Liberty Newspost Oct 11 2011

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In Senate Vote, Administration Jobs Bill Faces Its First Hurdle - New York Times
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By ROBERT PEAR Published: October 11, 2011 WASHINGTON President Obamas jobs bill meets its first big test on Tuesday as the Senate moves toward a vote on whether to take up the legislation, the centerpiece of Mr. Obamas efforts to revive the economy. If that effort fails to achieve the necessary 60 votes, as many Republicans and some Democrats predict, Senate Democrats may try to break up the bill into more palatable pieces and press for votes on the individual parts. Alternatively, Democrats might join a handful of Republicans in searching for areas where the two parties might agree a formidable challenge in a chamber where comity seems to worsen by the week. In speeches around the country, Mr. Obama has assailed Republicans for blocking his jobs bill. While Mr. Obama can count
on the support of a majority of Senate Democrats, a few moderate-to-conservative Democrats, including some who have to face re-election next year in states the president lost in 2008, have said they were leaning against the bill or refused to say how they would vote. House Republican leaders have said they do not intend to take up the presidents $447 billion jobs bill as a whole, but might push favored pieces of it. The bill is a mix of public works spending and temporary tax cuts intended to respond to what Mr. Obama calls an economic emergency. Burned by their experience over the summer during negotiations on the debt ceiling, White House officials have generally not negotiated with Republicans on the jobs bill, believing such talks would be futile in view of the huge gap between the parties on how to revive the economy. Republicans said Mr. Obama was using the bill as a platform for his
re-election campaign. In an interview with ABC News last week, Mr. Obama said he did not think Americans were better off than they were four years ago, despite his efforts to improve the economy. Fourteen million Americans are unemployed. The unemployment rate 9.1 percent for the last three months is higher than when Mr. Obama took office. And jobcreation efforts have fallen short of White House hopes. The Labor Department says that nonfarm payroll employment totaled 131.3 million in September, compared with 132.8 million in February 2009, when Congress approved an economic stimulus bill championed by the president. The jobs bill calls for $175 billion in new spending on highways and other public works, extension of unemployment benefits and aid to states to prevent teacher layoffs. The bill would also provide $272 billion worth of tax relief for individuals
and businesses, including further cuts in payroll taxes and accelerated deductions for business investments. Senate Democrats had revised Mr. Obamas proposal so that the cost of the bill would be offset by a surtax of 5.6 percent, starting in 2013, on personal income in excess of $1 million. Fewer than 350,000 tax returns showed income of more than $1 million this year, according to the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. One of the more popular items in Mr. Obamas jobs bill is a further cut in payroll taxes, intended to increase takehome pay for 160 million Americans. Congress last year reduced the Social Security payroll tax rate paid by employees to 4.2 percent, from 6.2 percent. Under Mr. Obamas proposal, workers would pay 3.1 percent next year just half the normal rate, applied to the first $106,800 of wages. Republicans and some Democrats objected to tax proposals by the
president that would have increased taxes for many couples making more than $250,000 a year. Democrats have rallied around the millionaires tax, a populist proposal that they say highlights their differences with Republicans. While the wealthiest prosper, the middle class stagnates, the White House says in documents arguing for the jobs bill. Moreover, it said, citing statistics from the Internal Revenue Service, 1,470 millionaires and billionaires paid zero taxes in 2009. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Boston protesters busted; N.Y. activists plan march on homes

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and a group of protesters fell in a heap. Protests against Wall Street The national Occupy Wall Street spread across the USA. Click on a movement began heating up city to read the story. around the country Tuesday as "If they wanted to arrest us, they arrests were made in Boston and could have done that without protesters in New York planned a pushing us without tramping "Millionaires March" to the the flag," Hollander said. homes of some of the city's The protesters on Wall Street and wealthiest residents. other cities have described By Josh Reynolds, AP themselves as the "99%" "Occupy Boston" demonstrators referring to what they say are the march early Tuesday toward a v a s t n u m b e r o f A m e r i c a n s police station where fellow struggling to pay their bills while protesters were brought after the income gap between the rich being arrested. and middle class widens. More than 50 protesters from the During the New York City march Occupy Boston movement were Tuesday, protesters will carry arrested early Tuesday in a o v e r s i z e d c h e c k s m e a n t t o downtown greenway near where symbolize how much less the they have been camped out for wealthy will pay when New more than a week. York's 2% "millionaires' tax" The protesters tried to expand expires in December. from their original site to a second In Washington, at least one site across the street along the person was arrested at the Hart Rose Kennedy Greenway. A Senate Office Building after about conservancy group had recently 75 protesters filled the building's planted $150,000 worth of shrubs atrium. The demonstrators, who along the greenway. About 10 chanted "End the wars, tax the police officers patrolled the rich," had marched from Freedom greenway, some with dogs. Plaza downtown to the Capitol. Boston resident Matt Hollander, Protesters accepted an offer by 25, said a group of veterans U.S. Park Police to extend by four carrying American flags were m o n t h s t h e i r p e r m i t t o standing in between police and demonstrate on the Plaza. The the protesters when officers group, October 2011/Stop the advanced on them. One veteran, Machine, had a permit set to he said, was pushed to the ground expire Monday.
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Protesters began camping in the Plaza on Thursday, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan on Friday. Soon the crowd grew to include a variety of people with complaints about issues ranging from health care to home foreclosures and education spending. Around the country, demonstrations are being organized by people in solidarity with the OWS protesters in New York, where the movement started. As in Washington, many other people are joining for a variety of reasons. Peter Brandt of Portland, Ore., was putting on a shirt outside a tent in Denver where a tent village has sprung up over the past four days across the street from the Capitol building. He said he was stranded in Denver, temporarily homeless and at the camp because of the amenities, which include food. Colorado State Patrol officials responsible for the park did not have any immediate word on whether the protesters will be removed. In nearby Colorado Springs, protesters have set up four tents on the edge of a park downtown and have been staying overnight since Friday. Colorado Springs police spokesman Sgt. Steve
Noblitt said overnight stays in the park are prohibited. Dennis and Gena Zerlam stood in Old Town in Fort Collins, Colo., waving a sign stating "I'm in the 99 percent" as part of the Occupy Fort Collins protests. Their son, Dalton Zerlam, is protesting in New York. Co-organizer Dan Michniewicz, 24, said the event will run all week. "I'd like to see politicians and society as a whole begin to pay attention to everyday people rather than catering to big money interests," Michniewicz said. Elsewhere in the country: Traffic in Chicago's downtown business district was snarled by hundreds of demonstrators Monday who called their group "Take Back Chicago" and protested everything from high unemployment and foreclosures to lagging school funding. Marchers from five rally sites in the Loop converged on the Art Institute, where a reception was being held for members of the Futures Industry Association and the Mortgage Bankers Association. In Seattle, participants in a protest in downtown Westlake Park were prepared to be arrested after they were told the park was closed. Sharla Laurin, an Occupy Seattle peace and safety facilitator, said the announcement
was made over a loudspeaker but no arrests had been made. Demonstrators rallied in Northern California in Oakland and Berkeley after recent gatherings in San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego. Both events were peaceful and no arrests were made. More than 300 people gathered Monday on the steps of the state Capitol building in Salem, Ore. Former Salem mayor Mike Swaim was one of several to speak in favor of the movement. "Now is the time to take the country back from Wall Street racketeers," Swaim told the crowd. Protesters marched from the Capitol to Riverfront Park and back chanting, "We are the 99%," and "This is what democracy looks like." Protesters in Des Moines seek a permit to stay on the State Capitol grounds so they do not have to continually challenge the state's 11 p.m. curfew for gathering on Capitol grounds. Monday night, demonstrators moved across the street, off state property, chanting "Police need a raise" as state troopers watched. Dozens arrested for trespassing Sunday are likely to request jury trials. BOSTON page 5
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Ukraine's ex-prime minister gets 7 years in prison

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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of abuse of office in signing a gas deal with Russia, a verdict immediately condemned by both the European Union and Russia as politically motivated. By Efrem Lukatsky, AP Police officers lead former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko out of the courtroom after she was sentenced to seven years in prison. Tymoshenko, the driving force of the 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution and now the nation's top opposition leader, denounced the trial as rigged by President Viktor Yanukovych to get rid of a political opponent. The case has galvanized the opposition. A crowd of several dozen angry Tymoshenko supporters clashed following the verdict with helmeted riot policed who flooded the city center, but they were quickly pushed away and it was unclear if the protests would last. Judge Rodion Kireyev declared Tymoshenko, 50, guilty of exceeding her authority as premier when she signed a natural gas imports contract with Russia
in 2009. He also banned her from occupying government posts for three years after the completion of her prison term and fined her 1.5 billion hryvna ($190 million or euro140 million) for the damages her actions cost the state. Tymoshenko, clad in a beige dress and wearing her trademark blond braid around her head, has called the trial a "lynching." She appeared unfazed by the verdict and began addressing reporters in the courtroom without waiting for Kireyev to finish reading the lengthy ruling. She said Yanukovych wrote the verdict himself and compared it to the show trials and horrific purges by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin. "The year 1937 has returned to Ukraine with this verdict and all the repression of citizens," she said. "As for me, be sure that I will not stop my fight even for a minute. I will always be with you as long as it is necessary." "Nobody, not Yanukovych, not Kireyev, can humiliate my honest name. I have worked and will continue to work for Ukraine's sake," Tymoshenko told reporters earlier. As Kireyev was leaving the courtroom, Tymoshenko's husband Oleksandr yelled out that the judge would someday get a similar verdict. One Tymoshenko supporter shouted "Shame!"
Tymoshenko was taken back to jail in a detention van right after the verdict was announced. The EU was quick to condemn the verdict as politically driven and urged the Ukrainian authorities to ensure a transparent and fair appeals process for Tymoshenko. A failure to do so would have "profound implications" for Ukraine-EU relations and could jeopardize the conclusion of a landmark association agreement, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement. That would be a major blow to Yanukovych who has lobbied for membership in the bloc. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin insisted that the deal he struck with Tymoshenko conformed to both Russian and Ukrainian law. "I don't quite understand why she was sentenced to seven years," he said on a trip to China, according to Russian news reports. Tymoshenko said she would contest the ruling in the European Court of Human Rights and her lawyers said they would appeal the verdict in local courts. Some analysts believe Tuesday's decision could still be reversed, giving Tymoshenko the chance to walk free and still take part in elections next year. That could be done either on appeal or by
decriminalizing the article under which she is being charged something lawmakers loyal to Yanukovych have hinted they could try to do. "A compromise is still possible," said political analyst Oleksiy Haran. "She gets the guilty verdict and Yanukovych's sense of revenge is satisfied, but then she is released and allowed to stand in elections." Yanukovych himself appeared to signal Tuesday that Tymoshenko's case was not over yet and hinted that new legislation, adopted by the time the case is heard by an appeals court, could be of great importance. The trial has helped unite Ukraine' fractured opposition, but experts said the verdict was unlikely to draw the kinds of mass street protests seen during the Orange Revolution. As reforms stalled and economic hardships hit, many Ukrainians have become disillusioned with Orange leaders, including Tymoshenko, and with politics in general. Tymoshenko helped lead the 2004 mass street protests against Yanukovych's election victory that year. Those demonstrations drew hudreds of thousands to Kiev's central square, the Maidan, setting the stage for the Supreme Court to overturn Yanukovych's victory and call for a revote,
which Tymoshenko's ally, Viktor Yushchenko, won by a narrow margin. Yanukovych staged a comeback, narrowly defeating Tymoshenko in a 2010 presidential vote amid the public disenchantment. Valeriy Chaliy, a senior analyst with the Razumkov think tank, said that it was too early to make predictions on opposition protests, since Tymoshenko will be appealing the verdict. "But the Maidan that took place in 2004 will not take place," Chaliy said. If protests do take place this time around, they will be smaller, but more aggressive, he added. Tymoshenko maintains that as prime minister she did not need any special permission to order the signing of the gas deal. She says her actions helped end a bitter pricing dispute between Moscow and Kiev, which had led to energy supply shortages across Europe. Yanukovych's government has insisted that the contract Tymoshenko signed should be renegotiated in favor of a lower price. Moscow has signaled it would only do so if Ukraine sacrifices a free-trade agreement with the EU in favor of a Moscow -led customs union. Tymoshenko has been in jail for UKRAINE'S page 5
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Six things to watch in GOP presidential debate

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reason is Perry's uneven debate performances and the last event, in Florida on Sept. 22, is widely The GOP candidates for viewed as his worst. He president meet tonight for a s o m e t i m e s r a m b l e d i n h i s debate focused solely on the answers, such as on a question economy, the issue that will drive about Pakistan, and he faded much of the 2012 campaign. toward the end. Perry's wife, T h e U . S . e c o n o m y a d d e d Anita, told an Iowa audience that 103,000 jobs in September -- a Perry would be "better prepared number that was better than next time." Unnamed Perry expected by experts -- but the advisers told The New York national unemployment rate Times that one prescriptive is to remained at 9.1%. The snail's require Perry to get more sleep. pace of the recovery has prompted 2. Jobs, jobs, jobs: Mitt Romney, c o n c e r n s t h a t t h e s l u g g i s h who has reclaimed the top spot in economy will be here for a while, the latest presidential surveys, has well into the 2012 presidential m a d e j o b c r e a t i o n a n d t h e campaign. economy the centerpiece of his Tonight's face-off is hosted by campaign. He's sparred frequently B l o o m b e r g T V a n d T h e with Perry over who has the better Washington Post and will be held record on job creation and who is at Dartmouth College in New best equipped to fix what ails the Hampshire, starting at 8 p.m. ET. economy. Tonight's focus gives Check your local listings on Romney another opportunity to where to find Bloomberg TV or hit Perry for such things as watch the livestream video on the overseeing zero job growth in Post's website. We'll live-blog in Texas during August. Likewise, On Politics. Perry will have a chance to jab Here's our preview of six things Romney with two oft-repeated to watch during the forum: statistics: Massachusetts ranked 1. Rick Perry, the debater: The 4 7 t h i n j o b c r e a t i o n w h i l e Texas governor, the leader in Romney was governor and the national polls two weeks ago, has state's health care law he signed seen his support drop by half in has cost 18,000 jobs. The second the latest Gallup Poll. Part of the number has been debunked by
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turn the conversation back to Obama and his leadership. No doubt Obama's handling of the economy will come up repeatedly, as will his latest jobs plan. The GOP candidates and their allies in Congress have pounced on some experts, as Factcheck.org Obama's jobs plan because it seeks to increase taxes on the has analyzed. 3. Herman Cain on the hotseat: wealthy. The Senate could deal a The former Godfather's Pizza blow to the Obama proposal chief executive has surged as before the debate even begins: A Perry has fallen and is behind procedural vote is scheduled for Romney in Gallup and other as early as 5:30 p.m. ET. national polls. With that kind of 5. The devil is in the details: m e t e o r i c r i s e c o m e s m o r e Expect questions directed to the scrutiny, and Cain could emerge candidates about their specific as a new punching bag in tonight's proposals on jump-starting the debate. His 9-9-9 plan-- which e c o n o m y . W e ' v e a l r e a d y calls for a 9% corporate tax rate, mentioned Cain's 9-9-9 plan. 9% national sales tax and 9% Romney has a sweeping plan that income tax rate -- is getting more covers about 160 pages. Jon attention. USA TODAY's Jackie H u n t s m a n , a f o r m e r U t a h Kucinich reports that tax experts governor, has his own plan that say the Cain plan would create a centers on a dramatic revamping larger burden on low-income of the tax code. Ex-House speaker people. Cain says he's ready for N e w t G i n g r i c h c a l l s f o r the "gotcha" questions and eliminating capital gains taxes, defended his 9-9-9 plan on the while Texas Rep. Ron Paul would get rid of the IRS altogether. Sunday talk shows. 4. President Obama as target: M i n n e s o t a R e p . M i c h e l e Obama has been like the elephant Bachmann talks about reducing in the room at all the GOP federal regulations, and former debates. Each Republican wants P e n n s y l v a n i a s e n a t o r R i c k his job, and each finds a way to Santorum is among those calling for a repeal of the Dodd-Frank
law passed last year that imposed rules on Wall Street. 6. The stagecraft and audience reaction: The candidates will be seated side-by-side at a roundtable, facing moderator Charlie Rose and panelists Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post and Bloomberg TV's Julianna Goldman. They'll be surrounded by about 860 audience members, including local, state and national GOP leaders and Dartmouth students and faculty. The format is being touted as a way to facilitate "serious and substantive debate." In two previous forums, some audience reaction has come into play: A gay soldier who posed a question by video got booed, and someone shouted, "Let him die" when Paul was asked what he would do to help a sick man without health insurance. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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A small group of people planned to continue an around-the-clock presence on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, said Carl Levinson, 55, of Indianapolis, who described himself as a coordinator of the demonstration. "This is a working -class movement," Levinson said. "We need corporate entities out of politics," said Megan Kesler, 22, of Indianapolis. "Big oil companies and big banks lobby for certain politicians to be put into office. Then the politicians support the large corporations instead of the interests of the people." Contributing: Timm Collins and Stacey Barchenger, The (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal; David Young, The (Fort Collins)
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'Made in China' Tag Makes Hypocrites of Us All: William Pesek - BusinessWeek

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Wal-Mart China Staff Are Detained in Probe - Wall Street Journal

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SunPower: Twice As Bad As Solyndra, Twice As Bad For Obama

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recipients: $4,000 to Sen. Harry Reid (D.-Nev.), $3,000 to Rep. Gabrielle Gifford (D.-Ariz.) and A photovoltaic solar panel ranch $2,900 Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.similar to the California Solar Calif.). Valley Ranch under construction The congressman was not by SunPower in the state's San forgotten either. The SunPower Luis Obispo County. The $1.2 PAC remembered him with $500 billion loan guarantee to support for his 2010 campaign. While the project was finalized in hours SunPower was a financial partner before the loan program expired in the congressmans reelection Sept. 30. The company announced campaign, it straight-out hired his Aug. 5 that it will build the panels son. for the ranch at a new factory it Miller the Younger is not will open in Mexico. registered to lobby in DOE photo Washington, but he is a member How did a failing California solar of its bar. He is not a member of company, buffeted by short sellers the California bar, home of his and shareholder lawsuits, receive lobbying firm, Lang, Hansen, a $1.2 billion federal loan the senior Democrat on the House S u n P o w e r s r e s e a r c h a n d in the East Bay, he said. O'Malley and Miller (LHOM), of guarantee for a photovoltaic E d u c a t i o n a n d W o r k f o r c e development facility, said By fostering a business climate which he is a founding partner. electricity ranch projectthree Committee and the co-chairman Salazar during the tour. that encourages companies like According the firm's website weeks after it announced it was of the Democratic Steering and The work that comes from these SunPower, even more good jobs LHOM specializes in providing building new manufacturing plant P o l i c y C o m m i t t e e , a n d h i s facilities transforms renewable will be created locally, well advice to clients on larger macro in Mexicali, Mexico, to build the SunPower lobbyist son, George energy ideas into a reality. When reduce demand for dirty energy political issues trends. Utilizing panels for the project. Miller IV. renewable energy companies sources, and well cut customers our broad experience in California The company, SunPower (SPWR Miller the Elder is a strong continue to invest in places like utility bills. Thats the right and Washington, D.C., we can -NASDAQ), now carries $820 advocate for SunPower, which California, the realization of a direction, he said. furnish 'big picture' analysis of million in debt, an amount $20 converted an old Richmond, new energy future is within our SunPowers political action developing political and policy million greater than its market Calif., Ford plant in his district to reach, he said. committee (PAC) was not shy trends which may affect client capitalization. If SunPower was a a panel-manufacturing facility. Miller the Elder said he was about participating in the political interests and goals. bank, the feds would shut it The congressman hosted an Oct. grateful for Salazar's interest. process either. What does Miller the Younger down. Instead, it received a 14, 2010, tour of the plant with Weve worked hard to make According to the SunPower PAC bring? Read here: George lifeline twice the size of the c o m p a n y C E O T h o m a s H . renewable energy a priority filings for its activities in the 2010 Miller brings a lifetime of money sent down the Solyndra Werner and Interior Secretary because it represents Americas midterm election campaign cycle, friendships, relationships, and drain. Kenneth L. Salazar to promote the future economic growth. Today, it donated more than $36,000. Of contacts together with over 15 Two men with insight into the companys fortunes. businesses like SunPower are the $15,650 donated to House and years of front-line advocacy process are SunPower rooter Rep. The path to a clean energy moving forward, hiring 200 Senate candidates, $14,650 went SUNPOWER: page 9 George R. Miller III, (D.-Calif.), economy starts here, in places like people for good clean energy jobs to Democrats, with these top
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10 Points Business Leaders Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Martin Lindstrom (Fast Company)
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Steve Jobs was one of the best business strategists of our time. So what lessons can we take from Apple's moves over the years? Before speaking at a conference last year, I received a rather unusual instruction. It said, "Dear speaker, we urge you to avoid any references to Apple, but if absolutely necessary, please keep them to a minimum." Surprised by the request, I raised it with the conference organiser. Her reply took me aback. She explained, "Every speaker these days refers to Apple. They cite Apple case studies and constantly quote Steve Jobs. If we were to allow every speaker free rein to talk about Apple, we might as well rename our events 'Apple this' or 'Apple that'." I have since come to appreciate her problem. At almost every conference I've since attended, 9 out of 10 speakers cite Apple. Of course, the brand didn't achieve such universal reverence without reason. So ... let the following advice, inspired by Steve Jobs, form the blueprint for any company with serious brand ambitions. What industry category do you operate within? Break out of it. If
you had to choose one option, what industry would you say Apple operates within? Computers, music, telephones, or retailing? In terms of revenue, the answer is phones. However, the name Apple first came to be associated with computers. When Apple released the iPod, Walt Mossberg, a product reviewer for the Wall Street Journal, interviewed Steve Jobs. Mossberg spoke to Jobs about his reasons
for venturing into the music industry. Jobs explained that Apple is a digital products company, not simply a computer company. Had Apple defined itself as a computer company, it would wave goodbye to 2/3 of its current revenue. Is this where your company is heading today? "When you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful
of mud, either." So said the legendary advertising man Leo Burnett, although Steve Jobs could just as well have uttered these words. When attending a board meeting of what shall remain an unnamed Fortune 100 company, the chief of innovation announced 31 new revisions to their existing product portfolio. After his presentation, I asked him which of his announcements he felt best represented his iPad
moment. "Two perhaps," he replied. Wrong answer. There's only room for one. Neither you, your company, nor the world has patience for 31 tweaks these days. Will your next product release represent your iPad moment? If not, go back to the drawing board. Even if you predict the future just one minute before it happens, you're still in good time. I'll never POINTS page 11
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The Meaning Of Steve Jobs

Adam Penenberg (Fast Company)
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Why do millions mourn the death of Steve Jobs, a man they never met? Gawker curmudgeon Hamilton Nolan is right: "Steve Jobs was not God," read the headline to his recent post slamming those "whose remembrances have already taken on a quasi-religious tone" and advising them to "seek help." He was responding to the flood of grief that consumed the media, media watchers, and many others in the hours and days after Jobs' death was announced. And a mighty flood it was. Journalists recounted their interactions with Jobs over the years while others reminisced about their first Apple computers. Facebook was aflutter and Twitter atwitter, with the outpouring of grief over Jobs' death temporarily causing outages. "Ive literally never seen my whole entire stream talking about ONE thing before. Astonishing," writer/ gamer Jane McGonigal tweeted. Apple fan boys and just fans gathered at Apple stores. Google memorialized Jobs on its homepage. Businessweek devoted an entire ad-free issue to him. A New York Times op-ed compared him to Edwin Land, the founder of Polaroid, and Mayor Mike Bloomberg issued a statement in which he said Jobs will remembered in the same breath as
Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein. Many admitted they cried when they heard the news. But why? What has driven this outpouring of grief dedicated to a man most of these grievers never met? Some have taken a stab at it. The Economist proclaimed, "The melancholy over Steve Jobs' passing is not just about the loss of the inventor of so many products we enjoy. It is also about the loss of someone who personified so many of the leadership traits we know are missing from our national politics." Om Malik, founder of
Gigaom, viewed Jobs as a personal hero/mentor all rolled into one: "I was too provincial to love the Beatles and cry over John Lennon. I was too Indian to care much about Elvis. And I read about President Kennedy in books. But for me, Steve Jobs was all of those people. I dont know why, how and where that happened but Jobs was my icon." Christina Warren of Mashable ventured that "one of the reasons Jobss death has had such an impact on the online community at large is because of his public visibility. Jobs was a unique
businessman in that he appeared frequently in front of the press, developers and the public at large to introduce new products and expound upon his vision for the future. Peter Scheer in the Huffington Post wrote that "Jobs' Customers Bought Not Only His Products; They Bought His Personal Narrative": "the college dropout who followed his dream from his parents' garage to the top of the Fortune 500, all the while staying true to some inner compass wired to a uniquely California culture, prizing intuition, creativity, community
and risk-taking."Meghan O'Rourke, in true New Yorker fashion, offered a more analytical framework, chalking it up to the idea of "public mourning," which has "always been a crucial feature of civic life--its just that our form of it is more mediated than ever before. As the psychoanalyst Darian Leader points out in The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression, collective mourning serves a purpose, allowing people to come together cathartically in their MEANING page 14
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experience. Hes an attorney with expertise that ranges from insurance and banking to transportation, taxation and gaming law, according to the website. Unlike most advocates, George is at ease working both the corridors of Sacramento power or the halls of Congress. What is the stated purpose of the SunPowers DOE 1705 program loan guarantee? SunPower has different lines of business. In addition to manufacturing solar panel and roof tiles, it builds solar panel ranches, which it then sells off, but retains the services contract. The loan guarantee is earmarked for the job numbers for the California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) in San Luis Obispo County, which it has already sold to NRG Solar, but will continue to maintain. According to the Department of Energy (DOE) website, the CVSR project will create 350 construction jobs during the twoyear build and 15 permanent jobspresumably those are the squeegee men for keeping the panels clean. Capitol Hill powerbroker Rep. George Miller (D.-Calif.), center, hosted Interior Sec. Kenneth L. Salazar, left, on an Oct. 14, 2010 tour of SunPower's Richmond, Calif., plant. During the tour, Salazar said plants like SunPower's transform renewable energy ideas into reality. One month later, the company announced it had restated its 2008 and 2009 financial filings to
correct for unsubstantiated accounting entries. [DOE photo by Tami Heilemann] If $80 million per permanent job seems a little high, even for the current Obama administration, you are correct. In addition to the 350 construction jobs and the 15 squeegee men, there will an as-yet -undetermined number of jobs created building the panels for the CVSRin Mexicali, Mexico. The company is looking for a facility of up to 320,000 square feet, where it will build three different solar panel models and its solar roof tiles, according the companys Aug. 5 statement. Marty T. Reese, the company's chief operating officer, said, Establishing our own manufacturing facility in Mexicali means we will be positioned to quickly deliver our highefficiency, high-reliability solar products to a growing North American solar market. Mexicali Mayor Francisco Perez Tejada Padilla said he was thrilled. Mexicali is rapidly becoming an industrial hub for high-tech companies, offering an educated workforce and a growing manufacturing area, he said. We welcome SunPower to our city and are pleased that they have chosen Mexicali to establish its solar panel manufacturing facility. The good news for Mexican jobs seekers did not affect the DOE's loan guarantee to SunPower. Hours before the DOE 1705 loan program expired at the end of Fiscal Year 2011 on Sept. 30, the
$1.2 billion in loan guarantees was approved for the company. Insiders get liquid through for $1.4 billion friendly buyout from France. If that timing seems odd to you, consider the time line of company events around when the loan was announced April 12: just two weeks before France's Total Oil (TOT-NYSE) launched its friendly takeover. The deal, made public April 28, was in effect a 60% buyout at $23.25, then a 60% premium over the stock's current trading price, which allowed insiders to get liquid. SunPower CEO Werner is typical of the insiders. On May 24 he exercised his right to purchase 428,343 shares at $3.30 per share, a $18 discount from the days trading range. He sold 478,084 shares June 15, the day the Total Oil takeover closed, at $23.25 for proceeds of $11,115,453. Remember, Total Oil was offering at $23.25 per share in what was in effect a private sale. The SPWR, Class A or B, shares have not traded above $23 since June 10, 2010. SunPower is a company in trouble. In his Sept. 26 column for SeekingAlpha.com, Stoyan Elitzen lists SunPower as the ninth-most-shorted solar stock in either the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ markets. Short sellers are betting that a stock price will go down, as opposed to those who buy long, who expect a stock price to up.
According the Elitzen, the size of SunPower's short position is equal to 15 days of its average daily volume of 725,000 shares per day. By any measure, such pessimism is a banshee screaming in the night for a company's stock price that has already lost 94% of value from its 2007 apex. Although its stock has recovered from its all-time low Oct. 4 of $6.60 per share to trade between $8 and $9 per share, it has been a steep slide from its all-time high Dec. 3, 2007 of $133. Then, the company was worth $13 billion. Today, its market capitalization is $800 million, just short of its debt of $820 billion, according to the company's July filings for the second quarter. The Oct. 4 sell-off, which gave shareholders a 12% haircut, was triggered by the company's Oct. 3 aftermarket statement announcing the company was paying down its $50 million credit line with a consortium of European banks and opening a new $200 million credit line with Deutsche Bank. According to the statement, Dennis V. Arriola, the company's chief financial officer said the new credit line will improve the company's ability to operate. However, the challenging market conditions continue to impact our global residential and commercial business. As a result, we will revise our 2011 revenue and earnings outlook on our thirdquarter earnings conference call to be held on Nov. 3, he said. As much as Arriola's negative guidance shook up the markets, it
also reflects a lesson learned. In addition to all its other challenges, the company and its officers are defendants in a federal shareholder lawsuit, whose plaintiffs include, the Austin (Texas) Police Retirement System, the Arkansas Teachers Retirement System and a number of institutional investors for an alleged scheme to deceive the investing public by making false statements contrary to nonpublic information known to the insiders. The allegations cover the period between April 17, 2008, to Nov. 16, 2009, the day the company announced that it had discovered unsubstantiated accounting entries to its operations in the Philippines, which led to the significant restating of the company's financials. There are a number of lawsuits filed in California courts relating to the same period alleging gross mismanagement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, unjust enrichment and abuse of control. The first of the lawsuits was filed Nov. 18, 2009, and they have yet to be resolved. It is a fair question to ask how a company with such serious charges lodged against its management team could receive a $1.2 billion loan guarantee from the taxpayers, so it could built a new manufacturing plant in Mexico to build the solar panels it will install at a photovoltaic ranch that will create a total of 15 permanent jobs. SUNPOWER: page 11
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There is much talk of frustration in the air. Its said to be the unifying force behind the contradictory statements and demands of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. Even President Obama claimed to understand the protesters frustration, when he improbably offered himself as a sympathetic figure. According to Obama, the protests express the frustrations that the
American people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country, all across Main Street and yet, youre still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on abusive practices that got us into this problem in the first place. Of course, Obama himself is a paramount example of the same folks who acted irresponsibly. The biggest firm on Wall Street,
Goldman Sachs, was the secondlargest contributor to his 2008 campaign, exceeded only by the political generosity of the University of California. Goldman Sachs gave plenty of money to Obamas opponent, John McCain, as well such bets must be hedged but they gave Obama over 400% more. Countrywide Financial Corporation, one of the subprime mortgage weapons of mass destruction, donated even more money to Obamas campaign than
they did to Senator Chris Dodd (D -CT). Obama and Dodd worked hard to implement the legislation that created the subprime meltdown. Furthermore community organizers, including Barack Obama personally, used the Community Reinvestment Act to pressure banks into handing out risky loans, and lined up low-income borrowers to receive them. It was a fairly straightforward case of corruption: Big Business paying big bucks to politicians,
who used the power of Big Government to distort the free market. And yet, the Occupy Wall Street bunch only seems interested in protesting and criticizing the Big Business end of this destructive partnership. Its unsurprising, but ironic, to see these protests become demonstrations against capitalism. The Big Government-Big Business partnership culminates in the system of government LIBERTY page 13
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forget the Macromedia conference I attended in San Francisco during the late 1990s. Steve Jobs made a surprise visit on stage. That was the moment he threw the new Apple Newton message pad into the iconic Apple bin on stage. Apple was too early in the game and once the game began, they were too late. This was a lesson Steve Jobs learned the hard way. The Walkman came before the iPod, Microsoft's tablet arrived before the iPad, and the Blackberry arrived before the iPhone--though Apple's impeccable timing managed to beat them all. Being first isn't necessarily best-understanding timing is the essence of a breakthrough. "What do you want the stores to say to people when they walk in?" In my new book, Brandwashed, I quote the question Steve Jobs put to Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, when he was asked for advice on the redesign of Disney's retail stores. If your storefront, product, service, website, store fit-out could talk to the customer, what would it say? Identify and attack your enemy in public. When Apple's iTunes program was already well ensconced on millions of PCs, Steve Jobs was asked what it was like to be a major Windows developer. He replied without hesitation, "It's like handing a glass of ice water to someone in Hell." Jobs never shied away from pointing out Apple's number #1 enemy in public. CEOs could
learn from this. Often behaviour that's too selfconsciously politically correct can lead to a watered-down focus and profile, both internally and externally. An enemy can define who you are, and who you're not. Don't read about your competitors to learn more--visit them. However, it is probably a good idea to conduct such a visit before they've become your competitor. During Steve Jobs's early days in the business, he did, in fact, pay a visit Sony. He wanted to learn about the Walkman, as well as get a sense of Sony's well-oiled operation. Jobs was heavily inspired by both. Indeed, many companies can boast of Jobs visiting them in the past--providing Apple with inspiration. When did you last pay a visit to a potential competitor? Don't take your success for granted--reset your watch every time. I've always been amazed by how some of the world's most successful organizations continue to work as tirelessly as they did when they first began. For example, take the rock group U2. Their most recent promotional tour was as intensive as the first one they embarked on 15 years ago, impressing even the most jaded rock journalists both then and now. Steve Jobs's unwavering enthusiasm for Apple was the same. Walt Mossberg recalls first seeing the iPad at Jobs's home, because, as Mossberg explained, "He was too ill at the time to go to the office."
Act entrepreneurial. Assume you have no equity--fight as hard for your product as you did the very first time you promoted it. Every company should learn from their own mistakes and success stories. In reality, all companies experience a regular turnover in staff. So, the filing of experiences and the internal education often fail to capture invaluable knowledge for future reference. Apple managed to circumvent this by entrusting their HR department to employ academics and historians to document events (both good and bad), publish internal papers, and systematize the transfer of information to new Apple employees. Have you systematically captured and transferred the good and bad experiences within your organisation? Make your brand sticky. Gillette is the master of the "sticky" brand. Once you buy a Gillette razor, you are forced to buy Gillette's blades. Similarly, once you've installed Windows on your PC, it's almost impossible to avoid installing Office. True, you can buy an iPod shuffle for not much more than $100 but, beware, this is just the beginning--the chances are you'll soon be buying anything and everything that starts with a small "i." Have you made your product or service sticky? Treat your brand as a religion. If you've read any of my books or articles, you'll know all about my obsession with the parallels
between religion and brands. This connection was something I first discovered as part of the $7 million fMRI studies I conducted for my book Buyology. Most of the world's most influential religions represent several, if not all, of these foundational pillars: a powerful vision, sensory appeal, storytelling, grandeur, symbols, mystery, rituals, enemies, a sense of belonging, and evangelism. As I have come to learn, Apple is no exception. How many of those 10 boxes can your brand tick? Martin Lindstrom is a 2009 recipient of TIME Magazine's "World's 100 Most Influential People" and author of Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy(Doubleday, New York), a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best--seller. His latest book, Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade Us to Buy, was published in September. A frequent advisor to heads of numerous Fortune 100 companies, Lindstrom has also authored 5 best-sellers translated into 30 languages. More at martinlindstrom.com. Read more by Lindstrom: Check This Out: The New Coke 5! For more leadership coverage, follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn [Image: Flickr user.monk3y]
Certainly, the time is right for Miller and Miller to clarify their roles in this mess. Neil W. McCabe is the editor of Guns & Patriots. McCabe, an Army reservist, has mobilized twice, first as combat historian in Iraq and then as a photojournalist at Fort Bragg, N.C.. Before his call to active-duty, he was a reporter and photographer at "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic newspaper and Cardinal O'Malley's blog for seven years. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Former Washington Gov. Rosellini dies at age 101 (AP)

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AP - Former Washington Gov. Albert Rosellini, a son of Italian immigrants who became the oldest living former governor in America, died Monday. He was 101.
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past Romney to take the lead in polls after getting in the race in August. But he foundered after Phelan M. Ebenhack/ AP several stumbling debate Republican presidential candidate performances where he was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt hammered over his immigration Romney, right, listens as Texas policies and for ordering young Gov. Rick Perry makes a girls be vaccinated for a sexually statement during a debate transmitted virus. Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011, in Romney, the former Orlando, Fla. updated 36 minutes Massachusetts governor whose ago 2011-10-11T16:01:33 2008 White House bid failed, has HANOVER, N.H. Rick Perry retaken the lead in polls but has hopes to end a string of poor still not won over conservatives performances and campaign rival who remember his past support in Mitt Romney looks to consolidate Massachusetts for abortion rights his newly regained front-runner and a healthcare mandate. status at a U.S. presidential debate Three months before Republican A poll released on Tuesday by for Republicans on Tuesday. voting begins, the pressure will be NBC News and Marist College The debate also will be Herman on Perry to reverse a streak of s h o w e d R o m n e y w i t h a C a i n ' s f i r s t m o m e n t i n t h e wobbly debate showings that put commanding 30-point lead over political spotlight since gaining his once high-flying campaign his rivals in moderate New momentum with his surprise into a nosedive. Hampshire and a small edge over Florida straw poll win last month, "Perry will be in the spotlight Cain in Iowa, where social and and the former pizza executive is because he has to put on a better religious conservatives play a big sure to face new scrutiny. Story: performance," said Fergus Cullen, role. Those two states kick off Romney leads in Iowa and New former chairman of the New voting in the nominating race in Hampshire Hampshire Republican Party. January. Story: Romney leads in Eight Republican contenders will "The last few debates started to Iowa and New Hampshire participate in the debate in New peel back the layers of the onion Romney has been a steady Hampshire, the seventh this year on Perry and he really hasn't performer in the debates and has i n t h e p a r t y ' s r a c e f o r t h e held up well." Video: Charlie gone largely untouched by his nomination to face President Rose: I will ask GOP candidates rivals, particularly in the three Barack Obama in 2012. about Occupy Wall Street(on this debates last month that focused on Other political news of note page) Perry. But Romney's strong poll Romney leads in Iowa and New Perry, the Texas governor, roared numbers could make him a target
Hampshire Barely three months before the first Republican presidential nominating contests, Mitt Romney leads the GOP field in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to NBC News-Marist polls. Obama health-care law modeled on Romney plan Third-party effort aims to transform 2012 race Cain leapfrogs Perry in two national polls Ohio's 'Joe the Plumber' plans to run for Congress
this time. 'Taking some risks' Some of the other second-tier candidates, including former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, also could be trying to get noticed as time runs out for them to make a move. "I'm expecting some of the second - and third-tier candidates to start finally taking some risks to distinguish themselves," Cullen said. "If you're Jon Huntsman or Rick Santorum, your opportunities are starting to become numbered." Another high stakes debate for Perry The debate begins at 8 p.m. EDT on the campus of Dartmouth College and will be carried by Bloomberg Television. It will focus on economic issues. Candidates will sit side-by-side with the moderators in a roundtable format, surrounded by the audience, in a bid to generate more interaction, sponsors said. It is the second debate this year in New Hampshire, which is expected to hold its influential nominating contest in early January. The exact date remains uncertain as other states jockey to gain influence by jumping ahead in the calendar. Story: White
House used Mitt Romney healthcare law as blueprint for federal law Huntsman, who has staked his campaign on a strong showing in New Hampshire, has gained slightly there in recent polls and needs a good debate performance to maintain his momentum. Staunch social conservatives like Cain, Perry, Santorum and U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann might find New Hampshire's more moderate voters a less-receptive audience. Also participating in the debate will be U.S. Representative Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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known as fascism, in which government places all the orders, and a favored band of crony businessmen fills them. Freemarket capitalism is the only reliable defense against fascism. The grim horrors that leap to mind when the word fascism enters a conversation are side effects of the central economic model. They come to pass because fascism relies on a power dynamic prominently displayed in the subprime mortgage crisis and its Occupy Wall Street aftershocks: in the corrupt partnership between Big Government and Big Business, the latter takes all the blame, allowing Big Government to use its failures as demands for greater power. Its a downward spiral that begins with smiling politicians in business suits promising to build bridges to the future with smart investments and ends somewhere darker, in a time when all pretense of voluntary investment is abandoned, and choice can no longer be tolerated because it fuels resistance. Big Government is very good at escaping blame. Chris Dodd is finally out of Congress, but his co -conspirator in the House, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), remains in power, and will probably stay there until he chooses to retire. His power only increased after the subprime crisis. It remains the official position of the entire
Democrat Party that no government official bears a scrap of responsibility for the subprime disaster. They are remarkably thorough and unwavering in their insistence on this point, and much of the media is happy to oblige them. You can find thousandworld liberal screeds on the root causes of Occupy Wall Street that do not mention Frank, Dodd, Obama, ACORN, or the Community Reinvestment Act even once. For the most part, the protesters appear willing to go along with the Democrats version of events. They dont seem very interested in assigning anything like equal blame for our financial troubles (or anything else bothering them, such as high unemployment) to the government. Instead, they seek to reward the political class by agitating for greater government power, believing the mega-State will reward them by protecting them from corporate predators and market reversals. Theyre only setting themselves up for even greater frustration in the future. The story will always play out the same way: Big Government will hatch doomed schemes to fulfill its vote-buying promises, and line up convenient private sector scapegoats to take the blame when they dont work out. The frustration of dependent voters nourishes Big Government, because it knows it can keep their anger focused on its private-sector
junior partners. As long as you believe that your fate is determined by shadowy corporate forces, Big Government will stand ready to take advantage of your fear and hopelessness. The acolytes of the biggest borrower, lender, consumer, landowner, and employer on Earth will try to convince you their enterprise is the only one that isnt to blame for your troubles. Its no surprise that they spend so much time cultivating useful hatreds. Statism is the most frustrating imaginable environment to live under. Its lesser forms will frustrate you into poverty, while its more extreme manifestations will frustrate you into a shallow grave. Its citizens become perpetual supplicants to the overlords of re-distribution. It is far better to be a disgruntled customer under capitalism than a desperate beggar to the State. Who takes, confiscates, forbids, compels, and regulates? Who has spent the last few years forcibly transforming your life, in areas ranging from energy consumption to health care? Who has been handing billions of dollars of your money to cronies who couldnt win voluntary investors? Who interferes in each and every one of your willing transactions, from the purchase of a home to acceptance of employment? Who is obstructing your attempts to work freely with your neighbors
in pursuit of mutual prosperity? Diminish their power, reclaim your freedom, and youll have an end to frustration. Defund the ten thousand things our government should not be doing, and require them to do a better job of ensuring their erstwhile Big Business partners deal fairly and honestly. What is corruption if not the use of government power to further private interests and how can corruption be avoided when its impossible to tell where private interests end, and government begins? Liberty most certainly does not come with a guarantee of universal individual success but the fighting chance afforded to free men and women is far preferable to standing bewildered amid the ruins of broken promises, and looking for someone to hate. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
China's CIC to Invest $1 Billion in Russian Fund Wall Street Journal

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Christian Science Monitor China's CIC to Invest $1 Billion in Russian Fund Wall Street Journal BEIJING China's sovereignwealth fund agreed to invest $1 billion in a Kremlin-backed investment vehicle during a visit by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, though the two sides still appear to be unable to resolve long-delayed negotiations over... What Putin wants from China Christian Science Monitor Putin Courts China as Russia Seeks to Bridge Divide on Gas BusinessWeek Russian PM Putin in China Seeking Closer Ties ABC News Telegraph.co.uk- RT all 520 news articles
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sense of loss, much as the soldiers in the Iliad mourn Patroclus with Achilles, regardless of how well they knew him. While such grief may seem voyeuristic or sentimental it expresses a sense of loss and recognition we have no other outlet for." Meanwhile, the Christian Science Monitor posted an irony alert, pointing out that while the 99% Wall Street protesters boo CEOs they took the time to mourn Steve Jobs, a billionaire captain of industry and ubercapitalist. With the exception of the CSM piece, all are beautiful sentiments, but they don't adequately explain why the world mourns a single man. The answer, I believe, is as much technological as it is spiritual, with Jobs reaping the benefits of a halo-effect from the products his company created and his name became synonymous. Taken together they contribute to the Tao of Steve Jobs--the title of Om Malik's post of Jobs' passing--that eternal principle of the universe that transcends reality and is the source of being, non-being, and change. Millions upon millions of people spend hours upon hours every day on them. You think Facebook has locked down our mind share? Not compared to Apple, which over the past decade has sold 300 million iPods and 16 billion songs from iTunes in eight years. In 48 months it has sold a
quarter of a billion touch screen iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices. The installed software base for MacBook Pro laptops and iMac desktops is approximately 58 million. Taken another way: Hundreds of millions of Facebookers use Apple to get to Facebook. That's because Steve Jobs inserted himself into our lives like no one has before, which is why millions mourn while relatively few would give more than a passing thought to the CEO of, say, Ford or Dell or Exxon if he died, or if Warren Buffet suddenly weren't here anymore. Apple owns the interface that we engage with every day, and because of the way it these products are designed many of us ascribe human values to it. The iPhone isn't just a phone; it's our portal to each other. We use it to text, call, tweet, email, post to Facebook, surf the Web, watch a video, shop and play games alone and with each other, choose a restaurant based on online reviews of people we don't even know. Woven into this is a physiological underpinning: Social networks engender trust, and the more time you spend on them the more trusting you become. Get on Twitter or Facebook and your levels of oxytocin, the cuddle hormone, spike. Oxytocin has been linked to all manner of
human behavior, from empathy to generosity to trust. And when we believe that someone trusts us, we trust them back, and this, in turn, makes us more generous, more empathic. In short, a rise in oxytocin makes us better people, and what do we use to get there? For millions that magic carpet is an Apple device running Apple software.Because of the magical way these products work--from their iconography to color scheme to each device's shape--we project our own feelings on to them. We are like kids with a favorite stuffed animal until it is lost. Any parent knows trying to replace it won't fly, because the stuffed toy has taken on a meaning far more important in the mind of child than mere fake fur, material, stitching and stuffing. Perhaps Ron Rosenbaum, who wrote the 1971 Esquire article on phone phreaking and little blue boxes--a major influence on the young Steve Jobs--came closest to explaining it. Rosenbaum compared his old, beaten up Apple computer to the Velveteen Rabbit, which was "about a kid's rabbit that gets all worn and lumpy and discarded and seems like he's died But then the rabbit is found again and we learn that 'love is what keeps toys alive.'" He added, "For me, keeping the old model is not about the look, but about faithfulness
and not wanting to discard something youve grown close to. The way you can learn to love a machine like a living being." In essence, we've been willingly brainwashed, happy victims to the reality distortion field that surrounded Steve Jobs and Apple, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Neurologically speaking, though, we're hooked, and how many products in your life can you say that about? Apple's famous slogan was "Think Different." Really, though, it might have just as easily have been "Feel Different." Hamilton Nolan concluded his Gawker post with "If you like Apple products, fine. They are products. They do not have souls. They are not heroes, and neither is their creator, no matter how skilled he may have been." Nolan is right, of course. Then again, he admits he's never owned an iPhone, iPod, or Mac laptop. Adam L. Penenberg is a journalism professor at NYU and a contributing writer to Fast Company. Follow him on Twitter:@penenberg. [Image: Flickr user rubenerd]
Uncommon Knowledge Interview with Rep. Paul Ryan (Part Two)

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"We are saying run the money through the individual based on their need so they have the power to decide how their healthcare will be delivered to them... We say let us do it through choice and competition revolving around the beneficiary, the patient." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Jim Wallis to Religion Reporters: Stop Stereotyping Evangelicals

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that article, Lizza erroneously attributes Christian Reconstructionsim, or what he Millions of evangelicals are c a l l s d o m i n i o n i s m , t o neither conservative Republicans, influential evangelical theologian part of the Religious Right, nor Francis Schaeffer. members of the tea party, and As with many evangelicals of her they don't believe that Christian g e n e r a t i o n , B a c h m a n n w a s 'Dominionists' or any other influenced by Shaeffer's work. religious group, should take over Bachmann, by extension, must be America despite what a rash of a dominionist, Lizza concludes. recent articles and commentaries Like us on Facebook have said, Wallis wrote in his We have the most theocratic S e p t . 2 9 e d i t o r i a l f o r T h e Republican field in American Huffington Post. history, Michelle Goldberg wrote Some liberal news publications in an Aug. 24 column for The have tried to advance the notion Daily Beast, a liberal website. that politically conservative Goldberg used Lizza's article to Christians are influenced by support her claims. dominionist theology which The belief that Christian seeks to impose an Old Testament Republican candidates are closet theocracy onto the American t h e o c r a t s i n f l u e n c e d b y public. The charge has been reconstructionist theology is widely rebuked by conservatives. c o m m o n i n t h e l i b e r a l With Wallis' article, and a USA blogosphere. Due to lack of Today editorial by religion empirical evidence or scholarly reporter Mark Pinsky, which r e s e a r c h o n t h e t o p i c , t h e Wallis cited in his article, voices mainstream press has largely from the left side of the political ignored the claims. spectrum have now also debunked I'm as left wing a Democrat as the claims. they come, and I have lived A profile of presidential a m o n g a n d r e p o r t e d o n candidate Michele Bachmann by evangelicals for nearly 20 years. Ryan Lizza for The New Yorker Let me tell you, this sensational, brought the issue to the fore. In misleading mishegas [Yiddish for
'craziness'] has got to stop, Pinsky wrote. A group of liberal bloggers and activists have written an open letter to Wallis condemning his op -ed and his praise for Pinsky's words. You may recognize some of us as people who have written in recent years about such tendencies in modern Christian evangelicalism as dominionism, apocalyptic demonization, Christian Reconstructionism, and the New Apostolic Reformation. We see these forces as playing a significant role in our religious and political lives, the letter states. These exclusionary Christian movements and tendencies are real, overlapping, and significant in evangelicalism specifically and in our political and electoral culture at large. We invite our readers to consider that there are aspects to these movements and tendencies that are profoundly problematic, and we invite you to consider that as well. Neither Lizza nor Goldberg signed the letter. At least three of the signers work for American's United for Separation of Church and State, which appears to be the
main group behind the letter. In a blog post introducing the letter, Rob Boston, Senior Policy Analyst for American's United, repeated the false claim that Christian Reconstructionists like the late Rousas John Rushdoony laid the intellectual groundwork for todays Religious Right. There has been no response from Wallis on the Sojourner's website. Wallis was traveling on Monday and unavailable to provide a response to The Christian Post. C o n t a c t : napp.nazworth@christianpost.co m Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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FBI's Billion-Dollar Biometric Database, Walmart And Facebook Go Local, India's New Telecom Policy, Discovery
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BlackBerry Messenger service, with RIM saying they were working on restoring normal Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:14:24 PM services. --NS Breaking news from your editors --Updated 11:30 a.m. EST at Fast Company, with updates all UK Government May Partially day. Censor Porn. Urged on by the FBI Launching Billion-Dollar Mothers Union, a UK-based Biometric Database. The Federal Christian charity organization, the Bureau of Investigation has UK government is set to roll out a announced that their long awaited proposal that will require Internet 2 1 s t - c e n t u r y u p d a t e o f t h e subscribers to opt in to access traditional fingerprint database is sexually explicit content. David going live in January. Within 15 Cameron has been in talks with minutes of scanning a suspect's the charity about various policy p i c t u r e , l a w e n f o r c e m e n t changes that would protect authorities will have a list of all children from sexual content, the possible matches from a database Guardian reports. Cameron is also of more than 10 million mug expected to announce curbs to shots. FBI agents will have access other media, such as images on t o t h e d a t a b a s e s t a r t i n g i n billboards and in advertising, the January; local law enforcement Guardian reports. --NS agencies will have to wait until iOS Is King Of The Interwebs. A 2014 to gain access. --NU new study from comScore shows -- Updated 12:00 p.m. EST that U.S web traffic from RIM's BlackBerry Services smartphones and tablets has crept Hiccup Again. For the second day up to 7 percent of total U.S. running, Research In Motion's traffic. The lions share of mobile data services have hiccupped, traffic --58.5%-- came from e v e n a s i t s s h a r e o f t h e Apple's iOS. Among the tablets, smartphone market is being t h e i P a d i s t r o u n c i n g t h e steadily eroded. Blackberry users competition, generating 97.2% of around the world experienced all tablet-led web traffic in August o u t a g e s t o t h e i r e m a i l a n d 2011. (Tablets are an important
market, Apple Insider explains, because most online shopping is conducted on those devices.) In terms of web traffic, the iPad's popularity has outpaces the the iPhone's: 46.8 per cent of iOS traffic was iPad generated, compared to 42.6% coming from the iPhone. --NS --Updated 7:30 a.m. EST Mythbusters Hosts Get Steve Jobs Special. Discovery Channel has commissioned a one-hour special documentary into the life of Steve Jobs, titled iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World. Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, of Mythbusters, are to host it, with Savage already excited by the prospect of covering the notion "all progress is made by unreasonable men." The show will air October 16. -KE [YouTube IYqfbOWQL-Q] Walmart And Facebook Go Local. U.S. residents can now connect with their local Walmart on Facebook. The "My Local Walmart" Facebook app will keep a running list of deals, events and new products at 3500 stores across the U.S. After acquiring the social media savvy startup
Kosmix (renamed @Walmartlabs) in April this year, Walmart execs said the company was serious about exploring the social retail space. The friend-a-Walmart app seems to be the first of a number of social changes to come. --NS India's New Telecom Policy. After almost a decade, India's Telecom Minister announced a new policy for the country's r a p i d l y g r o w i n g telecommunications sector. The policy aims to see 100% connectivity in rural parts of the country, up from its current 35%. Also, the policy suggests ammendments that would streamline and consolidate the sector, by allowing cell phone carriers to share air waves. As the BBC notes, India has the world's fastest growing mobile phone market. --NS --Updated 5:30 a.m. EST Yesterday's Fast Feed: Facebook Releases First iPad App, Netflix Dumps Qwikster, U.S. Feds Seek Out WikiLeaks Emails, Sony Wants Rights To "Steve Jobs"
Reuters Liam Fox row: Downing Street refuses to reveal terms of inquiry The Guardian This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 14.15 BST on Tuesday 11 October 2011 . It was last modified at 16.41 BST on Tuesday 11 October 2011 . It was first published at 12.40 BST on Tuesday 11 October 2011 . Downing Street has refused to reveal... Liam Fox's close friend quizzed over relationship with minister Daily Mail VIDEO: Werritty 'described as Fox's adviser' BBC News Skinner slams Fox's 'halfanswers' on pal Morning Star Online Scotsman- Telegraph.co.uk- The Press Association all 2,539 news articles
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Rick Santorum Touts Himself as the Anti-Romney of Socioeconomic Issues

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Romney assured the audience that he would appoint an Attorney Submitted at 10/10/2011 7:19:26 PM General who would protect the After emphasizing at the summit federal Defense of Marriage Act. the importance of having a DOMA defines marriage as a presidential candidate who is union between a man and a comfortable talking about social woman. issues, Santorum, a vocal pro-life, However, several conservatives pro-family advocate, told The have expressed doubts about the Christian Post he is the perfect former governor's commitment to anti-Romney. pro-families issues. "We're building a campaign based Author Amy Contrada said she on being the credible alternative once campaigned for Romney, but to Gov. Romney, Santorum told exposed him in her book Mitt CP. We're the conservative Romneys Deception as having c r e d i b l e a l t e r n a t i v e t o a worked closely with gay rights Republican who is well certainly activists in his cabinet. Romney less conservative than I think also declined to sign a traditional most of the Republican Party is marriage pledge by the Family today." Leader. Unlike Romney, Santorum said, Santorum did sign the pledge. He he believes economic and social assured listeners Friday that he is issues are inextricably tied "comfortable in his shoes" when it together. comes to discussing social issues Romney shared with the audience and shared stories of his time of the Values Voter Summit the battling the Senate on issues of story of his marriage. abortion, marriage and entitlement "We know that marriage is more reform. than a socially rewarding social Tony Perkins, president of the custom. It's also critical for the Family Research Council (FRC), well-being of a civilization," he said candidates need to talk more stated. about how economics and family Like us on Facebook issues are related.
"There needs to be a clear understanding and articulation of the fact the economic issues, the challenges that we're facing, are clearly connected to the family," Perkins told CP. Santorum told audience members at the Summit last weekend, "At the root of the success of America, is ... this understanding that the size and scope of America is directly related to the virtue of her people. He continued, Go into the neighborhoods where there is a lack of virtue, what will you find? You find two things: you will find no families, no mothers and fathers together in marriage, and you will find government everywhere." Perkins said candidates who stand strong on social and economic issues are electable. "Four years ago ... Mitt Romney was leading in Iowa, [2008 GOP presidential candidate] Mike Huckabee was really trailing behind. He came [to the 2007 Values Voter Summit and] he hit those issues, the value issues, the social issues as well as the foreign policy issues and economic issues, and his campaign took
off," Perkins explained. "He won Iowa, went to be a very strong candidate." Huckabee's GOP support entering the 2012 race was also very high until he announced that he would not join the race. Santorum said he is hoping to gain that same slow momentum. He told CP that he does not plan on dropping out of the race anytime soon. Rather he plans to continue persuading conservatives to embrace his brand of social and economic policy. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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What's on the Line in Tuesday's NH GOP Debate?

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an afterthought or with kid-gloves as they have in previous debates? Cain is still touting his 9-9-9 tax plan but analysts say the numbers (Photo: REUTERS / Jonathan dont add up enough to get the E r n s t ) R e p u b l i c a n U . S . nation back on solid financial presidential candidate Herman footing and Cain will be pressed Cain shakes hands at a book to provide specifics if he expects signing at the Family Research the plan to be taken seriously. Council's Values Voters Summit Romney, who has praised Cains in Washington, October 7, 2011. business background, has also taken shots at his lack of political N o n e t h e l e s s , t h e t o p i c o f experience now that an NBC Tuesdays Washington Post/ News-Marist poll shows Cain just Bloomberg debate is the economy three points behind Romney in a n d t h a t i s m u s i c t o M i t t Iowa. Romneys ears as he seeks to I was able to find ways to use my move away from social and skills in a public sector setting, religious issues. And while most probably something if I were pundits agree its now a three- Herman [Cain] Id say I wish I person race now that former had that too because you dont Atlanta businessman Herman want to necessarily learn that for Cains poll numbers have gone the first time as the president of north, both Reps. Ron Paul and the United States, Romney said Michele Bachmann will be in a question and answer with fighting to air time. students on Monday. The question is, now that Cain is Like us on Facebook considered a front-runner, will his Both Herman Cain and I spent fellow colleagues still treat him as our lives in the private sector, and
thats probably why were doing so well, Romney also said, taking a convenient swipe at Perrys lack of private sector experience. Even more interesting is that among likely Iowa caucus attendees who support Tea Party positions, Cain has a 41 to 7 lead over Romney. Paul, who won Saturdays Values Voter straw poll, is third, at 11 percent. Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Bachmann tie for fourth at 10 percent. What voters will be paying particular attention to is if Perry can bounce back after a challenging two weeks of dropping poll numbers. Perry, who has a tremendous fundraising network, will need to start flexing his muscles if he expects stay atop the leader board and not see his numbers tumble as Bachmanns have. One other thing voters will notice is if the debate will go in other directions, especially after comments were made by Perry
supporter and Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress that Mormonism is a cult. Romney may not bring up the subject but former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who is also a Mormon, may bring it up. He has nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing so. The 90-minute debate in Hanover, N.H., starts at 8 p.m. EDT. Be the first of thousands of iPosters by sharing your news, views, and analysis. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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The Hindu Lokpal to be a Constitutional body: Law minister Hindustan Times PTI In a surprise move, the government intends to make the Lokpal a Constitutional authority which will be "more powerful" than the Election Commission". A Constitutional amendment bill is to be introduced for this purpose in the Winter session of... Lokpal to be a constitutional body: Khurshid The Hindu Congress defends Salman Khurshid's remark on businessmen Economic Times Cong backs Khurshid: Can't tar all businessmen with 'black brush' Indian Express Times of India- FirstpostMoneycontrol.com all 33 news articles
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Herman Cain offended by 'bad apple,' 'crack pipe' comments Los Angeles Times
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How A Policy Change In The 1990s Moved Millions Of Poor Into America's Suburbs
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Republican presidential candidate and retired pizza chain executive Herman Cain didn't take long Monday to jump into a dispute over his views on racism. In an appearance on Fox News Hannity, Cain said he found offensive comments that were made by Harry Belafonte and Cornel West in response to his assertion that people use racism as an excuse. Because he happened to have had good fortune hit him, because he happened to have had a moment when he broke through the moment someone blinked does not make him the authority on the plight of people of color, Belafonte said in an interview with Joy Behar that will be aired in full Friday on HLN. Herman Cain is just the latest incarnation of what is totally false to the needs of our community
and the needs of our nation, Belafonte said. I think hes a bad apple, and people should look at his whole card. Hes not what he says he is. West said Cain, needs to get off the symbolic crack pipe and acknowledge that the evidence [of racism] is overwhelming. Cain took to Fox Monday night and called the statements "offensive." Look, I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago, Cain said in response to Belfontes comment. And all that they try to do when someone like me and Im not the only black person out there that shares these conservative views the only tactic that they have to try and intimidate me and shut me up is to call me names, and this sort of thing. It just simply wont work. He dismissed West as someone who has been in academia too long. He is out of touch with the real
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their numbers are still smaller than those of whites and Latinos. Generally, families are eligible Thanks to relaxed rules on where for housing choice vouchers if world, Cain said. I dont have a lot of patience for g o v e r n m e n t - i s s u e d h o u s i n g their income falls below 50% of people who want to blame racism choice vouchers can be used, their area's median income, and if on the fact that some people dont there has been an influx of HCV they receive HCVs, they aren't make it in America, Cain said, recipients into the suburbs since permitted to spend less than 30% noting that he was able to climb 2000, according to a study by the or more than 40% of their adjusted monthly income on rent. the corporate ladder at Pillsbury Brookings Institution. This coincides with rising rates of And though this migration does and Burger King. If you put your mind to it and poverty in the suburbs of many change the make-up of suburban you dont play the victim card, major metropolitan areas, and areas, the Brookings Institution you can do whatever you want to signals a change from America recommends that the government do in this country, he said. I am pre-1990, when it was very continue to encourage such difficult to use HCVs outside of movement, as it allows lowerwalking proof of that. the housing district they were income families a better chance of kim.geiger@latimes.com This entry passed through the issuedgenerally inner-city, low- improving their livelihoods. 18 Cities Where The Suburbs Are Full-Text RSS service if this is income areas. your content and you're reading it Because of these rules, families Rapidly Turning Into Slums > on someone else's site, please read on vouchers were unable to Please follow Business Insider on the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- follow jobs out to the suburbs, Twitter and Facebook. only/faq.php#publishers. Five and their ability to do so now Join the conversation about this Filters featured article: A 'Malign marks a big reason for the story Intellectual Subculture' - George increase in suburbanization. See Also: M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , (However, there is evidence that A Complete Guide To The Herman, Peterson, Pilger And these jobs may soon disappear.) Ponzi Scheme That Is Suburban Some of those metropolitan-area America Media Lens. suburbs that saw the greatest rise Here Is The Audacious 'Strong in poverty also assimilated the Towns' Essay That Called The most HCV recipients, including Suburbs A Ponzi Scheme Stockton, Boise and Phoenix. And Here's The Chart That Will Get though blacks saw the biggest Obama Fired bump in suburbanization out of any ethnicity receiving HCVs, times by grant funds, and can mean the difference between life and death for hungry children.
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Great Execution Won't Save A Poor Business Idea

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also see many dangers in this new way of building businesses. The Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:15:25 AM new rallying cry suggests that For the past year or so, the tech ideas do not matter and execution world has been obsessed with the is everything. On this point, I i d e a o f t h e l e a n s t a r t u p . disagree. A poor idea with great Essentially the lean start up is a execution wont work, and set of principles, developed by pivoting to a new bad idea, no Steve Blank, and others like Eric matter how great your execution Reis, that gives start ups a road is, wont result in a breakout map to develop, test, and develop success. their products some more, until Ideas are critical. As they find the right product- entrepreneurs we are creating the market fit. future and we need to think about A major part of the Lean Start Up and develop products that help methodology is the idea that start people, solve problems, create ups must be agile and ready to value and, most importantly, have pivot at any time. If the product repeatable, scalable business does not seem to be catching on, models at their core. then try something completely The cost of development and new. Dont debate what to do time it takes to launch a new next, just ship it, test it and p r o d u c t h a s d e c r e a s e d analyze the results. The new tremendously in the past few conventional wisdom says that no years. This does not mean that the one is smart enough to figure out time and hard work it takes to what people want, you just have come up with a new idea for your to give them enough choices and n e w b u s i n e s s m o d e l h a s they will tell you what they want decreased. In fact, I would argue by their actions. that because it is so easy to roll The pivot has gone from novel to out and test new products, the sexy to clich in a matter of ideas behind those products are months, but the truth is, the pivot that much more important. Every and the economics behind the lean startup team with solid engineers start up methodology are at the is on the same level from a h e a r t o f a v e r y r e a l technical standpoint. So the new entrepreneurial revolution that we secret sauce is in the well are in the midst of. However, I t h o u g h t o u t , i n n o v a t i v e ,
disruptive, game changing ideas that happen to have a business model embedded in them (see Groupon, Living Social, Kickstarter, etc.). De-emphasizing the importance of the idea behind a product also makes it very easy to give up on your idea if it doesnt take off immediately. Most great products are not immediately adopted by the population at large. Adoption only happens after the right tweaks, changes and honing. Minimizing the value of the idea you are pursuing gives you permission to skip the hard work when something doesnt work out perfectly. An idea that you know, deep down in your gut, solves a very real problem, will eventually become a successful business if you are persistent and continue to pursue it and execute in new and innovative ways. Sifting through a million variables to find a business model is the hardest thing you will ever do I know; Im smack in the middle of it. There is no short cut. There is no get rich quick scheme and the Lean Start up Methodology should not become an excuse to quit when things get hard. Instead, this methodology should simply provide a framework for how to create a
successful business from scratch. Just remember, before there is creating a business, there is an idea. And that idea, or some variation of it, will become your business. This post originally appeared on The Young Entrepreneur Council. The Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) is an invite-only nonprofit organization comprised of the countrys most promising young entrepreneurs. The YEC promotes entrepreneurship as a solution to youth unemployment and underemployment and provides its members with access to tools, mentorship, and resources that support each stage of a businesss development and growth. Please follow War Room on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: The 10 Biggest Myths About Entrepreneurship AHEM: Wall Street Protester Says He's Getting Paid To Protest Occupy Wall Street Goes Nuclear, As Kanye West Shows Up
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The 11 Worst Questions To Ask During A Job Interview

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vacation time?" Asking about job perks early on will make you appear selfSubmitted at 10/11/2011 11:21:00 AM indulgent. During a job interview, the "It's kind of weird when someone questions you ask are just as gets into the nitty-gritty of the important as the answers you benefits," says Alison Green, provide. One poorly-thought-out from Ask A Manager. "I've had question could nix your chances people ask me who the health care of landing a job. provider is, if we have dental "What will stick with a potential plans, how many vacation days employer is that you asked the we offer." r i g h t q u e s t i o n s , p a i d c l o s e Once you're offered the job, that's attention to the answers and really when discussion about benefits fathomed what their organization starts. is all about," says headhunter "Can you tell me about your Mark Jaffe of Wyatt & Jaffe. company?" To help you avoid catastrophe, Hopefully you've already done we've compiled a list of the worst your research on the company. questions you can ask during a job Ask more specific questions that interview. show you've done your research. Good luck."What are your Source: eHow policies surrounding benefits and "Will I have to work overtime?"
Instead, ask what a typical day looks like, reports CNN/Career Builder. This way, you'll learn more about your daily responsibilities, including who you'll be interacting with -- and perhaps if people often work overtime. See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow War Room on Twitter and Facebook. See Also: PHOTOS: MySpace Throws Its Biggest Party In Years The Best Time To Schedule A Job Interview The Most Popular Places To Work In New York City
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When Mexico's secretary of foreign affairs, Patricia Espinosa, recently acknowledged that Brazil is dragging its feet on the free trade deal the two countries agreed to hash out last November, it was not the lament of an aggrieved party. After all, Mexico, Latin America's secondlargest economy, is hardly a victim in its trade relations with Brazil, the region's largest. To the contrary: In the first seven months of 2011, Mexico registered a $478 million trade surplus with Brazil, a 24-fold increase over the $19 million registered during the same period in 2010. That might explain Brazil's lack of enthusiasm for a trade agreement with Mexico. The limited attention that Brasilia has devoted to the negotiations is also understandable given the pressing issues that Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing in her first year in office-- including an overvalued currency, rising inflation and corruption scandals. But it also signals a piecemeal approach to international relations that goes along with Brazil's
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The Guardian Bexleyheath stabbing: Nicola Edgington accused of killing Sally Hodkin Daily Mail The defendant who has a 'history of mental health problems' was held in the cells but excused from attending the packed courtroom after applications by her counsel, the court's head of security and a psychiatrist. Dr Amit Chatterjee, duty psychiatrist... Stab Attack: Suspect Has 'Extreme' Problems Sky News Murder accused 'unfit' for court BBC News Murder accused 'unfit' for court The Press Association The Wharf- This is Local London - Bexley Times all 290 news articles
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known cardiovascular disease or previous heart attack or stroke). Among other things, the authors By Dr. John Briffa Created: Oct write about how studies show that 11, 2011 Last Updated: Oct 11, in primary prevention, one meta2011 analysis (collection of several According to the Archives of studies) showed statins reduced Internal Medicine: "Until there is the risk of major coronary events such data for statins for primary (for example, fatal and non-fatal prevention, we will continue to heart attacks) by 30 percent. classify it as an intervention This sounds impressive, but in without known benefit, but with the primary prevention setting, definite risks, in our Less Is More overall risk of heart attacks is series." (Tim Boyle/Getty Images) generally low, so a 30 percent risk In April, the editors of Archives reduction translates into only a of Internal Medicine launched a very small actual reduction in risk series titled Less Is More to in the real world. h i g h l i g h t t h e o v e r u s e o f This particular meta-analysis investigations and treatments in included data from studies that medicine. One example they cited included data from individuals was the use of statins for people w i t h k n o w n c a r d i o v a s c u l a r without known heart disease, d i s e a s e . T h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s , saying that this practice has actually candidates for secondary known adverse effects despite prevention, are at high risk of the absence of data for patient further problems. Their inclusion benefit. with primary prevention data The September edition of the makes the benefits in primary journal carries a response to this prevention look better than they comment from several doctors really are. who attempt to make the case that To properly judge the impact of statins do indeed have a role in statins in primary prevention, we p r i m a r y p r e v e n t i o n o f need to look at data from primary cardiovascular disease (that is, the prevention only. To date, only one treatment in individuals with no meta-analysis has done this, and
medicine to be recommended to healthy patients for a lifetime of use, there should be robust evidence that this regime will reduce suffering or extend life and evidence that the benefit outweighs adverse effects. Until there is such data for statins for primary prevention, we will continue to classify it as an intervention without known benefit, but with definite risks, in our Less Is More series. Dr. John Briffa is a Londonbased physician and author with an interest in nutrition and natural medicine. His website is DrBriffa.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentthis was published in June 2010 in response, they draw our attention only/faq.php#publishers. Five the Archives of Internal Medicine. to the fact that those who objected Filters featured article: A 'Malign The most notable result from this used inadequate data and failed to Intellectual Subculture' - George meta-analysis is that statins (in acknowledge the commonly M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , primary prevention) do not save reported adverse effects of statins, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And lives. Despite the objections of including memory loss, muscle Media Lens. some doctors, the editors of the p a i n s , w e a k n e s s , a n d l i v e r Archives of Internal Medicine f u n c t i o n a b n o r m a l i t i e s . stand by their claims about statins The editors end with this in the September edition. In a d a m n i n g s t a t e m e n t : F o r a
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Ukraine: Ex-PM Tymoshenko Jailed for Seven Years

Global Insights: Dim Prospects for Putin's Eurasian Union

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 2:59:00 AM
Ukraine's former Yulia Tymoshenko listens as Judge Rodion Kireyev of the Kiev Pechersky court renders his verdict on her case on October 11, 2011. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP/ Getty Images) A court in Ukraine on Tuesday sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison due to a gas deal with Russia more than two years ago in a trial she said was politically motivated, according to media reports. Judge Rodion Kireyev gave her the sentence after a three-monthlong trial that drew criticism from Western powers and could weaken Ukraines ties with the European Union as well as the U.S., according to Radio Free Europe. Kireyev said Tymoshenko cost Ukraine around $190 million in damages. "We will fight and we will defend my good name in court," Tymoshenko told reporters after the sentencing, according to RFE. "And I am confident that the European Court of Human Rights will make a legitimate, lawful
decision. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said the verdict against Tymoshenko is not final. The decision will still be challenged in a court of appeal, and, of course, it will be of great significance what decision it takes and under what law it will take its decision, he told reporters, according to Ukrainian news agency Interfax. He added that his administration inherited the case against Tymoshenko and had to go through with it. It was investigated by law enforcement
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Global Real Estate Picks

Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:36:32 AM
Contemporary Conversion of a commercial building into a fourbedroom London home. $5,600,000 London, England. (Photo courtesy Domus Nova) The New York real estate market over summer and into the Fall has seen sales continue at the same pace as last year, while prices have flattened. The financial world is in a state of turmoil with change set to occur, and these changes are bound to be reflected in the national and international real estate markets. Vietnam Villa with twobedrooms on Nam Hai private beach forms part of the all-villa resort. $1,500,000 near Danang, Vietnam. This week we are taking a look at three luxury homes
located in Europe and Asia, which have been selected for their spectacular design which would also enhance a relaxing lifestyle. The properties are located in Spain, England, and Vietnam. In Ibiza, a contemporary home provides the ultimate in luxury
living and relaxation, with views over a medieval village and the bay, while in London the new conversion of a commercial building provides light and space with excellent contemporary design. The home in Vietnam combines seclusion with shared
amenities such as gourmet restaurants, a spa and conference facilities, and located on a private beach. Suzun Bennet of Town Real Estate is deeply passionate about New York City real estate, and widely recognized as a leading expert in her field. Contact her at SBennet@TownRealEstate.com or 917-459-8874. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
State to approach SC on mining Business Standard

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Spies trail Victoria Police deputy commissioner Sir Ken Jones Herald Sun
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The Hindu State to approach SC on mining Business Standard Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday said, his government is planning to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC) over the ban and the CEC probe relating to mining in the state. He also expressed his optimism that the apex court will come to... State to move Supreme Court over mining ban Deccan Herald Mining ban: Karnataka losing Rs 4000 cr Hindu Business Line Karna CM hopeful of managing power crisis IBNLive.com Hindustan Times- The HinduZee News all 20 news articles
Spies trail Victoria Police deputy commissioner Sir Ken Jones Herald Sun Victorian Police Minister Peter
Ryan talks to reporters after the release of the Ombudsman's report into the Office of Police Integrity's investigations. (AAP/ Megan Hayne) Sir Ken Jones's movements were tracked by police spies....
No check on Office of Police Integrity bugging: Victorian Ombudsman The Australian Ombudsman takes a swipe at OPI The Age Former deputy police chief in Williams leak probe Sydney
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Aussie nurse brain damaged by Bali drink Sydney Morning Herald

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Green Gadget Boosters - The Ray Charger Sucks the Sunlight to Energize Your Devices (TrendHunter.com)
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Aussie nurse brain damaged by Bali drink Sydney Morning Herald A 25-year-old nurse from Newcastle has suffered brain
damage and kidney failure after drinking a contaminated cocktail in Bali. Jamie Johnston has spent the past three weeks in intensive care in Bali and Darwin after ordering a jug of arak,... and more
( TrendHunter.com) Finding just the right amount of light can be challenging when you have solar-
powered gadgets, but the Ray Charger makes it all too easy to bask in the sun. Soak in the rays with the Ray Charger, a solarpowered...
Topsy Launches Realtime Search Engine For Public Google+ Posts

Robin Wauters (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:20:52 AM
Realtime search and analytics platform company Topsy Labs this morning announced that it has added Google+ as a source in its index. A dedicated search engine for public Google+ posts, available here in beta, lets users search and access realtime and historical conversations occurring within the social network. Topsy emphasizes that posts are ranked by the startups proprietary relevance and influence-ranking technology. You can find some screenshots below or give it a
whirl right now. Topsys algorithms calculate who the experts are for specific keywords, terms and links, updating influence graphs based upon the attention generated from Google+ and Twitter posts. Says Vipul Ved Prakash, cofounder and CEO of Topsy Labs: We are proud to be the first search engine to provide comprehensive search over public Google+ posts. Beyond the 220 million daily tweets we are currently indexing, with the addition of Google+, weve extended our search technology to deeply index and rank long-form
social conversations. On Topsy, people can now search Google+ and Twitter for realtime, relevance-ranked results, and businesses can be better informed about whats important by using our APIs to mine the collective intelligence of posters on both Twitter and Google+. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2006, Topsy has raised about $30 million from BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund and Scott Banister. Crunchbase GOOGLE+ TOPSY
Product: Google+ Website: plus.google.com Company Google A Google project headed by Vic Gundotra and Bradley Horowitz, Google+ is designed to be the social extension of Google. Its features focus on making online sharing easy for users. Circles, think social circles, akin to Facebooks lists Sandbar, a user-unifying toolbar Sparks, a search engine for sharing content between users Huddle, a group messaging app that allows users to share with certain Circles Hangouts, group video chatting designed to allow up to 10 users video chat at once Each Google+
user can replace his... Learn more Company: Topsy Website: topsy.com Funding:$29.9M Topsy, which launched on May 26, 2009, is a real-time search engine, with a focus on social media sites like Twitter. The sites underlying technology examines popular links as well as the influence of each person citing a link. Topsy augments traditional search engines by finding information that people are talking about. Learn more
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Cloud Storage Platform Box.net Raises $81M From Salesforce, SAP At $600M-Plus Valuation
Leena Rao (TechCrunch)
2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith out of their dorm rooms in Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:59:52 AM 2005 with the goal of making it Cloud storage platform Box.net easy for people to access and has raised $81 million in Series D share all their content, from funding from strategic investors anywhere. Today, the company Salesforce.com and SAP Ventures provides storage solutions for with Bessemer Venture Partners, 7 7 % o f t h e F o r t u n e 5 0 0 . N E A , a n d p r i o r i n v e s t o r s Currently, 100,000 businesses are including Andreessen Horowitz using Boxs service with 250,000 and Draper Fisher Jurvetson new users joining each month. Growth participating in the round. This year, Box landed its biggest The new investment brings Boxs enterprise deal yet (and one of the total capital raised to $162 million largest cloud SaaS deals ever) (the$50 million round we reported with 18,000 seats with P&G. on a few weeks ago is part of this Josh Stein, managing director of D round). Weve heard from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, was an sources close to the company that early believer of Box back in the Boxs valuation was above 2006. He says that two things $600 million. stood out then that showed that Box, which has 7 million users the idea born out of Levie and and stores over 300 million Smiths dorm room had potential. documents, is a cloud storage First, he explains Smith and Levie platform for the enterprise that had one of the best work ethics comes with collaboration, social hed seen. and mobile functionality. Box has He recalled that when the firm evolved into more than just a fils would ask Levie and Smith storage platform, and has become questions about the product and a full-fledged collaborative business, the two fledgling application where businesses can entrepreneurs at the time would actually communicate about respond with thoughtful several document updates, sync files page emails at all hours of the remotely, and even add features day. And second, the quality of from Salesforce, Google Apps, the early product, which at that NetSuite, Yammer and others. point was aimed at the consumer The company was founded in as well as businesses, was
intuitive, well-designed and had a valuable functionality. So why has Box been able to scale from an idea in a dorm room to a nearly billion dollar business? Stein says that Boxs cloud storage platform is a terrific product that meets needs for variety of industries. He says that in the past few years, Box has created a new category in enterprise products of what the company intranet could have become. NEA partner Kittu Kolluri agrees with Stein that Box has become an extension of the intranet, but adds that Box has also become a next generation extranet, as Box allows companies to share files and communicate with clients outside of the company. Kolluri also highlights the growing trend of the consumerization of IT. He said that NEA looked at a few other companies in the enterprise storage and collaboration space but Box had the most compelling solution that offered enterprises both security as well as ease of use. And because of its compelling product, growing revenue and strong user base, the company has even become a pricey acquisition
target, receiving acquisition offers of $500 million. Kolluri says it was a smart decision for Box to turn these acquisitions down (NEA invested after these acquisitions were rejected). And Kolluri wholeheartedly believes that Box can and will be a public company. Stein also believes in Boxs potential strength in the public markets. Box absolutely should be a public company, he says and confirms that an offering is in the companys future plans. Stein says that as an SaaS company, Boxs recurring revenue model makes it an ideal public company. Of course, raising this growth round gives Box the flexibility of when they want to enter the public markets, adds Stein. Levie hasnt planned on raising additional funds this year after picking up$48 million from Andreessen Horowitz and others earlier this year but because of the strong venture market, the companys strong performance, and the growth in the cloud, an expansion round made sense. Theres so much change taking place in the enterprise, and were trying to build out go-to platform for how people use data, work, and collaborate, Levie explains.
Part of this is taking on more established enterpruse players like Microsoft. Were redefining how enterprises share and manage content on Box, while also building a powerful, open ecosystem of partners and developers to help our customers get more value and flexibility from their information than ever before possible. Part of this is creating an ecosystem around the platform. In November, Box plans to launch the Box Innovation Network, which will provide funding, consulting and other resources to developers building off of Box. Today, Box integrates with 120 applications, including leading cloud solutions including Salesforce, SAP StreamWork, Google Apps and NetSuite. Box plans to use the new funding for product development, international expansion, and to further build out its infrastructure in the U.S., opening a third data center in 2012. Of course, with this expansion will come challenges, says Stein. Growing fast can put strain on an organization. Box has rapidly scaled its team from 125 to nearly CLOUD page 34
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New CA Access Control Addresses Virtual Layer Security

Scott M. Fulton, III (ReadWriteWeb)
pretty much has full access into the entire IT environment, and can manage all of the VMs, change Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:30:00 AM configuration, copy them with the It was a question so seemingly sensitive information that's on obvious that even Congresspeople them. That can have a lot of found themselves asking it last impact, both from a business and week: If "the cloud" is one place a legal perspective. The need to where multiple files and resources s e g r e g a t e d u t i e s o f t h e s e are pooled together, then what's to administrators, manage their keep it from becoming the one p r i v i l e g e s , m a n a g e s h a r e d target for malicious attacks and accounts in those environments, corporate espionage? audit what people are doing, all of The emerging layer of cloud t h e s e c a p a b i l i t i e s a n d operating systems with Linux requirements that are strong in kernels provides hardware-level any regulated environment, need support for conventional server to be more so in the virtual OSes such as Windows Server, environment." which are now free (or at least Suddenly, data centers that were more free than they were) to in perfect compliance with c o n c e n t r a t e o n r u n n i n g government security regulations applications. The problem is, the find themselves in danger of more advanced systems for losing that compliance as they maintaining user privileges, move to virtualization, where a auditing activities, and organizing n e w l a y e r o f a b s t r a c t i o n resources are in the virtual OS, introduces a separate order of a n d n o t t h e o n e d o i n g t h e operations at a lower level. virtualization. So the person in M o v i n g s e c u r i t y f u r t h e r charge of the virtual OS may d o w n s t a i r s become the weak link in the Last August, CA entered into an chain. alliance with HyTrust, which Sponsor makes both software and "Managing the administrators of a p p l i a n c e s f o r v i r t u a l that environment is absolutely infrastructure security. This critical," says Nimrod Vax, who morning, that alliance has borne directs product management for fruit in the form of CA Access C A T e c h n o l o g i e s ' s e c u r i t y Control for Virtual Environments, business unit. "The administrator an extension of CA's existing of a [VMware] vCenter console p r i v i l e g e m a n a g e m e n t a n d
Access Control provides similarly auditable, temporary (i.e., timesensitive) access controls to designated administrators as the product has previously provided for the physical layer. Also, using the emerging CloudAudit standard, the new system provides similar auditing capabilities for devices and resources that provide the infrastructure for the virtual environment, as CA has provided auditing platform into the virtual before for physical. layer, as well as an extension for "With virtual infrastructure, and the hypervisor in particular, you vCenter. [ S c r e e n s h o t c o u r t e s y C A now have access to networking, storage, and server resources all Technologies] " T h e v i r t u a l e n v i r o n m e n t through one single platform and introduces some elements that are application," says Eric Chiu, n o t t h e r e i n t h e p h y s i c a l founder and president of HyTrust. environment," explains CA's Vax. "If you don't have proper controls, "By definition, when those you actually create a lot of issues, physical environments, with the [particularly with] slowing down physical controls that are already the ability to automate." Disin place, in many cases even our inhibiting automation own software, move into the The whole point of virtualization virtual environment, you're f r o m C h i u ' s p e r s p e c t i v e i s introducing another layer of a u t o m a t i o n , t h e b i t a b o u t infrastructure. That infrastructure increasing utilization and adding comes with its own group of scalability is all by way of taking administrators. You usually have the processes of automating system admins and application functionality and automating admins, and you separate the them. Without those controls in duties between them; now you're place, he explains, this automation introducing the virtualization never happens. "You now have administrator. And that layer also lots of administrators who need to needs to have separation of duties a c c e s s t h i s e n v i r o n m e n t networking, storage, ESX, VM, as well." By way of vCenter, the new CA desktop. And without being able
to provide them the adequate levels of permissions for what they can do within the environment, but restrict them only to those permissions and specific resources they're allowed to manage, and have that automatically built into the infrastructure, you end up having to put a lot of rigid controls in place." And CA Access Manager isn't rigid? No, not with comparison to what Chiu sees every day. There's an emerging practice called air gapping, a phrase borrowed from plumbing, where entire environments are kept intentionally non-networked to one another as a security measure. Perhaps less rigid is a policy of delegating lower-level admin authority over virtual environments to a trusted few, people who can be trusted to work overtime. Some executives hire family members for these critical jobs because, of course, you can always trust your family. Large organizations that should reasonably have 20 to 30 administrators on a nationwide level, end up having as few as two or three. [Screenshot courtesy CA Technologies] "With proper automated controls NEW page 32
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Kwaga addresses Gmail shortcoming, again (scoop)

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:23:50 AM
For years, I wanted a button on Gmail messages that said "import all this contact info into your address book." When Kwaga's WriteThat.Name service added just that ability--only without my even having to click a button--I eagerly signed up for a year's worth of service. Now the French company is taking care of another item that should have been standard with Gmail and its paid-service equivalent in Google Apps: consolidating account data from up to three different Gmail accounts. The company plans to announce and launch the service Wednesday, but it gave CNET News an early peek. With the new service, people with paid accounts designate one of them a master account and the other one or two as slave accounts. Then any new contact info arriving at the slave accounts then is slurped into the master account. Unfortunately, it doesn't import slave accounts' existing address book entries, only new ones. But, the company said, "The analysis of the slave address books is a feature we are working on at the moment, and we hope to have this
new feature up and active shortly." Getting an address book that spans multiple accounts would be very useful for me. First and foremost, it partially unifies my annoyingly separate address books, so, for example, when a friend gets a new e-mail address or phone number, I don't have to change it in two places. Second, with a master address book that includes all my work and personal contacts, I can set my phone to sync with only the master account. That should cut down on duplicate address book entries when I search for people who happen to be in both. The new WriteThat.Name feature
lets people import contacts from one or two slave Gmail or Google Apps accounts into a master account.(Credit: screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET) For now, the master account only gets contacts that arrive in the slave accounts--either when a person creates a new entry or when WriteThat.Name extracts the information from an incoming e-mail. That's still helpful, but I'll be more excited when the full import arrives. Another couple of features would be nice, too: a full sync among different address books so the slave accounts stay up to date, too. And in the likely event of duplicate entries, I'll have to rely
on Google's tools to merge duplicate entries in the master address book. But I'm happy to see progress in automating some of the drudgery of inbox management. Kwaga's multi-account services is available to those who've signed up for premium accounts, which cost $3 a month or $20 a year. There's another carrot coming to lure people to premium accounts, too--the ability to scour your Gmail archive for contacts and import them, too, the way it imports data from new messages. "Unfortunately as this time WriteThat.Name does not have the ability to browse and backintergrate the history of your
inbox," the company said. "This is a feature that we are currently working on. However we do not have this available at the time." I'll wait. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Tablets Become IT Admin New Mobility Tool

Daniel P. Dern (ReadWriteWeb)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:00:00 PM
Enterprise IT may or may not be doing its best to stifle the end user adoption of iPads and other tablets in the workplace and on the road. Security, synching, and file format compatibility -- and a second dose of security -- are all legitimate IT concerns. Meanwhile, tablets devices can have a useful role to play within IT proper. Let's take a closer look. Sponsor It's possible to do some IT admin even from a smartphone. (See Manage Your Servers From Your iPhone With Moesion.) However, a tablet offers a bigger display and virtual keyboard. Depending on your eyeballs, fingertip dexterity, and the information density of web sites and admin tools you need to you, a tablet may be more productive than a smartphone. And in addition to email, messaging, and accessing web apps, tablets can free IT from needing access to a desktop, or
carrying around a notebook, to do remote system and network monitoring and management. The app to directly control a given device or set of devices may or may not be available. (See The Best iPad Apps for IT Administrators.) Equally if not more importantly, remote apps let IT access their own desktop (assuming network connectivity, of course), to work with management and admin apps there. I.e., a tablet can act as a wireless thin client device, wireless terminal, and/or wireless monitor, keyboard and mouse -- one that lets IT admins work from across the building or campus, from home, or while on the road -even, latency permitting, in the air (if the plane offers WiFI, which a growing number do). Daniel Dern is an independent technology and business writer, who has written one Internet user guide, and thousands of features, reviews and other articles for various technology and business
publications, and was the founding Editor-in-Chief at Internet World magazine, and editor of Byte.com. His blog can be found at http:// www.tryingtechnology.com/ and he can be reached at dern@pair.com. WiFi tablets can also be useful for onsite admins in tight server quarters, where even pull-out KVM keyboards can be hard to use, and more expensive to provision. Remote access applications with one or more tablet clients include Citrix GoToMyPC, LogMeIn,
TeamViewer, and Wyse PocketCloud Pro. "Wyse has a mouse driver you can install on the host PC, so you can scroll in the Wyse Pocket Cloud app via 'swiping' on your iPad," notes Nathan Clevenger, author of the new book iPad in the Enterprise, and chief software architect at management and IT consulting firm ITR Mobility. Note: Not all the remote-access apps support all operating systems and versions, or offer all the same features. Also, the pricing models can vary, from free to purchaseone to monthly fees. And, of course, you have to ensure they will work with and through any corporate firewall(s). There are likely to still be times when IT admins need a desktopOS-class device, with more power and capacity than a desktop-OSbased tablet. But tablets may let IT admins travel more lightly -and get away more, while being able to respond and react from wherever they are. Discuss
Heinz offers up personalised 'get well' soup cans

Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:55:00 AM
Tis the season to be snotty, so Heinz is launching a Facebook initiative that lets you send a personalised can of get well soup to your ailing friends and loved ones. For the month of October, Heinz Facebook fans can buy a can of soup and personalise it with their friend's name or, presumably, their nickname weedy-wet, hypochondriac, and phlegmy come to mind. Continue reading...
The FP Survey: The World According to the GOP

JOSHUA E. KEATING (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/10/2011 7:50:44 PM
What do the 2012 Republican
candidates have to say about foreign policy? COMPILED BY JOSHUA E. KEATING| NOVEMBER 2011 This entry passed through the
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ViewSonic ViewPad 10e Android tablet detailed

Chris Burns (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:38:39 AM
It appears that ViewSonic will once again be trying their luck with an inexpensively constructed tablet, this time in the 9.7-inch single-core Android 2.3 Gingerbread 10E. Thus far ViewSonic has been tossing tablets out like their candy inside 2011, with the ViewPad 7x, 10pro, and 7e. Each of these tablets has either been 7-inches and running Gingerbread or 10inches and running Windows 7 with Android virtualized inside. What weve got here is ViewSonics first 9.7-inch Android-only tablet boasting, amongst other things, a 9.1mm thinness. Could it compete with the massive tablet market in the mix today, or would it require nothing less than a fantastically low price to blast this tablet into the market? What youve got here is an odd set of specs. Odd, that is, if you consider the rest of the Android tablet market: here theres a single -core 1Ghz Cortex A8 processor running Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a 9.7-inch IPS LCD display at 1024 x 768 pixel resolution.
Youll find DDR3 memory at 512 MB, internal memory at 4GB with a microSD card slot able to utilize an additional 32GB, and the whole thing comes in Wi-fi only. You wont see this gem on any mobile carrier shelves. Also the whole thing weighs in at 620 grams, no back-breaker. And whats this? This device has one whole heck of a lot of connections, including microUSB
(for data transfer and power), mini HDMI for up to 720p output of video to your HDTV, wireless B/ G/N, and Bluetooth 3.0. AND youll be working with the lovely VIewScene 3D, one of the most unique looking approaches to Android youll find on the market have a look at what ViewScene looks like by checking out this quick hands-on (or eyes-on, if you prefer) of the ViewPad 7x, 10,
and 7e from back at Pepcom Holiday Spectacular 2011. Its the 3D-looking wild interface that you WILL find wonderful. Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Unofficial Android 2.2 update for ViewPad 10 lands ViewSonic ViewPad 7x and ViewPad 10Pro official Steve Jobs afraid of 7-inch tablets reckons ViewSonic VP ViewSonic ViewPad 10Pro packs BlueStacks Android app virtualization ViewSonic ViewPad 10pro Hands-on [Video] Launch Time! ViewSonic ViewPad Android tablet & dual-booting Android/ Microsoft slate tipped for IFA 2010 ViewSonic launches ViewPad 7x, 10pro, and 7e Viewsonic Viewpad 7 preorders open for Nov 15 UK debut ViewSonic ViewPad 10e Android tablet detailed is written by Chris Burns& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Christian World Adoption

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iPhone 4S to woo customers from 4G Droids, says analyst

(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:16:04 AM
Apple's iPhone 4S(Credit: Apple) Apple will win customers away from 4G Android phones by offering the iPhone 4S at a lower cost but still managing to rake in hefty profit margins. At least, that's the take of Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore. In an investors note released Sunday, Whitmore compared the prices of the iPhone 4S with those of several Droid phones. Though the monthly fees for each phone are comparable and depend on the carrier, the upfront cost for the new iPhone is lower, which Whitmore believes will lure in more customers. The 16GB iPhone 4S costs $199 with a two-year contract. Though that price is in line with other 3G phones, it represents a lower entry point than that of key 4G Android
phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy S II ($229), the Droid Bionic, ($299) and the HTC Thunderbolt($249). "We expect customers who do the math to opt for the iPhone," Whitmore said in his note. "In addition, those who don't do the math, will likely reach for the lower upfront acquisition cost of the 4S compared vs. these Droids." Despite the iPhone's lower initial cost, Apple will still see healthy profit margins as a result of the huge subsides paid by the carriers. With two-year contracts, the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB iPhone 4S will sell to customers for $199, $299, and $399, respectively. Whitmore pegs Apple's costs for manufacturing the iPhone 4S from $170 to $220 depending on the capacity of the phone. But since the carriers kick in around $450 to subsidize each new iPhone, Apple
stands to generate a profit margin of around 71 percent to 73 percent. That compares with a profit margin of only around 38 percent for the iPod Touch.
"Looking forward, we expect the refreshed iPhone / iOS upgrade / Siri and channel/carrier expansion to support strong iPhone demand over multiple quarters," Whitmore added. Calculating the average total cost of ownership over two years among the three U.S. iPhone 4S carriers, the analyst found Sprint to be the cheapest at $88 per month, followed by AT&T at $93 each month, and Verizon Wireless the highest at $98 a month. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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in place, you can truly scale your environment," remarks Chiu. One of CA's and HyTrust's pilot customers for the new Access Control is a globally recognized Fortune 25 insurance provider which had precisely this problem, said Chiu: It was incapable of scaling its virtual infrastructure up because it could not hire what it
perceived as enough trustworthy virtual-level administrators. "There are a lot of challenges that customers are going through, in terms of maturing in their use of virtualization, and creating IT-asa-service," the HyTrust president continues. "These challenges end up slowing down adoption... This is the first solution I've seen that
addresses end-to-end needs of securing the virtual infrastructure that all these VMs now run on, as well as securing the virtual machines inside, while having all that be pre-built for dynamic, virtualized environments." The current Access Control is built around VMware and vCenter, though CA's Vax says
it's a "non-issue" to extend it to Director is at least two years cover other platforms as well, away. Discuss with the goal of being recognized as truly platform-agnostic. However, while there's growing activity surrounding OpenStack and OpenNebula, HyTrust believes that broader industry adoption of these open source alternatives to VMware vCloud
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Grooveshark Signs Apple iPhone 4S gets Deals With DashGo benchmarked; slower than & NuGroove Records iPad 2
Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:38:48 AM
(CNET News.com)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:29:46 AM
Apple's iPhone 4S has been benchmarked, according to reports.(Credit: Apple) Apple's iPhone 4S smartphone isn't even on store shelves yet, but benchmarks have leaked out on the Web, suggesting the device holds up quite well against most products, except the iPad 2. According to benchmark data obtained by Anandtech from a host of sources, Apple's iPhone 4S beats out all devices, except for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 in a JavaScript benchmark, but easily bests that tablet (and all other Android-based devices) in a Rightware BrowserMark benchmark. However, when the smartphone is pitted against the iPad 2, it falls short in processor integer performance and in a 720p -frames-per-second test, according to Anandtech. That data makes Anandtech believe that the iPhone 4S comes with an 800MHz A5 dual-core processor, and not the same 1GHz
A5 dual-core processor found in the iPad 2. Geekbench, which provided some benchmark information, says the processor frequency is about 716MHz. Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S last week at a special event in its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. The company touted the iPhone 4S' dual-core processor, but stopped short of providing detailed information on the chip. That said, the company did say that the processor in the iPhone 4S will easily overshadow the A4 chip found in the iPhone 4. Based on the data published by Anandtech, that appears to be the case. In nearly every benchmark, the iPhone 4S doubled the performance of its predecessor. Still, it's worth noting that the
just a buck more you can get still large, but legal, catalogs from MOG (12M), Rdio (12M) or iPhone 4S has yet to launch, and S t r e a m i n g m u s i c s e r v i c e Rhapsody (13M), for example. there is no way to prove the validity of the benchmarks. So, Grooveshark is today announcing That said, Groovesharks fans while they might be accurate, for it has signed new licensing deals love the selection, the apps now, it's advised to take them with worldwide distribution design and offline access the network DashGo and indie label service provides via its apps and with a grain of salt. Apple's iPhone 4S launches later NuGroove Records. DashGo is websites. And considering its this week on Verizon, AT&T, and the larger deal, representing 115 issues, growing to 35 million Sprint networks. The device starts labels, more than 4,5000 banks uniques per month is rather at $199 for 16GB of storage, and a n d o v e r 5 0 , 0 0 0 t r a c k s . impressive. goes up to $299 and $399 for NuGroove, meanwhile, is a small Crunchbase 32GB and 64GB of storage, label with just over two dozen GROOVESHARK r e s p e c t i v e l y . S o f a r , t h e signed artists. s m a r t p h o n e h a s p r o v e n DashGos top labels include Company: Grooveshark Website: successful, setting a new preorder D e l i c i o u s V i n y l a n d T i m e grooveshark.com Launch Date: record of 1 million sales in its first Records, and its top bands are January 3, 2006 Funding:$1M Coconut Records and Rock Grooveshark is a web-based day of availability. This entry passed through the Mafia. NuGroove is more jazz- music application built for anyone Full-Text RSS service if this is focused, with acts like Michael on the internet to listen to music on-demand at no charge. Users your content and you're reading it Lington and Bob Baldwin. on someone else's site, please read Grooveshark now has a library of have the ability to listen to single the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- over 15 million songs and sees songs from over 15 million songs, only/faq.php#publishers. Five over 35 million unique visitors save playlists, and embed both on Filters featured article: A 'Malign m o n t h l y . H o w e v e r , i t s other websites, blogs, and social Intellectual Subculture' - George questionably legal service has m e d i a p r o f i l e s v i a t h e M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , resulted in its app getting rejected G r o o v e s h a r k W i d g e t . Herman, Peterson, Pilger And by Apple and even banned by the Grooveshark offers users the Android Market in the past. Its o p t i o n t o a c c e s s t h e i r Media Lens. now available as an app for Grooveshark accounts remotely jailbroken iPhones and via the with mobile applications for m o b i l e W e b a t Android, jailbroken iOS, m . g r o o v e s h a r k . c o m . BlackBerry, and HP Palm WebOS Full mobile access is available devices. Grooveshark also allows f o r $ 9 / m o n t h , w h i c h i s a n artists and record... Learn more increasingly hard sell when for
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How To Share Google Reader Stories to Google Plus
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300 employees in 2011 to date, including key senior hires from companies such as Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, NetSuite, and Oracle. Of course these executives has experience with high-growth companies and can help the company innovate while continuing to grow. Jon Mitchell (ReadWriteWeb) confirm?hl=en&url=${url} Icon As far as strategic partners go, URL: https://ssl.gstatic.com/s2/oz S a l e s f o r c e a n d S A P a r e Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:34:00 PM /images/favicon.ico Click 'Save,' interesting choices. Salesforce, in Those of us who are still playing and Google+ will appear checked, particular, as a partner makes sense says Levie considering both with Google Plus are eagerly with the nice icon next to it: awaiting its further integration Now, when you go back to of the companys bets in the into other Google services (in Google Reader and click on any cloud. Box will be debuting ways other than the red box in the article, you'll see Google+ in the integrations with Salesforces top right corner). The updates are 'Send to' drop-down menu at the social network for the enterprise coming slowly but surely; Google bottom. Clicking this will open a Chatter, and will continue to roll Docs is now integrated with new window to add that article as out deeper integrations in the Hangouts, Google Maps can be a+snippet, which you can share future. And Levie says that most shared as posts, and Plus posts are with any circles or individuals o f B o x s c u s t o m e r s u s e r These are the steps to add Google you choose on Google Plus. That's S a l e s f o r c e a s w e l l . starting to appear in Google Web Plus as a service on your Google it! Not all blog posts will turn into Box is helping organizations search. But Google Plus is built around Reader. Once you've set this up, nice +snippets, but that's up to the make better decisions faster by sharing, and one of Google's best all you have to do to share an site from which you're sharing. bringing new innovation to sharing services is missing: article is the bit in the last step. Until Google creates some simple business information, said Jai Google Reader. It's the free RSS integration of these services, this Das, managing director, SAP reader that lets anyone subscribe Go to Google Reader, click the method will have to do. Once it's Ventures. As an investor and to any website's feed, and it's gear icon, and choose ' Reader set up, though, it's easy to share partner, were excited about how behind some of the most popular settings' your Google Reader articles with B o x i s r e i n v e n t i n g c o n t e n t RSS client apps, like Feedly. But Click the 'Send To' tab your Plus-buddies. Are you new there's no built in way to share Scroll down all the way and to Google Plus? Check out Dan articles from Google Reader with click 'Create a custom link' Rowinski's excellent introduction, your circles on Plus. Fortunately, Enter the following into the How To Use Google Plus. Thanks you can make one pretty easily. fields that appear: Name: to How-To New for finding those G o o g l e + U R L : h t t p s : / / share-to URLs. Discuss Here's how. plusone.google.com/_/+1/ Sponsor
management and collaboration, and look forward to working with them to make customers more productive. In the end, we want no more limits for businesses, says Levie. But he knows that to do this Box needs to innovate fast. Steve Jobs reminded us of challenges of time, he explains. Were trying to make the best use of our time and do a large amount of things rapidly. The ability to capitalize on this growth in the cloud is dependent on how quickly we can go to market. We can definitely expect more products and features coming out of Box in the next few months. And clearly, we could also see a public offering as soon as next year. 2012 should be an interesting year for the cloud storage company. Checkout our recent video with Levie below.
Trichet warns eurozone crisis is threat to global stability

Telegraph Staff (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
Europe's top financial watchdog warned on Tuesday that the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis has become systemic and
threatens global economic stability unless decisive action is taken urgently.
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iPhone 4S delivered early in Germany

Shane McGlaun (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:38:35 AM
photos of the device to prove that he actually has it in hand. The back of the phone shows it to be A customer in Germany that had model number A1387. That the iPhone 4S ordered has found a would line up with the iPhone 4. surprise in his mailbox. It seems The buyer also offered up a screen that someone somewhere has shot of the Siri voice recognition tossed at least one iPhone 4S into function too. the mail a bit early and one geek The iPhone 4S is selling in has the thing in hand already. The droves, there have already been a p h o n e w a s d e l i v e r e d f r o m million pre-orders. I bet this guy German Telekom, the same firm could sell the iPhone 4S in his that started taking pre-orders hands for enough to buy five or before the device was announced. six more once they start shipping I guess pre-orders before the in quantity. The phone is due to a n n o u n c e m e n t g o e s w i t h start shipping at the end of the shipments leaving ahead of week in several countries and by launch. The buyer has some the end of the month in many
Customers Early, Way Early Apple launches iPhone in Germany with T-Mobile iPhone 4S listings hit Vodafone Germany O2 Germany list Samsung Galaxy Tab for 759 iPhoneSIMFree hits retail AT&T ups early upgrade fee by $50 on iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone more. [ via AppleInsider] Relevant Entries on SlashGear.com Rumor T-Mobile to be exclusive iPhone carrier in Germany Rates released for German iPhone customers iPhone 4 Showing Up to Some iPhone 4S delivered early in Germany is written by Shane McGlaun& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Video of Siri working perfectly for users with a variety of accents

Steven Sande (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Rockhopper ups Falklands oil estimates - again

Rowena Mason (Finance News - Business news from the UK and world)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:34:57 AM
Be sure to watch the end of the video, where a young woman asks "Is it going to rain tomorrow?" Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:15:00 AM and Siri responds with "Looking Are you excited about Siri? If so, at London weather, it doesn't look this video on Stuff.tv is going to like it's going to rain tomorrow." knock your socks off. In the It's obvious in the video that the video, users ask Siri to open a users switch between the Englishwebsite, send an IM to someone, US and English-UK settings, as ask it about the weather both S i r i ' s a c c e n t g o e s b e t w e e n locally and in San Francisco, set American and British depending an alarm, do some currency on the speaker. In every case, Siri conversions, and find the distance provides a correct answer and to the Moon. does an amazing job of taking
dictation. When Siri isn't exactly sure, it responds "This might answer your question."
It certainly works much better than this voice recognition. I ... can't ... wait! Video of Siri working perfectly for users with a variety of accents originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
Rockhopper Exploration saw its share price bounce by more than 6pc, after saying there is a fifth more oil than previously thought in its discovery off the Falkland Islands.
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Eee Pad Transformer 2 pre Pumpkin and "baby -order listing surfaces belly" get the Jonathan
Shane McGlaun (SlashGear)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:53:18 AM
There are a few specs listed on the pre-order page. The page says that the tablet has Its not uncommon at all for 32GB of storage, 1GB of RAM, a products to turn up on pre-order 10.1-inch screen, and Android early in the tech world. Often we 3.0. The processor is a Tegra 3 see them up before the products unit, which is impressive. The are officially announced and price listed works out to $841 before the pricing is known. I when converted, which seems mention all that so you take this expensive. The tablet is expected with a grain of salt. A pre-order to ship November 7. page has turned up for the Asus [ via Tabletowo] Eee Pad 2. We have written about Relevant Entries on that tablet before went the CEO S l a s h G e a r . c o m said the release was imminent. ASUS Eee Pad Transformer To The tablet has turned up carrying Be In Stock June 2nd On Amazon the part number TF201-1I020A. Android 3.1 packing Eee Pad The part number for the original Transformer supports PS3 and Eee Transformer was TF101 so Xbox 360 gaming controllers this lines up. There is no photo Eee Pad Transformer launches attached to the pre-order listing. and short supply is almost gone
already WiFi-only HTC Flyer up for pre -order ASUS Eee Pad Transformer walkthrough [Video] Samsung confirms 720p HD device: IFA 2011 tablet incoming? Michelle Kaufman Designs Contemporary Surfaces Another Way to Go Green DARPAs Transformer Project Should be Finished by 2015 Eee Pad Transformer 2 pre-order listing surfaces is written by Shane McGlaun& originally posted on SlashGear. 2005 - 2011, SlashGear. All right reserved.
Mak Steve Jobs treatment

Steven Sande (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
pumpkin carving of the logo. The second, below, was sent in by Christian Hage. It shows his Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:00:00 PM wife's pregnant belly painted with Photo used with permission of the logo in black and white. The Jorge Cardenas painting was done by the Hage's What are the odds of two artist friend, Kate Johnson. separate TUAW readers sending Photo used with permission of in photos of objects emblazoned Christian Hage with Jonathan Mak's now-iconic Pumpkin and "baby belly" get the Apple logo / Steve Jobs silhouette J o n a t h a n M a k S t e v e J o b s mashup? Apparently pretty good, treatment originally appeared on because not only did we receive a TUAW - The Unofficial Apple pair of photos, but they came in Weblog on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 via email at almost the exact same 12:00:00 EST. Please see our time. terms for use of feeds. The first, seen above, is from Source| Permalink| Email this| Jorge Cardenas, who did a skilled Comments
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Some German customers receive iPhone 4S handsets early

Kelly Hodgkins (TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:00:00 AM
Mad Libs: America at Dusk

(Foreign Policy)
At least one iPhone 4S slipped through the hands of Apple and landed in the hands of a German customer a few days before the October 14th date. The lucky user promptly unboxed it and fired up Siri. You can check out the photos at Macerkopf.de. US customers are still sitting on the sidelines waiting for their shipments to make it from the warehouse to their front door.
Most Sprint customers have received shipping notices, while other carriers are still in limbo waiting for their handset to start
moving. If you ordered the iPhone 4S early on the first day, you should rest easy as you will avoid all the lines and have the phone in your hand by the end of the day. [Via Macstories] Some German customers receive iPhone 4S handsets early originally appeared on TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Source| Permalink| Email this| Comments
your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentFP asked a panel of writers from only/faq.php#publishers. Five around the world to tell us what Filters featured article: A 'Malign the United States is doing wrong. Intellectual Subculture' - George We got an earful. NOVEMBER M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , 2011 Herman, Peterson, Pilger And This entry passed through the Media Lens. Full-Text RSS service if this is
Submitted at 10/10/2011 7:50:28 PM
48-camera array captures surfer Mick Fanning in 'bullet time'

Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:28:53 AM
Action camera producer GoPro -the company responsible for the hugely popular HD Hero -- has released a video shot with a 48-
camera waterproof array. The multi-perspective footage shows Australian pro surfer and twotime world champion Mick Fanning catching waves off the coast of Fiji.
Produced with the help of London-based array experts Tim
and Callum MacMillan (aka The Brothers Slice) the HD film was made in association with Rip Curl to promote the release of the surf brand's new Mirage board shorts.
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TED: Richard Seymour: How beauty feels - Richard Seymour (2011)

TEDTalks (TEDTalks (video))
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:12:48 AM
A story, a work of art, a face, a designed object -- how do we tell that something is beautiful? And
why does it matter so much to us? Designer Richard Seymour explores our response to beauty
and the surprising power of objects that exhibit it.
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How American Apparel's Sketchy Accounting Hides Unimpressive Sales (APP)

Jim Edwards (Money Game)
Braille keyboard prototype turns tablet into touchscreen for the blind
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:49:56 AM
Each summer, Stanford University invites students from around the United States to come up with innovative applications for computers. This year's winning team came up with a touchscreen keyboard for the blind which brings Braille to the iPad.
"Originally, our assignment was to create a character-recognition application that would use the camera on a mobile device -- a phone or tablet -- to transform pages of Braille into readable text," said New Mexico State University undergraduate Adam Duran. Continue reading...
online channel. That mushes together two entirely different Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:15:00 AM sales channels and makes it more American Apparels (APP) recent difficult to figure out how the press release on its Q3 2011 sales stores on their own are doing. suggests its in the middle of a If you compare the press release healthy turnaround: total sales are with the 10-Q filing from Q2 up 5 percent, to $141 million. But, 2010, heres what you get: as I predicted in July, CEO Dov 2010 Wholesale: $40.9 million Charneys use of a new sales Retail: $83.7 million Online: $8 metric, comparable store sales, million Total: $134 million disguises how badly his retail 2011 Wholesale: ? increased locations are doing. At best, they 10% Retail: ? Online: ? Total: may have added only about $2.9 $141 million increased 5% million in sales over last year, a c c o r d i n g t o a r e v e r s e - The question marks indicate the engineering of the information numbers that Charney didnt give Charney left out of his press in his press release, although he release. did say that Retail plus Online Charney says comparable store added up to a 3 percent increase. sales are up 3 percent. At most Given that the difference between retail chains that metric measures total sales over the two periods is sales only in stores that were open about $7 million, and that $4.1 for more than a year. It helps million of that must be the 10 investors see whether individual percent increase in wholesale locations are adding sales or sales, then the increase in store whether the company is merely sales can only be $2.9 million at opening new locations with lower most (i.e. $7m - $4.1m = $2.9m). average sales. Its a measure of That assumes that there was a retail heat, in other words. zero increase in online sales, But in July, Charney announced which is unlikely given online he was redefining comparable sales were up 23 percent in Q2 store sales to a combination of 2011. Retail sales are therefore sales for its comparable stores and probably added less than $2.9
million in new sales. Charney adds in the statement that numbers for both stores and online are positive, but he doesnt say how positive. Could it be that despite closing 31 of 278 stores over the last year, Charneys remaining store sales are still all but flat? Well find out when the 10-Q is filed in due course. Bonus points: If you noticed that American Apparel only started adding total sales after Charney lost a majority of his companys stock and new management was installed around him. What an amazing coincidence! This post originally appeared at BNET. Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: AHEM: Wall Street Protester Says He's Getting Paid To Protest Occupy Wall Street Goes Nuclear, As Kanye West Shows Up Facebook Totally Caved To Apple On Its New Mobile Platform
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America's Pacific Century - By Hillary Clinton

HILLARY CLINTON (Foreign Policy)
Submitted at 10/10/2011 7:41:46 PM
The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action. BY HILLARY CLINTON| NOVEMBER 2011 As the war in Iraq winds down and America begins to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, the United States stands at a pivot point. Over the last 10 years, we have allocated immense resources to those two theaters. In the next 10 years, we need to be smart and systematic about where we invest time and energy, so that we put ourselves in the best position to sustain our leadership, secure our interests, and advance our values. One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will therefore be to lock in a substantially increased investment -- diplomatic, economic, strategic, and otherwise -- in the Asia-Pacific region. The Asia-Pacific has become a key driver of global politics. Stretching from the Indian subcontinent to the western shores of the Americas, the region spans two oceans -- the Pacific and the Indian -- that are increasingly linked by shipping and strategy. It
boasts almost half the world's population. It includes many of the key engines of the global economy, as well as the largest emitters of greenhouse gases. It is home to several of our key allies and important emerging powers like China, India, and Indonesia. At a time when the region is building a more mature security and economic architecture to
promote stability and prosperity, U.S. commitment there is essential. It will help build that architecture and pay dividends for continued American leadership well into this century, just as our post-World War II commitment to building a comprehensive and lasting transatlantic network of institutions and relationships has paid off many times over -- and
continues to do so. The time has come for the United States to make similar investments as a Pacific power, a strategic course set by President Barack Obama from the outset of his administration and one that is already yielding benefits. With Iraq and Afghanistan still in transition and serious economic challenges in our own country,
there are those on the American political scene who are calling for us not to reposition, but to come home. They seek a downsizing of our foreign engagement in favor of our pressing domestic priorities. These impulses are understandable, but they are misguided. Those who say that we AMERICA'S page 40
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can no longer afford to engage with the world have it exactly backward -- we cannot afford not to. From opening new markets for American businesses to curbing nuclear proliferation to keeping the sea lanes free for commerce and navigation, our work abroad holds the key to our prosperity and security at home. For more than six decades, the United States has resisted the gravitational pull of these "come home" debates and the implicit zero-sum logic of these arguments. We must do so again. Beyond our borders, people are also wondering about America's intentions -- our willingness to remain engaged and to lead. In Asia, they ask whether we are really there to stay, whether we are likely to be distracted again by events elsewhere, whether we can make -- and keep -- credible economic and strategic commitments, and whether we can back those commitments with action. The answer is: We can, and we will. Harnessing Asia's growth and dynamism is central to American economic and strategic interests and a key priority for President Obama. Open markets in Asia provide the United States with unprecedented opportunities for investment, trade, and access to cutting-edge technology. Our economic recovery at home will depend on exports and the ability of American firms to tap into the vast and growing consumer base of Asia. Strategically, maintaining peace and security across the Asia
-Pacific is increasingly crucial to global progress, whether through defending freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, countering the proliferation efforts of North Korea, or ensuring transparency in the military activities of the region's key players. Just as Asia is critical to America's future, an engaged America is vital to Asia's future. The region is eager for our leadership and our business -perhaps more so than at any time in modern history. We are the only power with a network of strong alliances in the region, no territorial ambitions, and a long record of providing for the common good. Along with our allies, we have underwritten regional security for decades -patrolling Asia's sea lanes and preserving stability -- and that in turn has helped create the conditions for growth. We have helped integrate billions of people across the region into the global economy by spurring economic productivity, social empowerment, and greater people -to-people links. We are a major trade and investment partner, a source of innovation that benefits workers and businesses on both sides of the Pacific, a host to 350,000 Asian students every year, a champion of open markets, and an advocate for universal human rights. President Obama has led a multifaceted and persistent effort to embrace fully our irreplaceable role in the Pacific, spanning the
entire U.S. government. It has often been a quiet effort. A lot of our work has not been on the front pages, both because of its nature - long-term investment is less exciting than immediate crises -and because of competing headlines in other parts of the world. As secretary of state, I broke with tradition and embarked on my first official overseas trip to Asia. In my seven trips since, I have had the privilege to see firsthand the rapid transformations taking place in the region, underscoring how much the future of the United States is intimately intertwined with the future of the AsiaPacific. A strategic turn to the region fits logically into our overall global effort to secure and sustain America's global leadership. The success of this turn requires maintaining and advancing a bipartisan consensus on the importance of the AsiaPacific to our national interests; we seek to build upon a strong tradition of engagement by presidents and secretaries of state of both parties across many decades. It also requires smart execution of a coherent regional strategy that accounts for the global implications of our choices. WHAT DOES THAT regional strategy look like? For starters, it calls for a sustained commitment to what I have called "forwarddeployed" diplomacy. That means continuing to dispatch the full range of our diplomatic assets -including our highest-ranking
officials, our development experts, our interagency teams, and our permanent assets -- to every country and corner of the Asia-Pacific region. Our strategy will have to keep accounting for and adapting to the rapid and dramatic shifts playing out across Asia. With this in mind, our work will proceed along six key lines of action: strengthening bilateral security alliances; deepening our working relationships with emerging powers, including with China; engaging with regional multilateral institutions; expanding trade and investment; forging a broad-based military presence; and advancing democracy and human rights. By virtue of our unique geography, the United States is both an Atlantic and a Pacific power. We are proud of our European partnerships and all that they deliver. Our challenge now is to build a web of partnerships and institutions across the Pacific that is as durable and as consistent with American interests and values as the web we have built across the Atlantic. That is the touchstone of our efforts in all these areas. Our treaty alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand are the fulcrum for our strategic turn to the Asia-Pacific. They have underwritten regional peace and security for more than half a century, shaping the environment for the region's remarkable economic ascent. They leverage our regional presence and enhance
our regional leadership at a time of evolving security challenges. As successful as these alliances have been, we can't afford simply to sustain them -- we need to update them for a changing world. In this effort, the Obama administration is guided by three core principles. First, we have to maintain political consensus on the core objectives of our alliances. Second, we have to ensure that our alliances are nimble and adaptive so that they can successfully address new challenges and seize new opportunities. Third, we have to guarantee that the defense capabilities and communications infrastructure of our alliances are operationally and materially capable of deterring provocation from the full spectrum of state and nonstate actors. The alliance with Japan, the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region, demonstrates how the Obama administration is giving these principles life. We share a common vision of a stable regional order with clear rules of the road -- from freedom of navigation to open markets and fair competition. We have agreed to a new arrangement, including a contribution from the Japanese government of more than $5 billion, to ensure the continued enduring presence of American forces in Japan, while expanding joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance activities to deter and react quickly to regional AMERICA'S page 41
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security challenges, as well as information sharing to address cyberthreats. We have concluded an Open Skies agreement that will enhance access for businesses and people-to-people ties, launched a strategic dialogue on the AsiaPacific, and been working hand in hand as the two largest donor countries in Afghanistan. Similarly, our alliance with South Korea has become stronger and more operationally integrated, and we continue to develop our combined capabilities to deter and respond to North Korean provocations. We have agreed on a plan to ensure successful transition of operational control during wartime and anticipate successful passage of the KoreaU.S. Free Trade Agreement. And our alliance has gone global, through our work together in the G-20 and the Nuclear Security Summit and through our common efforts in Haiti and Afghanistan. We are also expanding our alliance with Australia from a Pacific partnership to an IndoPacific one, and indeed a global partnership. From cybersecurity to Afghanistan to the Arab Awakening to strengthening regional architecture in the AsiaPacific, Australia's counsel and commitment have been indispensable. And in Southeast Asia, we are renewing and strengthening our alliances with the Philippines and Thailand, increasing, for example, the number of ship visits to the Philippines and working to ensure the successful training of Filipino
counterterrorism forces through our Joint Special Operations Task Force in Mindanao. In Thailand -our oldest treaty partner in Asia -we are working to establish a hub of regional humanitarian and disaster relief efforts in the region. AS WE UPDATE our alliances for new demands, we are also building new partnerships to help solve shared problems. Our outreach to China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, New Zealand, Malaysia, Mongolia, Vietnam, Brunei, and the Pacific Island countries is all part of a broader effort to ensure a more comprehensive approach to American strategy and engagement in the region. We are asking these emerging partners to join us in shaping and participating in a rules-based regional and global order. One of the most prominent of these emerging partners is, of course, China. Like so many other countries before it, China has prospered as part of the open and rules-based system that the United States helped to build and works to sustain. And today, China represents one of the most challenging and consequential bilateral relationships the United States has ever had to manage. This calls for careful, steady, dynamic stewardship, an approach to China on our part that is grounded in reality, focused on results, and true to our principles and interests. We all know that fears and misperceptions linger on both sides of the Pacific. Some in our
country see China's progress as a threat to the United States; some in China worry that America seeks to constrain China's growth. We reject both those views. The fact is that a thriving America is good for China and a thriving China is good for America. We both have much more to gain from cooperation than from conflict. But you cannot build a relationship on aspirations alone. It is up to both of us to more consistently translate positive words into effective cooperation - and, crucially, to meet our respective global responsibilities and obligations. These are the things that will determine whether our relationship delivers on its potential in the years to come. We also have to be honest about our differences. We will address them firmly and decisively as we pursue the urgent work we have to do together. And we have to avoid unrealistic expectations. Over the last two-and-a-half years, one of my top priorities has been to identify and expand areas of common interest, to work with China to build mutual trust, and to encourage China's active efforts in global problem-solving. This is why Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and I launched the Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the most intensive and expansive talks ever between our governments, bringing together dozens of agencies from both sides to discuss our most pressing bilateral issues, from security to energy to human rights. We are also working to increase
transparency and reduce the risk of miscalculation or miscues between our militaries. The United States and the international community have watched China's efforts to modernize and expand its military, and we have sought clarity as to its intentions. Both sides would benefit from sustained and substantive military -to-military engagement that increases transparency. So we look to Beijing to overcome its reluctance at times and join us in forging a durable military-tomilitary dialogue. And we need to work together to strengthen the Strategic Security Dialogue, which brings together military and civilian leaders to discuss sensitive issues like maritime security and cybersecurity. As we build trust together, we are committed to working with China to address critical regional and global security issues. This is why I have met so frequently -- often in informal settings -- with my Chinese counterparts, State Councilor Dai Bingguo and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, for candid discussions about important challenges like North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and developments in the South China Sea. On the economic front, the United States and China need to work together to ensure strong, sustained, and balanced future global growth. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the United States and China worked effectively through the G-20 to help pull the global economy back
from the brink. We have to build on that cooperation. U.S. firms want fair opportunities to export to China's growing markets, which can be important sources of jobs here in the United States, as well as assurances that the $50 billion of American capital invested in China will create a strong foundation for new market and investment opportunities that will support global competitiveness. At the same time, Chinese firms want to be able to buy more high-tech products from the United States, make more investments here, and be accorded the same terms of access that market economies enjoy. We can work together on these objectives, but China still needs to take important steps toward reform. In particular, we are working with China to end unfair discrimination against U.S. and other foreign companies or against their innovative technologies, remove preferences for domestic firms, and end measures that disadvantage or appropriate foreign intellectual property. And we look to China to take steps to allow its currency to appreciate more rapidly, both against the dollar and against the currencies of its other major trading partners. Such reforms, we believe, would not only benefit both our countries (indeed, they would support the goals of China's own five-year plan, which calls for more domestic-led growth), but also contribute to AMERICA'S page 42
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global economic balance, predictability, and broader prosperity. Of course, we have made very clear, publicly and privately, our serious concerns about human rights. And when we see reports of public-interest lawyers, writers, artists, and others who are detained or disappeared, the United States speaks up, both publicly and privately, with our concerns about human rights. We make the case to our Chinese colleagues that a deep respect for international law and a more open political system would provide China with a foundation for far greater stability and growth -- and increase the confidence of China's partners. Without them, China is placing unnecessary limitations on its own development. At the end of the day, there is no handbook for the evolving U.S.China relationship. But the stakes are much too high for us to fail. As we proceed, we will continue to embed our relationship with China in a broader regional framework of security alliances, economic networks, and social connections. Among key emerging powers with which we will work closely are India and Indonesia, two of the most dynamic and significant democratic powers of Asia, and both countries with which the Obama administration has pursued broader, deeper, and more purposeful relationships. The stretch of sea from the Indian Ocean through the Strait of Malacca to the Pacific contains
the world's most vibrant trade and energy routes. Together, India and Indonesia already account for almost a quarter of the world's population. They are key drivers of the global economy, important partners for the United States, and increasingly central contributors to peace and security in the region. And their importance is likely to grow in the years ahead. President Obama told the Indian parliament last year that the relationship between India and America will be one of the defining partnerships of the 21st century, rooted in common values and interests. There are still obstacles to overcome and questions to answer on both sides, but the United States is making a strategic bet on India's future -that India's greater role on the world stage will enhance peace and security, that opening India's markets to the world will pave the way to greater regional and global prosperity, that Indian advances in science and technology will improve lives and advance human knowledge everywhere, and that India's vibrant, pluralistic democracy will produce measurable results and improvements for its citizens and inspire others to follow a similar path of openness and tolerance. So the Obama administration has expanded our bilateral partnership; actively supported India's Look East efforts, including through a new trilateral dialogue with India and Japan; and outlined a new vision for a more economically integrated and
politically stable South and Central Asia, with India as a linchpin. We are also forging a new partnership with Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, the world's most populous Muslim nation, and a member of the G-20. We have resumed joint training of Indonesian special forces units and signed a number of agreements on health, educational exchanges, science and technology, and defense. And this year, at the invitation of the Indonesian government, President Obama will inaugurate American participation in the East Asia Summit. But there is still some distance to travel -- we have to work together to overcome bureaucratic impediments, lingering historical suspicions, and some gaps in understanding each other's perspectives and interests. EVEN AS WE strengthen these bilateral relationships, we have emphasized the importance of multilateral cooperation, for we believe that addressing complex transnational challenges of the sort now faced by Asia requires a set of institutions capable of mustering collective action. And a more robust and coherent regional architecture in Asia would reinforce the system of rules and responsibilities, from protecting intellectual property to ensuring freedom of navigation, that form the basis of an effective international order. In multilateral settings, responsible behavior is rewarded with legitimacy and
respect, and we can work together to hold accountable those who undermine peace, stability, and prosperity. So the United States has moved to fully engage the region's multilateral institutions, such as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, mindful that our work with regional institutions supplements and does not supplant our bilateral ties. There is a demand from the region that America play an active role in the agenda-setting of these institutions -- and it is in our interests as well that they be effective and responsive. That is why President Obama will participate in the East Asia Summit for the first time in November. To pave the way, the United States has opened a new U.S. Mission to ASEAN in Jakarta and signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation with ASEAN. Our focus on developing a more results-oriented agenda has been instrumental in efforts to address disputes in the South China Sea. In 2010, at the ASEAN Regional Forum in Hanoi, the United States helped shape a regionwide effort to protect unfettered access to and passage through the South China Sea, and to uphold the key international rules for defining territorial claims in the South China Sea's waters. Given that half the world's merchant tonnage flows through this body of water, this was a consequential
undertaking. And over the past year, we have made strides in protecting our vital interests in stability and freedom of navigation and have paved the way for sustained multilateral diplomacy among the many parties with claims in the South China Sea, seeking to ensure disputes are settled peacefully and in accordance with established principles of international law. We have also worked to strengthen APEC as a serious leaders-level institution focused on advancing economic integration and trade linkages across the Pacific. After last year's bold call by the group for a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific, President Obama will host the 2011 APEC Leaders' Meeting in Hawaii this November. We are committed to cementing APEC as the Asia-Pacific's premier regional economic institution, setting the economic agenda in a way that brings together advanced and emerging economies to promote open trade and investment, as well as to build capacity and enhance regulatory regimes. APEC and its work help expand U.S. exports and create and support high-quality jobs in the United States, while fostering growth throughout the region. APEC also provides a key vehicle to drive a broad agenda to unlock the economic growth potential that women represent. In this regard, the United States is committed to working with our AMERICA'S page 43
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partners on ambitious steps to accelerate the arrival of the Participation Age, where every individual, regardless of gender or other characteristics, is a contributing and valued member of the global marketplace. In addition to our commitment to these broader multilateral institutions, we have worked hard to create and launch a number of "minilateral" meetings, small groupings of interested states to tackle specific challenges, such as the Lower Mekong Initiative we launched to support education, health, and environmental programs in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, and the Pacific Islands Forum, where we are working to support its members as they confront challenges from climate change to overfishing to freedom of navigation. We are also starting to pursue new trilateral opportunities with countries as diverse as Mongolia, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, and South Korea. And we are setting our sights as well on enhancing coordination and engagement among the three giants of the Asia-Pacific: China, India, and the United States. In all these different ways, we are seeking to shape and participate in a responsive, flexible, and effective regional architecture -and ensure it connects to a broader global architecture that not only protects international stability and commerce but also advances our values. OUR EMPHASIS ON the economic work of APEC is in
keeping with our broader commitment to elevate economic statecraft as a pillar of American foreign policy. Increasingly, economic progress depends on strong diplomatic ties, and diplomatic progress depends on strong economic ties. And naturally, a focus on promoting American prosperity means a greater focus on trade and economic openness in the AsiaPacific. The region already generates more than half of global output and nearly half of global trade. As we strive to meet President Obama's goal of doubling exports by 2015, we are looking for opportunities to do even more business in Asia. Last year, American exports to the Pacific Rim totaled $320 billion, supporting 850,000 American jobs. So there is much that favors us as we think through this repositioning. When I talk to my Asian counterparts, one theme consistently stands out: They still want America to be an engaged and creative partner in the region's flourishing trade and financial interactions. And as I talk with business leaders across our own nation, I hear how important it is for the United States to expand our exports and our investment opportunities in Asia's dynamic markets. Last March in APEC meetings in Washington, and again in Hong Kong in July, I laid out four attributes that I believe characterize healthy economic competition: open, free,
transparent, and fair. Through our engagement in the Asia-Pacific, we are helping to give shape to these principles and showing the world their value. We are pursuing new cuttingedge trade deals that raise the standards for fair competition even as they open new markets. For instance, the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement will eliminate tariffs on 95 percent of U.S. consumer and industrial exports within five years and support an estimated 70,000 American jobs. Its tariff reductions alone could increase exports of American goods by more than $10 billion and help South Korea's economy grow by 6 percent. It will level the playing field for U.S. auto companies and workers. So, whether you are an American manufacturer of machinery or a South Korean chemicals exporter, this deal lowers the barriers that keep you from reaching new customers. We are also making progress on the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP), which will bring together economies from across the Pacific -- developed and developing alike -- into a single trading community. Our goal is to create not just more growth, but better growth. We believe trade agreements need to include strong protections for workers, the environment, intellectual property, and innovation. They should also promote the free flow of information technology and the spread of green technology, as
well as the coherence of our regulatory system and the efficiency of supply chains. Ultimately, our progress will be measured by the quality of people's lives -- whether men and women can work in dignity, earn a decent wage, raise healthy families, educate their children, and take hold of the opportunities to improve their own and the next generation's fortunes. Our hope is that a TPP agreement with high standards can serve as a benchmark for future agreements -- and grow to serve as a platform for broader regional interaction and eventually a free trade area of the Asia-Pacific. Achieving balance in our trade relationships requires a two-way commitment. That's the nature of balance -- it can't be unilaterally imposed. So we are working through APEC, the G-20, and our bilateral relationships to advocate for more open markets, fewer restrictions on exports, more transparency, and an overall commitment to fairness. American businesses and workers need to have confidence that they are operating on a level playing field, with predictable rules on everything from intellectual property to indigenous innovation. ASIA'S REMARKABLE ECONOMIC growth over the past decade and its potential for continued growth in the future depend on the security and stability that has long been guaranteed by the U.S. military, including more than 50,000 American servicemen and
servicewomen serving in Japan and South Korea. The challenges of today's rapidly changing region -- from territorial and maritime disputes to new threats to freedom of navigation to the heightened impact of natural disasters -require that the United States pursue a more geographically distributed, operationally resilient, and politically sustainable force posture. We are modernizing our basing arrangements with traditional allies in Northeast Asia -- and our commitment on this is rock solid - while enhancing our presence in Southeast Asia and into the Indian Ocean. For example, the United States will be deploying littoral combat ships to Singapore, and we are examining other ways to increase opportunities for our two militaries to train and operate together. And the United States and Australia agreed this year to explore a greater American military presence in Australia to enhance opportunities for more joint training and exercises. We are also looking at how we can increase our operational access in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean region and deepen our contacts with allies and partners. How we translate the growing connection between the Indian and Pacific oceans into an operational concept is a question that we need to answer if we are to adapt to new challenges in the region. Against this backdrop, a more broadly distributed military AMERICA'S page 44
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presence across the region will provide vital advantages. The United States will be better positioned to support humanitarian missions; equally important, working with more allies and partners will provide a more robust bulwark against threats or efforts to undermine regional peace and stability. But even more than our military might or the size of our economy, our most potent asset as a nation is the power of our values -- in particular, our steadfast support for democracy and human rights. This speaks to our deepest national character and is at the heart of our foreign policy, including our strategic turn to the Asia-Pacific region. As we deepen our engagement with partners with whom we disagree on these issues, we will continue to urge them to embrace reforms that would improve governance, protect human rights, and advance political freedoms. We have made it clear, for example, to Vietnam that our ambition to develop a strategic partnership requires that it take steps to further protect human rights and advance political freedoms. Or consider Burma, where we are determined to seek accountability for human rights violations. We are closely
following developments in Nay Pyi Taw and the increasing interactions between Aung San Suu Kyi and the government leadership. We have underscored to the government that it must release political prisoners, advance political freedoms and human rights, and break from the policies of the past. As for North Korea, the regime in Pyongyang has shown persistent disregard for the rights of its people, and we continue to speak out forcefully against the threats it poses to the region and beyond. We cannot and do not aspire to impose our system on other countries, but we do believe that certain values are universal -- that people in every nation in the world, including in Asia, cherish them -- and that they are intrinsic to stable, peaceful, and prosperous countries. Ultimately, it is up to the people of Asia to pursue their own rights and aspirations, just as we have seen people do all over the world. IN THE LAST decade, our foreign policy has transitioned from dealing with the post-Cold War peace dividend to demanding commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. As those wars wind down, we will need to accelerate efforts to pivot to new global realities.
We know that these new realities require us to innovate, to compete, and to lead in new ways. Rather than pull back from the world, we need to press forward and renew our leadership. In a time of scarce resources, there's no question that we need to invest them wisely where they will yield the biggest returns, which is why the Asia-Pacific represents such a real 21st-century opportunity for us. Other regions remain vitally important, of course. Europe, home to most of our traditional allies, is still a partner of first resort, working alongside the United States on nearly every urgent global challenge, and we are investing in updating the structures of our alliance. The people of the Middle East and North Africa are charting a new path that is already having profound global consequences, and the United States is committed to active and sustained partnerships as the region transforms. Africa holds enormous untapped potential for economic and political development in the years ahead. And our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere are not just our biggest export partners; they are also playing a growing role in global political and economic
affairs. Each of these regions demands American engagement and leadership. And we are prepared to lead. Now, I'm well aware that there are those who question our staying power around the world. We've heard this talk before. At the end of the Vietnam War, there was a thriving industry of global commentators promoting the idea that America was in retreat, and it is a theme that repeats itself every few decades. But whenever the United States has experienced setbacks, we've overcome them through reinvention and innovation. Our capacity to come back stronger is unmatched in modern history. It flows from our model of free democracy and free enterprise, a model that remains the most powerful source of prosperity and progress known to humankind. I hear everywhere I go that the world still looks to the United States for leadership. Our military is by far the strongest, and our economy is by far the largest in the world. Our workers are the most productive. Our universities are renowned the world over. So there should be no doubt that America has the capacity to secure and sustain our global leadership in this century as we did in the last. As we move forward to set the
stage for engagement in the AsiaPacific over the next 60 years, we are mindful of the bipartisan legacy that has shaped our engagement for the past 60. And we are focused on the steps we have to take at home -- increasing our savings, reforming our financial systems, relying less on borrowing, overcoming partisan division -- to secure and sustain our leadership abroad. This kind of pivot is not easy, but we have paved the way for it over the past two-and-a-half years, and we are committed to seeing it through as among the most important diplomatic efforts of our time. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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FDIC Backs Volcker Rule on Proprietary Trading; Bill Addresses Symptom of Problem, Not the Real Problem
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
is expected to take effect next year after a final vote by all four regulators. Wall Street banks have Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:34:00 AM As part of the Dodd-Frank complained that the ban on financial reform, banks will be proprietary trading could prevent barred from trading for their own them from buying and selling profit instead of their clients investments that their customers under a rule being proposed by might want. It would also put U.S. federal regulators. financial firms at a competitive Yahoo!Finance reports FDIC disadvantage to those in other backs ban on banks trading for countries. own profit At the same time, several big The Federal Deposit Insurance U.S. banks have already shut Corp. backed the draft rule on a 3- down their proprietary trading 0 vote Tuesday. The ban on o p e r a t i o n s i n r e s p o n s e t o proprietary trading was required e n a c t m e n t o f t h e f i n a n c i a l under last year's financial overhaul. overhaul law. The rule also would limit banks' For years, banks had bet on risky investments in hedge funds and investments with their own private equity funds, which are money. But when those bets go lightly regulated investment bad and banks fail, taxpayers pools. Banks wouldn't be allowed could be forced to bail them out. to own more than 3 percent of That's what happened during the such a fund. In addition, a bank's 2008 financial crisis. investments in such a fund The Federal Reserve has also couldn't exceed 3 percent of its approved the draft of the so-called capital. Volcker Rule, which was named Before Congress passed the after former Fed Chairman Paul financial regulatory overhaul, Volcker. banks had no limit on how much The Securities and Exchange of those funds they could own. C o m m i s s i o n a n d T r e a s u r y Still, typically on Wall Street, Department must still vote on it, such investments already fall and then the public has until below the 3 percent threshold. January 13 to comment. The rule Banks could still put their clients'
money into those funds. They will still be able to manage such funds, and collect fees and a percentage of trading profits. Public Comment Until January 13, 2012 The document is 298 pages, and although I am not going to read it here is a link to the Volcker Rule Proposal courtesy of the Wall Street Journal. The Journal discusses the legislation in Regulators Unveil 'Volcker Rule,' Seek Comment U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday unveiled for public comment proposed regulations that outline how banks should restructure their operations to comply with a new ban on risky speculative bets. Under the so-called Volcker rule, banks would have to stop any proprietary trades by July 21, 2012, and would be barred from using foreign affiliates to conduct trades. They would have a twoyear transition period to unwind their holdings of investment firms that conduct prohibited proprietary trades. Under the proposal, proprietary trades are defined as those lasting 60 days or less. For most shorter-term trades, banks would have the burden of justifying to regulators that such a trade is permitted. In the complex, 298-page
proposal, regulators posed 383 questions to industry groups and other members of the public for comment. The proposal is designed to prohibit trades designed to make a quick profit, but critics say the exemption for hedging could allow banks to make the type of bets the rule aimed to prevent. That is because a bank might define the risk to its portfolio broadly, such as the risk of a recession. Regulators say a thorough compliance program will make sure that banks don't make proprietary trades under the guise of hedging. Proprietary-trading desks at banks have functioned like hedge funds, making bets on stocks, commodities and other assets, often using borrowed money to do so. A report by the Government Accountability Office in July said stand-alone proprietary trading accounted for $15.6 billion in revenue at the six largest bank holding companies for the 13 quarters from June 2006 to December 2010. However, proprietary trading accounted for $15.8 billion in losses, during the financial crisis wiping out the gains of the previous 4 1/2 years. Fractional Reserve Lending and
Fed Policies at Root of Crisis Were it not for fractional reserve banking, sweeps, use of 20-1 leverage or greater, and the Fed keeping interest rates too low, too long, reckless behavior might not have happened. Were it not for too-big-to fail policies of the Fed and Congress, banks may also not have engaged in reckless behavior. To the extent banks do take poor risks on proprietary trading, on real estate loans, on credit cards, or anything else, they should be allowed to fail, not propped up at taxpayer expense. Whatever this regulation achieves in its final form (good, bad, or nothing at all), it is 100% guaranteed to not address the root cause of the great financial crisis. I would rather see bills to end the Fed and fractional reserve lending right along with it. Instead we have a 298 page proposal that addresses a symptom of the problem instead of the problem. Mike "Mish" Shedlock h t t p : / / globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" FDIC page 46
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UBS: Here's Why You Should Increase Risk In Your Portfolio

Eric Platt (Money Game)
European Markets End Flat On NailBiting Over Slovakia

Simone Foxman (Money Game)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:01:32 AM
BNP Paribas: +2.96% Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story See Also: US Stocks Turn Positive Thanks To Slovakia Don't Miss The Rally In Metals Prices SLOVAKIA: This Is How It Will Probably Go Down
1.5%. Source: UBS Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:55:00 AM At the same time, declining UBS equity s trategist Jonathan European risks will weigh less on Golub is telling clients that it's equities time to ramp up risk in their Although Europe remains deeply portfolios. entrenched in debt fears, recent He lists three prime reasons why comments from Angela Merkel of US stock markets are likely to Germany and Nicolas Sarkozy of rally. And he also offers the three France pointed to a coming sectors that are best to ride the agreement on the European rally. Financial Stability Facility. Golub's year-end target for the In an October 7 press conference S&P 500 is 1,350. Merkel said "banks must first try The market should begin pricing to raise the capital themselves" in improving U.S. economic data before Euro members should step Incoming economic data has in to offer last resort financing. b e e n b e t t e r t h a n e x p e c t e d , That requirement will likely allow reinforcing UBS's belief that risks policymakers the ability to expand are weighted to the upside. Last the size of assets they can offer. week's data announcements, The CDS market welcomed this which included better ISM data quite warmly as spreads on and positive same-store sales at Portugal, Ireland and Greece the nation's retailers, make a 2.5% declined. Q3 GDP growth pace more likely Source: UBS than original UBS forecasts of Better-than-expected Q3 earnings
will be bullish for stocks Early data from the 29 companies that have already reported earnings this season points to greater reward payoffs on forecast beats. Companies that have reported stronger revenue and EPS than analysts' consensus saw stocks rise 4.5%, on average, versus 3.6% in the last quarter. Source: UBS See the rest of the story at Business Insider Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Facebook. See Also: The 15 Stocks That Everyone Is Shorting Right Now The 13 Most Interesting ETFs On The Market Right Now What Wall Street Analysts Are Buzzing About This Morning
European markets ended flat with the debate in Slovakia over the EFSF raging on. Here are your numbers: DAX: +0.30% CAC 40: -0.25% FTSE: -0.33% And everyone's favorite French banks did well today, with talk about new stress tests: SocGen: +5.28% Credit Agricole:+1.12%
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No Bounce in China
noreply@blogger.com (Michael Shedlock) (Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 1:54:00 AM
Suri Cruise Jumps For Joy Following a Toy Shopping Adventure With Katie Holmes
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:23:51 AM
The anemic performance in Chinese equities continues this evening even as equities have rallied as much as 10% in the last week in many countries. click on any chart for sharper image Asia-Pacific Equities Australia is up .62%, India 3.14%, Japan 1.8%, South Korea 1.57%, and Taiwan 2.59%. $SSEC Shanghai Index $SPX S&P 500 Index $DAX Germany Equities Index $AORD Australia Equities Index There has been some semblance of a bounce in most places one looks except for China. This is not bullish for commodities in my opinion. Mike "Mish" Shedlock
Katie Holmes held her daughter Suri's hand after they went shopping in LA yesterday. The girls stopped by a Toys R Us store to pick up a new stuffed animal for Suri, and the little one was evidently happy since she skipped back to their car! Katie and Suri are on the West Coast again after h t t p : / / goal is strong performance and paying a weekend visit to Tom globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. low volatility, regardless of Cruise on the Pittsburgh set of com market direction. Visit http:// One Shot. Pennsylvania is the Click Here To Scroll Thru My w w w . s i t k a p a c i f i c . c o m / latest place that Tom's making a Recent Post List Mike "Mish" account_management.html to movie after he spent time in S h e d l o c k i s a r e g i s t e r e d l e a r n m o r e a b o u t w e a l t h Vancouver, Dubai, Miami, and investment advisor representative m a n a g e m e n t a n d c a p i t a l elsewhere during one of his f o r S i t k a P a c i f i c C a p i t a l preservation strategies of Sitka busiest filmmaking Summers ever. Tom Cruise's legendary Management. Sitka Pacific is an Pacific. career highs and lows are the asset management firm whose subject of a new piece in today's Hollywood Reporter. He endured
a low period professionally after his erratic behavior in 2005, but studios apparently once again think he's a big box office draw. That allure has helped him line up yet another project, as he's signing on for a big-budget sci-fi movie called We Mortals Are from director Doug Liman. View Slideshow
Keri Russell Shows Her Growing Baby Bump While on a Cheerios Run!
Allie Merriam (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:27:38 AM
A pregnant Keri Russell stepped out of her Brooklyn home this morning to pick up Honey Nut Cheerios at a local deli. She's about six months along with her
second child with husband Shane Deary, and soon their oldest, River, will become a big brother! The cereal may have been for Keri, her husband, or their son, but she has revealed in the past that her favorite craving lately has Keri's baby bump hasn't slowed been for whoopie pie cookies. her down from enjoying NYC.
She and her husband were seen who tries to find the perfect last month showing PDA while gentleman for herself. View watching the US Open in Queens. Slideshow Keri's also lined up another role, besides mother of two. She will star in Austenland, a film produced by Twilight's Stephenie Meyers about a Jane Austen fan
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Apple Stock Shares

Ian Lang (AskMen Latest Articles)
The world lost a legend yesterday. Depending on how much you love your iPhone, we also lost a visionary, a genius or maybe even a deity. Since I already wrote a kind of eulogy for Steve Jobs when he stepped down as Apple CEO in August, Im going to do what no one wants to do right now and talk about Apples stock. Should you buy it or should you let it go?Granted, Im no economist or stock picker. I have a degree in economics, but these days, so do the greeters at Walmart. Leaving that aside, according to several news articles, stock-pickers arent any more accurate than regular folks throwing darts at a dart board (Im excluding mathematical genius black-box traders), so I think I have just as much of a say as anyone else. Lets look at some of the more layman reasons why you should buy or sell Apple securities in the face of this tragedy. Option one: Sell, sell, sell Lets look at the facts: Apple hasnt always made the best in the way of computing machinery.
Jobs was first fired from Apple in 1985. He was around for the first Macintosh computer, but the old standby that were familiar with, the Apple II, was in 1987, years after he was gone, and, besides, it was using Motorola technology. He didnt return until 1997, and a year later, Apple introduced the iMac, described at the time as the gold standard of desktop computing by Forbes magazine. In the middle, it kind of floundered around making alternative machines. It may have been faster, but, hey, in the Windows 95 era, if it didnt run Windows, it didnt matter. Despite that, Jobs return in 97 marked a new era, one where Apple would consolidate functions and focus on producing the best hardware possible.I think we all remember the commercials where Intel announced that it was working with Apple. For anyone remotely interested in technology, that was a big deal. Jobs was there for that. Beyond the early renaissance years, he was a driving force for the company. He pioneered the iPod, iPhone and even that cursed iPad. Without him, I dont know where Apple will go. It managed to create a
market. Apple will not fall behind. It's so vertically integrated it would make your head spin. Jobs designed it so that the loss of one means nothing. The ship steams on. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to see where consumer behavior is headed, and just in case it does, Apple could employ them, too. Jobs set a precedent, and that spirit will outlive him in exponential terms.So, buy or sell: What do you do? Me, personally, Id buy. For the everyman, Apples products arent going to niche that didnt exist with the mean, Disney produced and spontaneously combust. They i P a d , b u t t h a t w a s i t s l a s t r e l e a s e d s o m e o f i t s m o s t work, they work well, and they remarkable foray into the market. profitable films after Walts will continue to work. As much as Im interested to see where the death? Crazy. Well, you know I am opposed to the smartphone company goes without Jobs, and what? Apple is no different. Yes, (an article yet to be printed/will in a lot of ways, the outlook is its most visionary leader left this never be printed because too bleak. He may have been one of mortal coil. You know who much ink has already been spilled the greatest strategic thinkers in didnt? Every engineer and on the subject), I continue to recent times (and this is coming developer currently working for marvel at what Jobs accomplished f r o m s o m e o n e w h o s a the company. And unless Google with the iPhone. Then again, in management consultant by trade), s t a r t s o f f e r i n g e v e n m o r e the long run, its all about and his successor has big shoes to ridiculous comp packages (and it investors faith in the new CEO. f i l l . W i t h o u t J o b s a n d h i s w o n t - - I w a s o n c e a In the meantime, though, I can say visionary angle, the company compensation consultant), theyll with confidence: Apple aint could be doomed. Option two: still be there. The point is, Jobs going nowhere. For more on Buy, buy, buy To say Apple is built a ship that can run on Steve Jobs, check out our tech dead is like saying Disney was autopilot.Apple may have lost writer's analysis on why he was so dead when Walt himself died. The Steve, but it has an army or great. company went under, and chaos analysts and consultants keeping Continue Reading ensued. Oh, wait, it didnt! You tabs on whats going on in the
Other uses for candy corn

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:21:00 AM
Candy corn season has arrived in
all its sugary goodness glory. If you happen to overdose on the autumn-colored confection, Woot has a few suggestions on how to
In t-shirt form at Woot. Mmmm... candy. Permalink| Leave a comment use the leftovers.
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Watch Hockey
Alvin Chang (AskMen Latest Articles)
So, youre an NBA fan. Youre scared there wont be an NBA season. Youre terrified youll be stuck watching Dancing With the Stars. Well, there is another option: hockey. And its an awesome option.I know, I know: Youve never gotten into hockey. Well, give it a chance. Youll have some extra time on your hands, and Im here to guide you through a transition to the NHL from the NBA. So put a sweater on top of that basketball jersey -- its fall, for chrissake -and follow me, grasshopper. Low Scores Count For More In basketball, scoring is common. In hockey, there are about five goals per game. You could say there isnt enough action. But, in hockey, a play can matter exponentially more because one brilliant move can lead to 20% of the games scoring. This gives you several legitimate excuses to run around the house yelling, Goooaaalll! Or, if youre the player, youre (somewhat) allowed to have ridiculous celebrations. Hockey
teams are allowed six players on the ice at one time:This includes three forwards, who are expected to provide the bulk of the offense, and two defensemen, who are expected to not only defend their own net, but also move the puck up the ice to the forwards. But, like basketball, these skaters are free to roam the ice and perform whatever duty is necessary. That said, hockey players all have very individual styles of play, just like basketball; this is where both sports excel. And speaking of individualism, theres also the goalie, who wears an inordinate amount of padding -- and an awesome, custom-painted mask.In hockey, committing a penalty puts
the offending player in the penalty box, where they can be vulnerable to green men. But this isnt just a glorified foul. This means your team has to play with one fewer player, so it becomes 5 -on-4 -- or multiple penalties can make it 5-on-3, which is a treat to watch. The team with the advantage is said to be on the power play, and this transforms hockey into an awesome game of cat and mouse. You can find a list of penalties here.This also means there is no ridiculous end-of-thegame fouling like in the NBA; it also means the best players arent on the bench when the game matter most.Lastly, substitutions can happen any time. In fact, they
often happen more than once a minute. Players skate to the bench, and others jump onto the ice. While basketball coaches typically mix and match players as the game goes along, hockey coaches often stick to lines. So a trio of forwards often play together and defensemen usually have partners who play complementary roles. A wellmeshing line is the closest thing youll ever see to telepathy in the NHL. Small Pucks, Big Fights Worried you wont be able to follow the puck? HDTV will solve that problem. Dont know what the hell is happening? Keep your eye on one player, and try to figure out what hes doing.It can also look like the hockey goal is so small that a sumo wrestler could block the entire net. But, actually, the goal is quite big. Scoring chances are aplenty, and it takes an incredible huge amount of focus, grit and bodily sacrifice to keep the puck out of the net. It also takes some incredible skill (its usually not luck) to get the puck in the net. For the NHL equivalent to your favorite NBA team, read on... Continue Reading
Time capsule housed 114-yearold human bacteria

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:22:00 AM
Charity volunteer and Premier Foods supervisor win 101 million lottery jackpot
Amy Willis (Finance News Business news from the UK and world)
Dave and Angela Dawes unveiled as Britain's third-largest lottery winners after hitting a
101 million EuroMillions jackpot despite only entering the draw three times.
In 1897, Edward Dunham placed a vial of human bacterial spores into a time capsule for future scientists. Working as a bacteriologist at Bellevue Hospital Medical College in Manhattan, he wrote in a note that "future generations will let us know how long these spores last," according to a CBS News radio report. Last week, 114 years after Dunham left the note, authorities demolished the building that rested on top the time capsule, causing the historical artifacts to resurface. The vial of bacterial spores are thought to belong to Clostridium perfringen, a type of intestinal bacteria common to humans and non-human animals. Full story at Discovery News. More news from Discovery Communications. Photo credit: Fotolia Permalink| Leave a comment
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Simon Spurr Spring 2012 Lair of Kraken

Simon Spurr (AskMen Latest Articles)
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(Holy Kaw!)
Click here to follow AskMen Fashion on Twitter. Take a look at the author of this article. Yes, that is the Simon Spurr. The man knows his trade and has risen to the top of his game through hard work, patience and passion. Here, he answers your style questions and talks to us about his Spring 2012 collection. In a fashion quandary? Send your question to fashion@askmen.com. Sachin Bhola Fashion Editor, AskMen Fashion Q&A With Simon Spurr Fall Suiting Hi Simon, I've been transitioning out my summer suiting (seersucker, linen, boat shoes), but am now left with the basics: a black and navy-blue suit. I'm looking to add some pieces to my work wardrobe for fall. What pieces, colors and patterns do you suggest? Thank you, Joshua L. Flannel (my preference being a mid-gray) is an easy option for fall. It has the versatility to be worn as a suit and broken apart with jeans. Maybe also try a black peak-lapel tuxedo jacket. As we near the Christmas season, you'll have a few functions that you'll most likely want to look sharp for, without looking too dressed. A tuxedo jacket and black jeans
should suffice. I'd also recommend a black peacoat and a good pair of tightly fitting black driving gloves. Combat Boots Hi Simon, I just bought my first pair of black leather combat boots, which I plan on wearing with jeans. But is it OK to wear them with a suit? How should I wear them? Thank you, Liam D. Combat boots are also very versatile. It's OK to wear them with a suit as long as they are black like yours and are worn in a more casual environment (probably not to the office). But note that the styling of the boot is important: too open, and the look is sloppy. Worn closed or slightly open is better. Custom-Made Shirts Online Hello Simon, My wife came across a website that produces custom-made shirts at a
reasonable price, and she's pushing me to try it. I'm not sure how I feel. Will it fit? What's the quality like? I don't want to deal with returns. What's your general opinion on these types of services? Thanks, Dough G. I've actually never used these websites. I'm sure they are good, but I'd maybe suggest to make one shirt first before you order your next paycheck's worth. Test them out. See how they deliver, how the shirt performs and then go back for more. I personally like to shop in person so I can feel the product. That said, if you are already familiar with a brand, buying online is fast, convenient and probably the way forward.A closer look at Simon Spurr's Spring 2012 collection, next... Continue Reading
meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Minneapolis, a well-known We all love a good story, geologist claimed that he has particularly if it involves ancient discovered the lair of 100-footsea monsters big enough to take long (30-meter-long) kraken that down ships. But when you start terrorized the seas 215 million hearing from scientists that those years ago. Seems pretty cool, s a m e s e a m o n s t e r s w e r e right? expressing themselves artistically Full story at Discovery News. (see photo above), it may be time More news from Discovery for journalists to question the Communications. difference between a good story Permalink| Leave a comment and solid science. Monday afternoon at the annual
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:46:00 AM
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California. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is California Gov. Jerry Brown is your content and you're reading it vetoing legislation requiring on someone else's site, please read police to obtain a court warrant to the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentsearch the mobile phones of only/faq.php#publishers. Five suspects at the time of any arrest - Filters featured article: A 'Malign - exposing e-mail, call records, Intellectual Subculture' - George text messages, photos, banking M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , activity, cloud-storage services, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And and even where the phone has Media Lens. traveled. Hundreds of thousands of people are arrested each year in
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Jessica Simpson Sticks With Loose-Fitting Clothes as She Arrives Back at LAX
Molly Goodson (PopSugar)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:20:58 AM
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Jessica Simpson and a beaming Tina Simpson made their way through LAX after stepping off their flight from Texas on Monday evening. Jessica Simpson briefly stopped in her native TX to kick off her week after making an appearance at a New Orleans Dillard's to support the Jessica Simpson Collection on Saturday. Jessica was without her fianc Eric Johnson for this getaway, though the two will be reunited now that she's back in CA. Jessica and Eric are still the subject of baby rumors, which are only fueled by the fact that her reps have yet to respond to the reports.
Stock Up on Peanut Butter Now Before Prices Get BlueStacks Runs Android Ridiculous [Saving Money] Apps on Your Windows PC [Windows Downloads]
Melanie Pinola (Lifehacker)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:00:00 AM
Whether or not Jessica is expecting, she is ready to release her latest collaboration. Jessica and Ashlee Simpson will launch their teen fashion line later this month. View Slideshow
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Sonic Generations speeding to PC

Richard Mitchell (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:30:00 AM
Windows/Android: If you've ever wished you could test out Android apps before installing them on your device or just want to use the same apps on both your Android device and your computer, check
After Destructoid spotted PC listings for Sonic Generations on Direct2Drive and Green Man Gaming, Eurogamer has confirmed that the upcoming Sonic title is indeed headed to the platform. The PC version will feature Steamworks (including Steam Cloud saves) and stereoscopic 3D support. It will be available in Europe on November 4 and, presumably, will arrive in North Melanie Pinola (Lifehacker) America on November 1 Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:30:00 AM alongside the console releases. Here's hoping that beefy gaming The time to buy peanut butter is setups can make the Blue Blur's now, friends. The Wall Street PC outing a little less ... blurry. Journal reports that prices for Jif, 40% starting in a couple of weeks. Sonic Generations speeding to Peter Pan, and other peanut butter More PC originally appeared on Joystiq jars will be going up as much as on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink| Email this| Comments
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Liberians turn out in force for national vote

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 7:08:29 AM
in 2005 had been organised by the UN," she said. The election pits the incumbent, N o b e l p e a c e l a u r e a t e a n d Nobel peace laureate Ellen i n c u m b e n t p r e s i d e n t E l l e n Johnson Sirleaf, against former Johnson Sirleaf pitted against a UN diplomat Winston Tubman former UN diplomat and 14 and 14 others. others. Last Modified: 11 Oct It comes as Liberia stands to gain 2011 12:08 billions of dollars in foreign Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege investment in its mining sector reports from a polling station and potentially emerge as a f r o m t h e L i b e r i a n c a p i t a l , premier oil nation. Monrovia. 'Too early to predict' Liberians have braved the rain to "There had been no reports of vote in the West African country's disorganisation or violence that second presidential election since might impact on the polls, and the civil war ended in 2003. though it is too early to predict the United Nations peacekeepers and results of this election, opposition police were deployed around parties are adamant that they will polling stations across the country w i n t h i s e l e c t i o n , " o u r on Tuesday, as thousands queued c o r r e s p o n d e n t s a i d . u p t o v o t e i n p r e s i d e n t i a l , "President Sirleaf told me earlier senatorial and legislative elections today that she would accept the seen as a litmus test for the will of the Liberian people if she country's fragile democracy. had to lose this election". Al Jazeera's correspondent Passions have run high in a Yvonne Ndege, reporting from contest that some forecast will go the capital Monrovia, said that to a second-round runoff between around 4,000 polling stations Johnson Sirleaf and Tubman, and across the country opened on time many voters recall how a dispute and everything seemed to be in over the outcome of the 2005 place for the vote. election led to days of rioting in "It is a significant election Monrovia. because it is the first election Sirleaf may have won the Nobel, organised by Liberia after the but that may not be enough to civil war ... the previous election persuade voters to re-elect her.
The 72-year-old Harvard University-educated leader suffers from a rare paradox: Her star has continued to rise internationally, even as her popularity at home has waned over claims that she has done too little to alleviate the nation's crushing poverty. "One out of every three Liberians cannot feed themselves. They live in abject poverty. And they couldn't care less about the Nobel Prize,'' said 60-year-old Charles Brumskine, one of 15 opposition candidates facing Sirleaf in Tuesday's election. "There's a disconnect between how she is seen abroad and how she is seen here. Ellen will be lucky to get 10 per cent of the vote in tomorrow's election.'' Achievements and criticisms Eight years after civil war ended with the ouster of accused war criminal and former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, the country has seen growing investment in its iron and gold mines. Sirleaf's achievements include getting $5bn of the country's international debt wiped clean and allowing Liberia to establish a sovereign credit rating, a precondition for issuing bonds. Her government has built clinics, schools and roads, though her
critics say she has built too few. And despite the deep wounds inflicted by the civil war, she is credited with maintaining peace. Still, unemployment is around 80 per cent, and residents complain of a lack of basic services, high food prices, rampant crime and corruption. The average income stands at $300 a year - below the $1-a-day benchmark for extreme poverty. Campaigning for the election has been mostly calm, though scuffles erupted between rival supporters in Monrovia during final rallies at the weekend. The election is Liberia's first locally-organised presidential poll since the end of the 1989-2003 conflict that killed nearly a quarter of a million people. Sirleaf became Africa's first freely elected female head of state in the 2005 election that was organised by the United Nations. She defeated football sensation George Weah, who came in second and who lost the race in part because of his lack of formal education. Weah, a former FIFA World Player of the Year, is again her main contender. However, in a move intended to silence critics he has agreed to run as the No. 2
on a ticket alongside presidential candidate Winston Tubman, who like Sirleaf was educated at Harvard. Tubman told the Reuters news agency on Saturday he was certain he would win and issued a veiled warning that his supporters could make it "difficult to govern" for anyone else. "We have expressed some concerns about innuendos about violence, encouraging people not to support the results of the election," US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told Reuters. The United Nations said the return of homegrown mercenaries from a four-month civil war in Ivory Coast this year could be a threat. Several weapons caches have been seized, but there has been no evidence of plans to disrupt voting. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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UN finds 'systematic' torture in Afghanistan

Submitted at 10/11/2011 5:24:24 AM
Security reported the abuse took place during interrogations and was aimed at obtaining a Afghan interior ministry denies confession or information," the report's findings, saying "no report said. t o r t u r e s u c h a s e l e c t r i c The findings were based on s h o c k . . . t a k e s p l a c e " . L a s t interviews, conducted from Modified: 11 Oct 2011 10:24 October 2010 to August 2011, A United Nations report has with 379 pre-trial detainees and found "compelling evidence" that c o n v i c t e d p r i s o n e r s a t 4 7 Afghan intelligence officials at detention centres across the f i v e d e t e n t i o n c e n t r e s country, the UNAMA said. "systematically tortured detainees General Carsten Jacobsen, a for the purpose of obtaining spokesman for the International confessions and information". Security Assistance Force in In the report published on Afghanstan, told Al Jazeera: "We Monday, the UN Assistance knew that there were certain Mission in Afghanistan installations in which (UNAMA) said torture was m i s t r e a t m e n t was practised systematically in some happening....which is why we Afghan intelligence detention stopped the transfer of detainees centres and children were among to certain facilities in the south." those who had suffered. When asked why ISAF continued The report singled out National to transfer detainees while Directorate Security (NDS) knowing that torture was taking facilities in the provinces of place in some of the facilities, he Herat, Kandahar, Khost and answered that "not the entire L a g h m a n , a s w e l l a s t h e prison system of Afghanistan is national headquarters of the NDS under suspicion, and it is very counter-terrorism department in clear it is in individual facilities in Kabul, the Afghan capital. which this mistreatment happened "Nearly all detainees tortured by there systemically." t h e N a t i o n a l D i r e c t o r a t e Torture methods
Gareth Porter, an American investigative journalist who writes on US foreign and military policy, told Al Jazeera that, for years, international troops routinely handed detainees over to Afghan intelligence and security forces specifically to be interrogated harshly. Pointing to a report he had published earlier this year, Porter said this practice went back to 2005 and 2006 when US and Canadian forces were conducting large-scale sweeps. "They were picking up hundreds of young Afghans without really knowing who they were and trying to interrogate them to get information from them, but not very successfully," he said. "What they did was to turn to the Afghan intelligence service and have them interrogated by the Afghans." General Carsten Jacobson, ISAF spokesman, talks to Al Jazeera about the torture report The report said ill-treatment and lack of respect for due process had helped foster mistrust in the government and fueled the 10year Taliban rebellion. Torture is
a crime under Afghan and international law. Although the report said there were credible allegations of torture at NDS centres, it noted that the use of torture was not NDS or government policy. The UN said it welcomed being given full access to detainees. In response to the report, Afghanistan's interior ministry issued a statement that said: "No torture such as electric shock, sexual harassment, or removing of (toe and finger) nails takes place in Afghan police detention centres." The ministry said it would investigate claims of mistreatment and would introduce "serious reform" if necessary. The NDS issued a similar rebuttal, but stressed that its detention centres were open and free for lawyers, the Red Cross and lawmakers to visit. "The NDS, while welcoming such reports and observations, dismisses torture methods by electric shock, removing nails and sexual harassment mentioned in this report. These claims are not true at all," it said.
Some detainees interviewed for the report described being hung by the wrists from the wall or ceiling. Others gave accounts of being beaten, especially with rubber hoses, electric cables or wires or wooden sticks, on the soles of the feet, the report said. Electric shock, stress positions including forced standing, removal of toenails and threats of sexual abuse were among other forms of torture that detainees reported, it added. Routine blindfolding and hooding, and denial of access to medical care in some facilities were also reported. The UN documented one death in Afghan custody from torture in Kandahar in April 2011. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Libyan fighters 'tighten noose' in Sirte

Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:47:17 AM
Heavy fighting continues in city centre as Gaddafi loyalists wage fierce rearguard effort against advancing NTC forces. Last Modified: 11 Oct 2011 16:47 National Transitional Council (NTC) forces say they have cornered loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi in a small area in the centre of Sirte, the hometown of the deposed Libyan leader that has become the key battleground in their final push to control the country. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting metres away from the frontline on Tuesday afternoon, said that the "noose was tightening" around Gaddafi's remaining fighters, but that they were waging a fierce rearguard effort, and had "a lot of ammunition and a lot of resolve". "Gaddafi's forces are cornered in two neighbourhoods near the sea, an area of about 2km square, but there is still resistance," Abdul Salam Javallah, commander of NTC units from eastern Libya, told the Reuters news agency. "We are dealing with them now with light weapons because there are still families inside," he said. There are fears the fighting could breed long-term hostility, making
it hard for the NTC to unite the vast North African state once the conflict is over. NTC forces in Sirte took three important landmark buildings on Sunday - the main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou conference centre, built to host the summits of foreign dignitaries that Gaddafi was fond of staging. "Eighty per cent of Sirte is now under our control," said Omar Abu Lifa, a commander of government forces attacking Sirte from the west. Click here for more of Al Jazeera's special coverage NTC forces have repeatedly claimed to be on the point of victory in Sirte, only to suffer sudden reversals at the hands of tenacious opponents fighting for their lives, surrounded on three sides and with their backs to the sea. The protracted battle for Sirte, a showpiece Mediterranean coastal city largely loyal to Gaddafi, has raised concerns about many civilian casualties. Desperate civilians were still trying to flee the fierce street clashes as fighting continued. Shortly after NTC commander Javallah spoke, a group of three women, three small children and two male civilians emerged from a house on the frontline. They
Rahman, a resident of Tripoli's northeastern Al-Masri district. "They forced open the mosque's door and then started to dig up the tombs of imams Abdel Rahman el -Masri and Salem Abu Seif, and made off with their relics," said Rahman. An AFP journalist, visiting the mosque and its adjoining Quranic school, said Muslim holy books had been burnt. The NTC forces have been trying for a month to gain control of Bani Walid, an oasis in rugged terrain where Gaddafi loyalists have been putting up fierce were searched by NTC fighters the inland enclave of Bani Walid, resistance. and hurriedly got into a car and where NTC forces also reported NTC commanders are convinced drove off waving the V-for- key gains after weeks of faltering that Gaddafi's most prominent victory sign. advances that resulted in part son, Seif al-Islam, is in the town, Another family of three women from the challenging terrain of as well as possibly the deposed strongman himself. and one man, stopping at a desert hills and steep valleys. checkpoint as they fled Sirte, said Bani Walid is believed to be This entry passed through the they had been trapped in their h a r b o u r i n g h i g h - l e v e l Full-Text RSS service if this is house by the fighting. figures from the old regime. your content and you're reading it "We didn't know where the strikes Meanwhile, a group of more than on someone else's site, please read were coming from. Everyone is 200 gunmen attacked a mosque in the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentbeing hit all day and all night. Tripoli and ransacked the tombs only/faq.php#publishers. Five There is no electricity and no of two imams, witnesses said on Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George water. There's nothing. There's Monday. not one neighbourhood that hasn't "They arrived shortly after 10pm M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , been hit," said one of the women, (2000 GMT, Sunday night), Herman, Peterson, Pilger And who gave her name as Umm between 200 and 300 of them, in Media Lens. Ismail. pickup trucks fitted with heavy Battle for Bani Walid machineguns. They took off at Gaddafi supporters also still hold a b o u t 1 a m , " s a i d M a h m u d
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Exclusive: Megan Mullally and Casey Wilson Tease 'Happy Endings' Mother-Daughter Musical Number (VIDEO)
Laura Prudom (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 6:35:00 AM
The 'Psych' Guys Present: 14 Signs You're Living With a Criminal

AOL TV Staff (AOL TV)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 7:30:00 AM
What happened in Boston late last night

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:37:54 AM
Filed under: Features, TV Previews, Celebrity Interviews Every now and then, a show pulls off a piece of familial casting so genius, so unavoidably obvious, that you may actually forget that the actors aren't related while you're watching. Such is the case with this week's'Happy Endings,' which sees comedic whirlwind Megan Mullally guest star as Casey Wilson's perky mom, Dana. "I say we're like the 'Gilmore Girls,' but we're better because we came first," Wilson enthused when a group of journalists caught up with her and Mullally on set. "They wrote me a really amazing part," Mullally said. "She is just a very optimistic lady. And when Penny was a kid, they used to have a singing duo called 'Two Hartz Beat as One.'" The mom and daughter doubleact is an integral part of the episode, leading up to a musical number that ... may not exactly
Filed under: Features, Celebrity Interviews, Fall TV There's no denying it: The'Psych' guys give good interview. But heading into their sixth season of fighting crime with their keen powers of observation, we figured they might want to mix things up a bit. In the Season 6 premiere (Wed., Oct. 12, 10PM ET on USA), titled 'Shawn Rescues Darth Vader,' Shawn and Gus are hired to put 'Glee' to shame, but will investigate how a body ended up almost certainly leave you crying in the home of a British diplomat, with laughter. Not only was AOL played by guest star Malcolm TV on hand while Mullally was McDowell ('Caprica' alum Polly filming, we also scored an Walker also guest stars). We also exclusive preview of the ladies find Shawn under the microscope strutting their vocal stuff to whet with the Santa Barbara Police your appetite for the real thing. Department -- they're finally We don't think we're being starting to suspect that he may not hyperbolic when we say that it's actually be psychic.[Cue the dramatic music here.] entirely a-mah-zing. Permalink| Email this| Linking Also this season, a vampire spoof Blogs| Comments
A few minutes after posting the questions about what happened in Boston, it became fairly clear. Just needed to read a couple of reports to triangulate. It would still be nice to get some pictures of the current encampment so people outside Boston will know it's okay. Anyway here's what happened, near as I can tell, from my desk in NYC. 1. There was a huge march yesterday. 2. OccupyBoston settled in a episode guest starring original second encampment near the first 'Buffy' Kristy Swanson, and one. plenty more guest stars to come 3. The city warned them to get including Danny Glover, Jason out. P r i e s t l e y , M o l l y R i n g w a l d , 4. They didn't and the city William Shatner, New Kids on the evacuated them, arresting over Block alum Joey McIntyre and 100 people. the return of Cary Elwes as art 5. There is a pledge from the city, thief Pierre Despereaux. via the mayor, not to interfere Permalink| Email this| Linking w i t h t h e D e w e y S q u a r e Blogs| Comments encampment. That pledge does not appear to have been violated. Idea: How about a webcam for each of the major encampments, so we can get a view into what's happening without waiting for anyone to file a photo on Flickr?
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Camille Grammer: Supplements linked with Kelsey Was Cruel, death in older women Showed No Remorse
rss@consumerreports.org (Consumer Reports)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:39:59 AM
Chris Harnick (AOL TV)

Submitted at 10/11/2011 7:10:00 AM
Filed under: TV News, Celebrities and Gossip Camille Grammer's marriage to TV star Kelsey Grammer imploded in front of a reality TV crew, it was captured for millions to see on Bravo's'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.' The reality star seemed to take everything in stride, but now she's speaking out about what went wrong and how things ended with Kelsey. In an interview with TV Guide Magazine, Camille said Kelsey showed no remorse about the end of their marriage. "[Kelsey became] a different person than the one I was married to," Camille said. "I said, 'We've been together 14 years. How can you just throw us away?' And he
said, 'Fourteen? Oh, that's just a number.' I said, 'What about our kids?' and he said 'They'll get over it.' He was very cruel. He even said, 'I feel no remorse.'" Permalink| Email this| Linking Blogs| Comments
Supplements linked with death in older women Older women who use iron pills or some other common vitamin and mineral supplements daily might be at an increased risk of premature death compared with nonusers, while those who take calcium pills might be at a decreased risk, researchers reported in the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The investigators analyzed data on dietary supplement use and mortality among 38,772 Iowan women who had an average age of 62 when the study began in 1986. After about 19 years of follow-up, women who took multivitamins or dietary supplements containing copper, folic acid, iron, magnesium, vitamin B6, or zinc were more likely to have died compared with women who had not taken supplements of those nutrients. The association between daily supplement intake and mortality risk was strongest with iron.
Moreover, as women aged, the risk of death was linked with progressively lower doses. In contrast, women who took calcium supplements had slightly better survival rates, the researchers reported, though no clear doseresponse relationship was found. The study is large, and the researchers adjusted for such things as age, diet, health, hormone replacement therapy, and smoking. Still, it was an observational study, not clinical trial, so its possible that other factors contributed to the results, according to an accompanying editorial in the journal by researchers at the University of Nis, in Serbia, and Copenhagen University Hospital, in Denmark. Bottom line: This new study raises concern about the long-term
safety of some dietary supplements among older women, and echoes several other recent studies that reached similar conclusions. For example, while the current analysis suggests that women who take calcium might live slightly longer, another recent study linked calcium supplementation with increased risk of heart attack. We generally recommend supplemental vitamins for people who have clear deficiency. For other people, its best to get your nutrients from a varied, healthful diet that includes lots of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Source Dietary Supplements and Mortality Rate in Older Women: The Iowa Women's Health Study[Archives of Internal Medicine] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
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Hardware Store Takes The Electric Company Repossesses Michigan Zombie Preparedness City's Street Lights Route To Boost Sales
Chris Morran (The Consumerist)
for DTE tells CBS. But residents complain about the lack of light and related safety MB Quirk (The Consumerist) one of the store specialties on the bolts and fasteners to help with Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:15:00 AM concerns. company site. broken bones and stain sealer for Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:30:00 AM If you can't pay your utility bill, "There's no lights," says one local "I love the tone," said Liz Benditt, a spray tan. Nothing like the undead to put Westlake's director of customer Now you know where to go if chances are the power company citizen, adding that kids on the some life into your business... or relationship development. "If we you happen to live in Omaha and will just turn off your electricity way to school, "just have to take a until you can. But when it came chance on walking down the at least, that's the tack a hardware can help you with your lawn and have a zombie problem. store in Omaha is taking by your home, we can help you with U n d e a d e n l i v e n h a r d w a r e time for the city of Highland Park, street ... so they can get on the bus marketing their goods as items the zombie apocalypse." sales[Omaha-World Herald] MI, to settle its $4 million debt to or walk to school." ideal for Zombie Preparedness. One angle is that since younger This entry passed through the DTE Energy, the repo man came The mayor of Highland Park says crime has not gone up since the The regional chain with stores people are into zombies, more of Full-Text RSS service if this is calling. According to CBS Detroit, DTE lights were taken away. a c r o s s O m a h a i s u s i n g a that target demographic will walk your content and you're reading it DTE Repossesses Highland zombified advertising campaign into their store as opposed to a big on someone else's site, please read Energy has removed the light S t r e e t to lure in customers and give box store. the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- bulbs in 1,400 street lights as part P a r k ' s of its attempt to recoup some of L i g h t s [ C B S l o c a l . c o m ] others a bit of a laugh, reports the A sample question prepared by only/faq.php#publishers. Five This entry passed through the Omaha World-Herald. the store: "A zombie fell and put a Filters featured article: A 'Malign those owed millions. W e s t l a k e A c e H a r d w a r e ' s hole in my drywall. What tools Intellectual Subculture' - George But they haven't left the city Full-Text RSS service if this is Zombie Preparedness Center is will I need to fix this?" The fix? M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , completely in the dark. The street your content and you're reading it the brainchild of an Omaha public P a t c h i n g u p z o m b i e - s h a p e Herman, Peterson, Pilger And lights that remain on have been on someone else's site, please read fitted with higher efficiency lights the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentrelations and ad agency, Bozell. drywall holes with spackle, a Media Lens. that will cost the city less. only/faq.php#publishers. Five Workers have displayed how-to putty knife and sandpaper. "At the direction of the city we Filters featured article: A 'Malign posters in the case of zombie Another problem to be solved? have removed most of those street Intellectual Subculture' - George invastion, and "zombies" is now Decaying, zombified skin. Use lights and before we did we had M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , put in replacement lights, about Herman, Peterson, Pilger And 200 new lights, primarily at street Media Lens. corners and intersections," a rep
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Photographer Looking Netflix kills Qwikster but keeps separate DVD For People To Do and streaming plans Their Jobs For Free
Ben Popken (The Consumerist)
LAFD chief punishes self for racy photos FireRescue1

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 4:03:54 PM
reputation and good will. Don't do it. Know your real market value Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:00:00 AM and charge accordingly. You Deciding to turn the tables, one might give away a few golden Atlanta photographer has posted eggs, a few samples or examples an ad to the talent gigs section of as a marketing tactic, but don't Craigslist looking for people to do give up the whole goose without their jobs for him for free. "I am a getting some coin. photographer and since people are Photographer Looking For always looking for free shoots I People to Do Their Job Without assume that they must also do Pay (Atlanta)[Craigslist via The their job, or provide their services, Online Photographer] for free," the post reads. "Just This entry passed through the t h i n k , y o u w i l l g a i n m o r e Full-Text RSS service if this is experience, and I will put the your content and you're reading it word out for you and let everyone on someone else's site, please read know what wonderful work you the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentdo." Here's the full ad. only/faq.php#publishers. Five Very amusing, and very true. It Filters featured article: A 'Malign can be tempting as a freelancer, Intellectual Subculture' - George whether you're a photographer, M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , writer, or designer, especially Herman, Peterson, Pilger And when you first get started, to work Media Lens. for free in order to build up your
Consumer Reports News (Consumer Reports)
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Netflix kills Qwikster but keeps separate DVD and streaming plans Netflix announced yesterday that it will not spin off its DVD-bymail service into a new service it had dubbed Qwikster. But the company's change of heart is not a complete 180-degree turnaround. On its official blog yesterday, the company announced that "two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs." The death of Qwikster doesn't mean Netflix members will see any relief from the previously announced price hikes, though. From the Netflix blog: While the July price change was necessary, we are now done
with price changes. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings had previously issued an apology to customers for the way the company communicated the intended changes. DVDs will be staying at netflix.com[Official Netflix Blog] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
LAFD chief punishes self for racy photos FireRescue1 Cummings said he had told Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa about his involvement in the 1998 incident and also presented the photo and reported the information to the department's new Professional Standards Division. Villaraigosa said he accepted Cummings'... and more
Psalm 96:9 (10-11-11)

(Verse of the Day)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 2:00:00 AM
Worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. Psalm 96:9(NIV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Don't you really
appreciate the phrase "the splendor of his holiness" and long to behold that splendor? It conjures up reminders of Isaiah's encounter with God in Isaiah 6 or John's vision of Jesus in Revelation 1. God's essence -known in the Old Testament as
his glory and his holiness -- can be described only as splendorous! Our only fitting response is to join the angels of Isaiah 6 and the twenty-four elders around the throne in Revelation and worship God and cry, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty. The
whole earth is full of his glory." My Prayer... You are holy, majestic God, more than my mind can grasp or my imagination can dream. I worship and praise you for your glory, might, grace, and mercy. I hunger for the day when I can see your splendor face to
face and join the angels of heaven and the twenty-four elders in never ending worship and praise. Through Jesus I offer this praise and my life. Amen.
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Roku announces If you wanted more Bruins $49 box with Cup victory laps, HBO Go VERSUS has them
Consumer Reports News (Consumer Reports) Greg Wyshynski (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:59:59 AM
Roku announces $49 box with HBO Go Roku today unveiled its least expensive product yet: the Roku LT, a streaming-media set-top box priced at $49. The Roku LT has built-in wireless and will stream video in 720p. It will have access to over 300 channels, including Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, Pandora, and Disneybut not to Roku's casual-games offerings, which require Bluetooth connectivity for the game controller. Roku is also adding HBO Go as a new channel. HBO Go is a service from the cable programming provider that lets subscribers access over 1,400 shows and movies on demand, on connected
devices. Are you new to streaming media? For more information, see Consumer Reports' Guide to online streaming services. Roku Dips Below $50, Adds HBO GO[Technologizer] Subscribe now! S u b s c r i b e t o ConsumerReports.org for expert Ratings, buying advice and reliability on hundreds of products. Update your feed preferences
history as one of America's most fervent hockey towns and will highlight how the Bruins used Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:25:31 AM hard work and determination to You've figure after the duck boats overcome many obstacles on their and Fenway and the summer with way to winning the city's first the Cup and the ring ceremony Stanley Cup in 39 years. It will and opening night and the Pats also draw parallels with Bobby game, the avenues through which Orr's two championships in the the Boston Bruins' Stanley Cup 1970s and the city's passion for championship could be celebrated the sport that was rejuvenated by would have been exhausted. the 2011 championship team. The A n d y o u ' d b e w r o n g . O n special also features exclusive Wednesday night, VERSUS interviews with the player that presents a half hour special emerged as the heart and soul of covering the Bruins' banner the team last season, goaltender raising, ring ceremony and Tim Thomas, who won the Conn community adoration in a "24/7"- Smythe Trophy for Most Valuable style manner at 6:30 p.m. ET, an Player in the 2011 Stanley Cup hour before the Bruins face the Playoffs. Thomas' career will be Carolina Hurricanes: followed from the University of Breaking sports news video. Vermont, to playing in the minors M L B , N F L , N B A , N H L and around Europe, to finally highlights and more. becoming an elite goalie in the From VERSUS: NHL. The half-hour special will feature Forward Shawn Thornton and behind-the-scenes access for the Head Coach Claude Julien were Bruins' triumphant return to TD wired for sound during the Bruins Garden on Thursday, October 6, practices leading up to opening f o r t h e b a n n e r r a i s i n g a n d night and will be featured in the championship ring ceremonies as show along with one of the well as the team's three-day Bruin's youngest talents, Brad journey leading into opening night Marchand. Additional vignettes as the Bruins prepare to defend will include the team's summer the Stanley Cup this season. with the Cup as well as interviews The show will focus on Boston's from other Bruins players and
local fans. Thank god someone's exploring Boston's history has a fervent hockey town. So criminally under -reported. (/snark) The special will run as the second half of NBC SportsTalk, which is the daily talk show for VERSUS that's still trying to gain traction. On Wednesday nights, the last half hour (6:30-7 p.m.) is scheduled to be hockey-centric, leading into its NHL Live pregame show at 7 p.m. and the night's exclusive VERSUS game of the week. So that's an hour of hockey talk featuring NBC's announcers, analysts and bloggers. Hopefully it's put to good use. The really interesting thing about this Bruins special is that it's produced in-house by NBC, and that's going to be one of the major changes for the NHL's cable home now that the Peacock's in charge. There's no reason why VERSUS can't run more original content that goes beyond game coverage for the NHL, given that their marriage is for a decade and there's always been an appetite for it from the fans. Hopefully this Bruins thing is the test case.
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Hot/Not: Kasey Kahne hitting stride at the best time

Geoffrey Miller (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:20:43 AM
The rain didn't fall, the usual suspects won and we've eliminated a few contenders from the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Oh, and one guy without a championship hope is making strides. That and more, in this mid -west version of Hot/Not. HOT: Kasey Kahne is proving that drivers don't need the motivation of the Chase to contend for wins, and it might just be the best way for him to make his offseason segue to Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne finished runner-up to Jimmie Johnson Sunday for his second consecutive top-5 finish and fourth-straight quality outing. Inside the Chase, he's yet to finish outside of the top-15 meaning if he would have qualified for the championship fight Kahne would be 7th in points, 17 points back of Edwards. That's better than his soon-to-be Hendrick teammates in Dale Earnhardt Jr.(-43 points) and Jeff Gordon(-47). Kahne could have been even better had the fuel-mileage game at New Hamphshire worked in his favor. In Loudon, Kahne led 43 laps before pitting late. While Kahne will be switching to Chevrolet engines and Hendrick
chassis in 2012, he'll get to keep this positive finish to a season as momentum and, more importantly, his long-time crew chief Kenny Francis. The duo has already made major changes in equipment in recent seasons,
going from the Gillette-Evernham Dodges to the Richard Petty Motorsports Fords to the current Red Bull Toyotas. This weekend at Charlotte could be good for Kahne, too. He led 28 laps at CMS in May and has three
of his 11 career wins there. NEUTRAL: Amid Kahne's success, however, is a growing concern that his soon-to-be exteam Red Bull Racing will shut its doors for good at the end of 2011. That'd leave Brian Vickers
scrambling for a ride in 2012 and lot of good people in the sport without a job. It's surprising to see Red Bull's looming exit, especially as energy drink HOT/NOT: page 62
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Cleveland Cavaliers season pushed back: Fan reaction - YAHOO!

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:08:22 AM
By Sylvie Branch, Yahoo! Contributor Network I can't say this was unexpected, but it is official now: the first two weeks of the NBA season has been cancelled. The Cavaliers' home opener against Toronto set for Nov. 4th gone. NBA Commissioner David Stern announced the news Monday night, October 10. The lockout continues on and on because the owners and players have been unable to reach a new labor deal. In fact, no additional talks have been scheduled. "The gap is so significant that we just can't bridge it at this time," said Stern. "We just have a gulf that separates us." Pushing the season to midNovemberat the earliest. If they do manage to get over themselves and end the lockout, there will most likely be a reduced
amount of overall games. During the 1998-99 season, the season schedule was reduced from the full 82 to 50. Their labor agreement wasn't reached until the very last second, Jan. 6, 1999. Are they trying to repeat history? The little people, remember them? As much as many of the fans are simply fed up with the stalled talks, there are many people dependent on the Cavaliers and all the other NBA teams getting back to business as usual. These stadium workers rely on the income the 6-month long season brings, for their sake I hope the play resumes. In other news, the show must go on Cleveland Cavalier Girls The Cavs may not be playing anytime soon, but the newly named Cleveland Cavalier dance group spent October 8th through the 10th down in Guadalajara, Mexico at the Sprite NBA Jam
festival. The official wine and gold dance team served as ambassadors for the league, performing their new routines for the 3 on 3 basketball tournament for Mexican youth ages 16-19. You can check out some of their p i c t u r e s a n d updates@CavalierGirls. Radio broadcast team announced A lot of the Cavalier news seems far-fetched and overly optimistic, but the show goes on, or at least the preparations for the show goes on. The Cavaliers named John Michael as the new play-by-play announcer to replace the irreplaceable Joe Tait. Michaels has over 10 years of pro sports experience including his time as the host for the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Lake Erie Monsters. Jim Chones adding color analysis and Mike Snyder will return as the host of the weekly Coach Byron Scott Show as well as the pre-game, halftime and post-game shows, whenever
they begin. More by Sylvie Branch: NBA cancels first 43 games: Hurt struggling metro areas Cleveland Cavalier Players signs with Turkish team while rookies head back to school Can the NBA follow the NFL and end the lockout already Note: This article was written by a Yahoo! contributor. Sign up here to start publishing your own sports content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Flag, photos mark centenary of UK South Pole trip - Sacramento Bee

Submitted at 10/11/2011 4:18:45 PM
Flag, photos mark centenary of UK South Pole trip Sacramento Bee AP LONDON -- Dramatic blackand-white photographs, a frosttouched flag and other artifacts are going on display at Buckingham Palace to mark the 100th anniversary of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole.... and more
Photos: Tim Tebow named Denver Broncos' starting quarterback - Denver Post
Submitted at 10/11/2011 4:07:44 PM
Photos: Tim Tebow named
Denver Broncos' starting quarterback Denver Post Photo by John Leyba, The
Denver Post Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (15) motions to the crowd to 'bring it on' after scoring a touchdown during the second
half of their game against Florida State at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, FL Saturday,... and more
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More than 100 arrested at Occupy Boston protest site - msnbc.com

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RB nearly defies physics to break tackles on amazing return

Cameron Smith (Y! Sports Blogs - Yahoo! Sports)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:15:40 AM
protesters, medics, or legal observers." Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:46:54 AM Protesters said that late on Police said no one was injured in updated 54 minutes ago 2011-10- Monday police had issued an the maneuver. 11T15:46:46 ultimatum to return to their small "Civil disobedience will not be BOSTON Tensions boiled original encampment by nightfall tolerated," Boston Mayor Thomas o v e r e a r l y o n T u e s d a y i n or be moved along. Menino told the local Fox News downtown Boston, where police Protesters' tents have been set up affiliate in an interview on arrested more than 100 protesters i n D e w e y S q u a r e P a r k i n Tuesday. after the Occupy Boston group downtown Boston all month but Many of those who were arrested expanded its footprint and was on Monday expanded to a larger were scheduled to appear in told by authorities to move back. section of the nearby Rose B o s t o n M u n i c i p a l C o u r t Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. t h r o u g h o u t t h e w e e k . Romney leads in Iowa and New Shortly after midnight, hundreds Occupy Boston organizers linked Hampshire of Boston and Transit police on their website to an online ConsumerMan: Smishing officers, some in riot gear, moved collection site to fund legal aid for scam hits western states in, handcuffing protesters and those arrested. Obama health-care law modeled tearing down tents. More than $5,000 was donated on Romney plan Police said 129 people were from about 160 people by mid For some unemployed, job hunt arrested, most for unlawful m o r n i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e leads overseas assembly. website. Reporters scary journey to "At 1:30 this morning hundreds of Boston earlier saw one of its write Holocaust tale police in full riot gear brutally b i g g e s t r a l l i e s s o f a r i n a Third-party effort aims to attacked Occupy Boston," the movement that began in New transform 2012 race protest group said in a news York last month to protest against Next up for reeling Netflix: release, adding that authorities perceived Wall Street excesses Damage control "made no distinction between and other social issues and has
spread to cities across the nation. Hundreds of protesters, including many college students, marched in support of Occupy Boston. Protests across the country have objected to what they see as an unacceptable income gap between rich and poor. They also complained about the Wall Street bailout in 2008, which they say aided banks while average Americans suffered under high unemployment and job insecurity. Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters. Click for restrictions. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Greshan (Ore.) High junior Devauntae Hoffman is one of the better running backs in Oregon, blessed with speed (he runs the 100 and 200-meter sprints for the Gresham track and field squad in the spring), strength and an impressive amount of the ever cherished commodity of "escapability." In fact, few players could claim to equal the elusiveness that Hoffman flexed on the nearmiraculous return you see below from his team's 63-40 victory against Reynolds (Ore.) High. Go ahead and watch it the second time through in slow-mo, which shows just how great Hoffman's escape truly was (though it can be hard to view the frames where NEARLY page 63
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competitor 5-Hour ENERGY announced Friday entry in to the Sprint Cup Series with CLint Bowyer and Michael Waltrip Racing. HOT: Remember last week when we talked about Carl Edwards needing to hold par over the next four or five races? Several tracks he faces from here to the Chase
finish haven't been historically good for him, and at the midpoint of Sunday's race that foreshadow was playing true. Edwards was lapped and losing ground, but somehow rallied to a 5th-place finish. He said it felt like a win, and it should. He's your Sprint Cup points leader. HOT: Give a call to Kevin
Harvick and that team's rally to a sixth-place finish at Kansas. NOT: Tony Stewart's selfinflicted mistake during the final pit stop of Sunday's Hollywood Casino 400 left him with a 15thplace finish. The No. 14 was capable of a top 5, meaning Stewart likely lost 10 points in the championship fight. Keep those in
mind during the march to Homestead. HOT: Each and every week Brad Keselowski is turning in to more and more of a threat for the 2012 title. Just 11 points separate him and Carl Edwards. Can he keep it up? So far, he has. NOT: Jeff Gordon, until you're told otherwise, won't win the 2011
NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship. Joining him? Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman and Denny Hamlin. Making up a race-worth of points with six races left doesn't seem possible especially without Sam Hornish Jr. on track. I will HOT/NOT: page 63
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Hoffman is sprinting down the sideline without hearing a"Chariots of Fire" soundtrack in the back of your mind). If you count the missed Reynolds tackles on that return, you find that Hoffman somehow eluded six different shots before reaching the open field then reaching the end zone just as the seventh attempt was put in low around his ankles. What's more impressive are the quality of tackles he broke. As soon as Hoffman fielded the ball, he was practically completely wrapped up, with one defender coming in low and another sandwiching him high. How he slipped out of both those players' grasps nearly defies physics. He then was able to squirm out of other hits by flashing both his speed and a deft
collection of feints, though one final defender seemed to have him lined up as he headed toward the left sideline. That's when Hoffman channeled his inner Earl Campbell. The Oregon junior doesn't Hoffman doesn't exactly have the size of the Tyler Rose, but he had enough of Campbell's famed forearm strength to plant a major stiffarm to ward off the last unblocked defender before he could reach the open field, paving the way to the most spectacular of four touchdowns Hoffman would rack up in the win. "That's where I make my money," Hoffman told The Oregonian, which covered the game and produced the video of the highlight reel run you see above. "We weren't going to return it, but I saw an opportunity and my
teammates made some good blocks to get me free." Normally, a coach would be furious at a player who disobeyed his calls to let a punt roll to its own end. Given the results on this return -- and the potential for game changing plays every time he touches the ball -- it seems likely those limitations doesn't apply to Hoffman. Want more on the best stories in high school sports? Visit RivalsHigh or connect with Prep Rally on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. For more highlights from around the nation and live streaming video of top games, check out Rivals High TV.
Aliens Infestation review: Bursting with flavor

JC Fletcher (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:00:00 PM
good Aliens game in the mid1990s. It's a cleverly structured continued from page 62 take on the Metroidvania style of give myself one out though: HOT: Landon Cassill notched his NASCAR's boom that were It's easy to see the seams in g a m e t h a t f o r c e s c a r e f u l , Talladega. second-best finish of the season virtual replications of one another. WayForward's Aliens: Infestation. methodical play. Despite those HOT: Let's a give yet another call Sunday at Kansas, bringing James Sunday's race looked and felt no There's not all that much variety a f o r e m e n t i o n e d i s s u e s , to Marcos Ambrose. He knocked Finch's effort home in 17th different than the one that started in the enemies or environments WayForward completely nailed in another top-10 Sunday with a despite a slide through the the Chase at Chicago proving (mostly because it's an Aliens the dread of Aliens. 9th-place finish at Kansas. That's frontstretch grass. again that there is no excitement game). The "AI" is simple and Gallery: Aliens: Infestation (7/20/ his second-consecutive top-10 and FINAL: The racing at Kansas in repeats. pattern-based in the style of 16-bit 11) tenth of the year doubling his S p e e d w a y h a s i m p r o v e d Saturday night's race at Charlotte, g a m e s . T h e e n e m i e s e v e n Continue reading Aliens number from a year ago. dramatically since the first race the original 1.5-mile dogleg respawn in the same locations, Infestation review: Bursting with NOT: Michael Waltrip Racing there in 2001, but a repaving job layout in NASCAR, will at least dulling the element of surprise flavor should get better with the addition looms in 2012 that will throw the provide a better balance of upon return trips. Aliens Infestation review: of Clint Bowyer to their 2012 already-vanilla track back to its history, character and uniqueness. But even though I was fully Bursting with flavor originally lineup. Sunday, though, that didn't single-lane past. aware of the shortcomings, I was appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 11 matter as both David Reutimann There's nothing that can be done completely drawn in. Infestation Oct 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please and Martin Truex Jr. broke rear about it thanks to Kansas winters, feels like what would have see our terms for use of feeds. axles. Truex, for his part, looked other than shake your head in happened had someone made a Permalink| Email this| Comments competitive before his failure. frustration at those who were That's a heartbreaker. compelled to build tracks during
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(Scripting News)
Report: GameStop outs Arkham City DLC dates, prices

Alexander Sliwinski (Joystiq)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:30:00 PM
really paying attention. And there's another problem, the idea that we're witnesses, not Susannah Breslin went to Occupy active participants. All the Chicago and asked Why? framing says that the battle is Worth reading, but I think I know between Repubs and Dems. That's the overall answer. actually nonsense. If there's a People want to do something, battle, it's among the people, the anything, to help the world work. voters, the taxpayers, the citizens We've reached a point where of America. Those are just our things aren't working very well, elected representatives. The day and there's a good chance that they became more than that is the there will be a collapse. day we took the wrong turn. And It's a logical consequence of the that's what need to undo. Go back e s c a l a t i n g b r i n k s m a n s h i p to that place, and re-establish our practiced by our government over dominion over the political the last four years. If you don't system of the country. feel nervous about the future after If you listen to the words people witnessing all that, you weren't say and take them at face value,
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which is the only way to go, it's completely obvious. Cynics may say they have insight into the character of the people that they themselves don't have, or that they are dishonest, but I don't see it. And I'm old enough to know that when people point the finger in accusation, it's often the other way around. Better, tell us what you want for our country, in positive terms, not something childish and irrelevant like depriving a someone of something. What's your vision for our country. And btw, when you have that, guess what -- you're occupying too.
bundle" will hit on November 12 for $6.99, with a nondescript "Skins pack" to swoop in on Batman: Arkham City's DLC December 6 for $4.99. launch dates and prices were With the convoluted way a p p a r e n t l y p o s t e d o n Arkham City character skins are GameStop.com before somebody being distributed among retailers, came along and ruined the party. it's only a matter of time before all The bat-eyed ( roll with it!) folks that fashion is consolidated and of ArkhamCity.co.uk, who have sold to the ravenous masses. been ever-vigilant of Arkham City [Image credit: Fan-made] details, captured the information Report: GameStop outs Arkham before the web pages were taken City DLC dates, prices originally down. appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 11 A " Nightwing character pack" Oct 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please was dated November 1, for $6.99. see our terms for use of feeds. The site also listed a "Robin Permalink| Email this| Comments
Two needs: webcams and linkbloggers

(Scripting News)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:58:11 AM
Okay I'm starting to think about next steps in developing remote eyes and ears, so we can all experience as much as we can of what's happening in all the Occupy encampments around the country. 1. Webcams. Every encampment should have one or more. In windows overlooking the encampment, behind a locked door, with a 24 by 7 net connection. This is not a
livestream. It's part of a security system. This way we can know immediately if an encampment is safe, or if as in Boston last night, something else is going on. Example of what you can see with a well-placed webcam viewing an historic event. 2. Pretty soon spammers are going to discover that they can get pictures onto the home page of occupyweb.org. When that happens, we'll have to switch to a moderated system. We need to be ready for that. I have software that can easily facilitate it, you just
install a bookmarklet in your browser, and when you find a picture or movie that belongs in the flow, click the bookmarklet, enter some descriptive text, click Submit. Just like posting to Facebook, but it's all built on open and public RSS feeds that can be recombined any number of ways, not just how we'll do it on occupyweb. Post a comment here if you want to start doing this now, in preparation for the time when TWO page 65
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Ocean Explorers Find Largest Virus Ever Seen, 20 Times Bigger than the Average Bug
Rebecca Boyle (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:24:32 AM
Megavirus vs. Mimivirus Top row: Megavirus (E) and Mimivirus (F) early-stage virion factories with the seeds at their centers. Bottom row: Megavirus (G) and Mimivirus (H) mature virion factories seen in full production. PNAS You never know exactly what you'll find when you go churning up muck, but apparently odds are pretty good you'll find some viruses. The other day we heard how raw sewage is a hotbed of unknown viruses; now a French team has found the largest virus ever, living in the sea off the coast of Chile. Named Megavirus chilensis, it
barely beats the previous recordholder, Mimivirus, as the world's most giant virus. It's a linear double-stranded DNA molecule with 1,259,197 base pairs - by far the biggest viral genome ever discovered. Its complex genome gives it some abilities, like protein translation, that overlap with simple cellular organisms like parasitic bacteria, according to the researchers who found it. Viruses aren't cellular organisms; they need to invade other cells and hijack their machinery to produce new versions of themselves. It is so large that it can be seen with a regular light microscope rather than an electron microscope, as Jean-Michel Claverie of Aix-Marseille University in Marseille, France, told the BBC. It has several DNA-repair
enzymes, which allow it to correct damage due to ultraviolet light, radiation or chemicals, Claverie and colleagues say. Its cell-like genes may be a holdover from an ancestor it shares with Mimivirus, which may have gotten its genes
from a cell. Like Mimivirus, Megavirus infects amoebas, single-celled organisms that live in water. Also like Mimivirus, Megavirus employs a Stargate structure (really its name) to invade a host
cell. The opening of this fivepronged structure triggers the release of the virus' genetic material. Megavirus turned up in an exploration trawl off the coast of Las Cruces in central Chile. Mimivirus was isolated from a water cooling tower in the UK in 1992, BBC says. Anyone with an interest in its phylogeny can check out the genome browser, available here. The paper is published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [via BBC]
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$80 Kindle Review: Worth the Price and Then Some

Dan Nosowitz (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:10:00 AM
New Kindle, Old Kindle Dan Nosowitz The cheapest Kindle ever delivers a satisfying reading experience Take the 3rd-generation Kindle, probably the best ebook reader ever made. Chop off the keyboard, trim the sides a bit, rearrange the buttons. Sell for eighty bucks. Correction: sell about a billion of these things for eighty bucks each. WHAT'S NEW The new Kindle is the cheapest and most barebones of the new family of three Kindles, joining the Kindle Touch (basically one of these, but with a touchscreen) and the Kindle Fire tablet. (The latter two won't come out until November.) Comparing it to the last-gen Kindle, it loses the QWERTY keyboard, as well as about an inch of height and a centimeter of width. And it gets a new price, the first to drop below $100 (though the last-gen non-3G Kindle, with ads, also got a price cut, from $114 to $100). WHAT'S GOOD This is basically the same Kindle experience we're used to--the best and most comprehensive ebook service out there. You get access to the same bookstore, you get the
same fantastic E-Ink Pearl screen (with slightly faster refreshes), the same seamless syncing between devices. The size is nice--it's not like the last-gen Kindle was too big, but smaller is always nice, and the inch or so of height and centimeter or so of width moves the Kindle into back-pocket territory. That price makes it basically a stocking stuffer, and an awesome one at that. WHAT'S BAD
This is the first Kindle that's not as good as the one it replaces. The page forward/back buttons, the most-used buttons on a Kindle, have moved from the screen bezel to the sides of the device, which is a little more awkward, and feel a little mushier. The Kindle is smaller than its predecessor, and the loss in height makes it feel slightly more awkward and precarious to hold. It loses the little hook that allows it to clip
into a case, so some cases (like the one Amazon included with my review unit) involve a lot of prying and smushing to insert/ remove. It's only available in a Wi -Fi model--no free 3G for this Kindle, so you'll have to be in a Wi-Fi hotspot (or, you know, at home) to get new books or sync your progress. Oh, and the screen might be the same, but it works a little differently. Rather than doing a
full refresh with every page turn (on previous Kindles, that's the "blink to black" that happens when you turn a page), the new Kindle does a full refresh only once every five or so pages. That gives slightly faster page turns, but it also produces a ghosting effect--it's like a white echo of the previous page's words, visible on the current. The ghosting disappears with each full refresh. We don't like the ghosting, but some might find the quicker page turns worth the tradeoff. THE PRICE With "special offers," meaning ads, the Kindle is $79. Without, it's $109. Comparatively, the lastgen Kindle is $99 and $139, for ads and ad-free, respectively, and you can add 3G to that last-gen Kindle for $139 and $189, ad and ad-free. THE VERDICT The $79 Kindle offers a great, inexpensive entry point into the world of Kindle. But we'd recommend spending a little bit more, if you can, and especially if you're buying for yourself: The included Whispernet 3G, which is not available on this Kindle, is one of Amazon's best ideas, as it offers a completely free (no monthly fee, no signing up, nothing) 3G access so you can $80 page 67
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Brilliant 10: The Light Wrangler

<p>Katie Peek</p> (Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, The Future Now)
biosensor is a metal sheet pierced by millions of 300-nanometer holes. Altug covers the sheet with antibodies and shines light of a particular wavelength on it. The Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:56:48 AM Using metal chips and light, electrons in the metal interact with clinicians will be able to detect the light and resonate, then reviruses in even rural medical radiate light of the same color on clinics the other side of the sheet. Coated One of the many challenges of with the correct antibodies, the practicing medicine in developing metal sheet will grab virus countries is performing quick, particles out of a blood serum reliable diagnosis of infectious sample as it flows through the tiny disease. To bring rapid virus holes. And once stuck, the viruses diagnostics to underserved will change the resonant populations, engineer Hatice frequency of the metal's electrons Altug and her research team at enough that the re-radiated light Boston University have created visibly changes color. In July, the and tested a biosensor that detects National Institutes of Health disease-causing organisms with awarded Altug's group a fiveyear, precisely directed light. $5-million grant to make the The central component of Altug's biosensor clinic-ready.
Biology is new to Altug. She left her native Turkey in 2000 to study at Stanford, and it's only since starting at Boston University in 2007 that she's been applying her engineering expertise to biology problems. "She's an integrator," says Martin Moskovits, a materials researcher and a provost at the City College of New York. "She takes technologies that were developed in isolation and melds them together into these wonderful devices. Read more about the molecular filmmaker, the butterfly pharmacist, and the rest of our Brilliant 10.
download books, browse the internet, and sync your bookmarks, notes, and progress from wherever you are. I actually think the keyboarded Kindle feels better in the hand, size be damned, even though the loss of the keyboard isn't a big deal, interface-wise. If spending an extra $50 doesn't freak you out, I'd recommend the 3G keyboarded Kindle instead, which Amazon is still selling as the "Kindle Keyboard"--or you can wait for our reviews of the Kindle Touch
and Kindle Fire, to see how they fare. On the other hand, man, this thing is cheap. I can't think of a single other gadget that costs less than $100 that I'd actually recommend, which makes the new Kindle just about the best Christmas gift out there.
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Lung Cancer Leads List of Malignancies Linked With Bankruptcy

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Submitted at 10/11/2011 8:57:00 AM
LG P930 handset visits the FCC, does little to shake off the mystery
Brian Heater (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:19:00 PM
Cancer often takes a heavy toll not only on people's bodies but on their finances as well. And just as some types of cancer are more deadly than others, some types cause more financial pain, as recent research from Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center shows. When researchers examined bankruptcy rates in Washington state and compared them with a registry of 232,000 cancer patients there between 1995 and 2009, they found that five years after their diagnosis cancer patients were four times more likely to declare bankruptcy than
The last time we heard tell of the LG P930, the thing was little more than mysterious XML code. We still don't know that much about the Android-packing the general population. author Scott Ramsey, a physician filings, he says, pointing to bone device, but at least it's now real Specifically, 1.9 percent of a n d h e a l t h e c o n o m i s t a t marrow transplants used to treat enough to have earned FCC c a n c e r p a t i e n t s d e c l a r e d Hutchinson, has some ideas. blood cancers, and the $300,000 approval. There are a couple of bankruptcy compared with just In the case of lung and thyroid or higher price tag to treat interesting tidbits revealed in the 0.28 percent of those without cancers, it may have to do with advanced colorectal cancer. documentation here, however -cancer. the populations that are typically As for uterine cancer, "We're not first and foremost is the fact that When researchers looked further, affected, says Ramsey. quite sure what's going on with it's referred to as an "LTE phone." certain types of cancer were Lung cancer, for example, is that," he says. Also on-board is Bluetooth and associated with a higher risk of generally diagnosed in smokers This entry passed through the WLAN, 802.11n and WCDMA bankruptcy at the 5-year mark who are more likely to be Full-Text RSS service if this is band V. As you can see from the than others. The top five cancers r e l a t i v e l y l o w o n t h e your content and you're reading it above drawing, LG and the FCC in order of risk for bankruptcy socioeconomic ladder, says on someone else's site, please read aren't really giving us much to were: Ramsey. Likewise, thyroid cancer the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- work with on the image front. Lung is most common in women who only/faq.php#publishers. Five LG P930 handset visits the FCC, Thyroid are younger than typical cancer Filters featured article: A 'Malign does little to shake off the mystery Leukemia/lymphoma patients, and so may have worse Intellectual Subculture' - George originally appeared on Engadget Uterine or less insurance than older M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:19:00 Colorectal patients. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And EDT. Please see our terms for use I n t h e c a s e o f l e u k e m i a / Media Lens. of feeds. Permalink| FCC| Email Although the reasons for the lymphoma and colorectal cancers, this| Comments higher bankruptcy rates aren't extremely high treatment costs known with certainty, study lead may be the culprit in bankruptcy
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Jamie Glazov (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
were, imagine what the Left and the media would do with it and what accusations they would Submitted at 10/10/2011 11:29:16 PM make. In this case, we hear The behavior of the Occupy Wall nothing; the media does not report Street protesters has raised some on this individual and the Left curious questions about the does not denounce him. And if the continuing double standards in Left were forced to account for our society. When it comes to Danny Clines behavior, its fascistic leftist behavior, our answers would be obvious: he is mainstream media overlooks and just a nut that doesnt represent excuses it while conservatives anything. But we know that this are demonized and blamed for excuse would never wash if Cline every dead sparrow that falls from was a Tea Partier. It is clear, of the sky. If members of the Tea course, that the Lotion Mans Party behaved in a fashion similar behavior represents what the Left to the leftist occupiers on Wall truly is at its core: hateful and Street, their antics would be the lusting after destruction. There is target of rabid moral indignation no better poster boy for the Left on the front pages of the New than the Lotion Man. York Times and Washington Post The fascist face of Occupy Wall and on the lead stories of every Street is also to be seen in a video cable news show. of this man articulating his not-soTake, for instance, the charming original view of who in his i n d i v i d u a l w h o s e n a m e i s imagination controls world apparently Danny Cline also finance. His vision and cure for known as Lotion Man. He is the problem is a clear carbon copy fighting for social justice on of a book you may have heard of Wall Street, as can be witnessed called Mein Kampf: in some intriguing videos posted One cant help but wonder: at TheBlaze.com. In one video, he where is the medias coverage and engages in an anti-Semitic verbal denouncement of this man and his attack on an older Jewish man and thesis? Where is the Lefts tells him to go back to Israel. indignation? What if a Tea Party Then, in this heart-warming member had spoken in this video, he uses extremely profane fashion on a video against any language and racial slurs racial group, what would happen? including the N word: We know the answer to these [Warning: very graphic language] questions. One cant help from wondering: You can also see a Wall Street is there any video out there of a occupier defecating on a NYPD Tea Party member acting this patrol car in downtown Manhattan way? No, there isnt. But if there here:
misfortune, that upon just observing their behavior for no more than thirty seconds, I would make a run for it, sprinting away as fast as I could as though I were running for my life. I would be terrified that I had stumbled onto a dangerous cult and that a David Koresh or Jim Jones could emerge at any second. In the video, individualism has clearly been annihilated in the group hysteria where the Stalinists of our time have come to submerge their own unwanted selves into a totalitarian whole. It only takes a few simple questions to reveal the darkness that is W h e n h a s a T e a P a r t y allowing Lewis to speak. First, transpiring in this recipe for a demonstrator ever behaved in this why are these haters not being concentration camp. For instance, way? accused of racism? Imagine if a what if I were among this crowd The difference in the behavior of Tea Party gathering humiliated and I didnt feel like chanting Tea Party members and Wall John Lewis by making him stand back what was being said? What Street Occupiers can be seen in a to the side helplessly while voting if I wanted to remain silent? What c o n t r a s t i n g s l i d e s h o w a t a m o n g s t t h e m s e l v e s , f o r a if I continued with this behavior ToddKinsey.com, called Tea ridiculously long period of time, and started encouraging others to Party vs. Occupy Wall Street in on whether he should be allowed be silent and not to engage in the pictures. The contrasting images to speak and then finally threw repetition ritual? What if I started tell quite a story and yet our him out? Why does this leftist asking why the guy who is media reserves its hatred for the gathering get off scot-free from holding the microphone gets to Tea Party, while silently nodding the charges of racism that the talk? Doesnt that make him more approval for the Red-Guard media loves to hurl at the Tea important than everyone else? demonstrators on Wall Street. Party which would never This was, after all, one of the reasons given by a shouting leftist These double standards are behave in this way? evident everywhere you look. Furthermore, why does the to forbid Lewis from speaking. If Recently, for example,Occupy totalitarian method of these leftist these people had total power, Atlanta silenced Civil Rights cultists in Atlanta get a pass in the what would happen to me? We have seen the horrific Hero John Lewis from speaking at media? For instance, as the son of their gathering. In an eerie Russian dissidents who can smell consequences of this leftist Marxist cult-like exercise of an approaching Gulag quite utopian enterprise in the killing group totalitarian repetition, the quickly, I can tell you that, if I fields of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, the new Khmer Rouge foot soldiers w e r e t o c o m e a c r o s s t h i s LEFTIST page 71 of our time voted against g a t h e r i n g b y s o m e t r a g i c
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Targetting Darwish
Daniel Greenfield (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/10/2011 11:31:05 PM
The recent conviction of the Irvine 11 was a reminder of how far the campus arms of the Muslim Brotherhood will go to silence dissenting speakers. For all their protestations during the trial, they dont believe in free speech, what they believe in is a monopoly on campus speech. Nonie Darwish, an ex-Muslim and an informed critic of Islam, has had her talks assailed by Brotherhood campus affiliates numerous times. In 2009, at Seattle University members of the Muslim Students Association did their best to disrupt a speech by Darwish. That same year at Boston University, a fire was set in a bathroom right before her speech to scuttle her presentation. Now, as Darwish was set to speak at a Federalist Society event at the George Mason University School of Law, another Muslim Brotherhood organization, CAIR, deployed a slightly more subtle line of attack. While Muslim Brotherhood front groups routinely bring extremist speakers to campus, such as Imam Abdel Malik Ali and Norman Finkelstein, CAIR wanted the Federalist Society to provide equal time to a Muslim speaker to balance her views. The MSA has never extended such an offer to Jewish student groups, yet the
Brotherhood expected it to be granted to them. In her speech at George Mason University, Darwish described arriving at her first job in America and seeing a sign that said it did not discriminate. For the first time in my life, I felt free and equal to men under the law. But the form of discrimination that Darwish escaped in the Middle East is coming to America, and the modern campus is ground zero for its advance, as followers of a racist and sexist ideology use political correctness and intimidation to decide who can and cannot speak. As a critic of Islam and the founder of Arabs for Israel, Darwish has been a natural target for a movement that believes
women from criticizing Sharia law is like prohibiting AfricanAmericans from speaking out against segregation. According to the Brotherhood, Darwishs life in a Sharia society where she came into contact with polygamy and honor killing does not qualify her to speak about Islam. Similarly, Western leftists claimed that the refugees who escaped the USSR or Cuba were unqualified to discuss MarxismLeninism because all they had done was live under it. Darwish and other women like her are so very important because they take the Sharia debate out of the sphere of the purely academic and into the practical. While the women shouldnt be seen or Brotherhood spends a great deal heard, and that Israel should be a of time discussing how a Sharia radioactive pile of ash. For two state should be run, Darwish years the Brotherhood, through its comes loaded with experience on campus and off-campus affiliates, how they actually are run. And has been stalking and harassing t h a t i s w h a t m a k e s h e r s o her. And if CAIR had been d a n g e r o u s t o t h e m . allowed to shut down her speech Theories of perfect societies are at a university named after the seductive in academic circles, as Father of the Bill of Rights it the campus affinity for Marxism would have been a major victory and now Islamism demonstrates. for Sharia law in America. But beneath the ivory towers and But instead, Darwishs speech golden domes the system is went ahead as scheduled to the upheld by the oppression of dismay of the Brotherhood, whose hundreds of millions of people chief criticism of her has been that who are prevented from speaking she is unqualified to speak about unless they agree with the Sharia law. Since only male d o m i n a n t i d e o l o g y . T h e scholars can be truly qualified, alternative for them is death. their position forbids the chief victims of Sharia law from speaking out against it. Banning
ACORN: Puppet Master of Occupy Wall Street

Matthew Vadum (FrontPage Magazine FrontPage)
Submitted at 10/10/2011 11:50:04 PM
The Working Families Party, an infamous ACORN front group notorious for corruption, was instrumental in organizing the Occupy Wall Street protests, according to radical journalist Laura Flanders of Free Speech TV. The protests, which have spread to several other large U.S. cities, are part of what ACORNs neocommunist founder Wade Rathke calls an anti-banking jihad. Working Families Party (WFP) organizer Nelini Stamp has been here since day one and she is part of the organizing team and the outreach team that has managed to bridge the distance between that first day and this day and between the grassroots folks here and the labor movement, Flanders said at the protest in lower Manhattan. We are actually trying to change the capitalist system we have ACORN: page 71
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North Vietnamese, the Khmer Rouge and Castro. What happened to Lewis is obviously the beginning of the banishments to the Gulag in this fascist groups agenda, but for now it takes on a relatively benign form since the group does not hold the reigns of true power. Once it captures power, the story would become very different. Why is this group not held to account for its Leninist and Maoist tactics and for trying to mold a base for killing fields? Have we forgotten why they called the Khmer Rouge Sartres children? The list goes on and on: the other day, MSNBCs Lawrence ODonnell couldnt even disguise his hatred of Herman Cain in his hostile interview with the GOP presidential candidate. We all know that if a white conservative media host were ever this aggressive and full of disdain in an interview with a leftist African -American, he would be immediately accused of racism in our culture and by our media. Till
this day anyone who has something critical to say about Obama is accused of being a racist (unless you are a radical criticizing him from the extreme Left of course). And yet Lawrence ODonnell can show blatant contempt for an AfricanAmerican and engage in a completely unfair and unprofessional personal attack in an interview and he is not called out on it. We know very well, of course, where the roots of these double standards lie. We know what the Danny Clines and Lawrence ODonnells of this world want to achieve. We know what the Marxist cultists who banished John Lewis want; its the same thing the defecator on the NYPD car wants. Its what the Brown Shirt occupiers on Wall Street want. And thats why they all hate the same people and the same things. Social justice and economic equality are just the code words that they exploit to camouflage their true goal:
destroying America and its democratic and capitalist system. The mainstream media, filled with leftists and run by leftists, is sympathetic to that goal. Thats why the commitment against hate and racism, which for the Left is just a cynical weapon with which it can beat its own society, is sacrificed by our media when it is blatantly violated by the Left. The Lefts ends are always seen, by its admirers and followers, as a justification of its means and thats why communist mass murderer Fidel Castro and his chief executioner Che Guevera remain the darlings of the Left and our media till this day. * Get the whole story of why leftists yearn for totalitarianism in Jamie Glazovs book, United in Hate: The Lefts Romance With Tyranny and Terror.
today because its not working for any of us, Stamp told Flanders in an interview. Demonstrators are asking how do we really reform and bring revolutionary changes to the states? The WFP is part and parcel of ACORN. In 1998 the party was officially recognized in New York State. WFPs headquarters is at the same address as ACORN on Nevins Street in Brooklyn. WFPs executive director is longtime ACORN operative Dan Cantor. One of the SEIU-funded partys co-founders is ACORNs former national chief organizer, Bertha Lewis. Democratic National Committee executive director Patrick Gaspard also contributed to the creation of the party and sat on its board. Gaspard was a political director in the Obama White House and is a former SEIU executive. Gaspard was also an organizer for the radical New Party in the early 1990s. That partys membership consisted largely of individuals from the Democratic Socialists of America, SEIU, and ACORN. The party endorsed Barack Obama when he ran for the Illinois State Senate. WFP takes credit for raising taxes both in the city and state of New York and for pressuring the states congressional delegation to
oppose Social Security reforms. The party has sister WFP-branded parties in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Oregon, South Carolina, and Vermont. Working with its radical friends at SEIU, WFP advocates more government spending, higher taxes, universal government-run health care, campaign finance restrictions, free universal higher education, oppressive rent control, same-sex marriage, amnesty for illegal aliens, greening the economy by creating heavily subsidized union jobs in the energy sector, and mandatory paid sick leave for all workers. In 2009 Connecticut WFP sent busloads of thugs to confront American International Group Inc. (AIG) executives at their homes. The protests were calculated to intimidate executives who had been receiving death threats after the company reportedly paid out bonuses using taxpayer bail-out funds. ACORN allies are also involved in protests aimed at destabilizing the nations financial system.
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The Future of School Choice

Todd Thurman (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
Watch Live: Sen. Richard Shelby on the Risks of an Consumer-Protection Czar

Rob Bluey (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
children from the public-school system and receive the money the state would have spent on them in an education savings account. Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:04:44 AM For decades now, spending on This opens the door for many p u b l i c e d u c a t i o n h a s b e e n more educational opportunities increasing significantly, while for special needs children who a c a d e m i c a c h i e v e m e n t h a s deserve better than the schools remained stagnant. What if, they are forced to go through instead of pouring money into because of the district they failing schools, we give the happen to live in. money to parents and allow them This is just the starting point for to spend it any way they see fit on the true potential of ESAs. They their childrens education? could also be used to attend online Well, in states like Arizona, schools, which offer a learning education savings accounts alternative to brick-and-mortar (ESAs), which do just that, have schools. Additionally, if the become a reality and could be the money is not used, parents can future of school choice. roll it over from year to year and H e r i t a g e s L i n d s e y B u r k e can even save it to invest in a 529 explains what it means for some college savings account for their residents of Arizona: children. In April 2011, Arizona Governor Other states, such as Florida and Jan Brewer signed into law SB Utah, have also considered 1 5 5 3 , c r e a t i n g A r i z o n a offering parents ESAs. Empowerment Accounts. The first The Wall Street Journal called of their kind, Empowerment 2011 The Year of School Accounts allow parentsin this Choice, because 13 states have case, parents of special-needs enacted or expanded school c h i l d r e n t o r e m o v e t h e i r choice options for families. This
should send shockwaves to the Obama Administration, which is hoping for a reauthorization of No Child Left Behind. But in order to free more states to explore innovative education options like ESAs, federal policymakers should allow states to completely opt out of No Child Left Behind and use funding in a manner that would best meet the needs of local children. States like Arizona are leading the way with new ideas like ESAs, and the future of school choice options seems brighter than ever. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
proposed legislation to reform Dodd-Frank, the law that created the new agency, and wants the White House to accept three Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:55:06 AM Richard Cordray, President common-sense changes for how O b a m a s p i c k t o l e a d t h e the bureau functions. Consumer Financial Protection Hell speak to The Bloggers Bureau, won approval from the Briefing today at noon ET. The Senate Banking, Housing and event will be broadcast on Urban Affairs Committee last Livestream. week on a party-line vote. His This entry passed through the confirmation to run the new Full-Text RSS service if this is agency faces fierce opposition your content and you're reading it from Republicans, who have on someone else's site, please read vowed to block Senate approval the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentuntil reforms are made to the only/faq.php#publishers. Five agency. Filters featured article: A 'Malign Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is Intellectual Subculture' - George leading those calls for reform. As M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , the ranking Republican on the Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Banking Committee, Shelby has Media Lens. maintained a hard line with Obama an d Democrats on Cordrays confirmation. Hes
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In Pictures: Reids Millionaire Tax Would Push Top Rate to 55 Percent

Mike Brownfield (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation)
the chart below, we break down the top rate for each state and compare the numbers with other countries around the world. Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:00:08 AM Whats the latest plan from the In a new paper,The Millionaire left to pay for President Obamas Tax: Yet Another Job-Killing Tax latest batch of stimulus spending? Hike, Heritages Curtis Dubay More taxes on high-income takes a look at the impact the tax earners, of course. And if Senate increase would have on job Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- creation in America. In short, it NV) gets his way, the United would kill jobs, all in the name of States average marginal top tax creating them: rate would be higher than all but The millionaire surtax is two of the 30 most economically contradictory to the stated aim of developed countries in the world. the Presidents jobs plan, which is Reid has proposed a 5.6 percent to create jobs. The tax hike would surtax on incomes of married fall squarely on the very job filers earning over $1 million creators that the President wants starting on January 1, 2013and to add jobs and reduce their that would push the average top incentive to add new workers. U.S. income rate to 55 percent. Taxpayers earning more than $1 (The surtax would kick in at million a year are investors and $500,000 for individual filers.) In businesses that are directly
responsible for creating jobs. Investors provide the capital to existing businesses and startups so they can expand and add new workers. Raising their taxes would deprive them of resources they could invest in promising
businesses that are looking to add employees. Raising their tax rate would deter them from taking the risk to invest . . . The millionaire tax would end up costing the U.S. economy more jobs than the Presidents jobs plan
it is supposed to pay for would ever create. It would ruin American competitiveness among other developed countries. Click here to read more of Dubays paper,The Millionaire Tax: Yet Another Job-Killing Tax Hike. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
HTC Radar review

Zachary Lutz (Engadget)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 12:00:00 PM
It took life as the Omega, but it didn't take long for HTC's Mango handset for the masses to be christened the Radar. Alongside the higher-end Titan(with its gigantic 4.7-inch screen and
souped-up 1.5GHz CPU), it holds the potential to replace numerous devices in the company's Windows Phone lineup -- the Trophy, Mozart and HD7 all come to mind. Yes, we may see additional options down the road, but for the moment, it comes Radar's aging chipset, sealed down to these two. While the b a t t e r y a n d l i m i t e d 8 G B
headroom will undoubtedly discourage some buyers, it's managed to find a soft spot in our jaded hearts. Just how'd it do that? Read on, as we count the reasons why. Gallery: HTC Radar review Continue reading HTC Radar review
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U.S. House of Representatives Videos Now Streaming on Mobile Devices

Radhika Marya (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:37:41 AM
Fans of U.S. politics, take note: You can now view live video streams from the House of Representatives on your mobile phone or tablet. The streams, available via HouseLive.gov, include videos of proceedings dating back to the start of the 111th Congress. Interested parties can click on Video to watch each session. They can also click on Summary to view text-only versions of the proceedings. MP3 files are also featured on the page, which notes that Windows Media Player or Silverlight is required to view the videos. The Office of the Clerk began beta testing this new H.264 live streaming feed for mobile devices last week, writes Don Seymour, digital communications director for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), in a Tuesday blog post. Anyone with a mobile device
that has streaming capabilities now has access to video of whats happening in Congress, as it happens. Seymour notes that the feature is still in beta, asking users to comment to his post by listing their device, operating system and connection speed if they experience any difficulties.
While individual representatives already use social networking sites like Twitter, the mobile streaming option is one of the latest digital methods the House itself is using to open up the legislative process to the public. Last month, the Office of the Clerk updated clerk.House.gov, providing visitors with better
access to real-time information about the House. Earlier this year, House lawmakers also gained access to video conferencing tools Skype and ooVoo. The increased digital initiatives also followed an April 29 letter signed by Boehner and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) which asked all House stakeholders to work together on publicly releasing the Houses legislative data in machine-readable formats. Image courtesy of Flickr, Travis S. More About: House of Representatives, Mobile, US Congress, video streaming For more Mobile coverage: Follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Mobile channel Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
Box.net Raises $81 Million to Take on Microsoft

Ben Parr (Mashable!)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:11:39 AM
Box.net, a popular cloud-based file storage and content management service, has raised $81 million in funding to take on Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and others in the enterprise space. Box.net also announced the launch of the Box Innovation Network (/bin), a program to create a new ecosystem for enterprise applications, specifically mobile apps. Bessemer Venture Partners and NEA led the funding round. In addition, SAP Ventures and Salesforce are participating as strategic investors. Previous investors Andreesen Horowitz and Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated in the Series D expansion round. We need to provide an amazing experience for the 100,000 businesses already using Box, including 77% of the Fortune 500, while growing our global user BOX.NET page 75
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Amazon Launches Imprint for Fantasy, Sci-Fi & Horror

Lauren Indvik (Mashable!)
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Amazon is continuing to flex its publishing muscles with the launch of its seventh imprint, for works in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. 47North is releasing 15 Englishlanguage books to start, all of which are available in print, ebook and audio formats over at amazon.com, as well as a range of national and independent booksellers. Of the 15 books, 14 are original For a full list of available and inworks from authors already progress titles under the print, see established in the genre some here. In the future, 47North will independent, some who have been expand its range to include not published by other houses.
base at an unprecedented pace, co-founder and CEO Aaron Levie said in a blog post. And we need to invest aggressively in scaling our team and infrastructure two things that will always require significant capital, when done correctly. Levie specifically called out only original works, but also out- Microsoft, Oracle and IBM as of-print and other previously both threats to its business and as published books in the science laggards in cloud computing. But fiction, fantasy and horror genres. for what the big players may lack Amazons publishing arm is in innovation or focus, they make headed by Laurence Kirshbaum, up for in muscle, Levie noted. who was named to the post in Microsoft notoriously crushes competition on the third try. May. More About: 47north, amazon, Oracle refused to give up on the applications market, and is now publishing For more Business coverage: Follow Mashable Business on Twitter Become a Fan on Facebook Subscribe to the Business channel Download our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
moving to the cloud with a strong position. IBM has customer reach and brand credibility that enable it to serve the Fortune 500 better than anyone else. With the new influx of cash, Box.net has now raised a total of $162 million. It raised $48 million just eight months ago, but decided to accelerate its growth further. The company says it has 7 million users and 100,000 businesses accessing 150 million files per month. More About: Bessemer Venture Partners, box.net, funding
Fox's friend is quizzed over defence trips

Joe Murphy, Political Editor (Evening Standard - News)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 1:54:35 AM
Liam Fox's best man was this afternoon interviewed by Whitehall officials as a Standard analysis suggested that he spent up to 85,000 on trips abroad to meet the Defence Secretary. Cabinet Office officials met
Adam Werritty in a secret location in London amid a mounting furore over his 40 meetings with Dr Fox and mystery over his financial affairs. The costs run up by Mr Werritty will raise fresh questions about how the 33-year-old consultant makes his living and who pays his expenses. The officials who met Mr
Werritty will report to Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell, whose spokesman said: "The investigation is continuing." Dr Fox is facing an official investigation into his relationship with Mr Werritty and their frequent meetings. The MoD disclosed these included dinner with an American general, a British ambassador and foreign
dignitaries, even though Mr Werritty had no official role or security clearance. Mr Werritty - who was at one point handing out business cards describing himself as an "adviser" to the Secretary of State - has not disclosed publicly how he makes his living. The Cabinet Secretary who is in charge of the inquiry is
understood to have asked for a full list of clients, and to have asked whether any met Dr Fox during the trips abroad. The Standard's analysis of Mr Werritty's travel is based on standard British Airways fares to the destinations - which included Dubai five times, plus Hong FOX'S page 77
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Our literacy battle hailed as blueprint for all Europe

David Cohen (Evening Standard - News)
for your campaign to be potentially highlighted as a blueprint for others to follow. So Submitted at 10/11/2011 6:04:37 AM your campaign will not only The Evening Standard's Get impact the UK, but could have London Reading campaign could ripples through Europe. The be used as a blueprint to improve Evening Standard campaign is literacy across Europe, it was unique in that it is the only revealed today. newspaper-led literacy initiative The EU commissioner for in Europe." education has asked her officials Donations from several FTSEto study our award-winning 100 companies today to Get project and could invite all London Reading included 5,000 member states to follow the same from HSBC, 2,500 from Capita, model. 1,000 from Kingfisher and 500 Androulla Vassiliou visited a each from Next and packaging Tower Hamlets school to see our group Rexam. campaign in action as the amount The Standard's partner charity, raised hit the 200,000 mark, Volunteer Reading Help, is enough to fund 400 reading training the volunteers who will mentors for children who need read to 1,200 children in primary help. schools. She said: "In Europe we have a So far more than 700 Evening big problem with one in five 15- Standard readers have completed year-olds reading to a very low a p p l i c a t i o n s t o b e c o m e level. Literacy is not just about v o l u n t e e r s . reading, it is the foundation for Ms Vassiliou paid tribute to the life. project as she described how "I will be asking our expert group tackling literacy is one of her top to look at what you are doing and targets.
She said: "One of the appealing aspects of your campaign is that you have gone beyond simply identifying the problem to try to help children being failed by the education system. "By funding volunteers to go into schools with Volunteer Reading Help, your campaign offers a practical solution. You're actually an actor helping to solve the problem. "You are also making children read aloud to an adult, something often lacking in schools because teachers don't want to embarrass slow readers, but reading aloud in class is the start of learning to be courageous in life." Donors also praised the campaign. Simon Martin, head of corporate sustainability at HSBC Holdings, said: "Literacy should be a birthright and is a fundamental requirement to enable every child to fulfil their potential. HSBC are very aware of the connection between literacy rates and economic development, and
we are delighted to support Get London Reading." Paul Pindar, chief executive of Capita Group, said: "The Standard's inspiring campaign is opening up new opportunities for young people and allowing them to create better tomorrows for themselves." Ian Cheshire, group chief executive of Kingfisher, added: "By helping people to read better, this campaign could improve the prospects of thousands of people across the country, which in turn could prove a fillip for British businesses and the economy." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Kong, Washington and Singapore twice each. The analysis is based on return flights taken this week. Flying in BA's cheapest seats, the 18 trips would have cost 25,000. But if Mr Werritty went business class, his expenses would have risen to 77,146. If he stayed two days in a standard 200-a-night business hotel each time, that would have cost another 7,200. A Guardian report states that for at least one trip, to Dubai, Mr Werritty flew first class, which costs about a third more. If he did this at all times, costs could have passed 100,000. Labour defence spokesman Kevan Jones, commenting on the Standard estimates, said: "This raises more questions. The most straightforward one is how is someone with reported limited income paying for such expensive air fares? And if he isn't, who is?" Mr Werritty was Dr Fox's best man in 2005 and a former flatmate. An interim report last night said Dr Fox had made "serious mistakes" in meeting a businessman with Mr Werritty without civil servants being present. The minister was backed by Tory MPs after he apologised for blurring the distinction between his friendship and his duties. Q&A: Fox and Werritty
Who pays Adam Werritty and what for? Adam Werritty's business as a consultant or adviser is shrouded in mystery but it is clear from his travel expenses that he must have hefty financial backing. His consultancies are known to have paid him earnings of just 20,000 over four years, barely enough to cover a handful of trips abroad, let alone 18. Mr Werritty called himself an "adviser" to Dr Fox but the minister says he is not on his payroll. Cabinet Secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell is expected to insist on seeing a list of clients. Did Dr Fox meet Mr Werritty's clients? Many MPs think that the Defence Secretary's position would be untenable if he met Mr Werritty's business clients, as that would suggest he gave a commercial advantage to a friend. Was Mr Werritty paid to arrange meetings? Not specifically, according to Dr Fox's office who say they received "assurances" from Mr Werritty. However, the language used by Dr Fox in the Commons clearly opens the possibility that Mr Werritty was paid a retainer by companies or people that he introduced to the Secretary of State. The strangulated phrase was that
Mr Werritty "was not dependent on any transactional behaviour to maintain his income". The possibility is that Mr Werritty arranged meetings for paying clients but was not paid any a specific fee or bonus. Did Dr Fox receive any benefit from his friendship? There is no evidence that the minister himself derived any benefit beyond political support and friendship. But the defence world is notorious for the "revolving door" between Whitehall and the private sector, which means any minister has to be wary of anything that could create suspicion of a conflict of interests. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Live from CTIA's day one keynote with Dan Hesse, Dan Mead and Ralph de la Vega
Brad Molen (Engadget)
plethora of witty jabs flying back and forth at each other. Regardless, we're rather stoked to We're seated for the official hear what these gentlemen have to kickoff of this week's CTIA say. Tune in after the break! Enterprise & Applications show, Continue reading Live from the opening keynote address. CTIA's day one keynote with Dan Today we'll have the pleasure to Hesse, Dan Mead and Ralph de la hear from the Dan Hesse, Dan Vega Mead and Ralph de la Vega, the Live from CTIA's day one CEOs of Sprint, Verizon Wireless keynote with Dan Hesse, Dan and AT&T (respectively). The Mead and Ralph de la Vega topic: "Return of the Titans -- originally appeared on Engadget carrier insights." We can't be quite on Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:20:00 certain yet as to what this entails, EDT. Please see our terms for use but we expect many of these of feeds. Permalink| | Email this| "insights" will actually be a Comments
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Gove approves next wave of free schools - with 19 in London

Anna Davis, Education Correspondent (Evening Standard - News)
meaning it will become the third primary of that faith to open as a free school in London. Fifty-five groups across the country were Submitted at 10/11/2011 5:58:07 AM More than a third of the new given approval and will all now wave of free schools will be based create detailed business plans for in London. their schools. If they are Plans for 19 in the capital have successful they could open next been approved by Education September. Secretary Michael Gove, meaning But Ms Birbalsingh, who made they could open next year. headlines after criticising state Teacher Katharine Birbalsingh schools at last year's Tory party was among those who won conference, said she may be approval for her secondary in unable to open her free school in Lambeth but said her plans were Lambeth. She wanted to use the in disarray because of a row with site of a community centre and the council over its location. former school, but Lambeth has Headteacher Patricia Sowter, sold it to developers. who already runs two successful She said: "It is nice to get schools in Enfield, was given approval, but if you don't have a permission to open a third in the building you don't have a school, borough, while a secondary in a n d u n f o r t u n a t e l y L a m b e t h Wapping, backed by actress understands that too. We might Helen Mirren, also got the green have to look elsewhere just to light. exist. It seems Lambeth will block Golders Green Jewish primary in us whatever we do. All power lies Barnet was given approval, with the council."
Peter Robbins, Lambeth's cabinet member for children, said: "While there has been speculation about a free school in Lambeth we had not received any official notification until very recently, by which time we had signed an agreement to develop the land into a community sports facility and houses. Our concern is the severe shortage of primary places in Lambeth." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Gingrich's Dangerous Plan to Subpoena Federal Judges, Part II

Andrew Cohen (Politics : The Atlantic)
wrote about this on Sunday. It wasn't. So let me try again. Here's the simplest explanation I can Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:56:00 AM offer. The question has been settled for First, Congress can subpoena more than 200 years: Hauling a anyone it wants. But just because judge before Congress to defend it can issue a subpoena, that a n u n p o p u l a r d e c i s i o n i s doesn't necessarily mean that it unconstitutional. can enforce a subpoena. Reuters Lawmakers issue subpoenas all N e w t G i n g r i c h ' s l a t e s t the time -- and all the time the terrible idea -- to have Congress subjects of those subpoenas show subpoena federal judges who up at committee hearings. This is make unpopular decisions -- has because those subjects don't have spawned earnest questions about any legal justification -- or a how subpoenas work between and legitimate political argument -a m o n g t h e b r a n c h e s o f for seeking to quash the government. Why can't Congress congressional subpoenas that have use its subpoena power to force a been issued to them. The law, for sitting judge to come to Capitol reasons that should be selfHill to answer questions about a evident, doesn't make it easier for particular opinion? I thought the GINGRICH'S page 79 answer was self-evident when I
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people to weasel out of their obligations to come forward and testify. "Subpoenaing a judge for writing an unpopular decision is beyond the bounds of legislative authority -- and the matter has been settled for more than 200 years" But the congressional power to subpoena -- like virtually all other powers of government -- is not absolute. Congress cannot subpoena the Secretary of Defense, for example, and require him to divulge classified information in an open hearing. If lawmakers sought to do so, the Pentagon would either simply ignore the subpoena or, more likely, go to a federal courthouse and ask a judge to formally quash the subpoena. The congressional subpoena power, like all subpoena powers, is subservient to the Constitution, which is interpreted, in the final analysis, by the federal judiciary and not by Congress. The reason we don't see many constitutional showdowns over congressional subpoenas is because lawmakers, quite reasonably, have exercised the power judiciously. When they seek the input of members of the executive branch, or of the judiciary, they frequently invite those members to Capitol Hill. When they do subpoena members of an administration, typically over some piece of legislation, there is a legitimate nexus between the required testimony and the business of Congress. The subjects of these subpoenas
show up because, as a political matter, they cannot afford to blow off the request and because, as a legal matter, they know the courts won't protect them. This is happening right now, as early as today, with Attorney General Eric Holder, who evidently is being subpoenaed in connection with the Gunwalker investigation. The Justice Department will likely comply in a material way with the request by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and the Attorney General will soon find himself on Capitol Hill answering questions and producing documents. None of those niceties apply, however, to the Gingrich plan to threaten judges. The reason you don't see federal judges hauled before Congress to answer for their rulings, and the reason you haven't seen such a spectacle, is because such use of the congressional subpoena power is patently unconstitutional. It is not within Congress' power to require a judge to be held accountable in that fashion. And if Congress sought to enact a statute making judges accountable in this fashion it is clear that the legislation would be dead-onarrival in the federal courts. The federal judiciary, in other words, is protected from this sort of intimidation by the Constitution and its separation of powers principles. So Congress may invite members of the judiciary to Capitol Hill -the Senate Judiciary Committee
did so last week-- to discuss legal matters in general terms. There is always the bookkeeping function that has to take place between those branches. And Congress could, I suppose, subpoena as a "fact witness" a sitting federal judge whose personal experiences had some bearing on some pending piece of legislation. But subpoenaing a judge for writing an unpopular decision is beyond the bounds of legislative authority -- and the matter has been settled for more than 200 years. Could Congress hold such a federal judge in "contempt" for refusing to comply with a subpoena? I suppose. Congress engages all the time in all sorts of meaningless gestures. But so what if it did? Any attempt by Congress to enforce the contempt sanction against a sitting judge would be rejected by the courts. So, fortunately, you will never see the Sergeant-At-Arms for the House of Representatives or the Senate come to your local courthouse to try to haul away your local federal judge. There are some constitutional crises you should worry about. This is not one of them. Don't just take my word for it. Here's what Laurence Tribe, the constitutional law professor at Harvard Law School, thinks of Gingrich's idea: The idea of compelling federal judges to come before Congress to answer for decisions that might be unpopular is one of the craziest and most obviously
unconstitutional things the former Speaker has ever proposed. It represents a frontal assault on the independence of the federal judiciary, which is a bulwark of a constitutional system that has served us well as a nation ever since Marbury v. Madison.Judges explain themselves in their published opinions. When their explanations fail to convince, we're all free to criticize -- and to push back through appropriate lawmaking channels. In cases of statutory interpretation, Congress can push back by enacting a corrective statute, as it often does. In cases of constitutional interpretation, the nation can push back by amending the Constitution, a difficult but far from impossible process. And politics plays its proper role at the point when federal judges are nominated by the President and either confirmed or rejected by the Senate.Grilling and scolding those judges when the decisions they render fail to please those in power on Capitol Hill is worse than a dumb idea; it's a threat to our entire framework of checks and balances. Don't just take Tribe's word for it. I passed along Gingrich's remarks to Bruce Fein, the respected conservative attorney who worked in the Justice Department during the Reagan Administration. Here's what Fein thinks of Gingrich's idea: An independent judiciary with life tenure and authority to hold the legislature and executive accountable to the Constitution
was its revolutionary crown jewel. Both Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg have echoed that accolade from opposite wings of the High Court. James Madison, father of the Constitution, lavished praise on the federal judiciary as a bulwark against legislative or executive tyranny. One of the indictments against King George III in the Declaration of Independence was making judges "dependent on his will alone." In the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall explained that judicial review was the difference between a government of laws and a government of men. The 1805 acquittal by the United States Senate of Associate Justice Samuel Chase accused by the House of Representatives of impeachable offenses because of judicial rulings favorable to the Federalist Party established the time-honored principle that federal judges are not accountable to any other branch for their judicial opinions. Gingrich unwittingly is proposing to overthrow the Constitution that he would be pledged to uphold and defend if elected to the presidency. Attempting to subvert the Constitution, however, it an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor justifying removal of the President from office. The Constitution's entire purpose is to arrest the powers of the political GINGRICH'S page 85
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Why the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street Should Cooperate
Conor Friedersdorf (Politics : The Atlantic)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:00:46 AM
For all their disagreements, they share a belief that the relationship between finance and government needs reform On the private planes, Acela trains, and luxury automobiles that ferry high-ranking professionals back and forth between New York City and Washington, D.C., there are many passengers who understand that, were the details of their careers made public, they'd be disliked by both Tea Partiers and Occupy Wall Street protestors. Let's imagine just one of these guys. He's worked on Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street. His current firm got bailout money, without which he wouldn't have received the bonus that puts him in the top one percent of earners. The sum of the political contributions he's made in his lifetime runs to six figures, and he wasn't particularly fond of any of the pols to whom he donated. The value he's added for his employers is his adeptness at gaming the system. He's against any increase in taxes, but he wouldn't mind new financial regulations so long as they afforded his firm a slight advantage over its competitors. A guy like that must be grateful
for the cultural divides, aesthetic differences, and deficiencies in the two party system that keep the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street at odds. He must love it when Nancy Pelosi dismisses the Tea Party as an AstroTurf effort controlled by some of the wealthiest right-wing extremists
in America; and when Herman Cain dismisses the Occupy Wall Street protestors as jealousydriven layabouts who'd rather take someone else's Cadillac than earn their own. Right-leaning populists regard the nexus of big finance and big government as irredeemably
corrupt; left-leaning populists agree! Alone, neither group can muster a sizable enough coalition to challenge the status quo. How convenient for the establishment that they're so easily pitted against one another. Don't misunderstand. Mutual wariness between the Tea Party
and Occupy Wall Street makes sense. These are people whose visions for the future of the country are very different -- on certain issues of import, and in races between certain candidates, they ought to be battling one WHY page 81
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another. But winners in American politics recognize that antagonists can opportunistically ally in ways that advance discrete positions they share. Wall Street executives certainly know this. So do the Democrats and Republicans who benefit yearly from their generous campaign contributions. Neither Obama nor the executives at Goldman Sachs are foolish or myopic enough to pass up opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation. It's tea partiers and Occupy Wall Street types who conceive of American politics as zero sum game to be won via a definitive triumph over the other side. It never even occurs to them to get together for a chat about common objectives. Ponder this passage from The Guardian: Brendan Steinhauser of Freedomworks, a Washingtonbased group that runs a nationwide network of Tea Party off-shoots, says that "the tea parties arose out of opposition to the Wall Street bail-outs in 2008 that was the event that gave birth to them, so yes it's funny that the Occupy Wall Street guys are also against phoney capitalism and we agree about that." But that's where the affinity ends, he says. He observed the Occupy DC rally outside the Capitol and
says what he saw there were "the same leftists, the same union organisers, the same Castro supporters you see on every leftist demonstration. It's same-old, same-old." Isn't that interesting? An organization opposed to the Wall Street bailouts learns that a bunch of people are so mad that they're taking to the streets, partly because of the bailouts. Does it see an opportunity to win converts, or at least to cooperate on a narrow reform? Nope. They're on the other team, so "same-old, same-old." Whereas if America elected an actual Castroloving president who got inaugurated in a Tye-dye suit and Che Guevara tee-shirt, does anyone doubt that the government relations folks at Bank of America and JP Morgan and Citi Bank would all be sitting around in their respective conference rooms earnestly brainstorming about how they could influence and coopt and strategically cooperate with the new guy? Here's the next paragraph in the Guardian piece: David Webb has been watching the unfolding of the New York protests particularly closely. He organises a Manhattan-based group called Tea Party 365, and has been interested to see how the
OWS shapes up by comparison. His conclusion is that the protests are rapidly being hijacked by interested parties. "The transport unions are getting behind it, rabble rousing and agitating, moveon.org is imposing its progressive agenda on it." Webb acknowledges that Occupy Wall Street can be influenced by groups that approach it in a spirit of cooperation; but although he regards it as so susceptible to influence that it might be "hijacked," he never conceives of the possibility that the Tea Party might even marginally influence its behavior. Most tea partiers will talk eagerly about the failures of the Republican Party, and the Occupy Wall Street folks with whom I've spoken are disappointed with the Democrats. Disillusionment with both parties is a precursor to marching in the streets. Yet both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street seem to be investing in a political approach where the strategy is to bring about a bigger triumph for Team Republican or Team Democrat. We've seen both kinds of victories in the past decade. Both Republicans and Democrats emerged disillusioned. Yet the widespread belief persists that next time will be different. There's a better approach. Tea
partiers and Occupy Wall Street protestors could vote for different candidates in 2012, fight vociferously about the ideal size of the federal government, and meanwhile cooperate to prevent big business and co-opted bureaucrats from capturing money that could be better spent (on tax cuts or deficit reduction or infrastructure or social welfare benefits, depending on the outcome of another fight). If the United States and the USSR struck mutually beneficial treaty agreements during the 1980s, if the ACLU and the NRA have usefully allied on civil liberties issues, despite their strikingly different donor bases, there is no reason save stubbornness and political immaturity that the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street can't find areas on which to cooperate. Perhaps the Cato Institute and the Center for American Progress can co-host the summit, and Rand Paul and Dennis Kucinich can co-sponsor the resulting reform legislation. For the banker with influence in D.C., the incumbent politician needful of campaign cash, the professional lobbyist, and the bureaucrat seeking to cash out in the private sector alike, what I propose is a lot more frightening than the biggest Tea Party rally or
Occupy Wall Street demonstration. As yet, however, Occupy Wall Street protesters tend to think of Tea Partiers as crypto-fascists, while pundits on the right dismiss anyone with a union card, a nose ring, and an iPad(as if the demonstrations would be worthwhile if only they were run by young men in Brooks Brothers suits). Unless these attitudes change, the establishment is going to win again. It usually does. Image credit: Reuters This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/why-thetea-party-and-occupy-wall-streetshould-cooperate/246413/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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Dem Rep: Regulations are totally awesome for job creation, or something
Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 9:45:20 AM
Minnesota elected Keith Ellison to Congress, so it falls to Minnesota bloggers like Gary Gross, Scott Johnson, and myself to point out his many absurdities including Ellisons economics. The Congressman makes an argument that would shame even the Obama administration by claiming that expanding government regulation stokes job creation. Hey, businesses have to hire compliance officers, dont they? Click the image to watch: Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) tells MSNBC regulations create jobs because a business will have to hire people to help them comply with the new requirement. I think the answer is no, Ellison said when asked if he believes regulations kill jobs. And here is why: When we talked about increasing fuel efficiency standards, the industry responded, and they need engineers and designers and manufacturers, and they need actually more people to help respond to the new requirement. I believe if the government says, look, we have got to reduce our carbon footprint, you will kick into gear a whole number of
rise to cover their cost. As prices rise, consumers lose buying power, which means that production and delivery will tail off, and less direct labor will be required. Capital gets used less efficiently, which means less capital for economic expansion and job creation. In fact, thats exactly what were seeing now, and have been for the last twoplus years of the Obama recovery. But thats not the only problem in Ellinomics. Compliance costs do not scale well, which means smaller companies pay a higher cost per unit to meet the demand of existing and especially new regulation. Larger businesses can adapt more quickly and efficiently. Thats why the big players in markets welcome government interventions in most cases, because it eliminates competition. The smaller businesses either fail due to lack of competitive standing or they end up selling the business to the people that know how to do that product, if they have a product to Direct labor produces the goods larger players. That not only or have ideas about that, and that sell they will do well even if they or services that the company sells, eliminates smaller businesses, it will be a job engine. I understand have some new regulations to while indirect labor doesnt. The also eliminates jobs, since what you mean, because if meet, the Congressman said. trick for successful businesses is acquisitions allow larger anything adds a cost to a business, I t s a l m o s t i m p o s s i b l e t o to keep indirect labor low, since it companies to realize savings you could assume that that will o v e r c o m e t h e e c o n o m i c takes away from the profit of the through their economies of scale. diminish that businesss ability to incompetence in this statement, company and/or raises the cost of Investors Business Daily wonders hire. But I dont think thats but well give it a try. First, t h e p r o d u c t s o r s e r v i c e s . why we havent seen a jobs actually right. I think what unlike government, business Compliance efforts are always businesses want is customers and employment usually gets divided indirect labor, and the more that is DEM page 84 what if they are selling up into direct and indirect labor. needed, the more prices have to
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Cain to command a front-and-center seat at tonights debate

Tina Korbe (Hot Air Top Picks)
Submitted at 10/11/2011 11:05:01 AM
Remember the Fox News debate in Orlando three weeks ago? Rick Perry took the stage as the frontrunner, Mitt Romney looked relaxed in spite of Perrys presence and Herman Cain stood outside the inner circle. Since then, Perry fell in the polls, Romney reassumed his frontrunner status and Cain established himself as a genuine contender, thanks to several second-place finishes in major polls. Plus, the shadows of Chris Christie and Sarah Palin finally disappeared. Tonight, all eyes will be on Cain, wholl occupy the podium between the two politicians who constitute his main rivals. Expect Cain to do well. He has always been an eloquent and entertaining debater and his success in the polls seems unlikely to go to his head in a performance-altering way. Because he doesnt take himself too seriously, he strikes me as the sort of candidate who might actually enjoy a little verbal sparring if the other candidates decide to criticize him more vocally than they have at past
debates. Perrys wife has promised hell do better in this debate than in the last one and the economic focus should play to his strengths. But Perry has to do more than merely maintain his energy through the entire two hours and answer questions with coherent thought (with Perry, easier said than done!). He has to prove hes likable. Romney has, perhaps, the most difficult of jobs to do. He has to maintain the polished and professional appearance he has so carefully cultivated in the course of his presidential campaigns and
has to display a Beltway outsiders energy and zeal for free market solutions. Against Cain, he has to highlight his experience and perceived electability. Against Perry, he has to highlight his private business background. But he has to do both without seeming schizophrenic and Romney has never exactly been known for consistency. That the debate is in New Hampshire should help, though. And, as with Perry, it should also help that the evening will be dedicated solely to economic issues. Bachmann, having once performed well and having never
really performed poorly (even if her fixation on Gardasil did make her appear outside of even the GOP mainstream), appears to be permanently ejected from the top tier less because of her debate performances than because of her Iowa-centric campaign and lack of relevant experience (as opposed to her lack of a legislative record, which Ill continue to defend!). Even if she performs well tonight, she wont overtake the frontrunners, as long as they also perform solidly. Newt Gingrich will perform admirably, as always (and hopefully finally receive some
credit for it); Ron Paul will be a relative delight in an economicsonly forum; Rick Santorum will lack the opportunity to hit the issues he addresses best; and Huntsman will pretend hes polling better than he is. Strategists say tonight is especially important for Huntsman and, yes, hes made New Hampshire the linchpin of his campaign, but, even if he proves himself to be an alternate Romney actual Romney is in the race. Its been an uphill battle from the very beginning for him and GOP voters just wont forgive that bipartisan background. Romney will take the night and the rest will just aim to hold on to what gains theyve made. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
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explosion, if Ellinomics is true: [I]f regulations were job-creation engines, the economy should be in danger of overheating right about now. Obama has overseen the fastest growth in new federal rules Ed Morrissey (Hot Air Top Committee, led by Republican that falls directly onto Holders o f M e x i c a n s w i t h w e a p o n s ever, imposing 75 new major Picks) Darrell Issa. It will ask for narrow shoulders. Instead of trafficked by the ATF will regulations in his first 26 months communications among senior cooperating with Issas probe, attract plenty of media attention, Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:25:14 AM in office at a cost of more than Justice Department officials Holder sent a letter last Friday even without the hamhanded CBS News reports that Rep. related to Fast and Furious and p r a c t i c a l l y d a r i n g I s s a t o attempt to intimidate Attkisson $40 billion, according to the Heritage Foundation. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chair of the gunwalking. subpoena the documents and his from reporting on the story. That House Oversight and Government The subpoena will list those aides. Issa returned fire yesterday will overshadow Obamas jobs Ellinomics has the same basic Reform Committee, will issue a officials, says Attkisson more with a detailed broadside listing push, and perhaps lead to even flaw as Obamanomics, which is subpoena for Eric Holder to than a dozen of them by name. all of the mischaracterizations and more disturbing revelations as to that it makes virtues out of the produce in their entirety a series The best part of this story might misrepresentations given by just how high this scandal goes. vice of government intervention of documents pertaining to be the reporter who wrote it. Holder and the DoJ, ending with The smart move would be to and assumes a world which Operation Fast and Furious. The Sharyl Attkisson got verbally the admonition that Holder dump Holder and give the House doesnt exist in reality. In subpoena could come as early as attacked by spokespeople at the own[s] Fast and Furious no w h a t i t w a n t s , b u t t h i s fantasy, though, Ellinomics has a today, and push a simmering White House and Department of matter how much he tries to duck administration has been short on great explanation from Gary conflict between the House and Justice for her work on the Fast & the consequences. After that smart moves throughout the F&F Oldman in The Fifth Element, which rightly derides the villains the Obama administration onto Furious story for not being exchange, it became clear that scandal. reliance on a version of the center stage: reasonable like the Washington Holder wouldnt voluntarily This entry passed through the C B S N e w s h a s l e a r n e d a Post and the New York Times, c o m p l y w i t h t h e H o u s e s Full-Text RSS service if this is broken-windows fallacy: congressional subpoena directed which havent exactly dedicated investigation, and that a subpoena your content and you're reading it This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is to Attorney General Eric Holder too much effort into exposing the was inevitable. on someone else's site, please read could go out as early as Tuesday, deadly consequences of the Will the Obama administration the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- your content and you're reading it o r d e r i n g h i m t o t u r n o v e r operation. The LA Times also got fight the subpoena? Theyd be only/faq.php#publishers. Five on someone else's site, please read documents to lawmakers about a mention as reasonable, better advised to rid themselves of Filters featured article: A 'Malign the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentw h e n h e w a s a w a r e o f a according to Attkisson, which is the albatross of Eric Holder, but Intellectual Subculture' - George only/faq.php#publishers. Five controversial gun smuggling unfair, since Richard Serrano has that hasnt been their style despite M o n b i o t S m e a r s C h o m s k y , Filters featured article: A 'Malign operation known as Fast and been doing excellent work at the a series of blunders and political Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Furious. LAT on the story as well. machinations by the Attorney Media Lens. Herman, Peterson, Pilger And CBS News investigative T h e s u b p o e n a w i l l b e a n General. A fight over a legitimate Media Lens. correspondent Sharyl Attkisson unmistakable escalation between subpoena especially in a case reports the the subpoena will I s s a a n d t h e O b a m a where one Border Patrol agent has come from the House Oversight administration, but the blame for been killed and perhaps hundreds
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branches irrespective of popular sentiments or ideas. To believe that Congress or the President would condemn their own acts as unconstitutional encroaches on the domain of delusion. Equally preposterous is the prospect of Members of Congress interrogating or instructing federal judges about statutory or constitutional interpretation when they are generally clueless about the meaning of laws or the Constitution. The spectacle would be like a dog walking on its hind legs. You are surprised not that it is done ineptly, but that it is attempted at all. Don't just take Fein's word for it. Here's what a sitting federal judge, U.S. District Judge John L. Kane of Colorado, told me Monday about Gingrich's idea: In the Federalist No. 78 Alexander Hamilton wrote: "For I agree, that 'there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers . . . this complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited constitution.'" That statement is as
true now as it was when written over 200 years ago by one of the best and brightest of our Founding Fathers. Apparently Mr. Gingrich seeks to replace the rule of law with what, a rule of intimidation? Does he not know that judges always explain their opinions by making findings of fact and conclusions of law? If a judge errs in doing so, there is a court of appeals waiting to correct the error, and if a court of appeals errs, there is always the Supreme Court as the final arbiter. The process, unlike that suggested by Mr. Gingrich, is based on reason and cherished as a fundamental element of our national heritage. What is truly scary about all of this isn't that Gingrich is roaming around the country trying to peddle this nonsense. What's scary is that so many people seem willing to buy it. Many of these people fancy themselves "patriots" and believe they are working to restore what Gingrich calls the proper Constitutional "balance" between the branches. But that argument is a perpetual loser. It lost when the Declaration of Independence was drafted. It
lost when the Constitution and its Article III were ratified. It lost in the Chase case 206 years ago and it has lost every year since. Our independent judiciary may from time to time be a nuisance. But from time to time it's also all that stands between the rule of law and demagogues like Gingrich. See earlier: " Gingrich: Time to Subpoena Federal Judges" This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/gingrichs -dangerous-plan-to-subpoenafederal-judges-part-ii/246428/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/contentonly/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters featured article: A 'Malign Intellectual Subculture' - George Monbiot Smears Chomsky, Herman, Peterson, Pilger And Media Lens.
Herman Cain Named a Finalist for Mustached American of the Year

Chris Good (Politics : The Atlantic)
Without a Mustached American President of the United States since William Howard Taft, nor Submitted at 10/11/2011 10:17:53 AM even a major party candidate for Will our next president have president since Thomas E. Dewey f a c i a l h a i r ? I f t h e f o r m e r in 1948, Herman Cain's potential Godfather's Pizza CEO has candidacy represents a shining anything to say about it, the beacon of freedom and hope for answer is yes. people Mustached American Former Godfather's Pizza CEO h e r i t a g e e v e r y w h e r e . A Herman Cain is the only 2012 c o n s e r v a t i v e b u s i n e s s m a n , Republican presidential candidate syndicated columnist, and radio with a mustache. For that, he's host, the former chairman and being recognized by the nation's CEO of Godfather's Pizza and premiere mustache organization, Kansas City Federal Reserve the American Mustache Institute Bank board member has the hopes (AMI). and dreams of Mustached Cain has been named a finalist Americans everywhere riding on for the 2011 Robert Goulet his broad shoulders. Memorial Mustached American The winner will be announced at of the Year Award. Voting is now the AMI's annual 'Stache Bash, a open. raucus celebration of the Cain is described on the AMI's HERMAN page 86 website:
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American Mustached Lifestyle to be held this year on Oct. 28 in Chicago. Voters are encouraged not to support the best mustache, but the nominee "who bestrepresents or contributes to the Mustached American community over the past year." Joining Cain on the 2011 Goulet finalist list is Jimmy McMillan, who ran for governor of New York in 2010 with the slogan, "The rent is too damn high." McMillan sports an aggressive mustache/mutton-chop combo. Other finalists include former NFL wide receiver Michael Irvin, Red Hot Chili Peppers front-man
Anthony Keidis, astronaut and husband to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) Capt. Mark Kelly, former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, and U.S. Marine Corps pilot Maj. Richard Ashford. Last year, The Goulet went to Brian Sheets, a firefighter from Orlando who founded a mustache-based charity. Past political finalists include former White House adviser David Axelrod and Attorney General Eric Holder. Image credit: AP This article available online at: http://www.theatlantic.com/ politics/archive/2011/10/herman-
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