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Mother who starved daughter Khyra Ishaq to Members Want to
death cleared of murder Change Last Name
(FOXNews.com)
(Top stories from Times fridge full of food, which had of jurors fell ill. school in December 2007, five
Online) had a special lock fitted to The pair will be sentenced on months before she died. Submitted at 2/25/2010 6:32:20 AM
Submitted at 2/25/2010 3:30:31 AM prevent Khyra and other Friday next week. The school informed social
children helping themselves. Explaining the decision not to workers of the situation, and two Message from fivefilters.org: If
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you can, please donate to the full Khyra and other children were Gordon, Timothy Raggatt, QC, late February but were refused -text RSS service so we can
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continue developing it. or one bowl of porridge between extraordinary that her mental did see Khyra and other children NEW YORK One of Bernard
A mother who starved her seven them, which they had to eat with state was raised so late in the living there and said they had no Madoff's daughters-in-law says
-year-old daughter to death has their hands on the floor. trial. There had been no mention concerns about their wellbeing. she and her children shouldn't
been cleared of her murder and If the children were caught of it until the murder charge They passed the case on to the have to bear the burden of his
h a d h e r p l e a o f g u i l t y t o taking food they were punished against her partner was dropped home education team who had name.
manslaughter accepted. with “detention” and made to earlier this month. already seen round the home Stephanie Madoff filed court
Prosecutors accepted Angela stand outside in the cold, beaten But three psychiatrists agreed and room for use as the papers in Manhattan on
Gordon’s defence of diminished with a cane or made to overeat that she was suffering from classroom. Wednesday asking to change her
responsibility over the death of until they were sick. severe depression in the month Under current law there is no last name to Morgan. She made
Khyra Ishaq. During the trial, a young before Khyra died at her home in responsibility on local the same request for her two
Junaid Abuhamza, her partner witness told how Khyra was Leyton Road, Handsworth, authorities to monitor home children.
and a diagnosed schizophrenic, forced to stand in just boxer Birmingham. education, although new She's married to the jailed
h a d a m a n s l a u g h t e r p l e a shorts in front of a fan for 24 “For that reason we cannot resist legislation to come into force financier's son, Mark. She says
accepted earlier in the trial hours because she had been the defence of diminished shortly will tighten the law and her family has gotten threats,
following a report on his mental “rude”. In testimony which responsibility, now raised for oblige all families to register and she wants to drop the
health. made jurors weep, the witness the first time. It is extraordinary with the council. Local Madoff name to avoid
It brings to an end a traumatic described beatings with a stick that it emerges so late (in the authority officials will have new "additional humiliation" and
trial where jurors were told of and times when “Khyra was in trial) but the sole reason for that powers to visit the home and harassment. Her lawyer declined
the girl's severely emaciated the shed, she had to sleep in the is the denial... that Angela check children are making to comment.
condition at the time of her death shed if she had been rude”. Gordon has put up around progress, and have the right to Mark Madoff says in court
in Handsworth, Birmingham, in Gordon has also admitted five herself for all these months,” he speak to the children alone. papers he doesn't object.
May 2008. charges of child cruelty relating said. The Conservatives say they will Bernard Madoff is serving a
Medical professionals treating to other children in her care, Children’s services at reverse this law if they win the 150-year prison sentence after
Khyra after she was rushed to who cannot be identified for Birmingham City Council, election. admitting he cheated investors
hospital said her condition was legal reasons. which have been criticised by Five Filters featured article: out of billions of dollars through
“outside of their experience”. The decision to accept Gordon’s Ofsted and subjected to special Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: an investment Ponzi scheme. His
Doctors likened her appearance plea of not guilty to murder was measures, will again come under PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, lawyer didn't immediately return
to that of a famine victim and taken in the sixth week of a the spotlight as a result of the Term Extraction. a call Wednesday.
p r o s e c u t o r s s a i d s h e w a s retrial after several days of case, as will the lack of statutory Five Filters featured article:
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8 World/ Popular News/ Tech/ E-reader News Edition
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continue developing it. said: “RBS rewarding that the “thousands of best- Filed under: Before the Bell,
Politicians rounded today on individual bankers is like a performing people” who left International Markets, Apple Inc
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), football team paying their striker last year could have increased (AAPL), Coca-Cola (KO),
the state-owned lender, over its for scoring when they’ve just the banks’ profits by £1 billion. Market Matters, Coca-Cola
decision to pay up to £1.7 billion been relegated." “We will continue to lose staff Enterprises (CCE), Economic
in bonuses to bankers despite RBS is 84 per cent owned by because of the tightrope we are Data, Federal Reserve U.S. stock costs and exacerbate its
making a £3.6 billion loss during t h e B r i t i s h t a x p a y e r a f t e r walking. Retention of staff is futures fell Thursday morning as problems. This also caused fears
2009. receiving billions of pounds of my single biggest problem,” he investors digested news of a of other possible defaults among
The bank announced today that rescue funds from the state said, adding that the levels of possible downgrade of Greece's other eurozone countries. Wold
i t w o u l d p a y i n v e s t m e n t s during the recession to save it media scrutiny that the bank's sovereign debt and prepared for markets retreated in response.
bankers from a £1.3 billion from collapse. commercial decisions received the second day of testimony Continue reading Before the
bonus pool while other staff The UKFI, the body set up by were his and his staff's “crosses from Federal Reserve Chairman Bell: Futures Lower After Data;
would share in a £400 million the Government to manage the to bear”. Ben Bernanke, as well as the Ahead of Bernanke
reward. state’s investment in British Mr Osborne did not deny that a release of several key economic Before the Bell: Futures Lower
George Osborne, the Shadow banks, yesterday granted RBS Conservative government would indicators. After Data; Ahead of Bernanke
Chancellor, said that bankers’ permission to pay the bonuses. also have given the green light Both Moody's and Standar & originally appeared on
pay had reached “ridiculous It said: “The revenue payout to the RBS bonuses. Poor's said a donwngrade of BloggingStocks on Thu, 25 Feb
levels”, adding: “We have just ratio in the investment bank is Five Filters featured article: Greece's sovereign debt is still 2010 08:40:00 EST. Please see
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Submitted at 2/24/2010 9:37:00 AM
Ron Paul
Facebook Really Wants to Know Where You Are, Unfurls Kook
Considers Buying Loopt Flag in House
Kit Eaton (Fast Company) Facebook simply trotted out the systems. You only have to look keen to get involved. It's seeing (Little Green Footballs)
Submitted at 2/25/2010 10:14:06 AM party line "we don't comment on at Foursquare's recent big-media huge challenges to its success as Submitted at 2/24/2010 11:25:43 AM
rumor and speculation." partnerships, and Twitter's fresh the finger on the social pulse of
Rumors are swirling that But the rumor is apparently location-enabled Tweet system the world from the Twitter- Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) really
Facebook's looking to purchase based on sound information. to see this effect. And, of course, Google tie-up, as well as lets his kook flag fly in this clip,
location-aware social net Loopt. And from this we can infer that Google's new and controversy- backlash to its recent privacy accusing the Federal Reserve of
It makes perfect sense, given the Facebook is at least very beset social network experiment changes, and it's obviously keen helping Saddam Hussein buy
sudden arrival recently of interested in acquiring Loopt, or Buzz, which allows Foursquare- to not fall behind the weapons, helping fund the
Google's Buzz mobile, which is perhaps a location-based system like "check-ins" to particular competition like Foursquare and Watergate burglary, and
location-aware from the get-go. like it (because we don't know locations in its mobile version. Gowalla. We have no idea how planning a secret bailout of …
Facebook's playing catch-up. what other due diligence Location-aware systems are a Loopt would fold into Greece.
According to TechCrunch Facebook's planning team is also valuable tool masquerading as Facebook's social networking Fed Chief Ben Bernanke’s reply
Facebook is busy doing due performing.) fun games for users to play, system, should a deal go ahead, (as people laugh in the
diligence on the potential deal, The reasons are obvious: simply because they allow a but we can speculate it would be background): “These specific
indicating that the idea is in its Location-aware services of all whole new class of location- connected with Facebook's allegations you’ve made, I think
very early stages. And at such a kinds are an extremely hot topic. sensitive advertising to be status updating system, and are absolutely bizarre.”[Video]
point in deals like this, before That's partly because it's a social presented to users, bringing in possibly even tied into Facebook (Hat tip: KT.)
negotiations have really kicked trend, paralleling the rise of fresh revenue to the company Connect.
off, it's usual for everything to social networking itself, and that's delivering the location- [Via TechCrunch]
be shrouded in secrecy. Hence partly enabled by the explosion based service.
Loopt refused to comment, and in smartphones which carry GPS And that's why Facebook is
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Poll Tax
Neera Tanden (The New was one of the more favorable analysis is that issues don’t hypocrisy, pushing a bad policy I know that lots of Democrats
Republic - All Feed) ones!) Numbers likes these have operate in a vacuum. Elections for political gain. Gore’s internal are in cold hard sweats right
Submitted at 2/24/2010 9:00:00 PM members of congress worrying are based on competing polls, I was told at the time, now. It is true that they face very
about their own election arguments. Of course, issues are showed him falling a disastrous difficult terrain. But health care
Message from fivefilters.org: If p r o s p e c t s a n d d e s p e r a t e l y integral to those arguments—the five points in the wake of this is not some issue that Democrats
you can, please donate to the full hoping the issue goes away. very building blocks of them. move. randomly adopted. This has been
-text RSS service so we can And, of course, on the surface, But very few individual issues Right now Democrats need to a 50-year fight for the party. The
continue developing it. this assessment is rational. make or break a nationalized stop worrying about health care Republicans have our backs
Last week, I left the Obama In my time in Washington, I’ve election. So in 1992 Bill Clinton polling and to start worrying against the wall. But in reality,
administration to join the Center watched congressmen, senators had a series of policies—a about their narrative. If momentum builds in politics. If
for American Progress. and their advisors allow middle class tax cut, help for Democrats do not deliver on individual members think that
Policy—constructing it, selling similarly stark polling data to college—that “Put People First.” health care reform, a reasonable they can survive Republican
it—has been my career, as an shape their calculus on countless They were meant to convey his voter could make the following attacks by simply running away,
advisor for the president and occasions. But the problem is support for the middle class, in assessment: Democrats spent the they should recognize that it’s
Hillary Clinton. The New polls can be amongst the worst contrast to Republicans who last year discussing a particular also possible that running away
Republic has asked me to use basis for a politician to make a were about supporting the problem and put forth a solution. could dramatically worsen their
t h i s e x p e r i e n c e t o h e l p good decision about their self- powerful. It was the entire And with 59 seats in the Senate predicament. Nothing will strike
illuminate the glorious (and interest. Often, they can suggest cocktail of policies that proved and 254 in the House, they failed voters as more pathetic than
o c c a s i o n a l l y u n a t t r a c t i v e ) a course of action that is so politically effective. to do anything about this doing nothing. And rarely in
process of policymaking, how b l i n k e r e d o r w o r s e , s e l f - And of course issues can help problem that they argued was a politics are pathetic politicians
wonks and politicians think destructive. And that’s exactly drive a negative narrative too. In catastrophe for the American rewarded.
a b o u t t h e h a r d w o r k o f the case with health care reform. the fall of 2000, Al Gore called people. And if they are not able Sometimes, the only way out is
governing. Herewith, my first There’s no denying that health for government to tap the to solve that problem with huge through.
installment. care is a tad unpopular. But what Strategic Petroleum Oil Reserve. majorities, why should they be Neera Tanden is the Chief
What can defeat health care d o e s t h i s s u g g e s t ? M a n y On paper, this was a good move. trusted to govern past Operating Officer of the Center
r e f o r m ? P o l l s — o r m o r e Democrats are making the Gas prices were rising November, when their majorities for American Progress. She
s p e c i f i c a l l y , D e m o c r a t i c relatively crude calculation that precipitously. It seemed like a are likely to shrink? And what served in the Obama and Clinton
politicians misreading them. if they drop this seemingly political no-brainer. exactly will they deliver? administrations.
Most of the data that crosses unpopular issue, their own Unfortunately, Gore had Incompetence is a pretty strong Five Filters featured article:
their desks these days resembles popularity will rise. They think denounced the idea of utilizing attack. Democrats should be Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
the numbers from the Kaiser of health care as an anchor, and these reserves several months well aware of that fact. They PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
Health Tracking Poll, which the minute they cut it loose earlier. He had made that case in bludgeoned George Bush for his Term Extraction.
shows the public evenly divided they’ll sail for better electoral a totally different context. But it botched response to Katrina and
on reform—43 percent in favor, waters. didn’t matter. His opponent, bungled efforts in Iraq with
43 percent opposed. (And that Well, the problem with this George W. Bush, accused him of devastating effects.
Wasted Youth
E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New Progressives who doubt this (born 1946 to 1964), Important demographic factors
Republic - All Feed) could usefully spend time with conservatives led 43 percent to account for some but not all of
Submitted at 2/24/2010 9:00:00 PM the Pew Research Center's 18 percent. Among those born in the distinctiveness of the new
exhaustive new portrait of the 1945 or before -- Pew uses the generation: Census data cited by
Message from fivefilters.org: If Millennials that was released classic "Silent Generation" tag -- Pew shows that 61 percent of the
you can, please donate to the full Wednesday. The study the conservative advantage was Millennials are white compared Lomography's Classic
-text RSS service so we can underscored the new 45 percent to 15 percent. with 70 percent of Americans
continue developing it. generation's "distinctiveness," (Moderates and a few ages 30 and over. This means
LC-A+ Now Has An
WASHINGTON--Young and a big part of that respondents who refused a label that political outreach to the Instant Back Accessory
Americans are the linchpin of a distinctiveness is how made up the remainder in all young will require particular For Polaroid-Like
new progressive era in American progressive younger Americans groups.) attention to Hispanics (19 Photos [Photography]
politics. So why aren't are compared with the rest of the The difference in self-labeling percent of Millennials) and
Democrats paying more country. reflects real differences in African-Americans (14 percent). Kat Hannaford (Gizmodo)
attention to them? For one thing, they are not attitudes. It's well-known that For Democrats looking ahead to Submitted at 2/25/2010 9:36:44 AM
The relative strength of allergic to the word "liberal." younger voters are more liberal this fall's election, the Pew study
conservatives in American Americans under 30 include the on social issues, particularly gay has some disturbing news. Lomography already makes an
politics since the 1980s was built largest proportion of self- rights. But their liberalism also It's true that Millennials are the instant back for its more popular
on generational change: Voters described liberals and the includes sympathy for activist most Democratic age group in Diana F+ camera, so it was
whose views had been shaped by smallest proportion of self- government. the electorate -- they voted for about time they did the same for
the New Deal were gradually described conservatives of any For example, 53 percent of Barack Obama by 2-1. Their their classic LC-A+ model too.
replaced with the more cautious age group in the country: 29 Millennials said that turnout rate relative to older It brings Polaroid-like instant
souls who came of age after percent of the under 30s called "government should do more to voters was higher in 2008 than photos to the highly-saturated,
FDR. Then the Millennial themselves liberal compared solve problems." In every other in any election since 1972, the soft-focus photography format.
generation came along. The with 28 percent who called age group, pluralities preferred first presidential contest in The instant back will set you
Millennials--generally defined as themselves conservative. "In the alternative statement offered which 18-year-olds had the right back a rather steep $100, and if
Americans born in 1981 or after- every other age group," Pew by the pollsters, that to vote. you think you can write that off
-are, without question, the most notes, "far more described their "government is doing too many Five Filters featured article: against the saving you'll make
liberal generation since those views as conservative than things better left to business and Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: on rolls of 35mm film, think
New Dealers, and they could liberal." individuals." PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, again. You'll need to load it with
transform our politics for Among Gen Xers (born "Millennials," the report Term Extraction. Fujifilm Instax film which you
decades. But this will happen between 1965 and 1980), the concludes, "are significantly less can pick up on Amazon (which
only if progressive politicians conservative advantage over critical of government on a in my experience, is heaps
start noticing their very best liberals was 38 percent to 20 number of dimensions than are cheaper for Lomo products and
friends in the electorate. percent. Among Baby Boomers other age cohorts." film than the actual Lomography
store) for $20 for two
Democrats, who want nothing Most important of all, though, Democrat or Republican, don’t want to do, they'll pass the Ryan Reynolds to
except a face- (and job-) saving the skinny bill doesn’t actually accomplish those goals. Only comprehensive plan, which both
way out. fix the broken system. It doesn’t comprehensive reform does. covers more people and actually Visit the Stoneage
But the politics of the skinny re-engineer the insurance The president knows this. The gives them a major (ETonline - Breaking News)
plan aren’t as simple as they market, so that anybody can get Democrats in Congress know accomplishment. Submitted at 2/25/2010 3:02:00 AM
might seem. It would give the insurance regardless of pre- this. And they have the power to At this point, health-care reform
administration an existing condition; it doesn’t act on it. The only question is either passes or it dies. Yabba-Dabba-Doo! Nicolas
accomplishment, yes, but strengthen requirements on whether they will. Democrats are all in on this one. Cage and Ryan Reynolds are
nobody would mistake it for existing coverage, so that the Update: A senior administration They know it, Republicans know turning the clock back to
"success." It’s also not clear--to insured can be safe in the official got back to me just after it, and maybe more importantly, prehistoric times.
me, anyway--that the political knowledge that they’ll be the article posted initially; I've they know the Republicans The two will voice computer-
optics are so appealing. protected if they get sick; and it now added the quote. Also, Ezra know it. Letting health-care generated cavemen in 'The
Republicans have been known to doesn’t make as much progress Klein has some even stronger reform fail is indistinguishable Croods,' according to Variety. In
demagogue expansions of towards cost control, which (and compelling) warnings from conceding the 2010 the animated comedy, Crug
Medicaid and S-CHIP, after all; means neither individuals nor against the fallback plans: election. There's no real fallback (Cage) and his family fall victim
financing them with reductions employers nor the government ...there's no political upside in plan. If Democrats fall back, to an earthquake. This forces
to Medicare Advantage plans will get relief from the huge starting over. The right will still they fall. them to hesitantly navigate a
will, undoubtedly, produce the financial burden health care cry "death panels!" and let loose Five Filters featured article: world that is unfamiliar to them.
exact same attacks the costs are placing on them. the dogs of tea, and the left will Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: Along their journey, they bump
comprehensive bill already has However opaque the campaign savage them for failing to pass PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, into a nomadic character, played
(and for which most Democrats for health care reform has health-care reform despite Term Extraction. by Reynolds. His somewhat
have already voted). It's easy to seemed, it really does come controlling the second-largest modern way of life sparks the
imagine negotiations dragging down to those three goals: congressional majority since the interest of Clug's family, his
out, which is the last thing Making sure that everybody has 70s. There's a policy argument oldest daughter in particular.
Democrats need right now. And insurance, making sure the here in that a fallback plan will According to Variety, 'The
that's to say nothing about the coverage is good, and making cover more people than no plan Croods' will be in theaters on
broader impact on Obama's sure, over time, that health care will cover, but if covering March 30, 2012 in 3D.
ability to drive an agenda. costs less. The fallback options, people is what the Democrats
A study by Burson-Marsteller
finds that 79 percent of the
largest 100 companies in the
Fortune Global 500 index are
using social media tools.
At first glance, this may seem
significant. But a closer look
shows that Fortune 100
companies are showing interest
but nothing to prove that social
media tools are gaining
significant corporate acceptance.
Here's a copy of the full report
and an accompanying power
point presentation. The fact that the Fortune 100 do The report says that Deutsche supporting multiple accounts. to see product videos.
But it is early in the game and not leverage multiple tools is a Telekom uses Twitter for This is perhaps most Connecting YouTube with
these are results show that social sign of how consumer-based announcements while encouraging: customer Twitter, Facebook and a blog
media tools are making credible social media tools are not fully Volkswagen uses it to RT and engagement is beginning to be can make for a potent
gains. understood or leveraged for Home Depot for customer more widespread across product combination if all are updated on
Sponsor maximum benefit. It's also service. Conclusion? Fortune groups. Facebook a regular basis.
The services of choice? No evident of just how much of an 100 companies are still Facebook shows some of the Blogs
surprise: Twitter, Facebook, opportunity big companies have searching for the best way to use most promise. Most of the Fifty-percent of the Fortune 100
YouTube and blog platforms. in using the social Web if they Twitter. But just posting Fortune 100 companies have companies from the Asia Pacific
Twitter is number one, followed use it to its full extent. announcements seems pretty tens of thousands of users. have blogs. Burson-Marsteller
by Facebook, YouTube and Companies that extend to sterile. Perhaps the strongest sing of says Asian companies prefer
corporate blogs. The study found multiple media networks still From the white paper:"Leaders acceptance is in the number of blogging due to the control they
that 65 percent of the largest 100 have a chance to get ahead of of the pack on the Fortune corporate product groups that can have over the
international companies have competitors. Global 100 are Sony's use Facebook. Companies like conversation."Only 11% of
active accounts on Twitter, 54 The frequency of posts SonyPlayStation with well over Sony have multiple fan pages. active U.S. company blogs had
percent have a Facebook fan illustrates that companies are 115,000 followers and YouTube posts in the past three months as
page, 50 percent have a posting but not nearly as often as SonyPictures who is followed by YouTube is used mostly by compared to 83% of European
YouTube channel, and one-third they could. almost 50,000 people and U.S. companies. Entertainment, blogs and 77% of Asia-Pacific
(33 percent) have corporate Let's take a quick look at some following over 6,000 Twitterers electronics and auto companies blogs. The U.S. blogs also had
blogs. Only 20 percent of the of the findings for Twitter, themselves." are the most likely to have fewer blog posts."
major international companies Facebook, YouTube and Burson-Marsteller also states YouTube channels. Viewership
are utilizing all four platforms to corporate blogs: Twitter that Fortune 100 companies are shows promise. Consumers want ARE page 44
engage with stakeholders.
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strategy on cloud computing service to internal customers As ReadWriteWeb's Richard it is deployed. The Cloud is
along with two industry experts, using Internet technologies. MacManus reported in 2006, Mainstream
Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels a cloud would have fixed Private-Cloud-In-a-Box 3Tera is a company to watch: As self-reported by the 3Tera
and Gartner's VP of research, capacity (no elasticity) and Oracle used concept videos "3Tera strikes me as a company team in their blog, this
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true clouds. True clouds, he 2008 and late 2009 to include any detailed plans for the future agreement for CA to purchase manage cloud infrastructure
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Submitted at 2/25/2010 4:05:00 AM season's bachelorettes to find out When asked, Ali told ET it was the cloud. This is an important becoming essential to the
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Bachelor: On the Wings of Love bachelorettes, Ali Fedotowsky is that caused her to leave Jake c l o u d - b a s e d a p p l i c a t i o n
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Submitted at 2/25/2010 9:40:00 AM helps distinguish the pattern you can, please donate to the full
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An 2004 Apple patent app that system. As should be continue developing it.• About
was recently filed for appreciated, simple shapes are Flickr
continuation describes a more easily counterfeited and Flickr is a revolution in photo
touchscreen iMac that thus complex shape may be storage, sharing and
recognizes shapes, allowing you desired. For example, a large organization, making photo
to interact with your computer as circle may be relatively easy to management an easy, natural
you might a toddler's geometric counterfeit, whereas a complex and collaborative process. Get
puzzle. series of dots may harder to comments, notes, and tags on
So, you could unlock your counterfeit. your photos, post to any blog,
computer by holding up an While at first the idea certainly share and more!
appropriately shaped key. Or, sounds clever, the simple fact Five Filters featured article:
well, Apple can explain it it full: that car keys are a lot easier to Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools:
The pattern 122 may be any lose than computer passwords is PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS,
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complex. Some examples of performed. For example, the signet pattern may include an excitement over such a
patterns include circles, squares, pattern may be in the form of a alignment mark for helping possibility.
triangles, dots, dashes, coat of conventional key for actions determine the orientation of the But holding up a light bulb to
arms, logos, symbols, text and associated with gaining access to signet pattern relative to the turn on my computer? I'm all
the like. Other examples include restricted areas, or in the form of touch screen, i.e., helps the over that. [ US Patent Office via
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Tim Stevens (Engadget) perhaps no surprise that high- their PIN via SMS or a simple
efficiency PSUs trump older, phone call to open the door. well. The company's updated its
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praises of the company’s current browsing, email and photo further, owing to the high comments regarding AT&T. He
number of great ideas they have You might suspect that Andrea
offerings, and gave highest viewing capabilities, and he mainly discussed the advantages
coming from the elite staff they Peyser, the New York Post's
praise to the yet to be released went after netbooks, too: of a single carrier model, citing
hire. He also reminded investors hardcore pornography critic,
iPad, a device for which the The netbook is not an simplicity and the ability to
about the pricing strategy Apple would be totally gay for hot
company obviously has very experience people are going to work together in close
took with the iPad, saying “we sexxxy "Fire women," kicking in
high expectations. But he also continue wanting to have. When partnership to introduce
didn’t want to leave a pricing doors of burning buildings in
took time to frame one of the they play with the iPad and innovative new features. He also
umbrella for competition, so we their blazing hot fire gear, with
company’s weakest sellers in a experience the magic of using added that while Apple has seen
got very aggressive on this.” sweat pouring off their chiseled
fairly dismissive light. it… I have a hard time believing more sales and higher profits in
Cook also said he wasn’t afraid abdominal muscles, covered
Cook called Apple TV “a they’re going to go for a all the markets where multiple
of the iPad cannibalizing sales of only by a sheer layer of fire
hobby” owing to its low sales netbook. carriers have been introduced,
its other products. That point I retardant gel. But no—"if I were
numbers when compared to the I suppose when asked how your that won’t necessarily be the
agree with, though I would be to be caught in a fire, I'd feel a
Mac line. He did, however, state new product, which occupies an case every time. Brave words
very afraid of the opposite being lot safer in the arms of a 6-foot
that Apple would continue to entirely new category, is going considering there’s no data to
true. It seems to me that a lot of man than those of a 5-foot girl."
invest money into its hobby, if to compete with a tried and back them up. Cook’s defense of
potential iPad owners would This is the topic of Andrea
only because “our gut tells us tested strong seller, “magic” is the much-derided AT&T was
probably be better suited by an Peyser's popular newspaper
there’s something there.” While as good an answer as any. But definitely the low point of the
iPhone/iPod touch or a column today, which is
being dismissive about a weak Cook emphasized the company’s talk, and struck me as fairly
computer. The iPad could do illustrated with a photo of a
seller is a good strategy when confidence in the product by hollow overall.
more to help people choose a typical fire lady in typical fire
talking to investors, I can’t pointing out how focused it
lane than encourage them to gear, a sports bra. [ NYP]
imagine the comments made do manages to keep its product line,
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youth in the Montreal Forum, 7:31 pm | Pregame | by Ian great because you know the in Markov and Gonchar but after way things have started. But the
where we'd cheer good plays by Johnson game is about to begin. Teams that it drops off sharply and Russian pop group rehearsing its
the opponents and toast the Marc is sporting about five are on the ice. One minute to go. they're playing guys who songs for tonight's gig here is
Habs' goals with maple-syrup pounds of gel in his hair, while 7:37 pm | Pregame | by Reed wouldn't make Team Canada or totally bringing it. The show
cocktails. I think some people Darren is bald. The varying fates Albergotti Team USA. Meanwhile, the must go on.
here have been drinking beer, of ex-goalies... Itâs so loud I canât hear myself Canadian defense is pounding 7:54 pm | 1st period, 1-0
although fortunately it's Molson 7:32 pm | Pregame | by Reed blog. the Russian forwards and Canada | by Reed Albergotti
Canadian, which is so watery Albergotti 7:38 pm | Pregame | by Adam moving the puck out efficiently. 12 minutes to go in the first and
and so expensive you'd need to Marc's euro-trash hoodies will Thompson Still very early to make any big Canadaâs defenseman Brent
be a Russian billionaire to get be auctioned off for charity later, Journalistic first: I have never, generalizations about the game, Seabrook heads to the box for
drunk on it. Maybe Alexander I hear. ever, ever sat in a lounge however. interference. Russia on the
Medvedev from the KHL is in 7:35 pm | Pregame | by Adam dedicated to a Russian railroad 7:43 pm | 1st period, 1-0 power play.
the audience? Thompson with a curling team, male or Canada | by Reed Albergotti 7:55 pm | 1st period, 1-0
7:25 pm | Pregame | by Adam My bad -- that was a replay of female. You donât really have to even Canada | by Reed Albergotti
Thompson the curling. I'm now sitting with 7:39 pm | 1st period, 0-0 | by watch the game. You know Alexi Morozov whiffed on a
Just for the record, the fabulous the Russian women's curling Ian Johnson exactly whatâs going on by just nice opportunity to one-time one
Canadian women's curling team team. No joke. I don't think I've been in a listening to the crowd, which past Luongo.
is up big on the Russians. No 7:36 pm | Pregame | by Reed louder hockey arena. It is truly reacts to every tiny move of the 7:56 pm | 1st period, 1-0
one here reacted. Albergotti deafeaing. And they're off. puck with the oohs and ahhs you Canada | by Ian Johnson
7:30 pm | Pregame | by Ian Loud cheers from the crowd 7:39 pm | 1st period, 0-0 | by expect from 4th of July Russians have Kovalchuk and
Johnson here after they show video of Ian Johnson fireworks displays. Gonchar on the point in the
The jumbotron is showing the Canada winning in speed Minute and a half in and a big 7:48 pm | 1st period, 1-0 power play -- big shooters. Bu
Good Olde Dayse of Canadiane skating. Why does Canada's flurry by Canada. Toews ripped Canada | by Reed Albergotti their second unit is less
Hockey -- 2002, when the speed skating team race in it wide, or did Nabokov get a Ovechkin looks a little slow. impressive: top-flight Andrei
Canadians beat Team USA for pleather? Did someone show up piece of it? Seems like heâs trying to get Markov but also Ilya Nikulin
gold. Ooops, now it's showing to wind tunnel testing after 7:41 pm | 1st period, 1-0 checked really hard or get his who plays in the KHL. They
the Russians winning at the staying out all night clubbing Canada | by Reed Albergotti nose broken â- that sort of thing can't set up and the penalty is
world championships recently. and realize it was aerodynamic? 17:39 in the 1st period â- usually wakes him up a little. over.
Nine minutes until the puck is 7:36 pm | Pregame | by Reed Canadaâs Ryan Getzlaf scores Heâs munching on rocks on the 7:56 pm | 1st period, 1-0
dropped. The atmosphere is Albergotti on a pass from Dan Boyle. bench right now. Canada | by Adam Thompson
tenser than a Timbit. I am so close to the action right Canada up 1-0. 7:49 pm | 1st period, 1-0 A few tepid tries at Sochi World
7:31 pm | Pregame | by Reed now I can literally see all the 7:42 pm | 1st period, 1-0 Canada | by Reed Albergotti to clap along to the arena feed of
Albergotti gaps in Ovechkinâs mouth. Canada | by Adam Thompson I just thought of a good chant Hendrix, but it doesn't take.
I feel bad for people watching 7:37 pm | Pregame | by Ian Crickets chirping at Sochi for the Canadians, based on 7:57 pm | 1st period, 1-0
this on TV, because they don't Johnson World, except for one guy who some things I learned at the Canada | by Reed Albergotti
get to see the brilliant jumbotron One of my favorite parts of the belatedly realized that the other Super Bowl: âWho, eh? Who Instead of playing on the point,
interviews by former NHL Olympics is the uplifting theme guys in red scored, not his. thinks they can beat Team Ovechkin stations himself in
goaltender Marc Denis, who is song/video clip they show just 7:43 pm | 1st period, 1-0 Canada, eh?â If you say it in front of the net -â still attempting
interviewing another former before the hockey games (and at Canada | by Ian Johnson kind of a nerdy voice, it sounds to get his nose broken. Heâs on
goalie, CTV analyst Darren the start of other competitions? Everyone talks about Ovechkin cool and intimidating. the bench again now, eating part
Pang, right now. Marc translates I'm not sure.) You have these and Malkin but that goal showed 7:52 pm | 1st period, 1-0 of a hockey stick for a light
every interview into French for stunning shots of Vancouver, the weakness in the Russian Canada | by Adam Thompson snack.
the five non-English speaking athletes from around the world defense. They've got two Not a lot of noise from the OLYMPIC page 63
Canadians in attendance. competing and so on. It's also excellent offensive defensemen curlers, who seem tense from the
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7:57 pm | 1st period, 1-0 only the first period. room wall and cancelled practice sliding save. players. Every person in here
Canada | by Ian Johnson 8:02 pm | 1st period, 3-0 because there really wasnât 8:12 pm | 1st period, 4-1 was yelling at the top of their
Break in the play with 9:54 to Canada | by Adam Thompson âanything they needed to do but Canada | by Ian Johnson lungs cheering on Team Canada.
go. Russia got a lot of shot on After the third goal we've read that article.â So far, so Russia's defense seems 8:27 pm | 2nd period, 4-1
that power play. Luongo seemed reached the Yelling at the TVs good. completely overwhelmed. The Canada | by Reed Albergotti
to have seen most of them. He's stage at Sochi House. The TVs 8:05 pm | 1st period, 3-1 Getzlaf line stayed out there and Number eight, Ovechkin, comes
solid but hasn't had to be just stare back in cold silence. Canada | by Adam Thompson Morrow just walked it out of the out onto the ice to start the
spectacular. 8:03 pm | 1st period, 3-0 Kalinin's one of their KHL corner and roofed it over second period, stuffed after
7:58 pm | 1st period, 1-0 Canada | by Ian Johnson players. Nabokov. Not a great effort by eating an entire live chicken
Canada | by Ian Johnson How do you say "rout" in 8:07 pm | 1st period, 3-1 Nabokov either. 1:40 left in the between periods. Malkin lines
Crosby drew a penalty with a Russian? Now, it's too early yet Canada | by Adam Thompson 1st and it's 4-1. up at center and Alexander
brilliant rush up the rink. Cut in but the Russians have just called Chants of "shaiboo" erupt. 8:13 pm | 1st period, 4-1 Semin on right wing.
on Nabokov and was hauled a timeout after that last goal by Loosely translated (and spelled) Canada | by Adam Thompson 8:30 pm | 2nd period, 4-1
down by Anton Volchenkov at Nash. Nash started the it means "get a goal." Let's as a group agree not to say Canada | by Adam Thompson
9:34. tournament playing with Crosby 8:10 pm | 1st period, 4-1 the Canadians are making Just talked to Ekaterina Galkina,
7:59 pm | 1st period, 1-0 but it didn't seem to work. With Canada | by Reed Albergotti Evgeni Nabokov look like the 21-year-old lead on the
Canada | by Adam Thompson these guys he seems to have 1:42 left in the first: Canadaâs Vladimir in net. Russian curling team. She says
You get the sense that if you found his grove. like âuh uh,â and Brenden 8:14 pm | End of 1st period, 4-1 her countrymen need to do better
shot Ovechkin it would really Russia's not out of it yet, by any Morrow sneaks one by Nabokov Canada | by Ian Johnson in their own end. It may be in
annoy him. means. They're pressing and on the behind-the-net Tell you what, whoever faces the wee hours in Moscow, but
7:59 pm | 1st period, 1-0 with their firepower it's still wraparound to make it 4-1 one of these teams after tonight she's sure everyone's awake and
Canada | by Ian Johnson wide open. Canada. is going to thank the loser. Both watching. More from Ekaterina
Half the power play is over and 8:04 pm | 1st period, 3-1 8:10 pm | 1st period, 4-1 are pounding the heck out of the later.
Canada almost scored. Set up Canada | by Reed Albergotti Canada | by Adam Thompson other. Great hockey but it has to 8:30 pm | 2nd period, 4-1
nicely and got some shots on net 5:21to go: Russia, pretending Uh-oh, 4-1. Russians not be wearing. More hitting and Canada | by Reed Albergotti
but nothing yet. Nabokov hasn't they still have a chance, gets one practicing the tao of shaiboo. pressure in the Russian end and The crowd is comparatively
had to make many saves because past a screened Roberto Luongo. 8:11 pm | 1st period, 4-1 we're at the end of the first. subdued to start the second
a lot of the shots were blocked. Anton Kalinin with the sniper Canada | by Ian Johnson 8:14 pm | 1st intermission, 4-1 period. Tough to drum up the
8:00 pm | 1st period, 2-0 wrist shot from the point. Russia With 3:32 left Doughty just Canada | by Ian Johnson same fervor when your team is
Canada | by Reed Albergotti makes it 3-1 Canada. showed why Steve Yzerman put Shots on goal: Canada 21, up 4-1 and you just had a chili
7:51 left: Canadaâs Dan Boyle 8:04 pm | 1st period, 3-1 him on the team. The Crosby Russia 12. cheese dog and a beer.
scores on the power play â- right Canada | by Adam Thompson line had good pressure down 8:18 pm | 1st intermission, 4-1 8:32 pm | 2nd period, 5-1
through Evgeni Nabokovâs five- And the curlers go wild! They low, sent it back to Doughty, Canada | by Reed Albergotti Canada | by Reed Albergotti
hole. Assisted by Dany Heatley chant, "Rus-ee-ya" and scream. who did a little spinerama At the end of the first period, 16:50 left: Canada scores
and Patrick Marleau. And the musical rehearsal has around his checker and drove in Canada leads 4-1 and has made another one after the Russians
8:01 pm | 1st period, 3-0 shifted in tone drom melancholy to the net. No goal but good Russia look like a team of get caught basically cherry-
Canada | by Reed Albergotti sax solo to a more upbeat pressure. Of course it was also pickup hockey players who all picking on their breakout. Corey
7:05 left: Canada comes right number. pretty risky -- if he'd have been want to score, but donât want to Perry with the goal, Ryan
back down the ice and scores. 8:05 pm | 1st period, 3-1 stripped of the puck it could play as a team. Itâs kind of the Getzlaf with the first assist.
Rick Nash with the pass from Canada | by Reed Albergotti have been an odd-man rush.... opposite of the old Soviet teams 8:33 pm | 2nd period, 5-1
Jonathan Toews on a two-on- Team Canada head coach Mike 8:12 pm | 1st period, 4-1 that used to control the puck and Canada | by Reed Albergotti
one that would make any Babcock said before the game Canada | by Ian Johnson weave up and down the ice as a On that goal, the Russians were
defenseman weep. Itâs 3-0 that he taped my âOvechkin: A Tic-tac-no. Getzlaf to Perry to single unit. The fans might need OLYMPIC page 64
Canada. Game. Over. And itâs Survival Guideâ to the locker Morrow to...Nabokov in a more of a breather than the
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trying an uber-aggressive basically stopped any semblance predicted this score? No one could've foreseen this instead?
breakout, hanging two or three of a game plan and is just 8:45 pm | 2nd period, 7-2 game -- I actually thought the 8:56 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
people all the way down on playing offense, hoping for a Canada | by Ian Johnson Russians would win. But Canada | by Ian Johnson
Canada's blue line. When the flurry of goals. This could get After a commercial break at looking back at their win over After that bizarre exchange of
pass from Russia's defense didn't very ugly. 13:13, the game is back on. The the Czechs, there were signs. goals, the game is back to a fast-
get there, Canada had a three-on- 8:41 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 Russians are taking more time Long stretches of lethargic play tempo, end-to-end affair. Russia
one. Canada | by Ian Johnson breaking out and seem more in that one. is pressing mightily but
8:34 pm | 2nd period, 5-1 I know it sounds ridiculous, but calm and collected. They're not 8:50 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 whenever Canada breaks out you
Canada | by Adam Thompson with Russia's firepower it's still rolling over. Canada | by Reed Albergotti get the feeling that the Russian
Palms slapping foreheads in possible for a comeback. Russia 8:45 pm | 2nd period, 7-2 When Russia actually crowds defense will not be organized
Sochi World. The Canadian looks more possessed after Canada | by Ian Johnson the crease, theyâve had success and allow a scoring chance.
monster that slept through switching goalies to backup Ilya Ovechkin isn't backchecking at screening Luongo. That one 8:57 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
Switzerland and the U.S. is fully Bryzgalov and it's 6-2 with 13 all. He's just hanging around the looked like it bounced off Canada | by Reed Albergotti
awake now. Yowza. minutes to play in the second. A blue line and red line waiting for Canadaâs Shea Weber to go in. Hey Ovie, if you're going to
8:35 pm | 2nd period, 6-1 goal or two this period and then a break-out pass. It's 8:51 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 cherry-pick on the blue line, try
Canada | by Reed Albergotti it's a game. Unless of course the understandable given the gap Canada | by Ian Johnson to handle the pass when you get
15:53 in the 2nd: Canada has Russian defense doesn't tighten and the need for a goal, but 8:33 to go and a chance for it. Otherwise, you bring shame
essentially embarrassed Russia up. risky. Russia. Joe Thornton serves for on all of Mother Russia.
with another goal. Shea Weber 8:42 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 8:46 pm | 2nd period, 7-2 a dumbo penalty by Canada: too 8:57 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
rifled a slap shot past Evgeni Canada | by Adam Thompson Canada | by Adam Thompson many men on the ice. Canada | by Reed Albergotti
Nabokov, who's essentially Wonder if Ted Leonsis is And here's the really bad news: 8:52 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 One more goal for Canada and
being hung out to dry by quietly smiling that his big we're only halfway done. And Canada | by Ian Johnson Canada Hockey Place is going to
Russia's non-existent defense. bopper in Washington is going that can only mean one thing: And just like that it's 7-3, with have to send someone to the
8:36 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 to get some extra rest. more curling anecdotes. Gonchar scoring on what looked store get more vodka.
Canada | by Reed Albergotti 8:43 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 8:48 pm | 2nd period, 7-2 like a screened Luongo. Assist to 8:59 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
15:14 in the 2nd: And itâs Canada | by Adam Thompson Canada | by Ian Johnson Malkin. Four-goal game. Not the Canada | by Adam Thompson
officially a pickup game now, Also -- how awkward is that Hasta la vista. 10:09 and Perry prettiest game of the tournament. That's true. It would get in the
with Russiaâs Maxim first day back in the Penguins scores his second of the night 8:53 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 way of the feature on brave
Afinogenov carrying it into the locker room going to be between with assists to fellow Anaheim Canada | by Reed Albergotti American athlete who bounced
zone by himself and putting one Crosby and Malkin? Duck Ryan Getzlaf and Carolina 6:50 left: Russia's Konstantin back from the pain of his great
past Luongo to make it 6-2 8:43 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 Hurricane Eric Staal. The Korneyev called for interference. uncle getting hit by lightning.
Canada. Canada | by Reed Albergotti Russians are trying to do too Canada's on a power play. 9:00 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
8:37 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 Ovechkin is taking long shifts much -- get all the goal back at 8:54 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 Canada | by Reed Albergotti
Canada | by Adam Thompson now, essentially looking for a once. So it allows these counter- Canada | by Adam Thompson 45.7 seconds left in the second
And the curlers are leaving. chance to take a shot and not punches. If we were NBC, we'd switch and Duncan Keith of Canada is
Good thing most of the Russian worrying too much about 8:49 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 away from the game and start called for tripping. And yeah, he
players are going back to places playing back. At this point, what Canada | by Reed Albergotti talking about the time we rode tripped that Russian dude pretty
like Phoenix. I think if they had else is there to do? 8:20 left in the 2nd: Sergei on a seaplane. bad.
to return to Moscow, their 8:44 pm | 2nd period, 7-2 Gonchar of Russia slices it past 8:55 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 9:01 pm | 2nd period, 7-3
federation would make them go Canada | by Reed Albergotti Luongo with a slap shot from Canada | by Reed Albergotti Canada | by Reed Albergotti
by foot. 10:09 â On another two-on-one, the point for a goal to make it 7- If we were NBC, we'd never 3.9 seconds left: you're on the
8:38 pm | 2nd period, 6-2 Canadaâs Corey Perry scores on 3 Canada. have this on in the first place. power play, puck's being
Canada | by Reed Albergotti the pass from Eric Staal, making 8:49 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 Isn't there a high-school dance or OLYMPIC page 65
This is fun to watch. Russia has it 7-2 Canada. Who could have Canada | by Adam Thompson something they could televise
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dropped in Canada's zone. Pull defenseman but the Canadian 9:24 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 The jumbo-mumbo thingamajig 9:35 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
the goalie? brass figured they wanted more Canada | by Ian Johnson at center ice that dominates our Canada | by Ian Johnson
9:01 pm | 2nd period, 7-3 pairings, like Chicago's Duncan Two minutes in and Eric Staal experience here at the arena is But seriously, I'm not sure I buy
Canada | by Adam Thompson Keith and Brent Seabrook. is injured racing in to grab a showing the goals and Nabokov Ovechkin being such a physical
I'm so bummed for the 9:09 pm | 2nd intermission, 7-3 loose puck. He was in a foot race really looked weak on several of player. He makes spectacular
Russians. I don't have a horse in Canada | by Ian Johnson with Anton Volchenkov, a shut- them. He's been a good regular- hits when he sees someone
this race, but you never want to As we continue in the second- down defenseman with the season goalie for the Sharks but vulnerable -- like Jagr a few
see a team go out like this. If I period break, you have to think Ottaawa Senators. It seemed like hasn't won much in the playoffs games ago. But a truly physical
could, I'd buy the entire country it'll be tough for Russia. If they'd Volchenkov hit Staal but it was and looked like he basically player doesn't headhunt. He is a
a shot. Hell, make it a double. scored on that power play, it fair and Staal slammed into the choked. thrilling player but when he's
9:02 pm | End od 2nd period, 7- would have been only a three- boards. He got up under his own 9:30 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 off, he's invisible.
3 Canada | by Reed Albergotti goal game and a quick strike at power and is on the bench. Canada | by Ian Johnson 9:36 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
Canada is up 7-3 going into the the start of the third would have That's good for Canada because Lackluster power play by Canada | by Adam Thompson
third period, and the mighty put them in position for a he's been a big help to Sidney Canada and Russia is at full Counterpoint on Ovechkin: I
Russian Federation has been comeback. Now, it's still a four- Crosby as his winger. strength. They're more interested know he hasn't done it alone, but
reduced to a group of kids goal game and barring a 9:25 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 in hammering the Russians how quickly have the Caps risen
playing pond hockey. Ovechkin complete meltdown, I can't see Canada | by Ian Johnson physically, it looks like. since he landed in the District?
looks like he's bored and wants Russia scoring four times in the 17:59 to go and Russia does get 9:31 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 9:39 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
to go home. Hmmm, maybe third. But stranger things have a penalty, but to Gonchar for Canada | by Adam Thompson Canada | by Adam Thompson
someone did poison his food. happened in ice hockey... hooking. Unless they score short This is death. With under 12 Now it looks like Ovechkin
9:05 pm | 2nd intermission, 7-3 9:17 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 -handed, that eats another two minutes left, you'd have to think may have hurt his hand during
Canada | by Editor Canada | by Adam Thompson minutes off the clock. the cavalry would've come by garbage time. Leonsis no longer
While we're between periods, A lot of long faces at Sochi 9:25 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 now for the Russians if it were smiling.
enjoy our live blog of the U.S.'s World. An observer just got a Canada | by Ian Johnson coming at all. 9:40 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
2-0 win over Switzerland. text from Russia, where it's Payback time: Jarome Iginla, 9:34 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 Canada | by Ian Johnson
9:07 pm | 2nd intermission, 7-3 about 5 a.m. I asked her what it after hitting the post during the Canada | by Ian Johnson He's a great, player, don't get
Canada | by Ian Johnson said. She pointed both index power play, slams Volchenkov Some hockey writers have me wrong. But a winger can
Here's a non-definitive factoid: fingers at her temples and said, into the boards. Ouch. No accused the Canadians of only do so much. You build a
Russia's 23 players are from 18 "They want to shoot penalty. playing too physically and winning team from the goal out,
different teams, while Canada's themselves." 9:26 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 finishing their checks too much. to the defense and through
are from 14. That's allowed 9:19 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 Canada | by Ian Johnson But the upside is on display. center. You don't build from the
Canada to build complete lines Canada | by Ian Johnson 16 minutes left in the third and a Pavel Datsyuk was hammered a wings.
and defense pairings, improving And we're starting the third good penalty kill by Russia. minute ago while trying to make 9:42 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
cohesion -- a big problem for period with Russia still on the Bryzgalov looked sharp on a few a play, coughed up the puck and Canada | by Ian Johnson
Russia tonight. I think it reflects power play. So far Canada has shots (except Iginla's post). Canada was back on the attack. I Here's extending a hand to the
the fact that Canada has more had two easy clears with 30 9:27 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 don't think it's for nothing that ice-dancing folks: time out and
depth at various positions, so the seconds left in the penalty. Canada | by Adam Thompson coaches have said over the the jumbotron shows Canada's
management could forego a 9:19 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 Another too many men on the decades that you play the man, gold-medalists in ice dancing to
player at one position for Canada | by Ian Johnson ice penalty? The Russians have not the puck and so on. roars of approval. See, we
another who had a linemate the Teams are at full strength with to feel like there have been about 9:34 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 hockey fans can be nice to you
team wanted. That's why, for 18:36 left in the period. It's still nine Canadians on the ice since Canada | by Ian Johnson ice dancers.
example, the Capitals' Mike 7-3 for Canada so Russia's hope the first drop of the puck. Canadian fans are taunting 9:43 pm | 3rd period, 7-3
Green was left off -- he's only of a quick strike early on has 9:29 pm | 3rd period, 7-3 Ovechkin with "Ovie Ovie." OLYMPIC page 68
the league's top-scoring faded. Canada | by Ian Johnson This might just rile him up...
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As the Gallup trend suggests, 2007, and has fallen well below associated margins of error Gallup interviews approximately
the souring of consumer 0, the neutral Index point, for the around a mail panel survey of its 1,000 national adults, aged 18
attitudes that The Conference past two years. However, the -27 kind, the current reading is and older, each day. The Gallup
Board detected with its early figure for Feb. 15-21 is not essentially the same as the Economic Index is based on
February reading most likely set much different from the values October (48.7) and July 2009 random half-samples of
in around mid-January. The Gallup recorded in the last (47.4) readings. approximately 500 national
February finding looks quarter of 2009. Bottom Line adults, aged 18 and older, each
particularly dramatic in When one focuses just on On the whole, American day. Weekly results are based on
comparison with the slightly Gallup's Economic Confidence consumers are more negative telephone interviews with
elevated level of consumer Index for the first full week of than positive about the U.S. approximately 3,500 adults. For
confidence that The Conference each month (the week most economy -- both in their these results, one can say with
Board found in early January. comparable to The Conference assessments of current 95% confidence that the
Gallup data, however, show that Board's field schedule), the conditions and their outlook for maximum margin of sampling
current confidence levels are results tend to track The whether things are improving or error is ±2 percentage points.
generally no more negative than Conference Board's monthly getting worse. While Americans Interviews are conducted with
they have been for much of the Consumer Confidence Index are now slightly more negative respondents on land-line
last six months. (This insight has closely. Gallup's ability to than they were at the start of the telephones and cellular phones.
been widely available on monitor attitudes on a year, this shift occurred roughly In addition to sampling error,
Gallup.com in near-"real time," continuous basis throughout the five weeks ago, in mid-January. question wording and practical
both on a weekly basis and in month, however, provides a Since then, Gallup's Daily difficulties in conducting
Gallup's daily reporting of much more complete tracking shows that consumer surveys can introduce error or
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averages. consumers are feeling about the stable. opinion polls.
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the year. Gallup's Economic technically the lowest seen since 2008.
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gas sold and shipped in pipelines turbines in many areas generate relatively small company will decade and the enhancement make fuel from sunlight and
in the world comes from wells most of their power at night. have to run fast to stay ahead of represents both a step forward carbon dioxide. Maybe
deep in the ground, not landfills Storage: Advantage Bloom industrial giants or else face and a step back. Carbon dioxide discretion is the better part of
or manure digesters. again. Fuel cells are by their getting acquired. Solar and wind and water are byproducts of the valor here. Besides, if someone
Bloom's patents discuss very nature electricity storage have already gone through this gas-to-electricity reaction. By else, such as BioCee or Sun
converting the waste carbon devices. Power doesn't get made process. Solar and wind adding some additional Catalytix, can crack the carbon
dioxide into a methane-like fuel until gas gets released into the companies again can also license "plumbing" components, the fuel dioxide-to-fuel formula, Bloom
by running the carbon dioxide fuel cell stack. General Electric ideas and leverage partnerships. cell can capture the water, run it may be able to license it.
through the fuel cell and adding and others are trying to build Bloom right now is sort of on its through the fuel cell later and (Another highlight: Sridhar
water. It's a fascinating but sodium or lithium battery packs own. produce hydrogen. Hydrogen confirmed that zirconia, also
extremely challenging idea. to store power at wind and solar Manufacturing footprint: The could then be stored until needed called zirconium dioxide, is a
Effectively, that would be like fields but these are in the solar industry continues to work to power a car or provide key ingredient, confirming our
making energy from experimental stage. off a glut of excess factory electricity to a home. earlier review of the patents.)
Gerolsteiner bubbly mineral Sridhar also mentioned that in capacity. Bloom needs to build The water-to-hydrogen reaction There's an interesting
water and some power. In about ten years, Bloom will add its up. Solar, thus, wins for now, will require additional connection between Bloom and
today's press conference, Sridhar plumbing and other technology but for painful reasons. electricity. Bloom suggests that Hara, the carbon management
downplayed the carbon dioxide- to its servers so that the boxes Although Bloom has raised solar panels can provide this software company. Kleiner
to-fuel idea, which makes it can convert water into hydrogen around $400 million, it will need power. Although the fuel cell Perkins invested in both
sound like the idea might be on for more energy storage. Pulling to raise more to build up factory could do this reaction now, companies and both listed Coca-
the far back burner. Still, Bloom this off will require electricity capacity. As other companies Bloom isn't putting in the Cola as a signature client. In
represents a step forward from an outside source, have found, finding financing components because the market fact, Fortune 500 friends played
compared to power plants. preferably from solar panels. still remains tough. isn't ready, said Sridhar. So an integral part of the launches
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produce during the day and wind to face an array of competitors: and hydrogen, running them look for the big names at the
turbines are only active about 30 General Electric, Siemens, through the fuel cell and next Kleiner launch and cross-
percent of the time. Worse, wind Philips, Areva, you name it. The producing a methane-like fuel. check them with the rest of the
In other words, Bloom-at least portfolio.
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