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Former Minnesota Governor Tim
Pawlenty wants to be known as a
truth-teller and a bold ideas
candidate who proposes
innovative ideas to practically
solve America’s economic
problems while staying true to
conservative principles.
On Tuesday, Pawlenty went to
President Obama’s home court in
Chicago and blistered Obama for
his economic failures.
Said Pawlenty: “The President is
satisfied with a second-rate
American economy. Produced by
his third-rate policies. I’m not.”
Pawlenty then said “President
Obama is a champion of class
warfare” who, after being “elected
with a call for unity and hope” has
spent three years dividing our
nation and fanning the flames of
class envy and resentment to
deflect attention from his own
failures and the economic
hardships they have visited on
America.”
Pawlenty said that “class warfare
is not who we are.”
“I come from a working class
background. I didn’t grow up with
wealth. But I’ve never resented
those who have it,” Pawlenty said.
Pawlenty then proposed solutions
of his own to grow the economy
by an optimistic five percent.
Pawlenty said that the post office,
the government printing office,
Amtrak, Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac “were all built for a different
time in out country when the
private sector did not adequately
provide those services,” and “that
is no longer the case.”
Pawlenty said he would apply
“The Google Test” to cut
unnecessary programs.
“If you can find a good or service
on the Internet, then the federal
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government probably doesn’t
need to be doing it,” Pawlenty
said.
According to Pawlenty, “the
same competitive efficiency that
revolutionized America’s private
sector over the last three decades
should at long last be applied to
every corner of the federal
bureaucracy as well.”
“It is no longer enough for
government to go on a diet,
government needs to hit the gym,”
Pawlenty said.
Pawlenty noted that he went to
Iowa and said ethanol subsidies
needed to phased out, went to
Florida and said the retirement
age needed to be raised for the
next generation while cost of
living adjustments for social
security need to be means-tested,
and went to Wall Street to say the
“era of bailouts--carve-outs--and
handouts had to end.”
Pawlenty said “the recession may
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have changed our economy, but it
didn’t change our character” and
“the United States is still home to
the most dynamic and
entrepreneurial people in the
world.”
Pawlenty also called for the
reduction of corporate taxes, a
fairer and flatter system on
individual tax rates that would be
10 percent and 25 percent
Said Pawlenty: “”Under my plan
— those who currently pay no
income tax would stay at a zero
rate. After that — the first fifty-
thousand dollars of income or one
-hundred thousand for married
couples — would be taxed at
10%. verything above that would
be taxed at 25%. That’s it.”
Pawlenty then called for a
constitutional amendment that
requires a balanced budget and
caps federal spending as a
percentage of the economy.
“A balanced federal budget
shouldn’t be a political sound
bite,” Pawlenty said. “The best
way, and possibly the only way
— to ensure fiscal discipline is to
put the Congress in a spending
straightjacket.”
More than any other candidate so
far this cycle, Pawlenty has been
out in front with the boldest, most
concrete plans and solutions to
solve some of the country’s
problems.
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The Danger of the Obama Recession

Turning into the Obama Depression
(The Front Page) than they did during the Great levels in January 2000. Last of the economy that promises to claimed that Dodd-Frank
Submitted at 6/8/2011 2:01:00 AM Depression. As the Wall Street week’s report from Standard & make the crash in home prices abolished “too big to fail,” it in
Journal reported, home prices Poor’s warned that there is “no even worse. effect will do the opposite,
Recent reports are a grave have dropped 33 percent since relief in sight” for this free-fall in Dodd-Frank gives the federal creating a class of financial
warning sign that Washington 2006, compared with a 31 percent prices. government the authority to deem institutions that have the
must act now to prevent the decline in the 1930s. The values In the middle of the worst certain institutions “systemically government’s implicit backing
economy from becoming much of bottom-tier homes have fallen a economic crisis since the Great important” to the financial and guarantee – potentially giving
worse. They make clear the disastrous 63 percent. Depression, Washington should system, and thereby subject them these firms an unfair advantage
urgency with which the job- Nationally, this means home have done everything possible to to unique regulations at the over competitors and even
killing policies of the last two prices have crashed to the levels stabilize the housing market and arbitrary discretion of the Federal opening the possibility that the
years must be replaced by pro- they were at in mid-2002—nearly the economy. Instead, President Reserve and executive branch. government could dictate decision
jobs solutions for economic a decade ago—while homes in Obama and Democrats in These institutions could include -making at these firms.
growth. many American cities, including Congress took the opportunity to banks, insurance companies, and The threat of arbitrary regulation
We learned last week that U.S. Atlanta, Detroit, and Las Vegas, pass the Dodd-Frank Act, other large financial firms.
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becomes even more dangerous
with the creation of the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau
(CFPB), which Dodd-Frank
created as a virtual appendage of
the Federal Reserve. In the mold
of Obama’s “czars,” it will be
headed by presidential appointees
and draws its funding from the
Federal Reserve, as opposed to
appropriations from Congress.
The CFPB will have wide-ranging
authority to regulate financial
institutions, yet remains
essentially unaccountable to
Congress.
The cost of compliance with the
Dodd-Frank Act’s hundreds of
pages of regulations, as well new
ones from the CFPB, will weigh
significantly on large institutions
and disproportionately on small
ones. The mandates the law
contains pose an existential threat
to community banks, which will
struggle to comply with the
requirement to hold more capital
and the onslaught of additional
rules. The law is already killing
community banks and crippling
loans to small businesses and
homeowners.
Dodd-Frank is terrible for the
housing market, which is
dependent on the very lenders for
whom Democrats have chosen to
raise costs and uncertainty. The
result is the worst drop in home
values since the Great Depression.
This is a tragedy for the millions
of Americans whose homes are
now worth less than what they
paid for them just a few years ago,
and for the millions more whose
houses make up a large portion of
their net worth. Even the most
responsible homeowners are
seeing their money evaporate in a
housing market distorted by bad
government policy.
Job-Killing Policies Kill Jobs
Another indication that the
economy is getting worse, not
better, was the jobs report last
Friday which showed that
unemployment jumped to 9.1% in
May, with the economy adding a
paltry 54,000 jobs. (Morgan
Stanley has estimated that up to
half of these—as many as 25,000-
30,000—could be new low-wage,
temporary employees on the
payroll of McDonald’s, added
during a big hiring spree after the
April jobs report.)
The May jobs numbers reached
only a quarter of the 200,000 jobs
per month economists estimate
are needed to start cutting the
unemployment rate, and was far
lower than the Administration had
expected.
It should not have been a
surprise. Job-killing policies kill
jobs.
This was the theme of my
newsletter one year ago this week,
in the wake of yet another
disappointing jobs report and in
the midst of unemployment over 9
percent. A year later, the Left still
has not learned that big-
government, bureaucratic policies
kill jobs, repress economic
growth, and postpone prosperity.
If the president and Democrats in
Congress have not realized this,
however, the average Americans
who feel the pain of
unemployment, housing and gas
prices certainly have.
Goldman Sachs’ chief U.S.
economist reported last week that
Americans’ optimism about their
future income is at its lowest point
in 25 years. Less than 15 percent
say they expect their family
income to be higher a year from
now than it is today. This
pessimism is the prospect millions
of Americans face if the
destructive policies of the Left are
not reversed.
Crippling American Energy is a
Job-Killing Policy
When President Obama was
inaugurated in January 2009, the
average price for a gallon of
gasoline was $1.84. Today, it is
more than twice that at about
$3.77 per gallon. During the time
in between, the president imposed
a lengthy moratorium on offshore
oil drilling, fought for a cap-and-
trade bill that would have
wrecked the economy if it had
passed, and gave the
Environmental Protection Agency
unprecedented bureaucratic
authority to dictate energy policy
nationwide. (See my newsletters
about the EPA here and here for
examples).
With gas prices climbing towards
$4 per gallon, it is critical that we
remove the obstacles to greater
American oil production and end
the ban on oil shale development.
Instead, the president is
committed to crippling American
energy production along with his
host of other policies that increase
scarcity and kill jobs.
Washington Must Act Now
The reports of the last few weeks
all indicate the danger of the
Obama recession turning into the
Obama depression. A single
external shock such as a Greek
collapse, a natural disaster, or an
interruption in oil supply could
push this weak economy over the
edge. Washington must act now to
get America growing again.
Ronald Reagan took just 23
months to end the Carter
recession. In terms of today’s
economy the Reagan model
created the equivalent of 25
million jobs over 7 years,
increased per capita income by
$8,800 per year, and raised
government revenue without
raising taxes.
If President Obama had followed
the successful Reagan model of
low taxes, deregulation, a stable
dollar, and more American
energy, America would now be on
a path of strong and sustained
economic growth.
It is not as though we don’t know
how to solve the current economic
mess. We have replaced the
destructive policies of the Left
before, and we can do it today.
As I said last week, there are at
least nine steps we should take
immediately following the
Reagan model to get America
working again:
1. Repeal Obama's scheduled
2013 tax increases for virtually
every federal tax which threaten
to turn the recession into a
depression.
2. Cut the capital gains tax to
zero to promote investment in the
United States and job creation.
3. Cut the corporate tax rate
3
from the highest in the world to
match Ireland at 12.5 percent so
that American companies can
compete anywhere in the world.
4. Adopt 100 percent expensing
so American companies can write
off new equipment to make sure
American workers are the most
productive in the world.
5. End the death tax
permanently so family businesses
and farms can focus on job
creation.
6. Repeal Sarbanes-Oxley to
free up new businesses to grow.
7. Repeal the Dodd-Frank law
which, as I wrote above, is killing
small banks and crippling small
businesses and homeowners.
8. Adopt an American energy
program to keep the $500 billion
we spend on foreign oil each year
here in the U.S. putting
Americans to work.
9. Repeal Obamacare to stop
the destruction of small business
jobs.
With 9.1 percent unemployment,
housing prices in their worst
decline since the Great
Depression, and $4 per gallon
gasoline, it is time to end the
Obama recession by replacing the
president’s job-killing policies
with proven solutions for
prosperity.
June Charity of the Month: Boy
Scouts of America
By Newt and Callista Gingrich
This month, the Gingrich
Foundation is proud to select the
Boy Scouts of America as Charity
of the Month for June in
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commemoration of President
Woodrow Wilson’s signing into
law a national charter for the Boy
Scouts of America on June 15,
1916.
Originally incorporated in
February 1910 by W. D. Boyce,
34 national representatives of
boys’ work agencies met four
months later to establish the Boy
Scouts of America.
Since then, the Boy Scouts of
America (BSA) has become one
of the nation's largest and most
prominent values-based youth
development organizations. The
BSA provides a program for
young people that builds
character, trains them in the
responsibilities of participating
citizenship, and develops personal
fitness.
The mission of the Boy Scouts of
America is to prepare young
people to make ethical and moral
choices over their lifetimes by
instilling in them the values of the
Scout Oath and Scout Law.
For nearly a century, the BSA has
helped build the future leaders of
America by combining
educational activities and lifelong
values with fun. The Boy Scouts
of America believes that helping
youth is a key to building a more
conscientious, responsible, and
productive society.
A former Boy Scout, Newt is an
ardent believer in the mission of
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Boy Scouts of America to teach
and support our youth to become
productive, contributing and
moral citizens for our country.
As of December 2010, Boy
Scouts of America included 2.7
million youth members and over
one million adult members and
leaders across more than 100,000
Boy Scout units. Since its
inception in 1910, the BSA has
served a total of more than 114
million youth with the help of
over 33 million adult volunteers.
Through various programs,
including Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts,
Webelos Scouts, Boy Scouting,
Varsity Scouting and Venturing,
Boy Scouts of America offers
opportunities for boys and young
men to learn about leadership,
community, character, and
service.
In addition to supporting and
teaching boys in the United
States, Boy Scout councils also
provide service to American
citizens living abroad. The Boy
Scouts of America – Transatlantic
Council serves as the portal for
the European chapters of BSA,
the Boy Scouts of America – Far
East Council is based in Japan,
and Direct Service BSA is
administered by the International
Department of the Boy Scouts of
America for children who live in
other foreign countries.
Boy Scout Units utilize a variety
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of fund-raising methods within
approved guidelines, including
weekly or monthly dues paid by
the member, unit product sales
such as popcorn, chartered
organization contributions, or
other money-earning projects
approved by the chartered
organization. The funding is then
used by the Boy Scouts to pay for
unit activities such as camping;
program supplies; equipment such
as tents, camp stoves, and
pinewood derby® tracks;
advancements and awards such as
rank emblems and merit badges;
and Boys’ Life magazine
subscriptions.
The Boy Scouts of America
prepares young people for life by
providing the nation’s foremost
youth program of character
development and values-based
leadership training. Please help
the Boy Scouts of America
continue their mission to prepare
young people to make ethical and
moral choices over their lifetimes.
We encourage you to get
involved in Scouting and to join
us in supporting Scouting by
becoming an alumnus of the Boy
Scouts of America.
Your Friends,
Newt and Callista Gingrich
This Week in American
Exceptionalism
June 6, 1944 – Allied Invasion of
Normandy.
predate Christopher Columbus'
arrival in the New World in 1492.
America is exceptional in its
historic determination to confront
threats to liberty with courage and
resolve. On D-Day, June 6, 1944,
over 160,000 American and
Allied troops took the shores of
Normandy, France under heavy
German resistance. Under the
command of General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, the invasion
consisted of over 5,000 naval
vessels and hundreds of aircraft.
The bravery Allied forces showed
in opposition to fascism and
defense of freedom is legendary,
and over 10,000 were killed,
wounded, or missing in battle.
The words of Winston Churchill
describing the British Royal Air
Force are equally applicable to the
Allied invasion on D-Day: “Never
in the field of human conflict was
so much owed by so many to so
few.” Join us in honoring the
sacrifices of these exceptional
Americans and Allied troops by
recalling the D-Day prayer
delivered by President Roosevelt
67 years ago this week. You can
listen to the recording here.
P.S. My new book, A Nation
Like No Other: Why American
Exceptionalism Matters, will be
released next week. Click here to
order it now.
Newt’s Quick Links
• Callista and I are excited to
screen our documentary, Nine
Days that Changed the World, in
Curated News Edition
Plaistow, New Hampshire this
evening. Click here for more
information.
• In his piece on Renewing
American Leadership, Peter Jones
asks: "Is Heterosexuality an
Abomination?" Read it here.
• Remember to friend us at
Gingrich Productions on
Facebook and follow us on
Twitter!
• To mark the anniversary of
Pope John Paul II’s historic nine-
day pilgrimage to Poland in June
1979, this week we’re featuring
the Cold War Collection with our
documentaries Nine Days that
Changed the World and Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with
Destiny.
• Father’s Day is just over a
week away. Visit the Gingrich
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gift ideas.
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Let's Face the Truth: The Stimulus and

Bailouts Failed
(The Front Page) than half of these new jobs were more than it does big direct and indirect costs. buy, rather than those the
Submitted at 6/8/2011 2:01:00 AM provided by one businesses—more than $10,000 All the stimulus money was government wants us to buy.
employer—McDonald’s. per employee. That’s a huge supposed to make up for this The only thing the stimulus
You'd think last Friday’s terrible Remember when liberals loudly deterrent to entering the regulation. Yet that money has program actually stimulated was
jobs numbers would cause honest decried “McJobs” in the Bush marketplace and offering jobs to been handled by bureaucrats, government. By my calculations,
elected officials to admit that their years? They failed to realize then people. who, as bureaucrats like to do, about one in four Americans in
economic policies have failed. that jobs at McDonald’s and the For big business, this is probably have spent it largely on the labor force now works for
They would tell the American like are vital to the economy, the most business-hostile themselves. In Los Angeles, the federal, state or local government,
people that bailouts only saved often providing new job holders administration in living memory. city’s Public Works and either directly or as a contractor or
companies that should have gone with their first real exposure to the Obama has sought to placate his Transportation departments grantee.
under and that the billions of discipline of the workplace. They allies in organized labor by received $111 million in stimulus The President has paid lip service
dollars in stimulus money were seem to be thankful for McJobs stacking the National Labor money, which it used to “save or to the idea that the economy is too
wasted. now. Ironically, without Relations Board (NLRB) with create” a mere 55 jobs—many tightly constricted by red tape.
Unfortunately for us, President companies such as McDonald’s, union partisans. The result has within the departments Yet his agency heads have only
O b a m a i s m a k i n g n o s u c h which many liberals like to been the insanity of the NLRB themselves. The number of come up with a handful of ways
admission. We know that our hard demonize, the economy would be telling Boeing it cannot open a private sector jobs created with to ease the regulatory burden.
-earned tax dollars have been in even worse shape—and the new factory in South Carolina, a this money is tiny. Regulation is stopping America’s
thrown down a rat hole. President President in even worse political right-to-work state. When news of the weak job economy from starting again. It is
Obama won’t admit it, but he is trouble. Over at the Environmental numbers came out, President a first-order problem and should
quickly running out of excuses. The main reason for the stalled Protection Agency, Obama’s Obama was on his way to Toledo, be treated as such. Anyone who
Let’s look first at the job economy is overregulation. environmentalist allies are Ohio, to boast about the auto won’t admit that should be out of
numbers. Just 54,000 net jobs Today, it is incredibly hard to working to impose hugely bailouts having added 115,000 a job.
were added to the economy in start or expand a business due to expensive new emissions jobs in the auto industry. Yet This entry passed through the
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according to official data, more small businesses proportionately economy as much as $1 trillion in sort of cars Americans want to

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China floods kill

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Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:09:28 PM consensus to boost output. realms by lavishing more And the Saudi oil minister just left Xinhua
For lots of people, this is petrodollars on citizens riled up the meeting in a huff, stymied by China floods kill 52 as 100000
By MarketWatch personal. It means no big break by the so-called Arab Spring. Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, flee homes
SAN F R A N C I S C O from high gasoline prices. It So for most OPEC members, Iraq, Libya and Venezuela’s AFP
(MarketWatch) — Well, that was means fewer miles in the car this $100 a barrel feels just about refusal to raise output. At its core, BEIJING — Floods triggered by
a waste of time. summer, which means fewer trips right. Even if the rest of the world this seven-member majority torrential rain in southern and
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Petroleum Exporting Countries, motels, something retailers and There had been high hopes ahead price hawks that has existed people and forced more than
gathered in Vienna, agreed the travel industry are painfully of this latest meeting that OPEC within OPEC for decades. 100000 to flee their homes, state
Wednesday to disagree on a new aware of. It also means net oil would agree to bump up So while the rest of the world’s media reported Wednesday.
set of production quotas, which importers like the United States production and bring us a little hopes were high ahead of OPEC’s Another 32 people were missing
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where they are. huge hole in its balance of trade, likelihood emissaries for Libya’s pretty low. On that score, they inundated parts...
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contract heading back above $100 any time soon from the higher Abdullah and Iran’s firebrand be the best possible outcome. Flash floods claim lives in
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Google takes aim at renewable energy

Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:50:00 AM
Google's founder and CEO, Larry
Page, has announced that the
company has tasked an R&D
team with making renewable company's investments in green Energy Engineering department,
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Rep. Anthony Weiner Deals With
Fallout After Confession to
Tweeting Lewd Photos
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Submitted at 6/7/2011 5:41:30 PM
In an emotional press conference
Monday, Weiner tearfully
apologized to his wife Huma,
saying, and “My primary sense of
regret, my apology, goes to my
wife I should not have done this,
especially, since I was married.”
Public admissions are not only
hard for the individual caught in
the middle of controversy, but
equally as difficult for a spouse,
children or family members.
In recent years, sex scandals have
impacted politicians on both sides
of the aisle and how they handled
the situation with their spouses
has varied greatly.
In 2008, then New York
Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned
after becoming embroiled in an
investigation into a high-end
prostitution ring. Spitzer resigned,
is still married and is now a
commentator on CNN.
The next year, former South
Carolina Governor Mark Sanford
admitted to an affair with an
Argentine woman after going
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missing for seven days. Sanford
and his wife, Jenny, separated and
later divorced. The following
year, Jenny Sanford published a
tell-all book, entitled Staying
True, where she described her
relationship with the governor and
how she discovered the affair.
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Sanford remained in office and
completed his term in January of
this year.
In the case of public and elected
officials, there is a constituent
base they must deal with – and
then there are political colleagues
who will weigh in.
House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi, whom Weiner said he
called prior to his press
conference, advised him she was
“not happy” and was “very
disappointed.” Pelosi later called
for the House Ethics Committee
to investigate if Weiner violated
House rules.
Today, House Majority Leader
Eric Candor called on Rep.
Weiner to resign, saying in a
statement, “I don’t condone his
activity. And I think he should
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resign,” Cantor said after an event
in his Virginia district.
Weiner has said he never met or
engaged in any physical relations
with the women he contacted or
communicated with.
Larry Watkins is an ordained
minister and a licensed Christian
counselor in Franklin, Tenn., who
sees plenty of troubled marriage s.
“By the time couples meet with
counselors, there is an 80 percent
probability they are headed for
divorce,” Watkins said.
“The one thing that has to occur is
complete disclosure to ourselves
and to a spouse. Then, a person
must own their own choices and
finally, do what is required to put
their marriage back together. In
the congressman’s case, his only
hope is to acknowledge his sin,
ask for forgiveness from God and
those he offended, and seek
counseling.”
“Adultery takes place in many
forms and starts long before it
turns physical. Contrary to what
most people believe, emotional
affairs are far more damaging
than physical affairs,” said
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“We tend to downplay emotional
affairs and elevate physical
affairs. Emotional affairs are
easier to get into and harder to get
out of.”
Watkins said the offended spouse
has an early and difficult decision
to make – whether to stand by
their spouse or leave them. While
the Bible says adultery is grounds
for divorce, Scripture does not
mandate divorce when adultery
occurs.
Sources say Weiner’s wife,
Huma, a former aide to Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, is
“standing by him.”
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China becomes leading user of
energy
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China overtook the US as the
world's largest consumer of
energy last year, during which
global consumption growth was at
its highest rate since 1973,
according to the BP statistical
review of world energy....
China world's top energy
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3 Ways Intel Is Changing The Energy
Landscape
Ariel Schwartz (Fast Company)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:54:02 PM
At this week's Research@Intel
event, Fast Company had the
chance to see some of the tech
giant's freshest research-stage
projects--from cheap power for
the developing world to simple
plug-and-play home energy
monitoring.
When a computing giant like
Intel decides to get into the energy
management space, it's safe to
assume that big things are
coming. We've seen hints of it
before--Intel announced in 2009
that it was working on energy
management systems for
buildings--and at this week's
Research@Intel event, Fast
Company had the chance to see
some of the company's freshest
research-stage projects that could
soon be changing the way the
world uses and generates
electricity.
Emerging Market Microgrids
Indian schools are required to
offer computer instruction, but
many of them lack power. Solar
power is one solution, but Intel
Labs India has been working on
another: a low-cost, simple add-
on to a bike (pictured above) that
generates enough power to charge
a cell phone, LED light, or even a
classroom PC. After pedaling for
five minutes, a user can juice up a
cell phone for five hours of use.
Thirty minutes of peddling yields
enough energy to power a
computer for three hours. The
device currently costs $80, but
Intel is working to get the price
down to just $25, which is what
an average cell phone costs in
India.
Wireless Energy Sensing
Technology
So you don't have a smart meter,
but you don't want to deal with a
home energy monitoring system
that has a complicated installation
process (see the Ted 5000). It's a
quandary that many energy-
conscious consumers have to deal
with, and one that Intel thinks it
can solve with the Intel Labs
Wireless Energy Sensing
Technology (WEST), a simple
plug-in device that keeps track of
the energy use of all the devices
in your home. WEST works by
observing the unique power line
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power in an average commercial
building is used by gadgets that
are plugged into outlets (i.e.
laptops, phones, lamps, etc.), but
most building management
systems only keep track of power
consumed by HVAC systems.
Intel's Eco-Sense Buildings
project "breaks down the wall
between IT and building
management," according to Milan
Milenkovic, a researcher at Intel
Labs. The project uses sensors to
collect data about the power use
of pluggable loads in a building,
and sends that information to the
IT backbone and building
management system for analysis.
Ultimately, Intel imagines that
this information could be used to
create personal energy use
dashboards (pictured), so that
signatures of different gadgets users can see exactly how much
(i.e. a fridge or a dishwater) and energy their work computer,
matching those signatures to a printer, and other plugged-in
database so it can tell when devices are using--and how they
devices have been turned on or m i g h t c u t d o w n o n p o w e r
off. Once set up, WEST consumption.
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iTunes Match Not Laundering Pirated
Music, It's Driving A Subscription Future
E.B. Boyd (Fast Company)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:35:02 PM
Music industry execs tell us how
Apple's new syncing service
might help them--and everyone
from Rhapsody to Rapidshare.
One of the interesting things
about the new iTunes in the Cloud
service Apple announced Monday
is that it doesn't only include the
music that you buy through
iTunes. Through an additional
service, called iTunes Match,
Apple will also sync any music
you own (that has a match among
the 18 million songs in the iTunes
store) to all of your devices.
The knee-jerk reaction from
some was to say Apple had
effectively created a way for users
to pirate songs from wherever and
have Apple launder their files,
exchanging them for for clean
ones. "This puts together a model
that allows people to make
moneyoff of pirated music," Jeff
Price, founder and CEO of digital
music hub TuneCore told
Mashable.
The service will cost $24.99 a
year, and Apple is reportedly
doing deals with labels and
publishers to sanction this service.
What the knee-jerk reaction
neglects to consider is that Apple
will reportedly pay labels royalty-
style installments every time one
of their tracks gets moved through
the iTunes Match system. And
since it appears that Apple is not
going to distinguish between
authorized and unauthorized
tunes, the music industry might
finally earn some money on
illegally downloaded tunes that
were previously pure loss.
But industry executives Fast
Company spoke with, who asked
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useful for where we're all headed:
subscription services. In five or
ten years, they said, based on
trends they're seeing today,
consumers won't be buying
individual tracks and albums.
Rather, most will simply
subscribe to services like
Rhapsody and Spotify and get
their music that way.
iTunes Match, then, plays a
valuable role for the industry. Not
because it allows them to recoup
much in the way of losses from
piracy. But because it gets people
back in the habit of paying for
music and primes them for the
future awaiting us all.
It's no wonder, then, that
Rhapsody president Jon Irwin was
cool-headed when he spoke to
Fast Company following Apple's
not to be named due to the executives said, is that iTunes announcements, which constitute
amount of power Apple now Match will help get people back a giant moving into his company's
wields in their business (and in the habit of paying for music. space. "Anytime you've got a
Apple is still cutting deals with Even though, technically, of company like Apple--they're a
some labels), said the amount that c o u r s e , i T u n e s M a t c h i s n ' t great company and they make
gets recouped will be negligible, charging consumers for the music great products--the awareness it's
compared to the size of the losses. per se, just for the syncing. Still, going to bring to cloud music ... I
More important to them were the the executives said, after a decade think that's something we can
insights they'd be getting into of treating music like it should be leverage."
which songs consumers liked-- free, consumers will now start (or [ I m a g e : F l i c k r u s e r A d a m
information they'd lost access to re-start, really) to associate costs M e l a n c o n ]
in the piracy world. with the product. E.B. Boyd is FastCompany.com's
M o r e i m p o r t a n t s t i l l , t h e This, the execs said, will be Silicon Valley reporter. Twitter.
Email.
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Romney Leads GOP Field, It's Out: Purported X-

in Dead Heat With Rated Weiner Photo on
Internet - Fox News
President Obama, Poll Finds
(Christianpost.com > Politics) is focusing on employment and York City mayor Rudolph W.
(Top Stories - Google News)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:36:53 PM
photo would not be made public,"
Breitbart told Fox News. "It was a
complete violation of trust."
Submitted at 6/7/2011 8:34:53 PM economy in his campaign. The Giuliani, has only 8 percent in It only took two days. Breitbart claimed Opie's co-host
poll found the former support. After conservative blogger Anthony Cumia will issue a
Massachusetts governor and Overall, Romney is most likely to A n d r e w B r e i t b a r t c l a i m e d statement saying he's "horrified"
• (Photo: Reuters / Joshua Obama tied at 47 percent among give a tough competition to Monday he had an X-rated photo by the development.
Roberts) Republican presidential all Americans. Among registered Obama in the presidential of Rep. Anthony Weiner, the The image, real or not, only adds
candidate Mitt Romney speaks at voters, Romney was 49 percent elections. Palin trails the current purported image has surfaced on to Weiner's problems as women
the Faith and Freedom Coalition versus 46 percent ahead of president by 17 percent – the the Internet. And Breitbart's not he apparently maintained online
in Washington June 3, 2011. Obama. poorest rating among six possible happy. relationships with come forward
In comparison, figures reveal Republican candidates tested. "I'm mortified," Breitbart told Fox with details of their chats.
The Washington Post-ABC poll t r o u b l e f o r f o r m e r A l a s k a Also, former House speaker Newt News. Weiner admitted Monday that he
released Tuesday also showed governor Sarah Palin, whose East Gingrich and former Utah The image of what are said to be sent a lewd photo over Twitter to
Americans were concerned about Coast bus tour of historical sites governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was Weiner's genitals was posted a young woman in Seattle, after
rising gasoline prices, falling renewed speculation of a possible behind by 10 points, while former online after Breitbart appeared on claiming for more than a week
home values and increasing run for the White House. Nearly Minnesota governor Tim the satellite radio show of shock that he was hacked. He also
unemployment, which have two-thirds of those surveyed said Pawlenty trailed at 11 points. j o c k s O p i e a n d A n t h o n y admitted to having explicit
evaporated the popularity Obama they “definitely would not” Rounding up the group, Rep. Wednesday. conversations with other women
enjoyed following the killing of choose Palin as the president. Michelle Bachmann (R- Minn.) (Caution: graphic image) he's met online over the last three
Osama bin Laden just a month More than six in 10 Americans was 13 points behind Obama. Breitbart said that while he was years.
ago. doubt that Palin is qualified for The poll was conducted over the in the studio, Opie -- real name, Fox News' Eric Shawn
I n g e n e r a l , s i x o u t o f 1 0 the job. telephone June 2-5 among a Gregg Hughes -- snapped a photo c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h i s r e p o r t .
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New Mexico billboard ExxonMobil makes

accuses woman of having big oil find in Gulf
an abortion (Reuters) of Mexico (AFP) (Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) continued safe exploration and
(Yahoo! News: Most Viewed) girlfriend said that Fultz had a baby type of thing." Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:18:38 AM development of this important
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:52:12 AM pattern of stalking and The girlfriend later flew to national resource," Steve
harassment, including posting Wisconsin for work and when she NEW YORK (AFP) – Greenlee, president of
By Zelie Pollon "intimate cyber shots of me from returned she was no longer ExxonMobil said Wednesday it ExxonMobil's exploration arm,
Santa Fe, New Mexico (Reuters) one of our cyber dates," she pregnant, Holmes said. She did had made one of the biggest oil said in a statement.
– A New Mexico man who said wrote. The domestic abuse not explain what happened, but discoveries in years in the Gulf of The United States banned
he was upset that his girlfriend petition also requested that the Fultz suspected she had an Mexico in its first drilling since deepwater drilling in the Gulf
had an abortion bought a highway billboard be removed and online abortion, Holmes said. t h e U S l i f t e d a d e e p w a t e r after the April 2010 explosion on
billboard and accused her of harassment stopped. "I know it's her body," Holmes exploration ban in October. the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon
killing their child. An attorney for the ex-girlfriend said. "But his statement is more The US energy giant called the platform.
The billboard, in south-central could not be reached for comment along the lines of 'Hey, you know find "one of the largest oil The accident killed 11 rig
New Mexico, shows 35-year old on Tuesday. what? Dads have a decision in the discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico workers and sent some 4.9 million
Greg Fultz holding the outline of Fultz, who runs a computer process too." in the last decade," with a barrels of oil gushing into the
a baby in his arms. It reads "This s e r v i c e s b u s i n e s s , h a d t h e New Mexico's Right to Life potential for more than 700 Gulf over a three-month period,
Would Have Been A Picture of billboard put up in mid-May. Committee initially endorsed the million barrels of recoverable oil- t h e l a r g e s t m a n m a d e
My 2-month-Old Baby If the In a hearing last week, a judge billboard, but has withdrawn its equivalent. environmental disaster in US
Mother Had Decided to NOT Kill ordered the billboard to come support because it received a ExxonMobil's recent drilling history.
Our Child!" down by mid-June. Holmes said number of emails from people netted in total two "major" oil The US imposed tough new
Fultz's ex-girlfriend calls the he plans to file a motion to keep who said Fultz' ex-girlfriend had a discoveries and one gas discovery safety conditions on operators and
billboard harassment and invasion the billboard up, but he said his miscarriage, not an abortion, said in the Gulf, the world's largest oil lifted the drilling moratorium on
of privacy, and has taken him to client is ready to face prison if executive director Dauneen company said. October 12.
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Obama keeps lead on Ohio tree that

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Best Of Both Worlds: Geothermal Energy
That Sucks CO2 From The Atmosphere
Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:46:23 PM
Clean power from the Earth used
to use a lot of water. But a new
discovery means that water can be
replaced with CO2, which gets
left in the ground and doesn't alter
the climate.
Work by scientists at the
University of Minnesota could
result in a new way to capture
heat from underground
geothermal sources, which lets us
generate clean electrical energy
for our own uses while
simultaneously disposing of some
of the CO2 that's responsible for
global warming. Though it sounds
implausibly positive, it actually
all lines up in terms of science,
and best of all, this piece of lateral
thinking was achieved in a flash
of inspiration during a road trip--
the best type of idea.
The way geothermal energy is
usually tapped for power
generation is by drilling a couple
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Unintended consequences
of shafts deep into the earth, and
pumping high-pressure water
down one shaft. This makes its
way through a hot rock layer
(which gets its heat from the
essentially inexhaustible energy
of nearby plumes of hot lava) to
the second shaft, picking up heat
en route. The resulting steam is
used to push a turbine, and
generate power.
Hindustan Times
The BJP's decision to bring back
Uma Bharti into its fold six years
after she was unceremoniously
expelled is a move that could very
Except that two scientists
pondered: What if the water in
this equation was replaced with
high-pressure carbon dioxide?
Because it's a gas rather than a
liquid, CO2 can ferret its way into
more and tinier cracks in the sub-
surface hot rocks than water--
making the new system more
feasible in areas water-based
geothermal sources aren't deemed
well boomerang on the saffron
brigade. Bharti is a Lodh Rajput
from Madhya Pradesh who led
her party to victory in the...
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practical.
Water-based geothermal plants
also suffer from blockages, where
the water dissolves the rocks (or
parts of them, like the mineral
content) around it and prevents
reliable flow of water through the
loop. Water can also be hard to
truck in to where the geothermal
power plants are located. CO2
systems don't suffer the same
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issues. And if your geothermal
system is also an oil well--as
some of them are--the pumping in
of CO2 can help push out the
crude you're trying to extract.
The CO2 gas in question is
sucked from the atmosphere, and
is thus safely "trapped" in closed-
loop systems in the geothermal
plant, and partly dissolved into
sub-surface materials. Exactly as
proposed by some CO "burial"
schemes.
Essentially, it's a win-win, and
the team behind it has already
received grants to develop the
idea. They're planning a spin-off
firm, so we may see the principle
tested in real life sooner than you
think.
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Bigger Than The New Typo That
York Times's Exposed Weiner
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the enormous bet AOL is making prognosis for Huffington Post, money AOL is currently investing Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) that Cofounders And Why Their
on content: though! in Patch and hired ~500 may wreck his marriage, ruin his Partnerships Worked
AOL's newsroom is now bigger So, imagine if, instead of betting international journalists instead? career and destroy his reputation • Sina Is Going To Try To Kill
than the New York Times'. ~800 folks and ~$160 million a (The sorts of folks Arianna is appears to be the result of a one- Twitter
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parts: Huffington Post, Patch, and Those 800 people could build out important and largest original For the latest tech news, visit
the legacy AOL brands and sites. H u f f p o i n t e r n a t i o n a l l y a n d news producers in the world! SAI: Silicon Alley Insider. Follow
At last count, Patch had about 800 locally. They could go after some See Also: Here's The Only Way
editorial staffers, Huffpo about of the same advertising dollars
200, and the rest of AOL about that Patch is going after, but do it
Patch Won't Turn Out To Be A
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Procurement fraud costing
300. with a nationally recognized
Add all those together and you brand and more centralized sales
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China warns U.S. debt-default idea is
"playing with fire"
(Reuters: Top News)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:06:27 PM
The National Debt Clock next to
an IRS office near Times Square,
May 16, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Chip East
By Emily Kaiser
SINGAPORE| Wed Jun 8, 2011
1:34pm EDT
(Reuters) - Republican lawmakers
are "playing with fire" by
contemplating even a brief debt
default as a means to force deeper
government spending cuts, an
adviser to China's central bank
said on Wednesday.
The idea of a technical default --
essentially delaying interest
payments for a few days -- has
gained backing from a growing
number of mainstream
Republicans who see it as a price
worth paying if it forces the White
House to slash spending, Reuters
reported on Tuesday.
But any form of default could
destabilize the global economy
and sour already tense relations
with big U.S. creditors such as
China, government officials and
investors warn.
Li Daokui, an adviser to the
People's Bank of China, said a
default could undermine the U.S.
dollar, and Beijing needed to
dissuade Washington from
pursuing this course of action.
"I think there is a risk that the
U.S. debt default may happen," Li
told reporters on the sidelines of a
forum in Beijing. "The result will
be very serious and I really hope
that they would stop playing with
fire."
China is the largest foreign
creditor to the United States,
holding more than $1 trillion in
Treasury debt as of March, U.S.
data shows, so its concerns carry
considerable weight in
Washington.
"I really worry about the risks of a
U.S. debt default, which I think
may lead to a decline in the
dollar's value," Li said.
Congress has balked at increasing
a statutory limit on government
spending as lawmakers argue over
how to curb a deficit which is
projected to reach $1.4 trillion this
fiscal year. The U.S. Treasury
Department has said it will run
out of borrowing room by August
2.
If the United States cannot make
interest payments on its debt, the
Obama administration has warned
of "catastrophic" consequences
that could push the still-fragile
economy back into recession.
"It has dire implications for the
economy at a time when the
macro data is softening," said Ben
Westmore, a commodities
economist at National Australia
Bank.
"It's just a horrible idea," he said.
Financial markets are following
the U.S. debate but see little risk
of a default.
U.S. Treasury prices were firm in
Europe on Wednesday, supported
by a flight to their perceived
safety on the back of the Greek
debt crisis and worries about a
slowdown in U.S. economic
growth.
Marc Ostwald, a strategist with
Monument Securities in London,
said markets were working on the
assumption that the U.S. debt
story "will go away." But
nervousness would grow if a
resolution was not reached in the
next five to six weeks.
'WOULDN'T HAPPEN'
The Republicans' theory is that
bondholders would accept a brief
delay in interest payments if it
meant Washington finally
addressed its long-term fiscal
problems, putting the country in a
stronger position to meet its debt
obligations later on.
But interviews with government
officials and investors show they
consider a default such a grim --
and remote -- possibility that it
was nearly impossible to imagine.
"How can the U.S. be allowed to
default?" said an official at India's
central bank. "We don't think this
is a possibility because this could
then create huge panic globally."
Indian officials say they have
little choice but to buy U.S.
Treasury debt because it is still
among the world's safest and most
liquid investments. It held $39.8
billion in U.S. Treasuries as of
March, U.S. data shows.
The officials declined to be
identified because they are not
authorized to speak to the media.
Oman is concerned about the
impact of a default on the
currency reserves of the sultanate
and its Gulf neighbors.
"Our economies are substantially
tied up with the U.S. financial
developments," said a senior
central bank official, who spoke
on condition of anonymity.
"It just wouldn't happen," said
Barry Evans, who oversees $83
billion in fixed income assets at
Manulife Asset Management.
"They would pay their Treasury
bills first instead of other bills. It's
as simple as that."
Monument's Ostwald called the
default scenario "frightening" and
said bondholders' patience would
wear thin if lawmakers persisted
in pitching this strategy in the
coming weeks.
"This isn't a debate, this is like a
Mexican standoff and that is
where the problem lies," he said.
Yuan Gangming, a researcher
with the Chinese Academy of
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Social Sciences, a government
think tank, smelled some political
wrangling behind the U.S. debt
debate as the 2012 presidential
election draws nearer and said
Republicans "want to make things
difficult for Obama."
But with time running short
before the U.S. Treasury exhausts
its borrowing room, Yuan said
default was a real risk.
"The possibility is quite high to
see a default of the U.S. debt,
which would harm many
countries in the world, and China
in particular," he said.
(Reporting by Kevin Lim and
Jong Woo Cheon in Singapore,
Suvashree Dey Choudhury in
Mumbai, Aileen Wang and Kevin
Yao in Beijing, Abhijit Neogy in
Delhi, Marius Zaharia in London
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Boston Red Sox Down New York Yankees 6

-4 in Opener of Three-Game Set
(Epoch Times | All headlines) before being lifted in just the was the 14th on the season for the
Submitted at 6/8/2011 2:51:39 AM second inning with the bases popular DH, whose numbers this
loaded and two outs. The 1 2/3 year (.324 avg, 32 RBIs) bring
Jacoby Ellsbury of the Boston inning-outing was his shortest as a back memories of the once-
Red Sox tries to steal second Yankee starter this season. dominant "Big Papi".
against Robinson Cano of the "His stuff wasn't crisp tonight" Jonathan Papelbon got the save
New York Yankees. Ellsbury said an-understated Joe Girardi for the BoSox. The save was the
homered in the first and got afterwards. "He seemed to be up a 200th of his career for the once
another hit. (Al Bello/Getty lot (with his fastball)." uber-dominant closer, as the
Images) The Boston Red Sox One of the benefactors of Yankees touched him for a run in
topped the New York Yankees 6- Garcia's off-night was leadoff the ninth off a Posado single that
4 Tuesday night in front of a sold hitter Jacoby Ellsbury. The AL's scored the pinch-hitting Brett
out Yankee Stadium to move into leader in stolen bases (22) led off Gardner.
a virtual tie with each other atop the game by drilling Garcia's 2-2 The one run marked the fifth time
the AL East. split-fingered fastball into the in his last seven appearances that
Boston (34-26) is now 6-1 on the right field bleachers. Then, after a he surrendered a score, moving
season against New York (33-25.) walk to Dustin Pedroia, first- his season ERA to 4.50 - well past
"Right now they're playing very baseman Adrian Gonzalez tripled his 2010 career worst of 3.90.
well and they're playing very him home and then scored on Papelbon, who blew up Sunday
comfortable in our home field" Kevin Youkilis' sac fly—the Sox on the field over balls and strikes,
said Alex Rodriguez afterwards. led 3-0 before Lester even threw game for the Boston Red Sox. (Al catcher Russell Martin, slicing was suspended earlier Tuesday
The game wasn't all the Yankees his first pitch. B e l l o / G e t t y I m a g e s ) J o r g e Boston's lead to 6-3. over the outburst, but is free to
lost as three-time Silver Slugger Ellsbury finished with two hits in Posada, filling in for the injured Despite the short outing by pitch while he's appealing the
award winner Mark Teixeira was five at-bats, including a two-out Teixeira, picked up a team-high Garcia, the Bombers were able to ruling.
helped off the field in the first ninth-inning double that he three hits and reached base four escape without too much wear on The two rivals will continue their
after getting drilled in the kneecap unsuccessfully tried to stretch into times on the night. In addition, the their bullpen. After Luis Ayala series Wednesday as 44-year old
by Jon Lester, and is listed as day- a three-bagger. Meanwhile, 39-year old switch-hitter picked got them through the third inning, knuckle-baller Tim Wakefield (2-
to-day with a knee contusion. Gonzalez, the league leader with up his first two hits of the season with little trouble, 24-year old 1) squares off against A.J. Burnett
Lester (8-2), despite two hit now 51 RBIs, scored twice and from the right side of the plate, Hector Noesi came in and pitched (6-3.)
batsmen, picked up the win for drew two more walks in addition snapping a 0-for-27 start. six strong innings, impressively This entry passed through the
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GI, Whoa! Soldiers Charged Big
Bucks in Bag Fees
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:37:43 PM
Two U.S. soldiers returning
home from deployment in
Afghanistan said Delta Air Lines
charged their unit hundreds of
dollars in extra baggage fees –
money that many of the soldiers
did not have.
Staff Sgts. Fred Hilliker and
Robert O’Hair filmed a video
onboard Flight 1625 and posted it
on YouTube.
They criticized Delta for the
additional charges, complaining
that the 34 soldiers were charged
as much as $2,800 in baggage
fees.
“We were frustrated with the
situation,” O’Hair told Fox News
Radio. “Honestly, we were just
trying to get home.” O’Hair said
the trouble started Tuesday during
an 18-hour layover in Baltimore.
His unit was heading back to Fort
Polk, La., after a deployment in
Afghanistan. O’Hair said their
military orders stated that each
soldier was allowed to check up to
four bags free of charge. But the
Delta agent told the soldiers they
would have to pay for the fourth
bag.
“My extra bag was my weapons
case,” he said. “I had my assault
rifle, a grenade launcher and a 9-
mm. pistol.”
According to Delta’s website,
military personnel flying in coach
on travel orders are allowed to
only check three bags free of
charge.
But O’Hair said that’s not what
their military orders stated. He
said the baggage fee posed an
immediate financial hardship for
the soldiers and many of them
expressed immediate “irritation,
frustration and shock.”
“A lot of the guys didn’t bring
credit cards because, heck, how
much do we need credit cards in
Afghanistan,” he asked. “It was
an unexpected price and the fact
they were going against what our
military orders stated.”
After the video was posted on
YouTube, Delta issued a
statement on its company blog
apologizing to the soldiers and
noting, “How deeply Delta
respects and admires the men and
women who fight every day for
our country.”
“We would like to publicly
apologize to those servicemen and
w o m e n f o r a n y
miscommunication regarding our
current policies, as well as any
inconvenience we may have
caused,” the online statement
read. “We are currently looking
further into the situation, and will
be reaching out to each of them
personally to address their
concerns and work to correct any
issues they have faced.” Delta did
not say if they would reimburse
the soldiers.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
told Fox News Radio that Delta’s
fee was the “worst welcome home
any soldier could receive.”
“We know this is a business issue
and that the troops will be
reimbursed if they are authorized
additional baggage in their
orders,” said VFW spokesman Joe
Davis. “But the shock of even
being charged is enough to make
most servicemen and women to
simply shake their heads and
wonder who or what it is they are
protecting.”
Since many of the troops did not
have cash to pay the fee, O’Hair
said their Lt. Colonel ended up
paying hundreds of dollars for the
ones who couldn’t afford the
price.
And while the soldiers are
expected to be reimbursed by the
military, O’Hair said it could take
weeks for them to get that money
– putting a financial hardship on
some military families.
“Luckily I was able to pay it and I
can wait for my reimbursement,”
he said. “But what about a Private
coming back home? A lot of these
Privates are living paycheck to
paycheck. They have kids to
support and they need that $200.”
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College Degrees Still Worth the Investment

(Epoch Times | All headlines) global economy is questioned. lastly, if graduates have acquired
Submitted at 6/8/2011 7:47:07 AM Some young people are saddled enough proficiency and skill to
with loans that they cannot pay. perform well on the job.
C O L L E G E A D V A N T A G E : Two recent studies examined the Graduates do not always develop
Graduating students at the 2011 issue. The Brookings Institution the work skills they need. The
N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y used 2010 data from a sample of Christian Science Monitor
c o m m e n c e m e n t a t Y a n k e e 23- to 24-year-olds and found the reported that a study found that
Stadium on May 18, in New York d i f f e r e n c e s i n e m p l o y m e n t almost half of college students do
City. Recent studies claim a clear o u t c o m e b y e d u c a t i o n a r e not build better skills at critical
a d v a n t a g e i n s a l a r y a n d significant. The study showed that thinking, writing, and complex
e m p l o y m e n t f o r c o l l e g e youth with less than a high school reasoning during the first two
graduates. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty education can only expect an years of college. Even after four
Images) employment rate of 43 percent at years, more than one-third had not
Though the May Department of average weekly earnings of $150; significantly improved their
Labor jobs report showed an a high school diploma would cognitive skills.
anemic 54,000 new jobs and an yield an employment rate of 64 Recently the Department of
unemployment rate now 9.1 percent with average weekly Education issued new rules meant
percent, the prospect for new earnings of $305; those with some degree have nearly full The three most employable to hold certain for-profit colleges
college graduates about to enter c o l l e g e e d u c a t i o n h a v e a n employment a 4.5 percent majors were education/teaching, accountable for whether graduates
the work force may be better than employment rate of 79 percent at unemployment rate. engineering, and math/computer/ have the skills their academic
it was over the last few years. The average weekly earnings of $365. Another study conducted by science. The three top income recruiters promised them. The
U . S . B u r e a u o f L a b o r a n d Better yet, those with a college Andrew Sum, a labor economist levels were in the fields of n e w r e g u l a t i o n w a s a i m e d
S t a t i s t i c s a n d t h e N a t i o n a l degree can expect an employment at Northeastern University and engineering, math/computer/ primarily as a deterrent to fraud in
Association of Colleges and rate of 88 percent and average leading expert on the youth labor science, and business. post secondary education.
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X-Men vs Gaga: They Were Born This Way

Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:32:00 AM
X-Men fans put your claws up in
appreciation of TheWarpZone's
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The Senate is poised to take a powerful lobbyists have been Populist outrage has flowed from deserve our help in making this CLAIMS prominent climate
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afternoon that would delay a cap delay or defeat it. They set their victims and the boogeyman at and more competitive." received death threats have been
on the fees banks charge retailers sights on an amendment to an alternating moments. "Make no mistake, those revealed as an opportunistic ploy,
each time a consumer's debit card economic development bill, Durbin, in a speech he has made unintended consequences will be with the Australian National
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members and lobbyists on both authored by Senators Jon Tester, legislation passed, said the banks, those who think it will work, occurred up to five years ago.
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working overtime for their cause. Tenn., which seeks to delay for want to kill his measure "in the who will tell you it will," Tester, change...
But it's a vote senators are loathe one year the implementation of cradle." Durbin reminded who is up for re-election in 2012, Climate of fear: scientists face
to take, again, one that puts them the cap. colleagues that taxpayers bailed warned. "I'm saying let's slow death threats The Canberra Times
between two major forces in their The Tester-Corker provision out banks, and now it's time for down a little bit...Let's not try to Australian climate change
home states: the merchants and directs the Fed to determine the payback. solve one problem and create scientists receive death threats as
community and credit union possible effect on businesses and "Let me remind those who are three others. And lets not take debate heats up Telegraph.co.uk
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A South Korea's K1 tank fires
smoke shells during a joint
military drill between South
Korea and the US in Paju near the
inter-Korean border on June 8,
2011 aimed at deterring North
Korea's military threat. (Jung
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South Korean and U.S. military
forces conducted a joint drill in
Paju near the border with North
Korea.
Tensions between the two
countries have remained high
after several deadly military
confrontations last year.
The joint drill appears to be
aimed at deterring further
conflicts.
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Defense Budget Scare
Tactics
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Defense budget advocacy can be
a dry business. While debating the
technical aspects of some weapon
or another is boring enough to a
lay audience, arguing the finer
points of industrial policy can put
all but the most dedicated
bureaucrats -- and lobbyists -- to
sleep. Accordingly, defense
policy advocates often rely on
scare stories designed to shock
and awe, winning an audience's
attention and credulity with
dramatic claims of horrific
outcomes should the wrong path
be taken. If the story succeeds in
creating the desired effect, no one
realizes until too late that it was
all a sham.
Perhaps the finest example of this
tactic was a United States Air
Force documentary, first aired on
PBS in 1979, called "First Strike."
In the film, the United States
suffers a sudden, disarming
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nuclear strike at the hands of the
Soviet Union and quickly
surrenders to Soviet domination.
Various talking heads then discuss
the scenario, all advocating
increased defense spending and
nuclear readiness. The video is
well-made and altogether
shocking; it is also, strategically
speaking, nonsense, depending on
an absurd set of assumptions
about U.S. and Soviet military
readiness. Another example is the
2009 film " 33 Minutes" by the
Heritage Foundation, which
purports to inform Americans of
the dire threat that ballistic
missiles pose to the U.S.
heartland. The straightforward
purpose of the film is missile-
defense advocacy, but the
scenarios discussed -- including
an electro-magnetic pulse attack
on the United States, and the
notion that a terrorist state could
attack the U.S. with nuclear
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Intel Research eyes home energy, building
efficiency
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When it comes to energy, Intel's
biggest concern is keeping a lid
on the power used at giant data
centers. But Intel researchers are
seriously looking at home energy
as well.
During the Research@Intel
conference yesterday in Mountain
View, California, Intel had a
Personal Energy Zone that
showcased its efforts to use
computing to improve efficiency
and boost the use of renewable
energy sources.
One demonstration scheduled to
go into trials soon is the Wireless
Energy Sensing Technology
(WEST), a device which plugs
into a socket and uses a home
wireless network to report power
usage of individual items.
The device recognizes the
"signatures" of major electrical
loads in a home and will transmit
the information to a PC, smart
phone, or TV. The WEST
prototype Intel showed is box
about the size of soda bottle
which plugs into a regular
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Because large appliances, such as
a refrigerator or air conditioner,
make up the bulk of home energy
use, getting better information on
them will help people use them
more efficiently. For example, the
device could help someone better
set the thermostat settings or find
electronics that are when no one is
using them. During a
demonstration, an Intel researcher
said more detailed monitoring
could reduce energy consumption
by 15 percent and higher.
Other demonstrations in the
Personal Energy zone of the
conference included Eco-Sense
Buildings which use sensors to
monitor indoor conditions, such
temperature and occupancy. By
gathering data from sensors and
building management systems,
Intel expects that buildings that
are net generators of energy are
possible.
Another area of research ties
large-scale renewable energy with
data centers. Getting renewable
energy penetration on the grid
beyond 30 percent is difficult
because solar and wind vary,
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which makes it difficult for grid
operators to ensure a stable supply
of power. Intel is researching to
see if the varying output of solar
farms can be synchronized with
data center electricity loads, so
they would scale down power use
when a solar farm's output drops.
Home energy challenge
Intel has been dabbling in home
energy for a few years now and
has signed on some companies to
use its chips for touch-screen
display for managing energy,
home security, and media. Until
now, Intel has largely talked about
home energy and efficiency as an
application that can be part of a
home-automation system.
For example, Intel researchers
have shown a prototype home
energy dashboard which works
with a smart meter for people to
view energy data, control
appliances, and do a few other
tasks, such as leaving video
messages for each other. It also
published a reference design in
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home energy management
systems, including Cisco, Tendril
Networks, and Control4 which are
selling largely through utilities.
Home energy monitor makers say
the devices are effective in
shaving overall and peak-time
energy usage. But one of the
challenges with energy
dashboards is the cost, which can
be several hundred dollars, posing
a challenge to direct consumer
sales even with savings through
energy efficiency. Another
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consumers will be involved in
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glance at bills.
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whole-home energy monitors,
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Another approach technology
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plugs that monitor power
consumption. ThinkEco, for
example, is coming out this year
with a plug that will monitor
energy and report it to a laptop
over Zigbee wireless networks.
Belkin purchased a small
technology company which also a
system to recognize individual
loads over a home's wirings but
that technology has not yet been
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Facebook’s Facial Recognition Fiasco:

Those Words Sound Scary!
Jason Kincaid (TechCrunch) to see them as well. This feature is have to detag photos after the fact.
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:39:37 AM relatively ancient in Facebook But this is how Facebook Photos
terms, and is actually one of the have always worked (in fact, it’s
A n g s t ! R a i s e d E y e b r o w s ! key reasons why the site got how all of their features work,
Distinct feelings of discomfort! popular on college campuses (and which is why you can be tagged
So go the reactions to a feature later, with everyone else) in the in groups you’ve never heard of,
on Facebook that uses facial first place. Facebook easily has or at places you’d rather not be
recognition technology to help more photos than all of the other tagged in). And, as Facebook
users tag their photos. It has photo hosting sites combined, and always points out, if you’re
people so upset, in fact, that it’s as of last December people were worried about it, you can hide
j u s t s p a r k e d a p r o b e f r o m creating 100 million tags per day. tagged photos from other users
E u r o p e a n U n i o n p r i v a c y But while tagging is hugely using the site’s privacy options.
regulators. popular, it’s also a pain. For a In other words, it isn’t a new
The uproar revolves around a long time you had to do every issue, and it isn’t related to facial
feature that’s been around since single tag manually — click a recognition at all. Your friends
December, so the technology face, type in the person’s name, have always been able to tag you
itself isn’t particularly new. But repeat for each face, and click in photos without your prior
regulators are only getting upset onwards to the next photo, where consent. Sure, these features make
about it now after a Sophos report you get to do it all again. It’s it easier to do so, but presumably
pointed out that Facebook has tiresome. they’re not going to suddenly start
your friends’ faces, it looks at of the Article 29 Data Protection
recently turned the setting on by Which is where Facebook’s tagging you in incriminating
your Facebook friends to see if Working Party, taken from the
default, apparently continuing the facial recognition comes in. photos just because it takes fewer
any of them seems like a likely Bloomberg article on the EU
s o c i a l n e t w o r k ’ s h a b i t o f The first feature that incorporated clicks.
match. You then confirm those probe.
encroaching on user privacy this technology made it easier to To reiterate: the EU may
suggested tags (each possible “Tags of people on pictures
without asking for permission. tag the same person in multiple conclude that Facebook users
match shows a thumbnail that you should only happen based on
Except this time, the complaints photos. Say, for example, you should be able to pre-approve
can ‘X’ out), and have to do a lot people’s prior consent and it can’t
seem to be about issues that aren’t were at a friend’s birthday party their tags, and I don’t necessarily
less clicking. be activated by default,” said
new — and humans are still very and the same eight people showed think that would be a bad thing
That’s it. We’re not talking about Lommel. Such automatic tagging
much involved in deciding who up in each photo. Using facial (I’m sick of tag spam, for one).
a sinister site-wide facial “can bear a lot of risks for users”
gets tagged. recognition, Facebook can ask But conflating this with the
recognition feature that will let and the group of European data
First, let’s run through exactly you to identify each of those spookiness of facial recognition
your boss find incriminating protection officials will “clarify to
what the feature does. friends once, and then seems like a mistake — we should
photos of you taken at a bachelor Facebook that this can’t happen
When you upload photos to automatically tag them throughout save that outcry for when
party. It just makes tagging less like this.”
Facebook, you’re prompted to tag the rest of the photo album. companies really do start doing
tedious. And no, it is not fully Now, Lommel has a point: if you
your friends in those photos — The more advanced facial creepy things with the technology.
automated. are tagged in a photo on
your friends will then be notified r e c o g n i t i o n f e a t u r e , w h i c h CrunchBase Information
Which brings us back to the Facebook, you do not get to
about the photos they’re tagged launched in December, goes one Facebook Information provided
privacy issue. approve that tag before it shows
in, and depending on their privacy step further: instead of initially
Here’s a quote from Gerard up in your ‘Tagged Photos’ album
settings other people may be able asking you to identify each of FACEBOOK’S page 30
Lommel, a Luxembourg member or in friends’ News Feeds — you
28 Technology/ Curated News Edition

SlashGear 101: What is iCloud?

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:17:38 PM

The idea that the device in your

hand is a fleeting thing and that
the data its accessing is now and
forever will be paramount is at the
forefront of Apple’s thinking.
Steve Jobs stood up on June 6th at
an Apple keynote speech during
the Apple Worldwide Developers
Conference (aka WWDC) and
showed of the company’s then-
brand-new service by the name of
iCloud. This service is a “cloud”
based service that allows you, the
user, to store data for access by
their Apple and non-Apple
devices. This service acts as a hub
for music, photos, applications,
documents, eBooks (iBooks),
contacts, and email and calendar
data.
This service was announced,
again, at WWDC, the full account
of which you can access by hitting
our[WWDC 2011] portal. More
specifically you can check out our
Apple WWDC 2011 Super Wrap-
Up post or our iCloud Revealed Stream, amongst others in the music purchased with your iTunes began immediately upon creating iCloud is iTunes Match, a service
and Detailed post. You’ll also be future. The amount of space you account can now be automatically the iCloud service, Jobs noting at which costs users $24.99 a year at
able to track everything iCloud in have available to you is not downloaded to any registered WWDC: “We threw away the the start and allows users to
our[iCloud portal] on into the reduced by purchased music, device of yours, this including MobileMe Contacts, Calendar, “Match” their ripped music. What
future. Basic Service apps, books, and photos in your iPods, iPhones, iPads, and and Mail apps, and have rewritten this means is that, upon signing
The most basic iteration if iCloud Photo Stream. For music this free computers of all sorts. The same them from ground up to be iCloud with a whole mess of music
is a free service with which you service is currently limited to 10 has been true of apps purchased apps.” These three apps were labels, Apple will be providing
can store 5GB of data in the devices. All you 20 device-having for iOS devices for some time, initially at the core of MobileMe you with access to your entire
cloud. What the cloud represents monsters will have to lay down and continues to be true here. and service cost users $99 a year. music library in the cloud,
here is an amount of server space some cash. iTunes MobileMe Essentially the same service will regardless of if you purchased that
hosted by Apple, accessible All music purchased through The MobileMe service of the past now be offered for free with music from iTunes or not.
through several services including iTunes is now automatically has, upon announcing the birth of iCloud. iTunes Match You’ll be able to do this via the
email, calendars, iTunes, the included in this iCloud service. iCloud, been killed off. What essentially constitutes as
Apple App Store, and Photo SLASHGEAR page 35
What this means here is that any Transitioning to the new service extended iTunes service within
Curated News Edition Technology/ 29

Android's App Attrition Rate Much

Higher than iOS: 32% vs. 19%
Sarah Perez (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:17:35 PM
The company recently dispelled
reports from analytics firms
published immediately and
automatically. Google also
iPad 2 panel
Distimo and research2guidance,
95,000 of the roughly 300,000 both of which claimed that the
provides tools like App Inventor
that reduce the barrier of entry,
shipments could
mobile applications that have ever Android Market was set to
appeared on the Android Market surpass the iTunes App Store in
allowing even non-developers to break 10.5m this
experiment with app creation.
are no longer available - an app size at some point later this year. Meanwhile, Apple charges summer
a t t r i t i o n r a t e o f 3 2 % . I n Appsfire says these reports are developers $100 per year for Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The
comparison, 80,000 apps out of misleading. At Google I/O, it was membership in its developer Unofficial Apple Weblog)
approximately 500,000 (or 16%) announced that the Android program, carefully reviews
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:30:00 PM
created for iOS devices including Market now has 200,000 apps. applications and has stricter
the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Today, Appsfire counts 206,000. guidelines in place about what is This summer Apple iPad
have similarly disappeared. This But Distimo had found 206,143 and is not allowed in the App shipments may reach 10.5 million
is a notable difference between back in March, 2011 while that's the case, then the large S t o r e . T h i s l e a d s t o l e s s
number of off-market iOS apps experimental apps for iOS, and according to a report from
the two marketplaces, especially r e s e a r c h 2 g u i d a n c e r e p o r t e d Digitimes. Apple has reportedly
given the Android Market's 294,738 apps around the same should be counted, too. The therefore, less attrition.
jailbreak app store Cydia is Other reasons for attrition on tapped Chimei Innolux to boost
shorter existence. time. The discrepancy is caused their supply of panels for the iPad
Why do these numbers matter? by the firms' failure to take into available to roughly 5-8% of iOS A n d r o i d c o u l d i n v o l v e
users, The New York Times underperforming apps that are 2. CMI is is expected to produce
For one thing, the app attrition account app attrition, Appsfire up to 500,000 panels in June and
rate is often a factor in calculating explains, a term referring to the reported last winter. With over pulled and discontinued, apps that
200 million iOS devices sold to don't generate enough revenue may ramp up production to over
store sizes. More broadly, the n u m b e r o f a p p s w h i c h a r e one million in July. Between
differences also speak to the published, then later pulled, from date according to Apple most and are pulled since they're not
recent figures, that's a large worth the effort or investment to CMI, TPK Holding and Wintek,
opposing cultures of the stores the Android Market. Apple should have an ample
themselves. Many Android For comparison purchases, number of people with access to maintain, and apps that are pulled
these off-market jailbreak apps. because a developer changes supply of panels to ship over 10.5
developers appear to approach iTunes now has 425,000 apps - million iPads in the summer
app publishing as an experimental over double the number of apps Why App Attrition is Occurring course. In some cases, apps may
More on Android quarter.
effort, not a business, and available on Android. Simply put, be removed by Google for [Via Electronista]
publishing and pulling apps far that means there's no possible way Appsfire offers a number of violating the Terms of Service,
reasons why the Android Market but this is less common. iPad 2 panel shipments could
more often than those on the App that the Android Market will break 10.5m this summer
Store do. surpass the iTunes App Store in sees a higher app attrition rate At the end of the day, the big
versus the App Store (32% vs. takeaway from this data is that an originally appeared on TUAW -
Sponsor size any time soon. The Unofficial Apple Weblog on
Attrition Not Considered in Appsfire notes that the other 1 9 % ) . F o r o n e , A n d r o i d app store's size is not the only, nor
developers may see the Market is it necessarily the best way, to Wed, 08 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST.
Recent Reports of App Store firms may also be counting beta Please see our terms for use of
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Real-Time Media Management

Comes to Daylife's Publishing Suite
Dan Rowinski (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:30:00 PM
YouTube, Flickr or other sources
and then embed it within a CMS
as a content frame. Now, think of
Publishers are attempting to the ability to do a Storify on a live
through syndication partners like
Getty Images. It can then drop
slideshows created automatically
in a standard slideshow view,
Christian
evolve in the Internet era to stay website in real-time without the
ahead of not only competitors but embedded-able content frame.
also the curve of technological That is essentially what the
mosaic (like Google Image Search
results), large format (think of
Boston.com's Big Picture) or via a
World
innovation. Social media, rich Daylife Publishers Suite does.
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aggregated media, wire service from Daylife on Vimeo.
media ... there are a lot of The way the publisher suite
touch gallery. The touch gallery
would look like a standard
slideshow from a PC but would be
swipe-able on a tablet or
Adoption
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different sources of content to works is as simple as installing a smartphone. ServeRSS) (AdServRSS Feed)
keep track of and integrate into piece of a line of Javascript on The suite can also create pull
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dashboard of applications that can that enables content creators to hence a content creator needs to but not quite in real-time on a live Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and
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Comcast Xfinity Home Security Brings
Security and Home Surveillance
Ammon Carpenter (SlashGear)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:48:16 PM
Long standing cable provider
Comcast is now expanding into
new areas. In a world of niche
marketing, Comcast is now
opening up its broadband pipe and
expanding into other areas of the
home. Comcast expanded its
residential home security offering
in six markets today. The offering
includes basic home security
monitoring, remote lighting
control, video surveillance or
monitoring, and remote digital
thermostat control for possible
energy savings.
Comcast originally rolled out
Xfinity in the Houston area, and
has now opened up these services
to Comcast customers in
Philadelphia; Portland, Ore.;
Jacksonville and Sarasota/Naples,
Fla.; Chattanooga and Nashville,
Tenn. Other markets are likely to
be announced later on. The basic
home security package starts at
$39.95 a month. The other
Yesterday on the Sun [video]
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:44:00 PM
Yesterday’s incredible solar
event had scientists wowed and
it’s easy to see why:
features like cameras and digital
thermostat control cost extra, but
we had difficulty finding price
details for the advanced packages
on the Comcast site. No doubt,
they are following the model set
by other companies in the
industry and want to quote service
prices to individuals on a one-to-
one basis.
Naturally the Xfinity system can
“The event had everything, a solar
flare, a coronal wave, a filament
eruption, a coronal mass ejection,
coronal rain and a coronal mass
ejection, just to name a few.”
While the flare itself may not be
be controlled via iOS or Android
app, as well as through an internet
browser via PC or Mac.
Consumers seem to like the
concept of being able to remotely
monitor their house, or have the
ability to save money by remotely
controlling their thermostat while
not at home. In the past some
companies have had difficulty
introducing these types of services
huge, the dramatic manner in
Technology/ Culture/
due to limited bandwidth in some
areas. But as the broadband
provider, Comcast has that
covered as well. Comcast also has
some wireless business partners
that it can call upon for wireless
broadband support as well.
[ via Comcast]
Relevant Entries on
SlashGear.com
• Comcast Xfinity Video On
which the material was drawn
back to the Sun was apparently
quite unique.
Full story at The Sun Today via
YouTube.
Wow.
31
Demand To Be Available On
TiVo Premiere
• Scare off burglars with a TV
simulator
• ADT Pulse mixes security and
home automation
• Comcast Xfinity TV iOS App
Gets Updated With More Shows,
Features
• Swann unveils 19-inch DRV-
5500 DVR security system
• Panasonic Canada adds 360-
degree ImmerVision video
surveillance lens to security
camera
• D-Link doubles security for
home network routers
• AlertMe Home Security System
Comcast Xfinity Home Security
Brings Security and Home
Surveillance is written by Ammon
Carpenter& originally posted on
SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All
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Facebook Probed By EU For Facial

Recognition Feature
Rue Liu (SlashGear)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:40:35 PM
Facebook has had a facial
recognition system for awhile
now. It’s part of a feature that
helps users tag friends in photos
and is by default turned off. Users
must opt in to use it. But, recently
the service went global,
expanding beyond North America
and the setting became activated
by default. This development has
alarmed regulators and has
unleashed European Union’s data-
protection watchdogs on the
company.
The group, formed from EU’s 27
nations will study the measure for
possible rules violations, said
Gerard Lommel, a Luxembourg
member of the Article 29 Data
Protection Working Party. Data
protection authorities in Ireland
will also be pouncing on the
Facebook facial recognition
powered photo tagging feature.
“Tags of people on pictures
should only happen based on
people’s prior consent and it can’t
be activated by default,” said
Lommel. Such automatic tagging
“can bear a lot of risks for users”
and the group of European data
protection officials will “clarify to
Facebook that this can’t happen
like this.”
Facebook has explained before
that the setting is active by default
but that users can opt out by
disabling the function in settings
if they do not want their names to
be automatically suggested in
other people’s pictures. They also
made the following response:
“We launched Tag Suggestions to
help people add tags of their
friends in photos; something
that’s currently done more than
100 million times a day. Tag
Suggestions are only made to
people when they add new photos
to the site, and only friends are
suggested.”
Do you find this as alarming as
do the EU? Or is it a nice feature
that makes it more convenient to
tag your friends in photos?
[ via Business Week]
Relevant Entries on
SlashGear.com
• Google Working on Facial
Recognition App [UPDATE:
False!]
• SG Comics Presents: Google &
CNN Face Recognition Interview
• T-shirt Augmented Reality &
Face-recognition Twitter
• Lenovo S10 gets multi-touch
and facial recognition
• Recognizr gives Android face-
recognition skills [Video]
• Sony PlayStation Eye to get
facial recognition
• Facebook photo auto-tagging
makes ID’ing friends easier
• Apple buy Polar Rose facial-
recognition specialists: AR
Recognizr coming to iPhone?
Facebook Probed By EU For
Facial Recognition Feature is
written by Rue Liu& originally
posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All
right reserved.

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New Network Panasonic unveils
Management Tools From high-powered chip
Solarwinds for smart TVs
David Strom (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:44:26 AM
Enterprise software tools vendor
Solarwinds has announced new
versions of several of its products
to help enterprise virtualization
and network admins better
manage their networks. All are
available now.
Sponsor
First is a new version 4.0 of its
Virtualization Manager (formerly
called Hyper9) that allows you to
examine little-used VMs, predict
when you will run out of CPU or
storage capacity, and turn back
the clock to see when you first
had a particular issue with your
virtual infrastructure. There are
VMware vSphere plug-ins that
can perform some of these tasks
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being able to view thin
provisioning information on your Panasonic's new UniPhier 1
virtual disk storage so you can System LSI for smart
directly within vCenter, and
gain visibility into the level of TVs.(Credit: Panasonic)
dashboards galore to help you
over-commitment on your Panasonic has unveiled a new
keep track of all of VMs across
storage. It also integrates into the technology to improve the
your enterprise. broadcasting channels, as well as
Orion Network Performance performance of smart TVs.
Second is a new version 10.1 of Internet-based content and
monitor for easier dashboard Smart TVs are more than just sets
its Orion Network Performance applications in high-resolution at
management. that allow users to watch
Monitor software that offers the same time." The chip will also
You can download a 30-day free broadcast content. The enhanced
deeper visibility into the data help reduce power consumption,
trial for all of their products, and televisions also feature
center, with loads of new the company said.
licenses start at less than $3000 applications, like Netflix,
enhancements, including support Panasonic is planning to launch
with some very complex pricing Pandora, and others. Several TV
for Cisco's Unified the new chips in "sample
tiers for each. On each of the site makers, including Vizio,
Communication System and shipments" starting this month.
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Active Directory. respond to a request for comment
what is new and how each product smart TV market is still quite
Finally, there is a new version 5.0 on whether the new chip will be
can be used, along with lots of young, and many vendors would
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details on their other products too. agree that much more can be done
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SLASHGEAR John Alison,
continued from page 28

following: upon hitting a single

button, your entire music library
(all of the music on your
computer) is scanned, Apple then
“Matching” every track to the
equivalent in their official library
of over 18 million songs. If there
is no equivalent (aka if your track
is rare or unique,) you can then
upload that track to the cloud
automatically. The difference
between this uploading and the
Matching is that when a track is
Matched, it does not have to be
uploaded to iCloud as it’ll be
activated via the track Apple
price, at the moment this post is
posted, is a flat rate per year, even
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36 Technology/ Culture/ Obituaries Curated News Edition
Fire-Fighting
Evernote Peek: The First Accessories -
Smart Cover App That Dress like the Men
in Uniform with
Could Make You Smarter the Elvis & Kresse
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) “Who was the fifth President of
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:35:42 PM the United States”? Then lift the Firehose Belt
cover a little more to see the
One of the best parts of the iPad answer. Yup, people are going to (TrendHunter.com)
2 is the colorful, magical smart be killing a lot of time in coffee (TREND HUNTER - The Latest
cover that comes as a peripheral. shops with this app. Trends)
Lift the cover and your iPad turns The general trivia questions Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:23:02 PM
on, drop it and it goes to sleep. don’t't really have anything to do
It’s kind of addictive. But what if with the main Evernote apps, ( TrendHunter.com) OK fellas, so
someone actually built an app o t h e r t h a n t h e f a c t t h a t i t
around that fidgety behavior? reinforces its slogan, “Remember
Well, Evernote just did. It’s Everything.” But you can also
called Evernote Peek, a free app connect the app to your own
We’re Live Once you can't be a firefighter to
impress the ladies, but the Elvis &
Kresse Firehose Belt will at least
bring on a bit of the vibe. The
for the iPad 2 that is designed Evernote notebooks and turn them
around the smart cover. It is the into study guides. Your note titles
first smart cover app, and it may become the clues and the text of
Again At E3 2011, Elvis & Kresse Firehose Belt is
the brand's latest accessory...

even make you smarter. the notes becomes the answers.

Evernote Peek is a simple Q&A CrunchBase Information Evernote
quiz app. You lift the cover a iPad 2 Information provided by
little and to see a question like CrunchBase
Starting At 10 AM
Devin Coldewey (TechCrunch) it’s off to South Hall to see what’s
Spanish writer,
politician
“How fast does light travel?” or what.
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:52:13 AM
Right inside the door is EA, and Semprun dies at
Turn $4 Spice Racks It’s time for another day of live then there’s Activision, Microsoft,
video down here at the Electronic Ubisoft, and a couple dozen other
Entertainment Expo in Los publishers who are just aching to
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into Book Displays Angeles. Today we’ll be covering demo their new games. We’re
the massive South Hall, where going live just a few minutes past
we’ll find the big publishing 10 (once we’re past the crush at
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AP - Writer and politician Jorge

[Clever Uses]
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houses showing off their latest. the door), so point your browsers Semprun, who chronicled his own
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spend a little time with the Remember, you can always
experiences in the Nazis'
Buchenwald death camp,
struggled against dictatorship in
Playstation Vita, their powerful contact us by tweeting with his native Spain and later became
new handheld. After that, a quick hashtag#e3crunchgear! that country's culture minister, has
tour of the Nintendo booth, then died, the French and Spanish
governments said Wednesday. He
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Curated News Edition Policy/ 37

An "Unusual" Mortgage Coalition

Reassembles
(AEI.Org: Articles) Although not quoted in these that would be acceptable to mortgages acquired by Fannie and organizations following the
Submitted at 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM articles, these groups have been institutional investors, were Freddie had to be made to people directives of government; and
joined by the homebuilders, the imposing tough underwriting who were at or below that income including these 19.2 million loans,
Recent media reports have realtors and the large banks, also standards on the loans they would level, and this quota was pushed almost half of all U.S. mortgages -
remarked on the development of seeking the preservation of buy and securitize. The standard even further by HUD during the 27 million loans - were subprime
an unusual coalition - lenders, government backing and lower downpayment then was 20 George W. Bush administration or similarly weak and high risk
consumer groups and low-income u n d e r w r i t i n g s t a n d a r d s f o r percent, and it yielded a home that followed. (for example, mortgages with low
housing advocates - formed to mortgages. This isn't a new or ownership rate of about 64 Of course, it's perfectly possible or no downpayments).
oppose the requirements for a unusual coalition in housing percent, where it had been for to find some prime mortgages The huge number of defaults
high quality mortgage originally finance; it's the same grouping roughly 30 years. among people who are below the among these mortgages,
proposed by the federal bank and that has consistently garnered the But Congress ultimately heeded median income, but when huge beginning in 2007, drove down
securities regulators under the taxpayers' largesse in the past. the same calls we are hearing government-backed organizations housing prices, caused the
Dodd-Frank Act. The principal Are we going to have to watch today: the standards are too tough; like Fannie and Freddie are insolvency and instability of many
issue seems to be the 20 percent this movie again? The arguments there are groups who cannot get directed to find below-medium- financial institutions, and sparked
downpayment requirement for a are the same as they were in the mortgage credit and buy homes; income borrowers for more than the prolonged recession and
low-risk mortgage. Members of late 1980s, and will lead to the and the familiar language of 50 percent of all the loans they housing price collapse we are now
the coalition were quoted as same place: government policies entitlement - it's a "civil rights" buy each year, it's inevitable that experiencing. Even Congressman
saying that this would freeze t h a t w i l l l o w e r m o r t g a g e issue that some people cannot buy they will have to drop their Barney Frank (D-MA), a long-
many buyers out of the housing standards so that nearly everyone a home because they don't have underwriting standards. That's time advocate of increased
market. will qualify. Some in this sufficient savings. In 1992, what they did, that's why they are affordable housing and a
"We still need to be able to make coalition will get the low lending Congress required Fannie and now insolvent, and that's why congressional protector of Fannie
affordable mortgages that don't standards they want, others will Freddie to abandon their their regulator has estimated that and Freddie admitted in 2010 that
just go to the wealthy," David get the government backing they underwriting standards and their losses - eventually to be paid "[I]t was a great mistake to push
Stevens, head of the Mortgage think they need. The taxpayers instead - for at least 30 percent of by the taxpayers - could approach lower-income people into housing
Bankers Association, told the once again get it in the neck. the loans they acquired - to buy $400 billion. they couldn't afford and couldn't
New York Times. "These rules The complex and convoluted only "affordable housing" Research by my AEI colleague really handle once they had it."
will so significantly deter the Dodd-Frank structure is not the mortgages, without regard to their Edward Pinto, and included in my The government policies that
ability of first-time buyers to a n s w e r , b u t u n d e r w r i t i n g quality. dissent from the majority report of poured money into affordable
break into the market that we will standards are necessary to protect What was an "affordable the Financial Crisis Inquiry housing mortgages did in fact
see a real decline in home the taxpayers and the economy, housing" mortgage? A loan to a Commission, showed the result of increase home ownership. The
ownership," said a representative and no one in this coalition wants borrower who was at or below the these government policies. By rate in the U.S. rose from 64
o f L a R a z a , t h e H i s p a n i c to impose them. History, after all, median income where he or she 2008, Fannie and Freddie were percent in 1995 to more than 69
advocacy organization, also in the should tell us something. The lived. Once those income exposed to the credit risk of 12 percent in 2004. But at what cost -
Times. And John Taylor, the head same arguments were made to requirements were laid on, the million subprime and other high huge taxpayer losses, an
of the National Community Congress in the late 1980s and Department of Housing and risk mortgages; government economic recession, high
Reinvestment Coalition, told early 1990s, when Fannie Mae Urban Development began to policies were directly responsible unemployment, and the
Bloomberg "This is a civil rights and Freddie Mac, following the enlarge the goals, so that by 2000, for an additional 7.2 million destruction of housing values for
issue. It falls around people of command in their government the end of the Clinton similar mortgages held by
color. It's a class issue." charters that they buy only loans administration, 50 percent of all government agencies or "UNUSUAL" page 39
38 Policy/ Curated News Edition

All Sides Are at Fault for Lack of

Confirmations
(AEI.Org: Articles) Of course, the opposition to for an office do not matter, and them. We also need a shift in the
Submitted at 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM Diamond was based on other neither does the law of the land-- But for all the failures of basic approach of Senate Majority
factors, not the laughable charges is beyond shameful. public administration in the White Leader Harry Reid. Last year, the
The decision by Peter Diamond about his lack of qualifications. In The blame is not just with the House, the real obstacle is a Nevada Democrat understandably
to withdraw his nomination for a part, it was tit for tat, getting back Senate. The Obama Senate that has lost its way--that was reluctant to call Senators'
seat on the Federal Reserve Board at Senate Democrats for blocking administration has been ignores what should be a bluffs on their holds because each
is yet another sign that the t h e c o n f i r m a t i o n o f R a n d y inexplicably and unconscionably presumption that a president is nomination brought to the floor
nomination and confirmation Kroszner for the Fed late in slow in choosing nominees and entitled to his own picks for under the threat of a filibuster
process is seriously out of whack. George W. Bush's term, largely to moving them expeditiously executive positions unless there is would take a lot of time, and time
It's also a sign that everyone keep the slot open for the next through the executive portion of a compelling reason to object and was too precious given the
involved in this process--the p r e s i d e n t . I n p a r t , i t w a s the process. that cruelly holds hostage people Senate's huge legislative agenda.
president and the White House, Diamond's policy views. And in Dozens of other key positions are who are willing to make sizable This year is different--there is a
Senate leaders of both parties, the part it was simply because he was also unfilled. Recently, Sheila sacrifices to do public service, minuscule agenda; most things
FBI and other agencies involved nominated by President Barack Bair, outgoing chairwoman of the sometimes vilifying them that pass the Senate will never
in vetting--needs to get serious Obama. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., personally for political purposes pass the House and vice versa.
about changing its downward Blocking a highly qualified warned of risk to the financial and leaving them in limbo for Why not use the Senate's time to
spiral. nominee to the Fed during a very system unless key positions at the months or even years. And more call up many of these nominations
It would be hard to find a more d i f f i c u l t e c o n o m i c t i m e i s FDIC, CFPB, Treasury and often than not, it is for reasons being held up by individual
impressive set of credentials than shameful. It was in 2008; it is Federal Housing Finance Agency that have nothing to do with the Senators or by GOP leadership
those possessed by Diamond. A n o w . B u t t h e b l o c k a g e o f are filled soon. quality of the nominees. fiat? Take the time to have 41
Nobel Prize-winning economist at nominees for extraneous reasons The blame is not just with the I wrote several weeks ago to Senators explain why they are
M I T , h e i s a l e a d e r i n extends well beyond the Fed. We Senate. The Obama commend the bipartisan group of blocking well-qualified nominees
understanding the dynamics of have several Justice Department administration has been Senators who have put forward a for frivolous or utterly unrelated
unemployment and the labor nominees held hostage and a inexplicably and unconscionably plan to streamline somewhat the reasons. And take some of your
supply, which by any standard are pledge by Senate Republicans to slow in choosing nominees and confirmation process, with a set of time to explain why this craziness
key elements for the Fed to hold up the superbly qualified moving them expeditiously recommendations that have long is damaging the very fabric of
consider to fulfill its policy n o m i n e e f o r s e c r e t a r y o f through the executive portion of been endorsed by an army of governance and making it harder
mandate. The charge made by his Commerce, John Bryson, over the process. From the beginning, outsiders, including major figures and harder to find good people to
Senate adversaries--that Diamond trade agreements. And we have filling top positions in the from previous administrations. go through the political equivalent
was not an expert in monetary the unprecedented situation of a agencies and departments has Right now, though, those of enhanced interrogation
policy--ignored both the fact that Senate Republican commitment to been, at best, a secondary priority. recommendations are being techniques to serve their country.
many of the nominees to the Fed block any nominees for the The longer a president waits to fill blocked by a small group of Norman J. Ornstein is a resident
of presidents of both parties have Consumer Financial Protection positions, the tougher and longer conservatives. Even if the reforms scholar at AEI.
known less about monetary policy Bureau because Republicans don't the road to confirmation in the are enacted, the problem will still White House Photo by Pete
and the fact that the Fed plays a like it. The CFPB is the law of the Senate. The failure to fill be acute. We need both a culture Souza
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ROTC's NYC Boycott
(AEI.Org: Articles)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 11:00:00 PM
Last month, Columbia University
and the US Navy signed an
agreement allowing the Reserve
Officer Training Corps back onto
campus for the first time since it
was banned amid Vietnam War
protests.
The re-embrace of ROTC by elite
schools marks the end of a
shameful chapter in our nation's
history. But ROTC cadets on
these campuses--indeed, across
much of the nation--still face
serious obstacles to their
aspiration to serve their country.
Columbia may have officially
recognized Naval ROTC, but the
program will have to make do
with only an office on campus:
Cadets must trek out to SUNY's
Maritime College in The Bronx--
an hour's commute each way by
public transportation--for training.
Under such circumstances,
Columbia ROTC can hardly be
expected to prosper. A program
that once occupied a central place
on campus--at its height, the
Columbia Corps of Midshipmen
rivaled the US Naval Academy in
size--will remain peripheral to
student life, graduating just a
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The blame lies not with
Columbia or its students, but with
the ROTC program in New York
City--which has just four host
units located on campuses remote
from most students.
Manhattan and Brooklyn lack
any full-time ROTC presence. No
ROTC program exists at any of
CUNY's 23 campuses, which
enroll nearly half of all city
college students.
Instead, cross-enrolled cadets
must make long commutes--often
on their own dime--while they
juggle coursework and conflicting
school schedules. As commuters,
they miss out on much of the
camaraderie and mentoring that
are among ROTC's biggest
benefits. With so many obstacles,
it's surprising there aren't fewer
city ROTC cadets.
New York is hardly alone.
Shortsighted Pentagon budget
cuts have undermined ROTC's
national character, leaving it more
Southern and rural. Its critical
civic function--ensuring that the
officer corps reflects the nation--
has languished.
ROTC's citizen-soldiers have
long served as a hedge against a
civil-military divide. Today, that
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mission is more important than
ever--yet ROTC is ill-equipped to
meet it. Even as we fight the
longest war in US history, few
Americans have a personal
connection to the military, making
it less likely they can truly
appreciate the sacrifices made by
those who serve.
Given budget constraints,
establishing ROTC host programs
will require pressure from
Congress. But reversing the
downward turn of ROTC in New
York should be a national priority.
Effective outreach can make a
difference. Fordham University's
Army ROTC program almost
closed in 2000. Then it got an
energetic new instructor--a native
New Yorker and Fordham ROTC
graduate--who opened classes at
the school's Lincoln Center
campus and began recruiting
aggressively at outside campuses.
Fordham Army ROTC went from
the bottom of the pack to the top
15 percent of ROTC units
nationwide.
So barriers can fall if the military
is flexible and schools lend proper
support. Top-notch instructors
who understand the area and
recruit aggressively can revitalize
a flagging program. Placing such
an instructor at a Manhattan or
Brooklyn college full-time--
perhaps at Columbia--would help
ROTC reach out.
Columbia's ROTC homecoming
happened because of the advocacy
and hard work of many student
and alumni patriots. These young
people look at their fellow
students in uniform with
admiration and respect. More
important, many might welcome
the chance to serve themselves--if
they had the chance.
The military should strive to
reconnect not just with students at
elite schools--but also with the
many talented and diverse young
Americans who are underserved
by ROTC. Cheryl Miller is
program manager for the
American Citizenship Program at
AEI.
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most homeowners in the U.S.
That's what the advocates for
easier housing credit are ignoring
when, once again, they argue that
traditional underwriting standards
for mortgages are too tough. And
what about homeownership rates
that had peaked in 2004? They are
once again returning to the
historic rate of 64 percent that was
achieved with a 20 percent
downpayment requirement.
We will never be free of the
threat of another mortgage-led
financial collapse until we make it
impossible for people to use the
government for their own ends.
And that can only happen when
we take the government out of the
business of backing mortgages.
Peter Wallison is the Arthur F.
Burns Fellow in Financial Policy
Studies at AEI.
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and Lina Shaikhouni
CHARLI CARPENTER, LINA
SHAIKHOUNI (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 6:17:37 PM
Killer robots. Video-game
warfare. Unlawful weapons.
Terminators. Drone-attack
commentary has become
synonymous with reports of
civilian carnage, claims of
international-law violations, and
worries about whether high-tech
robotic wars have become too
easy and fun to be effectively
prevented. But the debate over
drones is misleading the public
about the nature of the weaponry
and the law. It is also distracting
attention from some more
important and bigger issues:
whether truly autonomous
weapons should be permitted in
combat, how to track the human
cost of different weapons
platforms and promote
humanitarian standards in war,
and whether targeted killings -- by
drones or SEAL teams -- are
lawful means to combat global
terrorism. Based on our analysis
of recent op-eds, we unpack four
sets of misconceptions below and
offer some sensible ways for the
anti-drone lobby to reframe the
debate.
Misconception No. 1: Drones Are
"Killer Robots." This is actually
two assumptions; neither is
precisely wrong, but both are
misleading. First, drones
themselves are not necessarily
"killers": They are used for many
nonlethal purposes as well.
Drones (unmanned aerial
vehicles) can carry anything
ranging from cameras to sensors
to weapons and have been
deployed for nonlethal purposes
such as intelligence gathering and
surveillance since the 1950s. Yet
the nonlethal applications of
drones are often lost in a
discussion that treats the
technology per se as deadly; 90
percent of the op-eds we analyzed
focus solely on drones as killing
machines.
Of course, it's true that drones
can be used to kill. Some drones
over Libya are now armed, and
armed drones have been
launching strikes in Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and Yemen for years.
Second, even weaponized drones
are not "killer robots," despite the
frequent reference in the op-eds
we studied to "robotic weapons"
or "robotic warfare." Their flight
and surveillance systems are able
to extract information from their
environment and use it to move
safely in a purposive manner, but
the weapons themselves are
controlled by a human operator
and are not autonomous. With a
human-in-the-loop navigating the
aircraft and controlling the
weapon, the "killer" aspect of
these specific drones may be
remote-controlled, but it's not
robotic.
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This important distinction is
easily lost on a concerned public,
but the distinction matters.
Indeed, the debate over "killer
robot drones" that actually aren't
autonomous is preventing public
attention from being directed to a
more ground-breaking
development in military
technology: preparations to
delegate targeting decisions to
truly autonomous weapons
platforms, many of which are not
drones at all. As Brookings
Institution scholar Peter W.
Singer has argued, a shift toward
fully autonomous weapons
systems would represent a sea
change in the very nature of war.
Groups like the International
Committee for Robot Arms
Control have called for a
multilateral discussion to stem or
at least regulate these
developments. Those worried
about drones might usefully
refocus their attention to on the
debate over whether to keep
humans in the loop for unmanned
aerial vehicles and other weapons
platforms globally. The big issue
here is not drones per se. It is the
extent to which life-and-death
targeting decisions should ever be
outsourced to machines.
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Gun.
Submitted at 6/7/2011 5:12:17 PM Once again, the tiny Persian Gulf reinstate the race, painted a rosy "American black fingers are
kingdom has stumbled in its bid to picture of the political situation in aiming to weaken the Gulf."
Bahrain's diplomatic charm depict itself as a plucky U.S. ally the kingdom, saying that "Life in These attacks seem to be part of a
offensive has run aground due to on the front line of a brewing Bahrain is completely normal trend. Last week, it emerged that a
t h e g o v e r n m e n t ' s b r u t a l conflict with Iran. again" and that security is junior U.S. diplomat who had
crackdown on its own citizens. It had looked like such a great "guaranteed." dealt with human rights issues,
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad piece of diplomatic choreography. But Bahrain's diplomatic charm Ludovic Hood, had returned to
Al Khalifa, who is seen as one of On June 1, the country's Sunni offensive was unraveling even Washington after threats against Zimbabwe
the leading reformers within the monarchy lifted the state of before the announcement of the him and his wife, who had been
ruling family, was due to meet emergency imposed in mid-March Manama court hearing. On June identified as Jewish on a local
president's friend
with U.S. President Barack after Saudi forces intervened to 1, U.S. chargé d'affaires Stephanie blog. Per the requirements of the
Obama and Secretary of State counter widespread protests by Williams was roasted for more Vienna Convention on Diplomatic
then foe, Tekere,
Hillary Clinton in Washington on Bahrain's Shiite majority. That than an hour on Bahraini state Relations, Bahrain was obligated dies (AP)
June 7. But the crown prince's tête same day, Bahraini King Hamad television, often not able to get a to give Hood his own personal (Yahoo! News: Obituaries)
-à-tête was derailed by news bin Isa Al Khalifa announced w o r d i n e d g e w i s e . T h e security detail after Clinton
reports on June 6 that the trial of further rounds of talks, which are interviewer accused the United complained about the harassment Submitted at 6/8/2011 8:16:50 AM
47 doctors and nurses who treated intended to heal the country's States of "not deal[ing] in a fair to Bahrain's foreign minister in
AP - Edgar Tekere, a staunch
injured protesters would begin in sectarian rift, would be held in way with all the sects" of Bahrain May.
friend and ally of Zimbabwe's
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Crowded Waters - By
Abraham M. Denmark
ABRAHAM M. DENMARK
(Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 6:15:39 PM
For the last two years, a quiet
showdown has played out over
the South China Sea, the body of
water bordered by China,
Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore,
Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines,
and Taiwan. This little-known
body of water is of vast strategic
importance: Fully one-third of the
world's maritime trade traverses
the South China Sea, and some
optimistic estimates of its
untapped stores of oil and natural
gas would make it a second
Persian Gulf. The South China
Sea is also a major highway
linking the oil fields of the Middle
East and the factories of East
Asia, with more than 80 percent
of China's oil imports (and large
percentages for Japan and South
Korea as well) flowing over its
waters. As influential Asia-
watcher Robert D. Kaplan has put
it, the South China Sea's
importance to the region makes it
the " Asian Mediterranean."
Due to these waters' importance,
several countries -- Brunei,
Malaysia, the Philippines, and
Vietnam -- claim sovereignty over
part of these waters. Yet China
claims rights of sovereignty over
almost the entire South China Sea,
as detailed in the " 9-dash line"
included in its submission to the
United Nations. While tension in
these waters has waxed and
waned for several decades, recent
years have seen an uptick in
tensions. Starting in 2009, two
discernable rounds of geopolitical
intrigue can be identified, and last
week likely marked the beginning
of round three.
The first round began in March
2009, when Chinese fishing
vessels harassed the U.S.
surveillance ship Impeccable in
international waters, 75 miles off
the coast of China's Hainan
Island. Three months later, a
Chinese submarine
collided(apparently accidentally)
with the towed sonar array of the
USS John S. McCain near Subic
Bay off the coast of the
Philippines. Other aggressive
moves followed, including reports
that Beijing had declared the
South China Sea to be a "core
interest," putting it on par with
Taiwan and Xinjiang as
fundamental strategic priorities.
China's assertiveness was noted
around the world and caused a
strong reaction.
Round two. In July 2010, the
United States and much of
Southeast Asia pushed back. At a
meeting of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations Regional
Forum in Hanoi, 12 Southeast
Asian countries complained of
Chinese assertiveness in the South
China Sea, and U.S. Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton declared
freedom of navigation within the
South China Sea to be a national
interest of the United States.
China initially reacted harshly to
this pushback, with Foreign
Minister Yang Jiechi reportedly
declaring Clinton's remarks in
Hanoi to be "an attack on China"
and not so subtly reminding his
Singaporean counterpart that
"China is a big country and other
countries are small countries and
that is just a fact." A subsequent
statement by the Chinese military
reiterated China's "indisputable
sovereignty" over 1.3 million
square miles of the South China
Sea -- which much of Southeast
Asia naturally disputed.
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Temple-Inland (TIN) went up 40
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Several hedge funds were betting
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8. Clint Carlson, Carlson Capital:
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Germany Seeks Extending Greek in 2012 “more than unrealistic,” make or break situation for his All this fuss over Greece is
Maturities German Finance Greece needs more aid to avert leadership of the party and the amusing given Spain and Italy are
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said bondholders must contribute default within the euro zone,” “Even if he gets the medium-term I expect the market at any time to
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Risk, Probability and How Brains Are Easily

Misled
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:30:00 AM

By John Timmer, Ars Technica

The World Science Festival’s
panel on Probability and Risk
started out in an unusual manner:
MIT’s Josh Tennenbaum strode
onto a stage and flipped a coin
five times, claiming he was
psychically broadcasting each
result to the audience. The
audience dutifully wrote down the
results they thought he had seen
on note cards, and handed them in
when the experiment was over.
Towards the end of the program,
he announced there were low
odds that even one person in the
audience had guessed the right
order of results. When he
announced them, however, about
a dozen people raised their hands,
saying that was what they had
written down. Is Tennenbaum
psychic? The audience sprinkled
with liars?
Neither, according to
Tennenbaum. Instead, we’re the
victims of our own tendency to
expect that a series of coin tosses
will produce results that look
in fact, that if the coin flips do The funny thing is that this isn’t various possible results, it’s produced in the 1930s, and it was
satisfyingly random to us. As a
happen to produce one of these the product of some mental possible to see a pattern of peaks obvious that the pattern was
result, we’re unlikely to suggest a
random looking patterns, it’ll be weakness—Tennenbaum at random-looking series and nearly identical—what we think
series of four heads followed by a
overrepresented in whatever suggested that it’s the product of valleys at the ones that chance of as random appears to be quite
tails. In the same way, we’re
crowd we’re testing. Instant an excellent built-in sense of what would seem to disfavor. stable.
likely to end up choosing
psychic ability, with built in makes for a random pattern. If Comparing the graph generated RISK, page 47
something like TTHTH. So likely,
statistical significance. you graph the frequency of from our audience to one
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RISK,
continued from page 46
The one exception, he noted, was
when he performed the
experiment with a math-savvy
audience. There, a part of the
audience recognizes that any
series is equally probable, so they
are more likely to put down all
heads or all tails. Subverting
wisdom
Although Tennenbaum clearly
felt that our intuitive feel for
randomness was a positive
feature, other speakers on the
panel noted that human decision-
making could obviously get stuck
or be manipulated. Mathematician
Amir Aczel mentioned that many
trained mathematicians can’t wrap
their heads around the Monty Hall
problem, in which changing
probabilities dictate how you
should act on a popular game
show. It’s relatively easy to run
through the probabilities that
show which action you should
take, but the answer remains
counterintuitive—even for those
with an exceptional grasp of math.
And that’s assuming, as co-
panelist Gerd Gigerenzer noted,
that Monty isn’t being malicious.
A crowd experiment run by
physicist Leonard Mlodinow
showed how easy it is to
manipulate a people’s answers to
simple questions without doing
anything overt. Mlodinow divided
the audience in half, and asked
both halves separately to estimate
the number of countries in Africa.
This is a standard “wisdom of the
crowds” sort of question, where
the mean should be somewhere
close to the actual number.
Instead, the two groups had wildly
divergent means, with one half of
the audience answering well
above the actual answer, the
second significantly below.
How’d he manage this? Prior to
asking the actual number,
Mlodinow had asked a question
that subtly primed each group. For
one half of the audience, he asked
if they thought there were more
than 180 countries in Africa; this
group ended up with a much
higher mean. The second half was
asked if there were more than
five. Their answers were, on
average, too low. Although this
was a case of conscious
manipulation, it’s easy to see how
a similar effect could be generated
accidentally, simply based on (for
example) the order of questions in
a survey. How do we fix this?
Does all this mean that humans
will perpetually remain stuck
when it comes to risk and
probability? Possibly not, but we
have to be careful. That was the
message of Gerd Gigerenzer, who
helps train decision makers in
how to evaluate probabilities.
Gigerenzer consistently noted that
language was important when it
comes to dealing with
probabilities.
The most compelling example he
gave was one he used when
working in medical education. He
described the probabilities
associated with a breast cancer
test: one percent of women tested
have the disease, and the test is 90
percent accurate, with a nine
percent false positive rate. With
all that information, what do you
tell a woman who tests positive
about the likelihood they have the
disease? For a lot of people in
medicine, the question leaves
them stumped; a typical survey of
doctors (and the World Science
Festival audience) reveals that
there’s no single consensus about
the probability that the test
indicates a real case of cancer.
Gigerenzer then rephrased the
statistics: if we ignore the
negative tests, nine times out of
ten, a positive test for cancer is a
false positive. Put that way, it’s
easy to see that you can tell the
person who got a positive result in
the test that there’s still only a ten
percent chance that she has
cancer. The use of language
makes all the difference.
In short, we’ve got a good idea of
some of the things that the human
brain does when when it comes to
probabilities, and an even better
Culture/ 47
idea of all the ways in which it
goes wrong. If we really want
people to understand a given
probability, then we have to play
to the human brain’s strengths,
and adjust how we present the
information. But there’s not a lot
we can do if someone decides to
intentionally target the brain’s
weak spots.
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School Webcam Spy Scandal Resurfaces
David Kravets (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:48:00 AM
A suburban Philadelphia school
district embroiled in a webcam
spy scandal was hit Tuesday with
new allegations that a student-
issued laptop secretly recorded
more than 8,000 images.
The latest accusations, which
were said to occur during a 6-
month period ending September
2008, has left the high school
student “shocked, humiliated and
severely emotionally distressed,”
(.pdf) according to a federal
invasion-of-privacy lawsuit,
which seeks unspecified monetary
damages.
As part of an FBI investigation
and a lawsuit brought by a
different student, a judge had
contacted the boy’s parents
informing him of the breach, and
invited them to view the pictures.
The youth’s parents were shown
4,404 webcam photographs and
3,978 screenshots captured with
the Lower Merion School District
-issued MacBook.
The amount of photos represents
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the largest publicly known
number of images secretly
recorded in the webcam scandal.
The latest lawsuit follows the
October out-of-court settlement in
which the district agreed to pay
$610,000 to end two privacy
lawsuits brought by two students
who were also victims of the
webcam spying scandal. Federal
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Prosecutors and the FBI opened
an inquiry following a February
2010 privacy lawsuit accusing
administrators of spying on
students with webcams on the
2,300 district-issued laptops.
The 7,000-pupil district was
originally sued in federal court on
allegations it was undertaking a
dragnet surveillance program
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allegation the district has
repeatedly denied.
The original suit was based on a
claim by a sophomore who was
reprimanded for “improper
behavior” based on photos the
computer secretly took of the boy
at home. One picture shows him
asleep at home.
In all, about 400 photos were
taken of that sophomore. The
senior who settled in October
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Top 10 Catchiest Commercial Jingles

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Submitted at 6/8/2011 9:00:56 AM
Abandon all hope, ye who enter
here.
In other words, if you want to
maintain the ability for
uninterrupted thought, coherent
conversation and even your
sanity, stop reading now. Turn
back before it's too late. For if you
continue reading, you'll certainly
find these earworms boring holes
deep into your brain. In fact,
many millions of dollars paid to
top marketing minds ensure just
this: You'll never forget these
jingles.
But with so many evil goodies,
it's hard to choose just 10. So let's
set some ground rules. First, these
jingles must in fact be jingles, and
not simply slogans. So nix the
famous Mentos commercial from
which you remember the faux-
sexy Euro voice exclaiming "the
freshmaker!" but don't actually
remember the tune that precedes
it.
Second, for the purpose of this
list, we'll include only jingles that
are more than just a line with the
company name. Sorry, "Like a
good neighbor, State Farm is
there!" "Rice-A-Roni, the San
Francisco treat!" and "The best
part of waking up is Folgers in
your cup!"
Yes, these are painful losses, and
the line between a simple
company motto set to music and a
true jingle is a fuzzy one, but this
is a long list, and desperate times
call for desperate cuts.
With those rules in mind, and
with full awareness that you
release us from any responsibility
for lost work time or any family
strife the following jingles may
cause, read on.
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Gwen Stefani in
Harajuku Style at Her
Japan Fundraiser in LA
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:27:03 AM
Gwen Stefani paid homage to her
love of Japanese culture yesterday
as she arrived to host a
fundraising tea party for the
earthquake-stricken country. She
had her No Doubt bandmates
Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, and
Adrian Young by her side as she
showed up at Culver City, CA's
Royal/T Cafe in Harajuku style,
wearing cherry blossoms in her
hair and a kimono-inspired
romper. Gwen has been finding
ways to give back to Japan ever
since the disaster and also
auctioned off some memorabilia
on eBay earlier this year to help
earn money for the cause. She and
her band are also planning to put
out a new album soon and have
been in the studio working on new
tracks since last year. The
foursome are rumored to be
gearing up for a major tour and
the release of their first album in a
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UK and France seek UN resolution on Syria
(AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE))
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:04:16 PM
European powers are increasing
pressure for a UN Security
C o u n c i l v o t e
condemning Syria's bloody
government crackdown on pro-
democracy protests in the country.
Britain, France, Germany and
Portugal have circulated a draft
resolution that would condemn
the government's acts and demand
an immediate end to the violence
in Syria.
However, the proposal falls short
of calling for military action or
further UN sanctions against the
Syrian government.
"Today in New York, Britain and
France will be tabling a resolution
at the Security Council
condemning the repression and
demanding accountability and
humanitarian access," David
Cameron, the British prime
minister, said on Wednesday.
"And if anyone votes against that
resolution or tries to veto it, that
should be on their conscience," he
told parliament members.
A day earlier, Alain Juppe,
the French foreign
minister, condemned what he
called "the repression" in Syria,
saying it was getting worse.
"The massacres are on the rise. It
is inconceivable that the United
Nations remains silent on such a
matter," Juppe said.
"We are working with our UK
friends to have as large a majority
as possible on the Security
Council. I think we have to move
to a vote so that everyone can
assume their responsibilities."
Russia, citing NATO's
inconclusive bombing of the
Libyan capital, Tripoli, said it
would veto intervention against
Syria in the Security Council.
'Struck by fear'
Meanwhile in Syria, the unrest
continued as residents of the
northern town of Jisr al-Shughur
fled amid fears of a military
crackdown, two days after the
government vowed retaliation for
the alleged killings of 120
security personnel.
Locals said many residents were
fleeing the area for the Turkish
border about 20km away, before
the expected assault.
About 160 Syrians crossed into
Turkey in two separate waves on
Wednesday, an AFP news agency
reporter at the scene said.
"People were struck by fear and
panic after the government
statements ... it's clear they are
preparing for a major massacre,'' a
resident told the AP news agency
on Tuesday.
Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaar's,
the interior minister, said on
Monday that "the state will act
firmly, with force".
Politics-Left/ 51
conducting military operations in
Jisr al-Shughur for several days as
part of a crackdown on anti-
government protests. Activists say
42 people have been killed.
State television reported that 120
members of the security forces
were killed in an ambush on
Monday by "armed gangs" who
The large number of Syrians our concerns." had "mutilated bodies and thrown
fleeing the country amid the Erdogan called on Damascus to others into the Assi river" and
crackdown on protesters is deeply show more tolerance towards its burnt public buildings.
worrying, the head of the United citizens after the latest clashes in Activists said the security
Nations refugee body said on the northwest. forces were shot by government
Wednesday. "We hope Syria will be more troops, after they refused to open
"There is a meaningful number of tolerant towards civilians and fire on civilians.
Syrians who have crossed the implement persuasive reforms so Foreign journalists are barred
border into Turkey ... and of the transitional process can be from travelling around Syria,
course this is an area of enormous effective," he said. making it difficult to report on the
concern to us," Antonio Guterres, Fleeing Syrians are being housed unrest and verify government and
the UN High Commissioner for in tents set up by the Red eyewitness accounts of the
Refugees, told reporters in Crescent in the Yayladagi district violence.
Stockholm. of southern Turkey's Hatay Activists say about 1,100 people
Turkey criticism province, state-run Anatolian have been killed in Syria since
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's news agency reported. anti-government protests began in
prime minister, has said his A foreign ministry official said March.
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Gaddafi forces shell rebel-held Misurata

(AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE))
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:39:54 PM

NATO has sought broader

support from its members for
its bombing campaign in Libya
[AFP]
Thousands of troops loyal to
Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan
leader, have advanced on the rebel
-held western city of Misurata,
shelling it from two sides, in
attacks that have reportedly killed
at least 12 rebels.
"He has sent thousands of troops
from all sides and they are trying
to enter the city. They are still
outside, though," Hassan al-
Misrati, a rebel spokesman, told
Reuters on Wednesday from
inside the town.
Al Jazeera correspondent Tony
Birtley, reporting from Misurata,
said Gaddafi troops have shelled
the city’s frontline.
"In a two-pronged attack, forces
loyal to Gaddafi have attacked in
the west as well as east of the
city," he said.
"As per reports there has been
heavy casualty on the sides of the
rebels." being made by Gaddafi forces in "They are now using anti-aircraft recognition. Yesterday, Mikhail Margelov, a
Our correspondent said: "We the last couple of days and they weapons," he said. Spain on Wednesday said it had Russian envoy who also visited
have also been told that the have been pushed back." The offensive followed a drop in recognised the rebel National Benghazi, said that Gaddafi had
Gaddafi troops have fired grad There was no immediate NATO bombing of Tripoli on Transitional Council [NTC] as the lost his legitimacy.
rockets and Milan wire-guided comment from the Libyan leader's Wednesday, after 24 hours of country's only representative. "Russia is ready to help now;
missiles. government. some of the heaviest "I'm here today to confirm that the Russia is ready to help politically,
"There has been non-stops of Abdulrahman, a rebel spokesman bombardments of the Libyan National Transitional Council is economically and in other
firing and landings of grad rockets from Zintan, said that Gaddafi's capital since air strikes began in the only legitimate representative possible ways," Margelov said.
throughout the day but no NATO forces had also shelled the March. of the Libyan people," Trinidad "We are as a prominent member
strikes have taken place at the western town on Wednesday Diplomatic recognition Jimenez, the Spanish foreign of the National Security Council,
moment." morning, after massing large Meanwhile, the Libyan rebels minister told reporters in the
"There has been probing attacks GADDAFI page 53
numbers of troops towards it. continue to gain diplomatic eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.
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we are, as a member of G8, ready

to carry our part of responsibility
for the future of these extremely
important Arab and African
nations."
In a break from its earlier stands,
China on Friday said it was
reaching out for the first time to
the Libyan rebel council, with the
country's ambassador to Qatar
meeting with the head NTC in
Doha, the Qatari capital.
NATO s tretched
NATO vowed on Wednesday to
keep up its relentless bombing
campaign in Libya until Gaddafi
steps down.
NATO allies meeting in Brussels
pledged to stay in Libya "for as
long as necessary" and commit
the "necessary means" to the
military campaign.
On Tuesday, Gaddafi said in an
audio message broadcast by
Libyan state television that he
would fight to the death.
The North Atlantic block has
sought more support from its
members for the bombing
campaign in Libya, given that the
alliance's air power has been
stretched by the latest strikes.
With only half of the 28 NATO
countries taking part in the
mission, Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
the NATO secretary-general and
Liam Fox, the British defence
minister, called on member states
to step up their participation.
Sweden announced on
Wednesday that it will extend the
mission of Swedish jets taking
part in Libya reconnaissance
missions by three months when it
expires on June 22.
However, one of the alliance's
most powerful members,
Germany, has refused to take part
in the mission and that looked
unlikely to change on Wednesday.
"We will not change our position
concerning the military action.
We will not participate,'' Christian
Schmidt, Germany's foreign
minister, said.
Spain said it would not join the
mission, despite now recognising
the rebels.
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Zawahiri vows to continue al-Qaeda's jihad

(AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE)) lands," he was quoted as saying in out in their millions in the streets
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considered the group's operational operational head, heaped praise now role in today's Arab world,"
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"We will pursue the jihad until we Zawahiri is an irrelevant figure in the guru is dead. have found their voice, and are
expel the invaders from Muslim today's Arab world.

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Torchwood Exclusive
Video: Rex Matheson
Finds Miracle Day a Pain
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:00:00 AM
Mekhi Phifer
When conspiracies touch
Torchwood, no one is safe. But
this upcoming season, perhaps too
many people are safe.
When sci-fi series Torchwood:
Miracle Day premieres its fourth
season on Friday, July 8 at 10/9c
on Starz, we'll be introduced to a
worldwide miracle: a day on
which no one dies. Sounds pretty
good, right?
Check out the rest of today's
news
Well, not if you ask Rex
Matheson ( Mekhi Phifer), a
former CIA agent who went
through something pretty
gruesome on Miracle Day. Since
then, he's had an eye-opening
experience and would like to
share a few choice words with
you:
Paranoid much? Knowing
Torchwood, it's probably a good
idea to listen to him. Keep an eye
out online to see what some of
Rex's friends — including Capt.
Jack Harkness ( John
Barrowman), Gwen Cooper ( Eve
Myles), Oswald Danes ( Bill
Pullman), Jilly Kitzinger ( Lauren
Ambrose) and Esther Drummond
( Alexa Havins) — have to say
about what Miracle Day means to
them.
What do you think? Are you
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Torchwood? Related Links Other
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'Don't Stop Believing' Send-
Off on 'Today' (VIDEO)
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Lauer sitting at a piano lip-
synching Journey's 'Don't Stop
Believing' would be an odd sight
on your average edition
of'Today'(weekdays, 7AM on
NBC). Even stranger? Abe
Vigoda waiting in the green room
to hug Meredith Vieira, also
dancing, kind of, to Journey. That
was just for starters Wednesday as
a mix of 'Today' staff members
and celebrities got together to
give Vieira a farewell lip-dub
send-off on her last day.
Everyone wore a T-shirt with
their first name, then a symbol,
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on the front. Vieira was led
through the studio and eventually
out into the street by Ann Curry,
Al Roker, Kathie Lee Gifford and
Hoda Kotb at different points.
Jimmy Fallon showed up to mime
the guitar solo on a Fender
Stratocaster while leading the
parade.
It all ended with a large group of
people in the street singing to
Vieira as Vigoda embraced her. It
was obviously a surprise for
Vieira, who cried and laughed the
whole way through. And Vigoda
looked pretty nimble, too.
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Battlefield 3
tanks us with 8
minutes of
deserted
gameplay
Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:00:00 PM

Roy Skelton, Voice 'Teen Mom' If you want the full EA press
conference experience, put two
strobe lights on either side of your

of Daleks on 'Doctor Season 3 Trailer: monitor, make sure your

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Strength-Training
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Vitamin D screening for
everyone? Not so fast
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(Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:19:59 AM
Vitamin D screening for
everyone? Not so fast
If your doctor suggests
measuring your blood levels of
vitamin D at your next physical,
ask why, particularly if you’re not
at-risk for vitamin D deficiency.
New guidelines from the
Endocrine Society, released
online this week, say the
screening is generally necessary
only for individuals at risk for
deficiency. That echoes our recent
advice on vitamin D testing.
The new guidelines from the
Endocrine Society suggested
specific dietary intakes of vitamin
D as well as treatments for
specific at-risk groups, including
infants, children, obese adults,
older adults, and pregnant women.
It recommends against using
supplementation to prevent
cardiovascular disease or death or
to enhance quality of life. For the
most part, the vitamin D levels
suggested in the Endocrine
Society’s guidance mirror the
amounts recommended by the
Institute of Medicine last fall.
However, the Society’s guidance
provides more detail on how to
treat someone with an established
vitamin D deficiency.
The average American is not
deficient in vitamin D and
consumes adequate amounts
through supplements or foods,
according to the IOM. On the
other hand, our medical
consultants say those at risk for
deficiency could benefit from
having their blood levels of
vitamin D tested. That includes
people with markedly weak bones
and those with celiac disease or
other ailments that impair the
body's ability to absorb the
vitamin from food. It’s less clear
is whether testing makes sense for
people who are at slightly
increased risk of low levels
because they are overweight, don't
get much sun exposure, or eat
little vitamin-D rich foods.
Bottom line: Before you get your
vitamin D level measured, ask
your doctor why you might need
to. In terms of how much you
vitamin D you should aim for,
from food and supplements, stick
with the IOM's recommendation:
600 IU for adults up to age 70 and
800 IU for those older than 70.
Foods that naturally contain or are
fortified with vitamin D include
cod-liver oil, button mushrooms,
eggs, fortified milk and soy
products, mackerel, sardines, and
wild Alaskan or sockeye salmon.
If you opt for a supplement, look
for a product with the"USP
Verified" mark, which means it
meets standards of quality, purity,
and potency set by the nonprofit
U.S. Pharmacopeia. If you get
some midday sun exposure during
the warmer months and regularly
consume vitamin D-rich foods,
you probably don't need
supplements. People who are
middle-aged or otherwise at risk
of vitamin D deficiency, including
those who are overweight or have
darker skin, might need
supplements. Even then, the
amount in most multivitamins is
probably enough.
Read more about vitamin D
deficiency and testing.
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:00:00 PM
Every week in this space, we’ll
take a look at the news and offer
our own incisive blend of
commentary, analysis, and poop
jokes. The news you need, from a
voice you can trust, in the 90
seconds you have to spare: that’s
Woot Weads the Wire.
NEW YORK ( UPI) -- Rep.
Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., said
Monday he lied to his wife,
constituents and others about
sending a lewd photo to a woman
on Twitter, but will not resign.
Sources close to the Senator say
they are expecting him to stick it
out as long as he can, no matter
how hard it may become.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ( UPI) --
With nearly 1,200 tornadoes
reported so far, the 2011 season is
destined for the U.S. tornado
record book, meteorologists say.
In a related story, munchkins are
demanding the Wizard focus
immediately on the lax
immigration policy of Oz.
LOS ANGELES ( UPI) -- Former
child star Dakota Fanning has
graduated from the private high
school Campbell Hall in North
Hollywood, UsMagazine.com
reported.
Curated News Edition
Sources say she's already looking
forward to joining Jodie Foster
and the Olsen Twins as people
who creepy Internet stalkers
finally give up on the day after
they turn eighteen.
WASHINGTON ( UPI) --
Zookeepers in Washington say
they have their ducks in a row just
in case their giant panda Mei
Xiang becomes pregnant.
Zookeepers in China say orderly
ducks have nothing to do with
panda reproduction and the
zookeepers in Washington should
stop being so stupid.
AUSTIN, Texas ( UPI) --
Psychologists at the University of
Texas said they are keeping the
art of the limerick alive by
integrating the whimsical poems
with department functions.
However the professor from
Nantucket is looking into filing a
harassment suit.
WASHINGTON ( UPI) -- Corn
planting is closing in on 90
percent completed, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture said
Monday.
But experts have doubts, saying
there is currently just one seed,
and if it goes off-line early, the
harvest could be delayed for
weeks.
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Pro-Form Strapless Heart When installing

Rate Monitor and Step Pro wood flooring,
Pedometer Bundle plan for traffic
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal) monitor that delivers a fast and • Hi/Lo target zone alarm Consumer Reports News
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As we say in the pedometer z o n e a l a r m , c a l c u l a t e t h e • Alarm When installing wood flooring,
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Have You Quit Mint.com? New Search Tool Helps

Ben Popken (The Consumerist)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:00:00 PM
(Hint: Instead of trying to delete
the account, go into one of them
regardless of the actual outcome.
This means one must repeatedly
You Find Credit Unions
Mint.com started as a darling of
and mark it as closed).
One ex-Mint lover writes
email tech support over the same
issue. More complaints fill With Decent Credit Cards
free online personal finance C o n s u m e r i s t : Mint.com's support forum. Some Chris Morran (The find credit unions by name,
management tools but the love Check the angst around frustrated users report they've Consumerist) location, employer, military status
affair has soured for some users AccessGroup loans, the largest defected back to Yodlee's Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:30:00 AM and FICO score.
since the site was acquired by graduate school loan provider in MoneyCenter. For now, the search only has a
Intuit back in 2009. At first it was the nation. (and other similar "The dirty, behind the scenes As many of the bigger banks limited number of credit unions in
complaints about the ads for forum posts) thing is just how complex it is," have reacted to credit card its database, meaning your results
Quicken and other Intuit products AccessGroup accounts simply Mint.com's founder told CNN regulation by nickel-and-diming may be far from comprehensive.
and some of the fun language and stopped working through Mint for Money back in Oct. 2010. their customers, a number of But it's not a bad place to start if
tone getting lost. But in late 2010 several months, with weekly "it's But,"Intuit's platform is getting people have begun looking to not- you're thinking about switching to
Mint switched their backend fixed!" form emails emanating better at a much faster pace now." for-profit credit unions as a lower- a credit union.
system from Yodlee to Quicken's from "tech support." While Mint Personally Mint never really did cost alternative. Unfortunately, This entry passed through the
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Proverbs 12:13 (06-08-11)

(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 2:00:00 AM
An evil man is trapped by his
sinful talk, but a righteous man
escapes trouble.
— Proverbs 12:13(NIV) Thoughts
on Today's Verse... Our mouths
can sure get us into trouble, can't
they! This is especially true for
someone whose heart is tainted by
evil. Talk reveals so much about
our interior life, and an evil
person has a lot to hide! But that
brings us to ourselves. What does
our talk reveal about us? Does it
help us escape trouble or does it
reveal festering evil in our souls?
My Prayer... O Lord God, may the
words of my mouth and the
thoughts of my heart be pure and
holy in your sight. Through your
cleansing Spirit, purify my spirit,
heart, and body so that I may
serve you in honor and
righteousness. Strengthen me so
that when I do open my mouth,
the words that come out clearly
reveal that you are in charge of
my life. In Jesus' name I pray.
Amen.
Curated News Edition
Giant Monkey Invasion!!! (And
How To Build Your Own)
(Woot! - One Day, One Deal)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 4:50:00 PM
"It was May 11, 2011 - a day like
most any other day," writes
wooter Maniacmous in his
account of buying and opening
Woot's most recent Bag O'Crap.
Little did Maniacmous know that
clicking that big orange oval
would set in motion a chain of
events that brought this
monumental visitor into his home.
Read on for the story behind the
Giant Woot Monkey Cut-Out, an
epic tale of vision, toil, and
plywood...
Woot's own Travis Moneta was
the master builder who conceived
and built not one, but three such
works of art. "I first created a
budget of $90 for all three and
went to the store for supplies," he
says. "Upon my return from
Home Depot, I drew the monkey
on paper and put gridlines on it. I
took the gridlines and scaled them
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Surrounded by a midnight-blue
sea and nestled amid picturesque
up for the 8x4 boards."
"I then cut, sanded, painted the
wood and attached brackets,"
Travis continues.
The result is the trio you see
before you. Bask in their majesty.
C'mon, c'mon, make with the
basking already.
But did you notice something a
mountains, this heavenly hotel is
only a short ferry ride away from
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picture."
We know the black-caped
monkey found a good home with
Maniacmous. But what about the
other two? "The green one is
flying to Vegas and will be on
tour at Zappos for an unspecified
length of time," Travis says. "The
red one will stay in Woot HQ for
a while, but will most likely end
up in a BoC."
So take heart, wooters. If you're
jealous of Maniacmous, lazier
than Travis, and don't work at
Zappos, you could still experience
the giant monkey experience. To
get a shot at it, all you have to do
is buy a future Bag O' Crap. Easy,
little different about the monkey
right?
in red? Take it away, Travis: "I
As always, share your BOC
created a value-add side project
conquests and gawk at the
for the red caped monkey. I made
trophies of your fellow wooters in
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letters. Most people change the
Photos by Travis Moneta and
letter to the first letter of their first
Maniacmous.
name before they put their face
behind the monkey and take their
the mainland port of Piraeus.
Spend the day lounging by the
glamorous infinity pool and you'll
feel just like a Greek goddess.
61
Dept. of
Education sics
S.W.A.T. team
on woman who
defaulted on
student loans.
(The Feed)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 8:48:15 AM
Via News 10:
STOCKTON, CA – Kenneth
Wright does not have a criminal
record and he had no reason to
believe a S.W.A.T team would be
breaking down his door at 6 a.m.
on Tuesday.
“I look out of my window and I
see 15 police officers,” Wright
said.
Wright came downstairs in his
boxer shorts as a S.W.A.T team
barged through his front door.
Wright said an officer grabbed
him by the neck and led him
outside on his front lawn.
“He had his knee on my back and
I had no idea why they were
there,” Wright said. . .
Unbelievable.— Greg Pollowitz
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Clarett says athletes to blame, not Ohio State
- Associated Press
(- Bing News)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:03:33 PM
AP Photo/Nati Harnik
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) --
Former Ohio State running back
Maurice Clarett blames athletes
rather than coaches and fans for
the culture that created problems
in the Buckeyes' football program.
"There's no secret regime, there's
no secret congregation of people
who sit around at Ohio State who
gives young guys money," Clarett
said Wednesday on The Dan
Patrick Show. "Anything that any
player goes and gets is all based
on him and who he meets in the
community. The coaches and the
university have no control over
what the young guy's doing."
The NCAA is investigating Ohio
State players who allegedly
received improper benefits and
special deals on cars. Five players
have been suspended for the first
five games this fall for trading
signed jerseys, championship
rings and other items for cash and
discounted tattoos from a
Columbus tattoo-parlor owner.
Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel was
forced to resign last week for
knowing about the players'
involvement but not reporting it
as required by his contract and
NCAA rules. Star quarterback
Terrelle Pryor, one of those
suspended and a subject of the
NCAA probe, announced Tuesday
that he would not return for his
senior season.
Clarett, ruled ineligible after
carrying Ohio State to its first
national championship in 34 years
in 2002, said the university cannot
control everything that players do.
"There wasn't any coach or any
booster or any member in or
around Ohio State who helps you
get a car," Clarett said, recalling
his own time on campus. "It
doesn't go on. It's just guys doing
what they want to. People will
forever do what they want to. It's
nothing more than young guys
making mistakes."
Clarett questioned the foundation
of big-time college football,
where universities and coaches
make millions off athletes yet the
players get in trouble with the
NCAA for accepting cash for
autographs or memorabilia.
"Why are they even in that
position? Why is it that a
university can profit $20 million,
$30 million, $40 million and these
guys are in the position that they
have to sell their memorabilia -
the only thing they have of value
at that point?" Clarett said. "Why
are they even in that position to
do that, when there's enough
money to go around?"
Once an elite running back
recruit, Clarett seized the starting
tailback job before the 2002
season opener and caught the
nation's attention when he piled
up 230 yards rushing in a victory
over Washington State - still the
sixth-highest single-game total in
school history.
Despite nagging injuries, Clarett
continued to play well as Ohio
State went through the season
unbeaten and was selected as the
Big Ten's top freshman.
In the Fiesta Bowl, which served
as the Bowl Championship Series
national championship, Clarett
bulled over the middle in the
second overtime for the winning
touchdown in No. 2 Ohio State's
dramatic 31-24 upset of top-
ranked Miami.
Clarett, who rushed for 1,237
yards in his only season, was
suspended the following summer
for taking improper benefits,
including cars. He never played in
another college game.
He did not blame his ineligibility
on boosters.
"People didn't reach out to me. I
reached out to people," he said.
"Just when you're traveling
around the community, I reached
out to people: 'Hey, I'm struggling
with this. Hey, I need help with
this.'"
Clarett sued the NFL to enter the
draft before he had been out of
high school for three years, but
lost on appeal. From there, his life
spiraled out of control.
He pleaded guilty in September
2006 to having a gun hidden in
his SUV and holding up two
people outside a Columbus bar in
a separate case. He was sentenced
to 7 1/2 years in prison, and was
released in early 2010 after
serving 3 1/2 years.
Clarett played last year for the
Omaha Nighthawks of the United
Football League.
He accused Ohio State of
academic fraud during the
investigation spurred by his
improper-benefits case in 2003.
But on Wednesday, he said he had
lied and manipulated the professor
to get good grades.
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Going to prison had altered his
view of the world, Clarett said.
Five years ago, he said he might
have celebrated that Ohio State
and Tressel were going through
the NCAA problems they are
now. But that isn't the way he
feels.
Clarett also said he did not
consider Tressel, who until a few
months ago had a squeaky clean
image around the country, to be a
cheater or a fraud.
"You can't be a fraud for 30 years.
It's impossible," he said. "People
can smell a fraud in the first
month, two, three, four, five
months. They're going to be
exposed. To do what that man has
done ... it's wrong for that man to
get dealt like that."
Asked where his national
championship ring is, Clarett said,
"That's at my mother's house.
There's not one piece of
memorabilia that I don't have."
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Puck Headlines: Baby Sens win Calder Cup;
Bryzgalov update
Sean Leahy (Y! Sports Blogs -
Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:46:13 AM
Here are your Puck Headlines: a
glorious collection of news and
views collected from the greatest
blogosphere in sports and the few,
the proud, the mainstream hockey
media.
• Congratulations to the
Binghamton Senators who
defeated the Houston Aeros to
claim the AHL's Calder Cup in six
games ... even if they tempted the
hockey gods as parade plans
leaked prematurely. Goaltender
Robin Lehner was named playoff
MVP. [ BSens]
• It looks like it's either Michael
Ryder or Rich Peverley taking the
place of Nathan Horton on the
Bruins' top line. [ CSNNE]
• Alain Vigneault mentioned this
morning that the Canucks have
talked to the NHL about Tim
Thomas venturing away from his
crease. [ Vancouver Sun]
• The fact that Mike Murphy
consulted with Brian Burke about
his standard for suspensions in
regular season and the playoffs
when deliberating the Aaron
Rome suspension has apparently
angered the Canucks given the
current Toronto GM's history with
Vancouver's owners. [ Globe &
Mail]
• Nick Cotsonika on the Boston
Bruins' postgame jacket and the
hope that Nathan Horton, despite
being out for the season, will be
able to hand out the next one. [ Y!
Sports]
• We've seen Canucks fans
everywhere during the playoffs
and now they're even invading the
World Series of Poker in Las
Vegas. [ Poker Listings] s/t Chris
H.
• "According to the B.C.
government's annual list of most
popular baby names, 26 babies
were named Linden in 2010.
Other popular Canucks-related
baby names last year included
Mason (106), Daniel (91),
Christian (20), Tanner (19) and
Kesler (5)." What, no Bieksa? [
The Province]
• The Chicago Tribune has
unearthed photographic evidence
of linesman Steve Miller picking
up the Stanley Cup-winning puck
despite him denying ever touching
it in an ESPN article in April. [
Trib]
• Bill Guerin has been hired by
the Pittsburgh Penguins as a
player development coach. Guerin
"will be responsible for working
with young prospects throughout
the Penguins' organization —
assisting in the development of
players in the minor leagues as
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well as junior and college
hockey." [ Penguins]
• Former NBA player Popeye
Jones has a 16-year old son that's
projected to be a top-10 NHL
draft pick in 2013. [ Post Game]
• The Philadelphia Flyers have the
rights to Ilya Bryzgalov. Now,
can they sign him before he hits
the open market on July 1? [
Philly.com]
• Sign Bryz, trade Bob? [
Frequent Flyers]
• According to Fox Sports
Arizona, Bryzgalov was looking
at an eight-to-10-year deal worth
$7-$8 million a season. [ FSA]
• The people at Comcast Sportsnet
New England had a little fun with
Alex Burrows after Game 3. s/t
Jon B.
• Trevor Gretzky, son of The
Great One, was selected in the
seventh round of yesterday's
Major League Baseball draft by
the Chicago Cubs. Young Gretzky
has committed to playing baseball
at San Diego State. [ Cubs]
• Forbes reports that Jim Balsillie
has been told by Gary Bettman
that if he behaves, he will
eventually get an NHL, and
thanks for all the sponsorship
money. [ Forbes]
• Dustin Byfuglien on playing in
Winnipeg next season: "It should
be good. It's definitely going to be
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Haslett on Haynesworth: ‘He doesn’t want to

do anything’
Doug Farrar (Y! Sports Blogs -
Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:40:51 AM

I'll say this for Jimmy Haslett. He

tried. He did everything he
possibly could to get the uber-rich
but lethally unproductive human
tree stump Albert Haynesworth to
buy into the Redksins'program.
He had to know that when he
repaced Greg Blache as the team's
defensive coordinator in 2010 and
tried to install a 3-4 defense, he
was doing so with personnel more
aligned to 4-3 schemes.
That's a switch that usually leads
to coaches losing their jobs (ask
Eric Mangini and Herm
Edwards), but Haslett honestly
thought that he could make it go.
What he didn't count on was that
his most expensive player would
refuse to do just about anything in (13 solo) and 2.5 sacks. And when anything. To me that's the issue 'OK, if you're not going to do it, Haynesworth's self-imposed
the new system. Haynesworth Haslett did a recent interview with He's one of those guys you walk let's not do it. Let's play nickel, limitations; the defense wound up
couldn't pass Mike Shanahan's 101 ESPN radio in St. Louis, he in a meeting and you tell him, 'Put play the 3-technique.' playing more four-man nickel
bizarre conditioning tests, tried to be diplomatic — he down the phone.' The next day Then, it got to the point where he fronts than personnel really
malingered, goldbricked on the started the spot by saying that he you have to tell him to put down said, 'I don't want to play first- allowed, in part to make it work
field, and simply and obviously liked Haynesworth and thought the phone. The next day, you tell and second-down nickel. I just with a guy who was supposed to
refused to give maximum effort the player might still be dominant him to put down the phone. want to play third-down nickel.' be unblockable when he signed a
during games, which is about the as he used to be if he played in a You tell him, 'Don't read the Oh my God, you're relegating ridiculous $100 million contract
most unforgiveable breach of more friendly scheme. But then, newspaper in meetings.' The next yourself to 10-15 snaps a game. (over $40 million guaranteed) in
player protocol imaginable — at perhaps incensed by his own need day you have to tell him the same Then after that he didn't want to February of 2009.
that point, you're not just helping to adapt around what thing. It doesn't stick; it's an every do the blitzes, he just wanted to The Redskins owe Haynesworth
your team lose, you're putting Haynesworth wouldn't and -day thing. rush. "just" $5.4 million in base salary
your teammates in harm's way. couldn't do in a 3-4, Haslett went He just didn't want to play in this I've watched enough 2010 in 2011; they had to bite the big
In just eight games last season, off a bit. scheme. He didn't want to play in Redskins film to know that one last year with his $21 million
Haynesworth put together some He can do almost anything he the 3-4. He didn't want to do the Haslett isn't overstating his
rather pathetic totals — 16 tackles wants. He doesn't want to do things we wanted. Then we said, willingness to work around HASLETT page 65
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Usain Bolt, Caster Semenya ready to
run at Diamond League meet in Oslo
as worlds loom - Washington Post
(- Bing News)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:34:55 AM
“It’s going to be weird, but it
should be good,” Bolt said. “I’m
definitely going out there to run
hard and see what I need to
improve more.”
Bolt won the 100 at his first race
of the year in a Diamond League
event in Rome two weeks ago and
is now aiming to take his recovery
up another notch after missing
part of last season with Achilles’
and back problems.
“I’m just trying to get my form
back together and get back to the
old Usain Bolt,” he said. “I’m just
focused on one thing, and that’s
the world championships.”
Bolt was more diplomat than
showman as he fielded questions
at a reception at Oslo City Hall a
day before the main event.
“I’ve heard it’s a great track and
I’m looking forward to going out
there and getting a fast time,” he
said. “But I need to get in shape
as quickly as possible because
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a change for everyone who has Varlamov with the Washington
been in Atlanta since they've been
in the league and it we're going to
have to get used to everyone
Capitals. [ Hockey Independent]
• Shane Doan looks like he'll join
a long list of NHL greats that will
knowing what we're doing and not
doing, that's for sure. There's good
end their careers without a
Stanley Cup. [ The Good Point]
everyone’s really putting their she said. “At the Bislett Games, and bad to that." [ Winnipeg Free • Finally, here's Puck Daddy
foot down.” the time is very important, Press] favorite Jack Edwards chiming in
South African middle-distance probably more important than first • Via Dirk Hoag, with the with his thoughts on Game 3:
runner Caster Semenya also is place.” Thrashers now gone from Atlanta,
competing as she continues her Semenya faces a strong field that i t o p e n s u p a m a r k e t i n g
comeback from a long layoff for also includes Mariya Savinova of opportunity for the Nashville
gender test following her victory Russia, one of the athletes who Predators. [ Nashville Post]
in the 800 at the 2009 worlds. called the South African’s gender • Looking at the future of Semyon
Forced to sit out a year, Semenya into question at the last worlds.
HASLETT
said it was tough to bounce back, Former world champion Janeth continued from page 64
but is starting to rediscover her Jepkosgei of Kenya, with a
best form. personal best of 1:56.04, is guaranteed option bonus (which free agent signing of the Dan
The 20-year-old said the episode another leading contender. they converted into a signing Snyder era (and boy howdy,
placed her under huge mental The worlds run from Aug. 27 to bonus), and all the salary in his THAT's saying something) will be
strain. Sept. 4 in South Korea. first two years was guaranteed. underachieving in a different
“It wasn’t easy to come back after Copyright 2011 The Associated This is the first season in which uniform in the future.
the IAAF ban, but this was the Press. All rights reserved. This the penalty for dropping him, or
goal,” Semenya said . material may not be published, trading him and eating some of
Semenya finished second in 1 b r o a d c a s t , r e w r i t t e n o r h i s s a l a r y , w o u l d n ' t b e a
minute, 58.88 seconds at the r e d i s t r i b u t e d . prohibitively expensive move.
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66 Sports/ Gaming/ Curated News Edition

Random musings of footballers before they

fall asleep…
Brooks Peck (Y! Sports Blogs - to him. ... Where is Mario without me. I would've done it
Yahoo! Sports) Balotelli when you need him? ... while wearing two watches. ...
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:14:05 AM Oh, there he is. Why is he driving Then, everyone still makes
his Maserati right at us at an cocaine jokes about me ALL THE
Antonio Cassano incredibly high rate of speed... TIME. Yes. I did cocaine. A lot of
If I have to hear Palombo tell me Zlatan Ibrahimovic it. And it almost made my heart
one more time about how sad he If this guy was on my team I explode. Get over it. ... Now. I
w a s w h e n S a m p d o r i a g o t would kick his face off of his have to figure out a way to keep
relegated, I'm going to stab myself face... the Italian tax authorities from
in the eye with Giuseppe Rossi. ... Ronaldo confiscating these headphones...
Seriously, how can a person be as I need an adult! I need an adult! Photos: AP, Reuters
rich as he is and still be so boring? Maradona info would've been useful before I anything. Because they are
... Maybe if I eat my finger, I can There are several things signed that contract without dinosaurs. ... Then, there's the fact
get out of this conversation. ... His bothering me right now. ... First, reading it. ... Then, there are the that I'm not still manager of
neck stars look like something who knew this Al Wasl thing was dinosaurs running FIFA. Argentina. I don't care if they end
Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue did more than just one match? That Dinosaurs should not be running up winning the Copa America

Wii U's Ninja Gaiden 3 based on 360/PS3

version
Ludwig Kietzmann (Joystiq) versions, but would offer some 2010). As it's so early in
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:20:00 PM changes beyond the addition of a development, Yasuda could only
subtitle. suggest that it "may not be a
Though still presented under a "Ninja Gaiden 3 for PS3 and 360 sequel to Dragon Sword."
working title, Ninja Gaiden 3: is the base of the Wii U version," Wii U's Ninja Gaiden 3 based on
Razor's Edge is one of the first Y a s u d a s a i d d u r i n g a n E 3 360/PS3 version originally
third-party games to be meeting. "Of course, we appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 08
a n n o u n c e d f o r N i n t e n d o ' s understood that we would need to Jun 2011 13:20:00 EST. Please
u p c o m i n g W i i U c o n s o l e . implement a particular gameplay see our terms for use of feeds.
Fumihiko Yasuda, lead on Ninja experience with Wii U, so we are combat action -- something uses for Nintendo's controller- Permalink| Email this| Comments
Gaiden 3, told Joystiq that Razor's studying what we can do with that different." screen hybrid, it remains in the
Edge would be based on next c o n s o l e . W e ' r e t h i n k i n g o f While Team Ninja attempts to planning stages for a 3DS Ninja
year's Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 different modes and different figure out the best, ultra-violent Gaiden game (announced at E3
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I live for hot-weather rides

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 5:27:19 PM
It's not quite yet hot enough, only
89 degrees.
Tomorrow we should hit 95.
On today's ride I reviewed the
idea of code-I-hate but have to
live with. I have two pieces of
code like that that I'm immersed
in.
O n e b i t
the ideas were, with the benefit of
hindsight, perfectly awful. The
code is still there.
There's a whole caching sub-
system that I put there myself that
I forgot was there until I went
looking for it earlier today. I
hadn't wanted to look. It was very
nicely coded, however, there was
a whole other caching system two
levels up that did the same thing,
i s but better. One of them is going.

Far Cry 3 preview: mainresponder.respond. Written

in 1999, it was meant to be the
end-all of HTTP responders. It
Bike riding helps me appreciate
all aspects of all of it. Old and
new. (Borrowed and blue.)
handles membership, cookies, per the state of the art. (I typed state Today's map: 59 minutes, 10.76

Wandering off -user data storage, hierarchic of the arrrgh.) miles.

attributes, virtual domains, etc. It's After living with the old style for Note: It might seem that I've
the kitchen-sink responder. a while, and chasing bugs I should become a much more productive

course
Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Because it does so much we never have to chase, I decided hell rider. Not so. I found a setting on
always use it. -with-it, and coded it all the new Cyclemeter that has it notice
Finally last week I decided there way. So if you encounter a periods when I'm not moving, and
conference yesterday, albeit was something wrong with this callback that works differently it doesn't count that in the time.
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:40:00 PM steered by Ubisoft game designer ancient piece of code. I've known than all the rest, that's why. So I've always been a bit faster
Andrea Zanini. So, given that, I it was wrong for a long time, but I The other ancient bit of code is than it seemed. And I take more
First and foremost, if you haven't haven't seen all that much more never got around to fixing it. At html.directory. It's the low-level rest stops that you might guess.
played Far Cry 2, you're a than what you saw yesterday. first I tried to add the new bit in a code underneath the directory You can see on the map that my
monster. Let's just get that out of What troubled me, however, was philosophically compatible way. feature in Manila, also circa 1999. average speed is much steadier at
the way up front. I note as much the conversation I had with That meant using the coding This code has been worked on, about 11.5 mph on the trail and
because it's with my deep-seated n a r r a t i v e l e a d J a s o n conventiones we used in 1999. special-cased, had things tacked not quite 10 mph on city streets.
l o v e o f F a r C r y 2 t h a t I V a n d e n B e r g h e p o s t d e m o . Problem is, those are no longer onto it, over and over. Some of
approached today's hands-off Gallery: Far Cry 3 (E3 2011)
presentation of Far Cry 3... and Continue reading Far Cry 3
came away kinda worried. preview: Wandering off course
To be clear, the game is early. As Far Cry 3 preview: Wandering
in, "It's coming out some time off course originally appeared on
next year" and that's all we know. Joystiq on Wed, 08 Jun 2011
Additionally, the demo shown off 13:40:00 EST. Please see our
was actually just what was terms for use of feeds.
demoed during Ubisoft's press Permalink| Email this| Comments
68 Science/
Possible Sighting of Dark Matter Lights Up
Physics Community
Rebecca Boyle (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:38:11 AM
Dark Matter Detector Juan
Collar, associate professor in
physics at the University of
Chicago, holds one of the early
germanium detector prototypes
similar to the one being used in
the Coherent Germanium
Neutrino Technology (CoGeNT)
experiment, situated nearly half a
mile deep in the Soudan Mine in
Minnesota. Such underground
locations help screen out false
dark-matter signals from other
natural sources of radiation.
Detectors of this kind are used
because of their sensitivity to
weak levels of radiation. CoGeNT
Collaboration Seasonal variation
in data indicates that mysterious
dark matter may have been under
our noses all along
Summertime may be the right
time for unmasking dark matter.
Researchers working on a dark
matter experiment buried half a
mile underground in a Minnesota
mine say they've seen seasonally
varying blips in electrical pulses
that may be the telltale signs of
WIMPs, or weakly interacting
massive particles.
If they're accurate, the new
findings would back up previous
research from an underground lab
beneath a central Italian
mountain, which has proved
controversial for nearly a decade.
The new result comes from the
Coherent Germanium Neutrino
Technology (CoGeNT)
experiment at Minnesota's Soudan
mine, where detectors are looking
for the faintest interaction
between WIMPs and atoms inside
a germanium crystal. Researchers
led by Juan Collar at the
University of Chicago's Kavli
Institute for Cosmological Physics
studied about 15 months of data -
not very much, but they were
interrupted by a fire in March.
They saw signs of a seasonal
variation in the interactions
between WIMPs and germanium
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interact with the electromagnetic
or strong nuclear forces. This is
one reason why detectors are
buried underground, breathing
new life into old abandoned mines
- thick rock layers shield the
instruments from background
radiation and cosmic rays that
could block out a super-faint
signal from a passing WIMP.
The detectors picked up an
average of one WIMP interaction
per day for 15 months, with a
seasonal variation of 16 percent.
(For a more thorough explanation
of the results, read an extensive
interview with Collar here.)
Along with echoing the previous
Italian experiment, this fits with
accepted theories of how Earth
encounters dark matter clouds in
our galaxy.
As Earth enters the summer
portion of its orbit around the sun,
its movement is aligned with the
direction of the sun's own
movement in the plane of the
Milky Way. This increases our
planet's net velocity through a
cloud of dark matter particles that
crystals, according to the Kavli
permeate the galaxy. Scientists
Institute. It's not a WIMP signal
can infer the existence of the dark
per se, but it's what you would
matter cloud, and they know the
expect to see from a WIMP
Earth is hurtling through it, so it
signal, Collar said. WIMPs are
would make sense that we would
thought to be particles of dark
see an increase in dark matter
matter, which makes up about 23
signals during the spring and
percent of the universe.
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particles because they do not
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summer. That's what this result
claims to see.
A few years ago, the DArk
MAtter/Large sodium Iodide Bulk
for RAre processes (DAMA/
LIBRA) experiment at Gran
Sasso, Italy, claimed to see the
same thing. But many physicists
have dismissed those findings.
Then in 2009, another experiment
at the Soudan mine, the Cryogenic
Dark Matter Search, found the
heat signatures of possible
WIMPs.
In a separate paper, physicists
Dan Hooper of Fermilab and
Chris Kelso from the University
of Chicago reviewed the data
from CoGenT and DAMA/
LIBRA, and said the numbers are
compatible. "If the true phase
peaks in early May, this would
represent a modulation consistent
with that reported by the DAMA/
Finally! Human breast milk from genetically
engineered Chinese cows.
(The Feed)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:50:34 AM
Via Sky News:
C h i n e s e s c i e n t i s t s h a v e antibacterial qualities as breast
genetically modified dairy cows m i l k , s c i e n t i s t s a t C h i n a ’ s
to produce human breast milk, Agricultural University in Beijing
and hope to be selling it in say.
supermarkets within three years. The transgenic herd of 300 was
LIBRA collaboration," they say.
Collar said the team is still
working out whether their results
just barely exclude DAMA's
results or just barely agree with
them. Meanwhile, Hooper and
Kelso said another dark matter
experiment, the CRESST
collaboration, is reporting
findings that are also roughly
consistent with the purported
particle spotted by CoGeNT.
But here's the rub: other
experiments, including one in the
same mine, have found no dark
matter indications. So which one
is to be believed?
"It's not an exact science yet,
unfortunately," Collar said. "But
with the information we have, the
usual set of assumptions that we
make about the halo and these
particles, their behavior in this
halo, things seem to be what you
The milk produced by the
transgenic cows is identical to the
human variety and has the same
immune-boosting and
would expect."
What does this mean for all of
us? Physicists are getting ever
closer to nailing down the nature
of dark matter, one of the greatest
mysteries in science.
Understanding dark matter will
help us understand the origin and
evolution of the universe. With
new, deeper mine detectors
ramping up their experiments, and
a new dark matter detector in
space, the future of dark matter
studies looks pretty bright.
[ University of Chicago,
Technology Review]
bred by inserting human genes
into cloned cow embryos which
were then implanted into
surrogate cows.
The technology was similar to
that used to produce Dolly the
sheep. The milk is still
undergoing safety tests but with
government permission it will be
Good News: NATO
ready to attack Libyan
rebels if needed
(The Feed)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:21:31 AM
Via Telegraph:
Britain has warned Libya’s rebels
that Nato is prepared to used
military force against the
opposition if it wages armed
attacks on civilians loyal to Col
Muammar Gaddafi, officials said
yesterday.
Whitehall officials said that the
“same assets” that are currently
waging air strikes on Col
Gaddafi’s regime and its forces
would be unleashed on the rebels
sold to consumers as a more
nutritious dairy drink than cow’s
milk. . .
I don’t buy it. Updates to follow.
. .— Greg Pollowitz
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towns and populations that have
so far remained under Col
Gaddafi’s control. . .
G i r d y o u r
loins.— Greg Pollowitz
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Super-Dense Forms of Carbon
Could Out-Sparkle the Shiniest
Diamond
Clay Dillow (Popular Science -
New Technology, Science
News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:42:15 PM
Diamonds They're forever.
mnlamberson via Flickr
Girls might just have a new best
friend. Diamonds are commonly
known as one of the hardest (and
shiniest) rocks on the planet, but
new simulations show that three
other stable forms of pure carbon
would sparkle even more than
diamonds. If we knew how to
synthesize them, that is.
Right now, these three
configurations of carbon--named
hP3, tI12 and tP12--exist only in
computer simulations. But these
simulations show that they are
stable enough to shine in actuality
if researchers could just figure out
exactly how to make them. None
would be quite as hard as a
Xbox at E3: Top 6 Announcements
[PHOTOS] - Mashable
(news photos - Google News)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 5:50:24 PM
Xbox at E3: Top
diamond, but they would be
between 1.1 and 3.2 percent more
dense. That translates into a
higher refractive index, and thus a
shinier shine and a sparklier
sparkle.
But the interesting properties of
these three materials aren't
Announcements [ PHOTOS]
Mashable
Microsoft kicked off the E3 with
6 lots of Kinect, Xbox Live and the
of them) might possibly be used
to create superconductors that
move electricity with nearly zero
resistance.
Such properties also make the
materials good candidates for
other electronic materials. But
first we have to make them, and
that could be the difficult part.
The simulations show no clear
path to their manufacture, though
with the right mix of temperature
and pressure it might be possible
to convert other carbon allotropes
like graphite or amorphous carbon
into one of these novel materials.
confined to the display case at
Which means one of them may
Tiffany's. The sims also indicate
someday become one of the
that all three of them possess band
craziest diamonds to ever shine
gaps, the necessary energy for
on.
electrons to jump from one energy
[ New Scientist]
level to the next. That's key for
superconductivity, and could
mean that one of the three (or all
first trailer to what is guaranteed (unlike Nintendo and Sony), the
to be a smash success, Halo 4. gaming giant showed off...
Although Microsoft didn't have and more »
any new hardware to show off
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The first-ever
photos of a space
shuttle docked at
the International
Space Station -
io9
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 5:43:28 PM
Telegraph.co.uk
The first-ever photos of a space
shuttle docked at the International
Space Station
io9
Lauren Davis — The space
shuttle Endeavour has taken its
final bow, but its last mission also
marks the first time a space
shuttle has ever been
photographed while docked to the
International Space Station.
Endeavour returned from its final
flight...
Soyuz rocket launch, Rhode
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and more in the... Washington
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VLT Survey Telescope, the Biggest

Visible-Spectrum Telescope in the
World, Snaps its First Images
Clay Dillow (Popular Science - some seriously beautiful space
New Technology, Science pics.
News, The Future Now) How many? Roughly 30
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VST ESO/INAF-VST/ public domain each year, much of
OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: which will consist of images
A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte snapped around the galaxy and
Observatory the larger universe--images just
Like anyone else, when the ESO like the ones you see here. Above
gets a new toy, it is we see the star-forming region
understandably eager to play with Messier 17, part of the Swan
it. Today we get the first images Nebula located at the Milky
from the European Southern Way's heart. Below is the globular
Observatory's latest addition to its star cluster Omega Centauri in
largest telescope in the world study dark matter and galaxy
Paranal Observatory in Chile's what might be the best portraiture
surveying the sky exclusively in evolution away from the Milky
Atacama Desert: the VLT (Very ever taken of the region.
the visible spectrum. Way, another will focus on dark
Large Telescope) Survey [ ESO]
Over the next five years, the VST energy, and the third will map the
Telescope, or VST (it's like an
will make three surveys of the structure of our own galactic disc-
acronym within an acronym). The
southern sky, all of which will be -but because they will all be
VST, a brand new 8.5-foot
made public. The surveys all have conducted in the visible spectrum
telescope boasting a 268-
different core objectives--one will we can all expect to benefit from
megapixel camera is now the
72 Health/
Mixed Results On Foodborne Illness Cast
Shadow On Daily Menu
(NPR Blogs: Shots - Health
Blog)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 8:49:00 AM
Enlarge Ryan J. Foley/ AP
Wright County Egg (pictured)
and Hillandale Farms, both in
Iowa, recalled more than a half-
billion eggs last year because of
salmonella. Ryan J. Foley/ AP
Wright County Egg (pictured)
and Hillandale Farms, both in
Iowa, recalled more than a half-
billion eggs last year because of
salmonella.
On any given day, more than
130,000 Americans endure the
miseries of what we often call
food poisoning. It might be from
salmonella in the salad,
campylobacter in the chicken or
vibrio in the shellfish.
The nation's record in preventing
foodborne illnesses is decidedly
mixed, according to the latest
annual report card from the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Taken together, cases of a half-
dozen common infections have
dropped by 23 percent since 1996.
But overall progress has stalled
over the past five years.
And worst of all, the nation is
going backward in preventing
salmonella— the most common
infection and the leading cause of
hospitalization and death among
the foodborne illnesses.
Salmonella cases haven't declined
over the past 15 years, and since
2006 have actually gone up 10
percent. More than a million
Americans have a bout of
salmonella each year — more
than 3,000 every day.
"The bottom line is that food-
borne illness, particularly
salmonella, is still far too
common," says CDC director Dr.
Thomas Frieden.
Salmonella is tough to beat. Dr.
Christopher Braden, the CDC's
chief of foodborne, waterborne
and environmental diseases, told
Shots it's partly because there are
so many different types of
salmonella, with different growth
habits and predilections. Also,
salmonella can taint so many
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different things we like to eat:
meat, eggs, poultry, vegetables,
fruits, nuts and even processed
foods.
"A lot of salmonella types have
several different niches," Braden
says, "so if you control one you're
not necessarily controlling them
all."
The war on salmonella is
necessarily a multifront battle. For
instance, cases of Salmonella
enteritidis— the bacterium that
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China Draws More Scrutiny For Food Safety
Lapses
(NPR Blogs: Shots - Health
Blog)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:47:00 AM
Enlarge Ng Han Guan/ AP
A Chinese man stands behind
counterfeit cooking oil products
placed next to the authentic ones
during an event in Beijing Sunday
to promote awareness of
economic crimes. Ng Han Guan/
AP
A Chinese man stands behind
counterfeit cooking oil products
placed next to the authentic ones
during an event in Beijing Sunday
to promote awareness of
economic crimes.
What do apple juice, tilapia and
garlic have in common?
Americans consume a lot of
them, and they happen to be the
top three foods our country
imports from China.
The rapid rise of China as a food
exporter to the U.S. worries the
folks at Food & Water Watch, a
consumer advocacy group, which
put out a report on problems with
food safety in China and the
implications for American
consumers.
The group calls for changes to
international trade agreements to
safeguard public health and
increasing funding to the Food
and Drug Administration and U.S.
Department of Agriculture for
inspections.
Food safety problems — ranging
from melamine-tainted milk to
pork containing a banned
additive— have become
commonplace in China. And the
Health/ 73
Chinese government has vowed to
take stern action against violators
of food safety laws and
regulations, the official Xinhua
News Agency reported
Wednesday. Indeed, late last
month, the country's Supreme
People's Court said death
sentences are appropriate for
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In Latest Diet Ranking, DASH Races To
The Top
(NPR Blogs: Shots - Health
Blog)
Submitted at 6/7/2011 4:52:00 PM
Enlarge iStockphoto.com
Keep the rice brown and the skin
off the chicken for a Spanish rice
dinner that could qualify for the
winning diet. iStockphoto.com
Keep the rice brown and the skin
off the chicken for a Spanish rice
dinner that could qualify for the
winning diet.
The ratings gurus at U.S.News
and World Report have put some
of the nation's most popular diets
through the wringer and crowned
as champion a diet originally
developed to help people lower
their blood pressure.
Called DASH— for Dietary
Approaches to Stop Hypertension
— the diet is UN&WR's top all-
around pick. The diet keeps a
tight lid on saturated fat and
cholesterol. And it emphasizes
food rich in protein, fiber and
nutrients, such as potassium and
calcium, that may lower blood
pressure.
A team at the magazine combed
the scientific literature and boiled
down the pros and cons of 20
diets in standardized profiles.
Then a group of 22 experts
enlisted by the magazine rated the
diets on a scale of 1 to 5 for such
things as safety, long-term weight
loss and ability to prevent or
control diabetes.
The DASH diet earned 3.9 stars
out of 5. There was a three-way
tie for second place: the
Mediterranean diet; the
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Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes, or
TLC, diet; and Weight Watchers
all got 3.8 stars.
When Consumer Reports did its
own deep dive on diets last
month, Jenny Craig came out No.
1. Slim-Fast and Weight Watchers
came in second and third,
respectively. The low-carb Atkins
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sickened more than 50,000
Americans last summer and
resulted in the recall of a half-
billion eggs— have gone up 76
percent over the past 15 years.
New Food and Drug
Administration rules governing
shell eggs may reduce that trend,
but officials say it's too soon to
tell.
Another front in the salmonella
battle involves poultry. But one
detail in the new report shows
how intractable the germ can be.
New federal standards that will go
into effect next month will reduce
the "allowable contamination" of
broiler chickens at a given
production facility to 7.5 percent
from 20 percent.
What about zero percent?
Producing chicken free of
bacterial contamination is not
deemed an achievable goal by the
feds. Braden says that underscores
how important it is for restaurants
and home cooks to be careful in
handling raw poultry to prevent
salmonella from contaminating
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diet came in last.
And, it should be noted, the
Atkins diet came in 19th on
USN&WR's overall ratings —
second-to-last place.
The folks at Atkins disputed their
USN&WR ranking, saying in a
statement that contrary to the
magazine's findings the Atkins
diet "has repeatedly demonstrated
its effectiveness not only for
weight-loss but for diabetes and
heart health management" in peer-
other foods.
One success story that keeps
officials optimistic is the sharp
decline in cases of a nasty bug
called E. coli O157:H7. It can
cause intestinal bleeding, severe
anemia and kidney failure. "The
societal cost of a single fatal case
... has been estimated at $7
million," the new report says.
Thanks largely to stiffer federal
regulation of slaughterhouses,
incidence of this E. coli infection
has been cut in half since 1997.
But other types of E. coli
infection may be increasing. The
CDC says U.S. children now have
a higher incidence of dangerous
coli infections other than the older
O157 type — the first time this
has been documented nationally.
So far the U.S. has not recorded
any native infections of the
virulent E. coli infection now
afflicting northern Europe, called
O104:H4. But officials think it
could be a matter of time before
something like it is seen here.
The CDC report finds
reviewed studies.
You can get a workout sifting
through the diet-rating
extravaganza for diets that are
best for diabetes, weight-loss and
your heart.
I think I've already burned off
enough calories clicking through
them to cover dessert after dinner
tonight. But first, just to be on the
safe side, maybe I'll try a little
chicken and Spanish rice a la
DASH.
encouragement in the Food Safety
Modernization Act of 2010,
which gives the FDA "much
needed authority" to regulate
produce, recall contaminated
foods and key an eye on imports.
The law is also supposed to
improve the CDC's surveillance of
contaminated foods and capacity
to investigate outbreaks.
But Congress has yet to
appropriate any money to
implement the new law, and
congressional Republicans want
to cut the FDA budget.
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people found guilty of food safety
violations that result in people
dying, Xinhua reported.
What can the U.S. do? Giving
FDA the tools to prevent
contaminated imported foods
from getting to the U.S. in the
first place is one of the key
components of the Food Safety
Modernization Act that became
law late last year.
"Congress has said we really do
need to completely shift what is
frankly an antiquated approach to
imports," Michael Taylor, FDA's
associate commissioner for foods
told reporters at food safety
briefing Tuesday.
The last time the food import
laws were updated was in the
1930s — long before we had to
have our Pocky Sticks fix or
anything resembling a global food
system.
And the current system consists
of a thin line of inspectors at the
ports trying to police about 12
million food product entries a
year.
In fact, today, Taylor says, 15
percent of all the food in U.S.
imported, as much as 75 percent
of seafood, as much as 50 percent
of fresh fruit, and up to 25 percent
of vegetables is imported.
Among other things, the new law
75
would shift the food safety burden
to importers by requiring they
certify that their products meet
U.S. domestic food safety
standards. Assessing those
certifications is going to take a
whole lot of training, both here
and abroad, Taylor said.
However, its not at all clear FDA
will get the money it says it needs
to get the job done. Congress is
not in a spending mood. NTD TV
One of the latest food scandals in
China involves exploding
watermelons.
Source: YouTube
And, finally, just in case you
missed it, one of the stranger
examples of tainted food in China
involves exploding watermelons.
Don't believe us? Check out the
video.
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Will the United States Be Prepared?

Owen Graham (The Foundry) need to recapitalize large parts of capabilities. We should also not
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:15:54 PM the force. Meeting these crucial forget the fact that Osama bin
modernization requirements will Laden’s killing, and other
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 1:15pm require immediate, substantial, successes in the global war
in Protect America Print This Post and sustained investment over the against terrorists, are in large part
America’s founding father, long term. In this budget-cutting due to the United States’ hard
General George Washington, atmosphere, however, the present power capabilities.
famously said, “To be prepared course appears ready to “hollow In order to maintain America’s
for war is one of the most out” the military, as Gates has leadership role in a dangerous
effective means of preserving recently acknowledged. world, the U.S. needs to preserve
peace.” To understand the problem we its military strength through
On Thursday morning CIA face today, ask yourself if you sustained modernization and
director Leon Panetta, whom would let your teenager drive a 30 investment. In his final months as
President Obama has tapped to -year-old car for his or her first Secretary of Defense, Gates has
s u c c e e d o u t g o i n g D e f e n s e vehicle. In fact, the average age of said that defense spending is not
Secretary Robert Gates, will have major U.S. military platforms is the cause of our budgetary woes.
his confirmation hearing before more than 25 years, and they have He also warned that further
the Senate Armed Services parts that have become or are fast cutting defense could increase
Committee. Committee members becoming technology obsolete. America’s vulnerability in a
should remember Washington’s For example, the combat vehicle in cuts to defense spending over below the post–World War II
“complex and unpredictable
maxim and consider asking fleet of Abrams tanks is largely the next 12 years. This comes in average of 7.5 percent. The
security environment.” Senators
questions that revolve around the based on technology from the addition to the approximately budget will lead to dangerously
should consider raising these
following theme: “Will the United 1980s and before. The U.S. $400 billion already cut by the low personnel levels, raising the
issues with Panetta with eye to
States military be prepared under Navy’s fleet today contains the Administration during the risk that a smaller and already
seeing how he best thinks
your oversight?” previous two years and the stressed military will not be able
smallest number of ships since America can preserve peace and
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avoid war in the future.
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The Future of the Middle East

Seth Mandel (FrontPage the extent of the increase of and not a supporter of the Muslim
Magazine » FrontPage) Turkey’s enmity toward Israel Brotherhood. But is he going to
Submitted at 6/7/2011 11:45:14 PM after that election will astonish the resist pressure from parliament
world. and the masses for a tough stance?
In recent weeks, the emerging If the governing AK party gets a Won’t he try to take advantage of
Middle East has given pause to two-thirds’ majority, that means it this to promote his own interests
the early optimists of the Arab will have control of rewriting the and anti-Israel beliefs? This is
Spring. Egypt reopened its border Turkish constitution. They will especially true as Egypt’s terrible
with Gaza, Amr Moussa seems try to create a presidential regime, economic situation does not
poised to win the presidency Erdogan will run for president, permit him to offer the masses a
there, Syrian dictator Bashar al- and we will see Turkey moving better life or even food at current
A s s a d h a s b e e n r u t h l e s s l y into an increasingly visible prices.
cracking down on anti-regime alliance with Iran, Syria, Hamas, Now one can say: Don’t worry,
protests, Yemen has descended a n d H e z b o l l a h . T h a t ’ s n o t they won’t do anything because
into something close to civil war, a l a r m i s m , t h a t ’ s a s e r i o u s the Egyptian military wants to
and a Hamas-Fatah unity analysis. keep getting American aid money.
government is set to call for a Number two. The Palestinian Now that is an argument. But is
vote at the UN General Assembly effort at the UN to gain unilateral look like in the New York Times bolder. And at some point, let’s that enough? Can we base our
on unilateral declaration of a recognition for a Palestinian state the day after the election. How say in the next year, it will attack entire Middle East strategy on that
Palestinian state. will fail; the U.S. will veto. But will they spin this? What will they Israel with rockets and mortars. hope?
To get a sense of where these and it’s going to be a mess, and it’s a say? What can they say about And Israel will have to respond We have seen cases where
other issues in the region are mess created by the incompetence this? This is very, very serious. At militarily. countries and governments have
headed, I spoke with Barry Rubin, of the Obama administration, that point it should be clear that But at that point we are all going been willing to throw away
director of the Global Research in which could have prevented this. the Obama policy has been a to have to ask the question, What American aid for political goals.
International Affairs (GLORIA) Number three—the big one: catastrophe. He helped bring will Egypt do? What will the Remember that the Iranian
Center and editor and publisher of Egyptian parliamentary elections down the Egyptian regime and the Egyptian government do? If Amr revolution threw away all the
the Middle East Review of in September. As of now, the result is a radical anti-American Moussa is president with a radical American aid and military sales.
International Affairs (MERIA) moderate democrats have not regime that’s ready to go into parliament or even an Islamist So merely to maintain that
Journal. He is the author of more organized any serious party. The conflict with Israel. parliament they could send troops. everything will be OK because of
than a dozen books on the Middle only serious parties organized are SM: What is the significance of It could become an Egypt-Israel that money issue is not a
East. Islamist parties—not only the the opening of Egypt’s border war. satisfactory argument. In addition
Seth Mandel: What are the major M u s l i m B r o t h e r h o o d b u t with Gaza? But there are other possibilities. to that, keep in mind that Egypt is
events to watch for, and what are others—and left-wing parties or BR: The opening of the Gaza Perhaps they will simply let going to face a major economic
their most likely consequences? radical nationalist ones. border is one step in that direction thousands of Egyptian volunteers problem for which there is no
Barry Rubin: First, on June 12, I do not know whether there will [of conflict with Israel]. So what go into Gaza to fight. Perhaps it solution, and no amount of U.S.
Turkey will have an election. That be an Islamist majority, but there does it mean that they’re opening will allow, or not be able to stop, aid is going to resolve that
election will probably be won by will be a radical anti-American the border, even if not now but or not try too hard to stop, attacks problem. The price of food is
the government, whether or not it majority in parliament. I have no when a new elected president and across the Egypt-Israel border. going to continue to go up.
gets a two-thirds majority. The doubt of that. It literally can’t be parliament take office? It means Again, this is not some alarmist They are not going to be able to
current rulers are going to take any other way. So this is going to that weapons, terrorists, and fantasy but realistic scenarios that build new housing. They are not
this as a signal to take a much have to be covered in the media. money will flow freely into Gaza. must be prepared for. going to be able to handle the
tougher line toward Israel and the It will be interesting to try to And what does that mean? It If Amr Moussa is elected
United States. It is possible that predict what the headlines will FUTURE page 81
means that Hamas will become president, he is not an Islamist
78 Politics-Right/ Curated News Edition

A Tea Party Foreign Policy?

Marion Smith (The Foundry) a limitation the Founders did not around the globe.
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:45:25 AM adopt, and neither should today’s There are no easy answers to the
lawmakers. The Tea Party has the hard questions of foreign policy.
The Tea Party has had an opportunity to reject isolationist As George Washington
extraordinary effect on American p o l i c i e s a n d t o r e i n f o r c e recognized, policy based only on
domestic policy. They have raised America’s indispensable role in material interests would harm
interest in policy debates, rallied the world. America’s ideals, while a policy
public opinion, and given it a America stands for the principles based only on ideals would ignore
voice on various spending and of liberty, independence, and self- the realities of the world.
constitutional issues. government. Those principles Prudence allowed the Founders to
On foreign policy, though, the define and shape our national navigate the complex
Tea Party has been largely silent. interests. The Founders did not circumstances of international
But with the United States believe that America had a duty to affairs while protecting America’s
currently involved in three wars spread the ideas of liberty by interests and promoting
on foreign soil, the Tea Party waging wars that might be America’s principles.
needs to think about foreign detrimental to America’s interests This approach, balancing
policy. and security. They did, however, interests and justice, remains
Silence on foreign policy issues w e l c o m e o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o essential to securing the blessings
has allowed isolationist voices to prudently support the principles of liberty for the American people
claim to speak on the Tea Party’s and practice of liberty around the and enabling America to stand
behalf. That’s unfortunate, world, even at times through resolutely for the cause of
because those voices discredit the m i l i t a r y f o r c e . G e o r g e freedom around the world in the
movement’s relevance to Washington recommended 21st century. The Non-
American diplomacy. choosing “peace or war, as our Interventionism doctine ignores
Ron Paul, for instance, advocates interest, guided by justice, shall justice and misunderstands
a strict non-interventionism. counsel.” America’s interests.
(Non-interventionism means that The Tea Party should look to the In arguing for individual liberty
America would not be politically Founders in foreign policy as it and constitutional government,
or militarily involved with other has done in domestic policy. In the Tea Party has shifted the
countries affairs.) He claims that doing so, it should resist the paradigm of domestic politics.
to be the Founders’ foreign t e m p t a t i o n t o o v e r s i m p l i f y Such a shift is needed in foreign
policy. It isn’t. America’s early foreign policy. policy, and the Tea Party can and
Not only is non-interventionism The true consistency of American requires maintaining a strong diplomats considered the defense should help reshape America’s
p o t e n t i a l l y d e t r i m e n t a l t o foreign policy is to be found not military. and spread of America’s role in the world. By correctly
America’s security, it is at odds i n i t s p o l i c i e s , w h i c h c a n Embracing the Founders’ principles fundamental to their understanding of the Founders’
with the principles of America’s prudently change and adapt, but in understanding of statecraft also task of representing the people of foreign policy, the Tea Party can
founding. While a policy of non- its guiding principles, which are means promoting America’s the United States abroad. At successfully advocate an approach
i n t e r v e n t i o n i s s o m e t i m e s unchanging and permanent. From political principles whenever times, the American military was that is compatible with America’s
appropriate, the doctrine of non- the Founders’ perspective, then, a possible through the conduct of engaged to support those seeking founding principles.
interventionism severely limits prudent foreign policy means foreign policy. The ideas of liberty. It rescued refugees and This article first appeared on the
t h e f o r e i g n p o l i c y o p t i o n s never excluding the possibility of liberty and self-government were leveraged American support to tip Daily Caller.
available to America, weakening strong military action at a not just true for Americans but for the balance in favor of economic,
its ability to defend freedom. It is moment’s notice. This, of course, all people. America’s early civil, and religious freedom TEA page 79
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‘Bin Laden Bump’ a Blip on the Radar

Arnold Ahlert (FrontPage Summer” a year ago, the economy confidence in the US economy in
Magazine » FrontPage) remains saddled with high a way that could actually lead to a
Submitted at 6/7/2011 11:41:38 PM unemployment, a moribund double-dip recession,” said the
housing sector and creeping president in 2009, during a trip to
Reminding us of the timeless inflation reflected most sharply by Asia.“One of the trickiest things
wisdom of the 1992 campaign rising food and fuel prices. we’re doing right now, is to on the
s l o g a n , “ i t ’ s t h e e c o n o m y , None of it is lost on ordinary one hand make sure the recovery
stupid,” Barack Obama’s poll Americans. A full 89 percent is supported and not withdraw a
numbers are tanking. A new recognize the economy is in bad lot of money either with tax
Washington Post-ABC News poll shape and 57 percent say no increases or big spending…at the
shows the president’s so-called recovery has begun. Even more same time, making sure that we’re
“Bin Laden bounce,” which had importantly, 66 percent are setting up a pathway for long term
elevated his approval rating to 56 convinced the United States is for deficit reduction. It’s about as
percent immediately following the “seriously” on the wrong track. hard of a play as there is,” he
terror master’s elimination, is Thus, it is no coincidence that added.
down to 47 percent, with 49 Mitt Romney, who announced his How sincere was the president
p e r c e n t o f A m e r i c a n s presidential ambitions last week then? In the last two years, the
disapproving of the president. with the statement, “Barack administration has engaged in a
With respect to his economic Obama has failed America,” and second round of Quantitative
performance, the numbers are who promised to make economic Easing (QE2), an odious
even more ominous. 59 percent of recovery the centerpiece of his double-dip recession. ”I’m not his administration “created or
combination of “big spending,” as
Americans disapprove of the way campaign, is the Republican in a concerned about a double dip saved” more than 2 million
in $600 billion of added liquidity
he’s handling the economy in statistical tie with the president. recession. I am concerned about jobs. ”Recovering from that kind
to the monetary system, and a de
general, and a staggering two-out- Each man garners a 47 percent the fact that the recovery that of body blow takes time,” Obama
facto “tax increase” caused by the
of three dislike his approach to the share of the vote in general, while we’re on is not producing jobs as declared. “And recovery is going
subsequent weakening of the
nation’s deficit. And for the first Romney gets the nod — 49 quickly as I want it to happen,” he to be uneven.”
dollar which has fueled inflation.
time in a long time, a Republican percent to 46 percent among added. Perhaps one could take this
Even more incredibly, the
presidential candidate is polling in registered voters. Yet once again, the president president more seriously if it
president submitted a 2012 budget
a dead heat with Mr. Obama. retreated to the familiar territory weren’t for his ability to
Despite this reality, the president of $3.7 trillion containing $1.4
None of this should surprise r e m a i n s that is rapidly becoming his completely contradict himself
outwardly trillion of deficit spending, which
anyone. Despite relentlessly unconcerned.“Obviously, we’re fallback position should the without the slightest
was so out of whack with the
u p b e a t p r e d i c t i o n s b y t h i s experiencing some headwinds,” economy show further signs of acknowledgement or remorse. “I
reality of “long-term deficit
administration for the past two Mr. Obama said during a joint deterioration: he “inherited a think it is important though to
reduction” that the Senate rejected
years, from Federal Reserve news conference with visiting recession,” in an obvious recognize that if we keep on
it by a vote of 97-0.
Chairman Ben Bernanke’s “green G e r m a n C h a n c e l l o r A n g e l a reference to the Bush adding to the debt, even in the
shoots” of recovery in March of Merkel. But he insisted the administration, even as he once midst of this recovery, that at
2009, to Joe Biden’s “Recovery country was not headed for a again reminded Americans that some point, people could lose

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problem of unemployment.
They’re not going to be able to
create jobs. This is the reality. So
what happens when, as is fully
predictable, Egypt’s government
is unable to deliver on its
promises and the country will go
into crisis? What’s going to
happen?
SM: What’s your impression of
the West’s reaction to these
changes taking place in the
region?
BR: The things that I’m talking
about are totally predicable
things. And yes, they are being
ignored in the media. Now the
new line is that the Muslim
Brotherhood are good guys and
moderates, the problem is these
radical jihadist Salafi groups.
Muslim Brotherhood is good;
jihadists are bad. But the Muslim
Brotherhood is a jihadist group
and is in an alliance with these
groups. It’s ridiculous to make
this distinction.
So basically we are going into a
series of totally predictable crises
in which there is no serious
analysis of the problems, much
less the solutions, by the U.S.
government, media, experts, and
the public debate generally.
And even those three crises leave
aside other issues. It’s now June
but the U.S. government has still
not done anything on Syria at all.
Sanctions on Iran are leaking, and
we know the three main reasons
why they are leaking—it’s China,
Russia, and Turkey. And the U.S.
government is doing nothing
about that. In fact, it’s consciously
permitting leaks to continue.
So we are facing a serious crisis
of what I might call the return to
the 1970s with Islamists in place
of Arab nationalists. And again all
of this is totally predictable.
SM: How should we be
approaching these issues?
BR: What is needed is a strategy
that recognizes that the principle
regional problem is the challenge
of revolutionary Islamism, and
what is needed is for the United
States to take the lead in
developing an alignment that
brings together the U.S., the
Europeans, the relatively
moderate Arab regimes, and
Israel, a strategy that supports the
oppositions in Turkey, Iran and
Lebanon, that recognizes the
enemies are Iran and Syria and
Hamas and Hezbollah and the
Muslim Brotherhood and Iraqi
insurgents, and then deal with that
in the manner that the Soviet
Union and its allies were dealt
with in the Cold War. It’s very
simple, and of course you have to
get into the details but they are
not going to do it.
SM: How should Israel respond?
BR: There are options in dealing
with these threats. Israel can deal
with this to a large extent
successfully or as successfully as
possible. The first thing, which is
already happening, is the need to
rebuild what in Israel is called the
Southern Front, which is the
defense along the border with
Egypt. And that is going to cost a
lot of money and people are going
to have to do more reserve days,
but it can be done.
Israel is going to have to deal
with the flotilla, which arrives in
mid-June. And Israel is going to
have to deal with any attempts of
people to cross its border. And
what Israel does or doesn’t offer
the PA in negotiation is pretty
much one of the least important
issues for Israel now. I mean it is
not a central issue. It’s not an
important issue.
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Santorum: No need to pick
Romney when you can pick
someone “you really like”
Tina Korbe (Hot Air » Top said it. Unfortunately, regardless
Picks) of how sincerely and confidently
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smack of insecurity. They’re also
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worrying about bus tours” plea all 2008, which seems to suggest he,
over again. Presidential hopeful at least, likes Romney.
and former Pennsylvania Sen. Somebody should say what
Rick Santorum last night said this Santorum said, though. If voters
to a small house party in Des can’t pick the candidate they
Moines, Iowa (via Politico): “really like” in the primaries,
“[Romney]’s not a favorite in any w h e n c a n t h e y ? T h i n k t h e
kind of real political sense,” Limbaugh rule: Conservatives
Santorum said. might as well pick the most
“You can pick anyone in the conservative candidate at this
field,” he told about 40 listeners point. A liberal in conservative
dressed in business attire in an c l o t h i n g m i g h t s e r v e u p
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Will Panetta Make Sure
Washington Provides for the
Common Defense?
Michaela Bendikova (The
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:15:11 AM
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As the Secretary of Defense
nominee Leon Panetta has his
nomination hearing today, the
American Enterprise Institute, the
Foreign Policy Initiative, and The
Heritage Foundation published a
list of important questions that
Congress should ask prior to
Panetta’s confirmation.
As Panetta was a chief architect
of the defense budget drawdown
in the 1990s, Congress should
make sure that the U.S. interests
at home and abroad will remain
protected and that the government
will “provide for the common
defense.”
The baseline defense budget is
now 3.5 percent of America’s
GDP, a figure well below the
post–World War II average of 7.5
percent. Mr. Panetta will be
required to execute President
Obama’s deficit reduction plan,
which calls for $400 billion in
cuts to national security spending
over the next 12 years. This
would put the GDP percentage of
the defense budget at its lowest in
the entire post–World War II era.
President Obama’s plan to cut
defense spending reflects his
misplaced priorities as
entitlements, not the defense
spending, are a cause of the
country’s fiscal woes. The proper
question for Congress to ask
Panetta would be: “Should
defense be given higher priority
than other areas of federal
spending?”
America’s military is a pillar
underpinning the current world
order, the most beneficial to the
largest number of people in the
history of mankind. Undermining
America’s strength might have
many unintended and unfortunate
consequences not only for the
United States but also for its allies
all over the world.
The decrease in funding for
modernization of the U.S. military
is an additional reason for
concern. Today, due to the high
operational tempo—a result of the
military deployments in
Afghanistan and Iraq—the
equipment attrition level is much
higher than what the procurement
planners originally projected.
“How is the modernization
challenge to be addressed with a
defense budget that is flat or
declining?” should be a question
for Congress to ask. If the cuts in
the defense budget will require
cuts in the manpower, Congress
should be interested in what
places Panetta would recommend
that we forgo and what “things”
he would recommend that the
American military stop doing.
Congress, in fulfilling its due
diligence duty, should find out
answers to these questions prior to
considering Panetta to lead the
Department of Defense.
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Phones Are
Saving Lives in
the Developing
World
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Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:01:07 PM
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You text your friends, you call
your mom, you use your
smartphone to upload pictures of
your day-to-day life. But did you
know your phone has a higher
purpose? Even if it’s just a Nokia
“candy bar” phone or a flip-
phone, that handheld piece of
machinery can save lives. And
there are startups all over the
world that are innovating and
creating new technologies that
will change the global health
landscape in dramatic ways. Read
on for two promising startups that
are equipping health care workers
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in developing nations with souped
-up cellphones, and helping them
treat more patients, faster. Medic
Mobile
As an international health and
bioethics student at Stanford, Josh
Nesbit researched pediatric HIV
and wrote his thesis on treatment
initiation for HIV-positive kids in
rural Malawi. His research
inspired him to start
FrontlineSMS:Medic out of his
Stanford dorm room. It started
with a pilot program in Malawi, in
an area where two doctors were
shuttling around to diagnose and
treat 250,000 people. Nesbit
provided Java-run $10 mobile
phones to community health
workers to decentralize the care
and create an “SMS patient
coordination network.” In short,
the phones helped medical
workers efficiently gather health
data and follow up with patients.
“In six months, our pilot in
Malawi saved the clinical staff
1,200 hours of follow-up time and
more than $3,000 in motorbike
fuel,” Nesbit says. Further, it
doubled the number of patients
who were treated for Tuberculosis
(TB). Once treated, patient follow
-ups were completed by SMS
rather than an in-person exam,
which saved time, transportation
and money.
“We’re looking at how mobile
phones can make the health care
system and the people working in
it more efficient, with the end
goal of saving more lives,” says
Nesbit. FrontlineSMS:Medic is
now known as Medic Mobile and
runs off open-source data from
OpenMRS, Ushahidi, Google
Apps and HealthMap.
Medic Mobile serves 4.5 million
people in 11 countries, including
northeast Africa, Honduras, Nepal
and Colombia. But perhaps the
most famous use of Medic Mobile
was in the aftermath of the Haiti
earthquake. Nesbit coordinated
with the DigiCel Command
Center on the ground in Haiti, and
they created a 4636 database,
where the 80,000 incoming texts
to the number “4636 were tagged
and mapped to help the rescue
effort.
Aside from crisis situations, SMS
messages are also in use by
governments, ministries of health
and NGOs like the Clinton Health
Access Initiative, which tracks
vaccines via mobile phone (see
flow chart above). Facebook has
even jumped in the mobile health
care game and created a SIM app.
Nesbit hopes that’s only the
beginning.
“It could be really exciting to
have those health worker- and
patient-focused apps developed so
you can run them on $10 Nokia
phones,” Nesbit says. “On iPads
and iPhones, the killer app is the
cool app — but in public health,
the cool app is the one that
everyone can use.”
And to that end, Medic Mobile
just launched its first SIM app for
global health organization PSI.
Named Kuvela, it can operate on
80% of the world’s phones,
whether it’s a $15 handset or an
Android smartphone. This means
data collection can reach a new
level of accessibility and
affordability, especially as mobile
phone penetration skyrockets in
developing countries.
But Nesbit hopes this is only the
first of many Medic Mobile apps
that empower health care workers
and patients alike. He envisions
applications that help patients
schedule appointments, access
remote consultations and get in
touch with health care workers
during a medical emergency.
“We’re getting close to that
Walmart-like efficiency that we’d
like to see in global health,”
Nesbit says.
To get even more mobile phones
on the ground where they’re
needed, Medic Mobile has
partnered with HopePhones. You
can donate new or used cell
phones by clicking the “Donate
phones” button on the website.
Just turn off and deactivate your
phone, print a free shipping label
and send the phone in. It will go
to Medic Mobile and its affiliates
around the world. Mobile
Diagnostics
UCLA Professor Aydogan
Ozcan, 32, is also using mobile
technology to improve health care
in the developing world, but he’s
turning the phone into an actual
medical device. Ozcan is creating
portable and lightweight
microscopes that affix to
cellphones, thus transforming
them into a platform for
conducting microanalysis of
blood, bodily fluids and water
samples. In short, your cellphone
can become a mobile medical lab
that can diagnose life-threatening
diseases.
The microscopes are small,
thanks to an innovative lens-free
technology known as LUCAS —
Lensless Ultra-wide-field Cell
Monitoring Array platform based
on Shadow imaging. The lensless
design was made possible by
recent advances in computer
science and physics that allow
scientists to understand how light
interacts with various bacteria. So
lenses are replaced by algorithms
and computer codes that examine
how light plays off the cells in
question. Using light, Ozcan’s
team can detect “digital shadows”
of cells and bacteria and then
compare them to patterns that are
stored in a library of images to
immediately detect TB, malaria,
certain STDs, HIV and other
diseases.
“With this toolkit, the patient will
give the blood and the technician
will prepare the microscope slide
with the patients red blood cells
on it, and our microscopes will
quickly image it and enable
remote and immediate diagnosis,”
Ozcan explains. Not only is it fast,
but it’s also “remarkably cheap,”
costing just 10 to 15 cents per test.
The technology works on almost
any kind of phone. For a
cameraphone, you can install an
attachment to make use of the
existing camera, or you can install
a separate unit that uses the cell
phone as a vehicle to transmit the
MMS images via USB — the cell
phone essentially acts as an
intermediary between a patient
and a central PC station in a
remote hospital. With the promise
of immediate diagnosis, health
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care workers in developing worlds
who shuttle from village to village
and see hundreds of patients can
provide an immediate diagnosis
and plan of action right then and
there, and they can record data
and keep a record of the patient.
This level of organization and
efficiency doesn’t currently exist.
In Africa, one hospital might
cover 1,800 kilometers — for a
health care worker on a
motorcycle, that’s a lot of terrain
to cover and a lot of patients to
treat. But MMS-diagnosis will
improve health care in remote
locations and circumvent having
to physically go to hospitals, and
yet hospitals will have far more of
an impact on the lives of its
patients by implementing mobile
technology that can diagnose and
treat at any distance.
“The concept of a hospital will
diffuse away,” says Ozcan. It will
no longer be a central hub where
people come and go, but a central
database that offers affordable,
accessible and better quality
health care.
Ozcan’s research is funded by
millions of dollars from the NIH,
U.S. Office of Naval Research
and the National Science
Foundation. But Ozcan’s group
focuses on perfecting the
technology, not manufacturing it
for market. However, it recently
received $400,000 from the NIH
for commercialization, and it is
working with a startup whose
main mission is to commercialize
Ozcan’s technology. Once it does
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[PHOTOS]
Ben Parr (Mashable!) gameplay. innovation." It's essentially a
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:41:08 PM More on Tomb Raider collection of Kinect experiences
In the opening scene, Lara has to made by developers that don't
Microsoft kicked off the E3 with free herself from bondage and quite fit the game mold.
lots of Kinect, Xbox Live and the escape a collapsing tomb. More on Kinect Fun Labs
first trailer to what is guaranteed More on Tomb Raider One of the labs, Kinect Me, scans
to be a smash success, Halo 4. We're impressed with what we've your body and transforms you...
Although Microsoft didn’t have seen so far. More on Kinect Fun Labs
any new hardware to show off More on Tomb Raider ...into a 3D Kinect avatar. It
(unlike Nintendo and Sony), the Lara dramatically looks over a definitely wowed the audience
gaming giant showed off some cliff. More on Kinect Fun Labs
highly anticipated upcoming 2. Xbox Live Gets YouTube, Another Kinect Fun Labs
games such as Tomb Raider, Bing, Live TV experiment allows you to draw in
Mass Effect 3, Tom Clancy’s Xbox Live is getting a facelift. 3D. You can draw a sparkling line
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Director of Programming for in front of and behind a person's
Gears of War 3 and Forza Xbox Live Larry Hryb (pictured) image on the screen and view it in
Motorsport 4. Microsoft also introduced the new features. Xbox Live content. More on Kinect Disneyland 3D.
unveiled a revamped version of More on the New Xbox Live More on the New Xbox Live Another ride they showed off, 6. Halo 4
Xbox Live and announced a few Showing off some of Xbox Live's UFC President Dana White came Alice in Wonderland, goes Halo 4 is real and it hits store
other surprises. new movie search capabilities on stage to announce UFC content through the entire Alice universe. shelves in late 2012.
We’ve combed through all of More on the New Xbox Live was coming on Xbox Live. 4. Star Wars Kinect More About: e3, gaming, kinect,
Microsoft’s announcements this YouTube is coming to Xbox 3. Kinect Disneyland You can finally fling your microsoft, xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox
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HOW TO: Maximize Your Brand’s
Relevance With Facebook Post Targeting
Brian Honigman (Mashable!)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:19:49 PM
Brian Honigman is a search
analyst at LunaMetrics, a Google
Analytics certified partner that
also specializes in social media
and search engine optimization.
You can follow him on
Twitter@Brian_Honigman and
read his blog at
brianhonigman.com.
Facebook has a handy feature for
Page admins that allows them to
better target posts for specific
subsets of fans. This allows only
certain fans to see particular
updates on the Page’s wall and on
the targeted user’s news feed.
Page admins can choose to target
by location or by language.
Targeting is helpful because it
allows marketers to sent highly
relevant information and updates
to their audience and customers.
Below are four ways Facebook
marketers can better use targeting
to maximize their results. 1.
Targeting Posts to Spur Relevant
Conversations
Many brands have an
international audience that speaks
a wide variety of languages.
Accordingly, brands will split up
their Fan Pages by language or
location to meet that particular
audience’s needs.
For instance, VH1 has a
Facebook Page for its English
speaking audiences, as well as
VH1 Latinoamérica for its
Spanish speaking audiences. The
targeting feature allows Page
admins to post directly to specific
countries, even allowing for state/
province and city-specific
targeting.
In addition to geographical
targeting, you can connect with
specific audiences by utilizing any
of the 60+ languages Facebook
supports. It’s more effective to
target posts by language and
location than to create different
Pages, and will lead to higher
levels of fan engagement. 2.
Targeting Posts for Contests,
Competitions, Sweepstakes &
Promotions
Hosting a promotion on your
company’s Facebook Page is one
of the most successful ways to
encourage engagement from
existing fans while also driving
new users to Like your Page. It’s
important to remember, however,
that many of these sweepstakes
and promotions have a limited
Social Media/ 85
help filter out news about these
events to users geographically
unable to attend a promoted event.
Steve Madden’s Facebook Page
often shares information about
promotional events hosted
throughout the United States, but
without utilizing the post targeting
feature. Targeting the proper
geographic location goes a long
way toward attracting a more
relevant audience and higher
levels of interactivity when it
comes to promoted events on
Facebook.
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For example, Viking River targeting updates about a featured More About: business, facebook,
Cruises is hosting a “Win a product. A brand like L’Oreal has facebook marketer, facebook
Cruise” Facebook competition a huge international following. marketing, MARKETING, social
that is only valid in the United Filling fans’ news feeds with media, social media marketing,
States. They obviously want to irrelevant updates about products targeting
promote the competition, but not they can’t purchase will merely For more Business & Marketing
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get mass-manufactured, Ozcan

says the cost per microscope will
be $10 to $15, a very affordable
price for such a revolutionary
tool.
“It’s a very exciting time for all
the researchers who are aiming to
provide new solutions for global
health with cell phones and
computers,” says Ozcan. “They
are creating a very interesting
toolset for us to do cutting edge
science and engineering at a
fraction of the cost.”
What other mobile innovations
have you seen in health care? Let
us know in the comments. Series
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8 Jun 2011
A US-style National Crime
Agency (NCA) will have a
sweeping new power to step in to
directly task and co-ordinate
police forces in a bid to tackle
organised crime and secure the
UK's borders, the Home Secretary
said.
Theresa May said too many of
the 6,000 organised crime gangs
in the UK were escaping justice
and a tough new approach was
needed.
The agency will step in to co-
ordinate police work, identify
national priorities and ensure that
the new directly-elected police
and crime commissioners are
"aware of the needs of the nation",
she said.
"For the first time, there will be
one agency with the power, remit
and responsibility for ensuring
that the right action is taken at the
right time by the right people,"
Mrs May told MPs. "NCA
officers will be able to draw on a
wide range of powers, including
those of a police constable,
immigration or customs powers.
This will mean that NCA officers
- unlike anybody else - will be
able to deploy powers and
techniques that go beyond the
powers of a police officer."
But the NCA "cannot and should
not deliver the national response
in isolation" but "will have the
authority to undertake tasking and
co-ordination, ensuring
appropriate action is taken to put a
stop to the activities of organised
crime groups", the Home Office
said. "It will step in to directly
task where there are disputes
about the nature of approach or
ownership."
Mrs May added: "I think it's
important for this country that we
take organised crime as seriously
as we should. We haven't been
able to deal with it as effectively
as we need to because we have set
up organisations that work in
silos. There has been no proper
cross-law enforcement agency co-
ordination.
"This new National Crime
Agency, and the powers that it
has, this is a serious crime
fighting body that will
significantly enhance the UK's
ability to deal with organised
crime."
Its budget will not exceed that of
the agencies it replaces and about
£3 million of Government funding
has been committed "for the
national co-ordination of
organised crime policing" in 2011
/12, including an intelligence
centre.
The Home Office plan for its
creation highlighted comments by
Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul
Stephenson last year, who
suggested the NCA could have
powers to "maintain strategic
oversight of operations and
operational deployments, deliver a
command and control capability
when needed".
In tackling organised crime
gangs, the NCA could lead
operations involving several
agencies, "developing a plan in
agreement with all the police
forces and agencies involved", so
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For a Buck, This Conservative Publication

Sells Out Its Own
Conor Friedersdorf (Politics :
The Atlantic)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 8:55:29 AM

By Conor Friedersdorf
Jun 8 2011, 9:55 AM ET
Comment Human Events made
headlines this week when its sales
staff tried to sell a RedState
political endorsement. They've
done far worse.
In the conservative movement,
there is a tension between staying
loyal to the rank and file and
exploiting the fact that there's a lot
of money to be made selling them
stuff. Some institutions pull it off,
as when National Review readers
pay to go on a luxury cruise so
that they can meet writers and
editors. Other times, a guy like
Glenn Beck manipulates his
audience into buying marked up
gold.
An item Ben Smith published
Tuesday broke the latest news on
this beat:
make RedState the most endorsements are not for sale." I take obvious advantage of associate with my grandparents. I
The endorsement of Erick
influential conservative blog on believe him, because for several vulnerable people who trust them. think of them every time I get a
Erickson, the founder of the
Capitol Hill and across America," years now I've watched in horror Where to draw the line is message with a subject like,
conservative blog RedState and a
writes the account executive, as the Human Events Group anyone's guess, but for me, the "Conspiracy to suppress cure for
CNN contributor is for sale as part
Chris McIntyre, in a form email advertising staff revealed its Human Events advertising emails cancer." What does this
of an advertising package,
forwarded to POLITICO by two moral compass. To be clear, I I long received were obviously on advertisement targeting frightened
according to an email circulated
surprised conservatives. "Why not don't think a television network or the wrong side of it. It is old people with cancer say? That
by an account executive for The
put Erick's influence to work for a publishing company or a important to know that the a breakthrough in a foreign
Human Events Group-Eagle
your organization?" billboard owner implicitly publication is largely read by country means "the hellish cancer
Publishing, which recently
Erickson quickly responded, endorses every business to whom older Americans who feel as treatments Americans take for
purchased the site.
acknowledging that the sales pitch it sells advertising. But I do take though they've been betrayed and granted are now outdated."
"Erick Erickson's reputation along
in question was sent out, but exception when a company is lied to by the mainstream media.
with his rising profile, combine to FOR page 90
assuring his readers, "no, my especially complicit in ads that It inhabits a media world I
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Explaining Goolsbee's Exit

Michael Hirsh (Politics : The
Atlantic)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:42:53 AM

By Michael Hirsh
Jun 8 2011, 11:42 AM ET
Comment
With the tea-party movement
dictating Washington's economic
policies, the Obama adviser
leaves behind a frustrating job
The oddest thing about the timing
is this: Austan Goolsbee had so
clearly won the power struggle.
( RELATED: Goolsbee to Leave
White House)
Marginalized by Larry Summers
in the first two years of the
Obama administration, Goolsbee
had come into his own in the
scant eight months since he
became chairman of the Council
of Economic Advisers. Summers
was gone, as was Goolsbee's
predecessor, Christina Romer.
Even more than most CEA
chairmen do, Goolsbee had
heeded Paul Volcker, the head of Volcker on the tougher regulation Republicans are also intent on percent unemployment, will have
emerged as the administration's
Obama's largely cosmetic of Wall Street and economist obstructing the Dodd-Frank to fend for itself.
chief economic voice, appearing
Economic Recovery Advisory Joseph Stiglitz and others on the regulatory legislation, meager Nor is Goolsbee's replacement -
regularly on the Sunday talk
Board -- the administration had need for much more stimulus. But though it already is. the CEA chairman is expected to
shows.
squandered its chance to do a "I didn't have much influence and The inmates have taken over the leave in August - likely to make
But therein lay a deeper problem:
deeper and more expansive neither did Austan," Volcker told asylum, in other words, and Mr. much of a difference. A White
the chief voice of what? Of
stimulus, which was so clearly National Journal on Tuesday. Goolsbee is simply ducking out House spokesman said on
policies that, frankly, no
needed. And the opportunity Today, all those hopes are gone the back door for his own safety. Tuesday that while names are still
economist worth his Ph.D. would
didn't come around again. with the wind of the tea-party The numbers on jobs, housing, being "sorted through," the choice
want to tout, occurring in an
Goolsbee's precise role in those movement. The GOP is in charge and manufacturing are scary, as "will most likely be an academic
intellectual vacuum in which good
early debates was not clear. What of the House and the tea partiers, are the "headwinds" from abroad, economist. I don't think it will be
economic thinking was no longer
is known is that Goolsbee, an despite being a minority faction of particularly Europe and Japan. a flagship name."
welcome. [See " Neo-Voodoo
empiricist, had usually aligned a minority party, are effectively But there simply is no room left The official reason for Goolsbee's
Economics," NJ, 5/21/11] During
himself with more progressive dictating Washington's economic for a real economic discussion announced resignation is that he
Goolsbee's obscure first two years
voices despite his tenure at the agenda, which is focused only on about remedies. The Treasury and wanted to retain his tenure at the
in Washington -- when he mainly
University of Chicago. He is cutting spending despite the Fed both have had their day. The EXPLAINING page 93
served as spokesman for the little-
believed to have sided with wavering recovery. The economy, limping along with 9.1
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It goes on:
Incredible as it sounds,
Germany's top cancer doctors
literally "cook" cancer out of your
body while you sleep - and you
wake up without any bad side
effects. Yes, you heard me right:
no bad side effects. No loss of
hair, no vomiting, and no nausea...
Yet the American medical
establishment hides the amazing
German cancer cure from you.
If you've had a grandparent who
is averse to doctors and actually
dreading American cancer
treatments... well, that ad just
doesn't seem okay. Obviously,
there are a lot of misleading
pitches out there. But the fact that
this one is targeting elderly cancer
victims in a way that plays on an
ideologically driven tendency to
mistrust the establishment... and is
sent out by a publication whose
content encourages those same
ideological tendencies? It's among
the most abhorrent example of
selling out rank and file
conservatives that I know, and I
don't think it's mitigated by the
disclaimer:
There are too many other
examples in my inbox to discuss
them all.
"Your doctor doesn't know
everything," says one subject line.
In case you missed the point it is
reiterated in the body of the
message: "These doctors today are
full of crap." Given the
demographic profile of the
readership, dubious health claims
are actually a big percentage of
these pitches. Another example:
"Slow your aging clock by 51
percent... this space age pill can
actually double your energy!"
Here's a visual:
And yet another example:
As you age, cells in your lungs
start to die off faster than you
replace them - causing your lungs
to shrink. That's bad news for
your strength, stamina and disease
-fighting power. And here's the
kicker: The smaller your lungs,
the greater your chance of dying -
of ALL causes! But I have proof
that it's completely preventable...
even reversible. YOU can make
shrinking lungs -and shortened
"healthspans" - a thing of the past!
With just minutes a day - you can
use my technique to give you the
lungpower of a 20-year-old. And
with all that EXTRA oxygen and
cardiovascular power, you'll
REAWAKEN the energy and
vitality you had years ago - even
if you're past retirement.
Get rich quick schemes are next
most frequent. "How to turn 10K
into 351K in 151 days," says an
email from last October. It
encourages readers to visit this
link. Judge for yourself if the
advertised returns are plausible.
As an editor at a DC Web start-
up called Culture11, I got rather
obsessed with these emails. My
colleagues from those days will
recall me ranting in the office,
unsuccessfully trying to get
Chairman of Eagle Publishing
Tom Phillips on the phone, and
blogging about this subject to no
effect. Eventually my frequent
complaints prompted conservative
blogger Conn Carroll to write,
"Conor is right that now is the
time for cleaning house in the
conservative movement. But he is
more self serving troll than true
believer. Take his Human Events
criticism. What is he trying to
accomplish?"
I didn't endear myself to the
Human Events editorial team
either.
Several months back I opted out
of getting Human Events
advertising emails. They get
under my skin every time I see
them. But I still think they
deserve more attention. Is there
Curated News Edition
any better example of an entity in
the conservative movement
thriving on the trust it enjoys
among the rank and file, and then
selling out some of those very
same people? I can't say for
certain whether or not Erick
Erickson is being truthful when he
contends that the Human Events
ad sales team offered to sell his
endorsement without so much as
consulting him. I can only say that
I wouldn't put it past them. In my
estimation, they've been complicit
in much sketchier schemes in the
past.
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Video: SWAT team raids house

over … unpaid student loans
Ed Morrissey (Hot Air » Top Wright said an officer grabbed to knock first and wait for not related to student loans in
Picks) him by the neck and led him someone to answer? default.
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:25:07 PM outside on his front lawn. Matt Welch asks a good question: He went on to say OIG is a semi- All Our Recent
“He had his knee on my back and [I]f this story isn’t a wake-up call independent branch of the U.S.
Via JWF and Reason, we now I had no idea why they were about the militarization of police Department of Education that Wars Have Gone
present this instructional video there,” Wright said. and criminalization of everything, executes warrants for criminal
f r o m t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f According to Wright, officers then I’m afraid the patient is even offenses such as student aid fraud Worse Than
E d u c a t i o n . N o w t h a t t h e also woke his three young
government has for all practical children ages 3, 7, and 11 and put
deader than the Fourth
Amendment.
and embezzlement of federal aid.
Er … that’s not much of an
Expected
purposes nationalized the student- them in a Stockton police patrol It’s also a wake-up call about the improvement. Armed federal Conor Friedersdorf (Politics :
loan industry, the DoE would like car with him. Officers then nationalization of what should be officers broke into a house and The Atlantic)
to educate recipients on new loan- searched his house. entirely private transactions. If placed themselves and the Submitted at 6/8/2011 10:42:22 AM
collection processes. The banks Why did a SWAT team treat the DoE hadn’t handed out direct occupants at risk for a potential
used to send bill collectors and Wright like a drug kingpin? loans in the first place, then the case of fraud or embezzlement? By Conor Friedersdorf
file claims in court, but the The U.S. Department of “suspect” would be dealing with For someone who no longer lives Jun 8 2011, 11:42 AM ET
Obama administration doesn’t Education issued the search and her default in civil proceedings, there? I’ve changed the headline Comment Victory has proved
like those kind of harsh private- called in the S.W.A.T for his where the dispute belongs. to reflect the changes in the more expensive, time-consuming,
sector measures to retrieve lost wife’s defaulted student loans. Update: The television station original reporting, but this does and elusive than advocates
capital. Instead, they’ll send a Ah, yes. Thank goodness that that first reported this has updated nothing to change the ridiculous predicted for the conflicts in
SWAT team to kick in your door Stockton sent heavily armed men their story to note that it wasn’t a nature of this intrusion into a Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya
and frighten your children — into a house with three young SWAT team, but the federal private home. Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya.
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CNN: 48% believe a Great continued from page 91

protect diplomats in Iraq after the

U.S. pulls its last troops out of the
country by year's end."
the electorate: wars generally go
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folks who plan for them are

Depression is coming Item three: "British and French

attack helicopters struck for the
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regularly wrong... and even when
they're right, that doesn't mean the
politicians in charge are going to

within a year
Ed Morrissey (Hot Air » Top
weekend, significantly ramping
up NATO's operations. Ten
explosions shook the capital early
2008, only 38% expected another matter), but they did poll on Wednesday, a day after the
heed the advice they're given.
The next time the occupant of the
Oval Office, the opposition
leadership in Congress, or the
Picks) Great Depression, which rose to which issues matter most to those alliance's most intense wave of air Weekly Standard editorial board
Submitted at 6/8/2011 11:47:16 AM 41% in 2009 shortly after Obama voting for President in 2012. The s t r i k e s o f t h e t w o - m o n t h is agitating for war, it's worth
took office. In the two years of ratings for “extremely important” campaign. The intensified air recalling that America's ruling
A l t e r n a t e h e a d l i n e : G r e a t the Obamanomics recovery, it’s show 51% selecting that option strikes raise the question of class has been impressively
D e p r e s s i o n w o r r i e s g o jumped seven points — which for the economy, followed by a tie whether NATO is sticking rigidly consistent in its ability to
mainstream. I guess we can count shows just how effective people at 45% between unemployment to its U.N. mandate to protect underestimate the costs and
Barack Obama among the 51% believe Obamanomics to be. and health care. If 51% of people civilians." difficulty of its military
who aren’t worried about it, since His Osama bin Laden bounce has t h i n k t h a t t h e e c o n o m y i s Do you see what I see? campaigns. One might even say
he’s not even worrying about a d i s s i p a t e d , C N N ’ s a n a l y s i s extremely important for their vote Despite the differences in these America is unexceptional in this
double-dip recession. CNN’s concludes, especially among and 48% think we’re going to wars, all are proceeding in ways regard.
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University of Chicago's Booth not a jobless recovery!" he decades of economic debunking.

School of Business. "Staying on
would have meant another two
years, since next year runs into
the 2012 election, and he couldn't
leave then," a Goolsbee aide said.
There is something to this. Alan
Friedman, a spokesman for the
Booth School, told National
Journal that "in normal
circumstances, academic leaves of
absence are approved for no more
than one year," though
"exceptions are sometimes made,
in particular for government
service." Goolsbee has been gone
for almost three years.
Still, whether he's been pressured
to get back or not, he probably
can't wait. Yes, Goolsbee has ably
defended the administration's
policies before the cameras. ("It's
spluttered on ABC's "This Week"
on Sunday, even though the
unemployment rate was 7.8
percent when Obama took office,
before the Great Recession
reached its height.) Behind the
scenes, though, he has been
somewhat acerbic about the
backwardness of the economic
conversation in Washington. He
was surprised by the persistence
of so much old thinking about
macroeconomics -- that neither
fiscal-stimulus nor monetary-
expansion measures such as
quantitative easing work. He has
had to dicker with those on the
Right who still marry themselves
to the supply-side idea that lower
taxes will increase revenues,
despite what he knows is three
Goolsbee remains a passionate
Obama loyalist, but it's just no
longer fun when you can't practice
your livelihood.
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HP ProBook 5330m review

Dana Wollman (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 2:00:00 PM
We always have to chuckle when
laptop makers talk about making
business systems look more
palatable to the employees toting
'em. After all, it's not like we're
going to walk off the job because
we don't like the looks of that
black box we've been assigned. Or
are we? Nonetheless, laptop
manufacturers are going out of
their way to make their corporate
systems look (and perform) more
in line with their sexier consumer
cousins. Take the Lenovo
ThinkPad X1, for instance, a
slimmed-down version of the
company's signature design --
updated with a buttonless
touchpad, Dolby sound, and a
much-maligned glossy display.
Toshiba, meanwhile, recently
revamped its line of business
notebooks to look like the
lightweight Portege R705-- also a
crossover hit.
Which brings us to the HP
ProBook 5330m. This 13.3-incher
has a metal-clad body and Beats
Audio -- a first on an HP business
machine, but a staple across its
consumer stable. And yet, the
company's wooing the IT guys,
value, but can it hang? Let's find
out.
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too, with a matte display, optional
prepaid mobile broadband, Intel
vPro technology, and TPM
circuitry. With a starting price of
$799, it scores big points for
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New 'semi-solid' battery could
recharge EVs as fast as pumping
gas
Sharif Sakr (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 12:59:00 PM
Researchers at MIT reckon
they've struck oil. In fact, you're
looking at what they call
"Cambridge crude" -- a substance
that could halve the weight and
cost of EV batteries and make
them quicker to charge too. The
black goo is packed with a high
concentration of energy in the
form of particles suspended in a
liquid electrolyte. When separated
Google Maps Navigation to go offline this
summer? Garmin and TomTom on notice
Terrence O'Brien (Engadget)
Submitted at 6/8/2011 1:26:00 PM
Dutch tech site All About Phones
claims that Google Maps
Navigation will get a true offline
mode later this summer. In
December the Android app
by a filter, these particles function
as mobile electrodes that can be
pumped into and around a system
before the energy is released. So
instead of waiting up to 20 hours
to juice your Nissan Leaf, you
could potentially just pump this
pre-charged substance into it --
rather like dirty old gas. Until
now, no such "semi-solid flow
cell" has been able to hold useful
quantities of energy, but this stuff
literally oozes with it. Not only
could it power EVs, it could even
received an update that cached
routes and the surrounding areas,
but without a data connection you
still couldn't enter a new
destination. A source inside the
Dutch telco industry said that
G o o g w o u l d r e m o v i n g t h e obvious next step for the nav tool,
requirement for coverage -- an
Curated News Edition
revolution is years off -- but when
it comes, there will be blood.
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be used for large-scale electricity
storage for utilities. The
researchers insist this energy
especially with Ovi Maps offline this summer? Garmin and
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Google Maps Navigation to go