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they’re suffering Afghanistan speech
By Reuters Staff (Front Row
By David Morgan (Front Row big bucks in exchange for media
Washington) Washington)
interviews.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:19:47 AM
A camera crew from the cable- Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:22:35 PM

TV channel, Bravo, did follow

They passed through layers of
White House security to attend a
lavish state dinner, got
themselves photographed with
the president and vice president
and posted pix on Facebook.
It was supposed to be an
experience to last a lifetime. But
now, Michaele and Tareq Salahi,
the couple at the center of one of
the most embarrassing White
House security breaches of all
time, say their lives have been
destroyed by falsehood and
gossip.
“Devastated. Shocked,” is how
beautiful, blond, former NFL
cheerleader Michaele recalls her
reaction to the morning-after
headlines in an interview with
NBC’s Today show. And Tareq?
“Very saddened,” he says.
According to the White House,
the Salahis were not on the
invitation list. But they insist they
were invited and predict that e-
mails now in the hands of the
Secret Service will exonerate
them in the end.
In the meantime, their lives are a
one-syllable word for perdition.
Tareq: “Our lives have really
been destroyed.”
Michaele: “Everything we’ve
worked for — for me, 44 years
— destroyed.”
The U.S. media have made the
Salahis out to be self-promoting
social climbers who crashed the
White House dinner while
Michaele was auditioning for a
new reality TV show called “The
Real Housewives of
Washington.” There have even
been reports they tried to cash in
on their exploits by demanding
them to the edge of the White
House grounds on the night of
the dinner. But the bit about paid
interviews is dead wrong, says
Michaele: “At no time … have
we ever even talked about doing
that with anyone.”
Whether the Salahis are charged
depends on a Secret Service
probe to figure out just what
happened. The Salahis tell NBC
they hope to clear their name by
sharing those e-mails as soon as
the Secret Service says they can.
When might that be? “We hope
within the next several days,”
Tareq says.
Photo Credits: Reuters/Ho New
(the Salahis and Obama);
Reuters/Jonathan Ernst (the
Salahis)
Reuters’ Toby Zakaria will be
live blogging the Obama speech
on Tuesday night.
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Democrats hope to succeed where
Teddy Roosevelt failed on healthcare rises before Afghanistan
By Donna Smith (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 3:26:47 PM
Democrats hope to succeed
where Republican President
Theodore Roosevelt failed —
provide medical coverage for all
Americans.
Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus, who
played a major role in writing the
legislation now being debated in
the Senate, in making the modern
day case for healthcare reform
cited Roosevelt’s unsuccessful
1912 campaign after he broke
away from the Republican Party.
“As in Teddy Roosevelt’s time,
we seek protection against the
hazards of sickness,” Baucus
said. “Of necessity, we seek a
system uniquely adapted to
American use. And recognizing
the daunting task still ahead of
us, we pledge ourselves to work
unceasingly, to get the job done.”
Roosevelt never saw healthcare
coverage for everyone enacted
into law. But nearly a century
later, Congress seems ready to do
what Roosevelt sought and enact
healthcare reform that extends
medical coverage to most people
in the United States.
Republicans stand solidly
against the healthcare bill that the
Senate is expected to debate for
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at least three weeks. For those
watching it on C-Span don’t be
confused by the title of the bill
flashed at the bottom of the
screen.
The Senate is using as a vehicle
for the healthcare overhaul a
House-passed bill making sure
that military members serving
overseas do not miss out on the
first-time home buyers tax credit
that expires in April.
The Constitution requires
revenue measures to originate in
the House of Representatives so
it is not unusual for the Senate to
use a House-passed bill as a
vehicle for legislation that
includes taxes.
The Senate did not pick the
House-passed healthcare bill as
the instrument for its version, but
instead picked a bill titled
“Service Members Home
Ownership Tax Act.”
Maybe that will help with
wavering Democrats.
Despite the title, the Senate
debate will be about the 2,074-
page healthcare reform bill that is
being offered as an amendment
to the tax credit legislation.
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Latest on crasher-gate: will they
accept House invite?
By Tabassum Zakaria (Front
Row Washington)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 12:54:01 PM
It’s not quite the glamorous
soiree they attended at the White
House, but the party-crashing
duo has been invited to a
different Washington function.
Will they RSVP and accept the
invitation? No one knows.
House Homeland Security
Committee Chairman Bennie
Thompson plans to hold a
hearing on Thursday about the
breach of security at the White
House last week when Michaele
and Tareq Salahi crashed the
State Dinner for the Indian prime
minister and hobnobbed with
President Barack Obama and
Vice President Joe Biden.
“The Committee plans to invite
testimony from Mr. and Mrs.
Salahi, who managed to attend
portions of the State Dinner
without proper White House and
Secret Service clearance,” a
statement from Thompson said.
Michaele Salahi has flirty, flirty,
photos from the White House
dinner on her Facebook page—
cosy with the Veep, leaning
toward Rahm (Emanuel, who
she mistags as “Ron” on one
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/loneliness-may-be-contagious/
By Lisa Grossman, Science
News (Wired Top Stories)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:50:00 AM
Lonely people can transmit their
picture), hanging with the
Marines.
And she touched the president,
grasping Obama’s hand in both
of hers in the receiving line.
So will the couple who is the
talk of the town show up at the
House hearing?
A House aide tells us that the
Salahis have been contacted but
the committee has not yet
received a response. It was also
pointed out that if they decline
the invitation, Committee rules
provide the option of a subpoena.
The publicity-seeking couple has
not appeared in a public forum
since the incident.
sense of isolation to their friends,
a new long-term study of real-life
social networks finds.
Of course, the hearing is on the
serious issue of the White House
security breach. The director of
the Secret Service is also being
invited — he will certainly
accept.
What would you ask the Salahis
if you were a member of the
committee?
This time at least they will get
their own seat…
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:11:33 PM
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administration’s nominee to head
the troubled U.S. Agency for
International Development
(USAID), carries a resume heavy
with outside-the-beltway cred.
Medical doctor. Agricultural
scientist. Gates Foundation
expert.
So at least one senator at his
confirmation hearing on Tuesday
was surprised that, with scarcely
a few months of government
experience under his belt as an
undersecretary at the Department
of Agriculture, Shah was already
fluent in Washington’s
bureaucratic doublespeak.
“You’ve learned the Washington
process very well,” New Jersey
Democratic Senator Bob
Menendez said as Shah
confidently turned questions into
answers without providing much
in the way of fact, opinion, or
hard detail.
No matter. Shah, 36, appeared
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30,000 more troops for Afghanistan

By Mark Tran, Daniel Nasaw Taliban strongholds in the your comments. leaving Afghanistan "well Zardari's downfall would
(World news and comment countryside to the cities. 6.48pm: before" end of Obama's first complicate US efforts to secure
from the Guardian | 7.42pm: Michael Tomasky can't believe term. more support for its battle against
guardian.co.uk) AP reports Obama will that Dick Cheney thinks the Bush This is the first inkling we have the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:28:56 PM
announce that US forces will administration bears no had about time frame for US Failure there could damage
start leaving Afghanistan in July responsibility for the situation in forces leaving. President Barack Obama's
Barack Obama tonight will end 2011. That means the troop Afghanistan. 6.20pm: presidency.
months of uncertainty over his surge could last just over a year, 6.39pm: Sky News is picking up an AFP 5.12pm:
Afghanistan policy when he d e p e n d i n g o n t h e p a c e o f AP has fleshed out its story report that France has said no to Like the New York Times, the
announces a military escalation r e d e p l o y m e n t . about withdrawal timetable - the Obama's request for 1,500 more Washington Post is leading on
in an attempt to prevent the war 7.13pm: exit strategy will have a starting French soldiers. France has 3,160 the accelerated deployment of
from being lost. Main points so Daniel Nasaw in Washington point of sometime before the end troops in Afghanistan, the fourth troops, launching what Obama is
far. here. Thanks Mark. of 2012, while the first Marines largest force contributor behind hoping to be the "end game" to
• Troops will start pulling out Reuters asks if the rapid 6- in the surge will arrive as early as the US (68,000), the UK (9,000) the eight-year war.
before the end of 2012 month deployment schedule of Christmas day. and Germany (4,000). 5.04pm:
* Extra troops will be deployed the 30,000 additional troops is 6.34pm: 5.47pm: As the US and its western allies
within six months driven by the US political Angela Merkel, the German Reuters has more on that six- step up their war effort against
• Obama will send about 30,000 calendar. (The entire House of leader, says Germany is not ready month deployment, which the Taliban, they are stuck with
more soldiers Representatives, one third of the to send more troops. She has told appears to be the big surprise in Hamid Karzai, who they
• US wants an extra 5,000 to Senate and many state governors reporters that Germany would Obama's announcement tonight. probably regard as the weakest
10,000 Nato troops are up for election in November await the results of an It says the Pentagon was link in their strategy. Christina
8.20pm: 2010). international conference on expecting a rollout over 12-18 Lamb, the veteran foreign
House Democratic Majority The answer, according to Afghanistan next month in months and that the deployment correspondent for the Sunday
Leader Steny Hoyer blasts former Anthony Cordesman, senior London before deciding whether represents a "major gamble" by Times, wrote this revealing
V i c e - p r e s i d e n t C h e n e y ' s fellow at the prominent Centre to commit more forces, AP Obama. profile recently of the man she
a s s e r t i o n t h a t t h e B u s h for Strategic and International reports. 5.41pm: first met in 1987. It contains this
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n b e a r s n o Studies: No. 6.30pm: Jon Boone reports on ructions in damning verdict.
responsibility for the mess in You cannot predict in any sense The Los Angeles Times focuses Kabul as Kai Eide, the top UN He may have looked the part but
Afghanistan. if this is going to have a good or on where US troops will be envoy in Afghanistan attacks in retrospect Karzai was probably
Hoyer told Politico: negative impact on the election. concentrated- southern plans to install a powerful foreign the wrong man for the job. "He
They started something and You can guess all you want but Afghanistan, where the Taliban envoy to deal with Karzai. couldn't even run a restaurant,"
didn't finish it, and they left it for you have no way of knowing. are strongest. 5.27pm: said Ashraf Ghani, his first
this administration to clean up. The president is probably more Plans call for a near-doubling of The US will be counting heavily finance minister.
7.54pm: concerned with a second term the Marine contingent in on Pakistan to bear down on its 4.45pm:
G i l l e s D o r r o n s o r o o f t h e and history than trying to time a Helmand, which is to grow to side of the border on Taliban Asked on ABC News whether
C a r n e g i e E n d o w m e n t f o r war to the uncertainties of a about 20,000. That in turn will leaders who have sought refuge this will be the last time that
International Peace, has an c o n g r e s s i o n a l e l e c t i o n . . . pave the way for a US-led push in the northern city of Quetta. Obama will ask for more troops
informative video Q&A on the presidents are not congressmen. to capture the town of Marja, However, Dawn, the liberal from the American people for
recent Afghanistan elections, the 7.03pm: which has remained out of the leading Pakistani paper, reports Afghanistan, Robert Gibbs, the
origins of the Taliban and the My colleague in Washington, grasp of Marines who arrived in that President Asif Ali Zardari, is White House spokesman, says
affect of the US presence there. Daniel Nasaw, will be taking Helmand five months ago. in deep political trouble because "the president sure believes so."
As Mark Tran noted earlier, over now and will continue live 6.27pm: of unpopular polices such as It does sound like a last throw of
Dorronsoro f a v o u r s coverage until Obama's AP has just snapped this. accepting US aid that came with
redeployment of US troops from announcement. Thanks for all 30,000 page 6
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the dice.
4.34pm:
Reaction from Afghans is
mixed, Jon Boone reports from
Kabul. Here is what people are
saying.
Gulab Mangal, governor of
Helmand: I really welcome the
additional troops for Afghanistan
and for Helmand. And we have
to seize the opportunity to
expand our Afghan National
Army and police, that way we
can take responsibility for
security in the country ourselves.
Shahzada, a village chief from
the Babaji area of Helmand: In
the past 30 years all are problems
have been because of the foreign
troops. In the past we suffered a
lot under the Russians and the
same things happened today with
Americans and foreign troops.
We are not happy with the
current level of foreign troops –
any increase will make things
worse.
Mohamad Sharif, shopkeeper
from Lashkar Gah, Helmand:
Instead of bringing more foreign
troops they should improve the
Afghan National Army.
Everyone is happy with the
ANA, but not the police who are
corrupt.
Abdul Samad, Kabul taxi driver:
sending more troops is not the
solution, the main problem is
employment. Unemployment
leads people to join the
opposition and the criminals.
Sending more troops, it will
make the situation worse.
Daoud Sultonzoy, member of
parliament:I am confused a little
bit about the timing. It thought it
would be announced after Mr
Obama hears what sort of reform
Mr Karzai was going to do but
we haven't heard anything. I'm
sure Mr Karzai has charmed Mr
Obama and talked him into
making this announcement
before he shows his hand.
Shukria Barakzai, member of
parliament: Security cannot come
only with more troops. There
should be negotiations with those
Taliban who accept the
constitution. And security is
linked to economic growth and
access for ordinary people to
justice. Without justice there is
no security.
Arsala Jamal, former governor
of Khost: Yes in a way more
troops will help of course but we
believe that it should be coupled
with more resources being
allocated to civilian development,
creating a good governance and
more development works. There
also needs to be regional
approach to encourage Pakistan
to deal with the insurgency inside
their own borders where it is
based.
4.21pm:
The UN special envoy to
Afghanistan, Kai Eide, who was
heavily criticised for his handling
of the August election, has been
briefing reporters. Our man in
Kabul, Jon Boone, says he called
for a "transition strategy not an
exit strategy" as the world needs
to reaffirm its commitment to
Afghanistan. Eide also said the
risk of southerners thinking they
are under a foreign occupation
when the troop surge happens
can be reduced by continuing to
focus on reducing civilian
casualities. As for resigning, Eide
said that "at this critical juncture
it would be absolutely wrong to
have any change in the major
international positions in
Afghanistan". He claimed to have
received support from top US
officials including Hillary
Clinton, the US secretary of state,
and Richard Holbrooke, the US
special envoy.
4.06pm:
AP is reporting that the US
wants its allies to provide 5,000
and 10,000 new troops to the
international force in
Afghanistan.
Bob Herbet, a columnist at the
New York Times takes the same
tack as the Nation.
It would have been much more
difficult for Mr Obama to look
this troubled nation in the eye
and explain why it is in our best
interest to begin winding down
the permanent state of warfare
left to us by the Bush and Cheney
regime. It would have taken real
courage for the commander in
chief to stop feeding our young
troops into the relentless meat
grinder of Afghanistan, to face
up to the terrible toll the war is
taking — on the troops
themselves and in very insidious
ways on the nation as a whole.
The price tag for escalation will
be hefty and the Wall Street
Journal carries some eye-
watering numbers. It says the
administration will have a fight
on its hands in trying to raise
money for the war effort.
The White House estimates that
sending 30,000 reinforcements to
Afghanistan would add
approximately $30bn in new
costs per year, or about $1m per
soldier or Marine. The Pentagon
estimates that it will cost roughly
$500,000 per soldier, for a total
of about $15bn per year in new
expenses.
3.47pm:
The New York Times is leading
on the speed of Obama's
deployment- sending in 30,000
over the next six months, which
is much faster than anyone
expected. It amounts to a trying
to deliver a decisive blow to the
Taliban over that period. Of
course the Taliban can choose to
lie low until the surge subsides.
3.41pm:
The leftwing Nation magazine
carries the"speech" that it says
Obama should deliver tonight -
but won't.
Let me say as bluntly as I can
that I have decided to send no
more troops to Afghanistan.
Beyond that, I believe it is in the
national interest of the American
people that this war, like the Iraq
War, be drawn down.
3.27pm:
If Stewart and Dorronsoro are
the most articulate in presenting
the case for de-escalation, Steve
Coll at the New Yorker, is one of
the most convincing in spelling
out the risks of "losing"
Afghanistan, including increased
momenturm for a Taliban
revolution in Pakistan and the
potential for more Islamist
violence in India.
3.08pm:
This from the Associated Press
A senior administration official
has told The Associated Press
that President Barack Obama is
sending 30,000 more US troops
to Afghanistan to be deployed
over six months. In his speech
Tuesday night, Obama also will
lay out a rough timeframe,
including some dates, for when
the main US military mission
will end.
AP does not have details on the
last point, which is perhaps what
most people will want to hear
about.
3.04pm:
In the course of Obama's lengthy
deliberations, there has been
plenty of time for backers and
opponents of his strategy to make
their respective arguments.
Consequently there is a rich
debate on the pros and cons of
escalation. Two of the most
persuasive voices for reducing
the military effort have been
Rory Stewart and Gilles
Doronsorro.
Stewart, who served as governor
of an Iraqi province in 2003-2004
and walked across in
Afghanistan, argues that trying to
build a strong Afghan state is an
exercise in futility as it goes
against history. His article in the
London Review of Books in July
is worth revisiting.
The best Afghan policy would
be to reduce the number of
foreign troops from the current
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Seized sailors row escalates as David Miliband intervenes
By James Meikle, Matthew
Weaver, Sam Jones (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:51:15 AM
Foreign secretary speaks to
counterpart after Tehran warns of
'hard and serious' measures
against five British yachtsmen
David Miliband spoke to Iran's
foreign minister this evening
about the five British yachtsmen
seized in the Persian Gulf last
week as fears grow for their
safety.
The conversation, which
followed an earlier claim from
Miliband that the matter would
be handled at consular level,
came after the Iranian
ambassador to the UK went to
the Foreign Office for talks this
afternoon.
Rasoul Movahedian's 30-minute
meeting with the permanant
undersecretary, Peter Ricketts,
came after a close aide to the
Iranian president, Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad, today warned the
five men would face "hard and
serious" measures if it were
found they had "evil intentions".
The sailors were captured six
days ago when their racing yacht
was intercepted by Iran's navy
while en route from Bahrain to an
event in Dubai.
The incident was kept secret
until yesterday as the Foreign
Office sought to establish what
had happened and tried to avoid
raising the political temperature.
But Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaie,
Ahmadinejad's head of staff,
turned up the heat.
"Naturally, our measures will be
hard and serious if we find out
they had evil intentions," he told
the semi-official Fars News
agency, according to Reuters.
A Foreign Office spokesman
said Ricketts had asked the
ambassador for more information
on the captives at their meeting
this afternoon. "He stressed the
need for Iran to confirm where
the yachtsmen are being held, to
grant us formal consular access
to them, and the need for a
speedy resolution to this matter,"
the spokesman said. "These were
points we had been making for
some days. Since it was now
almost a week since the
yachtsmen were held, the delay
in providing a full explanation of
what had happened and clarity on
Iranian intentions were a matter
of increasing concern."
It is thought the yacht, the
Kingdom of Bahrain, may have
strayed inadvertently into Iranian
waters, the foreign secretary,
David Miliband, said. The
organisers of the race the sailors
were due to compete in said the
yacht had lost its propeller.
The vessel was being delivered
by the crew to the annual Dubai
to Muscat race, which was due to
begin the following day. All the
Britons were said to be safe and
well and their families have been
informed.
The crew members have been
named as Oliver Smith, 31,
Oliver Young, 21, Sam Usher,
Luke Porter, 21 and David
Bloomer.
Miliband told the Commons
today there was no connection
between the capture of the crew
and the diplomatic clash over
Iran's nuclear ambitions.
"There is no link at all between
the position of the yachtsmen and
the Iranian nuclear file or other
political issues that exist between
Iran and the international
community," he said. "We very
much look forward to the
yachtsmen being released on a
consular basis."
The foreign secretary said the
government was working with
Tehran to ensure the men were
released as soon as possible,
adding that he understood they
were being treated well, "as we
would expect in Iran".
Gordon Brown's spokesman said
the government was in close
contact with the sailors' families.
"The facts are emerging. We
don't have all the facts in front of
us," he said. "What we do know
is these five yachtsmen were on
the way to a race. They probably,
and inadvertently, strayed into
Iranian waters. We are in close
touch with the families."
Asked if he was certain the
yachtsmen were in Iranian
waters, the spokesman replied:
"The evidence appears to be that
they strayed into Iranian waters."
Oliver Young's father told the
thisisplymouth website he was
sure his son was "fine". David
Young, a Plymouth businessman,
said: "He's travelled a fair bit,
he's got quite a bit of experience
under his belt. They'll be coping
with it fine. We understand they
are being well looked after.
"He's been doing this since he's
18. He's with a very good friend
of his and two crew members.
They've been out there on this
project for a number of weeks
now … We hope to see them
very soon.
"It's just a worry that there are
diplomatic stresses at the
moment. They are under
international pressure. We just
hope they're not used as a
bargaining chip."
Keith Mutch, general manager of
the Dubai offshore sailing club,
the race organisers, told the BBC:
"In all of our sailing instructions,
skippers are briefed to stay away
from Iranian waters.
"I've been told, although I can't
confirm this, that Team Pindar
had lost her propeller. We were
waiting for her to come and pick
one up."
The shadow foreign minister,
David Lidington, called for the
sailors to be released
immediately.
He told the BBC: "I think it is
completely unjustifiable and I
believe Iran should release these
people from captivity without
delay.
"There was no justification for
them being arrested in the first
place."
The Tory MP Ben Wallace,
chairman of the British-Iranian
all-party parliamentary group,
said Iran was trying "make a
World/ 7
point".
He told the BBC: "A normal
nation would stop a yacht, check
it out, maybe take it back to shore
and get rid of them. But this is
five, six days into the incident.
That is much more worrying, that
is more deliberate."
Communication with Iran may
have been made more difficult
since the incident occurred over
the Muslim holiday, Eid al-Adha.
The race went ahead as planned.
Sail Bahrain is the brainchild of
Bahrain's King Hamad, who
wants to develop sailing and
other water sports in the Gulf
region. The team has recently
brought two 60ft Volvo racing
yachts, of which the Kingdom of
Bahrain is one, to the kingdom
from Southampton after setting
up the project with Team Pindar
racing.
Bloomer, a DJ and sports
broadcaster, has worked for the
Bahrain Radio and Television
Corporation for 25 years. He was
expected to give regular updates
on the 360-nautical-mile Dubai to
Muscat race for which the yacht
was headed.
Louay Habib, press officer for
the Dubai offshore sailing club,
said the yacht, which, when
racing, would have had nine
crew, ran into trouble about 60
miles off Dubai.
The incident comes amid
heightened tensions over Iran's
plans, announced on Sunday, to
build 10 uranium enrichment
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plants. Iran's relations with

By Rory McCarthy (World community. " If there is to be a Abbas has threatened not to run -state solution impossible." Britain have been frosty since the
news and comment from the genuine peace, a way must be in the next presidential election, Israel's long-running economic
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) country's disputed election earlier
found to resolve the status of apparently out of frustration with blockade of Gaza was this year.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:17:05 PM Jerusalem as the capital of two a lack of progress and of US "unacceptable" under • Iran
states," says the draft, which the support. Diplomats, and most international law and "politically • Foreign policy
Israel accuses EU of destroying Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz has senior Palestinian leaders, want counterproductive."
prospects of renewed peace talks obtained a copy of. him to stay. But there was limited praise for James Meikle Matthew Weaver
with document seen as an effort Sweden, which currently holds The document – which comes Israel. In the draft the EU says it Sam Jones
to strengthen Abbas the EU presidency, was singled ahead of a meeting on Tuesday of hopes the 10-month partial guardian.co.uk© Guardian News
An EU document stressing that out for blame by Israel. "The the EU foreign affairs council – settlement freeze "will become a & Media Limited 2009 | Use of
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Brussels was damaging the Israel and the Palestinians," the only be changed under joint checkpoints and obstacles in the
p r o s p e c t s o f p e a c e t a l k s Israeli foreign ministry said. agreement. The draft also talks West Bank.
restarting. "After the important steps taken about recognising Palestinian Today more Jewish settlers
The draft document, to be by the government of Israel to statehood. This comes at a time moved into a Palestinian house in
discussed by EU foreign enable the resumption of when Palestinian leaders have Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem,
ministers next week, strongly n e g o t i a t i o n s w i t h t h e
criticised Israeli policies towards Palestinians, the European Union
considered a unilateral
declaration of independence or
an area that has become a front
line in Israel's settlement project.
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Hubble Explains Nebulas Ruddy Complexion

By Alexis Madrigal (Wired Top New observations by Hubble be blue is actually tinted red.
Stories) explain why a nebula that should
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level of 90,000 to far fewer –
perhaps 20,000. In that case, two
distinct objectives would remain
for the international community:
development and counter-
terrorism. Neither would amount
to the building of an Afghan
state. If the West believed it
essential to exclude al-Qaida
from Afghanistan, then they
could do it with special forces.
(They have done it successfully
since 2001 and could continue
indefinitely, though the result has
only been to move bin Laden
across the border.)
Dorronsorro, from the Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace in Washington, has been
arguing for a redeployment of
troops to the north instead of
trying to defeat the Taliban in
Helmand and the south, where
they are strongest. He believes
Nato troops should focus on
defending the cities and major
communications routes.
2.37pm:
For an opposing view watch
MSNBC commentator Keith
Olbermann deliver a sarcastically
-worded rant against sending
troops.
"If you liked Iraq, you'll love
Afghanistan with 35,000 more
troops complete with new
wrinkles from the Minderbinder
lingo of Joseph Heller's Catch
22," he says.
Google, Twitter call attention to World AIDS Day
By Don Reisinger
(Webware.com)
The Huffington Post has a full
text.
2.32pm:
Professor Michael Clarke from
the Royal United Services
Institute thinktank believes that
Obama's strategy, announced
back in March, has a chance of
success now that he has decided
to send more troops. You can
listen to him on BBC Radio 4's
Today programme. (Sscroll down
to 8.15)
2.23pm:
Even as he announces an
escalation, Obama will lay out
what is effect an exit strategy, the
Washington Post reports. Last
week, Obama said he wanted to
"finish the job", although that
begs the question as to whether it
will take one term - or two if he
is re-elected. Despite the
attention on troop numbers for
Afghanistan, the real strategic
prize is Pakistan, the Post
reported yesterday.
Pakistan has been the hot core of
the months-long strategy review.
The long-term consequences of
failure there, the review
concluded, far outweigh those in
Afghanistan.
2.00pm:
All eyes will be on Barack
Obama tonight when he finally
announces the most momentous
decision of his presidency. He
will address the American people
On World AIDS Day, both
Google and Twitter have added
some elements to their sites to
at 8pm in the US - 1am here in
the UK. I will be blogging on
developments leading up to the
announcement before handing
over to my colleague Daniel
Nasaw in Washington.
The venue itself is highly
symbolic, America's most
prestigious military academy,
West Point in New York state.
He has chosen to speak there
rather than the White House, a
decision that emphasises not only
his role as commander-in-chief
but also the gravity of the
military situation in Afghanistan.
Obama has been building up to
this since the beginning of the
year, holding nine strategy
meetings. In fact, Obama
announced a "new strategy" back
in March, so strictly speaking
this is a recalibration of that
strategy.
Inevitably there have been leaks.
• He is expected to announce the
deployment of 30,000 troops, on
top of the 21,000 sent in March.
• In an intriguing twist, the
Guardian's diplomatic editor,
Julian Borger, reports on a Nato
split over US moves to bypass
Hamid Karzai, the west's flawed
partner.
We have been here before when
Karzai saw off Paddy Ashdown
last year, when the US and the
UN wanted the former Liberal
Democrat leader to be high rep.
increase awareness.
In other angles on the story in the
Guardian.
• Nicholas Watt reports on
Gordon Brown's unusual step of
announcing the dispatch of over
500 special forces to spearhead
the British war effort.
• The decision is as much to do
with politics as the demands of
the military, writes Richard
Norton-Taylor.
• Malalai Joya, a woman MP in
Afghanistan, argues that
escalation will be worse than a
mistake. It will be a continuation
of a war crime.
• The Guardian's Data blog has a
breakdown on the number of
troops each country has in
Afghanistan.
• Afghanistan
• Obama administration
• Taliban
• Hamid Karzai
• Pakistan
Mark Tran Daniel Nasaw
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Staples heads
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-quarter release
By Steven Mallas
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:40:00 PM
Filed under: Earnings reports,
Office Depot (ODP), OfficeMax
Inc (OMX), Staples Inc (SPLS)
Staples ( SPLS) issued Q3 results
early this morning, and the
market loved them. In afternoon
trading, the stock was bid higher
by over 6%, with awesome
volume backing the trade.
According to the press release,
total sales decreased 6%.
Earnings per diluted share
declined as well, dropping 7% on
an adjusted basis to 39 cents.
That was good enough, though,
to beat expectations by a penny,
as indicated by our preview
piece.
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Australia: A nation for heads in the Way out there marketing:

sand Getting paid six figures
By Fred Pearce (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
House poking out of a blue sea.
But the country also has a
history of redneck climate denial.
than 0.5bn tonnes of CO 2 into
the air.
Industrialists have lobbied
to wear a T-shirt
By Connie Madon
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summit, while other rich nations emissions. Last year the Business
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In Role as Kingmaker, the Energy Department Stifles Innovation

By Darryl Siry (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:29:00 AM
Of all of the Department of Advanced Technology Vehicle the most ambitious. But it has a
Energy programs intended to Manufacturing incentive to spur downside.
advance the green agenda while the development of cleaner,
stimulating the economy, the greener automobiles is perhaps
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G20 protester jailed for attempt to set Devon Energy remains

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Profiles: The British sailors detained Happy Thanksgiving:
by Iran
By Steven Morris (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:09:29 PM
The sailors captured six days ago
when their racing yacht was
intercepted by the Iranian navy
while sailing from Bahrain to an
event in Dubai
Oliver Smith, 31, from
Southampton
The skipper of the yacht, he is
described as experienced,
competent and calm in a crisis.
Polly Dawson, who works for
round the world yachtsman Sir
Robin Knox-Johnston, said
Smith was a "very professional
and capable sailor" and added: "I
think he will be holding
everything together." A qualified
yachtmaster, Smith has a degree
in ocean science and marine
navigation. After university, he
spent six months skippering a
survey yacht.
Oliver Young, 21, from Saltash,
near Plymouth
One of four brothers, he has
sailed since he was a small child.
His mother, Sue Young, said: "It
is a complete passion for him,
'Avatar' Points Way to Future of Movie Games
By Frank Rose (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:00:00 AM
In the new videogame based on
Sony sells some
400,000 PS3s last week
and this will never put him off.
He is a very strong person, he
will be coping with this fine."
After leaving school at 18,
Young spent his time gaining
qualifications – he is also a
yachtmaster – and experience in
all sort of ocean conditions. His
father, David Young, added: "We
just hope they're not used as a
bargaining chip."
Luke Porter, 21, from Weston-
super-Mare, Somerset
A good friend of Young's and
also a qualified yachtmaster, he
had been working in Bahrain for
about two months. He started
crewing on his father Charles's
racing yacht at the age of 14, and
has already taken part in five
transatlantic crossings as well as
a series of regattas in the West
Indies. "He's a professional
sailor, very used to dealing with
adversity," his father said. He
added that his son "wasn't on top
form" when he spoke to him on
the telephone. "It was obvious
someone was monitoring what
he said."
Sam Usher, 26, from
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
A father of two young children,
James Cameron's highly
anticipated sci-fi flick, blue
giants deliver a big green
message: Greed is bad, and
humans are a cancer. But behind
he owns Wykeham Watersports,
a sailing academy on the Dawnay
estate, north-east of York. He is a
qualified senior dinghy instructor
and powerboat instructor and
runs Wykeham Watersports,
which organises training courses,
with his fiancee, Nicola Drayton.
She said: "It's difficult, but you
just get on, you have no choice."
David Bloomer, in his 60s, lives
in Bahrain
A DJ, sports presenter and
adventurer, he is thought to have
both a British and an Irish
passport. He had been due to
broadcast updates on the yacht's
progress in the race, having
begun working for the Bahrain
Radio and Television
Corporation as a newsreader
before making the switch to DJ.
A fully qualified off-road driving
instructor, he crossed the Sahara
in a Land Rover in the 1970s.
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the scenes, the parallel teams
working on the movie and the
game forged a visionary alliance.
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:01:26 AM
This may be the first holiday
season in a long time that Sony is
looking forward to. Some
440,000 PS3s were sold last
week(compared to 550,000
Nintendo Wiis), and Sony says
demand for the system was at “an
all-time high.” Good thing for
that price cut and re-design,
right?
Sony told Gamasutra, which I’m
putting here for your
convenience:
In today’s economy, consumers
are drawn to items that offer the
most value for their money,
making the PS3 an ideal choice
for those who want a
comprehensive gaming and
entertainment system all in one
package.
That’s a fair point. Three-
hundred dollars gets you a Blu-
ray-playing, online game-ing,
Netflix-streaming… you know
the deal. The PS3 at $300 is so
much more attractive than, what,
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the $500 Sony wanted for so
many years?
Besides, for $500, or a little
more, you can build a reasonable
gaming PC. It won’t blow you
away, no, but a proper PC is so
much more versatile than a static
consoles.
So now we wait for Microsoft’s
numbers.
Did any of y’all take advantage
of any Black Friday/Cyber
Monday/Awesome Tuesday
deals? I saw a few PS3 bundles
here and there, but I spent a few
dollars on Steam buying Left 4
Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, and
Mirror’s Edge. Steam makes it
too easy to spend money!
E-reader Newspaper
Silvio Berlusconi's ally Gianfranco It’ll linger for a week:
Fini overheard criticising PM's 'regal' Japanese security system
style
By John Hooper (World news
and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:30:20 PM
Gianfranco Fini says Italian
leader 'confuses leadership with
absolute monarchy'
The government of Silvio
Berlusconi already beset by
scandal over the prime minister's
sex life was tonight rocked by
comments from the man
supposed to be the Italian prime
minister's closest ally.
Gianfranco Fini, whose formerly
neo-fascist party merged with
Berlusconi's Freedom People
movement in March, said that
Berlusconi "confuses leadership
with absolute monarchy" in
remarks that were inadvertently
recorded.
The daily La Repubblica posted
to its website a recording of a
conversation between Fini, the
speaker of the lower house of
Navy UAV sets endurance record of 26 hours 1 minute
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:00:17 AM
Twenty-six hours and one As anyone who’s played Modern
minute. That’s how long a new, Warfare 2 knows, the U.S. vehicles these days. Why risk
unmanned, experimental Navy military is all about unmanned air
sprays stinky smell on thieves
parliament, and a prosecutor at a
prizegiving ceremony on 6
November.
Unaware that the microphone in
front of him was live, Fini said
that Berlusconi "confuses
leadership with absolute
monarchy", and also remarked
that his party leader was unable
to distinguish between "popular
consent, which he obviously has
and which gives him a mandate
to govern, and a sort of immunity
from any other authority [such
as] the magistracy, the audit
court, the [top appeals court], the
head of state or parliament".
While Berlusconi's supporters
played down or laughed off the
embarrassment, the leader of the
main opposition party, Pierluigi
Bersani, said it was "the
confirmation of problems in the
[governing] majority". Antonio
Di Pietro, of the smaller Italy of
Principles party, predicted that
the scandals that have weakened
aircraft flew through the air
during a recent test run. It’s
called the Ion Tiger. There it is,
right there.
Berlusconi had brought the
country to "the eve of a new
revolution".
As the prime minister's
difficulties have mounted, Fini
has become increasingly open in
his criticism of the government's
policies, and has astonished
followers by voicing support for
a tolerant, progressive and
secular form of conservatism.
Berlusconi's travails are far from
over. On Friday, a mafia
informer is due to testify in court
on an alleged deal between the
prime minister and Cosa Nostra
in the 1990s hotly denied by
Berlusconi.
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• Silvio Berlusconi
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By Serkan Toto (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:25:56 AM
Does anyone remember the
Japanese anti-burglar mat for
stores and restaurants I blogged a
few months ago? Well, there’s
another security system from
Japan and it clearly raises the bar:
It’s a new mechanism, dubbed
week. And there’s even a reason
Capture, for these places and it
for this five-minute time lag: It’s
sprays stinky agent on thieves
supposed to avoid making the
who won’t be able to get rid of
bad guys so angry that they
the stench for a week.
physically assault store clerks or
The idea is to able for the police
restaurant staff who would then
to easily identify the bad guys
suffer from the stench
even after they manage to escape
themselves.
from the crime scene. All that
The system is the result of joint
store owners need to do is to
development by three Japanese
push a button, and Capture will
chemical companies who plan to
spray stinky agent from special
offer it for about $1,150, mainly
gas carts onto the thief or burglar.
to convenience store operators.
The carts can be placed behind
(Apologies for the small picture.
the counter, in the store’s ceiling
It’s the only one available at this
or at the entrance, for example.
point.)
It takes three to five minutes for
Via Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun[JP]
the agent to begin stinking and
trying to wash it away won’t
work as it will linger on for a
soldiers’ lives when you can send duration.
a UAV up into the air, and Oh, that’s an endurance record,
remotely spread freedom to the by the way. I probably should
people down below? have mentioned that in the
That was a joke. Please chill out. beginning.
The aircraft flew an average of
27 miles per hour for the 26-hour
14 Gadgets/
Gadgets Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]
By Kyle VanHemert
(Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:00:00 PM
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How to Make Quality Comments, Earn a Star and Be a Hero
[Announcements]
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:20:00 AM
In the spirit of holiday house-
cleaning, it's time for a crash
course in comments etiquette.
What can you do? What should
you definitely never do? What, in
effect, do we want from you,
Citizen Commenter?
Gawker Media blogs are known
for their savvy commentary—and
yes, that includes Gizmodo. We
strive to let in a smart and
plugged-in community, and we
want comments that serve as first
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hand. We love new insight and
inside information that you
obtained from companies
because you worked there. Or
because you're familiar with the
designer of some project. Or
because you ARE the designer of
some project. We value informed
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discussion."Lifehacker's Guide
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jumping-off point for the
uninitiated.
We like to see good spelling and
grammar, because we're nerdy
Counterculture Comics Hero Grant Morrison Gets a Biopic
By Scott Thill (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 6:01:00 AM
like that. Capitalization and
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These basic requirements go a
long way towards making us all
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thread is essential — but now
you can also take a topic to your
own generated#hashtag page,
then direct others there. Editors
may sometimes caution that a
thread has gone off-topic and
should be moved to another
forum.
Now that the comics industry
has overtaken film, its
outstanding writers are starting to
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Subversive brainiac Grant
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time for next year’s Comic-Con
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T-Mobile pushing CLIQ
firmware update today?
(update: yes!)
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:52:00 PM
TmoNews seems to have it on
good authority that T-Mobile will
be rolling out a firmware update
over the air to the Motorola
CLIQ today -- the device's first
since launch -- and we've got
good news and bad news. First,
the bad: by all accounts, it
appears that this'll still be an
Android 1.5-based firmware,
adding fuel to the fire suggesting
that UI skins like BLUR are a
huge barrier to keeping devices
up to speed with Google's
breakneck release pace. The good
news, though, is that the update
seems to be lined up to fix a
plethora of issues involving
Bluetooth, touchscreen accuracy
(we can attest to this one),
connectivity, accelerometer
functionality, and -- wait for it --
battery life! Looks like the build
The IMEI, a 15-digit number
printed inside a phone, can be
used to identify a particular
device on an operator's network,
meaning it can be tracked by
security services. In addition,
network providers can use the
absence of an IMEI to cut off a
E-reader Newspaper
number is 1.1.31, so let us know
if and when you get hooked up,
owners.
Update: We've gotten tips from
several users now that they've
already been able to nab the
update, so it looks like the CLIQ
is definitely getting a little better
today. Well, hopefully, anyhow.
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Apple dings Psystar for $2.67m, round two heads to Florida

By Nilay Patel (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:19:00 PM
It looks like the first phase of the
Apple / Psystar Mac cloning saga
is winding towards a conclusion,
as the two sides have just filed
wrap up their case with the
California court that ruled
decisively in favor of Apple last
month. As you probably expect,
Apple hasn't ceded much ground
here: Psystar's agreed to be
deemed liable for illegally
copying OS X Leopard,
bypassing the OS X kernel
encryption in violation of the
DMCA, and breaching Apple's
EULA, all to the tune of
$2,675,050. In return, Apple's
dropping its various trademark
and unfair competition claims,
and has promised to hold off on
collecting any cash until the
various appeals have run their
course. Now, considering Apple
and Psystar are currently engaged
in pretty much the exact same
case in Florida over Snow
Leopard, we'd say that this
agreement isn't much more than a
way for both sides to save money
and move on to that fight:
Apple's already won the bulk of
its case against Psystar in
California, and spending money
to litigate trademark claims we
thought were weak when we first
read them doesn't really buy
Steve any leverage he doesn't
already have, while Psystar
probably needs to scrimp all the
coin it can right now.
There's one other little wrinkle
here, and that's exactly what
Apple's eventually going to be
able to prevent Psystar from
doing. It's certain that the
California court will bar Psystar
from preloading machines with
Leopard, but Psystar's arguing
that its new Rebel EFI software
shouldn't be covered by any
decision, since it wasn't part of
the case. That's an interesting
argument and definitely worth
some consideration -- but it's got
some holes in it since Psystar's
now admitted that it's liable for
contributory and induced
copyright infringement and
violating the DMCA. As we've
said before, Psystar's essentially
doing with Rebel EFI what
Grokster got smacked by the
Supreme Court for doing in
2005: it's trying to build a
business around the knowing
copyright infringement of
customers, and that usually
doesn't fly. We'll see what
happens -- and Florida awaits.
Apple dings Psystar for $2.67m,
round two heads to Florida
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Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide: PMPs

By Laura June (Engadget) curated picks, and you can head Continue reading Engadget's
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:11:00 PM
back to the Gift Guide hub to see Holiday Gift Guide: PMPs
the rest of the product guides as Engadget's Holiday Gift Guide:
Welcome to the Engadget they're added throughout the PMPs originally appeared on
Holiday Gift Guide! The team holiday season. Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009
h e r e i s w e l l a w a r e o f t h e So your music-loving grandma 15:11:00 EST. Please see our
heartbreaking difficulties of the wants a PMP, huh? Fair enough - terms for use of feeds. Permalink|
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and we want to help you sort come up with a list of the best we path, too. The choices out there we think is the... most melody-
through the trash and come up could find in several price ranges sure are varied, but we've culled friendly group on the planet.
with the treasures this year. -- and we tried to come up with a out the boring and the poorly Read on for our full
Below is today's bevy of hand few that are off the beaten (iPod) designed to come up with what recommendations!
18 Gadgets/ Politics/
The 2011 Audi A8 bests K.I.T.T. in
the gadget department
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:30:51 AM
Cars are increasingly becoming
more circuits than gears and the
2011 Audi A8 is a prime
example of this transformation.
There is likely more tech packed
in the full-size Audi sedan than
the International Space Station.
In fact, if you think the laptop
steering wheel table is the
ultimate driver distraction, click
the read link below to see what
the flagship Audi packs.
First, let’s start with the creature
comforts.
• Heated, cooled, and massaging
seats
• Standard 12-way adjustable
seats or optional 22-way
adjustable optional seats
• Vibration-canceling motor in
the steering wheel
• Interior LED ambient lighting
system
• Four climate zones
Entertainment system
Washington Times Runs Birther Ad, With Monkeys
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 1:03:09 PM
The racism at the Washington
Times (former employer of white
E-reader Newspaper
Safety equipment
• Night vision
• R8-style LED headlights
• Adaptive cruise control
• Radar that detect collisions that Psystar, Apple reach settlement:
automatically tight seat belts and
adjusts seats No more PCs pre-loaded with Mac
• Speed limit camera that
actually reads roadside signs and OS X (but Rebel EFI may be safe)
displays them as graphics on the By Nicholas Deleon PCs pre-loaded with Mac OS X;
dash (CrunchGear) and Psystar may be allowed to
• Standard 14 speaker Bose keep selling Rebel EFI, which
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:30:37 AM
system or optional 1,400 Watt, Of course the A8 has the lets users instal Mac OS X on
19 speaker Bang & Olufsen powertrain to back up this Some more Psystar news for their generic PC. That’s pretty
system massive saloon with an 8-speed y’all. You’ll recall that the much it.
• Google maps-enabled GPS triptronic system and quattro renegade company was more or Or, in a single sentence, Psystar
system with handwriting input permanent all-wheel drive, along less shut down last week, slapped won’t be allowed to sell PCs with
mode with a direct fuel injection 372 with an injunction and expected Mac OS X pre-loaded, but may
• 8-inch LCD info screen HP V8 engine. Too bad Audi to pay Apple an awful lot of be allowed to sell the $50 Rebel
• 20GB hard drive hasn’t announced the price yet, money. Put all of that aside for a EFI, software that lets people
• WiFi, USB, and AUX-inputs but chances are it doesn’t matter. minute, for there’s new news: instal Mac OS X on regular PCs.
• Dual 10.2-inch rear seat T h e o n l y p e o p l e t h a t c a n Apple and Psystar have struck a Or, rather than paying for Rebel
displays with its own DVD probably afford all this luxurious deal! The deal, which ends a 17- EFI, you can OSx86 your PC,
player, 20GB hard drive, and Audi technology are those that month-long legal battle, means which I may well do when I get
controls will likely be overwhelmed by it. P s y s t a r w i l l s t o p s e l l i n g around to building my PC in the
• WLAN via UMTS that turns Or douchebag bankers. computers pre-loaded with Mac c o m i n g w e e k s . I ’ m e i t h e r
the car into a mobile HotSpot OS X. This ends our long, running Linux or Mac on the PC.
national nightmare. I’ll be damned if I have to run
So here’s what happens: Psystar Windows 24/7!
has to pay Apple a boatload of
money; Psystar will stop selling
supremacist blogger Robert Stacy images of monkeys. This isn’t Wash. Times Editor: Obama’s
McCain) is bubbling to the even “dog whistle” racism. It’s Mother Was ‘Attracted to Men of
surface for all to smell, like right in your face, poking you in the Third World’
noxious sewer gas. Today they the eye.
ran the following advertisement, a lunatic Birther ad featuring Also see:
E-reader Newspaper
Dual-Sided Blu-ray/DVD Discs: What the Hell
Took So Long? [Rant]
By Jason Chen (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:01:00 PM
HD DVD made dual-sided HD
DVD/DVD combo discs in 2006.
They even announced a dual-
sided HD DVD/Blu-ray disc in
January 2007. So why the fuck
did it take three more years to
make a Blu-ray/DVD combo?
Stuff like this is indicative of the
problems with the Blu-ray
format. Not only did they launch
the format with players not fully
supporting basic stuff like
Ethernet ports for over-the-
internet updates, it took them
almost two years to get suppliers
onto the Blu-ray 2.0 format,
which more or less made them
catch up with HD DVD's feature
set. Blu-ray didn't just put the
cart before the horse, they rolled
Twitter Co-Founder Begins Trial On SquareUp iPhone Credit
Card Payment Service [IPhone]
By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:17:00 AM
Basic details about Twitter co-
founder Jack Dorsey's plans for
an iPhone credit card payment
service have been floating around
for some time, but it appears that
his SquareUp startup has finally
gone live for trial users—and it
looks promising.
There are several apps on the
the cart down a hill, waited a
year, and asked the horse politely
if it could go find the cart.
I don't want this post to be just a
chance to re-hash all the old
issues with Blu-ray, but really.
Three years. It took three years
for you guys to get your act
iPhone designed to accept credit
card payments but, as far as I can
tell, SquareUp has the best set of
features. It doesn't require any
contracts or monthly fees, and
card payments can be accepted
through a small device that plugs
into the audio jack. Receipts can
be sent via email or viewed
online and text messages can be
used to verify payments in real
time.
together and realize most of the
people—the mainstream, not
Gizmodo readres—now don't
really see the need to buy new
players, new discs and new TVs
just to watch movies in high def.
Hell, one in five people can't tell
the difference between SD and
There are even benefits to using
the service for cardholders, much
like the points you might accrue
HD.
Don't get me wrong; this is a
wonderful idea. With combo
discs you can eliminate the need
for standalone DVD releases,
thereby saving shelf space AND
putting Blu-ray discs in the hands
of people that wouldn't
necessarily have purchased Blu-
ray. Once these unwitting
customers collect enough Blu-ray
combo discs, they just might buy
a cheap BD player and convert.
Really, it's a great sales tactic and
something that will ease the
transition for the less
technologically inclined.
But answer me this, Blu-ray
consortium: why did it take you
three extra years to pull this off?
for making purchases. SquareUp
lets business owners know that
you are a repeat customer that
may be entitled to a
freebie—kind of like punch cards
do now. They also donate one
cent of each transaction to the
charity of your choice.
SquareUP claims the service will
roll out to everyone in 2010,
which is good news for small
businesses. No word yet on how
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Weekly Nielsen and
Renew/Cancel posts
slightly delayed due to
Thanksgiving holiday
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:23:56 AM
The weekly Nielsen data that
normally begins trickling in
Tuesday mornings will not be
available until after 2pm on the
west coast. As a result, typical
posting of the weekly results and
Renew/Cancel reports will be a
bit delayed.
This content has passed through
fivefilters.org.
much the swiping plug-in will
cost, but you can bet that it will
be a hell of a lot cheaper than the
machines you currently have to
contend with. [ SquareUp via
VentureBeat]
20 Gadgets/ Entertainment/
Comcast inches closer
Sharkoon USB LANPort gets to buying NBC
your isolated USB drives on
the world wide web
By Darren Murph (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:49:00 PM
Pogoplug may have been the
first to make this type of
contraption popular, but now it's
time for the no-names to sneak in
and offer up comparable devices
for a bit less cheddar. Sharkoon
has evidently taken a break from
punching out SATA HDD Docks
in order to develop its USB
LANPort, which effectively
connects any piece of USB
storage (flash drive, external hard
drive, etc.) to the web. The USB
LANPort 100 converts a single
drive into a NAS device, while
the USB LANPort 400 puts up to
four USB devices on the
Jennifer Aniston's Airport Mad Dash
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:20:00 AM
ET has the latest...
E-reader Newspaper
Via Mobile-ITX
Platform is Half the Size
By Nilay Patel (Engadget) TV broadcast licenses in New of the Pico-ITX, Still
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:51:00 PM
York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
to the effects on competitors like
Powerful
It's been over a month since we Dish Network and Verizon, who
last heard anything about the will still want access to NBC's
[Motherboards]
By Rosa Golijan (Gizmodo)
information superhighway. Both rumored Comcast takeover of huge stable of content and
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:59:00 AM
boxes support automatic and NBC, but things are slowly programming. Big challenges, to
manual IP address contacts, and s t a r t i n g t o m o v e f o r w a r d : be sure, but we get the feeling Via's Pico-ITX motherboard was
they're both available now across Bloomberg says that NBC parent this deal is going down one way small and powerful to begin with,
the pond for €22.99 ($34) / company GE has bought out or another -- get ready for a but their new Mobile-ITX
€36.99 ($56) in order of mention. Vivendi's 20 percent stake in the rocky 2010. platform is about half the size
As for a US release? Your guess broadcaster for $5.8b, with up to Comcast inches closer to buying and supposedly still packs a
is as good as ours. a $2b refund due back if the NBC originally appeared on punch while keeping power
G a l l e r y : S h a r k o o n U S B Comcast deal isn't done by the Engadget on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 consumption low.
LANPort gets your isolated USB end of 2010. That's no small 13:51:00 EST. Please see our Because of that low power
drives on the world wide web gamble -- Comcast will have to terms for use of feeds. Permalink consumption and tiny package,
Sharkoon USB LANPort gets clear a "gauntlet" of federal Consumerist| Bloomberg| Email the Mobile-ITX should be great
your isolated USB drives on the regulators from the FCC and this| Comments for always-on devices and even
world wide web originally F T C , w h o w i l l s c r u t i n i z e smaller gadgets. As far as whta
appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 everything from the transfer of features it brings to the table, it
Dec 2009 14:49:00 EST. Please looks like there's support for
see our terms for use of feeds. "core CPU, chipset and memory
Permalink| Hot Hardware| Email functionality and I/O that
this| Comments includes the CRT, DVP and TTL
display support, HD Audio, IDE,
USB 2.0, as well as PCI Express,
SMBus, GPIO, LPC, SDIO and
PS2 signals." Wowza. Quite a lot
Hollywood.tv catches a quick spotted leaving the Los Angeles star's mad dash! for such a small fellow. [ Hot
glimpse of Jennifer Aniston! airport and dashing into her hardware via Engadget]
Wearing a funky fedora and cool waiting SUV.
shades, the former "Friend" is Check out the new video for the
E-reader Newspaper
Yet another game, Fring brings one-way
CrimeCraft, refused video calling to the
classification in Australia iPhone
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:00:39 AM
There’s almost a comedy about
this next story: Australia has
banned another video game
because it’s too violent. (What is
it with Australia and banning
violent video games?) The game
is CrimeCraft, and it has been
refused classification by the
ratings board down there.
The game was refused
classification because “there is
insufficient delineation between
the ‘fictional drugs’ available in
game and real-world proscribed
drugs.”
Facing AIDS
By Heather Champ (Flickr
Blog)
In other words, the in-game
drugs aren’t “fake enough” for
the Australian Classification
Board.
CrimeCraft is sort of an FPS
MMO.
You’ll recall that this same
board refused classification for
several other games, including
Left 4 Dead 2 and Risen.
No, I’ve never heard of Risen.
I wonder, what is it about this
board that makes it so ornery?
You never hear about the ESRB
refusing to rate a game here in
the U.S.
I could go on, but Australia is so
far from me, you know.
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How to Quickly Convert
a Wall Outlet Into a
USB Charger [DIY]
By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:40:00 AM
I can't tell you how many times
we have come across USB
chargers that can be plugged into
an outlet, so why not cut out the
middleman and simply convert
the outlet to USB? Instructables
shows you how.
By Donald Melanson app for Nokia devices, you'll also Not only that, the guy behind the
(Engadget) be able to make video calls to hack claims it can be done in 30
Skype users, but you'll have to minutes on a budget as small as
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:18:00 PM
make sure you're in the vicinity $10. In a nutshell, he just inserted
Fring was the first to bring VoIP of a WiFi hotspot, as this one two apple mini usb plugs into the
calls to the iPhone, and it looks doesn't support calls on 3G. Head outlets and tucked them back in
like it's now finally done the on past the break for a video. the wall, but you could soldier
same for video calling -- sort of. Continue reading Fring brings the wires to the chargers if you
While it obviously can't do much one-way video calling to the have the skills to go that route.
to change the camera placement iPhone Yeah, you could just keep the
on the iPhone, the latest version Fring brings one-way video chargers plugged in to the regular
of the app will at least let iPhone calling to the iPhone originally outlet, which is even easier and
users (and iPod touch users, for appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 seems like less of a fire code
that matter) see the person on the Dec 2009 13:18:00 EST. Please violation, but this certainly looks
other end, and Fring says it'll add see our terms for use of feeds. a whole lot better. [ Instructables]
two-way video calling whenever Permalink Phone Scoop| Fring|
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these." As with the company's
making photo management an and tags on your photos, post to fivefilters.org.
22 Gadgets/ Tech/ Entertainment/
Universal's BD-59 Blu-ray
/ DVD flip discs to debut
on Bourne trilogy releases
By Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:22:00 PM
Once upon a time Universal was
the hybrid disc king, with plans
to release up to 90% of its 2007
HD DVD titles on the dual sided
discs, but we know how that
ended. Now the company is back
to its old tricks, ready to ship the
first BD-59 discs with a 50GB
Blu-ray / 9GB DVD
configuration promising movie
and all available special features
in whichever format is desired.
The expensive answer to a
question no one was asking or
the perfect way to add future
proofing and extended
compatibility to new movie
purchases? We'll know more
once a price is announced for the
Jason Bourne trilogy of movies --
seeing their first individual Blu-
ray releases -- due on January 19.
Lisa Loeb Baby News!
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:43:00 AM
ET has the latest...
Singer Lisa Loeb and her
husband Roey Hershkovitz are
proud first-time parents!
The couple welcomed a baby
girl into the world on Sunday
E-reader Newspaper
Australian Operator
Optus Deliberately
Blocking Android Paid
Apps
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:20:00 AM
A few folks have sent in the
news that Australian mobile
operator Optus appears to be
completely blocking access to
paid apps for owners of Android
phones. Apparently people have
been complaining about this for a
while, and Optus has been mostly
silent on the matter, only
stating:"Optus is currently
working with Google to provide
an Android application store to
AT&T Comes in Last in our customers, and we are
optimistic it will be available
Universal's BD-59 Blu-ray /
Consumer Reports Study That soon." Except, of course, it
shouldn't require any permission
DVD flip discs to debut on
Bourne trilogy releases originally
Surprises No One [Schadenfreude] from Optus at all -- which is
leading to reasoned speculation
appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo) bringing up the rear is our friend that Optus is blocking access to
AT&T. You can compare their
Dec 2009 14:22:00 EST. Please Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:45:04 AM paid apps in the Android app
results to the results of our own
see our terms for use of feeds. store because Optus wants a cut
P e r m a l i n k B l u - r a y . c o m , Here's some news anyone with nationwide 3G test here.
of the revenue. This is typical of
TheHDRoom| Universal| Email an iPhone could have told you: You've got to wonder if Apple
mobile carriers who keep
this| Comments AT&T delivers crappy service can afford to stick this
wanting to believe that they're the
that its customers hate. But this exclusivity contract out another
tollbooth everyone needs to pay.
news comes from a reputable year, what with decent
source, Consumer Reports,
instead of the usual whiny
competitors such as the Droid
and the Pre now available. AT&T
Instead, the more likely result is
just to drive mobile phone users
to other carriers.
m o r n i n g i n L o s A n g e l e s , friends. is as big a black mark on Apple's Permalink| Comments| Email
according to People.com. Loeb, Yes, in 19 of the 26 cities customer service reputation as
This Story
41, and Hershkovitz, 31, named surveyed, AT&T was ranked they've ever had. And hell, for
their daughter Lyla Rose Loeb dead last in every category. AT&T's sake it'd be nice to see
Hershkovitz. Verizon was ranked the best, some other carriers share the
Loeb first announced she was followed by T-Mobile, then burden of iPhone data hogs. [ 9
e x p e c t i n g a b a b y b a c k i n Sprint and then, of course, to 5 Mac]
September.
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ESRB iPhone app arms video game buying parents
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:57:47 AM
I love tools that are all about
providing people with
information they want, and on
Tuesday, the video game
industry's official ratings board
got my attention with something
awfully useful.
The Entertainment Software
Ratings Board (ESRB)
announced on Tuesday its new
iPhone app, which is designed to
put the board's full written
summaries of more than 18,000
video games right at parents'
fingertips.
A new iPhone app from the
Entertainment Software Ratings
Board allows parents to see the
full ratings summaries of more
than 18,000 video games.(Credit:
Daniel Terdiman/CNET)
The idea is that with the app--
officially called ESRB Rating,
and available now, for free, in
Apple's App Store--parents can
punch in the name of any game
rated by the board after July 1,
2008, and see not just the game's
official rating--such as "M" for
those 17 and up, or "E" for
everyone--but the ESRB's full
written summary of the title.
Starting just over a year ago, the
ESRB began making those
summaries available to the public
through its Web site, or through a
mobile site (m.esrb.org). But the
Web site isn't convenient to a
parent who is actually out
shopping for something for
junior, and the mobile site is not
something that many people will
use who have standard cell
phones, especially if they have to
pay extra for data. An iPhone app
is just so much easier.
Brilliant on-the-fly tools
Add this app, then, to the
growing list of tools available for
the iPhone and other
smartphones that give consumers
the ability to arm themselves
with the most information about
products and pricing while they
actually have boots in the Best
Buy, so to speak. Others include
the brilliant SnapTell, which
delivers comparative pricing
information about books, DVDs,
video games and other items
from sites like Amazon, Barnes
& Noble, Gamespot and others
based solely on a photograph,
and RedLaser, which scans items'
bar codes and delivers similar
pricing information.
But what makes the ESRB app
so terrific, it seems to me, is that
it provides parents with exactly
the kind of nuanced information
they need to properly choose the
kinds of games they want to buy
their kids. Sure, the basic letter
rating gives some context--if
you're concerned about violence
or racy content, you probably
want to stay away from "M"-
rated games--but within a single
rating category, there is still a
wide spectrum of content. This
lets parents get on the fly context
and empowers them to make the
right choices for what their kids
play.
For example, the hottest game in
the world right now is
Activision's Call of Duty:
Modern Warfare 2. The game has
an "M" rating, but that just
doesn't say all that much.
Reading the summary, though, a
parent can see much more:
"Realistic gunfire, explosions,
and cries of pain are heard during
the frequent and fast-paced
combat. The most intense
depiction of violence occurs
during a 'No Russian' mission
where players take on the role of
an undercover Ranger: Several
civilians are gunned down at an
airport as players are given a
choice to participate in the
killings (e.g., players can shoot a
wounded civilian that is crawling
on the ground), or walk by and
observe without opening fire."
That's a little more informative
than "M," isn't it.
Tech/ 23
To be sure, kids are going to be
able to get the games they want
regardless of what their parents
buy them. But given that games
can cost $60 apiece--at least for
the AAA console games--it may
be that they don't quite have the
means to sneak off with each and
every first-person shooter they
desire. They may still be
dependent on Santa Claus, aka
their parents, to get them the bulk
of their games.
And, of course, those buyers that
don't have an iPhone still will
have to struggle to access these
summaries, and it's unlikely that
retailers will be providing them
in any useful form.
The app arms parents with the
information they need to make
informed decisions about the
games they buy for their
kids.(Credit: Daniel
Terdiman/CNET)
But all in all, I find this precisely
the kind of thing that puts the
power over decisions about
which video games to buy right
back wherer it belongs: in
parents' hands. We are in an age
where so many pundits,
politicians and others are
moaning and whining about the
breakdown of society, and
parents are complaining about the
corruption of their children.
Well, complain no more: If
you've got an iPhone--and I
certainly hope the ESRB puts this
app out for Android and other
smartphones soon--you can do
ESRB page 26
24 Tech/ E-reader Newspaper

Should There Be Punishment For Facebook and MySpace

Bogus 'Pre-Settlement' Letters? Booting Sex Offenders
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 5:22:00 AM
out as many letters as possible to
as many people as possible. It's a
pure numbers game. And, for
improve its process. But it
presents a real cost to Freedman,
who helps run CoralCDN: Our
in Droves
We've recently seen efforts to that reason, plenty of false personal experience with DMCA By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
ramp up the system of "pre- positives are identified. Now, takedown notices is that network Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:15:11 AM

settlement" letters as a way to plenty of people reasonably point operators are suitably afraid of
"profit" off of file sharing. The out that IP addresses are not litigation. Many will pull Social networks have been in the
scheme works by having a indicative of individuals, and network access from machines as precarious position of having to
company that either holds the there are problems with relying soon as a complaint is received, deal with sex offenders since
copyrights to certain works or solely on IP addresses -- but without any further verification their early days, but as a result of
has merely licensed them for this those problems become even or demonstrative network logs. In new laws being passed around
purpose put those files online and bigger when you're dealing with fact, many operators also sought the country, several local
then see who is downloading folks who don't understand how "proof" that we weren't running governments now also play a role Earlier this year, the state of
them. That's the simplest version BitTorrent actually works. That BitTorrent or engaging in file in keeping predators off the likes Illinois passed similar legislation
(though, of questionable legality activity leads to claims of sharing before they were willing of Facebook and MySpace. that bans sex offenders from
since if the copyright holder itself c o p y r i g h t i n f r i n g e m e n t b y to restore access. We'll leave the Today, New York state reports using social sites. Although, as
is putting the content online, you n e t w o r k e d l a s e r p r i n t e r s . discussion about how we might that a registry they set up that we have noted in the past, there is
can raise questions about whether Over at Freedom to Tinker, prove such a negative to another requires convicted sex offenders some controversy over these
or not the sharing is really computer science professor Mike day, but one can point to the to provide social networking laws. The definition of a “social
unauthorized). Some others in Freedman discusses how the chilling effect that such notices details to the state has resulted in networking site” is open to
the space don't actually put their popular CoralCDN has been have had, when users are 3,500 people losing their interpretation, and because lesser
content online themselves, but try g e t t i n g h u n d r e d s o f p r e - immediately considered guilty Facebook and MySpace crimes (like urinating in public)
to find IP addresses of those who settlement letters because one of and must prove their innocence. accounts. are also classified as sex offenses
are sharing the content, and then these companies doesn't seem to At some point, shouldn't we start According to a statement from in many states, minor offenders
s e n d i n g t h o s e u s e r s " p r e - do even the slightest verification to consider serious sanctions the state’s attorney general’s could also be subject to such
settlement" letters, in the hopes of whether or not an IP address is against those issuing not just office, “The law sets mandatory laws.
that many people just pay up, actually involved in sharing bogus DMCA takedown notices, restrictions on a sex offender’s That said, until we see cases of
rather than fighting the letters (or, content, and misinterprets the but then also using such notices access to the Internet where the unjust account termination
more likely, ignoring them). data it has received (despite the to demand "pre-settlement" offender’s victim was a minor, emerging, it’s certainly good
Of course, one of the big self-supported claim that "The payments from individuals who the Internet was used to commit news that the social networks and
problems with such a system is information in this notification is may not realize their legal rights the offense or they are among the the states are working effectively
that those sending such letters accurate"). Of course, since the and may just pay up? highest-level offenders.” While to remove dangerous users from
have very little incentive (if any) "punishment" for such things is Permalink| Comments| Email MySpace and Facebook are the their services. Reviews:
t o a c t u a l l y v e r i f y t h a t slight to non-existent, the This Story focus of today’s report, the AG Facebook, MySpace
unauthorized file sharing has company in question (in this says they are encouraging 17 Tags: facebook, myspace, online
happened. They want to cast as c a s e , " V i d e o P r o t e c t i o n other social networking sites to safety, sex offenders, social
wide a net as possible and send Alliance") has no incentive to start using its database as well. networks
E-reader Newspaper
In nod to media, Google News policy limited
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:54:00 AM
Reading The Wall Street Journal
articles for free through Google
News will get harder if the paper
decides to embrace Google's new
changes to its "First Click Free"
policy.(Credit: Screenshot by
Tom Krazit/CNET)
As the journalism industry
gathers once again to wring its
hands about the future, Google
has thrown it a bone with new
limitations on its "First Click
Free" policy for news stories
shown on Google News.
Companies that operate
subscription-based Web sites--
such as The Wall Street Journal--
don't want to expose the full text
of their articles to Google. But
despite what WSJ owner Rupert
Murdoch says, most of them also
want their articles and sites
discoverable through Google and
Google News. As a compromise,
Google has allowed those
publishers to participate in what
it calls a"First Click Free"
program, where articles accessed
through Google News links can
be seen in their entirety, but if the
user attempts to click anywhere
else on that story page, they are
directed to a sign-up page.
The problem is that Web users
quickly figured out that you can
access almost any Wall Street
Journal article for free simply by
cutting and pasting the headline
into Google News, which
generates a "free" link that isn't
available if a publisher such as
CNET links to a Wall Street
Journal article. "While we're
happy to see that a number of
publishers are already using First
Click Free, we've found that
some who might try it are
worried about people abusing the
spirit of First Click Free to access
almost all of their content," wrote
John Mueller, Webmaster trends
analyst for Google, in a blog
post.
As a result, Google is now
putting limits on the First Click
Free usage. Web publishers can
now decide to limit use of the
First Click Free rule to five times
per person per day through both
Google News and regular Google
search results. It's not clear
whether readers could get around
this issue by clearing cookies
from their browser or enabling
private browsing, but a Google
representative said it will be up to
Tech/ 25
Shooting Victim Sues
Google Over Search
Results On His Name
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:30:00 AM
sinsi alerts us to a bizarre lawsuit
in Australia where shooting
victim Michael Trkulja is suing
Google, claiming the search
engine has some liability for his
getting shot. The reasoning?
Apparently searches on his name
would take you to pages
suggesting that Trkulja was
involved in organized crime
operations. It doesn't appear that
he has any other info linking his
shooting to this particular
webpage or to the fact that the
Web publishers to decide how shooter may have done a Google
they want to track visitors search. It also does not appear
through some combination of (at least from the article here)
cookies or IP addresses. that the guy is blaming the
G o o g l e i s o n e o f m a n y website in question -- just Google
companies and organizations for leading people to it. Not sure
participating in a day-long what sorts of laws there are in
discussion about the future of A u s t r a l i a c o n c e r n i n g s u c h
journalism at the Federal Trade liability, but it's hard to think of a
Commission in Washington. The scenario under which this lawsuit
topic has pitted Google against should make sense under any
the publishing industry all year, legal system.
with Google insisting it's a friend Permalink| Comments| Email
of journalism by sending traffic This Story
toward media companies, and
media companies accusing
Google of siphoning their
potential traffic by showing
headlines and snippets on Google
News.
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Apple, Psystar reach partial
settlement
By Lauren Hirsch (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:30:00 PM
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion,
Apple Corporate, OS Details are
still sketchy, but apparently
Apple and Psystar have reached
partial settlement in the ongoing
saga between the two companies.
It appears that in return for
paying Apple unspecified
damages on its copyright claims
(most of which were ruled in
Apple's favor in a summary
judgment motion last month),
Apple will drop its remaining
claims against Psystar, including
those for trademark violation.
Apple also agreed not to execute
on those damages until all
appeals have been exhausted.
A more detailed document is due
to be filed later, but the idea is
that the matters before the court
will be reduced to only the issue
of permanent injunction, a
motion Apple filed last week. If
the court accepts the terms of the
settlement, there will be no need
for a trial. Psystar appears to
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the research yourself. And then if
you're still unhappy about the
content in the games you buy
your kids, you have no one to
blame but yourself.
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Would You Pay to Watch
New TV Shows for $1.99
the Rebel EFI product as
evidence of Psystar's ongoing
attempts to infringe and
on YouTube? [RUMOR]
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!)
circumvent Apple's software
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:00:39 AM
restrictions. Of course, the Rebel
EFI software is the subject of the If you’re among the growing
ongoing Florida litigation, so number of people abandoning
certain elements are beginning to their cable and satellite TV
dovetail together. Apple, for its packages in favor of alternatives
part, would like both lawsuits to like iTunes, Hulu, and Netflix, rework their existing deals.”
come together. here’s something interesting to Certainly, this is a big issue. If,
My guess is that Apple is more consider: YouTube may soon for the same price, I could own a
interested in the outcome of the offer streaming TV shows the show via iTunes as opposed to
completely concede (though it's p e r m a n e n t i n j u n c t i o n t h a n day after they air for $1.99 each. stream it via YouTube, I’d
not like it had any further leg to damages. It's not even clear if According to All Things Digital, choose iTunes every time. On
stand on) copyright violation, by Psystar could hope to pay Apple Google is currently in the other hand, if I could watch it
arguing that whatever the court any significant money, since negotiations with the networks on YouTube for less, I’d likely
decides to do with the permanent Psystar filed for bankruptcy last and studios to make such a go there, as I only want to watch
injunction barring sale of its May, and recent information service available to users of its most shows once. Whether or
computers with OS X pre- indicates that Psystar only has video-sharing site in 2010. not a middle ground can be
installed, that it not extend such sales of 768 units thus far. The big difference with reached will likely determine if
an injunction to Psystar's Rebel TUAW Apple, Psystar reach YouTube and iTunes, however, this service will ever come to
EFI software product. partial settlement originally is that YouTube streams its fruition.
The Rebel EFI software product appeared on The Unofficial video, whereas iTunes lets you Meanwhile, we want to know
does not come with its own copy Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, download the file. For the what you think: Would you pay
of Mac OS X or any particular 01 Dec 2009 14:30:00 EST. moment, All Things Digital calls $1.99 to stream shows on
hardware product, but permits Please see our terms for use of this “the biggest stumbling YouTube? If not, what pricing
installation of Mac OS X on an feeds. block” because “the networks model would make the service
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will force them to go back and
Global investors return to risky assets
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ColorSchemer Studio 2 is here, and
we have licenses!
By Brett Terpstra (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:00:00 PM
Filed under: Multimedia,
Software
We brought you a sneak peek at
ColorSchemer Studio 2 last
week, and I'm excited to share
the news that it's available today.
Any screen-based designer
should be excited, and with the
new CMYK support and
advanced color manipulation
tools, anybody who works with
color at all should have a look.
Some highlights from the new
release:
• CMYK color support
• Color management/profiles
• GalleryBrowser: browse (and
grab from) over a million palettes
from COLOURlovers.com, right
in the app
• LiveSchemes, advanced
color/harmony manipulation
• Variations palette
• Color Libraries
• Favorite Colors color groups
• QuickPreview now has a wide
Don't Go to the Chapel Just Yet [Engagement]
By Brian Moylan (Gawker)
selection of layouts to work with
• See the sneak peek for some
more coverage on new features
ColorSchemer Studio 2 costs
$49.99US and has a free trial
available. The exciting news is
that TUAW has 3 ColorSchemer
Studio licenses to give away to
the color lovers among our
readers. Just leave a comment
mentioning what new feature you
think will be the most useful to
you, and we'll randomly select 3
winners from the entries on
Wednesday, December 9th,
2009.
Here are the rules and a link to
D.C. seems poised to legalize
gay marriage. Let's see what
the legal statement:
• Open to legal US residents of
the 50 United States and the
District of Columbia who are 18
and older.
• To enter leave a comment
describing which of the new
features you're most excited
about
• The comment must be left
before Tuesday, December 8th,
11:59PM Eastern Daylight Time.
• You may enter only once.
• Three winners will be selected
in a random drawing.
• Prize: Full license for
ColorSchemer Studio 2
• Click Here for complete
Official Rules.
Good Luck!
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Fake CDC vaccine e-
mail leads to malware
(CNET News.com) post on Tuesday.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:57:00 AM
Once installed, "this Trojan will
create a security-free gateway on
The e-mail appears to be from your system and will proceed to
the CDC but directs people to a download and install additional
fake CDC site that serves up a m a l w a r e w i t h o u t y o u r
Trojan.(Credit: AppRiver) authorization," the post warns. "It
You can ignore that e-mail that also enables a remote hacker to
looks like it comes from the U.S. take complete control of your
Centers for Disease Control computer. This malware can log
about creating a profile for an your typed keystrokes and send
H1N1 vaccination program. It's a c o n f i d e n t i a l p e r s o n a l a n d
malware scam, according to financial data (including banking
security provider AppRiver. information, credit card numbers,
The fake alert informs recipients and website passwords) to a
t h a t a s p a r t o f a " S t a t e remote hacker."
Vaccination H1N1 Program" AppRiver said it was seeing the
they need to create a profile on fake CDC e-mails at a rate of
the CDC Web site. The link in nearly 18,000 messages per
the e-mail goes to a fake CDC minute, reaching more than one
page where the visitor is assigned million, in the first hour alone.
a temporary ID and a link to a This screen shot shows the fake
vaccination profile that is C D C W e b p a g e t h a t i s
actually an an executable file distributing the Trojan.(Credit:
containing a copy of the Kryptik AppRiver)
Trojan targeting Windows, This content has passed through
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Congress says about that.
28 Tech/
Twitter founder formally unveils 'Square' project
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:02:00 PM
A look at one of Square's
receipts for Sightglass Coffee, a
San Francisco establishment in
which founder Jack Dorsey has
invested.(Credit: Square)
Small business is front and
center for Square, the new mobile
-payments company founded by
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Previously in a quasi-stealth
mode (OK, more like San
Francisco's worst-kept secret),
Square has now launched in beta,
is accepting e-mail requests for
preliminary accounts, and has put
up a basic Web site to explain the
company's premise.
The Square hardware is a small,
inexpensive card reader that
Rupert Murdoch: Feds Should Stay Out Of News Business,
Except, Of Course To Smack Down Google For Sending Me
Traffic
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:43:43 AM
Rupert Murdoch stopped by at
an FTC workshop on the future
of journalism to say that the
federal government should "stay
out" of regulating the journalism
business. Except, in the same
speech he said exactly the
opposite. What he meant was
plugs into the audio jack of a
compatible device, including a
mobile phone (it's starting with
the iPhone and currently has job
postings up for BlackBerry and
Android engineers). It processes
credit card payments, geotags
their locations on a map, and e-
mails a receipt to the buyer.
"Even though a majority of
payments has moved to plastic
cards, accepting payments from
cards is still difficult, requiring
long applications, expensive
hardware, and an overly complex
experience," the Square Web site
explains, talking about how the
company premise was hatched
when now-executives heard
about an artist whose sales were
hindered by the fact that he was
unable to accept credit card
that he didn't want the
government to get in the business
of funding journalism. Yet, in
the very same speech he does say
that the government shouldn't
allow Google to link to his news
stories, calling it "theft" yet
again. Again, he doesn't explain
why he hasn't blocked Google if
it's actually "theft." Not
surprisingly, compounding these
payments.
What hadn't been reported
before is that loyalty programs
and microdonations are built in
as well. Square can track a
history of your purchases at a
contradictions, he fails to
mention (or perhaps recognize?)
that the sites he owns do plenty
of aggregating themselves. I've
been told, however, that Arianna
Huffington is making that point,
though I wonder if Rupert stuck
around to hear it. Update:
Huffington has published her
speech, which does a very nice
job making the point.
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nonprofit organization that the
merchant chooses.
CNET first reported the
company's name(it had been code
-named "Squirrel") as well as
some of the details about its
business model: low production
costs, possibly to the point where
the devices can be distributed for
free, and profits from transaction
fees. (It's not clear whether they
actually will make them free.)
Square has set up offices in San
Francisco, New York, and St.
Louis, with a team of 11
employees announced on the
given establishment for discounts
Web site. It's backed by Khosla
and promotions, effectively
Ventures and some angel
replacing the buy-10, get-one-
investors.
free card at coffee shops.
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cent of each transaction to a
Other points made by Murdoch of this is that he's simply trying
include the bizarre claim that to confuse and throw off both the
"advertising is dead" as a model competition and the federal
to support journalism. You government -- but at some point
would think that someone who someone should directly call him
has lived through a bunch of ad on his various contradictions and
market cycles wouldn't confusion.
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the only other explanation for all
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Redux Creates Unique Visualizations Helping Everyone

of What Your Friends are Sharing Become An IT
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!) Innovator you can see your streams update
in real-time and you can watch
videos or view photographs all in
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:05:02 AM
the same window. By Michael Ho (Techdirt) We'll be covering trends in
We first wrote about Redux back You can also use the Redux Submitted at 12/1/2009 6:30:00 AM
datacenters and skills for IT
in July. Redux is a Web site that Bookmarklet to easily share managers -- and asking the
turns status updates and real-time content with others. Now Open This post is part of the IT Insight Community for its input
feeds into an entertainment for Everyone Innovation series, sponsored by on generating relevant insights
destination. It’s basically a I’m a big fan of Redux because Sun & Intel. Read more at for future conversations. And as
FriendFeed/Twitter/YouTube As I said in my post in October, even though it is a total time-sink ITInnovation.com. Of with any natural conversation,
mashup. In October, the service Redux is incredibly addictive. (in a good way), it actually adds course, the content of this post we're not 100% sure where the
added support for your Twitter Because you can see content your value to my other streams. So consists entirely of the thoughts topics will lead because the ideas
and Facebook feeds, taking the friends are sharing and also while it’s often unclear what and opinions of the author. As will develop and evolve as we
content (like videos, photos and subscribe to different “channels” people are sharing on Twitter or many of our readers already discuss them. But we'll start with
l i n k s t o W e b s i t e s ) a n d with people who share your Facebook, Redux makes it easy know, we've been producing current trends, as well as far off
visualizing it in your stream. interests, you can always find to see it, comment on it and then several topical conversations on a predictions, advice and tips for IT
From there you can give props, cool stuff. The Redux homepage pass it on to others. variety of subjects via the Insight managers, business tools, and try
comment on content or share highlights some of the newer and Now that Redux is open to Community, and we'd like to to delve deeper into the subjects
with others. more popular channels. For everyone, the service can only introduce our newly sponsored that resonate with the community
Redux is an incredibly cool way instance, did you know some get better. site, IT Innovation, brought to participants. If you're already a
to discover new stuff or to get a dude actually got a tattoo of Tony Have you used Redux? What do you by Sun Microsystems and member of the Insight
better visualization of the stuff Danza (like Who’s the Boss? you think about visualizing the Intel. (You may have missed the Community, you can contribute
your friends are already sharing. Tony Danza) on what looks like r e a l - t i m e w e b ? R e v i e w s : subtle new 'IT Innovation' link your thoughts on the datacenter
The service has been in private his thigh? Facebook, Twitter added to the top of our page.) upgrade process. If you're not
beta for quite some time, but You can also create your own Tags: facebook, real-time web, First and foremost, the goal of already a member, you can join
starting today, Redux is now channels to share information and redux, twitter this effort for us here at Techdirt now.
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realm of server hardware and
datacenter management.

Mail.app rules!
By Sang Tang (The Unofficial perform a specified action if a blue, is included in mail.app by 15:00:00 EST. Please see our
Apple Weblog (TUAW)) certain condition is met. These default. Here are a few of my terms for use of feeds.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:00:00 PM
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Productivity replying, forwarding, and originally appeared on The
One of the neat things about redirecting a message. For rule, which highlights messages Unofficial Apple Weblog
Mail.app is rules. Rules will example, the "News from Apple" received from Apple in light (TUAW) on Tue, 01 Dec 2009
30 Tech/ Tech Blog/ E-reader Newspaper

Cyber Monday Deals Ignite Sales for Teen tweeter cashes-in on SUL
placement
Online Retailers [STATS] (Scripting News) Editorial comment: Might as
By Adam Ostrow (Mashable!) from 9-10 a.m. PST, but Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:30:47 AM
well say that a Dutch teenager
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:32:30 AM
maintained stronger momentum amazes his parents by traveling
throughout the day than on Cyber BBC: "A Twitter feed set up by from Europe to America in a
By midday yesterday it looked Monday 2008. a Dutch teenager as a hobby has matter of hours. Without saying
like we might be in for a big The big Cyber Monday numbers been taken over by Microsoft that he booked a flight on KLM. :
Cyber Monday, and today, final follow strong results from Black news channel MSNBC.com." -)
stats show that it was definitely a Friday. Does that point to good The report emphasizes the rate We live in a time of pseudo
strong showing for online economic news ahead? Perhaps, that the feed is growing, by 3000 news.
retailers. though Coremetrics is quick to to 4000 followers per day. What Another observation. It would be
According to numbers provided The average dollar amount point out that the stats are being it doesn't say is that the feed is on interesting to know how much
by Coremetrics, sales for this consumers spent per online order driven at least in part by more Twitter's Suggested Users List, Microsoft paid for his feed. That
year’s Cyber Monday beat last rose 38.2 percent from Cyber consumers turning to the Web to and that growth is normal for would, right there, establish the
year by 13.7 percent. Moreover, Monday 2008 ($180.03 versus find the best prices on items. feeds on the list, even ones that m o n e t a r y v a l u e o f S U L
it appears that Black Friday deals $130.24), led by apparel retailers. Did you do any online shopping aren't run by prodigious teens. placement.
moving online hasn’t taken much Consumers bought nearly 10 yesterday? Let us know about
thunder away from the year’s percent more items per order on your experience in the comments.
busiest online shopping day –- Cyber Monday 2009 compared to Tags: black friday, cyber
sales yesterday topped this year’s Black Friday 2009 and nearly 30 monday, online retail, online
Black Friday by 24.1 percent. percent more compared to Cyber shopping
Some other numbers directly Monday 2008.
from the report[PDF link]: Consumer shopping hit its peak

Xbox Live app for iPhone

By Mike Schramm (The all), and even a CoverFlow-style or Microsoft might end up
Unofficial Apple Weblog friend browser just for good blocking it, either on the App
(TUAW)) measure. It is pretty darn Store or in the actual Xbox Live
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:00:00 AM impressive -- if there's anything connection. Hopefully, whatever
you need to do with your Xbox happens, we'll end up with a
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Live account ( Gold account solution
iPhone, App Review 360 Live[ required for messaging) while TUAW Xbox Live app for
App Store link] certainly isn't the away from your actual 360, this iPhone originally appeared on
first Xbox 360 app to hit the app will let you do it. The Unofficial Apple Weblog
iPhone, but it's definitely one of There is one issue: it's $1.99. (TUAW) on Tue, 01 Dec 2009
the most full-featured, offering Technically, that's not bad -- an Microsoft recently stated that all of two things will probably 08:00:00 EST. Please see our
gamertag management, complete app like this is probably worth apps that tag in to Xbox 360's happen here -- either the app will terms for use of feeds.
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Samurai Puzzle Battle getting GotY
edition
By Mike Schramm (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
Filed under: Gaming, Software,
Odds and ends, Developer,
iPhone, App Store I hadn't even
thought about it, but sure enough,
we're coming up on the end of
the year, and there'll be quite a
few iPhone titles in the running
for best mobile game of the year.
This certainly isn't the first year
we've seen a nice crop of App
Store picks coming out, but it's
the best so far. One of my
favorites, Samurai Puzzle Battle,
isn't even waiting for the choices
-- they've announced that they'll
be releasing a Game of the Year
edition very soon, with improved
graphics and better online
features.
That Mythical 'Information Wants To Be Free' Crowd
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:44:00 AM
Jay Rosen is doing a brilliant job
highlighting the rather silly trend
among folks who think they're
"debunking" the economics of
free to build up complete
strawmen often identified as "the
information wants to be free
The game itself is a Puzzle
Quest-style mix of RPG and gem
matching gameplay, with extra
modes that allow you to play a
full campaign, or just jump in
and match some gems. It's a lot
crowd." However, as Rosen
notes, none of those critics ever
links to anyone in particular or
defines who they're arguing
against or what it is they actually
said. There's a good reason for
that, of course. Usually those
folks are arguing against a myth.
They don't want to argue against
the actual economics or what
of fun, and I can't wait to see
what the new version looks like.
The update will be a free upgrade
for current owners, and we
haven't yet seen a price to buy
outright (though it probably will
be less than the original $4.99
price, probably closer to $1.99). I
don't know that I'd choose the
game for Game of the Year quite
yet, but it's great to hear that a
good game is getting better.
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folks who understand where free
fits into the wider economic
landscape are actually saying.
They want to throw up a
punching bag (usually something
along the lines of "everything
must be free!") which they can
knock down without anyone
punching back. But that's not
because they're right, but because
If You Gain Unauthorized
Access To A Character In A
Virtual World, Is It Theft?
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:30:00 AM
Well, here we go again. For
years we've questioned the
wisdom of using real world laws
to deal with issues within virtual
worlds. You begin to open up
quite the Pandora's Box of
problems. If it's okay to charge
someone for theft of virtual
goods in a virtual world, what do
you do if "theft" is a part of the
game? And then does killing
another character in a virtual
world become "murder"? These
issues are coming up again as
Slashdot points out that a guy in
the UK has been arrested for
"robbery" of a player in the
online world RuneScape. In this
case, the arrested guy used a
phishing scheme to get access to
the username and password,
they're arguing against a myth.
No one claims everything (even
information) must be free. Most
(and in this group I include folks
like Kevin Kelly, Chris
Anderson, Stewart Brand and
others) are simply pointing to the
basic economic forces on
information. If you don't
understand what those forces are,
Tech/ 31
making it similar to a story from
two years ago involving"stolen
goods" in Habbo Hotel that
involved a similar "hacking" of
an account.
But, again, it seems questionable
to call this a robbery. Why not
just charge the guy with violation
of whatever laws there are
against phishing or fraud, rather
than robbery. These sorts of
"robberies" can and probably
should be dealt with directly in
the virtual worlds themselves,
where game administrators
should be able to just "make
things whole." Instead of calling
it a robbery, why not focus on the
actual crime of phishing, rather
than the questionable "crime" of
"robbery" of another's character.
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then you will be overwhelmed by
them. But simply claiming that
any one in that group is saying
that everything must be free is
flat out wrong.
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On the first night of Christmas, my true love game
to me - free game apps
By David Winograd (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:00:00 PM
Filed under: Software, Freeware,
Deals, iPhone, Holidays, iPod
touch
The folks at Blacksmithgames
have come up with a really nifty
idea. They've created an Advent
calendar, or in their words, an
appventcalendar. Each day from
now until Christmas, a new door
will open showing an iPhone
game app that you can get for
free, but only for one day.
Being December 1st, the first
Fring Brings Video Calls to the iPhone
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:49:33 AM
We’ve always been impressed
with Fring, the VoIP and chat
client for your mobile phone. The
service works with a ton of
different networks, including
Skype, AIM, MSN Messenger
and Twitter. Plus, you can make
calls to landlines from your
SkypeOut/SkypeIn account and
place voice calls to your Skype
Runway Visions: Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
door just opened and what's
behind it is 33rd Division[ iTunes
Link] a line-drawing stealth game
where the goal is to escort your
troops while avoiding enemy
patrols. 33rd Division is for any
and Fring contacts.
Today, Fring is taking its iPhone
app to the next level by bringing
support for video chat. Nokia
added this feature to some of its
devices last week, and the new
version of Fring is now in the app
store. Fring is free and you can
download it here(iTunes link).
Watch this video to see what the
service looks like:
Fring notes that as soon as front-
facing cameras exist for the
iPhone or iPod touch, two-way
All Photos: Kelly Stuart
iPhone or iPod touch running OS
2.2.1 or later. Tomorrow its price
will go back to US $0.99 and
another door will be opened.
Blacksmithgames promises a
mix of well known and
video conversations will be
available — just like they are on
some Nokia devices.
Video phones have been
promising to take the world by
storm since — well, since my
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undiscovered games to keep
things interesting. So go on over
and pick yourself up a free game.
Then keep checking back for new
surprises. Twitter Creator
TUAW On the first night of Launches iPhone
Christmas, my true love game to
me - free game apps originally Payment System
appeared on The Unofficial Website
Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, By Ben Parr (Mashable!)
01 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST.
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Several months ago, we learned
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Chairman, Jack Dorsey, was
working on a brand new project,
his first after stepping down as
Twitter’s CEO. Soon his new
project was revealed to be the
Square iPhone Payment System,
which intends to replace credit
mom was a little girl — but the cards with payments via your
concept, despite improving phone.
technology has just not taken off. We’ve just learned that Jack and
Will video calls from cell phones his team have launched the
f i n a l l y p u s h t h e i d e a i n t o website for the new project,
common use? What do you SquareUp.com. It’s a beta
think? Reviews: Fring, iPhone, website that explains the benefits
video of the Square iPhone payment
Tags: fring, iphone, iPod Touch, system, as well as the ability to
Skype, video phone, voip log into the SquareUp system…if
you have a beta account.
Here are some screenshots of the
device and the website:
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Apple planning to add
iTunes LP creation to
iDVD?
By Joachim Bean (The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW))
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:30:00 PM
Filed under: iLife, Rumors With
the recent introduction of
documentation to create iTunes
LP and iTunes Extras and the
ability to submit the the iTunes
Store, Apple might be thinking
about bringing development of
iTunes LP a bit further. Boy
Genius Report is reporting
they've heard that Apple might be
wanting to bring iTunes LP
creation to the next version of
iDVD, which is part of iLife.
This could further broaden the
creation of iTunes LP for
independent artists, as they could
be created right along with other
things in iLife. iDVD hasn't
received a major update in a few
years, so it could be likely iDVD
Joel McHale presents TLC's next reality bonanza
will receive some sort of update.
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Family Guy, Saturday
Kick Off the Holidays Night Live, Glee lead
Hulu for week ending
with an Advent 11/29/09
By Robert Seidman
Calendar for Techies (TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:42:30 AM
By Christina Warren
(Mashable!) Hulu “Movers & Shakers” for
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:44:03 AM the week ending 11/29/09 (this
info is directly from Hulu).
Even if you don’t celebrate Though it’s not particularly
Christmas, advent calendars can useful since there is no data for
be a lot of fun. And while Web- metrics (number of streams,
based advents don’t evoke quite average minutes per stream) that
the same thrill as opening up a would reveal how tiny the
tangible paper door on every day 24ways consistently offers up viewership is compared to TV
in December, they can still be great tips, tricks and solid advice. viewership, at least you can get
full of nice surprises. In fact, just going through the an idea of what’s most popular
24ways is an advent calendar for 24Ways archives is a nice little on Hulu:
Web geeks that has been around gift in and of itself. P.S. I apologize for the
for five years now. Every day, an Do you have any favorite web- formatting. Hulu sends these
amazing list of authors(including based advent calendars? Let us VERY nicely formatted, but for
Christian Heilmann, Jeffrey know. Happy December, Web whatever reason Wordpress has
Zeldman and Dan Rubin) post a geeks. some problems with it. Where
new design or Web development [via WebWorkerDaily] you see “?” it should’ve been an
tip catered toward users of the Tags: 24ways, advent calendar, up or down arrow indicating
alternative advent. Christmas, web dev trend. Fortunately they also let
Produced by Drew McLellan, you know how many slots it was
up or down so you can figure that
out from the “+” and “-”
symbols…
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By Kona Gallagher (TV I've got to give it up for the video posits that TLC is just going to want Fertile Little Tattooed
Squad) editors on staff for this one. combine all of their already Pageant Parents Who Enjoy
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:07:00 PM
Now that Jon and Kate is off the successful shows into one. Baking.
air, TLC is scrambling to figure TLC has decided to build their Filed under: Other Reality
If you've ever watched The Soup out what mildly offensive reality success on little people, tattoos, Shows, Video, Watercooler Talk
or Community, you know what a concept it's going to use to win pageant kids, cake shows and Read| Permalink| Email this| |
(hot) genius Joel McHale is. But over America once again. Instead folks who have way too many Comments
while his scruffy mug tends to of coming up with an entirely babies, so let's just cut the crap
get all of the credit for the funny new concept (because, let's face and give the people what they
that The Soup constantly brings, it: ideas are hard), The Soup want. In this case, the people
34 Politics/
UK Jewish Group Urges Jews Not to Skeptical Science
Be Fooled by Fascists
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 5:40:44 PM
British Jewish advocacy group
CST appeals to Jews not to take
part in an upcoming
demonstration by far right
Eurofascists: Don&##x2019;t be
fooled by Islamophobia.
A small Islamophobic group,
called Stop Islamisation Of
Europe (SIOE), has called for
1,000 Jews to attend its
forthcoming demonstration at
Harrow mosque; and for each
Jew to bring an Israeli flag.
This is strikingly similar to
appeals that have also been made
in recent months by the English
Defence League (EDL). It is also
essentially the same as
opportunistic attempts by British
National Party leader Nick
Griffin to ditch both his and his
party’s antisemitic heritage, by
stressing his supposed new-found
support for Israel and Jews.
SIOE’s appeal for Jewish
participation sits alongside this
grotesque Islamophobic image on
its website:
If a Jew cannot understand why
the image is racist, or hateful, or
bigoted then they should try
imagining it as a synagogue: with
blood dripping from a Star of
E-reader Newspaper
Debunks the Deniers
communal violence, intimidation (Little Green Footballs) person put it, “the cheerleaders
and polarisation feed the Submitted at 11/30/2009 3:07:14 PM
for doing something about global
extremists on every side. They warming seem to be largely the
encourage social division and Here’s an excellent website that cheerleaders for many causes of
leave all minorities vulnerable. thoroughly debunks a lot of the which I disapprove”.
Anti-Muslim bigotry is a vital most common talking points Beneath the politics is a more
recruiting sergeant for both the endlessly repeated by climate elemental instinct - an aversion to
far right, and its Islamist change skeptics and deniers: alarmism. We’ve been burnt
extremist counterparts. It Skeptical Science: Examining before. The media predicted an
generates votes for the BNP and, Global Warming Skepticism. ice age in the 70’s which never
at the furthest ends of this Their mission statement: eventuated. Y2K was going to
political spectrum, it even Skeptical Science was created by destroy society - it was barely a
provides the fuel for terrorism. John Cook, an ex-physicist hiccup. And I won’t deny there
British Jews should have no part (majoring in solar physics at the are alarmists in the global
University of Queensland). My warming camp. Urgent cries that
David; with blood dripping down of it.
interest in global warming began the ice sheets are on the verge of
the rabbi&##x2019;s pulpit; and The SIOE is trying to use British
when I got into some discussions sliding into the sea. Or emotional
with blood dripping from the Jews for two purposes: 1) to give
with a skeptical family member pleas to save those cute little
mouth of a skull that wears an t h e m c o v e r a n d d e f l e c t
accusations of fascism, and 2) to who handed me a speech by polar bears. Sadly, alarmists
Israeli army helmet. …
Senator Inhofe. It took little seem to be the loudest voices in
CST has raised awareness of the enrage any Islamists at Harrow
research to show his arguments the global warming debate. But
activities of extreme Islamist mosque and try to provoke them
were misleading and lacking in that doesn’t change the science
groups in the UK for many years. to violence.
science.
But to demonise an entire Insane shrieking harpy Pamela underneath.
Since then, I’ve scoured peer
community, every Muslim and Geller is solidly on the side of the So I ignore the distracting
reviewed scientific literature in p o l i t i c s a n d a d h o m i n e m
every mosque, in the way that fascists, as always, and is
an attempt to penetrate the arguments. Instead, I concentrate
SIOE does, shows exactly the freaking out at her hate site: Atlas
political agendas and cherry on the science. And I noticed
kind of bigotry from which Jews U r g e s J e w s W o r l d w i d e t o
picking. I’ve noticed two patterns when the discussion did get to
have suffered so often in our Support SIOE, Ignore Dhimmi
in global warming skepticism. science, the same flawed skeptic
history. For SIOE to appeal to ‘Jewish Councils’ - Atlas Shrugs.
F i r s t l y , m a n y r e a s o n s f o r argument continue to propogate
Jews to support them shows a Quote:
disbelieving in anthropogenic through the blogosphere, Chinese
complete ignorance of the Jewish Oncve again leftist Jews lying
global warming (AGW) seem to whispers style. This website is an
experience of being on the and deceiving to advance the
be political rather than scientific. attempt to examine all the
receiving end of exactly this type aims of the enemies of Jews
andJewish life. Eg - it’s all a liberal plot to scientific arguments that reject
of politics. …
spread socialism and destroy AGW.
Hatred, division, cycles of inter- (Hat tip: KT.)
capitalism (or sometimes just
plain dislike for Al Gore). As one
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Why I Parted Ways With The Right
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 6:49:45 PM
1. Support for fascists, both in
America (see: Pat Buchanan,
Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and
in Europe (see: Vlaams Belang,
BNP, SIOE, Pat Buchanan, etc.)
2. Support for bigotry, hatred,
and white supremacism (see: Pat
Buchanan, Ann Coulter, Robert
Stacy McCain, Lew Rockwell,
etc.)
3. Support for throwing women
back into the Dark Ages, and
general religious fanaticism (see:
Operation Rescue, anti-abortion
groups, James Dobson, Pat
Robertson, Tony Perkins, the
entire religious right, etc.)
4. Support for anti-science bad
craziness (see: creationism,
Fring Puts Video Calls on Your iPhone
[Downloads]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:30:00 AM
iPhone only: Previously
mentioned mobile VoIP and chat
application Fring has updated
their iPhone app with support for
streaming video calls. It's a great
feature, but it does have a catch.
If you're unfamiliar with Fring,
it's a messaging application that
integrates with everything from
Skype and Google Talk to
Facebook and AIM. For most,
the VoIP feature comes via
Skype. With the new update,
climate change denialism, Sarah
Palin, Michele Bachmann, James
Inhofe, etc.)
5. Support for homophobic
bigotry (see: Sarah Palin,
Dobson, the entire religious right,
etc.)
6. Support for anti-government
lunacy (see: tea parties, militias,
Fox News, Glenn Beck, etc.)
7. Support for conspiracy
theories and hate speech (see:
Alex Jones, Rush Limbaugh,
Glenn Beck, Birthers,
creationists, climate deniers, etc.)
8. A right-wing blogosphere that
is almost universally dominated
by raging hate speech (see: Hot
Air, Free Republic, Ace of
Spades, etc.)
9. Anti-Islamic bigotry that goes
far beyond simply criticizing
iPhone and iPod touch users with
a Wi-Fi connection can make and
receive video calls via Fring or
Skype and watch your contact
from your phone. Unfortunately
the video chat is only a one-way
video thing for now, meaning
either you can watch your friend
talk or your friend can watch you
talk. This is, of course, a
limitation of the iPhone and its
non-front-facing camera. The
radical Islam, into support for
fascism, violence, and genocide
(see: Pamela Geller, Robert
Spencer, etc.)
10. Hatred for President Obama
that goes far beyond simply
criticizing his policies, into
racism, hate speech, and bizarre
conspiracy theories (see: witch
doctor pictures, tea parties,
Birthers, Michelle Malkin, Fox
News, World Net Daily,
Newsmax, and every other right
wing source)
And much, much more. The
American right wing has gone off
the rails, into the bushes, and off
the cliff.
I won’t be going over the cliff
with them.
folks at Fring assure us that two-
way video calls will be available
as soon as the iPhone gets a front
-facing camera.
Two-way video or not, it's great
to see a first step in this direction
for the iPhone. Video calling may
not be an everyday sort of event
(I do plenty of things while I'm
on the phone that the person I'm
talking to doesn't need or want to
see), but it's certainly got its
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Are you ready for some
Martha Stewart?!
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:30:00 PM
If you're like me, when you hear
the name Martha Stewart you
think of football. Now those two
things are coming together in a
new contest.
Martha and NBC have teamed
up for Martha's Sunday Night
Football Sweepstakes, a contest
where, if you win the grand Dinner at Home and autographed
footballs.
prize, you get a trip to New York
Continue reading Are you ready
City, a stay in a hotel, $100 in
for some Martha Stewart?!
spending money, and you get to
Filed under: Sports, Daytime,
attend a live taping of Martha
Stewart or Football Night in Celebrities, Reality-Free
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America. Runner up prizes
Comments
include Martha's new book
Creditors mobilise
over Dubai debt plan
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:50:21 AM
Creditors mobilise over Dubai
debt plan
By Robin Wigglesworth in
place, and it'll be nice to take Dubai, Andrew England in Abu
video chat out of our computer Dhabi and Patrick Jenkins in
monitors. London
Fring is a free download. Published: December 1 2009
Fring[iTunes App Store via Fring 19:50 | Last updated: December 1
Blog] 2009 19:50
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How HTML5 Will Change the Way You Use the Web [Web
Browsing]
By Kevin Purdy (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
Firefox and Safari partially
support it, Google's Wave and
Chrome projects are banking on
it, and most web developers are
ecstatic about what it means. It's
HTML5, and if you're not exactly
sure what it is, here's an
explainer.
Image taken from Bruce
Lawson's fantastic HTML5
presentation. What is HTML5?
Some kind of really fancy link
tag?
HTML5 is a specification for
how the web's core language,
HTML, should be formatted and
utilized to deliver text, images,
multimedia, web apps, search
forms, and anything else you see
in your browser. In some ways,
it's mostly a core set of standards
that only web developers really
need to know. In other ways, it's
a major revision to how the web
is put together. Not every web
site will use it, but those that do
will have better support across
modern desktop and mobile
browsers (that is, everything
except Internet Explorer). What
Awesomeness can I expect from
HTML5?
The big, marquee changes in
HTML5 have already made some
headlines, thanks to browser
makers like Google, Apple,
Mozilla, and others picking them
up and implementing them. The
shortlist:
• Offline storage: Kind of like
"Super Cookies," but with much
more space to store both one-
time data and persistent app
databases, like email. Actually,
you can think of offline storage
as something a lot like Google
Gears—you just won't need to
install a plug-in to reap the
benefits.
• Canvas drawing: Sites can
mark off a space on a page where
interactive pictures, charts and
graphs, game components, and
whatever else imagination allows
can be drawn directly by
programming code and user
interaction—no Flash or other
plug-ins required.
• Native video and audio
streaming support: It's in the very
early stages and subject to format
disruption, but sites like
YouTube and Pandora could one
day skip Flash entirely to bring
you streaming audio and video,
with timed playback and other
neat features.
• Geolocation: Just what it
sounds like, but not limited to a
single provider's API or browser
tool. HTML5 can find your
location and use it to tailor things
like search results, tag your
Twitter updates, and more.
Location-aware devices are a big
deal.
• Smarter forms: Search boxes,
text inputs, and other you-type-
here fields get better controls for
focusing, validating data,
interacting with other page
elements, sending through email,
E-reader Newspaper
video demonstrations:
Google I/O 2009 Keynote, pt. 1
Firefox 3.5 Treats Videos Like
Web Pages:
If you're running an up-to-date
version of Firefox, Safari,
Chrome, or Opera—or, basically,
any regularly updated browser
besides Internet Explorer—give
these links a shot.
HTML5 Demos: Huge list of
capability demonstrations,
gracefully compiled by Remy
Sharp.
Welcome to Safari: Written
entirely with HTML5 and CSS 3.
YouTube in HTML5: No Flash
required at all (for Chrome and
Safari only, at this point).
and more. It may not sound that Canvas drawing and audio
sexy, but it could mean less Neat interactive site that shows
annoyance as a user, and that's tweets from folks who are
always a good thing. digging on HTML5, with
• W e b a p p l i c a t i o n f o c u s : streaming background audio and
Without breaking down the interactive data pieces. Why is it
hundreds of nuts and bolts, it's being pushed? Don't Flash and
fair to say that HTML5 is aimed JavaScript already work?
at making it easier to build wikis, Make no mistake, HTML5 has
drag-and-drop tools, discussion much love for JavaScript and its
boards, real-time chat, search many relatives—in fact, the new
front-ends, and other modern markup standards make it easier
web elements into any site, and for JavaScript-type code to point
have them work the same across at, and pull from, pieces of each
browsers. web page. As for Flash, and
Silverlight, and other browser
Where can I see HTML5 in plug-ins, well, they are artificial
action? solutions for a natural problem
Ooh, good question! that HTML5 is trying to fix:
From this page right here, with a Placing and managing interactive
soon-to-be-optional-maybe-
Flash, you can check out these HOW page 38
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elements on a web page.
Besides being a major source of
browser memory leaks and
crashes, Flash and its brethren
also doesn't work on every
platform, and has to be re-written
and adapted for every new one. If
you're looking to make a clever
application available to as many
people as possible, a write once,
use everywhere system is ideal.
When more browsers and
developers support HTML5's
audio, video, and interaction
standards, the idea of the web as
the universal app store—for
smartphones, for desktops and
laptops, Windows, Mac, and
Linux—gets closer to reality.
Apple tried to pitch this
mentality to developers with their
first iPhone release. That
pronouncement was, to put it
mildly, roundly mocked. Since
then, webapps have become a lot
more powerful and respectable as
mainstays of productivity, and
enthusiasm for the walled garden
model of application markets has
waned quite a bit in the minds of
an increasing number of
developers.
That's not to say that HTML5-
powered web applications, with
their lack of serious local storage,
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Android Market, or the desktop
software we're all used to
obsolete. But look at how
Chrome is positioning its
Chrome OS for netbooks, which
relies on HTML5 for offline
storage: A secondary computer,
in terms of hard-and-fast
capabilities, but one you might
use just as often, if not more, for
the web-connected convenience.
How will HTML5 makes its way
onto my web?
HTML5 isn't a software release,
or a web development law. It's a
voted-upon and group-edited
standard, written in broad fashion
to accommodate different styles
of development and the different
thinking among web browser
makers.
Put more simply, it depends on
what you're using to surf. And
what standards your web makers
are following.
Firefox, Safari, and Chrome on
the desktop support a few of the
styles and features outlined in
HTML5's draft specifications,
like offline storage, canvas
drawing, and, most intriguingly,
tags for audio and video that
CheapCollegeGamers, and
GamerHotline!
allow sites to stream multimedia
files directly into a browser.
Apple's Safari for iPhone and the
Android browser also support
elements of HTML5, as does
Opera Mobile. Want to know the
nitty-gritty of where your
browser stands on HTML5? Web
geeks have put in the time to put
it all in a Wikipedia chart.
Those audio and video tags
aren't quite as liberating as they
may seem. The writers of the
HTML5 standard—Ian Hickson
of Google and Davd Hyatt of
Apple—wanted to define a
single, standardized format for
video streaming, but while their
employers favor the
H.264/MPEG-4 standard, open-
source firms like Mozilla can't
abide by its patent
"encumbrance," and Opera and
other web firms don't particularly
love the licensing costs. Their
alternative is Theora, better
known (relatively) as Ogg
Theora. As it stands, HTML5
simply doesn't require or suggest
a single container format or
codec to use, which could mean
browser-by-browser differences
down the road. Ars Technica has
a good explainer on the HTML5
video codec debate. Further
reading
• HTML5 - Wikipedia: Because,
seriously, where else would you
start?
• HTML5: The editor's draft of
the whole darned standard.
• Dive Into HTML5:
Programmer, and explainer of all
things programming, details
what's different about HTML5 in
an ongoing work.
• HTML5 Supersedes Web
Forms 2.0: A good read on what
changes with web forms in
HTML5, which I'm not quite
developer-y enough to concisely
explain.
• The Future of HTML 5 by
Bruce Lawson: Funny, digestible
bigger-picture take on what
HTML5 really means for the
web.
If you're already savvy with
HTML5, what differences or
improvements would you point
out that we left out? Tell us what
HTML5 means to you, and your
browser, in the comments.
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There could be yet
another permanent death
coming up on Heroes
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:29:00 PM
So, in last night's episode of
Heroes, one of the original cast
members was killed off. In slow
motion! Fans might think that
there's a chance he could come
back because characters come
back on this show all the time,
but producer Tim Kring says that
this is final.
And now it looks like it might
not be the only permanent death
on the show.
Continue reading There could be
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The Enormous Whiteboard Workspace [Featured
Workspace]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:00:00 PM
If you need a big white board to
hold your big ideas, you'll
definitely want to take a peek at
today's featured workspace for
some whiteboard inspiration.
Lifehacker reader Tom
Borowski likes having a spacious
whiteboard to sketch out his
ideas and jot down his lists. How
spacious? Read on to hear about
his office and DIY whiteboard:
I recently moved to a new place
and this is the workplace I set up.
The main desk is in the shape of
an L and is dominated by the two
30-inch TFTs which are
connected to a Mac Pro that sits
under the desk. There's also some
audio recording equipment, like a
mixer and a mic boom.
On the wall behind the desk is a
giant 10x3ft DIY magnetic
whiteboard which I use for
sketching out ideas or
brainstorming.
The whole work area is
surrounded by Ikea Billy book
shelves and a built-in bookshelf.
The second desk below the
window is for paperwork as the
main desk doesn't really have
enough space left for that.
In the far left corner on the
panoramic photo is a comfy
Ekornes Stressless armchair for
reading and the occasional
afternoon nap.
Next to this "leisure corner" is a
dining room table that used to
live in the kitchen in my last
appartment. Since my current
kitchen has a built-in dining
table, it now serves as an all-
purpose office table.
Overall this office works for me
because it's very spacious, has
Tech Tips/ Entertainment/ 39
Tiger Woods'
Alleged Mistress:
It's Not True
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 5:26:00 AM
Tiger Woods' alleged mistress
Rachel Uchitel calls their
rumored affair "ridiculous" -- and
she's willing to take a lie detector
test to prove her side of the story.
Speaking out to The New York
Post, the NYC beauty says the
tabloids got it wrong. "Not a
word of it is true," Rachel says.
"I told the [ National] Enquirer
and Star[magazine] that it wasn't
true. I told them not only did I
have information to disprove the
story, but I offered to take a lie-
detector test ... It's the most
ridiculous story. It's like they are
asking me to comment if there
lots of storage for folders and y o u c a n c h e c k o u t a f u l l are aliens on Earth."
books and has everything I need p a n o r a m a p h o t o h e r e . Rachel says she knows the girls
throughout a normal workday, be If you have a workspace of your w h o b l a b b e d t o t h e t a b s ,
it working on the Mac, doing own to show off, throw the claiming, "[She's] not even a
paperwork or reading. pictures on your Flickr account friend of mine. This girl was
If you're in love with his and add it to the Lifehacker never around me for any of the
whiteboard we've covered a Workspace Show and Tell Pool. time she was saying she was. If I
number of ways to craft a DIY Include some details about your was having some big, lurid affair,
whiteboard including: recycling a setup and why it works for you, I would not tell this girl. It's just
window into a whiteboard, and you just might see it featured ridiculous. She got paid money to
painting a whiteboard right onto on the front page of Lifehacker. sell a story to the National
t h e w a l l , t u r n i n g s o m e The Enormous Whiteboard Enquirer. I heard she got $25,000
inexpensive showerboard into W o r k s p a c e [ L i f e h a c k e r and another girl got $25,000. The
large whiteboard. Workspace Show and Tell Pool] other magazines heard about it,
For a closer look at this office but they turned it down because
there was no hard evidence.
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Hulu Advanced Search Helps You Find Specific
Episodes More Easily [Television]
By Sarah Rae Trover
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:30:00 AM
Although online media giant
Hulu has users all across the
country saying no monthly cable
bills, their site was still a little
unruly when it came to its search
function. They've listened to user
feedback and implemented some
really helpful new features. Next
time you miss a specific episode
of TV, try using Hulu's new
search feature. Next to the search
bar located at the bottom of the
page, you'll find a button labeled
Advanced Search. Simply click
Inbox2 Combines Email and Social Networking
Into One Stream [Communication]
By Whitson Gordon
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:00:00 AM
We may be eagerly awaiting
Mozilla's previously mentioned
Raindrop, but webapp
Inbox2—already available in
beta stage—looks to serve the
same purpose: Pulling all your
email and social networking
communication in a single
unified stream.
You can use Inbox2 as either a
through and enter in specific
episode information.
In our search above, we were
able to find Season 3, Episode 4
of Doogie Howser with just a
few keystrokes—and have been
standalone webapp or a Facebook
application, allowing you to
choose the hub of your message
stream. If you already spend tons
of time on Facebook, for
example, you can add your email,
Twitter, and other updates to
your Facebook notifications
instead, as well as read and send
messages from any of your non-
make for smooth searching as
they continue to add more and
more videos to their catalog. As
you can see in the screenshot, the
advanced search also
demonstrates what search
operators one might use to
perform episode-specific
searches from the main search
box (e.g., show:"Doogie Howser"
season:3 episode:4). Hit up the
watching Vinny Delpino try to Hulu blog for more tips on
make it to second base with his making the most of your searches
girlfriend Janine ever since. within their online interface. The
Although their archives weren't Search Is On[Official Hulu Blog
actually difficult to navigate via CNET]
before, it's an addition that will
Facebook accounts without by apps for other smartphones).
leaving Facebook's site. Take a look at their demo video
Inbox2 also integrates well with above for a closer look at how it
your existing system, allowng all works.
you to import your existing labels Inbox2 is a free, web-based
and stars from other services like service. Inbox2[via TechCrunch]
Gmail. It also has support for
Microsoft Exchange 2007, and is
planning on releasing an iPhone
app in the near future (followed
E-reader Newspaper
Break Out Film
'Precious' Leads in
Spirit Award Noms
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:40:00 AM
Actors Matt Dillon and Taraji P.
Henson announced the nominees
for The 25th Film Independent
Spirit Awards with 'Precious:
Based on the novel Push by
Sapphire' leading the way in
nominations -- ET has the award
show info.
'Precious' is nominated for five
Spirit Awards including the
coveted Best Feature film honor.
The film's leading lady Gabourey
Sidibe is up for an award as well
as Mo'Nique, who plays
Precious' abusive mother in the
movie.
Other films up for accolades
include '(500) Days of Summer,'
'A Serious Man,' 'Adventureland,'
starring 'Twilight' leading lady
Kristen Stewart, and 'Two
Lovers,' starring Gwyneth
Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix.
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Google's Always-Fascinating
Year-End Zeitgeist Rounds
Up 2009 in Search [Zeitgeist]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:30:00 AM
Web users perform billions of
searches every year, leaving the
folks at Google with a fount of
interesting information. When the
year ends, GOOG rounds it all up
into their yearly zeitgeist. This
year, Twitter and Michael
Jackson lead the way.
A bit more about how Google
puts their zeitgeist together:
To compile the 2009 Year-End
Zeitgeist, we studied the
aggregation of billions of queries
people typed into Google search
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What Did the Internet Search for in
2009?
By Frederic Lardinois obvious URL searches, so a
(ReadWriteWeb) direct comparison between Bing
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:35:47 AM
and Google is sadly impossible.
Neither Google, Bing or Yahoo
As the year draws to an end, all made lists of their actual top
the large search engines have Moon 6. Patrick Swayze 7. queries available this year. All
now published their year-end Paranormal Activiy 7. Lady Gaga we got so far are highly sanitized
roundups of the most popular 7. Cash for Clunkers 8. Natasha lists of "trending topics." While
search queries on their sites. On Richardson 8. Windows 7 8. Jon these reflect the current mood,
almost every service, these and Kate Gosselin 9. Farrah they don't really give us a good
i n c l u d e M i c h a e l J a c k s o n , Fawcett 9. dantri.com.vn 9. Billy idea of what people search for on
Twitter, Lady Gaga and terms Mays 10. Lady Gaga 10. torpedo a day-to-day basis. Your Personal
related to Twilight. Google also gratis 10. Jaycee Dugard Top 10 in Google's Web History
just released its annual Zeitgeist Some of these are pretty If you have Google Web History
survey, which features lists of the straightforward (Twitter, Michael feature turned on, you can find a
fastest rising search terms on J a c k s o n , F a c e b o o k ) , w h i l e list of your personal top queries
Google's properties worldwide. others, like ' torpedo gratis' of 2009 here. Ask.com
Among the top queries related to (which refers to a free SMS Ask.com also just published its
t e c h n o l o g y a n d t h e W e b , service) and ' tuenti' left us top questions of 2009 - though
this year. We use data from Facebook (#2) leads the charge slightly puzzled at first. It is also questions like "What is Miley
multiple sources, including ahead of Twitter (#4) and interesting to note that a lot of Cyrus' phone number?" make us
Insights for Search, Google Windows 7 (#8) in the global these search terms in Google's wonder about the validity of this
Trends and internal data tools. survey. In the US, Twitter was list are basically just URLs list.
We also filter out spam and the fastest rising search term of ( T w i t t e r , F a c e b o o k , H u l u ,
repeat queries to build out lists 2009, followed by Michael dantri.com.vn). Sanitized Lists • How much should I weigh?
that best reflect "the spirit of the Jackson, Facebook, Hulu and hi5. Fastest Falling Terms on Google • How do I get out of debt fast?
times." All of the search queries Sponsor (Global) • How do I get pregnant?
we studied are anonymous-no The Lists • beijing 2008 • What is Twitter?
personal information was used. Here are Google's and Bing's • euro 2008 • What is Miley Cyrus' phone
The Google Zeitgeist always lists of top search queries of • heath ledger number?
provides an interesting overview 2009: Google - Fastest Rising • barack obama • What is the meaning of life?
of what was on our minds in any Search Queries in the US Google • amy winehouse • When will the world end?
given year, so give it a look and - Fastest Rising Search Queries • kraloyun • How long does marijuana stay
share what interesting finds you Globally Bing - Top Trending • dailymotion in your system?
can dig up in the comments. Topics 1. Twitter 1. Michael • bebo • What are the symptoms of
Google Zeitgeist 2009[Google] Jackson 1. Michael Jackson 2. • wii Swine Flu?
Michael Jackson 2. Facebook 2. • emule • What time is it?
Twitter 3. Facebook 3. tuenti 3.
Swine Flu 4. Hulu 4. Twitter 4. It's important to note that Bing's Discuss
Stock Market 5. hi5 5. sanalika 5. list was mostly scrubbed of
Farrah Fawcett 6. Glee 6. New
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Top 10 Consumer Web Apps of 2009
By Frederic Lardinois
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:58:34 AM
Every year at ReadWriteWeb,
we look at hundreds of new web
apps aimed at everyday users.
Occasionally, we come across a
service that stands out from the
pack because it offers a novel
solution, disrupts the way
incumbent market leaders do
business or changes the way we
experience the Web.
Here is our list of the top 10
consumer web apps of 2009.
These are apps and services that
helped consumers use the web in
new ways this year; and brought
technologies that were previously
only geared towards advanced
users to a mainstream audience.
Sponsor
Some of these apps aren't new -
but just like last year, we've tried
to select a mix of applications
that either reached the
mainstream this year, or that we
think will be big in the year to
come.
This is the second part in our
series of top products of 2009:
• Top 10 Mobile Web Products
of 2009
Bing
Until earlier this year, Google
didn't have any serious
competition in the search market.
Now, however, thanks to
Microsoft's Bing- which
launched in July - users finally
have a choice when it comes to
search engines. Bing's market
share climbed steadily over the
last few months, and Microsoft
keeps adding interesting new
features like visual search, hover
previews, integrated Twitter
search and a smart integration of
some of Wolfram Alpha's most
compelling features.
Bing, which bills itself as a
"decision engine," tries to give its
users more than just 10 links.
Instead, Bing focuses on giving
users answers right on the search
results page. A search for a
football or baseball player, for
example, will bring up recent
stats, while a search for flights
brings up data from Microsoft's
Bing Travel service. Wolfram
Alpha
No other new web service was
greeted with the same amount of
hype as Wolfram Alpha this year.
Inevitably, Wolfram Research's
"computational knowledge
engine" disappointed many who
were looking for a Google killer,
but Alpha introduced a new
paradigm for search engines:
Instead of giving you a long list
of links, Alpha tries to give users
an answer based on information
from reputable sources. If this
sounds familiar, it might be
because Microsoft's Bing is
trying to do something very
similar - even if Microsoft's
approach isn't quite as radical.
Because of these similarities, it
also doesn't come as a surprise
that Bing was the first search
engine to integrate search results
from Wolfram Alpha.
While it isn't useful for
E-reader Newspaper
version of Google Chrome in late a new blog. Just email a message,
2008. Even though Chrome still photo or video to post AT
only holds a small share of the posterous.com and your new blog
browser market and doesn't offer is ready to go. Advanced users
a stable version for OSX or can also port their own domain
Linux yet, Chrome has already names to the service and theme
changed the browser market. their blogs.
Chrome's relentless focus on With PicPosterous, the company
speed helped to reignite the now also offers an easy to use
browser wars and even Microsoft iPhone app. Hulu
now compares the performance Thanks to its prominent ads
of the next version of Internet during the Super Bowl, Hulu
everybody yet, the Wolfram Explorer to Chrome. Thanks to became a household name in the
Alpha team has worked hard to its fast JavaScript rendering US this year. Even before this
expand Alpha's knowledge. If engine and interesting new publicity campaign, however,
you are an engineer or scientist, t e c h n o l o g i e s , C h r o m e i s Hulu had already established
Wolfram Alpha might just be the changing the way developers are itself as a the #1 destination for
most useful web app for you. For thinking about browsers. Even if finding episodes of TV shows
the rest of us, Alpha's ability to you don't use Chrome, you will online. Hulu started out as a joint
s o l v e a n a g r a m s , a g g r e g a t e see Chrome's influence in the venture between FOX, NBC and
weather data and tell you the upcoming versions of Firefox other TV networks. In April,
distance between two cities and Internet Explorer. ABC also joined this group.
proves to be useful, too, though Chrome, of course, is also the Thanks to this, Hulu now offers
not as useful as the service's basis for Google's upcoming one of the only destinations to
ability to solve complex math Chrome OS, so chances are that easily find TV shows online in
problems. We still have to wait we will see a lot more of Chrome the US. While Hulu is currently
and see what the future holds for in the next year. Posterous available for free, it's worth
Wolfram Alpha. Whether you want to open up a noting that Hulu could start
For now, the service is a great new blog without any fuzz or just charging for subscriptions as
experiment and even if it fails share photos and messages easily early as next year.
(which we don't think it will), its o n m u l t i p l e s e r v i c e s l i k e Next page: Consumer web apps
influence will surely extend to Facebook, Flickr and Twitter, 6-10 TweetDeck
other search engines like Bing light blogging service Posterous Except for Twitter's own
and Google Search. In the spirit has you covered. The service website, TweetDeck is currently
of trying something different, launched in May 2009 and was the single most popular Twitter
Wolfram also launched a $50 definitely one of the most client. While a few of us here at
iPhone application in October. interesting new arrivals in the RWW prefer Seesmic's Twitter
Even though Wolfram Alpha's blogging landscape this year. application, there can be no doubt
web interface is available for What makes Posterous stand out that TweetDeck has set the
free, the company insisted that its is its ability to cross-post updates standard for Twitter clients this
mobile application offered t o o t h e r s e r v i c e s ( F l i c k r , year. TweetDeck was the first
enough new features to justify Facebook, Twitter or your own client to popularize a column-
this price. Google Chrome blog, for example). In addition,
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based layout - a design feature
that a lot of other Twitter clients
now use as well.
In its current version ( our
review), TweetDeck introduced
support for Twitter's new lists
feature, as well as integration
with LinkedIn and partial support
for Twitter's new geolocation
feature. TweetDeck was also one
of the first clients to introduce
local lists, a feature that many
power users had been clamoring
for long before Twitter
introduced its own version of this
functionality. Twitter
No Top 10 list of web
applications would be complete
without mentioning Twitter. No
other web service (except for
maybe Facebook) has recently
managed to capture our
imagination to the degree that
Twitter has. Over the course of
the year, Twitter introduced
numerous new features,
including lists and integrated
search. Twitter's users didn't
greet every new feature with
complete happiness, however.
The new retweet feature, for
example, was met with resistance
and it's still not clear if it will win
out over today's retweet
convention that grew organically
over the last few years.
Today, there are numerous users
on Twitter with more than 1
million followers, and services
like BNO News regularly break
news reports on Twitter long
before the mainstream media.
While Twitter has its detractors,
there can be little doubt that 2009
was the year when Twitter came
of age. Aardvark
Have you ever found yourself in
a city you've never been to and
wondered where to find a good
place for lunch or dinner or just
playing pool? You could go to
Yelp or Citysearch, but the best
suggestions are likely to come
from your own personal network
and the friends of your friends.
Aardvark makes it possible to
harvest this collective knowledge
of your extended social network
through an easy to use web app,
instant messaging bot and iPhone
app. Simply ask a question and
Aardvark will route your query to
one of your friends (or your
friend's friends) who is currently
online. Thanks to sophisticated
machine learning algorithms that
run in the background, Aardvark
quickly learns who to ask about
specific topics.
Unlike Yahoo Answers or
similar services, Aardvark
doesn't keep a repository of
frequently asked questions. The
service's mission is to get you
current answers from experts in
your own social networks. While
we had our doubts about how
well this would work when the
service first launched, Aardvark
has proven it's worth time and
again. On most days, over 85%
of all questions get answered.
Google Voice
Google loves to enter markets
where the status quo prevails and
turn things on their head. With
Google Voice, the search giant is
doing just that to the telecom and
VoIP industry. Google Voice
assigns every user a new phone
number that can be forwarded to
any phone. Google Voice, which
features a Gmail-like user
interface, allows its users to make
free local and long distance call,
as well as cheap international
calls from their existing phones.
The service also features free text
messages, conference calls and
automated voicemail
transcriptions.
While other services like Ribbit
Mobile and VoxOx offer similar
features, Google Voice has the
name recognition and marketing
power behind it to make it an
even more important product in
the coming year. For now,
Google Voice is still an invite-
only service, though Google
continually sends out additional
invites. Facebook
Over the course of 2009,
Facebook continued to grow and
added new features which ranged
from vanity URLs to a new
sharing widget and a focus on
real-time updates of its users
news streams. While it still
trailed MySpace in 2009, it
became the #1 social network
this year, and by September
Facebook had passed the 300
million active user mark. The
service's user base is now bigger
than the population of all but
three countries in the world.
While Facebook was once the
domain of early adopters, today's
Facebook population is highly
diverse. The fastest growing
demographic on Facebook today
is users over 35. Did We Miss
Your Favorites?
This list showcases some of the
favorite consumer web apps of
the RWW team. What are your
favorites? What web services do
you think made the biggest
impact in 2009? Let us know in
the comments.
ReadWriteWeb's Best Of Lists
for 2009:
• Top 10 Mobile Web Products
of 2009
• Top 10 Consumer Web Apps
of 2009
Discuss
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Alec Baldwin on Co-
hosting Oscars: It's
totally on Steve Martin
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:30:00 AM
The Gotham Independent Film
Awards kicked off the award
season on Monday night in New
York City and ET was with actor
Alec Baldwin as he talked about
his upcoming awards show gig.
Baldwin gave his thoughts on
hosting the "81st Annual
Academy Awards" alongside
Steve Martin, telling ET, "I need
a lot of practice for the Oscars.
It's going to be hard, but it's all
on Steve actually. He's done it
twice before so it's totally on
him. I'm Steve's guest is how I
look at it."
Among those films up for a
Gotham Independent Film award
were the Coen brothers' 'A
Serious Man,' Kristen Stewart's
'Adventureland,' Chris Rock's
'Good Hair' and Patton Oswalt's
'Big Fan.'
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Semantic Bookmarking Service Faviki Finally Regis Philbin

Usable Thanks to Delicious Import Surgery
By Sarah Perez
(ReadWriteWeb)
bookmarking import feature only
supports Delicious users and not
you don't have to fix that issue
before import. Instead, the next
Update
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:00:00 AM
other popular bookmarking tools time you go to use that particular
like Diigo, Delicious is still the tag, Faviki will prompt you to Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:50:00 AM

When we first came across largest and most heavily used of
Faviki back in 2008, we were the social bookmarking services
intrigued by the concept of a available today...at least among
social bookmarking service built those who still collect and save
u s i n g s e m a n t i c t a g g i n g websites for future reference.
capabilities. Instead of organizing Delicious Import and Common
bookmarks based on user-created Tags
tags, Faviki tags come from With the new semi-automatic
structured information extracted Delicious import feature, Faviki
from Wikipedia. After F aviki's users can enter in their Delicious
update earlier this year which information and the service will
improved the tagging process and i m p o r t t h e i r s a v e d s i t e s .
introduced OpenID support, we However, before the import is
again wanted to make the move initiated, Faviki displays a list of
to this semantic web-based sites along with suggestions of
service. There was just one thing "Common Tags."
s t a n d i n g i n o u r w a y : n o Common Tags are a new open
b o o k m a r k i m p o r t f e a t u r e . tagging format introduced this
Unfortunately, until now, the year which help eliminate some
only way to use Faviki involved of the problems inherent in user-
abandoning your extensive generated tagging systems. Prior
bookmark collection and starting to common tags, users could
f r e s h . T o d a y , t h i n g s h a v e create a number of different tags
changed. Faviki has, at long last, that mean the same thing. For
added a Delicious import feature. example, "new_york" and "nyc"
Sponsor could both mean the New York,
While at the moment, the the city. Also, there is the
problem of one tag that refers to define it then. Automatic Posting
different things such as "jaguar" to Delicious and Twitter ET has the latest...
the animal and "jaguar" the car. Another nice feature in today's Talk show host Regis Philbin
With the new standardized upgrade is that you can continue underwent hip surgery this
f o r m a t , t a g s a r e l i n k e d t o to use the Delicious service to morning and ET has the latest on
concepts complete with metadata complement Faviki. Through his condition.
and their own URLs. That way, automatic posting settings, your "Everything went perfectly this
"new_york" and "nyc" would bookmarks tagged in Faviki will morning during Regis' hip
both be known to mean the same copy over to Delicious. Not only replacement surgery, and his
thing and an article about an that, but you can continue to use doctor said that Regis couldn't be
animal tagged "jaguar" would your Delicious tags, too, once in better shape," his rep tells ET.
link back to the concept for the they're mapped to common tags "Regis anticipates returning to
animal. The metadata in these after import. Twitter posting is 'LIVE! with Regis and Kelly'
"concepts" provides additional also supported as of now. soon after the first of the year,
information about the item being While this update is a relatively given the procedure's typical four
tagged, too. For example, a tag minor one, it was a much-needed -six week recovery time. Regis
for "obama" would be linked to a feature in order to get users to and Joy want to thank everyone
concept which indicates that he's make the big switch from one for their support and best
the President of the U.S. and service to the next. Now that we wishes."
married to Michelle Obama. don't have to abandon our
After Faviki suggests the bookmarks - and can even still
appropriate common tags for use Delicious if desired - Faviki
each link being imported, you looks a lot more appealing.
c a n m a k e c o r r e c t i o n s a n d Discuss
suggestions as you see fit. Also,
if any of your own Delicious tags
don't resolve to a common tag,

Michael Jackson Tops Yahoo! Search

(ETonline - Breaking News) with Michael Jackson in the WWE, Megan Fox and Britney Idol" at number seven, Kim
number one spot. Read on to Spears come in third, fourth and Kardashian at number eight,
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:28:00 AM
find out who else made the list! fifth, respectively. NASCAR at number nine and at Square: Twitter Co-
ET has the latest... Coming in second is the hugely Rounding out the top 10 are number 10 is the online Founder Launches New
Yahoo! has just revealed their popular book series and movie Naruto, the Japanese manga adventure game RuneScape. Mobile Payment System
list of the top searches of 2009, franchise, 'Twilight,' while the series, at number six, "American Square,
By a new
SQUARE:
Frederic mobile
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Lardinois
payment system founded by
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey,
just launched its private beta
today. Square will give anybody
the ability to accept payment
cards without having to go
through a costly credit card
processing service. Instead,
Square will give its users the
ability to use their mobile
phones, laptops or desktop
computers to accept payment
cards and swipe them with the
help of a small dongle that will
plug into the computer's or
phone's audio jack.
Sponsor
Square is backed by Khosla
Ventures and a team of angel
investors. Square's team of
advisors includes actress Alyssa
Milano, Susan Wu, Ryan Gilbert,
Ted Wang and Gregg Kid (who
was also an angel investor in
Twitter).
According to the information on
Square's website, users won't
have to sign any contracts and
there won't be any monthly fees
GE and Vivendi agree NBC Universal deal
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 5:20:47 PM
General Electric has agreed to
pay Vivendi$5.8bn for the
French group’s 20 per cent stake
in NBC Universal, according to a
or hidden costs. Square is
currently only working with a
select group of companies but
plans to expand widely in 2010.
In its current iteration, Square
works on the iPhone and iPod
touch. It's not clear how much the
dongle will cost, but chances are
that it will be cheap, as the
company plans to focus on the
service and not the hardware.
Disrupting the Credit Card
Processing Business
Credit card processors (the
people behind the card swiping
machines at your local coffee
shop, restaurant or corner store)
typically take a hefty cut from
every transaction and charge
monthly fees.
Square want to be a cheaper,
more modern alternative to these
systems. Square will email
receipts to a payer's phone, for
example, and allow merchants to
track frequent customers and
offer them discounts. In addition,
Square will also donate one
person familiar with the
negotiations, paving the way for
the conglomerate’s planned sale
of 51 per cent of the US media
group to Comcast.
The valuation is at the high end
of expectations and essentially
equates to one fifth of the
penny for every transaction to a
cause of the user's choice.
Thanks to Square, every stand at
a local farmers' market and every
small coffee cart or hot dog
vendor on the street will soon be
able to accept credit cards
without having to go through one
of the major credit card
processing services. Competition
It's worth noting that other
services like ePAY and Obopay
also offer solutions that allow
anybody to accept credit cards,
though Square's service looks to
be far more elegant than any of
the current solutions we have
seen.
See the next page for additional
screenshots
The Square dongle
Discuss
valuation the Comcast deal puts
on NBCU, once debt is stripped
out. However, it is slightly below
the stake’s current valuation in
Vivendi’s books.
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Gartner to Acquire
AMR Research for $64
Million
By Alex Williams
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:31:00 AM
Gartner has acquired AMR
Research for $64 million, further
tightening Gartner's grip on the
analyst world. Gartner is the
leading IT Research firm with
annual sales of $1.28 billion.
AMR Research is a long time
research and advisory services
that specializes in serving supply
chain management and IT
professionals. It's a far smaller
operation than Gartner. Last year
the firm did $40 million in
revenues. The firm has 40
analysts.
Sponsor
Bruce Richardson of AMR
points out that Gartner is about
32 times the size of AMR with
60,000 clients inside 10,000
organizations.
What this means for Gartner is
an expansion of tis research
offerings. Gartner says it will
also extend the company's
consulting and events business.
AMR is reaching out to its
customers today, saying it will be
45
business as usual until January 1
when "integration," will begin in
earnest. That's according to a l
etter from Tony Frisca, president
and CEO at AMR.
Richardson points out that
benefits will come with scale.
AMR will write to a much larger
audience. They will have
stronger global reach. They will
reach into more verticals.
Richardson, who is generally
viewed as AMR's most high
profile analyst, will stay with
Gartner which he looks forward
to in an amusing way:"While it
will be a bit odd not to have the
Advanced Manufacturing
Research or AMR Research
logos grace my business cards
and PowerPoint templates, at
least I will never again be
introduced as being from
"American Market Research" or
"ARM." Everyone knows
Gartner."
The acquisition is expected to be
completed later this month.
Discuss
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Time Video Feed Claims She Had 31-Month
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(ReadWriteWeb)
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Ammirati Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:18:54 AM

By Richard MacManus backed startup mSpoke. He's also opportunity. Pending home sales picked up
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10 OS X Games for the Holidays
By Mark Crump
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:00:19 PM
Recently, my boss at my day job
was considering getting a Mac
and asked that fateful question:
So, what about games?
A few years ago, any response to
that question would have been
met with an awkward silence and
an embarrassed look and a rush
to change the subject to the
weather. Now a days, thankfully,
the answer is: Not that bad,
actually. The switch to Intel
processors, along with
TransGaming’s Cider, has
allowed companies to port their
games to OS X.
The bad news is, almost all the
games on this list require a Mac
with an Intel-based processor to
run, and most of them either do
not work on the old GMA 950
chip, or are severely limited.
Massively Multiplayer Online
Games
I’ve got a weak spot for these
enormous time sinks. They do
come with a not-so-hidden cost
of a monthly subscription fee and
potential dirty looks from your
spouse as you’re up until 3am
trying go get “just one more
level.”
Warhammer Online
Derived from the old
Warhammer miniatures war
games, we’ve covered this one
previously. It’s still a good
choice for someone who also
likes bashing their fellow man in
the face as well as computer-
controlled monsters. You can
download the endless trial, which
will let you play a portion of the
game for free, or you can also
buy the retail Windows version
for about $20 — you don’t need
to install it, and the Mac version
isn’t on the disc, but you can use
the account key to create the
account and then download the
Mac client.
Eve Online
A space-themed MMO where
you pilot your own ship is a nice
distraction from the chicks-in-
chainmail you find in fantasy
games — really, that bikini has a
high armor rating? Riiiiiight.
While my experiences with Eve
are limited, from what friends
have told me, “once you get over
the learning curve, it’s quite fun.”
So, if you’re tired of burly elves
and svelte dwarves (or is it the
other way around?), Eve Online
might be worth a look. As with
Warhammer, you can either
download it online or pick up a
box set at a retailer.
World of Warcraft
It’s hard to mention a gaming
roundup without talking about
the 800 pound gorilla of the
gaming market. Recently
celebrating its fifth anniversary
and over 11 million subscribers,
WoW shows no indication of
slowing down this decade.
Blizzard has always been a
staunch supporter of the Mac,
and the box you buy at the store
will have the Mac installers on
the disc. There’s even a handy
iPhone app you can view your
character and guild info with.
Shooters
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
In a break from the World War 2
theme of the earlier Call of Duty
game, as you’d assume from the
title, this one is set in the modern
era. The single-player campaign
is one of the best I’ve ever
experienced — I’ve got a fairly
low finish rate on games, and this
once was interesting all the way
to the end. You’ll play the part of
two soldiers in different areas of
the world (A British SAS trooper
and an American marine)
working on two plot lines. I
found the level design varied and
well-paced — each level felt
bereft of the usual “padding”
developers add to the game to
make it longer. At around 12
hours long, the campaign is
relatively short, but, frankly, I’d
rather most games be this short
and well done than inflated.
Bioshock
Yeah, I know, like Call of Duty
4, it came out a few years ago for
consoles and PCs. This Art Deco
themed shooter answers the
question: What would happen if
Ann Rand built an underwater
complex based on her Objectivist
theories? Naturally, something
goes wrong and you get to
unravel it. As with Call of Duty
4, Bioshock is one of the few
games that compelled me to
finish it, and is one of the few
games so scary it caused the hair
on my arms to stand up. Sim
Games
Sims 3
It’s hard to ignore the siren’s call
of a game that lets you block off
the bathroom and watch your
Sims go mad. The Sims franchise
is a guilty pleasure of mine.
Apparently I’m not so busy
micromanaging my own life, I
need to micromanage a Sim’s
virtual life, too. The Sims 3 has a
few new features, like careers.
Previously, when your Sim went
to work, he or she disappeared
into a black hole from which
money spouted. Now, they can
advance up a career path. I just
wish they’d learn to use the
bathroom at work.
X-Plane
Back in my PC gaming days, I
was a huge fan of Microsoft’s
Flight Simulator series.
Unfortunately, Microsoft’s
shuttering of that development
group killed the program — not
that we’d have seen a Mac
version. X-Plane seems to be the
Mac equivalent of it. I’ve yet to
play it, and, sadly, any attempt at
downloading the demo has failed.
You can get it at the Apple store
but the online store claims a 2-3
week shipping time. Strategy
Apple/ 47
Games
Civ 4
The Civilization series has been
a long staple in the strategy era,
and Civ 4 is one of my favorites.
Civ 4 adds a few new features
over previous versions: religion
is much more important, you can
promote units, and now you can
see your overall score. There is
also a slimmed down iPhone
version. Whimsical
Lego Series
If there’s something more fun
than a Lego adaptation of Star
Wars or Indiana Jones, I don’t
know what it is. I love how they
are both true to the source
material, yet light-hearted. These
are fun for the whole family.
Peggle
Part pinball, part blockout, part
crazy, the idea behind Peggle is
to eliminate the orange pegs. You
are given 10 balls to complete
this task. If the ball lands in the
scoop at the bottom, you get a
free ball. Most of my experience
has been with the iPhone app, but
I’ve been loving it.
Any sort of a roundup like this is
heavily biased on the author’s
tastes: in my case, it’s apparent I
like MMOs, shooters, and
strategy games. Now it’s your
turn: What games would you like
to give or receive this holiday
season?
48 Apple/ Fashion/ E-reader Newspaper

Chrome for Mac Imminent, Why We Should Care

By Liam Cassidy for Google Chrome for Mac, was you’ve been pursuing the 64-bit Well, just consider how much
(TheAppleBlog) asked by Twitter user dream, you’ll know how time you spend in a browser
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:44:18 AM
@boundlessdreamz “When will consistently disappointing the every day. Personally, most of
extensions work correctly on experience is — practically no my time is spent in Safari. I
It has been a long time coming. mac? Is that a blocker?” one is building apps with true regularly have several dozen tabs
Google’s Chrome web browser Pinkerton replied, “No on support for 64-bit OS X — and open, often for days at a time.
has been available on Windows extensions for beta. But we’ll get no, Apple’s home-grown Mail Most of my work is made up of
for over a year, while Mac users them soon. Must draw the line and iCal apps don’t count! Why hours spent reading, researching
have been left with three options somewhere.” Should We Care? and writing, and while the latter
— take their chances with a If you’re a Safari user, you For the last five months I’ve used to take place in a dedicated
nightly build of the open-source won’t feel too bad about missing tried various builds of word processor, Safari is now so
f o r k o f C h r o m e ( d u b b e d Extensions support. If Safari Chromium, which has so far been stable and dependable I’ve
C h r o m i u m ) , u s e G o o g l e ’ s proves anything, it’s that a fully f u n c t i o n a l i t y , s p e e d a n d a bit of a mixed-bag when it gradually started doing more and
developer release, or wait for an functional and productive web compatibility across multiple comes to little things like more real-time, “live” writing
official Google release. browser doesn’t need to be chock devices and multiple form-factors performance and stability. Oh inside the browser. I never would
TechCrunch’s MG Siegler -full of third-party extensions. becomes the driving force in wait — did I say those were have taken that risk a year ago,
reported yesterday that Chrome Mine has only two; Evernote and browser development. “little things?” Of course, what I but now I barely give it a
for Mac is just a handful of bugs 1Password. And I could probably I’ll be the first to admit I don’t meant to say was “stonking-great thought.
a w a y f r o m a r e l e a s e — live without the former, if I’m know which technology more major issues.” In fact, the browser is such a
specifically, seven bugs, in case honest. elegantly supports offline data To be fair, Chromium shows primary, fundamental element in
you’re counting. But in order to The lack of Gears comes as no storage; Gears or HTML5. In any promise, but it’s still much too day-to-day computing that
reach their end-of-year deadline great surprise, either. Google case, Gears’ absence on Snow “unfinished” to be my primary Google has built an entire
for release, the code-jockeys at Gears doesn’t work on Snow Leopard is deeply irritating for browser. And in case you were operating system out of it.
Google had to do a bit of a Leopard anyway, and Google has those of us who want to use wondering, my primary browser In short, web browsers are big
hatchet-job on the Mac version of been uncharacteristically rubbish GMail offline, or take advantage is Safari. No, not because I’m an business, and make all the
their browser. at communicating why it’s being of drag-and-drop functionality in Apple fanboi, but because it’s difference in how we perceive,
So far, Siegler says, all signs so slow at fixing it. On this point, Google Wave. If Chrome marks stable, it’s lightweight, and it’s experience and interact with the
point to the exclusion of the S i e g l e r a d d s , “ A p p a r e n t l y , the start of a Google-wide not a resource-hog. I used to love web. I’m all for a new browser
Bookmark Manager, App Mode Google plans to push ahead with migration away from Gears and Firefox and recommended it to that’s fast and functional and
(which emulates the single- full HTML5 support rather than toward HTML5 (even if only for everyone, but I barely use the plays well with the websites and
window web app functionality rely on Gears, at least on the the Mac), I welcome it. thing these days. Even with no services I already use. I’m
offered by Fluid), Task Manager, Mac.” Also out of the equation (at this third-party extensions installed, it looking forward to putting
Gears, Sync for Mac (for syncing I wonder what prompted that stage, anyway) is any mention of takes an age to load and the UI is Chrome for Mac through its
bookmarks across Macs), Multi- decision? Timing? Complexity? 64-bit compatibility. But there is, bafflingly inconsistent with the paces — I hope it was worth the
touch Gesture support, Full Or perhaps Gears becomes less predictably, nothing surprising rest of OS X. wait.
Screen Mode and Extensions. d e s i r a b l e i n a s t a n d a r d s - about that at all. If, like me, Ultimately, why should we care
Mike Pinkerton, Technical Lead compliant WebKit-world where about Yet Another Browser?

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Blog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 4:00:00 AM
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Socialite Leaves Beta, Brings Twitter Video Calls on the

Lists to Mac Desktop
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:12:45 AM
If you’re looking for a solution
that keeps track of various social
iPhone, Courtesy of
Fring designed icons, and consistent
function placement across the
board help make this happen.
Best of all, if you’d rather just By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
deal with things as one big mess,
you can work with updates from Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:30:33 AM

networks at once, all in one all your services at once in the

centralized location, EventBox macro view “Unread” menu, and As our sister site GigaOM
for the Mac was a nice beta all of the appropriate actions for reports, video calling has indeed
program that did the trick. each separate service still appears arrived on the iPhone. It’s just a
EventBox is no more, but the in the options section for each. little one-way, is all. A new
program still exists. It’s changed And clicking on any update version of Fring supports video
names and become automatically brings up the quick calls made using both its own
Socialite(much more appropriate input field related to that service. and the Skype network, but
albums, both yours and those of you’re only able to receive video,
if you ask me), and come out of Jack of All Trades, Master of
your friends. You can upload not transmit it, since the camera
beta, too. None?
photos and update your status, on the iPhone 3GS still resides
I downloaded the demo of the Socialite is a great program, and
but inbox access is still not a part on the side of the phone opposite
1.0 release and ran it through its well designed, but it can’t take
of the deal, until Facebook opens the screen.
paces. The demo lets you have all the place of Tweetie on my Mac.
that up to the API. Twitter gives So long as you have iPhone OS
the functionality of the full The problem is that since starting
you access to your timeline, 3.0 installed on your iPhone, you
version, but you’re limited to to use Twitter, I’ve become less
mentions, and direct messages, should be able to receive video
running three different services and less dependent on other still won’t enable video services
and allows you to view your lists calls with Fring from desktop and
or accounts. Which, honestly, social networks I belong to. on your end.
and lists you subscribe to. You certain Nokia phone users once
isn’t much of a limitation for Facebook I can check twice a day It’s a neat trick, and handy if
can’t create new lists or modify you install the update. As with you’re on the road and haven’t
many users, myself included. All really, if I feel like it, and Flickr
them in this version of Socialite. everything cool on the iPhone,
Your Services, One Place is something I never really used seen a loved one for quite a
Flickr includes contacts photos, you’ll have to have a Wi-Fi
Socialite covers all the major to begin with. No matter how while, but until Apple gets wise
but also Interestingness, which is connection to use video calling
bases, including Facebook, well Socialite does Twitter, to this trend (if it is one; some
one of my favorite parts of features, just as you must to
Twitter and Flickr. That would be Tweetie still does it better, and think video calling will never
Flickr, so I’m glad it’s included. make and receive voice calls, too. catch on in the mainstream), I’ll
enough for me, but it also will with a much smaller memory
Many Features, One Simple UI This despite AT&T’s
log you into Digg and Google footprint. be placing my iPhone Skype calls
None of these services share the announcement that it would
Reader, or let you track RSS Still, if you like to frequent the old-fashioned way, to avoid
same UI in their native formats. allow VOIP on its network.
feeds yourself manually. For many social sites, and especially the accompanying feeling of
That’s why Socialite’s interface Video calling works as
many people I know, opening if you’re a Google Reader user, slightly creepy voyeurism that
is so impressive. It manages to advertised, but I’ll warn you that comes with watching without
Socialite first thing in the Socialite could be the perfect
make the process of working it can be an unnerving experience
morning would clear their to-do program to help keep things being watched. The video below
with multiple services in the to talk to someone who can’t see
list for the day. organized and nicely aggregated will help you fathom the system
same shell incredibly intuitive you, but who you can see, for all
Facebook integration lets you in one convenient location. if you’re not interested or able to
and relatively painless. Well- parties involved. You can even give it a go yourself.
access status updates and photo
initiate video calls from the
iPhone, but obviously doing so
50 Apple/ TV/ E-reader Newspaper

Psystar and Apple Ink Settlement Season 2 premiere of

Deal in Copyright Case History’s Pawn Stars averages
By Darrell Etherington Apple’s copyright claims. 2.91 million between 10p-11p
(TheAppleBlog) That means that Apple’s By Robert Seidman season 1 opening night (1.4)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:29:35 AM
permanent injunction, which it (TVbytheNumbers) HISTORY’s hit television series,
filed last week, would still be Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:26:07 PM
PAWN STARS, brings viewers
In an unexpected twist in the decided by the court. Psystar inside the doors of a family-run
drawn-out battle between Psystar moved to have its software, the via press release: pawnshop in Las Vegas, where
and Apple, the two companies Rebel EFI program, to be SEASON 2 PREMIERE OF three generations of men from
agreed Monday to a partial excepted from the injunction. HISTORY’S HIT SERIES, the Harrison family—
settlement that could end the case Rebel EFI allows users to install PAWN STARS, grandfather Richard, son Rick
after 17 months of back-and- any OS on any hardware, but DELIVERS SIGNIFICANT and grandson Corey— jointly run
f o r t h b e t w e e n t h e m , a compromise Apple is willing to Psystar maintains that since it is AUDIENCE the business, with clashing and
Computerworld is reporting. live with, and with good reason, entirely its own product, and is AND CONTINUES TO BUILD camaraderie every step of the
Details on the settlement are since the Mac maker would have not sold together with any IN RATINGS way. This family lives and
sparse, but what is known is quite to go after many other clone hardware or Mac OS X, it should New York, December 1, 2009– breathes the pawning business,
surprising. makers if it wasn’t. be exempt from Apple’s motion. The season 2 premiere of using their sharp-eyed skills to
The terms of the settlement Here are the terms of the deal, as Also, Psystar goes onto note that HISTORY’s hit television series carefully assess the value of
would see Psystar pay Apple stated in a motion filed Monday even its customers, should they PAWN STARS, on Monday, items their colorful customers
damages, though the amount has by Psystar: choose to use Rebel EFI to install November 30 from 10-11pm bring in, objects ranging from the
not yet been determined. It would Psystar and Apple today entered O S X o n n o n - a u t h o r i z e d ET, scored significant ratings and obscure to the truly historic.
also see Apple drop any and all into a partial settlement that is hardware, should also be exempt grew 66% in Total Viewers. Season 2 of PAWN STARS
trademark, trade-dress and state embodied in a stipulation that from any legal repercussions: The 2 back-to-back 30 minute premieres on Monday’s at 10pm
l a w c l a i m s , w h i c h w o u l d will be filed with the court Psystar’s end users do not episodes averaged: 2.91 million ET on HISTORY. Visit
effectively eliminate the need for tomorrow. Psystar has agreed on engage in commercial use of Mac Total Viewers, 1.5 million Adults www.history.com/pawnstars for
a trial. As a partial settlement, the certain amounts to be awarded as OS X and their use would qualify 18-49, 1.6 million Adults 25-54, more info.
agreement would not go into statutory damages on Apple’s as use for “internal purposes” and a 2.0 HH rating. PAWN STARS is produced for
effect until Psystar has exhausted copyright claims in exchange for e v e n u n d e r t h e s t a n d a r d s Season 2 premiere night vs. HISTORY by Leftfield Pictures.
all of its appeals before the court. Apple’s agreement not to execute articulated by Apple in its Season 1 premiere night: David McKillop and Mary
It’s an interesting deal, because on these awards until all appeals summary-judgment briefing. Total Viewers: 2.91 million – Donahue are Executive
i t l o o k s l i k e i t w o u l d n ’ t i n t h i s m a t t e r h a v e b e e n Hard to vilify this new moderate up 66% vs. Season 1 (1.75 Producers for HISTORY.
necessarily stop Psystar from concluded. Moreover, Apple has stance taken by the clone maker, million) Executive Producers for Leftfield
selling its Mac clones. Instead, agreed to voluntarily dismiss all which is probably why Apple Adults 18-49: 1.5 million – up Pictures are Brent Montgomery
the company would be limited to its trademark, trade-dress, and seems to have agreed to the 60% vs. Season 1 (935,000) and Colby Gaines.
s e l l i n g i t s “ O p e n ” l i n e o f state-law claims. This partial terms. Whether or not Rebel EFI Adults 25-54: 1.6 million – up This content has passed through
c o m p u t e r s w i t h o u t O S X settlement eliminates the need for w i l l c o n t i n u e t o b e s o l d , 60% vs. Season 1 (1.0 million) fivefilters.org.
p r e i n s t a l l e d , a n d t h a t a trial and reduces the issues however, is now up to the courts. HH Rating: 2.0 – up 43% vs.
responsibility would lie instead before this court to the scope of
with customers. Apparently that’s any permanent injunction on
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Mac OS X, iPhone OS, Safari Down or Flat in November

By Charles Jade had in that Chrome and Safari
(TheAppleBlog) both use WebKit. More WebKit
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:23:18 AM
users, and Gecko users with
Firefox, ultimately mean a
November was not a great greater adherence to neutral
month for Apple, at least standards for web browsers.
according to web metrics firm As for the iPhone, November
Net Applications. While one was one of those rare months that
could argue the launch of saw the iPhone OS lose ground.
Windows 7 in October may have In terms of overall market share
negatively impacted market share among operating systems, iPhone
for OS X, Safari also lost ground OS may be insignificant, but the
to Chrome, and even the iPhone actual number of users probably
OS saw a slight decline against exceeds 60 million. Nonetheless,
competitors. market share for iPhone OS was
For OS X, the decline could 0.43 percent in November, down
actually be good news. In the from 0.44 in October. Competing
first full month since the release mobile operating systems like
of Windows 7, OS X declined to JavaME, Symbian, Andriod and
5.12 percent of the overall RIM, all saw increases of 0.01 or
market, down from 5.27 percent F r o m S e p t e m b e r t h r o u g h t e c h n o l o g i e s s e e m o r e Windows version, represents 0.02 percent, minuscule changes,
last month. That’s not so bad. N o v e m b e r , O S X 1 0 . 6 widespread support sooner; 4.36 percent, down slightly from but still increasing.
However, if Windows 7 is to represented 18 percent, 22 slower for Windows 7 means 4.4 percent in October. Still, that It should be noted, though, that
blame for that modest decline, p e r c e n t a n d 2 7 p e r c e n t , more support headaches for percentage is moving slowly Net Applications data this month
it’s a little difficult to understand respectively, of the OS X user Microsoft. upward over time, though not comes with a “preliminary”
how Linux saw an increase of base. Those are impressive gains Similarly, Safari 4 has become nearly as fast as Google’s warning label. That could mean
0.04 percent, to an even one- after launching on Aug. 28. In the standard among Mac versions Chrome. Chrome is now at 3.93 there are still slight variations to
hundredth of overall market contrast, Windows 7 launched on of the web browser, accounting percent, up from 3.57 percent for be found. For a month that
share. More positively, Snow Oct. 22, and nearly six weeks for more than 80 percent of the previous month, and will showed a little decline for Apple,
Leopard continues to account for later is just reaching 5 percent of Safari users since launching in almost assuredly pass Safari on it might turn out to be more of a
an increasing share of the OS X Windows market share. Faster June. In terms of overall market the desktop within three months. plateau.
user base. uptake of OS X means new share, Safari, including the Of course, some solace can be

Review: Lie to Me - Fold Equity

By Jonathan Toomey (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:29:00 PM
( S02E09)"She's the female
equivalent of roulette and you
like the view." - Foster
There's always a potential for
screw-ups when networks start
airing episodes out of the (catch the Sideshow Bob Filed under: OpEd, Episode
producers intended order (see reference?), "Fold Equity" didn't Reviews, Reality-Free, Lie to Me
NBC and their goofs with drop that ball on anything as Permalink| Email this| |
Detective Crosetti's death in major as a character's death, but Comments
season three of Homicide), but more than once during the hour it
Lie to Me seems to have avoided felt as though we were taking
that sort of miscalculation despite some giant steps backward.
aired last night. Originally set to
FOX's shuffling of the season Continue reading Review: Lie to
air during Fox's Simpsons week
order. That is, until "Fold Equity" Me - Fold Equity
52 Apple/ Entertainment/ Economy/ E-reader Newspaper

Rejected App Gets Special Approval From Steve
Jobs Himself
By Darrell Etherington
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:34:10 PM
If there’s one thing you can
count on about Apple’s App
Store review policy, it’s that the
process will be consistently
inconsistent. Today, an app
launches that was originally
rejected for known and
acknowledged use of private
APIs, despite the fact that
developers haven’t modified the
app in any way since its
rejection.
Knocking Live Video, the app in
question, makes use of Apple’s
forbidden private APIs to enable
live video streaming over Wi-Fi
and 3G for the first time on the
platform. Apple has made clear
its policy on the use of private
APIs, most recently via the
introduction of an automated
layer of the review process for
app submissions that
automatically checks all code for
the presence of unauthorized API
usage.
Knocking’s usage of live
streaming video is very
US presses allies
on troops for
Afghanistan
emails personally on occasion, so (Financial Times - US
it was at least worth a shot. homepage)
Meehan’s plea was not about self Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:36:51 AM
-interest, but instead focused on
appealing to Jobs as a lifelong The US on Tuesday stepped up
Apple user who wanted to create its call for other countries to
a better experience for other contribute to its military surge in
members of the community. Afghanistan, even as Nicolas
The Monday following Sarkozy, French president,
Meehan’s email, which was sent rebuffed a direct appeal from
on a Saturday night in late Barack Obama to send up to
November, he was contacted by 1,500 more troops.
an unnamed Apple executive The US president was due to
who informed him that the app’s reveal his strategy in an address
rejection had been reversed, and to the nation from West Point
particular, as Ars Technica notification. Once answered, you that the decision to allow it into military academy on Tuesday
explains, something which may can then stream live video the App Store had come “directly night, amid widespread
have had something to do with it directly to them. An iPhone 3GS from the top.” It is now available expectations that he would
being approved while other apps or iPhone 3G is required to for free in the App Store. authorise the dispatch of about
like Qik haven’t been able to transmit video, but other iPhones Hopefully this means that Apple 30,000 more US troops,
break down the streaming wall: and iPod touches can receive and is at least considering expanding spearheaded by a marine brigade.
Knocking Live Video uses an view the stream via WiFi. the pool of publicly available This content has passed through
interesting take on streaming The app was initially rejected A P I s . A c c e s s t o t h e l i v e fivefilters.org.
video. Unlike Qik, which is a b o u t a m o n t h a g o f o r streaming video API would allow
designed to stream video to unauthorized use of the private a lot of applications that have
multiple clients, Knocking APIs, but Knocking development been shelved to see the light of
streams from one iPhone to Brian Meehan decided not to just day. It proves one thing at least:
another. (…) You simply launch take the refusal lying down. Apple is listening to the iPhone
the app and “knock” another Instead, he went straight to the development community, even
iPhone user with Knocking Live top, contacting Steve Jobs though it may not always appear
Video installed. That user will directly via email. Jobs has been that way.
receive the “knock” via push known to actually respond to

Punch Jerks at Work, Urge Scientists [Science]

By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:14:01 AM
Have you ever gotten so mad at
your god damn boss you just
wanted to scream your guts out
in his ugly face until one or the
other of you threw up, from
anger? Go for it, say scientists!
The WSJ reports:
Men who didn't confront
colleagues or bosses who treated * WASHINGTON POST
them unfairly doubled their risk JOKE.*
of heart attack, according to a [ Pacquiao for Congress!]
study in Journal of Epidemiology
and Community Health.
E-reader Newspaper
Damages returns Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 10p; FX
announces mid-season schedule
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:22:24 AM
via press release:
FX SETS MIDSEASON
LINEUP
Final Season of Landmark Series
Nip/Tuck Begins on Wednesday,
Jan. 6
New Animated Comedy Series
Archer Debuts on Thursday, Jan.
14
Award-Winning Damages
Returns on Monday, Jan. 25
New Drama Justified(formerly
Lawman) Starring Timothy
Olyphant Premieres in March
New Comedy Louie Slated for
Spring Launch
Plus Primetime Movie Lineup
Features
of The Simpsons Movie,
Superbad, Spiderman 3, Live
Free or Die Hard
LOS ANGELES, December 1,
2009 – FX’s midseason schedule
features a lineup of new and
returning original series, kicking
off 2010 with the final season of
the Emmy® and Golden Globe®
award winning drama Nip/Tuck
on Wednesday, January 6; the
new animated comedy Archer
debuting on Thursday, January
14; and the third season of the
Emmy and Golden Globe award
winning drama Damages on
Monday, January 25. FX’s new
drama Justified(formerly
Lawman) starring Timothy
TV/ 53
Olyphant debuts in March, and serve as Executive
the new comedy Louie, starring Producer/Showrunner of the
Louis C.K., will launch in the series. Leonard is Executive
spring. Producer, along with Sarah
Nip/Tuck, The Final Season, Timberman ( Kidnapped), Carl
premieres on Wednesday, Beverly ( Kidnapped) and
January 6. The final nine Michael Dinner ( Karen Sisco),
episodes of the groundbreaking who directed the pilot episode.
series’ seventh season will air Produced by Sony Pictures
consecutively on Wednesday Television and FX Productions.
nights at 10:00 PM ET/PT. The FX has ordered 13 episodes of
series finale – Nip/Tuck’s 100th the series, which is shot in Los
episode – will air on Wednesday, Angeles.
March 3, 2010. Guest stars for Louie, starring comedian Louis
the final season include Melanie C.K., will premiere in the spring
Griffith, Joan Rivers, Mario (month/date TBD). Louie is a
Lopez, Frances Conroy, Donna comedy filtered through the
Mills and Joan Van Ark. observational humor of Louis
FX will debut its new animated C.K. and his daily life as a
Lana’s new love interest, “Cyril P r o d u c t i o n s . T h e s h o w i s
comedy series Archer on successful stand-up comedian
Figgis”; and Judy Greer as executive produced by Todd A.
Thursday, January 14 at 10PM and newly single father helping
Malory’s lovesick secretary, Kessler, Glenn Kessler and
E/P. Archer is an animated, half- to raise his two daughters in New
“Cheryl/Carol.” FX has ordered Daniel Zelman, and co-executive
hour comedy set at the York. His recent credits include
10 episodes. produced by Mark A. Baker and
International Secret Intelligence Parks & Recreation and the
Damages, FX’s acclaimed series Aaron Zelman.
Service (ISIS), a spy agency Emmy nominated Showtime
starring Glenn Close, will In Justified, which debuts in
where espionage and global comedy special Chewed Up.
premiere its third season on a March (date TBD), Olyphant
crises are merely opportunities Louis C.K. serves as executive
new night, Mondays, beginning plays the lead role of Deputy
for its highly trained employees producer, writer and director, and
January 25 at 10 PM ET/PT for U.S. Marshal “Raylan Givens.”
to confuse, undermine, betray Dave Becky and 3 Arts are
13 weeks. The show brings back Givens is a modern-day 19 th
and royally screw each other. The executive producers. FX has
its award-winning cast with century-style lawman, enforcing
series features the voices of H. ordered 13 episodes which will
C l o s e , R o s e B y r n e , T a t e his brand of justice in a way that
Jon Benjamin as suave master be shot in New York.
Donovan and Ted Danson. puts a target on his back with
spy “Sterling Archer,” whose less Preceding Archer’s premiere on
Standout series regulars joining criminals and places him at odds
-than-masculine code name is January 10 at 8PM ET/PT will be
the cast are Campbell Scott (Joe with his bosses in the Marshal
“Duchess”; Jessica Walter as his the FX premiere of the smash-hit
Tobin), Martin Short (Leonard service. Justified was developed
domineering mother and boss, feature The Simpsons Movie.
Winstone), and guest stars Lily by Graham Yost( Boomtown,
“Malory”; Aisha Tyler as his ex- The following week on January
Tomlin (Marilyn Tobin), Keith Speed) and is based on the
girlfriend, “Agent Lana Kane”; 17 at 8 PM ET/PT will be the FX
Carradine (Julian Decker) and popular character featured in
George Coe as his aging-but- premiere of Superbad. Other
Len Carion (Louis Tobin). several books and short stories by
loyal butler, “Woodhouse”; Chris
Damages is produced by Sony famed novelist Elmore Leonard. DAMAGES page 54
Parnell as ISIS comptroller and
Pictures Television and FX Yost wrote the pilot and will
54 TV/
What's On Tonight: Presidential
Address, Scrubs, Victoria's Secret,
ECW
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:21:00 PM
• At 8, the major networks and
the cable news networks have the
Presidential Address.
• The CW has a new 90210 at 8,
then a new Melrose Place.
• At 8:30, FOX has a new So
You Think You Can Dance.
• At 9, ABC has the season
premiere of Scrubs(two
episodes), followed by a new
episode of The Forgotten.
• NBC has a new, two-hour
Biggest Loser at 9.
• Discovery has a new Dirty Jobs
at 9, then a new Ghost Lab.
• History Channel has a new
How The World Was Made at 9.
• Food Network has a new The
Best Thing I Ever Ate at 9.
DAMAGES
continued from page 53
movie highlights in early 2010
are Spiderman 3 and Live Free or
Die Hard.
FX is the flagship general
entertainment basic cable
network from Fox. Launched in
June of 1994, FX is carried in
more than 95 million homes. The
• Spike has Super Dave's Spike-
Tacular at 9.
• IFC has two episodes of
Arrested Development at 9.
• At 10, CBS has the Victoria's
Secret Fashion Show.
diverse schedule includes a
growing roster of distinctive
original series and films, an
established film library with box-
office hit movies from 20th
Century Fox and other major
studios that run in prime time and
an impressive lineup of acquired
E-reader Newspaper
Why is ABC giving
Nicole Richie a situation
comedy?
• There's a new Sons of Anarchy By Allison Waldman (TV
on FX at 10. Squad)
• Bravo has a new Tabatha's Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:01:00 PM
Salon Makeover at 10.
• Syfy has a new ECW at 10. If you don't count Hank-- and
• Also at 10: MTV has a new I'm trying to erase the two
episode of The Hills, followed by episodes I saw from my memory
a new episode of The City. banks -- ABC has had a pretty
good year launching new
Check your local TV listings for comedies. In fact, if you go back
more. to the spring, you can add Better
After the jump, the late night Off Ted to Cougar Town, The
talk shows. Middle and Modern Family.
Continue reading What's On Why then would ABC be giving
Tonight: Presidential Address, Nicole Richie a new sitcom? I
Scrubs, Victoria's Secret, ECW just don't see where she's worthy
F i l e d u n d e r : L a t e N i g h t , of a show, let alone that she has
Programming, Celebrities, Talk the star appeal or talent to carry a celebrity to their credit.
Show, What To Watch Tonight, situation comedy. Continue reading Why is ABC
Reality-Free Perhaps ABC has some take on giving Nicole Richie a situation
P e r m a l i n k | E m a i l t h i s | | The Simple Life star that I'm comedy?
Comments missing. She's cute, yes. She's not Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities,
a complete airhead judging by Casting, Reality-Free, Cougar
what I've seen of her on talk Town, Modern Family
shows. But, really, aren't there Permalink| Email this| |
better actresses -- stars -- who are Comments
more viable for a new comedy
series? Stars will more talent than
hit series.
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Gossip Girl Wins 9pm Hour With Young Women

By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:46:26 AM
yes, I know, it was against
repeats on CBS, but it does still
include some ratings data for
demographics we don’t normally
report…
via CW press release:
GOSSIP GIRL WINS THE 9
O’CLOCK HOUR WITH
YOUNG WOMEN
GOSSIP GIRL Posts Third Best
Women Demos of Season
The CW Ranks Second on
Monday with Young Women
December 1, 2009 (Burbank,
CA) – The CW’s GOSSIP GIRL
won its 9:00-10:00p.m. time
period in its target young women
demographics, beating all
network competition among
women 18-34 (2.9/7) and females
GOSSIP GIRL delivered solid
improvement compared to its
previous original telecast (on
11/16/09), gaining 16% in
women 18-34 and up 6% in
adults 18-34 (1.7/5). ONE TREE
HILL also out-performed its
previous original episode (on
11/16/09) by 4% in women 18-34 AOL's Editorial
(2.4/6) and 7% in adults 18-34
(1.6/4). Process — Revealed!
The CW ranked second on [Journalismism]
12-34 (2.7/7), according to Monday night in women 18-34
preliminary live plus same day (2.7/7) and females 12-34 (2.5/7), By Nicholas Carlson (Gawker)
Nielsen ratings for Monday, Nov. behind only FOX.
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the season in women 18-34.

Peter Bergman celebrates 20 years on MediaDailyNews: 'FT"

The Young and the Restless
By Allison Waldman (TV
Squad)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:03:00 PM
Where has the time gone? Is it
really 20 years that Peter
Bergman's played Jack Abbott on
The Young and the Restless?
Amazing, but true. Not only has
Bergman been tearing it up as
Jack for two decades, he's pretty
much eradicated the memory of
his tenure on All My Children
where he was nice guy, Dr. Cliff
Warner. Say what you will about
Jack, he's not a nice guy. He can
have his good moments, but this
Puts 120-Year Archive
character is too complicated, too
selfish, too diabolical ever to be
confused with a noble man like
Cliff.
Which is what has made Peter
Bergman's time on Y&R so
remarkable! The character had
been so sharply defined by Terry
Lester that it was going to be
tough for any actor to take over
the part.
Continue reading Peter Bergman
celebrates 20 years on The
Young and the Restless
Filed under: OpEd, Daytime,
Video, Celebrities, Emmys,
Reality-Free
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Online
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:25:12 AM
The Financial Times has made
its complete archive available
online to subscribers to see how
the paper covered almost 120
years of business, politics and
international affairs, reports The
Guardian. Educational publisher
Cengage Learning has digitized
FT's archive from 1888 to the
end of 2006. The digital resource
will update annually; 2007 will
come onstream at the end of next
year. The archive will become
available for subscription or one-
off purchase to all academic,
public and government libraries
in mid-January, with revenues
from the venture to be shared
between the FT and Cengage.
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AOL'S
continued from page 55
Today we obtained a copy of
one AOL editor's "welcome to
the team" email to new writers.
Reading it, we learned a little bit
about how AOL — transtioning
from a dying dial-up ISP to a
huge media company — expects
its 500 fulltime and ~2,500
freelance editorial staffers to
produce 80+ content sites.
We expect some of the
procedures outlined in the email
will probably find their way to
most any online-only
publications — from the New
York Times on down.
The email, from an editor at
AOL site RentedSpaces.com,
encourages writers to produce
300-500 word stories fast in a
style that's "colorful, concise,
[and] opinionated." But he
doesn't want them to go too far.
"We're not Gawker, so be
friendly and authoritative."
He tells them stories don't have
to be based on original reporting.
He writes, "All we want to know
for a pitch is: what's the story,
who broke it (AP, NYT, BW,
Bloomberg,etc.), and how you
will advance the story if you are
following someone else's
reporting," reads the email.
When writers file their copy,
they're expected to "Include 140
characters for a Tweet or
Facebook update."
AOL wants its editors to write in
a way that will help Google will
find their stories — that they're
"search engine optimized." For
example, the RentedSpaces editor
tells his staffers to "make sure the
first few words and first graf
contain the critical keywords."
Of course, all these guidlines
could change soon. AOL told the
Wall Street Journal over the
weekend that it's developing an
algorithm that will assign
freelance writers stories based on
user Web searches and the sites
AOL ISP subscribers visit.
We've pasted the whole email,
below. Read:
Hi everyone:
Hope you are having a terrific
break. I have a few notes before
Monday. My apologies in
advance for a long email.
First, I want to welcome Amy
Cortese, who will now solo as
news lead, and also announce
Fred Bernstein of the New York
Times as design lead, as well as
the imminent hire of Robert X.
Cringely as a senior columnist.
Cringely was a bellweather of
tech journalism, rising in the
early 2000s to prominence via his
own series on tech stuff at PBS
(I, Cringely). Like many of us, he
"discovered" real estate when his
own 5/1 reset, and a couple of
years ago, made some headway
with a blog on the mortgage
business that morphed into home
-account.com. Bernstein is one of
the Times' most eminent real
estate and design writers. You'll
find bios on all these guys at
LinkedIn/Wikipedia/etc. It thrills
me to have such an amazing
group of early advocates for our
mission, and I can't wait to
witness them spread their wings
through their writing, networks,
and their experience of what
makes real estate tick.
Second, I want to encourage
each of you, writers, editors, and
of course leads, to join our call
Monday to Friday at 10AM. At
this early stage of our formation,
having the ability to build a
shared DNA is a very cool thing.
Don't pass it up. The calls are a
half hour long, and lurkers are
welcome. Of course, we're not
about lurking, we're about
participation, so listen in, learn,
and pitch to get assignments. As
I've said to many of you, this is a
Darwinian platform. The more
you contribute, the more you'll
achieve. So pitch, pitch, pitch.
How?
Several of you have expressed
confusion about how exactly you
go about pitching, and what to
do once you get an assignnment.
To make that a little clearer,
here's a little step-by-step advice.
1) Build a pitch. All we want to
know for a pitch is: what's the
story, who broke it (AP, NYT,
BW, Bloomberg,etc.), and how
you will advance the story if you
are following someone else's
reporting. Here's an example:
Owners Charge U.S. Made
Toxic Drywall
Now US-made drywall may be
at risk, too. We blow out
solutions with per foot cost
estimates for each cure.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/
2009/11/23/cbsnews_investigates
/main5752469.shtml?tag=stack
Simple, right? (And note the
format: really helps to catch our
eye in the AM.)
If you see a great story, or better
yet, a great story than needs
reporting, let us know, even if
you're not the right writer. For
now, send your pitches to me and
Brett, and we'll forward to
everyone else. By Tuesday or
Wednesday, we'll have a new
email address for pitches
([redacted]@housingwatch.com
or something like that).
2) Write it. Don't hesitate. This
isn't print. So do it fast. We're
looking for colorful, concise,
opinionated analysis that always
expands the consumer viewpoint.
We're not Gawker, so be friendly
and authoritative, but on the other
hand, don't be afraid to take
sides.
Most important: Show, don't tell.
Take a statistic and tell us a real
human story attached to it. Or
why current technical analyses
miss the point. Don't just define
MBSs (mortgage backed
securities); find someone who
sold them, tell his story, how the
instrument evolved, what you
think of it, and why we should or
shouldn't allow them in their
current state—and do it crisply.
Appeal to, and link to, relevant
facts. You have 300-500 words
to make your argument, although
going long is not a problem if the
copy rocks.
3) Keep it clean. Yes you can
write in another program and
drop it into Blogsmith, but that
program isn't Microsoft Word,
which throws in all sorts of
gobbledygood into your copy.
Use TypePad (Windows) or
TextEdit (Mac) and paste it in.
4) Until told otherwise, make
E-reader Newspaper
sure the dropdown says
RentedSpaces and tag your post
HousingWatch (unless of course
you're writing expressly for RS).
Your lead will help you figure
out where the story will go.
Which raises another question:
How will you know who's your
lead? Simple: join the morning
call, and make sure your pitch
gets considered (i.e., speak up) .
If your pitch is good, someone
will grab it.
5) All that other stuff on the
page:
Links: Link promiscuously
based on major points in your
story. Make your story good
enough that someone won't want
to lose you. Link to important
search-engine-optimization
keywords. For the drywall
example above: Drywall, rot,
fungus, mildew, construction
might all be keywords that would
need to be linked in a story. Try
not to link to Wikipedia but to
other sources, even smaller ones.
Create a virtuous cycle between
you (AOL) and a smaller site
from which you may be
capturing a story. Linklove is
real. Use it.
Headline: Make sure the first
few words and first graf contain
the critical keywords: "Now,US
Drywall Rots, Sucks. Eats Your
Home." That's a good head.
Provoke the reader to click, and
to think.
Categories: Basic taxonomical
barns your story fits into. Think
library science: the drywall story
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Launch 'Garden Party'
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:56:45 AM

Oyster was just limiting its
coverage area: The NBC Universal Digital
Oyster.com, a hotel-rating site After a burst of massive growth Studio and the makers of Hidden
that launched just five months over the past 18 months, we've Valley Ranch dressing have
ago with the aim of hiring real covered a very large percentage teamed to produce a new Web
journalists—ones who got laid of the U.S. leisure market with a series called "Garden Party,"
off from all the real journalism product that has been incredibly which will be featured on
jobs—is laying off a bunch of well received. In order to focus iVillage. The series, which serves
people. The lifeboat is sinking. on winning in the markets we've helps families eat balanced,
Oyster's schtick when it debuted already covered, we've decided to healthy meals, will be hosted by
to much fanfare in June was that slightly slow our rate of new Jennie Garth, ("Beverly Hills,
it would hire experienced staffers market coverage. 90210," "What I Like About
to stay in hotels and write (That 18 months figure must You"). "Garden Party" was co-
reviews, giving it a competitive Times in June. He added that he employs. UPDATE: Oyster's rep include a lengthy pre-launch developed and produced in
advantage against user-submitted hoped that by the end of 2010, got back to us with figures that "burst of massive growth," association with MATTER, the
sites like TripAdvisor.com. Sure he'd have 150 full-time staffers. indicate the site laid off one-third because it hasn't been 18 months entertainment marketing agency
e n o u g h , t h e s i t e h i r e d 2 0 Well, that couldn't last very of its payroll, though the mix of since Oyster launched in June of for the Hidden Valley brand.
reporters and at least three long, could it? After just under full-time and temp staffers isn't this year.) This content has passed through
editors—veterans of the New two quarters of operation, the site clear: "At our 2009 production Anyway, if you're a reporter fivefilters.org.
Y o r k T i m e s , M o n e y , F a s t has engaged in what we hear are peak, we had more than 30 terrified of losing your job and
Company, the Village Voice, massive layoffs: 75% of staff is people, full-time and temporary. dreaming of an online gig where
Rolling Stone, and all sorts of g o n e , o u r t i p s t e r s a y s . A As a result of both economic you get paid to travel and stay in
other former lions of print—to s p o k e s w o m a n f o r O y s t e r conditions in the market and our luxury hotels and write about it,
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hotels. "We pay for all the 75% figure is laughably high. market additions after 18 months Maybe it's time to think about
expenses, the plane ticket, taxis, She declined to offer the accurate of torrid growth, we now have law school.
meals, rooms and, of course, numbers, or say how many more than 20 people — full time If you know the details on who
salaries and benefits," co-founder s t a f f e r s t h e s i t e c u r r e n t l y and temporary." got fired, or how many people it
Elie Seidman told the New York was, let us know.

Forget About Dodgers: Can McCourts Afford Divorce?

By Jon Weinbach (FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:30:00 PM
by Jon Weinbach
Filed under: Dodgers
Frank and Jamie McCourt's
divorce battle is still in the early
rounds, but some small
developments last week shed new
light on the couple's financial
health -- and indicate why it's
quite likely that neither spouse
will end up controlling the Los
Angeles Dodgers. For those
handicapping at home, here's
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could be categorized under
"development," "design," and if
there was a local element, the
specific location ("Florida").
Tags are not library science.
They help you make
organizational connections
between stories. For example,
drywall, drywallrot, construction,
China, are all significantly
related.
SEO: Hot topic of the day. The
key is the keyword. Not any
keyword, but keywords essential
to real estate that AOL Real
Estate can win on. For example,
drywall isn't very descriptive, but
"chinese drywall rot" is. Our aim
is to be in the first three pages of
Google listings on any term on a
real estate story. Here's an
interesting way to check if you're
on the right path: check out your
search term on Google and see
who else is there, how your story
can be better than theirs', and
what you need to add to advance
the story. Then keep sprinkling
the words throughout your story
without changing either the story
Married in the Cage
By Ray Hui (FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:55:00 PM
by Ray Hui
Filed under: Fighting, FanHouse
Exclusive
For fighters, the steel cage is an
outlet to express their passion
towards martial arts and
or your voice. One keyword in
every graf is a decent metric but
avoid slavish repetition.
6) After you're done: Send a note
to your lead telling them your
story is up in Pending. Include
140 characters for a Tweet or
Facebook update.
7) Our next job: capture your
friends' content. If you know
someone who can write for us, let
us know asap. We still don't have
enough writers.
8) Some pitches to pick up by or
before Monday:
30 Y Mortgages Hit 38Y Low
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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dyn/content/article/2009/11/25/A
R2009112504163.html
Why Dubai Matters To You
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2
009/11/28/why-dubai-should-
matter-to-you-u-s-real-estate-
could-take-big/
For Athletes in Motion, Real
Estate Can Be a Burden
competition. The Ultimate
Fighter 6 cast member John
Kolosci has gone a step further,
taking the setting to celebrate a
more traditional type of love:
Romance.
Kolosci, who holds an overall
MMA record of 12-6, tied the on Nov. 20 at a ceremony inside
knot with fiancée Cathy Landeros the cage at the inaugural Hoosier
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11
/27/sports/27homes.html
Bidding Starts at $5.9M for
McCain's Home
http://blog.taragana.com/n/biddin
g-starts-at-59-million-for-former-
mccain-home-in-phoenix-
237084/
Also, get ready: It looks like
Obama will mount a challenge to
the mortgage industry Monday
morning with a new campaign to
pressure mortgage cos to reduce
payments for many homeowners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11 wrecking their precious, precious
/29/business/economy/29modify. Lamborghini.
Have a great Sunday. Speak to punking us with a Facebook
you Monday.
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:28:53 AM
Why don't we take a look at
what you're telling us on the#tips
tag page? So far today: The Tiger
Woods saga continues, a wrecked
Lamborghini, and some high seas
insight.
• Cynner is keeping us up to date
on TMZ's latest Tiger Woods
report: maybe charges are going
to be filed? sailboat that the Iranians seized
• johnivdaly gave us a link to a • goetz pointed out a truly
BBC story about Italian cops terrifying animated U.S. county-
by-county unemployment map.
• raincoaster was probably You can leave us tips, links,
news, story ideas, pictures,
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We think? We've never been able using the "Share" box on the
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• Uncle_Billy_Slumming can also send a confidential email
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I Have a Dream That One Day Blacks And

Whites Will Die Together in Poverty
[Recessionomics] Josh Koscheck vs. Paulo
By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker) mathematical terms, "Black man think of it, it's likely that many of
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:08:12 PM
with MBA from Dartmouth" is those people are, indeed, black Thiago II Being
roughly equal to "Luther, the boy Americans. Targeted for UFC 109 in
The Way We Live Now: Passing who just done got out of jail for So, bad example.
strange. It's the only way to get a the bad check thing but that was
February
The point is, it's all about
two decent poverty-level jobs, probably the drugs done made "attitude." There is no "attitude" By Ariel Helwani (FanHouse)
w h i c h y o u n e e d t o s t a y him do it, and he's white," when in "macroeconomics"—there is Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:20:00 PM
underemployed. We're still it comes to hire-ability. only "attitude" in U. Get it? So
waiting to realize Martin's dream "Hey," some African-Americans whether you get your money by by Ariel Helwani
of a day when everyone is may protest, "that is not fair." bitterly auctioning off your Filed under: UFC, FanHouse
equally broke. Hey, that is not the "up from the motorized bar stool or by stealing Exclusive
If you're a black American bootstraps" attitude that made Salvation Army kettles, just get The UFC is targeting a
seeking a good career here, in the Booker T. Washington one of the that money—with a positive welterweight rematch between
USA, experts say your best most beloved men in white attitude! Josh Koscheck and Paulo Thiago
strategy is not "going to college." America! It could be worse; you jobs and are still underemployed, at UFC 109 on Feb. 6. FanHouse
Never let irrefutable facts stand
Instead, it is "Being white." That could be one of the many poor because both of those jobs learned of the potential fight on
in the way of your success.
helps more than any degree! In suckers who are working two happen to suck. Now that we Tuesday, but the bout has yet to
[Pic via]
be made official by the

Facebook Absolutely Demolishing MySpace in organization.

the Sex Offender Demographic [Social Networks]
By Ryan Tate (Gawker)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:48:52 AM
About 3,500 New York sex
offenders have been kicked off
Facebook and MySpace after
identifying their accounts under a
new state law. And, go figure,
like 80 percent of them were on
Facebook. Even sex fiends are
ditching MySpace.
Lawless, teen-heavy MySpace
used to be considered the online
place for pervs — Saturday Night
Live even made a funny skit
about it (embedded below). No
more: Numbers published in the
New York Daily News reveal
that Facebook is the favored
destination, attracting 79 percent
of the registered sex offenders
who declared accounts at the big
social networks, versus 51
percent for MySpace. The
numbers don't add up to 100
because many offenders had
accounts on both networks; see
the chart we made above for a
different slice, or look at the
precise the numerical breakdown
in the image below.
The migration of these
unsavories onto Facebook was
inevitabe, particularly after
Facebook relaxed its requirement
that its members be in college or
be college alumni. People want to
join the social network everyone
else is joining. Sex offenders are
definitely no exception.
[ via Wired Epicenter]
Thiago defeated Koscheck in a
stunning upset at UFC 95 last
February via first round TKO in
the Brazilian's Octagon debut.
Since then, Thiago has gone 1-1
in the UFC, losing to Koscheck's
teammate, Jon Fitch, at UFC 100
and beating Jacob Volkmann
UFC 106 in November.
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NFL Diary: Saints 38, Patriots 17

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 3:00:05 PM

Reuters The Saints’ Devery

Henderson had three catches for
116 yards, including this 75-yard
touchdown, all in the first half.
The Journal provides minute-by-
minute analysis of the New
Orleans Saints’ 38-17 victory
over the New England Patriots
from the Louisiana Superdome in
New Orleans. Guest blogger
Steve Kornacki offers
commentary on the game and the
ESPN telecast.
6:09 pm | Pregame | by Steve
Kornacki
Now this is what the Disney
suits were expecting when they
decided to shell out $1.1 billion
per year to put âMonday Night Titans, anyone? Sunday night points; the Patsâ seven victories Bowl. If the Pats can follow up stumble down the stretch and
has become the new Monday have come by an average of last weekâs thrashing of the Jets fizzle in the playoffs, while the
Footballâ on ESPN: 10-0 vs. 7-3.
night. almost 20 points. with a Big Easy upset tonight, it Patriots are steadily building
Brees vs. Brady. Visor vs.
But not this week. This game Thereâs every reason to expect a might be a sign that history is toward a well-timed peak.
Hoodie. The Game of the
needs no hype (even if the fun, high-scoring, close contest. ready to repeat itself. For added incentive, New
Century of the Week.
Of course, it could also be Worldwide Leader has been With home-field advantage and 8:28 pm | Pregame | by Steve England has a chance to help
happy to provide plenty of it). an undefeated record, the Saints Kornacki protect its status as the only team
argued that tonightâs Saint-
What is there to say about these are a very slight favorite in Kickoff is a few minutes away ever to finish a 16-game regular
Patriots clash is actually a
two teams? The Saints and Pats Vegas. But the Patriots own the and the big pregame news (to the season undefeated. On the flip
reminder that todayâs âMNFâ is
rank first and second stronger defense (they give up 35 extent itâs actually news) is that side, a loss would put the Patriots
a mere shadow of what it once
was. respectively in total offense â- fewer yards per game) and seem Reggie Bush, who missed last -â who now lead the AFC East by
the only two NFL teams better than their record, having weekâs game against Tampa 2 1/2 games â- in a somewhat
In the days of Cosell, Dandy
averaging more than 400 yards started the year slowly as Brady Bay, will again be out. So the precarious situation when they
Don and the Giffer (and even
per game. Drew Brees and Tom worked his way back to his old Saints will have to make due with play Miami next week. Lose that
when it was just Gifford, Al
Brady both sport quarterback form. two threats at running back, one too and their division lead
Michaels and Dan Dierdorf), the
Monday night tilt was ratings of over 100. The New Bill Belichickâs fourth-down instead of their usual three. would be down to one.
Orleans gunslinger has tossed for gamble in Indy two weeks ago Overall, tonightâs game will test The Saints, of course, have
automatically the biggest event of
more than 2,700 yards and 22 was immediately likened to whether, as some believe, these essentially locked up a playoff
the week. But since the switch to
touchdown passes so far, while Barry Switzerâs infamous call are two teams heading in spot â- and their division. But
cable, âMNFâ has all too often
become the dumping ground for the New Englander has racked up against the Eagles in 1995. But opposite directions -â that the with Minnesota sitting at 10-1, a
lousy teams making their one 20 TDs and over 3,000 yards. people seem to forget that Saints, who have looked single loss could endanger home
obligatory national television Only two of the Saintsâ ten wins Switzerâs team rallied around decreasingly impressive in their
have come by fewer than 10 him after it and won the Super most recent wins, are poised to NFL page 61
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-field advantage for New
Orleans.
8:30 pm | Pregame | by Steve
Kornacki
Mike Ditka is 11-0 in Monday
Night picks this year. He just
chose the Saints. Game over.
8:37 pm | Pregame | by Steve
Kornacki
I was told kickoff would be at
8:30. But currently there is an
enormous American flag being
held up on the field. In the booth,
Jon Gruden is talking about Wes
Welker.
8:42 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Saints will get the ball first, from
their own 35. We are underway!
Finally!
8:44 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
So much for Brees being a slow
starter. He finds Devery
Henderson for 33 yards on the
first play from scrimmage. New
Orleans already at the Patriot 32.
8:47 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
On third and 4 from the 15,
Brees gives to Pierre Thomas,
who is tackled a yard short.
Fourth and 1. Crowd wants New
Orleans to go for it. No surprise
there. Sean Payton calls for the
field goal. No surprise there,
either.
8:49 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Showing a flair for the dramatic,
John Carney banks the 28-yard
kick in off the left upright. 3-0
Saints with 11:14 left in the first
quarter.
8:51 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
The Patriots probably feel good
after that last series. After a few
quick plays landed New Orleans
in the red zone, the New England
D tightened and shut down
Brees & Co. Not a bad outcome,
all things considered.
8:53 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Well, that will quiet the crowd
(for about 20 seconds). On
second and 10, Laurence
Maroney runs for 22 yards,
giving New England a first down
at its own 42.
8:55 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Fourth and 1 from the Saint 36.
Yeah, like Belichick won't go for
this.
By the way, Belichick is
sporting a hood-less sweatshirt
this evening.
8:57 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
And there's the handoff to
Sammy Morris for three yards
and the first down. Maybe they
should have tried that in Indy two
weeks ago...
8:59 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
There's a quick pass to Kevin
Faulk, who takes it to the Saint
13. So far, the Pats have picked
up yardage with Faulk, Maroney,
Wes Welker and Sammy Morris
on this drive.
9:02 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Another fourth down coming,
this one from the Saint 4, about a
half-yard short of the marker.
And Maroney runs right through
the line for the touchdown. I hate
to beat this to death, but when
you see a drive like that, you
understand why Belichick went
for it against the Colts. Stephen
Gostkowski adds the point after
and it's 7-3 New England with
3:34 left in the quarter.
9:06 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
I love that Chris Berman is the
pitch-man for both Nutra-System
and Applebee's....
9:11 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Brees goes deep on third and 4
but misses Robert Meachem.
Saints will have to punt and....uh
-oh: Thomas Morestead's kick is
fielded by speedy Wes Welker,
who sprints all the way back to
to the New Orleans 46 with it. In
hindsight, the Saints would have
been better off pulling a
Belichick and going for it there.
9:14 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
Just when the Pats are in
position to do some damage,
Brady throws a first-down pick to
Mike McKenzie. First down for
New Orleans at its own 41, with
just over a minute left in the
quarter. The Saints dodged a big
bullet there -- it really felt like
the Pats were going to march
down and grab a double-digit
lead.
9:17 pm | First quarter | by Steve
Kornacki
A big run by Pierre Thomas sets
up New Orleans in Patriot
territory -- and ends the quarter.
Momentum is funny. The crowd
has roared back to life and New
Orleans is now threatening to
take the lead. Let's see if the Pats'
defense stiffens like it did on
New Orleans' first drive.
9:19 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
The teams switch sides for the
second quarter. I think the Saints
are going into the wind now.
9:23 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
The Saints, at least for the
moment, are down to one
running back, with Mike Bell
shaken up. Thomas fails to make
the yardage on third and short --
but then comes through on
fourth and 1. First down for the
Saints at the Patriot 18.
9:25 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Maybe one running back is all
they need. On first down, Brees
hits Thomas with a screen and
he breaks two tackles and takes it
into the end zone. New Orleans is
now up 10-7 with 12:55 left in
the half.
9:26 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
I think we can safely say that
both teams showed up ready to
play. So far they've each taken a
punch and bounced right back --
the Pats with an impressive TD
drive after surrendering a quick
field goal and the Saints with
a timely interception and 59-
yard TD drive just when it
seemed like New England might
be taking charge.
9:32 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
On second and 6 from his own
44, Brady walks up to the line,
61
looks around and takes a
timeout. Maybe he just wanted us
to see more Chris Berman ads.
9:35 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Brady gets plenty of time on
third and 6 , but Mike McKenzie
is all over Sam Aiken as soon as
he catches the ball -- two yards
short of the line. Saints will take
over from their own 25. Now
they have a chance to do some
damage. 10:02 left in the half.
9:39 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Can you say defensive
breakdown? Devery Henderson
is wide open -- as in, no one
appeared to be within ten yards
of him -- and Brees hits him (it
wasn't that tough) for a 75-yard
touchdown. And now it's 17-7
Saints with 9:53 until halftime.
9:41 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
A pleasant surprise: There's a
break in the action and ESPN
didn't go to a commercial.
9:43 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Needless to say, this is a pretty
critical moment for the Patriots.
A 10-point deficit isn't that bad,
especially when you have New
England's offense, but they'd
better at least pick up some first
downs here to settle things
down.
9:44 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Huge, huge play on third and 13.
Brady connects with Aiken for
33 yards and a first down at the
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Saint 35.
9:46 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
The refs miss a pass-
interference call that would have
set the Pats up deep in Saint
territory...then make up for it by
handing the Pats a first down
after a third-down incompletion.
9:49 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
On fourth and 3 from the 18,
Belichick calls for a
fumblerooski and....just kidding.
This time he plays it safe and
Gostkowski's 36-yard field goal
makes it 17-10 with 4:14 left in
the half.
9:54 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Brees has really found his
rhythm here. On the last play
before the two-minute warning,
he connects with David Thomas
for 25 yards, putting New
Orleans at the Patriot 38. He's
now 10 of 12 for 191 yards and
two touchdowns. I have a feeling
the Saints will be aggressive in
these last two minutes -- no
playing for a field goal here.
9:57 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Did I call that one or what?
Brees to Meachem. 38 yards. 24-
10 New Orleans. 1:50 left in the
half.
9:58 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Clearly, Brees is winning the
battle of the quarterbacks so far.
After that last pass, he's 11 for
13 for 229 yards and three
touchdowns -- a 158. 3 rating.
Brady is 7 for 12 for 81 yards
and a pick -- a 44.1 rating.
9:59 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Third and 2 for the Pats with
1:36 left in the half. They'd better
move the chains here,
because that's plenty of time for
the Saints to come down and tack
on seven more.
10:00 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
They do. Brady finds Aiken for
a first down at the Patriot 35.
10:03 pm | Second quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
I think it was Ron Jaworski who
said a few minutes ago that the
Patriots now need to go for
broke on offense, since their
defense can't stop New Orleans.
They seem to be doing that here,
trying desperately to crank out a
score before the half. If they do
score a TD here, though, things
might not be that bad: they'd get
the ball to start the second half,
with a chance to tie the game.
10:06 pm | Halftime | by Steve
Kornacki
So much for that. The drive
conks out at the Saint 32, after a
few failed throws to the end
zone. Then Gostkowski's 50-yard
kick sails wide left. Brees takes a
knee and that ends the half with
the home team leading, 24-10.
10:10 pm | Halftime | by Steve
Kornacki
The best way to summarize the
first half is probably this: The
Patriots won the first quarter by
a little and the Saints won the
second by a lot. The first
possession of the third quarter
will be telling. Can Brady lead
the Pats downfield for a
touchdown and cut the gap to
seven? Or will he give Brees a
chance to put New Orleans up
by 21?
10:22 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
And we're back. After a
touchback, Brady & Co. start out
at their own 20.
10:25 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Well if that isn't the mother of
all breaks. Brady dumps it off the
Maroney, who fumbles it away
to the Saints' Sedrick Ellis....who
fumbles it back to New England.
Payton is now challenging the
call, but it looks like it will stand
and the Pats will have a first
down from their own 18 or so.
10:26 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
And the ruling is confirmed.
Payton wastes a timeout.
10:30 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Here's the first big third down of
the second half. Pats need nine
yards -- and Brady finds Aiken
for 11. (I think that's the
third time he's connected with
Aiken on a third-down
conversion). Move the chains.
10:34 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
On second and 12 near midfield,
Brady lets it loose....and find
Moss inside the 5. Maroney runs
it in on first down. That's an 81-
yard touchdown drive coming
out of the lockerroom -- although
technically (because of
the Maroney-Ellis fumble-fest)
it wasn't the Pats' first possession
of the half. It's now 24-17 with
just over 10 minutes left in the
third quarter. Let's see if the Pats
defense is any better now.
10:38 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Nope, the Pats' defense didn't
improve at the half. It got worse.
A 68-yard pass to Marques
Colston on first and 10 sets the
Saints up at the Patriots' 6. Then
on second and goal from the 2,
Brees hits Darnell Dinkins for
six. That drive took 82 seconds.
31-17 New Orleans, 9:02 left in
the third.
10:39 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Things that look foolish now:
My statement that the first drive
of the game -- on which the Pats
held the Saints to a field goal --
was a good omen for the New
England defense.
10:40 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Things that don't look foolish:
Mike "The Oracle" Ditka's pre-
game Saints pick.
10:44 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Third and 8 for New England at
the New Orleans 34. Is this four-
down territory? Not like a field
goal will do the Pats much good
here.
10:45 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
We'll never know. Brady
connects with Aiken (yet again)
for 17 yards. Pats in the red zone
now.
10:49 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Fourth and 3 from the Saints 10.
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Looks like New England will go
for it. Which makes sense, given
how proficient New Orleans is on
offense. Brady calls for a
timeout. This next play could tell
us whether the rest of the game is
worth watching. (Although I'll
be sticking around no matter
what.)
10:51 pm | Third quarterback |
by Steve Kornacki
It doesn't work. McKenzie
makes his third big play of the
game, breaking up what would
have been a first-down pass to
Moss. Brees takes over at the 10.
10:53 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Without Brees ever throwing a
pass, the Saints manage to notch
a first down in three plays.
Interesting strategy, given that
Brees has thrown only two
incompletions all night.
10:54 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Finally, the New England D
makes a play, with Adalius
Thomas sacking Brees on first
down. Third quarter is almost
over now. Patriots still clinging
to life, but barely.
10:57 pm | Third quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
And that will do it for the
quarter. It will be third and 12 for
the Saints from their own 35
when play resumes. Brees (who
is sitting on a 158.3 QB rating for
the game right now) has made
some big throws tonight. Can he
pull a rabbit out of the hat here?
11:01 pm | Fourth quarter | by
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Where Does Notre Dame Go From Here?

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) likely not have a tough time threw for five touchdowns and struggling Sixers suddenly found
Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:41:27 AM
finding an elite coach to fill one 371 yards, the Saints improved to themselves nostalgic for their
of college football’s toughest 11-0, and the generation- erstwhile franchise player.
Over the last few weeks, Notre jobs. “Of course Notre Dame is spanning laughingstock looked a Iverson and Sixers management
Dame coach Charlie Weis has still an elite coaching job,” lot like the best team in the NFL. met for two hours in Dallas on
had the nightmarish experience Wetzel writes. “The fact the “This this was the New England Monday, and a reunion may well
of being awake for his own s c h o o l h a s m a d e t h r e e Patriots. ‘Monday Night be in the offing.
professional autopsy. As the consecutive bad coaching hires Football.’ Bill Belichick,” “The Sixers, amazingly, could
Irish’s season sank further into has certainly slowed the Notre year-old Bowden is expected to ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas writes. turn out to be Iverson’s court of
m e d i o c r i t y , i t b e c a m e Dame brand, but it hasnt resign today after 34 years as “The Saints arent supposed to last resort,” Phil Jasner writes in
increasingly clear that, massive destroyed it. Bad coaches happen Florida State’s head coach. In the win games like this and they sure the Philadelphia Daily News. In
contract or not, Weis was almost to every school. If youre big Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a r e n t s u p p o s e d t o t o t a l l y the Philadelphia Inquirer, Phil
certainly done in South Bend. e n o u g h , y o u c a n q u i c k l y Tony Barnhart works through his dominate in games like this. But Sheridan grouses that adding
When the axe finally fell for r e c o v e r . ” e m o t i o n s o v e r B o w d e n ’ s they did. Get used to it, because Iverson is an admission of failure
Weis Monday, there was In Time Magazine, Gary apparently imminent departure. the Saints really are different.” on the part of the franchise, and a
something anticlimactic about the Andrew Poole situates the At CBS Sports, Dennis Dodd In the Boston Globe, Bob Ryan bad idea to boot. But the Sixers
whole thing. Hadn’t this already decline of Notre Dame football wonders what Bowden’s fate is in awe of both how well the players themselves seem on
happened, weeks ago? Getty within a broader context. “Many m i g h t a u g u r f o r f e l l o w Saints are playing and how much board with the idea — even
Images Charlie Weis shakes forces, including abuse by its octogenarian pigskin icon Joe New Orleans is loving it. “It Williams endorsed the idea on
hands with some of the fans who own priests, have damaged Paterno at Penn State.* * * would be difficult to overstate his Twitter feed— and, for many
patiently waited for results from A m e r i c a n C a t h o l i c i s m a n d For some, it’s a concussed whats going on down here with NBA fans, the prospect of
his football team. crippled the parochial school Archie Manning zipping passes the New Orleans fans and their Iverson giving it one last shot in
Try five years ago, Rick system. Nearly 1 in 5 Catholic through the hands of all-thumbs current adoration of this football the city that made him is a
Telander writes in the Chicago schools in the U.S. has closed its receivers. For others, it’s Aaron team,” Ryan writes. “You easily tantalizing one.
Sun-Times. “Charlie Weis was doors this decade,” Poole writes. Brooks frantically hurling the could think you had landed in At the Sporting News, Iverson
terminal in South Bend from Day “Combine that with a more ball backwards, in the general Tuscaloosa, Gainesville, or scholar and blogger Bethlehem
One,” Telander argues. “The only s e c u l a r s o c i e t y , a m o r e direction of his left tackle. But Austin, and not an NFL town.”* Shoals counts himself among the
people who didn’t know that are competitive college recruiting whatever the generational * * tantalized. “Is it strange that, as a
the teeming masses of the Nutso environment and Notre Dame’s differences, most football fans’ Allen Iverson will almost final act, he’d walk right back
Notre Dame Nation. Weis was tough admission requirements, memories of the New Orleans certainly enter the Basketball into that loaded, sometimes ugly,
not right for Notre Dame in so and it has become more and more Saints could aptly be scored with Hall of Fame someday. But his often exultant environment?
many ways — except for having difficult for the school to field a The Benny Hill Show’s “Yakety brief, brutal three-game stint with Perhaps,” Shoals writes. “But at
been a student there — that it team capable of competing for a Sax” theme. For about as long as the Memphis Grizzlies earlier this point in Iverson’s career, it
boggles the brain trying to figure national championship.” the franchise has existed as the this season surely seemed to would be like a Viking on fire as
out what the boosters and board It’s almost insulting to compare 272-375-5 record the team indicate that the NBA might well he drifts out to sea for the last
and football movers-and-shakers Weis and Florida State’s Bobby carried into Monday’s game have been ready to be rid of The time. And if that metaphor
saw in him.” Bowden — the former was a indicates the New Orleans Saints Answer, especially given his doesn’t stick with you, then you
The “who’s next” stories and blooper of a hire, the latter is a have been NFL also-rans. After unwillingness to come off the never understood the man or his
speculation are probably best college football legend. But New Orleans wrapped up Week bench or tranisition gracefully Sixers.”* * *
saved for another day, but Bowden, too, has recently 12 of the NFL season with a into a supporting role. But after For all the usual “spirit of
Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel reminds struggled in an increasingly rollicking 38-17 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers guard Louis fellowship” and “joy of
readers that, despite what has Hobbesian recruiting scene. very good New England Patriots, Williams suffered a broken jaw competition,” certain nations
been a difficult stretch for Notre While he hadn’t announced though, the goofy musical score last week that’s expected to keep
Dame football, the team will anything by press time, the 80- WHERE page 68
seems inappropriate. Drew Brees him out for two months, the
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Florida State Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden retires, will

coach bowl game
By ESPN.com news services "Bobby Bowden in many ways Ponder said. "He said we were Bowden met with Wetherell and Miami, which won three national
(ESPN.com) became the face of Florida State. going to work hard this week and other school officials at his titles during that span.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:53:21 AM
It was his sterling personality and go win. He was a little bit Tallahassee home Tuesday Quarterback Charlie Ward
character that personified this [emotional], but not too much. morning, his second meeting guided the Seminoles to a 12-1
Bowden Expected To Meet With university." He showed a little bit, but not too with them in two days. He then record and a title-clinching win
Players Bowden Expected To Florida State officials announced much. A few other people got returned to his office at Doak over Nebraska in the Orange
Meet With Players after the 2007 season that emotional, but he's Bobby Campbell Stadium, where his Bowl in 1993. The next national
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida offensive coordinator Jimbo Bowden. He's a strong-willed attorneys were finalizing details crown came six years later, with
State coach Bobby Bowden will Fisher would succeed Bowden. person." of his buyout agreement, the Weinke and All-American
end his 44-year coaching career Bowden, who met with school Added Watson: "I'm still going school official said. Warrick leading the 'Noles to a
after the Seminoles' bowl game officials Monday and again to respect the man for what he's Under the terms of his one-year perfect 12-0 record capped by a
this winter. Tuesday morning, said he would done. He turned this program rollover contract, Bowden will win over Michael Vick and
Bowden will retire as the second announce his decision Tuesday around. I'm just disappointed at receive at least $1 million as a Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl.
-winningest coach in major afternoon after he met with his the people who tried to knock settlement. Bowden had a perfect season in
college football behind Penn players at 2:15 p.m. ET. him down. He's still Bobby University officials are hoping 1999 as the Seminoles became
State's Joe Paterno. The 80-year- Shortly thereafter, the school Bowden." Bowden will return next season the first team to go wire-to-wire
old Bowden has won 388 games released his statement. Bowden wants his last bowl as a fundraising ambassador, but in The Associated Press poll
in his career at Samford, West During a hastily called news game to be in Florida, and efforts he has not indicated whether he'll ranked No. 1 from the preseason
Virginia and Florida State, where conference, quarterback Christian are underway to try to attain a agree to such an arrangement. to finish.
he spent the last 34 seasons. Ponder and linebacker Dekoda berth in the Jan. 1 Gator Bowl in Sources told ESPN.com Fisher Since winning their 12th ACC
"We've got one more game and I Watson addressed a few dozen Jacksonville, or the Dec. 29 has agreed to contract terms to championship in 2005, the
look forward to enjoying these media members. Wetherell and Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, replace Bowden after this season. Seminoles have been 16-16 the
next few weeks as the head athletics director Randy Spetman the school official told The school's booster organization past four seasons against league
football coach," Bowden said did not address the media. A ESPN.com. would have owed Fisher $5 opponents.
Tuesday in a statement released school official told ESPN.com The official also said the school million if he didn't replace Bowden also has been entangled
by the school. that Bowden did not want a news was working with the ACC to try Bowden by January 2011. in NCAA investigations. The
Bowden won two national titles conference, but officials were to have the Seminoles (6-6, 4-4 The winningest coach in Atlantic school was hit with five years'
with Florida State, in 1993 and trying to persuade him to sit for a ACC Atlantic) face West Coast Conference history, probation for a 1993 incident
1 9 9 9 . A m o n g h i s t o p video news statement to be Virginia, where Bowden was Bowden teams put together one when several of his players were
achievements was a string of 14 released to the media. offensive coordinator from 1966 of the most dominant runs in given free shoes and sporting
straight seasons, ending in 2000, "A lot of guys went into [the to 1969, and head coach from college football history between goods from a local store. That led
where the Seminoles won at least meeting] expecting it," Ponder 1970 to 1975. 1987 and 2000, with 14 to former Florida coach Steve
10 games and finished ranked in said. "A lot of guys saw what "You can't have a successful consecutive finishes in the Spurrier calling Florida State
the top five of the AP poll. was in the newspaper. A lot of program without players and we nation's top five and a pair of "Free Shoes University."
Florida State was 152-19-1, an guys were saddened by it." have been blessed to have young national titles. Bowden entered this season
.864 winning percentage, during Ponder said Bowden didn't men who are winners both on In 1993, despite a late-season faced with the possible loss of 14
that span. spend much time talking about and off the field," Bowden said in slip at Notre Dame, Florida State of his wins as part of sanctions
"He set records of achievement what he was going to do. his statement. "I want to thank won its first national title after from the NCAA on an academic
on the field that will probably "He said this was going to be his them and their families for just missing out in 1987, 1988, cheating scandal that involved
never be equaled," university last game and being Bobby committing 4-5 years of their 1991 and 1992 -- several seasons
president T.K. Wetherell said. Bowden, he quickly turned it," lives to me and to FSU." because of losses to nemesis FLORIDA page 65
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Steve Kornacki
He's human! Brees throws short
(his first incompletion in 12
attempts) and the punting team --
yes, New Orleans has one of
them -- takes the field for the
first time since the first quarter.
Pats will get it at their own 15.
11:04 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
On third and 9, the Saints swarm
Brady, who is forced to unload it
early. What a terrible time for a
three-and-out for New England.
About two minutes after he left
the field, Brees is back, starting
from his own 25 with just over
13 minutes left.
11:07 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
The onslaught resumes: a 27-
yard pass from Brees to Colston.
He's now 15 of 18 for 338 yards,
and his QB rating is still 158.3.
11:09 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
This one pretty much feels like
it's over right now, but the Saints
can really put it out of reach with
a score on this drive -- which
would make it a three-possession
game. Right now (after a Brees-
to-Meachem third-down
conversion), they're at the New
England 44. Basically, 15 more
yards will have them in field-
goal range.
11:10 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Another third-and-five
completion to Meachem. It's
amazing the Saints only have 31
points.
11:12 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
And there's the dagger:Â a 20-
yard touchdown pass to Colston.
It's 38-17 Saints now, with 7:49
to play. Brees has now thrown
five touchdowns in the game.
11:16 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
How on earth did the Rams
almost beat the Saints a few
weeks ago?
11:19 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Now it's just a blowout. Brady
can't find anyone downfield and
then, seemingly out of
frustration, chucks it deep, where
Darren Sharper picks it off and
returns it all the way to the New
England 25.
11:21 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Amazing stat on ESPN: The
Saints are outscoring opponents
112-24 in the fourth quarter this
year. And it's about to get worse.
Here comes the field-goal
team....
11:22 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Never mind that. 22-year veteran
John Carney shows his age and
pushes it wide right. Still 38-17
Saints with about 5 1/2 minutes
left.
11:26 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
Brian Hoyer, who is probably
not related to U.S. House
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, is
in the game as the Pats'
quarterback now. Well, he was in
the game -- a quick three-and-
out just gave the ball back to the
Saints with 3:58 left.
11:30 pm | Fourth quarter | by
Steve Kornacki
I'm looking at the Saints'
remaining schedule right now,
and 16-0 looks very doable: at
Washington, at Atlanta, Dallas,
Tampa Bay, and at Carolina.
There are some potential traps in
there, but New Orleans might
actually be favored in every one
of those games. The caveat, of
course, is that the New Orleans
we're seeing tonight might not
show up for all of those games --
and the one that barely beat the
Rams might.
11:41 pm | Final | by Steve
Kornacki
Weâll let the final moments tick
away. Final: Saints 38-17.
11:46 pm | Postgame | by Steve
Kornacki
Coming into tonight, the knock
on the Saints was that they
hadnât really shown anything,
despite their gaudy record â- that
theyâd been gifted with a soft
schedule and that, at least in the
last few weeks, they hadnât
looked very impressive in
beating up on the little guys. But
after tonight, we know why that
was: They were just bored.
Against the Patriots, New
Orleans finally had a real
challenge -â and they turned in
what was probably the most
impressive performance of any
team this year. We saw a
frighteningly efficient offense
simply abuse New England.
Every time New Orleans needed
a play, it got one. Drew Brees
finished 18 of 23 for 371 yards,
five touchdowns and no
interceptions â- a perfect 158.3
rating.
Maybe theyâll go 16-0, or
maybe theyâll trip up once down
the stretch. It doesnât matter:
The Saints proved themselves
tonight. They are the team to beat
in the NFC.
Meanwhile, the Patriots have a
potentially serious problem on
their hands: They canât seem to
win on the road. Sure, their loss
tonight probably had a lot more
to do with the Saintsâ offense
than the Superdome crowd, but
you canât ignore that the Pats are
now 1-4 on the road, with their
only win coming over Tampa
Bay in London. This spells
trouble for the playoffs, of
course, but it also raises a more
immediate problem: They must
travel to Miami next week, and if
they lose that, the Patsâ lead in
the AFC East will be down to
just one game.
No wonder Bill Belichick and
Tom Brady looked so lost on the
sideline in the fourth quarter
tonight.
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two dozen football players. The
school is appealing.
Bowden is a football lifer, who
modeled his career after his idol
Paul "Bear" Bryant, the
legendary Alabama coach who
died shortly after he retired in
1982.
"After you retire, there's only one
big event left," Bowden has said
over the years. "And I ain't ready
for that."
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Mark Schlabach and The
Associated Press was used in this
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RJ Palmer announced that it
would be handling media
planning and buying for
Universal Orlando Resort, which
has created some of the world's
most innovative theme park
attractions, based on pop culture
films and stories. RJ Palmer is a
full-service ad agency
headquartered in New York. It is
privately held with billings in
excess of $645 million.
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Tiger Woods at fault in one-car accident, police
say
By Associated Press
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:25:53 PM
Lawyer: No Signs Woods Was
Beaten Lawyer: No Signs Woods
Was Beaten
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Florida
Highway Patrol says it will issue
Tiger Woods a careless driving
citation for a car crash outside his
Orlando-area mansion last week.
Woods faces a $164 fine and
four points against his driver's
license. The citation will close
the investigation.
"Despite the celebrity status of
Mr. Woods, the Florida Highway
Patrol has completed its
investigation in the same
professional manner it strives to
complete each traffic
investigation," Sgt. Kim Montes
said.
Mike and Mike in the Morning
Former White House
communications chief Kevin
Sullivan says Tiger Woods can
recover from his incident, but he
will need to offer up an
explanation and stop shutting
people out.
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According to a patrol accident
report, Woods crashed his SUV
into a fire hydrant and a tree at
2:25 a.m. Friday. The airbags did
not deploy and Woods' wife told
Windermere police she used a
golf club to smash the back
windows to help him out.
Woods withdrew Monday from
his own golf tournament, citing
injuries from the crash.
The crash came two days after
The National Enquirer published
a story alleging that Woods had
been seeing a New York
nightclub hostess, and that they
recently were together in
Melbourne, where Woods
competed in the Australian
Masters. The woman, Rachel
Uchitel, denied having an affair
with Woods when contacted by
The Associated Press.
An attorney for the neighbors
who dialed 911 after the crash
said Woods did not appear to be
driving under the influence and
showed no signs of having been
in a fight. The Florida Highway
Patrol said there were no claims
of domestic violence and no
reason to issue a subpoena for
medical evidence.
Woods' injuries were "consistent
with a car wreck and inconsistent
with him being beat up," said Bill
Sharpe, the attorney for the
neighbors. "The scratches on his
face were consistent with
someone who maybe was in a
minor car accident and hit his
head on the windshield. ... None
of his injuries looked like he was
beat up by his wife."
In its initial accident report, the
Florida Highway Patrol said
alcohol was not involved.
Sharpe said neighbor Linda
Adams and her two adult sons
went outside their home in the
exclusive gated community of
Isleworth after hearing the crash
and Woods' wife, Elin
Nordegren, asked them to call the
911 emergency number.
He said the neighbors found
Nordegren kneeling beside her
husband, upset about his injuries.
Sharpe said Woods appeared
woozy and had scratches on his
face and that his wife was trying
to console him. The Adamses
wrapped Woods in a blanket and
made sure he didn't move.
Tabloid speculation has focused
on whether Woods and his wife
were fighting before the accident.
"One thing we want to make
clear is that Mrs. Woods' attitude
was consistent with her being
concerned about her injured
husband," Sharpe said. "Mrs.
Woods was trying to help him.
Mrs. Woods was worried about
her husband. She was
concerned."
Sharpe said the Adams family
did not see the crash and did not
see Woods' wife with a golf club.
He said he was hired to get the
message out that the Adams
family members have told
investigators everything they
know about the crash and aren't
hiding anything.
By skipping his tournament,
Woods will escape the TV
cameras and a horde of media
seeking more details. The
tournament was to be the last of
the year for Woods anyway, and
he did not say when or where he
would make his return next year.
When healthy, he has made his
season debut at Torrey Pines
every year since 2006. The San
Diego Invitational this year is
scheduled the week of Jan. 25.
That could mean Woods avoids
the media for 10 weeks.
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Associated Press
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 8:58:29 AM
The geotargeted display (or
banner) ad market will leap from
$897 million in 2008 to $1.9
billion in 2013, representing a
compound annual growth rate of
16%, per BIA/Kelsey. The
geotargeted segment of the
display market will grow from
10.2% of all display ads sold in
2008 to 15% by 2013. The big
jump is in local ads, wich smll
and medium-sized companies.
That segment will grow from $45
million in 2008 to $565 million
by 2013.
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Ben Roethlisberger of Pittsburgh Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly

Steelers expected to start vs. Oakland won't address speculation
about Notre Dame position
Raiders By Brian Bennett (ESPN.com) addressing the rumors with his
By James Walker induced headaches late last week, and always will be. We will not Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:03:05 AM
team this week and that he didn't
(ESPN.com) which forced former third- let this come between us, our talk think the Bearcats, who have won
stringer Dennis Dixon to play in was very productive." CINCINNATI -- Brian Kelly's 17 straight regular-season games,
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:54:51 AM
the overtime loss that put Roethlisberger, who was having name is among the hottest of would be distracted.
NFL QB Injury News NFL QB Pittsburgh's (6-5) playoff hopes his best season statistically those rumored to be in the mix "They'll be all right," Kelly said
Injury News in jeopardy. despite the Steelers' erratic play, for the Notre Dame head after receiving several Notre
PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh Receiver and team captain Hines went through "a normal week" of coaching job. But the Cincinnati Dame questions at his weekly
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin Ward was among the most vocal preparation for the pivotal game coach said he won't address the news conference. "I'll have them
e x p e c t s q u a r t e r b a c k B e n in expressing his disappointment at Baltimore and had said he had subject or talk to anyone from ready. We've done it 17 times in
Roethlisberger to start Sunday that Roethlisberger would not every intention of playing. another school until after this a row. We're going to be OK,
against the Oakland Raiders. play against the Ravens. But His decision to not play came as week's game at Pittsburgh. we're going to stay focused and
But unlike last week, Tomlin T o m l i n s a i d W a r d a n d the NFL has taken a heightened Big East blog we're going to put our football
says the team is not expecting Roethlisberger have ironed things stance on protecting players from ESPN.com's Brian Bennett team in a great position to win on
any last-minute complications out. head injuries. NFL commissioner writes about all things Big East in Saturday. So I hope that makes
from Roethlisberger's recent "I've been informed that those Roger Goodell sent a memo to his conference blog. your day a little better."
concussion -- the fourth of his two guys spoke extensively," teams outlining steps the league • Blog network: Senior linebacker Andre Revels
career. Tomlin said. "I spoke to Hines is taking to reduce head impacts. College Football Nation said most of the players are
"We're not anticipating him last night. He called me and it Roethlisberger had two The No. 5 Bearcats (11-0, 6-0 avoiding the speculation
having headaches this week," was a good, clean conversation. concussions in 2006, including Big East) can win their second surrounding their coach.
Tomlin confirmed in his Tuesday He assured me that this football one from a motorcycle accident, straight conference title with a "It's on TV, and we're not really
news conference. team will be ready to prepare for and the other last season. victory on Saturday. watching TV," Revels said. "We
AFC North blog and ultimately play Oakland In other injury news Steelers Pro "It's absolutely irrelevant," Kelly should be inside the film room
ESPN.com's James Walker w h e n w e c o m e h e r e Bowl safety Troy Polamalu is said when asked about Notre studying. It's a real hush subject.
writes about all things AFC [ W e d n e s d a y ] . " doubtful for Sunday's game. Dame rumors. "We're in "If that's a concern of any player
North in his division blog. On his official Facebook page, Tomlin believes Polamalu is still lockdown mode. All that other on this team, then they need to go
• Blog network: NFL Nation Ward said he and Roethlisberger about a week or so away from stuff is going to have to wait for ahead and get off this team.
Roethlisberger caused a stir had resolved the issue and are returning. another time." Because we have to focus on
w i t h i n t h e t e a m w h e n h e focusing on Sunday's game. "So James Walker covers the AFC Asked if he would entertain any Pittsburgh," he said.
practiced with the starters all the moral of this story is not to North for ESPN.com. overtures this week from the Brian Bennett covers Big East
week but was sidelined by the do an interview based off of Information from The Associated Irish, who fired Charlie Weis on football for ESPN.com.
medical staff one day before last emotions," Ward said in his Press was used in this report. Monday, Kelly said, "No. We're This content has passed through
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Sources: TCU, Gary Patterson agree continued from page 63

have clearly prioritized Olympic ability is beyond debate. At age

to contract extension medals more than others. Canada,
in the Olympics and in general,
34, Jones has completed her
prison sentence and started the
By Richard Durrett among possible candidates to as defensive coordinator for has not been noted for its chest- next chapter of her life. While
(ESPN.com) replace Charlie Weis for the Dennis Franchione, who became t h u m p i n g , w i n - a t - a l l - c o s t said chapter involves the
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:06:38 AM
vacant Notre Dame job, but a head coach in 1998. It didn't take approach in the past. But the requisite speaking tour and public
TCU official said Monday that Patterson long to put together a Journal’s Kevin Helliker reports remorse, there’s a more
FORT WORTH, Texas -- TCU the coach had not been contacted. solid defense. The Horned Frogs that the hosts for the 2012 Winter surprising element, too.
and coach Gary Patterson have Patterson has had six seasons of had the No. 1 total defense in the Games in Vancouver — after As a freshman point guard,
agreed to terms on a long-term at least 10 wins in his nine years country in 2000, Franchione's p u m p i n g m o n e y i n t o t h e i r Jones led North Carolina’s
contract extension, according to at the helm, including five final season before leaving for Olympic training program — are women’s basketball team to a 33-
two sources close to the situation. seasons of at least 11 wins since Alabama. in the midst of a comprehensive 2 record and a NCAA
An official announcement is 2003. He's won three conference TCU held a national search after attitude adjustment. championship in 1994 before
expected Wednesday morning. championships (two Mountain Franchione left, but opted for “In its slogans for Montreal quitting to focus on track. Now
The sources both said part of the West titles and a Conference Patterson. (’Game Plan ‘76) and Calgary many years removed from the
agreement includes pay increases USA title) during his tenure and A f t e r a 6 - 6 f i r s t s e a s o n , (’Best Ever’), Canada displayed game, Jones is plotting a
for his assistant coaches. has taken TCU to eight bowl Patterson's defense led the way, all the brashness of a rockhopper comeback on the hardwood and
Patterson, in his 12th season at games, including a 17-16 win finishing No. 1 in the country penguin,” Helliker writes. “The hopes to find her way to the
TCU and ninth as head coach, over previously undefeated Boise again in 2002 as TCU went 10-2 1988 Calgary medal take turned WNBA, William C. Rhoden
has an 85-27 record in his tenure. State in last season's Poinsettia and shared a conference title. out to be two silvers and three reports in the New York Times.
That includes TCU's 12-0 record Bowl. TCU was the top defense in 2008 bronzes, a showing that ranked – Tip of the Fix cap to reader
this season, the school's first Patterson has beaten some top as well, giving the Frogs some Canada 13th in total medals. This Don Hartline and fellow Fixer
undefeated campaign since 1938. Big 12 teams, including No. 5 momentum for this season. year’s motto, ‘Own the Podium,’ Garey Ris.
The Horned Frogs are No. 4 in Oklahoma on the road in 2005 Currently, TCU is No. 2 in total shows no such timidity. In the Found a good column from the
the BCS standings and are and No. 20 Texas Tech, holding defense in 2009, just behind the history of the Olympics, in fact, world of sports? Don’t keep it to
expected to play in the first BCS the prolific Red Raiders offense top-ranked Florida Gators. The no host country has ever talked yourself — write to us at
bowl in the program's history. to three points in a victory in Horned Frogs also are No. 3 in such smack in its slogan.”* * * dailyfix@wsj.com and we’ll
Patterson is one of three finalists 2006. He is second in all-time rush defense and No. 4 in passing Marion Jones took steroids consider your find for inclusion
for the George Munger Award, wins at TCU, 24 behind Dutch defense. Four opponents have before the 2000 Olympics and in the Daily Fix. You can email
given by the Maxwell Football Meyer, who won two national recorded season-low point totals later lied to federal agents about David at droth11@gmail.com.
Club to the national coach of the championships in the 1930s and against TCU this season. it. But while those choices may
year. coached for 19 seasons at TCU. This content has passed through reflect poorly on her decision-
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play, her transcendent athletic
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The Count: Len Bias NFL Power Rankings,

and What Might Have Week 13: Can Saints
Been and Colts Go 32-0?
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) By Josh Alper (FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:13:07 AM Submitted at 12/1/2009 3:00:00 PM

Bill Simmons, who wrote a by Josh Alper

memorable ESPN column about
Len Bias in 2001, mentions the
former University of Maryland
star frequently in his new
basketball book. In June 1986,
Bias, then 22 years old, died of
heart failure induced by a cocaine
overdose two days after being
drafted by the Celtics. In his
column, Simmons wondered if
Bias could have had a career as
good as Karl Malone’s. Reading
the book got Basketball
Reference’s Neil Paine
wondering the same thing.
Associated Press Len Bias’s
future seemed bright after he was
taken with the second pick of the
NBA draft.
Paine focuses on several pieces
of evidence: Opinions from
sportswriters and scouts at the
time, some of whom thought
Bias could become the next
Michael Jordan (which meant
something very different then,
100 games into Jordan’s career);
Bias’s draft position — No. 2,
behind Brad Daugherty; and his
college stats, the weakest link in
Bias’s résumé. Compared to
college forwards who excelled in
the pros, Bias’s shooting
percentage and rebounding rate
were troublingly low.
“What my dad and so many other
Celtics fans wanted was for
[Bias] to become Larry Bird’s
heir at the helm of the Boston
dynasty,” Paine writes.
“Unfortunately, given his
important performance indicators
in college, that probably wasn’t
the most realistic expectation in
basketball history.”
Filed under: NFL Power
Rankings It's safe to say we can
stop debating anything about the
two teams that have regularly
found their way to the top of
these rankings. We knew the
Saints could score on anyone.
But to see their defense, playing
with cornerbacks signed off the
street, shut down the Patriots
with little trouble made it clear
that this is a team without any
exploitable flaws. That doesn't
mean they won't stumble at some
point, but I wouldn't bet your
house on it happening before the
playoffs.
As for the Colts, say what you
will about their habit of falling
behind in games but you can't do
anything but applaud their ability
to come back. They've won five
straight games after trailing in the
fourth quarter, an NFL record,
and Peyton Manning has made it
impossible to feel safe with a
lead unless the game's been over
for 45 minutes.
The only question left is if they
can both run the table and there
are fewer and fewer reasons to
doubt them every week.
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Manny Pacquiao Could Tiger Woods' Neighbors
Face Floyd Mayweather Hold Press Conference,
or Yuri Foreman Next Provide Details of Incident
By Lem Satterfield
(FanHouse)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:15:00 PM
by Lem Satterfield
Filed under: WBA, WBC, IBF,
WBO, FanHouse Exclusive
Manny Pacquiao could pursue an
eighth world title in as many
weight classes on March 13
against WBA junior
middleweight champ Yuri
Foreman if a fight with Floyd
Mayweather isn't made for that
date, said Pacquiao's promoter
Bob Arum.
Pacquiao, on Monday, filed for
congressional candidacy in the
Philippines' southern Sarangani
province's Alabel township, an
area where his opponent will be
supported by the three biggest
political and business families.
Meanwhile, Arum, and Golden
Boy Promotions' Richard
Schaefer, on behalf of the 32-
year-old Mayweather (40-0, 25
KOs), have been involved in
negotiations for a megafight
between their two fighters, who
are considered the sport's two
best, pound-for-pound.
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Floyd Mayweather or Yuri
Foreman Next originally
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 1:00:00 PM
by Will Brinson
Filed under: Golf Odds and Ends
Tiger Woods' neighbors have
been at the (oddly) silent center
of the entire Thanksgiving wreck,
but things have gotten hectic
enough since they called 911 for
Woods that they have decided to Denies Affair| Full Crash
lawyer up. Coverage
And apparently, the neighbors' Back Porch: HausCast 38:
attorney believed a press Stephanie Wei Talks Tiger
conference was necessary to clear Tiger Woods' Neighbors Hold
up any rumors about what might Press Conference, Provide
have happened on that oh-so- Details of Incident originally
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Obama 'to detail Afghan end-game'

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:30:01 AM
President Barack Obama is to
tell the American people that US
troops will start to leave
Afghanistan within three years, a
senior official has said.
He will outline the rough
withdrawal plan in a speech to
the nation, when he will also
announce a rapid six-month
deployment of 30,000 extra
soldiers.
Mr Obama has also asked Nato
allies to send up to 10,000 more
Jeremy Scott and combat troops.
But France has refused, while
trainers.
Mr Obama has reached his
deployment decision after more
than three months of
deliberations and 10 top-level
meetings with advisers.
The BBC's Paul Adams in
Washington says the American
people will be anxious to hear in
this hugely important speech how
the president intends to get out of
Afghanistan.
'Quick punch'
Rising violence - more than 900
US soldiers have died there - and
the chaos of August's discredited
elections have fanned mounting
domestic opposition to the eight-
year-old war.
Kabul says that while the speech
will probably receive a cautious
welcome from the Afghan
government, many people in the
country do not want any more
foreign forces.
They say every time America
sends more troops the security
situation gets worse, and some
question why the US is spending
billions of dollars on the military
- and not on aid and
reconstruction.
An unnamed Nato diplomat told
AP news agency on Tuesday that
President Obama had asked
European allies to contribute
between 5,000 and 10,000 new
troops to Afghanistan.

Longchamp Germany postponed any

decision. The UK has agreed to
Earlier this year, the US military
commander in Afghanistan, Gen
But President Nicolas Sarkozy's
special envoy to Afghanistan told
By ELLE.com (ELLE News In their latest collaboration, the send 500 more soldiers. Stanley McChrystal, warned AFP news agency France had
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 7:51:52 AM
bag done in the style of the iconic anticipated speech at West Point troop numbers were increased. although Paris might send
L e P l i a g e b y military academy, Mr Obama is He requested 40,000 more military trainers.
Longchamp's relationship with Longchamp. Playing off Jeremy's expected to make an accelerated soldiers. In Berlin, Chancellor Angela
Jeremy Scott is long and loving; F l i n t s t o n e s - t h e m e d troop surge the centrepiece of his White House spokesman Robert Merkel told a news conference
the two brands have been paired spring/summer 2010 collection, new strategy for Afghanistan. Gibbs told MSNBC on Tuesday: Germany would wait until after a
since 2006. There is always a the pink canvas is printed with A senior administration official "This is not an open-ended 28 January conference in London
fabulous bag by the house front- bones that resemble the one that told AP news agency President commitment, what we are doing on Afghanistan before deciding
row at his shows, which show Pebbles Flintstone sports in her Obama would outline a plan for is putting forward a on any troop increases.
security will give you a slightly hair. It's limited edition, is now US troops to start leaving comprehensive strategy and an Italy has also said it will increase
humiliating reprimanding should being sold at Colette in Paris, and Afghanistan "well before" his end-game in Afghanistan." its force, although without saying
you try to nick one (and people w i l l b e c o m e a v a i l a b l e a t first term ends in 2012. He said the deployment would by how much.
try to grab them left and right, so Longchamp stores everywhere The US currently has 68,000 be accelerated to "deliver a punch On Monday, Britain confirmed it
the security have their work cut after the 15th of this month. troops in Afghanistan, with quickly". was sending 500 more troops,
out.) The collaboration between Now that is a classic with a foreign forces overall totalling The US president outlined his taking the UK's total deployment
the classic house and the designer twist. more than 100,000. new strategy to Afghan there to 10,000.
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Man Who Killed 4 Washington Police Officers Shot Dead

(FOXNews.com) morning, about 6:30 a.m., he said prompted Clemmons to kill the Seattle and bandaged him up," Authorities in two states were
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:55:47 AM
at a briefing. That person wasn't officers as they did paperwork on Troyer said. criticized amid revelations that
named. their laptops. Police think people close to Clemmons was allowed to walk
Seattle police shot and killed the SLIDESHOW: Deadly Clemmons was described as Clemmons deliberately misled the streets despite a teenage
fugitive who gunned down four Lakewood Police Shooting increasingly erratic in the past officers. Troyer said anyone who crime spree in Arkansas that
officers in a suburban coffee More arrests are coming, Troyer few months and had been helped him could face charges. landed him an 108-year prison
shop, a sheriff's spokesman said vowed. arrested earlier this year on "We don't think anybody helped sentence. He was released early
Tuesday. "We're also looking at family charges that he punched a him plan this murder," he said. after then-Gov. Mike Huckabee
Maurice Clemmons was shot to members who aided and abetted sheriff's deputy in the face. "But he's been bailed out of jail commuted his sentence.
death after a "very alert patrol in his escape," he told reporters. More from Q13Fox.com. ... This family has enabled him. Huckabee cited Clemmons'
officer" investigating reports of a "They did everything they could "There is no answer, other than Even after this happened, after he youth in granting the request. But
stolen car recognized him, Pierce to hamper our investigation. We that he was angry about being killed all four officers, they Clemmons quickly reverted to his
County sheriff's spokesman Ed expect to have six to seven incarcerated," Troyer said. continued to save him. ... They're criminal past, violated his parole
Troyer told Fox News. people in custody by day's end." "There's never going to be an going to pay for it." and was returned to prison. He
Clemmons, 37, murdered the Bios of the Slain Washington answer that makes any sense." Authorities said the gunman was released again in 2004.
four Lakewood police officers at Officers Authorities don't believe singled out the Lakewood "This guy should have never
a cafe Sunday morning in A gun belonging to one of the Clemmons knew any of the officers and spared employees been on the street," said Brian D.
Parkland, a Tacoma suburb about fallen Lakewood officers was officers he gunned down, but was and other customers at the coffee Wurts, president of the police
35 miles south of Seattle. found with Clemmons after he just targeting police in general. shop. He then fled, but not before union in Lakewood. "Our elected
He was killed by a lone police was recognized with the stolen "Whoever was in there was going he was shot in the torso by one of officials need to find out why
o f f i c e r i n a w o r k i n g - c l a s s vehicle about 2:45 a.m. and then to suffer the wrath of what the dying officers. these people are out."
neighborhood after he was found killed, Troyer said. He was happened," Troyer told reporters. Troyer confirmed that Huckabee said on Fox News'
with the help of information reaching for it when he was shot Clemmons indicated the night Clemmons did have an untreated "The O'Reilly Factor" Monday
about possible hiding spots, Tuesday. before the shooting "that he was gunshot wound when he was night that Clemmons was
Troyer said. "We know our suspect. He's not going to shoot police and watch killed Tuesday. allowed back on the street for a
"Shots were fired," Troyer told afraid to shoot cops," Troyer said the news," Troyer told the Police frantically chased leads second time in 2004 because
"Fox & Friends" Tuesday. "We're at the news conference. Tacoma News-Tribune. on Monday, searching multiple prosecutors failed to file
very happy that the Seattle police The officer saw Clemmons and Clemmons' death capped one of spots in the Seattle and Tacoma paperwork in time, but
officer is OK. ... This could have ordered him to show his hands the largest manhunts in the area and at one point cordoning acknowledged his role in
turned out a lot worse." and stop, according to Assistant region's history. off a park where people thought commuting Clemmons’ sentence,
Sgt. Mark Renninger, 39, and Police Chief Jim Pugel. Clemmons had stayed on the run they saw Clemmons. making him immediately eligible
Officers Ronald Owens, 37, Tina "He wouldn't stop," Pugel said. for nearly two days with help Authorities found a handgun for parole in 2000.
Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, " T h e o f f i c e r f i r e d s e v e r a l from a network of friends and carried by the killer, along with a “I’m responsible for that,”
42, were the victims of Sunday's r o u n d s . " family who gave him places to pickup truck belonging to the Huckabee said of the
shooting spree. Police had surrounded a house in stay, medical aid, rides and suspect with blood stains inside. commutation, which cut
Troyer told Fox police arrested Seattle late Sunday following a money, police said. Troyer said They posted a $125,000 reward Clemmons’ sentence to 47 years.
t h r e e p e o p l e o v e r n i g h t o n tip Clemmons had been dropped authorities believe they were for information leading to “And it’s not something I’m
suspicion of rendering criminal off there. After an all-night siege, planning to sneak him out of the Clemmons' arrest and alerted happy about at this particular
assistance. They were identified a special weapons and tactics state. hospitals to be on the lookout for moment.”
as Ricky Hinton, Eddie Lee police team entered the home On Monday, officers detained a a man seeking treatment for Huckabee reviewed roughly
Davis and Douglas Edward Monday morning and found it sister of Clemmons who they gunshot wounds. 1,200 such cases each year
Davis. empty. But police said think treated his gunshot wound. "We need to get him into custody during his tenure as governor, 92
The suspected getaway driver Clemmons had been there. Her name wasn't released. and we need to end this," Troyer
also was caught early Tuesday Police said they aren't sure what MAN page 78
"We believe she drove him up to said Monday night.
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Seattle police kill suspect in officer slayings (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) sheriff. "Some are friends, some The officer who shot Clemmons alerted hospitals to be on the he was motivated by visions that
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:49:36 AM
are acquaintances, some are was not injured, Pugel said. lookout for a man seeking he was Jesus Christ and that the
partners in crime, some are Police said they aren't sure what treatment for gunshot wounds. world was on the verge of the
SEATTLE – The man suspected relatives. Now they're all partners prompted Clemmons to shoot the Authorities in two states were apocalypse.
of gunning down four police in crime." four officers, who were in criticized amid revelations that A psychological evaluation
officers in a suburban coffee Three people were booked into uniform and working on Clemmons was allowed to walk conducted in October found he
shop was shot and killed by a t h e P i e r c e C o u n t y J a i l o n paperwork at the coffee shop just the streets despite a teenage was a risk to public safety, but
lone patrolman investigating a Monday and early Tuesday for two blocks outside their crime spree in Arkansas that not a bad enough risk to justify
stolen car early Tuesday. Four i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f r e n d e r i n g jurisdiction. landed him an 108-year prison committing him, The News
p e o p l e w e r e a r r e s t e d f o r criminal assistance on four "The only motive that we have is sentence. He was released early Tribune of Tacoma reported.
allegedly helping the suspect counts of first-degree murder. he decided he was going to go after then- Gov. Mike Huckabee The confidential report acquired
e l u d e a u t h o r i t i e s d u r i n g a They are Ricky Hinton, Eddie kill police officers," Troyer said. commuted his sentence. by the newspaper was ordered by
m a s s i v e t w o - d a y m a n h u n t . Lee Davis and Douglas Edward He said Clemmons talked the Huckabee cited Clemmons' a Pierce County Superior Court
Maurice Clemmons was carrying Davis. Troyer said a getaway night before the shooting about youth in granting the request. But judge to determine whether
a handgun he took from one of driver also was arrested. That killing a group of cops and Clemmons quickly reverted to his Clemmons was competent to
the dead officers when a Seattle p e r s o n ' s i d e n t i t y w a s n ' t watching the news. criminal past, violated his parole stand trial on the rape and assault
policeman recognized him near a i m m e d i a t e l y k n o w n . Police believe Clemmons chose and was returned to prison. He charges. He was found competent
stolen car in a working-class On Monday, officers detained a the coffee shop because it was was released again in 2004. and was released from jail after
south Seattle neighborhood about sister of Clemmons who they frequented by police officers "This guy should have never posting bail with the assistance of
2:45 a.m., Assistant Police Chief think treated the suspect's from various agencies. been on the street," said Brian D. Jail Sucks Bail Bonds.
Jim Pugel said. gunshot wound. "We do not believe that the Wurts, president of the police At the time of his arrest, he
The vehicle was running but "We believe she drove him up to Lakewood officers were actually union in Lakewood. "Our elected allegedly made "religiously-
unoccupied when the officer Seattle and bandaged him up," targeted other than that they were officials need to find out why themed comments, told the
pulled up, radioed in the license Troyer said. police officers in that location at these people are out." officer President Obama and
plate number and realized the car Authorities say Clemmons, 37, the time where he knew he could Huckabee said on Fox News Lebron James are his brothers,
was stolen, Pugel said. singled out the Lakewood find police officers." Channel's " The O'Reilly Factor" Oprah (Winfrey) is his sister and
The officer saw something officers and spared employees Police surrounded a house in a Monday night that Clemmons referred to himself as 'the beast,'"
moving, got out of his car, saw and other customers at the coffee Seattle neighborhood late Sunday was allowed back on the street according to the evaluation.
Clemmons and ordered him to s h o p S u n d a y m o r n i n g i n following a tip Clemmons had because prosecutors failed to file ___
show his hands and stop. Parkland, a Tacoma suburb about been dropped off there. After an paperwork in time. Contributing to this report were
"He wouldn't stop," Pugel said. 35 miles south of Seattle. He then all-night siege, a SWAT team Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry Associated Press writers Manuel
" T h e o f f i c e r f i r e d s e v e r a l fled, but not before one of the entered the home and found it Jegley, whose office opposed Valdes in Seattle, Rachel La
rounds." dying officers apparently shot empty. But police said Clemmons' parole in 2000 and Corte in Tacoma, George Tibbits
Clemmons also had sustained a him in the torso. Clemmons had been there. 2004, said Huckabee's comments in Seattle, Andrew DeMillo and
serious gunshot wound from one "I'm surprised that he managed to Police frantically chased leads were "red herrings." Jill Zeman Bleed in Little Rock,
of the four officers killed in the get away," Troyer said. "The on Monday, searching multiple "My word to Mr. Huckabee is Ark., and photographers Elaine
coffee-shop shooting. officer did a good job in spots in the Seattle and Tacoma man up and own what you did," Thompson in Seattle and Ted S.
Police planned to arrest more L a k e w o o d . " area and at one point cordoning Jegley said. Warren in Parkland, Wash.
people who helped Clemmons. Killed were Sgt. Mark off a park where people thought Clemmons was charged in This content has passed through
"We expect to have maybe six or Renninger, 39, and Officers they saw Clemmons. They found Washington state earlier this year fivefilters.org.
seven people in custody by the R o n a l d O w e n s , 3 7 , T i n a a handgun along with a pickup with assaulting a police officer
day's end," said Ed Troyer, a Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, truck belonging to the suspect and raping a child, and
spokesman for the Pierce County 42. with blood stains inside, and investigators in the sex case said
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Most states have not adopted sex offender rules (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:05:47 PM
ATLANTA – More than three
years after Congress ordered
stepped-up monitoring of sex
offenders, only one state has
adopted the government's strict
new requirements, and some
others are weighing whether to
ignore the law and just pay a
penalty.
So far, Ohio is the lone state to
meet the new federal standards.
Elsewhere, efforts have been
hampered by high costs and legal
challenges from the nation's
686,000 registered sex offenders.
Advocates worry that the delays
are putting public safety at risk.
"This means more of the same —
that we're losing sex offenders
when they cross state lines and
disappear," said Erin Runnion,
who lobbied for the law after her
5-year-old daughter, Samantha,
was kidnapped and killed in
2002.
"It's incredibly frustrating. How
many children do we have to lose
to repeat sex offenders before we
start taking these guys
seriously?"
The initial deadline for states to
comply was in July. Then the
deadline was extended to July
2010, although several states
have signaled they may still be
unable to meet it. States that do
not adopt the mandates risk
losing millions of dollars in
federal grants.
The law was designed to keep
closer tabs on sex offenders,
including an estimated 100,000
who are not living where they are
supposed to be. It would create a
national sex offender registry and
toughen penalties for those who
fail to register.
The president of the National
Center for Missing and Exploited
Children said states need more
money to adopt the law, and he
called on Congress to help.
"We understand that there are
challenges in becoming
compliant, but the greatest
challenge is that states are
overwhelmed. And they're going
to need resources to address
this," Ernie Allen said.
Last year, a federal judge in
Nevada declared the law
unconstitutional because it would
subject offenders to additional
penalties after they have served
their time. The Ohio Supreme
Court heard similar arguments
this month from more than
26,000 sex offenders who were
convicted before the law was
signed.
Critics have also complained
that juvenile offenders would
appear on registries in some
states. And because the law
requires offenders to register in
person, it could unfairly burden
people in rural areas who would
have far to travel.
In addition to the legal
challenges, states are also
struggling with the cost, which
could climb into the millions of
dollars.
"We have states being very laid
back, and states where legislators
are pulling out their hair trying to
comply," said Alisa Klein of the
Association for the Treatment of
Sexual Abusers. "And there's lots
of states waiting for another state
to bust a move and say, 'We're
not going to comply.'"
In California, the state's Sex
Offender Management Board
estimated last year that adopting
the requirements would cost at
least $38 million.
Congress tried to encourage
states to adopt the measure by
threatening to take 10 percent of
their federal crime-prevention
grants if they do not comply. The
grants have swelled with stimulus
funding but typically range from
several hundred thousand dollars
to more than $1 million each
year, depending on the size of the
state.
California stands to lose a few
millions dollars a year if it does
not comply, state officials said.
"Obviously this funding loss
pales in comparison with the cost
of complying with the act," said
Dana Simas, spokeswoman for
the California Department of
Justice.
So lawmakers are locked in a
dilemma: They must spend
millions of dollars to adopt the
system or back off a program that
is designed to protect the public
from some of society's most
dangerous criminals.
"There's a number of issues we're
trying to work out," said
Vermont state Sen. Richard
Sears, who leads his state's
Senate Judiciary Committee.
"We're not necessarily against the
law, but we'd like some money to
go along with it to help us
implement it."
Congressional leaders may
support changes to the law. U.S.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont
Democrat who chairs the Senate
Judiciary Committee in
Washington, says he has been
working on ways to help states
comply.
"This legislation makes vital
progress toward keeping our
children safe, but it only works if
states can and do comply with it,"
Leahy said in a statement.
"Rather than punish states that
are actively trying to comply
with this important federal law,
we must work together to address
obstacles facing state law
enforcement agencies."
Advocacy groups say roughly
two dozen states have submitted
reports on their compliance for
the Justice Department to review,
although the government would
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Scott Matson, a senior policy
adviser with the Justice
Department office that monitors
sex offenders, said he has seen a
recent uptick in applications,
although he did not say whether
more states are getting close to
compliance.
The Justice Department declared
in September that Ohio had
"substantially implemented" the
law's requirements, leading to a
fresh round of complaints. The
state's public defender office said
court appeals alone could cost
$10 million.
Gary Reece is a 50-year-old
convicted sex offender who is
challenging Ohio's efforts to
comply with the federal law.
Reece said he was previously
allowed to register once a year
and that his name would have
been removed after 10 years
without a serious conviction. The
state's new measure, he said,
would put his name on the
registry for life and require him
to register in person four times a
year.
"It's a tremendous burden, no
doubt about it," Reece said.
"Every 90 days you have to take
off work and go register — and if
you miss once, you're going back
to jail."
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Salahi denies being White House party crasher (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) circumstances ... portraying my turned down because, she "I think the president really had light on this," Tareq Salahi said.
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:34:08 PM
wife and I as party crashers. I can assumed, of heavy security the same reaction the Secret He indicated the couple had e-
tell you we did not party-crash required for Obama's appearance. Service had, and that was great mails that would reinforce their
WASHINGTON – The couple the White House." The foundation raises money for concern for how something like position that they did not go
who got into the White House Michaele Salahi had hoped to scholarship and intern programs. this happened." uninvited to the dinner.
state dinner for the visiting land a part on an upcoming Salahi told the "Today" show Michaele Salahi described the The couple also said they had
Indian prime minister without Bravo reality show, "The Real they were invited to that party as couple as "shocked and not discussed accepting money
invitations denied Tuesday that Housewives of D.C." NBC's well. devastated" when they saw from any party or organization,
they were gatecrashers and said parent company, NBC Universal, "This is the first time I've ever accounts of the incident the including NBC, for telling their
the uproar over the incident had also owns the cable network heard, you know, another false following morning. story.
"destroyed" their lives. Bravo. accusation against my wife and I Asked if they had been On Monday there were more
Appearing on a nationally Earlier this year, the Salahis saying that we weren't invited mischaracterized, Tareq Salahi twists in the unfolding mystery.
broadcast morning news show attended a Congressional Black there," Salahi said, adding that said, "No question ... It's been It was revealed that they
with his wife, Tareq Salahi said Caucus party — and there are they were the guests of the devastating what's happened to communicated with a senior
the furor surrounding his and his now questions about whether Gardner Law Group. The Salahis' Michaele and I ... Our lives have Pentagon official about going to
wife Michaele's attendance at the they had invitations to that affair. lawyer, Paul Gardner, is the really been destroyed." the event, but the official denied
dinner a week ago has been a Muriel Cooper, a spokeswoman managing partner of the "Everything we've worked for," that she helped the couple get in.
"most devastating" experience. for the Congressional Black Baltimore law firm, which Michaele Salahi told interviewer Michele Jones, a special
White House spokesman Robert Caucus Foundation, confirmed handles corporate and Matt Lauer. assistant to Defense Secretary
Gibbs described President Barack that the Salahis were escorted out entertainment law. Gardner has "We were invited, not crashers, Robert Gates, said in a written
Obama and first lady Michelle of a foundation dinner on Sept. not returned phone calls or e- and there isn't anyone who would statement issued through the
O b a m a a s a n g e r e d b y t h e 26. She said the couple was mails. have the audacity or the poor White House that she never said
incident. sitting at a $20,000-per-table Last week's White House gate behavior to do that," she said. or implied she would get the
Salahi told NBC's "Today" show section at the event where Obama caper captivated a capital "No one would do that, and Salahis into the event.
there's more to their side of the was the keynote speaker. When frequently as well known for its certainly not us." A congressional hearing is
story — an explanation that other guests complained that high-end social life and celebrity Bravo producers filmed the planned for Thursday.
would exonerate them from someone was in their seats, the eruptions as the occasionally couple preparing for the event ___
allegations of misconduct. Gibbs Salahis were asked to show their mundane day-to-day business of but did not photograph the White Associated Press writers Julie
insisted the Salahis had not been tickets. They were asked to leave governance. House grounds. Pace, Ben Evans and Lolita C.
invited. when they couldn't produce them. Interviewed on MSNBC, Gibbs Tareq Salahi said that the couple Baldor contributed to this report.
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up at the White House as a Cooper added that a camera Service is investigating what them."
misunderstanding." crew from Bravo requested went wrong and said the White "We're going to definitely work
Said Salahi: "We're greatly permission to shoot video at the House was also re-examining its with the Secret Service between
s a d d e n e d b y a l l t h e event a day or two before but was procedures. He told the network, Michaele and I to really shed
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Before Crash
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Tiger Woods' SUV crash into a
fire hydrant and tree outside his
posh Florida home landed him a
ticket for careless driving, but no
criminal charges will be filed, the
Florida Highway Patrol said
Tuesday.
Patrol officers said Woods was
at fault in the Nov. 27 accident
and it would issue him a citation
— but nothing more.
Officers said there was
"insufficient evidence" to
subpoena Woods' medical
records and there was nothing to
indicate that domestic violence
was involved in the crash.
"Despite the celebrity status of
Mr. Woods, the Florida Highway
Patrol has completed its
investigation," said Sgt Kim
Montes.
The accident has tarnished
Woods' previously spotless
reputation, as it came two days
after a bombshell report surfaced
that he was having an affair with
a New York night club hostess.
SLIDESHOW: Is Rachel Uchitel
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AUDIO: Woods 911 Tape
Released.
Meanwhile, an attorney for
Woods' neighbor who dialed 911
said the golf star did not appear
to be driving under the influence
and showed no signs of having
been in a fight in the minutes
after his car crash outside his
mansion near Orlando.
Woods' injuries were "consistent
with a car wreck and inconsistent
with him being beat up," attorney
Bill Sharpe said. "The scratches
on his face were consistent with
someone who maybe was in a
minor car accident and hit his
head on the windshield. ... None
of his injuries looked like he was
beat up by his wife."
In its initial accident report, the
Florida Highway Patrol said
alcohol was not involved.
Sharpe said neighbor Linda
Adams and her two adult sons
went outside their home in the
exclusive gated community of
Isleworth after hearing the crash
and Woods' wife, Elin
Nordegren, asked them to call the
911 emergency number.
He said the neighbors found
Nordegren kneeling beside her
husband, upset about his injuries.
Sharpe said Woods appeared
woozy and had scratches on his
face and that his wife was trying
to console him. The Adamses
wrapped Woods in a blanket and
made sure he didn't move.
According to the Florida
Highway Patrol accident report,
Woods crashed his SUV into a
fire hydrant and a tree at 2:25
a.m. Friday. The airbags did not
deploy in the crash, and Woods'
wife told Windermere police she
used a golf club to smash the
back windows to help him out.
Tabloid speculation has focused
on whether Woods and his wife
were fighting before the accident.
The crash came two days after
The National Enquirer published
a story alleging that Woods had
been seeing a New York
nightclub hostess, and that they
recently were together in
Melbourne, where Woods
competed in the Australian
Masters.
The woman, Rachel Uchitel,
denied having an affair with
Woods when contacted by The
Associated Press.
Sharpe said the Adams family
did not see the crash and did not
see Woods' wife with a golf club.
"One thing we want to make
clear is that Mrs. Woods' attitude
was consistent with her being
concerned about her injured
husband," Sharpe said. "Mrs.
Woods was trying to help him.
Mrs. Woods was worried about
her husband. She was
concerned."
Sharpe says the Adams family
hired him to get out the message
that they've told investigators
everything they know about the
crash and aren't hiding anything.
Woods withdrew Monday from
his own golf tournament, citing
injuries from the crash.
By skipping the tournament,
Woods will escape the TV
cameras and a horde of media
seeking more details. The
tournament was to be the last of
the year for Woods anyway, and
he did not say when or where he
would make his return next year.
When healthy, he has made his
season debut at Torrey Pines
every year since 2006. The San
Diego Invitational this year is
scheduled the week of Jan. 25.
That could mean Woods avoids
the media for 10 weeks.
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Assistant Police Chief Pugel said
the officer opened fire as the
suspect tried to flee
A policeman investigating a
stolen car on a Seattle street shot
dead the man accused of gunning
down four police officers at the
weekend, US police say.
Maurice Clemmons, aged 37,
was killed in Seattle early on
Tuesday, said Assistant Police
Chief Jim Pugel.
He said the officer recognised
Clemmons and told him to stop,
before opening fire after the
suspect tried to flee.
Four people have been arrested
for allegedly helping the suspect
elude authorities during the two-
day manhunt.
The victims - Sgt Mark
Renninger and officers Ronald
Owens, Tina Griswold and Greg
Richards - were singled out as
they did paperwork at a cafe in a
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Police: Woods at fault in crash, will get citation

(AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) injuries from the crash. of his injuries looked like he was her husband. She was
Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:33:27 PM
The crash came two days after beat up by his wife." concerned."
The National Enquirer published In its initial accident report, the Sharpe said the Adams family
ORLANDO, Fla. – Tiger Woods a story alleging that Woods had Florida Highway Patrol said did not see the crash and did not
will get a careless driving citation b e e n s e e i n g a N e w Y o r k alcohol was not involved. see Woods' wife with a golf club.
for a car crash outside his nightclub hostess, and that they Sharpe said neighbor Linda He said he was hired to get the
Orlando-area mansion last week, r e c e n t l y w e r e t o g e t h e r i n Adams and her two adult sons message out that the Adams
but will not face criminal M e l b o u r n e , w h e r e W o o d s went outside their home in the family members have told
charges, the Florida Highway competed in the Australian exclusive gated community of investigators everything they
Patrol said Tuesday. Masters. The woman, Rachel Isleworth after hearing the crash know about the crash and aren't
Woods faces a $164 fine and Uchitel, denied having an affair and Woods' wife, Elin hiding anything.
four points against his driver's with Woods when contacted by Nordegren, asked them to call the By skipping his tournament,
license. The citation will close The Associated Press. 911 emergency number. Woods will escape the TV
the investigation. An attorney for the neighbors He said the neighbors found cameras and a horde of media
"Despite the celebrity status of who dialed 911 after the crash Nordegren kneeling beside her seeking more details. The
Mr. Woods, the Florida Highway said Woods did not appear to be husband, upset about his injuries. tournament was to be the last of
P a t r o l h a s c o m p l e t e d i t s driving under the influence and Sharpe said Woods appeared the year for Woods anyway, and
i n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t h e s a m e showed no signs of having been woozy and had scratches on his he did not say when or where he
professional manner it strives to in a fight. The Florida Highway face and that his wife was trying would make his return next year.
c o m p l e t e e a c h t r a f f i c Patrol said there were no claims to console him. The Adamses When healthy, he has made his
investigation," Sgt. Kim Montes of domestic violence and no wrapped Woods in a blanket and season debut at Torrey Pines
said. reason to issue a subpoena for made sure he didn't move. every year since 2006. The San
According to a patrol accident medical evidence. Tabloid speculation has focused Diego Invitational this year is
report, Woods crashed his SUV Woods' injuries were "consistent on whether Woods and his wife scheduled the week of Jan. 25.
into a fire hydrant and a tree at with a car wreck and inconsistent were fighting before the accident. That could mean Woods avoids
2:25 a.m. Friday. The airbags did with him being beat up," said Bill "One thing we want to make the media for 10 weeks.
not deploy and Woods' wife told Sharpe, the attorney for the clear is that Mrs. Woods' attitude This content has passed through
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windows to help him out. someone who maybe was in a husband," Sharpe said. "Mrs.
Woods withdrew Monday from minor car accident and hit his Woods was trying to help him.
his own golf tournament, citing head on the windshield. ... None Mrs. Woods was worried about
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Relative: Suspect in Thanksgiving continued from page 72

percent of which were denied, he we had nothing to do with.”

Killings Planned Murders said.
“My heart is broken for four
families tonight,” Huckabee said.
Clemmons was charged in
Washington state earlier this year
with assaulting a police officer
(FOXNews.com) in Jupiter, Fla. — were released The town is known as a home to
Tuesday. celebrities including Michael Pulaski County Prosecutor Larry and raping a child, and
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:01:55 AM
As screams echo in the Jordan and Burt Reynolds. Jegley, whose office opposed investigators in the sex case said
The man suspected of killing background, a male caller in the Pascarella said police first Clemmons' parole in 2000 and he was motivated by visions that
four family members after midst of the mayhem tells the received a 911 call from a 2004, said Huckabee's criticisms he was Jesus Christ and that the
Thanksgiving dinner, including dispatcher that multiple people neighbor, then another from of the district attorney's handling world was on the verge of the
his pregnant sister and 6-year-old have been shot. someone inside the home. The of the case were "red herrings." apocalypse.
cousin, told relatives he'd been Authorities have focused part of home, in a well-kept new "My word to Mr. Huckabee is But he was released from jail
waiting 20 years to murder them, their investigation on Michigan subdivision with brick-paved man up and own what you did," after posting bail with the
according to the little girl's because Merhige had sought a driveways, is owned by local TV Jegley said. assistance of Jail Sucks Bail
father. physician in the Detroit area in videojournalist Jim Sitton and his Troyer said authorities were Bonds.
Jim Sitton said Tuesday that the past year, Jupiter Police Sgt. wife. The home was surrounded "disappointed" by the former Documents related to those
Paul Michael Merhige had Scott Pascarella said last week. Friday by yellow crime scene governor's remarks. charges indicate a volatile
planned to kill his family when He was unsure why he needed tape and police crime unit vans. "We're mainly disappointed out personality. In one instance, he is
he showed up for dinner to his the doctor. Sitton's daughter Makayla had here in that Huckabee made some accused of gathering his wife and
South Florida home, ate and then Merhige is believed to be driving gone to bed before the rampage, comments about our criminal young relatives and forcing them
shot the child, his pregnant sister, a royal blue 2007 Toyota Camry according to police. justice system and stated we to undress.
her twin sister and his 79-year- with a rear spoiler and Florida "God packed a lot of sweetness dropped the ball, and we had "The whole time Clemmons kept
old aunt. license plate. into that little body," Sitton said some problems out here,” Troyer saying things like trust him, the
Sitton said there were no There had been "ongoing last week. "She's just our life. I said Tuesday. “And that was world is going to end soon, and
arguments before the spree and resentment" in the family, but don't know how we are ever made at three or four o'clock in that he was Jesus," a Pierce
Merhige, 35, wasn't acting investigators weren't sure what going to recover." the morning before he had any County sheriff's report said.
strangely during dinner, dessert specifically prompted Thursday's The other victims were option at looking at court records The Associated Press
and singing. shooting. Merhige's twin sisters, Carla or knowing what happened out contributed to this report.
SLIDESHOW: Thanksgiving Prosecutors issued an arrest Merhige and Lisa Knight, and an here.” This content has passed through
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During the shooting, Sitton says degree murder and two counts of Merhige's brother-in-law Patrick concerned about is him taking us
Merhige pointed the gun at attempted first-degree murder for Knight was in critical but stable to task and possibly blaming us
Merhige's uncle and said he'd Merhige on Saturday night and a condition at a local hospital. for something that he now knows
been waiting to kill him, but the $10,000 reward was offered for Another man, Clifford Gebara,
gun misfired. information leading to his arrest. 52, was grazed by a bullet.
A manhunt is under way for Police said Merhige left briefly The Associated Press
Merhige. before returning to the home contributed to this report.
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suburb of Tacoma, near Seattle,
on Sunday morning.
'Increasingly erratic'
Assistant Police Chief Pugel told
a news conference that
Clemmons was found by a
patrolman who stopped at about
0245 local time on Tuesday to
investigate a car reported stolen
hours earlier.
He said that while the officer
was making inquiries about the
vehicle, which was unoccupied
with the engine running, he
noticed a movement behind him.
He turned to find a man he
believed to be Clemmons. The
officer ordered the man to stop
and show his hands, but the
suspect tried to run away, said
Assistant Police Chief Pugel.
"He wouldn't stop. The officer
fired several rounds," he said,
adding that the police officer had
not been wounded.
Mr Pugel also said that
Clemmons was found to be
carrying a handgun taken from
one of the dead officers.
He also had a recent gunshot
wound in the abdomen, believed
to have been inflicted by one of
the dying officers who shot at
Clemmons as he fled.
Ed Troyer, a spokesman for the
Pierce County sheriff, said in
addition to the four people
arrested on suspicion of helping
Clemmons since Sunday, up to
seven more could soon be in
custody.
"Some are friends, some are
acquaintances, some are partners
in crime, some are relatives. Now
they're all partners in crime," he
said, according to the AP news
agency.
He also said that police planned
to arrest more people who had
allegedly helped Clemmons.
Officials are trying to establish
what prompted Clemmons to
shoot the police officers on
Sunday.
Clemmons' behaviour had been
described as increasingly erratic
in the past few months, AP said.
Mr Troyer told the Tacoma
News-Tribune newspaper that the
suspect had indicated on
Saturday night "that he was going
to shoot police and watch the
news".
Parole row
A reward of $125,000 (£76,000)
had been offered for information
leading to his arrest.
Police in the US state of
Washington had been storming
potential hiding places of
Clemmons and patrolling streets
with dogs.
They surrounded a house in a
Seattle late on Sunday following
a tip that Clemmons was inside.
After an all-night siege, a Swat
team entered the home and found
it empty. But police said
Clemmons had been there.
The case sparked anger across
the US after it emerged that
Clemmons had been released
from prison despite a history of
violent crime.
His 95-year sentence in
Arkansas was commuted in 2000
by then governor Mike
Huckabee.
Clemmons quickly reverted to
crime. He was back in prison in
2004, but released again later that
year.
On Monday, Mr Huckabee said
he took responsibility for making
Clemmons eligible for parole,
describing the case as a failure of
the justice system.
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Christian Convert,
Muslim Parents Must
Talk Religion
(FOXNews.com) father would harm or kill her for
Submitted at 12/1/2009 9:30:02 AM
converting from Islam. Her father
has denied the claim. A Florida
The runaway teen Muslim Department of Law Enforcement
convert to Christianity who made investigation found no credible
national headlines when she ran threats to the girl.
away should talk to her parents The plan leaves open the
about religion when they are possibility that the girl may never
reunited, according to a proposal return home.
filed in Ohio. Bary was sent back to Ohio last
A government caseworker month, where she is in the care of
outlined a plan calling for Rifqa the county children's services
Bary, 17, and her parents to listen agency. Her phone and Internet
to each other's views on religion. usage is being closely monitored
Bary needs to hear out her to comply with a judge's ruling.
parents' explanation of their Bary, of suburban New Albany,
beliefs when she goes home, disappeared July 19. Police used
according to the proposal filed in phone and computer records to
Franklin County Juvenile Court. track her to the Rev. Blake
In turn, her parents must listen to Lorenz, pastor of Orlando, Fla.-
Bary explain her newfound based Global Revolution Church.
Christianity. Authorities said the teen had met
The goal is for both sides to him through a prayer group on
b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d w h y t h e Facebook.
teenager ran away to Florida over The Associated Press
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'Spam gang' boss faces $15m fine Tiger Woods 'at fault'
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and "potentially unsafe"
according to authorities.
'Worst gang'
pharmaceuticals.
"They would have got same
judgement if they had been
for crash
Submitted at 12/1/2009 6:36:26 AM
The FTC also said that Mr selling on the streets of New (BBC News | Americas | $164 (£99) fine and four points
World Edition) on his driving record.
The mastermind of a "vast Atkinson and Mr Smith failed to York," he told BBC News.
international spam network" has protect the security of customer Many countries still have Submitted at 12/1/2009 12:30:57 PM
She said: "Mr Woods has
been ordered to pay a fine of payments by claiming that they inadequate laws to deal with satisfied the requirements of
$15m (£10m) by US courts. were using SSL (Secure Socket spammers and the misuse of Golfer Tiger Woods was to Florida law by providing his
New Zealander Lance Atkinson Layer) encryption technology to computers, he said. blame for the car crash he was driver's licence, registration and
and his US accomplice Jody process payments even though Australia and New Zealand had involved in outside his Florida proof of insurance to us."
Smith sent billions of illegal e- they were not. recently tightened up their rules, home on Friday but will not face Her colleague Sgt Kim Montes
mails marketing prescription Following the ruling, all the he added. criminal charges, police say. said there was not sufficient
drugs and and weight-loss pills. assets of Jody Smith have been This had led to a separate ruling Maj Cindy Williams from evidence for police to issue a
US authorities claimed the gang frozen and he faces a jail against Mr Atkinson's brother, Florida Highway Patrol said subpoena or seek any additional
- k n o w n a s H e r b a l K i n g - sentence up to five years after Shane, who was earlier fined by a Woods was guilty of careless medical information from the
"deceptively marketed" the drugs pleading guilty to "conspiracy to New Zealand court for sending driving. golfer.
on the internet. traffic counterfeit goods". He will spam. He has been ordered to pay The golfer was found semi- She added that there were no
Three companies affiliated with be sentenced in the US in $112,000 (£67,500). conscious with facial injuries claims of domestic violence by
Mr Smith are liable for a further December. The HerbalKing gang were after his car reportedly hit a fire any individual.
$4m, following the case. Mr Atkinson will only have to named the "number one worst hydrant and tree. On Monday, Tiger Woods
The fines follow a lengthy pay his part of the $15.15m fine spam gang on the internet" for The incident occurred in the withdrew from his own golf
investigation by the Federal if he enters the US. He is yet to 2007 and 2008 by Spamhaus. exclusive suburb of Isleworth at tournament blaming injuries
Trade Commission (FTC) into pay a fine of $2.2 million he was They are thought to have been 0225 (0725 GMT) on Friday. from the crash.
the gang, which used a global g i v e n i n 2 0 0 5 f o r s i m i l a r active since at least 2005 and at At a news conference in Print Sponsor
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The e-mails marketed various latest ruling would "get the Spamhaus estimates that up to If he is convicted, Woods faces a
pills which the gang claimed message across that spam won't 94% of all e-mail is spam.
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Zelaya: Honduras still in crisis Ohio Man Accused of

(BBC News | Americas |
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Submitted at 12/1/2009 4:01:12 AM
But other nations, including
regional power Brazil, as well as
Argentina and Venezuela, have
legitimise or whitewash a coup,"
he said.
Mr Lobo, who lost to Mr Zelaya
Living With Bodies
refused to recognise the vote,
Deposed Honduran president arguing it was held under an
Manuel Zelaya says the election illegitimate government.
in the 2005 election, said he
would form a unity government
and seek dialogue.
Indicted for Murder
(FOXNews.com) attempted murder in that attack
of Porfirio Lobo as the next 'Honduran reality' He also urged the international and has pleaded not guilty.
Submitted at 11/30/2009 11:33:23 PM
president has served only to Mr Zelaya, speaking to BBC community to "understand the Sowell, who served 15 years in
intensify the political crisis. Mundo from inside the Brazilian Honduran reality and stop CLEVELAND A registered sex prison for a 1989 attempted rape,
Official turnout figures of some embassy where he took refuge in punishing the country". offender who police say was was arrested while walking in the
60% were fraudulent, he told the September, said the election of Mr Zelaya was forced into exile living with 10 dead bodies and a neighborhood on Oct. 31, two
BBC. Mr Lobo had done nothing to on 28 June after trying to hold a skull has been indicted on 11 days after police began searching
Mr Zelaya, ousted in June, said change the situation. vote on whether a constituent counts of aggravated murder, a his home.
he would refuse reinstatement "Will the elections change the assembly should be set up to look prosecutor said Tuesday. Of the 11 alleged victims, all
even if Congress voted this week m i l i t a r y l e a d e r s h i p t h a t at rewriting the constitution. Anthony Sowell, 50, previously b l a c k w o m e n a n d m o s t
to restore him to serve out his conducted the coup that ousted His critics said the vote, which had been charged with five apparently strangled, 10 have
term until January. me? It remains the same. Will the was ruled illegal by the Supreme murders. Now, he is indicted on a been identified. Their remains
Regional reaction has been split, elections change the composition Court, aimed to remove the total of 11 murder counts and were found in his home and
with several nations opposing the of the Supreme Court that issued current one-term limit on serving dozens of others, including buried in the yard.
election, while the US gave a an arrest warrant [against me] as president and pave the way for kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, Authorities said the victims were
cautious welcome. without due cause? It remains the his possible re-election. attempted murder, assault and homeless or living alone and had
"It's a significant step for same," Mr Zelaya said. Mr Zelaya has repeatedly denied rape charges. drug or alcohol addictions.
Honduras to go back to order but The Honduran Congress is due this and pointed out that it would Prosecutor Bill Mason expects to Sowell lured women to his home
it's just that. It's only a step and t o v o t e o n W e d n e s d a y o n have been impossible to change seek the death penalty. with the promise of alcohol or
it's not the last step... It's not whether Mr Zelaya should be the constitution before his term in Sowell's home was searched drugs, authorities said.
sufficient," said US assistant restored to office to serve out his office was up. after a woman said Sowell had More from Fox8.com.
secretary of state for Western term until the next president Print Sponsor attacked her there on Sept. 22. He This content has passed through
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Peru, Panama, Colombia and would have no legal basis.
Costa Rica voiced support for the "I will not accept restitution to
elections. legitimise a fraud, nor to
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Ohio man accused of living with Business.view: Misery

bodies indicted (AP) in the boardroom
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) tormented them, threatened them strangled with items like cords or (The Economist: Daily managers fight off hostile
Submitted at 12/1/2009 11:52:21 AM
and assaulted them. He murdered rope, by hands or by an unknown columns) takeover bids by, for instance,
11 of them," he said. method. Submitted at 12/1/2009 5:28:00 AM
issuing preferred stock to
CLEVELAND – A registered Authorities have said the victims He would not discuss what friendly investors. One of the
sex offender attacked 14 women were homeless or living alone evidence might connect Sowell to Business.view many laments in this year’s 32-
and killed 11 of them, leaving a n d h a d d r u g o r a l c o h o l the 11 homicides beyond the Dec 1st 2009 page list of “thoughts” is that the
their remains in and around his a d d i c t i o n s . discovery of the bodies. From Economist.com What poison pill has lost much of its
home, a prosecutor said Tuesday Mason said the charges include Sowell previously had been directors of American firms toxicity. “Many companies may
in announcing a grand jury allegations that Sowell attacked charged with five of the murders. should—and should not—worry find they are vulnerable as a
indictment against the suspected three women who survived: a 40- His home was searched after the about result of the sustained attack by
serial killer. year-old woman who says she 36-year-old woman said he had “NEVER before in the history of shareholder activists and proxy-
Anthony Sowell, 50, is indicted was assaulted on Dec. 8, 2008; a attacked her there. He has already American business has the role of voting advisers on takeover
on murder charges in the deaths 36-year-old who says she was pleaded not guilty to charges the corporate director been more protections in recent years,” the
of 11 women, plus dozens of attacked Sept. 22 and whose with rape, kidnapping, felonious important or more challenging.” authors complain.
o t h e r c o u n t s , i n c l u d i n g complaint prompted the search of assault and attempted murder in This bold claim kicks off this Still, Mr Lipton may have a
kidnapping, abuse of a corpse, Sowell's home; and a 51-year-old that case. year’s annual collection of point. Just because some
attempted murder, assault and w o m a n w h o s a i d s h e w a s Sowell, who served 15 years in “thoughts for boards of directors” reformers want to orient firms
rape. assaulted Oct. 20. prison for a 1989 attempted rape, penned by Martin Lipton, a toward the long term does not
"The Cuyahoga County grand Mason called the alleged attacks was arrested while walking in the legendary Wall Street lawyer, mean that their proposals will
jury has returned an indictment " e e r i l y s i m i l a r " a n d s a i d neighborhood on Oct. 31, two and two colleagues at his firm, actually have that effect. As the
a g a i n s t t h i s m o n s t e r f o r investigators were still trying to days after police began searching Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. report points out, the
brutalizing three women, two of determine whether Sowell is his home. They fear, above all, that the shareholders most likely to take
whom were raped, and murdering connected to unsolved slayings in Of the 11 alleged victims, all economic crisis has inspired a advantage of increased powers
11 more," said County Prosecutor nearby East Cleveland and black women, 10 have been series of corporate-governance are activist hedge funds and
B i l l M a s o n , s p e a k i n g a t elsewhere, including some cities identified. The remains of 10 reforms that, contrary to their politically motivated union
courthouse news conference. He where he was stationed when he women and a skull were found in aims, will “impede the ability of pension funds, which may
expects to seek the death penalty. served in the U.S. Marine Corps his home and buried in the yard. boards to resist pressures for actually increase pressure on
Mason said Sowell had lured from 1978 to 1985. This content has passed through short-term gain and tie their boards to do things that are short-
vulnerable women to his home Mason said the 11 homicide fivefilters.org. hands at a time when the need for termist or otherwise bad for
and that, "once inside, he v i c t i m s , i n g e n e r a l , w e r e effective board leadership is business. They do not, however,
particularly acute.” go onto to make the crucial point
It is tempting to dismiss any that reformers need to focus their
criticisms of corporate- efforts on getting the big
governance reform that come institutional shareholders (such
from Mr Lipton. He is, after all, as mutual and pension funds) that
an inveterate defender of own the majority of shares in
incumbent managers against all public companies to take a more
attempts to make them more active interest in the quality of
accountable to shareholders. boards. Instead, they prefer less
Heavens, the man even invented
the “poison pill” to help BUSINESS.VIEW: page 84
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Kosovo and Serbia: A legal separation? Battling deflation

(The Economist: News Serbia but it had many of the unclear. Most Western countries Serbia is celebrating a decision
in Japan: Feeling
analysis) attributes of a republic, including
an assembly, a government and a
recognise Kosovo but not
Abkhazia or South Ossetia which
confirmed on Monday to abolish
visas for the EU’s Schengen
deflated
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seat on Yugoslavia’s rotating have broken away from Georgia. countries for Serbs, Macedonians (The Economist: News
Kosovo and Serbia presidency. However Russia and Venezuela, and Montenegrins. A cartoon in analysis)
Dec 1st 2009 | BELGRADE After the Kosovo war, which who will both argue for Serbia at one paper shows Serbia’s Submitted at 12/1/2009 2:08:22 AM
From Economist.com Kosovo’s culminated in NATO’s 11-week the ICJ, have recognised the two president, Boris Tadic, cheerfully
independence from Serbia is bombing of Serbia in 1999, the breakaway regions. If the judges carting off a man-sized carrot, a Battling deflation in Japan
scrutinised in the international Serbian administration in Kosovo could steel themselves to offer gift from the EU, on his Dec 1st 2009 | TOKYO
court was replaced by a UN body, clarity on the issue that would be shoulders. From Economist.com Japan’s
SAY “Battle of Kosovo” and which in turn gradually gave way widely welcomed. Kosovars have nothing to central bank takes an overdue
those who live in the Balkans t o K o s o v o ’ s o w n e l e c t e d In fact their opinion on celebrate. Their news is full of swipe at an old foe
will instantly recall Serbia’s institutions. Serbia argues that Kosovo’s status is likely to be the story of the arrest by the EU’s THE Bank of Japan (BoJ) must
defeat at the hands of the Kosovo’s assembly did not have ambiguous. But, if it is a draw, police mission in the country of a feel as if it has a bad case of déjà
Ottoman Turks in 1389. So it is the right to declare independence argues Remzi Lani, a man who claims to have taken vu. Three years after the central
clearly no accident that Serbia’s and that the UN’s representative commentator from Albania, then part in some 17 murders, bank thought it had ended
leaders have taken to talking in Kosovo was legally bound to that will constitute “a defeat for attempted murders or beatings on deflation, it has returned. And to
about a new “diplomatic” battle nullify the declaration. The Serbia”, because slowly but behalf of a murky intelligence fight it, the bank has had to
of Kosovo. That fight moved to Kosovars answer that this was a surely, countries will continue to service which was previously resurrect a policy tool it tried to
the UN’s International Court of constitutional issue and not an recognise Kosovo. However, linked with the PDK, the party of bury long ago—quantitative
Justice in The Hague on Tuesday international legal matter and opposition from Russia and Hashim Thaci, the prime easing. If that is not bad enough,
December 1st, which has begun besides they had as much right to China means Kosovo will never minister. The victims were the BoJ once again has to deal
hearing submissions on whether declare independence as the other be allowed to join the UN or any apparently members of another with a government breathing
K o s o v o ’ s d e c l a r a t i o n o f parts of Yugoslavia. other body where they have the party, now in coalition with Mr hotly down its neck.
independence from Serbia in To date 63 countries have power to prevent it. Thaci. The PDK Tdeny the The BoJ’s discomfort explains
February 2008 was legal or not. recognised Kosovo, including Even if the court finds in favour accusations, saying they are why, on Tuesday December 1st,
What the 15 judges have to say America and 22 of the 27 EU of Serbia it is unlikely to make politically motivated smears. Mr it made what analysts considered
will be of keen interest from states. But China, Russia and much difference as it is Thaci says that whoever is to be a half-hearted attempt to
Catalonia to Tibet and indeed many other important countries inconceivable that Serbia could responsible must be brought to reflate the Japanese economy and
wherever the argument about a have not—including Spain, ever rule Kosovo again. But that justice. Although nothing to do weaken the yen. What the bank
p e o p l e ’ s r i g h t t o s e l f - which will hold the EU’s may not be the point at issue with the case before the ICJ such did was better than nothing, but it
determination appears to clash presidency from January. As well here. What Serbia may offer allegations, true or not, do not did not go as far as some had
with a state’s right to preserve its a s S e r b i a a n d K o s o v o , 2 9 Kosovo in the future is an help Kosovo’s cause. hoped—nor as far as Japan
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accountability of boards to
shareholders—a counsel of
despair.
The other danger, which the
paper makes all too clear, is that
the sheer volume of reforms will
overwhelm boards. A particular
threat is that valuable time will
be spent ticking boxes. Is, for
example, the emphasis on
directors being “independent”
preventing boards from having
enough people with experience of
the industry in which a firm
operates? (Surely one of the
lessons of Wall Street’s recent
failure is that too few bank
directors could spot the
difference between a CDO and a
CDS?) As the report puts it, “The
irony is that in
seeking...independent directors
who will hold management more
accountable, the result has been
to promote directors who are
more wholly dependent on
management to inform their
views of the company and its
business.” How to succeed
Top of the horrendously busy
agenda for American boards in
2010, according to Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz, is
pay—another area in which
reformist zeal may work against
the best interests of firms, namely
to “recruit and retain first-rate
executives”. Hot on its heels as
an issue is succession planning.
Last year new bosses arrived at
1,484 public companies, a record
for the past decade. A survey by
PricewaterhouseCoopers, a
consultancy, suggests that only
around half of directors of public
companies believe they are
planning carefully enough for
change at the top.
Ominously—from Mr Lipton’s
perspective, at least—activist
shareholders, including unions,
are now starting to file motions
on the subject at annual meetings.
In November the Securities and
Exchange Commission issued
guidance that will make it hard
for management to throw out
such motions without a vote, as
they have tended to do in the
past.
One issue where Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz feel a
greater focus is needed is on what
is known in the jargon as
“enterprise risk management”.
They note that as risks grew in
the run-up to the economic crisis,
“some companies did a better job
than others in anticipating,
identifying and managing their
risk profiles and responding to
these challenges.” Although Mr
Lipton opposes a “one-size-fits-
all” approach, such as requiring
every board to establish a risk
committee alongside the audit
and compensation committees,
even he accepts that boards need
to take a more systematic
approach to monitoring risk.
There is just one piece of good
news for those who share Mr
Lipton’s director-friendly
worldview. In August an
amendment to the law in
Delaware, where most American
public companies are
incorporated, reversed an earlier
court ruling upholding a
company’s right to withhold
advance payments to cover
directors’ legal expenses. The
ruling had greatly increased the
risk that directors would face
crippling personal liabilities as a
result of their professional
decisions, which might have been
the final straw for those
considering whether to stick with
an increasingly demanding job.
For better or worse, directors are
going to have to spend more time
in 2010 communicating with
shareholders on a broader range
of issues. There are likely to be
more contested elections for seats
on boards, and more proposals
from shareholders which expose
boards to the risk of
embarrassing defeats at the hands
of their employers.
Many would regard that as a
long overdue step in the right
direction. Mr Lipton, however,
fears that the result of all this
activity will be to reduce the
competitiveness of American
firms against “companies that
have the advantages of state
corporatism, like those in China.”
Well, maybe. Most directors and
executives that your columnist
has met would rather work for an
American company than a
Chinese one, and are far less
convinced than Mr Lipton of the
advantages of state corporatism.
Many even think there is a case
for reforming corporate
governance, so long as it is done
in a thoughtful way that does not
overwhelm them. Ill-conceived
reform, rather than greater
accountability in itself, is the real
danger boards face next year.
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government bonds, corporate
bonds, commercial paper and
other assets. They are aimed at
boosting the economic recovery
by providing liquidity to banks.
The size of the facility amounts
to only 2% of GDP, however,
which analysts believe is neither
enough to ease the deflationary
threat in Japan significantly, nor
to weaken the yen seriously.
Masaaki Shirakawa, the governor
of the BoJ, deliberately avoided
discussing the currency at a news
conference after the meeting,
which frustrated those who think
the financial authorities need to
speaking plainly about the
dangers of deflation to jolt Japan
out of years of economic
stagnation. “It was the size and
the commentary that were
disappointing,” said Richard
Jerram, chief economist of
Macquarie Securities in Japan.
“It was all pretty tame.”
Added to which, Mr Shirakawa
described the measures as
“quantitative easing in broad
terms”. But this appeared to be
more of a sop to government
ministers who have called for
such a policy, than the result of a
firm conviction on his part. Mr
Shirakawa is among those in the
BoJ who have been sceptical of
the merits of quantitative easing,
which it used during the
deflationary years between 2001
and 2006. The BoJ has been
cautious about using it ever since.
According to GaveKal, a
financial consultancy, during the
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global financial crisis Japan’s
monetary base increased by a
paltry 4.7% a year; in America, it
has grown by 71%.
Analysts said the BoJ’s move
would have had more impact if it
were accompanied by dramatic
policy initiatives from the
government that looked like a
serious attempt to weaken the
yen. But that did not happen.
Instead, after a cabinet meeting
on Tuesday, the fledgling
administration of Yukio
Hatoyama, the prime minister,
lamented the strength of the yen
and drew up some ill-defined
counter-measures. These
included the unveiling of a
supplementary budget by the end
of the week to tide Japan over for
the rest of the fiscal year ending
in March. But the size was not
expected to be much bigger than
the ¥2.7 trillion shaved off a
MediaDailyNews: Horizon's Adgate: Hit Shows Hit By Poor
Ratings
(MediaPost | Media News)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 10:19:33 AM
While the TV business continues
to undergo radical digital
platform changes, this particular
television season has proven
similar to the recent past: Single-
digit percentage ratings losses
and a slightly higher media age
for many shows.
All networks were found to take
some hits for the first two and
half months of the season,
previous budget by the new
government. Its intention to find
ways to increase domestic
demand was similarly vague.
Mr Hatoyama, who indirectly
put pressure on the BoJ by
announcing on Monday that he
planned to meet with Mr
Shirakawa, praised the bank after
Tuesday’s announcement. “It has
demonstrated through its actions
its determination to stem
deflation and revive the
economy,” he said. His meeting
with Mr Shirakawa was still
expected to go ahead.
Whether or not his government
eases up on the central bank may
well depend on what happens to
Japan’s financial markets. The
yen was lower against the dollar
and other currencies during and
after the central-bank meeting.
The stockmarket also benefited
from hopes that the yen would
according to a new report from
Brad Adgate, senior vice
president and corporate media
director for media agency
Horizon Media.
For example, NBC's "Heroes"
lost 35.3% of its overall
viewership to 5.6 million (and
40.5% among 18-49 viewers);
Fox's "Fringe' caved 33.4% to 5.7
million viewers (and 43.2% in 18
-49); CBS' "CSI' dropped 23.2%
to 15 million (and 33.3% in 18-
fall, because of the damaging
effect the currency is having on
exporters.
The yen may well climb higher
again if the markets feel
Tuesday’s efforts were not
meaningful enough. However,
now that the BoJ and the
government have put the markets
on notice that they are vigilant to
the deflationary risk posed by a
rising yen, they may be more
inclined to use concerted action
next time.
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49); CBS' "Cold Case" withdrew
22.5% to 9 million (and 32.1% in
18-49); and NBC's "30 Rock"
lost 21.4% to 6.2 million (and
21.1% in 18-49).
Other big-rated shows were
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among 18-49 viewers from a 3.1
number. NBC's "Sunday Night
Football" grew 18.7% to 18.4
million viewers and to a 7.2
average rating among 18-49
viewers from a 6.0 the year
before.
CBS' "NCIS" continuing its
resurgence from a year ago, up
14.9% to 20.3 million viewers
and improving to a 4.4 rating
among 18-49 viewers from a 3.6
a year earlier.
Fox's "House," now on Monday
nights, has been a major reason
for that network's improvement
during the period. The drama
grew 13.4% among all viewers to
14 million and up to a 5.5 rating
among 18-49 viewers.
Three reality shows had
increases among overall
viewership: NBC's "The Biggest
Loser" (21.2%), CBS' "Amazing
Race" (5.6%) and "Survivor"
down: ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"
lost 9.7% among 18-49 viewers
to a 5.6 average rating this year.
CBS' "CSI: NY" slipped 13.9%
to a 3.1 rating in 18-49. ABC's
"Desperate Housewives" has
gone to a 4.7 rating, down
21.7%. NBC's "Law and Order:
SVU" is now off 27.8% to a 2.6
rating.
Better results this year so far
have been attained by CBS' "The
Big Bang Theory," 38.1% higher
Media/ 85
(6.2%). Going in the other
direction were ABC's "Dancing
with the Stars" (down 8.5%) and
CW's "America's Next Top
Model" (down 18.6%).
CW is done with its new
"Vampire Diaries," but many of
its returning shows have suffered
in overall viewership:
"Smallville" dropped 39.8%;
"Gossip Girl" was off 30.9%;
"90210" slipped 28.3%; "One
Tree Hill" 25.3% lower; and
"Supernatural" sinking 22.4%.
Adgate says shows with a
notable increase in median age
from year ago include ABC's
"Supernanny", 52.9 years old
(+5.9); NBC's "Law & Order"
(new night), 59.1 years old
(+5.2); NBC's "Law & Order:
SVU" (new night), 52.1 years old
(+4.9); Fox' "Fringe" (new
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to 12.9 million viewers -- and up
to an average 4.8 rating among
18-49 viewers from a 3.6 in
2008. ABC's "Private Practice"
on a new night climbed 27% to
9.8 million viewers and is at a 3.7
rating in 18-49 from a 2.8 the
year before.
NBC's "The Biggest Loser"
grabbed 21.2% more viewers to
9.1 million and up to a 3.6 rating
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Clemmons, 37, killed Sgt. Mark of the media attention.” Producing short e-books on when you consider the cost of other devices. Gaines thinks the
Renninger, 39, and Officers Joining Kindle on the market are subjects related to your business printing and binding reports and eagerly awaited, much-rumored
R o n a l d O w e n s , 3 7 , T i n a Sony’s well-advertised Digital or re-purposing white papers or other documents. Apple tablet will offer
Griswold, 40, and Greg Richards, Reader and Barnes &Noble’s case studies could be useful, • Having a library in your convergence, allowing for the
42, then fled the scene of the Nook. Plastic Logic is taking Steinberg says. “It’s an excellent pocket. For attorneys and addition of multimedia
crime. Over the last two days, aim at business professionals way to establish yourself as an business professionals who must storytelling and providing the
Clemmons reportedly hid out with its QUE proReader. expert in the space,’’ he says. wade through endless sort of multi-purpose experience
with friends and family while Why your business should care There’s a hunger for content right documentation, e-readers offer to which we’ve grown
police chased leads and located With the exception of Plastic now, and simply offering your instant access to libraries’ worth accustomed. “What this next
Logic’s e-reader, most of these content for free and providing of information on devices the
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the handgun used in the attack.
Details of the final shootout are
still coming in. Keep checking
Yahoo! News for updated
reports.
In other news: The United
Nations condemned
Switzerland's ban on new
minarets, calling the referendum
"clearly discriminatory" and
deeply divisive, The AP reported.
Although the Swiss government
opposed the initiative, 57.5
percent of the Swiss population
ratified the ban. Swiss Foreign
Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey
said the ban would not change
current foreign policy or stop
Swiss Muslims from attending
the 200 mosques in the country.
A provision of the economic
stimulus bill that helped
unemployed workers keep their
former company's health
insurance plan will expire today,
The AP reported. Prior to the
passage of the bill, signed by
President Barack Obama in
February, workers had to pay the
full cost of their premium in
order to keep their coverage
under COBRA. While the
stimulus bill reduced those costs
by 65 percent for workers laid off
between Sept. 1, 2008 and Dec.
31, 2009, it was only meant to be
a temporary measure to help slow
the growth in the ranks of the
uninsured. While it's not clear
how many workers took
advantage of the subsidy, a new
report from Families USA found
that on average, unemployed
families who lose the subsidy
will see their premiums increase
from $389 per month to $1,111
per month.
Lastly, gold hit a new record
high overnight, Reuters reported.
The price of gold was bid at
$1,198.70 per ounce as the dollar
weakened against other
currencies.
Most read stories: Tareq and
Michaele Salahi appeared on the
"Today" show this morning and
denied that they were party-
crashers, The AP reported. The
Salahis said an explanation
would exonerate them from
allegations of misconduct in the
breach of White House security,
but did not offer one. The Secret
Service is currently investigating
what went wrong with security
procedures at last week's state
dinner and have been in contact
with the Washington D.C.
couple. The Salahis and Secret
Service director Mark Sullivan
have been called to testify before
Congress on Thursday about the
incident.
Readers were also interested in
this Reuters story about a lawsuit
filed against CVS Caremark
Corp. Connecticut's attorney
general filed the suit, which
accused the drugstore chain of
selling food, beverages and over-
the-counter medications past
their expiration dates. Earlier this
month, CVS agreed to pay
$875,000 to settle similar charges
by New York Attorney General
Andrew Cuomo. CVS
spokeswoman Joanne Dwyer said
the store is committed to
stopping the sale of expired
products. "The health and safety
of our customers is our top
priority," she said.
Looking ahead: President
Obama will lay out an end-game
scenario for U.S. involvement in
Afghanistan during a televised
speech tonight. And voters in
Atlanta will head to the polls
today to select a new mayor.
Today's poll: Kindles are flying
off the shelves at Amazon this
holiday season. Barnes & Noble
and Sony are also taking orders
for their e-book gadgets. Do you
currently own an electronic book
reader? Click here to share your
thoughts.
Yesterday's poll: How often do
you use a designated driver?
Thirty-three percent of
respondents said "always," 13
percent said "sometimes" and 10
percent said "never." Another 30
percent of respondents said they
don't drink and 13 percent only
drink at home.
Today in history: In 1955, black
seamstress Rosa Parks refused to
give up her seat on an Alabama
bus to a white man. Her arrest
sparked a yearlong boycott and
helped to launch the civil rights
movement in America.
Birthdays: Aiko, Princess Toshi
of Japan, 8. Football player
DeSean Jackson, 23. Subway
spokesperson Jared Fogle, 32.
Musician Brad Delson( Linkin
Park), 32. Journalist Laura Ling,
33. Actress Emily Mortimer, 38.
Actress/comedian Sarah
Silverman, 39. Baseball player
Kirk Rueter, 39. Comic book
writer Joe Quesada, 47. Actor
Jeremy Northam, 48. Supermodel
Carol Alt, 49. Actress Charlene
Tilton, 51. Musician Chris
Poland( Megadeth), 52. Actor
Treat Williams, 58.
Comedian/actress/singer Bette
Midler, 64. Musician John
Densmore( The Doors), 65.
Musician Eric Bloom( Blue
Oyster Cult), 65. Author John
Crowley, 67. Latvian President
Vaira Vike-Freiberga, 72.
Director Woody Allen, 74.
Former CIA director Stansfield
Turner, 86.
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generation of devices will do is
replace the netbook,’’ Gaines
says.
He foresees a business person
needing little besides a notebook-
sized device and a smartphone.
May, the publishing analyst,
agrees convergence is coming
and says, “I’m not sure there is a
tremendous case for a business to
go out and buy a department full
of Kindles.’’
A technology you can’t ignore
Still, says Steinberg, you should
carefully evaluate how e-readers
might fit your business plan and
monitor trends as they unfold.
“The reality is, for a small
business, it’s not necessarily a
must-have purchase at this point,
but it’s definitely one that is
recommendable and can be
advantageous,’’ he says. “We’re
at the early adoption phase. At
this point, you can’t ignore the e-
reader market. It would be
foolish.”
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Gallup Economic Weekly: Thanksgiving Week Disappoints
(All Gallup Headlines)
Submitted at 11/30/2009 8:00:00 PM
PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's
Thanksgiving week results tend
to confirm fears of a weak
holiday sales season as consumer
spending was unchanged from
the prior week, even though it
included Friday and Saturday of
the Black Friday weekend. At the
same time, Gallup's Economic
Confidence Index and its Job
Creation Index were essentially
unchanged from the prior week.
A rather gloomy consumer mood
and consumer spending -- trailing
last year's financial crisis-
depressed comparables by 25% --
may not be unexpected, but are
surely a disappointing way to
start the Christmas sales season
for the nation's retailers.
What Happened (Week Ending
Nov. 29)
• data show Black Friday/Saturday
• spending down 8.6% from a year
• Job Creation was essentially
unchanged last week, as Gallup's
Job Creation Index was at +2, not
much different than the +1 of the
prior two weeks, or the +3 of a
month ago. The percentage of
employees saying their
companies were hiring increased
slightly to 26% last week from
24% the prior week, and was the
same as a month ago. The
percentage saying their
companies are letting people go
was 24%, essentially the same as
the 23% of the previous five
weeks. The jobs situation
remains bleak -- better than
earlier this year, but no better
than a year ago, and with a
10.2% unemployment rate. In
turn, this may help to explain, at
least in part, why consumer
spending continues to
significantly trail last year's
levels.
What to Watch For"Perhaps the
most important thing this week's
jobs summit could do for 2010 is
find a way to break the vicious
cycle Gallup data reveal between
job losses and spending
cutbacks."
Early this week, the U.S.
markets will likely focus on
Black Friday weekend sales and
their implications for the holiday
sales season, barring unexpected
financial fallout associated with
the Dubai World's debt issue or
President Obama's Afghanistan
speech. Gallup's daily spending
ago. This is consistent with
Gallup's earlier holiday spending
forecast and early reports by the
National Retail Federation.
Even more importantly, Gallup's
weekly consumer spending
results show no overall spending
increase compared to the prior
week, and spending for
Thanksgiving week down 25%
from a year ago. It may be that
the composition of spending this
holiday season will change, as
consumers spend less on
activities such as eating out and
travel while using these funds
instead for Christmas gift buying.
Regardless, there is no indication
in Gallup's spending data during
recent weeks, or so far this year,
that this year's spending will do
anything but trail last year's
depressed spending levels during
the holidays.
This coming week may be seen
as a test of the idea that "cash
will be king" this holiday season.
Many consumers get their
paychecks this week, and the
"paycheck effect" should be
reflected by an increase in
spending. Given consumers'
efforts to use less credit, how
sharp the increase is -- whether it
can match last year's $90-plus
range -- may tell how strong cash
sales will be as part of this
holiday season. Simultaneously,
it should provide added insights
into what the nation's retailers are
facing during the remainder of
the Christmas sales season.
As the week goes on, attention
will turn to jobs once more, with
the president's jobs summit on
Thursday and the government's
report on the unemployment rate
on Friday. Jobless claims showed
surprisingly strong improvement
last week on a seasonally
adjusted basis, although the
unadjusted claims actually
increased. While Gallup's Job
Creation Index suggests jobless
claims will increase this week,
government reports for holiday
weeks have seemed to understate
claims activity. Similarly,
Gallup's data suggest the
November unemployment rate
will stay at 10.2% and could go
even higher. However, its surge
into double digits last month
could have led to many
additional job seekers' getting
discouraged. If they dropped out
of the workforce, this could leave
them uncounted when the
unemployment rate is calculated.
As a result, there could be an
artificial drop in the
unemployment rate.
Regardless, Gallup spending
data suggest jobs will continue to
be hard to get as potential
employers worry about top-line
revenues. In turn, it seems likely
that the number of unemployed
or underemployed Americans
will continue to increase. And the
vicious cycle persists as
consumers fearing for their jobs
continue to cut back on their
spending. Perhaps the most
important thing this week's jobs
summit could do for 2010 is find
a way to break the vicious cycle
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Survey Methods
For Gallup Daily tracking,
Gallup interviews approximately
1,000 national adults, aged 18
and older, each day. The Gallup
consumer perceptions of the
economy and consumer spending
results are based on random half-
samples of approximately 500
national adults, aged 18 and
older, each day. The Gallup job
creation and job loss results are
based on a random half sample of
approximately 250 current full-
and part-time employees each
day. Results from the week of
Nov. 23-29, 2009, are based on
telephone interviews with 2,973
adults for the consumer
perceptions and spending
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Obama Approval on Afghanistan, at 35%, Trails Other Issues
(All Gallup Headlines)
Submitted at 12/1/2009 6:00:00 AM
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans
are far less approving of
President Obama's handling of
the situation in Afghanistan than
they have been in recent months,
with 35% currently approving,
down from 49% in September
and 56% in July.
"The decline in Obama's
approval rating on Afghanistan is
evident among all party groups,
with double-digit decreases since
September among Republicans
(17 points), independents (16
points), and Democrats (10
points)."
Tuesday, Obama outlines his
new strategy for the war in
Afghanistan in a nationally
televised address. The policy has
been months in the making as
Obama held numerous meetings
with his military and foreign
policy advisers, drawing some
criticism for the delay in
formulating a new strategy. The
commanding U.S. general in
Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley
McChrystal, has recommended
that the United States increase
the number of troops it has in that
country by about 40,000. Obama
is expected to announce a slightly
smaller increase.
The decline in Obama's approval
rating on Afghanistan is evident
among all party groups, with
double-digit decreases since
September among Republicans
(17 points), independents (16
points), and Democrats (10
points).
While a slim majority of
Obama's fellow Democrats
approve of his handling of the
issue, his new policy may not be
well-received by Democrats, who
have indicated opposition to
troop-level increases in
Afghanistan. The details of the
policy will likely be more
appealing to Republicans, who
are supportive of putting more
U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The question about Afghanistan
comes from a Nov. 20-22 USA
Today/ Gallup poll that also
asked Americans to rate Obama's
Gallup Poll/ 89
But the decline in Americans'
evaluations of Obama on
Afghanistan does not appear to
have greatly affected their more
general views of him, as his
overall job approval rating --
though down slightly since
September -- has not declined to
nearly the same degree as his
rating on Afghanistan.
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Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with 1,017 national
adults, aged 18 and older,
conducted Nov. 20-22, 2009. For
results based on the total sample
of national adults, one can say
with 95% confidence that the
handling of six other issues. The the economy, healthcare, and maximum margin of sampling
president registers less than energy. While his current ratings error is ±4 percentage points.
m a j o r i t y a p p r o v a l f o r h i s on these issues are down since Interviews are conducted with
performance on all seven issues, September, the declines have r e s p o n d e n t s o n l a n d - l i n e
with Afghanistan his worst been fairly minimal. telephones (for respondents with
rating. His best rating is on Bottom Line a land-line telephone) and
e n e r g y p o l i c y , w i t h 4 9 % The president's decisions on U.S. cellular phones (for respondents
approval. military action in Afghanistan are who are cell-phone only).
Obama's overall job approval a r g u a b l y a m o n g t h e m o s t In addition to sampling error,
rating has also been below the important and difficult of his question wording and practical
majority level for most of the presidency. He met several times difficulties in conducting surveys
time since Nov. 20 in Gallup with his advisers in recent weeks can introduce error or bias into
Daily tracking, though it has before outlining his new policy to the findings of public opinion
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stands in contrast to the trend issue, after a sharp drop in his
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