and locales. This article was started two days classified document releasing, those who surely wouldn't even be their cases. Then, perhaps,
One such listing of these sites ago and deleted yesterday. This is Whack-a-mole website, you can able to spend half of their wealth, Z u c k e r b e r g m i g h t o f f e r a
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Details of Microsoft's failed Facebook Daily Deals for

buy emerge
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:07:50 PM
While the dollar figure, and
partnership details of Microsoft's
investment in Facebook back in
2007 were made quite public, one
detail that had not been discussed
by either company was that
Microsoft had made a valiant
effort to acquire the social
network outright.
As TechCrunch reports, that
much was confirmed this morning
at the Le Web conference in Paris
by Fritz Lanman, who is
Microsoft's senior director or
corporate strategy and
acquisitions. Speaking to Le Web
conference organizer Loic Le
Meur as part of a panel on "how
to get acquired," Lanman shared
details on how the deal had gotten
away from Microsoft from the
point of Microsoft's CEO Steve
Ballmer trying to buy Facebook
for $15 billion, to what ended up
being the landmark $240 million
investment.
December 9, 2010
According to Lanman, when
Ballmer had suggested that initial
$15 billion figure, which had been
derived from a recent valuation,
Facebook's co-founder Mark
Zuckerberg shot it down because
he didn't want to lose control.
"Ballmer took this reply as sort of
challenge," Lanman said. "He
went back to Microsoft's
headquarters and concocted a plan
intended to acquire Facebook in
stages over a period of years to
enable Zuckerberg to keep calling
the shots."
Lanman said that plan ended up
falling through, and lead to what
became the very public ad
investment that went down near
the end of 2007.
Facebook was an acquisition
target for a number of companies
back in 2007. Other suiters at that
time also included Yahoo and
Google, the later of which has a
history of notoriety for grabbing
deals away from Microsoft at the
last moment, as detailed in David
Kirkpatrick's The Facebook
Effect. The fact that it remains its
own company continues to be
attributed to Zuckerberg's need to
be in the driver's seat.
Since the deal, Microsoft and
Facebook have collaborated on a
number of new features together,
including social search results in
Bing, and Docs.com, a Web based
word processor that can be used
within Facebook. The two
company's most recent
partnership rolled out as part of
Facebook's chat and e-mail
overhaul, which let users open up
Microsoft Office and PDF
attachments using Microsoft's
Office.com document viewer.
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Woz flashes fake white iPhone 4 on CNN

Steven Sande (TUAW) on Dancing with the Stars, did a purchased a set of white front and on CNN originally appeared on
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:45:00 PM cameo on Big Bang Theory, and back plates from the young TUAW on Thu, 09 Dec 2010
was recently seen on CNN entrepreneur that Apple later shut 12:45:00 EST. Please see our
You've got to hand it to Apple co flashing a white iPhone 4. down, and modded his iPhone 4 terms for use of feeds.
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anything for the company since beasts that may actually appear in have a white iPhone 4 before "that
1987, he is becoming quite the the spring of 2011? having the last laugh. The white other Steve" got one.
TV star. He's been a competitor Well, it turns out that Woz is iPhone 4 is actually a fake. Woz Woz flashes fake white iPhone 4
20 Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Little Bookrenter Is Narrowing The Gap With Chegg

Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) same as during the January peak: over$200 million in venture
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:12:32 PM 1.3 million. The chart below, capital, it only raised$20 million.
supplied by Bookrenter, shows Much of Bookrenter’s growth is
When it comes to the quickly how Bookrenter’s traffic has been being fueled by its partnerships
growing online textbook-rental growing as a percentage of with college book stores. Since
market, Chegg is the young giant Chegg’s. In October it was 58 partnering with campus
to beat. B u t i t s s m a l l e r percent, but that number is not as bookstores last March, Bookrenter
competitor, Bookrenter, is making meaningful as the percentage is now the official book rental
some impressive gains. If you during the peak rental months platform for 515 college
look at traffic to each respective earlier in the semester. bookstores in the U.S. serving 6
website, you can see spikes at the We do know there is a direct million students, or 31 percent of
beginning of each semester (see correlation between traffic and the college population. There are
chart above). sales, however, it is not clear from between 6,000 and 7,000 college
Last January, Bookrenter’s traffic these numbers how many books bookstores nationwide. Oh, and
was only 12.6 percent of Chegg’s, on average each student rented. Bookrenter is now invading
whereas by the August peak, it B o o k r e n t e r C E O M e h d i That was the semester Bookrenter this year based on my back-of-the Canada as well.
was 32.5 percent. From peak to Maghsoodnia says he shipped went into hypergrowth. Add -envelope math. Chegg is CrunchBase Information
peak, Bookrenter’s traffic grew about 500,000 books in the Fall another 125,000 books shipped in expected to hit about $130 million BookRenter.com Chegg
167 percent to 446,000 unique semester. If you figure each book the Spring semester, and it looks in revenues this year. Bookrenter Information provided by
monthly U.S. visitors, according rents for an average of roughly like Bookrenter will do a little still has a long way to go to catch CrunchBase
to comScore. Chegg’s August $50, that means Bookrenter did more than $30 million in revenues up, but it also didn’t raise
traffic, however, was about the $25 million in sales last semester.

Who Uses Twitter? Not My Techie, 30-Something Friends

Mike Melanson research, which finds that only simply asked "Do you use site for updates at most once or
(ReadWriteWeb) 8% of online American adults use Twitter?" and it arrived at this 8% twice a week. Nearly a quarter of
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:23:39 AM Twitter. figure. all users check several times a
Sponsor The survey breaks down Twitter day, while just over 10% check
While sitting around with a group According to Pew, 8% of online usage according to a number of the site once daily.
of friends the other day, I took a adults responded affirmatively to demographics, finding that Does this change how you see
quick, informal poll and asked t h e q u e s t i o n " D o y o u u s e Twitter users are primarily Twitter? Are you so thoroughly
"Hey, do any of you use Twitter?" Twitter?", with 2% doing so in a between the ages of 18 to 29 and enveloped in techiedom that you
These were friends I'd grown up typical day. By their math, this are twice as likely to be black or naturally assume people are on
with hacking code together, accounts for 6% of the entire adult Hispanic and live in a city. Twitter and using it daily? How
running BBSes and generally population. Women and college-educated about the opposite - does 8%
geeking out with. While all of According to the survey Internet users are also more likely seem like a high number to you?
them had accounts, they hadn't overview, Pew took a different users of the micro-messaging And most importantly, how about
used them since they created them approach this time around with its service. you - do you use Twitter? Discuss
and they couldn't figure out why questions. Previously, it had asked see updates about others?" and In addition to looking at who
they would. "Do you ever use the internet to many publications questioned its uses Twitter, Pew examined how
It was a bit of an eye-opener, as use Twitter or another service to methodology. This time around, it they used Twitter and found that
is the latest data from Pew share updates about yourself or to 65% of Twitter users check the
E-reader News Edition Technology/ 21

Four Apple products in TIME's Top 10 Gadgets list

Steven Sande (TUAW)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 1:15:00 PM
It's December, which means that
print and digital magazines are
gearing up to write their lists of
the "Top 10" in a thousand
different categories.
TIME, the magazine that
seemingly started this end-of-year
tradition, has gone crazy this year,
with their web site listing 50 top
10 lists. Fortunately for those of
us at TUAW, we were able to
glean an Apple-related story from
the Time list-of-lists.
One of the many lists was the
Top 10 Gadgets of the year, and
Apple had a total of four products
in the category. Not surprisingly,
the iPad took top honors, followed
closely by the Android-based
Samsung Galaxy S. In the third
spot, and deservedly so, was the
11-in. MacBook Air. The fourth
and fifth item on the list were
mind-boggling -- the Google TV
via the Logitech Revue
(fortunately they didn't select the
ridiculous Sony Google TV
controller) and the quickly-
discontinued Google Nexus One
smartphone.
Two more Apple products filled
the sixth and seventh slots on the
list. The iPhone 4 got the honor of
being in the top 10 list, followed
by the second-generation Apple
TV. Both devices deserved their
spot on the list; the iPhone 4 has
overcome the "grip of death"
stigma to be a best-seller, while
the new Apple TV is a vast
improvement over the first
generation in both capability and
design.
TIME also featured a list of the
Top 10 iPhone Apps, with
Netflix, Groupon, and iMovie
taking the top three spots. I had to
agree with many of the apps,
although the low iTunes reviews
for Hulu Plus make me wonder if
they actually tried some of them.
Absent from the list was the
perennial top-selling Angry Birds,
which will probably make the
birds angry.
If you were writing these lists,
what would be in your top 10 for
gadgets and apps? Leave your
ideas in the comments.
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Housewives Used to Smuggle iPads and Smartphones Into China

Evan Selleck (SlashGear) get involved. somewhere in the ballpark of
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:33:57 AM According to a new repot from 950,000 yuan, or about $143,000.
The Wall Street Journal, How are these women doing this?
With all this talk about the housewives are being recruited to Well, one of them managed to
second generation iPad, it could smuggle in some of the hottest strap 65 smartphones around her
be easy to forget the huge demand items for the Chinese grey market. waist, and then had another 20 of
that the first iteration still carries. That particular market has seen the things hidden away in her
While it’s no surprise that the first quite the boost over the last handbag. How much are these
tablet from Apple still warrants c o u p l e o f y e a r s , a n d m o s t women getting paid to risk this
crazed reactions from people, recently, we s aw what happens kind of smuggling? $30, or 200
both for the positive and negative, when the iPhone 4 gets involved. yuan. Worth it?
it’s definitely a shock to see the Now, with the iPad, officials in of 88 iPads confiscated in the smartphones, in which the [ via Wall Street Journal; thanks,
lengths in which people will go to Shenzhen have officially detained process. Shenzhen officials said they’ve Scott!]
get one. Especially when there’s 14 housewives trying to smuggle But the iPad isn’t the only hot nabbed 340 of the devices
profit to be had. And you know the 3G-equipped version into the ticket for these housewives. recently. All told, the total bust
it’s a big deal when housewives country. There have been a total Smuggling rings are also wanting from these 14 individuals is
22 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

Initial Google Cr-48 Chrome Notebook Google Wants to Backup

Impressions Have One Refrain: Flash Your On-Premise E-Mail
Sucks Server to the Cloud
MG Siegler (TechCrunch) Klint Finley (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:55:42 AM Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:00:00 PM

As we noted earlier toda y, Today Google announced a new

Google has wasted little time service based on technology from Gmail are always in sync with one
getting their Cr-48 Chrome its Postini acquisition: Google another, there's no need to migrate
notebook machines in users’ Message Continuity. "Google email data when eventually
hands. Less than two days after Message Continuity works by deploying Google Apps. With
Google unveiled the device, there replicating email accounts hosted Gmail, Calendar and Contacts
are a ton of reports of users on Microsoft Exchange Servers in available, users can get familiar
getting them. Humorously, some the cloud, using Gmail, Calendar with these cloud services without
people who thought they signed and Contacts," according to having to abruptly stop using their
up for Chrome stickers are also Google's announcement. "If the regular email system.
receiving them — quite a bonus! Microsoft Exchange Server fails, This could be a great solution for
But the Cr-48 hasn’t been a or requires scheduled organizations taking tentative
totally pleasant surprise. maintenance or downtime, all you steps towards e-mail in the cloud,
A number of reports have come have to do is log into Gmail and or that want to take advantage of
in saying that trying to play Flash continue regular, up-to-date email cloud computing without giving
run Flash. That said, Google has machines run much more
videos and apps on the device communication through Google." up on-premise solutions.
also made it very clear that Flash smoothly (both in terms of battery
more or less sucks. The Sponsor Google Message Continuity will
is an important part of Chrome life and web browsing
experience ranges from buggy to Why is Google doing this? cost $25 per user per year for non
(and Chrome OS). In fact, it’s performance) without it. Maybe
not working at all, apparently. Again, from the announcement: -Postini or an additional $13 per
baked-in. You have no choice but Google should consider following
This includes YouTube, Hulu, Google Message Continuity can user per year for current Postini
to have it installed. a similar route when the first
Vimeo, CNN — basically all of also help organizations transition customers.
Yes, you can disable the plug-in consumer-ready Chrome
major video sites on the web. to Google Apps down the road. Discuss
through Chrome, but unlike notebooks roll out. CrunchBase
Now, it has to be noted that Since Microsoft® Exchange and
Apple’s mobile devices, the fall- Information Google Chrome OS
Google has made it very clear that
back is basically non-existent. Adobe Flash Information
the Cr-48 is meant to be a test
Apple made waves when they provided by CrunchBase
machine. It’s not ready for mass
decided not to include Flash on
production. Plus, it shouldn’t be
their new MacBook Airs, but
too surprising that the processor
there’s no denying that the
inside, an Intel Atom, can’t fully

The Best Remote Apps for Your iPhone [Ios]

Adam Dachis (Lifehacker) they resemble a familiar shape: remotes you could hope for. Here
Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:00:00 AM the remote control. Being the are our top picks. More »
pocket computers that they are,
iPhones are versatile devices, but iPhones embrace this form with s o m e o f t h e m o s t a m a z i n g
E-reader News Edition Technology/ Culture/ 23

Extreme Design Legacy of the River TRON-Themed Room in Ice

Hotel is Awesome [Video]
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:00:10 PM
If you’re a TRON fan, then
you’ve probably been pretty
happy with the TRON-themed
accessories that have been
released the last few months. You
may have even given some
serious thought into buying your
own light cycle(we can’t blame
you). But, if you didn’t want to
spend the money to race around
your city on one, maybe you’d
prefer to stay in a room designed
specifically to look like it was
removed from the TRON world,
and shoved into an ice hotel.
Designed by Ben Rousseau and
Ian Douglas–Jones, of the UK-
based Extreme Design, the new
room is called the Legacy of the
River, and it was created to bring
the world of TRON to life. Just, in
an ice hotel. The new room is part
of the Art Suite within the world’s
largest ice hotel, which is located
in Ukkasjärvi, Sweden. The
designers used “futuristic”
lighting sources, which are aimed
of Disney’s new 3D high-tech
adventure, TRON: Legacy, this
month was absolutely perfect. The
suite itself takes most of it’s
influence from a nightclub scene
in the film involving one of our
favorite music artist Daft Punk,
who wrote the score for the film.”
Check out the video below to see
the room, and some of the set-up
process that went into it. And if
to use far less power and energy Here’s what Douglas-Jones had you’re interested in stopping by,
t h a n t r a d i t i o n a l l i g h t i n g , to say about the project: or staying fo awhile, the room
throughout the room, as well as “We are both massive TRON will officially open tomorrow.
through the furniture itself. fans, so the timing of the release [ via Design Boom]

If Chatroulette Had Facebook Connect, People Would Keep Their

Pants On
Alexia Tsotsis (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:04:42 PM
Wine Library founder Gary Vee
took the stage at Le Web today to
talk about the importance of the
human element in business. It’s
really easy to not take the
extremely quotable Gary Vee
seriously, because he spits out
more platitudes than anyone
you’ve ever met.
But if you get past tired maxims
like“Entrepreneurial success is
not about luck…it is about focus implement something like
and work” and things like“What’s Facebook Connect to make people
the ROI of your mom” or “A ll sign in with their real identities,
the other bullshit is horseshit,” because putting your real name on
Vee comes up with some pretty something implies a certain
interesting stuff (My “Phone Call responsibility. Penis problem,
Is Dead” post is inspired by a solved.
Gary Vee tweet and I’m about to You can find an endless supply
write another one on “Google Is of the wisdom of Gary Vee here.
The New Resume” which is also If Chatroulette had used Facebook the most true thing I’ve ever Enjoy.
derived from a Vee quote). Connect people would have kept heard. Take note Andrey
His latest? “ Chatroulette didn’t their pants on.“ Ternovskiy, Chatroulette or
work because there was an Sorry guys, but this is just about another video chat startup should
enormous amount of penis.

Imitate an Accent to Understand It Better [Speech]

Adam Dachis (Lifehacker) understanding accents? It turns
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:00:00 AM out you might be able to get better
at it if you simply spend a little give you trouble. More »
Do you have trouble more time imitating the ones that
24 Technology/ Economy/ Finance/
iPad 2 Case Shows Up on Website,
Shows Opening for Camera
Evan Selleck (SlashGear)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:05:34 AM
With all of the rumors going
around, it’s about time we start
seeing some pictures. Especially
if the second generation iPad is
really launching in under 100
days. Right on schedule, then, is
this new image of a supposed case
for the iPad 2. Right off the bat,
you’ll notice that hole at the top-
left of the case, where many
believe the rear-facing camera
would go. Just as we’ve seen on
the iPhone 4, and latest generation
of the iPod Touch.
There’s been a few grumblings
that Apple has been kicking
around the idea of including not
just one, front-facing camera, but
also a camera on the back. With
other tablet devices including a
camera on the back, perhaps
Apple believes that it’s just a safe
bet to give owners the option.
Colossal Cholesterol Meals - The
McDonald's Massive McMuffin Campaign
is a Fast Food Frenzy (GALLERY)
(TREND HUNTER - The Latest
Trends)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:54:04 AM
( TrendHunter.com) The
McDonald's Massive McMuffin
campaign consists of awesome
Either way, this supposed crystal
case for the second generation
iPad obviously shows a spot
where the camera would go. Does
that mean Apple’s next generation
tablet device will have a camera?
No. But if you’re hoping it does,
you may want to start wishing
harder.
The case looks a bit more curved,
too. Unfortunately, there aren’t a
ambient ads of literally epic
proportions. The campaign calls
for gigantic bags of Mickey D's
meals, particularly breakfast,
placed in random...
lot more details on the case.
Except that Shenzhen MacTop
Electronics also says that the case
will come in “other colors.” So it
looks like the off-white we see
here won’t be the only option.
Anyone think this is the real deal?
[ via MacStories]
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82 Epic DDB Campaigns
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Initiatives by the Global
Ad Agency (CLUSTER)
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Trends)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:30:04 AM
( TrendHunter.com) DDB
campaigns come from one of Richard Bernstein's 11
advertising's most epic agencies. Predictions For 2011
DDB or Doyle, Dan and Bernbach
is an agency whose origins are (SPY, GLD, MUN, TNX)
similar to Mad Men's SDCP. Leah Goldman and Gus Lubin
DDB was founded in Manhattan (Money Game)
in 1949 and played... Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:21:00 AM
Former Merrill strategist Richard
Bernstein, now of RBA, is very
bullish on the U.S. economy in
2011.
U.S. stock markets are the key
Alcohol Advertising Apps pick in his 2011 predictions (via
(UPDATE) - The Stella Barry Ritholtz). He also expects
dollar appreciation, euro survival
Artois Ice Lounge App is and a Japanese bull market.
Interactive and Yummy Bernstein's least favorite
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Trends) For the record, Bernstein's
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:13:04 AM
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Politics Without Labels? What a Silly Concept
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 12/8/2010 5:00:00 PM
A group called "No Labels" is
getting an awful lot of buzz these
days, despite the fact that it has
raised only $1 million. (Though it
sounds more impressive if you
say it like Dr. Evil in the Austin
Powers movies: One. Million.
Dollars.) The professed idea
behind No Labels is that its
members don't believe in labels,
by which they mean names such
as Republican and Democrat,
liberal and conservative. Some
black-hearted cynics see No
Labels as a Trojan horse for a
presidential bid by New York
City mayor Michael Bloomberg,
an independent who finds the two
-party system an unfortunate
obstacle to his ambitions.
No Labels denies this. According
to its website, No Labels is a
centrist, middle-of-the-road group
whose motto (at least its members
believe in mottos!) appears to be
"Put the Labels Aside. Do What's
Best for America." It goes on:
"We are Democrats, Republicans,
and Independents who are united
in the belief that we do not have
to give up our labels, merely put
them aside to do what's best for
America."
Elsewhere, it likens itself to the
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parse this page for content.
This entry passed through the
Korean Demilitarized Zone,
which it hilariously describes as
an area designed by North and
South Koreans alike for "cool
heads" to craft "elegant
solutions." No Labels wants to be
a "Depoliticized Zone" that serves
a similar purpose. Never mind
that the real Korean DMZ is one
of the most heavily mined and
dangerous places in the world,
where nothing fruitful has
happened for half a century.
What no-labelers really mean is
that they don't like inconvenient
disagreements that hinder their
agenda.
But bad metaphors are the least
of its problems. These no-labelers
start from the premise that if you
want what's best for the country,
you must declare independence
from your political party, because
Democrats and Republicans alike
are either politically brainwashed
dupes or are less than fully
patriotic.
Such fuzzy thinking is a
symptom of the growing
fetishization of the "center" as an
ideologically distinct and superior
location and "independents" as a
philosophically coherent group. In
reality, there is no single center in
American politics, and there are
many different kinds of
independents. Indeed, "pure
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independents"--i.e. voters with no
allegiance to either party--amount
to barely 10 percent of the
electorate and a mere third of the
number of people who call
themselves independents. And
these purists don't even vote
much. There are very
conservative independents and
there are very liberal
independents, just as there are
people who think all of their
positions are centrist, even though
they might seem absurdly right-
wing to some or creepily left-
wing to others. The confusion
partly stems from the fact that
Americans have a habit of
equating the label "centrist" with
"reasonable" and the label
"independent" with "thoughtful"
or "free thinking." (Yes, I'm afraid
they're all labels.) Hence even
folks who want to expel the U.N.
or fund the Pentagon through
bake sales tend to cast themselves
as misunderstood centrists.
This highlights one of the great
things about political parties and
political labels. If I tell you I'm a
conservative Republican, you'll
have no idea what my views are
on Buffy the Vampire Slayer or
beef jerky, but you'll have a good
idea of what I think about taxes
and foreign policy. No, partisan
labels aren't perfect; both parties
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have ample disagreements within
their ranks on pretty much every
issue. But they're better than
nothing. They're clarifying, not
confusing. In other words, labels
aren't "meaningless" as so many
self-described independents
claim, but meaningful. If
anything, what's meaningless is
the claim that you don't believe in
labels when obviously anybody
who speaks intelligently about
anything must use them.
What no-labelers really mean is
that they don't like inconvenient
disagreements that hinder their
agenda. And that's what is so
troubling, indeed so
undemocratic, about this claptrap.
When they claim we need to put
aside labels to do what's right,
what they are really saying is you
need to put aside what you believe
in and do what they say. When
activists say we need to move past
the partisan divide, what they
mean is: Shut up and get with my
program. Have you ever heard
anyone say, "We need to get past
all of this partisan squabbling and
name-calling. That's why I'm
going to abandon all my
objections and agree with you"? I
haven't.
No Labels says it's "about taking
the politics out of problem-
solving." It is amazing how
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cavalierly people say this sort of
thing, as if it weren't the rationale
behind pretty much every
dictatorship since the dawn of
man. Nearly once a week, New
York Times columnist Thomas
Friedman gives voice to his full-
blown man-crush on China's one-
party dictatorship because--
according to Friedman--the
Chinese, unlike us, can implement
"optimal" policies without getting
bogged down in such distractions
as elections, the rule of law,
human rights, etc.
Look: You can't take the politics
out of problem-solving. Politics,
even in China, is the art of
problem-solving. People aiming
to yank the politics out of
government invariably end up
removing the democracy instead.
Jonah Goldberg is a visiting
fellow at AEI.
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Why is Hugo Chavez Afraid of
the U.S. Congress?
Bernard Álvarez, the mouthpiece
for Venezuelan strongman Hugo
Chávez, is feeling the heat. His
defensive piece published today in
ForeignPolicy.com complains
about new Congressional scrutiny
of the criminal regime he
represents in Washington. In an
unusual move for a foreign
diplomat, he attacks viciously the
new Republican leadership of the
House Foreign Affairs
Committee, particularly Rep.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Rep.
Connie Mack (both R-FL), who
are respected as reasonable people
and tireless defenders of U.S.
interests and values.
It is peculiar that an accredited
diplomat does not offer a single
word in defense of his
government's troubling record in
his lengthy essay for a premier
online publication. Instead,
Álvarez merely attacks those who
have the courage to expose
Chávez's abuses, aggression, and
crimes.
Álvarez's premise is that Ros-
Lehtinen and Mack are upset with
Chávez because he seeks
"independence from the United
States." Chávez real offenses are
that he has made his once proud
country a puppet of the Cuban
dictator, aided terrorists from the
Middle East to Colombia, abetted
drug traffickers, conspired with
Iran's rogue nuclear program, and
subjected his people to repression,
rampant crime, and a failing
economy.
He may think that ordering his
representative here to savage
veteran legislators will isolate or
intimidate them.
Álvarez's failure to realize that
there is anything wrong with this
record is instructive. And his
suggestion that more than a
handful of client states in the
region want anything to do with
Chávez's destructive agenda is
delusional.
Chávez's ambassador is right
about one thing-under the new
House leadership, the regime in
Caracas will get the attention it
deserves on these and other
questions:
• If Chávez is trying to develop a
nuclear military program with
Iran's help, then what are U.S.
authorities going to do about it?
• If Chávez is shipping weapons
to Middle Eastern, Colombian
terrorists and Mexican drug
traffickers, then how come no one
is going to jail?
• If the state-owned Petroleos de
Venezuela (PDVSA) is
laundering money for Iran,
corrupt Chávez cronies and drug
traffickers, then why hasn't it been
investigated and sanctioned?
• If Venezuelan territory is being
used with impunity to transit
illegal drugs to Central America,
the Caribbean, North America,
West Africa, and Europe, then
what are governments doing to
attack this transnational network?
• If Chávez's regime has shipped
arms to Hezbollah and issued
Venezuelan passports to its
operatives who are plotting in the
Americas, then how is our
government cooperating to
address this security threat?
• If Venezuela is a state sponsor
of terrorism, then why hasn't the
U.S. State Department labeled it
as such, as required by law?
And, why is Bernardo Álvarez
allowed to abuse his diplomatic
position in Washington while
Chávez has refused to admit
President Obama's envoy-
distinguished career diplomat,
Larry Palmer-to enter the country.
Ambassador Álvarez professes to
be concerned about the United
States and Latin America. If that
were the case he would abandon
his diplomatic post and tell U.S.
Congressional investigators or
law enforcement officials what he
knows about the criminal
enterprises in Caracas. Until then,
he is not a diplomat, he's a co-
conspirator. And, judging from
his Foreign Policy article, he's a
very, very nervous co-conspirator.
Chávez is sorely mistaken if he
thinks that only "hard-line
ideologues" (to use his phrase) are
interested in holding his regime
accountable for his anti-U.S.
aggression and a growing litany
of suspected crimes. He may
think that ordering his
representative here to savage
veteran legislators will isolate or
intimidate them. My guess is that
precisely the opposite is true.
Frankly, such thuggish tactics are
the hallmark of a desperate,
defensive regime.
Roger F. Noriega is a visiting
fellow at AEI.
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Reforming Health Care Reform in the Ron Paul Claims Chairmanship of

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political talking point? Do the anti-earmark sentiment and the noreply@blogger.com (Michael first amendment and likened
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France Joins Germany to Nix Junker's Junk Bond to have the keen eyes
Proposal to Save the Euro of an eagle?
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Deficit May Hit $28 Billion
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Submitted at 12/8/2010 10:39:00 PM
Wasn't it just a few short months
ago California balanced its
budget, plugging a $19 billion
hole? Indeed it was. Nonetheless,
Jerry Brown now warns of a $28
billion hole for the next fiscal year
and the state controller warns of
more IOUs.
Please consider California Deficit
May Reach $28 Billion as IOUs
Loom California’s budget gap
may widen to $28.1 billion over
18 months, according to Governor
-elect Jerry Brown, who takes
charge of the most-populous U.S.
state next month. A cash shortage
may force the use of IOUs by
July, Controller John Chiang said.
The deficit estimate takes into
account a $2.7 billion drop in
projected estate-tax receipts, and
compares with the most recent
forecast of a $25 billion gap for
the period, Brown said today at a
public meeting of state officials.
The cash accounts may be short
by $2.3 billion within eight
months, Chiang said at the
meeting in Sacramento.
“I don’t want to say it, but this
could mean IOUs and more tax-
refund deferrals,” Chiang said.
Brown, a Democrat who takes
office Jan. 3, faces a widening gap
after negotiators closed a $19
billion deficit for the current fiscal
year, which ends in June.
“California is facing a very
serious budget crisis,” Brown
said. “This latest increase comes
from actions that are taking place
in the Congress that will have an
effect on California.”
The extra yield investors demand
above top-rated debt for 30-year
general obligations from
California issuers reached 105
basis points yesterday, the most
since the budget was enacted in
October, Bloomberg Fair Market
Value data show. California
allegedly "closed" a budget gap of
$19 billion this fiscal year and
now faces a $28 billion gap next
year.
However, and as before,
Democrats do not want to cut
services and Republicans do not
want to increase taxes. I have the
perfect solution: Let's throw a
party and give everyone cookies
like president Obama just did,
with Republicans tooting their
party horns in agreement.
Oh wait. I forgot California,
unlike the US has to have a
balanced budget. In that case, let's
rely on the ol' Arnold
Schwarzenegger Play, this time
on steroids, and "balance" the
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The House Democratic Caucus
at .94% and rising. This makes
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saps out of buyers of those
"framework" deal. Build America Bond extension,
Walmart bonds.
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on tax cut bill
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Put this into the "I will believe it
when I see it" category (especially
since there is no stock market
reaction), but CNN reports House
Democrats defy Obama on tax cut
bill Defying President Obama,
House Democrats voted Thursday
not to bring up the tax package
that he negotiated with
Republicans in its current form.
"This message today is very
simple: That in the form that it
was negotiated, it is not
acceptable to the House
Democratic caucus. It's as simple
as that," said Democratic
Congressman Chris Van Hollen.
"We will continue to try and work
with the White House and our
Republican colleagues to try and
make sure we do something right
for the economy and right for
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The vote comes a day after Vice
President Biden made clear to
House Democrats behind closed
doors that the deal would unravel
if any changes were made.
"Wow did the [White House]
mishandle this," a senior House
Democratic Source told CNN.
"Breathtaking. Members have
major substantive concerns and
they should have gently guided
people to the finish line."
Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon
said: "They said take it or leave it.
We left it."
Had added the caucus resolution
is technically not binding, but
believes House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi "will follow the wishes of
her caucus." I believe Pelosi
cannot think on her own and will
do what she is told to do by the
President so as to "not damage the
party".
Nonetheless this is a clear slap in
the face to President Obama, and
if you'd rather leave out the
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The energy we use is usually
measured in kilowatt-hours
(kWh); 1 kWh is equal to 1,000
watts working for one hour. In
2001, the entire world consumed
13.9 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh)
of electricity [source: Clean-
Energy]. Of that global 13.9
trillion kWh, 25 percent (3.45
trillion kWh) powered electrical
devices in the United States
[source: IndexMundi]. And of that
3.45 trillion kWh, 1.14 trillion
were used in households [source:
EIA]. That's more than 30 percent
of U.S. electricity going to power
homes, which is more than either
the commercial or the industrial
sector uses [source: EIA].
Why the huge glut of energy
consumption in the residential
sector? Simple: Home appliances
draw extreme amounts of energy.
An appliance rated at 1,000 watts,
left on for one hour, will use 1
kWh of electricity. Now think
about all the appliances -- large
and small -- you have in your
home.
Over the last 30 years, the
efficiency of many appliances has
increased dramatically. A
refrigerator manufactured in 1979
consumed between 120 and 300
kWh per month; in a post-2001
unit, that monthly range is down
to 31 to 64 kWh [source:
Hawaiian Electric]. But still,
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refrigerators are a big draw on the
energy supply. And they're not
alone.
Small appliances like toasters,
hair dryers, coffee makers,
vacuum cleaners and curling irons
all use more watts than
refrigerators do. Ranges and
dishwashers do, too (you've
probably noticed a trend --
producing heat takes lots of
watts). But these big-watt items
are only on for short periods of
time, so they don't use as much
power as an appliance that draws
fewer watts but works indefinitely
-- like a fridge/freezer or a water
heater.
So for the biggest energy hogs in
the home, we're left with the
household appliances that we
leave running for hours -- or days
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Dec. 9, 1968: The Mother of All Demos
Dylan Tweney (Wired Top
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:00:00 AM
1968: Computer scientist
Douglas Engelbart kicks off the
personal computer revolution with
a product demonstration that is so
amazing it inspires a generation of
technologists. It will become
known as “the mother of all
demos.”
The presentation included the
debut of the computer mouse,
which Engelbart used to control
an onscreen pointer in exactly the
same way we do today. For a
world used to thinking of
computers as impersonal boxes
that read punched cards, whir
awhile, then spit out reams of
teletype paper, this kind of real-
time graphical control was
amazing enough.
But Engelbart went beyond
merely demonstrating a new input
device — way beyond. His demo
that day in San Francisco’s
Brooks Hall also premiered “what
you see is what you get” editing,
text and graphics displayed on a
single screen, shared-screen
videoconferencing, outlining,
windows, version control, context
-sensitive help and hyperlinks.
Bam!
What’s more, it was likely the
first appearance of computer-
generated slides, complete with
bullet lists and Engelbart reading
aloud every word onscreen.
Fortunately, the proto-PowerPoint
section only made up a small
fraction of his otherwise
understated and impressive tour
de force. And though it took years
for the industry to catch up, many
later computer scientists
acknowledged their debt to
Engelbart.
The demo was the fruit of nearly
10 years’ work into ways that
computers might be used to help
ordinary people work better on
intellectual tasks. And by
“intellectual,” Engelbart wasn’t
thinking of analyzing data on
nuclear fission experiments, he
was thinking of ordinary office
workers whose jobs involved
writing memos, looking up
information, filing things,
communicating with others,
persuading groups of people
through presentations, and
working collaboratively to solve
difficult problems.
While most computer scientists
concentrated on making
computers smart (artificial
intelligence), Engelbart was
interested in how computers could
make humans smarter, or what he
called augmented intelligence.
The initial inspiration for
Engelbart’s life work came in the
mid-1940s, when he was an
electronics technician for the U.S.
Navy. Looking at a radar screen,
and perhaps inspired by Vannevar
Bush’s groundbreaking essay “ As
We May Think,” Engelbart
imagined a radarlike display that
would let people manipulate
symbols and concepts instead of
merely monitoring bogies and
blips.
At the Stanford Research
Institute, a think-tank–research-
lab offshoot of Stanford
University, Engelbart was finally
able to set up a lab, the
Augmentation Research Center, to
develop his ideas on computer-
assisted intelligence.
By 1968, the lab had developed a
Culture/ 31
display, a mouse and a strange
five-key “chord key set” for
operators to enter commands. The
SRI team ate their own dog food,
too: They used NLS for their daily
work, including using it to write
and organize the code that ran
NLS itself.
NLS was more difficult to learn
than today’s graphical user
interfaces, but for an adept user it
was remarkably fast and efficient.
Watching the film of Engelbart’s
demo, even a modern-day
computer user might feel envious
at the speed and ease with which
he moved words, sentences and
outline headings on the page.
Helping Engelbart make the
demo a success was a team of
engineers back at SRI
headquarters in Menlo Park. The
computers were connected to
Brooks Hall with a microwave
link and two high-speed 1,200-
baud modem lines (which were
capable of not quite 1,200 bits per
second, or about 0.3 percent the
speed of a modern DSL line).
A young Stewart Brand — who
would shortly launch The Whole
Earth Catalog— operated one of
the cameras in Menlo Park.
Brand, along with others, would
later take Engelbart’s ideas about
computers, add a dose of
complete system, which the psychedelia and populism, and
r e s e a r c h e r s c a l l e d N L S ( a kick off the personal computer
somewhat oblique abbreviation revolution in earnest.
for oNLine System). The system Engelbart’s career never again hit
included an SDS 940 mainframe quite such a high note, and his
computer with 12 time-sharing ambitious visions for computer-
terminals — each of which had a
keyboard, a cathode-ray–tube DEC. page 32
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Carey Mulligan Shares on Hair, Shia, 5 Lost Cities

(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
and Feeling Sexy in Elle UK Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:00:56 AM
anthropology at Vanderbilt
University [source: Wernke].
Ironically, the lost cities that have
Allie Merriam (PopSugar) I've always felt absurd wearing Botox: Our d-ay-to-day lives can often left some of the heaviest imprints
Submitted at 12/9/2010 7:45:00 AM anything revealing. I've always "I said, 'I have some lines here be prett-y monotonous. So it's no on popular culture are the ones
felt different here [in Hollywood]. under my eye and they're wonder that many of us find lost that may not have even existed.
Carey Mulligan scored the cover I r e m e m b e r g o i n g u p f o r annoying, what can you do?' He cities to be fascinating examples This is probably because we
of Elle UK's January 2011 issue, auditions, walking into rooms of looked at my face and said, 'We'll of mystery, adventure and associate them with ideas of
which is on newsstands now! The girls in denim minis, with cut-off just drop some Botox in here, and sometimes fantasy. Whether these fantastic wealth, enlightenment
actress has been busy wrapping tank tops, tanned legs, long hair here . . .' I said, 'What the f***? places have been made and prosperity.
up the current year with award and manicures, thinking, 'Erm . . . I'm only 25; are you joking?' So I inaccessible by natural disaster, There are legends and ruins of
shows in both the US and the UK, '. But it never made me feel bad. can't move my face? Isn't that, devastated by war or fabricated dozens of lost cities around the
but she found a minute to break I've never felt pressure to look well, the antithesis of what I'm entirely, lost cities have sparked world. HowStuffWorks has
from the jet-setting to chat about like that." trying to do as an actress? Only in the imaginations of millions of compiled a list of five historically
her short hair, her ex-boyfriend • On having to lose weight for a LA would someone try and give would-be anthropologists and significant cities whose stories run
Shia LaBeouf, and the pressure to role:"Weetabix for breakfast, soup you Botox when you're 25 years treasure-seekers around the world. the gamut from conflict and
be beautiful in Hollywood. Carey for lunch and salad for dinner. old."• On meeting Warren What exactly is a lost city? Well, devastation to prosperity and
said: 'No, I will not have that glass of Beatty:"Walking along the beach the criteria are pretty loose. In intrigue.
wine! Put that pizza away!' It was at Malibu, with him telling me some instances, the city was This entry passed through the
• On meeting Shia:"I always not fun. I look back and it's really, crazy stories about Marilyn buried or destroyed. Many of the Full-Text RSS service — if this is
wanted to work with him, above r e a l l y n o t w o r t h d e p r i v i n g Monroe and Natalie Wood. Once cities we commonly think of as your content and you're reading it
a n d b e y o n d a n y t h i n g e l s e , yourself. I was very thin at the you meet him your entire day is lost weren't technically lost -- they on someone else's site, please read
because I thought he was so beginning of An Education and I Warren. The first time we met I were simply unknown to the our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
a m a z i n g i n A G u i d e t o remember the scene where I'm was really nervous, but we hung Westerners who later content-only/faq.php
Recognizing Your Saints. . . I dancing and you can see my out for seven hours. He's "discovered" them and made them Five Filters featured site: So,
don't want to meet all these spine. Yuck. I would never want fascinating. He's been part of this famous, according to Steven A. Why is Wikileaks a Good Thing
amazing people, that's not the to be so thin that someone would world since before it was celebrity Wernke, assistant professor of Again?.
thrill - I want to work with them." think it was a good idea to be thin, obsessed, since 'famous' had a
• On her short hair:"I hate my and make themselves miserable. I different meaning . . . It's very DEC.
continued from page 31
hair. After An Education, I had a know this sounds wanky, but I equal. He doesn't treat me like a
small part in Michael Mann's film would never want to set a bad young person." assisted collaboration were never his groundbreaking work in
Public Enemies, and he wanted example, basically." • On being competitive:"I'll be in fully realized. While the tech “creating the foundations of
me to dye it white blonde and it agony when I watch The Girl industry enthusiastically adopted personal computing.”
wrecked my hair. Literally, ruined To see what Carey says about With the Dragon Tattoo. . . I the mouse and many other A 2008 event at Stanford
it. It was falling apart, fried. So I getting Botox at 25, spending a auditioned for it, but I didn't get innovations from his lab, few commemorated the 40th
had to cut it off. I cried." day with Warren Beatty, and The the part." people carried forward the idea of anniversary of the historic demo.
• On not feeling sexy:"I've never Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, just making computers tools for Sources: SRI, Stanford
felt like a sexy person . . . I've read more. collaborative problem-solving. University, Douglas Engelbart
always felt like a sensible person. • On someone offering her Now 85 years old, Engelbart is Photo: Engineer Douglas
still committed to his program— Engelbart is the acknowledged
and uses a version of NLS on his father of the “mother of all
computer at home. demos.”
President Bill Clinton honored Courtesy SRI
Engelbart in 2000 with the DEC. page 33
National Medal of Technology for
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Britney Spears Takes Her
Cart From Walmart to J.
Crew
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 8:45:00 AM
Britney Spears kept her holiday
shopping going in LA yesterday
with a stop by the Westfield Mall,
where she picked up a few things
at J. Crew. The pop star has been
all about hitting the stores since
returning from her birthday
getaway to Mexico, and she
kicked things off with a trip to
Walmart to buy a tree earlier this
week. There was also time to fit in
some work, including a Mario
Testino photo shoot and a visit to
the recording studio, as Brit wraps
up 2010 and looks forward to
another great year.
DEC.
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Ian Somerhalder, Katy Perry, Gwen Slander
Stefani and More in This Week's Fun E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New
and Funny Celebrity Twitter Pictures! Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 12/8/2010 11:00:00 PM
Katie Henry (PopSugar)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:15:00 AM WASHINGTON—What does
President Obama think of those
It was a busy week for celebrities who fought and bled to pass his
on Twitter as the stars shared bills in Congress (in some cases
exciting holiday photos from losing in this year's election for
work and play. Ian Somerhalder their pains) while also defending
visited The Tonight Show while him against wild charges from the
No Doubt saluted Paul McCartney right wing? Are they among the
at the Kennedy Center Honors. birthday. Don't forget to follow liberals he described as
Kathy Griffin and Katy Perry PopSugar on Twitter for all the "sanctimonious" who long for the
teamed up to perform for the latest celeb news and photos!
troops and Jenna Dewan got a View Slideshow › SLANDER page 34
special surprise on her 30th
To see more Brit, just read more.
'Cougar Town' Moment: Ellie and
View 10 Photos ›
Grayson Exchange Dirt on Each Other
(VIDEO)
Joel Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 5:30:00 AM
content-only/faq.php
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Again?. 'Cougar Town' decided to
dispense with the usual Christmas
-themed episode in favor of one
that had much more meaning
within the context of the series.
We had some interesting moments Bobby's changed in the last year Ellie is capable of almost pure
in the Laurie/Travis friendship, and a half. If it took the sinking of evil, but I never thought Grayson
and a really heartwarming story the Jealous Much? to accomplish could be equally sneaky,
about Bobby's evolution since the that, then so be it. unfeeling, and nefarious.
series began. Brian Van Holt But what intrigued me the most Permalink| Email this| Linking
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"satisfaction of having a purist
position and no victories for the
American people"?
Obama's comments make you
wonder: Who does he think he
can count on when conservatives
try to repeal the health care law,
force cuts in programs he
supports, investigate his
administration down to the last
pencil, and continue to denounce
him as an un-American socialist?
A senior Obama lieutenant
insisted that the president wasn't
attacking liberals. He was
responding only to those
condemning him as a "sellout" for
a tax deal that achieves many
progressive goals, at the cost of
extending tax cuts for the wealthy
and egregiously conceding
billions to very rich people who
inherit large estates.
Yet simultaneously, the White
House was also sending out
signals that it was consciously
casting the president as a centrist
problem-solver in a new iteration
of Bill Clinton's old
"triangulation" strategy.
This would suggest that Obama is
perfectly happy to see liberals
publicly furious, and happier still
that some right-wing Republican
politicians and groups, notably
Sen. Jim DeMint of South
Carolina and the Club for Growth,
came out against the tax deal, too.
There's nothing like occupying the
lofty heights of moderation,
especially where Washington
conventional wisdom is
concerned.
What's most striking about
Obama's deal with Senate
Republican leader Mitch
McConnell is the extent to which
it only reinforces Obama's image
as an inside technocratic deal-
maker. It turns out he will
negotiate with anyone to get what
seems sensible to him.
The problem is that this approach
shortchanges the need to carry on
a sustained argument on behalf of
his overall objectives and rejects
the idea that some "fights," a word
Obama uses with disdain (except,
perhaps, when he's criticizing
liberals), are instructive and can
help accomplish change over the
long term.
In the short term, Obama did get
more than most liberals expected.
It is good news that he's focused
on the need to give the economy
another jolt, even if some of the
measures the accord includes are
not very stimulative.
The rest of the package delivers
tangible benefits to the
unemployed and to lower- and
middle-income taxpayers. For
roughly $100 billion to the rich,
Obama got $197 billion in
benefits he sought for the non-
rich, $146 billion in business tax
cuts to push job creation, plus an
extension of the $280 billion
middle-class tax cut. Many
Democrats insist the Republicans
would have eventually given in on
relief for the middle class; the
administration is not so sure.
These substantial concessions
have led many liberal policy
leaders—among them, Bob
Greenstein of the Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities, John
Podesta of the Center for
American Progress and Larry
Mishel of the Economic Policy
Institute—to support the deal,
partly on the theory that any next
deal would be worse. Other
liberals would go along if the
estate tax cut could be made less
munificent.
And at least these negotiations
have had the benefit of proving
conclusively that the only people
for whom conservative
Republicans will go to the mat are
the country's best-off
citizens—and deficits be damned.
But in the long run, is Obama
capable of winning the future
battles with the Republicans that
this temporary agreement sets up?
By expanding the deficit, it will
make it easier for the Republicans
to push sharp cuts in all manner of
domestic programs, including
Medicare and Social Security.
This accord will not stop
Republicans from expounding
regularly on "the Obama deficit,"
or from trying to box him in again
on the tax cuts.
One House Democrat, who
because he respects Obama asked
not to be named, offered an
unexpected case for the package
that tells the president how much
ground he has to make up with
those who were once his most
fervent supporters.
"If I thought they were ready to
go 12 rounds on this next year, I'd
kill it in a heartbeat," he said of
the administration. "But if they're
going to keep leaving the ring
after the first punch, this is the
best alternative we've got to keep
this recovery going and helping
those who are hurting the most."
There was no sanctimony or
purism here, just a sober and
melancholy realism.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
the recently published Souled
Out: Reclaiming Faith and
Politics After the Religious Right.
He is a Washington Post
columnist, a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution, and a
professor at Georgetown
University.
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Writers Group
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'Entourage' Movie: Will
Vinnie Chase and the
Boys Finally Grow Up?
Chris Jordan (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 7:00:00 AM
Filed under: TV News'Entourage
of a Certain Age,' anyone?
According to executive producer
Mark Wahlberg, if the HBO
comedy movies to the big screen,
it would follow movie star
Vincent Chase and his friends as
they get older ... and perhaps even
wiser.
Wahlberg, while promoting his
new movie'The Fighter,' told
Entertainment Weekly,"There are
places to go. I'm still here all these
years later, aren't I? My story
didn't end in my 20s."
The show still has one season left
to air, so a big-screen version
wouldn't happen until after the
summer 2011 season. And while
the possibility of a movie exists,
"we won't make it if we don't have
a good script," Wahlberg said.
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Kurt Sutter Previews What's Next for Sons of

Anarchy
Carita Rizzo (TVGuide.com: think it's important for Clay to
Breaking News) maintain that relationship with
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:00:00 PM Charming. So it will be interesting

Charlie Hunnam
to see how he deals with that this
season.
See C. Viper and
The third season of Sons of
Anarchy saw the motorcycle gang
TV Guide Magazine: I assume Storm in Marvel
there will be another
travel to Ireland and back, and confrontation between Clay and vs. Capcom 3
ended with many of them going to Jax at some point. JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
prison. But while Jax ( Charlie Sutter: At some point. I think it's
Hunnam) and Clay ( Ron interesting that we opened those Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:50:00 PM

Perlman) patch up their wounds up in Season 2 and then

Do you know what happens to a
relationship in jail, Tara finds out let them heal over in Season 3. I
Viper when it's struck by
that Jax's deceased father and think one of the most powerful
lightning? You'll find out in
former leader of the motorcycle moments of the season for people
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of
club feared that he would be was in the finale when Clay says
Two Worlds. GameSpot got the
killed by Clay and Gemma. We to jax, 'I love you, son.' In contrast
exclusive on two new characters
asked SOA creator Kurt Sutter to what was going on last season,
Capcom is letting loose on the
about where he wants to take the mythology, I love the whole IRA Sutter: I think ultimately there's a and I think there's almost a greater
crossover fighter: X-Men's Storm
fourth season, and when viewers connection and the thematic lot more progress in the town with sense of betrayal when those
and Crimson Viper from Street
can expect the crap to hit the fan. weight of that. I'm a history guy, Hale now becoming mayor there'll w o u n d s h e a l o v e r a n d y o u
Fighter IV. Check out video
TV Guide Magazine: What was so there's a part of me that was be a lot more development in the ultimately rip the scab off again.
introductions for both characters
the feedback you got for the third digging on that. town. All the things they've been TV Guide Magazine: But you're
TV Guide Magazine: Where do trying to avoid for years will not in a hurry. after the break, along with some
season?
fight footage.
Sutter: It's been primarily good. you see the fourth season going? ultimately start to creep in. If they Sutter: I've got seven seasons
This is exciting in itself, but it
It's always a risk when you take Do you see more focus being can't keep Charming contained before the clock runs out on the
also provides further evidence that
your guys out of their main placed on what happened to John? anymore, how do they deal with show, so not yet, no.
the unverified roster we received
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is on the right track, since both of
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Rescue Me's Peter Tolan: The Hollywood Foreign

Press Association Is a "Bunch of Whores"
Joyce Eng (TVGuide.com: Fellow FX showrunner Kurt
Breaking News) Sutter( Sons of Anarchy) — who
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:07:00 PM has made no secret of his disdain
for the TV academy after the
Peter Tolan motorcycle drama and his wife
How do you really feel about the
Golden Globes, Peter Tolan?
Katey Sagal were snubbed this
year — echoed Tolan's sentiments
Burn Notice
The Rescue Me co-creator and
executive producer didn't mince
at the panel.
Sons of Anarchy creator on Creator
any words when the topic of Emmy snub: "We are the dirty-
awards came up during his
moderation of Wednesday's
faced outlaws"
"We got a [Television Critics
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panel, as he called the Hollywood said. Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:54:00 AM

Foreign Press Association "just a Golden Globe nominations are

group of whores from other Burn Notice
announced Tuesday.
countries." Another explosive season of
What do you think of Tolan's
Check out photos from Rescue the critically acclaimed FX drama process," he said. "It's their job to comments? Burn Notice is about to come to
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Less Jetpacks, More Tentacles

(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:00:00 AM
Industrial Design is probably a
pretty tough field to break into. I
imagine it takes a lot of work and
effort to even get your portfolio
looked at these days, let alone
find a job, especially these days.
So if you're lucky enough to get a
prospective employer to take a
glance at your work, you
definitely want something that's
going to stick in the mind of that
person, you know? Something
that truly stands out.
Like, for instance, a prosthetic
tentacle arm.
Designed for a class project while
getting her degree at Industrial
Design Department at the
University of Washington,
Kaylene Kau has not only
exploded perceptions of how
prosthetic arms should look, but
sent an entire subset of Japanese
Hentai fans to the feet cheering to
her on. If that's not worth an
employer's attention, I don't know
what is. Good luck designing the
future, Kaylene!
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Hitmakers Luncheon on
December 8. "One is really a
battle for Michael's soul. And the
finale, I think, is our most action
packed and romantic episode yet."
For fans wanting closure, that's
exactly what they're going to get.
"[The finale] focuses both on
resolving all of the major conflicts
through the season in a very
climactic and big way, but also
really getting into Michael and
Fiona's relationship in a very
serious way," says Nix.
"Hopefully America likes it as
much as I do, I get chills every
time I watch it."
While he will hopefully leave
fans wanting more dangerous
escapades from Michael, ( Jeffrey
Donovan), Fiona ( Gabrielle
Anwar) and Sam ( Bruce
Campbell), Nix is already
preparing for the prequel that will
feature the adventures of Sam
Axe pre-Michael Westen. "Bruce
Campbell has his own big fan
base from his Evil Dead-movies
and also other movies he's done
over the years, so realizing that
we have the opportunity to do
something that is simultaneously
aimed at fans of Bruce Campbell
and fans of Burn Notice was
something that I kicked around in
the first season," he says. "Bruce
was into it, Jeffrey wanted to
direct it and it all came together in
a nice way and has evolved into
something that I think is going to
be a fun lead-in to season 5."
As for topping himself in Season
5 on the action front? No need to
worry. Nix has already figured it
out. "Next year we are going to
have to do a tank battle in the
middle of Miami," he jokes.
"There is nothing else we could
do. We know it. We're raising the
funds now."
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John 15:5,8 (12-09-10)
(Verse of the Day) reminded us that if we will obey
him, he will come and live in us
Submitted at 12/9/2010 2:00:00 AM
and will reveal himself to us. So
[Jesus said,] "I am the vine; you as we obey him, we know him
are the branches. If a man remains better. His life becomes real in us.
in me and I in him, he will bear My Prayer... Precious Lord, I
much fruit; apart from me you can want to obey your word, your
do nothing. ... This is to my will, and your example. I want to
Father's glory, that you bear much obey you to honor you, to love
fruit, showing yourselves to be you, and to know you. So please,
my disciples." help me better come to know you
— John 15:5,8(NIV) Thoughts on as I more closely walk in your
Today's Verse... We take on Jesus' steps. Help me to know what it
character (bear fruit) by remaining means to live your life in my
intimately connected to him. The world. Because of Jesus' mighty
distance between heaven and name I pray and thank him as my
earth is not so great when heaven Lord. Amen.
lives within us. In John 14, Jesus

News Roundup: Ed O'Neill Denies Dissing Jane

Lynch, MTV's 'Inbetweeners' Cast and More
Jean Bentley (TV Squad) that part. [Sue Sylvester] is just a o. Actress Phyllis Frelich will
one-note character." stop by 'CSI' in a February
What's On Tonight:
Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:00:00 AM
However, the actor told episode. The Tony winner will 'Bones,' 'Big Bang
Filed under: TV News'Modern Entertainment Weekly, "I never play Grissom's mother, a Theory,' 'Burn Notice,'
Family' patriarch Ed O'Neill said said those words and transcripts professor at a school for the deaf. Two Barbara Walters
he was misquoted in a recent of the press conference attest to [ EW]
article that alleged he didn't think that fact. ... I absolutely never o. Could Paul McCartney pay Specials
Jane Lynch deserved her Emmy said, nor do I believe that Jane -- tribute to John Lennon on Rich Keller (TV Squad)
for playing Sue Sylvester on the whom I think is an enormous 'Saturday Night Live' this week? Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:30:00 AM
Fox hit 'Glee.' talent -- was undeserving of the Yesterday marked the 30th
A TV Guide Canada story earlier award." anniversary of the former Beatle's Filed under: TV Previews Here's
this week quoted O'Neill as In other TV news ... death. [ The Wrap] tonight's lineup of new shows and
saying "I love Jane, honestly I do. o. As MTV's 'Skins' adaptation Permalink| Email this| Linking events (all times Eastern). Check
I'm dying to star in one of readies for its Jan. 17 premiere, Pearlman and Mark L. Young will Blogs| Comments your local TV listings for
Christopher Guest's movies the lineup of its 'Inbetweeners' play the misfit high schoolers, additional information.
alongside her, but I don't think she remake is coming together. Joey while Taika Waititi will direct the WHAT'S page 38
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* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale
# = New Day/Time
8:00 to 9:00
ABC:'Shrek the Halls' and'Disney
Prep & Landing'
CBS:'The Big Ban Theory' and'$-
-! My Dad Says'
CW:'The Vampire Diaries'
FOX:'Bones'
NBC:'Community' and'30 Rock'
PBS:'This Old House Hour'
ABC Family:'Santa Claus is
Comin' to Town'
Animal Planet:'Rocky Mountain
Gators'
BET:'Beyonce Concert'-- (90
minutes)
Discovery:'Brew Masters'
Skil Tool Set
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The Right Tools For The Job
Just because you haven’t seen
your father in over thirty years
doesn’t mean he shouldn’t get a
little something for Christmas.
You know, when you really think
about it, it took a lot of guts for
him to own up to faking his own
death in an attempt to shirk his
duties as a father and husband. A
lesser man wouldn’t even bother
picking up the phone to ask you
to meet him at a small bar on the
east side of town to apologize
two months ago. He took that
step, though, and reached out to
you for forgiveness and a couple
hundred bucks to help get his car
out of impound. You have to
admit, that’s pretty brave.
DisneyXD:'Shake It Up'
HGTV:'My First Place'
Hallmark Channel:'The Santa
Incident'-- (120 minutes) After
Santa's sleigh gets shot down by
Homeland Security, a nurse helps
to get his toy workshop up an
running again.
NictToon:'Zevo-3'-- Two
episodes
TLC:'Police Women of Dallas'
The rest of the schedule and the
late night talk shows after the
jump.
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And, really, can you blame him
for taking off? He’d just lost his
job, after all. How was he going
to pay off all those gambling
debts your mother never knew
about, let alone the bills?
Speaking of your mother, she
never did treat him with any
respect, especially after the first
four times she caught him with
hookers. Don’t forget your
incessant whining about wanting
toys or food or a bath in warm
water, either. In a way, his paying
off a local theatre troupe to
murder him right in front of you
and then whisk his “body” away
in an unmarked white van while
you stood in that toy store parking
lot screaming was completely
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New camcorder Ratings: 3D, Wi-Fi,
and swiveling lenses
Terry Sullivan (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 8:48:42 AM
New camcorder Ratings: 3D, Wi-
Fi, and swiveling lenses
Panasonic HDC-SDT750
Photo: Panasonic
This year, we've seen many new,
intriguing features packed into
camcorders—from those at the
high end, like the Sony NEX-
VG10, $2000, which can accept
interchangeable SLR lenses, to
those at the entry-level, like the
Panasonic HM-TA1, $165, which
can double as a webcam for your
computer. So if you're looking for
a camcorder to give as a holiday
gift and need help choosing the
right type, be it a full-size HD or
SD model, or a smaller pocket
model, you're in luck: We've
updated all our camcorders
Ratings with new models,
including the two I just
mentioned.
Here are some standouts from our
new Ratings:
The first consumer-level 3D
camcorder. Panasonic has been
betting big on 3D this year by
including such features in some of
their HDTVs. So it wasn't
surprising when they introduced
the Panasonic HDC-
SDT750(pictured at right), $1400,
an HD camcorder with 3D
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lens. Our new Ratings also
include some intriguing pocket
camcorders, which are very easy
to use and are the least costly
camcorders available. And more
of them are shipping with some
interesting features. For example,
the Samsung HMX-E10, $150,
includes a non-zoom lens that can
capabilities. Yes, it's pricey, but swivel 270 degrees, handy for
it's packed with features. And the shooting a self-portrait video. But
HDC-SDT750 doesn't force you like most pocket cams, it doesn't
to shoot only 3D video: It comes have an optical zoom.
with a 3D accessory that fits over You can check out exactly how
the 12x optical zoom lens, which well the latest models fared on our
means you can switch between Ratings pages (available to
shooting 3D and 2D quickly and subscribers). And check out our
easily. Here's another nice feature: v i d e o b u y e r ' s g u i d e f o r
It includes an electronic camcorders.
v i e w f i n d e r , w h i c h m o s t —Terry Sullivan Next Steps
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experimented with wireless • Camcorder Brands
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seeing any camcorders with compare all Camcorder Ratings.
comparable features. This year, Recommended Camcorders Look
Samsung introduced three HD at the ones that we chose as the
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warranted. Totally.
But now he’s back! And he’s
changed! He’s said he’s changed,
anyway, and why shouldn’t you
believe him? He’s your father,
after all! It’s been great having
the father figure your therapist has
always said you needed
desperately back in your life,
hasn’t it? Like when you two
were going to go to the ball game
but you ended up just bailing him
out of jail. Or when he said he
was going to come to
Thanksgiving dinner but you had
to deliver $1200 dollars to a
bookie named Sven by 12 noon or
he would lose the use of his legs.
So many new memories!
So this being the first Christmas
after his return, don’t you think
you should give him a little
something to say “thanks for
coming out of hiding”? One of
these eight Skil Tool Sets should
do the trick, especially with most
of your money going to help pay
for his attorney. What dad
doesn’t like tools? Surely he
could use a new screwdriver,
multi-tool, or belt set. It’ll be your
special way of showing him you
support him in “fixing” his life.
You should say it just like that
when he opens his gift, too.
That’ll give him a giggle.
Warranty: 1 Year Skil
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Skil 009-158-SKL 23-Piece 1/4”
Driver Set:
• A great set that features most
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wide-ranging of uses
• Stay organized with the sturdy
plastic carrying case
• TRP comfort-grip handle
Package Contents:
• (1) Ratchet
• (1) 1" Socket extension bar
• (9) Sockets ranging from 5/32”
– 1/2”
• (12) Assorted Philips, Flathead,
Star and Hex Bits
Additional Photos:
• 1/4" Driver with Socket, Bit and
Extension
• Packaging
========================
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Skil 006-013-SKIL 52-Piece
Ratcheting Screwdriver Set:
• Includes (2) ratcheting
screwdrivers and two sets of (20)
assorted bits
• Keep one in the garage and one
in your kitchen
• Store up to (6) bits in each of
the screwdrivers
• Compact, 3-position, ratcheting
pivot head driver
• Perfect for hard to reach areas
• Easy grip handle
Package Contents:
• (2) Drivers
• (2) Sets of (20) assorted Philips,
Flathead, Star and Hex Bits (40
total)
• (2) 3” Extension bars
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• Two Screwdrivers, Bits and
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Skil 009-172-Skil 18-Piece Belt
Clip Screwdriver Set:
• A handy, lightweight and
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can take anywhere you go
• Includes a screwdriver, bits,
measuring tape and a convenient
carrying case with a belt clip
Package Contents:
• (1) Screwdriver
• (16) Assorted Philips, Flathead,
Star and Hex Bits
• (1) 3ft. tape measure
• (1) Durable hard storage case
with belt clip
Additional Photos:
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• Screwdriver with Bit and
Measuring Tape
• Packaging
========================
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Skil 010-013-SKL 20-Piece
Ratcheting Palm Driver Set:
• Convenient design allows for
ease of use
• Hold the driver in your palm
and attach a socket or bit and you
are ready to work
• Includes a durable carrying case
to take your tools with you in an
organized set
Package Contents:
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• (1) Palm driver
• (8) Sockets ranging from 4mm • T-handle helps provide more
to 12mm torque than a regular screwdriver
• (10) Assorted Philips, Flathead in tight-working environments
and Star Bits • Dual-size bit holder for use with
• (1) 2.5” Socket extender precision and regular sized bits
• Extention bar can adjust from
Additional Photos: 1.5” to 4” in length
• Palm Driver, Bit, Socket and
Extension Package Contents:
• Palm Driver with Socket • (1) Mini T-Handle
Attached • (1) Double Side Precision Bit: (-
• Packaging ) - 1/8”, PH 0
• (1) Double Side Side 1” Bits: (+)
======================== - #2, 1/4”
======================== • (1) 4" Extension bar
========
Skil 009-156-SKL 22-Piece Additional Photos:
Precision Screwdriver Set: • Mini T-Handle with Extension
Bar and Bit Attached
• Ideal tool set for jobs that • Top of Mini T-Handle with
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including: fixing eyeglasses, • Packaging
making jewelry, changing small
toys' batteries… ========================
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blades and fits easily in the plastic ========
storage case Skil 009-154-SKL 20-Piece 1/4"
Driver Set:
Package Contents:
• (1) Screwdriver handle • Great tool set for around-the-
• (20) Assorted Precision Philips, house projects
Flathead, Star and Hex Bits • Includes a durable carrying case
• (1) 4” Extension that will keep your sockets and
bits organized
Additional Photos:
• Precision Screwdriver and Package Contents:
Three Bits • (1) Ratchet
• Packaging • (8) Sockets ranging from 4mm
to 12mm
======================== • (10) Assorted Philips, Flathead,
======================== and Star Bits
======== • (1) 1” Socket Extender
Skil 010-021-SKL 4-Piece Mini SKIL page 41
T-Handle Set:
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Is car safety color blind?
Consumer Reports on Safety
(Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 8:49:44 AM
Is car safety color blind?
We’re not exactly a fashion blog,
but we couldn’t help noticing the
results of DuPont’s annual car
color report highlighting color
popularity around the globe.
In the United States and Canada,
white/pearl stayed on top, but
black edged out silver, which used
to be the most popular color
around the world. Those results
combine passenger cars and
commercial vehicles.
So it got us thinking...are any of
those colors safer than the others?
It turns out that it’s not an easy
question to answer, as there’s a
rainbow of factors to consider.
One study of cars in Auckland,
New Zealand, published in the
British Medical Journal(free
registration required) in 2003 says
that “silver cars were about 50%
less likely to be involved in a
crash resulting in serious injury
than white cars.” In a follow-up
online discussion, the authors
responded to some complaints
about the validity of the study,
given that it was done in a single
location. “There is no snow in
Auckland in winter, and snow
may influence the visibility of
silver cars, which may make a
difference to the ‘safety’.” They
also said, “We would expect that
the lightness or darkness of the
colour (i.e., how it would appear
in a black and white photocopy)
would be more important than the
actual hue.”
A report from the AAA
Foundation(PDF) in 2004 states
that just because a color is more
visible doesn’t necessarily mean
it’s involved in fewer crashes.
“The relationship between car
color and safety is complex.
Background color (trees, desert,
etc.), weather conditions (rain,
fog, snow), and daylight have a
profound effect on conspicuity.”
And a 28 pager from the Monash
University Accident Research
Centre(PDF) in Victoria,
Australia concluded that
“Compared with white vehicles, a
number of colours were
associated with higher crash risk.
These colours are generally those
lower on the visibility index and
include black, blue, grey, green,
red and silver...The association
between vehicle colour and crash
risk was strongest during daylight
hours where relative crash risks
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and helmet) can help one to stand
out from the background and
traffic. A bright colored car, one
that contrasts with the
surroundings, might be worth
considering over a flat black or
textured asphalt grey. Kinect Hacks: MIT gets
Although the most visible car
would seem to be the safest, Minority Report UI to
were higher for the colours listed whichever car you’re driving, you work, look at those
compared to white by up to are the biggest factor in getting fingers go!
around 10%.” safely from point A to point B.
Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
W e w o u l d a d d t h a t e v e n So:
considering accident frequency by Don’t drive distracted. Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:14:00 PM
color doesn’t necessarily factor in Be proactive: Turn your
A full Minority Report interface
d e m o g r a p h i c s a n d d r i v i n g headlights on at dusk and dawn
is one of the endgame dreams of
behavior. Drivers of red cars may and when it’s foggy, raining, or
Kinect hackers. We've seen plenty
have different personalities than snowing; keep a close watch on
of brilliant Kinect hacks so far,
drivers of beige cars, for instance. what the cars around you are
but this latest one by members of
So, it would seem that you can let doing; wear your seatbelt.
the MIT Computer Science and
way more important factors Stay alert and awake.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
govern your color decision, like Check out our Guide to Car
is the closest thing we've seen to
how well the hue coordinates with Safety for a rundown of safety
the dream.
your house when your car is f e a t u r e s a s w e l l a s s a f e t y
resources and videos. The hack uses several
parked in the driveway.
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something cool, go past the break.
motorcycle studies, bright
Continue reading Kinect Hacks:
coloring (in that case, for jacket
MIT gets Minority Report UI to
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your tools on the go • Multi-Tool (Socket Attached)

Additional Photos: • Kit measures 6" x 6" x 1” • Multi-Tool with Components
• 1/4" Driver with Bit, Sockets overall Displayed
and Extension • Package Contents
• Packaging Package Contents: • Package Contents in Nylon
• (1) Multi-tool Carrying Pouch
======================== • (41) Assorted Philips, Flathead, • Nylon Carrying Pouch
======================== Star and Hex Bits Costume Quest's
======== • (7) SAE socket bits ranging ========================
Skil 007-550-SKL 60-Piece from 1/4” – 1/2” ======================== 'Grubbins on Ice'
Multi-Tool Set: • (7) Metric socket bits ranging ========
from 6mm – 12mm In the box: on PSN Dec. 21
• All-in-one multi-tool kit that • (1) Socket extension adapter
stows neatly in the included nylon • (1) Bit extension adapter
• (1) Skil Tool Set ( You choose
the set)
Tide aims to JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:45:00 AM
carrying pouch • (1) Short adapter
• Multi-tool components include: • (1) Black nylon carrying pouch
2” Straight Blade, 2” Serrated
Discuss this product
Price: $2.99
clean up in PS3 owners won't have to wait
long to get their Grubbin hands on
Blade, Pliers, Nut Driver, Ruler, 2 Additional Photos:
-Sided File/Chisel, and Awl • Multi-Tool dry cleaning some new Costume Quest DLC. "
Grubbins on Ice," the winter-
• Includes a belt-loop on the • Multi-Tool Socket Attachment Consumer
Tide aimsReports
to page
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clean42up in dry themed content released on Xbox
nylon carrying pouch to wear Hole Blog (Consumer Reports)
cleaning Live yesterday, will make its way
to PSN on December 21. That's
Cold front: Is your home ready for winter? still in time for Christmas, for
those of you who want to
Consumer Reports Shopping Here in Yonkers, it's a brisk 27 structures. • Have your chimney inspected reinforce the tradition of playing
Blog (Consumer Reports) degrees F. Luckily, on a milder • Turn off power to outdoor and cleaned. Costume Quest on a holiday.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:05:22 AM day we got a lesson in how to compressor on your central AC. • Skip duct cleaning services. The DLC brings the quest to a
winterize your home from Celia • Cover outdoor furniture. • Check detectors and fire new area, the snowy Repugia,
Cold front: Is your home ready Kupersmid Lehrman, our deputy • Clean out gutters one last time extinguishers. and, more importantly, new
for winter? Home editor. Today seems like a after all the leaves have fallen. costumes including a ziplining
As temperatures in the South go good time to reprise it with this • Wash windows to let the sun in. Subscribe now! pirate, an eyeball costume that can
south the chilly reality of video. Here are the • Check windows and doors for S u b s c r i b e t o zoom out the in-game camera to
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has set in. Temperatures in the unaccustomed to the annual • Review the settings on your Ratings, buying advice and that can shield the party -- and is
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cold winter there, the New York • Move piles of leaves, compost, • Replace furnace filters every Costume Quest's 'Grubbins on
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Tide is a perennial winner in
Consumer Reports' review of
laundry detergents, claiming
several top spots in our Ratings of
conventional and high-efficiency
detergents. Procter & Gamble,
which makes Tide along with a
bundle of other consumer goods,
hopes that success will translate to
dry cleaning.
The Cincinnati, Ohio-based
multinational has already opened
five Tide Dry Cleaners in Kansas
and Ohio, and now plans to
expand to a dozen more markets,
reports the New York Times.
These mega-outposts are a far cry
from your mom-and-pop dry
Lisa Howe's End as College's Coach Raises Storm
Over Same-Sex Rights
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 7:03:00 AM
Lisa Howe isn't saying whether
she was forced out of her job as
Belmont University women's
soccer coach because she told her
team she was expecting a child
with her same-sex partner, but
that hasn't stopped an avalanche
of support for her.
A crowd that included former
players gathered Wednesday to
protest the departure of Howe
from the private Christian
cleaner, spanning a few thousand
square feet, with drive-through
service, lockers for around-the-
clock drop-off, and employees
decked out in iconic Tide-orange
golf shirts.
Even with its corporate might and
the legacy of the Tide brand, P&G
is taking a bit of a gamble here.
Dry cleaning remains a multi-
billion dollar industry, but the
recession and continued trend for
casual workwear are taking a toll.
Plus dry cleaning is a notoriously
tricky business, with customer
loyalty not what it is in other
sectors of the service industry.
Still, Tide thinks it can attract a
university. Mike Curb, a music
industry executive who is also a
major donor to the school and a
trustee emeritus, called on the
school to rehire Howe and "act
like Christians."
"Belmont has to decide whether
they want to be a national
recognized university --
particularly with their school of
music business -- or they want to
be a church," Curb said. After
refusing to comment more in
order to allow the school to rectify
the situation, Curb said: "I
promise you if the matter is not
steady flow of customers and
keep them coming back. As proof,
it points to its pilot store outside
of Kansas City, which piled up $1
million in annual sales, or four
times the industry average.
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Urban Meyer stepping down at Florida Gators

ESPN.com news services better husband and father. like Urban Meyer suddenly step 34-9 4-4 Home W-L 32-2 4-3
(ESPN.com) "At the end of the day, I'm very away from good situations. With powered by
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:37:35 AM convinced that you're going to be great success comes greater "The world of college football
judged on how you are as a pressure. will miss Urban," said former
Updated: December 9, 2010, husband and as a father and not Meyer said he planned to be USC coach Pete Carroll, who left
11:37 AM ET on how many bowl games we involved in the search, which his job for the NFL's Seattle
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- With his won," Meyer said at a campus could make Whittingham and Seahawks. "He did a great job
wife and two of his three children news conference. Mullen front-runners. coaching at Florida. He had major
sitting a few feet away, Urban "I've not seen my two girls play Whittingham was Meyer's personal issues and health issues a
Meyer didn't have to look very far high school sports. They're both defensive coordinator in Utah, year ago, and I'm sure that he did
to be reminded why he's leaving v e r y t a l e n t e d D i v i s i o n I - A and Mullen served as the everything he could to fight it off.
one of the premier jobs in college volleyball players, so I missed offensive coordinator at Florida. Now he's making decisions that
football. those four years. I missed two Petrino was Foley's second choice are probably exactly what he
It's all about family. More from already with one away at college. behind Meyer in 2004. needs to be doing."
ESPN.com I can't get that time back," he said. "I don't see why it should take that Added former Florida coach and
If this turns out to be Urban Meyer will coach his last game long," Foley said, adding that he current South Carolina coach
Meyer's last hurrah at Florida, for Florida in the Jan. 1 Outback has not contacted anyone. Steve Spurrier: "I believe he will
asks Pat Forde, didn't he just Bowl against Penn State in Meyer's announcement caught coach again someday, but if he
waste the Gators' time this past Tampa. players, fans and the rest of doesn't, he will go down as one of
season? Story The 46-year-old coach led the T h i s t i m e , F o l e y d o e s n ' t college football by surprise. the best coaches in college
If Urban Meyer is indeed done Gators to two national titles but anticipate another change of heart. He called assistant coaches, many football history."
with coaching, his career ranks briefly resigned last December, "He's worked his tail off," Foley of whom were on the road Meyer left open the possibility of
among the best in history, writes citing health concerns. He had said. "You think of what he's recruiting, earlier this week to returning to the sideline but said it
Ivan Maisel. Story been hospitalized with chest pains rebuilt. He built one at Bowling relay the news. Quarterbacks was not going to happen in the
Urban Meyer tried to step away after the Gators lost to Alabama in Green, he built one at Utah, he coach Scot Loeffler told the AP "immediacy."
last season but reversed course the l a s t s e a s o n ' s S o u t h e a s t e r n built one here. It's not just he was "stunned" and that no one He plans to catch his daughters'
next day. Now he has stepped Conference championship game. sacrifices here the last six years. saw this coming. volleyball matches -- his oldest is
down again, and this time you'd "Last year was a knee-jerk That's 10 years of their lives, not "We'll be fine," said Loeffler, a sophomore at Georgia Tech and
have to think it's for good, writes reaction," Meyer said. "This year to mention what he did before that adding that Meyer was planning the other will attend Florida Gulf
Chris Low. Blog was just completely different." as an assistant coach. It's his time to meet with his staff Wednesday Coast next fall -- and catch more
Low: Who's on Florida's short Meyer called Florida athletic to step back and spend time with n i g h t . " I t h a p p e n s i n t h i s of his son's athletic events.
list? director Jeremy Foley on Saturday his family. You're not getting it profession. We're just happy for "There's not a perfect time;
The Gators have a top five to tell him he was contemplating back. I admire him for that." him. He's doing it the right way." however, this is probably about as
recruiting class working, but with retirement. They met Tuesday to Foley said the coaching search Fellow coaches were quick to good a time you can have," Meyer
the sudden resignation of Urban finalize his intentions. will begin immediately and he praise his efforts at Florida. Sub- said.
Meyer, many recruits they are Meyer signed a six-year, $24 hopes to have a new coach before Urban Former Florida quarterback Tim
pursuing are unsure what to do m i l l i o n e x t e n s i o n i n 2 0 0 9 , C h r i s t m a s . A l t h o u g h F o l e y Florida was a staggering 57-10 in Tebow applauded Meyer's
next, writes Corey Long. Story meaning he's walking away from declined to offer names, Utah's Urban Meyer's first five seasons decision.
Meyer resigned from Florida on about $20 million in guaranteed Kyle Whittingham, Mississippi at the helm in the Swamp. This "I respect that Coach Meyer had
Wednesday, stepping down for salary. But Foley did agree to pay State's Dan Mullen and Arkansas' season, Florida lost five games for the courage to make the decision
the second time in less than a Meyer a $1 million retention Bobby Petrino are likely on the the first time since Ron Zook's that was right for himself and his
year. His first attempt, which bonus the coach would have list. Mike & Mike in the Morning last season as coach. family," the Denver Broncos
lasted just a day, was for health received had he been employed ESPN college football analyst Career at Florida'05-09 2010
reasons. This time it's to be a on Jan. 31, 2011. Lou Holtz explains why coaches Overall W-L 57-10 7-5 SEC W-L URBAN page 46
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Sources: New York Yankees add 7th year in offer to Cliff Lee
ESPN.com news services performing six or seven years that we wouldn't for another season for Lee, according to a "I think that's where we are,
(ESPN.com) from now." player," Daniels said the Rangersbaseball official. With the Red waiting to hear back from them.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:38:31 AM Ryan didn't say that seven years "also don't want to do something Sox reportedly coming to terms "We've asked them to give us a
exceeded the Rangers' limit, but that's not in our best interests long
with free-agent outfielder Carl number for Cliff Lee to come to
Updated: December 9, 2010, he did say: "Everything has a term." Crawford, Lee's camp has even the Rangers, what it will take."
12:38 PM ET ceiling that they have to Yankees general manager Brian more leverage to get to $25 Braunecker said Thursday that he
The New York Yankees on understand what it is. And it Cashman said at the winter million per season and possibly didn't appreciate that approach.
Thursday have gone to a seventh doesn't make economic sense after meetings in Florida Wednesday seven years. The Yankees had "We have no interest in
year on their offer to Cliff Lee, a certain threshold." that the team had made a formal been hesitant to offer Lee seven participating in the
s o u r c e s t o l d E S P N T h e Ryan was asked to gauge his offer to Lee, but Thursday years. unconventional negotiating style
Magazine's Buster Olney and team's chances in light of the wouldn't reveal details of the "You scratch your head with some the club has requested,"
ESPNNewYork.com's Andrew latest development. Yankees' plans. of the contracts we're giving out Braunecker told ESPN.com. "For
Marchand. "Well, you know, if the reports "We will do what makes sense for this week," Ryan said. the player to submit an offer to
Sources told ESPNNewYork.com that are coming out are true, us," Cashman said, adding that he Lee remains the Yankees' No. 1 the club ... that's not the way the
and ESPN.com that the original obviously that makes it more had spoken to Yankees managing target. On Wednesday, Yankees process works."
offer to Lee was for six years and challenging for us," he said, partner Hal Steinbrenner manager Joe Girardi called him The Los Angeles Angels also
$140 million. Another source adding that he hoped to meet with Wednesday night. Cashman said the "complete package." have reached out to
b r i e f e d o n t h e t a l k s t o l d Lee's representatives Thursday. he was leaving the winter "Cliff Lee has been the prize of representatives for the free-agent
ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick that That meeting appears to be meetings and had no plans to this offseason and we will left-hander, a source told
the new offer is for less than the happening in Arkansas. The make a detour to Arkansas to visit
continue to pursue him," Girardi Crasnick.
average ($23.3 million per year) Rangers will send a contingent of Lee and his agent, Darek said. Earlier Wednesday, Braunecker
of the original six-year offer. owner Chuck Greenberg and Braunecker. He said he is more Braunecker said Wednesday that said his group knew more than it
SI.com first reported that the assitant general manager Thad than willing to meet with Lee one club is no longer involved in did Tuesday in terms of
Yankees added a seventh year to Levine to Little Rock Thursday to again, if necessary. Cliff Lee#33the Lee sweepstakes. He wouldn't negotiations involving Lee.
their offer. Mike & Mike in the meet with Lee. It will be the SP say which team had been "We've eliminated a club and
Morning team's third trip to Arkansas to Texas Rangers eliminated. However, it's not the have zeroed in on a few things,"
Texas Rangers president Nolan court the free agent. 2010 STATS Rangers, who met with Braunecker said.
Ryan responds to the news that Appearing on the "Ben and Skin • GM 28 Braunecker for about 30 minutes Information from ESPN The
the Yankees increased their offer Show" on ESPN Radio in Dallas, • W 12 Wednesday. Magazine's Buster Olney,
to Cliff Lee to 7 years. Ryan says Rangers general manager Jon • L9 Ryan told ESPNDallas.com on ESPN.com's Jayson Stark and
it's hard to predict the negotiations Daniels would not say whether • BB 18 Wednesday night that the Rangers J e r r y C r a s n i c k ,
but if that offer is real it will make the Greenberg and Levine were • K 185 have asked Braunecker to let them ESPNNewYork.com's Andrew
it more challenging for the going to present Lee with a seven- • ERA 3.18 know what it will take to sign Marchand and ESPNDallas.com's
Rangers to sign Lee. year offer. Lee. Ryan had expected it to take Richard Durrett was used in this
Texas Rangers president Nolan "We've always planned on putting To get some perspective on what six years to sign him and the club report.
Ryan was told of the Yankees our best foot forward," he said. Lee stands to earn, the $140 was considering doing that. He This entry passed through the
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Source: Boston Red Sox to sign Carl Crawford to 7-year, $142

million deal
Gordon Edes (ESPN.com) agent left-hander Cliff Lee now • RBI 90 not yet been scheduled. Once he exciting a player as there is. He's
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:45:16 AM takes on even greater urgency. • R 110 passes the physical, a news going to be active and he's going
"Boston's got the money and they • OBP.356 conference is expected to be held to make things exciting. People
Updated: December 9, 2010, had a need." • AVG.307 in Boston. are going to appreciate everything
11:45 AM ET By Gordon Edes Crawford also becomes the first The failure to land Crawford had he does."
ESPNBoston.com Red Sox player since John W. But Sunday night, Werth was to come as a bitter blow to the If the deal becomes official, it
Archive Henry and Tom Werner eliminated as a potential target Angels, who were viewed by will be the sixth-largest free-agent
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- purchased the team in 2002 to be when the Washington Nationals many as having the best chance of contract in terms of total value in
Boston Red Sox manager Terry given a contract of seven years. stunned their peers by signing the signing the Houston native. He is MLB history, according to ESPN
Francona called left fielder Carl General manager Theo Epstein 31-year-old outfielder to a seven- g o o d f r i e n d s w i t h A n g e l s Stats & Information. Crawford's
Crawford a game-changer. Turns evidently made a persuasive case year, $126 million deal. outfielder Torii Hunter, likes the contract also would be the second
out he might have been guilty of to Henry late in the process to do While the Red Sox remained warm weather and was considered largest in terms of average salary
understatement. so. involved with Crawford, they also more temperamentally suited to all time among outfielders,
Between the multitalented The agreement with Crawford explored other options for a left playing in Anaheim than Boston, trailing only the $22.5 million
C r a w f o r d , w h o a s o u r c e was first reported by The Boston fielder, preferably one who batted according to several people close contract given to Manny Ramirez
c o n f i r m e d c a m e t o t e r m s Globe on its website. right-handed. As late as early to him. by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Wednesday night on a seven-year, Crawford received four offers, Wednesday evening, a team But Crawford -- who in his career Crawford's career high for single-
$142 million deal with Boston, according to a source close to the source with direct knowledge of against the Red Sox hit an even season home runs is 19, done last
and slugging first baseman Adrian negotiations, with the Red Sox negotiations was pessimistic .300 and stole 62 bases while season. That's significant because
Gonzalez, acquired by trade last and Angels making the most about Boston's chances of signing being caught just four times, and Crawford would become the first
weekend from San Diego and in substantial offers. The Angels Crawford. tied a major league record in 2009 position player to sign a $100
line for his own seven-year deal made an offer that was termed "The market is getting too crazy," by stealing six bases in a game million contract without ever
for an estimated $154 million, the extremely competitive with he said, anticipating that the against Boston -- elected to having had a 20-homer season.
Red Sox appear set for the next Boston's offer. Angels were preparing to make an remain in the American League Even with the enormous sums
decade. "It was a very difficult decision eight-year offer for the 29-year- East. meted out to Crawford and
"Adrian already heard about for Carl," the source said. "In the old outfielder, a four-time All- "Behind the scenes, they're going anticipated for Gonzalez, the Red
Carl," Gonzalez's agent, John end, it came down to his desire to Star and a winner in 2010 of his to get one of the hardest-working Sox might stay under the luxury-
Boggs, e-mailed Wednesday become a member of the Red Sox, first Gold Glove. ballplayers in the league," said tax threshold in 2011. Gonzalez is
night. "He's very happy." move to Boston and the ability to But Epstein evidently overcame R o c c o B a l d e l l i , w h o w a s signed for $6.3 million for 2011,
A team that has often complained win." whatever reservations ownership Crawford's teammate in Tampa and if the Sox wait until after
about the spending habits of the The Red Sox had been aggressive m i g h t h a v e h a d t o p r e s e n t Bay and also played for the Red Opening Day to announce his
New York Yankees, who two in their pursuit of Crawford and Crawford and his agents, Greg Sox. "There's nobody out there extension, it will not be counted
years ago swooped in and outbid Jayson Werth, the other elite Genske and Brian Peters, with a that's going to give himself a against the payroll for luxury-tax
Boston for Mark Teixeira, has outfielder eligible for free agency. proposal that included a seventh better chance to succeed than Carl purposes.
abandoned fiscal restraint by Last week, Epstein flew to year, and late Wednesday night is. Information from
making Crawford the first player Houston to meet with Crawford, they informed the Red Sox of "They're going to get one of the ESPNBoston.com's Joe
in Red Sox history with a contract then met with Werth in Chicago. their decision to accept the offer. best defensive left fielders that McDonald was used in this report.
with an average annual value in Carl Crawford#13 LF The Red Sox as of 2 a.m. ET I've ever seen in baseball. He's This entry passed through the
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"Great move. Great player," said 2010 STATS public comment confirming or outfielders in all of baseball. your content and you're reading it
Yankees general manager Brian • GM 154 denying the deal. As of that hour, They're going to get a guy who is SOURCE: page 46
Cashman, for whom signing free- • HR 19 Crawford's physical in Boston had an exciting player, probably as
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quarterback said in a statement.
"He will be blessed and better off
for it. I am truly glad that he's
happy and no matter what, we
both will be Gators for the rest of
our lives."
The decision to walk away was
even tougher because of Florida's
struggles this season. The Gators
were near the bottom of the SEC
in every offensive category; got
blown out in games against
Alabama, South Carolina and
Florida State; and finished 7-5.
It was the most losses in Meyer's
10-year coaching career.
"I just think Florida deserves the
best, and I'm not sure we gave
them my best this year," he said.
Meyer was hired away from Utah
by Florida after he led the Utes to
an undefeated season. In his
second season in Gainesville, he
led the Gators to a national
championship. Two seasons later
he won another, the third time
overall the school topped the final
AP Top 25.
A bid for another national
championship fell short in 2009,
and the day after Christmas,
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Meyer surprisingly announced
that he was giving up the job.
Less than 24 hours later, he
changed his mind and decided to
instead take a leave of absence.[+]
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Urban Meyer will leave Florida
with a pair of national
championships.
Meyer scaled back in January --
he didn't go on the road recruiting
-- but still worked steadily
through national signing day. He
returned for spring practice in
March but managed to take
significant time off before and
after.
But this season he had to replace
Tebow, several other stars who
moved on to the NFL and four
assistant coaches, and the Gators
struggled mightily.
Florida lost five regular-season
games for the first time since
1988. The season ended with an
embarrassing 31-7 defeat to
Florida State, Meyer's first loss to
the rival Seminoles.
After that game, Meyer vowed to
fix the Gators' problems.
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Now, he'll help find the person to
do it.
"It has to be fixed," he said. "It's
broke a little bit right now. But
the way you fix it is hard work.
When I say broke it's broke
because of a constant attrition of
coaches who, God bless them,
have gone on to be great head
coaches. ... You lose five juniors
to the NFL draft and you have a
little bit of a void in there right
now. But it's Florida. We'll be
back strong, stronger than ever."
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Five Filters featured site: So, Submitted at 12/9/2010 1:45:00 AM The Heat(15-8) have won six
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Again?. Filed under: Heat, Jazz impressive being Wednesday
SALT LAKE CITY -- King night's 111-98 toppling of Utah at
James, for the best interests of the EnergySolutions Arena. And
Heat kingdom, I am kindly asking James and Wade, two players who
that you drive to the basket. are similar in what they like to do
No, Master Wade, it is you who on the court, are learning how to
has won great wars in Miami. play together.
You should be the one to shoot Early in the season, James, a
the ball. small forward, and Wade, a
OK, so it didn't go quite like that. shooting guard, both had their
But for much of this Miami moments but there was plenty of
season, stars LeBron James and awkwardness. It often looked as if
Dwyane Wade were deferring too the basketball gods, wanting to
much to the other. maintain some NBA competitive
So what happened? balance, would not permit both to
Miami got off to a 9-8 start, and play extremely well in the same
its struggles elicited glee from so game.
many who had hoped to see the
team stagger. Well, there's now
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Chicago Bears,
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Patriots, Redskins, AFC East,
AFC West, NFC East, NFL
Coaching, NFL Analysis
The Denver Broncos fired Josh
McDaniels on Monday. Two days
later, Urban Meyer resigned from
the University of Florida.
And, faster than you can sing a
few bars of, "Rocky Mountain
High," the speculation started:
Was Meyer leaving the Gators so
he could join his former star
pupil, Tim Tebow, in Denver?
Meyer said he was "at peace"
with his decision and said he
wanted to focus on being a
husband and a father, but ...
We gathered our NFL experts
around the FanHouse Roundtable
to discuss the Meyer-to-Denver
rumors, as well other hot topics
around the league as we get ready
to open Week 14 of the NFL
season.
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Rosen's Close Look: LeBron
and Wade Taking Turns,
Not Playing Together
Charley Rosen (FanHouse for several counts before making
Main) a move.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 2:00:00 AM Wade was the beneficiary of 12
one-on-one attacks during which
Filed under: Heat, Jazz he totaled 17 points.
Wednesday's 111-98 victory over LBJ tallied 18 markers in his 16
the Utah Jazz was the most iso situations.
meaningful victory of the season But since both Wade and James
for the Miami Heat-- beating a can run themselves into plentiful
Enjoying the Michael Vick Show
q u a l i t y t e a m o n t h e r o a d . scoring opportunities, the Heat
Can the Cowboys Ever Win
However, the way in which they focused on stuffing the ball into
Again Under Jerry Jones?
won demonstrated that Miami is Bosh. Unfortunately, Bosh's 17
The Curious Case of Donovan
still not playing at a championship man-to-man encounters resulted
McNabb's Benching
level. in his scoring a mere eight points.
So, is there a Meyer-Tebow
That's because, despite various His latest performance underlines
reunion on the horizon in Denver?
h i g h s c r e e n s a n d h a n d o f f s , the fact that while Wade and
Dan Graziano: The timing of all
LeBron James, Dwyane Wade LeBron are legitimate franchise
of this sure seems suspicious. And
and Chris Bosh still wound up players, the marshmallow-soft
we know the Broncos aren't afraid
taking turns in iso setups in which Bosh is still a superstar wannabe.
to look at college guys, because
each routinely massaged the ball
they wanted the guy from Air
Force. I'll say there's a 57 percent
chance ...
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Are we starting a full-out war on the
Internet?
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 12/8/2010 7:00:17 PM
WikiLeaks is the perfect storm
for all past issues on the net, but
I'm afraid it also will draw us into
a future that I've believed was
coming and didn't want to talk
about. We don't like to think
about how much our civilization
depends on the proper running of
computer networks, and how
vulnerable they are. Whoever it is
Uncharted 3 goes 3D, that attacking Mastercard and
Paypal are anonymous. They
could be teenagers (that's what we
first gameplay demo on hope) but they could also be
professionals working for foreign
governments, or even the US
Fallon Dec. 13 government.
I watch my friends root for the
Randy Nelson (Joystiq) Monday, December 13. The attackers and think this is the way
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:55:00 PM Naughty Dog crew will deliver wars always begin. The "fighting
the first live gameplay demo of its the good fight" spirit. Let's go
Naughty Dog has revealed a little latest PS3-exclusive adventure -- over there and show them who we
more (or a lot more, depending on in mind-blowing 2D, just like the are. Let's make a symbolic
your television) about Uncharted teaser video posted after the statement. By the time the war is
3 : D r a k e ' s D e c e p t i o n - - break. underway, we won't remember
specifically the fact that the game Continue reading Uncharted 3 any of that. We will wonder how
will support stereoscopic 3D. Yes, goes 3D, first gameplay demo on we could have been so naive to
we know what that means: Sully's Fallon Dec. 13 think that war was something
mustache will never have looked Uncharted 3 goes 3D, first wonderful or glorious. People
more real. gameplay demo on Fallon Dec. 13
In related news (related to originally appeared on Joystiq on
Uncharted 3, not Victor Sullivan's Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:55:00 EST.
facial hair), Late Night host Please see our terms for use of
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developer will be his guests on
don't necessarily think of wars
being fought on the net and over
the net, but new technology
comes to war all the time, and one
side often doesn't understand.
However, there is another side to
it. The United States has been
tempting someone to do this to us.
The Internet and thumb drives
posing as Lady Gaga music made
it possible to move around
massive amounts of sensitive
information. Anyone who is
skilled at using the net has been
burned the way our government is
now getting burned. And we've
been pushing around governments
and their people, and it's no
surprise they resent it. We're
afraid to see what our government
has been doing in our name.
That's why we should see it, and
why WikiLeaks must be allowed
to proceed, without impediment.
On Saturday, the Personal
Democracy Forum is hosting
(what I call) a flash conference to
discuss the issues swirling around
WikiLeaks. It's all moving so fast
that it's hard to know exactly what
we'll discuss there.
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When we meet on Saturday I'm
going to say the Internet no longer
has to fight for a right to exist.
The people want it. But what kind
of Internet we get, and what kind
of government we get, those two
things are now very deeply
intertwined, and absolutely not
decided. And how our financial
system functions, that's going to
be what the war is fought over, if
we can't avoid having a war --
which we should, if we can.
In the meantime, highly
recommend listening to Glenn
Greenwald on today's Brian
Lehrer show on WNYC. As with
most of the mainstream press
people, Lehrer can't wrap his
mind around the idea that what
WikiLeaks is doing and what the
NYT and Guardian are doing, are
exactly the same. Whatever
punishment or banishment you
advocate for WikiLeaks, you must
also want for the professional
news orgs. Greenwald, always
tenacious and brilliant, holds the
line, with tenacity and brilliance.
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Oliver North: WikiLeaks Disclosures Are Terrorism
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 6:30:20 AM
By Henry J. Reske and Kathleen
Walter
The WikiLeaks disclosures of
government documents are
nothing short of terrorism that
endangers U.S. troops, families
back home, and allies abroad,
says retired Marine Lt. Col.
Oliver North. And the Obama
Justice Department is not taking
the leaks seriously enough, North
said during an exclusive interview
with Newsmax.TV.
“This is an act of terrorism. It’s
information terrorism instead of a
bomb going off in Times Square,
but it’s still terrorism, and if we
don’t have laws that will address
this, we should,” said North, host
of “War Stories” on the Fox News
channel and author of “American
Heroes in Special Operations.”
Story continues below video.
North, who was both praised and
prosecuted for his role in the
clandestine Iran-Contra affair
during the Reagan administration,
said American troops view the
WikiLeaks documents as
dangerous for two reasons.
“Number one, divulging the
names of Americans who are
involved in (operations) because
in many cases they have families
back here in the states who are not
living on U.S. military bases,”
said North, a former member of
the National Security Council.
“The second part in the longer
term of even greater risk is that it
puts at risk those who work with
us in foreign countries on these
very kinds of (special) operations.
And of course to the extent they
feel vulnerable they are less
inclined to do so.”
As to the situation on the ground
in Afghanistan, North said the
United States has made dramatic
progress in training Afghan troops
and even teaching people to read
and write. Setting a timetable for
starting to withdraw troops in
2011 and have combat troops
gone by 2014 makes the job much
more difficult, he said.
“Our bus ticket out of
Afghanistan . . . is an Afghan
national security force, that means
intelligence, police, and army,
able to protect itself from its
internal adversaries like the
Taliban and from external threats
like that from Pakistan and Iran . .
. Telling the enemy that we’re
going to pull out and be gone by
date certain certainly gives
incentive to our adversaries and
disappoints our allies.”
North also took issue with
administration efforts to have the
lame-duck Congress approve the
new STrategic Arms Reduction
Treaty with Russia and end the
don’t ask, don’t tell policy.
“What is the rush to get a treaty
that’s going to be in effect for at
least 10 years? What’s the rush to
get that treaty done other than one
more phony campaign promise
being made by the Obama
administration?” he said.
There also is no reason to rush
with don’t ask, don’t tell, as
repealing it could crimp
recruitment and retention in the
armed forces, he said.
North’s second “American
Heroes” tome, which Fidelis
Books published in November,
covers the exploits of Army, Air
Force, Navy, and Marine
personnel involved in special
operations. It took a long time to
get permission from military
officials to do the book, North
said, adding that he had to agree
to keep various aspects, such as
tactics, weapons, and names,
secret.
“They’re extraordinary fighters,
warriors,” he said. “And, of
course, they are doing some of the
most dangerous and difficult
assignments you can imagine
because they are so far from other
friendlies and most of their
operations are classified. So, it
was a great opportunity in this
book to let them tell their stories
many of which would not have
been told otherwise.”
Interviewed on the anniversary of
the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, North told Newsmax that
the United States is prepared
better today than ever to thwart
such an attack.
“At the same what happened on
December Seventh 69 years ago
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today was darn near replicated on
9-11-01, where four airplanes are
seized, hijacked, with a handful of
people, at far lower cost than the
Japanese ever invested to bomb
Pearl Harbor or fight World War
II,” he said. “And we’re now
engaged in a war very much akin
to what we fought in the Pacific
where our enemy in the Pacific
was willing to launch suicidal
banzai attacks in kamikaze planes
with suicidal pilots in them.
“Our enemy today, radical
Islamists, are wanting, just like
the kamikazes, to die in the
process of killing Americans. The
lesson of Pearl Harbor ought
never to be forgotten, and of
course the motto that came from
that, 69 years ago, the war which
my dad fought, was remember
Pearl Harbor, never again. We
need to keep that to mind.”
Editor’s note, to get Oliver
North’s new "American Heroes"
book at a good price — Click
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Looks like relief is in sight for
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suffering from display issues: you
know, with the faulty logic
boards, and the flickerin' and the
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MacBook Air EFI firmware
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House Democrats Reject Obama's Tax Cut Deal

Patricia Murphy (Politics Daily) and explained the thinking. "This
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:25:00 AM message today is very simple:
That in the form that it was
Capitol Hill Bureau Chief Still negotiated, it is not acceptable to
furious over the compromise that the House Democratic caucus. It's
President Obama struck with as simple as that," he said.
Senate Republicans on the In another sign of unrest
expiring Bush tax cuts, House Thursday morning, Rep. Peter
Democrats voted Thursday not to Welch (D-Vt.) announced that he
GOP Gains in Statehouses
take up the negotiated package had secured 53 signatures on a Increases Its Clout in
and instead work to find a letter to House Speaker Nancy 2012 Redistricting
measure that they could support. Pelosi urging her not to bring the Bruce Drake (Politics Daily)
Although it was a nonbinding compromise up for a vote.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:01:00 PM
voice vote cast in a closed In the letter sent to Speaker
Democratic caucus, it was Pelosi, Welch and his colleagues Contributing Editor While much
nonetheless designed to send a called the proposal "fiscally of the post-election attention has
message to the president that said Thursday that she and her temporarily set at 35 percent with irresponsible" and "grossly
focused on the Republican
H o u s e D e m o c r a t s r e m a i n caucus are still working to modify a $5 million exemption, and unfair."
takeover of the House and their
unhappy with the concessions he the deal and indicated that no vote extended unemployment benefits "America is wading into fiscal
increased leverage in the Senate,
made in his efforts to avoid the has been scheduled. "We will would continue for 13 months. quicksand. Borrowing nearly a
the GOP's victories at the
expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts continue discussions with the Obama also said negotiators trillion dollars to finance tax cuts
statehouse level have put the GOP
at the end of the year."Democrats President and our Democratic and agreed to a one-year, 2-percentage that disproportionately favor
in "their best position for the
t h i n k t h e W h i t e H o u s e Republican colleagues in the days point cut in the payroll tax for all millionaires and billionaires
looming redistricting process
mismanaged this thing and gave ahead to improve the proposal workers. threatens our ability to create jobs, since the modern era of
away too much," said a senior before it comes to the House floor Of all of the details in the
grow the middle class and protect redistricting began" in 1962,
Democratic aide familiar with the for a vote," she said after the package, the most galling to seniors," Welch said. "Digging
caucus meeting. liberals seemed to be the according to Tim Storey, a senior
vote. the country deeper into debt to
Across the Capitol, the Senate compromise to extend the tax cuts fellow at the National Conference
The caucus met Thursday pay for misguided tax policy is of State Legislatures.
morning away from the House planned to begin debating the tax for the highest earners, which irresponsible and simply doesn't
Storey said that a court ruling in
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The gains mean that Republicans that legislatures have the first
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authority for drawing new
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Hillary Clinton Says Iran's Foreign Minister Obama: Tax Deal

Could Yield
Snubbed Her at Meeting 'Millions of Jobs'
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saying it has the potential to
create millions of jobs. He said if
it fails, Americans would see
smaller paychecks and it would
result in fewer jobs.
The agreement would extend
Bush-era tax cuts to all taxpayers,
including the wealthy, for two
years. It also would continue
jobless benefits for millions of
unemployed Americans and
reduce payroll taxes for all
workers.
Obama spoke at a White House
event promoting American
exports. The president said
increasing the market for U.S.
products and services around the
world is an economic imperative
Baking Like a Pro
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Start with the Right Equipment
Good-quality cake pans are
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absorbs and conducts heat
efficiently. Avoid shiny pans,
which deflect heat, and dark metal
pans, which cause the outer edges
of the cake to cook more quickly
than the center and overbrown,
rendering the cake dry and tough.
When preparing layer cakes, use a
pan with tall, straight sides.
According to Moon, three-inch
sides are best since the depth
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Preheat the Oven
Preheat the oven so you can put
the cake batter in as soon as it's
ready. If it stands long after it's
mixed, the air in the batter (a
result of beating the butter and
sugar, as well as the leavening)
may escape, causing the final
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Prepare the Pan(s)
Next, prepare the pans. Simply
coat them with cooking spray, and
dust with a bit of flour. As the
cake bakes, the flour provides
traction to help the cake rise to its
full potential. It's often a good
idea to line the bottom of the pan
with wax paper as well, so the
cake doesn't tear when removed
from the pan. This is especially
true if the recipe calls for cake
flour, which is usually used in
delicate cakes. Cakes baked in
tube, Bundt, or other hard-to-line
specialty pans are exceptions to
this rule.
Mix the Batter
For best results, begin with
ingredients at approximately room
temperature (65° to 75°). Simply
leave eggs, butter, milk, and any
other refrigerated items out on the
kitchen counter for about 20
minutes while you measure and
gather all of the remaining
ingredients and equipment.
Softened butter accepts more air,
which is desirable for a moist and
light-textured cake. If you add
cold ingredients, such as eggs or
milk, later in the process, the
butter can seize (clump),
decreasing the volume of the
batter and inhibiting the
incorporation of the other
ingredients. Place the softened
butter and sugar in a large bowl,
and beat with an electric mixer
until thoroughly blended.
Measure flour carefully. This is
especially important in low-fat
baking because just a bit too much
or too little flour can have a
significant impact on the cake's
texture. If you don't have a
kitchen scale, it's best to lightly
spoon the flour into dry
measuring cups and level with a
knifenever scoop flour directly
from the canister with the
measuring cup. This packs flour
down and increases the amount in
the cup.
Combine flour with all of the dry
ingredients in a bowl, and stir
with a whisk to evenly disperse
any salt or leavening agent
(usually baking powder or baking
soda). With your electric mixer
speed on low, add the flour
mixture to the batter (the butter-
sugar mixture) alternately with
milk, beginning and ending with
the flour mixture. This procedure
allows the flour to be incorporated
into the batter thoroughly and
completely. But mix just until the
ingredients are combined. Once
liquid is added to the mixture, the
flour and liquid combine to form
glutena necessary element for the
cake's structure. Overmixing after
the flour is added increases the
amount of gluten and causes the
cake to be tough.
Bake the Cake
After it's mixed, place the batter
in the oven as quickly as possible
so the leavening will be fully
active.Avoid baking cakes on
different levels in the oven, if
possible, and place them at least
two inches apart in the oven and
two inches away from the oven
walls to promote even baking and
allow maximum air circulation.
(If you have to bake the layers on
different racks, rotate the pans
halfway through baking so they'll
cook evenly.)
Once the cakes are in the oven, if
possible, keep the oven door
closed tightly because the
temperature fluctuates each time
the door opens, and these
fluctuations can lead to a variety
of problems. If the temperature in
the oven drops, the cake will
probably bake a bit more slowly,
and it may sink in the center.
Then, as the oven reheats to the
required temperature, the edges of
the cake will be exposed to more
extreme temperatures and could
possibly result in a dry, tough
cake.
The best way to determine
doneness for most cakes is the
wooden pick test, performed after
the time specified in the recipe.
Insert a wooden pick in the center
of the cake. If it comes out clean,
the cake is done. If batter clings to
the pick, the cake needs to bake
one to three minutes longer. If
you see the sides of the cake
pulling away from the pan, this is
another sign of doneness.
Let It Cool
Most cakes need to cool in the
pan on a wire rack for a few
minutes. If you try to remove a
cake from the pan too soon, it
may not be strong enough to hold
together. This is especially true of
cakes made with cake flour
because they are more delicate.
Turn the cake out of the pan after
five to 10 minutes, remove the
wax paper, if necessary, and cool
completely on a wire rack before
frosting, wrapping, or storing.
Bake Ahead, Save Time
Cakes are ideal make-ahead
desserts for the holidays or any
time of year. You can bake the
layers up to a month ahead, cool
them, wrap them tightly in two
layers of plastic wrap, and freeze.
Simply thaw frozen cakes at room
temperature. Moon often frosts
cakes while they're still partially
frozen since this helps prevent
stray crumbs from getting in the
frosting, and she finds the cakes
sturdier and easier to work with.
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going as fast as possible with brief
periods of recovery. To help you
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possible, we asked Phil Campbell,
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Warm-up
• "You want to take your heart
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Time Your Sprints
• "The key is to get totally winded
in 30 seconds or less," he says, "If
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the machine speeds up. When it
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• Almost everyone leans forward
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freedom fighters receiving the c o m p a r i n g n o t e s . something in the mail called
Annie Taylor Award at David Some of you may have heard me “Heterodoxy.” And I always
Horowitz's Restoration Weekend earlier today, during my panel wondered, how did I get on this
in Palm Beach, Nov. 18-21.] presentation, mention the mailing list? And I guess now I
David Horowitz: I took my wife, Federalist Society. And to have know.
April, to Niagara Falls. And I come from a group of attorneys But I want to tell you all that
always — when I go to Dealey and lawyers who seek to foster when I decided to leave the
Plaza, I go into the flea museum. debate and bring into the public Justice Department — I loved
And at Niagara Falls, they got a square the balanced idea of what working there, I mean, it’s the
little flea museum, and they have conservative originalist law is, best law firm in the world to work
the barrels that people use to go relative to what often is taught in, unless you’re in the voting
over the falls. And they’re all — and certainly propagated in the section in the Civil Rights
they’re like submarines. I mean, rest of legal circles, which is a division in the Obama
they’re heavy tanks. And there very leftist orientation. Administration. But I loved it.
was a barrel. Then they have a As we know, many law students And I loved being a Justice
little film in there. They had a graduate from law school with an Department lawyer. But the folks
film of the woman who went over orthodoxy that they are to go out who worked on the Black Panther
Niagara Falls in this barrel, whose and change the world according to case saw first hand how our most
name is Annie Taylor. their idea and President Obama’s important legal institutions can
And Annie Taylor, then, is the i d e a o f s o c i a l j u s t i c e a n d become corrupted.
first woman to go over Niagara empathy. And so to have an And it wasn’t done overnight, but
Falls in a barrel and survive. And attorney, or someone who with it’s always been there. And with
I thought, this is a perfect award personal character comes to a the attitude that they had about
for conservatives. And that’s why position and sees a situation that willing to stand and take the risk, a conservative, and someone who blatant voter intimidation, none of
we’re giving it tonight. he knows within his heart and as a and pay the cost that he did. So in cares very deeply about founding us on the team felt that we could
(video played) person is unjust — but then as an looking back over the recent law and traditions and this easily stand watching what was
David Horowitz: We have two attorney, with a career at stake, course of events, and the fact that country — I am very pleased to happening with the case.
[alumni, former] award winners understands that what is going on t h e B l a c k P a n t h e r [ v o t e r present this award to J. Christian And so I will never forget —
here — Jim Warner, who is a and, in this case, what was going intimidation] case was exposed by Adams and would like to call him when I quit, and I was flying to
graduate of the Hanoi Hilton. on in the Justice Department — this individual — and then he was up now to receive it. New York for my interview with
Jim, want to stand up? Is he and the fact that there was an willing to go public, and he’s J . C h r i s t i a n A d a m s : I ’ m Megyn Kelly [at Fox News], I
here? And — hey, there he is — orientation within this particular been interviewed — most of us amazingly humbled by this. And thought to myself — I looked out
Amir Fakhravar, who is the leader Justice Department that was have seen the interviews on Fox so you’d please bear with me if I the window, I said, what in the
of the Green Revolution in Iran. clearly racist, that this individual News. Megyn Kelly did a recent stray. But thank you very much, world have you just done? And I
Amir? recognized as racist, and had the wonderful interview. Mr. Horowitz. thought, there’s no turning back
To present our first award, I’m courage to call it what it was, and And so it is a tremendous Mr. Collier, when he first called now. And if it weren’t for my
going to bring up Center board to do that publicly. privilege tonight, as an attorney, me about this, said it was named wife, who’s actually here, Jana– I
member, constitutional lawyer, a And as we know, it is a very rare as a member of the David after the first woman to go over
member of the Federalist Society; situation to have someone who is Horowitz Freedom Center, and as Niagara Falls in a barrel. And ANNIE page 56
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mean, it was truly a joint effort.
You just can’t throw yourself into
that without support of a great
family. And I knew that I was
dragging them with me.
But I want to leave you with this
— and I hope that you all can see
this firsthand more — but I cannot
underestimate the level of rot, the
bureaucratic rot and outright
lawlessness, that infuses election
law enforcement inside this
Justice Department. I have not
even told the whole story.
And Chris Coates, my colleague,
who testified about four weeks
ago, who’s still at the Justice
Department — God bless him,
he’s still there, and hopefully in
the next year. But bear in mind
this Justice Department will be in
charge of our elections in 2012.
And they won’t take dead people
off the voter rolls, they won’t
enforce the Motor Voter Act. I
could go on and on until I hit the
wall of privilege, and I’ll have to
stop there. But bear that in mind
as you watch the election this
coming year.
Thank you very much. I’m
profoundly humbled. I appreciate
it.
Moderator: Thank you. I’m now
going to ask — he’s already been
recognized, but the Director of
Jihad Watch, a great friend of all
of ours, a real hero who will
introduce — will give an award to
another hero. But here’s Robert
Spencer.
Robert Spencer: The next
recipient of the Annie Taylor
Award personifies courage and
being on the cutting edge of the
defense against the spread of
elements of Islamic law in the
United States. And for her efforts
in defense of human rights, in
defense of America, defense of
Israel, defense of Judeo-Christian
civilization, she has been
demonized, ridiculed, mocked
and, of course, threatened with
death. And yet, she’s never given
up and never will give up. Even
Annie Taylor said, Nobody
should ever do that again. But the
next winner of this award keeps
on doing it.
She has taken the battle to the
Islamic supremacists in the United
States and put them on the
defensive like nobody ever has
before, calling attention to the
human rights abuses that are
inherent in Islamic law in
unprecedented and imaginative
ways that have brought national
attention that has never before
been directed to subjects like
honor killing, the death penalty
for apostasy, and, of course, the
sinister intent behind the Ground
Zero mosque.
She created and placed all over
the country bus ads that offered
help to people who were leaving
Islam. They were — as the media
always does distort the truth —
they were mischaracterized as
asking people to leave Islam or
inviting them to do so. Actually,
this was a real offer for help for
people that the whole world has
ignored.
Islam mandates a death penalty
for apostasy. Mohammad said if
anybody changes his religion, kill
him. But nobody ever cares for
those people. Have you ever
heard Amnesty International or
Human Rights Watch say a word
about apostates from Islam who
are under the threat of death every
day of their lives?
She brought national attention to
this issue. And never before had
the Islamic supremacist groups,
like the Council on Islamic-
American Relations — never
before had they experienced this
kind of pushback. Never before
had they been put on the
defensive. And the campaign was
brilliantly conceived.
Because if you think about it,
what could CAIR say? Well
actually, yes, we do think the
apostates should be killed. We
don’t think that people who are
threatened ought to be offered
help. Never before had their
agenda and their pseudo-
moderation been so thoroughly
and completely exposed.
She put ads on taxi tops, with
pictures of beautiful young girls
who had been murdered,
murdered by their families, for
besmirching the Islamic honor of
their families. And you know,
you hear about honor killings, and
you hear about statistics. And
people say, well, you know, 91
percent of the honor killings in the
world take place in Islamic
contexts. And these things are
justified by various rulings in
Islamic law. But 91 percent is a
number. Never before had public
attention been brought to the fact
that these are girls, these are
human beings. These are people
that ought to have been saved and
protected.
And here again, this kind of thing
had never been attempted before.
All the time, the groups like
CAIR are on the offensive and are
making us play catch-up and react
to them. Never before had they
been put on the defensive.
And of course, the crowing, the
culmination of all this, was how
she made the Ground Zero
mosque a matter of national
discussion and shone a light on
the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s pro
-Sharia activities, his denial of
basic freedoms in the United
States, his call for restrictions on
freedom of speech, his ties to the
jihad flotilla against Israel, and so
many other things; such that
Daisy Khan, his wife, identified
the [person I’m about ready to
bring up] as the leader of the
opposition to the mosque.
And then the Islamic attack
machine went into high gear. She
became a lightning rod for abuse
from the Left, from the
mainstream media. And it
continues. It continues on a more
or less daily basis.
I remember seeing an attack
piece in a major publication and
thinking, well, you know, these
things are going to happen, with
the Left controlling the media.
Then the next day, there was
another, and another, and another
— one after the other.
And just a couple nights ago, you
may have seen, the illustrious
Keith Olbermann named her the
worst person in the world,
actually, for a controversy she had
nothing to do with. But now she’s
E-reader News Edition
a symbol, you know, a symbol of
freedom and a symbol that we
will never give up.
And so, you know the old saying
— if you’re getting flack, you
know you’re over the target. If
they’re screaming, you know
they’re hitting them hard. And
she never gives up and continues
to work with passionate vision,
insight, immense love for the
West, for America, for Israel, for
civilization.
We live in so cheap and tawdry
an age that all you have to do to
be a hero today is tell the truth.
And yet there are so few heroes.
Because if you dare to tell the
truth, you will be made to pay a
very great price. And yet, the
next winner of this award is
someone who has paid it, and paid
it with great courage, and with a
great joy in life that is an
inspiration to me personally in my
work with her.
It is my great pleasure and honor,
therefore, to present the Annie
Taylor Award to a true hero, a
great warrior for the Right, whom
I am proud to say is my friend and
colleague, Pamela Geller.
Pamela Geller: Oh, my God.
You see, Mom, miracles really do
happen. I don’t think she thought
I would amount to much. I had
two sisters that were doctors.
And you know, you could become
President of the United States, but
you’re not a doctor.
First, I want to thank my
colleague, my friend, and the
person I consider to be the
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Beijing’s Build-up and New START

Submitted at 12/9/2010 3:00:38 AM
ambition to see China play a role MIRVing of Chinese missiles will especially in providing for a considering that PLA scholars
of a great power in East Asia and also mean that the number of second-strike capability. Well often describe the American
An arms-control treaty between globally.” warheads “could more than aware of this, China is now military as its most likely
t h e U . S . a n d R u s s i a c o u l d To this end, China has been double in the next 15 years,” sending its nuclear deterrent adversary.
advantage China. feverishly building all aspects of according to the Department of below the waves. #ad#China has long adhered to a
W hile there has been lots of its national power: political, Defense (DOD). The Pentagon China’s new class of strategic no-first-use policy, meaning it
discussion of the U.S.-Russia economic -- and most worrisome, further notes that the People’s submarine, the Type 094, has promises not to use nuclear
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty m i l i t a r y . C h i n a ’ s m i l i t a r y Liberation Army (PLA) is replaced its long-troubled first- weapons against a non-nuclear
(New START) over the past few modernization has proceeded at a working on maneuvering re-entry generation fleet ballistic missile state, in a nuclear-free zone, or to
months, one very important feverish pace; its defense budget vehicles (MARV), decoys, chaff, submarine (SSBN), the Type 092. initiate a nuclear war. Beijing has
consideration continues to receive has increased by roughly 10 jamming, and thermal shielding The Type 094 may already carry also embraced a minimum-
insufficient attention: China’s percent per year over the last two for its strategic forces, increasing twelve of China’s first deterrence strategy, meaning that
r o b u s t n u c l e a r - f o r c e decades. their ability to reach their intercontinental-range, sea- if deterrence fails, it plans to
m o d e r n i z a t i o n p r o g r a m . On the nuclear front, China relies intended targets. launched ballistic missiles, the JL- absorb a first strike and then
It is not clear the administration on the services of its strategic- And the problems do not end 2, whose range exceeds 4,000 retaliate, focusing on countervalue
or lawmakers have thought rocket forces, known as the there. China’s Second Artillery miles. Two or three of the boats targets (i.e., population centers)
through the implications of the Second Artillery Corps. The has reportedly built 3,000-plus may be in service already, with rather than counterforce targets
fact that as we build down our Second Artillery has long been miles of tunnels in northern another two to three on the way. (i.e., the enemy’s nuclear forces).
strategic nuclear forces (by some equipped with a small force of China, known as “The Beijing is building another SSBN, China continues to espouse these
20–30 percent under New l i q u i d - f u e l e d , s i l o - b a s e d Underground Great Wall.” Some too, the Type 096, which is policies publicly, but outside
START) in the White House’s intercontinental ballistic missiles believe the tunnel system is expected to be able to carry as observers are starting to ask
hope of playing Pied Piper to (ICBMs) armed with three- to five intended to conceal China’s many as 24 intercontinental-range questions. According to some
others on the road to “global -megaton thermonuclear warheads growing nuclear arsenal, while missiles. PLA watchers, there is an
zero,” the People’s Republic of such as the CSS-3s and -4s. But in providing Beijing with a land- #page#China is adding an air leg ongoing, behind-the-scenes
China is building up its strategic recent years, it added a number of based nuclear capability that as well, most notably via the debate in China about its nuclear
nuclear forces. solid-fueled, road-mobile missiles could survive an enemy’s first upgraded, nuclear-capable B-6 policies, especially among the
#ad#As Congress could vote on such as the DF-31A, reducing the strike. Badger bomber, originally of new generation of security
whether to ratify the treaty in the reaction time associated with the But it’s not just the Second Cold War vintage. Analysts strategists, who wonder if their
coming days or weeks, now silo-based force while increasing Artillery that is getting a boost. believe that China, which is seniors are failing to adapt to the
would be an excellent, indeed survivability. Beijing is also diversifying its already capable of dropping country’s elevated position in the
critical, time to consider this In addition, in its annual report to nuclear dossier from its nuclear gravity bombs, is international pecking order. Some
matter, especially since passing Congress on China’s military longstanding “monad” of land- developing land-attack cruise speculate that China may be
the arms-control pact will obligate power, the Pentagon warns this based nukes into the more missiles for these aircraft, which considering shifting to a new
us to its provisions for the next year that China has “the most traditional “triad” of land-, sea-, may have both conventional and nuclear strategy, which includes a
ten years. active land-based ballistic and and air-based nuclear forces nuclear warheads. preemptive, first-strike capability,
While the exact shape of China’s cruise missile program in the embraced by other major nuclear While these weapons are all of which is aimed at destroying an
ambitions may not be completely w o r l d . ” I t m a y a l s o “ b e powers such as Russia and the great interest, one must also look opponent’s nuclear forces before
clear, there is little question that developing a new road-mobile United States. at the policy context in which they can launch.
its aspirations are grand. In ICBM, possibly capable of Nowhere is this transition more these strategic systems reside. Not Making matters more complex is
congressional testimony last year, carrying a multiple independently dramatic than at sea. During the surprisingly, there is increasing China’s refusal to provide
then–director of national targeted re-entry vehicle Cold War, Soviet and American debate in U.S. security circles transparency or discuss its nuclear
intelligence Dennis Blair said that (MIRV),” which can strike submarine forces were considered about how China’s new strategic forces. The PLA has a general
Beijing’s international behavior is different targets, even though they the stealthiest and most survivable instruments fit into Beijing’s
driven in part by a “longstanding are carried on a single ICBM. arm of the nuclear triad, nuclear policy -- a pressing issue, BEIJING’S page 66
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David Frum’s Wrong Direction

Submitted at 12/9/2010 3:00:55 AM
were presented at these possible) to the much more #ad#Frum tries hard to separate declared, “conservatives find
conferences as the program of a significant issue of my discussion me from the folks he most wants themselves on the less popular
Obama is, and must remain, the m o d e r n i z e d s o c i a l i s m ; t h a t of Obama’s writings, legislative to delegitimate, but it won’t work. side of the great issues of the
issue. Obama worked for his entire record, and presidency. I analyze If I’ve got a point, they do too. day.”
D avid Frum has replied to my career with the very stealth- all of these from the perspective And it’s simply false to say that Obama’s radicalism changed all
recent criticisms of his soon-to-be socialist community organizers in of Obama’s socialism. Frum is Limbaugh, Beck, and the rest this, reviving conservatism and
founded No Labels project. But Chicago who had authored the free to disagree with my don’t care about evidence in uniting all wings of the party.
my root-and-branch critique of his political strategy presented at conclusions, but not to pretend general, or the evidence in my Comeback was about changing
N o L a b e l s i n i t i a t i v e g o e s those early socialist conferences; that I make no case for the book in particular. Limbaugh with the times. Well, the times
unanswered, and in the process t h a t t h e s e s t e a l t h - s o c i a l i s t socialist content of Obama’s recently read the book and is a now demand a very different
Frum introduces new distortions community organizers sponsored presidential policies and fan. He’s got an extended approach than Frum
of my book on Obama. Obama’s political rise; that strategies. As noted in my earlier interview with me out in the latest recommended in 2008. Two years
Indeed, Frum’s reply continues to Obama supported these socialists piece, John Stuart Mill thought edition of the Limbaugh Letter. ago, Frum founded a website
reflect the faulty analysis of by channeling foundation money you could tell who was winning a Beck has already drawn on the dedicated to pulling Republicans
American politics he advanced in their way for years; that Obama debate by how fairly participants book, and I’ve been interviewed toward the center. Since then, he’s
2008, which has left him isolated worked closely with this stealth- represented their opponent’s point for a Beck show to air later this been unwilling to acknowledge
a n d e s t r a n g e d f r o m t h e socialist community-organizing of view. By that standard, Frum is month. Beck regularly provides Obama’s radicalism, because
conservative movement. Frum network throughout his time as an doing pretty poorly. He can’t far more documentation of his that’s what has rendered his 2008
failed to anticipate the revitalizing Illinois state senator; that Obama rebut my take on Obama’s assertions than Frum and “Eugene critique of conservatism moot and
and unifying effect Obama’s has hidden, and particularly in the presidential socialism if he can’t Debs” had on offer in their counterproductive. By rashly
radicalism would have on the case of ACORN, bluntly lied successfully restate my argument evidence-free attacks on my attacking his party’s base, Frum
Republican party. Obama’s about these radical connections; and analysis. unpublished book. has unnecessarily isolated himself
l e f t i s m h a s u n d o n e F r u m ’ s that the tactics, policies, and #page# The root of the problem, I think, from his fellow conservatives.
political plans, and Frum’s refusal strategies crafted by Obama’s Did Obama take his socialist is that Frum’s analysis of The result is No Labels, an ill-
to acknowledge that fact and s t e a l t h - s o c i a l i s t o r g a n i z i n g endorsements and run? Not at all. conservatism’s dilemma in 2008 conceived attempt to suppress the
climb down from the liberalizing mentors have guided his entire Obama “endorsed” his socialist has served him poorly. Frum’s very truth about Obama that has
limb upon which he has stranded political career, including his mentors for years through the ostensible purpose is to “build a upended Frum’s plans.
himself has driven him to ever presidency; and that the same immense efforts he devoted to conservatism that can win again.” No one can gainsay Frum’s
more self-defeating measures. stealth-socialist community increasing their foundation But we already won, and did so intelligence, or his contributions
#ad#Frum fails to plainly state the organizers who inspired and funding, not to mention his by taking a very different route to conservatism. To take but one
core findings of my research: that sponsored Obama’s political attempts to glamorize what he than that recommended by Frum. example, Frum was a leader of the
Obama was an orthodox Marxist- c a r e e r a d v i s e d h i s 2 0 0 8 knew to be a stealth-socialist A look at Frum’s 2008 book movement to sink the Harriet
Leninist in his early college years; p r e s i d e n t i a l c a m p a i g n a n d profession during the 2008 Comeback helps to measure the Miers nomination. Frum’s book
that he certainly attended two continue to work with him at campaign. Here is another error distance we’ve traveled in two on the Seventies will stand the test
socialist conferences, which shaping and marshaling support based on Frum’s mangled years. In Comeback, Frum warns of time. But Obama changed
converted him to community for his presidential agenda. presentation of my views. against reviving a “more everything. Obama is now the
organizing; that these conferences All of this is obscured or Furthermore, I see nothing in principled” Reagan-style issue, and rightly so. What we
sketched a vision of socialist- rendered invisible by Frum’s thin Frum’s reply about my detailed conservatism -- as the Tea Party need is an honest and informed
friendly political coalitions led by and mangled description of my critique of the premises of his No has just done, with great success. debate about Obama’s political
African-Americans who would book. Frum gets pretty much Labels project. I objected to “Most Americans [want] the beliefs, not the speech police.
e m e r g e f r o m t h e r a n k s o f everything wrong, from details Frum’s root assumptions and federal government to spend more — Stanley Kurtz is a senior
community organizers; that the l i k e h o w m a n y s o c i a l i s t posed hard questions about how rather than tax less,” said Frum in fellow at the Ethics and Public
groups, strategies, and theologies conferences Obama was certainly No Labels would actually operate. 2008. On issues like health care
Obama spent a lifetime cultivating at (actually two, with a third also No reply. and the environment, Frum DAVID page 60
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Guest Blogger Roger Helmer MEP: Climate Conference Set to

Crash and Burn?
Roger Helmer MEP (The nuggets—probably on forestry, on commended the EU for its strong
Foundry: Conservative Policy technology transfer, and on a commitment to climate
News.) “Cancun Fund” to combat climate mitigation, in a way that rather
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:00:29 AM change (watch out for that one, suggested that no one else quite
I’m here at the UN’s Cancun because you know who’ll be felt the same.
Climate Conference—or COP16 paying – you, the taxpayer). But I almost feel sorry for Todd Stern
(Conference of the Parties) in the the Holy Grail, of a legally (no relative of the UK’s Lord
jargon. The last two COPs in binding emissions agreement, Stern of Stern Report fame) who
Poznan (2008) and Copenhagen looks as far off as ever, and leads the American team at the
( 2 0 0 9 ) w e r e ( i r o n i c a l l y ) they’re already whistling in the event. So far as I can tell, he
characterized by exceptionally wind and talking of “laying the wants (however misguidedly) a
c o l d w e a t h e r . I c a n ’ t s a y stepping stones for COP17 in binding set of emissions targets,
that there’s December snow in Durban in 2011”. as (I suspect) does President
Cancun, but locals tell me it’s No fewer than 215 organizations Obama. But Todd knows
exceptionally cool for the time of took exhibition space here at the perfectly well that if he initials
year. But then again, that’s Cancun Messe (aptly named). any agreement acceptable to the
Climate Change for you! There are government agencies, EU, Congress will chuck it out,
This is the world’s travelling trade organizations, charities, WFP (World Food Programme). audience. while if he tries to put forward a
circus; the moveable feast; the lobbyists, campaign groups, Even the WAGGGS — the World I have heard a couple of briefings compromise that Congress might
great eco-love-in. We have some miscellaneous small countries and Association of Girl Guides and from the EU’s Climate Change just accept, his fellow negotiators
15,000 delegates (including me — groups of countries, like the Girl Scouts. Commissioner (yes, I’m afraid we in Cancun will have an apoplexy.
I’m accredited for the EU which Association of Small Island Two exhibitors deserve to share have one), Connie Hedegaard I think he’s on a hiding to
is a great irony since I am hugely States, and a couple of big the prize for the most bare-faced (who presided over the failed nothing.
skeptical of the EU as well as the countries or proto-countries like impudence in showing up at all. Copenhagen Conference last Reports from the negotiating
myth of man-made climate the USA and the EU. And despite We had the University of East year). She reported that the EU table confirm that agreement is a
change). Of course 99% of the the 15,000 delegates (down by Anglia from the UK (remember had taken the high moral ground long way off. They simply can’t
d e l e g a t e s a r e p a i d - u p t r u e 10,000 on Copenhagen in 2009, the scandal of the leaked e-mails in the debate (unlike recalcitrant agree Kyoto 2. In a desperate
believers in Al Gore’s Great by the way), there is an air or from their Climatic Research countries like the USA or China), attempt to stave off total failure,
Climate Myth, so everyone here emptiness and waiting in the Unit?), and railway engineer and that at least the EU had a t h e r e ’ s t a l k o f a t w o y e a r
a g r e e s w i t h e a c h o t h e r , Exhibition Hall – some stands not Rajendra Pacuari’s TERI (The united position. But later in the extension on the existing Kyoto
reinforcing their opinion that Al manned at all, others with a few Energy & Research Institute). d a y I m e t C z e c h D e p u t y deal, but several countries look
Gore’s view is the only sane view desultory staff chatting to each Remember that Pachauri is also Environment Minister Ivo Hlavac, unlikely to accept that either. It
to have. I take a profoundly other or working their lap-tops. Chairman of the IPCC, while who assured me that he and his also raises complex technical
different view though. I took a look around. The earning a great deal of money government took a skeptical legal problems with the so-called
Copenhagen carried huge hopes diversity of organizations was from various advisory posts in the position (only to be expected from Clean Development Mechanism
and optimism, and ended in fascinating. We had WEDO, the climate change industry. Given a country where the redoubtable (CDM), and the uncertainty in the
failure and recrimination. Cancun W o m e n ’ s E n v i r o n m e n t a n d that they’ve both been wholly Vaclav Klaus was President). industry would be disastrous for
is the mirror image. Expectations Development Organization, allied discredited in the last twelve Tellingly, I also heard a reported that project.
have been managed down to zero with the “Global Gender and months, it must have taken comment from UN General At the end of the day, despite
though, so any tiny nugget of Climate Alliance” (of course). courage to show up — although Secretary Ban Ki Moon. At a small nuggets of agreement,
s u c c e s s w i l l b e h u g e l y The Woods Hole Research they faced a less than hostile dinner for national delegations, he GUEST page 61
overhyped. And there will be Centre, from Massachusetts. The
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Tom Coburn vs. Americans for Tax Reform

Submitted at 12/9/2010 3:00:52 AM
$1.3 trillion tax hike over ten debate, and that his primary vote for tax increases,” Norquist reform.
years. Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) obligation was serving the country said, adding: “Gregg might agree #page#That sounds awfully
Does it betray the conservative said $2 trillion. Brian Riedl of the as a whole. to tax increases; I don’t care, he’s similar to the arguments Coburn
c a u s e t o s u p p o r t t h e Heritage Foundation said$3.3 This week, Dick Morris got leaving.” and Crapo made. Coburn clearly
recommendations of the deficit trillion. involved, penning a piece titled “3 Norquist did, however, have stated that the commission’s plan
commission? Ellis promptly authored a letter to GOP Senators Betray Us!” And plenty of criticism for the was a starting point, and he
A t around noon on December 2, the three senators urging them to Ellis posted “The Two Faces of commission itself, particularly supported it in order to advance a
Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) and oppose Simpson-Bowles. “This Tom Coburn” on ATR’s website, what he said was a misguided conversation that is urgently
M i k e C r a p o ( R . , I d a h o ) report shifts the debate from once again accusing the emphasis on reducing the deficit. needed in Washington. “If we
announced their intention to vote where it properly should be -- Oklahoma Republican of lying to He wished the commission had pass this bill tomorrow, it doesn’t
i n f a v o r o f t h e f i n a l spending -- and onto deficit get elected. “Nobody ever said focused exclusively on cutting get us out of the woods,” Coburn
recommendations put forward by r e d u c t i o n , a n d t h e r e b y t a x Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) spending, which he said is the real said. “It only cuts $4 trillion. We
P r e s i d e n t O b a m a ’ s d e f i c i t increases,” Ellis wrote. “I urge wasn’t a complex man,” Ellis problem. If it had, then Democrats need to cut $10 [trillion].” But
commission. you to support a plan that is tax- wrote. “In fact, he’s so complex wouldn’t have been able to push that did not mean he would vote
Hours later, Americans for Tax revenue neutral.” When the issue he managed to run in 2010 on one for higher taxes under the guise of for the plan if it came before the
Reform came out swinging. Via came up during their joint press tax platform, and then completely deficit reduction. “Why would we Senate in its current form. And
T w i t t e r , A T R ’ s t a x - p o l i c y conference, Coburn and Crapo and utterly abandon that position walk away from an election where apparently, that’s an assurance
director, Ryan Ellis, denounced both rejected the idea that they on taxes less than a month later.” everyone said spend less#...#into Norquist can live with.
Coburn and Crapo for supporting were breaking the ATR pledge by Many credited ATR president a zone where Democrats can play #ad#So, conservative crisis
a “massive tax hike” and claimed voting for the commission’s Grover Norquist for spearheading equally well, which is the deficit averted? Controversy over?
that in doing so, the senators proposal. the offensive. Indeed, most zone?” he asked. Perhaps. Or maybe there was
“admitted they lied about taxes to Conservative bloggers pushed the headlines read “Coburn vs. But he doesn’t think Coburn is a never much of a conflict to begin
get elected.” Both were reelected story-- it being odd that a Norquist,” or some variant betrayer of the cause. “Coburn’s with, at least as far as Coburn and
last month, each receiving more prominent fiscal hawk like thereof. But when I spoke to been a hero on spending,” Norquist are concerned. Ellis,
than 70 percent of the vote. Coburn, of all people, was the Norquist on Monday, he had only Norquist said, and in his view, who did not return a request for
#ad#Coburn, Crapo, and retiring target of ATR’s scorn. National positive things to say about that’s the area Republicans should comment, might feel differently,
GOP senator Judd Gregg (N.H.), Review’s own Kevin Williamson, Coburn and Crapo. In fact, emphasize going forward. “The although he hasn’t mentioned
w h o a l s o b a c k e d t h e who has sparred with Ellis in the Norquist said he had spoken best thing we can do is to not Coburn’s name in a couple of
commission’s plan, signed ATR’s past, commented here. Coburn privately with both senators and spend the money that Obama days. One senior Senate aide
Taxpayer Protection Pledge to spokesman John Hart issued a was satisfied that their support for plans to spend.” Ultimately, he familiar with the situation told
o p p o s e “ a n y a n d a l l t a x sharply worded response to Ellis’s Simpson-Bowles was not a blatant thought, Republicans should be NRO that the whole episode was
increases.” Many conservatives accusations, and Coburn told violation of the ATR tax pledge, mostly satisfied with the plan as a pretty bizarre. “Who’s in charge
have argued that the plan NRO’s Bob Costa that he as Ellis insisted it was. Senate starting point, given the numerous over there?” the aide asked.
constitutes a huge tax increase, “rejects” the idea that special- aides confirmed the concessions forced upon — Andrew Stiles is a 2010
with some disagreement over the interest groups such as ATR conversations. “I don’t believe Democrats in areas such as Franklin fellow. Andrew Stiles
exact amount. ATR said it’s a would have much influence on the either of those gentlemen want to entitlement spending and tax
DAVID
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Policy Center and author of

Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama
and the Untold Story of American
Socialism. Stanley Kurtz
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ANNIE
continued from page 56
world’s leading counter-jihadist,
Robert Spencer. Please. He
joined forces with me a couple of
years ago. And it started with the
Aqsa Parvez memorial, honor
killing victim in Canada who was
buried in an unmarked grave.
And I wanted to raise the money
just to get her a marker. And that
was the beginning of the
partnership.
And I can’t thank him enough for
supporting every initiative, no
matter how dangerous. He never,
ever tried to talk me out of
anything that I wanted to do —
we wanted to do. We started the
Freedom Defense Initiative, we
started Stop the Islamization of
America. I tip my hat to him.
Even the involvement that I have
with the David Horowitz Center
— I have to again thank Robert.
And any time I approach the
David Horowitz Center, if it was
one of the events I wanted to do at
CPAC — the largest conservative
gathering in America — to bring
some education in terms of jihad
to CPAC — David Horowitz
would always get me the room.
These are small things, but
they’re important. Because, as
this past year has seen, you don’t
need an enormous amount of
people or money to make the
difference. You take the enemy’s
playbook, and you shove it right
down their throat. And that’s
what I did.
Very briefly — the Freedom bus
ads — you know, I was covering
the Rifqa Bary case. And this was
the — back story is a Christian
convert out of Islam. Father
threatens to kill her, she runs
away. So now she’s in Florida,
and they’re trying to bring her
back to the household, the devout
Muslim household, that wants to
kill her. Mind you, there are girls
who run away by the millions.
They’re doing drugs, they’re
selling bodies; nobody’s looking
for them. But this little virgin, the
straight-A student — they’re
tracking her like a serial killer.
So when I was in Florida, I
would see these bus ads
proselytizing for Islam — “Come
to Islam,” “Why Islam?” And I
thought, what about those that
want to leave Islam? And that’s
how it started.
And the reason why it was so
pivotal was because on these
television shows, where they’d
say, you know, they’re anti-Islam,
these are anti-Islam ads — I’d
say, “How are they anti-Islam
ads?” If I did an ad for spousal
abuse, that’s like every husband in
America saying, “Hey, I’m
insulted.” We got to say things
that were never said in the media.
The Ground Zero mosque —
sadly, we know they’re going to
go forward. Listen. Listen, you
have to understand that we’re in a
war. We are at war now. It’s not
coming, it’s not around the
corner; it’s now. The Ground
Zero mosque is the second wave
of the 9/11 attack.
And when I appear on television,
and I say things like, “It’s an
Islamic pattern to build triumphal
mosques on the cherished sites of
conquered lands.” People never
heard that. People never heard,
why build a shrine to the 270
million victims of jihadi wars,
cultural annihilations, land
appropriations and enslavements?
People never heard that before.
It’s a teachable moment.
And I’m sure it’s gotten quiet at
the Ground Zero mosque because
they have to show the money.
Here he’s a slumlord, Imam Rauf,
whose buildings just went into
receivership. But he’s building a
$150 million mosque. And Sharif
El-Gamal, the developer on it —
he was just thrown out of his
offices in Soho, SOHO
Properties. And he’s building a
$150 million mosque. They know
that the flashlight is on them.
And so they’re going to have to
move very carefully. And yes,
when they break ground, there’s
going to be moms and their kids,
with little strollers, standing up
there — “Move us.”
We are under attack. Obviously,
the violent jihad, the academic
jihad, the sociological jihad, the
cultural jihad, the academic jihad
— we have been infiltrated at the
senior level of the DOD, the
Department of Defense. I mean,
look at what you’re put through to
travel. Look at what you’re put
through to travel. And yet, not
one time in the Department of
Defense’s report on the Fort Hood
jihadi — not once was religious
motivation mentioned.
Yesterday, we had the verdict in
the first Gitmo trial — acquitted
of 280 counts, guilty of destroying
property.
So what does this mean? It
means that — understand that it
was doctors and lawyers, and
moms and dads and kids, and
aunts and uncles — they were the
target in 9/11 and beyond. They
were the target. They are the
soldiers. We are the soldiers now.
This is not a conventional war.
Each one of you must fight this
war. I cannot impress this upon
you enough. You are each
activated. What does that mean?
It means you have friends, you
have an e-mail list, yes? You
have — when you wake up in the
morning, and you throw your legs
over the bed, and you rub the
sleep from your eye, you ask
yourself, what am I going to do
today to save the Republic? I
mean it.
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GUEST
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Cancun looks likely to end in
disappointment just as
Copenhagen did. But a
successful, legally-binding
emissions treaty would be a
disaster for the world economy
and would do huge damage to
America’s interests (and to
Europe’s, though they don’t seem
to have noticed). So let me make
an appeal to America’s climate
realists and conservatives: if
against all expectation a deal is
agreed in Cancun, use any means
you can to pressure Congress to
reject it. That may not be too
tough a task.
Roger Helmer Conservative Party
Member of the European
Parliament for the East Midlands
region.
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62 Politics-Right/
Base Drama for Obama
Rich Trzupek (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage)
Submitted at 12/8/2010 10:45:42 PM
So much for the post-partisan
presidency. Not that there was any
chance that it would actually
happen anyway. It would have
taken a modern-day Solomon to
bridge the ideological divide in
America today and no one would
confuse Barack Obama with the
Biblical King. From the beginning
of his term, Obama’s idea of
bipartisanship more closely
resembled a mob racket than any
kind of nuanced balancing of
political and public interests.
From the stimulus through
government bailouts, from health
care through trials for terrorists,
the administration’s message has
been unmistakably clear: we’ll all
get along fine, so long as you do
exactly as Nancy, Harry and I say.
The administration thus alienated
Republicans early and often and,
as the 2010 election so amply
demonstrated, millions upon
millions of Americans as well.
Now, the furor over the
president’s proposal to extend the
Bush-era tax cuts to everyone has
turned another faction against
him: Obama’s base on the far-left
views the president’s tax-
extension proposal as “proof” that
Obama is in fact a money-
grubbing Republican disguised
progressive clothing.
Bob Tyrrell coined the phrase
“conservative crack up” when
things started to fall apart on the
Right after the Reagan years. The
current episode may well signal a
repeat of the phenomenon on the
Left. The far-left and the elected
officials representing
progressives, like Speaker Pelosi,
are rushing to put as much
distance between themselves and
Obama’s heretical proposal as
possible. Centerist Democrats,
like centrist Republicans, are
willing to go along with a
“framework” that neither group
believes is perfect, but that each
believes is necessary if we’re to
avoid an even deeper recession.
The right-wing of the Republican
party isn’t at all sure that it’s
willing to swallow the bitter pill
of additional spending that goes
along with the tax cut extension in
Obama’s proposal, but the jury is
still out as to whether hard-core
conservatives will vote against the
deal or not. At the end of the day,
my guess is that conservatives
will hold out as long as they can
for as much as they can, before
joining the center of both parties
to ensure that tax rates remain
stable for everyone over the next
two years.
While the Obama administration
E-reader News Edition
am going to move on. I am going
to expect nothing at all from
Washington and work very hard
to elect progressive Democrats
locally. I’m just going to start all
over from the bottom up. Oh, and
this. I will NEVER, EVER,
EVER again give time or a dime
or a vote to a blue dog Democrat.
That includes the President.”
Another complained about
Obama’s defection in terms that
could have been plucked from a
McCain-Palin ad in 2008:
“During the election, a Brit asked
me: ‘What do we really know
about this Obama character? Isn’t
it a bit risky to choose a President
with no experience?’ At the time,
I responded as you might expect.
‘Saying all the right things’,
is not the first post-partisan w e r e t e r r i b l y w r o n g a b o u t ‘Energizing the country’, etc, etc.
p r e s i d e n c y s i n c e G e o r g e economics all along, or Obama Crap, I should have listened to the
Washington, it is certainly the wasn’t the Chosen One they’d guy. Obama turned out to be
first post-ironic presidency. imagined him to be from the start. nothing but a suit with a great
O b a m a ’ s e n t i r e e c o n o m i c Actually, both are true, but their speech writer.” Finally we have
demagoguery was based on the disillusionment is spectacular to this bit of sarcasm from a Daily
contention that the Bush tax cuts behold. Kosite who believes that allowing
ruined the economy – a fantasy Consider a few comments posted people to keep more of the money
that corresponded directly with on the Daily Kos, the site that is t h e y ’ v e e a r n e d i s m o r a l l y
the delusions of his leftist base. always a harbinger of far-leftist equivalent to highway robbery:
So what does the president opinion, shortly after the president “The rich need our money more
p r o p o s e t o d o t o k e e p t h e announced his willingness to then (sic) we do, because they are
economy from tanking even extend the Bush-era tax cuts for better people. Obama knows this
further than he’s torpedoed it thus all. “I’m just going to accept the and doesn’t flinch from doing the
far? Extend the Bush tax cuts. The fact that I was had and that hard things – like taking our
cognitive dissonance on the Left Obama is in fact a Republican,” money and giving it to the rich.”
must be shattering – either they one commenter moaned. “Then I
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Don’t Force New START

Submitted at 12/9/2010 3:00:35 AM
would amount to a Christmas gift the altar of arms control. in one way or another on pretty
to the Russians. Second, Russia has an estimated much every major arms-control
The treaty should not be a First and foremost, missile ten-to-one advantage over the treaty to which it is a party.
Christmas present for Russia. defense remains a major point of United States in tactical nuclear What’s more, as the expiration
T wenty-four years ago, Pres. disagreement between the United weapons, a situation that was not date of the previous START
R o n a l d R e a g a n t r a v e l e d t o States and Russia, and this treaty addressed at all by New START. approached last year, the
Reykjavik, Iceland, to negotiate only makes the situation worse. These are the kinds of weapons administration promised it would
an arms-control treaty with the Russia has threatened to withdraw
Soviet Union. When the Soviets from the treaty if we expand our
that are most susceptible to theft
or diversion to emerging threats,
come up with some sort of
“bridging agreement” to keep
Freedom and
insisted that the treaty must limit missile-defense capabilities. It
A m e r i c a ’ s m i s s i l e - d e f e n s e made a similar threat when the
including terrorists and rogue
nations such as North Korea and
verification efforts going until the
new treaty could be ratified. The Toleration at
program, which was designed to original START was completed
guard against intercontinental under the first President Bush. At
Iran. They are the weapons Russia
has reportedly moved closer to
parties never finished that
agreement, and so any verification Mount Vernon
ballistic missiles, Reagan walked that time, President Bush said our NATO allies. One of our top gap has been created by the Bethany Murphy (The Foundry:
away. He later explained, “We directly that our missile-defense goals going into negotiations on administration. Conservative Policy News.)
prefer no agreement than to bring activities have no bearing on this treaty should have been to The Senate has a responsibility to
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:30:17 AM
home a bad agreement to the Russia’s arms-control obligations. close that gap, so why wasn’t it consider treaties thoroughly to
United States.” I am concerned that President mentioned? Because the Russians ensure they are in our country’s The Hanukkah miracle begins
Apparently times have changed. Obama’s response to the Russian didn’t want to talk about it. best interest. It should not rush its with the story of the Syrian-Greek
President Obama wants to jam a threat this time is weaker. Third, treaty proponents argue duty now to make up for the emperor Antiochus making the
deeply flawed arms-control treaty Moreover, the treaty contains a that the Senate must rush Obama administration’s mistakes. observance of Judaism punishable
with Russia, known as New direct limitation on U.S. missile- consideration of New START We lose nothing by postponing by death. The Jews fought back,
START, through a lame-duck defense-system deployments. because we now lack the ability to consideration of this treaty until and against seemingly
session of the Senate just to rack Why does a treaty ostensibly verify what Russia is doing. This the new Congress convenes in a insurmountable odds, reclaimed
up an accomplishment before the about offensive weapons mention would make sense if the few weeks. Jerusalem and the Temple which
end of the year. missile defense at all? It appears verification provisions in the This flawed treaty has too great had been desecrated by
#ad#New START misses one to have been included only to treaty were something to be an impact on America’s national Antiochus’ army. After
opportunity after another to appease Russia. celebrated and worth rushing into security to be taken lightly or reclaiming the Temple, the Jews
m a i n t a i n a s t a b l e n u c l e a r Treaty proponents argue that place. rushed for the sake of political were disappointed to find that
relationship between our two New START furthers the legacy However, New START’s pride. there was only one day’s worth of
countries. To remedy this will of Ronald Reagan’s vision of a verification provisions are much — South Dakota senator John oil left to burn in the Temple. The
require significant time on the world without nuclear weapons. weaker than what we had under Thune serves as chairman of the Hanukkah miracle is that this one-
floor of the Senate. Trying to Let’s be clear about one thing: the previous treaty. This is a Senate Republican Policy day supply of oil lasted eight
force it through without ample President Reagan never would serious concern, because experts Committee. John Thune nights. On this, the last day of
time for debate and amendments have sacrificed missile defense on say Russia has essentially cheated Hanukkah, American Jews have
another miracle to be thankful for.
For the first time in world
history, Jews have not only been
allowed in a country, but
welcomed into it, sewn into the
fabric of society. The unique
freedom found in America is
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64 Politics-Right/ E-reader News Edition

Life Is Not Pretty in Argentina’s Pink House

Jim Roberts (The Foundry: it owes billions of dollars.
Conservative Policy News.) President Kirchner, like President
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:00:34 PM Obama, is a devotee of Keynesian
deficit spending. She wants to
Posted December 9th, 2010 at “spread more wealth around” by
1:00pm in American Leadership raising new funds for her
Print This Post government through the issuance
Mary O’Grady reported in the of new sovereign bonds, but
December 6 Wall Street Journal Argentina’s past (and as yet
that a key Argentine anti-money- unpaid) debts prohibit fresh
laundering unit may have been borrowing. A return to world
protecting President Cristina capital markets might help the
Fernandez de Kirchner and her Peronists cling to power in the
late husband, Nestor, from 2011 presidential election, but
scrutiny and investigation in the will the unsavory details that have
area of dirty money. come to light shake the markets’
Apparently under the Kirchners, faith in Argentina’s “willingness”
Argentina has become a feeble to pay back the country’s debts?
ally in the global fight against The latest revelations certainly
drug money laundering. Other provide skeptics with more
tidbits that have emerged recently reasons to question whether the
expose a poor record of Kirchner Administration can be
governance in Argentina’s “Pink More troubling are reports about So perhaps it is not surprising trusted.
House” ( Casa Rosada). Secretary Kirchner’s approach to law that Argentina’s GDP per capita This entry passed through the
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Nestor’s gastrointestinal health; leader of a Financial Action Task Peronist Kirchners. In 2001, on someone else's site, please read
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conquer” approach to governing. laundering and terror finance. private foreign creditors, to whom
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House Passes DREAM Act continued from page 63

made clear in President George staff fulfilled my request without

Tait Trussell (FrontPage
Magazine » FrontPage) Washington’s 1790 letter to the batting an eye, something most
Hebrew Congregation at Newport. professional catering companies
Submitted at 12/8/2010 10:42:00 PM Washington wrote: cannot do. I was able to enjoy a
It is now no more that toleration kosher meal with my coworkers
With future taxation, and is spoken of as if it were the in the home of America’s first
therefore the economy, hanging in indulgence of one class of people president, a striking symbol of
the balance, Congress on that another enjoyed the exercise religious acceptance in America.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 decided do of their inherent natural rights… Two thousand years ago, the
talk, instead, about amnesty for In Europe and elsewhere in the Jews fought for the right to
illegal aliens provided under the world, Jews were merely practice their religion freely and
mislabeled “DREAM Act.” The “tolerated” at the discretion of the openly. In the modern era, many
act passed later that night in the dominant culture. In America, of us have been lucky enough to
House by a vote of 216-198 they were fully equal to everyone find a home in the United States,
(including eight Republicans), but else in religious rights. According where we are not only free to
faces uncertain prospects in the to Washington, “the Government practice our religion, but have
Senate. of the United States…gives to found our values embraced and
Now on the fourth and fifth bigotry no sanction, to honored in the first nation to
versions of the DREAM act, the persecution no assistance,” and acknowledge a Judeo-Christian
bill would legalize between the program, undocumented accelerated treatment. requires only that good citizens tradition.
300,000 and 2.1 million illegal students must have been brought Neither of the bills under
pledge their support to the country This entry passed through the
immigrants—the children of to the U.S. before they were 16. consideration has gone through in return. Heritage expert Dr. Full-Text RSS service — if this is
illegals who were born here or They must have lived in this the customary committee action. Matthew Spalding expands on this your content and you're reading it
came as youngsters. What is a country for five consecutive years Only one of them has been scored i d e a i n “ T h e M e a n i n g o f on someone else's site, please read
dream-come-true to supporters is since that time and be no younger as to its cost by the Congressional R e l i g i o u s L i b e r t y . ” our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/
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the armed forces. But only two d i p l o m a o r G E D f r o m a n r e q u i r e m e n t s i f c o m p e l l i n g Mount Vernon, the long-standing Again?.
years of college attendance is American school and (who knows circumstances and the deportation acceptance of Jews in America
required. So, no college degree is how to prove it) be of “good of the immigrant would cause a was palpable. As an Orthodox
needed. moral character.” hardship, in the judgment of
Jew, I will only eat meals
S u p p o r t e r s i n s i s t t h a t By existing law, the Secretary of H o m e l a n d S e c r e t a r y J a n e t specially packaged and certified
undocumented students often Defense already can enlist illegal Napolitano. That begins to sound as Kosher. The Mount Vernon
don’t realize their predicament immigrants in the military if it is like a law with few requirements.
until applying for work or college. vital to the national interest. And “We are such stuff as dreams are
Most grew up in the U.S. and the law allows such immigrants to made of,” as Will Shakespeare
don’t relate to the land of their become naturalized citizens of the said and young illegals might say.
parents. Although to qualify for U.S. Their applications are given
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BEIJING’S
continued from page 57
penchant for strategic denial and
deception, which is perhaps
nowhere better demonstrated than
in its unwillingness to talk about
nuclear issues with the
Department of Defense. This lack
of openness and dialogue presents
a challenge to our intelligence and
policy communities, since it
perpetuates a litany of
unanswered questions about
China’s strategic doctrine,
capabilities, and intent.
And while China’s strategic
forces are increasing in number,
diversity and capability, American
nuclear forces are in desperate
need of modernization. In the
view of some experts, if any
country can undertake a “rush to
nuclear parity” with the United
States, it is the world’s No. 3
nuclear power, China.
Indeed, according to some
independent groups, Beijing could
become a nuclear peer of
Washington’s in the not-too-
distant future if it so desired, in
light of the expected arms cuts by
the United States under New
START.
The question remains: Have we
really considered what China’s
nuclear forces will look like over
the life of New START? If not,
we had better do so immediately.
Consequently, in considering
New START, the Senate and the
administration must factor in the
trajectory of China’s nuclear
forces and the direction of its
strategic policy to ensure that an
arms-control treaty with Russia
does not undermine our security.
-- Peter Brookes is a Heritage
Foundation senior fellow and a
former deputy assistant secretary
of defense. Peter Brookes
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Barcode Hero Lets Kids Send Wish
Lists to “Santa”
Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!) the help!”
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:03:59 AM The Holiday Wish List update
might be more fun than function,
Barcode Hero is reinventing the but it’s the kind of thing that gives
holiday wish list for children with you the warm-and-fuzzies this
a proclivity for mobile shopping time of year.
and modern conveniences. 1-start-screen
The startup, which focuses on 2-create-a-wishlist
product discovery through 3-add-to-wishlist
barcode scanning, is releasing an 4-marcis-wishlist
update to its iPhone app that lets 5-sending-to-santa
kids create mobile wish lists they 6-santa-received-your-wishlist
can send straight to the big guy at 7-wishlists-for-everyone
Kids can personalize their lists
the North Pole. Image courtesy of Flickr,
with a digital letter, tell Santa
The feel-good Holiday Wish List Mukumbura
whether they’ve been naughty or
update includes themed fare and More About: barcode hero,
nice, and capture and attach a
encourages kids to create a wish Christmas, Holiday, holiday wish
photo to show just how deserving
list or two by scanning product list, Santa
(and adorably cute) they are this
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“Best Social Media Customer Service” Finalists Discuss Their

Success [INTERVIEWS]
Erica Swallow (Mashable!) Service” winner at the Mashable minimum. We like to think of We don’t hide behind our brand.
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:40:19 AM Awards. Aramex ourselves as being in the customer We use our real names, give our
It’s advisable for brands care business. We want to create real e-mail addresses and
This post is brought to you by interested in getting involved in connections with folks. We want encourage our employees to
BlackBerry, sponsor of the social media to have a real reason to foster meaningful relationships. engage with customers in ways
Mashable Awards’ “ Best Social to get started. That’s why we We want people to know we’re that feel true to them and their
M e d i a C u s t o m e r S e r v i c e ” admire companies like global notably the only one based in grateful for their business and the style.”
Category. RIM creates innovative logistics and transportation emerging markets. Hilal notes, opportunity to serve them.”
wireless solutions, including the provider Aramex. When we asked “We were among the first Regardless of how customers are Nguyen concluded that great
BlackBerry® wireless platform A r a m e x ’ s O n l i n e adopters of social media as a connecting with Boingo — social media customer service is
a n d t h e n e w B l a c k B e r r y Conversationalist Feras Hilal powerful tool for customer whether that be via a “traditional” “authentic both to the brand it
PlayBook, coming soon. Learn what inspired the company to start engagement in the Middle East, channel (phone/e-mail/chat) or a represents and to the person
more on the Inside BlackBerry using social media as a customer Africa, India and Southeast Asia.” “new” channel (social media), representing the brand. It’s
Blog. service tool, he answered Boingo Nguyen noted that great customer incredibly responsive. And it
As social media usage becomes l o g i c a l l y : Gearing up for the new “Best service is “all about being goes way beyond just ‘customer
m o r e m a i n s t r e a m a m o n g “We identified where customers Social Media Customer Service” available to help, no matter where service.’ It’s customer care.”
businesses, customer service is communicate and interact, and category, Mashable’s Meghan that conversation takes place.” Eurail.Com
among the top five reasons found that our customers were Peters recently outlined three So what makes Boingo stand out Chantal Sukel, campaign
businesses give for partaking in talking about us online. We went examples of stellar social media from the other nominees on the manager for Eurail.Com, an e-
s o c i a l m e d i a , a c c o r d i n g t o where our customers are, and customer service. One of the list? Nguyen pointed out two commerce site for Eurail train
eMarketer. social media is a channel that companies outlined was Boingo. areas: passes, told Mashable that when
Acting on this essential business enables us to tune in to their Citing the Wi-Fi service’s knack • Being proactive.“We don’t wait the company began its endeavor
area in social media, we added the issues, so we can provide them for technical support, customer until a complaint makes its way to into social media three years ago,
“Best Social Media Customer with solutions. As a customer- engagement and community us to address it,” says Nguyen. it was focused on “interactions in
Service” category to this year’s centric company, our approach is building, Peters deemed Boingo “Instead, we are proactively general.” Since founding a social
Mashable Awards, our annual to listen to customers and adapt to one of the top players in this area. scanning for comments and media presence, however, the
contest highlighting the very best their needs.” Mashable readers agreed, conversations to jump in and help. company has come to realize that
the web has to offer. Simply put: go where your nominating the company into the Because of the nature of our customer service is one of its
Mashable readers spoke loud and customers are. And when you get finalists. service — people using the biggest reasons for staying
clear, nominating five finalists to there, do it right. Hilal believes We spoke with Boingo’s PR and Boingo Wi-Fi network are involved in the social media
the category: Aramex, Boingo, that Aramex’s success is based on social media manager, Baochi generally very pressed for time — space.
Eurail.com, Hewlett Packard and social media being a natural Nguyen, to get the inside scoop we need to be helping ‘real time.’ “Soon we noticed that customers
ZocDoc. We interviewed each of extension of the company’s about Boingo’s social media It doesn’t help if someone tweets knew where to find us to discuss
the finalists to get an inside look culture and values. Through social strategies and philosophies. a complaint and we show up 30 travel plans, ask questions and get
at why you, our readers, chose media, Aramex reaches customers Nguyen was quick to clarify: minutes later to help, because by inspired by others’ experiences,”
these companies as your top in a timely and relevant way, “We believe there’s a distinction then their plane may be boarding said Sukel. “When the number of
picks. helping it “research customer between customer ’service’ and or they have to leave the coffee fans and interactions grew, I set
Check out the interviews below, needs, improve our services and customer ‘care.’ Customer shop. So we need to be extremely up a small and dedicated team of
share your thoughts in the really know what our customers service means you’re doing just responsive.” travel professionals who since
comments, and most importantly, (and employees) need,” said Hilal. that — servicing a customer. It’s • Being authentic.“The other then assist our fans. Social media
vote to help choose this year’s Aramex stands out from other old school. It’s doing the thing which may set us apart is “BEST page 69
“Best Social Media Customer nominees on the list, because it is our commitment to authenticity.
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Win a Holiday MashPack With 12 Tech Prizes & Ben Folds
Tickets [GIVEAWAY]
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Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:14:25 AM
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works faster and more effective
than e-mail support, which is why
this way of communicating has
rapidly become an important part
of our customer service.”
Sukel believes that Eurail.Com
benefits from the personal touch
that its agents add to its social
media presence:
“Eurail.Com is lucky enough to
have extremely dedicated agents
that strive to answer all questions
within eight hours or sooner. Not
only in English, but also Spanish
and even Dutch or German! Our
fans receive a personal reply, not
a script. They talk to an actual
human being who can give them
anecdotes and tips from their own
rail travel experiences.”
When evaluating customer
service, Sukel believes that
personal assistance is key.
“Respect, transparency and
attention are among the most
important things in life, so why
not in customer service?” Hewlett
Packard
Like Aramex, HP entered the
social media space inspired by its
customers. “Increasingly, our
customers are using social media
to get their needs met. If we’re
not there, we’re not meeting our
customers’ needs,” stated HP’s
Lois Townsend, manager of
global social media strategy.
Townsend noted that HP sets
itself apart from others in the
social media space by utilizing
customer feedback about its
products and emphasizing
community engagement.
• Product Feedback.“HP builds
technology hardware and
software,” she said. “Through
social media channels like
Twitter, Facebook and our HP
Support Forums, we are garnering
valuable feedback from our
customers about our products. HP
provides that feedback to our
product and content teams, which
goes directly into the building of
future technology.”
• Community Engagement.“We
also put a big emphasis on
community engagement and even
hire folks to manage this —
creating ways to provide value to
our community, and to recognize
folks who are actively assisting
fellow community members.”
Highlighting HP’s community
engagement efforts, Townsend
noted its brand advocacy
program: “We’ve recruited over
100 HP experts to serve as
‘Ambassadors,’ reaching out and
helping our customers every day.
For example, one of our
Ambassadors reached a customer
via Twitter to help them obtain
English-speaking support while
on holiday in Spain.” She also
pointed out that HP hosts online
Expert Day events to provide free,
24-hour real-time access to large
teams of experts on various topics
of customer interest. “These
online events attract hundreds of
thousands of customers — think
of it as the ‘Super Bowl’ of expert
assistance,” she said. Townsend
shared that HP’s data shows that
increasingly, online channels are a
preferred method for its customers
in finding answers to questions
about HP products. The company
plans on continued social media
integration to support this need.
Townsend imagined a future
possibility: “Next steps include
enhanced integration of social
media channels so that, for
instance, you can post a question
in Facebook that can
automatically tap into the experts
out in our HP Support Forum.”
She also told us to keep an eye on
a “revamped, very cool
recognition program for our top
community contributors.” When it
comes down to it, Townsend
believes that great social media
customer service is about “Lively,
quality, and active participation
among the customers, and the host
company.” She thinks that it
should be a forum for “honest
conversation that allows for both
‘good and bad’ to be discussed,
with a focus on getting to a
constructive and timely resolution
for any issues.” ZocDoc COO and
founder Oliver Kharraz, MD, told
us that social media was
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to us that our users should also
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ZocDoc is in the business of
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healthcare may be the most
compelling reason to vote for
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category, said Kharraz:“We work
in the public interest. Every day
we get hundreds of tweets, e-
mails, and Facebook messages
from people thanking us for
helping them find a doctor when
they needed one. From tourists on
vacation to parents with sick
children, ZocDoc has been the
service to make people’s lives
better. People should vote for
ZocDoc if they believe that
healthcare is an industry worth
improving. Our goal is to bring
customer service to the doctor’s
office, where it’s never been
before.” Focusing once more on
ZocDoc’s customers, Kharraz
explained that the success of a
social media customer service
program can be measured by
“people’s responses.” He noted,
“We get very excited when people
choose to take the time to thank
us or recommend us to their
friends. They’re letting us know
that we’re doing something right.”
While it may not be the most
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Operation Payback Targets Amazon.com [UPDATED]

Brenna Ehrlich (Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 10:44:42 AM

A collective of hackers who have

set their sights on those
companies that have denied
service to WikiLeaks and its
founder are now trying to take
down Amazon.com.
They announced via Twitter that
they would begin their attack at
11 a.m. ET, but so far the site
appears to be operational.
Mashable also received the below
e-mail:
“I am part of the attack going on
with Paypal, Mastercard and soon
to be Amazon.
We will take Amazon down in
less than one hour. Do you have
any questions?
And get this straight – WE
HAVE NO LEADER! WE ARE
DOING THIS ALL
INVOLUNTARY [sic]!!!
-Operation Anonymous”
We have reached out to the
sender for more info.
closed the account of WikiLeaks accounts allegedly corresponding users to become a part of a botnet Due to political pressure and
Anonymous, who is said to be
founder Julian Assange. They also to Anonymous yesterday, that could be used to DDoS citing TOS violations,
heading up a campaign called
managed to fell PayPal’s blog for including@Anon_Operation, Amazon’s servers. organizations from Paypal to
“Operation Payback” (for more on
a period of time ( PayPal recently which was supposedly leaking WikiLeaks is a highly contested Amazon Web Services began
what they’re about, check out the
restricted WikiLeaks’s account). credit card info via Twitter prior whistleblower site that recently denying service to WikiLeaks.
video below), is a loose collective
This morning, a Twitter account to shutdown (MasterCard informs drew the ire of the U.S. Operation Payback, which is said
of “hacktivists” who have
called@Op_Payback announced us that no credit numbers have government after releasing to be orchestrating these DDoS
allegedly been targeting sites such
that it would be taking down been compromised, however). 250,000 cables from American attacks, set about putting pressure
as Visa and Mastercard,
Amazon.com, which ousted Upon shutdown, more Twitter embassies and diplomats; the of sites like these — as well as
companies that have ceased
WikiLeaks from its servers at the accounts began cropping up, cables were first released to news U.S. politicians who had made
delivery of funds that had been
beginning of December. A third- including @Op_Payback (on organizations and more than a negative or even threatening
donated to WikiLeaks.
party seller appears to be selling which the Amazon attack was thousand were then published remarks about WikiLeaks founder
The hackers succeeded in taking
the infamous WikiLeaks cables a n n o u n c e d ) a n d directly to the WikiLeaks site. Julian Assange, including Sarah
down the sites of both credit card
(for Kindle) on Amazon UK. @Anon_Operationn, which says Some of those leaked documents Palin and Sen. Joe Lieberman —
companies (at least for a period of
We weren’t sure at the time nothing about Amazon.com. didn’t have proper redactions and this week.
time), as well as that of Swiss
whether this was a legit threat — @Op_Payback, however, posted a may have exposed active OPERATION page 71
bank PostFinance, which has
both Facebook and Twitter closed guide this morning that enabled government operatives to danger.
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UPDATE: We received another e
-mail from a person claiming to
be affiliated with Operation
Payback:
“Make sure everyone knows that
we are not 4CHAN. 4CHAN has
nothing to do with this.
We are currently attacking
Paypal.
Target api.paypal.com port 443
and it seems sluggish at this time.
Again, we are not 4CHAN, we
are an anonymous involuntary
group called AnonOps
With the Amazon attack, they are
simply toooo big for us right now.
Maybe at a later time we can try
again with them.
We are using LOIC’s to attack.
We have a hive of nearly 5000
Overspending To Save
(Financiallyfit on Shine)
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:17:23 AM
As the close of Cyber Monday
fast approaches, many of us are
still in the midst of the shopping
frenzy that started last Friday.
With every news channel
reporting that shoppers spent $45
billion this past Black Friday
alone, it is more than clear that the
power of a well publicized deal
gets Americans to spend some
serious cash!
This is seemingly great news for
the economy, but what has
actually changed for shoppers
over this past year? The
employment rate isn’t up, nor is
the housing market – so why is
spending this holiday season on
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the rise? Do Americans actually
have more money to spend, or are
they just overspending and
racking up debt? Early Bird
Bargains
Case in point: as you may have
heard, I ventured to my local GAP
store at 6am on Black Friday with
my friend Susan. They were
offering 50% off from 6-10 am,
and I jumped at the chance to be
there bright(or actually, dark) and
early when the doors opened. At
50% off EVERYTHING in the
store, I figured it was worth it!
As it turns out, I got more than
just some great bargains at the
GAP… The woman standing
next to me at the check out
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counter offered me a valuable
reminder about why sales – even
when intended to save money –
can lead to us spend more instead!
I Should Have Known Something
Was Up…
The woman next to me was
piling up her purchases on the
counter – and I mean piling. She
had so much stuff I figured she
was buying for her whole family
and every gift she needed now –
and for the foreseeable future.
It’s not really relevant but I also
want to mention that at 6am this
woman was in full make-up, hair
done and in a cute outfit – I
should have known something
was a bit off, right? But anyway
– after the cashier rung up all –
and I do mean ALL – of her
purchases the, she announced,
“your total is $300 – it would
have been $600, but with the sale
you just saved $300!” I expected
the customer to be overjoyed at
the news that she had just ‘saved’
$300. However, her reaction was
anything but… Too Much Of A
Good Thing
“What?! I just spent $300? I
wasn’t expecting it to be that
much! Are you sure that is
correct?’ At this point I am
feeling annoyed – and so are the
other customers mounting up in
the check out line behind her. She
could see well enough to put
perfect eyeliner on at this early
hour but couldn’t figure out what
50 % off was going to be?
Seriously, this wasn’t exactly a
brain teaser. But then I realized
what was going on. She had
gotten so caught up in the
excitement of ‘saving’ 50 percent
off her purchases that she ended
up spending way more than she
ever expected to in the first
place! Not a deal at all…. The
Moral of the Story
Now you know that here at Fab
& Fru we’re all about scoring a
sensational deal! And although I
don’t want to be major buzz kill,
we do feel the need for this gentle
reminder… If you can’t afford to
buy something in the first place,
just because it’s on sale DOES
NOT mean it’s a deal! If you
can’t pay your credit card bill at
the end of December, then you’re
going to be spending way more in
interest payments in the long run
than the actual money you just
saved on all those so-called
bargains!
So, this holiday season don’t just
shop for deals to pay less on
purchases you never planned to
make in the first place! Stick to
your budget and shop to SAVE.
There is no better gift that you
could give yourself than the gift
of financial security. Shop smart
and buy great gifts, but ALWAYS
keep your goal of financial
freedom in sight!
Let us know what you think at
FabandFru.com!
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Google Cr-48 Chrome laptop preview

Paul Miller (Engadget) less than a second, a cold boot
Submitted at 12/9/2010 11:55:00 AM takes around 15 seconds to get to
the login screen, and another 6 or
Well, would you look at what 7 seconds to login after you've
showed up on our frigid doorstep entered your password.
this morning? That's right, we are • The remainder of our
now the proud owners of Google's impressions will be about Poppit!.
first Chrome OS laptop -- the Cr-
48. Obviously, we ripped open the The most important thing to
box and got right to handling the remember is that this product is in
12.1-inch, Atom-powered laptop. no way designed for the mass
So, what does the thing feel like? market, and it's up to Samsung,
How's that keyboard? And more Acer, and other forthcoming third
importantly, how's Chrome OS parties to actually build the
looking? Stand by for our hardware we'll end up buying in
impressions, which we'll be the long run. Still, there seems to
adding in depth over the day. First be a lot here that laptop
impression: this thing is different. manufacturers of all sorts could
Here are some quick bullet points, take note of, and generic-ified or
one of our favorite formats for not, the Cr-48 is pretty striking.
presenting data in a list: Developing...
style clickpads. It has great • There's ultra-wide ctrl and alt • Our apps haven't synced over
Hardware Gallery: Google Cr-48 Chrome
multitouch scroll, and great buttons on the left side, thanks to from our desktop's copy of
• The entire body is made of a laptop preview
general mousing feel (better than the lack of a Windows Key. Chrome, which must be a still-
soft, beautiful matte black. It feels Google Cr-48 Chrome laptop
most Windows laptops), but it forthcoming feature.
very Droid-like, just a little less preview originally appeared on
also has some of that Envy trouble Software • You need an internet connection
rubberized. Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010
of disliking a finger floating on • It starts up instantly, and it's for the very first setup and login,
• Overall, it looks a lot like a 11:55:00 EDT. Please see our
the lower part of the pad. actually really hard to tell if we've but you can login to an existing
black MacBook, including a terms for use of feeds. Permalink|
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mouse, you can't be doing both at there are no drive noises, and we and access anything that's cached
for getting your finger in and
once. haven't hit upon any fan noise yet or HTML5-stored on the device --
lifting the lid, a very similar
• The matte screen overwhelms either. like some of those new Chrome
keyboard, and a similar hinge
us with gratitude. Thank you, • We're having trouble installing Web Apps.
design.
Google. Thank you. Photoshop. • While wake from standby takes
• There's on of those large Envy-
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Hertz plug-in rental program

Sparkpad platform revealed by way
of FCC, could make your wildest to boast 1,000 vehicles,
photo frame fantasies come true including the Tesla Roadster
Laura June (Engadget) small, with only 20 total vehicles
Chris Ziegler (Engadget) -- coming soon -- using the
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:13:00 PM available to rent to begin with, but
Submitted at 12/9/2010 12:38:00 PM Android SDK, making for a pretty
with a plan for between 500 and
versatile setup. Interestingly,
Hertz is getting serious about its 1,000 by the end of 2011. The
A visit to Sparkpad's website Sparkpad's manual points out that
about-to-launch, by-the-hour plug Hertz EV rental program has a fee
gives you little more than a this is the platform used by the
in car rental service Connect by to join up, and the cars will be
"coming soon" teaser, but not all iGala touchscreen photo frame
Hertz. Set to launch on December rented on a first come, first served
is lost, friends: new filings in the from a couple years back, so we're
15th in New York City, the basis, but you can sign up now if
FCC's database today are letting guessing that the company is just
company has plans to extend the you're ready to get behind the
the cat out of the bag. We're still now looking at opening up the
service into San Francisco, w h e e l o f o n e o f t h e
not sure exactly how this stuff is underlying platform to all comers.
Washington D.C, Texas and aforementioned silent bad boys.
going to be sold, but Sparkpad's Anyhow, yeah -- if you've ever
London by the end of 2011. The Hertz plug-in rental program to
products are looking a bit like a dreamed of programming your
list of cars in the fleet which will boast 1,000 vehicles, including
Bug Labs for larger displays, own DreamScreen, Sparkpad
be available to rent now includes the Tesla Roadster originally
seemingly allowing hobbyists and might be the way to roll.
the previously announced Nissan appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09
companies without massive R&D Sparkpad platform revealed by
Leaf, the Volt, the Mitsubishi i- Dec 2010 12:13:00 EDT. Please
budgets to throw together Linux- way of FCC, could make your
MiEV, the Tesla Roadster, the see our terms for use of feeds.
based interactive products that run wildest photo frame fantasies
Smart ED, and the Coda Sedan. Permalink Autoblog| Connect by
on photo frames ranging from 7 to come true originally appeared on
The program will start extremely Hertz| Email this| Comments
10.4 inches -- and if that's not big Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010
enough, there's also some sort of 12:38:00 EDT. Please see our
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The devices can be programmed Comments
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