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Senate hopeful Alvin Greene makes Dow Could Fall to

debut 7,500 if 10,600 Is Not
JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington)
Republican Jim DeMint in the
Nov. 2 mid-term elections, may
be a political novice but his
up with the more than $10,000
filing fee to get on the state
ballot.
Breached, Analyst Says
Submitted at 7/18/2010 9:07:05 PM
Connie Madon
debut speech hit all the right South Carolina Congressman (BloggingStocks)
The political unknown who campaign notes. James Clyburn, a Democrat,
stunned South Carolina and the He talked about the need for suggested Greene was a Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:00:00 AM

nation by winning the state’s jobs and the need to improve Republican plant. Republicans,
Democratic Senate primary education, referred to the Filed under: Analyst Reports,
in turn, accused Democrats of
produced headlines again on Republican incumbent as “my Technical Analysis, DJIA
being unfair to a political
Sunday. Technical analysts look for chart
opponent,” and declared himself newcomer.
Alvin Greene made what’s the best man for the job. patterns that may predict further
Lifelong Manning resident
believed to be his first campaign The speech was “short on time price changes. One such analyst
Jerry Johnson raised issue with for Dow 8,400. However, if it
appearance — ever — speaking a n d s h o r t o n s p e c i f i c s , ” is Daryl Guppy, who in a CNBC
the “condescending” tone of exceeds his target, he then
to an audience in his hometown according to a CNN reporter article has analyzed similarities
questions directed at Greene projects Dow 7,500 in 2010.
of Manning, South Carolina. who said it was slated to run 20 between the chart patterns
during a CNN interview just
Greene attracted an audience of minutes, but was clocked at 7 following the 1929 stock market
after the primary election. Continue reading Dow Could
about 300 people and national minutes. crash and the crash of 2008.
Johnson conceded the candidate Fall to 7,500 if 10,600 Is Not
media eager to hear what he had Greene got a polite reception at Here is his analysis:
is a man “shrouded in mystery” Breached, Analyst Says
to say. the event hosted by the local but thinks people still want to
As far as anyone knows, chapter of the NAACP. Two • In 1929, the market fell 49% Dow Could Fall to 7,500 if
hear his message.
Greene did not make any audience members told CNN from its high. In 2008, the drop 10,600 Is Not Breached, Analyst
“He did lift a veil today,” Says originally appeared on
speeches during the primary t h e y w a n t e d t o s e e f o r was 52%
Johnson said. He left open the
campaign. And, except for a few themselves what the candidate • Following the 1929 crash, the BloggingStocks on Mon, 19 Jul
question of who will get his vote
interviews, the unemployed was about because they didn’t market recovered 46%. After the 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see
in November.
Army veteran, has had little to think he had gotten a “fair 2008 crash the market rose 69% our terms for use of feeds. Read|
Photo credit: REUTERS/Joel
say since his surprise win last shake” in the media. • Following the 1930 recovery, P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s |
Page (Ooutside a polling
month. the next leg down following the C o m m e n t s
There were questions about location in Portland, Maine,
Greene, who faces veteran how a jobless man could come rebound exceeded targets by Technical Analysis- Dow Jones
Nov. 3, 2009) Industrial Average- Business-
28%
• If this is the next leg down in Stock market- Investing
the current market, he is looking
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Mum’s the word on Clinton family wedding
JoAnne Allen (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 12:22:33 AM
“My lips are sealed… I’m under
strict orders not to talk about it,”
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton revealed in an NBC
interview.
The “it” she’s referring to is not
a state secret. “It” is the
upcoming wedding of Chelsea
Clinton, the daughter of the
secretary of state and former
President Bill Clinton.
The publicity-shy Chelsea and
fiance Marc Mezvinsky are
getting married at the end of the
month. Plans for the wedding
are a closely guarded secret.
And mother is following orders
— no details divulged here.
“It is her’s and it is a family
wedding and the people coming
are her friends and people that
have been meaningful in her
life,” the mother of the bride
(MOTB) disclosed during a
break from diplomacy on a visit
to Pakistan.
A lengthy New York Times
Even As The Dollar Sells Off, Gold Is Near The
Lows Of The Day
Joe Weisenthal (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:07:49 AM
Beyond just the obvious fact
article on Sunday shed little
light on the subject. An
unidentified Clinton family
friend told the newspaper that
Chelsea ” just wants to have a
wedding.”
This much is known (or at least
reported): Chelsea and Marc
Mezvinsky are getting married
at the end of the month, most
likely somewhere in the Hudson
that gold is down (again) today,
it's worth pointing out that we're
continuing the trend by which
gold trades opposite the euro,
rather than the dollar, even when priced in dollars.
Clinton shared that she and
Chelsea’s father were both
looking forward to the
ceremony and were very happy
about it.
With no leaks from MOTB,
NBC’s Andrea Mitchell
wrapped up by asking whether
we should assume the former
president would not be
officiating at the wedding?
“You should assume that if he
makes it down the aisle in one
piece that’s a major
accomplishment,” Clinton said
laughing. “He’s going to be so
emotional, as am I.”
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Kevin
Lamarque (Clinton, with
daughter Chelsea, at
Valley region of New York and
confirmation hearing to become
the guest list probably numbers
secretary of state, Jan. 13, 2009)
in the hundreds.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
To those who are still waiting
(Clinton, with her husband
for an invitation, give up. It’s
former President Clinton and
not going to happen, MOTB
daughter Chelsea,
said using more diplomatic
ceremonial swearing in at the
language.
State Department, Feb, 2, 2009.)
“We love you all, but this is her
wedding,” Mrs. Clinton said in
the interview.
In other words, the dollar is
down, but gold is no protection.
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Hedge Fund Operator
Spencer Greenberg Gets
Interview By CNBC
And Boy Is It Awkward
Gregory White (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:15:15 AM
We wrote about Spencer
Greenberg of Rebellion
Research last week, and this
morning he spoke with CNBC
this morning about his hedge
fund that utilizes machine
learning to make predictions
about the market.
• 0:45 We use machine
learning…to make predictions.
• 0:55 Mark Haines, CNBC
host, mentions a "neural
network."
• 1:10 Haines, "So it gets
presumably smarter as it goes
along?"
• 1:30 The decisions are made
by the artificial intelligence.
• 1:35 Mark Haines asks, "So
at
what do you do?"
This interview continues to get
more awkward, all the while
Erin Burnett ignores the whole
thing.
Join the conversation about this
story »
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Analyst Calls: YHOO, ATHR,

JNPR, ADCT, MFC, BHP, AAUKY,
RHHBY
Eric Buscemi networking chips are gaining Target to $50 from $61.
(BloggingStocks) traction in China. The firm has a • F5 Networks ( FFIV) was
Submitted at 7/19/2010 11:00:00 AM $43 price target on the stock. downgraded to Hold from Buy
• Juniper ( JNPR) was upgraded at Canaccord.
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades to Buy from Hold at Canaccord. • Anglo American (AAUKY)
a n d D o w n g r a d e s , Y a h o o ! • Ultimate Software ( ULTI) and BHP Billiton ( BHP) were
(YHOO), Analyst Initiations, was upgraded to Buy from Hold downgraded to Neutral from
Juniper Networks (JNPR), BHP at Roth Capital. Outperform at Credit Suisse.
Billiton Ltd ADR (BHP), Anglo • Liberty Property Trust ( LRY)
Hillary’s mango American (AAUKY) Analyst w a s u p g r a d e d t o M a r k e t
upgrades: Perform at Wells Fargo.
Analyst initiations:
• QKL Stores ( QKLS) was

diplomacy in Pakistan • ThinkEquity upgraded Yahoo!

( YHOO) to Buy from Hold Analyst downgrades:
based on valuation, checks that • Auriga downgraded ADC
initiated with a Buy rating and
$7 price target at Global Hunter.
• Rodman & Renshaw started
Andrew Quinn (Front Row at a roundtable with Pakistani
Washington) indicate Q2 display/search Telecomm ( ADCT) to Hold Rick's Cabaret ( RICK) with an
journalists.
i m p r o v e m e n t , s e a r c h from Buy following the Outperform rating.
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:14:11 AM Mangos Mangos Mangos.
stabilization, improved cost c o m p a n y ' s merger
Clinton suggested mangos
structure, and share repurchases. a n n o u n c e m e n t w i t h T y c o Analyst Calls: YHOO, ATHR,
Hillary Clinton has lots to might be one place to start when
• Societe Generale upgraded E l e c t r o n i c s ( T E L ) . JNPR, ADCT, MFC, BHP,
worry about in Pakistan, but she discussing benefits of better
Roche Holding (RHHBY) to • T D N e w c r e s t e x p e c t s AAUKY, RHHBY originally
has found one thing she can trade cooperation, including
B u y f r o m H o l d b a s e d o n Manulife's ( MFC) Q2 loss to be appeared on BloggingStocks on
w h o l e h e a r t e d l y e m b r a c e : Pakistani requests for improved
expectations Avastin will be worse than expected due to the Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:00:00
Pakistani mangos. market access.
approved in breast cancer, impact from lower interest rates. EST. Please see our terms for
The U.S. Secretary of State was The fruit provided a sweet note
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during dinner with Pakistani on the hard details of the US-
• F B R C a p i t a l u p g r a d e d • Goldman downgraded Perrigo Juniper Networks- BHP
President Asif Ali Zardari and Pak relationship, which is
Atheros ( ATHR) to Outperform ( PRGO) to Sell from Neutral Billiton- Liberty Property Trust-
they clearly won a fan — increasingly under pressure
from Market Perform based on and lowered its target to $50 Yahoo!- Wells Fargo
Clinton repeatedly raved about amid the unfolding war in
valuation and positive checks from $61. The firm cites relative
the fruit. neighboring Afghanistan.
t h a t i n d i c a t e p o w e r l i n e valuation for the downgrade.
“We’ll get a lot of people Next stop, Afghanistan, famed
hooked on Pakistani mangos,” for its pomegranates (and
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How You Can Make A Remote Team Work
Jeff Atwood (Business Insider)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:02:00 AM
When I first chose my own
adventure, I didn't know what
working remotely from home
was going to be like. I had never
done it before. As programmers
go, I'm fairly social. Which still
means I'm a borderline
sociopath by normal standards.
All the same, I was worried that
I'd go stir-crazy with no division
between my work life and my
home life.
Well, I haven't gone stir-crazy
yet. I think. But in building
Stack Overflow, I have learned
a few things about what it
means to work remotely -- at
least when it comes to
programming. Our current team
encompasses 5 people,
distributed all over the USA,
along with the team in NYC.
My first mistake was
attempting to program alone. I
had weekly calls with my
business partner, Joel Spolsky,
which were quite productive in
terms of figuring out what it was
we were trying to do together --
but he wasn't writing code. I
was coding alone. Really alone.
One guy working all by yourself
alone. This didn't work at all for
me. I was unmoored,
directionless, suffering from
analysis paralysis, and barely
able to get motivated enough to
write even a few lines of code. I
rapidly realized that I'd made a
huge mistake in not having a
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coding buddy to work with. • The minimum remote team
That situation rectified itself size is two. Always have a
soon enough, as I was fortunate buddy, even if your buddy is on
enough to find one of my another continent halfway
favorite old coding buddies was across the world.
available. Even though Jarrod • Only grizzled veterans who
was in North Carolina and I was absolutely love to code need
in California, the shared source apply for remote development
code was the mutual glue that positions. Mentoring of newbies
stuck us together, motivated us, or casual programmers simply
and kept us moving forward. To doesn't work at all remotely.
be fair, we also had the • To be effective, remote teams
considerable advantage of prior need full autonomy and a leader
history, because we had worked (PM, if you will) who has a
together at a previous job. But strong vision and the power to
the minimum bar to work fully execute on that vision.
remotely is to find someone who
loves code as much as you do. This is all well and good when
It's … enough. Anything else on you have a remote team size of
were amazing programmers. I'm at best (these calls were the
top of that -- old friendships, three, as we did for the bulk of
not saying they're perfect, far genesis of our weekly podcast
new friendships, a good working Stack Overflow development.
from it, merely that they were series). I had a strong, clear
relationship -- is icing that And all in the same country.
top programmers by any metric vision of what I wanted Stack
makes working together all the Now we need to grow the
you'd care to measure. That's Overflow to be, and how I
sweeter. I eventually expanded company, and I'd like to grow it
why they were able to work wanted it to work. Whenever
the team in the same way by in distributed fashion, by hiring
remotely. Newbie programmers, there was a question about
adding another old coding other amazing developers from
or competent programmers who functionality or implementation,
buddy, Geoff, who lives in around the world, many of
are phoning it in, are absolutely my team was able to rally
Oregon. And again by adding whom I have met through Stack
not going to have the moxie around me and collectively
Kevin, who I didn't know, but Overflow itself.
necessary to get things done make decisions we liked, and
had built amazing stuff for us But how do you scale remote
remotely -- at least, not without that I personally felt were in
without even being asked to, development? Joel had some
a pointy haired manager, or tune with this vision. And if you
from Texas. And again by deep seated concerns about this,
grumpy old team lead, breathing know me at all, you know I'm
adding Robert, in Florida, who I so I tapped one of my heroes,
down their neck. Don't even not shy about saying no, either.
also didn't know, but spent so Miguel de Icaza -- who I'm
think about working remotely We were able to build exactly
much time on every single part proud to note is on our all-star
w i t h a n y o n e w h o d o e s n ' t what we wanted, exactly how
of our sites that I felt he had board of advisors-- and he was
freakin' bleed ones and zeros, we wanted.
been running alongside our team generous enough to give us
and has a proven track record of Bottom line, we were on a
the whole way, there all along. some personal advice based on
getting things done. mission from God. And we still
The reason remote development his experience running the
While Joel certainly had a lot of are.
worked for us, in retrospect, Mono project, which has dozens
high level input into what Stack So, there are a few basic ground
wasn't just shared love of code. I of developers distributed all
Overflow eventually became, I rules for remote development, at
picked developers who I knew -- HOW page 5
only talked to him once a week, least as I've seen it work:
I had incontrovertible proof--
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over the world.
At the risk of summarizing
mercilessly (and perhaps too
much), I'll boil down Miguel's
advice the best I can. There are
three tools you'll need in place if
you plan to grow a large-ish and
still functional remote team:
• Real time chat When your
team member lives in Brazil,
you can't exactly walk by his
desk to ask him a quick
question, or bug him about
something in his recent checkin.
Nope. You need a way to
casually ping your fellow
remote team members and get a
response back quickly. This
should be low friction and
available to all remote
developers at all times. IM, IRC,
some web based tool, laser
beams, smoke signals, carrier
pigeon, two tin cans and a
string: whatever. As long as
everyone really uses it. We're
currently experimenting with
Campfire, but whatever floats
your boat and you can get your
team to consistently use, will
work. Chat is the most essential
and omnipresent form of
communication you have when
working remotely, so you need
to make absolutely sure it's
functioning before going any
further.
• Persistent mailing list Sure,
your remote team may know the
details of their project, but what
about all the other work going
on? How do they find out about
that stuff or even know it exists
in the first place? You need a
virtual bulletin board: a place
for announcements, weekly
team reports, and meeting
summaries. This is where a
classic old-school mailing list
comes in handy. We're using
Google Groups and although it's
old school in spades, it works
plenty well for this. You can get
the emails as they arrive, or
view the archived list via the
web interface. One word of
caution, however. Every time
you see something arrive in your
inbox from the mailing list you
better believe, in your heart of
hearts, that it contains useful
information. The minute the
mailing list becomes just
another "whenever I have time
to read that stuff", noise engine,
or distraction from work …
you've let someone cry wolf too
much, and ruined it. So be very
careful. Noisy, argumentative,
or useless things posted to the
mailing list should be
punishable by death. Or
noogies.
• Voice and video chat As
much as I love ASCII,
sometimes faceless ASCII
characters just aren't enough to
capture the full intentions and
feelings of the human being
behind them. When you find
yourself sending kilobytes of
ASCII back and forth, and still
are unsatisfied that you're
communicating, you should
instill a reflexive habit of "going
voice" on your team. Never
5
underestimate the power of • Anything that is blocking us jabba, well, that's because
actually talking to another or we are concerned about remote development is hard. It
human being. I know, I know, This doesn't have to be (and in takes discipline to make it all
the whole reason we got into fact shouldn't be) a long report. work, certainly more discipline
this programming thing was to The briefer the better, but do try than piling a bunch of
avoid talking to other people, to capture all the useful programmers into the same
but bear with me here. You can't highlights. Mail this to the cubicle farm. But when you
be face to face on a remote team mailing list every Monday like imagine what this kind of
without flying 6 plus hours, and clockwork. Now, how many intellectual work -- not just
who the heck has that kind of "teams" you have is up to you; I programming, but anything
time? I've got work I need to getdon't think this needs to be done where you're working in mostly
done! Well, the next best thing at the individual developer level, thought-stuff -- will be like in
to hopping on a plane is to fire but you could. ten, twenty, even thirty years …
up Skype and have a little voice • Meeting minutes Any time don't you think it will look a lot
chat. Easy peasy. All that human you conduct what you would like what happens every day
nuance which is totally lost in consider to be a "meeting" with right now on Stack Overflow?
faceless ASCII characters (yes, someone else, take minutes! That is, a programmer in Brazil
even with our old pal*) will That is, write down what helping a programmer in New
come roaring back if you happened in bullet point form, Jersey solve a problem?
regularly schedule voice chats. Iso those remote team members If I have learned anything from
recommend at least once a week who couldn't be there can Stack Overflow it is that the
at an absolute minimum; they benefit from -- or at least hear world of programming is truly
don't have to be long meetings, about -- whatever happened. global. I am honored to meet
but it sure helps in Again, this doesn't have to be these brilliant programmers
understanding the human being long, and if you find taking from every corner of the world,
behind all those awesome meeting minutes onerous then even if only in a small way
checkins. you're probably doing it wrong. through a website. Nothing is
A simple bulleted list of more exciting for me than the
Nobody hates meetings and sentences should suffice. We prospect of adding international
process claptrap more than I do, don't need to know every little members to the Stack Overflow
but there is a certain amount of detail, just the big picture stuff: team. The development of Stack
process you'll need to keep a who was there? What topics Overflow should be reflective of
bunch of loosely connected were discussed? What decisions what Stack Overflow is: an
remote teams and developers in were made? What are the next international effort of like-
sync. steps? minded -- and dare I say totally
• Monday team status reports awesome-- programmers. I wish
E v e r y M o n d a y , a s i n Both of the above should, of I could hire each and every one
somebody's-got-a-case-of-the, course, be mailed out to the of you. OK, maybe I'm a little
each team should produce a m a i l i n g l i s t a s t h e y a r e biased. But to me, that's how
brief, summarized rundown of: completed so everyone can be awesome the Stack Overflow
• What we did last week notified. You do have a mailing community is.
• What we're planning to do this list, right? Of course you do!
week If this seems like a lot of jibba- HOW page 7
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Learn Steve Jobs' Presentation Techniques From iPhone 4

Conference
Austin Carr (Fast Company)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:04:31 AM

At Apple's iPhone 4 presser

Friday, the company finally
responded to the near-universal
criticism of its latest gadget's
antenna problems. In his
response, Steve Jobs didn't offer
a solution to the iPhone's
reception issues (outside of a
free bumper), and he never once
offered an apology (even
refusing during the Q&A to
apologize to investors). Instead,
Jobs delivered a crystal-clear
presentation that reminded the
world--even the pissed-off
fanboys who created this
backlash--why Apple is Apple.
After the conference, we spoke
with social media scientist Dan
Zarrella about viral
presentations, and about Jobs's
exemplary performance. Here
are some of his best techniques.
Be laser-focused on the topic
your audience came to learn
about According to Zarrella,
who will release a survey soon
on how company presentations
go viral, 22% of respondents iPhone 4 antenna. This wasn't a critics. "Users are drawn to new Close to 40% of previously made claims that the
cited "relevancy" as the most conference for a new product sharing content that seems tailor respondents from Zarrella's issues were software-based.
important criteria when deciding launch or gushing-revenue -made for their audience," says study said they're more likely to But Jobs didn't come on stage
what to tweet or blog about reports from Apple--journalists, Zarrella. Indeed, since the talk's share content from a Friday planning to regurgitate
during a presentation. Zarrella live-bloggers, and readers end, "Steve Jobs," "Apple Press presentation if it's novel or press releases or old news.
recommends a laser-like focus around the world were there for Conference," or "iPhone 4" newsworthy. The day before the Rather, Jobs released an
on audience expectation, which one reason, with fingers to instantly shot to the top of presser, Apple released an anechoic-chamber's-worth of
Jobs certainly had, devoting the keypads, ready to tweet: They Google and Twitter trends. upgrade to its iOS meant to
entire press conference to the expected Jobs to respond to Give the audience something address "antennagate," and had LEARN page 7
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data, explaining how Apple tests
its reception in state-of-the-art
$100 million facilities; how the
iPhone 4 has a record low return
rate of 1.7%, far below the 6%
rate for the 3GS; and how the
antenna issue will cause less
than a 1% increase in dropped-
calls from previous iPhone
iterations. Think about it:
Releasing pictures of their$100-
million-testing facilities was
entirely unnecessary, but it gave
fans something new--and it
supported Apple's central
argument.
And this criteria also heavily
relates to reputation and Internet
-ego. "Many people said they
would tweet about presentations
because they knew it would
boost their personal reputation,"
says Zarrella, who found that
close to 10% of respondents
were motivated by their rep.
"They said stuff like: I want to
be the first source of news, or I
want to look smart, or, as one
person said, I want to impress
my followers." This is
absolutely the case for Apple
news--just look at Gizmodo.
Forget bullet points--perfect
your slide design"His slide
design is image, and then text,
which is not only short and
quotable, but even if it's taken
MySpace hangs on with a thread
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:19:52 AM
The Sony Walkman has a new
out of the context of his
presentation, it still makes
sense," says Zarrella. Apple has
certainly perfected its slide
design. Jobs only uses succinct
phrases, and even his slide with
the most words contained just
under 30, by my count--and that
was the summary of his whole
presentation. "No bullet points,"
prescribes Zarrella. "Basically
you want to have one-thought
per slide."
Zarrella found during his study
that audience members don't
have time to make note of or
tweet about every detail, even
the information they find most
interesting. "What Steve Jobs
does so well is pacing his
presentation," argues Zarrella.
"He puts in pauses for dramatic
effect, but he also maintains
excitement, passion, and energy,
even while pacing enough to
allow the audience to live-blog
or tweet about it."
Repetition, Repetition,
Repetition This point may feel
obvious, but it's one that Apple
has made an art. Jobs is
constantly taking time to
summarize his points, even if he
hasn't made too many. But it's
not just a summary, there's an
intended-redundancy to his
presentations that helps drive
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home Apple's message. One of
his first slides read: "We want to
make all our users happy." Mid-
way through the conference,
Jobs flashed a slide about the
antenna issue affecting only a
fraction of users. Soon, a
message dissolved at the
bottom: "We care about every
user." A few slides later: "We
love our users." Then "We love
our users" appeared again on the
next slide. And the next. And
the next. "We love our users, we
love them," Jobs concluded.
"We do this because we love our
users." Get it? "We love making
our users happy," he said again
and again.
Evangelize! A number of
respondents in Zarrella's survey
said they shared a presentation
or tweeted and blogged about it
because they cared about the
cause. "They wanted to spread
the word--essentially, it's some
form of evangelism," explains
Zarrella. "Apple is known for, if
nothing else, having rabid, rabid
evangelistic fans." Part of the
reason Apple has earned this
devoted fan-base though,
according to Zarrella, is because
of its "Us-vs-Them" narrative.
"In the 80s it was Apple against
IBM," he says, "and in the 90s,
against Microsoft." This Apple-
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against-the-world narrative has
helped motivate and induce a
cult-like passion among fans,
and thus, when Jobs gives a
presentation, it helps to have the
audience ready to spread the
word, help the cause, and make
it go viral.
But, of course, not every
company is like Apple.
"We're not all Steve Jobs,"
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luxury of being able to always
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"But there is a slightly, more-
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I believe remote development
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we have to spend a little time
figuring out how this stuff
works, and maybe even make
some mistakes along the way,
it's worth it. As far as I'm
concerned, the future is now.
Why wait?
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HTC, BlackBerry, and Nokia to Apple: Don't Drag Us Into

Your Antennagate Mess
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:13:18 AM

Antennagate(side note: the "-

gates" are just getting more and
more frivolous, aren't they? I'm
talking to you, roommate
responsible for ToiletPaperGate)
has been a PR disaster for
Apple, worse than they've seen
in years. Apple's response on
Friday has been decried as
smug, unapologetic, and
condescending--but that's
nothing compared to the words
of Apple's smartphone
competitors.
During Friday's conference,
Steve Jobs claimed that all
smartphones inherently suffer
from antennae susceptible to
interference. Jobs even
demonstrated some of the
iPhone's leading competitors
dropping calls when held in the
problematic "death grip" that
fells the iPhone's reception,
including RIM's BlackBerry
smartphones are the market and has been successfully One thing is for certain, RIM's in the smartphone category,
Bold, HTC's Droid Eris, and
leader here in the States: designing industry-leading customers don't need to use a issued a statement that doesn't
Samsung's Omnia II.
Apple's attempt to draw RIM wireless data products with case for their BlackBerry name Apple explicitly--though it
Three competing companies--
into Apple's self-made debacle efficient and effective radio smartphone to maintain proper might as well have:
RIM, HTC, and Nokia--weighed
is unacceptable. Apple's claims performance for over 20 years. connectivity. Apple clearly Nokia has invested thousands
in this weekend, slamming
about RIM products appear to During that time, RIM has made certain design decisions of man hours in studying human
Apple for what they see as an
be deliberate attempts to distort avoided designs like the one and it should take responsibility behavior, including how people
uncalled-for attack on their
the public's understanding of an Apple used in the iPhone 4 and for these decisions rather than hold their phones for calls,
products, solely perpetrated to
antenna design issue and to instead has used innovative trying to draw RIM and others music playing, web browsing
shift deserved blame for a major
deflect attention from Apple's designs which reduce the risk into a situation that relates and so on. As you would expect
design flaw away from Apple.
difficult situation. RIM is a for dropped calls, especially in specifically to Apple. HTC, page 12
Said RIM, whose BlackBerry
global leader in antenna design areas of lower coverage. Nokia, the world market leader
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U.K. Times Web Site Paywall Kills Two Thirds of Visitor

Traffic
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:19:43 AM

The U.K.'s Times is among the

vanguard of companies erecting
paywalls around the Web sites
of old-world news publications.
It's a bold move. Now some
early stats are out to reveal how
poorly it's working.
The figures popped up on
Beehive City, sourced at a
former Times media
correspondent, which adds a
little credence to the data. And
though the data is sparce, it's
telling. Here are the headline
numbers. Registrations from
readers during the free trial
window: 150,000Paying
subscribers among these
readers: 15,000iPad app money this will have resulted in, resulted in a loss of two thirds of from the paper itself (which isn't with a smaller reputation than
downloads: 12,500 compared to the ad revenues the number of public eyeballs forthcoming at this time) or the Times will have a very
As noted over at PaidContent, that could have been achieved viewing the site's prized news other more circumstantial difficult time converting their
this means that the Times by serving Net ads to the bigger content. That seems disastrous. evidence that the Times' is either business into a paid-content
converted a mere 12% of its pre- audience. Or at least it would if the paper trying austerity measures, model. Adding in news reports
paywall daily viewing audience But there's another stat that is didn't have the subscription abandoning the paywall like this one from the weekend's
into signed-up members during actually more confusing, even model running to deliver experiment in favor of a better New York Times about how
the free trial period--a figure while at first blush you'd think it continuous income from loyal system, or raking the cash in. hard young journalists are
that seems horribly low. It gets had obvious implications: customers. There is one conclusion we can finding the switch to a more real
worse when you do the math to Though the paywall was free for Is the drop in site traffic offset draw though: The public doesn't -time Web-writing mode, the
reveal that a mere tenth of these a month it ditched overall site by this regular cash, though? It's like paywalls. At all. It may not future for traditional-media
folk then elected to pay for visit figures by 58% during this almost impossible to guess at be a surprise to those familiar news organizations on the Web
content. In other words, 1.2% of period--merely having to sign this stage--but it would seem with the workings of the modern is looking trickier and trickier.
the Times' pre-firewall audience up (for no fee) was enough of a unlikely that the Times' is Net news systems, and who've Will we see an even bigger
have signed up to pay for it's barrier to shoo away many pulling in more money overall, seen the business model rapidly revolution than the paywall
newly closed-off news material. visitors. In the first week of after this change. We can evolved thanks to innovations appear in the business before too
That's not a success in anyone's payment-only access, this figure imagine that it is achieving by the "new media" industry. long? If the Times' lack of
book--particularly if you rose to 67%. In other words, the comparable income, but to But it's a hard statistic, and it's a
consider what a meagre pile of U.K. page 11
Times' grand experiment has really know we'd need comment sign that old-world newspapers
10 Business/
Hulu Plus on PS3: The Best Hulu Experience for Your TV,
Period
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:57:18 AM
Hulu was always available to
be streamed to a TV, but that
often required either a hacked
set-top box or a cumbersome
home theater PC. Hulu even
blocked their service from being
used by software like Boxee
(though Boxee did finagle a way
around that, somewhat
awkwardly). But Hulu Plus,
played through a PlayStation 3,
is here, and it's the first 100%
usable way to get Hulu on your
TV.
Interestingly, Sony's
PlayStation 3 is the first device
of any sort to be able to
officially play Hulu Plus on a
TV--the iOS versions are
portable only, and can't be
outputted to larger screens.
Thanks to an exclusivity
agreement, the PS3 is the only
game console that'll get Hulu
Plus capability this year--and
who knows when other devices,
Sweden is kicking the U.S.'s butt in broadband, even using
U.S. telecos' preferred metric for rating broadband.
(Business Insider)
like Blu-ray decks or TVs
themselves, will have embedded
Hulu. So it's a good test case to
see how solid the Hulu-on-TV
experience really is.
Mark Wilson of Gizmodo
reviewed the app, and found it
excellent, calling it a "rich,
polished media app." It's
lightning fast, the PS3 controller
makes an excellent remote, and
Sweden is kicking the U.S.'s
butt in broadband, even using
the interface is pretty and easy
to navigate. All the options
we're used to on the PC version
make it intact over to the PS3,
including sharing, rating, and
subscribing.
Of course, there are always
some flaws. Hulu's video
quality, even at its best, isn't
going to blow any minds. That's
not really Hulu's (or the PS3's)
U.S. telecos' preferred metric for
rating broadband.
fault, it's just where streaming
video is right now. There are
also little hiccups with the
volume consistency--it's a much
bigger deal when the volume is
louder in a commercial than in a
show when you're pumping the
sound through a massive
speaker system.
Then there's the cost. In
addition to the $10 per month
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fee for Hulu Plus, the PS3 app is
in a "preview period," whatever
that means, which requires a
PlayStation Plus subscription.
That subscription runs anywhere
from $18 for three months to
$50 per year, on top of the $10
per month. Sony says that
requirement will fade away once
the "preview period" is up, but
who knows when that'll be. So if
you don't have a PlayStation
Plus subscription, you might
find the service too expensive
right now.
All in all, it sounds really
promising. Hulu Plus will be
invading all of our living rooms
soon--and if it looks like this,
we're in for a whole lot of
Arrested Development
marathons.
Dan Nosowitz, the author of
this post, can be followed on
Twitter, corresponded with via
email, and stalked in San
Francisco (no link for that one--
you'll have to do the legwork
yourself).
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TEDWomen Conference to Focus On Female-
Centered Innovation
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:17:34 AM
TED, the nonprofit known for
its conferences promoting
"Ideas Worth Spreading,"
produces conferences--TED,
TEDGlobal, the TEDx series--
featuring quick, inspiring talks.
But too many of TED's speakers
are men, which is why the
organization is launching
TEDWomen, a two-day
conference for female presenters
and woman-centered ideas (the
audience will be mixed).
The first TEDWomen, set to
take place in Washington, D.C.
on December 7 and 8 of this
year, will likely have an
impressive array of speakers.
The website lists "the physician
who discovered the life-saving
importance of treating men and
women differently," "the
women who redesigned their
country’s financial system in the
wake of near-catastrophe," the
anthropologist who traces
altruism to the mother-child
bond," and "the sports champion
who defies convention with her
ability and her appearance" as
just some of the women making
appearances on the TEDWomen
stage.
The reason behind the
conference, explains the
TEDWomen site, is that women
are more influential than ever:
Over the last several years, our
ideas about women have
changed. Investing in women
and girls was once seen as a
radical notion today, its value is
clear.... To track this emerging
story, the first-ever TEDWomen
will explore in depth: Who are
the women who leading change?
What ideas are they
championing? How are they
shaping the future? TEDWomen
will also reveal how women
and men, in concert with one
another, orchestrate different
but complementary approaches
to ideas worth spreading.
Indeed, our values have
changed over the years, and
women are shaping the future
more than ever. But these
changes should be reflected in
the TED and TEDGlobal
Business/ Economy/
conferences. Do women really
need a separate venue to express
their ideas? From our vantage
point, all of the speakers
described on the TEDWomen
site could just as easily fit into
the regular TED event. Still, we
wouldn't turn down an invitation
to TEDWomen--and that has to
mean something.
Ariel Schwartz can be reached
on Twitter or by email.
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U.K.
continued from page 9
paywall success is indicative of
the future, it seems inevitable.
To keep up with this news
follow me, Kit Eaton, on
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The Morning's Rally
Melts Away, Apple
Looks Really Ugly Once
Again
Joe Weisenthal (Money
Game)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:44:29 AM
Just a moment ago the Dow
was up over 70 points.
Now? Gone.
All of the major indices have
dipped their toes into the red,
albeit modestly. A weak NAHB
number may have contributed to
the nervousness.
And look at Apple, which is
still getting battered by
Antennagate, it would seem.
It's pacing the downside, falling
nearly 3%.
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HTC,
continued from page 8
from a company focused on
connecting people, we prioritize
antenna performance over
physical design if they are ever
in conflict.
In general, antenna
performance of a mobile device/
phone may be affected with a
tight grip, depending on how the
device is held. That's why Nokia
designs our phones to ensure
acceptable performance in all
real life cases, for example
when the phone is held in either
hand. Nokia has invested
thousands of man hours in
studying how people hold their
phones and allows for this in
designs, for example by having
antennas both at the top and
bottom of the phone and by
New Survey Confirms Shoddy U.S. Broadband
Nick Saint (Business Insider)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:11:14 AM
The United States has lost the
top spot in Nokia Siemens
Networks' annual broadband
development index, the
Connectivity Scorecard, to
Sweden.
The Connectivity Scorecard is,
as Stacey Higginbotham reports
for GigaOM, a favorite measure
of the telecom industry, since it
paints the America in a
particularly favorable light.
The Scorecard looks not just at
broadband infrastructure, but
also at how a country uses its
broadband, and how much that
careful selection of materials
and their use in the mechanical
design.
HTC, makers of leading
Android phones like the Evo
4G, Google Nexus One, and
Droid Incredible, spoke to
Pocket Lint, saying its own
complaint rates for the HTC
Droid Eris's antenna are lower
than the numbers Apple
reported in Friday's press
conference--only 0.16%.
Apple's antenna complaint rates
for the iPhone 4 are 0.55%.
HTC's PR chief said, "We have
had very few complaints about
signal or antenna problems on
the Eris."
Though only RIM's response
can qualify as a "snap!," these
helps its economy. So while the
United States has less and
slower broadband than many
Asian and European countries, it
was the top rated country on the
Scorecard until this year.
But as this chart emphasizes,
three companies are clearly a bit
pissed off that Apple dragged
them into its own screw-up,
especially since none of the
manufacturers called out by
Apple have endured this kind of
controversy.
Dan Nosowitz, the author of
this post, can be followed on
Twitter, corresponded with via
email, and stalked in San
Francisco (no link for that one--
you'll have to do the legwork
yourself).
U.S. broadband is far less
advanced than that of leading
countries. Despite ranking the
United States second, the report
states: "While it has
significantly more fiber and
DOCSIS 3.07 deployment than
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 6:30:48 AM
be extinct has been caught on
camera in the forests of Sri
Lanka for the first time,
scientists said Monday.
The Horton Plains slender loris
is a small, nocturnal animal
which can grow up to 17
centimetres (six inches) long
with big, bulging eyes.
Endemic to Sri Lanka, it was
first discovered in 1937 but had
only been seen four times since
then.
Scientists last caught a glimpse
believed the elusive animal had
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But field researchers, working
with the Zoological Society of
London, managed to track down
the mysterious creature in the
forests of central Sri Lanka.
In a world first, they were able
to take pictures of an adult male
slender loris sitting on a tree
branch.
The field team was able to
capture one of the creatures and
give it a physical examination,
the first time that has ever been
done, before releasing it back
into the wild.
But experts warned that
deforestation in Sri Lanka --
largely blamed on the drive to
create tea plantations in the
region -- was now the biggest
threat to the loris.
Craig Turner, a conservation
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LONDON/HOUSTON
(Reuters) – Investors fretted
about possible seepage from
BP's capped Gulf of Mexico
well on Monday and speculation
grew about assets the company
may sell to pay multibillion
dollar costs for its oil spill.
INVESTORS page 14
biologist at the ZSL, said their
natural forest habitat had been
divided up for farming and
logging use, cutting off the
"very cute" animals from their
partners.
"The forest has now been
fragmented into a series of small
islands," Turner told BBC radio.
"They can't move to one
another, they can't mate, breed,
so it has real implications for the
future persistence of the
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BP shares, which have been
rallying over the past three
weeks, slipped 2.6 percent after
the top U.S. government spill
official said that engineers had
detected seepage, raising fears
of problems with the cap that
stopped oil spewing into the
water nearly three months after
a rig explosion.
A BP spokesman said the seep
was detected by its engineers
but it was unclear whether the
source was the blown-out well,
adding that seeps were a natural
phenomenon in the Gulf.
The company said in a
statement that it had spent $3.95
billion so far on efforts to tackle
the well and that it aimed to
permanently kill the well in the
first half of August.
It said it continued to run an
integrity test on the well, on
which it placed a cap last week
that appeared to seal the well
and that pressure continued to
rise.
BP choked off the flow a mile
under the water's surface with a
cap on Thursday, marking the
first time oil has not spewed
since an April 20 explosion on
an offshore rig killed 11
workers.
Analysts said investors were
concerned about reports of the
seepage, though any updates on
a more permanent relief well to
kill the leaking well were more
important.
"There's been a lot of punting
around the stock," said Richard
Griffith, oil analyst at Evolution
Securities, adding that would
likely be continued volatility.
"The only thing that really
matters is the relief well. If the
relief well doesn't work, they
will have a massive problem,"
he said.
National Incident Commander
Admiral Thad Allen said in a
statement that he had sent a
letter to BP stating there were a
number of unanswered
questions about the monitoring
systems it committed to as a
condition of the U.S.
government extending the well
integrity test.
He listed detection of a seep
near the well and the possible
observation of methane over the
well. He said he had authorized
BP to continue the integrity tests
for another 24 hours.
The BP spokesman said that if a
seep is confirmed from the well,
the cap will be lifted and oil
flowed to the surface.
The worst oil spill in U.S.
history has caused an economic
and environmental disaster in
five states along the Gulf Coast,
hurt President Barack Obama's
approval ratings and
complicated traditionally close
ties with Britain.
Carol Browner, Obama's top
energy adviser, said in an
interview on ABC's Good
Morning America program: "If
anything changes we can move
rapidly to open parts of the cap
and release the pressure in the
event that is necessary."
She added: "Nobody wants to
do that. Absolutely not... Clearly
we want this to end but we don't
want to enter into a situation
where we have uncontrolled
leaks all over the Gulf floor."
IN THE CROSSHAIRS
BP's role in the disaster and
speculation about any influence
the British oil giant may have
had over the release of the
Lockerbie bomber from a
Scottish prison last year are sure
to be discussed when British
Prime Minister David Cameron
meets Obama in Washington
this week.
BP has confirmed that it
lobbied the UK government in
late 2007 over a prisoner
transfer agreement with Libya
but said it was not involved in
talks on the release of Abdel
Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of
the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am
flight.
British foreign secretary
William Hague said on Saturday
that there was no evidence BP
had any connection with al-
Megrahi's release.
Cameron's visit comes at a time
when U.S. lawmakers are
considering a range of new rules
that could require tougher safety
regulations on offshore drilling
or bar companies like BP from
new offshore exploration leases.
The company, which has been
in the crosshairs of U.S.
politicians since the spill began
on April 20, has started
canvassing shareholders about a
restructuring that could include
a breakup of its businesses, the
Sunday Times reported.
The paper said options included
selling the group's refineries and
petrol stations, scaling back its
U.S. operations and ramping up
in-house engineering instead of
outsourcing.
BP's talks to sell half its stake
in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil
field to Apache Corp stalled
twice over the weekend, raising
doubts about whether the deal
will be completed, Bloomberg
reported, citing a person with
knowledge of the matter. BP
declined to comment.
Shares are off 39 percent since
the spill began despite a rally
from lows hit on June 25. The
recovery had been prompted by
speculation of asset sales and
sovereign wealth fund interest
and hopes for the capping of the
well.
ANOMALIES IN RESPONSE
U.S. authorities probing the
spill are looking into why
workers missed signs of an
impending explosion and have
drawn up a list of more than 20
anomalies in the crew's response
to them, the Wall Street Journal
reported.
The current plan had been for
BP to resume siphoning the oil
after the completion of the
pressure tests on the well, which
extends 2.5 miles under the
seabed, to judge if it is able to
withstand the process to seal the
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leak.
But Doug Suttles, BP's chief
operating officer, said the
company now hopes to keep the
damaged well shut until the
relief well is completed in
August and the leak is sealed off
with heavy drilling mud and
cement.
"We're hopeful that if the
encouraging signs continue that
we'll be able to continue the
integrity test all the way to the
point that we get the well
killed," he told reporters before
Allen issued his statement.
"Clearly we don't want to
reanimate flow into the Gulf if
we don't have to."
Suttles' statement could indicate
diverging viewpoints between
BP and the U.S. government on
plans for the well integrity test.
It prompted Allen -- who will
ultimately make the final call on
the test -- to issue a statement
that "nothing had changed" in
the joint plan.
Billy Nungesser, president of
Plaquemines Parish in
Louisiana, said the new cap was
good news after a three-month
losing battle to try to clean up
oil hitting fragile marshlands as
more lapped ashore.
"We're very optimistic,"
Nungesser told the "Fox News
Sunday" program. "We see light
at the end of the tunnel. It's a
very long tunnel but today we're
making progress."
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Oil cap kept shut despite seep near ruptured well (AP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) becoming even worse and test could worsen the overall The apparent disagreement It could also mean more oil
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:13:38 AM harder to fix. An underground situation. began to sprout Saturday when than expected poured into the
leak could let oil and gas escape Both Allen and BP have said Allen said the cap would Gulf of Mexico since the BP-
NEW ORLEANS – The federal uncontrolled through bedrock they don't know how long the eventually be hooked up to a leased Deepwater Horizon rig
government Monday allowed and mud. trial run will continue. mile-long pipe to pump the exploded April 20, killing 11
BP to keep the cap shut tight on "When seeps are detected, you Browner said Allen's extension crude to ships on the surface. people and touching off one of
its busted Gulf of Mexico oil a r e d i r e c t e d t o m a r s h a l went until Monday afternoon. But early the next day, BP chief America's worst environment
well for another day despite a resources, quickly investigate, She said on ABC's "Good operating officer Doug Suttles crises.
seep in the sea floor after the and report findings to the Morning America" that said the cap should stay clamped To plug the well, BP is drilling
company promised to watch government in no more than monitoring was crucial to make shut to keep in the oil until relief two relief wells, one of them as
closely for signs of new leaks four hours. I direct you to sure the trapped oil doesn't wells are finished. a backup. The company said
underground. provide me a written procedure break out of its pipe. The government's plan would work on the first one was far
The Obama administration's for opening the choke valve as "Clearly we want this to end. ease pressure on the fragile well, enough along that officials
point man for the spill, retired quickly as possible without But we don't want to enter into a but would require up to three expect to reach the broken well's
Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, damaging the well should situation where we have more days of oil spilling into the casing, or pipes, deep
s a i d e a r l y M o n d a y t h a t hydrocarbon seepage near the uncontrolled leaks all over the Gulf. underground by late this month.
government scientists had gotten well head be confirmed," Allen Gulf floor," Browner told ABC. But the company very much The subsequent job of jamming
the answers they wanted about said in a letter to BP Managing BP PLC said Monday that the wants to avoid a repeat of the the well with mud and cement
how BP is monitoring the Director Bob Dudley. cost of dealing with the oil spill live underwater video that could take days or a few weeks.
seabed around the mile-deep When asked about the seep and has now reached nearly $4 showed millions of gallons of It will take months, or possibly
well, which has stopped gushing the monitoring, BP spokesman billion. The company said it has oil spewing from the blown well years for the Gulf to recover,
oil into the water since the Mark Salt would only say that made payments totaling $207 for weeks. though cleanup efforts
experimental cap was closed "we continue to work very million to settle individual "I can see why they're pushing continued and improvements in
Thursday. closely with all government claims for damages from the for keeping the cap on and shut the water could be seen in the
Late Sunday, Allen said a seep scientists on this." spill along the southern coast of in until the relief well is in days since the oil stopped
was detected near the ruptured Early Monday, Allen issued a the United States. To date, place," said Daniel Keeney, flowing. Somewhere between
oil well and demanded in a statement saying there had been almost 116,000 claims have president of a Dallas-based 94 million and 184 million
sharply worded letter that BP an overnight conference call been submitted and more than public relations firm. gallons have spilled into the
step up monitoring of the ocean between the federal science 67,500 payments have been The government wants to Gulf, according to government
floor. Allen didn't say what was team and BP. made, totaling $207 million. eliminate any chance of making estimates.
coming from the seep. White "During the conversation, the With the newly installed cap matters worse, while BP is loath ___
House energy adviser Carol federal science team got the keeping oil from BP's fractured to lose the momentum it gained Weber reported from Houston.
Browner told the CBS "Early answers they were seeking and well out of the Gulf during a the moment it finally halted the Associated Press writer Jay
Show" the seep was found less the commitment from BP to trial run, this weekend offered a leak, Keeney said. Reeves in Orange Beach, Ala.,
than two miles from the well meet their monitoring and chance for the oil company and "They want to project being on Tom Strong in Washington, AP
site. notification obligations," Allen government to gloat over their the same team, but they have video journalist Haven Daley in
The concern all along — since said. shared success — the first real different end results that benefit Biloxi, Miss., and Robert Barr
pressure readings on the cap He said BP could continue victory in fighting the spill. each," he said. in London contributed to this
weren't as high as expected — testing the cap, meaning keeping Instead, the two sides have spent But scientists are still report.
was a leak elsewhere in the well it shut, only if the company the past two days disagreeing concerned about pressure Five Filters featured article:
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YMCA Unveils New Brand Strategy continued from page 15

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greater awareness for the Founded in 1844 by farmer- potential of children and teens,
The YMCA has unveiled a new important work we do will turned-department store worker improve health and well-being
brand strategy to extend its enable us to expand our efforts George Williams, the Young and support our neighbors and
reach into communities to a n d f u r t h e r s t r e n g t h e n Men’s Christian Association the larger community,” she
nurture the potential of youth c o m m u n i t i e s a c r o s s t h e grew from Bible study and stated.
and teens, improve the nation’s c o u n t r y . ” prayer group for young men into According to the Y, the
health and well-being and Though some have suggested the nation’s leading nonprofit organization’s former logo had
provide opportunities to support that the nonprofit’s change to committed to helping people been in place since 1967 and
neighbors. “the Y” is part of an effort to de- and communities to “learn, grow was its sixth since its inception.
The new brand strategy, the emphasize the organization’s and thrive.” The new logo’s “bold, active
first in 43 years, was introduced Christian roots, or the “C,” Its stated mission is to “put and welcoming shape,” officials
at a National Press Club event leaders within the organization Christian principles into practice say, symbolizes the Y’s
last Monday that included say the change doesn’t make it through programs that build commitment to personal and
leaders from the philanthropic any less Christian. healthy spirit, mind and body social progress.
and nonprofit communities. “We are still very much for all.” The national resource office, Everything You Need
Along with the strategy, the committed to our mission of Today, “the Y” engages more YMCA of the USA, has already To Know About
YMCA unveiled a new, more putting Christian principles into than 10,000 neighborhoods begun the transition to the new America's Strategic
forward-looking logo that is practice through programs that across the United States. brand. Ys across the country,
says reflects the vibrancy and build a healthy spirit, mind and “We are changing how we talk meanwhile, are expected to
Threats For The Next 25
diversity of the organization. body for all,” remarked Woody about ourselves so that people transition fully within five years. Years
In another major change, the Fitton, Great Miami Valley Y better understand the benefits of Five Filters featured article: Gus Lubin (Money Game)
nonprofit will be called “the Y” president and chief executive engaging with the Y,” said Kate Headshot - Propaganda, State
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:40:00 AM
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c o m m o n l y r e f e r t o t h e Middletown Journal in Ohio. and chief marketing officer of Gaza Peace Flotilla. Available Sorry, Francis Fukuyama, no
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Neil Nicoll, president and CEO president of the YMCA of “We are simplifying how we -struggles, economic crisis,
of YMCA of the USA. “For Central Ohio, according to the describe the programs we offer cyber terrorism, and pandemic.
INVESTORS The US Joint Forces Command
continued from page 14 released a strategic guide to the
In Boothville, Louisiana, where O'Grady in Houston, Alexandria tools: PDF Newspaper, Full next 25 years. It will be a period
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said "Thank you, Jesus, the well Sitaraman Shankar; Editing by holding out as the world's
is capped," residents were happy Hans Peters) superpower won't be easy. Click
but frustrated at the economic Five Filters featured article: here to see the strategic issues of
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Dreamliner makes first overseas Author Ryu Murakami

landing (Reuters) releasing new book
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:21:15 AM
wave" before landing.
Boeing executives have said
they aim to deliver the first
Dreamliner No. 3 -- will never
see regular passenger service,
though. It is one of three test
solely for iPad
Keith M (The Unofficial Apple
FARNBOROUGH, England Dreamliner to Japan's All planes strictly for that purpose. Weblog (TUAW))
(Reuters) – Boeing Co's new Nippon Airways by the end of The next three test planes to be
787 Dreamliner touched down 2010, but they have cautioned built, however, are expected to Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:30:00 AM

in Britain on Sunday on its first that the delivery could be eventually be sold.
trip outside the United States, delayed to early 2011. Filed under: Multimedia, App
The aircraft promises greater
t h r i l l i n g h o r d e s o f e a g e r Speaking to reporters later in Store Like me, maybe you're not
fuel efficiency and its
planespotters who came out to London, Jim Albaugh, chief big into Japanese literature other
lightweight materials and
see the breakthrough carbon- e x e c u t i v e o f B o e i n g than some graphic novels. When
innovative design have captured
composite plane. I read this story, I had no idea
Commercial Airplanes, the imagination of the industry.
A media circus ensued as reiterated that caution, saying who Ryu Murakami was until I
Yet flight testing has been
Boeing executives, including Boeing still hopes to achieve its read that his list of works
going more slowly than
CEO Jim McNerney, emerged year-end goal but deliveries includes Audition. Audition, in
expected after the twin-engined
smiling from the plane, though could move to next year. case you don't know, was
passenger plane made an
McNerney did not actually fly to GO FLYING adapted to film by Takashi
inaugural flight last December --
England with the plane, instead Speaking after landing the Miike; it's one of the most Store (like Alice in Wonderland,
which itself was the subject of
getting on board after landing. plane, test pilot Mike Bryan told uncomfortable and graphic for example), this title will have
frenetic global media coverage.
Social media was active with r e p o r t e r s t h a t l a n d i n g o n horror movies that I've ever a multimedia aspect to it. So, it's
Deliveries of the long-range
blow-by-blow coverage of the Farnborough's "short" runway seen, ... but I digress. not necessarily something that
passenger jet to the first
arrival, pointing to the intense a f t e r t h e n i n e - h o u r f l i g h t Murakami's latest work, titled could even work with traditional
Japanese customer have been
interest in the plane not only reminded him of his time A Singing Whale, is set to make publication.
delayed by more than two years
within the business but also in landing on aircraft carriers in the its debut solely on the iPad; it I just hope that A Singing
due to production problems.
the flight-enthusiast community. Navy. But he was full of praise will involve no other publishers Whale isn't in the same vein as
(Writing by Ben Berkowitz,
The 787 is expected to take the for the plane, which he flew at all. It will appear on the Audition, or that multimedia
Editing by Jeremy Laurence and
s p o t l i g h t a t n e x t w e e k ' s from Seattle with 16 crew and a Japanese App Store at around experience will be very, very
David Holmes)
Farnborough Airshow. Last- full compliment of flight-testing US $17, and thirty percent of nightmare inducing. Just
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The plane he flew --
You may be asking why a (TUAW) on Mon, 19 Jul 2010
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This deal isn't about Murakami terms for use of feeds.
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Investors worry about seepage at capped BP well

(Reuters: Top News) rise. flowed to the surface. British foreign secretary ANOMALIES IN RESPONSE
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:59:29 AM BP choked off the flow a mile The worst oil spill in U.S. William Hague said on Saturday U.S. authorities probing the
under the water's surface with a history has caused an economic that there was no evidence BP spill are looking into why
By Tom Bergin and Chris cap on Thursday, marking the and environmental disaster in had any connection with al- workers missed signs of an
Baltimore first time oil has not spewed five states along the Gulf Coast, Megrahi's release. impending explosion and have
LONDON/HOUSTON| Mon since an April 20 explosion on hurt President Barack Obama's Cameron's visit comes at a time drawn up a list of more than 20
Jul 19, 2010 10:59am EDT an offshore rig killed 11 approval ratings and when U.S. lawmakers are anomalies in the crew's response
L O N D O N / workers. complicated traditionally close considering a range of new rules to them, the Wall Street Journal
HOUSTON(Reuters) - Investors Analysts said investors were ties with Britain. that could require tougher safety reported.
fretted about possible seepage concerned about reports of the Carol Browner, Obama's top regulations on offshore drilling The current plan had been for
from BP's capped Gulf of seepage, though any updates on energy adviser, said in an or bar companies like BP from BP to resume siphoning the oil
Mexico well on Monday and a more permanent relief well to interview on ABC's Good new offshore exploration leases. after the completion of the
speculation grew about assets kill the leaking well were more Morning America program: "If The company, which has been pressure tests on the well, which
the company may sell to pay important. anything changes we can move in the crosshairs of U.S. extends 2.5 miles under the
multibillion dollar costs for its "There's been a lot of punting rapidly to open parts of the cap politicians since the spill began seabed, to judge if it is able to
oil spill. around the stock," said Richard and release the pressure in the on April 20, has started withstand the process to seal the
BP shares, which have been Griffith, oil analyst at Evolution event that is necessary." canvassing shareholders about a leak.
rallying over the past three Securities, adding that would She added: "Nobody wants to restructuring that could include But Doug Suttles, BP's chief
weeks, slipped 2.6 percent after likely be continued volatility. do that. Absolutely not... Clearly a breakup of its businesses, the operating officer, said the
the top U.S. government spill "The only thing that really we want this to end but we don't Sunday Times reported. company now hopes to keep the
official said that engineers had matters is the relief well. If the want to enter into a situation The paper said options included damaged well shut until the
detected seepage, raising fears relief well doesn't work, they where we have uncontrolled selling the group's refineries and relief well is completed in
of problems with the cap that will have a massive problem," leaks all over the Gulf floor." petrol stations, scaling back its August and the leak is sealed off
stopped oil spewing into the he said. IN THE CROSSHAIRS U.S. operations and ramping up with heavy drilling mud and
water nearly three months after National Incident Commander BP's role in the disaster and in-house engineering instead of cement.
a rig explosion. Admiral Thad Allen said in a speculation about any influence outsourcing. "We're hopeful that if the
A BP spokesman said the seep statement that he had sent a the British oil giant may have BP's talks to sell half its stake encouraging signs continue that
was detected by its engineers letter to BP stating there were a had over the release of the in Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil we'll be able to continue the
but it was unclear whether the n u m b e r o f u n a n s w e r e d Lockerbie bomber from a field to Apache Corp stalled integrity test all the way to the
source was the blown-out well, questions about the monitoring Scottish prison last year are sure twice over the weekend, raising point that we get the well
adding that seeps were a natural systems it committed to as a to be discussed when British doubts about whether the deal killed," he told reporters before
phenomenon in the Gulf. condition of the U.S. Prime Minister David Cameron will be completed, Bloomberg Allen issued his statement.
T h e c o m p a n y s a i d i n a government extending the well meets Obama in Washington reported, citing a person with "Clearly we don't want to
statement that it had spent $3.95 integrity test. this week. knowledge of the matter. BP reanimate flow into the Gulf if
billion so far on efforts to tackle He listed detection of a seep BP has confirmed that it declined to comment. we don't have to."
the well and that it aimed to near the well and the possible lobbied the UK government in Shares are off 39 percent since Suttles' statement could indicate
permanently kill the well in the observation of methane over the late 2007 over a prisoner the spill began despite a rally diverging viewpoints between
first half of August. well. He said he had authorized transfer agreement with Libya from lows hit on June 25. The BP and the U.S. government on
It said it continued to run an BP to continue the integrity tests but said it was not involved in recovery had been prompted by plans for the well integrity test.
integrity test on the well, on for another 24 hours. talks on the release of Abdel speculation of asset sales and It prompted Allen -- who will
which it placed a cap last week The BP spokesman said that if a Basset al-Megrahi, convicted of sovereign wealth fund interest ultimately make the final call on
that appeared to seal the well seep is confirmed from the well, the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am and hopes for the capping of the INVESTORS page 19
and that pressure continued to the cap will be lifted and oil flight. well.
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Leasing magnate buys big at air show continued from page 18

the test -- to issue a statement

(Reuters: Top News) aircraft to be lent out to airlines, the broader economy were overruns. that "nothing had changed" in
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:54:38 AM are the first to flee the market keeping some analysts and Pilots nicknamed the plane the joint plan.
when traffic and business executives cautious. "Grizzly" when it took off for Billy Nungesser, president of
By Tim Hepher and Ben decline and first to come back Boeing Commercial Airplanes the first time and this week Plaquemines Parish in
Berkowitz when activity improves. chief Jim Albaugh said he saw workers sprayed grizzly bear Louisiana, said the new cap was
FARNBOROUGH| Mon Jul 19, "Right now you are looking at a an "uneven recovery" in the paw prints over the Farnborough good news after a three-month
2010 11:18am EDT very strong return for those global economy with the United grounds in a marketing ploy. losing battle to try to clean up
FARNBOROUGH(Reuters) - leasing companies. There is a States lagging, but was Marketing stunts, a feature of oil hitting fragile marshlands as
Leasing legend Steve Udvar- s t r o n g d e m a n d f o r t h e s e reasonably confident about the air shows, are just the tip of the more lapped ashore.
Hazy kicked off a stampede of products and they seem to be impact of the European iceberg in an increasingly bitter "We're very optimistic,"
s a v v y f i n a n c i e r s i n t o t h e taking advantage," said Richard sovereign debt crisis on the feud between top planemakers Nungesser told the "Fox News
F a r n b o r o u g h A i r s h o w o n Aboulafia, Vice President at company's business. over trade, defense and jet Sunday" program. "We see light
Monday, as aircraft lessors Virginia-based consultancy Teal CLOSED-DOOR DEALING orders. at the end of the tunnel. It's a
opened their cheque books to Group. Farnborough hosts a massive Boeing has said a World Trade very long tunnel but today we're
help pull the industry out of COMEBACK aviation and arms jamboree Organization report last month making progress."
recession. Hazy is credited with inventing every other year, rotating with meant European nations must In Boothville, Louisiana, where
Hazy, the mastermind of the the specialist industry when he Le Bourget near Paris. rectify illegal subsidies paid in a sign on a roadside snack stand
aircraft leasing industry who started his own aircraft leasing Much of the real business done the form of loans to Airbus for said "Thank you, Jesus, the well
recently started afresh after business in 1973 with his or prepared at the show is in plane development projects. is capped," residents were happy
leaving U.S. insurance group college roommate and only invitation-only chalets of The European Union will but frustrated at the economic
AIG, placed a $4 billion order $500,000 in the bank. defense companies, even though launch an appeal against the toll the spill is taking.
for 51 Airbus A320-family His company, International several have reduced their decision this week, two sources (Additional reporting by Paul
narrow-body planes and said he Lease Finance Corp, eventually presence to display belt- familiar with the case said. Eckert in Washington, Eileen
would buy more planes soon. became the biggest customer of tightening, and arms makers are The same companies are locked O'Grady in Houston, Alexandria
Hazy's former arch-rivals at the both Boeing and Airbus. Udvar- bracing for heavy Western in an ill-tempered contest for a Sage in Louisiana; Writing by
leasing arm of General Electric Hazy sold it to insurer AIG in defense cuts. $50 billion deal to supply Sitaraman Shankar; Editing by
weighed in with an order for 1990 for $1.3 billion, only to see This week's star attraction is the tankers to the U.S. Air Force Hans Peters)
100 similar planes -- 60 from it put on sale when the insurer Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which and each is likely to press its Five Filters featured article:
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Moody's downgrades Ireland on bank and growth

worries
(Reuters: Top News) McQuaid, chief economist at economic growth of 2-3 percent raised enough bonds to see it
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:04:39 AM Bloxham, said. per year, below the 4 percent through to the first quarter of
"Today's downgrade is primarily projection built into the 2011 regardless of the outcome
Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:04am driven by the Irish government's government's fiscal program. of upcoming monthly auctions,
EDT gradual but significant loss of Moody's said banking and real officials say. Pre-Review
DUBLIN(Reuters) - Moody's financial strength, as reflected
cut Ireland's credit rating on b y i t s d e t e r i o r a t i n g d e b t
estate -- engines of growth in
the years preceding the country's
Moody's action also suggested
the country was close to hitting
Preview:
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faces a slow climb out of H o r n u n g , a M o o d y ' s v i c e meaningfully to overall growth Schnautz, a Commerzbank Greg Kumparak (TechCrunch)
recession as the cost of a rescue president and lead analyst for in the coming years. strategist in London.
of its banking sector mounts. Ireland, said in a statement. "It's really not telling us "They ... stabilized the outlook, Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:00:45 AM

The one-notch downgrade to Some of the euro zone's anything that we don't know which might indicate that we're
To make a short story shorter:
Aa2, which came a day ahead of toughest spending cuts last year already," said Martin Mansergh, much closer to a bottom in
for the last three days, I’ve been
a scheduled sale of up to 1.5 gave Ireland a brief respite from Ireland's minister of state for ratings. ...This is something
one of but a handful of people
billion euros of Irish debt, put the market assault on peripheral finance. "We all know that which in the end should turn out
carrying around a handset
Moody's on par with rival euro members, but its fiscal banking and real estate are not to be supportive for Irish bonds
running Microsoft’s unreleased
agency Standard and Poor's AA rectitude has been all but going to be sources of growth." and (euro zone) peripherals as
Windows Phone 7 operating
rating and still one notch above overshadowed by fresh rounds The IMF last week said Dublin well."
system. This specific handset
Fitch. of bad news on the banking would not meet a European The spread of Irish 10-year
isn’t one that’s ever intended for
Moody's also changed its front. Union-agreed deadline to reduce bonds against their German
release, and, while it’s looking
outlook to stable from negative. The cost of bailing out its budget deficit to 3 percent of equivalent widened on Monday
pretty close to done, the build
The downgrade, which a nationalized Anglo Irish Bank gross domestic product (GDP) to 300 basis points, their highest
running on the handset is by no
minister said provided no last year gave Ireland a budget by 2014, also citing threats to since July 2.
means finalized.
surprises but which weakened deficit of 14 percent per gross Ireland's growth target. (Additional reporting by Padraic
With these bits in mind along
the euro versus the dollar and hit domestic product, the highest in While the Irish public has so far Halpin; editing by John
with my new personal policy of
European stocks, prefaced a sale Europe, which could rise to 20 grudgingly accepted fiscal Stonestreet)
not reviewing big-ticket items
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Beyond Social: Read/Write in The Era of Internet of Things

Richard MacManus more than the Social Web. How data input and output devices delivers a personalized schedule
(ReadWriteWeb) We Went Beyond Social upload exabytes of new data to to 'read.' You can view a
Submitted at 7/19/2010 5:39:39 AM So how did we arrive at a Web the Web. How do We Use This diagram of Adam's concept
that is less about social and Data? here(PDF). Don't Think Social,
This blog was founded in 2003 more about you? It's not how If we add together social data Think Data
on the philosophy of a read/ much content you consume that from the likes of Facebook and Successful products in the Web
write Web- a Web in which is important, it's about what you Twitter, data from governments 2.0 era had a strong social
people can create content as do with data. and businesses, and data from element: YouTube, MySpace
easily as they consume it. This After the peak of Web 2.0, we sensors and RFID - this is a and Flickr were a few relatively
trend eventually came to be (meaning all of us) began to get huge amount of data. Most of it early examples. In the current
known as Web 2.0- although overwhelmed with the choice of isn't for 'consuming.' Rather, the era of the Web, which began to
others preferred Social Web- content available. We thought value of all of this new Web form in early 2009, the focus
a n d w a s p o p u l a r i z e d b y that we had to actually 'read' as wouldn't be thinking about data will be in how it's filtered, has shifted from social to data-
activities like blogging and much of that content as possible. social anymore. I'd be thinking: mixed together ('mashed up') driven software. Successful
social networking. So we watched YouTube, how can I use all of this data and personalized in new web products of this era of the Web
It would be easy to say that the c h a t t e d o n M y S p a c e a n d and build on top of it. services - most of which haven't will be ones that filter, structure
'social' element is still the Facebook, read blogs, followed The first is the increasing yet been built. and personalize this vast amount
primary part of today's Web, lots of people on this new thing amount of data being uploaded Adam Greenfield is one of the of data coming onto the Web.
because the popular products of called Twitter, and so on. By the to the Web by governments, leading thinkers of the Internet So if I was an entrepreneur or
this era enable you to say end of 2008, we were exhausted organizations and people. Much of Things - I interviewed him developer wondering what to
w h a t ' s o n y o u r m i n d ( by all of this CONTENT. How of this data is being structured earlier this year about his book build for this era of the Web, I
Facebook), what's happening ( could we possibly keep up?! u s i n g S e m a n t i c W e b called Everyware. Greenfield wouldn't be thinking social. I'd
Twitter), or where you're at ( In 2010, we're still struggling to technologies like RDFa or recently wrote a post describing be thinking: how can I use all of
Foursquare). All of these are digest all of what social media microformats. In other words, it a near future scenario for non- this data and build on top of it.
mostly social activities. But throws at us. However, a shift is categorized and encoded with technical people using the Web. There are incredible
more significantly, these and has been happening since 2009 meaning that machines can He posited a use case where his opportunities out there for you.
other products output data that which alleviates the problem. p r o c e s s . R e c e n t e x a m p l e s mother would be able to plan a This current era of the Web
will increasingly be used to We've begun to realize that it's include US and UK government train trip to see her son, by doesn't have a name, which is
build personalized services for not how much content we data, Best Buy's store and creating an "ad-hoc service" that probably a good sign! One thing
you. consume that is important - it's product data, and Facebook's tapped into the Web and utilized is for sure though: it's still a read
Sponsor what we do with all of the social Open Graph. real-time data sources. /write Web. Only now you're
The more data there is, the and other data available to us. And then we have the Internet In 2010, his mother would have reading and writing data from
better Web services will be at The social is still important, but of Things- an evolving trend to find and 'read' several much more than just social
delivering personal value to you. the resulting data is - slowly - where real-world objects and different applications in order to services. You're increasingly
While part of this increase in b e c o m i n g m o r e i m p o r t a n t 'things' are connected to the plot her travel schedule - and interacting with 'things,'
data is coming from social data because it can be analyzed, Internet via technologies such as some of that information isn't organizations, governments -
from the likes of Facebook and f i l t e r e d , m a s h e d u p , a n d s e n s o r s a n d R F I D t a g s . even currently on the Web. virtually anything that can
Twitter, much of it is coming personalized. Structured Data & Everything from cars to houses Greenfield envisions a near connect to the Web. Discuss
from the Internet of Things and Internet of Things to roads and more. The upshot is future where his mother can
data uploaded by governments Two relatively new trends are that the Web is about to e s s e n t i a l l y ' w r i t e ' h e r
and organizations. In short: the driving this change. If I was an experience a data explosion, as requirements into her mobile or
read/write Web is now much entrepreneur or developer, I billions of sensors and other other device - and the Web
22 Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Checking In...with Your Face?

Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb) app, wait for it to load and then share their location and receive sites like Amazon.com and
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:22:34 AM tap a button to "check in." alerts on the phone in their Netflix already help improve
Hardly a social activity for what pocket when they're near a upon your shopping
Technology entrepreneur and are branded "social networking friend," said Sam Altman, CEO experiences, so why not location
owner of the Dallas Mavericks services." of Loopt, when the feature went -based software?
Mark Cuban has just invested in Those who go through this live. However, even though such
a video company which can process are often rewarded for Although that makes the systems are likely to be opt-in,
identify how many people are in doing so, with tips about the process easier, there are still some will find this automated,
a specific location at a particular establishment from their friends questions to be answered: how "Big Brother" type process far
time. While currently the - like the best entrée to order at long does background sharing too invasive. And others think
technology is used for analyzing a restaurant or which bartender pitfalls, location-based services remain on? Do you need to that it misses the point entirely.
"traffic patterns" and "security," m a k e s t h e b e s t m a r t i n i . are steadily growing. Loopt has remind people on a regular basis Says Dennis Mink, CEO of
writes Cuban on a blog post Sometimes, location-based four million users, Google's t h a t t h e y ' r e s h a r i n g t h e i r location-based aggregator
announcing the deal, the next services users even get access to Latitude 3 million, Booyah's movements? How often do you FootFeed, "by sharing where
step is adding facial recognition special discounts or coupons. MyTown and Foursquare over 2 do so? Should this be switched you are, what you are doing and
software for the purpose of For example, those become million and Gowalla 340,000. on by default? Passive Check- thoughts about the experience, it
check-ins using location-based "mayor" of their local Starbucks And those user counts are ins with your Face? gives you a sense of being
software, he says. on Foursquare (a honorary title g r o w i n g f a s t f o r s o m e - But check-ins may become connected to the world. This is
"Rather than someone checking given to those who check in the Foursquare, for example, is even more passive than apps what motivates people to
in to a specific application, we m o s t ) g e t d i s c o u n t s o n adding on average 12,900 new that run in the background, if Twitter, post a status on
would already know you are Frappuccinos. Those who check users per day. Background Cuban has his way it seems. All Facebook or check in at their
there," Cuban explains. That in to clothing store Ann Taylor C h e c k - i n s E n c o u r a g e you would have to do is walk current location...To think that a
prospect is either incredible or get discounts on purchases, too. "Serendipity" into an establishment and your video system with facial
downright scary, depending on And those who check in using One problem all the location- check-in would be registered. recognition software can fill the
how you feel about privacy. IZEA's WeReward can actually based companies are trying to Yes, via facial recognition emotional needs of millions of
Sponsor earn cash back. address is a way to overcome software. people is quite simply
Checking In, Still a Manual But for the mainstream user, the the manual process involved Hints of "Minority Report," misguided." The question that
Process idea of "checking in" hasn't with performing a check-in. For anyone? Indeed, such software remains is whether the
For users of location-based caught on just yet, in part due to services like Loopt, the idea has could "see" you, check you in mainstream eventually come to
services, particularly the so- privacy concerns and also been to take advantage of a and then offer you personalized accept such automated,
called "check-in" applications perhaps because they don't smartphone's ability to run advertisements, much like those personalized - albeit somewhat
like Foursquare, Gowalla, realize the value of doing so. processes in the background, a presented to Tom Cruise's creepy - technology. Or does
Brightkite, Loopt, MyTown, Only a handful of major chains feature just added to the latest character in the futuristic movie, this go one step too far, in
Latitude, Brightkite and others, and other big-name businesses iPhone OS software, iOS 4. where billboards and holograms asking us to exchange privacy
the process of registering are offering tangible rewards, so "The ability to run location- knew who you were and what for rewards? Discuss
yourself as present at a given checking in hopes of a coupon based apps in the background you purchased.
location is still very much a or special is a decidedly hit-or- makes s e r e n d i p i t y Will that be horrible or helpful,
manual one. A user has to pull miss endeavor at this point. happen...Users will be able to t h o u g h ? After all,
out their smartphone, launch an But despite these potential recommendation systems on
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Motorola selling network gear biz for $1.2 billion

(CNET News.com) 50 joint venture between Nokia Networks' TD-LTE solutions Motorola is on the verge of
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:33:53 AM and Siemens, also sees the deal and Motorola's WiMax and LTE breaking up, with plans to
as way to reach a wider range of businesses, to better meet separate early next year into two
Nokia Siemens Networks will customers. Motorola's wireless customers' evolving technology different companies--one to sell
pay $1.2 billion for most of e q u i p m e n t b u s i n e s s s e l l s and business needs." its handsets and mobile devices
Motorola's wireless network products and services tied to Formed in 2007, Nokia and another to focus on products
equipment business, the GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, Siemens Networks stumbled for the enterprise market. Even As The Dollar
companies announced Monday. WiMax, and LTE. It holds a almost from the start, As part of the deal, Motorola Sells Off, Gold Is Near
In striking the cash deal, Nokia leading market share in WiMax, announcing early on that it will hang on to its IDEN The Lows Of The Day
Siemens hopes to improve its said Nokia Siemens, with 41 would not meet financial business and retain virtually all
s t a n d i n g i n t h e w i r e l e s s contracts across 21 countries. Its expectations. Since then, the of the patents related to its Joe Weisenthal (Money
equipment arena, both in the market in CDMA is strong with company has struggled to turn a wireless network business. Game)
U.S. and across the world. The 30 networks in 20 countries and profit as its market share has After the acquisition is Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:07:49 AM
company said it expects the its presence in GSM is robust as dwindled. Although it did pick finalized, around 7,500
addition of Motorola's business w e l l , a c c o r d i n g t o N o k i a up Nortel's wireless business employees in Motorola's Beyond just the obvious fact
will propel it to become the No. S i e m e n s . last summer, the company was wireless network business will that gold is down (again) today,
3 wireless infrastructure vendor "As customers look to transition forced to announce a major shift to Nokia Siemens, it's worth pointing out that we're
in the U.S. and the top foreign from CDMA networks to next- reorganization late last year, including those at some of the continuing the trend by which
wireless vendor in Japan. It also generation technologies, the complete with layoffs and cost large R&D sites in the U.S., gold trades opposite the euro,
expects to reinforce its No. 2 a d d i t i o n o f t h e M o t o r o l a cuts. China, and India. Both rather than the dollar, even
standing in the global wireless wireless network infrastructure Motorola is also playing up the companies said they expect the when priced in dollars.
network market. business is targeted to ensure deal, with the company's co- deal to be completed by the end In other words, the dollar is
T h e d e a l i s e x p e c t e d t o that we are well placed to meet CEO Greg Brown saying that it of 2010. down, but gold is no protection.
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Boxee Box Comes Out of the Box

Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb) in "late October/early The first Boxee Box arrived
November," Boxee has
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:30:00 PM Sponsor from the D-Link Factory from
published a show-and-tell video Although a number of Zach Klein on Vimeo.
Boxee, a company whose starring the company's design
software allows users to watch head, Zach Klein. (He's the one
interesting elements are
highlighted, the fact that the
Also, they have a fireplace from
a 1970s den in their office? Windows
any Internet content on their with the headband and made of
televisions, announced a set-top meat.) The box and remote are
black plastic box is finger-print
resistant may be - if it is in fact
Does that strike anyone as fair?
Discuss Phone 7 in-
box in November. In January, functional finals, right off the
they unveiled a 3-D printer- a s s e m b l y l i n e o f t h e
made design prototype.
true and not some pie-in-the-sky
science fiction braggadocio, the depth preview
manufacturers, Taiwan's D- most awesome. It's been
Joshua a long road,
WINDOWS
Topolsky pagehasn't
24 it?
(Engadget)
Now, in advance of its launch Link. Well, in some respects, it hasn't
24 Technology/ E-reader News Edition
WINDOWS
70,000 Blogs Shut Down by U.S. continued from page 23

-- in fact, it's only been about regardless, brand loyalty isn't

Law Enforcement two years since development of
Windows Phone 7 as we know it
going to save this product -- it
simply has to be good to sell.
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb) today kicked off -- but when Scratch that; it actually has to be
Submitted at 7/18/2010 10:16:00 PM
you consider that this product nearly flawless in a world where
will be replacing Windows iOS 4 and Gingerbread play.
Blogetery, a Wordpress Mobile 6.5, that puts things in Microsoft still has a few months
platform, has seen its entire proper perspective. In fact, even before it intends to get the first
community shut down by its the very latest maintenance volley of Windows Phone 7-
host, BurstNET. Subsequent releases of good ol' WinMo are based products to the
statements by BurstNET based on the same rickety marketplace, but we've recently
indicated that the service was underpinnings as version 5.0 been provided with reference
suspended at the request of an was way back in 2005, at a time hardware -- a not-for-retail
unidentified law enforcement when WVGA smartphone Samsung called "Taylor" that's
agency."(Blogetery) was displays were science fiction, closely modeled on the Symbian
terminated by request of law 4G networks were a good two -based i8910HD -- to get a feel
enforcement officials, due to Gs beyond the average for where they're at as the clock
material hosted on the server. copyright owners to remove • 70,000 people have been cut American's comprehension, and ticks down. Is this shaping up to
We are limited as to the details pages with links to torrent/ off from their blogs Engadget looked like this. be a killer platform for the next
we can provide to you, but note rapidshare. I always handle such • The law enforcement agency Nowadays, it's a very different generation of high-end
that this was a critical matter abuse reports within 24 hours involved has not been identified game; eight year-olds have smartphones? And more
and the only available option to and remove such material." • The alleged wrongdoing on access to mobile email, your importantly, can it win
us was to immediately BurstNET responded that "this the part of the platform has not phone understands German, and customers? Read on for our first
d e a c t i v a t e t h e s e r v e r . " was not a typical case, in which been made public "Yelp" is a verb (okay, actually take.
Sponsor suspension and notification Yelp is a verb). Indeed, mobile Gallery: Windows Phone 7
The gist of the conversation on w o u l d b e t h e n o r m . " A That "something serious is devices are the new PCs -- and preview
the discussion board initially spokesperson for the company afoot" is a description, not an companies like Apple and Gallery: Windows Phone 7
i n d i c a t e d t h a t c o p y r i g h t later told CNET that this case explanation. Keeping this sort of Google are dominating an interface shots
infringement might have been had nothing to do with copyright thing private may be warranted, industry that had once been Continue reading Windows
the motivation. Torrent services, violations. at least when it comes to the practically handed to Microsoft Phone 7 in-depth preview
like Bittorrent, are the frequent On the discussion board, a details. But the sensible thing on a silver platter. No one -- Windows Phone 7 in-depth
target of legal actions as they B u r s t N E T r e p r e s e n t a t i v e for this unnamed agency to do, either inside or outside of preview originally appeared on
are an efficient way to share subsequently said:"Simply put: if in fact it exists and is an actor Redmond -- is arguing that Engadget on Mon, 19 Jul 2010
large amounts of information, We cannot give him his data nor in this drama, would be for it to change isn't desperately (and 11:10:00 EDT. Please see our
such as television shows or can we provide any other issue an official statement with quickly) needed, because it terms for use of feeds.
movies. This does not appear to details. By stating this, most a t l e a s t s o m e v e r i f i a b l e simply isn't enough to dominate Permalink| | Email this|
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stated that the service dealt with serious is afoot...This is the last URL blocked graphic by In light of all that, you could
copyright issues without prior post we will make on this Wesley Fryer Discuss call Windows Phone 7 a
problems. subject." desperation move to become
"(I) got C&D letters from As things currently stand: relevant in the pocket again.
Call it whatever you like, but
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Magazines on the iPad? HP's iPad to hit more

MagCloud Makes it a One-Click countries on Friday
(CNET News.com)
Deal Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:07:02 AM

Marshall Kirkpatrick This is especially if price points

(ReadWriteWeb) The iPad is hitting nine more
can settle into something countries on Friday.(Credit:
Submitted at 7/19/2010 12:03:41 AM reasonable. I told HP's Andrew Apple)
Boom. Bolwell that what I really The iPad's market is going
G o r g e o u s , i m a g e - r i c h Sponsor wanted were magazines priced more global starting this Friday.
magazines with long-form Above: The magazine rack. like iPhone apps. Give me Apple announced Monday that
content, published periodically. Below: Scrubbing through the really good $2 magazines and its popular tablet will reach
Sometimes it feels like that's pages. I'll buy them all day long. A residents in nine more countries:
what the iPad was made for. On In addition to iPad availability, $10 magazine on the iPad? Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong,
its second birthday from inside the print on demand part of Probably not. "I personally Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico,
HP Labs, the do-it-yourself MagCloud is growing more believe that the same is true for
Netherlands, New Zealand and
magazine publishing service s o p h i s t i c a t e d a s w e l l . content," he told me. "I hope the
Singapore. Both the Wi-Fi and
MagCloud is launching a new Publishers can now choose to market will come to a point Wi-Fi+3G models will go on
feature that lets any magazine put a spine on their magazines where content on the iPad is sale.
on the platform become iPad ( w h i c h s h o u l d b e a b i g priced below the threshold of The iPad is currently available
units. Estimates on how many
optimized with a single click. improvement), the page limit consideration on price." in Australia, Canada, France,
sales the tablet will rack up over
I'm really excited about this. It's has been raised to 384 pages Right now MagCloud supports Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain,
the foreseeable future vary. In
not the Wired iPad app, yet. But and, perhaps most importantly, simple PDF uploads, but the Switzerland, the U.K., and the
April, iSuppli forecast that iPad
it is a whole world of other HP will now ship printed future is wide open, Bolwell U.S.
sales would hit 7.1 million units
magazines. magazines anywhere in the says. Possibilities include this year, followed by 14.4
In U.S. dollars, the Wi-Fi
Hacker Monthly: The Print world. multimedia, DRM-free models now sell internationally
million next year and 20.1
Magazine of Hacker News on But it's the iPad publishing and publishing (there's DRM today) for $499 for the 16GB edition,
million in 2012. But earlier this
the iPad? Zip! Art Nouveau reading that interests me most. and an HP-powered ad network. $599 for 32GB, and $699 for
month, Bernstein Research
Magazine on the iPad? Bang! P u b l i s h e r s c a n o p t - i n t o "We want to offer the option for64GB, while the Wi-Fi+3G
analyst Toni Sacconaghi
Mowmentum: The Magazine for allowing readers to click on a people to do anything they want units sell for $629 for 16GB,
projected that Apple would sell
t h e L a w n m o w e r R a c i n g link to download a magazine to in the digital space," Bolwell $729 for 32GB, and $829 for
a minimum of 18 million units
Community...on the iPad? the Magcloud iPad app. says. Discuss 64GB.
and as many as 25 million in
2011.
Apple said its tablet will reach
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Compass Labs Raises $5 Million To Camera phone inventor

Pinpoint Purchase Intent On Twitter makes a FaceTime call
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:39:27 AM from racing yacht display ads, which are not in-
stream and simply uses real-
estate on a publisher site, much Steven Sande (The Unofficial early programming tool
Well, that was fast. Only two like an ad network. In fact, the Apple Weblog (TUAW))
months after launching at startup expects that Twitter will development company, is
TechCrunch Disrupt, startup credited with the invention of
stream or on a banner with an ad actually embrace Compass
Submitted at 7/19/2010 11:00:00 AM

Compass Labs has already the mobile camera phone in

from a camera retailer for that Labs’ solution as an example of Filed under: iPhone 1997, and is now the CEO of
raised a round of funding.
camera. Compass Labs uses h o w t o m o n e t i z e w h i l e In a fitting tribute to a FullPower Technologies, the
Compass Labs, which aims to
natural language processing to benefiting the entire Twitter technology that he had a hand in company behind the MotionX
provide targeted advertising on
parse out the Tweets that have ecosystem. creating, entrepreneur and GPS apps for iPhone and iPad.
social networks like Twitter and
serious intent versus just talking Founded by Google and Yahoo sailing yacht racer Philippe Kahn's invention of the mobile
Facebook around what users
about a product generally. veteran Dilip Venkatachari(he Kahn recently used a satellite camera phone was triggered by
intend to purchase, has raised $5
Campaigns can be set to target l e d G o o g l e ’ s m o b i l e a d hookup and his iPhone 4 to the birth of his daughter Sophie
million from NEA, Triple Point
people at different parts of the business), Compass Labs will make a FaceTime call to his in 1997; he mentions during the
Capital, Jim Clark, Mike
p u r c h a s i n g c y c l e , f r o m use the funding for product office from dead-center between video that he called his "camera
Ramsay and others. This brings
exploratory to ready to buy right development as well as bulding Santa Cruz, California and phone baby" at home using the
the startup’s total funding to$6 out sales and business
now. Honolulu, Hawaii. same setup.
million
Of course, advertising on development channels. The While the video isn't as smooth Thanks to Richard for the tip!
Compass Labs looks at Twitter
Twitter recently came into company now has a number of as what we're used to via land- TUAW Camera phone inventor
streams and tries to determine
question after Twitter revised its advertisers and publishers using based Wi-Fi and broadband makes a FaceTime call from
when someone has an intent to
Terms of Service, prohibiting its platform (Venkatachari networks, it's pretty incredible racing yacht originally appeared
purchase a product, then it
any third party to inject paid declined name these partners) to see Philippe talking to a co- on The Unofficial Apple
serves up related ads either
tweets into a timeline on any and is starting to see revenue worker from the deck of the Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 19
through direct messages or
service that leverages the from its network. CrunchBase racing sailboat Pegasus in the Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please
through banner ads on third-
Twitter API. But Compass Labs Information Compass Labs Pacific Ocean. see our terms for use of feeds.
party Twitter clients. So if you
says that it complies with I n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d b y Kahn is a pretty bright guy. He Read| Permalink| Email this|
Tweet, “I’m looking for a
Twitter’s TOS because it serves C r u n c h B a s e was one of the founders and Comments
Canon camera” it will reply in
former CEO of Borland, an

The Big M: A Bowl of Cherries?

WomansDay.com Editors
(Daily Woman's Day Blog)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:00:00 AM
The last time I slept soundly
through the entire night, Bill
Clinton was still in office. Or
that’s how long it feels like it’s
been. While I’ve suffered from
insomnia off and on my entire
life, it’s gotten worse in the last
decade. From pregnancy, to
nursing, mothering, and now
perimenopausing, if that’s a
word, I feel like I can count on
two hands the number of nights
I’ve gotten good REM sleep.
I’m not alone in this.
Sleeplessness is a problem for
Americans in general and many
menopausal women in
particular. According to the
National Sleep Foundation, 40
million Americans suffer from
insomnia. And what’s
interesting is that scientists
aren’t even sure why we spend a
third of our lives sleeping (or
not sleeping, as the case may be)
though it’s clear our bodies
require it.
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Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/19: What is this?

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Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex Home adds flexibility to your

next NAS setup
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:31:00 AM
Looks like Seagate's not
content with giving users a
choice of connector-- the outfit's
latest GoFlex apparatus utilizes
a docking system to give users
an easier way to upgrade their
NAS. 'Course, those that really
plan ahead will go ahead and
grab a multi-bay device like
Data Robotics' Drobo FS, but
for the money, it's hard to argue mobile devices such as an setup
with the FreeAgent GoFlex iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry. Seagate's FreeAgent GoFlex
Home. Designed to work Best of all, the $159.99 (1TB) / Home adds flexibility to your
seamlessly with Windows-based $229.99 (2TB) asking prices next NAS setup originally
PCs and Apple's Time Machine, won't totally crush the bank, so appeared on Engadget on Mon,
the 1TB and 2TB devices it seems like you've just about 19 Jul 2010 09:31:00 EDT.
provide a NAS dock for the run out of excuses for backing Please see our terms for use of
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network. Seagate's also tossing content stored on the drive from FreeAgent GoFlex Home adds
in its Share Pro service, which flexibility to your next NAS
28 Technology/
Apple, Toyota, and the Great Media iPad Available In Nine
Piling-on
John Biggs (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:56:59 AM Friday
Remember back when people
thought their Toyotas were
trying to kill them? And then the
company issued huge recalls
after a bunch of people peeled
into traffic, blaming stuck
accelerators, floor-mats, and
computers? And then, quietly,
the National Highway Traffic
Safety Association basically
said the crashes were caused by
“pedal misapplication” i.e. some
doofus holding down the
accelerator when he meant to
hold down the brake? Good
times.
Toyota’s recall frenzy really
took off in the winter of 2009 as
floor mats galore were sent back
for a good scrubbing. Like the
Grinch taking the tree and all
the presents to fix one little light
bulb, Toyota seemed at once
haughty and suspicious until
they finally threw in the towel in
January and offered a number of
More Countries This
mea culpas. You’ll also recall
that last November we were in
an economic doldrums, cars
weren’t selling, and anything
manufacturers could do to get a
leg up in the auto race was fair
game. Toyota’s fall, then,
definitely reduced their sales
and although it’s hard to assess
the improvement in competitor’s
numbers (almost everyone has
seen year-to-year decreases in
sales since 2008), it’s clear
Toyota’s non-issue was the
industry’s gain. Although I
don’t want to belittle the lives
lost in the single tragic Lexus
accelerator issue, it’s abundantly
clear that Toyota was unfairly
blamed for a number of issues
that weren’t its fault.
Read more…
E-reader News Edition
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 7:59:05 AM
In a release issued today, Apple
has announced that the iPad will
be released to nine more
countries this Friday, including
Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong,
Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand and
Singapore. Customers in these
countries will be able to buy the doubt that iPads are flying off
the shelves, as Apple sold a
device through Apple’s retail
stores and authorized resellers. million devices in less than a
month.
This availability should only
add to the fast sales growth of It should be interesting to see
how many iPads have been sold
the device. As of June, Apple
had sold 3 million iPads in 80 in the past month. These
numbers are expected to be
days. At that time, the company
also reported that 11,000 iPad announced tomorrow when
Apple posts its second quarter
apps were available for the
device. On May 31, Apple earnings for 2010. Apple says
the iPad will roll out to
reported that it had sold 2
million iPad, showing that the additional countries later this
year and will announce
company has sold one million
more tablet devices in less than availability and local pricing for
these additional countries at a
a month.
The company only started later date. CrunchBase
shipping units to customers in Information iPad Information
countries outside the United provided by CrunchBase
States in late May. There’s no
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Morning Links - Lindsay
Lohan Hasn't Accepted
the Idea of Reporting to
Jail Tomorrow
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:15:00 AM

• Lindsay Lohan apparently

thinks jail isn't a done deal
despite having to surrender by
tomorrow- TMZ
• Vienna Girardi celebrates her
TUAW's Daily App: Bloodhound SuperSonic Car
single life with a Vegas pool
party- People

Sketch Nation Shooter gets a full-scale model ahead

• Is Katherine Heigl right for
the role of Stephanie Plum?-
Lainey Gossip
Mike Schramm (The Unofficial 99 cents on the App Store, and
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:30:00 AM
it's definitely worth seeing if
you like this game genre. What
of land speed record attempt • Does Mel Gibson want his old
life and wife back?- PopEater
Engineous Games has created Vlad Savov (Engadget) better aerodynamics allied to a • Teen singer Charice gets
Filed under: App Store Sketch here is really impressive. It's Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:57:00 AM Falcon hybrid rocket and botox for her Glee debut- Us
Nation Shooter actually came also good to see that there are Eurofighter-Typhoon jet engine, Weekly
out a little while ago, and it's not updates coming out that answer If you've been busy wondering i t ' s b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e • Zsa Zsa Gabor to get hip
so much a game as it is a game to issues fans have had with the what a 1,000mph car might look Bloodhound will go all the way replacement surgery-
engine; it allows anyone with a game. In-app purchasing allows like, here is your answer. A full- past the magical 1,000 marker, Wonderwall
pen and paper to create enemies you to buy packs of graphics to sized model of the Bloodhound but there's still at least a year • Mad Men actress goes topless
and turn them into shoot 'em up use in your own games, but you S S C h a s b e e n h a m m e r e d before a shakedown run can be for Playboy- Huffington Post
v i d e o g a m e s . I w a s d u l y don't really need them. Just together and is currently on enacted. If everything goes well, • The Jersey Shore kids go on
impressed with the title at draw a picture, use the camera, s h o w a t t h e F a r n b o r o u g h however, they might be able to strike after a contract dispute-
release, but the latest update has and start shooting. International Air Show. We squeeze their attempt at the Fox 411
really upped the ante; it allows TUAW TUAW's Daily App: reckon the reason it's there is world land speed record in • Lea Michele goes pretty in
anyone to download and browse S k e t c h N a t i o n S h o o t e r b e c a u s e t h e r e a l d e a l before the 2012 robocalypse. pink for a photo shoot-
the hottest in-app games without originally appeared on The Bloodhound will be built by Fingers crossed. Hollywood Life
requiring a Facebook login. U n o f f i c i a l A p p l e W e b l o g aeronatics companies and its Bloodhound SuperSonic Car • Tiger Woods has a hissy fit at
Additionally, the imaging (TUAW) on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 supersonic speed will justify gets a full-scale model ahead of the British Open and drops the F
system has been updated, which 08:30:00 EST. Please see our describing its movement as land speed record attempt bomb on TV- Celebitchy
means the graphics should look terms for use of feeds. "flying." Three of the men originally appeared on Engadget • Javier Bardem was so
better than ever, and a few other Read| Permalink| Email this| responsible for the project, on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:57:00 impressed when he met Brad
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Sketch Nation Shooter is just were involved in the current use of feeds. Permalink| BBC|
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763mph back in 1997. With
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Freelancer.com Acquires Darth Steve deploys the

Freemarket, Launches RDF in latest Taiwainese
Virtual Content Marketplace news animation
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:24:55 AM
Michael Rose (The Unofficial (earned in single combat with
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) another tech legend).
Online marketplace for Now freelancers can sell their From eager buyers in a line for Keep All Facebook
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:30:00 AM
outsourcing Freelancer.com, content on Freemarket’s content 'iCrap,' to Darth Steve force-
marketplace. The aim is for Applications from Ever
formerly known as Filed under: Video, Found choking a certain blogger, to a
GetAFreelancer has acquired Freemarket.com to become one Footage rather permanent lightsaber- Bothering You Again
virtual content marketplace stop shop, an ‘iTunes for This cinematic masterpiece is based solution to the iPhone 4's [Facebook]
Freemarket.com and is designers, content creators and well beyond any comment or antenna issues -- this one's got it
programmers’.’ Users can sell a Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
relaunching Freemarket’s explanation we can provide, but all. Enjoy.
platform under the variety of content, including I'll try. 3D animated re- [via Daring Fireball]
Submitted at 7/19/2010 7:00:00 AM

Freelancer.com brand.
Freelancer.com focuses
primarily on providing a
marketplace for remote workers.
Freelancer.com now caters to a
user base of 1.7 million small
and medium-sized businesses
(up from 1 million in October
2009) and says it has outsourced
more than 725,000 projects to
date.
stock logos, website templates,
stationery, images, sound clips,
3D models, themes and more.
Currently, Freemarket has over
five thousand items of content
on the platform. CrunchBase
Information Freelancer
Information provided by
CrunchBase
enactments of the news are
popular in Taiwan, and several
top stories from the past few
months have broken out as viral
videos. In this case, the
animators decided to give visual
life to Steve Jobs' legendary
Reality Distortion Field as the
power of the dark side of the
Force, complete with Darth
Vader's trademark helmet
TUAW Darth Steve deploys the
RDF in latest Taiwainese news
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on The Unofficial Apple
Weblog (TUAW) on Mon, 19
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There are subtle, precise
controls for getting your
Facebook privacy back the way
you like inside the social
network's settings. If you want
the nuclear option—no
Facebook app messages or pings
forever—tech blog Digital
Inspiration shows you the
switch. More »

iPad spreading to nine more countries Friday

Victor Agreda, Jr. (The Luxembourg, Mexico, New around the globe, the magical Apple Weblog (TUAW) on
Unofficial Apple Weblog Zealand and Singapore starting device will eventually appear in Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:00:00
(TUAW)) Friday. No word on pricing, or your part of the world soon. EST. Please see our terms for
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:00:00 AM what countries will be included There's certainly enough use of feeds.
Filed under: iPad Continuing in the next wave. demand for the iPad where it's Read| Permalink| Email this|
Apple's rollout of the iPad, a The release also states, "iPad already on sale. Comments
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reiterated coming availability in countries later this year and TUAW iPad spreading to nine
t h e N e t h e r l a n d s , A u s t r i a , Apple will announce availability additional countries at a later more countries Friday originally
Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, and local pricing for these date." So hang in there, locals appeared on The Unofficial
E-reader News Edition
Motorola's rugged i1
coming to Sprint: July
25 for $150 on contract
Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:22:00 AM
A solid four months after first
seeing thing plastered across
half of Las Vegas, Motorola's i1
finally has a date with Sprint.
The planet's first Android-
equipped smartphone with
Nextel Direct Connect will go
nationwide on July 25th (via
telesales and websites; all other
Sprint channels will see it on
August 8th), bringing military
spec ruggedness, push-to-talk
capabilities and a certain ability
to withstand all sorts of death
grips. Unfortunately, Android
1.5 is a bit of a dinosaur at this
point, but it's still a heck of a lot
better than that G'zOne Rock
you're currently toting. Get
ready -- you've got just under a
week to scrounge up $149.99
and the nerve to sign another
two-year contract.
Continue reading Motorola's
rugged i1 coming to Sprint: July
25 for $150 on contract
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Sprint: July 25 for $150 on
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Confirmed: Verizon
discontinues Kin
Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:53:00 AM
We guess this doesn't come as a
surprise to anyone, but we have
confirmation directly from
Verizon this morning that it will
no longer offer the Kin One or
Two. It's probably pretty
difficult to justify continuing to
offer and support a product
when its maker has already
thrown in the towel-- never
mind the fact that Big Red's
heart never seemed to be in it
from the start-- so this is more
of a formality than anything
else. We're being told that
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Kellan Goes Shirtless
For AnnaLynne's Bikini
-Filled Birthday Bash!
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:00:00 AM
Kellan Lutz stuck by girlfriend
AnnaLynne McCord's side on
Saturday to celebrate her twenty
third birthday at Las Vegas's
MGM Grand. The couple, who's
back in the US after a trip to
e x i s t i n g o w n e r s w o n ' t b e Germany, posed together on the
impacted, meaning Microsoft blue carpet before heading over
will continue to operate the back to the pool, where Kellan went
-end services needed to keep shirtless and sipped a Bud Light.
r e t a i l K i n s a l i v e - - b u t AnnaLynne, meanwhile, put on
considering how few Kins seem a bikini to dance with her sister
to have been sold, we can't Angel. Our Hottest Summer
imagine that's a money-making Bikini Body contest continues
proposition for anyone involved, without AnnaLynne, who was
so who knows how long that'll knocked out in the first round by
go on? Blake Lively - Blake, though, is
C o n f i r m e d : V e r i z o n still in the running against
discontinues Kin originally Jessica Alba, so make sure to fill
appeared on Engadget on Mon, out your bracket and enter to
19 Jul 2010 10:53:00 EDT. win an iPhone 4!
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The Battle Over Battle Fatigue
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 6:00:00 PM
Military history is rich with
tales of warriors who return
from battle with the horrors of
war still raging in their heads.
One of the earliest known
observations was made by the
Greek historian Herodotus, who
described an Athenian warrior
struck blind "without blow of
sword or dart" when a soldier
standing next to him was killed.
The classic term--"shell shock"-
-dates to World War I; "battle
fatigue," "combat exhaustion"
and "war stress" were used in
Word War II.
Modern psychiatry calls these
invisible wounds post-traumatic
stress disorder. And along with
this diagnosis, which became
widely known in the wake of the
Vietnam War, has come a new
sensitivity to the causes and
consequences of being afflicted
with it.
Veterans with unrelenting
PTSD can receive disability
benefits from the Department of
Veterans Affairs. As retired
Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki,
secretary of Veterans Affairs,
said last week, the mental
injuries of war "can be as
debilitating as any physical
battlefield trauma." The
occasion for his remark was a
new VA rule allowing veterans
to receive disability benefits for
PTSD if, as non-combatants,
they had good reason to fear
hostile activity, such as
firefights or explosions. In other
words, veterans can now file a
benefits claim for being
traumatized by events they did
not actually experience.
The very notion that one can
sustain an enduring mental
disorder based on anxious
anticipation of a traumatic event
that never materializes is a
radical departure from the
clinical--and common-sense--
understanding that disabling
stress disorders are caused by
traumatic events that actually do
happen to people. This is not the
first time that controversy has
swirled around the diagnosis of
PTSD.
In brief, the symptoms of PTSD
fall into three categories: re-
experiencing (e.g., relentless
nightmares; unbidden waking
images; flashbacks); hyper-
arousal (e.g., enhanced startle,
anxiety, sleeplessness); and
phobias (e.g., fear of driving
after having been in a crash).
Symptoms must last at least one
month and impair the normal
functioning to some degree.
Overwhelming calamity, not
only combat exposure, can lead
to PTSD, including natural
disasters, rape, accidents and
assault.
Not everyone who confronts
horrific circumstances develops
PTSD. Among the survivors of
the Oklahoma City bombing,
34% developed PTSD,
according to a study by
psychiatric epidemiologist Carol
North. After a car accident or
natural disaster, fewer than 10%
of victims are affected, while
among rape victims, well over
half are affected. The reassuring
news is that, as with grief and
other emotional reactions to
painful events, most sufferers
get better with time, though
periodic nightmares and easy
startling may linger for
additional months or even years.
Large-scale data on veterans are
harder to come by. According to
the major study of Vietnam
veterans, the 1988 National
Vietnam Veterans'
Readjustment Study, 50% of
those whose stress reactions
were diagnosed as PTSD
recovered fully over time. A re-
analysis of the data, published in
Science in 2006, found that
18.7% of Vietnam veterans
suffered PTSD at some point
after returning from war, but
half had recovered by the time
the study was conducted in the
mid-1980s.
A 2010 article in the Journal of
Traumatic Stress summarized
over two dozen studies and
found that among servicemen
and women previously deployed
to Iraq and Afghanistan,
between 5% and 20% have been
diagnosed with PTSD.
The story of PTSD starts with
the Vietnam War. In the late
1960s, a band of self-described
antiwar psychiatrists--led by
Chaim Shatan and Robert Jay
Lifton, who was well known for
his work on the psychological
damage wrought by Hiroshima--
formulated a new diagnostic
concept to describe the
psychological wounds that the
veterans sustained in the war.
They called it "Post-Vietnam
Syndrome," a disorder marked
by "growing apathy, cynicism,
alienation, depression, mistrust,
and expectation of betrayal as
well as an inability to
concentrate, insomnia,
nightmares, restlessness,
uprootedness, and impatience
with almost any job or course of
study." Not uncommonly,
Messrs. Shatan and Lifton said,
the symptoms did not emerge
until months or years after the
veterans returned home.
This vision inspired portrayals
of the Vietnam veteran as the
kind of "walking time bomb" as
immortalized in films such as
"Taxi Driver" and "Rambo." In
the summer of 1972, the New
York Times ran a front-page
story on Post-Vietnam
Syndrome. It reported that 50%
of all Vietnam veterans--not just
combat veterans--needed
professional help to readjust,
and contained phrases such as
"psychiatric casualty,"
"emotionally disturbed" and
"men with damaged brains." By
contrast, veterans of World War
II were heralded as heroes. They
fought in a popular war, a vital
distinction in understanding how
veterans and the public give
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meaning to their wartime
hardships and sacrifice.
Psychological casualties are as
old as war itself, but historians
and sociologists note that the
high-profile involvement of
civilian psychiatrists in the wake
of the Vietnam War set those
returning soldiers apart. "The
suggestion or outright assertion
was that Vietnam veterans have
been unique in American history
for their psychiatric problems,"
writes the historian Eric T. Dean
Jr. in "Shook over Hell: Post-
Traumatic Stress, Vietnam, and
the Civil War." As the image of
the psychologically injured
veteran took root in the national
conscience, the psychiatric
profession debated the wisdom
of giving him his own diagnosis.
During the Civil War, some
soldiers were said to suffer
"irritable heart" or "Da Costa's
Syndrome"--a condition marked
by shortness of breath, chest
discomfort and pounding
palpitations that doctors could
not attribute to a medical cause.
In World War I, the condition
became known as "shell shock"
and was characterized as a
mental problem. The inability to
cope was believed to reflect
personal weakness--an
underlying genetic or
psychological vulnerability;
combat itself, no matter how
intense, was deemed little more
than a precipitating factor.
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Otherwise well-adjusted
individuals were believed to be
at small risk of suffering more
than a transient stress reaction
once they were removed from
the front.
In 1917, the British
neuroanatomist Grafton Elliot
Smith and the psychologist Tom
Pear challenged this view,
attributing the cause more to the
experiences and less on those
who suffered them.
"Psychoneurosis may be
produced in almost anyone if
only his environment be made
'difficult' enough for him," they
wrote in their book "Shell Shock
and Its Lessons." This triggered
a feisty debate within British
military psychiatry, and
eventually the two sides came to
agree that both the soldier's
predisposition to stress and his
exposure to hostilities
contributed to breakdown. By
World War II, then, military
psychiatrists believed that even
the bravest and fittest soldier
could endure only so much.
"Every man has his breaking
point," as the saying went.
In 1980, the American
Psychiatric Association adopted
post-traumatic stress disorder
(rather than the narrower Post-
Vietnam Syndrome) as an
official diagnosis in the third
edition of its Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual.
A patient could be diagnosed
with PTSD if he experienced a
trauma or "stressor" that, as
DSM described it, would "evoke
significant symptoms of distress
in almost everyone." Rape,
combat, torture and fires were
those deemed to fall, as the
DSM III required, "generally
outside the range of usual
human experience." Thus, while
the stress was unusual, the
development of PTSD in its
wake was not.
No longer were prolonged
traumatic reactions viewed as a
reflection of constitutional
vulnerability. They became
instead a natural process of
adaptation to extreme stress.
The influence of individual
differences shaping response to
crisis gave way to the profound
impact of the trauma, with its
leveling effect on all human
response.
If the pendulum swung too far,
obliterating the role of an
individual's own characteristics
in the development of the
condition, it served a political
purpose. As British psychiatrist
Derek Summerfield put it, the
newly minted diagnosis of
PTSD "was meant to shift the
focus of attention from the
details of a soldier's background
and psyche to the fundamentally
traumatic nature of war."
Messrs. Shatan and Lifton
clearly saw PTSD as a normal
response. "The placement of
post-traumatic stress disorder in
[the DSM] allows us to see the
policies of diagnosis and disease
in an especially clear light,"
writes combat veteran and
sociologist Wilbur Scott in his
detailed 1993 account "The
Politics of Readjustment:
Vietnam Veterans Since the
War." PTSD is in DSM, Mr.
Scott writes, "because a core of
psychiatrists and Vietnam
veterans worked conscientiously
and deliberately for years to put
it there . . . at issue was the
question of what constitutes a
normal reaction or experience of
soldiers to combat." Thus, by
the time PTSD was incorporated
into the official psychiatric
lexicon, it bore a hybrid legacy--
part political artifact of the
antiwar movement, part
legitimate diagnosis.
While the major symptoms of
PTSD are fairly straightforward-
-re-experiencing, anxiety and
avoidance--what counted as a
traumatic experience turned out
to be a moving target in
subsequent editions of the DSM.
In 1987, the DSM III was
revised to expand the definition
of a traumatic experience. The
concept of stressor now
included a secondhand
experience. In the fourth edition
in 1994, the range of
"traumatic" events was
expanded to include hearing
about the unexpected death of a
loved one or receiving a fatal
diagnosis such as terminal
cancer. No longer did one need
to experience a life-threatening
situation directly or be a close
witness to a ghastly accident or
atrocity. Experiencing "intense
fear, helplessness, or horror"
after watching the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks on television,
for example, could qualify an
individual for PTSD.
There is pitched debate among
trauma experts as to whether a
stressor should be defined as
whatever traumatizes a person.
True, a person might feel
"traumatized" by, say, a minor
car accident--but to say that a
fender-bender counts as trauma
alongside such horrors as
concentration camps, rape or the
Bataan Death March is to dilute
the concept. "A great deal rides
on how we define the concept of
traumatic stressor, says Harvard
psychologist Richard J.
McNally, author of
"Remembering Trauma." In the
civilian realm, Mr. McNally
says, "the more we broaden the
category of traumatic stressors,
the less credibly we can assign
causal significance to a given
stressor itself and the more
weight we must place on
personal vulnerability."
For some non-combat
servicemen and women,
anticipatory fear of being in
harm's way can turn into a
crippling stress reaction. But
how often symptoms fail to
dissipate after separation from
the military and subsequently
33
morph into a lasting disability is
unknown.
Americans are deeply moved
by the men and women who
fight our wars. We have an
incalculable moral debt, as
Abraham Lincoln said, "to care
for him who shall have borne
the battle." Yet rather than
broaden the definition of PTSD,
it would do our veterans better
to ensure they first receive
quality treatment and
rehabilitation before applying
for disability status. Otherwise,
how can we assess their
prospects for meaningful
recovery no matter their
diagnosis?
The new regulations announced
by Mr. Shinseki take the
definition of PTSD further than
any of his predecessors surely
imagined.
Sally Satel is a resident scholar
at AEI.
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Dems Sour on Obama's "Good War" in Afghanistan

(AEI.Org: Articles) to the long-term security of the U.S. troops there seems hardly Now that Obama has been Some Republican politicians
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(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's
Global Economic Trend
Analysis)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 1:43:00 PM
Nouriel Roubini appears to be
sticking with his "U-Shaped
Recession" call, at least for now.
However, his stance seems
much more cautious than before.
Please consider Double-Dip
Days by Nouriel Roubini.
The global slowdown – already
evident in second-quarter data
for 2010 – will accelerate in the
second half of the year. Fiscal
stimulus will disappear as
austerity programs take hold in
most countries. Inventory
adjustments, which boosted
growth for a few quarters, will
run their course. The effects of
tax policies that stole demand
from the future – such as
incentives for buyers of cars and
homes – will diminish as
programs expire. Labor-market
conditions remain weak, with
little job creation and a
spreading sense of malaise
among consumers.
The likely scenario for
advanced economies is a
mediocre U-shaped recovery,
even if we avoid a W-shaped
double dip. In the US, annual
growth was already below trend
in the first half of 2010 (2.7% in
the first quarter and estimated at
a mediocre 2.2% in April-June).
Growth is set to slow further, to
1.5% in the second half of this
year and into 2011.
Whatever letter of the alphabet
US economic performance
ultimately resembles, what is
coming will feel like a
recession. Mediocre job creation
and a further rise in
unemployment, larger cyclical
budget deficits, a fresh fall in
home prices, larger losses by
banks on mortgages, consumer
credit, and other loans, and the
risk that Congress will adopt
protectionist measures against
China will see to that.
In the eurozone, the outlook is
worse. Growth may be close to
zero by the end of this year, as
fiscal austerity kicks in and
stock markets fall. Sharp rises in
sovereign, corporate, and
interbank liquidity spreads will
increase the cost of capital, and
increases in risk aversion,
volatility, and sovereign risk
will undermine business,
investor, and consumer
confidence further. The
weakening of the euro will help
Europe’s external balance, but
the benefits will be more than
offset by the damage to export
and growth prospects in the US,
China, and emerging Asia.
And one cannot exclude the
possibility of an Israeli military
strike on Iran in the next 12
months. If that happens, oil
prices could rapidly spike and,
as in the summer of 2008,
trigger a global recession.
Finally, policymakers are
running out of tools. Additional
monetary quantitative easing
will make little difference, there
is little room for further fiscal
stimulus in most advanced
economies, and the ability to
bail out financial institutions
that are too big to fail – but also
too big to be saved – will be
sharply constrained.
So, as the optimists’ delusional
hopes for a rapid V-shaped
recovery evaporate, the
advanced world will be at best
in a long U-shaped recovery,
which in some cases – the
eurozone and Japan – may be
long enough to stretch into an L-
shaped near-depression.
Avoiding double dip recession
will be difficult.
In such a world, recovery in the
stronger emerging markets – the
great hope for the global
economy – will suffer, because
no country is an island
economically. Indeed, growth in
many emerging-market
economies – starting with China
– is highly dependent on
retrenching advanced
economies.
Fasten your seat belts for a very
bumpy ride. Shape of Things to
Come
There is much more in the
article, including a discussion on
China, Japan, and more analysis
of Europe. Inquiring minds will
give the article a closer look.
The only puzzling thing to me
is Roubini's statement " The
likely scenario for advanced
economies is a mediocre U-
shaped recovery, even if we
avoid a W-shaped double dip."
Remove the word "even" and
the sentence makes perfect
sense.
Indeed, Roubini goes on to say
" So, as the optimists’ delusional
hopes for a rapid V-shaped
recovery evaporate, the
advanced world will be at best
in a long U-shaped recovery,
which in some cases – the
eurozone and Japan – may be
long enough to stretch into an L
-shaped near-depression.
Avoiding double dip recession
will be difficult."
Case for an "L" Shaped
Recession
Thus, Roubini now appears to
be leaning towards (or at least
considering) my point of view
as expressed on Tuesday, April
08, 2008 in Case for an "L"
Shaped Recession Now that it's
clear we are in a recession, the
question has arisen as to what
shape it will take: "V", "U", "L",
or "W".
Nouriel Roubini proposed the
question in The US Recession:
V or U or W or L-Shaped? and
came up with "U".
[Roubini] : My view is closer to
a U-shaped recession as I expect
that the economic contraction
will last at least 12 months and
possibly as long as 18 months
through the middle of 2009.
This view is based on the fact
that the last two recessions – in
1990-91 and 2001 – lasted 8
months each and today the
macro and financial conditions
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are worse – relative to those
two previous recessions - in at
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: More likely to me is something
like an "L" or a "WW" kind of
scenario with the U.S. slipping
in and out of recession for a
prolonged period of time,
perhaps 3-4 years or more.
Roubini nailed three reasons
for a severe recession but
dismisses "L" because the U.S.
acted faster than Japan. I do not
buy that argument for these
reasons.
• U.S consumers are in much
worse debt shape than Japan.
• There is global wage
arbitrage now that did not exist
to a huge degree in the mid to
late 1990's. Even white collar
jobs are increasingly at risk.
• The savings rate in the US is
in far more need of repair than
what Japan faced. This will be a
huge drag on future spending
and slow any recovery
attempts.
• Japan faced a huge asset
bubble (valuation) problem.
The US faces both a valuation
problem (what debt on the
books is worth) and a rampant
overcapacity issue as well.
• Japan had an internet boom to
help smooth things out. There is
no tech revolution on the
horizon that will provide a huge
source of jobs.
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Five Reasons for Nonsensical Forward Earnings Estimates
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(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's
Global Economic Trend
Analysis)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 2:49:00 AM
Forward S&P 500 earnings
estimates are outrageously
optimistic as noted in Hussman
on Misallocating Resources,
Market Valuations, Earnings
Estimates, and Public Policy.
The above link addresses what
is happening. This post will
address the reasons why.
Reasons for Nonsensical
Earnings Estimates
• Analysts do not do their
homework on what is really
happening and why. Instead
they see rising earnings and take
them at face value, nearly
always figuring following
quarters will be better yet.
• Analysts do not understand
the dynamics of debt deflation,
peak credit, the baby boomer
retirement dynamics, etc. In
short, Analysts do not
understand the global macro
picture is bleak.
• Analysts look at a steep yield
curve and think the Fed can lift
the economy.
• Analysts have not yet caught
on to the fact that consumer
spending and bank lending
attitudes have changed for good.
• Analysts in general have a
vested interest in getting the
public to buy stocks, annuities,
etc. because that is how they
make money.
US Banking Earnings are a
Sham
David Stevenson at
MoneyWeek addresses the first
bullet point above quite nicely.
Please consider The US banking
recovery is a sham.
Let's hear it for the bankers!
There may be plenty of gloom
gathering elsewhere. But the
moneylenders – or some of them
at least – seem to be doing very
nicely. For example, US giant
JP Morgan Chase has just
revealed a staggering 76% jump
in its second-quarter profits.
What's more, it's part of a
steadily rising trend in improved
results.
The chart below shows
JPMorgan's recent quarterly
profits. These have now climbed
right back to 2007's high point.
That's nothing short of amazing.
And it's more than enough to get
bank bulls quite excited again.
But hang on a minute. Maybe
there's a con trick being played
here.
For one thing, JP Morgan hasn't
achieved any 'real' growth. The
bank's revenues actually fell by
8%. Investment banking and
fixed-income trading results
both dropped.
So where did all the money
come from?
The figures aren't as good as
they first seem
Well, the bank only turned in
such a 'good' result because it
slashed its "provision for credit
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second quarter, he says, equal to
60% of his estimate for the
firm's pre-tax income.
Chris Kotowski at
Oppenheimer is very clear what
this really means. It's an
accounting "abomination", he
says, because fluctuations in the
value of the debt don't change
the amount the banks owe.
Accounting "Abomination"
Any person reading this now
losses" by two thirds, from effect IOUs. FASB 157 lets understands what an accounting
$9.7bn to $3.4bn. In other these banks pretend they'll buy " a b o m i n a t i o n " F A S B 1 5 7
words, all (and more) of JP back their IOUs at current c r e a t e d .
Morgan's latest profit was due to market rates, even though they However, analysts don't know
the bank making a much lower may have no real intention of that or they simply do not care.
allowance for bad debts – loans doing so. As as noted in the 5th bullet
that could go sour because the Now let's say that a bank's point at the top, sell-side
debtors can't repay to the bank IOUs drop in price – for analysts have a vested interest in
the money they've borrowed. example, because it's reckoned not knowing or not caring about
But this isn't just about bad by the market to be dodgier than these kinds of abominations.
debts – or JP Morgan. As w a s p r e v i o u s l y t h o u g h t , This explains how forward
Bradley Keoun and David meaning that the risk of holding earnings estimates have been
Henry at Bloomberg point out, those IOUs rises. ridiculously ratcheted back up to
other US banks will be pulling Although the face value – the 2007 highs. To top it off, not
strings to make their results look actual amount owed on the only are the forward earnings
good: "Bank of America and IOUs – stays the same, the bank estimates a sham, this quarter's
Wall Street firms are now is now allowed to assume that it bank earnings estimates are a
depending on an accounting owes less money to its creditors. sham as well.
benefit last used in the depths of So it can book the difference When pondering analysts
the credit crisis to prop up their between the previous IOU value forward earnings estimates,
results". and the current, lower price as a p l e a s e f a c t o r i n t h e
N e w a c c o u n t i n g r u l e s profit. Consumption Inflection Point -
artificially inflate earnings Bank of America, the biggest N o O n e W a n t s C r e d i t ;
The arcane-sounding FASB US bank by assets, may record a Consumer Spending Plans
157 rule may seem deadly dull, $1bn second-quarter gain from Plunge.
b u t f o r b a n k e r s i t ' s v e r y writing down its debts to their Moreover, please note the case
i m p o r t a n t – a n d v e r y m a r k e t v a l u e , s a y s K e i t h for a Second-Half Housing and
controversial, too. Here's how it Horowitz at Citigroup. Morgan Durable Goods Crash.
works. When banks want to Stanley will also probably The hook has been set. Stocks
borrow money, they often do so record $1bn in such debt
by selling bonds. These are in valuation adjustments in the FIVE page 39
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....
If the Fed and Congress drag
this out, which at this point
seems likely, we will see a
severe "L" or "WW" shaped
recession playing out over
several (or more) years.
Please bear in mind that
flashback is not a criticism of
predictions anyone made in
2008.
Moreover, the fat lady still has
not sung. Perhaps by some
miracle we have a weak U-
shaped recession that looks and
feels much worse.
Finally, I believe Roubini laid
out a recession case as to how
this would play out nearly as
good as anyone.
Where to from Here?
As always, the key question I
keep asking and more
importantly addressing is:
"Where to from here?"
I wholeheartedly endorse this
statement from Roubini.
" as the optimists’ delusional
hopes for a rapid V-shaped
recovery evaporate, the
advanced world will be at best
in a long U-shaped recovery..."
Indeed, I have made similar, if
not even more dire sounding
statements many times, some of
them recently. For example:
• Wednesday, July 14, 2010: When the domestic economy
Expect Second-Half Housing gains footing from federal
and Durable Goods Crash
• Tuesday, July 13, 2010: Are government will have to reverse
w e " T r e n d i n g T o w a r d s course, reducing the debt
Deflation" or in It?
Tax and Stimulate is No
Solution
My sole criticism of Roubini
does not concern his statements
regarding the recession or the
severity of it, but rather his
Keynesian tax-and-spend
solutions for curing it.
With that backdrop, please
consider Roubini Says Obama
Should Address Nation as
Adults
“We have to recognize that
Americans are adults,” Roubini
said during a radio interview
with Tom Keene on Bloomberg
Surveillance. “Then we have to
speak to them straightforward
about the risks and challenges
that we have, rather than kicking
the can down the road.” Had
Roubini stopped right there I
would have been applauding
loudly. Unfortunately the article
goes on to say ...
In the short run, Roubini said,
the economy needs to maintain
federal fiscal stimulus to rescue
indebted households and state
and local governments from
bankruptcy. Failure to provide
debt relief will reduce
consumption and force essential
cuts on spending in areas such
as education and public safety,
according to Roubini.
spending, Roubini said, the
through fiscal austerity for the
next three to seven years.
“At the same time, it’s not
enough to do it on the spending
side,” said Roubini, favoring a
value-added sales tax. “The
deficit cap is so large in the U.S.
that eventually we need to have
raises in revenues, and we have
to do that in non- distortionary
ways.”
I simply do not accept tax-and-
spend approaches. Instead, I
favor the common sense
approaches: stop wasting money
and stop digging deeper holes.
Things that Need to Happen
Absurd levels of military
spending MUST stop before we
bankrupt ourselves. The US is
wasting Trillions of dollars
attempting to be the world's
policeman.
We MUST do something about
public union wages and pension
promises that cannot be met.
Moreover, as I have pointed out
on many occasions, US Tax
policy allows deferral of taxes
on corporate profits held
overseas. That tax policy, in
conjunction with global wage
arbitrage, practically begs
corporations to move jobs and
profits overseas.
Please see Bleak Outlook for
Small Businesses and Job
Creation; Where Obama Went
Wrong, and What to do About It
for details.
In regards to public spending,
Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage
laws MUST go. (Please see
Thoughts on the Davis Bacon
Act for more on the insanity of
prevailing wage laws).
Government needs to provide
the most services at the least
cost, not rape taxpayers for the
sole benefit of public unions and
corrupt politicians.
There are many structural
defects but those are a few of
the obvious ones. We cannot
possibly begin to "recover" until
we first address those major
structural problems.
VAT?!
Interestingly, I support the idea
of a VAT (in theory) but not for
raising revenue. Rather, I
support policies that encourage
saving. A low flat tax in
conjunction with a low VAT
(except on medicine and grocery
store food), would do just that.
My fear is that once unleashed,
VAT would be punitive. The
remedy is a balanced budget
amendment.
If people had to pay for the war
in Iraq and Afghanistan with
increased taxes, there would not
have been a war. Both wars
were blatantly stupid policies
that increased US enemies while
wasting money.
If we want to increase stimulus
or social safety net spending as
Roubini seems to want and
Krugman definitely wants, I
could accept that IF two-for-one
we reduce military spending,
AND we revoke Davis-Bacon.
Simply put, I would gladly
settle out of court for any
policies that reduced insane
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reduced the massive budget
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some temporary safety-net
provisions Austrian types like
myself do not particularly care
for.
What I want to see is a net
major step in the right direction,
because the ideal approach will
never fly.
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America Loses Its Position As The Top 5 Most Important

Energy Market's #1 Player Upcoming Car
Vincent Fernando, CFA
(Money Game) Technologies
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:10:48 AM
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) might be able to experience
The world can begin hating a Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:00:00 AM them from behind the steering
new superpower for its energy wheel.
consumption, instead or in In the early 1980s television In some cases, the technology is
addition to America. series Knight Rider, David already here and ready to use.
China's total energy Hasselhoff co-starred with a With others, you shouldn't
consumption just surpassed that black Pontiac Trans Am named expect to see them hit the roads
of America, finally, according to K.I.T.T. (that's the Knight until further research has
the International Energy Agency Industries Two Thousand, if worked out the flaws -- not to
(IEA). you're old enough to remember). mention the high costs. But if
WSJ: The latter could talk, drive by past experience has shown us
The Paris-based agency, whose itself and get its human partner anything, it's that the race to
forecasts are generally regarded out of a jam using its onboard provide cars that are safer, more
as bellwether indicators for the artificial intelligence. At the efficient, faster and just plain
energy industry, said China time, such capabilities seemed cooler will keep pushing the
devoured 2,252 million tons of like sheer fantasy -- even boundaries of technology in
as if China didn't already control Nevertheless, the U.S. remains laughable. Yet today, these once what we drive.
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Sunday Funnies 2010-07-18:
American Reinvestment and
Exploding Whales
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Analysis)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 12:09:00 PM
Putting America Back To Work
In response to Kentucky
Retirees May Soon Outnumber
Pension Contributors where I
said "Public unions and
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the whales in the living room. It
is high time we do something
about it because the whales are
rotting and the stench is
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Pics: Kim Kardashian &
Reggie Bush Attend the
Same Wedding
Molly (PopSugar)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:00:00 AM
The Kardashian sisters all came
out to celebrate when their
friends Khadijah Haqq and
Bobby McCray got married in
LA on Saturday. The groom
plays for the New Orleans
Saints so Kim's ex Reggie Bush
was in the bridal party. Reggie
looked happy to see the whole her new boyfriend, Miles
family and chatted with Bruce Austin, as a date for this special
Jenner and the rest of the crew. event, which probably helped
Bridesmaid Khloe was make things less awkward when
accompanied by her husband, she ran into Reggie.
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Search Through Top Secret America's Database of Private

Spooks
Spencer Ackerman (Wired
Top Stories)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:41:00 AM

Figuring out exactly who’s

cashing in on the post-9/11
boom in secret programs just got
a whole lot easier.
U.S. spy agencies, the State
Department, and the White
House had a collective panic
attack on Friday over an
upcoming Washington Post
expose on the intelligence-
industrial complex. Reporters
Dana Priest and William Arkin
let it drop this morning.
It includes a searchable
database cataloging what an
estimated 854,000 employees
and legions of contractors are
apparently up to. Users can now
to see just how much money
these government agencies are
spending and where those top
secret contractors are located.
Check out this nine-page list of
agencies and contractors
involved in air and satellite what used to be called the many capabilities documenting The Post— whose editorial disclosed. And they further
observations, for instance. No Garrison State— the impact on too much, with too few filters in page has been notably receptive explain that most of what the
wonder it scares the crap out of society of a Praetorian class of place to sort out the useful stuff to the growth of the security project documents, like the
Official Washington: it’s bound war-focused elites. Priest and or discover hidden connections, state over the years — explains locations of contractor and
to provoke all sorts of questions Arkin call it “Top Secret the information overload is its in an editorial comment that it agency facilities, is already
— both from taxpayers America” and it’s so big, and own information blackout. “We ran its constellation of websites public information, distributed
wondering where their money grown so fast, that it’s replicated consequently can’t effectively by security officials to ensure on company and agency
goes, and from U.S. adversaries the problem of disconnection assess whether it is making us that it wasn’t jeopardizing websites. So it’s not as if the
looking to penetrate America’s within the intelligence agencies more safe,” a retired Army three national security. In one paper has put anyone in harm’s
spy complex. that facilitated America’s -star general who recently instance, the editors deleted way. (Some of those
But this piece is about much vulnerability to a terrorist attack. assessed the system tells the certain unspecified specific
more than dollars. It’s about SEARCH page 45
With too many analysts and too reporters. “data points” the project initially
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Pissing Match: Is the World Ready for the Waterless Urinal?
Joshua Davis (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:00:00 PM
It's really a beautiful urinal,
says James Krug, CEO of
Falcon Waterfreee Technolies.
Photo: Dan Forbes
In a laboratory 10 miles east of
downtown Los Angeles, a
mechanical penis sputters to life.
A technician starts a timer as a
stream of water erupts from the
apparatus’s brass tip, arcing into
a urinal mounted exactly 12
inches away. James Krug
smiles. His latest back-splatter
experiment is under way.
Krug is an unusual
entrepreneur. Twenty years ago,
he was a rising star in the film
and television business. He
served as a vice president of the
Disney Channel in the 1980s
and ran a distribution company
with members of the Disney
family in the ’90s. But 11 years
ago, Krug became convinced
that the world did not need
another TV show. What it
needed was a better urinal.
His transformation from
Hollywood player to urinal
evangelist began in 1999 at the
Universal Studios Hilton in LA.
A business acquaintance of
Krug knew that he was
interested in exploring new
opportunities and arranged a
meeting with Ditmar Gorges, a
German engineer who fervently
believed that flushing a urinal
was a waste of water. Sitting in
the Hilton lobby, Gorges gushed
potty talk. He explained that he
had invented a water-free urinal
and pointed out that urine was
already liquid—and a generally
sterile liquid at that. Gravity
could drain it completely. No
flush necessary.
Krug immediately grasped the
implications: The German’s
humble innovation had the
potential to save millions of
gallons of water at a time when
demand for the natural resource
was draining aquifers dry. It
would do more than any film or
TV show to solve a pressing
problem. Krug decided to help.
Drawing on sales skills he’d
honed at the Cannes Film
Festival, Krug dived into the
bathroom business. He formed
Falcon Waterfree Technologies
with Gorges and explained to
anyone who would listen that
the water-free urinal would save
more than just water: In
California, a fifth of the
electrical output was consumed
by processing and pumping
water. Cutting water usage
would reduce our carbon
footprint.
Falcon wasn’t the first to
develop a waterless urinal. A
company near San Diego had
been struggling to sell them
since 1991. But Krug made a
conceptual breakthrough: The
real profits wouldn’t come from
the urinals themselves. They’d
come from selling the
replaceable cartridges that sat in
each of the waterless
receptacles.
In a traditional urinal, water
pools in the drain after every
flush, preventing sewer gases
from escaping into living areas.
Gorges’ invention employed a
plastic cartridge filled with a
liquid sealant. Urine could pass
through, but sewer gases
remained trapped beneath the
sealant—no water needed. The
$40 cartridge had to be replaced
after 7,000 uses, turning a
onetime urinal purchase into a
perpetual income stream. Krug’s
business model took a page out
of the Gillette playbook: Keep
the urinal cost low and lock
customers in to buying the
cartridges.
He quickly won converts. Cable
tycoon Marc Nathanson made a
substantial investment in early
2000, and in 2001 Falcon began
to manufacture its urinal,
dubbed the U1P. Soon Al Gore
signed on as an adviser, and in
2006, Jeff Skoll, the first
president of eBay, made a
significant investment. Krug
was sure the world was ready
for a better bowl—there hadn’t
been any major advances in
urinal technology for
decades—but there was
something he wasn’t prepared
for: the plumbers.
Mike Massey didn’t like Krug’s
urinal. As head of PIPE, a
plumbing union advocacy group
in Southern California, Massey
looks out for plumbers’
interests. And as far as he was
concerned, the waterless urinal
was a threat to public health.
Diseases might fester because
the urinals weren’t being
washed down with every use.
Sewer gasses might leak
through the cartridge. “People
take plumbing for granted,”
Massey says. “But the reality is
that plumbers protect the health
of the nation. That’s how we
think of our job.”
Plumbing codes never
contemplated a urinal without
water. As a result, Falcon’s
fixtures couldn’t be installed
legally in most parts of the
country. Krug assumed it would
be a routine matter to amend the
model codes on which most
state and city codes are based,
but Massey and other plumbers
began to argue vehemently
against it. The reason the urinal
hadn’t changed in decades was
because it worked, they argued.
Urine could be dangerous,
Massey said, and the urinal was
not something to trifle with. As
a result, in 2003 the
organizations that administer the
two dominant model codes in
the US rejected Falcon’s request
to permit installation of
waterless urinals. “The
plumbers blindsided us,” Krug
says. “We didn’t understand
what we were up against.”
Krug scrambled to counter the
plumbers’ public health claims.
He hired Charles Gerba, a
professor of environmental
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microbiology at the University
of Arizona. Gerba studies “filth,
pestilence, and disease,” with an
emphasis on the bathroom, and
says he has done more field
studies on the toilet than anyone
else in academia. From his point
of view, there was a clear
explanation for the plumbers’
resistance: It drained their
wallets. “Plumbers don’t like the
waterless urinal because it cuts
down on their work
tremendously,” he says.
“There’s no more piping to
install, and the urinals have no
moving parts to repair.”
To test the plumbers’
assertions, Gerba compared a
traditional flush urinal with the
Falcon waterless. He found that
the Falcon urinal presented a
less hospitable environment for
germs than constantly moistened
conventional bowls. The process
of flushing could actually eject
those germs into the air. “If it’s
a traditional urinal, you should
flush and run,” Gerba says.
The plumbers reject the
contention that their opposition
was an attempt to protect their
livelihoods. “We just weren’t so
sure this was a good product,”
Massey says. “People think
we’re a bunch of dumb
plumbers, but we’re actually
quite sophisticated.”
To buttress their health claims,
plumbing unions in California
hired Phyllis Fox, an
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Survive a Plane Crash
How-To Wiki (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:00:00 PM
From Wired How-To Wiki
Most aircraft accidents are not
midair collisions or explosions
that kill all aboard. The National
Transportation Safety Board has
found that more than 95 percent
of airplane occupants survive
the crashes in which there are
some fatalities ( PDF link).
So, here are some tips to
maximize your chances of
surviving a failed takeoff,
emergency landing, crash
landing or runway collision.
This article is part of a wiki
anyone can edit. If you have
advice to add about stayin' alive,
log in and contribute.
Don't panic
Always follow all instructions
from the flight crew. They know
what they're doing. Pick the
right seat
Book a seat in the back of the
plane. The front of the plane
usually bears the brunt of any
impact, so passengers in the tail
have a 40 percent higher
survival rate than those at the
front.
Sure, most of the time you'll get
off the plane a few minutes later
than the folks up near the pilot,
but unless you've got a tight
connecting flight, it's not going
to make much difference. It's
better to be one of the people
who gets off the plane at all,
when some people aren't going
to make it.
Book a seat in an exit row,
preferably the one farthest back
in the plane. If you're fit enough
to open the door in an
emergency, you can be the first
person out. If you take this
assignment, take it seriously and
read the instructions. Without
actually touching any
equipment, rehearse the motions
of opening the particular type of
emergency door. Follow all
instructions from the flight
crew.
If you don't want the door-
opening responsibility, try to sit
one row away. In any case, book
a seat within seven rows of an
exit. If you can book a seat that's
within seven rows of an exit
both forward and aft, you'll give
yourself a lot of chances to get
off the plane and survive. Dress
for survival
Wear sensible, closed-toe
shoes. It's hard to run in high
heels, and sandals will leave
your feet exposed to flames,
burning gasoline and glass and
sharp steel.
Wear long sleeves and long
pants or slacks. It could save
your skin.
Don't wear polyester or other
synthetic clothing when you fly.
If there's a fire or explosion, you
don't want your clothes turning
into a napalm-like substance on
your skin. All-poly is probably
worse than cotton-poly blends.
If you're looking for real flame
resistance though, go with wool.
Study your surroundings
When you get to your seat,
count the number of rows to the
nearest exit row in front of you
and behind you. If the plane is
dark and smoky after a crash
landing, you can count and feel
your way to the exit.
Yes, there are lights in the floor
that are supposed to guide you.
And they will if everything is
working right. But we're talking
about an emergency landing
here, so everything may not be
working right.
Check under your seat to be
sure the safety vest is actually
there. If it's not, ask for one
before leaving the gate.
Fasten your seat belt all the
time that you're in the seat. You
won't get sucked out if the
plane's fuselage fails. And
fasten it quite snugly at landing
and takeoff, when crash danger
is at a maximum.
Do your homework
Read the safety card in the seat
pocket in front of you. There's a
lot of different models of planes
out there. And there are many
varieties of the different models.
And different airlines fit them
out differently.
Rehearse one (or more) of the
brace positions for an
emergency landing. The correct
brace position may be different
for exit or bulkhead rows, or in
First or Business Class.
Listen to and watch the safety
briefing, no matter how many
times you've flown. Rehearse
the moves of tightening an air
mask and securing a flotation
vest.
Takeoff and landing
Don't cross your legs or your
ankles at takeoff or on landing.
If you have a rough landing and
you've got one broken ankle,
you can limp off the plane. If
you have two broken ankles,
you'll have to crawl off.
If you wear glasses, consider
taking them off at takeoff and
on landing, unless they're
absolutely unbreakable. You
don't want your glasses
breaking, flying off your head or
injuring your eyes in a hard
crash. You can put them back on
as soon as the plane is aloft or
has come to a stop.
Turn your reading light off
when taking off or landing at
night. Your eyes will be more
adjusted to the dark if you have
to leave the plane in a hurry.
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Don't panic if there's an
emergency. Follow all
instructions from the flight
crew.
If there's an emergency
evacuation, leave all your bags,
packs and possessions aboard.
You really can live without
them, and taking them may
endanger your life and others'.
If there's smoke in the cabin,
get low and crawl below the
level of the smoke and toxic
fumes, so you can breathe until
you get out of the plane.
In a water evacuation, don't
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out the door, in the water and
tired of swimming. Inflating it
early will increase the chances
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ability to swim clear of the
wreckage and fire. Inside the
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reduce your mobility and block
other people. Worse yet, it may
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Once you're out of the aircraft,
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people who are coming behind
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Swim into the waves and wind;
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injured; reserve the raft space
for those who are injured. But
stay with the rafts; they will be
spotted more easily by rescue
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continued from page 42
overlapping contracts issued by
the “263 organizations [that]
have been created or
reorganized as a response to 9/
11 might now be in danger,
however.)
Still, in compiling all this
information, there’s a risk that
the Post provides a hostile
foreign power looking to
infiltrate the U.S. security
apparatus now has an online
yellow pages for sending out his
resume. Ironically, the very
nature of the phenomenon Priest
and Arkin document might be
enough to foil an infiltrator.
Security agencies and their
companies produce more
information than anyone can
consume, adding uncertain
value to the amount of
information already public. And
the spigot — contained in
congressional budgets that are
either politically sacrosanct or
entirely secret — doesn’t seem
to be able to close. One
impressed observer notes to the
paper about a useless intel
program scheduled for
closure, ”Like a zombie, it keeps
on living.”
That rise in what might be
called the counterterrorism-
industrial complex is a story
we’ve covered since this blog
set up shop in 2007, as have
many of our friends, because
privatized intelligence is one of
the major security developments
of the last decade-plus. It’s also
been enshrouded by near-
baroque secrecy. The
intelligence community would
not even disclose just how many
contractors it employs, for
instance, until the Post did so.
That secrecy has concealed —
barely — how inextricable the
contractors are from the
intelligence community. Take
Bill Black, who ended his nearly
-40 year career with the
National Security Agency in
1997, when he became a vice
president of intel contractor
SAIC. That lasted for barely two
years before Black returned as
the agency’s deputy director —
with some ideas about what
company could revamp NSA’s
software. Long story short:
several years and a billion
dollars later, the only thing the
program yielded was an
indictment of a whistleblower
accused of leaking it to reporter
Siobhan Gorman.
That’s been par for the course
after the post-9/11 cash-in.
Similar to their military
counterparts, intelligence
companies (sometimes they’re
the same companies) often “ bid
back” the nation’s spies,
enticing veteran intel
professionals to the contracting
sector with greater salaries —
raising the overall price of the
U.S. security infrastructure
when the spy agencies basically
contract out for their old
workforce. Want data-mining,
or to build a logic layer for your
surveillance architecture?
Contractors are often able to
take a piece of the job with less
red tape getting in the way.
Except that the information
produced in Top Secret America
has questionable ability to
thwart, capture or kill terrorists.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
made his way onto Northwest
Airlines Flight 253, and only
alert passengers prevented him
from detonating a bomb in his
underwear. In fairness, the law
enforcement and intelligence
communities have racked up
notable successes in recent
years, like arresting Najibullah
Zazi before, an indictment
alleges, he could place suicide
bombers in the New York City
subway. And the fact remains
that the closest thing the nation
has experienced to a second 9/
11 came from a deranged Army
major who shot up Fort Hood in
November, a horrific act that
killed over a dozen people, not
thousands.
Still, this is a critique that
resonates:
When Maj. Gen. John M.
Custer was the director of
intelligence at U.S. Central
Command, he grew angry at
how little helpful information
came out of the NCTC. In 2007,
he visited its director at the time,
retired Vice Adm. John Scott
Redd, to tell him so. “I told him
that after 41/2 years, this
organization had never produced
one shred of information that
helped me prosecute three
wars!” he said loudly, leaning
over the table during an
interview.
Um, three wars? Only in Top
Secret America…
UPDATE: Acting Director of
National Intelligence David
Gompert just released a wet-
noodle response to Top Secret
America. “The reporting does
not reflect the Intelligence
Community we know,”
Gompert says in a statement.
“We accept that we operate in
an environment that limits the
amount of information we can
share. However, the fact is, the
men and women of the
Intelligence Community have
improved our operations,
thwarted attacks, and are
achieving untold successes
every day.”
In recent years, we have
reformed the IC in ways that
have improved the quality,
quantity, regularity, and speed
of our support to policymakers,
warfighters, and homeland
defenders, and we will continue
our reform efforts…. We will
continue to scrutinize our own
operations, seek ways to
improve and adapt, and work
with Congress on its crucial
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oversight and reform efforts.
We can always do better, and
we will. And the importance of
our mission and our
commitment to keeping
America safe will remain
steadfast, whether they are
reflected in the day’s news or
not.
In other words: we’re doing just
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R.I.P., Nexus One
Charlie Sorrel (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:27:00 AM
After a long and painful
decline, Google has finally put
the Nexus One phone out of its
misery. After it has shifted the
last batch of handsets, the search
company will stop selling its
first – and possibly last –
Android handset.
After a big launch back in
January, the Nexus One went
into decline. It was sold only
through Google’s own web-
store, and the lack-of a hands-
on, try-before-you-buy option
kept this online store a “a niche
channel for early adopters”,
according to Google.
Google dropped the web-store
in May, putting the Nexus One
into bricks-and-mortar stores,
but it seems that even that
couldn’t help. As soon as
Google’s “last shipment of
Nexus One phones” is sold out,
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environmental engineer and
water quality specialist. She
conducted her own analysis,
which involved visiting men’s
rooms to acquaint herself with
the subject matter. Fox didn’t
perform any tests, but by
examining the designs of the
Falcon and other waterless
urinals, she concluded that
you’ll only be able to find the
handset via a few retail partners
in (Vodafone in some parts of
Europe and KT in Korea).
Developers will still be able to
buy the hardware, too. It will be
available through an as-yet
unnamed partner.
While the hardware dies,
though, the software is still
going strong. Android continues
hydrogen sulfide gases in the
sewer lines could escape when
the cartridges were replaced,
resulting in “unconsciousness,
respiratory paralysis, and
death.” In other words, the
waterless urinal could kill.
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the best students from seven of it was conceptual. I’d like to
Dutch design schools, was see more young designers
easily the most anticipated show designing what they would want
of the week. G-Star, the show's to wear, or what their friends
sponsor, flew in a panel of would want to wear. So many
experts to help choose the design just for the catwalk, and
winner, which included Sarah that conceptual type of
Mower and Central Saint designing really doesn’t interest
Martins’ famed professor Louise me.”
Wilson. And yet the night's winner,
In all honesty, most of the clothes playing with volume and Marije de Haan, of the Hague’s
designs were what one might proportion. Another notable Royal Academy of Arts, opened
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Jennifer Aniston wore only a
skirt in the new promotional
photos for her scent Lolavie.
She was similarly undressed in
the fragrance's first image,
which was released earlier this
year - Jen then wore only a
towel! Lolavie is close to Jen's
heart, and she even said the
story behind its name is too
personal to tell. Jen has also
shared about how this project in
particular caught her eye, as
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The setting of a vote for the
seat held by the late U.S. Sen.
Robert C. Byrd became doubtful
after it sat idle Sunday,
according to a report by the
Charleston Gazette.
Neither chamber of the West
Virginia legislature acted on
either version of the proposal
that would put Byrd's seat on the
Nov. 2 ballot following a special
Aug. 28 primary.
One version awaits a final vote
in the House of Delegates. The
other has passed both chambers,
but with competing amendments
that require a joint conference
committee to resolve.
West Virginia's elections chief,
Secretary of State Natalie
Tennant said her office could
keep the tight timetable set out
in either version -- if it wins
final passage today. "If they can
get it passed tomorrow, we will
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Homecoming
Elizabeth D. Samet (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:00:00 PM
A text message instructed me to
report to a midtown Manhattan
sports bar, where I would find
the members of the expedition
recharging before the next day’s
exertions. I was meeting two of
them for the first time, yet, even
over the din, conversation was
natural and easy. Dan, lean and
earnest, spoke of his last
assignment in the Army and
added, with that distant, intense
gaze I’ve now seen many times,
that his old unit had recently
deployed again. “But,” he
looked me in the eye, “I’m
doing this.”
“This” is a more than 4,000-
mile bicycle ride—from Maine
to Southern California—that
will take most of the summer.
The cyclists, Dan, Pete, and
Joel, all graduated from West
Point in 2005. Among them,
they have five combat tours in
Iraq or Afghanistan; all three
have just left the Army. Dan
will attend business school in
the fall, and Joel law school,
while Pete remains undecided
about what’s next. When we
met up in New York, they had
just finished day five of the ride.
In the weeks since, I’ve been
keeping up with their progress
through intermittent texting and
by reading their blog. As I write,
they have just made it over the
Rockies. And they've been
posting pictures of each stage:
stymied in midtown Manhattan
traffic; in front of the Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in
Washington, D.C.; looking a
little tired under a historic
marker informing us that the
state of Ohio has been, among
other things, home to eight U.S.
presidents; sunbaked and
smiling in the high altitude
beside a sign marked
“Continental Divide.”
On the most basic level, Dan,
Pete, and Joel are riding to raise
money for wounded soldiers
returning to civilian life. The
importance of this cause to
combat veterans with friends
and classmates among the war’s
casualties is obvious. But, for
this trio of riders, the trip has
other less, tangible motivations.
It marks their passage from a
highly regimented mode of
living to one whose outlines are
not yet clear. After almost a
decade in uniform—cadet gray
then Army green—the three
men find themselves on the cusp
of new lives, even as they are
still trying to make sense of the
old.
I’ve known Joel since he
studied English with me at West
Point. On his second tour in
Iraq, he was struck anew by the
energizing sense of “focus” and
the “no-nonsense feeling of
purpose that takes over.”
Meditating on the narratives of
travelers in the Middle East such
as T. E. Lawrence, Wilfred
Thesiger, and Rory Stewart, Joel
confessed that he had once
envied “their proximity to ‘real
life’ and getting to have ‘real
experiences’. ... Now,” he
reported from Iraq, “I feel I get
to live the life of meaningful
decisions again.”
To the untrained ear, this might
sound like naive boyish
enthusiasm: war as the ultimate
adventure. But it isn’t. With its
clearly delineated units and
chains of command, the Army
cultivates a deep sense of
responsibility in those who are
paying attention. Joel, like so
many of his fellow soldiers,
discovered authentic experience
in making “meaningful
decisions” on which others rely.
I think it is a mistake to assume
that the intensity of wartime
service derives purely from a
soldier’s proximity to danger
and death. It seems more
properly to owe to the fact that
relationships forged in the
context of such heightened
stimulation—connections first
established in training through a
shared imagining of
hardship—have a force and
clarity more difficult to realize
in everyday life. Once they
rejoin the ranks of civilians,
soldiers can find themselves
forever searching for that same
quality of experience elsewhere,
attracted to a life of risk,
perhaps, or prey to nostalgic
longings, unless they figure out
a way to meet the world without
the armor to which they have
grown accustomed. “I don’t
want to be one of those guys,”
Pete had insisted at the bar, as
we contemplated his past and
whatever lies ahead.
As he was preparing to leave
the Army, Joel shared with me
the urge he felt to make his next
career as meaningful as his first:
“Friday marks my last day in the
Army, and I hope I can someday
find a career grounded as
closely to purpose and duty as
the military.” But the rules of
engagement back home are
different. Soon after his return,
Joel wrote that he was figuring
out how to live the “temporary
life” that will be his until he
begins law school in the fall. He
found himself at his “Home of
Record,” Abilene, Texas,
occupying his old room, leafing
through his English textbooks,
and staring at his biography on
the wall—diploma,
commissioning certificate,
proclamations, photographs
from his Army football games.
“I sit,” he wrote to me, “in a
museum of myself in another
life—THAT other life.”
The realization that he had left
the Army “hit” Joel twice: once
when he got his final goodbye
gift and a handshake from the
NCO with whom he had worked
most closely; and again, weeks
later, at a reception for
prospective students at his law
school. Having spent an
inordinate amount of time
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figuring out what to wear,
accustomed to being in rooms
where, in important ways,
everyone looked the same, he
arrived to discover, “all at once I
was decidedly an individual. …
I could have shown up with a
beard. I could have long hair
and put my hands in my
pockets. All the little things …
added to a larger whole: you’re
on your own now. … It was a
very lonely morning.”
And so, it seemed entirely
natural, to me anyway, that,
before embracing this new life,
Joel decided he needed to
bicycle across the country with
some friends who would
understand all of this without
ever having to say a word about
it.
Coming home can make a
soldier want to hit the road.
Sometimes the goal is to return
to war, but, more often, it is
simply to keep moving, to
embark on another journey.
Popular culture tends to
pathologize this instinct.
Witness Martin Sheen’s
demoralized Lieutenant Willard
in the opening moments of
Apocalypse Now, holed up in a
Saigon hotel room, kissing with
the end of a lit cigarette a photo
of his wife and pondering the
emptiness of home as the
snapshot sizzles: “When I was
here, I wanted to be there. When
I was there, all I could think of
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Morning Bell: What’s Attorney General Holder Hiding?
Mike Brownfield (The
Foundry: Conservative Policy
News.)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:38:16 AM
Imagine arriving at your
neighborhood polling place on
Election Day and seeing two
men guarding the entrance,
dressed in paramilitary
uniforms, wielding a deadly
billy club, shouting racial
epithets and menacing voters.
Would you walk through the
door? Now imagine political
appointees in the Department of
Justice (DOJ) refusing to pursue
the case, the U.S. Attorney
General stonewalling and
refusing to enforce lawful
subpoenas in the face of
questions about that decision,
and the mainstream media
remaining silent on the story for
a year.
This isn’t a case of pure
imagination. This is, in a
nutshell, the true story of the
New Black Panther (NBPP)
voter intimidation case, and it’s
one dramatic example of the
increased politicization of the
Department of Justice under
Attorney General Eric Holder
and President Barack Obama’s
administration.
The story begins on Election
Day 2008 in Philadelphia, when
two Panthers engaged in
a“textbook case of voter
intimidation” in violation of the
1965 Voter Rights Act. Their
actions were caught on video,
and witnesses offered sworn
statements that one of the
Panthers called poll watchers a
“white devil” and a “cracker”
who would be “ruled by the
black man.”
Enter the DOJ in early January
2009, which sued the two
Panthers, the head of the
national NBPP and the party
itself (on the grounds that it
endorsed the intimidation in
Philadelphia and planned to
deploy 300 of its members on
Election Day, as The Weekly
Standard reports). The
defendants didn’t respond to the
lawsuit, the DOJ won a default
judgment against them, and it
appeared to be an open and shut
case – until Obama’s political
appointees got their hands on it.
In May 2009, acting Obama
political appointees inexplicably
ordered career lawyers in the
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to
dismiss the case against all but
the billy-club-wielding
defendant, Minister King Samir
Shabazz, who is now under a
joke of an injunction that allows
him to intimidate voters
anywhere except at polling
places in the City of
Philadelphia. And the NBPP,
which is an identified hate
group, has suffered no
consequences. (Read our
timeline of the case and a
summary of the parties involved
for more details.)
The Justice Department’s
decision not to pursue the case
against the defendants is
shocking considering the clear
cut facts at hand. As the DOJ
trial team of career attorneys
who prosecuted the case noted:
We strongly believe that this is
one of the clearest violations of
Section 11(b) [of the Voting
Rights Act] the Department has
come across. There is never a
good reason to bring a billy club
to a polling station. If the
conduct of these men, which
was video recorded and
broadcast nationally, does not
violate Section 11(b), the statute
will have little meaning going
forward.
So why was this open-and-shut
case all but dropped? Some very
revealing testimony might
explain why. On July 6, J.
Christian Adams, one of the
DOJ attorneys who brought the
lawsuit against the Panthers,
testified under oath before the
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
of a culture of hostility to the
race-neutral enforcement of civil
rights laws at the DOJ Civil
Rights Division. The most
dramatic example came after the
suit was dismissed, when
Deputy Assistant Attorney
General Julie Fernandes gave
instructions that no more cases
would be brought against black
defendants. Ironically,
Fernandes, who is an Obama
appointee, is responsible for
voting rights enforcement.
There is more to the story.
Much more. Thomas J. Perrelli,
the associate attorney general
who approved the decision to
dismiss the NBPP defendants,
visited the White House nine
times when key decisions about
the case were being made. What
did he discuss with the Obama
White House officials? The DOJ
has ordered two of its attorneys
who were subpoenaed by the
Civil Rights Commission not to
comply, even though a separate
statute requires all federal
agencies to “comply fully” with
Civil Rights Commission
requests. Why is DOJ acting
like it has something terrible to
hide? Why was the award-
winning career attorney who led
the DOJ effort against the NBPP
relieved of his position and
transferred to South Carolina?
There are also other examples of
a highly political Justice
Department being openly hostile
toward enforcing the Voting
Rights Act fairly, in a race-
neutral manner. The Civil
Rights Commission is
continuing its investigation, and
The Heritage Foundation’s Todd
Gaziano– a member of the
Commission – is playing a
leading part in the effort.
In Sunday’s Washington Post,
ombudsman Andrew Alexander
lamented the paper’s long
silence on the NBPP story, said
that “ideology and party politics
are at play,” and noted that the
paper’s national editor “wished
The Post had written about it
sooner.” Alexander concluded,
“Better late than never. There’s
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plenty left to explore.”
He’s right. It’s about time this
story gets the attention it
deserves. Voting rights
enforcement is no laughing
matter, politics should be put
aside, reporters, Congress and
the American people should
start asking questions, and
Attorney General Holder better
have some answers.
Quick Hits:
• According a new Politico poll,
Washington’s governing class
views the current economy and
the Obama administration much
more favorably than the rest of
the country does.
• The Troubled Asset Relief
Program (TARP) inspector
general found that the Obama
administration’s request that
General Motors and Chrysler
Group accelerate the closing of
U.S. dealerships probably was
unnecessary and may have
added to unemployment.
• Under Massachusetts’
Obamacare-like system, the
relentlessly rising cost of health
insurance is prompting
companies to drop coverage and
encourage workers to sign up
for state-subsidized care instead.
• Insurers bracing for higher
costs under Obamacare are
creating new plans that limit
patients’ choice of doctors.
• A cash crisis in Britain’s
National Health Service has left
patients lying on the operating
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Tancredo Cheered for Political Encore
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 2:42:17 AM
The plagiarism scandal
surrounding GOP gubernatorial
hopeful Scott McInnis has
pushed another familiar
Colorado Republican back into
the political spotlight.
Former Rep. Tom Tancredo
was the overwhelming choice of
Colorado Republicans if Mr.
McInnis withdraws from the
race, according to a SurveyUSA
poll conducted after the
plagiarism allegations broke last
week.
The survey of 429 Colorado
Republicans found that 29
percent see Mr. Tancredo as
"the strongest Republican
candidate for governor,"
followed by Mr. McInnis with
19 percent. "Not sure" came in
third, while the race's other
Republican candidate,
businessman Dan Maes, came in
fourth with 13 percent.
The results surprised Mr.
Tancredo.
"I was flabbergasted," said Mr.
Tancredo in an interview
Sunday with The Washington
Times. "I was amazed."
Mr. Tancredo, best known
nationally for his opposition to
illegal immigration and his bid
for the 2008 Republican
presidential nomination, said a
number of things would have to
happen before his name appears
on a ballot. First of all, Mr.
McInnis would need to
withdraw.
Mr. McInnis said in an e-mail
to supporters that he's "in it to
win it."
Even Republicans who think
Mr. McInnis has no shot aren't
pushing him out the door just
yet. Party insiders acknowledge
that the best-case scenario
would be for Mr. McInnis to
stay in the race, win the Aug. 10
primary and then immediately
drop out.
If Mr. McInnis withdraws
before Aug. 10, then Mr. Maes,
a little-known newcomer who's
already raised controversy over
his campaign spending, would
become the candidate by
default. Much better for the
GOP would be for Mr. McInnis
to bow out after winning the
primary, which then would
allow the state party's vacancy
committee to choose a
replacement.
Mr. McInnis made no public
appearances over the weekend,
but he did tell supporters at a
private fundraiser in Silt, Colo.,
that he wouldn't step aside after
the primary.
"That ain't going to happen,"
said Mr. McInnis, according to
the Grand Junction Sentinel.
Even if it did, Mr. Tancredo
said, he probably wouldn't be
the top choice of such a
committee, which likely would
lean toward a safer, less
controversial pick.
"Getting a steering committee to
agree to pick me is probably a
bigger hurdle than getting Scott
McInnis to drop out of the race,"
said Mr. Tancredo, who has won
three legislative and five
congressional races in Colorado.
"I am a lightning rod, but at the
same time, I'm electable."
The next few weeks likely will
determine whether Mr. McInnis
can stanch the flood of bad
publicity long enough to salvage
his candidacy. The news over
the weekend wasn't good: Three
of his top campaign staffers
resigned Friday, and while none
gave an explanation, it was
widely assumed they were
reacting to the plagiarism
charges.
Mr. McInnis received $300,000
from the Hasan Family
Foundation to write an essay on
water policy, titled "Musings on
Water," several pages of which
were lifted verbatim from
another source. Mr. McInnis,
who has said he will return the
money, blamed the error on a
researcher, only to have the
researcher accuse him of lying.
All three of the departing staff
members - policy director Mac
Zimmerman, political director
Dustin Zvonek and regional
director Tyler Houlton - have
worked for Mr. Tancredo, and
two also have worked for state
Senate Minority Leader Josh
Penry.
"They're great people," said Mr.
Tancredo, who added that he
didn't know they were planning
to leave. "They're the kind of
people who would work for a
campaign if they believed in the
candidate even if he were miles
behind."
Mr. McInnis also took a hit
from his hometown newspaper,
the Grand Junction Sentinel,
which joined the Denver Post in
calling on him to withdraw his
candidacy.
"McInnis credibility is so
shredded that he can no longer
be a viable candidate, much less
governor," the newspaper said
in a Thursday editorial. "He
should step aside."
Other Republicans mentioned
to replace Mr. McInnis are
former state party Chairman
Bruce Benson, who's now
chancellor of the University of
Colorado, and Mr. Penry. As a
millionaire oilman, Mr. Benson
would be able to self-finance his
campaign. Mr. Penry dropped
out of the race early in order to
help Republicans avoid a
contested primary.
Neither has Mr. Tancredo's
name recognition or devoted
following. Mr. Penry received 7
percent of the vote in the
SurveyUSA poll, while Mr.
Benson logged 3 percent.
Tancredo backers are working
the social media in an effort to
build momentum. "My e-mail
box is full to the brim (from
friends nationally and locally)
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suggesting that we all get behind
Tancredo and support him for
governor of Colorado," Denver
border security activist Jan
Herron said in a Saturday e-
mail.
The Republican nominee likely
would face Democrat John
Hickenlooper in the general
election. Polls taken before the
plagiarism allegations surfaced
showed Mr. McInnis leading by
five to six percentage points,
while a Rasmussen Reports poll
released Friday showed Mr.
Hickenlooper ahead by 45
percent to 43 percent.
Although the McInnis
campaign may take comfort
from those poll numbers and
conclude that the worst is over,
it's not, Mr. Tancredo said.
"He's only a few points behind
Hickenlooper now. He can hang
on and not do too much between
now and Aug. 10, and still win
the primary," Mr. Tancredo
said. "But in a full-blown
campaign, [the plagiarism
charge] is going to be brought
up over and over and over again.
It would be difficult for him to
survive that."
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table as doctors realized vital

E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New sympathy for regulation, his blithely proclaimed that the to redefine the meaning of
Republic - All Feed) equipment had not been ordered.
belief that the rich should pay Democrats might lose the House political As long as the political
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:00:00 PM higher taxes and his occasional of Representatives in this fall's center is measured as the Five Filters featured article:
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b u s i n e s s . H o w d o e s t h e wishes the financial reform bill spokesman for Obama could Obama's sort, the entire national
administration manage to pull enacted last week were even calmly say what he did without discussion will be tilted toward
that off? stronger, and because the warning House Speaker Nancy conservatives: Far right plus
The "center" is said to be the president didn't fight hard for a Pelosi that she was about to be center-left equals center-right.
most comfortable place in "public option" in the health put on the endangered species And as along as Obama doesn't
American politics. But this care bill. list, and without talking to them define "Obamaism," his critics
assumes that the center is stable, As for those who are in the first about the political will do the defining for him.
that most people on either end center, they mainly see high
of the philosophical continuum unemployment, sluggish growth
implications of his statement.
There's a good case to be made
Right now, it's a collection of
real achievements without a
House and Senate
give would-be centrist and future deficits. If for alerting Americans to the strong underlying rationale. It's Cloakroom: July
politicians the benefit of the u n e m p l o y m e n t w e r e a t 5 prospect of a Republican House an expansion of government
doubt, and that voters actually percent, growth were roaring majority and what it could without an explanation for how 19-23
c a r e w h e t h e r s o m e o n e i s and, as a result, the deficit were mean. But House members this modestly larger government Maggie Piggott (The Foundry:
"centrist" or not.Not one of shrinking, these voters wouldn't wanted to be in on this will enhance both private well- Conservative Policy News.)
these assumptions works. The care whether he was a socialist, strategy—if it was a strategy. being and private-sector growth.
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:00:09 AM
political center is a strange and a sellout, or a sellout socialist. In truth, Gibbs' comment was If Obama doesn't want to be
wild place because many who They'd simply be happier. just a match tossed into the dry seen as a socialist who coddles House Cloakroom: July 19-23
fall into it have vastly different But this should not be seen as underbrush of a parched forest. business, he needs to be more Analysis:
combinations of beliefs. No an alibi for Obama as the The underlying problem is that persuasive in telling Americans Only two legislative weeks
politician gets the benefit of the m o d e r a t e , m i s u n d e r s t o o d Obama's allies who have given who he actually is. remain until the House adjourns
doubt these days. And the progressive, though this is more him a chance to be a great E.J. Dionne's e-mail address is for the August recess on August
people who care passionately o r l e s s w h a t h e i s . T h e president by passing health care ejdionne(at)washpost.com. 2 nd– a week earlier than
about a politician's ideology are president's most important tasks reform, financial reform and a E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of expected. This coming week,
not in the center, but fall to its include persuading the public stimulus bill—all at the recently published Souled the House may consider H.R.
left or right. that he's doing the right thing considerable political risk to Out: Reclaiming Faith and 5618, the Restoration of
This explains why Obama's and improving the standing of themselves—rightly feel they Politics After the Religious Emergency Unemployment
actual position—he's pro- the politicians who support him have been left undefended by a Right. He is a Washington Post Compensation Act – legislation
business but thinks it should be in doing it. Here is where White House more interested in columnist, a senior fellow at the which would extend
more tightly regulated than it Obama has fallen down on the the president's long-term Brookings Institution, and a unemployment benefits through
was in the last decade or job. standing than in their own professor at Georgetown November 2010. Without
so—has little to do with how his No wonder Democratic survival. University. offsetting spending cuts, the bill
views are perceived. members of Congress were Obama has allowed himself less (c) 2010, Washington Post would add $34 billion to the
The right pronounces him a furious when Robert Gibbs, the than four months to repair this Writers Group
"socialist" because of his White House press secretary, damage. Doing so requires him HOUSE page 54
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Poll: Reid Has 7 Point Lead on Angle
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 2:52:42 AM
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, whose re-election bid has
been bogged down by poor
polling numbers the past year,
has a seven-percentage-point
lead in a new survey after a
volley of aggressive TV ads
aimed at his Republican
challenger.
It's the largest independent poll
lead this year for the Nevada
Democrat over Sharron Angle, a
former state assemblywoman
and a "tea party" favorite.
"He is no less vulnerable [now],
but what he has shown is he is a
seasoned campaigner and she is
a greenhorn when it comes to
general elections," said Brad
Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling
& Research, which conducted
the survey. "That's been the
difference in the race for the
past month."
Results of the Mason-Dixon
poll, released Friday, show Mr.
Reid with 44 percent of the vote,
compared with 37 percent for
Mrs. Angle.
Ten percent of those polled said
they were undecided. Five
percent said they would vote for
neither candidate, while 4
percent selected "other" in the
survey, which was conducted on
behalf of the Las Vegas Review-
Journal and KLAS-TV Channel
8.
Nevada hasn't escaped the anti-
incumbent and anti-Washington
fever spreading throughout the
nation. Yet Mr. Reid in recent
weeks has successfully focused
the campaign away from
himself and toward Mrs. Angle
and her lack of national political
experience.
Mr. Reid and his supporters
have tried to portray Mrs. Angle
- who is backed by former
Republican vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin - as an
extreme conservative out of
touch with mainstream public
views and who would be an
ineffective leader.
"It's not really a case of Harry
Reid building strength as much
as it is of Harry Reid tearing
down Sharron Angle," Mr.
Coker said. "For the last month
the race has been, 'Do we want
to elect Sharron Angle to the
Senate?' Where Angle needs to
turn it back around to 'Do we
want to re-elect Harry Reid?' "
The incumbent, whose
campaign holds a sizable cash
advantage over Mrs. Angle, has
flooded the TV airwaves in
recent weeks with attack ads,
including a ubiquitous spot in
which he takes credit for
creating jobs in Nevada while
questioning his challenger's
ability to do the same if elected.
"Reid has hammered Angle with
a lot of paid advertisements, and
she had been hammered by the
media for maybe some missteps
and some comments that are
seen as sort of out of the
mainstream, and I think the
public is responding to that,"
said Kenneth Fernandez, a
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
political science professor.
In a state suffering with above
average unemployment and a
sour economy, Mr. Reid's record
of securing millions of federal
dollars for Nevada will be
difficult for many voters to
overlook, Mr. Fernandez added.
"I think prospective voters will
say, 'You know what, I don't
love Harry Reid, not for a long
shot, but I'm going to vote for
him,' " he said.
Political experts think it's too
early to concede the race to Mr.
Reid because Mrs. Angle has
plenty of time to woo undecided
voters before the Nov. 2
election.
Mrs. Angle, who trailed
significantly in the primary polls
before making up ground in the
final weeks to win, also has a
history of finishing elections
strong.
And a Rasmussen Reports poll
released three days before the
Mason-Dixon survey showed
the challenger with a three-
percentage-point lead over Mr.
Reid.
"All this argument that she's too
conservative and she's too
wacky and too goofy, she can't
get elected, they've said that
about a lot of Republican
candidates in years when the
Republican tide was rising," Mr.
Coker said.
"Polls are reliable for about
three days before the election,"
added Mr. Fernandez. And
"2010 is an unpredictable year."
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Confession: I
Don't Like ... 'The
Late Late Show'
Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 5:30:00 AM
Filed under: Features Is it
enough to like a celebrity but
not like the TV show that
celebrity stars in? Can you love
Jon Stewart but not love'The
Daily Show'? Can you love
Simon Baker even though you
can't stand 'The Mentalist'? Can
you love Alex O'Loughlin but
not love 'Three Rivers'?
The answer to that last question
is, yes, because all women love
O'Loughlin and they'd watch
him even if he was just sitting in
a La-Z-Boy chair, eating a block
of cheese.
I believe that a person can like
a celebrity even though they
may not like their show. And I
have to confess that's my
attitude towards'The Late Late
Show with Craig Ferguson.'
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deficit over 10 years. Potential
legislation for next week also
includes H.R. 2693 and H.R.
5716, two bills related to the
Gulf oil spill. H.R. 5716
threatens to reduce funding for
deepwater drilling research and
development technology.
Finally, the Department of
Defense continues to wait for an
emergency war supplemental
bill for our military efforts in
Afghanistan & Iraq. The bill is
currently stalled in the Senate
after the House passed version
of the bill for $75 billion
included $33 billion to conduct
ongoing war operations while
the rest of the spending included
items such as a $10 billion
bailout to the states. As it
stands, the House bill would add
an additional $60 billion to the
deficit.
Major Floor Action:
• H.R. 5618– Restoration of
Emergency Unemployment
Compensation Act
• H.R. 2693– Federal Oil
Spill Research Program Act
• H.R. 5716– Safer Oil and
Natural Gas Drilling
Technology Research and
Development Act
Major Committee Action:
• The House Energy and
Commerce Subcommittee on
Energy and the Environment
will hold a joint hearing on
the role of the Interior
Department in the Deepwater
Horizon Disaster.
• The House Oversight &
Government Reform
Subcommittee on National
Security and Foreign Affairs
will hold a briefing on
“Rethinking the Defense
Budget”.
• The House Judiciary
Committee will hold a Goodwin as a replacement for
hearing on ensuring justice for
Gulf Coast oil spill victims.
Senate Cloakroom: July 19-23
Analysis:
Senator Harry Reid continues to
push an extremely aggressive
agenda for the remainder of this
work period, with talks of
completing a Cap and Tax bill, a
Tax Extenders bill, DOD
Reauthorization, and a
confirmation vote on Solicitor
General Kagan’s nomination to
the Supreme Court all before the
August recess.
The Senate is scheduled to
resume consideration of the
Small Business Lending bill on
Monday. This bill is essentially
a bailout for small businesses.
The legislation authorizes the
federal government to lend over
$30 billion to banks with the
intent that banks will then
extend the funds to troubled
small businesses.
Also on the agenda for next
week is the Extenders bill. West
Virginia Governor Joe Manchin
III’s announcement of Carte
the late Senator Robert Byrd
may give the Democrats the
votes in the Senate to pass this
legislation.
Major Floor Action:
• H.R. 5297: The Small
Business Lending Fund Act of
2010
• H.R. 4213: The Tax Extenders
bill
Major Committee Action:
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• The Senate Armed Services
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• The Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and The 10th season of Degrassi:
Transportation will hold a The Next Generation(Monday, 9
hearing on how to begin clean /8c, TeenNick) will be airing
up and restoration of the Gulf four nights a week for six
after the BP oil spill. straight weeks. Star Raymond
• The Senate Finance Ablack says "there is no way it'll
Committee will hold a hearing be smooth sailing" for his
to give an update on the TARP character, Sav, this season —
program. which is aptly dubbed "The
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Dustin Clare to Star in 'Spartacus' Prequel

Catherine Lawson (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 3:00:00 AM
Filed under: TV News It's been
reported that Australian actor
Dustin Clare has signed on for
the lead role in Starz's epic new
prequel, 'Spartacus: Gods of the
Arena.'
Clare, best-known for his roles
in Australian TV
series'Underbelly' and
'Satisfaction,' will play
Gannicus, the champion
gladiator in the House of
Batiatus before the advent of
Spartacus. He'll be joined by
British actress Jaime Murray
('Dexter') playing a social
climber in Capua, and Marisa
Ramirez('The Young and the
Restless') playing a slave
girl.'Spartacus: Blood and Sand'
star Andy Whitfield -- who's
been undergoing treatment for
cancer -- will make a brief
appearance in the series after he
was cleared by doctors to return
to work.
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Justice Integrity Project: 'No' on Kagan Top-Rated

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project announced its objections
on June 28, just before the
obvious personal and political
agendas."
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'Hung' - 'Mind Bullets: Bang Bang Bang Bang ... ' Recap
Dr. Ryan Vaughan, PhD (no,
seriously) (TV Squad)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 1:30:00 AM
Filed under: Recaps, Summer
TV( S02E03) The latest
installment of'Hung' kept up the
tradition of exploring the human
condition through the
complications that arise when
the power struggle within the
world's oldest profession is
turned on its ear and dropped on
its head. Basically, what
happens to people -- more
psychologically than physically
-- when they enter into the flesh
trade to rebuild their house that
burned down and/or give
themselves a smidgen of self-
worth. You know: Every kid's
dream.
Ray and Jessica's kids (Darby
and Damon) emerge again to
shine a light onto their parents'
shortcomings as people. Despite
the weird "if you weren't my
sister, I'd try to get to third base
with you ... but what the hell, I
still might" vibe that is
developing between Darby and
Damon, they are proving to be
the conscience of the show, at
least for their parents.
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was getting back into the
jungle.” It’s an old story of
course. In antiquity, we find
Homer’s Odysseus, who reaches
home after a decade of war and
another of wandering, returning
to a difficult reunion with his
family. Happiness is clouded by
a prophecy: If Odysseus wants
to die peacefully one day, an old
man in his bed, he must embark
on another trek to find a nation
ignorant of the sea and, once
there, bury an oar in tribute to
Poseidon. Tennyson, perhaps
unwilling to believe that the
warrior-wanderer could bear the
“still hearth” of home, provided
a different ending to the story,
one of perpetual adventure: “I
am a part of all that I have met,”
his Ulysses explains, “Yet all
experience is an arch
wherethrough / Gleams that
untravelled world whose margin
fades / For ever and for ever
when I move.”
This restlessness, the
disconcerting sense that “here,”
no matter the delight that
homecoming brings, is not
“there,” is something I’ve
noticed even in the most well-
adjusted soldiers. One of them, a
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former student now
commanding a company in
Afghanistan, where he spends
his share of nights in a foxhole,
captured the paradox this way:
“I can’t decide if I want to live
here and do this forever or leave
and never come back.” On the
other end of the spectrum, a
veteran general told me that
coming home, joyful as it is,
nevertheless carries with it an
enduring “sadness … in
knowing that this was the most
significant time of your life.
And that’s not to denigrate
marriage, or babies, or
grandbabies, or events … but it
is to say that one knows that you
might never contribute fully like
this again.”
In the New York City sports
bar, as the national anthem
blared from one of the
televisions broadcasting the
NBA Finals, Dan, Pete, and Joel
looked at one another and
smiled at their instinct, even
here, to come to attention, as
they have done automatically
for so many years. When the
singer concluded with a rousing,
pre-game “Come on!” we all
shrugged our shoulders, and
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Grumbling on Capitol Hill About
Administration’s Timeline for
Afghanistan
James Phillips (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:00:40 AM
Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates told Senate Republicans
earlier this week that he would
try to fix the problem caused by
the Obama Administration’s
mixed messages about its
commitment to the war in
Afghanistan. Alex Bolton today
reported in The Hill that Gates
told a group of Republican
Senators in a closed door
meeting on Tuesday that he also
was frustrated by the
inconsistent statements on
Afghanistan policy made by
various members of the
Administration and that he
would do his best to clear up the
uncertainty in the future.
Senator Pat Roberts (R–KS.)
was quoted in the article as
saying: “This administration
can’t have one person speaking
to a political element and others
speaking to the military
situation and others speaking to
the geopolitical element; we’ve
got to get the team working
together and have one person
talking about it, and it should be
the president.”
Roberts pointed out that various
officials have muddied the
waters by seeking to assure
liberal Democrats that the war
will end soon, thereby
undermining the message of
other officials who seek to
project a resolve to win the war
to foreign audiences, including
the Afghans, many of whom
continue to sit on the fence.
Ultimately, only the President
can resolve this issue.And he
should start by abandoning his
own highly unrealistic timeline
for beginning a withdrawal of
U.S. troops by July 2011.
Counterinsurgency campaigns
take time to bear fruit and the
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and patient to salvage a victory
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Matt Roush (TVGuide.com: of these categories. still—so am eager to see what mind is The Monkees, and that
Breaking News) Want more Matt Roush? he does on Glee. He's not was a very different animal.)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:57:00 AM Subscribe to TV Guide exactly a household name to There were musical-variety
Magazine now! many of the Glee core audience, series that pulled off weekly
Mike O'Malley, Glee Question: What's your take on so this seems to me the opposite production numbers back in the
S e n d q u e s t i o n s t o the recent news that Javier of selling out. I also hope his day when such extravaganzas
askmatt@tvguidemagazine.com Bardem is guesting on Glee next appearance is more organic than were popular, and there have
and follow me on Twitter season? I love him as an actor those grotesque Olivia Newton- been musical episodes (most
Question: Mike O'Malley's and it will be interesting to see John cameos. And I'm not famously Buffy's"Once More
Emmy nod as guest actor in a what he does on the show, but it buying your comparison to With Feeling") that will stand
comedy for Glee is great, but seems to me that Glee is Heroes, which from the start bit the test of time, but look past the
what do you think about mostly announcing guest after guest off more than it could "bandwagon" aspect of Glee's
dramatic parts being nominated when it should be focusing more comfortably digest, and that undeniable pop-culture impact
in the comedy categories? — on its already large regular cast. became evident fairly quickly. and you'll see a network and a
James(from Twitter) It was already really uneven Glee has no such identity crisis. studio that took a huge risk in
Matt Roush: It's a good from week to week in its first 13 As I've said before, judging it green-lighting something this
question. Some of the best work episodes but usually came out for its hype is something I'll ambitious in scale and approach.
in the comedy categories is at on top by making us care about that's the nature of the business, leave to the cynics. The fact that they could produce
least as dramatic as comedic. these characters, although the and I hope many of the rumors Question: In last week's Ask episodes of such extravagant
Mike O'Malley's poignant work back nine were even more come to naught so Glee can M a t t c o l u m n , y o u m a d e entertainment value on a weekly
as Kurt's father is a great scattershot. Comparatively, focus on its strengths: its core reference to the "creative risk" basis is something that deserves
performance but is more likely Modern Family has not been characters and its music. So Glee represented. What creative respect, even if the content
to elicit tears than laughs. He making as much noise about its while I do empathize with your risk exactly? Glee is nothing doesn't fit your particular
could be eclipsed by the more plans for season 2 yet, but seems concerns, I also appreciate the more than an older version of playlist. Yes, the High School
conventionally funny work t o m e t o d e l i v e r a m o r e fact that Glee is a big, bold, High School Musical put on Musical franchise opened the
being done by his fellow consistant show (and when they messy musical comedy, and weekly. It might have slightly door for Glee and showed there
nominees (most notably Neil do feature guest stars, have built into its DNA is the need to more grown-up storylines but was a young audience willing to
Patrick Harris from the same usually used them in a way that keep trying to top itself with nothing more. I especially don't embrace the form. But the HSM
show, or Modern Family's Fred is more organic to the story than show-stoppers and stunts, which get all the Emmy nods except movies, while fun and campy in
Willard, Jon Hamm's comic turn Josh Groban and Olivia Newton by its nature will include that jumping on the Glee their own way, have zero
on 30 Rock, and so on). At the -John popping up in midwestern attracting big-name guest stars. bandwagon seems to me nothing emotional heft compared to the
same time, the meatiness of the Ohio). I hope Glee doesn't get The Javier Bardem stunt, should more than the newest fad. — kinds of stories and the quality
dramatic scenes in these comedy too full of itself for its own good it come to pass, will be a one-off Teresa of acting and performance you
-drama hybrids (a list that (see Heroes, which also had a that has much to do with Ryan Matt Roush: Hmmm, someone generally find on Glee. It's much
includes Nurse Jackie, United breakout freshman season and M u r p h y ' s p r o f e s s i o n a l doesn't impress easily. At the more than a fad, and I'll hold to
States of Tara and even Monk) then, well, we all know what relationship with Bardem (who r i s k o f b e c o m i n g G l e e ' s that opinion even if the show
may give actors like O'Malley happened there). — Jake he directed in the upcoming Eat professional apologist (as I have stumbles (which I hope it
and especially Edie Falco an Matt Roush: Does a day go by Pray Love). Personally, I had been described on Twitter in doesn't) in its sophomore
advantage at awards time. I'm when someone isn't floating hoped to see Bardem in the film recent weeks), I'd just like to season. And if it is a fad, can I
c e r t a i n l y n o t o p p o s e d t o some rumor or other regarding version of Nine before he point out that weekly musical just say that the uninspired new
honoring the dramatic highlights who's going to pop up on Glee backed out—not sure anything scripted series are very rare and fall season could use a few more
from comedy series, but it's true next season? I agree it's a bit would have saved that film, but usually a quick flop. (About the ASK page 59
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Question: ABC's Boston Med
on ABC is the best show on TV.
It is thoughtful, provocative and
heartfelt. Is it just a summer
replacement, or might it become
a permanent fixture on ABC? —
Laurie
Matt Roush: Isn't this series
terrific? A true highlight of the
summer. But for now, that's all
there is, an eight-week run
culminating in a gripping final
episode on August 12 dealing
with a face transplant. This is
the same format ABC News
used in a 2008 series, Hopkins,
which won a Peabody Award.
Camera crews spent four
months following the staff and
patients in three Boston
hospitals to capture these
stories, but it was always
conceived as a limited-run
project. Which isn't to say there
won't be a follow-up series, but
probably not on a full-time
basis.
Question: Maybe it's me, but in
the last several NCIS episodes
of the just-completed season,
Ziva's role seemed
marginalized. It almost seemed
as if now that she wasn't a
Mossad agent, what were they
going to do with her. And when
you consider NCIS' track record
with female characters (Kate,
Paula Cassidy, Jenny, Agent
Lee, the Louise Lombard
character from NCIS: LA),
female agents have been
expendable. I was wondering if
you'd heard anything about the
Ziva character being phased out.
— Elaine
Matt Roush: I'm sure that's not
the case. The story as the series
was building toward its season
climax happened to focus
heavily on Gibbs, who is after
all the franchise. Ziva is an
indispensable part of that
ensemble, though, and while it's
true women aren't faring
particularly well on some of the
CBS procedurals next season,
and NCIS' own track record is a
bit spotty, I wouldn't lose any
sleep over her immediate future.
Question: Is there any word on
whether or not the Marty Deeks
character will be returning to
NCIS: Los Angeles? I'm a die-
hard traditional NCIS fan and I
admit I was skeptical when the
Los Angeles crew hit the scene,
but I really enjoy it and two of
my favorite episodes were the
ones with Deeks. It reminded
me of the change from Sasha
Alexander to Cote De Pablo on
NCIS: a change for the better. I
mean Sasha was great, but Cote
brought a new fresh angle and
it's the same with the Deeks
character. I love the added
dimension he brought to the
team. — Joy
Matt Roush: Good news. Not
only will Deeks be back next
season, but Eric Christian Olsen
returns as a guest star in the
season opener.
Question: As this season of So
You Think You Can Dance has
progressed, I've found that I've
gotten used to the format (how
great was it to get that surprise
appearance by Katee?) and am
enjoying the show as much as
ever—that is, until it was
confirmed that Alex had to leave
the competition due to his
heartbreaking injury. [This came
in before the bad news about
Ashley.] I've read reports that
Alex will be invited straight to
the Las Vegas round next
season. And from the interviews
I've read with Alex himself, it
appears as though, at least at the
moment, he has every intention
of coming back. But some fans
feel it would be cruel to make
Alex go through the grueling
audition process for a third time,
and others are saying it would
be unfair to the next batch of
contestants to have to compete
against someone who's already
had several weeks experience in
the finals and has created such a
passionate fan base. So here's
my solution: bring Alex back as
an all-star next year. This way
his fans would get to enjoy him
for a whole season without
having to worry about him
getting voted off early. And
adding a ballet expert to the all-
star rotation would open the
show up to letting more ballet
dancers like Melissa into the
competition and giving them a
chance to compete in their own
style with a partner who can
hold his own. (Alex needn't be
limited to ballet, either. In his
three weeks of performing he
proved himself quite capable at
contemporary and, of course,
hip hop.)
Since Nigel's recent comments
on the show to Jose and Robert
proved he spends a fair amount
of time trolling the Internet to
find out what fans are saying, if
you print this question, I will
consider this advice passed on to
him and hope that he takes it. I
also hope he read Katherine's
question in a recent Ask Matt
column regarding doing a whole
all-star season. That would be
awesome, and it would give
Alex the chance to compete,
which he so desperately wants
to do. Unfortunately, given his
track record, I have a sinking
feeling destiny just doesn't want
him on this show. — Erin
Matt Roush: The injuries this
season are very upsetting, I
agree. And Alex in particular,
given his past challenges in
joining the show, seems
especially snakebit. I like the
idea of catapulting him
immediately to all-star status; if
he wants to compete again, I
guess I'm OK with that, too. He
will come in with an advantage,
but at least he won't have to face
Kent in the finals next year if he
makes it that far. But this show
has already done amazing things
for Alex's future career, you'd
have to think, so getting the title
is almost irrelevant. If he were
to come back as an all-star,
whether aiding the new
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his peers, it would be an
exceptional showcase for his
talents.
Question: I thoroughly enjoyed
the season 2 premiere of White
Collar; however, I noticed a
(lens?) distortion every time
Tiffani Thiessen was on-screen.
Do you know what's up with
that? Also wanted to get your
take (and any news, if you
please) on the new season of
Warehouse 13. — Christen
Matt Roush: In these first
episodes of White Collar,
they're shooting around her
pregnancy, so that's what you
may have noticed. (Don't
remember a distortion in my
advance non-HD screener, but I
do remember being aware they
were clearly going to extremes
to keep her baby bump from
showing.) Regarding Warehouse
13, look for two new recurring
characters to be introduced in
this week's episode: Paula
Garces, as a local veterinarian in
"Univille" (the warehouse's
setting) who catches Pete's eye,
and Nolan Gerard Funk as
another local who bonds with
Claudia. The first week of
August features a cross-over
with Eureka, as Fargo and
Claudia cross-pollinate each
other's shows. And look for
more of Jaime Murray as H.G.
Wells as the season progresses,
along with other guest stars
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another recurring role, Tia
Carrere.
Question: I'm sure I'm not alone
in extolling the virtues of the
wonderfully written,
marvelously acted Friday Night
Lights. I am in shock that the
powers-that-be at NBC actually
had the smarts to air the new
season after it was on Direct
TV. Is there any chance that
there will be a new season after
this one? — Barbara
Matt Roush: As a matter of
fact, Friday Night Lights is just
wrapping its fifth and final
season, which will begin airing
on DirecTV in the fall and will
show up at later on NBC. After
that, though, it will be time to
leave Dillon for good. But we
got to stay there much longer
than anyone expected. Thanks,
DirecTV, for rescuing this
gem—and thanks again, Emmy
voters, for finally recognizing
Kyle Chandler and Connie
Britton. I'm still happily
amazed.
Question: I watched Covert
Affairs last night and will watch
again. Good cast and GREAT
music. Can you give me the
names of the songs from the
first night show? There are lots
of questions posted asking about
the great music. — Sandy
Matt Roush: Because the
show's new and there's so much
buzz regarding this year's new
crop of cable series, I looked
into this. (For the record, I am
not a music expert and am not
traditionally the go-to guy for
this sort of info.) According to
USA, the primary songs from
the pilot were "The Dog Days
are Over" by Florence and the
Machine (from the skydiving
sequence) and "Before it
Breaks" by Brandi Carlisle at
the end of the episode.
Question: I watched and
enjoyed the series Merlin when
it was on NBC last summer. I
was terribly disappointed when I
realized it had aired a second
season on Syfy. Luckily, I
watched an all-day marathon
and saw the second season in its
entirety. I loved it. Are there
plans to bring it back for a third
season? — Nellie
Matt Roush: A third season of
Merlin is in production, but
Syfy has yet to announce a pick-
up. I'd be surprised if they pass,
though.
Question: I am disgusted with
Warner Bros.-Telepictures'
cancellation of The Bonnie Hunt
Show, and I don't even watch
most daytime shows. I don't
believe WB-T realized what a
gem they had in this program.
Hers was a breath of fresh air in
a landscape that definitely
needed it. Her warmth, humor
and compassion are perfect, and
it's obvious from comments I've
seen on her show's website that
many viewers feel the same
way. What surprises me the
most is, in the past few months,
the number of viewers who say
they recently found the show by
accident because they didn't
even know she had one, due to
the local stations not promoting
it, and are startled to learn it's
been canceled. There's no
excuse for not promoting a
show, especially one that was as
good as Bonnie's. She, her crew
and her show—and her
viewers—deserved better. Is this
the fault of Warner Bros.'
promotion department, laziness
on the part of the stations, or
what? — Lee
Matt Roush: It's a shame this
one didn't catch on, but I'm not
sure there's any single entity to
blame. I'm a longtime fan of
Bonnie Hunt's, including her
various sitcoms, all of which
have been fairly short-lived as
well. She's a great talk-show
guest and was, from what I saw
(sporadically, not being much of
a daytime watcher myself), a
pretty delightful and natural
host. According to trade reports,
the reason her show lasted even
this long was because NBC-
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year deal to carry it. The
cancellation was a business
decision and hardly a surprise.
Unfortunately, it never made
much of a dent in the ratings,
especially compared to Ellen
DeGeneres' show, which it's the
closest to in tone. It may just be
a case that Ellen owns the
daytime niche devoted to light
comedic talk and there isn't
much room for another. I'd love
to see Bonnie try to resurrect
this format on a
demographically compatible
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for now, it's just another lost Kim Potts (TV Squad)
opportunity.
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Pretty Little Liars
RuPAUL's DRAG U(Monday,
9/8c, Logo)
What a drag — not! This spin-
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RuPaul's Drag Race is not your
typical makeover show. Each
week, three women of a certain
type—tomboys, plus-sized gals,
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PRETTY LITTLE
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Cameo alert. Sara Shepard, who
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substitute teacher. Meanwhile,
the girls are reeling from the
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dance, and Aria is getting texts
from someone besides the
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just turning the phone off?
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The superlative American
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Take the stress out of potty training
Artemis Dibenedetto
(Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 1:59:59 AM
Take the stress out of potty
training
Being a mom, and having
fellow moms (and dads) as
friends, I’ve noticed that the two
words most likely to raise
anxiety are “potty training.”
New parents, especially, are
inclined to suffer through this
landmark stage. We’re so
desperate to get to this milestone
“on time” that we sometimes
forget to see the big picture. We
get too involved in the minutiae
of the process rather than letting
it take its natural course.
There are so many products out
there that tap into our
vulnerability. The gamut of
toilet-training products ranges
from actual potty seats to potty
watches (yes, watches) to targets
(use your imagination) to books.
Will most people need all these
aids to help them train their
toddler? Probably not. Most
likely, you will need just some
First-Class Little League Coach Meets Tragic End
David Whitley (FanHouse
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Submitted at 7/18/2010 6:31:00 PM
Darin McGahey did not intend
to die a hero. He was just a
regular guy who liked to do
regular things.
That's how he ended up at the
kind of seat and a large dose of
patience. For the types of seats
out there, see our report on some
potty training products that are
available.
My first son, who’s now almost
11 years old, was my potty
training experiment.
Unfortunately, neither one of us
knew it at the time. After
hearing from friends and friends
-of-friends (nowadays I would
certainly consult the Internet,
too) that most of their kids were
ready to train at around 2 years
of age, I decided I would start
“training” my firstborn. I
purchased a potty and
“encouraged” him to use it. He
showed little to no interest in
using it. I panicked—the new
parent panic—and decided to
“encourage” him further. Over
the next few weeks, neither one
of us was too happy with
ourselves. It didn’t occur to me
that he was simply not ready for
it (although it seems awfully
obvious in hindsight). I simply
thought I was not doing a very
good job of teaching him.
beach that day. McGahey was a
youth-league baseball coach,
and his team had traveled from
Georgia to Florida for a big
tournament.
A few kids got caught in the
Navarre Beach surf and started
yelling for help. McGahey would happen next. He just did
couldn't have known what what came naturally and dived
been sufficient. He trained
himself in a week or so. In
hindsight, this seemed like a no-
brainer—why did I suffer
through this experiment so
many months earlier?
I learned my lesson. After my
other two sons came along, I
knew to wait for their readiness
cues (for a list of some we can
Worn out and broken down, I direct readers to the potty seat
resigned myself to the fact that blog again). But it turns out I
this was just not going to didn’t even have to. Each one
happen. I completely gave up wanted to be like his older
the potty training boot camp. I brother and they literally trained
didn’t bring up the potty, and themselves (I occasionally
neither did he. The subsequent assisted with putting the potty
weeks were admittedly happier seat on the toilet). They were
and less stressful. both done with diapers (during
Fast forward a few months (no, the day) by the time they turned
not days, or even weeks!), and 2 years old. I wish the rest of
my son came up to me and their upbringing were as simple!
asked for his potty. I found it, —Ina Gozenpud, associate
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congratulations seemed to have
right in.
"He loved to help kids," his
brother, Jeff, said.
He helped pluck them out of the
water. Then the waves swept
him away.
"Man, I can't tell you what a
tragedy this has been," said
Bubba Smith, a USSSA
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From the logbook:
2010 Audi A5
convertible
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 5:29:59 AM
From the logbook: 2010 Audi
A5 convertible Styling is all in
the eye of the beholder, but it is
hard to argue that the Audi A5
convertible is a looker. Audi
didn't stop there: the A5's
interior is also a sight to behold.
The cabin's padded door panels
and dash top, nicely-trimmed
seats, soft low-pile carpet, and
flocked storage compartments
all show a high level of attention
to detail.
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tournament director.
It's been tragic for McGahey's
family, of course. And tragic for
all his friends around
McDonough, Ga.
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And it can be said that for
nearly $50,000, with only a four
-cylinder engine and a fabric
convertible roof instead of a
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top, it darn well should be nice.
Our 2.0-liter AWD "Quartz
grey metallic" A5 quattro is
equipped with the Premium Plus
Package, which includes Xenon
headlights, 18-inch wheels, and
heated seats. All of this
equipment helps make the A5 a
particularly amiable cruiser.
And even the well-insulated soft
top in the "up" position, the
interior remains commendably
quiet. In addition, the top can be
opened or closed on the move
up to 25 mph - as opposed to all
hard top competitors that require
a full stop.
So what is it like to live with?
Take a look at the A5's logbook:
"For this much money, Audi
should give you the 3.2-liter
V6."
"Four-cylinder engine vibration
lacks refinement."
"24 mpg is good for this class."
"Very nice steering."
"Not that the ride is great, but
when driving this convertible, it
feels less like my teeth will be
shaken out [compared to the
other luxury convertibles: Lexus
IS and Infiniti G37]."
"Jittery ride. Shaky body. A lot
of money."
"Top opens and closes faster
than our tested G37 convertible,
and trunk is more useful."
"With wind blocker in place,
wind isolation is quite good."
"The ability to open and close
top on the move gives it a major
edge over many other
convertibles, IMHO."
"Firm but supportive seats."
"Climate and radio controls
drive me nuts - way too many
steps for simple functions."
"Disappointing that this car
lacks seat memory."
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convenient."
"Rear seat is useable but too
upright for adults."
How popular has the A5 been?
Our test car currently has nearly
12,000 miles on it. Typically,
we might put anywhere between
8,000-10,000 miles on any
particular car. But the A5's
combination of comfortable top-
down motoring and a fine-
looking bod have made certainly
helped its popularity. And when
you add a usable rear seat and
trunk and decent fuel economy,
it's as clear as today's blue sky
why the A5 keys are in hot
demand.
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Padres' success nets Bud
Black extension
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San Diego Padres manager Bud
Black has agreed to a three-year
extension, sources told ESPN
The Magazine's Buster Olney.
The Padres, perhaps the most
surprising team this season, lead
the National League West by
four games over the Colorado
Rockies and boast the NL's best
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record at 54-37.
The news of Black's extension
was first reported by MLB.com.
His current contract was set to
expire after this season,
although the Padres held a club
In three-plus years with the
Padres, Black has a 281-297
record.
for the Los Angeles Angels for
seven seasons before taking
over the two-time defending NL
West champs in 2007.
The Padres lost in a one-game
playoff to the Rockies in Black's
first season and failed to make
the playoffs with an 89-74
record. San Diego fell to 63-99
finished 75-87.
Black, who was also a major
league pitcher, went 121-116 in
15 big league seasons with five
teams.
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Associated Press was used in
this report.
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Paul Eng (Consumer Reports)
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Entertainment
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changing or products becoming
Fun Summer Fare or
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Intel Core i7 $1,099.99 + free Neither Consumer Reports nor ConsumerReports.org for expert salary structures on NHL.com rest of the summer and their
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are intended to be purely preferences merits of patience in the Globe plea, too, after two weeks of non
and Mail of Toronto. "No rush -stop coverage.
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you need it," he wrote. Fame hockey writer Elliott told
Easy to say from 2,500 miles FanHouse. "This is the most
away. For a beat writer, the bizarre thing, it's been goofy.
Kovalchuk situation is a non- You have to react to so many
stop stress fest. Who's tweeting things that you know are
what? Canadian television says ridiculous."
that? How many times is it OK
to call a GM before he just starts
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2010 British Open: Louis Oosthuizen wins British Open
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland --
Louis Oosthuizen walked over
the Swilcan Bridge toward a
victory that was never in doubt
Sunday at St. Andrews, another
big moment in sports for South
Africa.
This celebration, though,
carried a different tune.
The drone of vuvuzelas, all the
rage at the World Cup, was
replaced by the skirl of bagpipes
coming from behind the Royal
& Ancient clubhouse. For the 27
-year-old South African, the
sound could not have been
sweeter.
With a performance that rivaled
the dominance of Tiger Woods
at the home of golf 10 years
ago, Oosthuizen led over the
the field by seven shots to
capture the British Open.
"To win an Open championship
"But to win it at St. Andrews ...
it's something you dream
about."
The timing could not have been
better -- one week after South
Africa concluded a wildly
popular World Cup, and the day
Nelson Mandela celebrated his
92nd birthday.
said. "When I walked down 18,
I was thinking about his
birthday."
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By then, the hard work was
done. Oosthuizen made only
two bogeys over the final 35
holes in a strong wind that
swept across the Old Course. He
closed with a 1-under 71 for a
seven-shot victory over Lee
Westwood, who was never in
the game.
The only challenge came from
Paul Casey, who got within
three shots after the eighth hole,
then drove the green on the par-
4 ninth. Oosthuizen answered by
hitting driver onto the green and
knocking in a 50-foot eagle putt
to restore his cushion.
Three holes later, Casey hit into
a gorse bush and made triple
bogey, while Oosthuizen holed
an 18-foot birdie putt.
Oosthuizen spent the final hour
soaking up an atmosphere
unlike any other in golf with his
caddie, Zack Rasego. He
finished at 16-under 272 and
became the first player since
Tony Lema in 1964 to win his
first major at St. Andrews.
Just as Lema did when he won,
Oosthuizen ordered bottles of
champagne for the press.
Never mind that everyone
struggled to pronounce his
name. All that mattered was the
spelling on the bottom of that
claret jug. And yes, the engraver
used the abbreviated version --
Louis -- not his given name of
Lodewicus Theodorus
Oosthuizen.
With the fifth victory of his
career, Oosthuizen moved to
No. 15 in the world. And as a
sign of just how global golf has
become, it's the second time this
decade that the four major
championship trophies reside on
four continents.
"Nobody was going to stop
him," said Casey, whose
adventures in the gorse sent him
to a 75 and a tie for third with
Rory McIlroy(68) and Henrik
Stenson(71). "He didn't miss a
shot today. I don't know if he
missed one all week. That was
four days of tremendous golf.
He didn't flinch today."
No, there was only that gap-
tooth smile that earned him the
nickname "Shrek" from his
friends. And there was
amazement across his face when
he cradled the oldest trophy in
golf, a silver claret jug with his
name etched alongside Woods,
Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan, and
the other South African winners
-- Gary Player, Bobby Locke
and Ernie Els, his mentor.
Without the Ernie Els &
Fancourt Foundation in South
Africa, the son of a farmer could
not have afforded the travel
required to reach the game's
highest level.
"It was great to have a South
African winning it on Mandela
Day," said Dennis Bruyns, the
chief executive of the Southern
Africa PGA. "And there was a
great sense of satisfaction in
having a South African caddie
with him, too."
It was the fifth major for the
Springboks dating to Retief
Goosen winning the U.S. Open
in 2001, and the first at the
British Open since Els won at
Muirfield in 2002, a victory that
inspired Oosthuizen.
"Shrek is on the move," Goosen
said. "I knew he had a lot of
talent. He grew up in an area
[Mossel Bay] that's very windy,
so for him, these conditions are
normal. The guy's got one of the
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best swings on tour. I think he'll
be around for many years to
come."
Some 45 miles away, Player
was returning from a golf outing
and listening to every shot on
the radio, proud as can be. He
saw the potential during a
practice round they played at the
Masters this year.
Player called Oosthuizen on
Sunday morning and gave him a
pep talk.
"I told him he's got to realize
that lots of people are hitting
bad shots," Player said, not
knowing how few of those the
kid would hit. "And I told him
the crowd was naturally going to
show a bias. But I reminded him
when I played Arnold Palmer in
1961 at the Masters, only my
wife and my dog was pulling for
me. I told him he's got to get in
there and be more determined to
win."
Oosthuizen was relaxed as he
could be, putting his arm around
Rasego after hitting off the 18th
tee and walking over the
Swilcan Bridge, thousands of
fans packed into the
grandstands, along the road and
peering out the shop windows.
“
Nobody was going to stop him.
... He didn't miss a shot today. I
don't know if he missed one all
week. That was four days of
tremendous golf. He didn't
flinch today.”-- Paul Casey
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New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte will
miss four to five weeks with a strained left groin
Wallace Matthews Olney says the Yankees could
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NEW YORK -- New York "I've pitched through a lot of
Yankees left-hander Andy stuff, but there was no way. No
Pettitte is expected to miss four way,'' said Pettitte, who at 38 is
to five weeks with a Grade 1 off to one of the best starts of
left groin strain suffered in the his 16-year career. "Normally, I
third inning of Sunday's 9-5 can pitch through anything but I
victory over the Tampa Bay was hurting pretty bad.''
Rays. Pettitte was taken to New York
Mike & Mike in the Morning Presbyterian Hospital for an
ESPN MLB insider Buster MRI, which revealed the Grade
1 strain, the mildest form of the
injury. Considering Pettitte's age
and history -- he suffered the
same injury in 2001, missing 15
days -- the Yankees expect his
recovery to take at least a
month.
Pettitte said he can't remember
the 2001 injury well enough to
estimate the severity of Sunday's
ailment. Pettitte pitches with a
particularly long stride, and he
said that, given his mechanics
and his age, he would treat this
injury with caution.
M o r e F r o m
ESPNNewYork.com
As of now GM Brian Cashman
says the Yankees have no plan
to get another starter, writes
Wallace Matthews. Story
"I stride way out and I have to
make sure it's right," Pettitte
said. "It's definitely something
you want to be careful with. ...
I'm not gonna try to rush it back.
I'm going to try to get well."
In the meantime, Girardi said:
"Someone is going to have to
step up and take his turn.''
Mitre (0-1, 2.88 ERA) is a long
reliever who made two
emergency starts in May, once
in place of Pettitte and once in
place of Javier Vazquez. On
May 10 in Detroit, he allowed
four runs in 4 1/3 innings in a 5-
4 loss to the Tigers, and on May
16, he held the Minnesota Twins
to one run over five innings in a
game the Yankees lost 6-3.
"We're going to roll Mitre out
there on Saturday,'' said
Yankees general manager Brian
Cashman. "He's been rehabbing
well and he was a finalist for our
fifth starter spot this spring.''
Pettitte's injury came one day
after New York starter A.J.
Burnett lasted only two-plus
innings in a 10-5 loss, leaving
the game with cuts on both
hands following an angry fit in
the clubhouse.
Frustrated by his ineffective
outing, Burnett slammed open a
set of double doors during the
second inning Saturday, slicing
both palms on the plastic lineup-
card holders fastened to the
entry. A day later, he said he
apologized to his teammates for
the outburst and will make his
next scheduled start.
Wallace Matthews covers the
Yankees. ESPNNewYork.com's
Ian Begley and The Associated
Press also contributed to this
report.
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NintendoWare Weekly:
Furry Legends,
Scrabble Tools
JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:55:00 AM
Nintendo's perfect no-Virtual
Console streak continues with
no retro re-releases announced
for July. As usual, there are
plenty of choices on WiiWare
and DSiWare, including
Gamelion's Furry Legends,
which is an interesting-looking
side-scroller... despite the name.
DSiWare this week is mostly
populated by insane minigames,
time-management games, and
sudoku -- the unique mix of not-
that-interesting stuff that seems
to characterize the service every
week. Most interesting? A game
designed to make you better at
Scrabble.
Gallery: Furry Legends
(WiiWare)
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"It's a proud moment for us,
especially with the Old Man,
winning on his birthday,"
Rosega said. "Winning at St.
Andrews, it's unbelievable. He
deserves what he's just done."
The 150th anniversary of golf's
oldest championship was
memorable in so many ways.
It began with Rory McIlroy
tying the major championship
record with a 63 in some of the
calmest conditions at the course.
It ended with someone other
than Woods hoisting the claret
jug in front of the R&A
clubhouse.
Woods tapped in on the final
hole and removed his cap to
salute the gallery, just as he did
the last two Opens at St.
Andrews. Only this time, the
tournament was still two hours
from finishing. Woods made
two double bogeys on his way
to a 72 and tied for 23rd.
It was his seventh tournament
of the year without a victory,
matching the longest drought of
his career.
"I'm not going to win all of
them," Woods said after his
Phil Cuzzi Plays Large Role in Mets' Win Over Giants
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Umpires
The ninth inning between the
Mets and Giants on Sunday
worst 72-hole finish in a major
in six years. "I've lost a lot more
than I've won."
No way he was going to win
this one. Neither was anyone
else.
Oosthuizen might have been
nervous, but it didn't show.
Charl Schwartzel, his best friend
from their junior golf days in
South Africa, ran into him on
Saturday and said Oosthuizen
was showing him comedy
videos on his phone.
"This was about an hour before
he teed off," Schwartzel said.
If anyone showed nerves, it was
Casey. With the warm applause
from a British gallery that had
not seen one of its own holding
a claret jug in 11 years, he hit
wedge to 4 feet below the hole
at No. 1 to send a message. The
birdie putt caught the right lip,
however, and it took until the
sixth hole before Casey could
make a birdie.
He wasn't alone. Of the final 10
players to tee off, only Goosen
made a birdie on any of the
opening five holes.
Oosthuizen plodded along with
afternoon in San Francisco was
exciting enough, but thankfully
Phil Cuzzi-- who was once fired
as a minor league umpire and is
no stranger to controversial
(read: bad) calls -- and the rest
of the umpiring crew did their That included Cuzzi making a
best to push things over the top.
pars.
"He's doing all the things he
needs to do," said Woods, who
has more experience than
anyone playing from ahead in a
major. "He's being consistent,
putting all the pressure on Paul
to come get him. He doesn't
need to go out there and shoot a
low round today."
Oosthuizen went 24
consecutive holes without a
bogey until his streak ended on
the par-3 eighth hole by missing
a 6-foot par putt. That trimmed
his lead to three, and Casey hit
driver onto the par-4 ninth
green.
Whatever momentum he had
didn't last long. Oosthuizen also
drove the ninth green and holed
his 50-foot eagle putt to restore
the lead to four shots, same as
when he started. And this Open
effectively ended three holes
later.
Casey drove into the gorse
bushes left of the 12th, took a
drop back toward the seventh
fairway, came up short of the
green and wound up making a
triple bogey, dropping him eight
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shots behind. I wouldn't have called
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call that ended up costing the Rodriguez wasn't having his
Giants a victory. best day, and they had runners at
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half of the ninth trailing the for pinch hitter Travis Ishikawa.
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Michael Jordan led the Chicago
Bulls to six titles. And while he
had Scottie Pippen, there is little
question the Bulls were Jordan's
team.
“ state Cleveland Cavaliers, was
There's no way, with hindsight,
I would've ever called up Larry,
called up Magic and said, 'Hey,
look, let's get together and play
on one team.'”-- Michael Jordan
So what does Jordan, one of the
best-ever in the NBA, think of
LeBron James joining with All-
Stars Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh to form a super team in
Miami?
"There's no way, with hindsight,
I would've ever called up Larry,
called up Magic and said, 'Hey,
look, let's get together and play
on one team,' " Jordan said after
playing in a celebrity golf
tournament in Nevada. "But
that's ... things are different. I
can't say that's a bad thing. It's
an opportunity these kids have
today. In all honesty, I was
trying to beat those guys."
James, who played his first
seven seasons with his home
part of one of the most
celebrated free agent classes in
history this summer. He met
with the Cavs, Chicago Bulls,
Los Angeles Clippers, Miami
Heat, New York Knicks and
New Jersey Nets.
James let the world know he
was taking his talents to South
Beach in an hour-long TV
special on July 8.
TNT analyst Charles Barkley
said James' decision may change
his legacy.
"He'll never be Jordan," Barkley
told 790 the Ticket in Miami
earlier in the week. "This clearly
takes him out of the
conversation. He can win as
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much as he wants to.
"There would have been
something honorable about
staying in Cleveland and trying
to win it as 'The Man' ...
LeBron, if he would've in
Cleveland, and if he could've
got a championship there, it
would have been over the top
for his legacy, just one in
Cleveland. No matter how many
he wins in Miami, it clearly is
Dwyane Wade's team."
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and would be putting from 45
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Filed under: British Open but guaranteed.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- As The two players spent the day
Louis Oosthuizen stepped to the chatting like vacation buddies as
tee box on the ninth hole they walked the fairways, but
Sunday afternoon in the final this time not a word was
round of the British Open, it e x c h a n g e d . N e v e r t h e l e s s ,
seemed the inevitable might Casey's message had been
finally have arrived. delivered loud and clear: Game
The 27-year-old South African, on.
with one career European Tour Just not for very long.
win, had held the lead at St. Oosthuizen not only answered
Andrews since Friday's second the challenge, he responded with
round, but minutes earlier had an atomic elbow, also hitting
suffered his first bogey in 25 driver and launching his ball
holes. Oosthuizen's advantage high, hard and straight at green,
was still three strokes over landing the shot 10 feet inside
nearest challenger Englishman Casey's.
Paul Casey, but his playing
partner had driven the green on
70 Sports/ Gaming/
James Jones Chooses to
Stay With Heat for
Minimum
Chris Tomasson (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 3:26:00 PM
Filed under: Heat, Spurs, NBA
Free Agents LAS VEGAS --
Miami continues to get players
to think less about money for a
chance to join its super team.
The Miami Herald reported
Sunday that free-agent forward
James Jones will re-sign with
the team for a minimum deal. A
source confirmed to FanHouse
that Jones will sign for $1.146
million after he had been getting
"substantial interest'' from San
Antonio for a deal that could
have paid more than minimum
money.
The Heat got superstars LeBron
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris
Bosh to all take less money
earlier this month than they
could have gotten elsewhere. It's
also possible center Zydrunas
Ilgauskas, who left Cleveland to
sign with the Heat for the
minimum, could have received a
bigger deal with another team.
"I still feel I have unfinished
business here,'' Jones, who
averaged 4.1 points in 36 games
last season, told the Herald.
"The opportunity to win a
championship was too much to
pass up. Hopefully, the minutes
will be there and I will make
teams pay.''
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18
John Callaham (Joystiq) days. Grim Dawn and Natural
Submitted at 7/18/2010 11:30:00 PM Exclusive features Selection 2.
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Stuart Black to leave

Red Faction: Origins movie to debut Codemasters this October,
on SyFy in March 2011 Bodycount still on for early 2011
JC Fletcher (Joystiq) (meaning it'll be a series if it Along with the announcement Ben Gilbert (Joystiq) Codemasters has denied as
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:33:00 AM does well) takes place between of the movie, THQ sent out a Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:22:00 AM much to Develop, saying, "It
the Guerrilla and Armageddon new screenshot of Red Faction: isn't really the case that Stuart
This March -- for the first time g a m e s , f o c u s i n g o n A l e c Armageddon. Find it in the Black and Bodycount developer has left from 'E3 fallout,' there's
ever -- you may have a non- Mason's last surviving son Jake, gallery below. Stuart Black has announced nothing like that going on. E3
ironic interest in watching a who fights against a new human Gallery: Red Faction: intentions to vacate his current coverage was actually very
SyFy original movie. That's army dedicated to destroying the Armageddon position at Codemasters this good." We've followed up with
because the live-action Red Red Faction. Somehow, Jake's Red Faction: Origins movie to October, Eurogamer reports. Black for clarification of his
Faction movie, now called R ed sister has gotten involved with debut on SyFy in March 2011 "He's got all his design work to reasons for leaving, but for now,
Faction: Origins, will be airing this group. We can assume originally appeared on Joystiq do but he's going to finish Codemasters assures us that
on the network during that because it's a SyFy movie that on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:33:00 before he leaves the team to " p r o g r e s s c o n t i n u e s " o n
month, coinciding with the she's also been cursed to turn EST. Please see our terms for complete the game, which takes B o d y c o u n t .
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other domain registration was spiders who have been snacking Comments an "80-strong team" will remain Codemasters this October,
about! on nitroglycerin during the working on Bodycount after Bodycount still on for early
The two-hour "pilot" movie journey. B l a c k ' s d e p a r t u r e , s e e i n g 2011 originally appeared on
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Death and Facebook, revisited

(Scripting News) people were annoyed by this.
Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:05:39 AM 3. I suggested to Jenna that she
write a blog post on the Times
Last week I wrote a piece about site, and another and another, as
Facebook and Guy Kewney, a long as more interesting stuff
friend who died recently. was coming to light on this
Facebook noticed he wasn't topic. Plant a seed, and then
getting much attention, and your readers go to work and
wasn't posting a lot, so they've provide new angles. So much
been recommending that I (and better than the old way, where
presumably other of his friends) the reporter would hand-pick a
reach out to him. few people to interview, many
ESRB: Tom Clancy's Erroneously, of course --
because sending attention his
of whom said self-serving
things, and then quickly moved
way is a waste, for all involved. a clue that it's doing something o n t o s o m e t h i n g e l s e .
Ghost Recon Predator Then over the weekend the NY like spam, and probably should Somewhere in here is the secret
Times ran a piece that discussed s t o p making t h e to future business models for
headed to PSP more or less the same thing. recommendation, at least until a news organizations. Death on
A few comments that resulted human looks into it. the Internet is actually a good
from an email exchange with the 2. I suggested a follow-up for way for the news business to
David Hinkle (Joystiq) disparity between the two
listings -- the initial OFLC author of the Times piece, Jenna Jenna. In the days leading up to make money. They already have
Submitted at 7/19/2010 11:25:00 AM
classification pegged the game Wortham. Father's Day, Amazon sent me a thriving business in death
While it pains us to report that for multiple platforms (as is the 1. There are several levels here. emails, every day reminding me notices (I know, we participated
our hopes for a Predator-infused case with next year's Ghost To have someone declared dead to buy something for Dad. As in it last year). But more
Ghost Recon game have gone Recon: Future Soldier), while on Facebook is something you may know, my father died important, staying with threads
down the drain, it's not all bad: the ESRB listing places the probably only the family and in October. This is the first as they develop is how you learn
the ESRB has tossed up a game solely on PSP. We've close friends should be able to Father's Day he missed. His what information needs and
classification for Tom Clancy's c o n t a c t e d U b i s o f t f o r make happen. However, not-so- birthday is in the same part of interests your readers have. It's a
Ghost Recon Predator. It's clarification and will be sure to close friends should be able to June. Once or twice, okay -- but new idea for news to fit the
apparently "an action game/third relay whatever we hear back. help Facebook realize they're sending me an email every day, interests of the readers, but it's
-person shooter" for the PSP, in ESRB: Tom Clancy's Ghost m a k i n g a m i s t a k e b y with no way to tell them to stop how it will have to work in the
which "players engage in Recon Predator headed to PSP recommending people reach out (click this button if your father future, if it is to work. Imho of
combat missions as part of an originally appeared on Joystiq to the person. A simple button died recently), that's pretty bad course.
elite military unit." The listing on Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:25:00 that says WTF or Not-Cool next manners. I tweeted about this
also mentions a variety of EST. Please see our terms for to the recommendation. Enough and found a number of other
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It's just a phone Nokia Siemens Acquires

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 12:00:23 PM
want to put it behind them. They
want to, presumably, return to
Apple as The Exceptional
Motorola’s Network
Over the years, the thing that's
bothered me most about the way
Company. But that's not going
to happen. They're a big
Business for $1.2 Billion
Apple pitches its products is the successful American company Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
idea, behind everything they (who does all their Submitted at 7/19/2010 8:31:17 AM
say, that there is something manufacturing in China, btw),
exceptional about them and their and they blow smoke up Nokia Siemens Networks has
products. everyone's asses like all agreed to acquire the majority of
This used to be something said American companies do. Motorola’s wireless network
about the United States, we They are not exceptional. Their unit for $1.2 billion in cash, the
were the exception. The sole products are premium products, company announced this
superpower. The good guys. luxuries like BMWs or morning.
The Yanks. Whatever. If we Nokia Siemens Networks Motorola’s Networks business
Cuisinarts. I buy Macs because I
ever were, we're not that now, expects that this acquisition will will significantly strengthen our
like premium products. I'm not
and neither is Apple. strengthen its ties with a number worldwide presence, enhance
the crazy ones. Culminating in planning on returning my
Here's a list of things to take as of telecom operators, as well as our scale in the United States,
the ultimate hubris, repeatedly iPhone 4. But I know they're a
given: make it the third largest wireless Japan and other priority regions
saying the iPad is "magical." It's shit company like American or
1. The Mac is just a computer. infrastructure vendor in the and reinforce our leadership
nice, I use mine all the time -- United Airlines (and yes, BMW
2. The iPod is just an MP3 U.S., the biggest foreign position in the global wireless
but magical! Come on. (What's too). You have to count your
player. wireless vendor in Japan and sector,” said Rajeev Suri, chief
next -- Immaculate? Sacred?) change, and don't expect them to
3. The iPad is just a tablet. strengthen its current number executive officer of Nokia
On Friday, Apple asked us to do the right thing, unless you
4. The iPhone is just a phone. two position in the global Siemens Networks.
believe that the iPhone is just a twist their arm real hard, and
5. Apple is just a company. infrastructure segment. More About: acquisition,
phone. It's just like the phones usually it isn't worth the trouble
Until Friday, Apple would have Under the terms of the contract, Motorola networks, Nokia
that Nokia and RIM make, or (which is why most of us don't
been consistent, over the years, approximately 7,500 employees Siemens
Samsung or Motorola. Nothing call you Steve).
in denying all five of those will transfer to Nokia Siemens For more Business coverage:
special about it. That may be the PS: Thanks to Farhad Manjoo,
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How Close Could a Person Get to the Sun and The iPhone 4 Saga
Survive? Animated in Star
Wars-Style [VIDEO]
Alessandra Calderin (Popular spacecraft and its passengers
Science - New Technology, can survive the friction heat Stan Schroeder (Mashable!)
Science News, The Future generated when it reenters the Submitted at 7/19/2010 3:15:32 AM
Now)
atmosphere from orbit. If the
Submitted at 7/19/2010 9:11:49 AM shield wrapped the entire As odd as it is, this animation
Toasty iStock shuttle, McNutt says, astronauts seems like a perfect ending to
Of all the bodies in our solar could fly to within 1.3 million the entire iPhone 4 saga.
system, the sun is probably the miles of the sun (roughly the Created by the Taiwanese outlet
one we want to give the widest two-yard line). But the integrity NMANews, which has done a
berth. It gushes radiation, and of the shield degrades rapidly couple of similar animations in
even though its surface is the above 4,700°, and the cockpit the past, the animated story
coolest part of the star, it burns would begin to cook. "I would about the rise and fall of iPhone
at about 9,940°F, hot enough to advise turning away from the 4 goes from weird to slightly
incinerate just about any sun well before that point," disturbing and then completely
material. As such, there are no McNutt says. Much hotter than crazy in only two minutes.
plans to send a manned mission that, the shields would fail Lightsaber fights, evil powers,
in its direction anytime soon altogether, and the vehicle and Steve Jobs as an evil
(Mars is much more interesting, would combust in less than a overlord behind a reality
anyway), but it can't hurt to minute. distortion field — it’s all there.
figure out at what distance a Of course, just getting that Check out the video above.
person would want to turn back. close to the sun would be quite [via Gizmodo]
You can get surprisingly close. an accomplishment, says NASA More About: animation, apple,
The sun is about 93 million radiation-health officer Eddie iphone 4, steve jobs
miles away from Earth, and if Semones. The constant exposure For more Apple coverage:
we think of that distance as a Mercury probe. The standard suit would transform into a close to cosmic radiation during the • Follow Mashable Apple on
football field, a person starting space suit will keep an astronaut -fitting sauna-the temperature voyage would most likely prove Twitter
at one end zone could get about r e l a t i v e l y c o m f o r t a b l e a t would climb above 125° and the fatal before the astronauts • Become a Fan on Facebook
95 yards before burning up. external temperatures reaching p e r s o n w o u l d b e c o m e crossed the 50-yard line. • Subscribe to the Apple
That said, an astronaut so close up to 248°. Heat coming off the d e h y d r a t e d a n d p a s s o u t , Have a science question you've channel
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designed to withstand deep heat (the five-yard line) some much closer to our star. The
space," says Ralph McNutt, an three million miles from the sun. ship's reinforced carbon-carbon
engineer working on the heat "It would then be a matter of heat shield is designed to
s h i e l d i n g f o r N A S A ' s time before the astronaut died," withstand temperatures of up to
Messenger, a new robotic McNutt says. Above 248°, the 4,700° to ensure that the
E-reader News Edition
There’s a pony in here somewhere
mark (GetReligion)
Submitted at 7/18/2010 7:24:23 PM
When I saw that the New York
Times magazine had an 8,000(!)
word piece on the “ The New
Abortion Providers,” my heart
sank a bit. This is an otherwise
interesting publication that
doesn’t just seem obsessed with
churning out pro-abortion
propaganda, it has a history of
wildly botching stories on the
topic and refusing to correct
them.
But for the most part, the
magazine’s problem is that they
hire left-wing journalists who
wear their biases on their sleeve
and then give them free rein to
tackle a subject that requires a
good deal of nuance and
balance.
This is where Emily Bazelon —
Slate senior editor, Truman
Capote law-and-media fellow at
Yale Law School, Betty
Friedan’s cousin and unabashed
abortion activist — comes in.
Bazelon is no stranger to
criticism here at GetReligion.
Why not give her several
thousand words on abortion in
NYT mag? What could possibly
go wrong?
Anyway, if you can stomach
diving through the pile of bias in
Bazelon’s work, she knows the
abortion topic well enough and
does enough reportage you can
usually find a pony of
interesting info in there
somewhere. (Though it’s often
unintentionally illuminating —
Bazelon is the journalist who
basically got Ruth Bader
Ginsburg to admit abortion was
legalized in part out of “
concern about population
growth and particularly growth
in populations that we don’t
want to have too many of.”)
Some of the info in Bazelon’s
latest truly was stunning and
revealing. She discusses at
length the background around
Warren Buffet’s $3 billion
donation to advance abortion
access — including the fact that
Buffet’s money is directly
funding a program to train
abortion doctors.
The overall premise was
intriguing, and it’s certainly a
topic that deserves some
scrutiny, even if it deserves a
more balanced perspective than
brought by Bazelon. In a
nutshell, the article discusses
how pro-abortion forces are
working to integrate abortion
more into the mainstream of the
medical profession — more
Religion/ 75
target with protests.
If that sounds intriguing, gird
yourself. For Bazelon,
discussing this state of affairs
means tailing a bunch abortion
providers and discussing in a
remarkably one-sided fashion
the challenges they face for
embracing their controversial
vocation. Abortion opponents
and religious perspectives are
brought up in a way that that’s
almost comical. Take this
description of an abortion
provider:
Many of the two dozen young
doctors I talked to for this article
were similarly conflicted. They
wanted to talk about their work.
They see it as part of making
abortion mainstream. But the
murder of Dr. George Tiller last
year scared them. One 33-year-
old family-medicine doctor I
met in Rochester drives 90 miles
each week to perform abortions
at a clinic in Syracuse. She is
pregnant with her third child,
abortion training for OB-GYN’s and she asked me not to use her
and general practitioners in name after her father insisted
medical school, as well as the that she’d be putting herself and
emergence of a “new vanguard her kids at risk. Still, at her
[that] don’t define themselves as Episcopal church, where she
‘abortion doctors.’ They often feels safe, she is open about
try to make the procedure part what she does. “When people
of their broader medical practice are surprised, I say, ‘Yes, a
trying to integrate abortion Christian can also be an abortion
procedures into more more provider,’” she told me.
clinics and hospitals.” Currently, A major section of the article
most abortions are performed at just ends right there without any
Planned Parenthood clinics and f u r t h e r d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e
other stand alone facilities that
are easy for pro-life forces to THERE’S page 76
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THERE’S
continued from page 75
conflicts between being a
Christian and an abortion
provider. The idea a “a Christian
can also be an abortion
provider” is put out there like a
defiant statement of fact, not a
rather dicey proposition. Of
course, one can also be
murderer and a Christian — but
that doesn’t make it compatible
with Christian teaching. What
Bazelon’s doing here reminds
me of an old Soviet proverb —
“If you see a Bulgarian on the
street, beat him up. He will
know why.” Apparently
Christians who don’t embrace
abortion are obviously inferior
beings, and no need bothering to
explain to them why.
Okay, think I’m being
hyperbolic? Let’s move on —
and be warned this next bit is a
tad graphic:
As Godfrey came to know the
nurses and front-desk staff at her
primary-care clinic, she learned
that some of them flatly opposed
abortion. They’ve come around,
she says, out of mutual
professionalism. She doesn’t
object when nurses don’t want
to assist her, and she tries to
meet them halfway by doing
abortions only up to nine weeks
of pregnancy. The early
threshold means that no one on
staff has to contend with
recognizable fetal parts. “It was
a way of being respectful,
because I know that not
everyone agrees with me and
what I do,” she says. After I
watched Godfrey coach one of
the residents she trains through
a surgical abortion for a 22-year
-old college student who was
six weeks pregnant, we went to
the clinic’s utility room. The
resident floated the pregnancy
tissue in a glass dish of water,
for a routine check. Amid the
uterine tissue was a gestational
sac about the size of a dime
surrounded by millimeters-long
white villi, the fronds that later
help form the placenta.
How exactly does one meet
“halfway” on abortion? I’m
curious to know. But despite
being actually in the doctor’s
office in question, Bazelon
doesn’t talk to any of the people
in the office made uneasy by
performing abortion procedures.
Why not? Here’s another ball
quite obviously dropped for fear
it might upset the narrative:
These gradated choices are a
delicate subject within the field.
The abortion providers I talked
to are intensely grateful to the
doctors who are willing to
handle difficult late-second-
trimester cases. But they also
see the moral complexities up
close. Two years ago, a young
professor at the University of
Michigan named Lisa Harris
wrote an academic article about
performing an 18-week abortion
while she was 18 weeks
pregnant. Harris described
grasping the fetus’s leg with her
forceps, feeling a kick in her
own uterus and starting to cry.
“It was an overwhelming
feeling — a brutally visceral
response — heartfelt and
unmediated by my training or
my feminist pro-choice
politics,” she wrote. “It was one
of the more raw moments in my
life.”
[snip]
When Harris’s article was the
subject of a workshop at one of
the Family Planning
Fellowship’s annual meetings,
Sunni remembers the difficult
emotions that came to the
surface, and also the concern
about how the article had been
depicted in the anti-abortion
press, its most graphic passages
quoted as evidence of hypocrisy
and folly. “We want to bring
this discussion more to the
forefront,” Sunni says. “But it’s
a bit dangerous. Because
people can misconstrue what we
mean.”
Again, heavy moral issues that
are given the inch-deep
treatment, for the sake that it
might be “misconstrued.”
Hmmm. But fear not gentle
reader, late in the piece after
being introduced to probably a
dozen pro-abortion medical
doctors, we finally speak with a
somewhat conflicted pro-life
nurse who works for a doctor
who performs abortions:
When I talked to Ann — Ray
offered her his office chair while
he saw a patient — she said
that when Ray took over the
practice, she and the office
manager, another woman in her
60s, weren’t sure if they would
stay. “We didn’t want a young
doctor with attitude,” Ann said.
“We’re too old for that. But we
gave him a chance. And he has
exceeded our expectations
wildly. I thank God every day,
because he’s so good with the
patients. I’m just blessed. Other
than the little termination thing
— ” she made a small box with
her fingers and then moved her
hands to her left, as if to set the
box aside.
Ann reassures herself that Ray
is never casual about abortion.
“He makes the women think
about it longer, to make sure
they know this is something
you have to live with forever.”
She also told me something Ray
hadn’t mentioned. “If a patient
calls and she’s not sure, I ask,
‘Have you looked into other
things?’ I say, ‘Come in and
let’s talk.’ I tell her that if
adoption might be a difficult
situation, there is other help
out there. I may refer her to a
crisis pregnancy center” — an
anti-abortion organization that
counsels pregnant women to
keep their babies. In 2006,
Congressional investigators
found that most federally
financed crisis pregnancy
centers they contacted gave out
wrong information like tying
abortion to breast cancer or
infertility or mental illness. Yet
as part of the compromise
between doctor and nurse, that
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is where Ann says she refers
some women who call Ray’s
office.
Oh please. We’re repeatedly
told in this article that abortions
are completely safe — though
for some inexplicable reason it’s
casually mentioned performing
this supposedly safe surgical
procedure adds about $10-
$15,000 a year to a doctor’s
malpractice insurance. But the
real cause for concern is that
women at crisis pregnancy
centers will might be given
misleading information about
the procedure! That’s to say
nothing of the fact the debate
around crisis pregnancy centers
and health risks of abortion is a
politically correct minefield.
I’ll leave you with one final
headscratcher:
Ray, who is in his 30s, is an
OB-GYN in upstate New York
who learned to do abortions
during his residency. As a
teenager, Ray (who asked that I
use only his middle name) saw
his brother’s fear when he got
his girlfriend pregnant. Race
also mattered in Ray’s decision
to become a provider; he is
African-American. “We utilize
the service a lot, but publicly
we don’t really support it,” he
said of the local black
community.
…and that’s all were given
about this race-and-abortion
bombshell. In New York city,
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What Berger said

tmatt (GetReligion) religion, but allowing for church and state, has a Kemalist
Submitted at 7/18/2010 12:38:01 PM occasional excursions into other ideology.)
areas. My relationship to This brings us to the passage
This isn’t exactly hard news, c o m p u t e r s i s r o u g h l y that will draw the most attention
but I thought that GetReligion comparable to that of a caveman from religion-beat reporters and
readers would want to know trying to fly a jet airliner. Still, those who care about their work.
about (I mean, readers other the prospect of writing a blog This would include academics
than those who have sent us with this description intrigued who study either journalism or
notes requesting a post on the me. It definitely seemed more religion or both.
topic). practical than the two Chinese I would argue that Berger’s
Suffice it to say that one of suggestions. words will also be of interest to
America’s most consistently It will not surprise readers to those of us who are deeply
important voices on things know that Berger thinks that the concerned about the survival of
religious has decided to leap details of religion are very the mainstream press in our
into the blogosphere — that important, whether one is culture and, especially, of a
would be the noted sociologist studying them through the lens press that focuses on accurate,
Peter L. Berger, who is also of sociology or that of — balanced and fair coverage of
progressive Lutheran, when it G e t R e l i g i o n r e a d e r s w i l l controversial issues (especially
comes to matters theological. instantly note — journalism. For those linked to religion and
H e r e i s h o w h e r e c e n t l y example, it is important to culture). Here we go:
introduced his“Religion and understand the role that actual The treatment of religion in
Other Curiosities” blog at the theology plays in the shaping of academia and the media leaves
American Interest Online: culture. something to be desired. … The
A Chinese sage wrote to an When beliefs are taken problem comes at least in part
elderly scholar retired from seriously, all kinds of interesting from the fact that these are two
o f f i c i a l d u t i e s w i t h t w o parallels can be seen in public institutions which, in their elite
suggestions — to acquire a life. One example will suffice echelons, are staffed by what is
young concubine, or to learn from this opening Berger blog the most secularized group in
how to paint dragons on red silk. post: American society. Unlike many
I am an elderly scholar and I Even if one is only interested in of their colleagues in Europe,
have now retired from most of one country, one will understand these people are not particularly
my official duties. I have given that country better if one can hostile to religion. But they
serious thought to the two compare it with other countries. don’t know too much about it,
suggestions and have concluded Take the so-called “culture and its more passionate
that they are impractical in my war” in America. Much of it expressions make them
case. Just then the nice people at revolving around church-state uncomfortable. As a result they
The American Interest came issues. I think it is helpful in are tempted to explain religious
with a very different suggestion understanding these if one sees phenomena as being “really”
— that I should write a blog the parallels with what goes on about something else —
under their auspices (if that is i n o t h e r c o u n t r i e s — f o r counter the democratic pressures Turkey. (It is more than a joke if ethnicity, class, politics.
the right term in cyberspace example, in Turkey. In both from a vocal religious populace one says that the American Civil Sometimes, of course, this is
language), dealing mainly with countries a secularist elite relies — on the federal courts in Liberties Union, in its view of
America, on the military in the proper relation between WHAT page 78
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continued from page 77
indeed the case. Thus there are
processes of “religionization”,
in which a conflict about
political power (as in Northern
Ireland) or about territory (as
between Israelis and
Palestinians) morphs into a
religiously defined conflict
(though even then many people
may sincerely believe in and be
motivated by the religious
definitions of the situation). In
any case, it is important to
realize that religion is a
phenomenon sui generis, which
must be understood in its own
terms and not right away be
interpreted as being “really”
something else.
Secularist bias can produce
blinders. Evangelical
THERE’S
continued from page 76
more black children are aborted
than born every year, and the
author has a black abortion
doctor saying that factors linked
to race played a major role in his
decision to perform abortion.
Yet, this is another loose thread
that merits only a passing
mention. Gah!
Anyway, it’s a very, very
frustrating piece — but it will
enhance your understanding of
Protestantism is the most
explosively growing religion
worldwide. Media coverage is
generally very poor, subsuming
it under a vague category of
“fundamentalism”, with
peaceful missionaries being put
in the same box with suicide
bombers. Much academic
treatment is equally prejudiced.
The media coverage of the
sexual abuse crisis in the Roman
Catholic church very often has
an undertone of gleeful
Schadenfreude, with little
skepticism about events going
back thirty years, alleged by
individuals with hard vested
interests in their version of the
events. Academics and
journalists have every right to be
the issue if you have the
fortitude to endure it.
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secularists, but they should
bracket their personal beliefs
when they try to understand
reality — as should “Godders”
like me.
Well, now. Feel free to discuss
the implications of this famous
scholar’s thoughts for the work
of the mainstream press.
As for me, I will simply add:
What he said.
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 10:06:49 AM
With the release of iOS4, Apple
officially delivered the ability to
change the wallpaper on your
iPhone or iPod. While this is a
cool feature for the iPhone,
where wallpapers really shine is
on the iPad, with its glossy, 9.7-
inch, LED-backlit display that
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We’ve rounded up 10 of the
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And remember kids, for an iPad
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Here, the colorful Apple logo is
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Fan boys and girls will
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Like a chalk stencil on the
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Search Engines [REPORT]
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Submitted at 7/19/2010 6:20:46 AM

Foursquare’s Co-founder
Dennis Crowley claims the
company is in talks with major
companies in the search space,
including giants such as Google,
Microsoft and Yahoo.
“Our data generates hugely
interesting trends which would
enrich search,” Crowley said to
Telegraph. “We can anonymise
data and use it to show venues
which are trending at that
moment. Twitter helped the
world and the search engines
know what people are talking
about. Foursquare would allow connections with Google a user base of about 2 million
people to search for the types of reaching back to 2005, when he members, things are looking
place people are going to – and sold the text messaging app good for the NYC-based
where is trending – not what.” Dodgeball to the search company. Reviews: Bing,
This reminds us of Twitter’s company. Dodgeball, Foursquare, Google,
search deal with Google and Unlike Twitter, which — Google search, Gowalla,
Microsoft, which brought despite being pitted against Twitter, Yelp
Twitter users’ status updates to dozens of clones — was always More About: foursquare,
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