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Blago says he’s “blacker than Barack Sarah Palin’s next
Obama”
By David Morgan (Front Row
Washington)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:56:35 AM
Believe it or not, Rod
Blagojevich is African-American
— and more so than President
Barack Obama. At least, that’s
what the former Illinois governor
tells Esquire magazine in a new
interview.
“It’s such a cynical business, and
most of the people in the
business are full of (expletive
deleted) and phonies, but I was
real, man — and am real. This
guy, he was catapulted in on
hope and change, what we hope
the guy is. What the (expletive
deleted)? Everything he’s
saying’s on the teleprompter,”
Esquire quotes Blago as saying
about the president, without the
expletives deleted.
“I’m blacker than Barack
Obama. I shined shoes. I grew up
in a five-room apartment. My
father had a little laundromat in a
black community not far from
where we lived. I saw it all
growing up,” he explains.
Blago is, in fact, a
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and New York magazine writer
John Heileman. What’s left to do after running
Republican National Committee Alaska, running for Vice
Chairman Michael Steele, who President, and authoring a
actually is black, says Reid bestselling book?
should go — just like former For Sarah Palin, it’s turning into
Senate Republican leader Trent a television pundit for FOX
Lott went in 2002 after praising News.
former segregationist and long- Since losing the 2008 election
time Senator Strom Thurmond. for the White House, Palin has
Reid has apologized for “using not quietly faded into the
such a poor choice of words” obscurity from which John of programming, said in a
and Obama has accepted the McCain plucked her. statement.
white Democrat who gained apology. Instead, she has firmly stayed in Palin will also host episodes of
prominence for introducing big But Blago does let the magazine the public eye, waving her “Real American Stories,” which
male hair to the national political in on the legal strategy he’s conservative ideals and gathering will debut this year and is
arena during a corruption probe contemplating for his upcoming a following. People lined up for described as a series “exploring
that led to his indictment trial in Chicago. hours on her “Going Rogue” inspirational real-life tales of
on charges of trying to sell “I’m absolutely going to testify,” book tour to catch a glimpse of overcoming adversity throughout
Obama’s former U.S. Senate B l a g o p r o m i s e s E s q u i r e . the former Republican candidate. the American landscape.”
seat. He denies the accusations. “Absolutely. I’m going to go up On Monday, FOX News Palin, in the same FOX News
Esquire doesn’t say whether there and tell the whole truth — announced that Palin had signed statement, said she was thrilled
Blago thinks Democratic Senate and the complete truth.” a multi-year deal to provide to be joining the news channel.
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Eric Rohmer: philosopher, rhetorician, and an ally of the
young
By Peter Bradshaw (World
news and comment from the
Guardian | guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:42:35 PM
The French director's movies
were quintessentially studenty -
in the best possible sense
Eric Rohmer's death at the age
of 89 is a reminder of the
incredible energy, tenacity and
longevity of France's great
nouvelle vague generation.
Rohmer had released his last film
only last year, the sublimely
unworldly pastoral fantasy Les
amours d'Astrée et de Céladon
(The Romance Of Astrea And
Celadon): a gentle, reflective
movie, of course, but by no
means lacking in energy or wit.
And, meanwhile, Jean-Luc
Godard, Agnès Varda, Jacques
Rivette and Claude Chabrol — at
the respective ages of 79, 81, 81
and 79 — are all still with us, all
nursing projects.
Rohmer came from the New
Wave tradition of critic-turned-
director; he was a former editor
of Cahiers du cinéma, and
became the distinctively
romantic philosopher of the New
Wave and the great master of
what was sometimes called
"intimist" cinema: delicate, un-
showy movie-making about not
especially startling people,
people often in their twenties,
whose lives are dramatised at a
kind of walking, talking pace. He
avoided dramatic close-up, and
tended to avoid music, except
that that is supposed to be heard
by the characters in the action
from radios, for example —
Lars von Trier's minimalist
Dogme movement was in the
spirit of Rohmer's modus
operandi.
What was utterly characteristic
was Rohmer's feel for what the
real life of a young person —
albeit a certain type of middle-
class, educated young person —
was like: that is, not shiny and
sexy or grungy or funny, in the
Hollywood manner, but
uncertain, tentative, vulnerable
and more often than not
dominated by a quotidian type of
travel: bus travel, subway travel,
train travel: travel to get
somewhere for the summer, or to
see a girlfriend or boyfriend.
The first Rohmer film I saw was
Le rayon vert (The Green Ray),
with my girlfriend, when we
were both students, at the old
Cambridge Arts Cinema in the
80s; I thought then and think
now that Rohmer's films are
quintessentially studenty — in
the best possible sense. Young,
callow-ish people do a lot of
talking, in the way we all did,
about what was wrong (or right)
with their lives and relationships,
and about the perfect place to go
for the summer. In this film, a
young woman is unable to think
what to do for the summer. She
tries various places with various
people, but always finds herself
heading back to Paris, drawn
perhaps to a place in which
possibilities have not been
thinned and options narrowed.
Eventually, she finds herself at
the beach, about to experience
the legendary 'rayon vert', or
flash of green light you can see
at the moment the sun sets.
P e r h a p s o t h e r
twentysomethings, from a later
era, would be more excited about
finding the perfect beach in
Thailand or Vietnam, but to us
impecunious 1980s students, the
idea of witnessing the 'rayon
vert' in Biarritz was a
fascinating, exotic notion, and
eminently plausible. It was as
fascinating as absinthe. Yet
everything was filmed in such a
straightforward, realist way, and
for someone in his mid-sixties,
Rohmer himself had a
remarkable sympathy and un-
patronising interest in young
people.
Later, in 1992, Rohmer would
make Conte d'hiver (A Winter's
Tale), as part of his 'tales of four
seasons' series, about a young
man and woman who have a
passionate holiday romance but
somehow manage to mislay each
other's details and lose touch. It
seems almost inconceivable in
our world of social networking
sites and mobile phones, but at
the time it was entirely plausible,
and another demonstration of
Rohmer's sure touch for sensing
the anxieties and dreams of un-
moneyed young people, looking
for love and adventure — and, as
ever, having to travel banally to
get it. I think Richard Linklater,
in his movies Before Sunrise and
Before Sunset, about a missed
love-connection, was trying to
channel some of the spirit of Eric
Rohmer.
Rohmer's "talkiest" film is
probably the one that made his
name: Ma nuit chez Maud (My
Night with Maud) from 1969, a
black and white film that looks a
little rickety now. A man is
forced through snow to stay the
night with an attractive stranger,
and finds his resolve to marry
someone else severely tested by
having to sleep over in her bed.
But this is not just about sex, and
the lack of it, or the promise of
it, but about talk, about the
adventure of intimacy, and all
the subtle, almost infinitesimal
things we reveal about ourselves
in talking.
In his later years — though
perhaps Rohmer's entire mature
career is one long, richly
distinctive, 'late phase' — the
director turned to period drama,
and this is the point at which pub
-quizzers may raise the question
World/ 3
of what unites Rohmer with
Christopher Nolan. The answer
is that both have cast the
tremendous but under-used and
still under-appreciated British
actress Lucy Russell. Rohmer
made the French-speaking lead
in his French revolutionary
drama L'anglaise et le duc (The
Lady and the Duke) from 2001.
And finally, there is Rohmer's
remarkable last film, Les amours
d'Astrée et de Céladon, a
Shakespearean fantasia, a
midsummer noon's reverie,
c o n c e i v e d a l o n g
uncompromisingly classical
lines, and a thing of quiet joy.
Along with his green ray — that
flash of mystical revelation
available to idealistic young
people unencumbered by middle-
aged banality — it is my
favourite Eric Rohmer. The
cinema has lost a philosopher, a
quiet rhetorician and a gentle ally
of the young.
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US car industry rises from the ashes with debut of 'world car'
at Detroit
By Andrew Clark (World news priorities: fuel efficiency and Chevrolet, Cadillac, Vauxhall, rust belt any more. We're the have been able to do so without a
and comment from the cost-effectiveness. Opel and Saab, recently paid green belt."Speaking to media at bailout."
Guardian | guardian.co.uk) An excessive emphasis on large back $1bn in federal aid and has the show, Gra-n-holm added: A shift in fortunes is palpable.
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:36:20 PM pick-up trucks and sports-utility pledged to return $6.7bn of its "The unemployment rate in Since last January, the United
vehicles, and a failure to $50bn in aid by June. The US Michigan would have been a hell Auto Workers' union has gone
• Obama administration hails compete with nimbler Asian speaker of the House of of a lot worse had it not been for from protesting over jobs to
recovery of bailed-out carmakers rivals, were key factors in the Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the Obama administration's taking ownership of large stakes
• Ford unveils 'world car' as troubles afflicting Ford's Detroit- was due to lead a congressional intervention." Cold tea party in GM and Chrysler. At the
Toyota bets on small hybrid based rivals, General Motors and delegation to see how public A year ago, union protesters show, the UAW leader, Ron
model Chrysler, which went bankrupt money is being used. rallied in the snow at the Detroit Gettelfinger, gave short shrift to
A Ford vehicle billed as the last year and needed more than More than 700 cars are on show motor show to protest at the the "tea party" protesters: "Are
company's first "world car" made $80bn (£50bn) of federal aid to at Detroit's glitzy annual event, disappearance of jobs at the big they going to have some hot tea
its debut at the opening of a stay alive. which was kicked off by a gala three US carmakers. In a sharp out there? They might need it."
defiantly optimistic Detroit Visiting Detroit, the US charity performance headlined turnaround, conservatives this • Automotive industry
m o t o r s h o w , a s A m e r i c a ' s transport secretary, Ray LaHood, by a 1980s rock band, the week came to wave placards • Motoring
battered car industry insisted it declared that the industry was Romantics. Among the offerings voicing anger and claiming • US economy
was rising from the ashes of its finally showing signs of recovery is a 1960s-style buggy concept disempowerment. • United States
worst crisis since the second and heralded the city's annual from Mini, with an open top, Members of a national network • Ford
world war. motor show, expected to attract four-wheel drive and removable of anti-tax campaigners known • General Motors
Arguing that international tastes 700,000 visitors, as "a new doors, called the Beachcomber. as "tea party" activists braved • Chrysler
in car buying were converging, beginning". The world's largest carmaker, sub-zero temperatures to wave • Obama administration
Ford launched a new version of "The auto industry is back," said Toyota, unveiled a hybrid- US flags, sing a US civil war • Toyota
its Focus family car. Unusually LaHood, who brushed aside electric concept car called the FT battle hymn and display signs • Credit crunch
for the motor industry, it will be protests from campaigners -CH, which is a smaller version opposing the Obama • Financial crisis
sold in Europe, the US, Africa o u t s i d e t h e c i t y ' s C o b o of its big-selling Prius and admin-istra-tion's $80bn bailout • Electric, hybrid and low-
and Asia with 80% uniformity in convention hall who oppose the amounts to a fresh bet that of carmakers. emission cars
its parts. use of public funds to prop up hybrids will be a bigger draw "We're rallying for General
Ford's chief executive, Alan ailing manufacturers. "This was than plug-in, pure electric cars. Motors, for Detroit and for a Andrew Clark
Mulally, said the Focus had been a good investment of taxpayer Michigan state, which includes better future for the auto industry guardian.co.uk© Guardian
"designed and engineered to dollars in an industry that needed Detroit, has lobbied successfully that doesn't involve billions of News & Media Limited 2010 |
meet the needs of millions of a little bit of an infusion of to get carmakers to site factories dollars of taxpayer bailouts," Use of this content is subject to
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hopes to double annual sales of Carmakers have been buoyed as former carbuilding regions. The National Taxpayers Union, who Feeds
the Focus to 2m by 2012 and the US sales have edged up from an Democratic governor, Jennifer claims GM and Chrysler would
model is central to a new annualised rate of 10.4m in Granholm, said environmental have survived without aid.
philosophy: that global car October to 11.2m in December. and hi-tech jobs could help a "They've been able to restructure
buyers largely have the same GM, which owns brands such as 15% jobless rate: "We are not the [union] contracts and they would

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Stormont's broken bones | Robin Wilson

By Robin Wilson (World news Paisley Jr couldn't see what was the peace process that previous from the post of first minister, Becton Dickinson
and comment from the
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wrong with lobbying on
Sweeney's behalf while a junior
efforts to tackle sectarianism,
focusing on the more moderate
announced today – while he
ostensibly seeks to clear his
Breaks Through
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:30:01 PM minister. Nor, evidently, did
Peter Robinson, Paisley Sr's
communal and non-sectarian
parties, should be replaced by an
name – to elapse before
provoking a further, possibly
Resistance
The crisis that has driven Peter -successor as first minister and approach indulging their more terminal, crisis. By Joseph Lazzaro
Robinson to stand down can only DUP leader, see anything amiss militantly ethnic, even All this should have been (BloggingStocks)
deepen if it provokes new when it emerged during the paramilitary, rivals. This joint evident to the UK and Irish Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM
elections Westminster expenses scandal London-Dublin approach governments for a long time. But
James Craig, the first prime that he and his wife, Iris, replaced the politics of something else that doesn't Filed under: Stocks to Buy As
minister of Northern Ireland employed their three children accommodation with the politics change much in Northern Ireland expected, Becton Dickinson (
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government as a matter of about half a million pounds in The institutions arising from the the irrational Irish – and so leave resistance in the $65-70 range,
"distributing bones". In the salaries and expenses from Belfast agreement of 1998 thus it to them to sort it out. The hence it goes without saying I'm
s e c t a r i a n b l o c s t h a t h a d parliament and the Northern had a fitful life until their danger now is that the unfolding reiterating my buy rating for the
consolidated since the 1880s Ireland assembly – leading to the collapse in 2002; and their crisis leads to emergency company's shares, first
home-rule crisis, and were cutting Daily Mail headline: restoration in 2007 has seen assembly elections, with a big recommended on March 17,
embedded in the two states "The swish family Robinson". tightening deadlock. The vote for the even more 2009 at a price of $65.66.
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round of Irish "troubles" – a anything awry in – according to DUP members makes them Unionist Voice, no new shared so attention is advised.
blind eye being turned in London a BBC investigation – accepting incapable of empathy with their government at Stormont – and a In FY2010 Becton's revenue
to developments in Belfast – the donations totalling £50,000 from Catholic counterparts, while the growing drumbeat of "dissident" growth should total about 5-7%,
politics of patronage displaced developer contacts. This money secular-Leninist Sinn Féin -republican violence. after essentially flat revenue in
the modernisation associated was transferred to her teenage variant makes that party immune • Iris Robinson FY2009. Hospital spending
more widely across western lover to assist a business venture, to the trauma the IRA campaign • Peter Robinson cutbacks will hurt, but BDX will
Europe with the expansion of the and she failed to declare an inflicted, particularly on • Sinn Féin make up with increased
franchise, expressed in the interest when a relevant planning Protestant members of the • MPs' expenses government orders, lower
definition of politics along left- decision came up at the district "security forces". • Northern Ireland operating costs, and moderating
right lines. council in the environs of east The antagonism has focused on • Ireland raw material costs. Becton's
When devolution was renewed B e l f a s t d o m i n a t e d b y t h e those issues defining the ethno- medical and diagnostic units will
in 2007, the son of the first R o b i n s o n s f o r d e c a d e s . national character of the state: Robin Wilson likely register revenue growth at
minister, Ian Paisley, who The salacious aspect of the provision for the Irish language, guardian.co.uk© Guardian or above 5-6% in 2010;
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Watching television increases risk of death from
heart disease
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from the Guardian |
guardian.co.uk)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:05:01 PM
Couch potatoes and computer
users face higher risk of death
from heart disease, strokes and
cancer, warn scientists
Every hour spent watching
television each day increases the
risk of dying from heart disease
by almost a fifth, say scientists.
Couch potatoes were warned
that their lifestyle also increased
the risk of death from other
causes including cancer.
People who spent hours
watching television greatly
increased the chances of dying
early from heart attacks and
strokes, researchers in Australia
found. Compared with those
watching less than two hours of
TV, people who sat in front of
the box for more than four hours
a day were 80% more likely to
die for reasons linked to heart
and artery disease.
The researchers monitored 8,800
adults for six years to see what
impact watching television had
on their long-term health. They
found that each hour a day spent
in front of the television
increased the risk of death from
CES 2010 in Pictures: This is why Matt can’t have nice things
By John Biggs (CrunchGear)
all causes by 11%. It also raised
the risk of dying from cancer by
9% and the risk of heart disease-
related death by 18%.
The scientists warned it was not
only telly addicts whose
lifestyles put them in danger.
Any prolonged sedentary
behaviour, such as sitting at an
office desk or in front of a
computer, posed similar risks. It
also made no difference whether
or not a person was overweight
or obese.
"Even if someone has a healthy
body weight, sitting for long
periods of time still has an
unhealthy influence on their
blood sugar and blood fats," said
the study's lead researcher, Prof
David Dunstan, from the Baker
IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
in Victoria, Australia.
The average amount of TV
people watch each day is three
hours in Australia and the UK,
said the scientists. In the US,
where two-thirds of adults are
overweight or obese, some
people spent eight hours
watching television the
equivalent of a nine to five
working day.
"What has happened is that a lot
of the normal activities of daily
living that involved standing up
We had to put down newspaper
for the boy back at the hotel. It
and moving the muscles in the
body have been converted to
sitting," said Dunstan.
"Technological, social, and
economic changes mean that
people don't move their muscles
as much as they used to, and
consequently the levels of energy
expenditure as people go about
their lives continue to shrink. For
many people, on a daily basis
they simply shift from one chair
to another from the chair in the
car to the chair in the office to
the chair in front of the
television."
The scientists interviewed 3,846
men and 4,954 women aged 25
and older who underwent sugar
tolerance tests and provided
blood samples. Participants were
recruited from 1999 and studied
for the next six years. Based on
their own reports of TV viewing
they were grouped according to
whether they watched less than
two hours a day, between two
and four hours, or more than four
hours.
During the follow-up period
there were 284 deaths, 87 from
cardiovascular, or heart and
artery disease, and 125 from
cancer.
While the association between
cancer and television viewing
was modest, there was a strong
link between TV watching and a
higher risk of cardiovascular
death. This was despite taking
account of recognised heart
disease risk factors such as raised
cholesterol levels and lifestyle.
The findings were reported
today in Circulation: Journal of
the American Heart Association.
Dunstan had this message for
members of the public: "In
addition to doing regular
exercise, avoid sitting for
prolonged periods and keep in
mind to 'move more, more often'.
Too much sitting is bad for
health."
• Health
• Health & wellbeing
• Fitness
• Heart attack
• Stroke prevention
• Heart failure
• Obesity
• Australia
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HD DVD rides again:
TCL brings China Blue
HD & Blu-ray together
for a CES face-off
By Richard Lawler (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:04:00 PM
Ah, HD DVD, our old friend -
we thought we'd never see you
again. But there was no
mistaking it, here's the logo
tucked away in Chinese
manufacturer TCL's booth on a
China Blue HD deck next to a
similar Blu-ray player. The Blu-
ray demo appeared to be down
when we stopped by making this
not much of a fight -- although
with recent gains by CBHD like
adding studio support from
Paramount, it may want to take
this challenger more seriously.
We'll move the threat level on
this conflict to yellow.
Gallery: TCL brings the CBHD-
Blu-ray battle to CES
HD DVD rides again: TCL
brings China Blue HD & Blu-ray
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British soldier killed in Afghanistan Closing Bell: Kicking Off Earnings

(World news and comment Lieutenant Colonel David an "operational patrol" in
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Wakefield, spokesman for Task
Force Helmand, said: "It is with
southern Afghanistan, US
military spokesman Colonel
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deep sadness I must inform you Wayne Shanks said. By Jon Ogg (BloggingStocks)
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Toyota FT-CH: A Prius for the Small Car Set

By Ariel Schwartz (Fast and more fuel-efficient than the words, a Prius upgrade won't
Company) ever-popular Prius. count as one of the 8. That
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:52:37 PM
According to Toyota, the car doesn't mean the Prius won't get
will be cheaper than the Prius. some swanky upgrades,
It's hard to say if Toyota could The focus on younger, less however. The next-generation
ever put out another hybrid that affluent buyers is the motivation plug-in hybrid Prius, scheduled
matches both the sales and hype behind the FT-CH's "8-bit to start rolling out this year,
of the Prius, but car company generation" style--a nod to retro comes with a Toyota first-
might be onto something with video game chic. Beyond those generation lithium-ion battery
the FT-CH hybrid, unveiled this few details, Toyota is staying and advanced in-vehicle
week at the Detroit Auto Show. mum. That's probably because though, because a cheap Toyota- production status, Toyota plans c o m m u n i c a t i o n d e v i c e s .
The pint-sized hybrid, which the FT-CH is still a concept and branded hybrid is virtually to release 8 new hybrid models. [Via Green Car Congress]
measures 153 inches long and may or may not ever make it to guaranteed to be a hit. None of them will be based on
68.5 inches wide and is lighter production. We hope it does, Regardless of the FT-CH's current Toyota hybrids--in other
8 Business/ Tech/
Got a Netbook? Now You Need Accessories
By Marc Saltzman (Inc.com)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:00:00 AM
Okay, so you've outfitted your
mobile employees with
inexpensive netbooks, but there
are a few recommended
accoutrements you should
consider to help them remain
productive while on the go.
With a growing assortment of
handy accessories, you can
expand the functionality and
longevity of your business
netbook.
From wireless mice and bigger
keyboards to high-definition
webcams and Bluetooth
headsets, there are plenty of
peripherals to choose from. Here
are some netbook accessories
that experts suggest might be
worth a look:
Mice and keyboards
Because they're portable and
affordable, netbooks have
become a popular laptop
alternative -- but its smaller form
factor means typing and clicking
on them might not be as
comfortable as a full-sized laptop
or desktop.
"It might not seem necessary, it
might even seem redundant, but
you'd be surprised how handy a
wireless mouse or keyboard can
be when it comes to doing work
on your netbook," says Paul
Google sorry for book scanning in China
By Tom Krazit
(Webware.com)
Semel, a seasoned technology
journalist and netbook user based
in Los Angeles. "Granted, you
won't need them when you're
sitting in the airport and want to
quickly check your e-mail, and
there isn't enough room on a
plane for them, either. But when
you arrive at your hotel, and
have to work on your proposal
before the big meeting, you'll
appreciate having a better
keyboard and a mouse," Semel
adds. "Well, unless you enjoy
carpel tunnel syndrome."
Carmi Levy, an independent
technology analyst based in
London, Ontario, agrees. "If
you're planning on heavy duty
text entry, most netbook
keyboards just won't cut it….
More often than not, the keys are
smaller-than-standard, and are
squished more closely together
than on a conventional laptop or
desktop PC." Levy also says the
miniaturized trackpads built into
most netbooks can be frustrating
to use: "This is especially true
when they come with space-
saving layouts that place the keys
beside the trackpad surface -- or
worse, on the front panel of the
netbook itself," says Levy.
Headsets and speakers
Many netbooks feature
integrated Bluetooth technology,
which allows you to go wireless
The Web giant acknowledges
that it should not have scanned
books in China, apologizing to
when it comes to some
peripherals including, mice,
keyboards and headsets. With the
latter, these optional accessories
are ideal for chatting via a voice
over Internet protocol (VoIP)
solution, such as Skype or
Windows Live Messenger.
"Trying to type or use your
mouse while a wire dangles in
your way is a quick and efficient
way to annoy yourself," says
Semel.
With the increasing ability of
free tools to make voice calls --
such as GoogleTalk, Skype, and
other products -- the use of the
netbook as a portable telephony
device makes increasing sense,
says Chris Silva, a senior analyst
for enterprise mobility at
Forrester Research, a Boston-
based technology research firm.
"A wired USB handset or, better
yet, a Bluetooth wireless handset
make for a must-have addition
taking the netbook from small
PC to mobile office."
Music lovers, on the other hand,
might want to consider a pair of
external speakers. "Road
warriors who use their laptops to
play tunes when they turn their
hotel rooms into mobile offices
are often disappointed with the
tinny, usually mono sound from
the average netbook's speaker,"
says Levy. "USB-powered
Chinese authors in hopes of
reaching an agreement later this
year.
portable speakers may not rock
the Kasbah, but they'll fit the bill
when you need some familiar
music in a faraway place."
Monitors, optical drives, and
webcams
Levy says an external CD/DVD
burner is also a good idea
because netbooks don't have an
embedded optical disc drive.
"Although we're burning fewer
and fewer disks these days as the
world increasingly shifts to solid
state memory and Web-based
software, there will come a time
when we all need to burn a disk,
or install something from a CD
or DVD," she says. "As netbooks
lack internal optical drives, a
slim external unit can keep you
functional without adding too
much weight."
Silva says to consider a netbook
with an integrated Web camera,
or you can always pick up an
external model, now offering
high-definition quality for crystal
-clear online video conferences.
"While the quality for digital still
pictures is likely to be dismal
[with an embedded camera], the
use of the camera with IM tools
for live, video chats makes the
device moving video conference
solution great for exchanging
ideas with colleagues or
checking in on the family from
the other side of the world," says
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Silva.
And instead of squinting to read
text on a 7- to 10-inch screen, an
external monitor is
recommended while stationary
for a while. "While you certainly
won't be carting an external
display in your travel bag, many
netbook users use them at their
desks to make up for the built-in
display's limited real estate and
resolution," says Levy. "For
basic productivity needs, a
netbook with an external display,
keyboard and mouse can often
be all the machine the average
small or mid-sized business
office user may ever need."
Other considerations
A few other netbook accessory
suggestions: A fitted sleeve to
keep the netbook secure and
protected when carried in a
larger bag, backpack, or suitcase.
A USB 2.0 hub that turns one
universal serial bus port into four
or more, to connect multiple
devices at the same time. While
the latest netbooks offer 160GB
of internal memory,
SecureDigital (SD) Flash cards
or an external hard drive adds
more storage, if needed, and the
ability to transfer files easily
between PCs.
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Hot at CES 2010: Mullets and Prosthetics
By Rob Tannen (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:52:20 PM
As a first time attendee, I found
the 2010 Consumer Electronics
Show simultaneously
overwhelming and
underwhelming. There was the
never-ending expansiveness of
sights and sounds but a lack of
any robust, breakthrough
technology. As I methodically
toured the show, I saw the
popular trends--3D television, e-
readers and multi-touch devices--
but also noted other emerging
ideas. In fact, two trends were
particularly noticeable in their
attempts to fill in voids created
by new technologies.
Visually appealing case designs
by Speck
The first trend, which I have
dubbed "mullet design," is a
movement to bring individual
style to products that have
minimal visual identities. For
those unfamiliar with the term, a
mullet is a hairstyle that can be
described as "business in the
front, and party in the rear." Now
I'm not referring to the haircuts
of CES attendees (they trended
more towards ponytails anyway),
but rather the state of an ever-
growing number of handheld
touchscreen devices.
Lacking buttons and other
decorative hardware, these
devices have a clean, business-
like front. Placed side-by-side,
most of these products are
largely indistinguishable from
each other (see also High
Definition TVs for a similar
blandness).
To compensate for a lack of
ornamentation, manufacturers
and after-market accessory
providers are assertively offering
a range of design solutions to
give personality to the backs of
these devices. For example,
companies like Speck and Case-
Mate were showing off artist-
designed iPhone covers. Speck's
CES booth included an artist
creating cases on the fly. Even
Microsoft was showing off some
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impressive engraved designs for
its Zune players, and computer
manufacturer Asus showed off
an entire wardrobe for its laptop
line.
Asus displayed a wardrobe for
its laptops and accessories.
The second trend, which I
designate as "prosthetic design"
refers to the emerging after-
market of functional hardware
accessories, particularly for the
iPhone. One of the inherent
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10 Business/
Cracks Show in Google's Nexus One Strategy
By Kit Eaton (Fast Company)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:49:39 PM
Google's Nexus One just keeps
popping into the news, but this
time its for all the wrong
reasons: Barely a week since its
launch, the complaints targeted
against it are growing from lots
of angles. Did Google make a
boo boo?
Over at PCWorld is the most
damning collection of charges
against the Nexus One, and that's
even without ripping into the
nastiness of the "superphone"
label used by Google's team
during the launch event. That's
since been called into question,
after it turned out the Nexus One
is merely an up-specced version
of the existing Droid Eris
handset made by HTC, and
carrying the latest installation of
Android OS--an upgrade that'll
hit many other Android handsets
soon.
Customer Service
This seems to be the biggest
gripe. Part of the N1 launch was
concentrated on Google's new
phone store, which the company
proudly promoted as the global
venue for potential N1
customers. They even played up
the fact it'll be expanding soon to
sell other handsets across the
World--it really is a big deal,
according to Google.
But the company totally messed
up the other half of a new online
business. That's the hidden
infrastructure that makes it all
tick--it's not enough to merely
have a glossy store front, if
you've not got the resources in
place to support all the tricky
details of dealing with Jo Public.
And in Google's case, the biggest
failing is in customer support:
There are recurring tales of woe
with consumers being referred
between Google, T-Mobile and
HTC client helplines without
anyone taking responsibility or
even offering to genuinely help.
If this effort really is to
transform the way Android
phones are sold, Google needs to
get all ship-shape and Bristol
fashion on its customer liaison as
soon as humanly possible.
Otherwise Apple will just steal
the lead again with the next-gen
iPhone.
Developers and Android 2.1
The magic juice that's poured
into the N1 to make it zing is
Android 2.1, the latest official
version of the OS from Google.
The company chose to hold the
code very close to its chest
before the N1's launch, perhaps
reasonably, so that it could
surprise users with the added
bells and whistles it provides--
like voice recognition. But since
then it seems that Google's
continued to hold on to 2.1 too
hard, and it isn't letting
developers have a look at the
code. There's no Android 2.1
SDK out yet either, which is
effectively stifling any efforts to
write apps that support the new
OS.
Given the Android
Marketplace's lagging position
behind Apple's iTunes App
Store, this seems a very odd
move by Google--wouldn't you
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expect to get everyone working
on the new code as quickly as
possible?
Vexed Vendors
Perhaps the biggest issue of the
Google Nexus One is that first
bit of its name: Google. By
branding the phone as its own,
and clearly setting the device
ahead of every other Android
smartphone out there--
particularly the recent highly-
hyped Motorola Droid--Google's
slapping every other Android
vendor in the face.
As PC World notes, "If the
Nexus on launch is any
indication, Google and HTC may
always be one step ahead of the
competition" by cooking up
exciting new hardware and
software combinations that push
the Android cutting edge, but
doing so in private. In other
words, Google may choose to do
this sort of stunt again at any
time, squashing the competition
right out of the very market it's
trying to promote.
If you add in the news that a
banking data phishing scam app
just made it into the Android
Marketplace, thanks to the open-
door policy for app submission
(in contrast to Apple's closed
vault-like tactics) this week isn't
a good one for Google's Android
phones, and the problems seem
to stem right from the top.
[Via PCWorld.com]
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Should Record Labels Abandon CDs?
By Josh Spiro (Inc.com)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:11:00 PM
With vinyl in the midst of a
renaissance and CDs tanking in
almost direct proportion to the
uptick in digital downloads, it’s
hard for a record label to peg the
best strategy for releasing music.
If they were to release digitally
only, they risk lost sales from
less tech-savvy demographics,
but if they stick to meatspace
distribution (i.e. CDs), they
could end up the last rat on a
sinking ship.Nielsen reports that
in the coming year, sales of
digital albums could climb from
41 percent to 50 percent of all
album sales. Some of the outfits
best poised to capitalize on this
trend are independent labels,
which have traditionally been
ahead of the digital curve out of
necessity.By 2003, big box
retailers had shouldered out
many of their mom and pop
counterparts leaving indie labels
struggling for shelf space.
“Independent record labels had
more to gain from the digital
U.K. Using "Thought-Control" Game to Treat ADHD in Kids
By Erica Westly (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:12:37 PM
Okay, so it's not really thought-
controlled. Instead, the game in
question, cleverly named Play
Attention, uses EEG
measurements taken from a
download model than major
record labels because, for the
first time, they had a marketplace
that was completely open to
them,” says Matt Laszuk,
president and co-founder of IRIS
Distribution, a San Francisco-
based digital marketing and
distribution company.Smash Hit
Music, one the labels IRIS works
with, releases its music entirely
in digital format. But they didn’t
start out that way. Soon after
Smash opened, five out of their
six vinyl distributors went the
way of the 8-track, so they were
forced to evolve or die. “We
were actually very excited to do
this because as soon as we
looked at the math, we realized
that we were going to be
profitable right out of the gate,”
says Layne Fox, president of the
San Francisco-based dance and
electronica label who also
doubles as IRIS’ marketing
VP.As a caveat though, Smash’s
snazzy looking helmet to
determine whether the user is
paying attention. When the kids'
attention is diverted, the game
freezes.
Play Attention was devised is
being distributed in the UK by a
British nonprofit called Games the Atlanta-based non profit
for Life(not to be confused with
annual revenue is relatively
small, in the ballpark of
$100,000. Laszuk says that many
of IRIS’ larger, most successful
labels are closer to 50 percent
digital distribution. Basically
Smash is opting for a “trade off
of scale and total dollars in
exchange for better turnarounds,
better timelines, and better
margins,” says Fox.Thinking
about breaking into digital music
distribution? Here's some tips to
help you get started:
• Even if your distribution is
largely digital, you can partner
with another label to produce
your music physically and then
split the profits without taking on
any risk. • Aim for broad
distribution across downloading
platforms and transaction types.
Though the iTunes store is the
most successful venue for many
digital distributors, getting your
tracks on Zune, Rhapsody, and
eMusic, or sites specific to your
Business/ Gadgets/
genre can be a real boost. You
can explore everything from
permanent downloads to ad-
supported streams and
subscription services.•
Emerging bands should always
put their best foot forward. Don’t
hold back your stellar tracks.
Laszuk even recommends giving
them away to build a fan base.•
Know your demographic. Is your
audience made up of digital
natives? Do they go to many
concerts? Digital sales probably
won’t help your label if you
specialize in classical music,
which tends to appeal to an
older, less tech-savvy
demographic. • Be realistic
about digital revenue
expectations and be open and
communicative about these
prospects with your artists.
Games for Life). Today,
psychology researchers at the
University of Hertfordshire
announced results from a small
study that found kids with
ADHD who had played the game
showed better impulse control
than those who had not. Now
Games for Life is looking at
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Boots With Reversible
Cleats Keep You From
Starring In Disaster On
Ice [Clothing]
By Sean Fallon (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM
This is a really fantastic
idea—boots with a set of
reversible cleats on the foot and
heel that can prevent slips on
snow and ice. When you are
heading indoors, just flip it over
to hide the steel studs.
The whole mechanism is set
flush into a groove on the sole,
so it should be as comfortable to
walk in as a standard boot. Plus,
they are made from waterproofed
leather for added protection. The
boots aren't cheap at $200, but
it's better than breaking your ass
in the driveway. [ Hammacher
via Crunchgear]
rolling out the program in
various schools throughout the
U.K. Here's hoping the game can
hold kids' attention long-term.
(Or at least that a cooler looking
helmet is invented.)
[Image courtesy of University of
Hertferdshire]
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continued from page 9
values of the iPhone is the
elimination of extra hardware – a
single device takes the role of
phone, media player, GPS, etc.
So it might seem counterintuitive
to consider adding electronics to
enhance your iPhone's
functionality. But the
announcement of a number of
products at CES suggests a
transformation of the iPhone into
a powerful and versatile base
computing platform to support
external hardware.
The iDiscover Keyboard utilizes
the iPhone and a custom app to
drive a music system.
One such example was Ion
Audio's iDiscover Keyboard.
While there are many iPhone
apps that provide an onscreen
keyboard, the iDiscover provides
a physical keyboard that uses the
iPhone and a custom app as the
engine for creating music. A
sleeper star of CES, Parrot's AR
Drone is a real flying
"quadricopter" that is controlled
remotely via an iPhone app,
letting gamers experience action
off the screen.
Whether adding style to a plain
touch screen, or "prosthetics" to
enhance functionality, the human
desire for individuality and
specialization continues to drive
commerce and technology. There
may be a party in the back, but at
least when it comes to tricking-
out our gadgets, it's still all about
business.
Rob Tannen's Designing for
Humans blog Browse blogs by
more Expert Designers
Rob Tannen is an expert in
designing products, interfaces
and systems that accommodate
the complexities of human
behavior and capabilities. He has
researched cockpit interfaces for
U.S. Air Force, designed trading
floor order systems for the New
York Stock Exchange, and
created touch screen applications
for consumer appliances. Rob is
Director of User Research and
Interaction Design at the product
development firm Bresslergroup.
He also has a PhD in human
factors and is a Certified
Professional Ergonomist.
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Ford Fusion Hybrid Takes 2010 North American Car of the

Year Award
By Ariel Schwartz (Fast
Company)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:50:05 PM
Want proof that hybrids have hit
the mainstream? Look no further
than this week's Detroit auto
show, where Ford won the 2010
North American Car of the Year
award for its Fusion Hybrid. The
sedan beat out two non-hybrid
competitors--the Buick LaCrosse
and Volkswagen Golf GTI and
TDI Diesel--to take this year's
honors.
The annual award, which is
given out by a panel of 49 auto
journalists, rates cars based on
value, innovation, design, safety,
handling, and driver satisfaction.
While we haven't tested the
LaCrosse or VW Golf models,
we can attest to the slick design,
high fuel economy and comfort
of the Fusion Hybrid. And we
aren't the only ones who like the
car--one juror called the Fusion
the best hybrid ever built.
The Fusion isn't the first hybrid
to win the Car of the Year award.
That designation goes to the
Toyota Prius, which was first
nominated in 2001 but didn't win
until 2004. Ford has also scored
in the hybrid category before for
the Escape Hybrid, which won
the Truck of the Year award in
2005. The company also took
this year's Truck of the Year
award for the Transit Connect.
All of this will sound great in
Ford car commercials, but will it
help sales? We're guessing that
the Prius will remain the best-
selling hybrid because of the
name recognition factor, but
don't be surprised to see more
new Ford vehicles on the road in
the coming year. Last year, the
company gained market share for
the first time since 1995, and
December 2009 saw a 33%
increase in sales. That's not bad
for one of the ailing Big Three.
[Via PhysOrg]
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China's Export Growth Obama Administration Tip: Make Googl

Means Light At End of
Tunnel
By Tobias Buckell
(BloggingStocks)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:30:00 PM
Filed under: China Financial
Times and other news agencies
(including our own Connie
Madon) report that China now
dominates world export
economy superseding Germany,
Europe's largest economy and
former number one exporter.
Despite resurgence in the later
half of the year by growth in
exports and the emergency
action taken by the German
Government and the Central
Bank, Germany came second to
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Banks to Pay for Bailout By Josh Lowensohn
(Webware.com)
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(BloggingStocks)
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Filed under: Politics, Financial easier to use with Goo.gl lite, a
Crisis The Obama administration free Firefox add-on that kills the
is said-to-be considering a new need to use Google's toolbar.
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Motorola XT720 spreading Android, BLUR to South Korea?

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a g a i n s t t h e h o m e t e a m s , the other side of the Yellow Sea. which would likely make this the use of feeds. Permalink Unwired
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seeing how the company is going Asset Research says the phone strictly a matter of personal
here says it's 8; they're also
all-in with Android globally, it will feature a 5 megapixel cam opinion.
quoting the screen as a 3.7-inch
makes sense that they'd be while the source of this picture Motorola XT720 spreading
14 Gadgets/ Tech News/
uPrint 3D Printer Gets Faster But Still Can't Print
Time [3dPrinting]
By Brian Barrett (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:20:00 PM
If you're a designer with a need
for three-dimensional printing
and $20,000 to spare, the uPrint
Plus is right up your alley—it's
33% bigger, 69% faster, and
40% more efficient than its
predecessor.
It may not play Daft Punk like
the MakerBot—and it costs a
whoooole lot more— but
Dimension's uPrint Plus is
professional grade, small enough
for desktop use and gives users
resolution settings of either .010
inches or .013 inches and prints
materials in nine colors. It'll ship
in March, hopefully by which
time they'll have figured out how
to get me that 4D support I've
been holding out for.
World's Best-Selling 3D Printer
Line Expands
Dimension uPrint Plus offers
material colors, larger build
volume, resolution options, and
more
MINNEAPOLIS—(BUSINESS
WIRE)—One year after
introducing what has become the
world's best-selling 3D printer -
the Dimension uPrint - Stratasys
(NASDAQ: SSYS) says it has
expanded the product line with
Is an Apple Tablet on the Way? Orange Exec Says 'Oui'
By Brian X. Chen (Wired Top
Stories)
the uPrint Plus – an enhanced
version with lots of new features
– while still keeping the price
under $20,000 (USD).
Like the Dimension uPrint
personal 3D printer, the uPrint
Plus has a small footprint for true
desktop use [25 x 26 in (635 x
660 mm)]. uPrint Plus can print
in eight colors of Stratasys
ABSplus material, making it
easier for designers to
Apple's rumored tablet will be
announced soon, according to
Orange, a major international
uPrint Plus also features two
support-material enhancements
that reduce material consumption
and modeling time. The first,
Smart Supports, is a software
enhancement that reduces
material usage by 40 percent,
cutting costs. The second, SR-
30, is an improved soluble
support material that dissolves
69 percent faster, to speed the
modeling process. Smart
Supports and SR-30
enhancements are available for
both uPrint and uPrint Plus.
"When the uPrint was introduced
one year ago, it quickly became
the best-selling 3D printer
worldwide, with 1,000 units sold
in the first 9 months," says
Dimension Product Manager
Mary Stanley. "Based on its
success and customer requests
for expanded features, the uPrint
differentiate individual assembly Plus was created. Now designers,
components and better depict engineers and architects have
their product. The printer has a expanded options for building
build envelope of 8 x 8 x 6 in models based on proven FDM
(203 x 203 x 152 mm) – 33 technology."
percent more volume than the uPrint Plus material colors
uPrint, enabling larger models. include red, blue, olive, black,
uPrint Plus offers two resolution dark gray, nectarine, fluorescent
settings – 0.010 in (0.254 mm) yellow, and ivory. The new 3D
and 0.013 in (0.330 mm) – to printer will be available for
give users additional print shipment in March through
options. authorized Stratasys resellers.
carrier and partner of Apple.
E-reader News Edition
Video highlights
from CrunchGear’s
CES 2010 booth
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:50 PM
CrunchGear had its own booth
at a CES event this year and of
course we streamed all the
interviews live. East Coasters
may have missed out due to the
late schedule though. So here
they are for a second time.
Daniel Brusilovsky started out
the panel with a demo of mSpot
video streaming Android app.
But we go on to take a look
Sticker, Shapeways, a Geek Not
Needed router, the L5 iPhone
remote, v.Clone Iomega
software, Blue Microphones,
Mad Catz Cyborg R.A.T. mouse,
LowJack computer software, an
HP CTO, PocketCPR, Pogoplug
and finish up two hours of
interviewing with a look at the
Gunman iPhone game.
Forgive all the shuffling. We did
this via Livestream, after all.
Click through for all the
interviews and general
CrunchGear hijinks.
E-reader News Edition
Android Banking Scam App Shoots
Phish In Google's Barrel [Android]
By John Herrman (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:58:10 PM
The crime: identity theft. The
location: the Android Market.
The weapon: a free "banking"
app. The lesson: you should be
terrified at all times, of all things,
even if Google says you
shouldn't be.
Downloading your bank's
mobile app seemed like a
surefire way to avoid stumbling
into a phishing scam. It was the
prudent thing to do! Until this
week, when malicious software
masquerading as an official First
Tech Credit Union banking app
wormed its way into the Android
Market. Of course, when I say
"wormed" I really mean "strode
more or less undisturbed,"
because that's what you do in the
Android Market—approvals take
Photo calendars: Near-final Firefox 3.6 out
Does it have to for testing
be this hard? By Stephen Shankland Mozilla has released the first
By Stephen Shankland
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 AM
The first three Web sites I tried
to print my online calendar didn't
work out. $198.27 later, nine
calendars made with Apple
iPhoto are on the way.
Originally posted at Deep Tech
hours, not days, and the
inspection process seems to be
cursory, at best.
This doesn't highlight a problem
so much as a tradeoff: do you
want your primary app resource
(Webware.com)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:41:00 AM
Firefox 3.6, designed to be
faster than 3.5, is nearly done.
Audi's Electric Car Gets Even Sexier
By Chuck Squatriglia (Wired
Top Stories)
Gadgets/ Tech/ Tech News/ 15
to be mostly unfiltered and non-
exclusive, so no company can
tell you what you can or can't
download, but where you're
possibly exposed to scam apps
like this? Or do you need to be
held in the warm, protective
breast of a multination
corporation, guarded by its app
approval minions, who go over
every app with a fine-tooth
comb?
Either way, its worth noting that
this is only somewhat indicative
Nokia N900 gets first
of a weakness in the Android
Market concept, because it
shouldn't have happened—they
software update, but
theoretically screen for malicious
apps. But it did, so at the very don't expect much
least be more scared careful. [ By Chris Ziegler (Engadget) be available globally within the
First Tech Credit Union via Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:26:00 PM next day or so, both over-the-air
AndroidGuys] and via Nokia Software Update
Nokia has announced that it has on your desktop.
started pushing the N900's very [Thanks to everyone who sent
first post-launch update, but this in]
apparently it's not anything crazy Update: We're being told that
like Maemo 6(yeah, we know it's the Ovi Store's now accessible
not even close to ready, but you from the device at store.ovi.mobi
know you want it) or system- -- anyone care to share stories of
wide portrait orientation support success or failure? Thanks,
release candidate for the open- -- instead, it's just a minor bump Matija!
source Web browser. designed to prepare the set for Nokia N900 gets first software
Originally posted at Deep Tech the upcoming launch of the update, but don't expect much
Maemo-flavored Ovi Store. originally appeared on Engadget
That's great news for anyone on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:26:00
looking for a more unified way EST. Please see our terms for
to get paid apps on the phone, a use of feeds. Permalink| Nokia
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is off-the-charts gorgeous. M a e m o a m o r e c o n s u m e r - Comments
friendly platform than it is at the
present. Look for the update to
16 Gadgets/ Politics/
Droid security flaw makes lock
screen a mere inconvenience for evil-
doers
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:49:00 PM
You might recall Apple having a
hard time keeping its lock screen
locked at one point, and it looks
like we've got a common theme
brewing here now that Android's
suffering from the same drama.
Turns out that Android 2.0.1 --
the build currently deployed on
the Droid -- suffers from a flaw
whereby you can back out to a
locked phone's home screen
simply by pressing the Back
button after accepting an
incoming call. Of course, you'd
either have to know a phone's
number or wait for a call to
actually take advantage of this,
but we'd argue that it's a pretty
low barrier of entry. The bright
side of the story, we suppose, is
that the phone goes back to being
locked as soon as the call ends,
The Fox-Palin Convergence
(Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:33:14 AM
It seems almost inevitable
somehow, like asteroids on a
collision course; the New York
Times Media Decoder blog
reports:
Former Gov. Sarah Palin of
Alaska has signed on as a
but then again it doesn't take
much time to peep your juicy
emails. Google's aware of the
issue, so we're thinking this'll
make it into the Droid's next
software update; we don't have a
launch window for that just yet,
so in the meantime... you know,
just make sure no one ever calls
you and you should be good to
contributor to the Fox News
Channel. The network confirmed
that Ms. Palin will appear on the
network’s programming on a
regular basis as part of a multi-
year deal. Financial terms were
not disclosed.
Ms. Palin will not have her own
regular program, one person
familiar with the deal said,
go.
Droid security flaw makes lock
screen a mere inconvenience for
evil-doers originally appeared on
Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010
15:49:00 EST. Please see our
terms for use of feeds. Permalink
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this| Comments
though she will host an
occasional series that will run on
the network from time to time.
The only question I have is
whether to file this under
“Media” or “Politics,” because
it’s both.
E-reader News Edition
Sony’s Bloggie
camcorders might be
meant for video blogging
By Doug Aamoth 270-degree rotating lens, movie
(CrunchGear) and still buttons, Memory Stick
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:00:00 PM
and SD(HC) expandability, and
4x digital zoom.
Time to sweep up after CES. The MHS-CM5/V, pictured
Devin tells me we have a hands- above right, costs $200 and
on with these cameras buried features HDMI output, image
somewhere in our live video feed stabilization, 5x optical zoom,
from the show but we’re unable flip-out USB connector, movie
to find it at the moment, so and still buttons, Memory Stick
please allow me to paint a and SD(HC) expandability, and a
picture for you using good old swiveling 2.5-inch LCD screen.
fashioned words. For $30 more than the other
Two models are available – both model, I’d pick this one up first
shoot up to 1920×1080 HD if only for the swiveling LCD
video in the MP4 format.
The MHS-PM5/V, pictured
and optical zoom.
b l o g g i e M P 4
above in blue and pink, costs Cameras[SonyStyle.com via
$170 and features a Flip-like Electronista]
USB connector, 2.4-inch LCD,
E-reader News Edition
School district buys 131 iPod touches, for
education
By Nicholas Deleon
(CrunchGear)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:40 PM
A school district in North
Carolina just placed an order for
131 iPod touches to be used to
help kids with their readin’ and
writin’. The money to buy the
Apple devices came from a
combination of grants and the
American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, also known as
“the stimulus.”
The move has already created
controversy. “Why should we
spend all this money on iPods?”
To that I’d answer, well, the iPod
touch is nothing if not a small
computer, and one that costs less
than buying a full-size desktop.
(What, are you going to buy a
bunch of kids a netbook? Not
that’s a waste of money.) People
also didn’t like the idea that,
since the iPod touch doesn’t
have a user-replaceable battery,
the school district is essentially
buying a device that simply
won’t work in just a few years’
time.
But seeing as though the iPods
are being purchased with what
amounts to free money (in the
form of grants and the stimulus),
I really don’t see how people can
complain. Didn’t we all play
Reading Blaster and Math
Blaster in our elementary school
computer labs? The iPod touch
could probably run a 3D version
of Math Blaster.
A computer is a computer is a
computer. Cálmate.
Flickr
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Facebook's Universal
Password and Other
Unsettling Insider Info
[Blockquote]
By Adam Frucci (Gizmodo)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:27:40 PM
This interview with an
anonymous Facebook employee
spills some beans about the inner
workings of the 'book. One of
the juiciest is that there was once
a universal password that let
them log in as anyone. Chuck
Norris? Really?
To be fair, the password only
worked from within the
Facebook offices, so you
couldn't just check out anyone's
profile from anywhere if you
knew about it. However,
employees still have access to all
sorts of info about any user,
including what profiles you view
and any information you have
since deleted. Acceptable
business practices or privacy
disaster? Personally, I almost
never use Facebook anymore, so
I don't really care. But that's just
me. [ The Rumpus via The Awl]
18 Gadgets/ Tech Tips/ Tech News/ E-reader News Edition

Lifehacker Readers Are

an Early-Adopting, 64-
bit Crowd [What You
Said]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:00 PM

Last week we asked you

HTC Droid Eris gets an
ultra-minor update
By Chris Ziegler (Engadget)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:51:00 PM
be a much heartier update in the Barbie, or News Anchor Barbie.
wings later this quarter as Big
Red has previously promised.
whether you were running a 32-
bit or 64-bit operating system on
Vote for the Computer your main PC. As it turns out, an
impressive 71% of you have
made the jump to 64-bit. From
Engineer Barbie the comments, it appeared that
many of you chose the 64-bit
By Matt Burns (CrunchGear) It probably has something to do upgrade to take advantage of the
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:30:50 PM with a fantasy I share with nearly benefits of 64-bit.
every other computer nerd.
Get Rid of
I can’t come up with a good Whatever. Vote here to help
reason why Computer Engineer further the Computer Engineer
Barbie is more socially-forward Barbie movement. You know Annoying Windows
than Environmentalist Barbie, you wanna.
Surgeon Barbie, Architect
Notifications
By How-To Wiki (Wired Top
Stories)
Classified Recordings of First Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:00 PM

What you want for your Droid [Thanks to everyone who sent
Eris: Android 2.1. What you're this in] Fusion Bomb Test Found in Old Microsoft's famously buggy
Windows Genuine Advantage
actually getting: the tiniest of HTC Droid Eris gets an ultra-
updates designed to fix just one minor update originally appeared Safe notification system sometimes
won't stop nagging you, even
bug. ROM version 1.17.605.1 is on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan By Alexis Madrigal (Wired Top are unearthed at Columbia and
starting to make its way into the 2010 16:51:00 EST. Please see Stories) though you're playing by the
published here at Wired.com for rules. Here's how to disable it.
world via the phone's over-the- our terms for use of feeds. the first time. The experimental
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:08:00 AM
air update mechanism, fixing an Permalink| Verizon| Email this| detonation was five times as
intermittent bad signal indicator Comments Scientific recordings of the powerful as all the bombs used
when bringing it out of standby. atmospheric wave caused by the in WWII.
Yep, that's it -- so there'd better first manmade fusion explosion
E-reader News Edition Tech/ 19

Responding To SoundExchange... By Their Numbers

By Fred Wilhelms (Techdirt) press releases. Their campaign idiosyncratic than the old one, from artists they can't find, even artists, they never mentioned the
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:55:00 AM seems to be faltering, however, but I will deal with the contents if that really isn't so. new forfeiture program
as they've resorted to of the list, and what it means, Perhaps SoundExchange wants anywhere but on the website
This is a guest post from Fred commenting on my supposed separately. everyone to think it is a matter of page that linked to the list of
Wilhelms, a lawyer whose factual errors to third parties like All that aside, SoundExchange Federal law because they don't unregistered artists. In other
concerns about SoundExchange Techdirt rather than deal with me is right about this. I just missed want anyone looking at the words, you had to already know
we recently wrote about. Due to directly. I don't mind. It's the the list. regulation itself. You see, the they had your money in order for
the length of the post, we've put tactic they've used with outside 2. About what happens to regulation requires that all you to find out they were going
some of it after the jump, so critics like me for years. It's forfeited money, I said money that should be paid to an to take it. There was not one
you'll need to click through to arrogant, but what can we expect SoundExchange gets to keep the unidentified or unlocated press release announcing the
read the whole thing -- but, trust from an organization where the money. They said:"This is a recipient be placed in a forfeiture, and not even a notice
us, it's worth it. Board of Directors is hand- common misperception about segregated trust account. I've about it anywhere on the
B a c k b e f o r e N e w Y e a r s , picked by the RIAA? SX. While our congressional asked SoundExchange website, or anywhere else for
Techdirt's Mike Masnick picked So, let me take this opportunity mandate allows us to liquidate repeatedly over the years to that matter. In blunt point of
up on my comment to p2pnet.net t o d e a l w i t h t h e " T o p T e n funds after 3 years, the board has advise me where the "segregated fact, SoundExchange "declined"
regarding the list of artists Reasons Laura Williams Tells repeatedly declined to do so, in trust account" is held, but the to go through with the second
SoundExchange said it couldn't Techdirt Why I Am So, So hopes of locating more artists to inquiries are always met with forfeiture only because there was
find. I wrote that the list was not Wrong About SoundExchange pay properly. EVEN IF THEY silence. I've also asked them to public outrage that they would
on the website. I was wrong (But Won't Tell Me Directly)." DID RELEASE FUNDS, those tell me how much money is in do it again and try to keep it a
a b o u t t h a t , a n d M i k e g o t 1.About the "missing" list of funds go directly to the artists that segregated trust account. secret. SoundExchange clearly
suckered into repeating it. I went unpaid artists, I said it wasn't on and rights holders who are They've ignored that too. I don't wants everyone to pretend that
blissfully without the Internet for the website. They said:"Not sure currently registered, in a windfall think the segregated trust they never really meant to try a
a couple weeks (yes, it is how FW missed this. It's at royalty - SX is a non-profit and account exists, for the simple second forfeiture. The problem
possible) and missed the whole http://soundexchange.com/perfor does not keep that money." reason that SoundExchange is, they did.
thing. I just got it wrong. The mer-owner/does-sx-have-money- There's a whole bunch of doesn't have the slightest idea I said SoundExchange gets to
list is there. I just couldn't find for-you/unpaid-artists/. It's been misdirection and spin going on which artists are entitled to what keep money it forfeits from
it. there all along, old website and in those 70 words. share of the undistributed unfound artists. SoundExchange
My apologies, in order, to new, and this version is easier to There's no "congressional money. disputes that and claims that
SoundExchange, Mike, and his use than ever." As noted before, I mandate." The forfeiture is About "repeatedly declining" to "those funds go directly to the
readers. The list itself is a very missed it. permitted by Federal regulation forfeit more artist money, they artists and rights holders who are
interesting document on several There used to be a link directly adopted by the Copyright Office, say this as if refusing to take currently registered," which is
levels, and I will be dealing with from the homepage to the list, specifically, 37 CFR 261.8. A money from people who don't utter bull. As that regulation so
that later. This particular note and a rolling counter of artists regulation is not a "congressional know about it is an act of moral clearly states, SoundExchange
has a specific purpose relating to removed from the list. Those are mandate," although I admit that courage. They also say this as if doesn't pay the money "directly"
Mike's piece. gone. I used the search function mandate stuff makes it sound they actually never intended to to anyone. They get to use the
SoundExchange folks like on the site for "unregistered like it is something do it again, when history proves forfeited funds to defray their
Director Dick Huey and staffer a r t i s t s " (the term SoundExchange has to do, rather otherwise. In January, 2007, own expenses, which, when you
Laura Williams have been SoundExchange used to use to than something that immediately after the deadline come down to it, means they get
g u s h i n g a l l o v e r a b o u t describe the entries on the list) SoundExchange asked the for the first forfeiture, to use it for their own purposes.
SoundExchange's new open and came up with nothing. I'm Copyright Office to do for them, SoundExchange announced they Technically, SoundExchange
communications policy. I have not sure how "easier" the list is which is what really happened. were going ahead with a second doesn't "keep the money," so the
been trying to engage them in t o u s e , g i v e n t h a t t h e SoundExchange wants everyone one. Strangely, for an
actual conversation, rather than alphabetizing scheme used by to think they are forced by organization that claims to be so RESPONDING page 24
simply criticizing their serial SoundExchange is even more Congress into taking money vitally concerned with serving
20 Tech/ E-reader News Edition

HOW TO: Use a Start Page to Stay Organized

By Barb Dybwad (Mashable!) and resources, it can be the browsing, it allows you to set up them if they end up being not as
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:31:23 PM optimal place to check first to get and toggle between multiple useful over time. Each service
a sense of what’s going on in pages for different purposes offers a directory of widgets,
This post originally appeared on your work and your industry. By (Netvibes even allows you to most with suggestions of the
the American Express OPEN aggregating multiple widgets and create multiple instances, similar most popular or essential tools
F o r u m , w h e r e M a s h a b l e bits of information into a single to having multiple Gmail for your pages. From note-taking
regularly contributes articles interface, a start page can serve accounts versus simply to e-mail, from stocks to eBay
about leveraging social media as a central hub for the most forwarding multiple addresses to auctions, from your Netflix
a n d t e c h n o l o g y i n s m a l l important information that’s one inbox). Depending on your queue to integrated online
business. always one click away from your you have the luxury of picking needs, you’ll want to take stock storage, there’s a lot of
W i t h s o m a n y o n l i n e regular browsing habits. which one looks and “feels” of what realms you might want functionality that can be brought
p r o d u c t i v i t y t o o l s a t o u r Let’s take a look at how to right. Although the widget to have at your fingertips. If into one at-your-fingertips’
disposal, there’s never been a choose and use a personalized offerings tend to be fairly you’re a frequent traveler, you interface.
better time to check up on what’s dashboard. How to Choose a c o m p a r a b l e b e t w e e n t h e might want a Travel tab with One other consideration when
out there to help optimize your Start Page platforms, you might want to weather conditions, time zones, setting up your start page is
work flow. One such class of Both Google and Yahoo offer spend some time browsing the flight statuses, and news in your choosing a theme — much like
tools that can help set up a personalized start pages, the available widget and gadget frequently-visited spots. If you you can customize the look and
dashboard of critical “at a former at iGoogle and the latter options as well to get a sense of n e e d t o m o n i t o r w h a t ’ s feel of your Gmail account or
glance” information is the with My Yahoo. If you or your which selections make the most happening in several industries, your WordPress blog, you can
personalized start page. business already uses web sense for you and your business. you might create a tab for each “skin” your start page with
There are a number of different products from either company, Alltop is a nice, clean interface of them with appropriate sources colors and graphics that appeal to
choices in this category, but the the offered integrations with that provides just that, and you and widgets. Multiple tabs means you. You’ll also want to consider
general gist is that a start page your start page might make can set up your own customized your personal dashboard can whether or not you might want to
enables you to “stick” bits of the either an obvious choice (Google dashboard of feeds and/or make even live right beside your work make use of a public component
web like news feeds, interactive Apps users tend to mesh well use of the pre-collected packages dashboard(s) as well. to your start page. Netvibes gives
widgets and other specific blocks with the iGoogle start page, for which are organized by hundreds Once you have an idea which you a public section by default,
of information into a one-stop- example). of topics, industries and niches buckets you’ll want to keep track and Pageflakes allows you to
shop destination you can use as Another brace of popular for a quick and pre-curated view of, start thinking about what are create “Pagecasts” that can be
your first port of call when o p t i o n s a r e N e t v i b e s a n d into a number of sectors. How to the most high priority sources public to the world or shared
starting a work session. Why Use Pageflakes, both of which offer Set Up and Use Your Start Page and bits of information you’d privately with a group. Setting
a Start Page? full-featured start page Once you’ve picked your like to collect for each page. up a valuable public page could
Like an RSS reader, a start page a l t e r n a t i v e s t o t h e b i g poison, as it were, you’ll want to Since you can arrange your be a novel way to position
can help you stay on top of a companies’ offerings. All four spend a bit of up-front time pages in any manner you wish, yourself as a resource in your
large volume of information. services offer the ability to add setting it up for optimal use. Of you’ll want to set up the highest niche or industry.
What sets a start page apart is the widgets to your pages that go course, it’s always easy to priority widgets towards the top These are just a few ideas to
ability to integrate far more than beyond presenting mere news change things around on the fly of the page and fill in the lower help you get started on the road
just news feeds, including f e e d s ( G o o g l e c a l l s t h e m as well, so as new sources parts of the page with some of to personalized start page
everything from e-mail, to your “gadgets,” while Pageflakes become critical and you discover the lesser priority items. mastery. With more features and
calendar, to the weather report, refers to them as “Flakes”). new widgets, it’s a simple matter Feel free to go nuts hunting widgets being developed over
to the current time in other The best way to choose which to incorporate them into your down new, interesting, and time, there promises to be no
places around the world where start page fits is to give each one start page work flow. useful widgets and gadgets and shortage of information and
you do business. a quick try. Differences in Each start page offers the ability giving them a try on your tabs
After taking some time to set up layout, user interface, and style to create a tabbed interface. and pages. It’s always easy to HOW page 21
your page with relevant feeds become apparent quickly, and Working much like tabbed move, re-order, or even remove
E-reader News Edition
6 Foursquare Apps We’d Love to See
By Shane Snow (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:36:48 AM
Foursquare is one of the crucial
new social networks to keep tabs
on, and for entrepreneur types,
the recent release of its open API
is big news. It may be time for
developers to start shifting away
from Twitter and start tinkering
with something a bit more
Square.
Here are 6 Foursquare apps
we’d like to see developed.
What other location-based apps
would you like to see take
advantage of the Foursquare
API? Let us know in the
comments. 1. MenuSquare
When you check in at a
restaurant on Foursquare, you
can see what feedback your
friends and others have left.
Usually it’s recommendations –-
“Try the lobster ravioli!” –- or
warnings –- “The green curry is
wicked hot!” But wouldn’t it be
great to be able to see the actual
menu from your phone? We’d
love to see an app that allows the
crowd (or zealous programmers)
to add a list of every menu item,
perhaps even with prices, to
every popular venue. Want to
plan your meal while waiting for
a table or a slow waiter? Maybe
you’re just trying to decide
where to eat? Just fire up
Let's Get High and Go to New Jersey [Drugs]
By Pareene (Gawker)
“MenuSquare.” 2. OrderSquare
(a la SeamlessWeb)
Building on the aforementioned
menu idea, how about being able
to order food from your
smartphone, using Foursquare as
the backdrop? The API makes it
easy to grab all the nearby
restaurants’ info, which will give
this app a leg up in a lot of areas.
The app could also be used to
broadcast to your Foursquare
friends what you actually
ordered, leaving a record for
everyone’s sake and encouraging
reviews on individual dishes. 3.
TextSquare
Not all our friends are on
Foursquare, and many of yours
probably aren’t either. Could be
they’re just not hip, but it’s also
likely they just don’t have the
right smartphones. How about an
application that allows you to
send selected check-ins as text
messages or e-mails to non-
Foursquarers that you’d like to
meet up with. Invite those
technoramuses to the party, too.
4. SquareDeck
We don’t generally sit around
tapping refresh on our phone to
see where everyone’s at on
Foursquare. We’d like to see a
desktop application or widget
that shows a feed of friends’
announced Foursquare
coordinates and shouts. This
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continued from page 20
functionality to enhance your
the programmers), and it would start page. Plus, since most
definitely enhance the widgets and gadgets use existing
experience. Conclusion web markup and standards, you
Foursquare’s API makes it easy could even build your own
to tap into location data for widgets if you need customized,
virtually every venue in most big business-specific information on
cities, and now that Foursquare your dashboard. Enjoy your one
has opened up globally, this stop information shop! More
information will start flooding in small business resources from
way, we could see what we’re from smaller locales as well.
Mashable:
missing out on while we’re at Developers: Now’s the time to
- HOW TO: Implement a Social
work, or what gig we should get get in on the app-building action
Media Business Strategy
to. Integrate this app with early. With the right foresight
- 9 Great Document
Twitter and the rest of our social and a bit of ingenuity, the
Collaboration Tools for Teams
networks, and we’d never be possibilities are endless. More
- 5 New Year’s Resolutions for
lonely again. 5. EventSquare Foursquare resources from
SMBs
Teens and party-going twenty- Mashable:
- HOW TO: Choose a News
somethings have plenty of - 6 Tips for Getting the Most out
Reader for Keeping Tabs on
disposable income to make this of Foursquare
Your Industry
app worthwhile. Build them an - Foursquare vs. Gowalla:
- Top Mobile Productivity Tools
application that shows where the Location-Based Throwdown
for the Small Business
nearest parties, concerts, or - T h e T w i t t e r o f 2 0 1 0 :
- 5 Advanced Social Media
events are going on at any Foursquare as Next Year’s
Marketing Strategies for Small
moment, based on their location. Breakout Hit
Businesses
Great for those bored Friday - Location, Location, Location: 5
- 4 Ways Social Media is
nights, this app could really help Big Predictions for 2010
Changing Business
you find something to do any Images courtesy of iStockphoto,
Image courtesy of iStockphoto,
time you want. 6. GroupSquare p h o t o p o s t e r , d w p h o t o s ,
smartstock
Sometimes you may check in m a c r o w o r l d R e v i e w s :
Tags: business, how to, how tos,
and only want certain friends to Foursquare, Twitter, iStockphoto
iGoogle, List, Lists, My Yahoo,
know — you can’t always invite Tags: android, api, APIs, apps,
Netvibes, organization,
everyone. That’s why we’re blackberry, foursquare, geo-
Pageflakes, productivity, small
proposing an app (or a built-in location, geolocation, iphone,
business
feature) that lets users categorize List, Lists, mobile applications
their Foursquare friends and then
choose which ones to alert upon
check in. It shouldn’t be so hard
to implement (says the writer to
the Assembly!
22 Tech/ TV/ E-reader News Edition

Is It Legal For A Clothing Company To Show

President Obama Wearing Its Jacket? TV Land picks up Lisa
Rinna and Harry Hamlin
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) points out that the White House decided that it is a cheap and allure has been the sort of Docu-Soap “Harry
was upset and complained about inferior product. But instead, the personal magnetism that
Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:44:00 AM
both uses, but likely had no legal White House seems to be playing connects with consumers as they
Loves Lisa”
One of the trickier and more right to complain: As in the along, at least with PETA, by bide their time in checkout By Robert Seidman
recent "intellectual property" Michele Obama case, the White agreeing that Obama really does lanes," and quotes PETA's (TVbytheNumbers)
(and I use the term loosely) H o u s e c o m p l a i n e d , b u t share PETA's position on furs. preseident explaining, "It's hard Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:06:18 PM
rights out there is the "right to everybody seems to agree that Where it gets even more not to look at her and feel good."
publicity" which was an odd sort Obama won't sue, not just interesting, is that Levy notes This, too, is a use of the [ fivefilters.org: unable to
of invention designed as a way because presidents don't trifle that a reporter for the Obamas' selling power to sell the retrieve full-text content] via
for certain famous people to stop with such litigation, but because Washington Post pointed to the products of companies' who have press release: CELEBRITY
companies from putting their Obama has no legal leg to stand similarities with various media never received consent from the UBER-COUPLE LISA RINNA
pictures in ads and imply on. He is a public figure and the publications writing up some Obamas. In fact, political groups AND HARRY HAMLIN? TO
endorsement. But there are some ad is truthful -- Obama did, in story about the Obamas solely to and companies as well as the OPEN THEIR DOORS TO TV
fuzzy borders here, especially fact, wear its jacket standing near get an Obama photo on the media are constantly trying to LAND IN NEW REALITY
w h e n i t c o m e s t o F i r s t the Great Wall... cover, knowing that it would sell associate themselves with a DOCU-SOAP “HARRY LOVES
Amendment free speech rights. That is not to say that PETA and well. However, oddly, the Post variety of famous personages, no LISA” Six-Episode TV Land
Paul Alan Levy has an excellent Weatherproof ran no risk when reporter seems to think this is matter what some "right of PRIME Original Series To Air In
discussion on two separate cases they started these ad campaigns. just fine for the media, but a publicity" cases may say. It is Fall 2010? New York, NY,
where publicity rights came up When receiving questions from problem when it's someone else: high time to consider how far the January 11, 2010 – TV Land
with regards to President and reporters, the White House could What is interesting here is the right of publicity needs to be cut announced today that it has
Mrs. Obama. In the first, PETA have released statements from assumption that it is back, or whether it causes more greenlit a six-episode docu-soap
used Michelle Obama in an h e r d e n o u n c i n g P E T A f o r (mis)appropriation when a trouble than it is worth. Indeed. entitled “Harry Loves Lisa”
advertisement, as an example of extremist opposition to the use of political group does it and when The deeper you look at the right featuring pop culture [...]
someone who doesn't wear fur. animals in medical testing ("she a clothing company does it, but of publicity, the more ridiculous
In the second, sporting goods thinks it is better to test on not when the media do it. But and less justifiable it seems. It
company Weatherproof used a animals first instead of using isn't is obvious that magazines almost always serves to stifle
photo of Obama wearing one of poor people and prisoners"). were putting the Obamas on the free speech.
the company's jackets while he Similarly, the White House could cover to sell magazines? Permalink| Comments| Email
was in China to highlight the sort have told reporters, oh yes, he Givhan's article admits that -- This Story
of customer they have. Levy did wear the jacket but later she says, "no small part of the

Keep Jay's head away from Conan's contract!

By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:09:00 PM
This is a good way to waste an
hour at work today.
TMZ has a new game at their
site, The TMZ Contract Game
with Conan O'Brien. It's actually
a pretty simple game. You're
Conan O'Brien, and you have to
keep trying to grab the NBC
contract before Jay Leno's head
hits you (if you get hit, the
game's over). Be careful. It's not
just one Leno head that is
gunning for you, they keep
growing in number the more
contracts you manage to get.
My top score so far is 1134.
Filed under: Late Night, Web,
Talk Show, Reality-Free, Jay
Leno
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Dear Rock Stars: Please Stop Claiming You're Just Interested

In Helping Up-And-Coming Artists
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt) problem here is not with the and go and get a proper job.
Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:53:00 AM internet. It's not with how it Indeed. This is the very point
'hurts' the little people. WE that we've been trying to make so
Remember a few months ago LOVE IT! It's you. You and your long. So many of the artists that
when we noted that all the heads expectations of wealth-beyond- we highlight as success stories
of the major Hollywood studios measure are screwed. And I don't would never have been
had changed their tune, in the care. successful at all without the
light of reports of yet another Here's a headline for you -- in internet and embracing what it
record box office year, to start the 3 weeks since I made 'Behind allows. Because the old system
claiming that movie piracy was Every Word' available for free was entirely about outliers. The
harming indie movie producers, download, I've sold more CDs traditional recording business
even as many of them had and downloads that in any one was a lottery ticket. A tiny few
learned to embrace the internet to month since 6 months after it made it. And everyone else
do quite well for themselves? It first came out. failed. With what technology
seems the same basic thing has This a four year old album. I've allows today, plenty of
been happening in the music done no gigs in that time, I've musicians will fail to make a
business as well. We've already taken out no ads, I've not given living. It's no guarantee that
noted how folks like Bono and away a single bit of physical anyone can be a success. But
Paul McCartney have been heard anything that cost me money. there are much greater
complaining to the press about I've just talked about it, and opportunities, and (the best part)
how piracy was harming up-and- invited people to listen to it. And musicians have more control and
coming musicians (noting they guess what? They listened, and recording contract. Shane and McCartney: Steve -- and the say in how their careers go,
couldn't really complain given those who really liked it THEN Richmond, who pointed growing number of artists like giving them a greater chance to
their success). PAID. And they paid more for Lawson's post out to me, notes him -- will probably be actually be successful on their
However, Steve Lawson, whose the 'free' download they they do that (of course) some will dismissed as outliers taking a own terms, not the terms of four
thoughts on the music industry on iTunes. respond (as they always do, path that works for a lucky few large (but shrinking) companies,
we've discussed in the past, has I couldn't possibly have done it every time we post an example but not for everyone. The thing and the very small number of
penned something of an open without 'free music', without the of a success story) that musicians is, that's true of the record rock stars they helped succeed in
letter to all these rock stars, internet, without sharing, without like Lawson are "outliers" and industry too. A lucky few artists the past.
noting that the up-and-coming streaming. Nor could I have done successes on the margin. But, get rich while the majority are Permalink| Comments| Email
musicians don't need their help: it within the insanely restrictive Richmond, notes, the true hoping just to break even before This Story
So, dear Rock Stars -- the copyright terms of a standard outliers are the folks like Bono they have to give up their dreams

Simon Cowell Announces Last Season on 'American Idol'

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:40:00 PM
Simon Cowell has made it
official -- he is leaving
"American Idol" after this season
to bring his British hit "X
Factor" to the U.S.
He said Monday, "There has
been a lot of speculation, partly
because we didn't have an
agreement. We reached an
agreement at half past eleven this
morning where we have agreed
that 'X Factor' will launch in
2011 with me judging and
executive producing the show.
Because of that, this will be my
last season on 'American Idol'
this year."
He continues, "We talked about
me staying on both shows, but
the practicality of that is
impossible. I didn't think it right
for me to do two shows in
America. I can barely do one.
We had a lot of discussions. It
was done very gentlemanly."
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RESPONDING
continued from page 19
"correction" is correct in a very
strict literal sense. However,
reality shows that they don't keep
it because they spend it, which
doesn't match up with what they
say here.
Now, of course, if they reduce
their own expenses, that makes
more money available for
distribution to registered artists
and copyright holders because
they have to take less out of the
current receipts. That's a good
thing, but reality tells me that
there are a couple problems.
First of all, anyone who has ever
worked for a non-profit that must
keep a lid on expenses can tell
you that "extra" money that can
be used to defray expenses tends
to get used up pretty fast. In the
case of SoundExchange, I can
clearly imagine that the forfeited
money financed a good part of
the musicFIRST campaign for
the terrestrial radio performance
Simon Cowell leaves Idol to bring X
Factor to the US - TCA Report
By Joel Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:37:00 PM
At the FOX exec session, Kevin
Reilly and Peter Rice brought an
end to the speculation about
what's going on with Simon
Cowell by bringing him on stage.
The plan: Cowell will leave even signed his agreement on
American Idol after this season, stage.
and The X Factor will be coming Some quotes from Simon and
to the US starting in 2011. He the Fox execs after the jump:
royalty. Secondly, take a look at
what happens to whatever money
does get through that "expense"
process to be paid to registered
recipients. As royalty money is
split 50/50 between artists and
copyright holders, and, by their
own estimates, 70% of the
copyright holder royalties goes
to the four RIAA members who
directly control six of the
eighteen seats on the
SoundExchange board (and who
appointed the other twelve out of
the goodness of their hearts), that
means that 35 cents out of every
forfeited artist royalty dollar
goes to the four RIAA members.
The one thing SoundExchange
got right in its "correction" of my
comment is the idea that this is a
"windfall." I don't think they
meant it the way it actually
comes out, because the greatest
windfall ends up in the lap of the
RIAA labels, but they won't tell
Marvel Claims Jack Kirby Was Just A
you that outright and if you ask Workerbee; Has No Right To Reclaim
them about it, like I have, they
ignore you. Because they can. Copyright On Marvel Characters
If SoundExchange actually By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
spent that forfeited money on Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:08:00 PM
improving their efforts to find
the artists, like the language of Last fall, we wrote about how
the forfeiture regulation actually
the heirs of famed comic artist
intends that they do, that would Jack Kirby had started alerting
be fine. But they don't, and their
everyone that he intended to
"correction" of my comment is reclaim his copyrights on various
nothing but more smoke and popular comic characters, such
mirrors to hide that. as Spiderman, the Hulk, Iron
Click the read more or Man, The Avengers and others,
comments link below to see the using the termination right in
additional eight points Wilhelms copyright law that was recently
raises in response to used by the heirs of one of the
SoundExchange. creators of Superman to reclaim
Permalink| Comments| Email some of those rights. Not
This Story surprisingly, Marvel, who owns
many of the characters that
Kirby's heirs want to take back,
isn't particularly pleased about
this (especially since many of
those characters have recently
become extremely lucrative
movie franchises). So it has
gone to court to insist that Kirby
had no right to the characters and
that his work with Marvel was a
"work for hire" situation, where
Marvel retains all the copyrights.
Continue reading Simon Cowell Kirby's heirs, not surprisingly,
leaves Idol to bring X Factor to disagree. They point out that
the US - TCA Report Kirby worked out of his own
Filed under: American Idol, house as a freelancer with no
Celebrities, TCA Press Tour, c o n t r a c t o r e m p l o y m e n t
Judges, Casting agreement.
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I have to admit that I'm not a fan
of the termination right for
copyright, because it makes a
huge mess of things. However,
given that it's there, it's really
pretty sickening the lengths to
which big entertainment
companies will go to try to block
creators from using it.
Remember, these are the same
giant entertainment companies
who will insist time and time
again that they need special
government protections to
"protect the artists." But any
chance they get they'll screw
those artists over. You may
recall the attempt a decade ago
by the RIAA to change copyright
law in the middle of the night
(literally) by having a staffer slip
four words into a larger piece of
legislation that would have
avoided some of these
termination claims. The
entertainment industry has no
interest in protecting the artists.
It only wants to protect its
bottom line -- and if that means
screwing over the artists, it will
do so at every turn.
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Former Apple engineer: FingerWorks may be a part of the

tablet
By Mike Schramm (The itself, and those guys claim that and see, wait and see.
Unofficial Apple Weblog it makes use of gesture Update: MacRumors now notes
(TUAW)) recognition to operate: "for that some content on
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 PM example, three fingers down and FingerWorks' website has been
rotate could mean 'open an pulled despite being online since
Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, application.'" Another former Apple made the purchase in
Software, Apple, Developer The employee told them that Apple's 2005. Very interesting.
New York Times is the latest big b e e n p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r a [via MacRumors]
source of tablet rumors today, multitouch version of iWork for TUAW Former Apple engineer:
and they went way back for the years, and that the tablet is FingerWorks may be a part of
latest stab in the dark. All the actually a full-featured Mac, not the tablet originally appeared on
way back to 2005, when Apple just an e-reader or larger iPod The Unofficial Apple Weblog
purchased a little company called touch. (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010
FingerWorks, known for their Of course, we don't know how 16:00:00 EST. Please see our
work with gesture recognition on long ago these Apple engineers focus in that same period of time. Apple's been obsessed with terms for use of feeds.
a multitouch interface like the worked for the company -- given At this point, given all of the multitouch for a while, so it's not Read| Permalink| Email this|
Touchstream keyboard above. that the App Store has vastly things you can do with a a stretch to think they might be Comments
The Gray Lady says they spoke changed things over there in just multitouch screen, finger included some of this
with "former Apple engineers" the last year and a half, the tablet gestures are probably the least FingerWorks technology in a
who have worked on the tablet itself could have changed its impressive. But then again, larger multitouch screen. Wait
TSA: Passenger
Rumor: The iPhone's next GPU carries ammo on plane
By Steven Sande (The iPhones. having purchased a 9.5% stake in in Milwaukee (AP)
Unofficial Apple Weblog Imagination unveiled the the chip manufacturer in 2008
(TUAW)) (Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
PowerVR SGX545 GPU core and 2009. So it's very possible
design at CES, which is the only ARM Cortex-A9. that the SGX545 could be Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:05:07 PM
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM
mobile phone GPU capable of Imagination noted that they have churning out pixels in the next
Filed under: Hardware, Apple, OpenGL 3.2 and DirectX 10 produced a test chip for an handheld you buy from the freedomer buzzed up:
iPhone The Graphics Processing level effects. The SGX545 also unnamed "lead partner," which Apple Store. Republicans cite Lott in calling
Unit, or GPU, of any modern includes OpenCL support, which could very well be Apple. The TUAW Rumor: The iPhone's for Reid to quit (AP)
computing device is an important means that unused processing Cupertino Kids have used next GPU originally appeared on 1 second ago 2010-01-
piece of hardware that offloads cycles on the chip can be used to PowerVR graphics in every The Unofficial Apple Weblog 11T13:58:47-08:00
3D graphics rendering from the offload work from the main iPhone and iPod touch, and (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 Five Filters featured article:
main processor. At CES 2010 CPU. The SGX545 is also many industry pundits believe 15:30:00 EST. Please see our Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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MacBook prices around the world UAE Sheikh Cleared in

By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
MacBook Pro 2.8GHz in Brazil,
a person could buy two of the
same machine in the US." One
Video Torture
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM
(Little Green Footballs) gore):[Video]
Brazilian commenter noted that
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Brazil's import duties and sales Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:50:30 AM There’s an update today from
Hardware, Retail, Mac Pro tax, especially on electronics, is the UAE, as the Sheikh is cleared
While researching MacBook very high. In April of last year I posted o f a l l c h a r g e s i n t h e
Pros, the folks at cmyplay Good work, cmyplay! Your clips from a videotape smuggled “investigation.” Sheikh Issa
produced an infographic charting graphic is beautiful and offers a out of the United Arab Emirates, explained that he was, uh,
the relative prices of MacBook perspective we might not showing a member of the royal drugged by his accomplices, who
Pros around the world. The otherwise have considered. Make family, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al- then recorded the festivities so
variation is amazing. sure you visit the post to see the Nahyan, brutally torturing a man they could, uh, blackmail him.
The lowest cost was found in full image. with whips, electric cattle prods The blackmailers are now out of
the US ... mostly. Certain models [Via Gizmodo] a n d w o o d e n p l a n k s w i t h the country but they’ve been, uh,
cost less in Hong Kong, but as TUAW MacBook prices around protruding nails, then driving convicted in absentia.
the author notes, that could be the world originally appeared on over him in the Sheikh’s The Sheikh says he was
due to exchange rate The Unofficial Apple Weblog Mercedes SUV. The victim was completely unaware of his
have official representation in
fluctuations. Prices were (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 reportedly an Afghan grain actions while savagely beating
South Africa.
significantly higher in South 14:00:00 EST. Please see our merchant who lost a shipment someone with a cattle prod,
However, the highest prices
Africa. For example, an entry- terms for use of feeds. belonging to Sheikh Issa, a shooting at him, and running him
were found in Brazil (where
level 13" MacBook Pro 2.26GHz Read| Permalink| Email this| mistake that cost the merchant an over with a car. Must have been
Apple does have official
in South Africa retails for about Comments extended stay in the hospital. some really good drugs.
representation). As cmyplay
the same prices as a mid-level Here’s that video (warning:
notes, "For the amount to
15" MacBook Pro (2.53GHz) in graphic violence but not
purchase a top-of-the-line
the US. Note that Apple does not Strong Chinese
Intel uses iTunes for benchmarking exports boost
equities
By Aron Trimble (The showed off an i5 processor not admitting the difficulty in cares about most. In the end, it
Unofficial Apple Weblog by running some complex quantifying the improvements of really is less about GHz and (Financial Times - US
(TUAW)) graphics simulation or their latest hardware. It is, more about GTD. homepage)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 5:00:00 PM commercial benchmarking however, easier to qualify their TUAW Intel uses iTunes for Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:41:08 PM
algorithm, but by launching improvements by showcasing benchmarking originally
F i l e d u n d e r : H a r d w a r e , iTunes and synchronizing with their hardware using applications appeared on The Unofficial By Jamie Chisholm, Global
Software, iTunes Here's a bit of an attached iPod. people use everyday. Apple Weblog (TUAW) on markets Commentator
interesting for you from the folks Intel is attempting to make This de-obfuscation of a Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:00:00 EST. Published: January 11 2010
over at APC: during a press processor specifications more processor's ability is a good Please see our terms for use of 09:48 | Last updated: January 11
event at CES 2010, Intel used useful to normal people by thing. It means that my mother- feeds. 2010 21:41
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FTC's Disclosure Rules Apply To Apple announces Q1

Bloggers... But Not Celebrities?
By Mike Masnick (Techdirt)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:10:04 PM
The FTC's highly questionable
disclosure rules have been in
effect for a bit over a month
now, and it appears that even the
FTC doesn't understand who
they apply to or how they apply.
And that's the problem.
Apparently, someone noticed
that actress Gwyneth Paltrow
lavished praise on a resort in
Marrakech, Morocco, and
wondered if Paltrow had paid for
her stay there -- noting that it
was the grand opening of the
place, with lots of stars -- and
Hollywood publicists asked
about this said there was "not a
chance in hell" that someone like
Paltrow paid to attend. In fact,
they wonder if Paltrow was even
paid for her "appearance." So,
how do the FTC rules apply?
She was pitching a place that
most likely gave her something
quite valuable for free. That
should be disclosed, right? That
was the whole point of the FTC
financial conference call
By Dave Caolo (The Unofficial
Apple Weblog (TUAW))
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:00:00 PM
Filed under: Apple Corporate,
Apple Financial It's that time
again. Apple will be live
streaming their Q1 financial
conference call on Monday,
January 25, 2010 at 2pm Marshall at Broadpoint AmTech)
PDT/5pm EDT. To follow along to 8.17 million units (according
(Quicktime required), visit this to Mark Moskowitz, J.P.
page on the 25th. Morgan). The interesting thing is
Of course, TUAW will be live- that the low estimate, 8.17
blogging the event with million iPhones sold, would
commentary, so feel free to join represent a 10.8% increase from
us for all the announcements the last September's record of
plus a lively discussion. If the 7.37 million if true.
rules, right? Well, maybe not. (though, I believe it to be analyst's predictions are accurate,
When asked about it, the FTC exaggerated) "always getting w e s h o u l d a n t i c i p a t e a We'll have all the facts in a few
days.
hemmed and hawed and claimed free stuff" too? Basically, these blockbuster report. For example,
that "celebrity endorsements are FTC rules sound like the sorts of B r i a n TUAW Apple announces Q1
Marshall at financial conference call
different." Why? Because things that are totally subjective, B r o a d p o i n t . A m T e c h h a s
consumers might "understand whereby the FTC can crack estimated that Apple sold 3.3 originally appeared on The
Unofficial Apple Weblog
that celebrities are always getting down on someone they don't like million Macs during the last
free stuff." Right, but wasn't the if they have nothing else to use, quarter, which would be an all- (TUAW) on Mon, 11 Jan 2010
15:00:00 EST. Please see our
whole reason that these new but will leave others untouched. time single-quarter sales record.
disclosure rules were instituted Permalink| Comments| Email Meanwhile, estimates of iPhone terms for use of feeds.
Read| Permalink| Email this|
in the first place that bloggers This Story sales during the same time period
and others were supposedly Comments
range from 11.30 million units
sold (according to Brian

Sarah Palin Signs On with Fox News

(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:53:00 AM
Former Alaska governor Sarah
Palin is joining the team at the
Fox News Channel.
Palin has signed a multi-year
deal to appear regularly on the
channel as a contributor. In
addition to providing political
commentary for the network, her
job description also includes
hosting FNC's "Real American
Stories."
The former Vice Presidential
hopeful reacted to the
announcement, saying, "I am
thrilled to be joining the great
talent and management team at
FOX News. It's wonderful to be
part of a place that so values fair
and balanced news."
28 Tech/ Entertainment/ Economy/
Pornstar Tweet!: “Stalking Porn
Stars — With Their Permission”
By Samuel Axon (Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:53:17 AM
A startup is making sure you
can follow all the intimate details
of your favorite porn star’s life
— you know, if you’re into that
sort of thing.
It’s called Pornstar
Tweet![NSFW], and it tracks the
tweets of 600 top porn stars all in
one place. Its founders also say it
will “keep you up to date about
their latest movies, galleries and
websites.”
“We want to be the de facto
source for stalking porn stars —
with their permission,” company
president Dan Housely tells
NewTeeVee. We’ve heard about
The No Pants Subway Ride Goes Viral [VIDEO]
By Brenna Ehrlich
(Mashable!)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:54:25 PM
Although comedy troupe
Improv Everywhere has yet to
post the official video of
yesterday’s No Pants! Subway
Ride in New York City, footage
of the stunt is already all over the
web.
Every January since 2002, a
group of brave participants in the
Big Apple get together to
perform one daring (and more
E-reader News Edition
New Details on the Late
Night Shake-Up: Will Conan
only a few doors down from the O'Brien Head to FOX?
Consumer Electronics Show, (ETonline - Breaking News) have been on the phone all
also featured Lipstream, which weekend, but the pressure is not
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:20:00 AM
provides VoIP conferences with on FOX. The pressure is on
porn stars, 3D porn videos, and ET has the latest... NBC.”
Roxxxy, a customizable sex With the news that Jay Leno has The source goes on to say that
robot that can carry on been bumped from the Wanda Sykes was being thought
Twitter porn before, but that was conversations about football with primetime, many now wonder if of as a possible late night entry,
spam; this is a legit service. And her owner. Conan O'Brien is being edged but, due to the comedienne’s
given that porn is such a popular Oh, and there’s also OhMiBod, out. ET has the all-new details schedule for shooting her role on
search term on the Internet — a vibrator attachment that works on whether O'Brien may be the CBS comedy “The New
even for kids— this ad-supported with music played on your leaving NBC and headed to Adventures of Old Christine,”
service is probably not a terrible iPhone or iPod touch. Can’t FOX. Conan may be a more achievable
business idea. believe we forgot that one. A source at FOX television solution.
This idea was revealed at the Tags: adult entertainment expo, network tells ET, “We are
Adult Entertainment Expo, lipstream, ohmibod, roxxxy, kicking tires. FOX executives
which launched a lot of other social media, tweet, twitter
high-tech concepts. The expo,
which occurred in Las Vegas
Citi replaces
Dial in new
shake-out
than slightly unsanitary) feat: there’s already tons of videos, (Financial Times - US
Riding the subway sans pants. like the one below, flooding homepage)
This year, Improv Everywhere YouTube as we speak. Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:55:46 AM
— which is described on its So the question becomes: Will
website as a group of thousands anyone care enough to tune in Citigroup on Monday replaced
of “undercover agents” who next week? Or will they get their Terri Dial, the head of its
“cause scenes of chaos and joy in fill of fripperies today and today underperforming North
public places” — rallied together alone? While you ruminate over American retail bank, as part of
close to 3,000 folks in their scale of the prank is noteworthy, that notion, check out last year’s yet another shake-up of the
skivvies to parade through the perhaps more impressive is how official vid below: company’s upper echelons.
tubes. The end of the road was Tags: humor, media, social The move comes three months
fast footage of the event has
Union Square, where the media, video after an independent review
leaked onto the web. Improv
pantless wonders converged after criticised her managerial skills.
Everywhere plans to have an
braving the 28-degree chill. Five Filters featured article:
official video out next week, but
Although the sheer silliness and Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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E-reader News Edition Tech/ Politics/ 29

Prop 8 Trial YouTube Feelin' the Love from Danish

Coverage Blocked by Kounterjihad Kultur Warriors
(Little Green Footballs)
Supreme Court Submitted at 1/10/2010 3:02:37 PM
may opt to side with our enemies
unless we force them to side with
us.
De er alle blevet kukkuk.
Apparently this has stirred up
yet another enclave of blogs that
By Jennifer Van Grove
(Mashable!) A few days ago a writer for the A successful defensive strategy despise me, over in Denmark. I
Danish weekly Weekendavisen, may necessitate the creation of knew I felt my ears burning.
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:11:36 PM Jesper Vind Jensen, emailed and parallel institutions under our LGF reader Øyvind Strømmen
asked for my opinion on a control accompanied by civil emailed a few links that I put
The United States Supreme Danish critic of Islam named d i s o b e d i e n c e v i s - à - v i s t h e through the Google translator.
Court has just ruled to block L a r s H e d e g a a r d w h o ’ s official, dhimmified ones – For example, Character-suicide
video coverage of the apparently now in the midst of a which is a classical occurrence in of open carpet. And get a load of
Proposition 8 trial on YouTube. controversy, over statements he occupied countries. the name on this blog:
The Supreme Court’s decision made calling for a sort of We would undoubtedly benefit MonoKultur. Of course, they
w a s m a d e f o l l o w i n g a n coverage of the trial would cause paramilitary strategy of civil
from a study of the modus believe this is a war, so anything
emergency appeal after Judge “irreparable harm” to witnesses disobedience against Muslims in
operandi of primarily European is justified.
Vaughn Walker, the Chief U.S. testifying in favor of the ban on Denmark.
resistance movements during Some of those sites are harping
District Judge assigned to the gay marriage. On the flip side, Jensen wrote that he had seen an
World War 2 though our present (again) about a photograph of
case, ruled in favor of permitting the attorneys in opposition to image of Lars Hedegaard in a
situation is much more ominous Filip DeWinter of the Vlaams
the YouTube trial coverage. Prop. 8 argued that the public
photoshop at some website that at least long term. Belang and Markus Beisicht of
Due to the nature of the Prop. 8 h a d a r i g h t t o w a t c h t h e was attacking me for something,
Jensen also told me that Lars Pro Koln; here are the LGF posts
t r i a l — t h e c o n t r o v e r s i a l proceedings on the YouTube. and thought I must have written
Hedegaard had attended the on this photo, because as usual
California case will determine Regardless of where you stand something about Hedegaard that
meeting in Brussels in 2007 these bloggers are deliberately
whether or not the ban of same- on the matter, the Prop. 8 trial is prompted it. But the name didn’t
partly sponsored by the Belgian distorting the truth:
sex marriages in the state is yet another example of how mean much to me; I searched
extremist party Vlaams Belang; Classic Misdirection from
constitutional — parties on both social media and the online LGF and didn’t find any posts
and so I gave him a quote Spencer and Geller
sides hold impassioned views d i s t r i b u t i o n o f c o u r t r o o m mentioning Hedegaard, and I
through email that said: How Do You Say ‘Liar’ in
about Judge Walker’s original activities has become a topic that didn’t recall writing anything
OK, now I remember German?
decision to permit time-shifted judges must now address. about him. Hedegaard. He’s obviously an UPDATE at 1/10/10 3:30:19
posting of trial footage to [img credit: wallyg, Flickr] Then Jensen emailed this link to extremist, and anyone who pm:
YouTube. Tags: media, prop 8, Supreme
a speech in Hedegaard’s own consults with the neo-fascists of Øyvind Strømmen has written a
Defenders of Prop. 8 lobbied for Court, trial, youtube words: The Resilience of the the Vlaams Belang should not be lengthy rebuttal of the claims
the high court emergency appeal Commoners - Sappho. trusted. And talking about a going around right wing blogs
because they believed video 3. We need to develop a strategy “public uprising” is insane. He is supporting Hedegaard; here’s the
that may allow us to achieve our associating with fascists and Google translation to English
objectives. This means that we advocating violence, and should from Norwegian:“No fascists to
must develop a comprehensive be shunned by decent people. see” - comment on a Danish blog
and deep strategy equal to that of Here’s the Danish-language war.
islam. This strategy must take article Jensen and his partner
into account that some of our K l a u s W i v e l w r o t e f o r
public and private institutions Weekendavisen, in PDF form:
30 Politics/ Entertainment/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition
Heroes and Villains of
Barrett Brown vs. Donald Douglas 'Survivor' Celebrate
(Little Green Footballs) deeper, with a bizarre convoluted recommend American included Stephen Webster, Upcoming Competition
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:57:49 AM rationalization that American Renaissance. Michael Levin, Nick Griffin, (ETonline - Breaking News)
Renaissance is “not entirely” a If you’d like to check Douglas’s Bruno Gollnisch, J. Philippe
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:26:00 AM
At True/Slant, Barrett Brown white nationalist magazine. assertion that the white Rushton, Ian Jobling, Glenn
has been getting into it with 5. Do you consider the nationalism of American Spencer, Lawrence Auster,
The competitors you love and
wingnut blogger Donald publication to be white Renaissance is somehow Richard Lynn, Sam Dickson, and
the ones you love to hate are
Douglas, and the story of s u p r e m a c i s t i n n a t u r e ? questionable, just Google the Samuel T. Francis.
returning to "Survivor" this
Douglas’s latest attempt to Not entirely. Any “white name and see for yourself what According to the Anti-
season and ET was there as the
defend the white supremacist supremacy” may be implied but I kind of material they publish. Defamation League [7], “The
heroes and villains celebrated
connections of Robert Stacy never saw it overtly expressed. Wikipedia’s entry has some New Century Foundation -
their journey back into the wild.
McCain has some amusing turns. There are white supremacists background information: known primarily by the name of
"What you see is what you get,"
Brown has put up two posts that who take the publication because American Renaissance and the its publication, American
Villain Rob Mariano, a.k.a.
should be read in order for the they like the discussion about New Century Foundation are Renaissance — promotes
"Boston Rob," said of his
full effect: race and crime. The founder of alleged to have had links with far ‘genteel’ racism:
television persona. A runner-up
Seven Questions for Donald that publication does not believe right, neo-fascist and racist pseudoscientific, questionably
of the show, Boston Rob is
Douglas on the Question of R.S. that whites are “superior” to organizations and individuals researched and argued articles
known for proposing to his wife
McCain&##x2019;s Racism Asians, as Asians have a such as: the Council of that validate the genetic and
Amber Brkich, who won the $1
Donald Douglas Answers My provably higher IQ than whites. Conservative Citizens, the moral inferiority of non-whites
million prize, on one of the
Questions and Then Some. He once asked if that made him a Pioneer Fund, the British and the need for racial ‘purity.’
season finales of the program.
It’s amazing to think someone “yellow supremacist.” The National Party, Don Black and Generally avoiding overt bigotry
"I'm the same guy you saw 10
would do this, but in the post p u b l i c a t i o n w a s g e n e r a l l y David Duke.[3][4] The and stereotyping, many of North
years ago. I know how to play
quoted by Barrett Brown, o b j e c t i v e a n d u s e f u l i n organization has held bi-annual America’s leading intellectual
this game."
Donald Douglas actually offers a discussing race and crime, conferences that are open to the racists have written for the
"I gotta be a villain. I've never
lame defense of the openly white political correctness, IQ and public and that attract 200 - 300 journal or have addressed the
lied to anybody, never deceived
s u p r e m a c i s t A m e r i c a n other factors as they vary by people. Critics say that some of biannual American Renaissance
anybody. All I did out there was
Renaissance. First we learn that r a c e . I s t o p p e d t a k i n g i t , those who attend are neo-Nazis, conferences.”
tell the truth but the truth is a
Douglas himself is a former however, when I became aware white nationalists, white This exchange between Brown
bi**h and that makes me a
subscriber to American that neo-Nazis love the separatists, Ku Klux Klan and Douglas explains quite a bit
villain," Randy Bailey says of his
Renaissance, which comes as no publication and when it began members, Holocaust deniers and about the right wing bloggers
role in the competition.
shock whatsoever: running selected stories about eugenicists (as well as numerous who support Robert Stacy
4. Are you familiar with the non-white crime, which I felt protestors).[5] Taylor has written McCain so vehemently.
p u b l i c a t i o n A m e r i c a n were not really representative that the magazine welcomes
Renaissance? and had no purpose other than to Jews as writers and conference
Yes. I used to subscribe to it. stoke race prejudice. The short speakers.[6] Contributors to the
Douglas then digs his hole even a n s w e r i s t h a t I d o n o t magazine and conferences have
Langenbrunner Named Captain of U.S. Olympic Team
By Christopher Botta New Jersey Devils forward of the Nashville Predators, Brian
(Fanhouse Main) Jamie Langenbrunner was named Rafalski of the Detroit Red
Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:34:00 AM
captain of the United States Wings and Dustin Brown of the
Olympic Team on Monday. The Los Angeles Kings.
Filed under: Olympic Hockey team named four alternates: Zach Parise of the Devils, Ryan Suter
E-reader News Edition
What's Your Email Address
Prejudice? [Ask The Readers]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:30:00 PM
Is an @aol.com or
@hotmail.com address a risk on
a job application? Do cutesy
usernames mean a surefire path
to the trash can? Chicago
Tribune writer Nancy Anderson
ponders the impact an email
address can have on your career
and job search. This is
embarrassing, but it's 2010 and I
still have an AOL e-mail
address. I wonder if I hold some
kind of record. I opened my
AOL account in 1997. My first e
-mail address was a combination
of a nickname and the year I was
born. Back then everyone had
goofy screen names like
Tarheels80 and SwimFan, so
mine seemed appropriate. But as
I started using e-mail more and
more for freelance work, it
seemed wrong. In 1998 I
changed to a more respectable
use of my initials and last name,
still with AOL. It's the e-mail
Your Best Shot 2009: Architecture
By Kevin Collins (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:33:13 AM
• About Flickr
Flickr is a revolution in photo
storage, sharing and
Tech Tips/ Picture/ 31
TimeGT is a Method-Agnostic
Time Management App for
the Masses [Downloads]
By Lisa Hoover (Lifehacker) @work), order of importance, or
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:00 PM deadline. Filter tasks according
to project, urgency, things your
Windows/Mac/Linux: When it waiting for, or things you hope
address I have today. foxxymom99@aol.com? comes to time management to get around to one day—the
"You've got to get rid of that It's common to put emails on methods, some love David sky's the limit.
AOL address," my sister, a resumes, use them for Allen's Getting Things Done TimeGT sets itself apart from
Manhattan publicist, said at least applications, and hand them out approach while others swear by other time management apps
five years ago. "It's bad for your liberally in social situations, so Stephen Covey's First Things thanks to its ability to adapt to
image." it's not unreasonable to assess First philosophy. Whichever you d i f f e r e n t u s e r n e e d s . N o t
How big of an impact does your what kind of message your email prefer, TimeGT aims to keep you everyone cares about being able
email address have on the address sends—or what message on track and on target. to group tasks according to
opinions of others? Would you those of others send to you. (Click the image above for a where they happen to be at the
turf a resume of potential Sound off in the comments with closer look.) moment, while others don't have
employee over an email address your email opinions and pet TimeGT works on Windows, a n e e d t o p r i o r i t i z e t a s k s
you considered stupid or out- peeves. AOL e-mail address: Is it Mac OS X, and Linux, but to get according to level of importance.
dated? Do you shake your head hopelessly square to keep started you'll need to register for This app is a veritable buffet of
when you come across an email it?[Chicago Tribune] a free account on the web site options that will appeal to all but
a d d r e s s l i k e and then download the app. It the choosiest of users.
comes pre-populated with some TimeGT's basic version is free,
sample data so you can play but the premium version that
around and get a feel for how allows users to sync and back up
organization, making photo Five Filters featured article:
TimeGT works before you dive data will set you back $7.99
management an easy, natural and Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
in and add your own stuff. (£4.95). What dream features do
c o l l a b o r a t i v e p r o c e s s . G e t PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
Adding tasks is a simple affair, you look for to in a time
comments, notes, and tags on Term Extraction.
and they're easily sorted and management app? Talk about
your photos, post to any blog,
searched once they're in your t h e m i n t h e c o m m e n t s .
share and more!
system. Hunt around for action T i m e G T [ v i a M a k e U s e O f ]
items via tag, context (@home,
32 Tech Tips/ TV/ Entertainment/
iPhone Touchscreen Bests Nexus One, Droid in
Accuracy Tests [Comparison Shopping]
By Adam Pash (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:30:00 AM
Product development firm Moto
Development Group tested the
touchscreens of four popular
cellphones—the iPhone,
Motorola Droid, Nexus One, and
Droid Eris—to determine which
had the best performing
touchscreen. At the end of the
day, the iPhone came out on top.
Although we usually use
sophisticated tools to test touch
screen accuracy, MOTO has also
developed a simple technique
anyone can use to evaluate the
resolution and accuracy of a
touchscreen device. All you need
is a basic drawing program
(download one if necessary), a
steady hand, and a few straight
lines drawn very slowly on the
screen.
On inferior touchscreens, it's
basically impossible to draw
More NBC surprises: they wanted Barbara Walters back
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:30:00 PM
The interesting moves by NBC
aren't just in late night and prime
time. Veteran newswoman
Barbara Walters has revealed
that NBC News tried to get her
back.
On this morning's episode of
ABC's The View, the women
straight lines. Instead, the lines
look jagged or zig-zag, no matter
how slowly you go, because the
sensor size is too big, the touch-
sampling rate is too low, and/or
the algorithms that convert
gestures into images are too non-
linear to faithfully represent user
inputs.
As more great smartphones
continue to roll out on more
were talking about Jay Leno and
Conan O'Brien and Walters said
that last June, Jeff Zucker and
other execs at NBC made an
offer to Walters to come back to
NBC, where she started as a host
and reporter on The Today Show
many years ago. Walters says
she was flattered by the offer and
"the fact that they would make
an offer to someone of my age
E-reader News Edition
The Woman in 'The
Bachelor' Scandal: I Did
Not Have Sex with Him
(ETonline - Breaking News)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:00:00 PM
She's been accused of having an
inappropriate relationship with a
member of the production staff.
Now the woman at the center of
"The Bachelor" controversy --
Rozlyn Papa-- comes to ET to
set the record straight!
Asked if she had sex with the
show producer, Rozlyn replies,
"Absolutely not. No. … I made
good decisions. I did not choose
to have sex with someone else."
The story has spread like
networks, a lot of people are speed on various features and wildfire. Stunned and shocked,
looking to upgrade—and while costs. Moto's test is unscientific, the 28-year-old, divorced single
touchscreen performance is far to be sure, so if you put your mom told ET's Kevin Frazier in
from the only measure of a own phone through their test, an exclusive interview today that
smartphone, it's certainly an let's hear how your results being portrayed as a cheater has
important part—especially for compare in the comments. DIY hurt her reputation.
those smartphones without T o u c h s c r e e n
hardware keyboards. For a more Analysis[labs.moto.com via
money-focused comparison, Macworld]
check out BillShrink's cost and
feature comparison to get up to
ABC because she's happy there. NBC would have had something
Zucker then offered Walters her to say about that.
own show every single night at Filed under: Celebrities, Reality-
10PM, but she still turned them Free
down. Permalink| Email this| |
OK, I made up that last part. Comments
Walters says that even if she had
gone to NBC, she would have
and consider that I still had years still kept her spot on The View
ahead," but decided to stay at because it's a daytime show.
Though something tells me that
E-reader News Edition
Restore the XP Backspace Functionality in
Windows 7 and Vista [Downloads]
By Jason Fitzpatrick
(Lifehacker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:00 PM
If you've settled into Windows 7
but find the change in the
functionality of the backspace
key while browsing files to be
too much to bear, use this simple
hack to turn the backspace key
back to its XP state.
For the unfamiliar: in Windows
XP pressing the backspace key
while browsing files in Windows
Explorer would navigate you up
one folder level. In Windows
Vista and Windows 7 however,
the same keystroke doesn't move
you up a folder level but back
one stop in the history. It's a
small thing but if you've coded
the backspace into your muscle
memory as a quick way to
navigate up the folder hierarchy
it can be a very annoying small
thing to deal with.
Over at How-To Geek they've
put together a guide to using
AutoHotkey to resolve the
Tech Tips/ Tech News/ Picture/
backspace issue. You can either
add their script to your
AutoHotkey installation or
download a stand alone
executable—both are provided.
Throw a link to the application in
your Startup folder and you'll
never have to deal with the
backspace key not navigating the
way you want. Check out the
link below for full details and the
files. Make Backspace in
Windows 7 or Vista Explorer Go
Up like XP Did[How-To Geek]
33
Your Best Shot 2009:
The Beauty of Motion
between Points in Space
By Cris Stoddard (Flickr Blog)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 5:15:19 PM
• About Flickr
Flickr is a revolution in photo
storage, sharing and
organization, making photo
management an easy, natural and
collaborative process. Get
comments, notes, and tags on
your photos, post to any blog,
share and more!
Five Filters featured article:
Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
Term Extraction.

Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View

By Frederic Lardinois Google also seems to plan an The link can be associated with perfect sense for the owner of a
(ReadWriteWeb) advertising auction for a property owner, for example local coffee shop to advertise
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:45:28 AM
unclaimed properties. the property owner which owns through this system, but in this
Sponsor the physical property portrayed. patent, Google also describes an
According to a new patent that In Google's example, the The link can alternatively be advertising auction. Does that
was just granted to Google, the software could identify the associated with an advertiser mean that a rival coffee shop
company could soon extend the marquis and individual window of an object) and then generates who placed the highest bid on could also bid for ad space on
reach of its advertising program posters on a theater property and features around these interest the image recognized within the the virtual image of a
in Google Maps to Street View. r e p l a c e t h e m w i t h n e w points. Google can then augment region of interest (e.g., poster, competitor's store in Street
This patent, which was originally information. Through this, a this region of the image with a billboard, banner, etc.). Any View? Chances are this isn't
filed on July 7, 2008, describes a theater could promote a new play link or replace a part of the portion of the geographic display quite what Google has in mind,
new system for promoting ads in in Street View, even if the actual current Street View image with a image in which the region of though it could definitely be a
online mapping applications. In Street View image is completely new image. interest is located can be possibility. Instead, it looks like
this patent, Google describes out of date. What Happens When Somebody selectable (e.g., hot-linked). For Google could potentially identify
h o w i t p l a n s t o i d e n t i f y The patent describes a two-step Wants to Put a Virtual Ad on example, the image of the coffee some billboards and banners in
buildings, posters, signs and process for identifying potential Your Real-Life Billboard? shop can be hot-linked to an Street View images and then
billboards in these images and advertising real estate in these One of the most interesting advertisement for the coffee replace these real-life billboards
give advertisers the ability to images. Google's software first aspects of the patent can be shop. with virtual ads from the highest
replace these images with more identifies interest points in the found in the following This does open up some bidders. Discuss
up-to-date ads. In addition, image (e.g. the edges or corners paragraph: interesting questions. It makes
34 Tech News/ Entertainment/ Media/
Top 6 Colleges with Entrepreneurial Programs
By Chris Cameron
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:30:00 PM
For young budding
entrepreneurs approaching
graduation this spring, or for
those looking to go back for a
post-graduate degree, finding the
right program for your needs is
very important. In their seventh
annual joint effort last fall,
Entrepreneur Magazine and The
Princeton Review teamed up to
rank the top 25 undergraduate
and graduate entrepreneurship
programs in the United States.
Only six programs managed to
make the top 10 in both lists,
securing their spots at the top of
the best overall entrepreneurship
programs.
Sponsor
#1. Babson College - Babson
Park, MA
Finding themselves in the top
spot of both top 25 lists is the
Arthur M. Blank Center for
Entrepreneurship at the F.W.
Olin Graduate School of
Business at Babson College.
Babson's entrepreneurial
programs boast the largest
enrollment by far of any of the
top schools with over 3,300 total
enrolled students, and offers
undergraduates a total of over
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Fox News confirmed that
$300,000 in scholarships.#2.
Drexel University - Philadelphia,
PA
Drexel's undergraduate program
of the Laurence A. Baiada
Center for Entrepreneurship is
rated sixth best, but the
university's third-ranked
graduate program at the Bennett
S. LeBow College of Business
has boosted them into the
number two spot overall. Drexel
offers the most money in
scholarships out of the top six,
providing $350,000 for both
undergraduate and graduate
students, and claims that 100%
of their faculty are entrepreneurs
themselves.#3 (Tie). University
of Arizona - Tucson, AZ
The entrepreneurial programs at
the University of Arizona are the
most exclusive clubs on this list,
enrolling just 100 undergrads
and 50 graduate students in it's
McGuire Center for
Entrepreneurship at the Eller
College of Management. With
$120,000 available in
scholarships and low enrollment
figures, entrepreneurs at Arizona
have an excellent chance at
receiving financial aid.#3 (Tie).
Temple University -
Philadelphia, PA
Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Institute at
former Alaska governor Sarah
Palin would appear on the
network's programming on a
regular basis as part of a
E-reader News Edition
Graduate School of Business
rounds out the top six. The
programs enroll just under 400
students and like Drexel, 100%
of the faculty are themselves
entrepreneurs.
Honorable Mention: The Cyvia
and Melvyn Wolff Center for Underexposed Press
Entrepreneurship at the Corps Demands Press
Temple's Fox School of Business University of Houston has
ranked 5th and 6th for ranked in the top 2 on
Conference from
undergraduate and graduate E n t r e p r e n e u r M a g a z i n e ' s Overexposed President
programs respectively. The undergraduate list since 2007. [Journalismism]
school enrolls over 600 students Honorable Mention: The Levy-
By Pareene (Gawker)
and offers a $29,500 prize in its R o s e n b l u m I n s t i t u t e f o r
buisness plan competition.#5. Entrepreneurship at Tulane's Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:26:06 PM
U n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n Freeman School of Business was
California - Los Angeles, CA ranked #4 in the top 25 graduate At today's White House press
W i t h t h e s e c o n d l a r g e s t programs. briefing, desperate reporters
enrollment in the top six, the To see the complete lists of the begged for a Presidential press
L l o y d G r e i f C e n t e r f o r top 25 undergraduate and conference. But Robert Gibbs
Entrepreneurial Studies at USC's g r a d u a t e p r o g r a m s i n didn't want the press corps
Marshall School of Business is e n t r e p r e n e u r s h i p , v i s i t calling the president
the home to over 2,000 young Entrepreneur Magazine. If your "overexposed" again. So they
entrepreneurs. T h e favorite school isn't on these lists held a little poll!
undergraduate program is just and you want to see if they have (Never, ever accuse White House
10th in the nation, but the entrepreneurship programs, be correspondents of being
school's stellar graduate program sure to look at this list of schools pundits!)
is ranked 2nd, just below Babson ( i n c l u d i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l
College.#6. DePaul University - i n s t i t u t i o n s ) o f f e r i n g
Chicago, IL entrepreneurial majors compiled
R a n k e d 8 t h a n d 9 t h i n by Saint Louis University.
undergraduate and graduate Photo by Flickr user
programs, the Coleman CarbonNYC. Discuss
Entrepreneurship Center at
DePaul's College of Commerce
and the Charles H. Kellstadt
multiyear deal, reports The New series that will run occasionally. Term Extraction.
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Going Up! How to Ride An Elevator Enterprise 2.0 Company

Pitch to New Heights
By Chris Cameron
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:05:00 PM
As a figurehead in the
Pittsburgh investment scene,
Results: How Good is
Good News? section of the pitch should
include two things - what it is
that you or your company does,
By Alex Williams
and something that adds validity (ReadWriteWeb)
to your or your company's value-
proposition. Finally, he suggest Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:10:00 PM

long-time entrepreneur Mel that you avoid trying to fill your

Pirchesky is now using his It's exciting for us to see young
pitch with too much information,
experience to coach startups on companies like Jive grow so fast.
to stay away from buzzwords So, hats off to Jive in that regard
f u n d r a i s i n g a n d b u s i n e s s s e l l o r r a i s e f u n d i n g f o r . and jargon, and to continually But before we pop the
champagne bottles, it's important for showing us, as an example,
strategies. According to his Pirchesky says an effective iterate and revise the pitch until that its employee count is up.
c o m p a n y E a g l e V e n t u r e s , elevator pitch is more valuable all of the money is in the bank. to take these results with a grain
of salt. They are doing well, no doubt
Pirchesky has raised over $45 than a well written business plan. If there is a great deal to be had, about it. But we have no idea
million in his 35 years of After all, who's going to read a and no investors are biting, the Jive announced today that it had
record results for the past year, how the results compare to last
structuring deals. In a recent business plan when the pitch problem isn't a lack of available year and what the size of these
guest post on the site Pittsburgh didn't hook them? up 85%. That's impressive in the
funds - its in how the deal is deals look like. Jive does not
Ventures, Pirchesky breaks down "Elevator pitches have two b e i n g c o m m u n i c a t e d , s a y s sense that Jive is proving that its
technology is gaining acceptance share this information, as is the
the art of the "elevator pitch" - a components - the first ten or P i r c h e s k y . case with most private
tool every young entrepreneur f i f t e e n s e c o n d s a n d t h e "The key to effective, successful in the market and the fact that the
company, founded in 2001, is companies. It is up to us to make
needs to learn to use - into an remaining forty-five or fifty," fundraising is to have your our own judgements about what's
exact science tailored for the best Pirchesky says. "The objective of prospective investors hear what almost 10 years old.
But we also need to consider really is meaningful.
results. the first ten or fifteen seconds is you say and understand the
that with any young company, We made the same point last
Sponsor t o h a v e y o u r p r o s p e c t i v e significance of what you say to
there's a lot riding on news like week about Socialtext posting
An elevator pitch is a term used investors want to listen to the depths of their bones," he says. record results. We were equally
to describe a short (usually about next forty-five or fifty seconds Discuss this.
Sponsor curious about its results, too.
60 seconds, or the time it takes to differently, more intently than All of these companies reporting
ride in an elevator) description or they would have otherwise." Jive has some big-league
investors. It's critical that Jive great news is a sign that the
pitch of a product one is trying to Pirchesky adds that the first Enterprise 2.0 space is growing,
shows them that all is going well
but we need to be careful not to
Obama to target banks with new levy and the road ahead is paved with
gold. get too excited. Young
(Financial Times - US finance sector that will form part dollars in new bonuses – and That may well be the case. Jive companies can grow very fast.
homepage) of the budget to be presented in also at cutting the budget deficit. is an important player in the But it's all relative compared to
February. Five Filters featured article: emerging Enterprise 2.0 space. big companies. Numbers can
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:55:21 PM
Government officials say the Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Along with its record revenues, look impressive but more often
The Obama administration, detail of the levy remains PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Jive also announced that its than not, you need to look at a
under increasing pressure from unresolved but it is aimed at Term Extraction. bookings are up and its number of factors before making
Democrats in Congress to take addressing rising anger against employee count now stands at any quick calls on how the
punitive action against banks, is the sector at a time when banks 200 people, up 50%. Also, its company is actually faring in the
readying a new levy on the are due to announce billions of Jive World event in 2010 will be market. Discuss
twice as big as last year's.
36 Tech News/ TV/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Facebook Adds Zap-a-Spammer 2-on-1: Changing the Rules

By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse
Button Main)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 5:30:00 AM
By Marshall Kirkpatrick people coming back to non-
(ReadWriteWeb) essential websites like social Filed under: NHL Fans Every
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:20:34 PM
networks - as opposed to email, Monday during the season two
which you'll keep using anyway of our hockey writers will debate
Eric Eldon at InsideFacebook because you have to. one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This
reports that the social network number of messages and friend According to Eldon, Facebook week, Bruce Ciskie and Adam
has begun experimenting with a requests a person can send, but hasn't determined yet what it will Gretz talk about the rules that
new option for users to report the apparently that hasn't worked do with these reports when filed. irritate them most. stick at any level). This strikes
senders of friend requests as well enough. We regularly hear about people Bruce Ciskie: As I was calling a me as dumb, as the vast majority
someone they don't actually Sponsor claiming abuse by the Facebook game Saturday night, I noticed a of hand passes are not
know. The prompt appears after Two years ago MySpace added anti-spam team but every time really dumb rule they have in intentional.
you click to ignore a friend a requirement that any friend we call Facebook about one of college hockey. In that case, a It also got me thinking about the
request. requests sent had to be verified hand pass automatically takes the
those complaints, the company's NHL, and what rules irritate us
Actually knowing a person isn't as human using a CAPTCHA. response seems quite reasonable. face off into the defending zone and make us scream for a
a requirement to be their friend That cut spam friend requests on People do a lot of obnoxious of the guilty team, no matter change. Do you have a favorite
on Facebook (unlike LinkedIn, MySpace down dramatically. things on Facebook. I don't where it happened on the ice (or, I guess, least favorite)?
for example), so this is an odd There is no such requirement on know any of those people, (same punishment you get for
choice of words, but presumably Facebook. though, and plan on clicking a playing the puck with a high
the vast majority of the site's Dealing with information
button that says so when the
users do only want to be friends overload and spam are key steps opportunity arises. Discuss
w i t h p e o p l e t h e y ' v e m e t . in creating and maintaining a
Facebook has strict limits on the user experience that keeps

Cost of Super Bowl Ads Has Quadrupled In Twenty Years,

Way Outpacing Inflation
By Bill Gorman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:23:14 PM
The cost of a 30-second
advertisement in the Super Bowl
has more than quadrupled in the
past 20 years and reached $3
million in 2009. The
recessionary environment is
expected to yield lower pricing
for the 2010 game, with CBS
reportedly selling 30-second
units for between $2.5 and $2.8
million.
The amount paid by individual
marketers will vary depending
on where the ad runs in the
game, how much commercial
time is purchased.
S U P E R B O W L
ADVERTISING RATES AND
REVENUE 1990-2009
via TNS Media Intelligence.
Note that while the price per 30
second ad may have increased by
of “sports rights will continue to
increase in value” almost
certainly more than any other
television properties.
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more than 4x, in the same period while the viewership of the
of time the GNP deflator (a Super Bowl has increased by
common measure of inflation) about 35%.
has increased by only 1.54x, This fits in the general category
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Rumor Has It: LED Flash destined for Next iPhone
By Liam Cassidy
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:07 PM
They say the best camera you
own is the one you have on you
right now. So, unless you
habitually carry a high-end
DSLR on your person
everywhere you go, your best
camera is likely your iPhone.
And that’s not exactly something
to brag about, given how
disappointing the iPhone camera
can be.
That might be changing.
According to AppleInsider,
Apple is in the market for an
LED flash manufacturer:
Apple in recent months has
moved to procure significant
quantities of LED camera flash
components that could help the
iPhone maker’s next-generation
mobile handsets produce
superior image and video
captures in low-light situations.
People familiar with Apple’s
initiative claim the electronics
maker is seeking allotments of
LED camera flash components in
the tens of millions for delivery
during the 2010 calendar year,
meaning future iPhones — and
possibly the iPod touch — are
the most likely recipients of
those parts, due to their sales
volume. Those same people say
that Philips’ Lumileds Lighting
sector is believed to be the front-
runner for Apple’s business and
may have already secured the
design win.
It’s all good news, of course, but
I won’t hold my breath. It took
two years for Apple to upgrade
the iPhone camera in any
significant manner, and even
now with the 3GS 3.2
megaxpixels and video
recording, the camera is still a
colossal waste of time.
The 3GS might be the fastest
iPhone yet, but the camera app is
still painfully slow. If you’re
taking an impulse shot with your
iPhone (let’s say your cat is
doing something unbelievably
hilarious and you really must
capture it right now, this second)
the chances are you’re going to
miss the moment. The virtual iris
takes an age to ‘open’ as the
camera app (and all its auto-
stabilizing algorithms) are loaded
into memory. And then there’s
the issue with light; unless your
cat is doing its unbelievably
hilarious thing in the garden, and
it’s a blazingly-bright sunny day,
and it’s not moving around very
much, you’re unlikely to get a
good photo. Frankly, the iPhone
makes for a lousy point-and-
shoot camera.
“But I didn’t buy my iPhone to
Apple/ 37
worthwhile with the camera on million 5-megapixel parts for the
the next iPhone. The expected next-generation of the handset
upgrade would be a five due by late spring. The company
megapixel sensor with a super- is also likely to leverage the
bright LED flash. Other mobile iPhone’s ambient light sensor, in
handsets (such as the Motorola addition to providing a software
Droid and the Nexus One) switch, to ensure that the LED
already offer these specs, while flash won’t interfere in photos
Nokia and Sony Ericsson have where it isn’t needed. […] And
take pictures,” you might say, been producing decent camera- since the same LED flash can
“That’s what I have a real phones for some years now. But also be operated as a continuous
camera for!” And that’s true… what if Apple was to surprise us light source, it would be suitable
except for those times when you and really upgrade the camera for proving light to enhance
don’t have your ‘real’ camera on w i t h s o m e t h i n g f a r m o r e iPhone video recordings as well
you. And it is those moments — compelling; how about a real — not to mention closing the
when your iPhone takes just long glass optical assembly — not a book on the numerous, dinky
- e n o u g h t o b e r o u s e d t o cheap blob of resin atop a CCD? iPhone flashlight apps
readiness that your cat loses Or what about greatly-updated, proliferating the App Store.
interest and wanders off — that s u p e r - r e s p o n s i v e c a m e r a Apple is now in a difficult place
you curse Steve Jobs and all who software that puts even dedicated with the iPhone. The company is
work for him. point-and-shoot cameras to committed to its traditional
I ’ v e a l w a y s f o u n d t h i s shame? vision of producing products that
paradoxical; for a company that Of course, a significantly are functional and beautiful, and
prides itself on not making improved camera means larger it simply won’t compromise on
crappy products, that strives to hardware, and Apple is never style; if an improved camera
guarantee a rewarding user going to tolerate a noticeable means a bigger iPhone, it just
experience time after time, it has i n c r e a s e i n t h e i P h o n e ’ s won’t improve the camera until
given us consistently rubbish dimensions. After all, rightly or the technology fits its desired
camera functionality in what is, w r o n g l y , t h e p e r c e i v e d form factor. But, in the
without a doubt, one of its b e n c h m a r k f o r c o n s u m e r meantime, that leaves customers
highest profile products. Turning electronics progress is about frustrated that their super-
Point getting things smaller, thinner expensive ‘smart’ phones aren’t
I’m hopeful that, if true, this and lighter. A Difficult Place nearly as smart as the
rumor marks a turning point, and AppleInsider adds: competition.
that Apple is focusing (pun [Rumors indicate Apple] has
i n t e n d e d ) o n t h e c a m e r a placed orders with OmniVision,
hardware and really aiming its current supplier of CMOS
( s o r r y ! ) t o d o s o m e t h i n g image sensors, for as many as 45
38 Apple/ Sports/ E-reader News Edition

iType: The Craziest iPhone Accessory Yet?

By Dave Greenbaum screen. While virtual keyboards
(TheAppleBlog) encourage succinct replies, real
Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:00:34 AM
typing needs to be done on a real
keyboard. Perhaps the
Among all the introductions at forthcoming Apple tablet will
CES 2010 this year, one caught have a virtual keyboard that
my eye as either iNsane or supports traditional typing and
iNgenious, depending on your could be a real laptop alternative,
viewpoint. ION introduced a full but until such time, the iType
external keyboard and docking could give you the functionality
station for the iPhone and iPod of the tablet and portability of a
Touch. One step forward or netbook for less than $100.
back? Maybe both. In particular, the iType can help
ION is the company that creates people with disabilities use the
devices to bridge the divide iPhone more effectively. Having
between the analog and digital. worked with clients who have
It makes turntables that convert physical limitations, they seem to
your LPs to MP3 and VCRs that have no trouble with swiping,
convert your VHS tapes to pinching and spreading, but the
Quicktime. Therefore, it should virtual iPhone keyboard requires
come as no surprise that the under 2 pounds. By comparison, open when you want to type. keyboard with the iPhone does, precision coordination that some
company created a new device, the typical netbook is about 10 You can then copy text out of it on the surface (pardon the pun), people simply don’t have.
called the iType, to allow by 7 inches and weighs a bit over to paste into other iPhone apps. defeat the portability of the Devices like the Pogo Stylus
traditional typing via a full 2 pounds. The iType’s specs are The iType app will also allow iPhone. Are people really going help in some situations, but the
keyboard on the iPhone. Not within the parameters of similar direct email, and ION hopes to to keep an iPhone and an iType iType might be a welcome way
quite ready for the iPhone soft portable devices, and it will retail provide support to give other app in their pocket? Maybe not their to make the iPhone accessible to
keyboard? There’s an app for for $70. developers the ability to use the pocket.
more people.
that. Due to Apple’s restrictions, you iType. This is definitely a Anyone who has tried to use an
Completely unnecessary or
The device is not currently will not be able to type into any kludge compared with native iPhone as a laptop alternative invaluable? Maybe a little bit of
available, but it will be about 12 application. The iType will keyboard support in all apps. experiences the frustration of both!
inches by 9 inches and about 1 achieve its keyboard wizardry The iPhone already has a soft trying to type a long email via
inch thick, weighing in just via an iPhone app that you will k e y b o a r d a n d c a r r y i n g a the tiny virtual keyboard on

Wild Should Be Careful With Sykora

By Bruce Ciskie (Fanhouse
Main)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:30:00 AM
Filed under: Wild, Western The
emergence of Twitter as a place
for athletes to directly
communicate with fans has been
-- for the most part -- a very Twitter craze. One of the leaders even though he's been healthy
good thing. among agents in this field is enough to play.
It allows anyone in sports to Allan Walsh, who represents a The drama involving Sykora
throw their thoughts out to the number of NHL players. His came to a head Saturday night,
world without fear of being client list includes Minnesota when Walsh used Twitter to
misquoted or misunderstood. Wild forward Petr Sykora, who express his dissatisfaction with
Athletes use the tool, as do are also on board with the has found himself watching Sykora's treatment in Minnesota.
coaches and media folks. Agents games from the press box lately,
E-reader News Edition Apple/ Sports/ 39
Alabama Crimson Tide
Simple Test Confirms Magic Mouse Not So star Rolando McClain
opts to enter NFL draft
Magical When it Comes to Power By Chris Low (ESPN.com)
By Darrell Etherington Truta discovered that while the Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:45:08 PM
(TheAppleBlog) Magic Mouse saw the batteries
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:19:46 PM
as devoid of anymore usable Alabama linebacker Rolando
energy, the Mighty Mouse would McClain, the centerpiece of the
It’s not exactly the most in fact report that the batteries Crimson Tide's national
scientific test ever conducted, but weren’t even close to empty. In championship defense,
a very practical experiment fact, his tests show that under the announced Monday that he was
conducted by Softpedia’s Filip Bluetooth devices menu it would skipping his senior season to
Truta reveals that the new Apple report as much as 41 percent enter the NFL draft.
Magic Mouse pales next to its battery remaining in the SEC blog
predecessor in at least one supposedly dead batteries. That’s ESPN.com's Chris Low writes
significant way. That area of not an insignificant margin by about all things SEC in his
weakness is power management, any count. conference blog.
and the new slick interface Battery issues aside, I sill love • Blog network:
device could be as much as 40 my Magic Mouse. I should College Football Nation
percent less efficient than the qualify that by noting that I use it McClain won the Butkus Award
clumsy old Mighty Mouse. as the primary means of control this season as the top linebacker
Reports have been flooding in for my home theater Mac mini, in college football and led the
that the new mouse is a power- which means that I use it quite Crimson Tide in tackles. He was
hungry little guy, both internally sparingly. I’m still using the a three-year starter and has been
among staff here at same batteries I put in when I got calling the defensive signals
TheAppleBlog and over at the it, which was almost since he was a freshman.
Apple Discussion boards. At immediately following its Alabama coach Nick Saban has
least one discussion thread deals release. And my keyboard called McClain one of the
with the problem that the Magic was finding the same thing with batteries in the Magic Mouse doesn’t seem to be running down smartest players he's ever
Mouse has when working in his new pointing device, and so until they run out of steam. with any unusual speed, either. coached.
conjunction with the Apple went about testing his theory to Apple’s redesigned the mouse But again, I almost never use "I'm going to leave the university
Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard. see what he found. Rather than preferences pane to tell you them really, except to set up a pretty satisfied with what I've
Apparently, using both together timing the life of the batteries when you need to change them, movie or TV show or start a done here," McClain said.
will result in significant battery during regular continuous usage, and even provides instructions playlist in iTunes. I’m still Most projections have McClain
drain in the latter. as a lab might, Truta came up on how to do so in case you can’t planning on testing out Filip going in the top half of the first
On its own, the Magic Mouse is with an easy to perform exercise figure it out for yourself. Once Truta method when the batteries round.
no energy superstar either. Many that you can try for yourself, too, the batteries are depleted, all you do eventually run down, though. Chris Low covers the SEC for
users report a much shorter so long as you’re in possession have to do is switch them back What are your experiences? ESPN.com.
battery life than they got with the of both models of Apple mice. into your old Mighty Mouse. Five Filters featured article:
Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. Truta The trick is to use a fresh set of Using this very simple method, Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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Rumor Has It: New Parts and Supplier Details

Emerge for Apple Tablet
By Darrell Etherington quarter 2010 launch for the
(TheAppleBlog) device.
Submitted at 1/11/2010 7:19:56 AM
I’m of the opinion that this new

Everything’s beginning to come

rumor is fairly reliable, for a few
reasons. First, at CES last week,
This Wednesday:
together for the launch of
Apple’s tablet — quite literally,
many manufacturers took the
opportunity to try to steal some
XBLA gets
in fact, as Apple’s suppliers for of Apple’s tablet thunder by Serious (Sam)
the device begin to ship unveiling slate-type computers By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
component parts or are ramping and media devices themselves,
up for production in the near Microsoft and HP being the most Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:15:00 PM

future. That’s according to a notable among them. Second, in

report issued by news service Considering there's really
the wake of the Mac Observer
Reuter’s Friday afternoon. nothing serious about it -- some
piece by a former Apple
Two Taiwanese companies are of the enemies have bombs for
marketing manager revealing the
cited in the report as having heads-- we're not sure how
internal workings of and
received the contracts for the Serious Sam wound up with its
purposes behind Apple’s
aluminum casings and the name. It could be comic irony, or
intentional leaks, this latest
touchscreen panels that the c a s e s . T h e c o m p a n y what we’re looking at now.” perhaps merely for its delightful
rumor seems to fit the bill pretty
upcoming Apple slate will use in manufactures covers for various As for the touchscreen panels, well. sibilance. Honestly, we may
its construction. If true, this electronic devices. The cases the sources cite TPK Solutions Stoking the rumor fires with never know. What we do know
means that the tablet will indeed haven’t yet begun production, as yet another supplier for that r e l a t i v e l y i n c o n s e q u e n t i a l is that Serious Sam HD: The
sport an aluminum enclosure, though they will very soon, component of the devices. It information about parts suppliers First Encounter is this week's
and I’d expect something akin to according to Reuters’ sources: joins Wintek, which is reportedly manages to draw some of the XBLA release, as promised last
the unibody construction process “Production of the cases will already producing panels for the attention back to Apple and away month. Sporting newly fancified
used in the MacBook Pro casing begin in February, so everything tablet, too. Apple seems to be from competitors, while not graphics, online co-op and some
to be applied here. Imagine the points to a second-quarter launch preparing for a fairly ambitious really revealing any major new serious action (oh that's it!), the
build quality of that machine, right now,” said one of the initial production run. The panels details about the upcoming game will be available for
without a hinge as a point of sources. “It doesn’t take that have reportedly already begun d e v i c e — e x c e p t f o r t h e 1200($15).
weakness. It’ll be quite hardy. l o n g f o r t h e c o m p a n y t o shipping. This Wednesday: XBLA gets
aluminum casing thing, which
AVY Precision Technology is assemble the PC together, but a The timing of the orders and could actually be pretty cool. Serious (Sam) originally
said to be the supplier for the second-quarter shipment date is shipments implies a second- appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 11
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Orange Executive Reveals Tablet
Details
By Chris Brandrick
(TheAppleBlog)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:06:14 PM
The web has been rife today
with news that Stéphane Richard,
an executive from France
Télécom, the French
communications company, had
let slip could-be details about
Apple’s supposedly upcoming
tablet in a recent radio interview.
During the Europe 1 interview,
which aired Monday morning,
Richard revealed to radio host
Jean Pierre Elkabbach that the
highly debated tablet could
feature a built-in webcam,
possibly similar to that found in
Apple’s current computer lineup,
and disclosed that the device will
have integrated 3G capabilities.
According to Richard, cell phone
carrier Orange will be providing
the 3G network infrastructure for
the tablet in France. However, he
failed to specify any price points
or possible contact plans.
Apple is expected to unveil its
long-rumored tablet at a San
Francisco press event toward the
end of this month, where
hopefully all will finally be made
Component shortages set to push up computer costs
(Financial Times - US
homepage)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:45:53 AM
The cost of assembling personal
known, putting an end to more
than a year’s worth of often
deliberate speculation.
The translated interview
between Richard and Elkabbach
follows:
Elkabbach: According to the
weekly magazine Le Point, in a
few days your partner Apple will
launch a tablet?
Richard: Yes.
Elkabbach: Equipped with a
webcam?
Richard: Yes.
Elkabbach: Will Orange
customers be able to enjoy it?
Richard: Of course!
The entire recorded interview
can be seen (in French) over on
NowhereElse.fr, with the
pertinent details discussed
computers will rise this year for
the first time in six years because
of shortages in some key
components, industry analysts
have forecast.
around six minutes in.
Following the interview, to little
surprise, no official comment has
been made from Apple, however
Orange has since attempted to
clarify on the “leak,” releasing
the following statement a few
hours after the interview aired:
“These responses in no way
reflect Orange’s confirmation of
the existence of the rumored
device. The spokesperson was
merely confirming that he is
aware of the speculation
surrounding a launch and that
Orange would be delighted to
have such a product were it ever
to be available.”
France Télécom currently
enjoys a healthy relationship
with Apple, with the telecom
company selling the iPhone in
over 28 countries through its
global mobile brand, Orange. So,
I’d like to think that this slip-of-
the-tongue from Richard could
be deemed as credible, despite
Orange’s somewhat fluffy
statement.
The cost of semiconductor
components in computers has
fallen by an annual average of
7.8 per cent since 2000, but they
are set to rise this year by 2.8 per
Apple/ TV/ Economy/ 41
Dana Carvey and Spike
Feresten teaming up for
new show
By Bob Sassone (TV Squad)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:26:00 PM
The Dana Carvey Show is one
of my favorite sketch comedy
shows of all-time. It was
massively creative, probably
well ahead of its time, hell on
advertisers, and some of it was
funnier than SCTV in its glory
days. So of course it didn't last
that long.
Now Carvey and Spike Feresten
have announced that they're
joining forces to do a new sketch
show for FOX. It doesn't have a
name yet, but both FOX and
ABC were interested in it. They
went with FOX because they'll
probably be more friendly to a guys should be on TV again.
weird sketch show like this (and (You can watch all 8 episodes of
also let's not forget that The The Dana Carvey Show at
Dana Carvey Show was on SlashControl.)
ABC). Carvey and Feresten will Filed under: Other Comedy
write and star in the show. The Shows, Programming, Reality-
pilot will be filmed in February. Free
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Why newspapers should host blogs

(Scripting News) a lot but returned to Berkeley are covering the meaning of the they do is in such high demand.
Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:19:06 AM without success. I wish the latest tea leaves from DC or We're constantly checking our
Times or some other NY where ever, not to say that stuff Droids and Nexus One's for new
John Robinson of the News- newspaper had a current how-to isn't interesting, but lots of stuff to interest our short
Record in Greensboro, NC wrote guide for Manhattan newbies. people do it, and it's hard to find attention span.
a piece this morning about a There's so much information you great money-making ads to put Let the people in so you can find
meetup we had at his paper in need to even begin the search. on that kind of copy, so the the wells that need digging. We
February 2005. Back then I was Manhattan is a huge, complex Times is struggling to find a new can poke around the surface, but
pushing the idea that news and very strange place for business model. we have lives and jobs -- other
organizations should host blogs r e n t e r s . I f o u n d a d o z e n But! A web resource devoted to missions. Watch where we go,
for their community. I'm still apartments I could easily afford boosting Internet connectivity in and help us achieve. The rewards
pushing the idea, and still getting that I loved, but I came home Manhattan, now that would will be our trust and the money
the question back from the without a lease. How weird is attract some serious money. I of businesses that want to learn
p e o p l e i n t h e n e w s o r g s that! met with Jeff Jarvis on this trip from and educate through that
wondering why they would do There are a million other and he asked me to think about flow. Same way Twitter,
that. locality-based information ways for news orgs to make Facebook and Google are
I didn't answer the question then projects that don't get done money. This is how you do it. expanding now, that should be
probably because I didn't want to because news organizations have Understand your community and happening in the news business.
have an argument with a roomful a narrow view of what they do. If boroughs and the suburbs, the needs of its economy, where Back in 2004, and even before, I
of reporters, editors and their I were helping them be creative, because of the economics of high money is flowing, and where it's saw the erosion of the business
managers. Been there, done that. I'd ask them to branch out. Think rise apartment buildings. It being held back due to a lack of model that's playing out now. If
I put the idea out there on the of services they could provide would take a few paragraphs to information, and pour resources the road you're on is being
chance that there was a kindred for their community that aren't explain why it is that way, but into that area. You will find a eroded, you should start building
spirit in the room. You never being provided. basically you're lucky to get way to draw money from the a new road asap. If you wait for
know when you'll find one. An example. The Times r e a l l y g r e a t F I O S - l e v e l activity you're covering. the road to wash out then you
I pitched the same idea at the champions causes like The broadband in Manhattan. There's Now, back to John Robinson's have to live without a road while
NY Times in December at a Neediest. This is a good thing we no easy way to find out which query. Why should news orgs the new one is being built. Back
roundtable meetup with a variety all agree, I think. Amidst the neighborhoods have it. And host blogs for members of their then I was thinking about the
of editorial and technical people. wealth of NYC there are a lot of Time-Warner seems to install c o m m u n i t y ? B e c a u s e t h e Rest of Us. If the newspapers are
This time I did try to answer the poor people who aren't making high bandwidth cable in areas business of news organizations is stuck in a loop of self-pity and
questions when they came up, it. Help them out, says the where FIOS is available. Is there information. Gather it up, sort it, aren't doing anything to change
and predictably, an argument Times. We'll use our channel to a resource in the city that keeps organize it, keep it current and with the times, we can do two
ensued. help you understand the current? If there were, I bet the do it again. People have a huge things: 1. Help them see the logic
I'll explain why news orgs problem, you give to help the connectivity of Manhattan would thirst for new information, more in changing and 2. Implement
should host blogs in a few people once you understand. jump many times in a very short t h e s e d a y s t h a n e v e r a n d the change without them. That's
paragraphs, but first a couple of Okay. In a week in Manhattan I period of time. Sunlight, they increasing all the time. It's what I was doing then, and
stories. learned that Internet connectivity say, is a great disinfectant. ridiculous that information- continue to do.
I spent last week apartment in the biggest city in the US Well, this kind of news isn't the g a t h e r i n g o r g s s h o u l d b e
shopping in Manhattan. I learned sucks. It's much better in the stuff of high-level reporters, who shrinking in a time where what
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“The X Factor” To Launch on FOX in 2011
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:53:57 PM
here’s the official press release
on The X Factor news:
“THE X FACTOR” TO
LAUNCH ON FOX IN 2011
FOX announced today that THE
X FACTOR will launch in the
U.S. in the fall of 2011. Simon
Cowell, who created and
launched THE X FACTOR in
the U.K. in 2004, will serve as
both executive producer and
judge on the U.S. version, which
will be produced by Syco
Television and FremantleMedia
North America.
THE X FACTOR is currently
shown in 17 countries worldwide
with a global audience of more
than 500 million, and is the No.
1 TV entertainment format in
Europe. Cowell will continue to
serve as both executive producer
and judge on the U.K. version.
THE X FACTOR format is
owned by Syco, a global music,
television and film production
joint venture between Cowell
and Sony Music Entertainment.
“I’m thrilled that we have put a
date on the launch of the U.S.
version of THE X FACTOR, and
delighted to be continuing to
work with FOX,” said Cowell.
“We have a fantastic
relationship, a great team and are
all very excited about this.”
Mike Darnell, President of
Alternative Entertainment, Fox
Broadcasting Company, said,
“We have had a very successful
TV/ 43
Got Talent,” which in 2009
launched the global singing
career of Susan Boyle. Her debut
Syco album sold over 8 million
units in six weeks, making it the
world’s biggest-selling album of
2009 and the fastest-selling
album in history.
Syco is also the record label
home for such diverse
international recording stars as
Leona Lewis, Il Divo and Paul
Potts. Cowell has worked with
artists selling more than 180
million albums and delivering
more than 150 No. 1 records.
In 2009, Cowell was named No.
1 in Hollywood Reporter’s Top
50 Most Powerful in Reality TV
and one of Entertainment
Weekly’s Top Entertainers of the
Year.
About FremantleMedia North
America
FremantleMedia North America
(FMNA) is the U.S. production
division of global media giant
FremantleMedia. Based in
relationship with Simon Cowell building another entertainment judge. Syco Television is also Burbank, California, FMNA
for many years, and we’re franchise in the marketplace.” the owner of the “Got Talent” p r o d u c e s e n t e r t a i n i n g a n d
absolutely delighted to continue About Syco/Simon Cowell television format. Versions of i n n o v a t i v e p r o g r a m s f o r
our relationship with him. THE Syco, with offices in London both “The X Factor” and “Got network, cable, syndicated and
X FACTOR has been a massive and Los Angeles, is a global Talent” are co-produced by Syco online platforms, including the
success around the world, and music, television and film and shown in more than 40 Emmy-nominated musical/reality
we can’t wait to bring it to the production joint venture between countries. phenomenon AMERICAN IDOL
U.S. in 2011.” Simon Cowell and Sony Music “The X Factor” 2009 in the U.K. (FOX), “America’s Got Talent”
“THE X FACTOR has enjoyed Entertainment. reached audiences of 20 million (NBC), “Can You Duet” (CMT),
an unparalleled success in its Syco Television produces the (60% audience share), and in “The Chilli Project” (MTV),
U.K. home market and globally,” BAFTA Award-winning “The X Denmark, the audience share “Secret Girlfriend” (Comedy
said Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Factor,” which has topped the reached a record high of 80%. Central), “Let’s Make A Deal”
FremantleMedia North America. charts in Europe and in the U.K., Cowell also executive produces ( C B S ) , “ F a m i l y F e u d ”
“We are truly excited to bring it where Cowell continues to serve “America’s Got Talent” and
to the U.S. and look forward to as both executive producer and judges and produces “Britain’s “THE page 44
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Anniversary With Best Nielsen Ratings Ever running game show in television
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AMC Announces “Breaking Bad” Season 3 Premiere Sunday,

March 21 at 10pm
By Robert Seidman
(TVbytheNumbers)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:48:45 PM

via press release:

AMC ANNOUNCES
“BREAKING BAD” SEASON
THREE PREMIERE SUNDAY,
MARCH 21 AT 10PM ET/PT
Back-to-Back Emmy Winner
Bryan Cranston Directs Season
Premiere
“The Best of Breaking Bad”
Marathon Begins Friday, March
19 at 8pm
“Top 10 Baddest Moments” and
Other Exclusive Content on
AMCTV.com
New York, NY January 11,
2010 AMC will premiere the
highly anticipated third season of
“Breaking Bad” on Sunday,
March 21 at 10pm ET/PT. Back-
to-back Emmy winner Bryan content is a “Top 10 Baddest Walt teams up with a former cable network to win back-to- miniseries “The Prisoner” and
Cranston will serve double duty Moments” video special, student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron back Primetime Emmy Awards insightful non-scripted
as director of the premiere counting down some of the Paul), to turn a used RV into a for Outstanding Drama Series programming such as AMC
episode, “No Mas.” series most outrageous scenes to mobile drug lab. and Golden Globe Awards for News. AMC further
Leading up to the highly- date; an interactive graphic novel Filmed on location in Best Television Series Drama demonstrates its commitment to
anticipated new season will be a game, in which users can grill a Albuquerque, NM, “Breaking and boasts a comprehensive the art of storytelling with
“Best of Breaking Bad” suspect; all-new “webisodes;” Bad” season three stars Emmy library of the most entertaining curated movie franchises like
Marathon, featuring six of the Inside “Breaking Bad” videos; Award winner Bryan Cranston, movies of all time. Whether AMC Hollywood Icon and AMC
series best episodes, on Friday, and a Criminal Aptitude Test. Emmy nominated Aaron Paul, commemorating favorite films Complete Collection. Available
March 19 beginning at 8pm Created by acclaimed Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy from every genre and decade or in more than 95 million homes
ET/PT. In addition, season two writer/producer/director Vince Brandt, RJ Mitte, Bob Odenkirk, creating acclaimed original (Source: Nielsen Media
will be available On Demand Gilligan (“The X-Files”), Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan productions, the AMC Research), AMC is a subsidiary
beginning in February. “Breaking Bad” follows Walter Banks. “Breaking Bad” is experience is an of Rainbow Media Holdings
“Breaking Bad” season three will White (Cranston), a milquetoast produced by Sony Pictures uncompromising celebration of LLC, which includes sister
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Pete Carroll to Seahawks Now

Chuck returns with Official
By Will Brinson (Fanhouse a general manager. Our intended
Main) structure is for Pete and the new
ratings to back up the Submitted at 1/11/2010 7:23:00 AM
GM to work in a collaborative
capacity on football matters."

hype Filed under: Seahawks, NFL

Coaching Pete Carroll is
"officially" the coach for the
Carroll leaves the college game
under much speculation (both for
possible NCAA sanctions and
By Kona Gallagher (TV night's season three premiere of
Squad) Chuck scored its highest ratings Seattle Seahawks now, as the the recent revelation that he
since its special 3-D episode that team announced the news on knew about a coach's pill
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:29:00 PM
aired after the Super Bowl. If Monday afternoon after a addiction that led to a DUI).
Jericho became famous for you're just looking at the ratings weekend of semi-speculation But regardless of the opinions
becoming the first show to really o f C h u c k ' s n o n - g i m m i c k y followed by Carroll tendering his that anyone can hold of his
be saved from cancellation by an episodes, it hasn't performed this resignation to USC Monday "We are excited to add Pete as ability to succeed in the NFL,
internet fan campaign. While it well since 2007. Chuck fans are morning. our coach. He brings a great he's the "splash" hire that Paul
did get its second season, the celebrating today, and NBC Carroll brings his 33-31 NFL passion for winning and a Allen wanted and as long as it's
online fervor failed to translate execs at least have one bright record -- regardless of his positive attitude that is the offseason that's all that really
into ratings, and Jericho never spot in what has been a difficult success at USC, it's worth noting contagious," said CEO Tod matters.
saw a season three. Now the week for them. -- to Seattle. Nonetheless, the Leiweke. "We now turn our full For now anyway.
NBC comedy Chuck is back for Continue reading Chuck returns Seahawks seem quite excited. attention to the hiring process for
its third season after being with ratings to back up the hype
similarly saved by devoted fans. Filed under: Industry, Ratings,
So the big question is, did they Chuck, Reality-Free
actually watch? Permalink| Email this| |
According to The Hollywood C o m m e n t s
Reporter, you bet they did. Last
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Now What the Hell Is NBC Going to Job listing points to
Air at 10pm? [Dead Peacocks]
By Richard Lawson (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:54:17 PM project
Now that Jay Leno's woeful
10pm talk show experiment has
been axed, NBC is faced with a
serious vacuum of programming.
They're desperate enough to
consider an LA-set Law &
Order, so what else might they
be considering? Let's speculate!
Well, the Peacock has already
ordered six new pilots for their
fall slate from some of
television's biggest names.
Producers like David Shore (
House), Hank Steinberg (
Without a Trace), and Jerry
Bruckheimer (everything on
CBS). There's also a new J.J.
Abrams show and a (gasp) legal
drama from David E. Kelley
called Kindreds. When in doubt,
go with the old standards. Oof.
But what other new shows
might NBC endeavor to cobble
together from spare parts of other
successful series? A poll of the
Gawker editoriat birthed some
wonderful suggestions:
• Chuck: Miami
• "Hospital show with
firefighters too."
• "A Best Buy Employee
becomes a super spy to save a
man whose house is carted away
by balloons. Up/Chuck."
• Law & Order: Biggest Loser
Unit
• "Liz Lemon gets a job at a
unannounced Lionhead
professional gift wrapper: 30
Rock, Paper, Scissors"
• Friends: The College Years
• A Different Office
• "Steve Carell takes a class
given by West Wing's Jed
Bartlett: Office Politics
• " Date Line NBC, a show
wherein men stand in a line and
women choose them, for dates."
• To Catch a Predator vs.
Alien(Illegal immigrants hunt
down pedophiles?)
• Hero Losers
• "Robot doctors: Wall-ER."
• "Who's the greatest hawk
trainer? America's Got Talons."
• "A stringent and poetic look at
African American politics and
culture: Suzan-Lori Parks &
Recreation."
• "Can Bing and David share an
apartment without driving each
other crazy? Find out in The
Crosby Show."
Are you listening, NBC? Here,
you should help them out too.
What are some other possible
quickly-made NBC slot-fillers?
Entertainment/ Game/ 47
By Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:45:00 PM
Most would think that Lionhead
is already plenty busy with both
Fable III and Milo & Kate, both
of which will support Project
Natal. Apparently that's not busy
enough for Peter Molyneux &
Co., as Lionhead has posted a
job listing for a network
programmer who will take part
"developing and maintaining the
network code of an unannounced
title." The listing gives no clues
as to what the game might be,
though it does ask that potential
candidates be familiar with both [Via VG247]
the Xbox 360 and PC. With any Job listing points to
luck, maybe we'll see the unannounced Lionhead project
mystery project alongside next originally appeared on Joystiq on
month's Fable III reveal. We're Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:00 EST.
not counting on it though. Please see our terms for use of
What the game is -- if it's even a feeds.
full game -- is anyone's guess. A Read| Permalink| Email this|
new Populous, perhaps? A Fable Comments
application similar to Halo
Waypoint? Our best guess: Peter
Molyneux's Hype.
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Celebrate the New Year With Fitness Failure
[Fitness Watch]
By Hamilton Nolan (Gawker)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:13:02 PM
It is the new year which means
it's time for you to go on an
unsuccessful diet, America! Let
us survey the landscape of sure-
to-fail fitness ideas rolling out
(ha) soon. Select a few and
promptly abandon them!
• Fitness gizmos and video
games wearing you out? Why
not join one of those hot new
"virtual gyms" this year? Like a
real gym except imaginary!
• Ad Age's Emily Bryson York
has a great overview of what the
weight loss-industrial complex
has in store for you, the
unwitting subject, this year.
Since you're all broke, you will,
paradoxically, probably be eating
more calories this year. But!
Crystal Light: New tagline is
"Water Your Body," which
allegedly promotes water as
"transforming, sustaining and life
-enhancing." How this promotes
Crystal Light is unclear. Subway:
Offering a former Biggest Loser
contestant $1,000 for every
Quiznos, and Planters
Peanuts—what dietitians call the
Quadrifecta of Healthy
Consumables.
• Two former 24 Hour Fitness
executives have been sentenced
to prison for fraud. Justice—or
fear of a superior race of people
who are fit quite literally around
the clock, twice?
• What else is in breaking fitness
USA news today?? Kristen
Cavallari is taking a circuit
training class!"I never want to go
and I walk out dripping in sweat
pound she loses between now and it kills you, but it works." Is
and May. Better idea: Hang what she says. Show her some
Jared in a plastic cube over respect, Americans.
Times Square until May, with no
• used steroids when he broke
food. The Following Brands Are
Also Promoting Themselves As [Pic via]
'Weight Loss' Things, Really:
Dunkin Donuts, Taco Bell,
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Mark McGwire
comes clean,
admits steroids use
By ESPN.com news services
(ESPN.com)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:40:48 PM
McGwire Admits Steroids Use
McGwire Admits Steroids Use
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• McGwire Admits Steroids Use
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• Knight Defends Legacy Of
Mark McGwire Knight Defends
Legacy Of Mark McGwire
• Kruk/Clark: Happy McGwire
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McGwire Came Clean
NEW YORK -- Mark McGwire
finally came clean, admitting he
baseball's home run record in
1998.
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Simon Cowell Votes Himself Off American Idol [Simon Says

Bye]
By Richard Lawson (Gawker) -up — young unknown singers to gradually (very gradually) vote and dilute the programs'
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:07:16 PM compete for audience votes and slow down. Cowell is also said influence and ability to actually
get lambasted by a panel of three to have had major disagreements create pop stars?), and 2) what
Season one-billion of American — with Cowell himself serving with Idol producer Simon Fuller, the heck is Randy Jackson going
Idol hasn't even started yet, and as a judge during his Idol-free so presumably X Factor offered to do all by himself next year?
already we're thinking about the downtime. The X Factor will him the opportunity to be a bit Sad, dawg.[ NYT]
end. Simon Cowell, beloved premiere fall 2011, then move to more sovereign. Whatever Update! TMZ is saying that
grumpy crumpet judge, will the summer for subsequent Cowell's reasons, the real gurgling hair-mound Paula
leave at the end of the season to s e a s o n s , w i t h I d o l s t i l l questions are 1) whether Fox Abdul has been in talks with
judge the similarly-themed dominating the winter/spring. really has room for two singing Cowell to join him on X Factor.
British import, The X Factor. Cowell's departure was long- Paula Abdul left the show earlier competition shows (will the Once again, poor Randy.
The show has the same basic set rumored, as fellow original judge this year and ratings had begun presence of both will split the
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McGwire said in a statement
sent to The Associated Press on
Monday that he used steroids on
and off for nearly a decade.
During a 20-minute telephone
interview shortly afterward, his
voice repeatedly cracked.
"It's very emotional, it's telling
family members, friends and
coaches, you know, it's former
teammates to try to get a hold of,
you know, that I'm coming clean
and being honest," he said. "It's
the first time they've ever heard
me, you know, talk about this. I
hid it from everybody."
McGwire said he called
commissioner Bud Selig and
Cardinals manager Tony La
Russa earlier in the day to
personally apologize.
In an interview with ESPN's
"Baseball Tonight", La Russa
said he didn't know McGwire
had used steroids until the
slugger had admitted using
performance-enhancing drugs in
the phone call to the manager
earlier Monday.
"I'm really encouraged that he
would step forward," La Russa
told ESPN. "As we go along his
explanations will be well
received."
Selig, in a statement released by
Major League Baseball on
Monday, said he was pleased
with McGwire's admission.
"I am pleased that Mark
McGwire has confronted his use
of performance-enhancing
substances as a player. Being
truthful is always the correct
course of action, which is why I
had commissioned Senator
George Mitchell to conduct his
investigation. This statement of
contrition, I believe, will make
Mark's re-entry into the game
much smoother and easier,"
Selig said.
McGwire said he also used
human growth hormone, and he
didn't know if his use of
performance-enhancing drugs
contributed to some of the
injuries that led to his retirement,
at age 38, in 2001.
"That's a good question," he said.
He repeatedly expressed regret
for his decision to use steroids,
which he said was "foolish" and
caused by his desire to overcome
injuries, get back on the field and
prove he was worth his
multimillion salary.
"You don't know that you'll ever
have to talk about the skeleton in
your closet on a national level,"
he said. "I did this for health
purposes. There's no way I did
this for any type of strength use."
McGwire hit a then-record 70
homers in 1998 during a
compelling race with Sammy
Sosa, who finished with 66.
More than anything else, the
home-run spree revitalized
baseball following the crippling
strike that wiped out the 1994
World Series.
Now that McGwire has come
clean, increased glare might fall
on Sosa, who has denied using
performing-enhancing drugs.
McGwire statement
Text of the statement Mark
McGwire issued Monday,
admitting he used steroids during
his career:
"Now that I have become the
hitting coach for the St. Louis
Cardinals, I have the chance to
do something that I wish I was
able to do five years ago.
I never knew when, but I always
knew this day would come. It's
time for me to talk about the past
and to confirm what people have
suspected. I used steroids during
my playing career and I
apologize. I remember trying
steroids very briefly in the
1989/1990 off season and then
after I was injured in 1993, I
used steroids again. I used them
on occasion throughout the '90s,
including during the 1998
season.
I wish I had never touched
steroids. It was foolish and it was
a mistake. I truly apologize.
Looking back, I wish I had never
played during the steroid era.
During the mid-'90s, I went on
the DL seven times and missed
228 games over five years. I
experienced a lot of injuries,
including a ribcage strain, a torn
left heel muscle, a stress fracture
of the left heel, and a torn right
heel muscle. It was definitely a
miserable bunch of years and I
told myself that steroids could
help me recover faster. I thought
they would help me heal and
prevent injuries, too.
I'm sure people will wonder if I
could have hit all those home
runs had I never taken steroids. I
had good years when I didn't
take any and I had bad years
when I didn't take any. I had
good years when I took steroids
and I had bad years when I took
steroids. But no matter what, I
shouldn't have done it and for
that I'm truly sorry.
Baseball is really different now -
- it's been cleaned up. The
commissioner and the players'
association implemented testing
and they cracked down, and I'm
glad they did.
I'm grateful to the Cardinals for
bringing me back to baseball. I
want to say thank you to
Cardinals owner Mr. DeWitt, to
my GM, John Mozeliak, and to
my manager, Tony La Russa. I
can't wait to put the uniform on
again and to be back on the field
in front of the great fans in Saint
Louis. I've always appreciated
their support and I intend to earn
it again, this time as hitting
coach. I'm going to pour myself
into this job and do everything I
can to help the Cardinals hitters
become the best players for years
to come.
After all this time, I want to
come clean. I was not in a
position to do that five years ago
in my congressional testimony,
but now I feel an obligation to
discuss this and to answer
questions about it. I'll do that,
and then I just want to help my
team."
"I wish I had never played during
the steroid era," McGwire said.
McGwire's decision to admit
using steroids was prompted by
his decision to become hitting
coach of the St. Louis Cardinals,
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his final big league team. Tony
La Russa, McGwire's manager in
Oakland and St. Louis, has been
among McGwire's biggest
supporters and thinks returning
to the field can restore the former
slugger's reputation.
La Russa told ESPN that his
feelings haven't changed about
McGwire's joining the team as
hitting coach.
"I never knew when, but I
always knew this day would
come," McGwire said. "It's time
for me to talk about the past and
to confirm what people have
suspected."
McGwire, who is eighth on the
all-time home run list with 583
homers, once again was not
elected into the Hall of Fame. In
voting on Jan. 6, he received 128
votes (23.7 percent) in the
balloting, 10 more than last year
and matching the total from his
first two times on the ballot.
He became the second major
baseball star in less than a year to
admit using illegal steroids,
following the New York
Yankees' Alex Rodriguez last
February.
Others have been tainted but
have denied knowingly using
illegal drugs, including Barry
Bonds, Roger Clemens and
David Ortiz.
Bonds has been indicted on
charges he made false statements
to a federal grand jury and
obstructed justice. Clemens is
under investigation by a federal
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Seattle Seahawks announce hiring of USC Trojans coach Pete

Carroll
By ESPN.com news services Charlie Weis. And that's just for coordinator in the NFL before school Monday, Carroll said the More Podcasts »
(ESPN.com) starters, as Gene Wojciechowski joining USC in 2000, said he had school approached him about "Pete built and left in place a
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:41:05 PM
finds. Story for a while "given up" on a staying. truly outstanding organization,"
Pete Carroll had plenty of return to the pro ranks. "But this choice is about Garrett said in a statement.
Schefter News And Notes skeptics when he was announced "But it came out of nowhere," he pursuing the great challenges of "While he leaves behind an
Schefter News And Notes as the USC head coach in 2000. told the Times. competing in the NFL," Carroll impressive legacy, I am
The Seattle Seahawks confirmed But, as Mark Schlabach details, ESPN NFL Insider Adam said in the release. "And I found confident that we will find a new
Monday they have agreed to he won over his doubters as he Schefter first reported Saturday this opportunity too compelling head coach who will continue the
terms on a contract with Pete took the Trojans on a glorious morning the Seahawks and to pass up." success to which we are
Carroll to become their next head run. Story Carroll had reached an Carroll had already planned a accustomed at USC."
coach. ESPNLosAngeles.com takes a agreement in principle. team meeting for Monday Carroll had already begun to
"We are excited to add Pete as look back at the Pete Carroll era "I've given everything I've had," afternoon, on the day the Trojans form the staff he will work with
our coach," said CEO Tod through photos, starting with his he said. "There was never going return to class after the winter in Seattle, sources indicated to
Leiweke in a statement. "He hiring in 2000 right up through to be a good time." break. ESPN.
brings a great passion for his decision to leave USC for Next up for Leiweke is to hire a "By far the most difficult thing is The Chicago Bears have been
winning and a positive attitude Seattle. Chronology general manager. leaving the young guys that just informed that Jeremy Bates, who
that is contagious. We now turn Carroll was set to address the They have at least four came into the program and just was scheduled to interview for
our full attention to the hiring m e d i a M o n d a y a t a n e w s interviews to conduct to find the started," Carroll said in the their offensive coordinator's job,
process for a general manager. conference on the USC campus general manager who will work Times interview. has decided to accept the same
"Our intended structure is for at 6 p.m. ET. The Seahawks with Carroll. Former Titans GM A team spokesman said the job with Carroll and the
Pete and the new GM to work in were to formally introduce Floyd Reese is scheduled to Monday meeting was still on. Seahawks, two sources told
a collaborative capacity on Carroll at their headquarters in interview, along with Giants "Every Trojan everywhere owes ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris
football matters." Renton, Wash., on Tuesday at 1 personnel man Marc Ross, Pete a big debt of gratitude for Mortensen on Sunday night.
Reaction on Carroll p.m. ET. Packers executive John what he did for USC and USC A source said Bates was
Pete Carroll put together an Carroll spoke earlier Monday of Schneider and Omar Khan, a football this past nine years," tempted to be reunited with
incredible run at USC, as Ivan his resignation from USC. contract administrator with USC president Steven B. Sample Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, but
Maisel notes. But no program Talking with the Los Angeles Pittsburgh. said in a statement. "Two the long-term security with
can win it all every year -- and Times, Carroll said his pending Seattle forced out general national championships, three Carroll was a major factor in his
when it came time to start move wasn't in reaction to manager and president Tim Heisman Trophy winners, and decision to join the Seahawks
climbing back up the mountain, possible sanctions the Trojans' Ruskell on Dec. 3. seven consecutive Pac-10 rather than the Bears. Bates was
Carroll walked out. Story program faces as a result of an Leiweke met with Carroll in Los championships earned him a Cutler's offensive coordinator
Pete Carroll's resignation is just ongoing investigation over Angeles on Sunday to finalize lasting place in our history." with the Broncos in 2008.
the latest turn in a downward whether players may have the deal, the Times had reported. USC athletic director Mike The Bears' options for the
s p i r a l f o r U S C ' s a t h l e t i c s received improper benefits. Carroll was 97-19 and won two Garrett said a search for Carroll's position now include Mike
program. ESPN.com's Pat Forde "Not in any way," Carroll told national championships with successor would begin Martz, Jedd Fisch and Bill
wonders: Do the Trojans have the newspaper. "Because I know USC. immediately. Musgrave, league sources told
the right man to clean up the where we stand. It's just a He leaves following his worst The Herd with Colin Cowherd Schefter.
mess? Story process we have to go through. season (9-4) since his first at the Colin Cowherd examines Pete A source close to USC
The human fallout from Pete We know we've fought hard to school and with the NCAA Carroll's decision to leave USC linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr.
Carroll's departure from USC do right." investigating the program. for the NFL and explains the
connect dots to Aaron Corp. And Carroll, a longtime coach and SEATTLE page 56
In a statement released from the likely reasons for the move.
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A 96-Point Guilty Pleasure in Arizona

(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix) cornerback Michael Adams of some owners, to be more of a son Steven, whose previous role
Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:59:56 AM stripped Packers quarterback logistical pain in the butt than a had been that of human victory
Aaron Rodgers of the ball and sincere attempt to raise the cigar during blowouts.
Fans of the Jets, Cowboys and l i n e b a c k e r K a r l o s D a n s b y profiles of minority In Sports Illustrated, Luke Winn
Ravens enjoyed themselves, of returned the fumble for the game candidates?”* * * surveys the wreckage of Tyler
course, but the first three games - w i n n i n g s c o r e . I n S p o r t s Tennessee knocked off an Smith’s promising hoops future.
of the NFL’s wild-card weekend Illustrated, Don Banks takes the undefeated Kansas Jayhawks In the Tennessean, David Climer
weren’t much fun for the rest of opportunity to praise both the team that had spent the whole credits Vols head coach Bruce
us to watch. But the final game game itself and the NFL’s Kelley has his doubts about the college-hoops season ranked first Pearl with a brilliant coaching
on the slate was an eye-popping, maligned sudden-death overtime hire. “Doesn’t this feel, just a in the nation. The win Sunday job. “Even by Pearl’s against-all-
record-setting overtime shootout rule. little bit, like a coach running doesn’t look like the most odds standards,” Climer writes,
between the Green Bay Packers In the Arizona Republic, Dan away from his troubles John dramatic of upsets at first glance, “this was a doozy.”* * *
and Arizona Cardinals. The 62 Bickley applauds Warner’s Calipari-like and leaving it to the but Tennessee’s 76-68 result is The recent tales of gun-related
first downs and 96 combined dazzling effort. university to clean up his probably the most surprising hijinks in the Washington
points in that game set NFL At Pro Football Talk, Mike m e s s e s ? ” K e l l e y w o n d e r s . basketball score of the year thus Wizards locker room have not
p o s t s e a s o n r e c o r d s a s t h e Florio bemoans the un-called “What’s happening here? Since far. done wonders for the image of
Cardinals earned a 51-45 win facemask penalty by Adams on when did this franchise become “Technically Tennessee is the Wizards star Gilbert Arenas or
and a matchup with New Orleans the game-winning play.* * * Cirque du Seahawk?” No. 16 team in the country, but the NBA in general. In the
next weekend. Reuters Karlos The Seattle Seahawks’ recent O n e h o l d u p t o C a r r o l l ’ s not these Vols,” Mike DeCourcy Washington Post, Mike Wise
Dansby was a part of the 22% of dismissal of coach Jim Mora Jr. announcement as Seattle’s head writes in the Sporting News. and Michael Lee offer a
the greater Phoenix population to after just one 5-11 season didn’t coach was the team’s need to “Who are they kidding? The No. definitive report on the corporate
score Sunday. make much of an impact beyond hold what looks like a de rigueur 16 Vols are the team that last and clubhouse culture that
“It was the kind of football Puget Sound, but the team’s i n t e r v i e w w i t h M i n n e s o t a played on New Year’s Eve and coddled Arenas.
contest you love if you eat choice of a replacement is Vikings defensive coordinator controlled a road game against The story of former University
Skittles for breakfast, meditate to somewhat bigger news. The L e s l i e F r a z i e r , a n o t h e r rival Memphis almost beginning of Missouri star Steve
K.C. & the Sunshine Band and Seahawks are expected to bring “candidate” for the job. Frazier to end. The Vols who stunned Stipanovich may offer some
think ‘Transformers 2 is Oscar USC head coach Pete Carroll and didn’t really have a shot at the KU are down four players who perspective on the possible long-
bait,” the Journal’s Jason Gay Trojans offensive coordinator gig, of course, but the NFL’s were arrested New Year’s Day run implications of the incident
writes. “And really, who isn’t Jeremy Bates to Seattle next Rooney Rule demanded that and haven’t played or practiced for Arenas. In a terrific 1981
that kind of person once in a season, with Carroll expected to Seattle interview a minority since.” piece for Sports Illustrated,
while?” With all due respect to sign a five-year contract some candidate for the position. The Vols dismissed All-SEC Curry Kirkpatrick describes the
the Baltimore Ravens’ decisive time Monday and be announced While he’s hardly a favorite of f o r w a r d T y l e r S m i t h a n d strange story of Stipanovich’s
Sunday beatdown of the New as Seattle’s new head coach your Fixer, FanHouse’s Jay suspended players Cameron own gun-related mishap — a
England Patriots — which was Tuesday. Mariotti seems to have found a Tatum, Melvin Goins and Brian story that was, if anything, both
pretty improbable in its own Carroll’s departure from USC worthy target for his snarling- Williams after a New Year’s Day stranger and more poorly
right, the Baltimore Sun’s Mike comes at an opportune moment skeptic shtick on this matter. “If traffic stop involving the four handled by all involved than was
Preston notes— it’s hard to focus for him, if not for the program he teams aren’t serious about their players turned up two handguns, Arenas’s alleged locker-room
on the weekend’s other games built. With Trojans football the interviews with certain minority marijuana and open containers of draw-down. Stipanovich
after being force-fed all those subject of a long-running NCAA candidates, why waste their time booze. Something of a longshot recovered from both a mild
Skittles. investigation, Yahoo’s Dan and sabotage the intent of the to beat the Jayhawks even at full bullet wound and a serious dent
For all the offense — and there Wetzel writes that Carroll’s Rooney Rule?” Mariotti asks. strength, the Vols managed to to his reputation to become the
was a lot — it was an overtime ultimate legacy at USC is not yet “Or why even have such a rule at pull it off with an assortment of
defensive play that carried the clear. all when it seems, in the minds b e n c h g u y s a n d w a l k - o n s , 96-POINT page 53
day for the Cardinals. Reserve In the Seattle Times, Steve including Coach Bruce Pearl’s
52 Sports/ E-reader News Edition

Ex-New Jersey Nets star Jayson Willliams pleads guilty to

aggravated assault in limo driver's shooting death
By Associated Press toward closure," said Williams' public has a right to be protected The defense maintained the attempted a short-lived
(ESPN.com) attorney, Joseph Hayden. He and from Jayson Williams." shooting was an accident and comeback in the minor league
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:07:55 AM
Williams both declined to speak State Superior Court Judge that Williams panicked Continental Basketball
further about the case, citing a Edward M. Coleman allowed afterward. Association in 2005.
SOMERVILLE, N.J. -- Former gag order. him to remain free, with Years of legal sparring followed Williams has suffered several
NBA star Jayson Williams, his The assault charge carries a restrictions, until his Feb. 23 the trial. recent personal setbacks.
personal life in shambles, took minimum 18-month sentence sentencing. Defense attorneys tried to get His wife filed for divorce last
responsibility for accidentally because a gun was involved. The Williams was acquitted in 2004 the case tossed out, citing a racial year, although she sat behind
shooting his limousine driver to reckless manslaughter count of aggravated manslaughter and slur uttered by a white him in court Monday and later
death eight years ago by pleading would have carried a maximum convicted of trying to cover up investigator during a meeting accompanied him out of the
guilty Monday to assault and 10-year prison sentence. the shooting. The jury with other law enforcement courthouse.
agreeing to serve at least 18 Under his plea agreement, deadlocked on a reckless officials. A judge, however, Police used a stun gun on him in
months in prison. Williams will serve 18 months in manslaughter count, and a retrial ruled against Williams, who is a New York hotel after a female
Williams was awaiting retrial on state prison for the aggravated on that charge was due to start black, on appeal. friend said he was acting
a reckless manslaughter count assault charge and up to five this week. In November, it appeared a plea suicidal. He was charged with
but pleaded guilty to the lesser years for a prior conviction of Witnesses testified during the deal had been reached, but was assault in May after allegedly
aggravated assault count for the trying to cover up the crime. The trial that Williams was showing indefinitely postponed at the last punching a man in the face
2002 death of Costas Christofi. sentences will be concurrent and off a shotgun when he snapped minute. His lawyers asked to be outside a North Carolina bar, but
Williams remained poised he'll be eligible for parole after the weapon shut and it fired, removed from his defense, citing charges were dropped.
during the hearing and mostly 18 months. hitting Christofi. They also client communication issues. Williams' father, E.J., with
answered yes and no questions, "Jayson is relieved that closure testified that Williams initially The Christofi family, who was whom he owned a construction
though he did tell the judge that has come to this matter," said put the gun in the dead man's in the courtroom when Williams business, died in South Carolina
he had not fully checked a Williams' friend and manager, hands and told witnesses to lie pleaded guilty, declined to in November.
shotgun he was showing off to Akhtar Farzaie. "He remains about what happened. comment. Williams paid the Williams is due back in a
friends before snapping it closed. frustrated that he can't speak On Monday, Williams said he family more than $2 million in Manhattan court March 3 on the
"I didn't look in the direction the about it. He would have agreed had been giving about 10 friends 2003 to settle a wrongful death New York drunken driving
muzzle of the gun was pointed," to the aggravated assault charges a tour of his New Jersey home lawsuit. charge.
he said, before admitting that his years ago, but it was never an on Feb. 14, 2002, and when they Williams, 41, played nine Copyright 2010 by The
handling of the gun was reckless option." reached the bedroom, he started seasons with the Philadelphia Associated Press
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his SUV into a tree in New York Deputy Attorney General Steven failed to check the safety million contract.
last week, had stitches visible Farman cited the recent New mechanism and inspected only He became an NBA analyst for
above his right eye. York accident, among other one of the two barrels before NBC but was suspended after
"Today is the first step in moving incidents, before saying, "The snapping it shut. Christofi's shooting. He
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96-POINT
Andy Reid: Donovan McNabb will return next continued from page 51

second pick of the 1983 NBA

season as Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Draft and enjoy a productive,
though injury-marred, NBA
career. The world is a different
By ESPN.com news services wanted to return to Philadelphia. continue to do that, and I'll where I'm comparing players and
(ESPN.com) "He got a nice little kick for the continue to work hard." contracts. We like Kevin Kolb. place now than it was in 1981, of
next few years here in salary," Vick said his performance this We like Michael Vick. We like course, but Kirkpatrick’s piece is
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:51:15 PM
Reid said. season spoke for itself. Donovan McNabb. It's a pretty an entertaining read regardless of
Eagles Offseason Plans Eagles The Eagles have a $5 million "I feel like I'm probably better good situation to be in as we go whether Stipanovich’s story
Offseason Plans team option available for Vick. than I ever was in my career, as into the offseason." presages anything for Arenas.* *
PHILADELPHIA -- No. 5 will He may have increased his trade far as the mental aspect of the McNabb threw for 3,553 yards, *
return to Philadelphia for a 12th value with a 76-yard touchdown game," he said. "Physically -- 22 TDs and 10 interceptions in At first glance, the question of
season. pass to Jeremy Maclin in the last that will come. That is easy." 14 games. His passer rating of which company makes NFL-
Eagles coach Andy Reid said loss to the Cowboys. The Eagles also have Kevin 92.9 was the third-highest in his licensed hats would seem to
Donovan McNabb will be the The backup who joined the team Kolb on the roster. career. matter most to balding football
team's quarterback next season. before last season after a 2½- Kolb filled in nicely when In a 24-0 loss to Dallas last fans. But there’s a lot more to the
Michael Vick's status remains year prison stay for his role in a McNabb got hurt in the season week that cost Philadelphia the lawsuit by American Needle Inc.
questionable, however. dogfighting ring said Sunday that opener. He became the first QB NFC East title and a first-round against the NFL that is scheduled
R e i d s o u g h t t o s q u e l c h he continues to hold lofty goals. in history to throw for 300 yards bye, McNabb was 20 of 36 for to begin arguments in the
speculation about McNabb's "Everybody wants to be a starter in his first two career starts. 223 yards. He misfired on a Supreme Court on Wednesday.
future with one year left on his in this league and everybody NFC East blog couple throws, including a deep While the dispute centers on
contract. wants to play," Vick said, ESPN.com's Matt Mosley writes pass to a wide-open DeSean caps, the NFL’s pursuit of a
"That's my call," Reid said according to The Philadelphia about all things NFC East in his Jackson. blanket antitrust exemption —
Monday when asked who will Inquirer. "That should be your division blog. In the playoff loss to the that is, recognition that the
make the decision to bring goal. The ambition you should • Blog network: NFL Nation Cowboys, McNabb was 19 of 37 league is one business, not 32
McNabb back. "I think he's a have is to want to be great. ... I "I don't want to give up any of for 230 yards, one TD and one separate businesses competing
great player. His work over the know I can still play at a high them. I like them all," Reid said interception. Most of those against one another — raises the
last 11 years has proven that. I level." of the three QBs. "Can Kevin completions came late in the political stakes considerably. “It
truly believe it's a team sport; it's Vick, 29, played a limited role Kolb play in the National game after Dallas had the game could end up having a very large
not one guy." in short-yardage situations in his Football League? Absolutely. in hand. effect not only on all
McNabb has failed to lead first year back in the NFL after Can Kevin Kolb be a starter in Information from The professional sports, but also the
Philadelphia to a Super Bowl missing two seasons. He said he National Football League? Associated Press was used in this landscape of business in the
victory in 11 seasons. But he had would be happy to remain with Absolutely. The other two guys report. United States,” writes Jesse J.
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The Count: Warner’s Playoff Brilliance Continues
(WSJ.com: The Daily Fix)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:27:11 PM
In between being intercepted on
the first play of the game and
stripped of the ball on the last
play, Aaron Rodgers was terrific
in the best game of the NFL’s
wild-card weekend. But Kurt
Warner was better — historically
good. He completed 29 of 33
passes for 379 yards, five
touchdowns and no
interceptions, with a 154.1 passer
rating. It was, by at least one
measure, one of the two best
playoff performances by a
quarterback in history.
Associated Press Kurt Warner
celebrated his near-flawless
performance against Green Bay.
Before Warner’s big game, 10
other quarterbacks in the last 50
years had a passer rating above
150. But nine of those QBs did
so in a game in which they threw
25 or fewer passes for fewer than
300 yards. It’s easier to sustain
that level of play when given
fewer opportunities to mess up.
Warner threw 33 times, while his
team ran the ball just 23 times.
The only other QB to sustain
such a high level of excellence
over more than 25 attempts in a
playoff game was Peyton
Manning, who completed 22 of
26 passes for 377 yards and five
touchdowns, with no picks,
against Denver in 2004.
(Manning and Warner also have
the only two other playoff games
with at least 310 yards and a
rating of 140 or higher.) The
passer rating, incidentally,
doesn’t account for sacks, but
both QBs were excellent at
eluding the rush — Warner was
sacked just once for four yards,
while Manning wasn’t sacked at
all. Rodgers on Sunday exhibited
his characteristic reluctance to
throw the ball under pressure,
taking five sacks and fumbling
on that game-deciding play.
Manning’s and Warner’s
performances were also two of
just 13 by a QB in the past half-
century, in the regular season or
postseason, to feature at least
five touchdown passes and more
touchdown passes than
incompletions, without an
interception. Four of those 13
performances came 25 years ago
or more, including by Hall of
Famers Frank Tarkenton and
John Elway. But nine others
were delivered by active
quarterbacks in the past six
seasons. One was by Ben
Roethlisberger, last year’s Super
Bowl champion whose Steelers
just missed this year’s playoffs.
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Stevenson's Loyalty to Arenas Is Admirable
By Tim Povtak (Fanhouse
Main)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:12:00 AM
Filed under: Wizards
DeShawn Stevenson should take
a bow for blood-is-thicker-than-
water loyalty. The world needs
more of it today.
While Gilbert Arenas continues
to plummet, while the
Washington Wizards quickly try
to erase his memory and his
mention, while the NBA left him
on indefinite suspension and
authorities prepare to lead him
away in handcuffs, Stevenson
stood up for his embattled
teammate Sunday night.
Good for him. It takes courage
to stand alongside a fallen
comrade.
While everyone else kicks
Arenas while he's down, or at
least distance themselves from
his gun-waving, locker room
crime, Stevenson did the right
thing - he made people think
about what it means to be a team.
You stand and fall as one.
Like everyone else, Stevenson
knows Arenas is guilty of
terrible judgment, and
punishment should fit the crime,
but Stevenson also understands
Arenas better than most. As
Arenas was described in a profile
a few years ago, "he is more like
a puppy who pees all over your
couch,'' than a dangerous thug.
"He's my brother,'' Stevenson
told reporters in Washington
Sunday night. "I'm going to stick
to him through rough times.''
Stevenson paid tribute to Arenas
by taking the court Sunday with
the words "AGENT'' and
"ZERO'' written in red letters on
tape above his ankles,'' alluding
to Arenas nickname.
The Wizards have removed
almost all mention of Arenas
from their Verizon Center home.
No more "0" jerseys to buy, no
more Arenas highlights on the
big screen, no more banners on
the building. His locker stall has
been emptied, and it's likely to
remain that way through this
season. Security personnel
confiscated at least one "Free
Gil,'' poster that turned up this
weekend at the Center.
He has put the franchise through
ridicule, and embarrassed it
badly. Teammates and coaches
last week were being put through
interviews by law enforcement
authorities regarding Arenas'
locker room incident that
sparked this nightmare.
Yet those who know Arenas
best feel more sorry for him than
mad at him for what he has done.
Stevenson made that clear
Sunday night, even in the face of
a franchise that is desperately
trying to wash its hands of him.
It's all kind of sad for a guy who
once made us smile.
Stevenson and Arenas have
shared a lot for the past four
seasons, forming a bond that few
outside an NBA team can
understand. You don't spend a
good portion of eight
consecutive months together, in
hotels, on flights and buses, in
locker rooms, without
developing some close
relationships.
Like Arenas, Stevenson often
marches to his own tune. Both
are free-spirited souls. When he
played in Orlando, Stevenson
earned his nickname "Nutso,'' for
Sports/ 55
some of his actions, yet
teammates liked him.
He and good friend Drew
Gooden later spent an entire
season on different teams
competing to see who could
grow the longest beard. As much
as anyone, Stevenson enjoyed
the endless and often zany
practical jokes that Arenas
enjoyed playing on those around
him.
Stevenson wasn't about to
abandon Arenas last week, even
when everyone else was. Sports
today often take a what-have-you
-done-for-lately theme. Patience
is lacking. Attention spans are
short. Instant gratification is all
that matters.
Teams move, coaches change,
players jump at the next contract.
Everyone wants their own. Even
the NBA's premature suspension
of Arenas last week was just
another show of self-
preservation.
Rarely is real loyalty displayed
like it should be.
Stevenson showed it Sunday
night.
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continued from page 50
confirmed to ESPN's Shelley
Smith that Carroll will be taking
Norton to Seattle to fill the same
role with the Seahawks.
Norton recruited Lakewood
(Calif.) High School quarterback
Jesse Scroggins, who has already
committed to USC but is said to
be waiting to see what happens
with Carroll.
"Well, I'm not surprised," junior
running back Marc Tyler said to
ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona
Shelburne of Carroll's departure.
"I think by now most guys
wanted it to hurry up and happen
so we can see who is going to
coach us next."
Sophomore defensive end Malik
Jackson said while he was a little
surprised, he understands why
Carroll is leaving.
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"I can't believe we're one of
those teams looking for a new
coach," Jackson told Shelburne.
"I'd heard about it all weekend,
Matt Morris Visits ELLE
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Blog)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:00:26 PM
Perhaps it’s a case of post-
holiday cheer overload, but we
can’t stop gushing about the
cozy coffee house-style
croonings of Matt Morris, whose
forthcoming album, When
but I'm still kind of surprised.
"I don't blame him though. We
all have to make decisions in our
lives. If I could've said
something that'd make him come
back, I would've. But I'm not
mad at him. He has to do what
he thinks is best for himself.
Everybody does."
Speculation concerning Carroll's
replacement has Washington
Huskies coach Steve Sarkisian
high on the Trojans' wish list.
But Sarkisian said Monday in a
text message to The Associated
Press that USC has not contacted
him.
On Friday, Sarkisian said with a
laugh that it "would be fun" to
join Carroll in being head
coaches in the same city.
Oregon State's Mike Riley fell
off the list of possible successors
when it was announced Sunday
night that he had signed a three-
year extension through at least
2019.
Instead, Riley, who was a
finalist for the Trojans' job in
2000, will stay in his hometown.
"Due to the fact there is a lot of
Everything Breaks Open, drops
January 12. The Denver native,
who’s lent his songwriting skills
to Christina Aguilera and Kelly
Clarkson, stopped by the ELLE
office to perform a little
impromptu set of some tunes off
the new disc.
After regaling the staff with Mouse Club Mouseketeer and
tales of his days as a Mickey his collaborations with guitar
speculation on my future, I want
to make it known that I'm very
excited to be coaching at Oregon
State University and I anticipate
doing so for a long time," Riley
said in a statement released by
the school.
Sources close to Riley said he
was intrigued by the USC job,
but loved coaching in Corvallis
and the idea that he could finish
his career there.
Carroll is no stranger to the
NFL, having served as the head
coach for the Patriots from 1997
to 1999 and for the Jets in 1994.
He was the Jets' defensive
coordinator from 1990 to 1993
after stints as the defensive backs
coach for the Vikings(1985-89)
and Bills(1984).
This was perhaps the best time
to leave USC since he arrived in
2001.
USC's string of seven
consecutive Pac-10 titles ended
with four losses in the just-
completed season. And the
school has been under several
years of NCAA scrutiny for
alleged improprieties in both
Carroll's team and athletic
director Mike Garrett's
beleaguered department.
When receiver Damian
Williams announced he's
entering the NFL a year early,
the news release of his departure
Friday night didn't include a
quote from Carroll, who often
lavishes praise on his early entry
candidates.
His silence on Williams was
good news for the Seahawks,
who could use some.
Information from ESPN NFL
Insider Adam Schefter, ESPN's
S h e l l e y S m i t h ,
ESPNLosAngeles.com's Ramona
Shelburne and The Associated
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great Charlie Sexton, Morris’
hushed-falsetto voice serenaded
the room with “Betting Man”
(about a jilted man wronged by a
woman in red stilettos), and
“Eternity” (“Somewhere
between the first creation and
tonight/Was a million
incarnations of me, myself, and
I”) while expertly playing his
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It's after the holidays so the
office kitchen has been cleaned
of any leftovers and your
stomach is rumbling louder than
the loose change in your pocket.
You walk down the hall,
stopping to splash your mouth
with a drink from the water
cooler and so begins your
dilemma. What to choose from
the vending machine?
For those indecisive times, you
may want to refer to the vending
machine flowchart
Think about Nutrition, first.
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Morris’ sensual folk has us
hooked. Check him out on
Letterman on Jan 15.
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grand jury trying to determine
whether he lied to a
congressional committee.
"I'm sure people will wonder if I
could have hit all those home
runs had I never taken steroids,"
McGwire said. "I had good years
when I didn't take any, and I had
bad years when I didn't take any.
I had good years when I took
steroids, and I had bad years
when I took steroids. But no
matter what, I shouldn't have
done it and for that I'm truly
sorry."
Big Mac's reputation has been in
tatters since March 17, 2005,
when he refused to answer
questions at a Congressional
hearing. Instead, he repeatedly
said "I'm not here to talk about
the past" when asked whether he
took illegal steroids when he hit
a then-record 70 home runs in
1998 or at any other time.
"After all this time, I want to
come clean," he said. "I was not
in a position to do that five years
ago in my congressional
testimony, but now I feel an
Fable III to see the light of day next month
By Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:45:00 PM
Lionhead community manager
Sam Van Tilburgh recently
teased his Twitter followers with
a pair of less-than-140-character
missives. Tilburgh spent this past
weekend"writing storyboard
summaries for two new Fable 3
videos," which will
obligation to discuss this and to
answer questions about it. I'll do
that, and then I just want to help
my team."
McGwire said he wanted to tell
the truth then but evaded
questions at that hearing on the
advice of his lawyers.
"That was the worst 48 hours of
my life," McGwire said.
In the interview with ESPN, La
Russa said of McGwire's
testimony: "The one thing he did
not do is lie. And I don't think he
ever would."
La Russa immediately praised
McGwire's decision to go public.
"His willingness to admit
mistakes, express his regret, and
explain the circumstances that
led him to use steroids add to my
respect for him," the manager
said.
McGwire disappeared from the
public eye following his
retirement as a player following
the 2001 season. When the
Cardinals hired the 47-year-old
as coach on Oct. 26, they said he
would address questions before
apparently"come out when we
show Fable 3 for the 1st time at
an event next month in SF." Of
course, for that second Tweet,
we're assuming "SF" stands for
San Francisco, and not a much
smaller venue, such as "Sam's
Foyer." planning its own event to
We're not certain what event introduce the world to the
Tilburgh is talking about -- it's flatulence-simulating technology
possible that Lionhead might be
spring training, and Monday's
statement broke his silence.
"I remember trying steroids very
briefly in the 1989/1990
offseason and then after I was
injured in 1993, I used steroids
again," McGwire said in his
statement. "I used them on
occasion throughout the '90s,
including during the 1998
season."
McGwire said he took steroids
to get back on the field, sounding
much like the Yankees' Andy
Pettitte two years ago when he
admitted using HGH.
"During the mid-'90s, I went on
the DL seven times and missed
228 games over five years,"
McGwire said. "I experienced a
lot of injuries, including a
ribcage strain, a torn left heel
muscle, a stress fracture of the
left heel, and a torn right heel
muscle. It was definitely a
miserable bunch of years, and I
told myself that steroids could
help me recover faster. I thought
they would help me heal and
prevent injuries, too."
Since the congressional hearing,
baseball owners and players
toughened their drug program
twice, increasing the penalty for
a first steroids offense from 10
days to 50 games in November
2005 and strengthening the
power of the independent
administrator in April 2008,
following the publication of the
Mitchell Report.
"Baseball is really different now
-- it's been cleaned up,"
McGwire said. "The
commissioner and the players'
association implemented testing
and they cracked down, and I'm
glad they did."
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Sources: Rockstar San
Diego not working on
more Midnight Club
games, future games in
jeopardy
By Ben Gilbert (Joystiq)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:15:00 PM
After last week's Rockstar
spouse letter, we got in contact
with a couple of trusted sources
at Rockstar San Diego to find out
more information about exactly
what's happening inside the
studio. Though our sources
asked to be kept anonymous,
each independently brought up
the poor state of the Midnight
Club franchise -- a series
traditionally handled by the
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Rockstar San Diego team. "Jay
Panek and Mark Garone, people
who were at the company for
over 10 years, were fired in 2009
after the completion of Midnight
Club: LA... other major people
quit, as they lost hope in the
company after the handling of
MC:LA and didn't want to work
on Red Dead Redemption," one
source told us.
"The management slowly
dismantled the MC team for
reasons unknown to most,"
added another. When we asked if
there are any more Midnight
Club games planned for
development at Rockstar San
Diego, we were told, "At first,
the team was told there was
going to be another. That lasted a
few months until the team was
told, 'Well, we're going to do
another, but it will be all
outsourced ... but there will be a
core team of 5 - 15 people at
RSSD working on it.' Then, after
a while longer, it was just not
going to happen at all. Rumors
abound about what will happen
to Midnight Club, but Take-Two
want something soon because it
was the second highest money
maker for Rockstar."
The issues surrounding
Midnight Club stem from a
number of things, according to
our sources. "New York
management not giving us
realistic release schedules" is
prime among them, with
repeated accusations of last
minute changes and mismanaged
planning. "Anyone from the New
York office is feared, because
people in the San Diego office
know that they are unstable and
needy ... in other words, if a
comment comes from a person
from New York, it's a mandate
that needs to be immediately
addressed regardless of previous
priorities."
We've reached out to Rockstar
for official comment, but have
yet to hear back as of this
publishing. If you work/worked
for Rockstar Games and would
like to speak to us on or off the
record, we're all ears.
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Miners shun China in
iron ore price talks
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homepage)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:00:10 PM
Global miners have sidelined
China, their biggest customer, in
the annual iron ore price
negotiations because of political
gridlock over the resource in the
industry and government and
fears about retribution if the talks
were to collapse. Iron ore pricing
war
FT interactive graphic: Trends
in supply and demand of iron ore
and the key players in the
ongoing pricing war between
major miners and China
Vale of Brazil, Rio Tinto and
BHP Billiton, the big operators
that mine iron ore in Australia,
are talking instead to Japanese
customers to reach a benchmark
deal they can present to Beijing
on a “take it or leave it” basis.
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Review: Darksiders
By Justin McElroy (Joystiq) move by newcomer Vigil War (9/30/08)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:45:00 PM Games, considering it's inviting Continue reading Review:
comparisons to some of the Darksiders
It's impossible to review gaming's heaviest hitters, but it's Review: Darksiders originally
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travel to the post-apocalyptic whoever that may be.
wears its inspirations on its bone Armageddon. Now, all the
planet and take your vengeance Gallery: Darksiders: Wrath of
-armored sleeve. It's a gutsy people on Earth are dead and
E-reader News Edition
Maybelline Eye Studio Makeover
By ELLE.com (ELLE News
Blog)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:43:49 PM
Though I wouldn’t trade them
for the world, I’ve always
wished my nose was slightly
thinner and my lips were a tad
thicker (I'd kill for Angelina's
sexy pout!). That said, I love my
eyes! A certifiable eye makeup
junkie, I’m forever
experimenting with different
techniques, colors, and textures
in an effort to find fun new ways
to make eye-popping statements.
Sometimes, I’m let down—like
when my creative pursuits are
undone by cake-y liner, flaking
mascara, and not-so-long-lasting
shadow. Other times, however, I
fall head over heels—as was the
case with Maybelline New
York’s Eye Studio
collection(which is rolling out in
drugstores as we speak).
Fashion/ 59
Sartorial Locomotion:
the two medium-purple shades
Composed of vibrant stay-put on the lid, saving the darkest The Future of Fashion
shadows, smooth gel eyeliners, plum for the crease. (Because I
and pro-power mascaras, the have Asian eyes, I applied
stunning products are all under shadow pretty liberally—color
on Film
$10, but out-perform many tends to disappear into my crease By ELLE.com (ELLE News
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pricier products I’ve tried. No when my eyes are open!). Using
j o k e — s i n c e r e c e i v i n g m y the brush that it came with, I Submitted at 1/11/2010 8:26:56 AM
preview samples a month ago, then applied the Eye Studio
I’ve been using the Color Plush Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner in The London College of Fashion
Eyeshadow every day and the Blackest Black along the upper is hosting a series of three talks
X X L P r o M a s c a r a e v e r y lash line. On the lower lash line, called "Sartorial Locomotion," in
weekend (hello, party-ready I used the same product in which forerunners in the field of
Eggplant. To finish, I brushed fashion video will talk to
lashes!).
Lash Stiletto Voluptuous audiences on how to work in this
—Emily Hebert
This is a lavender look I’ve Mascara (also new) on lower compelling medium.
recreated often in recent weeks lashes and XXL Pro Curl on The first talk is called
(purple eye shadow is supposed upper ones. (Note: The XXL Pro "Creativity and Online Media"
to bring out the green in hazel Curl is a miracle-worker for me, and will feature Ross Philips,
eyes). Using the Eye Studio because I have a major aversion creative director of
Color Plush Eyeshadow in to lash curlers—I inevitably SHOWstudio. Being one of the
Purple Icon, I applied the silvery tense up and blink at lightening- driving forces behind a website
hue on the inner corners to make fast speeds the second the cool that has become synonymous perspective: Marketa Uhlirova,
my eyes appear farther apart and metal hits my eye.) with groundbreaking in the the director of the Fashion Film
more Bambi-like. Next, I used Photo: Kelly Stuart world of fashion and web-based Festival, will speak on the
Follow ELLE on Twitter interactivity, Ross will share his challenges a curator faces when
knowledge and perspective on compiling outtakes of historic
advances in fashion and online and contemporary fashion film
media. footage.
Adam Mufti, the filmmaker They are all free, last one hour,
behind the BBC documentary on and will be followed by a
Christopher Kane, will host the reception.
second, "Making Fashion Want to go? Contact
Films." Not only will Adam research@fashion.arts.ac.uk for
discuss his work on the dates, times and location
documentary, but he will information.
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Natalie Portman’s Latest Rodarte Look

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Six soldiers die in Afghanistan

(BBC News | Americas | believed Afghanistan was going "A non-commissioned officer their tactics and are using more against the Taliban.
World Edition) in the right direction - a big jump paid with his life for the powerful bombs, our The insurgency is largely
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:49:35 PM
from 40% a year ago. commitment of France to the correspondent says. concentrated in southern and
Deadly patrols peace and security of the Afghan But it is also because foreign eastern Afghanistan, but analysts
Six international soldiers have The Americans died in a clash people, and an officer was very troop numbers are rising, he say it is moving to the previously
been killed in Afghanistan, Nato w i t h m i l i t a n t s d u r i n g a n gravely wounded," a statement adds. calm north and west.
officials say, making Monday "operational patrol" in southern from President Nicolas Sarkozy's President Barack Obama On Sunday, an American
the deadliest day for foreign A f g h a n i s t a n , U S m i l i t a r y office said. announced last month that an service member and two Afghan
troops there in two months. spokesman Col Wayne Shanks Nato said one other soldier had additional 30,000 US troops road construction workers were
Three Americans and a British said. died in eastern Afghanistan. would be deployed quickly in killed in separate attacks in
soldier were killed in the south A British soldier serving with a The BBC's Mark Dummett, in Afghanistan to fight the southern Afghanistan.
and a French soldier died north- bomb disposal team in the Musa Kabul, says the latest casualties insurgency. Earlier this month, a suicide
east of Kabul. Qala area of northern Helmand bring the death toll for foreign The reinforcements will take the bomber killed seven CIA agents
The nationality of the sixth Province died after an explosion, troops in Afghanistan this year to total number of US troops in at America's Forward Operating
soldier has not yet been released. the UK Ministry of Defence said. 15. Afghanistan to more than Base Chapman near the eastern
The deaths came as a poll His family has been informed. It suggests that 2010 will be just 100,000. Afghan city of Khost.
commissioned by the BBC and France said one of its soldiers as bloody - if not more so - than In a recent interview on US TV, Five Filters featured article:
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questioned, 70% said they control. because insurgents have changed affect and the tide was turning
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In Hasan case, superiors ignored their own worries (AP)

(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) have been drawn between the serve as an Army officer may Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, began counseled frequently for
Submitted at 1/11/2010 6:51:04 AM missed signals in his case and have been called into question Nov. 20 and is scheduled to be deficiencies in his performance.
those preceding the thwarted long before he reported to Fort delivered to Gates by Jan. 15. Teachers and colleagues
WASHINGTON – A Defense Christmas attempt to blow up a Hood. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan described him as a below
D e p a r t m e n t r e v i e w o f t h e Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. Instead, in July 2009, Hasan Withington, a Pentagon average student.
shooting rampage at Fort Hood, President Barack Obama and his arrived in central Texas, his spokesman, declined to comment Between 2003 and 2007,
Texas, has found the doctors top national security aides have secret clearance intact, his on the West-Clark review Hasan's supervisors expressed
overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's a c k n o w l e d g e d t h e y h a d reputation as a weak performer because it's not complete. "We their concerns with him in
medical training repeatedly intelligence about the alleged well known, and Army will not know the specific memos, meeting notes and
voiced concerns over his strident b o m b e r , U m a r F a r o u k authorities believing that posting content of the report until it is counseling sessions. He needed
v i e w s o n I s l a m a n d h i s Abdulmutallab (OO'-mahr fah- him at such a large facility would submitted to the secretary of steady monitoring, especially in
inappropriate behavior, yet ROOK' ahb-DOOL'-moo-TAH'- mask his shortcomings. defense," he said. the emergency room, had
continued to give him positive lahb), but failed to connect the Four months later, according to Hasan's superiors had a full difficulty communicating and
performance evaluations that dots. witnesses, he walked into a picture of him, developed over working with colleagues, his
kept him moving through the The Defense Department review processing center at Fort Hood his 12-year career as a military attendance was spotty and he
ranks. is not intended to delve into where troops undergo medical officer, medical student and saw few patients.
The picture emerging from the allegations Hasan corresponded screening, jumped on a table psychiatrist, according to the In one incident already made
review ordered by Defense by e-mail with Yemen-based with two handguns, shouted " information reviewed by AP. public, a patient of Hasan's with
Secretary Robert Gates is one of radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki Allahu Akbar!" — Arabic for While in medical school at the suicidal and homicidal
supervisors who failed to heed before the attack. Those issues "God is great!" — and opened Uniformed Services University tendencies walked out of the
their own warnings about an are part of a separate criminal fire. Thirteen people were killed of Health Sciences from 1997 to hospital without permission.
officer ill-suited to be an Army investigation by law enforcement in the spree and dozens more 2003, Hasan received a string of Still, Hasan's officer evaluation
p s y c h i a t r i s t , a c c o r d i n g t o officials. were wounded. below average and failing reports were consistently more
information gathered during the In telling episodes from the Hasan has been charged with 13 grades, was put on academic positive, usually describing his
internal Pentagon investigation latter stages of Hasan's lengthy counts of premeditated murder probation and showed little performance as satisfactory and
and obtained by The Associated m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n i n t h e and 32 counts of attempted motivation to learn. at least twice as outstanding.
Press. The review has not been Washington, D.C., area, he gave premeditated murder. He He took six years to graduate Known as "OERs," the reports
publicly released. a class presentation questioning remains at a San Antonio from the university in Bethesda, are used to determine promotions
Hasan, 39, is accused of whether the U.S.-led war on military hospital, undergoing Md., instead of the customary and assignments. The Army
murdering 13 people on Nov. 5 terror was actually a war on rehabilitation for paralysis four, according to the school. promoted Hasan to captain in
at Fort Hood, the worst killing Islam. And fellow students said stemming from gunshot wounds The delays were due in part to 2003 and to major in 2009.
spree on a U.S. military base. he suggested that Shariah (shah- suffered when security guards the deaths of his father in 1998 At Walter Reed, Hasan's conflict
What remains unclear is why REE'-yuh), or Islamic law, fired back during the massacre. and his mother in 2001. Yet the with his Islamic faith and his
Hasan would be advanced in trumped the Constitution and he Authorities have not said information about his academic military service became more
spite of all the worries over his attempted to justify suicide whether they plan to seek the probation and bad grades wasn't apparent to superiors and
competence. That is likely to be bombings. death penalty. included in his military colleagues, according to the
the subject of a more detailed Yet no one in Hasan' s chain of After the Fort Hood shooting, personnel file, leaving the information. He made a
accounting by the department. c o m m a n d a p p e a r s t o h a v e Gates appointed two former impression he was ready for pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi
Recent statistics show the Army challenged his eligibility to hold senior defense officials to more intense instruction. Arabia, a trip expected of all
rarely blocks junior officers from a secret security clearance even examine the procedures and In June 2003, Hasan started a Muslims at least once. But he
promotion, especially in the though they could have because policies for identifying threats four-year psychiatry internship was also cited for inappropriately
medical corps. the statements raised doubt about within the military services. The and residency at Walter Reed
Hasan showed no signs of being his loyalty to the United States. review, led by former Army Army Medical Center in HASAN page 69
violent or a threat. But parallels Had they, Hasan's fitness to Secretary Togo West and retired Washington, D.C., and he was
62 Popular News/ E-reader News Edition

In Hasan Case, Superiors Ignored Their Worries

(FOXNews.com) those preceding the thwarted long before he reported to Fort delivered to Gates by Jan. 15. Teachers and colleagues
Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:37:24 PM Christmas attempt to blow up a Hood. Army Lt. Col. Jonathan described him as a below
Detroit-bound U.S. airliner. Instead, in July 2009, Hasan Withington, a Pentagon average student.
WASHINGTON A Defense President Barack Obama and his arrived in central Texas, his spokesman, declined to comment Between 2003 and 2007,
D e p a r t m e n t r e v i e w o f t h e top national security aides have secret clearance intact, his on the West-Clark review Hasan's supervisors expressed
shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a c k n o w l e d g e d t h e y h a d reputation as a weak performer because it's not complete. "We their concerns with him in
Texas, has found the doctors intelligence about the alleged well known, and Army will not know the specific memos, meeting notes and
overseeing Maj. Nidal Hasan's b o m b e r , U m a r F a r o u k authorities believing that posting content of the report until it is counseling sessions. He needed
medical training repeatedly Abdulmutallab, but failed to him at such a large facility would submitted to the secretary of steady monitoring, especially in
voiced concerns over his strident connect the dots. mask his shortcomings. defense," he said. the emergency room, had
v i e w s o n I s l a m a n d h i s The Defense Department review Four months later, according to Hasan's superiors had a full difficulty communicating and
inappropriate behavior, yet is not intended to delve into witnesses, he walked into a picture of him, developed over working with colleagues, his
continued to give him positive allegations Hasan corresponded processing center at Fort Hood his 12-year career as a military attendance was spotty and he
performance evaluations that by e-mail with Yemen-based where troops undergo medical officer, medical student and saw few patients.
kept him moving through the radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki screening, jumped on a table psychiatrist, according to the In one incident already made
ranks. before the attack. Those issues with two handguns, shouted information reviewed by AP. public, a patient of Hasan's with
The picture emerging from the are part of a separate criminal "Allahu Akbar!" — Arabic for While in medical school at the suicidal and homicidal
review ordered by Defense investigation by law enforcement "God is great!" — and opened Uniformed Services University tendencies walked out of the
Secretary Robert Gates is one of officials. fire. Thirteen people were killed of Health Sciences from 1997 to hospital without permission.
supervisors who failed to heed In telling episodes from the in the spree and dozens more 2003, Hasan received a string of Still, Hasan's officer evaluation
their own warnings about an latter stages of lengthy Hasan's were wounded. below average and failing reports were consistently more
officer ill-suited to be an Army m e d i c a l e d u c a t i o n i n t h e Hasan has been charged with 13 grades, was put on academic positive, usually describing his
p s y c h i a t r i s t , a c c o r d i n g t o Washington, D.C., area, he gave counts of premeditated murder probation and showed little performance as satisfactory and
i n f o r m a t i o n e x a m i n e d b y a class presentation questioning and 32 counts of attempted motivation to learn. at least twice as outstanding.
investigators conducting the whether the U.S.-led war on premeditated murder. He He took six years to graduate Known as "OERs," the reports
study. terror was actually a war on remains at a San Antonio from the university in Bethesda, are used to determine promotions
Hasan, 39, is accused of Islam. And students said he military hospital, undergoing Maryland, instead of the and assignments. The Army
murdering 13 people on Nov. 5 suggested that Shariah, or rehabilitation for paralysis customary four, according to the promoted Hasan to captain in
at Fort Hood, the worst killing I s l a m i c l a w , t r u m p e d t h e stemming from gunshot wounds school. The delays were due in 2003 and to major in 2009.
spree on a U.S. military base. Constitution and he attempted to suffered when security guards part to the deaths of his father in At Walter Reed, Hasan's conflict
What remains unclear is why j u s t i f y s u i c i d e b o m b i n g s , fired back during the massacre. 1998 and his mother in 2001. with his Islamic faith and his
Hasan would be advanced in according to the information Authorities have not said Yet the information about his military service became more
spite of all the worries over his reviewed by The Associated whether they plan to seek the academic probation and bad apparent to superiors and
competence. That is likely to be Press. death penalty. grades wasn't included in his colleagues, according to the
the subject of a more detailed Yet no one in Hasan's chain of After the Fort Hood shooting, military personnel file, leaving information. He made a
accounting by the department. c o m m a n d a p p e a r s t o h a v e Gates appointed two former the impression he was ready for pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi
Recent statistics show the Army challenged his eligibility to hold senior defense officials to more intense instruction. Arabia, a trip expected of all
rarely blocks junior officers from a secret security clearance even examine the procedures and In June 2003, Hasan started a Muslims at least once. But he
promotion, especially in the though they could have because policies for identifying threats four-year psychiatry internship was also cited for inappropriately
medical corps. the statements raised doubt about within the military services. The and residency at Walter Reed engaging patients in discussions
Hasan showed no signs of being his loyalty to the United States. review, led by former Army Army Medical Center in about religious issues.
violent or a threat. But parallels Had they, Hasan's fitness to Secretary Togo West and retired Washington, D.C., and he was
have been drawn between the serve as an Army officer may Navy Adm. Vernon Clark, began counseled frequently for HASAN page 65
missed signals in his case and have been called into question Nov. 20 and is scheduled to be deficiencies in his performance.
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Too much flu vaccine? Shot push this week to tell (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News) are scheduled around the country so far, and the U.S. is flush infections and the Centers for week, New York's state health
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:10:48 PM for what's officially dubbed enough that Sebelius said the Disease Control and Prevention department had to send two
National Influenza Vaccination long-promised donation of 25 says there's still more flu going trucks to pick up unused vaccine
WASHINGTON – First there Week — in hopes of preventing million doses to developing around now than is usual for from counties with leftovers they
was too little swine flu vaccine. a possible third wave of the countries is ready to ship. early January, all of it the new couldn't store.
Now could there be way too epidemic later this winter. Flu vaccine is a balancing act. strain. Moreover, the World And Sebelius got a mixed
much? How much demand this week Every year the nation throws Health Organization says swine reaction when she kicked off
This week will tell. Get ready brings will put the U.S. at a away millions of leftover shots. flu is widespread in much of the vaccination week Sunday at a
for a huge flu-shot push as health critical juncture: When is it time They actually last well beyond world, particularly Egypt and prominent Washington church
officials try to rekindle interest in to halt the bottling of vaccine, so their June 30 expiration dates. India. that will hold its own inoculation
protection against this new that too many unused doses don't But because each year's flu Because the virus hasn't mutated clinic next weekend.
influenza strain that, despite go to waste? vaccine is a mix of three yet, specialists expect this H1N1 "I'm a little leery," said
p l u m m e t i n g c a s e s , s t i l l i s Australia's CSL Ltd. revealed different strains, with at least one strain to be designated part of Dellareesa M. Bank of Silver
threatening lives — even as they Monday that U.S. officials have change to the recipe almost every next fall's all-in-one vaccine Spring, Md., who said she's
reassess just how much more cut by more than half the amount year, leftovers are destroyed to when regulators meet in unlikely to be vaccinated at
vaccine needs to be shipped. it was supposed to ship here, 14 avoid confusion. February to set the recipe. Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
There's finally plenty of vaccine million doses instead of 36 This year is different. The The bulk purchasing means "I despite her pastor's pledge to be.
— 1 3 6 m i l l i o n d o s e s a n d million. The nation's largest government ordered 250 million don't see the U.S. wasting any But Karyn Sanders of Upper
c o u n t i n g — a g a i n s t w h a t suppliers — Sanofi-Pasteur, doses of swine flu vaccine to be vaccine here," says Dr. Michael Marlboro, Md., was persuaded.
scientists call the 2009 H1N1 flu Novartis and MedImmune — made in bulk, but just over half Osterholm, a University of "It made me say, 'Oh, well,
strain. No more standing in long told The Associated Press that of it to be put into vials ready to Minnesota expert on pandemic there's still a threat,'" said
lines at the health department. their orders were unchanged so go into people's arms or up their preparations. Sanders, who plans to bring her
CVS drugstores have so much far. But other countries already noses. That was a strategic move, But, "we're far from done yet," two children in for vaccination.
the chain is touting vaccine in are looking to unload leftovers. because vaccine stored in bulk adds Osterholm, who worries ___
national radio and TV ads. U.S. officials say they're lasts far longer — meaning that people will put off getting a EDITOR's NOTE — Lauran
Competitor Walgreens got more d e l i b e r a t e l y d e l a y i n g t h a t leftover bulk antigen could be swine flu vaccination unless Neergaard covers health and
than 50,000 takers in a single d e c i s i o n . stored and used as an ingredient cases start to rebound. "If we had medical issues for The
day last week. "The danger is in turning off the in next fall's flu vaccine if it to try to put through 20, 30 Associated Press in Washington.
Monday, children younger than spigot before we really know looks like it will be needed million people in a couple of AP writers Natasha Metzler in
10 began rolling up their sleeves what the winter flu season looks again. weeks because suddenly the next Washington and Mike Stobbe in
for a second time in Rhode like, what the demand is," Health In fact, nasal-spray vaccine wave takes off, it would still be a Atlanta contributed to this report.
Island schools. The state has and Human Services Secretary maker MedImmune already has scramble." Five Filters featured article:
attracted acclaim for vaccinating Kathleen Sebelius told the AP. frozen bulk supplies in Indeed, in the flu pandemic of Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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now is starting Round 2 — the good news is we will have a While U.S. cases have -clear after a fall wave of Term Extraction.
second dose required to protect supply." plummeted from a peak in disease, only to see deaths
kids that young. More than 60 million people are October, one state — Alabama increase again later in the winter.
And flu-shot drives for all ages thought to have been vaccinated — is experiencing widespread Still, demand is falling fast. Last
64 Popular News/
Some fear Kan. ruling may spur abortion violence (AP)
(Yahoo! News: U.S. News)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:01:32 PM
WICHITA, Kan. – On a balmy
Sunday morning, Scott Roeder
got up from a pew at
Reformation Lutheran Church at
the start of services and walked
to the foyer, where two ushers
were chatting around a table.
Wordlessly, he pressed the barrel
of a .22-caliber handgun to the
forehead of Dr. George Tiller,
one of the ushers, and pulled the
trigger.
As his premeditated, first-degree
murder trial begins Wednesday,
no one — not even Roeder
himself — disputes that he killed
one of the nation's few late-term
abortion providers.
But what had been expected to
be an open-and-shut murder trial
was upended Friday when a
judge decided to let Roeder
argue he should be convicted of
voluntary manslaughter because
he believed the May 31 slaying
would save unborn children.
Suddenly, the case has taken on a
new significance that has
galvanized both sides of the
nation's abortion debate.
Prosecutors on Monday
challenged the ruling, arguing
that such a defense is not
appropriately considered with
premeditated first-degree murder
when there is no evidence of an
imminent attack at the time of
the killing, and jury selection
was delayed. A hearing was
scheduled for Tuesday afternoon
to give the defense time to
respond.
"The State encourages this Court
to not be the first to enable a
defendant to justify premeditated
murder because of an
emotionally charged political
belief," the prosecution wrote.
"Such a ruling has far reaching
consequences and would be
contrary to Kansas law."
With secret jury selection
proceedings stalled, the key
questions are now being asked
outside the courtroom: Will the
judge's decision embolden
militant anti-abortion activists
and lead to open season on
abortion providers? Does the
Justice Department plan to file
charges against Roeder under
draconian federal statutes
guaranteeing access to clinics?
And what does it all portend for
the unfolding case itself and the
inevitable legal challenges to the
nation's abortion laws?
Roeder, 51, of Kansas City,
Mo., has admitted to reporters
and in a court filing that he killed
Tiller. The prosecution stands
ready with more than 250
prospective witnesses to prove it.
News of Sedgwick County
Judge Warren Wilbert's decision
infuriated Dr. Warren Hern of
Boulder, Colo., a longtime friend
of Tiller who performs late-term
abortions.
"This judge has basically
announced a death sentence for
all of us who help women," he
said. "That is the effect of the
ruling. This is an outrage."
Hern said it's irrelevant that
Wilbert won't decide until after
the defense presents its evidence
whether to allow jurors to
actually consider a conviction on
the lesser charge.
"The damage is done: The judge
has agreed to give him a
platform," Hern said. "It is an act
of incomprehensible stupidity on
the part of the judge, but he is
carrying out the will of the
people of Kansas who are trying
to get out of the 19th century."
Kansas law defines voluntary
manslaughter as "an
unreasonable but honest belief
that circumstances existed that
justified deadly force." A
conviction on that charge could
bring a prison sentence closer to
five years, instead of a life term
for first-degree murder.
A man who runs a Web site
supporting violence against
abortion providers said in the
wake of the judge's decision that
he has changed his mind about
attending Roeder's trial.
The Rev. Don Spitz of
Chesapeake, Va., said he and
other activists from the Army of
God plan to observe the court
proceedings quietly next week.
"I am flabbergasted, but in a
good way," Spitz said of the
judge's decision.
Spitz acknowledged that the
possibility of a voluntary
manslaughter defense may
influence some people who in
the past wouldn't kill abortion
providers because of the prospect
of a sentence of death or life
imprisonment. "It may increase
the number of people who may
be willing to take that risk," he
said.
The Feminist Majority
Foundation also denounced the
ruling, saying Wilbert essentially
was allowing a justifiable
homicide defense. The group,
which supports abortion rights,
urged the Justice Department to
file federal charges under the
Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act.
Justice Department spokesman
Alejandro Miyar declined to
comment, citing an ongoing
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investigation.
In Des Moines, Iowa, even
militant anti-abortion activist
Dave Leach agreed that the
decision opens the door to
presenting the same evidence as
for justifiable homicide. It was
Leach who wrote the 104-page
legal brief that Roeder signed
and submitted to the court in
which he admitted killing Tiller.
"The closer we come to a court
actually addressing these issues,
the less danger abortionists are
going to be in," Leach said. "The
violence started in 1992 when
FACE was passed, which made
the penalty for sitting at the
abortion door ... about the same
as for shooting an abortionist and
ever since the courts have simply
not addressed the issues that it
looks like this judge is going to
take a step to addressing."
As events unfold inside a
Wichita courtroom, the Kansas
Supreme Court is considering a
challenge from four media
outlets, including The Associated
Press, over the judge's decision
to ban reporters from from
witnessing jury selection.
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Police: Killer Behind 'Brutal' Model Murder Still continued from page 62

Early in 2007, Maj. Scott Moran

Out There became director of psychiatry
residency and took a much
firmer line with Hasan. Moran
(FOXNews.com) say walked away from the front always had each other’s backs,” getting kicked out of the club. He
of the club with Sladewski, Coleman said. said Sladewski didn’t want to reprimanded him for not being
Submitted at 1/11/2010 9:30:46 AM
Cuevas told FoxNews.com. FoxNews.com found Coleman's leave and stayed inside, reachable when he was supposed
Miami police are warning Sladewski, a former Playboy name, meanwhile, on according to Cuevas. to be on-call, developed a plan to
residents to remain vigilant as model, was last seen partying California's sex offenders Cuevas told FoxNews.com that improve his performance, and
a u t h o r i t i e s s e a r c h f o r t h e with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, registry for an unknown offense. police were able to confirm informed him his research
murderer or murderers who left at a Miami nightclub. Coleman said there seemed to Klym’s account of when and project about the internal
the body of former model Paula Klym, 34, has since become a be a lot of drama in the Klym- how he got back to his Miami conflicts of Muslim soldiers was
S l a d e w s k i b u r n e d b e y o n d target of suspicion — partly Sladewski relationship. The hotel from the club. Klym told inappropriate.
recognition in a Dumpster. because an ex-boyfriend said latest incident involved Klym police that he took a taxi back to Nonetheless, Hasan presented
"This was obviously a very Sladewski had been sending him allegedly punching Sladewski his hotel. the project, entitled "Koranic
brutal, sadistic murder," Lt. Neal text messages during the time and breaking her nose during an Sladewski’s stepfather, Richard World View as It Relates to
Cuevas of the North Miami she was dating Klym saying he argument at a Michigan hotel Watkins, who lives in Michigan Muslims in the U.S. Military,"
Police Department told Fox was “trying to kill" her. while the couple was visiting her with Sladewski's mother, told and it was approved as meeting a
News on Monday. "There’s a “She used to text me all the time family. Sladewski was FoxNews.com that he wasn't residency program requirement,
person or persons out there who in trouble asking for help,” ex- subpoenaed to testify last surprised to hear that Sladewski's according to the information.
could very well commit another boyfriend David Coleman told Monday in the case. boyfriend was named a person of Hasan graduated from the
murder." FoxNews.com. An assault charge against interest. Walter Reed residency program
Police are now searching for an Coleman could not provide Sladewski, alleging she cracked "They had a horrible and began a two-year fellowship
unidentified man who witnesses FoxNews.com with copies of the a bottle over Klym’s head, was relationship," said Watkins. "I in preventive and disaster
say met Sladewski, 26, outside a text messages because he said dropped last month. have told them from the start that psychiatry. Despite his earlier
Miami nightclub hours before North Miami police detectives FoxNews.com also learned that they shouldn’t be together." reservations, Moran wrote a
h e r b o d y w a s f o u n d i n a were using them as part of their Klym reportedly was arrested in The North Miami Police solid reference letter for Hasan
Dumpster. investigation. 2008 during a drug bust in Department asks anyone with that said he was a competent
SLIDESHOW: Playboy model Coleman said the last time he Warren, Mich., in which he was information to contact Crime doctor.
murder investigation. heard from Sladewski, who charged with cocaine possession. Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Reached by telephone, Moran
C u e v a s c o n f i r m e d t o appeared in the video "Playboy: Cuevas had previously said that Click here for video of the declined to comment.
F o x N e w s . c o m t h a t v i d e o The Ultimate Playmate Search," Klym remains a person of family's comments about Hasan completed the fellowship
surveillance captured Sladewski was in a text message she sent interest in their investigation. Sladewski at MyFoxDetroit.com. June 30, 2009. Two weeks later
leaving the club at 7:21 a.m. on him after midnight on New Klym told police that he and FoxNews.com's Ali Reed, Sky he was at Fort Hood.
Jan. 3. — approximately 14 Year’s Eve. He said there was Sladewski got into a verbal News, and MyFoxDetroit.com Five Filters featured article:
hours before her body was found nothing alarming about her altercation at a Miami club, and contributed to this report. Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
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nightclub, Cuevas told Fox from the home of Sladewski and Sladewski to leave the club
News. Klym, said he and Sladewski because he thought she was too
Investigators are looking for a dated in the late 1990s and had drunk, setting off a heated
"black male" who eyewitnesses remained close friends. “We argument that ended with his
66 Popular News/ E-reader News Edition

Mark McGwire Admits Using Steroids Balloon Boy

(FOXNews.com) to confirm what people have the past" when asked whether he Pettitte two years ago when he
Father Begins 90-
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:14:14 AM suspected."
He became the second major
took illegal steroids when he hit
a then-record 70 home runs in
admitted using HGH.
"During the mid-'90s, I went on
Day Jail Sentence
NEW YORK Mark McGwire baseball star in less than a year to 1998 or at any other time. the DL seven times and missed (FOXNews.com)
finally came clean Monday, admit using illegal steroids, "After all this time, I want to 228 games over five years," Submitted at 1/10/2010 10:16:24 PM

admitting he used steroids when f o l l o w i n g t h e N e w Y o r k come clean," he said. "I was not McGwire said in the statement.
he broke baseball's home run Yankees' Alex Rodriguez last in a position to do that five years "I experienced a lot of injuries, FORT COLLINS, Colo. The
record in 1998. February. ago in my congressional including a ribcage strain, a torn man who orchestrated a hoax
McGwire said in a statement Others have been tainted but testimony, but now I feel an left heel muscle, a stress fracture that his child had been carried
sent to The Associated Press on have denied knowingly using obligation to discuss this and to of the left heel, and a torn right away on a balloon, a story that
Monday that he used steroids on illegal drugs, including Barry answer questions about it. I'll do heel muscle. It was definitely a riveted television news
and off for nearly a decade. Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy that, and then I just want to help miserable bunch of years, and I audiences, turned himself in
"I wish I had never touched Sosa and David Ortiz. my team." told myself that steroids could Monday to begin a 90-day jail
steroids," McGwire said in a Bonds has been indicted on The person close to McGwire help me recover faster. I thought sentence.
statement. "It was foolish and it charges he made false statements said McGwire made the decision they would help me heal and Richard Heene pleaded guilty to
was a mistake. I truly apologize. to a federal grand jury and not to answer questions at that prevent injuries, too." attempting to influence a public
Looking back, I wish I had never obstructed justice. Clemens is hearing on the advice of his Since the congressional hearing, servant after the Oct. 15 saga that
played during the steroid era." under investigation by a federal lawyers. baseball owners and players captivated a national television
McGwire also used human grand jury trying to determine McGwire disappeared from the toughened their drug program audience.
growth hormone, a person close w h e t h e r h e l i e d t o a public eye following his twice, increasing the penalty for But Heene now says he truly
to McGwire said, speaking on c o n g r e s s i o n a l c o m m i t t e e . retirement as a player following a first steroids offense from 10 believed his 6-year-old son
condition of anonymity because "I'm sure people will wonder if I the 2001 season. When the days to 50 games in November Falcon was inside the balloon
McGwire didn't include that could have hit all those home Cardinals hired the 47-year-old 2005 and strengthening the and that he pleaded guilty only to
detail in his statement. runs had I never taken steroids," as coach on Oct. 26, they said he power of the independent appease authorities and save his
McGwire's decision to admit McGwire said. "I had good years would address questions before administrator in April 2008, wife from being deported to
using steroids was prompted by when I didn't take any, and I had spring training, and Monday's following the publication of the Japan.
his decision to become hitting bad years when I didn't take any. statement broke his silence. Mitchell Report. SLIDESHOW: 'Balloon Boy'
coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, I had good years when I took "I remember trying steroids very "Baseball is really different now Hoax Case
his final big league team. Tony steroids, and I had bad years briefly in the 1989/1990 — it's been cleaned up," Mayumi Heene confessed to
La Russa, McGwire's manager in when I took steroids. But no offseason and then after I was McGwire said. "The deputies, authorities said, and
Oakland and St. Louis, has been matter what, I shouldn't have injured in 1993, I used steroids commissioner and the players' she pleaded guilty to filing a
a m o n g M c G w i r e ' s b i g g e s t done it and for that I'm truly again," McGwire said in his association implemented testing false report. She faces a 20-day
supporters and thinks returning sorry." statement. "I used them on and they cracked down, and I'm jail term.
to the field can restore the former Big Mac's reputation has been in occasion throughout the '90s, glad they did." Richard Heene wore a dark knit
slugger's reputation. tatters since March 17, 2005, including during the 1998 Five Filters featured article: cap, sunglasses and a heavy
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the building. He later returned to
the minivan to retrieve his
driver's license and went back
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The
Colorado man who admitted
orchestrating the balloon boy
hoax reported to jail Monday to
begin a 90-day jail sentence.
Richard Heene pleaded guilty to
attempting to influence a public
servant after the Oct. 15 saga that
captivated a national television
audience.
But Heene now says he truly
believed his 6-year-old son
Falcon was inside the balloon
and that he pleaded guilty only to
appease authorities and save his
wife from being deported to
Japan.
Mayumi Heene confessed to
deputies, authorities said, and
she pleaded guilty to filing a
false report. She faces a 20-day
jail term.
Richard Heene wore a dark knit
cap, sunglasses and a heavy
jacket as he drove himself to the
Larimer County jail in a red
minivan. He said nothing as got
out of the vehicle and ran into
the building. He later returned to
the minivan to retrieve his
driver's license and went back
inside.
After Richard Heene turned
himself in, Mayumi Heene drove
away by herself. District Judge
Stephen Schapanski said she
could report to jail after her
husband finishes his sentence so
she could care for the couple's
three boys.
Richard Heene told The
Associated Press last week that
his wife misunderstood the
meaning of the word "hoax"
when she purportedly confessed.
"My wife's first language is
Japanese, not English," he said.
"My wife came home in tears
wondering what she might have
said. She opened this Japanese-to
-English dictionary, and she
walks up to me crying her head
off, and she says to me, 'I
thought hoax meant an
exhibition.'"
In other interviews last week,
Heene said investigators
presented inconsistencies to the
media, and he denied calling a
TV station before dialing 911, as
authorities said he did.
Authorities dismissed Heene's
arguments.
District Attorney Larry
Abrahamson said it was the
Heenes and their attorneys, not
prosecutors, who brought up the
issue of deportation.
"We had been working with the
attorneys for both he and his
wife before charges were even
filed," he said. "There was a lot
of discussion about what was
going to happen, about how and
why. We were surprised that
now he's coming out and saying
that it wasn't a hoax."
Sheriff Jim Alderden said
Mayumi Heene understands
English better than her husband
says she does.
"The interview was much more
than, 'Mayumi, is this a hoax?'
and she admitted to it. She went
into the details of it," Alderden
told the AP last week.
Mayumi Heene's statement to
sheriff's investigators — in
which she detailed the couple's
efforts to pitch a television show,
their financial difficulties, and
their actions in the weeks leading
up to the event — that make up
the bulk of the case against the
couple.
The Heenes must also pay
restitution for the rescue effort
that sent officers from two
counties and other agencies
scrambling. The Colorado
National Guard launched two
helicopters to track the balloon
and possibly rescue the boy.
Prosecutors estimate the Heenes
owe $48,000, though Richard
Heene's attorney could provide a
different estimate by a Jan. 25
deadline.
Richard Heene also faces an
$11,000 civil penalty from the
Federal Aviation Administration.
The balloon briefly shut down a
runway at Denver International
Airport.
He must serve 30 days before he
can participate in the jail's work
release program.
Sheriff's investigators suspected
the family's claims that Falcon
Heene was inside the balloon
were a hoax after Falcon
declared in a CNN interview that
"we did this for the show." The
boy hid for five hours in the
garage as the saga unfolded.
Alderden said that Falcon's
comments had clearly "raised
everybody's level of skepticism."
Asked about whether Falcon
feels to blame for his parents' jail
sentences, Richard Heene said:
"First off, we never presented the
idea that that statement caused
anything, so he's completely
unaware of that, in that arena.
We've done that because it
wouldn't be fair to him, it's just,
it's not.
"We don't have cable. The kids
don't watch. And the reason why
we disconnected the cable is
because there's so much negative
news out there. Well, now I'm a
part of it."
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inside.
After Richard Heene turned
himself in, Mayumi Heene drove
away by herself. District Judge
Stephen Schapanski said she
could report to jail after her
husband finishes his sentence so
she could care for the couple's
three boys.
Richard Heene told The
Associated Press last week that
his wife misunderstood the
meaning of the word "hoax"
when she purportedly confessed.
"My wife's first language is
Japanese, not English," Heene
said. "My wife came home in
tears wondering what she might
have said. She opened this
Japanese-to-English dictionary,
and she walks up to me crying
her head off, and she says to me,
'I thought hoax meant an
exhibition."'
In other interviews last week,
Heene said investigators
presented inconsistencies to the
media, and he denied calling a
TV station before dialing police,
as authorities said he did.
Authorities dismissed Heene's
arguments.
District Attorney Larry
Abrahamson said it was the
Heenes and their attorneys, not
prosecutors, who brought up the
issue of deportation.
"We had been working with the
attorneys for both he and his
wife before charges were even
filed," he said. "There was a lot
of discussion about what was
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US gay marriage ban trial begins Sarah Palin 'takes Fox

(BBC News | Americas |
World Edition)
it has also kicked off a debate
about the pros and cons of
broadcasting the proceedings.
federal case starting in San
Francisco is the latest attempt to
overturn what they say is the will
News job'
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:18:39 AM
(BBC News | Americas | Palin is likely to further increase
Less than two hours before the of the people as expressed by the World Edition)
The first US federal trial to trial was started, the Supreme 52% who backed the amendment the network's ratings with
determine whether states are Court temporarily blocked a plan in a 2008 referendum. Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:37:14 PM
conservative viewers.
a l l o w e d t o b a n s a m e - s e x to post video of the proceeding Judge Vaughn Walker will have Facebook page
marriages has begun in San on the internet site YouTube. Former Governor of Alaska A number of Republican
to decide whether the ban on
Francisco, California. Sarah Palin has signed on as a commentators already work for
The Supreme Court complied same-sex marriage in California
Any ruling reached is expected with an emergency request by contributor to Fox News the network, among them
is constitutional.
to be challenged, possibly taking lawyers who had argued that Channel, her lawyer announced. President George W Bush's
The case, which has been
the case all the way to the US broadcasting the trial would turn Ms Palin, who ran for the post former aide Karl Rove, former
brought by two gay couples, will
Supreme Court. of vice-president during the 2008 House speaker Newt Gingrich,
it into a media circus. see high-profile lawyers
A Supreme Court ruling would election on a Republican ticket, and John McCain's rival for the
The court has blocked the Theodore Olson and David Boies
d e t e r m i n e t h e f a t e o f g a y broadcast until Wednesday s t e p p e d d o w n a s A l a s k a 2008 Republican presidential
argue that Proposition 8 denies
marriages nationwide, without afternoon to allow for further governor in July 2009. nomination, Mike Huckabee.
gays the fundamental right to
the possibility of appeal. Fox News said that while Ms Until now, Ms Palin has mainly
consideration of the arguments marry.
The suit, filed by two gay brought by both sides. Palin would not have her own used her page on the social
Supporters of Proposition 8 will
couples, challenges Proposition 8 Chief US District Judge Vaughn programme, she would appear on networking site Facebook to
argue California does not
- a ban on gay marriage in the Walker had agreed to the taping the channel on a regular basis as update her more than one million
discriminate against gays, as the
state of California. part of a multi-year deal. followers.
after a recent rule change current law allows them to get
The law amended California's allowed for televised coverage of Financial details of the deal Regular appearances on a major
married - as long as they wed a
constitution to restrict marriage some civil cases. have not been released. network could further increase
partner of the opposite sex.
to a union between a man and a He said the case was appropriate News of her resignation as h e r support among
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opponents and defenders of Court showdown s p e c u l a t i o n t h a t s h e w a s 2009, during which she said a
Proposition 8 against each other, Backers of Proposition 8 say the planning to pursue a career in run for the White House in 2012
television. was "not on my radar screen
Ms Palin was catapulted to fame r i g h t n o w " , b o o s t e d t h e
Chavez warns price 'speculators' when Republican presidential programme's ailing ratings.
c a n d i d a t e J o h n M c C a i n It is not the first time Ms Palin
(BBC News | Americas | businesses would be handed over inflation, which has already risen surprisingly chose her as his will be signing on with a TV
World Edition) to the workers. to 25%. running mate for the 2008 station. In the 1980s she worked
Submitted at 1/10/2010 3:01:33 PM
Venezuelans have rushed to the 'Pickpockets' election. part-time as a sports presenter for
shops to buy imported goods The bolivar's official exchange The Washington Post reports the KTUU station in Anchorage,
Venezuela's President, Hugo before the bolivar's devaluation rate, which is set by government that as well as appearing as a Alaska.
Chavez, has said troops will comes into effect. decree, had been held steady at commentator on a variety of Five Filters featured article:
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He said there was no reason for reduce dependence on imports. involving ordinary Americans".
prices to go up, and speculators' But critics say it will fuel CHAVEZ page 69 Correspondents say hiring Sarah
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continued from page 67
going to happen, about how and
why. We were surprised that
now he's coming out and saying
that it wasn't a hoax."
Sheriff Jim Alderden said
Mayumi Heene understands
English better than her husband
says she does.
"The interview was much more
than, 'Mayumi, is this a hoax?'
and she admitted to it. She went
into the details of it," Alderden
told the AP last week.
Mayumi Heene's statement to
sheriff's investigators -- in which
she detailed the couple's efforts
to pitch a television show, their
financial difficulties, and their
actions in the weeks leading up
to the event -- that make up the
bulk of the case against the
couple.
The Heenes must also pay
restitution for the rescue effort
that sent officers from two
CHAVEZ
continued from page 68
announced that it would now
have two rates - 2.60 to dollar for
"priority" imports, and 4.30 to
the dollar for other items
considered non-essential - a 50%
devaluation.
He said that the two rates would
have the effect of "limiting
imports that are not strictly
necessary and stimulating export
policy".
Oscar Meza, director of the
Venezuelan economic think tank,
Cendas, predicted the move
would push annual inflation
counties and other agencies
scrambling. The Colorado
National Guard launched two
helicopters to track the balloon
and possibly rescue the boy.
Prosecutors estimate the Heenes
owe $48,000, though Richard
Heene's attorney could provide a
different estimate by a Jan. 25
deadline.
Sheriff's investigators suspected
the family's claims that Falcon
Heene was inside the balloon
were a hoax after Falcon
declared in a CNN interview that
"we did this for the show." The
boy hid for five hours in the
garage as the saga unfolded.
The balloon's two-hour, 50-mile
(80-kilometer) journey was
followed on live television, as
many feared the boy was in a
compartment of the balloon.
The silver balloon was owned
by the boy's parents and tethered
above 33%.
"It's impossible for prices not to
be adjusted," he told the
Associated Press. "If they aren't
adjusted, they'll disappear."
Mr Chavez dismissed the
criticism on Sunday on his
weekly television and radio
programme, Alo Presidente,
saying there was "no reason for
anybody to be raising prices".
He urged his supporters to
"publicly denounce the
speculator" and warned business
owners that he had asked the
behind their home in Fort
Collins, about an hour north of
Denver. The Heenes are amateur
storm chasers who are known to
take their children along as they
pursue bad weather, and the
family has appeared twice on the
TV reality show "Wife Swap."
Richard Heene also faces an
$11,000 civil penalty from the
Federal Aviation Administration.
The balloon briefly shut down a
runway at Denver International
Airport.
He must serve 30 days before he
can participate in the jail's work
release program.
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military to formulate an
"offensive plan" that would see
them "take over any business, of
any size, that plays the bourgeois
speculation game".
"I want the National Guard to hit
the streets with the people to
fight against speculation and take
measures," he said, without
specifying.
Luis Ignacio Planas of the
opposition Copei party said the
government was "acting like a
pickpocket, sticking its hands in
the pockets of Venezuelans,
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continued from page 61
engaging patients in discussions
about religious issues.
Early in 2007, Maj. Scott Moran
became director of psychiatry
residency and took a much
firmer line with Hasan. Moran
reprimanded him for not being
reachable when he was supposed
to be on-call, developed a plan to
improve his performance, and
informed him his research
project about the internal
conflicts of Muslim soldiers was
inappropriate.
Nonetheless, Hasan presented
the project, entitled "Koranic
World View as It Relates to
Muslims in the U.S. Military,"
and it was approved as meeting a
residency program requirement,
according to the information.
Hasan graduated from the
Walter Reed residency program
taking their money to continue
financing and paying for an
irresponsible economic policy".
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and began a two-year fellowship
in preventive and disaster
psychiatry. Despite his earlier
reservations, Moran wrote a
solid reference letter for Hasan
that said he was a competent
doctor.
Reached by telephone, Moran
declined to comment.
Hasan completed the fellowship
June 30, 2009. Two weeks later
he was at Fort Hood.
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Associated Press writer Pauline
Jelinek contributed to this report.
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star admits
steroids use
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:24:19 PM
Retired US baseball star Mark
McGwire has admitted using
steroids during his career,
including when he broke the
sport's home run record in 1998.
He said he had used steroids on
and off for nearly a decade and
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he apologised. briefly in the 1989-1990 During the hearing he repeatedly

The confession by McGwire,
who played for the St Louis
Cardinals, follows a similar
steroid admission by the New
York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez
in 2009.
The Cardinals announced in
October that McGwire, 46,
would be its hitting coach for the
2010 season.
"I used steroids during my
playing career and I apologise,"
McGwire said in a statement
published on the Major League
Baseball (MLB) website.
"I remember trying steroids very
offseason and then after I was
injured in 1993, I used steroids
again.
"I used them on occasion
throughout the 90s, including
during the 1998 season. I wish I
had never touched steroids."
He added: "It was foolish and it
was a mistake. I truly apologise.
Looking back, I wish I had never
played during the steroid era."
Correspondents say McGwire's
reputation has been in question
since 2005, when he refused to
answer questions on illegal drug
use at a Congressional hearing.
said he was "not here to talk
about the past" when asked
whether he took illegal steroids
when he hit the then-record 70
home runs in 1998 or at any
other time.
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1906 San Francisco quake photos - in colour!

(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:35:00 AM
Most of you have likely seen
black and white photographs of
the epic San Francisco
earthquake of 1906. But the
photo of the same event shown
below is in colour. How is that
possible?
We tend to think of the
photographic world up to the
middle of the 20th century as a
black and white world. The develop a number of
majority of snapshots, movies, commercially viable methods of
magazines and book illustrations color photography, with little
until the 1950’s are in black and success.
white even though color Read on to learn more about the
photography has been available origins of colour
in some form since the late 19th photography—from Ives to the
century. Lumière brothers.
Among the photographers who You don’t need a time machine
experimented with color to learn more about history.
photography in the late 19th invention of halftone printing in Permalink| Leave a comment »
century was Frederick Eugene the 1880s. However, Ives spent
Ives. He is best known for his much of his life attempting to

How to make homemade cough drops

(Holy Kaw!) coughing -- at least for me. I • 1 cup sugar
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:25:00 PM found this article, How to Make • 1/3 cup light corn syrup What are your home remedies?
Homemade Cough Drops, which • 1 1/2 cup water More about Alternative
The past few days in Hawaii not only will remedy the voggy • herbs (see steps for more Medicine.
h a v e b e e n v o i d o f a n y days, but hopefully save me details) Photo credit: Fotolia
tradewinds and the skies thick some money. • vegetable/food coloring Permalink| Leave a comment »
with vog when breathed in, Here are the ingredients, but instructions: (optional)
results in allergy symptoms and click on the link for the complete • powdered sugar (optional)
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Toronto Maple Leafs: the richest Green.view:

NHL team in the league Oscilloscope
(Holy Kaw!) (The Economist: Daily
2. New York Rangers columns)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:53:00 AM 3. Montreal Canadiens
4. Detroit Red Wings Submitted at 1/11/2010 3:28:52 AM

They haven’t won a Stanley Cup 5. Philidelphia Flyers

since 1967, but the Toronto It’s disappointing to see that the Green.view
Maple Leafs continue their reign Pittsburgh Penguins (the Jan 11th 2010
as the richest team in the NHL. reigning Stanley Cup champs) From Economist.com Britain’s
This can clearly be attributed to are only ranked as the eleventh cold snap is explained by the
the fact that the Leafs have got most vauable team. But hey, the Arctic oscillation
some of the most loyal fans to U.S. got their World Juniours IT IS an ill wind that blows no
ever step foot in an arena. This is win this year, so let us desperate good, as people have been
the fourth year in a row that Leafs fanatics have this one. remarking to each other since at
Toronto’s topped the Forbes list hundred and seventy million All things hockey. least the 16th century. In the case
as the most valuable franchise in USD last season alone. Permalink| Leave a comment » of the bitter easterlies that have
the league. During the recession, Forbes listed its top five richest brought Britain colder, snowier
t h e L e a f s ’ v a l u e a c t u a l l y NHL teams as follows: weather than has been seen for a
increased by five percent to four 1. Toronto Maple Leafs couple of decades, the proverbial
benefit has been felt by the more

Twitter and Facebook users buying friends
(Holy Kaw!)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:54:36 PM
Social networking can be a
lonely activity when your only
Facebook friends are your mom,
creepy cousin and a bunch of
people from high school who
never even looked your way
back in the day. To remedy this
sort of online unpopularity, some
Twitter and Facebook users have
forked over $200 to an
Australian company for a block
of 1,000 friends.
uSocial offers the buyable
virtual friends to anyone willing
to put up the money. The
company’s CEO, 24-year-old
foolish and facile of those who
doubt the reality or likelihood of
man-made climate change. “
have more mates to chat to, Snow Chaos: And still they
rather than sitting alone on their claim it’s global warming” read
PCs.” the front page headline of
Facebook has already sent Britain’s Daily Express on
lawyers after uSocial to try and January 6th. The foolishness is
get the service shut down. not one sided. With less public
Would you buy friends to look prominence, those convinced of
more popular online? climatic doom mutter of
Tune in to all the latest news “extreme events” being more
Leon Hill, told The Sun: “Social about Facebook.
networking sites can be cruel if Permalink| Leave a comment » likely in a more man-made
climate, with the implication that
you’re unloved – they show
exactly how popular you are. this might in some way explain
the current cold.
People are buying pals so they
To try to make a climatic point
either way out of a patch of
unusual weather, though, is
normally to be on a hiding to
nothing, and so it is this winter.

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Croatia's presidential election: In safe hands Sport and

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analysis)
in a time of severe economic
crisis. But his election is also a
had been a mistake and that he
was back. His coup failed
relating to the war of 1991-95.
Now Serbia has charged that, in terrorism: A
symbol of change in this Balkan dismally and Mrs Kosor had her fact, it was Croatia which was
Submitted at 1/10/2010 11:07:38 PM

Croatia's presidential election

state. Although he is a Social
Democrat he will probably work
predecessor unceremoniously
ejected from the party.
guilty of genocide against Serbs.
The reality is neither side really
deadly game
Jan 11th 2010 well together with Jadranka Mr Josipovic assumes the believes the claims and the (The Economist: News
From Economist.com Croatia's Kosor, the prime minister and presidency at a time of leaders of both have talked about analysis)
new president, Ivo Josipovic, leader of the country’s main turbulence at home and also dropping the whole issue. Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:44:54 AM
must join the fight against p a r t y , t h e r i g h t - o f - c e n t r e abroad. He steps into the big One of Mr Josipovic’s main jobs
corruption Croatian Democratic Union. shoes of the outgoing president, will be to help shepherd Croatia Sport and terrorism
IN ELECTING Ivo Josipovic by Mrs Kosor elevation to become Stipe Mesic, who was the last into the European Union. Jan 11th 2010 |
a crushing majority on Sunday prime minister marked a big holder of the office of president Barring unforeseen events it is JOHANNESBURG
January 10th Croats have chosen change in Croatian politics. Last of the old six-republic likely to become the EU’s 28th From Economist.com A lethal
a man whose ethos can be July Ivo Sanader, then prime Yugoslavia and one of the last of member, probably in two years. attack casts a shadow over
summed up as “steady as she minister, out of the blue and the generation of wartime But, once negotiations are Africa's biggest football
goes”. In the second round of the without giving any credible leaders. completed, Croatia will hold a tournament
presidential poll Mr Josipovic explanation, announced that he On Friday he chose to make his referendum on the issue and in A DEADLY terrorist attack on
defeated his rival Milan Bandic, was resigning and leaving final trip abroad as president to the latest polls, conducted by Togo’s national football team, in
the flamboyant and populist p o l i t i c s . H e h a d a l r e a d y Kosovo, which declared Gallup and the European Fund Angola for the Africa Cup of
mayor of Zagreb, by a huge transformed the party from a independence from Serbia in for the Balkans, 43% said they Nations, has left Danny Jordaan
60.3% to 39.7%. The Social hardline nationalist one to the February 2008. “Long Live the would vote against membership as sick as a dog. “There’s no way
Democrat defeated his rival in m a i n s t r e a m o f E u r o p e a n Republic of Kosovo,” he compared with 39% in favour. this can have an impact on the
every region of the country Christian democrats. However declared. Serbia’s president, Indeed, in general terms, Croats 2010 World Cup,” the head of
except one. Croats were still left with the Boris Tadic, is incandescent with are a highly disgruntled lot at the South Africa’s organising
The fight against corruption was impression that it had a high rage about this act. However for moment. Some 57% are committee for the event, said.
an important theme of the tolerance for corruption. Mr Mesic there was an element dissatisfied with their standard of But his agitation belied his fears.
campaign, as it is increasingly, in When Mr Sanader quit it was of tying up loose ends in living and a whopping 84% think Just when Mr Jordaan thought
Croatian political life. Mr widely assumed that he would Kosovo. The destruction of the their country is going in the the doubters about South
Josipovic has never held high try to run the country from the old Yugoslavia could be said to wrong direction. Between them Africa’s suitability to host the
office before and could credibly back through the previously have begun here in the 1980s, so Mrs Kosor and Mr Josipovic globe’s greatest sporting
present himself as a man with loyal Mrs Kosor. If that was the there was a logic that Mr Mesic have their work cut out. tournament had been silenced,
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foreign affairs so Mr Bandic also and has begun to take serious place today though. The Economist welcomes your ambushed by a dozen heavily
failed to impress when he said on measures to tackle corruption. The Kosovo issue is not the only views. armed separatist guerrillas as
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Croats have opted for the man press conference the next week In 1999 the Croats charged before the tournament, hosted by
who appears to promise stability to announce that his resignation Serbia with genocide at the court Angola, kicked off on Sunday
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No one with any claim on the
public’s respect has ever said
that all of the natural ups and
downs of climate will be ironed
out onto a smooth upwards trend
by greenhouse gases; their
effects are expected to show up
not so much in particular events,
but in statistics. The reverse of
the same coin is that there will
still be cold snaps in a warming
world. But that is not to say that
the current cold might not have
implications beyond the spring,
or that it might not help explain
more about how the climate
actually works.
One possible implication is a
change in the prospects of the
current poster child for climate
change—Arctic sea ice. The
extent of summer ice in the
Arctic Ocean has been
decreasing at a rate of about 8%
per decade. In 2007, as the result
of prior losses, peculiar
sunniness in some areas and a
particular disposition of winds,
the ice levels fell spectacularly.
That particular alignment of
circumstances did not hold sway
over the following years, which
accordingly saw the ice bounce
back somewhat. The current cold
in mid latitudes might,
counterintuitively, reverse that
trend and reduce the ice cover
further.
The atmosphere cannot make
heat, or even hold that much of
it. There is more heat stored in
the top four metres of the oceans
than in all the Earth’s
atmosphere. So when the
atmosphere cools down one part
of the globe, it is a good rule of
thumb that it is warming some
other part. In the case of the
current mid-latitude chill, it is
the high latitudes that are seeing
the warming. In Greenland and
the Arctic Ocean, December was
comparatively balmy. The air
above Baffin Bay and the Davis
Strait was 7ºC warmer than
usual(though that still left it
pretty cold).
This pole-centred roundel of
warm-in-cold is symptomatic of
what climatologists call the
negative phase of the Arctic
oscillation (AO). It is a mode of
atmospheric circulation in which
the stratosphere is unusually
warm and westerly winds, which
normally bring warmth from the
oceans to northern Europe, are
unusually weak. The warmth in
the Arctic that this arrangement
has brought may diminish the
regeneration of sea ice over the
course of this winter, meaning
that next summer’s sun can push
back the boundaries further.
The atmosphere is not just about
temperature, though. Wind
patterns matter too. And here the
negative phase of the AO may be
on the side of the ice. As Alun
Anderson explains in his
fascinating book “After the Ice:
Life, Death and Politics in the
New Arctic”, two wind-driven
currents are crucial to
understanding Arctic ice: the
Beaufort gyre, which circulates
north of Canada, and the
transpolar drift, which sweeps
through the waters north of
Siberia towards Greenland. A
positive AO weakens the
Beaufort gyre with respect to the
drift, allowing ice that would
otherwise circulate for years to
be flushed out into the North
Atlantic. A lot of ice loss in the
1990s, when the AO was
positive for an anomalously long
time, can be put down to this
effect. Conversely, a strong
negative AO such as this
winter’s may trap more ice in the
Beaufort Sea, allowing it to
thicken and refortify itself.
The two effects brought on by
the extreme negative mode of the
AO thus could cancel each other
out. But it is also possible that
one or other of them will win
through, with a significant effect
on this year’s summer ice. To
some people, including, almost
certainly, those who write the
headlines in the Daily Express,
the fact that the same
phenomenon might explain
either record low sea ice or
continued recovery of sea ice
will be seen as inconsistency,
poor science, or something more
suspect. To people actually
interested in how the climate
works, however, seeing what
happens in a very strong
negative AO may prove a boon,
by allowing the roles of different
processes in ice loss to be further
disentangled. Weather and
climate are not the same, but
there are links between them in
both directions—links which can
usefully be understood.
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January 10th. Three people—the
team’s assistant coach, their
spokesman and their Angolan
driver—were killed. Another
nine members of Togo's party
were wounded including Togo’s
reserve goalkeeper. He was
airlifted to a hospital in
Johannesburg after being shot in
the back. His condition is said to
be stable.
The Front for the Liberation of
the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC)
has claimed responsibility for the
attack, threatening more if
Angola and Confederation of
African Football persisted in
holding tournament matches in
the disputed province. The
group, which was “at war” with
Angola, had warned the CAF not
to hold any games in Cabinda,
Rodrigues Mingas, the FLEC’s
secretary-general said. But
Angola had refused to listen.
“Weapons will continue to talk,”
he said, claiming the self-
declared Federal State of
Cabinda had 50,000 armed
security forces. “This is our
home, and it’s time Angola
understood that.”
Cabinda, an area some 8,000
square kilometres separated from
the rest of Angola by a narrow
strip of the Democratic Republic
of Congo, is home to some of the
world’s richest offshore oil
fields. The province’s output of
about 1m barrels of crude a day
accounts for more than half
Angola’s total output. The
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country, ravaged by 27 years of continent. thousands of kilometres away

civil war that ended in 2002, vies
with Nigeria as Africa’s biggest
oil producer. Some analysts
believe Cabinda’s onshore
potential, as yet unexplored
because of continuing unrest,
could be even bigger.
Separatists have been
demanding independence for the
province ever since Angola
gained its independence from
Portugal in 1975. They claim
that Cabinda’s estimated 400,000
inhabitants are quite different
ethnically and culturally from the
Angolans, as well as being
geographically separate. They
have also been subjected to
repeated atrocities at the hands of
the Angolan security forces. But
the former Organisation of
African Unity, now the African
Union, has always turned a deaf
ear to their pleas, fearing any
redrawing of Africa’s colonial
borders would encourage
separatism elsewhere on the
Despite Mr Mingas’s warning of
further attacks, the CAF and the
Angolan government have
decided to maintain the Nations
Cup matches due to be held in
the province’s eponymous
capital city. Togo has pulled its
team out, even though Mr
Mingas said its footballers were
not deliberately targeted. But it
may rejoin the tournament later.
The three other countries due to
play in Cabinda—Côte d’Ivoire,
Ghana and Burkina Faso—have
all agreed to stay on after
assurances from the Angolans of
reinforced protection.
Around the world, however,
people are again wondering if
Africa is safe. Mr Jordaan and
South Africa’s president, Jacob
Zuma, attended the opening
match—a thrilling 4-4 draw
between the hosts and Mali—on
Sunday in Luanda, the Angolan
capital. They may protest that
where that attack took place is
and that Angola bears little
comparison to their own better-
prepared and more sophisticated
country. But the assault on the
Togolese team, coming so soon
after last year’s horrific attack on
the Sri Lankan cricket team in
Pakistan, in which eight people
died, is bound to fuel fears that
international sporting events are
particularly vulnerable to
terrorist groups hoping for global
publicity.
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Heads Travel Channel
Ad Sales
(MediaPost | Media News) adult 25-to-54 demo, ratings
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:14:29 PM were up close to 20% this
season.
Scripps networks has tapped a Regis headed Food Network
company veteran to head sales sales for the Eastern region and
for its newly acquired Travel held previous posts with iTV
Channel business. Greg Regis, a c o m p a n y W i n k
vice president at the Food C o m m u n i c a t i o n s , N B C
Network, takes the role. Interactive and ESPN/ABC
As senior vice president of sales Internet operations. Scripps said
at the network with shows such he was responsible for sales that
as "Anthony Bourdain: No made up some 60% of Food
Reservations" and "Man v. Network's annual sales revenue.
Food," Regis will begin hiring a Jon Steinlauf, a senior vice
team to represent the channel and president at Scripps networks'
its ancillary properties, Scripps sales described Regis, as "a
said. visionary," stating: "He thinks
Even after Cox took control of s t r a t e g i c a l l y a n d h a s
Travel Channel in 2007, network demonstrated a great ability to
sales have been handled by lead and manage people."
previous owner Discovery Even after Scripps spent
Communications. Scripps now handsomely on the Travel deal,
holds a majority stake in the upgrade to a buy from UBS, its

MediaDailyNews: Sinclair CEO Says channel, with Cox a partner. stock Monday rose about 5% in
On Monday, UBS issued a midday trading to near $46 a
r e p o r t u p g r a d i n g S c r i p p s share. Travel Channel is in 95
Fair Retrans Fees Not Yet Secured Networks Interactive stock, million homes.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group's legislation -- that broadcasters stations, coupled with the even if ratings do not." In
president/CEO David Smith says would receive fair compensation decision by Cablevision December, by one measure in the
a more "free market" is finally -- has yet to be fully realized, but [Systems Corp.] to remove The
helping out TV stations, while we believe the free market is Food Network and HGTV from
shifting more of a burden on finally beginning to move in that its lineup, rather than pay
some low-rated cable networks. direction."
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MediaDailyNews: Oxygen Debuts 7 continued from page 74

exorbitant price increases for for-profit company like

New Shows For 2010 these low-rated programming
services, reflect a movement
toward a resetting of program
Mediacom a special right to use
this programming without
paying an appropriate fee to do
(MediaPost | Media News) women who manage Simmons'
business empire. His powerful acquisition fees consistent with so."
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:31:10 AM
female staff run his life -- consumer demand." "Were this the case, video
Oxygen says it has strengthened personal and professional -- from Smith was writing in response to bootleggers could simply record
its development slate for spring his office on Seventh Avenue in its recently concluded, somewhat popular broadcast programming
2010. The lineup focuses on Manhattan. bitter retransmission negotiations over-the-air onto DVDs and sell
seven new programs; some are By contrast, "When Charlie Met between Sinclair and cable boxed sets of the entire season at
aspirational, others are reality Sarah" promises a more romantic systems owner Mediacom. prices far below the selling price
series. the same vein, "Hair Battle bent. The show chronicles the on Kerry, as the head of the Senate of those who actually pay to
Amy Introcaso-Davis, senior Spectacular" showcases 10 -and-off-again relationship Internet committee, has been acquire the valuable rights to sell
v i c e p r e s i d e n t , o r i g i n a l superstars of fantasy hair design between Charlie O'Connell and vocal that both broadcasters and such programming."
programming and development, that compete to produce the most Sarah, who were featured in cable networks quickly negotiate "Although Sinclair is pleased to
calls the slate "robust." She says outrageous work. 2005 on "The Bachelor." their deals to avoid leaving the have reached agreement with
the network's goal is to "give A third fashion program, "House Similarly, "Love Games: Bad TV viewing public in a lurch. Mediacom, [it] clings to the past
viewers a spectrum of choice of Glam," follows B. Lynn Girls Need Love Too" is a spin- Kerry had put pressure on Time practice of underpaying for its
across a diverse lineup of Group, a hot styling agency that off of the hit reality show "Bad Warner and Fox to resolve their most important revenue
exciting concepts." counts Rihanna and Naomi Girls Club." Now, three former differences so sports fans would generating assets..." Sinclair and
The new series run the gamut Campbell as clients. "Jersey Bad Girls search for love from a not miss the highly watched Mediacom struck a one-year
from a fashion game show to an Couture" is more personal -- an pool of 13 eligible suitors. Bowl Championship Series agreement; terms were not
a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h R u s s e l l inside look at the Scali family's Comedian Bret Ernst hosts the scheduled in early January. disclosed.
Simmons. The effort builds on dress shop in the Garden State. eight one-hour episode show. Kerry also indicated that he Baltimore, Maryland-based
Oxygen's success with "Bad The inventory, however, is not Available in 75 million homes, wants to meet with parties over Sinclair Broadcast Group
Girls Club" and "Tori & Dean: traditional; for the staff of Diane online at www.oxygen.com, or problematic retransmission fee operates 58 TV stations in 35
Home Sweet Hollywood;" both and Co., customers can indulge o n m o b i l e d e v i c e s a t deals. Smith said Sinclair would markets, covering about 22% of
just delivered their best season their every extravagant dream wap.oxygen.com, Oxygen Media agree to do that. U.S. television homes.
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serving claim that because local
broadcast stations are free over-
the-air, this should give a private,
76 Media/ E-reader News/
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Triumph, Acquires Digital Shop
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Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:52:33 AM
TargetCast tcm, one of a handful
of independent media shops, has
made its first acquisition as it
looks to bolster its digital
capabilities.
The agency led by former MPG
executive Steve Farella adds
Triumph360, headed by Steve
Minichini who has previously
worked with Farella.
The 2-year-old Triumph360 has
landed clients that include Pizza
Hut and an Estee Lauder unit. Its
12 employees will meld with
DMC Copia E-Readers Have Something For Everyone
(Network World)
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for e-readers)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 2:10:30 AM
DMC plans to unleash a bevy of
e-reader options on the world by
June. With six models across two
lines- Ocean and Tidal-the DMC
Copia e-readers cover a range of
options from 3G to Wi-Fi, with
keyboard and without, and of
course, large-screen
versus pocket. In talking with
Copia, I was impressed by the
company's commitment to the
nascent e-reader market, which is
TargetCast's staff, expanding the
total to 80.
Minichini, Triumph president,
worked with Farella years ago at
Jordan, McGrath, Case &
Partners. Triumph will move
from its Connecticut base into
TargetCast's New York office;
Minichini will become
TargetCast's president,
interactive marketing.
The acqusitision is the first for
TargetCast since its 2002
founding;
Farella stated the deal was
driven by "digital media
increasingly taking a central role
underscored by the company's
ambitious plans to launch six
different models, ranging in price
from $199 to $299. Among e-
readers,
consumers will want choice,
and not one size will fit all,
literally-- there will be different
things that excite different
users.
More notable, though, is the
company's holistic approach to
its e-readers. While the e-readers
stayed under glass and couldn't
be touched at CES, the designs
looked promising. The e-readers
in our communications
planning." Financial terms were
not disclosed.
Before launching Triumph,
Minichini held a top post at
imc2, overseeing its New York
and Philadelphia operations and
search marketing business. He
also worked in-house at IBM.
TargetCast clients include New
York Life and 1-800-
Flowers.com.
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are complemented by
Copia.com, an e-commerce and
social networking-driven
site that will launch as the
bookstore community for the
Copia e-readers.
The Ocean line of e-readers
range between 6-inch and 9-inch
capacitive touchscreen ePaper
displays at 600 by 800-pixel and
768 by 1024-pixel resolutions,
respectively, and include
802.11b/g, accelerometers,
headphone jacks, and internal
microphones.
The Ocean 9 3G has 2GB of
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week just past that you should
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internal memory, two internal
speakers, and 3G wireless
Internet, while the Ocean 6 and 9
have 4GB
of internal memory and
MicroSD card slots.
The Tidal line, on the other
hand, starts with the standard
Tidal, which has a 6-inch 600 by
800-pixel ePaper display, a
hardware
keyboard, and 2GB of internal
memory. The Tidal Touch and
Tidal Touch 3G, meanwhile,
have the same specs as the
Ocean 9 and
E-reader News Edition
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Platform and E-Readers
DMC Worldwide (DMCWW;
www.dmcww.com) introduced
COPIA ( www.thecopia.com), an
open platform that combines
content, social networking, and
ecommerce with an array of
wireless e-readers. The COPIA
platform is a hybrid solution for
consumers to experience a
DMC page 77
Ocean 9 3G but in a different,
curvier body.
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other CES 2010 e-reader
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completely new way to discover,
enjoy, share, and purchase
books, newspapers, magazines,
and a wide variety of digital
content. At the same time, it
integrates a software application
engine for OEM brands looking
to deliver content across their
digital devices including e-
readers, notebooks, netbooks,
tablets, and smartphones.
The lineup of e-reader devices
will include both monochrome e-
paper-based touchscreens and
advanced color devices designed
for rich color content. The
devices are designed to extend
the collaborative COPIA
experience to readers across all
genres of content and meet the
needs of channel partners
including mass market,
entertainment, K-12 education,
MORMONS
continued from page 77
Catholics are conservative. Less
than a quarter of Jews, Muslims,
those who identify with other
religions, and those with no
religious identity identify as
conservatives.
Mormons' conservatism is also
apparent from a review of the
more detailed self-categorization
of ideology included in Gallup's
daily tracking.
The 16% of Mormons who
categorize themselves as very
conservative is the largest
percentage for any of the major
religious groups, while the 1%
who are "very liberal" is the
smallest.
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as well as higher education.
COPIA will begin its private,
limited-invitation beta in January
2010. The public beta will
launch in March 2010 and will
offer more than 1 million titles.
The e-readers will be available
for purchase online in April 2010
and at retail stores by June 2010.
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Mormons Most Conservative Major
Religious Group in U.S.
(All Gallup Headlines) media focus."The 49% of analysis. The current analysis of
Mormons who self-identify as Mormon ideology is based on
Submitted at 1/11/2010 4:00:00 AM
both conservative and more than 350,000 Gallup Daily
PRINCETON, NJ -- Members Republican is the highest of any tracking interviews conducted in
A recent Gallup analysis showed of the Church of Jesus Christ of major religious group, 2009, including 5,819 interviews
that Mormons have the highest Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, significantly larger than the 31% with Mormons.
percentage identification with the are the most conservative major of Protestants/other non-Catholic The 59% of Mormons who
Republican Party of any major religious group in the country, Christians who can be so identify as conservative is the
religious group. It is thus not with 59% identifying as categorized." largest such percentage of any
surprising to find that the 49% of conservative, 31% as moderate, Although it is assumed that major religious group included in
Mormons who self-identify as and 8% as liberal. Mormons are conservative, their this analysis. The next-most-
both conservative and The ideological leanings of relatively small numbers in the conservative group are
Republican is the highest of any Mormons have become of U.S. -- about 1.7% of the 18+ Protestants (including non-
major religious group, greater interest in recent years as adult population in Gallup's Catholic Christians), with 46%
significantly larger than the 31% a result of Mormon positions on tracking -- make routine survey identifying as conservative. (This
of Protestants/other non-Catholic the moral issue of gay marriage. analysis of their political and review does not include analysis
Christians who can be so Mormon efforts on behalf of the ideological leanings difficult. of specific denominations into
categorized. successful November 2008 Gallup's large database of Daily which Protestants can be
Active and Lapsed Mormons Proposition 8 in California -- tracking interviews allows for subdivided, of which there are
Seventy-nine percent of which restricted legal marriage the aggregation of enough hundreds.) Thirty-nine percent of
to opposite-sex couples -- were Americans who identify as
MORMONS page 79 in particular subject to intense Mormons to conduct meaningful MORMONS page 77
78 Gallup Poll/ E-reader News Edition

In U.S., Air Travelers Take Body Scans in Stride

(All Gallup Headlines)
Submitted at 1/10/2010 8:00:00 PM

PRINCETON, NJ -- In the
midst of renewed discussion of
heightened security measures to
thwart terrorist attacks like the
Christmas Day attempt to blow
up an airplane over Detroit, 78%
of U.S. air travelers approve of
U.S. airports' using full body
scan imaging on airline
passengers.
These results are based on a
USA Today/Gallup poll
conducted Jan. 5-6, including
interviews with 542 regular air
travelers, defined as those who
have taken two or more air trips
in the past 12 months."The
majority, 67%, say they would
not personally be uncomfortable
in undergoing such a scan, with
close to half (48%) saying they
would not be uncomfortable at
all."
The poll finds 29% of air
travelers saying they are now
more concerned about the safety
of air travel than they were
before Nigerian Umar Farouk of full body scans for passenger say they would not personally be travelers say they would not be they would be more
Abdulmutallab allegedly privacy, given the clarity of the uncomfortable in undergoing uncomfortable at all. uncomfortable with being patted
attempted to detonate explosives images they would produce, such a scan, with close to half Perhaps as a result, men are also down, while 22% would be more
hidden in his underwear. Current airline passengers themselves do (48%) saying they would not be slightly more likely than women uncomfortable in undergoing a
airport security measures, such not seem fazed. Seventy-eight uncomfortable at all. Ten percent to approve of the use of body body scan.
as metal detectors, would not percent approve of the say they would be very scan images (81% to 74%). One reason air travelers
detect the type of explosives procedure, which was described uncomfortable if subjected to Air travelers would most likely generally approve of using full
involved in the Detroit incident, to them as showing a "graphic such a search. not be required to undergo body body scans may be because they
but a body scan image would image of a person's body There is a gender difference in scans at airports; they could believe scans will be effective at
have. Thus, there are plans to underneath his or her clothes" the assumed level of discomfort, instead opt to be searched or preventing terrorists from
expand the use of such machines that would be "viewed only by with female air travelers more "patted down" by an airport smuggling explosives or other
at U.S. airports. federal screeners in a separate, likely than male travelers to security agent. Among air
While some have expressed private room." express discomfort (41% to travelers, the choice is clearly in U.S., page 80
concerns about the implications Additionally, the majority, 67%, 26%). A majority of male air favor of body scans -- 70% say
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continued from page 77
Mormons attend religious
services weekly, almost every
week, or monthly. That
compares to 53% of the overall
American adult population who
attend this frequently. Mormons'
self-reported church attendance
is the highest of any of the major
religious groups used in this
analysis.
The 20% of those who identify
as Mormons and at the same
time report seldom or never
attending church can be
classified as "lapsed Mormons."
(It is assumed that there are
others in America who were
raised Mormon but who today
have either a different religious
identity or no religious identity at
all. They are not included in this
analysis.) The identifying factor
of interest concerning "lapsed
Mormons" as defined here is the
fact that these individuals
continue to identify with the
Mormon faith despite being
religiously inactive.
The data show that these lapsed
Mormons are substantially
different in ideology from their
fellow Mormons who remain
active in the church (as defined
by attendance at church
services). In fact, lapsed
Mormons are essentially no
different from all other non-
Mormons in terms of their basic
ideology.
As can be seen in the
accompanying graph, removing
the one-fifth of Mormons who
are lapsed in their faith from the
overall sample of Mormons
leaves an even more
conservative group of active
Mormons. Almost two-thirds of
this latter group identify as
conservative.
Lapsed Mormons are also more
similar to all other non-Mormon
Americans than to active
Mormons in terms of the
party/ideology categorization.
Mormons Living in Utah vs.
Those Living Elsewhere
Gallup's 2009 data show that
34% of adult Mormons live in
Utah. Utah became the major
center of the Latter-day Saints
when the Brigham Young-led
group fled westward in the 1840s
after being persecuted in New
York state, Missouri, and
Illinois. The headquarters of the
Mormon church today remains in
Salt Lake City.
However, whether a Mormon
lives in Utah does not appear to
make a significant difference in
his or her ideology. The
percentage of Mormons living in
Utah who are conservative is
little different from the
conservative percentage among
Mormons living elsewhere in the
United States.
It is interesting to note that
Mormons living outside of Utah
are slightly less likely to be
frequent church attenders than
are Mormons living in Utah. The
former group, however, still
reports church attendance that is
significantly above the U.S.
average.
Bottom Line
Mormons are both the most
Republican and the most
conservative of any of the major
religious groups in the U.S.
today.
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Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with 353,845 national
adults, aged 18 and older,
conducted in 2009, as part of
Gallup Daily tracking. For
79
results based on the total sample
of national adults, one can say
with 95% confidence that the
maximum margin of sampling
error is ±1 percentage point.
Results for Americans who
identify as Mormon are based on
telephone interviews with 5,819
national adults, aged 18 and
older, conducted during 2009.
For results based on the sample
of Mormons, one can say with
95% confidence that the
maximum margin of sampling
error is ±2 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on land-line
telephones and cellular phones.
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys
can introduce error or bias into
the findings of public opinion
polls.
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U.S.,
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dangerous objects onto airplanes.
Eighty-four percent say scans
would be effective in this regard,
including 38% who say they
would be very effective. Thus,
air travelers have a compelling
reason to potentially counter any
personal modesty issues they
have related to body scans.
Bottom Line
The attempted terror attack on a
U.S. flight on Christmas Day
revealed limitations in current
security procedures on U.S.
flights, and may have ushered in
a new era of heightened airport
security. One major part of the
solution -- airport body scanners
-- is not without controversy but
is something most air travelers
would take in stride.
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Survey Methods
Results are based on telephone
interviews with 2,017 national
adults, aged 18 and older,
conducted Jan. 5-6, 2010. For
results based on the total sample
of national adults, one can say
with 95% confidence that the
maximum margin of error is ±3
percentage points.
For results based on the sample
of 542 adults who have taken
two or more air trips in the past
year, the maximum margin of
error is ±5 percentage points.
Interviews are conducted with
respondents on land-line
telephones and cellular phones
In addition to sampling error,
question wording and practical
difficulties in conducting surveys
can introduce error or bias into
the findings of public opinion
polls.
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No Needle in a Haystack Too Small for DARPA's Dream

Goggles
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular find the not-so-proverbial needle and resolutions. We imagine this and identification, without the
Science - New Technology, in a haystack. The Register won't require the goofy 3D need for scanning or focusing of
Science News, The Future pointed out the U.S. Department glasses needed for viewing the optical receiver, of a needle
Now) of Defense proposal issued last Hollywood fare such as Avatar. moving along the surface of a
Submitted at 1/11/2010 12:32:48 PM week. The proposal translates the usual haystack, where the location and
The Fine Detail Optical needle-in-a-haystack saying into type of needle on the haystack is
Defense agency demands that Surveillance (FDOS) technology amazing literal bureaucratese. uncertain."
metaphors become reality, stat would provide "ultra high- We'll refer you to the statement Compared to asking for a device
D A R P A ' s d r e a m e r s a n d resolution 3D images for rapid, below rather than try to describe that can harness lightning or a
brainiacs have set their sights on in-field identification of a it: VTOL flying car, DARPA's
a new technology for the U.S. diverse set of targets." Such "The program can be described latest idea actually sounds pretty
military -- high-tech binoculars specs could also supposedly that warfighters can spot moving as developing the technology and reasonable.
o r g o g g l e s t h a t w o u l d work for either individual targets at many different ranges systems analogous to that [via The Register]
supposedly have the ability to soldiers or with aerial drones, so required for the rapid imaging
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As Shuttle Program Wraps, Three Final Missions Could
Redefine Climate Research
By Clay Dillow (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:17:00 PM
Nothing lasts forever --
especially when it's government-
funded -- and so, with just a few
more missions, NASA will wrap
up the Space Shuttle program in
the year ahead, putting the period
on a long chapter in America's
history in space. But before the
shuttle program goes out to
pasture for good, it will put a
three-piece climate research
legacy into orbit that will help
scientists going forward keep
tabs on both global warming and
solar weather events that affect
life here on Earth.
The first of the satellites to
launch -- the Solar Dynamics
Laboratory -- will provide solar
weather updates to its overseers
at Goddard Space Flight Center
for at least five years, helping
researchers to define correlations
between the sun's weather and
our own. Launching February 3,
the $844 million hardware will
help scientists predict dangerous
events like solar flares, sunspots
and magnetic storms that, aside
from causing electrical
interference on Earth, can put
manned space missions in
jeopardy.
The two earth-focused satellites,
Aquarius and Glory, will beam
important atmospheric and
oceanic data to researchers on
the ground, hopefully informing
the climate debate and adding to
the cannon of climate data
available to policy makers.
Aquarius' launch date has yet to
be set, but the craft -- a joint
project with Argentina -- will
spend at least three years
monitoring salinity levels in
seawater across the globe.
Current means of measuring
salinity involve the use of boats
and buoys, resulting in an
incomplete and non-cohesive
picture of what the oceans really
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Scientists know aerosols affect
global temperatures by either
absorbing or reflecting solar
radiation. But the nature of this
process is not very well
understood. Researchers hope
Glory will give them more
insight into the effects of
aerosols, and at $419 million for
the rig, it better.
The total cost of the 2010
satellite launches tops $1.5
billion (Aquarius is costing
NASA $273 million, with
Argentina kicking in its share as
well), so there's little room to
argue that 2010 is a lame-duck
year for the shuttle program. But
the success of the missions is
two-fold; the benefit of more
informed atmospheric,
look like at any given moment. through currents. oceanographic and solar weather
A q u a r i u s ' t h r e e o n - b o a r d With the oceans thoroughly data will surely have an effect on
radiometers can detect even covered, Glory will observe the the climate change debate, but it
small changes in salt levels, effects of aerosols moving could also prove the relevance of
allowing scientists to see how through the atmosphere on manned space flight at a time
fresh water melting from ice caps Earth's climate for the next three when its very future is up in the
distributes itself into the greater years in an attempt to determine air.
ocean and see how salt moves their role on Earth's temperature. [ Los Angeles Times]
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Quantum Computer Successfully Calculates Exact
Energy of Molecular Hydrogen
By Clay Dillow (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 10:59:10 AM
Researchers at Harvard and the
University of Queensland have
come up with a novel, just-crazy-
enough-to-work method for
modeling and simulating
quantum systems: use a quantum
computer. Employing the
superior computing power of a
custom-built quantum computing
system, the researchers were able
to determine the precise energy
of molecular hydrogen for the
first time, an impossible feat
using classical computing
methods. By doing so, they've
opened the box on what could be
a computing breakthrough
stretching across disciplines.
Simulating complex chemical
systems is extremely tricky.
While classical computing
methods can model, say, a
simple molecule, simulating
chemical systems, be they
complex molecules or full-blown
chemical chain reactions,
requires exponentially greater
computing power. Using
conventional computing, that
means exponentially longer
computing times. As such,
theoretical chemists often
employ a lot of guesswork and
approximation in their labors,
which naturally leads to
imprecise outcomes.
Quantum computing simplifies
such problems because of the
dexterity of its computing bits.
Rather than using the zeros and
ones of binary code, quantum
computers store data as qubits,
multi-tasking little bits that can
represent both zero and one
simultaneously. Plug a system
into a quantum computer and the
qubits can quickly consider all
possible answers by arranging its
qubits into all workable
arrangements of zeros and ones.
This cuts the number of
computations needed
considerably; when done,
researchers simply measure the
qubits and extract their answers.
The approach could have an
impact on fields as diverse as
cryptography, medicine and
materials science, as it can churn
out extremely accurate data with
a fraction of the computing
strength. As for the
Harvard/Queensland team, it
took only 20 quantum
measurements informed by
information in two entangled
photons to generate an extremely
accurate measurement of each
geometric state of molecular
hydrogen. Approximation, your
days are numbered.
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Social Networking
Promises a New Era of
Watching TV with
Friends
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 11:45:55 AM
Someone wants to bring back
the golden era of TV, when
entire families watched the tube
with microwave dinners
balanced carefully on their laps.
Motorola, Intel and UK-based
BT envision a TV viewing
experience that uses social
networking to make you feel
fuzzily connected to friends and
family. According to Technology
Review the goal is to "make TV
social again."
Both Motorola and BT could
roll out integrated social TV
systems later this year. Motorola
researchers hope to make TV a
social experience mainly for
families and close friends, as
opposed to random Internet
strangers. They may have taken
SOCIAL page 83
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Temperatures 10,000 Times Hotter Than Sun
Remain Imprinted on Ancient Supernova
Remnant
By Jeremy Hsu (Popular
Science - New Technology,
Science News, The Future
Now)
Submitted at 1/11/2010 1:43:25 PM
Jellyfish Nebula holds signature
of initial stellar fireballs
A new type of supernova
remnant still holds the embers of
the fireball that first blossomed
thousands of years ago. The
remnant gas retains ions with the
imprint of temperatures 10,000
times hotter than the sun's
surface, according to scientists
who made the observations with
the Japan-U.S. Suzaku space
observatory.
A stellar explosion about 4,000
years ago caused a blast wave to
travel through dense gas and dust
SOCIAL
continued from page 82
note of Fox's dubious experiment
with streaming cast and crew
Twitter comments on-screen
during the shows Fringe and
Glee-- an experience that
viewers seemed to universally
dislike.
Much of the challenge in
creating a social TV experience
comes from having a simple user
interface that doesn’t require
installation of clunky hardware
or loads of extra software.
Motorola researches apparently
surrounding a dying star. That
heated some of the gas to
temperatures as high as 100
million degrees F (55 million C).
The expanding nebula of gas and
dust gradually began to cool, but
collisions between particles
remain rare because of the
think that smart phones can serve
as a natural interface between
people and their TVs.
If this social TV buzz sounds
somewhat familiar, that's
because people already watch
many of their favorite TV
programs with laptop or smart
phone at hand to chat in online
forums, if not on instant
messaging programs. CNN.com
and Facebook experimented with
real-time updates during live
streaming of President Obama's
extremely thin density -- about a
single atom per volume of space
the size of a sugar cube. That has
allowed the hottest atoms or
particles to remain in their
respective states.
The astronomer team spotted the
unusually hot specimens some
inauguration speech. This hardly
points to a drought when it
comes to social TV experiences.
It's more likely that broadcast
companies are looking for ways
to stay relevant in the Internet
age, rather than seeking to
scratch a nagging collective itch
for social TV viewers. Online
video streaming threatens to
swallow the usual audience for
cable or satellite TV, especially
if more consumers find a way to
hook up their TV to the Internet.
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5,000 light-years away in the
constellation Gemini, in a
remnant known as the Jellyfish
Nebula. That prompted some
rather colorful descriptions of
how Suzaku's X-ray instruments
teased apart X-rays by energy,
not unlike how a glass prism can
separate light into all the colors
of the rainbow.
"Suzaku sees the Jellyfish's hot
heart," said Midori Ozawa, a
member of the team at Kyoto
University in Japan. At least it
has a heart, unlike that pitiless T
Pyxidis supernova that could
wipe out life on Earth millions of
years from now.
Heavy hangs the sword over the
traditional business model for
TV -- but whether the Internet
swallows TV or vice versa,
consumers will likely win.
[via Technology Review]