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All smiles at the White House, for a moment anyway
Jeremy Pelofsky (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 8/3/2010 5:07:20 PM
Earlier today President Barack
Obama signed a law about
prison sentences for possession
of crack cocaine and powder
cocaine and the photograph of
the smiling group of people who
supported the legislation gave us
a brief pause.
The Democrats and
Republicans gathered around the
president in the Oval Office
rarely agree on anything. Let’s
take a minute to dissect this
photograph.
There’s Attorney General Eric
Holder(pictured second from the
left), a close confidante of
Obama’s. But he has drawn
intense criticism for his plan to
prosecute the five alleged
plotters of the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks in a criminal court in the
heart of Manhattan (now highly
unlikely). He also has been
lambasted by Republicans for
affording full legal rights to
terrorism suspects who have
been arrested on U.S. soil.
Next to him is Vermont
Democratic Senator Patrick
Leahy who has been the
president’s man shepherding
through the Senate his two
Supreme Court justice
nominees. The second nominee,
Elena Kagan is expected to win
Senate support but with only a
handful of Republicans backing
her.
Then just over the president’s
left shoulder is Senator Richard
Durbin, a Democrat from
- 04/08/10
Obama’s home state of Illinois.
He has been a big proponent of
bringing terrorism suspects to
trial in traditional criminal
courts and even housing some of
the suspects at a prison in his
state (can we say jobs during a
recession?).
Now it gets interesting because
just next to Durbin, sort of
lingering in the back is Alabama
Republican Senator Jeff
Sessions, a leading critic of the
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president and his buddy Eric
Holder.
Sessions, who is the top
Republican on the Senate
Judiciary Committee, has
excoriated the Obama
administration for its national
security policies, ranging from
legal rights for terrorism
suspects to trials for detainees
held at Guantanamo.
He and the man to his left, Utah
Republican Senator Orrin
Hatch, have been among the
most outspoken critics of Kagan
for the Supreme Court.
And at the end is South
Carolina Republican Lindsey
Graham. Now he’s been trying
to negotiate some deals with the
White House, but none really
have gone anywhere. He’s tried
to broker compromises like
splitting some of the trials for
the Guantanamo detainees
between military tribunals and
criminal courts. He also tried to
work out a deal with Obama and
Democrats on legislation to
mandate reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions
blamed for global warming.
Others photographed include
the Office of National Drug
Control Policy Director Gil
Kerlikowske, Democratic Rep.
Bobby Scott of Virginia and
Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila
Jackson Lee.
So for those who wonder about
Washington sometimes, a
picture is worth a thousand
words, or at least a brief pause
and a scratch of the head.
- Photo credit: Reuters/Jason
Reed
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Washington Extra
Simon Denyer (Front Row spending projects they said economy, it ought to be creating For more of this story by Lucia
Washington) were “stupid and inappropriate.” real jobs and it ought to be … Mutikani, read here.
Submitted at 8/3/2010 5:51:00 PM Our favorites: giving us the best bang for our Senate Democrats delay action
- $554,000 to replace the buck,” said Senator Tom on oil spill bill
I n t h e n a m e o f e q u a l windows in a visitors center at Coburn. Senate Democrats postponed
opportunities, after featuring Mount St. Helens in Washington For more of this story by this week’s test vote on
Senate Republican leader Mitch state that was closed in 2007 Richard Cowan, read here. alternative energy legislation
McConnell on Monday, today’s - $2 million to send researchers Conviction grows at Fed on that also would have clamped
n e w s l e t t e r l e a d s o n h i s to the Southwest Indian Ocean need for more easing down on offshore energy
Democratic counterpart Harry Islands and east Africa to Federal Reserve officials are drilling in the wake of the Gulf
Reid. capture, photograph and increasingly worried about the of Mexico oil spill. Senate
Reid, our Reuters-IPSOS poll analyze thousands of exotic economy’s health, making it Majority Leader Harry Reid’s
reveals, has two big problems as ants. likely the central bank will soon decision to take the bill off the
he aims for re-election in - and $89,298 for a quarter-mile take further steps to try to lower Senate’s schedule until at least
r e c e s s i o n - h i t N e v a d a i n stretch of sidewalk in Boynton, borrowing costs. The Fed’s mid-September, when Congress
November. The first is the Oklahoma. The senators say the policy-setting panel meets next returns from a long summer
e c o n o m y , t h e o v e r r i d i n g sidewalk, which will replace week, and while that may be too break, dealt a blow to
concern of three out of every another one built just five years among likely voters in his re- early for any concrete steps, it Democrats’ efforts to hold BP
four registered voters – a a g o , f r o n t s n o h o m e s o r election bid in recession-lashed might offer a good place to plant fully responsible for the
proportion way higher than the businesses and leads directly to Nevada, a Reuters-Ipsos poll the first seeds of a directional economic damage from the
national average. a ditch. (Not the same one said. The struggling economy is shift — away from any exit Gulf oil spill.
The second is the enthusiasm Republicans accuse Obama of paramount in voters’ minds as strategy and towards further To read the rest of Richard
gap, a problem for Democrats driving the economy into, we they look ahead to the Nov. 2 easing. Cowan and Tom Doggett’s
all over the country, with Reid’s hope.) election in Nevada, with 74 For more of this story Pedro da story, click here.
supporters significantly less In fairness, we should include percent citing the economy as Costa and Mark Felsenthal, U.S. aims to tighten sanctions
l i k e l y t o v o t e t h a n t h e the White House rebuttal. their top concern, the poll of 600 click here. grip on Iran
Republican rank and file. Reid Robert Gibbs swiftly pointed to Nevada voters done July 30- US consumer, housing data fan The Treasury Department
is comfortably ahead of Tea a study out last week saying the Aug. 1 found. recovery worries sought to further tighten curbs
Party darling Sharron Angle economy would have lost For the full story Steve U.S. consumer spending and against Iran’s nuclear ambitions
among registered voters, by 52 another 8.5 million jobs in the Holland, click here. incomes were flat in June while and its support for terror groups
to 36 percent. Among people recession if the administration, Republicans detail wasteful home purchase contracts by naming Iranian-controlled
who said they were likely to Congress and the Fed had not U.S. stimulus spending tumbled to a record low, companies and forbidding
vote, the gap narrowed sharply, acted. One of the study’s co- An election-year war of words implying an anemic economic dealing with them. In addition to
with Reid leading by just 48 to authors – Mark Zandi, chief over the effectiveness of recovery for the remainder of naming the 21 companies,
44 percent. economic advisor for the President Barack Obama’s $862 this year. The reports showed Treasury cited leaders of Iran’s
One of the Democrats biggest presidential campaign of none billion economic stimulus law the recovery assumed a Islamic Revolutionary Guard
problems has been convincing other than John McCain. ratcheted up as Republicans decisively sluggish tone in the Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)
v o t e r s t h a t t h e e c o n o m i c Here are our top stories from detailed spending projects they last month of the second for providing financial support
stimulus enacted last year today… said were wasteful and failed to quarter, setting up the July- to the Taliban and other groups.
actually helped. Ratcheting up Democrat Reid holds narrow achieve the main goal of job September period for a To read the rest of Corbett B.
the war of words, Republican edge in Nevada creation. “If we’re going to lackluster performance just as Daly’s story, click here.
leaders Tom Coburn and John Senate Democratic leader have stimulus bills, it ought to lawmakers hit the hustings WASHINGTON page 4
McCain sent out a list of 100 Harry Reid holds a narrow edge be truly about stimulating the before November elections.
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Republicans target birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants’

children
Tim Gaynor (Front Row said automatic citizenship Senator John McCain, who ran
Washington) attracted illegal immigrants, and for president against Obama
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:03:33 PM that a review was needed. and faces a tough primary battle
“People come here to have this month in Arizona for his
Fresh from a bitter row over babies. They come here to drop party’s nomination to run for the
Arizona’s tough crackdown on a child, it’s called drop and Senate, also lent his support to
i l l e g a l i m m i g r a n t s , t o p leave,” Graham said. “To have a the process of reviewing
Republican lawmakers in the child in America, they cross the citizenship rights, although he
U.S. Congress are pushing to b o r d e r , t h e y g o t o t h e sounded a note of caution about
r e v i e w a c o n s t i t u t i o n a l emergency room, they have a changing the Constitution.
amendment that grants child, and that child’s “Our Founding Fathers
automatic birthright citizenship automatically an American intentionally made the process
to anyone born in the United citizen. That shouldn’t be the of amending our Constitution
States. case. That attracts people for all extremely difficult. I believe
I n t h e p a s t w e e k the wrong reasons,” he added. that the Constitution is a strong,
several Republicans have called Graham said he was complete and carefully crafted
for or supported hearings on c o n s i d e r i n g i n t r o d u c i n g a the Senate, and Jeff Sessions, Tensions over that law have document that has successfully
Capitol Hill reviewing the 14th constitutional amendment to the top Republican on the inflamed a decades-old national g o v e r n e d o u r n a t i o n f o r
a m e n d m e n t t o t h e U . S . change the rules on automatic J u d i c i a r y A d m i n i s t r a t i v e debate over immigration, which centuries and any proposal to
Constitution, which was enacted citizenship for the children of O v e r s i g h t a n d t h e C o u r t s promises to play into the amend the Constitution should
in 1868 following the Civil War illegal immigrants. A study last Subcommittee. elections in November, when receive extensive and thoughtful
and granted citizenship to “all year by the Pew Hispanic Center The latest drive by Republicans President Barack Obama’s consideration,” he said in a
persons born or naturalized in estimated at 4 million the follows hot on the heels of Democrats are fighting to retain statement released by his office.
the United States.” number of U.S. citizen children Arizona’s tough immigration control of Congress. Photo credit: Reuters/Joshua
Senator Lindsey Graham, a of families where at least one law — a measure crafted by While taking a tough stance on Lott (boy holds sign protesting
South Carolina Republican and parent was an illegal immigrant. Republican state lawmakers that illegal immigrants may play Arizona immigration law),
erstwhile supporter of Challenging birthright s o u g h t t o d r i v e i l l e g a l well with the Republican’s R e u t e r s / K e v i n L a m a r q u e
comprehensive immigration citizenship has until now been immigrants out of the Mexico conservative base, it runs the (Obama’s shadow on a copy of
reform granting a path to legal a n i s s u e p u s h e d b y border state, but was blocked by r i s k o f a l i e n a t i n g U . S . the U.S. Constitution during
status for the nearly 11 million conservatives on the right of the a federal judge last week, Hispanics, an increasingly speech at the National Archives)
i l l e g a l i m m i g r a n t s l i v i n g Republican party. That stand has a r g u i n g t h a t i m m i g r a t i o n weighty voter bloc that turned
stateside, kicked off the row also gained backing in the past m a t t e r s a r e t h e f e d e r a l out for Obama in 2008 by a two-
with an interview on the Fox week of Senators Jon Kyl, the government’s responsibility. to-one margin.
network a week ago in which he second ranking Republican in
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Happy Birthday Mr. President, hope continued from page 2

U.S. still undecided on joining vending machine wine sales

they let you eat cake
Tabassum Zakaria (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:22:52 PM
President Barack Obama turned
49 years old today, which gives
him a whole year to contemplate
the BIG ONE coming next.
His birthday horoscope (Leo) in
The Washington Post was quite
glowing and befitting a Nobel
Peace Prize winner: “You have
given your love to the loveless
and befriended the friendless —
the fantastic karma comes back
to you this year.”
It’s the next bit we found
puzzling – “A dream job is on
the horizon. Hard work this
month brings the perfect offer
by the end of September.” What
are the stars trying to say? Is
there a message in there to be
applied to the November
midterm elections?
Obama’s first chance of the day
at getting a public display of
cake for his birthday was not to
“You ought to talk to those
guys, ’cause they nixed the
cake,” Trumka replied.
“They’re probably eating it right
now,” Obama said to laughter.
We’re guessing that Senate
Republican leader Mitch
McConnell is unlikely to bring
cake to his meeting with Obama
at the White House this
afternoon.
So the president, whose wife
and daughters are out of
town, may just have to wait for
be… this evening when he celebrates
AFL-CIO President Richard his birthday with friends in
Trumka told Obama before and Chicago.
again after the president’s Wondering if the Secret Service
remarks at the union’s executive has a limit on how many candles
council meeting, that they had can be lit near the president at
wanted to have a cake for him any given time…
but the Secret Service wouldn’t Photo credit: Reuters/Larry
allow it. Downing (Obama and Trumka
“I’m a little disappointed that joke about birthday cake),
there wasn’t a cake, though” Reuters/Mike Blake (bulldog in
Obama joked after his remarks. front of cake at Camp Pendleton
“I’m going to have to talk to in 2005)
Secret Service.”
landmines treaty
The United States has still not
decided whether it will sign a
1997 global treaty to ban land
mines but said it has invested
heavily to help mitigate the
impact the weapons have
around the world.
For more of this story by
Deborah Charles, read here.
And some stories from
elsewhere in the country…
King Tut’s chariot on view at
NY exhibition
A royal chariot thought to have
been used by Egypt’s boy king,
Tutankhamun, who died in
around 1324 B.C. was unveiled
in New York on Tuesday — the
first time it has been seen
outside of Egypt.
Check out the full story, here.
Breath test required for
Pennsylvania residents can buy
wine from vending machines
but first they must pass a breath
test to prove they haven’t been
drinking..
Check out the full story, here.
For more stories from our
Washington correspondents visit
www.reuters.com and stay
informed.
Photo Credits: REUTERS/
Kevin Lamarque (Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid
listens to President Obama
speak at a fundraiser for his
campaign in Las Vegas July 8,
2010.)

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Obama joins call-in to back his pick
in Colorado primary
Alister Bull (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 8/3/2010 8:47:53 PM
President Barack Obama on
Tuesday urged people in
Colorado to support his pick to
run for U.S. Senate in their state,
jumping into a close
Democratic primary race in
which the other candidate is
backed by former President Bill
Clinton.
Obama has put his weight
behind current Colorado Senator
Michael Bennet, who was
appointed to take over the seat
vacated by Ken Salazar, whom
Obama selected to be secretary
of the Interior at the beginning
of his term.
“He’s been a breath of fresh air
in a town with a lot of hot air,”
Obama told a telephone
conference call with Bennet and
listeners, who quizzed the
freshman Senator about the
attack ads he has endured.
Obama said this was par for the
course in politics.
“I know there have been a lot of
negative ads running against
Michael in the last few weeks,
which is sort of politics as usual.
But when he came to
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things done and not just play the
usual political games,” he told
the call.
Despite Obama’s backing,
Bennet has faced a tough
primary race from his opponent,
Andrew Romanoff, a former
speaker of the Colorado House.
The race has drawn national
attention and split supporters
within the Democratic party.
Obama flew to Colorado earlier
this year to raise money for
Bennet. Former President Bill
Clinton broke with the White
House and endorsed Romanoff.
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Dear Entrepreneurs: Here's How Not To Lose Your Shirt In

Financial Bubbles
Jason Calacanis (Business cover in this email: got lucky”--you know, like six
Insider) • How I learned the hard way times in a row!
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:38:00 PM (aka my mixed track record) [: don’t you just love the losers
• The truth about bubbles in the comments on who bash
This is a reprint of Jason • The truth about great anyone who is successful as
Calacanis's latest "Jason Nation" companies getting lucky? I suggest looking
newsletter, to which you can • What to do when the bubbles at the track record of both the
subscribe here. expands commenters and subjects of the
I've missed more than 9,000 • What to do when the bubble comments in those cases. What
shots in my career. I've lost pops you’ll inevitably see is once
almost 300 games. 26 times, I've • Closing thoughts: How I person who hates their life (and
been trusted to take the game learned all this (aka Who I stole who is living in their parent’s
winning shot and missed. I've this from) basement), and one person who
failed over and over and over has swung the bat countless
again in my life. And that is My track record (don’t hate the times and connected with the
why I succeed. -- Michael player) ball often.]
Jordan Again, I’m going to provide my Two of the four companies I’ve
“Is the internet bubble going to track record to illustrate that it is raised money for (Mahalo.com
pop? When?” not perfect, but probably slightly fail, but because they win more In raising money I’ve employed and ThisWeekIn.com) are still
“Should I sell my company above average.
often than average players. a very specific strategy, that is in play. Truth be told, they
now, or wait and sell it for more Just as there is no such thing as
Said another way, behind every based on equal parts timing, could have both been sold
next year?” a perfect poker player, there is winner is a series of forgotten what I had and better-than- already. That would put my
“Should I raise money now no such thing as a perfect
losses: Jobs had Next, the Cube average salesman. For the batting average at .750. Why
before everything collapses?” entrepreneur.
and Newton. Pincus had Tribe, record, timing, knowing what haven’t I sold them? Well, I’ll
I’m constantly asked these Your goal in life is not and Ev had Odeo. you have and salesmanship are explain that in sections four and
questions. Used to keep me up perfection, but to be above
Great players miss a lot of critical to success in poker-- five below.
at night, these questions did. average consistently.
shots, but you remember the which is why entrepreneurs are In those six examples I made
Now? Well, they’re so burned Poker players who are 2-5% the perfect move twice, a decent
ones they hit. so drawn to the game.
into my brain that they are better than the rest of the field
So, I’ve raised money six times I’ve sold two companies: once move four times and a bad move
instinct. are infinitely profitable. Why? for four companies in the past when the market was hot, but once. People remember me now
Young poker players wonder Simple, since there is a never-
15 years. Once when the market not red hot, and once when the for my two big moves: selling
how to play king-nine and eight- e n d i n g s t r e a m o f p l a y e r s Weblogs Inc. and raising a ton
was flat, two times when the market was on the floor.
five suited before the flop, and learning the game there is an
market was hot, and thrice when So, I’m batting .500 when it of money for Mahalo. In five
first-time entrepreneurs wonder endless supply of people to years they will forget those two
the market was red hot. comes to selling companies.
how they should play the dominate (video evidence: http:/
This wasn’t luck, this was On the surface this would seem and remember the next two
markets. /jc.is/bB3J15 ). p r a c t i c e c o m b i n e d w i t h like a poor record, but as Mark baskets--and that’s the point
The answer is you probably Marc Andreessen, Steve Jobs,
situational awareness. If you Cuban told me early on “you isn’t it?
shouldn’t play either hand--or Mark Pincus, Mark Cuban and My philosophy: practice
keep practicing you learn when only have to be right once.”
the market. Evan Williams are “winners for to shot the basket and when to Mark is one of those guys you
Here is what we are going to all time” not because they don’t DEAR page 8
pass the ball. Moving on. can easily dismiss since he “just
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Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: Sweat Time at
Microsoft
Stan Slap (Fast Company)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:35:18 AM
"You just did a very bad thing,"
said Bill Gates, reacting to a
presentation of Stan Slap's
suggestions. In this excerpt from
his upcoming book, "Bury My
Heart at Conference Room B,"
consultant Stan Slap relates how
Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and a
room full of Microsoft execs
loved and loathed the concept of
leading with your values.
Check the Oxford Dictionary of
the English Language under
"aggressive" and you'll find
Orlando Ayala's picture. The
head of worldwide sales for
Microsoft is a slim, good-
looking Colombian who sports a
casual Caesar haircut--the
haircut being the only casual
thing about him. He vibrates
with coiled intensity; you sense
he's friendly unless he senses
you're edible. Now, the guy
famous for donning combat gear
to whip his sales teams into a
feral frenzy has pulled his top
managers together for two days
of Bury My Heart at Conference
Room B and asked that I
facilitate it personally.
The event is to be held at a
local hotel when, at the last
minute, Orlando switches it to a
meeting room on the Microsoft
campus in Redmond. I don't
realize the dangerous
significance of this, but his
managers sure do.
Orlando's direct reports are all
big gunslingers themselves,
running organizations with
billions of dollars in revenue
responsibility and thousands of
people. You'd expect them to be
confident enough to handle the
provocative message of Bury
My Heart at Conference Room
B, yet as we head into the first
morning it becomes clear
something is wrong. Plenty of
averted eyes, anxious shuffling
and nervous laughter--it's
starting to make me nervous. I
stop to ask, "What, exactly, is
the problem?"
"It's this room," they mutter.
"You don't know this room. We
know this room. We call it The
Slaughterhouse. This is where
Orlando brings us to beat on us
about our sales performance.
We can hear the screams; we
can see the blood dripping down
the walls."
Oh, fabulous. And here I am
telling them to get in touch with
their groovy selves and bring the
best of who they are to work. It's
like telling a bunch of cows to
get in touch with their groovy
selves and bring the best of who
they are to McDonald's.
We wobble on but things are
still way off. I say, tell me your
core values as human beings.
They respond with the likes of
Business/ 7
you have to bring your personal fooling around with some rough
values to work, I insist--for draft thoughts and ... get into it.
yourselves and for the company. What begins as basic
We move further, dig deeper recommendations soon becomes
and at last the room shifts; a blazing indictment about every
everyone can feel the message wrong move made that I think
finally sink in. "I'll never be able poses a threat to Microsoft's
to see my job the same way continued viability as the
again," says one, shaking her leading market contender. At
head and others, markedly one point, I write, "There isn't
including Orlando, agree. an empire in history that thought
Game. Set. Match. Whew. THE they were going to fall before
NEXT DAY they fell."
Microsoft is a juicy new client "That's good," I say out loud
for my company and since I had and, brimming with positive self
to be in Redmond anyway, I've -reinforcement, continue to
agreed to stay and facilitate feverishly type away. Not that I
another session later that week have any intention of sending
for a different group. On the day any of it; I'm just warming up
"Freedom," "Spirituality," in between I'm talking with the laptop.
"Altruism." I say, now pretend M i k e C r e a m e r , O r l a n d o ' s "You know what your problem
I'm one of your employees and b u s i n e s s m a n a g e r , w h e n is, Orlando? ... " I pound out,
tell me what that means to me. Orlando walks up. "The last two nodding and cackling to myself.
They respond with the likes of days have had a lot of impact on Hours later, I've finally got it all
"I have core values of freedom, me," he says. "I want you to put out of my system. I lean back to
spirituality and altruism. So some thoughts together about stretch before starting on the
where are we going, my people? how it can impact the entire real e-mail. And watch in horror
We are going to whack the snot company." as some deviant muscle memory
out of sales projections! We are "That was nice," I offer after he causes a finger to leap up
going to crush anyone in our leaves. "I should do that." entirely of its own accord and
way like the insects they are! "He means do it now," Mike press the Send button.
What you need to do is work advises. "Orlando's leaving early OhmyGOD!
harder, work faster and work t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g f o r a Great. Just great. What seemed
more!" strategic planning session with like pithy insight a minute ago
Sigh. Let's try it again. Take 17. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer has been transformed with a
The next morning I tell them to and wants to take it with him." single twitchy digit into client
go ahead and call Security now I don't get to the hotel until relationship suicide. "I'll handle
because I'm not leaving until about 11:00 that night, when I this one," I'd bragged to my own
they get it. If you really want to r e m e m b e r I ' v e p r o m i s e d
meet sales and revenue targets Orlando the email. I start BURY page 9
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constantly, take a lot of good
shots and one day you’ll wake
up and realize you know how to
play the game. Then it’s only a
matter of time before you hit a
game-winning basket.
2. The Truth About Bubbles
There are three important things
to know about a bubble. First,
there isn’t just one bubble, there
are many. The bubbles in
housing, stocks, venture capital
funding, private company
valuations, real estate and
employment have all impacted
the market over the past ten
decades.
Today I’m sensing a bubble in
angel investing, and some
people say there is a bubble in
gold. I don’t sense a venture
capital, stock market or M&A
bubble right now.
In fact, startup companies are
being bought for what I would
describe as “the high end of
normal.” Over the next three
years we will see an M&A
bubble as large companies
deploy mountains of cash to buy
startups that are strong in some
combination of revenue, brand
and customers.
To recap: there are many
bubbles, and they can be
moving in different directions at
the same time.
Second, bubbles are in a state
of inflation or defalation most of
the time. It’s common for them
to expand and contract before a
bust. For example, we hand
multiple up and downs before
the dotcom burst in 2000.
We’ve had two major runs ups
during the current Web 2.0
bubble, which I will get into in
section four: “what to do when
the bubble expands.”
Finally, the third thing to
remember is that no one--and I
do mean no one--can reliably
predict when the bubble will
actually pop. However, savvy
people have pattern recognition
that lets them know when things
are over and under valued--thus
letting themselves make a well
timed move (which allows them
to take above average shots).
3. The Truth about Great
companies
Great companies grow despite
the bubble expansion or
deflation. During the recent
financial crisis (think: 2007 to
2009), strong companies like
Facebook, Twitter and Zynga
grew significantly. In fact,
during this period the “big
three” doubled in size--multiple
times!
Additionally, the “big three”
raised a ton of money at
“bubbly” valuations while the
country was in a panic.
After the dotcom bubble burst
companies like Google crushed
it. It’s important to note that
Google’s growth was right after
a crisis in our industry (as
opposed to the recent crisis
which was based on real estate).
Consumers will embrace a great
product in any market.
To be sure, some products do
better in down markets
(discount airlines), while others
do better in up markets (private
aviation), but technology
adoption is generally resistant to
these trends.
Why?
Simple: technology tends to
improve the lives of people and
companies[ ]by saving them
time and money, by increasing
their ability to communicate or
learn, or at the very least
entertain them.
4. What to do when the bubble
expands
When the bubble is expanding
rational entrepreneurs should
focus on three things: a) raise a
lot of money at a large
valuation, b) getting a lot of
customers (who are willing to
spend), and c) selling.
We’ve had two expansions in
the tech industry recently. The
first run up occurred when folks
like T.Rowe Price, Fidelity and
Legg Mason decided to invest
tens of millions of dollars in
promising startups like Slide
and Ning.
These investment firms
typically own publicly traded
companies, but they were doing
so well right before the financial
crisis (primarily thanks to
Google and Apple holdings)
they said “screw it, let’s invest
in the companies that *might*
become the next Google or
Apple!”
Ning and Slide were very
young businesses at the time
they raised tens of millions of
dollars (like $50m) from these
firms at valuations in the half
billion dollar range.
In fact, when I noticed this was
happening back in 2007 and
2008, I was coming off a large
B-round for Mahalo and was
tempted to go this route.
However, raising money at a
$500M valuation means you
need to sell at a $3-10B range.
If you move the goal posts that
far down the field your chances
of winning the game are greatly
reduced. That being said, even
if you have a startup short sale
(i.e. selling for less than the
valuation you did in your last
round), you basically pay back
the last round of funding first
and start splitting the money on
a percentage basis after that.
That is, if you didn’t give the
investor a multiple on their
investment.
So, if Ning and Slide raised
$50M at a $500M valuation and
were to sell for $300M they
would still make a lot of money
despite the fact that it might not
look like a win. Which is to say,
giving back the $50M and then
giving those late stage investors
10% of the $250M still leaves
you and the earlier investors
$225M in return.
This is why deep-pocket
investors, like DST and T. Rose
Price, are less valuation
sensitive: if you sell anywhere
above the amount of money you
raised from them they can’t
really lose. Sure, opportunity
cost, but not real significant
loss. They are basically free
rolling: all upside with little
downside (i.e. other than a
complete wipeout, which if that
was the expected outcome they
wouldn’t invest in the first
place, they are going to push or
make money).
Now, let’s look at selling
companies. During the dotcom
bubble I was running Silicon
Alley Reporter and it was going
amazing! We had $11.6M in
revenue in our biggest year, and
I had 70+ employees. After the
dotcom burst I had to run the
business down to a dozen people
and our revenue was under a
million. Faced with little option
(read: I was broke, exhausted
and frustrated beyond belief at
myself for not taking the $20M
offer we had a year earlier) I
sold and moved on. I had this
crazy idea that blogs could make
money. :-)
It was a fire sale and I got a
couple of years of salary. I sold
too late, and there was no way
to recreate that business. After
having that experience burned
into my memory, I thought “gee,
the next time someone offers me
tens of millions of dollars for
my business I’m going to take
it.” Which is exactly what
happend 18 months after we
started Weblogs, Inc.
Did I sell too soon? Well, given
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company's managers as I'd
saddled up for Redmond.
"Listen and learn," I'd insisted to
rolling eyes.
What am I going to do now?
What can I say? "Orlando, did
my brother just send you an e-
mail? He's back on the meds but
I'm thinking that giving him my
password wasn't such a great
idea." By now it's almost 3:00
a.m. and I'm not thinking too
clearly--although I'm real clear
I've got to get to Orlando before
that e-mail gets to the entire
Microsoft executive team as
Introducing the Gospel
According to Stan Slap. I call
the front desk and ask for a
wake-up call for 5 a.m. "That's
only two hours from now, sir,"
the desk clerk informs me
helpfully. MEANWHILE
Orlando is only hours away
from leaving for the remote
facility deep in the Oregon
woods, where Gates, Ballmer
and the company's eighty top
executives are gathered to plot
global strategies in a meeting
titled "Microsoft: Software
Dynamo." Key to the plan is
Orlando's presentation of sales
opportunities. It's one of the first
on the agenda. MEANWHILE
The hotel phone shrilly
announces the wake-up call and
I stumble back to the laptop. An
hour later I've composed a fairly
lame e-mail that informs
Orlando that while I'm not
taking anything back, one could,
of course, read what I sent a
couple of different ways--or,
better yet, one could not read it
at all. I move to send the e-mail,
intentionally this time, and can't
get online. Aaargh! Wireless
isn't available in the hotel and
I'm under the desk chiseling
through the wall with a room
service fork in search of frayed
cords when I realize I have no
time for this; I have a roomful of
people waiting for me. I glance
at the clock by the bedside and
see that the phone next to it is
off the cradle from my fumbling
it after the wake-up call, and
that's why I haven't been able to
get online. I hurriedly send the
second message to Orlando.
MEANWHILE
Orlando has already begun his
presentation--by announcing to
the room, "I don't want to talk
about sales. I want to talk about
me. I want to talk about the fact
that I can't be real in this
company."
He is greeted by stunned,
suspicious silence. This guy
looks like Orlando. This guy
sounds like Orlando. This guy is
not Orlando.
"Let me tell you a little bit about
myself, about where I come
from and how I know what's
real to me," Orlando gushes on,
in full Jerry McGuire mode. "If
I can't live my own deepest
values at work, and if we can't
be real to ourselves and to each
other, then how are we ever
going to be real to our
customers?" he pleads.
Silence.
Orlando goes for the big close.
"There isn't an empire in history
that thought it was going to fall
before it fell."
Silence. And the room
explodes.
The eighty top managers in the
company rise to give him a five-
minute standing ovation.
Everybody is lustily cheering--
"I'm hurting, too!" Everybody
except Bill Gates, who sits
glaring stonily at him.
"You just did a very bad thing,
Orlando," Gates says. "You just
said we are bad people. We are
not bad people."
"Bill," Orlando says, "if that's
what you can say to me after
your top eighty executives just
gave me a standing ovation, I
don't belong in this company,"
and starts to walk out . "Wait a
minute, wait a minute!" yells
Ballmer. MEANWHILE
"I wonder how it's going with
Orlando," I ponder idly,
chewing a croissant during a
break in my own morning's
meeting. TODAY
Eighteen-year Microsoft
veteran and Senior Vice
President Pieter Knook was
formerly president of the Asia
Pacific region and now manages
one of the company's seven
major business units. "I was in
the [Bury My Heart at
Conference Room B] meeting
earlier that week so I knew what
Orlando was trying to do. I just
couldn't believe he was trying to
do it here. We were searching
for strategies to make more
money and the guy in charge of
worldwide sales was saying that
we didn't even have a clear
sense of why any of us were at
the company, but he was sure it
wasn't the strategy and it wasn't
the money. It got very, very
tense in that room."
"I was given an hour and a half
for my talk," says Orlando. "It
lasted twenty minutes. I said
shame on us for putting
ourselves in the position we're
in, taking this kind of fire about
our business practices and our
integrity. We can't be different
on the outside than we are as
people on the inside. I said I
personally feel my values are
being compromised and I will
not be part of that, no matter
what."
"At first, Bill felt personally
attacked, thinking what he had
built in his company was being
threatened. It was exactly the
opposite," insists Knook. "It was
an amazing moment, a positive
impact on the entire executive
staff of a large company. We
decided we were going to spend
all our time on this instead of
the planned agenda since
anything else seemed irrelevant
at that point. From here was
born the reincarnation of what
we think the company is about
and that it starts with us as
human beings."
"I was very troubled the night
before," admits Orlando. "I kept
9
questioning why I suddenly felt
compelled to say these things
out loud. My answer was that
you cannot wave a hand and
say, 'Today I'm not but
tomorrow I am.' Where do you
draw the line? I had done a lot
of thinking that week and I kept
arriving at 'You can't escape
from yourself.'"
He shakes his head. "Right
before I started, I remember
thinking, 'Let's see how real this
company is.' The last thing I
expected was the reaction I got.
People were standing up and
clapping and I didn't know what
to do. There were people crying.
It was the most bizarre thing I've
ever seen.
"Where does the bond come
from that creates common
purpose?" he poses. "I agree that
belief in a cause starts with
believing in who you are as an
individual. Every individual is
capable of leaving a legacy," he
says. "That legacy comes from
being real at all times. The only
person who can determine
relevancy to yourself is you."
"How does it feel to do that?" I
ask. Orlando's eyes begin to
narrow with trademark intensity
and ...
He smiles deeply. "I feel
liberated."
Stan Slap has revolutionized
performance for many of the
world's most demanding
organizations. His international
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the amount of the sale of
Weblogs Inc there was no way
to lose. AOL was willing to pay
a massive premium for the
company (Jim Bankoff called it
a “power buy”), and we were
poor. In fact, I was down to my
last high society (aka 10 dimes,
aka $10,000) and had just
proposed to my wife.
The market was hot, but not red
hot. It didn’t matter, because I’d
learned my lesson and I wanted
the money now. The dotcom era
was enough risk. Besides, I
knew I would have five more
great ideas in the next couple of
years--which is exactly what has
happened.
No one can time the markets
perfectly, but when you sense
they are hot RAISE MONEY or
SELL. Now, selling can come in
the form of a full-on sale, an
IPO or by selling a percentage
of your stock to a bigger fish
(i.e. DST, aka “the Russians”).
5. What to do when the Bubble
Pops
When the bubble pops rational
entrepreneurs build value. This
can be done a number of
different ways including:
deploying capital raised during
the hot market, stealing talent
when companies do layoffs,
taking market share and
CIA Software Developer Goes Open Source, Instead
Noah Shachtman (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:40:00 AM
building your brand.
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
and Zynga all raised big money
during the hot market, and they
are deploying it in the largely
“rational market” we’re in now.
This means they can buy traffic,
billboards and talent for
reasonable prices. Well, that last
part about talent--at least in the
Valley--is probably not true.
Talent in the Valley is
overpriced 90% of the time--as
it should be/just like the exits! :-
) of money at high valuation
The behavior of VCs angels in
a down market is typically
panic. One of the best times to
be a VC was right after the
dotcom bubble popped. Sadly,
most VCs were curled up in a
ball with their blankies crying
for their mommies during this
time. Those who did deploy
capital did so at $3-10M first
and second round valuations,
and frequently with multiple
liquidation preferences.
Angels generally invest when
they feel rich, for example when
the stock market and housing
market is booming. Angels
generally stop investing when
the stock and housing market
crashes because--wait for it--
they feel poor.
As such, raising money in a
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down market is a losing
proposition for entrepreneurs. I
don’t recommend raising money
in a down market, and if you
have to than raise the minimum
you need to get by.
6. In Summary
a) The growth of your
important metrics--like revenue
and usage--have little to do with
the bubble. b) Ignore the
markets and obsess over
customers. c) Don’t raise money
in a down market d) Raise a lot
when you can--even if you don’t
need the money. e) If you are
poor, middle class or otherwise
not rich you should sell when
the market is hot. Immediately
sell if things are red hot. f) If
you are rich already, you have
earned the right to gamble a
little. Feel free to risk the
certainty of selling when the
market is hot in favor of selling
when the market is red hot. That
being said, single and doubles
win pennants--not home runs. g)
Build value in a down market--
do not go on vacation to
Thailand and wait for the market
to come back because you’ll be
too late.
Respect to my Samurai and my
condolences to rice pickers,
JCal
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Boulder tomorrow night.
Note3: We are now on
MailChimp, which means you
should actually get this email (as
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One Chart That Proves
The Oil Spill Really
Was Overblown
Gus Lubin (Business Insider)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:32:00 PM
As promised, the government
has released a report saying the
oil spill is a relatively minor
event.
Of 4.9 billion barrels
discharged, 17% was captured
straight from the wellhead. Five
percent was burned, 3% was
skimmed, and 8% was dispersed
with non-toxic chemicals.
Another 16% dispersed
naturally and 25% evaporated or
dissolved. This portion isn't
vitamin C, but it is certifiably
harmless.
Only 26% of the oil remains in
the water. This portion exists as
light sheen, tar balls, or buried
mud: forms that are unlikely to
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THE APPLE INVESTOR: Torch Has Nothin' On The iPhone

But Apple May Be Too Reliant On The Latter (AAPL)
Heather Leonard (Business has become too reliant on the and Jim Cramer is throwing up
Insider) iPhone and that the iPad will his arms. Long term however,
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:32:00 PM face competition at an earlier he's a buyer.
stage than the iPhone Daily Trader: An ETF For All
The Apple Investor is a daily experienced. The saving grace is Smartphone Seasons(The Street)
report from SAI. Sign up that the smartphone and portable One of the safer ways to play
here to receive it by email. computing market will grow the smartphone wars is to pick a
AAPL Sliding In Up Market quite quickly. fund that adequately covers a
Despite private employment Research In Motion's New wide variety of products
showing a modest pickup in Torch Won't Impact iPhone allowing fund performance to be
hiring, shares of AAPL are Sales(CNBC) linked to the flourishing
trading sideways. Future Tavis McCourt, analyst at smartphone sector as a whole.
catalysts for Apple stock Morgan Keegan, talks on Fast One option would be to play
include monthly NPD Money about Research in iShares S&P North American
data (Mac / iPod business); Motion's new phone, the Torch. Technology-Multimedia
iPhone unit updates and AT&T Does it have enough bells and Networking index Fund (IGN).
exclusivity expiration; iPad w h i s t l e s t o c o m p e t e w i t h Top five holdings are Juniper
shipment ramp and international Apple's iPhone? Tavis doubts it rapidly and capturing most of enterprise.
Networks, Motorola,
expansion; new content revenue will have a direct impact on the profits. Apple's price minus Jim Cramer Has No Idea What
Qualcomm, Cisco and Research
streams such as video and iPhone sales given Apple's cash holdings to earnings ratio is To Do With Apple
in Motion.
books; and possible entry into unique user base. He believes approaching historic lows (15x) Stock(CNBC)
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of Apple TV. AAPL trades m o r e a t r i s k a r e L G a n d 75% average earnings growth pounded in this volatile and
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Apple Too Reliant On The Thought(Forbes) Consumer(Forbes) Apple is getting hammered by
Allowing Android To Grow
iPhone(BoomBustBlog) There's no way Microsoft's the technicals. But Apple might
A few Apple charts you can't • THE APPLE INVESTOR:
Reggie Middleton talks about live without ( some of which we tablet is an iPad killer. Windows be headed for something big
Wall Street Rates Macs' Back-
just how vulnerable Apple is to have as well). Some interesting 7 is designed for someone soon; which direction is
To-School Makeover
either a compression of margin tidbits: Apple's inclusion of long sitting at a desk with a mouse anyone's guess. There is a
• THE APPLE INVESTOR:
on the iPhone or a slowdown in -term securities in cash, if and keyboard. Microsoft can bullish pennant pattern building,
Wall Street Passing Apple A
sales. The iPhone represents excluded Apple's cash has been succeed in the tablet arena but but Apple right now is at the top
September Quarter Layup
45% of the revenues, however it declining since 2008. Pure play not by competing directly with of that, which isn't a great sign.
is responsible for about 70% of smartphone vendors ( HTC, the iPad. It needs to play to its It's actually a sign to sell.
the profits. He believes Apple Apple and RIM) are growing own strengths and that is in the Basically, the stock is confused
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Fflick Tracks Movie Buzz Among Your Twitter Friends (Hope

They Have Good Taste!)
Dan Nosowitz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:04:11 AM
Fflick(spelled correctly, to my
endless editorial discomfort) is a
new service that collects
sentiment on Twitter, positive or
negative, as regards movies. It
organizes those tweets based on
movies that are in theaters now
or that are coming soon, so you
can get a nice quick at-a-glance
look at the public opinion on
individual films--a nice new use
of Twitter.
The neat thing about Fflick is
that it only looks at your
individual friends list. Sure,
those Twilight movies may have
made a bundle and inspired
endless chatter on Twitter about
that one dude's bangin'
cheekbones, but you don't
necessarily share that opinion,
and chances are, your friends
don't either.
Click on one of the movie
posters, and you'll be taken to a
page that consists of
consolidated tweets about that
movie. That's pretty useful if
you follow, say, Roger Ebert or
Doug Benson (which you
should), since those are both
experts (or sort-of-experts) who
have an opinion on pretty much
every movie. And if you refuse
to follow movie experts, Fflick
will provide a list of
recommended tweets from its
own favorites.
The site also categorizes tweets
into positive or negative
reactions. TechCrunch notes
that the system works pretty
well, although mentioning a
ex-Digg fellows, so they know
what it takes to succeed in the
social media world.
There was a bit of a kerfuffle
earlier today--it seems Fflick by
default accessed users' accounts
and posted self-promotional
tweets, which users
understandably found upsetting.
But, notes the site's founder,
that's all been taken care of--the
feature is no longer left checked
by default. We'll give them the
benefit of the doubt, as the fast
response time is encouraging,
and chalk that up to first-day
movie without emotion ("seeing jitters. You can check out Fflick
Best Worst Movie tonight") here.
would result in a positive count, Dan Nosowitz, the author of
though it's really not. this post, can be followed on
Fflick will eventually sell its Twitter, corresponded with via
data to studios, giving them a email, and stalked in San
better idea of the chatter about Francisco Brooklyn (no link for
their films, and may also sell that one--you'll have to do the
both tickets and advertising. The legwork yourself).
site was founded by two of four

Technical Analyst Foresees Another 10 Years in Decline

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Bing Maps Re-Routed to Look Smarter and Calculate Your

Cab Fare
Dan Nosowitz (Fast app figures out your fare based
Company) on normal cab rates for your
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:14:59 AM area, with distance, time, and
pick-up charges all factored in.
Microsoft's Bing Maps, like It also offers the fastest route, so
Bing Search and Zune, is one of you can figure out of your
Microsoft's great underrated cabbie is trying to screw you (or
surprises. It may seem like a doesn't know what he's doing).
ripoff of a better-known product That app is available over at
(in this case, Google Maps), and Bing right now--but not for
that's not entirely inaccurate, but mobile quite yet. That's a
it's also unfair. Because Bing bummer, since it'd be perfect for
Maps is, well, pretty great. mobile use. Hopefully that'll be
Microsoft just rolled out a new coming later.
aesthetic look to its maps, Dan Nosowitz, the author of
mostly involving tones, fonts, There's also a new red, green, M i c r o s o f t S i l v e r l i g h t , out the word to encourage the this post, can be followed on
a n d c o l o r s . T h e r e ' s s o m e and yellow overlay on streets to Microsoft's answer to Flash (it's s u b m i s s i o n o f i n n o v a t i v e Twitter, corresponded with via
interesting physiology and demonstrate traffic patterns, not bad, really, but aside from additions to Bing Maps, with the email, and stalked in San
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Apple Sneaks Out Music Streaming

Kit Eaton (Fast Company) notes for the recently updated on your phone. You're still
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:34:00 PM version of its iDisk app for limited to files you actually
iPhones, Apple's let its "devices already own, note, and there's
Apple spent a bunch of cash on stream music from [iTunes] no particular sophistication like
Lala, and recent rumors have online storage in a useful playlist integration, but it's
surfaced that the team has been manner for the first time." definitely cloud-based MP3
absorbed into a different part of Robertson notes that it might streaming. Robertson notes that
Apple than you'd expect--they appear to be in contravention of this really "stretches" the record
may be working on a video the usual licenses required to labels position on audio file
streaming power, ready to stream music versus download streaming, so we'll have to see if
deliver content to iPads and a it. any of them get litigious, and
revamped Apple TV. But with By tinkering with the list of force Apple to pull the app's
s o m e i D i s k s h e n a n i g a n s , features of the newest iDisk powers (or perhaps charge for
Apple's just done something version on the App Store, you And that means pretty much background, you can now plop a the privilege of streaming).
surprising. can find this bullet point among what you think it does. As part file in your cloud-storage iDisk To keep up with this news
The news surfaced at Michael its many other specs: Play audio of iOS4's new multitasking folder, and stream it via the iPod follow me, Kit Eaton, on
Robertson's blog, where he from your iDisk while using powers, which are particularly app while you're doing Twitter.
notes that buried in the release another app aligned to playing audio in the something completely different

This Bank Is Thinking About Quitting London After 10 Years

Of Record Profits
Gregory White (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:30:00 PM
Standard Chartered, the UK
based investment bank known
for its emphasis on emerging
markets, is under pressure from
its shareholders to leave London
due to the impending rise in
regulations and taxes on banks
there, according to The
BURY
continued from page 9
Guardian.
The company reported profits
today, which were the highest
ever for the company in a six
month period. That's ten years
of record H1 profit for Standard
Chartered. Consumer banking
revenue, however, dissapointed,
and the company's shares fell on
the news, according to
Bloomberg.
The company is seriously and moving its corporate center
considering leaving London,
to Asia, where it gets 75% of its
earnings from. Standard
Chartered is already listed in
India, and is now considering a
listing in Shanghai.
The bank was involved in the
recent IPO of the Agricultural
Bank of China.
This news should be unerving
for London regulators. Many of
its banks can't really leave, such
as Lloyds and RBS, but foreign
banks like JPMorgan have
already suggested they may be
going. To lose a growth bank
associated with the country
throughout its history would be
a serious rebuke to government
policies, not to mention tax
revenues.
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Solar Market Forecasted to Grow to $78 Billion
By 2015
Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:08:27 AM
Spain's solar industry may be
about to fall apart, but the same
can't be said for the U.S. solar
market, which is expected to
balloon from $9.8 billion today
to $78.1 billion by 2015. During
the same time period, solar
investments will jump from
$22.4 billion to $61.1 billion,
according to a new report from
Environmental Leader Insights.
The report lists some other
encouraging statistics for the
industry: global solar generation
CHART OF THE DAY: Here's America's Nightmare Austerity
Scenario
Gregory White and Kamelia
Angelova (Business Insider)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:44:00 PM
The Congressional Budget
Office has released their report
on the threat of a fiscal crisis in
the U.S. and it makes for
informative reading. Most
interesting would be the CBO's
two conflicting visions for
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will increase from 17.0 billion
kilowatt hours in 2010 to 95.0
billion kw/hour in 2015, and
U.S. solar generation will
increase from 4.4 billion
kilowatt hours in 2010 to 15.3
where the country's debt levels
are headed, and what actions
will need to be taken to prevent
a fiscal crisis in either outcome.
According to the CBO, if the
government follows its baseline
scenario for spending, there will
need to be additional cuts to
spending of 1% of GDP to y e a r s . I n t h e a l t e r n a t i v e
prevent an increase in the U.S. scenario, the government would
debt to GDP ratio in the next 25
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Germany by 2015.
Not everything is looking up.
The German solar market could
drop by 57% thanks to
reductions in subsidies. That
lack of subsidies may also affect
the world market. But overall,
we're encouraged by EL
Insights' research--as long as the
smart grid can keep pace with
solar growth. If it doesn't, we
might end up with a power grid
that can't handle all the solar
energy being tossed its way.
Ariel Schwartz can be reached
on Twitter or by email.
need to make cuts equal to 5%
of GDP.
The baseline scenario is
spending under current law. The
alternative scenario includes
changes to law that are
anticipated by the CBO (this
includes the extension of the
Bush tax cuts and increased
Medicare spending).
In either case, the government
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economy, that seems unlikely.
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ACLJ Petitions to Stop Ground Zero Mosque

(The Christian Post RSS Feed Place that a Muslim group wants government attempt to deny religious freedom to everyone
| Society) to convert into a mosque and private citizens the right to build would be a backward step.
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:27:33 AM Islamic community center. a house of worship on private "Now is not the time for us to Android-based Archos
Landmark status would have property based on their reverse over 200 years of 32 media player now
A c o n s e r v a t i v e g r o u p i s made it difficult for the group to particular religion?" he posed on America’s tradition of religious
p r e p a r i n g l e g a l a c t i o n t o build the center there. Governors Island with the freedom – the consequences not available for pre-order
challenge a vote on Tuesday that Thousands have protested the Statue of Liberty in full sight. just for us, but the world, would Donald Melanson (Engadget)
cleared the way for a mosque to proposed "mega mosque," "That may happen in other be dire." Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:54:00 PM
be built near the site of the Sept. arguing that an Islamic center countries, but we should never Others, meanwhile, are troubled
11 attacks. just two blocks away from allow it to happen here." by the project and have There's no actual pictures of
"It has been clear from the Ground Zero is insensitive and "With or without landmark questioned the Muslim group's this one just yet, but if you feel
beginning that the city has insulting to the families of the 9/ designation," he added, "there's motive. like taking a chance (or have
engaged in a rush to push this 11 victims. nothing in the law that would Nearly 26,000 people have faith in all things Archos) you
project through-ignoring proper Though the Cordoba Initiative, prevent the owners from signed an online petition on the can now pre-order the as-yet-
p r o c e d u r e a n d i g n o r i n g a the group behind the $100 opening a mosque within the ACLJ website, declaring "no unannounced Archos 32 media
g r o w i n g n u m b e r o f N e w million project, says the purpose existing building. This building mosque at Ground Zero." player from JR.com. This one is
Yorkers and other Americans of building the mosque and is private property and the The petition claims that the decidedly more portable than
who don't believe this site is the center is to promote integration owners have a right to use the mosque is financially backed by Archos' recent Android-based
place to build a mosque," said and tolerance and to improve building as a house of worship. an investor with reported ties to devices, and packs a 3.2-inch
Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of M u s l i m - W e s t r e l a t i o n s , The government has no right terrorism. touchscreen, an 800MHz ARM
the American Center for Law opponents say the project would whatsoever to deny that right. "[R]eports indicate that Imam Cortex A8 processor, 8GB of
and Justice. "We're poised to file mark a victory for those who And if it were tried, the courts Rauf was one of the key storage, WiFi, a built-in camera
legal action on behalf of our sought to terrorize the American would almost certainly strike it financiers of the Gaza-bound and microphone, and Android
client to challenge this flawed people. down as a violation of the U.S. flotilla that recently carried 2.1 for an OS (upgradeable to
decision and put a stop to this New York City Mayor Michael Constitution." terrorists determined to attack Android 2.2). Not too shabby
project." Bloomberg defended the project One Texas evangelical has Israel!" the petition states. for $149.99, and J&R will even
The ACLJ is representing New in a speech shortly after the expressed support for the "As radical Islam continues its knock of three bucks off the list
York City firefighter Timothy commission's vote. controversial project. bold and deadly march to erase price if you order now.
Brown, a first responder who Calling it an important test of Pastor Bob Roberts of freedom from the face of the Android-based Archos 32
survived the 2001 terrorist the separation of church and Northwood Church in Keller earth, we must determine who media player now available for
attacks but lost nearly 100 state, Bloomberg said they stressed, "What we do here we will honor: America’s fallen pre-order originally appeared on
friends. It is planning to file a would be untrue to who they are impacts what we are allowed to 9/11 victims or the terrorists Engadget on Wed, 04 Aug 2010
petition in state court alleging a s N e w Y o r k e r s a n d a s do around the globe." who attacked them?" 12:54:00 EDT. Please see our
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Berlusconi wins censure motion (AP)

(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) abstained from the voting. Fini's with Fini played out with Fini says his lawmakers will
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:39:25 PM 33 deputies formed their own venomous accusations on both support the government when it
breakaway parliamentary group sides. Fini, currently serving as carries out the joint electoral
R O M E – P r e m i e r S i l v i o in the wake of the breakup, speaker of the lower house, had platform under which the
Berlusconi on Wednesday p o t e n t i a l l y d e p r i v i n g been an ally since Berlusconi's coalition was voted into power
s u r v i v e d h i s f i r s t t e s t i n Berlusconi's coalition of a entry into politics 16 years ago in 2008. But he says they will
parliament since the breakup majority in the lower house. and is the co-founder of the oppose it when they consider its
The Unemployment Rate
with a powerful ally, a victory Wednesday's decision to People of Freedom party. policies unjust or against the May Be Sliding, But
that leaves his conservative abstain kept Berlusconi afloat The two had bickered for common good. Food Stamp Use Isn't
government safely in place at b u t a l s o s h o w e d t h a t t h e months on a number of issues, Berlusconi has issued Gregory White (Money Game)
least until after the summer. premier's grip is loosening and most notably morality in politics reassurances that his
But the vote also exposed the gave a measure of Fini's clout. in the wake of scandals hitting government is stable. But in Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:53:33 AM

erosion of Berlusconi's majority Fini's lawmakers sided with a coalition members. Fini has recent days he has also warned
The labor market continues to
after the split with longtime ally group of centrist and moderate taken a harsher stance than that he will push for early
be the key concern of all those
Gianfranco Fini, possibly giving deputies, bringing the number of Berlusconi, demanding that elections at the first sign of
watching the American
the Italian leader a taste of abstentions to 75. That is a public officials suspected of trouble.
economy, with the jobs report
troubles to come after the significant force in the 630- corruption resign. In case of a government
due on Friday. But what about
holiday break. member lower house, and there Wednesday's censure motion collapse, the president of the
the further impact of high
In a highly-anticipated vote in has been speculation that the targeted Justice Ministry republic might seek to put a
unemployment, and the
the lower house of parliament, lawmakers would merge into a Undersecretary Giacomo caretaker government in place
programs the government has
Berlusconi's lawmakers defeated single party. Caliendo, who has been or call early elections.
had to expand to meet the needs
an opposition censure motion Abstaining "is quite enough to entangled in a probe looking Italian analysts say that if the
of those without jobs?
against a government official signal that this is a major into a secret association of election is held very soon
The reality of the country's
implicated in a corruption p r o b l e m i n B e r l u s c o n i ' s powerful figures allegedly Berlusconi might benefit
population now in need of food
scandal. majority. What is going to seeking to influence politics and because this would leave little
stamps is daunting. And while
T h e 2 9 9 - 2 2 9 v o t e w a s happen next is very difficult to justice. Caliendo has denied time for Fini to organize his
unemployment may have
p a r l i a m e n t ' s l a s t p o l i t i c a l foretell," said Giovanni Orsina, wrongdoing, and has refused to challenge. The main leftist
recovered slightly, a similar
significant act until September. political science professor at resign. opposition party is also seen as a
recovery in those people
It was seen as a test of strength Rome's LUISS university. Last week, Berlusconi accused weak contender.
requiring food stamps has yet to
for Berlusconi. "Maybe they will still find a Fini of mounting an opposition The government's term ends in
be seen.
"This is a signal that we're way to work together," he said, from within and working against 2013.
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Lurie says Vick guilty of mistake in judgment

(AP)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) Quanis Phillips — a co- Michael had his birthday party, Donovan McNabb was traded
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:52:32 PM defendant in Vick's federal which was a mistake for him to to Washington in the offseason.
dogfighting case.
B E T H L E H E M , P a . – "If there was wrongdoing, there
be at, there were four
independent investigations. If
Vick was expected to play a
major role in Philadelphia's
Goldman Sachs
Philadelphia Eagles owner was no way we were to continue
Jeffrey Lurie said Michael with Michael in his career,"
any of those four investigations
turned up any wrongdoing, there
offense last year, but he wasn't
much of a factor. Vick
Up 1% After
Vick's mistake in judgment Lurie said. "There's no question would've been no tolerance to completed 6 of 13 passes for 86 Spinoff News
shouldn't be confused with any on that. It was just waiting for that." yards and one touchdown and Joe Weisenthal (Money
wrongdoing. the facts to come in." Vick is comfortable knowing ran for 95 yards and two scores, Game)
NFL commissioner Roger Vick called his conversation all his actions will be scrutinized getting most of his action in a
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:12:28 AM
Goodell told Vick on Tuesday with Goodell "great" and said closely and that he can't afford variation of the wildcat
he will not face disciplinary he's relieved that he can now any mistakes. formation. He tossed a 76-yard The news of the spinoff of
action following a shooting at focus on football. "It's not difficult living a zero- TD pass in a 34-14 loss to Goldman's prop trading unit isn't
the quarterback's birthday party "I understand everything that tolerance life," he said. "You've Dallas in the playoffs. having much of an impact on its
in late June. I'm supposed to be doing and got guys walking around doing "If you look at my life over the stock.
Lurie spoke to reporters that I'm out here to do," Vick it every day. You've got the last year, I've been trying to do It was up 1% before the news
Wednesday for the first time said. other 52 guys on the team doing all of the right things, whether broke, and it's up 1%
since that incident. Questions When the Eagles signed Vick to the same thing, living a life that it's in the community or on the afterwords.
about Vick dominated his a two-year contract last August they are supposed to lead, field, or with my family," Vick Join the conversation about this
annual state of the team address. after he finished an 18-month enjoying themselves, and doing said. "And I think that's what it's story »
"Nothing he did was factually sentence in federal prison, he the right thing, and that's what all about. I'm having fun. I had
creating any wrongdoing," Lurie was told he has no margin for it's all about. It's not hard to live the most fun in the last year than
said. "He shouldn't have been error. Vick was a model citizen a zero-tolerance life. You just I've had in the last eight years
there, but he was trying to off the field and in the locker put yourself in the right I've been playing football. I'm
appease some people from his room during his first season positions at all times and think just happy to be in the situation
old neighborhood and family." with the Eagles. He was popular through situations thoroughly." I'm in, I'm blessed, and I just
The NFL and the Eagles looked among his teammates, who Vick is trying to rejuvenate his have to keep moving forward."
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Feisal Abdul Rauf, the Imam Behind the 'Ground

Zero Mosque' (Time.com)
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) Christians - from the Ottoman written extensively on Islam and excoriated for some perceived
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:05:00 AM Empire.)(Comment on this its place in modern society and reluctance to condemn Hamas
story.) often argues that American and accused of being an
The last legal hurdle to the With city authorities now out of democracy is the embodiment of extremist himself. If anything,
proposed Islamic center near the the way, it is the people Islam's ideal society. (One of his this browbeating of a moderate
site of the World Trade Center spearheading the project who books is titled What's Right with Muslim empowers the narrative
George Clooney
has been removed, but must bear the enormous Islam Is What's Right with promoted by al-Qaeda: that the Happily Shares a Coffee
ignorance, bigotry and politics pressure to give up their plans America.) He is a contributor to West loathes everything about With John Malkovich
are more formidable obstacles. and scrap the building. They are the Washington Post's On Faith Islam and will stop at nothing to PopSugar (PopSugar)
The unanimous vote Tuesday, being accused of sympathizing blog, and the stated aim of his destroy it.(See Daisy Khan
Aug. 3, by the New York City with the men who crashed the organization, the Cordoba explain the role of women Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:00 AM

L a n d m a r k s P r e s e r v a t i o n planes on 9/11 and of designing Initiative, is "to achieve a leaders in Islam.)

George Clooney continued
Commission means the building t h e p r o j e c t a s , i n N e w t tipping point in Muslim-West Rauf and Khan have said
shooting his new Nespresso
that currently occupies 45-47 Gingrich's reckoning, "an act of relations within the next decade, Park51 - envisaged as a 15-story
commercial in Milan yesterday,
Park Place can be torn down, triumphalism." steering the world back to the structure, including a mosque,
and John Malkovich was there
clearing the way for Park51, a And yet Park51's main movers, course of mutual recognition cultural center and auditorium -
to join the fun. John headed to
project known to its critics as Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his and respect and away from will promote greater interfaith
Italy after a stint in Chicago,
the "Ground Zero Mosque." wife Daisy Khan, are actually heightened tensions." His Indian dialogue. The furor over the
where he filmed Transformers 3
Criticism spans the gamut, from the kind of Muslim leaders right -born wife is an architect and a project only underlines how
with hard-working Shia
the ill-informed anguish of those -wing commentators fantasize recipient of the Interfaith Center desperately it is needed.
LaBeouf and Patrick Dempsey.
who mistakenly view Islam as a b o u t : m o d e r n i s t s a n d Award for Promoting Peace and See TIME's Pictures of the
George spent his afternoon
t h e m a l e v o l e n t f o r c e t h a t moderates who openly condemn Interfaith Understanding.(Can Week.
smiling for the camera while his
brought down the towers to the the death cult of al-Qaeda and Sufism defuse terrorism?) See the Cartoons of the Week.
girlfriend, Elisabetta Canalis,
ill-considered opportunism of its adherents - ironically, just the Since 9/11, Western "experts" View this article on Time.com
took care of business elsewhere.
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Manhattan was known as Little The Kuwaiti-born Rauf, 52, is pundits elsewhere. Their cause
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Syria and was inhabited by Arab the imam of a mosque in New is not helped when someone like
commercial, just read more.
immigrants - Muslims and York City's Tribeca district, has Rauf finds himself being
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Russian Orthodox Leader: Pray for Focus on the Family

Rain as Deadly Wildfires Rage Lays Off 110 Workers
(The Christian Post RSS Feed second only to the Roman June and July saw the affected (The Christian Post RSS Feed 2008. In 2008, 149 people were
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Submitted at 8/3/2010 10:40:06 PM Christian denomination s. temperatures since records Submitted at 8/3/2010 2:09:11 PM were left unfilled. Then in 2009,
“I call upon everyone to unite in began. The Emergencies 75 positions were cut. Both
Russian Orthodox Patriarch prayer for rain to descend on our Ministry said the “unfavorable Focus on the Family laid off workforce downsizes were due
Kirill is urging Christians to earth,” added the patriarch, weather” made more fires likely, 110 workers last week, the to decreased donations because
pray for rain as wildfires whose call coincided with the as temperatures were set to soar group’s spokesman said of the economic crisis.
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Obama says "long battle" in Gulf close to end
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:35:11 PM
A remotely operated robotic
arm is pictured at work near the
containment capping stack, in
this image captured from a BP
live video feed from the Gulf of
Mexico August 3, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/BP/Handout
By Deborah Zabarenko and
Caren Bohan
WASHINGTON| Wed Aug 4,
2010 1:35pm EDT
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - BP
Plc claimed "a significant
milestone" in efforts to plug its
broken Gulf of Mexico well for
good on Wednesday, as the U.S.
government said nearly three-
fourths of the spilled crude been
dispersed or captured or had
evaporated.
"The long battle to stop the leak
and contain the oil is finally
close to coming to an end," said
President Barack Obama, whose
approval ratings have been hurt
by his administration's
perceived slow response to the
spill.
BP's mile-deep Macondo well
ruptured after an oil rig
exploded and sank on April 20,
leaking millions of barrels of oil
into the ocean for nearly three
months in the world's worst
accidental marine spill.
After months of setbacks in
efforts to permanently plug the
well, BP said heavy drilling
mud injected into it on Tuesday
was stemming the flow of crude.
The next step in the "static kill"
procedure will be to pump in
cement behind the mud as a
seal.
The static kill is part of a two-
pronged strategy to kill the well
for good. A relief well is due to
intercept the ruptured well shaft
in mid-August so that more mud
and cement can be injected into
it.
Welcoming the government
report titled "What Happened to
the Oil?", Carol Browner,
Obama's energy adviser, told
ABC's "Good Morning
America" show, "We do feel
like this is an important turning
point."
U.S. scientists said in the report
that burning, skimming and
direct recovery had removed
one quarter of the oil, another 25
percent had naturally evaporated
or dissolved, and 24 percent had
been dispersed, either naturally
or chemically.
The rest was either on or just
beneath the water's surface as
"light sheen or weathered
tarballs," had washed ashore or
was buried in sand and
sediments at the sea bottom,
they said.
However, more than 1 million
barrels of oil remains in the
Gulf, four times the estimated
257,000 barrels that spilled into
Prince William Sound from the
Exxon Valdez tanker in 1989.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
The financial implications for
BP's continued cleanup efforts
were not immediately clear.
Government officials have said
in the past that it will take years
to fully repair the damage
inflicted by the spilled oil,
which seeped into ecologically
sensitive wetlands and marshes.
The spill also disrupted the
livelihoods of fishermen and
tourism operators and triggered
a barrage of damages lawsuits
against BP, which has said it
will pay all legitimate claims.
Obama again vowed to hold
those responsible for the worst
oil spill in U.S. history and
make sure cleanup and recovery
work was carried out in full.
Democratic Senator Mary
Landrieu stressed that the
sealing of the well did not signal
an end to the disaster.
"The work has really just
begun," said Landrieu, who
represents Louisiana, one of the
states hardest-hit by the oil spill.
"The Gulf Coast needs
significant investments for
recovery and restoration, and
we're going to hold BP
accountable and we're going to
hold the federal government
accountable," she said in an
interview with Reuters Insider
television.
Earlier this week, government
scientists reported that about 5
million barrels of oil may have
leaked from the BP well before
it was temporarily capped on
July 15.
That could spell bad news for
BP, which had estimated the
well had leaked 4 million barrels
of oil and that it would be fined
$1,100 per barrel under the
Clean Water Act. It faces fines
of $4,300 per barrel if gross
negligence is proven.
Despite the good news from the
Gulf, BP shares trading in New
York slid more than 1 percent
amid apparent profit-taking by
investors.
"If they get some positive news,
investors might pull back and
take some profit, we've seen a
lot of that recently," said Alan
Lancz, president of Alan B.
Lancz & Associates Inc., an
investment advisory firm in
Toledo, Ohio.
BP has suspended dividend
payments, ringfenced $20
billion, and put billions of
dollars of its assets up for sale to
help pay for its liabilities.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp, one
of BP's partners in the well, said
on Tuesday it had secured $6.5
billion in loan commitments, in
part to pay for its liabilities.
(Additional reporting by
Rodrigo Campos in New York
and Tom Bergin in London,
Caren Bohan and Alina Selyukh
in Washington and Matthew
Lynley in New York; Writing
by Ross Colvin; Editing by
Doina Chiacu)
Aug 03, 2010 9:51pm EDT
This could be a VERY big
week for CEO Bob Dudley
Aug 04, 2010 1:02am EDT
Alkan here:
Watched the live video during
E-reader News Edition
pumping and the small “pure
mud” leak from the BOP finally
went away — suggesting the
well went off pressure due to the
heavy mud killing the well as
expected. After the cementing,
the will will be dead for millions
of years.
The formation might not be
however. The relief well will
enter it again if Admiral Allen
has his way and if it gets lost
circulation and another blow out
like the killed one it will mostly
be his fault and the fault of his
advisers.
There is only a small chance of
that happening… but look at the
small chance of the horror of the
last few months.
I suggest he get advice from
some old oil men before he
makes that final decision.
Aug 04, 2010 7:47am EDT
Admiral Allen is not i repeat an
oil man–knows nothing about
oil drilling–he is an
administrator–the technology
and knowledge that BP has
should make american
universities proud of what they
have taught our engineers
Aug 04, 2010 8:28am EDT
Oil Men- Admiral Allen didn’t
tell Halliburton to skip the
mudcap so they could have the
Deep Horizon ready for the
“safety Award” photo op- BP
did. He got involved due to BP’s
lackluster response.
Also, where this is leaking,
OBAMA page 26
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U.N. supports Israeli claim on Lebanon clash
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:46:03 PM
Israeli soldiers walk near the
border with Lebanon August 4,
2010.
Credit: Reuters/Baz Ratner
By Yara Bayoumy
BEIRUT| Wed Aug 4, 2010
1:46pm EDT
BEIRUT(Reuters) - The U.N.
peacekeeping force in south
Lebanon said on Wednesday
Israeli soldiers were operating
inside Israel when a deadly
firefight broke out with
Lebanese troops in the most
serious border violence since a
2006 war.
A day after a senior Israeli
officer, two Lebanese soldiers
and a Lebanese journalist were
killed in a rare skirmish that
raised fears of wider conflict,
Israel's military seemed keen to
show it would not be deterred
from activity in the area.
There was no repeat of
Tuesday's clash when the Israeli
army moved a crane back into
the tense frontier zone to
complete a tree-pruning mission
that had drawn Lebanese army
fire.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah,
which stayed out of the fighting,
vowed to "cut off the hand" of
Israel if it attacked the army
again. But its leader doubted the
incident would spark a war.
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said
Lebanon was responsible for the
cross-border flare-up and
threatened a forceful response to
further attacks.
"Our policy is clear, Israel
responds and will continue to
respond with force, to any attack
against its citizens and soldiers,"
Netanyahu said in a televised
speech.
In a diplomatic boost for Israel,
the U.N. peacekeeping force in
southern Lebanon (UNIFIL)
said Israeli soldiers were inside
Israeli territory when the border
clashes erupted.
"UNIFIL established ... that the
trees being cut by the Israeli
army are located south of the
Blue Line on the Israeli side,"
said UNIFIL military
spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel
Naresh Bhatt, referring to a
border line drawn by the United
Nations after Israeli troops
withdrew from southern
Lebanon in 2000.
A three-way meeting between
the Lebanese and Israeli armies
and UNIFIL was due to take
place on Wednesday night.
LEBANON BLAMES
"TREACHEROUS ENEMY"
Tuesday's violence began after
Israel soldiers used a crane to
reach over a frontier fence to
trim a tree whose branches, the
Israeli military said, were
tripping the fence's electronic
anti-infiltration devices. It said
its soldiers had stayed within
Israel and the tree was south of
the Blue Line.
Lebanese Information Minister
Tareq Mitri acknowledged that
the area was south of the line,
but said it was still Lebanese
territory. Israel and Lebanon
dispute parts of the Blue Line.
A Lebanese army official said
the military had had prior notice
of Israel's planned activity but it
had been agreed on condition
that it took place under
UNIFIL's supervision, adding
that the Israelis had gone ahead
without this.
The UNIFIL statement did not
say whether the Israeli army had
coordinated with the
peacekeepers.
On Wednesday Lebanese
troops deployed at a distance
from the site where an Israeli
crane again tore into trees and
UNIFIL troops patrolled the
adjacent border village of
Adaisseh.
Lebanese army commander
Jean Kahwaji also visited the
area and said Israeli troops had
ignored the objections of
UNIFIL and of the Lebanese
army as their patrol moved
toward the border.
"Your brave stand in the face of
the treacherous enemy ... proved
to this enemy that any
aggression on our people and
land will not pass without a
price," he told soldiers in the
south.
An Israeli colonel said the
incident was premeditated. He
told reporters in northern Israel
that Lebanese sniper fire had
immediately hit the battalion
and company commanders who
were looking on from a hill.
Mark Regev, a spokesman for
Netanyahu, said UNIFIL's
findings bore out Israel's view
that the "Lebanese attack on our
forces was both unprovoked and
unjustified."
In Lebanon's southern Christian
village of Darb es-Sim, relatives
of 31-year-old Sergeant Robert
el-Ashi, one of the two soldiers
killed on Tuesday, fainted from
grief as family members
gathered around his flag-draped
coffin.
In Jerusalem, Netanyahu
convened his security cabinet.
Tuesday's deaths were the first
on either side since the 2006
war in which 1,200 people,
mostly civilians, were killed in
Lebanon, along with 158
Israelis, mostly soldiers.
A new war could be more
devastating than the last.
Tension has risen since April,
when Israel accused Syria of
transferring long-range Scud
missiles to Hezbollah in
southern Lebanon -- an
allegation Damascus has denied.
Disturbances between UNIFIL
troops and villagers, who have
branded French U.N.
peacekeeping patrols
provocative and intrusive, have
added to unease in the south.
Israel has threatened all-out
attack on Lebanon in any new
conflict, including strikes on
Lebanese infrastructure. In 2006
it bombed bridges, fuel tanks,
News Wire/ 23
radar stations and Beirut airport,
while Hezbollah fired 4,000
rockets into Israel.
(Writing by Jeffrey Heller and
Yara Bayoumy; Additional
reporting by Douglas Hamilton
in Misgav Am, Karamallah
Daher in Adaisseh and Dan
Williams in Jerusalem, editing
by Tim Pearce)
Aug 04, 2010 5:02am EDT
h t t p : / /
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.co
m/talk/blogs/c/o/colindale/2010/
08/killings-on-the-lebanese-
borde.php?ref=reccafe
Aug 04, 2010 6:20am EDT
I guess, the Arab and Turkish
Islamic governments were busy
They didn’t bribe the UN this
time around
So, the Israelis got a fair
judgement
Aug 04, 2010 8:38am EDT
@Clarkson, I’m sure there’s a
message in what you’re “trying”
to say, though it completely
eludes me what it is since your
English is so poor. If you’re
bashing Israel’s right to be a
nation, get over it. Live in the
present and try to help the
future…Israel is not going away
as a legitimate Nation no matter
what some Muslims think/want.
So again, get over it!
Aug 04, 2010 8:47am EDT
So the correct title of the article
should be “Lebanon commits
act of war during UN mandated
ceasefire”.
U.N. page 27
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Iran's Ahmadinejad unhurt after blast near motorcade
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:18:12 AM
EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and
other foreign media are subject
to Iranian restrictions on their
ability to film or take pictures in
Tehran. Bodyguards react after
the sound of an explosion
behind the entourage of Iranian
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad as he is welcomed
to Hamadan, southwest of
Tehran, August 4, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/STR
By Robin Pomeroy
TEHRAN| Wed Aug 4, 2010
12:18pm EDT
TEHRAN(Reuters) - Iranian
President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad was unharmed
when a homemade explosive
went off near his motorcade
during a visit to the western city
of Hamadan on Wednesday, a
source in his office said.
But state media said only a
firecracker had been set off by
an young man excited to see the
president and a police chief
called news of an attack a "big
lie" spread by foreign media.
The source from Ahmadinejad's
office said the president's
convoy was targeted as he was
traveling from Hamadan airport
to give a speech in a sports
arena. The president was unhurt
but others were injured and one
person was arrested, he said.
"There was an attack this
morning. Nothing happened to
the president's car," the
presidential office source told
Reuters. "Investigations
continue ... to find out who was
behind it."
Ahmadinejad, who has cracked
down on opposition since a
disputed June 2009 presidential
election, appeared on live
Iranian television at the sports
stadium. He looked unperturbed
and made no mention of any
assault.
The populist, hardline
Ahmadinejad has accumulated
enemies in both conservative
and reformist circles in the
Islamic Republic, as well as
abroad.
But state news agency IRNA
said "an excited young man
from Hamadan exploded a
firecracker in order to express
his happiness. It did not cause
any disturbance among the
crowd which was giving a warm
welcome to the president."
The media was to blame, it
said.
"Some foreign media tried to
take advantage of this event, in
line with their goals," IRNA
said without elaborating. "Some
domestic media called this
harmless firecracker a grenade
explosion and some called it a
hand-made grenade and this led
to some ambiguity."
Iran's Deputy Police Chief
Ahmadreza Radan said foreign
news media wanted to exploit
the situation by publishing false
news.
"It's a big lie that some foreign
media published and wanted to
spread," the semi-official Fars
news agency quoted him as
saying.
Ahmadinejad's government is
facing economic pain as new
foreign sanctions imposed over
Iran's disputed nuclear energy
program bite on the world's fifth
biggest oil exporter.
Iranian leaders have responded
to the pressure by accusing the
West of plotting against the
Islamic Republic and saying
domestic opponents are in
league with foreign powers.
During a speech to a conference
of expatriate Iranians in Tehran
on Monday, Ahmadinejad said
he believed he was the target of
an assassination plot by Israel.
"The stupid Zionists have hired
mercenaries to assassinate me,"
he said.
PROVOCATIVE SPEECHES
One of Ahmadinejad's
trademarks has been constant
travel around his vast country to
deliver rousing speeches before
outwardly adoring crowds who
shout "death" to Iran's foes.
The oil market initially reacted
calmly to reports of the
attempted attack. Iran gets just
under half of its revenue from
oil and gas and would benefit
from any rise in prices.
"I expect that any backlash there
might be from Ahmadinejad
will be far more important to the
oil market than the initial attack
itself," said Paul Harris, head of
natural resources risk
management at Bank of Ireland.
But judging from the reaction
of state media, it appeared for
now that authorities were keen
to downplay the event.
Several armed groups opposed
to the government are active in
Iran, mostly made up of ethnic
Kurds in the northwest, Baluch
in the southeast and Arabs in the
southwest.
The banned Mujahideen Khalq,
listed by the United States as a
terrorist group, carried out many
anti-government attacks and
assassinations after the 1979
Islamic revolution.
But Shahin Gobadi, French-
based spokesman for the
Mujahideen, denied
involvement.
Asked if his group was behind
the attack, he said: "Absolutely
not, absolutely not. It has
nothing to do with us. I don't
know what happened, but it has
nothing to do with us."
Ahmadinejad recently sought to
isolate rival political factions by
declaring that "the regime has
only one party, which is the
velayat" -- a reference to Shi'ite
Islam's hidden Imam, for now
represented by Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Just as combative toward
external pressure, the president
has derided sanctions over Iran's
nuclear program as "pathetic"
and vowed to pursue what Iran
says is a quest for nuclear
energy, not weapons as the West
believes.
E-reader News Edition
(Additional reporting by Alistair
Lyon in Beirut; Writing by
Mark Heinrich and Jon
Hemming; Editing by Peter
Millership)
Aug 04, 2010 5:38am EDT
“Nahmen wir diese
Herausforderung, bevor unser
Lord und unsere
Gewissenhaftigkeit und sie
erfolgt werden müssen, weil
dieser Mann, Hitler, er das
entscheidende übel ist”
Quote from Claus von
Stauffenberg (1907-1944)
I think that more or less sums it
up!
Aug 04, 2010 5:47am EDT
Please USA, Leave Iran alone :(
Aug 04, 2010 6:02am EDT
Firstly we can ask that question
who organized that attack. the
answer is that certainly Israel.
and before that israil killed a
few Lebanese soldier. the
attentions dispanded by Israil.
and they prepared suitable
conditions to that aggression. so
we can say that the attack which
Israel can not make in Iran to
Ahmadinejad they just can make
in countries as Lebanon with
dipanding attention before.
Aug 04, 2010 6:16am EDT
The Muslims around the world
only have Israel to blame for
everything….
In Iran, If you are caught
committing adultery, you are
stoned to death
So,
IRAN'S page 27
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the whistle-blowing website Aug 04, 2010 12:28am EDT demonstrating in the streets , no far ,” your next generation by letting
sought its help reviewing more interesting: http:// one is demanding for then your young people pay tuition
thousands of classified Afghan www.washingtonpost.com/wp- governments to step down , 1.) what’s all teh fuzz about, fees. tuition fees because
war documents ahead of their dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/ Nothing , nada , just losers then? “there’s no money” for free
release. AR2010080202627_Comments. conspiracy nut jobs who think 2.) world news – since the heli education. choose ongoing
U.S. officials have appealed to html otherwise .. video – prove a somehow other senseless murded instead just in
WikiLeaks not to post any Aug 04, 2010 12:58am EDT Bravo on accomplishing proof. how comes? order to keep some weapon
additional documents and boo hoo. Amazing the absolutely nothing of value 3.) let the pros in this biz – real industry people in their jobs.
a c c u s e d t h e g r o u p o f controversy surrounding except endangering afghan journalists – decide this you let your young people
endangering lives of Afghan wikileaks is it’s disclosure of informants , themselves, please. they don’t believe there is at least
contacts named in its initial information we should have and News flash people , the world need the pentagon explain them “something like education” in
release of tens of thousands of n o t A m e r i c a ’ s l i e s a n d does not care about these leaks what’s important for them, the army. afterwards you let a
classified U.S. military reports treachery. I hope wikileaks … If they had there would have what’s not. congress clown call out his own
last month. continues to inform the world been alot more interest than “all useless info except private fatwah. and then you call
A WikiLeaks spokesman said and helps to put one more nail in there is now , this story will implicating aghan sources and all this “democracy” and
on Tuesday he wanted the t h e c o f f i n o f A m e r i c a ’ s soon be buried in the obituary informants ,” “civilization”.
Defense Department's help d u p l i c i t y a n d h y p o c r i s y . section where it should be , yes, well: what’s all the fuzz gongrats.
reviewing 15,000 additional Expatriot Wikileaks is as credible as the about, then? Aug 04, 2010 6:16am EDT
U.S. documents ahead of their Aug 04, 2010 1:49am EDT maury povich show and the you’re preparing for iran, Disposing of the Taliban didn’t
potential release, according to it was their own staff killed, for national enquirer … i hope you alright. no need to co crazy just make a single American any
The Daily Beast news website. heavens sake… are all proud of this so called because you now decided to let safer, quite the opposite
Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave what shocks me that the epic accomplishment in your the n.e.x.t. war at the end of the actually, considering all the
Lapan said WikiLeaks had not pentagon really did it. that they loser lives .. last one. just because some good soldiers that died since
c o n t a c t e d t h e D e f e n s e contacted the news agency IMO the leaks have been a weapon industry big deal pips 2001, not to forget the 100’000
Department. He declined to whose staff was killed great big “FAIL” want to earn another bucks. + Iraqi civilians…
speculate on what might happen with their “news” paper. Aug 04, 2010 2:16am EDT when – in the last years – when No, No one is any safer!
if they did request assistance. gosh… wikileaks has proven that the the h… was your cour country And why was the war in
A d m i r a l M i k e M u l l e n , Aug 04, 2010 1:59am EDT war in Afghanistan isn’t going n.o.t. war leading? Afghanistan necessary again?
chairman of the U.S. military's Wikileaks has informed us of well and never has been. These orwell greetings. Please help me on that. The
Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last nothing of great importance so guys are heros. The government “amd if thats something to be Taliban didn’t do much harm to
week that the group may be far , all useless info except lies. proud of , you losers ned to get a America, but your leaders made
responsible for the deaths of implicating aghan sources and Aug 04, 2010 5:57am EDT life” it look like they were a real
U.S. troops and Afghan contacts informants , amd if thats Dear penvk… you losers? who. the world PENTAGON: page 28
exposed by the leak, one of the something to be proud of , you 1st. You are not the world around you? how about
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along the seam or at the pipeline
somewhere is unknown.
Arrogantly saying this will work
for a million years is the attitude
that get’s us into messes like
this. We cannot conquer nature-
the deeper the oil gets the more
dangerous it gets to get it out.
Killing the damaged well could
split the seam, we don’t know.
Finally, Reuters, Hayward got a
10 Million Pound bonus &
assigned to the Russian division
that you note is their distribution
HQ- not fired in ridicule. This is
a publicity move not a change in
attitude.
As you can see by the oil men
above, nothing has changed but
this is a chance to blame the
government not BP,
Aug 04, 2010 12:07pm EDT
This deep water oil disaster is
FAR from over.
The fishermen in the Gulf have
nowhere to sell whatever they
catch. Who will want their
catgch? No one.Like it’s been
stated, oil is at the ocean floor,
and poisning thousands,
(millions) of sea animals. This
will be a problbme for the rest
of our lives. Get used to eating
fish from Asia or Alaska. That’s
all folks.
BP is already stalling on
thousands of claims. The
government should kick their
a***s and get the money
flowing. It’s high time BP pay
for their stupid irresponsible
greed.
Aug 04, 2010 12:07pm EDT
This deep water oil disaster is
FAR from over.
The fishermen in the Gulf have
nowhere to sell whatever they
catch. Who will want their
catgch? No one.Like it’s been
stated, oil is at the ocean floor,
and poisning thousands,
(millions) of sea animals. This
will be a problbme for the rest
of our lives. Get used to eating
fish from Asia or Alaska. That’s
all folks.
BP is already stalling on
thousands of claims. The
government should kick their
a***s and get the money
flowing. It’s high time BP pay
for their stupid irresponsible
greed.
Aug 04, 2010 12:14pm EDT
Everyone should be happy
BUT, a reminder to BP et al. It
has been estimated that 75% of
the oil has been cleaned up.
Now that means that 25% of the
oil is still there contaminating
the Gulf Coast.
So this should not be “job well
done” as it isn’t over until it is
over!
I am not normally a skeptic, but
BP has displayed a penchant for
under reporting the amount of
oil spilled, the job they were
doing on the cleaning up the oil
contaminating the beach (not the
nice pretty pictures of clean
sand), but the marshes where the
most long term damage will
occur. Not to mention the
seeminly forgotten “plumes”!
So, IMO, job partially done!
Aug 04, 2010 12:24pm EDT
Alkan here:
All the pressure curve during
this mud kill went textbook
results for not having any
annulus leak. The pressure drop
was also textbook for any static
kill — with no leaks.
Mud turns to shale, and shale is
the best “cap rock” for monster
formation pressure.
In the distant past, I have
drilled in open hole cable tool
wells and only drilled inches of
shale in cable tool “open hole”
type wells where one more
stroke of the bit breaks the shale
and suddenly lets the huge
formation pressure come
blowing up the open hole. Shale
is even better than cement for a
cap (but is the next best thing).
But shale is aged mud. Mud at
the sea bed over millions of
years turns to shale.
Pumped mud enters any open
crevice under pressure and seals
even an annulus leak if that is
open.
A long cap of cement is all this
well needs to sit there killed for
millions of years.
Old oil people know about mud
and shale and cement. Allen and
his non-oil scientist adviser are
trying to learn. They also have
pride in the decision to order
two relief wells and will
continue to order things no
longer needed.
Most likely the relief well will
not do further damage, and most
wells do not loose circulation
and blow out like gushers (due
to lost circulation).
But this is no ordinary
formation, and sadly nothing we
can do will change their minds.
History however will judge
them severely if this relief well
proves to lose circulation and
blows out as a huge Gulf Gusher
as they try to drill into this
Monster.
They want a “Second Kill” and
in their fantasies see the
“Phoenix Bird” rising from the
dead after killing the present
well.
Dead is dead. Pride is pride —
and is nothing logical. I
suspicion not only the ignorant
ones in the government but
those in the know like BP want
to also try finishing this relief
well. It will be a training and
learning experiment — because
it is there and so close — and
also because relief wells are
very seldom used.
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We will just have to wait to see
what happens when they reopen
what has been killed.
It is unlikely to happen, but
why risk it.
If we start over with another
gusher — remember I told you
“abandon the relief well after
pumping the cement cap on the
present well.”
They only kill the Dead — in
Zombie movies.
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Naturally Lebanon will need to
surrender the soldiers
responsible and their
commanding officer to Israel, so
they can be punished for war
crimes.
Otherwise, they should let the
Israelis know that they no longer
want a ceasefire, so Israel can
start bombing them again.
After all, Israel only agreed to
stop bombing Lebanon on the
agreement Lebanon behaved
itself.
Aug 04, 2010 8:51am EDT
@Clarkson, will your second
post just confirmed you’re a
radical Muslim Idiot with poor
English, not just poor English.
Get a life and learn to live in
peace with all Nationalities, or
better put, be part of the solution
and not part of the continuing
problem!
Aug 04, 2010 9:02am EDT
@AProudAmerican Clarksons
point can be made clearer by
this video as I beleive the person
in this video and Clarkson are
both trying to say the same thing
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=YTjaYaORCKo
Aug 04, 2010 9:14am EDT
Focus of oil users focus of
Israelis and focus of NATO US
Allied revolve with Oil Hamas
Oil Shieks and Muslim leaders
in their pocket.Then they have
stories of Muslim Sufferings in
lieu of own .They have
unrestricted fake stories and
photos of Muslim sufferings
from Natural Causes.They have
now been Reduced to the Claim
like armed bank robbers with
suffering Muslim
hostages(victim of Nature’s
flood waist knee deep with drain
blockage).This is the most
visible ability of Isralis and US
allied bombings Soldiers so
called in control of Afghanistan
amid creating photo gallery
journalism.Those few in drivers
seat have had enough killing
(imposed on Muslims).In
frustration they are hell bent to
wrap up Islam OIC banking oil
resources .Must Israelis drop
Hiroshima and Nagsakis before
exit or staying in sufferings as
armed Menace as if Israel
killings will go unchecked.
Aug 04, 2010 9:16am EDT
@AProudAmerican I think the
point Clarkson is very obvious
and clear cut. he point he is
trying to make can be accurately
summed up and clarified in this
video, as both the person in the
video and Clarkson are trying to
make the same point.
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=YTjaYaORCKo
Aug 04, 2010 9:59am EDT
The Muslims have 1.3 billion
people and time.
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Are you guys supporting this
stone age religious nuts in Iran?
All the media in Iran is state
controlled, so the government in
Iran needs these kind of news to
win the next election
Now all the government allies
will be saying on TV
” Allah saved Ahmenijad,
VOTE FOR US”
Aug 04, 2010 7:08am EDT
Jag har aldrig träffat Ahmenijad
så jag känner inte honom!
Vad jag känner är en mass
media framställd person med
samma namn.
Det kanske bara är en ren
tillfällighet.
Merde!
Aug 04, 2010 7:30am EDT
Iran has the youngest
population in the world–of such
demographics are revolutions
made. The Iranian people will
take care of Ahmadinejad
without any outside help–that is
what we learn from history.
Aug 04, 2010 8:10am EDT
Hey abzjohnson, you should be
more vocal on these pages – it
will give us a better
understanding of what the world
is dealing with.
your comments are very
insightful, especially your
‘focussed’ outlook on life.
Great comments, keep them
coming, but do not hold back,
ok?
Aug 04, 2010 8:21am EDT
Ahmadinejad has plenty of
enemies but it is equally
possible this was staged to
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justify more crackdowns.
If his vehicle had been hit or he
had been wounded then I might
believe it was a real
assassination attempt.
Now Ahmadinejad can accuse
whoever he likes (United States,
Israel, Kurds, internal opponents
etc etc) and do whatever he
likes.
Aug 04, 2010 8:35am EDT
hey ive just bought a new
laptop, previously hardly ever
browsed internet but now i think
i’m getting hang of it. thanks for
your feedback. maybe reuters
will recruit me as a journalist?
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threat.
Here is a real threat though:
http://www.reuters.com/article/
idUSTRE6721F520100803?utm
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um=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:
+reuters/scienceNews+(News+/
+US+/+Science)
Funny how little is done to fight
the threats at home.
Aug 04, 2010 10:27am EDT
international petition for
WikiLeaks http://
www.gopetition.com/petition/
38165/signatures.html
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The move is interesting for
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Instead, it's just the opposite.
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how client-based software is
increasingly going to seem like
using a pay phone to make a
call.
And then there are the labels...
As Robertson points out: One
company sure to be miffed at
this new capability is Universal
Music Group (UMG) the
world's largest music company.
They have told net companies
who have inquired about
offering personal cloud music
The service is hidden deeply in services that backing up and
the feature sets that comes with downloading music files is OK
the release notes of MobileMe with limitations, but streaming
iDisk version 1.2. It's not even music files requires entering
on Apples' bulleted list. It's only into a license and paying a per
if you click on "More," do you stream fee. Apple's service
see it listed. allows unlimited sharing (no
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Richardson points out this is Apple's future. Apple is unlikely
not iTunes in the cloud. Features to open its platform to any
are limited but it shows that device. Only Apple devices
Apple believes that iTunes connect to this new service. We
future is in the cloud, not the can't see the company changing
desktop. that approach any time soon, if
It also shows the difficult place at all.
Apple is in right now. Apple has That will only open up the
dominated online music but it's market for services that are open
questionable how long they can to stream music from any device
maintain that power with the and leave Apple with a tough
advent of cloud-based music route to follow. Discuss
services.
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"The Almighty API," Crawling and The Programmable Web

Guest Author to make it publicly available applications and services loyalty and form a kind of API-
(ReadWriteWeb) through an API so that become more and more data- dependency to their content. It's
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:00:00 PM developers can easily design driven, it's important to also useful as a way to
products powered by a given understand the differences accurately measure server usage
T o d a y , a p p l i c a t i o n s service. between these different methods and overall engagement, even if
increasingly depend on a rich Crawlers on the other hand are for extracting data, regardless of there's no money involved.
ecosystem of APIs. Thousands used to proactively go out and where you net out APIs can go down and become
o f d i f f e r e n t s e r v i c e s a r e grab data by yourself - scraping philosophically. unavailable, they can go from
variously tethered together to Web pages for whatever it is This is a discussion that needs free to paid, and their publishers
form new software offerings and you're looking for, data that can to take place, but too few people can be acquired by larger
enhance existing ones. The idea then be used to build products recognize the distinctions. companies that make all manner
of a programmable Web is and inform better product and Control, Control, Control of changes. There's a lot of
finally coming true. marketing decisions. Control and flexibility are the uncertainty in APIs, and many
While this is not trivial, I am There is something of a third two most important elements to devs have learned this fact the
n o n e t h e l e s s b e g i n n i n g t o option, as well: data aggregators At 80legs, we ourselves offer a look at when it comes to the hard way. Think back to Gnip
question the long-term effects of like Factual and Infochimps and popular API, which takes a difference between an API and a rethinking their entire business
an API-centric worldview, a sort Hoovers. I'm not going to treat particularly hybrid approach – crawl. I also spend some time at model due to the relicensing of
of blind faith in the almighty them as part of this post because providing programmatic access the end of this post talking about certain APIs.
API, which has at best a difficult they gain access to data like the to the data acquired via crawls. security and privacy, because I But like moths, we so often
relationship with open data and rest of us – via APIs and/or What I really want is a natural think there are big impacts in head right back to the flame.
big data concepts. crawlers. They facilitate the stratification based on who is t h e s e a r e a s f o r A P I s a n d Crawlers act very differently.
Sponsor distribution of that data as part good at what, essentially. Right c r a w l e r s a l i k e . They allow much more control
As CEO, guest author Shion of their core business (most now, we're asking APIs to do Cost might be a fourth facet to over the data acquisition
Deysarkar is responsible for the often using a marketplace too much. look at, but that's grounds for a process. This has many
o v e r a l l b u s i n e s s a n d concept or subscription), but the APIs are great for the real-time different post because pricing advantages.
development of 80legs. In a i n p u t m e c h a n i s m s a r e n o web, for example – they're great varies so widely. For starters, the format in which
previous life, he ran a predictive d i f f e r e n t . for staying up to speed, whether Let's start with control. content is delivered can be a
modeling firm. He enjoys And there is potentially even a that means trending search data When using an API, publishers lifesaver if formatted properly,
playing poker and soccer, but is fourth option – human curation or retweet velocity. APIs are – companies like Amazon and or prompt hours of additional
only good at one of them. How of the kind that Factual and great for enhancing functionality LinkedIn, for example – control work if not. APIs supply content
Do We Access Data Today? WolframAlpha and – whether that's a Klout score or the entire process. Publishers in one format – the format
There are two core ways to CrowdFlower employ to acquire geolocation. APIs are great for p r o v i d e y o u w i t h a n A P I chosen by the publisher. Say
access data today – via a new data altogether. But all of integrating certain pieces of non account, which allows you a you need a XML file type but
publisher or via a crawler. Each these providers offer API access -strategic infrastructure like certain amount of calls, or the company only delivers
has a different role. to their data, so I'm still going to invite codes ( Prefinery) if requests for data per day. They JSON through their API. You're
APIs, at least as we think of bucket them as such. you're a startup in beta, or also determine what kinds of either stuck or left spending
t h e m t o d a y , h a v e m a n y APIs, at least as we think of F r e s h b o o k s , i f y o u ' r e a n content are made available, and hours re-formatting.
disadvantages. And before you t h e m t o d a y , h a v e m a n y accountant. They're also great in what context. Crawlers let the choice-driven
grab your shovels and organize disadvantages. And before you for app-level integrations, like Publishers offer an API for developer have his cake and eat
a mob to come after me, please grab your shovels and organize adding Facebook accounts to many reasons. It's financially in it too. Formats are just another
understand that I'm not calling a mob to come after me, please Tweetdeck, or sucking down their best interest to have choice to make beforehand,
for the discontinuation of APIs. understand that I'm not calling content from Netflix. products built on top of their "THE page 30
Publishers have data and choose for the discontinuation of APIs. But at a higher level, as all data to increase developer
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instead of a hindrance.
Granted, standardization can be
great in some cases – for
example with sites like
MySpace where each profile is
customized and therefore
rendered in HTML differently.
MySpace APIs format the
content to make it uniform,
meaning that what was once
difficult to work with as a
developer (i.e. large
discrepancies in the data), is
now standardized and simple to
use.
But the "one size fits all"
mentality fails more often than
you might think, especially once
you step outside of the Web's
largest sites – one size fits all
rarely fits anyone well.
And it's not just format –
crawling offers much more
control when it comes to time
and timing, scope, and cost, too.
Next page: Flexibility and
Availability Flexibility and
Availability
Data access choices are an
important component of
building any Web product,
especially when it comes to
flexibility and availability.
Specs change, needs change -
heck, markets change.
Especially if you're a lean
startup, out early plus iterate
often is a way of life.
APIs only deliver content from
the publisher's site. You're
locked into a single interface's
content sources and structure,
without flexibility by definition,
which can be very limiting.
You're left with acquiring stand-
alone datasets to supplement
your evolving needs, or mashing
up with another API to fill in
holes.
Now, the very best API
providers are great at adapting
to developers' needs and
evolving alongside them.
Companies like Yolink, for
which its API is its bread and
butter, are particularly
responsive. But too often an API
is left unattended, having been a
mere box to check, instead of a
strategic commitment.
Unimaginative APIs can also
limit use cases unwittingly,
because some of the furthest-
flung (if more promising)
applications just aren't
supported in the calls or code.
There's a huge difference
between an API that wants to be
heightened and explored and an
API whose scope, if anything,
constrains original thinking.
Crawlers on the other hand
aren't specific to any one site's
data, meaning that they can
access content from any number
of sources and compile it in one
place, mixing and matching,
comparing and contrasting to
your heart's delight.
Crawls can be more open-ended
and investigative as well,
whereas an API is more about
putting a square peg in a square
hole. API's also don't offer
competitive advantage;
everyone has access to the same
stuff. A clever crawl can help
build a moat.
Finally, crawlers can reach far
beyond the capabilities of an
API. Millions of pieces of data
are publicly available on the
Web, and only a very small
percentage of it is available via
an API. At a certain point it's
purely an issue of volume.
Much of the Web is instantly
crawl-able, and the amount of
data available freely on the Web
is growing more quickly than
the number of APIs by an order
of magnitude. The caveat is that
you just have to know where to
look. The Elephant in the Room
- Security and Privacy
Let's talk about privacy and
data, because how the world
evolves in this respect could
have huge implications for APIs
and crawlers alike.
As the recent Facebook data
privacy concerns highlight, the
security of people's data is a
high priority, regardless of how
it may or may not be acquired or
sold. Further, users expect
publishers to protect their data
aggressively (whether they do is
another matter).
This is a PR and perception
issue as much as it is anything
else.
Users worry that their data
might get into the hands of
people who will use it for
malicious purposes, whether via
an API or a crawler. I would
argue that this is not always the
case because responsible
crawling companies, at least,
have strict licensing agreements
with their clients to ensure data
is used lawfully.
But the reality is that publishers
are increasingly incentivized
because of public policy issues
to constrain API access. And the
world's biggest crawler, Google,
is starting to look evil, with the
ominous question, "What
exactly does Google know about
me?" popping up at family
dinners around the country.
Some are even arguing that
Facebook is bound to be
federally regulated sooner or
later because of its profligacy
when it comes to data, and that
would certainly have broad
impacts.
APIs are not inherently more or
less secure than crawlers, but in
the current climate, especially
with regards to privacy, we can
expect companies large and
small to make less and less data
open and available (something
that the linked data community
has been ruing as well).
Security right now is a big X
factor that is going to take some
time to play out.
The nice thing about crawlers
(depending on your perspective)
is that they are harder to control,
at least for now. But it is a
reasonable thing to say that data
responsibility and privacy issues
are going to shape and reshape
this conversation big time.
Today's Web is full of data that
if kept within an API-driven
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paradigm suffers from less
creative use, less flexibility, and
less control (from a developer
standpoint).
An endlessly crawl-able Web
was in many ways what Tim
Berners-Lee and WC3 intended
for the Web all along. Content
creators like publishers and
social networks can create sites
as they've always done, while
data aggregators can access data
in whatever format they like.
In fact, in an older but still
applicable interview with
Berners-Lee, he talks about why
an open, linked data Web is by
far preferable than APIs for data
access.
There is a foundational, DNA-
level need to share data.
Without openness, you lose the
full value and impede any future
innovation in the process. APIs
absolutely have benefits – but
only when we are not beholden
to them – when we can use them
rationally, strategically, and
carefully. And when data isn't at
the crux of your site, service or
application.
"We have an open API" is an
overused phrase, especially as
APIs are by no definition open
or closed.
If you need certain attributes,
like real-time or speed, certain
capabilities, or certain pieces of
infrastructure, there are
thousands of amazing APIs out
there. But if your business runs
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Why You Have to Jailbreak the iPhone 4 (or iOS 4)
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:45:07 PM
Over a year ago, we wrote an
article detailing the many
reasons y ou should jailbreak the
iPhone. We listed things like the
ability to record video, zoom in
on photos, upload videos to
YouTube and customize your
iPhone's background with
themes, among other things.
With the release of the iPhone 4
and its new operating system,
iOS 4, many of those older
reasons to jailbreak are no
longer valid - they're features of
the either the new hardware or
the operating system itself.
That may leave you wondering,
besides the obvious (turning
your iPhone 4 into a Wi-fi
hotspot!), are there any reasons
to still jailbreak the iPhone? Is
iOS 4 "good enough" now?
Sponsor
The answer to that question, at
least in our opinion, is "NO!"
There are still plenty of great
reasons to jailbreak an iPhone.
And here are some our favorites:
1. Wi-Fi Hotspot
As mentioned above, using the
iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot is still
the number one reason to
jailbreak the iPhone. Oh sure,
"THE
continued from page 30
on data, crawling is the only
way to go.
Top photo by Jason V. Tim
Berners-Lee photo by the
you could pay for tethering, but
who wants to do that? MyWi is
the app to get, and although it's
buggy at times, once you get it
up-and-running, you'll wonder
how you ever lived without it.
There's a new version of MyWi
for the iPhone 4 OS, which
you'll need to grab from Cydia.
The app is called, simply, MyWi
4.0. Our installation guide for
MyWi is here and for the most
part still applies to the 4.0 install
and setup. 2. FaceTime (and
More!) over 3G
Another paid app worth
checking out is My3G. This
jailbreak app lets you do more
things over 3G than you can on
an un-jailbroken phone,
including using FaceTime,
which was previously restricted
to Wi-Fi only. My3G users can
also download TV shows and
podcasts from iTunes over 3G
or watch hi-def YouTube
videos. 3. Unlocking the Phone
Unlocking is not the same thing
as jailbreaking, although the two
terms are often used
interchangeably by those not
following the issue closely.
Jailbreaking allows you to
uninstall unapproved third party
applications on your iPhone,
but unlocking allows you to run
Knight Foundation Discuss
Technology/ 31
SBSetttings, an app that puts that's not being addressed?
quick toggles for the most There's likely a jailbreak app for
heavily used features right at that, no matter what it is. You
your fingertips (just swipe the can keep track of the jailbreak
status bar). Although iOS 4 apps and their iOS 4
allows for homescreen compatibility via this Google
backgrounds, Winterboard lets Docs spreadsheet. Maybe you'll
you customize even more even find some new apps to try
options, like the icons and the out whne reading through the
the iPhone on a different carrier battery indicator on the lock list.
than its default. (For example, T s c r e e n . O t h e r a p p s , l i k e Jailbreaking is easier than ever
-Mobile instead of AT&T in the LockInfo for example, let you before, thanks to the new
U.S.) A carrier unlock for the c u s t o m i z e y o u r p h o n e ' s jailbreakme.com website. You
iPhone 4 OS is now available as lockscreen to provide info like can jailbreak your phone in a
of this week. 4. Block Calls and email and SMS notifications, matter of minutes. Although
Texts missed calls, calendar events fearful owners may fret about
Want to block calls, SMS or and more. More plugins are voiding their warranty, we have
MMS messages from someone? available as well, to add things to remind you that jailbreaking
The iBlacklist app (a somewhat like weather, Twitter or RSS is not irreversible. You can
pricey $11.99) makes that feeds and more. 6. New Reasons always restore your phone to
possible. Now iPhone 4/iOS 4 Still to Come! factory settings if you ever need
compatible the app lets you Perhaps most importantly, to get support or return the
select who to block an also outside of top recommendations device to Apple for repair. That
offers parental controls for like these, there are new reasons said, if you feel icky just
outgoing calls, too. 5. More to jailbreak arrivin every day. breaking the rules because
Settings, More Customization The jailbreaking community is they're rules by golly!, then you
Go ahead and laugh, Android full of innovation, even if Apple may want to leave well enough
users but poor iPhone owners stifles what's accepted into its alone...or get an Android phone,
who want to drill down deeper official App Store. which is more open and
into their settings or further Case in point: the upcoming customizable right out-of-the-
customize their devices beyond app called Infifolders will let box. Discuss
wallpaper backgrounds have no you put as many icons into an
choice but to jailbreak. Yet, iOS 4 app folder as you want.
once they do, there are options (Apple limits you to 12).
aplenty. A perennial favorite is Or maybe you have a reason
that's not listed here? A need
32 Technology/ Culture/ E-reader News Edition

AOL’s Messy Transition

Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) even worse. Its revenues million people, half of whom
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:14:17 AM declined by $110 million. probably just haven’t yet gotten
If you drill down into just the around to canceling their
AOL reported another lousy advertising portion of revenues, subscriptions).
quarter this morning. Even every single segment is down: Instead, now AOL is pursuing a
i g n o r i n g t h e $ 1 . 4 b i l l i o n its third party ad network (down nichebuster content strategy,
goodwill charge, revenues were 4 2 p e r c e n t ) , s e a r c h a n d where it supplements its
down 26 percent and cash from c o n t e x t u a l a d s ( d o w n 2 8 AOL.com traffic with search-
continuing operations was down percent), and even display ads
44 percent (as was free cash (down 13 percent). AOL is de-
friendly niche content sites.
One area it wants to own is local
Paul McCartney
flow). emphasizing its third-party ad
What we are seeing is a very n e t w o r k , s o t h a t t o o w a s
news, with its patchwork of
Patch sites, which now cover 83
Auditions For
messy transition as AOL shifts expected. And as it closes down
multiple lanes from an online properties in Europe and growth
towns from 44 last quarter.
AOL will also start pushing a lot
'Glee'
subscription business to an stalls, that means fewer searches of the decline in domestic more video onto its homepage, ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
display ad revenues. Blogs)
advertising one, and at the same (and search ads) on its owned- powered by its StudioNow
time to a new online content and-operated sites. But what is You might think that all AOL acquisition. If these strategies Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:56:11 PM

production model. AOL CEO g o i n g o n w i t h d i s p l a y has to do is keep its advertising start to work and AOL can get
Tim Armstrong is making this advertising? That is where AOL business going and growing as its overall audience share up For those with any doubts about
transition in the glare of being a is supposed to shine. And the its access business goes away. again on its owned-and-operated just how popular Glee's become,
once-again publicly traded rest of the industry is showing a But what is happening here is a sites, that should help with both if Lady Gaga and Madonna
company—and public investors recovery. Yahoo, for instance, much messier transition, as the display and search advertising didn't do it for you and neither
are not a patient bunch. saw a 19 percent jump in kind of advertising revenues (it is still negotiating a new does Britney Spears' upcoming
Let’s break down the numbers. display advertising revenues AOL generates is starting to search deal with Google, which episode, how about The
In the second quarter, AOL during the quarter. come from different sources. p o w e r s i t s s e a r c h — a n d Beatles?
reported total revenues of $584 AOL’s display advertising took Instead of an ad network and Armstrong is still keeping the Ryan Murphy, the show's now
m i l l i o n , d o w n f r o m $ 7 9 2 a hit from AOL’s retreat from m a s s i v e t r a f f i c d r i v e n b y Bing option in his back pocket). legendary creator, thought he
million a year ago. We all know Germany and France, but the AOL.com, it is trying to build Big transitions like these are was being punked when he
that AOL’s Internet access bigger problem seems to be the up a whole collection of new always messy and they always opened a package containing
subscription business (including salesforce reorg that is still sites and content to help push its take longer than expected. The two mix-tapes and a handwritten
dial-up and bring-your-own reverberating throughout the audience share back up. unanswered question is whether letter from Sir Paul McCartney.
broadband customers) is going company. AOL’s strategy And that is actually a huge AOL will look better than it did The note read: Ryan, I hope you
away. And revenues for that depends on its own salesforce challenge because so much of its before when it comes out the will consider some of these
portion of AOL’s business selling premium ads on its own pageviews (and thus display and other end. songs for Glee.
declined by $96 million. AOL sites. But the salesforce is still s e a r c h a d r e v e n u e s ) w e r e Photo credit: Flickr/ Kelly Hau Turns out, the package really
i s d o w n t o 4 . 4 m i l l i o n reeling from the reorganization previously tied to its captive, but CrunchBase Information AOL was from Paul McCartney,
subscribers, and is losing 2.6 set in motion at the beginning of dwindling, subscription Information provided by who’s a huge fan of the show.
percent a month. the year. AOL is also trying to customers who used AOL as C r u n c h B a s e Fingers crossed that this time
B u t A O L ’ s a d v e r t i s i n g be less spammy about the types their homepage and guide to the around the featured music will
business, which is supposed to o f a d s i t s h o w s , w h i c h Internet. Nobody is doing that draw a guest appearance. Paul
be its engine going forward, did accounted for about $8 million anymore (except for those 4.4 McCartney and Mr. Schu
together's almost too much to
handle&mash;almost
E-reader News Edition Technology/ 33

Oregon on track to get utility-scale wave farm

(CNET News.com) Oregon Iron Works is already renewable-energy options.
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:58:49 PM constructing the buoys for the Aquamarine Power won the
Oregon project, even though "Innovator of 2009" award from
PowerBuoy from Ocean Power Ocean Power is still waiting to Britain's Renewable Energy
Technologies(Credit: Ocean be granted its license with the Association.
Power Technologies) Federal Energy Regulation The Oyster 2 machine from
Ocean Power Technologies Commission to connect to the Aquamarine Power is not a buoy
announced Wednesday it's close grid, the company said in a at all, but a giant wave-
to getting a license to build a statement. harnessing machine that sits on
wave energy plant off the coast Ocean Power participated in the ocean floor. It uses a series
of Oregon. studies and investigations in of pistons activated by wave
The New Jersey-based conjunction with local power to pump water through an
c o m p a n y h a s s i g n e d a government agencies to evaluate underwater pipe system that
settlement agreement that whether the project would have leads to shore. The high-
includes over 11 government an effect on local marine life or pressure water is then used to
agencies, and several private the Oregon crabbing and fishing power a conventional hydro-
companies, to develop a 1.5- i n d u s t r i e s , a m o n g o t h e r electric generator. There are
megawatt wave energy station. c o n c e r n s . A s p a r t o f t h e plans to install two of these
When completed the plant will settlement agreement, Ocean machines in the Orkney Islands
consist of 10 PowerBuoys that Power will also participate in a off the coast of mainland
c o u l d g e n e r a t e e n o u g h management plan to continually Scotland.
electricity to power 1,000 homes evaluate the project's impact on Independent Natural Resources
annually, according to Ocean the local environment and in conjunction with the Marine
Power. fishing industry. Engineering Technology
Ocean Power's PowerBuoys The project also has approval Department at Texas A&M
resemble ordinary ocean buoys from the state's governor. University has developed the
from the surface, but hold a "The manufacture of the first Seadog Pump. That buoy
piston-like device inside that buoy has already created dozens operates by pistons that respond
moves up and down with the of green-energy jobs in Oregon fishermen," Oregon Governor collecting data. They also have as waves pass through a skeletal
natural jostle of ocean waves. and when the 10-buoy wave Ted Kulongoski said in a buoys set up in Kaneohe Bay, as -like buoy. A series of Seadog
The electricity generated by the power project is built, a whole statement. part of a partnership project with buoys can be harnessed to both
movement is then sent to shore new industry will be created to Ocean Power's buoys have the U.S. Marine Corps. produce electricity and act as a
via underwater transmission benefit our coastal communities. already been placed in Hawaii. While it has not won support or desalination system.
cables. The buoys also contain This is an exciting time for our OceanPower won a $3 million adoption at the level of wind Five Filters featured
o n b o a r d s e n s o r s a n d State and I look forward to contract in November 2008 and solar, wave energy power article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
communication tools that allow continuing to foster this new from the U.S. Navy to develop a has been gaining in popularity in an Easy Ride in the
the buoy to be monitored and industry in Oregon in a way that system that could be used in recent years as government Independent. Available tools:
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34 Technology/ Culture/
Wordpress Copies Facebook's "Like" Carrier unlock for
Mike Melanson
(ReadWriteWeb) iPhone 4 released the "like" feature and found that
we couldn't and saw no
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:50:38 AM Second, clicking "like" saves the indication as to why. Only
p o s t i n y o u r h o m e p a g e through reading through the
It's been just over three months dashboard (in the "Posts I Like" comments did we realize that we
since Facebook introduced its section), so you can share it with needed to be logged in as a
"like" button as an Internet-wide others, or just keep it around for Wordpress user to take part.
feature that could be used by future reference.
And what about Wordpress
third-party sites to integrate The feature is currently only bloggers that also integrate the
sharing and connection with the available for blogs hosted on Facebook "Like" at the bottom
social network. In that time, it Wordpress.com, though this of their post page? Will the two
seems that we have become well accounts for more than 10 show up side-by-side?
accustomed to "liking" things as million Wordpress blogs, and to In the comments to the post,
a w a y o f s h a r i n g c o n t e n t signed-in bloggers - that is, W o r d p r e s s b l o g g e r A n d y
e v e r y w h e r e w e g o . N o w , p e o p l e w i t h W o r d p r e s s Peatling defends the feature,
blogging platform Wordpress accounts. That non-bloggers noting that "It does still say that
has added a "like" of its own to (the majority of visitors to "X number of bloggers liked
e n a b l e s h a r i n g a n d blogs) could not chose to like a this post" so it should be fairly
communication between its post was a main complaint in clear what the images mean.
users.
the comments. The only thing that is different
The company says it is "hoping On blogs that enable the new is the button is gone."
this will be an awesome new "like" feature, small images of The Web is full of examples of
way to discover other interesting each blogger that has liked a one service copycatting another
b l o g g e r s , a n d s t a r t n e w post is shown at the bottom of and often to users' delight. What
conversations with people who - each post. Each image links to do you think about Wordpress's
- literally! -- like you."
the Gravatar profile of the a t t e m p t a t c o - o p t i n g t h e
Sponsor blogger. Facebook "Like"? Will it be a
According to the blog post
The look and feel is very hit or just a confusing factor for
introducing the new feature, similar to the Facebook like - readers? Or will it create more
"liking" a post does two things. too similar, really. It's an of a Wordpress community and
First, the blog post's author sees approach we have to question. take Wordpress in a new, more
your "like" and can click- Immediately, we went to try out social direction? Discuss
through to your Gravatar profile.
Facebook for Android Updates to 1.3, Is Finally Good
[Updates]
Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker) If you're an Android user,
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:00 AM you've probably noticed that the
Facebook app isn't exactly up to
E-reader News Edition
(CNET News.com) unrestricted access to the device.
Apple says it is looking into the
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:45:18 PM
problem.
The iPhone Dev Team on Jailbreaking an iPhone is still
Wednesday released the latest considered by Apple as a quick
hack that allows a jailbroken way to void the warranty since
iPhone 4 to be unlocked and t h e a c t b r e a k s t h e u s e r
used on any wireless carrier. agreement. But legally, it's now
T h e u n l o c k s o l u t i o n i s allowed. Last week the U.S.
called"ultrasn0w," and works Copyright Office amended the
with the latest version of Digital Millennium Copyright
Apple's smartphone, as well as Act to allow consumers to
iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. bypass a handset manufacturer's
But to use it requires an iPhone protection mechanisms to allow
that's been jailbroken. The same "handsets to execute software
group released a jailbreak applications."
program for the iPhone 4 over But while handset owners are
the weekend by exploiting a explicitly allowed to jailbreak
security hole in the mobile their own phones, the Copyright
version of the Safari browser. Office did not appear to extend
That jailbreak brought attention that to allow third parties to
to the fact that navigating to a supply jailbreaking software in
certain site via any iOS device order to switch carriers.
can present the exploit as a Five Filters featured
simple PDF link, which requires article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
no explicit user action short of a n E a s y R i d e i n t h e
clicking a link. It can then Independent. Available tools:
launch an exploit that takes PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
advantage of the way the PDF Term Extraction.
viewer loads fonts, which could
enable a program to have
s n u f f . T o d a y , h o w e v e r , event and video viewing, as well
Facebook has updated their as an improved layout. More »
client, complete with native
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Report: Global chip sales to reach Rdio subscription

record levels service now open for
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:33:31 PM
inventory buildups, and richer
chip content in key electronic
products like smartphones and
group reported global chip sales
for the second quarter of $74.8
billion, up 7.1 percent from the
business
(CNET News.com) mobile plan that's accessible
Revenue for chipmakers could advanced LCD-TVs. All this is first quarter's $69.9 billion.
reach $310 billion this year, causing chip revenue to bulge to Revenue for the first half of the Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:25:09 PM from Android devices or the
helping the industry reach a awesome dimensions this year." year reached $144.6 billion, 50 iPhone 4. As with Rhapsody,
r e c o r d i n s a l e s g r o w t h , Taking home $80.7 billion Music subscription service Rdio allows song caching (for
percent higher than for the same
according to a report released more in sales over last year, the Rdio first gained attention back offline playback) on the iPhone
period last year.
Tuesday by iSuppli. in June when Kazaa founders 4.0 OS. The new service is a bit
industry will see its largest The SIA attributed the robust
Stronger prices and ongoing expansion in history in terms of originally announced it as their ahead of the game on the
sales growth to strong demand
demand for smartphones and d o l l a r s a n d c e n t s . A s a latest foray into the digital Android side, allowing you to
from key markets as well as the
flat-panel TVs will be the two c o m p a r i s o n , r e v e n u e f o r music space. Now, the service save songs on that platform as
effects of the industry's
driving forces behind the surge chipmakers rose by slightly less has come flying out of private well. In addition, Rdio takes a
slowdown in the first half of
in sales, iSuppli said. The record than $60 billion during 2000, beta and is tempting residents of page out of the Zune Social
2009. The group cautions that
revenue would represent a gain the next best year for dollar chip the U.S. and Canada with tiered playbook by offering an
growth may moderate over the
of 35 percent from 2009, better growth, according to the report. subscription pricing that allows interactive element that allows
next few months and that factors
than expected and higher than unlimited streaming from a users to recommend songs to
The market for DRAM is such as consumer confidence,
iSuppli's May forecast of 31 expected to skyrocket by 86 catalog containing more than 7- their friends.
job growth, and economic
percent growth. million tracks (compared to A cursory glance at the Web
percent, while growth for growth will need to be
"The semiconductor market NAND chips used in phones, more than 10-million for interface and mobile apps shows
monitored. But it's still
already was in for beefy growth cameras, and MP3 players, will Rhapsody). a polished, visually appealing
projecting overall annual gains
in 2010 because of strong rise by one third, iSuppli said. Rdio's pricing is on par with experience. Stay tuned for a
of 28.4 percent for 2010.
consumer demand for electronic After hitting $76.4 billion in the Rhapsody, although there is a more in-depth review on Rdio in
Five Filters featured
products," Dale Ford, senior second quarter, chips sales lower cost option for those who the coming weeks.
article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
vice president for iSuppli, said should reach $81.5 million in don't need on-the-go use. $4.99 Five Filters featured
an Easy Ride in the
in a statement. "However, it's the third quarter followed by per month will get you Rdio article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
Independent. Available tools:
now apparent t h a t $81.8 billion in the fourth. access on any Internet- an Easy Ride in the
PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
semiconductor sales are getting connected desktop or laptop Independent. Available tools:
The Semiconductor Trade Term Extraction.
an infusion of growth hormone Association is also eyeing a computer, while $9.99 per PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
in 2010 because of a number of bright year for its member month upgrades the service to a Term Extraction.
factors, including rising prices, companies. On Monday, the

Use the iPhone Icon Generator Make a Custom iPad

Homepage [Ipad]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker) If you want a start page for you bit of HTML is the foundation
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:00:00 AM iPad that blends in with the for a customizable and eye-
iPad's interface, the iPhone Icon Generator combined with a tiny catching start page. More »
36 Technology/ Culture/
Installing iMovie HD 6 without iLife '08
Sang Tang (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:30:00 AM
When iLife '08 and'09 came
out, I was pretty happy about all
of the new bells and whistles --
except for iMovie, that is. As
much as I wanted to like the
completely revamped iMovie, to
me it was as tasty as "New
Coke" when compared to Coca-
Cola Classic.
When Apple released iLife '08,
it provided a free download
(which is no longer available, so
I hope that you saved it) of
iMovie HD 6, and it could live
alongside of iMovie '08
harmoniously.
However, let's say that you've
just completed a fresh install of
Mac OS X, and you want to
install both iMovie HD 6 and
the latest version of iLife, iLife
'09. That's not the most
straightforward of tasks. First,
you'll have to install iLife '08,
because the Apple-provided,
free download of iMovie HD 6
does a check to see if you have
iLife '08 installed; if you don't
have it, you can't proceed. Your
How to Migrate Your Entire Google Account to a New One
[Data]
Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
Whether you finally decided to
next step is to install iMovie HD
6 and then install iLife '09.
With this little tip, you can save
10 minutes of your life and
install iMovie HD 6 without
iLife '08.
• First, mount the .dmg file of
the iMovie HD 6 download that
Apple provided (I hope you kept
it).
• After it's mounted, right-click
on the installation package and
select "show package contents."
• In the "Contents" folder,
double-click on this file:
"Archive.pax.gz." This archive
s h e d
sassyhacker957@gmail.com for
a more professional handle or
you want to swap Google
will extract its contents to a
folder named "Archive," which
you'll need to locate.
• Inside the Archive folder,
you'll find a folder named
"Applications," and living in
this Applications folder, you'll
find the "iMovie HD" app. Just
drag it over to your Applications
folder, and you're all set.
Readers, tell us what you think.
Did it take you a while to fully
embrace the '08 and '09 versions
of iMovie, or do you still
wholeheartedly prefer iMovie
accounts for less embarrassing
HD 6?
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News Bites: Megan Fox
Is the New Face Of
Armani & Gap's
Conquering the World
ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
Blogs)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:50:11 AM
In case you're not sure how to
wear Gap's new 1969 collection
jeans, they've assembled an
incredible living inspiration
board with everything from
street style shots to editor-styled
videos. { Gap}
Barbonese’s Lichtenstein 'art
bags' are amazing — they’re a
limited edition collection and
only available stateside at Lisa
Perry Madison Avenue. {
BagSnob}
Looks like Megan Fox’s
Armani jean and underwear ads
were a hit — she’s been named
the new face of Armani
cosmetics. { WWD}
Could a Plus-Size Marc Jacobs
line be in the works? { Twitter}
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Flickr find: Creative Griffin case
mod nets owner a family of cases
Steven Sande (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:30:00 AM
If there's anything we love to
hear about here at TUAW, it's
great customer service. Reader
Cristina made our morning with
a story of how the team at
Griffin Technology went out of
their way to turn a bad situation
into a happy one for everybody
involved.
Cristina had purchased a
standard Griffin Reveal case
with white sides to protect her
iPhone 4. After a few weeks,
she noticed that the "sides got
really nasty," so she decided to
bring it up to Griffin. She
contacted customer service at
the company through their
website, talking to a customer
service agent named Curt.
The two talked for a bit about
the issue. Curt wanted to see the
case to view the damage and
also asked why Cristina couldn't
just return the Reveal to Best
Buy. Well, a quick glance at the
case shown that she had
modified the case into "Lester,"
who you can see at right. Yes, a
pair of stick-on googly eyes and
a red smear of paint had given
the plain case a personality and
a name.
Curt was in awe of the case
mod, and mentioned that it
would look good on his desk.
Curt offered to send Cristina
two new Reveals (one black,
one white) if she'd send Lester
back to the company. Cristina
agreed, but only with the
guarantee that Curt would take
good care of Lester.
A few days later, Cristina
received the black Reveal case.
Yesterday, she received a much
larger box containing what she
thought would be the white
case. Much to her surprise,
inside were six Griffin Reveal
cases, all with names and faces
except for one labeled "Design
your own."
You can view Cristina's new
family of cases in her Flickr
gallery.
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CardMunch for iPhone
Converts Your Business Cards
Into Contacts — By Hand
Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch) plenty of other competitors.
The difference here is that
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:01:46 AM
CardMunch is actually having
In the past, I’ve written pretty humans verify every card that’s
extensively about my disdain for submitted through their system
business cards — they add to — you’re sending each photo
clutter, and when you actually you upload to someone on
need to look up someone’s Mechanical Turk, who converts
contact information, it’s like it by hand, not through optical
looking for a needle in a character recognition. Given
haystack. Alas, they’re still here, how important it can be to make
but fortunately plenty of startups sure this contact information is
are working to make them accurate (a wrong digit in a
better. Today sees the launch of telephone number or email
CardMunch, an iPhone app that a d d r e s s w i l l r e n d e r t h e m
lets you take a snapshot of a useless), this could actually
business card and have it added prove quite useful.
to your iPhone contacts. The 25 cents may sound a bit steep,
application is $2.99 and comes but it’s only a little more
with 10 credits (it costs one expensive than Shoeboxed’s low
credit per card entered). Beyond volume plan, which works out
that, it costs around 25 cents per to around 20 cents per business
card. card (if you are scanning
This isn’t a new idea — we hundreds of cards, though, it
recently wrote about the similar drops to 10 cents per card).
ScanBizCards, and there are
38 Technology/ E-reader News Edition

Capo 2 detects chords and tabs in your favorite songs

Mike Schramm (The Unofficial of where the notes fall on the around with your favorite songs,
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) scale, and you can lay down it's a fun tool to have. Capo 2 is
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:30:00 AM chord markers that will US $49 as a new purchase or US
automatically mark out your $19 as an upgrade from the first
We reported on the original chords. Basically, you can version. It's also available as a
version of Capo a while back, reverse engineer the song. free five minute trial download
a n d n o w t h e f o l k s a t It's pretty wild. You'll still need from the site.
SuperMegaUltraGroovy have some musical insight since the TUAW Capo 2 detects chords
released version 2 over on their app doesn't always get it and tabs in your favorite songs
website. The biggest feature in perfectly right, and you'll need originally appeared on The
the new release is "a highly to know where the chord Unofficial Apple Weblog
d e t a i l e d s p e c t r o g r a m changes are in order to mark (TUAW) on Wed, 04 Aug 2010
visualization," which basically them out. It's impressive, could reproduce the song on the back; you can mark out choruses 10:30:00 EST. Please see our
means that they've implemented though. I was able to get a basic guitar. and verses on all of your songs, terms for use of feeds.
what the first app couldn't do; chord structure out of the first You can also have it write out correct pitch and speed, and set Read| Permalink| Email this|
there's actual chord detection in verse of the Decemberists song tabs for you, and all of the up loops to play along with. If Comments
the software. As you play the above, and if I played around features of the first version are you do any amount of playing
song, you can see visualizations with it some more, I bet that I

Intel and FTC settle charges of anticompetitive conduct

Donald Melanson (Engadget) refuse to buy chips from others, the FTC litigation." Head on
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:20:00 PM and bans it from retaliating past the break for the full FTC
against other computer makers press release.
It's been quite a stretch since if they do business with non- Continue reading Intel and FTC
the Federal Trade Commission Intel suppliers. What's more, the settle charges of anticompetitive
first investigated and then settlement also requires Intel to conduct
ultimately sued Intel for alleged modify its intellectual property Intel and FTC settle charges of
anticompetitive conduct, but the a g r e e m e n t s w i t h A M D , anticompetitive conduct
saga has now come to a close -- NVIDIA, and VIA to give those originally appeared on Engadget
the two parties today announced companies "more freedom to on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:20:00
a settlement of the charges. consider mergers or joint EDT. Please see our terms for
While that's no doubt better than ventures with other companies, use of feeds. Permalink| The
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-- the settlement prohibits Intel infringement," and it requires processing chips" for at least six the settlement, and says that the
from paying computer makers to that Intel maintain the PCI years, among some other move allows it "to put an end to
buy its chips exclusively or to Express Bus interface "in a way stipulations. For Intel's part, it the expense and distraction of
E-reader News Edition
iPad moves closer to sale in China
Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:30:00 PM
On Monday, the iPad moved
one small step closer to the
Chinese market when it received
the China Compulsory
Certification from the China
Quality Certification Center.
Other certifications will be
necessary, but this important
first step has been taken.
The Chinese government will
ultimately determine if and
when the device is sold. Before
that happens, it will be subject
to other regulating bodies like
China's Telecommunications
Equipment and Certification
Center.
Liu Liang with the consulting
group iResearch suggests that
the iPad would sell well in
China, despite competition from
other devices. "The iPad is a top
tier device," he said, "and the
Apple brand has a great deal of
influence among consumers."
You'll remember the trouble
Apple had before bringing the
iPhone to the Chinese market.
"One idea at a time. Preferably one
you love." [IDea]
Adam Dachis (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:30:00 AM
Good and bad ideas are not so
Initially, wireless devices were
required to use China's own
WAPI standard, a measure that
was relaxed earlier this year,
when devices were allowed to
have both WAPI and Wi-Fi.
Since then, the iPhone has gone
on to sell very well.
Apple has not announced
formal plans to sell the iPad in
China, but (slow) progress is
being made. Here's hoping our
friends in China can get their
black and white. Spencer Fry of
hands on iPads soon.
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Verizon chief tapped for
CES 2011 keynote
Chris Ziegler (Engadget) those LTE handsets expected
early next year to factor
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:13:00 PM
prominently into the equation;
When you keynote one of the of course, we wouldn't be
biggest consumer electronics surprised to see a tablet or two,
trade shows of the year, it's either. In the wake of Ballmer's
usually a Big Deal -- and you're milquetoast showing at the 2010
also plainly aware that when show, the pressure's definitely
you step up on that stage, your on to deliver a rousing address.
audience (read: us) is fully Oh, and Ivan? If Ralph de la
e x p e c t i n g y o u t o u n v e i l Vega says "break a leg," he
something new and awesome. might mean it quite literally, so
On that note, we're intrigued to watch your step.
hear that V e r i z o n Continue reading Verizon chief
C o m m u n i c a t i o n s ' I v a n tapped for CES 2011 keynote
Seidenberg has been selected to Verizon chief tapped for CES
do the honors for the opening 2 0 1 1 k e y n o t e o r i g i n a l l y
address at CES 2011 next appeared on Engadget on Wed,
January. The press release -- 04 Aug 2010 13:13:00 EDT.
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technology," so we'd expect
40 Technology/
Engadget's Back to School guide:
Digital cameras
Vlad Savov (Engadget) month. Be sure to keep checking
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:30:00 PM back -- at the end of the month
we'll be giving away a ton of the
Welcome to Engadget's Back to gear featured in our guides --
School guide! We know that this and hit up the hub page right
time of year can be pretty here!
annoying and stressful for Time for us to open up chapter
everyone, so we're here to help two of this year's Back to
out with the heartbreaking School advice compendium. Up
process of gadget buying for the for discussion today are digital
school-aged crowd. Today, cameras, which have been in the
w e ' v e g o t o u r o p t i c a l gym all year working on their
viewfinders set firmly on digital processing prowess and return
cameras -- and you can head to today with 720p HD video as an
the Back to School hub to see almost standard feature. We've
the rest of the product guides as got a good cross-section of
they're added throughout the young pretenders and finely
E-reader News Edition
Did The iPad Preemptively Kill The
US Tablet Market Like The Kindle &
Nook Killed Other Ebook Readers?
Matt Burns (TechCrunch) It’s a different story in
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:11 AM Euroland or Asia. There are
many ebook readers available,
Want an ebook reader in the as two devices backed by
states? You have two choices: c o n t e n t p r o v i d e r s d o n ’ t
the Kindle or the Nook. That’s dominate the market. This
aged veterans for your perusal, a b o u t i t . E i t h e r o t h e r creates true consumer choice
so why not give your mouse a manufacturers are pulling out of and opportunities for new ebook
little exercise as well and click the US market or they’re readers. Now, the Kindle is still
past the break? avoiding it altogether. Samsung huge everywhere, but at least
Continue reading Engadget's introduced its ebook reader with manufacturers haven’t totally
Back to School guide: Digital much fanfare at CES 2010, but given up on the market like they
cameras now it’s not going to be released have in the US.
Engadget's Back to School here. This isn’t exactly a bad But did Apple just destroy the
g u i d e : D i g i t a l c a m e r a s thing as both the Kindle and US tablet market in the same
originally appeared on Engadget Nook are well-polished devices way? Are manufacturers really
on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:30:00 and are about as good as the going to invest millions upon
EDT. Please see our terms for form factor gets. Still, the lack millions of dollars in R&D and
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Email this| Comments be a bad thing as there won’t be buying the iPad by the millions?
clear motivation for innovation Is the US tablet market dead?
or competitive pricing.
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Zagat Wins Foursquare’s Battle Of

The Brands
Alexia Tsotsis (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:06:05 AM

At least according to the folks

at custom badge site Osnapz,
who have created a Foursquare
brand leaderboard stack ranking
the location based service’s
many promiscuous partnerships
in terms of follower count, with
Zagat in the top slot at 48,136.
For the uninitiated, the
leaderboard is a glimpse into
some of the more obscure
Foursquare brand tie-ins and
badges, some of them holdovers
from earlier campaigns like the
“New York Times Olympics”
badge, created especially for the
Vancouver Olympics and now
relegated to the badge deadpool.
Other surprises? The seven
Bravo badges! At number two
on the leaderboard, the cable
channel’s offerings
'Warehouse 13' - '13.1' Recap
Mike Moody (TV Squad)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 6:40:00 AM
Filed under: Recaps, Summer
TV Robot spiders! Lightsabers!
Leisure suits!
I haven't had this much fun
with'Warehouse 13' since last
month's season premiere. This
week's engaging episode was
loaded with humor, heart and, of
include“Bravo Newbie,” and
show-related fare including
“Top Chef,” “Looking For
Love,” “Real Housewife” and
“Hair Aware.” Surprisingly not
a surprise? The existence of a
Dora The Explorer brand tie-in,
as well as the relative high
prominence of social web savvy
MTV at number four. And while
course, geeky goodness from
start to finish.
We were supposed to be
you can“Spread Snooki” on the Chartbeat Breaks The
iPhone, there’s no Jersey Shore-
related“The Situation” badge, as
of yet. A girl can dream …
One-Million Mark
Screencap: Dennis Crowley/ Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) Onion. This number is not one
Flickr Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:37:09 AM million visitors a month, or a
CrunchBase Information Zagat million a day. It is one million
If you are not tracking your visitors right now, and it has
Foursquare Information
provided by CrunchBase W e b s i t e i n r e a l t i m e , y o u consistently been above the one-
probably don’t know what is million mark most of this week.
happening on your site—or you There is a dial on Chartbeat’s
know too late to do anything homepage which shows the total
about it. The idea behind number of realtime visitors.
betaworks startup Chartbeat is Chartbeat launched a little more
excited about'Eureka' vet Neil simply to give Website owners a t h a n a y e a r a g o , a n d i s
Grayston's guest spot as Fargo realtime dashboard showing completely addictive. I look at
(part one of a two-part Syfy what is happening on the site it several times a day to see
crossover event that concludes right now. which stories on TechCrunch
this Friday on 'Eureka'), but I Chartbeat tracks concurrent are getting the most attention at
was more thrilled about the visitors, and this week it passed any given time. CrunchBase
prospect of seeing the great one million concurrent visitors I n f o r m a t i o n C h a r t b e a t
Rene Auberjonois back on TV. across the 4,000 sites which use I n f o r m a t i o n p r o v i d e d b y
Permalink| Email this| Linking its analytics. These sites include C r u n c h B a s e
Blogs| Comments TechCrunch, The New York
Times, Groupon, and The
42 Technology/ Policy/
Malaysia's Opposition
on Trial
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 8/3/2010 6:00:00 PM
We come from opposite sides
of the political spectrum and
disagree about a great many
things. However, one issue that
brings us together is the case of
Anwar Ibrahim, the former
deputy prime minister of
Malaysia who is now leader of
the political opposition in that
country.
Mr. Anwar has been charged
under very dubious
circumstances with sodomy, a
criminal offense under
Malaysian law. If convicted, he
faces a possible 20-year
sentence--effectively life in
Safari Extension highlight: A prison for a man of 63. His trial,
scheduled to resume next week,
Cleaner YouTube threatens not just Mr. Anwar but
all those in Malaysia who have
struggled for a freer and more
Dave Caolo (The Unofficial the ads, sidebar items, developer says that comments at
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) democratic nation. It is also
comments and pretty much least are in the works. important for the rest of the
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:30:00 PM everything else that isn't the If you like things to be nice and world, because it casts a
video you're watching. Once tidy, check out A Cleaner troubling shadow over the future
With the addition of the Safari installed, youtube.com simply
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Extensions Gallery to Apple's shows a search field. Enter your
TUAW Safari Extension model for other Muslim
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highlight: A Cleaner YouTube countries.
TUAW will be highlighting the neatly-presented results.
originally appeared on The Our views of Anwar Ibrahim
extensions that we think are Select a video to watch and it
Unofficial Apple Weblog have been formed completely
special, useful, or just plain fun. appears centered in a field of
(TUAW) on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 independently of each other. We
Here's a nice extension for white all by its lonesome. Nice,
12:30:00 EST. Please see our do not always agree with his
those who visit YouTube but eh?You'll notice that some
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dislike its visual clutter. A features are missing, like Read| Permalink| Email this|
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do agree that as a political
leader, statesman and
intellectual, Mr. Anwar
possesses qualities that
encourage hope for the future.
These qualities include lucidity
and openness to debate and
engagement; commitment to
principles of accountability and
good governance; and a serious
concern for the future of his
country and the world--not to
mention his extraordinary
courage in standing up for what
he believes. We are convinced
that he is committed to the
values of pluralism, tolerance
and freedom that are needed for
Malaysia to flourish. . . .
The full text of this article is
available by subscription from
the Wall Street Journal. The full
text will be posted to AEI.org on
Monday, August 9.
Paul Wolfowitz is a visiting
scholar at AEI. Al Gore was the
forty-fifth vice president of the
United States.
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LaCie's Windows Home Server-powered 5big
Backup Server now shipping for big money
Tim Stevens (Engadget)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:58:00 PM
The last we heard from LaCie
about its upcoming home server
we didn't know much more than
five bays inside, gigabit
Ethernet on the back, and
Windows Home Server running
the show. Seven months on it's
now available and we have all
the details you could want. The
5big Backup Server apes the
AEI's John Makin: The Deflation Is
Already Here
Gregory White (Money Game)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:33:50 AM
John Makin of Caxton
Associates and the American
Enterprise Institute spoke with
CNBC this morning about the
threat of deflation now hanging
over the U.S. economy.
Makin explains that deflation is
already here. He talks about
how CPI is only at 0.9% right
now, and heading lower. That
prices and wages in the U.S. are
falling, and that we are now
exporting deflation to Europe
and Japan via a weakening
dollar.
vaguely HAL 9000esque styling
of earlier 5big storage devices,
contains an Intel Atom D410
processor, manages up to 10TB
of storage across those five
bays, and offers four USB and
one eSATA ports around back if
you need more, more, more.
Through WHS you can naturally
support the backup needs of 10
PCs and there's also Time get one with five 1TB drives for
Machine support for 25 more $1,199.99 (€1,239 in Europe), a
fruity clients. The cost? You can b i t o f a p r e m i u m o v e r a
Housing is where this starts,
and Makin thinks that the
American public believes that
house and car prices will be
cheaper in the future. He also
argues that, if we included
housing prices in the CPI, we
would already be in a
deflationary period.
Bond yields are a key source of
knowledge about where the
economy is, and Makin points
out that yes, bond yields falling
on both short term and long
term government debt makes
clear that markets believe in the
deflationary storyline.
He calls for more Fed action,
and further experimental
measures including the purchase
of more treasuries.
Makin calls monetarists
"wackos" for fearing inflation
due to the increase of money
supply.
It's compelling viewing for
anyone concerned about our
coming Japan scenario.
Check out Richard Koo's
awesome presentation on why
we're just like Japan >
Join the conversation about this
story »
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This Year's Election
May Mirror Democrats'
Setback of 1966
(AEI.Org: Articles)
comparable equipped HP Submitted at 8/3/2010 6:00:00 PM
Storageworks WHS box -- such
is the cost of good aesthetics. Everybody, even White House
LaCie's Windows Home Server press secretary Robert Gibbs,
-powered 5big Backup Server agrees that Republicans are
now shipping for big money going to pick up seats in the
originally appeared on Engadget House and Senate elections this
on Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:58:00 year. The disagreement is about
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Top 10 Marriage Myths
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
where he is also co-director of
the National Marriage Project
and former social and
The most recent U.S. Census behavioral sciences dean. He
figures confirm what most specializes in the study of
everyone already knows - family and community life in
divorce rates, indeed, are on the modern societies and is the
rise. author or editor of nine books.
W i t h n e a r l y h a l f o f a l l His most recent books are Life
marriages ending in divorce, Without Father: Compelling
many couples are starting to re- New Evidence That Fatherhood
evaluate their relationships. and Marriage Are Indispensable
But before you start any heady for the Good of Children and
analysis, it's important to know Society and Promises to Keep:
the facts from the myths when it D e c l i n e a n d R e n e w a l o f
comes to marriage. Marriage in America.
See the next page to get started. Five Filters featured
© 2002 by David Popenoe, the article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
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continued from page 43
House seats and won majorities
in both houses of Congress for
the first time in four decades.
That was a reaction to the big
government programs of the
first two years of the Clinton
administration.
Others compare this year to
1982, when Democrats picked
up 26 House seats and
recaptured effective control of
the House two years after
Ronald Reagan was elected
president. That was a recession
year, with unemployment even
higher than it is now.
Republicans currently hold an
82-to-63 edge in Southern
House seats, with eight
Democratic-held seats rated
likely or leaning Republican by
realclearpolitics.com
Let me put another off-year
election on the table for
comparison: 1966. Like 1994,
this wasn't a year of hard
economic times. But it was a
year when a Democratic
president's war in Asia was
starting to cause unease and
some opposition within his own
party, as is happening now.
And it was a year of recoil
against the big government
programs of Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society. The 89th
Congress, with 2-1 Democratic
majorities, had passed Medicare,
federal aid to education, anti-
poverty and other landmark
legislation.
Democrats only failed, as they
have in this Congress, to pass
organized labor's top priority:
then repealing section 14(b)
which allowed state right-to-
work laws, now the card check
bill to effectively eliminate the
secret ballot in unionization
elections.
In 1966, Republicans gained a
net 47 seats in the House. That
left Democrats with a 246-187
majority but without effective
control. That's because 95 of
those Democrats were from the
South (defined as the 11
Confederate states plus West
Virginia, Kentucky and
Oklahoma) and almost all voted
conservative on most issues.
Republicans actually won the
popular vote for the House in
the North (defined as the other
36 states) by a 51 percent to 48
percent majority. They have
only done so since in three
elections, in 1968 (a virtual
carbon copy of 1966 in House
races), in their breakthrough
year of 1994 and in the post-9/
11 year of 2002.
Current polling data suggests
that Republicans have a chance
of doing so once again in 2010.
The realclearpolitics.com's
average of recent generic ballot
polls--which party's candidate
for the House would you vote
for?--shows Republicans ahead
by a historically unprecedented
margin of 46 percent to 40
percent.
If those numbers hold, and if
they turn out to underpredict
Republican performance in the
popular vote, as they have in the
past, that could mean that
Republicans would win a
popular vote plurality or
majority in the North. Those are
two significant ifs, but they're
possible.
There is not much doubt about
which party will lead in the
South. Back in 1966, the South
elected only 29 Republican
House members (including
future President George H. W.
Bush) to 95 Democrats.
Democrats led in the popular
vote there by a 63 percent to 36
percent margin.
In 1992, as Bush was getting
thumped in the presidential
election, Republicans won a
higher percentage of the House
popular vote in the South than
the North for the first time since
Reconstruction. In 1994, they
carried the popular vote in the
South by 55 percent to 43
percent. They have carried it
ever since, even in 2008 when
Barack Obama brought out
unprecedented numbers of black
voters in the South.
Republicans currently hold an
82-to-63 edge in Southern
House seats, with eight
Democratic-held seats rated
likely or leaning Republican by
realclearpolitics.com and
another 11 Democratic-held
Southern seats rated as toss-ups.
And 15 more are in play, rated
as likely or leaning Democratic.
So Republicans could easily
gain 20 seats in the South. But
they could gain even more in the
North if current numbers hold
up.
In 2008, Democrats won the
popular vote in the North by 57
percent to 40 percent--roughly
comparable to their lead way
back in 1964, the year of
Lyndon Johnson's landslide.
If the popular vote in the North
should turn out to go narrowly
Republican, as it did in 1966, it
could be disaster for Democrats.
They lost a net 38 seats in the
North that year, when they held
just about as many seats
Northern seats as now. Not a
happy scenario for Democrats.
But not out of the realm of
possibility.
Michael Barone is a resident
fellow at AEI.
Photo credit: White House
Photo by Pete Souza
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article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
an Easy Ride in the
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Kellan Lutz Shows
Some Love and
Makes a Move in LA
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:30:00 PM
Kellan Lutz showered a
neighbor's dog with love during
a walk around his LA
neighborhood yesterday. He
later hopped into a loaded U-
Haul and drove off, possibly
starting the process of moving
into a new place. Kellan and his
girlfriend, AnnaLynne McCord,
currently live apart, but they're
clearly getting more serious.
AnnaLynne and Kellan don't
shy away from public
appearances - after she went to
the big LA premiere of Eclipse,
Kellan helped celebrate her
birthday in Vegas and they
attended the Do Something
Awards. He still has lots of love
to share with his fans, and he
kindly shows his appreciation
on the streets and via Twitter.
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Conservative Nostalgia Is Misplaced

(AEI.Org: Articles) another. to get very angry--deservedly anything more than a few
Submitted at 8/3/2010 6:00:00 PM Let's start with the Left, which angry--and expect everyone to thousand subscribers to his
certainly has different motives behave as if it's an Oxford magazine, The Public Interest,
C o n s e r v a t i v e s , b e i n g than Klinghoffer's. The urge to seminar. was a sign of failure. Both could
conservatives, have a soft spot l a m e n t h o w f a r t o d a y ' s Buckley, Kristol, and Neuhaus walk through most airports
for the good old days, but this is conservatives have fallen from
getting ridiculous. It seems the "golden age" of Buckley &
(and Reagan and Goldwater)
understood and appreciated the
unrecognized.
These men are my heroes, too,
'Real Housewives'
every day another colleague on Co. is a familiar gambit. You hurly-burly of American and their influence was to Bravo: Show
the right wants to click his ruby- see, this is what critics on the democracy. Buckley famously staggering. But those who pine
red slippers (or Topsiders) and left always say: "If only today's insisted he'd rather be governed for the good old days fail to Us the Money
proclaim, "There's no place like conservatives were as decent or by 2,000 random names in the grasp that the good old days PopEater Staff (TV Squad)
home"--"home" being the days intellectual or patriotic as those Boston phone book than the were, in the ways that matter, Submitted at 8/4/2010 8:30:00 AM
when conservatism was top- of yesteryear." faculty of Harvard. He often quite bad. The heyday of
heavy with generals but short on The best conservatives are passionately defended Joseph the "institution builders" was a Filed under: Celebrities and
troops. always dead; the worst are McCarthy, and he admired J. low-water mark for Gossip
The latest example comes from always alive and influential. Bracken Lee, the 1950s Utah conservatism's political success. -- By Rob Schuter,
m y o l d N a t i o n a l R e v i e w When Buckley and Kristol, not governor who makes Sarah (That's why they built Popeater.com
colleague David Klinghoffer in to mention Barry Goldwater and Palin look like Sandra Day institutions!) Conservatism 'The Real Housewives' are
the Los Angeles Times. "Once, Ronald Reagan, were alive, they O'Connor on Ambien. Oh, and hardly lacks for top-flight fighting back. The stars of the
t h e i c o n i c f i g u r e s o n t h e were hated and vilified by the he was a Rush Limbaugh intellectuals these days, but the hit TV franchise attract millions
political right were urbane same sorts of people who now dittohead. Kristol was an intellectuals aren't the avant- of viewers, but don't feel like
visionaries and builders of claim to miss the old gang. The admirer of the Christian Right garde anymore. Thanks to their they're getting their just due.
institutions--like William F. gold standard of the dead is and a supporter of the populist success at building institutions "All the ladies have had enough
Buckley Jr., Irving Kristol and always a cudgel, used to beat tax revolts of the 1970s. and spreading ideas, the battle of being used by Bravo and plan
Father Richard John Neuhaus, back the living. Neuhaus was a leading has been joined. And now is not to start fighting back," a friend
all dead now," Klinghoffer As for the Right, there are champion of the religious the time to wax nostalgic for the of one 'Housewife' tells me.
laments. "Today, far more many competing agendas among revival on the right. planning sessions. "They are pissed that they only
representative is potty-mouthed those lamenting the populist Nostalgia, wrote the great Jonah Goldberg is a visiting get paid $3,000 to tape each
Internet entrepreneur Andrew enthusiasms of the Right today. sociologist Robert Nisbet, "is scholar at AEI. episode and are furious that they
Breitbart." Some seem to want to displace even at best a rust of memory, Photo credit: iStockphoto/ get paid nothing to tape the
As someone who knew Buckley and replace today's leaders; often a disease." Nostalgia Anant Dummai reunion episode. It's two full
and Kristol (and was a brief others are simply beautiful causes us to exaggerate what we Five Filters featured days of their lives with no lunch
acquaintance of Neuhaus), I losers in forgotten struggles liked about the past while article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets breaks and no pay. Everyone on
think David's got it wrong. For eager to tear down the winners. editing out what we didn't. an Easy Ride in the the set is getting a paycheck
s t a r t e r s , n o o n e c o n f u s e s But what undergirds a lot of Indeed, Klinghoffer is doing Independent. Available tools: except the stars. How can that
Breitbart for Buckley--least of this is simply nostalgia. A precisely that when he says that PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, be right?"
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conservatism for one reason or cannot expect millions of people famously thought that having
46 Economy/ E-reader News Edition

Last-Ditch Attempts by State and Local Government to Save

Jobs
noreply@blogger.com Pay cuts are appearing most mayor pushed through pay cuts
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's frequently among state and local to bridge a $66 million budget
Global Economic Trend governments, which are under deficit, the largest union of
Analysis)
extraordinary budget pressures municipal workers is suing,
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:55:00 PM and have often already tried arguing that the mayor’s plan
In what is a welcome but furloughs, i.e., docking pay in should include furloughs.
choppy and exceptionally slow exchange for time off. Warning The mayor, Richard J. Berry,
start in terms of what needs to that they will have to lay off rejected that idea. “You want to
happen, some public unions are p e o p l e o t h e r w i s e , m a n y keep people employed. You
agreeing to pay cuts in order to governors and mayors are want to preserve public services.
save jobs. In other cases, cities pressing public employee unions And you don’t want to raise
are imposing their will with to accept a reduction in salary of taxes,” he said. “When you’re
unions fighting every step of the a few percentage points, without trying to lower the cost of
way. getting days off in exchange. government while maintaining
Please consider the New York At the University of Hawaii, services, furloughs don’t do the
Times article More Workers professors have accepted a 6.7 trick.”
Face Pay Cuts, Not Furloughs percent cut. Albuquerque has compensation for unionized David Lewin, a professor of At the Mott’s apple juice and
The furloughs that popped up trimmed pay for its 6,000 workers, in both wages and management at the University of sauce plant in Williamson, N.Y.,
during the recession are being employees by 1.8 percent on benefits, is out of line. For California, Los Angeles, who 30 miles east of Rochester, 300
replaced by a highly unusual average, and New York’s instance, the Westin Hotel in has written extensively on unionized workers have been on
tactic: actual cuts in pay. governor, David A. Paterson, Providence, R.I., after failing to employee compensation, says strike since May 23 over
Local and state governments, as has sought a 4 percent wage reach a new contract with its some cuts are also quietly taking management’s demands for a
well as some companies, are r o l l b a c k f o r m o s t s t a t e main union, has sliced wages 20 p l a c e a m o n g n o n u n i o n $1.50-an-hour wage cut, a
squeezing their employees to employees. State troopers in percent, saying its previous pay e m p l o y e r s . reduction in company 401(k)
work the same amount for less Vermont agreed to a 3 percent levels were not competitive with Reed Smith, a firm with 1,500 c o n t r i b u t i o n s a n d h i g h e r
money in cost-saving measures cut. In California, teachers in the t h o s e a t t h e c i t y ’ s m a n y lawyers, has cut salaries for first employee contributions to health
that are often described as a last- Capistrano and Pacheco school nonunion hotels. -year associates in major cities insurance. The strikers are
ditch effort to avoid layoffs. districts have accepted salary T h e p a i n i s f e l t a c r o s s to $130,000 from $160,000. seething over management’s
A new report on Tuesday cuts. i n d u s t r i e s . A t t h e S e a t t l e W a r r e n H o s p i t a l , a demands because the plant has
showed a slight dip in overall “We’ve seen pay freezes before Symphony, musicians have n o n u n i o n i z e d f a c i l i t y i n been profitable and Mott’s
wages and salaries in June, in the public sector, but pay cuts taken a 5 percent pay cut, while Phillipsburg, N.J., ordered pay corporate parent, the Dr Pepper
caused partly by employees are something very new to that ABF Freight System, a major cuts of 2 to 4 percent because Snapple Group, reported record
working fewer hours. sector,” said Gary N. Chaison, trucking company, has asked the lower Medicaid reimbursements profits last year.
Though average hourly pay is an industrial relations professor Teamsters to agree to 15 percent had squeezed the hospital’s “They keep piling more and
still higher than when the at Clark University. Outsize l e s s . T h e S t . L o u i s P o s t - finances. more work on us, but they want
recession began, the new wage pension costs and balanced Dispatch has lowered pay 6 In Madawaska, Me., 460 to pay us less and less,” said
rollbacks feed worries that the b u d g e t r e q u i r e m e n t s a r e percent, while Newsday has unionized workers accepted an Michele Morgan, a Mott’s
economy has weakened and squeezing many states as tax gotten its staff to accept a 5 to 8.5 percent wage cut in May to employee. “It’s a slap in the
c o u l d e v e n b e a t r i s k o f revenue has come up short. 10 percent pay cut. help keep their paper mill in
deflation. Companies frequently say that While most of the pay cuts business. LAST-DITCH page 50
seem to hit unionized workers, In Albuquerque, where the
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Corporate Hiring No Longer Improving; American Less

Optimistic
noreply@blogger.com Hiring Workers optimism that Gallup has
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Firing Also Levels Off measured over the past three
Global Economic Trend Twenty-one percent of U.S. months are surprisingly similar
Analysis)
employees report that their to those of a year ago. That is,
Submitted at 8/3/2010 9:05:00 PM companies are letting people go consumers are no more
Corporate hiring has been in a -- unchanged during the past optimistic now about the future
weak but generally improving four months. Workers' reports of course of the economy than they
condition from January through people being let go in July are were when the economy was
June according to a Gallup Poll. down five points from July 2009 just beginning to recover from
That positive trend is now but remain five points above its late 2008 and early 2009
broken as noted in U.S. Job July 2008 levels. plunge and as companies were
Creation Remains Level in July Percentage of Companies aggressively shedding jobs.
Gallup's Job Creation Index Firing Workers Weekly Unemployment Claims owners have turned negative, A slightly longer view shows
finds job growth essentially What the Charts Don't Say The above chart shows no suggesting owners have become the difference in year-over-year
u n c h a n g e d f o r t h e t h i r d Unfortunately, Gallup does not improvement in weekly claims slightly pessimistic as a group consumer expectations: 38% of
consecutive month, with a score say actual numbers of people for going on 8 months, dating a b o u t t h e i r o p e r a t i n g Americans in January 2010 said
of +7 in July -- about on par hired or fired, only that a back to mid-December. environment in the next 12 the economy was "getting
with +8 in June and +7 in May. company is hiring or firing. A That chart is roughly in months. better," compared with 17% in
Job market conditions are better company firing one worker is as agreement with the relatively Small Business Index Future January 2009, for a difference of
now than they were during the significant as another company flat Gallup line on the Expectations 21 percentage points. This year-
financial crisis at this time a hiring 200 workers. percentage of companies firing For more charts, details and over-year difference fell to zero
year ago (-2), but remain far Gallup also fails to incorporate workers. discussion please see Wells in June 2010 and has been
below the already-recessionary new business creation as well as Small Business Job Creation Fargo/Gallup Small Business essentially maintained during
levels found at this point in death of new businesses. Of A recent Gallup poll on small Index Hits Record Low, Future three weeks of July.
2008 (+20). course the BLS "birth-death" business conditions strongly Expectations Dip Below Zero Bottom Line
Job Creation Index model is one of the things many suggests small businesses are First Time Ever The Conference Board on
click on any chart for sharper l i k e t o c o m p l a i n a b o u t , not going to ramp up hiring Americans Less Optimistic Tuesday reported a decline in
image including me. plans anytime soon. About the Economy in July consumer confidence in July,
Hiring No Longer Improving I bring these points up because Record Pessimism in Future Wrapping up a trio of Gallup something Gallup has been
In July, 28% of U.S. workers it is important to understand the Expectations s u r v e y s , p l e a s e c o n s i d e r reporting for weeks. Reuters/
reported that their companies potential flaws in the data being The Future Expectations Americans Less Optimistic University of Michigan also
w e r e h i r i n g , h a l t i n g t h e reviewed. It would have helped Dimension of the index, which About the Economy in July reported a sharp decline in
consistent upward trend found if Gallup broke out results by measures small-business Americans' economic optimism consumer sentiment in its
from February to June. From a company size, as well as some owners' expectations for their declined from 41% at the preliminary report for July.
longer-term perspective, hiring order of magnitude as to hiring companies' revenues, cash beginning of May to 30% in mid While these monthly measures
reports are up substantially from and firing. flows, capital spending, number -July before ticking up to 33% are belatedly catching up with
the same period in 2009, but still We do have an alternate handle of new jobs, and ease of over the past couple of weeks. the Gallup weekly trend, they
below hiring levels at this time on firing however, simply by obtaining credit fell 13 points in Percentage of Consumers have not reflected the steady
in 2008. looking at Weekly July to -2 -- the first time in the Saying Economic Conditions
Percentage of Companies U n e m p l o y m e n t C l a i m s . index's history that future are "Getting Better" CORPORATE page 51
expectations of small-business Weekly trends in economic
48 Economy/
Boomer Dynamics, Housing, Jobs Creation, and the Falling
Participation Rate
noreply@blogger.com
(Michael Shedlock) (Mish's
Global Economic Trend
Analysis)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 3:55:00 AM
Job estimates are often difficult
to predict because month-to-
month variances can swing
wildly. However, census firing
is about to take back another
chunk of census hiring and I
expect another bad looking jobs
report this month.
Interestingly, Geithner is
making excuses in advance.
Please consider Geithner Says
Unemployment May Advance
Again Before Declining
Treasury Secretary Timothy F.
Geithner said U.S.
unemployment may rise again
before it falls and the economy
isn’t recovering rapidly enough.
“It’s possible you’re going to
have a couple months where it
goes up,” he said on ABC’s
“Good Morning America”
program. “People start to come
back into the labor force, and
that can cause the measured
unemployment rate to go up
temporarily.”
The U.S. economy grew at a
slower-than-expected 2.4
percent pace in the second
quarter as consumer spending
slowed, according to Commerce
Department data. Companies
probably added about 90,000
jobs in July, according to the
median estimate in a
Bloomberg News survey before
the Labor Department’s Aug. 6
employment report. The jobless
rate is forecast to rise to 9.6
percent from 9.5 percent.
Geithner's Disingenuous
Statements
When Geithner says "“People
start to come back into the labor
force, and that can cause the
measured unemployment rate to
go up temporarily” he is talking
about the Participation Rate(the
percentage of the working-age
population who are currently
employed or are actively
seeking work).
The theory Geithner is using is
that in a recovery, people who
were not in the work force start
looking for jobs. Those actively
looking for jobs are considered
unemployed.
The reality is that were it not
for a huge decline in the
participation rate (deep into an
alleged "recovery"), the
unemployment rate would far
higher.
Indeed, the unemployment rate
dropped in 2010 only because
people gave up looking for
jobs as unemployment benefits
expired.
Civilian Participation Rate
Perhaps people start looking for
jobs, but there certainly is no
sign of it. If it happens this
month, in the face of census
firings, the unemployment rate
could potentially soar.
Demographics
Bear in mind that it takes
between 100,000 and 125,000
jobs a month to keep up with
demographics (birth rate plus
immigration).
2010 Job Gains As Initially
Reported
June -125,000
May +431,000
April +290,000
March +136,000
February -36,000
January -44,000
The net of that is +652,000 jobs
in six months, approximately
enough to keep the
unemployment rate flat for the
year. Instead, the unemployment
rate dropped along with the
participation rate.
Had the participation rate risen
(more people looking for jobs
than giving up), the
unemployment rate would be
closer to 10.5%.
Baby Boomer Retirement
The massive increase in the
participation rate between 1960
an 2000 is a result of single
wage-earner households going
to dual wage-earner households
(both husbands and wives
working), a decrease in average
family size, and other boomer
related dynamics.
Now, as boomers head for
retirement we can and should
expect the participation rate to
decline. However, I took that
into consideration with my
estimate that it takes 100,000 to
125,000 jobs a month to keep up
with birth rate and
demographics. In 2000, the
number was close to 150,000 a
month.
Bernanke's estimate is 100,000
E-reader News Edition
jobs a month. However, I think
he is slightly low-balling for
obvious reasons. Regardless, we
are both in the same ballpark.
Clinton vs. Bush vs. Obama
Clinton not only had far more
favorable demographics to work
with than either Bush or Obama,
he also happened to be president
during the midst of a genuine
productivity boom, falling
commodity prices, and an
internet revolution that created
millions of jobs.
In terms of job creation, Clinton
was lucky. That combination
will not be seen again for
decades and he did not have to
do anything to get it.
However, one must play the
hand one has been dealt, and to
show I am not taking partisan
sides, Bush and Obama have
both blown it with misguided
policies and stupid wars.
Housing Boom and Housing
Bust
Let's zero in on the
participation rate since 2000 to
see what trends suggest.
The above chart shows the
effect of the Greenspan induced
housing bubble.
Even though housing peaked in
2005, commercial real estate
temporarily picked up where
residential housing left off. That
combination kept employment
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Boomer Dynamics: How The End Of The Census And The
Housing Bust Means Another Leg Down In Employment
Mike "Mish" Shedlock (Money
Game)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:27:00 PM
Job estimates are often difficult
to predict because month-to-
month variances can swing
wildly. However, census firing
is about to take back another
chunk of census hiring and I
expect another bad looking jobs
report this month.
Interestingly, Geithner is
making excuses in advance.
Please consider Geithner Says
Unemployment May Advance
Again Before Declining
Treasury Secretary Timothy F.
Geithner said U.S.
unemployment may rise again
before it falls and the economy
isn’t recovering rapidly enough.
“It’s possible you’re going to
have a couple months where it
goes up,” he said on ABC’s
“Good Morning America”
program. “People start to come
back into the labor force, and
that can cause the measured
unemployment rate to go up
temporarily.”
The U.S. economy grew at a
slower-than-expected 2.4
percent pace in the second
quarter as consumer spending
slowed, according to Commerce
Department data. Companies
probably added about 90,000
jobs in July, according to the
median estimate in a
Bloomberg News survey before
the Labor Department’s Aug. 6
employment report. The jobless
rate is forecast to rise to 9.6
percent from 9.5 percent.
Geithner's Disingenuous
Statements
When Geithner says "“People
start to come back into the labor
force, and that can cause the
measured unemployment rate to
go up temporarily” he is talking
about the Participation Rate(the
percentage of the working-age
population who are currently
employed or are actively
seeking work).
The theory Geithner is using is
that in a recovery, people who
were not in the work force start
looking for jobs. Those actively
looking for jobs are considered
unemployed.
The reality is that were it not
for a huge decline in the
participation rate (deep into an
alleged "recovery"), the
unemployment rate would far
higher.
Indeed, the unemployment
rate dropped in 2010 only
because people gave up
looking for jobs as
unemployment benefits expired.
Civilian Participation Rate
Perhaps people start looking for
jobs, but there certainly is no
sign of it. If it happens this
month, in the face of census
firings, the unemployment rate
could potentially soar.
Demographics
Bear in mind that it takes
between 100,000 and 125,000
jobs a month to keep up with
demographics (birth rate plus
immigration).
2010 Job Gains As Initially
Reported
June -125,000
May +431,000
April +290,000
March +136,000
February -36,000
January -44,000
The net of that is +652,000 jobs
in six months, approximately
enough to keep the
unemployment rate flat for the
year. Instead, the unemployment
rate dropped along with the
participation rate.
Had the participation rate risen
(more people looking for jobs
than giving up), the
unemployment rate would be
closer to 10.5%.
Baby Boomer Retirement
The massive increase in the
participation rate between 1960
an 2000 is a result of single
wage-earner households going
to dual wage-earner households
(both husbands and wives
working), a decrease in average
family size, and other boomer
related dynamics.
Now, as boomers head for
retirement we can and should
expect the participation rate to
decline. However, I took that
into consideration with my
estimate that it takes 100,000 to
125,000 jobs a month to keep
up with birth rate and
demographics. In 2000, the
number was close to 150,000 a
month.
Bernanke's estimate is 100,000
jobs a month. However, I think
Economy/ 49
he is slightly low-balling for
obvious reasons. Regardless,
we are both in the same
ballpark.
Clinton vs. Bush vs. Obama
Clinton not only had far more
favorable demographics to work
with than either Bush or
Obama, he also happened to be
president during the midst of a
genuine productivity boom,
falling commodity prices, and
an internet revolution that
created millions of jobs.
In terms of job creation,
Clinton was lucky. That
combination will not be seen
again for decades and he did
not have to do anything to get it.
However, one must play the
hand one has been dealt, and to
show I am not taking partisan
sides, Bush and Obama have
both blown it with misguided
policies and stupid wars.
Housing Boom and Housing
Bust
Let's zero in on the
participation rate since 2000 to
see what trends suggest.
The above chart shows the
effect of the Greenspan induced
housing bubble.
Even though housing peaked in
2005, commercial real estate
temporarily picked up where
residential housing left off. That
combination kept employment
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face.” Economic Reality and
Slap in the Face for Mott's
Employees
I approve the right of those
private union employees at
Mott's to strike.
On the other hand, I approve
the right of Mott's to move the
entire operation to North
Carolina or wherever in
response. I also approve right to
work laws that would allow non
-union workers to take jobs of
those strikers.
Michele Morgan is whining
about jobs that the company
says pays $21 and hour. The
union disputes the figure.
Regardless, Michele Morgan
does not know what a slap in the
face is. A slap in the face is
losing your job when a company
says to hell with it and moves
operations to a non-union city
where they do not have to deal
with such problems. A further
slap in the face is when you are
unemployed for 12 months and
exhaust all your unemployment
benefits.
The above paragraphs may
sound cruel or harsh to some. It
is neither. It is a slap in the face
of economic reality. Michele
Morgan needs a cold slap in the
face of economic reality before
she gets a slap in the face called
the unemployment line.
Economic Reality and Slap in
the Face in Albuquerque
I applaud mayor, Richard J.
Berry who said “You want to
keep people employed. You
want to preserve public services.
And you don’t want to raise
taxes. When you’re trying to
lower the cost of government
while maintaining services,
furloughs don’t do the trick.”
That is something most police
and fire departments have not
figured out. It is also only a
start. Albuquerque needs to
outsource as many public jobs
as it can, and kill defined benefit
pension plans that are no doubt
at the heart of the problem.
Mayor Berry is attempting to
save unions jobs. The unions
complain about it. Those
Albuquerque unions desperately
need a well deserved slap in the
face called privatization.
Scare Tactics and Economic
Reality in Baltimore
Inquiring minds are
investigating police and fire
union grievances in Baltimore.
Please consider Union billboard
bashes mayor and council
This billboard appears to have
sprouted up over the weekend in
view of City Hall at the mouth
of I-83, the latest salvo in the
fight over pensions for city
police and fire fighters. A
spokeswoman for the unions say
it will be up throughout the
month of August.
Changes in the pension system
- which strip more money from
the paychecks of officers and
firefighters - were made
necessary by a deficit in the
police and fire retirement fund
that could have cost the cash-
strapped city $65 million. That
problem came as the mayor had
to close a $121 million budget
shortfall by raising taxes and
new fees.
Union officials have filed a
federal lawsuit accusing the city
of purposely underfunding the
pension system and arguing that
the changes violate contractual
labor agreements.
The mayor's office issued this
statement regarding the
billboard:
"Rank and file police and fire
officers understand that cities
that give full retirements to 41
year old government employees
will go bankrupt before long.
Baltimore Slap in the Face
Police and firefighters are so
used to getting what they want
they have now resorted to scare
tactics. I am actually grateful
because I am quite certain the
public will have little sympathy.
Ironically, the sign is a
complete distortion of reality.
That sign was not paid for by
the Fraternal Order of Police or
the Association of Fire Fighters.
That sign was paid for by
Baltimore taxpayers in taxes and
fees. The union siphons off a
portion of that taxpayer money
then has the gall to resort to
such scare tactics.
Baltimore has two options both
of which I approve.
1. Outsource the entire police
department to the Sheriffs'
Association
2. Declare bankruptcy in an
attempt to get out from the
burden of union greed
The Baltimore police and fire
departments both need a cold
slap in the face of economic
reality that says they are
complete fools for not
appreciating how good they now
have it.
Baltimore is bankrupt. It needs
to recognize that fact and do
something about it.
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'America's Got Talent'
Fourth Twelve Acts
Michael Maloney (TV Squad)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: Celebrity
Interviews, Summer TV
A dozen new acts including a
comedian, an opera singer and
three sets of dancers performed
on last night's fourth group of
semi-finalists on'America's Got
Talent.'
Piers Morgan was particularly
trigger happy when it came to
hitting the 'X' button, but the
controversial judge tempered his
criticisms with some supportive
comments to vetoed acts, too.
"I just go completely on my gut
instinct," Morgan told TV
Squad after taping. "I ask
myself, 'Is this act working
tonight or not? Is it entertaining
me?' If I really feel like it's not
happening ... they've got to be
buzzed."
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continued from page 47
erosion in consumer
expectations over the past 12
weeks, or the uptick of the past
two weeks that most likely came
in response to the surge on Wall
Street.
The most troubling finding in
the Gallup data, however, is that
today's consumer expectations
are no better than those of a year
ago. Americans' views may
reflect the prospect of a jobless
recovery; the unemployment
rate is expected to remain near
double digits for the rest of the
year. American consumers
might also be taking to heart
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke's assertion that this is
a period of "unusual
uncertainty" as something that
applies to them just as much as
businesses and policymakers.
Unusual Uncertainty
I commented at length on
Bernanke's assertion in
Bernanke Says Economic
Outlook is "Unusually
Uncertain", Fed Prepared for
"Actions as Needed"
In my opinion the Fed is
enormously and erroneously
overoptimistic about its
assessment of the economy,
especially unemployment. The
odds we get back to 5%
unemployment anytime soon are
close to zero. And unless the
participation rate collapses, we
are far more likely to see higher
highs, possibly above 12%
before we start to see the rate
drop.
Be Prepared for "Unusual
Actions"
The Fed seems to be sensing it
may be wrong in its optimistic
assessment judging from
Bernanke's "Unusually
Uncertain" statements.
Risks are not just "skewed" to
the downside, they are
enormously skewed to the
downside.
Bernanke Has Met His Match
Hyperinflationists will be
coming out of the woodwork on
the Fed's statements today.
However, I calmly note that
Bernanke has met his match:
consumer attitudes.
We have reached a
Consumption Inflection Point -
No One Wants Credit and
consumer spending plans have
plunged. There is nothing
Bernanke can do to "fix" that.
Besides, there is nothing to
"fix" anyway. Boomers headed
towards retirement better be
saving more and spending less.
The same applies to kids out of
college without a job.
Finally, I note that Bernanke
thinks consumer spending is on
the rise. It's not. Bernanke needs
to get out in the real world and
see what's happening. He can
start by reading Rockefeller
Institute Confirms Rising Retail
Sales a Mirage. The Gallup Poll
suggests consumers are not
about to go on a spending spree.
This is a matter of common
sense.
Economic Models vs. Common
Sense
Repeating a portion of Wells
Fargo/Gallup Small Business
Index Hits Record Low, Future
Expectations Dip Below Zero
First Time Ever....
Bernanke no doubt is adhering
to his models as to what a
recovery from a typical
recession looks like. Those
models no doubt suggest that the
steep yield curve will spur
economic growth.
The problem is this is not the
typical recession. This is a credit
bust recession and consumers
are still deleveraging.
Moreover, with savings deposits
yielding close to 0% and with
credit card rates over 20%,
common sense dictates
consumers pay down bills.
Indeed, given all the economic
uncertainties, consumers are
reacting in a rational manner by
not spending.
Bernanke needs to throw his
silly formulas out the window
and use some common sense.
Unfortunately, he cannot do that
because he does not have any
common sense.
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America Can't
Handle Another
Favre Folly
Jay Mariotti (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 8/3/2010 10:38:00 PM
Filed under: NFL
Is cyanide an option? May I
stick my head in the mouth of a
Malayan pit viper? If You Know
Who actually is retiring from
You Know What -- and I dare
say he is doing so definitively,
at the risk of sacrificing my
credibility and abandoning my
sanity -- I speak for a nation in
asking him a sizable favor.
This time, please don't change
your mind.
I don't want to remember you
as Brett Farce.
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BOOMER
continued from page 48
high with countless Home
Depots, Lowes, Pizza Huts, etc,
adding jobs for two years even
as housing went into a tailspin.
This all ended in late 2007 with
a thunderous crash of housing,
commercial real estate,
commodities, and the stock
market.
In late 2009, the participation
rate rose as people who thought
there might be jobs, started
looking for them. It was a
mirage. As people exhausted
their unemployment benefits,
they gave up and instead started
collecting social security.
Note that as soon as someone
stops looking for a job (even if
they want one), they are not
considered to be unemployed,
nor are they a part of the labor
force, thus the participation rate
drops.
Dynamics at Play
To accurately predict trends in
unemployment, one not only
needs to estimate the number of
jobs the economy will create (or
Daily bike ride 2.0
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:14:54 PM
Today I went north, making it
as far as 64th St on the Hudson
River Greenway.
Round trip -- 7.5 miles.
Legs feel great. Spirits too.
Considering that this trail runs
through the largest city in the
US -- it's amazingly free from
lose), one has to get boomer
dynamics and the participation
rate as well.
Ironically, one can be wrong on
both estimates and still come out
OK if the forces balance out.
Best of this Recovery is Over
If the participation rate jumps
now, so will the unemployment
rate. If jobs decline and the
participation rate jumps, the
unemployment rate will soar.
To make substantial progress
on the unemployment rate, it
will take continuously rising
jobs (substantially above
100,000 a month), and a falling
participation rate.
Not to blow out any recovery
candles, but that combination is
highly unlikely.
Looking ahead, the jobs picture
appears bleak. The best of this
recovery is over: Corporate
Hiring is No Longer Improving
and Americans are Less
Optimistic.
Geithner is making excuses in
advance, hoping for a miracle
traffic and hazards. The
pavement is near-perfect. People
generally respect the rules.
that is unlikely to come.
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Better biking than I had in Calif
where I rode along Junipero
Serra Blvd some days and up
Sand Hill Road others. Those
were good routes, but you had to
share the road with cars.
Here, the trail is just for bikes.
Verrra nice!
Another major difference is --
no hills!
BOOMER
continued from page 49
high with countless Home
Depots, Lowes, Pizza Huts, etc,
adding jobs for two years even
as housing went into a tailspin.
This all ended in late 2007
with a thunderous crash of
housing, commercial real
estate, commodities, and the
stock market.
In late 2009, the participation
rate rose as people who thought
there might be jobs, started
looking for them. It was a
mirage. As people exhausted
their unemployment benefits,
they gave up and instead started
collecting social security.
Note that as soon as someone
stops looking for a job (even if
they want one), they are not
considered to be unemployed,
nor are they a part of the labor
force, thus the participation rate
drops.
Dynamics at Play
To accurately predict trends in
unemployment, one not only
needs to estimate the number of
jobs the economy will create (or
lose), one has to get boomer
dynamics and the participation
rate as well.
Ironically, one can be wrong
on both estimates and still come
out OK if the forces balance
out.
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Best of this Recovery is Over
If the participation rate jumps
now, so will the unemployment
rate. If jobs decline and the
participation rate jumps, the
unemployment rate will soar.
To make substantial progress
on the unemployment rate, it
will take continuously rising
jobs (substantially above
100,000 a month), and a falling
participation rate.
Not to blow out any recovery
candles, but that combination is
highly unlikely.
Looking ahead, the jobs picture
appears bleak. The best of this
recovery is over: Corporate
Hiring is No Longer Improving
and Americans are Less
Optimistic.
Geithner is making excuses in
advance, hoping for a miracle
that is unlikely to come.
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appeared at Mish's Global
Economic Analysis >
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CHART OF THE DAY: Here's America's
Nightmare Austerity Scenario
Gregory White and Kamelia
Angelova (Money Game)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:44:00 PM
The Congressional Budget
Office has released their report
on the threat of a fiscal crisis in
the U.S. and it makes for
informative reading. Most
interesting would be the CBO's
two conflicting visions for
where the country's debt levels
are headed, and what actions
will need to be taken to prevent
a fiscal crisis in either outcome.
According to the CBO, if the
government follows its baseline
scenario for spending, there will
need to be additional cuts to
spending of 1% of GDP to
prevent an increase in the U.S.
debt to GDP ratio in the next 25
years. In the alternative
scenario, the government would
need to make cuts equal to 5%
of GDP.
The baseline scenario is
spending under current law. The
alternative scenario includes
changes to law that are
anticipated by the CBO (this
includes the extension of the
Bush tax cuts and increased
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Saving the World, One Pair of
Loafers at a Time
ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
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Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:35:49 AM
Paola Chaparro is a self-
proclaimed nomad.
Born in Colombia, she travelled
round Europe and America for
years before graduating from
Parsons and working as a brand
consultant for Wallpaper, Ted
Baker and Jigsaw in London. In
2007, she realized her and
returned to Bogota to launch
Kuyban, a brand of
environmentally and socially
responsible loafers – a first for
the region.
Her shoes are ergonomic and
orthopedic-certified (although it
doesn’t show), and are made out
of local leathers with buckles
dyed from seeds and labels and
bags sewn out of recycled
scraps. The company also makes
a point to reuse materials and
reduce aniline toxicity (typically
used for synthetic dyes).
“It’s sustainable luxury for
travelers”, Ms Chaparro told us,
“which is still very rare in the
country.”
But there's more – on top of
working with local artisans,
Paolo also brings back the
tradition of‘cottage industry’
allowing women to work from
home “The shoes are hand
stitched by single women – but
I’m aware that they need to look
after their children, so they can
bring the material home and
work in their own time,” she
explained.
If you need even another reason
to buy a pair of Kuyban, the
brand's currently working with
Colombian association
Innocence In Danger which is
dedicated to helping sexually
abused children. “This is an
industry of 2.2 billion children
round the world, and 3 to 4
percent is in Colombia," says
the designer, “There's just no
way I can turn a blind eye on
this.”
—ALICE PFIEFFER
Top 5 Everyday Items
You Can Repurpose in a
Survival Scenario
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Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
Maybe you were c-aught in a
freak snowstorm while driving
home from Grandma's house. Or
perhaps you wandered a little
too far from your campground
during a weekend in the woods.
By a freak of nature, you
survived a plane crash in the
middle of what feels like
nowhere. Here you are,
relatively uninjured but with no
camping or survival equipment.
What do you do?
If you're MacGyver, the famous
American television spy from
the late '80s, you'd do something
dramatic like whip up a
defibrillator using two
candlesticks and an electrical
cord, fight off snakes with
nothing but kerosene or use
chocolate to stop a sulfuric acid
leak. Chances are, though,
you're not going to find yourself
lost in the woods while battling
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However, surviving in the
wilderness can still be a matter
of life and death. As living
things, we humans have basic
needs for survival: warmth,
water, sleep and food. If these
needs aren't met, disaster can
soon follow. Everyone should
have a survival preparedness kit
stored in his or her car or
brought on any camping and
hiking trip, but how many of us
actually do? When you have no
formal supplies, improvisation
is key.
In this article, we're going to
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things you probably carry
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Claire She Wouldn't Wish Diane Add a Little Spice
Her Upbringing on Anyone
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:00:00 PM
Mary-Kate Olsen has not one,
but two covers for September's
Marie Claire- which one do you
like best? She's in the midst of
spending a fun Summer with her
sister Ashley, making the party
rounds, going on dates, and
chilling in the Big Apple. Both
Mary-Kate and Ashley are
looking forward to showing off
their latest designs during
Fashion Week, and MKO
opened up to the magazine
about her passion for clothing.
She also spoke about losing her
friend Heath Ledger and how
she feels about having been a
child actor. Mary-Kate said:
• On growing up as a child View 4 Photos ›
actress:"I look at old photos of
me, and I don't feel connected to Photos courtesy Tesh for Marie
them at all . . . I would never Claire
wish my upbringing on anyone .
.."
• On her friend Heath's death:"I
think it's really important to be
able to talk when something's
wrong. I learned at a really
young age that if you don't talk
about it, it can drive you
insane."
• On her passions:"I still read
scripts, and if something great
comes along, that's great . . . but
this is my day job. The Row is
where I go every day."
to Their Date Night
PopSugar (PopSugar)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:30:00 AM
Diane Kruger and Joshua
Jackson were together in LA last
night to grab dinner at the Red
O Mexican restaurant. The pair
are back together after his recent
stint in San Diego, where he
made his "Pacey-Con" video for
Funny or Die. Josh didn't expect
that his stunt would cause such a
stir- check out him talking about
his surprise after the jump. Josh
will stick around Hollywood for
a bit, as he's expected to attend
this Sunday's Teen Choice
Awards. Diane, meanwhile, is
back following a trip to Paris to
premiere her film Lily
Sometimes, and next up for the
actress will be playing a
journalist in the action movie
Who Said It:
Captain Kirk or
Special Forces. She was also
just honored with a place on
Captain Picard?
Vanity Fair's annual Best (HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Dressed List, along with other Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:00:00 AM
stars like Carey Mulligan and
Maggie Gyllenhaal. Do you have trouble with
tribbles? Have you visited the
city on the edge of forever? Did
To see more Diane and Josh, you have an encounter at
just read more. Farpoint? Several ships have
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Enterprise, and many people
have served as captain. But out
of all the captains in Starfleet,
two hold a special place in our
WHO page 58

Target's (Anything But) Standard Lightshow

ELLE.com (ELLE Fashion
Blogs)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:23:23 AM
The Standard Hotel is like the
fashion industry's mecca. The
west side spot's conveniently
home to every venue imaginable
— beer garden, bar, club, roof
deck, restaurant, hotel room — what appears to be an
which means everyone can find international laser light show.
a way to throw a party there, This party, however, will be
and everyone has. open to the public.
So Target, whose love of high That means everyone can come
fashion continues to grow and go from the hotel, but it also
exponentially, wants to have a includes viewing parties lining
party there, too. They're York summer (they opened their Little West 12th Street and an
capping off their eventful New Harlem store last month) with online stream. What's
streaming? The lights, but also
a live fashion show featuring all
of Target's fall offerings. Of
course, you can also shop,
Target's Kaleidoscopic Fashion
Spectacular here.
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The Truth About the 2001-2003 Tax Cuts

Guinevere Nell (The Foundry: rose. By 2007, the highest Tax hikes would also harm the
Conservative Policy News.) earners were paying a current economic recovery. The
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:00:35 PM significantly larger share than majority of those filing in the
they had previously, and today upper income brackets have
Posted August 4th, 2010 at the tax burden of top 1 percent small business income or
1:00pm in Entitlements Print exceeds that of bottom 95 investments. Increasing taxes on
This Post percent. business could cost the economy
In the battle over the extension Does that sound unusually dearly. Former Congressional
of the 2001/2003 tax cuts, a lot progressive? Well, it is. The Budget Office director Douglas
of myths about the tax cuts are U.S. federal tax system is more Holtz-Eakin calculates that an
being perpetuated. One of the progressive than any other increase in the top rate could
common myths is that the Bush OECD country, by several reduce small business hiring by
tax cuts disproportionately measures. (And if you count 18 percent. The majority of
favored the wealthy, shifted the state taxes in the U.S. and the economists agree that raising
burden of taxes from the rich to corresponding value added tax taxes at this time is the worst
the middle class, and made our in the European countries, it possible policy. Myths aside, the
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most wealthy nations. difference). It isn’t only that the extended in full, even for “the
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E-reader News Edition
Rand Paul's Crucible
Adam de Jong (The New
Republic - All Feed)
Submitted at 8/3/2010 11:00:00 PM
Rand Paul has had a rough time
adapting to life as a Senate
candidate. Since he's become a
national figure, the Kentucky
ophthalmologist has had to
compromise his strictly
libertarian ideological
attitudes—for instance reversing
his stance on the necessity of the
Civil Rights Act and shying
away from previous comments
about a secret plan to build a
NAFTA superhighway. But it's
not just the media fact-checkers
and the tender sensibilities of
mankind that have caused Paul
trouble: The political geography
of Kentucky is such that, in
order to win, he has to moderate
his ideological stands in order to
please key blocs of Kentucky
voters.
It's often forgotten, but
Kentucky's political
environment is not tailor-made
for Republican landslides. The
state has roughly 600,000 more
registered Democrats than
members of the GOP, and only a
small pool of independent
voters, forcing Kentucky
Republicans to make their
careers out of winning a sizeable
portion of the Democratic base.
Since the Southern realignment
of the 1960s, Kentucky has
elected only one Republican
governor (Ernie Fletcher, who
served from 2003 to 2007, was
so scandal-ridden that he lost re-
election and left the state party
in shambles). And when Mitch
McConnell won his first Senate
race in 1984—creating the
blueprint that Republicans have
used to win statewide races ever
since—both Senate seats were
held by Democrats.
That blueprint works as
follows: A GOP candidate must
start by turning out core
Republican voters in two areas:
the southwestern strip of
Kentucky, which is the only
"culturally Southern" part of the
state (Bowling Green was the
provisional capital of the
Confederate state of Kentucky
during the Civil War), and the
northern pocket of the state,
which is a very socially
conservative suburb of
Cincinnati. From there, the
candidate has to build outward
and run up large margins in
three key swing areas: the
region around Fort Knox, which
is heavily populated by national
security voters; Appalachian
eastern Kentucky, which is
heavily reliant on government
"pork-barrel" spending; and the
moderate suburbs around
Lexington and Frankfort (the
capital), which are classic swing
zones, populated by wealthier
suburbanites who tend to be
Democrats, but are partial to the
mild-mannered conservatism of
McConnell.
Especially since Rand Paul is
facing Jack Conway, an
appealing moderate Democrat
with Kentucky roots and a
classically American demeanor
(think: Marlboro Man), he will
have to shape his campaign in a
way that is very sensitive to this
political geography. In order to
Politics/ 59
social conservatives may be
uncomfortable with Paul calling
George W. Bush’s faith-based
initiatives “a horrible mistake.
In the early stages of the
campaign, Conway has been
targeting southwestern
Kentucky, building a ground
game aimed at holding on to as
many socially conservative
Democrats as possible.
The Religious Suburbs (Fourth
District)
The Fourth District in the north
is about 95 percent white and
very socially conservative. (It is
home to the famous museum of
appeal to voters in these swing creationism, which opened in
areas, he will have to moderate 2007.) Northern Kentucky
his opinions and reframe some voters are fiercely loyal to their
of his deeply held radical native sons, such as the Roman
beliefs. Here’s a closer look at Catholic former baseball star,
the dilemmas he faces in each Senator Jim Bunning. This
district: poses a problem for Rand Paul,
The GOP Base the Presbyterian from Bowling
The South (First and Second Green who believes in radical
Districts) personal freedom.
This culturally Southern area To appeal to these social
will probably be the most conservatives, Paul has been
favorable to Rand Paul. It playing up the fact that he is pro
includes Paul's home base of -life and downplaying the more
Bowling Green, where he's lived l i b e r t a r i a n a s p e c t s o f h i s
since 1993. His wife Kelley is worldview. Paul identifies as
also from nearby Russellville. “100% pro-life,” saying that
E v e n s o , J a c k C o n w a y ' s “abortion is taking the life of an
campaign seems to believe that innocent human being.” But
Paul has some weaknesses here. Paul’s actual stance on abortion
Bowling Green is home to a big issues is more nuanced than he
General Motors manufacturing claims. For instance, he has
plant—the plant was saved deemphasized his support for
when Obama rescued GM from the “morning-after pill,” which
going under—and the area's RAND page 62
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The PICTURE: Midcult Revisited

Jed Perl (The New Republic - 1950s—was worried about the deepest artistic experiences that the strangeness that should and the horse were talented.” I
All Feed) place of the arts in a modern, was passed off as deep characterize the experience of understand Macdonald’s
Submitted at 8/3/2010 3:41:46 PM democratic society. This is a experience. art had been compromised and reaction. I’ve had similar
perfectly reasonable thing to There is a great deal to admire traduced by this curious reactions. But I am not so sure
Nobody talks about “midcult” worry about. Macdonald was in Macdonald’s argument. He phenomenon that he called that Macdonald is right. Why
anymore. I wonder how many appalled by the cheapening of can sound almost prophetic midcult. What may have been does he assume that there aren’t
people are even aware of this art and literature in a big, when he writes—and this was a missing from Macdonald’s some readers who will look at
nifty coinage. I like the clipped complex, contemporary culture, long time ago, in 1961—that argument (and here he was the Renoirs and the roller-
sound of those two syllables about the extent to which people “the special threat of Midcult is perhaps more of a product of the skating horse and conclude that
locked together, the efficiency w e r e b e i n g f e d — a n d , that it exploits the discoveries of ideologies of the 1930s than he the Renoirs are an achievement
w i t h w h i c h “ m i d d l e ” a n d sometimes it seemed, force- the avant-garde.” That could imagined) was a faith in the of an altogether different order,
“culture” have been shortened, fed—a preprocessed, easy-to- easily double as a description of flexibility and independence of something about which they
a b b r e v i a t e d , t h e n s p l i c e d digest version of art, literature, a lot of what goes on in the art the individual mind—a belief want to know more? What
together. Dwight Macdonald theater, and music. This was world today. A case in point was that the taste of the individual Macdonald is writing about is
t o s s e d m i d c u l t i n t o t h e what he called “masscult,” the Matthew Barney show a few could trump the taste of the the dumbing-down of culture. I
intellectual playground with his which was “at best a vulgarized years back at the Guggenheim. group. Or perhaps I should say would be the last person to deny
1961 essay,“Masscult and reflection of High Culture and at That was midcult on a massive that this aspect of the argument that this is a problem—an
Midcult,” originally published worst a cultural nightmare.” scale. Barney embraced all the was not missing from enormous problem. Arguably, it
as a pamphlet by Partisan Instead of Old Master paintings, discoveries of modern art—the Macdonald’s essay so much as it is a far bigger problem today
Review. And whatever the people were getting Norman willful obscurity marshaled for was not emphasized enough. I than it was a half a century ago.
strengths and the weaknesses of Rockwell. Instead of Bach and psychological power, the say this not to criticize Dwight Strange to say, it may be that
that long, elaborate essay, the Mozart, they were getting the juxtaposing and collaging of Macdonald, but to remind all of our ever-darkening situation
word has its own kind of mid- Boston Pops. And if that wasn’t diverse elements. But all those us that the problems we are makes it all the more imperative
twentieth-century fascination. bad enough, there was also discoveries were cheapened and facing can overwhelm, or at to believe that people can, one
The grandeur of the ideas m i d c u l t t o c o n t e n d w i t h . simplified, turned into mass least can threaten to overwhelm, by one, find their way through
encompassed by those two Midcult was a newer idea, a mid spectacle. This was Surrealism our capacity to find the way the confusions of contemporary
syllables echo the sweeping - c e n t u r y v a r i a t i o n o n t h e reimagined as Disneyland—a forward. culture. This is something that
philosophic visions—of Hegel, phenomenon of mass culture. perfect example of the problem MacDonald’s reluctance to Dwight Macdonald, whatever
of Marx, and of Nietzsche—that Midcult, Macdonald argued, that Macdonald had identified in believe that people can think his anxieties about consumer
had dominated thought in the “ p r e t e n d s t o r e s p e c t t h e 1961. independently cropped up early culture, ought to have
1930s, when Macdonald was a standards of High Culture while Like so many pieces of in “Masscult and Midcult,” understood. He was, after all,
y o u n g m a n . A n d t h e in fact it waters them down and dazzling cultural analysis, when he wrote about an issue of the author of a book entitled The
c o m p r e s s i o n o f t h e w o r d vulgarizes them.” Midcult was “Masscult and Midcult” was Life magazine in which there Root is Man, in which he
itself—its snap, its ready-for- Hemingway’s The Old Man and longer on analysis than it was on were “nine color pages of dismissed the faith in
primetime precision—suggests the Sea and Thornton Wilder’s solutions. That’s perfectly fine. Renoir paintings followed by a impersonal historical processes
the quickening pace of mid- O u r T o w n — w o r k s , s o A writer has achieved a great picture of a roller-skating that had obsessed the Marxists
century Manhattan, the sleek M a c d o n a l d a r g u e d , t h a t deal when he has identified horse.” Macdonald’s feeling of the 1930s.
efficiency of a corporate logo mimicked the profundity and some large movement within the was that “somehow these Couldn’t it be that a few young
designed by Paul Rand. complexity and unconventional culture, some force that is scramblings together seem to readers who first encounter
M a c d o n a l d — a n a n t i - language and structure we changing the way we understand work all one way, degrading the Hemingway as the bombastic
Communist Leftist who had expect from original works of the arts. Macdonald serious rather than elevating the author of The Old Man and the
been turning his energies from art. Midcult was imitation high explained—magnificently—ho frivolous”—leaving the PICTURE: page 67
p o l i t i c s t o c u l t u r e i n t h e culture—a cheapening of the w the intensity, the difficulty, impression that “both Renoir
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AP Exclusive: USDA Racial Flap Reconstructed

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) to reconstruct what happened in Sherrod should be placed on inquired about the video saying those concerns, telling the White
Submitted at 8/4/2010 8:04:08 AM the 36-hour period between administrative leave. he had accepted Sherrod's House that it was reconsidering
Sherrod's resignation and the Because Sherrod was a political resignation, stressing that his its earlier statement of support.
As a racial firestorm erupted A g r i c u l t u r e D e p a r t m e n t ' s appointee, the department department had "zero tolerance The White House official said
last month, the White House decision to reconsider and offer informed the White House for discrimination." it's unclear whether Obama was
buzzed with questions and her a new job. Office of Presidential Personnel, Meanwhile, the White House told about these concerns when
concerns about the forced ouster A week before the controversy which handles executive started making calls to Capitol he was first briefed on the
o f a b l a c k A g r i c u l t u r e reached Washington, Sherrod nominations and appointments. Hill and African-American incident Tuesday afternoon. In
Department employee. But no started receiving e-mails from The White House official said groups to brief them on the the briefing, he told staff that he
one stepped in to stop Secretary people who saw a clip of her staffers in the personnel office incident. The White House trusted Vilsack and stood by the
Tom Vilsack from pressuring remarks posted on two websites, quickly raised concerns about Office of Public Engagement, secretary's decision.
Shirley Sherrod to resign, a H o t A i r . c o m a n d whether the video accurately overseen by senior Obama Vilsack stood by his original
decision administration officials U S A c t i o n N e w s . c o m . T h e reflected the totality of Sherrod's adviser Valerie Jarrett, decision as well. While he also
from President Barack Obama heavily edited video showed remarks and began trying to contacted the NAACP and had not seen a full transcript of
on down now say was a mistake. Sherrod speaking about an locate a full transcript. The within hours, the civil rights Sherrod's remarks, he issued a
Interviews with White House incident that took place more official said those concerns were group issued a statement of second statement Tuesday
and Agriculture Department than two decades ago in which, shared with the USDA, but no support for Vilsack's decision. afternoon that said the
officials reveal a greater level of she said, she didn't help a white attempt was made to intervene. Jarrett did not call the NAACP, controversy surrounding her
White House involvement in the farmer as much as she could Senior White House officials, the White House official said, comments could, rightly or
incident than officials initially have. including press secretary Robert declining to identify who did. wrongly, cause people to
let on, with staff making calls to Sherrod tried to alert Vilsack Gibbs, Communications Both the White House and the question her decisions as a
Capitol Hill and civil rights and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Director Dan Pfeiffer and NAACP say the civil rights federal employee and lead to
g r o u p s , a n d s e n i o r Merrigan, but the e-mail Deputy Chief of Staff Jim group issued the statement lingering doubts about civil
administration officials speaking addresses she used were either Messina, also were briefed on voluntarily, not under pressure rights at the agency, which has a
to Vilsack. Most notably, White outdated or rarely checked, a the incident. from the administration. troubled history of
House staff expressed concerns U S D A o f f i c i a l s a i d , a l s o The situation escalated quickly On Tuesday morning, Sherrod discrimination.
early on that Sherrod's remarks speaking on the condition of throughout Monday evening. began a media blitz to tell her Despite that explanation, the
about race in an edited video a n o n y m i t y t o d i s c u s s t h e USDA Deputy Undersecretary side of the story, appearing on White House continued to be
clip may have been taken out of timeline of events. Another e- Cheryl Cook, the official who cable news shows insisting not unsettled by Sherrod's version of
context. mail went to a midlevel staffer told Sherrod she was on only that the video didn't events, by the white farmers at
Despite the concerns, a White who didn't alert senior officials administrative leave, made two accurately reflect her full the center of her story who were
House official said no one in the until the controversy peaked the more calls: one asking Sherrod remarks, but also that Cook told now voicing support for Sherrod
W e s t W i n g a s k e d t h e following week. if she was willing to resign and her the White House wanted her and by the continued lack of a
Agriculture Department to hold By Monday, July 19, the two- another asking if she could out — an assertion both White full transcript. Around 8 p.m.
o f f i n s e e k i n g S h e r r o d ' s minute, 38-second video had submit her resignation in writing House and USDA officials said Tuesday, White House chief of
resignation until a full tape or b e e n p o s t e d a g a i n b y by the end of the day. Sherrod wasn't true. staff Rahm Emanuel called
transcript of her remarks could conservative blogger Andrew agreed to both, though she wrote As Sherrod's story unfolded, the Vilsack to suggest that he
be found. The official said the Breitbart, catching the attention in her e-mailed resignation that White House official said staff reconsider accepting Sherrod's
White House didn't want to get of senior USDA officials who her words were taken out of there became increasingly resignation.
involved in what it considered to alerted Vilsack while he was context and vowed to clear her concerned that no one in the White House chief counsel Bob
be a USDA personnel matter. traveling in Ohio. After name. administration had seen a Bauer, White House Cabinet
T h e o f f i c i a l i n s i s t e d o n watching a news story about the Vilsack issued a statement transcript or tape of the full EXCLUSIVE: page 67
speaking anonymously in order tape, Vilsack decided that exclusively to media that had remarks. The NAACP shared
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continued from page 59
pro-life groups oppose, by
saying that he is still opposed to
“government funding” of the
pharmaceutical. He told the
Middlesboro Daily News, “in
cases of rape, trying to prevent
pregnancies is obviously the
best thing. The morning-after
pill works successfully most of
the time. Ultimately we do
better if we do have better
education about family
planning.” While this view is
not out of the mainstream for a
Republican, he was heavily
criticized by Kentucky Right to
Life, and he has more or less
changed the subject by focusing
on the more culture war-friendly
aspects of his paleolibertarian
creed, such as his virulent
opposition to immigration.
The Swing Zones
The Military Bases (Second
District)
The area around Fort Knox,
which contains many of the
state's 350,000 veterans, is filled
with voters who support robust
military spending. For Rand
Paul, winning this area over will
be a challenge. In the past, Paul
criticized the Pentagon budget,
supported his father's critiques
of "American imperialism," and
sprinkled his speech with lines
like, ”Does that mean you have
a blank check for the military-
industrial complex?" Now he
appears to be hedging his bets,
explaining that he thinks “the
most important function of the
federal government is national
defense." (A nice sleight of
hand, since Paul doesn't think
the government should perform
many other functions at all.)
Paul has also tried to sound
hawkish by talking tough about
immigration, saying that “our
greatest national security threat
is our lack of security at the
border.” Don’t be surprised if
Conway tries to outflank Paul to
the right on national security.
Appalachia(Fifth District)
The Fifth District, which
encompasses the Appalachian
mountain range that runs along
the eastern section of the state,
is critically important for Paul.
This is one of the poorest
regions of the country and many
voters here could not get by
without government assistance.
(The median household income
in the district is about $27,000.)
Every time Rand Paul crusades
against excessive government
spending, you have to wonder if
it is losing him more votes than
it is winning him.
This district can be divided in
two: “The Old Fifth” comprises
the western half of the district,
which is a traditional
Republican bastion dating back
to the Civil War, when its
residents were Union stalwarts.
(No, that attachment hasn't worn
off yet.) The other half of the
district, deeper into the heart of
Appalachia, is far more
hospitable to Democrats—or
Republicans who offer
government largesse.
McConnell, who brags about
how he can bring home
government money, uses the far
eastern region as a buffer in case
of less-than-stellar turnout
among national security and
social conservatives. (He doesn't
win big here, but he does aim to
split enough of the vote to make
a difference: In 2008, for
instance, he received 48 percent
of the ballots in notoriously
poverty-stricken Letcher
country, and that was a
Democratic year.) Contrast that
with the trials of Senator Jim
Bunning, who was trounced in
eastern Kentucky—having spent
his career crusading against
government waste—and almost
lost his campaign for reelection.
The Moderate Suburbs (Third
and Sixth Districts)
These districts are the key to
any Kentucky Senate campaign.
The Third District encompasses
Louisville, a Democratic
bastion, but the city is ringed by
moderate-to-conservative
suburbs that are a must-win for
any Republican candidate.
McConnell has managed to
hang on to them, in part because
he hails from here and served as
a local county judge before he
ran for Senate. While these
voters are relatively
conservative, it would be a
mistake to think they’re inclined
to vote for a hard-right
candidate. And when you
consider that Conway, much
like McConnell, is from the
Louisville suburbs, there’s
plenty of reason for Paul to
worry.
The Sixth District is similar. It
encompasses Lexington, where
the University of Kentucky is
located, and Frankfort, the state
capital. In addition to college
students, it is filled with
suburbanites who are partial to a
certain type of genteel suburban
conservative—and they may not
take kindly to anything that
makes Paul seem like a radical,
such as his efforts to distance
himself from McConnell or his
unconventional views about
popular government initiatives.
Indeed Conway seems to be
pushing the campaign narrative
in this direction, portraying
himself as the moderate,
mainstream figure and Paul as
the eccentric radical. "If you're a
farmer in Western Kentucky
right now, then you can't afford
Rand Paul because he disagrees
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with just about all the programs
of the Department of
Agriculture," he said at a recent
campaign stop. "If you're a
young person ... who needs a
Pell Grant for college ... then
you can't afford Rand Paul
because he wants to do away
with the Department of
Education."
Paul certainly has some
important advantages in this
race: The political environment
is tilted heavily toward
Republicans this year, and he
benefits from a huge enthusiasm
gap. But he seems to be losing
ground. A recent PPP poll has
Paul and Conway dead even,
and Conway has nearly twice as
much cash on hand. What was
once thought of as little more
than a victory lap for the Tea
Party movement is suddenly a
close race. Chalk that up, in
part, to closer scrutiny of his
beliefs from news organizations.
But also chalk it up to the
political geography of
Kentucky.
Adam de Jong is an intern for
The New Republic.
For more TNR, become a fan
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(Newsmax - Inside Cover) Would allowing the tax relief to and services widely. And the serious, right? simply and affirmatively and let
Submitted at 8/4/2010 4:55:41 AM expire sink the economy into successful ones earn significant 4. Bush Tax Cuts and the the taxpayers decide what they
depression? No. Will it hurt? sums to compensate for the risks Deficits: Many commentators want. Doing so might have run
Bill Gale’s discussion of the Y e s . I s i t s m a r t w h e n of running the business, earning have tried to argue that the Bush something like this:
five myths about the Bush tax unemployment is hovering a return on capital invested, and tax cuts caused the deficits of “The tax cuts should be allowed
cuts was an unusually slanted around 10 percent? Are you to grow. And because they earn the past decade, and are to expire because government
piece from a normally straight- crazy? significant sums, successful primarily responsible for the spending has outstripped and
shooting liberal economist. With 2. Slamming Small Businesses: small businesses earn the bulk deficits projected for this will continue to outstrip
respect to an old friend, a little His second myth is the nostrum of small-business income. So, decade. Gale neatly dispatches revenues, and that spending is
further myth-busting is called about small businesses facing while only a small portion of both myths. Enough said. necessary and appropriate. True,
for. tax rates. The superficial taxpayers reporting small- 5. Tax Relief, Entitlements, and the tax relief will hurt the
1. Tax Relief as Stimulus: Gale argument Gale offers suggests business income would face the Long Term: As Gale notes, economy in the short run and
refers to the proposition that higher tax rates are largely Obama’s higher rates, those “the deficits we face over the the long run, but we’re not sure
extending the tax relief “would irrelevant to small businesses. facing the higher rates are the next decade reflect a by how much, and in my view
be a good way to stimulate the He argues that “less than 2 successful, growing, and hiring fundamental imbalance between that is a cost and risk worth
economy” as a myth. In doing percent of tax returns reporting small businesses the economy spending and revenue.” He’s bearing. Further, the rich earn
so, he conveniently erects a bit small business income” would needs to grow. That’s a big part right, but the next decade isn’t too much money in this country
of a straw man. Continuing be subject to the higher taxes. of the reason allowing the tax the long term and tax relief isn’t and Obama was right when he
current policy cannot add much He’s right, but there’s a lot more relief to expire would hurt the the cause of the imbalance. said we need to spread the
to stimulus except by erasing a to the story than he admits. economy. While revenues are projected wealth around a bit. Call it
d e b i l i t a t i n g s o u r c e o f Last year, I reported “small- 3. Effects on Long-Term by Obama under current policy Robin Hood if you like, but this
uncertainty regarding tax policy. business income” earned for Growth: Tax relief, such as to return quickly to historical is my vision for America.”
The real issue is how much writing a couple articles for lower top income-tax rates and levels, spending does not, hence Had Gale said something like
damage a tax hike would inflict outside publication. I suspect lower rates on dividends and the fundamental imbalance we this, I would disagree with him
on a weak economy. Gale did likewise. That means capital gains, helps long-term now face. The issue can only be strongly. But I would respect his
To shed light on this question, our tax returns reported “small- growth by encouraging work, described as partly attributable forthrightness in stating his
Gale returns to the same flawed business income.” A great many investing, and saving. Gale to the tax relief if one first views and we could then have
a p p r o a c h u s e d b y t h e Americans earn a few bucks on agrees! Or, as he puts it, “this asserts that the higher spending an honest discussion sans myths.
administration to explain how the side. Much of that is small- isn’t the whole story.” Then he is both necessary and – J. D. Foster is the Norman B.
government debt creates jobs. business income. And that argues that the deficit spending appropriate, in which case Ture senior fellow in the
All wrapped up in questions of means we have millions of tax that occurs because spending higher taxes would follow. In economics of fiscal policy at the
who spends the biggest share of returns earning small-business outstrips revenues leads to the long run, we add to this Heritage Foundation.
income and who is most likely income. But we’re not really higher interest rates. This is a fundamental imbalance the Five Filters featured
to save, he manages to ignore small businesses. We don’t hire fascinating argument for any consequences of unaffordable article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
the fact that we have this little people. We don’t offer services liberal to make while defending entitlement programs that no tax an Easy Ride in the
thing called a financial sector widely. Obama’s serial trillion dollar hike can remedy. Independent. Available tools:
t h a t e x i s t s p r i m a r i l y t o True small businesses have deficits. Essentially, debt due to Rather than throw even more PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
i n t e r m e d i a t e s a v i n g s i n t o employees. They invest in tax relief is bad; debt due to chaff into the debate, Obama Term Extraction.
investment. machinery. They offer goods spending is good. You’re and friends could state their case
64 Politics/
Gulf Spill Update: Listen to Resident and End the Oil Ban
Allison Meese (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:49 AM
On Monday, Navy Secretary
Ray Mabus, who was appointed
by President Barack Obama to
lead the federal government’s
oil spill recovery efforts, held a
town hall meeting in Theodore,
Alabama. Rather than dictating
their plans to the citizens, he
said the government wants to
listen to the residents of the
coast as it makes decisions on
the best long-term recovery plan
for the region.
Better late than never, right?
The Alabama Press-Register
reports that during the meeting,
Mabus told residents that the
projects that have the best
chance of being funded are
those that create jobs, correct
longstanding problems, and
move the economy away from
its dependence on oil and gas
production and toward
renewable energy production.
The cry that needs to be heard
loud and clear by the
government from coastal
residents and local business
leaders: end the moratorium,
now.
Under the current stall of gulf
coast drilling, the opposite of
each one of Mabus’s goals will
take place. Jobs will not be
created, but lost. Not only will
longstanding problems of the
region not be addressed, but
instead more will form. And
speaking of dependency on oil,
our dependency on foreign oil
will increase as a result of the
moratorium.
While the government aimed to
impress this moratorium on “big
oil” conglomerates, they failed
to take the time to consider the
detrimental effect on
independent oil and gas
producers.
Don Briggs, President of the
Louisiana Oil and Gas
Association, explains in The
Daily Advertiser, that these
independent producers are the
ones who stand to suffer the
greatest from the moratorium.
They produce and drill nearly 50
percent of all wells and
represent 70 percent of all lease
activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
These independent producers
account for about half of the
nearly 400,000 jobs, $70 billion
in the economic values and $20
billion in the federal, state, and
local revenues generated by the
industry in 2009 alone.
In the absence of this
opportunity, more than 200,000
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edict” and thus the government
maintains the ability turn it
around. Listening to residents
and business leaders in the area,
such as Dan Juneau, is a good
first step in this turn-around.
As outlined above, all of the
consequences of the current
moratorium are counter-
productive to the goals Mabus
explained during Monday’s
townhall.
While local residents have
objected to the moratorium
since its first mention, it is nice
jobs in the gulf region will be moving their jobs, research, and that the federal government is
lost during the six month development overseas where finally willing to listen. Let’s
suspension. Briggs asks for the drilling is permitted. These just hope that they really hear
g o v e r n m e n t t o l i f t t o actions further our dependency the need to lift the moratorium
moratorium so that Louisiana on foreign oil and compromise and follow through before the
can “get back to what we do the vitality of both our economy region and the country suffer
best, and that’s fueling the and national security. any greater loss.
country.” While the states in the Juneau contrasts the current Allison Meese is a member of
gulf region are the ones to feel m o r a t o r i u m t o t h e “ f i s c a l the Young Leaders Program at
the initial shock, the rest of the tempest,” as he refers to it, the Heritage Foundation. For
country will soon be affected; which devastated Louisiana more information on interning at
“from the gas pump to the unemployment rates, property Heritage, please visit: http://
grocery store” the American values, and outmigration in w w w . h e r i t a g e . o r g / a b o u t /
economy will take a turn for the 1986. Juneau has experienced d e p a r t m e n t s / y l p . c f m
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New START Proponents Should Stick to Policy, not Politics
Conn Carroll (The Foundry:
Conservative Policy News.)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:00:05 PM
You can always tell you’re
winning a policy debate when
your opponent starts name-
calling. Now that Sen. John
Kerry (D-MA) has pulled New
START off his Senate Foreign
Relations Committee schedule,
that’s exactly what the treaty’s
supporters are doing.
So Brent Scowcroft, U.S.
National Security Advisor under
President Gerald Ford, tells The
Washington Post that the treaty
is losing support because “some
just don’t want to give Obama a
victory” before the midterm
elections. And Sen. Richard
Lugar (R-IN) tells The
Associated Press: “We are in the
midst of an election campaign
which is bitterly partisan, and it
could be difficult to move
legislation of any sort.”
Lugar ought to spend more time
addressing the substantive
policy claims of his colleagues
than impugning their motives.
Specifically, he, Scowcroft and
other treaty supporters have
failed to address the following
major concerns:
• New START Weakens Our
Missile Defense Capabilities:
The Washington Post editorial
board asserted last month that
“attempts by Moscow to insert
[limits on missile defense] into
the treaty failed.” This is just
plain false. First, even the Post
admits that the preamble links
missile defense and offensive
nuclear weapons. The Post says
that this was also true of
previous STARTs. But the
language in this preamble
stronger, and the Russian
leadership said that any increase
in our missile defense system
would be considered a breach of
the treaty. Moreover, Article V
specifically limits our ability to
convert ICBM and submarine-
launched ballistic missile
launchers into defensive
interceptors. The Post is silent
about this fact.
• New START Fails to
Maintain Our Nuclear Forces:
The Post has conceded that our
nuclear weapons are “in need of
renewal, as are the laboratories
and industrial complex that
sustain it.” But then they claim,
“the Obama administration
accepts this priority,” which is
odd, considering that President
Obama has promised not to
develop any new nuclear
weapons. The administration is
promising Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
$80 billion on the “nuclear
weapons complex” over the next
decade, but no legislation has
been produced. Any such
promise would have to be
passed by the House. Why
exactly should Lugar’s
colleagues trust House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to spend
$80 billion on nuclear weapons?
Your answer to that question
tells you all you need to know
about the credibility of New
START’s nuclear modernization
claims.
• New START’s Verification
Procedures Are Inadequate: The
Obama administration is telling
skeptical senators that “rejecting
the treaty would leave the two
countries dangerously uncertain
about each other’s arsenals.”
But New START’s verification
terms are so weak that they add
Politics/ 65
little informational value. Paula
A. DeSutter, the former U.S.
assistant secretary of state for
verification, compliance and
implementation, noted in a
Heritage lecture last month:
“The Russians can do so much
under this treaty to advance and
expand their strategic forces…
[yet] our ability to determine
whether or not they are doing
that and whether it violates the
treaty is very, very low. The
degree of verifiability is very
low.” Worse, the administration
admitted in Congressional
testimony last week that they
don’t even care if the Russians
cheat on the treaty.
There are many other problems
in the treaty. Mitt Romney has
identified eight problems with
New START that must be
resolved. You can read The
Heritage Foundation’s full non-
partisan and independent
analysis of New START here.
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Side Effects: Obamacare Causes Some Insurers to

Stop Offering Coverage for Kids
Kathryn Nix (The Foundry: Insurance commissioners from
Conservative Policy News.) Florida, Oklahoma, and Kansas
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:00:27 AM all claim that insurers are
already refusing to write new
Posted August 4th, 2010 at individual policies for children French Green
11:00am in Health Care Print in their states. In Florida, Blue
This Post Cross and Blue Shield, Aetna, Beans with
The effects of Obamacare are and Golden Rule all plan to stop
getting weirder with each writing new individual policies Butter and Herbs
passing month. Now, new for kids. And, as Kansas (Simply Recipes)
requirements created by the law Insurance Commissioner Sandy Submitted at 8/4/2010 5:18:58 AM
are causing some insurers to Praeger attests, “When it’s
consider no longer offering happening with national Ever see those skinny little
“child-only” policies to avoid companies, I can guarantee you green beans in the market?
having to raise rates. it’s happening probably in every Theyre a French variety of green
Most children are covered by a child faces a serious illness to people who would buy this state.” bean, also known as haricot vert,
parents’ employer-provided b u y a p o l i c y . T h e r e s u l t : policy were going to use it Oklahoma Insurance or filet beans. Haricot verts are
insurance or by government Insurers will need to raise rates immediately, probably for high Commissioner Kim Holland more delicate than regular green
programs. But some parents buy for these kid-only policies, and cost claims. …Guaranteed issue points out that “the more we beans and cook up more
individual health insurance if other regulations limit how means you could technically reduce opportunities in the quickly. This is a simple recipe
coverage just for their kids. much they can raise rates for buy it on the way to the market … the more challenging in which you blanch the beans
Starting next year, Obamacare covering children, then they hospital.” it is for [families] to secure the first, and then sauté them
prohibits insurers and employer could be forced to raise rates for Insurers claim that if the coverage that they want and quickly in a little butter with
plans imposing any pre-existing adults in the individual market regulations regarding coverage [ a r e ] a b l e t o a f f o r d . ” onions and fresh garden herbs.
condition exclusions on children as well. of pre-existing conditions and Obamacare’s countless new If you can't find haricot verts,
and requires them to accept all The Associated Press reports g u a r a n t e e d i s s u e f o r rules and regulations will you can use regular fresh green
applications for children who that Blue Cross and Blue Shield children—which will take effect certainly limit choices for beans, just boil them a little
qualify for coverage under their of Florida Vice President Randy on September 23—are limited families—that is becoming longer.
plans (so-called “guaranteed Kammer “said the company’s so as to apply only to an open- clearer by the day. Continue reading "French
issue”). Those provisions could e x p e r t s c a l c u l a t e d t h a t enrollment period once a year, Five Filters featured Green Beans with Butter and
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PICTURE:
continued from page 60
Sea will sense something there,
some spark of inspiration or
authenticity, that pushes them to
look elsewhere—and to
encounter Hemingway in his
earlier, more intensely felt
work? Even in an audience that
has become inured to the
dissimulations of midcult, there
must be a few people who find
their way back (or is it
forward?) to the real thing.
Macdonald closed his essay
with at least a spark of hope. He
introduced a dazzling passage
from Kierkegaard about the
dangers of seeing the public as a
monolith, “a monstrous
abstraction, an all-embracing
something which is nothing, a
mirage.” In the midst of this
EXCLUSIVE:
continued from page 61
Secretary Chris Lu and
spokesman Gibbs also spoke
with Vilsack over the course of
the evening.
At some point that evening,
Vilsack also called others for
advice, including civil rights
advocate Jesse Jackson. A
USDA official said he spoke to
several members of Congress
and leaders in the civil rights
community as well. As those
calls were being made, the
NAACP posted a full video of
Sherrod's remarks, which
showed her speaking to an
NAACP group about racial
reconciliation and overcoming
dark vision, Kierkegaard speaks
of the possibility that some
individual can announce that he
is the public—and can, perhaps,
shift the public’s attention. And
so we are left hoping that an
individual can take an
independent stand. I am
convinced that there were at
least a few people who went to
the Guggenheim to see the
Matthew Barney show and
knew immediately, instinctively
that his work was a fraud. And
among those few visitors, there
have to have been an even
smaller group, half a dozen
would be enough, who found
their attention turning to Frank
Lloyd Wright’s astonishing
building. They may not have
her initial reluctance to help the
white farmer.
In the early hours of
Wednesday morning, Vilsack
issued a statement saying he
planned to reconsider in light of
new information.
Top officials, including Obama
and Vilsack, and television
commentators spent much of the
next week apologizing to
Sherrod. Vilsack offered her a
new job at the department, in the
office of African-American
outreach, and Obama said he
hoped she would accept the
post.
Sherrod hasn't decided whether
Politics/ 67
even known Wright’s name, or
Obama Pledges
his place in the history of
architecture, but they were Relentless Fight On
capable of beginning to sense
his subtleties of form and
feeling—and in doing so they
Economy
(Newsmax - Inside Cover) being able to save money for
were rejecting midcult and
embracing artistic experience, Submitted at 8/4/2010 7:47:25 AM college funds.
pure and simple. For them, The president spoke to the AFL
Wednesday, 04 Aug 2010 -CIO Executive Council.
midcult was an introduction to
12:47 PM He alluded to the Republican
culture—the wrong
President Barack Obama is administration of George W.
introduction, no doubt, but an
pledging a relentless fight to Bush in saying that the
introduction, nonetheless.
rebuild the economy as millions government held an improper
Jed Perl is the art critic for The
of families struggle. animosity toward unions for
New Republic.
Obama is telling union officials eight years.
in Washington, "We are not © Copyright 2010 The
giving up, and we are not giving Associated Press. All rights
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The president spoke in personal be published, broadcast,
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Buffett, 34 Billionaires At Home With Criss Angel

Joseph Hudak (TVGuide.com:
Pledge 50% of Wealth to Breaking News)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:38:00 AM

Charity Criss Angel Mindfrea

(Newsmax - Inside Cover) "The Giving Pledge" in June to For the sixth season of his
Submitted at 8/4/2010 5:32:19 AM convince hundreds of U.S. tricks-and-treats series
billionaires to give away most of Mindfreak(Wednesday, 10/9c,
Wednesday, 04 Aug 2010 their fortune during their A&E), illusionist Criss Angel
10:32 AM lifetime or after their death and throws open the doors of his
Thirty-four U.S. billionaires to publicly state their intention new Las Vegas estate for a
pledged on Wednesday to give with a letter of explanation. glimpse of life behind the magic
away at least 50 percent of their © 2010 Reuters. All rights curtain. "I bring a lot of my
wealth to charity as part of a reserved. Republication or personal life into this season.
campaign by investor Warren r e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f R e u t e r s The show takes place around my
Buffett and Microsoft founder content, including by caching, home," says Angel of the 22,000
Bill Gates. framing or similar means, is -square-foot spread he's dubbed
Among the billionaires joining expressly prohibited without the "Serenity." "It's the first home support," he says. TVGuide.com moderators. We
the campaign are New York prior written consent of Reuters. I've ever owned, and it gives [ And with this season's will review the reported
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Five Filters featured Mindfreak] a whole different expanded hourlong episodes, comment and take the
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Diller, Oracle co-founder Larry a n E a s y R i d e i n t h e But don't expect Angel to mess with his devoted fans' See TVGuide.com community
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The Rachel Zoe Project's Brad Goreski: Without Taylor,

"There's Not So Much Tension"
Denise Martin (TVGuide.com: immediately because we needed Goreski: No! So much drama
Breaking News) to keep moving forward. She's between Rachel and [her
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:02:00 AM on her path, and I'm on mine. husband] Rodger this year. Get
Exclusive: Taylor Jacobson: "I ready for your mind to be
Brad Goreski, The Rachel Zoe don't know anyone who hasn't blown.
Project been supposedly fired by Rachel TVGuide.com: So Rodger is
During the Season 3 premiere Zoe" the new Taylor?
of The Rachel Zoe Project, TVGuide.com: Have you tried Goreski: Even the stuff I was
Taylor Jacobson was fired by — reaching out, or is it too weird? seeing, it was like, "Holy...
or left, depending on who you Goreski: No, there was no real What is going on here?" You
believe — Rachel Zoe. In her need to, you know what I mean? saw at the end of the last season
wake, adorable, formerly bowtie I'm still an employee of Rachel, he had come on as the head of
-clad assistant Brad Goreski was and I have to keep Rachel's best the company — obviously,
promoted to style director and interests at heart. Taylor had her Rachel is still his boss, and she
immediately handed a major whole thing to figure out. makes that known. But he has a
Harper's Bazaar cover shoot Hopefully she's doing well. much more active role in her
with Demi Moore, a giraffe and TVGuide.com: What did you business, which is a good thing,
some armadillo shoes. As you think of the Season 3 premiere? exit? business, or in any business. but there is so much drama
c a n s e e , h e h a n d l e d i t Goreski: Well, now everyone Goreski: I was excited because People come and people go, and between the two of them. And
masterfully. gets to see what we work with. I I had been working really, really things happen, and people move then things may or may not get
Goreski talked to TVGuide.com think this season, more than any hard. I think I saw it as a good on and other people have intense between Rachel and
about life without Jacobson, and other season, everyone gets to opportunity because Taylor was opportunities to shine. It's just myself at points. Sometimes we
what — or who — the new see us hands-on, at work with a very strong personality and life. don't see eye to eye this season.
source of drama is this season. t h e c l i e n t s , s e e R a c h e l ' s she was Rachel's right hand for Brad and Rachel's Zoe-Called I think it's actually good for
TVGuide.com: Have you talked relationships with them, see that so long. Over the past eight Life people to see.
to Taylor? it's a lot of hard work. It's also a months, I've now had the TVGuide.com: How has the Rachel Zoe: Eating disorder
Goreski: I haven't spoken to lot of fun, and there are a lot of opportunity to show clients that environment changed? claims are "silly"
Taylor since she was fired. laughs. We do super weird we work with that I'm, like, a Goreski: It's just a little more TVGuide.com: How so?
T V G u i d e . c o m : W h a t things, like have a giraffe, and really great assistant and I'm breathable. There's not so much Goreski: I think a lot of the
happened? When we spoke a Demi Moore in Alexander really good at my job. Having tension in the office. That's not time people look at me as the
year ago, you guys had become McQueen suspended on a spiral the environment in the office me saying Taylor was the cause guy who follows Rachel around
friends. staircase... I love it when Rachel clear out a little bit, and having of all that, because there's a lot and helps her get dressed for
Gorseki: You know, she got goes, "I don't even know where the dust settle has also been of tension anyway, but when things, helps her pick dresses. I
quickly removed from the we are," and I'm like, "You're on good because, you know, it was t h e r e a r e p e o p l e w h o a r e actually have my own voice, my
company. It was difficult at first the beach in Malibu. It's actually no mystery that Taylor was unhappy in their jobs and people own opinions, my own point of
because I lost my partner and co a really familiar place in greater unhappy. It's public knowledge. who are happy, it can sometimes view, my own way of doing
-worker. And it was really Los Angeles, Rachel." So once that kind of energy is make things a little difficult. things.
strange in the beginning, then TVGuide.com: What was your gone, other people are allowed TVGuide.com: So you're TVGuide.com: Is Rachel still as
o b v i o u s l y a l l o f t h e reaction when you were to blossom, and that's just the saying there's less drama on the
responsibility came on me promoted, following Taylor's nature of working in this show now? RACHEL page 70
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Jennifer Aniston Morphs into Barbra Report: Nicolas Cage Drops

Streisand for Harper's Bazaar Shoot Out of Nicole Kidman Film,
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
idolize and then you walk away
from the conversation thinking,
Returns Days Later
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:21:00 AM 'Well, that was a Breaking News)
disappointment; they were
Jennifer Aniston by Mark kinder and more fabulous in my Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:06:00 AM

Seliger for Harper's Bazaar mind'? Well, she was wonderful,

Jennifer Aniston has brought Nicolas Cage
and you could talk to her about
her Barbra Streisand super Days after reportedly dropping
anything."
fandom to a new level. out of the Nicole Kidman film
What do you think of the
Are Jennifer Aniston and Trespass, Nicolas Cage has
photos?
Courteney Cox reuniting on returned to the project,
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Cougar Town? according to Deadline.com.
has been sent to the
The Friends alum dressed up Check out photos of Cage
TVGuide.com moderators. We
like the 68-year-old Oscar-, through the years
will review the reported
Grammy-, Emmy- and Tony- Cage abruptly pulled out of the
comment and take the
winning superstar for the film last week — just two weeks
appropriate action.
September issue of Harper's before production was
See TVGuide.com community
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1964 song, "People." policies.
Wearing outfits inspired by "I've loved her since I was a kid, — after being locked into a $7
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me too to come into the studio still working with Rachel. immediately returned.
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s t a r t e d t a k i n g m o r e o f a finished touring around for the
leadership role and started Knight and Day tour. It was a
excelling, and that's nice to see. blast. It's so busy. Now, I
I've done my best to make sure definitely don't sleep.
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What's On Tonight: 'Big Plasma TV sales rebound: Is it a long
Brother,' 'Minute to Win -term trend?
It,' 'Psych,' 'Dark Blue'
Rich Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 7:30:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews
Here's tonight's lineup of new
shows and events (all times
Eastern). Check your local TV
listings for additional
information.
* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale
8:00 to 9:00
CBS:'Big Brother'
FOX:'So You Think You Can
Dance'-- Two hours
NBC:'Minute to Win It'
DisneyXD:'Naruto: Shippuden'-
- 8:30 start
LOGO:'Chris & John to the
Rescue: Summer Camp!'
NatGeo WILD:'Rebel
Wagner Power Painter
Woot (Woot! - One Day, One
Deal)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:00:21 AM
More Issues Than A Comic
Book Store
The first time your wife died?
That was pretty hard to deal
with.
Watching the love of your life
attempt to save the entire
universe by throwing herself
into a gaping tear in the fabric of
Monkeys'-- Two episodes
The rest of the schedule, and
the late night talk shows, after
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reality that her powers had
inadvertently created would be
hard on anyone, even a
superhero like you. But you
were so happy when she
emerged from that cocoon
found at the bottom of the ocean
and explained that the version
of herself that saved gazillions
was actually a clone the whole
time, weren’t you? Of course
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James Willcox (Consumer
Reports)
models more attractive. In
addition, the launch of LED-
backlit sets has tended to
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:21:06 AM
devalue traditional CCFL-lit
Plasma TV sales rebound: Is it models in the eyes of many
a long-term trend? consumers. And now that
Although it may seem a bit plasma TVs have largely shed
"inside baseball" to talk about their bulkier look, it's harder to
flat-panel TV shipments, the differentiate between LCD and
latest report from Austin-based plasma models purely on an
m a r k e t r e s e a r c h f i r m second. Panasonic is still the aesthetic or design basis.
D i s p l a y S e a r c h s h o w s t h a t p l a s m a l e a d e r , b u t b o t h It's still too early to see if
plasma TV shipments were up Samsung and LG Electronics plasma's resurgence will be
dramatically during the first and have pumped up capacity, with short-lived, but it's expected that
second quarters of this year. a projected overall growth for LED-backlit LCD TV prices
That's interesting, as many in the year of about 27 percent. w i l l s t a r t t o f a l l a s L E D
t h e i n d u s t r y h a v e b e e n DisplaySearch says that forecast shortages abate. That's when, as
predicting the slow demise of i s s u p p o r t e d b y t h e N P D DisplaySearch suggests, we'll
plasma as a TV technology for Group's US retail weekly have a real test of the durability
nearly two years, especially tracking service, which shows of the plasma TV sales surge.
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Mythbuster: EMF levels in hybrids
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Submitted at 8/4/2010 4:59:59 AM
Mythbuster: EMF levels in
hybrids
Some concern has been raised
about the possible health effects
of electromagnetic field
radiation, known as EMF, for
people who drive in hybrid cars.
While all electrical devices,
from table lamps to copy
machines, emit EMF radiation,
the fear is that hybrid cars, with
their big batteries and powerful
electric motors, can subject
occupants to unhealthy doses.
The problem is that there is no
established threshold standard
that says what an unhealthy dose
might be, and no concrete,
scientific proof that the sort of
EMF produced by electric
motors harms people in the first
place.
Taken together, the many
studies of EMF radiation and
human health have been
inconclusive. A major analysis
of study results, published by
the National Institutes of Health
in 2002, said that “the overall
scientific evidence for human
health risk from EMF exposure
is weak.”
That hasn’t stopped the debate.
While studies continue, so does
a highly charged argument on
Internet forums and elsewhere,
between those who see serious
risk and those who dismiss such
claims out of hand. Without
taking sides, we conducted a
study of our own, not to settle
the question about human health
risk but to measure EMF levels
in the hybrid cars in our test
fleet. We took readings from
five hybrids and eight
conventional vehicles.
Test findings:
We found the highest EMF
levels in the Chevrolet Cobalt, a
conventional non-hybrid small
sedan. Even there, the levels
were still far below the levels of
EMF emitted by the Earth’s own
magnetic field.
To conduct our measurements
we used a sophisticated three-
axis ELF/Magnetic Field meter.
That gave us readings in
milligaus units, the commonly
accepted measure for magnetic
fields. We measured EMF levels
on all 13 vehicles under the
same conditions. We took
measurements at the driver’s
right foot, knee, waist, and head
when idling and driving around
our simulated stop-and-go city-
driving course, and while
accelerating from 0 to 60 mph.
Vehicle tested Peak EMF
reading at driver's feet
(milligauss) 2008 Chevrolet
Cobalt 30 mG 2008 Chevrolet
Tahoe Hybrid 14 mG 2008
Subaru Impreza 6 mG 2006
Toyota Prius (hybrid) 4 mG
2008 Subaru Legacy 4 mG 2008
Toyota Prius (hybrid) 4 mG
2008 Mini Cooper Clubman 3
mG 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid
3 mG 2008 Toyota Highlander
Hybrid 2 mG 2008 Nissan
Murano 1.3 mG 2008 Toyota
Sequoia 1 mG 2007 Chevrolet
Suburban 0.8 mG 2008 Toyota
Highlander 0.5 mG
Here are some highlights from
the tests:
• For all vehicles, EMF
readings were highest in the
driver’s foot well and second-
highest at the waist, much lower
higher up, where human organs
might be more susceptible to
EMF. Typically, peak readings
were highest under braking.
E-reader News Edition
• Some hybrid cars had Some may raise a specter of
readings similar to conventional doubt, though, since part of the
cars. For instance, the Mini electric and magnetic fields in
Cooper Clubman registered a hybrid cars come from an
maximum of 2 milligaus and the alternating-current motor rather
Toyota Prius 2.05. The 2008 than the presumably less
Subaru Legacy exhibited 2.5 threatening direct-current used
mG. in conventional cars. To get a
• The Toyota Highlander hybrid sense of scale, though, note that
had a peak reading of 0.6 mG users of personal computers are
and an average of 0.4 mG subject to EMF exposure in the
measured at waist level while range of 2 to 20 mG, electric
the regular Highlander measured blankets 5 to 30 mG, and a hair
a nearly identical 0.5 peak and dryer 10 to 70 mG, according to
0.45 average mG there. an Australian government
• The Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid compilation. In this country,
measured as much as 14 several states limit EMF
milligaus, but the conventional emissions from power lines to
and otherwise similar Suburban 200 mG. However, there are no
only showed 0.8. U.S. standards specifically
• Among the 13 vehicles tested, governing EMF in cars.
the Chevrolet Cobalt had the In this series of tests, we found
highest peak readings, 30 mG at no evidence that hybrids expose
the feet and 16 mG at the knee. drivers to significantly more
EMF than do conventional cars.
We can’t say whether the EMF Consider this myth, busted.
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The Ford SYNC system reads text messages... in theory

Consumer Reports Shopping Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry deserves props for pushing the upgrading your phone.
Blog (Consumer Reports) handheld. I have had to endure connectivity envelope and However, just because the
Submitted at 8/4/2010 7:41:08 AM sneers (and system crashes) in making it available throughout phone is not listed does not
the past due to my choice of their lineup, but getting the mean it will not work. It seems
The Ford SYNC system reads phone, but slipping into the seat phone manufacturers to agree on crude, but a Google search may
text messages... in theory Ford of our new red Mustang GT a standard for anything is like turn up owner forums where
has equipped much of their Convertible test car, I was herding cats. While most SYNC other users can confirm
lineup with a rapidly evolving feeling pretty good when I features will work with most successful car-to-phone
infotainment system called spotted that little Microsoft phones, don't expect all the pairings. Your car dealer may
SYNC. Lately, we have become badge on the center console. single asterisk. But with some advanced features will. Despite also be able to update your car
a c c u s t o m e d t o t h e l i t t l e Now I would be able to access digging on the site, I was able to what you might think, just with latest software to work
Microsoft badges in many of our all of those cool SYNC features, download a 12 page PDF because your new phone has with more devices.
Ford and Lincoln test cars right? Wrong. document that listed supported Bluetooth doesn't mean it's — Jake Fisher
announcing this hardware that When I tried to activate text to phones. (There is an interactive going to work with your old car Next Steps
can combine an audio system speech, I was greeted with a Sync compatibility guide here, that has Bluetooth, and vice • Cell Phone Buying Advice:
with Bluetooth connectivity, d r e a d f u l " N o t S u p p o r t e d " as well.) While I had naively versa. • Types of Cell Phones|
M P 3 p l a y b a c k , a n d v o i c e display. I racked my brain. Did I assumed that my high-tech Ford's new MyFord Touch will • Cell Phone Features|
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has ever been able to make it powered by Microsoft - just like BlackBerry was listed that could Ford will update the old SYNC ConsumerReports.org for expert
work. the SYNC system on this 2011 support the feature, either. What systems (our 2011 Mustang Ratings, buying advice and
I might as well admit that I'm a Mustang. In fact, the Touch Pro was left? Text to speech would hardly seems old) to support the reliability on hundreds of
smartphone geek. Although I 2 has Microsoft's very latest only work with a small handful new standard. Clearly, your products. Update your feed
never owned a BlackBerry or an operating system: Windows of "dumbphones" that aren't mileage may vary. preferences
iPhone, I had a family of Palm Mobile Professional 6.5 very popular anymore. Anyone What you can do:
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Touch Pro 2. While Windows F o r d ' s S Y N C w e b s i t e . I t That phone was pretty cool a which phones support what
Mobile is very capable, it has proudly touts the text-message- couple of years ago... features in their cars. ( See the
never had the cachet of an to-speech capability without a What does this mean? Ford Ford list.) Consult these before
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WAGNER
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The second time was way
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Superpeople that convinced her
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their ship, placed her in stasis
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else couldn’t have volunteered
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the way she got all huffy after
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some divorce papers ready for
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RIM's new BlackBerry
Torch smart phone has
radically new OS
Michael Gikas (Consumer
Reports)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 6:31:48 AM
RIM's new BlackBerry Torch
smart phone has radically new
OS The BlackBerry Torch 9800
will be available on
the AT&T network.
Photo: Research in Motion
(RIM)
RIM yesterday overhauled its
BlackBerry line of smart phones
by unveiling the Torch 9800, a
touch-screen phone with a slide-
out keyboard, a 5-megapixel
camera with flash, and a new
social-network-optimized
operating system that borrows
heavily from the ones on Palm,
Android, and Apple phones.
Available August 12 from
AT&T for $199 with a two-year
contract, the new phone
maintains many of the buttons
and controls familiar to
BlackBerry users, but updates
the interface to add new
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RIM'S
continued from page 74
capabilities to the popular but
aging platform. These include
application multitasking,
universal search, detailed
notification previews, and more
advanced multimedia
functionality.
The Torch's new operating
system, BlackBerry 6, enables
users to view feeds from
multiple social networks such as
Facebook and Twitter on one
page and blast updates to all of
them with one entry. It's also
possible to view multiple RSS
feeds on a single page. But
BlackBerry 6 takes things a step
further by also making its
onboard apps collaborate on a
higher level.
For example, if you type the
name of a recording artist in
universal search, besides
scouring your phone's e-mail,
messages, contacts, music,
videos, and the Web for info on
the artist, the search may also
cue up a cut from the artist on
the phone's Slacker Radio app.
Enhanced multimedia
capabilities include Wi-Fi Music
Sync, which enables the phone
to sync with the user's iTunes or
Windows Media Player music
libraries over a Wi-Fi
connection. Users can create and
edit playlists from the phone, as
well as tag individual songs so
you can download them later.
In addition, new apps on
BlackBerry's App World will
also be enhanced to take
advantage of the new OS's
capabilities such as integration
with location-based services.
But, taking a page from Apple,
the apps will probably have
more annoying features, too,
such as interactive ads that
collect data on user habits when
they're not pitching additional-
cost offers. AT&T will offer
three ways to pay for these
services: credit card, PayPal, or
on your phone bill. Torch users
will be able to run apps
designed for older versions of
BlackBerry.
The phone itself measures a
pocket-friendly 4.4 in. x 2.4 in.
x 0.57 in when closed, and
stretches to 5.8 in. long when
you slide out the keyboard. It
weighs 5.68 ounces.
At yesterday's demo, the
Torch's 3.2-in. 360x480
capacitive touch-screen display
seemed much more responsive
than the one on RIM's only
other touch-screened phone: the
Storm. One cool display feature:
auto-wrap text zoom, which
automatically rewraps text in a
column to fit the screen when
you double-tap it.
The phone's 5MP camera has a
flash and can record video at up
to 640x480 resolution. Other
features include a 624MHz
processor with 512MB flash
memory, 4GB built-in memory
storage plus a microSD/SDHD
memory card slot that supports
up to 32GB cards (a 4GB card
comes with the phone).
Bottom line: RIM's new
BlackBerry 6 operating system
has done a very good job
playing catch-up with the other
"socially adept" smart-phone
platforms. As for the phone, its
relatively small screen and not-
so-fast processor bear a closer
resemblance to the not-so-
popular Palm Pre than to the
sleeker, larger-screened hotrods
being churned out by Apple,
HTC, Motorola, and Samsung.
We'll have more on the the
75
BlackBerry Torch when we get
it into our labs, as well as more
info on the new BlackBerry 6
operating system. In the
meantime, check out our
Ratings of the latest smart
phones(available to subscribers).
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The Chronicles Of Martin Ghoulther: Daily electronics deals

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Flash in the Brainpan:
Halo 2600
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If you're anything like us you
spent most of your time playing
the Halo saga thinking, "I wish
all these neat graphics would
stop getting in the way of the
action!" Think no more, dear
reader, with Halo 2600...
Some guy named Ed Fries has
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kitsch classic reeking of early
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Grunts beautifully rendered
as...uh, blobs. Feast your eyes
Lorenzen Wright Memorial to Be
Held at the FedExForum Wednesday
FanHouse Staff (FanHouse
Main)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:10:00 AM
Filed under: Grizzlies, NBA
Police Blotter Thousands of
mourning friends, family and
fans are expected Wednesday at
a funeral service for former
NBA player Lorenzen Wright.
The service will be held at 1
p.m. CDT at the FedExForum in
Memphis, Tenn. For those who
can't attend, a live stream of the
ceremonies can be seen at
WREG.com.
Wright, 34, was found shot to
death on July 28, six days after
on the, wait, are those Jackals or he was reported missing by his
Elites? Jeez, is this thing a pistol family and 10 days after he was
or a needler? last seen. A 911 call was made
Okay, maybe it wasn't the from his cell phone the day he
heyday of gaming, but Halo went missing, but a police
2600 is a neat retro cash-in, dispatcher was unable to trace
sorta like those throwback the location of the call, and
jerseys your favorite sports team investigators did not learn the
wears to sell more merchandise call came from his phone until
honor their storied legacy. July 27.
Check it out and let us know if
you encounter any more
interesting pixelated blobs than
we managed to see, then tell us
what modern day game you
think would make a good Atari
cartridge.
Wright is survived by six
children, his mother Deborah
Marion, and his father Herb
Wright. His ex-wife, Sherra
Wright, is not officially a
suspect, but her home was
recently searched by police, and
a former personal assistant of
Lorenzen Wright came forward
Monday with audio recordings
alleged to be of Sherra making
threatening remarks to
Lorenzen. The TV station
FOX13 in Memphis cites an
unidentified source saying
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Sherra has not cooperated with
police and has declined to give a
statement, a claim her defense
attorney has disputed.
Born and raised in Memphis,
Lorenzen Wright's memorial
will be held just miles away
from his former high school,
Booker T. Washington High
School, and college, the
University of Memphis -- and in
the same building where he once
played as a member of the
Memphis Grizzlies. Wright
played for the Grizzlies from
2001-06, the first five years of
the franchise's existence in
Memphis after moving from
Vancouver, while helping the
team to its only three playoff
appearances in team history.
The family has created a
memorial fund in Wright's
honor; tax-deductible donations
can be made online through the
Community Foundation of
Greater Memphis at
www.cfgm.org.
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Brett Favre still undecided but will play if healthy

ESPN.com news services Shiancoe's comments. Marino 4,967 Interceptions
(ESPN.com) Shiancoe said Wednesday he Favre 317 George Blanda 277
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:11:44 PM still had not heard from Favre NFL commissioner Roger
directly and declined further Goodell said Wednesday during
Updated: August 4, 2010, 2:05 comment. a visit to Ravens camp that he
PM ET Favre told ESPN that he has was taking a "wait and hear"
Brett Favre told ESPN's Ed decided to play for Minnesota in approach to the latest twist in
Werder in Hattiesburg, Miss., on 2010 if his surgically repaired the Favre saga.
Wednesday that he has not made ankle heals but said the fact he "We haven't heard from Brett,
any decision about returning to has not been able to decide his so we're all reacting to media
play for the Minnesota Vikings future reflects his level of reports," Goodell said. "So I
this season and says he will play concern about regaining his think I'd wait and hear what
if healthy. health. Brett has to say."
Favre's agent, Bus Cook, said in He hurt his left ankle in the Goodell said that Favre is
a statement to the NFL Network NFC Championship Game loss "great for our game," but
o n W e d n e s d a y t h a t t h e to the New Orleans Saints. wanted the three-time NFL
quarterback has an appointment Favre responded to a Star MVP to make the best decision
Saints S Darren Sharper teammates saying, "This is it,"
with Dr. James Andrews next Tribune report that the Vikings for himself, not the NFL.
explains why he thinks Brett league sources told ESPN NFL
week and will know more at that were prepared to offer him more "I think we all love to see him
Favre will be back and talks Insider Adam Schefter.
t i m e . A n d r e w s p e r f o r m e d money for the 2010 season if he play, but we want him to do
about his team's NFC title game The Star Tribune reported that
surgery on Favre's ankle in would play, insisting that his what's best for him at the end of
win over Favre's Vikings. the Vikings have offered to
May.[+] Enlarge salary is not a factor in the the day," Goodell said.
More Podcasts » increase Favre's salary to $16
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis decision. "It's not about money," With Favre, of course, nothing
"That is up for discussion, but million guaranteed -- $3 million
Brett Favre tossed a football he said. is ever necessarily final after 19
they know and we know, so ..." more than he was scheduled to
around with high school players "As far as Brett is concerned, in NFL seasons. He told the
Favre said. make this season, plus another
i n H a t t i e s b u r g , M i s s . , o n spite of reports to the contrary, Vikings last year he wouldn't
Favre was at Oak Grove High $4 million in incentives that
Wednesday. Brett's situation has nothing to play, but changed his mind and
School in Hattiesburg could potentially pay Favre $20
Favre denied sending text d o w i t h h i s c o n t r a c t , b u t joined them immediately after
Wednesday, lightly tossing a million total for the 2010
messages to Vikings teammates everything to do with his health they broke training camp, with
football with players in season. Favre Retiring Again?
and club officials that might and ability to contribute to that Childress even driving to the
warmups. He then helped as the If Brett Favre does retire, he
have indicated he had decided to team and play at a level that he airport to pick him up. Camp
players went through drills. will leave the NFL holding
retire. has been accustomed to playing this year ends on Aug. 12.
Favre has made regular several passing records and
On Tuesday, Vikings tight end over the years," Cook told the Favre has waffled on retiring
appearances at Oak Grove in the three NFL MVP awards. The 11
Visanthe Shiancoe said Favre NFL Network. every summer since 2002. It led
summer for several years, -time Pro Bowler also has 18
texted his teammates and told Favre told ESPN he has a time to an ugly parting with the
working out with players during straight 3,000-yard seasons and
them he plans to retire. Shiancoe frame in mind and said he has Packers that got him traded from
informal drills as he prepared 12 consecutive years of 20 or
added he did not receive any spoken to the Vikings to make Green Bay to the Jets in 2008.
for the upcoming season. more TD passes. Consecutive
direct messages from Favre, but them aware of the approximate After a so-so season in New
According to multiple reports starts Favre 285 Peyton
learned of the texts from several date when he will make his York, he announced his
Tuesday, Favre informed the Manning 192 Pass yards Favre
teammates. decision. He declined to reveal retirement in early 2009 for the
Vikings he would not return to 69,329 Dan Marino 61,361 TD
"Shank, that's why I love him ... that information to ESPN, second time, then reconsidered
Minnesota for a second season. passes Favre 497 Marino 420
all right guys I gotta go," Favre however. The Brian Kenny BRETT page 81
Favre sent text messages to Completions Favre 6,083
s a i d , w h e n i n f o r m e d o f Show
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Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees hits 600th home run

ESPN.com news services after his 500th homer. 600 is merely a springboard to players in baseball, there was
(ESPN.com) Rodriguez's 17th homer of the better things -- mainly helping little fanfare in the run-up to No.
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:55:43 PM season sailed over the center his team win, but also reaching 600 -- perhaps it's Steroid Era
field wall and landed in Bonds' record of 762 home runs. fatigue or the fact that
Updated: August 4, 2010, 2:05 Monument Park, allowing a Being the home run king comes Rodriguez became the fourth
PM ET stadium worker to fetch him the with a tarnished crown, though. player to reach the mark in the
NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez ball. 600 Club last 10 years after none in 31
hit his 600th career home run on After coming out for a curtain Seven men have hit 600 home years.
W e d n e s d a y a t Y a n k e e call, Rodriguez received runs or more in the major The pursuit of the home run
Stadium.[+] Enlarge congratulations from teammates leagues: Player HRs Barry record gets lucrative now. As
Michael Heiman/Getty Images in the Yankees dugout. Many Bonds 762 Henry Aaron 755 part of his $275 million, 10-year
Alex Rodriguez ended a 46 at- had raised their arms in joy Babe Ruth 714 Willie Mays 660 deal signed after opting out of
bat homerless skid to reach the when he finally connected. Ken Griffey Jr. 630 Sammy his contract during the 2007
600 club on Thursday. A-Rod's Road To 600 Sosa 609 Alex Rodriguez 600 World Series, Rodriguez can
Rodriguez hit a two-run homer Alex Rodriguez became the After Bonds eclipsed Aaron's earn up to $30 million more for
to straightaway center field in seventh player in major league record with his 756th in 2007 six milestone homers. The first
the first inning of a game history to hit 600 home runs amid accusations of steroid use - would be tying Willie Mays.
against the Toronto Blue Jays, Wednesday. Here's how he got - something Bonds vehemently He'd get $6 million more each
off Shaun Marcum. It came on a there. training of 2009, Rodriguez denies -- talk immediately time for matching Ruth, Aaron
2-0 pitch with Derek Jeter on Photo gallery admitted to using steroids while turned to A-Rod, who days and Bonds and breaking the
first and two out. He had gone 46 at-bats between playing for the Texas Rangers earlier had become the fastest to record.
Rodriguez had hit only one home runs Nos. 599 and 600 -- from 2001-03. He also had No. 500. He was supposed to be Rodriguez hit No. 100 in
home run off Marcum in 17 at- 25 more than Willie Mays, who major hip surgery that kept him the player who would restore August 1998 with Seattle, No.
bats before Thursday. needed 21 at-bats to reach the out the first month last year, as credibility to American sports' 200 in May 2001 and No. 300 in
Rodriguez became the youngest milestone in 1970. the team adjusted to high-profile most cherished record, but that April 2003 with Texas. His
player in history to join the 600 A-Rod hit his 599th off newcomers CC Sabathia, A.J. all changed two years later. 400th home run came on June 8,
Club, and the seventh player in Robinson Tejeda of the Kansas Burnett and Mark Teixeira In response to a 2005, against Milwaukee during
baseball history to reach the City Royals last Thursday at without him. SportsIllustrated.com report and his second season with the
milestone. Yankee Stadium. He returned with a fresh mounting speculation, A-Rod Yankees.
He raised a hand slightly in A-Rod turned 35 last Tuesday, outlook that put the team first, admitted to using steroids as he Information from The
triumph as he rounded first base, putting his home run pace far helping lead the Yankees to hit 156 homers with Texas. He Associated Press was used in
then completed his trot. He ahead of the rest. Ruth had been t h e i r f i r s t W o r l d S e r i e s has 255 with the Yankees and this report.
joined an elite club that includes the youngest to hit 600, reaching championship since 2000 and 189 with the Seattle Mariners, Five Filters featured
Barry Bonds (762), Henry the mark in 1931 at 36 years, reversing a trend of personal who picked him No. 1 in 1993 article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
Aaron (755), Babe Ruth (714), 196 days. The Sultan of Swat playoff failures. amateur draft. an Easy Ride in the
Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey did it in fewer games, though -- Even though he went homerless Rodriguez is among only three Independent. Available tools:
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(609). In the three years since hitting and has connected at a much Jackson and Darrell Evans, to Term Extraction.
His 600th HR ended a 12-game No. 500, much has changed for slower rate compared to the rest hit 100 home runs for three
homerless slump and came him. of his career, the 13-time All- different teams.
exactly three years to the day During a tumultuous spring Star has been saying that No. For one of the most scrutinized
80 Sports/ E-reader News Edition

2010 NFL training camps: Detroit Lions confirm contract

agreed with top pick Ndamukong Suh
ESPN.com news services Roosevelt Barnes and Eugene expected Suh to make an Detroit is hoping Suh was he made earlier this year will go
(ESPN.com) Parker," said Lewand, referring immediate impact on the worth the wait. toward endowing a scholarship.
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:11:59 PM to Suh's agents. "Obviously, and defensive line. First-Round Pick Signings His mother, Bernadette, is a
most importantly to Ndamukong "Yeah," Schwartz said. "Did A breakdown of signed and schoolteacher from Jamaica who
Updated: August 4, 2010, 1:11 himself because it takes a you see the contract? We expect unsigned first-round NFL draft required her son to post a 3.0
PM ET player's involvement to really big things from him." picks. Blog grade-point average before he
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- get a deal done. While we The Lions are counting on the He was the first defensive could play football. His father,
Ndamukong Suh is finally set to would've liked to do it earlier -- former Nebraska defensive player to win The Associated Michael, was born in Cameroon
practice with the Detroit Lions-- I'm sure he would've liked to do tackle to bolster a defense that Press College Football Player of and became a mechanical
assuming he's in good shape. it earlier -- we're just glad it's ranked among the league's all- the Year award since its engineer after moving to
Team president Tom Lewand done and over with and he's got time worst in points allowed the inception in 1998 and was a Portland, Ore., where his large
said Wednesday morning the a lot of training camp ahead of past two seasons while the team Heisman Trophy finalist. son was quite a sight on soccer
team had agreed to terms with him." went 2-30. The 6-foot-4 Suh, whose fields.
Suh and expected him to arrive Suh's five-year rookie contract Schwartz said earlier in the weight hovers at about 300 "Ndamukong is an incredibly
in time to participate in the is worth more than $60 million, week that he was disappointed pounds, swept the Nagurski and intelligent individual and he's
afternoon practice. $40 million of which is Suh missed some opportunities Bednarik awards as national also very mature," Lewand said.
Lions coach Jim Schwartz said guaranteed, team sources told in training camp, and later, defensive player of the year last "I'm very impressed with him as
Suh has to have a successful E S P N N F L I n s i d e r A d a m veteran center Dominic Raiola season and won the Lombardi an individual and obviously
conditioning test before he can S c h e f t e r . told reporters Suh should tell his Award and Outland Trophy organizationally, we're
join his teammates on the field. Lewand said he's not concerned agents to make a deal. Soon honoring college football's top impressed with him as a football
"If he passes it, he'll be out with how Suh's deal compares thereafter, both sides agreed to lineman. player as well.
here," Schwartz said. to the contract Matthew Stafford terms. His breakout game was a 4½- "We're excited to get him in
Suh, the No. 2 pick overall in signed last year after Detroit "That's all I wanted," Raiola sack performance against Texas here."
the NFL draft, didn't report to drafted the quarterback No. 1 said. "It was nothing personal in the Big 12 title game, and he Information from The
Lions training camp Friday and overall. Stafford's six-year toward him or anybody else. We finished with 12 sacks. Associated Press was used in
missed more than four days of contract has $41.7 million in drafted him high to help this Suh was the first defensive this report.
practice. guarantees with a maximum team and I was anxious to get tackle to be drafted among the Five Filters featured
“ value of $78 million. him in here." top two picks since Oakland article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
The focus needs to be what they "The focus needs to be what Suh's absence was half as long took Darrell Russell in 1997. an Easy Ride in the
do for a living, not how much they do for a living, not how as Calvin Johnson's in 2007, Suh graduated from Nebraska Independent. Available tools:
they make doing it.”-- Lions much they make doing it," when the team had its longest with a degree in construction PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
president Tom Lewand on Lewand said. holdout since Bryant Westbrook management from the College Term Extraction.
amount of Suh's deal Detroit needs Suh to do a lot. missed almost the first month of of Engineering, to which
"I give a lot of credit to Schwartz was asked if he training camp. $600,000 of a $2 million pledge
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NBA Free Agents: Shaquille O'Neal Ndamukong Suh's Deal

decides to join Boston Celtics, Reportedly Done, Now He
sources say Must Deliver for Lions
Michael David Smith
Chris Broussard (ESPN.com) were the two clubs most the veteran center/power (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:43:44 AM interested in O'Neal, and forward for the full mid-level
Submitted at 8/3/2010 6:00:00 PM
sources say O'Neal chose the exception of $5.7 million.
Updated: August 4, 2010, 12:43 Celtics because he believes they Comcast SportsNet-New Filed under: Lions, NFL
PM ET By Chris Broussard have a better chance of winning England reported Tuesday that Training Camp The Detroit
ESPN The Magazine what would be his fifth NBA Shaquille O'Neal and the Celtics
Lions have had a whopping
Archive championship. were close to agreeing to a deal.
eight Top-10 draft picks in the
Shaquille O'Neal has decided to O'Neal, 38, averaged 12 points With Celtics general manager last nine years, a stark
j o i n t h e B o s t o n C e l t i c s , and 6.7 rebounds last season for Danny Ainge out of town on demonstration of their enduring
according to sources with the Cleveland Cavaliers. In the vacation, an official news futility. This year's first-round
knowledge of the situation. He Cavs' six-game loss to Boston in conference is expected to takepick, Ndamukong Suh, who
is expected to tell the team of t h e E a s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e place next week. agreed to a contract Tuesday
h i s i n t e n t i o n s W e d n e s d a y semifinals, he averaged 13.5 Chris Broussard is a senior joining the Lions with higher
after a brief training camp
morning. points and 5 rebounds in 23 NBA writer for ESPN The expectations than Joey
holdout, may have the highest
The length of the contract is not minutes a game. Magazine. Harrington or Matthew Stafford,
expectation of any of them.
known, but O'Neal, who has Although O'Neal is no longer Five Filters featured both of whom were drafted with
Suh is set to sign a five-year
been seeking a two-year deal, the dominant force he was for article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets the thought that they'd be
contract worth more than $60
will play for the veteran's most of his 18-year career, he an Easy Ride in the franchise quarterbacks. It might
million, according to multiple
m i n i m u m o f $ 1 . 4 m i l l i o n will bolster a Celtics' front line Independent. Available tools: also sound crazy to say that Suh
reports. Fox Sports' Jay Glazer
annually. that will be without injured PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, has higher expectations on him
reported that $40 million of the
Celtics coach Doc Rivers began starter Kendrick Perkins for the Term Extraction. than any of the four -- four! --
deal will be in guaranteed
pursuing O'Neal last month first few months of the season. Top-10 wide receivers the Lions
money. Although the cash paid
when the two met in Orlando. Earlier this summer, the Celtics have taken in recent years.
to unproven rookies in the NFL
Boston and the Atlanta Hawks added Jermaine O'Neal, signing Every one of those receivers --
is obscene, that contract is the
BRETT welcome news in Detroit, where Charles Rogers, Roy Williams,
continued from page 78 a sense of concern was starting Mike Williams and Calvin
and signed with the Vikings. NFC North title. Independent. Available tools: to set in that Suh's agents and Johnson-- arrived in Detroit
He had one of his best seasons Ed Werder is a reporter for PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, the Lions weren't making any with a highlight reel of college
last year, with career bests in ESPN. Information from The Term Extraction. progress on a deal. catches and the promise of
completion percentage (68.4), Associated Press was used in But now that the deal is done, producing the kind of fireworks
quarterback rating (107.2) and this report. Suh is going to have to deliver that a defensive tackle just can't
fewest interceptions (7), while Five Filters featured on extraordinarily high deliver. Fantasy Football
throwing for 33 TDs and 4,202 article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets expectations. Analysis: Detroit to Feature One
yards to lead the Vikings to an an Easy Ride in the It might sound crazy to say that Runner, but Who?
Suh -- a defensive tackle -- is
82 Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Rick Dudley Riffs on Scouting

Process, Picking Alex Burmistrov
Christopher Botta (FanHouse "Miracle on Ice," Dudley even
Main) found time to complete an
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:00 AM inventive salary dump trade
with the Rangers involving
Filed under: Thrashers, NHL Atlanta's Todd White and New
Draft FanHouse's Christopher York's Donald Brashear and
Botta recently spoke with Patrick Rissmiller.
Atlanta Thrashers GM Rick On the subject of scouting and
Dudley on his team's very his staff's selection of Alex
eventful offseason. This is Part Burmistrov (pictured, far left),
Two of a three-part series. who the Thrashers took eighth
When it comes to the NHL
Draft, you won't find a general
overall in this year's draft, I
knew to get out of the way, take
Boisterous Ozzie Guillen
manager more hands-on than early August for an up-close- notes and allow Dudley to
Rick Dudley. Before his first and-personal look at Team speak. The man, like almost Making Sense on Asian-
GM job and in-between his USA's evaluation camp for the everyone in his profession, has
opportunities at the top, the World Junior Championships. had his share of hits and misses
Atlanta Thrashers boss is a That's where Dudley (pictured, over the last 20 years, but he is
Latino Comments
player personnel man at heart. far right) was last year in plenty passionate about the job. Kevin Blackistone (FanHouse "he may have said 'no.' "
Main) That changed when the Rangers
Most general managers want to preparation for the draft, and Part 1: Byfuglien Can Star at
be highly involved, for very where he was this week when Forward or 'D' for Thrashers Submitted at 8/3/2010 7:46:00 PM hired a longtime and well-
good reasons, with a lottery we tracked him down for some known baseball journalist from
pick. However, few if any will insight into his scouting process. Filed under: MLB Puerto Rico named Luis
travel to Lake Placid, NY in While at the home of USA's With just a few big league Mayoral, who had been a
seasons under his belt as Texas confidant of Roberto Clemente,
Rangers' outfielder in the late as a liaison for its growing Latin
'80s, Ruben Sierra was an All- American contingent.
Star, an emerging superstar, a "When I came here was 18 years
soon-to-be millionaire, and ago, [then Rangers general
unhappy. He felt alone in North manager] Tom Grieve had the
Texas as a young man from right perspective in mind,"
Puerto Rico. He didn't speak Mayoral told me by phone
much English, and few around Tuesday from his suburban
him spoke his native Spanish. Dallas home. "I helped the
"If you had asked Ruben earlier Pudges [Rodriguez] and the
in his career whether he wanted Juans [Gonzalez] of the world.
to stay with the Rangers," That had been my mission, self-
Sierra's agent then, Chuck imposed, 20 years before that.
Berry, later told Texas Monthly,
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Warren Spector
delivering (presumably)
Epic keynote at GDC
Europe
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 2:00:00 PM

Review: Castlevania: Halo: Reach returning to Step aside, Will Wright --

there's a new Hollywood It-Girl
Harmony of Despair Midship, Ivory Tower on the video game industry
conference keynote scene. Yes,
Randy Nelson (Joystiq) timer runs out. Virtually nothing Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) also revealed for the multiplayer it seems event planners across
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:00:00 PM i s e x p l a i n e d , i t r e u s e s Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:30:00 PM Invasion mode. This time the globe are trying to get Deus
background tiles and sprites around it features Spartans Ex and, more recently, Epic
I'm pretty sure that if I could from years-old games and is, Halo 2 might be dead and gone ransacking the Elites and, as the Mickey creator Warren Spector
get a peek at Castlevania: frankly, not fun at all if you on Xbox Live, but its memory name implies, they must work to come deliver their expo's
Harmony of Despair director intend to play it alone. Save will live on in Halo: Reach. IGN their way to the top of a huge keynote speech. The ghostly
Koji Igarashi's Netflix queue, I'd your $15. Buy this, this or this reports that remakes of the tower as each section of the map developer is already slated to
find that his most recent rental instead. (But not this.) Midship and Ivory Tower maps is unlocked. Check out footage speak at PAX Prime next month
would be the 1993 comedy Played with friends, however, - - r e n a m e d Z e a l o t a n d of all three maps after the break, -- but according to a last-minute
Groundhog Day. Harmony of Despair is actually Reflection, respectively -- will and be sure to tell us what other press release, Spector will also
Much like Bill Murray's Phil ... kinda fun. be featured in Reach. Reflection old-school Halo 1, 2, or 3 maps deliver one of the GDC Europe
a w a k e s e v e r y m o r n i n g i n Gallery: Castlevania: Harmony is apparently a very faithful you'd like to see in Reach. keynotes, titled "What
Punxsutawney, PA to find that of Despair remake, right down to the sniper Continue reading Halo: Reach Videogames Can Learn from
it's ( spoiler alert) Groundhog Continue reading Review: tower elevator (perhaps known returning to Midship, Ivory Other Media ... What We Can't
Day, the characters in Igarashi's C a s t l e v a n i a : H a r m o n y o f to you as The Column of Tower ... And What We Shouldn't," as
latest game -- a cast from ' D e s p a i r Surprise Death), though IGN Halo: Reach returning to the three-day event kicks off
Vanias past -- find themselves Review: Castlevania: Harmony notes that the new hologram Midship, Ivory Tower originally August 16.
repeating the same trek through of Despair originally appeared armor ability makes camping appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 The subject of the newly
the same six castles over and on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Aug much more difficult. Zealot, Aug 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please a n n o u n c e d s p e e c h s o u n d s
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Sometimes, they won't even be C o m m e n t s gravity than the rest of the map. Spector's going to stay on top of
able to find the boss before the A new map entitled Spire was the keynote game for too much
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longer. We're betting he's got

two more speeches in him
before things go sour, and the
industry turns its collective
attention to a fresh face -- a
Bleszinski or a Levine, for
example.
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(presumably) Epic keynote at
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hitting Japan Nov. 4 Universe hit XBL

Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) bosses in succession are also
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:00:00 PM new additions. The best part?
The sequel is titled Hero 30 Games on Demand
Famitsu recently pulled the lid Second, which should ensure no Richard Mitchell (Joystiq) $40 (the GOTY Edition costs
off of an upcoming sequel to small amount of confusion Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:30:00 PM $50 in-store), while Phantasy
one of last year's ... well, one of amongst future video game Star Universe is $20. As usual,
last year's weirdest games ever, h i s t o r i a n s . A c c o r d i n g t o W e ' r e n o t s u r e h o w i t pricing and availability vary by
Half-Minute Hero. According to Famitsu, the game's tentatively happened. We could have sworn region.
Andriasang's translation of the dated in Japan for November 4, that Too Human was the only Xbox.com: Add Batman:
reveal, the game will still place and is currently 77 percent new release on Xbox Live Arkham Asylum to your Xbox
a heavy emphasis on hasty complete, which is just mind- Games on Demand this week (it 360 download queue($39.99)
adventuring -- though time will boggling in its specificity. was the only one listed by Major Xbox.com: Add Phantasy Star
now freeze while the player is Half-Minute Hero sequel Nelson, after all). And yet, Universe to your Xbox 360
on the overworld map, giving announced, hitting Japan Nov. 4
him or her plenty of time to originally appeared on Joystiq
somehow, Batman: Arkham download queue($19.99)
Asylum has appropriately Batman, Phantasy Star
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GOOGLE page 85
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GOOGLE
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I use both an iPhone and an
Android phone.
Neither is what I want. I knew
what I wanted when the iPhone
was announced, after years of
speculation, and I was
disappointed that the iPhone
wasn't it. I wanted a phone that
ran Mac software. I more or less
wanted the same thing from
Android. (I would have been
slightly less happy with a phone
that ran Windows software, but
I don't think Microsoft makes
one, and I don't think they plan
to. This would be a late-but-
interesting zig to Apple's zag,
esp if (shudder) they open
sourced Windows. Don't worry,
it'll never happen.)
People are boasting on Google's
behalf of their prowess in being
able to catch Apple in market
share. It is impressive, but not as
much as you might think. Apple
has never tried to lock-out their
competitors, they've never
designed their product strategies
for market share. Jobs said that
in a recent interview (I think it
was at the D conference).
Google has been able to do to
Apple in mobile devices what
Microsoft did to Apple in PCs,
because Apple would rather
control their share of the market
and have a single target defined
by both hardware and software
than have multiple
manufacturers making a
disorderly and hard-to-target
market. Apple has the freedom
to move the iPhone platform
where ever they want. That's
always been their advantage,
since the Apple II and
Macintosh. But they threw the
captain of the ship into a
rowboat for a number of years,
that's why it looked like a lose-
lose strategy for a while, and
pundits were walking all over
Apple saying they were stupid
not to license cloners. It wasn't
that, it's just that the people
running Apple didn't understand
how to drive the ship that Jobs
designed. Evidence is in how
well Apple is doing, even with a
shrinking share of the market
they defined. Share has never
been what Apple is about.
Meanwhile, my Android phone
is humdrum. Not as flashy as the
iPhone 4. It was supposed to get
all this software that the iPhone
didn't because it's an open
platform, but if it exists, I
haven't heard about it yet. I don't
think it does. The closed
controlled platform, Apple's, is
kicking Google's ass in apps,
and will continue to, again
because share isn't what it's
about. Maybe Google's easy-to-
use application development
tool will change that. Could
happen.
But Google has OEMs that are
hard to corral. As long as Jobs
stays at the helm of Apple, or
his successors understand and
use his playbook, they will
never win the battle. Apple will
always have a better shinier
product with cooler features.
Android, like Windows, will
have trouble delivering a benefit
to users for the hugeness of its
market share.
TechCrunch has a piece today
comparing Google's Vic
Gundotra to a US general in its
upcoming war with Facebook.
It's a good, probably accurate
analogy but the wrong way for
Google to approach the market.
It's the loop that keeps
repeating. Right now we're
replaying the Microsoft battle to
the death with Netscape, one
which, in the end, they both lost.
As they do in every iteration of
the loop.
Gundotra comes from
Microsoft, and I'm sure
remembers the amassing of all
of Microsoft's power at the
ragtag garage band that
Netscape was. All of Microsoft's
products would become web-
enabled. ActiveX would bring
Microsoft-only code to the web,
that'll show em -- can't run that
stuff in Netscape! Then their
sales team bought badges on all
the top sites that said "Works
better in MSIE." It was really
something. But the inroads they
achieved had nothing to do with
the might of the company.
Word, PowerPoint and Excel as
web tools were a flop. ActiveX
was a great way to write viruses,
right from the start. A Microsoft
engineer admitted to me
privately a year after they
shipped it that it was a huge
mistake (it was). Microsoft
gained market share because
they made a better tool for
browsing the web. In hindsight
the gimmicks probably hurt
them more than they helped,
although the pundits sure were
impressed.
It'll work that way for Google
too. Google Me is a brilliant
name. But based on what I can
see that Google engineers are
promoting, it's going to have the
same problems Microsoft's
attack had. They're opening too
many fronts and fighting too
many irrelevant battles. And too
many strategy taxes. It's as if
Google, not knowing who is
winning the war, is fighting it
everywhere, just in case it turns
out that's where the true enemy
is hiding. That's how big rich
companies that are scared
compete. Everyone needs to get
a piece of the battle.
I bet Google doesn't appreciate
how different things are now
from when they went after Alta
Vista and then Yahoo and
Microsoft in search a decade
ago. Scrappy upstarts have huge
advantages that established
leaders don't. And none of these
guys study history well enough
to understand the stages of
technology markets and
companies, so none of them
know what to do when it's their
turn to be displaced as the
scrappy upstart. Microsoft didn't
know what to do (apparently the
message still hasn't made its
way to their CEO, but it doesn't
85
matter). IBM before them didn't
know. And now Google doesn't
know. They probably should be
hunkering down. Let Facebook
become what they are going to
become, because there's nothing
they can do to stop it. Become
more efficient at delivering the
services that people depend on
them for. If this means laying
off engineers, so be it. Or turn
them into consultants and help
other companies build on your
infrastructure. And then either
start paying dividends to the
shareholders, or find other
avenues to invest the cash you
generate.
After IBM gave up being the
platform vendor, that's basically
what they did -- they became a
consultancy and investment
banker. Microsoft will
eventually move there as their
investors get fed up with quarter
after quarter of flat growth.
Google will get there as well,
but first they have to get this
tidal wave of fear out of their
system, and unfortunately for all
of us Facebook is going to bear
the brunt of it. But they're in
much better position to take it
than Netscape was when
Microsoft attacked. And
Netscape did more to erase
themselves than Microsoft did,
and even so -- the browser they
jettisoned lived to fight another
day in the form of Firefox.
Anyhow...
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The first outing on my new bike continued from page 85

If I were advising Facebook, and counteract them, by open

(Scripting News) own path, just for bikes, so I here's what I would tell them to sourcing huge amounts of their
Submitted at 8/3/2010 4:44:18 PM opened up. There's the speed! do. code, making it possible for
My legs said Okay Dave we Google is going to make the companies and startups to
I had a wonderful bike ride remember how to do this! Let's issue how "open" you are. launch their own Facebooks that
today. go! Let's Go!! Let's GO!!! They're going to do it by not interoperate with Facebook's.
New bike. And my old legs And we went. really being open themselves, That will leave Google with
complained terribly at first, Finally as I approached they'll have patents to cut off exactly nowhere to go. From
screaming in agony. Christopher St, the major bike their competitors and upstarts, to there on, it's your market to do
How dare you! They said. We path into the Village, I could see control whatever markets they with as you please.
were taking it easy for the last the light was flashing red on manage to get share in.
15 years. Now you want us to West St. Rather than wait, I Facebook can stay steadily on
work again! Fuck you. gunned it, and made it across the its evolutionary path, or they
When I got to the southern street. I cruised up the hill, and can anticipate Google's moves
terminus of the island of at the first red light I collapsed.
Manhattan, I took a ten-minute My legs said "Ohhhh kaaaaay,
break and took in the scenery. A let's go slow from here." And
fire boat went by. The Staten we did.
Island Ferry. A police boat. But when I got back home after
Mothers and nannies rolling 40 minutes of riding, I felt the
babies in their carriages. The sea endorphins flowing through my
air. The cool breeze. It was an Statue of Liberty. veins. Ahhh this feels familiar.
overcast summer day. I took a This time my legs were looking This feels goood.
bunch of deep breaths, and re- to open up, let's get some speed, No broken bones, it was a
mounted the bike, heading but for the first section of the pretty nice first outing.
north. trip we shared the road with Tomorrow we, my legs and I,
BTW, I cropped the header I'm walkers and runners, so that go north and see if we can make
using on scripting.com from a meant slow going. Finally, I it to Central Park.
picture of a fireboat and the turned a corner, now we had our
E-reader News Edition
Researchers Use Atomic Force Microscopy to Analyze Deep-
Sea Mystery Molecules
Rebecca Boyle (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:35:18 PM
Cephalandole A Atomic force
microscopy unveiled the
previously unknown structure of
cephalandole A, a chemical
compound that could lead to
new drugs. via PhysOrg
A molecule-mapping method
developed by IBM researchers
has unveiled the structure of a
deep-sea compound, and the
process could lead to faster drug
development, according to a
new study.
Using atomic force microscopy,
researchers in Scotland and
Switzerland were able to see the
molecular structure of a marine
compound recovered from the
Mariana Trench, whose
chemical composition was
unknown. And it took only a
week to figure it out.
Previously, molecular imaging
has relied on indirect methods
like X-ray crystallography,
which bounces X-rays off a
molecule, or nuclear magnetic
resonance imaging, which
examines how the atoms of a
molecule absorb radio waves.
But the new technique is akin to
taking a snapshot or blueprint of
the molecule.
Ultimately, the scientists
realized they were looking at a
compound that had already been
isolated from a Taiwanese
orchid.
Chemical compounds from the
ocean could lead to new drug
therapies -- painkillers
synthesized from sea-snail spit,
for instance. But researchers
have to find new chemical
compounds first, and then they
have to understand what they're
looking at.
In the new study, reported in
Nature Chemistry, researchers at
the University of Aberdeen in
Scotland examined a bacterium
taken from a Mariana Trench
mud sample. The bacterium,
Dermacoccus abyssi, is pressure
-tolerant enough to live at
35,814 beneath the sea surface,
and it produces a chemical
compound that the scientists
couldn't recognize.
They used high-resolution mass
spectrometry to figure out what
was in the compound, but they
still could not figure out its
structure. The only choice
would be to take a chemical
synthesis of the proposed
structures, but that is
complicated and can take
several months. That's where
IBM stepped in.
IBM scientists used a technique
called noncontact atomic force
microscopy to take images of
individual molecules at the
atomic scale. Along with some
Science/ 87
density calculations, they
determined the strange chemical
was actually cephalandole A,
which is already a candidate for
new types of drugs, Nature
News reports.
Leo Gross, who led the IBM
research team in Zurich, says his
technique can speed up the
process of identifying exotic
chemical compounds from
Earth's extreme regions.
Last year, Gross' team showed
they could make highly
sensitive AFM instruments that
can take close-ups of a small
organic molecule for the first
time.
Nature News points out that the
technique is not perfect -- some
scientists wonder if the
measuring method itself, which
involves placing the molecule
on a salt crystal, might interrupt
the molecule's structure. If you
don't know the shape to begin
with, you can't know whether
the salt affects the shape.
But combined with indirect
methods, it could help
researchers quickly identify new
compounds, which could speed
up the process of producing new
drugs, IBM says.
IBM Research Zurich, Nature
News
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Microsoft's Engkoo Scans the Web to Teach Itself
How to Teach You Languages
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 9:12:18 AM
Engkoo
It sounds a bit Google-ey, what
with all the data mining across
the Web and all that, but it's
Microsoft researchers in Beijing
that are crafting an online
Chinese-to-English dictionary
that could become a model for
language learning tools bridging
any two tongues. Engkoo.com
pulls its database from the Web
itself, cross-referencing sites
that exist in both English and
Chinese, searching existing
online dictionaries, and mining
other sources to create a rich
resource for both learning and
translation.
By drawing on the ever-
evolving organism that is the
Internet, Engkoo (loosely
meaning "English vault" in
Chinese) should be able to stay
abreast of changes in
colloquialisms and idioms in
both the source language and the
one it is translating to. In theory,
it should also be able to catch
errors or mistranslations easier,
since an error is unlikely to be
prevalent across the entire Web.
When a user searches for a
word or sentence in either
language - Microsoft plans to
adapt the system for other
languages but this initial phase
is focused on Chinese-to-
English translation - the
software driving Engkoo
searches through the database
for the relevant data and draws
upon statistics to translate as
accurately as possible. Where
possible it links to the sources
where it drew the initial data
from and often can provide
example sentences for a word or
phrase.
Engkoo is also a multimedia
experience. Computer generated
audio translations exist for many
English words and sentences to
E-reader News Edition
After 106 Days, 'Static
Kill' Appears to Have
Stopped the Gulf Oil
Leak
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:09:33 AM
The Gulf Oil Spill At long last,
the worst seems to be over even
as the cleanup continues.
We don't want to jinx it or
anything, so hold your breath
and cross your fingers while you
read this: BP's "static kill"
help Chinese speakers with their will be converted into cartoon procedure appears to have
pronunciation, and researchers animation to make them a bit completely and finally stopped
are cultivating a video dictation more - how do you say? - the flow of oil in the Gulf of
library so users can see the way palatable. Mexico. After eight hours of
native speakers' lips move as There's also a mobile app in the pumping heavy drilling mud
they enunciate. works that will run on Windows into the well pipe overnight, the
Next up? Ultrasound images phones - other mobile OS types well pressure is now being
that show the movement of the are being considered - that dictated by the hydrostatic
tongue inside the mouth, a allows for translation on the go. pressure of the drilling mud --
c r i t i c a l s t e p i n l e a r n i n g Which means perhaps we're not by containment caps or other
pronunciation but one that is seeing the first real baby steps m e a n s - - w h i c h m e a n s a
often hidden from plain view. toward the universal translator concrete capper should seal the
R e s e a r c h e r s a r e a l r e a d y you can keep in your pocket for deal.
gathering ultrasound data for the real-time translation of any Before we talk about what this
library, but those of you who language into your own. means, a quick spin through the
find that kind of imagery less- [ WSJ] numbers is in order. It's now day
than-savory, worry not; the 106 since the Deepwater
black-and-white ultrasounds Horizon rig explosion occurred,
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In an Astronomical First, Scientists Capture 3-D

View of Exploding Star
Rebecca Boyle (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:00:43 AM
Supernova 3-D An artist's
impression shows material being
ejected from supernova 1987A,
a star that exploded in the
nearby Large Magellanic Cloud.
A new instrument on the
European Southern
Observatory's Very Large
Telescope allowed astronomers
to reconstruct the supernova in 3
-D. ESO
Those of you who thought 3-D
had jumped the shark, check this
out. Using a new instrument at
the Very Large Telescope,
astronomers have been able to
capture a three-dimensional
view of the distribution of the
innermost material expelled by a
supernova, the European
Southern Observatory said
today.
Astronomers learned the
original fireworks were
concentrated in one direction,
which indicates the supernova
was very turbulent and not
symmetrical, a finding that
supports the latest star-death
models.
Stellar scientists were able to
measure the trajectory of
Sweden Testing
Japanese Invention: a
Single Pedal for Braking
and Acceleration, to
Prevent Accidents
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:50:08 AM
Naruse's Single-Pedal Design
An invention that's been around
for two decades, but is only now
getting any real attention, could
change the way millions of
people drive -- if people ever
have the good sense to adopt it,
its inventor says. Japanese
Supernova 1987a's ejecta, and counteract the atmosphere's different to what was expected inventor Masuyuki Naruse
found it spewed from the star at blurriness while astronomers from the position of the ring." claims that placing the braking
62 million miles an hour. The used a technique called integral Supernova 1987a, seen in 1987, and acceleration pedals in our
explosion was stronger and field spectroscopy to study the w a s t h e f i r s t n a k e d - e y e cars side-by-side, just inches
faster in some directions than supernova's core. supernova observed in 383 apart, is a dangerous design
others, which scientists had Karina Kjær, lead author of a years. It is in the relatively close flaw. The solution: his Naruse
already predicted. The data paper on the findings published Large Magellanic Cloud, and pedal, a unified pedal design
represents the first direct in Astronomy and Astrophysics, has provided several notable that puts accelerator and brake
confirmation of supernova says the way that the star astronomical breakthroughs, like on the same foot-activated lever.
asymmetry. exploded is imprinted upon the the detection of neutrinos from Naruse's pedal places the
Astronomers used the new core's inner material: "We can the collapsing stellar core. accelerator control on the side of
SINFONI instrument on the see that this material was not [ E u r o p e a n S o u t h e r n a larger brake pedal where the
VLT, a special near-infrared ejected symmetrically in all O b s e r v a t o r y ] foot can nudge it to the right to
spectrograph that affords a directions, but rather seems to increase acceleration.
s t u n n i n g l e v e l o f d e t a i l . have had a preferred direction. Downward pressure on the
Adaptive optics systems helped B e s i d e s , t h i s d i r e c t i o n i s pedal results in only one
singular action: stopping. This,
Naruse says, will prevent the
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continued from page 88
claiming the lives of 11 rig
workers and kicking off what is
most currently being estimated
as a 62,000-barrel-a-day
(barrels, not gallons, making it
12 times faster than BP
originally claimed) flow of oil
into Gulf waters. All in, 4.9
million barrels, or 205 million
gallons, of crude were spilled,
costing BP billions in cleanup
efforts (they're still on the hook
for more) and causing
unquantifiable damage to Gulf
and Gulf Coast ecosystems.
That's the bad news. The good
news is that the worst appears to
be behind us. BP is still mulling
its options with Coast Guard
officials and may either pump in
SWEDEN
continued from page 89
many thousands of accidents
each year caused by drivers
stomping on the wrong pedal,
accelerating into peril when they
are trying to brake.
In light of the recent spate of
accelerator-related recalls, either
because the accelerator gets
stuck or gets hung up with the
floor mat, has renewed some
designers interest in Naruse's
designs and others like it.
Swedish regulators are testing a
single-pedal scheme, and in
Japan the Naruse pedal has been
declared street legal on about
130 individual cars. Considering
more drilling mud to push the
oil deeper into its source rock,
or it may begin pumping
concrete into the well to cap it
off for good. BP is also moving
forward with the drilling of the
relief well so they can also seal
the well from the bottom for
added security.
So where are all these 5 million
barrels of oil? There's good
news being reported on that
front as well. The New York
Times reports this morning that
the government is expected to
announce that only 26 percent of
that oil remains in the water.
The other three-quarters have
evaporated, dispersed, or been
removed by cleanup efforts.
a Japanese research group
determined that some 6,700
accidents -- including 37 deaths
-- were caused in Japan last year
by drivers mistakenly slamming
on the gas, the idea might be
gaining traction.
The obvious obstacle between
between Naruse's idea and
widespread adoption by
automakers is the need for
people the world over to have to
relearn the muscle memory
they've developed over a
lifetime of two-pedal driving.
That, and the clear detriment to
Hollywood-style shift-and-
How damaging the lingering
and dispersed oil is remains to
be seen.
Of course, there's still the issue
of the 1.8 million gallons of
chemical dispersants that were
dumped into the water and the
various unknown effects they
might have on ocean life. But
for now, the spill itself appears
to (finally) be over with, and
that's as good as the news can
get at this point.
[ Discovery News, NYT, WSJ]
stomp acceleration that gets all
car lovers' pulses pounding. But
from engineering and safety
standpoints, a single-pedal
design actually makes a lot of
sense. See Naruse's pedal design
in the NYT Business video
below.
[ NYT]
Keep Fido Fit, Too
(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 4:00:00 AM
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Nearly half of the U.S. pets are
considered overweight. Vet
Marty Becker prescribes four
exercises that'll whip your
buddy—and you—into shape.
Walking and Running
try to walk your dog two blocks
(or 200 yards) for every 10
pounds of its body weight. then
increase that by 5 percent every
week until your four-legged
friend works up to its aerobic
capacity. If you're a runner,
consider a breed that's made for
endurance and long distances,
like a Border collie or retriever.
Always bring water to hydrate
you and your pet, and look for
signs of heat exhaustion. If
Rover is lagging behind or
panting excessively, it's time for
a break.
Swimming
Think of pools, lakes, and the
beach as a total-body workout
for you and your
pet—especially for arthritic
dogs, since it's easy on their
joints. Most canines can dog-
paddle, but some breeds—like
pugs—sink like a rock, so take
things slow and see how your
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dog does.
Biking
Have your mutt run alongside
you as you peddle. Just make
sure the leash you attach to your
bike frame is spring-loaded so
your hound can't sprint away
when he spots a hottie.
Frisbee or Fetch
Chucking a ball for Spot to
fetch won't burn too many
calories for you, but there are
ways to make it more of a
workout. While your canine is
retrieving the ball or Frisbee,
perform a circuit of jumping
jacks, pushups, and crunches. Or
after throwing a tennis ball, run
in the opposite direction to a
different spot—you'll get in
some sprints, and your dog will
get a hell of a workout. Related
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Healthy Foods that Can Kill You

(Cooking Light: Editor's Picks) Solanine, a natural malnourished. The toxin is
glycoalkaloid, can occur when primarily found in the leaves
When you're making a salad potatoes are exposed to too which protects it from being
with fresh greens from your much light. The green color just eaten by insects or animals, but
garden, steer clear of rhubarb under the skin strongly suggests the roots still contain a
leaves. that toxic build-up may have significant amount of natural
Photo: Image Source/Getty occurred. If you notice a slight poison and long-term exposure
Images green layer just under the potato to this raw food can lead to
Click to Enlarge skin, cut away the green deadly consequences. The
Most everyone admits that they portions of the potato skin proper processing of cassava
don’t eat enough fruits and before cooking and eating; there includes drying, soaking in
vegetables but before you start is no need to discard your water, rinsing or cooking very
trying to increase your daily favorite tuber since the non- soon after it is harvested.
intake, there are a few things green portion is safe to eat. It is “Wild” Mushrooms
you should know, especially if recommended not to consume Most people know that many
you like to grow-your-own food potatoes with a bright green varieties if mushrooms are toxic.
or if you're a start-from-scratch layer just under the potato’s skin This does not include cultivated
cook: some of the healthiest since it may cause headache, wild mushrooms that you find at
vegetables have relatives that nausea, fatigue and GI issues. the grocery store. The problem
could kill you. You can avoid this problem by is that there is no easy way to
Seeds, Pits & Kernels storing potatoes in a dark, cool, distinguish a poisonous from
The unsavory seeds, pits, and dry place. nonpoisonous wild mushroom.
kernels of some of our favorite Raw Red Kidney Beans Plus, you can't make toxic
fruits and vegetables contain a Raw, uncooked, almost mushrooms nontoxic by
naturally occurring substance impossible to eat, and certainly cooking, canning, freezing, or
called amygdalin which in large not very tasty, red kidney beans, leaves are not the healthy bitter garden, steer clear of rhubarb any other means of processing.
amounts can be fatal since contain a natural toxins called green you might assume. There leaves. The only way to avoid
a m y g d a l i n e c a n t u r n i n t o lectins. With many Americans is a reason that rhubarb sold in Raw Cassava mushroom poisoning is to not
hydrogen cyanide. Apples, c o n v e r t i n g t o a m o r e your grocery store is sold One of the most consumed eat wild mushrooms.
pears, mangoes, peaches, and unprocessed or “raw” diet, it's without its leaves. Rhubarb carbohydrates in the world, Kyle Shadix
a p r i c o t s , a l l c o n t a i n t h i s important for the home cook to leaves contain dangerously high cassava, contains naturally Five Filters featured
chemical, but don’t worry soak red kidney beans in water levels of oxalic acid which can o c c u r r i n g c y a n o g e n i c article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
because accidental swallowing for at least five hours before cause serious kidney damage glycosides. Also known as a n E a s y R i d e i n t h e
or the occasional ingestion is not cooking. Eating as few as four potentially leading to death. yucca, this starchy tuber must Independent. Available tools:
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very high. marked by extreme nausea, 10 pounds of rhubarb leaves to improperly processed cassava is
“Green” Potatoes vomiting, and upset stomach. die, a small amount still has the a m a j o r p r o b l e m a n d i s
Another common toxin found Rhubarb Leaves ability to make a person sick. associated with a number health
in our kitchens includes potatoes If you are an adventurous When you're making a salad disorders, particularly among
t h a t h a v e t u r n e d g r e e n . gardener, be aware that rhubarb with fresh greens from your p e o p l e w h o a r e a l r e a d y
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Milk's Benefits for Fit Guys
(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 2:00:00 AM
by Michael Berg
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Got milk? If you're trying to put
on muscle, you better. Whole
milk was once a staple for guys
who were packing away calories
and moving massive amounts of
iron in order to go from pencil
neck to bull neck. These days
we know enough to shun or
restrict the saturated-fat-filled
whole variety in favor of skim,
but even the fat-free version has
its detractors. Some claims
against milk link it to childhood
diabetes, while others allege
widespread pesticide
contamination of dairy products.
However, Kristin Reimers,
M.S., R.D., associate director at
the International Center for
Sports Nutrition in Omaha,
Neb., says the attacks on milk
are largely hype. "Let's face it,
dietary fat as the `bad guy' is old
news, and every good story
needs a bad guy," she says.
"Milk is the new bad guy of the
day. After a while, it'll get back
to beef, then maybe sugar. It's
the cycle of 100-percent-
unfounded food bashing."
Using an array of accusations
and smear tactics, food bashers
push a lot of buttons in their
battle against milk, but Reimers
implores people not to get
misled. "I have absolutely no
reservations about
recommending milk," she says.
"Skim milk is a good choice for
men who are looking to add
muscle mass. It's convenient,
inexpensive, high in protein, full
of vitamins and minerals, and
tastes good to boot."
Milk's Protein Power
Ahh, workout's done. Time to
kick back on the couch with the
Cheez Doodles and feel that
muscle building kick into action,
right? Not if you're serious
about creating a more muscular
physique. You can do all the
biceps curls you want, but you
won't add a centimeter to those
guns without protein and other
nutrients to rebuild what you've
broken down during training.
Milk has plenty of protein-
about nine grams per 8-ounce
glass—and that protein contains
all eight essential amino acids,
which means it's complete and
can be readily used by your
body for repair and growth. For
hardgainers, who need to cram
down protein every three hours,
milk can be a major boon.
Drinking an extra, and
inexpensive, 30 grams of protein
a day won't leave you feeling
too stuffed for one of your
regular feedings.
Milk actually includes two
types of protein: casein, which
makes up 80 percent of the total
protein content, and whey,
which accounts for the
remaining 20 percent. Both are
recognized as high-quality,
muscle-building proteins; in
fact, whey is currently the most
common form of protein found
in bodybuilding supplements.
Numerous studies, including a
recent report published in the
American Journal of Physiology
that examined the body's
anabolic response to whey,
casein and amino-acid
consumption, show whey to be a
fast-acting protein absorbed
quickly for use by muscles.
Casein digests more slowly,
providing your body with a
steady stream of protein over
time. Getting both nutrients in
one relatively inexpensive
source is a double whammy for
a growth-starved guy who
doesn't have the time or
facilities to mix up a powder-
based protein shake at work.
Milk Replaces Electrolytes
Of course, milk has a lot more
nutrients than just protein:
vitamins D, A, B2 and B12,
phosphorous, electrolytes and
bone-building calcium, to name
a few, all of which must be
replenished if you're working
your butt off in the gym.
Keep in mind that when you
sweat-which you should be
doing plenty of in your cardio
bouts if you expect results-you
lose calcium as well as the
electrolytes sodium and
potassium. Hence, milk may
indeed be just what your body
needs after a workout, since it
contains significant levels of all
those minerals.
For men, one of the most
valuable minerals found in milk
is calcium. A study in the
American Journal of Medicine
showed that American men tend
to come up short of the
recommended 1,200 milligrams
a day. Since active guys lose
even more calcium through
sweat, they stand to be even
worse off. But don't think that
calcium is important strictly for
the health of your bones and
teeth. Researchers at the
University of Tennessee at
Knoxville found that eating two
servings of low-fat, calcium-
enriched foods a day inhibits a
hormone which causes the body
to store fat. Since a glass of
skim milk contains about 300
milligrams of calcium, it could
be your ticket to a leaner
physique.
Some anecdotal evidence
advises against milk when
you're trying to get shredded. In
fact, professional bodybuilders,
whose livelihood depends on
cutting body-fat levels to
precarious depths, seem to shy
away from milk as a rule during
contest preparations. But is it
really necessary to drop the milk
entirely in favor of lean meat
and protein supplements?
"If an individual can tolerate
and digest milk properly,
meaning he isn't lactose-
intolerant [to experience
bloating or abdominal pain after
ingesting milk or dairy
products], then there's no reason
why skim milk cannot be used
as a lean source of protein," says
E-reader News Edition
Debra Wein, M.S., R.D.,
president of The Sensible
Nutrition Connection Inc., a
company that offers online
nutrition counseling for
bodybuilders and other athletes.
The key is moderation. If you're
trying to get cut, you need to
account for every calorie. In that
regard, other food sources give
you protein without the added
carbohydrates. Milk, then,
shouldn't be your primary
source of protein, but rather one
of many.
How Much Milk Is Enough?
"It's difficult to make a
sweeping, general
recommendation for the number
of milk servings you should
consume per day," Wein says. "I
suggest you assess your protein
needs and use milk as one of
many sources of protein in your
diet," says Wein.
If you're a relatively skinny guy
working hard to gain loads of
muscle mass, try to drink at least
four cups of fat-free milk a day,
spreading out the servings
evenly, perhaps an extra helping
after training mixed with a
scoop of protein powder. Or, if
the thought of a heavy dose of
postworkout milk makes your
stomach churn, you can double
the potency of a single eight-
ounce serving by adding milk
powder, thus getting the added
protein without having to down
two glasses.
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Hidden Gems
(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 1:00:00 AM
by Ryan Murphy
Print Article Email to Friend
Sure, Kim Kardashian may be
beautiful, but a guy can only
stare at the same bikini shots so
many times. If you're tired of
ogling over the same old
celebrities, Men's Fitness is
revealing five fresh faces of
actresses, models and athletes
that you probably haven't seen
before. From a Bollywood star
to a tennis ace, these gorgeous
women deserve to be
appreciated before TMZ ruins
them for all of us.
April Bowlby
Ever wonder why Two and a
Half Men was the biggest show
on television? Check out April
Bowlby. Standing 5'10" with a
dancer's body, the California
native nabbed primetime
attention with her role as Kandi
on the hit sitcom. Reportedly
landing the role within weeks of
moving to Hollywood, the
gorgeous actress went on to
steal scenes on CSI and How I
Met Your Mother. Now with a
major role on Lifetime's Drop
Dead Diva, Bowlby is moments
away from making the jump
from "sexiest woman you've
never heard of" to "sexiest
woman people can't stop talking
about."
Rosa Acosta
The exact type of woman Sir
Mix-a-Lot had in mind when he
wrote his 1992 masterpiece,
"Baby Got Back," 26-year-old
Rosa Acosta may be the best
thing to happen to bathing suits
since the bikini was invented.
Once a member of the
Dominican Republic's national
ballet company, the physically
blessed model now turns heads
with a different style of moves
in music videos by the likes of
Drake and 50 Cent. Regularly
appearing in hip hop magazines
like King and Smooth, the 5'5"
stunner is now gaining more
mainstream attention thanks to
her beauty, body and the fact
that she can do full splits.
Bipasha Basu
One of Bollywood's biggest
stars, the striking Bipasha Basu
rose to fame when she won a
Ford modeling contest at the age
of 17. Soon after, the New Delhi
-born beauty made the transition
to acting where she starred in
huge Bollywood hits like Raaz,
Dhoom 2: Back In Action and
other films that probably aren't
readily at your local
Blockbuster. A major target of
media coverage in India, Basu is
one-half of one of her country's
most famous couples and has
been called the sexiest woman
in Asia by multiple publications.
Now if she'd only make the
move to Hollywood.
Caroline Wozniacki
The lowdown on this Danish
beauty? Think Anna
Kournikova with a decent
backhand. Currently ranked at
No. 4 in the world by the
Women's Tennis Association,
Caroline Wozniacki caught
national attention when she
made it to the finals of the 2009
U.S. Open. But it was the 5'10"
phenom's long legs and blue
eyes that turned us into loyal
followers. Only 20-years-old,
Wozniacki has already won
seven major tours and netted
nearly four million in prize
money. Add to that a modeling
contract with Stella McCartney
and a residence in Monaco and
you have the makings of the
perfect woman.
Liu Yifei
A model, actress and singer
since she was a young child, Liu
Yifei has experienced major
success in all of these genres in
her native China. Now, the 22-
year-old beauty is poised to take
on America. Making her
Hollywood debut in the Jackie
Chan kung fu flick The
Forbidden Kingdom, the
gorgeous performer proved she
could swing swords with Jet Li
and look damn good while
doing it. Currently, Yifei has no
projects lined up in Hollywood,
adding to her under-the-radar
appeal, but MF will continue to
eagerly await her return to the
big screen. Related articles:
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Take a Bite Outta Ashley
Greene
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MILK'S
continued from page 92
Now go get that gallon out of
the fridge and chug. Just be sure
to wipe that mustache off before
you leave the house-unless you
are Oscar de la Hoya or Mark
McGwire, it's definitely not cool
to walk around sporting a white
upper lip.
Lactose Lowdown
Many adults are allergic to the
lactose in milk. This condition,
called lactose intolerance,
means your small intestine lacks
the enzyme lactase, which
breaks lactose down into two
molecules that are easily
absorbed into the bloodstream,
explains sports nutritionist
Kristin Reimers, R.D. This
uncomfortable condition can
lead to bloating, flatulence, even
diarrhea.
"Lactose intolerance is most
common in African Americans
and Hispanics, and [in] other
populations who didn't evolve
on cow's milk," Reimers
continues. "Other groups, those
from Scandinavian descent,
almost never have lactose
intolerance. Even those who
have some lactose intolerance
can usually tolerate up to a cup
of milk at a meal, for example."
Remedies for lactose
intolerance include taking a
lactase pill when consuming
milk, or drinking Lactaid-brand
milk, which has the same
number of calories, carbs and
protein as traditional fat-free
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Top Pro Athlete Tweeters Android Now Top

(Mensfitness.com)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 3:00:00 AM
Followers: 2,504,104
Not surprisingly, the "seven-
time Tour de France winner, full
workouts ("Triceps—I'm gonna
be 220 when I'm done"),
he's—what else?—tweetin' trash
Selling Smartphone
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Shaquille O'Neal
-time cancer fighter" promotes
his Livestrong campaign. He
("@ Shawne Merriman damit I
didn't stutter, I never held my Operating System
Cleveland Cavaliers center offered updates during his tongue before, you heard me Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
T w i t t e r n a m e : comeback tour last year ("On loud and clear, and we can get Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:09:48 AM
T H E _ R E A L _ S H A Q the plane to Limoges. It's about in the boxing ring to.") Related
Followers: 2,922,146 120 degrees in here. Hotter than articles: Another day, another bullish
Mostly motivational bons mot donut grease"). And even How to Train Like Lance report on the state of Google’s
("Be led by your dreams, not tweeted the birth of his baby Armstrong mobile operating system.
p u s h e d a w a y b y y o u r ("Wassup, world? My name is 10 Most Superstitious Athletes According to NPD Group, not
problems"); mama jokes ("ur Max Armstrong, and I just Most Injury-Prone Pro Athletes only are Android-powered
moms so fat, when she goes arrived. My Mommy is healthy, [on Facebook, Digg, Reddit and devices now outselling
swimming with whales, they and so am I!"). more] iPhone(as another report to RIM and Apple, who make
sing 'We are family'"); and fan Chad Ochocinco Five Filters featured indicated earlier this week), but their own hardware exclusively.
giveaways ("I'm at the fashion Cincinnati Bengals receiver article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets they’re also now besting When will that growth create a
sq mall, any1 touches me gets 2 Twitter name: OGOchoCinco an Easy Ride in the BlackBerry, making Android profitable new line of business
tickets.") Followers: 908,679 Independent. Available tools: the top selling mobile OS during for Google? That’s still not
Lance Armstrong His brazen tweets are exactly PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, the second quarter in the U.S. clear, though in a recent
Cyclist why he's so fun to follow. When Term Extraction. NPD has the race at Android – interview with The Wall Street
Twitter name: lancearmstrong he's not posting twitpics of his 33 percent, RIM – 28 percent, Jounral, CEO Eric Schmidt said
and Apple – 22 percent for the he thinks it can be a “10-plus
MILK'S period, noting that it’s the first billion dollar business,” as
continued from page 93
time since Q4 2007 that the Android’s growing reach gives
milk but in which the lactose nervous-system function; vision; and Conditioning Association the company increasing power
BlackBerry maker hasn’t been
has already been broken down. metabolism of macronutrients. (second edition) in mobile search.
number one. RIM is pinning
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That doesn’t sound very Lutheran

Mollie (GetReligion) between self-identifying as gay homosexual acts will go to hell,
Submitted at 8/4/2010 7:00:32 AM versus same-sex attracted. This but he doesn’t believe that
is an issue I’ve thought a lot makes him a bigot.
The Associated Press reported about as I know more than a few “My message doesn’t change at
on the return to the pulpit of a m e n a n d w o m e n w h o a r e all. I still think homosexual
Minnesota Lutheran pastor. attracted to members of the behavior is a sin,” Brock said.
He’d taken some time off after a same sex but who do not “Because I struggle with it
gay publication crashed a identify as gay. This may be doesn’t make it right.”
support meeting for those facing difficult to understand for some The first paragraph and the
unwanted same-sex attraction. folks but it’s actually something “supporting” quote don’t match
The journalist did so under false shared by many Christians. In at all. While I’m Lutheran, I’m
pretenses and it created quite a this way of thinking, inclination not the same denomination as
bit of a firestorm because the toward a given activity is not the Brock. So I suppose it’s possible
pastor in question was a vocal determinant for engagement but, that he believes engaging in
opponent of changing church rather, what they believe God homosexual acts means you’ll
d o c t r i n e t o a f f i r m has to say about the given go to hell. But if he does, that is
homosexuality. activity. something that would be
Okay, so he’s back in the pulpit It’s important for reporters to extremely weird for a Lutheran
and reporter Patrick Condon has be respectful and neutral about to say. It doesn’t match with the
a write-up of what happened sexuality whether or not they information on his church web
since June, when this all went agree with the choices made by site and it doesn’t match with
down: those they’re covering. And that the one sermon I listened to
A L u t h e r a n p a s t o r i n goes for those who embrace from the web site.
Minneapolis who opposes same-sex activity and those who So if he did say that, you
homosexuals being allowed to discourage it. I think most of our simply have to quote his exact
lead congregations said Monday coverage problems could be most vocal opponents of the why Townsend believes that words as proof. And if not, I’m
he is attracted to men, but that improved by working a bit decision last summer by the Brock has less credibility — as wondering if the reporter is
he’s not a hypocrite because he harder on our language choices. Evangelical Lutheran Church in opposed to more. I’m sure he confused, thinking that
never acted on his urges. Still, there were some America to allow non-celibate has a reason but I have no idea declaring an act sinful means
The Rev. Tom Brock told The confusing paragraphs in the gays in committed relationships what it is. that you think folks who
Associated Press he has known story: to serve as clergy. … On the other hand, the practice it are going to hell.
for years he is sexually attracted Brock’s broadcasts, in which he As for Brock, “He’s free to do following characterization could Written by: Mollie on August 4,
to men, but doesn’t consider e s p o u s e d c o n s e r v a t i v e what he wants to do and say have been better supported than 2010.
himself gay because he never viewpoints on a number of what he wants to say,” [outing this one: Five Filters featured
acted on it. scriptural issues, brought him reporter John] Townsend said. Brock said even if scientists article:"Peace Envoy" Blair Gets
The language we use to discuss some measure of prominence in “But he will have less credibility were to establish definitive an Easy Ride in the
sexual issues can be very Minnesota. He testified at the on that now, I’m afraid.” proof that homosexuality is Independent. Available tools:
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Why WikiLeaks and the Mainstream Media Still Need Each

Other
Alexander Hotz (Mashable!) marks a shift not just for leaks legitimacy. This “ be as monumental as the
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:20:34 PM WikiLeaks, which has been asymmetrical journalism,” as Pentagon Papers, but assuming
leaking classified information David Carr calls it, is a natural there is news to be broken – it’s
Alexander Hotz is a freelance since 2005, but for whistle evolution for WikiLeaks. best if WikiLeaks and the press
multimedia journalist and public b l o w i n g i n g e n e r a l . I n a Under the WikiLeaks-MSM are on good terms. The
radio junkie based in New York nutshell, the latest leak from model, WikiLeaks hands over Evolution of Whistle Blowing
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E-reader News Edition
Business Owners Can Now Respond Call Your Facebook
to Reviews on Google Place Pages Friends for Free From Your
Christina Warren (Mashable!)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 11:37:58 AM
Verified Google Places
business owners can now
publicly respond to user reviews
on their businesses’ Place Page.
This new feature further bridges
the divide between Places and
its biggest competitor, Yelp.
For business owners, the ability
to publicly respond to reviews
— positive or negative — can
be a great way to engage with
customers, correct or address
certain issues, and, when
necessary, set the record
straight. Yelp introduced a
similar feature last year, and
business owners and users have
responded positively to the
ability to interact.
In order to leave a response,
owners first need to verify their
identity with Google by going to
the Google Places main page
and claiming their listing.
After that, owners can respond
to comments following these
instructions. Google has also put
together a handy set of tips and
guidelines for responding to
reviewers. The Yelp-ification of
Google Places
Google continues to make
iterative changes to Google
Places and its overall Google
Maps ecosystem. In the process,
it is building up a strong
competitor to heavyweight
Yelp. In addition to the new
owners response feature, Google
Maps for Android is now more
like Yelp on the mobile end,
making it easier for users to find
nearby venues in different
categories and easily access
things like phone numbers,
hours of operation and user
reviews.
As the two services approach
parity in terms of features,
community increasingly
becomes the distinguishing
factor. Although Google has
millions upon millions of users,
it hasn’t managed to build the
sort of social relationships that
has helped make Yelp such a
success.
This is why it’s crucial that
business owners can now
respond to user reviews. Owners
are going to be more likely to be
plugged into the responses, and
the community comments and
reviews from Google Places, if
they can respond and partake in
conversations themselves.
Although a late entrant into the
mobile business listings/review
space, Google has remained
agile and hasn’t been afraid to
push out updates across its
platform, both on the desktop
and on mobile. We would love
to see Google offer a mobile-
optimized dashboard of sorts for
business owners to track
reviews, leave responses, and
also post updates about specials
or upcoming events directly to
their Place Page.
Are you excited about the
ability to respond or interact
with business owners on Google
Places? Do you think Google
has a shot against Yelp?
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Submitted at 8/4/2010 10:25:44 AM
VoIP giant Vonage has just
introduced a new iPhone, iPod
touch and Android app that
allows users to call their
Facebook friends for free.
Vonage Mobile for
Facebook[iTunes link] is similar
to VOiP apps like Skype or
Fring, but with a twist: It’s all
about Facebook.
The free app does not require a
Vonage subscription, but does
require both parties to have the
Vonage Mobile for Facebook
app installed. Once installed,
calls can be made over 3G or Wi
-Fi.
The app is pretty simple to set
up and only requires that you
enter in your Facebook
credentials once. Friends are
displayed in different groups;
those that can be called with the
app have a “V” logo next to
their names. If a friend is online
but doesn’t have the app
installed, you can chat with him
or her and also send an invite to
download the app.
Like the most recent Skype
Mobile release, the app can run
in the background, meaning that
even if it’s not open, incoming
calls can still come through.
When an incoming call comes
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through the app, the caller’s
Facebook photo and most recent
status update are displayed on
the screen.
This video shows how the app
works:
The concept of making voice
calls over Wi-Fi or 3G using a
VOiP mobile application may
no longer be new or novel,
however, we appreciate that
Vonage is targeting a specific
set of users. For many
individuals, Facebook is the
nerve center for all online
communication — building a
VOiP app off of Facebook is
pretty smart.
An iPad version of Vonage
Mobile for Facebook is poised
to join the iPhone, iPod touch
and Android versions soon. We
hope that Vonage will also
consider bringing the app to
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Starbucks Partners with Gilt for
Exclusive Customer Deals
Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 8/4/2010 12:00:53 PM
Starbucks is working with the
members-only flash sale service
Gilt Groupe to offer Gold level
My Starbucks Rewards
customers an opportunity to
purchase Galápagos San
Cristóbal coffee, a rare blend
from the Galápagos Islands.
The Starbucks private sale,
curated and hosted by Gilt,
started yesterday and will run
through noon ET on Saturday,
August 7. The sale also includes
a variety of items such as trip
packages to the Galápagos
Islands, espresso machines and
coffee grinders, all at extremely
discounted rates.
Starbucks Gold customers are
those who have earned 30 stars
or more — one star for each
transaction — as part of the My
Starbucks Rewards program.
Starbucks estimates that it has
more than 1 million Gold
members, and says it will be
using the private sale as a way
to share exclusive rewards with
these loyal customers.
Gold level members received
an e-mail notification of the sale
yesterday, which explained that
the medium-bodied Galápagos
San Cristóbal coffee is, “so rare
that we may never be able to
offer it again and we want you
to have the opportunity to try its
unique depth and flavor before
anyone else.”
From the looks of it, the flash
sale appears to be doing better
than Starbucks anticipated, as
the $12.50 coffee in question is
already listed as “sold out” on
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