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HP's Board Finally Wises Up And Tells The Whole
Story About Why It Sacked Mark Hurd
Henry Blodget (Business
Insider)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:28:33 PM
After months of being pummeled
for firing financially successful
CEO Mark Hurd, HP's board has
finally done what it should have
done at the beginning: Tell the
whole story.
The board didn't tell the story in a
press release (which would have
looked strange this far after the
fact--and might have violated a
confidentiality agreement with
Hurd). It told told it via the Wall
Street Journal, on background.
But all the missing details are
finally there.
(And given that the board has kept
the story secret until now, we
have little doubt that the WSJ
story was carefully coordinated
and placed. The only mystery is
why the board waited so long to
tell it.)
And what's the bottom line?
After an investigation into the
sexual harassment allegations
Jodie Fisher detailed against Mark
Hurd, the board no longer had
confidence that Hurd was being
straight with them. They couldn't
prove he was lying, but his story
shifted enough over the course of
the investigation that they no
longer believed his denials. And
so they canned him.
And under the same
circumstances, any competent
board would have done the same.
Believing that an employee is
lying to you, even when you can't
prove it, is more than enough
grounds for termination. Because
this particular employee had a
contract that presumably specified
that he could only be fired for
"cause," the board was
presumably (and justifiably)
worried that it would not be able
to prove the "cause" if the case
ever ended up in court. And that
explains Hurd's huge severance
payment.
The HP board did blow it here, in
several respects. But based on the
details in the WSJ, the errors
appear to have been in how the
board negotiated the severance
and communicated the reasons for
Hurd's termination rather than the
termination itself.
The one thing every employee
needs to do is maintain the trust
and support of the people he or
she works for. Mark Hurd failed
to do that. And for that he has
only himself to blame.
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Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:49:00 PM
Alleged Ponzi-schemer Allen
Stanford is still being held
without bail in a Texas jail while
awaiting trial.
Last October, he got beaten up by
some other inmates:
'I was on the telephone and some
of the other people in the cell
didn't like it,' he told a friend who
visited him, according to the
Sunday Times.
'They said something to me and
then two of them jumped me and
kept punching me and kicking me
in the head.
'I lost consciousness, but at one
time I came round and grabbed
one of them by the leg. That just
set them off a again'.
The guards burst into the cell and
shackled Stanford before taking
him to a hospital where he
underwent an operation while still
chained up.
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Technology a blessing, a curse for remote island (AP)
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BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. –
Muggs Bass doesn't own a
computer. She's pretty much dead
set against e-mail. Anyone who
calls her home on Michigan's
remote Beaver Island should be
prepared for a busy signal, if she's
on her land-line phone. She has
no cell.
"When you don't have it, you
don't miss it. That's what I say,"
says the spunky 70-year-old
grandmother, who's as
comfortable telling jokes at the
local pub as she is attending Mass
each morning.
Technology isn't really her thing.
So, it's a small miracle when Bass
drives, once a month, to her
island's rural health center to sit
down in front of a wide-screen
television. There, she and a
handful of other islanders connect
by video conference with a
similar group in Charlevoix,
Mich., a two-hour ferry ride to the
south and east.
They chat. They laugh. They cry
together.
All of them have, or have had,
cancer, Bass included. Hers
started with a lump in her breast
and has since metastasized to her
bones, making her cancer
treatable, but incurable, her
doctors tell her.
Her own grandmother died of the
same disease and went off the
island for occasional treatments,
as Bass does every few weeks.
But that grandmother could hardly
have imagined a day when
islanders talked openly about their
cancer, face-to-face with people in
a support group miles away.
It's just one of many ways
technology is making this rugged
place less remote than it once was
and, some would say, more
livable for more people.
It also gives islanders hope for
new jobs that could attract
residents to this island in northern
Lake Michigan where the year-
round population is about 650
people, give or take a few dozen.
"In the last few years, technology
has sprung," says Joe Moore, a
retired teacher who's known as
one of the geeks on the island
who helps keep computers
running.
Not that the change has come
quickly, or that technology always
works perfectly.
That's just how it is on an island
where a popular bumper sticker
reads "Slow Down! This Ain't
The Mainland." It's aimed at
anyone who's in too big a hurry,
including lead-footed tourists who
kick up dust on the many dirt
roads or who panic when cell
phone service drops.
That's life on wired — or at least,
semi-wired — Beaver Island.
___
So, where is Beaver Island,
anyway?
Some Michiganders would show
you by holding up their right
hands, palms up, and pointing just
above the tip of their ring fingers
— in other words, just off the far
northwest tip of the state's lower
peninsula. But that's if even
THEY know where it is.
While Michigan's Mackinac
Island is well known, Beaver
Island — much of its 54 square
miles covered in lush hardwood
forests, sand dunes or pristine
inland lakes — is not.
That's partly because it is more
difficult to get to, especially in the
off season. Ferry service runs
from Charlevoix, from April
through mid-December. Quick
flights in small propeller planes
are available year-round, weather
permitting. In winter, it's not
unusual for islanders to be
physically cut off from the
mainland, unless an emergency
sends the U.S. Coast Guard to
their rescue.
So when high-speed Internet
service became available to most
of the island last spring, this was
more than just a convenience. For
many, it was a godsend — even if
having the service simply meant
being able to shop online for just
about anything, to play an online
game or to watch a newly released
movie. For others, it meant being
able to stay on the island longer
because they had a more reliable
connection to do work.
Either way, the outside world
was even more readily available,
at least virtually.
Schoolchildren on the island
were ahead of this curve: The
main public school knew how
valuable it would be for them to
be technologically savvy,
especially when students headed
to college. In the last decade,
those students have been
encouraged to take language and
advanced-placement classes
online. Some in high school also
take college courses. They learn
how to download and evaluate
statistics using palmtop
computers.
Connie Boyle, a teacher at the
school, helped implement the
technology program. She had a
vested interest in it, partly because
she and her husband decided to
raise their daughter on the island
after moving here from Chicago
25 years ago.
"We were worried — 'How do
you bring up a kid on very tiny
Beaver Island?'" Boyle says. An
answer came when their daughter,
now a freshman at Michigan State
University, called recently about
her computer class.
"Mom, I don't get it," she said.
"I'm helping everybody here. We
did all this in high school."
___
Today's state-of-the-art Beaver
Island school is quite different
from the one Muggs Bass
attended. For her, books were the
only real window to the mainland,
especially in elementary school.
Like many who settled on Beaver
Island, her great-grandparents and
a grandmother had come from
Ireland, to farm, fish and find a
better life. Her own father was a
dairy farmer. Born Mary Margaret
but called "Muggs" as long as she
can remember, Bass went to a
small school across the field from
the family farmhouse.
Until her school combined with
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another in the island's main town,
St. James, she didn't even know
some of her own cousins on the
island. Other than a trip to the
doctor when she was a young
child, she didn't go to the
mainland of Michigan —
"across," as the islanders like to
say — until she visited an aunt in
Detroit when she was 12 years
old.
"It was big and noisy," she recalls.
She didn't mind that her family
didn't have a television until she
was a teenager. For a long time,
the closest thing she had to a
technological device was the
family radio, which she sat beside
with her father to listen to boxing
matches.
Her world was small in those
days. That's how she liked it.
But after she graduated from high
school, she left the island to find
work and she ended up living in
other parts of Michigan and then
Illinois, where she met her
husband. They then moved to
northern Indiana, where they
raised their son and his children
from a previous marriage.
Always, she longed to return to
the island one day.
___
It's not the kind of life that
appeals to just anyone.
Donna Kubic, a registered nurse
who heads the island's rural health
center, gets that. She tells the
story of a young woman who
came to the island to apply for a
job at the health center. The
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woman had planned to stay for a
week, but left after staying just
one night in a lakeside cottage.
It was too dark out there with no
street lights, she told Kubic. Too
solitary.
This is, indeed, a place where one
doesn't take modern convenience
for granted. There is one grocery
store, a couple of gas stations, a
handful of restaurants and bars
but no movie theater. There is no
full-time doctor on the island,
though two visit from the
mainland twice a month. Critical
patients are airlifted off the island,
by the Coast Guard if weather
shuts down other options.
As recently as two years ago, if
someone needed an X-ray, the
films had to be flown to the
Charlevoix hospital so a
radiologist there could read them.
Depending on weather, it could
take days.
Kubic knew there was a better
way. She persuaded the hospital
to help her apply for a grant that
recently helped her purchase
digital X-ray equipment for the
health center. Now images can be
transmitted in a matter of minutes.
Next came video conferencing,
connecting the island's nurse
practitioner and physician's
assistant to the mainland hospital's
emergency room. It's the same
technology that allows Bass and
the other islanders to take part in
the "Circle of Strength" cancer
support group.
"Without it, we'd be out here, in
the lake, without a lot of support,"
Kubic says. Eventually, she hopes
that primary care doctors and
specialists — even mental health
care providers — will be more
willing to offer their services to
islanders (though so far, she says,
they've been reluctant).
"I think it's just education, saying
the technology is there, getting the
docs used to it," she says.
___
When Muggs Bass moved back
to the island 12 years ago, she had
no idea that she'd soon be dealing
with a serious health issue.
A year after she'd been there, she
traveled to the mainland for her
annual mammogram, which
revealed cancerous tissue. She
had surgery to remove a breast.
"Then I went along fine for 10
years," she says, until she got a
cough she couldn't shake. One
morning, she got up and said to
her husband, "I need to go across,
to the doctor."
Her lung was filling with fluid.
The cancer had spread to her
bones.
So for the past 18 months, she
has traveled to the mainland every
six weeks for an infusion of a
drug that keeps her bones from
fracturing, and also takes a daily
pill to slow the cancer's growth.
The goal is to extend her life as
much as possible.
"I'm going to hold to this until I
reach something else," Bass
recently told her support group.
"And then I'll have to make
another decision."
The group in Charlevoix includes
an 80-year-old woman with lung
and colon cancer, as well as
younger mothers who've survived
breast cancer and those who are in
the thick of the battle. They talk
about infections and drainage
tubes, mammograms and
mastectomies. They somehow
manage to find humor in topics
such as constipation.
One of the moms, introduced to
the Beaver Island group through
video conference, thanked Bass
for sending her a card and a
prayer.
"I read it every day," the woman,
who has 11- and 16-year-old
children, told Bass. "I'm in it for
the long term fight. I'm prayin'
hard, too."
"That's what you do," Bass said,
as she grabbed a tissue to dab her
eyes.
Diane Gorkiewicz, who began
the Charlevoix "Circle of
Strength" six years ago, marvels
at the intimacy that has developed
so quickly between her group and
the islanders.
"The only thing you're missing are
all the hugs and stuff,"
Gorkiewicz told the islanders
during a recent video conference.
"And the food," Bass said, teasing
the Charlevoix group that they
need to share the treats they bring
to their meetings.
___
Joe and Phyllis Moore
understand the dynamic.
Earlier this year, the longtime
islanders were able to "attend"
their youngest granddaughter's
first birthday party via Skype.
Guests at the party in Washington
state sat at a computer to
introduce themselves. The Moores
saw the cake. They gave real-time
wishes to the birthday girl.
"Just thinking about it, it almost
brings tears to my eyes," Joe
Moore says.
It's not ideal, but the best they
can do — better than they
could've hoped for, really. The
hard reality is that the cost of
getting off the island can be
prohibitive.
Most islanders have to "wear
many hats" just to get by, Moore
says. In addition to his computer
work, he's one of the island
medics and also runs a local
website that provides video
footage of township meetings, as
well as the school's soccer and
volleyball games.
Phyllis Moore is now the
assistant librarian, but when she
moved back to the island after
college, she and Joe ran a
vacation lodge while he did his
student teaching.
"Like most graduates, I was going
to get off this rock and never look
back," says Phyllis Moore, now
62. "And look where I am now."
Many young people who live
here say technology — social
networking and their cell phones
included — make life on the
island better for them, too. But in
the end, they face the same
dilemma as everyone else: How
do you make a living here? And
what if there's really no place for
the kind of work you want to do?
Brontae Cole, a 17-year-old high
school senior, will be heading to
college next year and wants to
become a homicide detective.
"There's one cop here, two in the
summer if we get lucky," Cole
says. She grins. "And not a lot of
dead people."
Jewell Gillespie-Cushman, a 14-
year-old freshman, also wonders
where he'll land. His late
grandfather, an island icon for
whom he was named, was born on
Beaver Island and lived here his
entire life. Gillespie-Cushman
isn't sure he could do the same,
even with more contact with the
outside world than his grandpa
had.
"I'm still debating whether to stay
here, or move over there," he
says.
___
Like Muggs Bass, though, a
growing number of people want
to find a way ONTO Beaver
Island — many of them among
the thousands who visit each
summer and would like to make it
home. For many of them,
technology is the key.
Jeff Stone and his wife, Sarah
Rohner, were able to start
spending more time on the island
in 2006, when a satellite-based
service began offering an Internet
connection that was about two-
thirds as fast as the newest
service, and much faster than the
sluggish dial-up service that had
been the only option.
The satellite option enabled
Stone to quit his real estate job in
the Chicago area to start a website
design business that he and his
wife run from the island much of
the year, though not without some
initial glitches.
He recalls how snow from a huge
storm covered their satellite dish,
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and has a third trip planned next such policies, saying today's placed fresh linens on it. Sergi Benavent, a 22-year-old
BARCELONA, Spain – Pope year, an indication he sees this "aggressive" anti-church, secular The church, which was declared nursing student, said he joined the
Benedict XVI strongly defended once staunchly Roman Catholic movement in Spain was a basilica, is the masterwork of 'kiss-in' to show his opposition to
traditional families and the rights country as a battleground for the reminiscent of the 1930s, when Antoni Gaudi, a Barcelona those "who want to love in just
of the unborn Sunday, directly future of the faithful in Europe. the church suffered violent architect and staunch Catholic one way."
attacking Spanish laws that allow During his homily Sunday, persecution as the country lurched who dedicated his life to the "This is a peaceful demonstration
gay marriage, fast-track divorce Benedict noted that the church of from an unstable democracy to project but died in 1926, only a that there are more ways of
and easier access to abortions as the Sagrada Familia — a soaring, civil war. few years after it was begun. He is expressing one's love," he said.
he dedicated Barcelona's iconic A r t N o u v e a u b a s i l i c a w i t h Before boarding his flight back to on the path to possible sainthood. At a separate, feminist-inspired
basilica, the Sagrada Familia. sandcastle-like spires — was Italy on Sunday, Benedict met The light-filled basilica is awash demonstration, upwards of 500
It was the second time in as many initially conceived of as a temple with the king and queen at the in Christian symbolism and people marched behind banners
days that Benedict had criticized to the sacred family of its name, airport and then with Zapatero at a imagery; its planned 18 spires reading "The woman decides to
the policies of Spain's Socialist Jesus, Mary and Joseph. 10-minute, informal and low-key which pierce Barcelona's skyline be a mother" and "Condoms save,
government and called for Europe He railed against same-sex reunion in keeping with their represent the 12 apostles, the four the pope damns."
as a whole to rediscover Christian marriage and divorce, saying divergent views. evangelists, Mary and Jesus; the One of the organizers, Montse
teachings and apply them to f a m i l i e s a r e b u i l t o n t h e In his homily Sunday, Benedict basilica's three main exterior Cervara, said it was important to
everyday life. "indissoluble love of a man and a again called for the West to facades depict Christ's birth, death voice opposition, since the church
As he headed to the basilica, woman" who should be provided embrace God and shun secular and resurrection; the 52 palm is "against all the rights we have
about 200 gays and lesbians with financial and social benefits trends. He said the dedication of treelike columns inside represent fought to have recognized, like
staged a 'kiss-in' to protest his from governments. He criticized the Sagrada Familia church was the 52 Sundays of the year. the right to choose."
visit and church policies that policies allowing for abortions, of great importance "at a time in Benedict praised Gaudi for ___
c o n s i d e r h o m o s e x u a l a c t s saying "the life of children (must) which man claims to be able to integrating nature, scripture and Associated Press writers Joseph
"intrinsically disordered." Later, a b e d e f e n d e d a s s a c r e d a n d build his life without God, as if liturgy in his masterpiece in a way Wilson in Barcelona and Harold
few hundred women marched to inviolable from the moment of God had nothing to say to him." that overcame the distinction Heckle in Madrid contributed to
protest their second-class status in their conception." During the ritual-filled dedication between the temporal and the this report.
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Greek PM drops threat of early election (AP)

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cutting off their Internet service
just as they were about to launch
their site.
"We ended up going out in the
back yard and throwing snow
balls at the dish," he says. That
knocked off enough snow to get
the Internet working, and they
were back in business. But it's not
always that easy, or quick.
Laurel Vietzen, a college
professor, also from the Chicago
area, who now spends several
months a year on the island,
remembers a violent summer
thunderstorm two years ago that
left much of the island without
Internet and phones. "We had a
daughter at the University of Iowa
and we were hearing about
terrible flooding in Iowa City,"
she says. "It was three days before
we could reach her!"
Now that Internet service on the
island is more reliable, many
islanders say cell phone service is
the big hurdle. One mobile
provider's service works well
here, though only on the upper
third of the island — and outages
happen more frequently than most
would like.
Even those who reap the benefits
of technology feel torn, though.
They worry that it infringes on
one of the very things they love
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about the island — its inherent,
blissful peacefulness.
Technology is, at once, their
blessing and their curse.
On a summer night, it's not
unusual to see more than a dozen
people sitting outside the library's
memorial garden, on picnic tables
and in their cars, tapping into the
free wireless that's left on 24
hours a day.
At the same time, islanders and
summer residents alike regularly
complain about all the people who
now walk around the main streets
of St. James, staring at a smart
phone screen or iPad instead of
their beautiful surroundings.
"The technology is wonderful, but
... ," Phyllis Moore says. She
raises her eyebrows, noting how,
on a nice day, she isn't opposed to
kicking kids out of the library
after they reach their 30-minute
time limit on the computers there.
Meanwhile, it used to be the joke
that, by St. Patrick's Day, anyone
who lived here year round
couldn't stand the sight of anyone
else. In many ways,
communicating with the outside
world helps with that, but not
always.
"I don't think it's eliminated cabin
fever or getting at each other's
throats," Joe Moore says,
Apple's newest monitors are a bit
more universal than their old
Studio Displays, which combined
chuckling. "Sometimes, I think it
makes it worse because they can
communicate more and get on
each others' nerves even more."
___
Muggs Bass knows about the
squabbles and the way a rumor
can take on a life of its own,
computer or no computer. She
wasn't too happy, for instance,
when she heard that some
islanders were calling her cancer
"inoperable." She didn't like the
sound of it — wished they'd just
ask her directly.
But that was nothing, she says,
compared with the support she's
gotten from her tiny island
community.
"We joke. We kid. We take care
of each other," she says. "I can't
imagine living anyplace else."
When she got her latest
diagnosis, islanders organized a
"50/50 raffle" for her, where the
winner is supposed to take half
the donations. Instead, the winner
gave his portion to Bass, a
common outcome on Beaver
Island. All up, she received nearly
$9,000 to help with flights to the
mainland and other expenses
related to her illness.
"You talk about emotional," Bass
says, tearing up again.
She recalls sitting down after that
to pray and, as she might say,
have a chat with God.
"I thanked Him, and thanked Him,
and thanked Him. I was so
grateful that I was able to come
back and live here, and for
holding me up at this time in my
life," she says.
The support group and her new
friends on the mainland are part of
that.
For her, technology — at least
her little slice of it — has allowed
the best of both worlds.
___
Online:
Beaver Island site and webcams:
http://www.beaverisland.org
___
Martha Irvine is an Associated
Press national writer. She can be
reached at mirvine(at)ap.org
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Justin Timberlake was back in
front of the camera working on
Now in LA on Thursday night.
He's been looking serious on set
this week without the help of his
hot costars Matthew Bomer and
Alex Pettyfer, though he did
recently share the spotlight with
his leading lady Amanda
Seyfried. He switched to sci-fi
after spending the Summer
filming the romantic comedy,
Friends With Benefits, and we
just got our first look at the
hilarious trailer. The premise of
platonic friends who start sleeping
together rings similar to the
recently released preview for No
Strings Attached, which stars
Ashton Kutcher and Natalie
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Qantas extends A380 groundings over engine

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SYDNEY (AFP) – Qantas
extended the grounding of its fleet
of Airbus A380 superjumbos
Monday after uncovering "slight
anomalies" in some engines after
Qantas' impeccable safety record
-- the Australian flag-carrier has
never had a fatal jet crash in 90
years -- has come into question
after two engine explosions in as
many days.
On Thursday, a Qantas Airbus
A380 was forced to return to
operating in "days not weeks"
despite the latest findings.
"We are the only operator that has
grounded the aircraft. We take
safety unbelievably seriously and
as a consequence, we are taking
this action to ground the aircraft
and we will leave them on the
which started on Saturday, with
visiting "ambassador-at-large"
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a mid-air blow-out caused a major
scare last week.
Chief executive Alan Joyce said
rigorous testing had found leaking
oil in three of the Rolls-Royce
engines, pushing back the long-
haul planes' return to action by
some days.
"On three of the engines what we
found is slight anomalies -- oil
where oil shouldn't be on the
engines," Joyce told Australian
public broadcaster ABC.
"These are new engines on new
aircraft and they shouldn't have
these issues at this stage, so it's
given us indication of an area for
us to focus into.
"We are keeping an open mind on
it but... we think it could have
been a materials issue on the
engine or a design issue on the
engine."
Singapore for an emergency
landing after one of its four Rolls-
Royce Trent 900 engines
exploded just minutes into its
flight, showering an Indonesian
town with debris.
And on Friday, a Qantas Boeing
747 -- which was carrying the
A380's captain -- also had to turn
back to Singapore after another
model of Rolls-Royce engine also
failed in mid-air.
Qantas's six A380s, the world's
biggest commercial jet, service
lucrative routes from Los Angeles
and London to Australia's major
cities of Sydney and Melbourne,
meaning their grounding affects
thousands of passengers.
Joyce last week said he believed
an engine design flaw may be at
fault. But on Monday he said the
double-decker A380s would be
ground as long as it takes in order
for us to ensure the operation is
safe," he said.
"We still believe with the progress
we are making -- this is days not
weeks -- but we will take as long
as it needs to in order that we are
absolutely comfortable the aircraft
is safe to fly."
A Qantas Boeing 747 engine also
failed on a flight from San
Francisco to Sydney in August,
blowing a hole in the engine
casing and forcing an emergency
landing. No one was injured in the
incident.
Qantas has angrily denied union
claims that the problems may be
linked to the outsourcing of
maintenance work to companies
abroad.
The incidents have overshadowed
Qantas' anniversary celebrations
said the Hollywood star,
according to ABC.
"But I didn't realise how tough the
Qantas regimen was as far as
study and how hard they were on
you as a student.
"It was a glorious month of
training and I became a much
better pilot after it, but I can
assure you that it is the hardest
training in the world and that's
why you guys are so safe."
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Obama pushes India to talk to Pakistan

(Reuters: Top News) Afghanistan where thousands of in the region are going to need to are starving years. True job creation and
Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:20:43 PM U.S. troops battle militants. be partners in this process. oil is up 25% since the Fed renewal starts at home, by getting
"My hope is that over time, trust "The United States welcomes that, started printing. government out of the way of our
President Barack Obama watches d e v e l o p s b e t w e e n t h e t w o we don't think we can do this Yeah, foreign policy in India and own businesses here. Stabilize the
dancers during his visit to the countries, that dialogue begins, alone." Pakistan are at the top of the list. business environment. Printing
Holy Name High School in perhaps on less controversial India has given $1.3 billion in aid 200 million a day? Man, I always 600 billion dollars (criticized
Mumbai, India, November 7, issues, building up to more to Afghanistan, a policy that wonder what 200 million a day appropriately by our trading
2010. controversial issues," Obama told unnerves Pakistan which sees its could do for the starving or the partners from Europe to .. chuckle
Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed students under a hot midday sun. northern neighbor as its own dwindling middle class. .. communist China – they even
By Patricia Zengerle and Alister Pakistan Foreign Ministry backyard of influence. India Nov 07, 2010 10:43am EST get it) to pay for the debt this
Bull spokesman Abdul Basit was wants stability there to stop the Fix the economy first, fisx the week is just one more example of
NEW DELHI| Sun Nov 7, 2010 quoted by news agency Press country being used to harbor anti- economy sencond and third. What why American corporations are
3:20pm EST Trust of India as saying the Indian Islamist militants. we need is jobs, don’t you get it?? immobilized and unwilling to
N E W D E L H I ( R e u t e r s ) - United States ought to play an Obama said Pakistan was not JOBS. invest.
President Barack Obama called on "effective role for an amicable acting quickly enough to deal Nov 07, 2010 11:24am EST Nov 07, 2010 12:20pm EST
India on Sunday to bolster peace solution of the longstanding issue with militancy within its borders, The jobs will only come if we 3,000 people
efforts with Pakistan that have of Kashmir" given close India- a view long expressed by many open up markets…Given that 40 planes
f l o u n d e r e d s i n c e t h e 2 0 0 8 U.S. ties. Indian officials who say Asia is where the markets are, it meanwhile 12.5% of americans
Mumbai attacks, relations seen as Kashmir is at the heart of the Islamabad is hoodwinking seems most relevant to spend are starving….
crucial to his troubled efforts to dispute between the nuclear- Washington by taking aid while $200,000 per day (not $200 Sure I’ve seen ‘em…280lbs and
win the war in Afghanistan. armed rivals, who have fought also backing militants in million) to open up 50,000 look like they haven’t had a good
On the second day of his official t w o w a r s o v e r t h e r e s t i v e Afghanistan. potential New jobs. Its not time to meal for nearly 20 mins…don’t
visit to India, Obama faces a Himalayan region which they "There are more Pakistanis go back 100+yrs and relive the make me laugh.
diplomatic tightrope in fostering both claim. who've been killed by terrorists Tea party. Either bring something There is a world outside of the
ties with the growing global The Mumbai attacks inflamed inside Pakistan than probably relevant to the party or get out of US oF A and you all need to
power, while at the same time tensions between the foes, who anywhere else," Obama said. the way so those who know can realise this, not just your Pesident,
helping Pakistan with billions of have been to war three times since FOCUS ON BUSINESS, JOBS bring you a job!! before it starts to ignore you too.
dollars in aid and promoting 1947 independence. India says Nov 07, 2010 2:25am EST Nov 07, 2010 11:37am EST Not long now before China is top
wider peace in Afghanistan. elements within the Pakistan state I knew I did allright running the Afraid you no nothing of the tea dog ! !
Obama's first leg of a 10-day were behind the rampage, when world., party Aloha Joe. Just go back 10 .
Asian tour has been hailed as Pakistan-based gunmen killed 166 and/or contribuiting to it… years, or 20 years. Get before Nov 07, 2010 1:47pm EST
moving the United States closer to people in a 60-hour strike on big time , lol Bush and Obama (in my opinion 2 Sir, I hope your ignorance
India as Washington tries to hotels, a train station and a Jewish Nov 07, 2010 2:37am EST of the worst presidents of the last doesn’t represent everyone else
revive a weak economy and center. Irony apart… 100 years) and you have a across the pond, but heres a link
gather support to pressure China India immediately broke off left attaire healed… tremendous start. that might educate your
on its currency. But on Sunday, p e a c e t a l k s w i t h P a k i s t a n , while kept readable., Tea party is central America thoughtlessness – http://
India's worries about Pakistan although there have been some GOP to bring back the 80*s (politiacally speaking) and we are feedingamerica.org/faces-of-
dominated. largely fruitless top level meetings freedom., fed up with the extremist from hunger/hunger-101/hunger-and-
Peppered by questions from in the last year. played dice could stormdrain the both sides of a disfuntioning 2 poverty-statistics.aspx
students at a college in India's " I n d i a ' s i n v e s t m e n t i n glow of… party system. *We welcome comments that
financial hub, Obama toed a development in Afghanistan is Nov 07, 2010 10:27am EST Nov 07, 2010 11:49am EST advance the story directly or with
cautious line between the two appreciated," Obama added. 3,000 people Promoting ‘open’ and equal trade relevant tangential information.
nuclear-armed foes, saying both "Pakistan has to be a partner in 40 planes is talking point with every trade
were needed to help stabilize this process, in fact all countries meanwhile 12.5% of americans partner in Asia for the last 30 OBAMA page 14
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Republicans plan assault on healthcare law
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Submitted at 11/7/2010 1:22:00 PM
Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI)
(C) and Senator Judd Gregg (R-
NH) (R), ranking Republican
minority members of the
congressional budget committees,
refer to a chart about the proposed
2010 federal budget at the Capitol
in Washington, February 26,
2009.
Credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
By Donna Smith
WASHINGTON| Sun Nov 7,
2010 2:22pm EST
WASHINGTON(Reuters) -
Congressional Republicans said
on Sunday they plan a full-scale
assault against President Barack
Obama's healthcare overhaul next
year but acknowledged it could
take until after the 2012
presidential election to repeal it.
Representative Paul Ryan,
expected to become chairman of
the House Budget Committee
chairman, said his fellow
Republicans will try to deny
funding for implementation of the
healthcare legislation and hold
hearings to point out its
shortcomings when the new
Congress convenes in January.
But full repeal of the law and
replacing it may have to await the
results of next election cycle,
when control of Congress will
again be up for grabs as well as
Obama's bid for a second four-
year term.
"This bill is such a fiscal and
economic train wreck for our
country and for the health care
system itself," Ryan said in an
interview on "Fox News Sunday."
"We're going to do everything we
can to try and repeal and replace
this thing. And ultimately, I think
2013 is when it will be done the
right way," he added.
The healthcare law is a signature
achievement for Obama's first
term in office and he would most
certainly veto any legislation that
attempts to repeal it.
Fresh from their mid-term
congressional election victory on
November 2 that gave them
control of the House of
Representatives and reduced the
Democratic majority in the
Senate, Republican leaders said
on Sunday that they would do
whatever they could to disrupt
implementation of the law.
REPUBLICANS EYE
FUNDING
The landmark measure aims to
extend health coverage to 33
million uninsured people and
make it easier for individuals and
small businesses to buy medical
coverage. But critics say it creates
too big a role for government in
healthcare while failing to reduce
soaring costs.
"What we're doing in my office is
looking for the various parts of it
that are subject to funding,"
Senate Republican Leader Mitch
McConnell told CBS's "Face the
Nation."
"We will be revisiting this issue
time after time. The American
people expect us to," McConnell
said.
The bill enacted in March
requires most Americans to obtain
health insurance and provides
federal subsidies to help middle-
and low-income families afford it.
It also includes penalties for large
companies that do not provide
insurance and have employees
obtaining federally subsidized
coverage.
Republicans campaigned against
the bill as well as Democrats'
handling of the weak economy.
They won a sizable majority in
the House and took six Senate
seats from the Democratic
majority. Democrats defended the
health legislation arguing it puts
an end to insurance companies
discriminating against pre-
existing conditions and charging
higher premiums for women.
Most of the bill's provisions will
not go into effect until 2014,
including the coverage mandate
and state-run insurance exchanges
that will provide one-stop
shopping for coverage.
But some of the more popular
provisions, such as allowing
young adults to stay on their
parent's health policies until they
turn 26, are already in effect.
Nov 07, 2010 2:36pm EST
Tea Partiers whom I know
seemed much more riled about the
bailouts of big banks and credit
card companies than about
Obama’s health-care reform. They
also seem irked by the donut hole
in Medicare coverage.
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Nov 07, 2010 2:53pm EST
I’m tired of this childish inability
and unwillingness of parties to
work together.
Nov 07, 2010 3:14pm EST
Republican party,nothing but a
party of destruction. No new idea
or creative? A party of negative
attitude and thinking. I hope and
wish American voter see the same
destruction again what Bush
Administration created world
wide. Good luck American
Voters.
Nov 07, 2010 3:21pm EST
Obama used the fact that
Americans desire an overhaul of
health care to push through a
ridiculous agenda of forced
purchasing that placated the
conspicuously quiet insurance
lobby, and laced it with a ton of
open-ended TBA policies. Not
being complete and air tight is
absurd in a policy document that’s
thousands of pages long and only
serves to point out the extent of
the power grab Obamacare Dems
are trying to force down
American’s throats. I’m quite
pleased the Republicans are
throwing a wrench in it and hope
they will dismantle the entire
thing.
Nov 07, 2010 4:32pm EST
its about time–the effects of it
will be felt for years–im not sure
anyone would study medicine
these days as they might not get
paid for all their study–if this is
true we have problems–same for
engineers–the only ones who won
where the people on Medicaid-
President Obama wanted the
entire medical profession and
patients on Medicare to pay for
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the people on Medicaid–he
persisted in asking us to
hallucinate–sad–he probably will
not get reelected–
Nov 07, 2010 4:42pm EST
Einstein defined insanity as doing
the same thing over and over
again and expecting different
results. Based on the results of the
last midterm election, it’s safe to
say that America is in the midst of
an insanity pandemic.
Nov 07, 2010 4:46pm EST
If this is their plan for jobs and
growth we’ll be seeing their back-
ends in 2012.
Nov 07, 2010 5:09pm EST
I just hope Obama has the guts to
fight these guys. If not we’ll be
right back to the Republican’s
paradise where the rich pay no
taxes, the rest of us see our jobs
shipped overseas, and tens of
millions of American citizens
have no health insurance.
Nov 07, 2010 5:19pm EST
Everyone I know is waiting with
wild anticipation for these guys to
eliminate what little protection the
new health reform does give
them. I know a guy with 3
diabetic kids who can’t wait to go
back to the good old days when
he couldn’t get insurance for
them.
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(Reuters: Top News) alter the authoritarian status quo party in a landslide. The junta Nov 07, 2010 8:54am EST The difference is that the level of
Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:41:34 PM in a poll that both President simply ignored that result. This is America in the future media showmanship (under the
Barack Obama and British Suu Kyi, detained for 15 of the under Republicans, whose no-no same direction as the political
S e c u r i t y p e r s o n n e l f r o m Foreign Secretary William Hague past 21 years, urged a boycott of policies favor authoritarian “parties”) makes you THINK you
Myanmar hold their weapons as described in separate statements this poll, saying she "would not futures under military rulers. have a choice. No one in power
they walk on the Moei river bank as neither free nor fair. dream" of taking part. She could We have supported military wants you to have the option of
in Myanmar's Myawaddi town, "Many aspects of these elections take the spotlight this week, rulers in other countries for a getting rid of them. And you do
from across border in Thailand, a r e n o t c o m p a t i b l e w i t h however, ahead of the expiry of hundred years so that we can have not have such an option. 80% of
November 7, 2010. internationally accepted her house arrest on Saturday, stable suppliers for bananas, T- the American people want out of
C r e d i t : R e u t e r s / C h a i w a t standards," the European Union's November 13. shirts, oil and micro-circuits. the Middle East NOW. And voted
Subprasom foreign policy chief, Catherine Her release could energize pro- We are next–unless we pull our in a President who promised that.
By Aung Hla Tun Ashton, said in a statement. "The democracy forces and put lazy gluti out of this war and But what people thought they
YANGON| Sun Nov 7, 2010 EU calls on the authorities to pressure on the West to roll back credit empire economy. voted for and what they got were
3:41pm EST ensure that these elections mark sanctions. It is unsustainable and allows for two very different things. That is
Y A N G O N ( R e u t e r s ) - T w o the start of a more inclusive "Only five days more," read a future Pentagon players in the not an election. That is a show.
military-backed parties looked set phase." banner hanging outside the security and stability scares we *We welcome comments that
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Kiton: Suits for Kings
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A Kiton tuxedo (R) and
accessories are displayed with a
couture Oscar de la Renta evening
gown (L) in the Presidential Suite
at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in
Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/
Getty Images) You won’t know it
until you try one on, but you need
a Kiton suit. That is, if you’re
obsessive about the quality of
your clothing, and also happen to
be “a strange personality,” said
Kiton USA president Antonio
Paone.
Kiton caters to a very specific
type of customer—one who is
refined, low-profile, and highly
appreciative of top quality.
Whenever Paone introduces a new
client to a Kiton suit, he asks him
to walk around in it and feel the
difference.
“It is like a second skin. As soon
as they try it on, they understand,”
he said. “And they never go
back.”
The key to Kiton’s international
success is its meticulous attention
to the details. Founded in 1956 in
Italy by Paone’s uncle, Ciro
Paone, and Antonio Carola, Kiton
has always followed the
philosophy of producing “the
best, plus one.”
Each piece is handmade in
Naples—the client’s
measurements and specifications
are sent and immediately the
tailors get to work. Starting from
the fabric selection, tailors take a
no-detail-spared approach to their
work. Only the best, all-natural
fibers are chosen, the weight of
each fabric carefully measured.
Then the work commences. A
team of tailors measures, cuts,
tucks, and sews to handcraft each
piece, following the methods of
the Neapolitan tailoring school.
When a suit is completed, it
would have received the attention
of over 300 tailors and craftsmen.
Turnover is 48 hours, and the suit
is then shipped to the customer.
Of course, the journey doesn’t
end there. Attentive service
rounds out the package. Paone
personally knows 95 percent of
his customers, who are typically
presidents, CEOs, and movie
stars.
Year in and year out, Paone
makes sure that the company
stays true to its time-honored
traditions. In a fashion industry
where media mouthpieces shuffle
styles in and out of vogue, Kiton’s
style mantra is refreshingly
simple: Wear great clothes, and
wear them however you like.
Paone himself embodies this
philosophy. One of his favorite
outfits is a brown pinstripe suit
with non-pleated pants, paired
with a white shirt and a blue tie.
Those who have been over-
indoctrinated with fashion
“advice” might cringe at the idea
of wearing a brown suit,
especially in combination with
blue. But Paone pays no mind to
so-called fashion dos and don’ts.
“Wear whatever suits your mood
that day,” he says. Growing up in
a family of garment industry
insiders, Paone has always taken a
keen interest in style. He began
working in the family business
when he was 18 and loves every
moment of it. “This is work I
would pay to do,” he says.
Now he is president of Kiton’s
U.S. division, and his cousins
manage the other divisions around
the world. Kiton boasts stores all
over Europe and Asia. In the
United States, Kiton runs one
store in New York and another in
Las Vegas.
Paone is opening doors in Miami
soon, but beyond nurturing his
current customer base, he doesn’t
want to expand the business in
novel directions. Kiton already
produces made-to-wear lines for
men and women, a casual line,
footwear, and eyewear—all
handmade.
“You don’t want to change it.
Once you change it, you ruin it,”
he said. It is this reverence for
quality craftsmanship that makes
Kiton a reliable source for
flawless garments as unique as the
wearer himself.
For more information, please
visit Kiton’s website:
www.kiton.it
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Sidney Crosby #87 of the
Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates
with teammates Alex Goligoski
#3 and Pascal Dupuis #3 after
Crosby scored a second period
goal against the Phoenix Coyotes
during the NHL game on
November 6. Crosby and the
Penguins won 4 - 3. (Christian
Petersen/Getty Images) Sidney
Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and the
Pittsburgh Penguins erased a 2-0
Coyotes lead in the first period,
eking out an overtime shootout
win after Mark Letestu's lone
goal.
Penguins fans have been used to
falling behind in games recently:
the Penguins fell behind 2-0 in
their previous two games against
Anaheim and Dallas.
It was up to Crosby and Malkin
to complete the comeback, and
they overcame the early deficit in
the second period. Each scored a
goal about three minutes apart.
Pittsburgh pulled their starting
goalie Marc-Andre Fleury after he
gave up two goals in the Coyotes'
first five shots. His replacement,
Brent Johnson, made 22 saves in
23 shots in the next two periods.
At 19:26 in the second period, the
Penguins tied it up at 3 with a
power play goal from Chris
Kunitz. Center Mark Letestu
scored the only goal in a shootout
to seal the game.
"It shows a lot of character to
stick with it,” Penguins captain
Crosby told NFL.com.“We have
been on the road for a while – for
a couple weeks here. It would
have been easy to pack it in after a
period of falling behind. Guys
stuck with it and competed. We
did a lot of good things (against
the Ducks), built off of that and
deserved to get the two points.”
Despite the win, the Penguins
have lost five of their last seven to
go 7-7-1.
"I kind of knew I was going to go
Kimmel launches day to
delete your Facebook
friends
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 11:51:05 AM
Are you friend obese? Is the
burden of too many Facebook
friends weighing you down? Do
you spend your days so concerned
about those hundreds who hang
on your every word that you can
no longer function as, say, the
CEO of a major tech company?
Jimmy Kimmel, the talk show
host who isn't Jimmy Fallon, has a
solution. He would like you to
observe National Unfriend Day.
(third)," Letestu told ESPN. "I've On November 17, he encourages
had a lot of success in the minors you to remove some of the friend
and practice, and I was pretty fat in your life. William Shatner
happy when Dan called my h e l p e d K i m m e l i n h i s
number and I got a chance to win announcement by philosophizing:
a hockey game." "These people on
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and Dad, I'm downsizing my life.
I'm paring down my pairings. And
you're just one of the pairings that
has to go."
I know that many of you have
mathematical tendencies, so you
might also try to simply delete
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bloated list. Choose the odd or
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if you suddenly receive more
conventional missives of pain,
like emails, phone calls, or, most
excitingly, late-night visits to your
door.
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with miffed mien, whisper to
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wasn't my idea. It was my friend
Jimmy's."
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New, But The Ability To
By Caroline Dobson Claim Venues Is Being Tested
Epoch Times Staff Created: Nov MG Siegler (TechCrunch)
7, 2010 Last Updated: Nov 7, Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:30:08 PM
2010
Amazon.com Inc., is close to Okay everyone, let’s calm down.
buying Quisdi Inc., which is the Currently making the rounds on
parent company of Diapers.com the Internet is that Twitter is about
and soap.com for $540 million in to launch a Foursquare-killer,
cash. (Nicholas Kamm/Getty Twitter Places. The only place on Twitter would seem to
Images) Amazon.com Inc., the problem? They actually launched suggest that the company is
world’s biggest online retailer, is it about five months ago. They thinking about adding to their
close to buying Quisdi Inc., which wrote about it, we covered it, so offering. Google, Facebook, and
is the parent company of did just about everyone else on Foursquare all allow venue-
Diapers.com and soap.com for the web. That said, there is one owners to claim their places. And
$540 million in cash. likely to have an estimated "You can optimize your business. potentially new element of Places those that do get (or will get)
Amazon has been diversifying its revenue of $300 million for 2010, I think specialization with scale is that we haven’t noticed before: analytics about their venues on
product lines and has attempted to a c c o r d i n g t o F o r t u n e . T h e going to be the central theme for e the ability to claim a place. those services.
encourage consumers to sign up background about the synergy -commerce for this decade." We’re not entirely sure how new A more robust Twitter Places
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(The New Republic - All Feed) negligent regulators—but one was lousy investments, but that those build up and own their own Place
Submitted at 11/7/2010 10:00:00 PM more important than the rest. We institutions were so massive that databases. Being able to claim a
now know it as the “too big to when their bets went bad, they
There were many factors that led fail” problem. What brought the threatened to take the rest of the
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Exclusive Invites)
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch) right rail is for sites. And the top to the tune of $10 million) and its
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:42:00 PM rail is for search. principle architect was also the
Your Facebook friends browse principle architect of the Netscape
If you are going to create a new with you along the left-hand rail. browser, this is a pretty significant
browser from scratch and go up Y o u c a n s e l e c t y o u r m o s t vote of confidence in Chromium
against the Google, Microsoft, important or closest Facebook as the future of browsing.
Mozilla, and Apple, you might as friends, and their faces are always “Chromium is a newer codebase,”
well make it really different. there with you along with an explains Andreessen. “It is state
RockMelt, a company backed by indication whether they are online of the art. The performance
N e t s c a p e f o u n d e r M a r c or not. If you hover over a face, increase is unbelievable.” He’s
Andreessen which has been under their latest status update pops up. not one for nostalgia.
wraps until today, is trying to click on their face and you get a The basic browsing functions are
build a new browsing experience box showing their Facebook familiar, and the sharing,
from the ground up. Are they stream in the top half, and a chat streaming, and search overlays
crazy? “The big thing,” says box in the bottom. So it acts as an don’t seem too obtrusive. This is
Andreessen, “is that the browser IM client using Facebook chat not Flock, the browser experiment
world is very much in flux right (see screenshot below). You even which never really caught on
now.” get inline images and video, because it strayed too far from
RockMelt is built first and which you don’t normally get in most people’s browsing comfort
foremost for sharing. You browse Facebook chat. If your friend is zone. RockMelt will face similar
with your friends (the first thing offline, you can send him or her a challenges, but at least it is
you do is log into Facebook and Facebook message. starting out simple.
your favorite friends and their Along the right rail is where you The biggest change RockMelt is
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available along the left rail). And streams from your favorite sites. different streams as a natural
there is a big “Share” button up This is kind of like a bookmark browsing experience and starting
top, which lets you share any bar, but when you save a site here, point. In fact, these stream
webpage, along with images and a it also includes notifications every overlays (your friends updates,
preview, on Facebook. You could time new content has been added. feeds, and even search results)
call it a Facebook browser, but it This is very convenient for news
which works just like the big up searching, although at least take over the screen more and
really is more than that. I’ll get sites, blogs, Gmail, Twitter, and
share button up at the top of the initially I find myself tabbing more.
into my full review shortly, but if your own Facebook profile. (See
browser. through each link, if only for a A year and a half ago, when
you want to try out RockMelt for screenshot below). Click on a site whispers of RockMelt first
When you do a search from the second or two.
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search box, instead of taking you Overall, RockMelt seems really surfaced, I wrote a post with a
TechCrunch readers to click this window with an RSS feed with all
to Google, you get a column with fast. It is built on Chromium, the wish list of features I’d like to see
link and you will get an invite the articles, or Twitter stream, or
the first ten results. You can tab same open source browser that in a social browser. I am happy to
before anyone else). your email headlines, depending through each result, which is pre- forms the foundation of Google’s say that some of them made it into
The three biggest changes to the the site. Click on a headline and
loaded into the browser, so you Chrome browser. Given the fact RockMelt in some form or
browser that you notice with it takes you to that page (or email
can actually see the Web pages that it is backed by Andreessen another. From that wish list:
RockMelt is that it is built around or Tweet) in the main underlying
behind each result in the full (and Ron Conway, Bill Campbell, • It would have multiple modes
friends, feeds, and search results. browser window. There is also a ROCKMELT: page 25
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SlashGear Week in Review – Week 44 2010

Shane McGlaun (SlashGear) turned up this week. The little
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:32:40 AM camera has a touchscreen and a
12.1MP image sensor that can
Hey gang, welcome back to record full HD 1080p video. The
another installment of the Skyfire browser supporting Flash
SlashGear Week in Review. The video for the iPhone hit the App
Samsung Galaxy Tab hit the UK Store this week. The app sold so
this week starting at £99.99 with a quickly that the company had to
new contract or £529.99 sans pull the app after its servers
contract. The 7-inch slate is couldn’t handle the video requests
expected to sell well all around from users.
the world. Logitech unveiled a An iPhone 3G user has filed suit
really cool keyboard this week against Apple and is looking for
that is a first for the company and class action status. The woman
the market. The keyboard is called behind the suit alleges that Apple
the Wireless Solar keyboard K750 knew the iOS4 update would
and gets the power to operate
pegs the Storm 3 to sport an 8MP event this week that Windows forcing replacements of the brick the iPhone 3G and launched
from the sun or the light in your
camera, 8GB of storage, 3.7-inch Phone 7 was easier to develop for screens in both new Air sizes. it anyway as a way to force users
room.
screen and a 1GHz processor. We than Android. Dell also said that Apple’s letter to music studios to upgrade. We learned that
We spied a few more details on
posted up our review of the his company would be getting surfaced this week where it was Notion Ink was set to start taking
the Sony Playstation phone with a
Blackberry Style flip phone this into the tablet market in a big way telling the studios that it was pre-orders in December on the
new batch of pics turning up. The
week. We found the phone to be during 2011. upping the preview length on Adam slate. The device should get
phone looks a lot like the PSP Go
“alright” with a rather difficult We put up our review of the HTC songs to 90-seconds. The crux of FCC approval and might hit the
to me. The Xbox 360 got a
user interface. Desire Z smartphone this week. the note was agree or take your market in time for gift giving.
dashboard update early in the
The next iPhone will use NFC We figure that the compromises content with you when you leave. The Dell Inspiron Duo has been
week. The update brought with it
tech and according to a source, in size and usability involved with LG’s Optimus Pad Android tablet offered up in an official video
some fixes along with ESPN Live
the device will be able to get having a physical keyboard will will be coming in early 2011 teaser. The device has a speaker
on Xbox Live and more.
remote Mac access. The system be too much for most users. The according to the company. It will dock and has both tablet and
Stats from Canalys on the
would reportedly use the iPhone LG H1000B Windows 7 tablet have an 8.9-inch screen and a netbook modes, it looks really
smartphone sales numbers were cool. Apple is working on a fix
as an authenticator with user data computer was outed by the FCC Tegra 2 chip inside.
offered up early in the week. The
stored on the handset and in the this week. The specs gleaned The screen exploit on the iPhone for the MacBook Air display issue
stats show that Android devices
cloud. The Samsung Galaxy Tab include WiFi and Bluetooth, the that allows a user to gain access to is mentioned earlier. Apparently,
are more prolific than other
was subjected to a teardown on device is expected to show up the device has been patched. The one of the issues has the screen
smartphones and that iPhone is
video this week. The gang at around CES time. patch is part of the iOS 4.2 update fading from dark to light after
the top smartphone in the market.
iFixit took the device apart and A gigantic iPhone coffee table that should be landing soon. AUO waking from sleep and at times
New details on the launch of the
showed us what the thing looks with a 58-inch multitouch screen s h o w e d o f f a n i n t e r e s t i n g has horizontal screen flickering.
ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 10
like on the inside. surfaced. The table has an notebook with a solar keyboard Calvin Klein has unveiled a set of
surfaced with pricing confirmed
Google’s Chrome OS was tipped interface for the iPhone and you lacking real keys and a screen that designer 3D glasses called the
along with availability. The 7-
to be launching in November. The can actually use the device via the shows 3D content needing no ck3D. The glasses will be offered
inch version will launch in Q4 at
OS has been anticipated by some giant table screen. There are some glasses. The screen is a 14-inch at $180 per pair in December and
$479 with the 10-inch version
for a long time and the OS is faults in the screens of some unit and the machine should be are the only RealD certified
coming in Q1 2011 for $629.
expected to bring with it a Google MacBook Air notebooks. Those seen at the FPD International curved lenses on the market. We
The Blackberry Storm 3 specs
branded netbook eventually. faults include visual glitches and expo, it looks all concept to me. SLASHGEAR page 23
were leaked this week. The leak
Michael Dell said at an industry failures among others that are The Panasonic Lumix GF2
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Paul Carr (TechCrunch) someone would invent a sexual
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:35:21 PM assault. They’re the reason why so
many sex crimes go unreported.
On the afternoon of Halloween, a And yet, that same circle also has
New York based blogger spotted room for another group of folks:
a group of kids lined up at the side those who assume that everyone
of a road, throwing rocks and accused of a crime is guilty.
eggs at passing cars. After calling As a Brit, one of the things that
911, he went home and searched amazes me about American
for the kids on Facebook, adding popular culture is Nancy Grace. I
them as “friends”. Sure enough, mean, obviously Grace herself
before long the tiny (alleged) amazes me — just, wow— but
thugs were boasting about their more than that, the first time I saw
crimes in status updates, which her show, I couldn’t believe my
the blogger shared with the world. eyes and ears. Here was a woman,
Two days ago, another blogger – on prime-time television no less,
this time a woman who works at a o p e n l y d i s c u s s i n g o n g o i n g
major Internet company – was criminal trials and opining on
(allegedly, and that word is very whether the accused was innocent
important) sexually assaulted at a or guilty. Holy shit, I thought.
conference by a man who works Back in the UK (and, one might
at a different Internet company. argue, in any just society) Nancy
Again, the (alleged) victim Grace would be in jail. The media
contacted the police, but again she is simply not allowed to opine on
then turned to social media to guilt or innocence while cases are
name and shame her (still alleged) still sub justice(after an arrest is
attacker. made). To do so is considered
In both cases, the Internet’s contempt of court. Likewise,
r e s p o n s e w a s s w i f t – w i t h journalists are not allowed to
bloggers and Twitterers and report, or republish, or even
Facebookers leaping in to repost reblog, other people making
the allegations and to demand s i m i l a r c l a i m s . T h e r e a r e
justice be done. loopholes, of course, once the
Welcome to today’s cyber case has gone to trial (statements
vigilantism. made in court can be reported, as
Of course, I – like most right long as they’re clearly marked as
thinking people – am appalled allegations) but by and large the
when I read comments suggesting principle of innocent until proven
that the victim of an alleged guilty in a court of law is held to
assault may have invented or be sacrosanct.
exaggerated the incident. There is Today, though, even in the UK
a special circle of hell reserved for that principle is fast being
those who assume, without rendered meaningless. Thanks to
evidence or legal finding, that social media, anyone can publish
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Some sharp-eyed readers have
noted that TechCrunch was one of
the publications that covered the
alleged sexual assault story,
shortly after it broke. The post has
subsequently vanished from the
site, leading to some slightly
comical accusations that our new
corporate owners had demanded
that Mike Arrington pull the story
(comical because I’m not entirely
convinced anyone at AOL reads
TechCrunch).
In fact what happened is that, for
all of the reasons above, Mike
decided it was right to delete the
post. He has written before about
the name of someone accused of a Of course, it’s very possible that how our community is better off
serious crime before they have in any given case, the accused without us reporting on unproven
even been arrested (which used to will turn out to be guilty. They personal allegations, no matter
be the first time an allegation was very often are. And in those cases how juicy the story. Deleting the
reported), let alone appeared in it’s hard to argue that a victim did post is consistent with that policy.
court. anything wrong by naming their Am I disappointed that the story
And when that naming happens, attacker – especially if doing so appeared on TechCrunch in the
the case is over before it’s begun: e n c o u r a g e s o t h e r s t o c o m e first place? For sure. But at the
no matter whether the accused is forward. Certainly after guilt has same time I know that the
guilty or innocent, they are been established in a court of law, reporters here are under huge
handed a life sentence. Until the i t ’ s o p e n s e a s o n o n t h e pressure not to miss stories, and
day they die, whenever a potential perpetrator, both online and in it’s impossible to get it right every
employer or a new friend Googles traditional media: such is the price time. At best, hopefully episodes
their name – up will come the of crime. like this make everyone pause a
allegation. And, prison terms But in the meantime, for the sake bit longer in future before posting
notwithstanding, that allegation of the mercifully small number of things that could ruin lives.
carries the same punishment as people who are falsely accused More than anything, though, I’m
g u i l t – a l i f e t i m e a s a n (by accident or design) of crimes proud to write for a publication
unemployable, unfriendable, they didn’t commit, surely it’s that firmly stands its ground when
outcast. There’s a reason why the beholden on all of us to resist our it knows it’s right, but is brave
Internet is a great way to ruin n a t u r a l i m p u l s e t o r e p e a t enough to do the right thing when
someone with false allegations – potentially life-ruining allegations it knows it isn’t.
and it’s the same reason why until the law has been allowed to
falsely accused people are just as run its course.
likely to harm themselves as Which brings me neatly to a brief
guilty people. backstage postscript.
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put up our review of the myTouch

(CNET News.com) bigwigs are, because of their about people and put her political advisers are now claiming that 4G smartphone Thursday. The
Submitted at 11/7/2010 1:45:42 PM excessively analytical bent, hair- fate in the hands of supposed California is "a very blue state, best way to sum it up is that we
raisingly incapable of relating to experts who told her she had the and it's getting bluer." think it’s one of the best Android
I woke up this morning thinking normal human beings. buying power to buy power. Which, no doubt, explains why a devices around.
about Meg Whitman. You see, I'm And yet Whitman wasn't a typical What if, instead of going the high Republican is leading in the race The geeks over at iFixit took a
finding hard to come to terms t e c h C E O . S h e h a d s p e n t -rolling, Big Momma, for attorney general, for example. shiny new Microsoft Kinect and
with the fact that my campaign to considerable parts of her life government-is-a-business route, Did Whitman really believe that tore it to pieces this week. The
become customer of the week at marketing simple products to real she had declared at the outset: she suddenly didn't need to think thing has a single cooling fan and
my local Starbucks was successful people. Yes, Noxzema skin care, "Look, I know a lot of you are about what others needed? Or did multiple camera lenses inside
and Whitman's quest to be Disney theme stores, and Keds struggling out there. I know a lot her very expensive advisers among lots of other parts.
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unaccountably unaccounted for people's simple needs, however tons of ads saying how great a something expensive political of weeks. As basic and needed as
during World Series celebrations, mundane you might think those CEO I was. In fact, I'm not going advisers have a tendency to do? that function is, I never
you might have missed that the needs are. to spend a ton of money on my People are always people, understand why major devices try
former eBay CEO failed in her This was not someone who campaign at all. I know you'd see whether they're walking into a to launch without it.
grandiloquent bid to become CEO s h o u l d h a v e a p p e a r e d s o straight through that. You were all Disney Store, buying a face We offered up our first
of California, or whatever they disconnected with those whose my customers when I was at cream, or choosing to vote for a impression of the Motorola DEFY
call that position in which votes she needed. eBay." candidate. Meg Whitman chose to smartphone Friday. The device is
everyone who tries fails. Not only had Whitman enough What if she had continued: believe that the people's only one of the few rugged Android
Some have put this abject experience marketing simple "Instead, I'm going to go around needs were to be told what's best smartphones around, check out
calamity down to a rather crude p r o d u c t s , s h e t h e n b e c a m e California in a hybrid SUV and for them. Over and over again. what we thought about the device
attempt at buying an election by president and CEO of eBay. This I'm going to meet as many of you How quaint in today's rather here. Some awesome Tactile+Plus
spending $140 million. Which was a company that gave real as I can and see what I can do to active, mobile, supposedly Stickers surfaced for the iPhone
seemed a little excessive when her people an opportunity to get hold make your lives simpler, easier empowering digital world. Friday. The stickers stick to the
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Twitter Places? Hello. Is this new??

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New browser RockMelt oozes into beta
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 3:00:23 PM
A look at social sharing on the
new RockMelt browser.(Credit:
RockMelt)
Little has been known about
stealth start-up RockMelt except
that it's a browser, specifically
(and yet ambiguously) a
"Facebook browser," and it's
backed by browser godfather
Marc Andreessen. Well, now
RockMelt has crept out of the
woodwork into a limited beta for
Mac and Windows, and the world
can get a peek at it.
RockMelt is indeed a "Facebook
browser," if only because
Facebook is the social-media
service that's best integrated into
it at launch. It's clear that
ultimately the browser's team
plans to make it more
customizable with other services.
The ultimate goal, you could say,
is revamping the traditional
browser many of the Web-
browsing behaviors that have
popped up in the past few years--
social-media sharing, Twitter
clients, RSS alerts, and speedier
search--and works them into an
interface that aims for
convenience rather than
confusion. While it may still have
too many bells and whistles for
the average Web user, it's likely to
attract some curiosity from
hardcore social-media users,
obsessive multitaskers, and
efficiency geeks who see an
opportunity to cut down on the
number of browser tabs and
desktop applications that they
may have open.
"We're reinventing the browser
for how people user the Web
today, which is dramatically
different from how people were
using the Web only a few short
years ago," RockMelt co-founder
Tim Howes told CNET.
First of all, you log in with
Facebook Connect upon
launching RockMelt. There's a
left sidebar of easy Facebook
access, including a row of "top
friends" that you can select, and
you can drag or drop content from
the main browser (like links or
videos) to immediately share it
with one of them in Facebook
Chat. (Unfortunately, there is not
yet support for other instant-
messaging clients.)
Then, on the right side bar, is a
customizable list of favorite sites
and services, with yellow
indicators to tell you when there's
new content from a blog you read
or the people you follow on
Twitter. There's a browser button
to share content on Facebook or
Twitter (and more services to
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three years ago with the launch of
Flock, a Firefox-based browser
loaded with a dizzying number of
social features. RockMelt
certainly looks a lot cleaner. Built
on Chromium, the foundation of
Google Chrome, it aims to be fast,
too.
Will people actually switch over
to it? Vishria raised a statistic that
in the past three years, 500
million people have switched
browsers, so that getting them to
switch again may be less difficult
than it sounds.
RockMelt employs about 30
people, has been in the works for
two years, and has raised about
$10 million in funding from the
Andreessen Horowitz venture
firm as well as other investors like
Josh Kopelman of First Round
Capital and ubiquitous angel
investor Ron Conway.
And its odd, vaguely geology-
evoking name? It "came out of a
three-week brainstorming sesion
come); the company even has its
where we had a million different
own URL shortener, http://me.lt.
names," Howes said. Added
The search box at the top is also
Vishria: "Easy to spell, easy to
different than your average
remember, and the domain was
browser's. It loads up a list of
available."
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ROCKMELT:
What Do Last Week's U.S. Elections continued from page 19

for browsing, search, following feeds, updates, search results.

Mean for Net Neutrality? social data streams, and launching
Web applications
Maybe that’s true for now. But
eventually, the stream takes over.
Audrey Watters ("It's the economy, stupid.") If • The home page would be a It is simply a more efficient way
(ReadWriteWeb) Congress Won't Do Anything stream reader which brings to browse.
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:00:07 PM about Net Neutrality, Will the together real time streams from But here’s the thing about
FCC? across the Web (which Facebook RockMelt. You log into it, and it
Following last week's U.S. Regardless, net neutrality does now has with Friendfeed). knows everywhere you go on the
midterm elections, many are remain an "important issue." And • IM, email, and public messages Web, who all your friends are,
wondering if the Republican while the Republicans will control (status updates and Tweets) would and what your search habits. It
Party's victories and impending Congress, Democrats do still hold be always accessible in the also knows what you share with
control of Congress will be the a majority of FCC seats. "The toolbar or a sidebar your friends. Combine those
nail in the coffin for net neutrality • It would support a variety of three: social sharing, search, and
Democrats' loss, in part, as a ball is clearly in the FCC's court W e b a p p s w h i c h c o u l d b e actual browsing behavior, and
legislation. As Republicans are n o w , " s a i d A r t B r o d s k y ,
referendum on net neutrality, with launched seamlessly within the you’ve got one hell of a way to
known for an anti-regulatory
Verizon going so far as tweeting communications director for browser without going to a target ads at people. RockMelt
stance, it seems unlikely that
that every Democratic candidate Public Knowledge, a digital rights Website and logging in. doesn’t do this now, and its
under their leadership that
that supported the PCCC's net g r o u p s u p p o r t i n g n e w n e t • Real-time search and alerts founders tell me they will never
Congress will move forward with
neutrality pledge lost their neutrality rules, in an interview from across the Web (social do so because it would destroy
any plans to prevent Internet with Computerworld. However,
election. stream, news, finance sites, sports whatever trust people place in
providers from blocking or
But as Techdirt's Mike Masnick when the FCC published the sites, etc.) them. (Damn straight). “We are
slowing certain web traffic. agenda for its November Open
counters, these particular not going to run an ad network.
Of course, statements about Net
candidates were not incumbents Meeting, discussions of net Last week, I asked Andreessen if We actually don’t know where
Neutrality's death hardly seem
and were largely running in neutrality did not make the he thinks RockMelt is a harbinger you go,” says co-founder Tim
new. Its demise has been
R e p u b l i c a n s t r o n g h o l d s . docket. of the end of the webpage. He Howe, “that information does not
predicted for months, particularly
Furthermore, some Democrats So with or without the support of wouldn’t go so far: leave your browser.” Hopefully,
after a Federal Appeals Court's Congress, it remains to be seen
who signed anti-net neutrality The webpage stays primary for it never will.
decision this spring challenged the
pledges also lost their election whether the FCC will move decades to come. It is a universal CrunchBase Information
FCC's authority to stop Comcast forward to address net neutrality,
bids. "Sorry," says Masnick, "net canvas for any application or RockMelt Information provided
from throttling P2P traffic.
neutrality simply was not an or whether it will simply focus its service. I think you want to retain by CrunchBase
Sponsor efforts on its National Broadband
important issue in this year's that, but you want to enhance it.
Was Net Neutrality an Issue in
election." Rather, there were Plan, something that seems less That is why we keep the page
the Elections? contentious and that has more
plenty of other reasons why front and center but draw in these
Some analysis following last
Democratic candidates lost seats. bipartisan support. Discuss things people care about: friends,
week's election has tried frame the

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Engadget Podcast 218 - 11.07.2010
Trent Wolbe (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 9:00:00 PM
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rock this week? Were you living
in some sort of bomb shelter or
trashy warehouse where you
couldn't keep up with the week's
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Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul
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OTA update, a cure for the
framerate jitters?
00:23:24 - Kinect for Xbox 360
review
00:44:53 - Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Reports: Amazon to buy
Diapers.com
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:00:20 PM
Amazon.com is expected to
announce tomorrow the
acquisition of the parent company
of Diapers.com, according to
media reports.
The deal for privately held
Quidsi, which also operates
personal care products site
Soap.com, is worth about $540
million, according to reports by
Fortune and The Wall Street
Journal. Quidsi co-founders Marc
Lore and Vinnie Bharara will
remain with Amazon under multi-
year contracts, according to the
reports.
The online retailer will pay $500
million in cash and assume $45
million in debt, according to a
report today by the Journal. The
price tag for the New Jersey-
based parent company is about
$200 million higher than its
valuation following its latest
E-reader News Edition
round of venture funding,
according to the Journal.
Representatives for Amazon and
Quidsi did not immediately
respond to requests for comment.
Quidsi announced in April it had
closed a $20 million round of
mezzanine financing led by
Pinnacle Ventures, which
followed $30 million in financing
led by New Enterprise Associates
in 2009.
The deal would be Amazon's
largest since it acquired shoe
retailer Zappos in 2009 for about
$850 million.
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Wikileaks Mutineers Create Rival Organization
Curt Hopkins (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 3:00:00 PM
Back in September, we reported
that whistleblowing site
Wikileaks had hemorrhaged a
number of prominent personnel.
Now some of those who've left
have begun assembling an
organization designed to directly
compete with its parent.
The alleged high-handedness of
the organization's founder, Julian
Assange, and the beliefs of some
of his co-workers' belief that he
has not properly protected lives
by carefully redacting the Iraq
documents, has created a rift and
the rift has created and
opportunity.
Sponsor
Wikileaks is probably best
known for releasing 91,000 secret
documents from the Afghanistan
War and 400,000 field reports
from the Iraq War.
ASUS Eee PC 1215T with AMD Neo on sale now
Joanna Stern (Engadget)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:08:00 PM
Been waiting on an Eee PC
1215N with an AMD Neo
processor? Or how about an Eee
PC 1015T with a 12.1-inch
display? We know, you need a
damn almanac to keep up with all
of ASUS' netbooks, but if you
have in fact been waiting on the
respective strengths of those two
Assange and his organization
have been criticized, by a
spectrum of parties ranging from
the U.S. government to Reporters
Without Borders, for spending
less attention on removing names
and identifying information
attached to civilians who have
helped U.S. and coalition troops
Eee PC variants, the company's
got you covered with its new
1215T. Forgoing the Intel Atom /
NVIDIA Ion 2 combo for a single
core 1.7GHz AMD Athlon K125
processor, the 12.1-inch notbook
(our word for a machine that's not
really a netbook anymore) packs
2GB of RAM, an 320GB hard
drive and Windows 7 Home
Premium. The system looks to
have the same chassis as the $485
in Afghanistan. Shortly after that
leak, Taliban sources announced
they were using the documents to
prepare a purge; the same thing
happened after the Iraq
publication.
One of the most prominent
internal critics was Daniel
Domscheit-Berg, who, as Daniel
Eee PC 1215N we reviewed not
too long ago, but instead rings up
Technology/ Culture/
Schmitt, served as Wikileaks's
German spokesman. Among his
concerns were the level of
redaction, as well as Assange's
distracting public activities and
neglect in releasing other
important, but less attention-
grabbing, documents unrelated to
the conflicts.
Domscheit-Berg is one of the
leaders of the new whistleblower
undertaking. The group's
personnel looks to possibly
number between half a dozen and
a dozen people so far.
The new organization would not
be the only alternative to
Wikileaks, as the Wall Street
Journal points out. The most
prominent rival is probably
Cryptome, who have leaked
documents concerning Wikileaks.
Discuss
at around $436 on Amazon right
now. We obviously haven't tested
the AMD version nor have we
seen any reviews, but we'd
venture to guess that while you
may save $50, you'll give up the
better battery life of the Intel / Ion
-powered 1215N -- the AMD Neo
laptops we've tested haven't lasted
longer than four hours on a
charge. That's just our hunch, but
hey, don't let us stop you from
27
Game Gripper Turns Your
Smartphone into a
Handheld Game Console
[Video]
Whitson Gordon (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 3:00:00 PM
Android devices are pretty good
for playing old school video
games, but the hardware keyboard
on most phones isn't an ideal
controller. The $15 Game
Gripper, however, instantly turns
your phone into a handheld, easy-
to-control video game system.
More »
hitting that source link and
ordering one right now.
[Thanks, Sal]
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Track your favorite runners with the
ING New York Marathon app
Michael Rose (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/6/2010 11:00:00 PM
There are some people who
regard the prospect of a 26 mile-
long run across the bridges,
avenues and streets of New York
City's five boroughs with eager
anticipation, who train diligently
for months with single-minded
focus to be able to say with well-
deserved pride, "Yes, on
November 7 2010, I completed
the NYC Marathon."
Let me be perfectly clear: I am
not one of these people. I do,
however, live just steps away
from the marathon route, so it's a
family tradition for all of us to
traipse down the block early
tomorrow morning to watch the
mayor's motorcade, the
wheelchair racers and the lead
runners followed by an absolute
flood of humanity -- quite a
spectacle.
Whether you're a casual fan or an
eager follower of a specific
runner, you might want to grab
the official race app for iPhone.
Bearing the awkward moniker "
NYRR Presents the ING New
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Xserve, we hardly knew
ye: a requiem tonight at
10p ET on the Talkcast
Michael Rose (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:45:00 PM
Friday's news hasn't really sunk
in yet for most Mac admins and
server-lovers, but it's true: the
Xserve is heading to that great
rackmount in the sky. Whether
you're deeply bereft or couldn't
care less, you're welcome to join
us tonight on the TUAW Talkcast.
We'll be kicking things off at
10pm Eastern Standard Time, so
be sure to set a 2nd alarm.
To participate on TalkShoe, you
can use the browser-only client,
York City Marathon 2010," the and remember to be on time for the embedded Facebook app, or
free app includes race details, your start -- best not to depend on the classic TalkShoe Pro Java the free Gizmo or X-Lite SIP
course facts, time updates and y o u r i P h o n e a l a r m d u r i n g client; however, for maximum clients or by using the TalkShoe
more. With an in-app purchase, Daylight Saving wacky fun time. fun, you should call in. For the client's ShoePhone tool; basic
you can watch live video of the Track your favorite runners with Web UI, just click the"TalkShoe instructions are here.
race or track up to five specific the ING New York Marathon app Web" button on our profile page We'll kick things off at 10pm ET/
runners by name or bib number originally appeared on TUAW on at 10 pm on Sunday. To call in on 7pm PT. See you there!
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BMW to use iPads for

specification panels at
Kinect does hacker's bidding, but not American auto shows
for fortune or fame (video) Sam Abuelsamid (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:00:00 PM
build and price their own favorite.
Visitors can enter their contact
information for a call from a local
Sean Hollister (Engadget) necessarily intend to unleash his a b o u t s h a r i n g h i s r a p i d
new exploit on the world. The a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s . At this week's South Florida dealer or to schedule a test drive
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:07:00 PM
$2,000 prize Adafruit is presently [Thanks to everyone who sent this International Auto Show in after the show. Text of the BMW
Yes, Microsoft's Kinect has offering for open-source Kinect in] Miami, BMW is debuting some press release follows.
already been cracked, as you'll see drivers isn't his aim, though he Continue reading Kinect does new interactive technology that Gallery: iPad as BMW auto show
on video after the break -- the does have big personal plans for hacker's bidding, but not for will be appearing at other shows spec panel
motion-sensing depth camera now the device, as he hopes to fortune or fame (video) over the coming weeks. The Continue reading BMW to use
nods its head on command and integrate it into his company's Kinect does hacker's bidding, but traditional static specification iPads for specification panels at
displays real-time accelerometer commercial visualization suite CL not for fortune or fame (video) panels that appear next to all the American auto shows
data on one lucky hacker's PC. Studio Live. It seems that work is originally appeared on Engadget fancy new cars at auto shows are BMW to use iPads for
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Cartoon: Apparently, We DO Need Those Stinking
Badges
Rob Cottingham
(ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:00:00 PM
I'm suddenly seeing badges
everywhere.
Location-aware apps like
Foursquare and Gowalla award
them for things like visiting more
than four venues in one night (the
"crunked" badge) or checking into
the kind of venue known for a
particular personality type (the
"douchebag" badge).
And now I'm getting badges in
Turn your iPhone or iPod touch into a gamepad with
stick-on buttons
Sam Abuelsamid (TUAW)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 12:30:00 PM
Software developers have been
able to do some amazing things
with games on portable devices
like the iPhone and iPod touch,
but just as some people prefer to
type on a physical keyboard,
gamers occasionally miss using a
gamepad. A Japanese company
has come up with a stick on
plastic nubs that you can apply to
your touch screen device to
"replicate" the feel of the buttons
on a game pad.
nearly every game and
entertainment app I use, often
with oddly low standards and
notifications like "Award:
Launching-the-App-for-the-First-
Time Badge!"
Sponsor
This goes back - as all good
things do - to video games;
badges act like little food pellets
that help keep you motivated in
between levelling up and winning
extra lives.
But there's no question they mainstream applications. The
work, so don't be surprised when Inbox Zero merit badge could
While the transparent appliques
are applied like a screen protector,
they really seem to be of dubious
benefit. While having tactile
feedback is helpful when playing
they start popping up in more
on a console or computer and
looking up at the display and
having the pad out of your line of
sight, it doesn't seem helpful in
this case. On a touchscreen
E-reader News Edition
well be built into the next version
of Outlook; PowerPoint users (at
least the ones I've been seeing
lately) could be unlocking the "20
bullet points and 16 fonts in one
slide!" badge. Robert and Kristen
Those badges seem to fill some
deep-seated craving from our Greet the Morning
inner Brownies and Cub Scouts.
All that's missing is a proud Together in Rio!
virtual parent to sew them onto a Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
digital sash for us... and I'm pretty Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:24:31 PM
sure that's coming, too.
More Noise to Signal. Discuss Robert Pattinson and Kristen
Stewart gave a wave to
photographers this morning from
the balcony of a hotel room in
Rio. The pair touched down in
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The Translucent Office:

Hidden in Plain Sight
Keep Tabs On Your [Featured Workspace]
Jason Fitzpatrick (Lifehacker)

Favorite Startups With Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:00:00 PM

Fitting your home office into the

StartupFollower greater space of your home is a
challenge for anybody, but
Alexia Tsotsis (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:18:56 PM
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update . Tactile+Plus brings buttons, especially somebody living in an
open loft. Today's featured
Creator Tim Suzman tells us that workspace is cleverly hidden
From AdaptiveBlue to Zazzle, h e p l a n s o n a d d i n g o t h e r
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of a sort, to your capactive beneath a loft bed. More »
fangirl and fanboy over (hi TechCrunch and eventually wants
Quora). To save you the trouble to set up email alerts for official touchscreen games Hussman: Bernanke Has
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that Bernanke -- by having made
purchases other than plain vanilla
US Treasury debt during QEI --
essentially was practicing fiscal
policy (rather than monetary
policy) and was thus usurping
powers specifically designated to
Congress.
The reason this is particularly
interesting now is that the Fed
may yet again at some point feel
pressure to go non-vanilla in its
purchases (perhaps with more
purchases of MBS or even state
debt) which might constitute a
practice of fiscal, rather than
monetary policy:
A decade ago, Bernanke gave a
speech titled “Japanese Monetary
Policy – A Case of Self-Induced
Paralysis?” where he encouraged
the Bank of Japan to pursue
“substantial currency
depreciation,” “maintaining the
zero interest rate policy for the
indefinite future,” “stating an
inflation target of, say, 3-4
percent,” and if necessary, that
“the BOJ expand its open market
operations to a wider range of
assets, such as long-term
government bonds or corporate
bonds.” Bernanke is essentially
operating from this playbook,
despite the fact that it has done
Japan no good at all.
Some may argue that the first
round of QE in the U.S. was
effective, but to the extent it had
an effect on the economy, that
effect had nothing to do with
monetary policy. What the Fed
really accomplished during the
first round of QE was the
unlegislated grant of the
government's full faith and credit
to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
As I noted last week, the public
would have viewed Fannie and
Freddie securities as
indistinguishable from Treasury
debt if Congress had explicitly
guaranteed them, but Bernanke
decided to substitute his own will
for that of the public.
Bernanke's 1999 speech included
a very disturbing paragraph,
particularly in light of what the
Fed did by purchasing $1.5
trillion of these agency securities.
“In thinking about nonstandard
open-market operations, it is
useful to separate those that have
some fiscal component from those
that do not. By a fiscal component
I mean some implicit subsidy,
which would arise, for example, if
the BOJ purchased nonperforming
bank loans at face value (this is of
course equivalent to a fiscal
bailout of the banks, financed by
the central bank). This sort of
money-financed “gift” to the
private sector would expand
aggregate demand for the same
reasons that any money-financed
transfer does. Although such
operations are perfectly sensible
from the standpoint of economic
theory, I doubt very much that we
will see anything like this in
Japan, if only because it is more
straightforward for the Diet to
vote subsidies or tax cuts directly.
Nonstandard open-market
operations with a fiscal
component, even if legal, would
be correctly viewed as an end run
around the authority of the
legislature, and so are better left
in the realm of theoretical
curiosities.”
Yet this is precisely what the Fed
did with Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac a year ago. Bernanke
understands this. He simply does
not want the public or Congress to
recognize it.
Given that fiscal authority is
enumerated by the Constitution as
the sole right of Congress, and
spending is prohibited by the
Constitution without explicit
appropriation, it seems clear -
regardless of how the Federal
Reserve Act is written - that
monetary operations involving
anything but Treasury securities
contain unconstitutional “fiscal
component,” unless they involve
repurchase agreements that would
make the Fed whole even if the
underlying securities were to fail.
It is doubtful that when Congress
drafted the Federal Reserve Act to
allow the use of mortgage-backed
securities, it ever dreamed that the
Fed would purchase these
securities outright when the issuer
was insolvent. Until this issue is
clarified in legislation, Bernanke
will continue to see it as
“perfectly sensible” for the Fed to
make “money financed gifts” that
substitute his own personal
discretion for those of a
democracy.
Equally disturbing is that
Bernanke apparently has no
problem confusing fiscal policy
with monetary policy when it
suits him. In the same paper,
Bernanke purports to explain why
the central bank always has the
ability to increase aggregate
demand, even in a liquidity trap:
"The general argument that the
monetary authorities can increase
aggregate demand and prices,
even if the nominal interest rate is
zero, is as follows: Money, unlike
other forms of government debt,
pays zero interest and has infinite
maturity. The monetary
authorities can issue as much
money as they like. Hence, if the
price level were truly independent
of money issuance, then the
monetary authorities could use the
money they create to acquire
indefinite quantities of goods and
assets. This is manifestly
impossible in equilibrium.
Therefore money issuance must
ultimately raise the price level,
even if nominal interest rates are
bounded at zero. This is an
elementary argument, but, as we
will see, it is quite corrosive of
claims of monetary impotence."
The only thing that is corroded
here is Bernanke's economic
reasoning. In this example, the
central bank is not engaging in
monetary policy, but fiscal policy.
Creating government liabilities to
acquire goods and assets, unless
those assets are other government
liabilities, is fiscal policy, pure
and simple.
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'Big Love':
The
Endgame
Gary Susman (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 10:00:00 AM
Filed under: Reality-Free,
Features
Now that we know that the
upcoming season of 'Big Love'
will be its last, there are still
plenty of questions about how --
and even why -- the show will end
after the fifth season, which
premieres Jan. 16.
For one thing, did HBO kill the
once-groundbreaking polygamist
drama, or did the series commit
suicide? Did fan disappointment
over season 4 affect the decision
to bring the show to a close, or
influence the way the show will
tie up its many narrative loose
ends? How will the show resolve
all those dangling plot strands?
And what legacy will'Big Love'
have left for the rest of television?
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Correct Translation of "Clueless" from German
Reader; Geithner Backs Off His Own Plan
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:45:00 PM
In German Finance Minister calls
Fed "Clueless"; G20 Showdown
with China; Why Geithner's "Non
-Plan" is Nothing but Hot Air I
quoted a Reuters article that called
the Fed "clueless".
It seems there is a bit of a
translation error to "clueless"
Michael from Germany writes ...
Hi Mish,
have been a follower of your
writings for a very long time now
- many thanks for all your work !
Please allow one remark to the
"clueless" quote from German
finance minister Schäuble.
While his comment was indeed
very strong language for a
German official towards the USA,
the "clueless" quote is not the
proper translation of what he said.
In German, he used the adjective
"ratlos". Literally, that means
"helpless", "at a loss what to do",
"baffled", "perplexed". That is
definitely less strong language
than "clueless" - which I believe
also implies that Bernanke does
not understand how he got
himself into the mess.
And "Ratlos" also does not have
that colloquial touch to it.
Having said that, however, I
cannot recall that German
officials have ever commented
any Fed decision less favourably
than they did last week.
Hope that helps a bit,
Please do keep up your excellent
work,
kindest regards from Germany,
Michael
Thanks Michael. Always happy
to make a correction as
appropriate.
Geithner Backs Off His Own
Plan
As long as we are doing
corrections, it seems Geithner,
perhaps under pressure from
China and emerging markets, has
abandoned his plan to save the
world via current-account targets.
Bloomberg reports G-20 Conflict
Risk Eases as U.S. Says Surplus
Goal Unrealistic
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy
F. Geithner refrained from
pushing for current-account
targets while China softened its
stance on the Federal Reserve’s
quantitative easing days before a
summit of the Group of 20.
“It looked like there was going to
be quite a lot of conflict or lack of
agreement going into the G-20 but
this suggests there may be a bit
more accord,” said Mitul Kotecha,
the Hong Kong-based head of
global foreign-exchange strategy
at Credit Agricole CIB. “There is
some toning down of the rhetoric
on the Fed’s policy but in return,
the U.S. will be looked upon to
tone down” its push to shrink
trade and investment imbalances.
While the Treasury chief said last
month that 4 percent of gross
domestic product was “likely to
emerge as the basic benchmark
countries look to,” he refrained
from repeating that guideline in
Kyoto. He instead noted policy
makers have tried to address
persistent trade and investment
imbalances since the 1940s, and
“it’s a process that’s going to take
some time.” Since we have had
problems since 1940 and since the
problems dramatically worsened
after Nixon took the US off the
gold window, it is safe to point
out that the process has already
taken one hell of a long time.
Now that Geithner has backed
down off a plan that cannot
possibly work, there is less chance
of fireworks.
This is what I wrote earlier about
Geithner's plan ...
Geithner's Non-Plan is Just Hot
Air
Geithner's plan to limit current
account surpluses and deficits to 4
per cent of gross domestic
product is flat out silly. Actually
there is no "plan", just hot air.
For starters, why would the
surplus countries who want to
increase exports agree to it? Even
if they did agree to it, pray tell
what is the enforcement
mechanism?
Unless Geithner proposes an
enforcement mechanism that can
actually stick, there is no plan.
The key point here is there is no
enforcement mechanism, nor any
discussion of one. There has been
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no enforcement mechanism since
Nixon closed the gold window.
That is all you need to know.
Thus, G20 will fail to
accomplish anything. However,
the show might produce some
exciting fireworks for a change,
given that currency wars have
escalated. Fireworks may be on
hold. It's too bad. We needed
some. Now all we are likely to see
is a bunch of lies regarding
agreements to agree at later date.
Fireworks would be more
entertaining and with some
massive fireworks there would be
a better chance (although still 'Supernatural'
slim) of accomplishing
something. Season 6,
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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com
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German Finance Minister calls Fed "Clueless"; G20
Showdown with China; Why Geithner's "Non-Plan"
is Nothing but Hot Air
noreply@blogger.com (Michael
Shedlock) (Mish's Global
Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 12:36:00 PM
Outside the blogosphere and into
realm of high ranking government
officials, it is rare to hear words
like "clueless" to describe the Fed.
That such talk is now occurring
shows just how upset the rest of
the world is at Bernanke's
policies.
Reuters reports US Policy
'Clueless': German Finance
Minister. Europe needs to
strengthen economic governance
and agree on a permanent crisis
resolution mechanism, all the
more so given current U.S.
economic weakness, German
Finance Minister Wolfgang
Schaeuble said on Friday.
France and Germany should
maintain their leadership role in
Europe, Schaeuble said,
especially in order to harmonise
its economic policy and bolster
stability given current economic
uncertainties.
These are being worsened by
reckless policy in part from the
the United States, Schaeuble said,
sharpening his criticism of the
Federal Reserve's program to buy
an additional $600 billion worth
of U.S. government bonds.
Pumping more money into the
economy will not solve the
country's problems, he said,
adding that the world needed U.S.
leadership that was currently
lacking.
"With all due respect, U.S. policy
is clueless," Schaeuble said. "(The
problem) is not a shortage of
liquidity. Late on Thursday,
Schaeuble said Germany would
take up this point critically with
the United States both bilaterally
and at next week's G20 summit of
industrialised and emerging
nations. G20 Showdown
The Financial Times reports
China tees up G20 showdown
with US
China has curtly dismissed a US
proposal to address global
economic imbalances, setting the
stage for a potential showdown at
next week’s G20 meeting in
Seoul.
Cui Tiankai, a deputy foreign
minister and one of China’s lead
negotiators at the G20, said on
Friday that the US plan for
limiting current account surpluses
and deficits to 4 per cent of gross
domestic product harked back “to
the days of planned economies”.
“We believe a discussion about a
current account target misses the
whole point,” he added, in the
first official comment by a senior
Chinese official on the subject. “If
you look at the global economy,
there are many issues that merit
more attention – for example, the
question of quantitative easing.”
China’s opposition to the
proposal, which had made some
progress at a G20 finance
ministers’ meeting last month,
came amid a continuing rumble of
protest from around the world at
the US Federal Reserve’s plan to
pump an extra $600bn into
financial markets. Complaints
about QEII Continue to Pile Up
The list of complaints about QEII
is long and growing: South Korea,
Hong Kong, Brazil, China,
Volcker Complain about
Bernanke's QE Policy.
Add Germany to the list.
Geithner's Non-Plan is Just Hot
Air
Geithner's plan to limit current
account surpluses and deficits to 4
per cent of gross domestic
product is flat out silly. Actually
there is no "plan", just hot air.
For starters, why would the
surplus countries who want to
increase exports agree to it? Even
if they did agree to it, pray tell
what is the enforcement
mechanism?
Unless Geithner proposes an
enforcement mechanism that can
actually stick, there is no plan.
The key point here is there is no
enforcement mechanism, nor any
discussion of one. There has been
no enforcement mechanism since
Nixon closed the gold window.
That is all you need to know.
Thus, G20 will fail to accomplish
anything. However, the show
might produce some exciting
fireworks for a change, given that
currency wars have escalated.
Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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Cowboys vs. Packers:
Sunday Night
Football Live Chat
Adam Gretz (FanHouse Main)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:30:00 PM
Filed under: Cowboys, Packers,
NFL Live Blogging
Before the season, Sunday night's
Dallas vs. Green Bay game might
have been looked at as a possible
preview for the NFC
championship game. As we stand
today, only one of these teams --
Green Bay -- has any real shot at
even qualifying for the
postseason. The Packers enter the
night coming off an impressive
defensive showing in a 9-0 win at
the Jets, while the Cowboys
season continued its slide at the
hands of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Can Jon Kitna get Dallas back in
the win column? We're about to
find out. We'll be live chatting all
of the action, as we always do,
starting at 8:15 p.m. ET, so please
stop on by and join us.
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Here's What Happened The Last Time Brad DeLong: Robert

Politicians Didn't Raise The Debt Zoellick May Be The
Ceiling "Stupidest Man Alive"
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game) Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:45:14 PM Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:30:00 PM

According to WSJ, the Congress You could say that economist

probably has no later than may to
raise the ceiling on the national
debt, and to avoid default.
Technically, however, default
may not happen right away if
Congress fails to act.
In 2009, apparently, the Treasury
started working on backup plans
to borrow more, even without the
authorization of Congress.
And actually, the issue has come
up before:
During the Clinton
administration, the government
actually hit the debt ceiling during
a standoff between Treasury
Secretary Robert Rubin and GOP
House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
Mr. Rubin successfully avoided
default by borrowing money from
at least two federal pension funds.
Eventually, the debt ceiling was
raised, but only after a brief
government shutdown and
warnings from the Clinton
Brad DeLong is less than
impressed by World Bank Chief
Robert Zoellick's call for a new
global gold standard.
He notes, for one thing, that any
arbitrary anchoring of global
currencies would be deflationary -
- exactly what DeLong sees as the
problem right now.
And he takes umbrage with
Zoellick's characterization of gold
is a new form of money:
Markets are using gold as a
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n t h a t t h e made no bones about the fact that speculative asset and a hedge.
government might temporarily it plans to use the debt ceiling They are not using it is a medium
stop mailing Social Security issue as leverage in its desire to of exchange, a unit of account, or
checks. see drastic spending cuts. What, a safe store of nominal value.
On separate occasions in 2002 specifically, they'll demand, is He really may be the Stupidest
and 2003, the Bush administration unclear, however. Most likely Man Alive.
avoided hitting the debt ceiling by they won't touch the real biggies: Zoellick's characterization of
suspending investments in a Social Security, Medicare, etc. gold is trendy, but there's
p e n s i o n p l a n f o r f e d e r a l Join the conversation about this something to DeLong's argument
employees, among other things. story » here. Yes, the value of gold has
Ever since election night, this has
been a hot topic, and the GOP has
surged, but use of gold as an
actual medium of exchange
appears to be non-existent, and
while much of the surge can be
traced to loose money, there's also
just the fact that gold is a small
market, and the existence of
vehicle lik the GLD has made it
easy for speculators to place a bet
or a hedge.
We woulnd't be surprised to see
Krugman weigh in soon,
although... he probably can't top
DeLong in terms of rhetoric here.
Join the conversation about this
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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 footage looks pretty unfair

Griffin McElroy (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:30:00 PM
Attendees of the recent MLG
Dallas championship got to see a
brief tech demo for Tekken Tag
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World Bank Chief Calls For A New How Hurricanes Work

(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed)
Global Gold Standard Submitted at 11/7/2010 12:00:56 PM
impending hurricane.
-
A hurricane builds energy as it
Joe Weisenthal (Money Game)
Few events on Earth rival the moves across the ocean, sucking
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:22:58 PM sheer power of a hurricane. Also up warm, moist tro-pical air from
known as tropical cyclones and the surface and dispensing cooler
On the even of the G20 Summit, typhoons, these fierce storms can air aloft. Think of this as the
World Bank Chief Robert churn the seas into a violent storm breathing in and out. The
Zoellick has what will be a much- topography of 50-foot (15-meter) hurricane escalates until this
talked-about op-ed in the FT peaks and valleys, redefine "breathing" is disrupted, like
regarding the topic du jour: the coastlines and reduce whole cities when the storm makes landfall. At
currency war. to watery ruin. Some researchers this point, the storm quickly loses
In it he lays out multiple ideas even theorize that the dinosaurs its momentum and power, but not
including a specific plan for yuan were wiped out by prehistoric without unleashing wind speeds
appreciation, an end to unilateral hypercanes, a kind of super- as high as 185 mph (300 kph) on
currency interventions, a focus on hurricane stirred to life by the heat coastal areas.
growth via "supply-side- currency values. Although world would respect gold as the of an asteroid strike [source: -In this article, we'll explore the
bottlenecks (i.e. structural textbooks may view gold as the ultimate arbiter of a currency's National Geographic]. lifecycle and anatomy of a
adjustment), and perhaps most old money, markets are using gold value, as a measure of who is E v e r y y e a r , t h e w o r l d hurricane, as well as the methods
surprisingly: gold. as an alternative monetary asset failing to keep their currency experiences hurricane season. we use to classify and track these
He writes: today. stable. During this period, hundreds of ultimate storm systems as they
The system should also consider He doesn't go much further down Should be an exciting G20. storm systems spiral out from the hurtle across the globe.
employing gold as an the road on this idea, and it Join the conversation about this tropical regions surrounding the This entry passed through the
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from January to March. So 75 Reporting of Falluja's Cancer
(Scripting News) Even though there are other ways There should have been more percent of the year, it's safe to say Catastrophe.
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:03:06 PM to slice it, and maybe there isn't high-level browsers. that someone somewhere is
even that much demand for what And there should have been a probably worrying about an
A new browser, Rockmelt, it does. browser with identity built in.
launched in the last hour, and you No matter. It's going to get an This browser is both high-level
can tell right off the bat if the installed base (with the caveat and understands identity.
s o f t w a r e i s a n y w h e r e n e a r above about competence) and But it's not a river! It's a hunt and
competent, and there's no reason with an installed base comes peck style aggregator.
why it shouldn't be (that's not the momentum and value, and there Okay, let's do the river.
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What I've Learned, By Skype's Niklas Zennstrom

David Rowan (Wired Top
Stories)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 1:09:00 PM

Think of all the giant technology

companies that have changed your
life, and the chances are that
they’re American. Facebook,
Google, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft
— there’s something about the
U.S. digital economy (not least
piles of Silicon Valley cash) that
churns out tech billionaires faster
than Europe can generate
teetering banks.
That’s why Niklas Zennstrom is
such a role model to entrepreneurs
this side of the Atlantic. Not only
did he co-found and run Skype,
the London-based internet-phone
start-up which eBay bought in
2005 for $3.1 billion — a venture
more than two dozen venture knows about all the months and money for Skype: we went to 26 sister, friends — I tried Skype on lifestyle. It defines you. Forget
capitalists turned down flat. He years you’ve invested, all the different venture capitalists, them very early on. Though you about vacations, about going
also, with business partner Janus projects you’ve tried before that asking for 1.5 million euros and never know with the ‘mum test’ if home at 6pm — last thing at night
Friis, created the game-changing didn’t work.” prepared to give away a third of they’re saying good things you’ll send emails, first thing in
peer-to-peer software Kazaa, the company. But no one wanted because they just want to be the morning you’ll read emails,
launched the online video-sharing to invest.” nice.” and you’ll wake up in the middle
service Joost, and now runs a • “ You shouldn’t be afraid of of the night. But it’s hugely
Mayfair-based investment firm failure— when something fails, rewarding as you’re fulfilling
called Atomico which recently you think, ‘What did I learn from • “ Surround yourself with smart, • “ Think globally. If you don’t something for yourself.”
raised $165 million. that experience, I can do better dedicated people— to build think big, it’s unlikely you’ll
Not bad for a 44-year-old next time.’ Then kill that project something isn’t a one-man show. become big. We made sure from
Swedish-born Londoner listed in and move on to the next. Don’t It’s more important to have smart day one that Skype was an • “ If you’re married, your spouse
the latest Sunday Times Rich List get disappointed.” people who really believe in what international business — we were needs to be into it. My wife’s
as worth a mere £320 million. you’re doing than really incorporated in Luxembourg, we salary could support us while we
What, then, can the rest of us experienced people who may not had software developers in were founding both Kazaa and
learn from Zennstrom? I recently • “ Often you’re the only one who share your dream.” Estonia, we moved to London. Skype. With children it becomes
spent an afternoon with him in believes in what you’re doing. The internet has no country harder.”
search of lessons he’s picked up Everyone around you will say, boundaries.”
on the way. ‘Why not give up? Don’t you see • “ Try to prove there are people
• “ It’s hard work. When a it won’t work?’ You then have to actually interested in your product • “ Money, for me, was one
business becomes successful find out, are they right or am I before you spend money building • “ I f y o u w a n t t o b e a n
seemingly overnight, no one right? It took a year to raise a business. Test it on your mother, entrepreneur, it’s not a job, it’s a WHAT page 40
E-reader News Edition Culture/ 39

First Look at RockMelt, a Browser Built For Facebook Freaks

Michael Calore (Wired Top as quickly as it can manage on a links, videos and status updates to version of Firefox. Mozilla browser interface, either. But it is
Stories) first-come, first-served basis. both Facebook and Twitter (that’s experimented with Ubiquity, an in very streamlined, and there are
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:14:00 PM The two founders, CEO Eric it for now, but more services will -browser tool for posting to some key elements that people
Vishria and CTO Tim Howes, be added later). There are also different social sites and who live and breathe the social
The rumor mill has been buzzing demonstrated RockMelt to Wired built-in clients for consuming interacting with web services. web will find intriguing.
for months about the imminent a few days before Sunday’s your Facebook feed and managing There are a number of add-ons First of all, you log in to
arrival of a new “Facebook launch. multiple Twitter feeds, a chat that can embed social networking RockMelt before you use it. You
browser” called RockMelt. It’s based on Chromium, so it client, and lightweight RSS dashboards into the browser for authorize the browser to connect
Well, it really does exist, and it’s inherits Google Chrome’s speed, reader. It does use your Facebook you. These tools have grown in to your Facebook account, and the
here. RockMelt is being released looks, and basic functionality on account to personalize the popularity as we’ve struggled to browser is instantly customized
as a limited public beta Sunday. both Mac and Windows. experience, but its reach is manage the ever-increasing flow for your social circle, showing
Anyone can sign up to test it out, And while its Facebook broader than just Facebook. of links, media and bits shared by your friends and your favorite
but the release will be throttled so integration runs deep, RockMelt We’ve seen browsers custom- our online friends. sites in slim sidebars — or
as not to overload the cloud-based i s n o t e x a c t l y a F a c e b o o k built for the social web before, So, the idea isn’t original. And “edges,” to use the RockMelt
components of the app. RockMelt b r o w s e r . I t ’ s a s o c i a l w e b most notably Flock, which RockMelt doesn’t sport a FIRST page 40
will be doling out download links browser, allowing you to post launched as a MySpaced-up complete re-invention of the
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continued from page 38 continued from page 39

motivation— but so was the drive expect that the next thing you do high for stock options, and there parlance. recent posts and activities from
to change something, to make will be instantaneously successful should be taper relief so that if The edge on the left has your that source. Following the “keep
something happen. And to prove — which makes everything much you invest all your savings to picture at the top, and the friends things out of the way” philosophy,
to the world you can do more difficult. Just because you build something, you don’t get you interact with the most appear these panels can pop out from the
something real. If you’re only had one success, doesn’t mean taxed away.” in a list below you. To send a new browser to float freely if you
driven by making money, you’re you’ll have another.” tweet or to update your Facebook want.
not going to be as likely to make status, you click on your picture. All of your user data is stored in
it.” • “ Of course there’s envy, but To send your friend a message or the cloud by RockMelt (on
• “ I’m doing a lot of you have to manage it. I don’t see start a new chat with them, click Amazon servers) and synced
philanthropy. I don’t feel any that as a big problem.” on their photo. You can also share when you log in, so no matter
• “ None of my family were obligation to do so, but I’m things by grabbing an image or whose copy of RockMelt you’re
entrepreneurs— my parents were passionate about the environment David Rowan writes The Digital video on the web page and using, you see your own custom
teachers. But I thought early on, and climate change. It’s very Life, a monthly tech column for dragging it on top of your friend’s version of the browser. Others are
in school in Sweden, that one day rewarding.” sister Conde Nast magazine GQ. icon. moving in this direction, too —
I wanted my own company as that Photo Credit: Flickr CC: Thomas The edge on the right has small Chrome connects to your Google
was the way to make real money. Schlijper icons for each of the services account and Firefox has an
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5 Future Technology A Fashionably Chic Retreat

Habitually Chic (Habitually
Myths Chic®)
Carrier and landscape designer
Miranda Brooks decorated the
new house and tamed land to
(HowStuffWorks Daily Feed) inherently inexact, but it is Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:47:20 PM
better enjoy the out of doors.
Submitted at 11/7/2010 12:00:56 PM possible to make some informed I think there is a misconception Again, I think all creative people
guesses. Of course, it's also that New Yorkers only go to the thrive when they have a place to
What will the world look like 10 possible to argue the opposite Hamptons in the summer. While recharge their batteries every
years from now? Forty years from point of view regarding the reality the Hamptons are lovely during weekend so it seems no wonder
now? Will the continuation of of some of these technologies, but the warmer months, they can be that Anna Wintour has been at
Moore's Law eventually allow us in these cases, there's enough even better in the fall and winter Vogue for over 20 years.
t o h a v e a s o c i e t y r u n b y evidence out there, particularly when the crowds have left. If Photos by Eric Bowman and
automated robots? Will we have from experts, to diagnose them as Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna article in the October issue of The from Carrier & Co.
conquered global warming and myths. Wintour and her family don't World of Interiors about how they
celebrate as a people as we Let's start with one of the great spend weekends at their place on renovated an additional house on
approach the much-vaunted fabled machines of the post- the North Shore year round, they an adjoining property they
prospect of the singularity? Some industrial age: the flying car. really should. There was a great purchased. Interior designer Jesse
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Dolphins vs. Ravens: Ray Rice, Willis
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likely myths. Reporting of Falluja's Cancer take the lead with 35 seconds left
Predicting future trends or Catastrophe. Filed under: Dolphins, Ravens, in the second quarter. On second-
developments, especially in a AFC East, AFC North and-goal from the Baltimore 9,
dynamic field like technology, is BALTIMORE -- It was a crisp, quarterback Chad Henne threw a
cool, windy Sunday at M&T Bank short pass to wide receiver
Positive Nancy Stadium, but the Ravens and
Dolphins started off hot,
Davone Bess, but Bess had to
extend to bring the ball in,
E.J. Dionne Jr. (The New Lincoln Memorial. exchanging blows early with allowing Ravens cornerback
Republic - All Feed) She keeps coming back to the matching opening-drive Fabian Washington to make a
Submitted at 11/7/2010 11:00:00 PM courage of her colleagues who touchdowns. Both teams moved tackle at the 1. The Dolphins had
cast hard votes that helped make the ball on the ground well, but runs and screens. But as a credit to settle for a field goal, making it
W A S H I N G T O N — H o u s e the last two years one of the Ravens were deadly as their to the Dolphins' defense, they a 13-10 game at the half.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calmly Congress' most productive periods backs ( Willis McGahee and Ray managed to hold the Ravens to More: Box Score| Recap
assessing the political cyclone that in recent times—and made her Rice) trounced the Dolphins off two field goals in three attempts
routed her Democratic majority one of the most effective speakers
and will, at least temporarily, in history. Her message is
force her to vacate one of the best unmistakable: Democrats have
offices in the city, with its nothing to apologize for, nothing
inspirational view of the
Washington Monument and the POSITIVE page 42
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to be ashamed of, and nothing to
regret.
"One of the members called me
and said, 'I'm in a tough race. It's
even. I don't know how it's going
to turn out,'" she recalls. "'But I
know one thing: that I wouldn't do
anything differently. I wouldn't
change my vote on health care
reform no matter how they tried to
describe it. It was important for
me to vote to give the opportunity
that that bill provides.'"
"These members know what they
believe in," she notes, channeling
her own feelings through those of
her colleagues. "They will have
plenty of options in life. I hope
one of them is to consider coming
back to Congress."
I spoke with Pelosi less than 24
hours before she announced she
wanted to stay on as Democratic
leader, and everything she said
made clear that she's not ready to
allow millions of dollars in
Republican attack ads to drive her
from public life. She wants
another crack at winning electoral
vindication for a record she
believes already stands well on
the merits.
About how she was used this
year as a political pinata, she is
philosophical. Republicans
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What was done to her, she says,
"was almost chicken feed" by
comparison. "Now they didn't
have him," she adds. "To some
extent they did this with Mrs.
Clinton for a while." And then
Pelosi performs the political math.
"Now you take a woman and a
progressive and you put it
together ... "
She stops, and breaks out
laughing. She won't say it herself,
but points to her former colleague
Martin Frost's observation that a
woman from liberal San Francisco
was the ideal Republican target. "I
don't think they could have done
this to a male speaker," Frost told
USA Today.
But Pelosi's rule on the gender
issue is: "Don't underestimate,
don't overestimate, just move on
from it." So identity politics is
absent when she's asked point
blank why the Republicans
attacked her so fiercely.
"Because I'm effective," she
answers matter-of-factly. "It's
why they had to do it. They had to
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industry wanted to stop, Wall
Street reform which Wall Street
wanted to stop, (reforms of)
students loans for taking the
money out of the banks and
giving it back to the taxpayer and
to families."
And in what might be read as a
reminder as to why she should
remain as leader, she adds: "I'm
one of the most effective
fundraisers that the Congress has
had ... because I believe in
something."
Pelosi was already thinking about
how Democrats move forward.
Her analysis of why the party lost
the House is compact. "Nine and a
half percent unemployment
damaged the majority," she says.
"What made a difference in the
election is the fact that they said
we are spending money, and
where are the jobs?" While she
believes that what Democrats did
on health care, education and
Wall Street reform was ultimately
about fixing the economy, the
party has to think "shorter term"
in putting "jobs, jobs, jobs front
and center." That's her battle plan.
Nowhere is it written that a
speaker has to step down from a
leadership position after losing the
majority. Between 1945 and 1955,
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Democrat Sam Rayburn and
Republican Joe Martin swapped
the speakership four times.
Yes, there are valid political
reasons for House Democrats to
change leaders, especially in light
of Pelosi's poll numbers. But
there's an argument rooted in
justice that the person who built
their majority should have a shot
at winning it back. And aren't
Democrats tired of reflexively
capitulating to the other side's
narrative? That is what Pelosi is
counting on.
E.J. Dionne, Jr. is the author of
the recently published Souled
Out: Reclaiming Faith and
Politics After the Religious Right.
He is a Washington Post
columnist, a senior fellow at the
Brookings Institution, and a
professor at Georgetown
University.
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Matt's Picks: November 8-11
Matt Roush (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:55:00 PM
Conan O'Brien
House(Monday, 8/7c, Fox)
While Thirteen's away, House's
team must play nice with Cuddy,
agreeing to add a female doctor to
fill the void. Enter Joan of
Arcadia's Amber Tamblyn as
Martha Masters, a third-year med
student who can hold her own
against these strong personalities.
Even the mercurial boss man. She
gets a chance to prove herself in
the case of a senator's campaign
manager who collapses, mid-
campaign, with liver failure and
temporary paralysis.
Conan(Premieres Monday, 11/
10c, TBS)
Like a red-maned phoenix rising
from the ashes of last winter's
peacock debacle, Conan O'Brien
is finally back plying his wacky
mad comedy skills in late night —
with Andy Richter in tow and The
Basic Cable Band (led by Jimmy
Vivino in place of the departed
Max Weinberg) providing
musical backup. Opening-night
guests include Seth Rogen and
music from Jack White, while the
rest of the week will welcome
Tom Hanks (Tuesday), Jon
Hamm (Wednesday) and Michael
Cera and Julie Bowen (Thursday).
Team Coco, it was a long wait but
your loyalty has been rewarded.
But how will he fare going head-
to-head with The Daily Show?
TV/ 43
What to Watch: TV Picks
for November 8-14, 2010
Kim Potts (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:00:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
'Conan'(11PM, TBS) series
premiere
He's baaaack, and all is right in
late night, as Conan returns with a
new show at a new time on a new
network. Sidekick Andy Richter
also returns, with new band leader
Jimmy Vivino, as the redheaded
one welcomes Seth Rogen, 'Glee'
star Lea Michele and a
The Good Wife(Tuesday, 10/9c, uncomfortably close to a paranoid performance by Jack White to
mother, but she plays her on TV
CBS) mad bomber. Adding to the kick off his new gig. Among the
tonight (8:30PM, CBS)
Michael J. Fox makes a rare complications, the team is still rest of Coco's week 1 guests: Tom
'Inside the State Dept.'- In case
guest appearance as Alicia's latest trying to win back the trust of Hanks and Jack McBrayer on
you've ever wondered what really
formidable adversary, a disabled Jesse, forced to work with them to Tues., Jon Hamm on Weds. and
happens at the State Department,
attorney who's not above using his retrieve some critical classified Michael Cera on Thurs.
and what Secretary of State
condition to manipulate a jury in a documents. If things ever went 'How I Met Your Mother'- Kyle
Hillary Clinton does, here's a very
class-action suit that targets a smoothly for these scrappy MacLachlan plays the hubby of
special hour just for you (9PM,
pharmaceutical company. Also on eccentrics, there would be no another desperate housewife, as
Ted goes to a swanky party and NGC)
the guest roster: Six Feet Under's show.
'The Big C'- Liam Neeson guest
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Morrison) and her boat-obsessed stars as "Bee Man," the
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Incredibly Awkward
Gina DiNunno (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:30:00 PM
Hugh Laurie and Amber
Tamblyn
Since Thirteen's departure on
House, Princeton-Plainsboro has
been a revolving door for the
female doctors trying to fill the
void. Now the team has found a
keeper — and she's not even a
doctor.
Jennifer Grey's House call
Meet hyperintelligent, third-year
med student Martha Masters
(played by guest star Amber
Tamblyn). Despite her age and
lack of experience, Cuddy forces
House and the team to give
Martha a chance, but her morals
clash big time with House's style.
"She is incredibly brilliant, but
sometimes she can be very
socially awkward," says Tamblyn.
"She's almost like a younger
version of [House], only she
believes in the ethics of truth-
telling to a fault, just in a same
way that he believes in lying to
help you find the truth to a fault."
After House [ Hugh Laurie]
comes to the conclusion that
Martha is the, "the love child of
Einstein and Mary Poppins," the
irritated doc fires Martha a
handful of times, but begins to
realize her genius can help the
team — no matter how by the
book she is.
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Tamblyn's debut on House? Tell
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"Both of them have very
distinctive ideas on how to get to
the same thing, but you're going
see her try to come into the real
world for the first time and it's
going be pretty intense for her,"
Tamblyn says.
Martha's character will struggle
with integrating from her world of
academia and knowledge into a
working environment. But that is
what Tamblyn says she loves
most about her.
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Effect comic will fill in
players of PS3 Mass Effect 2
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) with the game's three main
Submitted at 11/7/2010 3:30:00 PM expansions, "Kasumi's Stolen
Memory," "Overlord" and "Lair
"I love the fact she's filled with so The " seamless introduction" of the Shadow Broker," and will
many non-sequiturs," Tamblyn which will ease PS3 owners into include a voucher to download all
says. "And I love how incredibly the rich backstory of Mass Effect the content currently available on
awkward she is. It just gives the 2, first hinted at when the game the Cerberus network. Finally, the
character so much potential to was announced this past August, post quotes Hudson as saying the
grow." m a y h a v e b e e n r e c e n t l y game will include an exclusive
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Megamind Tops First Weekend of
Holiday Box Office
Kate Stanhope (TVGuide.com:
Breaking News)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:17:00 PM
Megamind
A trio of newcomers —
Megamind, Due Date and For
Colored Girls— combined to
make for the highest-grossing
holiday season start ever, 30
percent higher than the same
weekend last year, Box Office
Mojo reports.
Movies over the weekend
brought in some $47.7 million on
about 7,300 screens.
The animated superhero film
Megamind topped new releases,
raking in more than $47 million in
its first week. Due Date, the latest
comedy from The Hangover
director Todd Phillips, drew $33.5
million in its debut. Tyler Perry's
For Colored Girls, starring Janet
Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg,
attracted $20.1 million and came
in third.
Saw 3D tops Halloween weekend
box office
The action flick Red, starring
Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren,
came in fourth with $8.9 million,
while last week's No. 1 film, Saw
3D, took in $8.2 million to finish
fifth.
Rounding out the top 10:
Paranormal Activity 2(No. 6, $7.3
million); Jackass 3D(No. 7, $5
million); Hereafter(No. 8, $4
million); Secretariat(No. 9, $4
million) and The Social
Network(No. 10, $3.6 million).
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Japan votes to decide the
world's most popular
Pokemon
Griffin McElroy (Joystiq) fifth. As Siliconera points out,
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:00:00 PM seeing as how the polls were
conducted among hardcore
The Pokémon Company recently players, the polls probably
polled the hardcore players of its s k e w e d t o w a r d s t h e m o r e
monster-collecting franchise to powerful guys rather than the
find out who's the most popular more recognizable guys, which is
'mon of all time. You'd think n o t t h e b e s t m e t r i c f o r
Pikachu, right? Like, that's a determining popularity. Like, we
t o t a l l y l o g i c a l a s s u m p t i o n , were clearly the buffest guys at
considering how much exposure our high school, but we were
that little yellow bastard has never elected prom king, you
r e c e i v e d o v e r t h e y e a r s . know?
Unfortunately, you're totally What? Why are you laughing?
wrong -- first place went to Japan votes to decide the world's
Arceus, a legendary Pokémon most popular Pokemon originally
first introduced in Diamond and appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 07
Pearl. Nov 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please
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What's On Tonight: 'Great Migrations,' 1 Timothy 2:1-2 (11-07-10)
'Treehouse of Horror XXI,' 'Kendra,'
'Nature'
Rich Keller (TV Squad)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:30:00 AM
Filed under: TV Previews Here's
tonight's lineup of new shows and
events (all times Eastern). Check
your local TV listings for
additional information.
* = Series/Season Premiere
** = Series/Season Finale
# = New Day/Time
As usual, FOX celebrates
Halloween one week later with
the annual 'Treehouse of Horror'
installment of 'The Simpsons'
followed by holiday-themed
episodes of 'The Cleveland Show,'
'Family Guy,' and 'American Dad.'
If Major League Baseball has its
way and extends the playoff
season we could be watching
these shows around Thanksgiving
in a few years.
7:00 to 8:00
ABC:'America's Funniest Home
Videos'
CBS:'60 Minutes'
NBC:'Football Night in America'
Disney Channel:'Hannah
Montana Forever'-- 7:30 start
8:00 to 9:00
ABC:'Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition'
CBS:'The Amazing Race'
FOX:'The Simpsons' and'The
Cleveland Show'
NBC:'Sunday Night Football'--
The Cowboys at the Packers
PBS:'Nature'
BET:'Black Girls Rock!'-- (120
minutes)
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(Verse of the Day) holiness. So pray, dear friend in
Submitted at 11/7/2010 2:00:00 AM Jesus, pray as if world peace
depends upon it, because it does!
I urge, first of all, that requests, My Prayer... Majestic and Holy
p r a y e r s , i n t e r c e s s i o n a n d God, your greatness is beyond my
t h a n k s g i v i n g b e m a d e f o r mind to grasp but your grace
everyone - for kings and all those reaches me and teaches in a new
in authority, that we may live way each day. Forgive me when
peaceful and quiet lives in all my prayer life has not been
godliness and holiness. passionate. Forgive me for letting
— 1 T i m o t h y 2 : 1 - 2 ( N I V ) my prayers focus only on what is
Thoughts on Today's Verse... God wrong. Use your Spirit, O God, to
wants us to be a praying people. ignite a hunger in my soul so that
But more than that, God wants us I come to find satisfaction only in
to pray for people. The blessing of you and your presence. In the
that kind of prayerful life is that name of Jesus Christ and through
we get to live peaceful and quiet the intercession of the Holy Spirit,
lives full of godliness and I pray. Amen.
Bravo:'Food Network Challenge'
Disney Channel:'Shake It Up!'* --
8:30 start
NatGeo:'Great Migrations'*
Style:'Jerseylicious'
Travel:'World's Worst Weather'
The rest of the schedule after the
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Colored Girls— combined to
make for the highest-grossing
holiday season start ever, 30
percent higher than the same
weekend last year, Box Office
Mojo reports.
The animated superhero film
Megamind topped new releases,
raking in more than $47 million in
its first week. Due Date, the latest
comedy from The Hangover
director Todd Phillips, drew $33.5
million in its debut. Tyler Perry's
For Colored Girls, starring Janet
Jackson and Whoopi Goldberg,
attracted $20.1 million and came
in third.
Saw 3D tops Halloween weekend
box office
The action flick Red, starring
Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren,
came in fourth with $8.9 million,
while last week's No. 1 film, Saw
3D, took in $8.2 million to finish
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ARI
Discuss this product MIN 1st Downs 13 28
Price: $79.99 I want one! Passing 1st downs 9 22
Rushing 1st downs 3 4
1st downs from Penalties 1 2
3rd down efficiency 3-13 3-12
4th down efficiency 0-0 1-2 Total
Plays 54 70 Total Yards 225 507
Passing 172 427
Comp-Att 16-27 36-47
Yards per pass 6.4 9.1 Rushing
53 80
Rushing Attempts 21 20
Yards per rush 2.5 4.0 Red Zone
(Made-Att) 0-1 2-6 Penalties 7-39
11-65 Turnovers 1 3
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Fumbles lost 1 1
Interceptions thrown 0 2
Defensive / Special Teams TDs 2
0 Possession 27:13 38:05
Passing Leaders Arizona C/ATT
YDS AVG TD INT RATING
Anderson 15/26 179 6.9 1 0 91.7
Breaston 1/1 17 17.0 0 0 118.8
Minnesota C/ATT YDS AVG TD
INT RATING Favre 36/47 446
9.5 2 2 101.9
Receiving Leaders Arizona REC
YDS AVG TD LG TGTS
Fitzgerald 7 107 15.3 0 30 10
Roberts 2 29 14.5 1 30 2
Minnesota REC YDS AVG TD
LG TGTS Harvin 9 126 14.0 0 28
12 Berrian 9 89 9.9 0 22 11
Research Notes
Brett Favre's 36 completions are
tied for the most in his career (had
36 on Dec. 5, 1993 at Bears). His
446 yards are career-high and just
his 2nd 400-yard passing game
(had 402 yards Dec. 5, 1993 at
Bears).
LaRod Stephens-Howling now
has 3 career KO Return TD, the
2nd-most in Cardinals history.
Only Hall of Famer Ollie Matson
has more with 6.
ESPN Stats & Information
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS -- Even Brett
Favre thought the Minnesota
Vikings were done -- for the
game, and quite possibly the
season. Down 14 with less than
five minutes to play against
Arizona. Chants of "Fire
Childress!" filling the Metrodome.
A Super Bowl-or-bust season on
the brink. More From ESPN.com
Was Minnesota's comeback win a
sign of a turnaround -- or just
another mirage? ESPN.com's
Kevin Seifert analyzes the
conundrum that is the 2010
Vikings. Blog
• Blog: Rapid Reaction Suddenly,
Favre conjured the kind of magic
that simply hasn't been there all
season, engineering another jaw-
dropping fourth-quarter comeback
that may have not only saved the
Vikings' season, but coach Brad
Childress' job as well.Favre threw
for a career-high 446 yards to
rally the Vikings from 14 points
down in the final four and half
minutes and Ryan Longwell's 35-
yard field goal in overtime lifted
them to a 27-24 victory over the
Cardinals on Sunday."There was a
point in that game where I think
everyone in the building thought
this is not going well. We don't
stand a chance," said Favre, who
has 46 career fourth-quarter
comeback wins. "But we
did."Favre threw a 25-yard
touchdown to Visanthe Shiancoe
with 27 seconds to play in
regulation, then hooked up with
Bernard Berrian on a 22-yard pass
in overtime to move the Vikings
into position for an improbable
victory.The 41-year-old
quarterback completed 36 of 47
passes with two touchdowns and
two interceptions in easily his best
performance of the season. Percy
Harvin had nine catches for a
career-high 126 yards and Adrian
Peterson racked up 144 total yards
and two TDs for the Vikings (3-
5), who were dogged by questions
about Childress' job security all
week long.Asked if he felt he was
playing for Childress' job, Favre
said, "I felt like I was playing for
mine. I'm just being honest. ...
Have I always got along with my
coach, head coach, quarterbacks
coach, offensive coordinator? No.
Do I always agree with the plays
that are called? No. Why should
that factor into me wanting to be
the best player I can be?" LaRod
Stephens-Howling returned a kick
96 yards for a touchdown and
Michael Adams returned a fumble
30 yards for a score for the
Cardinals (3-5), who appeared to
have the win sealed after stopping
the Vikings on fourth-and-goal
from the 1-yard line with just over
six minutes to play and a 24-10
lead. In The Books
Brett Favre joined the ranks of
Tommy Kramer and Joe Kapp as
the Vikings quarterbacks with the
most prolific passing games in
team history. Player Yards Date
Tommy Kramer 490 Nov. 2, 1986
Tommy Kramer 456 Dec. 14,
1980* Joe Kapp 449 Sept. 28,
1969* Brett Favre 446 Sunday**
- Vikings won game
-- Source: ESPN Stats and
Information But Favre directed
scoring drives of 40 and 77 yards
in regulation, quickly turning
chants of "Fire Childress!" to
"Let's Go Vikings!""I think they
came expecting to see an
execution," Childress said. "And
it ended up a pretty good football
game at the end."It was an
exhilarating end to another
tumultuous week for the Vikings.
It started with Childress deciding
to cut receiver Randy Moss, a
move that not only stunned
players but team management and
ownership as well. His messy
handling of the situation raised
serious doubts about his job
security, and he also nearly came
to blows with Harvin in practice
on Friday.Childress said he spent
15 minutes with Harvin before the
game to clear the air."We're
playing an emotional game with
emotional people," Childress said.
"It's part of what makes him good.
Tempers can raise every now and
then."Owner Zygi Wilf declined
to comment on Childress' status,
only contributing to the
speculation."The big thing is
getting a win right now," Wilf
said before the game. "The big
thing is to win this game and to be
crowned division champions and
we're going to fight our [butts]
off."They did just that.Vikings
receiver Greg Camarillo chased
down Cardinals safety Kerry
Rhodes on an interception return
in the first quarter, jarring the ball
loose just before Rhodes was
about to score a touchdown. The
ball squirted out of the back of the
end zone for a touchback, a play
of pure hustle that played a huge
role in the outcome."I didn't see
him at all," Rhodes said. "I
thought I was in."Harvin fumbled
the opening kickoff to the second
half and Adams returned it for a
touchdown to give the Cardinals a
21-10 lead as boos rained down
from the stands. Derek Anderson
was 15 for 26 for 179 yards and a
touchdown and Minneapolis
native Larry Fitzgerald had seven
catches for 107 yards for the
Cardinals, who had the ball first
to start overtime.But the Vikings
49
defense smothered the Cardinals
on that drive and Arizona had no
answer for Peterson and Favre on
the next possession."That's what
he's been doing for it seems like
forever now," Cardinals coach
Ken Whisenhunt said. "Especially
here, they were a team that had
their backs against the wall, and
they played like it."The Cardinals
came into the week 30th in the
NFL in passing offense, with
inconsistency at quarterback the
chief reason for the struggles.
They've flip-flopped between
Max Hall and Anderson, who
finally gave them the kind of
professional, veteran performance
they've been looking for ever
since Kurt Warner retired."We're
moving in the right direction, but
it's just not good enough at this
point," Fitzgerald said. "When
you're losing three games in a
row, we've got to find a way to
get a win."The offense only
managed one touchdown drive,
which ended with a 30-yard TD
from Anderson to Andre Roberts,
leaving the door open just a crack
for Favre."He just needs to quit,"
Anderson said of
Favre.Fortunately for Childress,
no one -- not Favre, not Harvin,
not anyone -- gave up on this
day."For this team, we showed no
quit," Harvin said. "It showed us
that we can turn this thing
around."Game notes
After setting a franchise record
with three straight sackless
games, the Vikings had six on
Sunday. Jared Allen had 2 1/2 and
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Vick returns, leads Eagles past Manning, Colts
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:26:41 PM
Team Stat Comparison
IND
PHI 1st Downs 26 19
Passing 1st downs 14 9
Rushing 1st downs 6 8
1st downs from Penalties 6 2
3rd down efficiency 6-14 7-15
4th down efficiency 0-1 0-0 Total
Plays 74 63 Total Yards 338 402
Passing 276 207
Comp-Att 31-52 17-29
Yards per pass 5.3 7.1 Rushing
62 195
Rushing Attempts 19 31
Yards per rush 3.3 6.3 Red Zone
(Made-Att) 3-4 2-5 Penalties 7-59
14-125 Turnovers 2 0
Fumbles lost 0 0
Interceptions thrown 2 0
Defensive / Special Teams TDs 0
0 Possession 28:10 31:50
Passing Leaders Indianapolis C/
ATT YDS AVG TD INT
RATING Manning 31/52 294 5.7
1 2 65.7 Philadelphia C/ATT
YDS AVG TD INT RATING
Vick 17/29 218 7.5 1 0 93.8
Rushing Leaders Indianapolis
CAR YDS AVG TD LG Brown
15 50 3.3 0 9 James 4 12 3.0 2 6
Philadelphia CAR YDS AVG TD
LG McCoy 16 95 5.9 0 62 Vick
10 74 7.4 1 32
Receiving Leaders Indianapolis
REC YDS AVG TD LG TGTS
Tamme 11 108 9.8 1 22 17
Wayne 11 83 7.5 0 18 16
Philadelphia REC YDS AVG TD
LG TGTS Jackson 7 109 15.6 1
58 8 Maclin 4 48 12.0 0 22 8
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael
Vick shared a long embrace with
offensive coordinator Marty
Mornhinweg after coming back
from a month off to lead the
Philadelphia Eagles to a big win.
When Peyton Manning is on the
other side, it's no ordinary
game.Vick threw for 218 yards
and one touchdown, and ran for
74 yards and a score in the Eagles'
26-24 victory over the
Indianapolis Colts on
Sunday."This game was more
emotional because we knew how
tough it was going to be to win
this game," Vick said. "It took
two weeks of hard work, guys
working extra hard, watching film
and doing whatever it takes. To
win this game was very
gratifying."The Eagles (5-3) are
12-0 after a bye since Andy Reid
became coach in 1999. They
hadn't beaten Manning in three
previous tries.While Philadelphia
rested last week, the Colts (5-3)
had to make a quick turnaround
after beating Houston on Monday
night. It certainly seemed the
Eagles were the fresher team,
especially early."They got off to a
great start against us," Colts coach
Jim Caldwell said. "You got to
give them credit. They hung in
there and really did a nice
job."The depleted Colts lost wide
receiver Austin Collie to a
concussion after a hard -- and
illegal -- hit by Kurt Coleman
forced him to leave on a stretcher
in the second quarter.Collie lay on
the ground for several minutes as
the crowd fell silent. Soon
said.Manning threw for 287 yards,
one TD and two interceptions.
The four-time NFL MVP wasn't
his usual self, misfiring on several
passes."They have good players,
good cover guys," Manning said.
"Everything was contested. We
had a tough time finding a rhythm
in the second half."Indy played
without cornerback Jerraud
Powers, running backs Joseph
Addai and Mike Hart, tight ends
Dallas Clark and Brody Eldridge
and wide receiver Anthony
Gonzalez.The Eagles went ahead
19-17 when David Akers kicked
his fourth straight field goal
midway through the third
quarter.On their next possession, a
holding penalty on Winston
Justice negated a 56-yard TD pass
from Vick to Brent Celek. While
Celek ran down the sideline,
Indy's Robert Mathis stood at the
spot where he was held and kept
afterward, the announcement waving everyone back.But Vick
came he had movement and was kept the drive going with a 22-
a l e r t . " I t h i n k h e ' l l r e c o v e r yard pass to Jeremy Maclin on
quickly," C a l d w e l l second-and-26, and a 32-yard run
s a i d . P h i l a d e l p h i a ' s D e S e a n on the next play. A few plays
Jackson had 109 yards receiving later, Vick sneaked in from the 1
and one touchdown in his first to give Philadelphia a 26-17
game back after a vicious hit gave lead.The Colts cut it to 26-24 on
h i m a c o n c u s s i o n o n O c t . Javarris James' 1-yard TD run
17.Playing his first game since with 1:50 left. The Eagles
injured rib cartilage forced him appeared to have thwarted Indy's
out on Oct. 3, Vick picked up drive when Manning got sacked
where he left off when he was and fumbled on fourth-and-18,
NFC offensive player of the but a penalty on Trent Cole for
m o n t h i n S e p t e m b e r . H e slapping Manning in the helmet as
completed 17 of 29 passes, and he reached for the ball gave the
scrambled for some key first Colts a first down.With three
downs."We knew we had to keep timeouts left, the Colts didn't try
Peyton off the field," Vick an onside kick. Jackson ran for 11
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and 6 yards on consecutive end-
arounds, but the Eagles punted it
away.Manning got the ball at
Indy's 26 with no timeouts left
and 40 seconds remaining. But
Asante Samuel made his second
interception to ice it. LeSean
McCoy ran for 95 yards for the
Eagles, who hadn't beaten the
Colts since Bubby Brister led
them to a win in 1993.The Eagles
scored on their first four
possessions, but settled for three
field goals after failing to convert
inside the 10 three times.That
allowed the Colts to take a 17-16
halftime lead. Down 13-0,
Manning led Indianapolis on a
long drive, capping it off with a 3-
yard TD toss to Jacob
Tamme.Vick made two big plays
on third down during the
following drive that resulted in
Akers' 31-yarder. Vick ran 24
yards on third-and-9, and hit
Jason Avant for a 34-yard gain to
the Colts 6 on third-and-7.Vick
had said he would play more
cautiously, but he didn't shy away
from hits on many of his
scrambles."It's going to be tough
to hold him back," Reid said. "He
did run out of bounds once. I was
fired up about that."Collie got hurt
on the Colts' next drive.
Unnecessary roughness was
called on Quintin Mikell on the
play but should've been on
Coleman because he delivered the
hit to Collie's helmet.Manning
threw a 33-yard pass to Blair
White on the next play and a
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Denny Hamlin wins at Texas, takes over lead in Chase for the
Sprint Cup
Associated Press (ESPN.com) Johnson lost the points lead with "I've lost plenty of championships Harvick was running 11th about
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:00:34 PM a ninth-place finish in a race in the past. This is racing. It 60 laps into the race when another
where he lost ground on two doesn't come easy," Johnson said. caution came out 15 laps after
Updated: November 7, 2010, troublesome pit stops. Despite an "You're not going to get what you another one. While most
8:30 PM ET Denny Hamlin Takes unusual crew change late in the want every single year and every everybody else took two tires,
Texas race, it was too late to get Johnson single weekend." Harvick crew chief Gil Martin
Denny Hamlin found Victory b a c k a h e a d o f H a m l i n a n d On consecutive stops in the first opted for four and that cost six
Lane in Texas to take the lead in H a r v i c k . half of the race, Johnson lost spots.
t h e s t a n d i n g s T a g s : D e n n y "It was just a long day," Johnson ground because of problems Team owner Richard Childress
Hamlin Takes Texas said. "I had speed in the car. We changing the front right tire. He came on the radio saying "you
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Denny worked our way forward and had had climbed to as high as second can't give up that much track
Hamlin won at Texas for the issues on pit road. ... We gave before the two stops, and restarted position." Harvick was not happy
second time this season to take away so much track position from after the second troubled stop -- about it either.
over the lead in the closest three- the beginning. It's tough to get during a caution -- in 13th place Between the two Johnson stops
way Chase for the Sprint Cup yet back where we needed to." while Hamlin and Harvick both when there was trouble changing
with two races left.[+] Enlarge The crew for Gordon took over in ran in the top six. the right front tire, he and Harvick
Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images the No. 48 pit with Johnson after Hamlin and Harvick both also were racing side-by-side for
Denny Hamlin took over the Gordon was hit and crashed had issues on pit road, though not eighth place for several laps. They
Chase for the Sprint Cup lead during a caution period. as frequent as Johnson. Chase were still close when another
after winning at Texas Motor An angry Gordon hit Jeff Burton Hamlin won at Texas in April Standings caution came out on lap 152.
Speedway for the second time this with a hard two-handed push after less than three weeks after surgery Denny Hamlin passed Jimmie That is when Harvick restarted in
season. Burton sent Gordon's car to repair a torn ACL in his left Johnson to top the stadnings with fifth, a spot ahead of Hamlin,
Hamlin moved in front with 29 crashing. After getting out of his knee. His first race after the two races to go. 1. Denny Hamlin while Johnson slipped back to
laps to go, then got a push from No. 24 car, Gordon walked from surgery was a 30th-place finish at 2. Jimmie Johnson (-33) 3. Kevin 13th.
Matt Kenseth on the final restart the top to the bottom of the track Phoenix, where the next race is. Harvick (-59) 4. Carl Edwards (- "I feel terrible for the guys we had
with three laps to go Sunday. to confront Burton. Gordon Kenseth finished second Sunday, 317) 5. Matt Kenseth (-325) 6. to make a change," Johnson said.
K e n s e t h p u s h e d a h e a d shoved Burton, then took some and Mark Martin was third. Jeff Gordon (-331) 7. Kyle Bush ( "With everything on the line
momentarily before Hamlin got swings before they were separated Harvick was sixth. -339) 8. Tony Stewart (-363) 9. you've got to perform. We have to
right back in front and went on to by two NASCAR safety officials. Greg Biffle led 11 times for 224 Greg Biffle (-372) 10. Clint do our job. ... With the 24 out of
his series-best eighth victory of Texas Results of the 334 laps, but finished fifth. Bowyer (-397) 11. Kurt Busch (- the race it was a good opportunity
the season. Denny Hamlin took both the The 20th Cup race at the 1½-mile, 435) 12. Jeff Burton (-473) for us to try it. It might be
For Jimmie Johnson, it was more checkered flag and the Chase high-banked Texas track included Full standings different to our sport in some
Texas trouble and a bump in his forthe Sprint Cup lead Sunday. 1. a record 33 lead changes. After starting 30th, the lowest of ways. But man, you watch pro
drive for an unprecedented fifth Denny Hamlin, Toyota 2. Matt Last fall, Johnson crashed on the the top three Chase drivers, sports and if people aren't getting
c o n s e c u t i v e t i t l e w h i l e h i s Kenseth, Ford 3. Mark Martin, third lap in the fall race at Texas Hamlin climbed to 19th in the the job done you've got to pull
Hendrick teammate Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4. Joey Logano, Toyota and sat in the garage for more first 43 laps before coming in them out and put somebody else
got into a fight on the track. 5. Greg Biffle, Ford 6. Kevin than 100 laps while repairs were during a caution. He got blocked in."
Johnson carried a 14-point lead Harvick, Chevrolet 7. Clint made. But he had a huge lead then in and had to back up to leave his Gordon's crew was available after
into Texas, but leaves in second Bowyer, Chevrolet 8. David and it wasn't enough to derail his box, falling to 26th for that restart. he crashed out during a caution
place -- 33 behind Hamlin. Kevin Ragan, Ford 9. Jimmie Johnson, championship run. But Hamlin was in the top 10 when Martin Truex Jr. hit the wall
Harvick is third, 59 points behind Chevrolet 10. Paul Menard, Ford This time, he will be chasing with within 30 laps after that, and DENNY page 54
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Oregon, Auburn, TCU stay in place at top of BCS standings
Associated Press (ESPN.com)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:02:18 PM
Updated: November 7, 2010,
9:02 PM ET College Football
Runback Week 10
As the season winds down, the
action heats up. Dari Nowkhah's
here to break it all down for you.
Tags: College Football Runback
Week 10 BCS standings
The top five teams in the Nov. 7
standings:
NEW YORK -- TCU's best
chance to catch Oregon and
Auburn in the BCS standings
came and went, and the Horned
Frogs are still chasing the top two.
TCU closed the gap on the first-
place Ducks and second-place
Tigers, and widened its advantage
on fourth-place Boise State on
Sunday, a day after a resounding
47-7 victory at previously
unbeaten Utah.
"The bottom line is that they put
themselves on a different
plateau," TCU coach Gary
Patterson said of his team after the
win over Utah. "They have to
finish the season and we can only
control what we can control. But I
thought they made a statement.
Everybody else in the country,
when they go into someone else's
house in a big game, they usually
end up getting beat."
The Horned Frogs' BCS average
is .9259 after coming in third in
both the Harris and coaches' polls
and second in the computer
ratings. Oregon (.9638) is first in
both polls and third in the
computers. Auburn (.9611) is
second in the polls and first in the
computers.
LSU moved up to fifth overall
after beating Alabama 24-21.
Looking ahead, TCU (10-0)
appears to have virtually no
chance of moving up unless at
least one of the top two teams
loses. The squads that finish the
season first and second in the
standings play in the BCS
championship game on Jan. 10 in
Glendale, Ariz.
TCU's remaining schedule
includes games against San Diego
State (7-2) on Saturday and at
New Mexico (1-8) on Nov. 27,
not the type of opponents likely to
impress pollsters or computers.
Both the Ducks and Tigers have
tougher tests left.
Oregon (9-0) plays at California
(5-4) on Saturday. After a week
off, the Ducks host No. 18
Arizona (7-2) and play at Oregon
State (4-4) on Dec. 4.
Auburn (10-0) is home for
Georgia (5-5) on Saturday, then
has a week off. The Iron Bowl
against No. 11 Alabama (7-2) is
the day after Thanksgiving. A
victory in either game will earn
Auburn a spot in the Southeastern
Conference championship game
Dec. 4 against No. 24 Florida (6-
3) or No. 22 South Carolina (6-3).
As for Boise State, the Broncos
(8-0) have four games left that
could help them try to track down
TCU, but probably won't do them
any good in the national
championship race unless Oregon
or Auburn drops a game.
Boise State plays at Idaho (4-5)
on Friday, then hosts Fresno State
(6-2) the following Friday. The
Broncos' stiffest challenge comes
the next Friday at No. 21 Nevada
(8-1). They finish at home against
Utah State (2-7) on Dec. 4.
LSU (8-1) moves into Alabama's
spot as the top one-loss team in
the standings. The Tigers will
need Auburn to lose twice just to
reach the SEC championship
game out of the West. The Tigers
have Louisiana-Monroe (4-5),
Mississippi (4-5) and Arkansas (7
-2) left on their schedule.
Stanford, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Ohio State and Oklahoma State
complete the top 10.
If the top two hold their ground,
TCU and Boise State would be
vying for the one automatic bid
that goes to the highest-ranking
team from the conferences
without an automatic berth to the
five big-money games -- provided
that team finishes in the top 12 of
the standings.
With Oregon and Auburn in the
championship game, that so-
called BCS buster invite would be
to the Rose Bowl.
Last season, TCU earned an
automatic BCS bid, Boise State
was given an at-large bid and the
two played in the Fiesta Bowl in
Arizona. There's no certainty an at
-large bid would go to the Horned
Frogs or Broncos this season,
even if they both remain
unbeaten.
Because of its proximity to Boise
State and TCU, the Fiesta Bowl is
a natural landing spot for those
teams but it might not have room
for them this season.
The Fiesta Bowl is locked into
the Big 12 champion, unless that
team can work its way into the
national title game. Also, the
Fiesta is last in line to pick at-
large teams this season and it's
likely to get stuck with the
automatic-qualifying Big East
champion.
It seems unlikely the Orange
Bowl in Miami would invite
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Boise State to come all the way
across the country, especially if
Virginia Tech wins the Atlantic
Coast Conference and the
automatic bid to the Orange. Bowl
organizers don't like rematches
from the regular season and Boise
State and Virginia Tech already
played.
As for the Sugar Bowl, which
would have the first two at-large
picks if Auburn wins the SEC title
and plays for the national
championship, it always prefers to
take an SEC team. TCU could
make sense for the New Orleans-
based bowl, but Boise State could
be a stretch. Especially if a team
such as Iowa or Ohio State is
available with one loss.
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Peyton Hillis, Browns Manhandle Patriots, Give Cleveland

Something to Believe In
Pat McManamon (FanHouse the New Orleans Saints and the they suddenly have transformed
Main) New England Patriots. themselves, turning a 1-5 start
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:20:00 PM The Browns dominated Sunday's into positive momentum by
34-14 shellacking of the Patriots, beating Drew Brees and Tom
Filed under: Browns, Patriots, as Peyton Hillis rambled and Colt Brady in consecutive games. Eric
AFC East, AFC North, NFL McCoy scampered and Tom Mangini's plan is working as he
Analysis Brady looked perplexed. The absolutely likes it to work. Safety
CLEVELAND -- There is life in Browns used one trick play out of Abe Elam described it: "We were
Cleveland after all. The Browns the wildcat, yes, but this was a able to run the ball, play physical
h a v e d e f e a t e d t w o q u a l i t y good old-fashioned impressive and not give up big plays."
opponents in a row and their fans win over a team that began the Browns 34, Patriots 14: Quick
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facemask call on Mikell put the
ball at the 6. James ran in from
the 6 to cut it to 16-14.After
Philadelphia went three-and-out
the Colts went ahead on Adam
Vinatieri's 37-yard field goal
before the half.The Eagles scored
a touchdown on their opening
possession for the fourth time in
eight games. McCoy broke loose
for a 62-yard run on the first play
from scrimmage. Vick tossed a 9-
yard touchdown pass to
Jackson.The Eagles quickly got
the ball back when Manning
badly overthrew his target and
Samuel made an easy
interception. Samuel returned it
33 yards to the Colts 9, but
Philadelphia settled for a 22-
yarder to make it 10-0.Game
notes
Since 2000, the Eagles are 36-9
when scoring a TD on their
opening drive. ... Eagles RG Max
Jean-Gilles left with a concussion
in the first half. Rookie FS Nate
Allen has a neck strain. ... The
Colts averaged 42 points per
game in Manning's three wins
against Philadelphia.
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Be Embarrassed About Against
Falcons
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Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:33:00 PM
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Falcons ATLANTA -- Fourth-and
-1 from the 2-yard line.
And much more than a
midseason claim to "Best in the
NFC" on the line.
Down by six with 2:44 to play,
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
needed just a few inches to make
Raheem Morris look like a very
smart coach and cutting-edge
motivator. The visiting Bucs,
behind second-year quarterback
Josh Freeman and crazy-legged
kickoff man Micheal Spurlock,
had erased an early two-
touchdown deficit to move within
a foot of sending a message to the
rival Atlanta Falcons and the rest
of the conference.
"That's what you want. That's why
you play the game," Falcons
safety Thomas Decoud said. "You
want it to come down to one play.
You want it to be on you."
Bucs tailback LeGarrette Blount
took a handoff and veered off
right tackle, but Falcons defensive
lineman Jamaal Anderson and
linebacker Stephen Nicholas
submarined Blount's blockers,
allowing Decoud to dive into the
fray and stuff the 247-pound
Blount for no gain.
"I just saw a swarm of buzzards
going after him," linebacker
Curtis Lofton said. "And then
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Happy birthday, Mario! We share cake
with Mario and Miyamoto at NYC's
Nintendo World Store
Andrew Yoon (Joystiq)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:29:00 PM
To celebrate the 25th anniversary
of Super Mario Bros., Nintendo
invited fans to celebrate with an
incredible cake, adorned with
recreations of levels from the
game. Not only did Mario show
up, but so did his creator, Shigeru
Miyamoto, and NOA president
Reggie Fils-Aime.
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birthday, Mario! We share cake
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Whitehouse.gov should
be a super-hyperlocal
blog
(Scripting News)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 8:40:05 AM
This is a followup to yesterday's
piece about Obama and his
shellacking.
I linked back to my first
impressions of Obama's version of
whitehouse.gov, back in January
2009.
"I want the White House to be a
public space, where new thinking
from all over the world meets
other new thinking. A flow
distributor. A two-way briefing
book for the people and the
government." more than he should, any more
In other words: "People return to than Bush did. But that doesn't
places that send them away." mean giving up on
Fast-forward two years, to late communication. The sitting
2010. Now the hyperlocal web is President can't run campaign ads
booting up in amazing ways. I get
inspiration from a dozen local
blogs that are reaching into their
as an aspiring President does. But
he has the ability to communicate
more effectively than anyone else
communities and reporting on
what people want to know. There
on the planet, if that power is
developed. If you send people
away to places that involve them.
are probably a hundred more. In
two more years, there will be a
million hyperlocals.
The White House blog should be
a daily link list of ideas and
Happy birthday, Mario! We share
Applying a simple rule: "If you perspectives on what's happening
cake with Mario and Miyamoto at in the world.
hear fire trucks in the night, in the
NYC's Nintendo World Store The White House blogger should
morning you should be able to
originally appeared on Joystiq on be as independent as the Federal
find out where the fire was."
Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:29:00 EST. Reserve chairman or the head of
In 2008 it was social networks. In
Please see our terms for use of the FDA. His or her job is to start
2012 it'll be the rebooted news
feeds. small and build a network of
system. And the new system of
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news will look a lot like today's
hyperlocals.
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can help America. Not fluff, not idealistic and intelligent. Not a
fear, but what's really going on. suit and someone who has never
And to be controversial. Newt and served in government.
Karl will say it's run by left-wing
biased limp-wrist sissies. Let em
say it. Link to them saying it.
Someone who is irreverent,
Obama: Weak Economy Drove Election Outcome
(Newsmax - Inside Cover)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 1:38:47 PM
Sunday, 07 Nov 2010 07:38 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big
election losses suffered by
Democrats were "first and
foremost" a reflection of the
economy's weakness rather than a
wholesale rejection of his
policies, President Barack Obama
said Sunday .
"The party in power was held
responsible for an economy that is
still underperforming and where a
lot of folks are still hurting,"
Obama told the CBS program "60
Minutes" in an interview.
In what he has described as a
"shellacking," Republicans racked
up huge victories in last week's
congressional elections, capturing
the House of Representatives and
increasing their numbers in the
Senate.
Pressed on Republican assertions
that the vote was a rejection of his
agenda, Obama replied: "I think
first and foremost, it was a
referendum on the economy."
Obama, who flew on Friday to
India for the start of a 10-day trip,
said at a forum with students in
Mumbai he would undertake a
"mid-course correction" in his
presidency.
Obama and his aides have been
discussing strategy and staff
changes as he looks toward his
own re-election battle in 2012.
But the White House has given
little indication of how far-
reaching the changes will be.
Discussing his decision to move
ahead with a major overhaul of
the healthcare system at a time
when voters saw the economy as
the top concern, Obama
acknowledged it "probably wasn't
great politics" but said he felt it
was the right thing to do.
"It proved as costly politically as
we expected -- probably actually a
little more costly than we
expected, politically."
CONCILIATORY TONE
Obama also said some of the
emergency economic steps the
administration took -- such as the
$814 billion stimulus and the
financial bailout -- were viewed
by voters as government
overreach. He said that was not
his aim.
"I think the Republicans were able
to paint my governing philosophy
as a classic, traditional, big
government liberal. And that's not
something the American people
want," he said.
But Obama kept up the
conciliatory tone toward
Republicans he adopted at a news
conference in the aftermath of
Tuesday's election.
He has invited Republican and
Democratic leaders to meet with
him on Nov. 18 to iron out their
differences over Bush-era tax
cuts, which are scheduled to
expire at the end of this year
unless Congress and the president
decide to renew them.
Obama wants to extend the tax
cuts only for American families
making less than $250,000 a year,
while Republicans want to
continue them across the board.
In recent days, Obama has
signaled he is open to discussing a
temporary renewal of the tax cuts
for the wealthy.
Obama said John Boehner, the
presumed next Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and
Senate Republican leader Mitch
McConnell were "smart" and
"capable."
He said they had shown "political
skill" in organizing a unified
Republican opposition to his
policies but added, "My
assumption is that we're going to
be able to work together."
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Fades Into History
Andrew Cohen (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 10:22:00 AM
Exactly ten years ago, on
November 7, 2000, the
presidential election pitting Al
Gore against George W. Bush
morphed into the legal recount
contest ultimately titled Bush v.
Gore. The sitting vice president,
Gore, won the national popular
vote. The former Texas governor,
Bush, was awarded the electoral
votes of Florida and thus the
election.
Amid evidence of voter chaos
over "butterfly ballots," poll
police, and more, Gore challenged
the Florida results in court. It took
five tortuous weeks, in
courtrooms from Tallahassee to
West Palm Beach to Washington,
and unprecedented intervention
by the United States Supreme
Court, to end the counting of
chads, hanging or otherwise, in
the Sunshine State. When it was
over, Bush was awarded the
presidency. And the rest, as they
say, is history.
Perhaps if the interceding decade
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Compromise
Alex Wagner (Politics Daily)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 7:07:00 PM
In an a taped interview with "60
Minutes," broadcast Sunday
evening, President Barack Obama
spoke with host Steve Kroft about
the lessons learned from the 2010
midterm elections, and vowed to
work with Republicans to find a
compromise on the extension of
the Bush tax cuts, set to expire at
the end of this year.
Addressing the newly
emboldened GOP, led by Sen.
Mitch McConnell and Rep. John
Boehner, Obama described
relations with these top
Republicans as "cordial" and that
his "assumption is that we're
going to be able to work
together."
The White House has been vocal
in its belief that the Bush tax cuts
should only be extended for
middle-class earners, and allowed
to expire for wealthier Americans
on their income over $200,000 per
year (or $250,000 year per
family). But Republican leaders,
including Beohner and
McConnell, have pushed for an
extension of the cuts across the
board.
Asked about how he would work
with the GOP to find common
ground on the issue, the president
said: "We are going to have to
have a negotiation. And I am open
to finding a way in which they
can meet their principles and I can
meet mine. But in order to do that,
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I think we do have to answer the disagree and hopefully there are
question of how we pay for it." going to be some areas where we
Kroft followed by asking Obama agree."
whether he would take up In the "60 Minutes" interview,
Boehner's proposal to extend the Obama echoed his statements
tax break to the wealthiest for two from earlier last week -- when he
more years and roll back conceded that the way in which
discretionary government legislation was passed during his
spending to 2008 levels. The first two years was not, in some
president seemed amenable to the cases, how he would have
idea, saying, "I think that -- when preferred it to have been -- by
we start getting specific like that - saying: "I think that there are
- there's a basis for a times where we said, Let's just get
conversation." it done -- instead of worrying
Republican leaders, appearing on about how we're getting it done.
several of the Sunday morning And I think that's a problem. I'm
the middle of an income these steps not because of some
news shows, appeared to stop paying a political price for that."
slowdown." theory that we wanted to expand
short of flatly ruling out a On the health care overhaul
Pressed twice by Fox's Chris government. It was because we
compromise on the tax break specifically, the president
Wallace on whether Cantor would had an emergency situation and
along those lines, although it was acknowledged the risks inherent
settle less than nothing for an we wanted to make sure the
clear they didn't like the idea. in tackling such a historically
extension of all the tax breaks, economy didn't go off a cliff -- I
Rep. Eric Cantor, who is likely to complex and controversial topic.
Cantor said, "At this point, I really think the Republicans were able
be the Republican majority leader "I think there were some that
want to see that we can come to paint my governing philosophy
when the newly-elected House argued, 'Well, you should just
together and agree upon the as a classic, traditional, big
convenes next year, said on "Fox stop and let people digest all these
notion that Washington doesn't government liberal. And that's not
News Sunday," "I am not for changes. And so, you shouldn't
need more revenues right now." something that the American
raising taxes in a recession, take on something as big as health
"I am not for decoupling the rates, people want."
especially when it comes to job care.' And -- I'll be honest with
because all that says to people Obama also said on Sunday, in a
creators that we need so you, at the time, we knew that it
looking to go back in and put speech to college students in
desperately to start creating jobs probably wasn't great politics," he
capital to work and invest to Mumbai, India, that the result of
again." said, adding, "I made the decision
create jobs is, 'You're going to get last week's elections "requires me
On CBS' "Face the Nation," to go ahead and do it, and it
taxed on any return that you can to make some midcourse
Senate Minority Leader Mitch proved as costly politically as we
expect,' " Cantor said. corrections and adjustments. And
McConnell said: "Look, we can't expected. Probably actually a
In an election post-mortem of how those play themselves out
negotiate it this morning, but our little more costly than we
sorts, Obama addressed missteps over the next several months will
view is don't raise taxes on small expected, politically."
made during his first two years in be a matter of me being in
business. We would rather not do When pressed as to why it was
office, and took note of voter discussions with the Republican
it at any time. In fact, I've riskier than he had initially
dissatisfaction with the stimulus Party, which is now going to be
introduced the only bill that thought, Obama was blunt, "I
plan and auto industry bailout, controlling the House of
would make the current tax rates couldn't get the kind of
saying: "What I didn't effectively Representatives. And there are
permanent. But certainly, you BUSH page 60
drive home is that we were taking going to be areas where we
wouldn't want to [raise taxes] in
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(Newsmax - Inside Cover) legislative chambers and now Senate Minority Leader Mitch that's before the law fully kicks in, • Rand Paul, the tea party-backed
Submitted at 11/7/2010 9:14:40 AM holds the highest level of state McConnell, R-Ky. "A vast in 2014," Ryan said. winner in Kentucky's Senate race,
legislative seats since 1928. majority of Americans feel very, For their part, Democrats, like said cuts to military spending and
W A S H I N G T O N ( A P ) — "It was a very rough week, there's very uncomfortable with this new Republicans, faced their own programs such as Social Security
Resurgent Republicans rallied no sugarcoating that," said Rep. bill. People who supported us, intraparty challenges: had to be considered, a break
Sunday behind an agenda based Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who political independents, want it • Rep. James Clyburn of South from Republican positions that
on unwavering opposition to the led the Democratic Congressional repealed and replaced with Carolina remained a contender for both are sacrosanct. "We're
Obama White House and federal Campaign Committee. something else. I think we owe it the Democrats' No. 2 position. coming. We're proud. We're
spending, laying the groundwork Democrats who controlled the to them to try." With Nancy Pelosi looking to strong. We're loud. And we're
for gridlock until their 2012 goal: House, Senate and White House But the reality remains that remain the top Democrat, as going to co-opt. And, in fact, I
a new president, a "better Senate" for two years now must work with Republicans do not have enough minority leader but not as House think we're already shaping the
and ridding the country of that Republicans, who have not shied seats to marshal through a full speaker, a leadership fight debate," he said of his fellow tea
demonized healthcare law. from pushing their agenda. repeal if Democrats remain between Clyburn and current party candidates.
Republicans said they were "I don't see any sign of the steadfast in their support. Even if Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of
willing to work with President president retreating from his Republicans were able to sway Maryland was shaping up to Pence and Paul appeared on
Barack Obama but also signaled it principles, but I do see his enough Democrats to support challenge party unity. ABC's "This Week." Van Hollen
would be only on their terms. willingness to reach out, and their effort, it would face a certain • Van Hollen said he supported spoke to CNN's "State of the
With control of the White House wherever reasonable and in the veto from Obama. Pelosi's bid for minority leader Union." Cantor and Ryan were
a n d t h e S e n a t e , D e m o c r a t s interests of moving the economy "Admittedly, it will be difficult but declined to choose publicly interviewed on "Fox News
s h o w e d n o s i g n t h e y w e r e and jobs forward, he's going to with him in the White House," between Clyburn and Hoyer. Sunday" while McConnell and
conceding the final two years of work with the Republicans, as are McConnell said. "But if we can "We're going to look for a way to Clyburn appeared on CBS' "Face
Obama's term to Republican the Democrats," Van Hollen said. put a full repeal on his desk and make sure that both those the Nation." DeMint spoke in
lawmakers who claimed the Republicans have made clear replace it with the kind of members can stay in the NBC's "Meet the Press."
majority in the House. they plan to work stridently commonsense forms that we were Democratic leadership," he said. © Copyright 2010 The Associated
"I think this week's election was a against what they view as a White advocating during the debate to • Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., who Press. All rights reserved. This
historic rejection of American House out of control and out of reduce spending, we owe it to the emerged as a leader of tea party- material may not be published,
liberalism and the Obama and touch. American people to do that." style candidates, said the GOP broadcast, rewritten or
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was not so momentous it would
more surprising to see the Bush v.
Gore battle to fade into memory; a
quirky piece of American history,
like the election of 1876 when
New York's Samuel Tilden
outpolled Rutherford B. Hayes
only to lose after a dispute over
electoral votes in three states, or
Ross Perot, whose third party run
for President in 1992 netted the
largest among of votes for an
independent since Theodore
Roosevelt in 1912.
Alas, America has endured these
past ten years her most
tumultuous decade since the
1960s. Terrorism. War. Economic
ruin. We can never know whether
any of it, or all of it, would have
been different had Gore prevailed
10 years ago. We cannot rewind
the clock and see what the
alternative universe looks like.
But we can acknowledge with the
benefit of a decade that most of
the direst post-recount predictions
about the impact Bush v. Gore
would have upon law and politics
have turned out to be wrong.
Don't forget: The Bush v. Gore
world lasted only 274 days, from
December 12, 2000, the day the
Supreme Court told Florida
officials to stop counting ballots,
until September 11, 2001, the day
the United States suffered its
worst terror attack in history.
After the Twin Towers fell, until
the Iraq War, the nation was
united politically in a way it had
not been since World War II.
Much of the rancor generated
from the Florida fight ebbed away
amid a flood tide of patriotism
and bipartisanship. The 2002
midterm election, the first
national contest after Bush v.
Gore, was neither close nor
controversial. Under President
Bush, whose favorable ratings
were sky high in 2002,
Republicans gained seats in both
houses of Congress.
This era of comity, this banding
together of the right and the left,
ended in 2003 -- the war in Iraq
clearly being the turning point.
But the partisan re-set that
occurred at that time could not
and did not re-set back to the
Bush v. Gore era. Too much had
happened in the intervening years;
the stakes were higher, not lower,
than they had been in the fall of
2000. On the eve of the 2004
presidential election, there were
grave concerns about post-
election litigation. And there was
a recount in Ohio, following
President Bush's narrow victory
over Democratic challenger John
Kerry there. But Kerry conceded
quickly to the war president and
did not challenge the Ohio results
in court the way Gore, and later
Bush, had challenged Florida's
recount. Still, no one wanted to
sue the commander-in-chief over
ballots.
Subsequently, the national
elections of 2006, 2008, and 2010
were not close enough to warrant
or generate an avalanche of
litigation, with the Norm Coleman
-Al Franken fight over a
Minnesota Senate seat being the
most notable exception. There
may yet be another Supreme
Court showdown over a
presidential election. But unless it
happens in the next two elections
that mess will belong to a
different generation than the one
that gave us Bush v. Gore. One of
the legacies of the pitched battle
ten years ago is that voters
appreciate now, in a way they did
not before Florida 2000, that our
elections, like any human
endeavor, are fraught with errors.
Bush v. Gore thus opened eyes
and lowered expectations. Voting
in America is guaranteed by law
but not in fact. The votes of some
simply don't get counted.
Evidently we've come to accept
this. After 2000, the "endless
recounts" and interminable post-
election lawsuits never really
came on with any force. Instead,
Congress passed the Help
America Vote Act of 2002 and
secretaries of state all across
America scrambled to fix their
voting systems and operations.
Thousands of lawyers become
"election law" specialists-- but
most of them pay the bills doing
other things. And judges have
reverted back to their more
traditional roles in election law--
ordering polls to stay open,
certifying candidates or causes,
and occasionally chiming in on
voter registration or identification
laws. Some election law changes
since 2000 have benefited
Republicans. Some have benefited
Democrats. What Bush v. Gore
didn't do was to push Congress to
pay for the technology needed to
update all voting places. There is
still much work to do co fix
problems that continue to be
reported.
Ten years ago, there were also
dire predictions that the Supreme
Court would lose prestige and
credibility as a result of its unique
5-4 ruling in Bush v. Gore. The
Court today is markedly different
than it was then. Chief Justice
William Rehnquist and Justices
David Souter, Sandra Day
'Connor, and John Paul Stevens
all are gone. In their place have
come Chief Justice John Roberts,
and Justices Sonia Sotomayor,
Samuel Alito and Elena Kagan.
The Court's most important
contribution to election law since
2000 was its 2008 decision
upholding Indiana's stringent
voter registration law. Not
surprisingly, the conservative
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Court in Crawford v. Marion
County generated a result favored
by Republicans, just as a
conservative Court had done on
December 12, 2000.
So did the Court lose respect
among Americans for its ruling in
Bush v. Gore? Did it lose
legitimacy? You can argue it both
ways and scores of legitimate
scholars have gleefully done so. If
the Court did lose some
credibility, and I think it did,
clearly it did not lose enough to
generate much of an anti-Court
backlash. The Justices are still
going strong-- witness their
landmark corporate speech case
this past January in Citizens
United. And so are their critics.
Bush v. Gore didn't change the
world. The world changed shortly
after Bush v. Gore and it's likely
never going to change back.
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Submitted at 11/7/2010 1:42:55 PM Americans are about. It is living Tea Party movement that helped Obama called a Republican "We just couldn't."
within our means,"' said Cantor, them make big gains on Election proposal to extend tax cuts to To the strategists and pundits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A in line to become majority leader Day. wealthier Americans for two years who have claimed in recent days
top Republican refused Sunday to when the new Republican House Republicans also vow to begin to a "basis for conversation" and said that the president has a serious
rule out the possibility of a U.S. convenes in January. "repeal and replace" Obama's he sees a potential for communication problem with the
government shutdown next year As majority leader, Cantor would healthcare overhaul by denying compromise. American people, Obama tackled
over growing U.S. federal deficits be the Republican's No. 2, behind funding to fully implement it. In an interview on the CBS show the criticism head-on, saying: "I
but said if there were one, only John Boehner, expected to EARLIER SHUTDOWN "60 Minutes" to air Sunday night, think that's a fair argument. You
President Barack Obama would b e c o m e t h e c h a m b e r ' s n e w BACKFIRED he said his top priority was know, I think that over the course
bear responsibility. speaker, replacing Democrat These plans have brought back making sure taxes did not rise on of two years we were so busy and
House Republican Whip Eric Nancy Pelosi. visions of spending battles that Americans making less than so focused on getting a bunch of
Cantor said it's up to Obama to The U.S. budget deficit for the led to a government shutdown in $250,000 a year. stuff done that we stopped paying
work with Republicans since they fiscal year that ended September 1995 after Republicans won the Extending tax cuts could swell attention to the fact that
won the House from Obama's 30 was about $1.3 trillion, with House from President Bill the federal debt. But Republicans leadership isn't just legislation.
Democrats in last week's election, the U.S. debt topping $13 trillion. Clinton's Democrats. That argue that allowing the tax cuts to That it's a matter of persuading
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Bruce Drake (Politics Daily) the Democrats' political He said that had to include
Submitted at 11/7/2010 9:49:00 AM advantage. entitlement programs, such as
Paul said that he and like-minded Social Security, though he said,
Republican Senator-elect Rand new lawmakers would take a hard "Democrats have run against
Paul, probably the best-known of line on the debt issue. Republicans for years saying
the tea party figures who won "I think we've been fiscally we're going to take away your
election last week, brushed aside irresponsible for a generation or grandmother's Social Security.
talk that the GOP establishment more here," he said. "And the one We're not going to do that."
might co-opt newly-elected thing about the tea party that's On NBC's "Meet the Press,"
members of the movement and interesting is, it really is equal DeMint was asked if the tea party
said, "I think the tea party actually parts chastisement to both parties. was taking over the Republican
is co-opting Washington." You know, Republicans doubled Party, and he said, "Hardly. I'm
"We're coming. We're proud. the debt when we were in charge, hoping the Republican Party will
We're strong. We're loud," Paul and then Democrats are tripling embrace a lot of the ideas of the
said Sunday on ABC's "This the debt." tea party, but it's a mistake to
Week." "And we're going to co- He said he intended to push for a think the tea party is one big
opt. And, in fact, I think we're s e a t o n t h e S e n a t e B u d g e t Fund backed many of the soldiers off the table, he did raise
organization. It's made up of
already shaping the debate." insurgent candidates around the questions about the costly U.S.
Committee and would introduce a thousands of leaders all across the
Paul said the prime example was plan to balance the budget country who challenged commitment to the war in
country, of citizens who are just
political and public concern about although he didn't set a firm establishment Republicans. Afghanistan.
tired of out-of-control spending.
the nation's debt. "You hear a lot timetable for how quickly. "If Paul said if there was room for "We need to have a debate in our
... I think they made a huge
of talk about the debt now. Where they won't do it in a year, we'll compromise on spending, it was country, in our Congress over, is
difference in the election, but
do you think that's coming from?" say, how about two years? If they to get liberals to agree to cuts in our national security still
they're just a part of this
Paul asked. domestic programs and threatened by Afghanistan? Do
won't do it in two years, how awakening of the American
A p o t e n t i a l s h o w d o w n i s about three years? But someone Republicans to back reductions in we need to be there?" Paul said.
people ... that's realigning politics
looming, probably early next year, has to believe it," he said. military spending. "If you ask our G.I.s, when I
in America today."
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Jill Clayburgh Is Dead. Long Live the Unmarried Woman!

Donna Trussell (Politics Daily) young lover, then loses him. those words pretty much sum up
Submitted at 11/7/2010 10:09:00 AM Burstyn can only recall the one where women were headed in the
man who really loved her. "It's 1970s. And still are. In real life,
Actress Jill Clayburgh died of terrible to only meet one man in there rarely is an Alan Bates, and
complications from chronic your whole life who knows what the unmarried women have no
leukemia on Nov. 5, 2010. She you're worth," she says. "Just choice but to keep their jobs.
was 66 years old. She had battled terrible." Typing, sighing, dreaming
the disease for 21 years. Most "The Last Picture Show" is a unmarried women. It was a
people remember Clayburgh for backward glance to the 1950s, but moment in Hollywood time, and
her 1978 breakout film"An it sets the stage for the onslaught then it was gone. Soon heroines
Unmarried Woman," for which of women to come. Although would be driving fast cars,
s h e w a s n o m i n a t e d f o r a n Burstyn lost the Best Supporting shooting men dead, lopping off
Academy Award for Best Actress. Actress Award, two years later heads with samurai swords and
In the 1970s, women didn't know s h e c a p t u r e d B e s t A c t r e s s breaking necks with their bare
quite where they stood. Go back for"Alice Doesn't Live Here hands, all accompanied by state-
just a few years, and Marilyn Anymore"(1974) about a single of-the-art sound effects.
Monroe was alive and making mom who reinvents herself by who turned down sexy, arty Alan Love. Write, Sell, Repeat."
We didn't know how good we
movies. But it was still a dozen going West. Bates in favor of a clerk typist job If I'd known Clayburgh was sick,
had it. Come back, Shane. Come
years before Thelma & Louise Actress Gena Rowlands said she in "An Unmarried Woman." The I would not have done that. While
back, Jill. We loved you.
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Taste Test: The Best Whole-Wheat

Crackers
(Cooking Light: Editor's Picks)

Our picks for the best whole-

wheat crackers don’t skimp on
taste.
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Whether snatched for a quick
snack, used to pacify a testy
toddler, or spread on a platter to
accompany a party-worthy dip;
crackers are a pantry staple.
Versatility is an admirable trait in
these crunchy confections but, it
must be known that not all
crackers are created equal. Keep
an eye on Nutrition Panel must-
haves: sodium less than 250g per
serving and “whole-wheat flour”
as the first ingredient—as apposed
to non-whole grain wheat flour or
enriched flour. Also, maintain a
cautious approach to partially
hydrogenated oil because
anything less than 0.5g trans fat
won’t be listed. Fortunately for
your taste buds, nutrition wasn’t
the only factor in the forefront of
our best whole-wheat cracker
expedition. These brands also
brought the goods when it came to
taste.
BEST BASIC CRACKER:
Kellogg's Special K Multi-Grain
Crackers, $2.84 (8 ounces)
Their petite size makes them
ideal for dipping. And the sweet/
salty flavor satisfies either kind of
craving (24 crackers: 120 calories;
3g fat; 250mg sodium; 3g fiber).
BEST WOVEN WHEAT: Back
To Nature Harvest Whole
Wheats, $3 (8.5 ounces)
Crisp and crunchy, with just the
right amount of salt and a slightly
nutty taste (6 crackers: 120
calories; 4.5g fat; 180mg sodium;
3g fiber).
BEST WHEAT FLATBREAD:
Ak-Mak 100% Whole Wheat
Stone Ground Sesame Crackers,
$3.69 (4.15 ounces)
Surprisingly light and tender
(many weren't), with a dusting of
sesame seeds that gave a toasty
Lighter Sour Cream
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cream removed another 3 grams
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instead of 4 tablespoons for the
glaze shaved almost 2 grams of
fat per serving. To replace flavor
lost in the glaze, we switched
from granulated sugar to brown
sugar, which has a rich, full
caramel-like flavor.
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Is Twitter About to Let Businesses
Claim Locations? [UPDATED]
Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:50:52 PM
Twitter has allowed users to
tweet their location via its Places
feature for a while now, but now
it looks like the company is taking
Places a step further with a feature
that lets businesses “claim” a
location or place.
The feature, first spotted by the
Hacker News community and tech
pioneer Dave Winer, provides a
permanent URL for specific
locations, along with a list of
people who have recently tweeted
from that location and their
tweets. The interesting part
though is that at least one of these
pages, Twitter HQ, has been
“claimed” by@Twitter.
The “claiming” of Place pages
could be a sign that Twitter is
getting serious about competing in
the geolocation space currently
dominated by Facebook and
Foursquare. It could give
businesses a new avenue to
promote themselves on Twitter,
and it could lead to new revenue
possibilities for the microblogging
service.
Place pages are nothing new;
Places launched in June and the
updated Place pages were likely
part of the launch of the New
Twitter. However, the “claimed
by” feature is something we have
never seen before. We’ve only
found one location that has been
claimed so far, but that doesn’t
preclude the possibility that
Twitter is testing the feature with
a limited set of partners.
What does Twitter plan to do
with its Place pages? Is Twitter
planning to launch a deals feature
of its own? We don’t know the
answers to these questions yet, but
we’ve contacted Twitter to find
out.
Update: Here is Twitter’s
response to our inquiry on
claiming Places:
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available at this time. We’re
experimenting with a variety
features. Allowing businesses to
claim a Place is a natural thing to
consider for the future.”
It looks like this feature is indeed
in testing, though not with
businesses quite yet. We agree
with Twitter though that being
able to claim a Place is a logical
avenue for the company to pursue.
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Religion & race in Bible Belt voting

tmatt (GetReligion) Post, etc. Please click on over yes and no. … There’s just therefore, threatening the health but that it becomes more morally
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:57:58 PM there to see the wider context of something very unsatisfactory and perhaps lives of many women troublesome once you get beyond
Dionne’s response. about the way we discuss abortion who will choose to have abortions that — partly because of Roe. No,
Back during the 2008 campaign, MATTINGLY:… Is Mike in political campaigns and anyway, you know, the fact that a I don’t deny that. I know a lot of
I was invited to take part in an Huckabee really just a pre- Roe especially because I think there is great many abortions are liberals who privately think Roe
excellent gathering organized by Southern Democrat? That’s image a very substantial body of opinion performed in countries where was a mistake for liberalism and
the Pew Forum on Religion & No. 1. Image No. 2: While in the United States that is deeply abortion is illegal. hurt liberalism.
Public Life that focused on running for the Senate, Al Gore troubled by abortion, that on the These are two — it is not So I think our abortion politics is
candidate Barack Obama and the held up a picture of an unborn one hand believes that there is impossible to believe both of just unsatisfactory, so I think —
Democratic Party’s attempts to child from the cover of Life and such a thing — that does not deny those things at the same time, but and we can cite examples in both
reach out to evangelicals and, in defended his 85-90 percent pro- that fetal life is either human life it is impossible to express that parties. Your first question, I
general, highly devoted religious life voting record by saying, my or something that’s a precursor to view ever in public in politics. It’s thought much the same thing,
believers of all kinds. children know that’s a baby. it that one trifles with at one’s virtually impossible now to have that, in many ways, Mike
During the discussion period, I Could you picture Obama doing peril, on the other hand, is very any sort of nuanced view that Huckabee is a classic conservative
had the following exchange with the same thing today? uneasy with the government perhaps it’s plausible to keep RELIGION page 66
E.J. Dionne Jr., of the Washington DIONNE: Maybe the answer is making abortion illegal and, abortion legal in the first trimester
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— a classic Southern Democrat,
including his love of public
works. (Laughter.) I thought one
of the most revealing moments of
the Huckabee campaign is when
he wanted to widen 95 going from
Florida to New England. That
sure sounded like the position of a
good old-fashioned Southern
Democrat.
Now, with that in mind, please
read the New York Times news
feature that ran under the
headline, “ White Democrats Lose
More Ground in South.” This
seems, to me, to be a brilliant
attempt to avoid some obvious
subjects in Bible Belt politics over
the past 30 or 40 years.
Please hear me say that only a
blind and, well, stupid person
would ignore the role of race in
all of this. Yet, in the post- Roe
world it is also impossible to
ignore to role of social, cultural
and, yes, religious issues in the
GOP march through the Southern
Democrats.
Let’s see, who do you think is
more likely to get the vote of
megachurch evangelicals these
days, a white politician who voted
for the final version of health-care
reform, with all of its overtones
about what the late Pope John
Paul II would call “Culture of
Life” issues, or a culturally
conservative African-American
candidate in either party who
didn’t? How about a white
candidate who is in favor of
changing her or his state’s
definition of marriage or an
African-American candidate who
opposes that kind of judicial
decision? There are other issues
that get connected to these
elections, too, but many are in fact
cultural and moral in nature.
This article does an excellent job
of covering half the history, half
of the equation that is at work in
Bible Belt politics. Why ignore —
almost completely — the religious
-moral-cultural side?
Near the end, there is this simple
passage. You see, not all of the
Southern Democrats crashed at
the polls in this election cycle:
There are other signs that the
realignment might not be
permanent. Growing Latino
populations in Florida and Texas,
and in Georgia and South
Carolina, could rearrange the
political map again before too
long. And then there is the curious
case of North Carolina. While
Republicans racked up historic
victories in state races on
Tuesday, seven of the state’s eight
Democratic congressmen survived
challenges, including Heath
Shuler, a young Blue Dog elected
in 2006.
Now, let’s see. What are some of
the key differences between
Shuler and almost all of the other
Blue Dogs who lost? What issues
are lurking in this simple
statement of fact?
I bet Huckabee would know.
Sadly, and I say this as a
Democrat, so would Rep. Bart
Stupak.
Again, here is the essential
journalistic point: Where is the
other half of the story? The
question of race must be covered.
But there are other issues that
deserve attention, too. By the
way, this is part of the big, big,
big 2010 story in the Midwest.
You think? Written by: tmatt on
November 7, 2010.
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Lauren Indvik (Mashable!)
Submitted at 11/7/2010 5:07:59 PM
The season of oven-roasted
turkey (or tofurky, as your
conscience may allow), cranberry
sauce and frosted gingerbread
men is upon us — and so are a
number of new recipe apps for the
iPad.
This week, Food Network,
AllRecipes.com and Martha
Stewart released a series of recipe
convert volume and weight
collectives formatted for Apple’s
measurements with an in-app unit
popular tablet, the latter of which
converter.
is designed specifically for cookie
There are no instructional videos
lovers.
embedded in the Food Network
Let’s take a look at all three apps
app — odd, given that that is what
and see how they stack up against
the app’s producer is known for.
some of our earlier favorites, such
Food Network videos are
as Conde Nast’s Epicurious
available via the company’s Food
Recipes & Shopping List[iTunes
Network Nighttime app for iOS,
link] and Weber’s On the Grill.
however. AllRecipes’s Your
Food Network’s In the Kitchen
Kitchen Inspiration
Food Network’s $1.99 In The
While AllRecipes.com’s iPad
Kitchen app bundles 45,000 of the
app, Your Kitchen
network’s celebrity chef recipes in
Inspiration[iTunes link], isn’t that
a well-organized format for iPad,
pretty (okay, it’s plain ugly), it
iPhone and iPod touch devices.
more than makes up for its visual
Users can browse for recipes by
deficiencies with a great recipe
chef or search by keyword
finder system and by
(unfortunately, there’s no way to
incorporating user reviews on
search by category, such as
each recipe page.
breakfast or vegetarian, or by
The app allows users to sort
ingredients). Favorite recipes can
recipes by a combination of dish
be shared via e-mail, Facebook
types (such as appetizer or
and Twitter, and added to a recipe
beverage), main ingredients (such
box, which is synced with users’
as cheese or pork), cooking
existing lists of saved recipes on
method (bread machine,
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individual ingredients to a NEW page 67
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Can Seesmic Reinvent Itself as an Enterprise Tool? continued from page 66

microwave, etc.) and cooking

Jennifer Van Grove (Mashable!) monetize against. Seesmic the are interested in what we do,” he time (20 minutes or less, 45
Submitted at 11/7/2010 4:26:13 PM Platform says. To date, the startup has minutes or less, etc). Users can
Seesmic has long been available pulled in $12 million in Series A also search by keyword using a
This post is made possible by for web, desktop and mobile, but and B rounds from noteworthy number of filters, such as wanted
Microsoft BizSpark as a new part with the release of Seesmic investors including Mark Pincus or unwanted ingredients, dietary
of the Spark of Genius series that Desktop 2, the company made the and Ron Conway. restrictions, course types, method,
focuses on a new and innovative transition from social media We also pushed for specific stats etc. Dishes will then appear across
startup each day. Once a week software to social media platform. on core metrics, but Le Meur the screen as moving thumbnails,
the program focuses on startups “We’re always adding new would only share that the which can be selected to pull up
within the BizSpark program and platforms, and became a platform company is actively tracking further information.
what they’re doing to grow. ourselves to grow even faster,” registered users, new users, Each recipe features reviews and
A little more than three years explains Le Meur. desktop and mobile apps ratings from the website alongside
ago, Seesmic launched as a The available API has allowed downloads, and active daily users calorie and serving size
seems to suggest that Seesmic as
Twitter-for-video service, but by third-party developers to build as its key metrics. For now, all we information. Recipes can be
social media software targeted at
m i d - 2 0 0 9 t h e s t a r t u p h a d and release plugins that bring have to go on is his word that shared by e-mail, but not,
consumers may have missed the
completely shifted gears to focus external application features — “revenue is coming soon and we unfortunately via social networks.
mark.
on consumer software for the like Chatter functionality — are very happy about the growth.” Users who want to leave reviews
Given the bumps in the road,
social web. Today, Seesmic is inside the desktop application, Images courtesy of Flickr, on various dishes will have to do
would Le Meur have done
shuffling once more, this time to essentially making the application loiclemeur, Romtomtom so through the website.
anything differently in hindsight?
refocus on the enterprise. a fully customizable social media Sponsored by Microsoft BizSpark The basic version of the app is
“No, never,” he says, “I never
“We are moving from an end b r o w s e r f o r c o n s u m e r a n d BizSpark is a startup program available for free. A Pro version is
look behind me, always ahead,
consumer-focused company to a b u s i n e s s t a s k s . that gives you three-year access to available as an in-app upgrade for
focusing on what I should do
business- and enterprise-focused The platform strategy is key for the latest Microsoft development $4.99 that allows users to sync
different in the future.”
one,” says Seesmic founder Loic Seesmic as it pushes to attract tools, as well as connecting you to recipes they’ve saved on the app
The future is the enterprise, and
Le Meur. enterprise clientele. The a nationwide network of investors with recipes they’ve saved on the
failures and missteps aside, if
“We found out that most of our marketing advantages alone have and incubators. There are no site, create and share shopping
Seesmic can find a way to
u s e r s a r e b u s i n e s s u s e r s , been instrumental in reaching upfront costs, so if your business lists, adjust serving sizes, and
effectively monetize its service
c o m m u n i t y m a n a g e r s a n d potential new customers, says Le is privately owned, less than three search by occasion and cuisine
and entice enterprise clientele to
enterprise [professionals]. That’s Meur. years old, and generates less than type. Martha Stewart Makes
pay for upgrades, or attract
why I started this strategic “Since we integrated them, the U.S.$1 million in annual revenue, Cookies
enterprise partners to finance
partnership with Salesforce, CEO of Salesforce Marc Benioff you can sign up today. Reviews: Of the three apps, Martha Stewart
integration, then there’s no reason
which is helping us go enterprise himself took us to his keynotes Flickr, Seesmic, Twitter, video Makes Cookies[iTunes link] is far
why the startup can’t make a
full-speed.” around the World in Tokyo, More About: bizspark, enterprise, and away the most beautiful,
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company will likely raise more
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funding “shortly.” “Many people
audience the startup hopes to This new shift in focus also
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Submitted at 11/7/2010 6:47:15 PM Using Facebook for Chrome extensions, it’s
authentication, your user guaranteed to support the latest
RockMelt, a new browser that environment can be replicated and greatest aspects of the web,
lives in the cloud and uses anywhere RockMelt is installed. like HTML5 and CSS3.
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left), chocolate almond crackles
and peanut butter cookie
sandwiches; tapping on one will
pull up a set of baking
instructions. Users can bookmark
recipes for future reference, share
them via e-mail, Twitter and
Facebook, add notes, set timers
and add ingredients to a shopping
list, the latter of which can be e-
mailed.
The app also contains a library of
how-to videos featuring Ms.
Stewart, as well as tools and
substitutions with links to
purchase. One of the more
beautiful areas of the app is its
search page, which allows users
search by keyword, as well as by
a double wheel that can be
adjusted to yield a combination of
type (such as drop, or rolled and
cut) and flavor (such as oatmeal,
coconut or citrus). Gallery
While Epicurious’s Recipes &
Shopping List remains my
favorite all-in-one recipe library
for the iPad, the three new apps
are highly welcome additions this
holiday season. One feature I’d
like to see in every recipe app is a
calculator for adjusting serving
sizes. It would also be nice if I
could add my own reviews of the
available recipes directly from
each app.
Try out the apps yourself and let
me know what you think. If
you’re still unsure, you can peruse
screenshots from all four apps
below:
Food Network's In the Kitchen
Food Network's In the Kitchen
Food Network's In the Kitchen
Food Network's In the Kitchen
AllRecipes's Your Kitchen
Inspiration
AllRecipes's Your Kitchen
Inspiration
AllRecipes's Your Kitchen
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